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AGAIN, LOOK FORWARD TO THE CONVERSATIONS TODAY. WE'RE GOING TO DIVE INTO SOME DATA TODAY. MR. CRYSTAL WILL SHARE SOME OF THE DATA. AGAIN, WE ARE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR WAYS TO IMPROVE OUR PRACTICE AND OUR WAY OF WORK. I AGAIN AS SUPERINTENDENT, I VALUE THESE WORKSHOPS AND THIS OPPORTUNITY TO HEAR FROM US IN AN INFORMAL SETTING TO IMPROVE OUR PRACTICE. WITHOUT FURTHER ADO, I'LL TURN THIS PRESENTATION, THE FIRST PART AROUND CODE OF CONDUCT TO MR. JOSH KRISTOL. FIRST, MR. PORTER. Jim Porter: BOARD MEMBERS, WE HAVE A NEW SHERIFF IN TOWN AND NEW VICE SHERIFF. IF YOU WANT TO SPEAK AND GET INTO THE QUEUE, LET MS. VAUGHN KNOW AND SHE'LL KEEP A LIST AND THE CHAIR WILL CALL ON YOU. [INAUDIBLE] SORRY. START AGAIN OR GO FORTH? THIS IS THE CODE OF CONDUCT THAT WE HAVE, AND IT IS ACTUALLY A TANGIBLE PIECE. IT IS ONLINE AND IT IS SET FOR THE FAMILIES.

Karen Perez: GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE. I'M CALLING THIS WORKSHOP OF JANUARY 30th TO ORDER. MR. AYRES, WOULD YOU PLEASE OPEN THE WORKSHOP? Van Ayres: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. BOARD MEMBERS, OUR WORKSHOP TODAY REALLY THREE-PART. WE'LL START AROUND FIRST OUR CODE OF CONDUCT AND THEN WE'LL HAVE A PIECE AROUND OUR THREAT MANAGEMENT AND THEN FINALLY OUR POSITIVE BEHAVIOR INTERVENTIONS AND SUPPORTS WE DO IN OUR CLASSROOMS. SO WE HAVEN'T HAD A WORKSHOP IN A COUPLE OF MONTHS OR SO. AGAIN, I KNOW THIS KIND OF SEEMS LIKE A FORMAL SETTING, BUT I WANT THESE WORKSHOPS TO BE WHERE I CAN GET FEEDBACK. SO I ENCOURAGE, I LOOK FORWARD TO THE CONVERSATION TODAY AS WE FIRST TALK, MR. CRYSTAL WILL OPEN UP AROUND OUR CODE OF CONDUCT. MS. PEREZ WILL MOVE INTO THE THREAT MANAGEMENT. MS. REHN WITH OUR PBIS SYSTEM. WE'LL TAKE THE FIRST 15, 20 MINUTES, GO THROUGH OUR PRESENTATIONS AND THEN TAKE ANY FEEDBACK FROM THE BOARD.

THIS IS ACTUALLY A GOOD TIME OF THE YEAR TO ACTUALLY TALK ABOUT THE CODE OF CONDUCT BECAUSE WE'RE GOING INTO THE NEXT TWO MONTHS OF HOLDING MEETINGS WITH THE COMMUNITIES AND PARTNERS IN THE SCHOOLS ABOUT THE REVISIONS FOR THE CODE OF CONDUCT. IT'S A GREAT TIME TO TALK ABOUT WHAT IT IS, WHAT'S WORKING, WHAT'S NOT WORKING SO WE CAN GET READY FOR THE 2024-25 SCHOOL YEAR. THIS IS AVAILABLE IN ENGLISH AND SPANISH. IT'S AVAILABLE TO FAMILIES. WHAT IT IS, IT REALLY SETS THE EXPECTATIONS AND THAT'S WHAT IS IN THE CODE OF CONDUCT. SETTING EXPECTATIONS FOR THE FAMILIES SO THEY CAN READ THROUGH AND SEE WHAT THE SCHOOLS EXPECT AND WE EXPECT OF THE STUDENTS AND THE FAMILIES AND WHAT THEY CAN EXPECT FROM THE SCHOOL IN RETURN TO HELP THE STUDENTS IN THEIR CAREER. THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO COMING INTO THE NEXT MEETING.

AGAIN, LOOK FORWARD TO THE CONVERSATIONS TODAY. WE'RE GOING TO DIVE INTO SOME DATA TODAY. MR. CRYSTAL WILL SHARE SOME OF THE DATA. AGAIN, WE ARE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR WAYS TO IMPROVE OUR PRACTICE AND OUR WAY OF WORK. I AGAIN AS SUPERINTENDENT, I VALUE THESE WORKSHOPS AND THIS OPPORTUNITY TO HEAR FROM US IN AN INFORMAL SETTING TO IMPROVE OUR PRACTICE. WITHOUT FURTHER ADO, I'LL TURN THIS PRESENTATION, THE FIRST PART AROUND CODE OF CONDUCT TO MR. JOSH KRISTOL. FIRST, MR. PORTER. Jim Porter: BOARD MEMBERS, WE HAVE A NEW SHERIFF IN TOWN AND NEW VICE SHERIFF. IF YOU WANT TO SPEAK AND GET INTO THE QUEUE, LET MS. VAUGHN KNOW AND SHE'LL KEEP A LIST AND THE CHAIR WILL CALL ON YOU. [INAUDIBLE] SORRY. START AGAIN OR GO FORTH? THIS IS THE CODE OF CONDUCT THAT WE HAVE, AND IT IS ACTUALLY A TANGIBLE PIECE. IT IS ONLINE AND IT IS SET FOR THE FAMILIES.

THE NEXT MEETING WE'LL HAVE WILL BE THE FILLED OF FEBRUARY. THAT'S WHERE WE BRING EVERYONE TO TALK ABOUT. EVEN IF WE'RE CONS EQUATING BEHAVIORS IN THE SAME WAY, PUNISHING TOO SEVERELY OR TOO LIGHT IN OTHER AREAS. AND WE GET THE FEEDBACK. HERE'S WHAT WE'RE SEEING FROM THE CODE OF CONDUCT, WHAT WE'VE SEEN IN THE LAST TWO YEARS WHEN WE LOOK AT THE BEHAVIOR. PROBABLY A GOOD IDEA TO DIVE RIGHT IN. WHAT WE SAW WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE 23-SCHOOL YEAR, SKIPPING IS A BIG THING. REFERRAL RATING. THIS IS NOT BASED ON OUT-OF-SCHOOL SUSPENSION. THIS IS JUST THE REFERRAL FOR IF THEY WERE SKITING OR NOT. WE CAN SEE A BIG PROBLEM WITH STUDENTS NOT GOING TO CLASS. NOT NECESSARILY ABOUT A VIOLENT ACT. IT IS GETTING THEM INTO CLASS. SOME OF THE WAY WE'RE WORKING ON, HYPERFOCUSSED ON HIGH SCHOOLS AND MIDDLE SCHOOLS OF GETTING THE STUDENTS INTO CLASS.

THIS IS ACTUALLY A GOOD TIME OF THE YEAR TO ACTUALLY TALK ABOUT THE CODE OF CONDUCT BECAUSE WE'RE GOING INTO THE NEXT TWO MONTHS OF HOLDING MEETINGS WITH THE COMMUNITIES AND PARTNERS IN THE SCHOOLS ABOUT THE REVISIONS FOR THE CODE OF CONDUCT. IT'S A GREAT TIME TO TALK ABOUT WHAT IT IS, WHAT'S WORKING, WHAT'S NOT WORKING SO WE CAN GET READY FOR THE 2024-25 SCHOOL YEAR. THIS IS AVAILABLE IN ENGLISH AND SPANISH. IT'S AVAILABLE TO FAMILIES. WHAT IT IS, IT REALLY SETS THE EXPECTATIONS AND THAT'S WHAT IS IN THE CODE OF CONDUCT. SETTING EXPECTATIONS FOR THE FAMILIES SO THEY CAN READ THROUGH AND SEE WHAT THE SCHOOLS EXPECT AND WE EXPECT OF THE STUDENTS AND THE FAMILIES AND WHAT THEY CAN EXPECT FROM THE SCHOOL IN RETURN TO HELP THE STUDENTS IN THEIR CAREER. THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO COMING INTO THE NEXT MEETING.

YOU CAN SEE WHERE TARDINESS WAS ONE OF THE HIGHEST. IT'S DROPPING SIGNIFICANTLY. IT IS FOCUSED ON GETTING THE STUDENTS INTO CLASS WHERE WE CAN EDUCATE THEM. MANY OF THE PROBLEMS ARE HAPPENING INSIDE THE HALLWAYS, SO WE'RE WORKING WITH THE MIDDLE SCHOOLS AND HIGH SCHOOLS TO GET THEM IN. IT'S BEEN OVERALL REDUCTION. THE NUMBERS ARE DOWN. THINGS ARE STARTING TO WORK. WE'RE SEEING IMPROVEMENTS WITH THE STRATEGIES. WE'RE SEEING SPECIFICALLY IN THE MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOLS AT THE MOMENT. AND BECAUSE OF THAT WE'LL SEE WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE IN THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS WHERE THINGS ARE STARTING TO SPIKE A LITTLE BIT. BUT YOU CAN SEE A LOT OF WHAT WE'RE DEALING WITH ARE SOME OF THE MORE AGGRESSIVE BEHAVIORS. THEY ARE NOT SEEING -- IT'S KIND OF A MISGUIDE BECAUSE YOU SEE ABOUT SKIPPING CLASS, THAT'S MORE THE HIGH SCHOOL AND MIDDLE SCHOOL. SOME OF THESE MORE DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIORS WE ARE SEEING AND YOU'LL SEE IN THE LOWER GRADES WHERE WE NEED TO START FOCUSING ON WORKING ON THE SOCIAL ENGINEERING WITH THE STUDENTS.

THE NEXT MEETING WE'LL HAVE WILL BE THE FILLED OF FEBRUARY. THAT'S WHERE WE BRING EVERYONE TO TALK ABOUT. EVEN IF WE'RE CONS EQUATING BEHAVIORS IN THE SAME WAY, PUNISHING TOO SEVERELY OR TOO LIGHT IN OTHER AREAS. AND WE GET THE FEEDBACK. HERE'S WHAT WE'RE SEEING FROM THE CODE OF CONDUCT, WHAT WE'VE SEEN IN THE LAST TWO YEARS WHEN WE LOOK AT THE BEHAVIOR. PROBABLY A GOOD IDEA TO DIVE RIGHT IN. WHAT WE SAW WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE 23-SCHOOL YEAR, SKIPPING IS A BIG THING. REFERRAL RATING. THIS IS NOT BASED ON OUT-OF-SCHOOL SUSPENSION. THIS IS JUST THE REFERRAL FOR IF THEY WERE SKITING OR NOT. WE CAN SEE A BIG PROBLEM WITH STUDENTS NOT GOING TO CLASS. NOT NECESSARILY ABOUT A VIOLENT ACT. IT IS GETTING THEM INTO CLASS. SOME OF THE WAY WE'RE WORKING ON, HYPERFOCUSSED ON HIGH SCHOOLS AND MIDDLE SCHOOLS OF GETTING THE STUDENTS INTO CLASS.

VAPE HAS BECOME A SERIOUS ISSUE. MORE SO IT'S VERY PREVALENT RIGHT NOW. HOW DO YOU PUNISH SOMETHING THAT'S COMING IN LIKE THE WAY CIGARETTES DID YEARS AGO? IT'S EDUCATING STUDENTS. THERE IS A LOT OF MISUNDERSTANDING. THERE'S STILL A LOT OF KNOWLEDGE THAT WE NEED ON VAPE AND HOW TO DEAL WITH THIS. WHEN YOU LOOK BY GRADE LEVEL, WHAT'S HAPPENING, YOU CAN SEE LIKE THE NUMBER OF INCIDENTS BY GRADES WHERE WE HAVE TO FOCUS. IT'S THOSE EARLIER INTERVENTIONS. THEY ARE STARTING TO GET IT IN THE HIGHER GRADES. ONCE WE STARTED GETTING THEM INTO CLASS, ONCE WE STARTED MOVING THEM, WE REALLY NEED TO START WORKING ON HELP THE KIDS COME INTO SCHOOL IN THE EARLIER GRADES SO THEY CAN START WORKING WELL TOGETHER. HERE IT IS. THIS IS THE COMPARATIVE BETWEEN LAST YEAR AND THIS YEAR. YOU CAN SEE BETWEEN MIDDLE -- ELEMENTARY, MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL, YOU CAN SEE OUR NUMBERS ARE COMING DOWN IN MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL.

YOU CAN SEE WHERE TARDINESS WAS ONE OF THE HIGHEST. IT'S DROPPING SIGNIFICANTLY. IT IS FOCUSED ON GETTING THE STUDENTS INTO CLASS WHERE WE CAN EDUCATE THEM. MANY OF THE PROBLEMS ARE HAPPENING INSIDE THE HALLWAYS, SO WE'RE WORKING WITH THE MIDDLE SCHOOLS AND HIGH SCHOOLS TO GET THEM IN. IT'S BEEN OVERALL REDUCTION. THE NUMBERS ARE DOWN. THINGS ARE STARTING TO WORK. WE'RE SEEING IMPROVEMENTS WITH THE STRATEGIES. WE'RE SEEING SPECIFICALLY IN THE MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOLS AT THE MOMENT. AND BECAUSE OF THAT WE'LL SEE WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE IN THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS WHERE THINGS ARE STARTING TO SPIKE A LITTLE BIT. BUT YOU CAN SEE A LOT OF WHAT WE'RE DEALING WITH ARE SOME OF THE MORE AGGRESSIVE BEHAVIORS. THEY ARE NOT SEEING -- IT'S KIND OF A MISGUIDE BECAUSE YOU SEE ABOUT SKIPPING CLASS, THAT'S MORE THE HIGH SCHOOL AND MIDDLE SCHOOL. SOME OF THESE MORE DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIORS WE ARE SEEING AND YOU'LL SEE IN THE LOWER GRADES WHERE WE NEED TO START FOCUSING ON WORKING ON THE SOCIAL ENGINEERING WITH THE STUDENTS.

WE'VE BEEN GETTING INTO THE SCHOOLS. WE WORK WITH DISCIPLINE REPORT CARDS. WE CREATED DISCIPLINE REPORT CARDS TWICE A MONTH, GIVING THE SCHOOLS STATUS UPDATES OF WHERE THEY ARE, WHERE THEY CAN IMPROVE, HOW WE CAN KEEP GETTING BETTER THROUGHOUT THE SCHOOL YEAR IN REAL TIME. BUT YOU CAN SEE AND WHEN WE LOOK AT THE ELEMENTARY, THIS IS WHAT IS STARTING TO HAPPEN. YOU'LL SEE THE EARLIER GRADES, THAT'S WHERE WE HAVE TO HELP AND WORK WITH THE STUDENTS COMING IN. WE KNOW THERE ARE STRUGGLES. WE'RE PAST AN EPIDEMIC AND THINGS HAD CHANGED. WE'RE NOW IN THE FOCUS AND HELPING STAGE. THAT'S WHAT WE NEED TO WORK ON WITH THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL STUDENTS. WE'RE NOT GOING TO GIVE UP ON THE HIGH SCHOOL BUT WHAT'S WORKING IS WORKING AND WE'LL KEEP GOING THROUGH THE YEAR. Van Ayres: MR. KRISTOL, A QUICK PAUSE. I DO WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT-OUT THERE.

VAPE HAS BECOME A SERIOUS ISSUE. MORE SO IT'S VERY PREVALENT RIGHT NOW. HOW DO YOU PUNISH SOMETHING THAT'S COMING IN LIKE THE WAY CIGARETTES DID YEARS AGO? IT'S EDUCATING STUDENTS. THERE IS A LOT OF MISUNDERSTANDING. THERE'S STILL A LOT OF KNOWLEDGE THAT WE NEED ON VAPE AND HOW TO DEAL WITH THIS. WHEN YOU LOOK BY GRADE LEVEL, WHAT'S HAPPENING, YOU CAN SEE LIKE THE NUMBER OF INCIDENTS BY GRADES WHERE WE HAVE TO FOCUS. IT'S THOSE EARLIER INTERVENTIONS. THEY ARE STARTING TO GET IT IN THE HIGHER GRADES. ONCE WE STARTED GETTING THEM INTO CLASS, ONCE WE STARTED MOVING THEM, WE REALLY NEED TO START WORKING ON HELP THE KIDS COME INTO SCHOOL IN THE EARLIER GRADES SO THEY CAN START WORKING WELL TOGETHER. HERE IT IS. THIS IS THE COMPARATIVE BETWEEN LAST YEAR AND THIS YEAR. YOU CAN SEE BETWEEN MIDDLE -- ELEMENTARY, MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL, YOU CAN SEE OUR NUMBERS ARE COMING DOWN IN MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL.

IF YOU LOOK AT, WE'VE BEEN VERY INTENTIONAL AND I WANT TO GIVE MR. KRISTOL A SHOUT-OUT AS WELL. WHAT WE MONITOR IS VERY IMPORTANT. MR. KRISTOL CAME OUT THIS YEAR WITH HIS REPORT CARD. EVERY TWO WEEKS GOES OUT TO MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOLS. AS WE GET INTO SOME OF THE LATER CONVERSATION, WE CAN GET INTO THE WAY OF WORK AND PRACTICE AND WHAT HAS BEEN INTENTIONAL ABOUT THE REDUCTION. OVERALL 11% DECREASE FROM LAST YEAR TO THIS YEAR IN NUMBER OF INCIDENTS THAT HAVE OCCURRED ON OUR CAMPUSES. 11% DECREASE FROM 23-24 -- EXCUSE ME, FROM 22-23 TO 23-24. THAT'S BEEN THE INTENTIONAL WORK AROUND PROGRESS MONITORING. I DO WANT TO GIVE A RECOGNITION TO MR. KRISTOL ON THE WORK HAS DONE ALONG WITH THE REGIONAL SUPERINTENDENTS. WE HAVE A LOT OF WORK TO DO. I LOOK FORWARD TO THE CONVERSATION AS WE MOVE THROUGH THIS. BUT I WANTED TO STOP THERE A MINUTE AND THIS 11% REDUCTION OF NUMBER OF INCIDENTS DID NOT OCCUR BY ACCIDENT BECAUSE WE WERE VERY INTENTIONAL ABOUT HAVING OUR STUDENTS REMAIN IN CLASS.

WE'VE BEEN GETTING INTO THE SCHOOLS. WE WORK WITH DISCIPLINE REPORT CARDS. WE CREATED DISCIPLINE REPORT CARDS TWICE A MONTH, GIVING THE SCHOOLS STATUS UPDATES OF WHERE THEY ARE, WHERE THEY CAN IMPROVE, HOW WE CAN KEEP GETTING BETTER THROUGHOUT THE SCHOOL YEAR IN REAL TIME. BUT YOU CAN SEE AND WHEN WE LOOK AT THE ELEMENTARY, THIS IS WHAT IS STARTING TO HAPPEN. YOU'LL SEE THE EARLIER GRADES, THAT'S WHERE WE HAVE TO HELP AND WORK WITH THE STUDENTS COMING IN. WE KNOW THERE ARE STRUGGLES. WE'RE PAST AN EPIDEMIC AND THINGS HAD CHANGED. WE'RE NOW IN THE FOCUS AND HELPING STAGE. THAT'S WHAT WE NEED TO WORK ON WITH THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL STUDENTS. WE'RE NOT GOING TO GIVE UP ON THE HIGH SCHOOL BUT WHAT'S WORKING IS WORKING AND WE'LL KEEP GOING THROUGH THE YEAR. Van Ayres: MR. KRISTOL, A QUICK PAUSE. I DO WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT-OUT THERE.

ALL THE IMPROVEMENTS WE WANT TO MAKE AS A DISTRICT, ALL THE GAINS WE WANT TO MAKE STARTS WITH OUR STUDENTS BEING IN CLASS. THIS 11% REDUCTION, I WANTED TO TAKE A MOMENT, HIGHLIGHT THAT, HIGHLIGHT MR. KRISTOL AND ALL OUR REGIONAL SUPERINTENDENTS BACK HERE AND THEIR WORK. THANK YOU. Josh Kristol: NO, I APPRECIATE IT. WE CAN SEE THAT WE HAVE TO LOOK AT, AS WE DIVE INTO THE DATA WHERE WE CAN KEEP MAKING IMPROVEMENTS. ONE OF THE BIG TOPICS THAT WE ALWAYS LOOK AT IS BULLYING AND WHAT WE ARE DOING WITH THE BULLYING AND HARASSMENT. WHEN YOU LOOK AT BY GRADE LEVEL, WHERE IT'S HAPPENING, IT'S BEGINNING TO MIDDLE SCHOOL. HAPPENING AND SPIKING IN THE MIDDLE SCHOOL. AGAIN, WE GO BACK TO WHERE EARLIER INTERVENTIONS WERE BEFORE MIDDLE SCHOOL. HISTORICALLY A LOT OF DATA WASN'T IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BECAUSE THEY DON'T WRITE REFERRALS ON KIDS A LOT OF TIMES AND A LOT OF TIMES THEY TRY AND WORK IT OUT.

IF YOU LOOK AT, WE'VE BEEN VERY INTENTIONAL AND I WANT TO GIVE MR. KRISTOL A SHOUT-OUT AS WELL. WHAT WE MONITOR IS VERY IMPORTANT. MR. KRISTOL CAME OUT THIS YEAR WITH HIS REPORT CARD. EVERY TWO WEEKS GOES OUT TO MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOLS. AS WE GET INTO SOME OF THE LATER CONVERSATION, WE CAN GET INTO THE WAY OF WORK AND PRACTICE AND WHAT HAS BEEN INTENTIONAL ABOUT THE REDUCTION. OVERALL 11% DECREASE FROM LAST YEAR TO THIS YEAR IN NUMBER OF INCIDENTS THAT HAVE OCCURRED ON OUR CAMPUSES. 11% DECREASE FROM 23-24 -- EXCUSE ME, FROM 22-23 TO 23-24. THAT'S BEEN THE INTENTIONAL WORK AROUND PROGRESS MONITORING. I DO WANT TO GIVE A RECOGNITION TO MR. KRISTOL ON THE WORK HAS DONE ALONG WITH THE REGIONAL SUPERINTENDENTS. WE HAVE A LOT OF WORK TO DO. I LOOK FORWARD TO THE CONVERSATION AS WE MOVE THROUGH THIS. BUT I WANTED TO STOP THERE A MINUTE AND THIS 11% REDUCTION OF NUMBER OF INCIDENTS DID NOT OCCUR BY ACCIDENT BECAUSE WE WERE VERY INTENTIONAL ABOUT HAVING OUR STUDENTS REMAIN IN CLASS.

IT'S HARDER TO ELICIT THE DATA. WHEN YOU SEE IT SPIKING, WE HAVE TO CONNECT WITH THE EARLIER GRADES. IS THAT IN THE PACKET? SLIDE NUMBER 7, OKAY. I APOLOGIZE. IT SHOULD BE IN THE PACKET. THIS IS WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT. THESE ARE SPECIFICALLY BULLYING. SO I CAN EXPLAIN IT IF IT'S NOT THERE. I PULLED BULLYING INCIDENTS ONLY AND BY GRADE LEVEL. YOU CAN SEE WHERE WE'RE HAVING CONCERNS WITH THE MIDDLE SCHOOL. 6, 7, 8, ESPECIALLY AT THIS STAGE OF THE GAME, THAT'S WHERE IT IS HAPPENING. WHEN WE TALK ABOUT WE ARE A DISTRICT OF MIDDLE SCHOOLS AT 6, 7, 8, WE KNOW EARLIER INTERVENTION SHOULD BE AT THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS. MIDDLE SCHOOL IS WHERE THEY COME TOGETHER. THEY WERE ALL TOGETHER IN THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FOR A WHILE, NOW ALL OF A SUDDEN LEARNING TO COME TOGETHER FROM ALL DIFFERENT AREAS AND THAT IS THE FIRST STEP.

ALL THE IMPROVEMENTS WE WANT TO MAKE AS A DISTRICT, ALL THE GAINS WE WANT TO MAKE STARTS WITH OUR STUDENTS BEING IN CLASS. THIS 11% REDUCTION, I WANTED TO TAKE A MOMENT, HIGHLIGHT THAT, HIGHLIGHT MR. KRISTOL AND ALL OUR REGIONAL SUPERINTENDENTS BACK HERE AND THEIR WORK. THANK YOU. Josh Kristol: NO, I APPRECIATE IT. WE CAN SEE THAT WE HAVE TO LOOK AT, AS WE DIVE INTO THE DATA WHERE WE CAN KEEP MAKING IMPROVEMENTS. ONE OF THE BIG TOPICS THAT WE ALWAYS LOOK AT IS BULLYING AND WHAT WE ARE DOING WITH THE BULLYING AND HARASSMENT. WHEN YOU LOOK AT BY GRADE LEVEL, WHERE IT'S HAPPENING, IT'S BEGINNING TO MIDDLE SCHOOL. HAPPENING AND SPIKING IN THE MIDDLE SCHOOL. AGAIN, WE GO BACK TO WHERE EARLIER INTERVENTIONS WERE BEFORE MIDDLE SCHOOL. HISTORICALLY A LOT OF DATA WASN'T IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BECAUSE THEY DON'T WRITE REFERRALS ON KIDS A LOT OF TIMES AND A LOT OF TIMES THEY TRY AND WORK IT OUT.

KNOWING THAT'S WHERE THEY WILL FIRST CONNECT WITH EACH OTHER, THAT'S WHERE WE HAVE TO BE HYPERFOCUS TO MAKE SURE THEY LEARN HOW TO SHARE SPACE. THIS WAS AN ASK. I KNOW THERE WAS THE ACLU LETTER THAT WENT OUT ABOUT THE DRESS CODE. IT WAS UPDATED. IT WAS VETTED BY OUR LAW TEAM AND IT IS ABSOLUTELY RIGHT NOW 100%. IT IS IN THE CODE OF CONDUCT UPDATED WITH THE NEWEST INFORMATION AND NEWEST VERBIAGE. I GUESS THERE WERE CONCERNS THAT IT WAS TOWARDS GENDER CLOTHING, BUT NOW THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT IT SAYS AND THIS IS OUR SCHOOL BOARD POLICY. THIS IS NOT THE FLORIDA STATUTE. THIS IS OUR OWN SCHOOL BOARD POLICY THAT WAS UPDATED. THE FLORIDA STATE STATUTE ON DRESS CODE IS A LITTLE BIT MORE, LITTLE ALMOST HARSHER THAN THE WAY WE DO IT IN OUR DISTRICT. BY THE THIRD TIME, IF A STUDENT DIDN'T WEAR WHAT THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO, THEY COULD LOSE AFTER-SCHOOL PRIVILEGES FOR 30 DAYS.

IT'S HARDER TO ELICIT THE DATA. WHEN YOU SEE IT SPIKING, WE HAVE TO CONNECT WITH THE EARLIER GRADES. IS THAT IN THE PACKET? SLIDE NUMBER 7, OKAY. I APOLOGIZE. IT SHOULD BE IN THE PACKET. THIS IS WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT. THESE ARE SPECIFICALLY BULLYING. SO I CAN EXPLAIN IT IF IT'S NOT THERE. I PULLED BULLYING INCIDENTS ONLY AND BY GRADE LEVEL. YOU CAN SEE WHERE WE'RE HAVING CONCERNS WITH THE MIDDLE SCHOOL. 6, 7, 8, ESPECIALLY AT THIS STAGE OF THE GAME, THAT'S WHERE IT IS HAPPENING. WHEN WE TALK ABOUT WE ARE A DISTRICT OF MIDDLE SCHOOLS AT 6, 7, 8, WE KNOW EARLIER INTERVENTION SHOULD BE AT THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS. MIDDLE SCHOOL IS WHERE THEY COME TOGETHER. THEY WERE ALL TOGETHER IN THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FOR A WHILE, NOW ALL OF A SUDDEN LEARNING TO COME TOGETHER FROM ALL DIFFERENT AREAS AND THAT IS THE FIRST STEP.

EVEN ON THE SECOND INCIDENT, IT IS ABOUT MEETING WITH A PRINCIPAL AND PRINCIPAL MEETING ON DRESS CODE. WE THINK ABOUT HOW MANY DRESS CODE AND PRINCIPAL MEETINGS ON DRESS CODE, WE LOOK A LITTLE DIFFERENT. WHEN YOU LOOK AT WHO IS HARSH, THE FLORIDA STATE STATUTE IS MUCH HARSHER THAN WHAT WE DO. THAT'S WHAT YOU CAN SEE IN THE CODE OF CONDUCT. WE HAVE A BEHAVIOR MATRIX AND GIVE AN EXPECTATION OF WHAT WILL HAPPEN IF A STUDENT OFFENDS, WHAT HAPPENS IF THEY OFFEND MORE TIMES, WHAT WILL HAPPEN. Van Ayres: I'M FINE EITHER WAY. YES, MA'AM.

KNOWING THAT'S WHERE THEY WILL FIRST CONNECT WITH EACH OTHER, THAT'S WHERE WE HAVE TO BE HYPERFOCUS TO MAKE SURE THEY LEARN HOW TO SHARE SPACE. THIS WAS AN ASK. I KNOW THERE WAS THE ACLU LETTER THAT WENT OUT ABOUT THE DRESS CODE. IT WAS UPDATED. IT WAS VETTED BY OUR LAW TEAM AND IT IS ABSOLUTELY RIGHT NOW 100%. IT IS IN THE CODE OF CONDUCT UPDATED WITH THE NEWEST INFORMATION AND NEWEST VERBIAGE. I GUESS THERE WERE CONCERNS THAT IT WAS TOWARDS GENDER CLOTHING, BUT NOW THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT IT SAYS AND THIS IS OUR SCHOOL BOARD POLICY. THIS IS NOT THE FLORIDA STATUTE. THIS IS OUR OWN SCHOOL BOARD POLICY THAT WAS UPDATED. THE FLORIDA STATE STATUTE ON DRESS CODE IS A LITTLE BIT MORE, LITTLE ALMOST HARSHER THAN THE WAY WE DO IT IN OUR DISTRICT. BY THE THIRD TIME, IF A STUDENT DIDN'T WEAR WHAT THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO, THEY COULD LOSE AFTER-SCHOOL PRIVILEGES FOR 30 DAYS.

Karen Perez: MEMBER GRAY. Lynn Gray: [INAUDIBLE] BIG THANKS TO MR. KRISTOL, MS. PEREZ AND MS. REHN AND OUR REGIONAL SOUPS. GOOD TO HAVE THIS WORKSHOP. I FELT LIKE WE NEEDED TO HAVE A LOT OF EXPLANATION ABOUT WHAT IS, WHAT WE NEED TO DO, WHAT'S THE RATIONALE AND MUCH MORE IMPORTANTLY, HOW ARE WE MOVING FORWARD, SUPERINTENDENT AYRES, WITH SUCH VERY, VERY PROLIFIC PROBLEMS, CYBERBULLYING, SOCIAL MEDIA, CELL PHONE, VAPING AND, OF COURSE, POSSIBLE GUN CONTAINING WEAPONRY. THOSE ARE SOME BIG ISSUES. BUT I'M GOING TO ASK QUESTIONS AND I HAVE TO ONLY HAVE A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF TIME. WE'LL JUST ANSWER THEM. I'M ON PAGE 1, WHICH IS THE BEGINNING. DISTRICTWIDE SEVERE DISCIPLINE CONCERNS. HAVE WE HAD -- REMEMBER WE HAD A CHANGE OF PLACEMENT. THAT'S ABSOLUTE SUSPENSION. HAVE WE HAD LESS CHANGE, WE CALL IT NOW CHANGE OF ENVIRONMENTS THIS YEAR VERSUS LAST YEAR OR THE YEAR BEFORE?

EVEN ON THE SECOND INCIDENT, IT IS ABOUT MEETING WITH A PRINCIPAL AND PRINCIPAL MEETING ON DRESS CODE. WE THINK ABOUT HOW MANY DRESS CODE AND PRINCIPAL MEETINGS ON DRESS CODE, WE LOOK A LITTLE DIFFERENT. WHEN YOU LOOK AT WHO IS HARSH, THE FLORIDA STATE STATUTE IS MUCH HARSHER THAN WHAT WE DO. THAT'S WHAT YOU CAN SEE IN THE CODE OF CONDUCT. WE HAVE A BEHAVIOR MATRIX AND GIVE AN EXPECTATION OF WHAT WILL HAPPEN IF A STUDENT OFFENDS, WHAT HAPPENS IF THEY OFFEND MORE TIMES, WHAT WILL HAPPEN. Van Ayres: I'M FINE EITHER WAY. YES, MA'AM.

YES, WE ARE DOWN. WE ARE DOWN MORE THAN 175. YES, WE ARE ABSOLUTELY DOWN. Lynn Gray: IS THE GENERAL CONSENSUS THAT WE WANT TO DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO KEEP OUR STUDENTS IN SCHOOL, IS THAT WHAT WE'RE -- Van Ayres: THAT IS CORRECT. AS WE LOOKED AT OUR CHANGE OF ENVIRONMENTS, WE ARE DOWN 175 NOW YEAR TO DATE. WE EXPECT THAT NUMBER TO BE AROUND 400 AS WE LOOK TO CLOSE OF YEAR AND PROJECT OUT.

Karen Perez: MEMBER GRAY. Lynn Gray: [INAUDIBLE] BIG THANKS TO MR. KRISTOL, MS. PEREZ AND MS. REHN AND OUR REGIONAL SOUPS. GOOD TO HAVE THIS WORKSHOP. I FELT LIKE WE NEEDED TO HAVE A LOT OF EXPLANATION ABOUT WHAT IS, WHAT WE NEED TO DO, WHAT'S THE RATIONALE AND MUCH MORE IMPORTANTLY, HOW ARE WE MOVING FORWARD, SUPERINTENDENT AYRES, WITH SUCH VERY, VERY PROLIFIC PROBLEMS, CYBERBULLYING, SOCIAL MEDIA, CELL PHONE, VAPING AND, OF COURSE, POSSIBLE GUN CONTAINING WEAPONRY. THOSE ARE SOME BIG ISSUES. BUT I'M GOING TO ASK QUESTIONS AND I HAVE TO ONLY HAVE A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF TIME. WE'LL JUST ANSWER THEM. I'M ON PAGE 1, WHICH IS THE BEGINNING. DISTRICTWIDE SEVERE DISCIPLINE CONCERNS. HAVE WE HAD -- REMEMBER WE HAD A CHANGE OF PLACEMENT. THAT'S ABSOLUTE SUSPENSION. HAVE WE HAD LESS CHANGE, WE CALL IT NOW CHANGE OF ENVIRONMENTS THIS YEAR VERSUS LAST YEAR OR THE YEAR BEFORE?

MEMBER GRAY, WE WOULD EXPECT AROUND A 400 DECREASE IN CHANGE OF ENVIRONMENT NUMBERS FROM LAST YEAR TO THIS YEAR. CORRECT, JOSH? Josh Kristol: YES. ALSO, THOSE ARE THE NUMBER OF HEARINGS. THAT'S NOT HOW MANY STUDENTS ARE ACTUALLY THEN MOVED. WE MOVE LESS THAN -- IT'S ABOUT 60% OF THE STUDENTS. IT'S NOT EVEN OF THOSE HEARINGS. IT'S EVEN LESS THAN THAT. THOSE ARE THE DISCIPLINARY HEARINGS. Lynn Gray: THANK YOU, JOSHUA. THE OTHER QUESTION I HAVE, AND THIS IS STILL SUPPORTING THE FIRST PART OF THIS WORKSHOP. DISCIPLINE, THE FIGHTING HAS GOTTEN TO A POINT WHERE IT HAS GOTTEN SUCH FOLKS AS MARLENE SOL KOL FROM THE TAMPA BAY TIMES, THEY ARE NOTING IT. WE HAVE A LOT OF FIGHTING. AND A LOT OF THE STUDENTS ARE ANGRY. THEY ARE COMING TO SCHOOL. THEY ARE USING THEIR SOCIAL MEDIA SITES TO ORGANIZE. WHAT ARE WE DOING ABOUT IT?

YES, WE ARE DOWN. WE ARE DOWN MORE THAN 175. YES, WE ARE ABSOLUTELY DOWN. Lynn Gray: IS THE GENERAL CONSENSUS THAT WE WANT TO DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO KEEP OUR STUDENTS IN SCHOOL, IS THAT WHAT WE'RE -- Van Ayres: THAT IS CORRECT. AS WE LOOKED AT OUR CHANGE OF ENVIRONMENTS, WE ARE DOWN 175 NOW YEAR TO DATE. WE EXPECT THAT NUMBER TO BE AROUND 400 AS WE LOOK TO CLOSE OF YEAR AND PROJECT OUT.

Josh Kristol: THAT'S A LOT OF WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE NEXT LITTLE PIECE IS WE HAVE A LOT OF GROUPS WORKING WITH THE SCHOOLS AND HOW TO WORK WITH THE STUDENTS ABOUT HOW TO DEAL WITH THESE ISSUES, WHO TO REPORT TO. WE HAVE THE AVAILABILITY FOR SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION. IT'S ABOUT NOTIFYING EVERYONE WHAT WE CAN DO FIRST BUT THEN BEING ABLE TO GET TO WORK WITH THE STUDENTS ON WHAT THEY DO IN THE SCHOOL SYSTEM. WORKING WITH EACH OTHER FROM SEVEN MINDSETS AND SOME OF THE OTHER PROGRAMS YOU'LL HEAR ABOUT, HOW TO WORK WITH THE STUDENTS ON THAT SOCIAL LEARNING. RESILIENCY BUILDING. Lynn Gray: I UNDERSTAND THE POSITIVE BEHAVIOR, PBIS. STACY, I'LL ASK YOU A QUESTION ABOUT THAT. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE INTERVENTIONS THAT KEEP STUDENTS IN SCHOOL AND YET WE HAVE CONTINUAL FIGHTING. I HOPE THAT IS ADDRESSED. STACY, YOU WORKED WITH PBIS.

MEMBER GRAY, WE WOULD EXPECT AROUND A 400 DECREASE IN CHANGE OF ENVIRONMENT NUMBERS FROM LAST YEAR TO THIS YEAR. CORRECT, JOSH? Josh Kristol: YES. ALSO, THOSE ARE THE NUMBER OF HEARINGS. THAT'S NOT HOW MANY STUDENTS ARE ACTUALLY THEN MOVED. WE MOVE LESS THAN -- IT'S ABOUT 60% OF THE STUDENTS. IT'S NOT EVEN OF THOSE HEARINGS. IT'S EVEN LESS THAN THAT. THOSE ARE THE DISCIPLINARY HEARINGS. Lynn Gray: THANK YOU, JOSHUA. THE OTHER QUESTION I HAVE, AND THIS IS STILL SUPPORTING THE FIRST PART OF THIS WORKSHOP. DISCIPLINE, THE FIGHTING HAS GOTTEN TO A POINT WHERE IT HAS GOTTEN SUCH FOLKS AS MARLENE SOL KOL FROM THE TAMPA BAY TIMES, THEY ARE NOTING IT. WE HAVE A LOT OF FIGHTING. AND A LOT OF THE STUDENTS ARE ANGRY. THEY ARE COMING TO SCHOOL. THEY ARE USING THEIR SOCIAL MEDIA SITES TO ORGANIZE. WHAT ARE WE DOING ABOUT IT?

I REMEMBER IN 2016 WE OPENED IT UP AND THEN 2018 WE HAD JUST ABOUT SCHOOLWIDE. WHAT IS HAPPENING WITH OUR NINTH GRADE STUDENTS? ON PAGE 6, WE HAVE A TREMENDOUS HIGH NUMBER OF HISPANIC AND BLACK FOLKS -- STUDENTS, EXCUSE ME, GETTING SUSPENDED. AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT INTERVENTIONS, NOT SUSPENDED, BUT BASICALLY, YEAH, THERE'S A LOT OF DATA HERE THAT SUPPORTS REFERRALS OF THE HIGHEST AND IT'S HITTING HARD ON THE HISPANIC AND BLACK. WHEN WE DID THE PBIS, WE WANTED TO HIT THE DISPROPORTIONALITY OF THE BLACK STUDENTS BEING SUSPENDED. LET ME ASK YOU, IS IT WORKING? IT HAS TO BE FULL FIDELITY TOO. CORRECT. I WAS GOING TO SAY WITH SCHOOLS IMPLEMENTING WITH FULL FIDELITY, WE CAN SAY THAT WE ARE SEEING IMPROVEMENTS IN REDUCTIONS, REFERRALS AND SUSPENSIONS. I'LL ADDRESS THAT WHEN WE GET TO THE PBIS SECTION TO TALK ABOUT SOME OF THAT. BUT RECENTLY RAUL AND I TRANSITIONED TO BEING IN CHARGE OF PBIS SO IT'S REALLY HARD FOR US TO SPEAK ABOUT THE LAST FEW YEARS BECAUSE WE WEREN'T THOROUGHLY INVOLVEDTH IN.

Josh Kristol: THAT'S A LOT OF WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE NEXT LITTLE PIECE IS WE HAVE A LOT OF GROUPS WORKING WITH THE SCHOOLS AND HOW TO WORK WITH THE STUDENTS ABOUT HOW TO DEAL WITH THESE ISSUES, WHO TO REPORT TO. WE HAVE THE AVAILABILITY FOR SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION. IT'S ABOUT NOTIFYING EVERYONE WHAT WE CAN DO FIRST BUT THEN BEING ABLE TO GET TO WORK WITH THE STUDENTS ON WHAT THEY DO IN THE SCHOOL SYSTEM. WORKING WITH EACH OTHER FROM SEVEN MINDSETS AND SOME OF THE OTHER PROGRAMS YOU'LL HEAR ABOUT, HOW TO WORK WITH THE STUDENTS ON THAT SOCIAL LEARNING. RESILIENCY BUILDING. Lynn Gray: I UNDERSTAND THE POSITIVE BEHAVIOR, PBIS. STACY, I'LL ASK YOU A QUESTION ABOUT THAT. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE INTERVENTIONS THAT KEEP STUDENTS IN SCHOOL AND YET WE HAVE CONTINUAL FIGHTING. I HOPE THAT IS ADDRESSED. STACY, YOU WORKED WITH PBIS.

WHAT WE'RE SEEING NOW IS DEFINITELY SEEING A REDUCTION. WE ARE WORKING CLOSELY WITH THE HIGH SCHOOL REGIONAL SUPERINTENDENTS IN HAVING THESE DISCUSSIONS. WE'RE INVITED TO THE TABLE WITH THE SCHOOL TEAMS TO TALK NOT JUST ABOUT PBIS BUT STRATEGIES AND PIECES OF THINGS THAT CAN BE IMPLEMENTED TO HELP REDUCE THAT. AND WE DO DISCUSS THOSE NUMBERS AND BRING THAT TO LIGHT STARTING WITH THE STEP ONE OF CREATING THAT AWARENESS. Lynn Gray: AND YOU KNOW THAT PBIS DOES NOT WORK UNLESS THE SCHOOL SITE IS FULL FIDELITY. IT JUST FALLS APART. MY LAST QUESTION AND I KNOW I HAVE TO GET BACK IN THE QUEUE. THERE IS A BIG PUNITIVE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN HAZING AND BULLYING. HAZING DICTATES A SUSPENSION OR FIRST TIER WHATEVER YOUR LANGUAGE IS, BUT BULLYING HAS MORE OF A REFERRAL. HAZING BY DEFINITION THE SECOND PART OF IT ACCORDING TO PAGE 58 -- PAGE 26 AND 38, SORRY, NOT 58.

I REMEMBER IN 2016 WE OPENED IT UP AND THEN 2018 WE HAD JUST ABOUT SCHOOLWIDE. WHAT IS HAPPENING WITH OUR NINTH GRADE STUDENTS? ON PAGE 6, WE HAVE A TREMENDOUS HIGH NUMBER OF HISPANIC AND BLACK FOLKS -- STUDENTS, EXCUSE ME, GETTING SUSPENDED. AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT INTERVENTIONS, NOT SUSPENDED, BUT BASICALLY, YEAH, THERE'S A LOT OF DATA HERE THAT SUPPORTS REFERRALS OF THE HIGHEST AND IT'S HITTING HARD ON THE HISPANIC AND BLACK. WHEN WE DID THE PBIS, WE WANTED TO HIT THE DISPROPORTIONALITY OF THE BLACK STUDENTS BEING SUSPENDED. LET ME ASK YOU, IS IT WORKING? IT HAS TO BE FULL FIDELITY TOO. CORRECT. I WAS GOING TO SAY WITH SCHOOLS IMPLEMENTING WITH FULL FIDELITY, WE CAN SAY THAT WE ARE SEEING IMPROVEMENTS IN REDUCTIONS, REFERRALS AND SUSPENSIONS. I'LL ADDRESS THAT WHEN WE GET TO THE PBIS SECTION TO TALK ABOUT SOME OF THAT. BUT RECENTLY RAUL AND I TRANSITIONED TO BEING IN CHARGE OF PBIS SO IT'S REALLY HARD FOR US TO SPEAK ABOUT THE LAST FEW YEARS BECAUSE WE WEREN'T THOROUGHLY INVOLVEDTH IN.

HAZING HAS THE SAME DEFINITION AS BULLYING ON THE SECOND SENTENCE. SO MY QUESTION IS, AND MAYBE THIS IS SOMETHING WE NEED TO REALLY BE CAREFUL, IF WE'RE DOING THE SAME TYPE OF HARASSMENT BEHAVIOR, ONE IS GOING TO BE -- YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO BE SUSPENDED. THE OTHER ONE, ALTHOUGH THE SAME, YOU'RE GOING TO GET A REFERRAL. I JUST WANT TO MENTION THAT BECAUSE I DID A DEEP DIVE INTO ALL OF THE LANGUAGE. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT MORE UNIFORM. DOES THAT MAKE SENSE, JOSHUA? Josh Kristol: IT DOES. THE PROBLEM IS 28 OF THE CODES FROM HER THE STATE. THEY ARE THE STATE DEFINITIONS WE HAVE TO USE FROM DOE. THE PLIABILITY THAT WE HAVE, IT'S DISCRETION. IT'S WHEN YOU'RE DOING AN INVESTIGATION IN THE INCIDENT. BUT OF THESE BULLYING, THESE ARE THE STATE DEFINITIONS, FLORIDA STATE. DOE. Lynn Gray: NONETHELESS, THOUGH, THAT'S IN THE STUDENT CODE OF CONDUCT.

WHAT WE'RE SEEING NOW IS DEFINITELY SEEING A REDUCTION. WE ARE WORKING CLOSELY WITH THE HIGH SCHOOL REGIONAL SUPERINTENDENTS IN HAVING THESE DISCUSSIONS. WE'RE INVITED TO THE TABLE WITH THE SCHOOL TEAMS TO TALK NOT JUST ABOUT PBIS BUT STRATEGIES AND PIECES OF THINGS THAT CAN BE IMPLEMENTED TO HELP REDUCE THAT. AND WE DO DISCUSS THOSE NUMBERS AND BRING THAT TO LIGHT STARTING WITH THE STEP ONE OF CREATING THAT AWARENESS. Lynn Gray: AND YOU KNOW THAT PBIS DOES NOT WORK UNLESS THE SCHOOL SITE IS FULL FIDELITY. IT JUST FALLS APART. MY LAST QUESTION AND I KNOW I HAVE TO GET BACK IN THE QUEUE. THERE IS A BIG PUNITIVE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN HAZING AND BULLYING. HAZING DICTATES A SUSPENSION OR FIRST TIER WHATEVER YOUR LANGUAGE IS, BUT BULLYING HAS MORE OF A REFERRAL. HAZING BY DEFINITION THE SECOND PART OF IT ACCORDING TO PAGE 58 -- PAGE 26 AND 38, SORRY, NOT 58.

Josh Kristol: YOU'RE NOT WRONG. WHAT WE TRIED TO DO IS GIVE EXAMPLES. IF YOU LOOK AT EXAMPLES AND WHAT IT MEANS. BULLYING HAS BEEN UNFORTUNATELY ONE OF THOSE THINGS PEOPLE HAVE USED IT SO FREQUENTLY ABOUT EVERY INCIDENT THAT'S OUT THERE THAT IT ACTUALLY GOT REDUCED FOR THE WAY IT WAS LOOKED AT IN THE SCHOOLS. IF YOU LOOK AT HARASSMENT, IT'S REALLY HARASSMENT AND BULLYING THAT ARE ALMOST IDENTICAL. HARASSMENT, ONE-TIME BULLYING, REPEATED OFFENSE. WHEN WE DO LOOK AT IT, HOW ARE THEY TREATING EACH OTHER, WITH THE CODE. IT WOULD ALL GENERATE A REFERRAL. IT'S JUST HOW SEVERE. Lynn Gray: HAZING DOES GENERATE A POSSIBLE SUSPENSION. Josh Kristol: CORRECT. THEY CAN WARRANT SUSPENSION. EVERYTHING COULD. YOU HAVE THE ABILITY TO SAY IS THIS WORTHY OF IT? IS THIS KEEPING THE STUDENT SAFE? THAT'S USUALLY WHAT SUSPENSIONS ARE. NOBODY BELIEVES SUSPENSIONS CURE ANYTHING. THEY TRY TO KEEP PEOPLE AT A DISTANCE, WHILE THEY CAN FIGURE OUT WHAT'S GOING ON.

HAZING HAS THE SAME DEFINITION AS BULLYING ON THE SECOND SENTENCE. SO MY QUESTION IS, AND MAYBE THIS IS SOMETHING WE NEED TO REALLY BE CAREFUL, IF WE'RE DOING THE SAME TYPE OF HARASSMENT BEHAVIOR, ONE IS GOING TO BE -- YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO BE SUSPENDED. THE OTHER ONE, ALTHOUGH THE SAME, YOU'RE GOING TO GET A REFERRAL. I JUST WANT TO MENTION THAT BECAUSE I DID A DEEP DIVE INTO ALL OF THE LANGUAGE. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT MORE UNIFORM. DOES THAT MAKE SENSE, JOSHUA? Josh Kristol: IT DOES. THE PROBLEM IS 28 OF THE CODES FROM HER THE STATE. THEY ARE THE STATE DEFINITIONS WE HAVE TO USE FROM DOE. THE PLIABILITY THAT WE HAVE, IT'S DISCRETION. IT'S WHEN YOU'RE DOING AN INVESTIGATION IN THE INCIDENT. BUT OF THESE BULLYING, THESE ARE THE STATE DEFINITIONS, FLORIDA STATE. DOE. Lynn Gray: NONETHELESS, THOUGH, THAT'S IN THE STUDENT CODE OF CONDUCT.

Lynn Gray: GOT IT. MEMBER VAUGHN AND MEMBER PEREZ, I'LL GO BACK IN THE SKEW. I'LL GO BACK IN THE QUEUE. THANK YOU, JOSHUA. Karen Perez: MEMBER VAUGHN. Jessica Vaughn: THANK YOU. FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU FOR THIS WORKSHOP AND FOR ALL OF THIS WORK. I APPRECIATE IT, ESPECIALLY THE FOCUS ON KEEPING OUR KIDS IN SCHOOL AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. I REALLY APPRECIATE OUR DISTRICT'S APPROACH TO THAT. IT HAS A HUGE IMPACT WHEN WE TALK ABOUT ACADEMICS. I HAD SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT THE DATA TO START WITH. ON THE SECOND ONE WHERE WE TALK ABOUT DISTRICTWIDE SEVERE DISCIPLINE CONCERNS, I NOTICED ON THE 2023 CHART WE HAVE PHYSICAL ATTACKS BUT ON THE 2023 TO 2024 WE DON'T. IS THERE A REASON WHY? Josh Kristol: THE DOE REMOVED THAT CODE. IT WAS CHANGED TO SIMPLE BATTERY. Jessica Vaughn: WHAT IS VCR STAND FOR? Josh Kristol: VIOLATION OF CLASSROOM RULES.