Apr 11, 2023 School Board Meeting - April 11, 2023

[C. Closed Session]

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ONE CALLED. >> ROLL CALL.

>> WE WILL HAVE A MOMENT OF SILENCE, PLEASE.

[D. Reconvene in Open Session / Certification]

[E. Moment of Silence]

[F. Pledge of Allegiance]

>> I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS ONE NATION, UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, FOR LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL .

>> ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONS OR AMENDMENTS TO THE AGENDA?

[G. Additions/Amendments/Adoption of Proposed Agenda]

>> MADAM CHAIR I MOVE WE APPROV THE AGENDA AS PRESENTED AREA

>> I SECOND IT. >> WE HAVE A MOTION AT 2ND PERIOD ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SAY AYE . OPPOSED. THE MINUTES ARE APPROVED. THE AGENDA IS APPROVED, I AM SORRY.

[A. National Club Swimming Association Participants]

>> YES. WELCOME, EVERYONE. WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO RECOGNIZE THE EXCELLENCE OF GOOCHLAND PUBLIC SCHOOLS. THE FIRST RECOGNITION WILL COME FRO THIS MELISSA RAINES PRINCIPAL AT RANDOLPH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. SHE'S GOING TO LET US KNOW ABOU

A FEW SUCCESSFUL SWIMMERS. >> EVENING GOOD EVENING. MADA CHAIR, DR. RALEY, MEMBERS OF TH BOARD, I HAVE THE LEVERAGE OF ORGANIZING SIX ATHLETES. KELLY HURST, HARRY BELCHER, CHARLIE HARRINGTON, FOR DREAMS, RALEIG HARRINGTON AND HANK ARRINGTON.

TWO OF OUR GOOCHLAND BULLDOGS, CALLIE HURST AND HARRY BELCHER RECENTLY SWAM AT THE JUNIOR MEA . TWO OF OUR EAGLES, CHARLIE HARRINGTON WHO IS PLAYING BASEBALL RIGHT NOW AND FOR DREAMS, RECENTLY SWAM AT THE NCSA AGE GROUP MEET. TWO OF OUR ROAD RUNNERS RALEIGH HARRINGTON AND HANK ARRINGTON PARTICIPATED IN THE MEAT ALL OF THESE WERE IN ORLANDO FLORIDA. THEIR DEDICATION TO THEIR SPORT IS EVIDENT IN THE QUALIFICATION AN RECENT PARTICIPATION AT THE NATIONAL LEVEL. WE COULD NOT B MORE PROUD OF YOU FOR REPRESENTING GOOCHLAND.

CONGRATULATIONS ON MAKING IT T THAT LEVEL . PLEASE JOIN ME IN RECOGNIZING THESE AMAZING ATHLETES.

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>> DR. RALEY, AT THE TIME SOME OF US ARE GETTING UP AND GETTING COFFEE AND THEY HAVE SWAM 10 OR 20 LAPS . I AM SO

IMPRESSED WITH THAT SPORT . >> MADAM CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE

[B. All-state Swimming - Harry Belcher]

IN HIS BACK POCKET. >>

>> CONGRATULATIONS, HARRY.

[C. ROTC Scholarship - Drew Meiller]

THIS YEAR WE HAVE SOMEONE THAT WE WANT TO RECOGNIZE WHO HAS EARNED THE OPPORTUNITY TO GAIN FREE EDUCATION AND ULTIMATELY SERVE OUR GREAT UNITED STATES. WANT TO BRING FORWARD LIEUTENAN COLONEL KEVIN WILLIAMS TO LET U KNOW ABOUT THE STUDENT.

>> BOARD, DR. RALEY , THIS IS DREW MEILLER . WE REMEMBER WHEN HE WAS A FIRST-YEAR CADET STRUGGLING TO FIND HIS WAY, WEARING HIS UNIFORM WRONG, TRYING TO FIND THE RIGHT PERSON TO FOLLOW AND WE WATCHED HIM AS HE HAS GROWN , HE HAS MATURED INTO A CONFIDENT, DEDICATED AN NEARLY PROFESSIONAL LEADER . HE IS THE KIND OF LEADER THAT WE HAVE THAT WE COULD GIVE HIM A MISSION ORDER AND TURN HIM LOOS . HE WILL EXECUTE THAT EXCEEDING ALL EXPECTATIONS WITHOUT ANY ADDITIONAL DIRECTION AND REQUIRES VERY LITTLE SUPERVISION . HE IS INVOLVED IN THE SCHOOL , HE HAS RUN CROSS COUNTRY , HE IS A STA SOCCER PLAYER , AS HE ENTERED INTO HIS SENIOR YEAR OF HIGH SCHOOL, HE WANTED TO FIND A WA TO USE THE LEADERSHIP SKILLS THAT HE HAS BEEN HONING OVER TH PAST FOUR YEARS. HE CHOSE TO PURSUE LEADING MEN AND WOMEN IN SERVICE OF THIS GREAT NATION I CAN THINK OF NO HIGHER CALLING THAN TO DON THE CLOTH OF OUR NATION, COMMISSIONED BY THE PRESIDENT WITH THE ADVICE AND CONSENT OF THE UNITED STATE SENATE TO LEAD OUR PEOPLE IN WARTIME , PEACETIME, WHATEVER I TAKES. DREW TOOK HIS RESUME THAT HE HAS BEEN WORKING ON AN HE PUT IT TOGETHER AND HE CHOSE TO PURSUE A COMMISSION IN THE ARMY. THE ARMY HAS AWARDED HIM A THREE-YEAR ROTC SCHOLARSHIP VALUED AT ABOUT $120,000. HIS FIRST YEAR AT LONGWOOD UNIVERSITY IS HIT PLAY IN YEAR THAT IS ON YOU AFTER THAT HE WILL NEVER PAY FOR ANOTHER COLLEGE CLASS AGAIN FOR THE REST OF HIS LIFE. YOU CAN GO O AND BECOME A DOCTOR OR, OR YOU CAN BE A MASTERS LIKE THAT GUY OVER THERE OR THIS GUY HERE , YOU WILL NEVER HAVE TO PAY FOR THAT. FREE COLLEGE IS NICE, THAT IS A FRINGE BENEFIT. WHEN HE PENS THOSE BARS OF GOLD AS COMMISSIONED OFFICER IN THE GREATEST ARMY THAT THE WORLD HA EVER KNOWN, HE WILL BE FOREVER MARKED , HE IS A LEADER, HE HA INITIATIVE , DRIVE AND

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[D. Special Recognition]

FANTASTIC. >> ON THE MORNING OF SEPTEMBER 1ST, 2016, ABOUT 10 MINUTES INTO MY FIRST DAY ON THE JOB HERE IN GOOCHLAND COUNTY PUBLI SCHOOLS, DR. RALEY PUT ME IN THE CAR, PASSENGER SIDE, NOT TH TRUCK, HE DROVE ME TO EVERY SCHOOL IN OUR DISTRICT. I COUL FEEL THE EXCITEMENT AND URGENCY TO MAKE OUR SCHOOL , WHICH AT THAT POINT BEGAN TO EARN ITS REPUTATION AS A SCHOOL SYSTEM AND A FULL-FLEDGED DESTINATION FOR QUALITY EXPERIENCE WITH TH FACILITIES, PERSONNEL, PROCESSES, COMMUNICATIONS AND CONNECTIONS TO THE COMMUNITY T MATCH THE AMAZING WORK THAT WAS HAPPENING IN OUR CLASSROOMS, BUSES, BUILDINGS , STUDENTS AND TEACHERS AND STAFF. THE ENTIRE TEAM, EVERYONE WHO AS DR. RALEY SAYS PUTS ON THE BADGE EVERY DAY AND HAS SPENT THE LAS SEVEN YEARS MAKING THAT VISION REALITY. HIS LEADERSHIP AND EFFORTS HAVE NEVER BEEN ABOUT HIM , BUT ABOUT ACCOMPLISHING THE MISSION ON BEHALF OF OUR TEAM, STUDENTS AND FAMILIES. THIS MAKES THEM UNIQUE AMONG LEADERS ANYWHERE. THIS COMMUNITY HAS BEEN THE BENEFICIARIES OF HIS WORK, HIS ATTENTION TO DETAIL , HIS AND HIS FAMILY SACRIFICE AND UNDYIN OPTIMISM IN RECENT TIMES WHEN IT WOULD HAVE BEEN EASIER TO COMPROMISE EXPECTATIONS , BUT THAT IS NOT IN HIS DNA. THAT PERMEATES OUR ENTIRE ORGANIZATION. OUR COMMONWEALTH WILL BE THE NEXT BENEFICIARY AS HE MOVES TO THE V DOE. TO SAY HE WILL BE MISSED IS A TREMENDOUS UNDERSTATEMENT. AS I SAID RECENTLY, IF HE CANNOT GET IT DONE , IT PROBABLY CANNOT BE DONE. DR. RALEY, ON BEHALF OF THE ENTIRE GOOCHLAND COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS TEAM WE WANT TO PRESENT YOU WITH YOUR ECO AWARD. WE YOU EMBODY EXCELLENCE, COURAGE AND CREATIVITY LIKE NO ONE ELSE , AND WE HAVE A WONDERFUL PHOTO COLLAGE THAT WE EXPECT TO SEE I YOUR OFFICE DOWNTOWN. WE WOULD LIKE TO INVITE YOU DOWN TO GET

THOSE. >> EVERY TEAM IN OUR DIVISION AND EVERY SCHOOL, WE GOT THE HELP FROM, AS WELL AS OUR FRIENDS WHO WERE THERE AND THE NEW ELEMENTARY SITE WHO LET US USE THAT.

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[A. Announcements]

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>> SURE. >> WHEN ANDY STARTED , I DID NO KNOW IF I WOULD BE ABLE TO SAY ANYTHING. I'M USUALLY NOT AN EMOTIONAL PERSON , THIS PLACE HAS BEEN A FAMILY FOR SEVEN YEARS . I AM SO PROUD OF WHAT W HAVE DONE , WE HAVE DONE A LOT OF GREAT THINGS TOGETHER AND I LOOK FORWARD TO SUPPORTING THIS SCHOOL DIVISION AND COMMUNITY IN MY NEW ROLE AND CONTINUE IN THE GREAT WORK THAT GOOCHLAND HAS DONE AND AS A ROLE MODEL FOR OTHERS. I LOOK FORWARD TO TAKING WHAT WE HAVE LEARNED HER AND SUPPORTING OTHERS ACROSS TH COMMONWEALTH . THANK YOU FOR TH OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE YOU AND I AM HUMBLED AND BLESSED. THANK

YOU SO MUCH. >>

>> DR. RALEY , HOW ABOUT ANNOUNCEMENTS.

>> THERE IS A LOT OF STUFF ON THE AGENDA IF YOU WANT TO LOOK AT IT. THIS IS A BUSY TIME OF YEAR, BOARD MEMBERS , WE HAVE A LOT OF THINGS HAPPENING IN APRI AND MAY AND ULTIMATELY GRADUATIONS THAT WILL TAKE PLAC IN JUNE . CHECK THE AGENDA FOR LOT OF THOSE THINGS, WE CONTINU TO DO OUR WORK WITH THE ROUNDTABLE AS WELL AS CELEBRATING OUR EMPLOYEES AT TH CELEBRATION OF EXCELLENCE DAY, DR. ARMSTRONG, DR. DYER AND I HAD A CHANCE TO GO RECOGNIZE A ROOKIE OF THE YEAR, OUR EMPLOYE OF THE YEAR , DIANE RIGSBY, AND OUR TRANSPORTATION TEAM COME IT FELT GOOD TO PAT THEM ON THE BACK AND LET THEM KNOW HOW MUCH WE APPRECIATE THEM. YOU WANT T MEET HERE ON THE SECOND TUESDAY OF MAY FOR THE NEXT BOARD MEETING AND THAT IS OPEN TO THE

PUBLIC AS WELL. >> WE HAVE INFORMATION FROM

[ Superintendent Search]

>> I WOULD BE HAPPY TO. BOARD MEMBERS AND OUR AUDIENCE, WE ARE VERY FORTUNATE THIS EVENING TO HAVE WITH US DR. KEVIN KASTNER , SORRY, THAT PROBABLY HAS HAPPENED TO HIM ONCE BEFOR AND I'M SORRY FOR THE MISTAKE, DR. KEVIN KASTNER AND DR.

WAYNE HARRIS WHO HELPED US TWIC PREVIOUSLY TO HELP US FIND SUPERINTENDENTS AND THEY HAVE DONE AN EXCELLENT JOB IN THE PAST AND I EXPECT THEM TO DO AN EXCELLENT JOB IN THE FUTURE. I KNOW THERE ATTENTION TO DETAIL AND THE RESOURCES THAT THEY BRING TO BEAR IS WHAT WE NEED AND I'M EXCITED TO HEAR FROM THEM THIS EVENING.

AM DIRECTOR WITH SUPERINTENDENT SURFACE SEARCHES BACK WITH YOUR FIRST SEARCH. I HAVE NOW DONE WAY OVER 50 , AND WE CAN TALK ABOUT THAT . WE ARE HAPPY TO BE BACK HERE. I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I RECALL AND I TOLD DIANE THIS , WHO HAS BEEN THROUGH THIS BEFORE, ONE THINK THAT I REMEMBER PEOPLE TALKING ABOUT IS THE LITTLE INCIDENT THAT COULD . YOU ARE A LEADER IN THIS STATE AND THIS

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LIKE DR. HARRIS TO START. >> MADAM CHAIR, MADAM VICE CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, DR RALEY , I WANT TO BEGIN BY QUOTING SOMETHING THAT I JUST HEARD YOUR SUPERINTENDENT SAY AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS MEETIN AND I QUOTE DR. RALEY , HE SAI ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY TO RECOGNIZE EXCELLENCE . WHAT DR CASTNER AND I KNOW ABOUT GOOCHLAND IS EXCELLENCE . WHAT WE HAVE LEARNED OVER TIME AND WHAT WE HAVE OBSERVED FROM A DISTANCE IS THAT INSPIRING THE NEXT GENERATION IS EMBEDDED IN YOUR ACTIONS AND BEHAVIORS OF EXCELLENCE. EXCELLENCE IS NEVE AN ACCIDENT. IT IS ALWAYS THE RESULT OF HIGH INTENTION , SINCERE EFFORTS , INTELLIGENT EXECUTION , AND A VISION TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF EVERY SINGLE OPPORTUNITY . TO MAKE SURE EVERY STUDENT IN THIS DIVISION, AND ALL FIVE OF YOUR SCHOOLS WILL BE PREPARED TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN THE FUTURE. DR.

CASTNER AND I ARE ELATED THAT W HAVE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO PRESEN TO YOU THE BWP SEARCH PROCESS. WE BEGIN BY ASSURING YOU THAT WE COME AS OBJECTIVE FACILITATORS AND YOU MAKE ALL OF THE DECISIONS. WE BRING TO YOU DURING THIS PROCESS RECOMMENDATIONS . WE COME TO YO PREPARED TO DEMONSTRATE OUR INTENTION AND OUR SINCERE EFFORT AND OUR INTELLIGENT EXECUTION AS WE LOOK FOR A POOL OF CANDIDATES THAT WE WILL RECOMMEND YOU INTERVIEW AND YOU DECIDE VOTE WHO YOU INTERVIEW FROM THAT POOL. WE D THAT BASED ON HAVING RECEIVED INPUT FROM THIS COMMUNITY ABOUT WHAT ARE THE QUALITIES, CHARACTERISTICS, EXPERIENCES, KNOWLEDGE AND SUCCESS THAT ARE NEEDED TO CONTINUE THE SUCCESS THAT YOU HAVE HERE. I AM GOING TO SPEND ABOUT 20 MINUTES WALKING THROUGH THE PROCESS SO THAT YOU UNDERSTAND HOW THIS WORKS. ON THE SCREEN YOU WILL SEE THE SUPERINTENDENT SEARCHES THAT DR. CASTNER AND I HAVE COMPLETED OVER THE LAST 13 YEARS, JUST IN VIRGINIA , THIS

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I WORKED AT VIRGINIA TECH RUNNING THE SCHOOL LEADERS INSTITUTE, DR. CASTNER HAS DON A NUMBER OF THINGS WAS STRATEGI PLANNING, SCHOOL BOARD SEARCHES , WE COME WITH, BETWEEN US , ABOUT ALL OVER THE COUNTRY, WE HAVE A NATIONAL REACH, HE HAS BEEN I VIRGINIA NOW ABOUT 25 YEARS , THIS IS MY 54TH YEAR. WE HAVE AN EXTENSIVE REACH, PLUS , WE KNOW THE OTHER DIRECTORS AROUND THE COUNTRY, WHEN THE CANDIDATE POOL COMES IN , WE CAN SCREEN TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE BRINGING THE BEST POSSIBLE MATCH AND FIT FROM WHICH YOU WILL CHOOSE . AS I SAID WE HAVE THIS RELATIONSHIP ACROSS THE COUNTRY. WE PERSONALIZE YOUR SEARCH AND WE TAILOR IT TO YOUR NEEDS. IF THERE ARE ADJUSTMENT THAT YOU WANT US TO CONSIDER AN MAKE, WE WILL TAILOR IT WE WIL IDENTIFY CANDIDATES WHO MATCH WHAT YOU AS A BOARD, STAFF AND COMMUNITY SAYS THAT YOU WANT US TO LOOK FOR. WE WILL COME TO YOU AND PRESENT CANDIDATES TO THE BOARD. WE WILL GIVE YOU INFORMATION , WE WILL TELL YOU WHO WOULD BE BEST MATCH AND FITS ARE AND YOU DECIDE WHO YOU INTERVIEW. WE MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS AND FACILITATE, WE DO NOT MAKE ANY DECISIONS, YOU ARE THE DECISION-MAKERS. WE WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THAT, WE HAV NO STABLE CANDIDATES THAT WE RU IN FRONT OF YOU, THEY HAVE TO APPLY, THEY HAVE TO MATCH AND THEY HAVE TO FIT AND YOU HAVE TO AGREE TO INTERVIEW AND THEN SELECT. WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT THIS, THE WHOLE OBJECTIVE OF THE PROCESS IS TO ESTABLISH A PROCESS THAT HELPS THE BOARD FIND THE BEST CANDIDATES.

CREATE COMMUNITY AND STAFF SUPPORT FOR THE PROCESS BY INVOLVING THE COMMUNITY UP FRONT. IT IS FROM THEIR INVOLVEMENT THAT WE WILL CREATE A LEADERSHIP PROFILE. DR.

CASTNER AND I WILL AGGRESSIVELY RECRUIT HIGHLY QUALIFIED CANDIDATES . THAT WILL BE HARD FOR YOU HAVE MADE IT HARD BECAUSE DR. RALEY LEAPS TALL BUILDINGS IN A SINGLE BOUND , H IS FASTER THAN A LOCOMOTIVE, W PROMISED YOU THAT WE WILL DO THE VERY BEST TO BRING YOU CANDIDATES WHO WILL CONTINUE THIS STREAM OF EXCELLENCE FOR ALL STUDENTS. SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION OF THE SEARCH WITHIN YOUR TIMELINES, YOUR BUDGET AND YOUR EXPECTATIONS , IT IS A FOU STEP PROCESS. LET ME BRIEFLY WALK THROUGH THE STEPS WITH YOU THE FIRST STEP IS CALLED SPECIFICATION, IN OTHER WORDS, WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING FOR? WE ENGAGE EMPLOYEES AND THE COMMUNITY IN THE DISCUSSION. WE IDENTIFY EXPERIENCES, QUALITIE AND SKILLS THAT THE NEXT SUPERINTENDENT NOT ONLY MUST POSSESS BUT WILL HAVE DEMONSTRATED . WE WILL CHECK AL OF THAT OUT BEFORE WE BRING THE TO YOU ONCE WE HEAR FROM THE COMMUNITY , WE WILL BRING YOU A DRAFT LEADERSHIP PROFILE , THES ARE THE THINGS YOU WANT US TO LOOK FOR AND YOU, THE BOARD APPROVED THAT. ONCE YOU APPROV THAT PROFILE IT WILL BE POSTED WITH A VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT AND APPLICANTS WILL BE ABLE TO SEE AND DETERMINE , AM I A GOOD MATCH AND FIT TO GO TO GOOCHLAN TO BE THE NEXT SUPERINTENDENT WE WILL THEN BEGIN RECRUITING. I CAN TELL YOU, BY THE TIME YOU DETERMINE THAT THIS SEARCH IS OPEN , PEOPLE WILL START TO CALL. PEOPLE WANT TO BE HERE. YOU ARE AWARE THAT YOU ARE THE NUMBER ONE SCHOOL DISTRICT IN THE RICHLAND METRO AREA FOR FIVE YEARS. ALL FIVE OF YOUR SCHOOLS ARE AN APPLE. YOU ARE

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THE THIRD STEP IS ASSESSMENT. W WILL START TO REVIEW THE ONLIN APPLICATIONS AND ALL OF THE MATERIALS, LETTER OF INTEREST, RESUME REFERENCES, WE WILL IDENTIFY FROM THE TOTAL POOL , THE GROUP THAT WE WANT TO LOOK AT FURTHER AND WE WILL PICK UP AND MAKE PHONE CALLS TO THEM, KEVIN WILL CALL AND I WILL CAL AND WE WILL DO AN INTERVIEW. WE WILL CALL PEOPLE THAT KNOW THE THAT THEY DID NOT USE AS REFERENCES, THEN WE MAY OR MAY NOT CALL THE REFERENCES, IT DEPENDS. THEN WE WILL HAVE WHA WE CALL A FORMAL INTERVIEW WITH THEM AND WE WILL DO REFERENCE CHECKS. WE WILL ALSO GOOGLE AN DO SOCIAL MEDIA CHECKS TO FIND OUT IF THERE IS ANYTHING ADDITIONAL THAT WE NEED TO KNOW OUR GOAL IS TO EXCEED THE EXPECTATIONS AS WE ARE VETTING THE TOP CANDIDATES. WE INTEND T BRING YOU THE TOP FOUR TO SIX CANDIDATES MADE BASED ON MATCH AND FIT WITH THE PROFILE. WE AR GOING TO CHECK THEM OUT , WE WANT NO SURPRISES AND WE WANT NOTHING COMING OUT THAT WILL BE AN EMBARRASSMENT, IT IS MATCH AND FIT. STEP FOUR . ONCE THE VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT HAS CLOSED , WE HAVE DONE OUR RECRUITING, WE WILL COME TO THE BOARD AND WE WILL BRING TO THE TOP FOUR T SIX CANDIDATES . WE WILL RECOMMEND TO YOU THAT THIS BE A CONFIDENTIAL SEARCH . THE POOL WILL BE RICHER WITH POTENTIAL SUPERINTENDENTS AND OTHERS AND WE URGE YOU TO DO A CONFIDENTIAL SEARCH , KEVIN WIL TELL YOU MORE ABOUT THAT. WE WILL BRING YOU FOUR TO SIX CANDIDATES IN A CLOSED SESSION AND PRESENT THAT TO YOU. WE WIL PRESENT TO YOU A LIST OF ALL OF THE CANDIDATES, YOU WILL SEE THEM ALL AND YOU DETERMINE WHO YOU INTERVIEW BASED ON OUR RECOMMENDATION PLUS THE REST O THE LIST . YOU WILL THEN MAKE A DECISION ABOUT WHO TO INTERVIEW AND WHEN THOSE INTERVIEWS WILL BE HELD. WE WILL CONTACT THOSE INDIVIDUALS , YOU WILL CONDUCT THE FIRST ROUND OF INTERVIEWS AND DECIDE WHO THE TOP TWO CANDIDATES ARE AND CONDUCT FINALIST INTERVIEWS, MAKE YOUR DECISION AND WORK OFF THE CONTRACT AND WE ARE OFF AND

RUNNING. >> WE WORK FOR YOU AND WE OPERATE IN YOUR BEST INTEREST. WE WILL ADVISE YOU ON THE PROS AND CONS OF EACH DECISION. WE WILL SUPPORT YOU, WE ARE AVAILABLE TO YOU EVERY STEP ALONG THE WAY. WITH THAT I'M GOING TO ASK DR. CASTNER TO COME TALK TO ABOUT THE NEXT STEPS WHAT ARE THE THINGS THAT NEED TO HAPPEN NOW SO THAT WE CAN GET A VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT POSTED AND WE CAN DECIDE ABOUT COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND GET THIS PROCESS MOVING.

>> THANK YOU FOR YOUR YOU HAVE A PACKET BEFORE YOU. WE KNOW THAT FOUR OF YOU HAVE NOT BEEN THROUGH THIS, BUT YOU ARE IN GOOD HANDS FIRST YOU HAVE JOHN WRIGHT, HE KNOWS WHAT IS GOING ON HERE , HE WILL ADVISE AND HE IS THE PERSON THAT I WILL BE CONTACTING, HE WILL MAKE SURE BOARD MEMBERS WILL RECEIVE INFORMATION AS APPROPRIATE. . I THIS PACKET THAT WE WILL GET

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ANYTHING THAT WE CAN WILL BE O PUBLIC RECORD AND WE WANT THAT TYPE OF TRANSPARENCY. TONIGHT, IF YOU LOOK AT THE SHEET, IT ASKS FOR KEY DECISIONS OF THE SCHOOL BOARD . WE ARE GOING TO BE ASKING YOU FOR SOME DECISIONS TONIGHT . YOU HAVE ON GOAL , YOU WANT TO BE ABLE TO HAVE YOUR NEXT LEADER IN PLACE TO BE ABLE TO ORGANIZE AND GET READY FOR THE NEXT SCHOOL YEAR.

YOU ARE STARTING A LITTLE LATE BUT WE ARE GOING TO CATCH UP.

WE CAN SEE HOW THAT MIGHT HAPPE AND I WILL GO THROUGH THAT DETAIL. ONE OF THE THINGS WE WANT TO TALK ABOUT IS WE WILL NEED TO START ADVERTISING AND W NEED TO LOOK AT THE CALENDAR.

WHEN I TALKED WITH JOHN, HE GAVE ME AN IMPRESSION OF THE WINDOW YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, WHEN YOU LOOK AT OUR PROPOSAL, IT IS PRETTY DETAILED , IN THE PROPOSAL, I LOOKED AT IT AGAIN AND I LOOKED AT THE TIMELINE. THE NEXT SHEET YOU HAVE HERE HAS TO DO WITH THE TIMELINE. THE WAY YOU WORK WITH A TIMELIN IS YOU BACKWARD MAP. YOU NEED TO FIGURE OUT WHEN , IF YOU STARTED THE SEARCH, HOW LONG IS IT VIABLE TO LEAVE IT OPEN AND STILL ATTRACT A GOOD POOL? HERE, AS YOU ARE UP AGAINST THE END OF THE YEAR, YOU NEED TO GE THIS DONE AND WE THINK THE CUT THEY SHOULD BE AROUND MAY 15 . ONCE YOU GO PAST MAY 15 AND EVERYONE IS GETTING READY TO CLOSE THE YEAR, THERE ARE SO MANY THINGS GOING ON. THIS IS A EXPEDITED SEARCH. I AM INVOLVE IN A FEW EXPEDITED SEARCHES NOW , WHAT I AM FINDING, IF YOU HAV AN ATTRACTIVE SCHOOL SYSTEM, AND ASK ABOUT IT EXPEDITED SEARCH IS NOT GOING TO SUFFER -- WE HAVE ARTIE DESCRIBED HOW PEOPLE PERCEIVE YOUR DIVISION AND HOW WE PERCEIVE IT , I DO NOT THINK YOU WILL HAVE TO COMPROMISE, ALTHOUGH I WILL TEL YOU, IF WE RECOMMEND A SET CANDIDATES TO YOU AND YOU ARE NOT SATISFIED WE WILL REOPEN THE SEARCH UNTIL YOU ARE SATISFIED , NEVER HAVE HAD THAT HAPPEN , I DO NOT THINK IT WILL HAPPEN HERE. WHEN WE DO THIS, IF WE ARE GOING TO BACKWARD MAP , MY SUGGESTION IS COME AFTER TONIGHT WE BEGIN NATIONAL ADVERTISING, WE WILL GO INTO THAT IN DETAIL IN A MINUTE.

BACKWARD BACK , YOU WILL BE DOING YOUR INTERVIEWS BEFORE THE END OF MAY. YOU WILL GET T A POINT WHERE AT THE BEGINNING OF JUNE YOU CAN FIND YOUR FINALIST AND BEGIN NEGOTIATIONS AND APPOINT SOMEONE BY THE MIDDLE OF JUNE, THAT IS DOABLE.

YOU HAVE TO WORK ON YOUR SCHEDULES , AND YOU HAVE TO DEAL WITH THE LOGISTICS TO MAK SURE YOU HAVE YOUR OBLIGATIONS AS YOU CLOSE YOUR YEAR AND WE WILL HAVE TO FIGURE THAT OUT, W CAN DO THAT. WAYNE AND I ARCH CLOSE . WE CAN BE AVAILABLE AS WE NEED. IF YOU LOOK AT THIS CALENDAR, IT IS DOABLE. WE WOULD ASK YOU TO CONSIDER THA WHAT WE ARE RECOMMENDING TO GET THIS DONE WITH A MAY 15 CLOSE TO DATE AND THEN WE GET INTO STARTING WHAT WE NEED TO DO. I AM GOING TO GO BACK AND FORTH AND WHEN WE GET DONE I WILL AS HOW YOU FEEL ABOUT WHAT I HAVE SAID. A LOT OF THIS COMES FAST , WE ARE GOING TO KEEP REPEATING IT AND YOU WILL KNOW WHAT WE MEAN. WHEN YOU DO A NATIONAL SEARCH AND ADVERTISEMENT, WE THINK YOU ONLY NEED A 30 DAY WINDOW, NOT NORMAL 60 DAY WINDOW, WE DO IT ELECTRONICALLY. WHEN WE TALK ABOUT ABOUT THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BLACK SCHOOL EDUCATORS, THE LATINO ADMINISTRATORS AND SUPERINTENDENTS, VIRGINIA SCHOOL BOARD ASSOCIATION AND OU OWN WEBSITE , WE ARE GOING TO

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WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO COMMENT? >> I AM HAPPY TO COMMENT I THINK IT IS A LITTLE AGGRESSIVE BUT I THINK WE CAN GET IT DONE DONE BEFORE WE GET INTO JUNE . EVEN WITH THE KIDS GONE AND STAFF AND ALL OF THE DIFFERENT THINGS , THAT IS WHAT I WAS TRYING TO DO, I KNOW IT IS HUSTLING, I DO NOT THINK IT WIL SACRIFICE. THE NEXT THING , I WOULD ASSUME THAT YOU WANT TO DO COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT. I ASSUME YOU WANT TO DO THE SURVEY. WHEN WE GO OUT TO THE COMMUNITY, THIS IS WHAT WE WILL SAY, THE GOOCHLAND SCHOOL BOAR IS TRUSTING US TO COME INTO THI COMMUNITY AND LISTEN TO WHAT EVERYONE HAS TO SAY AND REPORT BACK. BY YOU DOING THAT , YOU WILL GET ALL THE INFORMATION THAT YOU MIGHT NEED , BUT YOU ALSO ARE EXPERTS IN YOUR OWN COMMUNITY. BY HAVING THAT OUTREACH AND ALLOWING PEOPLE T SAY THINGS, THERE WILL BE THINGS THAT COME UP , YOU MAY NOT WANT TO HEAR IT BUT IT IS SOME THINGS THAT CANDIDATES WIL HEAR AND THE COMMUNITIES WILL HEAR IT WE ARE FINDING , WITHIN THE LAST FEW YEARS, SOMETIMES IT GETS MESSY BECAUSE YOU HAVE LOT OF DIFFERENT OPINIONS. GONE WE ARE PAST COVID AND WE ARE BACK IN SCHOOL AND WE DO NOT HAVE TO DEAL WITH A LOT OF THAT IF ANYTHING WE ARE TRYING TO MOVE THINGS BACK TO THE NEW NORMAL. WE ARE FINDING A POSITIVE. WE ARE ALSO FINDING WHEN WE DO THINGS, WE SOMETIMES WANT TO INCLUDE ZOOM MEETINGS.

WE CAN ATTRACT PEOPLE WHO DO NOT NECESSARILY COME OUT IN REGULAR MEETINGS AND WE ARE NOTICING , WE WERE IN PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY , THIS COUNTY HAS 90,000 PEOPLE. WE HAVE A SCREEN AND WE HAVE EIGHT DIFFERENT TRANSLATORS WITH ALL THESE DIFFERENT LANGUAGES WHO HAVE THEIR OWN INDIVIDUAL CHAT ROOMS AND ALL OF A SUDDEN EVERYTHING WE ARE SAYING THEY ARE RE-TRANSLATING AND SITTING UP BACK A TRANSLATED VERSION AND WE DO NOT HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE, WE HAVE OUTREACHES NOW THAT WE DID NOT HAVE WHEN WE WERE HERE LAST . BY BEING MORE INCLUSIVE AND HITTING DIFFEREN AREAS IN YOUR COMMUNITY, WE NEED TO DO THAT, YOU KNOW WHER YOU HAVE AREAS WHERE PEOPLE DO NOT NECESSARILY COME OUT AND W NEED TO USE THIS OPPORTUNITY WHEN WE RUN THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND RERUN THE REPORT WE CAN HAVE THAT BACK TO YOU IT IS APRIL 11TH AND WE WANT TO GET THIS DONE BEFORE MAY 1ST, THAT MEANS WE HAVE TO HUSTLE AN WE ALSO HAVE TO GET AHEAD OF YOUR TESTING SCHEDULE AND WE

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OUT >> ANNOUNCER: EVERYONE'S GOING TO FIND OUT ALL THEY CAN AND OUR JOB IS TO MAKE SURE YOU HAV NO SURPRISES . WE WILL DO A GOOGLE SEARCH AND RECOMMEND YOU DO A BACKGROUND CHECK FOR IT I SOUTH CAROLINA THE THREE FINALS NAMES ARE PUBLIC, IF WE DO THA THE NUMBER THAT APPLY ARE LESS BECAUSE SOMEONE IS OUT TO THERE VULNERABLE AND IT MAKES THEM NERVOUS. ONE OF THE THINGS I'M ASKING NOW WE RECOMMEND YOU CONSIDER A CONFIDENTIAL SEARCH DO YOU AS A BOARD HAVE ANY

QUESTIONS ON THE ? >> I HAVE A QUESTION. THANK YOU, SIR, ON THE CONFIDENTIAL SEARCH THAT MEANS YOUR REFERENCES COULD NOT BE BOARD MEMBERS OR THE PEOPLE , THE SUPERINTENDENT OR WHATEVER POSITION THAT PERSON IS HOLDING COULD NOT BE PART OF THE REFERENCES .

>> IN SOME CASES THEY WILL DO THAT, THEY WILL USE PRESENT BOARD MEMBERS , WE MAY HAVE TO GO ANOTHER DIRECTION IS TO CHEC THEIR REFERENCES. IF YOU GET T THE POINT OF YOU TAKE TWO OR MEMBERS AND YO CALL WITH PERMISSION TO THAT CANDIDATE THERE BOARD CHAIR CREATED I THINK YOU NEED TO DO YOUR DUE DILIGENCE, YOU ARE ALSO GOING TO FIND, WAYNE HAS MENTIONED THIS, WE ARE NOT ALWAYS LOOKING AT THE NICE REFERENCES THAT EVERYONE PUTS I THEIR APPLICATION, WE ARE LOOKING MORE BEHIND THE SCENES. NOBODY'S GOING TO GIVE YOU A BAD REFERENCE ON THE APPLICATION, ALTHOUGH, SOME OF

THE PEOPLE ARE SIGNIFICANT. >> LET ME CLARIFY, WHEN I SAY WE ARE RECOMMENDING A CONFIDENTIAL SEARCH, IT MEANS , FROM THE MOMENT WE SHARE NAMES WITH YOU, THEY WILL NOT BE SHARED WITH ANYONE ELSE BY YOU OR US UNTIL YOU MAKE THE FINAL DECISION. THE CANDIDATE WILL HAVE CHOSEN WHO THEY WANT TO HAVE THE RIGHT RECOMMENDATIONS AND THEY HAVE TO DEAL WITH THOS INDIVIDUALS TO SAY I DO NOT WAN MY NAME OUT THERE. THE CONFIDENTIALITY IS WHEN WE PRESENT NAMES YOU HOLD THEM IN CONFIDENCE UNTIL YOU MAKE THE FINAL DECISION, THAT WAY YOU HAVE NOT ALLOWED THEIR NAME TO BE IN THE PUBLIC. IF THEY ARE I A POSITION AND THE BOARD SAYS YOU WANT TO LEAVE ? YOU ARE OUT OF HERE , AND THEN YOU DID NOT HIGHER THAN THEY ARE NOW OUT OF A JOB. SUPERINTENDENTS WILL NO WANT TO PARTICIPATE IN A SEARCH WHERE THEIR NAMES ARE GOING TO BE OUT THERE UNLESS IT IS IN A STATE WHERE IT IS APARTMENT. I FLORIDA, THE MOMENT THEY APPLY IT IS PUBLIC. IN SOUTH CAROLIN IT IS THE TOP THREE AND IN VIRGINIA YOU DO NOT HAVE TO HAV A OPEN SEARCH PERIODS

>> THANK YOU. >> I KNOW YOU HAVE A STUDENT REPRESENTATIVE AND WE WANT THE OPPORTUNITY TO INVOLVE THE STUDENTS. WE WILL SOMETIMES DISAGGREGATE THE DATA .

SOMETIMES KIDS HAVE DIFFERENT PRIORITIES THAN THE GENERAL PUBLIC . WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT A WAY TO GET A REPRESENTATIVE GROUP , WE CAN DO IT AFTER SCHOOL OR GO WITH ZOO AND WE COULD GET 50 OR MORE STUDENTS INVOLVED. IT IS ANOTHER IMPORTANT OUTREACH AND IT IS A TYPE OF THING THAT CREATES MORE INFORMATION FROM YOUR COMMUNIT SO WE MIGHT NEED YOUR HELP

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>> DO YOU HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ABOUT THE PROCESS? OR ABOUT THE STEPS THAT DR. CASTNER IS INDICATING THAT NEEDS TO BE TAKEN ASSUMING WE MOVE FORWARD?

>> ANY QUESTIONS ?■ >> MADAME CHAIR , THANK YOU FO THE INFORMATION. I WAS LOOKING AT YOUR SHEET FOR ADVERTISEMENT AND THERE HAVE BEEN CHANGES WIT NATIONAL AND LOCAL SCHOOL BOAR ASSOCIATIONS AND WAS CURIOUS I YOU WOULD ADVERTISE THIS IN THE CONSORTIUM OF SCHOOL BOARDS AS WELL AS SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS

ALLIANCE HERE IN VIRGINIA . >> WE WOULD BE HAPPY TO TAKE THAT RECOMMENDATION AND DO THAT I HAVE NOT HAD THAT BROUGHT UP.

IF SOMEONE COULD EXPAND ON THAT WE WOULD APPRECIATE IT.

>> THANK YOU. >> I HAVE A QUESTION . WHEN YOU ARE DOING COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT IT LOOKS LIKE WITH THE TIMELIN YOU HAVE A JOB POSTING AVAILABLE BEFORE YOU HAVE

COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT. >> THAT'S CORRECT .

>> HERE IS WHAT WE WANT TO DO. FIRST OFF, WE WANT TO GET IT OU NATIONALLY. WHEN WE DO THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT WE WILL US THAT TO GET A LEADERSHIP PROFILE. WE WILL ADD THAT TO OUR NATIONAL SITE. ALSO, FOR EVERY CANDIDATE THAT WE ARE GOING TO THAT OR RECOMMEND TO YOU, WE WILL HAVE THEM ALIGN THEIR SKILL SETS TO YOUR PROFILE. IT IS A MATTER OF TIMING. WE WILL CATCH THAT UP. BECAUSE YOU'RE IN A SITUATION WHERE WE ARE TRYING TO MOVE QUICKER, WE HAD TO GO IN THAT CYCLE. IF WE HAVE A CLOSE DATE OF MAY 15, I WANT TO MEET WITH YOUR PUBLIC WITH A RECOMMENDATION FOR A PROFILE AT LEAST TWO WEEKS BEFORE THE SEARCH CLOSES. YOU ARE GOOD AND POINTING THAT OUT. WE ARE MORE GENERAL NOW AND THEN WE

WILL GET SPECIFIC. >> CAN WE INCLUDE THE MISSION

STATEMENT? >> YOU CAN INCLUDE ANYTHING YOU WANT. IN ESSENCE, THIS IS RATHER GENERIC. IF YOU GIVE ME AN UPDATE IN WHICH YOU DIRECT STAFF , ANYTHING YOU CAN DO T MORE ACCURATELY REFLECT YOUR COMMUNITY , JUST LIKE I SHOWED YOU THE FINAL ONE WITH FREDERICK, WE DID NOT START OUT WITHOUT, A WEEK LATER, AFTER STAFF GOT INVOLVED , THEY FURTHER IMPROVED IT AND WE HOP THAT WILL HAPPEN . DIANE, WE HAD BEEN THROUGH THIS BEFORE AND SOMEHOW CONNECTING SOME OF THIS AND WORKING WITH WHOEVER THE BOARD APPOINTED , WE WILL HAVE TO HAVE A STAFF FUNCTION IN THE END, BEFORE IT GETS FINALIZED IT NEEDS TO BE SHARED WITH ALL BOARD MEMBERS. BEFORE YOU DO THE SURVEY , BEFORE YOU DO THE FINAL THING, THERE HAS T BE A PROCESS IN WHICH ALL BOAR MEMBERS WEIGH-IN. WE ARE STEPPING AHEAD HERE IS TO GET OUT ON THE SITE. WE WILL PUT INITIAL DRAFT AND FINAL COPY COMING AND THAT'S WHAT WE WILL

DO. >> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? OR

COMMENTS. >> I HAVE ONE MORE QUESTION. O THE SURVEY , HOW ARE YOU ABLE TO MAKE SURE THAT SURVEY IS DON ONCE BY SOMEBODY? HOW DOES YOU SURVEY WORK?

>> I HAVE HAD THAT QUESTION ASKED BY BOARD MEMBERS , I AM NOT A TECHNOLOGY EXPERT, THERE IS A WAY THAT YOU CAN CHECK IF YOU HAVE MULTIPLE PEOPLE TO SEE IF SOMEONE IS TRYING TO JERRYRIGGED. WE HAD SOMEBODY WITH 3000 SURVEYS AND WE FOUND CLASSROOM. WHEN YOU END UP HAVING THE LARGER NUMBERS , I DO NOT THINK ANYONE CAN JERRYRIGGED IT. IF WE DO A

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>> BOARD MEMBERS, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS?

>> THE ONLY THING IS, I AM FINE WITH THE CONFIDENTIAL SEARCH , JUST WANT TO SAY THAT , THAT WA THE QUESTION THAT THEY ASKED .

>> I THINK WE ARE IN AGREEMENT WITH THAT.

>> WHEN I FIRST STARTED, I SAI THAT THERE WERE THREE QUESTIONS WE DON'T WANT TO GET AHEAD OF YOU, IF YOU'RE COMFORTABLE WITH THAT TIMELINE, IF YOU KNOW WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A FINAL COPY AN ANNOUNCEMENT AFTER WE DO WOR WITH STAFF, YOU KNOW WE WILL BE WORKING WITH STAFF TO CREATE A SURVEY IN WHICH YOU WILL SEE A COPY OF THAT, WE'RE OFF AND RUNNING. WE COULD AS EARLY AS TOMORROW GET THIS POSTED . IT TAKES A WEEK FOR US TO GO WITH NATIONAL ADVERTISEMENT AND I'M PRETTY SURE WE CAN MAKE IT WORK WITH THIS TIMELINE. IF WE HAVE ANY GOAL , THAT IS TO MAKE YOUR DECISION HARD BY FINDING A GOOD POOL OF CANDIDATES WHEN YOU HAV TO DO YOUR JOB AND FIND THE BEST PERSON YOU CAN DO IT JEREMY, I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT I FEEL SPECIAL TO BE HERE THIS EVENING. I HAVE ALWAYS ADMIRED YOUR WORK. TONIGHT WAS CLOSE-UP AND YOU MAKE ME PROUD.

>> I OWE A LOT TO YOU, MY FRIEND.

>> IF I MAY , I HAVE A COUPLE O QUICK EDITS.

>> IS IS ON THE AGENDA LATER O NOW?

>> ARE WE GOOD? >> WE ARE GOOD.

>> WE HAVE TO GET TO WORK. >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND

EXPERTISE. >> I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING

WITH YOU. >> WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO IT

AS WELL. >> ONCE THE TASK HAS BEGUN, NEVER LEAVE IT UNTIL IT IS DONE ME THE TASK GREAT OR SMALL DO IT ALL OR NOT AT ALL. NOT AT ALL IS NOT WHAT WE DO .

>> IT IS TIME FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. AS WE OPEN PUBLIC

[A. Public Comment]

PUBLIC COMMENTS ARE LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES. PLEASE ADDRESS THE CHAIR, STATE YOUR NAME, YOUR LOCATION , NOT NECESSARILY YOUR STREET ADDRESS , DO NOT INTERACT WITH THE AUDIENCE, IN THE EXPEDIENCE OF TIME, I ASKE THAT YOU RESPECT EACH SPEAKER THAT THERE BE NO APPLAUSE OR VERBAL OUTBURST AT THE CONCLUSION OF EACH SPEAKER'S REMARKS. LET'S SET AN EXAMPLE OF GOOD PUBLIC DISCOURSE TO OUR CHILDREN IN THE COMMUNITY. THA BEING SAID, THE PUBLIC COMMENT SECTION IS OPEN. IS ANYONE SIGNED UP? NO ONE? OKAY WE HAVE TWO OR THREE.

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>> I THOUGHT I WOULD GO FIRST FOR A CHANGE. I STILL LIVE OVE BY WEST CREEK PICK FARMING IN OHIO. OLD MAN FILBERT LIVED OU THERE OUTSIDE OF DAYTON OHIO AN HE HAD A SMALL FARM AND HE WOUL GROW A FEW THINGS, CORN, WHEAT FEED HIS PIGS AND COWS, ICC, INTERSTATE COMMERCE COME IN FRO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, THIS WAS ABOUT 100 YEARS AGO AND THEY SAID YOU GREW MORE THAN YOUR QUOTA. THERE IS A QUOTA. YOU WOULD NOT BELIEVE THAT BUT THERE IS. THIS WENT TO THE U.S. SUPREME COURT. THE MAN IS GROWING WHEAT ON HIS OWN PROPERTY FOR HIS OWN ANIMALS.

U.S. SUPREME COURT SAYS THAT IS INTERSTATE COMMERCE. WHAT IS THE LESSON? THE LESSON IS THE U.S. SUPREME COURT CAN MAKE UP WHATEVER THEY WANT AND THEY HAV BEEN DOING THAT FOR ABOUT 80 YEARS. THEY CAN ROLL CRAZY THINGS LIKE WHEN A BILL SAYS TH STATE MAY ENACT THE HEALTH CAR EXCHANGE THAT MEANS THE FEDERA GOVERNMENT. IT IS MALARKEY AND THEY MAKE IT UP. THE ABORTION IS NOT MENTIONED IN THE CONSTITUTION, THEY MAKE IT UP.

STATES TAKE PRIVATE PROPERTY SO YOU CAN GIVE IT TO THAT INDIVIDUAL OVER THERE, THEY MAK THESE THINGS THAT. WHEN IT COMES TO THE CURRENT SCHOOL THA YOU FOLKS ARE BUILDING, YOU SIMPLY DO NOT KNOW WHAT THEY WILL SAY IN THE FUTURE ABOUT BOYS WANTING AND GIRLS BATHROOMS, OR VICE VERSA RATE OUR BOYS WANTING AND GIRLS LOCKER ROOMS, YOU DON'T KNOW. I SAY THERE IS A 60% CHANCE THAT WILL SAY BOYS CANNOT GO AND US GIRLS BATHROOMS, BUT AGAIN YOU DO NOT KNOW. MY SUGGESTION WOULD BE THAT YOU START LOOKING AT BUILDING A LOT MORE SINGLE SEX BATHROOMS, I THINK THAT IS WHERE YOU WILL END UP AT SOME POINT IN THE FUTURE IT THE OTHER THING I WAS GOING TO SAY WHEN IT COMES TO GROUPS LIKE THIS, YOU SEE THAT IN THE SUPREME COURT AND WITH A LOT O PROSECUTORS IN THE BIG CITIES.

IT IS NOT WHAT YOU HAVE DONE, I IS WHAT YOUR POLITICS WAS. I G TO A LOT OF LIBRARIES AND I CAN IDENTIFY FIVE MINUTES WHERE PEOPLE PUT THINGS LIKE ARE FROM ONE SIDE. THAT IS ONE THING I'M LOOKING FOR IN THE NEXT SUPERINTENDENT AND I THINK THAT IS SOMETHING OUTSTANDING WITH THE CURRENT SUPERINTENDENT , I DO NOT KNOW WHAT MR. RALEY'S POLITICS ARE. I THINK H STATES ABOVE THE FRAY . I DID NOT GET TO KNOW MR. RALEY REALLY WELL BUT I REALLY APPRECIATED THAT AND I THOUGHT HE DID EXTREMELY WELL AND I WIS HIM WELL IN THE FUTURE. THAT'S ABOUT IT FOR TONIGHT. YOU FOLKS

HAVE A WONDERFUL NIGHT. >> THANK YOU.

>> NEXT. >> HELLO , CHAIR, BOARD, DR.

RALEY . THANK YOU FOR HAVING M LETTING ME SPEAK. MY NAME IS JE FROM OROVILLE, VIRGINIA. I STARTED COMING TO THESE WHEN I HEARD OF BOOK CHALLENGES ONE PARENT MANAGED TO SWEEP EIGHT BOOKS AND ADDITIONAL 21 SITTING IN THE PRINCIPAL'S OFFICE WAITING FOR REVIEW. ONE PARENT HAS PULLED 29 BUCKS OFF OF OURSELVES. I'M ASKING IN THE FUTURE THAT BOOKS UNDER REVIEW REMAIN ON THE SHELVES UNTIL THE ARE REMOVED AND A DECISION IS MADE, INNOCENT UNTIL PROVEN GUILTY. I HAVE REVIEWED THE DRAFT GUIDELINES FOR STUDENT SUPPORT THAT WE WILL TALK ABOUT LATER AND THEY SIMPLY OUTLINE WHAT IS BEING DONE. MY KID STARTED OUT BEING HOMESCHOOLED AND WENT TO PRIVATE SCHOOL AND THEN FINISHED OUT AT GOOCHLAND HIGH SCHOOL, THE LAST ONE GRADUATING IN 2019. THEY WENT T SCHOOL WITH TRANS KIDS AND QUEER AND IT ALL WORKED. THER ARE A GROUP OF CITIZENS THAT MA NOT COME OUT AND SPEAK AT BOARD MEETINGS BECAUSE THEY ARE BUSY AT HOME CARING FOR THE FAMILY O AT WORK PROVIDING FOR THAT FAMILY. THAT CONTINGENT IS LARGE ENOUGH TO VOTE IN ANOTHER DECENT GROUP OF SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS AND DEFEAT THE HYSTERIC WHO FOR SOME REASON ARE DISTRACTING US FROM THE TASK OF EDUCATING OUR KIDS. LET'S GET BACK TO THE TASK AT HAND WHICH IS EDUCATING THE KIDS IN GOOCHLAND. EVERYONE DESERVES A QUALITY EDUCATION. SOME ATTEND PRIVATE SCHOOLS BUT THEY STILL GET SERVICES FROM THE COUNTY SCHOOL SYSTEM. SUMMIT EXIT AND REENTER , PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOR EVERYONE , WHETHER OR NOT YOU HAVE A CHILD, GRANDCHILD, NIECE OR NEPHEW , A HUGE CHUNK OF YOU TAX DOLLARS ARE INVESTED HERE WITH GOOD REASON. PUBLIC SCHOOL A PUBLIC GOOD . SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS MUST BE PUBLIC STEWART'S. WE SELDOM HEAR STUDENTS SPEAKING UP , THEY ARE BUSY WITH SPORTS OR HOMEWORK OR MAYBE STRUGGLING. THEY DESERVE

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>> ANYONE ELSE? NO ONE ELSE >> DAVE HART AWAY FROM INDISCERNIBLE ]. JESUS DIED FO SINNERS LIKE ME AND EVERYONE ELSE IN THIS ROOM. GOD GIVES US A CHOICE TO PICK THE PATH WE WILL WALK IN. ONE PATH LEADS T HIM, ANOTHER PATH LEADS AWAY FROM HIM. WE HAVE AN OBLIGATIO TO OUR CHILDREN TO LEAD THEM DOWN THE PATH OF GOD AND GUARD THEM AGAINST DECEPTION AND WRON THINGS I SINCERELY AM CONCERNE FOR ALL PEOPLE WHO ARE BEING DECEIVED AND USED AS TOOLS BY THE ELITE TO BREAK UP FAMILIES , LONG-HELD INSTITUTIONS AND T ENSLAVE US ALL YOU I FOR ONE WILL NOT GIVE UP MY LIBERTY. I WILL STAND FOR GOD . I WILL STAND FOR GOD ON THIS EARTH AN IN HEAVEN TO. TO WHICH I SAY, THE GIRLS HAVE A RIGHT TO PROTECTION FROM PREDATORS. IF WE ARE GOING TO OPEN BATHROOMS UP TO ANYBODY, WE SHOULD HAVE SAFEGUARDS SUCH AS REAL-TIME MONITORS TO PREVENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR NEFARIOUS INTENTIONS I DON'T THINK THAT IS TOO MUCH TO ASK OR PAY FOR T GET THAT DONE , ESPECIALLY IF W ARE NOT GOING TO HAVE A POLICY OF WHO CAN GO INTO THE BATHROO AND WHO CAN'T. I KNOW WE ARE SAYING EACH INDIVIDUAL IS LOOKED AT INDIVIDUALLY , BUT BOYS GOING INTO GIRLS BATHROOM ARE NOT BEING MONITORED IN REAL TIME AND THE CAMERAS THAT WE HAVE IT SEEMS LIKE WE DO NOT WANT TO LOOK AT THEM. IF WE CAN'T DO THAT , WE OUGHT TO HAVE MONITORS IN REAL TIME , A LEAST THE CHILDREN THAT ARE UP TO NO GOOD WILL THINK TWICE ABOUT DOING SOMETHING BECAUSE THEY DO NOT KNOW IF THEY ARE BEING WATCHED OR NOT. THAT IS ABOUT IT. I APPRECIATE YOUR

TIME. >> THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE? WE

WILL CLOSE THE SESSION. >> SUPERINTENDENCE COMMENT.

[A. Spring Testing Calendar]

>> A FEW THINGS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC. WE ARE UPON OUR SPRING TESTING SEASON WHICH WIL START SOON. A LOT OF ACTIVITY WILL BE TAKING PLACE IN OUR SCHOOLS AS WE INCLUDE OUR

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[B. Maximize GCPS Expo]

[C. Mock Interviews]

IT CERTAINLY IS VERY POSITIVE FOR OUR BULLDOGS AND WE ARE

[D. Reading Olympics]

[E. Town Halls]

MY REPORT. >> WE ARE NOW DOWN TO CONSENT ITEMS. I LIKE TO SEPARATE OUT PERSONNEL ACTION CONSENT ITEM HEARD ANY OBJECTIONS? I WOULD LIKE TO ANNOUNCE -- PARDON ? UP FOR APPROVAL IS THE APPOINTMENT OF OUR INTERIM SUPERINTENDENT UNTIL WE FIND A NEW SUPERINTENDENT.

>> MADAM CHAIR, MAY I MOVE THA WE APPROVE THE PERSONNEL AGENDA

AS PRESENTED? >> THANK YOU , MS. HORNE.

>> I SECOND THAT. >> WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. ALL

THOSE OPPOSED . >> I AM GOING TO MAKE A STATEMENT DR. ANDY ARMSTRONG HAS BEEN ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT FOR THE GOOCHLAN COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOR SEVEN YEARS. IN THIS ROLE HE HAS BEEN RESPONSIBLE FOR MULTIPLE ASPECTS OF OPERATION AND HUMAN RESOURCE FUNCTIONS. PRIOR TO JOINING TEAM GOOCHLAND , IN AUGUST OF 2016, DR. ARMSTRONG SERVED AS A TEACHER AND A PRINCIPAL WHERE HE GAVE EXTENSIVE MEDITATIVE EXTREMES AS A SCHOOL LEADER. WITH OUR BOAT TONIGHT , WHICH WE JUST DI , THE SCHOOL BOARD HAS APPOINTE DR. ARMSTRONG TO SERVE AS OUR ACTING SUPERINTENDENT. HE WILL SERVE IN THIS ROLE WHILE WE ENGAGE IN THE SEARCH PROCESS FOR THE NEXT SUPERINTENDENT. GOOCHLAND COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS WILL CERTAINLY BENEFIT FROM HIS STRONG, STEADY AND CONSISTENT LEADERSHIP IN THE COMING MONTHS PLEASE JOIN ME IN CONGRATULATING DR. ARMSTRONG FOR HIS APPOINTMENT.

>>

[A. Personnel Action]

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>> I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE CONSENT ITEMS SEVEN B THROUGH

G AS A SLIGHT. >> I SECOND THAT.

>> I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE SEVEN B THROUGH G AND HAS BEEN A LONG DAY. I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SAY AYE. MOTION IS CARRIED. DO NOT FIRST FOR THE INSTRUCTIONAL REPORT IS SCHOOL

[A. School Library Update]

>> ANYTHING MADAM CHAIR, DR. RALEY , DR. ARMSTRONG. IS GREAT TO SEE YOU. I GOT SOME AMAZING PEOPLE WITH ME. IT IS SCHOOL LIBRARY MONTH THIS MONTH , WHICH IS AN INCREDIBLE CELEBRATION. THESE ARE TWO OF OUR FIVE TEAMMATES. THEY DO SO MUCH WORK AND I TRY TO SUM IT UP IN A LITTLE TWO-MINUTE VIDE BUT YOU CANNOT SUM UP WHAT THEY DO IN TWO MINUTES. HOPEFULLY YOU WILL GET AN INSIGHT INTO WHAT THEY DO, THEY ARE INCREDIBLE. WOULD YOU LIKE TO ADD ANYTHING?

>> I JUST WANT TO THANK MADAM CHAIR AND THE BOARD MEMBERS , DR. RALEY AND DR. ARMSTRONG FO YOUR SUPPORT TO OUR LIBRARIES .

WITHOUT YOUR SUPPORT AND WITHOUT CONSTANT ENCOURAGEMENT WE WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO DO THE THINGS THAT WE ARE ABLE TO DO.

>>

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THERE ARE A COUPLE OF BOOK FAIR COMING UP, IF YOU WANT TO VOLUNTEER THEY WOULD BE HAPPY WITH THAT. ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FOR OUR AMAZING TEAM?

>> MADAM CHAIR , EVERY LIBRARY IS SO WARM AND WELCOMING. THAT LIBRARY IS A FUN PLACE TO BE AN EVERY SCHOOL. I AM AMAZED AT YOUR ENERGY AND YOUR NEW IDEAS. THE READING OLYMPICS WAS AN EXAMPLE OF HOW YOU BRING LITERACY WAY BEYOND CHECKING OUT A BOOK IN OUR SCHOOLS. THAN YOU FOR ALL OF THAT. JUST A REMINDER FOR PEOPLE DURING THE HYBRID YEAR OF SCHOOL, THESE PEOPLE WERE TEACHERS IN THE CLASSROOM, GOODNESS , SUCH TALENTED PEOPLE. THANK YOU FOR BEING A PART OF OUR COMMUNITY.

>> THANK YOU FOR IT >> AWESOME.

[B. Electronic Hall Pass System]

>> BOARD MEMBERS THAT IS YOUR MARCH 27TH BOARD SESSION THERE WERE QUESTIONS ABOUT THE ELECTRONIC HALL PASS . WE HAVE EXPERTS HERE TODAY, WE HAVE MIK WRIGHT WHOSE PRINCIPAL AT GOOCHLAND HIGH SCHOOL AND THE PRINCIPAL FROM THE MIDDLE SCHOO TO TELL US ABOUT HOW THIS OPERATES.

BOARD, DR. RALEY, DR. ARMSTRONG I THINK DR. RALEY I GIVING US CREDIT FOR CALLING US EXPERTS. I CAN SAY , I WILL LET MR. MASON COME UP AND COME CLOSER. MR. MASON WAS THE TRUE INNOVATOR AND GOOCHLAND MIDDLE SCHOOL WAS THE INNOVATOR OF THI PROGRAM INTO THE SECONDARY COMPLEX. WE KNOW THIS WAS A GOOD THING AT THE HIGH SCHOOL AND BECAUSE THE WAY IT IS SET UP IT ALLOWED US TO HAVE THE COLLABORATION AND COMMUNICATION THROUGHOUT THE SCHOOL AND TO COME TO THE DECISION FOR THE HIGH SCHOOL THAT THIS WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE BENEFICIAL FOR NOT ONLY OUR STUDENTS BUT FOR OUR TEACHERS A WELL. I WILL LET MR. MASON JUM IN AND HE CAN SHARE WITH YOU HO THIS ALL STARTED, AND THEN I WILL BRING IN THE HIGH SCHOOL COMPONENTS AS WELL, IF THAT IS OKAY.

>> SO YOU ALL KNOW, I AM LEARNING THE WAY TO DO THIS AS BECOME MORE SEASONED, I KNOW I CAN PULL THE ROOKIE IN . I ALS BROUGHT UP MS. BURDEN , SHE HAS BEEN PHENOMENAL AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL , GETTING THIS SPEARHEADED AND MOVING FORWARD.

REALLY THIS IS JUST A TOOL TO MAKE THE OLD WAY OF DOING SCHOO HALL PASSES A LITTLE OBSOLETE WRITING A SHEET OF PAPER AND THEN NOT GIVING YOU THE SHEET O PAPER AND THEN IT IS SOMEWHERE AROUND THE BUILDING, NOW WE HAVE IT ELECTRONICALLY SO I KNO WHAT STUDENTS ARE OUT AND I KNO WHERE THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO HAVE BEEN . OBVIOUSLY IF A STUDENT DOES NOT GET BACK IN A PARTICULAR TIME I CAN KEEP UP WITH THAT INFORMATION AND I CA LOOK AT DATA AND SEE IF WE HAVE TOO MANY PEOPLE OUT AT ONE TIME DO WE HAVE INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE OUT AND DO NOT NEED TO BE TOGETHER? THAT CAN PUT A CAP ON THAT. GMS PILOTED IT IN SPRING 2022 AND NOW WE HAVE USED IT THE WHOLE YEAR FOR THE SCHOOL YEAR AND AT THE HIGH SCHOOL THE BEGIN USING IT IN FEBRUARY . IF YOU ARE ABLE TO LOOK AT THE SCREEN YOU HAVE TWO EXAMPLES GREAT YOU HAVE THE TRADITIONAL HALL PASS, THAT IS WHAT THAT WILL LOOK LIKE . A LOT OF TIMES THIS TOOK UP TIME IN CLASS I'M TEACHING AND I HAVE TO GET THE PAPER AND HAVE TO PUT THE NAME ON THERE AND IF YOU SEE ALL OF THIS , IT IS FUNNY LOOKING AT I NOW BECAUSE AS A TEACHER THIS I WHAT I DID. THAT IS A LOT THAT WE HAVE TO DO EVERY TIME. IT IS NOW PRETTY SIMPLE IT IS , IF I GO TO THE NEXT ONE, THE BENEFIT LIMITS INTERRUPTION ,

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FIGURE THAT PIECE OUT. >> I'M GOING TO JUMP IN REAL QUICK BECAUSE I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT , WE HAD THE TRADITIONAL PASS THAT WAS THERE . WHEN YOU GO BACK TO THE SMART PASS IT IS A MATTER OF THREE CLICKS STUDENT CLICK , THEY WAN TO GO TO THE BATHROOM, ANOTHER CLICK VERSUS THE WRITING OF THE PAST, WE ARE SAVING INSTRUCTIONAL TIME. CAN YOU IMAGINE AS A TEACHER DURING THAT 10 TIMES WRITING 10 HALL PASSES DURING THE CLASSROOM STRUCTURE. ANOTHER BEAUTY OF THE SYSTEM IS , IF I NEED TO SE A STUDENT AS AN ADMINISTRATOR I IS THE SAME THING, THREE CLICKS THE TEACHER CAN SEND THE STUDEN TO MEET WITHOUT HAVING TO DISRUPT INSTRUCTIONAL TIME .

THINK THE OTHER CONVENIENCE AS FAR AS THE MINISTRATION IS CONCERNED, AS I AM IN THE HALLWAY I CAN MONITOR , ESPECIALLY WHEN IT IS NOT A TRANSITION. WE EXPECT INSTRUCTIONAL TIME TO BE SECURE AND SAFE AND WE CAN MONITOR WHO IS IN THE HALLWAY . IF A STUDEN HAS COME IN, OR THEY ARE COMIN TOWARDS ME I CAN JUST SAY HOW ARE YOU DOING? KNOWING THAT KID SHOULD BE IN THE HALL BECAUSE HE IS ON MY SCREEN AND I CAN THEN ADDRESS HIM WITHOUT HAVING TO ASK WHERE IS YOUR PASS ? WE ARE STILL LEARNING A LOT, TO BE HONEST . HAVING BEEN IN EDUCATION FOR THE NUMBER OF YEARS THAT I HAVE BEEN, THIS REALLY HAS SAVED INSTRUCTIONAL TIME IN MY OPINION BASED UPON MY EXPERIENCES FROM THAT STANDPOINT IT WAS MONEY WELL SPENT TO HAVE THE SERVICE FOR OUR SCHOOLS. WITH THE EXPERT EXPERT DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD ?

>> IT IS A GREAT PROGRAM BECAUS A LOT OF THE PINPOINTS THAT PEOPLE HAVE -- A TEACHER CAN SLIDE TO ONE OF THEIR HALL MONITOR SCREENS AND SEE WHO IS OUT AT THE TIME AND SAY THAT NO IS NOT A GOOD TIME. THEY CAN ALSO CHECK AND SEE HOW MANY TIMES THE CHILD HAS BEEN OUT FO THE DAY AND STAY IT LOOKS LIKE YOU HAVE BEEN OUT A LOT MAYBE YOU CAN WAIT UNTIL THE END OF THE LESSON. THE OTHER NICE PIECE IS HOW MUCH TIME IS GAINED IN THE CLASSROOM. THE NE DO NOT HAVE THOSE DAYS WHERE THERE ARE 20 KIDS IN THE BATHROOM , EVERYONE IS LETTING THE KIDS OUT AND IT KEEPS THE HALLS PRETTY EMPTY DURING INSTRUCTIONAL TIME. THE KIDS CA SEE HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE IN THE

LINE WHERE THEY NEED TO GO. >> THE ONLY OTHER THING THAT MIGHT BE A LITTLE DIFFERENT VERSUS MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOL , THEY CREATE THE PASS ON THEIR SCHOOL ISSUED DEVICE , WE ALLOW STUDENTS TO HAVE THEIR CELL PHONES IN TRANSITION, WHE THEY ARE IN THE HALL IT GIVES THEM ACCOUNTABILITY BECAUSE IT

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AND OUT OF MIND. >> A LOT OF TIMES THOSE PAPER COPIES WOULD GET STUFFED IN THE TRASH OR THE CLIPBOARD IS AT THE DESK OR AT THE DOOR AND NO ONE LOOKED THROUGH THEM. IT DOES LET YOU SEE IF THERE ARE REOCCURRING PATTERNS , MAYBE THERE ARE SOME ISSUES , THERE COULD BE SOME CONCERNS THAT WOULD HELP US UNDERSTAND THE KIDS HEALTH.

>> IT DOES NOT CHANGE THE EXPECTATIONS. JUST BECAUSE WE HAVE IT IN A DIGITAL PLATFORM, EXPECTATIONS ARE THERE IS ONLY ONE STUDENT OUT OF CLASS AT A TIME. IT IS NOT LIKE FOUR STUDENTS CAN CLICK ON IT AND SA I NEED TO GO, THE EXPECTATION I WE STILL FOLLOW THESE PROTOCOLS THAT ARE IN PLACE AT THE HIGH SCHOOL. IT TELLS THE KIDS THAT THEY CANNOT GO ANYWHERE , IT KIND OF TAKES THAT AWAY FROM DISRUPTING CLASS THINKING I HAV TO GO BECAUSE THEY ALREADY HAV THAT EXPECTATION IN PLACE.

>> WHAT KIND OF FOLLOW-UP DO YO HAVE IF THEY DO NOT SHOW UP ? I

THEY ARE NOT BACK AND CLASS. >> WE HAVE PROCEDURES IN PLACE AS FAR AS TARDY PROCEDURES AND BEING LATE. WE STILL USE THOS

TO ADDRESS THOSE BEHAVIORS. >> IT TAKES OUT THE DISCOURSE O STUDENT AND TEACHER OF WHEN THEY LEFT AND HOW LONG THEY WERE GONE THERE IS NO LONGER A BANTER.

>> YOU KIND OF HIT WHAT I WAS GOING TO ASK IT TELLS YOU AND ALERTS YOU THAT JD HAS BEEN GONE FOR TOO LONG --

>> HIS PASS WILL EXPIRE . >> THEN YOU CAN LOOK AT YOUR MONITOR AND SEE WHO HAS EXPIRED.

>> AND WHERE THEY ARE. >> AND THE TEACHER CAN FLAG THE AND SAY THAT WAS A TRUE TARDY OR NOT , THERE ARE OPPORTUNITIE

TO SELF-CORRECT. >> I LOVE THE FACT THAT THERE IS A RECORD, AS YOU SAID IT IS ON THE CLIPBOARD , NO ONE EVER KNEW THAT I JUST ASKED FOR MY SIXTH RESTROOM BREAK IN THE

LAST FOUR BLOCKS. >> IT IS ANOTHER ACCOUNTABILIT , SAY THE KIDS ARE OUT IN THE HALLWAY AND THE FIRE ALARM GOE OFF. NOW WE HAVE ANOTHER TOO THAT WE HAVE IN OUR POCKET SO WE KNOW 10 KIDS ARE IN THE BATHROOM, WHEN WE DO OUR ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEM AT THE EN OF THE FIRE DRILL, WE WILL KNOW WHERE JOHN SHOULD BE, WHERE THE STUDENT SHOULD BE AND WHERE THAT STUDENT SHOULD BE IT MAKES IT A LOT BETTER .

>> MADAM CHAIR , MAY I ASK A QUESTION? HOW LONG IS THE DATA ARCHIVED? DATA FROM TODAY, HOW LONG IS THAT ARCHIVED?

>> BECAUSE THERE ARE SO MANY PASSES WRITTEN EVERY DAY, THE NUMBER IS LARGE . I CAN GO BACK ALL THE WAY, BUT IT JUST TAKES A WHILE BECAUSE THE TABLE IS VERY LONG. I AM ON THE ADVISOR BOARD FOR THE COMPANY, IT IS SOMETHING IN OUR TECHNOLOGY ROOM THAT WE DO NOT GET TO HAV THAT MUCH SAY IN HOW THINGS ARE BUILT. WE MEET WITH THEM AND WE CAN TELL THEM HOW PEOPLE ARE USING IT AND WHAT DID THEY WISH AND RIGHT NOW THERE ARE DIFFERENT SETTINGS, IT IS ALL I THERE. THERE ARE SO MANY PASSES, IT IS THERE AND THEY ARE WORKING ON A DASHBOARD SCREEN SO THE ADMIN DO NOT HAV TO PULL REPORTS BECAUSE IT IS LIKE A HUGE EXPORT AND THEY AR TRYING TO CREATE A DASHBOARD BASED ON WHAT WE WOULD SUGGEST. WHAT NAMES AND NUMBERS WOULD B

HELPFUL? >> DURING COVID IT WAS HELPFUL FOR CONTACT TRACING . A LOT OF SCHOOLS WERE USING IT, NOT US.

>> MR. MASON AND MR. WRIGHT , APPRECIATE YOUR TELEPHONE USE

[02:10:01]

>> THE SCREEN THAT THEY SEE , THEY CAN SWAP OVER TO THAT TO SEE WHO IS IN THE HALL. EVEN IF YOU DID NOT HAVE A LIMIT YOU CA SAY THAT'S OKAY. THAT IS WHAT THE TEACHER WOULD SEE.

>> OUR SECURITY STAFF MEMBERS AT THE HIGH SCHOOL HAVE THAT SO

THEY CAN MONITOR IT AS WELL. >> IT IS SAVING A LOT OF PAPER.

PLEASED TO HEAR THEY ARE BUILDING IN VISUAL ANALYTIC CAPABILITIES. I'M SURE THIS WILL IDENTIFY PATTERNS, I DO NO LIKE THIS WORD, BUT HABITUAL OFFENDERS. WHAT ARE WE THINKIN ABOUT, KIDS HAVE SIX MINUTES, FOUR MINUTES --

>> FIVE MINUTES. >> IS IT NOT THE STUDENT EXPECTATION TO TAKE CARE OF WHAT YOU NEED TO TAKE CARE BETWEEN POINT A AND POINT B ? A A TEACHER I SHOULD NOT BE DEALING WITH 14 KIDS IN THE NEXT 90 MINUTES WHO NEED TO GO TO THE BATHROOM. HOW CAN WE CHANGE THOSE EXPECTATIONS SO THAT STUDENTS UNDERSTAND YOU COME IN THE DOOR AND THE NEXT TIME TO LEAVE A 75 MINUTES FRO NOW .

>> WE TRY TO ENCOURAGE THAT . W TRY TO ENCOURAGE THEM IN THAT TRANSITION TIME . IT DOES NOT HAPPEN ALWAYS. ONE THING THAT WE CREATED AT THE HIGH SCHOOL I WE ALLOW STUDENTS TO HAVE ONLY THREE BATHROOM PASSES DURING TH COURSE OF THE DAY. AT MINIMUM THEY WILL HAVE FOUR TRANSITIONS AND IF THEY HAVE TO GO THEY WILL -- IS NOT LIKE WE LET THE OUT ALL THE TIME. WE TRY TO LOO AT THE PARAMETERS , YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT I AM SAYING?

>> HEARD THE CATS. >> RIGHT, IT'S NOT LIKE WE COULD KEEP THEM FROM BEING OUT OF CLASS.

>> IT IS A DELICATE CONVERSATION. YOU MAY TALK TO SOME FAMILIES WHO SAY YOU CAN' TELL MY CHILD THEY CAN'T TAKE G TO THE BATHROOM , IT IS JUST TRYING TO FIND A BALANCE POSITION AND WHAT IS A REASONABLE. YOU HAVE SEVERAL OPPORTUNITIES USE THE RESTROOM BUT IF A CHILD NEEDS TO GO THE WILL LIKELY HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY TO GO. WE HAVE TO FIND THAT BALANCE. THERE MAY BE SOME ADJUSTMENTS AS WE

TRANSITION INTO NEXT YEAR. >> I APPRECIATE SOMETHING THAT DR. RALEY HAS DONE WITH SHADOWING A STUDENT. I THINK W WILL WANT THE STUDENT TO DO THAT. YOU GO TO TRANSITION AND GO TO THE BATHROOM AND HE NEVER COME BACK OUT. WHEN YOU START FOLLOWING A STUDENT YOU START T SEE WHAT LIFE IS LIKE ON THE HALLS GET CROWDED AND THEN I HAVE CLASSES ON THE SIDE OF CAMPUS AND I MIGHT NOT BE ABLE TO USE THE RESTROOM. I THINK ONE THING WE WANT TO MONITOR IS MORE ABUSE THEN DID YOU GO TO THE BATHROOM DURING CLASS? IT IS THE ABUSE LIKE YOU SAID SIXTH, SEVENTH, THAT IS AN ISSUE. I THINK IT HAS HELPED U TO CURB THAT A LOT. SOME KIDS GO TO THE BATHROOM A RIDICULOUS AMOUNT OF TIME DURING THE DAY.

>> SINCE WE USED THE PASS , THE HALLS LOOK CLEAR . IT LOOKS

LIKE IT HAS DONE IS PURPOSE. >> THIS IS GREAT INFO.

[C. Goochland Middle School - Good Morning Goochland!]

>> MR. MASON WE WILL LEAVE YOU UP THERE FOR AN ENCORE.

>> I AM NOT GOING TO TAKE TOO MUCH TIME UP HERE BECAUSE WE HAVE TWO AMAZING PEOPLE WHO WIL COME UP AND TALK ABOUT ONE OF THE GREAT THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON AT GOOCHLAND MIDDLE SCHOOL, WE HAVE A LOT OF GREAT THINGS GOING ON, I HAVE MR. DANTE MONTGOMERY HE IS ONE OF OUR CTE TEACHERS , MY DAUGHTER IS RARIN TO GET INTO HIS CLASS, I HAVE NOT TOLD HIM THAT YET. I AM TALKING ABOUT MY YOUNGEST WHO I A FIRST GRADER -- FOURTH-GRADE

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THEM TALK ABOUT THIS. >> THANK YOU. HELLO, EVERYONE.

WE STARTED A STUDENT NEWS PROGRAM CALLED GOOD MORNING GOOCHLAND. IT IS A THREE TO FIVE MINUTE STUDENT RUN WEEKLY NEWS BROADCAST. THEY ARE SHARING STUDENT INFORMATION, SCHOOL RELATED INFORMATION THAT THEY MAY NOT NECESSARILY HERE O THEIR OWN. IT IS IN LIEU OF MORNING ANNOUNCEMENTS. IT HAS THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, A MOMENT OF SILENCE AND WHATEVER NEWS IS COMING, IMPORTANT DATES SCHOOL RELATED INFORMATION, TH LUNCH MENU , I DO NOT THINK THE WOULD CARE ABOUT IT BUT THEY DO , AND I ACTUALLY DO. BIRTHDAY LISTS AND WHATEVER SPORTING EVENTS ARE COMING UP AND THE TIMES AND WE REMIND THEM OF EXPECTATIONS ON IF THEY CAN STA AFTER SCHOOL AND TRY OUT INFORMATION AND CLOSING . IT HAS BEEN FUN WATCHING IT GROW AND WATCHING THEIR CONFIDENCE AS THE EPISODES HAVE GONE ON.

WE STARTED THIS AT THE END OF 2022 IN DECEMBER , IT STARTED WITH FIVE STUDENTS FROM THE FIRST BLOCK CLASS, THEY WERE COMING TO MY OFFICE BECAUSE WE REALIZED WITH HIS CLASS SIZE I JUST WAS NOT GOING TO WORK TO RUN THE NEWS BROADCAST AND CLAS AT THE SAME TIME. QUIET ON THE SET CAN ONLY GO SO FAR. FIVE STUDENTS WOULD COME TO MY OFFIC AND WE WOULD PHYSICALLY SET IT UP AND WE WERE LEARNING THE TECHNOLOGY BECAUSE I DID NOT KNOW THE PROGRAM AND WE WERE TRYING TO PIECEMEAL ALL THE CAMERAS AND IPADS TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO MAKE IT WORK. HAVING OTHER HANDS AND READING DIRECTIONS WAS EXTREMELY HELPFU AND THEY HELPED PIECE IT TOGETHER. THEY HAVE A LOT OF PRIDE IN THAT AND WE TALKED ABOUT THE BRANDING AND THE GRAPHICS THAT WE ARE CREATING AND SCRIPT MATERIALS. WAS THAT CORE GROUP OF FIVE GOT US TO WHERE WE FELT WE COULD TRY, SOM KIDS FOR FROM ANOTHER BLOCK WER COMING IN AND THEY WERE LEARNIN AND PRACTICING AND RECORDING. WE SPENT A LOT OF TIME PRACTICING . OUR STUDENTS WERE THE ONES CHANGING THE SCENES, THEY ARE THE AUDIO MIXERS IN TH DIRECTOR STUDIO. THAT HAS ALWAYS BEEN MY THING TELLING THE KIDS IS DO NOT LET MY HANDS TOUCH THE COMMUTER COMPUTER , COULD BUT I DON'T WANT TO.

THEY WOULD HAVE BEEN ABLE TO TROUBLESHOOT WHY THE AUDIO DID NOT WORK ON THAT SCENE AND THEN GO TO STREAMING. THEN WE HAVE LEAD ANCHOR, YOU WILL SEE HIM TODAY, I THINK HE HAS A FUTURE.

OUR STUDENT RESPONSIBILITIES, THEY WORK WITH SCRIPT WRITING WHICH IS PULLING ANNOUNCEMENTS FOR NEXT WEEK. WE FILM ON FRIDAYS AND IT IS SHOWN ON MONDAYS. TO PREP AND GET EVERYTHING READY FOR THE EVENT ON MONDAY THEY HELP OUT A LOT.

THEY DO THE PHYSICAL SETUP OF THE STUDIO, ONE DAY MY ROOM BECAME GREEN ON A WALL AND THA WAS FROM THE KIDS. THEY ARE TH ANCHORS, STREAMING LEAD, THE Q PERSON AND THEY DO SUPPORT WIT OPENING CREDITS, END CREDITS AN BACKGROUND MUSIC. AS MUCH AS I COULD, THEY DID AND I AM PROU OF HOW MUCH THEY DID.

>> FIRST OF ALL, GOING BACK TO WHAT WAS SAID, WE STARTED OUT WITH 4-6 STUDENTS AND WE HAD T GO TRAIN THEM ALL ON THE EQUIPMENT, EVERYTHING. LEARNIN HOW TO USE, WHAT IS THAT THING?

MICROPHONES. >> I KNOW WHAT THEY ARE, I AM JUST SO FLATTERED TO BE HERE AN I'M NERVOUS. WE WENT THROUGH THE TRAINING WITH FOUR TO SIX STUDENTS AND WE HAD TO NARROW I DOWN TO THOSE WHO REALLY TOOK I SERIOUSLY AND THAT IS HOW WE GO TO 11. THEY ARE LEARNING TIME MANAGEMENT, WE HAVE A SHORT EAGLE BLOCK TO SHOOT AND WE HAV 35 MINUTES , SOMETIMES WE CAN D IT IN ONE TAKE AND SOMETIMES IT TAKES TWO OR THREE BUT THEY ARE LEARNING HOW TO MANAGE THE TIME AND GATHER INFORMATION. WE GET A LOT OF INFORMATION ON THURSDAY EVENING AND FRIDAY MORNING. WE ARE SCRAMBLING AND HITTING A SCRIPT TOGETHER , WE WORK ON THAT AND CLASS. IF WE GET A DATE WE CAN WORK AROUND

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>> YOU WILL SEE. >> THEY ALL DO A GREAT JOB BEHIND THE SCENES AND THOSE WHO ARE DOING IT ON CAMERA. THEY ARE ALSO LEARNING DIGITAL LITERACY SKILLS.

>> WE WANT TO GO FURTHER BY, - MAYBE NEXT YEAR WE WILL DO TWIC A WEEK OR EVERY DAY, THAT IS SOMETHING WE WILL DECIDE . WE WILL MAKE SURE IT IS LEGIT AND APPROPRIATE BUT WE DO WANT THEM TO DO SOCIAL MEDIA. WE WANT TO DO MORE BROADCAST , OF COURSE MIDDLE SCHOOL EVENTS, WE WANT TO GIVE THEM THE PROCESS OF GOING TO EVENTS AND BEING A PERSON WHO TAKES PICTURES AND VIDEOS, WE DID LET THEM DO THA AND O'REILLY WE HAD ON FRIDAY.

THEY ARE PUTTING TOGETHER CONTENT TO BRING FORWARD AND W WILL GO FROM THERE. WE WANT TO BRING SOME OF YOU FOR INTERVIEWS, TEACHERS, STUDENTS, INTERVIEW SEGMENTS. THAT IS WHERE WE WANT TO GO RIGHT NOW W STARTED WITH THE NEWS PROGRAM, IT IS DOING WELL AND LIKE I SAID WE WILL START FROM THERE AND GO FURTHER WITH IT THAT IS WHAT WE ARE DOING. THE EXCITEMENT THAT THEY ARE GETTIN IS EXCITING. I HAVE SEEN A LOT OF ENGAGEMENT SINCE WE HAVE STARTED, A LOT MORE WANT TO BE INVOLVED AND ON CAMERA AND THAT'S WHERE WE ARE GOING.

>> WE DO HAVE AN EPISODE -- >> THESE ARE THE STUDENTS, I DI INVITE THEM, A LOT OF THEM HAV ATHLETICS IN THE AFTERNOON AND OTHER ENGAGEMENTS. THESE ARE TH WONDERFUL 11 STUDENTS WHO ARE HANDS-ON WITH GOOD MORNING GOOCHLAND . ALL OF THEM ARE PUTTING AN INPUT. THESE ARE TH 11 , I AM NOT GOING TO CALL EVERY NAME, YOU WILL SEE THEM O CAMERA . THEY ARE DOING A GREAT JOB. AND OF COURSE ME AND MISS BIRD ARE BEHIND THE SCENES.

>> WE DO HAVE AN EPISODE . >> LET'S WATCH IT.

>> HOW MUCH TIME? >> IT IS UNDER FOUR MINUTES. I CAN FAST-FORWARD THROUGH THE BEGINNING BECAUSE WE DO NOT NEE THE PLEDGE. THE PLEDGE WILL BE PLAYED I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WAN TO STAND TO DO IT AGAIN OR JUST LISTEN.

>> GOOD MORNING GOOCHLAND. >> GOOD MORNING GOOCHLAND MIDDL

SCHOOL THIS IS WELL. >> AND I AM ELLA.

>> WE HOPE EVERYONE HAD A GREAT SPRING BREAK ADD WE HOPE YOU'R READY TO GET BACK TO SCHOOL. W WILL GET THE PROGRAM STARTED WITH THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE AND A MOMENT OF SILENCE.

>> PLEASE STAND FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.

>> I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FO WHICH IT STANDS , ONE NATION,

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>> PLEASE REMAIN STANDING FOR MOMENT OF SILENCE.

>> WE HAVE SOME INFORMATION TO COVER THIS WEEK AND WE WILL SHARE THE IS FRIDAY APRIL 14TH. THIS IS ARTIE BEEN SHARED TO PARENTS AN GUARDIANS FOR THE EIGHTH-GRADE FIELD TEST WILL BE THURSDAY APRIL 13 FOR ALL STUDENTS IN ENGLISH. THIS IS REQUIRED BY TH VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION.

>> THIS THURSDAY, APRIL 13, SIX CREDITS WILL BE GOING TO ON A

FILTER TO THE SIGNS REASON. >> HERE ARE THE DATES FOR THE UPCOMING EVENTS. EIGHTH GRADE DANCE WILL TAKE PLACE FRIDAY , MAY 19TH FROM 7:00 TO NINE A COPY A. -- FRIDAY JUNE 2ND AT 9:15 P.M. AND THEN THE FIELD TRIP TUESDAY JUNE -- WITH A RETURN TIME OF APPROXIMATELY 7:00 P.M.

>> IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS PLEASE REACH OUT.

>> THE BULLDOG BICYCLE CAMP IN BOYS AGES SEVEN TO 15 WILL BE HELD JUNE 8TH AND NINTH FROM 8:00 A.M. THROUGH 12 NOON.

REGISTRATION FORMS ARE IN THE OFFICE.

>> THE SPRING IN ACTION DRIVE CONTINUES THIS WEEK.

>> WHAT IS GOOCHLAND UNITED? I IS A TEAM OF FIFTH-GRADE STUDENTS THAT PRIORITIZE SUPPOR COMMUNITY AND WILL BE DOING SO BY HOSTING A SPRING DRIVE COLLECTION EVENT. THINGS BEEN COLLECTED INCLUDE CLOTHING, TOWELS, NEW UNDERWEAR AND SOCKS LIGHTLY WORN CHILDREN SHOES, DRY DOG FOOD, DOG BISCUITS, CAT LITTER, CAT FOOD, SMALL FOOD CANS AND PITA BUTTER.

>> THESE ITEMS ARE BEING COLLECTED AT THE FRONT OFFICE.

TAKE PLACE FRIDAY APRIL 14TH AT 8:20 A.M., THIS IS FOR STAFF ONLY. SPEAKING OF STAFF, THE BRACES SMOKE FOOD TRUCK WILL BE HERE ON CAMPUS FOR STAFF MEMBERS FRIDAY FROM 1130 TO 1:45. THIS SHOULD BE A GREAT TREAT FOR THE HARD-WORKING STAFF, I HEAR THEY HAVE GOOD BARBECUE.

>> HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO EVERYONE WHO CELEBRATED THEIR BIRTHDAYS

OVER THE BREAK. >> WE ARE ALSO WISHING A VERY HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO EVERYONE CELEBRATING THEIR BIRTHDAY THIS

WEEK. >> JUST A HEADS UP THERE WILL BE NO SALAD DURING LUNCH THIS WEEK EITHER.

>> SOFTBALL HAS TWO HOME GAMES AND BASEBALL AND GIRLS SOCCER EACH HAVE ONE. SOFTBALL HOME GAMES ARE PLAYED OUT RYAN'S COMMUNITY COLLEGE HOME CAMPUS, BASEBALL HOME GAMES ARE AT THE GOOCHLAND SPORTS COMPLEX AS I COULD GAMES ARE AT REGIONAL PARK. PLEASE COME OUT AND SUPPORT OUR EAGLES.

>> THAT'S IT FOR THIS WEEK'S GOOD MORNING GOOCHLAND.

>> WE HAVE DATA FOR ANOTHER EPISODE.

>> YES WE HAVE CREATED ENJOY THE REST OF YOUR DAY.

>> FAR, WILL HAS DONE ALL FOUR, ELLA THAT WAS THE FIRST TIME SE

YOU CAN SEE THE NERVES. >> I CANNOT THANK YOU ENOUGH FOR THIS. I CAN REMEMBER AND FALL OF 2012 WHEN WE WERE PLANNING THE PROGRAM AND I ASKE WHAT ARE THE STUDENTS GOING TO DO AND I WAS TOLD THE STUDENTS WOULD NOT BE INVOLVED AND THE

ANSWERS THEY ARE NOW. >> THERE IS NOTHING MORE IMPORTANT OF KIDS HAVING A REASON TO COME TO SCHOOL BESIDE THE REQUIRED THINGS THAT THEY MUST DO , I THINK THERE IS TRUS AND RESPONSIBILITY AND THERE IS A WELCOMING FEEL. I GET SITTING HERE LISTENING TO WHAT WAS PRESENTED. STUDENT VOICE, I DO NOT THINK WE CAN EVER TAKE I LIGHTLY , I CAN IMAGINE YOU HAV 100 KIDS WILL WANT TO BE A PART OF THIS

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>> EVERYONE IS SMILING AND EVERYONE IS ENGAGED. I CANNOT IMAGINE IT BEING DIFFERENT FROM CLASSES SO WHAT YOU HAVE DONE I FANTASTIC. I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO WHAT YOU WILL BE ABLE TO BUILD FROM THIS BECAUSE I THINK YOU HAVE GREATNESS TO COME.

>> AND BRING US MORE EPISODES.

>> THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY.

>> THANK YOU. >> WE WILL HAVE A FIVE-MINUTE

BREAK, PLEASE. >> ALL RIGHT, WE'RE UP FOR

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>> WE ARE UP TO THE INFORMATIO ITEM, WE BLEW THROUGH THE

INSTRUCTIONAL REPORTS. >> I'M SORRY. I SAW AN EYE, DOESN'T EVERYTHING START WITH A EYE?

>> THE TRUTH OF THE MATTER IS WE CAN TEACH KIDS IF WE CAN'T GET THEM TO SCHOOL AND WE CAN'T GET THEM TO SCHOOL IF THEY ARE HUNGRY AND WE CAN TEACH KIDS IF THEY ARE IN A SAFE ENVIRONMENT AND WELL MAINTAINED, ALL THAT WORKS TOGETHER, AN OPPORTUNITY TONIGHT TO HEAR FROM OUR OPERATIONAL LEADERS.

>> GOOD EVENING MADAME CHAIR AN DR. RALEY AND DR. ARMSTRONG AN

[A. Food Service Department Update]

OUR FOOD SERVICE DEPARTMENT ALWAYS STRIVES TO SERVE OUR STUDENTS AND STAFF GOOD, NUTRITIOUS FOOD. OUR CUSTOMER SERVICE IS VERY IMPORTANT TO US SO, WE TRY TO OFFER A FRIENDLY AND INVITING ATMOSPHERE. SCHOO FOOD SERVICE IS A FEDERAL PROGRAM AND WE HAVE VERY STRIC REGULATIONS THAT WE NEED TO ADHERE TO INCLUDING FOOD SAFET , MEAL COMPONENT INTEGRITY AND OUR FOODSTUFF SERVICE STAFF HA BEEN TRAINED AND ALL OF THE AREAS REGULATORY COMPLIANCE THAT FALL WITHIN THE PARTICULAR JOBS. I HAVE LISTED ARE FREE AND REDUCED PERCENTAGES .

CURRENTLY BERT IS AT 47, GS IS 32% , RANDOLPH IS 26%. GMS IS 34% AND GHS IS 30%. AND THEN PUT THE MEALS SERVED FROM AUGUST THROUGH MARCH OF THIS SCHOOL YEAR. AND I CAN'T MAKE IT GO DOWN. I DON'T KNOW WHY I HAVE SUCH TROUBLE WITH THIS. W EVEN PRACTICED. I KNOW IT IS EMBARRASSING. YOU USUALLY JUST ENTER WITH ME. THANK YOU. AUGUST AND MARCH OF THIS SCHOOL YEAR, WE HAVE SERVED 51,555 BREAKFAST MEALS AND 126,900 LUNCHES. AND YOU CAN SEE AUGUS THROUGH MARCH OF LAST SCHOOL YEAR, WE SERVED ABOUT 30,000 MORE BREAKFAST AND ABOUT 70,00

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BOTH OF THOSE WERE COMPLETED I JANUARY , THE PROCUREMENT AND FEBRUARY THE FOOD SERVICE FOR SUMMER FOOD SERVICE AND I AM HAPPY TO SAY THERE WERE NO FINDINGS. WE ARE ALMOST THERE MR. WATSON AND I WERE PANELIST IN A WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT DISCUSSION WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND INDUSTRY AS A SEGMENT OF THE VIRGINIA FOODS FOR VIRGINIA KIDS PRESENTATION AT THE S AND A CONFERENCE ON MARCH 10TH. AND THAT IS WHERE W SHARED INFORMATION ON HIRING CULINARY STUDENTS IN OUR SCHOO CAFETERIAS AND THE BENEFITS OF THE REGISTERED , EXCUSE ME, APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM FOR OUR STUDENTS AS WELL AS OUR SCHOOL CAFETERIAS. WE WERE FORTUNATE TO HAVE THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE COME SERVE LUNCH IN OUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CAFETERIAS AND DR. RALEY AS WELL BECAUSE HE HAS DONE THIS EVERY YEAR, HE HAS COME IN AND SERVED BREAKFAS AND LUNCH IN ALL OF OUR SCHOOL KITCHENS. WE CELEBRATED NATIONA BREAKFAST WEEK MARCH 6 THROUGH THE 10TH. I HAVE GOT SEVERAL UPCOMING EVENTS WHICH I AM, ACTUALLY, PRETTY EXCITED ABOUT. WE ARE GOING TO BE HOSTING THE VDOE REGION ONE NUTRITION DIRECTOR SPRING MEETING ON APRI 26TH. AND THEN IN MAY, DANNY ALLEN, MR. WATSON, AND I WILL HOST USDA'S PRODUCE SAFETY UNIVERSITY PROGRAM AS PART OF THEIR TOUR . THIS WILL BE A GROUP OF ABOUT 35 ATTENDEES FROM ACROSS THE UNITED STATES THAT WILL VISIT GOOCHLAND HIGH SCHOOL TO OBSERVE THE HYDROPONIC LETTUCE PROGRAM THA WE WILL USE IN OUR SCHOOL CAFETERIAS. AS PART OF THEIR TOUR, THEY WILL ALSO GO TO GREENSBORO GOERS PRODUCE SOURC PARTNERS AND KIRBY FARM. AND PRODUCE SAFETY UNIVERSITY , IT IS A NATIONWIDE PROGRAM THAT THEY DO ONCE A YEAR AND THEY ACTUALLY CHOOSE , LIKE, THREE PEOPLE FROM EACH STATE AND DO I IN THE THREE DIFFERENT STATES. AND I GOT TO ATTEND IN 2019 AND I WAS VERY HONORED THAT THEY ASKED TO DO IT HERE. SO, IT REALLY IS A BIG ONE. LET'S SEE WE WILL ALSO BE HOSTING THE K-12 CULINARY TEAM AS A STATEWIDE TRAINING LOCATION IN JULY. THIS IS A PART OF A NEW PROGRAM THAT IS GEARED TOWARDS CAFETERIA MANAGERS AND IT IS CALLED THE TEAM NUTRITION READINESS AND RETENTION TRAININ PROGRAM. SO, WE WILL BE PRETTY BUSY. DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS

>> MADAME CHAIR, I'M GOING TO SAY WHAT I HAVE SAID THE LAST THREE YEARS THAT YOU PRESENTED YOUR REPORT, I COULD NOT BE MOR PROUD OF THE FRIENDLY AND INVITING ATMOSPHERE THAT EXISTE IN THE HIGH SCHOOL CAFETERIA AN THAT I HAVE SEEN IN THIS ROLE IN OTHER CAFETERIAS , YOUR TEAM DOES A WONDERFUL JOB AND IT IS

EXCELLENT, THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> BOARD MEMBERS.

>> YES MADAME CHAIR, HOW MANY STUDENTS FROM OUR CULINARY DEPARTMENT ARE PARTICIPATING RIGHT NOW?

>> RIGHT NOW WE HAVE ONE. THAT IS A START.

>> WE HAVE HAD TWO IN THE PAST BUT USUALLY MR. GREENLEE WILL FIND US, HE HAS SOMEONE ALREADY LINED UP FOR NEXT SCHOOL YEAR, SO IT IS USUALLY ONE, THE MOST WE HAVE HAD AT ONE TIME WAS TWO

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WONDERFUL JOB. >> AND YOUR UPCOMING EVENTS JUST RECOGNIZE EXACTLY WHAT HE WAS SAYING THAT PEOPLE RECOGNIZE ABOUT YOUR TEAM. THEY ARE ALWAYS POLITE , PROFESSIONA , JUST DELIGHTFUL PEOPLE. AND THEY REALLY SINCERELY , SINCERELY ENJOY AND WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR CHILDREN ARE FED POINT SO, THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOUR TEAM DOES.

>> THANK YOU, I WANT TO ADD ONE MORE THING I LEFT OUT. MR. WATSON AND I HAD A MEETING WITH THE PRODUCE SAFETY UNIVERSITY TEAM A WEEK BEFORE LAST AND THEY HAVE ALSO ASKED THAT I HAV A SUNSHINE BUS THERE BECAUSE THEY WANT TO ADD A COMPONENT T THEIR TRAINING OF DIFFERENT WAY THAT CTE AND SCHOOL FOOD SERVICE CAN WORK TOGETHER TO BENEFIT OUR STUDENTS. I THOUGH

THAT WAS PRETTY COOL, TOO. >> WITH THAT, BY CHANCE, GO TO

FOOD TRUCK TYPE OF THING? >> WHAT DO YOU MEAN?

>> STUDENTS WERE ON THE CTE PROGRAM DOING A FOOD TRUCK.

>> CTE STUDENTS HAVE SERVED MEALS AT -- THE PAST TWO YEARS, SO THEY WORKED ON IT AS A FOOD TRUCK.

>> I MEAN IT COULD LEAD TO A PROFESSION, REALLY. THAT BECAM A THING WHEN THE FOOD TRUCKS G EVERYWHERE AND IT IS PRETTY LUCRATIVE FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAN FROM THE PRICES THEY CHARGE.

>> YES, ABSOLUTELY. >> THANK YOU MADAME CHAIR, THAN YOU FOR YOUR STATEMENTS, A COUPLE QUESTIONS, I KNOW THE LAST TIME WE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY THERE WERE SOME SUPPLY-CHAIN CHALLENGES FROM GETTING THE FOOD ITEMS YOU HAD ON YOUR PLANNED MENUS, HAVE THOSE RESOLVED?

>> THEY HAVE. EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE THERE ARE STILL SOME ISSUES BUT NOT LIKE THERE WAS. I CAN, GENERALLY, PLAN A MENU NOW AND KNOW THAT THE FOOD ITEM ARE GOING TO COME IN AS I

PLANNED. >> GREAT, AND HOW ABOUT THE REST, WE GO TO THE GROCERY STORE, HOW IS THE BUDGET

TRACKING? >> IT IS, KIND OF, SCARY TO BE HONEST WITH YOU. THE FOOD PRICES, THEY ARE UP, IF THEY AR UP IN THE GROCERY STORES, THEY ARE UP FOR US AS WELL.

>> AND I DON'T EXPECT YOU TO HAVE THIS DATA IN FRONT OF YOU BUT I'M CURIOUS ABOUT THE CURRENT FREE AND REDUCED LUNCH PERCENTAGES , WOULD YOU SAY THESE ARE CONSISTENT WITH RECEN YEARS, HAVE THEY INCREASED OR GONE DOWN, JUST BALLPARK POINT ACTUALLY, DISTRICT WIDE, WE AR AT 34% WHICH IS THE HIGHEST WE HAVE EVER BEEN. WE USED TO BE AROUND 28 OR 29%. SO, YES.

>> OKAY, THANK YOU FOR THAT INFORMATION.

>> MADAME CHAIR, IF I MAY, I WANT TO LIFT UP LISA LANDRUM AND AS OUR DIRECTOR OF SCHOOL NUTRITION SERVICES, 126,000 MEALS HAVE BEEN SERVED AND THERE IS ONE PERSON, ONE PERSON THAT ORDERED ALL OF THAT FOOD. THERE IS ONE PERSON THAT HAS APPROVED ALL OF THE FREE AND REDUCED LUNCH APPLICATIONS AND THERE IS ONE PERSON THAT OVERSEES COMPLIANCE WITH THE COMPLEXITIES OF STATE AND FEDERAL REGULATIONS AS YOU CAN IMAGINE AND SHE IS STANDING IN FRONT OF US RIGHT NOW. THIS IS DEPARTMENT THAT IS LED BY ONE PERSON AND AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, IT IS CERTAINLY COMPLEX AND VER DELICATE AND SHE DOES AN AMAZIN JOB. I THINK AS THE SCHOOL DIVISION MOVES FORWARD IN A FEW YEARS, WE CAN PROVIDE ADDITIONAL SUPPORT FOR HER FROM A CLERICAL STANDPOINT OR JUST FROM ANOTHER ASKED BACK OF SUPPORT. SHE DOES AN AMAZING JOB AND IS VERY COMPLEX AND LISA, WE WANT TO LIFT YOU UP TO DATE AND THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU ARE DOING PROVIDING HEALTHY AND NUTRITIOUS MEALS FOR OUR

STUDENTS. >> THANK YOU.

>> BOARD MEMBERS. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. GREAT

REPORT. >> THANK YOU. OKAY , MUSSELMAN, COME ON FORWARD, SHE IS THE LEADER OF THE 2023 GOOCHLAND COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS TEAM OF THE YEAR, WE HAD A TWO MECHANIC AND AS WELL AS THE GARAGE FOREMAN AND OTHER STAFF THERE AS I SHARED WITH THEM, THERE AR THINGS THAT HAPPEN IN SCHOOL TRANSPORTATION THAT THE AVERAGE CITIZEN DOES NOT KNOW. THE CHILDREN ARE PICKED UP IN THE MORNING, THEY ARE DELIVERED IN THE AFTERNOON BUT NOT THE AVERAGE PERSON KNOWS THAT ROSIE IS DRIVING AND THE MECHANICS OF DRIVING AND THE ROUTING SPECIALIST IS DRIVING AND THEY DO IT WITH LITTLE FANFARE. A PITCH IN AS A TEAM AND THEY MAK IT HAPPEN. SO, THEY TRULY ARE THE BACKBONE OF THE SCHOOL DIVISION AND YOU CANNOT TEACH KIDS IF THEY ARE NOT IN SCHOOL. AND ROSIE, WE WANT TO THANK YO FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP. AND WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO HEARING ABOU THE HIGHLIGHTS OF YOUR PROGRAM TONIGHT.

>> THANK YOU, GOOD EVENING, MEMBERS. I JUST WANTED TO TAKE THE TIME TO CONGRATULATE YOU DR. RALEY AND JUST THANK YOU FOR SUPPORTING OUR DEPARTMENT. YOU HAVE GIVEN US THE TOOLS .

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EXCUSE ME, CONGRATULATIONS DR. RALEY AND CONGRATULATIONS DR.

ARMSTRONG AND THANK YOU ALL FO YOUR SUPPORT. OUR FOCUS THIS REPORTING PERIOD CONSISTED OF IMPLEMENTING TABLETS ON A SCHOO BUS IS TO MAXIMIZE EFFICIENCY AND THE ROUTING PROCESS. WHICH HAS GIVEN US THE ABILITY TO BE ABLE TO TRACK TIME SHEETS A LITTLE BIT MORE BETTER AND WE ARE VERY HOPEFUL THAT BY THIS FRIDAY, OUR PARENTS HAVE THE ACCESS TO THE GPS PARENT AT. W ALSO FOCUS ON IMPROVING OUR VEHICLE FLEET. EXCUSE ME. CAN

I COME BACK? >> TAKE YOUR TIME, ROSIE. LET' BRING MR. STEELY FORWARD. AND ANDY TALKED ABOUT THAT TRIP WE TOOK AROUND THE SCHOOL DIVISION AND ONE OF THE THINGS I SHOWED WAS YOU SEE THOSE WEEDS RIGHT THERE, WE GOT TO GET RID OF THOSE WEEDS. AND WE REALLY HAVE DONE A GREAT JOB OF MAINTAINING OUR FACILITIES BECAUSE OF THE INVESTMENTS IN OUR COMMUNITY AN TODD HAS PROVIDED LEADERSHIP I SOME REALLY CHALLENGING TIMES OVER THE COURSE OF THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE A SAFE ENVIRONMENT AND CLEAN ENVIRONMENT FIRST EVIDENC AND STAFF TO BE A PART OF. SO PLEASE GIVE US SOME UPDATES.

>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THE PROGRESS OF THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL HAS BEEN MOTIVATING FOR THE ENTIRE FACILITY TEAM. IT HA BEEN AMAZING TO SEE HOW MUCH WORK THEY HAVE DONE IN SUCH A SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME. WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH THEM AND THE TEAM TO REGULARLY AND DEVELOPE A REALLY STRONG, ACCOMMODATING RELATIONSHIP WITH THEM. IT WILL BE VERY IMPORTANT DURING THE BUILD BUT ALSO FOR MY TEAM, REALLY THE FIRST YEAR OF OCCUPANCY, THAT IS WHAT MAKES O BREAKS A BUILDING. IT IS LIKE A BABY. THAT FIRST YEAR IS SO FUNDAMENTAL AND IT IS SUCH A TRAJECTORY FOR THE ENTIRE LIFE OF THE BUILDING. THIS HAS TO BE DONE WELL. DURING THE LARGE PROJECT, THE CUSTODIAL MAINTENANCE TEAMS HAVE CONTINUE TO MAINTAIN A VERY HIGH STANDAR OR STANDARDS OF EXCELLENCE THAT GOOCHLAND SCHOOLS ARE KNOWN FOR. WE HAVE CLOSED OVER 100 WORKORDERS EVERY MONTH ALONG WITH A PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANC MAXIMIZING THE LIFE OF ALL OF OUR EQUIPMENT. IN MARKET CONDITIONS HAVE NOT CHANGED TO MUCH SINCE THE LAST REPORT. HVAC AND ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT I STILL THE BIG THING. EVERYTHING ELSE IS A LITTLE EASIER TO COM BY THEN IT WAS THE LAST TWO YEARS. I WILL SAY PRICING HAS

[C. Facilities/Maintenance Department Update]

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>> MR. STEELY, HOW MANY MEMBER ARE ON YOUR TEAM?

>> THERE IS FIVE ON THE MAINTENANCE TEAM AND ABOUT A DOZEN FULL-TIME CUSTODIANS AND ABOUT 15 TO 18 FULL-TIME OR I MEAN, PART-TIME CUSTODIANS DEPENDING ON THE STAFFING.

ABOUT 40 ALTOGETHER. >> THAT IS AMAZING. ALL OF THAT

DONE. >> WE ARE LEAN BUT MEAN.

>> AND TALENTED. >> THANK YOU, SIR.

>> THANK YOU. >> ANYBODY ELSE?

>> JUST A QUESTION, ANOTHER RANDOLPH GENERATOR PROJECT HAS BEEN DELAYED. DO WE HAVE SAID GENERATOR AND WE ARE WAITING ON

A SWITCH OR SOMETHING? >> YES, TWO MAJOR PARTS. THREE THINGS THAT HUNG US UP. THE EXTENDED FUEL TANK SO WE GO SEVEN DAYS AND THE TRANSFER SWITCH WHICH REALLY IS NOT THA BIG OF A DEAL BUT THE ONE THAT IS UPSETTING AND I'M WORKING WITH AN ENGINEER IS BEFORE THER WAS JUST TWO AND THEN ABOUT SIX MONTHS AGO, THEY SAID AND THE 800 AND CIRCUIT BREAKER SO, WH DON'T WE HEAR FROM THAT EARLIER SO I WILL BE WORKING WITH THEM TO GET DOWN TO THE BOTTOM OF THAT. AT THE END OF THE DAY, I IS INDUSTRYWIDE, ESPECIALLY THE ELECTRICAL , THE HIGHER AMPERAG AND SERVICE YOU GET, THE HARDER THE EQUIPMENT IS BECOMING TO

GET. >> YES, THE NUMBER ON THE NEW PLAN AND MASTER SWITCH WAS A LONG PULL ON THE 10.

>> EXACTLY. >> MY LAST QUESTION IS ISLAND DELIGHTED TO SEE THE REMOVAL OF THE LEARNING COTTAGE OUT AT BYRD. SO WE HAVE ALL OF OUR STUDENTS INSIDE THE

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>> THANK YOU, THANK YOU. >> I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I KNOW THE LAST THREE YEARS HAVE SEEMED TO BE A BLUR BUT I DON'T THINK THEY COULD HAVE HAPPENED WITHOUT YOUR LEVE OF ORGANIZATION AND PROFESSIONALISM YOU BROUGHT TO THE DEPARTMENT. YOU KNOW, IT I JUST VERY CLEAR THAT YOU NOT ONLY ARE SKILLED AND CAPABLE O DOING SO MANY OF THESE THINGS BUT YOU CARE AND THAT IS WHAT COMES THROUGH. AND THAT IS WHAT IS VISIBLE TO THE REST OF THE COMMUNITY. JUST HOW MUCH YOU CARE ABOUT OUR FACILITIES AND WHAT THIS DOES FOR OUR COMMUNITY, ESPECIALLY A SMALL COMMUNITY LIKE GOOCHLAND, THER IS NOT A LOT OF THINGS AROUND FOR US TO LOOK AT AND THINK THI IS PUBLIC WORKS IN ACTION. OUR SCHOOLS ARE THAT AND PROBABLY MORE SO THAN ANYTHING ELSE IN THE COUNTY. WHAT YOU HAVE DONE REALLY MAKES THAT A POINT OF PRIDE FOR EVERYBODY.

>> I WOULD LIKE TO BUILD ON THAT. JUST TALKING ABOUT THE TEAM, I HAVE USED THIS PHRASE S OFTEN WITH DR. ARMSTRONG AND DR RALEY. I CAN TEACH SOMEBODY MOS ANYTHING. YOU CAN'T TEACH SOMEONE TO CARE. AND THIS FACILITY TEAM CARES SO MUCH.

AND AS A RESULT, YOU CAN SEE IT

>> THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND YOUR EFFORTS.

>> ANYONE ELSE? THANK YOU, TODD.

>> ALL RIGHT, I AM BACK. I THOUGHT HE WAS GOING TO CRY. I WAS GOING TO SAY, YES. QUICK SHOUT OUT TO THE MAINTENANCE TEAM, THEY ARE JUST AMAZING. EVERY TIME I ASKED TODD

[B. Transportation Department Update]

WE HAVE ISSUED SIX SCHOOLBUS STOP ARM VIOLATIONS. ALL HAVE BEEN PAID FOR. ASKING THE PUBLIC TO PLEASE SLOW DOWN WHEN YOU SEE THE YELLOW WARNING LIGHTS AND TO BECOME TO A COMPLETE STOP WHEN THEY CHANGE TO RED. FOR THIS REPORTING PERIOD, WE SERVICED ABOUT 149 ATHLETIC FIELD TRIPS AND 70 FIELD TRIPS FROM NOVEMBER TO MARCH. SO, I JUST WANTED TO, KIND OF, HIGHLIGHT WHAT ARE OFFICE PERSONNEL, MECHANICS, ATHLETIC DIRECTORS, OTHER TEACHERS OR COACHES, WHAT THEY DO FOR US TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN. CHARLENE FLEMING WHICH IS OUR ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT WHOSE IS SHARED BETWEEN TRANSPORTATIO AND MAINTENANCE HAS COVERED ON 57 DAYS ROUTE. OUR DISPATCHER MISS CANDACE CARTER, HAS COVERE ABOUT 44 DIFFERENT DAYS AND OU SHOP FOREMAN HAS COVERED ABOUT NINE DAYS INCLUDING TWO TRIPS.

MYSELF, I HAVE COVERED ABOUT 11 DAYS. AND ONE OF OUR MECHANICS HAS COVERED FOUR DAYS AND BETWEEN DAN SUMMITT AND JOE FOWLER, THEY HAVE COVERED 29 TRIPS. AND OTHER TEACHERS OR COACHES HAVE COVERED ABOUT 33 TRIPS AND 11 OTHER TEACHERS HAVE COVERED AT LEAST ONE OTHER TRIP. SO, I DID WANT TO POINT OUT THAT IT IS NOT JUST TRANSPORTATION SCHOOLBUS DRIVERS, VEHICLE DRIVERS , IT I ALSO ATHLETIC DIRECTORS AND OTHER COACHES OR TEACHERS. WE ARE VERY THANKFUL FOR ANY COACH OR TEACHER THAT, YOU KNOW, CAME FORWARD AND SAID WE WILL DRIVE FOR YOU. HERE IS OUR DRIVERS LICENSE AND SO WE DO MONITOR THAT. BUT I DID WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THAT IT IS NOT JUST TRANSPORTATION, IT IS G CPS. OUR DAILY OPERATIONS CONSIST O 65 ACTIVE EMPLOYEES, 59 ACTIVE SCHOOL BUSES AND 61 ACTIVE VEHICLES. FOR FUTURE PROJECTS WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO CONSOLIDATE ROUTES FOR EFFICIENCY. WE HOPE THAT WITH THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE TABLE , THAT WILL HELP US A GREAT DEA WITH RIDERSHIP WOULD AND CONTINUE TO BREAD EXCELLENT CUSTOMER SERVICE BY HIRING AND RETAINING HIGHLY QUALIFIED AND SKILLED EMPLOYEES. AND, OF COURSE, THIS SUMMER WE WILL TAK ADVANTAGE OF TRAINING OUR PERSONNEL. OKAY, ANY QUESTIONS UTMOST TO GET DRIVERS, BUT IS THERE ANYTHING THAT THE BOARD CAN DO TO HELP YOU GET DRIVERS?

>> CONTINUE ADVOCATING THAT WE NEED MORE SCHOOLBUS DRIVERS. IT IS HARD . A SCHOOLBUS DRIVER HA TO GO THROUGH TRAINING , BACKGROUND CHECKS, THEY HAVE T HAVE A GOOD DRIVING RECORD.

THEY HAVE TO PASS CERTAIN TEST AT THE DMV SO IT IS A PROCESS.

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>> MADAM CHAIR. I WOULD SEE EVERY MORNING ARRIVING AT SCHOOL, DRIVERS CHECKING THE BUSES AND I NEVER ASKED THE QUESTION UNTIL NOW BUT HOW MUC ARE THEY CHECKING EVERY MORNING FROM FRONT TO BACK AND TOP TO BOTTOM?

>> THEY STILL HAVE TO DO IT AND ACTUALLY, OUR NEW BUSES HAVE TH CHILD CHECK REMINDER SO BEFORE THEY ARE ABLE TO EXIT A SCHOOLBUS, THE ALARM WILL START GOING OFF .

>> I JUST GET IN THE CAR AND TURN THE IGNITION ON, I DON'T LOOK AT THE LIGHTS AND THE WIPERS AND EVERYTHING BUT THEY DO AN AMAZING JOB. THANK YOU AL SO MUCH.

>> I APPRECIATE THE PROFESSIONALISM AND I KNOW WHE I AM TRYING TO DRIVE ON ROADS I MY SUBARU AND THEY ARE DRIVING A MASSIVE BUS FULL OF CHILDREN. THAT JUST BLOWS MY MIND. AND EVERY TIME I SEE THEM, THEY ARE SMILING AND FOCUSED. THEY ARE TRUE PROFESSIONALS GETTING OUR CHILDREN TO AND FROM SCHOOL SAFELY EVERY DAY. AND THEY ARE THE FIRST PEOPLE OUR CHILDREN SEE FROM THE SCHOOL AND THE LAST MANY DAYS. SO, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TEAM AND THANK YOU FOR STEPPING UP ON THOSE DAYS AND MAKING SURE THAT PROCESS CAN HAPPEN AND WE CAN GET TO SCHOOL

AMAZING TEAMWORK. >> AND THE BIG BUSES ON THE BAC NARROW ROADS IN THE WESTERN PAR OF THE COUNTY.

>> HIGHLY SKILLED, YOU HAVE GO TO BE HIGHLY SKILLED AND WE THINK OUR TRAINER JOE JOHNSON BECAUSE HE HAS HIS TRAINING TO THE T AND I HAVE ACTUALLY TRAINED WITH THEM THIS YEAR AND HE HAS TAUGHT ME THINGS. SO, VERY SKILLED. IT TAKES PRACTICE SKILLS, AND JUST CONTINUOUS TRAINING.

>> YOU HAVE A GREAT DEPARTMENT.

>> THAT IS TRUE. I'M GOING TO SAY SOME OF THE SAME THINGS I SAID TO TODD JUST A MINUTE AGO. YOUR LEVEL OF PROFESSIONALISM, ORGANIZATION, HAS MADE INCREDIBLE STRIDES IN YOUR DEPARTMENT AND FOR THE ENTIRE SCHOOL'S VISION. AND I THINK YOU HAVE SOME OF THE MOST DEDICATED PEOPLE. I THINK THAT IS TRUE FOR MOST DEPARTMENTS AROUND HERE BUT IT IS VERY EVIDENT THAT NOT ONLY ARE THEY DEDICATED BUT THEY CARE. AND I IS VERY CLEAR THAT YOU HAVE BEE ABLE TO HOLD EVERYTHING TOGETHER WHICH IS A MUCH GREATER TASK THAN ANYBODY PROBABLY EVER REALIZES. BUT YOU ALL SHOULD BE COMMENDED TOP TO BOTTOM, EVERYONE IN YOUR ENTIRE DEPARTMENT. ESPECIALLY YOU FOR HOLDING IT ALL TOGETHER AND ORGANIZING IT AND MAKING IT SOMETHING THAT IS SO VALUABLE TO US.

>> THANK YOU. >> MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU, ROSIE. I ALWAYS APPRECIATE YOU REPORTS. AND RIDERSHIP, WOULD YOU SAY IT IS UP OR DOWN OR HOW ARE WE DOING?

>> IT IS ABOUT THE SAME. >> HOW ARE FUEL COSTS TRACKING? PROBABLY WILL SURPASS IT BECAUS WITH BILLING, I THINK WE ARE ONE MONTH BEHIND SO WE WILL SURPASS IT POINT I JUST DID A QUICK TALLY, 200 DAYS COVERED B NON-BUS DRIVERS SO, FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU TO ADMINISTRATIV ASSISTANTS, DISPATCHERS, MECHANICS, DIRECTORS, COACHES, SO FORTH FOR DOING THAT. IT, DEFINITELY, HIGHLIGHTS THE NEED FOR US TO HAVE AND I KNOW I ALWAYS SEE THE BUS WITH THE SIGN. HIRING BUS DRIVERS SO I KNOW YOU ARE DOING WHAT YOU CAN WE NEED TO GET A WORD OUT TO THE COMMUNITY ABOUT THE HIRING. 59 BUSES, 61 VEHICLES . TALK T ME ABOUT 61 VEHICLES. IS THAT LIKE --

>> THAT INCLUDES EVERY SINGLE VEHICLE AND THAT INCLUDES MAINTENANCE, NUTRITION, I.T., CARPAL CARS, PUPIL TRANSPORTATION , SO, IT IS ALL TRANSPORTATION.

>> OKAY, AND THE SCHOOL BUS STOP ARM VIOLATIONS, TO MY UNDERSTANDING, THOSE FINES DO NOT GO THROUGH THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE CAN YOU TALK TO ME A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT PROCESS AND HOW WE HAVE ANY ENFORCEMENT THERE IF WE ARE NOT THE SHERIFF

IN TOWN? >> SURE, I'M ACTUALLY ABLE TO

[03:10:03]

SHERIFF'S OFFICE? >> THAT IS CORRECT WORD

>> WHAT IF SOMEONE WANTS TO CHALLENGE OR APPEAL THAT? THROUGH YOU OR THERE IS AN ARBITRATOR?

>> YES, THEY CAN DO THAT. >> ASKED THESE QUESTIONS BECAUS I HAD A CITIZEN CONTACT ME LAST WEEK ABOUT THIS AND I WAS IGNORANT TO THE FACT THAT WE DI THIS. THEY SAID I THOUGHT THAT WOULD HAVE COME FROM THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE.

>> TYPICALLY, THEY CALL ME AND AM ALWAYS OPEN FOR THEM TO VIEW THE VIDEO AND IF THEY WANT TO CHALLENGE IT. AND I WALK THEM

THROUGH THE PROCESS. >> THANK YOU, ROSIE. I

APPRECIATE IT. >> THE BOARD MEMBERS ARE RESEARCHING DIFFERENT OPTIONS. THAT IS INTENSIVE WHEN WE HAVE TRUE LABOR DEMAND SO THERE ARE THIRD PARTIES THAT DO THAT BILLING ON BEHALF OF THE SCHOO DIVISIONS AND THEY INSTALL CAMERAS. SO, THAT IS SOMETHING WE ARE CONSIDERING AS WE LOOK A

STAFF MOVING FORWARD. >> DOES IT ESCALATE TO THE

COURTS? >> WHEN I WAS DRIVING, I HAD T

GO TO COURT SEVERAL TIMES. >> ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU, ROSIE.

OKAY, BOARD MEMBERS, NEXT ON YOUR AGENDA IS SOMETHING YOU REQUESTED OF STAFF OF THE WORK SESSION AND THE CONSENSUS OF TH

[D. Draft Guidelines for Student Support]

>> BOARD MEMBERS, ANY COMMENTS OR DISCUSSION?

>> JUST A FEW OBSERVATIONS, UNFORTUNATELY, I FEEL LIKE THIS FALLS SHORT OF EXPECTATIONS FO A COMMUNITY TO HAVE A POLICY ISSUED BY THE SCHOOL BOARD. SO, I WANT TO FIRST LET YOU KNOW A THE SITTING MEMBER ON THE BOARD WHO HAS ASKED FOR THAT POLICY, WILL CONTINUE TO ADVOCATE FOR THAT BECAUSE I BELIEVE THAT IT IS IN ALIGNMENT WITH YOUR EXPECTATIONS. THE OTHER THING I THAT THE SUMMARY DOES NOT ACKNOWLEDGE THAT A STUDENT IS NOT REQUIRED TO APPLY FOR A SUPPORT PLAN. THEY MAY, AT WILL CHOOSE A BATHROOM THAT ALIGNS TO THEIR GENDER IDENTITY. THERE IS NO MECHANISM TO PROHIBIT OR MONITOR THAT PROCESS. I HAVE ASKED FOR THAT LANGUAGE TO BE ADDED, I WAS ACCUSED OF BEING DISCRIMINATORY AND THE SPIRIT OF THAT LANGUAGE BEING ADDED IS NOT ABOUT BEING DISCRIMINATORY, IT IS ABOUT BEING TRANSPARENT.

FURTHERMORE, I HAD ASKED FOR LANGUAGE TO BE ADDED THAT SAYS AT THE END OF THE FIRST GRAPH THAT ALL SCHOOL SPONSORED EVENT WILL BE -- THERE ARE PROTECTIONS UNDER STUDENT ATHLETICS. THAT IS CHANGING. JUST LAST WEEK WE HEARD FROM TH FEDERAL GOVERNMENT THAT TITLE I WILL BE EVOLVING AT JUST PUTTIN SOME EXPECTATIONS OUT THERE ABOUT PARTICIPATION IN SPORTS THAT MAY NOT ALIGN WITH ONE'S BIOLOGICAL SEX. SO, SOME OF THESE THINGS HAVE NOT BEEN INCLUDED AND I WOULD ASK THAT AS THIS IS STILL IN DRAFT FORM, WE THINK ABOUT MAKING THOSE

CHANGES. >> BOARD MEMBERS.

>> MADAM CHAIR, THE DRAFT PORTION IS THE SUMMARY THAT I

[03:15:09]

THIS HAS BEEN WORKING AND THERE IS NO WORKING OR NO REASON THAT WE NEED TO CREATE ADDITIONAL TURMOIL OR CHAOS OR GENERATE ATTENTION ON STUDENTS WHO ARE TRYING TO GROW UP AND FIGURE OUT THEMSELVES . WE HAVE RULES TO KEEP KIDS SAFE AND WE TEACH OUR CHILDREN TO BE RESPECTFUL AND WE TEACH OUR CHILDREN TO FOLLOW THE CODE OF CONDUCT AND WE SAW PLENTY OF PHOTOS THIS EVENING OF OUR CHILDREN WITHIN THE SCHOOL BUILDINGS AND I DID NOT SEE ON OF THEM LOOKING AFRAID OR NOT HAPPY ABOUT BEING WITH THEIR CLASSMATES. THIS IS WHAT IS HAPPENING IN OUR SCHOOL AND GOOD THINGS ARE HAPPENING IN OU SCHOOL. THIS IS A SUPPORT PLAN THAT EXISTS AND IS WORKING. IT IS NOT OUR JOB AS SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS TO MAKE JUDGMENTS ABOU STUDENTS WHEN THE PARENT AND THE STUDENT ARE WORKING WITH THE FACULTY AND THE ADMINISTRATION AS NEEDED .

>> BOARD MEMBERS. >> MADAM CHAIR, WITH THE OPPORTUNITY TO DISCUSS THIS A MARCH 27TH AT THE END OF THE EVENING, WE WERE RELUCTANT TO COME TO ANY REAL CONCLUSION BECAUSE WE WERE NOT LOOKING AT WHAT HAD BEEN IN USE OR IN WRITING. AT THIS POINT YOU KNO WE HAVE THE DRAFT GUIDELINES AN WE HAVE THE STUDENT SUPPORT PLA THAT TO MY KNOWLEDGE IN SOME SHAPE OR FORM HAS BEEN IN USE FOR ABOUT 12 YEARS. I FELT COMFORTABLE WITH WHAT WAS DRAFTED BY THE STAFF BECAUSE I DOES NOT DRAW UNNECESSARY ATTENTION TO STUDENTS BUT IT PROVIDES AN OPPORTUNITY FOR CARE FOR A STUDENT WHO MAY EXPRESS THAT NEED OR WE MAY NEE TO COME TO UNDERSTAND THAT NEED SO, I THINK THIS IS A GOOD FIRST STEP. I DON'T KNOW WHAT MAY BE ADDED, YOU SAID TITLE IX CHANGES AND I READ THE ARTICLE AS WELL BUT WE DON'T HAVE THAT IN FINAL FORM YET THOUGH THIS COULD HAVE TO CHANGE AGAIN IN SOME WAY. BUT AS A STARTING POINT AND TO THE OF TRANSPARENC , ANYONE CAN NOW READ WHAT HAS BEEN SUCCESSFUL IN SUCCESSFULL WORKING WITH STUDENTS. THIS IS WHAT IT IS. AND I SUPPORT WHAT WHAT WE HAD PRESENTED TO US.

RALEY , DOESN'T THE VHSL SET THE RULES FOR WHO CAN

PARTICIPATE IN ATHLETICS? >> YES.

>> AND WE HAVE ANY POLICY THAT ADDRESSES WHO CAN PARTICIPATE I

ATHLETICS? >> IF WE WERE CONFRONTED WITH THAT QUESTION, WE WOULD FOLLOW THE GUIDELINES ESTABLISHED BY THE VIRGINIA HIGH SCHOOL LEAGUE

>> SO, THIS IS SOMETHING, THE PARTICIPATION IN THE IDEAS THAT THINGS MAY BE CHANGED IS HANDLE BY ANOTHER ASSOCIATION

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SCHOOLS IS THAT CORRECT? >> THAT IS CORRECT, YES.

>> YES, THANK YOU. >> ANY OTHER COMMENTS?

>> MADAM CHAIR, I JUST WANT T FOLLOW-UP. A COUPLE OF THINGS.

IT HAS BEEN WORKING, I WOULD LOVE TO KNOW HOW WELL THIS WAS WORKING AND NO ONE KNEW ABOUT I AND THEY ARE CONTACTING ME AND GRANDPARENTS ARE COMING TO PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD AND ANOTHER ONE SAID THERE'S STUDENT DOESN'T EVEN GO TO THE BATHROOM IN THE SCHOOL DAY. AND WE HAVE AN ANONYMOUS TIP LINE, THE KIDS SHOULD REPORT IT WHEN HAVE A PROBLEM. THE KIDS SHOUL NOT HAVE TO BE BURDENED WITH THAT. WE WONDER ABOUT THE MENTAL HEALTH SITUATION FOR OUR YOUNG PEOPLE AND WE WANT TO BURDEN THAT WE DON'T NEED TO PROTECT ANY OF THE KIDS, THEY WILL WORK IT OUT FOR THEMSELVES HEARD MAKE JUDGMENTS, I AM NOT ASKING US TO MAKE JUDGMENTS, I AM ASKING US TO ESTABLISH POLICY. MANY OTHER POLICIES PUT FORTH BY THE SCHOOL BOARD DIRECT THE OPERATIONS AND PRACTICES WITHIN OUR SCHOOLS WOULD . I WOULD DARE SAY ALL OF THEM DO, THAT IS THE PURPOSE OF THE POLICIES. THAT IS TO GOVERN WHAT IS HAPPENING WITHIN OUR SCHOOLS. I ALSO SUBMITTED A POLICY AND YOU HEARD ME SPEAK ABOUT IT TWO WEEKS AGO. IT WAS CLOSELY ALIGNED TO WHAT HANOVER HAS DONE , THAT WAS NOT AN ACCEPTABLE SOLUTION BY MY FELLOW BOARD MEMBERS SO WE DID NOT GAIN TRACTION BUT FOR THE RECORD, I WANT TO KNOW THAT I DID SOCIALIZE THAT. I WOULD LIK AN ACKNOWLEDGMENT FROM THIS ADMINISTRATION THAT THERE IS NO ENFORCEMENT MECHANISM. I WANT PUBLIC ACKNOWLEDGMENT , IF WE ARE GOING TO SAY IT IS WORKING, WE ALSO HAVE TO SAY WE DON'T HAVE A MECHANISM THAT REQUIRES STUDENT TO FOLLOW A PLAN TO GAI ACCESS TO FILE A BATHROOM THAT IS DIFFERENT FROM THEIR

BIOLOGICAL SEX. >> I DON'T WANT TO BE PREACHED

ABOUT THE LAW. >> MISS ALLEN, YOU CANNOT DISRESPECT MY COMMENTS. I LET YOU ROLL ON LAST MEETING AND I DID NOT DISRUPT OR COMMENT NEGATIVELY ON YOUR COMMENTS. SO

I EXPECT THE SAME RESPECT . >> VERY WELL.

>> THANK YOU, WE DISCUSSED THE HANOVER POLICY AND WE ALSO HEAR FROM A LAWYER COULD WE SPENT COUNTY FUNDS TO HEAR FROM A LAWYER TO ADDRESS YOUR QUESTION ON THIS POLICY. OKAY? SO, I THINK THAT WE HAVE FROM JANUARY , WHEN YOU POSTED ON YOUR SCHOO BOARD FACEBOOK PAGE , NOT YOUR CANDIDATE PAGE, YOUR SCHOOL BOARD FACEBOOK PAGE , YOU POSTE A QUESTION WHICH YOU SEEM TO B FEEL VERY INNOCENT ABOUT. BUT THE PROBLEM WITH THAT QUESTION IS THAT YOU DISRESPECTED , NUMBER ONE, YOU DISRESPECTED THIS ENTIRE BOARD. REMEMBER, THE ONLY AUTHORITY YOU HAVE LIES IN THE CORPORATE ACTION OF THE SCHOOL BOARD. YOU HAVE NO LEGAL AUTHORITY TO ACT ALONE UNLESS THE BOARD AS A WHOLE SPECIFICALLY DELEGATES A TASK T YOU. SO, SINCE JANUARY, WE HAV BEEN DEALING WITH LENGTH AND PUBLIC COMMENT TIMES AND WE HAVE BEEN DEALING WITH FAMILIE FEELING VERY , VERY WORRIED ABOUT THEIR CHILDREN. THEIR CHILDREN BEING BULLIED , WE HAV HAD UNNECESSARY ATTENTION ON SITUATIONS OR SITUATION THAT I NOT CHAOS OR TURMOIL IN OUR SCHOOLS. YOU CALLED ME AND YOU YELLED AT ME ON THE PHONE, YOU HUNG UP ON ME ON THE PHONE REGARDING YOUR QUESTION ABOUT BATHROOM USAGE. OKAY? THIS HA GONE ON A LONG, LONG TIME. WE HAVE INCREDIBLE WORK TO DO IN THE SCHOOL DIVISION. WE ALSO GREATLY RESPECT THE SAFETY AND PRIVACY OF EVERY SINGLE STUDENT THERE IS WORK GOING ON IN THE SCHOOLS EVERY SINGLE DAY. WE HEARD FROM OUR ADMINISTRATORS TODAY SOME OF THE GREAT WORK THEY ARE DOING TO MONITOR STUDENTS IN THE HALL. YOU HEAR THEM MAKE SPECIFIC STATEMENTS THAT SHOULD HAVE GIVEN YOU SOM REAL INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT IS

[03:25:04]

YOU. >> I THINK YOUR SUGGESTIONS, MISS ALLEN, WOULD EXPOSE US TO THE POSSIBILITY OF BEING SUED AND I AM NOT IN A POSITION TO RECOMMEND A POLICY THAT WILL SE US UP FOR A LAWSUIT THAT WOULD BE EXTREMELY EXPENSIVE. AND IT IS IN DIRECT VIOLATION OF THE THINGS THAT HAPPENED IN GLOUCESTER COUNTY. AND OUR ATTORNEYS HAVE TALKED ABOUT THAT SO WHY YOU KEEP PERSISTING ABOUT ADDING SOMETHING TO OUR POLICY THAT WOULD NOT WORK AND WOULD EXPOSE US TO A POSSIBLE LAWSUIT, I DO NOT KNOW. ANY OTHER COMMENTS?

[03:30:10]

>> JUST A REMINDER, THIS IS FOR INFORMATION. CAN I TRUST OUR ADMINISTRATORS? I TRUST THE RELATIONSHIP THEY HAVE WITH THE STUDENTS AND THE STAFF. AND YES, EVERYONE IS HUMAN AND YES SOMETHING COULD HAPPEN . WE DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO PREVENT THAT FROM HAPPENING AND WE WILL DEAL DIRECTLY WITH ANYTHING THAT HAPPENS. I AM VERY SURE O THAT. I APPRECIATE ALL OF OUR FAMILIES AND OUR PARENTS WHO DO SUCH A GREAT JOB EVERY DAY WORKING WITH THEIR KIDS. IF WE TALK TO THEM ABOUT BULLYING, I THINK THEY ARE GOING TO BE RESPONSIBLE PARENTS AND TALK WITH THEIR CHILDREN AND GUIDE THEM. I THINK THAT OUR FAMILIES OF CHILDREN WHO HAVE SPECIAL NEEDS WHETHER THEY BE TRANSGENDER OR SOME PHYSICAL NEED, I JUST ADMIRE THEM SO MUCH FOR BEING SUCH COURAGEOUS AND LOVING FAMILY PARENTS OF THEIR CHILDREN. THEY ARE PARENTING EVERY SINGLE DAY AND THEY ARE LOVING THEIR CHILDREN LIKE EVERY OTHER PARENT. WE AL LOVE OUR CHILDREN WE ALL WANT THEM SAFE AND WE ALL WANT TO CONTINUE TO DO WHAT IS BEST. YES, THE LAWS COULD CHANGE AND YES, WE MIGHT HAVE TO CHANGE THIS SUPPORT PLAN AND WE WILL WHEN THAT TIME COMES. BUT WHEN THAT TIME COMES, WE WILL AGAIN, RESPECT EVERY CHILD AND EVERY PARENT AND WE WILL HAVE THAT EXPECTATION WITHIN OUR SCHOOL BUILDINGS THAT THIS WILL WORK AND WE WILL BE THE KIND OF PEOPLE THAT GOOCHLAND IS PROUD TO CALL SOMEONE FROM GOOCHLAND.

>> ANYONE ELSE? >> INFORMATION ITEM, WE WILL

[E. Update on New Goochland Elementary Construction]

[03:35:06]

GROUNDBREAKING. >> AND SAFETY GLASSES.

>> YES, AND SAFETY GLASSES IF YOU HAVE THAT ALREADY. SO, WE ARE GOING TO SEE SOMETHING IN A MINUTE THAT SHOWS A TIME-LAPSE AND THAT CAMERA IS SITTING RIGHT HERE. SITTING RIGHT HERE

AT THIS CORNER. >> THAT ENTRANCE OFF OF BULLDO IS WHERE WE HAVE THE GROUNDBREAKING, RIGHT?

>> YES, RIGHT THERE COULD >> AND HAS THE PROJECT EXPENDED

SINCE THEN? >> YES, RAY HERE WAS THE GROUNDBREAKING. IT WAS SOLID WOOD. AND RIGHT HERE IN THE AREA WHERE WE HAD THE GROUNDBREAKING, THIS IS WHERE THAT BECOMES A FUTURE GREEN AREA AND THEY ARE ALREADY PUTTING TOPSOIL ON IT. THE LITTLE CIRCLES HERE ARE MANHOLE SO THEY HAVE GOT, THEY HAVE GOT ABOUT NINE MANHOLES ALREADY IN PLACE. AND THERE BRINGING THE GRADE UP NOW TO THAT LEVEL. ALL RIGHT, SO MAKING A TURN AGAIN FACING BULLDOG WAY AND WHAT YO SEE COMING IN PLACE IS THE STAGING AREA FOR A LOT OF THE CREW AND THE PIPING AND THE EQUIPMENT AND TO THE BACK HERE WILL BE THE FUTURE MAIN ENTRANCE, IT IS ENTRANCE NUMBER TWO FOR THE CONSTRUCTION SITE BUT IT WILL BE THE MAIN ENTRANC AND IT WILL COME STRAIGHT UP HERE. THIS ROAD WILL CONTINUE T THE BACK AND VISITORS WILL COM AROUND THIS CORNER HERE AND PAR IN THIS AREA RIGHT HERE. SO, THIS IS THE FUTURE LEARNING PAR AND OFF TO THE SIDE HERE, YOU CAN SEE THE STORM WATERED DRAINAGE POND. SO, IT IS PRETT EXCITING AND THIS GIVES YOU A REALLY GOOD OVERVIEW. YOU CAN SEE, THIS IS TAKEN IN THE EVENING AND THEY HAVE A LOT OF EQUIPMENT JUST RESTING. I AM GOING TO INVITE MATT TO COME U BECAUSE HE HAS BEEN VERY INVOLVED IN OUR TIME-LAPSE CAMERA PROJECT AND HE IS GOING TO SHOW OFF OUR FIRST REAL TIME-LAPSE PROJECT SO, GO FOR

IT. >> BEFORE A PUSH PLAY, I DON'T KNOW IF I SHOULD BE OFFENDED OR NOT BECAUSE IT'S WHAT COMES UP AND SAYS WHAT SHE IS GOING THIS IS VERY BORING AND THEN SHE

INVITES ME UP. >> NORMALLY IT IS VERY BORING.

I GOT TO SHOW SOME FUN STUFF. >> I'M JUST KIDDING.

>> YES, DEBBIE CAME TO ME AND SAID OKAY, WE WANT TO DO A TIME-LAPSE BUT IT'S GOING TO COST THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS. THE

[03:40:01]

>> RIGHT, YOU ARE LOOKING AT TH TOPSOIL MOUNTAIN AND SO YOU GE A SENSE OF HOW HIGH THAT IS. THIS CAMERA IS, ACTUALLY, SITTING 45 FEET UP IN THE AIR

>> SO WE HAD THIS REALLY ELABORATE PLAN WITH THE CHERRY PICKER AND THEN WE DECIDED NOT TO DO THAT. SO, WE HAVE A POLL, TODD AND HIS TEAM DUG A HOLE AN WE PUT A PIECE OF PCC PIPING THERE AND CHRIS FOUND A TELESCOPING FLAGPOLE AND WE ATTACHED THE CAMERA TO THAT IN A WEATHERPROOF CASE SO, IT IS

VERY DIY. >> HE SAID IT TAPED AT ONE SO W HAVE TO FIGURE IT OUT. THERE IS A PART WHERE THE CAMERA TIPS.

>> THERE WAS A LITTLE BIT OF WIND. SO, THE TREE LINE WAS LIKE THIS INSTEAD OF THIS. SO I JUST FIXED IT AND POSTED IT

LIKE A PRO. >> SO, ANYWAYS WHAT YOU GET OU OF THIS TIME-LAPSE IS WE ARE FAST TRAFFICKING THIS PROJECT AND WE HAVE A LOT OF EQUIPMENT AND A LOT OF PERSONNEL OUT ON THE SITE. THEY HAVE AT LEAST THREE CREWS WORKING ON THE SITE AND SO THEY ARE DIGGING A MANHOLE RIGHT HERE IN FRONT OF YOU. IT IS GOING DOWN REALLY DEEP AND THE PIPING CAME IN PRETTY FAST. YOU MISSED IT IF YOU BLINKED. AND SO THEY HAVE MANHOLE CREW, STORM WATER CREW, THEY HAVE THE TOPSOIL CREW AND NOW THEY HAVE GOT , YOU CAN SEE OFF TO THE RIGHT, YOU CAN SEE CEMENT TRUCKS COMING IN, THEY HAVE INSPECTORS BOTH FROM THE COUNTY AND SPECIAL INSPECTORS THAT WE HAVE. SO, JUST LOTS AND LOTS OF PEOPLE ALL DAY LONG ON AND OFF THAT SITE. SO, IT GAVE YOU A FEEL FOR THAT. SO, NOW, SORRY, I HAVE TO GO TO SOME BORING STUFF. SO, THAT WAS THE FUN STUFF. I JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ABOUT WHERE WE ARE WITH THIS PROJECT FROM A BUDGET PERSPECTIVE. I AM TRYING TO GET IT UP, SORRY. ALL RIGHT, SO, THE PURPLE IS WHERE WE WERE IN JANUARY WHEN WE PRESENTED TO THE COUNTY. THE EARLY MEETING IN JANUARY WHEN W WERE SHOWING THE TOTAL BUDGET. THE BLUE IS WHERE WE ARE NOW FROM A BUDGET PERSPECTIVE AND THE PINK IS OUR ACTUAL WHAT WE PAID OR WHAT WE HAVE RECEIVED. SO, JUST STARTING FROM THE REVENUE PERSPECTIVE, THE COUNT HAS GIVEN US ALL $39,000 THAT WE WERE APPROPRIATED 18 MONTHS AGO. AND THEN IN THIS YEAR'S BUDGET, THEY GIVE US AN ADDITIONAL $600,000 AND THEN I JANUARY, THEY APPROVED $15 MILLION. SO, THAT IS THAT $15,600,000. MOST OF THAT, THEY HAVE NOT GIVEN TO US YET. THA IS NOT GIVEN YET IN CASH. AND WE HAVE ABOUT $1.1 MILLION OF

[03:45:01]

AND THEN WE CAN SEE THE FIRST TWO ORDERS THAT WE HAVE, THE ON FOR FLOORING AND CEILING FINISHES ARE ALMOST $200,000 AND THEN THE DIRECT BY WHICH YO APPROVED A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO AND THE $1.6 MILLION CAME OUT O THE CONTRACTOR'S CONTRACT AND THEN YOU CAN SEE DOWN IN E RIGH BELOW IT WHERE IT CAME IN AS A DIRECT BUY FROM US. SO, YOU APPROVED LAST MONTH, LIGHTING, WE STILL HAVE NOT CONFIRMED THA UP. SO, THAT WILL, I WILL JUST ADD THAT TO THAT LINE OF DIRECT BUY EQUIPMENT AND THEN, AGAIN, ADD IT TO CAPITOL VIEW WITH THE ACTUAL PRICE THAT WE PAID ON IT CAME UNDER OUR CONTRACT. BUT THE IMPORTANT THING TO NOTICE I THAT UNDER C AND 4 A WE HAVE NOT MOVED OUT OF CONTINGENCY.

SO, THE BUDGET HAS CUT RIGHT ON BUDGET . WE HAVE HAD A FEW LITTLE UNEXPECTED EXPENSES AND WE ARE WORKING ON CHANGED ORDERS ALL THE TIME. SOME OF THEM ARE REDUCING. SOME ARE REDUCING IN THE BUDGET AND SOME ARE INCREASING. ONE WAY! RIGHT NOW AS WE HAD AN OPTION IN THE CONTRACT PUT SECURITY FILM ON THE FIRST FLOOR THROUGHOUT THE BUILDING AND WE ARE PROBABLY GOING TO PULL THAT BACK IN. THA IS ALMOST $100,000. SO, YOU KNOW, WE WILL START AS I PRESENT THIS, YOU WILL START SEEING THE IMPACT OF BOTH POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE CHANGE ORDERS AS THEY COME THROUGH. BELIEVE IT OR NOT, WE STILL HAV NEGATIVE CHANGE ORDERS . THINGS ARE HAPPENING AND TODD HAS LEF THE BUILDING BUT WE ARE , I AM DAILY IN CONTACT WITH VARIOUS MEMBERS OF THE TEAM AND RYAN I A SUPER HONORS REP, HE IS THER EVERY DAY. WE ARE TALKING BACK AND FORTH AND WE ARE TRYING TO KEEP THOSE DECISIONS BEING MAD VERY RAPIDLY. AND DR. RALEY HAS BEEN JUST SUPER WHEN I NEEDED HIGHER LEVEL DECISION. HE HAS BEEN REALLY QUICK TO ENGAGE WIT ME AND GET RIGHT BACK AND, YOU KNOW, GET A DECISION OUT. SO I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH ANDY AND THE REST OF OUR SENIOR STAFF TO GET THOSE DECISIONS MADE IN A TIMELY FASHION. BUT YOU CAN SEE OVERALL, WE BROUGHT THE PROJECT DOWN ABOUT $300,000 BUT IT IS VERY EARLY IN THE PROJECT AND WE ARE LOOKING AND WORKING ON A LOT OF MOVING PART RIGHT NOW. SOME THINGS ARE SHIFTING AROUND AND CHANGING ORDERS. SO, I EXPECT , YOU KNOW IF I GIVE YOU ANOTHER REPORT IN THREE MONTHS, YOU WILL START SEEING THE IMPACT OF THESE LITTLE CHANGES THAT HAVE COME BACK AND FORTH AND I AM HOPING, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE WE HAVE NOT TOUCHED THE CONTINGENCY THAT IS ALMOST $3 MILLION THERE IS NOTHING THAT IS HAPPENING ON SITE THAT IS CAUSING US TO US ANY OF OUR ALLOWANCES. SO, THE GROUND HAS TURNED OUT TO BE IDEAL FOR THIS TYPE OF PROJECT

[03:50:02]

>> IT IS PROBABLY BECAUSE OF THE SHOES, RIGHT?

>> YES, YES. >> MADAM CHAIR, THANK YOU GUYS.

THE INNOVATION AND THE CREATIVITY TO COME UP WITH A WA TO MAKE THAT PHONE. I DON'T KNOW WHERE YOU FOUND THE BIONIC WORKERS THAT CAN MOVE THAT FAST THAT WAS REALLY IMPRESSIVE.

HAVE THEY GOTTEN TO SEE, HAS TH CREW GOTTEN TO SEE THAT VIDEO

YET? >> NOW, THEY HAVEN'T. I WILL POST THIS ON THE WEBSITE AND I WILL TELL THEM THAT OR WHERE I

IS GOING TO BE LOCATED. >> THANK YOU FOR EVERYONE THAT IS CONTINUING TO MONITOR SO CLOSELY THIS REALLY AMAZING PROJECT FOR OUR COMMUNITY. SO, IT IS SUPER EXCITING TO SEE.

>> AND WE WANT TO THANK OUR COUNTY PARTNERS, THEY ARE REALL WORKING HARD TO KEEP THIS PROJECT ON ITS FAST TRACK AND THEY ARE ENGAGED. EVERY DAY THEY ARE DOING THEIR VARIOUS INSPECTIONS AND SO WE HAD A MEETING TODAY. AND A LITTLE BI OF COMMUNICATION THINGS SO, THE CAME UP WITH A SOLUTION OF HOW TO GET PAST THAT SORT DID NOT STOP THE PROJECT. SO, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT THEY ARE PLEASED WITH WHAT THEY HAVE SEEN. SO, AM EXCITED. WE HAVE SUCH A GREA GROUP WORKING ON THIS PROJECT.

THEY ARE TOP-NOTCH. >> GOOD STUFF DID DONE. ON

TIME AND UNDER BUDGET. >> OKAY BOARD MEMBERS, NEXT ON

[F. Policy Update: First Reading]

GOING TO READ THIS TONIGHT. >> GOOD EVENING, EVERYBODY. I WILL TRY TO BE QUICK BECAUSE I KNOW IT IS GETTING LATE TONIGHT JUST TWO POLICIES THAT I WANT T RING TO YOUR ATTENTION. THE FIRST ONE IS GB D , SORRY, CBG FOR SOME REASON, BOARD DOCS LIKES TO HAVE FORMATTING ISSUES AND IF YOU TAKE A LOOK AT THE LEGAL REFERENCES ALL THE WAY, THE LITTLE GREEN SECTION, THE DATE HAS BEEN CUT OFF BUT BOARDDOCS HAS IT CORRECT. IT WILL BE 2022 BEFORE IT COMES UP FOR APPROVAL. THE NEXT ONE I -- AND IT'S SISTER, YOU NOTIC WE ARE RECOMMENDING TO REPEAL THIS REGULATION. BECAUSE IT REALLY DOES NOT APPLY TO ANY STAFF MEMBERS. IT IS WRITTEN FO STUDENTS IN MIND. SO, I CHECKED WITH DR. C SITTING OVER THERE AND WE MADE SURE THAT OUR STAFF SIGNS AN ACCEPTABLE USE POLIC AND THAT HAS ALL OF THE INFORMATION IN IT THAT RELATES TO STAFF. WHERE RHYTHMIC COMMENDING IT REPEAL AND KEEPIN THE STUDENT ONE THE SISTER ONE AND KEEPING THAT ONE IN PLACE AND THAT IS ALL I HAVE FOR

TONIGHT. >> IT WAS WORTH THE WAIT. AND DO WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO DR. RALEY. I HAVE ALREADY CRIED SO I THINK IT WILL BE ALL RIGHT. BUT THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP. THEY SAY GREAT LEADERS TOLD LEADERS AND YOU CERTAINLY HAVE A LOT OF LEADERS I AM A BETTER LEADER HAVING KNOWN YOU AND I KNOW THAT YOU WILL BE TAKING IT GO TO THE STATE LEVEL AND I APPRECIATE THAT AND I'M REALLY EXCITED TO HAVE SOME CONFIDENCE UP THERE. GOOD LUCK AND CONGRATS TO ANDY.

AND I WILL SEE YOU TOMORROW. >> SO, BOARD MEMBERS HEARING N

[03:55:09]

[A. GHS Phase II HVAC Contract]

SO, ON THE 18TH OF APRIL, THE SUPERVISOR OF -- THAT IS NOT THE RIGHT WORD, THE SUPERVISOR WILL CONSIDER WHETHER OR NOT THEY NEED TO APPROPRIATE DIRECT FUNDS FOR THIS. IT IS A PROJECT THAT HAS BEEN SHARED WITH THEM FOR MULTIPLE TIMES. SO IN ORDER TO MOVE IT FORWARD, WE ARE SEEKING ORDER OF THIS CONTRACT PENDING PREPARATION BY THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AND THIS CONTRACT WILL NOT BE SIGNED IF WE DO NOT RECEIVE THAT APPROPRIATION. DEBBIE IS HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

>> JUST MATERIAL, THEY ARE ALLOWED 15% OVERHEAD FOR THE MATERIAL. THAT IS THE STATE ALLOWED OVERHEAD. SO, THEY DID APPLY THAT AND THEY ARE HANDLING AND THEY ARE DOING ALL ASPECTS OF THE PROJECT AND WE ARE FINE ABOUT THAT. THE NEXT CLOSEST GOOD WAS $200,000 MOR EVEN WITH THIS ADDITIONAL COST SO, WE DON'T SEE ANY BENEFIT T GOING TO BID THIS CONTRACTOR.

THIS CONTRACTOR HAS BEEN VERY RESPONSIVE TO OUR FUNDING ISSUES AND HAS REALLY BEEN WORKING WITH US . THEY TOLD US RIGHT AWAY WHEN THE PRICE WENT UP, THEY SAID CAN YOU BUY IT NOW? I GO NO, WE DON'T HAVE TH MONEY. BUT THEY DID LET US NOW GIVE US THE CHANCE TO TRY TO BU IT BEFORE IT WENT UP BUT WE COULDN'T. SO, I THINK 4.4% PRIC INCREASE ON THE EQUIPMENT ITSELF IS VERY REASONABLE AND THE OVERALL PROJECT IS COMING IN A LITTLE BIT OVER IN LESS THAN 2% IN MORE THAN WHAT WAS

AT THE TIME OF THE BID. >> MADAM CHAIR, I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THE GHS PHASE TWO CONTRACT ENDING BOARD OF SUPERVISORS APPROPRIATION OF FUNDS.

>> I WILL SECOND THAT. I HAVE MOTION AND A SECOND, ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I. THOSE OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. WE ARE LOOKING AT IMPROVING THE SUPERINTENDENT

[B. Superintendent Search]

INCORRECT. >> IT WAS, I THINK THEY, BASICALLY, TOOK THE ONE THAT WE HAD USED AND WE FOUND DR. RALEY

IT? >> I THINK IT IS PRETTY MUCH A DUPLICATE OF WHAT WAS THERE BEFORE. IT IS US A FEW SMALL MODIFICATIONS. WE NEEDED TO CATCH THAT UP AND GET THAT STRAIGHTENED OUT. SO, I PASS THE INFORMATION ALONG AND I WOULD ENCOURAGE DR. ARMSTRONG IF HE SEES ANYTHING THAT HE THINKS NEEDS TO CHANGE SPECIFICALLY, I'M THINKING ABOU STAFF MEMBERS. THEY SAY 400 AND 200 TEACHERS, I DON'T

[04:00:02]

OKAY, SURE. >> ALL RIGHT, WE HAVE A MOMENT MOTION AND A SECOND, AND A DISCUSSION, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SAY I. I'M SORRY, STEP BACK. D I HAVE A MOTION?

>> I WILL MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THE CONTRACT WITH THE WP FOR

OUR SUPERINTENDENT SEARCH. >> I WILL SECOND THAT.

>> WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECON NOW, ANY DISCUSSION?

>> MADAM CHAIR, I WAS SO IMPRESSED WITH THE GENTLEMAN, CAN SEE HOW WORKING WITH THEM WILL BE A GREAT PROCESS AND I THINK THEY PUT PEOPLE AT EASE AND AT THE SAME TIME, THEY HAVE SO MUCH KNOWLEDGE AND SO MUCH EXPERIENCE. THANK YOU FOR MAKING THAT SUGGESTION INITIALL AND I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING WITH THEM IN SPITE OF THE FACT THAT I AM SO SORRY THA WE HAVE TO WORK WITH THEM. BUT --

>> THEY WILL GIVE US A DUPLICATE.

>> A DUPLICATE OF DR. RALEY, RIGHT? THAT WOULD BE A GOOD

OUTCOME. ENQUEUE. THANK YOU. >> THE ONLY THING I WOULD ADD I TO READ WHAT THEY HAVE, THEY'RE GOING TO BE TIMES TO SCHEDULE INTERVIEWS WITH US IN PUBLIC FORUM SO, I JUST WANTED IF EACH OF YOU WOULD SHARE DATE THAT ARE NO GOES, NONNEGOTIABLE I'M FROM A DIFFERENT COUNTRY, I AM UNDER A ROCK, WHATEVER THE CASE MAY BE SO WE CAN SCHEDULE THINGS PROPERLY.

>> ALL RIGHT. WE NOW HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. AND WE HAV HAD A DISCUSSION. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SAY I. ALL THOSE OPPOSED , SAY NO. OKAY THE MOTION IS PASSED.

>> NEXT TWO ITEMS, BOARD MEMBERS FOR YOUR REVIEW, I'M

[A. Strategic and Tactical Plan]

[A. New Business]

[A. Adjourn]

>> ALL RIGHT, IS THERE ANY NEW BUSINESS?

>> MADAM CHAIR, I MOVE THAT WE ADJOURN.

>> I WILL SECOND THAT. I HAVE MOTION AND A SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SAY I. AS OPPOSED, SAY NO. I HAVE ONE THING, WAIT A MINUTE BEFORE EVERYBODY LEAVES. THE CODE OF ETHICS MA CHANGE SO WE NEED TO SIGN IT AGAIN.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.