I'M ORDERING. WELL, WELCOME, EVERYONE.
[1. Opening Items]
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IT IS ABOUT 6:00 ON TUESDAY, AUGUST 1ST.AND THIS IS OUR REGULAR BOARD MEETING OF CAROLINE COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION.
WE'D LIKE TO START BY HAVING A MOTION TO OPEN THE MEETING.
WE DID HAVE A CLOSED SESSION PRIOR TO TO THIS MEETING.
AND NOW WE'LL BEGIN OUR AGENDA WITH THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
SORRY. MOTION TO APPROVE OUR AGENDA.
SECOND? ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. MOTION CARRIES.
SO OUR MISSION IN PARTNERSHIP WITH FAMILIES AND COMMUNITY.
AND THE THINGS THAT WE TALK ABOUT DURING OUR AGENDA ABSOLUTELY LINE UP WITH THIS MISSION.
IF THEY DON'T, THE BOARD IS GOING TO ASK QUESTIONS.
[3. Reports]
NOT MUCH. PROBABLY SO.SO WE'LL JUST GIVE EACH BOARD MEMBER AN OPPORTUNITY TO COMMENT ABOUT WHATEVER IS ON THEIR MIND.
DONNA, IF YOU'D LIKE TO GO FIRST.
AN AIR FORCE BOOT CAMP GRADUATION FOR STUDENT I HAD WHO ASKED ME TO GO.
AND IT WAS TOUCHING, IT WAS MOVING, AND IT JUST REALLY BROUGHT HOME TO ME HOW IMPORTANT TEACHERS ARE AND HOW IMPORTANT THE PEOPLE ARE IN THE CLASSROOM AND THAT YOU'RE MAKING A DIFFERENCE WHEN YOU DON'T EVEN KNOW.
THIS WAS A VERY QUIET STUDENT.
I LIKED HER, BUT I NEVER KNEW I TOUCHED HER LIKE THAT.
AND IT WAS KIND OF A JOKE BECAUSE I HAD BEEN IN THE NAVY.
BUT I WOULD ALWAYS TELL MY STUDENTS, JOIN THE AIR FORCE BECAUSE THEY TREAT YOU BETTER.
A WHOLE LOT SAFER, YOU KNOW, BETTER ON A SHIP.
AND SO WHEN SHE CONTACTED ME, SHE WAS.
DO YOU REMEMBER WHAT YOU SAID THAT? AND I'M LIKE, YOU LISTEN TO ME? LIKE SOMEBODY ACTUALLY LISTENED.
AND IT JUST WE NEED TO REMEMBER WHAT THE TEACHERS DO BECAUSE THEY MAKE A DIFFERENCE.
THE PEOPLE THAT ARE WITH THE STUDENTS DAY IN AND DAY OUT.
AND I KNOW WE SAY WE GIVE THEM CREDIT, BUT I DON'T THINK WE GIVE THEM THE CREDIT.
THEY. AND THE PRINCIPLES, THE PEOPLE THAT ARE IN THE SCHOOLS WITH THE KIDS.
IT'S JUST INCREDIBLE BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, NOT ONLY DID I SEE HER AS OBVIOUSLY I SAW LIKE 300 YOUNG PEOPLE THAT HAD JOINED THE MILITARY IN TODAY'S WORLD TO PROTECT OUR FREEDOM AND IS JUST INCREDIBLE.
I WAS ABLE ACTUALLY TO DRIVE BY FEDERALSBURG ELEMENTARY THE OTHER DAY WITH THEIR WORK GOING ON.
I'VE GONE BY FEDERALSBURG AND NORTH HIGH BOTH AS WELL.
JUST KIND OF LOOKING, SEEING HOW THINGS WERE GOING WITH THE RENOVATIONS THAT ARE GOING ON ON JULY 17TH, I IT WAS A VIRTUAL MEETING OF MAY'S EQUITY AND EDUCATION COMMITTEE THAT I'M A PART OF.
SO I HAD THAT MEETING ON JULY 22ND.
I ATTENDED THE LOCKERMAN SCHOOLS.
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ANNUAL EVENT THAT THEY HAVE.AND THEN YESTERDAY I STOPPED BY LOCKERMAN JUST TO SAY HELLO TO THE LOCKERMAN TEAM.
HELLO. THANK YOU, MICHELE MARK.
THEY GET TO RIDE BY LOCKERMAN JUST TO SEE THE BUILDINGS ALL CLEANED UP.
YEAH. NICE, NICE LOOKING JOB HE'S DONE THERE.
OTHER THAN THAT, JUST BEEN BUSY DOING OTHER THINGS.
I THINK SUMMER IS ALMOST OVER.
SO THIS IS THE TIME OF YEAR I'M ON MY BICYCLE A LOT.
I'VE CYCLED BY EVERY ONE OF THOSE SCHOOLS.
IT DEPENDS HOW I'M FEELING, HOW FAST I GO.
BUT ALL KIDDING ASIDE, IT'S KIND OF NICE TO SEE THE SCHOOLS THAT WAY IN A SENSE, BECAUSE YOU LOOK AT IT AND YOU THINK OF THE THINGS THAT HAVE GONE ON THERE AND WHAT'S ABOUT TO HAPPEN. BUT NORTH HIGH IN PARTICULAR, YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN BY THERE ON WEEKENDS AND THEY'RE WORKING PROBABLY SEVEN DAYS A WEEK.
BILL WOULD KNOW THAT, OF COURSE.
IN THE WORST OF THE HEAT, YOU KNOW, YOU SEE HIM UP ON THAT ROOF.
I'VE BEEN BY THERE ON SUNDAYS AND THERE I WENT BY THIS SUNDAY.
SO THAT'S THAT'S PRETTY COOL TO SEE.
THE OTHER THING, BECAUSE IN THE FAMILY WE HAD A SENIOR THAT GRADUATED, YOU KNOW, SO MANY OF THEM HAVE THESE CONGRATULATIONS OR FAREWELL PARTIES.
AND SO WE'VE BEEN MAKING THE ROUNDS ON ALL OF THOSE.
IT JUST WENT TO ONE ON SUNDAY.
INTERESTING TO SEE SOME OF THE KIDS COME BACK TOGETHER THAT HAVE ALL GRADUATED AND THEY KNOW THEY'RE A LOT OF THEM ARE GOING TO VARIOUS PLACES, EITHER THE MILITARY OR OFF TO COLLEGE OR OFF TO WORK.
AND HOW MANY MORE TIMES ARE THEY GOING TO BE TOGETHER KIND OF THAT WAY? SO IT'S KIND OF FUN TO WATCH.
BUT WHILE I WAS WATCHING, I DON'T THINK THEY'RE THINKING ABOUT THAT AT ALL.
THEY'RE JUST BEING WHO THEY ARE HAVING A GOOD TIME.
AND, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE MOVING ON TO THAT NEXT CHAPTER, WHICH IS REALLY KIND OF FUN TO WATCH.
ALSO, ALL THE PARENTS ARE GIVING GIFTS TO EACH OF THEIR KIDS.
RIGHT. AND THEN THEIR KIDS GETTING GIFTS FROM ALL THESE DIFFERENT PARENTS.
I THINK PROBABLY A MUCH MORE EFFICIENT WAY TO DO IT JUST RIGHT.
RIGHT. AND IT'S JUST FASCINATING TO OBSERVE THAT IT'S JUST A DIFFERENT WHOLE DIFFERENT KIND OF DYNAMIC, BUT REALLY EXCITING TO WATCH ALL OF THEM SERIOUSLY WATCHING ALL OF THEM NOW MOVING INTO ADULTHOOD, IF YOU WILL.
YOU KNOW, THEY ALL OF THEM ARE FACING A CHALLENGE OF SOME KIND.
AND THERE I DON'T SEE KIDS OVERWHELMED BY IT.
AND IT'S REALLY KIND OF FUN TO WATCH THEM DO.
AND IN A MONTH WE'LL HAVE ALL KINDS OF STUFF STARTING UP AGAIN.
SO NOW ONTO THE SUPERINTENDENTS REPORT THAT WILL HAVE MUCH MORE CONTENT, RIGHT? SO, YEAH. SO MR. BARTON DIDN'T REALIZE HE WAS PLAYING RIGHT INTO MY HAND OF ABOUT ANOTHER MONTH WHERE THINGS START GEARING UP HERE, RIGHT? SO YEAH, IT'S AUGUST 1ST, SO WE'RE ALL IN THAT CRUNCH MODE, BUT REALLY WANTED TO TAKE TIME IN AUGUST AND I THINK IT'S ALWAYS A GREAT TIME FOR US TO REFLECT, ESPECIALLY WHEN WE THINK ABOUT WHAT HAPPENS IN OUR BUILDINGS FROM THE LAST OFFICIAL DAY OF SCHOOL UNTIL REALLY NOW, BUT LET ALONE UNTIL TEACHERS COME BACK. SO NEW TEACHERS COME BACK AUGUST 14TH, 15TH.
AND THANKFULLY, THIS YEAR, THE KIDS ARE GOING TO COME BACK TO AFTER LABOR DAY.
SO WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE OF A CUSHION THERE.
HOWEVER, HIGH SCHOOL KIDS COME BACK AUGUST 9TH.
SO FOR HIGH SCHOOL FOLKS, HIGH SCHOOL IS BASICALLY OPEN THEIR DOORS ON THE NINTH.
EVERYBODY JOKES ABOUT EVERYBODY GETS INTO TEACHING AND EDUCATION BECAUSE THE SUMMER IS OFF.
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IT'S JUST THE WAY THE WORLD WORKS AND THE WAY THAT THINGS GO.SO I WANT TO SHARE A REAL QUICK LIST.
IT'S NOT ALL INCLUSIVE, BUT WHEN WE THINK ABOUT DURING OUR SUMMERS, WE DON'T DO ANYTHING.
SCHOOL BUILDINGS DURING THE SUMMER THAT WE HAVE NOTHING TO DO OPERATIONS.
SOME OF THE THINGS THAT BILL SHOP HAS BEEN WORKING ON HAVE ALREADY BEEN SHARED BY SOME.
BUT JUST TO HIGHLIGHT, WE HAVE TWO ROOFS GOING ON IN THE MIDDLE OF THE SUMMER AND VERY TIGHT TIMELINES TO GET THOSE THINGS DONE, AND THAT'S FEDERALSBURG IN NORTH CAROLINA, HIGH SCHOOL FEDERALSBURG IS COMPLETE ROOF REPLACEMENT.
NORTH CAROLINA HIGH SCHOOL IS A PARTIAL.
THE OTHER PARTIAL WILL BE NEXT YEAR.
WE HAD AN IMPROMPTU WAS THE BOARD IS AWARE EMERGENCY SITUATION AT COLONEL RICHARDSON MIDDLE SCHOOL TO DEAL WITH SOME STORM MANAGEMENT OR STORMWATER MANAGEMENT ISSUES THANKS TO BILL'S TEAM LITERALLY SPRANG TO ACTION VERY QUICKLY.
THESE REPEATED HEAVY RAINS WE JUST KEEP GETTING THE SUMMER.
EVERYTHING SEEMS TO COME IN 2 TO 3 INCH INCREMENTS IN ABOUT 45 MINUTES.
JUST CAN'T GET THE WATER AWAY FROM THE BUILDINGS IN SOME PLACES.
COLONEL MIDDLE HAD A REAL BIG ISSUE.
IT'S LIKE THESE PICTURES WERE GREAT.
YOU SENT, HOWEVER, YOU SHOULD HAVE BEEN HERE WHEN IT ACTUALLY WAS DOWN DURING THEY WERE.
AND IT REALLY DIDN'T DO JUSTICE FOR HOW BAD IT WAS.
AND LITERALLY, HATS OFF TO BILL AND HIS TEAM BECAUSE IT ACTUALLY HAS ALREADY BEEN FIXED.
WE ALSO HAVE NEW GYM FLOORS ALREADY COMPLETED AT NORTH CAROLINA HIGH SCHOOL AND COLONEL RICHARDSON HIGH SCHOOL WITH A NEW GYM FLOOR, STARTED AT LOCKERMAN MIDDLE SCHOOL AND WILL BE DONE SO.
AND I'M GOING TO MISS SOME OTHER STUFF FROM OPERATIONS.
BUT ON THE INSTRUCTIONAL SIDE OF THE HOUSE, WE HAD A STUDENT STEM PROGRAM IN DORCHESTER COUNTY THAT WE HAD MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS FROM OUR SCHOOLS PARTICIPATING IN WITH DORCHESTER AND TALBOT.
WE HAD SUMMER CREDIT RECOVERY HAPPENING AT OUR HIGH SCHOOLS.
THERE'S FOUR BIG MATH TRAINING.
ELEMENTARY ADMINISTRATORS HAVE BEEN TRAINED IN LETTERS, WHICH IS PHONEMIC AWARENESS READING PROGRAM.
WE HAVE HAD GRADES 3 TO 5 TRAINED IN OUR NEW PROGRAM WONDERS.
MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOL ASSESS OUR ENGLISH ASSESSMENT WORK.
LEXIA ASPIRE SCIENCE OF READING TRAINING HAS BEEN TAKING PLACE.
MY PERSPECTIVE TRAINING FOR MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL ENGLISH SCIENCE MATERIALS CENTER WORK SCIENCE WORK WITH ENVIRONMENTAL LITERACY CURRICULUM WORK FOR MEDIA ARTS, HIGH SCHOOL BIOLOGY, VARIOUS SCIENCES AT ALL LEVEL CHEMISTRY, PHYSICS, INTEGRATED SCIENCE, HEALTH, PHYS ED BIOLOGY AND ELEMENTARY SOCIAL STUDIES.
AND THAT IS JUST A SMALL SMATTERING OF WHAT'S HAPPENED LITERALLY SINCE MID-JUNE THROUGH TODAY WITH MORE TAKING PLACE OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS, WITH MORE AND MORE ONBOARDING AND WORK BEING DONE WITH OUR STAFF.
WE KNOW OUR CLASSROOM TEACHERS ARE VERY DEDICATED.
OUR CENTRAL OFFICE ADMINISTRATORS ARE VERY DEDICATED.
OUR COACHES ARE VERY DEDICATED.
AND I'M THANKFUL FOR THE TEAM THAT WE HAVE TO PULL ALL THIS TOGETHER.
AND IT REQUIRES THAT FOR FOLKS TO DO IT WELL.
AND WE APPRECIATE EVERYBODY PUTTING ALL THE HARD WORK IN.
APPRECIATE THE FOLKS ON THE OPERATIONS SIDE AS WELL FOR EVERYTHING THEY'RE DOING THIS SUMMER.
THEN TALK ABOUT THE FACT THAT FOOD SERVICES HAVE BEEN FEEDING PEOPLE ALL SUMMER AS WELL.
YOU NAME IT, EVERYBODY'S BEEN GOING HARD ALL SUMMER AND CONTINUING TO.
AND SUMMER IS, IN ESSENCE, OVER BECAUSE IT'S AUGUST 1ST.
SO ALL OF US IN CPS WHO ARE IN THIS ROOM TONIGHT, WHEN IT'S AUGUST 1ST, SUMMER'S DONE.
WE'RE ALL GEARED UP. AND THAT'S WHERE OUR HEADS ARE.
WE'RE READY TO GET THE KIDS BACK IN.
BUT THANK YOU, GUYS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
WHAT I SAY TO KIDS THAT SAY, OH, VACATION'S COMING TO A CLOSE, I TELL THEM, SAVOR EVERY DAY.
IT'S NOT DONE YET. BUT ALL OF YOU ARE WORKING VERY HARD.
AND IT WAS A GREAT REPORT TO POINT THAT OUT.
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THERE'S AN AWFUL LOT GOING ON AND KIDS JUST DON'T SEE IT.ALL RIGHT. SO ON TO THE CONSENT AGENDA.
[4. Consent Agenda]
AND I SEE DR. WILLOUGHBY COMING FORWARD FOR THE PERSONNEL.SO THE AUGUST PERSONNEL AGENDA IS RATHER LENGTHY.
WE HAVE THREE RESIGNATIONS, FOUR OF ASCENSION OF RESIGNATION, FIVE TEACHERS TO A REGULAR CONTRACT, SIX TEACHERS TO A PROVISIONAL CONTRACT, FOUR TEACHERS TO A SECOND, PROVISIONAL SIX TEACHERS TO A THIRD.
PROVISIONAL FIVE TEACHERS TO A FOURTH.
THAT'S YOUR PERSONNEL AGENDA FOR THIS COMPLICATED.
ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? BOARD MEMBERS. A LOT OF WORK.
NEED TO VOTE FOR THAT PERSON AS A WHOLE WILL DO A MINUTE.
DO THEM ALL TOGETHER. ALL RIGHT.
SO WE HAVE THE MINUTES FROM JULY 13TH.
BOARD MEMBERS, ANY CORRECTIONS, COMMENTS ABOUT THE MINUTES? IF NOT, CAN WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE ENTIRE CONSENT AGENDA? A MOTION? WE APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED.
ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY OPPOSED MOTION CARRIES? CITIZEN COMMENTS.
ALL RIGHT. SO NOW WE CAN GO TO OUR PHYSICS TEXTBOOK.
[6. Individual Action Items]
ADOPTION. PHYSICS TEXTBOOK? YEAH. YOU READ THAT IN ABOUT AN HOUR.I'M GLAD THAT'S NOT AS HEAVY AS THE CHEMISTRY ONE.
THIS IS A REALLY GOOD WORKOUT.
SO, GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT BARTON AND DR.
IT'S A FUNDAMENTALS OF PHYSICS.
IT IS ACTUALLY THE NEWEST EDITION OF THE CURRENT AP PHYSICS TEXTBOOK THAT WE USED.
THE COMMITTEE WENT THROUGH REVIEWING MULTIPLE RECOMMENDATIONS FROM DR.
MOYER. HE IS OUR CURRENT AP PHYSICS TEACHER.
SO THE COMMITTEE REVIEWED THE ONES HE PUT IN FRONT OF US.
WE GOT COPIES OF ALL OF THEM, NARROWED IT DOWN TO TWO.
THERE WAS A PARENT FROM BOTH COLONEL AND NORTH CAROLINE.
IT'S A VERY SMALL POOL OF STUDENTS THAT WE AFFECT IN AP PHYSICS.
CURRENTLY WE ONLY HAVE A CLASS AT NORTH CAROLINE WITH ABOUT TEN STUDENTS IN IT.
WE'RE HOPING TO BUILD THAT AT COLONEL AS WELL.
BUT CURRENTLY WE ONLY HAVE IT AT NORTH CAROLINE.
SO I'M REQUESTING THAT YOU APPROVE US BEING ABLE TO PURCHASE THIS TEXTBOOK.
IT IS ALIGNED ITS RESOURCES AS WELL, NOT JUST THE TEXT, BUT IT ALIGNS TO EVERYTHING IN AP, COLLEGE BOARD AND ALL OF THE RESOURCES ARE ABLE TO BE ACCESSED VIRTUALLY AND ONLINE. IT WAS OUT FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.
NO, NO COMMENTS BACK EXCEPT THAT IT WAS A ONE LINK.
SO WE HAD AN ISSUE WITH THE LINK.
THE VENDOR GAVE US ONE LINK THAT WAS A ONE TIME USE.
THEY WOULD NOT GIVE US A MULTIPLE USE, SO WE HAD TO PULL BACK AND RETHINK.
SO THERE WAS NOT AN ONLINE COMPONENT TO BE ABLE TO VIEW.
SO THAT WAS PUT OUT IN THE BOARD OFFICE FOR ABOUT 30 DAYS.
SO THAT WAY THERE WAS A LITTLE BIT OF EXTRA TIME.
DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME ABOUT THE TEXT OR THE RESOURCES OR HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THE TEXT OR WHATEVER? SINCE THERE'S NOT A CLASS AT KERNEL, CAN THEY ATTEND VIRTUALLY? THE ONLY CONCERN WITH THAT IS GOING TO BE THE ACCESS TO THE LAB.
THAT'S GREAT TO BE AN AP TECH.
ONE OF THE COMMENTS I SAW THAT AND THOUGHT WAS A GOOD ONE WAS THAT IT ALIGNS WELL TO THE TEST.
SO THE STUDENTS, AFTER THEY FINISH READING THIS IN A COUPLE OF HOURS.
YES, THEY BUT IT DOES HELP THEM PREPARE FOR THE TEST, WHICH FOR AP STUDENTS.
IT MUST HAVE BEEN CHALLENGING.
DO YOU THINK THEY REALLY WILL BE GETTING THROUGH?
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I'M REALISTICALLY SO.GO AHEAD. IT'S A BIG BOOK, WHICH IS NOT A QUESTION.
BUT SO HOW MUCH OF IT DO YOU THINK YOU'LL ACTUALLY GET? MORE THAN ONE YEAR'S WORTH OF? SO AP PHYSICS IS A YEAR LONG COURSE.
THAT'S KIND OF LIKE AN INTRO INTO THE MECHANICS OF THINGS.
AND THEN THE SECOND SEMESTER IS WHERE THEY GO A LITTLE BIT DEEPER INTO ITEMS. THEY WILL NOT GET THROUGH ALL OF THAT.
COLLEGE BOARD HAS A SYLLABUS THAT THE TEACHER WILL USE THAT KIND OF MIRRORS WHAT THEY NEED TO DO.
THERE ARE EXTENSIONS IN THERE THAT WOULD BE FOR SOME OF THE STUDENTS THAT WANT TO DO SOMETHING ADDITIONAL, BUT THEY WILL NOT GET THROUGH THAT ENTIRE TEXTBOOK AND THE EXPECTATION IS NOT FOR THEM TO.
SO IT SOUNDS LIKE IT GIVES THE STUDENTS AND THE TEACHERS WHAT THEY NEED FOR THE CLASS.
AND IF YOU WANT MORE, IT'S THERE.
THEY SHOULD HAVE THOSE AT THE Y FOR WORKOUT CLASSES.
WE CAN WORK ON THAT. AND PLUS, YOU KNOW THE PHYSICS OF EXERCISE.
YEAH. SO UNLESS THERE'S OTHER QUESTIONS, DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE AP TEXT? I SO MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THE AP PHYSICS TEXTBOOK.
WE HAVE A SECOND? DO WE NEED TO PUT IN THERE? WE CAN NOTE THERE'S $113.
DO WE HAVE A SECOND FOR THE MOTION? SECOND? ALL RIGHT.
THAT'S PROBABLY WHERE I SHOULD HAVE SAID SAYS RIGHT THERE.
YEAH. THAT'S NOT EVEN A DOLLAR PRICE.
ALL RIGHT. DO WE HAVE A CALL TO A VOTE? ALL IN FAVOR? AYE, AYE, AYE.
YOU CAN DEFINITELY FIGURE OUT WHAT THE CALL IS FOR POUND.
YEAH. WHAT IS THE COST PER POUND? ARE THEY GOING TO HAVE TO CARRY? JUST CURIOUS, HOW MANY PAGES, HOW MANY PAGES ARE IN THAT BOOK SINCE WE'RE GETTING SO MUCH ABOUT THE SIZE, TAKE A GUESS.
YEAH, WE SHOULD DO A LOTTERY ON.
1850S. THAT'S JUST WHAT I WAS GOING TO GUESS.
YOU CAN HAVE MY DOLLAR. THAT'S EXCELLENT.
WE NOW HAVE OUR REPORTS AND AND PRESENTATIONS.
[7. Reports and Presentations]
SO OUR FIRST UP AND THIS BRINGS GREAT EXCITEMENT AS MR. MANGLE IS COMING UP.VERY EXCITED TO BE COMING TONIGHT FOR THIS PRESENTATION WITH BILL AND HIS FOLKS.
IT'S SORT OF THE IT'S THE ANNUAL UPDATE.
OUR FIRST ANNUAL UPDATE ON OUR ENERGY PROGRAM.
SO IT'S REALLY EXCITING STUFF.
TRY TO HOLD IT BACK. GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT BARTON, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, DOCTOR SIMMONS.
STARTING ON JULY 1ST OF 2022, WE ENTERED INTO A CONTRACT FOR SYNERGISTIC AND ENERGY CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT COMPANY IN SEARCH OF WAYS TO REDUCE OUR ENERGY CONSUMPTION AND ULTIMATELY SAVINGS TO THE AMOUNT OF DOLLARS THAT WE SPEND ON ENERGY.
IF YOU RECALL, ENERGY WAS VERY EXPENSIVE A YEAR AGO, AND I CAN TELL YOU FROM JUST HAVING TO FILL MY TRUCK UP THIS MORNING WITH GAS AT 100 PLUS DOLLARS A TANK, IT STILL IS VERY EXPENSIVE. TONIGHT'S PRESENTATION WILL BE FROM MR. SCOTT MUIR, OUR CLIENT MANAGER FOR FROM SYNERGISTIC.
SCOTT WILL DISCUSS HOW THE PROGRAM IS PROGRESSING.
SCOTT WILL ALSO REVEAL A FEW ADDITIONAL HIDDEN GEMS OF INFORMATION FOR YOU.
I THINK YOU'LL BE PLEASANTLY SURPRISED BY THOSE I WAS WHEN I REVIEWED IT.
BUT BEFORE I STEP AWAY FROM THE PODIUM, I DO WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT TO ACKNOWLEDGE MR. JOSH RYAN. HE IS OUR ENERGY SPECIALIST FOR CSPS.
BUT HE'S THE ONE THAT KIND OF POWERS THIS WHOLE PROGRAM.
HE'S DOING AN EXCELLENT JOB, THE WHOLE THING.
SO, JOSH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE LAST YEAR.
AND WE'VE GOT FOUR MORE TO GO.
SO WITHOUT ANY FURTHER ADO, LET ME WELCOME MR. SCOTT MUIR. HE'S OUR CLIENT MANAGER FOR SYNERGISTIC, REPRESENTS US, AND HE HAS A WONDERFUL PRESENTATION FOR YOU THAT HE'LL TALK ABOUT.
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ALL RIGHT. SO THOSE WHO DON'T KNOW ME, I'M TALL.I'M WITH SARAH JESSICA, ORIGINALLY FROM AUSTRALIA.
AND I KNOW ONE OF YOUR COMMENTS ABOUT THE NAVY REALLY RESONATED WITH ME.
I SPENT SOME TIME IN THE NAVY AND THEY REMINDED ME OF A JOKE WHEN YOU SAID THAT IS WHAT DOES NAVY STAND FOR? NEVER AGAIN VOLUNTEER YOURSELF, WHICH IT TURNED OUT TO BE VERY TRUE.
WE ALL KNOW THAT OIL IS GETTING EXPENSIVE, ENERGY IS GETTING EXPENSIVE.
SOLAR IS BECOMING MORE IMPORTANT.
AND, YOU KNOW, THESE FIGURES HERE JUST SHOW THAT.
SO WE'VE GOT A HUGE INCREASE IN ELECTRICITY.
THAT'S THE ELECTRICITY THAT YOU'RE BUYING FROM THE GRID.
AND AS YOU CAN SEE, THE SOLAR IS MAINTAINED AT AROUND $0.08 A KILOWATT HOUR.
SO THAT'S SOLAR PRICE THAT YOU'RE GETTING IS GOING TO BECOME VERY IMPORTANT HERE.
HEATING OIL OBVIOUSLY HAS INCREASED AND PROPANE.
I WAS ACTUALLY SURPRISED BY THAT.
IF YOU COULD ADVANCE TO THE NEXT SLIDE.
THIS IS AN ENERGY COST PROFILE FOR THE LAST 12 MONTHS FOR CAROLINE COUNTY.
SO AS YOU CAN SEE, 80% OF YOUR ENERGY EXPENSES IS ON THE ELECTRICITY LINE.
SO THAT'S A HUGE AREA OF FOCUS FOR JOSH AND OUR TEAM.
AND THE MAJORITY OF THAT COMES FROM THE OPERATION OF OUR HVAC AND CHILLERS.
SO THAT'S A HUGE AREA OF FOCUS THAT WE'VE SPENT ON OVER THE LAST YEAR.
SO THESE ARE THE ONE YEAR RESULTS FOR THE ENERGY PROGRAM SO FAR, ACCUMULATED COST REDUCTION OR SAVINGS OF $258,000 AND ENERGY USE INDEX REDUCTION OF 35%.
WELL, I THINK HE'S DONE ACTUALLY MORE THAN 1516 BUILDING AUDITS, AND THAT EQUATES TO 1451 METRIC TONS OF CO2 EMISSIONS AVOIDED.
SO THAT'S A HUGE ENVIRONMENTAL FOOTPRINT THAT THE DISTRICT'S REDUCED.
THIS IS HOW YOUR SAVINGS TREND TURNED OUT.
OBVIOUSLY, WE EXPECT IT TO INCREASE OVER TIME.
SO YOU CAN SEE AT THE BEGINNING OF THE PROGRAM, AS WE'RE TRYING TO LEARN THE DISTRICT AND GET EVERYONE KIND OF ON BOARD, TRY TO FIGURE OUT WHAT'S GOING ON HERE IN THE DISTRICT, START TO OPTIMIZE SOME OF THESE BOILERS, AND THEN WE START TO SEE THE RESULTS.
SO TRAINING ALONG PRETTY GOOD.
THIS IS A BENCHMARK THAT THE EPA USES.
IT'S ALSO USED FOR ENERGY STAR CERTIFICATION.
AND THE REGIONAL AVERAGE HERE FOR K-12 SCHOOLS IS 54.
WHEN WE STARTED THE PROGRAM, YOU ACTUALLY WERE DOING PRETTY WELL ALREADY.
YOU'RE ALREADY AT 50, SO THAT MEANS 50 KBTU OF ENERGY PER SQUARE FOOT FOR THE YEAR.
SO THAT'S HOW THAT'S CALCULATED.
AND TO DATE FOR THE LAST 12 MONTHS, WE'RE DOWN TO 32.
SO WE'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING INTO THAT HERE VERY SOON.
AND THEN YOU'LL HEAR FROM ME AGAIN, HOPEFULLY.
ALL RIGHT. SO THE NEXT ONE, SO THIS IS ALL IN USE.
ALL RIGHT. SO WE AS A COMPANY FOCUS ON USE REDUCTION.
THERE'S NOT A WHOLE LOT WE CAN DO ABOUT THE COSTS.
SO OUR COMPLETE FOCUS IS ON USE AND USE REDUCTION.
AND THAT'S HOW WE'RE TRENDING IN GREEN FOR THE LAST 12 MONTHS.
AND, YOU KNOW, I THINK AT THAT JUNE RATE AND, YOU KNOW, COMBINED WITH THE SUMMER SETBACK, I EXPECT THIS JULY TO BE A VERY LARGE SAVER FEE FOR THIS DISTRICT.
THIS IS YOUR HEATING OIL DELIVERIES OVER THE BASE YEAR COMPARED TO THIS YEAR IN GALLONS.
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SO WE'VE SEEN A HUGE REDUCTION IN DELIVERIES THIS YEAR.SO WE HOPE TO KEEP THAT TREND GOING.
AND PROPANE, ALTHOUGH THAT'S ONLY 4% OF YOUR EXPENSE.
WE'RE ALSO SEEING REDUCTION IN THAT WITH THE BOILER OPTIMIZATION OVER THE LAST WINTER.
SO WATER IS SOMETHING THAT WE DO OUR BEST TO KEEP TABS ON.
I THINK THE MAJORITY OF THIS IS DUE TO COOLING TOWERS FOR THE CHILLER.
AGAIN, HVAC, THIS IS THE K 12 STUDENTS.
THEY'RE NOT REALLY USING MORE OR LESS WATER THAN THEY TYPICALLY WOULD.
AS YOU CAN SEE IN THAT TREND, THESE BILLS COMING QUARTERLY.
THAT'S WHY WE SEE, YOU KNOW, FOR KIND OF SPIKES THERE EVERY YEAR.
ALL RIGHT. AND THEN THIS IS A LOOK AT JULY'S FIRST MONTH FOR THE SUMMER SETBACK ON THE TOP.
THERE YOU CAN SEE THE LAST JULY AND HOW YOUR SUMMER SETBACK.
LOOK, THIS IS HOW MUCH ENERGY YOU'RE PULLING FROM THE GRID, FROM THE UTILITY EVERY DAY.
SO THAT'S WHERE THAT $0.28 VERSUS $0.08 IS GOING TO MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE FOR THE DISTRICT BECAUSE WE'RE NO LONGER REQUIRING AS MUCH FROM THE GRID, ESPECIALLY IN THE SUMMER, AND PULLING MOST OF IT FROM OUR SOLAR.
AND AGAIN, SAME TREND HERE, SAME MONTHS, COMPARING LAST JULY TO THIS JULY FOR COLONEL RICHARDSON.
SO VERY IMPRESSIVE WORK THERE.
ALL RIGHT. AND THEN I WAS HAPPY TO HEAR THAT YOU GUYS HAD AN ENERGY SAVINGS DAY, WHICH WAS A MONDAY.
SO THIS GRAPH HERE SHOWS IN LIGHT BLUE THE ENERGY SAVINGS DAY, MONDAY, JULY 3RD, I THINK IT WAS.
AND THEN THAT COMPARING THAT TO THE MONDAY PRIOR.
SO YOU CAN SEE THAT'S HOW THAT'S THE RESULTS FOR COLONEL RICHARDSON.
THE NEXT ONE FOR NORTH CAROLINA HIGH SCHOOL AND THEN THE NEXT ONE FOR DAYTON ELEMENTARY.
SO YOU CAN SEE HUGE REDUCTION IN ENERGY USE THERE FOR THAT PARTICULAR DAY.
SO THAT WAS A GREAT, LITTLE INITIATIVE.
THIS ONE SHOWS YOU HOW YOU GUYS ARE COMPARING TO THE REST OF OUR CLIENTS IN OUR COMPANY.
SO WE TOOK ALL THE DATA FOR ALL THE OTHER PROGRAMS THAT ARE ENTERING INTO THEIR SECOND YEAR.
AND YOU KNOW, I JUST GOT TO GIVE YOU GUYS A BIG KUDOS.
THIS IS ONE OF THE FASTEST AND MOST SUCCESSFUL STARTS TO A PROGRAM THAT I'VE SEEN.
THAT'S A GREAT JOB, TOO. JOSH YES, HAVING JOSH HERE FROM THE VERY BEGINNING, FROM THE VERY FIRST WELCOME MEETING, TYPICALLY WE DO HAVE A CHALLENGE HIRING AN ENERGY SPECIALIST.
TYPICALLY IT'S SOMEONE FROM OUTSIDE THE DISTRICT.
SO THEY HAVE TO DEVELOP ALL THESE RELATIONSHIPS AND TRY TO DO IT QUICKLY.
AND YOU JUST GOT OFF TO A GREAT START WITH HIM ALREADY, KNOWING EVERYONE HERE.
ALL RIGHT. SO THIS IS THE ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS OF THE WORK DONE SO FAR.
SO AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, 1451 METRIC TONS OF CO2.
A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE A HARD TIME.
YOU KNOW, WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? RIGHT. SO IT'S EQUIVALENT TO OVER 3.5 MILLION MILES DRIVEN BY AN AVERAGE CAR.
AND IT'S YOU KNOW, THAT'S AMOUNT OF ENERGY CAN POWER 175 HOMES FOR A YEAR.
I KNOW I MENTIONED THIS LAST MEETING.
SO AGAIN, THANKS TO JOSH'S DILIGENCE, WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO GET SOME CREDITS FOR WATER THAT WAS DISCHARGED TO THE DISTRICT SO THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT'S WE CALL THAT SPECIAL SAVINGS.
WE DON'T INCLUDE THAT INTO OUR FIGURES.
BUT, YOU KNOW, THAT'S LIKE A LITTLE CHERRY ON TOP.
THAT'S GREAT FINDING THOSE LITTLE ERRORS.
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AND, YOU KNOW, THE PEOPLE UP HERE ON THE BOARD FROM OUR TEAM AS WELL, JOSE FLORES, OUR TECH RICK BARRIOS, OUR ENGINEER, KENT HESS, ALWAYS DIGGING INTO THE DATA, MAKING SURE THAT'S ACCURATE.THANK YOU. JOSH, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIRELESS EFFORTS OVER THE PAST YEAR.
ONCE AGAIN, THERE WAS A LOT OF DATA THERE.
AND SO, YEAH, 100 PLUS DOLLARS TO FILL YOUR GAS TANK.
YOU KNOW, OIL UP 40% FROM LAST YEAR.
IT'S GOING TO BE EXPENSIVE AGAIN THIS YEAR, NOT ONLY HERE, BUT ALSO AT HOME.
AND I DO KNOW THAT THERE HAVE BEEN SOME DISCOMFORTS IN SOME PLACES AT CERTAIN TIMES.
THE OVERALL CAROLINE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOL STAFF HAS BEEN RECEPTIVE TO THAT.
AND WE'VE TRIED TO MAKE ADJUSTMENTS AS BEST AS POSSIBLE.
BUT, YOU KNOW, WE SAVED $260,000 IN COST AVOIDANCE SAVINGS.
AND THIS BOARDROOM IS NOT AT 85 DEGREES.
AND SO, YEAH, VERY PROUD OF THAT.
YEAH. HOW DO YOU ADAPT TO THAT? I MEAN, IT'S HARD TO KEEP PEOPLE HAPPY WITH THAT IF YOU'RE A TEACHER.
THE ROOM SEEMS GREAT AND ALL OF A SUDDEN, ALL THE KIDS ARE IN THERE.
OH, MY GOSH. SO I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE FOUND AND JOSHUA WILL COMMENT ON THIS, BUT WE FIND PRE K, YOU KNOW, THE OLDER YOU GET, YOU HAVE A LITTLE MORE LAYER OF BODY FAT.
OKAY? SO YOU CAN KIND OF STAY A LITTLE WARMER AND COOLER PLACES.
THERE'S PRE K KIDS, THEY JUST DON'T HAVE IT AND THEY DON'T HAVE ANY ENERGY AND THEY'RE CHILLED.
BUT LIKE WHEN THEY GET ONTO A CARPET AND IT'S READING TIME OR WHATEVER, THEY GET CHILLED.
AND SO WE HAVE TO MAKE SOME A DJUSTMENTS THERE, ESPECIALLY IN THE PRE K ROOMS. SO I WOULD THINK WE'VE LEARNED THAT LOGISTICS COULD CAPTURE THE ENERGY COMING OUT OF THOSE KIDS.
YEAH. THE NEXT THING THOSE CHILDREN HAVE ALL THAT BOTTLED UP THAT ENERGY, RIGHT? THAT'S YOUR NEXT TECHNOLOGY, WHAT HAVE YOU.
SO ONE OF THE THINGS I ALSO WANTED TO TALK ABOUT WAS THE MOISTURE MANAGEMENT COMPONENT OF THIS, RIGHT? SO WHEN WE FIRST STARTED AND I WAS DOING MY INITIAL TOUR OF THE BUILDING, WE WERE SEEING PRETTY HIGH HUMIDITY.
WE'RE LOOKING AT ABOUT 80, 90% PLUS IN OFFICES ACROSS ROOMS. AND, YOU KNOW, WITH OUR TECHNIQUE, WE WE REALLY DO FOCUS ON MOISTURE MANAGEMENT.
AND RIGHT NOW WE'VE JUST GOT DATA LOGGERS OUT THERE AND WE'RE SEEING AVERAGES OF 60 TO 70% HUMIDITY IN THESE SETBACK BUILDINGS IN THE SUMMER, WHICH IS A HUGE IMPROVEMENT ON THE LAST YEAR.
AND I KNOW WE STILL HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE TO DO, BUT, YOU KNOW, BUILDING.
VERY GOOD. ANY QUESTIONS FOR MYSELF OR SCOTT OR JOSH? BOARD MEMBERS, COMMENTS AND QUESTIONS.
WHAT ARE YOU HOW EARLY ARE YOU TURNING THAT ON BEFORE THE KIDS GET THERE TO COOL DOWN? RIGHT NOW, WE'RE NOT TURNING IT ON BECAUSE THE KIDS AREN'T THERE.
WELL, DURING SUMMER SCHOOL, WHAT'S WHAT'S THE PROCESS OF IS IT AN HOUR BEFORE TWO HOURS? I GUESS IT DEPENDS ON THE LOCATION AND HOW WELL THE LOCATION IS COVERED.
IF THE LOCATION RECOVERS IN TEN MINUTES, WE DO IT TEN MINUTES BEFOREHAND.
IF IT TAKES A LITTLE BIT LONGER TO DO IT A LITTLE LONGER DEPENDS ON THE BUILDING.
THAT WAS GOING TO BE MY QUESTION. IS IT ENOUGH TO GET IT COOLED DOWN BEFORE THE KIDS ARRIVE? BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, ONCE YOU PUT HOT BODIES IN, THEN IT'S PLAYING CATCH UP.
I WASN'T SURE. YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHAT OUR PROCESS IS MEASURING RECOVERY TIME.
SO AND IT DOES VARY VERY WIDELY.
CORRECT. SOME SYSTEMS. WHATEVER IT MAY TAKE, TWO, THREE HOURS TO COME UP.
SO THOSE. YEAH, YOU KNOW, THOSE OTHER UNITS ARE, YOU KNOW, NEW, HIGH EFFICIENT, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES THEY MEASURE RECOVERIES AS WELL AS.
YOU ARE VERY TAILORED TO THIS.
DO YOU SEE SYSTEMS THAT WE PROBABLY NEED TO REPLACE IN THE NEAR FUTURE? I WOULD LEAVE THAT TO YES, WE DO.
ONE OF THE GREAT THINGS ABOUT THIS PROGRAM IS THAT NOT ONLY THE STUFF THEY JUST ALL TALKED ABOUT, BUT WE'VE ALSO BEEN ABLE TO UNCOVER A LOT OF INEFFICIENCIES WITH OUR HVAC AND WE'VE SEEN SOME THAT ARE JUST RUNNING AND REALLY AREN'T VERY EFFECTIVE.
AND WE HAVE SOME THAT RUN VERY WELL AND WE CAN SHUT THEM OFF AFTER SHORT PERIODS OF TIME.
SO OBVIOUSLY THE GOAL IS TRY AND GET THEM ALL KIND OF UPDATED LIKE THAT.
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AND WE'RE SEEING WE'RE STARTING TO I'M NOT SAYING WE'VE GOT A LIST GOING YET, BUT WE HAVE IDEAS OF CERTAIN HOTSPOTS WITH THOSE HVAC UNITS THAT WE ARE SLOWLY WORKING ON CHANGING OUR HOUSE. SO I KNOW WHAT THE COST IS GOING TO BE.YEAH, EXACTLY. AND WE'VE WE'VE ALSO LEARNED AND JOSH HAS HELPED ME LEARN AS WELL, THE IMPORTANCE OF UPGRADING CONTROLS ON MANY OF OUR UNITS. SO WE'VE HAD TO PUT SOME UPGRADED CONTROLS ON SOME AND WE'RE WORKING ON FUNDING FOR OTHERS BECAUSE BEING ABLE TO.
AND ONE OF MY COMMENTS AND QUESTIONS, TOO, IS TERRIFIC SYSTEM AND IN SOME CASES OLD INFRASTRUCTURE.
SO TRYING TO IT'S LIKE DRESSING UP SOMEBODY WHOSE CLOTHES AREN'T GOING TO HELP NEW TECHNOLOGY AND AN OLD REFRIGERATOR DOESN'T DO THE REFRIGERATOR VERY WELL, DOES IT? RIGHT. RIGHT. SO THE BEST YOU CAN.
I'M NOT SAYING THAT THE MONEY IS THERE TO MAKE THE IMPROVEMENTS, BUT THE FIRST STEP IS IDENTIFYING, YOU KNOW, THE OLDER SYSTEMS. I BET SAFELY THAT 15 MONTHS AGO WE HAD NO IDEA THE AMOUNT OF INEFFICIENT HVAC THAT WE MAY HAVE.
WE HAD AN IDEA. NOW WE'RE REALLY STARTING TO ZERO IN ON IT.
WE'RE STARTING TO GET A BETTER IDEA.
AND EVERYBODY IN THIS ROOM IS A TAXPAYER.
SO BETTER USE OF TAXPAYER DOLLARS.
BUT IT'S MONEY THAT YOU'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE TO SEEK FROM ELSEWHERE.
SO THAT COULD DIRECTLY IMPROVE EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS, INFRASTRUCTURE.
YOU KNOW, I DON'T NEED TO LECTURE ALL OF YOU ABOUT THAT.
OTHER BOARD MEMBERS OUT OF OUR 11 SCHOOLS, HOW MANY DO YOU SEE THAT THE HVAC SYSTEMS ARE? IN NEED. SO I WOULDN'T SAY IT'S THE OVERALL HVAC SYSTEM.
OKAY. SO WE HAVE SOME SPACES THAT ARE DONE WITH LIKE MINI SPLITS AND THEY'RE A LOT NEWER.
WE HAVE SOME THAT ARE DONE WITH THE OLD HVAC.
SOME OF THE HVAC S ARE RELATIVELY NEWER COMPARED TO SOME OF THE OLDER.
SO IT'S NOT IT'S KIND OF HIT AND MISS.
IT'S NOT LIKE LIKE AN ENTIRE SCHOOL NEEDS A WHOLE HVAC SYSTEM, BUT THERE MAY BE 4 OR 5 UNITS OUT OF THE 20 OR 30 THAT ARE UP ON THE ROOF OR ON THE GROUND THAT PROBABLY NEED TO BE UPDATED OR UPGRADED ALTOGETHER.
ANYBODY ELSE. I THINK A LOT OF THE SUCCESS FOR THIS HAS BEEN FROM COMMUNICATION THROUGHOUT THE BUILDINGS AND, YOU KNOW, BACK AND FORTH UP AND DOWN FOR DIFFERENT PEOPLE.
BUT THANKS FOR THAT AND KEEPING THAT GOING FORWARD IN THE NEXT YEAR.
I KNOW YOU'VE DEALT YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY'S BEEN AFFECTED BY IT, INCLUDING OUR MAINTENANCE GUYS WORKING ON THE SYSTEMS AND ALL TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO MAKE THIS, HOW TO MAKE THIS WORK, HOW TO SAVE THE MOST MONEY, BUT ALSO MAKE THIS WORK AT THE END OF THE DAY, BE THE MOST COMFORTABLE FOR THE TEACHERS.
AND I KNOW YOU'VE HAD COMPLAINTS AND YOU'VE HANDLED THAT WELL.
I FEEL LIKE TO MAKE THE PROPER CHANGES, TO STILL KEEP THIS TO STILL MAKE THIS SUCCESSFUL AND AND TO TRY TO MAKE IT AS COMFORTABLE AS POSSIBLE FOR EVERYBODY.
THANK YOU. AND SPECIAL THANKS TO JOSH, BECAUSE I KNOW SOMETIMES IT'S A THANKLESS JOB, YOU KNOW SO WELL, TO BE HONEST WITH YOU, THIS PROGRAM HAS BEEN SUCCESSFUL BECAUSE OF THE BUY IN FROM YOU GUYS, THE GUIDANCE FROM SYNERGISTIC, AND THEN THE PARTICIPATION FROM THE STAFF.
YOU'RE NEVER GOING TO MAKE EVERYBODY HAPPY.
AND THERE'S TIMES YOU'RE GOING TO MAKE PEOPLE ANGRY.
AND I'M SURE THERE'S TIMES TO SAY, OOPS, YOU KNOW, LEARNING PROCESS AND SO FORTH.
SO YOU WANT FEEDBACK FROM PEOPLE.
THE TWO SETBACK SLIDES AND THANK YOU FOR PUTTING THOSE IN THERE.
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NORTH CAROLINA HIGH SCHOOL AND COLONEL RICHARDSON HIGH SCHOOL SHOWING THE MONTH OF JULY.AND TALKING TO MY COLLEAGUES THAT PUT SOLAR FIELDS IN THE SAME TIME THAT WE DID AND ON OUR FACILITIES AT COLONEL AND AT NORTH HIGH. THEY'VE BEEN IN OVER TEN YEARS, BUT THEY WERE PUT IN.
EVERYBODY WAS KIND OF WONDERING WHERE WAS THE SAVINGS FROM SOLAR? AND I'VE HEARD OTHER SUPERINTENDENTS SAID SYSTEMS COULDN'T SAY THE SAME THING GOING TO COST TO PUT THEM IN, BUT WE PUT THEM IN.
BUT WE'VE NEVER YIELDED THE SAVINGS.
I DON'T KNOW THAT WE EVER REALLY DID UNTIL THIS.
SO OUR WORK HERE TO DECREASE OUR CONSUMPTION, BUT TRULY LOOKING AT THE GRAPHS AND TO JUST HIGHLIGHT THAT FOR FOLKS WHO ARE LOOKING AT IT OR FOLKS WHO HAVE BEEN SEEING IT AT HOME, LITERALLY THERE ARE SIX, SEVEN DAYS.
IS IT AT NORTH CAROLINA HIGH SCHOOL WHERE WE PULL ENERGY FROM THE GRID AND THE WHOLE MONTH OF JULY 7TH? AND IF YOU GO TO COLONEL FOR.
AND WE DEFINITELY HAD THAT IN JULY.
BUT LITERALLY, THAT'S THE IMPACT ALSO ON OUR ENERGY USAGE AND ALSO CLEAN ENERGY USAGE.
BEING ABLE TO UTILIZE THOSE SOLAR FIELDS THE WAY THEY WERE PUT IN AND DESIGNED TO DO.
WE'VE NEVER REALLY SEEN THAT AS A SYSTEM UNTIL NOW FROM WHAT WE CAN TELL DATA WISE.
WELL, THANK YOU, EVERYBODY WHO'S BEEN PART OF THAT.
AND I AGREE WITH JOSH SOMEWHAT.
YOU'RE STILL RESPONSIBLE, AND I APPRECIATE THAT.
IT HAS BEEN OUR BUILDINGS BUYING IT.
WHEN JOSH COMES IN AND IT'S JUST DOING THOSE LITTLE BEHAVIORAL THINGS THAT IN SEPTEMBER OF LAST YEAR WERE A PAIN FOR PEOPLE, THEY WERE ANNOYING. BY OCTOBER, THEY STOPPED BEING AS ANNOYING.
BY NOVEMBER, THEY'RE NO LONGER ANNOYING.
THEY'RE JUST WHAT YOU DO. YOU'RE NOT SAYING THAT THESE GUYS WERE ANNOYING? NO, NOT AT ALL. IT'S THE BEHAVIORAL CHANGES.
OR I NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT MY BLINDS ARE DOWN WHEN I GO TURN THE LIGHTS OFF.
WHEN YOU LEAVE A ROOM, IT'S SMALL, LITTLE BEHAVIORAL THINGS.
AND AGAIN, IT'S BEEN THE BUY IN BY JUST ABOUT EVERYBODY ACROSS THE ENTIRE DISTRICT.
GREAT STUFF. YEAH, BECAUSE I WAS THINKING IF YOU LOOK AT THE GRAPHS, IT'S ALMOST LIKE YOU CAN TELL BECAUSE THE DAYS ARE LISTED THAT THERE WAS SOMETHING GOING ON ON A PARTICULAR DAY.
THAT IS FUNNY. YEAH, I'M SURE IT, I DIDN'T LOOK AT IT.
I DIDN'T GO INTO THIS PROBABLY.
YEAH. FACT CHECK, YOU KNOW? VERY INTERESTING. YEAH.
I MEAN, AT THIS DATA WE HAVE HERE, YOU CAN ACTUALLY GET THIS BY THE HOUR.
SO YOU CAN LOG IN AND SEE RIGHT NOW WHERE WHERE THE BASE LOAD OF THAT DAWN IS RIGHT NOW.
AND THAT KIND OF DERIVES HIS ATTENTION TO THE.
OUTSTANDING. ANYTHING ELSE? NO. GOOD.
NEXT UP, BLUEPRINT FOR MARYLAND'S FUTURE UPDATE.
GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT BARTON, DOCTOR SIMMONS, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.
I'D LIKE TO SHARE WITH YOU SOME BLUEPRINT UPDATES THAT WE HAVE.
FIRST OF ALL, OUR PLAN WAS APPROVED BY THE AIB, SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
I ALSO WANT TO SHARE THAT WE DO HAVE THREE PILLAR CHAIRS HERE THIS EVENING.
DR. WILLOUGHBY IS PILLAR TWO AND I WANT TO THANK MISS LINDSAY MCCORMICK FOR COMING THIS EVENING.
SHE ARGUABLY HAS THE MOST ROBUST PILLAR OF ALL, AND SHE HAS A LOT OF AREAS THAT SHE COVERS.
SO IT DOES IMPACT A LOT OF AREAS THAT PILLAR THREE.
SO THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE THIS EVENING.
THE FOCUS AREA FOR PILLAR ONE IS EXPANDING OUR HIGH QUALITY EDUCATION THROUGH PRE-K AND BEYOND.
WHEN WE START WORKING TOWARDS PRE-K THREE, THAT BUILDS PIPELINE FOR PRE-K FOUR.
SO WE WANT TO KEEP THAT IN MIND AS WE'RE PLANNING FOR PRE-K THREE.
SO WE HAVE A FOCUS ON INCREASING OUR PRE K THREE PARTICIPATION THIS YEAR FOR PILLAR TWO.
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WE DO HAVE A FEW SLIDES HERE.THE FOCUS AREA OBVIOUSLY IS WORKING ON THE CAREER LADDER, SO THE NEXT STEPS ARE TO DEVELOP A WORKGROUP AND WORK WITH OUR WORKGROUP TO GET GUIDANCE FROM THE AIB, WORK WITH NEGOTIATION TEAMS TO ADOPT THE CAREER LADDER BY THIS TIME NEXT YEAR, JULY 2024, AND SHARING INFORMATION THROUGH THE STAFF AND THROUGH DEVELOPMENT OF THE PLAN SO THAT THEY'RE PART OF THE PROCESS AND THEY'RE NOT FEELING LIKE THIS IS HAPPENING WITHOUT THEIR THEIR INPUT AND THEIR ENGAGEMENT.
INCREASING EDUCATOR COMPENSATION.
THAT'S GOING TO BE FAST APPROACHING.
THAT BEING SAID, WE ALSO HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE INCREASE THE SCALE FOR ALL EDUCATORS SO THAT WE MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE TOUCHING EVERYONE APPROPRIATELY FOR TEACHERS AND STAFF. WORKING WITH MS. ERIN THORNTON TO FORECAST FUNDING AND NEGOTIATE A RESTRUCTURED PAY SCALE FOR FY 24.
2425 SCHOOL YEAR, WHICH IS NEXT YEAR.
SO MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE CONTINUING TO ADVOCATE FOR ACCESSIBLE EDUCATION PROGRAMS FOR ALL EDUCATORS AND STAFF AND SUPPORT STAFF, AND SEEKING OUT FUNDING SOURCES FOR CANDIDATES DURING THEIR INTERNSHIPS AND PRACTICUMS AND BUILDING CONNECTIONS WITH LOCAL COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES TO ALLOW EXPERIENCE FOR CREDIT.
SO THAT'S A PRETTY WELL ROUNDED COMPONENT OF PILLAR TWO.
MOVE ON TO PILLAR THREE FOCUS AREA FOR THIS ONE IS HIGH SCHOOL AND MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS HAVE ACCESS TO CAREER COUNSELING IS VERY EXPLICIT IN THE BLUEPRINT THAT WE NEED TO PROVIDE CAREER COUNSELING FOR MIDDLE SCHOOL THROUGH HIGH SCHOOL, SO SIX THROUGH 12.
SO IN AN EFFORT TO DO THAT, WE HAVE ENHANCED OUR STAFF TO AROUND THAT COMPONENT.
SO MISS LINDSAY MCCORMICK IS OUR DIRECTOR OF COLLEGE AND CAREER READINESS.
ERIC COOK IS THE COORDINATOR FOR CAREER READINESS.
AND WHEN WE DO THAT, WE'LL BE DOING WORKSHOPS, FIELD TRIPS.
WE NEED TO THEN WORK TOWARDS STUDENTS WHO ARE NON CCR AND CCR.
SO THE GOAL IS TO HAVE ALL STUDENTS.
THOSE METRICS ARE STILL BEING DEVELOPED.
RIGHT NOW WE ARE USING THE METRICS THAT WE HAVE ALREADY IN PLACE AND THEN WORKING FROM THERE.
SO ANYONE WHO IS NOT CONSIDERED COLLEGE AND CAREER READY BY OUR METRICS, WE WILL HAVE INDIVIDUALIZED LEARNING PLANS, OPPORTUNITIES FOR SUMMER ENRICHMENT OR SUMMER WORK AND COURSE SCHEDULING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THOSE OPPORTUNITIES FOR THEM TO BECOME COLLEGE AND CAREER READY AND WE'LL GIVE THEM THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE REASSESSED OR THEY WILL BE REASSESSED ON THOSE ASSESSMENTS THAT WILL GIVE THEM COLLEGE AND CAREER ACCESS.
SO THAT WILL BE WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH THOSE STUDENTS THAT ARE NON CCR.
WE WANT TO PROVIDE MORE RESOURCES AND MORE OPPORTUNITIES.
SO THEY'LL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO KIND OF GET STARTED REALLY EARLY ON THAT.
WE WANT A PILLAR FOR, WHICH IS RESOURCES TO ENSURE ALL STUDENTS ARE SUCCESSFUL.
SO THAT FOCUS AREA INVOLVES SPECIAL EDUCATION STUDENTS, SPECIAL POPULATIONS, ENGLISH LEARNERS.
THAT BEING SAID, THE TERM ENGLISH LEARNER IS NOW GOING TO BE MULTIPLE LANGUAGE LEARNER.
SO YOU'LL START HEARING MICHELE INSTEAD OF ELL WHEN REFERRING TO THOSE POPULATION OF STUDENTS.
WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO PROVIDE ONGOING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT FOR THOSE STUDENTS.
THERE IS NO SET CURRICULUM FOR MULTIPLE LANGUAGES OR ELL AS WE KNOW.
THEY ALL HAVE DIFFERENT LANGUAGE BARRIERS AND LANGUAGE CHALLENGES.
AND SO WE HAVE TO FIGURE OUT INNOVATIVE WAYS TO MEET THOSE STUDENTS NEEDS.
AS A RESULT, WE NEED TO INCREASE OUR STAFF TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE TARGETED SUPPORT TO BUILDINGS.
SO OBVIOUSLY, WE HAVE MS. CRYSTAL HAYAKAWA, WHO IS OUR SUPERVISOR FOR ML, AND THEN WE HAVE TWO COORDINATORS, ONE FOR ELEMENTARY AND ONE FOR SECONDARY, AS THEIR NEEDS WILL BE UNIQUE AND BOUTIQUE, AND THEN
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WE'LL HAVE A FAMILY COORDINATOR AND MULTIPLE ADDITIONAL TEACHERS TO BOTH LOCKERMAN AND NORTH CAROLINA HIGH SCHOOL AS THOSE ARE THE AREAS THAT HAVE THE HIGHER POPULATION OF MULTIPLE LANGUAGE LEARNERS.WHO KEEPS CHANGING THE TERMINOLOGY BECAUSE IT CHANGES CONSISTENTLY.
I THINK THE MOST RECENT MSG IS THE I'M NOT SURE IF IT'S MSG OR THE FEDS, TO BE HONEST ON THIS ONE.
WE JUST GET IT. WE JUST GET THE TERMINOLOGY CHANGE AND IT COMES FROM MSG.
IT COMES FROM THEY SHARE IT WITH US.
WE DON'T KNOW IF IT'S THE FEDS DOING IT OR I MEAN, IT MAKES SENSE IF YOU THINK ABOUT THERE ARE MULTIPLE LANGUAGES AND THEY'VE ALWAYS BEEN MULTIPLE LANGUAGES AND THEY'RE LEARNING IT WAS FINE THE WAY WE LOVE IT.
WE LOVE TO MOVE AND SHAKE CHANGE.
IT'LL CHANGE. I WILL NOT GET COMFORTABLE.
I CAN PROMISE YOU THAT WILL CHANGE LOTS OF LANGUAGE LEARNING, LOTS OF LANGUAGE LEARNERS.
YEAH. AND I THINK WE ARE WORKING ON ADDITIONAL STAFF IF WE HAVEN'T ALREADY ACQUIRED THOSE AS WELL.
SO ANOTHER FOCUS AREA WE HAVE IS THE COMMUNITY SCHOOLS.
SO NOW I BELIEVE WE HAVE FEDERALSBURG, PRESTON, GREENSBORO AND PURNELL MIDDLE.
IT'S A BIG PROGRAM TO HELP STUDENTS AND FAMILIES AND BRIDGE THOSE CONNECTIONS BETWEEN RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE COMMUNITY AND THE STUDENTS THAT THEY SERVE AND A LOT OF REALLY GREAT RESOURCES. AND I BELIEVE THOSE TWO YOUNG LADIES THAT YOU MET A FEW MONTHS AGO, THOSE WERE THE COMMUNITY COORDINATOR COMMUNITIES, COMMUNITY SCHOOLS COORDINATORS OF THOSE TWO SCHOOLS WILL HAVE ONE FOR COLONEL MIDDLE AS WELL, IMPROVING EDUCATION FOR STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES.
WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO WORK ON PROVIDING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT FOR TEACHERS, BOTH GENERAL EDUCATION TEACHERS AND SPECIAL EDUCATION TEACHERS TO MEET THOSE STUDENTS NEEDS AND IMPROVE OUR PROCESS.
CAN YOU REMIND US? MTS YES, AND I'LL EXPAND MORE ON THAT AT THE NEXT PRESENTATION, BUT MTS STANDS FOR MULTIPLE TIERED SYSTEMS OF SUPPORTS WHERE WE EVALUATE AND MAKE CHANGES AND ADJUSTMENTS TO STUDENTS BASED ON SOCIAL EMOTIONAL BEHAVIOR AND ACADEMIC.
IS THAT TWICE YOU WENT BACKWARDS.
IT'S THE ACCOUNTABILITY SIDE OF THE LOCAL ACCOUNTABILITY SIDE OF THE BLUEPRINT WORK.
AND THE NEXT STEPS FOR THAT IS TO WORK ON OUR DATA SYSTEM, FOR OUR FINANCIAL COMPONENT.
SO WITH VERY LITTLE GUIDANCE WE HAVE SO FAR, I'M GOING TO SHARE THAT LITTLE PIECE RIGHT THERE.
WE HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT THE TEMPLATE IS BEING PREPPED AND ON ITS WAY.
WE'LL SEE WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE.
AID MEETING THIS WEEK WAS SUPPOSED TO BE TODAY.
DID IT GET RELEASED TODAY OR DO YOU KNOW? I TRIED CLICKING ON THE ITEMS AND IT WOULDN'T OPEN BECAUSE IT WAS BEFORE THE MEETING, SO THEY WOULDN'T SHARE THE STUFF AND IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE SHARED TRANSMITTAL, BUT IT DID NOT COME IN THE TRANSMITTAL. YEAH.
SO BUT THEY SAID THAT THEY'RE WORKING ON IT.
DOWNS IS REFERRING TO EVERY WEEK THE STATE SUPERINTENDENT'S OFFICE SENDS AN EMAIL TO ALL THE SUPERINTENDENTS THAT, WHEN PRINTED IS PROBABLY 15, 20 PAGES LONG WITH ABOUT 20 ATTACHMENTS, BUT IT'S THE UPDATE BASICALLY FROM THEM EACH WEEK.
THOSE AREN'T ALWAYS NEW THINGS.
IF YOU'RE GOING TO GET IT, THAT'S WHERE IT'S GOING TO BE, WHICH IS TYPICALLY ON A FRIDAY EVENING.
THE EMAIL COMES OUT. SO WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED THE NEW TEMPLATE THROUGH THEM EITHER.
YES. NO. AND THEY HAVE SHARED THAT IT'S SIMILAR, WHICH IS GOOD TO HEAR.
WHAT WE DID WAS FOR A VERY SHORT PERIOD OF TIME COMPARED TO A FIVE YEAR PLAN.
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SO WE OURS IS LIKE 197 PAGES, I BELIEVE, FOR THIS PAST SUBMISSION.SO I ANTICIPATE IT BEING A LITTLE BIT MORE DENSE WITH THIS NEXT SUBMISSION.
YEAH, THE TOUGH PART IS THAT IT'S GOING TO BE THE WE FINISHED, WE GOT OUR OFFICIAL RECOGNITION FOR GETTING EVERYTHING PAST GOT THE LETTER TODAY BUT LAST WEEK GOT THE OFFICIAL NOTIFICATION THAT IT WAS PASSED WITH RECOMMENDATIONS AND COMMENDATIONS THAT WERE STILL KIND OF PROCESSING THROUGH.
BUT LITERALLY YOU GET LIKE THREE SECONDS TO BE, YEAH, WE GOT IT.
AND THEN NOW BY MARCH, THE NEXT MULTI YEAR PLAN IS DUE AND I'M NOT GOING TO GET ON MY SOAPBOX, BUT THERE'S A LOT TO BE DONE TO BE PLANNED FOR.
SO THE TEMPLATE THAT THEY PROVIDE US WILL PROVIDE A LOT OF GUIDANCE, HOPEFULLY DIRECTION, HOPEFULLY.
BUT THE CHALLENGE IS THE FIRST PLAN.
THE NEXT STEP IS MOVING INTO THE HARDER AREAS OF BRINGING THE BLUEPRINT TO REALITY.
AND THERE ARE A LOT OF QUESTIONS AROUND FUNDING AS IT RELATES TO THE BLUEPRINT OR A LOT OF QUESTIONS RELATED TO THE TERM THAT THE AIB LOVES TO USE AS TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO.
THEY'RE HELPING US UNDERSTAND WHAT THE REALITY OF SOME OF THIS LOOKS LIKE.
DR. WILLOUGHBY'S PILLAR WILL LOOK AT CAREER LADDERS.
WE HAVE A GREAT RELATIONSHIP WITH OUR ASSOCIATION.
WE'VE ALL AGREED TO WORK THROUGH THIS TOGETHER, BUT THERE'S NOT BEEN A GOOD MODEL SHARED TO DATE OF WHAT AN EFFECTIVE CAREER LADDER LOOKS LIKE OR WHAT THEY REALLY ENVISIONED.
LINDSAY IS WORKING WITH MCCORMICK IS WORKING ON CREATING A LOT OF THINGS ASSOCIATED WITH PILLAR THREE IN TERMS OF INDIVIDUALIZED LEARNING PLANS AND CAREER PATHWAYS, AND WE'RE WORKING ON DEVELOPING THIS TO A STANDARD THAT HASN'T BEEN SET YET FOR WHAT IT MEANS TO BE CCR.
BUT WE'RE GOING TO WRITE A 4 OR 5 YEAR PLAN IN PILLAR FIVE.
WE'RE WORKING ON THE GOVERNANCE STRUCTURE ASSOCIATED WITH FUNDING.
TO DATE, SCHOOL SYSTEMS HAVE NOT BEEN PROVIDED WITH THE.
MY READ OF WHAT WAS IN COMMON IS DIFFERENT THAN OTHERS, AND I UNDERSTAND THAT.
AND ERIN WE'RE IN HERE RIGHT NOW.
SHE'S NOT BECAUSE SHE'S IN HER OFFICE WORKING ON ONE SOME THINGS ASSOCIATED WITH BLUEPRINT.
BUT IF SHE WERE HERE, THERE'S THE BOOK THAT MSD GIVES YOU.
THAT'S YOUR CHART OF ACCOUNTS THAT'S NOT BEEN UPDATED WITH ANYTHING RELATED TO BLUEPRINT.
BUT YET OUR MONEY IS SUPPOSED TO FOLLOW THE KIDS AT THE SCHOOL LEVEL.
IF MSD DOESN'T PROVIDE THAT GUIDANCE, YOU'LL GET 24 DIFFERENT VERSIONS OF HOW TO IMPLEMENT IT.
AND I FEEL VERY CONFIDENTLY THAT AFTER THE FACT THEY WILL THEN GIVE US GUIDANCE.
THEY'LL FIND ONE THEY LIKE, AND THEN THAT'LL BE WHAT THEY TELL EVERYBODY TO DO AND REDO.
SO THERE'S A LOT TO GET FIGURED OUT.
THERE'S A LOT FOR US TO FIGURE OUT.
WE WILL. WE HAVE A STRONG TEAM.
OUR FOLKS DID A GREAT JOB BEFORE.
WE WILL DO A GREAT JOB AGAIN OF PLANNING THIS OUT.
BUT THE TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE SIDE WILL BE IMPORTANT WHEN WE GET THAT TEMPLATE FOR ALL OF OUR PILLARS TO GO BACK TO WORK AGAIN AND HELP LIFT THIS THING AS WE MOVE FORWARD.
AND AGAIN, I HAVE ALL THE CONFIDENCE IN THE WORLD, IN OUR PEOPLE.
CAN DO WITH THE BOARD. WE MIGHT NEED TO CONSIDER THAT.
I'LL BE HONEST, IF I DON'T, I WILL JUST SAY THAT IF I DON'T IF WE DON'T GET SOME GUIDANCE HERE RECENTLY OR WITHIN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS BY THE SEPTEMBER BOARD MEETING, I MAY ASK THE BOARD TO CONSIDER A LETTER THAT PERHAPS GOES TO THE NIB ASKING FOR THAT DIRECTION AND SUPPORT. THE THING THAT SCARES MOST SYSTEMS, AND I WON'T SPEAK FOR EVERY ONE OF MY COLLEAGUES, BUT THE THING THAT SCARES MOST OF US RIGHT NOW IS NOT HAVING THAT FISCAL PICTURE. OF THE CHART OF ACCOUNTS.
I'M MORE CONCERNED ABOUT THAT THAN I AM FIGURING OUT A CAREER LADDER.
AND I WOULD SAY THAT OF THE PILLARS THAT WE'RE WORKING ON REGARDING ONE AND THREE AND FOUR, WE WERE SO INNOVATIVE. THIS YEAR.
WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO BE INNOVATIVE.
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WE'RE ALREADY THINKING INNOVATIVELY.SO MANY GREAT IDEAS ARE HAPPENING BECAUSE OF THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING.
WE'RE ALREADY PUTTING THINGS IN PLACE THAT ARE INNOVATIVE IN THOSE COMPONENTS.
SIMMONS THAT THE CAREER LADDER AND THE FINANCIAL THE FISCAL ALIGNMENT IS SOMETHING THAT WE REALLY NEED SPECIFIC HELP ON BECAUSE THOSE AREAS ARE VERY NUANCED.
I MEAN, WE CAN WORK INSTRUCTIONALLY, YOU KNOW, WITH ALL KINDS OF GREAT IDEAS AND OUTSIDE THE BOX THINKING, AND YOU CAN'T DO THAT WITH THE FISCAL BUDGETARY ALIGNMENT AND FOR THAT MATTER, SOME OF THE CAREER LADDER STUFF REALLY HAS TO KIND OF WORK TO MAKE IT MAKE SENSE.
SO AND AGAIN, THERE HASN'T BEEN A CAREER LADDER THAT'S BEEN ACCEPTABLE.
SO WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? JUST OUT OF CURIOSITY, I KNOW OUR CURRENT BLUEPRINT BLUEPRINT PLAN WAS ACCEPTED ABOUT HOW MANY OTHER COUNTIES HAVE ACCEPTABLE PLANS.
THEY ALL, I BELIEVE, WERE ACCEPTED.
ALL WERE ACCEPTED, 20 WERE ACCEPTED AS IS, I THINK FOUR REQUIRED EDITS OR EXCEPTIONS.
AND REALLY THE ACCEPTANCE IS MORE OR LESS YOU PUT IN THE WORK, YOU DID THE BASELINE DATA, YOU KNOW, IT WAS REALLY AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO SET BASELINE AND SET LIKE THE BAR OR THE STANDARD TO BUILD FROM.
SO THAT'S MORE OR LESS WHY EVERYTHING WAS PRETTY MUCH ACCEPTED.
AND I ASK THAT BECAUSE I WAS THINKING THAT IF THAT, THAT MANY WERE ACCEPTED THEN WE.
IF NECESSARY, AS A BOARD SHOULD EXPECT THAT THERE WOULD BE ENOUGH INFORMATION SUBMITTED TO DEVELOP A GUIDELINE OR PLAN TO DISTRIBUTE TO THE COUNTIES FOR WHAT YOU WANT FOR THE FIVE YEAR PLAN SO THAT YOU'RE NOT IN A FOG TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT SOMEONE ELSE REFERRING TO THE CAREER LADDER AND THE OKAY.
SO THAT THOSE TWO COMPONENTS WERE PROBABLY THE LEAST FLESHED OUT IN THE INITIAL IMPLEMENTATION PLAN.
WE WERE WE WERE WRITING TO THE FACT THAT WE'RE GOING TO DO WORK AROUND IT WITH GUIDANCE.
SO THERE WASN'T A FISCAL SAMPLE THAT WE CREATED.
AND I THINK THAT THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT THEY'RE RECOGNIZING THAT THIS NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED QUICKLY.
AND SO I THINK THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF ATTENTION GIVEN TO IT AT THIS POINT.
AND I BELIEVE THERE'S A LOT OF CFO CALLS HAPPENING.
THERE'S A LOT OF COMMITTEES BEING BUILT BECAUSE THEY'RE RECOGNIZING THAT WE NEED TO GET GOING ON THOSE COMPONENTS THAT HAVE TO BE DONE THAT ARE JUST TOO TECHNICAL TO JUST SAY FIGURE IT OUT. RIGHT? SO THAT'S KIND OF WHERE WE ARE WITH THAT.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? OR I HAVE TO SAY I STILL CELEBRATE BECAUSE WE WERE PROBABLY ONE OF THE ONES AND I KIND OF GOT SOME SIDE INTEL ON THAT HAD PROBABLY THE LEAST AMOUNT OF EDITS.
WE ONLY HAD A FEW. A LOT OF US COMMUNICATE WITH EACH OTHER AND THEY'LL SAY, HOW MANY EDITS DID YOU HAVE, ANY EDITS DID YOU HAVE? AND FORTUNATELY WE WERE ON THE LOWER SIDE OF HAVING TO RESUBMIT WITH EDITS.
SO I'M PRETTY PROUD OF THAT FACT AS WELL WITH OUR TEAM BECAUSE WE ARE SMALL BUT MIGHTY FOR SURE.
SO ONE, GOING BACK TO THE MULTIPLE LANGUAGE LEARNERS AND THAT WHOLE MINDSET, JUST KIND OF AN OBSERVATION THAT IF YOU TRAVEL BACK IN TIME 100 YEARS AGO, WE CAN'T REALLY TRAVEL BACK IN TIME, BUT YOU CAN READ ABOUT IT.
THIS IS NOT A NEW DYNAMIC FOR THIS COUNTRY.
AND IN FACT, YOU COULD ARGUE THAT THE MULTIPLE LANGUAGE CHALLENGES OF THE EARLY 20TH CENTURY WAS FAR MORE SIGNIFICANT THAN WE'RE FACING TODAY. THERE MIGHT BE A HIGHER PERCENTAGE OF THE POPULATION THAT IS SPEAKING DIFFERENT LANGUAGES.
I DON'T KNOW THE DATA ON THAT, BUT IF YOU LOOK AT A PLACE LIKE NEW YORK CITY THAT WAS JUST FULL OF EUROPEAN IMMIGRANTS SPEAKING EVERY EUROPEAN LANGUAGE, CAN YOU IMAGINE BEING A TEACHER IN NEW YORK CITY IN 1915 AND YOU HAD GERMAN AND POLISH AND FRENCH AND ITALIAN AND WHAT ELSE? I'M LEAVING PLENTY OUT.
AND YOU'RE AN ENGLISH SPEAKING TEACHER NOW.
MAYBE THE MINDSET IN THOSE DAYS WAS TOUGH.
WE'RE NOT WORRIED ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT YOU KNOW WHAT WE'RE SAYING.
I DON'T KNOW. BUT THAT WAS A HUGE CHALLENGE.
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CAUSED THE NON-ENGLISH SPEAKING PEOPLE TO LEARN ENGLISH, AND THOSE WERE WORLD WAR ONE AND WORLD WAR TWO.ALL OF THESE YOUNG PEOPLE WENT OFF TO WAR.
AND IF YOU DIDN'T SPEAK ENGLISH IN THE MILITARY, YOU WEREN'T GOING TO BE ABLE TO COMMUNICATE.
SO AND ALSO THAT NEXT GENERATION, THEY WERE LEARNING ENGLISH.
THEY WERE SPEAKING ENGLISH, BUT NOT ALL OF THEM.
SO THE TWO WORLD WARS JUST BROUGHT ATTENTION TO THAT AND WORLD WAR ONE, WORLD WAR TWO CAUSED THOSE POPULATIONS TO ASSIMILATE ENTIRELY IN SOME OF THOSE CITIES. THERE WERE EVEN HERE, EVEN TODAY IN CITIES, THERE ARE PARTS OF THE CITY REFERRED TO BY THE ETHNIC GROUP THAT LIVED THERE.
AND THE ITALIANS LIVED IN ONE NEIGHBORHOOD AND THE POLISH IN ANOTHER AND SO FORTH AND SO ON.
AND SO THAT'S THEIR CULTURE, RIGHT? WHAT ASSIMILATED THEM WHEN THEY ALL WENT IN THE ARMY OR IN THE MARINES OR WHAT HAVE YOU, OR MAYBE THE AIR FORCE? THERE WASN'T AN AIR FORCE UNTIL THE END OF WORLD WAR TWO, EVEN THOUGH THERE WAS THE ARMY AIR CORPS.
AND NO, LET'S NOT GO HAVE A WORLD WAR TO SOLVE IT.
THIS IS MUCH MORE INVENTIVE THAN THAT.
THE SECOND QUESTION, MAYBE MORE OF A COMMENT.
SO AT THE END IT SAID BLUEPRINT FOR MARYLAND'S FUTURE.
WHEN YOU CLICK ON THAT IS THE PLAN.
IT GOES TO THE PLAN, IT GOES TO OUR FINAL SUBMISSION.
SO THE TEMPLATE THAT WE SO THAT IS A TEMPLATE THAT WE FOLLOWED.
THIS IS THE FINAL VERSION WITH THE EDITS THAT WERE REQUIRED OF US TOO.
AND SO THAT'S THE THIS IS THE TEMPLATE, RIGHT? THIS IS YES, WE JUST FILLED OUT THEIR TEMPLATE.
YES, WE DID. THEY NEED TO UPDATE THE NAME OF THE GOVERNOR ON THEIR TEMPLATE.
OH, THEY DO. THEY ABSOLUTELY DO.
SO YOU CAN EDIT THEM. I WILL DEFINITELY SEND THEM EDITS.
YEAH, I'M SURPRISED THAT IT'S IN SMALL PRINT.
SO THANK YOU FOR CATCHING THAT.
WELL, I WISH YOU WERE ON OUR COMMITTEE SO THAT YOU COULD HAVE SEEN.
AND WE WERE VERY SENSITIVE TO MAKING SURE THAT'S UPDATED.
SO YOU DON'T WANT TO GET CAUGHT AT THAT.
WHEN I GO ON STATE BUILDINGS, I SOMETIMES WILL LOOK TO SEE IF THEY'VE LOOKED IN THE PHOTOGRAPHS.
THAT'D BE PRETTY EMBARRASSING.
YEAH, BUT ANYWAY, GREAT PRESENTATION.
THE TEAM IS PHENOMENAL AND THEY'RE CONTINUING TO WORK.
THEY'RE TAKING THE WORK THAT WE TALKED ABOUT, WHAT WE WOULD BE DOING IN THE BLUEPRINT.
AND THEY'RE ALREADY ESPECIALLY MS. MCCORMICK HAS BEEN WORKING WITH THE WEB, WITH THE CHESAPEAKE COLLEGE, LOTS OF CONVERSATIONS.
DR. WILLOUGHBY HAS BEEN PREPPING FOR WORKING WITH TEACHERS.
SIMMONS HAVE BEEN TALKING WITH JUSTIN DAYHOFF ABOUT WHAT WE CAN DO FOR ALL THE PILLARS ARE REALLY WORKING TO GET PROACTIVE WITH WITH WHO WE CAN CONTACT AND WHAT WE CAN DO TO GET JUMP STARTED ON THESE THINGS BEFORE WE EVEN REALLY NEED TO BE.
SO YOU'RE NOT JUST DOING WHAT YOU HAVE TO DO AND OKAY, WE'LL CHECK THESE BOXES.
YOU'RE TRULY ALL OF YOU ARE SEEKING TO MAKE IMPROVEMENTS.
AND I THINK WE BELIEVE IN WHAT WE'RE DOING.
SO IT'S A LOT EASIER TO MAKE THE BOARD OF IT.
ABSOLUTELY. TO GO FORWARD WHEN WE BELIEVE WHAT WE'RE DOING AND WE KNOW IT'S THE RIGHT THING TO DO.
SO, YEAH, WE SEE THE VALUE IN YOU TO CELEBRATE.
YES. I'M JUST GOING TO STAY UP HERE.
YEAH. BECAUSE I'LL START WITH THE NEXT.
SO WE WANTED TO BRING TO THE BOARD'S ATTENTION TONIGHT.
IT'S CALLED THE STRONGER CONNECTIONS GRANT.
AND THEN DR. DOWNS, WHO HAS BEEN GIVEN THE GREAT TASK OF WORKING THROUGH THE GRANT DEVELOPMENT AND SUBMISSION, WE'LL TALK TO YOU ABOUT WHAT THE OVERALL GOALS ARE OF THE GRANT THAT WE'VE BEEN AWARDED AND WHAT WE'LL BE WORKING ON OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS.
SO SOME BASIC BACKGROUND INFORMATION.
IT GAVE ABOUT $1 BILLION TO STATE EDUCATION AGENCIES.
SO IN OUR STATE, MSD RECEIVED SOME MONEY WITHIN THAT.
AND IT'S FOR HIGH NEED SCHOOL SYSTEMS. AND EACH STATE WAS ALLOWED TO DEFINE WHAT IT MEANT BY HIGH NEEDS SCHOOL SYSTEMS. MSD RECEIVED 16.14 MILLION FOR 14 LOCAL SCHOOL SYSTEMS. THEY DECIDED TO DIVIDE IT UP OVER 14.
SO A $16 MILLION FOR THE 14 OF US.
WE WERE ONE TO POSSIBLY LOOK AT.
SCHOOL SYSTEMS WERE IDENTIFIED BASED ON SOMETHING CALLED THE SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX.
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NO CLUE WHAT THE HECK THAT WAS.TO BE HONEST, I FIGURED IT PROBABLY IF CAROLINE COUNTY WAS IDENTIFIED, IT PROBABLY INVOLVES POVERTY IN SOME FORM OR FASHION BECAUSE WE'VE HAD THE CONVERSATION ABOUT OUR CENSUS TRACK DATA WHEN THE STATE SUPERINTENDENT WAS LOOKING AT THE NEIGHBORHOOD INDICATORS OF POVERTY AS A WAY TO FUND OUR SCHOOL SYSTEM.
SO IT ACTUALLY DOES INCLUDE SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS.
SO YOUR LEVEL OF POVERTY, LACK OF HEALTH INSURANCE POPULATIONS, THAT IS DONE BY CENSUS TRACK AREA POPULATIONS THAT HAVE NO HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA, HIGHER UNEMPLOYMENT.
THEY LOOK AT CERTAIN HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS, THE NUMBER OF SINGLE PARENT HOUSEHOLDS YOU HAVE.
DO YOU HAVE A HIGH ENGLISH LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY RATE WITHIN THE CENSUS TRACK AREA? AND THEY LOOK AT YOUR RACIAL AND ETHNIC MINORITY STATUS WITHIN THOSE AREAS AND THEN THE HOUSING TYPE INFORMATION, THINGS SUCH AS DO YOU HAVE A HIGH RATE OF MOBILE HOMES IN THAT AREA? DO YOU HAVE CROWDING? DO YOU HAVE A HIGH CONCENTRATION OF FOLKS THAT DO NOT HAVE ACCESS TO TRANSPORTATION? OR IS THERE PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION OR NO PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION? THERE'S A LIST OF ABOUT 16 DIFFERENT ITEMS THAT GO INTO THE SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX, ALL PULLED FROM CENSUS DATA OVER THE LAST FIVE YEARS.
THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT USES THIS IN MULTIPLE AVENUES.
CDC IS ONE OF THEM THAT USES THIS DATA POINT.
AND REALLY IT'S LOOKING AT WHAT IS OUR ABILITY WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY TO BE RESILIENT AND BOUNCE BACK WHEN THERE ARE EXTERNAL PRESSURES OR EXTERNAL STRESSES, THEN DOES IT HAVE AN IMPACT ON HEALTH CONNECTS TO THINGS TO YOU GUYS MAY HAVE HEARD OF IN TERMS OF SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH OR OTHER EXTERNAL THINGS THAT CAN IMPACT OUR ABILITY TO BE HEALTHY. SO BASED ON THOSE CALCULATIONS AND CRITERIA.
CAROLINE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS WAS ONE OF THE 14 SCHOOLS THAT MEETS THAT CRITERIA.
WE WERE NOT AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF SOCIAL VULNERABILITY.
ACTUALLY, WICOMICO COUNTY IS AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL.
WE WERE JUST ABOUT IN THE MIDDLE FOR OUR SOCIAL FOR OUR VULNERABILITY INDEX PIECE.
SO WHY DO I SHARE THAT INFORMATION? JUST SO YOU KNOW, WHERE THE FUNDING SOURCE AND HOW WE WERE IDENTIFIED, IT REALLY FOR KPS HAS TO DO MORE WITH OUR POVERTY, OUR HIGHER RATE OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY, OUR HIGHER RATE OF STUDENTS THAT CONTINUES TO GROW, OUR LACK OF PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION, OUR LACK OF ACCESS TO THOSE SORTS OF THINGS WITHIN OUR BOUNDARIES AND WITHIN OUR CENSUS TRACTS.
WE WERE ENCOURAGED TO APPLY FOR THE FUNDING WHEN IT CAME OUT AND WE DID REACH OUT AND SAID, I THINK THIS WOULD BE A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU GUYS TO EXPLORE AND CONSIDER WHAT WE HAVE TRIED TO TAKE A FOCUS ON WHEN LOOKING AT GRANTS.
UNLESS THERE ARE TITLE GRANTS THAT WE DO APPLY FOR EVERY YEAR, AND EVEN WITHIN THOSE, WE ARE TRYING TO STREAMLINE OUR USE OF GRANT FUNDS TO FOCUS ON THINGS THAT WE ARE PLANNING TO DO OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL YEARS AND FIND WAYS TO USE THOSE FUNDS TO CONNECT TO WHAT THE MISSION AND VISION IS, AS OPPOSED TO GETTING US OFF ON A SIDETRACK CHASING DOLLARS.
WITH THAT IN MIND, A LOT OF THIS GRANT DOES FIT TO THAT CRITERIA.
HOWEVER, THE OTHER CHALLENGE THAT I GAVE TO DR.
TOTARO WAS WE CANNOT BE IN A POSITION WHERE WE'RE USING GRANT FUNDS TO HIRE PEOPLE.
THE STRUGGLE WITH THAT IS IF WE RELY TOO MUCH ON GRANT FUNDS TO HIRE STAFF WHEN THE GRANT DISAPPEARS AND THIS IS A THREE YEAR NONRENEWABLE GRANT, YOU'VE GOT THREE YEARS TO DO SOMETHING WITH IT. WHEN THE GRANT GOES, THE PEOPLE GO.
UM. I DON'T SEE THE MONEY TREE COMING TO DO OTHER THINGS WITH.
SO WITHIN THAT BOX WE DID SUBMIT THE STRONGER CONNECTIONS GRANT, AND I'LL LET TARA TALK ABOUT THAT.
BUT WHAT WE WROTE TOWARDS AND WE DID RECEIVE FULL FUNDING FROM MSC, WHICH TO BE HONEST, WE RECEIVED THE FULL FUNDING, WHICH WAS ABOUT ONE POINT, A LITTLE OVER $1.2 MILLION OF THE TOTAL OF 16.14.
NOT BAD FOR A COUNTY THAT IS SMALLER THAN JUST ABOUT EVERYBODY ELSE WHO QUALIFIED.
SO WITH THAT SAID, TARA, IF YOU DON'T MIND, I'LL LET YOU TAKE IT OVER SINCE YOU WROTE THE GRANT.
I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THIS GRANT BECAUSE WHEN I RECEIVED THE APPLICATION, IT SORT OF KIND OF LENDS ITSELF TO STRONGER CONNECTIONS SOCIAL, EMOTIONAL, SAFE AND HEALTHY SCHOOLS.
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AND I AGREE WITH DOCTOR SIMMONS IN THAT WE JUST CANNOT CONTINUE TO BUY THINGS AND PEOPLE WE NEED TO BUILD OUR CAPACITY OF WHO WE HAVE AND WHAT WE HAVE ALREADY AND MAKE IT SUSTAINABLE AND ONGOING.THAT'S REALLY THE PAIN POINTS THAT WE HEAR WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT EDUCATION, ESPECIALLY AS IT PERTAINS TO OUR STAKEHOLDERS, IS WE'RE FATIGUED, WE'RE GIVEN SO MUCH TO DO.
WE DON'T KNOW IF ALL OF IT WORKS.
HOW CAN WE TELL IF IT'S WORKING AND HOW CAN WE TRAIN UP OUR STAFF TO BE CONSISTENTLY, PROFESSIONALLY TRAINED IN ALL OF THE ASPECTS OF EDUCATION AND ACADEMIC AND BEHAVIOR AND SOCIAL EMOTIONAL? SO WE KNOW ALL THESE THINGS WORK AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WHATEVER WE CREATE IS SUSTAINABLE BEYOND THE LIFE OF THE GRANT.
THAT'S A REALLY GREAT, EXCITING CHALLENGE FOR ME.
SO WHEN WE STARTED LOOKING AT WHAT THIS GRANT COULD DO, WE'D ALREADY DONE A LOT OF WORK RECOGNIZING WE HAD INITIATIVE INVENTORY, WE HAD GRANT MEETINGS TO LOOK AND SEE WHERE ALL OF OUR GRANTS WERE SPENDING AND WHAT WE WERE DOING TO REALLY HELP WITH INSTRUCTION AND HELP WITH INTERVENTIONS.
AND WE HAD ALREADY KIND OF DONE A LOT OF WORK SEEING THAT WE HAD SOME OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY CREATE SOME ALIGNMENT AND BUILD UP SOME MORE EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICES AND ONGOING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT.
SO THE GRANT IS WAS FULLY FUNDED AT 1.2414 90 OVER THREE YEARS.
SO IT'S BASICALLY DIVIDED OVER THREE YEARS.
AND WE ARE WORKING WITH A FACILITATOR, A PARTNER THAT'S GOING TO HELP US WITH THE TRAINING OF ALL OF OUR STAFF STARTING WE'RE GOING TO START THE CENTRAL OFFICE AND THE ADMINISTRATOR LEVEL.
AND BY YEAR THREE IT WILL BE ALL AT THE BUILDING LEVEL WITH TEACHERS.
THIS IS MTS WITH A CAPE AND A BIG OLD S ON THE BACK.
AND ALL OF OUR WORK THAT WE'RE DOING MAKES SENSE, ALIGNS TO OUR GOALS AS A DISTRICT AND ALIGNS TO WHAT'S BEST FOR KIDS SO THAT WE'RE KEEPING AWAY ALL OF THAT FATIGUE. WHERE THERE ARE SO MANY INITIATIVES GOING ON, WE CAN'T TELL WHAT'S ACTUALLY WORKING FOR OUR STAFF AND OUR STUDENTS.
THAT'S KIND OF THE GIST FOR ME WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT WHAT WE NEEDED.
WE HAVE A LOT OF CONSCIOUS DISCIPLINE WORK GOING ON AT OUR ELEMENTARY LEVELS SOCIALLY, EMOTIONALLY.
AND WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT IMPLEMENTING RESTORATIVE APPROACHES, WHICH WAS RESTORATIVE PRACTICES, THE SAME EXACT UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND COHORT, THE SAME EXACT CONCEPT, BUT THEY'RE CALLING IT APPROACHES NOW.
WE HAVE HAD STAFF TRAINED IN THE PAST.
BECAUSE ONCE WE GET THEM ALL TRAINED UP AND ALL THEY HAVE THE CONTINUING EDUCATION ON IT, THEN IT JUST TAKES A SMALL AMOUNT OF RESOURCES TO MAINTAIN ALL OF THE RESTORATIVE APPROACHES. TRAINING WILL THEN CONNECT IT WITH WHAT THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS ARE DOING SO THAT THERE'S A SEAMLESS TRANSITION WITH.
SOCIAL, EMOTIONAL, WELLNESS, CONSCIOUS DISCIPLINE AND RESTORATIVE APPROACHES.
ESTABLISHING IMPLEMENTATION TEAMS, USING DATA TO DRIVE OUR DISCUSSION.
SO WE WANT TO ASK THE QUESTION, OKAY, SO WE'RE DOING THIS INTERVENTION, WE'RE DOING THIS WORK.
HOW DO WE KNOW IT'S WORKING? THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.
TERRY I'LL JUST HIGHLIGHT A BIG PART OF THIS.
WE IMPLEMENT PROGRAMS. WE'RE REALLY GOOD AS A SYSTEM OF STARTING.
WE ARE GREAT AT STARTING AND IMPLEMENTING WHERE WE DRAG, MYSELF INCLUDED AND I'VE BEEN HERE FOR A WHILE WHERE WE DRAG IS THAT BEING ABLE TO SUSTAIN OVER A LONG PERIOD OF TIME BECAUSE WE'RE GREAT AT STARTING THE IDEA.
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PLACE FOR AND WHY IT WAS GOING TO WORK.AND IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN GREAT THINGS.
THERE TRULY IS A EVIDENCE BASED, RESEARCH BASED SCIENCE AROUND IMPLEMENTING AND SUSTAINING CHANGE.
THAT'S WHERE WE NEED TO FOCUS SOME OF OUR COACHING WITH OUR ADMINISTRATORS AND OUR TEACHER LEADERS IS HOW DO WE SUSTAIN THINGS OVER TIME AND HOW DO WE KNOW THAT WE'RE STICKING WITH AND HOW ARE WE GETTING THE RESULTS WE NEED AND MOVE OUT OF THE FIELDS RANGE INTO THE WE KNOW BECAUSE WE'RE SEEING IT BASED OFF THE RESULTS.
SO THAT'S A BIG PART OF THE COACHING THAT IS PART OF THIS AND THAT CAPACITY BUILDING FROM WITHIN.
BECAUSE IF WE'VE HEARD THE COMPLAINT THAT WE JUMP ON THE NEXT THING ONE TIME, WE'VE HEARD IT 100.
AND TO BE HONEST, IT'S ACCURATE.
IT HAS BEEN ACCURATE. WE WANT TO WORK SMARTER, NOT HARDER.
AND SO THAT IS WHAT THIS GRANT WILL HELP US DO.
WE ARE ALSO MAKING SURE THAT EVERYTHING AND THIS WAS IN THE APPLICATION AS WELL, WE CONNECTED ALL OF THE INITIATIVES AND PROGRAMS THAT WE'RE DOING TO THIS GRANT. SO WE'RE NOT WORKING IN ISOLATION.
AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT IF YOU WANT TO GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, I'M SORRY, I THINK, RACHEL, IF YOU WANT TO LOOK AT AND HOW THEY WEAVE TOGETHER, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE THINGS GOING ON WITH LEADS. WE HAVE THINGS GOING ON WITH OUR OWN GOALS.
SO THIS STRONGER CONNECTION GRANT TAKES INTO CONSIDERATION ALL OF THE INDEPENDENT.
THE TITLE GRANTS THAT WE HAVE, ALL OF THE LEADS WORK THAT WE'VE BEEN DOING.
IT'S TAKING IT ALL AND TYING IT TOGETHER.
AND I'M KIND OF LIKING IT TO THAT TWIZZLER THAT HAS LIKE A.
PIECES TO IT. ALTOGETHER, IT'S A BIG, NICE, HEALTHY BUNCH.
INDEPENDENTLY, IT'S NOT A WHOLE LOT.
SO THAT IS WHAT WE'RE WORKING ON TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T LET THINGS SLIP AS WE START MOVING THROUGH THE PROCESS OF WEAVING IT ALL TOGETHER TO MAKE TRUE SYSTEMS CHANGE AND IMPLEMENTING PRACTICES AT THE BUILDING LEVEL THAT WILL SUSTAIN THEMSELVES LONG BEYOND THE ADMINISTRATOR, THE CENTRAL OFFICE PERSONNEL, THE TEACHERS.
SO WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT ALIGNMENT, THIS GOES BACK TO THAT MULTI TIERED SYSTEMS OF SUPPORTS.
WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT BEHAVIOR THAT MIGHT EXPLAIN ACADEMIC ISSUES.
AND SO WHEN WE WANT TO LOOK AT WHY ARE WE PUTTING A STUDENT IN ACADEMIC INTERVENTION IF IT'S A BEHAVIORAL PROBLEM? SO YOU'RE LOOKING AT THIS IS WHERE THERE'S GOING TO BE OUR FOCUS ON WHAT WE USE THESE RESOURCES AND THESE OPPORTUNITIES FOR, BECAUSE IT ESSENTIALLY BOILS DOWN TO THE STUDENT.
IT'S WHAT'S BEST FOR THE STUDENT. SO THAT'S WHAT THIS GRANT REALLY IS GOING TO DO.
YOU DO HAVE THE CREDENTIALS FOR THE PARTNER THAT WE ARE USING.
SHE HAS DONE A LOT OF WORK IN THIS AREA, IN THIS STATE AND OTHER STATES WITH OTHER COUNTIES.
SHE'S ALSO DONE WORK IN CAROLINE COUNTY.
THE SHE DID WORK AROUND THE REDDING REDDING ASSESSMENT.
AND YOU KNOW THAT WE'VE DONE AN AMAZING JOB WITH THAT.
SO SHE IS NOT A STRANGER TO CAROLINE COUNTY.
SHE WORKED THROUGH JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY AND SHE'S WORKED INDEPENDENTLY.
SHE'S A VERY GOOD RESUME FOR TEAM, HAS A VERY GOOD RESUME OF WHAT THEY'VE DONE TO HELP STUDENTS.
WE TOOK THAT WORK CONNECTIONS AND WE RAN WITH IT.
OH, AND I HAVE TO SAY THAT WE RECEIVED A LOT OF REALLY GOOD FEEDBACK, BOTH DR.
WE DO. WELL, IT'S ALWAYS EASY TO WANT TO ADD STAFF.
AND THEN WHAT HAPPENS AFTER THREE YEARS? AND REALLY, AGAIN, THE TALENT IS ALREADY HERE.
WE HAVE IT. WE NEED TO ACCESS IT.
YEP. SO IN THE FIRST SLIDE WHERE IT TALKS ABOUT THE SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX, I IMMEDIATELY THOUGHT OF WHAT DONNA SAID EARLIER, THAT THE TITLE WILL CHANGE.
IT WON'T. YES, WE GOT IT FOR THREE YEARS ANYWAY.
BUT IT DESCRIBES WHEN PEOPLE IN THAT INDEX ARE I THINK I HAVE THE WORDS RIGHT.
THEY'RE CONFRONTED BY EXTERNAL STRESSES ON HUMAN HEALTH.
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SO WHEN THE EXTERNAL STRESS BE LIKE WHAT WE WENT THROUGH WITH THE PANDEMIC, THAT CERTAIN SEGMENTS OF THE COMMUNITY ARE AFFECTED DEEPER BY THAT, OR IS IT ARE YOU REFERRING TO SOMETHING DIFFERENT? IT COULD BE EITHER A NATURAL DISASTER TO GO THAT FAR BECAUSE IT IS USED IN THAT CONTEXT IN THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT LAND AS WELL.ALSO LOOKING AT THINGS, IF YOU END UP WITH SAY, I DON'T WISH THIS TOWN OF FEDERALSBURG BUT SAY SOLO CUP MARYLAND PLASTICS, ONE OF THOSE DECIDES THEY CLOSE A MAJOR BUSINESS MAJOR BUSINESS FOLDS.
HOW DOES OUR COMMUNITY RESPOND? RIGHT. THOSE SORT OF MASSIVE.
OKAY. THAT'S A TREMENDOUS IMPACT.
DOESN'T HAVE TO BE JUST HERE IN DENTON THE FIRE LAST WEEK.
YES. WHAT, 11 FAMILIES? YES. SO THAT'S SIMILAR TO HAVING A FLOOD OR PEOPLE SUDDENLY OUT OF A JOB.
OKAY. SO I WASN'T SURE EXACTLY WHAT I WAS TRYING TO GET AT IN MY HEAD.
YOU KNOW, THE EXTERNAL ECONOMY GOES ON.
THEY MAY NOT HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH MONEY.
IT COULD HAVE TO DO WITH FAMILY SUPPORT LOCALLY.
YOU KNOW, SOMEBODY WHO HAS A LOT OF FAMILY LOCALLY AND SUFFERS THAT KIND OF STRESS OR LOSS.
THEY GET HELP FROM THEIR IMMEDIATE FAMILY.
WELL, IF YOU IF SOMEBODY IS HERE AND ALL THEIR FAMILY IS ELSEWHERE, THAT'S A WHOLE DIFFERENT THING.
AND WE KNOW THAT THOSE CHILDREN ARE MOST VULNERABLE.
WE'VE GIVEN THEM AN EXTRA ADDED STRESS AND WE HAVEN'T MET THE STRENGTH.
WE HAVEN'T ADDRESSED THE NEED WE HAVE.
IT COULD BE. NEW BEHAVIOR ISSUE.
IT'S EXCITING. HAS A LOT OF POTENTIAL.
OH, I'M SO EXCITED ABOUT IT, OBVIOUSLY.
YEAH, I REALLY I'M REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO IT.
WE'VE ALREADY STARTED, EVEN THOUGH THEORETICALLY WE MADE THAT.
WE HAVE THE EMAIL. YEAH, WE'VE BEEN TOLD TO MOVE FORWARD, BUT YEAH.
YEAH, THAT'S GOOD TO GET STARTED.
WE'VE GOT A LOT OF THINGS ALREADY PLANNED TO HELP GET THAT WORK GOING.
EXCELLENT. WELL, BOARD MEMBERS, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMENTS ABOUT THIS? YEAH.
THANK YOU. I'M EXCITED. WELL, WE ARE AT ITEM FOR FUTURE BOARD ACTION.
UNFINISHED BUSINESS, UPCOMING MEETINGS AND EVENTS.
[10. Upcoming Meetings and Events]
LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE THAT UP GETTING BUSY AGAIN.SO WE HAVE OUR BOARD RETREAT TOMORROW WITH A NEW LOCATION.
THE TOWN IS UPGRADING, CONTINUING TO UPGRADE WATER PIPES SO WE WILL NOT HAVE WATER TOMORROW MORNING HERE, AT LEAST FOR A COUPLE HOURS. SO WE WILL BE AT THE SPORT SERVICES BUILDING.
WILL HIGHLIGHT THE NEW TEACHER BREAKFAST.
BOARD PRESIDENT TYPICALLY GIVES COMMENTS AS WE WELCOME OUR NEW TEACHERS.
WE ARE DOING SOME A LITTLE BIT INTERESTING STUFF THAT WEEK.
WE MET TODAY TO KIND OF FINALIZE THERE IS A NEW TEACHER PICNIC ON THE 24TH.
OUR NEW TEACHER BREAKFAST IS AT KERNERSVILLE OR SORRY, AT NORTH CAROLINA HIGH SCHOOL.
NEW TEACHER PICNIC WILL BE AT COLONELS.
THERE WILL BE BARBECUE AND SOME YARD GAMES WHILE THERE'S ALSO A RESOURCE FAIR FOR OUR NEW TEACHERS.
SO I ENCOURAGE THE BOARD IF YOU WANT TO COME OUT MORE RELAXED SETTING AS WELL ON AUGUST 24TH FOR NEW TEACHERS AND STARTING TO SEE ALL THE BACK TO SCHOOL NIGHTS AND MEET THE TEACHER NIGHTS, ALL THOSE FUN THINGS FILLING IN AS WELL.
SO AUGUST 15TH IS THAT THE AUGUST 15TH IS NEW TEACHER.
YES, IT IS. LIKE I SAID EARLIER, ONCE AUGUST HITS.
PRETTY MUCH. NEXT BOARD MEETING IS SEPTEMBER 5TH.
AND UNLESS THERE'S ANYTHING ELSE.
DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN? MAKE A MOTION. I THOUGHT NO ONE WAS GOING TO DO THAT.
WE ARE ADJOURNED.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.