Jessica Vaughn: THE SCHOOL BOARD WORKSHOP FOR OCTOBER 7, 2025, SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT PRESENTATIONS BY D AND F CHARTER SCHOOLS IS NOW STARTING. I'LL HAND IT OFF TO SUPERINTENDENT AYRES. Van Ayres: BOARD MEMBERS, YOU ARE FAMILIAR WITH THIS AS WE'VE HAD THESE IN YEARS PAST. JUST FOR PERSPECTIVE, FLORIDA STATUTE 1,002.33 REQUIRES THE DIRECTOR AND REPRESENTATIVE OF THE GOVERNING BOARD OF CHARTER SCHOOLS THAT EARNED A D OR F TO APPEAR BEFORE THE SPONSOR TO PRESENT AN IMPROVEMENT PLAN TO RAISE STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT. TODAY WE'LL BE HEARING FROM TWO SCHOOLS. YOU WILL NOT BE VOTING TO APPROVE OR DENY ITEMS.
RATHER, AFTER THE 20-MINUTE PRESENTATIONS YOU'LL HAVE APPROXIMATELY 10 MINUTES TO ASK THE SCHOOL REPRESENTATIVES ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE. AGAIN, THERE WAS NO VOTING APPROVING OR DENYING THESE PLANS. YOU WILL JUST HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO HEAR THE PRESENTATION AND ASK ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE. THE CHARTER OFFICE WILL MONITOR THE SCHOOLS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR AND MEET WITH THEM AFTER EACH STATE PROGRESS MONITORING WINDOW. WITH THAT BEING SAID, I'LL TOSS IT OVER TO ANGELA CROOKS WHO IS DIRECTOR OF OUR CHARTER OFFICE. ANGELA. GOOD MORNING AND THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE TODAY. AND FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO HEAR DIRECTLY FROM OUR SCHOOLS. WHILE WE HAVE BEEN INVOLVED WITH THEM AND SUPPORTING THEM, TODAY IS NOT ONLY REQUIRED BY STATUTE BUT GIVES US SPACE TO HEAR FROM THEM ABOUT THEIR CHALLENGES AND THE STEPS AROUND THEIR SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT PLAN. THE FIRST SCHOOL THAT WE HAVE COMING UP TODAY IS KCC.
THEY OPENED IN 2012. CONTRACTS EXPIRES IN 2027. GOT YOUR BINDERS, IN YOUR BINDERS HAVE A COUPLE OF THINGS. KAREN. CAN EVERYBODY TALK A LITTLE LOUDER? GOOD MORNING. THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTINUED DEDICATION AND WILLINGNESS TO SERVE OUR STUDENTS. I DON'T DISCREDIT WHAT IT TAKES TO GIVE YOURSELF IN PUBLIC SERVICE. THANK YOU. I'M HERE TODAY AS PRINCIPAL OF KCC SOUTHEAST ALONG WITH BOARD CHAIR, MR. TODD HAMMONDS, MY EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, BLACKMAN, AND MY ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL, MS. FLETCHER. WE'RE HERE TODAY TO REVIEW OUR SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT PLAN, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO START WITH AN OVERVIEW, IF THAT'S OKAY. FOR TWO YEARS, KCC SOUTHEAST HAS NOT PERFORMED AT THE LEVEL WE ARE USED TO. I DON'T EVER WANT TO HAVE TO BE HERE AGAIN. WE HAVE SOME AMAZING STAFF FAMILY AND FAMILIES, BUT THE LEADERSHIP AND STRUCTURE AT OUR SCHOOL HAS BEEN INEFFECTIVE. AS I'VE GOTTEN TO KNOW MANY OF YOU, I DID SERVE AS THE CAMPUS DIRECTOR AT OUR SOUTH CAMPUS FOR 13 YEARS SUCCESSFULLY.
WE WERE NEVER A D SCHOOL. I'VE SPENT THE LAST TWO YEARS BEHIND THE SCENES IN A MORE ADMINISTRATIVE ROLE, BUT IT WAS IMPORTANT FOR ME TO STEP BACK IN AS PRINCIPAL FOR 25-26 SCHOOL YEAR TO GET US BACK ON TRACK. I'LL DO THIS WORK WHILE DEVELOPING FUTURE LEADERS ALONGSIDE ME TO MAKE SURE WE ARE PREPARED TO MOVE FORWARD FOR THE BEST OF THE COMMUNITY. ATTENTION IS BEING PAID TO THE OVERALL SCHOOL CULTURE ENSURING NEEDS OF EACH STAKEHOLDER ARE HEARD AND HOMESCHOOL PARTNERSHIPS ARE STRONGLY ESTABLISHED AS THAT HAS LONG BEEN OUR STRENGTH. ALL THESE THINGS ARE BEING ACCOMPLISHED AS THEY WERE ALSO IMPACT OUR STUDENT OUTCOMES. OF COURSE, OUR SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT PLANS SPEAKS JUST TO THE ACADEMIC PIECE. I WANT YOU TO KNOW THE PICTURE IS BIGGER. AS FOR OUR SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT PLAN, LEADERSHIP ALSO PRESENTED THEIR PLAN LAST YEAR, AND THERE WAS SOME SUCCESS. OUR ELA DID MOVE IN A POSITIVE DIRECTION.
IT JUST WASN'T ENOUGH AND IN THE PROCESS, OUR MATH SCORES PLUMMETED. FOR 25-26, WE SHALL FOCUS ON FIVE AREAS THAT WE BELIEVE WILL HAVE THE BIGGEST IMPACT ON OUTCOMES AND OUR SCHOOL GRADE, WHICH IS REALLY WHAT WE'RE HERE TO TALK ABOUT. FIRST OF ALL, WE ARE WORKING ON TIER ONE INSTRUCTION IN MATH. AS I JUST TOLD YOU, THAT WAS AN AREA OF SIGNIFICANT WEAKNESS LAST YEAR. GRADES THREE THROUGH EIGHT, WE WANT TO GET THOSE SCORES TO OVER 50 PERCENT. OH, THANK YOU. YOU ALL HAVE THOSE. FROM THAT SLIDE, UNDERSTAND WE HAVE A LARGE POPULATION OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE STUDENTS AND FREE AND REDUCED STUDENTS. THERE YOU CAN SEE OUR BIG DROPS IN MATH ACHIEVEMENT FROM 34 TO 24, FROM 41 TO 33. THAT'S WHAT WE'RE REALLY TRYING TO HIT WITH OUR FIRST POINT. THE FIRST AREA, LIKE I SAID, IS OUR TIER ONE INSTRUCTION IN MATH TO GET TO 50% OVERALL IN GRADES 3 THROUGH 8, USING I EXCEL, USING IT BOTH AT HOME AND AT SCHOOL BEING ABLE TO TRACK THEIR DATA MORE CLOSELY, NOT JUST FOR OUR TIER TWO AND TIER THREE KIDS BUT ALSO TIER ONE KIDS.
THAT'S OUR DATA FROM LAST SCHOOL YEAR. AND THE INTERVENTIONS THAT I JUST MENTIONED. WE'VE ALREADY BEGUN OUR MONTHLY MONITORING, AND WE MET FOLLOWING OUR FIRST BENCHMARK ASSESSMENT WITH THE CHARTER OFFICE YESTERDAY. WE'VE ALREADY PUT IXL IN PLACE. WE MET OUR ACTION STEPS UP TO THIS POINT. WE'VE COMMUNICATED TO OUR FAMILIES. OUR NEXT STEPS ARE TO PUT IN OUR INCENTIVE PROGRAMS SO WE CAN START TO RECOGNIZE AND REWARD OUR STUDENTS. GOAL TWO IS SCIENCE. OUR SCIENCE SCORES WERE ALSO SIGNIFICANTLY LOW AND SHOULD BE ABLE TO BE IMPACTED GREATLY THROUGH JUST A FOCUS ON GOOD SCIENCE INSTRUCTION. WE HAVE DEVELOPED A FOCUS ON THE 5 Es OF SCIENCE, ENGAGE, EXPLORE, EXPLAIN, ELABORATE, EVALUATE IN ALL GRADES. WE DID PD ON THAT WITH ALL OF OUR TEACHERS, AND WE HAVE DEVELOPED A CLASSROOM WALK-THROUGH TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE TENETS ARE BEING FOLLOWED IN CLASSROOM INSTRUCTION. WE HAVE A BENCHMARK ASSESSMENT THAT WE GIVE IN SCIENCE IN GRADES 3 THROUGH 8.
IT'S A STANDARDS BASE ASSESSMENT SO IT WILL ALLOW US TO SEE THEIR AREAS OF WEAKNESS AND TARGET THEM AS WELL. AGAIN, SIGNIFICANT WEAKNESS THAT WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO MOVE. WE'VE DONE OUR PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT ALREADY. OUR CLASSROOM WALK-THROUGHS WILL BE OUR NEXT STEP TO ENSURE THAT THE 5 Es OF INSTRUCTION ARE BEING FOLLOWED. AM I GOING TOO FAST? THANK YOU. GOAL 3 IS TO WORK ON OUR LOWEST QUARTILE MATH STUDENTS. WE IMPLEMENTED SMALL GROUP INSTRUCTION WHICH STARTED THIS YEAR WITH LOWEST QUARTILE MATH STUDENTS IN ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE SCHOOL. MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS ARE ENROLLED IN AN INTENSIVE MATH CLASS. THEY ARE PUT ON IXL DURING THEIR CLASS TIME AND ARE SUPPORTED BY A TEACHER AS WELL. THE IXL WILL ALLOW US TO GOAL SET FOR THE INDIVIDUAL STUDENTS BASED ON THEIR NEEDS. SCHOOLWIDE, STUDENTS GO IN AND IT WILL KIND OF RESPOND TO WHERE THEY ARE, BUT FOR THE LOWEST QUARTILE STUDENTS WE CAN GO IN AND SAY THIS IS WHAT THEY NEED TO WORK ON SO WE CAN ASSIGN DIRECTLY IN IXL AND MONITOR THEM MONTHLY AS WELL.
THOSE THINGS HAVE ALREADY BEEN ACCOMPLISHED. WE NOW WILL DO OUR WALK-THROUGHS TO ENSURE FIDELITY. AREA 4 IS TO CONTINUE TO IMPROVE ELA PROFICIENCY. WHILE WE MADE SOME PROGRESS, WE'RE NOT JUST GOING TO SET IT ASIDE AND SAY, OH, WE DID THAT. WE'RE NOT ANYWHERE NEAR WHERE WE NEED TO BE. WE HAVE ALSO INCLUDED THE ELA PORTION IN OUR IXL SUBSCRIPTION SO THAT STUDENTS, ALL STUDENTS HAVE ACCESS TO THAT. WE IMPLEMENTED NEW THIS YEAR READ 180 WITH INTENSIVE READING STUDENTS. AND WE'VE ALSO PURCHASED THE TEACHER MANUALS THAT GO ALONG WITH YOUTH LIE AND IMPLEMENTED K THROUGH 2 AND WITH OUR INTENSIVE READING TEACHERS. GOAL FIVE IS REALLY TO IMPROVE OUR MATH, SCIENCE AND ELA AT EVERY GRADE LEVEL ACROSS THE SCHOOL. IT IS A BIG GOAL BUT A BIG PIECE OF IT IS MAKING SURE WE ARE FOCUSED ON STANDARDS BASED INSTRUCTION. WE IMPLEMENTED A PROGRAM CALLED COMMON CURRICULUM WHICH WE USED AT OUR SOUTH CAMPUS FOR MANY YEARS.
IT ALLOWS TEACHERS TO LESSON PLAN AND SEE BY STANDARD WHAT THEY TAUGHT, WHAT THEY STILL NEED TO TEACH AND INPUT STUDENT SCORES TO SEE WHERE THEY NEED TO REFOCUS THEMSELVES. IT ALSO GIVES A LOT OF VISIBILITY ACROSS TEACHERS, ADMINISTRATORS. WE CAN SEE WHERE THEY ARE AND WHAT THEY NEED TO DO WHEN GOING IN FOR WALK-THROUGHS, WE CAN PULL UP LESSON PLANS AND SEE WHERE THEY SHOULD BE. WE'VE DONE PD FOCUSED DIRECTLY ON STANDARDS. AND WE'VE INCORPORATED A SHADOWING AND MENTORING PROGRAM FOR NEW STAFF AND ANY OTHER TEACHER THAT'S REQUESTED IT OR THAT WE RECOMMENDED IT FOR. WE'RE USING OUR INTERNAL STAFF THAT HAS SHOWN THAT THEY HAVE DONE GOOD THINGS IN THE PAST AND WE'RE ALSO USING OUR STAFF AT THE SOUTH CAMPUS TO SEND TEACHERS OVER THERE TO WORK WITH THEM. HISTORICALLY, WE HAVE ALSO ALWAYS DONE CROSS CAMPUS COLLABORATION WHERE WE ARE ALL COMING TOGETHER, BUT NOW IT'S WITH A DIRECT FOCUS ON TEACHERS BEING PARTNERED WITH MENTORS ACROSS CAMPUS SO THAT THEY CAN SIT AND LESSON PLAN AND LOOK AT THEIR STANDARDS TOGETHER.
I FEEL LIKE WHEN I GOT DONE WRITING THE SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT PLAN THAT WE'LL DO EVERYTHING TO EVERYTHING. THAT IS OUR GOAL. TO REVAMP. WE ARE STARTING OVER. WE BROUGHT OVER FIVE OR SIX STAFF MEMBERS FROM SOUTH CAMPUS TO SOUTHEAST TO KIND OF HELP US DO THE WORK WE KNOW THEY'VE BEEN ABLE TO DO BEFORE. A LOT OF THINGS YOU CAN'T NECESSARILY PUT ON PAPER AND EXPLAIN, BUT WE'RE ALREADY FEELING THE CULTURE SHIFT. ALREADY DIFFERENT. K-2 SCORES ALREADY SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER THAN THEY WERE AT THE SAME TIME LAST YEAR. I THINK THAT SPEAKS TO LEADERSHIP AND THE EXPECTATIONS THAT ARE IN PLACE AND THE STRUCTURE THAT WE'VE GIVEN THEM. IT'S VERY STRUCTURED. THEY KNOW WHAT EVERY DAY LOOKS LIKE. Jessica Vaughn: FIRST IS DR. HAHN. ARE YOU READY, IN HE BE GRAY? OKAY, DR. HAHN IS READY. Stacy Hahn: UNDER GOAL ONE YOU MENTIONED MONITORING. HOW IS THAT DIFFERENT FROM WHAT YOU WERE DOING LAST YEAR?
I THINK BECAUSE OF NEW LEADERSHIP, I'M NOT SURE THAT MONITORING WAS REALLY DONE IN THE WAY IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN. IT'S VERY INTENTIONAL. THEY WERE MONITORING, THEY WERE REPORTING, BUT WERE THEY REACTING? THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DOING WITH OUR MONITORING NOW. Stacy Hahn: BUT THE SAME TEACHERS ARE THERE. NOT IN MOST CASES. Stacy Hahn: OKAY. SO YOU'VE HAD TURNOVER. YOU ARE USING THE SAME MONITORING -- SAME MONITORING TOOL, YES. Stacy Hahn: MONITORING TOOLS, OKAY. TRYING TO ENSURE IT IS BEING USED WITH TIER ONE AND IXL. IT WAS THERE LAST YEAR, USED IN CERTAIN CASES. WASN'T REALLY INCENTIVIZED FOR EVERYONE TO USE, ESPECIALLY THE LOW-INCOME FAMILIES DIDN'T HAVE ACCESS TO IT. SO WE MADE SURE THEY HAVE TIME DURING THE SCHOOL DAY TO DO SO. Stacy Hahn: CAN YOU TELL ME THE MATH CURRICULUM YOU ARE USING AGAIN? INTO MATH. Stacy Hahn: IS THAT THE SAME CURRICULUM YOU USED LAST YEAR?
IT WAS NEW LAST YEAR. Stacy Hahn: SAME CURRICULUM, SAME MONITORING. IS THAT CURRICULUM BASED ON AUTHENTIC INSTRUCTION? SO IT'S PROVIDING -- AUTHENTIC INSTRUCTION PROVIDES LIKE REAL-LIFE EXPERIENCES. YOU'RE DOING MATH WITHIN REAL-LIFE EXPERIENCES. I GUESS MY CONCERN IS THAT YOU ARE USING THE SAME EXACT TOOLS AND YOU'RE EXPECTING A DIFFERENT OUTCOMES. I WOULD THINK WITH THIS DATA YOU WOULD HAVE PIVOTED TO MORE EXPLICIT INSTRUCTION, MORE SYSTEMATIC TEACHING. THAT'S CONCERNING. CAN YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT THAT YOU'RE DOING THIS YEAR THAT IS GOING TO ACTUALLY USING THE SAME TOOLS, WHAT IS GOING TO MAKE THIS SHIFT ALL OF A SUDDEN BESIDES THE PRINCIPAL? THAT IS A LOT TO PUT ON YOURSELF? WELL, I THINK I CAN SPEAK TO THE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT. I THINK THE PIECE IS THE TEACHER TURNOVER WE HAD LAST YEAR. I THINK LEADERSHIP WASN'T STRONG, AND WE WERE SEEING A LOT OF TEACHER TURNOVER REPEATEDLY.
OUR MATH SCORES IN MIDDLE SCHOOL WERE HORRENDOUS. WE HAD THREE DIFFERENT MATH TEACHERS. WE HAD SUBSTITUTES IN BETWEEN FOR LONG PERIODS OF TIME. WE'RE TRYING TO PUT THINGS IN PLACE SO THAT DOESN'T OCCUR. Stacy Hahn: WHAT IS YOUR PD LOOKING LIKE NOW? YOU HAVE ALL THESE NEW TEACHERS. CAN YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT, LIKE, THE FREQUENCY OF THEIR PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AROUND THE TOOLS AND THE ASSESSMENTS YOU'RE USING? I CAN. WE DID TWO WEEKS OF PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT BEFORE SCHOOL STARTED. A LOT OF IT WAS FOCUSED ON STANDARDS AND THE CURRICULUM ITSELF AS WELL AS OUR NEW LESSON PLANNING TOOL BECAUSE IT KIND OF TIES BOTH TOGETHER. THEN WE DO PD EVERY TUESDAY AFTER SCHOOL. WE SIT AS AN ADMINISTRATIVE TEAM ON THURSDAY TO REVIEW WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE SCHOOL TO DETERMINE THE NEXT MONTH PD ON EVERY TUESDAY. THAT'S ALLOWING US TO REAL-TIME LOOK AT DATA AND PLAN AROUND THAT.
Stacy Hahn: ARE THERE TEACHERS MEETING IN PLCs? THEY DO. THEY MEET IN GRADE LEVEL TEAMS EVERY WEEK. Stacy Hahn: THEY ARE USING DATA DRIVEN INSTRUCTION? THEY ARE. Stacy Hahn: I WISH YOU LUCK. I WOULD HAVE PROBABLY MADE SOME PIVOTS IN OTHER WAYS. AND IT IS A LOT TO PUT ON YOUR BACK. I'M GOING TO BE HONEST, I DON'T KNOW IF JUST ONE PERSON CAN MAKE THAT BIG OF A JUMP THAT YOU'RE GOING TO NEED TO MAKE IN THE NEXT YEAR. I WISH YOU LUCK. I PROBABLY -- WELL, IT'S NOT MY CALL, BUT I WISH YOU LUCK WITH WHAT YOU'RE SETTING OUT TO DO. I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE A VERY HEAVY LIFT GIVEN YOU'RE NOT DOING ANYTHING DIFFERENT THAN A YEAR BEFORE. RIGHT. Stacy Hahn: THANK YOU. Jessica Vaughn: THANK YOU, DR. HAHN.
MEMBER GRAY. Lynn Gray: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. KAREN, YOU AND I SPOKE AT LONG LENGTH. I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT I AM SO IMPRESSED WITH THE MOTIVATION THAT, YES, WE DID SOME MISTAKES. WE DIDN'T HAVE THIS, THAT, AND THE OTHER, WHICH ARE COMPONENTS. I'LL SAY PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT. YOU HAVE THE IXL PROGRAM. YOU HAVE OTHER RESOURCES IN PLACE, BUT MOST EFFECTIVELY YOU HAVE BETTER, MORE TEACHERS. IS THAT WHAT WE'RE HEARING. YEAH, I'VE BROUGHT PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN WITH ME A VERY LONG TIME. Lynn Gray: I KNOW WHERE YOU ARE AT. I KNOW WHERE YOUR HEART IS. YES. Lynn Gray: YOU HAVE A LOW FUND BALANCE, RELATIVELY SPEAKING, 103,000. AND THEN WE HAVE 30% ARE ELL STUDENTS. YOU HAVE A LOT OF NEED IN THAT SCHOOL. SO YOU HAVE A LOT OF NEED FOR HUMAN RESOURCES. AND YOU HAVE A LOT OF NEED FOR CURRICULUM MATERIALS THAT MUST BE BOUGHT FOR THE 5E PROGRAM.
WITH ALL OF THE NEED, HOW ARE WE -- HOW ARE YOU GOING TO PAY FOR IT WITH THAT FUND BALANCE SO LOW? WE HAVE A LOT OF THINGS THAT WE'RE EXPECTING TO COME IN. OUR FUND BALANCE IS LOW BECAUSE ON TOP OF ALL THE CURRICULAR THINGS, WE REPLACED THREE AIR-CONDITIONERS IN THE BUILDING. THAT WAS LIKE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS. BUT WE ARE GETTING A LOT OF THE MONEY BACK FROM OUR LANDLORD. WE ARE WAITING FOR SOME THINGS TO COME BACK. WE HAVE A LOT OF SUPPORT FROM OTHER PLACES THAT ARE HELPING US ACCOMPLISH WHAT WE NEED TO DO. Lynn Gray: I THINK THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT. WITHOUT MONEY, ALL OUR DREAMS AND ASPIRATIONS AND THE GOODWILL THAT WE MAY HAVE IN OUR HEARTS CAN'T BE MANIFESTED IN THE CLASSROOM. I AGREE. Lynn Gray: THAT'S AN IMPORTANT ANSWER TO ADD COMFORT TO ME. AS AN INDIVIDUAL BOARD MEMBER.
THE OTHER ONE I WANTED TO ASK IS ON PAGE 10. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE THE BOOKLET IN FRONT OF YOU. I DO. Lynn Gray: LABELED RELEVANT DATA TO SUPPORT GOAL 2. ACCORDING TO THE 2025 SCIENCE STATE ASSESSMENT DATA, 25% OF FIFTH AND EIGHTH GRADE STUDENTS WERE PROFICIENT IN SCIENCE AS COMPARED TO DISTRICT PROFICIENCY OF 52% AND STATE 57. HOW ARE WE GOING TO GET FROM 25 TO 52? HOW IS THAT GOING TO BE DONE? I HOPE WE'LL MOVE TOWARDS THAT. REALLY, IT IS A FOCUS ON SCIENCE INSTRUCTION AT EVERY GRADE LEVEL. WE FOCUS ON IT A LOT IN FIFTH AND EIGHTH GRADE BECAUSE WE HAVE TO, OF COURSE. THIS YEAR, IT'S ONE OF OUR FOCUS AREAS. WE'VE HAD A PD EVERY MONTH TO FOCUS ON SCIENCE. THOSE SCIENCE TEACHERS WE'RE SPENDING A LOT OF TIME WITH. WE HAVE ONE FIFTH GRADE SCIENCE TEACHER AND ONE-EIGHTH GRADE SCIENCE TEACHER.
IT ALLOWS US TO WORK CLOSELY WITH THEM TO MOVE THE KIDS. WOULD WE GET TO 52? I DON'T KNOW. I WOULD LIKE MY GOAL TO BE 100. Lynn Gray: IT'S A VERY GOOD GOAL TO HAVE. REACH FOR THE STARS AND END UP WITH THE MOON. KELLY TELLS ME I SET MY GOALS HIGH EVERY YEAR. I SAID THAT'S RIGHT. Lynn Gray: THERE IS A LOT OF NEED. ELL, SPENDING MONEY ON THEIR NEEDS NECESSITATES BILINGUAL. DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING YOU WOULD LIKE TO SHARE ON THAT END? WE'VE HAD GOOD SUCCESS WITH OUR ELL STUDENTS. THAT WASN'T A CATEGORY WE WERE IN THAT STATUS LAST YEAR. Lynn Gray: 30% OF YOUR STUDENTS ARE HISPANIC. CORRECT. WE ALSO HAVE A LARGE HISPANIC POPULATION IN OUR STAFF. SO THAT'S VERY HELPFUL IN MEETING THEIR NEEDS WHEN WE NEED TO IF THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND. WE HAVE PEOPLE AROUND THAT CAN TRANSLATE.
Lynn Gray: ALL RIGHT. WELL, I KNOW WHAT YOU'RE TRYING TO DO AND YOU ARE A ONE-WOMAN BAND SO YOU'LL NEED HELP. I'LL VISIT YOU ALL SOON. I WOULD LOVE THAT. THAT WOULD BE GREAT. THE CHARTER OFFICE HAS BEEN A GREAT HELP AS WELL. WHEN WE NEED RESOURCES, THEY ARE THERE TO HELP US FIND THEM. Lynn Gray: ANGELA, HOW DO YOU HELP WITH THE SITUATION, WITH LOW-PERFORMING CHARTER SCHOOLS? WE MONITOR THEIR DATA AFTER EVERY PROGRESS MONITORING CYCLE. WE RECENTLY HAD ONE. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I'VE CHANGED THIS YEAR THAT OUR TEAM CHANGED THIS YEAR, WE'RE USING MORE OF A MULTIDISCIPLINARY APPROACH. WE USED TO MEET WITH THEM ONLINE VIRTUALLY. NOW WE ARE BRINGING THEM IN AND INCLUDING MY ESE DRT. ELE. ALSO REACHED OUT TO TRANSPORTATION NETWORK. THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, THAT IS ONE OF THE THINGS RECOMMENDED IN THE STATUTE IS COLLABORATE WITH THEM. BECAUSE THEY OVERSEE THE GRANT AND THE MONEY PIECE TO MAKE SURE THERE IS FIDELITY THERE.
THAT'S SOME OF THE THINGS WE CHANGED AND WE'RE DOING. AS A RESULT OF THAT LAST PROGRESS MONITORING SESSION, THEY HAVE REACHED OUT TO THE ELL-DRT TO COME OUT AND DO SPECIFIC TRAINING FOR THEIR SCHOOL. Lynn Gray: OKAY. WELL, THERE'S SUPPORT THERE. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. Jessica Vaughn: THANK YOU. JUST A REMINDER, WE CAN GO OVER, BUT WE SAID TEN MINUTES FOR DISCUSSION PER EACH SCHOOL. IF YOU CAN KIND OF HIT YOUR HIGHLIGHTS, UNLESS WE WANT TO GO OVER, I'M TOTALLY OKAY WITH, BUT TO STAY ON TIME.