Dec 14, 2021 School Board Meeting 12/14/21

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>> GOOD EVENING ALL. I WILL CALL FOR CERTIFICATION OF

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EACH BOARD MEMBER RESPONDS, I SO CERTIFY WHEN CALLED.

>> MRS. ALLEN. >> I SO CERTIFY.

>> MR. NEWMAN? >> I SO CERTIFY?

>> MRS. HORN? >> I SO CERTIFY.

>> MR. WRIGHT? >> I SO CERTIFY.

>> MRS. BAREFOOT-READ. >> I SO CERTIFY.

>> OKAY. THANK YOU.

OUR NEXT BUSINESS IS, I'M SURE THAT WE HAVE ALL THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS BY OUR FELLOW AMERICANS AFFECTED BY THE TORNADOES.

THANK YOU FOR ADDING THEM IN YOUR THOUGHTS PLEASE STAND, AS YOU ARE ABLE, AS MR. TEAGUE LEADS US IN THE

PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. >> I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IS STANDS, UNNATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIONIBILITY WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.

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>> I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THE PROPOSED AGENDA AS PRESENTED.

>> I HAVE A MOTION. IS THERE A SECOND?

>> I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.

ANY DISCUSSION? >> ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE AGENDA AS PROPOSED THIS EVENING SAY I PERSON AND JOINING US VIRTUALLY, SPECIAL THANK YOU TO THOSE INDIVIDUALS SUPPORTING OUR TECHNOLOGY THIS EVENING.

TI WILL HONOR CHRISTMAS IN MY HEART AND TRY TO KEEP IT ALL IN THE YEAR. I WILL LIVE IN THE PAST, THE PRESENT AND THE FUTURE. THESE WORDS ARE REFLECTIVE OF THE EVENTS OF 2020 AND 2021. THEY ARE ALSO REFLECTIVE OF EDUCATION. WE LEARN FROM OUR PAST AND OUR STUDENTS' PRESENT CHALLENGES, SKILL, KNOWLEDGE AND GROWING SENSE OF WHO THEY ARE. ALL IN THE HOPE THAT THEY WILL HAVE A BRIGHTER FUTURE. NOW, SOME OF YOU MAY HAVE BEEN THINKING ABOUT THE WORDS BAH HUMBUG.

BUT NO, MY WISH FOR ALL OF YOU IS THAT YOU ARE HEALTHY AND ABLE TO PRIORITIZE THE THINGS YOU AND YOUR FAMILY NEED THIS WINTER BREAK HOLIDAY, WHICHEVER WAY YOU THINK OF IT, THAT CANNOT BE BOUGHT AND TIED WITH A BOW. LOVE, PATIENCE AND KINDNESS.

WE BEGIN THIS EVENING WITH RECOGNITION OF OUR STUDENT REPRESENTATIVE, WHO INDEED HAS A BRIGHT FEATURE, DUE TO HIS MANY GIFTS AND TA LE -- AND TALENTS.

THAT INCLUDE HIS FAMILY. >> GOOD EVENING.

IT GIVES ME GREAT PLEASURE THIS EVENING TO REPRESENT OUR STUDENT REPRESENTATIVE. HATCHER TEAGUE.

I APPLAUD THE BOARD TO ALLOW OUR STUDENTS TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS PROCESS. I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY SCHOOLS IN THE COMMONWEALTH ALLOW OUR STUDENTS TO HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY, BUT I THINK IT'S AN AMAZING OPPORTUNITY THAT WE AFFORD TO OUR STUDENT REPRESENTATIVES ON AN ANNUAL VOICE. OUR SCHOOL VALUES VOICE AND RESPECT THAT GREATLY. WE HAVE ONE OF OUR OWN SERVING IN THIS CAPACITY REALLY HELP TO US UNDERSTAND TO A GREATER EXPERIENCE WHAT OUR STUDENTS ARE EXPERIENCING IN OUR SCHOOL DIVISION. ULTIMATELY, OUR STUDENTS ARE THE REASONS WE'RE HERE. WITHOUT STUDENT, THERE'S NO SCHOOL DIVISION. THEY ARE WHOM WEAR IS.

HATCHER TEAGUE IS A SENIOR AT GOOCHLAND HIGH SCHOOL.

HE'S SERVED ADMIRABLY. HE COULD HAVE GONE HOME EVERY DAY AT 3:30, COULD HAVE GONE HOME AND DO HIS HOMEWORK BUT HE CHOSE TO DEDICATE THIS TIME TO THIS CAUSE.

THE FACT THAT HE GOES ABOVE AND BEYOND AND SPENDS EXTRA TIME TO REPRESENT THE STUDENT BODY OF THIS SCHOOL DIVISION TO SERVE ON THIS PANEL IS CERTAINLY ONE THAT'S VERY ADMIRAL AND ONE THAT WE APPLAUD THIS EVENING. THERE'S NO DOUBT THAT THE FUTURE IS EXTREMELY BRIGHT FOR HATCHER TEAGUE, WHATEVER PATH HE MAY FOLLOW AS HE WALKS ACROSS THE STAGE AS A GOOCHLAND BULLDOG.

OUR COMMUNITY WILL BE SERVED WELL BY AN EXTREMELY YOUNG MAN WITH A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF TALENT.

IT'S BEEN A PLEASURE TO SERVE ALONGSIDE YOU AND HAVE YOU AS A PART OF OUR TEAM OVER THE COURSE OF THE PAST SEVERAL MONTHS.

IF YOU WOULDN'T MIND COMING FORWARD, SEE.

HAVE A LITTLE SOMETHING FOR YOU TO REMEMBER US BY.

THIS IS PRESENTED TO JOHN HATCHER TEAGUE FOR OUTSTANDING STUDENT AS STUDENT REPRESENTATIVE TO THE SCHOOL BOARD, GOOCHLAND COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS.

THANKS FOR YOUR SERVICE.

>> DO YOU FEEL LIKE SAYING SOMETHING NOW OR DO YOU WANT TO

WAIT FOR THE AGENDA? >> LET'S SAVE IT FOR THE

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AGENDA. >> OKAY.

>> AND I BELIEVE YOU HAVE A COUPLE OF GREAT REPRESENTATIVES

TONIGHT. >> YES, MA'AM.

>> MADAM CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, IT LIKEWISE GIVES ME GREAT PLEASURE TO RECOGNIZE ONE OF OUR FINEST IN GOOCHLAND COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS. THAT'S MISS ROSA HOMMAN WHO IS JOINING US TONIGHT. I WANTED TO RECOGNIZE HER FOR WHILE SHE'S RUNNING OUR TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT WITH UTMOST PROFESSIONALISM, 60 VEHICLES AND HER STAFF THAT'S BEEN DOING A DYNAMITE JOB HERE IN THE MIDST OF A LOT OF CHAOS REGIONALLY. WE'VE BEEN STANDING OUT BECAUSE OF THE LEADERSHIP. SHE'S BEEN DOING THAT WHILE EARNING HER BACHELOR'S DEGREE. FOR THE LAST SEVERAL SEMESTERS, HE'S A BACHELOR OF SCIENCE FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF PHOENIX.

I WANT TO CONGRATULATE HER. TWO KIDS AT HOME, RUNNING THE TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT AT A MAJOR SCHOOL DISTRICT.

DOING A GREAT JOB. LET'S GIVE HER A BIG HAND.

>> I FEEL LIKE OUR STAFF, FAMILY, STUDENTS, PUT ONE FOOT IN FRONT. OTHER EVERY DAY.

THEY HAVE KEPT THE PACE AND SO I WAS PROUD TO BE ABLE TO DO THE SAME AND REPRESENT GOOCHLAND COUNTY.

SO THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO PARTICIPATED.

THERE WERE NOT MANY BOARDS THAT PARTICIPATED THIS YEAR.

THAT'S A COMPLIMENT TO THIS BOARD FOR THEIR WILLINGNESS TO GET UP EARLY, TO BE A PART OF THAT AND IT WAS GREAT FOR US TO BE TOGETHER, DOING THAT. SO THANK YOU, EVERYONE WHO PARTICIPATED IN THAT AND WHO CHEERED FOR US FROM WHEREVER THEY MIGHT HAVE BEEN. [LAUGHTER] NEXT, ANNOUNCEMENTS AND REMINDERS.

>> OUR SCHOOL DIVISION HAS A LOT OF WONDERFUL THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING ON A REGULAR BASIS. IN ADDITION TO THE ATHLETIC EVENTS AND THE SCHOLASTIC BOWLS THAT ARE HAPPEN UNTIL OUR SCHOOLS, YOU CAN SEE ON THE AGENDA SOME UPCOMING EVENTS.

WE HAVE OUR DIVISION-WIDE SPELLING BEE.

WE DIDN'T DO THAT LAST YEAR. IT'S GREAT TO BRING THE OPPORTUNITY BACK TO THE STUDENTS AND THAT WILL TAKE PLACE JAN 5TH. A LOT OF THINGS ARE HAPPENING AT THE BOARD LEVEL AS WE WORK TO PREEN OU PREPARE OUR SCHOOL YEAR. ALL OF THE MEETINGS ARE PUBLIC.

THEY WILL KICK OFF IN JANUARY WITH SOME BUDGET WORKSHOPS AND SOME JOINT MEETINGS THAT WE'LL HAVE WITH THE BOARD OF SUPPER VEESERS AND CONTINUING DIALOGUE ABOUT THE BEST USE OF OUR PRECIOUS TAX RESOURCES. ALL OF THE MEETINGS ARE OPEN TO

THE PUBLIC. >> AND THE THIRD BULLET, ACE WAS GOING TO BE HAVING THEIR COMMUNITY CONVERSATION IN JANUARY. THAT WAS ON OUR AGENDA LAST MONTH. BUT SINCE THEN, THEY -- THE GROUP HAS DECIDED TO POSTPONE IT UNTIL SPRING.

THAT GIVES YOU MORE TIME TO THINK ABOUT WHAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO BRING TO THAT CONVERSATION. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

ALL RIGHT. OUR NEXT ITEM IS OUR PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD. ON THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD, ITEM ON THE AGENDA, YOU WILL SEE TWO POLICIES THAT ARE POSTED.

THIS AGENDA INCLUDES THIS AND THEY ARE CALLED THE PUBLIC PARTICIPATION AT SCHOOL BOARD MEETINGS.

EVERY CITIZEN WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK THIS EVENING, WILL NEED TO COMPLY WITH THESE -- WITH THIS POLICY.

ADDITIONAL, WE WILL USE A THREE-MINUTE LIGHT SYSTEM

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WE ASK THAT YOU, THE AUDIENCE REMAIN QUIET.

NO APPLAUSE OR VERBAL FEEDBACK DURING AND FALLING EACH PUBLIC COMMENT. WE TYPICALLY TAKE A FIVE MINUTE BREAK FOR CITIZENS TO COME TO THE DAIS TO SIGN UP.

MRS. ASHLEY WILL HAVE THE SIGNUP SHEET THIS EVENING.

SINCE WE HAVE A SMALL AUDIENCE, IS THERE ANYONE WHO WISHES TO SIGN UP AND THAT WILL HELP US KEEP OUR PACE HERE? ALL RIGHT. SEEING NONE, I BELIEVE BECAUSE OF OUR BUSINESS TONIGHT, I REALLY ENJOY COMING OUT AND GREETING BUT I'M GOING TO CONTINUE WITH THE AGENDA THIS EVENING, AGAIN, BECAUSE WE HAVE SOME REALLY IMPORTANT INFORMATION TO SHARE AND A LOT OF OUR STAFF WHO ARE HERE AFTER A LONG DAY. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND MRS. HALL, JUST TO CONFIRM, THERE WAS NO ONE WHO SIGNED UP TO DO PUBLIC COMMENT THIS EVENING?

>> THAT'S CORRECT. >> OKAY.

THANK YOU. I WILL MOVE FORWARD, THEN.

OKAY. DR. RAYLY, WE TWO SUPERINTENDENT

COMMENTS. >> I WANT TO RECOGNIZE THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF OUR STUDENT ATHLETES, BOTH AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL AND THE HIGH SCHOOL WHO HAD A VERY STRONG FALL SHOWING THIS YEAR. SPECIFICALLY AT THE HIGH SCHOOL. WE HAD OUR CROSS-COUNTRY ATHLETES WHO PERFORMED EXTREMELY WELL OUT ON THE COURSE AS WELL AS OUR GOLFERS THAT HAD A REALLY STRONG YEAR.

I BELIEVE WE HAD ONE STUDENT THAT HAD SOME REGIONAL RECOGNITION AND CERTAINLY PROUD OF THAT STUDENT.

OUR VOLLEYBALL TEAM MADE IT TO THE STATE QUARTERFINALS AND COMPETED EXTREMELY HARD AND WAS REALLY HARD TO GETTING TO THE STATE FINALS. OUR BULLDOGS FOUGHT REALLY LONG AND HARD. OUR FOOTBALL TEAM HAD A STRONG SEASON. NOES AS STRONG AS WE HAD IN THE PAST. FROM AN ATHLETIC STANDPOINT THE FALL SEASON WAS A SUCCESS. OUR STUDENT ATHLETES ARE COMPETING IN A VARIETY OF WINTER SPORTS, BASKETBALL AND WRESTLING, A LOT OF THINGS HAPPENING.

WE HAVE OUR CHEERLEADERS COMPETING THERE AS WELL.

OUR BULLDOGS AND OUR EAGLES AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL ARE ACTIVELY

INVOLVED IN A LOT OF THINGS. >> I WOULD LIKE TO ADD TO THAT THAT THERE WAS SO MUCH STUDENT SUPPORT OF ONE ANOTHER.

IT WAS REALLY AWESOME TO SEE THAT.

AND THE VOLLEYBALL GAMES, THE WAY THAT THEY WOULD STAND TOGETHER AND JUST CHEER, IT'S REALLY AWESOME.

SO THANK YOU, MR. TEAGUE, FOR ALL OF THAT THAT YOU PROVIDED.

>> NEXT WE HAVE A RECRUITING EVENT TOMORROW THAT'S GOING TO TAKE PLACE AT THE HIGH SCHOOL. WE'RE GOING TO WELCOME EIGHT OR NINE FROM LONGWOOD UNIVERSITY WHO WILL JOIN US TO LEARN MORE ABOUT OUR SCHOOL DIVISION. TOMORROW IS THE NCAA EARLY SIGNING PERIOD FOR RECRUITS WHO ARE GOING TO JOIN THEIR NEW COLLEGES. WE'RE KICKING OFF OUR RECRUITING SEASON ON NATIONAL SIGNING DAY. WE ARE GOING TO BE AGGRESSIVE IN OUR RECRUITING PROCESS. WE ARE THE SCHOOL DIVISION OF CHOICE IN THIS RICHMOND METRO REGION.

WE WANT TO ACTIVELY RECRUIT THE BEST TALENT WHO WILL SERVE THE RESIDENTS OF GOOCHLAND COUNTY. WE GET THAT KICKED OFF TOMORROW AND IN THE MANY, MANY MONTHS AHEAD.

NEXT ON THE AGENDA IS AN ADVERTISEMENT FOR TEXTBOOK ADOPTION. PER POLICY, THIS IS AN ADOPTION PROCESS THAT ULTIMATE WILL RESULT IN PUBLIC FEEDBACK THROUGH THE REVIEW OF SAMPLES THAT ARE CURRENTLY LOCATED IN OUR SCHOOL DIVISION'S CENTRAL OFFICE.

YOU CAN SEE THE DATES AND TIMES AND THE AVAILABILITY OF ALL OF THAT. THOSE SAMPLES ARE THERE.

I'VE SEEN THEM. SO YOU CAN REVIEW THEM AT YOUR LEISURE. WE'LL ALLOW FOR INPUT AND FEEDBACK THROUGH THE PROCESS AND THEN BRING A RECOMMENDATION BACK TO THE SCHOOL BOARD FOR YOUR APPROVAL AT YOUR JANUARY MEETING. WANTED TO SHARE THAT INFORMATION WITH THE PUBLIC SO THEY ARE AWARE OF THAT TEXTBOOK ADOPTION PROCESS. 11-D IS A P BIG ITEM.

WHEN COMMUNITIES GO THROUGH THE BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENT PROCESS, THERE'S MANY ASSOCIATED WITH WHAT MAY OR MAY NOT HAPPEN.

IN OUR COMMUNITY, IT HAS BEEN MANY, MANY YEARS.

I'M NOT SURE HOW MANY. LET'S SAY, MAYBE 30 YEARS, POTENTIALLY SINCE A COMMUNITY HAS GONE THROUGH THIS.

BUT WE ARE IN THE PROCESS NOW AS WE PROCEED FORWARD WITH THE NEW GOOCHLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL OF IDENTIFYING HOW WE CAN BEST BALANCE OUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WITH THE NEW SCHOOL THAT WE HAVE AND THE OTHERS. THIS WILL REQUIRE REDRAWING OUR ELEMENTARY ATTENDANCE LINES. WE'VE GONE THROUGH A PROCESS OF GETTING QUOTES. YOU RECEIVED ONE QUOTE.

YOU HAVE THAT IN THE AGENDA. WE HAVE AWARDED THAT PROCESS AND

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THERE WILL BE A LOT OF DATA ANALYSIS AND REVIEW THAT WILL HAPPEN PRIOR TO A PRESENTATION TO YOU NEXT MONTH ARGUING WHAT THE STEPS WILL BE. WE'LL BE CONVENING A STAKEHOLDER GROUP OF REPRESENTATIVES ACROSS OUR COMMUNITY.

WE WANT STUDENT, RESIDENT, PARENT, STAFF MEMBERS TO HELP US GO THROUGH THE DEVELOPMENT OF THESE NEW ATTENDANCE LINES.

IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN THAT, I WELCOME AN E-MAIL OR A PHONE CALL OR LETTER FROM YOU LETTING ME KNOW THAT YOU ARE INTERESTED. WE'LL REVIEW THOSE AND CREATE A STAKEHOLDER GROUP THAT'S REPRESENTATIVE OF THIS COMMUNITY. THE STAKEHOLDER GROUP WILL DO THE LION SHARE OF THE WORK BUT THE WORK WILL BE TRANSPARENT AND PUBLIC. CITIZENS MAY ATTEND THE STAKEHOLDERS MEETINGS AND SEE THE WORK OF THAT COMMUNITY GROUP. THERE WILL BE ADDITIONAL COMMUNITY MEETINGS AS WELL AS SCHOOL BOARD MEETINGS THAT WILL TAKE PLACE. MULTIPLE OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE COMMUNITY TO BE INVOLVED IN THE PROCESS AS WE GO THROUGHOUT THE SPRING. THE GOAL IS TO PRESENT A REPRESENTATION TO YOU AT YOUR MAY MOOTING WITH APPROVAL.

IF YOU DO APPROVE IN JUNE, THAT WOULD ALLOW OUR FAMILIES TWO YEARS TO PREPARE FOR ANY SORT OF CHANGES THAT MAY HAPPEN TO THEIR STUDENTS' ATTENDANCE BOUNDARIES PRIOR TO THE OPENING OF THE SCHOOL IN 2024. THE LAST AGENDA, WE HAD A TRE EVENT T WAS GREAT TO BE BACK IN PERSON FOR THE ROUND TABLE CONVERSATION. WE HAD MISS HORN AND ALLEN.

MR. SPOONHAUER AND WE HAD STUDENTS, WE HAD STAFF.

WE HAD BUSINESS LEADERS. IT WAS A GREAT CONVERSATION TO REALLY HAVE A CHECK POINT TO SEE IF WE WERE ON TRACK WITH WHAT WE SHOULD BE DOING, REGARDING GIVING STUDENTS OUT IN THE WORKFORCE. SO THERE ARE A LOT OF THE THINGS THAT MISS EAST AND MR. WATSON ARE LEADING AS WE'RE TRYING TO GET MORE EXPERIENCES OUT IN THE WORKPLACE.

HEARD SOME FEEDBACK FROM OUR BUSINESS LEADERS.

WE'RE ON TRACK. GOOCHLAND CONTINUES TO LEAD THE WAY. IT WAS ANOTHER SHINING MOMENT FOR OUR SCHOOL DIVISION. WE LOOK FORWARD TO ANOTHER CONVERSATION AND HAVING A ROUNDTABLE IN THE SPRING.

>> WOW. THAT WAS A LOT.

THANK YOU. >> YES, MA'AM.

>> I APPRECIATE THE COOPERATIVE STRATEGIES GROUP BECAUSE THEY'VE WORKED WITH US MANY TIMES AND THAT WILL BE VERY HELPFUL.

THEY ARE NOT STARTING AT SQUARE ONE AND THE INVOLVEMENT OF CITIZENS, WOULD THAT INCLUDE STUDENTS AS WELL AS ADULTS?

>> YES, MA'AM WOULD LOVE TO HAVE STUDENTS WHO ARE INTERESTED.

IF THE STUDENTS DOESN'T STEP FORWARD, I COULD GO TO A FEW SELECT STUDENTS SO SEE IF THEY ARE INTERESTED.

WE VALUE STUDENT VOICES. >> ALL RIGHT.

WE ARE AT THE SET OF ITEMS WHERE A, B, C, D, E, G, H DOES NOT BEGIN TO EXPLAIN HOW MUCH WORK GOES INTO CREATING ALL OF THE DOCUMENTS AND THE TRANSPARENCY OF OUR FINANCE AND PERSONNEL ACTIONS. IS THERE ANYTHING THAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY? I KNOW THAT AS I AM GOING TO ASK FOR A MOTION, I'M GOING TO -- I'M GOING TO REQUEST THAT CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS A THROUGH F BE CONSIDERED AND G BE PULLED OUT. SO ANY COMMENTS THAT WITH YOU

LIKE TO MAKE, SIR? >> NO, MA'AM.

WE REMAIN IN A VERY STRONG POSITION WITH OUR BOOK KEEPERS, DEPARTMENT HEADS AND PRINCIPLES.

WE'RE UNDER TRACK TO BE FINANCIALLY UNDERBUDGET AND WE'RE TRACKING WELL FROM A FINANCIAL STANDPOINT.

PAYROLL CALENDAR IS LISTED SO OUR COMMUNITY KNOWS AND OUR EMPLOYEES KNOW WHEN PAYROLL WILL RUN DURING THE COURSE OF THE CALENDAR YEAR. AND WE HAVE AN OVERNIGHT FIELD TRIP FOR THE FIRST TIME IN A LONG TIME.

WE'RE HAPP HAPPY TO BRING THIS FORWARD.

>> I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION. >> I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE ITEMS

12-A THROUGH 12-F. >> THANK YOU.

I I HAVE A MOTION IS THERE A SECOND?

>> I SECOND. >> ALL RIGHT.

>> I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE -- TO CONSENT ITEMS A THROUGH F AS A SLATE. BEFORE WE GET IS THERE ANY QUESTION OR DISCUSSION THAT A BOARD MEMBER WOULD LIKE TO BRING FORWARD? EVERYBODY GOOD.

ALL RIGHT. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF APPROVING

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>> ALL RIGHT. THAT'S EVERYBODY.

LET'S GO TO ITEM G AND WHY WE PULLED THAT OUT.

IT'S PRETTY -- IT'S A PRETTY IN-DEPTH DOCUMENT THERE.

>> BOARD MEMBERS. SO YOU ARE AWARE AND THE PUBLIC IS AWARE, IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR A PENDING SCHOOL BOARD APPROVAL TO ASK THAT THE COUNTY'S APPROPRIATES THE FUNDS IN THE CATEGORIES THAT ARE LISTED IN THE MEMBER POMO.

MEMO. WE'RE THANKFUL FOR FUNDS.

THE MEMO IS ASKING FOR THE REORGANIZATION OF THOSE FUNDS AND TO THE APPROPRIATE CATEGORIES.

AND THERE ARE A FEW OTHER MINORS THAT ARE PART OF THAT REQUEST.

>> THANK YOU. I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR

ITEM G? >> MADAM CHAIR?

>> YES. >> MOVE THAT WE ACCEPT ITEM G AS PRESENTED BY THE SUPERINTENDENT.

>> ALL RIGHT. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR -- EXCUSE

ME. >> I WOULD SECOND THAT.

>> THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? ANY QUESTIONS, ANYBODY? ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU AND THANK YOU FOR ALL OF THE DETAIL AND THE MEMO, TRANSMITTAL AND SURPLUS THAT EXPLAINS THIS ITEM.

I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ALL OF THOSE IN FAVOR OF ACCEPTING THE $700,000 COUNTY TRANSFER AND -- LET'S SEE FOR THE IDENTIFIED CATEGORIES AND AMOUNTS SAY AYE.

THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT. I THOUGHT I HEARD EVERYBODY.

WE ARE TO ITEM 13 WITH SOME GREAT INFORMATION.

THIS IS OUR INSTRUCTIONAL REPORT AND DR. RALEY, BACK TO YOU,

SIR. >> WE ARE THAT SCHOOL DIVISION THAT DOES EVERYTHING WE CAN TO GET TO YES.

WHEN WE STAFF STAFF MEMBERS THAT COME TO US WITH AN IDEA, WE ASK QUESTION AND ARE CRITICAL OF ENTERTAINING PROS AND CONS AND TRY TO FIND A WAY TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN SO LONG AS IT IS IN THE BEST OF INTEREST OF OUR STUDENTS.

ONE OF THE FIFTH GRADE TEACHERS APPROACHED MISS MCKAY.

HAVE THIS IDEA. WHAT DO YOU THINK.

MAKE IT HAPPEN. IT'S BEEN AMAZING.

WE'VE SEEN TRANSFORMATION IN SOME OF OUR GIRLS AT GOOCHLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. I APPLAUD MISS UPON FOR HER LEADERSHIP AND DOING THIS IN A WAY THAT'S GOING TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE. IT'S MY PLEASURE TO INTRODUCE

THEM. >> ALLVY TO SAY IS HERE IS MRS. POND WHEN SHE CAME TO ME AND SAID DO YOU WANT A MENTORING PROGRAM FOR GIRLS? I SAID SURE.

IT'S GOOD FOR KIDS. I HAD NO IDEA OF THE POSITIVE IMPACT THIS WOULD HAVE ON STUDENTS, STAFF MEMBERS AND OUR COMMUNITY. IT'S BEEN ABSOLUTELY AMAZING.

I'M GOING TO LET MRS. POND SHARE THE HIGHLIGHTS WITH YOU.

>> SSO THIS FALL WE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO HOST THE GIRLS ON THE GROUND. THIS IS THE FIRST RUN.

WE HOPE IT GROWS. THIS IS AN INTERNATIONALLY RECOGNIZED NONPROFIT THAT PROMOTES GROWTH IN YOUNG LADIES. THIRD GRADE THROUGH FIFTH GRADE. EACH PRACTICE WE SET GOALS AND ENCOURAGE EACH OTHER, WE PRACTICE OUR POSITIVE SELF-TALK. WE CELEBRATED OUR UNIQUE GIFTS AND ABILITIES AND OUR GOAL WAS TO SERVE 15 LADIES AT OUR SCHOOL. BUT WE HAD 20.

AND THEN WE HAD THREE ON OUR WAITING LIST.

20 WAS THE MAX WE COULD TAKE. WE PROGRESSED TO THE LESSONS.

WE TAUGHT THEM ALL OF THEIR POSITIVE SELF-TALK, EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION, DEALING WITH UNCOMFORTABLE EMOTION, WHICH AFTER THIS YEAR, PRETTY -- HAD SOME UNCOMFORTABLE EMOTIONS.

WE RECOGNIZED OUR STAR POWERS WHICH WAS OUR OWN UNIQUE TALENT THAT WE COULD DIVE INTO THAT WERE IMPACTFUL.

WE ALSO DID A PROJECT TO GIVE BACK TO THE COMMUNITY AND DID A STAR POWER BOARD FOR THE OTHER MEMBERS OF OUR SCHOOL.

THEN WE CELEBRATED OUR SEASON WITH A 5-K MIDDLE OF NOVEMBER AND EACH GIRL HAD A BUDDY WHO JOGGED, WALKED OR SPRINTED.

SOME OF THOSE GIRLS WERE HARD-CORIN RUNNERS.

THEY REALLY DEVELOPED THAT LOVE.

13 LAPS AROUND THE SCHOOL TRACK.

SO THE SCHOOL COMMUNITY, FAMILY MEMBERS SHOWED UP WITH INCREDIBLE SUPPORT AND IT WAS AN HONOR TO BE PART OF THE PROGRAM. WE'RE EXCITED -- WE'RE GOING TO

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BRITISH.

] ♪ FACES IN THE VIDEO. THANK YOU GUYS FOR SUPPORTING OUR PROGRAM. WE COULDN'T HAVE DONE IT WITHOUT THE TEN TEACHERS WHO SHOWED UP EVERY AFTERNOON.

IT WAS TWICE A WEEK FOR ABOUT AN HOUR AND A HALF EACH PRACTICE.

AND THEY WERE INCREDIBLE. THEIR AMAZING SUPPORT.

WE REALLY ARE THE BEST SCHOOL SYSTEM.

>> WE ALSO HAD SOME HIGH SCHOOL VOLUNTEERS WHO CAME OUT AND GAVE THEIR TIME AND REALLY ENJOYED THEMSELVES.

IT WAS AN AMAZING, AMAZING EXPERIENCE WITH SOME SORT.

WE'RE GOING TO DO THIS AGAIN NEXT YEAR.

AND IN THE SPRING, WE HOPE -- >> IN THE SPRING WE HELP TO GET THE "LET ME RUN" PROGRAM OFF THE GROUND FOR BOYS.

>> GREAT. >> AWESOME.

ONE COMMENT THAT WAS MADE, AS YOU SAW IN THE VIDEO, THE FIELD, THERE WERE SOME YOUNGER GIRLS AND THEY WERE LIKE, I CAN'T WAIT UNTIL I GET TO DO THAT. THAT WAS SO NEAT.

SO YOU DEFINITELY HAVE STARTED SOMETHING REALLY BULL.

YOU WONDERFUL. WHAT A WONDERFUL BONDING EXPERIENCE AS WELL TO CELEBRATE THE END OF THAT PROGRAM BUT I DON'T THINK IT'S ACTUALLY THE END, THERE WAS SO MUCH GREAT GROUNDWORK LAID FOR THESE YOUNG WOMEN AND THOSE -- HOW TO BUILD A RELATIONSHIP, TOO, WITH OTHER ADULTS.

JUST THE LIST GOES ON FROM THE LEARNING.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> THANK YOU FOR THAT.

>> THANK YOU FOR HAVING US. >> THANK YOU.

WILL TELL YOU THE TERSE WHEN SUPPORTED TH -- TEACHERS WHO SUPPORTED THAT COULD HAVE GONE HOME WHEN THEIR CONTRACT TIME ENDED. BUT THEY CHOSE TO STAY BECAUSE THEY WANTED TO SPORT THOSE YOUNG LADIES.

MISS POND THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT OPPORTUNITY FOR US AND I WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY AT GES WHO MADE THAT HAPPEN.

YOU DID PROFESS YOU HAD -- YOU HAD PRESCHOOLERS.

CHEERLEADERS THERE. IT WAS A SCHOOL-WIDE EFFORT IN THE SENSE OF COMMUNITY THAT WE HAVEN'T EXPERIENCED IN A LONG TIME. IT WAS WONDERFUL.

, I JUST WANTED TO ASK DR. FOWLER TO COME FORWARD.

HE'S OUR COORDINATOR OF EVENTS, PROGRAM AND GIFTED SERVICES.

WE HAVE A LOT OF WONDERFUL PROGRAMS THAT ARE AVAILABLE TO OUR STUDENTS THAT MAYBE THE AVERAGE CITIZEN IS JUST NOT AWARE OF. TONIGHT IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO HIGHLIGHT AND CELEBRATE THE SUCCESSES OF OUR ADVANCED

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AN OPPORTUNITY TO HEAR FROM HER REGARDING THE STATE OF THE PROGRAMS AND WHERE WE ARE AND WHERE WE MIGHT GO IN THE

FUTURE. >> GOOD EVENING.

THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY. BEFORE I GET STARTED, I WANT TO SAY "GIRLS ON THE RUN" WAS FANTASTIC.

I'M TALKING ABOUT ADVANCED PROGRAMS THIS EVENING.

THERE'S THE EQUITY PIECE TO MY JOB AS WELL.

IT WAS A WONDERFUL EXAMPLE OF THAT EQUITY GOAL NUMBER TWO THAT YOU ALL HAVE APPROVED. IT WAS PROVIDING A SENSE OF AGENCY AND OPTIMISM AND EMPOWERMENT TO OUR STUDENTS.

SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. SO GOOD EVENING.

THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TONIGHT TO PROVIDE A BRIEF UPDATE ON ADVANCED PROGRAMS AND WHAT WE ALL BELIEVE WOULD BE A MUCH SWEETER YEAR FOLLOWING THE DIFFICULTIES OF THE 2020-2021 SCHOOL YEAR. AS YOU WILL SEE, 2020-2021 WAS PRETTY SOUR FOR ADVANCED PROGRAMS IN MANY WAYS BUT WE CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD AROUND TO FIND THE SWEET OUTCOMES FOR ALL OF OUR STUDENTS. LAST YEAR DID LEAVE A SOUR TASTE IN OUR MOUTHS IN MANY DIFFERENT WAYS.

IN A YEAR WHEN I WAS NEW TO MY POSITION AT THE DISTRICT LEVEL, WE ALSO HAD FOUR OUT OF FIVE NEW GIFTED RESEARCH TEACHERS IN THE COUNTY COMING IN IN AN UNPRECEDENTED YEAR.

IN ADDITION WHEN THE ELEMENTARY STUDENTS RETURNED TO THE CLASSROOM, YOU WILL REMEMBER THAT THE TYPICAL SCENARIO WAS EITHER TO TEACH IN PERSON OR VIRTUALLY.

BUT THAT WAS NOT THE CASE FOR OUR GIFTED RESOURCE TEACHERS AT THE ELEMENTARY LEVEL BECAUSE THERE'S ONLY ONE GIFTED RESEARCH TEACHER AND THEY ARE OFTEN THE ONLY ONES TEACHING THEIR ADVANCED CONTET. THEY INSTRUCTED STUDENTS IN PERSON AND IN PERSON, SIMULTANEOUSLY.

TWO OF THE THREE OF THEM BEING NEW TO GOOCHLAND, THEY WERE WORKING DOUBLE TIME TO LEARN OUR TECHNOLOGY, SYSTEM, TO MASTER OUR SYSTEMS LIKE SEE SAW AND SCHOOLOGY.

ANOTHER TRUCKLE TH STRUGGLE WAS THE ADMINISTRATION WITH THE ANNUAL TESTING GIVEN TO ALL OF OUR SECOND AND FIFTH GRADERS. THIS UNIVERSAL ATPY TUDE TESTING IS THE GOLD STANDARD FOR GIFTED EDUCATION.

NOT EVERY DISTRICT IS FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO ADMINISTER THIS SORT OF TEST. WITH OUR COMMITMENT TO RECOGNIZE AND MAXIMIZE THE POTENTIAL OF ALL LEARNERS, WE WEREN'T GOING TO SETTLE FOR ANY LESS THAN SCREENING OUR STUDENTS AT TWO GRADE LEVELS AT THE ELEMENTARY. WE FOUND THERE WERE DIFFICULTIES WITH OUR VIRTUAL LEARNERS BEING ABLE TO TAKE THAT TEST.

WORKING WITHOUR VENDOR, WE WERE ABLE TO DO THIS IN A SECURE WAY. BUT BY THE END OF LAST YEAR, THE VENDOR STILL COULD NOT FIND A WAY TO WORK AROUND THE TESTING ISSUES FOR OUR VIRTUAL SECOND GRADERS ON IPADS.

WE OFFERED IN-PERSON TESTING AFTER SCHOOL TO THE STUDENTS.

EVEN PROVIDED TRANSPORTATION AND A HANDFUL OF THEM TOOK US UP ON IT. BUT STILL KNOWING AT THE END OF THE LAST YEAR, NOT EVERY SECOND GRADER HAD THE OPPORTUNITY FOR THAT UNIVERSAL SCREENING, LEFT A SOUR TASTE IN OUR MOUTH THAT WE COULDN'T GET RID OF AS WE STARTED THIS YEAR.

A FOURTH AND FINAL SOUR NOTE FROM LAST YEAR, CAME WITH THE MAGGIE WALKER ADMINISTRATIONS PROCESS, WITH RICHMOND SCHOOLS NO THE RETURNING TO IN-PERSON LEARNING UNTIL VERY LATE IN THE YEAR, THE ANALLY CAN'TS WERE NOT ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN THEIR ANNUAL ASSESSMENT DAY ON THE CAMPUS.

TYPICALLY, THEY WOULD TAKE TWO TESTS AN APTITUDE AND ACHIEVEMENT TEST AND PROVIDE A WRITING SAMPLE.

INSTEAD, THE PROGRAM HAD TO PIVOT TO NO TESTING AND A WRITING TAM PELL PRODUCED AT HOME.

TURNING THE PAGE, I'M HAPPY TO SAY THE FIRST SEMESTER HAS BEEN AS REFRESHING AS THIS TALL GLASS OF LEMONADE ON THE SCREEN.

THE APPLICATION PROCESS IS RETURNING TO A SEMBLANCE OF NORMALCY THIS YEAR. BUT THE TIMES A GIVEN THE PLANNING COMMITTEE THE OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY EVALUATE, WHAT WAS WORTH RETURNING TO. TESTING WILL RESUME BUT IT WILL INCLUDE ONLY THE APTITUDE TEST, THE PREVIOUSLY ADMINISTERED ACHIEVEMENT TEST WHICH TESTED STUDENTS ON CONTENT AND KNOWLEDGE THAT THEY HAD NOT RECEIVED YET, HAS BEEN ADMITTED. AND MAGGIE WALKER WILL TEACH THE CONTENT. WE WANT TO ASKER SANE THAT THE APPLICANTS HAVE THE ABILITY TO LEARN THAT CONTENT ONCE THEY ARE AND THAT'S WHAT THE APTITUDE TEST WILL MEASURE.

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ONE OF A MORE ACADEMIC NATURE AND ONE OF A MORE PERSONAL NATURE. THESE RESPONSES SHOULD REVEAL A FULLER PICTURE OF THE STUDENT ATHLETES.

I'M HAPPY TO SAY THAT WE SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED THE KOGAT SCREENING. WE WERE DID NOT LEAVE OUR VIRTUAL LEARNERS FROM BEHIND. EACH WAS SCREENED AS A THIRD GRADER STAYING TRUE TO OUR STUDENTS TO SCREEN STUDENTS

TWICE IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. >> PERHAPS MOST EXCITING TO ME, WE RETURNED FULL SLATE OF ELEMENTARY GIFTED RESOURCE TEACHERS THIS YEAR. THE THEY'VE GOTTEN BACK TO THE EXTENSION ACTIVITIES THAT THEIR CLASSROOMS ARE KNOWN BEST FOR AND YOU WILL SEE SOME PICTURES UP HERE ON THE SCREEN. THEY ARE THRILLED TO HAVE STUDENTS BACK WORKING IN GROUPS, COMBINING SKILLS AND BEING CHALLENGED BY UNIQUE PROBLEMS TO SOLVE.

AS AN EXAMPLE, I OFFER THIS BRIEF CLIP FROM MISS VAN NESS' GIFTED FOURTH-GRADE ACCELERATED MATH CLASS.

THIS WAS ONE OF SEVERAL STUDENTS WHO -- PARTICIPATING IN A PART OF WHAT SHE CALLED SPIRO OLYMPICS.

IN THE HOCKEY GAME, THE TEAM USED THEIR MATH SKILLS TO DESIGN A -- WELL, YOU WILL SEE. A CONTRAPTION.

THEY DESIGNED A CONTRAPTION AND TO CREATE IT TO PUT OVER TOP A SPIRO BALL WHICH THEY WOULD CODE TO SCORE A GOAL BY PUSHING THE PURKE INTO THE GOAL.

>> I SAID HOPEFULLY. [LAUGHTER]

>> MY FAVORITE PART IS TO SEE THE PRODUCTIVE STRUGGLES OF THE STUDENTS AS THIS YOUNG MEN -- THE AGONY OF DEFEAT.

IT WAS SO LICKS-LIKE, WASN'T IT? AS YOU CAN SEE -- HERE HE GOES. [LAUGHTER]

>> BUT THEN THEY TRY AGAIN AND THAT'S THE GREAT THING, RIGHT? MATH ENGINEERING, COLLABORATION AND COMMUNICATION SKIMS WERE ALL IN EFFECT FOR THESE TEAMS AS THE STUDENTS LEARNED THROUGH THAT PRODUCTIVE STRUGGLE OF THE DAY. MOVING ONTO GOOCHLAND MIDDLE SCHOOL HIGHLIGHTS, THIS SEMESTER HAS BEEN BOUNTY FULL.

IT'S ALMOST PICKING TIME HERE. WHERE APPLICATIONS HAVE JUST CLOSED. FOR MAGGIE WALKER, WE'VE HAD 26 APPLICANTS. THOSE APPLICATIONS WERE DUE ON DECEMBER 21ST. THAT'S UP FROM PREVIOUS YEARS.

LAST YEAR WE HAD A TOTAL OF 19 AT THIS POINT IN THE YEAR, TWO OF WHICH DID NOT COMPLETE THE WRITING COMPONENT.

SO 17 TOTAL. WE'LL SEE HOW MANY OF THE 26.

HOPEFULLY WE CAN GET EVERYTHING THROUGH THE TESTING.

WE ARE HAPPY TO SEE A NUMBER APPLIED.

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EVERY APPLICATION THEY PICKED UP HAD A TIMELINE SPECIFIC TO THE PROGRAM AND OUR DEADLINES ON IT.

WE CREATED SCHOOLOGY GROUPS. THANK YOU TO THE MIDDLE SCHOOL COUNSELING CLASS FOR DOING -- OUR COUNSELORS FOR CREATING THIS CLASS OF 2026 EAGLE SUPPORT, WHERE YOU CAN SEE THE HELPFUL REMINDERS THAT WERE POSTED THERE.

WE ALSO SENT OUT SCHOOL MESSENGERS TO FAMILIES WEEKLY AND MR. NEWMAN, I HAVE TO GIVE CREDIT WHERE CREDIT IS DUE, WE ALSO SENT OUT A POSTCARD LAST YEAR, A SUG SUGGESTION FROM YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

YOU SEE THE POSTCARD THERE, TO REMIND FAMILIES ALL OF THE DEADLINES AHEAD OF THEM. IT WAS PERFECTLY SUITABLE TO PUT IT ON THEIR REFRIGERATOR. WE KNOW KIDS NEED THAT REMINDER FROM TIME TO TIME. BEYOND THE WRITTEN SUPPORTS AND THE THINGS ADULTS WERE DOING, WE MADE SURE THAT WE MADE PERSONAL CONNECTIONS IN ROOM FOR STUDENTS TO CONNECT TO STUDENTS BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT THEY ARE NOT AS INTERESTED IN WHAT WE HAVE TO SAY ABOUT THESE PROGRAMS AS THEY ARE WHAT THE OTHER STUDENTS ARE SAYING ABOUT THE PROGRAMS. TO INCREASE OUR NUMBER OF MINORITY STUDENT APPLICANT, WHICH HAVE THE HISTORIC LICK ALLY WEANED. I SENT LETTERS TO STUDENTS OF COLORS WHO ACHIEVEMENT SHOWED PROMISE.

BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, WE LET THEM TALK TO STUDENTS AND SEE A DIVERSE GROUP OF STUDENTS WHO PARTICIPATE IN THE PROGRAMS. GOVERNOR SCHOOL REAL TALK WAS HELD FOR THE FIRST TIME THIS YEAR IN PERSON. WE DID IT LAST YEAR AND PROBABLY HAD ABOUT FOUR PEOPLE THAT SHOWED UP.

THIS YEAR, WE HAD OVER 20 STUDENTS FROM THE SCHOOL WHO CAME TO PARTICIPATE. IT WAS HELD ON ELECTION DAY.

IT WILL ALWAYS BE HELD ON ELECTION DAY BECAUSE THIS WAS ACCIDENTAL MAGGIE WALKER IS CLOSED ON ELECTION DAY.

WE WERE ABLE TO GET SOME OF OUR MAGGIE WALKER GOOCHLAND STUDENTS TO TO SPEND AN EAGLE BLOCK WITH OUR CURRENT 8TH GRADERS AS WELL AS SOME FROM THE HIGH SCHOOL TO ANSWER ALL OF THOSE PRESSING QUESTIONS ABOUT STUDENT LIFE AND THESE DIFFERENT PROGRAMS. THE LAST TWO PICTURES ON THE SCREEN ARE AN EVENT THAT FOLLOWED A YEAR OR TWO LATER, THAT WAS CALLED APPLICATION 101 WORKSHOP.

WITH THE SUPPORT OF THE RICHLAND GOOCHLAND WORKSHOPS, WE MET WITH 30 STANDS. LAST YEAR WE DID IT, FOUR STUDENTS CAME AND THIS YEAR THERE WERE 30 AND WE GOT APPLICATIONS IN THEIR HANDS AND STARTED TO COMPLETE THEM.

EVERYONE WAS INVITED AND WE OVERCAME THE HARDEST PART ABOUT ANY APPLICATION GETTING STARTED.

WHILE OUR APPLICATION NUMBERS ARE UP, I DID WANT TO TAKE THIS STUDENT TO HIGHLIGHT THE SWEET AND THE SOUR OF HAVING SUCH STRONG OFFERINGSES FOR OUR STUDENTS.

WE HAVE AMAZING STUDENTS FOR STUDENTS.

BETWEEN THE BLUE RIDGE AND THE MAGGIE WALKER PROGRAMS, WE HAVE 43 GOVERNOR SCHOOL SPOTS AVAILABLE TO COHORTS THAT AVERAGE AROUND 200. SO A TRE NUMBER OF ON STUDENTS ARE ABLE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF GOVERNOR SCHOOL PROGRAMS. DUE TO THE GENEROSITY OF THE BOARD, WE HAVE ALSO DISTINGUISHED OURSELVES AMONG OTHER ACA PROGRAMS AND THAT WE DO NOT CURRENTLY LIMIT ENROLLMENT TO A CERTAIN NUMBER OF STUDENTS. ADD ON TO THAT OUR STUDENTS CAN PARTICIPATE IN BOTH BLUE RIDGE AND ACA AT GOOCHLAND HIGH SCHOOL ALL WITHOUT LEAVING THE COMFORT AND SUPPORTED ENVIRONMENT OF GOOCHLAND COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS.

THAT'S A PRETTY SWEET DEAL. THAT'S ONE OF THE SWEET HIGHLIGHTS. THE SOUR RESULT OF THAT SOMETIMES CAN BE, THOUGH, THAT P PARADOX OF CHOICE FOR OUR STUDENTS. IT'S NOT UNCOMMON FOR A STUDENT TO APPLY TO ALL THREE PROGRAMS AND ONLY MAKE A DECISION ONCE THEY'VE BEEN ADMITTED TO ALL THREE.

THIS HAS LED TO A BIT OF A CHALLENGE IN FILLING THE MAGGIE WALKER SLOTS OVER THE PAST TWO YEARS.

FOR THE SECOND YEAR IN A ROW, WE WOULD BE ON THE WAITING LIST OF STUDENTS. SEVEN STUDENTS ARE ADMITTED AN HUGHLEY AND THREE ARE PLACED ON A WAITING LIST.

FOR THE PAST TWO YEARS, WE HAVE HAD ENOUGH STUDENTS SAY NO, THANK YOU, THAT WE'VE GONE BEYOND THAT WAITING LIST.

WHILE I'M NOT AS GOOD AT DR. GUYER AS THIS SORT OF VISUAL, I'M GOING TO ATTEMPT TO SHOW YOU WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE.

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OUT OF THE TOP SEVEN STUDENTS, OVER HALF OF THEM, FOUR, SAID NO THANK YOU AND THEY SAID NO THANK YOU TO CONTINUE AT GOOCHLAND COUNTY HIGH SCHOOLS, GO ONTO HIGH SCHOOL AND TAKE ADVANTAGE OF ACA. IT'S A TESTAMENT TO ALL OF THE PROGRAMS THAT THEY ARE MAKING THAT CHOICE.

WHEN THOSE FOUR STUDENTS SAID NO, WE OFFERED THE SLOTS TO THE NEXT FOUR STUDENTS ON THE RANKED LIST.

SO RIGHT THERE, WE WENT BEYOND THE WAIT LIST TO GO FOUR MORE SPOTS. WE GOT INTO ONE OF THE ORIGINAL NOES THAT A STUDENT HAD RECEIVED A DENIAL, THE PURPLE SORT OF LEMONS, IF YOU WILL. WHEN WE OFFERED THE NEXT FOUR SLOTS ONE ON THE WAIT LIST SAID NO, THANK YOU.

I'M GOING TO STAY AT GOOCHLAND HIGH SCHOOL.

AND THAT PUT US ANOTHER SPOT INTO THE ORIGINAL NOES WHERE A SECOND STUDENT SAID NO, THANK YOU.

I WILL STICK WITH ACA. I WILL STICK WITH BLUE RIDGE.

WHEN ALL WAS SAID AND DONE, THERE WERE ONLY FOUR APPLICANTS FROM GOOCHLAND COUNTY THAT APPLIED TO MAGGIE WALKER WHO WERE NOT AT SOME POINT OFFERED ADMISSION TO THE PROGRAM.

THAT ECREATES TO ROUGHLY A 76% ADMISSIONS RATE OF OUR APPLICANTS LAST YEAR. AND THE PROGRAM OVERALL, THE REGIONAL PROGRAM OF MAGGIE WALKER HAD ROUGHLY A 35% ADMISSIONS RATE. I HIGHLIGHT THIS SIMPLY BECAUSE WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE SENDING STUDENTS WHO ARE ABLE TO COMPETE AND TO PERFORM AT THE SAME LEVEL AS THE STUDENTS THEY ARE IN CLASS WITH. ANOTHER SWEET AND TOWER HIGHLIGHT, WE'RE THRILLED TO OFFER SUCH DIVERSE OPPORTUNITIES TO OUR STUDENTS, WHETHER IT IS ENGINEERING, POLITICS, MATH, COMPUTER SCIENCE. GOOCHLAND HAS AN ADVANCED PROGRAM THAT CAN FIT ALL OF OUR STUDENTS' NEEDS.

WE'RE ALSO ABLE TO OFFER THIS DIVERSITY ON THE F GHS CAMPUS. SO STUDENTS DON'T HAVE TO ATTEND A SPECIALTY CENTER LIKE THEY WOULD HAVE TO IN MANY LARGE DISTRICTS. OUR STUDENTS ARE FORTUNATE TO HAVE ALL OF IT IN A SIN FEW LAR LOCATION.

ALSO WITH ACA OCCASIONALLY AND OCCASIONALLY WITH BLUERIDGE, WE'RE ABLE TO ALLOW STUDENTS WHO MAY MATURE TAT DIFFERENT RATES TO ENTER THESE PROGRAMS, NOT ONLY IN EIGHTH GRADE BUT SOMETIMES NINTH AND TENTH AS WELL.

IF WE HAVE ORIGINAL SPOTS, WE WILL REOPEN APPLICATIONS AND ACA, WE HAVE HISTORICALLY OPENED NINTH AND TENTH GRADE.

AGAIN, I WILL POINT OUT WE HAD 85 STUDENTS APPLY IN EIGHTH GRADE AND SO THEY WILL HAVE TWO MORE STUDENTS IN THAT COHORT TO APPLY BEYOND THAT. THAT BEING SAID, EVEN WITH THE DIVERSITY OF THE PROGRAMS AND THE TIMEFRAMES IN WHICH STUDENTS HAVE ACCESS TO THEM, WE STILL HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO ATTRACT APPLICANTS THAT MIRROR OUR EIGHTH TRADE DEMOGRAPHICS.

THIS IS A DATA POINT THAT GLARINGLY CAME TO MY ATTENTION WHEN I STARTED THIS JOB LAST YEAR, BECAUSE IN THE 2019-'20 SCHOOL YEAR NOT A SINGLE STUDENT OF COLOR APPLIED TO GOOCHLAND MAGGIE WALKER SCHOOLS. O WE HAVE SHOWN GROWN, I'M HAPPY TO SAY.

IN OUR CURRENT EIGHTH GLADE COHORT, 31% OF OUR STUDENTS, IDENTIFY AS STUDENTS OF COLOR. THIS YEAR, THE APPLICANTS TO THE ACA AND THE BLUERIDGE PROGRAM, 24% OF THE ACA APPLICANTS WERE STUDENTS OF COLOR. 20% ARE OF -- THE BLUE RIDGE APPLICANTS WITH STUDENTS OF COLOR.

THAT'S IN THE GREEN TO SHOW THERE'S STILL SOME GROWTH THERE. WE'RE NOT QUITE HITTING THE MARK IN TERMS OF ATTRACTING DIVERSE APPLICANTS.

FOR THE SECOND YEAR IN A ROW, WE HAD MATCHED THE DIVERSITY OF MAGGIE WALKER APPLICANTS TO THE STUDENT COHORT.

I COULDN'T MAKE THESE NUMBERS UP IF I TRIED.

31% OF OUR GOOCHLAND MIDDLE SCHOOL COHORT ARE STUDENTS OF COLOR AND 31% OF OUR MAGFY WALKER APPLICANTS ARE ALSO STUDENTS OF COLOR. THAT'S A SWEET POINT.

SOMETHING WE'RE GOING TO KEEP AN EYE ON THE LAST HIGHLIGHT I HAVE

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WITH OVER 50 REYNOLDS GRADUATES IN THE CLASS OF 2021, WE'RE THE LARGEST AND MOST SUCCESSFUL ACA PROGRAM IN ANY HIGH SCHOOL IN THE REGION. YOU CANNOT ARGUE WITH THOSE POSITIVE RESULTS. THAT'S SOMETHING TO BE TRULY PROUD OF. CURRENTLY, WE HAVE 284 STUDENTS AT GOOCHLAND HIGH SCHOOL THAT ARE ENROLLED IN THE ACA PROGRAM. THAT'S APPROXIMATELY 34% OF THE STUDENT BODY. THIS COMPARES TO PACKSTY 120 STUDENTS IN OTHER LARGE -- LARGER SCHOOLS WHO HOST ACA PROGRAMS. OUR COHORTS CONTINUE TO GROW.

85 APPLICANTS ALONE IN THIS YEAR'S EIGHTH GRADE CLASS.

WHILE WE'RE THRILLED TO BRING THIS OPPORTUNITY, SUCH A LARGE PERCENTAGE OF OUR STUDENT BODY, WE HAVE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THERE'S CHALLENGES, EMPLOYING A STAFF THAT HAS THE MASTER'S LEVEL TO SERVE CAN BE A CHALLENGE. MORE STUDENTS MEANS MORE DUAL ENROLLMENT SECTIONS AND EACH TEACHER CAN ONLY TEACH SO MANY OF THESE. WE NEED TO KEEP AN EYE ON THAT AND MAKE SURE WE'RE BUILDING OUR BENCH FOR THIS.

DESPITE THE FACT THAT OUR ACA SERVICES 84 STUDENTS AND FAMILIES, WE HAVE THE SAME AMOUNT OF ADMINISTRATIVE AND ACDEM TICK SUPPORT IN THE FORM OF A PART-TIME CAREER COACH AS THE MUCH SMALLER PROGRAMS. BOTH OF THESE FACTORS, FACULTIES AND SUPPORT MUST BE CONSIDERED AS WE MOVE FORWARD AND PLAN FOR THE SUSTAINABILITY OF THE PROGRAM.

ALL OF THAT BEING SAID, DON'T WORRY.

WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO GROW OUR LEMON TREES BECAUSE OUR BULLDOGS CAN'T GET ENOUGH. WE WERE PROUD TO SAY, IT BECAME OFFICIAL, THE NEW BRANCH OF THE ACA.

WE HAVE THE TEACHER BRANDED TRACK.

THAT WAS SIGNED INTO THE MEMBER DOUBLE OF UNDERSTANDING WITH REYNOLDS COMMUNITY COLLEGE IN SEPTEMBER OF 2021.

WE HAVE THE FIRST STUDENT ON THIS TRACK IN OUR CLASS -- -- THREE STUDENTS HAVE ALREADY EXPRESSED INTEREST.

WE'RE THE FIRST SYSTEM TO OFFER TWO DEGREES AT A SINGLE SETTING. WORD ON THE TREAT IS SOME OF OUR NEIGHBORS MAY WANT TO FOLLOW SUIT.

WE CAN BOAST THE CAREER AND APTITUDE AT THE SECONDIER LEVEL. THANKS TO MR. WATTSON AND HIS STAFF, WE ACCEPT OUR FIRST REFERRALS WILL BE COMING THIS YEAR. WITH THIS ADDITION TO OUR GIFTED PROGRAM, GOOCHLAND COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS WILL OFFER THE FULL SPECTRUM OF GIFTED IDENTIFICATION OPTIONS THAT ARE AFFORDED TO US BY THE VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF INVESTIGATION.

WE CHECK EVERY BOX. WE GIVE EVERY AREA OF GIFTED INFORMS SERVICE. SO IN CLOSING, JUST LIKE THE LEMONS THAT HAVE BEEN ON THE SCREEN THROUGH OUT THIS PRESENTATION, WE'VE EXPERIENCED SWEET AND SOUR MOMENTS AS WE SORT ADVANCED PROGRAMS THIS YEAR AND LAST.

WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD BECAUSE NOTHING IS AS SWEET AS SEEING OUR STUDENTS ACHIEVE AT THEIR HIGHEST LEVELS. THANK YOU.

ANY QUESTIONS? >> I'M SURE THERE'S QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS, INCLUDING MR. TEAGUE. DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING?

>> GRADUATION AND MY GROUP STARTS TO GET CLOSER TO THAT, TO SEE HOW QUICKLY PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE ABLE TO -- AND HOW MUCH MONEY THEY ARE GOING TO SAVE OVERALL. SO IT'S BEEN A REALLY GOOD TOOL FOR ME AND MY FAMILY AND I KNOW A LOT OF MY CLASSMATES.

>> THANK YOU. BOARD MEMBERS?

I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU.

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>> I HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS. I'M SURE YOU ARE NOT SURPRISED.

I'M SORRY. I WAS CURIOUS ABOUT HOW MUCH LARGER THIS 8TH GRADE COHORT IS THAN --

>> I WOULD SAY ROUGHLY 10%. IT'S 230 -- IT'S IN THE 230S.

I THINK IT IS 238. I LOOKED A IT BEFORE I CAME IN.

>> WOW. THAT'S A SPECIFIC CHANGE.

I'M EXCITED WITH -- ABOUT THE APPLICANTS THAT WE HAVE GOING UP. I'M CURIOUS HOW YOU JUDGE THE INCREASE AND INTEREST WHEN WEIGHED AGAINST THE IDEA THAT YOU HAD SOME TROUBLE FEELING SLOTS LAST YEAR.

SO THIS IS THE BETH FOWLER ANSWER.

>> SHARED FROM ACA AND THE COST SAVINGS TO FAMILY, IT BECOMES MORE ENTICING, NOT ONLY TO THE STUDENT BUT TO FAMILIES.

BUT WE'RE MAKING SURE THAT WE -- THAT STUDENTS SEE MAGGIE WALKER AS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM AS WELL AND WE'RE GOING TO MAKE THAT CHOICE AS HARD ON THEM AS POSSIBLE.

I BELIEVE ALL OF THESE PROGRAMS EXIST BECAUSE THERE ARE STUDENTS WHO NEED THAT'S PROGRAMS. AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO PLACE THOSE COLLECT STUDENTS IN THE -- WITH THOSE STUDENTS.

>> WAS THERE SORT OF EXIT COEX -- EXIT INTERVIEWS

FOR THOSE WHO SAID NO THANKS? >> THERE WAS ONE STUDENT WHO CHOSE TO STAY IN PRIVATE SCHOOL.

THERE WAS NO EXIT INTERVIEW THERE.

FOR OUR STUDENTS -- AND WHEN I SAY OUR, I MEAN RICHLAND GOOCHLAND STUDENT, I MET WITH EACH OF THEM TO DISCUSS THE OPPORTUNITY. THERE WERE A COUPLE OF THAT WERE REALLY WELL INFORMED, EVEN WORKED IN THE DISTRICT, SO THEY KNEW KIND OF WHAT THEY WERE SAYING NO, TOO.

OTHERS WE TALKED THROUGH THE POISETIVES, THE CONCERNS.

THE -- THE ADVANTAGES, WHAT MAGGIE WALKER WOULD BE ABLE TO AFFORD STUDENTS THAT MAYBE WOULDN'T BE AFFORDED AT GOOCHLAND HIGH SCHOOL. I HAVE TO BE HONEST, THAT LIST IS GETTING SHORTER. WE CAN OFFER A LOT OF THE SAME THINGS WITHIN THE CONFINES OF GOOCHLAND AND I THINK STUDENTS FEEL COMFORTABLE, GOSH, IF I CAN HAVE SAME ACADEMIC OPPORTUNITIES ANDKY MAINTAIN ENROLLMENT WITH MY FRIENDS THAT I WENT THROUGH MIDDLE SCHOOL WITH, IT'S A HARD THING FOR SOME OF THEM TO TURN DOWN AND TO GO TO A WHOLE NEW COHORT AND SCHOOL.

>> THAT SORT -- THE TAKE AWAY IT WAS A COMBINATION OF -- A COMFORT LEVEL WITH WHERE THEY ALREADY WERE AND A CHOICE OF

OPPORTUNITIES. >> ABSOLUTELY.

>> OKAY. >> THAT'S GOOD INFORMATION.

>> YOU HAD -- IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY, YOU HAD FIVE APPLICANTS WHO, YOU KNOW, TURNED DOWN THE OPPORTUNITY, IS -- IS THIS A ONE-YEAR TREND? IS THIS SOMETHING GROWING OVER TIME WHERE EVERY SINGLE THING WAS DIFFERENT?

>> ABSOLUTELY. THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.

THAT'S WHY I'M BRIDGING IT TOWER ATTENTION NOW.

WE KNOW IT IS AT LEAST TWO YEARS WORTH OF GOING BEYOND -- BEYOND THE STUDENTS ON THE WEIGHT LIST.

A BIT OF A TREND. CERTAINLY WANT TO KEEP AN EYE ON IT FOR THIS YEAR. I HAVE SEEN AND I SHOULD HAVE MENTIONED THIS, TOO, I SEE SOME APPLICANTS THAT APPLY TO MAGGIE

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>> ALL RIGHT. WELL, THOSE ARE ALL GREAT ANSWERS. DO YOU THINK THAT -- AND IF I -- DO YOU THINK THERE WAS ANY INFLUENCE CREATED AMONGST OUR STUDENTS THROUGH SEEING THEIR FIRST SORT OF FULL COHORT GO THROUGH ACA AND GRADUATE? DO YOU THINK THAT HAD AN EFFECT

ALSO? >> 100%.

YOU KNOW, AS A COUNSELOR AT THE TIME OF THAT FIRST ACA COHORT, I HAD LOTS OF CONVERSATIONS WITH PARENTS AND STUDENTS SAYING, I'M JUST NOT SURE. IT'S LIKE BUYING THAT FIRST CAR OFF THE ASSEMBLY LINE, RIGHT, THEY HAVEN'T WORKED THE BUGS OUT MAYBE YET AND THEY WEREN'T SURE HOW THAT WOULD ACTUALLY PLAY OUT WITH TRANSFERABILITY AND HOW IT WOULD FORK THEIR FOR THEIR CHILDREN. THERE WERE A LOT OF PARENTS WHO SAID, I DON'T WANT MY KID TO GRADUATE EARLY.

I DON'T WANT HIM TO GO TO THE WORK AT THE AGE OF 20.

>> HAD I A KID THAT WENT THROUGH MAGGIE WALKER AND TOOK THAT OPPORTUNITY. DIDN'T GET AS MANY CREDITS HEADING INTO COLLEGE BUT GOT A PHENOMENAL EDUCATION.

AND ONE THAT SHE STILL LOOKS AT HER WORK IN COLLEGE AND THINKS

IT IS EASY. >> OKAY.

AND SO THAT'S -- THAT WAS THE RIGHT PATHWAY FOR HER AND WHAT WAS SHE WAS DOING AND I HAVE ANOTHER DAUGHTER WHO DID ACA AND CAME OUT AND HAD 64 CREDITS THAT ALL TRANSFERRED.

THE OTHER SIDE OF THAT, WHICH WAS REALLY EXCITING FOR HER AT THE TIME WAS, THAT'S GREAT BUT THAT ALL -- ALL THAT DID WAS TAKING ON THE CORE CLASSES AND ELECTIVES.

SO SHE WAS STILL GOING TO SPEND ALMOST FOUR YEARS IN SCHOOL, EVEN THOUGH SHE WAS TWO YEARS AHEAD.

THERE'S SOME LESSONS THAT I THINK PEOPLE WILL LEARN AS WE START TO SEE THIS ABOUT WHAT THE PROGRAM BENEFITS ARE ON BOTH SIDES OF THE EQUATION. I DON'T THINK IT IS QUITE AS CLEAR TO MOLT OF OUR STUDENTS AS IT SHOULD BE.

THERE'S STILL A LOT OF EDUCATION AND I REALLY APPLAUD THE PEER GROUP THAT YOU BROUGHT IN SO THEY COULD ASK REAL QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING. I STILL FEAR THEY ARE NOT ASKING THE RIGHT QUESTIONS. THEY ARE MORE CONCERNED WITH --

SORE YOU GUYS DON'T HAVE BELLS? >> YOU GET AN HOUR FOR LUNCH?

>> I MEAN, CAN YOU REALLY DO WHATEVER YOU WANT.

THINGS LIKE THAT ARE STILL IMPORTANT TO THEM AND THEIR WELL BEING IN THAT ENVIRONMENT. IT'S NOT AT THE CORE OF WHAT -- AS A PARENT, I WOULD HOPE MY CHILDREN WERE ASKING.

>> SO THERE ARE ADULTS THERE THAT KIND OF STEER THAT CONVERSATION AND IT'S A GOOD MIX AND THEN, THE INFORMATION NIGHT IS MORE THE NUTS AND BOLTS OF WHAT THE CURRICULUM LOOK LIKES AND SO FORTH. TO YOUR POINT ABOUT THE ACA AND KIND OF KNOWING WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE ON THE OTHER SIDE, I DIDN'T MENTION IT TONIGHT BECAUSE IT HASN'T HAPPENED YET.

BUT IN EARLY JANUARY, WE'RE GOING TO HOST AN EVENT CALLED HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS WHERE WE'VE INVITED ACA GRADUATES FROM LAST YEAR'S CLASS BACK TO TALK TO CURRENT JUNIORS AND SENIORS ABOUT THEIR TRANSITION TO COLLEGE, HOW THAT WORKED OUT FOR THEM, WHAT THEIR PLAN IS, WHAT TRANSFER -- ARE YOU GOING ABLE TO BE ABLE -- YOU ARE GOING BE ABLE TO GRADUATE IN FOUR YEARS.

ADDITIONALLY, WE'LL BE FOLLOWING UP WITH A SURVEY TO ALL OF LAST YEAR'S GRADUATES TO GET THAT SAME INFORMATION FOR THE

COHORT. >> ALL OF THIS IS FANTASTIC.

AND WAS PUT TOGETHER THAT WOULD BE ATTRACTIVE TO SUCH A LARGE

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I'M NOT TRYING TO PICK ANYTHING APART BUT RATHER UNDERSTAND THE

PARADOX. >> ABSOLUTELY.

>> IF YOU WILL. >> SO THANK YOU SO MUCH.

>> THANK YOU. >> I HAD WRITTEN DOWN ALUMNI.

I'M GLAD TO HERE THAT'S ANOTHER STEP.

AS YOU DISCUSS ALUMNIS AND THEIR FAMILIES, WOULD BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THE REALTIME RESPONSES. SO THANK YOU FOR THAT.

I DO HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT OUR MIDDLE SCHOOLERS AND I KNOW THAT I'M -- I'VE HAD SOME PARENTS TALK TO ME ABOUT SOME OF THE CONCERNS ABOUT GIFTED PROGRAMS IN OUR MIDDLE SCHOOL AND WE WOULD CERTAINLY NEED SOME GIFTED OPPORTUNITIES TO PREPARE STUDENTS BETTER FOR THESE ADVANCED PROGRAMS. CAN YOU GIVE ME A LITTLE BIT OF INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT'S BEING

DONE TO PREPARE STUDENTS? >> A LOT OF THE SERVICING AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL CURRENTLY IS DONE THROUGH THE LEVELING THE CLASSES SO THE HONOR AND THE ADVANCED CLASSES.

ACCESS TO ADVANCED COURSE WEEK -- FOR INSTANCE, WHERE STUDENTS OF ADVANCED ABILITY MAY BE READY FOR AN ALGEBRA II AND THE MIDDLE SCHOOL DOESN'T TEACH THAT. WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO WORK THAT OUT AND PUT IT IN THE SCHOOL SO THEY CAN ACCESS WHAT THEY ARE READY FOR WHEN THEY ARE READY FOR IT. AND THEN THE TRUE DEFINITION OF EQUITY. WE HAVE A GIFTED RESOURCE ADVISOR AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL. IT'S A PART TIME POSITION.

I WOULD JUST BEING HONEST AND SINCE I HAVE THIS MOMENT, I WOULD LOVE TO SEE THAT POSITION GROW A BIT TO ONE THAT COULD BE MORE SUPPORTIVE OF OUR IDENTIFIED GIFTED STUDENT, IN PREPARATION FOR ALL OF THESE ADVANCED PROGRAMS, THE APPLICATIONS THEMSELVES. WE DID PROVIDE SOME WRITING SUPPORT LAST YEAR FOR STUDENTS WHO WERE APPLYING TO THESE PROGRAMS. THE MIDDLE SCHOOL TEAM STEPPED UP TO SUPPORT STUDENTS AND WHEN THAT MAGGIE WALKER APPLICATION, THE WRITING SAMPLE BECAME SOMETHING THEY COULD DO AT HOME. WE REALIZED THAT WAS

INEQUITABLE. >> IF I MAY EXPAND UPON THE ANSWER A LITTLE BIT. IF YOU REMEMBER, PRIOR TO THE PANDEMIC, WE HAD A DEDICATED GIFTED RESOURCE SPECIALIST AND BASED ON BUDGETARY CHALLENGES WE FACED IN THE SPRING OF 2020, WE MADE A CHOICE AT THAT POINT IN TIME TO LEAVE THAT POSITION VACANT. WE DID NOT CUT THAT POSITION.

BUT WE CHOSE TO LEAVE IT VACANT.

AS WE'RE GOING TO DEVELOP OUR BUDGETING FOR THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE CONSIDERING AS WE LOOK AT ALL OF THE COMPETING NEEDS ACROSS THE SCHOOL DIVISION, WHAT WE CAN DO TO PROVIDE MORE SUPPORT FOR THE GIFTED LEARNERS. WE KNOW WHEN STUDENTS LEAVE THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, THERE'S KIND OF A VOID AFTER THEY HAVE INTENSE SUPPORT FROM A GIFTED RESOURCE SPECIALIST.

THEY GO AND THEY HAVE THE SUPPORT BUT IT'S NOT THE LOCAL OF SUPPORT THEY ARE USED TO -- THEY ARE USED TO SEEING.

IT'S SOMETHING TO CONSIDER. >> I WILL LOOK FORWARD TO THAT.

IN OUR NEXT ITEM WE'RE GOING TO SEE THERE IS A NEW COURSE CONSIDERATION ON AN ACA STUDY HALL AND I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT FOR THE STUDENTS ON THE CHALLENGING REPORTS.

IF YOU ARE AN EIGHTH GRADER AND YOU ARE TAKING A HIGH SCHOOL COURSE, WHAT ACCESS DO YOU HAVE TO SOME SORT OF STUDY HALL OR

ADDITIONAL SUPPORT? >> THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.

OUR SCHEDULE AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL AND THE HIGH SCHOOL DOES HAVE A STUDY HALL BUILT INTO IT.

THE STUDENTS AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL WHO ARE TAKING ADVANCED CLASSES AT THE HIGH SCHOOL ARE ABLE TO ACCESS, THEIR TEACHERS DURING THAT EAGLE BLOCK BECAUSE WE HAVE THE PARALLEL SCHEDULE BECAUSE IT WORKS NICELY. THE ACA STUDY HALL IS AN ACKNOWLEDGEMENT THAT THESE COLLEGE LEVEL CLASSES REQUIRE A LOT MORE WORK OUTSIDE OF THE CLASSROOM THAN OUR HIGH SCHOOL CLASSES. IF YOU REMEMBER, YOUR RECENTLY PASSED POLICY, REGARDING HOMEWORK.

THERE ARE TIME LIMITS PUT ON HOMEWORK FOR HIGH SCHOOL CLASSES, MIDDLE SCHOOL CLASSES AND IT CLEARLY STATES THAT ACA

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I WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE WEREN'T SETTING A STUDENT UP FOR A SITUATION WHERE THEY WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO BE SUCCESSFUL AND HE DID ASSURE ME THAT THERE WERE SOME STUDENTS WHO WERE GOING TO BE ATTENDING ALREADY WHO HAD SIMILAR SCORES TO THAT STUDENT.

>> EXCELLENT. THAT ANSWERED MY NEXT QUESTION.

YOU'VE COVERED A NUMBER OF EXCEPTIONAL PROGRAMS HERE TONIGHT. THE ONE THING I DIDN'T HEAR I MENTIONED THAT OTHERS MAY NOT KNOW ABOUT IS DUAL ENROLLMENT.

>> YES. >> STUDENT WHO MAY NOT BE FORMALLY IN THE ACA PROGRAM BUT CHOOSES TO TAKE A CLASS OR TWO IS PART OF THE CURRICULUM AND IF YOU CAN TALK ABOUT THE BENEFITS OF THAT AND THE SELECTION PROCESS.

>> ABSOLUTELY. DUAL WE REFER TO THOSE AS OUR SINGLETON CLASSES BECAUSE STUDENTS CAN PICK AND CHAS.

I WANT TO TAKE THIS BIOLOGY CLASS OR THIS MATH CLASS OR THIS WORLD LANGUAGE. CURRENTLY -- AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT MAKES OUR ACA DIFFERENT WITH OTHER COMMUNITIES. A LOT OF TIMES YOU HAVE TO BE AN ACA STUDENT TO GET TO DUAL ENROLLMENT.

CURRENTLY, IT IS ONLY OUR SINGLE LEVEL ENGLISH AND OUR DUAL ENROLLMENT, 11TH GRADE HISTORY AND GOVERNMENT THAT ARE WHAT WE CALL COHORT CLASSES THAT ONLY ACA STUDENTS PARTICIPATE IN.

OTHER STUDENTS WHO HAVE THE QUALIFICATIONS OF A 3.0 HIGH SCHOOL GPA AND IF THEY ARE LOOKING AT A MATH CLASS HAVE A C BETTER IN ALLEY GRAY II ARE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN DUAL ENROLLMENT. AS LONG AS THERE'S ROOM UNTIL CLASSROOM, WE WILL COULDN'T TO GIVE THEM THAT OPPORTUNITY SO THEY CAN EARN TRANSFERABLE CREDIT AS WELL.

THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT UP. >> NO, THANK YOU.

>> AND HOW MANY STUDENTS TAKE THAT?

>> NOT MANY. >> LESS THAN 30 IN A BIG YEAR.

PROBABLY AS LOW AS 15 IN A SMALLER YEAR.

>> OKAY. THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU.

>> NEXT ITEM IS A LIST OF PROPOSED COURSES THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO MOVE FORWARD FOR CONSIDERATION AS WE GO INTO THE SECOND HALF OF THE YEAR AND START TO THINK ABOUT WHAT OPPORTUNITIES WOULD BE AVAILABLE TO STUDENTS STUDENTS NEXT YEAR.

IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE SCHOOL DIVISION TO REMAIN CURRENT AND RELEVANT AND RECOGNIZE THAT THE COURSES THAT WE'RE OFFERING TODAY MAY NOT BE THE COURSES THAT ARE GOING TO BEST PREPARE OR STUDENTS FOR THEIR FUTURE.

WAY. >> CERTAINLY HAPPY TO PROVIDE CONTEXT ONE BY ONE OR I CAN TAKE QUESTIONS.

WHATEVER YOUR PLEASURE IS. >> HOW ABOUT JUST GOING THROUGH

IT REAL QUICKLY. >> SURE.

SURE. >> IDENTIFY THE COURSES.

>> THE FIRST ONE ON THE LIST WE'VE TALKED ABOUT PRETTY EXTENSIVELY HERE THAT WOULD BE A STUDY HALL OPPORTUNITY FOR ACA STUDENTS. SECOND ONE ON THE LIST ADVANCED

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[LAUGHTER] >> JUST ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY, OBVIOUSLY, TO STRENGTHEN OUR STUDENTS' WRITING SKILLS AND ADD TO OUR ENGLISH DEPARTMENT AT THE HIGH SCHOOL.

THE NEXT COURSE, ART IV. WE ACTUALLY HAVE ART IV HONORS ON THE BOOKS. WE DON'T HAVE AN ART IV THAT'S NOT AN HONORS COURSE AND SO THIS WOULD BE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR STUDENTS, -- HONORS COURSE CARRIES WITH IT ADDITIONAL WORK. IF THERE'S STUDENTS WHO WOULD WANT TO CONTINUE ON WITH ART IV BUT NOT HAVE THE HONORS CREDIT WHICH WOULD REQUIRE THE ADDITIONAL WORK, THIS WOULD BE AN OPTION FOR THEM AND THE SCHEDULE WOULD LIKELY BE STACKED. THIS WOULDN'T CREATE NECESSARILY ANOTHER SECTION BUT FOR STUDENTS WOULD LIKELY HAVE CLASS AT THE SAME TIME. ART IV STUDENTS WOULD HAVE ADDITIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES OUTSIDE OF CLASS.

REALLY KIND OF FILLS A HOLE THAT REALLY NEEDS TO BE FILLED.

>> YES, SIR. >> AS WE CONTINUE TO GROW OUR CULINARY PROGRAM, THERE'S ABSOLUTELY AN INTEREST IN BANQUET AND CATERING SPECIALIZATION, THAT WOULD BE AN ADVANCED CLASS FOR CULINARY STUDENTS.

A NEW COURSE OFFERING, THE SAME IS TRUE FOR OUR CORAL PROGRAM.

THAT CONTINUES TO GROW AND I THINK WE'VE SEEN SOME GREAT STRIDES THIS YEAR IN PARTICULAR COMING OFF THE DISRUPTION OF LAST YEAR AND SO SOME ADDITIONAL STUDENTS FOR SOME ADVANCED CORAL PROGRAMMING FOR STUDENTS. THE NEXT COURSE IS CHEMISTRY 111, WHICH IS AWESOME TO SEE THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY FINALLY WITH THIS PARTNERSHIP WITH REYNOLDS FOR STUDENTS IN ACA TO NOT HAVE TO TAKE THREE YEARS OF BIOLOGY WHICH NEVER MADE A LOT OF SENSE.

WE DID OUR BEST TO ABIDE BY THE RULES OF THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE BUT WE'VE GOT SOME FLEXIBILITY NOW TO OFFER CHEMISTRY, WHICH WILL BE A GREAT OPTION FOR OUR STUDENTS.

>> DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY THREE IS A NEW COURSE, NUMBER THREE IN THE SEQUENCE. WE HAVE STUDENTS NOW THAT WILL LIKELY BE INTERESTED IN THAT THIRD COURSE.

WE CERTAINLY WANT TO OFFER IT TO THEM AND WE'LL SEE IF IT -- IF THERE'S ANOTHER INTEREST FOR THAT COURSE TO MAKE ENGLISH 245, 246 IS COMBINATION REALLY OF AMERICAN LITERATURE AND BRITISH LITERATURE ROLLED INTO ONE YEAR-LONG COURSE.

THAT IS A DUAL ENROLLMENT COURSE.

GRAPHIC ARTS DESIGN III, SAME AS DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY, COURSE NUMBER THREE IN THE SEQUENCE THAT WE DON'T CURRENTLY OFFER.

AGAIN, THESE ARE COURSES THAT WE WANT OR SEEKING APPROVAL FOR TO PUT THEM ON THE BOOKS FOR STUDENTS AND THERE'S NO GUARANTEE THEY WILL MAKE AND BE BASED ON STUDENT INTEREST.

THAT WILL BE A COURSE SIMILAR TO DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY.

IT'S THE THIRD IN THE SEQUENCE. ITI 152 THIS REPLACES ITE 115.

THIS IS A REYNOLDS REQUIREMENT THROUGH THE ACA PROGRAM.

IT WILL BE A SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENT OVER WHAT CURES WAS ON THE BOOKS WHICH WAS THAT 115 REQUIRE FROM REYNOLDS.

SO EXCITED ABOUT THAT CHANGE. MATH 161, THIS IS A CHANGE FROM A SEMESTER COURSE TO A YEAR-LONG COURSE.

SO WE'VE HAD 161 BEFORE. ANY TIME WE MAKE A CHANGE LIKE THIS, WE ALWAYS BRING IT BACK TO YOU FOR RECONSIDERATION.

THE CONTENT IS NOT NEW BUT THE FORMAT OF THE COURSE, AGAIN, BEING YEAR LONG IS NEW. AND MATH 245, AGAIN, SIMILAR TO THE PREVIOUS COURSE WOULD BE OFFERED IN THE YEAR-LONG SETTING. SHOW CHOIR, SIMILAR TO A COURSE THAT WE TALKED ABOUT JUST A FEW MINUTES AGO.

EXPANDING -- POTENTIALLY EXPANDING OPPORTUNITIES IN OUR CORAL PROGRAM, SAME WITH SONG WRITING AND MUSIC MAKING.

AGAIN, COURSES WE WANT TO OFFER TO SEE WHAT KIND OF STUDENT INTEREST WE HAVE. TELEVISION AND MEDIA PRODUCTION II, WE CURRENTLY OFFER I AND WANT TO BUILD ON THE SEE AGAINST AND WANT TO OFFER THE SECOND IN THE SERIES NEXT YEAR.

AND THEN THEATER ARTS 8 WOULD BE A THEATER COURSE TO OUR EIGHTH GRADE STUDENTS WHICH WOULD BE A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO BUILD UPON THE FEEDER PROGRAM THAT'S ALREADY THERE FOR MR. BURCH'S PROGRAM AT THE HOOL. SO WITH THAT, I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY THAT IS, BUT SEVEN PAGES WORTH OF COURSES FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION. HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

>> WOW. I CARRY THE PROGRAM STUDY GUIDE IN MY BOOK BAG. IT JUST -- EVERY TIME I OPEN MY BOOKBAG AND SEE IT, I'M AMAZED. I FEEL LIKE I'M LOOKING AT SOMETHING FROM A COLLEGE BECAUSE OF THE VARIETY AND SO MANY OPPORTUNITIES AND THIS LIST SHOWS THAT YOU ALSO ARE ADDRESSING STUDENTS WHO HAVE A VARIETY OF INTERESTS AND NEEDS.

MR. TEAGUE, DO YOU SEE ANYTHING ON THERE?

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YOU WANT TO COME BACK AND TAKE? >> YES.

[LAUGHTER] >> BUT ALSO -- IF I MAY -- THAT ACA STUDY HALL IS SOMETHING THERE BEEN ON MY KNEES BEGGING FOR FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS. I'M SUPER, SUPER GLAD TO HEAR THAT. I WANT TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE CONTEXT. MY SCHEDULE IS ALWAYS BUSY BUT THIS IS THE SAME WITH A LOT OF THE COHORT.

I GOT TO SCHOOL TODAY AT 8:00 AND PUT UP HOLIDAY DECORATIONS, WHICH IS SUPER EXCITEGE AND I'M GLAD WE GET TO DO THAT AND IN THAT BULLDOG BLOCK THAT WE HAVE, THE STUDY HALL THAT HE WAS TALKING ABOUT, THAT'S WHEN I HANDED OUT CANDY CANES FOR ANOTHER CLUB AND WE HAVE TONS OF CLUBS, WHICH IS GREAT.

THEY ALL LAND WITHIN THAT 30-MINUTE BLOCK.

THAT'S UNDERSTOOD, OH, YOU HAVE A STUDY HALL BUT THERE ARE A SUN OF CLUBS SO YOU DON'T END UP HAVING THAT.

ADDITIONALLY, I'M NOW TAKING THAT ITE 115 CLASS THAT I JUST TOOK THIS SEMESTER AND LET ME TELL YOU, THAT IS AN ONLINE CLASS. SO IT IS UP TO YOU TO GET THE WORK DONE. THAT ENDED UP BEING A STUDY HALL FOR A LOT OF STUDENTS AND THEY WOULD PUSH THAT WORK OFF TO GO HOME TO DO AT HOME. WE'RE NOW FINISHING THE SEMESTER AND THERE WAS A GREAT GROUP THAT WAS NOT UP TO DATE ON THE CLASS BECAUSE THEY NEEDED THE STUDY HALL.

THEY'VE USED THAT AND PUSHED THE ITE WORK AWAY, WHICH HAS MADE THE ITI WORK SOMETHING THAT PEOPLE ARE SCROUNGING FOR BEFORE BREAK. SO THE ADDITION OF THAT WOULD HOPEFULLY DEPLETE THAT BECAUSE I KNOW THAT'S SOMETHING THAT DR. FOWLER AND MISS ELI HAVE BEEN SENDING E-MAILS ABOUT, HEY, DO YOUR 115 WORK. AND THEN I WAS AT SCHOOL UNTIL 5:45 AND CAME HERE. SO I WILL GET HOME TONIGHT AND START HOMEWORK. THAT'S SOMETHING TO LOCK IN FOR

YOU GUYS ABOUT THE ACA WORK. >> GREAT.

THANK YOU. I THINK THAT'S THE MOST IMPORTANT WORD WE COULD HEAR IN SUPPORT OF THAT CLASS FOR CERTAIN. MISS ALLEN, DO YOU HAVE ANY

QUESTIONS ABOUT THESE COURSES? >> I HAVE SEVERAL QUESTIONS.

I THINK YOU STARTED TO ANSWER ONE OF THEM.

LOVE TO KNOW HOW WE WOULD DETERMINE IF THERE'S SUFFICIENT STUDENT INTEREST IN ADDING THESE COURSES OR WILL THAT FOLLOW

ADDING THE COURSES? >> GENERALLY, THE LATTER.

WE DON'T OFFER THEM. WE DON'T PUT THEM IN OUR COURSE CATALOGUE OR TEARS THEM TO STUDENTS UNTIL THE BOARD TAKES ACTION. THIS IS THE FIRST STEP IN THAT.

WE ALWAYS HAVE COURSES THAT ARE OFFERED TO STUDENTS IN THE CATALOGUE THAT WE DON'T ROLL OUT THE FOLLOWING YEAR BECAUSE THERE'S NOT SUFFICIENT ENROLLMENT.

IT'S A LITTLE BIT OF THE CHICKEN IN THE EGG.

WE HAVE TO GET YOUR APPROVAL BEFORE WE PUT THEM OUT THERE FOR STUDENTS AND DEPENDING UPON STUDENT INTEREST AND SCHEDULING CONFLICTS AND THE LIKE, SOME OF THESE COURSES WILL BE HAPPENING IN OUR HIGH SCHOOL NEXT YEAR AND SOME WON'T.

>> HOW LONG WILL YOU LET THEM MARINATE, LET'S SAY? LET'S LEAVE THEM ON THE CATALOGUE AND SEE IF THEY --

OVER WHAT PERIOD OF TIME? >> GREAT QUESTION.

AT LEAST FOR A FEW YEARS. WE HAVE SOME EXAMPLES OF COURSES THAT WE STILL THINK WE'LL MAKE IN TIME OR WE'VE SEEN SOME THAT WE STARTED TO OFFER ON AN EVERY-OTHER-YEAR BASIS BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE SUFFICIENT ENROLL -- GREAT QUESTION.

IF WE SEE SOMETHING A WE DON'T THINK THERE'S INTEREST IN, WE ACTUALLY HAVE A FORMAL PROCESS FOR THAT THAT FOR DISCONTINUING THE COURSE. THAT TAKES LEVEL OFS OF APPROVAL. BUT THESE COURSES ARE TO GET THEM OUT IN FRONT OF STUDENTS AND SEE WHAT KIND OF INTEREST THERE IS FOR SOME AND OTHERS ARE PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS THAT REALLY

NEED YOUR APPROVAL. >> OKAY.

>> MATH 161, IT'S BEING EXTENDED FROM A SEMESTER-LONG CLASS TO A YEAR-LONG CLASS. TALK TO ME ABOUT THE RATIONAL

BEHIND THAT. >> IS THOSE TYPES OF DECISION, WE GET A LOT OF FEEDBACK FROM OUR DEPARTMENTS AND THE MATH STUDENT FEELS LIKE IT WILL GIVE STUDENTS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR GREATER SUCCESS FOR THE COURSE BY DRAWING IT OVER THE YEAR.

YOU CAN -- THAT FEEDBACK HAS COME FROM OUR MATH DEPARTMENT.

EXCELLENT. >> MR. TEAGUE MIGHT WANT TO MAKE

A COMMENT ABOUT THAT. >> YEAH.

I JUST FINISHED TAKING THOSE TWO CLASSES LAST YEAR.

AND WITH THAT TRACK OR THE TRACK THAT I'M ON, I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS AS A WHOLE BUT FOR ME, IT ENDED UP BEING REALLY FAST AND NOT A LOT OF HIGH SUCCESS IN THE CLASS.

FINE SUCCESS BUT NOT GOOD SUCCESS.

AND THEN THE QUESTION WAS WHAT DO I TAKE NEXT FOR SENIOR YEAR

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EXTENDING THOSE. >> IS THE PLAN TO OFFER THAT FOR THE MATH 162 FOR TO BE A YEAR-LONG CLASS AS WELL?

>> I THINK IT IS 161, 245. >> 245.

THANK YOU. SO THAT WOULD SET UP THE SITUATION THAT HATCHER IS DESCRIBED.

>> YES. AND WE HAVE A LOT OF THE STUDENTS WHO FEEL LIKE THEY ARE AT THE END OF THE ROAD FOR THE MATH INTEREST BUT NOT AT THE END OF THE ROAD OF HIGH SCHOOL AND IT DOESN'T LOOK GOOD TO HAVE A SENIOR VOID OF GAP.

>> THANK YOU. >> YES.

I WANTED TO MENTION TO -- ONE OF THE THINGS I WANTED TO DRAW ATTENTION TO, YOU DON'T SEE ANY COURSES RELATED TO THE ENERGY ECONOMY. AND REMIND THE BOARD AND TO GET MRS. ALLEN KNOW, ALL OF THESE COURSES CAME TO YOU FOR THE ENTIRE ACADEMY. WHILE THEY WERE NOT OFFERED LAST YEAR, WE ALREADY HAVE YOUR APPROVAL FOR ALL OF THE COURSES, WE WILL BE ROLLING OUT YEAR TWO COURSE IN THE CATALOGUE THIS

YEAR. >> MR. NEWMAN, ANY QUESTIONS,

SIR? >> NO QUESTIONS.

I'M JUST EXCITED TO SEE THE CATALOGUE OFFERINGS GROW AND THE OPPORTUNITIES FOR STUDENTS TO GROW.

THE IDEA IN ADDITION TO THE MATH AND CHEMISTRY AND ALL OF THOSE, WE HAVE STUDENTS WHO HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR THINGS LIKE SHOW CHOIR AND WE'VE TALKED ABOUT FINE ARTS AND THE NEED FOR FINE ARTS AND THAT COVERS SO MUCH. THEY'VE BEEN WAITING FOR THAT.

TELEVISION. THEATER ARTS, SO MUCH ON HERE, THAT, LIKE WAS SAID EARLIER TONIGHT, IT'S WHAT SOMEBODY NEEDS AND HOPEFULLY, AS YOU SAID, INTEREST WILL SURFACE AND THERE WILL BE CLASSES INVOLVED IN ALL OF THESE BUT IT'S EXCITING TO SEE THE OPPORTUNITIES GROW.

>> I WAS PREPARING FOR ANOTHER PRESENTATION ON FRIDAY AND Y'ALL HAVE SEEN THIS BEFORE. IT'S A TRIBUTE TO THE BOARDANT THE SUPPORT THAT YOU ALL HAVE PROVIDED.

WE HAVE PROGRAMMING AT OUR HIGH SCHOOL FOR HIGH SCHOOLS THAT ARE TWICE OUR SITES. WE OFTEN TALK ABOUT, WE HAVE AN 800-STUDENT HIGH SCHOOL AND WE OFFER PROGRAMMING TYPICAL OF A 1600-STUDENT HIGH SCHOOL. THAT TAKES COMMITMENT AND YOU'VE ALL DEMONSTRATED THAT YEAR OVER YEAR AND OUR STUDENTS ARE THE BENEFICIARIES OF ALL OF THOSE OPPORTUNITIES.

>> IT TAKES THE TALENT IN THE STAFF AS WELL.

>> NO DOUBT. >> ANY QUESTIONS?

>> NO. >> THANK YOU.

>> MR. WRIGHT? >> ALL RIGHT.

I HAD A COMMENT REGARDING THE TELEVISION ITEM.

WHAT WAS THAT TITLED? VIDEO --

>> PROGRAM THE OTHER DAY. I THINK WE HAVE SOME GROWING INTEREST IN THIS PROGRAM. WE DEFINITELY HAVE TALENT IN OUR STUDENTS. SO I'M GLAD TO SEE THAT THIS PROGRAM IS GROWING BECAUSE OUR STUDENTS -- THIS IS A PATH FOR THEM. THANK YOU FOR INCLUDING THAT IN THIS LIST OF PROGRAMS. CERTAINLY, THE HIGHER LEVEL CHEMISTRY, MY FRESHMAN YEAR IN COLLEGE WAS CHEMISTRY, NUTRITION AND FOOD, WHICH WAS LIKE THREE CHEMISTRY CLASSES.

I WOULD HAVE LOVED TO HAVE HAD THAT -- A DUNK OF CHA DONE BEFORE I GOT INTO THE FRESHMAN YEAR BEFORE ALL OF THAT.

THAT'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR STUDENTS.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU. >> BOARD MIMS YOU KNOW THAT TYPICALLY DR. GUIRE PRESENTS THE RESULTS OF OUR GAP LUP DATA IN THE SEPTEMBER PRESENTATION REGARDING THE MULTIPLE MEASURES THAT WE USE TO ASSESS THE SUCCESS OF OUR SCHOOL DIVISION.

WE'RE PULLING THIS OUT AS A SPECIAL REPORT.

AND JUST TRYING TO PROVIDE SOME MORE RELEVANT AND CURRENT DATA.

THIS IS ONE OF THE MULTIPLE MEASURES THAT I USE.

IT'S NOT THE MEASURE. IT'S A MEASURE.

DR. GUYER WANT TO HIT THE ARE THES FOR ME.

>> AND I WILL PICK UP THE PACE. I KNOW BILL -- I CAN FEEL YOUR EYES ON MY BACK THAT I'M STANDING BETWEEN YOU AND YOUR PRESENTATION. I AM REALLY EXCITED TO -- ABOUT SHARING THIS PRESENTATION WITH THE BOARD AREN'T THE PUBLIC.

THE GALLUP STUDENT POLL IS SOMETHING THAT I FEEL REALLY

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>> A LOT OF THIS IS REFLECTED IN THE STUDENT POLL.

IT MAKES PERFECT SENSE THAT WE'VE IDENTIFIES AS PRIORITIES THROUGH OUR STRATEGIC PLAN, WE WOULD ADMINISTER THE GALLUP POLL TO MEASURE OUR PROGRESS IN THE AREAS.

THE OTHER PIECE IS THE BALANCE ASSESSMENT WORK, IN THAT THERE'S A LOT OF CONVERSATION AROUND NOT ONLY STUDENT LEARNING BUT STUDENT ENGAGEMENT AND RECOGNIZING THAT TELLING THE WHOLE STORY OF STUDENT LEARNING IS MORE THAN JUST ACHIEVEMENT RESULTS. IT'S MORE THAN JUST GROWTH RESULTS. WHAT'S OUR STUDENT EXPERIENCE LIKE? SO I THINK THOSE TWO KIND OF FOUNDATIONAL PIECES ARE WHY WE HAD THAT CONVERSATION IN 2013 AND WHY IT'S BEEN A PART OF THE SCHOOL DIVISION EVER SINCE.

AND SO TO CAPTURE THAT, I THINK IT ACCOMPLISHES THESE THREE THINGS. IT PROVIDES A MORE COMPLETE PICTURE OF THE STUDENT EXPERIENCE IN OUR DIVISION.

IT MEASURES WHAT WE VALUE, WHAT WE'VE SAID VERY CLEARLY.

WE VALUE THROUGH OUR STRATEGIC PLAN AND BECAUSE WE KNOW AND WE'VE BEEN TALKING FOR YEARS ABOUT THE CONNECTION BETWEEN STUDENT ENGAGEMENT AND STUDENT LEARNING AND THAT LEADS US TO CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THE USE OF THE GALLUP POLL.

JUST WANTED TO BE CLEAR THAT WE HAVE ALWAYS PUBLICLY RECORDED OUR RESULTS. WE DID THAT SINCE WE STARTED TO ADMINISTER THE POLL IN 2019. WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A DEEPER DIVE AND PUT MORE CONTEXT TO IT THAN MAYBE WE HAVE ON AN ANNUAL BASIS BEFORE. SO AS PART OF THAT, AGAIN, I WANTED TO PUT AN ILLUSTRATION AS DR. RALEY MENTIONED, EACH FALL WE REPORT ALL KINDS OF DATA AND HERE'S A GRAPHIC REPRESENTATION OF SOME OF THAT AND THE GALLOP POLE HAS ALWAYS BEEN SOME OF WHAT WE REPORTED. THIS PRESENTATION REFLECTS THIS YEAR'S RESULTS, THE RESULTS FROM THIS FALL.

TYPICALLY THE FALL PRESENTATION WILL HAVE BEEN THE GALLUP RESULTS FROM THE PREVIOUS YEAR. YOU WILL SEE THE RESULTS THAT WOULD NORMALLY SHOW UP IN THE DATA PRESENTATION NEXT SEPTEMBER. IT'S IMPORTANT AGAIN IN TERMS OF CONTEXT TO KNOW THE POLL ITSELF HAS CHANGED.

BACK IN 2018, THEY -- THERE WERE FOUR CATEGORIES MEASURED THROUGH THE POLL ENGAGEMENT, HOPE, ENTREPRENEUR ASPIRATIONS, CAREER AND FINANCIAL LITERACY, THOSE ARE THE FOUR CATEGORY CS IN 2018. THE CURRENT YEAR AND THE POLL FOR THE LAST FEW YEARS, DOES NOT MEASURE THOSE SAME FOUR TOPICS.

IT DOES CONTINUE TO MEASURE ENGAGEMENT AND HOPE.

THOSE TWO HAVE BEEN PART OF THE POLL SINCE GALLUP CREATED THIS.

BUT THE TWO NEW CATEGORIES THAT HAVE BEEN PART OF THE POLL THE LAST FEW YEARS HAVE BEEN BELONGING AND SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING. IT'S IMPORTANT TO KNOW THAT THE POLL HAS EVOLVED OVER TIME. SO I THOUGHT IN TERMS OF TRANSPARENCY, AND WE'VE SHARED THIS BEFORE PUBLICLY, BUT I THOUGHT IT WAS IMPORTANT TO LOOK AT THE QUESTIONS.

THERE ARE 22 CORE ITEMS IN THE POLL.

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IF WE HAVE STAFF THAT ARE WORKING TO TRY TO MAKE SURE THAT STUDENTS ARE FEELING SAFE, AND THAT THEY ARE HAVING FUN, LIKE THEY HAVE A BEST FRIEND AT SCHOOL, TEACH TO THAT.

WE WANT TO CREATE AN ENVIRONMENT THAT WE'RE ANSWERING QUESTIONS IN A POSITIVE WAY. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO SEE THE QUESTIONS THEMSELVES. THE FIRST CATEGORY, THOSE ARE THE NINE QUESTIONS THAT OUR STUDENTS ANSWERED RELATED TO ENGAGEMENT. THEY ANSWERED THESE SIX QUESTIONS RELATED TO HOPE. I WILL LEAVE THEM UP THERE FOR JUST A MINUTE. I DON'T THINK IT TAKES A LOT OF EXPLANATION TO MAKE THE CASE THAT THESE ARE IMPORTANT THINGS TO KNOW ABOUT OUR STUDENTS' EXPERIENCES.

THE THIRD CATEGORY, AMON BELONGING, THERE'S FOUR QUESTIONS RELATED TO BELONGING. AND THE FOURTH CATEGORY SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING. THERE ARE THREE CATEGORIES RELATED TO SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING.

IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THESE LAST TWO CATEGORIES ARE NEW BEGINNING IN 2019 TO THE GALLUP POLL.

SO THAT'S THE CONTEXT FOR THE POLL.

IN RELATION TO THE DATA, AND I WILL PROVIDE SOME CONTEXT TO THIS AS WELL. YOU WILL SEE ME TOGGLE BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN 2018 AND 2021 A LITTLE BIT, PRE-PANDEMIC, POST-PANDEMIC. PRIOR TO THE CHANGES THAT GALLUP MADE POST THE CHANGES THE GALLUP MADE.

THESE ARE THE RESULTS AS GALLUP REPORTS THEM FOR FOR THE PERCENTAGE OF SCHOOLS WHO WORT BEING ENGAGED IN THAT SCHOOL EXPERIENCE. SO BEING SUPER TRANSPARENT.

THIS IS GENERATED BY GALLUP FROM THE QUESTIONS THAT WERE PART OF THE OF THIS. SO WE DO KNOW HOW OUR STUDENTS RESPOND TO INDIVIDUAL QUESTIONS BUT GIVING AN OVERALL KIND OF ENGAGEMENT SCORE IS THE WAY WE TYPICALLY PRESENT IT IN THE FALL, THAT'S THE NUMBERS THAT YOU SEE IN FRONT OF YOU.

AND THIS IS WHAT GALLUP GIVE US U IN 2018, ACCORDING TO THE POLL, 73% OF STUDENTS REPORTED BEING GAGED IN THEIR SCHOOL EXPERIENCE AT BURT. 81% AT RANDOLPH.

41% AT GMS AND 38% AT GHS. ALL KINDS OF CONTEXT HERE.

FIRST AND FOREMOST, THOSE FIRST THREE BARS, FIFTH GRADE ONLY, RIGHT, THAT'S JUST FIFTH GRADE RESULTS AT THE THREE SCHOOLS.

I WILL SHOW A GRAPH IN A MINUTE THAT WILL SHOW YOU LONGITUDINAL DATA. THIS IS ONE YEAR.

THEY TAKE THE POLL ON ONE DAY. WE SEE VARIABILITY IN RESULTS OVER TIME FROM SCHOOL AND IT IS MORE IMPORTANT TO LOOK AT THE TRENDS OVERTIME. NATURALLY, WHAT COMES TO MIND WHEN YOU LOOK AT THIS, HOW DO WE COMPARE IT TO NATIONAL AVERAGES? SOMETIMES GALLUP GIVE US THE NATIONAL AVERAGES. SOMETIMES THEY DON'T.

AND IN THIS CASE, IN 2018, THEY DID REPORT A NATIONAL AVERAGE WHICH WAS ANOTHER REASON I USED THIS DATA POINT IN THE PRESENTATION. AND SO THE NATIONAL AVERAGE OF THE ELEMENTARY LEVEL IN 2018 WAS 74%.

THE NATIONAL AVERAGE AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL LEVEL WAS 50% AND AT THE HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL, 33%. THAT PUTS A WHOLE LOT MORE CONTEXT TO THE RESULTS IN OUR SCHOOL DIVISION IN THAT PARTICULAR YEAR. IT'S REFLECTED IN OUR DATA AND THE NATIONAL DATA. IN THIS PARTICULAR YEAR, SOME OF OUR SCHOOLS EXCEEDED NATIONAL AVERAGES AND IN THIS CASE, BIRD AND GMS WERE AT NATURAL AVERAGES.

THAT WAS 2018. HERE ARE OUR SECURES FROM THIS

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SOMETIMES THEY RELEASE NATIONAL AVERAGES.

SOMETIMES THEY DON'T. I SUSPECT THAT THE PANDEMIC PROBABLY HAS IMPACTED THESE SCORES, NOT ONLY IN OUR COMMUNITY BUT ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

AND SO I THINK SEEING SOME DROPS PROBABLY NOT A SURPRISE.

BUT IT WILL BE INTERESTING IF AND WHEN THEY RELEASE NATIONAL AVERAGES TO SEE WHAT OUR RESULTS LOOK LIKE COMPARED TO NATIONAL AVERAGES. THAT'S KIND OF 2018, 2021 AND THEN I THINK THIS IS PROBABLY MORE IMPORTANT IN A LOT OF WAYS. THIS IS LONGITUDINAL DATA FROM ALL FIVE SCHOOLS, THE PERCENT OF STUDENTS ENGAGED IN THEIR SCHOOL EXPERIENCE FOR AS LONG AS WE'VE BEEN GIVING THE GALLUP POLL.

I'M GOING TO GO BACK AND SHOW YOU AGAIN, THEY DON'T RELEASE NATIONAL AVERAGES EVERY SINGLE YEAR.

SO TO PUT SOME CONTEXT TO THIS, FIRST I THINK IT IS REALLY IMPORTANT IF YOU FOLLOW JUST CHOOSE A SCHOOL AND FOLLOW IT FROM LEFT TO RIGHT. YOU WILL SEE THAT IT'S NOT A FLAT LINE. WE SEE SOME UPS AND DOWNS.

WE CERTAINLY SEE SOME TRENDS. I THINK YOU CAN SEE FROM THE START OF THE PANDEMIC ON WHEN YOU LOOK AT ALL FIVE OF THOSE LINES. WE SEE A LITTLE BIT OF A DOWNWARD CREEP. BUT EVEN WITHIN THAT, YOU LOOK AT GOOCHLAND HAD A BIG JUMP FROM 2019 TO 2021.

AND IT KIND OF LEVELS BACK OUT AGAIN.

YOU SEE BIRD TAKE A BIG DROP AND IT BOUNCES BACK UP AGAIN.

IT REALLY IS IMPORTANT TO LOOK AT THIS LONGITUDINALLY.

AND TO PUT SOME CONTEXT TO IT, I'M GOING TO PULL OUT YEARS WHERE FALL LUP HAS PROVIDED NATIONAL AVERAGES.

IN 2013, THEY DID AND I THINK THIS IS REALLY IMPORTANT WHEN YOU START TO LOOK AT BOLL HIGH SCHOOL, THAT LINE IS SO MUCH LOWER ON THE GRAPH THAN OUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS.

THE NATIONAL AVERAGE IN 2013 FOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS WAS 44%.

BUT WE WERE JUST UNDER THAT THAT YEAR.

MIDDLE SCHOOL, 61%. WE WERE RIGHT THERE.

MAYBE A PERCENTAGE POINT UNDER IT.

AND ELEMENTARY ENGAGEMENT RESULTS WERE 76%.

WE HAD BIRD ABOVE THAT AND RANDOLPH JUST BELOW THAT AND THEN THE VERY MEEKS YEAR RANDOLPH JUMPS BOSH THE NATIONAL AVERAGE. IT'S IMPORTANT TO HAVE THAT CONTEXT. ANOTHER YEAR THAT THEY PROVIDED NATIONAL AVERAGES, AS I SHARED BEFORE, YOU SEE IN 2018, THE HIGH SCHOOL NATIONAL AVERAGE WAS 33%.

OUR SCHOOL EXCEEDED THAT PRETTY SIGNIFICANTLY.

MIDDLE SCHOOL NATIONAL AVERAGE. 50% AND I THINK WHAT'S INTERESTING TO LOCK AT, THESE AVERAGES ARE DOWN.

YOU SEE THE NATIONAL RESULTS DUMB DUNE.

I WANTED TO GIVE YOU INCLUDE THAT IN THE GRAPH BECAUSE IT GIVES A WATERMARK COMPARED TO WHAT LOOKS LIKE THE TRENDS NATIONALLY AND SEE THAT HISTORICALLY, AND THEY INK I'VE SAID THIS EVERY FALL, HISTORICALLY WE'RE AT THE NATIONAL ABOVE IN HIGH SCHOOL AND THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS.

THAT'S THE TREND DATA. DIGGING IN ANOTHER, THERE'S THIS WHOLE MOTION OF A GRAND MENE. EACH QUESTION STUDENTS RESPOND ON A SCALE FROM ONE TO FIVE AND SO THE GRAND MENE IS THE AVERAGE OF ALL OF THOSE QUESTIONS WITHIN THAT CATEGORY AND THESE ARE THE RESULTS FROM 018 AND SO IF YOU WERE, THESE ARE THE FOURTH CATEGORIES THAT WERE PART OF GALLUP THROUGH 2018.

HERE ARE THE NATIONAL AVERAGES. WE'RE NOW LOOKING AT ALL FOUR CATEGORIES IN THE SLIDE. WE'LL LOOK AT THE SAME GRAPHIC FOR 2021. BUT AGAIN, REMEMBER THE CATEGORIES HAVE CHANGED SO NOW ENGAGEMENT AND HOPE REMAIN.

HERE ARE THE ONLY TWO CATEGORIES THAT THEY'VE RELEASED NATIONAL AVERAGES GRAND. THEY'VE NOT RELEASED FOR BELONGING OR SOCIAL LEARNING. HERE ARE GOOCHLAND'S RESULTS FOR THIS YEAR, 2021. SO YOU SEE WE WERE SLIGHTLY OVER

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WE'RE TRANSPARENT WITH IT AND JUST TO REITERATE, WE DON'T HAVE TO GIVE THE GALLUP STUDENT POLL.

WE CHOOSE TO GIVE IT BECAUSE WE BELIEVE THE ITEMS ON THERE ARE THERE TO MEASURE AND THE STUDENT EXPERIENCE IS CAPTURED THROUGH THIS SURVEY FAR BETTER THAN ANY OTHER INSTRUMENT OUT THERE.

THAT WAS THE RELATIVELY DEEP DIVE THAT I INCLUDED IN THE PRESENTATION. AGAIN, MORE IN-DEPTH THAN WE PROVIDED IN THE PAST. BUT JUST A REMINDER WE'VE ALWAYS PROVIDED OUR GALLUP RESULTS EVERY YEAR IN THE FALL IN THE WAY OF THOSE RESULTS RELATED TO STUDENT ENGAGEMENT.

SO WITH THAT I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT THE BOARD

HAS. >> WE KNOW THAT THERE'S REAL, REAL REASONS THAT -- A MULTITUDE OF THEM THAT STUDENTS ARE NOT FEELING THE SAME AMOUNT OF HOPE OR BELONGING.

I DID SOME RESEARCH ON ARTICLES AND JUST -- JUST A QUICK SEARCH. EDUCATION IN THE PANDEMIC, THE DESPAIRED IMPACTS OF COVID 19, COVID 19'S TOLL ON STUDENT WELL BEING AND MENTAL HEALTH. MY GET UP AND GO GOT UP AND WENT WITH A PANDEMIC THAT'S GONE ON FOR MORE THAN A YEAR.

HOW DO STUDENTS AND TEACHERS STAY MOTIVATED? THESE ARE JUST SAMPLES OF SOME OF THE ARTICLES AND WE KNOW THAT STUDENTS ARE STRESSED. WE KNOW THAT FAMILIES ARE STRESSED. WE KNOW THAT STAFF ARE STRESSED. SO, AGAIN, THIS -- IN INFORMATION THIS GALLUP POLL, IT JUST ALIGNS WITH WHAT WE SEE AND KNOW AND HATCHER IF YOU ARE KERNEL TALKING ABOUT THIS, IF NOT, THAT'S FINE. BUT AS A STUDENT, THIS -- I WOULD LOVE TO HEAR ANYTHING THAT YOU COULD SHARE WITH US.

>> YEAH. I THINK THAT GOOCHLAND DOES A GOOD JOB OF SAYING, YEAH, WE HAVE TO TAKE THIS.

THIS IS NOT OURS. THIS IS YOUR ASSESSMENT AND WE NEED TO TAKE THIS TRUE TO YOUR EXPERIENCE AND TRUE TO HOW YOU ARE RIGHT NOW. AND I THINK IT IS SO MUCH BETTER TO TAKE THE SURVEY THAN HEAR THE ANSWERS.

I ALSO LIKE THAT IT SURVEY GIVES YOU A SCALE OF WHERE YOU CAN PLAY YOUR ANSWERS. THAT AT LEAST FOR ME IS A FAR MORE ACCURATE REPRESENTATION OF WHERE I AM RIGHT NOW AND WHAT I'M I'M DOING OR HOW I'M DOING IN SCHOOL.

I BELIEVE IN IT. I FULLY BELIEVE THAT IT IS GOOD THAT WE'RE REFLECTING. I THINK THAT REFLECTING IS REALLY, REL IMPEARTIVE ON, HOW IS THIS YEAR GOING? AND THIS YEAR AND HAS YEAR HAS BEEN A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT FOR US, FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE. YEAH, I LIKE IT.

THANK YOU. >> GALLOP IS PROBABLY THE LEADING SURVEY COMPANY IN THE WORLD.

WE KNOW THEY ARE OUTSTANDING BUT I HAVE A LOT OF CONCERNS WITH HOW THIS IS ADMINISTERED AND WE CAN GO INTO A DEEP DIVE OFFLINE. I THINK MY CONCERN IS THE WAITING. RESPONSES.

WE'RE LOOKING AT DATA AND AGGREGATES.

AND WE DOE DON'T KNOW HOW THIS IS SKEWING THE SCORE.

WE TALK ABOUT A NATIONAL NORM. WHAT OURS ARE TAKING THIS AND HOW COULD WE COMPARE TO THEM? IF THAT -- THAT MIGHT LOOK AND FEEL VERY DIFFERENT IN THE TYPE OF CULTURE WE WANT LOCALLY.

AND ON THE SCALE, I WOULD LIKE TO OR -- I WOULD LOVE TO KNOW DOES EVERY RESPONSE OPTION HAVE A TEXT DESCRIPTION?

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>> SURE. >> I CAN GIVE YOU A DIFFERENT PICTURE IF WE LOOKED ON A QUARTERLY BASIS.

>> GREAT FEEDBACK. THANK YOU.

>> MR. NEWMAN ANYTHING? >> YOU WERE THERE.

I WAS THERE IN 2013 AND I WAS NOT A FAN OF ONE MORE INTERRUPTION OR POLL WITH CLASS ACTIVITIES.

BUT I WILL TELL YOU LOOKING BACK AND THINKING ABOUT, THIS POLL AND ITS FOCUS ON ENGAGEMENT AND HOPE AND NOW BELONGING AND SOCIALLY EMOTIONAL, IT -- IT BROUGHT US TO A POINT WHERE THIS WAS THE TOPIC THAT WE DISCUSSED.

IT WAS NOT SO MUCH BEFORE. IN TERMS OF HOW WERE OUR KIDS DOING? HOW -- YOU KNOW, WHAT DO THEY NEED? HOW CAN WE HELP THEM? I'M A FAN OF THIS POLL AND -- WITH -- THOSE ARE GREAT QUESTIONS. I DON'T KNOW.

I THINK THIS WAS IMPORTANT. >> I APPRECIATE THAT.

I WOULD SAY THAT'S THE BIGGEST BENEFIT IS THAT PUT THE CONVERSATION ON THE TABLE IN A WAY THAT IT WASN'T BEFORE, JUST THE ADAGE OF WHAT GETS DONE, GETS MEASURED AND WE MEASURE WHAT WE SAID WAS SO IMPORTANT. AND SO, YEAH, WHETHER THIS IS THE RIGHT TOOL OR NOT, I THINK THE IDEA THAT THESE THINGS WE'VE FEEDED IS IMPORTANT, THE FACT THAT WE MEASURE THEM IS

IMPORTANT. >> GREAT.

THANK YOU. >> ANY QUESTIONS?

>> WE DO PAY FOR THIS. >> WE DO.

IT'S -- I THINK IT'S AROUND $2500.

WE DIDN'T ALWAYS PAY FOR IT. IT USED TO BE FREE.

I THINK IT WAS FREE THROUGH 2019.

SO WHEN IT CHANGED THE CATEGORY, THE FOUR CATEGORIES CHANGED IN 2019, IT BECAME A PAID PRODUCT. PRIOR TO THAT, IT WAS A FREE

SERVICE. >> ALL RIGHT.

AND MR. NEW MAN'S POINT, THERE WAS SOME CONCERN ABOUT THE DISRUPTION THAT YET ANOTHER ASSESSMENT EVEN IF IT IS IN A DIFFERENT FIELD, MAY BE SOMETHING TO CONSIDER.

WE HAVE TO FIND THAT HEALTHY BALANCE BETWEEN BEING ABLE TO DEEP DIVE AND KNOW THAT THE JUICE IS WORTH THE SQUEEZE.

>> THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF ANALOGY TO THE MAP CONVERSATION WE'VE BEEN HAVING. WE HAVE OTHER ASSESSMENTS THAT WE HAVE TO GIVE THAT WE DON'T SORT OF THINK ARE AS IMPORTANT AND THIS IS A LITTLE SIMILAR, WHERE THERE'S SESH SURVEYS TO REQUIRE -- ARE REQUIRED TO ADMINISTER THAT WE DON'T THINK WE GET A LOT OF BENEFIT FROM. THERE'S CHOICES ALONG THE WAY.

EVERY YEAR WE GO THROUGH THE ANALYSIS OF WHAT WE WANT TO HOLD ONTO AND WHERE WE HAVE CHOICE AND WHERE DON'T WE.

SO UNFORTUNATELY, SOMETIMES WE'LL DO ONE MORE THING IF IT'S IMPORTANT ENOUGH AND MAPS IS AN EXAMPLE OF THAT.

>> OKAY. THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU. JUST A COUPLE OF COMMENTS.

THIS INFORMATION -- SOMETHING IS DONE WITH THIS BECAUSE I SAW ON -- I BELIEVE IT WAS IN THE SCHOOL MESSENGER WHERE THE HIGH SCHOOL NEXT SEMESTER IS OFFERING A MINDFULNESS COURSE DURING THEIR BULLDOG BLOCK. SO SEE A NEED, MEET THE NEED.

ALSO MR. GIVENS, WHEN THE PET BAND COULDN'T HAPPEN, HE STEPPED UP AND ALL OF THE STUDENTS GOT TOGETHER AFTER SCHOOL AND BECAME A JAZZ BAND AND IN TWO WEEKS, THEY PUT TOGETHER AMAZING PERFORMANCE THAT THEY SHARED WITH US FRIDAY NIGHT.

THAT IS STAFF AND STUDENTS AND FAMILIES BECAUSE SOMEBODY HAD TO PICK UP AND DRIVE THOSE KIDS ADDRESSING REAL NEEDS AND STUDENTS AND OFFERING OPPORTUNITIES FOR POSITIVE ENGAGEMENT AND GROWTH. SO WE HAVE SOME AMAZING PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY. YOUNG AND OLD THAT WORK TOGETHER TO TRY TO BRING THIS STUDENT SUCCESS, THIS ENGAGEMENT INTO A VERY POSITIVE ZONE. SO THANK YOU TO EVERYONE.

THOSE WERE JUST TWO EXAMPLES. WE SAW GIRLS ON THE RUN TODAY.

THERE'S ANOTHER EXAMPLE. THERE'S JUST SO MANY.

YOU JUST LOOK AROUND -- I LOOKED AROUND AND FOUND ALL OF THESE NEGATIVE ARTICLES BUT ALSO LOOKED AROUND AND FOUND POSITIVE EXAMPLES OF WAYS THAT WE'RE GOING TO IMPROVE HOW STUDENTS FEEL AND THINK ABOUT THEIR FUTURE.

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AND THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT. >> I'M GLAD YOU BROUGHT THAT UP. OUR PEOPLE ARE AMAZING.

I HAVE NO DOUBT THAT OUR STUDENTS ARE HAVING AS GOOD OF AN EXAMINATION THAT THEY CAN HAVE.

>> THANK YOU. ANYTHING ELSE?

>> ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, SIR.

>> THANK YOU. >> BOARD MEMBERS I WANT TO ASK DR. BILL BRADLEY TO COME TO THE PODIUM.

AS YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN WORKING BEHIND THE SCENES WITH THE STAKEHOLDER GROUP. WE'VE RECEIVED COMMUNITY FEEDBACK. WE'RE NOW AT THE POINT IN TIME WHERE WE WOULD LIKE TO PUBLICLY SHARE SOME SCHEMATIC DESIGN THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON AS A TEAM PER THE SCHEDULE THAT'S PUBLISHED IN OUR AGENDA THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING FOR, THE DEADLINE FOR THE SCHEMATIC DESIGN IS MONDAY.

AFTER WE HEAR THIS PRESENTATION TONIGHT, WE'LL RECEIVE A WHOLE LOT OF DOCUMENTATION THAT WE NEED TO WORK THROUGH AND BRING THE APPROVAL TO YOU AS YOUR NEXT BOARD MEETING IN JANUARY.

THIS IS AN EXCITING TIME FOR OUR SCHOOL DIVISION -- FLEXIBLE IN THE MOMENT. COLLABORATIVE ENGAGING, HAS TO DO WITH THE FACT THAT STUDENTS LEARN IN DIFFERENT WAYS AND WE UNDERSTAND THAT. SO TEACHERS TEACH IN DIFFERENT WAYS AND THEY HAVE TO HAVE THE KIND OF PLACES AND SPACES NECESSARY FOR A WIDE VARIETY OF CHILDREN.

STUDENT CENTERED AGE APPROPRIATE IS SOMETHING WE'RE DESIGNING IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. CONNECTED TO THE SITE IN NATURE. THE STEERING COMMITTEE WAS TAKEN WITH THE TIGHT, THE TOPOGRAPHY OF THE SITE, THE WOODED NATURE OF THE SITE AND THE RECOGNITION THAT DOLL IS PREDOMINANTLY A RURAL COUNTY. SO HOW CAN THE BUILDING SIT IN A SITE IN A WAY THAT'S NATURAL AND FEELS OF THE PLACE.

THE PROJECT GOALS ARE TO MEET THIS.

CREATING SOMETHING UNIQUE. YOU HIRED US BECAUSE WE DESIGN FROM THE INSIDE OUT AND WE DESIGN SOMETHING UNIQUE FOR YOU. TO INVOLVE OTHERS, YOU DIDN'T HIRE US TO COME AND TELL YOU WHAT YOU THINK AND SO WE'VE INVOLVED A GREAT NUMBER OF STAKEHOLDERS.

THEN LASTLY, WE UNDERSTAND THAT THE BUDGET IS 104,000 SQUARE FEET. THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TARGETING.

SO I WANT TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT ENGAGEMENT PIECE.

THREE DIFFERENT ASPECTS OF IT IN PARTICULAR.

FIRST, WE TOOK A GROUP OF PEOPLE ON A SCHOOL TOUR TO LOOK AT DIFFERENT FACILITIES AROUND THE STATE.

SO YOU WILL SEE SOME PICTURES HERE OF THE GROUP TOURING VARY, SCHOOLS. BLUESTONE WHICH IS IN FREDERICK COUNTY. BLUESTONE AND THE EARLY LEARNING CENTER ALSO IN HARRISONBURG, VIRGINIA.

ALSO DID VIRTUAL TOURS WHERE WE AS ARCHITECTS PRESENTED SOME PRECEDENCE, SO THAT THE STEERING COMMITTEE WORKING ORANGE THE VISION OF THE PROGRAM COULD UNDERSTAND THE POSSIBILITIES, HOW ARCHITECTURES COULD BE LEVERGED.

BEYOND THE SCHOOL TOURS, WE HAD TWO COMMUNITY MEETINGS, THE

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THE SECOND ONE IN OCTOBER WAS MORE ENGAGING WHERE WE ASKED PEOPLE TO BREAK INTO SMALL GROUPS AND AMONG OTHER THINGS DEFINE SUCCESS FACTORS FOR THE PROJECT.

I KNOW A COUPLE OF YOU WERE THERE.

FOLKS PRESENTED OUT AFTER THAT AND MERIT, THIS YOUNG LADY HERE, STOLE THE SHOW WITH HER RENDITION OF THE SCHOOL.

AND THEN LASTLY AND I APOLOGIZE FOR THAT BIG PICTURE OF MY HEAD, BEFORE WE MET WITH KEY STAKEHOLDERS, WE GOT OUR GROUP TOGETHER TO REALLY UNDERSTAND THE PROGRAM, THE SITE, SOME OF THE POSSIBILITIES, SOME OF THE CHALLENGES AND WE BROUGHT THOSE FORWARD TO A GROUP OF STAKEHOLDERS.

THERE WERE ABOUT 20 PEOPLE THERE THAT MORNING WHEN WE MET AT THE HIGH SCHOOL. AND THIS GROUP ROLL -- ROLLED UP THEIR SLEEVES. THEY WRESTLED WITH THE PROGRAM AND THE SITE. YOU CAN SEE THEM HERE WITH PUZZLE PIECES THAT REPRESENT THE DIFFERENT CLASSROOMS. , THE DIFFERENT PROGRAMS. THEY PUT TOGETHER PLANS.

THEY CALCULATED SQUARE FOOTAGE, I THINK IT CAME OUT TO 300,000 SQUARE FEET. [LAUGHTER]

>> WE TOURED THE SITE, WHICH WAS REALLY FIND OF FUN, LOCATED THE SIGN WHICH YOU KNOW IS THERE NOW.

WE MADE MODELS. I SAY WE.

IT'S ALL THEY AND THEY PRESENTED THOSE.

SO THEY DEVELOPED SCHOOLS. BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, THEY REALLY WRESTLED WITH THE PROGRAM AND SHARED WITH US SOME OF THE CHALLENGES AND SOME. THINGS THAT THEY THOUGHT WERE IMPORTANT, THE CONNECTION TO THE SITE BEING ONE OF THEM.

AND THEN WE AS ARCHITECTS HAVE GONE BACK, TAKEN THAT INFORMATION AND DONE SEVERAL OTHER INTERNALS.

IT'S THROUGH THE PROCESS THAT WE ARRIVED WHERE WE ARE TODAY.

WE PRESENTED TO THE STEERING COMMITTEE FUNDAMENTALLY TWO DIFFERENT CONCEPTS. ONE OF THEM WE LABELED, THE CASCADE. THE OTHER WE LABELED, THE RIVER. THE CASCADE IS REALLY AN IDEA ABOUT HOW DO YOU NAVIGATE THAT ELEVATION CHANGE ON SITE.

USING THE BUILDING TO STEP WISE PROJECT TO THE BOTTOM TO THE TOP OF THE SITE. THE RIVER WAS AN IDEA ABOUT FOLLOWING THE CONTOURS ALONG THE SITE.

WE HAD SOME SCHEMATICS, DIFFERENT DESIGN CONCEPTS AND PRESENTED THESE. AS I SAID, THERE WAS SOME GIVE AND TAKE AND BACK AND FORTH. IN THE END, THE CASCADE SCHEME WAS SELECTED. THINK ABOUT A CASCADE.

YOU SEE IT HERE AT THE JAMES RIVER, IF YOU PREFER A TRIBUTARY. IT'S NOT A WATERFALL.

AND YOU CAN THINK OF A BUILDING AS BEING TWO STORIES GOING FROM THE SECOND STORY TO THE FIRST STORY ALL AT ONCE, WATERFALL.

WE'RE NAVIGATING THAT SITE A LITTLE BIT AT A TIME THINKING ABOUT THE SIZE OF THE STUDENTS WHO WILL BE NAVIGATING THAT.

SO CASCADE IS A GOOD METAPHOR FOR THAT.

THE PARTEE FOR THE CASCADE LOOKS LIKE THIS AND YOU WILL SEE THIS IN THE FLOOR PLAN IN A SECOND. THIS IS A WAY THAT YOU CAN LOOK AT IT AND RECOGNIZE CLASSROOMS UP FRONT.

WHAT YOU SEE AT THE WOULD TOM IS A TWO-STORY WING.

THE CLASSROOMS UP TOP IS A ONE-STORY PRE-K WING.

THE CASCADE WING ITSELF IS THIS PROGRESSION FROM THE TOP TO THE BOTTOM THAT IS PREDOMINANTLY DINING IN THE LIBRARY.

LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE MASSING.

YOU SEE A TWO-STORY BAR THERE. CARS AND EVERYBODY ENTERS IN THAT ONE POINT. AND THEN YOU MOVE UP TO THE PRE-K AT THE OTHER SIDE. HERE'S THE FLOOR PLAN.

SCHEMATIC VERSION OF THE CONCEPT, THE CASCADE CONCEPT, THAT YOU SAW. LET'S SEE IF I CAN USE A POINTER HERE. HERE WE GO.

SO THIS IS THE TWO-STORY BAR AT THE BOTTOM.

YOU ENTER HERE ON GRADE FROM THE CAR OR BUSES.

YOU ENTER HERE ON GRADE. THERE'S A SECURITY VESTIBULE WITH A RESOURCE OFFICER IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT ADJACENT TO THE RIGHT. COME THROUGH THE ADMIN AND THE ADMIN CLINIC RECORDS ROOM, WORK ROOM ARE HERE.

THIS IS THE LOBBY OF THE SCHOOL AND OUR BREAK TO THE RIGHT.

YOU WILL SEE UPSTAIRS IS THE FOURTH AND FIFTH GRADE HOUSE.

TO THE LEFT IS THE KINDERGARTEN WING AND WE DO THAT BECAUSE THE SIZE OF THE CLASSROOMS OF THE KINDERGARTEN AND FIRST GRADE ARE CONGRUENT AND THE SIZE OF THE CLASSROOMS ARE THE THICK, THIRD, FOURTH GRADE CONGRUENT. YOU CAN SEE THIS IS A VERY SIMPLE BAR IN TERMS OF A BUILDING FORM.

WE THOUGHT ABOUT HOW DO WE DESIGN A CONSERVATIVE, COST-EFFECTIVE SIMPLE BUILDING FORM THAT ONCE YOU GO ON THE INSIDE, WE CAN DO SOMETHING SPECIAL AND UNIQUE WITH THAT.

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MUSIC AND ART AND AS YOU WILL SEE IN AN IMAGE, THIS LIBRARY CAN SERVE AS A PREFUNCTION FOR THE GYMNASIUM.

YOU KNOW THE STAGE WAS NOT ACCOMMODATED IN THE PROGRAM, JUST A CASUALTY OF THE SQUARE FOOTAGE TRYING TO GET TO THAT 104,000. SO LOOKING FOR OUR WAYS.

THERE WERE TWO WAYS. ONE IF WE PROVIDE FOLDING DOORS BETWEEN THE PREFUNCTION SPACE AND THE LIBRARY AND THE GYM, YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO HOLD PERFORMANCES THERE.

AND YOU WILL SEE WE DID SOME OTHER THINGS WITH STAIRS WHERE PEOPLE CAN DO SOME WHOLE GROUP OR COMBINE STUDIES.

MOVING UP THE CASCADE AGAIN, KITCHEN, MECHANICAL RECEIVING AND SERVICE. YOU WILL SEE ON THE SITE PLAN THAT SERVICE COMES FROM THE BUS LOOP HERE.

WE'LL HAVE A LOAD BE ING DOCK HERE.

HERE'S YOUR PRE-K. WE HAVE FOUR OF THESE AND THEY ARE GROUPED THIS WAY SO THEY CAN EXIT ON GRADE TO A DEDICATED PRE-K PLAYGROUND. THERE WAS A TIME BY THE WAIT, WHEN WE CONSIDERED AN EARLY CHILDHOOD PRE-K CENTER FOR THE DISTRICT HERE. THAT INVOLVED THREE MORE CLASSROOMS AND SOME OTHER GROSS SQUARE FOOTAGE, ABOUT A 4,000-SQUARE FOOT, ABOUT A MILLION AND A HALF DOLLARS.

THAT TOO WAS A CASUALTY OF NEEDING TO GET TO THE 104,000 SQUARE FEET. THAT'S THE FIRST FLOOR.

IF YOU MOVE UP TO THE SECOND FLOOR, YOU WILL SEE IT STACKS NEATLY ON THE FIRST BAR. ACTUALLY, LET ME LOOK AT THESE STAIRS. YOU SEE THE BOTTOM RIGHT.

IF YOU WERE STANING HERE LOOKING BACK, YOU MIGHT SEE SOMETHING SIMILAR TO THIS. THESE ARE SQUARES THAT GO BETWEEN THE FIRST AND SECOND FLOORS AND THIS IS A PLACE WHERE STUDENTS MIGHT GATHER. IF YOU WERE ON THE OTHER SIDE, LOOKING BACK, TOWARD THE OUTDOORS, IT MIGHT LOOK LIKE THAT. SO COLLABORATION SPACE IS BUILT INTO THESE GRADE LEVEL HOUSES HERE.

IF YOU GO UPSTAIRS, IT STACKS NEATLY.

WE'VE LOCATED THE ADMIN, SO THE VICE PRESENCE PAL WOULD BE UPSTAIRS AS WELL AS THE COUNSELING SUITE AND STUDENT SERVICES. THERE'S A TEACHER COLLABORATION ROOM, WE HAVE GIFTED SELF-CONTAINED SPECIAL EDUCATION. THESE ARE RESOURCE TOILET, STORAGE, MECHANICAL. SO LOOKING DOWN THAT STAIR, IT MIGHT LOOK SOMETHING LIKE THAT. ON THE SITE YOU ARE LOOKING AS TWO DIFFERENT DIAGRAMS. WHAT'S BEING PROPOSED RIGHT NOW IS AN ENTRANCE OFF OF BULLDOG WAY, BUS DROPOFF AND CUEING HERE. WE'VE GOT SPACE HERE FOR 14 BUSES. OFF OF THAT MIGHT BE THE SERVICE DRIVE. THE SERVICE LOCATED HERE.

AND THEN COMING BACK DOWN BULLDOG, CAR ENTRANCE ON THIS SIDE, CUEING, CUEING, DROPOFF. ENTRANCE PLAZA HERE.

PARKING FOR TEACHERS. VISITORS HERE.

ACCESS TO THE BACK OF THE SITE FOR FIRE.

AND THEN TWO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL -- YOU KNOW, ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SIZED PLAYGROUND -- PLAY FIELDS, I APOLOGIZE AND A PLAYGROUND. FROM THE TOP OF THE SITE HERE MOVING DOWN, FROM THE TOP OF SITE, YOU SEE HOW IT CASCADES STEP-WISE DOWN FROM A ONE-STORY SINGLE-HEIGHT VOLUME TO A TWO-STORY VOLUME SPACE. WE'RE GOING TO STEP INSIDE THE FRONT ENTRANCE. THIS FIRST IMAGE WILL BE -- YOU WILL BE STANDING HERE, YOU KNOW, LOOKING BACK UP THE CASCADE THROUGH THE LIBRARY. I WILL GIVE YOU A MOMENT TO LOOK AT THAT. BUT JUST NOTICE THE STAIRS HERE THAT COMMUNICATE BETWEEN THE FIRST AND THE SECOND FLOOR, THIS WOULD BE YOUR ELEVATOR, LIBRARY, LIBRARY PREFUNCTION FOR THE GYM, DINING, AND THEN THE RAMP, THE IDEA WITH THE RAMP IS THAT IT BE NOT SEEN, NOT VIEWED AS AN ACCESSIBLE RAMP BUT IT BE SEEN FOR THE PRIMARY MEANS FOR GOING UP.

THAT'S PART OF THE INCLUSION MODEL.

JUST STEPPING TO THE OTHER SIDE OF THAT LIBRARY LOOKING UP.

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SO WE HAVE AN INDEPENDENT COST ESTIMATOR ON OUR TEAM.

AND THEY WILL DO AN ESTIMATOR THAT WILL BE AVAILABLE SOMETIME IN JANUARY. SO BESIDES THE ESTIMATE AND THE OWNER REVIE, WE'LL BEGIN TO DO A SITE PLAN SUBMISSION AND WETLANDS PERMITTING, TWO THINGS ON THE CRITICAL PATH THAT HAVE TO GET STARTED. THAT'S IT.

I WOULD BE HAPPY TO ENT CURTAIN -- TO ENTERTAIN QUESTIONS.

>> I'M SURE THAT WE HAVE SEVERAL OF THEM.

IN YOUR ILLUSTRATION, THERE WERE, WERE NO RAILINGS ON THE

STEPS -- >> THERE WILL BE.

[LAUGHTER] >> OKAY.

THANK YOU. >> SAFETY ELEMENTS.

>> AND BATHROOMS IN THE PRE-K CLASSROOMS --

>> IN THE PRE-K, KINDERGARTEN AND FIRST GRADE CLASSROOMS.

>> OKAY. IN THE CLASSROOMS.

VERY GOOD. >> JUST TO BE CLEAR, ONE SINGLE TOILET DEDICATED INSIDE EACH PRE-K, KIND AND FIRST GRADE CLASSROOM. AND THAT'S CONSISTENT WITH THE VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, REGULATIONS FOR THOSE

THREE GRADE LEVELS. >> I WILL LET OTHER BOARD MEMBERS ASK SOME QUESTIONS -- WELL, ACTUALLY, I'VE BEEN -- MR. TEAGUE, ANYTHING OF INTEREST?

>> IT LOOKS AWESOME. I WON'T BE GOING HERE ANY TIME SOON. [LAUGHTER]

>> BUT MAYBE KIDS WILL ONE DAY. WOO!

LOOKS GOOD. >> THANK YOU.

MRS. ALLEN? >> I HAVE THE I HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF SEEING THIS LAST WEEK.

GOT ALL MY QUESTIONS ANSWERED THEN.

>> I ALSO HAD THE CHANCE TO TUNE INTO THE VIRTUAL PRESENTATION, BUT DR. BRADLEY, I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT YOU BROUGHT IT OUT IN THE FIRST SLIDE, BUT MY RECOLLECTION FROM THE VERY FIRST MEETING IS THE -- THE AWARENESS OF AND THE IMPORTANCE OF UTILIZING AND PROTECTING THE TOPOGRAPHY OF THE PROPERTY.

AND THAT HAS BEEN CARRIED THROUGH IN THIS DESIGN, EVEN IN OTHERS TO TWO. BUT I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT.

THE AWARENESS OF THAT AND STICKING TO THAT.

I'M SURE THERE WILL BE OTHER QUESTIONS.

I THINK THAT'S A KEY POINT. >> THANK YOU.

>> MRS. >> MRS. YOU HAVE THE OPENNESS LOOKING INTO THE AREA AS I SAW IT.

GLASSED IN. ISN'T THAT SIMILAR THAT WE HAVE TO THE HIGH SCHOOL RIGHT NOW THAT WE'RE RECTIFYING?

>> WHAT YOU SEE THERE IS REALLY JUST A -- A TRANSITION FROM THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE BUILDING TO THE LEFT SIDE.

THERE'S NO ACADEMIC SPACE THAT'S INVOLVED IN THAT.

IT'S JUST A WALK -- >> ISN'T THAT SORT OF WASTED,

TOO? >> I WOULDN'T SAY SO.

IF I WERE TO -- IF I MAY, A COUPLE OF THINGS.

FIRST OF ALL, THE GLASS RAILINGS, IT'S JUST SO THAT YOU CAN SEE THE MAIMGE. JUST FOR THE IMAGE.

WE'LL PUT IN RAILING RAILINGS WHEN THE TIME COMES.

THE IDEA IS TO, AGAIN, FOSTER A SENSE OF COMMUNITY AND BELONGING, WE DIDN'T WANT TO ISOLATE THE SECOND FLOOR, SO MUCH FROM THE FIRST FLOOR AND SO THAT SPACE, THAT LITTLE CUTOUT RIGHT THERE, WHICH IS -- THIS HAS BEEN DESIGNED BY THE WAY, WITH THAT CUTOUT, THAT ALLOWS THE STUDENTS AND TEACHERS ON THE SECOND FLOOR TO LOOK DOWN TO THE LOBBY TO THE FIRST FLOOR AND ALSO WHEN YOU ARRIVE IN THAT SPACE, IT OPENS UP A LITTLE BIT. SO YOU ARE NOT CRUNCHED.

>> THE LIBRARIES -- DON'T LIBRARIES GENERALLY TRY TO KEEP

THINGS QUIET? >> YOU KNOW, I SHOULD PROBABLY DEFER TO YOU, BUT I THINK THAT'S EVOLVED OVER TIME.

>> I THINK THAT'S A MORE TRADITIONAL MODEL.

I THINK THE WAY THIS IS DESIGNED, THE LIBRARY IS THE HUB OF THE SCHOOL. IT'S THE CENTRAL PART OF THE BEEHIVE. AS WE WANT TO ENCOURAGE LIT

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IT'S NOT JUST THAT PLACE YOU GO ONE TIME A WEEK TO GET A BOOK.

>> I WILL ADD THAT WE SAW THAT IN THE COUPLE OF SCHOOLS THAT WE TOURED. AND WE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO TALK TO THE LIBRARIANS WHO COULDN'T SAY ENOUGH ABOUT IT.

THEY WERE THRILLED THAT THEY WERE THE CENTER OF THE SCHOOL INSTEAD OF BEING TUCKED AWAY SOMEWHERE.

>> OKAY. THANK YOU.

>> FIRST, THANK YOU FOR EXPLAINING ABOUT THE RESTROOMS IN EACH OF THE, YOU KNOW, THE LOWER GRADES THERE.

SO THAT HELPED ME UNDERSTAND WHY CAN WHEN YOU SHOWED US SCHEMATIC OF THE SECOND FLOOR, THERE WAS ONLY ONE BATHROOM ON THE FIRST GRADE SIDE AND TWO ON THE FOURTH GRADE SIDE.

>> RIGHT. >> AND I GUESS, THEY'VE GOT THE SAME SORT OF CONFIGURATION THERE.

SO TWO, THAT'S SORT OF A STANDARD FOR THAT AGE GROUP? THAT WOULD BE, YOU KNOW FATHERLY TYPICAL REPRESENTATION?

>> TWO TOILETS THAT WE'RE SHOWING THERE?

>> YES. >> SO WHAT WE DO, WE LOOK AT THE CODE TO SEE HOW MANY TOILETS ARE REQUIRED.

WE ADD ONE TO IT. SPLIT IT BETWEEN THE BOYS AND THE GIRLS AND INCLUDE THAT APPROXIMATE TO WHERE THE KIDS

ARE. >> SURE.

JUST DOUBLE CHECKING. HERE'S THE ONE THING -- IT STRUCK ME RIGHT AWAY -- WE'VE GOT THIS DESIGN SO OUR PRE-K STUDENTS WALK AS FAR AS POSSIBLE FROM THE BUSES.

ANYBODY BRING THAT UP BEFORE NOW? YOU ARE GOING TO MARCH THE KIDS THAT NEED THE ROPE AND HANDS AN EVERYTHING AS FAR AS POSSIBLE ALL THE WAY TO THE OTHER END.

IS THERE ANY THOUGHT TO MAYBE THAT ACCESS THAT YOU ARE GIVING TO THE FIRE AROUND THERE, PERHAPS ALSO BEING SOMETHING

WHERE WE COULD HAVE A DROPOFF. >> I THINK THAT'S WORTH DISCUSSING. I KNOW ONE COMMENT THAT WAS MADE VERY EARLY WAS THAT -- THE QUESTION WAS ASKED WHETHER OR NOT THE PRE-K WANTED TO HAVE ITS OWN ENTRANCE AND THE CONCENSUS WAS THEY WANTED THE PREH OF TO ENTER WITH EVERYBODY.

TO THE EXTENT THAT THE PRE-K IS MORE ISOLATED, IT'S TO PROVIDE THAT DIVISION, YOU KNOW, FROM THE 3-YEAR-OLDS TO THE

11-YEAR-OLDS. >> I GET IT.

>> THEY DO AWAYS TO WALK THERE. IT'S SOMETHING H THAT WE CAN

TALK ABOUT. >> THIS IS NOT BEING CRITICAL.

IT'S JUST A QUESTION. I MEAN, I WILL USE IT AS AN EXAMPLE. MY HOUSE AND MY NEXT-DOOR NEIGHBOR'S HOUSE. MY HOUSE WAS A DRIVEWAY ON THE SIDE OF THE KITCHEN. TAKES ME ABOUT THREE MINUTES TO

UNLOAD ANYTHING. >> RIGHT THERE.

>> GROCERIES AND THAT SORT OF THING.

MY NEXT-DOOR NEIGHBOR HAS THEIR KITCHEN ON THE EXACT OPPOSITE SIDE FROM THEIR DRIVEWAY. THEY ARE ANNOYED AND WORKING THROUGH 30 MINUTES OF UNLOADED OR LOADING, HOWEVER YOU CHOOSE TO DO THAT. IT'S JUST ONE OF THOSE THINGS WHERE THE FUNCTION OF MOVING THROUGH THE BUILDING IS SOMETHING THAT WE CAN'T IGNORE HERE.

AND I'M NOT TRYING TO CREATE A PROBLEM.

BUT IT JUST DAWNED ON ME IMMEDIATELY THAT YOU HAVE GOT, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE A 3-YEAR-OLD, A -- 4-YEAR-OLD, MAYBE, THAT'S TRAIPSING THROUGH THERE AND CERTAINLY, YOU KNOW, FOR -- UNTIL THE ROUTINES ARE ESTABLISHED, THIS IS SOMETHING WHERE THERE'S A LOT OF HANDS ON, A LOT OF PEOPLE MOVING THROUGH.

A LOT OF -- WITH ALL OF THIS BEAUTIFUL OPEN SPACE, POTENTIAL SORT OF CHAOS IN THEIR MINDS AS THEY ARE NAVIGATING THIS.

>> JUST SOMETHING THAT I NOTICED.

>> THANK YOU, MR. WRIGHT, FOR SHARING THAT FEEDBACK.

THAT'S THE BENEFIT OF THE PRESENTATIONS LIKE THIS.

YOU KIND OF GET BLINDERS ON SOME THINGS AND GET ALTERNATE IDEAS AND PERSPECTIVES WHICH IS HELPFUL.

WE DID LOOK AT A SITE PLAN TODAY THAT WOULD HAVE A ROAD AND A BUS LOOP AND SOME PARKING THAT WOULD BE BACK NEAR THAT PORTION OF THE BUILDING. CERTAINLY SOMETHING FOR US TO

REALLY CONSIDER. >> EXCELLENT.

THANK YOU. QUESTIONS, THESE SECTIONS, IF YOU WOULD GO BACK TO THE PICTURE WHERE YOU JUST WERE, WITH ALL OF THE FLOORS. SO IN BETWEEN THESE RECTANGLES, I ASEWELL APUSH -- ASSUME THERE'S A LOT OF GLASS.

WHAT'S GOING TO BE OUR VIEW TO NATURE, THAT BRINGING THE OUTSIDE IN THAT WE LOVED ABOUT SOME -- THE BUILDINGS THAT WE SAW, IS THERE GOING TO BE THAT VIEW TO THE OUTSIDE.

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>> THAT'S THE IDEA AND SO THE DINING IS LOCATED SUCH THAT YOU CAN EXIT TO THE RIGHT THERE INTO A DINING TERRACE, THE PRE-K EXITS INTO THAT SPACE INTO THEIR PLAYGROUNDS.

ON EITHER SIDE OF THE LIBRARIES, WE'VE GOT THE GREEN ARROWS.

THE IDEA -- IT CAN BE A LEARNING -- BE HONEST.

WE HAVEN'T GOTTEN THAT FAR. WE JUST CARVED OUT THE SPACE TO CREATE THE OPPORTUNITY SO THAT POTENTIAL IS THERE.

THE SPACE LIKE -- LET'S JUST FOR EXAMPLE LOOK AT THE K END, WHERE YOU'VE GOT LITTLE FURNITURE IN THERE.

ARE THESE TO BE COLLABORATIVE SPACES FOR THE CLASSES AND APPROXIMATELY -- USING THIS ROOM, HOW BIG ARE YOU THINKING

THAT WOULD BE? >> THE ANSWER TO YOUR FIRST QUESTION IS YES. [LAUGHTER] 30 FEET. LET'S COUNT CEILING TILES.

THESE ARE TWO FEET. SO I WILL START AT THIS WALL -- WELL, NO. SO INSIDE OF THE SOFFITS HERE IS 30 FEET. THAT'S THE WIDTH.

THERE WOULD BE A LAST WALL LOOKING OUT.

YOU HAVE ENOUGH SPACE FOR CIRCULATION AND IT'S LAID UP VERY MUCH LIKE THIS ROOM WOULD BE.

>> OKAY. THAT HELPS TO UNDERSTAND THAT SPACE BECAUSE, AGAIN, IN THE BUILDINGS THAT WE SAW AND WHAT WE HEAR FROM TEACHER, THAT'S A REALLY IMPORTANT AREA.

AND TO MRS. BAREFOOT-REED'S POINT ABOUT THE SPACE, I WILL TELL YOU THAT PEOPLE LIKE MRS. GUIRE WILL USE THAT SPACE.

WE SEE IN THE CURRENT GOOCHLAND ELEMENTARY, EVERY NOOK AND CRANNY. [LAUGHTER]

>> -- HAS BECOME A LEARNING SPACE.

IT'S AMAZING. BLESS HEAR HEART GETTING UP AND DOWN ALL WAY DONG WITH CHILDREN.

EVERY SPACE WILL BE USED AS A LEARNING SPACE.

>> SO THE MATERIALS THAT ARE USED THERE WILL BE PRETTY IMPORTANT TO THAT. ONE LAST QUESTION, YOU MAY NOT BE THERE YET. THESE ARE JUST SPACES.

I APPRECIATE THAT. STORAGE, TEACHERS TALKED A LOT ABOUT STORAGE. SO IN THAT DESIGN --

>> I'M BACK UP TO IT. >> WE ACTUALLY DID THINK ABOUT THAT. WE FOCKED BOXED OUT FOR THE STORAGE. WHERE OUR SEE S IS GRADE-LEVEL STORAGE. THERE ARE FOUR OF THESE.

ONE BELOW, ONE ABOVE -- SOLVERY.

TWO BELOW, TWO ABOVE. IN THIS AREA.

>> IS THAT A PLACE FOR CHILDREN TO GATHER DURING AN EMERGENCY, LIKE A TORNADO, ALL OF THE GLASS.

>> THE GYMNASIUM. >> THAT WOULD BE SECURE?

>> I THINK SO. >> WOULD IT BE REINFORCED?

>> WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY REINFORCED?

>> AGAINST SOMETHING LIKE THAT. NORMALLY, YOU HAVE A SAFETY SHELTER LIKE THAT'S REINFORCED AGAINST ACTS OF NATURE OR WHATEVER. SO THE BUILDING CODES TO WHICH WERE BEHOLDEN, ADDRESS LATERAL FORCES --

>> USUALLY THE GYMNASIUM ROOFS ARE THE FIRST THINGS TO GO.

>> LET'S BE CAREFUL ABOUT THAT. [LAUGHTER]

>> IN A STORM, I'M SAYING. >> ABSOLUTELY.

>> A COUPLE OF OTHER QUESTIONS. I WAS E-MAILING SOME WITH DR. RALEY TODAY, TALKING ABOUT SHOWERS.

SHOWERS ARE NOT SOMETHING WE THINK ABOUT IN AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. AS A FORMER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TEACHER, THERE WERE TIMES IT WOULD HAVE BEEN LOVELY TO TAKE A SHOWER. MAYBE A CHILD DIDN'T FEEL WELL.

THAT WOULD HAVE ENDED MY DAY. PERHAPS THERE'S SOMETHING IN THE BUILDING FACILITY PERSON, MAYBE GET SOMETHING ON THEM.

SAFETY REASONS. IT WOULD BE GREAT TO HAVE A SHOWER. WHEN I WAS GOING TO SCHOOL, THERE WAS A CHILD THAT DUE TO A LARGE FAMILY HAD TO SHARE A BED WITH OTHER SIBLINGS. DIDN'T ALWAYS SMELL THAT GOOD.

IT WOULD HAVE MADE THAT CHILD'S DAY, HIS WHOLE EDUCATION SO MUCH BETTER IF HE HAD A SAFE PLACE TO FEEL A LITTLE BIT BETTER AND TO BE CLEANER, TO BE AMONGST THE OTHER STUDENTS.

SO WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, HERE'S ALL OF THIS SPACE.

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AGAIN A CHILD COULD BE SICK. PARENT MIGHT NOT BE ABLE TO GET THERE FOR A WHILE. THERE'S KIDS THAT HAVE -- THERE'S A LOT OF REASONS THAT HAVING A SHOWER WOULD BE A GOOD THICK. MAYBE THE PRINCIPLE PRINCE -- MAYBE THE PRINCIPLE HAS TO STAY REALLY, REALLY LATE AND THEY NEED TO FRESHEN UP. HAS ANYBODY THOUGHT ABOUT A

SHOWER IN AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL? >> I DON'T THINK A SHOWER HAS BEEN TALKED ABOUT YET. I KNOW THAT -- CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG -- BUT I KNOW THAT ONE OF THE SPECIAL SELF-CONTAINED EDUCATION EDUCATION CLASSES, THERE IS A BATHROOM WITH AN ADULT CHANGING STATION IN THERE.

>> WAS THERE ANYTHING MORE TO THAT? LIKE THAT'S THE ONE. YES, WE GOT IT.

WE'RE DONE. [LAUGHTER]

>> I HAVE SINCE LEARNED THIS TAKES A WHOLE LOT OF TIME AND COMPROMISE AND QUESTIONS, AND WHAT ABOUT THIS, AND WHAT ABOUT THAT. I'VE LEARNED THROUGH PATIENCE THROUGH THE PROCESS AND WE'LL NEED EVEN MORE, I'M SURE.

BUT THE TRUTH OF THE MATTER IS, WE'RE FACED WITH CHALLENGES AS WE GO FORWARD IN THE NEXT STEPS.

EVEN TO GET TO THIS POINT IN TIME TODAY, WE'VE MADE COMPROMISES. THIS IS NOT THE SCHOOL WE STARTED OFF TO HAVE IN AUGUST. WE HAVE MADE SOME JUST MANTES.

THE SCHOOL DOES NOT HAVE A STAGE DESIGNED.

THE WIDTH OF THAT MAIN HALL BEY HAS BEEN NARROWED FROM 50 FEET TO 45 FEET. WE WANTED AND NEED SEVEN PRESCHOOL CLASSROOMS, BUT THIS DESIGN HAS FOUR CLASSROOMS. WE'RE AT APPROXIMATELY 106,000 SQUARE FEET.

EVEN AS DESIGN WITH THOSE COMPROMISES AND LOSS IN PROGRAM, WE STILL HAVE TO MAKE SOME ADDITIONAL ADJUSTMENTS TO GET TO THAT BUDGET OF 104,000. MORE WORK TO TAKE PLACE.

BUT WE HAVE -- WE SACRIFICE SOME THINGS ALREADY, WHICH IS NOT WHAT I WANTED TO DO QUITE HONESTLY WHEN I STARTED OFF IN THIS PROCESS. AND SO THE REALITY OF WHAT WE'RE FACING RIGHT NOW IS SOME BUDGETARY CHALLENGES.

AND SO, TO GET TO 104,000 SQUARE FEET, WHAT GOES OUT? WHAT ARE SOME OF THOSE THINGS THAT WE MIGHT LOOK BACK IN 50 YEARS AND SAY, WHY DID WE DO THAT? IF WE WOULD HAVE KEPT THAT IN AND PAID FOR IT AT THE TIME, WE WOULDN'T HAVE TO PAY NOW 50 TIMES MORE TO GET THAT.

HERE'S SOME OF THE CHALLENGES WE'RE GOING TO FACE IN THE COMING MONTHS. YOU COUPLE THAT WITH THE FACT THAT CONSTRUCTION COSTS ARE RISING AND ULTIMATELY ONCE WE GO OUT TO BID, EVEN IF WE GET THIS TO 104,000 SQUARE FEET, WHAT'S THE COST GOING TO BE, AND HOW IS THAT COMPARED TO OUR BUDGET? THE UNFORTUNATE REALITIES THAT WE FACE ARE GOING TO BE EXTREMELY CHALLENGE. YOU HAVE LINKED TO YOUR AGENDA A BUDGET WHERE WE ARE AT THIS POINT IN TIME.

YOU CAN SEE THE PROJECT COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH WHERE WE ARE AND BASED ON SOME. CHALLENGES THAT WE'RE EXPERIENCING WITH UNDERGROUND WATER STORAGE BECAUSE OF THE PRESSURE THAT WE'RE GOING TO GET FROM MUNICIPAL WATER AS WELL AS GETTING OFFSITE UTILITIES AND OTHER UNFORESEEN CHALLENGES, RIGHT NOW, WE'RE APPROXIMATELY $1.9 MILLION OVER BUDGET.

WE HAVEN'T EVEN PUT A SHOVEL IN THE GROUND.

WE COULD USE OUR CONTINGENCY AND WE WOULD BE WITHIN OUR BUDGET, HOW FAR HOWEVER, IT'S LIKELY NOT VERY WISE TO BEGIN A PROJECT OF THIS MAGNITUDE WITH ZERO CONTINGENCY.

THERE'S JUST REALITIES THAT WE FACE AND THE WORK THAT WE WILL

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JUST WANT TO BE TRANSPARENT ABOUT THAT.

>> THANK YOU FOR THAT. WERE YOU GOING TO DISCUSS THE SCHEDULE AT ALL THAT WAS ALSO POSTED AT THIS ITEM?

>> THERE'S A SCHEDULE THAT IS POSTED PUBLICLY AND, YOU KNOW, WE'RE ON SCHEDULE AT THIS POINT IN TIME.

WE FULLY EXPECT WE'LL MEET THE DECEMBER 20TH DEADLINE TO RECEIVE THOSE DOCUMENTS AND BRING THOSE TO YOUR APPROVAL IN JANUARY. AFTER THIS, THE NEXT STEP IS ADDITIONAL DETAIL DESIGN. THAT'S WHEN YOU START TO LOOK AT FINISHES AND ALL OF THOSE OTHER DETAILS, GETTING THOSE -- THAT'S GOING TO BE A SEVERAL-MONTH PROCESS AND THEN ULTIMATE GOING OUT TO BID IN THE SUMMER AND GO FROM THERE.

SO WE WILL KNOW MORE CERTAINLY NEXT MONTH IN ANTICIPATION OF THE JANUARY 19TH WORK SESSION THAT WE HAVE WITH THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS. WE'LL HAVE A COST ESTIMATE BASED OFF 106,000 SQUARE FEET OR 104,000 SQUARE FEET, WHEREVER WE

LAND IN THE COMING WEEKS. >> GREAT.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO IS WORKING ON THIS PROCESS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE THIS EVENING. I HOPE YOU LEARNED MORE ABOUT

OUR COMMUNITY,. >> I HAVE.

>> THANK YOU FOR THIS PRESENTATION.

AND THIS -- THIS BEGINNING TO THE DESIGN PROCESS.

I'M SURE THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE OUT THERE THAT ARE REALLY GLAD TO SEE THAT GYMNASIUM RIGHT THERE IN THE MIDDLE.

THAT WAS SOMETHING I NOTICED RIGHT AWAY.

SO THANK YOU. >> WELL, I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME AND I LOOK FORWARD TO COMING BACK ON JANUARY 19TH, I BELIEVE. AND TALKING TO YOU -- GIVING YOU

ANOTHER UPDATE. >> WONDERFUL.

>> THIS IS REALLY VERY COOL. >> THANK YOU.

HAVE A GOOD EVENING. >> YOU TOO.

>> WE'RE TALKING ABOUT PRETTY HEAVY TOPICS HERE TONIGHT.

THAT'S THE BUSINESS OF THIS SCHOOL DIVISION.

THAT'S WHAT IT TAKES TO OPERATE A HIGH-PERFORMING EXCELLENT SCHOOL DIVISION. NEXT ON THE AGENDA I'M GOING TO DOCTOR D -- GOING TO ASK DR. ARMSTRONG -- I'M SORRY.

POLICY IS NEXT. POLICY IN NEXT.

YOU KNOW THE DRILL BILE NOW. WE'RE IN A ROUTINE WITH THE NEW PROCESS. IT'S BEEN GOING VERY WELL.

WE HAVE THE BOARD THAT'S REVIEWED THESE POLICIES.

MISS THEISS HAS DONE A GOOD JOB PUTTING HIGHLIGHTS IN THE EXPLANATION. NOTHING REALLY SIGNIFICANT FROM A POLICY CHANGE HERE. SHE'S SHEER TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE AND PROVIDE CLARITY AS YOU CONSIDER THESE FOR SECOND READING NEXT MONTH.

>> HELLO, EVERYBODY. >> HELLO.

>> I'M NOT OFFENDED AT ALL THAT YOU WEREN'T EXCITED ABOUT POLICY. [LAUGHTER] DID ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? THIS WAS FAIRLY LIGHT THIS

MONTH. >> I HAVE A QUESTION.

>> SURE. >> YOU HAVE TO FORGIVE ME.

UNDER POLICY DGD, FUNDS FOR INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS AND OFFICE SUPPLIES, IT SPEAKS TO CHECKS FOR FUNDS DISBURSEMENT.

SHOULD IT ALSO BE REVISED TO INCLUDE CREDIT CARDS BECAUSE I KNOW THERE'S A NUMBER OF CREDIT CARDS WHERE WE'RE MAKING PAYMENTS TO THE VENDORS AND I DIDN'T KNOW GIVEN THE CHANGESCHANGES AND HOW FINANCE WORKS IF WE SHOULD

REFLECT THAT. >> THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.

THIS IS A VSBA OLDER VERSION. AND I'M GOING TO DEFER TO -- I'M

GOING TO DEFER TO DR. RALEY. >> LET'S NOT LIMIT OURSELVES TO THESE THINGS BECAUSE WE'VE TAKEN OUT STUFF THAT TALKS ABOUT PAGERS IN OUR POLICY. NOBODY'S USED THOSE IN 30

YEARS. >> WE SHOULD LOOK AT A --

>> WE SHOULD LOOK AT PAYMENT METHODS AND THEN EVERYTHING CAN MOVE FORWARD WITHOUT CONSTANT ADJUSTMENT.

>> THANK YOU. THAT'S A GREAT WAY TO CLEAN THAT UP. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, BOARD

MEMBERS? >> POLICY DK, PAYMENT PROCEDURES. I'M GOING TO READ YOU AN EXCERPT, THE FACE OF THE WATT SHALL STATE THE PURPOSE POUR

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MY QUESTION IS WHAT IF THE SCHOOL BOARD DOESN'T APPROVE THE PAYMENT OR IS THIS WHERE THE FISCAL AGENT THAT'S PREFERENCED

PREVIOUSLY COMES INTO EFFECT? >> THIS IS NOT MY AREA OF

EXPERTISE. >> SORRY.

[LAUGHTER] >> I WILL HAVE TO DEFER TO

DR. RALEY -- >> THIS YOI'VE WORKED IN A COOL DIVISION IN THE PAST THAT USED A DIFFERENT METHODOLOGY AND WHEN THEY REVIEWED THE PAYMENTS, THE PAYMENTS WERE MADE.

THEY SAID, WHAT IF WE DON'T APPROVE? WELL, THE PAYMENTS HAVE BEEN MADE.

IT'S THAT RELATIONSHIP AND TRUST AND ULTIMATELY WE CAN LEARN FROM THE PROCESS. BUT THAT'S A REAL ISSUE.

BUT MISWHITE AND I SERVE AS YOUR AGENTS.

>> THAT'S WHAT I WAS LOOKING FOR.

POLICY IIA C-R, THE NON-SCHOOL SPONSORED INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL.

THE POLICY SPEAKS TO THE FACT THAT GOOCHLAND SCHOOLS MUST NOT APPEAR ON ANY OF THE PAPERWORK OR ANY OF THE LETTER HEAD AND E-MAIL SERVICE AND SO FORTH, BUT A SYSTEM OWNED BY THE SCHOOL SYSTEM COULD BE USED TO TEARS ADVERTISE AND COMMUNICATE ABOUT THE TRIP. IT FEELS LIKE THERE WAS CONFUSION THERE. I'M NOT REALLY SURE WHICH RULES APPLY. THE LAST COMMENT, I WILL MAKE IS -- IT SPEAKS TO INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL.

WHAT ABOUT DOMESTIC OR LOCAL TRAVEL THAT MIGHT BE SPONSORED? THAT'S ALL. AGAIN, FIRST TIME GOING THROUGH THESE, YOU JUST KIND OF HAVE MORE QUESTIONS --

>>

DOMESTIC TRAVEL? >> DOMESTIC TRAVEL WILL BE HANDLED UNDER OUR FIELD TRIP POLICY.

THIS IS THE GENESIS THAT GOES BACK MANY, MANY YEARS WHERE THERE WAS A MOVEMENT AT THE TIME TO DO A LOT OF INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL. IT HAD A VERY CUMBERSOME PROCESS. WE STREAMLINED THIS AND SAID THE SCHOOL DIVISION IS NOT PART OF THIS.

IF YOU WANT TO DO THIS, YOU CAN RENT OUR FACILITIES, YOU CAN POST SOMETHING. YOU CAN EVEN USE SCHOOLOGY IF YOU WANT TO POST SOMETHING. WE'RE NOT SPONSORING IT.

IT'S NOT OUR BABY. WE DON'T WANT ANY

RESPONSIBILITY. >> I THINK THAT WAS THE WEIRD THING. I COULD USE SCHOOLOGY OR C CANVAS OR SEESAW. THAT FELT WEIRD BECAUSE IT IS ALL TECHNOLOGY PLATFORMS. THAT'S T ALL.

>> WHAT PREVENTS US FROM -- IS IS STATE CODE THAT SAYS THAT WE

CAN'T -- >>

>> YEAH. SO MISBAREFOOT-REED HIT IT ON THE HEAD, ONCE WE PUT A LOGO ON IT, IT'S --

>> I THINK IT'S SPONSORING IT. >> WE WANT TO KEEP IT AT ARM'S

LENGTH. >> ALL RIGHT.

GOOD STUFF. >> ANYTHING ELSE?

>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.

>> THANK YOU SO MUCH. IT'S REALLY GOOD TO SEE YOU

ALL. >> ALL RIGHT.

GOOD STUFF. >> WE'LL MOVE THOSE FORWARD TO THE SECOND READING WITH THE MINOR ADJUSTMENTS.

SO WE ARE TACKLING A WHOLE LOT OF HEAVY TO TOPICS AND DR. ARMSTRONG TYPICALLY PROVIDES US AN UPDATE ON OUR MARKET THIS TIME OF YEAR. THE TIMING OF THIS IS REALLY IMPORTANT AS WE HEAD INTO OUR BUDGET DEVELOPMENT PROCESS.

AND SO THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF CONVERSATION THROUGH A MULTIPLE IMMEDIATE YACHT OUTLETS AND EVEN IN OUR COMMUNITY ABOUT WHAT IS NEEDED TO KEEP TALENT. THERE'S BEEN CONVERSATION THAT THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS HAVE HAD RELATED TO THAT AND THEY'VE MADE CERTAINLY SOME DECISIONS RELATED TO THEIR EMPLOYEES.

AS WE ARE GOING INTO OUR RECRUITMENT PROCESS AND WHAT WE WANT TO DO IN THE FUTURE FOR CONTRACTS, WE WANTED TO GIVE YOU JUST AN INSIGHT ON WHERE WE STAND IN THE COMPETITIVE MARKET. SO DR. ARMSTRONG HAS CHANGED HIS PRESENTATION A LITTLE BIT FROM THE PAST TO TELL A STORY OF WHAT'S HAPPENING AT THIS POINT IN TIME.

DR. ARMSTRONG DA, IT IS ALL YOURS.

>> EVERY YEAR IT TAKES A DIFFERENT PATH I FEEL DEPENDING

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WE IDENTIFIED THOSE DIVISIONS AS TO OUR NORTHWEST HAVANA, SOUTH CHESTERFIELD AND TO OUR NORTH AND EAST ENRICO AND HANOVER.

THIS GIVES YOU A CLEAR MEDIAN OF FOUR.

WE'VE MADE THIS OUR GOAL THROUGH POLICY TO BE THE LEADER IN THE REGIONAL MARKET. THAT REPRESENTS A COMMITMENT ON BEHALF OF THE DIVISION, ON BEHALF THE BOARD TO CONTINUE TO WORK TOWARDS THAT GOAL. WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE OVERALL COMPENSATION, THAT MEANS MORE THAN JUST THE MONEY THAT YOU ARE GETTING IN YOUR PAYCHECK EVERY MONTH.

THAT INCLUDES A LOT OF DIFFERENT VARIABLES.

SOME OF THE STEPS I'M GOING TO FOCUS ON TONIGHT, ONE OF THE FIRST I'VE HAD AND I ADDED THIS YEAR IS THE CONSIDERATION OF THE MID-YEAR BO BOW BONUS. THE COLORS ARE IMPORTANT.

I'VE HIGHLIGHTED THOSE WHERE I FEEL WE NEED TO REALLY FOCUS OUR TEACHERS, OUR PRINCIPALS, THEY ARE THE ONCE THAT REALLY I THINK NEED THE MOST ATTENTION CURRENTLY.

WE'LL GET INTO THAT IN MORE DETAIL.

LET'S TALK ABOUT THE TEACHER. THIS IS THE TABLE THAT I TYPICALLY SHOW IS REALLY THE MAIN PIECE OF DATA AROUND HOW THIS COMPARES. YOU CAN SEE OUR COMPETITIVE DIVISIONS. YOU CAN SEE WHERE WE RANK AGAINST THOSE DIVISIONS AND THIS SLIDE HERE GIVES YOU THE DISTANCE THAT WE ARE AWAY FROM THE REGION AT MEETINGS.

YOU SEE AT THE TOP, NUMBER OF YEARS EXPERIENCE, YOU SEE THE MEDIAN AND WHERE WE ARE AND THE DIFFERENCE.

NOW THAT DOLLAR NUMBER, YOU LOOK AT IT AND SAY, THAT'S NOT TOO FAR. I WOULD ENCOURAGE TO LOOK AT THAT AND SAY, IF IT IS THAT LITTLE, WHAT WOULD IT TAKE TO GET US THE OPPOSITE END. THAT'S A PIECE OF DATA TO CONSIDER. YOU CAN SEE THE DISTANCE FROM THE MEDIA DOES GRADUALLY INCREASE, GOING FROM 700 OFF TO ALMOST 2500. COPY AND PASTED.

2017 PREVIOUS SALARY STUDIES. THIS IS HOW WE RANKED IN OUR TEACHERS' SCALE AGAINST THE SAME COMPETITIVE DIVISIONS.

2018, WE LOSE A LITTLE BIT OF GROUND, WE MAIN GAIN A LITTLE BIT IN SOME AREAS. 2019, YOU ARE SEEING MORE RED COME THROUGH. 2020, ALL RED, ONE MEDIAN LEVEL AND THAT'S AT THE 15-YEAR LEVEL.

AND THEN THIS YEAR WE'RE ALL RED.

RATHER THAN BECOMING THE LEADER, UNFORTUNATELY, WE'RE HAVING A TOUGH TIME CATCHING UP. WE ARE GOING IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION THAT WE WANT TO BE GOING RIGHT NOW IN TERMS OF OUR TEACHER SALARIES. THIS IS NOT TO SAY THAT OUR TEACHERS ARE THE ONLY EMPLOYED TO BE PAYING ATTENTION TO.

BUT THE TEACHERS ARE THE NUCLEUS AROUND WHAT THIS WHOLE THING

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WE VIEWED THAT SLOGAN AT RECRUITMENT FAIRS.

WHEN WE SAY SOMETHING IS WORTH SOMETHING, BEING WORTH SOMETHING IS AN EQUIVALENT IN MONETARY VALUE TO SOMETHING.

SO IT BEING A TEACHER HERE, HOW FOR IS IT WORTH VERSUS HOW FAR YOU ARE COMING? YOU TAKE THIS MAP AND I TOOK EVERY EMPLOYEE'S ZIP CODE WHO LIVES OUTSIDE OF GOOCHLAND AND GAVE THEM A CLEAR CLEAR DOT. THIS IS NOT AN EXACT SCIENCE.

WHAT I'M TRYING TO RELATE, WE WILL WELL OVER HALF OF OUR TEACHERS LIVE OUTSIDE OF THE COUNTY.

THEY TRAVEL EACH DAY TO THE TUNE OF ABOUT A HALF AND HOUR FROM GLEN ALLEN, WELL OVER A HALF-HOUR FROM THE CITY OF RICHMOND, 26 YEARS. OVER A HALF-HOUR FROM MIDLOTHIAN AND A HALF HARE FROM HANOVER. WE HAVE SOME TEACHERS WHO LIVE IN WILLIAMSBURG, PALMYRA, SOME FROM STAFFORD COUNTY.

I DID NOT INCLUDE SOME OF THESE.

>> THE REASON I PUT THAT OUT THERE, I WANT TO ILLUSTRATE THIS THROUGH AN EXEMPLAR, A HYPOTHETICAL.

LET'S THINK ABOUT MRS. JONES. MRS. JONES LIVES IN HEN RYE CO COUNTY AND HAS 12 YEARS OF TEACHING EXPERIENCE.

THAT'S OUR AVERAGE TENURE FOR A GOOCHLAND COUNTY TEACHER.

YOU DIVIDE THAT BY THE NUMBER OF TEACHERS AND YOU GET 12.4.

LIKE MANY OTHER TEACHERS SHE STARTED IN ANOTHER DIVISION.

SHE HEARD ABOUT THE GREAT THINGS HAPPENING HERE AND DECIDED TO COME TO GOOCHLAND AND AGAIN, MADE THAT TRIP.

SHE'S DRIVING AND SPENDING 60 MINUTES COMMUTING.

SHE'S SPENDING, AND THIS IS BASED ON COSTS ABOUT TWO WEEKS AGO. IT'S GONE DOWN A LITTLE BIT.

3.25 A GALLON AND SHE'S PAYING ABOUT 1250 IN FUEL COSTS EVERY YEAR. 193 DAYS TO AND FROM WORK ALONE. CHILD -- CHILDCARE IS 1800 A MONTH. THAT'S A TOTAL OF 162 -- 16200.

AND SHE REEVES 53,000 AN ALLLY WITH HER MASTER'S DEGREE.

SO MRS. JONES COULD WORK IN HER HOME SCHOOL DIVISION, THAT'S IN RYE CO AND HER BASE SALARY WOULD BE 65,147.

SHE WOULD SAVE 700 IN ADDITIONAL SCHOOL COSTS.

SHE WOULD WORK IN HANOVER, SAVE 700 IN THE FUEL COSTS OR SHE WOULD WORK IN CHESTERFIELD. YOU START TO CREATE A MORE HOLISTIC PICTURE OF WHAT ALL OF THIS MEANS FOR OUR EMPLOYEES IN GOOCHLAND COUNTY. WE'VE SEEN A LOT OF THE STORIES. WE'VE HEARD ABOUT TEACHERS WHO ARE BURNT OUT. WE'VE HEARD ABOUT DIVISIONS THAT ARE ACTUALLY CANCELING CLASSES COMING UP BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE ENOUGH TORES. THE REASONS IF YOU READ THESE STORIES, WHY A LOT OF TEACHERS SAY THEY ARE LEAVING, AREN'T THE REASONS WE ARE -- WE DON'T HAVE TEACHERS SYNCHRONOUSLY.

WE TALKED ABOUT THIS THE OTHER DAY IN SENIOR LEADERSHIP AND DR. GUYER BROUGHT UP THIS POINT, THE ADVANTAGE THAT WE'VE ALWAYS HAD WITH THE EXPERIENCE WE PROVIDE TO OUR EMPLOYEES, SMALL

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WE'RE SEEING BEHAVIOR PROBLEMS AND MENTAL HEALTH CHALLENGES.

WE'RE SEEING FORCES, ACADEMIC GAPS AS A RESULT OF THE PANDEMIC THAT ARE AFFECTING TEACHERS NATIONWIDE.

WE'RE NOT IMMUNE TO THAT HERE IN GOOCHLAND.

WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE VALUE AND BEING WORTH THE DRIVE, YOU THINK ABOUT THE ECONOMIC SUPPLY AND DEMAND CURVE.

SO THE PRICE OF WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE.

HOW MUCH DOES IT COST TO YOU GET HERE? AND THEN ALL OF THOSE OTHER FACTORS AT WHAT -- WHATEVER CAN WE DROLL? THE MONEY PUT IN THE POCKET OF OUR TEACHERS. WE MIGHT NOT BE ABLE TO CONTROL EVERYTHING THAT'S PUT IN THE DOOR.

FOR THE FIRST TIME THIS YEAR, I ADDED A FIELD OF TEACHERS LEAVING THE PROFESSION. THAT'S HAPPENING.

WE'RE LOOKING FOR NEXT YEAR. WE SEE THAT WE'RE EXPECTING TEACHERS TO LEAVE EVEN NOW IN DECEMBER.

>> I FEEL LIKE MOST OF THE TIME, WE WON'T GET THAT KIND OF INFORMATION THAT THAT'S DEFINITIVE UNTIL JAN/FEBRUARY.

WE ALREADY KNOW THE FEW TEACHERS THAT ARE LEAVING.

IT'S NOT WORTHWHILE TO HAVE THEIR CHILDREN AND CHILDCARE AND PAY FOR THAT, IF THEY ARE HAVING A BABY, IF THEY HAVE A FAMILY AND TO MAKE THE DRIVE AND TO PAY FOR THE GAS.

THAT'S JUST THE REALITY OF IT. WE KNOW THAT.

OTHER QUESTIONS THAT WE GET SOMETIMES.

WHY DO TEACHERS NEED MORE MONEY? THAT COMES UP AS WELL. WE'VE HEARD THAT IN THIS ROOM.

I THINK I OUTLINED SOME OF THOSE REASONS BEFORE.

WHEN WE HEAR THE QUESTIONS AND LOOK AT THE REALITY OF WHAT WE'RE DOING DAY TO DAY. YOU ALL HAVE BEEN IN THE CLASSROOMS. WE'VE SEEN WHAT TEACHERS ARE DOING. I THINK THAT QUESTION GOES WITHOUT ANY FURTHER EXPLANATION.

GOOCHLAND IS A GREAT PLACE TO WORK, ISN'T THAT ENOUGH? AND TO THAT, I SAY, YOU KNOW, IF YOU WORK IN A PRIVATE ENTERPRISE AND YOUR TEAM HAS GREAT OUTPUTS AND THEY MEET ALL OF THEIR GOALS AND OBJECTIVES, DO YOU SAY, THAT'S GREAT? YOU OBVIOUSLY HAD A ENOUGH. YOU DON'T GET MORE.

NO. THAT'S NOT HOW A HIGH-PERFORMING ORGANIZATION WORKS. WWWE ARE A DOING EVERYTHING THAT WE'RE DOING, YOU WOULD THINK THE LOGICAL RESPONSE WOULD BE TO COMMENTATE OUR TEACHERS BET -- COMPENSATE OUR TEACHERS BETTER. AS WE DEVELOP OUR BUDGET, WE SEE WHAT OTHER DIVISIONS HAVE DONE. WE SEE WHAT WE'VE DONE AND TO BE QUITE HONEST, LAST YEAR WE WERE EXCITED.

THE RAISES GIVEN TO TEACHERS, THE AVERAGE 6.7%.

3% FOR EVERYBODY. IT SEEMED LIKE WE WERE GONNA GET THERE. IT DID.

BUT UNFORTUNATELY FOR US, OTHER DIVISIONS ARE DOING MORE.

AND I THINK WE'RE AT AT A POINT WHERE WE NEED TO DO THE SAME.

THE BONUS IS A GREAT FIRST STEP BUT I THINK WE HAVE TO -- WITHOUT HAVING A CRYSTAL KNOWING WHAT SOME OF THESE COMPETITORS ARE GOING TO BE DOING NEXT YEAR, WE HAVE TO GET OUT AHEAD OF THAT. I THINK IT WILL BE CRITICAL.

I THINK IT'S A CROSS ROADS KIND OF MOMENT WITH EVERYTHING ELSE HAPPENING IN THE WORLD SO THAT WE CAN ENSURE THAT THE TALENT THAT WE HAVE IN THIS DIVISION, REMAINS IN THIS DIVISION DOING THE GOOD WORK FOR OUR TEACHERS, FAMILIES, COMMUNITY AND TO BE ABLE TO TRACK THE VERY BEST WHEN THEY DO LEAVE.

THINK ABOUT THAT TREND. WHAT CAN WE DO TO PREVERSE THAT TREND? WHAT CAN WE DO TO PIT MORE GREEN IN THAT FAR FOR 2022? I THINK IT WILL SEND THAT MESSAGE TO THE WORKFORCE THAT THEY ARE VALUED, THAT THEY ARE -- THEY ARE THE NUCLEUS OF WHAT WE DO HERE.

THAT'S THE TEACHER PORTION OF MY PRESENTATION.

ANY QUESTIONS YET? >> I HAVE QUESTIONS.

I THINK YOU ARE BUILDING TO THIS.

I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO RECOGNIZE CLASS SIZE AND THAT GOES INTO YOUR STORY OF MAKING IT -- MAKING THE DRIVE WORTH IT. SO I THINK THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT. AND YOU TALK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, BIG QUESTION MARKS. WELL, WE HAVE BIG QUESTION MARKS

FROM THE STATE LEVEL. >> WE KNOW THAT THE GOVERNOR HAS SAID THAT HE IS PUTTING IN HIS BIAANNIE YUM THIS HUGE INCREASE

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SO IN ORDER TO GIVE THAT AMOUNT, IT HAS TO COME FROM THE LOCALITY. WE ALSO KNOW THAT GOVERNOR-ELECT HAS STATED THAT HE'S PUTTING A PRIORITY ON TEACHER SALARIES.

DOES THAT MEAN IN THE SCHOOL DIVISION WHERE LOCALITY PLAYS FOR MOST OF OUR BUDGET. IS THAT MORE GOING TO BE COMING

FROM -- >> YES.

>> THERE ARE QUESTIONS FOR SURE.

AND IT'S ALWAYS A MOVING TARGET.

>> IT IS. >> WE REALLY --

>> IT'S EARLY. >> PEOPLE WERE SO EXCITED LAST YEAR ABOUT WHAT WE WERE DOING FOR ALL OF OUR STAFF AND TO SEE THAT -- WOW. IT DIDN'T GO TOO FAR.

SO -- SO GRATEFUL FOR THE AMAZING STAFF THAT WE TO HAVE AND, AGAIN, FOR ALL OF THE SUPPORT THAT'S GIVEN AND THAT LOWER CLASS SIZES. THAT QUALITATIVE VERSUS

QUANTITATIVE STUFF. >> IT IS.

IT IS. AND THAT'S JUST IT, AT WHAT POINT DO YOU HIT A CRITICAL MASS? IF I A TEACHER SAYS, I CAN MAKE $10,000 AS ANOTHER SCHOOL, EVEN THOUGH THE CLASS IS BIGGER, I HAVE KIDS TO GO TO COLLEGE

AND -- YEAH. >>

>> WE JUST HAVE TO TAKE ALL OF THIS INTO CONSIDERATION.

>> THANKS. >> ABSOLUTELY.

>> ALSO PAY FOR HEALTH INSURANCE AND THAT SORT OF THINGS.

>> WE ARE COMPETITIVE. OUR EMPLOYER CONTRIBUTION IS VERY GENEROUS AND WE'VE ALWAYS DONE A GREAT JOB OF MAKING SURE OUR EMPLOYEES KEEP ANY KIND OF PERCENT RAISE WE MIGHT HAVE.

WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO DO THAT SUCCESSFULLY FOR SEVERAL YEARS SINCE WE'VE BEEN HERE TOGETHER. THAT MAKES A HUGE DIFFERENCE.

SOME DIVISIONS AROUND US HAVEN'T BEEN THAT SUCCESSFUL.

>> THE BONUS IS A ONE-TIME THING.

>> ONE-TIME THING. BUT IT DOES -- WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE OVERALL COMPENSATION THAT IS -- IT'S SYMBOLIC AND IT IS PUTTING MORE IN THEIR BACK POCKET.

ABSOLUTELY. WE MADE SOME PROGRESS WITH THE SUBS. WITH SUPPORT OF THIS BOARD AND PROVIDING INCENTIVES TO THE SUBSTITUTES FOR LONGEVITY, ADDING MONEY TO THAT DAILY RATE HAS INCLUDED OUR FILL RATES.

I'VE BEEN HEARING THAT FROM PRINCIPALS.

WE HOPE TO SEE THAT CONTINUE IN THE MONTHS AHEAD.

OUR SCHOOL SITES. WE'VE SEEN TURNOVER.

WE'RE COMPETITIVE IN THE EARLY BANDS BUT OUR SITES TEND TO B BE -- WE'RE USING GROUND THERE IN THE 15, 25-YEAR BANDS.

I THINK THAT'S WORTH KEEPING AN EYE ON.

OUR PSYCH PSYCHIATRISTS ARE STRETCHED PRETTY THIN, I THINK STATEWIDE. THE ANSWER MIGHT NOT ALWAYS BE, TOO, WITH THE DOLLARS COMPENSATED.

WE DID LOOK AT EXTENDED CONTRACTS.

MAYBE A 220-DAY CONTRACT, A 12-MONTH CONTRACT.

THERE'S SOME DIVISIONS THAT DO THAT.

SOME DIVISIONS HAVE PSYCHIATRISTS SCALES.

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IT'S A HARD GROUP TO FIND. THEY LOSE COMPETITIVENESS IN THIS LATER BAND AS WELL. OUR PRINCIPAL, RESEARCH SAYS THAT YOUR PRINCIPALS ARE WHAT KEEP YOUR TEACHERS IN YOUR BUILDING. THAT'S THE NUMBER ONE WHEN IT COMES TO TEACHER MORE RAL. TMORALE.

OUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PRINCIPALS ARE AVERAGING PROBABLY 12, 14 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE AND YOU SEE SOME OF THOSE NUMBERS IN NEIGHBORING DIVISIONS COMPARED TO WHAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW.

PRETTY SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE AT SOME OF THOSE MID-CAREER BANDS.

SAME ARE OUR MIDDLE SCHOOL PRINCIPALS.

WE ARE AT AT LEVEL 5 BUT WE LOSE GROUND, A LITTLE FURTHER DOWN THE EXPERIENCE. AND OUR HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPALS AS WELL. BIG NUMBERS -- WE DON'T SEE PRINCIPALS, UNFORTUNATELY NOWADAYS TENURED.

MOST PRINCIPALS DON'T GO PAST PAST A LOT OF YEARS.

APS ARE VERY COMPETITIVE. HIGH SCHOOL AND MIDDLE SCHOOL.

WE DON'T HAVE ANY ELEMENTARY APS RIGHT NOW.

DIDN'T INCLUDE THAT. OUR DIRECTORS AND SUPES LOSE SOME GROUND IN THE LATER EXPERIENCE BANDS AS WELL.

THOSE ARE THE INSTRUCTIONAL POSITIONS.

ANY QUESTIONS ON INSTRUCTIONAL POSITIONS? OKAY. CLASSIFIED.

IF OUR TEACHER IS THE NUCLEUS THEN OUR CLASSIFIED ARE NURSES, CUSTODIANS, THE ONES KEEPING EVERYTHING IN ORDER AROUND THE NUCLEUS. WE HAVE WORK TO DO HERE NOW.

OUR PARAPROFESSIONALS. WE'VE SEEN A TREMENDOUS TURNOVER. WE HAVE PARAPROFESSIONALS WHO ARE DIAPERING STUDENTS. WE HAVE PARAPROFESSIONALS WHO ARE WORKING WITH KIDS WITH SIGNIFICANT DISABILITIES AND SIGNIFICANT NEEDS. OUR CLERICAL EMPLOYEES, YOU, OUR CAFETERIA WORKERS HAVE BEEN OUTSIDE SERVING CURBSIDE SINCE MARCH OF 2020. THEY'VE BEEN GOING NONSTOP WITHOUT A BREAK. OUR CUSTODIANS HAVE BEEN PRIME MINISTERING DEEP CLEANS AND THEY HAVE NEW ROUTINES AS WELL.

WE HAVE PROFESSIONAL STAFF IN THIS DIVISION AND THEY ARE COMMITTED AND I WANT TO SEE SOME IMPROVEMENTS MADE AS WELL.

OUR PARAPROS, THESE ARE COMPARES TO OTHER DIVISIONS.

WHEN YOU GET DOWN TO THE LATER BANDS, WE'RE LOSING BY $2 AN HOUR. $4 AT THE TEN-YEAR BAND IN SOME CASES. OUR CUSTODIANS, SAME THING, THAT GAP WIDENS AS WE FURTHER DOWN. WE DO HAVE VETERAN CUSTODIANS.

SCHOOL NUTRITION. THEN OUR CLERICAL.

OUR CLERICAL, NEXT TO LAST OR LAST IN THE ORDER OF OUR COMPARISON GROUP ACROSS EVERY BAND.

I ACTUALLY SAW A STORY ON CBS NEWS BEFORE I GOT UP HERE, IT WAS PUBLISHED AT 5:00. HOBBY HOBBY IS GOING TO HAVE A MINIMUM WAGE OF $18 I .50 STARTING JANUARY 1ST?

>> IN VIRGINIA? >> NATIONWIDE.

IT WAS ON THE LOCAL NEWS. IF YOU GO AND YOU WANT TO FIND A JOB AND YOU YOU GO TO THE INDEED WEBSITE, MCDONALD'S, 13, 14 AN HOUR, GO OVER TO AMAZON, UP TO 17 AN HOUR.

DIDN'T HAVE A START ON THAT. WEGMAN'S 14 AN HOUR.

YOU LOOK AT THE BENEFITS, 401(K), TUITION REIMBURSEMENT, SOME OF THE SAME THINGS WE DO HERE.

SO THROW THAT IN WITH WHAT'S BEING PAID IN OUR REGION AND OUR GOOCHLAND COUNTY SCHOOL EMPLOYEES, WORKING WITH TEACHERS, CAN GO TO MCDONALD'S AND MAKE A DOLLAR MORE AN HOUR AND PROBABLY GET SIMILAR BENEFITS.

CUSTODIANS, AMAZON, PACK SOME BOXES, $15 AN HOUR.

CLERICAL EMPLOYEES ARE MAKING 12.50.

OUR NUTRITION EMPLOYEES MAKE 11 AN HOUR, THEY CAN GO TO MCDONALD'S AND MAKE 13.50. WE'VE WORKED TO KEEP OUR BUS DRIVERS COMPETITIVE. I THINK THAT IS YIELDING DIVIDENDS WITH MISS HOLMAN'S LEADERSHIP IN THAT DEPARTMENT.

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OUR NURSES WE PUT THEM ON THE NEW SCALE.

I FEEL LIKE THEY ARE PRETTY WELL ALIGNED.

THEY'VE BEEN DOING A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF WORK AND I THINK THEY ARE IN A PRETTY GOOD PLACE. NEXT STEP, MRS. ALLEN, WE TALK ABOUT HIGHLIGHTING THAT TOTAL COMPENSATION PACKAGE, LOOKING AT OUR SALARY COMPETITIVENESS BUT ALSO THINKING ABOUT OUR BENEFIT, TUITION REIMBURSEMENT, ALL OF THOSE BENEFITS PROVIDED.

OUR QUALITY AS A WHOLE, OUR CLASS SIZE, STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT, ENGAGEMENT IN THE COMMUNITY AND LOOKING AT THE EMPLOYEE-FRIENDLY PRACTICES. WOULD'S RESERVED PRESCHOOL SPOTS FOR EMPLOYEES, THINKING ABOUT POSSIBLY EXPANDING THOSE OPPORTUNITIES FOR TEACHERS LIKE THE ONE I MENTIONED EARLIER TO -- IT'S NOT PRACTICAL FOR HER TO CONTINUE TO WORK IF SHE HAS TO PAY FOR CHILDCARE. WHAT COULD WE DO TO POSSIBLY MITIGATE THAT? OUR RECRUITMENT EFFORTS ARE 365 DAYS A YEAR. IT'S LIKE COACH SABAN BACK IN HIS OFFICE, YOU KNOW, GETTING WITH EVERYBODY AND GETTING THEM OUT. TOMORROW WE'LL HAVE SEVERAL OF THEM HERE AND WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO SEE MORE FOR RECRUITMENT AND WE'LL HAVE ANOTHER EVENT IN JANUARY.

THIS WILL BE IMPORTANT TO BE ABLE TO GO TO OUR EMPLOYEES AND OUR FUTURE EMPLOYEES AND WE'RE MAKING RECRUITMENT EFFORTS IN MARCH AND APRIL AND TO TELL US ABOUT WHERE WE SIT IN OUR SALARIES AND BENEFITS IN THE FUTURE.

IT WILL BE SOMETHING THAT WILL BE PAID ATTENTION TO.

WE HOPE TO GO OUT WITH A MORE COMPETITIVE, MORE SOLIDLY GREEN BAR OF SALARY BANS FOR NEXT YEAR.

I THINK DR. FOWLER -- I HAD THE SAME PICTURE THAT HE DID.

THE AMOUNT OF WORK DONE THAT THEY PUT IN OUTSIDE OF THE SEVEN AND A HALF HOURS THAT THEY ARE CONTRACTED FOR EVERY DAY IS TREMENDOUS. THAT'S WHAT MAKES OUR DIVISION SPECIAL THE AND THAT'S WHAT IT IS ALL ABOUT.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? >> BOARD MEMBER, QUESTIONS.

>> I'M NOT SURE THAT I HAVE QUESTIONS, AS MUCH AS I DO

COMMENTS. >> I WILL TAKE EITHER ONE.

>> THIS IS A CHASING OUR TAIL EXE EXERCISE IN GENERAL.

I THINK IN MANY WAYS, WHAT YOU SEE IN PARTICULAR OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS IS THE TWO LARGER COUNTIES IN RY REICK AND CHESTERFIELD, UTILIZING THE BOARD'S WILLINGNESS TO CHANGE

THE LANDSCAPE AND -- >> MEMES TAX, YES.

>> IN ORDER TO, YOU KNOW, SUPPLEMENT DIRECTLY, INDIRECTLY, I'M NOT 100% CERTAIN HOW CHESTERFIELD IS WORKING.

YOU KNOW, THEIR ABILITY TO PAY. AND THAT'S -- THAT'S REALLY DRIVEN EVERYONE ELSE TO CHASING, DOING AS MUCH AS WE CAN TO KEEP UP ONLY TO FIND OUT, WE DIDN'T REALLY KEEP UP.

WE LOST HALF OF THE STAFF ALONG THE WAY.

AND -- I'M BRINGING ALL OF THIS ABOUT, NOT TO LAMENT WHERE WE LIVE OR WHAT OUR TAX RATES ARE BECAUSE THAT'S NOT THE CASE.

>> IT'S NOT -- RIGHT. >> WHAT I DO LAMENT IS OUR BUDGET PROCESS BEING ONE OF THE VERY EARLIEST IN THE STATE TO HAVE TO SUBMIT, THEREFORE, SIGNALING TO EVERY OTHER DIVISION WHAT WE'RE DOING AND LETTING THEM SEE IF THEY DIDN'T TWEAK THEIR EQUATION AND SOMEHOW IMPROVE THEIR POSITION OVER OURS. THAT IS INCREDIBLY PROBLEMATIC.

>> YES. >> RIGHT.

>> AND FOR WHATEVER REASON, WE'RE STILL SUBMITTING A BUDGET AND I UNDERSTAND MANY OF THE REASONS THAT THAT WILL THAT ARE OUT THERE. WE ARE SUBMITTING A BUDGET TWO MONTHS BEFORE THERE IS SOME NEED TO APPROVE.

AND THAT'S A PRELIMINARY APPROVAL ON THEIR PART, IN ORDER TO SET A TAX RATE AND DO THOSE SORTS OF THINGS.

BUT THE TRUTH IS THAT OUR BUDGET PROCESS THAT -- THE TIMING OF WHEN WE HAVE TO SUBMIT PROBABLY HAS AS MUCH TO DO WITH OUR

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THIS LANDSCAPE. >> RIGHT.

I MEAN -- LIKE I SAID, THE DISTANCE FROM THE MEDIAN TO WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING, AGAIN, WE COULD PROBABLY MAKE SOME PROGRESS ON THAT WITH A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME.

>> OR -- MAYBE WE DON'T NEED THE TIME TO MAKE THE PROGRESS.

MAYBE WE JUST DON'T NEED TO SEND A SIGNAL.

>> AND YOU MENTIONED, THE CHESTERFIELD PIECE AND WE TALKED ABOUT THIS AND REIKO ARE TALKING ABOUT ISN'TIV SUBSTANTIVE RAISES. BUT WE'RE STILL TRACKING MORE PEOPLE FROM THEM THAN THEY ARE FOR US.

THAT'S BEEN GOING ON FOR YEARS. WE WANT TO KEEP THE TREND.

WE WANT TO GET THE BEST FOLKS. YOU KNOW, THEY ARE A REGIONAL COMPETITOR AND -- I DON'T MIND SAYING THIS, WE SHOULDN'T BE BEHIND. WE SHOULDN'T.

>> RIGHT. I CERTAINLY UNDERSTAND THAT.

I THINK WHAT WE'RE -- WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO DO AND WHAT WE HAVE THE ABILITY DO ARE UNFORTUNATELY -- THAT WAS SAID EARLIER IN THE EVENING WITHOUT THE PUBLIC'S PRESENCE, WHICH IS THAT I WOULD LIKE TO, ONCE AGAIN, ADVOCATE FOR US TO CONSIDER AND I DON'T KNOW THAT IT IS POSSIBLE TO DO IT IN THIS BUDGET CYCLE BUT CERTAINLY WE CAN TEE IT UP FOR THE NEXT ONE SO THAT WE'RE NOT FINDING OURSELVES IN 7TH PLACE ALL THE WAY DOWN THE ROAD. I WOULD LIKE TO ADVOCATE FOR US TO CONSIDER CREATING SOME FORM OF CHILDCARE/DAYCARE, PRESCHOOL, CALL IT WHAT YOU WILL, ANYWHERE ALONG THAT LINE FOR OUR EMPLOYEES AND IT'S NOT JUST TEACHERS BUT ALL OF OUR EMPLOYEES BECAUSE I BELIEVE THAT'S GONNA BE VERY IMPORTANT IN ORDER TO KEEP THEM THERE. YOU -- IN YOUR EXAMPLE, YOU HAD 8100 SET ASIDE AND IF WE CAN PROVIDE THAT, THAT BENEFIT FOR THEM, WE AREN'T GOING TO NECESSARILY DO THAT FOR FREE.

IT WILL COST US SOMETHING IN THERE.

BUT -- >> WE CAN DO BETTER THAN THAT.

>> BUT WE CAN DO SOMETHING THAT'S MEANINGFUL FOR THEM AND AT THE SAME TIME, WE'RE DOING THIS IN A WAY THAT DOESN'T HAVE ALL OF WHAT I CALL THE KICKERS IN THE BUDGET WHERE, YOU GIVE THEM A COUPLE OF DOLLARS HERE. BY THE WAY, IT'S GOING TO COST YOU 30% MORE THAN THAT BECAUSE OF ALL OF THE BENEFIT COSTS THAT GOES ALONG WITH THAT FOR VRS AND OTHER THINGS THAT COME DOWN THE ROAD. IF WE FIND A WAY TO CREATE A TOTAL COMPENSATION LOOK THAT CAN LOOK BETTER AND SAVE OURSELVES IN THE MARGINS OF THESE KICKERS AS I CALL THEM.

I THINK THAT COULD BE AN EFFECTIVE WAY TO CLOSING SOME OF

THE GAP FOR US. >> AND THEN ON TOP OF THAT, YOUR

TRAVEL TIME. >> YEAH.

>> IF YOU HAVE A CONVENIENT DAYCARE -- I KNOW WE HAVE EMPLOYEES WHO WILL DRIVE FROM HERE TO THE WEST END AND GO HOME IN ONE OF THOSE OTHER JURISDICTIONS AND THEY ARE ADDING ANOTHER 15, 20 MINUTES ON THE TRIP.

AND THAT MAKES A DIFFERENCE. >> EVEN WITH THE HIGHER SALARY WEREN'T THEY SCRAMBLING TO FILL THEIR TEACHER ROSTER.

>> YEAH, AND THAT'S THE TOTAL COMPENSATION PIECE.

>> I CAN'T UNDERSCORE THAT. WE HAVE TO STAY AHEAD OF IT.

>> OH, YEAH. >> WE'RE STILL IN A GREAT PLACE BUT WE'VE -- WE HAVE TO MAINTAIN THAT ADVANTAGE AND IF WE DON'T MAKE BOLD MOVES TO DO SO, IT COULD CHANGE ON THE DIME.

WE DON'T WANT TO SEE THAT. >> ONE MORE THING TO ADD ABOUT THE IDEA WITH CHILDCARE IS, YOU KNOW, WE LOSE A LOT OF YOUNG TEACHERS TO THE PROFESSION, MAYBE EVENTUALLY, BUT CERTAINLY AT LEAST TEMPORARILY, THROUGH THIS CHILDCARE ISSUE.

>> YES. >> IS COST.

>> AND SO IT'S -- IT COULD BE A BIG DEAL FOR US TO -- FOR OUR RETENTION, BUT ALSO THAT ATTRACTIVENESS AS WELL.

>> YEAH. >> I WILL STOP RANTING.

>> DR. ARMSTRONG, I THINK MANY OF THE SLIDES HERE WE SPENT QUITE A BIT OF TIME IN OUR AGENDA DOING SOMETHING VERY IMPORTANT AND THAT IS TELLING THE STORY OF THE SCHOOL DIVISION. WE NEED TO KEEP DOING THAT AND CELEBRATING EVERY EMPLOYEE. WE HAVE TRANSPORTATION EMPLOYEES THAT HAVE BEEN SITTING HERE ALL NIGHT LONG.

I MEAN, THIS IS -- THIS IS THE KIND OF PEOPLE THAT WE HAVE IN THIS COMMUNITY. THIS IS THE KIND OF PEOPLE THAT WORK FOR US. WE NEED TO KEEP CELEBRATING THEM

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>> IT IS. >> BUT MIXED IN THE STORY, YOU ARE SHOWING OUR PEOPLE, OUR AMAZING PEOPLE WHO ARE DOING FANTASTIC WORK AND -- AS A SUPERVISOR, I'M SURE THAT THEY WANT OUR CHILDREN TO BE SUCCESSFUL AND THEY WANT THE RIGHT PEOPLE DOING THAT. WE JUST NEED TO KEEP --

>> IT'S GOOD FOR THE COMMUNITY. >> MISS ALLEN DID YOU HAVE A

COMMENT? >> NO.

>> ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU. >> BOARD MEMBERS IF I MAY BEFORE WE TRANSITION, THE KEY TO THIS PRESENTATION, WE WANT TO BE PROACTIVE. WE DON'T WANT TO BE SITTING HERE THREE YEARS WITH A MASS EXODUS IN THE WORKFORCE AND BE LIKE WHAT HAPPENED? THIS SCHOOL BOARD HAS BEEN STRONG SUPPORTERS OF OUR EMPLOYEES.

THE SCHOOL BOARD HAS ALWAYS LEVERGED EVERY RESOURCE THAT WE CAN BRING TO BEAR TO SUPPORT OUR EMPLOYEES.

I'M PROUD OF THE WORK THAT OUR SCHOOL DIVISION HAS DONE.

YOU KNOW, WE'RE JUST FACING REALLY CHALLENGING TIMES IN THE WORKFORCE RIGHT NOW BECAUSE EVERY LOCALITY, EVERY COUNTY GOVERNMENT, EVERY PUBLIC SCHOOL DIVISION.

EVERY PRIVATE EMPLOYER IS SCRAMBLING TO SEE WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO KEEP OUR TEAM LENT? YEAR'S NOT IMMUNE TO THAT.

AND IF WE BURY OUR HEADS IN THE SAND, THAT'S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN HERE, WE'RE GOING TO LOSE OUR WORKFORCE.

-- >> HATCHER SAYS HE HAS SOME

HOMEWORK -- >> I WAS WORRIED ABOUT THAT.

[LAUGHTER] >> I DIDN'T WANT TO NOT LET HIM SPEAK HIS -- WHATEVER COMMENTS HE MADE, WHICH IS DIVERT VERTING

FROM OUR AGENDA. >> I THINK IT'S APPROPRIATE TO DO THAT. MR. TEAGUE.

>> THANK YOU. YES.

THANK YOU ALL. I REALLY WANTED THIS POSITION IN THE FIRST PLACE. DIDN'T REALLY KNOW WHY.

I REALLY WANTED TO FEEL IT OUT, REALLY -- HAD SET A GOAL AND THAT WAS ACHIEVED AND I THINK IT WAS ANTIC MORE THAN I ANTICIPATED AND THANK YOU GUYS AND YOU GUYS WILL PROBABLY HEAR MORE FROM ME VIA E-MAIL OR CARD.

THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU.

>> YOU HAVE BEEN AN AMAZING REPRESENTATIVE, SIR.

>> WE ARE GOING TO TAKE A THREE -- THREE-MINUTE BREAK.

THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE

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[LAUGHTER] >> GOOD TO SEE YOU.

>> YOU TOO. WE'RE JUST PRESENTING THIS TO YOU BECAUSE THE COUNTY HAS ASKED US BY THE TENTH OF EVERY MONTH TO GIVE US A BUDGET UPDATE, A BUDGET TO ACTUALS AND SO THIS IS THE FORMAT THAT THEY HAVE REQUESTED THAT TO BE IN AND YOU'VE SEEN IT BEFORE ON THE GOOCHLAND ELEMENTARY ONE.

AND NOW WE HAVE A VERY SIMILAR FORMAT FOR THE MIDDLE SCHOOL/HIGH SCHOOL PARKING LOT IMPROVEMENT.

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WE'VE GOT A NEW LIGHTING ESTIMATE THAT'S COME IN AND THEN I HAD BEEN AWARE OF THE CONSTRUCTION COSTS ALL ALONG AND I KNOW THAT WE'VE BEEN KEEPING UNDER BUDGET, BUT THE COUNTY AND THEIR MODEL HAD ASKED FOR A 10% CONTINGENCY, AND THAT'S WHAT YOU SAW ON THE SITE WHERE WE HAD 3% CHANGE ORDER AND 7% FOR GENERAL PROJECT. THAT SHOWS THAT WE'RE SLIGHTLY -- WE'LL HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF SURPLUS ON THIS.

AGAIN, JUST COST ESTIMATES. SO WE WILL NOT KNOW WHAT THIS ACTUALLY COSTS UNTIL WE GO OUT TO BID.

AND THIS WILL COME IN SOONER, HOPEFULLY, SOMETIME IN THE SPRING, WE'LL GET THOSE BIDS OUT, THAN THE SCHOOL SITE.

SO THAT'S THAT BUDGET ITEM. THE NEXT ONE -- CAN I JUST MOVE THROUGH THESE, MISS HORN? OKAY.

SO THE NEXT ONE IS A LITTLE BIT MORE EXTENSIVE AND I'M GOING TO NOT READ -- WHERE AM I ON THIS? I GOT IT.

I'M GOING TO THE PRESENTATION, FOR ONE THING, THIS IS -- THIS WHOLE THING IS BASED ON THE PUBLISHED REPORT, WHICH IS NOW CALLED THE COMPREHENSIVE FINANCIAL REPORT, A LITTLE BIT HAS CHANGED. WE HAD AN AUDIT MEETING AND THE AUDITORS DID THEIR PRESENTATION ON IT FOR THE COUNTY AND THAT IS VALUE. I ACTUALLY POSTED IT ON OUR WEBSITE, BUT IT JUST LOOKS TO THE COUNTY'S WEBSITE ON THAT.

I DO SOME STATISTICAL TABLES AT THE END JUST TO SHOW A TREND AS THOUGH I WAS DOING MY OWN ANNUAL COMPREHENSIVE REPORT, WHICH I AM AND I'M GLAD I'M NOT DOING IT. THE VERY FIRST THING -- AGAIN, I HAVE TO BLOW THIS BABY UP -- NO, NO.

SORRY. ALL RIGHT.

OKAY. SO ON THIS PARTICULAR -- I DON'T HAVE -- SHE DIDN'T GIVE ME THE PRESENTATION.

I'M JUST GOING TO GO THROUGH THE PDF VERSION OF THIS.

THERE WERE NO FINDINGS OR DEFICIENCIES AND THAT'S BEEN CONSISTENT FOR US AND ACCOUNTING FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS.

WE'RE CONSIDER A LOW AUDIT SO THAT MAKES OUR JOB EASIER WHEN THE AUDITORS COME. THERE ARE SOME COMMENTS AND -- THAT WE GOT THROUGH THE AUDITORS AND THROUGH SOME OTHER COMMUNICATIONS WE'VE HAD IN THE LAST MONTH AND IT'S REALLY -- THERE WERE NO RECOMMENDATIONS. WE ARE -- OUR FINANCIAL PROCESSORS ARE IN VERY GOOD SHAPE.

FOR THE BUDGET TO ACTUAL -- THE ONLY THING I WANT TO POINT OUT IS THAT THE STATE FUNDING THERE, THE $647,000.

THAT'S THE ONLY SURPLUS. WE RECEIVED A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF SALES TAX THAT WAS NOT ANTICIPATED.

WE WENT INTO THE SCHOOL -- INTO THAT LAST YEAR VERY CONSERVATIVE ON SALES TAX BECAUSE YOU WILL REMEMBER, PANDEMIC, NOBODY -- EVERYTHING WAS SHUT DOWN. AND SO THAT'S COMPENSATED FOR SOME OF THE OTHER UNDERSPENT MONEYS WE HAVE.

THE MAIN THING TO NOTICE IS THAT WE ARE ALLOWED TO CARRY OVER A LOT OF THAT UNUSED MONEY. SO WE HAVE $2.3 MILLION THAT WE'RE CARRYING OVER INTO THE NEW YEAR.

AND A LOT OF THAT IS FEDERAL BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WE SAID -- WE ACCEPTED A LOT OF FEDERAL MONEY THAT HAD A MULTI-YEAR USE.

THAT'S WHERE THAT IS. OUR COUNTY FUNDING HAS DROPPED FROM 68% TO 64% AND, AGAIN, THAT'S BECAUSE WE HAVE A LOT OF FEDERAL MONEY COMING IN. SO THAT'S THE MAIN REASON FOR THAT. OUR TREND -- YOU CAN SEE THAT BIG JUMP AGAIN. IT'S THE FEDERAL, IT'S THE GREEN, THE GREEN SECTION THAT IS REALLY SORT OF MOVING THAT ONE FORWARD. AND WE'LL SEE THAT AGAIN THIS YEAR. WE'RE -- WE'VE GOT THIS FEDERAL MONEY COMING IN AND WE'RE USING IT AS WISELY AS WE CAN, AND I WILL BE TALKING TO YOU ABOUT THAT NEXT TIME, ABOUT REALLY HOW

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ON THE EXPENDITURE SIDE, AGAIN, WE UNDERSPENT IN ALMOST EVERY CATEGORY EXCEPT FOR FACILITIES. FACILITIES IS SOMETHING THAT WE USUALLY YOU PAY MONEY FOR. WE GOT FEDERAL MONEY.

IT CAME IN THROUGH THE OPERATING BUDGET.

SO WE HAD A NEW CATEGORY CALLED FACILITIES IN OUR OPERATING BUDGET THAT'S USUALLY NOT THERE.

THAT MADE THAT ONE GO OVER BUDGET.

WITH A LOT OF LABOR AND SUPPLY SHORTAGES, WE ROLLED OVER A LOT MORE MONEY FROM LAST YEAR'S BUDGET TO THIS YEAR BECAUSE WE SIMPLY COULDN'T FILL OUR ORDERS.

THAT'S THE THE BE INCOME I -- WE HAVE CONSISTENTLY BEEN AT 5% ON OUR ADMIN HEALTH AND ATTENDANCE COSTS. THAT'S VERY ASSISTANT FOR US YEAR OVER YEAR. AND THEN, AGAIN, THE TREND AND YOU CAN SEE THAT FACILITY COMING IN THAT -- THAT TOP BAR COMING IN FOR THE FIRST TIME IN THIS TEN-YEAR TREND.

THERE ARE COMMENTS ABOUT THE -- THROUGHOUT THIS 175-PAGE DOCUMENT. I WORK WITH THE COUNTY TO MAKE SURE THAT THE STUFF SAID ABOUT THE SCHOOLS DOES ACCURATELY PORTRAY OUR SCHOOL DIVISION. THESE ARE JUST DIFFERENT PLACES FOR THAT. ONE OF THE INTERESTING THINGS IS THAT IN WHAT'S CALLED THE MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION ANALYSIS AND THAT'S WHERE, YOU KNOW, THE FINANCE GROUP IS TRYING TO EXPLAIN WHY THE NUMBERS CHANGED YEAR OVER YEAR.

THAT EDUCATION IS SHOWING IS ONLY 42.2% OF THE GOVERNMENT BUDGET, WHICH IS ACTUALLY THEIR LOWEST LEVEL OF, YOU KNOW, SPENDING FOR EDUCATION IN THE LAST TEN YEARS.

SO -- AND I'M GOING TO SHOW YOU SOME INFORMATION TOWARDS THE END OF THIS PRESENTATION WHERE I BRING IN INFORMATION FROM OTHER PLACES AND, AGAIN, SPEAKING POINTS TO US AS TO HOW WE WANT TO APPROACH OUR COUNTY COLLEAGUES, YOU KNOW, TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO GET MAYBE SOME OF OUR SALARIES UP, ET CETERA.

THE CAFETERIA -- WE SAID WE WOULD HAVE MEAL BUDGETS ABOUT HALF A MILLION. THERE WERE NO MEAL CHARGES LAST YEAR. ALL CHILDREN GOT THEIR MEALS FREE. ALMOST NOTHING.

A LITTLE BIT OF PEOPLE BUYING ICE CREAM.

SOME ADULT, BUYING LUNCH, ET CETERA.

ALL OF THAT MOVED DOWN TO THE FEDERAL REIMBURSEMENT AND BECAUSE SOME OF THE FEDERAL MONEY WAS PAYING FOR LOSSES THAT WE HAD DURING THE FIRST QUARTER OF THE PANDEMIC AND THE PRIOR YEAR. WE ARE SHOWING A SURPLUS.

SO THAT JUST ADDS TO THE RESERVES.

THAT PUTS THEM IN A GOOD POSITION FOR THIS YEAR AS WELL.

WE HAVE CAPITAL ASSETS. WE NEVER TALK ABOUT THAT IN THE FINANCIAL REPORTS BUT ALL OF THE PURCHASES THAT WE MAKE EVERY YEAR CONVERTS WHAT'S CALLED CAPITAL -- THESE ARE ITEMS THAT HAVE A LONG LIFE. AND THE MAIN THING TO NOTICE ABOUT IT IS THAT I DO A CONDITION RATIO AND IT'S SIMPLY SAYING WHAT IS THE BOOK VALUE OF OUR ASSET AFTER YOU HAVE DEPRECIATED IT COMPARED TO OUR COST.

YOU CAN SEE THAT THE BUSES AN CARS HAVE A LOW RATIO.

YOU WANT TO BE AT LEAST 50%. THAT JUST SHOWS AS WE'RE GOING TO TALK LATER IN THE PRESENTATION ABOUT THE POOR CONDITION OF OUR VEHICLES. THAT WE REALLY HAVE NOT BEEN REPLACING THEM AT THE PACE THAT WE NEED TO.

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I GOT THE CAPITAL. WE WILL NOT SEE OUR BUILDING IMPROVEMENTS IMPROVE WITH THE NEW GES UNTIL THEY START PAYING DOWN THE DEBT AND THEY WILL START TO MOVE SOME OF THOSE CAPITAL ASSETS TO OUR BOOKS, OUR SIDE OF THE BOOKS.

IN TOTAL, WE'RE JUST 52%. NOT GREAT BUT OKAY.

LIABILITIES ALMO, ALMOST ALL OF OUR LIABILITIES HAVE TO DO WITH NEW REPORTED INFORMATION.

OTHER POST-EMPLOYMENT BENEFITS I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT THAT ON THE NEXT SLIDE. OUR PENSION IS THE LARGEST AND WE'VE GOT A LARGE WORKFORCE AND IT'S A LITTLE BIT UNDERFUNDED.

AND SO WE'VE GOT A PRETTY LARGE LIABILITY THERE.

THE LAST LINE IS THE GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS THAT THE COUNTY HOLDS FOR THE SCHOOLS AND YOU CAN SEE HOW THEY ARE REALLY WINDING DOWN THEIR CURRENT BONDS THAT THEY ARE HOLDING FOR THE MIDDLE SCHOOL BUILDING. THE HIGH SCHOOL BUILDING GOT PAID OFF. NOW WE'RE JUST ON THAT MIDDLE SCHOOL BOND ISSUE. AND THAT WILL BE PAID OFF IN JUST A FEW YEARS. THE PENSION -- THIS IS SHOWING HOW WELL THEY ARE FUNDED AND HOW THEY ARE MADE UP.

SO WE HAVE A RETIREE HEALTHCARE BENEFIT THAT REALLY IS JUST FUNDED BY -- WE OFFER RETIREMENT HEALTH BEN BENEFITS TO OUR EMPLOYEES THAT NEED IT UNTIL THEY REACH AGE 65.

THAT IS HELD WITHIN OUR RATE STRUCTURE.

AND SO WE DON'T FUND IT. SO IT IS 0% FUNDED.

WE DO FUND IT. WE FUND IT WITHIN OUR RATES BUT NO NOT IN NO OTHER WAY. THE OTHER ONE THAT HAS 0% FUNDED RATIO IS A HEALTH INSURANCE CREDIT FOR AUR NONPROFESSIONALS. IT'S A SMALL GROUP OF EMPLOYEES LIKE THE MECHANICS AND THE MAINTENANCE WORKERS AND OUR CUSTODIANS OUR BUS DRIVERS, TOO, I THINK ARE IN THAT GROUP.

THEY ARE NOW GETTING THIS HEALTH INSURANCE CREDIT BENEFIT FOR THE FIRST TIME THIS YEAR. AND SO THERE HAS BEEN NO OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY START FUNDING THAT ACCEPT THROUGH THE CONTRIBUTIONS THIS YEAR. THING ABOUT ONE IS THE STATE TEACHERS' PROFESSIONAL RETIREMENT PLAN.

THAT'S WHERE ALL OF OUR LIABILITY SITS.

I THOUGHT THAT WE WOULD BE BETTER THAN -- WELL, SORRY.

THE VALUATION DATE IS 6! 30/20.

YOU WILL REMEMBER ON '21, WE HAD -- THE STOCK PRICES WENT UP.

AND THEY WERE LIKE WOO! WE GOT OUR -- OUR ASSETS ARE STILL VALUED HIGHLY. SO THIS IS VALUED ON THE YEAR BEFORE. WE HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH ANY OF THESE RATES. THEY ARE ALL SET BY SOMEBODY BESIDES OURSELF. WE DON'T HAVE CONTROL OVER THE RATES FOR ANY OF THIS. THERE'S STATISTICAL INFORMATION AT THE BACK OF THE BOOK, AND WE HAVE -- WE'RE SHOWING 390 AND THE COUNTY IS SHOWING 427. ALMOST ALL OF THEIR EMPLOYEES ARE FULL-TIME. -- OUR PAYROLL EVERY MINUTE IS OVER 500. SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT THAT 390 FTE COMPARED TO THE PAYROLL BELOW, THE FTE TO -- WE HAVE ABOUT 44,000 PER FTE AND THE COUNTY HAS 57,000 PER FTE IN ROUNDED NUMBERS. THEIR EMPLOYEES COST THEM MORE

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SO I JUST -- I JUST POINT THAT OUT.

YOU CAN FIND THAT INFORMATION IN THE BACK OF THE BOOK.

THERE'S SOMETHING CALLED A COMPARATIVE REPORT.

THE COUNTY SUBMITS THIS TO THE AUDITOR'S REVIE.

IT GOES INTO THE STATE IN A VERY STRUCTURED FORM.

THE STATE CHANGES THAT AND MAKES SURE THAT EVERYBODY'S INFORMATION IS UNIFORMLY PRESENT -- IT'S ALWAYS A YEAR BEHIND.

SO I CAN GET THE COMPARATIVE COST FOR LAST YEAR BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO WAIT FOR EVERYBODY TO SUBMIT IT IN DECEMBER.

YEAR OVER YEAR FROM LAST YEAR, YOU CAN SEE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE -- LAST WE ARE YEAR WE WERE UNDERSPENDING EDUCATION COMPARED TO THE STATE 50% TO THE STATE'S 57%.

ALMOST ALL OF THE COUNTY DEBT IS OURS.

WE'RE SAYING 57%, COMPARED TO 55% FOR THE COUNTY'S.

CAPITAL PROJECT EXTENSE, ALL I CAN THINK OF IS THEY MADE A REPORTING MISTAKE. BECAUSE THE COUNTY DID -- IT -- SHOWS AS 0%. SO AGAIN, I WOULDN'T WORRY ABOUT THAT BUT IT DOES LOOK LIKE A REPORTING ERROR.

AND THEN THE COUNTY TRANSFER FOR EDUCATION AS A PERCENT OF OUR EXPENSE IS 71%. THAT MAKES SENSE PAUSE WE HAVE A PRETTY HIGH LCI AND I WILL TALK ABOUT THAT IN A MINUTE.

BUT GOING FORWARD TO THE -- FOR WHAT I CAN SEE FOR THIS YEAR WITHOUT HAVING THAT STATE ANALYSIS IS THE GENERAL FUND, DEBT PAYMENTS ARE DROPPING AND ALL I CAN SAY IS THEY ARE DOING A LOT OF THE LEASES RIGHT NOW. SO THEY ARE NOT -- THEY HAVE NOT DONE ANY GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS.

AND THEN WHAT I THOUGHT WAS INTERESTING WAS, THEY DID AN AVERAGE OF HOW WE ARE PER CAPITA.

WE KNOW THAT -- WE KNOW THAT A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF OUR CHILDREN DO NOT GO INTO THE PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM.

SO DOING IT PER CAPITA COULD SKEW US.

BUT IN ALL AREAS, WE ARE NOT -- OUR COSTS ARE LOWER THAN THE PER CAPITA OF THE STATE. THAT'S -- THAT'S JUST SOME INFORMATION THAT COMES OUT OF THAT COMPARATIVE COST REPORT.

IT MIGHT BE -- IT MIGHT BE MORE -- IT MIGHT BE EASIER FOR US TO UNDERSTAND IF IT WAS PER ADM, PER STUDENT AS OPPOSED TO PER CAPITA FOR THE COUNTY. THAT'S WHERE THAT IS.

AND THEN IN THE MANAGEMENT DISCUSSION ANALYSIS, THEY TALK ABOUT THE COUNTY FINANCES. AND WHAT THEY ARE SHOWING IS THAT THE FUND BALANCE IS $56.8 MILLION.

SO IT'S LIKE A $7 MILLION GAIN IN THEIR FUND BALANCE FROM THE PREVIOUS YEAR. OF THAT AMOUNT, 95.6% IS AVAILABLE FOR SPENDING. THEY MAKE DESIGNATIONS, THEY ARE CALLED ASSIGNMENTS BUT THE COUNTY CAN TURN IT AROUND AT ANY POINT. THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS CAN SAY, WE HAVE 120,000 FOR HEALTHCARE LIABILITY.

THEY'VE HAD THAT FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS.

AT ANY POINT, THEY CAN SAY I'M GOING TO DIRECT THAT 120,000 TO SOMETHING ELSE. THERE'S NOTHING HOLDING THEM TO THAT ASSIGNMENT. IT'S JUST A VOTE OF THE BOARD.

SO BUT THEY HAVE MADE 34.7 MILLION OUT OF THAT 56.8 MILLION. SO THAT LEAVES ALMOST 20 MILLION THAT IS UNASSIGNED AND THEIR OWN POLICY SAYS THAT HE NEED TO KEEP THAT ABOVE 20% BUT THEY ARE ABOVE THAT.

THEY ARE KEEPING AHEAD OF THAT THAT POLICY.

AND -- THAT'S PRUDENT PRACTICE. THEY ARE DOING WHAT THEY NEED TO BE DOING BUT THERE'S A LOT -- THERE'S A LOT OF AVAILABLE MONEY IN THE COUNTY. AND SO THEIR OWN REPORT IS

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THEY USE ADJUSTED GROSS INCOME AND TAXABLE RETAIL SALES.

IT'S THIS VERY COMPLICATED FORMULA THAT I FLANKLY HAVE NOT TRIED TO UNDERSTAND BECAUSE GOOCHLAND JUST BLOWS IT OUT OF THE PARK EVERY TIME AND SO WE ALWAYS GET CAPPED AT .8.

I NEVER HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT OTHER LOCALITIES THAT ARE CHANGING. EVERY TWO YEARS, THEY SAY ARE WE GETTING MORE MONEY FROM THE STATE OR LESS JUST BOUGHT OF THE FORMULA CHANGE. FOR GOOCHLAND, IT'S ALWAYS .08.

THAT'S A CONSISTENCY FOR US AND SO I REALLY HAVEN'T TRYING TO FIGURE OUT THE FORMULA. BUT WHAT THE STATE IS SAYING IS THAT LIKE IN TRUE VALUE OF PROPERTY.

OUR PROPERTY VALUE OVER THE TWO-YEAR -- TWO YEARS THAT THEY WERE EVALUATING FROM 2017 TO 2019.

GOOCHLAND, THE ABSOLUTE CHANGE WAS 11%.

ADJUSTED GROSS INCOME, OUR INCOME INCREASED BY 42% AND THE STATE WENT UP BY 26%. THEN, IT SAYS, WHAT HAVE YOU DONE WITH THAT MONEY TOWARDS EDUCATION? YOU CAN SEE THAT OUT OF 132 SCHOOL DIVISIONS IN THE STATE, WE ARE 116TH. SO THIS IS WHERE WHEN THE VIRGINIA EDUCATION ASSOCIATION, WHEN THEY DO AN ANNUAL REPORT CALLED A DISPARITY'S REPORT, GOOCHLAND IS ALWAYS TALKED ABOUT AS THE -- THE MOST -- WE'RE ALWAYS NAMED AS HAVING THE GREATEST DISPARITY. THAT IS BECAUSE -- WE HAVE THE CAPACITY TO BE NUMBER 5. BUT OUR EFFORT IS 116.

WE DON'T -- WE'RE NOT MATCHING WHAT WE COULD BE DOING IN THE AREA OF EDUCATION. WHEN YOU LOOK AT LIKE-SIZED SCHOOL DIVISION, GRANTED THEY ARE IN NORTHERN VIRGINIA, YOU CAN SEE THAT THEIR DISPARITY IS NEGLIGIBLE.GL THEY ARE RANKED 11 AND -- PHYSICAL CAPACITY AND 8 IN PHYSICAL EFFORT. THEY DON'T HAVE DISPARITY.

BUT GOOCHLAND HAS THE SIGNIFICANT DISPARITY AND HAS FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS. THIS IS JUST ANOTHER REPORT.

THAT'S THE LATEST INFORMATION I HAVE IS FROM 2018.

BUT YOU CAN SEE THAT AS WELL IN THE PER PUPIL SPENDING THAT OF

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ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? THIS IS ALL I HAVE ON THIS REPORT? IT'S JUST INFORMATION YOU CAN GLEAN FROM -- IT'S A LOOK BACK. IT'S A LOOK BACK.

WE DID -- I'M NOT SURE IT HAS -- WE CAN USE IT TOO MUCH POLITICALLY, BUT THERE IS ROOM FOR GOOCHLAND TO GROW.

THERE'S ROOM FOR GOOCHLAND TO GROW.

I THINK THAT'S WHAT THOSE NUMBERS SHOW.

>> RIGHT. CAN WE MAKE A POSTCARD OF THIS?

[LAUGHTER] >> IIF THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS, I'M GOING TO MOVE TO THE NEXT ITEM.

OKAY. THEY LIKE THE STAGGARD STARTS.

SOMEBODY SUGGESTED, YOU KNOW, IF THERE'S A GAP, CAN WE ADD IN A ZERO PERIOD CLASS? SOME WANT SOCIAL DISTANCE, VIRTUAL OPTION. THEY ARE ADVOCATING FOR RAISING FOR THE TEACHERS. THEY ALSO WANT MORE FUNDING FROM FINE ARTS, TECHNOLOGY -- I THINK IT'S WHERE THE KIDS' INTEREST LIE AS TO WHICH PROGRAM THEY ARE ADVOCATING, BUT, YOU KNOW, RECALL ALL OF THEM ARE BEING ADVOCATED FOR.

MORE MIDDLE SCHOOL SPORTS. MORE AFTER-SCHOOL PROGRAMS. THEY WOULD LIKE ACTIVITY BUSES. A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE TALKING ABOUT THE PARKING LOT. WE'RE TRYING TO FIX THAT.

THE SECONDARY COMPLEX. SO -- AND WE NEED MORE FILLED SPACES AND WE JUST HAD A FEW STUDENT COMMENTS THIS YEAR.

IT IS INTERESTING, THE STUDENTS SAID PLEASE CONTINUE THE HEALTH ASSESSMENTS, THAT THAT WAS IMPORTANT FOR THEM.

SO I WILL TELL YOU AND MY SENIOR STAFF COLLEAGUES WILL AGREE THAT I MAY NOT HAVE THE EAR TO THE GROUND BUT I AM LISTENING.

I TO LII I DO LISTEN TO THIS.

AND I DO PAY ATTENTION TO THESE COMMENTS AND MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE INCLUDED IN OUR BUDGET DISCUSSIONS.

>> THANK YOU. I JUST NOTED THAT SOME OF THE ITEMS THAT YOU SPOKE ABOUT WITH THE ARTS AND THE MUSIC AND THE -- THE ACTIVITIES BUS, THE MORE SPORTS.

I MEAN, THESE ARE THINGS THAT ARE ALL BEING ADDRESSED ALREADY IN OUR CIP AND IN OUR BOND REFERENDUM WHERE WE'RE ADDING MORE SPACE AT OUR SCHOOL AND OUR MIDDLE SCHOOL FOR THESE

ACTIVITIES. >> RIGHT.

>> SO -- HOPEFULLY THE COMMENTS WILL SEE THE COMMENTS AND REALIZE -- YES, WE HEAR YOU. WE BELIEVE THAT IS TRUE AND WE'RE GOING TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT.

>> AND HOPEFULLY, THESE PEOPLE WILL PARTICIPATE AS WE DESIGN WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN AT THE HIGH SCHOOL.

AS WE GROW GROW INTO RENOVATIONS AND EXPANSIONS AT THE HIGH SCHOOL, THAT WE'RE GOING TO GET GOOD COMMUNITY INPUT ON THAT AS

WELL. >> AND I APPRECIATE THOSE WHO TAKE THE TIME TO FILL THOSE OUT AND TO LET US HEAR THEIR VOICE.

I'M NOT DISCOUNTING THAT THEY SAID THESE THINGS.

BUT WHAT I'M SAYING, YOU SAID THEM.

WE ARE ADDRESSING THEM. AND SO IT'S GOING TO BE --

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>> SO THE NEXT ITEM IS JUST TWO APPLICATIONS.

THERE'S A TRANSPORTATION ONE THAT'S A LITTLE BIT MORE EXPLANATORY. BUT THE UNFINISHED LEARNING APPLICATION, REALLY, THIS IS POSSIBLY THE LAST SIGNIFICANT ALLOCATION OF FUNDING THAT WE'LL GET FROM ANY OF THE CARES ACT FUNDING. , THE STIMULATION FUNDING.

AND SO WE PULLED A FATHERLY LARGE GROUP OF PEOPLE AND WE ASKED THEM WHAT DO WE STILL NEED? AND SOME OF THOSE HEALTH SUPPORT -- MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORTS REALLY HAVE SORT OF RISEN ABOVE SOME OF THE ACADEMIC NEEDS AND SO YOU ARE SEEING THAT ADDRESSED A LITTLE BIT MORE IN THIS. HOW DO WE ENGAGE OUR FAMILIES, HOW DO WE GAG ENGAGE OUR STUDENTS? WHAT CAN WE DO TO GET KIDS BACK ON TRACK.

SO THAT -- THAT'S -- IN THAT APPLICATION, THAT'S THERE.

WE WERE NOT GIVEN SORT OF A LIMIT -- THE TRANSPORTATION ONE, YOU KNOW, IT'S LIKE $50,000. IF YOU COULD HAVE 50,000 HOW YOU ARE GOING TO USE IT? AND WE WORKED WITH TRANSPORTATION AND -- IN THE CONTEXT OF THE REST OF THE WORKFORCE AND CAME UP WITH A GOOD WAY TO DO THAT.

BUT THIS UNFINISHED LEARNING APPLICATION, IT'S $2.5 MILLION.

I DO NOT EXPECT US TO GET THAT, BE AWARDED THAT AMOUNT.

WE'LL V HAVE A SECOND ROUND AND WE'LL DETERMINE WHAT IS OUR TOP PRIORITIES IN THE APPLICATION THAT WE SUBMITTED.

WE DON'T REALLY KNOW WHAT THE STATE IS GOING TO PRIORITIZE AS FAR AS, YOU KNOW, WHAT THEY FEEL WE SHOULD BE DOING WITH THAT

MONEY. >> GREAT.

THIS IS A VERY SIGNIFICANT REPORT, A LOT OF DETAILS.

A LOT OF TRANSPARENCY ON THE PRESENT STATE OF THE ASSESSMENTS, WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH THOSE.

BUT IT INCLUDES MORE TEACHERS, MORE DRIVERS OR MORE TIME ON ROUTES AND SO FOR SOME PEOPLE WHO DO DRIVE OUR BUS, THAT WOULD BE A GOOD THING BECAUSE THAT WOULD GIVE THEM MORE HOURS.

BUT I WOULD ALSO SAY, JUST IN -- JUST LOOKING AT THE WHOLE REPORT. IT ADDRESSES -- THERE'S SOMETHING THAT ADDRESSES EVERY ASPECT OF OUR STUDENTS AND APPRECIATE THAT. AND I UNDERSTAND THERE WILL BE THE FUNDING CLIFF. SO WHAT WE'RE DOING NOW IS CRITICAL TO BRINGING THE KIDS TO A PLACE WHERE WE ALL FEEL LIKE THEY SHOULD BE AND WE REALIZE YOU GUY DOES A GREAT JOB WITH THAT STRATEGIC ABANDONMENT. SO AT SOME POINT, IT WILL BRING KIDS UP SO MUCH THAT WE CAN PROVIDE FUNDS FOR OTHER ACTIVITIES AND MAYBE LESSON SOME OF THESE AREAS AS AS WELL.

ANYBODY ELSE? >> BEFORE WE TRANSITION TO ACTION, I DON'T WANT TO LET IT PASS BY WHAT 14-E REALLY MEANS WHEN OUR SCHOOL DIVISION GETS THE BEST AUDIT OPINION.

YOU KNOW, DEBBIE JUST KIND OF PASSED BY BUT -- THAT JUST DOESN'T HAPPEN -- THAT HAPPENS TO LEADERSHIP, THAT HAPPENS BECAUSE OF THE WORK THAT'S DONE, BOOK KEEPERS, PRINCIPALS, DEPARTMENT HEADS, FINANCE STAFF.

SO IT'S JUST ANOTHER METRIC THAT INDICATES THE EXCELLENCE OF OUR SCHOOL DIVISION. DEBBRY BREEZED THROUGH A BUNCH OF DIFFERENT THINGS. ALL OF THIS DONE BY HER AND HER TEAM ABOUT THE APPLICATIONS FOR.

I WANT TO THANK DEBBIE FOR HER HELP.

>> SO THE ACTION AGENDA, BOARD MEMBERS YOU HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW THIS POLICY SHEET. SHE WENT THROUGH IT VERY QUICKLY, THE BUS DRIVER INCENTIVE GRANT.

$50,000 THAT WE'RE ASKING FOR BASED ON NEED.

BASED ON COMPOSITE INDEX. SOME OPPORTUNITIES TO PROVIDE SOME ADDITIONAL RESOURCES FOR DRIVERS SPECIFICALLY, OUR GREATEST NEED THERE IS WAIT TIME.

WHAT WE PAY IN WAIT TIME FOR OUR DRIVERS IS THE MINIMUM WAGE BUT MANY JURISDICTIONS, THOSE SCHOOL DIVISIONS ARE PAYING THE HOURLY RATE FOR THOSE EMPLOYEES. WE'RE TRYING TO INCENTIVIZE INDIVIDUALS TO TAKE THOSE TRIPS ON A FRIDAY NIGHT AWAY FROM THE FAMILY. THAT'S PART OF THAT.

>> THANK YOU TO THE TRANSPORTATION PROFESSIONALS THAT HAVE BEEN WITH US HERE TONIGHT.

APPRECIATE YOU. >> YES, MA'AM.

>> SO BOARD MEMBERS, YOU HAVE POLICY UPDATES AND YOU HAVE

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>> SAW THESE LAST MONTH. MADE SOME MINOR CHANGES IN THE SETTING. THEY ARE PRESENTED TO YOU THIS EVENING FOR YOUR APPROVAL. ASKING FOR APPROVAL THIS

EVENING. >> I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THE POLICY UPDATES AS --

>> THANK YOU. I HAVE A MOTION.

>> SECOND? >> YES.

>> A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE THE POLICIES AS PRESENTED. DON'T WANT TO READ THEM ALL.

AS PRESENTED. ANY DISCUSSION? ALL RIGHT. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE? THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN IS PRESENTED FOR YOUR APPROVAL.

YOU HAD A CHANCE TO REVIEW THIS.

MISS WHITE PRESENTED A LOT OF GREAT INFORMATION.

MISS HORN MENTIONED THAT -- WHAT YOU HAVE PRESENTED TONIGHT IS A REFLECTION OF A NEEDS-BASED CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN.

WANTED TO BRING YOUR ATTENTION TO TRANSPORTATION ELEMENT OF THAT AS WE ARE DEVELOPING THE BUDGET FOR NEXT YEAR.

MISS HOLMAN MET WITH STAFF AND ARTICULATED THE NEED FOR US TO SPEND THE -- WHAT I CALL OUR WHITE FLEET.

THIS SCHOOL DIVISION HAS INVESTED A LOT OF MONEY AND OUR YELLOW FLEET YOU SAW LAST MONTH, THE SCHOOL BUSES THAT WE'RE PURCHASING AND REALLY MAKING SURE THAT THOSE -- THAT THOSE PIECES OF EQUIPMENT ARE WHAT WE NEED TO SAFELY TRANSPORT STUDENTS. BUT A GROWTH OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR SCHOOL DIVISION IS IN THAT LIGHT-DUTY FLEET.

WE HAVE MANY, MANY VEHICLES THAT ARE TRANSPORTING OUR STUDENTS TO AND FROM SCHOOL ON A DAILY BASIS.

THOSE VEHICLES RUN A LOT. THEY DON'T JUST TRAVEL 15 MILES HERE AND THERE. THEY ARE DRIVING TO AND FROM RICHMOND. WITH OUR PRECIOUS CARGO, WITH OUR STUDENTS AND SO AS WE THINK ABOUT WHAT WE NEED IN THE FUTURE AND DEVELOPING A NEEDS-BASED APPROACH.

WE'RE REQUESTING SOME ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR TRANSPORTATION IN THE FUTURE TO ALLOW US TO REPLACE THREE VEHICLES ON AN ANNUAL BASIS THAT MAY BE A VAN THAT WE NEED OR A TRUCK THAT WE NEED FOR OUR MECHANICS OR A CAR THAT WE NEED TO TRANSPORT OUR STUDENTS TO AND FROM. WE'RE FINDING THAT A SEDAN MAY NOT BE WHAT WE NEED TO TRANSPORT STUDENTS SIMPLY BECAUSE OF THE SIZE OF THE OCCUPANTS AND SOME OF THE CHALLENGES THAT WE HAVE FOR THE STUDENTS IN THE SPACE. WHEN WE ADD A BARRIER BEHIND THE FRONT SEATS, THAT REDUCES THE LEG ROOM FOR OUR STUDENTS IMPACTING THEIR COMFORT AND THEIR SAFETY.

AND SO AS WE MOVE FORWARD, WE MAY NEED TO PURCHASE SOME LARGER VEHICLES TO ACCOMMODATE THE NEEDS OF OUR STUDENTS.

CAN FORKING SO ASKING FOR $150,000 TO THE BUDGET. MISS HOLMAN HAS DONE A REALLY NICE JOB OF ARTICULATING A TRANSITION PLAN AND REPLACEMENT SCHEDULE BASED ON MILEAGE. DON'T WANT TO STEAL HER THUNDER BUT WANTED TO PROVIDE THAT THIS EVENING.

IS THERE ANYTHING THAT I'M MISSING?

>> I THINK THAT -- AGAIN, OUR POLICY HAS -- WE'RE NOT HAD A WE'VE WE'VE NOT HAD A STRONG REPLACEMENT POLICY.

WE TRY TO KEEP OUR VEHICLES WITH LOWER MILEAGE AND LESS YEARS.

WE HAVE A TENDENCY TO ROLL OUR FLEET.

FOR THE COUNTY, THEIR POLICY IS CLEARLY -- ONCE IT HITS 100,000 MILES OR IT IS TEN YEARS OLD, THEY REPLACE IT.

SO SOMETIMES WHAT HAPPENS IS FOR US, THOSE ARE ALMOST LIKE NEW VEHICLES AND IF YOU LOOK AT -- SO THE COUNTY WILL TELL US CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG AND YOU GUYS CAN COME UP, WHAT HAPPENS IS THE COUNTY WILL TELL US WHEN THEY ARE READY TO SURPLUS VEHICLES. AND WE LOOK AT THE VEHICLES AND WE GO, WE WANT TO ADD THEM TO OUR FLEET AND IT COMES OVER TO US AS A TRANSFER AT NO CHARGE. THEY WILL GIVE US THEIR VEHICLES. BUT WHEN YOU LOOK AT OUR LIST, WHAT I DID, WAS I TOOK THE GREAT LIST THAT MIKE AND ROSIE PULLED TOGETHER AND I SORTED IT BY MILEAGE.

YOU CAN SEE THAT -- I WENT TO THE BOTTOM OF THE LIST TO GET SOMETHING THAT'S LESS THAN 100,000.

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WHAT -- I MEAN, I CAN EXPLAIN -- OR YOU DID EXPLAIN WHAT WE'RE

TRYING TO DO. >> SURE.

SO OUR FOCUS IS NOT JUST ON THE YELLOW FLEET BUT ALSO ON THE WHITE FLEET. WE ARE ONE OF THE FEW SCHOOL DIVISIONS THAT CARRY A LOT OF STUDENTS IN OUR FLIGHT WHEAT.

IN IN OUR WHITE FLEET. SO WHEN WE COMPARE THE REPLACEMENT CYCLES OF STATE VEHICLES, COUNTY VEHICLES, WE'RE CLEARLY NOT IN THAT -- WE JUST DON'T HAVE A REPLACEMENT CYCLE.

SO IT IS A PRIORITY THAT WE DO CONSIDER HAVING A REPLACEMENT CYCLE AND SO CLEARLY, BY LOOKING AT THIS LIST, YOU CAN SEE THAT WE HAVE HIGH MILEAGE VEHICLES AND EVEN WITH THE SURPLUS VEHICLES PROVIDED BY THE COUNTY, THOSE VEHICLES WHEN THEY COME TO US, THEY HAVE ALREADY BEEN ALTERED AND SO WE CAN'T REALLY TRANSPORT CHILDREN IN THOSE VEHICLES AND SO WE HAVE TO PRIORITIZE THE WHITE KNEEL AS WELL.

FLIGHT AS WELL. >> WHAT WE TRIED TO DO, WE TRIED TO GO, WHICH VEHICLES DO WE WANT TO REPLACE? WE HAVE A COUPLE OF AT THE TOP THAT ARE SURPLUS.

HIGH MILEAGE, DO WE NEED THAT TYPE OF VEHICLE IN OUR FLEET? BUT SOME OF THEM ARE -- PUPIL TRANSPORTATION VEHICLES THAT MAYBE WE PUT IN A CARPOOL. WE HAVE SOME THAT ARE REALLY HIGH THAT WE USE EVERY SINGLE DAY.

>> IF YOU WERE TO SELL SOME OF THE ONES THAT -- THESE ARE SURPLUSSED OR COULD THEY BE SURPRISED?

>> WE CAN SURPLUS. THAT'S OUR NORMAL PROCESS.

WE DO HAVE VEHICLES THAT WE CAN SURPLUS.

>> I THINK MY QUESTION WAS, IF WE SURPLUS IT, WHO GETS THE FUNDS? DO WE KEEP THE FUNDS OR --

>> WE GET THE FUNDS. WE'RE TALKING THE VEHICLES THAT WE FINALLY SURPLUSSED HAVE NO VALUE.

THEY ARE LIKE 300, $400 -- SOMEBODY WHO IS DES B

DESPERATE FOR A VEHICLE. >> THAT COULD BE NOW BECAUSE OF

THE SUPPLY ISSUES ON VEHICLES. >> BY THE TIME WE LET THE CARS GO, THEY ARE ON THEIR LAST LEG. [LAUGHTER]

>> DOES THE STATE STILL HAVE AUCTIONS FOR THEIR VEHICLES,

SURPLUS? >> ALL -- WHAT WE DO AND THE STATE FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND, I ACTUALLY TALKED TO SOME STATE FLEET MANAGERS, THEY ARE RUNNING EVERYTHING --

AND YOU CAN COULD GET IT CHEAP. >> I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET WITH ROSIE AND MIKE. I LOOKED AT THESE VEHICLES.

I WILL BE SPEAKING TO THE COUNTY ABOUT WHY DOES THE COUNTY GET NEW VEHICLES AND THE STUDENTS ARE IN THESE VEHICLES.

THEY ARE IN VERY POOR CONDITION.

ROSIE AND I WERE LOOKING AT THE DIVIDER BARRIERS.

IT'S NOT SAFE. I HAVE SOME REAL CONCERNS AND I THINK IF OUR CITIZENS SAW THAT, THEY WOULD SHARE OUR CONCERNS BUS THAT'S NOT THE LEVEL OF EXCELLENCE THAT THE SCHOOL PRIDE

ITSELF ON. >> THANK YOU.

>> WHEN WE TALKED WE WERE TALKING ABOUT, HEY, THREE VEHICLES A YEAR, KIND OF KEEPS YOU AT STATUS QUO.

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>> THAT WOULD BE AWESOME. THANK YOU.

>> AND ACTUALLY, MISS ALLEN, THE BOARD UNDER ITS AUTHORITY COULD SAY WE'RE GOING TO INCREASE FROM $150,000 TO $200,000 FOR FOUR VEHICLES THIS EVENING IF YOU CHOOSE TO DO SO.

WHAT WE'RE PRESENTING IS THREE. IF THE BOARD WOULD BE MORE AMBITIOUS, TONIGHT WOULD BE THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT.

IT'S A PLAN. IT'S A REQUEST.

>> WE'RE PUSHING FOR THE -- THAT'S -- WERE YOU SAYING 100,000 WOULD BE NEEDED TO BUMP THIS TO FOUR.

>> WELL, WHAT WE'RE BUDGETING FOR IS 105,000 PER BUS AND

50,000 PER VEHICLE. >> OKAY.

THE VEHICLE BEING DEFINED AS AN SUV, VAN, TRUCK.

IT'S A BROAD NUMBER BASED ON -- YOU CAN GET A PICKUP TRUCK AND YOU WOULD BE LUCKY -- IT'S A BUDGET FIGURE AT THIS POINT IN

TIME. >> I TALKED TO FORD, CHEVROLET AND DODGE, AT THE END OF 2023, THERE WILL BE NO MORE CARS AVAILABLE. IT WILL ALL BE SUVS AND TRUCKS. FORD IS GOING TO MAKE THE MUSTANG, CHEVY IS GOING TO MAKE THE CORVETTE AND DODGE IS GOING TO MAKE A CAR BUT THEY ARE GOING OUT OF THE CAR BUSINESS.

>> INTERESTING. >> EVERYTHING IS GOING TO BE AN SUV CHANGEOVER-TYPE VEHICLE. SOME KIND OF HYBRID.

>> AND USED VEHICLES ARE ALREADY AT A PREMIUM.

>> YEAH. I TALKED TO THE PARISH FORD TODAY, MY LOCAL PEOPLE. THEY DON'T HAVE ANYTHING ON THE LOT. WHAT A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T UNDERSTAND, WHEN YOU SEE CARS ON THE LOT NOW, THEY ARE ALREADY SOLD, THEY'VE BEEN SOLD FOR MONTHS.

THEY ARE JUST PUTTING THEM ON THE LOT TO MAKE THEM LOOK GOOD.

HE ONLY HAS THREE VEHICLES AVAILABLE.

ALL OF THE REST IS SOLD. AND THE USED CAR IS -- IT'S

CRAZY. >> PRICES ARE JUST THROUGH THE

ROOF. >> YEAH.

>> AND THAT -- THEY ARE COMPETING NOW -- THEY ARE COMPETING MORE NOW TO GET USED CARS THAN THEY ARE WORRIED ABOUT

GETTING NEW CARS ON THE LOT. >> THEY ARE CALLING SOME OF THE CUSTOMERS TRYING TO GET THEM TO TRADE IN THE USED CAR.

>> SO THE SHERIFF'S FLEET HAS MOVED FROM THAT CROWN VICTORIA,

FORD TAURUS TO AN SUV. >> YEAH.

>> THAT'S SOME OF THE SAME THINGS.

WE'RE TALKING ABOUT -- >> EVERYTHING CAR-WISE AND BY '23, THE ONLY THING THEY WILL MAKE IS A MUSTANG.

>> WHAT ABOUT THE FOREIGN CARS? HAVE THEY BEEN DOING THE SAME

THING? >> THEY ARE DOWNSIZING.

ALL OF THE M MARKETS. THAT'S WHAT THEY ARE DOING.

>> THEY WILL MAKE THEM AND SHIP THEM SOMEWHERE ELSE.

>> BUT AGAIN, JUST LIKE THE STUDENTS, I THINK -- I THINK A LOT OF OUR STUDENTS AS THEY GET OLDER, YOU KNOW, WE STARTED OUT TOTING A LOT OF THESE STUDENTS WHENEVER THEY WERE LITTLE GUYS

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THE FORD FUSION, IT'S. >> AN SUV IS A LITTLE BIT HIGHER UP OFF THE GROUND, SO FOR SOME OF OUR STUDENTS, WOULD THAT MAKE IT DIFFICULT FOR THE FAMILY, THE DRIVER, STUDENT TO SAFELY AND --

GET INTO THAT BACK SEAT. >> SURE.

SO WE -- WE JUST HAVE A STRATEGIC WAY OF PARTNERING THE STUDENT WITH THE CAR JUST TO BE A SUCCESSFUL SMOOTH TRANSITION INTO A VEHICLE. SO WE HAVE TO MATCH THE STUDENT TO THEIR NEEDS. AND THE VEHICLES.

>> AND THEY ARE MAKING SOMETHING LIKE A STATION WAGON-TYPE THING, BETWEEN AN SUV AND A CAR-TYPE THING THAT THERE'S AVAILABLE,

TOO, FOR MOST MANUFACTURERS. >> LOWER.

>> WHICH IS LOWER. >> OKAY.

>> I THINK ABOUT THE DRIVERS WHO HAD A VERY -- A STUDENT WITH A LOT OF CONCERNS IN THE BACK SEAT AND NOW I'M THINKING THE LAST THING I EVER HOPED THEY WOULD HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT IS A CAR GETTING THEM TO WHERE THEY NEED TO GO AND I'M FEELING LIKE I JUST MISSED IT SOMEWHERE BECAUSE I HADN'T THOUGHT ABOUT THIS.

I'M REALLY GLAD Y'ALL HAVE LOOKED INTO THIS.

>> THE RESEARCH IS AMAZING. ALL -- ALL OF THE CALLS AND THAT INFORMATION IS INCREDIBLE. IT REALLY DOES -- I REALLY DO THINK THIS IS A PLACE WHERE WE COULD MAKE A CHANGE.

>> THAT WAS GOING TO BE MY MOTION.

>> SUPER. >> A LITTLE BIT OF HELP AGAIN ON THE NUMBER. HOW MUCH DO WE NEED TO BUMP THAT UP? DO WE NEED TO BE SPECIFIC ENOUGH TO SAY WHAT LINE OR DO WE JUST SAY, WE'RE GOING TO --

>> I WOULD LEAVE THAT TO ME. WHAT I'VE DONE IS FROM FISCAL YEAR '22 TO '23. I'VE GIVEN A 5% INCREASE ON THE 105,000 FOR THE BUS AND I WILL ADD -- IF WE'RE DOING ANOTHER VEHICLE, I WOULD JUST AD200,000 TO THAT.

IT WOULD JUST BE THE -- THE 260 WOULD BECOME 310, 250 AND THEN INCREASE IS 5% A YEAR EVERY DOWN.

I THINK THE ONLY APPROVAL YOU NEED TO DO IS WE APPROVE THE C ARE IP AS REVISED EXCEPT WE WANT TO ADD ANOTHER VEHICLE IN FISCAL

YEAR 2023. >> SO MOVED.

[LAUGHTER] >> SECOND.

>> EXCELLENT. EXCELLENT.

>> AND THEN I THINK FOR THE 19TH PRESENTATION, WE'LL NEED TO PICK A FOURTH -- SHOW HOW WE WILL WANT TO DO FOUR VEHICLES A

VEER. >> WE'LL REVISE THE SCHEDULE

BETWEEN NOW AND THE 19TH YEP. >> WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND ON THE FLOOR. I HEARD A SECOND DOWN HERE, TOO. WE'RE ALL ON BOARD WITH YOU.

>> THANK YOU. AND AGAIN -- I'VE SAID THIS BEFORE, BUT THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR SUPPORT.

JUST TO GIVE US THE RESOURCES THAT WE NEED TO SAFELY TRANSPORT

OUR PRECIOUS CARGO. >> THANK YOU FOR BRINGING IT TO OUR ATTENTION. I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND AND BEFORE WE GET TOO FAR OUT, I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE VOTE.

IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION OTHER THAN -- YES, THIS IS IMPORTANT.

ALL RIGHT. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION AS PRESENTED SAY AYE.

>> THAT'S EVERYBODY. THANK YOU GUYS.

>> THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR STAYING SO LATE

FOR THIS. >> YES.

WOW. WE WILL NOW TRANSMIT THIS TO THE COUNTY FOR THEIR BUDGET APPROVAL PROCESS.

ON THE 19TH, WE'LL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO ARTICULATE THE NEED. THE OTHER NEEDS THAT YOU HAVE NOW DELIBERATED ON FOR TWO MONTHS, UPDATE THEM ON THE GES CONSTRUCTION PROJECT, A WHOLE LOT OF THINGS TO DO ON THAT JANUARY 19TH MEETING. PLUS IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING THE COUNTY IS INTERESTED ON THE SCHOOL DIVISIONS'S CURRENT AND PROJECTED USE OF FEDERAL FUNDS AS WELL.

CERTAINLY A VERY IMPORTANT MEETING FOR US AND THE COUNTY ON THE 19TH OF JANUARY. NEXT ITEM, WE REFERENCED THIS EARLY AS YOU APPROVED CATEGORICAL TRANSFERS.

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I HAVE SHARED MY RECOMMENDATION TO YOU THIS EVENING.

700,000 BE USED FOR A ONE-TIME BONUS IN THE AMOUNT OF 1500 FOR FULL-TIME EMPLOYEES. 750 FOR PART-TIME EMPLOYEES.

INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE ON A LEAVE OF ABSENCE AS OF THE 15TH OF IN MONTH BEING TOMORROW, THEY WOULD NOT QUALIFY FOR THIS.

BUT PENDING YOUR APPROVAL THIS EVENING WITH THE GREAT WORK OF OUR HR AND FINANCE TEAM, WE CAN GET THESE PAYROLL DOLLARS OUT TO OUR EMPLOYEES ON FRIDAY PRIOR TO THEM LEAVING FOR THE WINTER BREAK. SO WE'RE CERTAINLY GRATEFUL FOR THE APPROPRIATION FROM THE COUNTY AND SEEKING YOUR APPROVAL

TONIGHT. >> FANTASTIC.

I DON'T THINK WE'RE GOING TO HAVE AN ISSUE WITH THIS.

BUT I DO WANT TO DO A ROLL CALL VOTE.

WE ALL WANT TO SAY HOW MUCH WE APPRECIATE OUR STAFF.

I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION, PLEASE, FOR THIS ITEM.

>> MADAM CHAIR, I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THE BONUS FOR EMPLOYEES

AS PRESENTED. >> SECOND.

>> ALL RIGHT. I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.

ANY DISCUSSION? ALL RIGHT.

THEN LET'S HAVE A ROLL CALL, VOTE.

>> MRS. ALLEN? >> I SO APPROVE.

>> MR. NEWMAN? >> YES.

>> MRS. HORN? >> YES.

>> MR. WRIGHT? >> YES.

>> MRS. BAREFOOT-REED? >> YES.

>> AND THERE YOU HAVE IT, SIR. >> THANK YOU,ALL.

VERY THANKFUL FOR YOUR SUPPORT. APPRECIATE THAT GREATLY.

ALL RIGHT. WE ARE AT ITEM 16.

WOW. AND WE ARE STILL AWAKE.

LOOK AT THAT. THERE'S SO MUCH GREAT INFORMATION IN HERE. I MENTIONED THE FIRST SCHOOL NEWS BROADCAST EARLIER. I THINK THAT WAS FANTASTIC.

AND THE -- DOES ANYONE ELSE HAVE ANYTHING ELSE THEY WANT TO PULL OUT? THIS IS GREAT INFORMATION.

EVERYBODY ENJOY READING THAT DOCUMENT.

DR. RALEY, ANYTHING? >> NO.

>> I GAVE YOU A BREATHER ON THAT ONE.

WE'LL LET YOU -- I WILL ENJOY HEARING ANYTHING YOU HAVE TO SAY ABOUT THE ATTENDANCE ENROLLMENT UPDATE.

>> JUST PRESENTED IT AS A MATTER OF YOUR INFORMATION.

NOTHING THAT HAS CONCERNED. ATTENDANCE IS DOWN SLIGHTLY OVER HISTORICAL VALUES, BUT WE KNOW THAT IS LIKELY A RESULT OF THE CURRENT PANDEMIC AND STUDENTS STAYING HOME AS A RESULT OF

ISOLATIONS AND QUARANTINES. >> THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT FROM -- THANK YOU. WE ARE AT ITEM 17 COMMITTEE AND BOARD REPORT COMMENTS. SO THE WONDERFUL PEOPLE AT THE BACK OF THE ROOM, DR. GUIRE, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO REPORT THIS

EVENING? >> JUST REALLY QUICKLY --

>>

MISS ALLEN? >> YOU HEARD THE UPDATE ON THE FACILITIES AND SAFETY COMMITTEE.

IT WAS A FUN MEETING TO GET A PREVIEW AND ALSO THE GIFTED ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON NOVEMBER 17TH WHILE I WAS AT THE CONVENTION, BUT REST ASSURED, YOU GOT ALL OF THE GREAT DETAILS FROM DR. VALOR THIS AFTERNOON AND FOR THOSE OF US AT THE BUSINESS AND EDUCATION FOR THE WORK-BASED LEARNING PROGRAM TEST DRIVE A CAREER IS GETTING A LOT OF ATTENTION.

I'M EXEXCIEXCITEED THEY WERE ABLE TO SHARE THAT.

BECAUSE THE STUDENTS WANT THE OPPORTUNITIES TO TEST DRIVE AS

WELL. >> THANK YOU.

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MR. NEWMAN? >> I CERTAINLY CAN'T ADD ANYTHING TO THE COMMITTEE REPORT OR THE SAFETY FACILITIES.

IT WAS A GREAT INTRODUCTION TO THE GES PLAN THAT WE SAW SOME MORE DETAILS ON TONIGHT AND THEN ALSO I WAS HAPPY THAT YOU AND I COULD ATTEND THE BROADBAND ANNOUNCEMENT YESTERDAY.

>> YEAH, THAT WAS GREAT. >> AT THE FIREHOUSE.

THE GOVERNOR WAS THERE TO MAKE THAT ANNOUNCEMENT.

THAT WAS A GREAT EXPERIENCE. >> GO ALL RIGHT.

MISS BAREFOOT-REED? >> YES, THE SPECIAL EDUCATION ADVISORY COMMITTEE MET VIRTUALLY ON DECEMBER 8TH.

QUITE AN ATTENDANCE AND HAD -- WORK-BASED LEARNING PROGRAM THAT'S BEING OFFERED TO SPECIAL ED KIDS AND ANY CHILDREN REALLY IN THE SCHOOL SYSTEM THERE IS

AVAILABLE TO THEM. >> OKAY.

AWESOME. >> THERE WERE COURSES LIKE THE NURSES' AIDES COURSES AND THE AND THERE WAS QUITE A BIT OF INTEREST IN THE SURVEY FOR THE -- THROUGH -- THEY ARE GETTING A BROCHURE TOGETHER TO PUT OUT FOR THE SCHOOLS TO ENTICE CHILDREN TO BECOME PART OF THIS WORK-BASED LEARNING PROGRAM. IT'S GETTING OFF THE GROUND WITH A PRETTY GOOD START. IT'S GOING TO BE INCLUDED WITH THE ANNUAL GOALS THAT MAY BE ADDED IN THE TEACHER AND THE IEP

MEETINGS. >> THAT'S AWESOME.

>> IT'S REALLY AWESOME. >> I'M GLAD YOU SHARED THAT.

I DON'T KNOW THAT I PICKED UP ON THAT IN THE OTHER WORK-BASED

MEETINGS. >> THE TRANSITION IS PART OF THE SPECIAL ED PROGRAM. WONDERFUL.

THANK YOU. >> MR. WRIGHT?

>> IT IS AWESOME. SO THE LAST MAGGIE WALKER BOARD MEETING WAS AN EXECUTIVE BOARD MEETING, WHICH MEANS WE ONLY HAD FIVE BOARD MEMBERS THERE. AND ALSO IT MEANS THAT MEETING IS ABOUT 30 MINUTES INSTEAD OF AN HOUR AND 30 MINUTES.

BUT THE MOST SUBSTANTIVE ISN'T MATTER WAS REALLY EVERYONE IN THE ROOM KIND OF WENT AROUNDED AND EXPLAINED WHAT THEIR DIVISION WAS DOING IN ORDER TO HELP THE HEALTH AND WELFARE OF THEIR STAFF. FROM, YOU KNOW, DAYS OFF.

BONUSES HERE. WHAT IS EACH COUNTY DOING? IT WAS DONE IN A MANNER TO HELP ADVISORY MAGGIE WALKER ABOUT HOW THEY MAY WANT TO PROCEED. THERE'S A LOT OF INTERESTING AND DIFFERENT THINGS THAT FACT THEM THAT DON'T MAKE ALL OF THE OFFICES THAT WE HAVE AVAILABLE TO US AVAILABLE TO THEM.

YOU KNOW, IN THE END, IT WAS KIND OF COOL TO HEAR WHAT SOME OF THE OTHER DIVISIONS WERE DOING.

AND THAT WAG THE MOST SUBSTANTIVE THING THERE IN THE MEETING. THAT'S IT.

THANK YOU. >> I HAVE NOTHING NEW TO ADD.

>> ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.

LET'S SEE. I JUST -- THE VSBA LEGISLATIVE CONVENTION WAS MENTIONED AND WE ALL ENJOYED A GREAT AMOUNT OF LEARNING THERE FROM SCHOOL LAW DATA, YOU COULD HAVE HAD A BUDGET CONVERSATION, BUT CERTAINLY BEING TOGETHER AS THAT ORGANIZATION WAS VERY IMPORTANT AND IT GAVE US AN OPPORTUNITY TO RALLY TOGETHER. SO THAT WAS VERY ENJOYABLE.

I DID SERVE AS THE DELEGATE TO THE VSBA LEGISLATIVE PRIORITY ASSEMBLY THAT MONDAY OF THE WEEK AND AS WE DISCUSSED, VOTED -- VOTED AS WE DISCUSSED, THAT WAS YES ON PRIORITIES ONE THROUGH SEVEN. WE VOTED PRIORITY EIGHT, NO, BECAUSE OF LCI. AND THE SCHOOL DIVISION THAT SUBMITTED THAT THAT PRIORITY, THEY MADE SEVERAL AMENDMENTS AND TOOK OUT THE LCI WHICH TURNED IT INTO A FAR BETTER PRIORITY AND SO I WAS ABLE TO CHANGE THAT VOTE TO YES BECAUSE OF REMOVING THE THINGS THAT WE THOUGHT WERE NOT SO GOOD AND I DID VOTE NO ON PRIORITY NINE. THE AG COMMITTEE MET ON NOVEMBER 15TH, AND MR. WATTSON AND MISS EASE HAVE BEEN DOING THE ROUNDS. WE ALSO TALKED ABOUT THE COMMUNITY CONVERSATION AND AS NOTED IN THE AGENDA THIS EVENING, THAT'S BEEN POSTPONED UNTIL THE SPRING.

THAT WAS AN IN-PERSON MEETING AND I THINK THE MOST SIGNIFICANT THING THAT WE LEARNED THERE WAS THAT MR. MARK CARAWAY ANNOUNCED

[04:50:06]

JUST -- SUCH A POWERFUL TEAM FOR OUR STUDENTS.

WE WISH HIM WELL. THE BUSINESS EDUCATION ROUNDTABLE WAS MENTIONED BUT I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO MENTION THAT MR. BAILEY AND MR. MCCRAY WERE THERE TO SHARE THEIR GROWTH THAT'S TAKEN PLACE THROUGH THIS OPPORTUNITY AND THEY REPRESENTED US WELL. THE MUSIC PROGRAMS AT THE HIGH SCHOOL LAST WEEK WERE AMAZING. THE DANCE, THE BAND, THE COMBINED CORAL AND BAND. THERE'S SOME GREAT TALENT AND SOME GREAT STAFF WHO ARE SUPPORTING THESE STUDENTS AND WAS REALLY, REALLY PROUD OF EVERYONE.

I KNOW A LOT OF US HAVE BEEN SERVING LUNCH DUTY AT GES AND READING AT SCHOOLS AND I SEE SOME OF YOU OUT THERE HELPING WITH THE LUNCH AND I THINK THAT THIS HAS BEEN A WONDERFUL WAY FOR US TO HELP THANK ALL OF OUR TEACHERS AND OUR STUDENTS.

WE GET TO KNOW THEM A LITTLE BIT BETTER EACH TIME.

WHEN WE NEXT MEET, WE WILL BE IN THE YEAR 2022.

AND I WANT TO WISH EVERYONE A SAFE, HEALTHY, RELAXING AND JOYFUL WINTER BREAK. WE ARE NOW TO ITEM 18.

NEW BUSINESS. BOARD MEMBERS, IS THERE ANY NEW BUSINESS THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE? NOPE? NOTHING.

WE HAVE A SECOND CLOSED MEETING TONIGHT AND SO BEFORE WE GO INTO CLOSED MEETING, I WOULD JUST LIKE TO THANK MRS. HALL, THANK DOCTOR FOR YOUR HELP. WHEN WE COME OUT OF CLOSED MEETING, WE WILL ONLY BE CERTIFYING THAT CLOSED MEETING, SO THIS REALLY IS COMING TO EVEN -- EVEN THOUGH WE'RE NOT ADJOURNING, WE ARE -- WE ARE GOING TO BE GOING INTO A CLOSED MEETING AND I HOPE YOU GUYS HAVE A SAFE DRIVE HOME AND WE WILL HANG OUT A LITTLE BIT LONGER. MR. NEWMAN, YOU CAN GIVE US OUR MOTION FOR THIS SECOND CLOSED MEETING?

>> YES. I MOVE TO CONVENE A CLOSED MEETING UNDER THE VIRGINIA FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT IN ORDER TO DISCUSS THE SUPERINTENDENT'S EVALUATION UNDER VIRGINIA CODE SECTION 2.2-3711-A-1.

>> ALL RIGHT. >> THANK YOU.

WE ARE IN CLOSED MEETING, ONCE AGAIN.

>> WE HAVE TO VOTE I WILL SECOND IT.

>> I'M SORRY. >> WE GOT A SECOND.

ALL OF THOSE IN FAVOR? NOW WE'RE IN CLOSED

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.