Board of Education - Mar 06, 2025

001CALL THE CHAPEL HILL-CARRBORO BOARD OF EDUCATION MEETING FOR MARCH 6 TO ORDER. FIRST ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA. CAN I GET A MOTION TO APPROVE THE AGENDA? SO MOVED. SECOND. ALRIGHT. BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY OPPOSED? THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS GOES IF TO CLOSED SESSION. CAN I GET A MOTION TO MOVE INTO CLOSED SESSION FOR THE PURPOSE STATED ON THE AGENDA. SO MOVED. SECOND. ALRIGHT. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. OPPOSED? ALRIGHT. WE WILL TRY TO BE BACK HERE ABOUT 7 O'CLOCK I THINK. AS CLOSE TO THAT AS POSSIBLE. THANK YOU. [BOARD IN CLOSED SESSION] [MEETING RECONVENING] ALRIGHT. WE'LL GO AHEAD AND RETURN TO OPEN SESSION. THE FIRST ITEM ON OUR AGENDA IS TO CELEBRATE NATIONAL SCHOOL SOCIAL WORKER WEEK WITH A PROCLAMATION. I

002ASK EACH BOARD MEMBER READ TWO OF THE SECTIONS OF THE PROCLAMATION. WE'LL START WITH YOU, MIKE. THANKS. INACCESSIBLE, OR INADEQUATE; AND COMMUNITY REFERRALS; CITIZENS. [APPLAUSE] IT LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE SOME OF OUR SCHOOL SOCIAL WORKERS HERE TONIGHT, SO WHY DON'T YOU ALL COME FORWARD AND INTRODUCE YOURSELVES. [UNABLE TO HEAR SPEAKER. MICROPHONE NOT ON] PRESS THE BUTTON. HI. GREETINGS. THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR HAVING US HERE. I AM VANITA JOYCE. HELLO. MY NAME IS SHERRY WALKER, INTERNING WITH THE SOCIAL WORKERS HERE AT THE DISTRICT. I'M MELISSA BREEDEN, A SOCIAL WORKER AT EAST CHAPEL HILL HIGH SCHOOL AND WITH PRE-K BEFORE THAT SO FROM LITTLES TO BIGS, BUT I WANT TO THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR SUPPORTING US AND REALLY EMPHASIZING THE IMPORTANCE OF SOCIAL WORKERS IN THE SCHOOLS. WE FEEL VERY FORTUNATE THAT OUR

003SCHOOLS CAN HAVE THAT. [SPEAKING SPANISH] HELLO, I'M THE SCHOOL SOCIAL WORKER FOR FRANK PORTER. GOOD EVENING, THE SCHOOL SOCIAL WORKER AT RASHCIS. HI, EVERYONE. STEPHANIE A MENTOR A SCHOOL SOCIAL WORKER AT GLENWOOD ELEMENTARY. HI. I'M [INDISCERNIBLE] THE SOCIAL WORKER AT NORTH SIDE ELEMENTARY. HELLO EVERYONE. I'M TERRY SMITH THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF SERVICES AND SUPPORT. I SUPPORT THESE WONDERFUL PEOPLE BEHIND ME. THEY HAVE BEEN PHENOMENAL IN THE WORK THEY DO TO SUPPORT OUR STUDENTS LOOKING AT DATA, PUSHING FOR ATTENDANCE TO HAVE KIDS IN SCHOOL, WORKING WITH OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS TO MAKE SURE OUR STUDENTS HAVE FOOD, THAT THEY HAVE RESOURCES IN THE COMMUNITY FOR MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES. THEY ARE SOME HARD WORKERS AND ROCK STARS SO THANK YOU FOR SUPPORTING THEM AND READING THE PROCLAMATION. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU ALL. [APPLAUSE] ALRIGHT. AND NEXT

004ON OUR AGENDA IS THE RECOGNITION OF WOMEN HISTORY MONTH AND GOT HELP WITH DR. GRIFFIN WITH INFORMATION TO SHARE AND THEN I'LL OPEN UP FOR BOARD MEMBERS WHO MAY WANT TO SHARE ANY RECOGNITIONS OR INFORMATION. INTERNATIONAL WOMEN HISTORY MONTH STANDS AS A IMPORTANT REMINDER FOR THE CONTRIBUTIONS WOMEN HAVE MADE TOWARDS SOCIETY, CULTURE AND HISTORY. IT IS PRINCIPAL FOCUS ON CELEBRATING WOMEN ACHIEVEMENT AND STRIVING FOR A WORLD WITH GENDER EQUALITY. EACH YEAR THE NATIONAL WOMEN HISTORY ALLIANCE DESIGNATE A THEME FOR THE MONTH. FOR 2025 THE THEME IS MOVING FORWARD TOGETHER. THIS THEME IS MEANT TO HIGHLIGHT AND SUPPORT WOMEN WHO DEDICATED LIVES TO SHAPE MINDS AND FUTURE OF ALL GENERATION. INTERNATIONAL WOMEN DAY CELEBRATED MARCH 8 IS THEMED FOR ALL WOMEN AND GIRLS RIGHT S EQUALITY AND EMPOWERMENT. THIS IS CALL TO ACTION DEMANDED EQUAL RIGHTS

005POWER AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR ALL WHERE NO ONE IS LEFT BEHIND. NOW WELCOME BOARD MEMBERS IF THEY LIKE TO SHARE SOMETHING FOR WOMEN HISTORY MONTH. GO AHEAD. THANK YOU SO MUCH. I'M ESPECIALLY EXCITED I THINK IN THIS CURRENT ENVIRONMENT IT IS SO MUCH MORE IMPORTANT TO LIFT UP THE STORIES OF THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS THAT REMIND US HOW IMPORTANT IT IS TO NOT GO BACKWARDS FROM WHERE WE ARE TODAY. I WANT TO READ ABOUT PATSY--MINK WHO WAS DENIED ACCEPTANCE TO MEDICAL SCHOOLS BECAUSE OF HER GENDER. SO, SHE PIVOTED TO GRADUATE FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO LAW SCHOOL IN 1951. FACING YET ANOTHER ROADBLOCK AND FINDING WORK BECAUSE SHE WAS A MOTHER REFUSED TO QUIT. 1956, SHE WAS ELECTED TO HAWAII HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AND 1965 MINK BECAME THE FIRST WOMAN OF COLOR ELECTED TO THE U.S. CONGRESS SERVING

00613 SESSIONS AS A CONGRESS WOMAN FROM HAWAII. FIRST FROM 1965 TO 1977 AND THEN FROM 1990 UNTIL HER DEATH IN 2002. SHE AND HER FEMALE COLLEAGUES BANNED FROM HOUSE FACILITIES LIKE THE GYM OR DISMISSED WITH COMMENTS ABOUT RAGING HORMONAL IMBALANCE AND ACCUSED OF NEGLECTING HER CHILD FOR HER YEAR. IN CONGRESS COAUTHORED AND ADVOCATED FOR TITLE 9, THE LEGISLATION THAT FIGHTS AGAINST THE VERY DISCRIMINATION SHE FACED INSURING EQUAL TREATMENT FOR MEN AND WOMEN IN EDUCATION. INSTRUMENTAL HELPING PASS THE WOMEN EDUCATIONAL EQUITY ACT WHICH PROVIDED FUNDING TO HELP END DISCRIMINATION IN EDUCATION PROGRAM. I END WITH A QUOTE, SO LONG AS ANY PART OF OUR SOCIETY ADHERES TO A SEXIST NOTION THAT MEN SHOULD DO CERTAIN THINGS AND WOMEN SHOULD DO CERTAIN THINGS, AND THEN BEGAN TO [INDISCERNIBLE] BABIES WITH THESE NOTIONS THROUGH CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT AND SO

007FORTH, NEVER BE RID OF BASIC CAUSES OF SEX DISCRIMINATION. THANK YOU. OTHER BOARD MEMBERS HAVE ANYTHING TO SHARE? ALRIGHT. THANK YOU. MOVING ALONG, OUR NEXT ITEM ON OUR AGENDA IS PUBLIC COMMENT. WE DON'T HAVE ANYONE SIGNED UP. DO WE HAVE ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK? OKAY. IF THERE ARE ANYONE WHO IS WATCHING, IF THEY WOULD LIKE TO SHARE PUBLIC COMMENT WE DO ENCOURAGE COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO CONTACT US BY E-MAIL OR TELEPHONE, AND OUR E-MAIL ADDRESS IS PHONE NUMBERS ARE POSTED ON THE DISTRICT WEBSITE. [INDISCERNIBLE] THE NEXT ITEM ON AGENDA IS APPROVAL OF CONSENT AGENDA. CAN I GET A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA? SO MOVED. SECOND. BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE? AYE. ANY OPPOSED? THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS WE HAVE A PRESENTATION FOR NORTH

008CAROLINA SUPERINTENDENT SEARCH FROM SCHOOL BOARD ASSOCIATION AND THINK WE GOT SAM THORPE HERE. IS THAT BETTER? GOT IT. OKAY. GOOD EVENING BOARD MEMBERS AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR MAKING TIME FOR ME. THAT WAS GREAT. AS A FORMER SOCIAL WORKER I REALLY APPRECIATED THAT ACKNOWLEDGMENT AND SUPPORT OF YOUR SCHOOL SOCIAL WORKERS. I MEAN THAT SINCERELY. FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR TRUSTING ME TO FACILITATE YOUR NEXT SUPERINTENDENT SEARCH. IT IS A HONOR AND PRIVILEGE TO WORK WITH YOUR BOARD TO PARTNER WITH YOUR BOARD IN THE SEARCH FOR A NEW SUPERINTENDENT. IN ORDER TO GET YOUR SEARCH STARTED OFFICIALLY, AS YOU KNOW FROM THE LAST PRESENTATION TO THE BOARD ON THE 20TH OF FEBRUARY THERE ARE A HANDFUL OF DRAFT DOCUMENTS I NEED TO GET YOUR BOARD VOTE ON AND APPROVAL OF. I SHARED

009UPDATED ELECTRONIC COPIES WITH YOU ABOUT A WEEK, WEEK AND A HALF AGO. THE ONLY DOCUMENT THAT SHOULD HAVE CHANGED HOWEVER IS THE TIMELINE. I ALSO PROVIDED HARD COPIES FOR EACH OF YOU IN FOLDERS. THE FIRST DOCUMENT I NEED YOUR APPROVAL OF IS ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE OF THE FOLDER AND IT IS THE TIMELINE. THE ONLY DATE I NEED YOUR VOTE ON AND APPROVAL OF IS THE APPLICATION DEADLINE, WHICH I HAVE SET JUST OVER 5 WEEKS FROM TOMORROW WHEN WE WILL IDEALLY MAKE THE APPLICATION LIVE. WE CAN CHANGE IT FROM APRIL 14, BUT 5 WEEKS IS WHAT RIGHT ABOUT 5 WEEKS IS WHAT MOST BOARDS DO IN TERMS OF THE LENGTH OF ADVERTISING THE VACANCY. BOARD MEMBERS IF YOU WANT TO ASK QUESTIONS- YES, OF COURSE. WELCOME TO ASK QUESTIONS. TAKE YOUR TIME. POINT OF

010CLARIFICATION, YOU SAID THE ONLY THING YOU NEED A VOTE ON IS APRIL 14? YES, ALL THE OTHER DATES ARE TARGET DATES. IT WOULD BE NICE-OF COURSE, FOR EXAMPLE, PRESENTING THE SURVEY RESULTS I PICKED A DATE I THINK THE BOARD IS MEETING. BUT THE ONLY- THE ONLY DATE-WE JUST HAVE TO PUT A DATE CERTAIN ON IT APPLICATION PLATFORM RED ROVER THAT WE USE. YES, MA'AM. WITH THE APPLICATION PROCESS ITSELF, UNDER THE WHO SHOULD APPLY, THE STATEMENT ABOUT DOCTORAL DEGREE OR PROGRESS TOWARD THE DEGREE IS PREFERRED BUT NOT REQUIRED. DID WE CHANGE THAT AND NOT RECALLING? [INDISCERNIBLE] SAME AS LAST TIME. THE SAME AS LAST TIME. THAT HOWEVER IS THE SECOND DOCUMENT. YOU HAVE GOTTEN AHEAD OF ME THERE. WE GOING TO TAKE A LOOK AT. THE REASON I ASK IS BECAUSE THE FIRST DOCUMENT, THE DEADLINE,

011IF WE APPROVE THAT HOW CAN WE APPROVE THAT IF WE HAVEN'T DISCUSSED THE FACT WE ARE OKAY WITH WHAT GOES OUT? SURE. THAT'S PERFECTLY FINE. WE'LL COME BACK AND VOTE AT THE END. THIS IS THE ONLY THING WE'LL VOTE ON TONIGHT? ON THIS DOCUMENT? I ACTUALLY NEED YOUR TO APPROVE-I WILL MAKE THE VACANCY-USE THE VACANCY TO ADVERTISE THE APPLICATION AND MAKE LIVE. WE ARE GOING TO ADVERTISE IN THE CERTAIN PLACES AND I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE THE SURVEY AVAILABLE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE AS WELL SO FOLKS CAN START GIVING YOU FEEDBACK. [INDISCERNIBLE] YES, MA'AM. IT SEEMS LIKE YOU PLAN GOING THROUGH DOCUMENT BY DOCUMENT? UNLESS THERE ARE QUESTIONS ABOUT THE APPLICATION DEADLINE WE CAN MOVE TO THE VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT. WE CAN CONTINUE ON THE SAME PATH AND HAVE AN OFFICIAL VOTE AT THE END, BUT

012IF YOU POINT OUT THE PARTICULAR THINGS WE ARE VOTING ON LIKE THE FIRST DOCUMENT, I FEEL THAT WOULD BE EFFICIENT. THANK YOU, MIKE. MOVING TO THE SECOND DOCUMENT BEHIND THE TIMELINE IS THE VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT. THAT INCLUDES SOME GENERAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE SCHOOL SYSTEM AND YOUR COMMUNITY. I HAVE A QUESTION. IN THE SECTION ABOUT WHO SHOULD APPLY THE SECOND SENTENCE SAYS, THE SELECTED CANDIDATE REQUIRED TO LIVE WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES OF OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT AND I KNOW WE WENT BACK AND FORTH ON THAT. I FEEL WE CHANGED IT AND CHANGED IT BACK. [UNABLE TO HEAR SPEAKER BECAUSE MICROPHONE IS NOT ON] I SIMPLY KEPT IT AS THE LAST BOARD HAD, BUT HAPPY TO EXPAND TO ORANGE COUNTY. I AM LOOKING AT BOARD MEMBERS TO SEE IF ANYONE HAS INTEREST IN CHANGING IT. I THINK IT WOULD BE

013GOOD. TO CHANGE TO ORANGE COUNTY? I DON'T HAVE A OPINION. I THINK THEY CAN ASK FOR SOMETHING DIFFERENT. I FEEL WE SHOULD LET POTENTIAL APPLICANTS KNOW WHAT THEY ARE SIGNING UP FOR, SO IF THEY FEEL STRONGLY ABOUT LIVING IN HILLSBOROUGH, WE NEED TO BE CLEAR WHETHER OR NOT WE EXPECT THEM TO LIVE HERE OR NOT. WANT THE ISSUE RELATED TO OUR SPECIAL DISTRICT TAX? ISN'T THAT PART THAT CALCULATION? THAT WE WANT--A POTENTIAL SUPERINTENDENT TO BUY INTO OUR DISTRICT IN PARTICULAR AND BE PART OF THE COMMUNITY TO THE EXTENT POSSIBLE AND I DO THINK THERE IS ROOM TO MAKE EXCEPTIONS IN CERTAIN CASES IF THAT IS A DEAL-BREAKER OR IF THAT-IF SOMEONE MET ALL THE OTHER QUALIFICATIONS AND WE THOUGHT WAS THE RIGHT PERSON, BUT THEN NEEDED FOR WHATEVER REASON TO LIVE IN HILLSBOROUGH, MAYBE THAT

014IS SOMETHING WE COULD CONSIDER, BUT MAYBE LEAVE IT THE SAME FOR NOW AND THEN DECIDE ON A CASE BY CASE BASIS. OKAY. I THINK TWO THINGS COULD BE TRUE. WE COULD HAVE FULL TRANSPARENCY AND STATE IN THAT NORTH CAR CAROLINA STATE LAW REQUIRES YOU LIVE IN THE COUNTY AND THIS BOARD REQUEST YOU PREFER TO LIVE IN THE DISTRICT AND GO FROM THERE AND HAVE IT CANDIDATE BY CANDIDATE BUT AT LEAST THEY KNOW THE THRESHOLD OF WHAT THEY HAVE TO DO AND WHAT OUR PREFERENCE IS. I LIKE THAT. OKAY. FOR CLARIFICATION, CANDIDATES DO KNOW-I SHOULD VAST MAJORITY OF CANDIDATES DO KNOW THAT WHAT THE LAW IS IN TERMS OF LIVING WITHIN THE COUNTY AND KNOW THAT THIS IS A INDICATION THAT YOU MAY WANT TO NEGOTIATE IN TERMS OF THE CONTRACT THAT THEY LIVE WITHIN THE

015SCHOOL DISTRICT. WHICH IS WHY I INCLUDED THAT BECAUSE I THINK THIS WAS A SIMILAR DISCUSSION THE LAST TIME THAT THE BOARD HAD-IN TERMS MIGHT WILLING TO NEGOTIATE IT, BUT AT LEAST WANTED TO PUT OUT FRONT TO CANDIDATES APPLYING THIS WAS A EXPECTATION. AT IT OUTSET. EXPECTATION, YEP. IT MIGHT BE REQUIRED IS TOO STRONG A WORD. IT CURRENTLY SAYS REQUIRE. MAYBE DO WE WANT TO CHANGE FROM WILL TO MAY BE REQUIRED? [INDISCERNIBLE] YEAH. OKAY. IT IS A DIFFERENT ISSUE ON THE SAME DOCUMENT. IS THAT OKAY? YEAH, GO AHEAD. I GUESS I FEEL LIKE THE-IN THE FIRST SECTION, LIKE HALF WAY DOWN THE CHAPEL HILL-CARRBORO CITY SCHOOLS ARE PROUD TO HAVE ONE OF THE LOWEST DROP OUT RATES. I DON'T KNOW WE SHOULD INCLUDE THAT. OR CERTAINLY NOT LEAD WITH IT. OKAY. AND, I GUESS BECAUSE WE

016ARE STRUGGLING WITH ABSENTEEISM LIKE EVERY OTHER DISTRICT AND FEEL BECAUSE THEY DONT COME IN AND OFFICIALLY DROP OUT. I JUST DON'T THINK IT IS A SUPER POSITIVE-IT ISN'T A STRENGTH BASED WAY TO DESCRIBE. I GUESS I WOULD JUST VOTE TO NOT HAVE THAT. TAKE THAT OUT AND GO TO, HAS ONE OF THE STATE'S HIGHEST GRADUATION RATES. OKAY. THANK YOU FOR THAT. ANY OTHER COMMENTS ON THE- VACANCY NOTICE? WE'LL GO TO THE NEXT DOCUMENT. ADVERTISING IF WE ARE READY TO MOVE FORWARD. SO, YOU NOTICE THAT THE FIRST CHART AT THE TOP HAS ALL THE FREE PLACES WE ALWAYS ADVERTISE VACANCIES. THE SECOND CHART, SECOND BOTTOM HALF OF THE PAGE HAS PAID ADVERTISING ENTIRELY UP TO YOU IN TERMS OF HOW MUCH MONEY YOU WANT TO SPEND ON ADVERTISING AND WHERE YOU LIKE TO SPEND THOSE DOLLARS.

017THE REASON WE HIGHLIGHT IN RED THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS IS BECAUSE WE POLL OUR APPLICANTS AND OUR APPLICANTS IN THE MAJORITY OF THEM SAY THEY HAVE FOUND THE VACANCY VIA A A S A. WE ENCOURAGE YOU TO AT LEAST CONSIDER DOING 30 DAYS WITH THAT ONE. COMPLETELY UNDERSTANDING IT IS A LOT OF MONEY TO ADVERTISE AND THAT IS ENTIRELY UP TO YOU. BOARD MEMBERS, ANY STRONG FEELINGS ABOUT THE PAID ADVERTISING? I THINK WE ALL-LOOKING AROUND FREE ADVERTISING-THE PAID ADVERTISING, DOES ANYONE HAVE FEELINGS ABOUT ONE, ALL, NONE? $895 TO BE A EDUCATION WEEK I DON'T THINK WE NEED PERSONALLY. I DON'T THINK WE NEED TO DO THAT. WOULD YOU BE OKAY WITH THE 30 DAYS AND THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOLS? I GUESS SO, YEAH. IS THIS PART OF THE OVERALL NUMBER THAT WAS

018ESTIMATED? THIS WOULD BE A ADDED COST. THIS IS EXPENSE- I SUGGEST WE GOT A NUMBER OF OPTIONS IN THE FREE. I DON'T KNOW NEED WE NEED TO DO ANYMORE. OKAY. SEVERAL BOARDS HAVE CHOSEN TO DO THAT AND PERFECTLY HAPPY AT THE END OF THE SEARCH. SEE A LOT OF HEAD NODS. IS THIS STICKING WITH FREE OPTIONS NOW? YES, MA'AM. THE NEXT DOCUMENT IS AN APPLICATION, WHICH YOU HAD A COPY OF WHERE YOU ARE WELCOME TO MAKE CHANGES OR PAGES 4 AND 5 WHERE THERE'S SHORT AND LONG FORM ESSAY QUESTIONS. MOST BOARDS KEEP THESE AS IS AND AS I SAID IN THE PRESENTATION SAY DISTRICT SPECIFIC, BOARD AND CANDIDATE SPECIFIC QUESTIONS FOR THE INTERVIEWS, IN-PERSON INTERVIEWS, BUT WE ARE HAPPY TO EDIT THESE IN AS MUCH AS YOU LIKE TO DO THAT. I FIND IT VERY

019ANNOYING IN APPLICATIONS WHEN THEY ASK FOR THE RESUME AND HAVE TO DO THREE ADDITIONAL PAGES OF WHAT YOUR LAST JOBS WERE. YOU WILL LOVE THIS APPLICATION PLATFORM. YOU UPLOAD THE RESUME AND IT AUTO FILLS. IT DOES THE BEST JOB IT CAN IN TERMS OF-SOMETIMES THEY ARE FORMATTED. IT COULD BE A LITTLE WHONKY BUT THAT IS SOMETHING I GOT A LOT OF- I LIKE THE REASON FOR LEAVING [INDISCERNIBLE] I CAN'T PROMISE THEY WILL FILL THAT OUT, BUT-- COULD I ASK A QUESTION? GO AHEAD. BECAUSE-I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS TOO SPECIFIC AND THIS IS MY FIRST SUPERINTENDENT SEARCH. BECAUSE ABSENTEEISM IS A ISSUE, I WONDER IF A SHORT ANSWER IS IS THIS SOMETHING YOU ENCOUNTERED IN PREVIOUS WORKS AND IDEAS TO DECREASE ABSENTEEISM? IT IS A NATIONAL ISSUE NOT JUST FOR US, SO MAY HAVE ENCOUNTERED

020IT BEFORE. I AGREE. THAT IS GREAT IDEA. I THINK WHEN WE HAVE DONE THIS BEFORE WE LOOKED TO CRAFT QUESTIONS UNIQUE TO THE ISSUES IN FRONT OF US TODAY, SO I THINK THAT IS SOMETHING WE MAY WANT TO THINK ABOUT. WHAT EXPERIENCE IN ADDRESSING ABSENTEEISM? OR WHAT STRATEGIES. STRATEGIES. YEAH. HAVE YOU USED OR WOULD YOU USE--? THANK YOU FOR INCLUDING THE QUESTION ABOUT THE PLANNING AND FUNDING OF SCHOOL FACILITIES. THAT WILL BE SUPER IMPORTANT OVER THE NEXT FEW YEARS. THAT IS ACROSS THE STATE. YES. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR ADDITIONS? A COUPLE SPECIFIC QUESTIONS TO CONSIDER AND SOME MAY BE YOU COULD CONSOLIDATE SOME OF THE QUESTIONS SO THEY ARE FEWER, BUT REALLY SPECIFIC. RIGHT. ONE OF THEM WAS, WHAT DO YOU SEE AS UNIQUE CHALLENGES OF CHAPEL HILL-CARRBORO CITY SCHOOLS? I LIKE THAT QUESTIONS BECAUSE

021I THINK IT ENCOURAGES THEM TO RESEARCH THE DISTRICT AND COME TOP OF MIND WITH THE THINGS THEY WOULD WANT TO FOCUS ON. AND THEN ANOTHER IS, PLEASE DESCRIBE SPECIFIC STRATEGY YOU USE TO PROMOTE PUBLIC SUPPORT FOR SCHOOL ACTIVITIES. THIS SPEAKS TO LIKE THE MARKETING AND IMPORTANCE OF PUBLIC SCHOOLS. SPECIFIC STRATEGIES USED TO PROMOTE SCHOOL ACTIVITIES? YEAH. YOU CAN WORD-SMITH, BUT THE JUST IS HOW DO YOU PROMOTE SUPPORT FOR PUBLIC SCHOOL. RIGHT. ANOTHER QUESTION THAT I THINK IS IMPORTANT IS, WHAT ARE THE WAYS IN WHICH YOU LEARNED ABOUT DIFFERENT POPULATION S AND HOW DOES THAT INFLUENCE YOUR LEADERSHIP? THERE IS ONE ABOUT DESCRIBING YOUR LEADERSHIP STYLE ON THERE. THIS IS MORE SPECIFIC. THAT IS WHY I'M SAYING, I'M PUTTING SOME OUT THERE AND WE CAN THINK ABOUT HOW TO INCLUDE THOSE. AND THEN, HOW DO YOU

022BUILD RELATIONSHIPS AND WHO ARE KEY PARTNERS TO A SUPERINTENDENT? OKAY. I GOT ALL FOUR OF THOSE. THE FOSTERING COMMUNITY RELATIONS AND OR INTERGOVERNMENTAL PARTNERSHIPS. I THINK I FEEL MORE COMFORTABLE WITH AND, NOT A OR. I LIKE INFORMATION ON HOW SOMEONE WOULD WANT TO FOSTER BOTH OF THOSE. OKAY. YES, MA'AM. WE CAN DO THAT. DO YOU WANT THAT TO BE A QUESTION BECAUSE I THINK THIS IS THEIR EXPERIENCE WITH IT. I WOULD LIKE THEM TO ANSWER THAT AS A QUESTION. AS WELL AS WHERE WITH THE SUCCESS AND WORKING WITH DIVERSE POPULATIONS LISTED TO PROVIDE A SHORT ANSWER. I WOULD WANT FROM THEIR PERSPECTIVE THEIR SUCCESSES IN WORKING WITH DIVERSE POPULATIONS AND WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE, BECAUSE SUCCESS IS SUBJECTIVE DEPENDING WHO IS LOOKING AND SO IT IS DIVERSE POPULATIONS SO I LIKE THEM TO EXPLAIN FROM

023THEIR STANDPOINT WHAT BOTH OF THOSE MEAN. I THINK THIS IS A MEANINGFUL ADDITION, BUT NOT SURE. ON PAGE 9, THE FIRST ONE IS INSTRUCTIONAL LEADERSHIP. WHAT ABOUT ADDING, CURRICULAR TO THAT, I FEEL THOSE ARE USUALLY TOGETHER. OKAY. YOU MIGHT BE LOOKING AT A OLDER VERSION OF THE APPLICATION. OH. AM I? WHICH IS LONGER. PAGE 4. OKAY. IT IS OKAY. YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT THE FIRST SHORT ANSWER ESSAY QUESTIONS, INSTRUCTIONAL LEADERSHIP. WE CAN ADD CURRICULAR. OKAY. THAT SAME PAGE 9/4, WHAT ABOUT IN NUMBER 7, IT SAYS THE USE OF INSTRUCTIONAL TECHNOLOGY. SOMETHING LIKE THE USE AND ASSESSMENT OF INSTRUCTIONAL TECHNOLOGY, BECAUSE I LIKE TO KNOW HOW PEOPLE THINK ABOUT IT, NOT JUST HOW THEY USE IT. OKAY. ANY OTHER ADDITIONS TO THE APPLICATION? I WAS THINKING ABOUT THE QUESTION, WHAT PERSONAL AND OR ADMINISTRATIVE SKILLS AND

024EXPERIENCE. I DONT KNOW IF WE NEED THE QUESTION. THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN ANSWERED THROUGH THE SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS. WHICH ONE? PERSONAL AND OR ADMINISTRATIVE SKILLS OR EXPERIENCES DO YOU HAVE. WE'LL STRIKE THAT ONE. STRIKE THAT ONE. I HAVE A STATEMENT THAT IS NOT SPECIFICALLY ABOUT THE APPLICATION, BUT JUST TO SAY I APPRECIATE YOU LETTING US KNOW YOU USED TO BE A SOCIAL WORKER AND ASK YOU GIVE ALL SPACE AND GRACE AS WE ASK THESE QUESTIONS AND ACCORDANCE WITH THE FACT IT IS ONLY ONE PERSON OF THIS BOARD THAT WAS HERE THE LAST TIME, THE BOARD WENT THROUGH THIS PROCESS, SO THIS IS VASTLY DIFFERENT BOARD. WE MAY ASK QUESTIONS THAT MAY SEEM A LITTLE BUT JUST TO ASK FOR A LITTLE SPACE AND GRACE WITH THAT. YOU ASK ANYTHING YOU NEED TO. YES, MA'AM. I

025APPRECIATE THAT. THAT GOES FOR TONIGHT AND ANY POINT DURING THE SEARCH PROCESS. I APPRECIATE THAT. YES, MA'AM. ANY OTHER ADDITIONS OR CHANGES? DID YOU GET THEM? I DID AND IF OKAY, I WILL ADD THE FOUR ESSAY QUESTIONS TO THE SPECIFIC QUESTIONS ESSAY, SINCE THEY ARE MORE QUESTIONS OPPOSED TO LISTED QUESTIONS THOUGH I'LL MAKE EDITS TO INSTRUCTIONAL LEADERSHIP AND SUCCESS TECHNOLOGY AND DIVERSE POPULATIONS EDITING TO DESCRIBE THE SUCCESS FOLKS HAD AND WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE FOR THEM. ALRIGHT. NEXT UP ARE THE SURVEYS. THEY MIRROR ONE ANOTHER AND OF COURSE THE REASON THEY MIRROR ONE ANOTHER BECAUSE WE LIKE TO COMPARE THEM OR PROVIDE A COMPARISON FOR YOU IN TERMS OF WHAT CHARACTERISTICS AND TYPES OF EXPERIENCE ARE MOST IMPORTANT TO YOUR COMMUNITY AND STAFF. AS YOU KNOW, THERE IS ALSO A COMMENT SECTION AT THE END.

026WE PROVIDE PDF COPIES OF THOSE COMMENTS. AS YOU KNOW, THE SURVEY PORTION IS OPTIONAL, BUT SOMETHING THE VAST MAJORITY OF BOARDS, ALL MOST ALL BOARDS PARTICIPATE IN IN TERMS OF GETTING FEEDBACK FROM THE COMMUNITY AND STAFF. GO AHEAD. I'M CURIOUS WHEN WE DISSEMINATE THE SURVEY WE WANT FEEDBACK FROM THE CURRENT SCHOOL COMMUNITY AND OUR GREATER COMMUNITY AS WELL, SO CAN YOU SHARE WHAT THAT CAN LOOK LIKE AND THE GREATER COMMUNITY OUTSIDE WHO HAVE CURRENTLY HAVE KIDS IN THE SCHOOL? I WILL SAY, I DON'T KNOW WHAT CHANNELS YOU TYPICALLY USE TO GET IN TERMS OF LIKE NEWSPAPERS, TELEVISION, WHAT MEDIUMS YOU DO WHEN YOU ARE TRYING TO GET YOUR SCHOOL COMMUNITY, VERSUS THE LIGHTER COMMUNITY. I KNOW GASTEN WHO I WORKED WITH USED TELEVISION NEWS, LOCAL TELEVISION NEWS AND IT WORKED EXTREMELY WELL-THEY HAD A VERY

027SIZABLE NUMBER OF SURVEY RESPONDENTS THAT DID NOT HAVE KIDS IN SCHOOL AND WERE NOT GRADUATES OF THE SCHOOL SYSTEM AND ALSO MADE A EFFORT TO REACH OUT TO DIFFERENT NON PROFITS, CIVIC GROUPS, COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, THINGS LIKE THAT IN TERMS OF GETTING THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY TO RESPOND TO IT. OKAY. WE GOT MR. JINKS HERE, WHO MANAGES A TEAM ALL OUR SOCIAL MEDIA AND COMMUNICATION STUFF, SO I'M CERTAIN IT WILL GET OUT THERE AS WELL. PROBABLY USE THE PARTNERS WE HAVE ALREADY. JUST CURIOUS. I THINK THAT IS A GREAT QUESTION AND I WONDER IF THE BOARD WANTS TO TAKE A LITTLE TIME AND BE SPECIFIC ABOUT THE GROUPS WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE CAPTURE DATA FROM AND SO, BE INTENTIONAL GETTING THE SURVEY TO THEM. THERE IS NOTHING BETTER THEN THE BOARD. REALLY AND TRULY REACHING

028OUT TO THE FOLKS YOU WANT TO HEAR FROM AND ASKING TO HEAR FROM THEM. THAT MAKES A WORLD OF DIFFERENCE IN MY EXPERIENCE. [INDISCERNIBLE] FUNNEL THE INFORMATION THROUGH THE CHAIR [INDISCERNIBLE] THEY COULD. I WAS GOING TO START WITH TEACHERS, FAITH AND CIVIC AND NON PROFIT, LOCAL GOVERNMENT, WHAT OTHER GROUPS DO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE ARE INCLUDING? AND WITHIN THAT, ARE THERE UNIQUE GROUPS WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE CALL OUT? GO AHEAD. I WAS GOING TO SAY, AFFINITY GROUPS WITHIN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT LIKE SNACK, LIKE THE BLUE RIBBON MENTOR GROUP. THE GROUPS-THOSE ARE JUST TWO EXAMPLES, BUT MAKING SURE IT GOES OUT TO ALL THEIR LISTS. I THINK SOME OF THIS YOU HIT ON BROAD TOPICS LIKE CIVIC AND NON PROFITS. WE HAVE PARTNERS IN THE COMMUNITY LIKE REFUGEE OUT-REACH AND GROUPS WE

029WORK WITH AND DON'T WANT TO FORGET THEM AND GET THE INFORMATION OUTS AS WELL. SOME GROUPS I SAW TODAY AT THE SOCIAL JUSTICE FAIR, THERE WERE A LOT AND THEY ALL HAVE REACH. THAT WOULD BE GREAT. I WOULD SAY ALUMNI FOR SURE. THAT'S ALWAYS HELPFUL. WE ALWAYS ALL MOST ALWAYS SEE A LARGE LARGE NUMBER OF GRADUATES. LOCAL, HISTORICAL, PEOPLE FROM THE COMMUNITY. YES, MA'AM. I THINK THAT WOULD BE PERTINENT. THE LINCOLN CENTER. YEAH, LINCOLN. ANY OTHER SPECIFIC GROUPS WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE ARE CAPTURING? N A A CP IN THE AREA ARE REALLY- AUTISM SOCIETY OF ORANGE COUNTY. WHO IS OUR FAMILY SUCCESS ALLIANCE? THEY STILL CONVENE, SO MAYBE GETTING OUT TO THE FAMILY SUCCESS ALLIANCE. THOSE ARE A LOT- THEY HAVE A NEW NAME. IT IS ORANGE COUNTY CARES. OKAY. [MULTIPLE SPEAKERS] I'M

030IN THE SPACE IN A DIFFERENT CAPACITY. WE ALSO JUST FOR CONVENIENCE SAKE IN ADDITION TO SENDING TO PIO THE SURVEY LINKS WE SEND YOU THE BOARD THE COMMUNITY LINKS SO THAT YOU CAN SHARE IT WIDELY AS I KNOW YOU DO WITH CIVIC GROUPS, FAITH GROUPS, LIST SERVES YOU ARE ON. AND, I SAY BOARD MEMBERS, IF YOU ARE ON ALL THE SOCIAL MEDIAS JUST POSTING OUT THERE. WOULD MAKE A HUGE DIFFERENCE. I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT TO AGREE ON A BASELINE LIST SO IT IS NOT- ABSOLUTELY. [INDISCERNIBLE] I WANTED YOU TO KNOW THAT- I APPRECIATE THAT. I CAN GET THE LIST TO YOU. THAT SOUNDS GOOD. I'LL TAKE A PICTURE OF IT. IT LOOKS FINE, I'M LOOKING AT IT. OKAY. ALRIGHT. GO AHEAD. I HAD A COUPLE QUESTIONS ABOUT THE ACTUAL QUESTIONS THAT ARE ON THE

031SURVEY. PROBABLY ONE PAGE AT A TIME. THE FIRST PAGE IS THE OPTIONAL INFORMATION. I THINK THAT ONE-- I WAS GOING TO ASK HOW THE DATA-HOW THE QUESTIONS HAVE BEEN VALIDATED? IT GIVES A SENSE HOW IT INFORMS THE BOARD'S ULT ABILITY TO PICK A SUPERINTENDENT. HAS THAT KIND OF WORK BEEN DONE? NO, MA'AM, THIS IS NOT A SCIENTIFIC SURVEY. THIS IS REALLY WHAT WE COME UP WITH OVER THE YEARS OF DOING IT AND REALLY WHAT WE HAVE FOUND IS THAT, AND WE HAVE DONE A LOT OF DIFFERENT VERSIONS OF THIS. WHAT FOLKS REALLY GENUINELY LIKE IS OPEN-ENDED SECTION WHERE THEY CAN TALK AND DISCUSS OPENLY AND ANONYMOUSLY THE ISSUES MOST IMPORTANT TO THEM AND THE THINGS THEY WANT YOU TO CONSIDER AS YOU REVIEW APPLICATIONS AND INTERVIEWING APPLICANTS AND DECIDING WHO THE DISTRICT SUPERINTENDENT WILL BE.

032WE DONT ALWAYS GET THE BEST FEEDBACK IN TERMS OF THE QUESTIONS WE ASK, BUT THAT IS BECAUSE IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO KNOW THE CIRCUMSTANCES, THE SITUATIONS THE SURVEY RESPONDENTS ARE IN AND WHAT'S MOST IMPORTANT TO THEM. WE LIKE THAT THIS PROVIDES AT LEAST AN OPPORTUNITY TO COMPARE SORT OF THE CHARACTERISTICS AND TYPES OF EXPERIENCE MOST IMPORTANT TO YOUR COMMUNITY AND STAFF, BUT--IT IS IMPERFECT IN TERMS OF BEING A VALIDATED SCIENTIFIC SURVEY. THAT IS HELPFUL. THANK YOU. SO, AT THIS POINT IT IS ACTUALLY JUST THE COMMUNITY SURVEY AND THE STAFF. IT ISN'T A SEPARATE FOR PARENTS OR FAMILIES? THEY ARE INCLUDED IN THE COMMUNITY AT THIS POINT? THEY ARE BOTH THE SAME SURVEY. ALL THE QUESTIONS ARE THE SAME. WE ARE NOT ASKING DIFFERENT QUESTIONS OF DIFFERENT-OKAY. THAT'S CORRECT. THEN I THINK THE DATA POINTS ON

033THE FIRST PAGE IT SAYS I LOVE IN A SAMPLE SCHOOL, A STUDENTS, GRADUATE. I HAVE CHILDREN WHO ATTEND, I DON'T HAVE SCHOOL AGE CHILDREN. RETIRED. YOU CAN FIND YOURSELF IN THE VARIETY OF CATEGORIES, OR MULTIPLE. ANYBODY? SO, NO QUESTIONS OR ADDITIONS ON THE OPTIONAL INFORMATION? WE ARE GOOD THERE? BEFORE WE GO TO THE FIRST PAGE OF QUESTIONS FOR 3-10. THANK YOU. ON QUESTION 5 YES, MA'AM. I FEEL THAT IS SOMEWHAT VAGUE. I'M NOT SURE THE AVERAGE PERSON IS GOING TO KNOW WHAT THEY ARE REFERRING TO ON RESEARCH BASED PROGRAMS SO DONT KNOW IF WE WANT TO DAA EG AND NAME PROGRAMS SO PEOPLE UNDERSTAND WHAT THAT IS REFERRING TO? I'M NOT SURE WHATEVER INFORMATION CAPTURED THERE WOULD BE VALUABLE BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW THE PEOPLE WOULD BE ON THE SAME PAGE. SURE. DOES THAT-- YEAH.

034[INDISCERNIBLE] YES, EMPIRICALLY SUPPORTED INTERVENTIONS. MAYBE WE CAN NAME A CURRICULAR PROGRAM. MAYBE THAT-MAYBE ADDING A LITTLE LANGUAGE THAT WOULD CLARIFY WHAT THAT IS. [INDISCERNIBLE] KIDS IN SCHOOL OR BEEN IN SCHOOL RECENTLY MIGHT BE FAMILIAR WITH THAT. YEAH. AND THEN ON NUMBER 6, SUPPORTS THE USE AND DEVELOPMENT OF TECHNOLOGY AND TEACHING AND LEARNING. I MIGHT SAY, I MIGHT REFRAME THAT SLIGHTLY AND SAY SOMETHING TO THE EFFECT OF, HAS EXPERIENCE WITH THE EVALUATION AND DEPLOYMENT OF EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY OR SOMETHING THAT SHOWS IT IS USED BUT USED APPROPRIATELY DEVELOPMENTALLY APPROPRIATELY, SOMETHING TO THAT EFFECT. I DONT KNOW IF THAT RESONATES, BUT-- YEAH. THE LAST ONE, I DON'T KNOW IF IT FITS INTO NUMBER 9, BUT I THINK-I DONT KNOW IF I WOULD DO A SEPARATE QUESTION, BUT YOU COULD ADD THE CONCEPT OF ABSENTEEISM OR ATTENDANCE INTO THAT

035ONE ALSO. I THINK THAT WAS IT FOR THAT PAGE FOR ME. OKAY. THANK YOU. SOME OF THE QUESTIONS FEEL VERY-LET ME RESTART. SOME OF THE QUESTIONS FEEL GENERAL ENOUGH I DONT KNOW THE VALUE ADD OF THE QUESTION. FOR EXAMPLE, BUILD AND MAINTAIN RELATIONSHIP WITH COMMUNITY GROUPS. I IMAGINE 99PERT PERCENT OF PEOPLE WILL SAY THAT IS IMPORTANT. THAT WAS MY QUESTION ABOUT, THIS IS PRETTY LENGTHY SURVEY. IT IS WORTH PULLING OUT THE QUESTIONS THAT FEEL LIKE THEY WILL GET US ANSWERS THAT ARE MEANINGFUL? THAT'S A GOOD POINT. I WAS THINKING SOME OF THE QUESTIONS I WONDER INSTEAD ASKING IF THEY ARE IMPORTANT, I LIKE RANKING THE IMPORTANCE. BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS. JUST DIFFERENT ONES WE PULL OUT SOME MAYBE WE WANT TO SEE WHAT'S THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS OR WHERE ARE THE VALUES OF OUR COMMUNITY RIGHT NOW

036MAYBE. OR FRAME AND HAS EXPERIENCE FORGING RELATIONSHIPS WITH COMMUNITY. I THINK IT IS GIVEN PEOPLE THINK THAT IS IMPORTANT. THAT'S RIGHT. I LIKE THE REASON-- GO AHEAD. THE IDEA OF RANKING MAYBE. JUST SO YOU KNOW WHAT WE ARE DOING, THEY RATE THE LEVEL OF IMPORTANCE FROM 1 TO 5 AND TAKE THE WEIGHTED AVERAGE. THEY ARE IN SOME WAY SAYING WHAT LEVEL OF IMPORTANCE IT IS TO THEM. WE ARE SUGGESTING MAYBE RELATIVE TO EACH OTHER. RIGHT. IT IS MORE IMPORTANT SOMEONE WHO IS STRONG COMMUNITY BUILDER OR SOMEONE WHO COMMUNICATES WELL? MAYBE THE FIRST I THINK 22 OR FORGIVE ME, YES. OR 20. IT IS 20 I THINK. THAT THEY RANK THOSE TO- I AGAIN, LIKE THERE ARE A LOT OF QUESTIONS. WE MADE IT MUCH LONGER. THIS IS SHORT AS WE MADE IT. YOU WERE GOING

037TO SAY SOMETHING? THERE IS A COUPLE AREAS HERE WHERE I FEEL THE LANGUAGE ISN'T QUITE HOW WE WOULD--COMMUNICATES WELL WITH PEOPLE OF ALL RACES AND I THINK I WOULD WANT TO ADD SEXUAL ORIENTATION, GENDER IDENTITY, GENDER TO THAT, AND THEN ALSO, I THINK WE DON'T USE ACHIEVEMENT GAPS. DO WE USE THAT? OPPORTUNITY GAPS ALSO? OKAY. DR. TRICE YOUR OPINION AND WHAT LANGUAGE MIGHT BE BEST? [UNABLE TO SPEAKER. MICROPHONE NOT ON] SO SAYS THE REST OF THE WORLD. I GUESS I'M JUST ADDING AGAIN MY ISSUE WITH DROP-OUT AND CERTAINLY USING AS A WORD TO DESCRIBE A HUMAN. THEN, THERE IS SOMETHING ON HERE ABOUT FIRM DISCIPLINE. I GUESS I RATHER SAY, SUPPORTS EFFECTIVE DISCIPLINE OR I DON'T KNOW. THAT IS A QUESTION WHERE I'M LIKE, WHAT ARE WE GETTING FROM THE QUESTION? [INDISCERNIBLE] [MULTIPLE SPEAKERS] 17

038AND 18, IF THEY ARE DOING 18 THAT WOULD INCLUDE 17. RIGHT. THEY ARE SPENDING TIME IN INDIVIDUAL CLASSROOMS AND ARE NOT DOING THAT IF WE ARE NOT HIGHLY VISIBLE IN THE ROOM SO CAN MAYBE COMBINE THAT. RIGHT. AND TO SPEAK TO WHAT BARB WAS SAYING ABOUT THE ACHIEVEMENT GAP AND WHERE WE ALSO-WE PREFER OPPORTUNITY GAP BECAUSE WE THINK THAT IS A LOT OF THE REASONS FOR THEM TO BE ABLE TO COMBINE THAT TO MAYBE SAY, IDEAS OF BEING ABLE TO MOVE FROM AN ACHIEVEMENT AND OPPORTUNITY GAP TO HELP BALANCE THINGS OUT. SOMETHING WHERE WE ACKNOWLEDGE THAT WE PREFER TO CALL ONE WHAT IT IS, BUT THAT WE ACKNOWLEDGE BECAUSE OF ONE WE HAVE THE OTHER. RIGHT. SO WE ARE NOT STEPPING OR LOOKING AWAY FROM IT. I KNOW FOR ME I HAVE A QUESTION OR

039ISSUE WITH THE-WHERE IS IT AGAIN? I'LL COME BACK TO IT NOW BECAUSE I DON'T SEE IT. THAT'S OKAY. NUMBER 9, IDEAS AND APPROACHES TO APPROVE GRADUATION RATE AND PREVENT DROP OUT. WE HAVE IT GAPS WE HAVE. MORE INTERESTED IN BEING ABLE TO IMPROVE THE DECLINE IN THE GAPS AS OPPOSED TO THE PERCENTAGES IN THE NUMBERS OF THE DIPLOMAS WE HAND OUT, BECAUSE WE ARE GRADUATING THAT MANY, BUT THAT GAP IS STILL THAT. SOMETHING IS BEING LOST IN THE NUANCES AND MORE CONCERNED WITH THE PEOPLE I KNOW THAT GRADUATED 30 YEARS AGO AND STILL CAN'T READ. DON'T GET ME STARTED THERE. THAT IS WHERE MY CONCERN IS THOUGH. YES, MA'AM. AND, I THINK VICKY YOU ARE LOOKING FOR QUESTION AROUND COLLEGE AND CAREER AND LIFE READINESS? NO, LOOKING SOMEWHERE WITHIN THE QUESTION WITH NUMBER 9 THAT,

040WE ARE MORE-NOT NECESSARILY COLLEGE OR CAREER, BUT DEFINITELY TO BE EFFICIENT. TO BE ABLE TO STAND BY THE WORDS THAT ARE ON THAT DIPLOMA THAT WE KNOW THAT WE HAVE UNFORTUNATELY A SITUATION PEOPLE HAVE GONE THROUGH THE DISTRICT WHO ARE NOT WHERE THEY SHOULD BE WHEN THEY LEAVE THE DISTRICT. I WANT TO KNOW WHO IS WILLING TO CONTINUE TO STEP UP AND CONTINUE TO PUSH THIS WORK ON THAT WE ARE MOVING ON HERE IN THE RECENT YEARS TO KEEP PUSHING IT AND PUSH HARDER EVEN TO JUST BE ABLE TO STAND UP AND SAY, LET'S LOOK WHO ISN'T GETTING THIS, LET'S LOOK WHY THEY ARE NOT GETTING THIS, AND LET'S LOOK WHO IS READY TO FIGHT AND BREAK DOWN THOSE WALLS AS TO WHY NOT. I THINK VICKY LANGUAGE LIKE, INSTRUCTIONAL OUTCOMES INSTEAD OF GRADUATION RATES?

041I THINK THAT MAY-I THINK SO. [INDISCERNIBLE] HAVE YOU LEARNED ENOUGH TO BE SUCCESSFUL? YES, BECAUSE RIGHT NOW I KNOW THAT WE HAVE HISTORICALLY THE HIGHEST NUMBER OF BLACK MALES THAT ARE LOCAL TO CHAPEL HILL THAT HAVE COME THROUGH THE DISTRICT, WE HAVE QUITE A FEW WHO STILL CAME THROUGH THE DISTRICT AND ARE NOT READING AND I'M NOT SPEAKING TO JUST DATA POINTS, I'M SPEAKING TO PEOPLE. I'M SPEAKING TO PEOPLE I KNOW. PEOPLE I HELPED FILL OUT APPLICATIONS BECAUSE THEY GRADUATED IN THE 70, 80 AND 90 AND STILL FUNCTIONALLY ILLITERATE AND HAVE A DIPLOMA SITTING ON THE STAND. THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT I DO NOT WANT TO CONTINUE TO SEE HAPPEN IN CHAPEL HILL-CARRBORO CITY SCHOOLS. I WONDER INSTEAD OF ALL THE QUESTIONS WE STREAMLINE DOWN TO LIKE 10 OF THESE QUESTIONS AND THEN WE

042OPEN MORE OF THE OPEN-ENDED QUESTIONS. FOR EXAMPLE LIKE WHAT IS IMPORTANT TO YOU IN A NEW SUPERINTENDENT? I THINK WE COULD GET AT A LOT OF WHAT THE QUESTIONS ARE ASKING, BUT IT MAY BE MORE VALUE ADD. WHAT KINDS OF EXPERIENCES DO YOU WANT THE SUPERINTENDENT TO BRING? WHERE WOULD YOU WANT YOUR SUPERINTENDENT TO FOCUS? THE LAST TIME AROUND WE DID THAT WITH THE DIFFERENT GROUPS IN THE DISTRICT AND THEY COMPILED ARE THE INFORMATION AND SUBMITTED TO ADMINISTRATION AND THE BOARD SO THEY HAD INFORMATION TO GO BACK TO YOU GUYS AND THAT WORKED WELL. WE HAD PARENTS AND STUDENTS EVEN IN DIFFERENT SECTIONS AND PUT THEIR-WRITE THEIR INFORMATION DOWN AND PUT IT ON THE BOARD AND COMPILED ALL THE INFORMATION AND GOT THE TOP 15 TO 20RANKINGS. GIVEN ATTENTION SPAN THESE DAYS, ARE WE GOING

043TO HOLD PEOPLE LONG ENOUGH TO GO THROUGH A 31 QUESTION SURVEY THAT MIGHT GET A LITTLE DAUNTING? I THINK YOU REALLY ARE UNHAPPY WITH THE BUBBLED QUESTIONS. I THINK THAT IS A ABUNDANTLY CLEAR. I LIKE THE IDEA OF 3 OR 4. I DON'T KNOW IF 5 IS TOO MUCH, BUT MAYBE 3 OPEN-ENDED QUESTIONS SIMILAR TO WHAT YOU SUGGESTING. WHAT YOU WANT TO SEE IN A NEW SUPERINTENDENT? WHAT EXPERIENCE DO YOU WANT THEM TO HAVE. THE EXPERIENCE- WHERE WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE THEM FOCUS? AS OUR SUPERINTENDENT? YEAH. I GO BACK TO, TAKE SOME OF THE QUESTIONS AND PUT IN A RANK ORDER BECAUSE THERE ARE THINGS ON HERE, LIKE WHAT IS THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS TO YOU? THAT IS WHAT I WANT TO KNOW FROM THE COMMUNITY. THE THREE OR FIVE IMPORTANT THINGS THAT GENERALLY

044THE COMMUNITY IS TALKING ABOUT. I CAN ASSUME THEM, BUT I MIGHT BE WRONG AT THE END OF THE DAY. MAKING THAT QUICK-THAT IS A QUICK THING I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW AND THEN I THINK SOME OF YOUR QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT-I THINK THE LAST ONE ABOUT THE SUPERINTENDENT TO FOCUS ON. THAT IS A LITTLE DIFFERENT QUESTION IN TERMS OF WHAT IS IMPORTANT TO YOU, BECAUSE THAT-THAT GOES TO WHAT IS HAPPENING IN OUR SCHOOLS WITH OUR KIDS WITH OUR STAFF. IN MY EXPERIENCE, IF WE DO THESE OPEN-ENDED QUESTIONS AT THE END AND STILL HAVE A LONG LIST OF ANSWERS YOU WILL HAVE A LOT OF FOLKS WHO DONT COMPLETE THE SURVEY OR DON'T-I THINK IF WE FOCUS ON THE THREE OPEN-ENDED QUESTIONS YOU MAY-IT WILL BE A LITTLE MORE WORK FOR YOU IN TERMS OF READING THROUGH

045THE COMMENTS, BUT THE QUALITY MAY BE-IN TERMS OF GETTING REALLY GOOD SUBSTANTIVE MEANINGFUL FEEDBACK, I THINK IT MIGHT BE BETTER GIVEN YOU ARE RIGHT, THAT I THINK PEOPLE ADMITTEDLY WILL FIND A LOT OF THESE THINGS TO BE IMPORTANT. WE GOT EXPERTS IN THE ROOM LIKE-CAN WE ASK- SURE. ADMINISTRATION IF THEY GOT THOUGHTS ABOUT THE TYPE OF QUESTIONS THAT WE MIGHT INCLUDE? I DON'T PARTICULARLY HAVE A THOUGHT ABOUT THAT, BUT I CAN HELP WITH THE PROCESS AND WHAT I WAS WONDERING IF YOU RANK THE TOP 3 WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO HAVE IT QUESTIONS OF YOU ALL INDIVIDUALLY AND THOSE COULD BE THE QUESTIONS WE BUBBLE UP. JUST TO GET US IN TERMS OF PROCESS BUT NOT NECESSARILY MY QUESTION. DO YOU MEAN THE OPEN-ENDED ONES OR MAYBE A LIST OF 10 WE ASK THEM TO

046RANK? I WOULD SAY BOTH. OKAY. I THINK THAT IS GREAT IDEA. I TEND TO LEAN TOWARD MORE THE OPEN-ENDED QUESTIONS. IF YOU LOOK AT SURVEYS THAT ARE COMPLETED WHETHER WE ARE DOING CALENDAR OR SOME OTHER INFORMATION GATHERING, PEOPLE FEEL LIKE THEY WANT TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THEIR VOICE AND WHETHER WE NEED TO PUT IN THE TIME TO ANALYZE THAT, IT IS UP TO THE BOARD, BUT CERTAINLY WE GLEAN A LOT OF GOOD INFORMATION FROM OPEN-ENDED QUESTIONS. NOT ONLY IN THIS SPACE, BUT IN A LOT OF DIFFERENT SPACES WHERE WE ARE DOING SURVEYS. I LIKE THE OPEN-ENDED QUESTIONS BUT I ALSO SAY I WANT TO BE VERY CAREFUL WITH WHO'S GOING TO BE ABLE TO ANSWER THOSE QUESTIONS, SO EVEN IF WE ARE-WE MAY NEED TO CONSIDER GOING TO THE COMMUNITY WITH THOSE OPEN-ENDED QUESTIONS

047AND HAVE SOMEONE PREPARED TO CAPTURE THE DATA SO PEOPLE WHO MAY NOT FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH THE TECHNOLOGY OR WHO MAY NOT QUITE UNDERSTAND THOSE PARTICULAR QUESTIONS THEY CAN TELL YOU WHAT IT IS THEY ARE TRYING TO SAY AND WE TAKE THE ANSWERS AND PUT IT DOWN FOR THEM HOWEVER THAT HAS TO LOOK, WHETHER IT IS TOWN HALL WHERE THERE IS A SMALL GROUP WITH PARENTS, AND STUDENT WITH PARENTS AND WHY I WAS ASKING ABOUT ARE WE ASKING DIFFERENT QUESTIONS OF DIFFERENT PEOPLE BECAUSE REALLY REALISTICALLY DIFFERENT SUBSETS OF PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE WANTING THE ANSWERS LOOKING FOR DIFFERENT THINGS AND THEY SHOULD BE. IF WE ASK SOMEONE WHO IS JUST IN THE COMMUNITY OR DIFFERENT MUNICIPALITIES, THEIR PERCEPTION WHAT OUR SUPERINTENDENT SHOULD BE DOING IS QUITE DIFFERENT THEN THE ENGLISH TEACHER ACROSS TOWN OR THE

048PRINCIPAL THAT SAID THE MIDDLE SCHOOL THAT WANTS TO HAVE-IT SHOULD BE DIFFERENT THINGS AND I THINK THAT IS OKAY SO WE NEED TO BE MINDFUL THAT EVERYBODY ISN'T LOOKING FOR THE SAME AND WE NEED TO BE OKAY WITH THAT AND MAKE MORE VOICES THE BETTER TO PULL IN AND JUST GO AHEAD AND LEAN IN AND GRAB THEM WITH US, SO YEAH, I THINK THAT WOULD BE A GOOD WAY TO MAYBE TAKE OUR INFORMATION AND WHAT WE WANT AND TAKE IT OUT TO THEM OPPOSED TO JUST EXPECTING THEM TO BE ABLE TO CLICK ON THE LINK AND SEND IT BACK TO US BECAUSE SOME PEOPLE WE NEED TO HEAR FROM MAY NOT HAVE ACCESS TO DO THAT AND SOME OF THOSE PEOPLE MAY NEED TO SEND "PROXY" BECAUSE THEY MAY NOT FEEL SAFE TO BE IN

049A SPACE TO TELL WHAT THEY NEED SO WE NEED TO BE PREPARED TO STAND IN THE GAP. MY COMMENTS ARE IN ALIGNMENT WITH DR. TRICE. THIS TYPE OF SURVEY IS A TWO PRONG APPROACH. THE FIRST PART OF THE SURVEY IS FOR PEOPLE WHO HAVE VESTED INTERESTS IN PUBLIC EDUCATION AND MAY NOT KNOW SPECIFICS AND SEE THE FRAMEWORK WHAT YOU'RE DESIRING AS A BOARD IN A FUTURE SUPERINTENDENT. I AGREE THAT THE OPEN-ENDED QUESTIONS ALLOW PEOPLE TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY AND THOSE FIRST PART OF THE SURVEY COULD BE THE PROMPT FOR THEM THAT ALLOWS THEM TO ELABORATE FURTHER IN THE OPEN RESPONSE. BECAUSE IT GIVES IN THE END WHEN YOU DO BOTH NO ONE BELIEVES IF YOU ALREADY MADE A PRE-DECISION OR LOOKING FOR SOMETHING SPECIFIC BUT ALSO HAVE PERSONAL EXPERIENCES FOR THEMSELVES AS A STUDENT FROM

050THE SCHOOL DISTRICT OR AS A PARENT AND CAN ELABORATE SO YOU AS A BOARD GAIN A BETTER UNDERSTANDING WHAT IS DESIRED FROM THE COMMUNITY. DR. HARRIS YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD? NO. I THINK YOU ALL ARE DOING AN AMAZING JOB. [LAUGHTER] AND I THINK I THE CONVERSATION IS DEFINITELY NEEDED AND THINK IT WOULD BE THOUGHTFUL FOR PEOPLE TO WATCH THE BOARD MEETING TO BE ABLE TO FIND OUT EXACTLY WHAT THE BOARD IS LOOKING FOR. I THINK JUST THE CONVERSATION IN AND OF ITSELF WILL HELP US TO FIND THE CORRECT CANDIDATE. I WILL ADD THE OPEN-ENDED PIECE WOULD BE A GREAT ADDITION. IN WORKING WITH EVEN CALENDAR, AND FULL TRANSPARENCY, I'M READING CALENDAR COMMENTS NOW WITH FEEDBACK AND IN THE CALENDAR CYCLE WE ARE WORKING WITH, WE SAW OVER A THOUSAND COMMENTS SO OUR COMMUNITY I

051HAVE GROWN TO LEARN OUR COMMUNITY WANTS TO HAVE INPUT AND WANT TO TYPE OUT EXACTLY WHAT THEY HEAR OR AS THEY WANT TO TELL YOU. WE NEED TO HAVE THE AVENUES FOR THEM. I'M NOT SURE I HAVE ANYTHING SUBSTANCE TO ADD BUT I CONCUR WITH EVERYTHING EVERYONE SAID SO FAR. I WAS LOOKING AT THE 23 THROUGH 31. I THINK THAT LENDS WELL TO LIKE WHAT EXPERIENCES THE MOST IMPORTANT TO US AND MAYBE SO-MAYBE THAT IS A RANKING ONE. MAYBE SOMEBODY WANTS TO PUT THAT IN ORDER VERSUS HAVING TO CLICK THROUGH ALL THE BUBBLES. RIGHT FROM 1 TO 10. OR- OR 9. YOU COULD-I DON'T KNOW-NOT SURE-AGREE ON RANKING OR THEY CAN SAY MAKE THAT ONE QUESTION AND SAY LIKE, I BELIEVE A SUPERINTENDENT SHOULD AND PUT LIKE CHECK MARK AND SAY, SUCCESSFUL PRINCIPAL, CLASSROOM TEACHER,

052WHATEVER AND PEOPLE CAN CHECK OFF ALL THAT APPLIES SO IT CONDENSES THAT PAGE TO ONE QUESTION. OR JUST YES, NO. RIGHT. CLICK AS MANY AS YOU WANT. YEAH. YOU CAN SAY HUMAN RESOURCES, I DONT KNOW, BUT CLASSROOM-I THINK THEY REALLY SHOULD HAVE BEEN A CLASSROOM TEACHER OR WHATEVER IT IS. I WANT TO CYCLE BACK TO WHAT RONI STARTING FROM 3 TO 23. IT IS 20 QUESTIONS THAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT RANKING. I THINK WE CAN CALL IT DOWN TO 10. THE PROCESS YOU ARE DOING MIGHT BE AMONG US OUTSIDE THIS MEETING. WHAT BRANDY WAS SAYING. I THINK THAT IS REALLY WORTHWHILE IS GET DOWN TO I SAY 10 AND ASK THEM TO RANK THESE FROM MOST IMPORTANT TO LEAST IMPORTANT. WE CAN GET RID OF SOME IT SEEMS EVERYONE AGREES THEY SHOULD BE INTERESTED IN

053SCHOOL PROGRAMS. EVERYONE AGREES THEY SHOULD BE HIGHLY VISIBLE. MAYBE THAT ISN'T AS IMPORTANT BUT I THINK WE CAN CHOOSE FROM THESE AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE THE OPEN-ENDED ONES WE TALKED ABOUT BEFORE. THAT IS FOR THE FIRST 23 AND THEN WE CAN GO WITH SUGGESTING FOR THE NEXT SECTION FROM 23-31 OF A LONG LIST OF- THE ONES YOU WANT THEM TO HAVE EXPERIENCE. EXACTLY. CLICK AS MANY AS YOU WANT. DOES THAT SOUND LIKE A FAIR SUMMARY? AS LONG AS SOMEONE CAN LET ME KNOW AT SOME POINT. IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE TOMORROW, BUT SOON. I CAN FINALIZE THE SURVEY THE SOONER WE- IT SOUNDS LIKE SINCE WE ARE COLLECTING OUR OWN INFORMATION, IT SOUNDS WE ARE GOING TO REWRITE THIS AND GIVE IT BACK TO YOU. RIGHT. SURE. I THINK SO. [LAUGHTER] WE JUST TAKE-I

054ALREADY STARTED MARKING. [INDISCERNIBLE] THERE IS SOME QUESTIONS I'M LIKE PUT THESE IN ORDER BUT THERE WERE A FEW QUESTIONS I WAS LIKE THESE ARE CRITICAL AND NEED-LIKE THE OPPORTUNITY ACHIEVEMENT GAP QUESTION LIKE VICKY SAID. THE GRADUATION RATE. ABSENTEEISM AND WHATEVER LANGUAGE WE CRAFT FOR THE DROP OUT TERM WE DONT LOVE. THOSE THREE SO FAR. THE VISION FOR THE SCHOOL SYSTEM I THINK IS IMPORTANT ONE. DON'T YOU THINK EVERYONE AGREES EVERY PERSON TAKING THE SURVEY SAY WE WANT THE SUPERINTENDENT TO HAVE A GOOD VISION? NOT AS RANKING, SAYING A QUESTION- OKAY, I THOUGHT YOU WERE TALKING WHAT TO INCLUDE. NUMBER 14. SO 14, 9 AND 8. I- WHAT WOULD THAT LOOK LIKE? I DON'T WANT THAT TO BE IN RANKING SYSTEM. THAT NEEDS TO BE A STAND-ALONE QUESTION BECAUSE THAT IS IMPORTANT QUESTION. THOSE ARE THREE

055IMPORTANT QUESTIONS THAT I DON'T WANT THOSE RANKED. I WANT FEEDBACK IN THOSE AREAS. YOU THINK WE MIGHT CAPTURE THOSE IN THE THREE OPEN ENDED QUESTIONS? WHAT EXPERIENCE DO YOU WANT THEM TO HAVE AND WHERE YOU LIKE TO FOCUS ATTENTION? THAT'S RIGHT. [INDISCERNIBLE] THE 10. I AGREE. IF YOU WANT THEM TO FILL OUT THE ENTIRE SURVEY. I DO FEEL THAT IF THE THINGS YOU WANT IN THE OPEN ENDED ARE ALSO IN THE RANKING, THAT KIND OF LIKE REMINDS THEM OF THINGS THEY MIGHT WANT TO DISCUSS. SOMEBODY OVER HERE SAID THAT. SORT OF PROMPTS THEM. EXACTLY. I WOULD SAY LEAVING THOSE IN THERE AS PART OF THE RANKING AND IT IS ALSO PART OF THEIR OPEN ENDED RESPONSES. ARE THERE 10 YOU KNOW YOU LIKE TO GO WITH NOW? I DON'T WANT TO PRESS YOU. I WAS

056RELUCTANT TO COMMIT TO 10. WHEN WOULD WE DO IT? YOU HAVE A BOARD RETREAT NEXT WEEK SO IF WE WANT TO DO SOONER THEN THAT, BUT WE COULD ADD ON THAT. LET'S DO THAT. I STARTED MARKING UP. WHY DONT WE USE THAT-GIVE YOU HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENT FOR A WEEK AND COME BACK WITH 10 FOR THE RANKING. WE ARE CHOOSING THE 10 AT THE RETREAT THEN? YEAH. OKAY. BEFORE THE RETREAT AND NEED TO DISCUSS IT. AND AGREE ON THE WORDING. AND THE WORDING AND EVERYTHING AT THE RETREAT. SO THAT'S FOR THE RANKING. WHAT ARE THE OPEN ENDED QUESTIONS? ARE YOU GOING TO THINK ABOUT THAT OR DISCUSS THAT NOW? I HAVE TO THREE. RONI READ 3. OTHERS HAVE MORE. I THINK THAT'S GOOD. THOSE ARE THE THREE. THEN WE HAVE AT THE END OF THE SURVEY IS

057RANKING LIKE YOU SUGGESTED. I'LL JUST WAIT TO HEAR FROM YOUR BOARD. YES. WE'LL JUST ADJUST THE TIMELINE, THE IMPORTANT THING IS THAT YOU HAVE CONSIDERED THE FEEDBACK OBVIOUSLY FROM THE SURVEYS BEFORE YOU LOOK AT THE APPLICATIONS, BECAUSE YOU WILL BE USING THAT FEEDBACK TO GUIDE YOUR VIEW. THAT'S THE LENS THROUGH WITH WHICH YOU LOOK AT THE APPLICATIONS BUT WE CAN FIGURE A WAY TO MAKE SURE I COME BEFORE YOU GET THE APPLICATIONS OR DON'T GET A APPLICATION UNTIL YOU DISCUSS AND REVIEWED THE SURVEY RESULTS. WHAT LANGUAGES ARE THE SURVEYS IN? WE CAN OFFER TO DO ANY-I KNOW YOUR DISTRICT HAD SEVERAL DIFFERENT LANGUAGES LAST TIME. WE JUST DON'T HAVE ANYBODY THAT CAN TRANSLATE IT IN OUR OFFICE SO WE HAVE TO CONTRACT THAT OUT. LAST TIME WE USED SOMEONE FROM YOUR DISTRICT. IT IS MUCH

058MORE AFFORDABLE TO USE SOMEONE IN THE DISTRICT. OKAY, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE. THAT IS ALWAYS A BIG ISSUE. IT IS AND ANTICIPATED YOU KNOWING WHICH LANGUAGE YOU WANT TO TRANSLATE IT TO. PERFECT. OUR HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENT IS KNOW THE 10 RANKING QUESTIONS. WE GOT THE OPEN ENDED AND THE CHECK BOX, YES, NO FOR THE EXPERIENCE AND SO WE'LL HAVE ALL THAT DONE WEDNESDAY EVENING AND GEORGE AND I WILL GET THAT OVER TO YOU. THAT WOULD BE GREAT. THAT'S THE SURVEY. NOW THAT WE FINISHED THE SURVEYS IT IS LIKE THE BOARD ATTORNEY, APPROVING THE CONTRACT AND APPROVING EVERYTHING BUT THE SURVEYS. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO MAKE YOUR APPLICATION LIVE STARTING TOMORROW. IF YOU LIKE TO WAIT TO MAKE THE APPLICATION LIVE UNTIL YOU COMPLETED THE-UNTIL WE HAVE THE SURVEY FINALIZED THAT IS PERFECTLY FINE

059AS WELL. THAT IS ENTIRELY UP TO YOUR BOARD TO DECIDE. IF I AM MAKING SENSE. YES. I DON'T FEEL IT NECESSITATES HAVING THE SURVEY DONE. IT DOES NOT I WANT TO BE SENSITIVE. I RATHER GIVE MORE TIME IF A APPLICANT WANTS TO APPLY. ABSOLUTELY. THERE IS A LOT OF QUESTIONS. [MULTIPLE SPEAKERS] ALRIGHT. ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE AGREEMENTS ITSELF? LOOKS LIKE NO QUESTIONS. IT IS THE-IT WOULD BE LISTED AS I THINK NUMBER 6. SORRY. NO QUESTIONS? ALRIGHT. NOW WE ARE GOING TO TAKE EACH ITEM ONE AT A TIME YOU NEED US TO PROVE AND HAVE THE BOARD GIVE THE MOTION APPROVING AND GO TO THE NEXT THING. YES, MA'AM. THE FIRST ITEM WE WILL DO THE CONTRACT FIRST OR TIMELINE? I THINK THE CONTRACT MAKE S THE MOST SENSE. ALRIGHT. CAN I GET A

060MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSULTING AGREEMENT FROM THE NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL BOARD ASSOCIATION FOR THE NEW SUPERINTENDENT SEARCH SERVICES? SO MOVE. MOTION FROM BARB. SECOND. SECOND FROM MEREDITH. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? ALRIGHT. OKAY, NEXT IS APPLICATION DEADLINE OF APRIL 14. KNOWING WE WOULD HAVE THE VACANCY UP AND ADVERTISED FIRST THING TOMORROW. I'LL NOTIFY YOUR BOARD THAT VIA E-MAIL AND SHARE A FINALIZED TIMELINE AND FINALIZED VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT WITH THE EDITS THAT YOU COMMUNICATED TO ME TONIGHT. OKAY. I LIKE TO SUGGEST THAT WE MOVE THE APPLICATION DEADLINE BACK TO APRIL 7 AND GIVE THE BOARD ANOTHER WEEK TO REVIEW APPLICATION MATERIALS. YOU MEAN MOVE-TO THE 21? NO- YOU SAID BACK. YOU MEAN CLOSER? BRINGING IN THE TIMELINE. BRINGS LESS TIME- YOU ARE GOING BACKWARDS. CLOSER TO TODAY IS FORWARD. YOU- MY ONLY CONCERN ABOUT THAT

061IS WE HAVE A TIGHTER WINDOW TO COMPLETE THE SURVEYS, SO IT--THAT'S- A WEEK ISN'T SUFFICIENT FOR THE BOARD TO REVIEW APPLICATIONS. I TOTALLY UNDERSTAND THAT A WEEK WILL NOT BE SUFFICIENT. I BUILD IN A WEEK JUST DEPENDING ON THE BOARD FLEXIBILITY, BUT GENERALLY BOARDS EXTEND THAT OUT A WEEK SO THAT IS PERFECTLY FINE IN TERMS OF-WHEN YOU GREE YOU ARE JUST AGREEING ON THE APPLICATION DEADLINE. YOU CAN TAKE TWO WEEKS, THREE WEEKS, SOMETIMES BOARDS TAKE LONGER TO REVIEW THE APPLICATIONS AND THAT IS PERFECTLY FINE. YOU ARE NOT COMMITTING TO REVIEWING THEM IN A WEEK. HELP ME WITH THE CONCERN ABOUT THE SURVEYS? SO, WE TYPICALLY RUN THE SURVEYS AND THE APPLICATION CONCURRENTLY WITH ONE ANOTHER. WE MAKE THE SURVEYS LIVE STARTING FIRST THING TOMORROW. WE ARE NOT GOING TO DO THAT. I DON'T KNOW HOW

062MANY DAYS-WHEN IS YOUR WORK SESSION? NEXT WEDNESDAY. NEXT WEDNESDAY, SO THURSDAY. THERE IS JUST- SURVEYS ARE GOING TO INFORM THE BOARD'S DECISION, SO THAT TIMING IS OKAY IF THE SURVEYS ARE BEHIND, RIGHT? IT IS. I GUESS WHAT I DIDN'T WANT TO DO WAS SHORTEN TOO MUCH THE TIME PERIOD FOR FOLKS TO FILL OUT THE SURVEYS. WE HAVE TO EXTEND THAT OUT FARTHER DEPENDING HOW LONG YOU WANT TO ADVERTISE THOSE AND MAKE THEM AVAILABLE. WE NEED TIME TO COMPILE THE RESULTS TO REDACT THE COMMENTS, GIVEN THEY ARE PUBLIC RECORD AND READ THROUGH ALL THOSE AND COME AND PRESENT THE RESULTS TO YOU AT YOUR BOARD MEETING. I LIKE TO DO THAT IDEALLY BEFORE YOU LACK AT THE APPLICATIONS. IT IS PERFECTLY FINE WE DON'T SHARE-YOU DONT LOOK AT THE APPLICATIONS HOWEVER LONG AFTER THE APPLICATION DEADLINE,

063SO LONG AS YOU HAD A CHANCE TO REVIEW SURVEY RESULTS. I WANT TO BE MINDFUL OF THE FACT YOU MAY BE WAITING TO HEAR SURVEY RESULTS BEFORE YOU GET THE APPLICATIONS. THERE MAY BE A LAG THERE POSSIBLY. BUT HAPPY TO MAKE THE 7TH. I UNDERSTAND THE REASON. WE WANT TO KNOW THE COMMUNITY INFORMATION IN THE BACK OF OUR MINDS WHEN WE REVIEW AND HAVE THE APPLICATIONS ON THE 15TH. LOOKING AT THE CALENDAR THOUGH, JUST FROM LIKE NOT JUST THE PHYSICAL CALENDAR AND ALSO OUR SCHOOL CALENDAR, THE 15TH IS A TUESDAY, WE HAVE HOLIDAY THAT FRIDAY AND IN ORDER TO NOT HAVE PEOPLE FEEL SO PUSHED BECAUSE I RATHER HAVE MORE TIME IN TERMS OF SURVEYING WITH PEOPLE TO HAVE IN PERSON COMMUNICATION IF NEED BE, I PREFER NOT TO LOOK AT APPLICATIONS AT ALL UNTIL

064AFTER EASTER BECAUSE WE WILL HAVE PEOPLE-THAT IS THE WEEK IN FRONT OF IT AND ALSO--IT IS ALSO TAX WEEK AND THAT'S-THE DAYS ARE THINGS PEOPLE WILL BE CONVOLUTED ABOUT. JUST SAYING. I MUCH RATHER GET BEHIND PASS-OVER, EASTER, TAX DAY, ALL THOSE THINGS AND START WITH FRESH MINDS GETTING INFORMATION IN NEXT WEEK. THAT IS WHERE I WOULD LAND WITH IT. THE APPLICATION DEADLINE [INDISCERNIBLE] YOU LIKE TO MOVE THE APPLICATION DEADLINE OR MOVE WHEN YOU RECEIVE THE APPLICATIONS? I LIKE TO MOVE WHEN WE GET IT. THE 15-21 AFTER THE 18 SO MAKE MORE LIKE THE 20? MAYBE SHARE THE APPLICATIONS ON THE 21? RIGHT. THAT IS WHAT I'M SAYING SO WE WOULD HAVE HAD THE TIME-YOU WERE SAYING YOU LIKE FOR US TO-YOU TO HAVE THE SURVEY INFORMATION FIRST BEFORE WE ACTUALLY LOOK AT THE APPLICATIONS THAT

065WOULD HELP THE TIMELINE, RIGHT? IT WOULD. YES, MA'AM. ASSUMING WE CAN'T PRESENT THE SURVEY RESULTS BEFORE APRIL 14. I WOULD TRY TO, BUT IF WE COULDN'T THEN WE WOULD NEED TO MOVE IT OUT, YES, MA'AM. THE MAIN THING IS FIGURING OUT THE APPLICATION DEADLINE, WHICH COULD BE THE 7 OR 14. I THINK IS FINE. I JUST WANTED US TO BE COGNISANT OF THE SURVEY STARTING LATER THEN THE APPLICATION, BUT IF THE 7 IS WHAT YOU WANT TO DO, BY ALL MEANS. THAT IS FINE. REALITY OF A WEEK FOR THE BOARD TO REVIEW APPLICATIONS ISN'T GOING TO HAPPEN. SO WE ARE PUSHING IT OUT ON THE OTHER SIDE. WE CAN DO THE 21 THROUGH THE 28. TO REVIEW. WE GOT A BOARD MEETING MAY 1. I SUGGEST A WEEK ISN'T ENOUGH TIME. DEPENDING ON THE NUMBER

066OF APPLICATIONS WE GET. I MEAN, KNOWING THAT I WOULD SAY WE NEED TO PULL IT BACK UP AND BRING FROM 15 TO 28. I KNOW YOU ARE SAYING ALL THOSE THINGS BUT WE HAVE TWO WEEKS AND PEOPLE HAVE TWO WEEKS TO SORT THAT OUT WITH EVERYTHING. FROM THE 15-28. WE HAVE PLENTY-MORE THEN ONE WEEK BUT LIKE YOU SAID, VICKY, THERE IS TIME AFTER- IT MAKES [INDISCERNIBLE] I'LL MAKE THAT CHANGE, BUT JUST KNOW THAT IF YOU NEED TWO WEEKS IF YOU NEED 10 DAYS IF YOU NEED 2 AND A HALF WEEKS WE CAN ADJUST THAT AS WE GET THERE. WHAT I JUST HAVE TO HAVE TO MAKE THE APPLICATION LIVE IS APPLICATION DEADLINE. BUT I CERTAINLY UNDERSTAND YOU WANT MORE-WE DRAW THESE UP TO GO FAST BECAUSE USUALLY WANT TO MOVE AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE. MOST

067BOARDS DO FIND WE HAVE 25, 30 PLUS APPLICATIONS. THIS WILL TAKE LONGER THEN A WEEK AND HAPPY TO GIVE AS MUCH TIME ASIA NEED TO REVIEW THOSE. THOSE ARE 28 IS A MONDAY. WE MEET THAT MONDAY? WE MEET THAT THURSDAY. WE CAN MAKE THE 30, THE 29. YOU'RE MEETING APPLICATION IS SPECIAL CALL. WE CAN TIE TO A REGULAR MEETING AND ALSO DO A SPECIAL CALL MEETING. WE CAN DO MONDAY THE SPECIAL CALL. OKAY. YEAH. WE'LL LEAVE IT AT THE 28. OKAY. WE'LL LOOK AT THE 28 FOR SPECIAL CALL MEETING. THAT COULD BE WHAT WE ASPIRE FOR. YES. WE'LL WORK REALLY HARD. RIGHT. SO, HEARING FROM SAM IT SOUNDS LIKE I NEED A MOTION TO APPROVE THE APPLICATION DEADLINE AS APRIL 14. IF THAT'S WHAT YOU WANT. THE DESIRE OF THE BOARD. SO MOVED. SECOND. MOTION

068FROM RONI AND SECOND FROM MIKE. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. OPPOSED? OKAY. NOW ADVERTISING OR FORGIVE, THE VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT. WITH THE CHANGES THAT YOU MADE IN TERMS OF THE FIRST PARAGRAPH GETTING RID OF THE PORTION OF THE SENTENCE THAT ADDRESSES DROP-OUT RATES. CHANGING IN THE FIRST PARAGRAPH WHO SHOULD APPLY IN ADDITION THE BOARD DESIRES THE SELECTED CANDIDATE WILL BE REQUIRED TO LIVE WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES. THOSE TWO CHANGES WERE THE ONES I MADE TO THE VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT. ALRIGHT. CAN I GET A MOTION TO APPROVE THE-SORRY, THE POSTING. SO MOVED. SECOND. MOTION AND SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? I DON'T NEED A MOTION-WELL, YOU JUST WANT ME TO USE THE FREE ADVERTISING? THAT'S RIGHT. NEXT UP IS THE APPLICATION AND I'M GOING TO MAKE THE CHANGES TO THE SHORT AND LONG FORM ESSAY QUESTIONS THAT

069YOU-OTHER THEN THAT WE ARE KEEPING THE APPLICATION AS IS? OKAY. WE NEED A MOTION TO APPROVE THE APPLICATION. SO MOVED. HOLD ON ONE SECOND. SHOULD WE JUST BRING IT BACK? THE APPLICATION? THAT'S GOING LIVE TONIGHT. THE SURVEY WE WILL GET BACK TO SAM AFTER THE RETREAT. CAN I GET A MOTION TO APPROVE THE APPLICATION AS AMENDED? SO MOVED. FROM MIKE. SECOND. FROM RONI. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. OPPOSED? ALRIGHT. OKAY, THANK YOU SO MUCH. SORRY TO HAVE TAKEN UP SO MUCH OF YOUR TIME. YOU WILL GET AN E-MAIL TOMORROW WITH A FINALIZED VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT AND TIMELINE AND WILL BE IN TOUCH WITH THE BOARD CHAIR ABOUT THE SURVEYS AND GET THOSE LIVE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. OF COURSE WORKING WITH THE DISTRICT TRANSLATORS IN TERMS OF MAKING SURE THEY ARE IN ALL THE LANGUAGES YOU DESIRE

070FOR THE APPLICATION GOING LIVE YOU WILL GIVE US A LINK AS WELL? YES. WELL, PROVIDES WITH A FINALIZED VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT WITH THE LINK TO THE APPLICATION. RIGHT FOR PEOPLE I KNOW IN THE BUSINESS. ABSOLUTELY. START SHARING. PLEASE. YES, SIR. OKAY. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT. THANK YOU EVERYONE. THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA WE HAVE RECOMMENDATION FOR APPROVAL OF POLICY CODE 3460 GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS AND I SEE DR. TRICE. THANK YOU SO MUCH VICE CHAIR, MEMBER OF THE BOARD AND CHAPEL HILL-CARRBORO COMMUNITY. I BRING BEFORE YOU REVISIONS TO POLICY CODE 3460 GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS. THE ADMINISTRATION BELIEVES THIS IS A PRETTY SUBSTANTIAL POLICY CHANGE AND I WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT TO HIGHLIGHT FOUR CHANGES I THINK OUR COMMUNITY AS WELL AS THE BOARDS NEEDS TO BE AWARE OF. THE FIRST MAJOR CHANGE IS IT REMOVES REQUIREMENT STUDENTS AIMING

071TO GAIN ADMITTANCE TO UNC SYSTEM SCHOOL COMPLETE TWO CREDITS THIN SAME WORLD LANGUAGE. YOU MAY BE AWARE WITH THIS YEAR FRESHMAN CLASS AT THE UMC SYSTEM SCHOOL THAT IS NO LONGER A REQUIREMENT SO WE ARE REMOVING THE LANGUAGE FROM OUR POLICY. THE SECOND MAJOR CHANGE INTRODUCING A NEW GRADUATION PATHWAY FUTURE READY CORE GRADUATION PATHWAY THAT IMPACT STUDENTS OR SORRY, THAT IMPACTS FRESHMAN CLASS OF 26-27. AND IT INTRODUCES THE REQUIREMENT FOR A COMPUTER SCIENCE COURSE THAT MUST BE TAKEN BEFORE GRADUATION. THE BOARD LEARN MUCH MORE ABOUT THAT NEXT YEAR. WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON IMPLEMENTATION THE LAST COUPLE YEARS, BUT NEXT YOU'LL LEARN MORE HOW WE PROPOSE TO IMPLEMENT THAT CHANGE. THE THIRD CLARIFICATION, REALLY HIGHLIGHTS THE CONDITIONS IN WHICH PRINCIPALS CAN GRANT A CERTIFICATE AS OPPOSED TO A DIPLOMA. THE CHANGE HERE BASICALLY BY STATE

072BOARD POLICY WE MUST ALIGN WITH THE NEW STATE BOARD POLICY. THERE ISN'T ROOM TO HAVE A LOCAL CERTIFICATE POLICY, SO IT MODELS EXACTLY WHAT THE STATE BOARD POLICY IS. THAT'S PRIMARILY FOR STUDENTS WHO FOLLOW THE EXTENDED COURSE STUDY TRACK OPPOSED TO THE NORTH CAROLINA STANDARD COURSE OF STUDY, BUT AGAIN, SIGNIFICANT CHANGE FOR US. AND LASTLY, WHICH IS NOT A HUGE CHANGE WITH NEXT YEAR'S GRADUATING CLASS, STUDENTS MUST COMPLETE AT LEAST ONE ART COURSE. AFTER REVIEWING DATA UPWARDS OF 80, 90 PERCENT OF THE STUDENTS COMPLETE THE REQUIREMENT BY THE TIME THEY COMPLETE MIDDLE SCHOOL, SO THAT ISN'T A BIG SHIFT FOR US, BUT THOSE ARE THE 4 MAJOR CHANGES. ALL OF THEM ALIGN WITH GENERAL STATUTE. WE SUBMITTED THE REQUESTED CHANGES TO THE POLICY COMMITTEE AT THEIR FEBRUARY MEETING. THERE WERE NOT RECOMMENDED CHANGES BUT HAPPY

073TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD. THANK YOU DR. TRICE. BOARD MEMBERS, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU. DO YOU NEED ANYTHING FROM US IN THE VOTE TO APPROVE? MOTION TO APPROVE. I HAVE A MOTION FROM RONI. SECOND. SECOND FROM BARB. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. OPPOSED? THANK YOU. ALRIGHT. THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA AND I SEE MRS. REESE COMING UP. IT IS--GET TO IT. RECOMMENDATION FOR APPROVAL OF AMENDMENTS TO THE POLICY 4400 ATTENDANCE. THAT'S CORRECT. GOOD EVENING MEMBERS OF THE BOARD MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC AND MY ESTEEMED COLLEAGUES. OKAY. TONIGHT I BRING BEFORE YOU ALL POLICY 4400 ATTENDANCE FOR SCHOOL LEADERS HAD A CHANCE TO LOOK AT THE POLICY DATA MANAGERS INSTRUCTIONAL SERVICE DIVISION, WE ALSO WORKED IN COLLABORATION WITH OUR BOARD ATTORNEY. THE POLICY HAS BEEN REVIEWED MULTIPLE TIMES RECENT YEARS

074IN COLLABORATION WITH POLICY COMMITTEE WE DID A FULL REVIEW OF THE POLICY AND CHANGED QUITE A BIT SO YOU WILL SEE AND NOTICE GOOD DEAL OF THE BLUE EDITS WHICH MEANS THEY WERE NOT NECESSARILY NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL BOARD EDITS, THEY WERE EDITS WE FELT WERE NECESSARY AND SUBSTANTIVE FOR THE DISTRICT MOVING FORWARD. AT HIGH LEVEL, THIS POLICY GIVES GUIDANCE HOW IT SHOULD BE TAKEN, ALTERNATIVE SCHOOL, LOOKING INTO THE POLICY. WE EXTENDED THE MEDICAL ABSENCE SECTION HAS BEEN SIGNIFICANTLY UPDATED. IT CLEANS UP THE REDUNDANCY IN THE POLICY. THOSE ARE THE SIGNIFICANT CHANGES. I WILL NOTE WE HAVE BEEN LOOKING AT THIS POLICY QUITE A BIT SO ONE PART I WANT TO DRAW YOUR EYE TO THIS AFTERNOON OR THIS EVENING AT THIS POINT IS, IN SECTION C, WITH NUMBER 1 THERE. ONE OF THE-PERSONAL ILLNESS OR

075INJURIES WHICH MAKES THE STUDENT PHYSICALLY UNABLE TO ATTEND SCHOOL. AS A LATE CHANGE WE LIKE TO STRIKE THE WORD, PHYSICALLY, BECAUSE IT WILL THEN LEND ITSELF TO BEING-FOR ANY ABSENCE, EVEN MENTAL HEALTH WHICH THE DISTRICT HAS TAKEN A BIT OF CARE AROUND. THAT IS A RECENT CHANGE AND WILL UPDATE THAT FOR THE SECOND READING BUT WANTED TO DRAW YOUR EYE THERE. WITH THAT--HAND OVER TO EVA. THIS LOOKS LIKE A LOT OF BLUE, A LOT IS JUST MOVING OR CONSOLIDATING STUFF, RATHER THEN SUBSTANTIVE CHANGES. THE SUBSTANTIVE CHANGE REGARDING ALTERNATIVE SCHOOLS IS IN SECTION A IN THE SECOND PARAGRAPH JUST STUDENT ENROLLED IN ALTERNATIVE SCHOOL TO ACCOMMODATE SOME OF THE CREATING SCHEDULING WHERE SOME COME IN THE EVENINGS SO MAKING IT CLEAR HOW TO COUNT THEM PRESENT. THE REST OF THE BLUE IN THAT SECTION IS NOT

076A CHANGE TO EXISTING REQUIREMENTS, BUT JUST REFLECTING IT IN THE POLICY. UNDER B, THERE IS A ADDITION OF THE PARENT SHOULD NOT CHECK OUT THEIR STUDENTS DURING LAST 15 MINUTES. I UNDERSTAND THIS IS A GENERALLY SCHOOL RULE BUT THE PRINCIPALS WERE INTERESTED DISTRICT WIDE IN THE POLICY. C, IS JUST A CONSOLIDATING SOMETHING ADDRESSED IN MULTIPLE AREAS WHICH IS WHEN YOU MIGHT NEED A DOCTOR NOTE IF EXTENDED ILLNESS. AND THEN WE ADDED REFERENCE NUMBER 10 UNDER THAT JUST NOTING THAT WE DO HAVE SOME STUDENTS WHO MAY BE APPROVED TO LEAVE EARLIER THEN LATE BECAUSE THEY ACCESSING OTHER SERVICES. THE SCHOOL MAY NOT BE ABLE TO CHANGE THE SCHEDULE TO ACCOMMODATE WHEN THEY ARE THERE. SECTION E IS WHAT MRS. REEVES WAS REFERENCING ABOUT EXTENDED MEDICAL ABSENCES. THIS IS CONSOLIDATING INFORMATION ABOUT WHEN A STUDENT IS GOING

077TO BE OUT FOR EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME, OR CHRONICALLY FOR MEDICAL REASON. BOTH NOTING WHAT THE EXPECTATION IS FOR KEEPING UP WITH COURSE WORK, BUT ALSO THAT THIS OUGHT TO BE VIEWED POTENTIALLY THROUGH A DISABILITY ACCOMMODATION LENS AND ADDRESSED IN A TEAM APPROACH THAT WAY. AND THEN SO UNDER-YOU'LL SEE PREVIOUS LETTER H DELETED. ALL THAT HAS BEEN MOVED ELSEWHERE IN THE POLICY. AND THEN ON THE 6TH PAGE THERE IS A PARAGRAPH ABOUT PARTICIPATION IN EXTRA CURRICULAR'S AND OFF CAMPUS LUNCH. MOVED ELSEWHERE IN THE POLICY AND CLARIFY EACH SCHOOL CAN SET THE ATTENDANCE FOR OFF CAMPUS LUNCH. PRINCIPALS CAN ADDRESS THAT IF THERE IS PROBLEM. THE LAST PARAGRAPH STRICKEN WAS MOVED TO THE TOP. THIS IS FIRST READING AND SO IF THE BOARD APPROVES IT WITH THAT CHANGE TO THE WORD PHYSICALLY, THEN IT WILL COME

078BACK GENERALLY ON CONSENT FOR SECOND READING. I DID FIND ONE OTHER THING I THINK NEEDS TO BE FIXED AND THAT'S PAGE 3, NUMBER 7, EXCUSED ABSENCES DUE TO EDUCATIONAL LEAVE MAY NOT EXCEED 10 DAYS IN A SCHOOL YEAR AND COUNTED IN ACCUMULATED LEAVE. I THINK THAT SHOULD SAY ACCUMULATED ABSENCES. I WANT TO LIFT UP A BLIND SPOT BECAUSE COMING FROM BEING A STATE EMPLOYEE, THE STATE DOES IT THIS WAY TOO AND THAT IS A PROBLEM AS WELL. EXCUSE FOR DEATH AND IMMEDIATE FAMILY. USING THAT TERM IMMEDIATELY FAMILY HAS HISTORICALLY BEEN PROBLEMATIC BECAUSE THEY DEFINE IMMEDIATE FAMILY IN A WAY THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE IN DIFFERENT CULTURES DO NOT. LIKE FOR EXAMPLE, MY BROTHER IN LAW WOULD BE CONSIDERED MY IMMEDIATE FAMILY, BUT ACCORDING TO THE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA, MY AUNT WOULD NOT. WHEN

079WE HAVE CHILDREN WITH KINSHIP AND GUARDIANSHIP SITUATIONS AND THEY COULD BE WITH A PERSON THEY ARE LIVING WITH TECHNICALLY NOT THE IMMEDIATE FAMILY AND THINK WE MAY NEED TO FIND A WAY TO TRIAL TRY TO DEAL WITH THAT BECAUSE IT ISN'T A ONE OFF ANYMORE. IT MAY HAVE BEEN HISTORICALLY BUT NOW IT IS NOT. WE HAVE LOTS OF PEOPLE LIVING WITH PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT SO MAY NEED TO FIGURE A WAY TO WORD THAT DIFFERENT BUT NOT BY THE STATE DEFINITION OF WHAT A IMMEDIATE NUCLEAR FAMILY IS, BECAUSE IT IS NOT THE SAME. IT CAUSES HARM WHEN YOU DONT REALLY WANT IT TO CAUSE HARM BUT IT IS DEFINITELY PROBLEMATIC AND I SEE IN SPACES NOT JUST SCHOOLS, WE SEE THAT IN LIKE I SAID, DIFFERENT MUNICIPALITIES BECAUSE WE KNOW IT IS STILL IN THE

080FRAMEWORK OF PAPERWORK. IN WHAT WORLD IS MY BROTHER IN LAW 5 STATES OVER I DON'T KNOW MAY BE THE IMMEDIATE FAMILY BUT NOT MY MOTHER'S SISTER THAT I WAS IN AND OUT OF HER HOUSE MY WHOLE LIFE? THAT IS SOMETHING FROM A CULTURAL RESPECT IF WE REALLY NEED TO LOOK AT THAT AND DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT. WE MAY EVEN BE ABLE TO DROP THE WORD IMMEDIATE AS WELL TO GO FAMILY. OKAY. SO, LOOKING AT THE STATE BOARD MANUAL IT SAYS IMMEDIATE FAMILY INCLUDES BUT NOT NECESSARILY LIMITED TO PARENTS, BROTHER AND SISTER. IT DOESN'T SAY YOU HAVE TO LIMIT IT. THE QUESTION IS, IF 1C IS CODED IMMEDIATE FAMILY, IS IT IMPORTANT OUR POLICY SAYS IMMEDIATE? I DON'T THINK SO. UNLESS YOU HEAR OTHERWISE FROM THE DATA MANAGERS. NO, FROM WHAT I TELL THEY ARE LIBERAL

081IN THAT ONE ANYWAY SO I DO THINK IF WE REMOVED IT- NOT LIMITED TO. RIGHT. OKAY. I FEEL GOOD ABOUT THAT. ALRIGHT. SO, THIS IS FIRST READING SO WE JUST NEED A MOTION TO APPROVE IT WITH I THINK WE HAD TWO CHANGES ON FIRST READING. THREE. WITH THREE. GOING TO DROP THE WORD IMMEDIATE AS WELL. THREE CHANGES. SO MOVED. SECOND. GET A SECOND FROM VICKY. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. OPPOSED? THANK YOU. ALRIGHT. THE NEXT ITEM ON OUR AGENDA IS OUR LEGISLATIVE PROGRAM. MADAM VICE CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, MY PLEASURE TO BRING REVISIONS FOLLOWING OUR MOST RECENT MEETING AT WHICH POINT THE BOARD PROVIDED FEEDBACK ON THE FIRST DRAFT SO YOU ARE LOOKING AT THE SECOND DRAFT. I DIRECT YOUR ATTENTION TO ON THE SCREEN KNOWN AS THE CLEAN VERSION. THE MARKUPS ALSO PART OF

082THE PACKET WILL SHOW YOU OUR WORK AS WE HAVE GOTTEN TO THIS POINT, BUT TO BRIEFLY RECAP WHERE WE WERE ON FEBRUARY 20, IT WAS THE FEEDBACK OF BOARD MEMBERS AT THE TIME TO MAKE MENTION OF SPECIFIC EMPLOYEE GROUPS SUCH AS TECHNOLOGY FACILITATORS, THOSE WHO SERVE IN WORLD LANGUAGE POSITIONS, TEACHING ASSISTANCE AND EVERY CLASSROOM AND SHIFTING GEARS TO EMPHASIZING THE PUBLIC MONEY GO TO PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND PERHAPS MOST NOTABLE ABOUT THE STRUCTURE OF THE LATEST DRAFT IS THE STORYTELLING ELEMENT WHICH WAS DASI CONTRIBUTION TO TIGHTLY TELL A STORY A WHAT MAKES A GREAT PUBLIC SCHOOL. YOU NOTICE A BLURB AT THE TOP. WE ARE SET IN THREE BROADER SECTIONS THAT HAVE INDIVIDUAL PRIORITIES UNDERNEATH THEM AND IT IS IMPORTANT TO EMPHASIZE, THESE ARE MEANT TO BE SHORTER CONCISE BLURBS WITH A MORE EFFECTIVE JOB OF

083HAVING A BROADER REACH OR MORE RELEVANCE TO THE VARIOUS ASPECTS OF PUBLIC EDUCATION. IF YOU DON'T NECESSARILY SEE A SPECIFIC WORD WE CAN ADD IT, BUT IT IS THE INTENT OF A MORE CONCISE LEGISLATIVE PROGRAM TO BE MORE INCLUSIVE OF EVERYTHING THAT WE HAVE OUR FINGERPRINTS ON IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. AND SO, THIS REFLECTS THE BOARD'S FEEDBACK PROVIDED ON FEBRUARY 20. IT IS SUBMITTED FOR DISCUSSION AND ACTION THIS EVENING. WE ARE CAPABLE OF MAKING SOME ADDITIONAL EDITS BEFORE THAT IS FINAL. ALRIGHT. THANK YOU MR. JINKS. BOARD MEMBERS DO YOU HAVE COMMENTS OR UPDATES TO OUR LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES? ALRIGHT. LOOKS LIKE THESE ARE GOOD TO GO. I DON'T KNOW IF WE NEED-DO WE NEED TO VOTE? WE DO. OKAY. ALRIGHT. BOARD MEMBERS, CAN I GET A MOTION TO APPROVE OUR 2025 LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES? SO MOVED. SECOND.

084MOVED AND SECOND. THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. OPPOSED? NONE. OKAY. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT. I SEE MR. SCOTT MAKING HIS WAY. WE HAVE OUR SUPERINTENDENT REPORT AND THIS IS OUR PROPOSED LOCAL OPERATING BUDGET REQUEST. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING VICE CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. COLLEAGUES ON THE CABOT IN. THE PUBLIC. TONIGHT PLEASED TO PRESENT THE SUPERINTENDENT RECOMMENDED BUDGET FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 25-26. WANT TO START BY SAYING, FOR DR. HAMILTON MANY TIMES, THE BUDGET IS A MORAL DOCUMENT. HAVE A ORGANIZATION SHOW THE BUDGET AND SOMEONE TELLS WHAT THEY BELIEVE IN. WE KIND OF TRIED TO DEVELOP THE BUDGET IN THAT MANNER THIS YEAR, SO I WANT TO START WITH THE PRIORITIES AND WHAT WE INTEND TO DELIVER WITH THE BUDGET RECOMMENDATION. THEY ARE ANCHORED WITHIN THE PILLARS OF THE STRATEGIC PLAN. BUT WE INTENDED TO DELIVER SAFE

085SUPPORTIVE SCHOOLS EVERY STUDENT FEELS SEEN VALUED AND INSPIRED. EXCELLENCE IN INSTRUCTION. EMPOWERED WELL SUPPORTED STAFF BECAUSE WE KNOW GREAT EDUCATORS CHANGE LIVES NOT JUST THE FUTURES IN THE CLASSROOM BUT THE ENTIRE FACULTY AND STAFF OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. AGAIN, COMMITTED TO TRANSPARENT BUDGET AND RESOURCES BECAUSE IN THE FINANCIAL TIMES EVERY DOLLAR MUST WORK FOR ALL STUDENTS AND OF COURSE IN THIS COMMUNITY IN PARTICULAR STRONGER FAMILY AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT BECAUSE OF COURSE WE ARE STRONGER TOGETHER AND THAT'S SOMETHING THE COMMUNITY REALLY SHINES THE SENSE OF COMMUNITY WE HAVE HERE. AGAIN, JUST KIND OF OUR CORE VALUES CENTERED TO THE BUDGET. TALKED ABOUT THAT. WE WANT TO CENTER STUDENT FAMILY AND COMMUNITY VOICES. WE BELIEVE IN SOCIAL JUSTICE ACTION. DISMANTLING BARRIERS TO OPPORTUNITY. OF COURSE COLLECTIVE EFFICACY. WE ALL KNOW WE SUCCEED WHEN WE WORK TOGETHER. WELLNESS

086OBVIOUSLY PRIORITIZING WELL BEING FOR STUDENT AND STAFF AND JOY. ESPECIALLY IN THESE TIMES TO CREATE SCHOOLS EVERY CHILD WANTS TO BE AND A ORGANIZATION PEOPLE WANT TO BE. OF COURSE, WE DON'T HAVE A SEPARATE PILLAR FOR EQUITY. WE ALL RECOGNIZE WE CENTER EQUITY IN ALL OUR WORK TO ELIMINATE BARRIERS THAT LIMIT OPPORTUNITY TO STRENGTHENING INCLUSIVE LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS AND ALSO TRYING TO POSITION THE DISTRICT AS A DESTINATION DISTRICT FOR TOP EDUCATORS. WITH THAT, I WILL VERY BRIEFLY OUTLINE THE PRESENTATION AND TRY TO REFRAME THE CONTINUATION AND EXPANSION TO STABILITY AND GROWTH REDEFINING THE CONTINUATION BUDGET TO WHAT IS REQUIRED TO KEEPING OUR SCHOOL STRONG. WE TALKED A LITTLE BIT OVER THE PORTION OF THE LAST COUPLE WEEKS ABOUT CONTINUATION NEEDS, SO THE DATA I WILL PRESENT IN A FEW MINUTES INCLUDES A 3 PERCENT ESTIMATED SALARY

087INCREASE FOR FACULTY AND STAFF, BENEFIT INCREASES AND 3 PERCENT INFLATIONARY ADJUSTMENT TO INSURE SCHOOLS HAVE RESOURCES TO OPERATE EFFECTIVELY. AGAIN, THAT IS KIND OF WHAT WE NEED TO KEEP OUR SCHOOLS STRONG. IT DOESN'T DO BEYOND MAINTAIN CONTINUITY IN THE SCHOOLS. LOOK FOR EXPANSION BUDGET THAT IS HOW WE ELEVATE FOR THE FUTURE. IT IS A TIGHT BUDGET YEAR WITH THE COUNTY, ESPECIALLY WITH THE PASSAGE OF THE BOND AND FUNDING FOR NEW BUILDINGS NOT ONLY US BUT ORANGE COUNTY SCHOOLS BUT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE AS A CABINET AND ADMINISTRATION PRESENT WHAT OUR VISION IS TO ELEVATE CHCCS FOR THE FUTURE. IF NOT, IF WE ARE NOT ABLE TO ACHIEVE OR RECEIVE THE MONEY TO DO THAT THIS YEAR, WE WANT TO SIGNAL WHAT WE THINK IT TAKES TO ELEVATE THE DISTRICT TO THE FUTURE.

088THIS IS STABILITY AND GROWTH AND ALSO THE FUTURE OF STUDENTS AND STAFF. JUST GOING TO GET INTO THE SAUSAGE MAKING THEN, I PRESENTED THIS TIMELINE TO YOU BEFORE. WE ARE GOING TO TAKE THIS INTO FOUR LARGE MILESTONES AND WE REACHED THE END OF THE FIRST MILESTONE TONIGHT WITH THE PRESENTATION OF THE SUPERINTENDENT RECOMMENDED BUDGET. FROM THERE, IN THE NEXT MILESTONE WILL BE TO TRANSFORM THE SUPERINTENDENT RECOMMENDED BUDGET TO A BOARD OF EDUCATION RECOMMENDED BUDGET TO THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS. SO, WE HAVE A FINANCE FACILITY MEETING COMING UP TUESDAY WHERE WE CAN DISCUSS THE BUDGET IF COMMITTEE SO CHOOSES. FROM THERE, THERE IS BOARD OF EDUCATION MEETING END OF MATCH I PROPOSE WE HAVE A WORKSHOP TO DISCUSS THE RECOMMENDATION AND MAKE CHANGES THE BOARD WOULD LIKE TO SEE AND BRING BACK FOR RATIFICATION EARLY

089APRIL AT THE NEXT AVAILABLE BOARD MEETING AND WE ALL CARRY THE COLLECTIVELY TO THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS END OF APRIL. THAT IS THE SECOND MILESTONE. IT IS IN THE COUNTY HANDS TO DETERMINE FUNDING AT THAT POINT. THE COUNTY HAS SEVERAL ITERATIONS OF WORK SESSIONS OVER THE COURSE OF MAY AND JUNE. THEY WILL ADOPT A FINAL BUDGET SOME TIME THE END OF JUNE AND WE'LL KNOW WHAT THE FUNDING LOOKS LIKE AND THE BOARD CAN MOVE FORWARD TO ADOPT THE BUDGET FOR THE FOLLOWING FISCAL YEAR. SO, I WANT TO GO OVER STUDENT DATA QUICK AND I WANT TO POINT OUT AS I PRESENTED TO YOU EARLIER THIS YEAR I MADE A SLIGHT MISTAKE CALCULATING BUDGET. I HAD WE INCREASE 7 STUDENTS. I MADE A MATHEMATICAL ERROR SO I WANT TO OWN UP TO THAT NOW AFTER

090REDOING ALL THE NUMBERS AND LOOKING AT IT WE ARE ACTUALLY PRESENTED WITH DECREASE OF 93 STUDENTS. UNFORTUNATE, I THOUGHT WE LEVELED OUT BUT THE SLOPE IS LEVELING OUT BUT HAVEN'T COMPLETELY LEVELED OUT. SO, LET'S GET INTO THE CONTINUATION REQUEST. AS I MENTIONED, THIS IS REALLY-THIS PART OF THE SUPERINTENDENT BUDGET IS FOCUSED ON KEEPING THE SCHOOLS WE HAVE STRONG AND SUSTAINING INTO THE NEXT YEAR. SO, WE TALKED ABOUT COST DRIVERS. AGAIN, I WANT TO REITERATE THAT WE GOT NO CLEAR INDICATION FROM THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY WHERE WE ARE GOING. ALL THIS IS BASED ON REGRESSION ANALYSIS IN THE BEST ESTIMATES OF WHAT WE THINK WILL HAPPEN IN THE FUTURE. ALL THAT COULD BE SUBJECT TO CHANGE WHICH REQUIRES CHANGE IN EVERYTHING I PRESENT TO YOU, BUT AT THIS POINT IN TIME I THINK THIS IS THE BEST

091ACCURATE REPRESENTATION OF WHAT WE EXPECT. RIGHT OFF THE TOP WE KNOW WE HAVE 3 PERCENT SALARY INCREASE. THAT INCLUDES UNDER $1.2 MILLION FOR BASE SALARY AND 400 THOUSAND DOLLAR FOR LOCAL SUPPLEMENT. IN TOTAL BETWEEN SALARIES AND SUPPLEMENT WE REQUIRE $1.16 MILLION. BENEFIT INCREASE OF $1.7 MILLION. THAT IS TO INCLUDE MATCHING SOCIAL SECURITY INCREASES IN RETIREMENT RATE BY ABOUT 6.8 PERCENT AND INCREASE IN HEALTH INSURANCE PREMIUMS. WE ALSO THINK IT IS REALLY IMPORTANT TO INCLUDE A ADJUSTMENT FOR INFLATIONARY FORCES ON NON PERSONNEL LINES THAT LIKELY VERY VERY IMPORTANT THIS YEAR. IT WAS LOOKING 6 MONTHS AGO LIKE INFLATION WAS STARTING TO COME UNDER CONTROL, HOWEVER LEAD INDICATORS LOOK LIKE THAT IS STARTING TO HEAT UP AGAIN SO VERY IMPORTANT WE INCLUDE 3 PERCENT IF NOT MORE FOR INFLATIONARY FACTORS FOR NEXT YEAR. THIS IS A GRAPH

092THAT GOES OVER WHAT I JUST TALKED ABOUT AND INTERESTING TO LOOK AT THE PIE CHART ON THE RIGHT. WE HAVE OF THIS CONTINUATION NEED, 28 PERCENT OF IS SALARIES AND ALL MOST 45 PERCENT OF IT IS-SORRY-37 PERCENT INCLUDING SUPPLEMENT IS SALARIES, BUT IF YOU LOOK AT THE MATCHING SIDE IT IS MORE. WE WILL PAY MORE IN MATCHING BENEFITS THEN WE WILL INCREASING SALARIES. I THINK IT IS INTERESTING TO LOOK AT. TOTAL CONTINUATION FOR NEXT YEAR, TOTAL CONTINUATION COST ARE LITTLE OVER $3.8 MILLION. THERE IS GOOD NEWS. WE TALKED BEFORE THAT WE CANT EXPECT 2 PERCENT INFLATIONARY INCREASE IN THE SPECIAL DISTRICT TAX. THAT WILL NET US JUST UNDER $570 THOUSAND. THAT WILL BRING THE ACTUAL NEED DOWN TO $3.25 MILLION. GOING THROUGH DIFFERENT SCENARIOS AND INCREASES AND COUNTY APPROPRIATION WE GET 631 THOUSAND PER 1

093PERCENT INCREASE. THIS CONTINUATION NEED REFLECTS A 5.16 PERCENT INCREASE IN THE COUNTY APPROPRIATION. HISTORICALLY OVER THE LAST 5 YEARS, WE RECEIVED APPROPRIATION INCREASES THAT ARE ALL OVER THE CHARTS. RANKING FROM 0 PERCENT TO ALL MOST 10 PERCENT. ON AVERAGE WE EXPERIENCED ABOUT A 3.73 PERCENT INCREASE OVER THE 5 YEARS. IT IS IMPORTANT TO POINT OUT THAT OUR CONTINUATION NEED IS LARGER THEN OUR AVERAGE INCREASE OVER THE LAST 5 YEARS. AGAIN, THIS SUMS UP THE SUMMARY. PUTS IN THE ADDITIONAL REVENUE WE ARE EXPECTING AT THIS POINT AND SHOWS OUR NEED AT $3.25 MILLION. AGAIN, JUST TO KIND OF GO OVER LOCAL FUND BALANCE, THIS IS SOMETHING WE LOOK AT EVERY YEAR. EVERYONE IN THE ROOM IS AWARE THERE ARE FUND BALANCE DROPPED TO CRITICALLY LOW LEVELS. WE WANT TO KEEP THAT IN MIND BECAUSE THE FUND

094BALANCE ISN'T AVAILABLE TO APPROPRIATE IN THIS YEAR BUDGET SO WHATEVER BUDGET IS PASSED WE HAVE TO PASS A BALANCED BUDGET GOING INTO NEXT YEAR WITH A EYE TRYING IT RECOUP FUND BALANCE TO REPLENISH THE FUND BALANCE. SO, THAT WAS THE CONTINUATION BUDGET AND IT REALLY ISN'T DIFFERENT THEN WHAT WE PRESENTED EARLY JANUARY. WE WANT TO GET INTO EXPANSION REQUEST. I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT THAT WE COMMUNICATE TO COUNTY COMMISSIONER THE CONTINUATION NEED. AT THE SAME TIME, THE BOARD ALONG WITH DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION ADVOCATES FOR CHILDREN AND FOR THE FUTURE OF CHAPEL HILL-CARRBORO CITY SCHOOLS. WE PUT A LOT OF THOUGHT INTO THE EXPANSION REQUEST. WE BELIEVE THAT IT IS REALLY WHAT THE DISTRICT NEEDS TO STAY COMPETITIVE MOVING FORWARD. THE MAJORITY OF THE EXPANSION REQUEST IS CENTERED AROUND EMPOWER, INVESTING IN PEOPLE AND HAVE A ADDITIONAL

095ITEM JUST REAL QUICK, THE THREE ITEMS WE'LL GO DEEPER IN EACH ONE TO INCREASE CLASSIFIED SUPPLEMENT BY 2 PERCENT, ESTABLISH INSTRUCTIONAL RESOURCE SUSTAINABILITY FUND AND REINSTATEMENT OF MASTER LEVEL FOR ALL TEACHERS THAT DO NOT CURRENTLY QUALIFY FOR IT WITH THE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA. THIS IS INVESTMENT IN THE GROWTH AND FUTURE OF STUDENTS. THE STUDENTS STAFF AND SCHOOLS. WE DO RECOGNIZE THE FUNDING MAY NOT BE AVAILABLE THIS YEAR, BUT EXCITED TO ADVOCATE FOR IT AND TELL THE STORY AND POINT IN THE DIRECTION WE WANT TO SEE-POINT IN THE DIRECTION WE LIKE TO SEE THE DISTRICT GO IN. SO, STARTING, IN 2021, THE DISTRICT DID A MARKET ANALYSIS AND CLASSIFIED EMPLOYEES. IT WAS FOUND WE WERE VERY FAR BEHIND MARKET RATES. THE BOARD TOOK PRETTY DECISIVE ACTION AND INCREASED CLASSIFIED PAY ON AVERAGE ABOUT 8 PERCENT

096THROUGH A CLASSIFIED EMPLOYMENT STUDY AND ABLE TO RAISE CLASSIFIED SALARIES IN A ATTEMPT TO TRY TO RETAIN AND ATTRACT STAFF. WE ARE 5 YEARS AWAY FROM THAT. WE CONSIDERED GOING BACK TO THE STUDY AND TRYING TO DO COUPLE MORE STEPS, BUT QUICKLY REALIZE THE MARKET EVOLVED AND CHANGED SO MUCH WE DIDN'T RELY ON THE MARKET RATES AND DIDN'T WANT TO DO A STUDY BUT WE WANT TO PUT SOMETHING IN HERE FOR CLASSIFIED STAFF THAT WOULD REWARD AND INCREASE PAY FOR ALL CLASSIFIED STAFF AND NOT FOCUS ON JUST TRYING TO GET EVERYONE TO MARKET. SO, FOR THE PUBLIC AWARENESS, ALL THE CLASSIFIED STAFF AFTER THE FIRST YEAR EARN A MATCHING LOCAL SUPPLEMENT. THE RATES NOW START AT 5 AND A HALF PERCENT AND THEY GO TO 9 AND A HALF PERCENT OVER THE COURSE OF THE

097TENURE HERE OF 30 YEARS. OUR PROPOSAL WOULD BE TO INSTEAD OF RELYING ON THE CLASSIFIED SALARY STUDY, JUST INCREASE THE CLASSIFIED SUPPLEMENT PERCENTAGES BY 2 PERCENT ACROSS THE BOARD AND AGAIN, THIS WOULD TOUCH JUST ABOUT EVERY CLASSIFIED EMPLOYEE WITH MORE THEN ONE YEAR IN THE DISTRICT. TOTAL COST OF $725 THOUSAND. THE SECOND ITEM IS BECOME INCREASINGLY CRITICAL FOR THE DISTRICT. WE ARE PROPOSING SHIFTING THE WAY WE PURCHASE INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS TO MUCH MORE SUSTAINABLE MODEL. WE WERE ABLE TO ADOPT A SCIENCE CURRICULUM THIS YEAR. IT WAS ALL MOST A MILLION-LITTLE OVER A MILLION DOLLARS AND HAD TO DIG DEEP IN THE BUDGET TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN BUT IT WAS CRITICAL WE DID IT. THE STATE ADOPTED A NEW CURRICULUM AND DIDN'T WANT TO BE LEFT BEHIND AND GET IT HERE AND MOVE IN THAT DIRECTION. THERE

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

099INSURE WE ARE SUSTAINABLE IN THE FUTURE. RIGHT NOW WE HAVE THAT PROJECTED COST A $1.3 MILLION. SURE DR. TRICE WITH TELL WE COULD USE MORE THEN THAT BUT BELIEVE $1.3 MILLION RESERVE GETS US HEADED IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION TO BE ABLE TO CONTINUALLY REPLACE THE CURRICULUMS. THE LAST ITEM IS THE REINSTATEMENT OF MASTER LEVEL PAY. 2013 OR 2014 THE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA DECIDED TO NO LONGER REWARD TEACHERS FOR MASTER DEGREES AND BASICALLY DREW THE LINE AT THAT POINT IF YOU HAD A MASTER DEGREE PRIOR TO THAT AND ON YOUR LICENSE, YOU WOULD CONTINUE TO RECEIVE A 10 PERCENT SUPPLEMENT OR 10 PERCENT DIFFERENTIAL AND ANYONE AFTER THAT NO LONGER RECEIVES THAT. THE STATE DECIDED TO NO LONGER REWARD THE HIRING OF NEW MASTER TEACHERS AND IT IS CAUSED A STICKING POINT FOR US BECAUSE

100A LOT OF SURROUNDING COUNTIES OVER THE LAST COUPLE YEARS REINSTITUTED THAT PAY. WE ARE GOING OUT TO RECRUIT NEW TEACHERS WE HAVE A VERY DIFFICULT TIME WITH RECRUITMENT BECAUSE WADE COUNTY OR DURHAM IS MORE THEN HAPPY TO PAY IT 10 PERCENT MASTER PAY. THE STARTING SUPPLEMENTS ARE NOT ENOUGH TO MAKE UP THAT DELTA SO WE ARE LOSING CANDIDATES TO SURROUNDING DISTRICTS AND WE WANT TO ATTRACT THE BRIGHTEST AND BEST EDUCATORS WE CAN. WE BELIEVE THIS IS ALSO SOMETHING THAT IS CRUCIAL. I REALLY WISH THE STATE WOULD STEP UP AND FUND THIS. I THINK IT IS BENEFICIAL RESEARCH SHOWS THERE IS RESEARCH OUT THERE THAT HAVING MASTER TEACHERS IN THE CLASSROOMS DOES EFFECT PERFORMANCE. HOWEVER, AT THIS POINT WE ARE RECOMMENDING LOOKING AT IMPLEMENTING THAT IN A EFFORT TO RECRUIT AND RETAIN STAFF. THIS IS KIND

101OF A DIFFICULT NUMBER TO GET TO. I WANTED TO EXPLAIN THE METHODOLOGY. WE ESTIMATE IT WILL COST ABOUT-WE LIKE TO BUDGET $2.3 MILLION BUT THE METHODOLOGY IS WHONKY. TODAY BASED ON ALL THE DATA WE HAVE, BECAUSE DPI FOE LONGER TRACKS EDUCATION LEVEL ON THE LICENSE, SO WE HAVE LIMITED DATA SET. WITH THE KNOWLEDGE OR WITH THE DATA WE HAVE, IF WE WERE TO IMPLEMENT THIS TODAY IT WOULD COST THE DISTRICT $1.1 MILLION. IF WE PAID EVERY TEACHER ON STAFF THE 10 PERCENT DIFFERENTIAL, IT WOULD COST $4.6 MILLION. WE KNOW EVERY TEACHER DOES NOT HAVE A MASTER DEGREE, AND $4.6 MILLION IS EXTREMELY HIGH. WHAT WE DID IS FOUND THE MID-POINT AT 2.8 AND SAID WE THINK THAT IS PROBABLY STILL LITTLE HIGH BUT DON'T WANT TO COME UP SHORT SO WE SETTLED AT 35 PERCENT

102OF THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN $1.1 MILLION AND $4.6 MILLION AND WE FEEL AT LEAST EARLY IMPLEMENTATION THAT WILL BE ENOUGH TO COVER ANYBODY THAT IS ELIGIBLE FOR IT. I THINK WE PROBABLY OVER ESTIMATED THE AMOUNT IT WILL COST BUT WE DON'T WANT THE DISTRICT IN A POSITION WHERE WE IMPLEMENT SOMETHING AND DON'T HAVE MONEY TO PAY FOR IT. WE ARE ESTIMATING THAT RIGHT NOW AT $2.35 MILLION. LOOKING FORWARD TO A TIME WE CAN PAY THE TEACHERS WHAT THEY ARE WORTH FOR THE MASTER DEGREE. JUST KIND OF SUMMARY OF THE TOTAL FUNDING REQUEST. AGAIN, CONTINUATION NEED AFTER ADDITIONAL REVENUE. IT SAYS 3.8 BUT WE REALLY NEED THAT $3.2 MILLION JUST TO KEEP STABILIZED. BEYOND THAT WE HAVE EXPANSION BUDGET OF $4.4 MILLION. THE ENTIRE NEED IS 8.2. BUT WITH THAT ADDITIONAL REVENUE REQUEST OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS FOR

103BOTH-REQUEST FOR THE BOARD TO PRESENT TO COUNTY COMMISSIONER IS JUST OVER $7.6 MILLION. AGAIN, THIS IS A SUPERINTENDENT RECOMMENDED BUDGET. AT THE NEXT BUDGET WORK SESSION WE LIKE TO SOLICIT AND GAIN FEEDBACK FROM THE BOARD IF THEY LIKE TO SEE ANY CHANGES MADE TO THE RECOMMENDATION. WE'LL TAKE THAT REVISE TO THE BOARD WISHES, BRING IT BACK TO THE BOARD FOR RATIFICATION AND CARRY IT AGAIN TO COUNTY COMMISSIONERS THE END OF APRIL. THAT IS MY PRESENTATION, BUT MORE THEN HAPPY TO ANSWER QUESTIONS. THANK YOU MR. SCOTT. BORE-BOARD MEMBERS DO YOU HAVE QUESTIONS? THANK YOU SO MUCH. I APPRECIATE THE DETAIL. I AM ALSO VERY INTERESTED IN CONSIDERING JUST AS A HEADS UP WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THIS AGAIN THE REINSTATEMENT OF SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WERE CUT BEFORE AND SO THINKING THE 4TH AND 5TH

104GRADE T A ABOUT $550 THOUSAND. REINSTATING THE ITF WORKFORCE SO THAT WAS $900 THOUSAND AND THEN REEXTENDING THE COUNSELOR CONTRACTS FROM THE 10 MONTH BACK AS THEY WERE BEFORE. I THINK THOSE ARE ALL CRITICAL ELEMENTS TO THE WORK WE ARE TRYING TO DO GOING FORWARD. PARTICULARLY WITH THE COUNSELORS AND TECHNOLOGY. I AM GOING TO ASK THE BOARD NOT MAKING DECISIONS TODAY, BUT JUST TO THINK ABOUT THAT AND WHERE THAT MIGHT BE PRIORITIZED. THANK YOU RONI. ANY OTHER BOARD MEMBERS, ANY THOUGHTS? I JUST HAVE A QUESTION I KNOW I BELIEVE I ASKED THIS EXACT SAME QUESTION LAST YEAR AT THIS PRESENTATION, BUT I THINK IT IS REALLY CRUCIAL FOR THE COMMUNITY TO UNDERSTAND AND I THINK-I CERTAINLY DID NOT FULLY UNDERSTAND THIS BEFORE I JOINED THE BOARD, BUT CAN YOU EXPLAIN INTERPLAY BETWEEN OUR LOCALLY FUNDED

105POSITIONS MANDATES COMING FROM THE STATE IN TERMS OF SALARY INCREASES AND WHY THAT MAKES US ON THE HOOK FOR MORE MONEY TO ASK FOR FROM THE COUNTY COMMISSION? I FEEL THAT IS CONFUSING AND SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE PUBLIC UNDERSTANDS THAT. I WILL DO MY BEST. THANK YOU. SO, THIS CONTINUATION PROJECTION IS DRIVEN BY STATE, WHAT WILL BE ADOPTED BAY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY. WE HAVE A $90 MILLION GIVE OR TAKE LOCAL BUDGET THAT SUPPLEMENTS THE STATE BUDGET. AS-THAT BASICALLY PAYS FOR ALL THE THINGS THAT-SEE HOW THE WORD THIS. THE STATE BELIEVES THEY PROVIDE FUNDING FOR FREE SOUND BASIC EDUCATION. WE BELIEVE DIFFERENTLY. SO, WE HAVE ADDITIONAL $90 MILLION WE PUT TOWARDS PROVIDING WHAT WE BELIEVE IS EDUCATION THAT EVERY CHILD DESERVES. SO, THE STATE SETS SALARIES AND MANDATED BENEFITS FOR THEIR

106STATE SIDE, BUT THOSE BENEFITS HAVE TO ALSO BE PAID FOR OUR LOCAL EMPLOYEES, RIGHT? SO, BECAUSE THAT, WE HAVE TO INCUR THE COSTS OVER HERE. TRYING TO SEE HOW I GET AT THIS. FOR INSTANCE, THAT RETIREMENT OF $1.3 MILLION, THAT IS A LOT LARGER THEN 25 PERCENT OF THE INCREASE TO SALARIES. SO, RIGHT NOW WE ARE BUDGETED AT 24 AND A HALF PERCENT RETIREMENT RATE AND THEY WILL RAISE IT TO 25.68. SO, THAT'S 1.18 PERCENT INCREASE, NOT JUST THE 25 PERCENT THAT SALARY INCREASE, IT IS A 1.18 PERCENT INCREASE ON THE $75 MILLION IN SALARIES WE ALREADY HAVE ON THE LOCAL BUDGET. IF YOU LOOK AT THAT, IF YOU LOOK AT THE RETIREMENT HERE, THAT NUMBER IS ACTUALLY EQUAL TO THE AMOUNT OF SALARY INCREASES WE HAVE TO MAKE, SO THAT IS A LARGE PART

107OF IT. THE STATE IS MAKING DECISIONS WE HAVE TO ABSORB HERE. TO FURTHER COMPLICATE THE ISSUE, WE HAVE TWO FUNDING SOURCES LOCALLY, ONE IS THE COUNTY WITH THE COUNTY APPROPRIATION AND THE OTHER IS SPECIAL DISTRICT TAX. SO, UNLESS THE SPECIAL DISTRICT TAX IS INCREASED, WE CAN ONLY REALLY RELY ON 2 PERCENT INCREASE IN IT. AND THAT 2 PERCENT INCREASE-THE SPECIAL DISTRICT TAX IS $30 MILLION OF $90 MILLION SO WE ARE ONLY GETTING 2 PERCENT FROM THAT, BUT YET THE STATE SAYS 3 PERCENT INCREASES AND ALL THE BENEFITS AND THE INCREASE REQUIRED IS 5 PERCENT. BECAUSE WE HAVE 85 PERCENT OF FTE OR 85 PERCENT OF LOCAL BUDGET IS FTE WE HAVE TO ABSORB THE COSTS LOCALLY AND 3 LEE PERCENT OF THE BUDGET IS ONLY GOING TO 2 PERCENT. IT PLACES UNDO BURDEN ON THE

108COUNTY TO TRY TO FUND IT. I THINK THAT WAS A LONG WAY AROUND, BUT-THE DECISIONS THE STATE MAKES EFFECTS US AND BECAUSE OF THE SIZE OF THE LOCAL BUDGET IT EFFECTS MORE THEN OTHER PLACES. THERE IS A LOT OF DISTRICTS WITH VERY FEW LOCAL POSITIONS SO IN THE STATE MAKES THOSE DECISIONS THEY ABSORB MAJORITY OF THE COST. WE DONT HAVE THE LUXURY. WE WANT TO DO RIGHT BY OUR PEOPLE AND REQUIRE TO MATCH ALL THE SALARIES, SO THAT'S THE REALITY OF IT. THANK YOU. I JUST THINK IT IS SO IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND BECAUSE WHEN WE TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE POSITIONS EFFECTED BAY THE RIFF, I DONT THINK ANYBODY UP HERE THINKS THOSE POSITIONS ARE NOT WORTHWHILE OR EXPENDABLE. THEY ARE NOT. BUT THE REALITY IS THAT OUR STATE UNDER-FUNDS PUBLIC EDUCATION AND AS A

109RESULT WE PICK UP THE SLACK AND IT GETS MORE AND MORE PAINFUL AS EACH YEAR PASSES AND PERCENTAGES ARE JUST ASKEW. THANK YOU FOR THAT. YOU'RE WELCOME. MEREDITH, THAT IS A GREAT QUESTION. WHENEVER MR. SCOTT TALKS ABOUT THIS I GO BACK TO HIS PRESENTATION TO SHOW THE LOT. FROM THE STATE AND HOW MUCH WE ADD TO IT FROM A LOCAL PERSPECTIVE FROM CLASSROOM TEACHERS TO WORLD LANGUAGES. TEACHING ASSISTANCE. YOU CAN GO UP AND DOWN. ALL THE POSITIONS ACROSS THE DISTRICT AND SEE THE STATE HAS A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE WHAT IS NECESSARY FOR A EDUCATION FOR OUR CHILDREN. THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION. I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT INSTRUCTIONAL RESOURCES SUSTAINABILITY FUND AND MAY BE FOR BOTH OF YOU. SO, IS THIS-ARE WE-IS THIS SAYING WE ARE MOVING AWAY FROM TEXTBOOKS AS ANY CURRICULUM MODEL OR THE WAY

110WE DO TECHNOLOGY NEEDS TO BE DIFFERENT AND BETTER AND ULTIMATELY-I GUESS IT IS LIKE, WE ARE SORT OF ASKING FOR MONEY TO DO THIS, BUT YOU CAN ALSO INTERPRET AS ULTIMATELY MIGHT SAVE US MONEY DOWN THE LINE? OR NO? HELP ME UNDERSTAND. THE BEST WAY I-IT LIKE THE NETFLIX MODEL BEFORE INSTRUCTIONAL RESOURCES. THAT IS TRULY WHAT IT IS. IT IS A SUBSCRIPTION. IT ISN'T ALWAYS TECHNOLOGY. FOR INSTANCE WITH THE SCIENCE ADOPTION, WE GOT THE LOWEST TIER, BUT THAT DIDN'T INVOLVE A LOT OF TECHNOLOGY, SO THERE ISN'T A BIG SUBSCRIPTION ASPECT TO IT. BUT, IF YOU LOOK AT FOR INSTANCE THE SOCIAL STUDIES CURRICULUM, THERE IS A ANNUAL FEE THAT WE HAVE TO PAY WHERE BOOKS OR MAGAZINES THEY SEND US ARE UPDATED EVERY YEAR. THERE IS A TECHNOLOGY ELEMENT TO IT. WHAT YOU TEND TO

111SEE WITH THESE LARGE COMPANIES IS, THEY ARE PURPOSELY DESIGNING CURRICULUM TO MEET STATE STANDARD USES THIS SUBSCRIPTION BASE MODEL. IT DOZEN MEAN WE HAVE TO BUY INTO IT ALL THE TIME, BUT WHEN WE DONT WE TEND TO MISS CYCLES AND I THINK THAT IS WHAT WE WERE EXPERIENCING. I TALKED TO MR. SCOTT, OUR NEXT BIG ADOPTION IS MATH. SO, NEXT YEAR WE'LL BE STUDYING THE NEW STANDARD OR POTENTIAL STANDARDS. WE WILL LOOK AT VARIOUS VENDORS UNDERSTANDING THAT THE FOLLOWING YEAR WE HAVE TO COME UP WITH FUNDING TO DO A K-12 MATH ADOPTION IMPLEMENTED THE FOLLOWING YEAR. WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO DO IS SIGNAL WE DONT HAVE A FUNDING SOURCE FOR A VERY SERIOUS ADOPTION THAT WILL HAPPEN IN A COUPLE YEARS WHICH WE'LL START STUDYING NEXT YEAR. WE DON'T WANT TO GET INTO THE

112PROCESS WE DID THIS FOR THE SCIENCE ADOPTION WHERE WE ARE REALLY PULLING RESOURCES FROM OTHER PROGRAMS TO BE ABLE TO DO THE ADOPTION. IN GENERAL, I KIND OF MADE THE ARGUMENT, IS IT TOO MUCH TO ASK FOR 1 PERCENT OR 2 PERCENT OF A OVERALL BUDGET TO BE DEDICATED TO CURRICULUM AND MR. SCOTT SAID THE 1.3 COULD BE HIGHER, BUT WE ARE ALSO LOOKING AT OUR CURRENT BUDGET THAT IS ALLOTTED FOR CURRICULUM AND INSTRUCTION, THE USE THAT. THERE IS THE POTENTIAL TO LOOK AT PER PUPIL FUNDING WE SEND TO SCHOOLS IF WE TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR PURCHASE CURRICULUM MATERIALS. PROBABLY DON'T NEED TO SEND AS MUCH FUNDING TO SCHOOLS TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT, ESPECIALLY IF WE ARE STANDARDIZING SO I INK THE THERE ARE OPPORTUNITIES OUT THERE WE CAN GET A RESPECTABLE NUMBER WHERE

113WE COULD DO THE TYPE OF ADOPTIONS WE HAVE HISTORICALLY DONE PRIOR TO THE LAST DECADE OR SO. THAT IS A LONG WAY TO ASK THAT THIS IS VERY DIFFERENT MODEL. WE ARE NO LONGER DOING TEXTBOOKS. IF YOU LOOK AT THE STATE TEXTBOOK WAREHOUSE YOU DON'T SEE TEXTBOOKS THERE ANYMORE BECAUSE WHERE WE ARE MOVING. DO WE STILL GET ANY FUNDING FROM THE STATE FOR TEXTBOOKS? WE DO ON AVERAGE $350 THOUSAND A YEAR. WE WERE ABLE TO CARRY SOME THAT OVER LAST YEAR AND USED IT THIS YEAR IN CONJUNCTION WITH $350 THOUSAND TO HELP OFF-SET THE SCIENCE SERVICE. IT ISN'T ENOUGH TO KEEP UP WITH THE CURRICULUM. THE MATH CURRICULUM IS UPWARD OF $1.5 MILLION. PART OF THE STRATEGY IS LOOKING AT THE FUNDING WE RECEIVE EVERY YEAR FOR TEXTBOOK AND INSTRUCTIONAL SUPPLIES SO 350, WORKING WITH

114MR. SCOTT, CAN WE BANK THAT THE NEXT TWO YEARS TO HELP OFF SET COST BECAUSE IT WAS THE HEAVY LIFT TO DO ADOPTION IN A YEAR THAT ALL STUDENTS ACROSS NORTH CAROLINA WILL TAKE THE SCIENCE EXAM BUT IF YOU DON'T HAVE THE RESOURCES AND MATERIALS THEN YOU PUT STUDENTS AT AUTOMATIC DISADVANTAGE SO WE HAVE TO GET BACK TO REGULAR ORDER IS WHAT WE HAVE TO DO. $350 THOUSAND - WHEN I IN THE DISTRICT MAYBE 15 YEARS AGO I WANT TO SAY THE BUDGET WAS $1.6 MILLION OR AROUND THERE FOR TEXTBOOKS. ALL DISTRICTS HAVE EXPERIENCED THIS DECLINING AMOUNT THAT THE STATE SENT FOR INSTRUCTIONAL SUPPLIES. WASN'T THE LOTTERY FUNDING-MAYBE THAT HAS GONE DOWN. THOSE GO TO SCHOOL FACILITIES. IT IS CAPPED. MR. SCOTT, I KNOW--I KNOW OBVIOUSLY OUR BUDGET IS A HELP BUT WITH ALL THE

115MONEY THAT THE COUNTY IS INVESTING IN THE FACILITIES, PLANNING MYSELF REALITY. CURIOUS IN PAST YEARS WE HAVE BEEN LOOKING AT THE SUPPLEMENT, THE TEACHER SUPPLEMENT, RIGHT? WHY THE SHIFT FROM THAT? YOU AND I TALKED ABOUT LIKE MAYBE LOOKING AT BEGINNING YEAR AND LEVELING THAT OFF. I KNOW OBVIOUSLY THIS EXPANSION BUDGET WE HAVEN'T SEEN THAT FUNDED SINCE I CAN REMEMBER EVER. JUST CURIOUS WHY WE TOOK THAT OFF THE TABLE AND DECIDED TO MOVE TOWARDS MASTER PAY. WAS THAT FEEDBACK FROM THE STAFF AND OTHER PEOPLE WHO WERE CONTRIBUTING TO THE BUDGET? I THINK IT WAS BETWEEN DR. HARRIS AND I ALONG WITH SUPERINTENDENT AND SCHOOL LEADERSHIP. OKAY. WE REALLY FELT IN ORDER TO MAINTAIN OR IN ORDER TO REMAIN BEING ABLE TO ATTRACT TEACHERS IT WAS SOMETHING WE PRIORITIZE EVEN THE SUPPLEMENT. OKAY. THAT'S NOT TO SAY

116THE BOARD-HAPPY TO LOOK AT SUPPLEMENT CHANGES IF YOU LIKE TO. WE JUST FELT WE ARE LOSING A LOT OF REALLY QUALIFIED CANDIDATES BECAUSE THE OTHER DISTRICTS ARE ABLE TO PAY THE 10 PERCENT SUPPLEMENT. YEAH, CURIOUS ON THAT. OBVIOUSLY FOR ME, I THINK THIS IS JUST GOING TO BE NUMBERS ON A PIECE OF PAPER. I LIKE TO STAY FOCUSED ON THAT BECAUSE THE SUPPLEMENT THAT WE TALKED ABOUT IN PAST THAT WAS REMAINING WAS THE BEGINNING YEAR. RATHER TACKLE BOTH GROUPS BECAUSE BOTH OF THE TEACHERS AND ALSO MAYBE STAFF THAT ACHIEVED MASTER PAY LEFT OFF THE 2013-14 CHANGE. SO WE DON'T FIND LOSING ANY QUALIFIED STAFF OR ANYONE COMING INTO THE EDUCATION SPACE EARLY ON. WE CANT AFFORD TO NOT HAVE EDUCATORS. I WANT TO STAY COMPETITIVE. MEMORY SERVES WE WERE LOOKING INCREASING THE BEGINNING TEACHER SUPPLEMENT

117FROM 18 TO 20 AND DON'T QUOTE ON THIS, BUT I THINK IT WAS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF $1.5 MILLION TO DO THAT. IF THE BOARD CHOOSES WE CAN AT TO THE EXPANSION REQUEST. THIS SIGNALS WHERE THE BOARD WANTS TO GO. THIS IS ASPIRATIONAL AND HAPPY TO INCLUDE THAT IF WE WANT TO TALK ABOUT THAT AT THE NEXT WORK SESSION AND BRING BACK NUMBERS TO PRESENT TO THE BOARD WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE. THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL. I THINK WHEN WE TALK INFLATIONARY COST AND COST OF LIVING ANYTHING WE CAN DO ACROSS THE BOARD REGARDLESS WHERE A STAFF MEMBER WHETHER CLASSIFIED OR CERTIFIED BEGINNING YEAR AND EXPERIENCE WITH ADDITIONAL EDUCATION WE NEED THE WHOLE PACKAGE AND SAY, FOR ANY STAFF MEMBER IN THE DISTRICT WE WANT THE BEST PAY FOR THEM SO THEY CAN BE ABLE TO

118SURVIVE AND LIVE AND CONTINUE TO DO THE THINGS THEY ARE PASSIONATE AND GREAT AT. THAT IS WHAT I LOVE TO SEE. BOARD MEMBERS? OKAY. ALRIGHT. MORE TO COME AND WE HAVE A COMMITTEE MEETING NEXT WEEK, SO-- THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. LOOK FORWARD TO THE NEXT WORK SESSION ALSO. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT. NEXT I SEE-GETTING UP. IS OUR WORK SESSION TOPIC, WHICH IS INTRODUCTION OF 2025-35 CAPITAL INVESTMENT PLAN. GOOD EVENING MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, DR. TRICE AND GUEST. MY PLEASURE TO BRING THE FIRST INTRODUCTION FOR 2025-35 CAPITAL INVESTMENT PLAN. THIS IS A PLAN YOU HAVE BEEN HEARING ABOUT THE PAST YEAR NOW AND THE FORMAT I PRESENT IS CONSISTENT WHAT YOU HAVE SEEN THE PAST THREE PRESENTATIONS, SO WHAT I LIKE TO DO TONIGHT IS REALLY DISCUSS THE DETAILS OF HOW THE COUNTY CREATED WHAT I

119WILL SAY ARE THE GUARDRAILS AS FAR AS RULES OF ENGAGEMENT WE HAVE FUTURE PROJECTS BASED UPON THE WOLFORD STUDY AND TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE SUCCESS THIS PAST YEAR. PROJECT FACILITY AND TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENTS CONDUCTED AS WELL AS LOOKING PROPOSED PROJECT AND GIVE THE LANDSCAPE. JUST SO YOU RECALL, THERE WAS A 10 YEAR PLAN. YOU ARE APPROVING ONE YEAR AND I'LL TALK MORE ABOUT THAT BECAUSE WE KNOW OUR PROJECTS EACH YEAR ARE MOVING TARGETS AND WE END REACTING MORE WITH REPAIRS THEN WE ARE IN BEING PREVENTATIVE IN NATURE. WE HAVE A FAR BETTER LANDSCAPE OR HORIZON OF WHAT WE ARE LOOKING NOW WITH THE WOLFORD STUDY. AS ALWAYS, IN OPERATIONS WE FOCUS ON CULTURE OF SAFETY AS WELL AS EQUITABLE AND TRANSPARENT WITH FISCAL STEWARDSHIP WITHIN OPERATIONS. AND OUR GUIDING PRINCIPALS HAVE NOT CHANGED. WE LOOK

120AT REPLACEMENT OF SCHOOLS, HIGH PRIORITY PROJECTS, WE LOOK AT THE FACILITY WORK ORDER HISTORY. LOT OF TIMES CONSULTANTS COMES IN AND SPEND A DAY OR 2 IN THE BUILDING BUT MAINTENANCE STAFF ARE THERE EACH DAY AND KNOW WHAT IS HAPPENING WITH A LOT OF THE SYSTEMS. WE LOOK AT EQUIPMENT LIFE CYCLES, SPECIFICALLY WHEN IT COMES TO PORTIONS OF THE MECHANICAL SYSTEMS IF YOU HAVE FAILURE IT IS CATASTROPHIC. MEANING IF A VARIABLE FREQUENCY DRIVE ON A AIR CONDITIONING UNIT THAT CONTROLS AIR FLOW YOUR AIR SYSTEM CAN WORK BUT BUT IF THE DRIVE BREAKS OR FAIL S NO AIR IS MOVING. THAT IS A ITEM YOU LOOK AT EQUIPMENT LIFE CYCLE AND REPLACEMENT BECAUSE YOU CANT AFFORD FOR THAT TO HAPPEN. LOOK AT SAFETY AND SECURITY IN ALL WE DO, AS WELL AS CIP COVERS THE TECHNOLOGY

121INFRASTRUCTURE NOT JUST THE TABLETS AND LAP TOPS BUT SERVERS WIRELESS, CABLING CAT 5 AND 6, THE FIBER WITHIN THE DISTRICT AND TOWNS AND WE HAVE GREAT RELATIONSHIP WITH UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AS WELL AS TOWNS OF CARRBORO AND CHAPEL HILL WHERE WE PIGGY BACK A LOT OF INTERNET AND FIBER AS WELL AS GOOGLE FIBER WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY. WE HAVE ONE OF THE STRONGEST BAND WIDTH OR RECIPROCITY OF INTERNET FAILURE. ONE PIPE FAILS THE OTHER LETS WATER COME THROUGH, THAT IS THE WAY THE INTERNET IS. ONE LINE CAN BE BROKE, THERE IS ANOTHER THAT ALLOWS US TO HAVE INTERNET WHICH IS SOMETHING THE COMMUNITY SHOULD BE VERY PROUD OF. WE LOOK AT SUSTAINABILITY WHICH IS IN THE NATURE OF EVERYTHING WE DO. YEARS AGO WHEN WE BUILT NORTH SIDE ELEMENTARY WE ARE USING LEED WHICH WAS

122A SUSTAINABLE MEASUREMENT STARTED HIRING EDUCATION AND TRANSFORMED ACROSS LOT OF BUILDINGS AS A BENCHMARK. BILLING CODE CAUGHT UP WITH SUSTAINABILITY SO A LOT OF BUILDINGS WE ARE BUILDING TODAY WERE LEED GOLD AND PLATINUM 10 YEARS AGO. CODE CAUGHT UP AND CONTINUE TO CATCH UP. AGAIN, TALKING ABOUT THE FRAMEWORK OF THE CIP, THE ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS HAVE BASICALLY SAID THAT THE FUTURE CIP FOR BOTH SCHOOL DISTRICTS THAT THEY WILL BE CONSISTENT WITH PRINCIPALS OF WOOL PORT. THEY ARE SAYING THE TYPE OF WORK IDENTIFIED IN THE STUDY IS THE TYPE OF WORK THEY EXPECT TO SEE IN FUTURE CIP. IT DOESN'T MEAN IF THEY DIDN'T IDENTIFY SOMETHING WE NEED IT DONE WE ARE NOT ABLE TO DO IT. I'LL USE A EXTREME EXAMPLE. IF WE DECIDED WE WANT TO BUILD A SWIMMING POOL AND

123WOOLPERT DIDN'T LOOK AT SWIMMING POOLS THE COUNTY WILL SAY THAT ISN'T CONSISTENT. IF YOU HAVE A AIR CONDITIONER THAT FAILS AND DIDN'T RECOGNIZE IN THE REPORT, THEY SAY THAT IS CONSISTENT SO IT IS REALLY JUST IN THE SPIRIT OF WHAT THE CONSULTANT WAS IDENTIFIED. THEY ARE STRESSING THEY WANT TO REPLACE OLD FACILITIES WITH NEW. NOT ENTERTAINING RENOVATIONS BUTS BELIEVE WHEN IT CAME TO EDUCATIONAL ADEQUACY IT IS IMPORTANT TO START NEW AND FRESH GIVEN THE FACT MANY SCHOOLS ARE OVER 50 YEARS OF AGE AND THAT GOES INTO EDUCATIONAL- [INDISCERNIBLE] ADDRESS HIGH PRIORITY MAINTENANCE THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT AND TONIGHT I'LL TALK HOW WE HAVE ANNUAL REOCCURRING MONEY AND HAVE THE PAY GO MONEY THAT WE ARE ABLE TO USE LATER IN THE 10 YEAR PLAN. SO, AGAIN THIS IS REMINDER FOR THE PUBLIC, CONSULTANT CAME AND IDENTIFIED

12410 YEARS WE HAD JUST OVER $573 MILLION WORTH OF WORK. THE COUNTY AT THE TIME HAD COMMITTED ABOUT $280 MILLION TO GO TOWARDS SCHOOL REPLACEMENT AND ONGOING MAINTENANCE. SO, THESE ARE THE BUCKETS. THEY WILL SOUND FAMILIAR TO YOU AND WITH TWO OF THEM BUT THE OTHER TWO ARE NEW. THE FIRST ONE IS MAJOR PROJECTS. MAJOR PROJECTS, WHEN YOU MEET AT THE JOINT MEETING AND TALKING ABOUT THAT, THAT IS REALLY ABOUT SCHOOL REPLACEMENTS. THAT IS A MAJOR PROJECT. PROJECTS EXCESS OF $2 MILLION, WE MIGHT USE BOND OR PAY GO MONEY DOWN THE ROAD FOR, BUT MAJOR PROJECTS ARE SOMETHING VERY SUBSTANTIVE WHICH IS SCHOOL REPLACEMENT. HIGH PRIORITY NEEDS ARE BASICALLY THE MAINTENANCE PROJECTS WE TALK ABOUT. ROOFING, AIR CONDITIONING, ELECTRICAL SERVICES, TECHNOLOGY UPGRADES. THE CAPITAL USES, THAT IS MONEY ARTICLE 46 OR REOCCURRING CAPITAL. LAST BUT

125NOT LEAST, THE ONE YOU ARE FAMILIAR WITH IS DIFFERED MAINTENANCE AND THIS CURRENT UPCOMING FISCAL YEAR, IS THE LAST YEAR OF DIFFERED MAINTENANCE. WE AS A DISTRICT AS YOU APPROVE THE CIP WE COULD HAVE TAKEN FOR THE PAST 2 YEARS TAKEN $18 MILLION ALL IN ONE LUMP AND DECIDED TO SPREAD IT OVER 2 YEARS SO THERE IS A APPROPRIATION OF $9 MILLION IN DIFFERED MAINTENANCE WHICH IS THE LAST DROP THAT. THE RULES IN PLAY FOR THE FIRST 3 BUCKETS HERE IS WHERE THE COUNTY SAYS YOU HAVE TO REPLACE SCHOOLS AND FOLLOW THE SPIRIT OF WOOLPERT. THE DIFFERED MAINTENANCE YOU HAVE MORE SUBJECTIVITY WITH BUT THEY RECOMMEND TO US FOR US TO USE THE SPIRIT OF WOOLPERT BUT IT GIVES MORE FLEXIBILITY. FOR TO GET PROJECT CHANGED WITH DIFFERED MAINTENANCE WE DON'T HAVE IT GO THROUGH

126BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS BUT THE FIRST THREE BUCKETS ANY CHANGES THAT OCCUR IF A PROJECT IS $5 OVER WHAT WAS BUDGETED WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH A PROCESS TO MODIFY THE PROJECT ACCOUNT. THEY ARE APPROVING PROJECTS BY PROJECT AND GOES FROM SIMPLE THING SUCH AS PARTIAL ROOF REPLACEMENT TO SCHOOL REPLACEMENT. WHAT YOU SEE ON THE COUNTY SUBMITTED BUDGET SHEETS IS DETAILED SCHOOL SPECIFIC RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE STUDY FOR THE NEXT 10 YEARS. AGAIN, WHAT I SAY IS FOR THE CIP, THE FIRST YEAR IS WHAT COUNTS. EVERYTHING ELSE YOU MAY SCRATCH AND REDO EVERY YEAR BECAUSE THE NEEDS CHANGE. JUST BECAUSE WE SAY THE AIR CONDITIONING AT SCHOOL NEEDS TO BE PREPLACED WE MAY FIND WE NEED TO REPLACE SOMETHING ELSE. I DONT WANT YOU CAUGHT ON THE PROJECTS BUT THIS YEAR SUBMISSION IS ALL INCLUSIVE AND

127NEVER BEEN THAT WAY IN THE PAST AND THAT IS A GOOD MILESTONE BEING AS TRANSPARENT AS POSSIBLE WITH IDENTIFIED NEEDS. THIS IS OO BASIC SUMMARY FOR FOLKS THAT-WORDS MAY BE NEW. FOR MAJOR PROJECTS THEY ARE BOND AND SUPPLEMENTAL PAY GO, THE CASH. YOU WILL FIND IN THE CIP THE PAY GO PORTION OF THE BOND, THE COUNTY INTENDS TO USE PAY GO FOR ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN OF SCHOOL REPLACEMENTS FIRST. ONCE THE DESIGN MONEY HAS BEEN EXPENDED FOR THE YEARS THAT US AND ORANGE COUNTY SCHOOLS ARE BUILDING SCHOOLS, ONCE THAT DESIGN PORTION IS DONE REMAINING MONEY FROM THAT POINT ON WILL BE USED FOR MAJOR MAINTENANCE. YOU WILL SEE FOR US THE FIRST YEAR PAY GO BECOMES AVAILABLE IS YEAR 4. THEN WE HAVE SUBSEQUENT MONIES FAR MORE SUBSTANTIAL AND I'LL SHOW THE TOTALS IN A SECOND. AGAIN,

128MAJOR PROJECTS SHOULD BE REPLACEMENT OF SCHOOLS AND ANY LEFTOVER FUNDS REALLOCATED TO HIGH PRIORITY NEEDS THE MAJOR MAINTENANCE PROJECTS. WHAT YOU REMEMBER AS DIFFERED MAINTENANCE, THAT IS WHAT HIGH PRIORITY MAINTENANCE PROJECT SAID NEEDS BECOME. HIGH PRIORITY NEEDS IS WHERE WE HAVE TWO PRIMARILY BUCKETS OF MONEY. THE ANNUAL COUNTY DEBT FINANCING AND THIS IS ABOUT $2.8 MILLION WHAT YOU SAW IN LAST YEAR CIP AND THE LOTTERY PROCEEDS. THERE ARE TWO TRAUNCHES OF MONEY OUT OF LOTTERY BOTH FOR RENOVATION OF SCHOOLS. ONE IS SPECIFIC TO CLASSROOMS AND OTHER SPECIFIC TO SCHOOL WIDE. THE WORK HAS TO BE DONE IN CLASSROOMS. THE LOTTERY MONEY CAN NOT BE DONE TO DO WORK AT THE LINCOLN CENTER IT HAS TO BE IN THE SCHOOL AND THAT IS HOW THE STATUTE IS WRITTEN. ANY REMAINING BOND OR PAY GO FUNDS LEFT

129OVER CAN FALL TO HIGH PRIORITY NEEDS. LEVEL 1, 2 AND 3. WHICH BASICALLY IS CRITICAL, ESSENTIAL AND NECESSARY NEEDS. I TELL YOU, THERE ARE 5 LEVELS. WHEN YOU LOOK AT SOME LEVEL 4 AND 5, THEY REALLY SHOULD BE 3 OR 2. DON'T GET STUCK ON THE NUMBER AND WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE AND THE FAILURE THAT COULD OCCUR. ONE OF THE REPORTS SHOWS AS A 5. IT ISN'T A 5. THAT THING FAILS WE ARE IN TROUBLE AT THAT SCHOOL SITE. WE KNOW WE HAVE TO REPLACE SOONER THEN WHAT THEY ARE SUGGESTING. HERE IS THE OTHER CAPITAL USES WHICH IS HISTORIC REOCCURRING CAPITAL AND ARTICLE 46. YOU HAVE USED THAT MONEY TO PAY FOR TECHNOLOGY SO IT HAD MUCH OF IMPACT ON THE LOCAL BUDGET. PAID OUT OF ARTICLE 46 TAX AND REOCCURRING CAPITAL FOR ACTIVITY,

130VEHICLE REPLACEMENTS. SCHOOL EQUIPMENT, [INDISCERNIBLE] COMPONENT REPLACEMENT CAPITAL LEASES, SMALL SCALE MAINTENANCE PROJECTS. WE USED FOR A MULTITUDE OF THINGS BUT THESE INTEREST THE MONIES THE COUNTY SAYS FOR YOU HAVE THE GREATEST DISCRETION OVER. THERE IS ANYTHING WE WANT TO DO WE HAVE TO FIND A WAY TO USE CAPITAL USES TO PAY FOR THAT. HERE IS THE CHALLENGE THAT MONEY IS TAKEN FOR. IT IS MONEY WE BUILT INTO REOCCURRING BUDGET DEDICATED THE MONIES WITH LEASES, WITH CONTRACTS, OR THE FACT WE GOT TO REPLACE ACTIVITY BUSES AND VEHICLES. WE DON'T HAVE TO REPLACE EVERY YEAR, BUT WE GOT TO REPLACE CONSISTENTLY SO IF WE TAKE THE MONEY AWAY IT HAS TO BE TEMPORARY BASIS BECAUSE THERE IS REOCCURRING CAPITAL EXPENSES THAT ARE NEEDED THAT THE OTHER FUNDS THE COUNTY HAS WILL NOT ALLOW US TO USE THE

131FUNDING FOR THAT. LAST BUT NOT LEAST, WE HAVE DIFFERED MAINTENANCE WHICH THIS YEAR IS $9 MILLION. THIS IS THE LAST YEAR FOR THE MONEY AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO USE THIS FOR REPAIRS BUT I TELL YOU THAT IT IS OUR INTENT AND WILL HAVE A SLIDE TO SHOW OUR INTENT ISN'T TO SPEND ALL THE MONEY THIS YEAR. OUR INTENT IS USE THE DIFFERED MAINTENANCE TO PIVOT IF A EMERGENCY REPAIR IS NECESSARY BECAUSE YOU WILL SEE WE HAVE DONE A PHENOMENAL JOB SPENDING DIFFERED MAINTENANCE MONEY. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THE MONEY IS THERE. WE DONT WANT TO PUT ALL EGGS IN ONE BASKET AND SPEND IMMEDIATELY BEGINNING OF FISCAL YEAR. HERE IS A BREAKDOWN FOR MAJOR PROJECTS FOR FUNDING. THIS IS OVER 10 YEARS. OUR BOND IS JUST OVER $174 MILLION. AND PAY GO UNDER

132$54 MILLION OVER NEXT 10 YEARS SO $228 MILLION USED TO REPLACE THREE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AS WELL AS CONDUCT A SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT OF MAJOR MAINTENANCE AGAIN OVER THE NEXT 10 YEARS. WE WILL SPEND OUR BOND MONEY BEFORE 10 YEARS, BUT THE PAY GO WILL GO THE FULL 10. MEANING ALL THE WAY TO YEAR 10 YOU GET A CERTAIN AMOUNT MONEY EACH YEAR. HIGH PRIORITY NEEDS, JUST OVER $4.2 MILLION. ARTICLE 46 IS $3.8 MILLION AND THERE IS 9 MILLION FOR DIFFERED MAINTENANCE FOR TOTAL $17 MILLION SIMILAR TO WHAT WE HAD LAST YEAR. SO, THE DIFFERED MAINTENANCE FUNDING THIS IS A SLIDE WHEN YOU TALK BETWEEN US AND THE COUNTY, WE SPEND THE MONEY, THEN GET REIMBURSED SO THE NUMBER THE COUNTY SHOWS IS DIFFERENT THEN WHAT WE HAVE. P IT IS BASED UPON RECEIPTS THEY REIMBURSED US

133FOR. SINCE 2021 WE HAVE SPENT-ALLOCATED $28 MILLION WORTH OF DIFFERED MAINTENANCE AND WE HAVE SPENT 20.6 MILLION AND SLATED TO SPEND ADDITIONAL $6 MILLION THE NEXT SCHOOL YEAR WITH TWO PROJECTS I'LL SHOW IN A SECOND. VERY PLEASED TO SAY WE ARE CLOSE TO SPENDING $28.6 MILLION ALLOCATED TO US THUS FAR. AGAIN, WE USED THIS MONEY TO DO A LOT OF FRONT END WORK WITHIN OUR PROJECTS. SO, FOR THE REPORT, MORE FACTS FOR YOU. THESE ARE THE LEVELS THE REPORT SHOWS LEVELS 1-5 AND IDENTIFIED 798 PROJECTS FOR OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT. THAT IS ACROSS ALL THE SCHOOLS. OUT OF WHICH, THERE WERE 33 LEVEL 1, 35 LEVEL 2, 196 LEVEL 3, 314, 4 AND 2020 LEVEL 5. WE HAVE TAKEN 228 OUT OF THE METRIC FROM THE CIP BECAUSE WE CAN FIX THOSE WITH LOCAL MONEY WITH

134LOCAL MAINTENANCE MONEY. WE ARE TAKING THOSE OUT AND ADDRESS THOSE BUT THERE IS UNDER 800 PROJECTS IDENTIFIED. OUT OF THOSE PROJECTS SINCE NOVEMBER WE HAVE UNDERGONE 46 HIGH PRIORITY PROJECTS. WHEN WE SAW SOME THAT ALIGN WHAT WE WERE LOOKING TO DO AND OTHERS WE TOOK A HARD LOOK AT, WE BEGUN AND COMPLETED 46 ALREADY ON THE LIST OF 798 AND THE PROJECTS WE ARE TALKING ABOUT ARE MAJOR PROJECTS. COULD HAVE BEEN AIR CONDITIONING OR PARTIAL ROOFING OR ENTIRE ROOFING. SUCH AS SMITH. SMITH WAS ON THE LIST AND COMPLETED SMITH. SO, HERE IS SOME OF THE ACCOLADES I THINK FOR COMPLETED PROJECTS AND THIS IS TO SHOW YOU BY CATEGORY THE PROJECT WE COMPLETED THIS YEAR. OR PLAN TO COMPLETE STARTING BEGINNING IN THE SUMMER. SMITH ROOFING EAST CHAPEL HILL AND CARRBORO HIGH SCHOOL ROOF. JUST

135AWARDED DESIGN CONTRACT AND WILL WORK ON DESIGN AND OUR GOAL IS HAVE SOME OF THE WORK DONE THIS UPCOMING SUMMER AND MORE THEN LIKELY THE WORK WILL BE DONE THE FOLLOWING SUMMER. FIRE REPLACEMENT AND HV A C, SECURITY IMPROVEMENT IT, SERVING UPGRADES, SECURITY IMPROVEMENTS. WE ARE VESTIBULES AND THIS IS WHERE WE LOOK AT THE DESIGN RIGHT NOW AND WE GOT A BID WHERE WE WILL BE CONSTRUCTING THOSE THIS SUMMER AND MCDOUGLE WAS THE FIRST WE DID. AS WELL AS A D A IMPROVEMENTS AT SEVERAL SCHOOLS. YOU PRESS THE BUTTON TO OPEN THE DOOR. THAT IS SOMETHING WE REALLY NEEDED TO UPGRADE AT SCHOOLS AND YOU NOTICE SOME ARE NEWER SCHOOLS THAT DID NOT HAVE THOSE. OR WE FOUND OTHER LOCATIONS WHERE ITS NECESSARY. TENNIS COURT REPAIRS. EXTERIOR LIGHTING REPLACEMENT WHICH HELPED WITH ENERGY COSTS. WE

136DO OUR ANNUAL SECONDARY THEN GYM FLOOR MAINTENANCE WE SAND DOWN OR LIGHT COAT ON THE FLOORS. ASPHALT RESURFACING REPAIRS AND SECURITY FENCING AT SEVERAL SCHOOLS THE PAST YEAR. FOR THIS NEXT, I PUT YEAR 1 BECAUSE THAT IS THE BULK OF THE MONEY. IN ADDITION TO CARRBORO AND EAST CHAPEL HILL ROOF WE ARE LOOKING AIR CONDITIONING CONTROL REPLACEMENT AT EAST CHAPEL HILL AND PHILLIPS. CULBRETH MIDDLE SCHOOL RECEIVE DESIGN WORK FOR THE ROOF. MCDOUGLE ELEMENTARY THE SKYLIGHTS AND PHASE 1 OF THE ROOF PLEASED TO SAY WE WILL BE STALLING SOLAR ARRAYS. THERE IS A TYPO AND SHOULD BE THE PREVIOUS ONE BUT THE CEILING LIGHTING RENOVATION WE DID THE PAST SUMMER. ASPHALT MAINTENANCE, THE TRANSPORTATION CENTER IS PROJECTED AS WELL AS LOOKING AT THE CLASSROOM PRESENTATION EQUIPMENT FOR PHASE 2. OUR TECHNOLOGY IS BECOMING ANTIQUATED WHERE THE

137PROJECTS IN A LOT OF ROOMS ARE NOT OPERATING OR CANNOT BE SUPPORTED AND WE GOT TO CONTINUE TO REPLACE AT A PACE SO THE TEACHERS HAVE THE BASIC EQUIPMENT THEY CAN USE TO TEACH AND WORK WITH THE STUDENTS. AS WELL AS CONTINUED SECURITY IMPROVEMENTS AND THEN STILL HAVE TRANSPORTATION CENTER. WE ARE LOOKING TO RELOCATE THE ADMIN OFFICES AND MODULAR UNITS AND CONVERTING THE ACTUAL STAFF SECTION TO A SECOND BEY FOR BUS REPAIR. F THAT IS A PROJECT ONGOING THE NEXT TWO YEARS. LAST BUT NOT LEAST JUMP INTO THE GYM FLOOR MAINTENANCE AT SEVERAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AS WELL AS DOOR HARDWARE IMPROVEMENT, ELECTRICAL IMPROVEMENTS. WE WILL TOWARDS REPLACING NORTH SIDE ELEMENTARY TO LED LIGHTS. THAT IS THE FINAL SCHOOL. YOU MAY HAVE HEARD SAY WHEN NORTH SIDE WAS BELT IT WAS AT THE TIME IN DESIGN

138FLORESCENT WAS CHEAPER AND IT WAS OPEN, LED WERE CHEAPER. RIGHT ON THE FRINGE SO WE'LL GET IN THERE KNOWING A GOOD RETURN ON INVESTMENT. SO, HERE IS THE BIG PIECE. THE LAST TIME YOU AUTHORIZED TO START WORKING WITH THE COUNTY AND WE GAVE THEM PRIORITIES AND WENT I SAY WE WANT TO GET AS MUCH DONE AS POSSIBLE. FIST IS ALL THREE SCHOOLS AT ONCE, THE SECOND IS CARRBORO AND ESTES AND FRANK PORTER AND WHERE WE LANDED IS WHERE WE THOUGHT WE WOULD LAND BUT IN THE MIDDLE. WE DO HAVE TO-THEY HAVE TO FIND A BALANCE BETWEEN THE NEEDS OF US AND ORANGE COUNTY. THEY GOT THE COUNTY HAS TO LOOK AT THE EQUITABLE RESOURCE ALLOCATION BETWEEN BOTH DISTRICTS. MAINTAIN THE STABLE TAX RATE. THEY CAN'T DO SOMETHING AND RAISE THE RATES WHEN THE CITIZENS WERE

139NOT TOLD THAT. THAT RATIO OF DEBT VERSUS REVENUE MAINTAIN THAT AND A A A CREDIT RATING FROM THE THREE CREDIT AGENCIES. SO, WHERE WE LANDED AND THINK THIS IS GOOD START BECAUSE WE GOT THE FIRST TWO SCHOOLS, NOT IMMEDIATELY OUT OF IT GATE BUT ONE YEAR ONE SO FUNDING IS AVAILABLE TO START CARRBORO ELEMENTARY DESIGN. THE MONEY WILL BE ABLE JULY 1. AS WELL AS ESTES HILL. THE COUNTY SAYS THEY CAN START THE PROCESS THE FOLLOW SUMMER. FY27 STARTS JULY 26. FRANK PORTER GRAHAM IS YEAR 6 WHICH IS FY31 WHICH IN REALITY AGAIN IS BASICALLY JULY OF 30. THAT IS 5 YEARS FROM NOW. I TELL YOU BUILDING TWO SCHOOLS, I LOVE TO BE ABLE TO DO FPG IN 5 YEARS BECAUSE THAT KEEPS IN LINE WITH WHERE WE NEED TO BE. I THOUGHT WE

140WOULD END UP LATER AND POSSIBLY 7 OR 8, BECAUSE THE ORANGE COUNT Y IS ASKING FOR TWO ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND PARTIAL REPLACEMENT RENOVATION. WHAT IS ON THE CIP FOR MIDDLE SCHOOL WHICH IS SUBSTANTIVE IN COST, SO I THINK FOR US TO GET THE FIRST TWO SCHOOLS QUICKLY AND LAND YEAR 6 MIDDLE GROUND I THINK WE HAVE DONE VERY WELL AND I THINK THE END RESULT WILL BE VERY GOOD FOR ALL THREE OF THE SCHOOL COMMUNITIES. ALSO FOR US FROM A SUSTAINABLE AND COST STANDPOINT. AS SAN AS WE GET THE SCHOOLS OFF LINE AND NOT CONTINUE TO PAY A LOT OF ONGOING MAINTENANCE COST WE HAVE. SO, FOR NEXT STEPS. MARCH 20YOU WILL HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING AND WORK SESSION AND THIS YEAR THE REASON I INTRODUCED THIS LITTLE EARLIER SO I CAN STAY IN SYNC

141WITH MR. SCOTT AND LOCAL BUDGET SO WE WILL RUN PARALLEL SO WHEN YOU APPROVE THE LOCAL BUDGET YOU APPROVE THE CIP AT THE SAME TIME. DO NOTE THERE ARE OPPORTUNITIES HERE WHERE THE COUNTY WILL BEGIN THE PUBLIC HEARING PROCESS AND YOU HAVE THE JOINT MEETING WITH COUNTY COMMISSIONERS APRIL 29 WHERE IF THERE IS FURTHER DISCUSSION YOU WISH TO HAVE THAT WOULD BE THE PUBLIC MEETING FORUM TO OCCUR. JUNE 5 ORANGE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ADOPT THE LOCAL FUNDING CAPITAL FUND BUDGETS AT THAT POINT. WE WILL RUN PARALLEL THIS YEAR WHICH IS A GOOD THING. THIS WAS A STRAIGHT FORWARD AND NOT TOO MANY SURPRISES OTHER THEN THE ANNOUNCEMENT WHAT THE COUNTY RECOMMENDS FOR THE SEQUENCING WE THOUGHT BEST TO INTRODUCE TONIGHT AND ALLOW AMPLE OPPORTUNITY FOR PUBLIC FEEDBACK AND YOUR INPUT. WITH THAT BEING SAID, HAPPY TO

142ANSWER QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. BOARD MEMBERS, ANY QUESTIONS? OKAY. I AM LOOKING OUT IN THE AUDIENCE. THIS IS WORK SESSION TOPIC SO WE HAVE A OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT IF ANY. OKAY. OBVIOUSLY JUST LIKE OUR BUDGET STUFF, THIS WILL-CONTINUE THE CONVERSATION WITH OUR CIP SO HAVE ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY OR COUPLE OTHER OPPORTUNITIES FOR COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO HAVE QUESTIONS AND BOARD MEMBERS TO HAVE QUESTIONS AS WELL. ALRIGHT. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT. THE LAST ITEM ON THE AGENDA, WHICH IS COMMITTEE REPORTS AND SHARING. ALRIGHT. I'LL GO REAL QUICK. OUR NEXT FINANCE FACILITY OPERATION MEETING IS THIS COMING TUESDAY AT 5:30 VIRTUAL MEETING INFORMATION AND EVERYTHING ON THE WEBSITE. POLICY COMMITTEE. WE HAVEN'T MET SINCE LAST MEETING BUT OURS IS TUESDAY 18 AT 530. STUDENT SUCCESS. OUR LAST MEETING WAS THE 28 AND THERE WAS A LOT OF GOOD INFORMATION.

143WE HAD UPDATE ON TECH IN THE SCHOOLS, OUR PRE-K, EC, THE HIGH SCHOOL SCHEDULE. I REALLY RECOMMEND THAT IF PEOPLE ARE INTERESTED IN THOSE TOPICS IT WILL BE A GOOD COMMITTEE MEETING TO GO BACK AND LOOK AT THE VIDEO, BECAUSE IT WAS FULL OF NUGGETS. LOTS OF GOOD PRESENTATIONS ON ALL THOSE TOPICS AND OUR NEXT MEETING WILL BE MARCH 25 AT 5 :30. OKAY. DO WE HAVE ANY LIAISON SHARING FOR ANYTHING? ANYTHING BOARD MEMBERS PARTICIPATED IN? I'LL GO QUICK AND VICKY I'LL LET YOU DO YOUR SHARING OR WOMEN HISTORY MONTH. I FORGOT WHEN I SHARED ABOUT BLACK HISTORY MONTH IN THE READ IN, I ON THE 7 OF FEBRUARY I DID READ AT FPG AND GOT TO READ A BOOK ON MAY JAMISON, SO THEY ALWAYS GIVE IT EVERY YEAR. THE KIDDOS SIGN A CARD

144AND SO HAD A CHANCE TO GO. ALSO WENT TO SCROGGS HAVE FUN WITH SCROGGS SO READ A BOOK ON JUNETEENTH. THEY GIVE SO MANY THINGS. I HAVE A NICE CERTIFICATE AND I HAVE A JUST ALL KINDS OF STUFF SO I LOVE AND HAVE IN MY OFFICE AND THESE THINGS ON MY DESK. THANK YOU SO MUCH TO THE SCHOOLS HAVING ME. I REALLY ENJOYED READING AND SPENDING TIME WITH THE KIDS FOR BLACK HISTORY MONTH. VICKY. DO YOUR SHARING. ACTUALLY, I CAN TIE IN READING SHARING A LITTLE BIT WITH WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH COMING OUT OF BLACK HISTORY MONTH, WHEN I WENT INTO THE SPACE AT NORTH SIDE, I WAS ABLE TO SHARE WITH THE KIDDOS AND THEY REALLY WERE RECEPTIVE AND ASKED A LOT OF QUESTIONS AND I REALLY ENJOYED READING TO THEM BUT MORE EXCITED ABOUT

145BEING ABLE TO SHARE HISTORY OF THE SHARED SPACE ON THOSE WALLS. WHEN I HAD PEOPLE ASKING ME WHO IF I KNEW WHO THIS PERSON WAS OR THAT PERSON WAS AND I ABLE TO TELL THEM ABOUT THE HISTORY WHERE THEY WERE AND HOW EXCITED THEY WERE WHEN I TOLD THEM YOU INVITED ME HOME THAT I LIVED ON THE BACKSIDE OF YOUR STREET. [INDISCERNIBLE] WAS A-IT WASN'T A COMMON WEALTH STREET ADDRESSED. THEY CHANGED IT AROUND. SUPER EXCITED ABOUT THAT AND YOUTH OF CHAPEL HILL HAVING THE LARGEST PEACEFUL PROTEST IN MARCH IN CHAPEL HILL HISTORY AND THOSE STUDENTS WERE STUDENTS THAT ARE IN THE 20 NOW. THAT WAS SUMMER 2020 AND MOST OF THE STUDENTS WERE JUST GRADUATING BECAUSE WHAT MOST PEOPLE DIDN'T REALIZE THE YOUTH OF CHAPEL HILL DID IN COLLABORATION WITH NAACP. THE YOUTH OF CHAPEL

146HILL CONSISTED OF 4 YOUNG LADIES AND SO I WAS SUPER EXCITED TO LET THEM KNOW THAT THE YOUNG LADY CENTER WITH HER FIST UP ON THE BIG PICTURE IN THE CENTER OF THE HALL WAY WAS MY DAUGHTER. I WAS EXCITED AND YOUNGEST DAUGHTER WAS FLANKED TO THE LEFT AND I'M BEHIND HER SO EXCITED TO KNOW THAT WAS US SO THEY WANTED TO KNOW ALL ABOUT THAT. THEIR TEACHER WHO WAS A GRADUATE WAS THERE WITH HER DAUGHTERS THAT DAY, SO THEY WERE TRULY EXCITED. TO PULL THAT INTO WOMEN HISTORY MONTH I WOULD SAY THAT I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT ALL THE WOMEN HISTORICALLY UNSUNG THAT PEOPLE DON'T KNOW ABOUT THAT TAUGHT A WOMAN IN A GENERATION THAT TAUGHT ANOTHER WOMEN IN A GENERATION THAT TAUGHT ANOTHER WOMEN SO THEY CAN TEACH ME SO I KEEP TEACHING THEM

147BECAUSE THESE ARE WOMEN WE NEED TO UP LIFT AND MAKE SURE WE DON'T FORGET THOSE VOICES BECAUSE WITHOUT THE VOICES IT MAKES EASIER FOR HISTORY TO BE ERASED AND WE SEE ENOUGH ERASING NOW SO REGARDLESS HOW MUCH ERASURE WE ARE HAVING, I SAY LIFT UP A WOMAN VOICE, LIFT A WOMAN STORY, LISTEN TO HER AND REPEAT IT. EACH ONE TEACH ONE. THANK YOU. WONDERFUL. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER SHARING? MEREDITH. I WANT TO CONGRATULATE CARRBORO HIGH SCHOOL. I STOPPED BY AND THERE WERE A LOT OF GREAT COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS AND CHCCS ORGANIZATIONS. IT IS SO IMPORTANT TO CENTER SOCIAL JUSTICE IN WHAT WE DO AND TEACHING. HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS SO SEEING ALL THE KIDS YOU CAN HARDLY GET THROUGH THE CROWD OF KIDS TO GET TO EACH BOOTH. SEEING ENTHUSIASM WAS INSPIRING SO THANK YOU TO MATTHEW

148FOR INVITING US AND FOR ORGANIZING SUCH A GREAT EVENT. AND JUST TO ALL THE STAFF WHO PARTICIPATE SAID. IT WAS REALLY GREAT. THANK YOU. I PARTICIPATED IN THE ELEMENTARY CAREER DAY FOR 5TH GRADERS. IT WAS AWESOME. THERE WAS [INDISCERNIBLE] WE HAD A MOCK TRIAL. IT WAS GREAT. I GUESS MY REFLECTION, THINKING ABOUT THE SOCIAL WORKERS AND A BUNCH OF WOMAN WHO STOOD UP AND HOW WE DONT PAY OUR STAFF ENOUGH. IT IS HARD NOT TO CONCLUDE IT IS BECAUSE TEACHING IS ASSOCIATED WITH BEING A WOMAN AND WE FEEL OKAY UNDER PAYING WOMEN, SO-- HAPPY WOMEN HISTORY MONTH. I KNOW. ONE LAST SHARING, VICKY AND I WERE AT SMITH LAST WEEK AT THEIR TALENT SHOW. WE HAVE WONDERFULLY TALENTED CHILDREN. ONE WAS MY DAUGHTER, BUT IT WAS JUST GREAT FROM MAGICIANS TO DANCERS, SINGERS. MC WAS

149WONDERFUL. LOOK FORWARD HAVING IT ANOTHER YEAR. TALENTED AND BRIGHT KIDS IN THE DISTRICT. ALRIGHT. ANY OTHER SHARING? ALRIGHT. WITH THAT, OUR MEETING IS ADJOURNED. THANK YOU EVERYONE. [MEETING ADJOURNED]