Board of Education Work Session - Apr 10, 2025

001THE MEETING OF THE CHAPEL HILL-CARRBORO CITY SCHOOLS BOARD OF EDUCATION WILL COME TO ORDER. THERE HAS BEEN A REQUEST TO MOVE CONSENT ITEM H TO DISCUSSION AND ACTION, SO WE'LL PUT IT-ASSUMING APPROVED, WE'LL PUT IT AT THE END OF D & A. REQUEST A MOTION TO APPROVE THE AGENDA AS AMENDED. MOVED AND SECONDED. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THE CHAIR REQUEST A MOTION TO MOVE INTO CLOSED SESSION FOR THE REASON STATED ON THE AGENDA. SO MOVED. SECOND. BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYES. RETURN FROM CLOSED SESSION AS CLOSE TO 7 O'CLOCK AS POSSIBLE. THANK YOU. [BOARD IN CLOSED SESSION] THE MEETING IS NOW BACK IN OPEN SESSION. BEFORE WE MOVE ON, MRS. JENKENS HAS A COMMENDATION OR THANK YOU TO SHARE WITH THE BOARD. YES, SO ACTUALLY TUESDAY

002EVENING AS PART OF THE FINANCE COMMITTEE OPERATION COMMITTEE MEETING WE GOT THE WONDERFUL NEWS THAT OUR DISTRICT HAD BEEN RECOGNIZED BY THE ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOL BOARD OFFICIALS FOR THE MERITORIOUS BUDGET AWARD. SO, THIS IS REALLY EXCITING. THE WAY THAT YOU CAN WIN THE AWARD IS BY PRESENTING ACCESSIBLE ACCURATE BUDGET TO BUILD TRUST AND CLEARLY COMMUNICATING WITH STAKEHOLDERS AND I KNOW MR. SCOTT WINNING THESE AWARDS WITH REGARDS TO THE BUDGET IS A CRITICAL PART OF THE WORK WE ARE DOING. I JUST WANT TO THANK MR. SCOTT, MR. KAISER AND THE REST OF THE FINANCE TEAM FOR THEIR HARD WORK AND FOR THIS RECOGNITION. [APPLAUSE] MR. SCOTT, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE WORK YOU DO IN YOUR OFFICE AND YOUR STAFF. YOU BET. THAT MOVES ON TO PUBLIC COMMENTS. THERE ARE NO SIGNED UP PUBLIC COMMENTS.

003I SEE THAT MR. LINK IS HERE. I SUSPECT YOU HAVE A COMMENT AND WELCOME YOU TO COME FORWARD. THANK YOU MR. CHAIR. [MICROPHONE NOT ON. DIFFICULTY HEARING SPEAKER] LONG WEEK. THANK YOU MR. CHAIR. MADAM VICE CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, SUPERINTENDENT, MEMBERS OF CABINET. BRIAN LINK, I RISE TONIGHT TO BE ABLE TO ELABORATE MORE IN A NORMAL SETTING OF A ISSUE COMING UP WHICH IS CALENDAR FOR 26-27 YEAR. I WANT TO THANK DR. STUART. THERE IS A LONGSTANDING RELATIONSHIP TO INSURE LOTS OF STEAK HOLD HOLDERS FROM PARENTS AND STUDENTS AND MEMBERS OF STAFF TO COME UP WITH A CALENDAR AND IT IS QUITE DIFFICULT TO DO SO AND YET IT REFLECTS WHAT OUR GOALS ARE, IN TERMS OF WELLNESS AND SOCIAL JUSTICE ACTION, WELLNESS FOR TIME OFFICE AND COLLECTIVE EFFICACY. THERE IS A GROUP OF

004PEOPLE TO COME TOGETHER AND COME UP WITH A CALENDAR. I WANT TO REITERATE TO SAY WE SUPPORT THE CALENDAR COMING BEFORE YOU WITH THE CHANGES PROVIDED AND TO SPECIFICALLY SAY THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO ASK GOING FORWARD THAT WE WORK WITH THE DISTRICT TO HAVE SOME SORT OF TRANSPARENT COUNTER FOR INCLEMENT WEATHER DAYS TO HELP FOLKS UNDERSTAND THAT IF YOU HAVE A EARLY RELEASE OR HAVE A DELAYED OPENING THAT COMES OUT OF THE BANK OF HOURS. WE WON'T HAVE THREE FULL WEATHER DAYS IF WE HAD 4 OR 5 EARLY RELEASE OPENING DAYS. THE SECOND THING TO ASK AND HELP THE BOARD UNDERSTAND IS HAVE IN PLACE IN GOING FORWARD A STRUCTURE WHERE IT SAYS IF WE ARE MISSING ONE DAY OR MULTIPLE DAY, THE FIRST DAY WE MISS IS ASYNCHRONOUS BECAUSE THERE ARE LOTS OF

005ADJUSTMENTS, WEATHER, BUT IF WE MISS MORE THEN 1 DAY PEOPLE KNOW IN ADVANCE THE FIRST DAY IS A SYNCHRONOUS BECAUSE THAT MATTERS FOR PLANNING AND WE CARE ABOUT ENGAGING KIDS AND SOMETIMES IT IS HARD TO DO THAT WHEN WE HAVE TO MAKE CALLS ON THE FLY COMMUNICATIONS ARE NOT COMING TILL 6 P.M. AND I'M DOING SYNCHRONOUS AND HAVE TO PLAN IN 4 HOURS FOR THE NEXT DAY. WE ARE SUGGESTING IT WOULD BE HELPFUL GOING FORWARD WE HAVE IN THIS PLACE SO EVERYONE KNOWS, OKAY, ONE DAY LOOKS LIKE A RAIN TORNADO STORM. IT WILL BE A SNOW, WHATEVER IT SIN CHAPEL HILL BUT WE ARE OUT FOR 7 DAYS. THE FIRST DAY IS ASYNCHRONOUS AND GO FROM THERE. THOSE ARE SUGGESTIONS GOING FORWARD. THAT IS THE ONLY ISSUE I RAISE TO SPEAK ON NOW AND ECHO

006THE SENTIMENTS OF THE BOARD AND CONGRATULATE MR. SCOTT ON EXCELLENT WORK MAINTAINS FINANCES. HE IS TRANSPARENT AND AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONING AND GLAD TO HAVE HIM. THANK YOU. THANK YOU MR. LINK. ANYBODY ELSE IN THE AUDIENCE WHO IS NOT SIGNED UP THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK TONIGHT? VERY GOOD. WE'LL MOVE TO THE NEXT ITEM WHICH THE CONSENT AGENDA. I WOULD REMIND PEOPLE THAT WE MOVED ITEM H IN THE CONSENT AGENDA TO DISCUSSION AND ACTION AND WITH THAT, THE CHAIR REQUEST A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENTS AGENDA AS AMENDED. I MAKE THE MOTION. SECOND. MOVED AND SECONDED. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. OPPOSED? CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. THANK YOU. THAT BRINGS TO ITEM 6, DISCUSSION AND ACTION AND FIRST UP IS DR. STUART AND RECOMMENDATION FOR THE CALENDAR FOR 26-27. GOOD EVENING BOARD MEMBERS RECOLLECT COLLEAGUES AND THE PUBLIC.

007FIRST, I LIKE TO THANK MR. LINK AND HIS ORGANIZATION AND ALL OF THE STAKEHOLDERS THAT WERE PARTAKERS IN US DEVELOPING THIS CALENDAR DRAFT. BOARD MEMBERS, TONIGHT WE ARE PRESENTING FOR APPROVAL THE 26-27 CALENDAR DRAFT THAT WE RECEIVED FEEDBACK FROM YOU IN OUR FEBRUARY MEETING. THE FIRST FEW SLIDES ARE A REMINDER OF SOME THINGS THAT WE BASICALLY GO OVER WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE PROCESS. THE PROCESS BEGINS NOVEMBER EVERY YEAR. THIS YEAR WE REALLY WORKED HARD TO AMPLIFY VOICES OF THOSE THAT WERE LESS HEARD OVER THE PAST YEAR, SO WE WERE HAPPY OUR COMMITTEE HAS GROWN WITH MORE OUTSIDE VOICES INSURES WE HEARD FROM OUR PTA FROM THE DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS. WE ACTUALLY THIS YEAR WERE ABLE TO MOVE TO HYBRID MEETINGS WITH MEETINGS THROUGH WEBEX AS WELL AS IN PERSON IN THE LINCOLN CENTER. STATE LAW

008I WANTED TO TAKE A MOMENT TO SPEAK ON THE STATE LAW TONIGHT. CURRENTLY, THE STATE LAW SAYS SCHOOL MUST BEGIN MONDAY CLOSEST TO AUGUST 26 AND END CLOSEST TO JUNE 11. YOU MUST HAVE SPREAD OUT OVER 9 CONSECUTIVE MONTHS. YOU HAVE TO MAKE THE DISTINCTION WHERE YOU ARE DAY OR HOUR DISTRICT. YOU HAVE TO HAVE AT LEAST 9 TEACHER WORK DAYS AND 10 ANNUAL 11 DAYS, 11 HOLIDAYS, SCHOOL CANNOT BE HELD ON SUNDAY OR VETERANS DAY. I WANT TO MAKE POINT WHILE THE STATE LAW IS UP TO LET EVERYONE KNOW, WE ARE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE STATE LAW. EVERYTHING WE DO IN OUR CURRENT CALENDAR FORM COMPLIES WITH EVERYTHING HERE AND THE REASON I WANT TO MAKE THE POINT IS BECAUSE I WILL BRING SOMETHING UP AT THE END OF THE PRESENTATION THAT WE CAN

009TALK ABOUT AND I LIKE TO RECEIVE FEEDBACK FROM THE BOARD ON AS WELL. THANK YOU. CHCCS IS A HOUR DISTRICT, WHICH MEANS WE HAVE TO HAVE AT LEAST 1025 INSTRUCTIONAL HOURS. WE MEET THE GOAL EVERY YEAR BY REPORTING TO THE STATE ONE NUMBER FOR ALL SCHOOLS. WE REPORT THAT WE HAVE 6 INSTRUCTIONAL HOURS A DAY FOR ALL OUR SCHOOLS SO IT ISN'T BY LEVEL, IT IS BY DISTRICT. WE HAD MAJOR TOPICS THAT CAME OVER FROM LAST YEAR TO THIS YEAR TO THE BOARD. THOSE WERE AROUND THANKSGIVING AND THIS YEAR WAS THE FIRST YEAR WE WENT TO A FULL WEEK FOR THANKSGIVING. WE WANTED TO LOOK AT ATTENDANCE DATA FOR STUDENTS AND WERE THEY COMING TO SCHOOL AND BROUGHT THAT TO THE BOARD IN THE FEBRUARY MEETING WE SAW ATTENDANCE LEVELS WERE EXTREMELY HIGH THIS. YEE

010WANT TO TALK WHERE TO PLACE SPRING BREAK AND PL A DAYS. THERE WAS DISCUSSION AROUND MID-WEEK PL ESPECIALLY WEDNESDAY AND WILL SEE CHANGES MADE IN THE DRAFT WHEN WE GET TO IT SHORTLY. WE ALWAYS WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE LINK IN FOR THE PUBLIC OUR OBSERVANCE THAT WE LOOK AT YEAR ROUND AND WE WANT TO BE ALL INCLUSIVE. IN FEBRUARY THE BOARD GAVE US SOME PERTINENT FEEDBACK AND WANT TO TAKE BACK TO THE COMMITTEE. WE WANT TO LOOK AT HALF DAYS AND ELEMENTARY STUDENTS AND SEE IS THE VIEWPOINTS OF THOSE PARENTS. WE WANTED TO LOOK AT THE ADJUSTMENT OF THE SECOND QUARTER AND THE START OF THE THIRD QUARTER AND SEE IF IT WAS BETTER FOR US TO TAKE OFF THE ROSH HASHANAH OBSERVING SEEING IT STARTED AT SUN DOWN ON A FRIDAY AND

011ACTUALLY WENT INTO A SATURDAY AND IT WAS SEPTEMBER THE 11, 2026. WE DID NOT RECONVENE THE COMMITTEE IN A MEETING FORM, BUT WE SENT A SURVEY TO THEM TO GATHER FEEDBACK SO THEY SEND IN INPUT, LET US KNOW HOW THEY FELT ABOUT THE DIFFERENT THINGS. THE FIRST SLIDE OF FEEDBACK OR DATA HERE IS WHAT THE BOARD REQUESTED. THIS IS THE TEASED OUT DATA FROM OUR STAKEHOLDER SURVEY WITH THE ELEMENTARY PARENTS ONLY. SO, THE ELEMENTARY PARENTS AS YOU CAN SEE THAT 46 PERCENT OF THEM WERE NOT IN SUPPORT OF THE HALF DAYS WHILE 14 PERCENT OF THEM DID NOT HAVE AN OPINION ON THE TOPIC. WE LOOKED AT THAT AND TALKED ABOUT BOARD FEEDBACK AND WE WILL LOOK NOW AT THE COMMITTEE FEEDBACK ON THE SAME QUESTION. THEY WERE SPLIT 50/50 AND SHORTLY WILL SEE THE

012DECISION WE CAME TO AS FAR AS THE HALF DAYS IS CONCERNED. WE ALSO LOOKED AT MOVING THE START OF THE SECOND QUARTER OF THE THIRD QUARTER, EXCUSE ME, BACK BY A FEW DAYS. THIS ALLOWED US TO BALANCE THE SEMESTER AT 87 DAYS A PIECE. THE COMMITTEE WAS IN FAVOR OF THIS. THE LAST QUESTION IS TAKING THE ROSH HASHANAH OBSERVANCE OFF BECAUSE OF WHEN IT STARTS AND PLACING THE FOR THE START OF PASSOVER AND 100 PERCENT OF OUR COMMITTEE WAS IN AGREEMENT WITH THIS. SO, WE HAD DISCUSSION AS WELL AROUND PL BECAUSE SOME PL DAYS WERE REALLY IMPORTANT SO WE WANT TO EMPHASIZE THE POINT THAT PL IN ORDER IT TO BE EFFECTIVE AND IMPACTFUL IT NEEDS TO BE COLLABORATIVE AND IT NEEDS TO BE PLACED IN A SETTING WHERE TEACHERS CAN ACTUALLY HAVE IT IN

013PLACE THROUGHOUT THE CLASSROOM. A LOT OF PL DAYS YOU SEE TAKE PLACE AT BEGINNING OF SCHOOL YEAR, SO TEACHERS CAN IMPLEMENT THE STRATEGIES THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. SO, THIS IS THE DRAFT THAT HAS BEEN REVISED SINCE OUR FEBRUARY MEETING. THE CHANGES MADE TO THE DRAFT IS WE REMOVED THE 2 HALF DAYS, SO WE HAVE TAKEN OUT ALL TOGETHER. ALSO REMOVED THE SEPTEMBER 11 OBSERVANCE OF AND REPLACED THAT WITH THE APRIL 22 OBSERVANCE WHICH IS FIRST FULL DAY OF PASS OVER. THE SECOND QUARTER WILL START TUESDAY JANUARY 26. THIS REDUCES THE SECOND QUARTER TO 41 DAYS AND EXTENDS THE THIRD QUARTER TO 45 DAYS WHICH BALANCES BOTH SEMESTERS AT 87 DAYS A PIECE. WE ADDED TEACHER WORK DAY ON MAY 10 TO GET READY FOR DISTRICT FOR TESTING. WE ALSO MADE IT ATTEMPT TO REMOVE ALL MID-WEEK

014PL AND DAYS OFF FOR STUDENTS. THE ONLY EXCEPTION TO THE RULES WERE THINGS LIKE VETERANS DAY AND ELECTION DAY THAT WE HAD NO CONTROL OVER. THE FINAL THING WE WANTED TO BRING TO THE BOARD TONIGHT REVOLVES AROUND SENATE BILL 754. THAT IS GAINING TRACTION AT THIS POINT. THE COMMUNICATION WE HAVE RECEIVED HAS SAID IF YOU ARE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE STATE LAW THAT YOU CAN KEEP YOUR CALENDAR, WHICH WE ARE IN COMPLIANCE. IT IS THE BOARD'S DECISION WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO DO MOVING FORWARD. THIS BILL ACTUALLY SAYS THAT SCHOOL WILL START ON THE MONDAY CLOSEST TO AUGUST 19, WHICH WE GAIN A WEEK IN AUGUST AND END THE FRIDAY AFTER THE LAST MONDAY IN MAY. SO, WE WOULD POSSIBLY GAIN A WEEK ON THE FRONT END FOR 26-27 CALENDAR AND LOSE A DAY ON

015THE BACK END AND BALANCE ITSELF. IN FUTURE YEARS WHAT YOU COULD SEE IS A REDUCTION IN THE AMOUNT OF INSTRUCTIONAL DAYS OF UP TO 5 TO 7 DAYS. THOSE ARE JUST THINGS I WANT TO BRING BEFORE THE BOARD TONIGHT AND MAKE SURE YOU UNDERSTOOD ALSO WHAT IT REVOLVES AROUND BLOCK SCHEDULING. ONE OF THE ITEMS THAT CAME UP IN THE COMMITTEE WAS THE DESIRE TO BE ABLE TO TEST BEFORE WINTER BREAK. EVEN WITH THIS SCHEDULE, IT WOULD BE IMPOSSIBLE FOR US TO TEST BEFORE WINTER BREAK, BECAUSE THIS CALENDAR FLEXIBILITY BILL ACTUALLY SAYS YOU HAVE TO EVENLY BALANCE SEMESTERS. EVENLY BALANCE MEANS IT STILL ENDS IN JANUARY WHICH DOESN'T ALLOW US TO TEST IN DECEMBER. AT THIS TIME, BE GLAD TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD. THANK YOU DR. STUART. BOARD MEMBERS? AGAIN, I KNOW THAT

016THE BILL IS OBVIOUSLY NOT LAW YET, BUT JUST CURIOUS, HAVE YOU STARTED PLAYING AROUND WITH WHAT IT COULD LOOK LIKE? PERSONALLY I HAVE. WHAT WE WOULD HAVE TO DO IF THE BOARD DIRECTS US IN THE PATH WE HAVE TO TAKE BACK TO COMMITTEE. WE HAVE TO RECONVENE THE CALENDAR COMMITTEE TO TAKE A LOOK AT IT. THAT WOULD BE THE BOARD'S DECISION ON WHETHER OR NOT THAT NEEDED TO HAPPEN BECAUSE THIS IS CALENDAR LAW AND WE ARE FOLLOWING STATE LAW AND DO NOT HAVE TO CHANGE, BUT IF THE BOARD IS TO CHANGE WE THEN WOULD GO AND TAKE A LOOK AT IT. OKAY. DR. STUART, IN TERMS OF THE QUESTION BEFORE US TONIGHT IS TO APPROVE THE RECOMMENDATION THAT YOU JUST SHARED WITH US. YES, SIR. FOR THE SCHOOL YEAR, 26-27 FOLLOWING UP ON YOUR COMMENTS

017ABOUT THE CALENDAR BILL THAT CURRENTLY IN THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY. WHAT I WANT US TO DO IS PRESERVE THE FLEXIBILITY TO SEE WHAT HAPPENS IF A LAW IS PASSED WITHOUT-WITH MINIMAL DISRUPTION TO THE COMMUNITY. I KNOW WE NEED TO ADOPT THIS CALENDAR. PEOPLE WANT TO KNOW WHAT WE ARE DOING SO WE CAN MAKE PERSONAL PLANS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. ARE WE AT THAT POINT WHERE IT IS CRITICAL WE APPROVE THIS NOW AND GET THE WORD OUT AND THEN IF WE WANT TO COME BACK AND REVISIT IT SHOULD THE LAW CHANGE AND WE HAVE A OPTION WE COULD DO THAT? NOT SAYING-I'M SUPPORTING IT, BUT DONT WANT TO LOCK OUT THE CHANCE TO DO IT. ALSO DON'T WANT TO DELAY THIS. WE WOULD DEFINITELY NOT LOCK OUT THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME BACK AND REVISIT THIS. EVEN IF

018THE BOARD APPROVES TONIGHT. I JUST POINT TO THINGS, WE MAKE ADJUSTMENTS TO THE CALENDARS ALL THE TIME WITH THE BOARD OF ELECTIONS AND HAVING TO RESERVE DAYS FOR DIFFERENT THINGS AND I WILL BRING THINGS BACK ON CONSENT TO CHANGE THE CALENDAR, SO THE APPROVAL OF THIS CALENDAR TONIGHT WOULD NOT NULLIFY OUR ABILITY TO COME BACK AND MAKE CHANGES IN THE FUTURE IF WE NEEDED TO. THANK YOU. YES, SIR. ANYTHING ELSE? IF NOT, THE CHAIR WOULD ASK FOR THE RESOLUTION TO APPROVE THE CALENDAR AS PRESENTED FOR TRADITIONAL SCHOOLS FOR SCHOOL YEAR 2026-27. SO MOVED. I'LL SECOND. BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE, ALL IN FAVOR AYE. OPPOSED? CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. THANK YOU. NEXT UP IS RECOMMENDATION FOR POLICY CHANGE AND BELIEVE MRS. REEVES THAT GOES TO YOU. GOOD EVENING MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. MEMBERS

019OF THE PUBLIC, GOOD EVENING AND COLLEAGUES. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT. THIS EVENING WE ARE BRINGING BEFORE YOU ALL POLICY 4410 ENFORCEMENT OF COMPULSORY ATTENDANCE LAW. JUST OUR PREVIOUS BOARD MEETING I BROUGHT POLICY 4400 ATTENDANCE. TONIGHT I WANT TO TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE SOME RELEVANT DATA WITH YOU REGARDING OUR ATTENDANCE AND SO, WE WILL DO THINGS DIFFERENTLY AND NOT JUST BRING THE POLICY AND WANT TO BRING DATA REGARDING ATTENDANCE SO YOU CAN SEE WHERE WE ARE TO DATE BUT IT DATA WAS PULLED BETWEEN BEGINNING OF THE YEAR AND FEBRUARY. YOU SEE THAT DR. [INDISCERNIBLE] WILL START OFF LOOKING AT DATA AGAIN THAT THE DATA THAT WE HAVE REGARDING ATTENDANCE AND THEN MOVE TO THE POLICY. WHAT WE WANT TO SHOW AND ILLUSTRATE TODAY IS SOME WORK WE HAVE BEEN DOING WITH POLICY COMMITTEE SO TAKE THE

020OPPORTUNITY TO THANK MR. SHARP, MRS. DASI AND MRS. FEDDERS LOOKING AT POLICY HAD A IMPACT ON THE WORK WE ARE DOING. GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. THE DATA GOES THROUGH FEBRUARY. AUGUST TO FEBRUARY. I WANTED TO REMIND THE BOARD THAT ATTENDANCE GETS PARSED TO FOUR CATEGORIES BY THE STATE AND YOU CAN READ THEM THERE. WE TEND TO FOCUS ON SATISFACTORY AND SEVERE IN THE REPORTS AND WHAT I'M BRINGING YOU TONIGHT. SCHOOLS DO HAVE ATTENDANCE PLANS DESIGNED TO IMPROVE ATTENDANCE. THEY DIFFER SCHOOL TO SCHOOL. NEW STRATEGIES TO IMPROVE HIGH SCHOOL ATTENDANCE INCLUDE LINKING ATTENDANCE TO PAY PRIVILEGES. ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN ATHLETICS AND EXAM EXEMPTIONS AND IT IS WORKING. OUR SOCIAL WORKERS HELD FOCUS GROUPS THAT INCLUDED SPEAKING WITH STUDENTS AND PARENTS THAT HELPED BETTER UNDERSTAND THE BARRIERS TO ATTENDANCE. THIS INFORMATION WAS SHARED BACK WITH SCHOOL LEADERS

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

022SO 7.9 PERCENT IS THE ALL AND THEN FOR MULTILINGUAL LEARNERS THEIR ATTENDANCE INCREASED BY 3.7 PERCENT AND STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES BY 5.2 PERCENTAGE POINTS AND SO YOU NOTICE THOSE ARE NOT AS ROBUST AS THE DISTRICT AS A WHOLE. WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO WORK ON THAT OBVIOUSLY. SO, HERE IS THE DATA BY RACIAL SUBGROUP. ASIAN STUDENT IMPROVED BY 3.0 PERCENTAGE POINTS AND ALSO THE GROUP WITH THE HIGHEST SATISFACTORY ATTENDANCE IN THE DISTRICT. BLACK STUDENT IMPROVEMENT IS 1.3 PERCENTAGE POINTS AND DROPPED LAST YEAR AND RETURNED TO CLOSE TO TWO YEARS AGO. LATINX STUDENTS IMPROVING OVER TIME UP 7.3 CLOSE TO THE 7.9 FOR THE ENTIRE GROUP. MULTIRACIAL STUDENTS UP BY 11.2 PERCENTAGE POINTS AND WHITE STUDENTS UP BY 10.9 PERCENTAGE POINTS. YOU KNOW WE HAVE ALL MOST 50 PERCENT WHITE STUDENTS, WHICH EXPLAINS WHY THE DISTRICT

023LEVEL IS AS HIGH AS IT IS. NOW FLIP THE COIN, WE ARE GOING TO SEVERE ABSENCES. THESE ARE STUDENTS WHO MISSED 20 PERCENT OR MORE OF THE SCHOOL DAYS SINCE AUGUST. YOU CAN SEE OBVIOUSLY THE NUMBERS ARE VERY DIFFERENT. THE OVERALL THE DECLINE WAS 0.7 PERCENTAGE POINTS. YOU WANT THIS TO DECLINE. THIS IS A DIMINISHING METRIX. ELEMENTARY HELD STEADY AT 2.2 PERCENT. THE MIDDLE WAS NEARLY THE SAME AT 3.8 PERCENT. THE RATE AT HIGH SCHOOL DECLINED BY 3.1 PERCENT AGE POINTS TO 9.2. OBVIOUSLY YOU CAN YOU GO LEVEL TO LEVEL THE PROPORTION OF SEVERE ABSENCES IS HIGHER. THIS ONE IS FOR THE MULTILINGUAL LEARNERS AND STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES. YOU CAN JUST VISUALLY SEE THOSE ARE LARGER THEN FOR THE DISTRICT AS A WHOLE. THE MULTILINGUAL LEARNERS DECLINED BY 1.8 BUT STILL REMAINS HIGH AND STUDENTS

024WITH DISABILITIES DECLINED BY 1.9. BOTH OF THOSE GROUPS MOVED MORE THEN THE DISTRICT AS A WHOLE FOR SEVERE ABSENCES. THAT IS A GOOD MOVEMENT, BUT THERE IS MORE WORK TO BE DONE THERE. LOOKING AT RACIAL GROUPS, OVER ON THE LEFT YOU CAN SEE COMPARED TO A YEAR AGO, ASIAN STUDENTS SEVERE ABSENCES WENT DOWN MINUS.9. BLACK DOWNS 1.9, LATIN X2.2 AND WHITE STUDENTS 2.7 AND MULTI RACIAL UP A BIT. IT IS NICE TO SEE THE BLACK AND LATINX STUDENT SEVERE ABSENCES DECLINE MORE THEN THE DISTRICT, BUT OBVIOUSLY THERE IS LOT MORE WORK TO DO THERE. THANK YOU DIANE. GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. DIANE DID A GREAT JOB OF SHARING THE DATA AND THE NUMBERS, SO WHAT I WILL DO IS GIVE YOU A PICTURE OF SOME OF THE EFFORTS WE HAVE DONE IT TO HELP MOVE SOME

025OF THOSE NUMBERS. SO, THIS YEAR WE LOOKED AT INCREASE EXPECTATIONS AROUND ATTENDANCE MONITORING SO WHAT THAT MEANS IS, HAVING OUR PRINCIPALS WORK WITH THEIR TEAMS TO MONITOR ATTENDANCE ON REGULAR BASIS, TALKING TO THEIR STAFF ABOUT WHAT THE EXPECTATION IS AROUND SUPPORTING ATTENDANCE AND WHEN TO REAP REACH OUT TO FAMILIES. ONE BIGGER THINGS DIANE MENTIONED WAS ALIGNING THE ATTENDANCE INITIATIVES FOR OUR HIGH SCHOOLS, SO THOSE PRINCIPALS ARE ABLE TO COLLABORATE AND HAVE BASELINE EXPECTATIONS FOR STUDENTS ACROSS THE DISTRICT AT ALL HIGH SCHOOLS. INCREASE EXPECTATIONS FOR TEACHER OUTREACH. THIS HAS BEEN ONE OF THE POSITIVE THINGS THAT HAPPENED THROUGHOUT THE YEAR WHERE WHEN STUDENTS MISS TWO DAYS THEIR TEACHERS REACH OUT TO THEM. THERE HAS BEEN SCRIPTED INFORMATION PROVIDED FOR THEM TO USE FOR TALKING POINTS TO REACH OUT TO FAMILIES. THE GOOD THING ABOUT TALKING POINTS,

026IT COULD BE IN THE FAMILY LANGUAGE SO ALL HAVE ACCESS TO THE INFORMATION AND AWARE WHAT IS GOING ON WITH THE STUDENTS AND HOW IMPORTANT ATTENDANCE IS TO THE ACADEMICS. AND THEN SETTING SCHOOL TEAM ATTENDANCE EXPECTATION. INSURING EACH SCHOOL HAS ATTENDANCE TEAM LOOKING AT THE SCHOOL DATA, MONITORING THE CHRONIC ABSENTEEISM AND TALKING ABOUT INITIATIVES TO BRING THE KIDS BACK TO SCHOOL AND INFORM PARENTS ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF ATTENDANCE. ONE OF OUR SCHOOLS IS WORKING ON CONDUCTING HOME VISIT SO A PILOT PROGRAM WHERE THE ADMINISTRATOR TEACHERS AND ALL STAFF WORK TO CONDUCT HOME VISITS TO GET TO KNOW THE FAMILIES AND SEE THE BARRIERS AND HELP BUILD RELATIONSHIP TO INCREASE THE SENSE OF BELONGING FOR OUR STUDENTS AS WELL AS FAMILIES. LARGER CONCEPT WE HAVE BEEN WORKED ON THIS YEAR IS ATTENDANCE CONTRACT AND AGREEMENTS. WHEN

027THE STUDENTS ARE AT THAT 6 ABSENCE MARK WE BRING THE FAMILY IF TO THE SCHOOL BUILDING OR GOING TO THE HOME AND MEETING WITH THEM AND TALKING HOW ATTENDANCE IS IMPACTING AND WORKING THROUGH, WHAT CAN WE DO ON THE SCHOOL LEVEL TO HELP ELIMINATE SOME BARRIERS. P I WAS ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN ONE MEETING JUST WEDNESDAY WORKING WITH THE PARENTS ON IDENTIFYING WHO ARE SUPPORT PEOPLE, WHAT ARE THINGS WE CAN DO AT HOME TO INCREASE ATTENDANCE AND HOW THE SCHOOL CAN HELP. REVISE POLICIES AROUND ATTENDANCE. THERE IS A LARGE PART OF THE WORK WE HAVE DONE THIS YEAR. SO, ONE POLICY WE JUST REVIEWED WAS ENFORCEMENT OF COMPULSORY TORE ATTENDANCE LAW. THIS CAME ABOUT BECAUSE THERE WAS A LARGER REVISION TO THE 4400 ATTENDANCE LAW AND THIS CAUSED TO LOOK AT OTHER LAWS THAT MAY

028CONTRIBUTE TO THAT AND MAKE NECESSARY REVISIONS, SO SOME THINGS THAT STICK OUT ARE THE UNEXCUSED TARDY. THERE WAS A PORTION IN THE POLICY IF THERE WERE A NUMBER OF UNEXCUSED TARDY THAT EQUALS A ABSENCE SO THAT WAS REMOVED. NOTIFICATION OF THE 3, 6 AND 10 DAY LETTERS TO FAMILIES ABOUT THE ABSENCES, HOW THE INFORMATION IS GETTING TO FAMILIES INSURING IT IS MAILED TO FAMILIES AND PRINCIPALS ARE AWARE OF THE DATES THE INFORMATION IS SENT AND MAKING SURE WE KEEP RECORD THAT AND INFORMING FAMILIES ABOUT THE COMPULSORY ATTENDANCE LAW REACHING DAY 10. SCHOOL SOCIAL WORKER HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED AS SCHOOL POINT OF CONTACT SO THEY ARE WORKING WITH FAMILIES, LEADING THE CHARGE AS FAR AS MEETINGS AND WORKING WITH PRINCIPALS TO OUTLINE WHAT THE ATTENDANCE PROCEDURES ARE FOR 24 THE SCHOOL BUILDING. ONE MAJOR CHANGE IS

029REMOVING CONSEQUENCES FOR TRUANCY AND TARDY. INITIALLY THERE WAS WORDING STUDENTS RECEIVING CONSEQUENCES FOR TRUANCY AND TARDINESS SO WE REMOVED THE INFORMATION FROM THE POLICY. THOSE ARE MAJOR CHANGES FROM 4410. I'LL TURN IT OVER TO YOU ALL FOR ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU ALL. BOARD MEMBERS, QUESTIONS, OBSERVATIONS? I JUST WANT TO SAY I APPRECIATE THE DATA AS CONTEXT FOR DISCUSSION ON THE POLICY. IT IS REALLY HELPFUL. I GUESS I HAD A QUESTION FOR YOU ABOUT IT. SO, I WENT AND LOOKED IN NOVEMBER WHEN WE GOT THE LAST ATTENDANCE DATA AND AT THAT POINT WE WERE DIVIDING BETWEEN CHRONIC AND SATISFACTORY AND NOW I THINK THIS IS GREAT TO HAVE MORE GRANULAR MILD, MODERATE- AT THAT TIME YOU BASICALLY SAID THE BOARD GAVE ME THE FEEDBACK THAT SEVERE IS MORE WHAT THEY WANT TO SEE THEN CHRONIC SO

030I DIDN'T BRING CHRONIC TONIGHT. RIGHT, YES. I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU, BECAUSE PRETTY SURE IT WAS ME WHO SAID I LOVE TO HAVE SEVERE. VERY WELCOME. AND BUT I MEAN, WE DO HAVE THAT-THE STUFF IN THE MIDDLE FOR THE NEXT ANNUAL OR NO? DO YOU KEEP TRACK OF IT? YEAH, ON MONTHLY BASIS THERE IS PIVOT TABLE THAT BREAKS OUT BY SCHOOL AND GROUPS AND GIVE THAT TO SCHOOLS EVERY MONTH. OKAY, THANKS. I KNOW ARE TALKING ABOUT THE POLICY BUT CURIOUS, I LIKE THE WAY WE THINK ABOUT ATTENDANCE AND THE DIFFERENT WAYS THAT WE ARE TRYING TO ADDRESS IT. CURIOUS OBVIOUSLY SOME OF THIS INCENTIVE STUFF IS ONLY GOING TO WORK FOR SOME KIDS. WE JUST HAVE SOME KIDS WHO JUST HAVE SOME REALLY-REAL NEEDS ON WHY THEY ARE NOT COMING TO SCHOOL AND SO,

031HOW ARE WE GATHERING THE INFORMATION AND FUNNELING TO THE RIGHT PLACE WHETHER SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION BECAUSE MAYBE A KID ISN'T COMING TO SCHOOL BECAUSE THEY ARE GETTING BULLIED. WE GET TO THE ROOT THAT OR MAYBE WE START TALKING ABOUT-WE SEE A CERTAIN GROUP OF STUDENTS SAYING THAT SCHOOL ISN'T MEETING THEIR NEEDS SO WE TAKE THAT AND SHARING THAT WITH DR. TRICE AND TRYING TO THINK HOW WE PRESENT PROGRAMS TO KIDS AND THINGS LIKE THAT SO THEY ARE CONNECTING. OR MAYBE WITH THE SCHOOL COUNSELOR BECAUSE MAYBE THEY DON'T KNOW, YOU DON'T LIKE TAKING THE CLASS BUT THERE ARE OTHER THINGS YOU CAN DO, LET ME CONNECT YOU SO MAYBE YOU SHOW UP TO SCHOOL BECAUSE YOU HAVE YOU THING. TWO FOLD, YES TO THAT AND ALSO ONE THING THAT HELPED GATHER INFORMATION WERE ATTENDANCE FOCUS GROUPS SO

032THAT WAS DONE K-12 WITH STUDENTS AND PARENTS AND GAVE A LOT OF INFORMATION ABOUT BARRIERS STUDENTS PERCEIVE AS WELL AS PARENTS SO THE INFORMATION WAS SHARED WITH CHIEF OF STAFF TO TALK HOW TO ELIMINATE BARRIERS BECAUSE SOME WERE ON THE SCHOOL ENDS. SOME WERE THOUGHTS OF THE FAMILIES AND THEIR PERCEPTIONS BUT THERE WERE THINGS OUTLINED THAT OUR DISTRICT TO HELP REMOVE BARRIERS TO GET KIDS IN THE BUILDING. THE ONLY THING I ADD AND WE ARE LOOKING TO BOLSTER SOME OF WRAP AROUND SERVICE FOR STUDENTS, SO I KNOW THAT I HAVE WORKED WITH [INDISCERNIBLE] THINK ABOUT ORANGE COUNTY CARES AND FAMILY SUCCESS ALLIANCE THAT DOES WRAP AROUND SERVICE FOR FAMILY COUNSELING AND THEY HAVE WHAT THEY CALL NAVIGATORS THAT GO OUT INTO WORK WITH THE FAMILIES. THAT IS ANOTHER APPROACH WE ARE LOOKING TO START TAKING

033NEXT YEAR, SOME ADDITIONAL WRAP AROUND SERVICE FOR STUDENTS. ABSOLUTELY. WITH RESPECT TO THE HOME VISIT PILOT, AT THE RETREAT WITH THE PRINCIPALS ONE PRINCIPAL BROUGHT UP THE FACT THAT THERE IS SOME SENSE THAT MAYBE ADDITIONAL INSURANCE WAS NECESSARY FOR FOLKS TO DRIVE OUT TO STUDENTS. I HADN'T HEARD THAT AND WONDERING IF THAT'S- WE DO OFFER THAT ADDITIONAL INSURANCE FOR SOCIAL WORKERS BUT THE FACT IT IS A PILOT WE HAVE TO SEE WHAT ARE WE RUNNING INTO AND WHAT TO NAVIGATE IF WE TAKE LARGER SCALE. YOU ARE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT. VICKIE, DID I MISS YOU? NO. THANK YOU ALL FOR THE DATA AND JUST THE WHOLE PRESENTATION. IT IS A GREAT. I HAVE A QUESTION WITH REMOVING SOME OF THE INFORMATION ABOUT CONSEQUENCES FOR TRUANCY AND TARDINESS FROM THE POLICY. WHAT IS THAT LOOKING LIKE OF SPEAKING

034WITH ADMIN AND HAVE THEY COME UP WITH SOME NEW AND INNOVATIVE TYPE IDEAS IN WHICH THEY WANT TO ADDRESS THE SITUATION? I WILL LOOK AT A POLICY COMMITTEE A BECAUSE THERE WAS A HUGE DISCUSSION AT THE POLICY COMMITTEE. WHAT WE WERE CLEAR ON IS THAT WE DID NOT WANT TO BE PUNITIVE FOR KIDS THAT WERE TARDY. THAT WAS THE BASELINE. I CERTAINLY AND THINK WE DIDN'T CAUSE KIDS TO BE OUT OF SCHOOL MORE SO DIDN'T WANT IT RESULT IN OUT OF SCHOOL SUSPENSION AND THAT WAS THE MAIN THING. WHAT WE DID TALK IS THERE COULD BE OPPORTUNITIES FOR TEACHERS TO THINK ABOUT A LUNCH DETENTION OR SOMETHING MORE IN-HOUSE AND SO I THINK FOR SURE WE TOOK OUT THE WORD LIKE OUT OF SCHOOL SUSPENSION AS A CONSEQUENCE. I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT I-WHEN

035WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE POLICY AND POLICY COMMITTEE I WENT ALL FEELS PUNITIVE BUT ALL MANDATED BY STATE STATUTE. I THINK IT IS GOOD FOR THE PUBLIC TO KNOW THAT WE DON'T THINK SENDING THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY TO PEOPLE HOUSES IS A GOOD IDEA FOR TARDINESS AND TRUANCY. TO THE CONTRARY. ARE WE TALKING ABOUT THE POLICY NOW? OKAY. I THINK MY SUGGESTION DURING THE COMMITTEE AND MAYBE I GOT VOTED DOWN JUST DON'T REMEMBER, BUT I THINK FOR C I THINK WHAT I PROPOSED WAS STUDENTS MAY NOT BE GIVEN IN-SCHOOL OR OUT OF SCHOOL SUSPENSION OR EXPULSION FOR SCHOOLS FOR TRUANCY OR TARDINESS. DO YOU VOTE-- [INDISCERNIBLE] I THINK IT ALLOWS FOR THE POLICY OF IN-SCHOOL SUSPENSION I THINK. [INDISCERNIBLE] SORRY, ABOUT SOMETIMES REMOVAL TO IN-SCHOOL SUSPENSION BEING APPROPRIATE TO REFOCUS. SEE THEY WERE INTERESTED IN KEEPING

036THAT. I WILL LEAVE THAT-RIGHT, TO BE UNDER DIRECT ATTENTION AND DOING THEIR MISSED WORK. AND I WILL NOTE TO YOUR EARLIER POINT THAT UNLIKE MOST POLICIES WE DID-I HIGHLIGHTED IN PINK IN THE DRAFT EVERYTHING THAT IS PART OF STATE STATUTE BECAUSE SO MUCH OF IT IS. I THINK WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT IN-SCHOOL SUSPENSION WE PARSE LUNCH OR AFTER SCHOOL SUSPENSION SO AFTER SCHOOL WAS A UMBRELLA FOR THOSE TWO CATEGORIES. I THINK WE DID SAY TAKE OUT OF SCHOOL BUT WANTED TO LEAVE FLEXIBILITY FOR BUILDING ADMINISTRATORS AND SO, THE CONVERSATION WAS THE BOARD DESIRES TO NOT HAVE STUDENTS LOSE ADDITIONAL TIME BECAUSE OF TARDY OR ABSENCES. WE THINK ADMINISTRATORS NEED FLEXIBILITY. OKAY. I DON'TS THINK WE- I THINK IF WE STUDENT MAY NOT GET OUT OF SCHOOL SUSPENSION OR EXPULSION THAT COVERS IT. I DON'T THINK

037YOU NEED TO SAY LONG-TERM SUSPENSION? I AGREE WITH THAT. THANK YOU. FURTHER DISCUSSION? THE CHAIR WOULD REQUEST A MOTION WE APPROVE POLICY CODE 4410 ENFORCEMENT OF COMPULSORY ATTENDANCE LAW AS PRESENTED TONIGHT. AS AMENDED. THIS IS FIRST READING. SO MOVED WITH THE AMENDMENT. SECOND. IT HAS BEEN APPROVED-MOTION MADE AND SECONDED. HEARING NONE, ALL IN FAVOR AYE. OPPOSED? NONE. THANK YOU, PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. I ARE BELIEVE THAT BRINGS TO DR. HARRIS. FOR A SCHOOL VOLUNTEER POLICY. GOOD EVENING. THIS EVENING I'M EXCITED TO PRESENT CHANGES TO OUR VOLUNTEERS BOARD POLICY. WE ARE QUITE FORTUNATE HERE IN CHAPEL HILL-CARRBORO, WE HAVE A VERY ENGAGED COMMUNITY. CURRENTLY WE HAVE 2500 APPROVED VOLUNTEERS IN THE DISTRICT AND THAT IS ENORMOUS AND IT SHOWS IF YOU SHOW AND VISIT ANY OF OUR SCHOOLS WITHIN OUR DISTRICT, SO WE ARE EXTREMELY PROUD THAT. THESE

038POLICIES ARE BEING BROUGHT FORTH SO WE CAN CLARIFY PROCEDURES AND WANTED TO ALIGN WITH NORTH CAROLINA STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION POLICY REVISIONS AS WELL AS REPEAL POLICY 5016. IN REPEALING THIS POLICY, WE TOOK SOME MAIN PARTS AND ADDED TO 5015 TO MAKE SURE WE WERE NOT LOSING ANY OF THE INTENTION OF 5016 AND MAKING SURE IT WAS EASILY ACCESSIBLE. SO, SOME OF THE PROPOSED CHANGES. IN INTRODUCTION TO POLICY SECTION, WE CLARIFIED LANGUAGE ADDED AND WE ALSO MADE SURE WE ADDED THE EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYMENT PRACTICE CLAUSE FROM POLICY 5016. WITHIN THE VOLUNTEER REQUIREMENTS WE ADDED VERBIAGE INCLUDING CRIMINAL CONVICTION AND OR PENDING CHARGES CHECK AND SEXUAL OFFENDER REGISTRY CHECK AND THIS WAS CLARIFIED TO MAKE SURE WE WOULD NOT DISCRIMINATING AND COMMUNITY UNDERSTOOD THE DESIRE IS HAVE THEM IN THE BUILDINGS SO OTHER THEN THESE SECTIONS

039WE ARE TRYING OUR BEST NOT TO EXCLUDE ANYONE. WE REMOVED REFERENCE TO RECOMMENDED APPEAL POLICY. LEGAL CROSS REFERENCES REMOVED ANY REFERENCES THAT POINT TO POLICY 5016 AND WE CLARIFIED SOME OF THE VERBIAGE TO BE IN ALIGN WITH NORTH CAROLINA STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION REVISIONS. AND GUIDELINES AND PROCEDURES WHILE THIS IS NOT TECHNICALLY A PART OF THE POLICY, WE ADDED IT JUST TO MAKE SURE OUR PUBLIC IS ABLE TO ACCESS EXACTLY HOW YOU CAN BE A VOLUNTEER IN THE DISTRICT. AND SO, SOME OF THE REVISIONS HERE, WE SPECIFY WHEN A GUARDIAN IS CONSIDERED A VOLUNTEER VERSES A VISITOR. AND ALSO, WE CHANGED SOME OF THE WORDING TO MAKE SURE IT WAS IN ALIGNMENT CAN CURRENT PROTOCOL AND LINKS BECAUSE THIS POLICY HAS NOT BEEN REVISED IN QUITE A FEW YEARS. WE HAD A VOLUNTEER OFFICE AND

040WE MOVED TOWARDS DISSOLVING THAT AFTER COVID. THAT DEPARTMENT MOVED TO HUMAN RESOURCES AND THAT SENSE HAS BEEN FULFILLED BY DIFFERENT MEMBERS OF THE HUMAN RESOURCES DIVISION. SO, THESE WERE I BELIEVE A VERY IMPORTANT POLICY BECAUSE WE HAVE A ENGAGED COMMUNITY, BUT ALSO WANT TO MAKE SURE PEOPLE ARE NOT CONFUSED BY TWO DIFFERENT POLICIES AND ONE DOES NOT ALIGN WITH THE STATE AND ALSO MAKE SURE WE DON'T LOSE THE VALUES AND THE REQUIREMENTS THAT IN 5016. AT THIS TIME, I KNOW I WAS MOVING PRETTY SWIFTLY, BUT ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS? THANK YOU DR. HARRIS. YES, SIR. NOT SEEING ANY HERE. THE CHAIR REQUEST A MOTION TO APPROVE THE FIRST READING OF POLICY 5015, SCHOOL VOLUNTEERS AND THE REPEAL OF POLICY 5016, SCREENING OF SCHOOL VOLUNTEERS. SO MOVED. SECOND. BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED. ALL IN

041FAVOR SAY AYE. OPPOSED? PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU THIS BRINGS US TO POLICY CODE 4120. GOOD EVENING MR. CHAIRS MEMBERS OF BOARD AND STAFF AND AUDIENCE. IT PLEASURE TO INTRODUCE POLICY CODE 4120 AND JOINED TONIGHT WITH DR. MILLER DIRECTOR OF STUDENT ASSIGNMENT AND ENROLLMENT FOR THE END OF THE PRESENTATION IF THERE ARE QUESTIONS. POLICY CODE 4120 DOMICILE EAR RESIDENCY REQUIREMENTS WAS REVIEWED AS A REQUEST FROM THE BOARD OF EDUCATION POLICY COMMITTEE ORIGINALLY AND THE REVISIONS TO THE POLICY WERE REVIEWED BY THE COMMITTEE AS WELL AS STAFF AT THE MOST RECENT MEETING AND OBJECTIVES OF THE POLICY WERE NOT BECAUSE OF CHANGES FROM THE NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL BOARD ASSOCIATION BUT IT WAS ABOUT HELPING OUR FAMILIES ELIMINATING REDUNDANCY SIMPLIFYING THE LANGUAGE AND UPDATING SECTIONS NO LONGER APPLICABLE. WHILE THE CHANGES ARE NOT SUBSTANTIVE THEY ARE

042INTENDED TO ENHANCE THE CLARITY AND READABILITY PARTICULARLY FOR PARENTS AND COMMUNITY WHO MAY NOT BE FAMILIAR WITH DOMICILE RELATED TERMINOLOGY AND PROCEDURES. THIS IS ONE POLICY THAT LOT OF FOLKS IN THE COMMUNITY LOOK AT WHEN THEY ARE NEW OR MOVE AND WE WANT TO MAKE VERY USER FRIENDLY AND AGAIN, A LOT OF TREMENDOUS INPUT FROM THE POLICY COMMITTEE. THE KEY UPDATES THAT YOU UNDER REVIEW CLARIFYING DISTINCTION BETWEEN DOMICILE AND RESIDENTS AND CASE LAW DEFINITION. THERE ARE DIFFERENCES AND WE PROVIDED CLARITY WHERE A LAY PERSON CAN UNDERSTAND. SECTION B4, WE INCLUDED INFORMATION TO ALL STUDENTS UNDER CUSTODY OF CHILD WELFARE AGENCY AND EXPAND BEYOND THE LIMITATION OF ORANGE COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICE. IT WAS LIMITED TO JUST THEM. THERE ARE OTHER AGENCIES INVOLVED IN THE PROCESS AND CARE OF CHILDREN. THE SECTION INCLUDES DETAILS OF

043IS THE BEST INTEREST DETERMINATION AND ADDRESSING EXPULSION AND SUSPENSION UP TO INCLUDE REFERENCE [INDISCERNIBLE] WE BELIEVE THE IMPROVEMENTS ARE-WE CAN ANSWER ANY SPECIFIC QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE. THANK YOU. GIVING PEOPLE A MOMENT TO REFLECT ON THE ITEMS IN FRONT OF US. NOT HEARING ANY QUESTIONS. WE HAVE BEEN ASKED TO APPROVE THE FIRST READING OF POLICY CODE 4120 DOMICILE OR RESIDENTS REQUIREMENTS. BOARD REQUEST A MOTION. SO MOVED. SECOND. BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. OPPOSED? PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. THIS BRINGS US TO THE ITEM THAT WAS MOVED FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA RECOMMENDATION-IT IS H. ITEM H. RECOMMENDATION FOR APPROVAL TO ADJUST PRE-K SEPARATE SETTING CLASSROOM NORTH SIDE. MRS. REEVES WE JUST GOT PULLED TODAY LATE THIS AFTERNOON. I CAN GIVE A GENERAL OVERVIEW OR BECAUSE I THINK ONE REASON WE TALKED ABOUT THIS IS CONTINUING

044TO MAKE SURE WE ARE TRANSPARENT WITH THE COMMUNITY, SO I DON'T MIND DOING THAT AT ALL. SO, WE PER POLICY AND POLICY 3520 IS SPECIAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS POLICY. WE DO HAVE INFORMATION ABOUT CLASS SIZE AND SO WE DO FIRST IN TERMS OF SPECIAL EDUCATION NOT JUST LOOK AT CLASS SIZE, WE LOOK AT THE NEEDS OF THE STUDENTS BEFORE WE LOOK AT THE CLASS SIZE. HOWEVER, IN THE POLICY FOR SELF-CONTAINED CLASSROOM DIFFERENT FROM A BLENDED CLASSROOM AND DIFFERENT FROM TRADITIONAL CLASSROOM IN THE SELF-CONTAINED CLASSES WE TARGET 6 TO 1 TEACHER AND TWO TEACHER ASSISTANTS. THIS POLICY ASKS US TO NOTIFY THE BOARD IF WE GO IN ANY OTHER DIRECTION. IT ALLOWS ADMINISTRATION TO GO UP TO 8 STUDENTS AND 1 TEACHER AND TWO ADULTS BUT WE ARE LOOKING TO DESOLVE ONE CLASSROOM AT NORTHSIDE. THERE ARE

0456 STUDENT IN THE CLASSROOM AND THEY HAVE NOT HAD A TEACHER SINCE APRIL OF 2024. WE ARE FINDING ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY AT THIS TIME TO DESOLVE THAT CLASSROOM AND SEPARATE THE 6 STUDENTS, 3 IN ONE CLASSROOM AND MCDOUGLE AND 3 AT RASHKIS WHERE THERE IS A TEACHER. THERE IS ALSO LANGUAGE ABOUT THIS IN STATE-- SO, THE STATE REGULATION IS THAT-SEPARATE CLASSROOM-PRE-K IN THE CLASS HAVE DISABILITIES OF SOME SORT AND THE STATE REGULATION IS THEY MUST MAINTAIN A RATIO OF NO MORE THEN 6 CHILDREN TO 1 ADULT SO 12 CHILDREN AND 2 ADULTS. CHAPEL HILL HAS A LOCAL POLICY YOU HAVE A TARGET OF 6 CHILDREN AND 3 ADULTS WITH MAXIMUM CLASS SIZE OF 8, BUT IT SAYS IF SITUATION REQUIRES ASSIGNING MORE THEN 8 STUDENTS TO A CLASS THE SUPERINTENDENT REPORTS TO THE BOARD AT THE

046NEXT REGULARLY SCHEDULED MEETING. THEY HAVE BEEN UNABLE TO STAFF AT THE LEVEL AND AWARE MORE PRE-K STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES MOVE IN AND UNABLE TO BE SEATED BECAUSE OF THE LOCAL CAP AND SO, THE PROPOSAL IS TO STILL STAY WELL WITHIN THE 6 TO 1 STATE RATIO, BUT HAVE CLASSROOMS THAT WOULD HAVE 9 CHILDREN IN THEM. CORRECT. SO, THIS IS FOR THIS YEAR, BUT GLAD YOU RAISED THAT. IN SOME INSTANCES THIS CAN BE PREVENTATIVE HAVING STUDENTS IN THE CLASSROOMS TOO SO MAY BE SOMETHING WE NEED TO LOOK AT LONG-TERM. ANY QUESTIONS OR ANYTHING? QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS? I WAS WONDERING IF THIS IS MANDATE AND TEMPORARY? NEXT YEAR TRYING TO HAVE A CLASS AT NORTHSIDE? GREAT QUESTION. WE WILL BE OPENING UP-I SAY TWO, LOOK TO OPEN THE CLASS AT NORTHSIDE AND LOOK TO OPEN A CLASS

047UP AT MORRIS GROVE AS WELL. I DO WANT TO NAME THAT YOU MENTION THESE ARE SEPARATE SETTINGS SO STUDENTS WITH MOST INTENSE NEEDS AND THERE ARE CHALLENGES FINDING TEACHERS FOR THESE CLASSROOMS. OUR GOAL IS TO HAVE TWO ADDITIONAL HIRES SO OPEN UP A TOTAL OF 4 CLASSROOMS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR THAT. MR. CHAIR. YES, GO AHEAD. IN THE ABSTRACT, I THINK BY HAVING THE TOPIC PRESENTED TO YOU IS JUST ITEM TO NOTE THAT CLEARLY SINCE WE NOT BEEN SUCCESSFUL SECURING PERMANENT QUALIFIED INSTRUCTIONAL STAFF FOR THIS CLASS THE CHILDREN HAVE RECEIVED INSTRUCTIONAL SUPPORT THROUGH OTHER RESOURCES WITHIN OUR DISTRICT. IT IS A POINT OF WHERE IT ISN'T SUSTAINABLE. REMISS CHILDREN ARE NOT RECEIVING SUPPORT FOR THAT PERIOD OF TAME. THANK YOU FOR SAYING THAT. ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU. WHAT WE HAD BEEN ASKED IS BE INFORMED

048THIS IS OCCURRING AND WHY THE ITEM WAS IN CONSENT AGENDA. IS ANY ACTION NECESSARY? OTHER THEN WE CAN- NO. CONSIDER OURSELVES INFORMED. THAT IS WHAT THE POLICIES. YOU CAN DIRECT OTHERWISE. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU ALL. THAT'S GOING TO BRING ATO THE WORK SESSION ITEMS AND THE CAPITAL INVESTMENT PLAN. BACK TO YOU. GOOD EVENING AGAIN. THIS IS THE THIRD TIME YOU HAVE BEEN ABLE TO HAVE THE CIP PRESENTED TO YOU. WE WENT ONE EXTRA THIS YEAR GIVEN THE FACT WE HAD A BOND REFERENDUM PASSED LAST FALL. WHAT I LIKE TO DO IS I WON'T BE AS FAST AS I WAS THE LAST WEEK. BUT I WILL SAY THAT DURING THE TIME FROM THE LAST MEETING AND THIS MEETING WITH RESPECT TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN, TWO THINGS OCCURRED. ONE, WE TALKED A LITTLE ABOUT WHEN IT

049COMES TO THE PROJECTS, THE SCHOOL REPLACEMENT ABOUT UTILIZING A THIRD PARTY WITH PROGRAM OR PROJECT MANAGEMENT TO HELP FACILITATE AND MAKE DECISIONS AND BEST PRACTICES AND TALKING WITH THE COUNTY, THEY HAVE NOT MADE A DECISION THOUGH I BELIEVE THEY ARE TRENDING THAT THEY MAY NOT BE MANAGING THAT THEMSELVES, BUT THAT MAY BE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF ORANGE COUNTY SCHOOLS OR CHAPEL HILL-CARRBORO SCHOOLS IF WE CHOOSE TO DO THAT. THE FINAL DECISION ISN'T MADE BUT EARLY INDICATION IS THEY ARE NOT MOVING IN THAT DIRECTION. IM MENTIONED THE FACT THE COUNTY IS LOOKING FOR COMMUNICATION SYSTEM THAT DID NOT OCCUR IN THE LAST REFERENDUM WHERE FOLKS REPRESENTATIVES FROM OUR DISTRICT, ORANGE COUNTY SCHOOLS AND ORANGE COUNTY GOVERNMENT WOULD MEET ON A PERIODIC BASIS TO TALK ABOUT PROJECTS AND BUDGET AND TIMELINE AND DECISION MAKING AND I MENTIONED IN

050THE PREVIOUS PRESENTATION INTRODUCING A INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT AND THEY ARE LOOKING AT MODEL THAT POTENTIALLY WAKE COUNTY USED WHERE THEY HAVE INTERNAL STAFF THAT COME TOGETHER PERIODICALLY SO I ANTICIPATE WITHIN THE NEXT MONTH KNOWING THE CIP IS SLATED TO BE APPROVED EARLY JUNE BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS THAT I WILL COME BACK WITH IDEAS AND PROPOSALS HOW WE MIGHT CREATE THE COMMUNICATION WHICH IS SOMETHING FOR DISTRICT STAFF WE RECOMMEND WE DO. WE FOUND OVER THE PAST 2 TO 3 YEARS HAVING FLUID COMMUNICATION WITH COUNTY BUDGET AND FINANCE STAFF HAS BEEN VERY BENEFICIAL AND TAKEN US I THINK TO A BETTER PLACE AS FAR AS ABLE TO BE ON THE SAME PAGE AND MEET THE NEEDS FOR OUR DISTRICT BUT ALSO WITH THE COUNTY KNOWING THEY HAVE TO SUPPORT BOTH. THE OTHER ITEM THAT IS MOST

051RECENT AND MAY COME UP END OF THE MEETING BUT WE HAD OUR COLLABORATION MEETING BETWEEN BOTH SCHOOL BORES AND THE COUNTY TODAY AND THE BUDGET DIRECTOR DID PRESENT THE FACT THAT WHAT WE SUBMITTED AND SHARED THEY WERE GOING TO BE RECOMMENDING THAT AND HE INDICATED AGAIN THAT WHAT I PRESENT TODAY YOU WILL BE MOVING FORWARD AS FAR AS MANAGER RECOMMENDATION WITH THE CIP. NOW THERE ARE NO HAD CHANGES WHAT YOU SEE TODAY IN THE ATTACHMENTS IN THE ABSTRACT. WITH THAT, HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS, BUT THIS IS SLATED FOR APPROVAL NEXT WEEK AT THE MEETING. IT IS DISCUSSION AND ACTION ITEM, NO LONGER A WORK SESSION AND WE WILL SEND IT OVER TO THE COUNTY OFFICIALLY. THANK YOU. BOARD MEMBERS, ANY QUESTIONS AT THIS POINT? WE WILL SEE THIS ONE MORE TIME NEXT WEEK FOR

052FORMAL APPROVAL. YOU WILL AND AT THAT POINT I WILL SAY ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS AND IF NOT I RECOMMEND APPROVAL. CLEARLY THERE ARE OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE COMMUNITY TO CONTINUE TO SPEAK. OKAY. THIS IS ALSO THEN A ITEM FOR PUBLIC COMMENT SINCE THERE IS NO BOARD QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS. ANYONE IN THE PUBLIC WISH TO SPEAK TO THIS ITEM? MRS. HAMAL. GOOD EVENING. CARRIE HAMAL AND WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE AGREEMENT INCLUDE A LOT MORE PUBLIC FACING INFORMATION. I SPOKE YESTERDAY AT THE ORANGE COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD AND AS YOU VERY WELL KNOW, THERE'S VOTED ON DEBT, WHICH WAS THE REFERENDUM AND NON VOTED DEBT WHICH IS PAY GO MONEY, AND RIGHT NOW I AM NOT ABLE WITH ANY CONFIDENCE TO KNOW WHERE THIS MONEY IS SPENT AND IT WOULD BE GREAT TO HAVE MORE FIGURES PROVIDED ABOUT

053FROM BOTH SCHOOL DISTRICTS, AND I THINK THAT COMMUNICATION LINE WOULD BE A GREAT PLACE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU MRS. HAMAL. ANYBODY ELSE? SEEING NO ONE, WE APPRECIATE THAT AND MOVE TO THE NEXT ITEM, WHICH IS THE LOCAL OPERATING BUDGET REQUEST. MR. SCOTT. THANK YOU DR. GRIFFIN. GOOD EVENING BOARD MEMBERS, CABINET MEMBERS AND MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC. THIS IS SECOND OF TWO WORK SESSIONS AND PUBLIC HEARINGS FOR BOARD OF EDUCATION RECOMMENDED LOCAL OPERATING BUDGET REQUEST TO THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS. TWO WEEKS AGO I BELIEVE THREE WEEKS AGO THE BOARD MET AND MADE MODIFICATIONS TO THE SUPERINTENDENT RECOMMENDED BUDGET. THE BOARD DIRECTED US TO GO BACK AND ADD A FEW MORE ITEMS FOR CONSIDERATION, AND POTENTIAL ORDERING FOR THIS MEETING. FROM HERE, HOPEFULLY WE'LL LEAVE TONIGHT WITH INTENT TO ADOPT THE BOARD RECOMMENDED BUDGET PROPOSAL THAT

054ALLOW MYSELF AND STAFF TO GO BACK AND PREPARE A DOCUMENT TO BE ADOPTED IN 7 DAYS AT NEXT MEETING TO CARRY TO COUNTY COMMISSIONERS. I WANT TO LEAVE TIME FOR THE BOARD TO DISCUSSION. BRIEFLY FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC AND BOARD I WANT TO RUN THROUGH IT VERY VERY QUICKLY AND LEAVE TIME FOR CONVERSATION. AGAIN PROJECTED ENROLLMENT IS 11.147 KIDS. THAT IS REDUCTION [INDISCERNIBLE] LAST YEAR. LOOKING AT THE CONTINUATION BUDGET I THINK I NEED TO STRESS AGAIN BECAUSE WE ARE ENTERING THE LONG SESSION OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY THAT ALL THESE NUMBERS WERE OUR BEST ESTIMATE ALONG WITH MANY OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS THIN STATE OF WHAT WE THOUGHT THE CONTINUATION COST DRIVERS WOULD BE. AS THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY CONTINUES THEIR BUDGET CONVERSATIONS THERE A IS LARGER POSSIBILITY THAT THESE NUMBERS MAY BE LOW. WE HAVE

055TO WAIT AND SEE BUT WE HAVE HEARD RUMORS OUT OF RALEIGH THAT INCREASES COULD BE LARGER THEN 3 PERCENT, SO I WANT THE BOARD AND PUBLIC TO BE AWARE THAT WE COULD HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF RISK IN THAT REGARD. BUT AGAIN THESE WERE PREPARED WITH BEST AT THE TIME AND WITH THREE PERCENT INCREASE ALONG WITH MATCHING BENEFIT AND INCREASE TO NON PERSONNEL ITEMS WHEN YOU TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THE SPECIAL DISTRICT TAX, LOOKING AT CONTINUATION NEED OF JUST UNDER $3.3 MILLION. AGAIN, THAT IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE BUT AS OF NOW THAT IS BEST ESTIMATE. THAT TAKES ROUGHLY 5.5 PERCENT INCREASE IN THE COUNTY APPROPRIATION. HISTORICALLY WE HAVE GOTTEN 3.3 PERCENT INSO HAVE A 2 PERCENT DELTA, WHICH IS ABOUT 40 PERCENT OF THE CONTINUATION NEED. SO, MOVING PAST THAT, IF YOU CAN SCROLL DOWN. APPRECIATE

056IT. SUPERINTENDENT AND DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION MADE RECOMMENDATION WITH BUDGET REQUEST OF THREE EXPANSION ITEMS, IMPLEMENTATION OF CLASSIFIED EMPLOYEE SUPPLEMENT SCALE AT $725 THOUSAND, IMPLEMENTATION OF MASTER DEGREE PAY FOR TEACHERS NO LONGER ELIGIBLE AND THE ESTABLISHMENT OF CURRICULUM RESERVE FUND. SO, THAT EXPANSION REQUEST CAME IN UNDER $4.4 MILLION LEAVING THE NEED FOR NEXT YEAR WITH BOTH CONTINUATION EXPANSION OF $7.6 MILLION. SUBSEQUENT TO THAT, THE PRESENTATION THE BOARD OR SEVERAL MEMBERS OF THE BOARD ASKED TO CONSIDER OTHER ITEMS TO BRING BACK FOR CONSIDERATION AND EXPANSION SO THERE WERE 4 ITEMS THAT NUMEROUS BOARD MEMBERS HAD INTEREST ADDING TO THE BOARD REQUEST. THE FIRST 2 PERCENT INCREASE IN CERTIFIED SUPPLEMENTS FOR BEGINNING TEACHERS. THAT WOULD BE YEARS 1-20 I BELIEVE. 19. THANK YOU. 1-19. THAT WOULD TAKE SUPPLEMENT PERCENTAGE FROM 18 PERCENT TO 20PERCENT WITH COST OF THE DISTRICT

057OF JUST OVER $1 MILLION. THE OTHER THREE ITEMS WOULD BE REINSTATING POSITIONS ELIMINATED DURING REDUCTION IN FORCE TIERS OVER THE LAST YEAR AND A HALF AS THE BOARD AND PUBLIC RECALL, WE EXPERIENCED PERVASIVE DEFICITS OVER THE LAST COUPLE YEARS DUE TO DECLINING ENROLLMENT AND INCREASE COSTS SO PART OF THE STRATEGY TO COMBAT THE DEFICIT AND TRY TO PRESENT A BALANCED BUDGET WAS TO REMOVE CERTAIN POSITIONS FROM THE BUDGET, SO WE HAD 4 SORRY, 3 ADDITIONS. ONE WAS REINSTATEMENT OF ELEMENTARY T A PART OF THE TIER 1 STRATEGY. WE PUT INTO PLACE LAST SPRING. THOSE 11 POSITIONS REINSTATE COST $588.500. ALSO REINSTATEMENT OF 11ITF ACROSS THE DISTRICT. THIS IS TIER 3 REDUCTION AND ESTIMATE TO COST $927 THOUSAND AND THE FINAL ITEM IS REINSTATEMENT OF COUNSELOR MONTH OF EMPLOYMENT. SOME MONTHS WERE REDUCED AT THE SECONDARY

058LEVEL IN TIER 3 REDUCTIONS IN THE AMOUNT OF $148 THOUSAND. THAT WOULD TAKE THE EXPANSION REQUEST FROM JUST UNDER $4.4 MILLION UP TO JUST OVER $7 MILLION. BRINGING OUR ENTIRE OR THE BOARD'S ENTIRE BUDGET REQUEST TO COUNTY COMMISSIONERS TO $10.3 MILLION VERSUS THE 7.6 IS THE SUPERINTENDENT BUDGET. RECOMMENDED BUDGET REQUEST. AGAIN, I WANTED TO GO OVER THAT AND AGAIN LEAVE TIME FOR THE BOARD TO CONSIDER NOT ONLY ADDITIONAL ITEMS AND RANK ORDER OF THE EXPANSION ITEMS AND LOOK FORWARD ANSWERING ANY QUESTIONS THE BOARD MAY HAVE. THANK YOU MR. SCOTT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. I SPENT TIME LOOKING AT AND MENTIONED THE LAST BOARD MEETING IS WANTING TO SEND A CLEAR CONSISTENT MESSAGE ABOUT HOW WE LOOK AT FINANCES, ESPECIALLY WHEN WE THINK ABOUT IT 1, 3, 5, YEARS OUT. MY FOCUS AS A BOARD MEMBER

059HAS BEEN INCREASING STAFF PAY. I FEEL THAT IS JUST A BASELINE EXPECTATION I HAVE YEAR OVER YEAR UNTIL WE GET STAFF AND SCHOOLS TO A PAY I THINK SHOWS RESPECT OF EDUCATION AND PEOPLE WHO WORK IN OUR SCHOOLS SO THAT IS FOR ME THE BASELINE. I DO STRUGGLE-I UNDERSTAND WE THINK EXPANSION BUDGET WILL NEVER GET IT BUT SIGNALS TO COUNTY COMMISSIONERS TO THE PUBLIC OUR UNDERSTANDING OF THE FINANCIAL SITUATION AND WHERE WE ENVISION GOING IN THE FUTURE AS WELL. WE WILL BE BUILDING NEW 62AL SCHOOLS AND THINK HOW TO REALIGN THE SCHOOLS WE HAVE A LOT INTERESTED IN TECHNOLOGY AND HAVE THOUGHTS ABOUT TECHNOLOGY AS A WHOLE AND SO CONCERNED THAT SOME OF THE EXPANSION ITEMS SPECIFICALLY AND ALSO REINSTATING POSITIONS UNDERSTANDING WE HEAR FROM THE PUBLIC AND WE ACKNOWLEDGES THAT WE ARE STAFFED ABOVE

060WHAT WE HAVE CURRENTLY ENROLLED. AND SO, I THINK WHEN WE THINK ABOUT THE MESSAGE WE ARE SENDING WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE SEND FOR ME AS A BOARD MEMBER, WE ARE BEING FISCALLY AWARE AND THOUGHTFUL. ALSO, DOING THE RIFF WAS NOT GOOD. IT WAS NOT A FUN EXPERIENCE FOR ME AS A BOARD MEMBER. AND DOING A RIFF IN PROFESSIONAL CAREER HAS NOT BEEN GREAT AND I HESITATE TO SEE WE ARE SAYING WE WANT TO ADD POSITIONS BACK WITH A LOT OF UNCERTAINTY. I GET WE WANT TO SEND VALUE MESSAGES, BUT WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND THAT SENDING THAT ALSO PUTS US IN A POSITION THAT WE CAN FIND OURSELVES SENDING THE MESSAGE WE WANT TO ADD POSITIONS AND HAVING TO TAKE THAT ALL BACK AND I DONT HAVE THE APPETITE TO SAY IN THE CLIMATE

061WE ARE IN ESPECIALLY HEARING FEDERAL CUTS POTENTIALLY, THINGS THE STATE MAY OR MAY NOT DO THAT WE SEND THE WRONG MESSAGE. I ARE WANT TO CONSISTENTLY SAY TO THE CURRENT WORKFORCE WE STAND COMMITTED INCREASING PAY AS MUCH AS WE CAN. FOR ME THAT IS THE ONLY THING I AM INTERESTED IN. I HESITATE SAYING ADDING BACK MORE STAFF. ALSO SAYING WE [INDISCERNIBLE] PAYING PEOPLE AT THE LEVEL WE FEEL THEY DESERVE. I LOVE THE IDEA CONTINUING TO ADVOCATE AND SUPPORT THINGS MOST IMPORTANT TO THE DIRECT IMPACT TO STUDENTS IN THE CLASSROOM, SO I DON'T TEND TO LIMIT THAT JUST TO TEACHERS. I THINK ABOUT A 4 OR 5 GRADE CLASSROOM WITH 25-30 STUDENTS AND 1 ADULT. THE STUDENTS ARE MULTI LANGUAGE LEARNERS AND INCREASINGLY STUDENTS WITH OTHER NEEDS. THEY ADMINISTRATIVE BURDENS ON TEACHERS INCREASED SO THE RESPONSIBLE

062THING IS CONTINUE TO ADVOCATE FOR INCREASING TEACHER COMPENSATION AND THINGS THAT SUPPORT TEACHERS. I THINK IT IS UNREALISTIC TO ASK A TEACHER TO TAKE ON MORE EVEN IF YOU PAY THEM MORE BECAUSE IT IS PHYSICALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO DO THAT. WHAT I ADVOCATE, I LOVE TO CONTINUE TO ASK FOR RESTORING 4 AND 5 GRADE TEACHERS-TEACHING ASSISTANTS AND I THINK IF I THINK WHAT REALLY MATERS IN THE CLASSROOM IT IS TEACHER. YOU TALKED ABOUT THE HIGH QUALITY TEACHER THAT MAKES SENSE. IT IS THE SUPPORT. I THINK A TEACHING ASSISTANT AND THE MATERIALS AND I THINK ARE RELIANCE ON TECHNOLOGY IS NOT GOING TO BE ENABLED IF WE DON'T HAVE FOLKS WHO UNDERSTAND HOW TO IMPLEMENT HOW TO TRAIN, HOW TO PLAN FOR TECHNOLOGY AND TO ME THOSE FOLKS ARE INSTRUCTIONAL TECHNOLOGY FACILITATORS AND SO TO ME AGAIN,

063LIKE THE FOCUS HAS TO BE ON THOSE IF WE NEED TO CUT OTHER POSITIONS LIKE THAT ARE THE CONVERSATION WE NEED TO HAVE, BUT WHAT IS CLEAR IS WHAT DO STUDENTS NEED IN THE CLASSROOM. JUST SO I CAN BE CLEAR, THIS IS COMING BACK TO US NEXT WEEK FOR FINAL APPROVAL OR FORMAL APPROVAL, CORRECT? THAT IS CORRECT. WE ARE STILL IN THE ITERATION PHASE OF GETTING PROPOSAL READY? THAT'S CORRECT. IF POSSIBLE I WOULD LIKE TO LEAVE THE MEETING TONIGHT WITH CONSENSUS OF THE BOARD WHERE WE LIKE TO GO WITH THE BUDGET REQUEST JUST TO GIVE US TIME TO PREPARE IT IN A MANNER THAT WOULD BE PRESENTABLE TO THE BOARD AND ALSO COUNTY COMMISSIONERS. THE WINDOW IS TIGHTENING ON US, BUT WE HAVE THIS EVENING AND TO DISCUSS IT AND AGAIN NEXT WEEK TO FULLY

064ADOPT IT. RIGHT NOW, WHAT I HEAR IS, WE ARE TALKING ABOUT EXPANSION ITEMS RIGHT HERE. SPECIFICALLY ONE BUT IN GENERAL THAT'S THE TOPIC. IS THAT CORRECT? YOU ARE SAYING WHAT YOU LIKE TO SEE AT THE END TONIGHT IS WHICH THINGS WE WANT IN THE EXPANSION BECAUSE YOU MENTIONED RANK ORDER. THERE WAS DISCUSSION WITH THE BOARD LAST TIME ABOUT A RANK ORDER OF EXPANSION ITEMS. I HAVE NEVER PREPARED A BUDGET WITH RANK ORDER. HAPPY TO DO THAT. IF IT MAKES IT TO EXPANSION I THINK THEY ARE VERY IMPORTANT. A LOT OF TIMES WE GO HIGHEST DOLLAR AMOUNT FIRST. IF THE BOARD DESIRES WE CAN RANK ORDER IN EXPANSION AND INCLUDE IN THE NARRATIVE THEY ARE RANK ORDER. THANK YOU. FOR ME, THIS ITEM TALKING TO MY COLLEAGUES IS ONE-I CAN MAKE A CASE FOR JUST ABOUT

065ANY ASPECT OF WHAT I HEAR. BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT COMPETING REALLY IN MY MIND. THEY ARE PARALLEL OR BOTH IMPORTANT. HAVING THESE ITEMS IN FRONT OF THEM IS HELPFUL TO THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS BECAUSE IT GIVES THEM LEVERAGE WITH THEIR PEERS AND IT COMMUNITY TO KNOW THEY GOT THE REQUESTS, THE SCHOOL, THEY HAVE DONE SOME THINGS TO REDUCE THEIR FORCE AND BUT NOT HAPPY ABOUT IT AND THEY WANT US TO KEEP THAT IN MIND SO I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT WE ARE CLEAR ABOUT THE EXPANSION BUDGET EVEN ALL KNOW WE RARELY GET TO THAT POINT IN THE BUDGET DISCUSSIONS. WE SAY YEAH, WE FEEL STRONGLY. THIS IS IMPORTANT. I DON'T KNOW IF I MUDDLED OR NOT, BUT-- I WASN'T HERE WHEN SOME THINGS WERE ADDED BUT WHEN I READ THEM, I WAS LIKE YEAH, WE NEED

066TO MAKE THIS STATEMENT. BARB. THE MASTER DEGREE PAY, IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WAKE COUNTY-OUR NEIGHBORING COUNTIES HAVE THAT, RIGHT? DURHAM AS WELL? OKAY. THEY DO. THERE IS ALSO LOT OF TALK IN THE LEGISLATURE THIS YEAR ABOUT REINSTATING IT. WE COULD GET-MAY BE FORTUNATE THE STATE REINSTATES IT. I CAUTION EVEN IF THEY DO, IT WILL CREATE A COST FOR US. SIGNIFICANT COST. I WAS GOING TO SAY THAT. THEN WE HAVE TO MATCH THAT LOCALLY. OKAY. I THINK THERE WERE THREE JUMPING ON THAT WE WANTED TO SAY THE EXACT SAME THING. I WAS ONLY LOOKING ONE WAY. WE ARE AWARE THE GOOD NEWS CAN ALSO BE TIGHT BUDGET ISSUE FOR US. YES, SIR. IS THERE-LOOKING AT THE BOARD. ANY ENERGY TO CHANGE ANYTHING IN THE EXPANSION BUDGET OR HAVE WE AGREED THAT THERE IS DIFFERENT WAYS TO

067LOOK AT IT? LET'S JUST MOVE FORWARD? SEEING HEAD NODS, MOVE FORWARD? . ONE QUICK THING. I HEAR WHAT YOU ARE SAYING AND I THINK THERE IS SOMETHING TO BE SAID FOR NOT MUDDLING A MESSAGE AND YOU KNOW, MY UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT A EXPANSION BUDGET IS SUPPOSED TO BE MIGHT NOT BE ENTIRELY CLEAR, BUT WHAT I HAVE BEEN TOLD IS IT WAS ASPIRATIONAL IN NATURE AND THAT IT IS A STATEMENT OF OUR VALUES AND ACTUALLY I WAS STRUCK REALLY BY WHAT MR. LINK SAID LAST WEEK OR TWO WEEKS AGO WHERE HE MENTIONED A SPECIFIC ITEM. HE TALKED ABOUT THE PARENTAL LEAVE AND HOW IT WAS PUT IN YEAR AFTER YEAR AFTER YEAR AND FINALLY IT WAS GRANTED AND SO, I DON'T KNOW, JUST THAT COMMENT MADE ME THINK, WE SHOULD PUT WHAT OUR VALUES ARE AND

068WHAT WE--AND BUT I HEAR YOU AND I GET WHAT YOU ARE SAYING. BUT, ALL BEING EQUAL, I THINK I WOULD BE IN FAVOR OF CONTINUING TO INCLUDE THOSE ASPIRATIONAL ITEMS. THANK YOU. THE ONE THING I WANT TO SAY IS THOUGH, I THINK WHEN WE TALK ABOUT TECHNOLOGY WE ARE ALSO HEARING FROM THE COMMUNITY ABOUT PULLING BACK AND HESITATE TO PUT POSITIONS AND I HEARD FROM A ITF PART OF THE RIFF AND ARE LIKE YOU KNEW THERE WAS BUDGET CHALLENGES COMING, WHY DID YOU CONTINUE TO HIRE PEOPLE YEAR AFTER YEAR, BECAUSE I SAT HERE, GEORGE SAT HERE, WHEN I JOINED THE BOARD I KNOW THERE WERE FINANCIAL SITUATIONS THAT NEEDED TO CHANGE SO THAT IS MY ONE CONCERN. WE HAVE A HUGE PART OF OUR COMMUNITY WHO WANTS TO HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT ITF AND TECHNOLOGY

069AND HOW WE USE IT AND ALL THAT AND I HESITATE TO THAT BACK ON THERE AND COME BACK AND TAKE A STAND ON TECHNOLOGY MAYBE K2 OR ELEMENTARY AND THEN THOSE POSITIONS-WE START PIVOTING IN THE NARRATIVE. I FEEL A LOT OF THE POSITIONS WE ARE TALKING ABOUT WE NEED A BIGGER CONVERSATION NOT AT THE BOARD LEVEL BUT THE STAFF LEVEL TO UNDERSTAND HOW WE ARE LOOKING AT STAFFING OUR SCHOOLS OVERALL IN CONTEXT OF POTENTIALLY HAVING TO REALLOCATE AND MOVE STUDENTS IN ELEMENTARY. WE HAVE TO START LOOKING AT PROGRAMMING AND ALL THAT STUFF. I JUST REALLY HESITATE TALKING BRINGING PEOPLE BACK AND SAYING THAT IS OUR GOAL WHEN WE PROBABLY NEED TO BE THINKING ABOUT OUR PROGRAMS, HOW WE DELIVER INSTRUCTION, HOW WE STAFF TO MEET OUR NEEDS AND EVER CHANGING CLIMATE OF OUR FINANCIAL SITUATION,

070FEDERAL AND STATE AND THAT'S WHY JUST LIKE JUST HESITATE TO START TALKING ABOUT PEOPLE ANYMORE UNTIL WE ACTUALLY TALK ABOUT IT WITH OUR STAFF TOGETHER, NOT UP HERE THE 7 OF US. I WOULD GO TO SAY THAT, IN THIS SITUATION THERE AGAIN MULTIPLE THINGS COULD BE TRUE AT THE SAME TIME. WE DO HAVE A GOOD BIT OF OUR COMMUNITY ASKING QUESTIONS ABOUT TECHNOLOGY AND HOW WE USE IT IN THE EDUCATIONAL SETTING, WE ARE ALSO IN A POSITION WHERE TECHNOLOGY IS MOVING IN WAYS WE DON'T HAVE A CHOICE BUT TO CONTINUE MOVING WITH, LIKE THE SITUATION WHERE WE DON'T USE TEXTBOOKS ANYMORE AND LOOKING AT NEW CURRICULUMS WE GET AND HAVE TO HAVE DIFFERENT PIECES OF IT. WE WILL NEED PEOPLE TO HELP OUR TEACHERS IN THE CLASSROOM BE ABLE TO NAVIGATE HOW TO USE THE

071ITEMS IF IT COMES TO THEM-WE SAW A EXAMPLE OF THE STUDENTS HAVING WORKBOOKS BUT THE TEACHERS STILL NEEDED HELP WITH THE TECHNOLOGY TO GET THE CURRICULUM ITEMS DOWN AND WONDERFUL PROCESS BUT IT WAS ONGOING AS IT IS CHANGING SO I GET WHAT YOU ARE SAYING BUT WE KNOW CURRICULUM WITH SCIENCE MATH WILL BE COMING AND THAT HAS TO HAPPEN BECAUSE WE ARE NOT ALL SUDDEN GO TO THAT TEXT BOOK WAREHOUSE AND GET THE BOOKS SO WE CAN'T PUT THE JEANNIE BACK IN THE BOTTLE. LOOKING AT STAFF AND LOOK AT POSITIONS I AGREE, WE HAVE TO LOOK AT A LARGER PICTURE IN TERMS OF WHAT WE WILL BE WANTING TO DO AS ONE DISTRICT AND I GET THAT, BUT I ALSO LIKE TO SAY THAT I CAN AGREE WITH YOU THAT THE RIFF WAS SOMETHING THAT

072WAS NOT VERY TASTEFUL AT ALL, WHICH IS WHY WE HAD SO MUCH ROBUST CONVERSATION AND DEBATE UP HERE AND WAS NOT UNANIMOUS. WE KNOW THERE WERE DIFFERENT PIECES AT THE COMMUNITY AND DIFFERENT OF US WHO FELT VERY PASSIONATE WHAT SHOULD OR SHOULDN'T HAPPEN AND SOME THINGS WILL COME FULL CIRCLE. EVEN SOME POLICY THAT HAS BEEN ADDRESSED EVEN TONIGHT WHEN WE ARE TALKING ABOUT WRAP AROUND SERVICES WITH ORANGE CARES, SOME OF THOSE THINGS WE HAVE BEEN SPEAKING TO POLICY REFERRING TO HOMELESS STUDENTS. IF YOU SPEAK TO PEOPLE THIN GREATER PART OF ORANGE COUNTY THEY ARE NOT GOING TO REFER TO THEM AS THAT BECAUSE THEY TELL YOU THEIR HOUSING IMPAIRED BECAUSE THAT IS HOW THINGS ARE CHANGING SO QUICKLY AND WE NEED PEOPLE TO BE ABLE TO BE BOOTS ON THE GROUND TO ADDRESS THESE ITEMS

073MORE FOR ONE PERSON TO DO THESE THINGS. I JUST SAY LIKE THE ITF AND SOME OF THE T A AS THEY BRING MORE HELP TO INSTRUCTION. I CAN LIKEN IT TO THE MEDICAL FIELD WHERE WE KNOW NEED LOTS AND LOTS OF PEOPLE AND DIFFERENT POSITIONS NOT JUST DOCTORS. YOU GOT P A, THE NURSE PRACTITIONERS. JUST SAYING THERE ARE NEW WAYS TO BRING PEOPLE ALONG THE GAME AND WE GOT TO START THINKING MORE OUTSIDE THE BOX SO WE DON'T HAVE TO HAVE HUNDRED MILLION EMPLOYEES, BUT DIFFERENT TYPES OF EMPLOYEES TO DO MORE SPECIFIC THINGS WHICH IS WHERE THE WORLD IS TAKING US. IT WILL TAKE A LOT OF CHANGE AND TAKE TOUGH DECISIONS BUT HOPEFULLY WE WILL BE ABLE TO CONTINUE TO GROW OUR OWN AND PUT THEM IN DIFFERENT PLACES SO WE DON'T HAVE AS

074MANY PEOPLE LOSING POSITIONS BUT BEING ABLE TO DO DIFFERENT THINGS AND TO TRY TO HELP US GET PHYSICALLY MORE RESPONSIBLE IF I'M MAKING SENSE. I AM A [INDISCERNIBLE] THAT JUST SAYING WE JUST KEEP ON DOING THE BIG THINGS. I SAY ALL THAT TO SAY, ASPIRATIONAL BUDGET, WHAT IS THE WORST, KEEP TELLING US KNOW? WE CAN KEEP ASKING. WITH THAT, I WAS GOING TO SUGGEST WE ARE IN AGREEMENT WE CAN LEAVE THE REQUEST AS DRAFTED NOW FOR TONIGHT AND WE'LL SEE THIS AGAIN IN A WEEK. THAT'S RIGHT. FOR FINAL APPROVAL. AND WITH THAT, SAID THANK YOU MR. SCOTT AND OPEN TO PUBLIC COMMENT BECAUSE IT IS WORK SESSION ITEM. IF ANYBODY-MR. LINK, AS A PUBLIC MEMBER, PLEASE SPEAK. THANK YOU MR. CHAIR. MADAM VICE CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, SUPERINTENDENT CABINET MEMBERS AND FELLOW NUMEROUS AUDIENCE

075MEMBERS. I JUST WANT TO FIRST I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE WHEN WE TALK ABOUT VALUES THAT THESE ARE THINGS PEOPLE FEEL VERY STRONGLY ABOUT AND IT IS IMPORTANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE WHERE PEOPLE ARE COMING AND WHERE THEY SEE THINGS. WE JUST SO ELOQUENTLY HEARD FROM MRS. FEASTER FORNVILLE TWO THINGS CAN BE TRUE AT ONCE. I KNOW THIS IS A DELICATE DANCE IN TERMS OF WHERE WE GO, HOW WE COME ACROSS THE CREDIBLE AND SAME TIME AND CREATIVE AND AT THE SAME TIME STAY TRUE TO OUR CORE BELIEFS, ESPECIALLY IN IT CONDITIONS WE ARE SEEING NOT JUST LOCALLY, BUT STATE AND NATIONALLY. SEE, I APPRECIATE THE DISCUSSION HAPPENING HERE THIS EVENING. I THINK EVERYONE FOR VOICING THEIR OPINIONS AND CONCERNS. I CERTAINLY CAN SAY ON BEHALF OF MY ORGANIZATION THAT THE HISTORY IS BORN OUT.

076AS I TELL STUDENTS THE DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL JUSTICE ACADEMY AND WHEN KNOWS HOW LONG I WILL BE ALLOWED TO DO THAT, BUT YOU ARE NOT GOING TO WIN EVERY DAY. BUT YOU KEEP SHOWING UP TO THE FIGHT AND KEEP ASKING. AND ONE DAY YOU WILL BE ABLE TO CELEBRATE AND SAY AND I KNOW THERE ARE COLLEAGUES AT MY DAUGHTER'S SCHOOL WHO HAVE BEEN TAKEN PARENTAL LEAVE. IF YOU HOLL FIRM AND STICK TO THE CORE WE CAN BE CREATIVE BUT WE'LL GET THERE. IT MAY NOT BE TODAY BUT IF WE KEEP ASKING WE WILL GET IT DONE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONVICTIONS, THANK YOU FOR YOUR COURAGE AND WE STAND READY TO LEND OUR SUPPORT AND VOICE OUR SUPPORT GOING FORWARD IN EVERY STEP OF THE WAY. IT IS A WONDERFUL PARTNERSHIP AND WE THANK YOU

077FOR IT. THANK YOU MR. LINK. WITH THAT SAID, MOVE TO THE NEXT ITEM, WHICH IS SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT SECTION AND THAT'S THE BOARD OF ED SPRING RETREAT FOLLOW-UP AND THAT IS FORMALLY TO ME I GUESS. SO, ON MARCH 12, BEEN A MONTH NOW ALL MOST, WE HAD THE SPRING RETREAT FOR THAT DAY WHERE WE INVITED THE SCHOOL PRINCIPALS TO COME JOIN US FOR CONVERSATIONS AND MRS. REEVES SET UP A WONDERFUL STRUCTURED THREE HOURS FOR US AND SO THE QUESTIONS ARE COUPLE HERE TO THE GROUP. ONE IS TO PROVIDE YOU TIME FOR YOUR OWN OBSERVATIONS TO DOWNLOAD ANYTHING YOU CARE TO SAY ABOUT THAT EVENT AND SHARE WITH US AND THEN DO WE WANT TO DO ANYTHING SIMILAR LIKE THIS WITH ANOTHER GROUP THIS SPRING OR CONSIDER NEXT FALL? I WILL OPEN THE FLOOR FOR A FEW

078MINUTES TO BOARD MEMBERS. TO FREE LANCE FEEDBACK AND OR YOUR THOUGHTS ABOUT MOVING FORWARD. MIKE, GO AHEAD. I WAS MOVED BY THE FACT SOME OF THESE PRINCIPALS VETERAN PRINCIPALS SAID THEY NEVER HAD THE OPPORTUNITY BEFORE. THAT WAS SHOCKING AND SPEAKS HOW IMPORTANT IT WAS. NOT ONLY THAT WAS TRUE, BUT THEY THOUGHT TO MENTION THAT. IT WAS CLEARLY HIGH UP IN THEIR MIND THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME THEY HAD BEEN ASKED AND I APPRECIATED THAT OPPORTUNITY. YOU CAN JUMP IN. GO AHEAD. I WAS GOING TO SAY SOMETHING SIMILAR BUT START WITH A HUGE THANK YOU TO BRANDY. THE WAY YOU STRUCTURED THAT EVENTS WAS JUST FANTASTIC AND IT ALLOWED REALLY AUTHENTIC CONVERSATIONS TO HAPPEN AND ALSO WANT TO GIVE GRATITUDE TO PRINCIPALS FOR TAKING THEIR TIME. I'M SO IN AH OF THE WORK THEY DO. THEY

079ARE IN SCHOOL ALL DAY FROM BEGINNING OF SCHOOL DAY TO END OF THE DAY AND AT ALL THE AFTER SCHOOL ACTIVITIES AND SO, TO MAKE SPACE TO COME AND HELP US THINK ABOUT HOW WE MIGHT INFORM POLICY TO SUPPORT EDUCATION IS SOMETHING THAT GIVES ME GREAT GRATITUDE. ONE THING THAT WAS NOTABLE AND I FORGOT MY NOTES BECAUSE MY MEMORY WITHOUT MY NOTES IS SKETCHY THESE DAYS, BUT ONE THING THAT I DID-THANK YOU FOR THE VALIDATION- ONE THING I DID REMEMBER IS CONSISTENT DESIRE TO HAVE MORE ENGAGEMENT OPPORTUNITIES LIKE THAT, WHICH I SHARE AS WELL SO WONDERING HOW DO WE CREATE LIKE THAT CONSISTENT SPACE FOR THESE KINDS OF ENGAGEMENTS WITH PRINCIPALS MORE DIRECTLY? I HEARD FROM A NUMBER OF PRINCIPALS THAT ECHOING WHAT YOU SAID, HOW MUCH THEY APPRECIATED THAT AND SOME SAID WE LOOK

080FORWARD DOING IT AGAIN NEXT YEAR. WE ARE DOING THIS AGAIN, RIGHT? IT MAY BE COME INSTITUTIONAL. WHAT I WAS STRUCK BY IS THE DEPTH OF CONVERSATION RANGED FROM-I GOT CHRONIC ISSUES IN MY BUILDING THAT ARE-YOU LOOK AT THEM LIKE, LITERALLY WE ARE TALKING ABOUT I NEED HELP WITH MTSS PROCESS IN MY BUILDING AND THE NEXT PRINCIPAL WOULD BE TALKING ABOUT TEACHERS ARE OVERWHELMED WITH POLITICS GOING ON AROUND THEM. LIKE A BIG PICTURE ISSUE. IT WAS EACH PRINCIPAL HAD MULTIPLE THINGS TO SAY. THEY WERE NOT LIKE THIS IS A PROBLEM. WORKING HERE IS-IT WAS JUST LIKE WOW, THERE IS A LOT OF ISSUES THAT THEY DON'T GET TO THE BOARD. WE DON'T HAVE CONVERSATION. WE HEAR ABOUT THEM ONE ON ONE AND PRIVATELY, BUT I WAS STRUCK BY THE AMOUNT OF THINGS THEY DEAL WITH. I

081DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOUR OTHER GROUPS, THE ONE I WAS IN THERE WAS NO SHORTAGE OF THINGS TO TALK ABOUT. IT WAS JUST LIKE, WE HAVE TO MOVE TO THE NEXT GROUP! JUST IT IS A HARD JOB BEING A PRINCIPAL. I APPRECIATED THAT. THAT WAS A TAKE AWAY. I'M WEARING THE MCDOUGLE ELEMENTARY T-SHIRT TONIGHT BECAUSE WE SAID TO THE PRINCIPALS INVITE US TO YOUR SCHOOLS AND SO BARB AND I WERE INVITED OUT TO A SCHOOL TO MCDOUGLE ELEMENTARY YESTERDAY AND WENT AND MET WITH THEM AND THEY DARED ME TO WEAR THE SHIRT TONIGHT. [APPLAUSE] OBSERVATIONS, OTHERS? I WOULD LIKE TO SAY AGAIN, THANK YOU TO BRANDY AND YOUR WHOLE TEAM PUTTING IT TOGETHER BECAUSE IT WAS A WONDERFUL EVENT. YOU KNOW YOU ARE DOING A GOOD JOB WHEN TIME RUNS OUT AND DON'T HAVE TIME TO

082GET ALL THINGS IN THEY WANTED TO GET IN. THE PRINCIPALS WERE WANTING MORE TIME AND WE WANTED MORE TIME WITH THEM SO ABSOLUTELY WONDERFUL. AFTER SPENDING A LOT OF TIME TODAY IN MY DAY JOB WITH IN TRAINING WITH LIKE THE ORANGE COUNTY DIRECTOR OF HR AND TO HEAR HER SAY THAT THE ONE BIG THING ABOUT BUILDING COMMUNITY BETWEEN THE PEOPLE IN A POSITION AND THE OTHER PEOPLE THAT NEED TO HAVE ACCESS TO THEM IS GET RID OF THE MYTHS THAT YOU CAN'T HAVE ACCESS TO THEM. SO, THAT WAS ONE OF THOSE WONDERFUL THINGS THEY REALIZED IT IS A MYTH YOU CAN'T HAVE ACCESS TO US. WE WERE ABLE TO BUILD COMMUNITY AND BE IN THE SPACE. I KNOW FOR ME IT WAS REALLY IMPORTANT TO HEAR THEM GIVE US FEEDBACK WHEN WE ASKED FOR IT

083AND THEY WERE WILLING TO SHARE THEIR THOUGHTS AND BE VULNERABLE AND ALLOW US TO BE IN THAT SPACE SO I TRULY APPRECIATE THEM ALLOWING US TO SIT IN SPACE WITH THEM THAT WAY. AGAIN, I SAY THANK YOU AND I DO HOPE THAT WE WILL BE ABLE DO IT AGAIN WITH THEM. I REALLY APPRECIATED TALKING TO A LOT OF THE PRINCIPALS, ESPECIALLY AT THIS LEVEL. WE DON'TS ALWAYS HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY AND I HOPE WE DO MORE FOR LIKE MAYBE TEACHERS AND JUST A VARIETY OF OUR STAFF AS WELL. JUST TO GET FEEDBACK FROM THEM. IT WAS GREAT HEARING ALL THE PROGRAMS THAT THEY INITIATIVES THEY ARE DOING THAT THEY LIKE AND THEY SEE SUCCESSFUL IN WORKING SO THAT WAS GREAT. THEN THEY DID SHARE WITH US THINGS THEY WANTED TO STOP AND SOME THINGS WERE NOT

084A SURPRISE BUT THERE WERE THINGS-SOME THINGS WERE OUTSIDE OF OUR PURVIEW AS A BOARD AND THERE WERE THINGS THEY WERE SPEAKING TO US AS BOARD MEMBERS AND SO, BEEN REFLECTING ON THAT BECAUSE I THINK ONE THING WE HAVE TO DO AS BOARD MEMBER IS TRUST THE PROFESSIONALS WHO WE HIRED TO MANAGE AND RUN OUR SCHOOLS. THERE WAS FEEDBACK AND I TEASE IT OUT. CERTAIN DIDN'T WANT TO MAKE A BIG DEAL BUT IT CAME UP SO I HOPE WE TAKE AWAY THE THINGS THAT ACTION ITEMS FOR US AS A BOARD AND THINK HOW TO IMPLEMENT IT AND DO THINGS DIFFERENTLY GOING FORWARD AND HOPEFULLY CONVEY TO THE REST OF THE STAFF THINGS THAT MAYBE THEY DON'T LOVE THAT MUCH THAT MAYBE WE CAN MOVE AWAY FROM AND THINK ABOUT OTHER THINGS THAT SUGGESTED WE SHOULD START.

085I JUST REALLY BRIEFLY DON'TS WANT TO REPEAT WHAT EVERYONE ELSE SAID BUT I APPRECIATED THE OPPORTUNITY TO INTERACT. SEVERAL I HADN'T HAD A FULL CONVERSATION BEFORE. I APPRECIATED THE CANDOR THEY APPROACHED THE CONVERSATIONS WITH. THIS COULD EASILY HAVE BEEN SORT OF OVER SANITIZED VERSION OF WHAT IT WAS, BUT I FELT LIKE THEY WERE VERY HONEST ABOUT AREAS THAT THEY FELT THEY NEEDED MORE SUPPORT IN. THEY WERE VERY QUICK TO COMPLEMENT OTHER AREAS THAT THEY HAVE SEEN POSITIVE GROWTH LIKE SEVERAL PEOPLE MENTIONED SECURITY AND SO I THINK IN TALKING TO WORKING WITH DR. STUART AND THE VIDEO CAMERAS AND THINGS THEY HAVE ACCESS TO TO HELP KEEP THEIR BUILDINGS SAFE AND THAT WAS REALLY NICE TO HEAR THEY FELT A LOT OF CONFIDENCE IN THAT AREA. I JUST REALLY APPRECIATED THE OPPORTUNITY AND RANI AND I

086LEAD DISCUSSION WHERE WE HOLD UP A WORD AND THEY HAD TO RESPOND TO IT AND IT WAS A REALLY QUICK WAY TO GET THROUGH A LOT OF TOPICS AND I FEEL WE COVERED A TON OF GROUND, SO THANK YOU FOR THE IDEAS ON HOW TO ADMINISTER THIS DISCUSSION BRANDY. IT WAS REALLY-I THOUGHT IT WENT REALLY WELL AND REALLY ENJOYED IT SO THANKS. I JUST WANT TO ECHO EVERYBODY. OBVIOUSLY-YOU CAN'T GET PEOPLE TO BE CANDID UNLESS YOU HAVE A STRUCTURE THAT ENCOURAGES THAT, SO THOSE QUESTIONS ARE REALLY GOOD. IT COULD HAVE BEEN NOT PRODUCTIVE AND IT WAS SUPER PRODUCTIVE. I GUESS IN TERMS OF TAKE AWAY'S, I DO FEEL WE SHOULD DO IT AGAIN. I THINK THIS IS SUCH A BAD WAY TO INTERACT WITH PEOPLE. THIS SETTING. THE BOARD SETTING? . IT ISN'T A CONVERSATION.

087I MEAN IT IS GOOD FOR DOING BUSINESS, BUT NOT--SO, AND JUST FEEL THERE IS SO MUCH PEOPLE HAVE SO MUCH PAIN AROUND THE BUDGET CUTS AND THE FEAR AND UNCERTAINTY IN THE POLITICS AND WANT TO TALK ABOUT IT AND HAVE INPUT INTO WHATEVER OTHER CUTS WE HAVE TO DO. I DON'T KNEE IF IT SHOULD BE A FUNDING THEME, BUT PEOPLE WANT TO SAY THIS IS HOW I'M SUFFERING BECAUSE YOU CUT MY ITF AND CUT MY T A AND THIS IS WHO SHOULDN'T GET CUT. I JUST THINK THAT WE HAVE A LOT OF ENGAGED PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY AS DR. HARRIS POINTED OUT AND I THINK DON'T KNOW IF IT SHOULD BE PRINCIPALS OR PRINCIPALS AND SELECT GROUP OF STAFF, STAFF AND COMMUNITY. I JUST THINK THE FORMAT IS SUPER USEFUL. IT SOUNDS LIKE THERE IS

088JUST GENERAL AGREEMENT NOT ONLY WAS THIS PRODUCTIVE AND USEFUL, BUT PROBABLY WANT TO CONTINUE A VARIATION OF IT. IT IS APRIL 10. THERE ISN'T MUCH YEAR LEFT IN THAT SENSE OF DOING ANYTHING THIS SPRING, BUT WE CERTAINLY COULD CONSIDER SOMETHING IN THE FALL. NOT SAYING WE COULDN'T DO SOMETHING NOW, BUT WE HAD BEEN ASKED SPECIFICALLY WOULD WE DO THIS WITH PERHAPS OTHER STAFF GROUPS, SO WHY DON'T WE JUST KEEP IT ON THE FRONTS OF OUR THINKING AS WE MOVE THROUGH THE SUMMER. NEXT FALL RETREAT AND SPRING RETREAT FOR MAYBE WE CAN BUILD ON THIS AND JUST LEAVE IT THERE FOR NOW IF PEOPLE ARE COMFORTABLE WITH THAT. SEEING HEADS NODDED, SO WE'LL CONSIDER THAT DONE. DISCUSSION WISE FOR TONIGHT. AGAIN, BRANDY, THANK YOU SO MUCH. IT WAS PRETTY SHORT NOTICE HOW YOU PULLED THAT ALL

089TOGETHER. WE APPRECIATE IT. BRANDY, DO YOU WANT TO SAY ANYTHING ABOUT IT? I HEAR PEOPLE SAY NO AND GO SAY THINGS SO--SO, I THINK THE PRINCIPALS ALWAYS WILL APPRECIATE BEING ABLE TO ADVOCATE FOR STAFF SO THINK THAT IS WHAT YOU SAW IS DEMONSTRATION OF THEM ADVOCATING FOR THE PEOPLE THEY WORK WITH EACH DAY, SO I THINK THAT ANY TIME A PRINCIPAL IS ABLE TO DO THAT AND ALLOW THE OPPORTUNITIES IS A POSITIVE THING. OUR CABINET TALKED SOME ABOUT IF THERE ARE SOME THINGS WE FELT BELOW THE LINE AND SHOULD TAKE A LOOK AT AND ADDRESS WE WOULD LIKE TO HEAR THOSE THINGS FROM YOU ALL SO A OPPORTUNITY MAYBE TO GATHER SOME OF THOSE THINGS AS WE GO INTO RETREAT SEASON AS WELL MIGHT BE ANOTHER NEXT STEP. THANK YOU. I THINK IT-FOLLOW UP ON

090WHAT YOU JUST SAID. THERE IS A CERTAIN DEGREE OF CONFIDENCE AND TRUST NOT AT A PERSONAL LEVEL. SO, I WAS GRATEFUL FOR THE WAY THE IDEA WAS RECEIVE FROM THE GET-GO, TO LETS DO THAT AND YESTERDAY WHEN BARB AND I WERE AT FACULTY MEETING, WE WERE INVITED AS THE MAIN ATTRACTION AND I JUST THOUGHT THAT PRINCIPAL HAS TO BE FAIRLY CONFIDENT WHEN SHE SAYS HEY, TELL THEM WHAT IS ON YOUR MIND BECAUSE SOMETIMES THE THINGS THEY ARE TELLING IS WE HAVE BEEN TELLING YOU FOR TWO YEARS AND NOW GET A CHANCE. THERE IS A MUTUAL CONNECTION WITH EVERYBODY HERE THAT WE RECOGNIZE AND APPRECIATE. PEOPLE WILLING TO HEAR WHAT PEOPLE HAVE TO SAY. I THINK THAT IS WHAT I'M TRYING TO SAY. HOW MUCH WE APPRECIATE THAT. WITH THAT SAID, WE'LL MOVE TO THE NEXT

091ITEM. WHICH IS SHARING AND COMMITTEE REPORTS AND SORT GO IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER. FINANCE AND FACILITIES AND POLICY, MIKE AND STUDENT SUCCESS. SO, WE HAD OUR FINANCE FACILITY OPERATION COMMITTEE PAST TUESDAY. WE HAD OUR FACILITY UPDATE AND ONE THING I WANT TO PULL OUT AND HIGHLIGHT JUST FOR THE COMMUNITIES AWARENESS IS AND ALSO FOR BOARD MEMBERS AWARENESS IS HVAC AT NORTHSIDE HAD SOME CHALLENGES DURING SPRING BREAK. YEAH. CATASTROPHIC FAILURE. THAT IS HOW WE DESCRIBE IT. SO WE ACTUALLY HAVE A TEMPORARY SOLUTION IN PLACE RIGHT NOW. OBVIOUSLY THE TEAM WILL HAVE TO WORK ON LONG-TERM SOLUTION BUT NOT RIGHT NOW. WE HAVE A SOLUTION THAT WILL BRIDGE US THROUGH THE END OF THE SCHOOL YEAR. THAT DOES MEAN AND IT WAS ALREADY PLANNED ANYWAY THAT NORTHSIDE WILL BE OFFLINE FOR SUMMER PROGRAMMING AND THING LIKE THAT SO

092THEY CAN DO THE REPAIRS, BUT JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THAT. I DO APPRECIATE THE FACILITY TEAM AND THEIR ABILITY TO RESPOND, REACT QUICK LY AND ALSO DESIGN OF THE SYSTEM THAT IS IN PLACE THAT AFFORD THE ABILITY TO PUT A TEMPORARY SOLUTION IN PLACE SO QUICKLY BEFORE WE IMPLEMENT A LONG-TERM SOLUTION AND GOING TO GUESS WE WILL SEE SOME REQUESTS COME DOWN THE ROAD FOR CONTRACTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT FOR THE LONG-TERM SOLUTION FOR NORTHSIDE NEXT WEEK. YEP. WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THAT. AND THEN THE OTHER TWO ITEMS, THE REST OF OUR AGENDA TYPICALLY COMES ON THE NEXT MEETING AND OF COURSE HIGHLIGHTED THE MERITORIOUS AWARD THAT WE RECEIVED FOR OUR BUDGET AND FINANCES AND THEN WE HAD THE BUDGET DISCUSSION TONIGHT. OUR NEXT MEETING IS TUESDAY MAY 13 AT 5:30. PLEASE JOIN US. THANK YOU.

093MIKE ADDITION TO POLICY? YOU WERE ON STAGE? I WAS GOING TO SAY, MOST OF THE-I APPRECIATE THE WORK OUR COMMITTEE AND BRANDY HAS BEEN DOING WE BROUGHT A LOT OF THINGS TO YOU AND I APPRECIATE YOU GUYS TRUSTED US TO GO AHEAD AND DO MOST OF HEAVY LIFTING AHEAD OF TIME SO YOU DIDN'T HAVE TO DO IT AND THE NEXT MAY IS MAY 20 AT 5:30. THANK YOU. STUDENT SUCCESS. [INDISCERNIBLE] SHE STEPPED OUT. ANYBODY ON THE COMMITTEE HAVE A STUDENT SUCCESS UPDATE? [INDISCERNIBLE] LET'S DO SHARING. ANYTHING PEOPLE WANT TO SHARE? YES, MEREDITH. I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT COUPLE THINGS THIS WEEK. BARB AND I ATTENDED MONDAY NIGHT MOE WANTS TO KNEE. IT WAS PART OF LISTENING TOUR HE IS DOING AROUND THE STATE. HE WAS THE 7TH OR 8 STOPS AROUND THE 8 AT NORTHERN HIGH

094IN DURHAM AND IT WAS NICE TO HEAR HIM TALK AT BEGINNING AND JUST LISTENED. PEOPLE STOOD UP AND SOME CASES AIRED THEIR CONCERNS AND OTHER CASES GAVE SHOUT OUTS TO THINGS WORKING WELL AND IT WAS NICE TO HEAR FROM FAMILIES, TEACHERS, STUDENTS, WE HAD A COUPLE CHAPEL HILL STUDENTS THAT CAME AND ASKED QUESTIONS, SO I WAS REALLY HAPPY TO SEE THE ENGAGEMENT AND TO HAVE A STATE SUPERINTENDENT WHO SEEMS TO REALLY CARE ABOUT IMPROVING PUBLIC EDUCATION IN THE STATE. THAT WAS NICE. I ATTENDED WORKING GROUP MEETING LAST NIGHT THAT IS REGARDING PARKS AROUND ALL AREAS OF ORANGE COUNTY AND SO THERE IT WAS A INTERGOVERNMENTAL WORK GROUP, SO THERE WERE REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE ORANGE COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD FROM THE TOWNS OF CHAPEL HILL, CARRBORO, MELVIN, HILLS HILLSBOROUGH. GETTING A UPDATE ON THE GREEN WAY CONNECTIONS

095GOING ON THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY. I LISTEN AND THINK OF WAYS THIS WILL POSITIVELY IMPACT. IT IS A LONG-TERM PROCESS BUT IT WAS NICE TO LISTEN AND GET UPDATES WHAT IS GOING ON. THEY WILL HAVE MEETINGS LATER IN MAY SO IF PEOPLE ARE INTERESTED IN THAT THEY CAN REACH AND I'LL GET THEM HOOKED INTO THAT TO TALK ABOUT THE SPECIFICS OF WHAT IS HAPPENING WITH GREENWAYS AND TRAILS IN OUR COMMUNITY. THANK YOU MEREDITH. VICKIE, YOU SLIPPED OUT ON ME AND CALLED YOU NAME AND YOU WERE NOT THERE. THE STUDENT SUCCESS COMMITTEE. OUR NEXT MEETING IS APRIL 22, 2025 AT 5:30. GOOD BIT OF THE PRESENTATIONS WE HAD TONIGHT WERE WHAT CAME BEFORE US IN OUR LAST MEETING, SO PRETTY MUCH HAD A SUMMARY OF WHAT HAPPENED, SO THAT WAS SIMPLE AND EASY FOR US. VICKIE I

096WANT TO SHARE ONE ITEM I WAS SURPRISED THAT CAME UP AT THE FACULTY MEETING WITH THE MCDOUGLE ELEMENTARY FOLKS YESTERDAY WAS THE CURRICULUM AUDIT AND THERE WERE NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT RAISED IT. THEY SAID THEY READ IT. THEY UNDERSTAND IT AND THEN WE GOT INTO TALKING BRIEFLY ABOUT THE CURRICULUM INSTRUCTION MANAGER PLAN IS AND THEY WANT TO KNOW-I WAS PLEASANTLY SURPRISED. SOMETHING THEY WERE WELL VERSED IN, THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT IT BEFORE WE GOT THERE. AND THAT MADE ME SMILE BECAUSE THAT IS IMPORTANT UNDERTAKING GOING ON FOR SEVERAL YEARS WITH STUDENTS SUCCESS IS WHERE IT LIVES. PASS THAT ON TO YOU. ANY OTHERS? UPDATES? SHARING, ANYTHING? SO, I ATTENDED THE CARRBORO ELEMENTARY MEETING. THEY IMPLEMENTED THE SURVEY TO THE STAFF WHICH IS LIKE A FOLLOW-UP SURVEY IN THE INTERIM YEAR TO GET MORE DATA FROM

097THE STAFF. THEY WERE DISCUSSING SOME THAT BUT THEN THEY HAD A LITERACY NIGHT AND SO THEY ALSO WERE LOOKING AT RESULTS FROM THAT LITERACY NIGHT THEY HELD AT THE SCHOOL AS WELL AND JUST INFORMATION FROM THE PARENTS AND CAREGIVERS TO SEE WHAT WORKED WELL AT THE NIGHT AND SO ON AND SO FORTH. I HAD TO LEAVE A COUPLE MINUTES EARLY SO MISSED THE LAST BIT OF THE MEETING BUT I CAN REACH OUT TO THE PRINCIPAL AND ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL TO GET THE UPDATE BUT THOSE WERE TWO THINGS THEY TALKED ABOUT LAST MEETING. THEN WE HAD SCHOOL COLLABORATION THIS MORNING. LET'S SEE--ONE THING WE DID IS WERE GIVING THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS JUST A JAMES ETA AND--GENE. JESUS. SORRY. A UPDATE JUST WITH ORANGE COUNTY SCHOOLS ON IMPACT OF FEDERAL CUTS. WE DID TALK ABOUT OUR NEXT JOINT

098MEETING WHICH IS APRIL 29 SO WE DID SET THE AGENDA FOR HOW IT WILL FLOW, SO I THINK THE GENERAL BUDGET UPDATE. WE WILL DO MAYBE A SHARE THING. FOR OLD BOARD MEMBERS YOU PROBABLY HEARD AND NEW BOARD MEMBERS TRYING TO BE MORE COLLABORATIVE AND MAKE IT MORE CONVERSATION AND WORK TOGETHER WITH ORANGE COUNTY SCHOOLS ON THE PRESENTATION OR HOW THE FEDERAL CUTS ARE IMPACTING US. THAT IS A EFFORT TO MOVE TOWARDS MORE A CONVERSATION AND LESS A DOG AND PONY SHOW. WE DID GET ONE STAFF MEMBER ORANGE COUNTY WHO LIKE REALLY WANTED TO GO AT IT DIFFERENT. IT WILL TAKE TIME, BABY STEPS WITH EVERYBODY. THIS IS THE FIRST STEP ON MAYBE MAKING IT A CONVERSATION. GEORGE, DON'T KNOW IF THERE IS ANYTHING ELSE? I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT. WE DID PUSH THE ISSUE

099A LITTLE BIT, SO THE PUBLIC IS AWARE OF THE BOND MONEY BEING FOR NEW SCHOOLS. JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE HEARD DISCUSSION AND WE GET QUESTIONS FROM THE PUBLIC SOMETIMES ABOUT YOU ARE LAYING OFF TEACHERS AND BUILDING NEW SCHOOLS, HOW IS THAT POSSIBLE. MY TAXES ARE GOING UP AND YOU ARE LAYING OFF STAFF. IT IS BECAUSE IT IS DIFFICULT. IT IS A DIFFICULT ISSUE AND IT WAS JUST MADE CRYSTAL CLEAR ONE MORE TIME THAT THE BOND ISSUE THE VOTERS SUPPORTED IS USED ONLY FOR BUILDING NEW SCHOOLS IN CHAPEL HILL-CARRBORO AND ORANGE COUNTY WILL BUILD A NEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AS THEIR FIRST OUT OF THE GATE PROJECT. THE COUNTY TALKED ABOUT THE VALUATION PROCESS TOO WITH US AS WELL AND OBVIOUSLY ENCOURAGED COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO PAY ATTENTION, ASK THE QUESTIONS ABOUT IT, SO THEY WOULD

100HAVE A UNDERSTANDING OF THE IMPACT OF WHAT WAS GOING ON AT THE COUNTY AND THE COUNTY ALSO DID SHARE WITH US THE IMPACT OF FEDERAL CUTS ON THEM AS WELL, WHICH IS REALLY HELPFUL FOR US TO UNDERSTAND AS WE ARE GOING TO THEM WITH OUR BUDGET AND MAKING REQUESTS. I WOULD LIKE TO SHARE HERE IN ORANGE COUNTY AND WITHIN THE JUDICIAL DISTRICT 25 ANNIVERSARY OF THE ORANGE COUNTY COMMUNITY RESOURCE COURT OUR MENTAL HEALTH COURT HERE AND OUR COURT WAS THE FIRST ONE LIKE THAT IN THE STATE AND OUR ORANGE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ACKNOWLEDGED THAT IN THEIR EARLIER MEETING THIS MONTH AND THAT'S A REALLY BIG DEAL. THE TEAM STARTED MEETING IN 1999. THE FIRST DOCKET WAS JANUARY OF 2000. I REMEMBER THE FIRST PERSON THAT WAS ON THAT DOCKET BECAUSE I WAS VERY HONORED TO BE

101A PART OF THE TEAM AND THE WORK IT DOES. I SAY THAT TO SAY THAT WE HAD A LOT OF STUDENTS IN CHAPEL HILL-CARRBORO CITY SCHOOLS THAT HAVE PARTICIPATED IN THE COURT AND CITIZENS WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY AND IT MAKES IT A REALLY BIG DEAL WITH YOU HAVE PEOPLE WITH SEVERE PERSISTENT MENTAL ILLNESS AND COURT IMPACT TO HAVE A TREATMENT PROVIDED TEAM AND THERAPEUTIC COURT INTERESTED HELPING YOU LIVE AND BE BETTER THEN JUST PUNITIVE OUTCOMES SO THAT IS A BIG DEAL AND THOUGHT IT WAS IMPORTANT 24 COUNTY COMMISSIONERS TOOK THE TIME TO CELEBRATE THAT COURT. 25 YEARS, THAT IS A REALLY BIG DEAL. I WANT TO UP LIFT THE PARK ORANGE PARTNERSHIP FOR YOUNG PEOPLE TO BE ABSENCE OF SUBSTANCES THAT WE HAVE HERE IN ORANGE COUNTY, WE WENT TO COUPLE WENT TO THE LEGISLATURE YESTERDAY

102TO HELP BE A PART OF PARTICIPATE IN A PRESS CONFERENCE AND THAT IS THE-FOR HOUSE BILL 680, PROTECTION OF CHILDREN FROM SYNTHETIC CANNABIS TO TRY TO CLOSE THE AGE FROM 18 TO 21 SO THERE IS A PUSH TO HELP THAT FOR NOT ABOUT WHETHER THE DEBATE WHETHER IT SHOULD BE LEGAL OR NOT, JUST SO YOU DON'T HAVE SO MUCH ACCESS FOR TEENAGERS AND PEOPLE BOTH SIDE OF THE ISLE CAME TOGETHER SO THAT WAS A BIG DEAL. YOU HAD THERAPIST AND SHERIFFS SO THAT WAS A BIG DEAL AND THERE WERE ITEMS THERE THEY FOUND BAKE SHOPS FROM OUR COUNTY. YOU WILL BE AMAZED SOME-TAKE YOUR TIME AND PAY ATTENTION SOME THINGS AND LOOK CLOSER. THINGS THAT LOOK LIKE AIR POD CASES WERE NOT AIR POD CASES. THINGS THAT LOOKED LIKE UNICORN STATUES ON YOUR DESK WERE

103NOT UNICORN STATUES. THEY MADE A POINT ASKING PARENTS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO REALLY LOOK AT WHAT YOU ARE SEEING BECAUSE WHAT YOU THINK YOU ARE SEEING IS NOT ALWAYS WHAT IS THERE AND THOSE ARE REASONS WE NEED TO TRY TO PROTECT OUR CHILDREN BECAUSE THESE THINGS ARE NOT REGULATED AND BY THEM NOT BEING REGULATED THERE ARE THINGS POPPING UP IN THE STORES THAT LOOK LIKE SOMETHING THAT IS NOT LIKE WE SAW THINGS THAT LOOK LIKE A MOUNTAIN DEW CAN. WE SAW GUMMIES THAT LOOK LIKE [INDISCERNIBLE] THAT WERE NOT. I WAS EXCITED TO BE PART OF SOMETHING BIPARTISAN AND IN PROTECTION OF OUR KIDS AND WASN'T A BIG DEBATE ABOUT THIS THAT OR THE OTHER. ONLY TRY TO CLOSE THE LOOP TO TAKE CARE OF OUR OWN. THANK YOU. I THINK-BARB, GO AHEAD. I WENT TO

104THE GIFTED PROGRAM ADVISORY COUNCIL MEETING AT THE END OF MARCH AND JUST THREE THINGS TO NOTE ABOUT THAT. ONE IS THEY ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE IDENTIFICATION PROCESS AND SECOND, THEY NEEDED TO REDO THEIR AI G PLAN. THEY WILL PRESENT TO THE COMMITTEE NEXT WEEK OR TWO WEEKS AND TO THE BOARD AFTER THAT. THE LAST THING THAT KATE KENNEDY MENTIONED RECOLLECT HE HAD A MEETING WITH SOMEBODY FROM THE COLLEGE BOARD WITH THE AIM OF DOING F A Q FOR PEOPLE ABOUT COMMON QUESTIONS AROUND A P CLASSES AND BLOCK SCHEDULE, WHICH I FELT LIKE IT WOULD BE RECORDED AND TRANSCRIBED SO SUPER USEFUL. I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE APRIL IS ARAB AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTHS AND WISH HAPPY PASSOVER TO EVERYONE WHO CELEBRATES IT. OKAY. I'M NOT SEEING OR HEARING ANYTHING MORE, SO WITH THAT, THE MEETING

105IS ADJOURNED. [MEETING ADJOURNED]