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[1. Opening Items]
WELCOME TO THE SEPTEMBER 6TH BOARD OF EDUCATION MEETING.WE MET AT 4:05 AND CALLED MEETING TO ORDER BY MR. BARTON, SECOND BY MRS. WAYMAN.
MR. JONES WAS ABSENT AT THE TIME.
A MINUTE LATER, MOTION BY MRS. DIGIACOMO, SECOND BY MS. WAYMAN TO GO INTO CLOSE SESSION, THE VOTE WAS 4-0 WITH ONE ABSENT TO GO INTO CLOSED SESSION.
DISCUSS APPOINTMENT, EMPLOYMENT, ASSIGNMENT, PROMOTION, EVALUATION OF EMPLOYEES, AND DISCUSSION OF THE GOOD INITIATED NEGOTIATED [NOISE] AGREEMENT AND HAVE SOMETHING TO EAT.
THEN WE CAME IN HERE AT 6.04, TO HAVE A MOTION TO GO INTO BRIEFLY RECONVENE AND OPEN SESSION.
>> SECOND, BY MRS. DIGIACOMO. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR.
[BACKGROUND] THANK YOU FOR BEARING WITH ME.
WE CALL TO ORDER, CAN WE ALL PLEASE STAND FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE?
>> THANK YOU. BOARD MEMBERS, MOVING ON WE HAVE OUR AGENDA, THAT WE SET OUT TO US.
AS PART OF THAT, WE'VE STARTED LOOKING AND REVISITING OUR MISSION, WHICH IS IN PARTICIPATION WITH FAMILIES AND COMMUNITY.
WE PREPARE ALL STUDENTS TO ACHIEVE COLLEGE, CAREER, AND LIFE READINESS THROUGH A CHALLENGING, AND PROGRESSIVE EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCE.
HOPE YOU KEEP THAT IN MIND IN ALL WE DO.
BOARD MEMBERS, ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONS OR CORRECTIONS TO THE AGENDA AS PRESENTED? IF NOT HAVE A MOTION TO ACCEPT.
>> I MOVE WE ACCEPT THE AGENDA.
SECOND BY MRS. WAYMAN. ALL IN FAVOR?
>> THANK YOU. I'M NOT SHOWING ANYTHING FOR RECOGNITION.
[2. Recognitions]
[BACKGROUND] WELL, I WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE WE LUCKY ENOUGH TO HAVE A STATE BOARD MEMBER, MS. [INAUDIBLE] HERE FROM THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION.MS. [INAUDIBLE] THANK YOU FOR COMING AND VISITING US.
I KNOW THE STATE HAS A NEW STATE SUPERINTENDENT, AND OBVIOUSLY A BOARD IT'S ALWAYS CHANGING AND MORPHING AND WE GOT AN OPPORTUNITY A FEW WEEKS AGO TO LINK IN BY THIS NEW TECHNOLOGY CALLED ZOOM OR NETSCAPE MEETINGS OR WHATEVER WHERE WE CAN SEE EACH OTHER'S FACE AND COMMUNICATE ABOUT DISCUSSIONS WITHOUT DRIVING TWO OR THREE HOURS.
WE APPRECIATE THAT, AND JUST APPRECIATE KNOWING WE HAVE A FACE AND A NAME TO REACH OUT TO IF YOU NEED SOMEBODY. THANKS FOR COMING.
MOVING ON, WE HAVE SOME REPORTS,
[3. Reports]
BOARD MEMBERS, SUPERINTENDENT, DIRECTORS, ETC SCHOOL STARTED.WHAT DO WE HAVE? LET'S START WITH MY LEFT.
MR. BARTON, DO YOU HAVE ANY TAKEAWAYS FOR THE LAST MONTH?
>> LET'S SEE IF I CAN REMEMBER RACHEL CAN BRING IT UP, SO YOU CAN REMIND ME WHAT I DID.
LOTS OF GOOD THINGS, AND IT'S HARD TO PICK JUST ONE, BUT I'M GOING TO DO IT. THAT'S THE ROLE.
ONE OF THE PLACES I WENT ON THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL WAS GREENSBORO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
NEEDLESS TO SAY, WATCHING THE CHILDREN COME AND THE TEACHERS WELCOMING THE STAFF.
IT'S SUCH AN INCREDIBLE FACILITY.
IT WAS AMAZING. IT WAS WONDERFUL.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT REALLY IMPRESSED ME, WAS BY THE OLDEST PERSON IN THE ROOM, SO TO SPEAK DR.ORC [LAUGHTER] WHO WAS THERE.
HE WAS FULLY ENGAGED, WELCOMING KIDS, WELCOMING THE STAFF, JUST AS IF HE NEVER STOPPED WORKING THE CAROLINE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOL.
BUT I WANT TO EMPHASIZE HE WAS A VOLUNTEER.
HE WAS VOLUNTEERING AND YET HE LOOKED LIKE PRINCIPAL [LAUGHTER] HE'S JUST AN AMAZING MAN.
I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK WITH THEM A LITTLE BIT, I ASKED HIM WHY HE WASN'T WEARING THE MASCOT COSTUME BECAUSE HE'S GOT EVERYTHING ELSE BUT THAT.
YOU PROBABLY HAVE DONE THAT TOO.
WHILE I COULD TALK ABOUT SO MANY OTHER THINGS.
AS THEY SAY A SHOUT-OUT TO DR. ORC IN BEING THERE TO VOLUNTEER.
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IT'S IN HIS BLOOD AND IT JUST SAYS SO MUCH ABOUT THE SYSTEM, ABOUT HIM. THAT'S MY OBSERVATION.>> I THINK I'LL ALSO HAVE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE NEW TEACHER BREAKFAST.
IT'S A VERY EXCITING TIME OF THE YEAR.
IT'S VERY EXCITING TO SEE THE NEW FACES, AND ALSO IT'S ONE OF THE FIRST TIMES AFTER A COUPLE OF MONTHS THAT WE ALL GET TO SEE EACH OTHER.
WITHOUT NEW TEACHERS TO COME REPLACE THE OLDER TEACHERS WOULDN'T HAVE MUCH OF THE STAFF.
IT WAS JUST EXCITING TO SEE EVERYONE AGAIN, AND EXCITING TO SEE THE NEW FACES, SOME OF THEM STARTING OUT THEIR CAREER.
FOR THOSE WHO CHOOSE OUR SCHOOL SYSTEM TO START THEIR CAREER, THAT'S GOOD.
EVERYTHING ELSE WAS JUST GREAT.
>> I AGREE WITH EVERYTHING THAT'S BEEN SAID, BUT I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE ALL-STAFF KICKOFF MEETING BECAUSE I THINK IT WAS JUST FANTASTIC.
I THINK THAT OUR SUPERINTENDENT DID A GREAT JOB PRESENTING TO ALL OF US WHO WERE IN ATTENDANCE.
I THINK THE TEACHERS WERE SO EXCITED, AND THEY SHOUTED AS EACH SCHOOL WAS NAMED.
I GOT TO MENTION COLONEL'S BAND, AND THE CHEERLEADERS, BECAUSE THEY WELCOMED US IN A FANTASTIC WAY.
I JUST WANT TO SAY KUDOS TO COLONEL HIGH SCHOOL FOR THE WELCOME YOU GAVE US, AND IT WAS A WONDERFUL EXPERIENCE.
I FELT LIKE GOING BACK TO SCHOOL, MYSELF.
>> I'M A CHILL THOUGH, BUT KEEP THEM SHORT.
THE TWO THINGS [LAUGHTER] I ATTENDED THE RIBBON CUTTING FOR CAROLINE PRIDE.
IT'S A NEW ORGANIZATION THAT IS HONORING DIVERSITY AND GIVING MORE OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR STUDENTS.
I JUST THOUGHT THAT WAS AWESOME, THAT WE HAVE SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
THE OTHER THING IS I ALSO WENT TO THREE SCHOOLS, FOR THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL.
IT IS EXCITING, AND IT MAKES ME MISS TEACHING.
TO ME, IT JUST BLOWS MY MIND TO SEE THE DIFFERENCE AT THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL VERSUS THE HIGH SCHOOL.
IT'S JUST LIKE WHAT THIS IS SO COOL.
AT THE ELEMENTARY THE KIDS ARE HUGGING EVERYBODY WHICH IS AWESOME.
BUT WHAT REALLY WON MY HEART WAS THAT AT THE HIGH SCHOOL, AT CCTC AND NCHS, THE HIGH-SCHOOL KIDS WERE JUST AS EXCITED TO BE THERE, AND THEY WERE HUGGING THEIR TEACHERS TOO, AND I'M GETTING GOOSEBUMPS.
EVERYBODY HAD A GREAT FEELING.
THANK YOU TO ALL THE TEACHERS, ALL THE STAFF, AND EVERYBODY BECAUSE IT WAS A GREAT, GREAT START TO THEIR YEAR. [INAUDIBLE] [LAUGHTER]
>> YEAH. HE CAN'T HELP THAT AND I'LL JUST PIGGYBACK ON THAT.
TO THE NEW TEACHERS IS ALWAYS A GREAT TIME.
BUT THE STAFF KICKOFF IN THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL, IT MADE ME REALIZE WE'VE GOT STAFF THAT STARTED LAST YEAR OR THE YEAR BEFORE, AND THEN THEY DIDN'T KNOW HOW A NEW SCHOOL YEAR REALLY STARTED ANYWHERE, LET ALONE WHAT WAS NORMAL TO CAROLINE COUNTY, AND FOR OUR COUNTY TO BE ABLE TO BRING BASICALLY ALL THEIR INSTRUCTIONAL STAFF INTO ONE AUDITORIUM AND HAVE A GOOD WELCOME IS UNHEARD OF.
WE APPRECIATE THAT, BUT I JUST REALLY REALIZED THAT EXCITEMENT FROM THE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS TO THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL STUDENTS THAT, WAIT A MINUTE, WE THOUGHT WE WERE GOING BACK TO SCHOOL NORMALLY EARLY AUGUST, AND THEN HALFWAY THROUGH THE MONTH, WE REALIZED WE WEREN'T.
THEN THE YEAR BEFORE THAT, WE KNEW WE WERE GOING BACK.
IT'S BEEN A WHILE. SO WHAT'S THAT, FALL OF 18?
>> MARCH 13TH, 2020 WAS THE SHUTDOWN.
>> YEAH. ALL OF '19 WAS THE LAST TIME WE DID IT THIS WAY.
I THINK EVERYBODY FELT THAT THIS, TEACHERS, THE STUDENTS, FAMILIES, EVERYBODY.
THANK YOU FOR EVERYONE MAKING THAT HAPPEN.
>> IT'S PRETTY COOL WATCHING THE CAR RIDERS AND THE BUSES AND ALL THAT COMING TOGETHER WITHOUT ORGANIZED CHAOS.
ONE CAR PULLED UP AND THE TEACHER OPEN THE DOOR TO WELCOME THE CHILD OUT BUT THE DOG WAS IN THE WAY.
[LAUGHTER] SHE WAS MULTITASKING, [LAUGHTER] PETTING THE DOG, BEING LEAKED ON THE FACE, AND HELPING THE CHILD OUT.
IT HAPPENED TO BE A CHILD THAT SHE HAD TAUGHT HERE BEFORE.
I WENT UP TO HER AND SAID, THAT'S IMPRESSIVE, I MEAN THAT'S FULL SERVANT.
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PETTING THE DOG, HELPING THE STUDENT OUT, AND GETTING THE STUDENT ON THE WAY FOR THE DAY, IT'S AMAZING.>> OKAY. I'M GOING TO FOLLOW THE SAME THEME FOR THE START OF THE YEAR.
BEFORE I REALLY GET INTO IT, THE PICTURE ON THE TOP LEFT JUST ABSOLUTELY CRACKS ME UP.
THE UNOFFICIAL MASCOT AT GREENSBORO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ENDED UP BEING A PARENT [LAUGHTER] WHO HAD THIS COSTUME THAT THOUGHT IT WOULD BE REALLY COOL TO SHOW UP.
I'M SURE HIS KIDS WERE THRILLED, BUT HE DIDN'T CARE.
HE ROCKED THE OUTFIT, WHICH WAS GREAT AND THEN JUST ENDED UP GETTING INTO ALL THE PICTURES AND EVERYTHING ELSE, MS. SWELLING THE SWELLING AND HOW MUCH FUN IT WAS.
DOCTOR ORDERS NEED TO PUT ON THE SUIT.
APPARENTLY, THE FATHER UP THERE WHO WAS THRILLED TO JUMP IN THAT THING ANYTIME IT'S ASKED. BUT WENT REALLY WELL.
>> IT CAN'T COMPLETE WITH A STINGER ON THEM.
>> YES. [LAUGHTER]THINK YOU CAN FIND ANYTHING ON AMAZON, PROBABLY.
HONESTLY. ABSOLUTELY BLESSED WITH THE START OF THE SCHOOL YEAR THAT WE'VE HAD TODAY MARKS DAY NUMBER 4 AND IT FEELS LIKE MAYBE IT'S THE NEWNESS OF WE HAVEN'T HAD A NORMAL STAR SINCE '19.
BUT IT HAS JUST BEEN AN AMAZING START TO THE SCHOOL YEAR.
IT'S FUNNY. NOBODY WANTED TO SAY ANYTHING ABOUT LAST WEEK.
IT WAS ALL LIKE [INAUDIBLE] IT MIGHT PRETEND TO BE A LITTLE SUPERSTITIOUS.
WE REALLY WOULDN'T BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON WE DECIDED WE WOULD OWN IT AND JUST START SAYING YOU KNOW WHAT, NO, IT'S BEEN A REALLY GOOD START.
I THINK WE'RE INTERESTING IN TERMS OF HOW THE FIRST WEEK GOES AND HOW IT ROLLS.
WE DID WELCOME OVER 5,000 STUDENTS BACK ON THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL.
YOU'LL HEAR INFORMATION SHARE TONIGHT ABOUT OUR FIRST DAY ENROLLMENT COUNT.
WE'RE UP ABOUT 120 STUDENTS ON THE FIRST DAY FROM LAST YEAR AND WE'RE UP EVEN MORE THAN THAT FROM THE YEAR BEFORE SO IT'S A GOOD TREND ON THAT PIECE.
BUSING, TRANSPORTATION IS TOUGH.
IT'S NOT VERY ORGANIZED CHAOS.
IT'S VERY TOUGH THE FIRST FEW DAYS OF THE YEAR.
WE HAVE LITTLE GUYS GETTING ON BUSES IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS TO GO HOME.
THEY DON'T KNOW THEIR ADDRESSES.
SO YOU MAKE SURE THEY GET ON THE RIGHT BUSES BEFORE THEY PULL OUT.
OUR BUS DRIVERS DO A PHENOMENAL JOB.
BUT OUR BUS DRIVERS EVERY DAY TRAVEL MORE THAN 5,600 MILES ACROSS THE COUNTY, JUST ABOUT CALIFORNIA AND BACK.
OUR BUSES DO EVERY DAY IN THE COUNTY.
IT'S 56 BUSES GETTING OUR KIDS HOME AND THEY DID A FANTASTIC JOB LAST WEEK.
AND THEN YOUR NEW CELL WITH VERY MINIMAL THINGS TO WORK THROUGH IN THE FIRST WEEK, I BELIEVE MS. MILLIGAN CARMEN, OVER OUR TRANSPORTATION OFFICE SHARED LAST WEEK.
IT'S MAYBE ONE OF THE SMOOTHEST OPENING SHE'S HAVING HER 40 PLUS YEARS IN THE COUNTY FROM THE TRANSPORTATION FRONT.
THAT'S AWESOME AND EXCITING NEWS FOR THEIR HARD WORK. FOOD SERVICES.
WE HAVE 50 FOOD SERVICE EMPLOYEES AND ALREADY STARTING THE SCHOOL YEAR, ARE STARTING LAST WEEK.
THEY'RE SERVING ABOUT 7,600 MEALS A DAY, 3,800 BREAKFAST, 3,800 LAUNCHES PER DAY.
SO THEY'RE AVERAGING ABOUT 7,600 PER DAY. OUR TECH DEPARTMENT.
TECH DEPARTMENT HAS DEPLOYED OVER 5,700 STUDENT DEVICES OUT TO THE BUILDINGS WITH THAT, AND WE TAKE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT APPROACH WITH TECH SUPPORT BEING ACTUALLY PLACED IN THE SCHOOL BUILDINGS THIS YEAR.
THEY'VE ALREADY BEEN ABLE TO COMPLETE, AS OF TODAY, A 176 TECH SERVICE TICKETS BETWEEN THE FOLKS WHO ARE OUT IN THE BUILDINGS, WHICH IS A VERY RAPID TURNAROUND TIME.
PREVIOUSLY THEY WOULD COME TO THE SCHOOL, PICKUP SET DEVICES, WORK ON THEM, BRING THEM BACK SO CHANGE IN DEPLOYMENT IS REALLY HELPING WITH THAT, THERE'S A LOT OF GREAT THINGS HAPPENING ON TOP OF THE ROUGHLY 450 TEACHERS WHO ARE MAKING THE MAGIC HAPPEN EVERY DAY WITH THE KIDS COMING BACK IN.
BUT IT'S BEEN AN EXCITING START OF THE SCHOOL YEAR.
WE ARE THRILLED HOW IT'S GOING.
NOW THE TRICK IS JUST KEEPING IT STRONG GOING FORWARD, KEEP MOVING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.
BUT IT HAS BEEN A PHENOMENAL START TO THE SCHOOL YEAR.
WITH THE START OF THE YEAR, WE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE INTERVIEWED BY CHANNEL 16 LAST WEEK.
WAS INTERESTING INTERVIEW TO START WITH BECAUSE THEY WERE REACHING OUT ABOUT THE TEACHER SHORTAGE AND IT STARTED WITH THE CONVERSATION OF OKAY, SO HOW'S IT GOING? WE'RE HEARING A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE REALLY STRUGGLING AND SO WE HAVE ONE OPENING, BUT WE WERE STARTING THE YEAR WITH ONE OF WHICH IS EXCITING, I'LL BE HONEST. I WISH WE DIDN'T HAVE ONE.
THE ONE WAS A LITTLE BIT OF A SELF-INFLICTED WOUND BECAUSE WE PROMOTED SOMEONE OUT OF A TEACHING POSITION TO AN ADMINISTRATIVE POSITION AT A SCHOOL TO BE AN ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL, WHICH WAS A GREAT CHOICE.
THAT SCHOOLS ROCK AND DOING A GREAT JOB.
I MEAN, WE DID CAUSE OUR OWN PAIN ON THAT IN AUGUST.
BUT WE'RE DOING REALLY WELL AND IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN ONE OF THE FIRST TIMES I THINK THAT CAROLINE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS, WHICH IS ONE OF THE FOUR SYSTEMS IN THE STATE, WAS COMPARED TO WORCESTER COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS IS ONE OF THE WEALTHIEST AND THE STATE ABOUT THERE NOT BEING A TEACHER SHORTAGE WALKING INTO THE SCHOOL YEAR COMPARED TO OTHERS.
THAT WAS AN ABSOLUTE KIND OF A HIGHLIGHT FIELD MOVING INTO THE START OF THE YEAR AS WELL.
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BUT JUST SOME GOOD THINGS HAPPENING RIGHT NOW.WE JUST WANT TO CONTINUE TO KEEP THEM ON THE SAME PATH.
>> ALL RIGHT, GOOD. THANK YOU.
>> THAT IS NICE THAT WERE IN THAT POSITION COMPARED TO WHAT WE'VE NOT JUST ON THE SHORT, BUT LIKE I SAID, ACROSS THE STATE SOME OF THESE OTHER COUNTIES.
ALL RIGHT, MOVING ON TO DIRECTORS SNAPSHOT, WHO'S JUMPING UP FIRST.
AS RACHEL PULLS IT UP, THE MONTH OF AUGUST, ALL SUMMER, BUT INCREDIBLY THE MONTH OF AUGUST IS JUST INCREDIBLY BUSY FOR THE INSTRUCTIONAL TEAM IN PROVIDING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT.
WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO OFFER PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT TO THE JUDY CENTERS AND THE FAMILY SUPPORT CENTER TEACHERS WITH THE SCIENCE OF READING.
[LAUGHTER] AS WE AS WE HAVE SPOKEN BEFORE, WE ARE AND HAVE SHIFTED TO SCIENCE OF READING AND MS. KATIE ALICE FISHER HAS BEEN PRESENTED BEFORE.
SHE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT TO THE JUDY CENTERS AND FAMILY SUPPORT CENTER TEACHERS.
WE ALSO DID SOME IN-DEPTH DATA ANALYSIS TO IDENTIFY STRENGTHS, OPPORTUNITIES, AND EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICES WITH THE CCTC STAFF.
I KNOW MS. ANTHONY, WE'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE THIRD BULLET, SO I'M NOT GOING TO SAY TOO MUCH ABOUT THAT.
WE DID AN AWFUL LOT OF PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AS IT RELATES TO SCHOOLOGY.
WHICH IS OUR LEARNING MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, WHICH IS REPLACING GOOGLE CLASSROOM.
WE DID START THAT PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT BACK IN APRIL.
WE STARTED WITH OUR STAFF THAT WAS WITH US LAST YEAR DOING SNIPPETS AT APRIL, MAY, AND JUNE STAFF MEETINGS.
OFFERED SESSIONS THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER FOR DROP-IN, OPTIONAL OPPORTUNITIES, OFFERED A LOT OF ASYNCHRONOUS OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR TEACHERS, AND THEN REALLY BOTH THROUGH BUILDING BASED PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND CONTENT-BASED PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, OFFERED A LOT MORE SCHOOLOGY THIS FALL.
ALL IN ALL, THE ROLLOUT HAS GONE EXTREMELY WELL WITH EVERYTHING NEW.
THERE ARE SOME BUMPS AND WE ARE LEARNING.
HOWEVER, I DO BELIEVE EVERY TEACHER HAS BEEN ABLE TO LOG ON AND GET THEIR STUDENTS ON.
I THINK YOU ALL CAN SAY YOU'VE BEEN ON SCHOOLOGY.
THAT'S WHAT WE'VE BEEN UP TO FOR A MONTH.
>> THE STUDENT SERVICES AND SPECIAL PROGRAMS. WE HAD THE CONSCIOUS DISCIPLINE KICKOFF.
I'VE TALKED ABOUT IT ALL SUMMER AND I THINK I MIGHT EVEN STARTED BACK IN MAY.
I WAS SO EXCITED THAT WE WERE ABLE TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN.
THE WEEK OF AUGUST 15TH, WE HAD THE FIRST THREE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS PARTICIPATE ON MONDAY AND TUESDAY, AND THEN WE ADD TWO MORE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS PARTICIPATE ON WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY.
WE HAVE ALL KINDS OF ACTIVITIES THAT TOOK PLACE DURING THE CONSCIOUS DISCIPLINE KICKOFF.
BUT I'LL TELL YOU WHAT WAS SO EXCITING ABOUT ALL OF IT WAS VOLUNTARY.
WE HAD 120 STAFF MEMBERS SHOW UP, VERY INTERESTED.
>> LIKE THIS TEACHER, ORIGINALLY, MRS. BUFFER [INAUDIBLE].
WE'RE SO EXCITED ABOUT THE CONCIOUSNESS.
SHE WENT THROUGH IN LIFE [LAUGHTER] ON HER OWN.
SHE REALLY DID THINK IT'S GOOD.
>> THANK YOU FOR SHARING THAT.
WHAT'S EXCITING ABOUT THIS IS NOW WE'VE HAD SO MANY MORE STAFF MEMBERS WANT TO WATCH THE PODCAST.
THEY WANT TO PARTICIPATE IN DIFFERENT LEARNING ACTIVITIES WITHIN THE SCHOOL.
EVERYBODY WANTS TO JOIN THE CONSCIOUS DISCIPLINE ACTION TEAMS AT THE SCHOOL LEVEL.
I DO HAVE TO GO BACK TO ORIGINALLY, I HAVE TO GIVE A BIG SHOUT OUT TO THEM BECAUSE WHEN WE FINISH ON THE SECOND DAY, THEY HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO STAY IN THE AFTERNOON AND THEY CAN WORK WITH OUR TRAINER TO SET UP A PLAN FOR THE SCHOOL FOR THE YEAR.
THE ENTIRE GROUP FROM ORIGINALLY STATE FOR THE AFTERNOON AND PUT THE PLAN TOGETHER. IT WAS EXCITING.
SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE WORKED ON WERE THE UNDERSTANDING BEHAVIOR AS A FORM OF COMMUNICATION, WIRING THE BRAIN FOR INTEGRATION AND SUCCESS, THE POWER OF ATTENTION, SKILL OF ASSERTIVENESS.
THEN WE ALSO LEARNED A LOT STRUCTURES THAT WE COULD PUT IN PLACE INSIDE THE CLASSROOMS. THEN WHERE IT GETS REALLY EXCITING WAS ON THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL WHEN WE WENT TO THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS, EVERY SINGLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL I WENT IN, SOMEBODY GRABBED ME AND SAID, YOU'VE GOT TO COME SEE THIS.
I WANT THE ONE AT PRESTON, THE MEDIA SPECIALISTS ASKED ME TO COME IN AND SHE SAYS, I WANT YOU TO HEAR ABOUT THE COMMITMENTS OF THAT THE KIDS ARE MAKING AND SOMEONE MAKING.
WE'RE ARE MAKING COMMITMENTS FOR THE DAY BECAUSE THEY NEEDED TO
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STAY WITHIN A DAY OF A COMMITMENT AND SOME WERE MORE THAN A YEAR, BUT IT WAS JUST EXCITING THAT THEY REALLY UNDERSTOOD THAT CONCEPT AND MAKING A COMMITMENT AND IF YOU DON'T MAKE IT, THAT'S OKAY.YOU HAVE A BACKUP PLAN TO ACHIEVE THAT COMMITMENT FOR THE FUTURE.
WE'RE TAKING THIS ON THE ROAD AGAIN FOR MORE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT ON SEPTEMBER 23RD WITH BOTH MIDDLE-SCHOOL.
THAT'S WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW.
IS VERY EXCITING THOUGH, AND THERE IS A LOT OF TRACTION WITH CONSCIOUS DISCIPLINE.
>> QUICK QUESTION. THE 120, IF THERE'S OTHER PEOPLE WHO HEAR HOW GREAT IT WAS, WHICH THEY WILL AND THEY NOW WANT TO GET STARTED.
THEY CAN STILL STARTUP OR THEY [OVERLAPPING] [INAUDIBLE]
>> ABSOLUTELY, THAT'S WHAT'S EXCITING ABOUT THIS, IS WHAT WE'VE DONE IS WE HAVE SHARED IT SO EVERYBODY COULD GET THE EXPERIENCE AND THEN EARLY ADOPTERS CAN JUMP ON, AND THEN OTHER PEOPLE CAN JUMP ONE AFTER THAT AND MORE AND MORE AND MORE, RATHER THAN SAYING, "THIS IS IN PLACE, IT STARTS DAY ONE.
WE HAVE A LOOK FOR, BUT WE'RE GOING TO CHECK AND MAKE SURE ALL THESE THINGS ARE IN PLACE." BECAUSE WE ALL KNOW IT'S GOT TO BE SOMETHING THAT'S INSTILLED IN YOU AND THIS IS A MINDSET SHIFT.
YOU'RE LOOKING AT BEHAVIOR AND SAYING TO YOURSELF, THERE'S COMMUNICATION HERE.
HOW CAN I ADDRESS THAT THROUGH THE BRAIN STATE MODEL? IT'S PRETTY EXCITING.
IF YOU EVER WANT A PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT ON IT, I'D BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO DO THAT IN ONE OF THE BOARD WORK SESSIONS.
>> IT WOULD BE INTERESTING TO ASK FOR SOME VOLUNTARY FEEDBACK LIKE AT THE END OF THE MONTH, JUST COMPARING THE TYPICAL FIRST MONTH OF SCHOOL, TO THE FIRST MONTH WITH THE CONSCIOUS DISCIPLINE.
>> WE'RE GOING TO LOOK CLOSE AT DISCIPLINE REFERRALS, ATTENDANCE, GRADES, ALL OF IT, TO SEE WHAT THE IMPACT IS AT THE ELEMENTARY.
NEXT TIME YOU DO IT, CAN YOU JUST SHOOT US WHEN YOU'RE DOING THIS?
>> SEPTEMBER 23RD IS THE NEXT ONE.
>> WELL, YOU DON'T HAVE TO [INAUDIBLE].
>> I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S 8:30 OR 9:00 YET.
>> IN THE AUDITORIUM AND WE DID MAKE SURE THAT THE TRAINER THAT WILL BE COMING IN FROM MIDDLE SCHOOLS IS A NATIONAL MIDDLE SCHOOL PRINCIPAL IN A DIFFERENT STATE.
LIKE WITH THE ELEMENTARIES, IT'S AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PRINCIPAL.
>> SOUNDS GOOD. WE'RE NOT THE BACK ROW RECORDS.
FROM THE OPERATIONS DIVISION, WE JUST COMPLETED OUR BUSIEST TIME OF THE YEAR.
ABSOLUTELY CRAZY, AT THE SAME TIME WE DID OVER 500 ORDERS AND WORK TICKETS.
WE GOT MOST OF THEM COMPLETED, BUT WE STILL HAVE A COUPLE STRAGGLERS AND YOU SEE THE LIST ON THE RIGHT-HAND SIDE.
I STARTED LAST YEAR ON AUGUST 30TH AND I FELT THE PUSH BRIEF.
THE SCHOOL STARTED LIKE THREE DAYS AFTER THAT, BUT I FELT THE PUSH OF GES GETTING THAT BEHEMOTH UP RUNNING IN A LINE, GETTING READY FOR THE KIDS.
WHAT WE'VE DISCOVERED THROUGHOUT THE YEAR WAS THAT WE MISSED OUT A LOT OF OUR PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE PRACTICES THAT WE NORMALLY DO.
WE MISSED OUT A LOT OF OTHER THINGS THAT CAME AT THE EXPENSE OF THE OTHER BUILDINGS NOT BEING TOTALLY READY, NOT LOOKING AS GOOD AS THEY COULD HAVE BEEN.
THAT WAS ONE OF THE GOALS I MET WITH THE MAINTENANCE STAFF AND THE STUDY STAFF BACK IN MAY IS THAT WE'RE GOING TO FOCUS ON THAT STUFF, BUT WE'RE ALSO GOT TO TAKE IT BACK TO WHERE WE WERE WITH COVID TWO SUMMERS AGO WHEN WE WERE DOING ALL THIS STUFF.
LISTED ON THE LEFT ARE A BUNCH OF THE HIGHLIGHTS THAT WE GOT DONE.
SOME OF THE BIGGER THINGS THAT REALLY MADE AN IMPACT.
THE FLOORS, THE GYM FLOORS, WE GOT FOUR OF THE FIVE FLOORS DONE.
AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, FEDERAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BECAME A FREE FLOORING FOR US, THAT MORGAN WAS ABLE TO MEET SOME PEOPLE TO [INAUDIBLE] AND THEN THEY SAID, HE WILL COME TO YOUR [INAUDIBLE] , CHECK US OUT, WE'RE DOING GREAT.
THE ONE WE DIDN'T GET DONE WAS UNFORTUNATE ONE THAT PROBABLY NEEDED THE MOST AND THAT WAS [INAUDIBLE] MIDDLE SCHOOL.
THAT, WE JUST SIMPLY RAN OUT OF TIME.
THE MONEY GOT APPROVED IN THE JUNE BOARD MEETING.
UNFORTUNATELY, GYM FLOORS HAVE TO BE ORDERED AND SET ON THE SCHEDULE IN MARCH AND SO US COMING TO HIM IN JUNE SAY, "HEY, WE GOT THE FUNDING CAN YOU.
THERE WAS EVERYTHING I COULD DO JUST TO GET THOSE BOTH HIGH SCHOOLS IN THE MIDDLE SCHOOL AT COLONEL COMPLETED.
WHAT THE COMPANY PROMISES THAT YOU'LL BE NUMBER ONE IN JUNE.
I'LL BUMP YOU UP THERE. AS YOU KNOW, THAT WAS THE BIG ONE IN TERMS OF COST, EXTRA DOWN FLOORING DOWN TO THE WOODS, WE'RE STANDING ON WOOD BECAUSE THE WOOD IS STARTING TO CUP A LITTLE BIT AND REDO THE PAINT, REDO THE MASCOT, AND BUILD IT ALL BACK UP.
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THAT WILL GET DONE, BUT UNFORTUNATELY IT'S BEEN PUSHED OFF UNTIL THE VERY EARLY NEXT SUMMER.>> IS THE FUNDING STILL THERE?
>> YES. THOSE FLOORS THAT WE GOT DONE, THEY LOOK GREAT. THEY REALLY DO.
THE OTHER THING THAT I NOTICED WAS AND AGAIN, AS SOON AS I RECEIVE THE RESULTS OF BIG PUSH FOR GES, THERE'S A LOT OF OUR TREES AND SHRUBS WERE SO OVERGROWN AT THE SCHOOLS.
TEACHERS AND ADMINISTRATORS COULDN'T SEE OUT THE WINDOWS BECAUSE THEY'RE HANGING DOWN SO LOW.
WE SPENT A LOT OF TIME GETTING THOSE TREES.
THEY CALL RAISING BASICALLY, THINKING ABOUT 10 FEET OF LIMBS OFF, GETTING THOSE SHRUBS UNDER CONTROL AND EVERYTHING TIGHTEN UP, MAKES IT LOOK MUCH BETTER.
THE SCHOOLS OVER HERE WITH THAT DONE, WHICH A LOT OF THEM HAD SOME IMPACT ON IT, REALLY LOOKED GOOD.
WE WERE ALSO ABLE TO DO A LOT OF POWER WASHING WE WERE UNABLE TO DO LAST YEAR.
WE WE'RE ABLE TO HIT LIKE THE BRICK WALLS, THE BRICK PILLARS ON THE SIDEWALKS, REALLY BIG GUM UP, THAT'S TWO YEARS OF GUM THAT WAS ON THAT SIDEWALK. WE WE'RE ABLE TO GET THAT UP.
THESE THINGS WE'RE HOPING THAT WE GET BACK ON TRACK, DO PMS ON NEXT SUMMER.
THE OTHER THING THAT I REALLY WANT TO HELP OUT, AS YOU SEE THE PICTURE ON THE FAR RIGHT.
THAT IS A RAMP AT RIDGELY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
THIS WAS SUPPOSED TO BE ABOUT TWO-WEEK PROJECT.
WE'RE HOPING JUST TO TAKE THE TREADS OFF OF THOSE RAMPS, RETREAD THEM AND GO FROM THERE.
THE CARPENTER, JASON FISHER REALIZED THAT WE TOOK THE TREADS OFF, THE STRINGERS UNDERNEATH WERE IN SUCH POOR SHAPE THAT SOMEWHERE THAT REALLY HELD TOGETHER BY THE TREADS ON TOP AND SO WE HAD TO REALLY BUILD ALL OF THEM FROM THE GROUND UP, THE TWO PROJECT TOOK ABOUT SEVEN WEEKS.
I'M HAPPY TO SAY THAT THOSE RAMPS THEY'RE ALL NEW, THEY LOOK GREAT, STURDY AS ANYTHING.
THAT WOULD BE GOOD TO GO FOR A LONG TIME.
THE BIG PUSH FOR THIS YEAR WAS REALLY JUST GETTING BACK THE PMS, AND I THINK WE ACCOMPLISHED A LOT OF THAT.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT YOU SEE ON THE RIGHT-HAND SIDE THAT WOULD HAVE NOT GOTTEN COMPLETE THAT I TALK A LOT ABOUT WITH A BOTTLE OF WATER STATIONS IN THE SCHOOLS.
WE'RE TRYING TO GET ABOUT AN AVERAGE OF TWO STATIONS PER SCHOOL.
WE WANT TO GET THAT PROJECT GOING, SO WE REALIZE THERE'S ABOUT SIX MONTH LAG ON THOSE PROJECTS.
THAT'S GOING TO HAVE DOING [INAUDIBLE] A LITTLE BIT AND THEN THE WE'LL BRING THOSE AROUND, MATCH UP THEIR PRODUCT WITH WHEREVER GOING TO PUT THESE WORKSTATIONS.
THAT INSTALLATION IS A LITTLE BIT INVASIVE.
IT'S SOMETHING THAT WOULD PROBABLY BE PULLED OFF UNTIL SUMMER TIME WITH LESS KIDS IN THE BUILDING, NOT WHEN WE HAVE FULL POPULATION OF STUDENTS IN THE BUILDING.
GOOD LISTENING, WHAT WE GOT DONE IN SUMMER. ANY QUESTIONS?
>> GOT A COUPLE. RIDGELY ELEMENTARY ROOF PROJECT [INAUDIBLE]
>> CAN I WAIT ON THAT QUESTION BECAUSE I'M A BIT MORE LATER.
>> NO, IT CAN WAIT. [LAUGHTER].
>> MY SPEED AND AT THE END THE MEETING [LAUGHTER].
HOW LONG WILL IT TAKE TO DO THAT GYM FLOOR WHEN THEY DO. DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA?
>> FIVE TO THREE DAYS? ANOTHER UNFORTUNATE BOOK. THEY BOOKED OUT.
AS I LEARNED, WE LOST TWO COMPANIES THAT USE THE SERVICE.
ONE WAS A HUSBAND AND WIFE AND THEY BOTH PASSED AWAY.
THE OTHER ONES JUST WENT OUT OF BUSINESS.
THERE'S REALLY ONLY TWO OF THE COMPANIES THAT ARE STUCK DOING ALL THESE SCHOOLS HAVE DELMARVA AS WELL AS THE UNDERSIDE OF THE ORIGINAL WORK OVER THERE.
IT'S VERY DIFFICULT TRY AND SCHEDULE.
LESSON LEARNED HOPEFULLY THAT DIDN'T WORK AGAINST FOR AWHILE AFTER THIS YEAR, BUT DEFINITELY WANT TO SCHEDULED SIX, SEVEN MONTHS OUT.
>> THE TWO BUSES ON ORDER ARE THOSE COUNTY OWN BUSES.
>> DO WE GET AIR CONDITIONING ON BUSES?
>> PROBABLY THREE OR FOUR GRAND? I'M GOING TO REFER THAT A LITTLE BIT.
WE HAVE TO TRY AND LOOK A LITTLE BIT AT GOING FORWARD WITH ELECTRIC BUSES AS EXORBITANT COST.
I DON'T HAVE AN ANSWER FOR YOU ON THAT RIGHT NOW.
WE ARE FOCUSED ON GOING FORWARD, SO I THINK IN TWO YEARS WANTS TO HAVE AT LEAST ONE ELECTRIC BUS IN EACH COUNTY.
JUST TO GET THAT WHOLE [INAUDIBLE] THING ON.
>> IT'S ONE THING SAYING YOU'RE GOING TO DO IT.
BUT DO THEY UNDERSTAND THE INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDED WITH THE PLUG-IN STATIONS?
>> THAT'S A BIG REASON WHY WE ONLY APPLY FOR THE GRANT THAT THE STATE WAS OFFERING AND WHY WE DIDN'T READ TO THE BOARD FOR CONSIDERATION.
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BECAUSE ON A RURAL COUNTY LIKE OURS, THERE'S A LOT OF LIMITING FACTORS IN WAY TO ELECTRIC LOSS, LET ALONE THE MILEAGE, LET ALONE THE CHARGE.WE'RE BEST TO LET SOME OTHERS PERFECT THAT BEFORE IT MOVES INTO ROLE.
THE BIGGEST ISSUES WE'RE GOING TO RUN INTO IN ITS CURRENT TECHNOLOGY UNLESS IT CHANGES, CHARGING TIME, THE MILEAGE OR LOSSES RUN.
WHAT WE BASICALLY HAVE GATHERED.
YOU CAN ASSUME A 100 MILES, YOU CAN GET UP TO A 125, IT DEPENDS ON DRIVING CONDITIONS, LOT OF STOPS START WITH THE BUS.
OUR BUSES ALL DO MORE THAN ALMOST EVERYWHERE BUSES DOES MORE THAN A 100 MILES IN A ROUTE EVERY DAY.
THEN THE AMOUNT OF TIME YOU NEED THE CHARGE THE BUS IF IT'S DOWN TO LOW.
I BELIEVE IT WAS FOUR TO FIVE HOURS OF CHARGING TIME TO GET IT WALK BACK UP.
WE DON'T HAVE THAT MUCH TIME IN THE WAY THE CHARGERS ARE SET UP NOT TO GET US OFF ON A TANGENT WITHOUT AN ESSENCE.
EACH CHARGING STATIONS PROBABLY GATHER CAN CHARGE FOUR BUSES.
HOWEVER, THE CHARGING STATION CAN ONLY DELIVER A FULL CHARGE TO ONE BUS AT A TIME FOR FOUR HOURS AND IT HAS TO BE SWITCHED TO A TRIPLE CHARGE.
THEN YOU TURN NEXT BUS THE DIAL TO GO TO THE NEXT BUS TO CHARGE IT FOR A FULL FOUR, AND THEN TRIPLE CHARGED THE NEXT ONE.
AGAIN, YOU CAN GET FOUR OFF ONE STATION BUT IT NEEDS 12 HOURS TO GET ALL OF THEM BROUGHT UP AND WE DON'T HAVE THAT.
RIGHT NOW, I BELIEVE THE ONLY PLACE AROUND THAT DOES MAINTENANCE ON THEM IS ANNAPOLIS.
THERE'S JUST A LOT OF THINGS THAT HAVE TO BE WORKED OUT BEFORE IT BECOMES MORE FEASIBLE, I WOULD SAY BEFORE A RURAL COUNTY JUMPS ON BOARD WITH IT.
THERE ARE SOME WHO ARE TRYING IT, BUT YEAH, THERE'S A LOT OF AND INFRASTRUCTURE FOR ONE.
>> BECAUSE CALIFORNIA JUST PASSED THAT LAW THAT ALL GAS WAS OUT BY X.
>> THEY'RE EXPERIENCING REAL PAIN RIGHT NOW WITH HEAT ISSUES IN REDUCTION OF USAGE AND CHARGING OF VEHICLES.
BUT LOTS MORE TO COME ON THAT AND HOPEFULLY MULTIPLE YEARS.
>> ONE OF THE THINGS THAT PROBABLY THAT WE'RE SEEING WHEN YOU READ ABOUT ANY OF THOSE FEDERAL AND STATE MANDATES ARE GOING TO REQUIRE X NUMBER OF ELECTRIC POWERED BUSES AND OTHER FLEET VEHICLES.
BUT BUSES IS A SPECIAL CHALLENGE TO SAY THE LEAST, BUT THAT'S COMING.
>> BUT IS THIS GOING TO BE ANOTHER UNFUNDED MANDATE.
>> RIGHT NOW THERE I MEAN, AGAIN, THEY'VE OFFERED SOME GRANTS, [OVERLAPPING] 330 GRANTS, ROUGHLY FOR THE LATTER CLASS WHERE WE'RE PAYING A 100 AND MAKE IT EASY.
>> BE SERIOUS ABOUT THIS [INAUDIBLE] THERE WILL BE MONEY AT SOME POINT.
>> THANK YOU FOR THE REPORT. MOVING ON.
WE'VE GOT SOME NEW STUDENTS REPRESENTATIVES..
I'M JUST WISH I CAN SIGN-UP FOR THIS.
[OVERLAPPING] [LAUGHTER] WE HAVE LESLIE FROM NORTH CAROLINA HIGH-SCHOOL AND SHELBY FROM COLONEL RICHARDSON.
ONCE WE START, LESLIE, YOU'RE AT THE TOP OF THE LIST THIS TONIGHT? BUT TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOURSELF, WHAT YOU'RE STUDYING IN SCHOOL AND YOUR REPORT.
>> MY NAME IS LESLIE, I'M A JUNIOR IN NORTH CAROLINA.
I'M CURRENTLY ENROLLED IN THE BIOMEDICAL PROGRAM AT THE HIGH SCHOOL BECAUSE I REALLY WANT TO ENTER THAT FIELD WHEN I EXIT COLLEGE, MAYBE SOMETHING WITH BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING.
I REALLY WANT TO WORK WITH SKIN GRAFTS AND IT'S REALLY GOOD.
BUT I WANT TO PUT A PIG HEART INTO SOMEONE.
BECAUSE I KNOW A LOT OF SCIENCE HAS BEEN GONE INTO THAT.
TRY AND FIGURE OUT HOW TO PUT PIG AND COW ORGANS INTO HUMAN BODIES.
BUT BEYOND THAT, I FEEL LIKE I'M VERY INVOLVED AT THE SCHOOL.
I ALWAYS FEEL LIKE I'M REALLY BUSY, WHICH IS A GOOD THING AND A BAD THING AT THE SAME TIME. I DON'T KNOW.
SOMETIMES I LOVE HAVING SOMETHING TO DO BUT THEN IT'S LIKE WEEKS AND I'M LIKE, OH GOD, THERE'S JUST SO MUCH TO DO.
>> GO AHEAD AND HIT YOUR SCHOOL REPORTS AND FOLLOW UP WITH SHELBY.
>> THIS PAST MONTH, REALLY, THE PAST MONTH OF AUGUST HAS BEEN INCREDIBLY BUSY FOR ALL SCHOOLS.
AS WE'RE GOING BACK TO SCHOOL.
THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS, THEY ALL HAD THEIR BACK-TO-SCHOOL NIGHT SLASH MEET THE TEACHER NIGHTS.
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FROM WHAT I HEARD, THEY HAD SNOW CONES THERE, WHICH I'M SURE THE STUDENTS LOVED I KNOW.I WOULD HAVE LOVED THAT WHEN I WAS THEIR AGE AND TO BE HONEST, I FEEL LIKE I WOULD STILL LOVE THAT AT MY AGE.
[LAUGHTER] BUT REALLY THAT'S MOSTLY WHAT HAPPENED THE PAST MONTH.
I'M SURE THERE'S A LOT OF INNER WORKINGS WITH EMPLOYEES, BUT FOR THE STUDENTS, FOR THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS, AT LEAST, IT WAS MAINLY JUST BACK-TO-SCHOOL NIGHTS.
THE STUDENTS GOT THE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET THEIR TEACHERS AND FIGURE OUT WHERE THEIR CLASSES ARE.
BACK-TO-SCHOOL NIGHTS IS COMING UP WITH THEM THE NEXT FOLLOWING WEEKS, WHICH I BELIEVE WILL MAYBE BRING THE HONEYMOON PHASE OF BACK-TO-SCHOOL TO AN END AND EVERYTHING IS NOT GOING TO BE AS HAPPY ANYMORE, I BELIEVE FOR THE STUDENTS.
>> [INAUDIBLE] LESLIE. [LAUGHTER]
>> I DON'T KNOW, I ALWAYS FEEL LIKE THAT.
I FEEL LIKE THE HONEYMOON PHASE IS GREAT.
[BACKGROUND] WE JUST LOVE TO BE BACK IN SCHOOL, YOU GET TO SEE YOUR FRIENDS, YOUR TEACHERS, AND THEN IT'S DONE. [BACKGROUND]
>> YOU'RE TWO WEEKS INTO SCHOOL AND YOU'RE LIKE, OH, I'M IN SCHOOL. [LAUGHTER]
>> FOR THE HIGH SCHOOL. I THINK THE MAIN THING I REALLY WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT WAS THEIR FRESHMAN BOOTCAMP.
I HEARD A LOT OF GOOD THINGS ABOUT IT.
I FIRST HEARD ABOUT IT FROM THE [INAUDIBLE] ADVISOR, MS. SULLIVAN.
THE GENERAL CONCEPT OF IT, I JUST THOUGHT IT WAS SUCH A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR THE FRESHMEN.
NOT ONLY WAS IT A GREAT WAY FOR THEM TO START TO BUILD THOSE RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE TEACHERS AND STUDENTS THEY'RE GOING TO BE SPENDING THE NEXT FOUR YEARS WITH, BUT IT WAS REALLY A GREAT WAY TO HELP LESSEN SOME OF THAT ANXIETY THAT COMES WITH GOING TO A NEW SCHOOL.
WHEN I STARTED MY FRESHMAN YEAR, EVERYTHING WAS ON ZOOM.
BUT EVEN THEN, I CAN'T IMAGINE HOW THEY FEEL GOING TO A NEW SCHOOL WHERE YOU DON'T KNOW WHERE ANY OF THE CLASSES ARE, YOU'RE SHARING THE HALLWAYS WITH SENIORS, PEOPLE WHO ARE ABOUT TO GO TO COLLEGE.
I LOVE THAT THEY HAD THAT OPPORTUNITY.
I AND SO MANY OTHER MY PEERS WOULD HAVE LOVED SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
A GREAT THING FOR PARENTS TOO, BECAUSE I KNOW A LOT OF PARENTS WORRY ABOUT THEIR STUDENT AND GOING TO HIGH SCHOOL BECAUSE IT'S JUST SUCH A BIG INCREASE IN WORK AND YOU'RE SPENDING YOUR TIME AND EFFORT ON.
I LOVE THAT THEY HAD THAT OPPORTUNITY.
THEN WITH CCTC, BASICALLY, THEY'RE REALLY GLAD TO SEE THAT STUDENTS WERE COMING BACK TO THE CCTC PROGRAMS. I KNOW THAT IN SOME YEARS THERE'S A TREND OF STUDENTS DROPPING THEIR PROGRAM.
IT WAS GREAT THAT THE MAJORITY OF STUDENTS DECIDED TO RETURN THIS YEAR INSTEAD OF DROPPING THE PROGRAM.
BECAUSE I KNOW THAT A LOT OF THE PROGRAMS LIKE, I BELIEVE THE COSMETOLOGY PROGRAM, AND AUTO MECHANIC, THAT'S A WAY FOR STUDENTS TO ACTUALLY GET CERTIFIED IN SOMETHING THAT CAN HELP THEM ONCE THEY GRADUATE.
>> THANK YOU. [OVERLAPPING] [BACKGROUND]
>> HI. I'M SHELBY. I'M A SENIOR AT COLONEL RICHARDSON.
I TAKE TWO CLASSES AT COLONEL AND THEN I TAKE FOUR CLASSES, AT CHESAPEAKE COLLEGE.
AFTER HIGH SCHOOL, I WANT TO STUDY IN EITHER DC OR THE UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND.
FES HAD A GREAT BACK-TO-SCHOOL NIGHT.
THEY HAD SNOW CONES AS WELL AND PRESTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ALSO HAD SNOW CONES.
[BACKGROUND] THE SNOW CONES HAVE REALLY BEEN A GREAT TREND THIS YEAR.
[LAUGHTER] [BACKGROUND] THEN I WENT TO THE HIGH SCHOOL AND THE MIDDLE SCHOOL FOR BACK-TO-SCHOOL NIGHT.
IT'S A GREAT SCHOOL. I LOVE IT THERE.
THE SENIORS WHO WERE HELPING THE FRESHMEN GET TO THEIR CLASSES AND MEET THEIR TEACHERS AND EVERYTHING.
THE MIDDLE SCHOOL WAS HAVING A GREAT TIME TOO.
IT WAS A BIG SHOW, A LOT OF PEOPLE WERE THERE AND IT WAS A REALLY GREAT NIGHT.
AT THE END OF THIS MONTH, THE HIGH SCHOOL HAS HOMECOMING, SO THAT'S A BIG THING.
WE GOT A LOT OF EVENTS PLANNED FOR THAT, AND THAT'S ABOUT EVERYTHING.
>> VERY GOOD. THANK YOU, LADIES.
YOU'RE ALWAYS WELCOME TO STAY INTO THE DEPTHS OF THE EVENING AND ENJOY OUR MEETINGS AND CONTRIBUTE TO OUR TOPICS, BUT AS YOU MENTIONED, YOU'RE ALWAYS BUSY.
[LAUGHTER] WE ALSO KNOW WITH THE OUTSIDE EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES AND STUDIES, WE DON'T JUDGE YOU IF YOU SNEAK OUT AFTER A LITTLE BIT.
BUT IF YOU EVER SEE ANYTHING IN OUR AGENDA THAT YOU OR
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YOUR COHORTS FEEL PASSIONATELY ABOUT AND WANT TO COMMENT ON, PLEASE, EVEN IF YOU CAN'T STAY, SEND US AN EMAIL AND LET US KNOW.WELCOME. ENJOY THE COMING YEAR.
[4. Consent Agenda]
FROM REPORTS TO CONSENT AGENDA, WE HAVE PERSONNEL AND OUR MINUTES AND A FIELD TRIP REQUEST ON PART OF THE CONSENT AGENDA. DR. WILLOUGHBY.>> PRESIDENT NEWCOMB, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU AS PART OF THE CONSENT AGENDA, THE PERSONNEL REPORT, WHICH INCLUDES TWO RESIGNATIONS, ONE RETIREMENT AND ONE APPOINTMENT TO A REGULAR TEACHER CONTRACT, AS WELL AS THE ADDENDUM, WHICH IS TWO LEAVES OF ABSENCE AND ONE TEACHER APPOINTMENT TO A PROVISIONAL CONTRACT.
>> FOUR MEMBERS. HAD A PERSONNEL DISCUSSION, BOARD MEMBERS ALSO, WE DIDN'T HAVE OUR WORK SESSIONS SO THERE WERE MINUTES FROM THE AUGUST 2ND BOARD MEETING AND THEY WON'T SEE ANY CORRECTIONS TO THOSE MINUTES.
HEARING NONE, I'LL MOVE ON TO OVERNIGHT FIELD TRIP REQUEST.
>> AS PART OF THE CONSENT AGENDA TONIGHT, WE DO HAVE THE [INAUDIBLE] WITH US TONIGHT WITH ALL THE LADIES IN THE BLUE JACKETS, WHICH IS AWESOME.
BUT THE FFA HAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO ATTEND NATIONALS, WHICH IS AWESOME.
I APPRECIATE THE HARD WORK THAT YOU ALL PUT IN, AS WELL AS YOUR ADVISOR, HAS PUT IN OVER THE LAST SEVERAL WEEKS, AND ESPECIALLY EVEN THIS WEEK, TO SECURE TRANSPORTATION AND THEN, OF COURSE, HOUSING AND THOSE THINGS TO BE ABLE TO GO.
OUR STUDENTS HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO ATTEND.
THEY'VE DONE A GREAT JOB FUNDRAISING, AND THEY ACTUALLY WILL BE TRAVELING BY BUS TO INDIANAPOLIS, MARYLAND FFA IS SPONSORING THE BUS.
WE'RE HELPING TO PAY FOR THE COST OF IT ALONG WITH TWO OTHER GROUPS, WHICH IS EXCITING.
THEIR REQUEST IS BEFORE YOU TONIGHT.
THE TRIP IS OCTOBER 25TH-28TH, A TOTAL OF 10 STUDENTS.
TWO CHAPERONES, IT DOES MEET ALL THE REQUIREMENTS OF A POLICY TO BE ABLE TO SUPPORT THEIR EFFORTS.
I DO WANT TO GIVE A MASSIVE SHOUTOUT ON THE FUNDRAISING PIECE.
THEY HAVE BEEN RELENTLESS AT RAISING FUNDS TO COVER THE COSTS.
>> YES. IF THERE'S ANYTHING, OBVIOUSLY, THAT DOESN'T COVER THE TOTAL COST WE'LL STILL WORK THROUGH OUR PROCEDURES TO SPLIT ANY REMAINING DIFFERENCES THAT ARE THERE THAT ARE NOT THROUGH FUNDRAISING.
BUT THEY'VE DONE AN OUTSTANDING JOB TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN.
>> DO ANY OF YOU WANT TO ADD ANYTHING?
>> [NOISE] I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR GIVING THEM THIS OPPORTUNITY [INAUDIBLE].
MY DAUGHTER HAS SEEN HER AND SHE'S NEVER BEEN GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO ALONG WITH THE FOUR OF THEM THAT ARE ATTENDING OUR SENIORS.
BECAUSE OF COVID SHUT IT DOWN, SO I MIGHT NOT EVER GET TO GO TO NATIONALS.
THE REALITY HAS SOMETHING FOR ME JUST AS AN ADVISOR, VERY PERSONAL AND THESE KIDS HAVE WORKED THEIR TAILS OFF THE SUMMER.
BEARS IN THE COMMUNITY, AT OUR ALUMNI MEETING THE OTHER NIGHT, A COUPLE OF THEM SPOKE ON WHAT IT WOULD MEAN TO THEM TO GO TO NATIONALS, AND SO OUR ALUMNI GAVE THEM A CHECK FOR $4,600, SO THEY WERE MORE THAN WILLING TO SUPPORT US.
WE JUST THANK YOU GUYS FOR YOUR SUPPORT, FOR [INAUDIBLE].
>> WE REALLY THANK YOU. BECAUSE TEACHING IS ABOVE AND BEYOND AS IT IS.
THEN DOING WHAT YOU DO, IT MAKES IT REAL, AND DON'T HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY.
AS A TEACHER, I LOVE FIELD TRIPS.
I APPRECIATE YOU DOING THAT, AND I THINK IT'S GREAT THAT YOU GUYS ARE GOING TO GO, THAT YOU CARE ENOUGH TO DO THIS OUTSIDE YOUR ROOM WHILE, AND I'D LIKE THAT YOU'RE HELPING TO RAISE THE MONEY BECAUSE YOU'RE LEARNING SO MUCH THAT WAY.
IT'S LIKE IS NOT HANDED TO YOU.
>> WE HAVE SEVERAL MEMBERS THAT ARE GOING WITH US ARE ACTUALLY IN AP COURSES.
WRITING THAT EMAIL TO AN AP TEACHER THAT SAYS, "HEY, I KNOW IT'S A LOT [INAUDIBLE] IT A LOT ABOUT THEIR CHARACTER, AND THEIR BRAVE [INAUDIBLE].
I KNOW YOUR TRIP IS THE END OF OCTOBER, BUT MAYBE FOR OUR DECEMBER MEETING, IF YOU WOULD BE WILLING TO COME BACK AND JUST SHARE SOME HIGHLIGHTS.
I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY THAT [LAUGHTER].
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THEY'VE ALWAYS DONE THAT BEFORE, AND THANK YOU FOR AFTER A TWO-YEAR HIATUS, AND NOT LETTING IT SLIP AWAY BECAUSE I DO RECALL, I THINK SOME YEARS YOU HAVE MAYBE ONE OR TWO, THREE STUDENTS GO, AND WHEN THEY CAME BACK AND SHARE THEIR EXPERIENCE, IT'S WORTH MISSING AN EIGHT-WEEK CLASS TO GO OUT AND SEE SIMILAR LIKE-MINDED PEOPLE STRIVING TO DO IMPORTANT THINGS IN THE AREA OR FIELD THEY LOVE.LADIES, AND IF THERE IS ANY GENTLEMAN GOING, GOOD LUCK.
HOW LONG IS THE BUS RIDE INDIANAPOLIS?
>> IT'S GOING TO TAKE US ALMOST 12 HOURS, BUT IT SHOULD BE ENOUGH.
[LAUGHTER] [INAUDIBLE] THEY'LL GET TO ME AFTER THE MEMBERS FROM ACROSS [INAUDIBLE] AS THEY JOIN THE BUS.
THE EARLIEST PICK UP AT 4:30 AM, THEY HAVE THE LONGEST RUNNING.
>> GOOD STUFF. ENJOY YOURSELF. BE CAREFUL.
>> MAKE THE MOST OF THE OPPORTUNITY.
>> I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH OF THE PAPERWORK YOU GUYS ALL GOT TO READ, BUT THERE ARE STUDENT WORKSHOPS FOR EVERY SINGLE AREA OF AGRICULTURE.
EVERY SINGLE DAY THEY HAVE TO ATTEND THE STUDENTS WORKSHOP, THE COLLEGE AND CAREER FAIR, THEN WE HAVE FUN TOURS THAT ARE SET UP FOR THEM, BUT ALONG WITH THOSE FLOORS, THEY'RE VERY COLLEGE FOCUS.
WE'RE GOING TO SEE THE INDY 500, BUT IT ALSO TIES IN MECHANICS, IS IN AGRICULTURE.
THEY HAVE A TOUR WITH HIS ZOO, ANIMAL ASPECT OF THAT, BECAUSE IS THE TWO MOST POPULAR CAREER FIELDS OF THIS KIND.
IT'S AN HONOR TO BE THE TEACHER, AND THEY GET TO DRAG ME ALL OF THEM.
>> I JUST WANT TO MAKE THE MINUTES WERE NOT ATTACHED.
>> USING THERE'S A THING. SORRY.
>> CONSENT AGENDA, SO THE WHOLE GROUP DON'T PROVE ALL THREE ITEMS AT ONE TIME.
>> IF WE NEED TO GO BACK, IF YOU DIDN'T SEE THE LINK HAPPEN THIS EVENING.
BUT IF YOU NOTICE ANYTHING, WE CAN ALWAYS GO BACK AND CORRECT IT AT ANOTHER TIME IF YOU HAVE TO BE.
THAT BEING SAID, CONSENT AGENDA, BOARD MEMBERS WHO HAD PERSONNEL MINUTES, AND THE OVERNIGHT FIELD TRIP REQUEST, YOU HAVE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THEM ALL AS PART OF THE CONSENT AGENDA.
>> SECOND BY MR. BARTON, ALL OF THOSE IN FAVOR.
>> THANK YOU. GOOD LUCK, LADIES.
>> NOW, YOU GOT TO BE HERE THE WHOLE TIME.
WE JUST APPROVE A TRIP TO INDIANAPOLIS FOR YOU GUYS STAYS.
WHO ARE WE GOING TO SEE IN CONCERT? THAT'S A PRIORITY, ALWAYS HAVE SOMEBODY TO.
>> JIMMY ALLEN, SMALL-TOWN, BUT ACTUALLY, REALLY HUGE IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT JIMMY ALLEN IS FROM DELAWARE, HE WENT TO HIGH SCHOOL ABOUT SAME TIME I DID.
HE ACTUALLY WON DELAWARE FFA CONTEST FOR TALENT, HE WENT OUT TO NATIONAL CONVENTION, AND THAT IS WHERE HE RECEIVED HIS FIRST OFFER FROM A RECORDING STUDIO.
HE DID NOT SIGN WITH THEM, BUT FFA AND NATIONAL FFA, HAS ASKED HIM TO RETURN EVERY YEAR.
THIS IS THE FIRST YEAR HE'S NEEDS TO BE BACK.
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE OUR FIRST TALENT WINNER FROM NATIONAL EVENT, FROM DELAWARE.
>> DO WE HAVE ANYBODY UP MOVING ON TO PUBLIC COMMENT? HAS ANYBODY SIGNED UP?
>> AND UNDERSTAND HE'S PROBABLY TAKEN IT?
>> DID YOU TWO UNDERSTAND FIR REAL?
>> IT THE FIRST MEETING [INAUDIBLE]
>> IT THE FOURTH DAY OF SCHOOL, IT'S STILL HONEYMOON [INAUDIBLE] [LAUGHTER].
>> MOVING ON, WE HAVE AN INDIVIDUAL ACTION ITEM,
[6. Individual Action Items]
REVISIONS TO POLICY, STUDENT BEHAVIOR.WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE HAD MUCH TIME AS POSSIBLE WITH ADJUST, AND KEEPS ANY BOARD MEMBERS HAVE ANY, EDITS OR STAFF HAD ANY EDITS.
WE'RE MOVING INTO THAT, AND IT WAS DR. WILLOUGHBY AND MRS. ANTHONY.
>> PRESIDENT NEWCOMERS MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, HER FOR YOU, POLICY 33150 FOR SECOND READING AND POTENTIAL ADOPTION.
BASED ON FEEDBACK FROM THE FIRST READING LAST MONTH,
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COUPLE OF THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN CHANGED, REALLY HAVE TO DO WITH IF YOU FLIP TO THE SECOND PAGE OF THE POLICY, AND YOU'LL SEE IT REPEATED AGAIN IN THE REGULATION, WHAT THE DEFINITION IS.THERE WAS SOME DISCUSSION LAST MONTH REGARDING THE DEFINITION, AND THAT IS PART OF THE MODEL POLICY.
BUT WE DID ADD THE LINE AFTER THAT MODEL POLICY DEFINITION THAT THEY USE OF SECLUSION AS A BEHAVIORAL INTERVENTION IS PROHIBITED.
SO THAT WHILE WE ARE DEFINING IT, WE'RE ALSO AT THE SAME TIME REMINDING THAT IS NOT OUR PRACTICE.
WE DID THE SAME THING IN THE REGULATION THAT IS ATTACHED AS WELL.
THEN, WE MADE SURE AS WE WENT THROUGH, AND I THINK THERE WERE A COUPLE OF FOLKS THAT HAD POINTED OUT DIFFERENT PARTS, INCLUDING THE POLICY STATEMENT, AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
THAT EVERY REFERENCE TO SECLUSION, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE DEFINITION AND THE PROHIBITING STATEMENT, IS COMPLETELY REMOVED.
WHERE THE POLICY USED TO TALK ABOUT SECLUSION, EXCLUSION, AND RESTRAINT, IT NOW JUST TALKS ABOUT EXCLUSION AND RESTRAINT, AND THAT HAS BEEN TAKEN OUT, SO THAT THAT IS CLEAR AS WELL.
MRS. ANTHONY, IF YOU WILL, TALK ABOUT THIS AND HOW IT WORKS.
>> WHEN WE CAME TO YOU FEW WEEKS BACK, AND WE SHARED THE FIRST READING OF THE POLICY, THERE WAS A LOT OF QUESTIONS AROUND WHEN WE DID USE RESTRAINT.
IF YOU LOOK AT THE REGULATION, BECAUSE SOME OF THE QUESTIONS ACTUALLY WERE AROUND FIGHTS.
IF YOU HAVE TO REMOVE A STUDENT FROM A ROOM, AND THESE ARE NOT CONSIDERED PHYSICAL RESTRAINT.
WE OUTLINED THOSE, AND IT'S ACTUALLY, I THINK, ON THE THIRD PAGE.
I WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE BROUGHT THAT TO YOUR ATTENTION.
>> THIRD PAGE OF THE REGULATIONS.
>> IT'S THE SECOND PAGE OF THE REGULATION.
IF YOU GO TO LETTER C, PHYSICAL RESTRAINT, THEN REALLY IT FOLLOWS FROM THE BOTTOM OF THAT PAGE, NEXT NUMBER 2, FOLLOWING ARE NOT CONSIDERED PHYSICAL RESTRAINT ARE A COUPLE OF OLD PRACTICES AND THAT IT GOES THROUGH A, B, C, D, AND D. AGAIN, AS I MENTIONED AND MRS. ANTHONY MENTIONED, THESE ALL PULL FROM A MODEL POLICY.
>> THEN ALSO, IF YOU TAKE A LOOK, I THINK IT'S NUMBER 3, AND I HAVE IT ON PAGE 4.
I'M ON PAGE FOR THE REGULATION FOR THIS INFORMATION.
>> WHAT'S THE PART OF THAT WAY?
>> IT IS THE USE OF RESTRAINT IS PERMITTED UNDER THE FOLLOWING CIRCUMSTANCES, AND THAT IS OUTLINED A THROUGH E, OF EXACTLY WHEN THAT WOULD BE USED.
THIS IS A VERY SMALL POPULATION OF CHILDREN.
YOU CAN SEE NUMBER 1, THIS IS WHEN WE WOULD BE IN AN ABSOLUTE EMERGENCY SITUATION, WHERE A CHILD WAS UNSAFE TO HIMSELF OR OTHERS.
THEN WHEN YOU TAKE A LOOK DOWN FROM THERE, THESE ARE CHILDREN THAT HAVE EITHER BEEN IDENTIFIED OR IN THE PROCESS OF BEING IDENTIFIED.
IF A CHILD WOULD BE RESTRAINED FOR AN EMERGENCY SITUATION, THEY WOULD IMMEDIATELY BE REFERRED TO EITHER OUR SST TEAM, OR IEP TEAM.
TO TAKE A LOOK AT THE CIRCUMSTANCES, WHAT HAPPENED, AND THEN DETERMINE IF WE NEED TO MOVE FORWARD WITH A FUNCTIONAL BEHAVIOR ASSESSMENT.
THEN, YOU CAN ALSO SAY, THIS IS NOT THE FIRST-LINE OF DEFENSE BY ANY MEANS.
THERE ARE A LOT OF OTHER LESS INTRUSIVE WAYS TO HELP STUDENTS GET THROUGH SITUATIONS LIKE THIS.
I HATE TO SOUND LIKE I'M HARPING ON THIS, BUT THIS IS ONE OF THE REASONS THAT WE ARE IMPLEMENTING CONSCIOUS DISCIPLINE IN OUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS.
BECAUSE THESE CHILDREN ARE TYPICALLY IN A SURVIVAL STATE.
WE WANT OUR STAFF, AND OUR STUDENTS, TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THAT SURVIVAL STATE LOOKS LIKE, AND HOW WE CAN BRING CHILDREN OUT OF THAT SURVIVAL STATE.
DO YOU HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS FOR ME?
>> BOARD MEMBERS, ARE THOSE CLARIFICATIONS AND EDITS SEEM TO ANSWER OUR QUESTIONS?
>> FIRST PARAGRAPH PURPOSE, IT NEEDS A COMMA AFTER THE WORD FOR ALL STUDENTS.
>> THIS IS THE SECOND READING AND SINCE IT'S MIRRORING STATE POLICY, WE CAN JUST GO AHEAD AND IF EVERYBODY'S HAPPY,
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VOTE TO ACCEPT IT, CORRECT?>> BOARD MEMBERS, IN ADDITION TO THOSE TWO COMMAS, ARE WE COMFORTABLE WITH THE UPDATED POLICY AS PRESENTED BY STAFF AND SUPPORTED BY STATE INITIATIVE?
>> IS THAT A MOTION, MRS. DIGIACOMO?
>> SECOND BY MR. BARTON. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR?
>> THANK YOU ALL FOR THE TIME AND PUTTING THAT TOGETHER.
>> MOVING ON TO REPORTS AND PRESENTATIONS,
[7. Reports and Presentations]
SUMMER PROGRAMS UPDATE. MS. MCCORMICK?>> YEAH. THAT IS ME THIS EVENING.
GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT NEWCOMB, DR. SIMMONS, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.
TONIGHT I WILL SHARE INFORMATION ABOUT OUR SUMMER PROGRAMS THAT OCCURRED IN SUMMER OF 2022.
FIRST, I WANT TO START OFF WITH SOME ELEMENTARY.
OUR ELEMENTARY PROGRAM IS IN COLLABORATION WITH CAROLINE COUNTY RECREATION AND PARKS.
FOR MANY YEARS, WE'VE HAD A WONDERFUL RELATIONSHIP WITH THEM AS IT RELATES TO NOT ONLY SUMMER PROGRAMMING, BUT OUR AFTER-SCHOOL PROGRAMMING AS WELL.
DANNY MITCHEL WAS REALLY THE LEAD FROM RECREATION AND PARKS, SO I WANT TO DEFINITELY FORMALLY THANK HIM FOR HIS EFFORTS, AS WELL AS DEJA THOMPSON, WHO IS OUR CAROLINE COUNTY AFTER-SCHOOL/SUMMER SCHOOL COORDINATOR.
WE HIRED HER IN THE MIDDLE OF THIS PAST SCHOOL YEAR WITH ARP/ESSR FUNDS TO REALLY COORDINATE SUMMER PROGRAMMING AND AFTER-SCHOOL PROGRAMMING.
THAT WAS DEFINITELY A GREAT ADDITION TO OUR SUMMER PROGRAMS. YOU SEE THAT WE HIRED OVER 40 CERTIFIED TEACHERS AND NINE INSTRUCTIONAL ASSISTANTS JUST FROM CAROLINE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
WE ALSO THIS YEAR INTRODUCED SITE COORDINATORS, WHICH WERE SOME OF OUR ASPIRING LEADERS WHO ARE TEACHERS DURING THE YEAR AND ARE LOOKING TO GET INTO LEADERSHIP ROLES, SO THEY DECIDED TO BE SITE COORDINATORS AT EACH OF THE FOUR ELEMENTARY BUILDINGS THIS YEAR.
THEY WORKED IN COLLABORATION WITH THE RECREATION AND PARKS STAFF WHO HAD OVER 80 RECREATION STAFF, WHICH INCLUDED LEADERS IN TRAINING, WHICH ARE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS, WHO WERE LED BY 11 DIRECTORS.
WE HAD 693 ELEMENTARY STUDENTS PARTICIPATE.
THEY PARTICIPATED IN 19 DAYS OF PROGRAM, AND ON AVERAGE, STUDENTS ATTENDED 14 DAYS.
VERY TYPICAL FOR FAMILIES TO MAYBE TAKE A WEEKS VACATION.
FOR THEM TO BE THERE 14 OF THE 19 DAYS ON AVERAGE WAS REALLY GOOD.
YOU CAN SEE WE HAD A BREAKDOWN OF APPROXIMATELY 50 PERCENT MALE AND 50 PERCENT FEMALE PARTICIPANTS.
IN THE WAY THE DAY WORKED WAS, IN THE MORNING, IS WHEN CAROLINE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS STAFF WERE PRESENT ALONG WITH RECREATION AND PARKS STAFF AND THEN THE CERTIFIED STAFF WOULD LEAVE HALFWAY THROUGH AND RECREATION WOULD CONTINUE FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE DAY.
IN THE MORNING, THEY DID THINGS SUCH AS READING EGGS AND MOVING WITH MATH.
FIFTH GRADERS DID AGILE MIND MATH, AND THEN AGAIN IN THE AFTERNOON THEY WERE GUIDED THROUGH ENRICHMENT ACTIVITIES.
>> CAN I ASK YOU A QUICK QUESTION?
>> IT'S GREAT THOUGH IT WAS 50/50.
DO WE EVER LOOK AT THE DIVERSITY?
>> WE DO. TO BE HONEST, THE PRESENTATION DOES NOT HAVE THAT.
WE ABSOLUTELY DO, AND I CAN GET THAT FOR YOU.
>> ABSOLUTELY. WE ALSO LOOK AT IF THEY HAVE BEEN IN OUT-OF-SCHOOL TIME PROGRAMMING PRIOR, OR IF THIS WAS THEIR FIRST TIME.
WE TAKE A LOOK AT A WEALTH OF DATA AROUND IT, AND THAT'LL GO INTO SOME OF OUR NEXT STEPS.
IN PRE-K, 79 PRE-K STUDENTS PARTICIPATED IN SUMMER PROGRAMMING, AND THEY JUST CONTINUED RIGHT ONE WITH THEIR FROG STREET CURRICULUM AND WERE GIVEN THE EARLY LEARNING ASSESSMENT TO ASSESS WHERE THEY WERE WITH THEIR SKILLS, AND THEY HAD THE SAME SITUATION WHERE THEY DID ACADEMICS IN THE MORNING AND RECREATION IN THE AFTERNOON.
YOU CAN SEE THAT WE HAD A TOTAL OF, AND THIS IS BETWEEN ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY, ABOUT 98 STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES, WHICH IS 19 PERCENT OF OUR SPECIAL EDUCATION STUDENTS, PARTICIPATED IN OUR SUMMER PROGRAMMING.
THE GREAT THING IS THEY WERE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN
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OUR GENERAL EDUCATION PROGRAM WITH THEIR PEERS AND PARTICIPATED IN THE FULL DAY OF SUMMER PROGRAMMING.NINE OF THOSE STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES WHO WERE ELIGIBLE ACTUALLY RECEIVED THEIR ESY SERVICES AND OR COMPENSATORY RECOVERY SERVICES DURING PROGRAMMING.
YOU SEE OUR ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNER BREAKDOWN BY SCHOOL, WHICH TOTAL OF 116 ENGLISH LEARNERS PARTICIPATED IN OUR PROGRAMMING, AGAIN, RIGHT ALONGSIDE THEIR PEERS, BUT WE'RE ALSO ABLE TO HAVE SMALL GROUP INTERVENTIONS TO MEET PARTICULAR NEEDS OF THEIRS AS WELL.
YOU'LL HEAR A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT MIDDLE-SCHOOL IN A MINUTE.
BUT MOVING ON TO HIGH SCHOOL, WE HAD 147 STUDENTS BETWEEN BOTH HIGH SCHOOLS IN CREDIT RECOVERY THIS SUMMER.
THEY WERE ABLE TO COMPLETE PASSING 151 COURSES, AND 42 OF THOSE STUDENTS EITHER HAD AN IEP, 504 OR WERE AN [INAUDIBLE] STUDENT.
YOU CAN SEE THE VARYING SUBJECTS THAT WERE COMPLETED IN CREDIT RECOVERY.
>> SOME STUDENTS HAD TO HAVE MORE THAN ONE CLASS?
THEN A LITTLE BIT INTO THE OPERATIONS SIDE.
NOT ONLY DID WE EMPLOY CERTIFIED STAFF AND INSTRUCTIONAL ASSISTANTS, WE HAD SIX HEALTH ROOM STAFFED WITH NURSES AND HEALTH ASSISTANTS.
WE HAD SCHOOL-BASED WELLNESS CENTERS OPENED AT ALL CAMPS.
YOU CAN SEE THE NUMBER OF ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY MEALS THAT WERE PROVIDED BY OUR FOOD SERVICES, AND WE HAD 20 BUSES ON THE ROAD WITH 26 STAFF MEMBERS.
AN INCREDIBLY BUSY 19 DAYS WITH A LOT OF DIFFERENT SERVICES COMING TOGETHER TO PROVIDE GREAT PROGRAMMING FOR MANY OF OUR STUDENTS.
BUT WITH EVERYTHING, YOU DEBRIEF AND YOU SEE WHERE THERE IS ROOM FOR IMPROVEMENT.
SOME THINGS THAT WE SAID, IF YOU REMEMBER LAST SUMMER WE HAD 24 DAYS OF PROGRAMMING AND WE HAD AGREED THAT THAT JUST WAS TOO MUCH.
NOT ONLY WAS IT TOO MUCH FOR OUR CERTIFIED STAFF, IT WAS TOO MUCH FOR OUR OPERATIONS IN ORDER TO PREPARE THE BUILDINGS FOR THE START OF THE NEW SCHOOL YEAR.
THIS YEAR, THE FEEDBACK WE RECEIVED WAS 19 DAYS WAS PERFECT IN ALL ASPECTS.
NEXT SCHOOL YEAR OR NEXT SUMMER WE'LL CONTINUE WITH 19 DAYS.
ONE THING THAT WE HAVE LEARNED IS WE WOULD LIKE TO DO A LITTLE BIT MORE TRAINING AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT WITH OUR INSTRUCTIONAL ASSISTANTS.
IF THEY HAD WORKED WITH THE INDIVIDUAL STUDENT THAT THEY WORKED WITH OVER THE SUMMER, THEY HAD ALL OF THE INFORMATION THAT THEY NEEDED.
IF THEY WERE WORKING WITH NEW STUDENTS OR IN A DIFFERENT SETTING, THEY NEEDED A LITTLE BIT MORE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT.
THIS IS WHERE MIDDLE-SCHOOL COMES IN.
WE HAD AN EXTREMELY LOW TURNOUT OF MIDDLE-SCHOOL STUDENTS THIS SUMMER.
OUR PLAN, AND DEJA HAS ALREADY STARTED INVESTIGATING AND RESEARCHING WHAT CAN WE DO WITH SOME STEM OPPORTUNITIES AND SOME MORE CAMP-LIKE VERSUS SCHOOL-LIKE SUMMER OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENT.
WE OBVIOUSLY WILL CONTINUE HER POSITION THROUGH THE ARP/ESSR FUNDING.
THEN ONE VERY EXCITING THING IS THROUGH THE MARYLAND LEADS GRANT.
ONE OF THE THIRD PARTY VENDORS IS FOURPOINT, AND WE HAVE ALLOCATED SOME OF OUR MARYLAND LEADS GRANT FUNDING TO WORK WITH FOURPOINT IN ORDER TO ANALYZE, REVIEW, AND IMPROVE ALL OF OUR OUT-OF-SCHOOL TIME PROGRAMMING.
NOT JUST SUMMER PROGRAMMING, BUT OUR AFTER-SCHOOL PROGRAMMING AS WELL.
THEN THE LAST SLIDE JUST SIMPLY HAVE SOME OF OUR STAFF FEEDBACK.
THEY REALLY ENJOYED BEING ABLE TO PREPARE STUDENTS AND REVIEW SKILLS FROM LAST YEAR FOR THE UPCOMING YEAR.
THEY ENJOYED BEING ABLE TO HAVE SOME FUN, BUT ALSO KEEPING THAT ACADEMICS IN FOCUS.
AGAIN, THEY LOVED THE FIVE-WEEK SCHEDULE AND SPENDING EXTRA TIME WITH THEIR STUDENTS.
>> YOU DID A GOOD JOB ANSWERING MY QUESTIONS BEFORE I COULD ASK THEM [LAUGHTER] I WAS GOING TO ASK,
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WHAT WERE THE LESSONS LEARNED IN THE NEXT SLIDE?>> THEN I WAS GOING TO ASK, HOW ARE YOU GOING TO GET MORE MIDDLE-SCHOOL STUDENTS? WHAT'S GOING TO ENTICE THEM? YOU GAVE ONE STRATEGY ALREADY.
>> I DO THINK THAT FOURPOINT IS GOING TO BE ABLE TO HELP US WITH THAT AS WELL.
ONE THING THAT IN CONVERSATIONS WITH FOURPOINT, I EXPLAINED TO THEM THAT OUR PROGRAMMING IS ONLY AS GOOD AS THE FUNDING THAT IS AVAILABLE TO US, AND THAT ALTHOUGH WE'RE USING ARP/ESSR, THERE IS A TIME WHEN THAT RUNS OUT AND WE NEED TO HAVE SUSTAINABILITY.
ONE OF THEIR THINGS IS TO HELP US FUNDING FOR OUT-OF-SCHOOL TIME WITH GRANT OPPORTUNITIES AND SO FORTH.
THAT'S WAY DOWN THE ROAD OF US WORKING WITH THEM, BUT IT IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY.
>> MOVING ON TO FIRST-DAY ENROLLMENT.
>> GOOD EVENING, MR. NEWCOMB, [INAUDIBLE] MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.
I HAVE THREE SLIDES, THREE CHARTS FOR YOU, THEY'RE PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD AND EXACTLY WHEN THEY ARE FIRST DAY ATTENDANTS.
I WOULD LIKE TO GIVE CREDIT TO OUR SECRETARY, MRS. KIM CHANCE FOR THIS.
OUR FIRST DAY AT SCHOOL LOOKS A LITTLE DIFFERENT THAN ORDINARY FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL.
WHEN WE ARE HERE, WE GET EXCITED ABOUT THIS JUST LIKE PHONE FUN BECAUSE WE'RE GETTING THESE NUMBERS COMING IN.
THE THING THAT I HAVE TO STRESS TO YOU IS, ATTENDANCE.
KEEP IN MIND, ATTENDANCE MEANS SIT IN SEAT, WHO WAS IN ATTENDANCE THAT DAY, WHICH IS VERY DIFFERENT FROM ENROLLMENT, WHICH I'LL GET INTO A LITTLE BIT LATER ON.
THESE ARE YOUR FIGURES FOR THE ACTUAL NUMBER OF STUDENTS IN ATTENDANCE FOR AUGUST 31ST, THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL.
THERE YOU HAVE THEM DOWN THE LINE, WITH A GRAND TOTAL OF 5,028 FOR RIGHT NOW, WHICH IS NOT OUR ENROLLMENT, SO TO SPEAK.
THIS DOES NOT INCLUDE PRE-K BECAUSE PRE-K HASN'T STARTED YET, BUT YOU MIGHT SEE FIGURES LATER ON OR COMPARED TO OTHER YEARS THAT LOOK A BIT INFLATED, BUT MAY HAVE THAT PRE-K COUNT IN IT.
>> RIGHT. THIS ENROLLMENT DOES NOT INCLUDE PRE-K?
>> RIGHT, AND WE DO NOT GET FUNDING FOR THAT.
>> NOT LIKE THE SEPTEMBER 30TH.
>> OKAY. SCHEDULE RUNDOWN OF THAT.
MRS. PERRY? THIS CHART SHOULD BREAK IT DOWN OR BREAKS IT DOWN.
>> YEAH, LET'S DO THE OUTLINE FIRST, PLEASE.
THIS BREAKS IT DOWN K THROUGH 12.
BY THE WAY WE DO THIS THE FIRST DAY, BUT WE ALSO DO IT THE 10 DAYS IN.
THAT GIVES US A COMPARISON OF WHERE WE AT LIKE A BENCHMARK.
THIS SHOWS YOU THE STUDENTS THAT WERE IN ATTENDANCE K THROUGH 12.
MRS. PERRY CAN YOU SLIDE THAT UP JUST TO 10? SO WE HAVE ALL THE GRADES IN THERE.
THIS IS JUST A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT WAY OF LOOKING AT IT THAT IS BOYS, GIRLS, AND NON-BINARY AND THE TOTAL THERE.
SO IT'S TOTAL OF EVERY GRADE IN OUR SYSTEM.
REACHED OUT TO THE BOTTOM OF THE VERY SAME THING, 5,028.
NOW THIS IS FIRST DAY ATTENDANCE VERSUS ENROLLMENT.
KEEP IN MIND FIRST-DAY ATTENDANCE OR SITS IN THE SEAT AND THE CHILDREN THAT WERE IN ATTENDANCE THAT DAY, THE FIRST DAY VERSUS OUR ENROLLMENT, WHICH IS OUR POWERSCHOOL COUNT, WHICH IS OUR SCORES ON ADMINISTRATIVE SYSTEM WE RECORD AND THEY ARE THE NUMBER OF CHILDREN THAT WE HAVE ENROLLED IN OUR SYSTEM.
EACH NARROWER [NOISE] TO THE RIGHT.
FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL LOOKS DIFFERENT FOR SOME CHILDREN THAN OTHERS.
IT MAY BE THAT THEY WEREN'T HERE DUE TO REASONS OUT OF THEIR CONTROL, OUT OF THE PARENTS CONTROL.
IT COULD BE THAT THEY WERE RELOCATING.
IT COULD BE NUMBER OF REASONS.
WHAT WE DO IS WE TAKE THE DIFFERENCE AND WITH EVERY SCHOOL AND OUR DEPARTMENT, THE PPW AS WELL WERE CONCENTRATING ON THOSE NUMBERS THERE THAT ARE THE DIFFERENCE AS TO WHERE THOSE STUDENTS ARE.
IF THEY'RE COMING BACK, IF THEY ARE GOING TO ANOTHER SCHOOL, REQUESTING RECORDS FOR THAT STUDENT AND SO FORTH.
THAT'S WHERE WE ARE, I THINK WE ARE JUST EYEBALLING THIS.
DR. SIMMONS AND I WERE TALKING ABOUT THIS TODAY.
IT LOOKS LIKE THAT WE ARE COMING OUT OF A SLUMP WHERE WE'VE HAD A DEEP END ENROLLMENT DUE TO COVID.
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WE'RE GETTING OUT OF THAT. WE ARE GETTING SOME GROUND.>> WE APPEAR TO BE UP BY ROUGHLY AND IT'S [OVERLAPPING] [NOISE] UP BY ABOUT 120.
IT APPEARS BOTH IN FIRST DAY ATTENDANCE AND OVERALL ENROLLMENT APPEARS TO BE.
AGAIN, THERE'S A LOT OF CLEANUP THAT TAKES PLACE WITH NOT ONLY THE DIFFERENCE, BUT IT'S A NET GAIN WILL HAVE SOME STUDENTS THAT WILL GET RECORDS REQUEST FOR WHERE THEY'RE TRANSFERRING SCHOOLS THAT JUST OPENED TODAY.
>> RIGHT. [INAUDIBLE] FOR EXAMPLE.
>> BUT WE'LL ALSO GET RECORDS REQUESTS FROM FOLKS WHO ARE MOVING HERE FROM SYSTEMS THAT JUST OPENED TODAY.
THAT KIND OFF GOES BACK AND FORTH IN THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER QUITE A BIT.
THEN WE'LL HAVE OTHERS WHO HAVE MOVED OUT OF STATE OR VICE VERSA THAT WE TRY TO RECTIFY THOSE RECORDS PIECES, BUT IT'S EARLY, BUT WE'RE GOING TO BE A LITTLE POSITIVE THAT WE DO APPEAR TO BE ON THAT UPWARD TICK.
ONE OF THE ONLY DATA PIECE AFTER SEEING THAT WE ARE LOW AND WE ARE UP.
I DIDN'T DO THE MATH YET MR. ALLEN, ON HOW MUCH WE'RE UP OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY 2020-21.
>> THE FIRST YEAR OF COVID WE DID SEE. [OVERLAPPING]
>> WE SAW IT WAS REALLY GOOD [OVERLAPPING].
>> A LOT OF TIMES COOLING, WHICH WERE GETTING ALONG.
>> YEAH WE CLIMBED A LITTLE BIT UP LAST YEAR, WE'RE DEFINITELY MOVING UPWARDS.
>> SEPTEMBER IS A MONTH OF CLEANUP, AS YOU SAY, WE FINE TUNE THIS.
WE HAVE SOME STUDENTS THAT ARE TRANSFERRING TO OTHER SYSTEMS LIKE DR. SIMMONS SAID, BUT IT ALL BALANCES OUT.
I'LL BE BACK TO YOU NEXT MEETING WITH MORE FINE-TUNED, MORE ACCURATE COUNT AND I [INAUDIBLE] IN THAT COMPARISON OF SEVERAL YEARS IN THE PAST.
>> THAT'S WHAT WE GET PAID ON SEPTEMBER 30TH.
>>ON THE SEPTEMBER 30TH COUNT DOESN'T REALLY GET FULLY FINALIZED UNTIL MID-NOVEMBER [OVERLAPPING] HAVE A PRETTY GOOD UNDERSTANDING OF THE OCTOBER.
>> THAT OCTOBER MEETING WILL BE AN UNOFFICIAL COUNT BY THAT TIME, BUT WE'RE STILL GOING TO CLEANUP.
AND A LOT DEPENDS ON ATTENDANCE AND THAT'S HOW WE CAN ACCOUNT FOR THAT JOB TO GET FUNDING FOR. ANY QUESTIONS.
>> NOW BACK TO CAPITAL PROJECT.
>> YOU TRIED TO GET UP TO [BACKGROUND] [LAUGHTER].
READY TO ANSWER MR. MARTIN'S QUESTION?
>> YES [LAUGHTER].GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT NEWCOMB, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, DR. SIMMONS.
TONIGHT, I WANTED TO GIVE YOU A BRIEF UPDATE REPORT ON OUR CAPITAL PROJECTS [BACKGROUND].
THEY ARE AS YOU PROBABLY ARE WELL AWARE OF THE GREENSBORO JUDY CENTER PROJECT AS WELL AS ORIGINALLY ROOF REPLACEMENT PROJECT.
THE GREENSBORO JUDY CENTER PROJECT CONSISTS OF APPROXIMATELY 7,375 SQUARE FEET NEW BUILD SERVING THE ROLES IN BOTH EARLY CHILDCARE AS WELL AS EDUCATIONAL ADULT EDUCATION LOCATED IN CAROLINE COUNTY.
JUDY CENTER IS GOING TO CONSIST OF INFANTS AND H2 CLASSROOMS, MULTIPURPOSE ROOMS, CONFERENCE ROOMS, ADMINISTRATIVE SPACES, KITCHEN, AND SITE WORK IMPROVEMENTS SUCH AS THE SHADED PLAYGROUND, WHICH IS LOCATED BEHIND THE CENTER, AND THE PICTURES UP [LAUGHTER], YOU'LL SEE THAT.
>> WE'RE GETTING THERE [LAUGHTER] [BACKGROUND].
>> NO PRESSURE RACHAEL [LAUGHTER].
>> WE CAN SHOW YOU YOUR PICTURE [LAUGHTER].
>> YOU GUYS CAN SEE HIM [OVERLAPPING].
>> IF YOU GUYS CAN SEE THAT'S GREAT [LAUGHTER] [BACKGROUND].
>> HERE WE GO. USING THE FRONT, ONE OF THE BACK, THE SIDE IT'S REALLY STARTING TO TAKE SHAPE AND LOOKS REALLY GREAT OUT THERE IN FRONT OF GREENSBORO, LIMITED SCOPE.
THE BUILDING WAS CONSTRUCTED AS A COLD FORM METAL FRAME STRUCTURE WITH FINAL SIDING AND A METAL PANEL ROOF.
AS YOU REMEMBER, THE ORIGINAL CANOPY FROM GES REMAINED AND THEY INCORPORATED THAT INTO THE BUILDING ITSELF.
WHAT YOU SEE IN THE TOP TWO PICTURES, BASICALLY THAT WAS THE OLD CANOPY FROM GREENSBORO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SEVERAL YEARS BACK.
SUPPORTED BY THE NATIONAL FIRE PROTECTION ASSOCIATION, A 13 HEAD SPRINKLER SYSTEM WILL BE UTILIZED ALONG WITH THE VARIOUS UPGRADED MECHANICAL, ELECTRICAL, AND PLUMBING SYSTEMS. WE ARE OVER 90% CONSTRUCTION COMPLETE IN THIS PROJECT [NOISE].
COST OF THIS PROJECT IS 3.7 MILLION. BUDGET IS TIGHT.
WE'RE UNDER BUDGET. AS LONG AS THERE ISN'T ANY UNFORESEEN COSTS THAT COME UP IN THE NEXT THREE TO FOUR WEEKS, WE WILL REMAIN UNDER BUDGET.
SUBSTANTIAL COMPLETION IS A BIG WORD IN CONSTRUCTION.
IT'S A TRIGGER THAT ALLOWS YOU TO GO AND DO THE FINAL INSPECTIONS.
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WE ARE VERY CLOSE TO GETTING TO THAT, IT'S FINAL PHASE THAT WE'RE AIMING FOR.ONE THING YOU'LL HEAR ME TALK ABOUT WITH BOTH THESE PRESENTATIONS ARE SUPPLY CHAIN ISSUES.
WE HAVE DEFINITELY HIT A SNAG WITH THAT.
WE ARE TENTATIVELY SCHEDULED, HIT SUBSTANTIAL COMPLETION SEPTEMBER 13TH.
THE DATE IS DELAYED PROBABLY EARLY TO MID OCTOBER DUE TO THE SUPPLY CHAIN ISSUES.
WHAT WE'RE WAITING FOR IS A MAIN ELECTRICAL GEARBOX.
THIS IS A CUSTOM-MADE BOX THAT BASICALLY HAS ALL THE CONNECTIONS INSIDE THE BOX THAT YOU CONNECT FROM THE WIRES OFF THE ROAD TO THE TRANSFORMER COMES INTO THIS BOX AND IT GOES INTO THE BUILDING ITSELF.
IT'S ONE LITTLE ALUMINUM BOX WITH ALL THESE CONNECTIONS AND THAT WAS GOING TO HOLD US UP.
WE'RE HOPING TO GET THAT IN HERE VERY SHORTLY.
IT'S CUSTOM-MADE. WE CAN'T GO AND USE WITH COMPETITORS.
WE CAN'T GO USE THE LESSER BRAND.
IT HAS TO FIT FOR THIS PARTICULAR APPLICATION.
ONCE SUBSTANTIAL COMPLETION IS ACHIEVED, THEN WE'LL HIT THE FINAL BUILDING INSPECTION, THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT INSPECTION, THE FIRE MARSHAL INSPECTION, THE MARYLAND STATE LICENSING INSPECTION WILL TAKE PLACE AT THAT POINT.
THEN WE START TO PUNCH LIST PHASE.
THE TARGET COMPLETION DATE IS THIS IS TENTATIVE, OCTOBER 30TH.
WE'RE HOPING WE CAN ACTUALLY GET IN THERE MAYBE TWO WEEKS EARLIER, BY MID-OCTOBER.
I DO WANT TO COME OUT AND SAY THAT THIS HAS BEEN A VERY SAFE BUILT.
WE BROKE GROUND BACK IN DECEMBER AND THEY'VE ONLY HAD ONE INCIDENT AND IT DID NOT REQUIRE ANY TIME AWAY FROM THE FROM THE PROJECT.
FINALLY, MARK YOUR CALENDARS, BUT PLEASE USE PENCIL BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE THE DATES, HAVE A MOVING TARGET, BUT MRS. FRENCH IS LOOKING AT DOING A GRAND OPENING CEREMONY, NOVEMBER 16TH.
OF COURSE, YOU GUYS ARE ALL BEING INVITED.
>> THAT'S WHEN YOUR GOOGLE SHEET [INAUDIBLE] [OVERLAPPING]
>> YEAH. BEFORE I MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ONE, DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS ABOUT THE GREENSBORO JUDY CENTER?
>> IT DOES. IT REALLY DOES. IT'S COME ALONG REALLY NICE.
>> WHERE ARE WE GETTING THE BOX FROM, BILL? THE BOX IS NOT HERE.
>> A COMPANY CALLED [INAUDIBLE] , WHICH DOES A LOT OF BUSINESS WITH CAROLINE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS AS WELL AS WHITING-TURNER, BOTH ENDS, THEY'RE THE ONES THAT WHITING TURNER'S HOLD IN THEIR FEET TO THE FIRE ON, MAKE THIS HAPPEN.
>> YEAH. I BELIEVE THE ORIGINAL CUSTOM-BUILT BOX HAD SOMETHING TO DO WITH THE ALUMINUM THAT WAS COMING OUT OF UKRAINE.
>> WHEN THE RUSSIAN [INAUDIBLE] [OVERLAPPING] WE LOST ALL THE ALUMINUM.
>> THEY'VE GONE SO FAR AS APPARENTLY, THERE IS A BUILD TAKING PLACE IN ANOTHER COUNTY ON THE EASTERN SHORE THAT HAS A BOX THAT IS SIMILAR, THAT WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO GET THE BOX THAT WAS TAKEN OUT OF THAT BUILD.
IT'S ALL WAITING ON THE NEW ONE.
WE MIGHT GET A USED ONE FROM THEM BECAUSE FOR SOME REASON THEY DIDN'T SCRAP IT THANKFULLY.
>> WE MIGHT BE AT OF TIE US OVER IN THE MEANTIME BECAUSE LITERALLY IT'S COMING DOWN TO ONE BOX THAT WAS ORIGINALLY FROM ALUMINUM FROM UKRAINE.
>> EVENTS HALFWAY AROUND THE WORLD IMPACT CAROLINE COUNTY?
>> ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE GREENSBORO JUDY CENTER.
MOVING ALONG. THE NEXT ONE IS THE RIDGELY ROOF REPLACEMENT.
THERE IT IS. WE'VE GOT A COUPLE OF PICTURES OF THE BIG ONE ON THE LEFT IS WHEN THEY STRIPPED EVERYTHING OFF OF THAT ROOF AND THAT WAS WHAT WAS REMAINING FROM IT.
THEN THE TWO SMALLER PICTURES ON THE RIGHT.
ACTUALLY, IF YOU GOT UP THERE RIGHT NOW TODAY, THAT'S WHAT YOU WOULD SEE. A BIG DIFFERENCE.
THEY GOT TO GO ON. THEY STARTED LATE AND THEY GOT IT DONE PRETTY QUICKLY.
AFTER THE YEAR DELAY BECAUSE IT WAS SUPPOSED TO TAKE PLACE LAST SUMMER.
NOT THIS SUMMER, DUE TO FUNDING ISSUES.
THEY WERE ABLE TO GET GOING IN EARNEST ON JULY 6TH.
THIS IS THE 57,175 SQUARE FOOT ROOF, THAT WASN'T FAIR TO POOR CONDITION AT BEST.
IT WAS A CONSISTENT LEAKER THROUGH MOST RAINSTORMS FOR THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS.
IN NINE WEEKS, THE CREW WAS ABLE TO STRIP AND FULLY REMOVE THE OLD ROOF AND REPLACE IT WITH THE NEW ROOF.
WHAT YOU SEE ON THE LEFT IS PROBABLY WEEK 2, WHAT YOU SEE ON THE RIGHT THERE IS WEEK 9.
AS OF THIS MOMENT, THE ROOF IS OVER 90 PERCENT FULLY COMPLETE, IT IS WATERPROOF AND SEAL.
IT WAS TESTED DURING LAST WEEK'S THUNDERSTORMS THAT IMPACTED THE RIDGELY AREA.
[LAUGHTER] DID WELL, NO LEAKS.
THIS MORNING'S LITTLE RAIN EVENT WE HAD TWO LITTLE LEAKS.
I'M NOT CONVINCED THAT'S ROOF RELATED.
THE REASON WHY I SAID IT BECAUSE WE ARE WAITING ON GETTING ANOTHER SUPPLY CHAIN ISSUE.
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THE HEAVY-DUTY METAL FLASHING THAT GOES AROUND THE EDGE OF THE BUILDING, THAT GOES BEHIND AND AROUND THE DOWN SPOUTS IN THE COPPERS, THAT'S BACKLOG.I'LL BELIEVE WHEN I SEE IT, HOPEFULLY NEXT WEEK.
BUT WHAT'S HAPPENING IS THOSE SCULPTURES IN THE WALL ARE OPEN.
YOU CAN LOOK RIGHT UP THERE AND IF YOU REALLY GO TO THE FRONT OF RIDGELY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND YOU LOOK UP JUST TO THE RIGHT OF THE ENTRANCE, YOU'LL SEE WHERE THE DOWNS BOWED ARE.
YOU'LL SEE THE TWO BY EIGHTS THAT GO ACROSS IT.
STAFF THREE HIGH. THEY'RE JUST NOT SEALED.
I THINK WHAT HAPPEN IS THE RAIN GOT INTO THERE AND IT WORK ITS WAY DOWN.
IT WAS TO VERY SMALL LEAKS THAT HAPPENED THIS MORNING.
IT WASN'T ANY GUSHERS THAT WE'VE DEALT WITH SO I BELIEVE THE ROOF IS HOLDING UP.
THERE STILL NEEDS TO BE A FINAL TAR BASED LAYER POLY SEAL THAT HAS TO GO ON TOP OF THIS AND IF YOU SEE, IT'S HARD TO SEE.
BUT ON THE RIGHT-HAND SIDE, THOSE LINES, THOSE ARE ALL CANS OF TAR.
THEY WILL HEAT THOSE UP AND THEY WILL SPREAD THEM ACROSS THE WHOLE ROOF AND THEN THEY WILL LAY DOWN THE GRAVEL.
AT THAT POINT, THE ROOF WILL BE DONE.
THEY GOT TO DO THAT, THE STONE AND THEN THEY'RE GOING TO GO AROUND, THEY'RE GOING TO PAINT THE WHITE TILES ON THE LEFT-HAND SIDE.
ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE ROOF THERE.
THOSE WIDE TILES, THEY GO THE WHOLE WAY AROUND THE PERIMETER OF THE BUILDING.
THEY WILL COME BACK AND PAINT ALL OF THOSE AND GET THOSE MATCHING SO IT'S GOING TO LOOK NEW FROM THREE FOOT DOWN ON THE OUTSIDE, THE HALLWAY TO THE UPSIDE OF THE ROOF. IT SHOULD LOOK PRETTY SHARP.
NOW, THE STUDENTS ARE BACK. THIS PROJECT IS NOT GOING TO BE HAPPENING DURING THE DAYTIME, BUT WILL ONLY OCCUR IN THE EVENINGS AND ON THE WEEKENDS.
THEY'RE PROJECTING BEING DONE BY SEPTEMBER 30TH, WHICH HERE WE ARE, ONE WEEK IN SEPTEMBER ALREADY.
THEY SHOULD HAVE IT DONE BY SEPTEMBER 30TH.
WHERE ALL IS LEFT IS TO DO A PUNCH LIST.
THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THEY COULD DO WHILE THE STUDENTS ARE IN THE BUILDING.
THIS WAS A $2.2 MILLION PROJECT FUNDED BY THE STATE OF MARYLAND INTERAGENCY COMMISSION, KNOWN AS THE IAC.
ALSO THE CAROLINE COUNTY GOVERNMENT.
I'D LIKE TO GO ON RECORD WITH THANKING THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS FOR THEIR CONTINUED SUPPORT WITH OUR ROOF WITH RIDGELY PROJECT BECAUSE WE WERE GOING TO BE IN THE ROOFING BUSINESS FOR THE NEXT 4-5 YEARS EVERY SUMMER WE GOT ANOTHER ROOF THAT'S GOING TO BE COMING UP THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE IN THIS EXACT SITUATION.
I'LL TALK MORE ABOUT THAT NEXT MONTH AT THE CIP PRESENTATION.
THIS PROJECT WAS BID UNDER BUDGET.
IT'S COMING IN UNDER BUDGET AND WE DON'T EXPECT ANY CHANGE.
MR. BARTON, THAT'S WHERE WE'RE AT.
DID I ANSWER ALL YOUR QUESTIONS?
>> THE FLAT ROOFS ARE A CHALLENGE.
>> THEY REALLY ARE. I GOT TO TELL YOU THAT OUR COMMISSIONERS TOTALLY SUPPORT US.
THEY UNDERSTAND OUR FLAT ROOF DILEMMA AND THEY SUPPORT WITH THE FLAT ROOFS.
WE'RE VERY FORTUNATE TO HAVE THAT TYPE OF RELATIONSHIP.
>> THE BILL OF THE WHOLE JUDY CENTER, THE BUILDING IS 3.7?
>> THAT'S A 7,000 SQUARE FOOT BUILDING.
THIS IS A 57,000 SQUARE FOOT ROOF.
>> IT DOES. FLAT ROOFS ARE HORRIBLE.
>> I WONDER WHAT THE ORIGINAL CONSTRUCTION COSTS [LAUGHTER] COMPARED TO THEM.
YOU DON'T NEED TO FIND THAT OUT.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.
[LAUGHTER] A NICE PRESENTATION.
>> GOOD EVENING AGAIN, EVERYONE.
I WANTED TO TAKE A MOMENT AS WE TAKE A SECOND IN HR AND CATCH OUR BREATH A LITTLE BIT TO BRING YOU A REPORT ON WHERE WE STAND AND HOW OUR HIRING AND RECRUITING HAS GONE FOR THIS SEASON, IF YOU CONSIDER THIS A SEASON, 91391.
WE FEEL GOOD ABOUT WHERE WE ARE.
GOT SOME PLANS FOR DOING THINGS DIFFERENTLY AS WE GO FORWARD THIS YEAR, BUT WE DO FEEL GOOD ABOUT WHERE WE ARE.
RACHEL, IF YOU WANT TO GO TO THE SECOND PAGE.
IF YOU LOOK AT THE GREEN BOXES THAT ARE OVER ON THE RIGHT-HAND SIDE, YOU CAN SEE A COMPARISON IN NUMBERS AS TO WHERE WE WERE A YEAR AGO AND WHERE WE ARE THIS YEAR.
A YEAR AGO, WE WERE HIRING 50 NEW CERTIFIED STAFF.
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YOU CAN SEE THE DIFFERENT REASONS WHY THOSE 50 STAFF POSITIONS WERE OPEN.AS OF SEPTEMBER 1, WE WERE STILL NEEDING EIGHT POSITIONS.
YOU FAST FORWARD THIS YEAR, WE'RE HIRING 38 CERTIFIED STAFF.
>> WE HIRED MORE THAN 38 AND JUST 38 WERE CERTIFIED?
>> YEAH, THIS DOES NOT TAKE INTO ACCOUNT, FOR EXAMPLE, SUPPORT STAFF. THIS IS TEACHERS ONLY.
>> BECAUSE WE HAVE SOME TEACHERS THAT ARE PROVISIONAL, CORRECT?
>> YES. THIS IS CERTIFIED POSITION.
CERTIFIED VERSUS SUPPORT, IS HOW IT'S BROKEN DOWN.
YOU CAN SEE HOW THAT BREAKS DOWN AS WELL AS HOW THOSE POSITIONS CAME ABOUT.
YOU WILL NOTICE LAST YEAR, WE DID NOT HAVE ANY INTERNAL PROMOTIONS FROM THE TEACHING RANKS TO THE ADMINISTRATIVE RANKS.
THIS YEAR, WE DID HAVE TWO OPPORTUNITIES WHERE OUR TEACHERS WERE PROMOTED TO ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS.
THAT'S WHAT WE SHOULD BE DOING BUT IT ALSO, AS WE CELEBRATE IT ON THIS HAND, WE HAVE TO FILL THOSE TEACHING POSITIONS ON THIS OTHER HAND.
THE ONE OPENING THAT WE DO HAVE IS AS A RESULT OF ONE OF THOSE PROMOTIONS.
WE KNEW THAT WAS GOING TO BE A CHALLENGE, BUT IT WAS STILL IN THE BEST INTERESTS OF THE SCHOOL SYSTEM.
THE LIGHT GREEN ON THE BAR GRAPH THERE WILL SHOW YOU A YEAR AGO THE NUMBER OF CERTIFIED NEW STAFF IN EACH SCHOOL, AND THE DARK GREEN SHOWS YOU THIS YEAR.
YOU CAN SEE A TWO-YEAR TREND, SCHOOL BY SCHOOL, BREAKING IT DOWN.
SOME SCHOOLS, THINGS GO IN WAVES, HAVE A LOT OF ATTRITION FOR A VARIETY OF REASONS, AND THEN IT BECOMES VERY LOW.
PRESTON ALWAYS SEEMS TO BE LOW.
THEY DON'T SEEM TO HAVE A LOT OF MOVEMENT THERE, AND THIS YEAR, HAD NO NEW STAFF AFTER HAVING ONE LAST YEAR.
THEN OTHER SCHOOLS, LARGER SCHOOLS, THAT NUMBER IS A LITTLE BIT HIGHER.
>> WE NOTICED AT THE NEW TEACHER BREAKFAST THAT THE PRINCIPAL FOR PRESTON WAS ALL ALONE IN HIS TABLE. [LAUGHTER]
>> CAN YOU EXPLAIN CCTC FOR US, PLEASE?
>> THEY HAD TWO NEW STAFF MEMBERS.
LAST YEAR, THEY DID NOT HAVE ANY THAT WERE HIRED.
THIS YEAR, IT WAS HEALTH OCCUPATIONS AS WELL AS CRIMINAL JUSTICE, I BELIEVE, WERE OUR TWO.
>> PRESTON HAD NO NEWS THIS YEAR, BUT ONE NEW LAST YEAR, CCTC HAD NO NEW LAST YEAR, TWO NEWS THIS YEAR. THAT'S WHAT'S GOING ON THERE.
ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE GRAPH OR THE NUMBERS THERE? OUR NEXT PAGE LOOKS AT OUR DEMOGRAPHIC DATA WITH NEW HIRES BY RACE AND ETHNICITY AS WELL AS NEW HIRES BY GENDER.
YOU CAN SEE THOSE BREAKDOWNS THERE.
OUT OF OUR 38 POSITIONS AND HOW IT BREAKS DOWN.
I AM EXCITED TO SAY OF THE FIVE AFRICAN-AMERICAN HIRES, TWO OF THEM ARE SCHOOL COUNSELORS, ONE AT EACH MIDDLE SCHOOL.
WHEN WE TALK ABOUT HAVING A REALLY POSITIVE IMPACT ON KIDS IN HIGH-LEVERAGE POSITIONS, THOSE ARE GOOD POSITIONS AND REALLY QUALIFIED FOLK THAT ARE COMING IN AND JOINING OUR TEAM AT THAT MIDDLE SCHOOL LEVEL.
IT WAS FUN TO BE A PART OF FILLING THOSE POSITIONS, AND THEY REALLY DO EXCITE ME AS WE GO.
>> WHAT ABOUT OTHER MINORITY GROUP?
>> THIS IS HOW OUR FOLKS IDENTIFIED ON THEIR JOB APPLICATIONS.
THIS IS STRAIGHT FROM WHEN WE ASKED THEM TO IDENTIFY ON THEIR JOB APPLICATION, THIS IS HOW THEY SELF-IDENTIFIED.
>> IT'S SOMETHING YOU'LL PROBABLY NEED TO WORK ON?
>> ABSOLUTELY. WE'LL CONTINUE TO RECRUIT.
THE GOAL WAS TO HAVE A STAFF THAT LOOKS LIKE OUR STUDENTS.
WHEN YOU LOOK AT CAROLINE COUNTY'S DEMOGRAPHICS, OUR COUNTY DEMOGRAPHICS ARE WHAT THEY ARE.
THEN WHEN YOU ACTUALLY LOOK AT WHAT OUR STUDENT DEMOGRAPHICS ARE, VERY DIFFERENT THAN OUR OVERALL COUNTY DEMOGRAPHICS.
WE WANT A STAFF THAT MIRRORS OUR STUDENT POPULATION.
LIKE I SAID, THIS DATA, THAT IT IS WHAT IT IS, AND THEN WE TAKE STEPS AS WE MOVE FORWARD TO CONTINUE TO IMPROVE.
[NOISE] WHERE OUR TEACHERS CAME FROM.
THIS REALLY TRIES TO CAPTURE WHAT THESE FOLKS WERE DOING LAST YEAR WITH THE EXCEPTION OF WHETHER IT WAS NORTH CAROLINA [LAUGHTER] OBVIOUSLY WEREN'T IN HIGH SCHOOL LAST YEAR BUT IF THEY ARE NEW TO THE PROFESSION, WHERE DID THEY COME FROM? OUT OF OUR 38, 10 ARE HOMEGROWN.
TEN ARE EITHER NORTH HIGH OR COLONEL GRADS,
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AND THEN THE VAST MAJORITY ARE MARYLAND.WHAT THAT MEANS IS THAT THEY WERE TEACHING SOMEWHERE IN THE STATE OF MARYLAND LAST YEAR MANY FROM A NEIGHBORING COUNTY, SEVERAL NEIGHBORING COUNTIES.
PENNSYLVANIA ACCOUNTS FOR THREE.
WE ALWAYS HEAR THAT WE HIRE A LOT FROM PENNSYLVANIA, NOT SO MUCH THIS YEAR.
THREE COME FROM PENNSYLVANIA, FIVE FROM DELAWARE, ONE FROM VIRGINIA, AND THAT IS OUR REACH.
EVERYBODY IS FROM THAT AREA, WHICH IS OUR RECRUITING AREA, ABOUT 200 MILES RADIUS. ANY QUESTIONS THERE? EVERY YEAR WHEN WE START TAKING A LOOK AT HOW MANY POSITIONS WE HAVE THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO FILL, WE ALSO WANT TO TAKE A LOOK AT OUR EXIT SURVEY.
AGAIN, THIS IS A SNAPSHOT IN TIME.
I'M JUST GOING TO PRESENT TO YOU GUYS SOME TRENDS AND SOME NUMBERS.
AGAIN, THIS IS TEACHER DATA ONLY.
BECAUSE THE DATA YOU SAW BEFORE WAS ALL TEACHERS, THIS IS ALSO COMING FROM TEACHERS.
WE DO USE QUALTRICS AS OUR EXIT INTERVIEW.
IT IS EMAILED TO STAFF MEMBERS WHEN THEY NOTIFY US THAT THEY ARE GOING TO BE LEAVING US.
WE HAD 16 TEACHERS OR CERTIFIED STAFF COMPLETE THE SURVEY.
THE TOTAL NUMBER OF POSSIBLE DATA POINTS WE COULD HAVE HAD WAS 29.
WE'RE JUST OVER ABOUT A 50 PERCENT RESPONSE RATE, WHICH LOOKS SIMILAR TO PREVIOUS YEARS.
I WANT TO REALLY DIAL IN TO BULLET 5, CONFIDENTIALITY.
WHEN I GO ON AND I TRY TO PULL THIS DATA, THERE ARE SOME QUESTIONS, FOR EXAMPLE, THE LAST QUESTION IN THE EXIT INTERVIEW IS, FOR VERIFICATION OF DATA, PLEASE TYPE YOUR NAME.
WELL, WHEN I GO ON AND I LOOK AT THAT, THAT LAST QUESTION, QUESTION 17 HAS A BIG YELLOW BOX OVER IT.
IT SAYS THIS DATA IS RESTRICTED AND YOU CAN'T SEE IT.
THAT IS THERE FOR A COUPLE OF OUR 17 QUESTIONS WHERE I COULDN'T PULL THAT DATA IF I WANTED TO.
WHAT IS YOUR JOB TITLE? THAT IS ANOTHER ONE THAT IS RESTRICTED THAT I CAN'T SEE.
FOLKS ARE ABLE TO REALLY GO ON AND GIVE US A TRUE AND HONEST OPINION ON THEIR TIME WITH CCPS.
THE VERY LAST BULLET TALKS ABOUT CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT AND TRYING TO UPDATE THAT.
I'LL GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE OF ONE.
IF YOU'RE RETIRING FROM CCPS, YOU TELL US YOU'RE RETIRING, WE SEND YOU AN EXIT INTERVIEW.
THAT'S FINE. YOU'VE TOLD US YOU'RE RETIRING, SEND YOU THE INTERVIEW, YOU'VE GOT SOME TIME TO COMPLETE IT.
IF YOUR EXIT IS NOT PLANNED THOUGH, THAT MIGHT BE HAPPENING ALL AT THE SAME TIME.
YOU MAY BE RESIGNING, MAYBE IT'S EFFECTIVE NOW, SO WE'RE GOING THROUGH THE PROCESS.
WE'RE SENDING YOU THE EXIT INTERVIEW BUT IT'S GOING TO YOUR CCPS STAFF EMAIL, THAT IN A MATTER OF FEW DAYS MAY NOT BE A WORKING EMAIL ANYMORE IF YOU DON'T TAKE THAT INTERVIEW RIGHT WHEN YOU GET IT.
JUST LOOKING AT HOW CAN WE CONTINUE TO MAKE THIS SOMETHING THAT BRINGS US GOOD DATA.
A COUPLE OF HIGHLIGHTS THOUGH, IF YOU WANT TO GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE.
THIS IS QUESTION 39, WHICH IS, HOW WAS YOUR OVERALL WORKING EXPERIENCE FOR CCPS? YOU SEE A LITTLE BIT OF A TRADITIONAL BELL CURVE, BUT SKEWED TO THE LEFT, TO THE POSITIVE SIDE.
THE VAST MAJORITY OF FOLKS THAT ANSWERED OUR SURVEY, OUT OF THE 16 RESPONSES, EIGHT SAID THAT THEIR EXPERIENCE WAS GOOD.
THREE SAID EXCELLENT, TWO AVERAGE, ONE POOR, ONE TERRIBLE. YES.
>> YOU SAID THIS IS QUESTION 39.
>> YEAH, OUT OF A BANK OF QUESTIONS THAT WE CAN PICK.
THERE'S 17 QUESTIONS THAT WE PICK.
THIS IS IDENTIFIED AS POSSIBLE QUESTION NUMBER 39.
[FOREIGN] >> YES. [OVERLAPPING]
>> I WOULD LIKE TO SAY A FEW THINGS.
IF I WERE TO LEAVE AND I GET PAST QUESTION 6, [BACKGROUND] [LAUGHTER] HOW AM I NOT GETTING THROUGH? [OVERLAPPING].
>> [OVERLAPPING] SEVENTEEN QUESTIONS [BACKGROUND] ON THE SURVEY.
>> I'VE ALREADY MADE A DECISION, YOU'RE 39 LATE. [BACKGROUND].
>> SEVENTEEN QUESTIONS ON THE SURVEY, BUT OUT OF A BANK OF QUESTIONS YOU CAN PICK AND THAT'S HOW QUALTRICS DOES THAT.
>> BECAUSE THAT COULD BE LIKE A QUESTION 37 [OVERLAPPING]
I TOLD YOU I'M LEAVING, NEVER MIND.
>> IF WE GET TO 39, I WOULD HAVE SAID EXCELLENT, BUT I'M STILL TIRED [LAUGHTER] [OVERLAPPING].
IT'S MY PERSONALITY, BUT EVERYBODY PERSONALITY IS DIFFERENT, BUT ONCE YOU'VE MADE A DECISION TO RETIRE OR TAKE AN OPPORTUNITY OR WHATEVER IT IS, MUCH MORE THAN A HANDFUL OF QUESTION.
>> AND THAT'S SOMETHING WE WANT TO LOOK AT.
NOW AT SOME OF THE QUESTIONS ARE, TYPE YOUR NAME FOR VALIDITY AND THAT.
WHAT IS YOUR JOB TITLE? HOW MANY YEARS HAVE YOU BEEN WITH THEM?
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SOME OF THEM ARE VERY QUICK QUESTIONS.THREE OF THE QUESTIONS ARE OPEN-ENDED.
ONE IS JUST TELL US ANYTHING THAT YOU HAVEN'T TOLD US.
THAT'S JUST AN OPEN-ENDED QUESTION.
WE WANT TO PAIR IT DOWN TO MAKE IT MANAGEABLE.
I'LL BE HONEST, SINCE I CAME IN IN JULY, EXIT INTERVIEWS WEREN'T REALLY ON MY RADAR IN JULY.
NOW THAT THINGS WE'VE TAKEN THAT COLLECTIVE BREATH IN HR, WE CAN START LOOKING AT THIS AND MOVING FORWARD.
LIKE I SAID, THERE ARE THOSE THREE QUESTIONS THAT ARE ON THERE THAT ARE OPEN-ENDED.
WHAT DID YOUR NEW EMPLOYER OFFER THAT WE COULDN'T? WHAT COULD WE DO? WHAT COULD WE HAVE DONE DIFFERENT, IF ANYTHING, AND TELL US BASICALLY ANYTHING THAT YOU'D LIKE TO TELL US ABOUT CCPS.
WE HAVE SOME POSITIVE THINGS THAT COME UP.
WE ALSO HAVE SOME NEGATIVE THINGS THAT COME UP.
THE FOUR HIGHEST RATED QUALITIES, WHETHER IT'S ON THE OPEN-ENDED QUESTIONS, OR ON THE RATE ONE THROUGH FIVE QUESTIONS ARE PEOPLE REALLY LIKED THE PEOPLE THEY WORK WITH.
WAS THE HIGHEST LAST YEAR AS WELL.
THEY REALLY LIKE THEIR CO-WORKERS.
THEY FEEL THEY HAVE THE TOOLS, EQUIPMENT, AND RESOURCES THEY NEED TO DO THEIR JOB.
THAT WAS THE SECOND HIGHEST RATED.
THEY FEEL LIKE THEY HAVE AN APPROPRIATE LEVEL OF SUPERVISION AND SUPPORT FROM THEIR IMMEDIATE SUPERVISOR, AND THEY FEEL LIKE THEY RECEIVE TRAINING THAT IS ADEQUATE AND OPPORTUNITIES TO GET NEW SKILLS OR ADVANCE.
THOSE ARE THE TOP FOUR POSITIVE OBSERVATIONS.
THE BOTTOM FOUR ARE, THEY FEEL LIKE THEY WOULD LIKE TO HAVE MORE INPUT ON DECISIONS THAT IMPACT THEIR JOB.
MORE RECOGNITION FOR A JOB WELL DONE, COMMUNICATION AND ABILITY TO ACHIEVE WORK-LIFE BALANCE, WHICH MIRROR VERY CLOSELY WHAT THE BOTTOMS FOUR WERE AT THIS TIME LAST YEAR WHEN YOU'VE GOT THIS REPORT LAST YEAR.
WE KNOW LAST YEAR WAS A DIFFICULT YEAR IN THE WORLD OF EDUCATION, AND SO THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT WE CAN THEN LOOK FOR TO TRY TO IMPROVE AS WE MOVE FORWARD.
ONE INTERESTING OBSERVATION THAT I'LL JUST SHARE, ESPECIALLY AS YOU HAVE THINGS ON A ONE THROUGH FIVE SCALE, TWO AND A HALF REALLY.
IF SOMETHING THAT GETS US TWO AND A HALF, THAT MEANS IT'S JUST AVERAGE, IS JUST THERE.
YOU WON'T SEE IT UP HERE BECAUSE IT'S NOT POSITIVE OR NEGATIVE BECAUSE IT IS STRAIGHT TWO AND A HALF AND THAT IS SALARY.
IT DOESN'T APPEAR ON THE POSITIVE, IT DOESN'T APPEAR ON THE NEGATIVE.
ON A FIVE-POINT SCALE, IT IS TWO AND A HALF, IF THAT WAS A QUESTION THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE.
ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THOSE TRENDS OR ANY OF OUR OTHER NUMBERS OR OUR WORK THUS FAR? ALL RIGHT. YOU GUYS HAVE A GOOD NIGHT. THANK YOU.
>> BOARD MEMBERS, THAT BRINGS US TO THE END OF REPORTS AND PRESENTATIONS, DISCUSSION FOR ITEMS FOR FUTURE BOARD MEETINGS AND ANY OFFICIAL BUSINESS OR ANYTHING ELSE BEFORE WE GO TO CALLS? I THINK WE WERE TALKING PRIOR TO THIS PRESENTATION TO AND TO DR. SIMMONS ABOUT OUR DEMOGRAPHICS AND JUST PUT IT ON THERE, I DO THINK WE NEED SOMETHING TO CONTINUALLY LOOK AFTER, LOOK AT DIFFERENT OPPORTUNITIES, AND AS FAR AS HOW DO WE MAKE OUR SYSTEM AND OUR STAFF TRY TO MIRROR THE POPULATION THAT WE'RE ADVOCATING.
I DO HOPE THAT WE CAN HAVE THAT AS A FUTURE ITEM FOR DISCUSSION WITH THE NEW SUPERINTENDENT, THE NEW DIRECTOR OF HR AND LET'S SEE WHAT WE CAN DO DIFFERENTLY OR IMPROVE UPON.
BOARD MEMBERS, HEARING NOTHING ELSE.
DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN?
[10. Upcoming Meetings and Events]
OH, WE'VE GOT UPCOMING MEETINGS, EVENTS AND WORK BEING KEPT CURRENT ON OUR GOOGLE CALENDAR TO THE BEST WE CAN.>> I KNOW IT'S LONG, BUT WE'RE TRYING TO KEEP IT COMPLETE BECAUSE IF YOU'RE LIKE [OVERLAPPING] I'D RATHER HAVE AS MANY DATES AS I CAN TO STRETCH THIS ARM.
>> I'M GOING THE RIGHT WAY OVER HERE. NO, THAT'S FINE. [LAUGHTER]
>> WE'RE TRYING TO KEEP IT AS FULL AS WE CAN WITH [OVERLAPPING].
>> ANY CHANCE WE CAN EVER GET THAT NJROTC IN THIS COUNT?
>> NO, JUST AS SOME OF THE STAFF DID.
>> IF WE JUST GOT THEIR LIST OF ACTIVITIES THAT ARE SET, WE CAN TALK TO MS. ANDY TO SEE WHAT THEY HAVE OVER THIS REACTION.
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>> JUST SAYING. WHAT DOES THE NJ STANDS FOR?
>> [OVERLAPPING] NATIONAL JUNIOR.
>> I'M FROM JERSEY AND I KEEP THINKING NEW JERSEY.
>> OH, ENABLED. THAT MAKE SENSE BECAUSE I'M LIKE, COUPLE OF NEW JERSEYS.
[LAUGHTER] NEW JERSEY IS MOST DENSELY POPULATED STATE.
THAT'S ALL I GOT TO SAY. BUT THEN ON THE OTHER HAND I DID MOVE OUT, SO THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY TOO.
>> OUR [LAUGHTER] NEXT WORK SESSIONS ON THE 20TH, BOARD MEMBERS, OTHER THAN THAT, MAYBE I'LL SEE YOU OUT THERE.
A LOT OF FALL ACTIVITIES AND SPORTING, ATHLETICS, OTHER ACTIVITIES THAT AREN'T ON HERE, BUT WE'LL FIND THEM, IT UPDATES.
>> BOARD MEMBERS IF YOU HAVE THE ACT [OVERLAPPING] YOU'RE STARTING TO GET SCHOOL EVENTS ARE POPULATING ON THERE AS WELL AS ATHLETICS.
>> WE DO GET NORTH CAROLINA ATHLETICS. COULD WE GET KERNEL'S?
>> NO, WE ARE WORKING ON THAT.
>> COULD THAT BE GOOD? [OVERLAPPING]
>> YEAH. WE'RE WORKING TO GET THEM UPLOADED ON THE APP SO YOU CAN GET IT RIGHT THERE TO SEE.
[OVERLAPPING] THAT'S RIGHT [LAUGHTER] WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT YOU GET THE EMAIL FROM MR. IRELAND.
>> THANK YOU. BOARD MEMBERS, DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN?
>> SECOND BY MRS. DIGIACOMO. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR?
>> THANK YOU, EVERYONE. HAVE A GOOD EVENING.
>> YOU TOO. [BACKGROUND].
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.