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um which has been very bad. The the teachers that I have spoken with, she has also asked for feedback. Um but the teachers I have spoken to felt that it was very you know it was veryformational for them and and helpful for them. Obviously we'd love to have more you be able to do more and as you know the budget this year we've asked uh for for uh more resources there um in that area. Uh multiple we've had multiple PD sessions from the beginning of the year on artificial intelligence. We've talked a little bit about as a resource, the acceptable use of it obviously for our students, but also to different differentiate instruction for our diverse learners and how you could utilize that to be more efficient in your lesson planning and also just to be able to help those students um or help all students, not just the diverse learners, but all students in their learning.
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So by 2019, so five years later, it became clear that we need to buy some kind of a solution for the storage for the cameras because the cameras were originally were using was the same storage that all of our systems run in. So we had to buy something for these cameras. So we purchased a equipment starting in 2019 called Pivot 3 and that's a custommade device just for video footage. That's what that device does. So now seven years later that equipment is in our data center and we have all of our cameras going into Pivot 3 and that equipment is now toward coming towards the end of its life. So it's based on Dell servers. Dell servers have a 5year warranty. You get two extra years. So seven years is a standard warranty that you could have a server before they become unreliable. So now we're in a position where this coming summer we need to replace that equipment because that equipment is sitting there and it's old and needs to be replaced.
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>> So doesn't the um doesn't Wahiwa does something like this already as part of one of the DOE schools. >> Um I am not uh I don't know. >> Yeah. Oh. >> Okay. Thank you. >> Followup question. So you collaborated with DOE in what form and with whom? >> I have uh meetings with uh the superintendent and his staff. Okay. >> And and there is a person there workforce development as well. >> Okay. >> Uh worked with them last year. Um we were starting our new program for the high school students. that time um everything was not you know time was not enough but we still launched the program and engaged many high school students on this island. >> Oh so the different high schools participate the schools or the students how how does that work? >> Pardon? >> How does that work? the students that are >> yeah students engage with their faculty uh in independent research projects and uh two students per faculty member and they work entire summer 2 months um >> for about 25 hours per >> and how many students you said 10 >> we had 32 students a majority of the students were local high schools from any school that they could come to uh at Manoa >> so with this pathways do Do folks like go to trips to Korea to see how they're doing their agriculture?
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Board of Education and has done this for years and years and years and years. This bill eliminates none of that. It maintains that the university must follow every single federal law that does exist. It only enshrines further protections and requires that the university respond to the 265 Title 9 complaintants of which they only investigated two in their act 242 reporting. I think the legislature wants to >> Okay, thank you very much. Christian Fern, University of Hawaii um professional assembly with comments. See, we have I'm not going to read everybody's name because we have 53 in support. We have opposing seven and comments from four. Is anyone else here or on Zoom wishing to testify on this measure?
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with all the factors that we have, I mean that that we we presented. >> Yeah. It's not just a >> and I and I know it's it's not a final report yet, but I'm just saying you think this is the direction that is best for >> if we're going to continue to meet the expectations of the size of schools that we have and the um all the variety of options that we want to offer our kids that fit their individualized path. And if we want to continue to be um schools that um are reported well on those accountability report cards, we got to do this or something similar. >> No. And that's what we charged you with. We said look at things. We didn't say go one direction or another. We had the high school here last month and they looked at things and they said no change.
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Um, one of the things that was in here though that, you know, really did strike me too is the fact that it's not intended to be a discussion. Public participation isn't because it's not an agenda item. So, I think we have to be careful about turning something into a bigger discussion and that so we need to be able to put it on as an agenda item to discuss. So, I think Agreed. And we don't need to spend too much time on this. I don't I don't think that night it was a discussion. I think it was just a comment about what had been brought forward at the um at the conservation commission meeting. So, so that's all I just wanted to clarify that and just because I like like I said, I I think we all learned something and that night it just happened and uh and so that it was a it was good.
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The benefits of it, school climate, uh the web, every where everyone belongs is our sixth grade orientation. Again, we talked about eighth grade student leaders. They are the ones who teach the lessons. They do the actual lessons with the students. There's an adult in the room, but they do the lessons. It's worked out fabulous. Last year, we had started our unplugged hour for the sixth graders. We got some feedback from them and they wanted to just instead of having the lessons taught to them, they wanted a piece of the unplugged hour to the sixth graders. So, this year, uh, starting in January, we started it now where the seventh and eighth grade have had it all year. And last year, um, the sixth graders now are starting it, uh, up. We have 40, I think we're at like 42 different activities. Crochet, bedazzling, uh, we have sport things, we have, you know, music appreciation.
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So when we started looking into that, we found out that the licensing for that as well was changing and they were adding additional licensing at a at a large cost. So we made the decision, hey, we need to look and see is is this system even still a viable system? Is it still the best system that's out there for us? So we went out and got quotes from all the different components compon all the different components because there's so many components to this and as we did that we looked at other solutions. So we looked at Vicotta and we looked at a vigilanton. So when we got all the quotes in and we looked at all the different systems it became clear that Verata was the winner based upon not only cost because the cost is so much lower than our current solution but also on the feature set and the ease of use for the interface because it's a newer interface.
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>> Oh, absolutely. If there are opportunities, funding is mostly limited. That's the only issue. All this work that we have done so far, all our internal money moving around and we actually pay the faculty um money to for the project. We don't faculty salary but it is to support the project. So you've sent faculty to Korea to >> No, I haven't sent them. >> Okay. No. >> So you've not done any faculty or any any students to Korea? >> Yeah. Uh faculty might have their own programs engagement with other researchers different places but uh this is not a formal arrangement that I have made or we have made. I'm just [clears throat] asking that because I know DOE has sent many many many >> No, we not engaged in >> faculty to to Korea for number of years. >> Okay. Thank you. >> Sure. Should I go a followup question?
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Hearing none members, we are open for questions. >> Question. Senator, this is both for someone from the university as well as DOE. How are you now handling the transgender bathroom facility issues? >> Good afternoon, Chair Kim, Chair Kani, and members of the committee. I'm Nicoima. I'm with the Department of Education, the Civil Rights Compliance Branch. Um so in regards to our transgender youth, we do have our guidance and supports for transgender students that has been in effect um since our 2016 2017 school year. And in terms of facilities such as access to um restrooms and lock rooms, um our transgender our students are um allowed to access to facilities that are aligned with their gender identity. >> Okay. And how are the other students taking this? Do you have complaints? Have you had any issues? Since 2016 um we have had some concerns for some students.
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So I appreciate the update report. I look forward to the final report, >> but just, you know, for clarity, we didn't as a board say go this way or that way. We said look at things and tell us what you think. So, I do appreciate all your efforts. I know this is not something you came up with last night. I know you guys have been working on this for a long time. So, thank you. And and to stand up there for an extra half hour, 45 minutes while you get grilled. >> I do have one last question, though, because this is I know. I'm sorry. >> No, real quick. >> If I I'll bring coffee next time. And the question is talking about MTSS. So when we look at those top 30 middle schools, the 53% that don't use teameing. How many of them use MTSS?
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I appreciated um that we do have to make sure we give equal access to everyone and and I I was a little surprised that like I said, I did remember the Selborough ruling and uh you know, it was pretty >> Yeah. So basically basically unless there's profanity or some sort of >> right I mean it was it was really yeah so anyways and then if you have time limits you have to have that policy. >> That's the other thing too. I mean like you know there there I think there was a mention of time limits as well for public comment which is I think something we sort of loosely enforce but we don't really >> and they have to be enforced. We just don't we just don't enforce it >> and they need to be in writing. >> It needs to be in writing. Yeah.
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There's all different things that our staff, I would say, are passionate about and the kids can are able to see. And it could be a teacher that they they don't have never had or never will have, but it's just another connection um, with a staff member in the building, which again to me is so important in the middle school years. uh say something app and also um I didn't put out here but now I think about is also securely two areas that we have to help us and the Sandy Hook is the um promise is the anonymous reporting system so we have that uh up to this point right now this year we've had 13 um of those uh this year so far and um then we also have securely which I think we've had up to this point now we're at five and again these are just areas these are things that help us to reach out to certain students that are, you know, struggling.
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it's much easier to use. Um, so really Vicotta was the standout choice. And so moving forward on this, so that's kind of the background on how we got to where we are right now. What I'd like to do is bring this over to Jacqueline because she can talk to you a little bit about the financial side of this and what the cost difference is between what we currently use now and what the Vicata system looks like. >> Thank you, John. I just wanted to piggyback off what you were saying on the infrastructure piece. So our milestone current system, the infrastructure costs are significant. So when we in order to compare apples to apples, we looked at this from a 10-year perspective because that's what Ricotta's agreement is is a 10-year perspective. So our current system over the next 10 years would cost $4.6 million and the the new system would cost $ 1.9 or $2 million.
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>> Yes. >> Can you tell me what is um climate smart farming? >> What is that? >> Which is um taking more resilient approaches. What that means is that uh you are doing uh applying sustainable approach that is varieties that can be more resistant to variations in climate that way they can withstand and you also apply cultural practices that can help reduce uh stress on the plant so that it can still be productive when the variations occur. So, so if I was growing one tomato in probably why I help me understand climate change and cultural smart farming. >> Yeah. Um I wouldn't know where this location is yet. I'm still trying to learn >> west side hot dry envir you know I'm trying to grasp this >> backyard. >> Right. So in in those situations you want to um preserve whatever moisture that you have.
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Um it has students or from their parents >> from parents. Um students are more in our experiences students tend to be more understanding of their peers and very supportive. Um in terms of concerns from parents it hasn't been many. Um I don't think it's I don't think it's been more than a handful but I can't don't quote me on that. Um in terms of that um what we do is that we allow um if any student transgender or non-transgender has any kind of privacy concerns then they are they we do offer alternatives for them such as a single stall gender neutral um faculty or health room facilities um for use. >> Thank you. >> Good afternoon chair, vice chair. Um to answer your question, Senator >> identify yourself. >> Oh, I'm sorry. Jennifer Rose, uh office of institutional equity. Also, I am the interim title 9 coordinator for uh Manoa.
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Is that like >> good question >> a thing that is that like the alternative? Is that where everybody's going? >> No, it's not an alternative. It's really an addition to We have MTSS processes in our school. Um but the district is going shifting to a model that would be replicated throughout all the schools in Center Grove. So that students, like I said, if they were in fifth grade and they were went through the MTSS process, we can transfer that information to the middle school and continue that support in through middle school and high school because the language we're going to use, the processors we're going to use are going to be the same. Right now, our MTSS process aren't exact the exactly the same. So, if a student was to move from my school to his school or vice versa or go through the levels of Center Grove schools, um it just creates a little bit more uniform system for tracking students and and that language and um you know, support and we don't know how many other schools.
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What I mean we have time speak out and all that stuff. That's what I remember. >> I could add that to our citizens. >> If we're going to do citizen participation, it needs to be so if we have 10 people and we say you're only you're each can only have three minutes, we have to put that in writing. >> No, I mean >> I think it has to be uh presented at the beginning of the meeting and it has to be consistent whether someone's speaking positively or negatively.
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It could be with bullying, could be with crisis intervention, depression, etc., whatever it may be that it's uh it's an area that we are able to then engage and uh intervene, you know, for those students. And then restorative practices um just and and kind of like what when Mark said made me laugh like I think when people hear that sometimes they think, oh, there's no discipline involved. they think that it's oh everyone's getting together you know and in in a circle we're going to kumbaya type thing that's not the case we've done some of those and we and I know at the lower level Dave I'm sure we'll talk about what they do for their morning meeting and things we don't do that per se but we do a lot of you know in in my eyes it's those opportunities to repair relationships for them for students to really understand especially if it's between two students themselves is finding out what the other person's perspective on it is and it is very tricky because as we know sometimes when we're emotional and we don't do it right away by the way we we wait a little time because when we're emotional we don't want to hear anything right and it's it's it's able to be a to be able to hear the other person's perspective and we talk about doesn't mean they're right or wrong it's their perspective and we have to understand that people will have different perspectives than us so that has been and we've done this for years but I think we're doing more we're trying to do more and more of that and even with our teachers at the beginning of the year we had uh Rich Napoli our dean of students and our assistant principal Ed Bernard did some of the work around the new school climate and state laws around restorative practices also which was professional development for our staff family engagement having uh informative workshops on uh topics of interest.
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So on an annual basis, we're saving over $250,000 and getting newer cameras and a better infrastructure um to support those. And I want to be really clear that the new system is coming out of the exact same budget that our current milestone um cameras are coming out of which is not in our general fund. It is a completely separate fund um that is to be used for infrastructure and facilities only. So we cannot hire staff out of it. We cannot pay for our daily operations out of that. It has to be for facilities and infrastructure related items. >> Good. Thank you, Jacqueline. So at this time I'd like to bring up our verata reps. Uh we have uh once again we have a um excuse me we have mic up guys and you guys can talk a little bit uh to describe we have a statement we have a statement like >> thank you everyone.
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