[1. Opening Items]
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>> GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. WELCOME TO THE AUGUST 2ND CAROLINE COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION BOARD MEETING.
THE BOARD CALLED THE MEETING TO ORDER AT 5:01 WITH A MOTION BY MS. WAYMAN, A SECOND BY MR. BARTON 4-0 WAS THE VOTE, ONE ABSENT.
THEN A MINUTE LATER AT 5:02, MR. BARTON MADE EMOTION MOTION AND MS. WAYMAN MADE A SECOND AND VOTE 4-0 TO GO INTO CLOSED SESSION.
MR. MARK JONES JOINED THE MEETING 5:08, A FEW MINUTES LATER.
CLOSED SESSION MEETING WAS TO DISCUSS EMPLOYMENT, ASSIGNMENT, PROMOTION, ETC OF PERSONNEL.
THE CONSENT AGENDA WE'LL BE VOTING ON LATER, AS WELL AS THE PROCESS THAT IS NEGOTIATED, COLLECTIVE BARGAINING WITH OUR STAFF.
BOARD MEMBERS TO HAVE A MOTION TO RECONVENE AN OPEN SESSION.
>> SECOND. BY MR. JACKMAN. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR?
>> IF YOU COULD STAND FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, PLEASE.
>> THANK YOU. BEFORE WE GO ON AND APPROVE THE AGENDA, I GUESS I'LL JUST INSERT SOMETHING HERE.
HATE TO HAVE TO BRING UP ITEMS LIKE THIS, BUT WE HAVE HAD SOME TRAGEDY IN THE COMMUNITY HERE IN THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS.
MISS MARGIE KNIGHT WHO HAS SPENT QUITE A FEW YEARS HERE IN CAROLINE COUNTY, TAUGHT SOME OF US, WAS A MEMBER OF OUR STAFF, PASSED AWAY PEACEFULLY FROM WHAT WE UNDERSTAND.
WE JUST LIKE TO HAVE SOME THOUGHTS ON HER.
IN OUR NEIGHBORING COMMUNITY YOUNG LADY, JUST A YEAR OR TWO OUT OF HIGH SCHOOL, MS. KATHERINE PRATT FROM OUR NEIGHBORS IN TALBOT COUNTY, HER FRIENDS AND FAMILY ARE GOING THROUGH A LOT.
I JUST LIKE TO ASK FOR A MOMENT OF SILENCE FOR THEM.
THANK YOU. BOARD WE HAVE AN AGENDA IN FRONT OF US.
REVIEW, EDITS OR CORRECTIONS, IF NOT, DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE AGENDA AS PRESENTED?
>> I MOVE WE APPROVE THE AGENDA.
>> SECOND BY MR. JONES. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR?
>> NEXT, WE'VE REARRANGED THINGS, TALK ABOUT THE AGENDA.
[2. Recognitions]
WE'RE TRYING TO GET OUR RECOGNITIONS UP EARLY AND DO THE CELEBRATIONS EARLY ON AND THEN GET INTO BUSINESS A LITTLE LATER.WITH THAT, I TURN IT OVER TO DR. SIMMONS.
>> THANK YOU MR. NEWCOMB. BRINGS ME GREAT PLEASURE TO HAVE A SPECIAL GUEST WITH US TONIGHT.
MRS. DEBBIE BENNETT, WHOSE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF OUR CAROLINE COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY.
DEBBIE IS HERE IN ANOTHER ROLE AS WELL, BUT GREAT WORK WITH LIBRARY.
WE'VE PARTNERED WITH THE LIBRARY AND OTHERS, A PARTNER AS WELL WITH DOLLY PARTON IMAGINATION LIBRARY FOR QUITE A NUMBER OF YEARS NOW.
IT'S OUTSTANDING PROGRAM THAT PROVIDES BOOKS IN THE HOMES OF YOUNG CHILDREN, A BOOK A MONTH UP THROUGH AGE 5.
FANTASTIC PROGRAM, IT'S FREE TO ANYONE OUT THERE WATCHING.
IF YOU HAVE KIDS AT THAT AGE, PLEASE SIGN UP AND DOES TAKE A GREAT EFFORT OF FUNDRAISING TO HELP SUPPORT THAT INITIATIVE AND TO KEEP IT GOING.
DUE TO OUR PARTNERSHIP, WE DO COLLECT FUNDS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR TO HELP SUPPORT IMAGINATION LIBRARY.
IN ADDITION, LAST YEAR WE STARTED A NEW TRADITION IN CAROLINE COUNTY, AND ON BEHALF ALSO OF EVERY ONE OF OUR RETIREES, WE DO A DONATION TO IMAGINATION LIBRARY AS WELL.
WE HAD 30 RETIREES, SO ON BEHALF OF THE RETIREES AND THE OTHER DONATIONS THAT WE HAD COME IN AND WE'RE HERE TO PRESENT MISS DEBBY BENNETT TONIGHT WITH A CHECK, NOT THE BULK, THE BIG CHECK FOR THE VISUAL, BUT WE WILL BE PROVIDING YOU WITH THE MONETARY CHECK IN THE AMOUNT OF $5,950. [APPLAUSE]
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL OF YOU GUYS, THIS PROGRAM AS WELL.
>> WELL, I HAVE TO SAY YOU AND YOUR STAFF ARE OUR LARGEST DONORS AND YOU'VE COME THROUGH EVERY YEAR FOR US.
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I'D ALSO SAY THAT THE CAROLINE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS HAVE ALSO BEEN SUPPORTIVE, YOU ONLY GOT [LAUGHTER], BUT WHO ELSE KNOWS THAT ARE IMPORTANT [INAUDIBLE].>> DO YOU GUYS WANT TO GET IN BEHIND?
>> I GET TO TAKE THIS [OVERLAPPING]?
>> THANK YOU ALL. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> THANK YOU DEBBIE. REALLY AGAIN, SHOULD BE THANKING THE STAFF WHO PAY FOR IN THAT PART OF [OVERLAPPING].
WE TALKED TO A LOT OF OUR CONTRACTORS AT TIMES, OUR VENDORS TO GET CHECKS AS WELL.
WE DO THE ODD THINGS AT DIFFERENT TIMES TO RAISE MONEY.
IT'S AMAZING WHAT PEOPLE WILL CONTRIBUTE TO ONES, GREAT CALLS, BUT ALSO TO HAVE A LITTLE FUN AT TIMES.
>> [OVERLAPPING] THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK DEBBIE.
>> [INAUDIBLE] I APPRECIATE I WAS GOING TO SAY. AS WE MOVE ON, I THINK AS WE'VE MADE SOME EDITS TO OUR AGENDA AND WE'RE STILL WORKING OUT THE TWEAKS.
RACHEL, I DON'T KNOW, MAYBE THE APPROPRIATE PLACE IS APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA/REVIEW OF MISSION OR SOMETHING, JUST TO PUT IT IN THE TITLING SO WE THINK ABOUT IT.
BECAUSE WHAT WE JUST DID WITH THIS RECOGNITION FOR WHAT ALL OUR STAFF HAS DONE TO RECRUIT AND GET MONEY FOR THE IMAGINATION LIBRARY, IT REALLY SPEAKS TO A PART OF OUR MISSION.
WE JUST WANT TO START OUR MEETINGS WITH THE MISSION THAT WAS DEVELOPED THROUGH THE STRATEGIC PLANNING PROCESS A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO.
IT SAYS IN PARTNERSHIP WITH FAMILIES AND COMMUNITY, WE PREPARE ALL STUDENTS TO ACHIEVE COLLEGE CAREER AND LIFE READINESS, AND WE'RE CHALLENGING AND PROGRESSIVE EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCE.
I THINK JUST NOT IN THE CLASSROOM, BUT LIKE WHAT YOU JUST DID SPEAKS TO THE PART OF THAT MISSION RIGHT THERE. JUST A LITTLE REMINDER.
[3. Reports]
AND BOARD MEMBERS REPORTS, SUMMERTIME AND THINGS ARE A LITTLE LIGHT, BUT WE JUST START MS. WAYMAN WILL REFER TO THE TOP LEFT MAYBE.YOU HAVE A TAKEAWAY FROM THE MONTH.
>> ONE TAKEAWAY. IS THAT CORRECT? THEN I'M GOING TO SAY THAT IN [INAUDIBLE] MISSION AND COMMUNITY, ATTENDING THE ACTIVITY IN HONOR OF TROY BROOKS WAS REALLY A HUGE NUMBER OF PEOPLE THERE WHO IS OUTSTANDING AND TO SEE THAT, HOW MANY BUSES THERE AND HIS BUS LED THE PARADE.
IT WAS A GREAT AND ORGANIZED ACTIVITY.
I HAD A CHANCE TO SEE A LOT OF SOUTHERN END OF THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATORS AND TEACHERS WHO WERE THERE.
IT WAS A VERY NICE COMMUNITY THERE.
>> MR. BARTON. I MADE IT UNOFFICIAL RIDGWAY OWN ENTRY VISIT.
WHO'S WATCHING THE ROOF CONTRACTORS.
[LAUGHTER] IT WAS A WEEKEND AND THEY WERE OUT THERE, I BELIEVE ON SUNDAY.
IT WAS HOT EARLY MORNING, I DON'T THINK IT WAS 8 O'CLOCK YET, AND THEY WERE COOKING, SO TO SPEAK.
I MEAN, THEY WERE SO HOT ALREADY AND TRYING TO GET A JUMP-START ON THAT REALLY TOUGH DAY, BUT THEY WILL HAVE SO MANY DAYS TO GET THIS DONE BEFORE THE SCHOOL IS READY TO GO AND HOPEFULLY FINGERS CROSSED, THEY'LL GET IT DONE.
TO SERVE THE ACTIVITIES THERE AS LITTLE AS POSSIBLE.
BUT I REALLY WAS WATCHING A VERY EFFICIENT OPERATION.
VERY IMPROMPTU, OF DOING WHAT I DO, TRAVEL AROUND THE COMMUNITY EARLY ON A SUNDAY MORNING.
NON MOTORIZED METHOD AND HAPPEN THROUGH THERE AND I'VE GOT TO WATCH THIS.
I'M SURE YOU'RE KEEPING YOUR EYE ON THEM TOO, BUT THEY WERE DOING A GREAT JOB AND THEY DIDN'T KNOW WHO I WAS.
I WAS JUST SOME GUY OUT THERE ON A BIKE ON THE STREET, BUT I WAS VERY IMPRESSED.
CONTRACT, IT LOOKS LIKE THEY KNOW WHAT THEY'RE DOING, KEEP OUR FINGERS CROSSED AGAIN, HOPE THEY REALLY DO.
>> I TOOK THE MONTH OFF. I GOT TO BE HONEST, IT'S NOT A RETREAT, IT'S AN IN-SERVICE.
PEOPLE THINK IT'S A BOONDOGGLE WHERE WE GO OUT AND HAVE FUN.
WE MET IN THIS MEETING AND GOT A LOT OF INFORMATION THAT DAY.
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AS THE ENGLISH TEACHER ME COMING OUT.>> I WAS AT THE RETREAT I WILL GRAY A LOT OF INFORMATION.
I'VE ALSO BEEN BY RIDGELY [INAUDIBLE] AND I THINK THERE WAS PROBABLY 30 SOME PEOPLE TODAY ON THAT ROOF.
THERE WERE THERE ABOUT 8:30 AND THEY WERE THERE ABOUT 3 O'CLOCK, STILL SCRAPING AND PUTTING TAR DOWN SO THERE'S A LOT OF WORK THAT GOES ON THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER.
WE'RE ALL THANKFUL FOR THOSE THAT PUT IN THE TIME THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE TO GET THE SCHOOLS READY FOR STUDENTS FOR NEXT YEAR, A LOT OF CLEANING AND ITS A LOT OF WORK.
>> WELL, OF COURSE IT LOOKS LIKE WE ALL WERE A LITTLE LIGHT, BUT AGAIN, THE BOARD RETREAT AND GUESS IT'LL BE MY LAST ONE.
BUT YOU TAKE SOMETHING AWAY FROM IT AND MAYBE YOU PUT ME CALL IT A RETREAT TO MAKE YOU FEEL BETTER ABOUT SITTING INSIDE AND HAVING PEOPLE SHOVE THREE-RING BINDERS IN FRONT OF YOU ALL DAY LONG, I DON'T KNOW [LAUGHTER].
>> NOT ANYMORE [LAUGHTER]. IT USED TO BE THREE RING BINDER AND NOW IT'S POWERPOINTS, BUT YOU TAKE STUFF AWAY AND WE DO LEARN, AND YOU LEARN STUFF FOR THE SYSTEM AND YOU LEARN STUFF THAT YOU CAN USE YOURSELF.
I WISH I LEARNED SOME THINGS ABOUT THESE EMOTIONAL STATES OF MIND BEFORE MY KIDS ARE OUT OF THE HOUSE SO IT'D BE HELPFUL [LAUGHTER] SO IT'S ONLY ABOUT 18 YEARS LATE.
BUT NOW I KNOW I CAN USE THAT AND JUST THE THINGS ABOUT TRYING TO HELP GUIDE OUR NEW SUPERINTENDENT AND HIS GOALS AND HIS VALUATION TO GUIDE THE SYSTEM TO REBUILD THE CAROLINE COUNTY THAT WE KNOW WE HAVE HERE AND THE TRUST AMONGST OURSELVES AND OUR STAFF AND OUR COMMUNITY IN THESE CHALLENGING TIMES SO YOU ALWAYS GET IN TO THINGS AT THE RETREAT SLASH IN-SERVICE AND LEARN.
MOVING ON FROM THAT, WE'VE GOT THE SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT.
>> THANK YOU, MR. NEWCOMB, I'M GOING TO TAKE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT APPROACH THIS MONTH AND WITH REPORT JUST GIVING THE RECENT WHAT'S DOMINATING THE NEWS HEADLINES.
[NOISE] REALLY TALKING ABOUT FISCAL OUTLOOK FOR CCPS NOT JUST WHERE WE CURRENTLY ARE, BUT WHEN WE LOOK AT THINGS LIKE YOU HEAR THE R-WORD RECESSION ARE WE ANYMORE ARE WE NOT DEPENDING ON WHICH NEWS AGENCY YOU WATCH, MAYBE.
BUT WE'RE ALREADY STARTING TO FEEL A QUESTIONS OF, HOW DOES THIS IMPACT THE SCHOOL SYSTEM, HOW DOES IT PROCESS THROUGH? I HAVE A FEW THINGS I DO WANT TO WALK THROUGH FOR EVERYBODY AND I WILL FOLLOW UP LATER WITH SOMETHING OUT TO ALL STAFF AS WELL FOR THOSE WHO ARE NOT WATCHING OR READING TONIGHT.
THE SHORT OF IT IS WHEN WE LOOK AT THE FISCAL, AND FINANCIAL STABILITY FOR THE SCHOOL SYSTEM IS VERY IMPORTANT, VERY SERIOUS MATTER THAT I TAKE VERY SERIOUSLY OUR BOARD TAKE SERIOUSLY IN ALL OF OUR STAFF DOES.
WE HAVE TO CONTINUE TO USE YOUR FUNDS IN THE MOST EFFICIENT AND EFFECTIVE WAYS TO MAXIMIZE OUTCOMES FOR OUR KIDS, WE HAVE TO ACHIEVE OUR MISSION.
THIS PAST BUDGET YEAR HAS BEEN DIFFICULT FOR SEVERAL REASONS, AND I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT SOME OF THOSE AS WE'RE MOVING INTO NEXT YEAR BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF PARALLELS WE'RE GOING TO SEE BETWEEN THIS YEAR AND POTENTIALLY NEXT.
AS MOST PEOPLE ARE AWARE OF, WE'VE BEEN IN CAROLINE COUNTY FOR A LONG TIME, MOST OF OUR REVENUE COMES FROM THE STATE.
THAT FUNDING IS BASED ON A COMPLEX BUDGET FORMULA THAT BASICALLY RANKS ALL COUNTIES ACCORDING TO THEIR INCREASE OR DECREASE IN WEALTH OVER THE PAST YEAR SO IT'S A WEALTH-ACTUALIZED FORMULA.
IN MANY YEARS THIS CAN CREATE A BETTER FUNDING PICTURE FOR LESS WEALTHY COUNTIES SUCH AS CAROLINE.
HOWEVER, THIS PAST YEAR WE DID NOT.
COUPLE OF REASONS WHY THE STATE'S ECONOMY WAS HIT VERY HARD BY THE IMPACTS OF COVID.
WE GO BACK TO WHERE WE WERE ABOUT A YEAR-AND-A-HALF AGO, WE SAW SHUTDOWNS AND MAJOR SEGMENTS OF THE ECONOMY ACROSS THE STATE.
THE SHUTDOWN HAD A MUCH MORE SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON THE WEALTHIER COUNTIES AND JURISDICTIONS, AND PARTICULARLY THOSE IN MORE URBAN AREAS THAT IT DID ON MORE OF THE RURAL COUNTIES, ESPECIALLY THOSE WHO ARE LESS WEALTHY TO BEGIN WITH.
FOR LESS WEALTHY JURISDICTIONS LIKE US, WE HAD LESS FAR TO FALL IS THE WAY THAT I TEND TO THINK ABOUT IF THE ECONOMY GOES DOWN AND WE'RE ALREADY LESS WEALTHY, WE DON'T MOVE TOO MUCH FURTHER DOWN.
FIVE-MINUTE LARGER COUNTY WITH LOTS OF SAME WORKERS IN THE SERVICE INDUSTRY WHEN ALL THOSE INDUSTRIES SHUT DOWN, THAT'S A LOT OF PEOPLE ON UNEMPLOYMENT AND A LOT OF HOUSES THAT BASICALLY THEY'RE NOT BEING PAID FOR, THINGS FALL FURTHER.
THAT LESS FALLING IS WHAT IMPACTS OUR FORMULA FOR THE AMOUNT OF MONEY WE GET FROM THE STATE.
OTHER FACTORS CONTRIBUTED TO A DIFFICULT YEAR FOR US.
THE STATE'S FUNDING FORMULA FOR LOCAL FUNDING MAINTENANCE OF EFFORT IS HOW WE ALL THINK ABOUT IT, WHICH IS THE REQUIRED AMOUNT THAT THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS HAVE TO PROVIDE TO US, DID ONLY INCREASE BY 0.72 PERCENT.
WHAT THAT EQUATES TO IN REAL DOLLARS IS ROUGHLY A $115,000 IS WHAT THE INCREASE WAS FROM THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, IS NOT TO OUR COMMISSIONERS WHO HAVE A TOUGH JOB TO DO WITH FUNDING.
DURING THE LAST BUDGET CYCLE, LOCAL SCHOOL SYSTEMS ALSO HAD TO MAKE UP THE STATE RETIREMENT SHORTFALL SO
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THE STATE RETIREMENT AGENCY CREATES FORECASTING FOR WHAT THEY EXPECT, THEIR RETURN ON OUR RETIREMENT MONEY AND THAT GETS INVESTED.THEY EXPECTED A MUCH HIGHER RATE OF RETURN THAN WHAT CAME IN.
THE STATE'S ANSWER WHEN THAT HAPPENS, WHEN THEY HAVE A SHORTFALL IS LOCAL SCHOOL SYSTEMS HAVE TO INCREASE THEIR CONTRIBUTION TO MAKE UP THE SHORTFALL.
THAT FOR CAROLINE COUNTY WAS $330,000, IS WHAT OUR OWN RETIREMENT INCREASES WANT TO BE BECAUSE OF THAT SHORTFALL IN ONE YEAR.
GO BACK TO WE GOT TO A $115,000 EXTRA LOCALLY.
THE FULL LOCAL EQUALED HALF OF THE RETIREMENT PIECE THAT WE HAD TO PICK UP.
THIS LITERALLY HIT ME WHEN PUTTING THIS TOGETHER.
THE RATE OF INFLATION IN THE MONTH OF JUNE AND I BELIEVE JULY HELD THE SAME AS ABOVE, ROUGHLY ABOUT 9.1 PERCENT RATE OF INFLATION FOR GOODS AND SERVICES.
THIS MIGHT BE THE FIRST TIME THE HEALTH INSURANCE INCREASE WAS LESS THAN THE RATE OF INFLATION.
OUR HEALTH INSURANCE WAS EIGHT PERCENT, WHICH WAS REALLY HIGH, IT'S STILL IS HIGH.
BUT INFLATION AT NINE PERCENT IMPACTS EVERYTHING.
IT IMPACTS EACH ONE OF US AT HOME WITH FAMILIES SAME CLASS, IMPACTS THE RISING FUEL COSTS IMPACTS FOOD, YOU NAME IT, WE FEEL THE SAME PINCH, JUST AS IF WE DO IN OUR HOMES.
SMALLER PORTION COMES FROM OUR BUDGET, AS I SAID, FROM LOCAL DOLLARS AND THE COMMISSIONERS HAVE ALWAYS BEEN SUPPORTIVE OF CAROLINE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN MY 22 YEARS IN THE SYSTEM AND IT HASN'T CHANGED.
BUT THEY REALLY DO FACE THE SAME ECONOMIC CHALLENGES THAT THEY CAN'T.
THEY HAVE TWO LEVERS BY WHICH TO GENERATE FUNDS, INCOME TAX AND PROPERTY TAX.
INCOME TAX IS ALREADY AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL THAT CAN BE IN THE COUNTY.
NOBODY WANTS TO RAISE PROPERTY TAX, JUST SAYING.
I'M NOT TRYING TO PLAY ONE AT A BOARD MEETING BY ANY MEANS, BUT I DO PAY CLOSE ATTENTION TO A LOT OF GOVERNMENT ENTITIES AND PRIVATE SECTOR ECONOMISTS AND WHAT THEY'RE FORECASTING FOR OUR CURRENT ECONOMIC CLIMATE.
AGAIN, ARE WE IN ONE, ARE WE NOT IN ONE? WHO KNOWS? PICK YOUR NEWS CHANNEL, BUT WHAT EVERYONE SEEMS TO AGREE TO AND THOSE IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR AS WELL, IS THAT WHETHER WE ARE OR ARE NOT RIGHT NOW, ISN'T WHAT MATTERS.
WHAT MATTERS IS ALMOST UNIVERSALLY THEY ARE ALL SAME.
WE WILL BE IN A RECESSION BY THE TIME WINTER HITS.
THEY'RE ALL IN AGREEMENT AT LEAST [NOISE] ON THAT PIECE IT SEEMS. WHEN THAT HAS HAPPENED FOR CAROLINE COUNTY OVER THE HISTORY OF OUR SCHOOL SYSTEM, AT LEAST THE HISTORY OF MY 22 YEARS IN ECONOMIC DOWNTURNS, JUST LIKE THE IMPACT OF COVID IT'S NOT A GOOD FORMULA FOR US TO SEE A BIG INCREASE IN STATE DOLLARS.
AGAIN, THE ECONOMY SLOWS DOWN, LESS WEALTHY JURISDICTIONS HAVE LESS PART FALL.
WHERE WE'RE SITTING RIGHT NOW LOOKING AT GOING INTO FUTURE BUDGET DEVELOPMENTS.
MY CONCERN AS WE MOVE INTO NEXT YEAR AND WE WILL CONTINUE THIS PROCESS AND WE'LL CONTINUE LOOKING AND REFINING.
OUR WORK IS, RIGHT NOW THE PICTURE IS NOT WONDERFUL THAT WE WILL SEE A DRAMATIC INCREASE IN STATE DOLLARS OR LOCAL REVENUES.
SO IT MEANS WE HAVE TO CONTINUE TO BE SMART.
WE HAVE TO CONTINUE TO REFINE AND WE HAVE TO CONTINUE TO LOOK AT EVERY OPPORTUNITY TO REUSE FUNDING AND TO MAKE THE BEST OF IT IN ORDER TO ACHIEVE OUR OUTCOME FOR OUR STUDENTS.
WITH THAT SAID, WE WILL CONTINUE TO BE AGGRESSIVE WITH GRANTS.
CAROLINE COUNTY HAS A LONG TRACK RECORD OF BEING VERY SUCCESSFUL AT GETTING GRANT MONEY.
HOWEVER, GRANT MONIES CAN ALSO CAUSE YOUR GRAY HAIR BECAUSE THERE'S LOTS OF VERY SPECIFIC ROLES AND VARIOUS SPECIFIC TIMELINES, SO WE HAVE TO BE SMART ABOUT WHEN WE GET THOSE GRANTS, HOW WE USE THEM.
WE WILL CONTINUE TO USE THOSE GRANT FUNDS WHEN POSSIBLE, SUCH AS THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN AND CARES, LEADS THOSE OPPORTUNITIES TO UPDATE CURRICULUM, IMPROVE TECHNOLOGY, IMPROVE EFFICIENCY IN BUILDINGS, AND ALSO TO RECOGNIZE THEIR STAFF, THROUGH RETENTION BONUSES WHEN WE CAN.
ALL OF THESE ARE ONETIME COSTS THAT ARE GREAT OPPORTUNITIES FOR US TO USE THIS MONEY WISELY AND SMARTLY BECAUSE THEY DON'T TIE US TO FUTURE RECURRING COSTS.
THAT'S THE BEAUTY OF A GRANT OR ONETIME COST, ONE-TIME PURCHASES, AND DONE SMARTLY, IT DOESN'T BIND US IN THE FUTURE IN A WAY THAT WE CAN'T AFFORD.
I DO WANT TO GO BACK TO JUST A VERY SIMPLE PIECE THAT I TRIED TO THINK ABOUT AS BUDGETING FOR THE SCHOOL SYSTEM WHILE YES, IT'S ABOUT A $90 MILLION BUDGET WHEN YOU TAKE OUT THE COMPONENTS OF FEDERAL GRANTS THAT WE'VE JUST RECEIVED THROUGH COVID.
WE GO THROUGH THE SAME PROCESS ANY OF US WOULD AT HOME, IF WE SEE THAT THINGS ARE GETTING TIGHT AND WE'RE IN A POSITION WHERE WE CAN'T RAISE INCOME, SCHOOL SYSTEMS CAN'T RAISE INCOME OR INCOME IN THE STATE OF MARYLAND.
WE GO THROUGH THE SAME PIECE OF WE TIGHTEN OUR BELT.
WE LOOK TO FIND WAYS THAT WE CAN REDUCE EXPENSES.
WE LOOK TO FIND WAYS THAT WE CAN RE-PURPOSE.
IT'S NO DIFFERENT THAN WE WOULD DO AT HOME, AND THAT'S THE PIECE OF APPROACH THAT ALL OF US WILL
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CONTINUE TO TAKE AS WE MOVE FORWARD WITH BUDGET PIECE.I HOPE I'M SITTING HERE IN DECEMBER AND JANUARY AND WE'LL BE ABLE TO TELL EVERYBODY IN THIS ROOM, EVERYBODY WATCHING AT HOME, THAT I'M WRONG.
I WOULD HOPE AND PRAY THAT I'LL BE SITTING HERE AT THAT POINT IN TIME SAYING, THINGS HAVE TURNED AROUND, THE ECONOMY WONDERFUL, THIS IS GREAT, WE'RE GOING TO GET SOME GOOD MONEY AND DO SOME AWESOME THINGS WITH IT.
BUT I ALSO DO NOT BELIEVE IN PROVIDING FALSE HOPE.
HEARD IT SAID A LONG TIME AGO, HOPE IS NOT A STRATEGY, AND I AGREE WITH THAT.
WE WANT HOPE, IT'S WHAT HELPS DRIVE US, BUT WE ALSO HAVE TO HAVE A DOSE OF REALITY AND AN UNDERSTANDING OF WHERE THINGS LOOK IN THE REALISM TO KNOW THE PARAMETERS THAT WE'RE WORKING WITHIN SO THE INTENTION WAS NOT TO MOVE US INTO NOT FEELING WELL ABOUT WHERE WE'RE HEADING.
WE ARE HEADING IN GREAT PLACES, WE HAVE FANTASTIC STAFF, FANTASTIC FAMILIES.
MS. BENNETT WAS HERE, WE HAVE FANTASTIC PARTNERSHIPS.
THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT WE WILL DRAW ON OVER THE NEXT YEAR AND BEYOND IF THE FUNDING PICTURE DOESN'T CHANGE.
BUT I DO WANT TO BE TRANSPARENT AS I AM GETTING A LOT OF QUESTIONS ABOUT PRECESSION.
WHAT DOES IT MEAN FOR THE SCHOOL SYSTEM? WHAT'S HAPPENED BEFORE? WHAT HAPPENS IF? THESE ARE ALL THE THINGS THAT I WAS HOPING TO ADDRESS IN REPORT AS WE MOVE FORWARD, BUT THAT'S KIND OF THE TOUGH SPOT WE'RE IN.
AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO WORK THROUGH IT TOGETHER TO DO THE BEST WE CAN WITH THE DOLLARS WE HAVE.
JUST DO AS MUCH AS WE CAN. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU. IT'S STILL A UNIQUE TIME POST-COVID AND EVERYTHING.
SO WE'LL NAVIGATE TOGETHER HOPEFULLY.
MOVING ON INTO THE CONSENT AGENDA,
[4. Consent Agenda]
WE HAVE FOUR ITEMS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA.WE HAVE PERSONNEL, WE HAVE THE MINUTES FROM OUR JULY 5TH MEETING AND MINUTES FROM OUR JULY 27TH MEETING.
MONTH OF JUNE, YEAH JULY, I UNDERSTAND. AND SORRY, 27.
THAT WAS REALLY A RETREAT OR IN-SERVICE.
PERSONNEL CONSENT AGENDA, DR. WILLOUGHBY, HOW ARE YOU TODAY?
>> SHOULD WE SING HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU?
>> [LAUGHTER] YOU KNOW A BETTER PLACE TO CELEBRATE A BIRTHDAY.
>> I COULD NOT THINK OF ANYWHERE ELSE I WOUND RATHER BE.
PRESIDENT NEWCOMB, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, DR. SIMMONS, BEFORE YOU, ON THE CONSENT AGENDA IS THE PERSONNEL REPORT WHICH INCLUDES THREE RESIGNATIONS, 12 TEACHER REGULAR CONTRACT APPOINTMENTS, ONE APPOINTMENT TO PROVISIONAL CONTRACT, NINE APPOINTMENTS TO A SECOND PROVISIONAL CONTRACT, THREE APPOINTMENTS TO A THIRD PROVISIONAL CONTRACT, FOUR APPOINTMENTS TO A FOURTH PROVISIONAL CONTRACTS, AND FIVE APPOINTMENTS TO A REGULAR CONTRACT FROM PROVISIONAL, AND THEN WITH THE ADDENDUM THAT WAS ADDED TODAY, ONE APPOINTMENT TO A REGULAR TEACHER CONTRACT AND ONE APPOINTMENT TO A REGULAR CONTRACT FROM A PROVISIONAL CONTRACT, AND A PARTRIDGE IN A PEAR TREE.
>> JUST SO YOU KNOW, WHERE WE STAND RIGHT NOW, WE HAVE HIRED 36 TEACHERS FOR THIS YEAR, OF WHICH SEVEN HAVE SOME LOCAL TIES.
THAT IS NICE, WE LIKE TO KEEP LOCAL FOLKS IN OUR SCHOOL SYSTEM AS MUCH AS WE POSSIBLY CAN, AND WHERE WE STAND RIGHT NOW, FINGERS CROSSED, SIX OPEN TEACHING POSITIONS, EIGHT OPEN SUPPORT STAFF POSITIONS, AND EACH ONE OF THOSE POSITIONS, WE'VE HAD A CONVERSATION WITH EITHER THE PRINCIPAL, THE SUPERVISOR, OR BOTH TO HAVE A PLAN A, B, AND C. SO THERE'S NOT A POSITION THAT WE DON'T HAVEN'T HAD DISCUSSION ABOUT AND WE HAVE A PLAN FOR, BUT WE ARE DOWN TO SINGLE DIGITS AS WE LOOK TO MAKING SURE OUR SCHOOLS ARE FULLY STAFFED FOR THE YEAR.
WE'LL SEE THEM HERE IN A FEW WEEKS.
WE DO HATE TO SEE THOSE LEAVE US, BUT IF IT'S JUST TO RETIRE BECAUSE YOU PUT IN YOUR TIME, ENJOY IT, AND IF IT'S SOMETHING ELSE, WE'RE SORRY TO SEE YOU GO.
BUT ALSO KNOW YOU MENTIONED INFLATION WE'RE BEING IMPACTED BY GAS PRICES.
WHO WANTS TO COMMUTE AN HOUR IF YOU CAN GET A JOB 15 MINUTES FROM YOUR HOUSE AND UNDERSTAND THAT AS WELL, BUT WE HATE TO SEE YOU GO.
LET'S SEE BOARD MEMBERS WE HAVE GONE OVER PERSONNEL ITEMS. WE HAVE THE MINUTES AGAIN FROM JULY 5TH AND JULY 27TH, IF THERE ANY CORRECTIONS OR EDITS TO THOSE AS YOU REVIEWED THEM? IF NOT, DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA?
>> SECOND BY MR. JONES. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR.
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>> AYE. THANK YOU. MOVING ON TO INDIVIDUAL ACTION ITEMS.
[5. Individual Action Items]
STARTING OFF WITH AN ADMINISTRATIVE APPOINTMENTS EVENING,.>> YES. WE HAVE MS. MCCORMICK THE APPOINTMENT. THANK YOU.
>> GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT NEWCOMB, DR. SIMMONS, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.
I COME BEFORE YOU TONIGHT TO ASK YOUR APPROVAL FOR THE APPOINTMENT OF JON MARKETTO TO SUPERVISOR OF INSTRUCTION FOR SOCIAL STUDIES, WORLD LANGUAGE AND ATHLETICS.
JON COMES TO US HIGHLY RECOMMENDED BY THE INTERVIEW COMMITTEE THAT INCLUDED BOTH SCHOOL-BASED AND CENTRAL OFFICE STAFF.
JON HAS 22 YEARS EXPERIENCE IN QUEEN ANNE'S COUNTY.
HE WAS A HISTORY TEACHER AT KENT ISLAND HIGH SCHOOL FOR SEVEN YEARS, AND HE HAS 15 YEARS EXPERIENCE IN ADMINISTRATION AT BOTH THE MIDDLE SCHOOL AND THE HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL.
HE HAS BEEN SCHOOLS' ATHLETIC DIRECTOR AS WELL.
HE'S SUPER EXCITED ABOUT THIS OPPORTUNITY TO IMPACT INSTRUCTION FOR CAROLINE COUNTY STUDENTS K TO 12, AND I ASK FOR YOUR APPROVAL FOR HIS APPOINTMENT.
>> THANK YOU. BOARD MEMBERS, SOUNDS LIKE THE INTERVIEW TEAM HAD TOUGH JOB IN FRONT OF THEM, BUT FOUND THAT THE TOP CANDIDATE, IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS, WE HAVE A MOTION TO SUPPORT THIS ADMINISTRATIVE APPOINTMENT.
>> MOTION BY MS. WAYMAN, SECOND BY MR. BARTON. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR?
>> THANK YOU. CONGRATULATIONS.
>> AND HERE IS JON MARKETTO .[APPLAUSE]
>> JON YOU DON'T GET OFF WITHOUT A PICTURE.
>> CONGRATULATIONS. THAT'S RIGHT.
>> TO ASK YOU QUESTIONS ABOUT CURRICULUM.
MAKE SURE WE GOT EVERYBODY. LINDSAY, ONE STEP BACK.
JUST ONE STEP. NO. IN-BETWEEN. YEAH, THERE YOU GO.
>> I UNDERSTAND NOBODY HAS ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT CURRICULUM.
IT'S GOING TO BE ABOUT SPORTS. [BACKGROUND]
>> THE COMMITTEE DID A GREAT JOB. A GOOD SELECTION.
>> INDIVIDUAL ACTION ITEMS. MOVING ON, WE'VE GOT, IT'S INTERESTING, VIRTUAL DAY INSTRUCTION PLAN, WHICH WHO KNEW FEW YEARS AGO WE'D BE TALKING ABOUT THIS. DR. SIMMONS.
>> CERTAINLY. ACTUALLY, DR. DOWNES WILL WALK US THROUGH THE PRESENTATION COMPONENT OR HELP ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
MSDE THIS YEAR ALLOWED SCHOOL SYSTEMS THE OPPORTUNITY TO PUT FORTH A VIRTUAL DAY INSTRUCTION PLAN.
ALL SCHOOL SYSTEMS WERE TOLD THEY COULD.
YOU DIDN'T HAVE TO, BUT YOU COULD.
THEY GAVE SCHOOL SYSTEMS THE OPTION TO PUT FORTH UP TO THREE ASYNCHRONOUS VIRTUAL DAYS, WHICH WOULD BE ASYNCHRONOUS, MEANING YOU COULD PRE-LOAD ASSIGNMENTS.
STUDENTS WOULD COMPLETE THE ASSIGNMENTS AND THEN BE GRADED UPON THEIR RETURN, AND YOU HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO ADD UP THE FIVE SYNCHRONOUS DAYS.
THE SYNCHRONOUS PIECE THEY HAVE WORKED IN THERE, IT'S FOUR HOURS A DAY, AND THERE'S SOME GUARANTEES IN THE SYNCHRONOUS SIDE THAT FROM A TECH STANDPOINT, WE COULD NOT MEET THAT REQUIREMENT AS A SCHOOL SYSTEM FOR ALL OF OUR FAMILIES AT THIS POINT IN TIME.
CHOPTANK ELECTRIC HAS ANNOUNCED IN THE LAST MONTH THAT BY THE '23/'24 SCHOOL YEAR, AT LEAST FOR CHOPTANK CUSTOMERS FIBER WILL BE AT EVERY CHOPTANK CUSTOMER'S HOME WITHIN CAROLINE COUNTY.
KEEP FINGERS CROSSED ON THAT, BUT WE'RE NOT THERE NOW.
WE DON'T HAVE AN OPTION TO LOOK AT THE SYNCHRONOUS COMPONENT AT THIS POINT.
DR. DOWNES WORKED WITH MRS. MCCORMICK AND MRS. ANTHONY AND OTHERS TO PUT TOGETHER OUR VIRTUAL DAY PLAN, MEETING THEIR REQUIREMENTS THAT MSDE PUT FORWARD.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'M SURE DR. DOWNES COULD FEEL THOSE OR LINDSAY OR TWIG, EITHER WAY WE COULD WALK THROUGH THAT PROCESS.
WE DID GET STAKEHOLDER FEEDBACK AS REQUIRED.
I'M SPEAKING WAY TOO MUCH. [LAUGHTER]
>> IF YOU WANT TO SCROLL THROUGH.
THE VIRTUAL DAYS PLAN THAT GOES TO MSDE IMPACTS ALL STUDENTS.
WE'RE CONSIDERING ALL THE DIFFERENT STUDENT TYPES AND MAKING SURE THAT THEY GET THE NEEDS THAT THEY HAVE AT HOME.
WE DID GO WITH ASYNCHRONOUS FOR THE SAME REASON THAT DR. SIMMONS SHARED ABOUT THE TECHNOLOGY ASPECT.
THAT PLAN IS IN PLACE, AND MS. MCCORMICK AND MS. ANTHONY HAVE MADE SURE
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THAT THOSE PRACTICES ARE READY TO GO WHENEVER NEEDED.WE CONSIDERED MAKING SURE THAT THERE WAS SOME TYPE OF ONLINE ACCESS THAT STUDENTS COULD TAP INTO AND THE TEACHERS CAN TAP INTO.
AS WE CONTINUE ON THROUGH, IT SHOWS WHERE THESE ASYNCHRONOUS DAYS WILL BE IMPACTING AND HOW THEY'LL BE USED.
ESSENTIALLY, WE JUST TOUCHED ON ALL THE STUDENT BODIES THAT WERE GOING TO BE IMPACTED BY THAT AND HOW WE WOULD FOLLOW THROUGH WITH THOSE.
WE DID REACH OUT TO FOR COMMUNITY.
WE DID CONTACT THE TEACHER STAFF COMMITTEE, THE SSIC, THE CAC, WHICH IS THE PARENT COMMITTEE.
WE ALSO REACHED OUT TO THE EQUITY COMMITTEE THAT MS. NICKI FISHER DOES MANAGE SO THAT WE CAN GET THEIR INPUT AS WELL.
WE DID RECEIVE A LOT OF GOOD FEEDBACK AND THE ONLY QUESTIONS THAT THEY HAD WERE ABOUT THE SYNCHRONOUS PART, AND WE REFLECTED ON IT AND REALIZED THE TECHNOLOGY WASN'T GOING TO SUPPORT US.
>> OUR INTENTION WOULD BE TO USE THESE IF WE KNOW THAT INCLEMENT WEATHER IS COMING.
THAT GIVES US THE TIME TO GET THE DEVICES OUT, THE KAJEETS, THOSE MOBILE HOTSPOT UNITS OUT TO FAMILIES AND KIDS HAVE ALL THEIR DEVICES AT HOME.
THEN WE WOULD PUT US IN A POSITION TO BE ABLE TO CALL FOR AN ASYNCHRONOUS VIRTUAL DAY INSTEAD OF USING ONE OF OUR BUILT-IN SNOW DATES.
>> IF IT'S ASYNCHRONOUS, AND YOU MENTIONED KAJEET, GETTING THE TECHNOLOGY OUT, THE STUDENTS HAVE ALL THEIR COMPUTERS OR IPADS OR SOMETHING NOW.
GETTING HOTSPOTS OUT IS IN A DAY OR TWO OR THREE NOTICE IS STILL TOUGH, ISN'T IT? I'M SURE THE DISCUSSION IS ABOUT BEING ABLE TO HAVE A TASK ON THE COMPUTER, ON THE DEVICE FOR THE DAY THAT'S GOING TO ADDRESS THAT DAY OR TWO.
>> SOME CAN SUPPORT. NOT ALL OF OUR CONTENT AREAS CAN FROM WHERE WE ARE, AND THAT'S SOMETHING WE'LL HAVE TO WORK THROUGH AS WE GET NEAR THAT PIECE, JIM.
>> IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, THOSE STUDENTS, THEY'RE IDENTIFIED BEFOREHAND, CORRECT? THOSE STUDENTS THAT MIGHT NEED THE TECHNOLOGY AT HOME.
>> IN THE PAST THAT WAS WHEN WE IN THE BEGINNING OF THE SCHOOL YEAR FOR THE TESTS.
>> STUDENTS ARE IDENTIFIED BEFOREHAND.
THERE'S ACCESS TO MAKING SURE THAT WHEN WE EXPECT AN INCLEMENT WEATHER DAY, THOSE STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO BE IDENTIFIED BEFOREHAND.
>> HAD WE HAD THIS PLAN IN PLACE LAST SCHOOL YEAR, WE WOULD NOT HAVE HALF DAYS UNTIL NEW YEAR.
THE THREE DAYS WOULD HAVE KEPT US WITH ENDING WHERE IT WAS.
AGAIN, WOULD HAVE GIVEN US A LITTLE BIT QUICKER TURNAROUND.
HOPEFULLY, TYPICALLY IT'S CYCLICAL HERE ON SHORE WITH SNOW AND WON'T HAVE MUCH, BUT IT DOES GIVE US THE OPPORTUNITY.
WE DO RUN INTO WHAT APPEARS LIVED THROUGH IT WHERE WE HAD TO CALL INCLEMENT WEATHER DAY FOR A POTENTIAL HURRICANE.
AGAIN, THOSE ARE ONE OF THOSE OPPORTUNITIES WHERE WE SEE IT COMING.
HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO GET THEM OUT AND PUT THOSE DEVICES OUT THERE FOR FOLKS TO BE ABLE TO MEET THAT NEED.
DORCHESTER WAS INTERESTED IN LOOKING AT IT ALSO BECAUSE THEY LOST A DAY LAST YEAR BECAUSE OF HIGH TIDES, AND SOMETHING LIKE THIS WOULD HAVE HELPED IN THEIR OWN TIDE ISSUE WITH BEING THE ONLY EASTERN SHORE COUNTY WITHOUT A SHORE, BUT IT IS ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT DOES GIVE US THAT FLEXIBILITY. THAT COMPLETELY HELPS.
>> THE GREAT THING ABOUT ASYNCHRONOUS IS IF YOU'RE IMAGINING OUR FAMILIES, THEY HAVE MULTIPLE STUDENTS IN THE HOUSE AND HOME THAT MAYBE NEED TO ACCESS DIFFERENT PIECES OF MATERIALS.
A LOT OF TIMES WE HAVE SIBLINGS WHO ARE TAKING CARE OF OTHER SIBLINGS.
THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM TO DO IT AT THEIR TIME, AT THEIR LEISURE, IF THEY'RE CARING FOR FAMILY MEMBERS AND THOSE TYPES OF THINGS.
THE ASYNCHRONOUS DOES REALLY REACH EVERYBODY WHERE THEY ARE.
>> QUESTION, JUST FOR CURIOSITY. THIRD AND SIXTH GRADERS GET CHROMEBOOKS AND, 4, 5, 7, AND 12 GET LAPTOPS.
HOW COME SIX GETS CHROMES INSTEAD OF LAPTOP?
>> MS. MCCORMICK YOU WANT TO TAKE THAT?
>> SURE, I CAN START IF SOMEBODY WANTS TO.
>> THE BOTTOM LINE IS, CHROMEBOOKS ARE FROM THIRD GRADE THROUGH EIGHTH GRADE, HIGH SCHOOLERS WILL HAVE-
>> -THE MACBOOKS. WE BELIEVE THAT WHEN A THIRD GRADER COMES IN AND RECEIVES THEIR CHROMEBOOK, THAT WILL LAST THEM FOR THAT FIVE YEARS THROUGH EIGHTH GRADE, AND THEN THEY'D GET THE MACBOOK AT THE START OF HIGH SCHOOL.
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WE KNOW THAT WE NEED TO ROLL IN CHROMEBOOK NOW, SO THIS COMING YEAR WILL BE THE THIRD AND THE SIXTH GRADE WHO WILL GET THE CHROMEBOOKS AND THEN NEXT YEAR IT WILL BE FOURTH AND SEVENTH AND THEN THE NEXT YEAR AND THEN EIGHTH GRADE..>> WHAT WE FOUND WITH THE MACBOOKS, AND IT WAS WHAT WE WERE FAMILIAR WITH.
WHEN THE PANDEMIC HIT, WE USED THE FUNDS, JUMP IN, GET THEM THAT'S WHAT EVERYBODY KNOWS.
THEY'RE REALLY EXPENSIVE AS COMPARED TO A CHROMEBOOK AND VERY EXPENSIVE TO FIX.
THERE ARE ALSO MORE LABOR-INTENSIVE TO GET UP AND GET OUT INTO STUDENTS' HANDS WHERE CHROMEBOOKS ARE NOT, AND THE PARTS ARE A LOT CHEAPER FOR A CHROMEBOOK.
AS WE LOOK AT SUSTAINABILITY OF OUR TECHNOLOGY PLAN, WE MADE A DECISION TO START LOOKING AT IT FROM A CHROMEBOOK PERSPECTIVE JUST BECAUSE IT REALLY IS BETTER USE OF THE FISCAL DOLLARS SINCE WE HAVE SO MANY DEVICES OUT THERE NOW IN THE HANDS OF KIDS.
>> FROM AN INSTRUCTIONAL STANDPOINT, WE TOOK A LOOK EACH ACTUAL SUPERVISOR OF INSTRUCTION RECEIVED A CHROMEBOOK AND WORKED WITH ANY OF THEIR CONTENT THAT IS ONLINE, TO BE SURE THAT THE CHROMEBOOK WAS ABLE TO SUPPORT THEIR CONTENT AND THEIR CURRICULUM BEFORE WE MAKE ANY DECISION.
WE KNOW THAT ANY CONTENT IN CURRICULUM IS SUPPORTED BY CHROMEBOOKS.
>> I'M SURE THERE'S A LOT OF LOGISTICAL PIECES, NUTS AND BOLTS, TO MAKE THIS WORK.
HOW DO YOU GET THE DEVICES IN THEIR HANDS? HOW DO YOU KNOW IT'S GOING SLOW? ALTHOUGH WE KNOW THAT SERAN CAN PREDICT HOW MUCH SNOW IT IS WE'RE GOING TO HAVE.
THERE'S ALL THAT AND I TRUST YOUR KNOWLEDGE KNOW-HOW ABILITY TO SORT THROUGH THAT TO FIGURE IT OUT.
YOU'RE PROBABLY GOING TO HAVE SOME STARTS AND STUFF, BUT YOU'LL GET THERE.
THERE'S A REALLY GOOD THING TO HAVE IN PLACE.
IT'S SUPER AND YOU'LL FIGURE OUT THE NUTS AND BOLTS IF YOU HAVEN'T ALREADY.
YOU GOT IT AND THAT'S REALLY A GOOD THING.
IT'S REALLY GOOD FOR THE STUDENTS, GOOD FOR EVERYBODY.
>> HOPEFULLY WE WILL BE ABLE TO EVENTUALLY MOVE TOWARDS SYNCHRONOUS DAYS AS WELL TO BE ABLE TO HAVE UP TO THE EIGHTH OPTION.
>> SURE. THE ASYNCHRONOUS ENABLE TO KIDS WHO STRUGGLE OUT AND HIT THE FLOODING, BUILD THE SNOW MAN, WHATEVER.
>> I'M SORRY I HAVE A QUESTION.
FOR THE KAJEET BECAUSE THERE STILL BE FAMILIES THAT WILL NEED THEM.
I KNOW CHOPTANK IS COMING OUT WITH A PLAN THAT WILL DEFINITELY BENEFIT US, BUT LIKE A POSSIBLE SURVEY OR ARE THEY GOING TO HAVE TO BE DISTRIBUTED FROM THE BOARD OFFICE OR WILL THE SCHOOL HAVE A NUMBER THAT THEY HAVE IN MIND THAT THEY MIGHT BE ABLE TO GET THEM OUT?
>> EXACTLY. THAT'LL BE AT THE INDIVIDUAL SCHOOL LEVEL.
FOR EXAMPLE, DURING THE PANDEMIC WHEN WE HAD MOST OF OUR STUDENTS IN, AND THEN WE HAD A PERIOD OF TIME WHERE OUR CLASSROOM HAD TO CLOSE, WE WERE ABLE TO TURN AROUND THAT CLASSROOM WITH KAJEETS IN NO TIME, SO THAT PLAN HAS ALREADY BEEN ESTABLISHED AS TO ASSIGNING THE KAJEETS TO STUDENTS IN ADVANCE THAT NEED THEM AND A MATTER OF TAKING THEM TO THE CLASSROOM AND HAVING THE TEACHERS TEST THEM OUT.
>> THAT'D BE MUCH FASTER THAN GETTING THEM FROM HERE.
>> [LAUGHTER] WELL, IT'D BE INTERESTING AS THE WORLD CHANGES, IT BRINGS UP AN INTERESTING THOUGHT, MS. WAYMAN WITH CHOPTANK BEING A CO-OPERATIVE, AND IF THEY HAVE ALL THIS ON ALL THE WIRES AND THERE'S HOUSEHOLDS THAT WE'RE ALREADY AWARE OF THAT IS QUALIFIED TO SAY FOR FREE AND REDUCED MEALS OR SOMETHING, WHAT GRANTS, WHAT PROGRAMS COULD BE IN PLACE INSTEAD OF MESSING WITH HOTSPOTS, TO WORK WITH THE SCHOOL SYSTEM TO GET CERTAIN HOUSEHOLDS PLUGGED IN AND CONNECTED WITH THE HELP OF A CO-OP THAT NEEDS TO PAY THE BILLS BUT DOESN'T NEED TO MAKE MONEY, AND HOW THEY MIGHT BE ABLE TO HELP WITH THAT.
>> IT'S SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT.
>> BOARD, GOOD DISCUSSION, GOOD QUESTIONS.
WE HAVE INDIVIDUAL ACTION ITEM HERE ON APPROVING THIS PLAN TO MOVE FORWARD TO THE STATE SUPERINTENDENT.
IF THERE'S NO OTHER QUESTIONS, CONCERNS, DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THIS ACTION ITEM? MOTION BY MRS. DIGIACOMO.
THANK YOU. WE HAVE A SECOND BY-
>> -MS. WAYMAN. THANK YOU. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR?
WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO SAVE SOME MONEY WITH THE ENERGY MANAGEMENT AND CONSERVATION PROGRAM HERE.
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>> PRESIDENT NEWCOMB, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, DR. SIMMONS, COME BEFORE YOU TONIGHT ASKING FOR FIRST READING OF POTENTIAL APPROVAL OF POLICY 112TH 70, ENERGY MANAGEMENT AND CONSERVATION.
THIS IS A POLICY THAT IS IN REACTION TO A BILL THAT WAS PASSED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY IN THE 2021 SESSION, WHICH REQUIRED ALL SCHOOL SYSTEMS TO HAVE AN ENERGY MANAGEMENT AND CONSERVATION POLICY.
WE HAD AN ENERGY MANAGEMENT POLICY ON THE BOOKS.
THIS REQUIRED SOME UPDATES, TITLE CHANGE, DIFFERENT THINGS LIKE THAT, AND ALSO MADE SURE THAT WE TALKED ABOUT HOW WE SOURCE OUR ENERGY, HOW WE CAN SERVE OUR ENERGY, AND GOALS THAT WE NEED TO SET IN ORDER TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE MEETING CERTAIN STANDARDS THAT ARE THERE.
THE POLICY THAT IS BEFORE YOU, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF ONE PIECE, IS EXACTLY THE MODEL POLICY FROM MSDE WHICH WAS INCLUDED IN THAT BILL.
THE PIECE THAT IS NOT PART OF THE MODEL POLICY IS ON THE VERY LAST PAGE WHERE WE ACTUALLY HAVE OUR DATA.
WHERE WE CURRENTLY STAND TOWARDS THE OVERALL GOAL OF 10 KILOWATT HOURS PER SQUARE FOOT ANNUALLY.
THAT IS TRUE, CAROLINE COUNTY DATA THAT IS INSERTED INTO THE POLICY THERE.
THE REST OF THE POLICY IS MODEL POLICY LANGUAGE.
>> THIS IS THE FIRST READINGS.
>> YEAH, IT'S THE FIRST READING [INAUDIBLE]
>> BOARD MEMBERS, ANY QUESTIONS ON THE POLICY? I THINK AS DR. SIMMONS WAS LETTING MS. WAYMAN KNOW THAT BECAUSE IT IS TYPICAL FOR POLICY, WILL BE REVIEWING NEW POLICY THREE TIMES.
>> TWICE. YEAH. GREAT. THANK YOU.
>> BUT SINCE IT IS STATE MANDATE, IT'S ALL STATE LANGUAGE EXCEPT FOR THE WE COULD ELECT TO DO IT IN ONE IF WE SO CHOOSE.
ANY THOUGHTS OR PROCESS OR COMMENTS ON THAT?
>> I MOVE WE APPROVE IT NOW. PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD.
>> ANY CONCERNS OR COMMENTS ON THAT? IF NOT [OVERLAPPING].
DO WE HAVE A SECOND TO APPROVE THIS ENERGY POLICY IN ONE READING?
MOTION BY MR. BARTON, SECOND BY MR. JONES TO [NOISE] REVIEW AND APPROVE THIS ENERGY MANAGEMENT CONSERVATION POLICY.
ON READING, ANY FINAL DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE. DO WE HAVE ALL THOSE IN FAVOR?
>> THANK YOU. [NOISE] MOVING ON TO ANOTHER INDIVIDUAL ACTION ITEM.
>> PRESENT NUKA MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, DR. SIMMONS, I BRING BEFORE YOU FOR FIRST READING ON POTENTIAL ENACTMENT REVISIONS TO POLICY 33150, WHICH IS STUDENT BEHAVIOR INTERVENTIONS.
THIS IS AS PART OF OUR REQUIREMENT THAT WAS PASSED THIS LEGISLATIVE SESSION THROUGH HOUSE BILL 1255, WHICH UPDATED THE DEFINITION OF PHYSICAL RESTRAINT AND ALSO PROHIBITED LOCAL SCHOOL SYSTEMS [NOISE] OF USING SECLUSION AS A STUDENT BEHAVIORAL INTERVENTION.
WHAT YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU TONIGHT IS THE POLICY, BUT ALSO THE REGULATION AND SO JUST POLICY, OF COURSE, IS APPROVED BY THE BOARD, IS USUALLY A BROAD STATEMENT OF WHAT WE BELIEVE OR WHAT WE SEEK TO DO.
REGULATION IS PROVED BY THE SUPERINTENDENT AND IS HOW WE SEEK TO DO THAT.
TONIGHT WE HAVE BOTH IN FRONT OF YOU.
JUST BECAUSE I WANTED TO ILLUSTRATE THE CHANGE THAT WAS MADE.
UNIQUELY, IT'S A CHANGE THAT IS MADE THAT YOU WON'T SEE, BUT I'LL EXPLAIN THAT IN JUST A SECOND.
FOR THE POLICY, THERE REALLY ARE TWO CHANGES AND THEY ARE IN THE DEFINITIONS PORTION OF THE POLICY.
HOUSE BILL 1255 SET OUT AND SAID EXACTLY WHAT IS THE DEFINITION OF PHYSICAL RESTRAINT AND EXACTLY WHAT IS THE DEFINITION OF A SECLUSION.
[NOISE] OUR DEFINITIONS AND OUR POLICY CHANGE TO REFLECT HOSPITAL 1255.
THAT'S THE ONLY POLICY CHANGE.
>> PRIOR TO THIS. JUST TO REJECT TWO OF THEM.
THE BOARD LAST UPDATED THIS POLICY A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO WHEN THE STATE CHANGED THOSE DEFINITIONS.
LITERALLY YEARS AGO, THEY'VE RE-CHANGED OR MODIFIED ONCE AGAIN, THE DEFINITIONS OF BOTH.
>> IN THE REGULATION, WHICH STARTS ON THE 3RD PAGE OF WHAT YOU HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU.
THE CHANGES ARE IN BOLD AND AGAIN, THE CHANGES ON THE 2ND PAGE OF THE REGULATION DO REFLECT THE NEW LEGISLATIVELY MANDATED DEFINITIONS OF PHYSICAL RESTRAINT AND SECLUSION.
ON THE 3RD PAGE OF THE REGULATION, YOU WILL SEE A SECTION D THAT SAYS SECLUSION.
IT SIMPLY SAYS THAT PER HOUSE BILL 1255, WHICH IS REFERENCED AS CHAPTER 31 OF 2022.
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SECLUSION IS PROHIBITED FOR USE IN CAROLINE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND BY ALL CONTRACTORS OPERATING UNDER CAROLINE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS.THAT IS THE STATEMENT THAT IS PUT IN HERE.
THIS IS NOT MODEL POLICY LANGUAGE, BUT IT'S LANGUAGE THAT VERY CLEARLY SAYS WE WILL NOT USE IT AND NEITHER WILL WE HIRE PEOPLE IN OUR BUILDINGS THAT WILL USE THEM.
UNDER SECTION B IN THE PREVIOUS REGULATION.
I SAID A CHANGE YOU WILL NOT SEE.
UNDER SECTION B IN THE PREVIOUS REGULATION WAS A WHOLE LITANY OF THE CONDITIONS ON WHICH YOU COULD USE IT, THE REPORTING REQUIREMENTS WHEN YOU USED IT, ALL THINGS LIKE THAT.
YOU WILL SEE AFTER THAT STATEMENT, WE GO DIRECTLY TO SECTION C, ALL THAT A TEXT HAS BEEN REMOVED IF WE'RE NOT USING IT AND IF WE'RE PROHIBITED FROM USING IT, WE DON'T NEED PROCEDURES TO USE IT AND WE DON'T NEED THE REPORT WHEN WE USE IT, IF WE DON'T USE IT.
I JUST WANTED TO SEE THAT THAT'S REFLECTED THERE.
THEN FARTHER INTO THE REGULATION, ONE ADDITIONAL CHANGE THAT HAS TO DO WITH PHYSICAL RESTRAINT, WHERE IT SIMPLY SAYS THAT IF WE'RE GOING TO USE PHYSICAL RESTRAINT, I'M SORRY, IT'S ON SECTION 3 RACHEL, UNDER PHYSICAL RESTRAINTS.
IT'S THE VERY NEXT PAGE WHERE WE WERE.
THERE WE GO. YOU CAN SEE THAT IT'S IN BOLD.
UNDER PHYSICAL RESTRAINT PART B, THAT PHYSICAL RESTRAINT MAY BE USED AS DESCRIBED IN THE STUDENT'S BEHAVIOR INTERVENTION PLAN OR INDIVIDUALIZED EDUCATION PROGRAM, AND DESCRIBES THE SPECIFIC BEHAVIORS AND CIRCUMSTANCE IN WHICH PHYSICAL RESTRAINT MAY BE USED.
I'M GOING TO TRY THIS BECAUSE THIS IS MY LEARNING FOR THIS.
CONTRAINDICATIONS HAVE BEEN CONSIDERED AND I HAD TO LOOK UP WHAT A CONTRAINDICATION IS.
THAT IS WHEN SOMETHING MIGHT BE NECESSARY OR THE RIGHT THING TO DO.
BUT BECAUSE IT WOULD BE ADVERSE TO THE PERSON.
A LOT OF TIMES THAT'S A WORD USED IN MEDICAL TERMS. THIS IS THE TREATMENT WE NEED TO GIVE YOU, BUT YOUR BODY WON'T RESPOND TO THAT TREATMENT SO WE CAN'T GIVE IT TO YOU.
PHYSICAL RESTRAINT WOULD NOT BE USED IN A SITUATION WHERE IT WOULD CAUSE UNDO HARM TO THE PERSON WE'RE TRYING TO RESTRAIN BECAUSE THEY ARE MEDICALLY FRAGILE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
AGAIN, THAT IS DIRECTLY FROM THE LAW AS WELL.
TWO CHANGES TO THE POLICY, BOTH DEFINITIONS FOR CHANGES TO THE REGULATION TO DEFINITIONS.
ONE STATEMENT, IT SAYS WE PROHIBIT SECLUSION AND ERASING OUR PROCEDURES.
THIS STATEMENT ABOUT WHEN WE WOULD USE PHYSICAL RESTRAINT.
>> IF I UNDERSTAND THAT RIGHT, THAT PART ON YOUR B MEANS OTHER THINGS HAVE BEEN CONSIDERED.
>> IS THAT WHAT THAT FANCY WORD MEANS?
>> YES. OTHER THINGS HAVE BEEN CONSIDERED.
>> YOU LEARNED HOW TO SAY THAT?
>> IT SEEMS LIKE IN THAT SITUATION WE SHOULD PUT WORDS IN THERE THAT PEOPLE UNDERSTAND WHAT THEY MEAN, SO THEY DON'T HAVE TO GO PULL A DICTIONARY OR GET ONLINE, GOOGLE IT.
>> RESPECTFULLY, YOU'RE DEALING WITH THE MARYLAND GENERAL ASSEMBLY.
>> BEFORE COVID. I COULDN'T SAY ASYNCHRONOUS [LAUGHTER].
>> WELL, THAT JUST SETS US UP BECAUSE, A GOOD LAWYER COULD ALWAYS ARGUE, YOU PHYSICALLY CAN UNDERSTAND SOMEBODY, IT'S GOING TO AFFECT THEM.
>> THE COMPONENT OF THIS ALSO IS THAT ANY EMPLOYEE WHO IS GOING TO BE ENGAGED IN PARTICIPATING DURING A PHYSICAL RESTRAINT HAS TO BE TRAINED EVERY YEAR AND RETRAINED AND THEY OUGHT TO BE TRAINED IN CPR.
THEY'RE TRAINED IN WHAT, A CONTRACT AND I'VE ALWAYS HEARD IT PRONOUNCED CONTRARY INDICATION.
BUT REGARDLESS, POTATO, POTATO, WHO KNOWS.
BUT THERE'S EXTENSIVE TRAINING THAT MRS. ANTHONY HAS PUT ON FOR FOLKS.
IF YOU'RE GOING TO BE DOING A PHYSICAL RESTRAINT, YOU MUST BE TRAINED EVERY YEAR, RECERTIFIED IN CPR.
THEY'RE GETTING THAT PIECE BECAUSE THAT'S PART OF OUR PROTECTION AND THEIRS AND OBVIOUSLY THE STUDENTS PROTECTION AS WELL.
>> WE TRIED TO DO THAT IN TRAINING [INAUDIBLE] THIS TREATY REQUIRES US TO NEVER DO ANYTHING BEFORE TRAINING THAT LASTS ABOUT 3-5 DAYS TOWARDS DE-ESCALATION AND THEN IT GOES INTO THE PHYSICAL LIFE, IF YOU'RE ALREADY I'M CERTIFIED. [INAUDIBLE]
>> BUT THAT'S 60 PERCENT OF THE TRAINING REALLY IS DE-ESCALATION.
ON A THREE-DAY TRAINING, ABOUT TWO DAYS OF DE-ESCALATION.
IT'S ONLY THE FINAL DAY WHERE YOU'RE ACTUALLY LEARNING THE RESTRAINT TECHNIQUES THAT ARE THERE.
EVEN IN A RESTRAINT TRAINING, RESTRAINT AS A MINOR PART OF IT, IT'S REALLY THE DE-ESCALATION.
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>> I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THE DEFINITION OF SECLUSION.
IT'S THE CONFINEMENT OF A STUDENT ALONE IN A ROOM, ENCLOSURE, OR ANY OTHER SPACE FROM WHICH THE STUDENT IS PHYSICALLY PREVENTED FROM LEAVING DURING SCHOOL HOURS.
IF THERE'S SOME SITUATION, AND THE STUDENT IS TRYING TO LEAVE THE SCHOOL, WHICH WOULD NOT BE A GOOD THING.
THIS IS SAYING, YOU HAVE TO LET THE STUDENT LEAVE THE SCHOOL?
>> NO. WHAT THAT IS ACTUALLY SAYING IS THAT YOU HAVE SOMEBODY WITH THAT CHILD.
IF YOU'RE SECLUDING A CHILD, YOU ARE PUSHING THEM AWAY.
WITH THE DOOR SHUT, THERE'S NO OTHER ADULT IN THAT SPACE WITH THEM.
YOU'RE HAVING SOMEBODY WITH THEM.
>> I KNOW AGAIN THAT THAT SHOULD BE CLEAR IN THAT DEFINITION IN MY OPINION.
>> QUESTION. MAYBE THIS IS COVERED SOMEWHERE ELSE, I DON'T KNOW.
I DON'T SEE ANYTHING HERE THAT IS SPECIFIC TOWARDS BULLYING.
>> THAT WOULD BE IN THE BULLYING POLICY.
>> WE HAVE A SEPARATE RULES. [OVERLAPPING]
>> WE HAVE A SEPARATE POLICY IN BULLYING, HARASSMENT, INTIMIDATION.
>> YOU JUST APPROVED SOME REVISIONS TO IT.
>> [OVERLAPPING] TIMELINES. YOU GOT AN ADD THEM BACK IN.
>> IN A WORK SESSION ON IT AS WELL.
[OVERLAPPING] WHO REMEMBERS ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THIS POLICY OR COMMENTS, NOTES? I THINK THIS IS IMPORTANT ENOUGH.
THESE ARE STATE MANDATED GUIDELINES?
>> SAME AS BEFORE. WE COULD MOVE ON IT IN ONE. IS THAT ACCURATE?
>> MY THOUGHT PROCESS, AND WE HAVE ONE SUGGESTED EDIT.
THIS IS VERY SERIOUS STUFF. I'LL MAKE SURE WE HAVE TIME.
>> I'D LIKE TO HAVE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO READ IT.
>> YES. I THINK IT DOESN'T HURT TO LET OUR COMMUNITY OR DIFFERENT PEOPLE SEE US TALK ABOUT IT IN ANOTHER PUBLIC SESSION. JUST TO SET THAT.
>> BECAUSE IT'S A LOT TO TAKE IN.
>> RIGHT. BOARD MEMBERS ALWAYS SAY, LET'S CONTINUE IF YOU THINK OF ANYTHING RIGHT NOW. [OVERLAPPING]
>> BUT I DO HAVE ONE QUESTION.
>> WE CAN ALSO SEND IN SOME COMMENTS.
>> IF YOU LOOK AT THE LAST PAGE.
SUPERVISORS, SPECIAL EDUCATION WILL CONDUCT OBSERVATIONS OF SECLUSION ROOMS AT LEAST ANNUALLY AND MAINTAIN TRAINING PLANS FOR THE USE OF SECLUSION.
>> BECAUSE I WAS GOING TO SAY, WE CAN'T USE IT.
>> THAT'S CORRECT. THAT NEEDS TO BE STRUCK AND RE-LETTERED.
>> [OVERLAPPING] ABBREVIATION.
>> IN THE LAST PAGE, IN THE RIG, YEAH.
>> THE RIG HAS ALL THE CHANGES REALLY TO THE STATE LANGUAGE.
THE POLICY WHICH WE NEED TO VOTE ON IS SOMEWHAT MINIMAL EXCEPT THE DEFINITIONS AND THAT CONCERNS ME.
I'M TRYING TO GET MY THOUGHTS IN PLACE BECAUSE AS MR. JACKMAN WAS SAYING THAT IF SOMETHING IS NOT ALLOWED TO BE USED, SECLUSION, WHY DO WE EVEN HAVE A DEFINITION FOR IT? IT COULD BE STATED IN THE POLICY BECAUSE IN OUR POLICY STATEMENT WE SAY OR SECLUSION AFTER LESS, BUT WE CAN'T USE SECLUSION, SO WHY IS IT IN OUR POLICY? MY THOUGHT PROCESSES IS LIKE THAT.
I DON'T KNOW HOW WE ADDRESS THAT. I'M NOT THERE YET.
>> WE CAN RE-LOOK AT THE POLICY STATEMENT AS WELL TO TRY TO [OVERLAPPING]
>> AS YOU SAID EARLIER, AND ROBIN SAID, IS DIRECTED FROM THE STATE.
BECAUSE THERE ARE SOME COUNTIES THAT DO STILL PRACTICE SECLUSION.
WE ENSURE THAT YOU DO NOT DO THAT.
JUST TO MAKE MORE SENSE OF IT, OUR HYBRID PROGRAMS HAVE WHAT WE CALL TIMEOUT AREAS AND TIME-OUT ROOMS. THOSE ROOMS HAVE DOORS ON THEM, WHICH IN SOME CASES WE HAVE REMOVED THE DOORS OR LEAVE THE DOORS OPEN.
YEARS AGO, WHICH WOULD HAVE BEEN PROBABLY 11 OR 12 YEARS NOW, WE HAD CONTACTED WITH HIGH ROAD FOR THOSE CLASSROOMS. THERE'S DOORS, WORKOUT POST.
THEN OVER THE COURSE OF ALL THESE YEARS AND ALL OF THE MISHAPS THAT HAVE HAPPENED MOST OF THE COACHING ROOMS, WE DECIDED TO END THAT PRACTICE.
BUT LEAVING THAT DEFINITION IN IS ONLY FOR THE PURPOSE OF UNDERSTANDING WHAT SECLUSION MEANS.
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THIS IS WHY WE'RE SAYING NO TO IT.>> WHAT IT IS WE'RE NOT USING.
>> YOU HAVE TO USE THAT DEFINITION.
YOU CAN'T CLARIFY IT BECAUSE YOUR DEFINITION MADE A LOT MORE SENSE IN THIS DOCUMENT.
>> MR. JACKMAN, WE CAN LOOK AT ADDING A CLARIFIER WITH THAT LANGUAGE.
IT'S IMPORTANT WE KEEP THE STATE MODEL LANGUAGE WITH IT, AND THEN WE HAVE TO ADD A LITTLE BIT [OVERLAPPING]
>> THIS IS THE POLICY THAT CAME ABOUT.
I KNOW [INAUDIBLE] WITH REPRESENTING ME AND OTHERS HEARD ABOUT IT.
THIS LEGISLATION CAME IN RESPONSE TO THE INFORMATION COMING OUT OF BREVARD COUNTY.
THIS THEN LED TO THE LEGISLATION THAT WAS COMING.
IT IS IMPORTANT FOR THE BOARD TO TAKE THE TIME TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GET IT RIGHT AND NOT FIND OURSELVES IN A POSITION THAT OTHERS HAVE.
THAT WE'RE CLEAR ON WHAT IT MEANS.
>> IN ADDITION TO WHAT MS. JOGGERS, I GUESS IN OUR POLICY STATEMENT, THE BOARD'S POLICY STATEMENT IN THE SENTENCE, IN THIS WORK IN PROGRESS.
SCHOOL PERSONNEL SHOULD ONLY USE SECLUSION, FIRST PAGE OF THE PDF.
>> ROMAN NUMERAL TWO. THE RIGHT MIDDLE PARAGRAPH.
SCHOOL PERSONNEL SHOULD ONLY USE SECLUSION RESTRAINT AFTER LESS RESTRICTIVE OR ALTERNATIVE.
JUST TAKE IT, SECLUSION OUT COMPLETELY.
THEN SOMEWHERE ELSE, AND MAYBE EVEN AT THE BOTTOM, BECAUSE YOU CAN LEAVE SECLUSION AS A DEFINITION.
BUT AS PER SIMILARITY REGULATION, AS PER STATE COMA OR YADA, SECLUSION IS NO LONGER ALLOWED OR WHAT IS NOT PART OF THIS POLICY.
PERIOD. IT'S IN DEFINITION BUT IT SHOULDN'T BE IN THAT SENTENCE WITH POTENTIAL USE.
>> THERE'S ANOTHER SENTENCE AFTER IT SAYS, SECLUSION WILL NOT BE WHEREVER USING THE [OVERLAPPING] IN SCHOOL.
>> WE CAN MAKE THOSE REVISIONS.
WE CAN CHECK ON THE CLARIFIER ON THE DEFINITION.
I DO THINK THE DEFINITION AS IS IN THE LAW HAS TO STAY, BUT I THINK WE CAN GO BEYOND THAT.
>> THEN BETWEEN THIS BOARD MEETING AND THE NEXT BOARD MEETING, WE'LL PUT THIS OUT FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.
IT'S ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT'S LEGISLATIVELY MANDATED.
AS MS. ANTHONY IS SAYING, WHETHER IT'S PAST OR NOT, IT'S NOT GOING TO NECESSARILY CHANGE OUR PRACTICE.
IT'S JUST GOING TO BRING OUR POLICY INTO COMPLIANCE.
BUT WE'LL PUT IT OUT FOR COMMENT.
WE'LL LET FOLKS KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON.
>> THIS APPLIES TO SCHOOL PERSONNEL TO MAKE IT COMPLICATED OR A LITTLE CHALLENGING BECAUSE NOT APPLIED TO LAW ENFORCEMENT PERSONNEL THAT MIGHT BE COMING IN THE SCHOOL AND EFFECTING ARREST BECAUSE THAT CERTAINLY IS RESTRAINED.
>> EVEN IF THERE'S NO MECHANICAL RESTRAINT.
WELL, HEAVEN FORBID, BUT IT CAN AND WILL HAPPEN.
THE POLICE OFFICERS COME INTO A SCHOOL AND PLAY SOMEBODY UNDER ARREST.
THEY'RE USING MECHANICAL DEVICES OR DOING WHATEVER RESTRAINT THEY HAVE.
>> THIS IS ALSO STUDENT BEHAVIORAL INTERVENTIONS.
THIS IS WHAT YOU DO WHEN A STUDENT NEEDS INTERVENTION BECAUSE OF THEIR OWN BEHAVIOR.
YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? [OVERLAPPING] EXACTLY.
>> YES, AND THIS WILL BE OUR STUDENTS WHO WE'VE IDENTIFIED THROUGH THE IEP PROCESS OR WE'VE GOT A PROCEDURE IN PLACE? [OVERLAPPING].
>> I LIKE THAT TRAINING TOO I LIKE THAT YOU WERE DESCRIBING THE ESCALATION OCCURRED FROM THE FIRST, SECOND TO WHENEVER THE SITUATION IS CONCLUDED.
>> IT GOES LONG WITH THE CONSCIOUSNESS DISCIPLINE THING.
>> WE WILL BE BACK IN SEPTEMBER THANK YOU.
>> BOARD MEMBERS, WE NEED THESE KINDS OF THINGS TOO.
WE COULD HAVE, AS WE HAD TIME THIS WEEKEND WE GET QUESTIONS, SEND THEM AHEAD OF TIME WE NEED TO KEEP MINDFUL OF THAT IF WE KNOW.
SOME OF THEM DON'T HAPPEN UNTIL WE SEE THE PRESENTATION OR HAVE THE CONVERSATION.
BETWEEN NOW AND THE COMING WEEKS AS WE THINK SOMETHING, LET'S SEND THEM FORWARD SO THEY CAN, THE STAFF CAN BE WORKING ON THEM. SO THANK YOU.
WE'VE READ THE STUDENT BEHAVIOR POLICY IS GOING TO COME BACK TO US IN SEPTEMBER.
MOVING ON TO REPORTS AND PRESIDENTS [NOISE] REPORT CAROLINE COUNTY
[6. Reports and Presentations]
TEACHER OF THE YEAR. GOOD STUFF.>> HELLO. HI DR. SIMMONS, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, PRESIDENT NEWCOMB.
I WAS PLEASED TO BE A MAIN TEACHER OF THE FOR CAROLINE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
AGAIN, THIS WAS A NON-NORMAL YEAR FOR THIS PROGRAM.
BUT I DID GET MORE OUT OF IT THAN SOME OF MY PREDECESSORS.
MS. MACKENZIE YOU'RE IN CHARGE OVER THERE.
[NOISE] [LAUGHTER] I WANTED TO GIVE YOU A SNAPSHOT WHEN I WAS NAMED TEACHER OF THE YEAR,
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IT WAS IN THE SPRING OF 2021 AND CHRIS STOE, WHO IS ACTUALLY A GOOD FRIEND OF OURS, HE WAS A GRADUATE OF NORTH CAROLINE HIGH WITH ME CLASS OF 94'.HE TOOK THESE AWESOME PHOTOGRAPHS OF MYSELF IN MY CLASSROOM WITH MY STUDENTS.
THIS IS WHAT IT WAS LIKE TEACHING HYBRID WITH MY STUDENTS SPACED APART, MASK REQUIRED, ME IN THE FRONT OF THE ROOM AND THEN I ALSO HAD STUDENTS ON ZOOM IN THAT PHOTOGRAPH BEHIND ME.
I THOUGHT THIS WAS A REALLY GOOD IMAGE TO START OFF WITH.
THIS WAS WHAT WE STARTED WITH AT THE BEGINNING OF MY TENURE AS TEACHER OF THE YEAR.
THEN, THANK YOU TO ALL OF YOU.
MY HUSBAND AND MY CHILD AND I HAVE GREATLY ENJOYED THE USE OF OUR FORD EDGE THIS YEAR.
THANK YOU, DR. SIMMONS AND THE BOARD AND PRESTON AUTOMOTIVE.
I DON'T WANT TO GIVE IT BACK, BUT I HAVE TOO TBD ON THAT, I HOPE.
THANK YOU. THIS WAS IN THE MIDDLE.
THE MIDDLE FOR ME WAS ACTUALLY IN MARCH OF 2022 AND THIS WAS THE FIRST OPPORTUNITY I HAD TO MEET THE OTHER TEACHERS OF THE YEAR.
THE BOTTOM PHOTOGRAPH IS BRIANA WALKER WHO IS OUR STATE TEACHER OF THE YEAR.
SHE IS IN THE BLUE ROYAL BLUE DRESS AND SHE TOOK THAT SELFIE AND THEN ANOTHER PHOTOGRAPHER TOOK OURS.
THAT'S US ON THE STEPS OF, I BELIEVE, THE SENATE.
ABOVE UP THERE IS MYSELF, STEPHANIE MACKENZIE, AND KAREN NICHOLS, OTHER TEACHERS OF THE YEAR, RESPECTIVELY FROM UNIONS COUNTY AND KENT COUNTY WITH SENATOR HERSHEY.
THAT WAS A REALLY, REALLY AWESOME, AWESOME DAY, GETTING TO GO IN THERE AND SEE LEGISLATION AT WORK.
IT WAS VERY UNIQUE, HAD NEVER BEEN IN THAT POSITION BEFORE.
THAT WAS A GREAT EXPERIENCE AND THAT'S WHEN I GOT TO MEET EVERYONE.
IN THE IN-BETWEEN WHAT WE DID IN DECEMBER, I, YAY CLAIM TO FAME.
I JUDGED THE HOLIDAY PARADE THAT WAS FUN.
I GOT TO SEE A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT I GREW UP.
I'M A LIFELONG RESIDENT OF CAROLINE COUNTY AND WENT THROUGH THE SCHOOL SYSTEM SO I GOT TO SEE A LOT OF PEOPLE I KNEW.
I ALSO DID A VIRTUAL ROUND TABLE WITH DR. CHOUNDHURY, WHO IS OUR STATE SUPERINTENDENT.
ALL THE TOYS GOT TOGETHER AND WE WERE ABLE TO POSE TO HIM QUESTIONS ABOUT VIRTUAL LEARNING, HYBRID LEARNING, WHAT WAS GOING TO BE COMING FORWARD.
WHAT WAS HIS VISION WHAT DID HE WANTED TO TAKE FROM US, AND THAT WAS VERY INTERESTING.
HE HAD JUST COME ON BOARD, I THINK AT THAT POINT.
WE ALSO DID TWO SESSIONS WITH NORTHROP GRUMMAN, WHICH WAS A STEM IMMERSION AND THAT WAS VERY INTERESTING.
I DON'T RECALL THE ASTRONAUTS NAME BUT ON THE SHUTTLE COLUMBIA, ONE OF THE ASTRONAUTS THAT WAS ON THAT SHUTTLE WAS ACTUALLY ONE OF THE FOLKS THAT SPOKE TO US IN THAT VIRTUAL SESSION AND THAT WAS REALLY FASCINATING.
IF YOU'VE HEARD OF THE JAMES WEBB TELESCOPE, THAT'S BEEN MAKING THE NEWS, WE GOT A PREQUEL BEFORE THAT WENT UP, GIVING US INFORMATION ABOUT THAT, SO THAT WAS REALLY FASCINATING.
THEN THIS PICTURE IS FROM THE TEACHERS OF PROMISE INSTITUTE.
I PUT THAT OUT THERE BECAUSE IN THIS AGE OF VIRTUAL LEARNING AND ALL THESE THINGS THAT HAVE HAPPENED IN THE LAST FEW YEARS THIS WAS LIKE THE FLOOR OF A CONVENTION.
WHEN I USED TO BE A LIBRARIAN AND I WENT TO THE AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION CONFERENCE IN DC THIS WOULD BE WHAT THE ACTUAL FLOOR WOULD LOOK LIKE.
BUT INSTEAD, THIS WAS ALL VIRTUAL AND YOU COULD CLICK ON ANY OF THOSE LITTLE THINGS AND GO TO ALL THESE DIFFERENT ROOMS. NOW OF COURSE, I THOUGHT I WAS DONE WITH BREAKOUT ROOMS. [LAUGHTER] THEN THEY PUT US IN BREAKOUT ROOMS AND I HAD A LITTLE PTSD WITH THAT, BUT WE HAD A GREAT TIME.
I MENTOR ONE TEACHER FROM THAT INSTITUTE SHE'LL BE GOING INTO TEACHING THIS YEAR SHE'S A CAREER CHANGER AND SHE WAS AT UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE.
SHE IS LOOKING I CAN'T RECALL WHICH SHE HAD INTERVIEWS LAST TIME I TALKED TO I CAN'T RECALL WHERE SHE WAS HIRED.
BUT I'M MENTORING HER THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER MONTHS AND THEN THIS COMING YEAR.
ALL GREAT THINGS MUST COME TO AN END.
I ACTUALLY MISSES TO DOCUMENT AND DID HAVE A RETREAT WHERE I GOT TO STAY AWAY.
>> THIS WAS AWESOME. NOW I WANT TO TELL YOU GUYS THAT CAROLINE COUNTY IS KNOWN FAR AND WIDE.
OBVIOUSLY, IF YOU LOOK AT THE MIDDLE PICTURE, THE LADY PRESENTING WITH THE ROBOTICS BANNERS BEHIND HER.
SHE IS IN CECIL COUNTY AND SHE FORMALLY TAUGHT IN DORCHESTER COUNTY.
SHE TAUGHT THE CHILDREN OF A GOOD FRIEND OF MINE WHO WHEN I WENT TO COLONEL, DR. SIMMONS KNOWS HIM, ALLAN DIXON HE TAUGHT THE TWINS.
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SO SHE SAYS TO ME, DO YOU KNOW ALLAN DIXON? THOSE OF YOU THAT KNOW ALLAN DIXON KNOW THAT EVERYONE KNOWS ALLAN DIXON.[LAUGHTER] THAT WAS TOO FUNNY.
I KNEW HER. THEN IF YOU LOOK AT ALL OF US LINED UP, THERE'S IN THIS PICTURE ON THE LEFT.
CAROLINE SCHLAGLE IS THE FOURTH ONE FROM THE RIGHT, AND I HAVE THE PRIVILEGE OF WORKING WITH HER SISTER-IN-LAW, NICOLE, AT COLONEL HIGH SCHOOL.
SHE IS ONE OF OUR MATH TEACHERS AND SHE JUST GOT MARRIED.
SMALL-WORLD HERE IN TOY LAND IN MARYLAND.
>> YEAH. [LAUGHTER] IT WAS REALLY NEAT. IT WAS REALLY NEAT.
THE BOTTOM PICTURE IN THE MIDDLE, THAT GENTLEMAN THERE, BILL IS HIS NAME HE WAS AMAZING THE DAY THAT WE HAD IN I CAN'T REMEMBER THE TOWN, BUT WHEN WE ARE IN DEEP CREEK IS WHERE THIS ALL TOOK PLACE.
BUT WHEN WE WENT INTO THE TOWN, THERE WAS A TRAIN STATION AND HE HAD ALL THIS MEMORABILIA ABOUT THE TRAINS AND HE WAS SO FASCINATING TO LISTEN TO.
A BUNCH OF US WENT IN THERE AND HE JUST TOOK US ON A LITTLE TOUR HE'S SO KIND.
THEN THE BEST PART WAS OUR OUR BOAT RIDE ON DEEP CREEK LAKE FOR TWO HOURS AND THAT'S US.
WE HAD TWO BOATS WE HAD TWO PONTOON BOAT.
ONE ON THE RIGHT WAS THE ONE I WAS IN AND THEN THERE WAS ANOTHER ONE.
WE ALMOST COLLIDED BECAUSE THE SUPERINTENDENT OF CECIL COUNTY WAS DRIVING THE OTHER BOAT AND SHE ALMOST HIT US.
[LAUGHTER] WE WERE LIKE, LET'S NOT DO THAT.
WE STAYED AT THE SILVER LAKE INN WE DID SO MUCH.
WE SAW THAT WONDERFUL ROBOTICS PRESENTATION ON NOT CARROLL COUNTY, GARRETT COUNTY BRINGS IT EVERY YEAR WITH ROBOTICS.
THEY HAD A AN ACTUAL CHEVY TAHOE THAT HAD A WRAP AROUND IT BECAUSE THEY WERE THE INTERNATIONAL CHAMPIONS FOR ROBOTICS.
THEY DID THIS HUGE PRESENTATION ON THIS DEVICE THAT THEIR STUDENTS HAD CREATED AND THEY SHARED IT WITH US AND THAT WAS REALLY A GREAT DEAL OF FUN.
WE HAD THAT OPPORTUNITY BESIDES THE TOURING IN SOME OF THE OTHER THINGS BUT IT WAS A JAM-PACKED FULL DAYS.
WE HAD ONE FULL DAY AND THEN WE HAD, OF COURSE, THE NIGHT BEFORE AND THEN THE NIGHT AFTER THAT AND THEN WE WENT HOME BACK TO OUR LITTLE AREAS.
BUT WE ALL HAVE A GROUP CHAT AND WE ALL HAVE A FACEBOOK PAGE THAT ARE DEDICATED TO US SO WE CAN ALL KEEP IN TOUCH AND KEEP IN CONTACT.
SO IT HAS BEEN A GREAT EXPERIENCE.
THANK YOU SO MUCH AND I APPRECIATED NOT ONLY REPRESENTING CAROLINE COUNTY, BUT ALSO COLONEL RICHARDSON HIGH SCHOOL, OF WHICH I AM PROUD TO BE A TEACHER THERE. SO THANK YOU.
I HAD TO ZOOM IN ON THE PICTURE, THAT'S IN THE MIDDLE BOTTOM BECAUSE I WONDERED WHO IS THE GUY WITH A TUXEDO? WHEN I ZOOMED IN AND HE NOT. [OVERLAPPING].
>> HE IS A MANNEQUINS. [LAUGHTER] YEAH.
THAT WAS THE WAY THAT THEY WOULD DRESS THEY WERE IN THE NOT STEERING, THAT WAS THE OPPOSITE.
BUT IF YOU WERE AFFLUENT AND YOU WERE ON BOARD A TRAIN, THAT WAS I MEAN, THEY HAD EVERYTHING IN THERE.
>> I JUST WONDERED WHY THAT TEACHER OVERDRESSED?
>> YEAH. EXACTLY. NO, NONE OF THE GUYS THAT WERE THERE OVERDRESSED.
NONE OF THE GUYS. NONE OF THAT.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH. [OVERLAPPING]
>> CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> SORRY. IT WAS SIDETRACKED WITH SOME STILL LINGERING SIDE-EFFECTS FROM ALL OF THIS.
>> I HOPE THAT IN THE FUTURE AS WE COME FORWARD, I HOPE THAT THEY ARE ABLE TO DO MORE THINGS.
I KNOW THEY ARE NO LONGER DOING THE GALA.
THEY USED TO HAVE A GALA AND IT'S JUST THE LOGISTICS OF THAT ARE JUST WAY TOO GREAT AT THIS POINT, AS WELL AS DARLA, WHO ALWAYS DID THAT FOR 25 YEARS, SHE RETIRED.
THEY CAN'T QUITE FIND SOMEONE TO TAKE THAT ON, [LAUGHTER] SO TO SPEAK.
BUT THEY DID HAVE A NICE GATHERING.
I KNOW DR. SIMMONS, HE WENT TO SOMETHING WITH MRS. GARDNER.
I KNOW THAT THEY'RE TRYING TO MOVE FORWARD, BUT IT WAS A GREAT EXPERIENCE NONETHELESS.
I REALLY APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU.
>> SPEAKING OF WHAT CAN WE GIVE SAY ANOTHER NAME SPECIAL MORE TIME IN THEIR LIVES OR IS IT A SPECIAL TIME? REOPENING PLAN.
>> BOARD MEMBERS COME BEFORE YOU TONIGHT WITH JUST A REVIEW OF OUR REOPENING PLAN FOR REQUIRED EVERY SIX MONTHS AS PART OF RECEIVING THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN FUNDING, THE ART FUNDING.
WE HAVE TO REVIEW THE REOPENING PLAN EVERY SIX MONTHS AND THEN SEND IT TO MSDE AND HIT THE TICK MARKS ON THEIR RUBRIC.
THEY SEND THE MACRO FEEDBACK AND WE CONTINUE TO DO THAT.
WHAT WE TRIED TO DO IS PROVIDE A BRIEF REVIEW OF THE REOPENING PLAN TO HIGHLIGHT WHAT ARE SOME UPDATES AND CHANGES TO THAT,
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AND I'LL WALK US THROUGH THE SLIDE DECK.IF THERE'S SOME QUESTIONS, THE TEAM WILL JUMP IN AS WELL TO HELP EXPLAIN, SO NOT A LOT OF CHANGES FROM THE LAST PRACTICE.
BUT OUR LAST UPDATE WAS IN FEBRUARY WHEN WE WERE STILL IN MASKS.
THAT DID CHANGE IN MARCH, WE WEREN'T REQUIRED TO UPDATE THE REOPENING PLAN FOR RESUBMISSION.
THERE'S SOME OF THOSE THINGS THAT HAVE COME FORWARD, BUT WE HAVE TO REVIEW IT WITH THE BOARD JUST SO YOU'RE AWARE AS WELL, IT'S DUE TO MSDE BY THE 15TH OF AUGUST AND WE WILL MAKE SURE THAT IT IS THERE AT ONE TIME.
BUT RACHEL, IF YOU CAN AND AGAIN, I WON'T AD NAUSEUM GO THROUGH THIS, BUT THERE ARE 12 REQUIREMENTS THAT LOCAL SCHOOL SYSTEMS HAVE TO HAVE IN THEIR REOPENING PLAN.
REALLY DO WISH THEY WOULD CALL IT SOMETHING DIFFERENT FROM REOPENING, BUT WE'RE JUST STUCK WITH THAT NAME.
THOSE 12 ITEMS ARE LISTED THERE AS THE BOARD MAY RECALL, LAST AUGUST WHEN WE COMPLETED THIS.
WE HAD 11 ITEMS, AND THEN WHEN THEY RETURNED TO FEEDBACK IN SEPTEMBER, THEY ADDED A BONUS ITEM FOR ALL SCHOOL SYSTEMS. THAT WAS ITEM 12 WAS THE BONUS ITEM THEY ADDED AFTER THE FACT THAT ALL SYSTEMS HAD TO WRITE TOWARDS AND THEN WE ADDRESSED.
WALKING THROUGH, REQUIREMENT 1 AS REQUIREMENT THAT THE REOPENING PLAN MUST BE ACCESSIBLE, MUST BE ON YOUR WEBSITE, IT IS, IT WILL BE, AND IT WILL CONTINUE TO BE.
REQUIREMENT TWO AROUND EQUITY REOPENING PLAN MUST REFLECT OUR EQUITY PLAN.
IT HAS THE FULL EQUITY PLAN, DOES AND WILL CONTINUE TO AS WE DEVELOP THE REOPENING PLAN INITIALLY AND CONTINUE TO AS WE WORKED THROUGH IT, WE CONTINUE TO APPLY THE EQUITY LENS, WHICH WAS CREATED ACTUALLY THROUGH NAMES EFFORTS.
AS WE'RE LOOKING THROUGH EACH COMPONENT OF THE REOPENING PLAN AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO LOOK AT OUR DATA TO LOOK AT THIS PROPORTIONALITY OF HOW STUDENTS HAVE BEEN IMPACTED BY THE PANDEMIC, AND THEN HOPEFULLY FEEL LIKE WE'RE IN A POST-PANDEMIC WORLD BUT AS WE'RE MOVING THROUGH THAT.
STAKEHOLDER INVOLVEMENT IS REQUIREMENT 3 THAT WE HAVE TO LOOK FOR STAKEHOLDER INVOLVEMENT IN TERMS OF OUR UPDATE FOR THE RECOVERY PLAN.
WE DID THAT IN THE MONTH OF JULY.
WE SENT OUT THE DRAFT RECOVERY PLAN.
YOU USE THE SAME THREE STAKEHOLDER GROUPS THAT WERE ESTABLISHED THAT ACTUALLY REVIEWED THE VIRTUAL PLAN.
WE SENT A COPY OF THE REOPENING PLAN DRAFT, NOT JUST THE POWERPOINT, BUT THE ACTUAL PLAN TO OUR SCHOOL SYSTEM IMPROVEMENT COUNCIL, WHICH IS MADE UP LARGELY OF SCHOOL SYSTEMS AND SCHOOL SYSTEMS STAFF, THE CITIZENS ADVISORY COMMITTEE, THE CAC, AND WE SENT IT OUT TO THEM AS WELL AND TO OUR EQUITY COMMITTEE.
ALL THE FEEDBACK WE'VE RECEIVED ON THE PLAN, WAS GO AHEAD.
THEY SUPPORTED THE PLAN AND FELT IT WILL MEET THE NEEDS OF THE SCHOOL SYSTEM.
NO COMMENTS WERE LISTED ABOUT ANY MODIFICATIONS OR CHANGES TO THE PLAN.
WE DID GET THE FEEDBACK, WHICH WAS WONDERFUL.
WE HAD GOOD PARTICIPATION RATE.
REQUIREMENT 4, IS STUDENT ASSESSMENT.
WE TALKED ABOUT THIS AT THE BOARD RETREAT IN TERMS OF LOOKING AT ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE DATA OF STUDENTS AND SETTING GOALS COMING INTO THE COMING YEAR, BUT UPDATED AS THE BOARD AS WELL AWARE, ALL STUDENTS WERE ASSESSED EARLY IN THE SCHOOL YEAR LAST YEAR TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THIS PANDEMIC GAPS WERE, AND WE CONTINUED ASSESSING THROUGHOUT THE YEAR TO IDENTIFY THESE GAPS AND PUT INSTRUCTIONAL PLANS IN PLACE TO HELP CLOSE THOSE GAPS FOR OUR STUDENTS AND THEN ACCELERATE.
WE DO KNOW IT'S GOING TO TAKE A LITTLE WHILE TO MAKE UP THOSE GAPS FROM THE SHUTDOWN, IT'S GOING TO TAKE A LITTLE MORE TIME.
WE WILL CONTINUE TO ADDRESS THE LEARNING GAPS.
YOU TALKED ABOUT INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGIES THAT WE'VE PUT IN PLACE LAST YEAR, AS WELL AS OUR WORK IN OUT-OF-SCHOOL TIME HOURS, BOTH AFTER-SCHOOL AND THEN SUMMER, AND OUR TUTORING PROGRAMS. AGAIN, WE PUT THAT INFORMATION IN HERE AS WELL.
WE WILL CONTINUE TO REFINE AND LOOK AT OUR DATA TO HELP IT LEAD US WHERE WE NEED TO INSTRUCTIONAL.
CURRICULUM AND INSTRUCTION, ENSURING THAT OUR STANDARDS, THE STATE STANDARDS ARE BEING TAUGHT IN ALL CONTENT AREAS.
WE CONTINUE TO DO THAT AS WE DID.
WE WILL CONTINUE OFFERING THE DISTANCE LEARNING OPTION, WHICH IS THE LAST BULLET, THE BLENDED VIRTUAL LEARNING PROGRAM, WE'LL BE OFFERING THAT AGAIN THIS YEAR.
FROM LEGISLATION WE'LL SEE WHAT JANUARY BRINGS IN THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY, BUT NO CHANGES IN THIS FRONT.
WE WILL CONTINUE TO TEACH THE STANDARDS AND WORK TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR STUDENTS ARE ACHIEVING THOSE AGAIN, GOES BACK TO OUR MISSION STATEMENT AS WELL.
REQUIREMENTS 6, SPECIAL EDUCATION.
AGAIN, WE WILL CONTINUE TO FOLLOW ALL FEDERAL AND STATE LAWS THAT WE NEED TO IN REGARD TO SPECIAL EDUCATION AND FREE APPROPRIATE PUBLIC EDUCATION FOR ALL OF OUR STUDENTS.
OUR SPECIAL EDUCATION DEPARTMENT AND TEACHERS HAVE DONE A GREAT JOB OF LOOKING AT DATA TO SEE WHERE OUR STUDENTS ARE PERFORMING, IDENTIFYING THOSE GAPS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT WITH ALL STUDENTS.
THEN PUTTING PLANS IN PLACE TO HELP OUR STUDENTS MEET THOSE NEEDS AS WELL AS OUR EL STUDENTS AND OUR SECTION 5 OR 4 STUDENTS.
UPDATE THAT'S INCLUDED IN HERE IS THAT WE DID INVITE, WE SPECIFICALLY TARGETED STUDENTS TO PARTICIPATE IN SUMMER PROGRAMMING AS WELL.
LOOKING AT OUR STUDENTS WITH IEPS WHO WERE BEHIND OR EL STUDENTS.
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WE HAVE CONTINUED TO OFFER EXACT PATH TUTORING, WHICH IS THAT ONLINE TUTORING PROGRAM THAT YOU HEARD ABOUT PREVIOUSLY, AND WE WILL CONTINUE DOING THAT GOING INTO THE NEXT SCHOOL YEAR AGAIN, TO HELP OUR STUDENTS CLOSE THE GAPS.THE MOST CHANGES THAT HAVE BEEN ADDED TO THE PLAN REALLY WAS BRINGING UP-TO-DATE FOR WHERE THINGS CAME IN MARCH.
THEN ROLLING FORWARD, WHICH IS REQUIREMENTS 7, HEALTH AND SAFETY.
MASKING DID BECOME OPTIONAL AND ALL BUILDINGS FOR ALL INDIVIDUALS.
IN MARCH OF 2022 IS WHEN THAT CHANGE HAPPENED.
MOST RECENT GUIDELINES ACTUALLY WERE JUST RELEASED ABOUT A WEEK-AND-A-HALF AGO FROM MSDE, OBVIOUSLY, NO CHANGE ON THAT FRONT.
VERY LITTLE CHANGE ACTUALLY IN THE STATE GUIDANCE THAT JUST COME OUT.
WE WILL NOT BE DOING CONTACT TRACING.
THAT'S NOT A REQUIREMENT THAT WE CAN DO UNIVERSAL CONTACT TRACING.
ANYTIME WE WOULD FIND OURSELVES IN A POSITION OF CONTACT TRACING.
WE'RE CONSIDERING ANY MORE RESTRICTIVE MODES AS IF WE ARE AT THE RATE OF A HIGH TRANSMISSION.
CAROLINE COUNTY, TO MY KNOWLEDGE, SINCE THE NEW DATA TRACKING WHEN IN PLACE FROM CDC WE'RE LOOKING AT COMMUNITY LEVELS OF TRANSMISSION.
I DON'T THINK WE'VE GOTTEN OUT ON LOW.
TO BE HONEST, SINCE IT WENT IN PLACE IN MARCH, WE MAY HAVE HIT MEDIUM FOR A DAY.
BUT FOR THE MOST PART, I THINK THE ENTIRE MINIATURE HAS BEEN LOW AND CONTINUED TO BE SINCE THAT NEW METRIC CAME OUT, WHICH I THINK IS A MORE ACCURATE READ OF THE ACTUAL IMPACT ON US.
IF IT'S A POSITIVE CASE, IDENTIFIED IMPACTED AREAS WILL BE DISINFECTED.
THAT WAS AN UPDATE THAT CAME IN LAST YEAR WITH THE CHANGES AND WE'LL CONTINUE DOING THAT.
TRANSPORTATION AND THIS WAS BRINGING THAT UPDATE AS WELL BECAUSE MASKING WAS REQUIRED ON BUSES, AS WE REMEMBER WITH THE FEDERAL LAW SAID YOU HAD TO BE MASKED ON BUSES.
THE STATE TOOK IT AWAY, BUT THE BUS THINGS STILL SAT OUT THERE. IT'S GONE NOW.
WE UPDATED HERE THAT BUSSING DOES NOT REQUIRE MASKING, IT'S OPTIONAL. ATTENDANCE.
FOR ATTENDANCE, THERE IS NO CHANGE IN ATTENDANCE.
WE'LL CONTINUE OBVIOUSLY TO TRACK ATTENDANCE FOR OUR STUDENTS IN OUR BLENDED VIRTUAL PROGRAM, AND IF A STUDENT IS QUARANTINED DUE TO COVID EXPOSURE OR OUTBREAK, WE WILL CONTINUE TO TRACK THAT ON ATTENDANCE PROCEDURES AS REQUIRED TO DO SO.
THAT INFORMATION WILL STILL BE TRACKED AS WELL.
WE'LL KNOW THE REASON FOR ATTENDANCE IF A STUDENT IS OUT.
REQUIREMENT 10: COMMUNICATION.
WE'LL CONTINUE TO PROVIDE INFORMATION TO OUR FAMILIES REGARDING ANY CHANGES TO OUR RE-OPENING PLAN OR ANY CHANGES TO COVID RELATED GUIDANCE THAT MAY OR MAY NOT COME.
NOT INCLUDED IN HERE IS WOULD BE ALSO, AS WE TALKED ABOUT AT THE JULY MEETING, CHANGES TO OUR COMMUNICATION PROCEDURES THROUGH APTITUDE, WHICH IS MORE A GLOBAL CHANGE TO OUR WAY THAT WE'RE COMMUNICATING WITH THEIR FAMILIES, WHICH WOULDN'T BE REFLECTED IN THE INDIVIDUAL PLAN.
BUT THAT WILL CONTINUE TO DO SUCH.
REQUIREMENT 11, ATHLETIC PROGRAMS RESUME.
THEY WILL CONTINUE AS THERE ARE NO RESTRICTIONS. THEY ARE NOT ON THAT.
THE UPDATE TO REQUIREMENT 12, WHICH IS QUARANTINED STUDENTS, WHICH WAS REALLY A PROGRAMMATIC CHANGE DEFINITION CHANGE, IF YOU WILL.
WE'RE USING GOOGLE CLASSROOM BEFORE TO PROVIDE ACCESS FOR STUDENTS FOR THEIR INSTRUCTION, AND WE MOVED TO SCHOOLOGY THROUGH POWER SCHOOL.
IT'LL BE ON SCHOOLOGY. WE UPDATED THAT COMPONENT TO THAT AS WELL.
THE HEALTH GUIDELINES DIDN'T CHANGE A WHOLE LOT, AND WE'RE OBVIOUSLY REQUIRED TO FOLLOW THOSE HEALTH GUIDELINES.
IN ESSENCE, GOING FORWARD, IF SOMEBODY IS, IT READS LIKE WE'RE STARTING TO TREAT COVID MORE LIKE A COMMUNICABLE DISEASE.
IF YOU HAVE A FEVER, STAY HOME.
IF YOU DO TEST POSITIVE AND THAT POSITIVE REPORT IS MADE TO THE SCHOOL SYSTEM.
IF YOU TEST POSITIVE, YOU ARE OUT FOR FIVE. IF YOU TEST POSITIVE.
WE'RE NOT IN THE CONTACT TRACING BUSINESS THE WAY THE CDC GUIDELINES DO LIST IS THAT IF AN INDIVIDUAL TEST POSITIVE, THE INDIVIDUAL SHOULD BE THE ONE NOTIFYING ANYBODY WHO THEY MAY HAVE BEEN AROUND.
THERE ARE NO REQUIRED QUARANTINES.
BUT IF YOU'VE BEEN AROUND SOMEBODY THE MESSAGING WOULD BE AS MONITOR YOUR SYMPTOMS FOR SIX DAYS.
THAT'S PRETTY MUCH WHERE IT'S MOVED TO NOW. YES, MA'AM.
>> REQUIREMENT NUMBER 8 SAYS THERE'S A DISINFECTANT SCHEDULE FOR BUSES.
>> IS THERE ALSO ONE FOR CLASSROOMS AND OTHER SCHOOL AREAS, INCLUDING THE BOARD OFFICE?
>> IT DOES HAPPEN AN AFTER SCHOOL.
>> HIGH SUCH AREAS AT A MINIMUM THROUGH COVID SHOULD BE TOUCHED EVERY SINGLE DAY. [OVERLAPPING].
>> [INAUDIBLE] AND GO ONE TREATMENT, LIGHTS RIGHT [OVERLAPPING], ATTACHED ON EVERYTHING.
>> TO ALL ROOMS? [OVERLAPPING]
>> TO AN AREA WHERE A STUDENT HAS BEEN OR STAFF MEMBERS TESTED POSITIVE
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IS WHERE WE'RE GOING TO DO THE DISINFECTING EVERY SINGLE DAY.HIGH TOUCH AREAS ARE SUPPOSED TO BE WIPED DOWN EVERY DAY.
BUT ENTIRE CLASSROOMS WOULD NOT BE WON DID EVERY DAY.
IT WOULD ONLY BE IF WE HAD A STUDENT OR A STAFF MEMBER TEST POSITIVE IN AN AREA, THAT THAT WOULD HAVE A HIGHER LEVEL OF DISINFECTION.
>> WHAT'S THE BUS SCHEDULE,? IS IT EVERY DAY ALSO?
THE MORNING RUNS, THEY RUN TO PRIMARY AND SECONDARY.
THEY'LL DO AFTER THAT, THE SECOND ONE [OVERLAPPING].
>> LET'S COME BACK TO THE BOARD.
IN FEBRUARY OF 2023, AUGUST OF 2023, AND THEN IN 2024 BECAUSE THE ART MONEY GOES THROUGH SEPTEMBER OF 2024.
WE'LL HAVE FOUR MORE REOPENING PLAN UPDATES.
THIS IS THE ACTUAL PDF DOCUMENT.
THIS IS THE MORE DETAILED VERSION.
THIS IS JUST THE HIGHLIGHT OF WHAT'S THE CHANGES.
>> IT'S MORE LIKE A STAY-OPENING PLAN.
>> STAY OPEN. BUT WHAT A DIFFERENCE A YEAR MAKES. IN FACT A YEAR JUST WENT OFF BY.
>> MUCH HAPPIER BIRTHDAY FOR ROB AND EVERYBODY ELSE.
>> INFORMATION LIKE SAID, THAT THEY WANT US TO TALK ABOUT IT AND MAKE SURE WE'RE AWARE, MAKE SURE OUR STAFF IS AWARE, OUR COMMUNITY IS AWARE.
THEY GAVE US A LOT OF MONEY TO HELP IMPLEMENT SOME OF THESE NEW TOOLS AND COSTS THAT ARE HELPING US ACCOMPLISH THIS.
MOVING ON TO REPORTS AND PRESENTATIONS.
WE HAVE ONE ON A COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT, MR. MANGLE.
>> MR. MANGLE WILL BE PRESENTING TONIGHT AND THE BOARD HAS HEARD A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THIS IN SOME BOARD UPDATES.
OVER THE COURSE OVER THE YEARS, WE'VE BEEN EXPLORING OPTIONS TO, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN REALLY SAY CONTROL, BUT TO RESPOND TO RISING ENERGY COSTS AND WAYS TO BE BETTER STEWARDS OF FUNDS, AS WELL AS, KIND OF INTERESTING, BECOMING ONE OF THE ENERGY POLICY WHICH A LOT OF COMPONENTS WITHIN THE ENERGY POLICY REALLY MEET OUR EFFORTS. [OVERLAPPING]
>> GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT LINCOLN, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, DR. SIMMONS.
IT IS NO SECRET THAT ENERGY COSTS CONTINUE TO RISE.
THE COST OF ENERGY IS A DRIVING FORCE ON THE CCPS ANNUAL BUDGET.
THIS EVENING, WE'RE VERY PLEASED TO PRESENT TO YOU OUR ENERGY CONSERVATION PROGRAM, OR CENERGISTIC THAT WILL PROVE TO BE BUDGET-FRIENDLY.
CENERGISTIC IS OUT OF DALLAS, TEXAS.
WE'VE ENTERED INTO A FIVE-YEAR CONTRACT WITH THEM IN EARLY JUNE BY PIGGYBACKING OFF THE GALVESTON INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICTS CONTRACT WITH CENERGISTIC.
THIS IS A NO-COST CONTRACT TO CCPS.
THAT'LL BE EXPLAINED A LITTLE LATER IN THE PRESENTATION.
>> MR. MATT STELLAR FROM SYNERGISTIC HAS A WONDERFUL POWERPOINT PRESENTATION TO SHOW YOU THIS EVENING.
MATT HAS BEEN IN ENERGY CONSERVATION BUSINESS SINCE 2006, STARTING AS AN ENERGY SPECIALIST HIMSELF, WORKING HIS WAY THROUGH THE RANKS IN THE FIELD SUPPORT.
NOW HE CURRENTLY IS THE REGIONAL VICE PRESIDENT FOR CENERGISTICS.
CENERGISTIC, I'M SORRY, NO PLURAL.
ALSO IN OUR ROOM, IS MR. JOSH RYAN OVER HERE, BEHIND ME TO MY RIGHT.
JOSH IS CURRENTLY OUR CCPS DATA SYSTEMS AND ENERGY MANAGEMENT COORDINATOR AND UNDER THE ENERGY MANAGEMENT COORDINATOR, PART OF HIS TITLE, HE WILL SERVE AS THE ENERGY SPECIALIST FOR CCPS UNDER THE GUIDANCE OF CENERGISTIC.
FROM DAY ONE OF HIS CONTRACT, JOSH HAS HIT THE GROUND RUNNING MAINSTREAMING CCPS WITH CENERGISTIC ENERGY MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS AND INTEGRATING COST-SAVING IMPROVEMENT PRACTICES.
HE WILL OVERSEE THIS PROGRAM, MONITOR SUCCESSES AND FAILURES, AND WHEN NEEDED, MAKE NECESSARY ADJUSTMENTS TO THE PROGRAM SO AS TO MINIMIZE IMPACT ON STUDENTS, STAFF, LEARNING, AND WORKING ENVIRONMENTS.
WITHOUT ANY FURTHER ADO, I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO MR. STELLAR AND HE'S GOING TO GO THROUGH HIS PRESENTATION.
>> FIRST OF ALL, I'D LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU TO DR. SIMMONS, PRESIDENT NEWCOMB, AND THE REST OF THE BOARD FOR INVITING US HERE TO JUST LET YOU ALL KNOW ABOUT THE PARTNERSHIP AND WHAT WE'RE HERE TO DO TO HELP DRIVE SAVINGS FOR YOU ALL.
A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR COMPANY.
IT WAS FOUNDED IN THE 80S AND IT WAS ACTUALLY FOUNDED BY A BOARD MEMBER.
DR. SPEARS, THE FOUNDING MEMBER, WAS A BOARD MEMBER HIMSELF.
HE RECOGNIZED A NEED, THAT HE NEEDED TO MITIGATE THE COST OF MECHANICAL COOLING.
THEY WERE ADDING MECHANICAL COOLING TO ALL THEIR SPACE.
DOWN IN TEXAS, OBVIOUSLY, THEY NEED COOLING.
IN ORDER TO DO THAT, THEY HAD TO REALLY LOOK AND TAKE A LENS THROUGH
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WHAT THEY WERE GOING TO DO FISCALLY TO BE ABLE TO SUPPORT THOSE COSTS ON AN ANNUAL BASIS.BASICALLY, THAT WAS THE SEED OF WHAT THIS COMPANY GREW FROM AND WHAT HE'S GROWN IT TO A NATIONAL COMPANY.
I'LL TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE REST OF THAT PARTNERSHIP AND THEN HOW IT'S GOING TO IMPACT YOU AS WELL.
WHAT WE DO, OUR BOTTOM-LINE MISSION IS ENERGY EFFICIENCY.
WE LOOK TO OPTIMIZE WHAT YOU HAVE IN THE SYSTEMS THAT YOU HAVE AND BASICALLY DRIVE YOUR USE AND YOUR COST PER SQUARE FOOT AS LOW AS WE CAN.
HOW WE ALSO DO THAT TOO, IS BY LOOKING AT HEALTHIER BUILDINGS.
THE WHOLE PANDEMIC, BASICALLY A YEAR-AND-A-HALF AGO, TWO YEARS AGO, DROVE A NEED FOR SCHOOL BUILDINGS TO STAY OPEN AND DO THIS BY HAVING HEALTHIER BUILDINGS.
OUR LEAD ENGINEER, JACK BULLOCK, STARTED COMING OUT WITH WHITE PAPERS AND INDUSTRY GUIDANCE.
BASICALLY TAKING ASHRAE GUIDANCE, CDC GUIDANCE IN DISTILLING THAT DOWN INTO ACTIONABLE STEPS THE SCHOOL SYSTEMS COULD TAKE TO STAY OPEN.
HE JUST CAME OUT WITH ANOTHER WHITE PAPER YESTERDAY THAT TAKES OUT SOME NEW GUIDANCE AND SHARES IT WITH OUR CLIENT PARTNERS AS WELL.
WHY DOES IT MATTER? THIS IS A SELF-FUNDED PROGRAM.
BASICALLY, THE SAVINGS THAT WE GENERATE THROUGH THE ENERGY PROGRAM WILL COVER THE COST OF THE FEES.
I'VE GOT SOME SLIDES THAT GO INTO THAT AS WELL.
BUT REALLY IT'S TO DRIVE YOUR BOTTOM LINE AND WHERE YOU CAN USE THE DOLLARS THAT YOU HAVE, YOUR TAXPAYER'S DOLLARS AS IMPORTANTLY AS YOU CAN TO IMPACT THE STUDENTS.
JUST A LITTLE BIT ABOUT US AND WHAT WE MANAGE ON A NATIONAL BASIS.
IT'S ALMOST 30 BILLION IN ENERGY BILLINGS FROM UTILITY COMPANIES.
ABOUT $6 BILLION IN SAVINGS, OUR AVERAGE CLIENT SAVINGS IS 24 PERCENT, AND WE HAVE OVER 25,000 BUILDINGS THAT WE ACTIVELY MANAGE WITH OUR SUPPORT TEAM AND INDIVIDUALS LIKE JOSH, WHO ARE ON-SITE WORKING DILIGENTLY.
THERE ARE THREE OPTIONS ON ENERGY CONSERVATION, YOU LOOK AT PRICE MANAGEMENT, WHAT YOU CAN DO WITH YOUR SUPPLY COSTS.
IF YOU GO OUT AND TRY TO NEGOTIATE THROUGH A CO-OP OR OR PARTNERSHIP WITH THE SUPPLIER YOU CAN DEFINITELY GET SAVINGS ON THAT END OF IT IF YOU LOCK YOURSELF INTO A DEAL.
THAT'S ONE OPTION. EFFICIENCY UPGRADES.
THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING LIKE IF YOU WERE TO REPLACE YOUR CHILLER, YOUR BOILER, YOU GET A BETTER SHARE RATING, YOU REPLACE YOUR ROOFS, WHERE YOU GET A BETTER VALUE, SO THAT'S ANOTHER WAY THAT YOU CAN IMPACT YOUR BOTTOM LINE.
BUT WHAT WE DO IS OPTIMIZE WHAT YOU ALREADY HAVE IN YOUR BUILDINGS.
WE TAKE A LOOK AT THE SEQUENCE OF OPERATIONS, HOW THE EQUIPMENT THAT YOU HAVE IS BEING USED.
OUR FOCUS IS ON WHEN PEOPLE AREN'T IN THE SPACE,THAT THAT EQUIPMENT ISN'T RUNNING UNNECESSARILY, AND THAT'S WHERE WE'RE TRYING TO DRIVE THIS ENERGY SAVINGS ON IT.
HERE'S A NET SAVINGS SLIDE THAT I THINK ILLUSTRATES THE PROGRAM PRETTY WELL.
YOU CAN LOOK AT THE NET SAVINGS THAT ARE PROJECTED FOR CAROLINE COUNTY ARE 1.33 MILLION OVER THE FIVE YEARS.
WHAT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE WITH OUR PROGRAM IS THAT EVERY YEAR WE LOOK AT THE SAVINGS AND COMPARE THEM TO ANY COSTS INCURRED BY THE PROGRAM.
IF WE DON'T COVER THOSE COSTS THROUGH THE SAVINGS, THEN WE HAVE A GUARANTEE PROVISION THAT WILL CUT YOU A CHECK FOR THAT.
THAT'S WHERE WE'RE DRIVEN TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ACHIEVING THE SAVINGS THAT WE PROJECT AND EXPECT.
THAT'S WHAT HOLDS US TO TASK ON OUR END TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DO WHAT WE PROMISED WE'RE GOING TO DO.
HERE'S A LITTLE SNIPPET OF SOME OF OUR TECHNOLOGY SUITE.
GREENX. THE FIRST ONE ON THE LEFT IS OUR AUDITING TOOL.
WHEN JOSH AND OUR FIELD SUPPORT STAFF GOES AROUND AND AUDIT BUILDINGS AND LOOKS AT EQUIPMENT.
THEY ACTUALLY LOG EVERYTHING, LOG THEIR AUDITS, LOG THEIR FINDINGS INTO THIS APP SO WE HAVE A TRACKING DOCUMENT, WE CAN ALWAYS LOOK BACK TO SEE WHERE WE HAVE OPPORTUNITIES, WHERE THINGS HAVE HISTORICALLY BEEN, AND HOW THEY'RE GETTING BETTER.
SIMULATE IS A PATENTED SIMULATION SOFTWARE TOOL THAT WE USE.
EVERY BUILDING THAT YOU HAVE WILL HAVE A VIRTUAL SIMULATION OF THAT BUILDING.
THERE'S TWO VERSIONS OF THAT PRO, AND THEN SIMULATE IT AS MORE OF A CLIENT-FACING MODULE WHERE YOU WOULD ACTUALLY BE ABLE TO LOOK AT ALL YOUR BUILDINGS AND PROJECT WHAT CERTAIN IMPACTS ARE GOING TO BE.
IF YOU WANT IT TO MOVE SUMMER SCHOOL TO ONE BUILDING OR ANOTHER YOU COULD ACTUALLY PUT THAT IN HERE.
IF YOU WANTED TO DO AN LED LIGHTING UPGRADE YOU CAN DO THAT, OR CHANGE YOUR BOILERS OUT.
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YOU CAN DO THAT YOURSELF PRETTY EASILY AND IT'LL GIVE YOU AN ROI TO THOSE DECISIONS.IT'S ALSO HOW WE MAKE SURE THAT WE ACCOUNT FOR ANYTHING THAT YOU ALL DO ON THE ENERGY EFFICIENCY SIDE, AND THAT'S NOT INCLUDED IN THE ENERGY SAVINGS.
IF YOU ALL DECIDE TO CHANGE ALL YOUR BULBS, LEDS AND UPGRADE ALL YOUR BOILERS AND CONDENSING BOILERS, THAT IS NOT INCLUDED IN WHAT WE ACCOUNT FOR ON THE ENERGY SAVINGS SIDE OF IT.
MEASURE'S HOW WE ACCOUNT FOR ENERGY SAVINGS.
THEN EXECUTIVE IS JUST AN APP THAT YOU CAN HAVE ON YOUR PHONE THAT ACTUALLY HAS HIGH-LEVEL BUILDING-LEVEL DATA.
ONCE WE HAVE ALL THE DATABASE BUILT, YOU ALL WILL HAVE ACCESS TO THAT AND YOU CAN JUST SWIPE THROUGH IT TO SEE HOW JOSH IS DOING, HOW YOUR PRINCIPALS ARE DOING, HOW YOUR STAFF MEMBERS ARE DOING, AND HOW THEY'RE ALL ADHERING TO THE PROGRAM.
POLICY AND GUIDELINES. YOU ALL ALREADY HAVE POLICY AS WE LEARNED.
IT'S REALLY THE GUIDELINES, IS SOMETHING THAT IS OUR GAME PLAN.
IT'S REALLY WHAT OUR GOAL IS FOR THE PROGRAM, IS TO GET EVERYONE TO BECOME AN ENERGY SAVER NOT JUST AN ENERGY USER.
ON THAT END OF IT, IT'S GUIDELINES AND THEY ARE DEFINED AS GUIDELINES FOR A REASON BECAUSE NOTHING SET IN STONE.
WE REALIZED THAT YOU MAY HAVE GRADUATION, YOU MAY HAVE SPECIAL EVENTS.
THINGS MAY HAVE TO BE OPERATED DIFFERENTLY BECAUSE OF MECHANICAL ISSUE THAT NEEDS CAPITAL FUNDING THAT MIGHT NOT HAPPEN IMMEDIATELY.
BUT WE WANT TO TRY TO ALWAYS ADHERE BACK TO THOSE STANDARDS AND GUIDELINES SO WE CAN KEEP DRIVING YOUR PHYSICAL LINE DOWN.
PURPOSE OF THE ENERGY CONSERVATION PROGRAM.
AGAIN IT'S TO SAVE MONEY AND DEVELOP A CULTURE.
LIKE I SAID BEFORE, WE REALLY WANT YOUR STAFF TO TAKE OWNERSHIP OF WHAT THEY ARE ABLE TO TOUCH.
FOR A TEACHER, IT WOULD BE WHAT THEY'RE ABLE TO TOUCH IN THEIR CLASSROOM.
WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE ASKING EVERYONE TO AUDIT BOILER ROOMS AND GO UP ON THE ROOF WITH JOSH.
BUT HOPEFULLY, PEOPLE WILL RECOGNIZE THAT IT IS PRUDENT WHEN THEY LEAVE THEIR ROOM, TURN OFF THE LIGHTS, SHUT THE BLINDS, TURN THE THERMOSTAT DOWN OR UP, THINGS LIKE THAT, JUST SIMPLE STEPS.
COLLECTIVELY THAT WILL ROLL INTO A BIG IMPACT.
AGAIN, JOSH IS OUR INNER SPECIALIST HERE.
[LAUGHTER] YOU ALL PROBABLY KNOW HIM.
HE'S HAD OBVIOUSLY SOME ROLES ON THE DATA SYSTEM AND ENERGY MANAGEMENT AND HE WAS A FORMER MARINE.
BUT HIS CORE RESPONSIBILITIES ON ENERGY PROGRAM SIDE ARE GOING TO BE COMPLIANCE WITH GUIDELINES, AUDITING FOR OPPORTUNITY, AND THEN FOLLOWING UP WITH THE REST OF THE FACILITY TEAM TO ENSURE THAT FEEDBACK LOOP IS COMPLETE, THAT WE'RE MAKING SUSTAINABLE DECISIONS THAT ARE IMPACTFUL.
HIS TRAINING IS FOR THE MOST PART GOING TO BE ALL ONSITE.
SINCE WE BEGAN THIS PARTNERSHIP WE'VE HAD PEOPLE HERE EVERY WEEK WORKING WITH THE FACILITY TEAM AND WITH JOSH ON HIS TRAINING, ON HIS EQUIPMENT, AND HIS BUILDINGS.
THERE ARE SOME REGIONAL TRAININGS THAT HE'LL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO ATTEND.
BUT AGAIN MOST OF IT IS ALL GOING TO BE ONSITE IN YOUR BUILDINGS WITH YOUR FOLKS.
IT'S NOT JUST LIMITED TO JOSH.
WE'RE GOING TO WORK WITH THE REST OF THE TEAM TO DO MOISTURE MANAGEMENT TRAININGS, BOILER TRAININGS, AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
AGAIN THIS ROLE I JUST WENT THROUGH A LOT OF IT, BUT HE'S HELD TO THE STANDARD OF HOW MANY AUDITS HE'S SUPPOSED TO DO AND WHAT HE'S SUPPOSED TO LOOK FOR.
BUT I CAN TELL YOU THAT JOSH IS A REALLY INQUISITIVE PERSON. HE WANTS TO LEARN.
HE'S REALLY BEEN ASKING A LOT OF THE RIGHT QUESTIONS AND I THINK YOU HAVE SOMEONE HERE WHO IS GOING TO BE A GREAT STORY REALLY FOR YOUR ORGANIZATION.
AGAIN, LIKE I SAID EARLIER WE'RE NOT GOING TO ASK PEOPLE TO DO A LOT.
WE'RE GOING TO ASK PEOPLE TO TAKE A LITTLE BIT OF OWNERSHIP OF THE THINGS THAT THEY TOUCH, THE SPACE THAT THEY TOUCH, AND THAT'S HOPEFULLY GOING TO BRING EVERYONE INTO THAT COLLECTIVE ENERGY CONSERVATION MINDSET.
[NOISE] AGAIN THIS IS JUST A SNAPSHOT OF WHAT WE ALL LOOK INTO.
WHAT WE DRIVE, WHAT OUR ENGINEERS WHEN THEY COME ONSITE ARE LOOKING INTO.
WE LOOK AT THE OPTIMIZATION OF THE SYSTEMS AND HOW THAT FLOWS THROUGH YOUR FACILITY MANAGEMENT, HOW IT FLOWS THROUGH, HOW YOU USE YOUR BUILDINGS, WHEN THEY'RE USED, WHEN THEY NEED TO BE, HOW MANY CHANGES YOU NEED, HOW LONG IT TAKES TO CONDITION THE SPACE FOR CERTAIN EVENTS SEASONALLY.
ALL OF THIS IS REALLY WHAT WE FOCUS ON.
I LIKE THIS VISUAL BECAUSE YOU CAN SEE THAT WE'RE NOT JUST IN ONE AREA.
WE WANT TO LOOK AT EVERYTHING AND HOW YOU'RE BUILDING OPERATES COMPLETELY.
SOMETHING THAT WE'RE REALLY PROUD OF, 14 YEARS SO FAR IN A ROW WHERE WE'VE BEEN PARTNER OF THE YEAR FOR ENERGY STAR.
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE WILL BE INVESTIGATING WITH YOU ALL.
TYPICALLY THIS IS DONE AFTER A YEAR, AT LEAST A YEAR, YEAR AND A HALF OF AN ENERGY PROGRAM BEING IN PLACE.
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WE HAVE THE DATA TO SUPPORT THESE APPLICATIONS.BUT WHAT WE DO IS WE DO ALL THE APPLICATIONS AND ALL THE CERTIFICATIONS BY PE AND SUBMIT THEM THROUGH ENERGY STAR ON YOUR BEHALF.
IT'S PART OF JUST WHAT WE DO AND IT'S A GOOD RECOMMENDATION.
EVERYONE UNDERSTANDS WHAT ENERGY STAR IS, YOU SEE IT ON EVERY APPLIANCE.
WE REALLY WANT TO USE THAT AS A DRIVING FORCE TO CELEBRATE AND RECOGNIZE WHAT YOUR STAFF HAS BEEN ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH WITH AWARDS AND PLAQUES AND RECOGNIZING THOSE INDIVIDUAL SCHOOLS THAT ARE ABLE TO ACHIEVE THE STANDARD.
THAT'S AN INTRODUCTION TO US AND TO OUR COMPANY AND WE'RE REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS PARTNERSHIP.
WE'VE HAD A LOT OF GREAT SUPPORT FROM ADMINISTRATION AND BILL'S TEAM RIGHT NOW AND KICKING THIS PROGRAM OFTEN IMPLEMENTING IT.
I THINK AGAIN, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A GREAT STORY HERE WHEN IT'S ALL SAID AND DONE. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS?
>> I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT TO EXPLAIN THE PROGRAM AND THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING.
CAROLINE COUNTY WAS PART OF THE PROGRAM YEARS AGO.
THEN A LITTLE WHILE. WAS UNDER A DIFFERENT NAME AT THE TIME.
A COUPLE OF THE SCHOOL SYSTEMS ON THE EASTERN SHORE WERE PART OF THE PROGRAM.
ACTUALLY IT'S MULTIPLE SUPERINTENDENTS TO GO FOR US.
IT WAS THE LATE 2000S, I BELIEVE, IS ROUGHLY WHEN WE WERE IN THE PROGRAM YIELDED SAVINGS FOR OUR SCHOOL SYSTEM AT THE TIME WHEN WE WERE IN IT.
WHERE SYNERGISTIC IS NOW ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WAS INTERESTING FOR US LOOKING AT IT.
NOT ONLY WAS THERE GUARANTEED RATE OF RETURN WHEN THE SAVINGS OR COST AVOIDANCE.
BUT IT WAS ALSO LOOKING AT, HOW DO WE GET A HOLD OF THE RISING ENERGY COSTS? REALIZING THERE'S ONLY SO MUCH YOU CAN DO IN THIS SUPPLIER MARKET BY TRYING TO FIND A BETTER RATE, BUT REALLY TRYING TO CAP UTILIZATION PIECE.
THE APPROACH BY WHICH SYNERGISTIC TAKES DATA COLLECTION AND DATA ANALYSIS TO BE ABLE TO HELP MAKE THE BEST DECISIONS FOR US WORKING WITH US IN TANDEM FOR MOST EFFICIENT USE OF OUR BUILDINGS.
THAT'S BEEN A REALLY WONDERFUL PROCESS TO GO THROUGH AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO URGE YOU GUYS GRAB MORE DATA TO HELP US BETTER REFINE OUR PROCESSES.
BUT YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN A GREAT PARTNER SO FAR.
AGAIN THE TRACK RECORD IS THERE, BUT THE SAVINGS CAN BE YIELDED AND I THINK WE'LL SEE THOSE BENEFITS.
>> THERE'S TWO IMPORTANT THINGS TO FACTOR, IS THAT IS YOU CAN'T CONTROL THE WEATHER AND YOU CAN'T CONTROL UTILITY RATES.
WE ALL SAW WHAT'S HAPPENED RIGHT NOW WITH JUST FUEL RATES, BUT NATURAL GAS AND HEATING RATES ARE GOING TO BE THROUGH THE ROOF THIS WINTER.
IT'S JUST NOT GOING TO GO DOWN BY THAT TIME.
BUT WHAT YOU CAN CONTROL IS WHAT YOU USE AND HOW YOU USE IT IN THE BUILDING.
THAT'S THE VARIABLE THAT WE WANT TO DRIVE DOWN AND MAKE THAT IMPACT FOR YOU ALL.
>> OKAY. THIS COST US NOTHING? CORRECT?
>> WELL, THERE'S A FEE ASSOCIATED WITH IT, BUT THAT FEE IS WITHIN THE SAVINGS. [OVERLAPPING]
>> THIS IS WHAT I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT.
HOW DO YOU MAKE MONEY? WE ARE TRYING TO FIGURE IT OUT.
>> THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION. [LAUGHTER] THE FEE IS COVERED BY THE SAVINGS, THAT'S WHY IT'S A SELF FUNDED PROGRAM.
THE SAVINGS THAT WE GENERATE THROUGH UTILITY BILL REDUCTION IS ABLE TO FUND THE FEE, OFFSETS THE FEE.
>> WE PAY THEM MONTHLY OR QUARTERLY OR MONTHLY?
>> WE'RE PAYING A MONTHLY. IF WE PAY THEM $10,000 THIS YEAR WE'RE GOING TO SAVE MORE THAN $10,000.
>> YOU'RE GOING CUT US CHECK FOR THE DIFFERENCE?
>> WE SHOULD SAVE MORE THAN THAT HOPEFULLY.
>> YOU ARE GUARANTEED TO AT LEAST SAVE.
>> [OVERLAPPING] LIKE A MOUNTAIN TOP WITH TOP OF THE LIGHT GREEN THAT SHOWS THAT.
>> CORRECT. THAT WAS IN THE NET SAVINGS ASPECT OF IT.
THAT ENCOMPASSES ALL THE COSTS OF THE PROGRAM.
OUR FEES, ANYTHING ASSOCIATED WITH IT OUTSIDE OF THAT FOR [OVERLAPPING]
>> MY QUESTION WAS, HOW OFTEN YOU COULD TO CUT ONE OF THOSE CHECKS.
>> WE HAVE NOT DONE IT VERY OFTEN IN 30 PLUS YEARS, BUT WE HAVE DONE IT.
WE MIGHT BE UPSIDE DOWN, MEANING THAT, BUT WE'RE GOING TO APPLY THE RESOURCES AND TRAINING AND DO WHAT WE CAN TO MAKE SURE THAT, THAT'S A PROMISE FOR US TO YOU AND TO YOUR COMMUNITY THAT WE'RE GOING TO ACHIEVE THESE SAVINGS.
OUR COMPANY IS BUILT ON THAT REPUTATION AND IF WE DIDN'T DELIVER ON THAT AND WE HAD TO JUST CUT CHECKS ALL THE TIME, THEN WE WOULDN'T BE IN BUSINESS.
>> DR. TIM HAS MENTIONED IN THE PAST HISTORY, DO YOU HAVE ANY OTHER CLIENTS IN MARYLAND OR IN DALLAS.
>> WE HAD CLIENTS HISTORICALLY HERE.
I THINK CHESAPEAKE COLLEGE WAS ONE A LONG TIME AGO.
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WE HAVE A LOT OF CLIENTS IN THE NORTHEAST.IN NEW JERSEY, CONNECTICUT, NEW YORK, PENNSYLVANIA.
BUT WE'RE ACROSS THE ENTIRE COUNTRY AND MOST STATES NOT HAWAII.
>> I LIVE IN BOSTON. THE NORTHEAST IS MY REGION FOR OPERATIONS, BUT IT EXTENDS AS FAR WEST AS OHIO AND TO KENTUCKY AND VIRGINIA UP TO ME BASICALLY.
>> A QUESTION. IN OUR CASE JOSH WILL BE MONITORING OUR BUILDINGS OR WHATEVER ACROSS THE COUNTY AND ADJUSTMENTS HAVE TO BE MADE.
ADJUSTMENTS MADE PER SCHOOL OR IF THERE'S TWO OR THREE CLASSROOMS THAT NEED AN ADJUSTMENT MADE, CAN THEY BE MADE PER CLASS OR PER SECTION OF THE BUILDING OR WHATEVER?
>> IT GOES DOWN TO THE, YOU COULD HAVE HUNDREDS OF POINTS ON ONE SYSTEM THAT SERVICES ONE ROOM.
IT COULD BE AN ADJUSTMENT DOWN TO DIFFERENTIAL SET POINT OR ANYTHING WITHIN THE SYSTEM.
BASICALLY WHAT WE DO IS DRILL DOWN INTO ALL THE SEQUENCE OF OPERATION AND ALL OF THE POINTS THAT GO INTO MAKING THE SYSTEM RUN AS IT SHOULD BE.
YES, I GUESS, THE ANSWER WOULD BE THAT WE WOULD BE LOOKING AT CLASSROOMS.
>> ARE BUILDINGS THAT HAVE GONE THROUGH MODERNIZATION FOR UPGRADES AND SOMETHING THAT WE USE A LOT OF MONEY FOR, THEY DEFINITELY CAN BE DRILLED DOWN INTO THE CLASSROOM.
WE'RE INCLUDING ALL BUILDINGS IN THIS PROCESS.
LAST TIME WE DIDN'T INCLUDE ALL BUILDINGS, IN ALL CENTRAL OFFICE AND OTHERS.
CENTRAL OFFICE DOESN'T HAVE SMART THERMOSTATS.
JOSH DOESN'T HAVE THE ABILITY TO DRILL DOWN FROM HIS TECH WHERE IT IS.
BUT JOSH AND THE TEAM CAN DRILL DOWN AND FIGURE OUT ON SITE, BUT CAN MONITOR THAT WAY AS WELL.
>> YEAH, WE HAVE CLIENTS THAT ARE STILL USE PNEUMATIC CONTROLS, TIME CLOCKS, LOCAL THERMOSTATS, JUST SWITCHES.
THE MORE TECHNOLOGY YOU HAVE, THE QUICKER YOU CAN COURSE CORRECT ON A PROBLEM OR OPPORTUNITY YOU SEE.
BUT IT DOESN'T CHANGE THE FACT THAT WE CAN PROVENLY IMPACT ANYTHING, I THINK.
IT'S JUST A MATTER OF IF THERE ARE NO CONTROLS, IT JUST TAKES MORE INTERVENTION FROM A PEOPLE STANDPOINT.
>> ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT IF A ROOM IS COLD IN THE SUMMER, YOU'RE WASTING ENERGY.
IF YOU'RE HOT ROOM IN THE WINTER, IT MEANS YOU'RE BE WASTING ENERGY.
>> WHEN WE'RE TRAINING NEW ENERGY SPECIALISTS AND PEOPLE TO GET BEHIND THE MINDSET OF CONSERVATION, WE TRY TO KEEP IT VERY SIMPLE.
BUT IF YOU JUST THINK ABOUT LIKE, THERE'S NO ONE HERE.
IS IT DARK? IS IT QUIET? IS IT COLD IN THE WINTER? IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT JUST LIKE ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE IN AN OCCUPIED SPACE WHEN YOU GO INTO THE SPACE AS IT COMFORTABLE? YOU WANT TO HAVE THOSE QUESTIONS ANSWERED.
YOU START FROM THAT AND THEN YOU DRILL DOWN AND FIND THE ROOT CAUSE OR IF IT'S A SYSTEMIC ISSUE OR WHATEVER ELSE.
BUT START WITH THE SIMPLE AND THEN YOU GO DOWN FROM THERE FOR SURE.
>> BRINGING IT BACK UP TO THE SURFACE, REMINDING EVERYBODY, LIKE DR. SIMMONS SAID, I DO RECALL US ENTERING INTO AN AGREEMENT FOR A FIVE-YEAR CONTRACT.
PULLED IT, IT WAS FIRST TIME, SO WE MADE A LOT OF SAVINGS, MADE A LOT OF CHANGES.
I REMEMBER GOING BY THE HIGH SCHOOLS AT 10 O'CLOCK AT NIGHT AND IT LOOKED LIKE THE PARKING LOT LIGHTS WERE ALWAYS ON FOR SAFETY.
NOW WITH THE TECHNOLOGY OF CAMERAS AND EVERYTHING, FEW MOTION-SENSING LIGHTS OR WHATEVER THE LIGHTS ARE OFF, IT'S DARK.
IT'S EASIER TO SEE SOMEBODY OUT THERE WITH A FLASHLIGHT AND THAT THING.
THAT BRAIN SIDE, BUT WE DID IT FOR FIVE YEARS.
WE KEPT OUR OWN RECORDS FOR AWHILE.
IT'S PROBABLY BEEN 10 YEARS SINCE THEN.
>> IT'S BEEN ABOUT 10 SINCE IT EXPIRED.
>> WITH YOUR TEAM COMING IN FROM A SYSTEM WHO HAS DONE IT BEFORE.
NOW YOU'RE RE-REMINDING US, WE'RE UPDATING THE NEW TECHNIQUES AND STUFF.
HOW DO YOU FEEL? HOW DO YOU THINK WE'RE DOING SO FAR?
>> IT'S GOOD. I THINK YOU HAVE A GOOD BASIS ALREADY WITH YOUR TEAM AND UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE.
WE ACTUALLY HAVE A NUMBER OF CLIENTS THAT HAVE THE SAME SCENARIO THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE.
SOME THAT HAVEN'T EVEN TAKEN 10 YEARS TO COME BACK AND RE-ENGAGE.
BUT I THINK YOU HAVE A GREAT FOUNDATION HERE WITH THE TEAM AND OUR HOPE IS SOON TO BE ABLE TO PRESENT TO YOU ON A REGULAR BASIS WITH THE DATA.
YOU CAN SEE THE IMPACT AND WE CAN SAY,
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HERE'S THE COST PER SQUARE FOOT, HERE'S THE EUI, AND THEN HERE'S WHERE IT'S GOING.THAT'S WHAT WE WANT TO DO. I CAN SAY I FEEL GOOD ABOUT IT.
BUT YOU WON'T UNTIL YOU SEE THE DATA.
[OVERLAPPING] THAT'S WHAT IT COMES DOWN TO.
>> THANK YOU. I HOPE BILL'S TREATING YOU TO DINNER SOMEWHERE SINCE YOU'RE COMING IN FROM BOSTON?
>> NO. I WAS IN NEW JERSEY ALREADY WITH OTHER [OVERLAPPING]. JUST GOING BACK [OVERLAPPING]
>> THERE YOU GO. GOT YOU. THANK YOU FOR COMING IN.
DO WE HAVE ANYBODY SIGNED UP? I GUESS NOT.
NOBODY SIGNED UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.
DISCUSSION OF ITEMS FOR FUTURE BOARD ACTION.
BOARD MEMBERS, ANYTHING FOR GOOD OF THE CAUSE? NO. HEARING NON UNFINISHED BUSINESS, UPCOMING MEETINGS AND EVENTS.
[10. Upcoming Meetings and Events]
WE'VE GOT A LIST THERE, NEW TEACHERS BREAKFAST ON THE 18TH AT NORTH CAROLINE 8:30 IS KICK OFF, ALL STAFF KICK OFF ON THE 24TH AT 8:00 IN KERNEL HIGH.BACK-TO-SCHOOL NIGHT. MULTIPLE BACK-TO-SCHOOL NIGHTS ARE ALWAYS INTERESTING.
FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL, AUGUST 31ST, BOARD MEMBERS, IF WE COULD WHILE WE'RE ALL HERE.
I DON'T KNOW IF ANYBODY HAS PREFERENCES ON SCHOOLS THEY WANT TO TRY TO COVER? SO WE DON'T OVERLAP.
ANYBODY WANT TO SPEAK UP ON PARTICULAR SCHOOL FIRST?
>> BECAUSE EVERYBODY HAVE THE ABILITY TO HIT A SCHOOL FIRST DAY? ALL BOARD MEMBERS DO.
>> I THINK I'LL TAKE PRESTON TOO.
>> YOU CAN TRY TO DOUBLE UP, YOU CAN PROBABLY HIT.
THE CARDINALS ARE EASY BECAUSE THEY'RE BOTH TOGETHER.
LOCKERMAN OR NORTH, YOU CAN TRY TO HIT THEM TO GET THERE [OVERLAPPING].
>> I CAN DO THE NORTH AND CC CASE.
>> THEN THE ELEMENTARY AFTERWARDS.
>> DO THE PRELIMINARIES IN FEDERALSBURG.
>> MR. NEWCOMB, I LIKE TO GO TO THE HIGH SCHOOL AND DOWN.
>> THERE CAN BE A COUPLE OF PEOPLE THERE.
>> I DON'T WANT TO HAVE ALL FIVE AT ONE SPOT AND SOMEBODY LEFT OUT.
>> I USUALLY HIT THE COLONELS BUT SINCE MICHELLE WILL BE AT FEDERALSBURG I'LL HIT PRESTON.
I'LL HIT COLONEL AND THEN HIT PRESTON.
>> HOW YOU FIT, YOUR KIDS ARE GOING TO BE AT LOCKERMAN?
>> WELL, DO YOU WANT NORTH CAROLINE?
>> [OVERLAPPING] I DON'T WANT.
>> DO SHE WANT YOU TO GO TO [OVERLAPPING] [LAUGHTER].
>> I DON'T HAVE TO GO TO THE NORTH CAROLINE LOT MORE TIME.
>> I YOU WANT TO HIT THAT AND I CAN GO TO GREENSBORO OR LOCKERMAN.
>> I COULD DO RIDGELY OR GREENSBORO.
>> BUT I DON'T KNOW, I COULDN'T DO LOCKERMAN AND-
>> I DID LOCKERMAN [OVERLAPPING].
>> YOU'LL [OVERLAPPING] BE ABLE TO US.
>> JUST WANT TO [OVERLAPPING] GET THERE TOMORROW.
RIDGELY AND GREENSBORO IS NOT SPOKEN FOR YET.
>> I CAN TAKE EITHER ONE OF THEM.
REALLY IT'D BE HARD TO DO BOTH BECAUSE THEY START AT THE SAME TIME. [OVERLAPPING]
>> RIGHT. YOU GO TO HIGH SCHOOL AND THEN YOU ROLL UP TO.
>> HIGH SCHOOL, RIDGELY, YOU SHOULD GO TO RIDGELY.
>> WE'RE DONE, RIGHT? YOU CAN GO TO THAT. I'LL GO TO GREENSBORO.
>> GOT ONE THAT'LL BE THERE NEXT YEAR.
>> YOU SHOULD GO TO THAT AND I'LL GO TO GREENSBORO.
>> YOU'VE GOT THESE TRACKING IT REALLY WELL.
>> JOHN HAS GOT RIDGELY, RICK'S GOING TO GREENSBORO, MARK'S GOING TO DENTON, AND WE'RE COVERED.
>> I CAN TORMENT PEOPLE AT ANYWHERE.
>> ALL RIGHT. WELL, WE'LL MAKE SURE.
>> IT DOESN'T MEAN THE NEXT DAY OR TWO.
I ALWAYS TRY TO HIT THE FIRST WEEK AND EVERYBODY WISH THEM ALL A GOOD YEAR.
BUT AT LEAST THE FIRST DAY WE'RE NOT OVERLAP AND WE GOT EVERYBODY COVERED.
BOARD WORK SESSION IN AUGUST, RECOMMEND WE DO NOT HAVE MORE MEMBERS.
IS THAT FINE WITH YOU? THE WORK SESSION?
>> YOU THINK ABOUT? [LAUGHTER].
>> WORK SESSION IN AUGUST ALWAYS SITS IN THE MIDDLE OF WELCOMING NEW TEACHERS, ALL TEACHERS, KIDS, [LAUGHTER] EVERYTHING.
>> IT LOOKS UPSET. [OVERLAPPING] [LAUGHTER]
>> NO WORK SESSION IN AUGUST AND EVERYTHING ELSE ON THE CALENDAR.
THE BOARD MEMBERS NEXT NEXT BOARD MEETING OTHER THAN ARE JUST VISITS AND WHATNOT WILL BE SEPTEMBER 6TH AFTER LABOUR DAY.
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>> HERE WE ARE NEXT SCHOOL YEAR.
>> BOARD, JUST A REMINDER ON THE EVENTS TAB, WE DO HAVE ALL THE EVENTS.
WE'LL KEEP THAT ACTIVE IN CURRENT AND IF YOU CAN KEEP LOGGED ON THE GOOGLE SHEET, JUST TRACKING WHO'S THERE.
WE TRIED TO COVER THE ATTENDANCE AND I'LL DO THE SAME THING WITH MYSELF AND GET IN THERE AND TRACK IT.
>> ANYTHING ELSE FOR THE GOOD OF CALLS? IF NOT, DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN?
>>SECOND BY MR. PART AND ALL THOSE IN FAVOR?
>>THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING. THANK YOU.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.