001[Music] second all set okay declare that the board is in Open session at 6:06 p.m. we're going to move agenda item number five and six so I will entertain a motion to adjourn move second move all those in Favor John Gary 606 6:09 PM if everyone could please stand for the pledge of allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands one nation under God indivisible with liberty and justice for all roll call M Kappa bianka here Mr Corey here Mr ptis here Mr Kito yep miss papiano here miss hona here Mr Kisco here Mr Micha here miss Richardson here miss toader here Mr arum on his way Mr Barlo here miss Ferguson on her way Miss Harold here miss kazooki here miss lamski here miss
002schy here may Carbone not here okay thank you entertain a motion to approve the agenda amending it to include item 6A would now be executive session regarding non-union contracts and hold on and 8h would be possible action regarding non-union contracts and 8i would be POS possible action regarding superintendent contract and 8j would be possible action regarding assistant superintendent contract so second all those in favor all okay School Community Service public participation the board the board the board invites members of the community to speak on topics to be addressed in the agenda or other topics of Interest individuals wishing to make comments can call in or email their comments I did not receive any comments with their name and address which must be say at the beginning of their comment the board will not allow comments
003regarding specific staff members parents students or personal grievances courtesy is expected in this limited public forum the participating time will be limited to 3 minutes per person and 10 minutes overall to guarantee efficient operation of the entire meeting is there anyone on the public line Aly there's one person public line would the person on the public line wish to address the board I'm also waiting to comment it myself oh do you have a comment sorry go ahead Maran all right sorry about that but I want to interrupt if someone was on the other line go ahead okay thank you uh maryan Buchanan living cookman president of the toron um Public Schools administrators Association I have a letter I'd like to just share with the Board of Education tonight dear members of the toron Board of
004Education we the members of the toron public schools administrators Association commit and dedicate ourselves fully to the work of achieving educational Equity the time is now for a very long time but in the past year especially events at the national and local level exacerbated by inequities made more visible by the corona virus pandemic have highlighted the urgent need for Change and that change is up to us we support the creation of the TPS Equity committee and look forward to partnering with all the stakeholders in the creation of a more Equitable educational Community all of our students and staff have a right to a safe comfortable and welcoming place to learn where each member is recognized and valued for who they are and each is free to be that unique individual this is the essence of
005of a safe School climate TPS District performance data continues to indicate disparities in attendance discipline and academic performance 54% of our students identify as white while greater than 90% of our staff identif I mean I excuse myself 54% of our students identify as white while less than 90% of our staff identify as white our Workforce does not reflect the racial ethnic cultural Andor linguistic identity of our students in root causes analysis findings in Connecticut's Equity plan 2015 which is the Connecticut's Equitable access to educational Educators plan teaching and learning are impacted by cultural disconnects between Educators students and families we want to work to make our staff committees boards and represent the diversity of our community we as school leaders must work together with our staff and our community to increase awareness and understanding of
006the impact of racism bias and marginalization of student outcomes we need to identify and remove barriers to Student Success in order to increase access and opportunities for all of our students we the administrators of toron public schools administrators Association acknowledge that racism persists in the everyday practices and policies of our organizations and institutions including the educational system we support the creation of the TPS Equity committee and are united in working on a comprehensive diversity equity and inclusion plan as stated in priority goal number five of the district Improvement plan we look forward to a discussion of our role in this work at the next administrator meeting according to the national boards this is from the national school boards of Education we affirm in our actions that each student can Will and shall learn we recognize
007that based on factors including but not limited to disability race ethnicity and socioeconomic status students are deprived of Equitable educational opportunities educational Equity is the intentional allocation of resources instruction and opportunities according to need requiring that discriminatory practices prejudices and beliefs can be identified and eradicated sincerely the inton Public School administrators Association I thank you for your attention this evening thank you thank you is there anyone else on the zoom that wishes to address the board okay thank you this time I'd like to entertain a motion to go into executive session inviting in superintendent leonski to discuss the non-union contracts second all those in favor was it John yes thank you