(SOUNDING GAVEL). >>Sally Harris: GOOD AFTERNOON. WE ARE EXCITED TO BE HERE FOR THIS WORKSHOP. AND WE ARE HAPPY THAT YOU ARE HERE ADJOINING US. I WOULD AT THIS TIME LIKE TO TURN IT OVER TO SUPERINTENDENT EAKINS. >>Jeffrey Eakins: THIS AFTERNOON, WE ARE GOING TO PROVIDE THE BOARD AN EQUITY UP DATE SO THE PRESENTATIONS WILL BE A LITTLE LONGER BECAUSE THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF WORK THAT'S GONE INTO TODAY AND ALL THE WORK OVER THE PAST YEAR SINCE THE ADOPTION BY THE BOARD OF YOUR POLICY, YOUR RACIAL EQUITY POLICY. BUT WE HAVE TWO PRESENTATIONS. FIRST OF ALL, WE WANT TO GIVE YOU THE COMPLIANCE UPDATE REGARDING EQUITY. THERE IS A REQUIRED BY EVERY DISTRICT TO SUBMIT AN EQUITY COMPLIANCE UPDATE TO THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION AND THAT WAS APPROVED BY THE BOARD JUST RECENTLY AT A BOARD MEETING. DR. HODEN IS GOING TO BE PROVIDING THAT TO LET YOU KNOW WHAT'S REQUIRED OF US AND SHE WILL DO THAT FOR ABOUT 15 MINUTES.
AND THEN THE SECOND PART IS REALLY ABOUT THE EQUITY PLAN. SO THE EQUITY PLAN IS WHAT WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON AS A STAFF OVER THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS W. DR. SPANNER-MORROW LEADING THAT EFFORT WITH ALL OUR DIVISIONS TO PUT LOOKING AT THE PRIORITIES THAT WERE IDENTIFIED IN THE RACIAL EQUITY POLICY BY THE BOARD, AND NOW REALLY PUT THAT INTO ACTIONABLE WORK FOR THE DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS ALL THE WAY DOWN TO OUR SCHOOL LEVEL SITE. SO THIS AFTERNOON IN THAT PART OF THE PRESENTATION WE WILL HAVE DISTRICT STAFF WILL BE MAKING PRESENTATIONS ACCORDING TO THINGS THEY ARE DOING IN THEIR DIVISIONS, TO BETTER ALIGN WITH PRACTICES THAT WILL INCREASE EQUITY FOR STUDENTS AND STAFF HERE IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY. THEN WE HAVE SCHOOL LEVEL STAFF WITH US TODAY AS WELL REPRESENTING THE VARIOUS SCHOOLS WOVE -- AND THEY WILL INTRODUCE THEMSELVES WHEN WE GET TO THAT PORTION OF THE MEETING.
BUT WE DO HAVE THEIR LENS THAT WE WILL LOOK AT. SO THINGS SCHOOLS ARE PUTTING IN PLACE TO DEVELOP EQUITABLE PRACTICES AND CONDITIONS AT THEIR SCHOOL SITES. SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, I AM GO ING TO HAND IT OVER TO DR. HOT IN WHO WILL START WITH MORE THE EQUITY UPDATE THAT WENT TO THE BOARD A COUPLE OF BOARD MEETINGS AGO. >> GOOD AFTERNOON TO THE HONORABLE CHAIR, MS. HARRIS, BOARD MEMBERS, SUPERINTENDENT EAKINS, STAFF, THE VIEWING PUBLIC. IT'S WITH GREAT PLEASURE THAT I PRESENT TO YOU THE EQUITY WORKSHOP. AND AS ALREADY MENTIONED THIS IS BROKEN DOWN INTO TWO PARTS. ONE IS A COMPLIANCE PART. AND WE HAVE BEEN DOING IT SINCE 1987 IF YOU WANTED TO KNOW, BEEN DOING IT SINCE 1987, AND THEN DR. SPANNER-MORROW WILL DO MORE THE EQUITY POLICY OF A STATUS UP DATE. PABLO? THANK YOU. I WILL GET TO THE RIGHT SLIDE HERE.
ALL RIGHT. SO THE 2017-18 EQUITY UPDATE. I JUST WANT TO LET YOU KNOW BEFORE I GET INTO THIS A LITTLE BIT TOO DEEP, IT IS ACTUALLY BROKEN UP INTO SEVEN SECTIONS, AND ONE IS PROCEDURE REQUIREMENTS, AND THEN IF WE HAVE ANY INCOMPLETE ITEMS, EVALUATION OF STUDENT PARTICIPATION, EQUITY AND ATHLETICS, EMPLOYMENT EQUITY, SINGLE-SEX SCHOOLS AND CLASSES, AND PREGNANT AND PARENTING STUDENTS. AND I DID NOT DO THIS ALONE. TODAY, SOME OF THE PEOPLE THAT HELPED ME WITH THIS ARE HERE WITH THE COMPLIANCE AND SOME ARE NOT. BUT PATTY SIMMONS WILL GIVE AN OVERVIEW OF PART 3 WHICH IS ON STUDENT PARTICIPATION. AND PATTY WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR ACTUALLY DOING THE SLIDES, AND INPUTTING THE DATA. BUT IF WE HAVE ANY IN-DEPTH QUESTIONS, ERIC BROOKHOMES AND MRS. KELLY STALLMAKER, THEY ARE HERE IF YOU HAVE ANYTHING ABOUT CLASSES AND PARTICIPATION. AGENDA EQUITY WILL BE MR. ROBINSON AND HE WAS NOT ABLE TO BE HERE TODAY.
BUT BETWEEN WINNIE AND I, WE GOT HIS SECTION. WE GOT HIS BACK. EMPLOYMENT EQUITY, MR. WEST, AND MS. COLLINS ARE HERE IF WE HAVE ANY IN-DEPTH QUESTIONS ON THAT AREA. MRS. SPARKS IS GOING TO GIVE YOU LIKE AN OVERVIEW OF OUR SINGLE- GENDER PROGRAM, IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS ONLY. AND THEN PARENTING -- PREGNANT AND PARENTING STUDENTS. SHE'S HERE. SO WE WILL GET -- THE SUPERINTENDENT ALREADY MENTIONED THIS. ALL DISTRICTS IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA ARE REQUIRED TO DO THIS NOT ONLY SCHOOL DISTRICTS, BUT UNIVERSITIES ARE REQUIRED TO DO THIS ALSO IN THE STATUTE. THE OFFICE OF EQUAL EDUCATION OPPORTUNITY IS RESPONSIBLE KIND OF FOR LIKE COMPLIANCE OVERSIGHT OF AN ACT IN 1984, KIND OF CAME AROUND IN 1984 AND IT STILL EXISTS. IT'S FOR THE EDUCATIONAL EQUITY ACT AND THAT PROHIBITS DISCRIMINATION ON THE RACE, COLOR, NATIONAL ORIGIN, STATUS -- AGAIN OUR STUDENTS AND EMPLOYEES.
WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT, THERE ARE SEVERAL THINGS THAT THEY MONITOR , THAT THEY WANT TO US LOOK AT IF WE HAVE ANY CIVIL RIGHTS POLICIES AND PROCEDURES, AND WE DO. THEY WANT TO LOOK AT PARTICIPATION IN ADVANCE COURSE WORK, AGENDA EQUITY, EMPLOYMENT EQUITY, THINGS ALREADY MENTIONED PART 1, PROSECUTE PROCEDURAL REQUIREMENT. THIS WILL GO PRETTY QUICK. FEDERAL AND STATE LAWS REQUIRE EACH INSTITUTION TO ADOPT A POLICY OF NONDISCRIMINATION. ACTUALLY, PASSED OUT A COPY TO EACH ONE OF YOU ALL THAT WE HAND OUT, THAT THE POP-UP FOR EVERY EMPLOYEE IN THE DISTRICT, AND IT'S ASIDE-BY-SIDE ENGLISH AND SPANISH. AND YOU ALL SHOULD GET IT ALSO. IF YOU HAVEN'T, THEN I PROBABLY NEED TO KNOW WHY YOU DON'T GET THAT. BUT THERE'S THREE ANNUAL NOTICES THAT WE HAVE TO DO. ONE IS RELATED TO VOCATIONAL PROGRAM, AND JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND DISTRICT STAFF KNOW ABOUT OUR VOCATIONAL PROGRAM, AND WE KEEP THAT NOTICE AND EVERYTHING UP DATED ON THE WEBSITE, THE TECHNICAL WEBSITE AND THE HILLSBOROUGH TECH COLLEGES WEBSITE.
THERE IS A CONTINUOUS NOTICE OF NONDISCRIMINATION, THE ONE WE JUST MENTIONED THAT'S GIVEN TO ALL EMPLOYEES, AND WE ARE REQUIRED TO POST IT EVERYWHERE UNDER THE SUN, AND IF YOU HAVEN'T NOTICED, IT'S ACTUALLY PUBLISHED AFTER EACH BOARD MEETING AT THE END. YOU WILL SEE IT RIGHT AFTER EVERYTHING ELSE THAT COMES UP. SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE COMPLIANT AND EVERYBODY KNOWS THAT OUR DISTRICT HAS A NONDISCRIMINATION POLICY. AND WE ARE COMPLIANT. THERE'S ALSO ANOTHER ONE THAT MOST PEOPLE DON'T KNOW ABOUT, BUT IT'S ABOUT THE AVAILABILITY OF REASONABLE ACCOMMODATION FOR ANYBODY THAT'S FILLING OUT EMPLOYMENT APPLICATION AND HR DOES A GREAT JOB MAKING SURE THEY HAVE IT. EVERY YEAR, WE ARE PRESENTED WITH -- SOMETIMES THEY MIGHT SKIP A YEAR -- CALLED A MONITORING WORK PLAN AND THEY KIND LAUGH THROUGH THE DOCUMENT TO SEE IF THERE ARE THINGS THEY WANT US TO UPDATE, CHANGE, DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT.
AND SO WE KIND OF HAVE A COUPLE AREAS THEY WANT US TO LOOK AT. AND SO THEY ARE LIKE ACTION REQUIRED ITEMS BUT THEY WEREN'T MANDATED BECAUSE WE HAD ALREADY DONE MOST OF THEM. BUT WITH THE REASONABLE ACCOMMODATION NOTICE, THEY WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT IT WAS ON THE EMPLOYMENT WEBSITE. IT'S ACTUALLY ALWAYS BEEN INSIDE THE APPLICATION. AND SO THAT'S ALREADY BEEN DONE. EVERYTHING HERE IS BASICALLY ALREADY BEEN DONE. STUDENT PARTICIPATION. MR. BROOKHOLME AND HIS STAFF, TO GIVE YOU A STRATEGY TO INCREASE MINORITY ENROLLMENT. AGENDA EQUITY AND ATHLETICS. WE ALWAYS HAVE A CHALLENGE WITH THE STATE WHEN IT COMES TO CHEERLEADING. WE COUNTED AS A SPORT. THEY DON'T WANT US TO COUNT IT AS A SPORT. BUT IT'S OKAY, AND THEY UNDERSTAND WHY WE COUNT IT AND WHY THEY ALWAYS FIGHT US BACK AND FORTH ABOUT THAT. IT'S A NONISSUE BUT THEY ALWAYS HAVE TO PUT IN THE THERE.
THEN EMPLOYMENT EQUITY UPDATE. THIS WILL UPDATE OUR STRATEGIES HOW TO RECRUIT MORE MINORITIES AND MALE EMPLOYEES, AND THEN PREGNANT AND PARENTING STUDENTS, THEY DID THIS WITH EVERY DISTRICT. THEY JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE, TO ENSURE THAT THOSE STUDENTS THAT ARE PREGNANT OR THEY ARE ALREADY PARENTS, THAT THEY CAN ACTUALLY STAY IN THE REGULAR HIGH SCHOOL SITE, OR THEY HAVE THE OPTION TO GO TO OTHER SITES. SO STUDENT PARTICIPATION. >> I APOLOGIZE IF THE GRAPHS ARE A LITTLE DIFFICULT TO SEE. WE ARE WORKING BETWEEN TWO PLATFORMS. SO HOPEFULLY WHAT YOU ARE SEEING IN FRONT OF YOU IS A LITTLE BIT EASIER TO READ. AS DR. HOTIN MENTIONED WE HAVE TRENDED THESE DATA FOR MANY YEARS AND REPORTED THEM TO THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION. THE COURSE PARTICIPATION DATA ARE ALWAYS TAKEN FROM SURVEY 2, WHICH TAKES PLACE IN OCTOBER, AND THAT PRESENTS SOME UNIQUE CHALLENGES IN REPORTING AS WELL.
THE TRIM LINES REPRESENT THE NUMBER OF ENROLLED STUDENTS IN THAT GROUP, PARTICIPATING OR ENROLLED IN AP, IV, OR ACE COURSE WORK. IN THIS DISTRICT WE DON'T CURRENTLY OFFER ANY ACE PROGRAMS SO THIS WOULD BE BASED ON THE STUDENTS ENROLLED IN AP OR IV COURSE WORK. AND YOU CAN SEE THOSE SUBGROUPS BROKEN AND TRENDED OVER TIME. THIS GRAPH SHOWS YOU THE LAST ELEVEN YEARS, I BELIEVE. AND WHAT'S IMPORTANT TO SEE HERE AND TO PUT INTO CONTEXT OF THE EQUITY REPORT IS EACH YEAR THEY ARE ASKING US FOR EVIDENCE OF SUCCESS AND STRATEGIES TO INCREASE ENROLLMENT OF THESE UNDERREPRESENTED STUDENT GROUPS. AND OUR RESULTS HAVE REALLY BEEN VERY STABLE WITHOUT A WHOLE LOT OF INCREASE. SO THAT'S AN AREA WHERE WE HAVE WORKED WITH TEACHING AND LEARNING. WE HAVE SAT AND SPOKEN WITH LESLIE GRANICH AND ERIC BURKE HOLME AS TO WHAT STRATEGIES CAN HELP US IMPROVE THESE NUMBERS.
THE LAST SUBGROUP THAT YOU SEE ON THIS SLIDE IS THE EL SUBGROUP AND THAT WAS ONLY ADDED LAST YEAR TO THE EQUITY PLAN. THEY BEGAN TO LOOK AT ELL AS A SUBGROUP OF STUDENTS BECAUSE OF THEIR LANGUAGE ACQUISITION CHALLENGES AND NOT NECESSARILY JUST BECAUSE OF THEIR MEMBERSHIP IN THE HISPANIC ETHNICITY. THERE WE GO. PARDON ME. DURING THE MOST RECENT YEAR WE HAD ABOUT A 1% INCREASE IN WHITE AND MALE, I'M SORRY, A ONE PERCENTAGE POINT IN WHITE AND ELL SUBGROUPS. AND THEN WE HAD A ONE PERCENTAGE POINT DECREASE IN BLACK, BLACK MALES, AND OUR HISPANIC SUBGROUP , WITH WHITE MALES AND HISPANIC MALES STAYING AT THE SAME PERCENT PARTICIPATION, IN BOTH IV COURSES. >> DO THEY NOT ASK FOR DUAL ENROLLMENT? >> THAT'S THE NEXT SLIDE. >>Jeffrey Eakins: THANK YOU. BECAUSE I THINK THAT MIGHT TELL THE STORY OF WHY SOME OF THOSE TRIM LINES -- >> QUITE PROFOUND.
AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE ALSO SPENT SOME TIME DISCUSSING WITH TEACHING AND LEARNING. THE NEXT SET OF DATA THAT DOE ASKED US TO PRESENT IS ENROLLMENT TRENDS FOR PARTICIPATION AMONG THESE SUB GROUPS IN OUR DUAL ENROLLMENT COURSES. WHAT YOU DO SEE CONFIRMED IN THIS SLIDE IS THE NICE AND EXPECTED UPTICK IN ENROLLMENT WHEN WE BEGAN OUR COLLEGIATE ACADEMY PROGRAM. SO THIS IS WHAT YOU ARE SEEING HERE, AND I BELIEVE IT THE LAST THREE YEARS REALLY WHERE YOU ARE HAVING THAT STEEP INCREASE IS A REFLECTION OF OUR INTENTIONAL ACTIVITY TO RECRUIT STUDENTS TO THE COLLEGIATE ACADEMY PROGRAMS. SIMILAR TO WHAT WE SAW IN THE OTHER SLIDES, A LOT OF THESE NUMBERS HAD STAYED PRETTY STABLE FOR MANY YEARS, AND THE RECENT UPTICK HAS BEEN PROBABLY MORE PROFOUND IN THE WHITE AND IN THE TOTAL AND WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT LESS INCREASE AMONG SOME OF THE OTHER SUBGROUPS SUGGESTING THAT THAT WE DO A BETTER JOB IN RECRUITING THEM TO TAKE DUAL ENROLLMENT COURSES.
AND AGAIN, THE SAME IS TRUE ON THIS SLIDE. THE ELL SUBGROUP IS A BRAND NEW REPORTING REQUIREMENT, SO WE HAVE ONLY BEEN REPORTING THE PERCENT OF ELL STUDENTS ENROLLED IN DUAL ENROLLMENT FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS. AND THEN THE FINAL PIECE OF DATA LOOKS AT ALL LEVEL THREE COURSE WORK AND THAT COMBINES HONORS, A P, IV, AND DUAL ENROLLMENT ALL IN ONE COURSE. SO IT'S EVERYONE WHO IS TAKING ADVANCED COURSE WORK OR LEVEL THREE COURSE WORK TOWARDS THEIR COLLEGE GRADUATION. SO THESE LINES START A LITTLE BIT HIGHER, IF YOU NOTICED THAT, ON THE TREND, AND THEY CONTINUE TO INCREASE. YOU HAVE A NICE OVERALL RATE OF INCREASE IN THESE GROUPS, THE SAME PATTERN HERE IS EVIDENT IN THE OTHER SLIDES WITH SOME OF THEM FLATTENING IN RECENT YEARS. IF YOU LOOK AT THE BLACK LINE, WHICH IS TOTAL, THAT NUMBER IS REALLY RELATIVELY FLAT FOR THE LAST FEW YEARS.
SOME OF THE OTHER SUBGROUPS LIKE HISPANIC MALES SHOW A LITTLE BIT MORE INCREASE OVER THE LAST THREE YEARS, BUT WE HAVE WORKED TO IDENTIFY A NEW SET OF STRATEGIES TO TREE RECRUIT STUDENTS TO TAKE MORE RIGOROUS AND CHALLENGING COURSE WORK, AND CERTAINLY OUR MAGNET AND ATTRACT ER PROGRAMS ARE PART OF THAT OVERALL STRATEGY. AND I AM GOING TO HAND IT BACK. >> SO PART 4, AGENDA EQUITY IN ATHLETICS. THIS IS PRETTY EASY. WE ARE COMPLIANT. ALL OF OUR HIGH SCHOOLS ARE COMPLIANT IN THIS AREA. SO THERE'S REALLY NOTHING ELSE TO SAY. WE MADE IT. WE DID WHAT WE NEEDED TO DO. PART 5. EMPLOYMENT EQUITY. WE TALKED ABOUT EMPLOYMENT EQUITY A LOT. AND I KNOW DR. SPANNER-MORROW WANTS TO TALK MORE ABOUT THIS IN HER SLIDES. BUT THE OFFICE OF TEACHING, RECRUITMENT AND COLLABORATING WITH OTHER DIVISIONS TO ASSISTING, IDENTIFYING KEY INDIVIDUALS TO HELP IN THE PROCESS OF RECRUITMENT.
THEY HAVE ALSO CONTINUED TO MONITOR THE DIVERSITY DATA, AND THAT TABLE COMES FROM THEM SO YOU KNOW THEY MONITOR THEIR DATA THEY ARE LOOKING AT THE HIGHEST NEEDS AND TEACHING DIVERSITY AND CONTINUE TOP RECRUIT AND RETAIN, NOT ONLY RECRUIT BUT RETAIN HISPANIC EDUCATORS. AND ONE OF OUR GOALS IS TO INCREASE THE AFRICAN AMERICAN AND HISPANIC MEN BY 4%, AND OF COURSE OUR ASIAN POPULATION NEEDS A LITTLE BIT THERE, ALSO. FOR THE 2016-17 SCHOOL YEAR, 13% OF THE TEACHERS SELF REPORTED THAT THEY WERE EITHER HISPANIC, AFRICAN OR ASIAN. 32%. RIGHT NOW, WE WILL HAVE DR. SPARKS TO TALK ABOUT OUR SINGLE- SEX SCHOOLS, AND CLASSES. DR. SPARKS. >> THANK YOU. GOOD AFTERNOON CHAIRPERSON HARRIS, BOARD MEMBERS, SUPERINTENDENT EAKINS, ALL STAFF HERE TODAY. BOYS PREPARATORY ACADEMY OF FRANKLIN MIDDLE MAGNET SCHOOL AND GIRLS PREPARATORY ACADEMY AT FERRELL MIDDLE MAGNET SCHOOL ARE BOTH MODELS OF TITLE 1 HIGH NEEDS, HIGH PERFORMING SCHOOLS.
THEY ARE EXCELLENT EXAMPLES OF HOW TO SUCCESSFULLY CHANGE THE CLIMATE OF A SCHOOL AND DEVELOP A POSITIVE CULTURE WHERE CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT AND ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT ARE FOREMOST PRIORITIES. OVER THE LAST SEVEN YEARS, BOTH SCHOOLS HAVE DEMONSTRATED CONSISTENTLY HIGH RATES OF ATTENDANCE, LOW RATES OF BEHAVIORAL INCIDENTS, CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT, MEASURED BY PERCEPTION SURVEYS OF STUDENTS, PARENTS, AND TEACHERS, ALONG WITH STRONG ACHIEVEMENT GAINS AND PROFICIENCY RATES AS MEASURED BY FCAT PREVIOUSLY, FSA AND EOC EXAMS. USING A GOLD STANDARD EVALUATION MEASURE TO COMPARE THE ACHIEVEMENT LEVELS OF ALL STUDENTS AT BOTH FRANKLIN AND FERRELL, WITH THE MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS IN CO-GENDER SCHOOLS ACROSS THE DISTRICT, FRANKLIN AND FERRELL STUDENTS CONSISTENTLY SURPASS THE STUDENTS AT CO-GENDER SCHOOLS IN SEVERAL AREAS MEASURED ON FSA AND EOC EXAMS. FOR EXAMPLE, IN 2017, THE 8th GRADE BOYS AT FRANKLIN OUTPERFORMED THEIR CO-GENDER PEERS BY A STATISTICALLY SIGNIFICANT MARGIN ON THE FSA, ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS, AND THE SIXTH GRADE GIRLS AT FERRELL OUT PERFORMED THEIR CO-GENDER PEERS BY A STATISTICALLY SIGNIFICANT MARGIN ON FSA MATHEMATICS.
ADDITIONALLY BOTH SCHOOLS SCHOOLS CONTINUE TO REMAIN IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE 2006 AMENDMENTS TO TITLE 9 THAT GOVERN THE IMPLEMENTATION OF SINGLE-SEX SCHOOLS IN PUBLIC SCHOOL SETTINGS, AND THEY CONTINUE TO REMAIN IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE GUIDELINES OF FLORIDA HOUSE BILL 313 THAT TOOK EFFECT IN 2014, PROMOTING AND PROVIDING GUIDANCE FOR SINGLE GENDER PROGRAMS IN THIS STATE. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, DR. SPARKS. NOW, THIS IS OUR LAST SECTION, SECTION 7. IT'S PREGNANT AND PARENTING STUDENT. THERE ARE TWO BASIC MODELS, WHICH IS A BLENDED TEEN PARENT PROGRAM, AND THOSE STUDENT CAN CHOOSE FROM ONE OF THREE SITES, THE OTHER SITE IS DW WATERS, SIMMONS, AND SOUTH COUNTY. YOU CAN SEE THE NUMBER OF FEMALES, BAGS AND TOTAL, MALES, AND THEY MAY CHOOSE TO STAY AT THEIR ATTENDANCE AREA SCHOOLS. AND THEN YOU CAN SEE THE NUMBER OF FEMALE, MALE, HOW MANY BABIES , AND THE TOTAL. AND NEXT, UNLESS SUPERINTENDENT YOU HAVE A QUESTION.
>>Jeffrey Eakins: MRS. HARRIS, THAT'S KIND OF WHAT WE ARE REQUIRED TO DO BY STATE STATUTE. WE HAVE TO SUBMIT A COMPLIANCE REPORT IN THOSE SEVEN AREAS. AND AS DR. HOTIN HAS SAID, SHE WORKS WITH STAFF TO DO THAT AND STAFF IS HERE IF YOU HAVE ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS ON THAT. IF WE WANT TO JUST MOVE ONTO THE EQUITY PLAN PART OF IT, BECAUSE IT ALL RELATES. IN SOME OF THAT WAS SOME CLEAR DATA THAT WE USE TO THEN KIND OF START OUR EQUITY PLAN KNOWING THAT WE HAVE WE HAVE A LOT AHEAD OF US TO WORK ON. BUT IT ALSO ENCOMPASSES OTHER THINGS THAT YOUR POLICIES SPECIFICALLY ASK US TO DEVELOP PLANS. SO I AM GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO DR. SPANNER-MORROW THEN BECAUSE I SEE THE HEAD NOD SO I TAKE YOUR CUES WHEN I SEE THE HEAD NOD. I TURN IT OVER TO DR.
SPANNER-MORROW AND LET HER MOVE INTO OUR EQUITY PLAN. THANK YOU, DR. HOTIN, FOR THAT PRESENTATION. AND THERE MAY BE QUESTIONS AT THE END SO-SO ANYONE INVOLVED IN THE FIRST PART, HANG ON. BECAUSE THAT MIGHT COME A LITTLE LATER. WITH THAT, MINERVA? >>Minerva Spanner-Morrow: I AM WAITING UNTIL WE HAVE THE POWER POINT UP. GOOD AFTERNOON, HONORABLE BOARD MEMBERS, SUPERINTENDENT EAKINS, COLLEAGUES, VISITORS, AND VIEWERS. IT IS MY DISTINCT PLEASURE TO PRESENT UPDATED INFORMATION REGARDING THE DIVERSITY, EQUITY AND INCLUSION WORK THROUGH THE OFFICE OF DIVERSITY AND BY EACH DIVISION. YOU SHOULD HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU A HARD COPY OF THE POWER POINT AND AN UPDATED VERSION OF THE EQUITY PLAN THAT WAS E-MAILED TO YOU LAST WEEK. THERE'S REALLY NO BIG DIFFERENCE FROM THAT ONE AND THE E-MAIL THAT WAS SENT EXCEPT FOR SOME TECHNICAL GRAMMAR SPELLING ISSUES. SO YOU SHOULD HAVE AN UPDATED VERSION. THANK YOU TO ALL OF OUR DIVISIONS, AREA SCHOOL, AREA SUPERINTENDENTS, MEMBERS WHO HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO THE EQUITY PLAN THAT YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU.
I'M SURE THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO HEAR ABOUT THE OFFICE OF DIVERSITY PROJECTS AND ACTIVITIES, BUT I THOUGHT IT WAS IMPORTANT TO BRING OUR EQUITY DREAM TEAM -- JUST KIDDING -- WITH ME TODAY TO REALLY TALK ABOUT HIGH-LEVEL DISTRICT LEADER SHIP TRAINING THAT OCCURRED, BUT HOW IT TRICKLED DOWN FROM DISTRICT LEADERSHIP DOWN TO PRINCIPALS AND THEN DOWN TO THE CLASSROOM. I THINK AND I HOPE THAT THAT INFORMATION WOULD BE VERY VALUABLE TO YOU. A SPECIAL THANK YOU TO BE MY CO- PRESENTERS TODAY, TRISHA Mc MANUS WHO IS LEADING OUR APPRAISALS PRINCIPALS IN TERMS OF EQUITY TRAINING AS WELL. DEBBY COOK, CHIEF ACADEMIC OFFICER WHO HAS EMBEDDED EQUITY WORK ESPECIALLY WITH THE GRADES K-3 LITERACY INITIATIVES. SHE REALLY INVOLVES HER TEAM WITH THE ASPIRIN INSTITUTE WHICH AS YOU KNOW IS A RENOWNED NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION THAT PROMOTES EQUITY. WE HAVE OUR AREA SUPERINTENDENT DR. MICHELLE FITZGERALD WHO HAS FOCUSED ON CLOSING THE ACHIEVEMENT GAP THROUGH PERSONALIZED LEARNING.