001>> WE'RE HOSTING A SUMMIT. THIS IS INTENDED FOR ANYBODY THAT WORKS WITH YOUTH AND VOLUNTEERS WITH YOUTH AND CARES ABOUT YOUTH. WHAT IS DIFFERENT IS ITS DIVERSE PROGRAMMING AND NETWORKING OPPORTUNITIES. I'M INVITING EACH OF YOU TO ATTEND THE YOUTH RESILIENCE SUMMIT AT NO COST. YOU'LL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN MORE ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS, IMPACT OF TECHNOLOGY, TRAUMA CARE AND MANY OTHER PROGRAMS. DETAILS COULD BE FOUND AT YOUYO YOUTH@ORG. INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND AT YOUTH OF NC.ORG. >> NEXT IS CINDY DE-ROSA TAYLOR. >> SUPERINTENDENT OAKLEY, CHAIRMAN HAYES AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY. I'M TRICIA DE BEER. I LIVE ON WINWOOD DRIVE. I WANT OUR CHILDREN TO LEAVE WITH STRENGTH OF CHARACTER THAT CAN ENDURE DIFFICULT THINGS AND FACE HARD TRUTHS. I WANT THEM TO HAVE HOPE. I THINK THIS IS
002SOMETHING THAT MOST OF US WANT. IN MY TRADITION IN THE BOOK OF ROMANS CHAPTERS FIVE THREE AND FOUR, ENDURANCE CREATES CHARACTER AND CHARACTER CREATES HOPE. I SEE THE TRUTH OF THIS TEACHING IN MY OWN LIFE AND IN THE LIVES OF MY CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN AS WELL AS IN MANY LIVES THAT HAVE TOUCHED MINE AS A PASTOR FOR OVER 30 YEARS. IT IS OFTEN THE DIFFICULT TIMES AND THE HARD TRUTHS THAT OPEN US UP TO NEW UNDERSTANDINGS OF OURSELVES, OUR RELATIONSHIPS AND OUR WORLD. IN THE COMPANY OF THOSE THAT LOVE AND CARE FOR US. MY SON READ A NOVEL THAT DEALT WITH CHILD ABUSE. I LISTENED TO HIM AS THE TEARS ROLLED DOWN HIS CHEEKS. I SUFFERED WITH HIM AS HE INTEGRATED THIS REALITY INTO THE UNDERSTANDING OF THE WORLD HE LOVED. IT HURT TO SEE
003HIM SUFFER. IT TURNED HIM INTO A MAN OF PROTECTING ALL CHILDREN FROM SUFFERING IS PART OF OUR GROWTH TO FULL HUMANITY. THIS IS WHY I'M SADDENED AND FRUSTRATED WHEN I SEE BOOK BANNING IS UP 40 PERCENT NATIONWIDE AND SOME STATES ARE LEGISLATING THAT NO CHILD SHOULD EVER FEEL UNCOMFORTABLE. AN INDIVIDUAL PARENT CAN ALWAYS DECIDE A PARTICULAR BOOK IS NOT APPROPRIATE FOR THEIR CHILD, THAT IT IS NOT RIGHT, SOME WANT TO DICTATE THEIR OWN STANDARDS FOR ALL CHILDREN. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. >> SYIYLVIA AND ERYN. REVEREND MITCHELL. MITCHELL FOLLOWED BY ANTHONY TAYLOR. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH OAKLEY, HAYES, BOARD MEMBERS AND STAFF AND MEMBERS OF THE GUILFORD CO COUNTY. MEMBER OF THE FAITH COMMUNITY. A ZEALOUS ADVOCATE FOR PEACE, LOVE, AND JUSTICE AND ALL MEMBERS OF THE HUMAN FAMILY. I BEG LEAVE TO MAKE
004THE FOLLOWING REMARKS. I COME THIS EVENING TO REGISTER MY CONCERN OVER THE DISMAL DIRECTION THAT THE TRAGIC TRAJECTORY OF PARTISAN POLITICS THAT IS NOT GOOD FOR OUR CHILDREN. THIS PLAYED OUT IN REALTIME. IT IS BOTH DISAPPOINTING AND DISHEARTENING. ENERGY WASTED ON MATTERS HAVING NOTHING TO DO WITH WHAT IS IMPORTANT AND THE PROGRESS AND THE CHILDREN AND THE SCHOOL SYSTEM AND IS POLARIZING TO SAY THE VERY LEAST. THERE'S PROGRESS AND I COMMEND THE STEPS MADE TOWARD THAT END. IT IS NOT LOST ON ME AND MANY THAT THE GAP BETWEEN WHITE CHILDREN AND CHILDREN OF COLOR IS WIDENING AND SPEND TIME UNSEATING MEMBERS OF THE BOARD BECAUSE PRINCIPALS AND PROGRESS IS CHOSEN OVER PERSONALITY. POLARIZING IS UNACCEPTABLE. THERE'S A SPLIT BETWEEN REPUBLICANS AND DEMOCRATS EVEN IN THIS DISTRICT. THERE'S A SMALL MARGIN IN THREE. WE REFUSE TO
005BE SILENT. RACIAL SCARE TACTICS SHOULD NOT WORK. THEY SHOULD BE WHAT THEY ARE, A TOOL TO DIVIDE US AND KEEP POWER IN THE HANDS OF THE ELITE. IT IS CLEAR THAT PARENTS CAN ASK THEIR CHILDREN NOT BE GIVEN A PARTICULAR BOOK TO READ IF THEY SO CHOOSE, IT IS THE LAW. BUT ASKING BOOKS TO BE BANNED IS UNACCEPTABLE. THIS IS BEING SPLIT BY REPUBLICANS TO PROVE THE OPEN MEETING LAW WAS VIOLATED BY MR. GOEBEL. THEIR VENGEFUL INVESTIGATION WON'T CHANGE THINGS. THIS NEEDS TO COME TO AN END. THIS MUST BE THE EMERGENCY OF THE DAY AND ALL OF US. I ASK US TO SUMMON OUR BETTER ANGELS AND PURSUE THE GREATER GOOD FOR ALL RESIDENTS AND CITIZENS OF THIS COUNTY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> ARE YOU STILL TAYLOR? I'M -- APRIL PARKER? >> I LIKE
006TO YIELD MY TIME TO EVA GOLDING. >> WE HAVE TO. >> SURE. >> SHE'S ON HERE? >> NO. SHE'LL HAVE TO BE ADDED TOT THE ALTERNATIVE LIST. JENNIFER SHAWL FOLLOWED BY ISABELL MOORE. >> GOOD EVENING. I'M ISABELL MOORE. I'M THE MOTHER OF A FOURTH GRADER. AS A MEMBER OF PUBLIC SCHOOL STRONG, HUNDREDS OF PARENTS, GRANDPARENTS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS ALL OVER NORTH CAROLINA THAT THAT ADVOCATE FOR HONEST ACCURATE, SAFE, EQUITABLE AND FULLY FUNDED EDUCATION FOR ALL OF NORTH CAROLINA THAT'S CHILDREN. WE'RE PROUD TO BE HERE ALONGSIDE THE RACISM ALLIANCE AND GUILFORD FOR ALL. A SMALL GROUP OF EXTREMEISTS HAVE STIRRED UP MANUFACTURED CONTROVERSIES AND CRUEL ATTACKS. I WANT TO THANK THE MAJORITY OF THE SCHOOL BOARD BY TAKING ANOTHER PAST BY NOT SEATING A BIG BIGOT. I'M CONCERNED FOR MY SON'S FUTURE AND FOR HIS FOURTH
007LEG CLASSMATES. EXTREMIST LEGISLATURES PASSED A AWAY TO GIVE OUR FUNDS. THE SCHOOL IS LIKELY TO LOSE 281 MILLION 821,000 DOLLARS. WHAT IS ON THE CHOCKING BLOCK. SCHOOL NURSES, TEACHER POSITIONS. SPORTS, ART. WILL WEALTHIER PARTS OF TOWNS DO WELL AND WE CAN'T MAKE UP THE FUNDING GAP. AT THAT POINT EVEN IN THE WEALTHIEST PARTS OF TOWN NO LONGER BE ABLE TO MAKE UP FOR THE STATE'S SHRINKING BUDGET. WE'RE FACING A DOWNWARD SPIRAL. THIS IS A REAL CRISIS. THIS IS THE REAL THREAT TO ALL OF OUR CHILDREN. PUBLIC SCHOOL PARENTS ARE CONCERNED. WE KNOW IT IS NOT TOO LATE. WE'RE ROLLING UP OUR SLEEVES AND GETTING INVOLVED AND WE'RE COMING TOGETHER ACROSS CODES AND COUNTIES. WE KNOW IT WILL TAKE ALL OF US TO PROTECT AND IMPROVE SCHOOLS FOR ALL KIDS. THIS MONTH HUNDREDS OF US ACROSS
008NORTH CAROLINA THAT ARE SURGING TO THE SCHOOL BOARD MEETINGS AND HALF OF THE COUNTIES WEARING PUBLIC SCHOOL STRONG SHIRT AND MANY WEARING TONIGHT. SURVEY AFTER SURVEY SCHOOL SHOWS THAT THEY WANT BUS DRIVER POSITIONS FILLED. WE'RE THE MAJORITY. WE'RE PUBLIC SCHOOL STRONG. WE'RE ORGANIZED. WE'RE GROWING. AND WE HAVE THE BACKS OF SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS LIKE MOST OF YOU WHO WILL DO ALL YOU CAN TO MAKE SURE ALL CHILDREN CAN THRIVE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE TO OUR CHILDREN. >> THE SPEAKER? >> I'M PRESIDENT OF THE NCAAP. I LIVE IN NORTH CAROLINA THAT. I COME NOT JUST AS THE PRESIDENT BUT ALSO AS A PARENT OF SCHOOL AGED CHILDREN, AS AN OLDER CHILDREN TO A TRANSYOUTH THAT IS IN SCHOOL RIGHT NOW. I HAVE SERIOUS CONCERNS OVER WHAT THE STATE LEGISLATURE HAS DONE WITH THE PARENTS' BILL
009OF RIGHTS. AS A PARENT, BLACK PARENT, SOMEBODY THAT GRADUATED FROM GCS, WE WILL FIGHT ON THAT. WE WILL ADVOCATE FOR THE RIGHTS OF ALL PARENTS, NOT JUST PARENT THAT IS ARE GOING THROUGH FRAGILITY WHERE THEY DON'T WANT THEIR STUDENTS OR CHILDREN TO LEARN ABOUT THE TRUE DIVERSITY HAPPENING WITHIN THE COMMUNITY. TO HAVE A STATE LEGISLATURE SAY IN 2023 THAT WE CAN'T EVEN DISCUSS THE FACT THAT PEOPLE WERE ENSLAVED IN THIS COUNTRY. WE CAN'T DISCUSS THE FACT THAT TRANSPEOPLE EXIST IN THIS COUNTRY IS ABSOLUTELY RACIST, IT IS HOMOPHOBIC. IF YOU SUPPORT IT YOU'RE SUPPORTING HOMOPHOBIC TO THE COMMUNITY. YOU'RE NOT THE TRUE COMMUNITY. NOT THE EDUCATORS THAT GO IN UNDERPAID THAT GO IN YEAR AFTER YEAR AND TALK ABOUT INDIVIDUAL SEATS THAN PASSING THE FULL BUDGET. ENOUGH IS ENOUGH. MY SIBLING AS A BLACK TRANSYOUTH DESERVES
010TO BE SEEN BY ALL EDUCATORS, BY EVERY SINGLE ONE OF YOU THAT ARE UP HERE. IF YOU TELL ME ANYTHING OTHERWISE, I'LL SAY AS A PARENT, NOT JUST AS SIBLING BUT NCAA PRESIDENT WE TAKE THIS SERIOUSLY. RACISM CONTINUES TO BE THE MANY, THAT WILL NOT BE THE CASE. >> CLINTMARTIN AND THEN HARPER. >> AYI'M MARTIN. MOST OF US WANT STRONG SCHOOLS. MEETING THE UNIQUE NEEDS OF EVERY STUDENT IS POSSIBLE WITH OUR ATTENTION AND OUR SUPPORT. THE N.E.A.'S POLL CAN HE FINDINGS CITES A LACK OF PAY AND SCHOOL SHOOTINGS. THEY SAY MOST OF US ARE ABOUT PANDEMIC LEARNING LAWS AND FEES AND FUNDING AND ESSENTIAL MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT. THESE ARE THINGS WORTHY OF OUR SUPPORT AS OUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS WORK TO ACHIEVE THEM. ACROSS PARTY LINES 70 PERCENT OF PEOPLE RESPONDING TO A POLL. WE'RE FAVORABLE
011ABOUT PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHERS AND 14 PERCENT UNFAVORABLE. THEY HAVE POLITICIANS RUNNING ON ALL TACTICS. MOST OF US WANT TO DO WHAT MATTERS TO STUDENTS AND TEACHERS. PUBLIC EDUCATION HAS BEEN A ROCK OF OUR DEMOCRACY. DO WE HAVE TO READ THE POST CAPTURED BEFORE HE TOOK THEM DOWN. THEY MAKE THE POINT HE'S OUT OF TOUCH IN GUILFORD COUNTY. PEOPLE HAVE WRITTEN AND SPOKEN ABOUT THEIR LACK OF SUPPORT FOR HIM. POLLS SHOW 70 PERCENT OF THE VOTERS THAT HE AND HIS SUPPORTERS HAVE FOUND. NO ONE WORRIED ABOUT GUN VIOLENCE IN OUR SCHOOLS COULD HOLD A POSITION. THEY HAVE EXPRESSED THEIR FEELINGS ABOUT THE CHILDREN AND ABOUT THE LGBTQ. MADE DECISION NOT TO SEE HIM. THE MAJORITY OF THE PEOPLE IN OUR COUNTRY ARE SUPPORTING YOU, THE BOARD OF EDUCATION. THE TIME HAS COME TO MOVE ON TO
012WORK AND STRESS ON PUBLIC EDUCATION. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. MARTIN HARPER, FOLLOWED BY NICOLL QUICK. >> ADMINISTRATORS. I GREW UP IN HIGH POINT. MY ROAD WAS IN HIGH POINT. I HAVE PLENTY OF PEOPLE IN GUILFORD COUNTY SCHOOLS. I'M LATE IN THE STORY OF THE CONTROVERSY THAT HAPPENED THIS SUMMER. I THINK THE SOLUTION IS SIMPLE. AS A CHRISTIAN MINISTER, TIME AND PLACE FOR EVERYTHING UNDER THE SUN. THERE WAS A TIME FOR CONTROVERSY AND CONFLICT. THERE'S A TIME FOR -- THERE'S A TIME TO BE CORDIAL. WHAT BOTHERS ME IS WHEN THE DEFAULT IS CONSTANTLY, WE NEVER SEEM TO FIND A TIME TO BE CORDIAL. WHEN COMPROMISE IS AT TE BAD WORD, AND WHAT I WANTED IN THIS COUNTRY, WHAT MY FATHER WAS IN THE AIR FORCE. MY UNCLES RETIRED IN THREE WARS. YOU COMPROMISE WHICH IS
013THE BEDROCK OF DEMOCRACY IS A BAD WORD, WE'RE ALL IN TROUBLE. I CHALLENGE YOU MR. LOGAN. I CHALLENGE YOU TO TELL AND PROVE THESE EXCUSIZATIONS ARE WRONG. LUNCH IS ON ME. DINNER IS ON ME. LET'S FIND A WAY TO HELP THE CHILDREN. HERE WE ARE. MARTIN LUTHER KING SPOKE ABOUT. WE JUST WANT WHAT THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE AND WHAT WAS PROMISED TO US. LIFE, LIBERTY AND THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS. IT IS A SHAME THAT THEY RUN OUT OF RETAIL ESTABLISHMENTS THAT THEY DON'T PA FOR THE GOODS THEY DON'T PAY FOR. AT THE SAME TIME, WE WON'T WALK OUT WITH THE GOODS ALREADY BEEN PAID FOR. >> OUR SPEAKER IS NICHOL QUICK. WELCOME. >> GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS NICOLL QUICK. I LIVE IN DISTRICT SEVEN. I'M HERE AS A MOTHER OF A RECENT GRADUATE OF
014GUILFORD COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND A MEMBER OF COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT ADVOCATE FOR GOOD SAFE PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOR ALL OF OUR STATE'S CHILDREN. I LIKE TO BEGIN BY SINCERELY THANKING THE MAJORITY ON THE SCHOOL BOARD TO WORK ON THE NEEDS OF STUDENTS, EDUCATORS AND STAFF AND WORKING HARD EVERY DAY TOO MAKE SURE THOSE NEEDS ARE MET EVERY DAY. THEY ARE MET EVERY DAY DESPITE LACK OF FUNDING TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERY CHILD HAS THE BEST OPPORTUNITY FOR SUCCESS. BECAUSE OF OUR DEDICATED SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS, EDUCATORS AND STAFF'S AND STUDENTS WITH SPECIAL NEEDS, LIKE MY SON HAVE THE SUPPORT AND ENCOURAGEMENT THEY NEED TO SUCCEED. AS I STAND HERE, I'M WORRIED FOR CURRENT AND FUTURE STUDENTS. INSTEAD OF FUNDING THE SCHOOLS, THE MAJORITY IN THE STATE LEGISLATURE HAVE BEEN INTERFERING WITH THE SCHOOL BOARD FOR AN EXTREMIST
015SCHOOL MEMBER THAT IS FOCUSED ON CULTURE WORDS RTHER THAN THE STUDENTS. THEY PASSED A BUDGET FOR CASINOS AND STUDENTS ACROSS THE STATE RETURN TO WORK. THEY SIPHON MONEY FROM OUR UNDERFUNDED SCHOOLS TO A BOUNCER PROGRAM FOR PRIVATE SCHOOLS. STUDENTS FROM LOW INCOME FAMILIES BEHIND. A VOUCHER PROGRAM THAT DOESN'T SERVE CHILDREN LIKE MY SON WITH SPECIAL NEEDS. A BOUNCER PROGRAM THAT OPENLY DISCRIMINALINATES AGAINST LGBTQ STUDENTS. MANY PRIVATE STUDENTS CONSIDER THESE CHILDREN PERVERSIONS. I CALL FOR YOU TO CONTINUE TO FIGHT FOR THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND THE BEST EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR ALL CHILDREN. I KNOW IN THE CURRENT POLITICAL ENVIRONMENT, YOU FIND YOURSELF UNDER ATTACK BY EXTREMEIST LOOKING TO DISTRACT FROM THE REAL ISSUES. MOST PARENTS ARE ON YOUR SIDE. WE WANT WELL FUNDED, SAFE INCLUSIVE SCHOOLS WHERE CHILDREN ARE ENCOURAGED TO THINK AND GLOW AND WE'LL SUPPORT
016YOUR EFFORTS. OUR CHILDREN ARE WORTH THE FIGHT. >> THANK YOU. >> IF CHILDREN ARE REALLY OUR FUTURE. THANK YOU. >> THEY WAS ON THE ALTERNATE LIST. >> WE CAN WAIT UNTIL THE END OF THE MEETING. I'M SORRY. I DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED WITH THE LIST. THANK YOU. I KNOW. THANK YOU. WE'RE NOW AT NOMINATION TO NAME THE SOUTHEAST HIGH SCHOOL GYM. TO NAME THE GYM. >> THERE HAVE BEEN NO PUBLIC COMMENTS SINCE WE PUT THE NOMINATION FOR THE NAMING OUT FOR THE FIRST TIME. ALL PRIOR COMMENTS MADE HAVE BEEN OVERWHELMINGLY POSITIVE AND SUPPORTIVE. NO NEGATIVE COMMENTARY AT ALL. PUBLIC COMMENTS TO THAT END. >> ANYONE HERE THAT WANTS TO SPEAK TO THAT? >> PRINCIPAL OF SOUTHEAST HIGH SCHOOL. I BROUGHT FRIENDS WITH ME THIS EVENING TO TALK WITH MR. WHITTFIELD AND WHY HE'S DESERVING OF
017THE COURT BEING NAMED AFTER HIM. >> THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU FOR LETTING US BRING THIS PHENOMENAL MAN. HE'S A FRIEND TO EVERYONE AND ALWAYS HAS BEEN. HE HAS A LOT OF ACCOLADES TO THE TITLE. WE WOULD BE HERE ALL NIGHT IF I MENTIONED ALL OF THEM. I'LL MENTION A COUPLE. SPORTS HALL OF FAME AND NORTH CAROLINA THAT HALL OF FAME. HE WAS NAMED BEST CEO IN THE STATE. MOST PEOPLE KNOW HE'S PART OF THE HORNETS BASKETBALL ORGANIZATION AND HIS BEST FRIEND IS MICHAEL JORDAN. HE HELPED TO DEVELOP THE JORDAN BRAND, HE'S PROBABLY THE MOST HUMBLE PERSON I'VE EVER MET IN MY ENTIRE LIFE. HE TOLD ME THESE AWARDS ARE FOR OTHER PEOPLE THAT MADE ME WHAT I AM TODAY. HE DIRECTLY LINKS THAT TO SOUTHEAST HIGH SCHOOL GAVE HIM THE FOUNDATION
018TO BE THE MAN HE WAS. HE WANTS TO PROVIDE THE SAME OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE NEXT GENERATIONS TO COME. YOU'LL HEAR MORE ABOUT THAT FROM ANOTHER SPEAKER. WORKS FOR THE GREATER GOOD FOR EVERYONE. I MEAN EVERYONE. ESPECIALLY IN HIS STATE. HE IS NOT A POLITICIAN. BUT HE BROUGHT PEOPLE TO THE TABLE TO WORK TOGETHER TO FIND A COMPROMISE THAT WORKED FOR EVERYONE. HE SAYS HE IS A PERSON OF PEOPLE. HE WANTS TO WORK FOR KIDS AND FOR EVERYONE. HIS REACH IS FAR AND WIDE. HE NEVER FORGOT HIS ROOTS. THE PLACE THAT HE SAID THAT MADE HIM THE MAN HE IS. SOUTHEAST GUILFORD HIGH SCHOOL. IT IS SO GREAT TO NAME THE GYM AFTER FRED. HE'S A GREAT ROLE MODEL. >> I LIVE AT 1011 WEST NORTHWOOD STREET HERE IN GREENSBORO. WHAT I WAS ASKED TO TALK
019ABOUT WITH FRED IS HIS IMPACT AND THE CITY AND THE IMPACT ON THE KIDS. HE STARTED ACHIEVEMENT UNLIMITED. HE STARTED IT WITH ONE COURT AT A.M.T. AND THERE FOR A YEAR. THEN HE WENT TO WESTERN GUILFORD AND GUILFORD MIDDLE SCHOOL AND THEN HE ENDED UP AT THE SPORT PLEX. HE MANAGED, IN THE 25 YEARS, HE HELPED 25 UNDERSERVED CHILDREN IN GUILFORD COUNTY. HE FOCUSED ON THE FUNDAMENTALS OF BASKETBALL AND THE ANTI-DRUG MESSAGES, WHAT HE DID WAS THE IMPORTANCE OF EDUCATION. HE ALWAYS SAID YOU CAN TEAR UP A KNEE BUT YOU ALWAYS GOT YOUR BRAIN. YOU CAN'T HAVE BASKETBALL TO PAY THE BILLS. YOU GOT TO HAVE AN EDUCATION. HE HAD COLLEGE PLAYERS, PEOPLE FROM ESPN COME IN, THEY AWARDED ALL OF THEIR CAMPERS WITH AUTOGRAPHED DICTIONARIES. IT HAD EVERYBODY FROM MICHAEL JORDAN TO CHRIS PAUL
020TO ANYONE IN BETWEEN, THAT WAS A DICTIONARY, THAT'S WHAT ALL OF THE KIDS WERE AWARDED. PRETTY EARLY INTO HIS PROGRAM WITH THE ACHIEVEMENTS HE DEVELOPED A CHARITY. HE STARTED WITH DINNER AND A -- AND A -- AND A GOLF TOURNAMENT AT GRANDOVER. HE WAS THERE FOR 18 YEARS. THAT BROUGHT IN THE MONEY THAT HE NOT ONLY COULD BRING THESE KIDS AND TEACH THEM LIFE SKILLS BUT HE DID THINGS LIKE CONTRIBUTE TO THE YMCA AND TUTORING IN GUILFORD COUNTY SCHOOLS. HE HAS FOUND MONEY TO GO TO COLLEGE. >> ANYONE ELSE HERE TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF THE NOMINATION. WELCOME. >> I'M MIKE. I LIVE IN CARRIAGE. I THINK I HAVE THE UNIQUE DISTINCTION OF KNOWING FRED ALMOST 50 YEARS. WE GO SO FAR BACK, WHEN I FIRST MET HIM I MET HIM AT A BASKETBALL CAMP.
021I DIDN'T KNOW WE WOULD BE ON THE SAME TEAM. EVERYTHING THEY SAID SO FAR IS TRUE. FED IS ONE OF THE FINEST HUMAN BEINGS THAT EVER CAME THROUGH THIS COUNTY OR THIS STATE. HE CARES ABOUT KIDS, EDUCATION, DOING THE RIGHT THING. HIS PARENTS WERE TREMENDOUS ROLE MODELS. I BELIEVE THEY WERE EDUCATORS. IF NOT IN HEART IN SCIENCE. FRED REPRESENTS EVERYTHING YOU WOULD WANT TO HAVE IN A SON, A TEAMMATE, A FRIEND, JUST ANYTHING. WHEN I'M SAYING I'VE KNOWN HIM A LONG TIME, I THINK THERE'S A LONG TIME WHEN FOUND OUT FRED WAS BURGER GUY AT HARDYS UP THE STREET. I'M ALWAYS LEARNING NEW THINGS. THE ONE THING THAT STICKS WITH ME IS HIS HEART IS JUST IN THE RIGHT PLACE AND THERE'S SO MANY PEOPLE THAT SAY WELL IF I REACH THIS NOTORIETY OR IF
022I HAD THIS OR WON THE LOTTERY OR I WOULD DO THIS OR THAT. I DON'T KNOW IT ALWAYS HAPPENS. WITH FRED HE DOES EVERYTHING RIGHT AND EVERYONE THAT KNOWS HIM RESPECTS HIM. I'M PROUD TO CALL HI A FRIEND. I THINK THIS IS A GREAT THING. I HOPE IT PASSES. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> THANK YOU. >> ANYONE ELSE IN SUPPORT OF THE NOMINATION? ANYONE HERE IN OPPOSITION OF THE NOMINATION? ALL RIGHT. THEN WE CLOSE THE HEARING. JUST COME UP FOR A VOTE. THE >> I WILL [INDISCERNIBLE]. >> A MOTION FOR THE -- FOR THE SOUTHEAST GYMNASIUM TO BE NAMED WITH FRED. >> SECOND. >> ALREADY. >> OKAY. >> GO AHEAD. >> I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT I KNOW FRED. I KNOW FRED'S PARENTS. FRED SR. WAS SAME CALIBER OF MAN THAT FRED JUNIOR IS.
023YOU NEVER SAW ANYONE MORE CARING AND GENTLE AND WISE THAN HIS DAD AND NOW -- AND HE. FRED JR. WILL SAY THAT'S MY COUSIN. EVERY TIME I SEE FRED. HE'S VERY TALL MAN. HE WOULD LEAN OVER AND LISTEN TO YOU. HE NEVER LET HIS HEADS GET IN THE CLOTHES. HE LISTENED, CARED. WHEN WE HAD THE TORNADO HERE, I WAS AT PHIL AND I WENT UP TO PHIL, I SAID CAN YOU HELP US? HE GAVE US THE CARD. AND EVEN THOUGH HE WAS THERE FOR HIS OWN HE STILL REACHED OUT AND CARED ABOUT GUILFORD COUNTY AND GUILFORD COUNTY SCHOOLS. >> DO YOU HAVE A COM MMENT. >> THAT COMPLETES THE AGENDA FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION. >> MICHAEL. >> EVERYTHING BUT THE -- BUT THE TOUCHLESS SCANNERS. >> YOU'RE VOTING ON YES ON AND A AND D AND
024NO ON C. >> YES. >> ROLL TAKEN. C PASSES BY 8-1. WE'RE AT REPORTS FROM THE CHAIR. VERIFY THE REPORTS. GOOD EVENING, THE 2024 GRAD SITUATION SCHEDULE IS NOW AVAILABLE ON THE CALENDAR PAGE OF THE WEBSITE. THE CLASS OF 2024 WILL GRADUATE IN 30 CEREMONIES BETWEEN MAY 22nd AND JUNE 9TH, PRIMARILY AT THE COMPLEX. HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS ARE THINKING ABOUT COLLEGE AND PLAN TO ATTEND THIS YEAR'S FEAR THAT TAKES PLACE FROM 8 A.M. TO 8 P.M. AT THE EVENT CENTER. THIS IS SPONSORED BY SCHOOLS AND NORTH CAROLINA THAT AND SHIPPED ED. MANY SAY COLLEGES WILL WAIVE THEIR FEES OCTOBER 6 THROUGH 20th. MANY COLLEGES WILL WAIVE THEIR FEES FROM OCTOBER 6th TO 20th. SENIORS AND SEVENTH GRADERS, DON'T FORGET TO TURN IN YOUR APPLICATIONS. GUILFORD COUNTY HAD THE ONLY TWO NORTH CAROLINA THAT SCHOOLS IN
025THE TOP 50 IN THE COUNTRY. CONGRATULATIONS TO THE EARLY COLLEGE IN GUILFORD WHICH WAS RANKED THE NUMBER ONE HIGH SCHOOL IN THE NATION BY UNITED STATES NEWS AND COLLEGE REPORT. CONGRATULATIONS. THE STEM EARLY COLLEGE AT NORTH CAROLINA THAT IS RANKED SECOND IN THE STATE AND 40th IN THE NATION. WEAVER ACADEMY IS RANKED SIXth IN THE STATE GIVING US THREE SCHOOLS IN THE TOP TEN IN NORTH CAROLINA THAT. TO CONCLUDE MY REMARKS I LIKE TO REMIND US ABOUT HERITAGE MONTH. WE'LL OPEN THE FIRST SCHOOL THAT IS NAMED AFTER A LATIN X PER >> WE'RE HAPPY TO HAVE THESE PEOPLE. THANK YOU TO THE DONORS FOR SPONSORING THE EVENT. ON SEPTEMBER 1st, I CELEBRATED MY ONE-YEAR ANNIVERSARY AS THE SUPERINTENDENT. I WANT TO THANK THE BOARD OF EDUCATION TO ALLOW ME TO CONTINUE THE GREAT WORK THAT
026HAS TAKEN PLACE AT THE SCHOOLS. AT ANNIVERSARY EVENT, WE ANNOUNCED 7 MILLION DOLLARS TO FUND ADDITIONAL MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES IN THE SCHOOLS AND TO PARTNER WITH CONE HEALTH. JOOL GRANTS FROM EARLIER IN THE YEAR, OUR TOTAL INVESTMENT IN THIS AREA IS NEARLY $23 MILLION. THE HIGH POINT COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ALSO PRESENTED US WITH A $100,000 DONATION TO CONTINUE OUR HIGH-DOSAGE TUTORING EFFORTS IN HIGH POINT. OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS ARE A KEY REASON WHY WE ARE BETTER TOGETHER, AND I AM GRATEFUL FOR THEIR INVESTMENT IN OUR STUDENTS. SCHOOL IS NOW IN SESSION AT ALL OF OUR CAMPUSES. I'VE HAD A GREAT TIME VISITING 20 SCHOOLS SINCE AUGUST. I WANT TO REMIND PARENTS THAT GOOD ATTENDANCE IS ESSENTIAL FOR GOOD ACADEMIC PROGRESS. PLEASE MAKE SURE YOUR CHILD IS IN SCHOOL AND ON TIME EVERY DAY. [OJ2] >> THANK YOU.
027WE TURN THIS OVER FOR OUR ACCOUNTABILITY REPORT. >> WE'RE HERE TO DISCUSS OUR 2022 AND 2023 ACCOUNTABILITY RESULTS. OUR PURPOSE IS TO PROVIDE A REVIEW OF DIFFERENT SCHOOLS RESULTS. THE PANDEMIC IS NOT OVER. THE STUDENTS FEEL THE IMPACT. THEY CONTINUE TO MAKE PROGRESS AT A STATE RATE. WE'LL SHARE THE IMPACT OF THE COVID19. WE'RE PROUD OF THE HARD WORK OF THE PRINCIPALS AND TEACHERS AND STAFF AND ARE EXCITED TO HEAR THE RESULTS. THE PANDEMIC REDEFINED ALL SCHOOLS. IT MADE US REIMAGINE PUBLIC EDUCATION OR CHALLENGED US TO REIMAGINE PUBLIC EDUCATION. IT IS IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER THAT STUDENTS THAT WERE FACING INEQUITIES PRIOR TO THE PANDEMIC ARE STILL FACING THOSE INEQUITIES. CATCHING UP RESEARCHERS DESCRIBE HOW TO CATCH UP WHAT THEY LOST DUE TO THE PANDEMIC. INTENSIVE EDUCATION NEEDED.THE - BEFORE THE PANDEMIC PUBLIC EDUCATION WASN'T WORKING
028FOR ALL STUDENTS. RESULTS SHOW RECOVERY HAS STALLED FOR MOST STUDENTS ACROSS THE NATION. IN FACT N.W.E.A. RESEARCHERS CALLED IT SHOCKING THAT UPPER ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS LOST GROUND IN READING AND MATH AND THEY FOUND ACHIEVEMENT GAINS IN 2022-2023 FOR ALL STUDENTS LAGGED PREPANDEMIC. AND STUDENTS REMAINED THE FURTHER FROM RECOVERY. RECENTLY THERE HAVE BEEN SEVERAL ARTICLES DISCUSSING THE INCREASE IN CHRONIC ABSENTEEISM AC. STANFORD UNIVERSITY'S RESEARCHERS PROVIDED A COMPREHENSIVE REPORT DESCRIBING WHERE STUDENTS ARE WHILE NOT ATTENDING SCHOOL. IT WAS ATTEMPTED 6.5 MILLION STUDENTS NATIONALLY BECAME CHRONICALLY ABSENT DURING THE PANDEMIC AND HAVE NOT RETURNED TO SCHOOL. THE NATIONAL AVERAGE WENT FROM 14.8 PERCENT IN 2018-19 TO 28.3 PERCENT IN 2021-22. THEY FOUND SOME STUDENTS ENROLLED IN PRIVATE SCHOOLS OR REGISTERED AS HOME SCHOOLERS AND OTHERS WERE TRUANT AND UNREGISTERED HOME SCHOOLERS AND INCREASE IN THE NUMBER
029THAT CHOSE TO SKIP KINDER GARDEN. IT WAS REPORTED THAT MORE THAN 30 PERCENT OF NORTH CAROLINA THAT STUDENTS ARE CHRONICALLY ABSENT FROM SCHOOL. MORE THAN DOUBLE BEFORE THE PANDEMIC. THIS REMAINS A CONCERN FOR OUR STUDENTS AS WELL. JUST LAST WEEK THE WHITE HOUSE PUBLISHED THIS RESEARCH SHOWING THE MAGNITUDE OF TEST SCORE DECLINE AND THE EXTENT OF CHRONIC ABSENTEEISM REQUIRING A SPOO RESPONSE. THEY HAVE TO BE PRESENT IN SCHOOL. WELL BEFORE THE PANDEMIC, WE KNEW THAT IF STUDENTS DI NOT COME TO SCHOOL REGULARLY IT WAS HARD FOR THEM TO LEARN AS THE SAME RATE AS THEIR PEERS AND THEY WERE LESS LIKELY TO READ ON GRADE LEVEL. RESEARCH TELLS US THEY'RE MORE LIKELY TO DROP OUT OF SCHOOL. SINCE THE PANDEMIC THE NUMBER OF SCHOOLS MISSING SCHOOL HAVE HAD AN EFFECT ON THEIR EDUCATIONAL OUTCOME. THIS
030IS TRUE NATIONALLY AND FOR NORTH CAROLINA THAT. THIS INNATE STUDY COMPARED STUDENTS ATTENDANCE PRIOR TO THE TEST AND FOUND THAT THE MORE STUDENTS MISSED SCHOOL, THE WORSE THEY PERFORMED ON THE ASSESSMENT. THE RESULTS WERE THE SAME REGARDLESS OF WHETHER THE STUDENTS WERE ELIGIBLE FOR FREE AND REDUCED LUNCH OR IN ELEMENTARY OR MIDDLE SCHOOL. SIMILAR TO OTHER U.S. PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICTS GUILFORD SEES AN INCREASE IN THE STUDENT ARE CHRONICALLY HAPPY. THIS REMAINS ABOVE PREPANDEMIC LEVELS. IT DROPS SLIGHTLY TO 32 PERCENT FOR ALL STUDENTS COMBINED AND FOR BLACK AND HISPANIC STUDENTS WHILE THE RANGE REMAINS THE SAME FOR THE WHITE STUDENTS. THE OTHER CATEGORY WHICH INCLUDES MULTI-RACIAL, ASIAN, NATIVE-AMERICAN STUDENTS INCREASE SLIGHTLY IN 2022-23. ADDITIONALLY TEACHER ABSENCES CONTINUE TO IMPACT THE NEED FOR US TO UTILIZE SUBSTITUTES AT A MUCH HIGHER RATE THAN BEFORE THE PANDEMIC. WE
031CONTINUE TO BE FACED WITH INCREASING THE SUBSTITUTE TEACHER PAY RATES IN ORDER TO ATTRACT THE SUBSTITUTES WE NEED TO COVER CLASSES WHEN TEACHERS ARE ABSENT. WE'RE BEGINNING TO SEE POSITIVE RESULTS FROM THE RECOVERY EFFORTS WE HAVE IMPLEMENTED AND ARE COMMITTED TO CONTINUE WHAT WE KNOW IS WORKING. AS A REMINDER, RECOVERY EFFORTS ARE BASED ON THREE PRINCIPLES, EXPANDING LEARNING TIME, TIME DOSAGE TUTORING AND ACCELERATION, NOT REMEDIATION. THAT MEANS MAKING SURE STUDENTS HAVE ACCESS TO GRADE LEVEL CONTENT. THE FIFTH QUARTER WE IMPLEMENTED HAS PROVIDED ACCESS TO DISTRICT WIDE SUMMER PROGRAMS SO OVER 29,000 STUDENTS DURING THE PAST THREE YEARS. THE PROGRAM IS SET UP TO ADDRESS LEARNING LAWS AND TO RECOVER CREDIT. OUR SUMMER ENRICHMENT PROGRAM ENCOURAGES STUDENTS TO EXPLORE NEW TOPICS AT THE SAME TIME PREPARING THEM TO TAKE ADVANCED COURSES TO BE READY FOR OUR
032REGULAR EDUCATION PROGRAMS. KEEP IN MIND THAT WE'RE USING EXTRA FUNDING TO PAY FOR THE FIFTH QUARTER AND GENERATE FUNDING TO COVER THIS COST IF WE WANT TO CONTINUE OUR SUMMER ACADEMIC AND ENRICHMENT PROGRAM. THE COST TO OPERATE SUCH AN EXPENSIVE PROGRAM IS WHEN 5.5 MILLION DOLLARS. PLUS AN ADDITIONAL 700,000 DOLLARS FOR SUMMER TUTORING. AS WE MENTIONED BEFORE, HIGH DOSAGE TUTORING IS AN AREA WE PRIORITIZED IN OUR SCHOOLS BECAUSE WE KNOW IT WORKS. 33 PERCENT INCREASE IN ATTENDANCE. EARLY RESULTS SHOW OUR HUBS ARE PAYING DIVIDENDS. YOU SEE THAT DATA CLEARLY HERE. ALL OF US IN EDUCATION KNOW HOW CLOSELY LINKED ATTENDANCE AND ACHIEVEMENT ARE. THANKS TO REPRESENTATIVE MANNING AND HER LEADERSHIP AND SECURING A 2.2 MILLION GRANT WE'LL EXPAND THE HUB OF LEARNING THIS SCHOOL YEAR. WE BELIEVE IT WILL PROVIDE YOUNGER STUDENTS WITH MORE OPPORTUNITIES
033TO ACCELERATE LEARNING AND PRIORITIZE ACADEMIC RECOVERY. THESE STRATEGIES ARE MAKING A DIFFERENCE FOR OUR STUDENTS. I'LL TURN IT OVER TO DR. STEVENS TO WILL SHARE OUR ACCOUNTABILITY REPORT. >> ALL GRADES WERE APPLICABLE FOR THE 2022-23 SCHOOL YEAR. THEY WERE RATED AT ACHIEVEMENT. KEEP IN MIND IT IS UNBALANCED AND THE SCHOOLS AFFECTED MORE BECAUSE OF THE CONCENTRATED POVERTY THAT EXIST IN GUILFORD COUNTY WHEN WE COMPARE OURSELVES TO OTHER LARGE DISTRICTS. THIS IS EVIDENT WHEN WE CONSIDER THE NUMBER AND PER OF THE SCHOOLS IN THE LARGEST NORTH CAROLINA THAT DISTRICTS THAT WERE APPROVED TO BE A PART OF THE COMMUNITY ELIGIBLE PROVISION OR C.E.P. PROGRAM. AS POINT OF COMPARISONS THEY HAVE THEM DESIGNATED AS CCP SCHOOLS. THE NUMBER OF SCHOOLS GCS HAS IN PARTICIPATING A CSP IS HIGHER THAN OTHER LARGE DISTRICTS. THIS PROVIDES FREE RENT AND
034LEVERAGE FOR ALL STUDENTS ON THE SCHOOL. AS YOU SEE ON THE MAP, STUDENTS WITH C.E.P. STATUS ARE LOCATED IN EVERY AREA OF THE DISTRICT. WE KNOW THE IMPACT OF POVERTY ON ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT. I'LL SHARE THE COHORT GRADUATION LINK. GCS HAS HAD A HIGHER GRADUATION RATE. THEY HAD A SLIGHT DECLINE TO 90.9. IT IS STILL ABOVE OTHER LARGE DISTRICTS. IN ADDITION TO THE OVERALL DECLINE IN GRADUATION RATES, WE SPENT A SLIGHT DECLINE WITH STUDENTS OF COLOR. EACH GROUP REMAINS HIGH BEFORE THE PANDEMIC. WE'RE HAPPY TO REPORT TEN SCHOOLS WITH GRADUATION RATE OF 11 PERCENT AND SHOOLS WITH GRADUATION RATE OF 90 PERCENT OR HIGHER. WE'RE INCREASING GRADUATION RATES WHICH INCLUDE LEARNING HUBS. OUR STUDENT RECOVERY EFFORTS INCLUDE PRINCIPALS SCHOOL COUNSELORS SOCIAL WORKERS AND CASE WORKERS AND CANVASSING NEIGHBORHOODS THAT ARE NOT ATTENDING SCHOOLS. AS MENTIONED EARLIER,
035WE NEED ALL OF OUR STUDENTS IN SCHOOL. WE WILL CONTINUE TO OFFER AT THIS QUARTER BEYOND THE TRADITIONAL SCHOOL YEAR FOR STUDENTS FAILING THE COURSE, GIVING THEM AN OPPORTUNITY TO IMPROVE TO A PASSING GRADE TO IMMEDIATE GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS. WE HAVE THE SCHOOLS WITH THE LARGEST DECLINE IN GRADUATION RATES. WHILE IT IS DIFFICULT TO MEASURE THE IMPACT OF LEARNING HUBBS THERE'S PATTERNS OF STARTING TO SEE. STUDENTS THAT ATTENDED THE LEARNING HUB HAD HIGHER RATE THAN THOSE DON'T. THEY HAVE AN INCREASED PROBABILITY OF GRADUATING. OUR LEARNING HUBS AREN'T JUST A GOOD IDEA. THEY'RE A GOOD INVESTMENT. THEY'RE A GOOD INCREASE FROM LAST YEAR. AS YOU SEE, THE STUDENTS GRADUATE FROM THE LEARNING HUB HAS A RATE HIGHER THAN THOSE THAT DID NOT. WE SEE THE SAME POSITIVE STANCE WITH STUDENT ATTENDANCE. STUDENTS INVITED TO ATTEND LEARNING HUBS
036HAVE ONE OR MORE RISK FACTORS FOR NOT MEETING GRADUATION RATES AND INCLUDING NOT DEMONSTRATING PROFICIENCY ON ONE OR MORE STATE TEST. ENGLISH LEARNING STATUS, STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES OR AMONG OTHER FACTORS. TUTORING AND LEARNING HUBS MAKE A DIFFERENCE WE MUST CONSIDER THE IMPACT OF EXTRA FUNDING. LAST YEAR, THE COST INCREASED FROM 3 MILLION TO 8 MILLION DOLLARS. WE DOUBLED THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS THAT PARTICIPATED IN TUTORING AND TRIPLED THE SESSIONS. WE WILL IDENTIFY THESE SUPPORTS THAT THE STUDENTS ARE ACCESSING TO MAKE IMPACT ON LEARNING LIFE OUTCOME. NOW IM GOING TO FOCUS TO A SHIFT ON EARLY LITERACY. IN REVIEWING GOEBELs, 50 STUDENTS IN GRADES K THROUGH THREE ARE STARTING THE YEAR BEHIND. THOSE NUMBERS WERE REVERSED. THEY TESTED AT OR ABOVE BENCHMARK AS WITH THE DARK GRAY BAR. EVERY STUDENT THAT DOUBLE DIGIT PERCENTAGE INCREASES WHEN
037COMPARED TO BEGINNING OF YEAR RESULTS WHEN COMPARING THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR TO THE END OF THE YEAR. NOW WE LOOK AT THE RESULTS FOR THE 2023 PERFORMANCE COMPOSITE. IT IS THE PERCENT PROFICIENT ON ALL GRADE LEVELS COMBINED. 86 SCHOOLS INCREASED THEIR COMPOSITES. WE INCREASED PROFICIENCY FROM EACH GRADE SPAN. AND ALL OF THE STUDENTS IN THE 20-21 SCHOOL YEAR. AND THE SCHOOLS HAD AT OR ABOVE PRECOVID LEVELS. THIS SHOWS THE PROGRESS WE HAVE EXPERIENCED SINCE THE PANDEMIC. WE HAVE A WAYS TO GO. HERE'S GCS COMPARED TO THE STATE AND OTHER LARGE DISTRICTS. WHILE OUR 20-23 ACCOUNTABILITY RESULTS ARE COMPARED WITH OTHER DISTRICTS IN NORTH CAROLINA THAT, THE PLAYING FIELD IS NOT THE SAME WHEN WE THINK ABOUT THE POVERTY OUR FAMILIES CONTINUE TO FACE. MOST HAVE HELD STEADY SINCE BEFORE THE PANDEMIC. CONCENTRATED POVERTY CONTINUES
038TO EXIST. OUR HIGHEST IS THE THIRD HIGHEST. THE DECLINES WERE BY EXPANSION OF FEDERAL TAX CREDIT AND RELIEF FUNDING. WITH THIS FUNDING ENDING, WE EXPECT CHILD POVERTY RATES WILL INCREASE. FROM 2018 TO 2023, DCS HAS SEEN ENROLLMENT CHANGES. THE PERCENTAGE OF BLACK AND HISPANIC STUDENTS HAS INCREASED. NEXT I WILL SHARE WITH YOU THE EOG RESULTS. WE'RE EXCITED TO CELEBRATE OUR EOG AND EOC MASK RESULTS BECAUSE COMPARED TO THE 20-21 SCHOOL YEAR THE MASK CHANGED FOR EVERY STUDENT GROUP AND EVERY GRADE LEVEL. 50 PERCENT OF STUDENTS MASK PROFICIENCY IMPROVED. AND WHEN COMPARED TO THE STATE WE'RE RECOVERING AT A FASTER RATE. OUR STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES ARE DOING SLIGHTLY BETTER THAN 2018-19. WHEN READING THIS THE SHORTER LINE I BETTER THAN THE LONGER LINE. THIS IS FASTER RECOVERY. THE GOAL IS TO GET TO ZERO. HERE'S A
039MASK PROFICIENCY BY GRADE LEVEL AND STUDENT GROUP WHERE YOU CAN SEE THE GAINS OF PROFICIENCY RATE FOR EVERY GRADE LEVEL. THIS SLIDE SHOWS THE STEADY INCREASES THAT WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT. WHEN EXAMINING OUR EOG READING RESULTS BY SCHOOL AND GRADE LEVEL AND STUDENT GROUPS WE ALSO HAD AREAS TO CELEBRATE. WE HAD INCREASE ACROSS GRADES FOUR THROUGH EIGHT AND EOG READING OVERALL WITH THE EXCEPTION OF GRADE THREE. 44 SCHOOLS INCREASE THEIR READING PROFICIENCY COMPARED TO 2022 SCHOOL YEAR. AND BLACK LEARNERS AND OTHERS IMPROVED COMPARED TO 2022. HERE'S THE PROFICIENCY. WE SEE THE DECLINE WITH THE GRADE THREE READING. KEEP IN MIND THESE GRADE THREE STUDENTS PART OF THE KINDERGARTEN YEAR AND FIRST YEAR LEARNING REMOTELY. GRADE EIGHT SCIENCE PROFICIENCY FAILED SLIGHTLY COMPARED TO THE SCHOOL YEAR IN ALL STUDENT GROUPS WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE ASIAN
040STUDENTS WHOSE PROFICIENCY RATES ARE PAST THE PREPANDEMIC RATES. NEXT UP IS THE EOC ASSESSMENT. WE INCREASED ACROSS ALL ASSESSMENTS. HIGH SCHOOL MATH 1, 3, BIOLOGY. ALL STUDENTS INCREASED IN MATH THREE AND BIOLOGY. MATH THREE HAS A LARGEST INCREASE IN PROFICIENCY FOR 22-23 COMPARED TO THE OHER ASSESSMENTS AND SURPASS THE PREPANDEMIC RATES. BIOLOGY SPECIFICALLY WE SAW INCREASES IN ALL STUDENT GROUPS COMPARED TO THE 21-22 SCHOOL YEAR. THE 21-22 ENGLISH 2 PROFICIENCY RESULTS WITH THE ASIAN, BLACK AND WHITE GROUPS AND THEN STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES AND ENGLISH LEARNERS. HIGH SCHOOL MATH ONE, EOC PROFICIENCIES IMPROVED FOR RACIAL AND ETHNIC GROUPS. AND RACIAL LEARNERS FOR 2022 SCHOOL YEAR. AS REMINDER MATH THREE WAS ADDED AS NEW EOC IN 2018-19. HERE YOU SEE THE STUDENT GROUPS THAT PASSED THE PROFICIENCY LEVELS. NEXT WE WILL DISCUSS OTHER PERFORMANCE INDICATORS WHICH INCLUDE
041THE ACT PROFICIENCY FOR 11TH GRADERS. AND THEN THE CONCENTRATORS AND THEN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE PROGRESS FOR ALL OF THE E.L. STUDENTS. THE OVERALL A.C.T. AVERAGE SCORE FOR G.C.S. IS 17.5, A SLIGHT DECLINE FROM THE AVERAGE SCORE OF 17.8. ONE PERCENTAGE RATE BELOW THE PREPANDEMIC SCORE OF 18.5 IN 2018-19. IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT WHILE ALL STUDENTS ARE REQUIRED TO TAKE THE ACT, THE BOARD OF GOVERNORS VOTED TO EXPAND THE WAIVER FOR PEOPLE TO APPLY THROUGH THE FALL OF 2024. THIS MEANS STUDENTS CONTINUE TO HAVE THE OPTION TO SUBMIT ON ACT OR SAT SCORE BUT TEST SCORES WON'T BE REQUIRED FOR ADMISSION DECISIONS. HOWEVER, IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE, STUDENTS THAT DON'T HAVE A TEST SCORE WILL HAVE TO HAVE A GPA2.5 TO GAIN ADMISSION. ALL CONCENTRATORS TAKE THE WORK ASSESSMENT. THIS IS ASSESSMENT ISSUED
042AT FIVE LEVELS. THIS CERTIFIES THE WORK SKILLS NEEDED FOR SUCCESS AND JOBS ACROSS INDUSTRIES AND OCCUPATIONS. ACROSS THE ASSESSMENT, 50 PERCENT OF G.C.S.12TH GRADE CONCENTRATORS SCORED AT THE CIVIL LEVEL OR HIGHER WHICH IS BASED ON THREE ASSESSMENTS. STUDENTS ARE EXCELLENT WHEN THEY REACH 4.8 ON THE ASSESSMENT. WHEN IT EXITS E.L. STATUS IT SHOULD BE ABLE TO ACCESS GRADE LEVEL CONTENT WITHOUT A LOT OF SUPPORT. 22-23, THE RATE WAS 7 PERCENT. THAT WAS A 1.7 PERCENTAGE POINT INCREASE THAN THE 21-22 SCHOOL YEAR. WITHIN ONE POINT OF THE 18-19 PREPANDEMIC EXIT RATES. NOW WE TALK ABOUT ACADEMIC GROWTH. ACADEMIC GROWTH IS AN INDICATION OF THE PROGRESS THE STUDENTS MADE OVER THE YEAR. IT IS EQUIVALENT TO A YEAR'S WORTH OF EXPECTED GROWTH FOR A YEAR OF INSTRUCTION STUDENTS EXPERIENCED DURING A TYPICAL SCHOOL YEAR. GROWTH IS REPORTED
043FOR EACH SCHOOL AS EXCEEDED, MET, OR NOT MET OR RECORDED IN EVOS. THE VALUE ADDED STOOLS THAT NORTH CAROLINA THAT ADOPTED. FOR THE 22-23 SCHOOL YEAR, 55 PERCENT OF GCS SCHOOLS MET OR EXCEEDED EXPECTED GROWTH. THAT'S AN INCREASE FROM THE YEAR BEFORE. THAT'S AN INCREASE OF 13 SCHOOLS. AS I MENTIONED EARLIER -- THE CURRENT WAITING FOR GRADES IS 80 PERCENT FOR ACHIEVEMENT AND 20 PERCENT FOR GROWTH. THIS YEAR GCS IS NOT IDENTIFIED AS A LOW PERFORMING SCHOOL DISTRICT. WE HAD EIGHT VIEWER SCHOOLS THAT ARE LISTED ON THE LOW PERFORMING LIST. DESPITE THE IMBALANCE SCHOOL GRADING MODEL WE WERE ABLE TO MAKE PROGRESS. THE NUMBER OF SCHOOLS LOW PERFORMING DECREASE FOR 54.9 PERCENT TO 44.3 PERCENT. WE ALSO KNOW THAT THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION IS STILL WORKING ON REVISIONS TO ADDRESS THIS IMBALANCED MODEL AS
044THEY ALIGN MORE AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT. WE EXPECT TO KNOW MORE ABOUT THE CHANGES OVER THE COURSE OF THE UPCOMING SCHOOL YEAR. >> THANK YOU. I KNOW THAT WAS A LOT OF INFORMATION. SO I'M GOING TO SUMMARIZE THE HIGHLIGHTS AND SOME OF OUR ONGOING CHALLENGES. HIGHLIGHTS FROM LITERACY AND OEC ASSESSMENTS. MATH PROFICIENCY HAS INCREASED FOR EVERY STUDENT GROUP AND GRADE LEVEL. WE'RE RECOVERING FASTER THAN THE STATE. READING PROFICIENCY INCREASED FOR ALL STUDENTS. ALL EOC HAD OVERALL PROFICIENCY INCREASE. WE'RE PROUD OF OUR STUDENTS, TEACHERS, SCHOOLS, AND DISTRICT LEADERS WHO WORKED EXTREMELY HARD TO HELP STUDENTS PERFORM ON GRADE LEVELS AND IMPROVE THEIR GROWTH. WE'RE EXCITED TO HAVE THE LOW PERFORMING STATUS REMOVED AND THIS YEAR OUR COMMITMENT IS TO CONTINUE TO ACCELERATE LEARNING FOR ALL STUDENTS, RECRUIT, RETAIN, AND REWARD STAFF, PARTICULARLY THOSE THAT WORK DIRECTLY WITH
045OUR STUDENTS BUT ALSO THE STAFF NEEDED TO INSURE WE CAN DO ALL OF THE THINGS NECESSARY TO RUN A DISTRICT THERE SIZE. MAINTAIN SAFE AND HEALTHY SCHOOLS AND INCLUDING MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT FOR BOTH STUDENTS AND STAFF WHICH ARE DESPERATELY NEEDED. PREPARE STUDENTS FOR THE WORLD. MANY OF YOU WERE AT THE STATE OF THE COMMUNITY LUNCHEON A FEW WEEKS AGO AND YOU HEARD THE PRESIDENT OF TOYOTA SAY IN SO MANY WORDS THAT THEY'RE BRINGING THE JOBS FOR OUR COMMUNITY AND WILLING TO PARTNER WITH US TO INSURE OUR STUDENTS HAVE THE SKILLS NEEDED TO SECURE SOME OF THE JOBS IN ORDER TO HELP OUR COMMUNITY THRIVE. WE KNOW THE DISTRICT IS SAFE WITH CHALLENGES. RACIAL GAPS. COVID. POVERTY, TRANSPORTATION, SAFETY. AND WITH THAT WE WILL ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE. >> DIANE FOLLOWED BY DEBRA
046AND MICHAEL AND KIM. >> GUILFORD COUNTY SCHOOLS LOW PERFORMING STATUS HAS BEEN REMOVED. THANK YOU, EVERYBODY. THANK YOU. >> THAT WAS BEAUTIFUL. THE STATE THAT HAPPENED HAS BEEN INCREDIBLE. IF WE COULD GO BACK TO PAGE SIX. ONE CONCERN THAT I HAVE AND I WANTED TO KNOW WHAT RETURN WE SEE ON THIS. IF WE'RE ASKING OUR PRINCIPALS AND COUNSELORS TO KNOCK ON DOORS AND TRY TO FIND OUR STUDENTS TO US, WHAT KIND OF CONTACT DOES THAT YIELD FOR US? ARE WE LOCATING THE KIDS. PULLING THEM BACK IN THE SCHOOL. WE FIND WHERE THEY LIVE? IT SEEMS A BIT -- IT SEEMS A LOT TO ASK AND A SAFETY RISK? DO WE SEE REAL ANSWERS? >> I CAN SPEAK TO THAT. THIS STARTED BACK. THEY DIDN'T COME BACK. WHEN WE HAD THE MISSING STUDENTS LIST TRYING TO
047RECOUP THEM. THEY HAVE TEAMS THAT CAN DO THIS SAFELY. WE ENGAGE OUR INTERPRETERS IF WE NEED TO DO THAT. IT IS NOT A FIRST STEP. THERE'S A LIST. I WAS AT A HIGH SCHOOL. THERE WAS A LIST OF 224 STUDENTS THAT WERE EXPECTED TO COME THAT DID NOT SHOW. IT SHOWS MAIL CONTACTS, HOME CONTACTS. IT IS A RECOVERY EFFORT. I WOULD SAY AT SCALE DOES THE DOOR-TO-DOOR YIELD MEASURE IMPACT? NO. BUT IF ONE KID COMES BACK IT IS WORTH THE EFFORT TO DO THAT. IT IS A TEAM OF PEOPLE. YOU SAW SOME OF IT GOT COVERAGE WHEN PRINCIPALS WERE GOING DOOR-TO-DOOR TO MAKE SURE SENIORS WERE STAYING THE COST WHEN WE WERE NOT THERE. IT IS NOT JUST HERE. THERE'S KIDS THAT -- THE DATA ON TRUANCY AND KIDS OF AGE FOR KINDERGARTEN AND NOT
048SHOWING UP. IT IS NOT SOCIAL MEDIA AND BOOTS ON THE GROUND. IT IS ANYTHING WE DO TO EDUCATE PEOPLE ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF COMING TO SCHOOL. THE RETURN IS NOT HUNDREDS OF KIDS. WE HAVE MADE CONTACTS AND FOUND OUT WHERE KIDS ARE. THIS IS OUR EDUCATION COHORT AND HOW WE'RE FUNDED. >> ON PAGE TEN, LOOKING AT THE NUMBER OF SUBSIDIES AND THE NEED FOR THOSE, I GOT A LOT OF FEEDBACK FOR THE BONUSES THAT WE'RE OFFERING FOR OTHER ATTENDANCE. OTHER COUNTIES HAVE SAID THEY GONE TO THEIR SUPERINTENDENTS AND ASKED, CAN WE DUPLICATE THIS, BECAUSE IT IS MOTIVATING. ARE WE WORKING ON GRANT MONEY FOR THIS? >> PART OF THE DIRECTION IS -- WE'RE GATHERING. RECRUIT, RETAIN, REWARD STAFF. UNDER EACH WE LIST IT AND HOW WE'RE PAYING FOR ALL OF THEM. WE CHOOSE WHAT WE
049ADVOCATE TO MAINTAIN. WE WILL NOT GET 288 MILLION DOLLARS TO KEEP GOING. SO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO MAKE HARD DECISIONS. AND SO -- BUT THAT'S THE WORK OF THESE WORKING GROUPS IS TO SEE WHAT IS IN PLACE AND THE DATA TO SUPPORT IT AND WE PRIORITIZE PRIVATE FUNDING, STATE, FEDERAL GRANTS. GOOD QUESTION THEN. ON PAGE 52 WITH ACT AND PSAT SCORES. WHAT ACCESS ARE WE OFFERING TO THOSE PRACTICES TESTS? >> WE TRIED DIFFERENT THINGS OVER TIME. IT IS NOT HELPFUL THAT THE STATE IS STILL OFFERING THE WAIVER. WE STILL HAVE TO GIVE IT BUT THE COLLEGE APPLICATION PROCESS DOESN'T REQUIRE IT. IT REQUIRES THE GPA NOW. WE HAD COORDINATOR TO DO PARENT SESSIONS AND EVENING SESSIONS. MANY SCHOOLS HOLD CLASS FOR PREP. DIFFERENT SCHOOLS TURN IN A PLAN AND HOW MANY SCHOOLS ENGAGING WITH
050IT AND IT WORKS. SOMETIMES SATURDAY THINGS WORK. OTHER TIMES THEY BUILD IT IN AS ELECTIVE. I DO THINK WE'RE FEELING SOME OF IT -- IT IS -- IT IS LIKE THE SPOT HAS BEEN TAKEN OFF OF IT WHEN IT STOPS BEING AN EDUCATE REQUIREMENT. WE'LL TRY TO MAKE SURE IT IS A PRIORITY. >> IN MY EXPERIENCE WITH ACT AND THE SAT, THAT PRACTICE TEST WAS VERY HELPFUL. HOPE WE CAN ENCOURAGE OUR HIGH SCHOOLS TO MAKE -- MAKE SURE WE HAVE AN ACCESS POINT AND OF COURSE IF IT COULD BE AN ACCESS POINT. I KNOW THE PROGRAM PROVIDES ACCESS TO FREE PRACTICES. >> THANK YOU. MICHAEL, THEN KIM? >> THANK YOU FOR THAT REPORT. COUPLE OF QUESTIONS I WOULD LIKE TO ASK. STUDENTS CAN TAKE REGULAR CLASSES. >> THAT'S RIGHT. 32, STATE REQUIREMENT. >> WASN'T IT
051HIGHER THAN THAT PRECOVID. >> THERE WAS DIFFERENT RULES SINCE COVID. IT HAS NOW GONE TO THE 32 STATE REQUIREMENT. >> IS IT BECAUSE WE'RE DOING BETTER OR WE CHANGED THE REQUIREMENT. THE REASON I POINT THAT OUT, IF A STUDENT IS TAKING 32 CREDITS IN A BLOCKED SCHOOL, WE NEED 22 TO GRADUATE, THAT MEANS THIS COULD POTENTIALLY NOT PASS TEN COURSES AND STILL GRADUATE. I LIKE TO POINT THAT OUT. ONLY ATTENDANCE, AS EDUCATOR, IF THE STUDENT IS NOT IN CLASS THEY CAN'T TEACH THEM. VERY LIMITED IN WHAT THEY COULD DO. OF THOSE ABSENCES WHAT ARE THE EXCUSED VERSUS UNEXCUSED ON THAT. WE PULL THAT UP IN THE DATA AFTER THOSE ABSENCES OCCUR. >> PARENT CONTACT ON THOSE. WHETHER IT IS A TEACHER OR THE SCHOOL. WHY IS THE STUDENT MISSING SCHOOL? I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT. AT
052ONE POINT WE HAD HIGH UNEXCUSED ABSENTEE RATE. ACT, WHAT IS THE SPECIALTY OF THE ACT? >> TECHNICALLY IT IS JOB READINESS. THE PSAT AND ACT HAVE CHANGED OVER TIME. THIS IS AROUND WRITING AND MATHEMATICS AND THE ABILITY TO APPLY THOSE TO REAL WORLD CONDITIONS. >> AND WE HAD EIGHT LOW PERFORMING SCHOOLS, HOW MANY WERE CLOSED? >> MORE THAN EIGHT LOW PERFORMING SCHOOLS. >> WE HAD EIGHT FEWER. >> EIGHT CAME OFF THE LIST. >> NONE OF THEM WERE CLOSED. >> OKAY. COOL. THANK YOU. THAT'S ALL. >> THANK YOU. I THINK I WAS SAYING EARLIER I WAS LOOKING AT THE ONE FROM LAST YEAR, THE ACCOUNTABILITY REPORT. THIS IS SO TIMELY, THE TUTORING PARTNERSHIP. WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE FOR EACH OF THE -- OF THE -- OF THE IDENTITIES THAT ARE LISTED HERE. LIKE A AND
053C, IS THAT IN PERSON. WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? >> SOME RESEARCH PARTNERS SOME ARE TWO YEARS INTO SCHOOL IF THAT MAKES SENSE. THE ACCELERATOR. TELL ME THE SLIDE. >> 15. >> SO I CAN BE WITH YOU. A AND C IS UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS AND MOST IS GRADUATE ASSISTANCE. THEY SENT US. WE PAY THE GRADUATE ASSISTANTSHIP TO TUTOR THEIR STUDENTS 25 HOURS A WEEK. CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG ON THESE. >> HARVARD. NWEA. ALL OF THOSE ARE RESEARCH PARTNERSHIPS. UNCG. WE PAY TUTORS. WE PAY THAT. WE PAY BOTH OF THEIR -- USCG AND NORTH CAROLINA THAT A AND G AND HAVE THEM TUTOR. THEY HELP US TO DETERMINE THE IMPACT TUTORING IS HAVING ON OUR STUDENTS. >> FOR FREE? >> WE'RE NOT PAYING FOR THE RESEARCH. >> I DON'T SEE HIGH POINT UNIVERSITY HERE. ARE THEY
054A PARTNER? >> THEY DIDN'T WANT US TO COMPENSATE THEIR STUDENTS. WE HAD LOWER NUMBERS BECAUSE IT WAS A SERVICE LEARNING CHOICE FOR UNIVERSITIES WHEREAS WE'RE COMPENSATING AND THE UNIVERSITY IS LETTING US COMPENSATE. THEY'RE SENDING STUDENTS BUT NOT NEARLY THE QUANTITY AS THE OTHER TWO. >> WITH REFERENCE TO THE ENGLISH REFERENCE LEARNER, THE SCORES. HOW DOES THAT RELATE TO THE NEWCOMER SCHOOL? HOW IS THERE DATA BUILT IN THERE OR NOT? >> LET ME ANSWER THAT. IT WILL DEPEND ON THE STATUS OF THE ENGLISH LEARNER. NEWCOMERS ARE EXEMPT FROM TESTING REQUIREMENTS. THIS ACCESS IS GIVEN TO DIFFERENT GRADES AT DIFFERENT TIMES. >> THEIR NUMBERS ARE INCLUDED. ALL THOSE THAT HAVE E.O. LABELS AND TO BE ABLE TO BE IDENTIFIED AND THAT HAPPENS ANNUALLY. THEY'RE ACCOUNTED ON THE NUMBERS. >> OKAY. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. >> DIANE
055AND CHRISSY. >> THANK YOU FOR THIS HUGE REPORT THAT YOU HAVE REDUCED DOWN TO 63 PAGES. MY FIRST QUESTION, I THOUGHT I HEARD YOU SAY THERE HAD BEEN A SLIGHT INCREASE IN [INDISCERNIBLE]? >> WE HAD A HUGE INCREASE LAST YEAR AND IT STAYED ABOUT SAME THIS YEAR. >> DO WE KNOW WHY? >> WE CITED THE DATA AROUND TRUANCY, FEWER PARENTS SENDING THEIR KIDS TO KINDERGARTEN. CULTURALLY IN THE COUNTRY IT IS EASIER NOT TO GO TO WORK OR SCHOOL. THERE'S A CULTURE THAT IS DIFFERENT POST COVID. I DON'T HAVE THE DATA, HERE'S WHY THEY'RE ABSENT. OUR NUMBERS LOOK LIKE OTHER DISTRICTS LIKE OURS. >> THANK YOU. WHAT DOES OUR FUNDING LOOK LIKE FOR THIS? I THINK YOU TALKED ABOUT THE LEARNING CODE. WHAT DOES FUNDING LOOK LIKE? COULD YOU DO ROUGH? >> LEARNING HUBS AND TUTORING
056IF WE MAINTAIN WHERE WE STARTED WAS 11 MILLION DOLLARS TO DO ANNUALLY, LAST YEAR WE DOUBLED THE NUMBER OF KIDS AND JUST THAT AND SUMMER TUTORING WAS SIX MILLION DOLLARS. THE GOOD NEWS IS THE STUDENTS ARE ACCESSING THE HELP. THEY SHOW UP AND WANT THE ASSISTANCE. WE NEED TO THINK ABOUT HOW WE PRIORITIZE WHAT WE DO MOVING FORWARD WITH THE LIMITED RESOURCES THAT WE HAVE. THESE FIVE THEN MAYBE -- YOU DON'T WANT ME TO PUT YOU ON THE SPOT. ALL FIVE OF THESE ARE EFFECTIVE BUT YOU CAN'T FUND ALL FIVE OF THEM WHICH ONE -- WHICH ONE -- WHICH ONES GIVE YOU THE BEST BANG FOR YOUR BUCK. >> WE'LL KNOW MORE SOON BUT RIGHT NOW, THE LEARNING HUBS. >> HAVE WE TRIED TO GET OTHER SCHOOLS OR -- IS IT JUST IT WORKS BETTER
057WITH A AND T. >> WE BID IT BECAUSE IT WAS FEDERAL FUNDING. EVERYBODY IS WELCOME. YOU WANT TO SPEAK TO THAT? >> WE HAVE COMMUNITY TUTORS TO WORK AS WELL. OTHERS WORK AS WELL. >> YOU GOT TO MOVE UP IF YOU'RE GOING TO TALK. >> WE DO HAVE UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS THAT COME IN AND TUTOR. THEY'RE OUTLINED FROM UNCG. WE DON'T HAVE THEM ON GRADUATE ASSISTANCE. WE DO HAVE OTHER TUTORS. >> IT WOULD BE GOOD PR. THEY HAVE STUDENTS THAT DIDN'T KNOW. THESE ARE DISTRICT PARTNERSHIPS. THAT'S WHY THESE ARE LISTED. >> OKAY. I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT TO SAY THAT -- THAT OTHER SCHOOLS ARE DOING IT TOO. THERE MAY BE STUDENTS THAT SIT AND WATCH, HEY, LET ME SEE IF I COULD DO THAT. >> THEY COULD BECOME A TUTOR. >> YOU GOT MY POINT.
058>> HOW DOES THIS IMPACT AND I KNOW CHAIRMAN HAYES COULD GIVE A DISSERTATION ON THIS, FROM YOUR LENS DR. OAKLEY? >> I'VE BEEN TAUGHT FOR YEARS BUT EVEN WHEN YOU CONTROL FOR THE POVERTY RATE, THE FIRST OUTCOME ACROSS ANY SECTOR, THERE'S HUMAN PERFORMANCE AND ALL OF THE SAME. IT DOES IMPACT HOW THE READINESS OF STUDENTS AND WE LOOK AT HUE STUDENTS COME TO SCHOOL. WE DO SEE CONCENTRATIONS OF POVERTY IN OUR COMMUNITY THAT -- THAT -- THEY'RE THE SAME PLACES AND THEY IMPACT SCHOOL READINESS AND THE SKILLS KIDS COME TO SCHOOL WITH. WE LOOKED AT THOSE FACTORS WHEN WE HAD KIDS TO TUTOR. WE HAD RISK SAMPLES. THESE WERE THE SAME STUDENTS THAT NEEDED THE MOST HELP AND THIS IS SYSTEMATIC AND OVER TIME. WE SEE IT FROM KINDERGARTEN UNTIL THEY WALK ACROSS FOR GRADUATION.
059MORE TEACHER TURNOVERS, THE LEAST EXPERIENCED TEACHERS ARE SCHOOLS IN THESE NEIGHBORHOODS AS WELL. >> WE NEED TO FIND ALL OF THESE STUDENTS THAT IMPACT ARE NOT BLACKS? >> NO. >> SOME PEOPLE THINK POVERTY RATE, WE GOT 91 HIGH SCHOOLS GETTING FREE AND REDUCED LUNCH, THAT COVERS MORE. >> IF YOU LOOK AT THE MAP, IT IS NO THREAT TO THE COUNTY. >> WE HAVE SOME PEOPLE COLOR-BLIND. PEOPLE THAT DON'T SEE IT THAT WAY. I WANT TO MAKE SURE PEOPLE UNDERSTAND EVERYTHING WE DOING IMPACTS ON A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT STUDENTS IN THE COUNTY. EVEN THOUGH THE REAL CONCENTRATION OF POVERTY WILL BE MORE BLACK AND BROWN. THAT'S NOT ALL OF IT. PAGE 25. WHAT IS THE AVERAGE -- MAYBE ASK IT THIS WAY. WHAT DOES YOUR GRADE AVERAGE HAVE TO BE TO GRADUATE? YES, MA'AM. OKAY. THIS
060IS THE QUESTION. WHAT IS THE AVERAGE OF OUR GRADUATES. WHEN YOU SAY 90 PERCENT OF OUR STUDENTS THAT ARE GRADUATING. HOW MANY ARE GRADUATING WITH 2.0, 2.8, BECAUSE THOSE MATTERS AS FAR AS WHAT THEY CAN DO. DO WE HAVE DATA THAT TALKS ABOUT WHAT PERCENTAGE OF THAT 90 -- THAT 90 -- 92 PERCENT. 90 PERCENT. WHAT CAN HELP. WHAT ARE THEIR PERCENTAGES OF GRADE POINT AVERAGES? >> I DON'T HAVE THAT NUMBER FOR YOU TODAY BUT WE COULD FIND THAT NUMBER. YOU WANT TO KNOW THE AVERAGE GPA FOR THE CLASS THAT GRADUATED. IF YOU HAVE A 2.5 THEN, OR 2.8 OR THEN IF YOU GOT A 3-POINT. I THINK THAT'S THE POINT. YOU GOT TO GET A PIECE OF PAPER AND YOU CAN'T DO ANYTHING WITH IT. I UNDERSTAND. WE NEED TO BE AWARE. WE GOT
06190 PERCENT GRADUATION RATE. NOT GOOD. PAGE 42. CAN WE RECOVER THE IMPACT OF THE THIRD GRADERS WHO YOU SAID MISSED A YEAR AND A HALF? YOU SAID THAT. WILL KNOW OVERCOME THAT OR ALWAYS BE AN ISSUE FOR THEM? >> THEY DIDN'T MISS A YEAR AND A HALF. THEY MISSED INSTRUCTION TIME AT END OF KINDERGARTEN AND BEGINNING OF FIRST GRADE. I DON'T HAVE A CRYSTAL BALL. I KNOW THE RESEARCH TELLS US IT IS GOING TO IMPACT GENERATIONS FOR DECADES TO COME. ONLY HALF OF OUR FIRST GRADERS WERE READING WELL BEFORE COVID. I THINK WE'LL SEE THE THIRD GRADERS IMPROVE. THERE'S STALLS HAPPENING IN URBAN DISTRICTS. >> PAGE 46. MATH ONE. WHERE DO AFRICAN-AMERICAN MALES NOW FALL BECAUSE THINGS -- IN 2017 WE WERE IN A CRISIS WHERE, WHERE I THINK THE NUMBER WAS LIKE 57 PERCENT
062OF AFRICAN-AMERICAN MALES IN NINTH GRADE WERE FAILING MATH ONE. WE TOOK CORRECTIVE ACTION. WE DID SEE AFTER TWO YEARS I BELIEVE IT WAS A STARK IMPROVEMENT. ARE WE STILL THERE? >> THIS HASN'T BEEN DECIDED YET. WE'VE DONE RACE. WE HAVEN'T DONE RACE AND GENDER AT THE SAME TIME. I DID SLOWLY SEE RECOVERY HAPPEN THERE. THAT'S BEFORE THE STATE TOOK OUT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL KIDS THAT TAKE MATH ONE AND THE MATH FOUR PERFORMANCE COMPOSITE. THAT'S DATA TO LOOK INTO. >> PAGE 1 TO NINE. WHY DOES THE FEAR AFRICAN-AMERICANS BEHIND ALL THE OTHER RACIAL GROUPS? >> I THINK EVEN WHEN WE CONTROL FOR POVERTY, RACE IS THE BIGGEST CONTRIBUTOR TO OUTCOME. I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT WE FIGURED OUT AN ANSWER TO THAT. IT IS NOT GOING TO BE JUST EDUCATION THAT FIXES THAT PROBLEM. THERE'S
063NOTHING ELSE THAT WE CAN DO? >> I THINK THERE'S ALL KINDS OF THINGS WE CAN DO. THINK ABOUT WHO THEY'RE HIRING AND DELIVERING INSTRUCTIONS AND MAKING SURE THEY HAVE HIGH QUALITY TO TEACHERS AND THEY TARGET STUDENTS WITH MULTIPLE RISK FACTORS. WE NEVER LOOK AT A DATA SET WOULD YOU TELL LOOKING AT IT THIS WAY. >> THAT'S A CONCERN. THEY'RE BEHIND EVERY RACIAL GROUP AS MUCH AS 20 POINTS BEHIND WHITE STUDENTS. PAGE 53. DID WE LOOK AT THE FACT THAT THE ACT AND IN LOOKING AT WORK SKILLS, A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, I ASKED, DID WE SEE IF WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT MATCHES WHAT IS NEEDED IN THE WORKFORCE. I THINK THEN THE ANSWER WAS THAT THERE REALLY WASN'T A STRONG COORDINATION BETWEEN WORKFORCE VERSUS WHAT WE WERE DOING. BUT WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT IT.
064>> THERE WAS A -- A STUDY DONE RECENTLY, I THINK IN GREENSBORO AROUND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT NEEDS. THEY'RE SAYING ABOUT ABILITY TO WORK ON A TEAM AND SOLVE PROBLEMS. THE WORK MY MEASURED INVOLVED READING, WRITING, MATH. I'M STATING FACTS ABOUT WHAT THEY MEASURED. I THINK THEY'RE GOING TO REVISES -- REVISE IT. >> ONE MORE QUESTION. DON'T MAKE IT LONG. ON PAGE 56 IS THE RESULTS THAT WE'RE SEEING THE -- THIS RESULTS -- THIS RESULT OF US DRILLING DOWN ON THE SCHOOLS THAT DID NOT MEET BEFORE. IF YOU UNDERSTAND MY QUESTION. YOU HAD IMPROVEMENT. IS THAT BECAUSE WE DRILLED DOWN ON THOSE SCHOOLS. ANY PARTICULAR REASON WE IMPROVED LIKE THAT. I THINK IT IS A LOT OF THINGS. WE STILL HAVE A WAYS TO GO. I THINK WE HAVE TO BE WORRIED. I THINK WE HIRED SOME
065STRONG SCHOOL LEADERS. I THINK WE ADOPTED HIGH QUALITY INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS. THEY INVESTED IN COACHING FOR TEACHERS. I THINK OUR ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE WILL HELP US. THEY PUT STRONG SYSTEMS AND SUPPORT AND PROTOCOLS IN PLACE. IT IS IN COMBINATION WITH ALL OF THOSE THINGS, IF WE DO THAT AND GET KIDS TO COME TO SCHOOL, WE CAN MAKE AN IMPACT ON THE OTHERS. >> THANK YOU, CHRISSY. >> THANK YOU. I DON'T HAVE VERY MANY QUESTIONS. FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU FOR PUTTING THIS TOGETHER. I LOVE THIS STUFF. I LOVE GOING THROUGH DATA AND SORTING IT OUT. I HAVEN'T HAD TIME TO DO IT YET. I'M EXCITED TO GET MY HANDS ON THIS. MY FIRST QUESTION IS FROM PAGE 7 ABOUT THE ABSENTEE LEVELS. DO THEY INCLUDE THE MANDATORY QUARANTINE WE'RE DOING FOR OUR KIDS WHEN THEY'RE SICK. WE
066DON'T WANT TO SPREAD SICKNESS AROUND, I GET THAT. WE KEEP KIDS OUT OF SCHOOL. I'M CURIOUS WHAT THAT IMPACT IS ON THESE ABSENTEE LEVELS. >> ON PAGE SEVEN, THAT WAS A STUDY THAT WAS DONE BY THE WHITE HOUSE. >> WRONG PAGE. SORRY. >> IF A STUDENT IS ABSENT, REGARDLESS OF THE REASON FOR 10 DAYS THEY'RE INCLUDED IN THE CHRONIC ABSENTEEISM. IS THERE ANYTHING WE CAN DO ABOUT THAT PROBLEM WITH KICKING KIDS OUT? >> I THINK WE'LL CONTINUE TO FOLLOW THE GUIDANCE IN ACCORDANCE WITH PUBLIC HEALTH. THEY DID CHANGE CODES AT THE STATE LEVEL FOR SOME PERIOD OF TIME. ABSENCES ARE ABSENCES HOW THE DATA EXTRACTED. AND WHEN THEY'RE NOT, HOW DO WE KNOW THEY'RE NOT GETTING BEHIND IN THEIR SCHOOLWORK? >> WE'RE STILL ONE TO ONE. WE STILL HAVE PAGES. NOW AS PART OF THE
067WELCOME BACK TO SCHOOL, HOW TO WALK ON AND SIGN IN. THERE'S NOTHING LIKE BEING IN THE CLASSROOM. >> OF COURSE. OKAY. >> NEXT UP IS THE SECTION ON THE -- ON THE MATH EOGs. I LOVE THE FACT THAT THE MATH SCORES ARE GOING UP. THIS WAS ACROSS THE BOARD, THIS BEAUTIFUL DATA. DO WE SEE A DIFFERENCE IN THE DIFFERENT PROGRAMS BEING USED. >> WE STARTED WAY BACK WITH EUREKA WHICH WAS THE BIG SHIFT FROM ALGORITHMS AND SOCIAL UNDERSTANDING. THE ONLY SHIFTS ARE GOING THROUGH THE MATH SQUARED WHICH IS THE NEW VERSION TO IMPROVE THE CONTENT ITSELF. THE ONLY SCHOOLS USING THE ILLUSTRATIVE CURRICULUM IS THE RO ROBOTICS. WE'RE AWAYS AWAY FROM BEING ABLE TO SAY THIS IS BETTER THAN THIS. RESEARCH SAYS DON'T LET IT BE THE WILD WEST WHERE THEY GOOGLE. AND TEACH WITH
068FIDELITY AND THE RESULTS WILL INCREASE AT THE SAME SCALE. NOT ANYTHING WEIGHS HIGHER THAN THE OTHER. >> MY LAST QUESTION, I THINK BELLAMY TOUCHED ON THIS BUT THE GRADE THREE READING SCORES. WHAT ARE WE DOING TO TARGET THEM SPECIFICALLY? WE KNOW THEY'RE PROBLEM CHILDREN BECAUSE OF KINDERGARTEN AND THIRD GRADE YEAR WHAT DO WE DO FOR THEM. >> WE FOCUSED ATTENTION ON THIRD GRADE READING, ASKING ABOUT RESOURCES. MAKING SURE PEOPLE THAT ARE TUTORING THIRD GRADE READING ARE TRAINED. THAT'S MAKING SURE IT IS A DISTRICT FOCUS IN TERMS OF IMPROVEMENT. IT WAS A DISTRICT FOCUS LAST YEAR. I THINK WE'RE STILL KIND OF FACING THESE GAPS THAT HAPPENED IN EARLY LITERACY. I DON'T THINK WE'LL BE DONE AFTER THIS. >> IT IS A TOUGH GROUP TO TARGET. THAT'S ALL MY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. >>
069FIRST I WANT TO THANK EVERYONE WHO HAS HELPED OR SUPPORTED THESE INCREASES IN OUR LEARNING. EVERYONE MAKES A DIFFERENCE. ONE REASON THEY WANTED HIM FOR THE JOB IS HE WANTED TO BE THERE. OTHERS WORKED FROM HOME. THEY DID EVERYTHING TO GET THE CHILD BACK IN THE SCHOOL SYSTEM. I DON'T KNOW HOW WE CHANGE THAT AT THIS POINT. WE GOT TO CHANGE IT. WE HAD TO GO REMOTE. VERY FEW CHILDREN EXCEL IN THAT ENVIRONMENT. WE'RE DIFFICULT AND WE NEED TO BRAINSTORM HOW TO CHANGE THAT CULTURE BECAUSE I DO BELIEVE IT IS A CULTURE AT THIS POINT. I HAVE EXPERIENCE WHERE IT IS JUST SOMETHING. IF WE DON'T HAVE CHILDREN IN SCHOOL, THEY'RE NOT GOING TO LEARN AT THE LEVEL WE NEED THEM FOR. ANYTHING WE CAN DO TO TRY TO CHANGE THAT. I AGREE WITH YOU,
070WHOLEHEARTEDLY. IT IS THROUGHOUT -- COVID SHRSHRIFT ED -- SHIFTED US AND WE HAVE TO SHIFT BACK. PAGE 42. LOOK AT THE EOG FOR -- WE WERE IN 47 PERCENTAGE, RIGHT? EIGHTH GRADE PROFICIENCY UP. GOOD. STILL WHEN DID THEY TAKE MATH ONE. A LOT OF THEM TAKE MATH ONE IN EIGHTH GRADE. A FEW IN SECOND GRADE AND EVERYONE ELSE TAKES IT IN NINTH GRADE. YOU WERE TAKING GRADE LEVEL THE WHOLE WAY THROUGH TAKE MATH ONE AS FRESHMAN IN HIGH SCHOOL. AT ONE TIME WE PUSHED TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE TOOK MATH ONE IN MIDDLE SCHOOL BECAUSE IF THEY COME INTO HIGH SCHOOL AND -- AND -- ALL RIGHT. THERE'S SEQUENCE. IF WE DON'T GET THROUGH THE MATH YOU WON'T GET THROUGH ALL OF THE MATH. YOU TAKE FOUR MATH. YOU CAN DO THAT IN FOUR YEARS
071IN HIGH SCHOOL. ALL RIGHT. MY PROBLEM IS 23 PERCENT IN MATH ONE. ISN'T THAT WHAT I SAW SOMEWHERE? EOC PROFICIENCY IN MATH ONE. WE GOT A 70 -- OR A 66 PERCENT PROFICIENCY IN MATH. THEN THEY GO INTO NINTH GRADE WHERE ANYONE THAT HASN'T TAKEN MATH ONE SHOULD BE TAKING MATH ONE BECAUSE ANYONE ABOVE GRADE LEVEL IN FIFTH GRADE TOOK MATH ONE IN MIDDLE SCHOOL. EVERY STUDENT THAT TOOK ON GRADE LEVEL MATH TAKES MATH ONE IN HIGH SCHOOL. WE NEED TO CHANGE THAT NUMBER. THAT'S A CRITICAL GATEWAY IN MOVING INTO, IF YOU WANT ANY I.T. ACCOUNT. MATH ONE IS A KEY SUBJECT TO GET TO THAT HIGHER MORE TECHNICAL LEVEL JOB WHICH PAY GOOD MONEY. ALL RIGHT. HAVING 23 PERCENT IS JUST SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE TO WORK ON. THE ONLY OTHER THING, NOT EVERYONE
072HAS TO TAKE MATH 3. IT IS EOC. EVERYONE HAS TO TAKE MATH 3. THE TWO DON'T CORRELATE. YOU GOT 23 AND THEN YOU'VE GOT -- >> LET ME TRY TO EXPLAIN IT. YOU HAVE TO BE IN HIGH SCHOOL TO TAKE MATH THREE. THOSE THAT TOOK MATH ONE IN SEVENTH GRADE TAKE MATH THREE AND COUNTS TO THE HIGH SCHOOL STORE. THAT HELPS ME UNDERSTAND HOW IT IS DIFFERENT. WE GOT A LOW NUMBER IN MATH ONE AND THEN THREE MAGIC HAPPENS AND I GOT 51 PERCENT. >> STUDENT THAT MADE As IN MATH COUNT IN THE MATH 3 SCORE BUT NOT THE MATH 1 SCORE. >> THAT DIDN'T CORRELATE SO I WAS CURIOUS. I APPRECIATE ALL THE GREAT WORK PEOPLE HAVE DONE. I LOOK FORWARD TO GETTING THE KIDS TO MOVE FORWARD AT A BETTER RATE. >> I'M
073GLAD THIS HAPPENED ALSO. [LAUGHTER]. I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. I NORMALLY TRY TO ASK MY QUESTIONS BEFORE THE MEETING. LOOKING AT LEARNING HUB AND HIGH NUMBER OF TUTORING, TALKING TO PARENTS AND EDUCATORS, IT DEFINITELY HELPS OUR STUDENTS AS FAR AS OUR ATTENDANCE. I KNOW THERE'S TRINKETS THAT WE CAN DO TO ASSIST WITH STUDENTS COMING TO SCHOOL ON A REGULAR BASIS. I ALSO KNOW THEY HELP BY THE TEACHERS COMING TO SCHOOL ON A REGULAR BASIS. WHEN THE KIDS STAY THE TEACHERS OUT, THEY WANT OUT TOO, THEY WANT THE REAL TEACHER. PARENTS ARE THRILLED TO SEE THEIR KIDS EVEN IF NOT DOING THE TRADITIONAL GRADUATION, TO SEE THEM DOING THE SUMMER GRADUATION. LOOKING AT NO-SHOWS, I CAN SAY SOCIAL WORKERS AND COUNSELORS ARE BOOTS ON THE GROUND IN WORKING WITH NO SHOWS. TELEPHONE CALLS AND HOME VISITS
074AND THAT DATA FORM TO SEE WHO THE NEXT PERSON IN LINE AS FAR AS RELATIONSHIPS. SOMETIMES YOU NOT ONLY FIND ONE CHILD, SOMETIMES YOU FIND A WHOLE FAMILY TO MAKE UP FIVE KIDS IN THE HOME. THOSE ALL THE ONES WORKING WITH THE NO-SHOWS. IT IS ESPECIALLY IN COUNSELING. THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU DO. I KNOW ALL OF YOU PLAY A PART IN THIS TO MAKE THE SCHOOL OFF THE CHART AS FAR AS BEING -- BEING NOT A LOW PERFORMANCE SCHOOL ANYMORE. I LISTENED TO ACCOUNTS OF GREAT CITY SCHOOLS. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. I LIKE TO THANK EVERYONE. THIS OCCURRED OVER YEARS. IT IS HARD WORK. IT IS NOT SOMETHING THAT JUST HAPPENED. AND WHILE WE HAVE A LONG WAY TO GO, IT IS JUST INCREDIBLY YOU KNOW OPTIMISTIC THAT WE'RE MAKING SOME GAINS. AS
075FAR AS THE DATA, THERE'S JUST NEVER BEEN A TIME WHEN WE HAVEN'T HAD THESE RACIAL TESTS. NO MATTER THE MAKEUP OF THE BOARD OR THE SUPERINTENDENT, THIS IS SYSTEMATIC AND STRUCTURAL, AND IT IS NOT SOMETHING THAT THE SCHOOL SYSTEM CAN OR WILL FIX ON THEIR OWN. THERE WAS RESTRICTIONS TO TALK AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT MEANS IT CAN ONLY GET WORSE UNTIL WE TURN THAT AROUND. THE REASON WE HAVE OFFICE OF EQUITY AND INCLUSION IS THERE'S NO INDICATOR OF STUDENT WELL BEINGS AND OUTCOMES WHERE BLACK STUDENTS ARE NOT AT THE BOTTOM. BECAUSE OF THE STATUS AND SOMETHING HAPPENING IN THE SYSTEM ITSELF THAT IS PERPETUATING. NOT -- HEALTHCARE, IF OUR PHYSICIANS AREN'T ASKING THEMSELVES CRITICAL QUESTIONS AND JUDGES AREN'T ASKING T THEMSELVES ABOUT WHAT THEY BRING TO THE BENCH. THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU'RE DOING. IT IS
076A MUCH BIGGER PROBLEM THAN THE SCHOOL SYSTEM. I'M NOT EXPECTING MIRACLES BUT I AM ABSOLUTELY PRAISING THE HARD WORK. I DO NOT THINK THIS IS UP TO YOU ALONE TO DO THIS. THANK YOU. >> WE'RE AT A POLICY COMMITTEE REPORT. I'LL TURN TO THE POLICY COMMITTEE CHAIR. >> THANK YOU. >> SEPTEMBER 13TH, 2023 POLICY COMMITTEE MEETING WE VOTED TO SEND POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS OUT FOR PUBLIC COMMENT FROM SEPTEMBER 19TH. THE OBJECTIVE WAS TO COMPLY WITH SESSION LAW. THE PARENTS BILL OF RIGHTS. THE RECOMMENDED REVISIONS INCLUDE ALL POLICIES REQUIRED TO COMPLY WITH THE NEW LAW. THEY WERE DEVELOPED WITH THE LEGAL COUNSEL AND THE SCHOOL BOARD ASSOCIATION. THE FIRST IS 1310/002 PARENT INVOLVEMENT. THIS INCLUDES UPDATE LANGUAGE REGARDING SCHOOL INVOLVEMENT PLANS, PARENTAL COMMUNICATION AND NOTIFICATION AND AS WELL AS NEW TIMELINES FOR RESPONSES TO PARENTS REQUESTS FOR
077INFORMATION. THE -- THE REVISED POLICY ALSO INCLUDES A NEW SECTION DESCRIBING THE METHOD FOR PARENTS TO RESOLVE CONCERNS ABOUT PROCEDURES OR PRACTICES THAT VIOLATE PART FOUR OF 7B OF CHAPTER 115C IN THE GENERAL STATUTE. THE SECOND POLICY TO GO OUT FOR REVIEW IS POLICY 1311/4003, PARENT NOTIFICATIONS, WITHHOLDING CONSENT. THE REVISION TO THIS POLICY ADDED A LIST THAT COMPLIES -- THAT COM PILES THE ACTIVITIES THAT REQUIRES WRITTEN PARENTAL PERMISSION. MEDICATION, TRIPS. SURVEYS. CERTAIN TYPES OF PROTECTED INFORMATION. THE THIRD POLICY TO GO OUT FOR PUBLIC COMMENT IS 3540 SCHOOL HELD EDUCATION PROGRAM. REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH AND SAFETY EDUCATION. IT CLARIFIES CURRICULUM AND INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS BUT DOES NOT RESPOND TO STUDENTS QUESTIONS UNCONNECTED TO THE CURRICULUM OR OTHER STATED PROTECTED -- STATEMENTS PROTECTED BY LAW. THE BOARD AGENDA HAS FOUND AT THE G.C.S. WEBSITE WW.GCS.com. >> THIS IS GOING
078OUT FOR 30 DAYS. WE HAVE ACTION ITEM AND POLICY 2010 ITEM A. >> THIS POLICY IS PRESENTED TO THE BOARD FOR APPROVAL. WE'RE CONSIDERING ONE POLICY ITEM THAT WAS REVIEWED BY THE POLICY COMMITTEE IN AUGUST AND PUBLISHED FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. I MAKE A MOTION TO ADOPT DUTY FOR OFFICERS AS PRESENTED. THE BACKGROUND FOR THIS IS THE REVISION UPDATES AND ONLINE. THIS IS RECOMMENDED BY THE NORTH CAROLINA THAT SCHOOL BOARD ASSOCIATION. ONE PUBLIC COMMENT HAS BEEN RECEIVED AND IT IS ATTACHED TO THE AGENDA. >> DIANE? >> YES. >> CHRISSY. >> YES. >> LINDA. >> YES. >> ALAN. YES. DEBRA. YES. MICHAEL? YES. KIM YES. AND DEENA YES. WE'RE NOW AT ITEM D, THE NORTH CAROLINA THAT SCHOOL BOARD BOARD OF DIRECTORS. THEY'RE SEEKING A NOMINATION FOR SOMEONE TO SERVE A TWO-YEAR TERM. >> I SAW --
079YOUR FRIENDS CAME. >> ALL RIGHT. >> SHE ALSO INDICATED. WHOEVER WANTS IT MORE. THERE WILL BE I THINK THREE MEETINGS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. THREE IN PERSON IN RALEIGH AND ONE VIRTUAL. DIANE IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN SERVING, KIM THAT OKAY WITH YOU? ALL IN FAVOR SAY YEA. YEA. ANY OPPOSED. DIANE IS OUR NOMINEE FOR THE NORTH CAROLINA THAT SCHOOL BOARD BOARD OF DIRECTORS. WE'RE AT VOTING DELEGATES TO THE DELEGATES ASSEMBLY. WE HAVE HAD FOUR PEOPLE THAT HAVE OFFERED TO SERVE AS A DELEGATE. DIANE? YOU'RE ONE OF THOSE. LINDA? KIM? ANYONE ELSE INTERESTED? ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE DIANE AND DEBRA AS ALTERNATE. OKAY. ALAN AND THEN DEBRA IS THE ALTERNATE. HOW IS THAT FEELING? SO -- THAT'S IN GREENSBORO. OKAY. AT CONVENTION CENTER, RIGHT? SO WE HAVE DIANE LINDA AND KIM AND ALAN AND DEENA AND
080I'LL BE AN ALTERNATE AS WELL. WE'RE ON ITEM D., CONSIDERS TO OFFER TO PURCHASE ERWIN PROP PERTY. >> COMMONLY REFERRED TO AS THE EARLY MONTES SOREY SCHOOL. THE COMMISSIONERS OFFERED TO PURCHASE IT FOR 100,000 DOLLARS. I MOVE TO ACCEPT THE OFFER OF THE GUILFORD COUNTY BOARD. >> MOTION. SECOND. >> ALL IN FAVOR SAY YEA. ANY OPPOSED. THAT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. NO OTHER BUSINESS. WE'RE BOARD MEMBER COMMENTS. TURN TO MY REP. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR DOING ALL THAT YOU DO AND -- AND THAT MEANS THE STAFF FAMILY AND COMMUNITY. I WENT TO THE SCHOOL TO ASSIST THEM. CONGRATULATIONS TO THE MARCHING BAND OF THUNDER FOR PARTICIPATING AND RECEIVING THE SPIRIT AWARD AS CELEBRATION OF EXCELLENCE. WE SAW THE ANNIVERSARY. I KNOW IT WILL BE SPENT WISELY AND WE'RE CONNECTING WITH THE HIGH POINT ON THE
081COMMUNITY. THAT'S ALL I HAVE FOR TONIGHT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> THANK YOU. DEBRA? >> FIRST OFF I LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU FOR OUR BOARD ATTORNEY JOE WILSON FOR YOUR INTEGRITY. SPOKE TO GOVERNOR COOPER DURING THE PANDEMIC. AND COMMUNICATED WITH HIM ON HIS WISDOM WHEN HE KNOWS THERE'S PEOPLE BETTER IN CONTACT WITH THE SUBJECT MATERIAL AND MAYBE WILLING TO STEP ASIDE ON COHEN AND THIS IS THE AREA OF EXPERTISE. I SAY THIS IS WHERE MY AREA OF EXPERTISE IS NOT THE BEST AND SOMEBODY MAY BETTER SERVE. >> THANK YOU, EVERYBODY, FOR THE POSITIVE REPORTS THIS EVENING. IT WAS VERY MUCH NEEDED. I'LL BE HONEST WITH YOU, I CAME INTO THIS MEETING TONIGHT WITH A HUGE SENSE OF FUTILITY THAT I BELIEVE IS HELD ACROSS THE COUNTY. WE'RE A HUGE SWATH OF US FEELING THE
082IMPACT OF THE OVERREACH OF STATE GOVERNMENT. ROCKINGHAM COUNTY IS AS MANY OF US KNOW LOOK AT HAVING A CASINO BUILT ON THE OUTSIDE OF A CAMP MEANT FOR SIBLINGS AND CHILDREN OF SIBLINGS AND BEING DIAGNOSED BY CANCER. THEY SEE THE SENATOR THAT IS SUPPOSED TO REPRESENT THEM AT THE STATE LEVEL AND PUSH IT THROUGH. HE DID NOT STAND FOR THEM WHEN HE REQUESTED THEY DID. THEY THOUGHT THEY WOULD RETURN TO THE JUDICIARY AND COME FROM THE SAME SENATOR LOOKING IN THE FACE. THE LOSS THAT IS BEING FELT IN ROCKINGHAM COUNTY IS ECHOED BY SUMMERFIELD. AFTER YEARS OF NEGOTIATIONS AND TRYING TO WORK THINGS OUT, A LANDOWNER WENT FOR THE SAME SENATOR AND REQUESTED THAT NEARLY A THOUSAND ACRES BE ANNEXED IN THE TOWN OF SUMMERFIELD AND ULTIMATELY AND RECENTLY SUMMERFIELD GAVE IN COMPLETELY. THERE'S NOTHING
083ELSE TO DO. IN TALKING TO DIFFERENT SENATORS AND REPRESENTATIVES AND SEEING THE GAP IN KNOWLEDGE THAT IS TOLD AT THE STATE LEVEL WHEN YOUR BOOTS ARE ON THE GROUND, IT IS VERY DISCONCERTING. THANK YOU TO THE SENATORS FOR ALWAYS ANSWERING THEIR PHONES. THEN FINALLY WE HAVE OVERREACH HERE ON THE BOARD OF EDUCATION. YOU GOT A BILL THREE TIMES TO GET IT DONE RIGHT YOU GOT TO [INDISCERNIBLE]. I HOPE THAT'S PART OF OUR CURRICULUM MATERIAL. THE FEELING OF FUTILITY IS MUCH ASSUAGED BY KNOWING WE'RE MAKING GREAT STRIDES HERE LOCALLY NO MATTER WHAT HAPPENS. OUR STUDENTS ARE SUCCEEDING. WE'RE COMING BACK IN A BIG WAY. I WOULD JUST BEG OF EVERYONE WHO HEARS THIS MEETING WHO HAS WATCHED THIS TO SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL GOVERNMENT. WE'RE HERE FOR YOU. WE'RE YOUR NEIGHBORS. WE HAD KIDS IN THESE SCHOOLS.
084WE'RE YOUR FIRST CONTACT POINT AND WE HEAR YOU WE HEAR THE MAJORITY. WE DO THE BEST TO SPEAK FOR THE MAJORITY. WE KNOW WHO YOU ARE AND WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT. >> THANK YOU. >> LET'S SEE. DECEMBER I REACHED OUT TO THE SCHOOL BOARD AND I HAVE TO BE IN THE TRAINING. WHERE WOULD WE BE IF THAT TRAIN DIDN'T HAPPEN, IF THE FIRST SCHOOL BOARD HADN'T BEEN BETTER, WE WOULDN'T HAVE THE LEGISLATURE STEPPING IN, WE WOULDN'T HAVE PEOPLE MAD AT EACH OTHER. WE WOULDN'T HAVE THE ANGER ISSUES. WE WOULDN'T HAVE A NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT CAME AND REACHED OUT AND SPOKE TONIGHT. I THANK YOU FOR EVERYONE THAT CAME OUT AND REACHED OUT TONIGHT. YOU'RE INVOLVED IN THE SCHOOLS. YOU'RE HERE. TOO MANY BOARD MEETINGS. I'VE SET HERE, AND AT THE MEETING, OTHER
085THAN THE TWO IN THE FRONT TWO ROWS HERE. THE PUBLIC SHOULD BE INVOLVED. THAT'S HOW BY GET THINGS DONE. WE'RE GOING TO BE BETTER TOGETHER, WE NEED TO WORK TOGETHER. I ALWAYS LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH THE SCHOOL BOARD. I LOOK FORWARD TO THE SCHOOL BOARD BEING ABLE TO WORK WITH ME. THANK YOU. >> KIM. >> GOOD EVENING. I'M JUST GRATEFUL TO HAVE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO -- TO MEET MY OTHER COLLEAGUES FROM AROUND THE NATION AND JUST TO LET YOU KNOW THAT -- THAT YOU'RE NOT ALONE IN THIS WORK AND THAT GUILFORD COUNTY IS AN EXCELLENT SCHOOL DISTRICT, FROM THE STORIES I HEAR AND THE COLLEAGUES AND STRUGGLES AND TO MEET WITH OTHER SUPERINTENDENTS. IT IS A LONG ROAD. THE BOTTOM LINE I KNOW HAS TO BE CENTERED AROUND STUDENTS. THIS WORK IS IMPORTANT.
086ENDING THE SCHOOL-PRISON PIPELINE IS ABOUT LITERACY, MAKING SURE OUR STUDENTS ARE PREPARED FOR LIFE. THAT'S WHAT THIS WORK IS ABOUT. WHEN POLITICS GET TOO INVOLVED, THE LEGISLATORS FUNDING BILLS. UNFORTUNATELY QUESTION LEAD THE WAY WITH THE MANDATES. I'M LOOKING FORWARD STILL IN THE SCHOOL YEAR, I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO -- TO CONTINUE TO SEE THESE ACCOUNTABILITY REPORTS, CONTINUE TO BE BETTER FOR ALL OF OUR STUDENTS. WE'RE GOING TO KNUCKLE DOWN. I KNOW THAT'S WHAT TEACHERS ARE DOING AND PRINCIPALS ARE DOING AND I KNOW WITH THE STRUCTURING OF ACCOUNTABILITY WITH LEADERSHIP THINGS ARE GOING TO HAPPEN IN GUILFORD COUNTY FOR US. WE'LL LEAD THE WAY. THAT'S OUR MANTRA ON THE NATIONAL LEVEL TO THE COLLEAGUES. WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE IN GUILFORD COUNTY, WE KNOW THINGS NEED TO BE FUNDED. WE NEED THAT. OUR TEACHERS NEED MORE MONEY TO
087BECOME A TEACHER. STUDENTS ARE NOT INTERESTED IN TEACHING UNFORTUNATELY BECAUSE OF WHAT IS HAPPENING THAT IS NOT STUDENT CENTERED. THAT'S NOT ABOUT THEM. WHY WOULD I WANT TO BECOME A TEACHER? THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT OUR LEGISLATORS NEED TO THINK ABOUT AND LEAVE THE EDUCATION TO THOSE THAT WENT TO SCHOOL TO BECOME EDUCATORS. THOSE ARE THE EXPERTS. IF THEY GIVE US THE MONEY WE COULD SHOW THEM RATHER THAN TELLING THEM WHAT WE WOULD BE ABLE TO DO AND OUR EDUCATORS ALLOWED TO DO. THE HIGH POINT COMMUNITY MEN'S HUDDLE HOSTS. THE TOWN HALL FORUM WILL TAKE PLACE ON WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 27, 6 P.M., 2025 BRENTWOOD STREET HIGH POINT NORTH CAROLINA THAT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> THANK YOU. DIANE. >> THANK YOU. ASKING QUESTION IS A HEALTHY PROCESS TO INFORM, EMPOWER AND ENGAGE. I WANT US
088TO REMEMBER THE 60th ANNIVERSARY OF THE BIRMINGHAM BOMBING. I'M GOING TO CALL THEIR NAMES. FOUR GIRLS LOST THEIR LIVES. DENISE McNAIR, ADA MAY COLLINS CYNTHIA WESLEY AND CARLS ROCKEFELLER. THANK YOU FOR THE CELEBRATION OF EXCELLENCE. EVERY WON. MAN, DID THEY TAKE THAT ENERGY. THEY HAD IT AT 6:00 AFTER WORKING ALL DAY. THOSE WERE GOOD FOLK. THEY WERE PUMPED UP AND PEOPLE DRESSED UP AS DONKEYS AND SHARKS AND SOME OF EVERYTHING. THE CREATIVITY OF OUR FOLKS ASTOUNDS ME. I WANT TO SAY KUDOS TO THEM. I KNOW THEY TAKE THE SAME LEVEL OF CREATIVELY IN THE CLASSROOM. KUDOS TO THEM. THIS IS -- THIS IS -- THIS IS NATIONAL HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH. IN THIS COUNTRY WE KEEP SAYING THAT WE -- WE CARE ABOUT EACH OTHER AND THAT WE'RE -- WE'RE -- AS OUR SUPERINTENDENT HAS SPOKEN
089BETTER TOGETHER. BUT AT THE SAME TIME WE'RE NOT REALLY DOING IT WELL. I HOPE AS WE CELEBRATE THAT WE REALIZE IT IS MORE THAN JUST A -- A -- SOMETHING ON A CALENDAR AND WE REACH OUT AND WE TRY TO LEARN ABOUT -- HOW WE'RE DIFFERENT AND YET HOW WE ARE THE SAME. OCTOBER 8TH THROUGH 14th IS FIRE PREVENTION WEEK. I WANTED TO BRING THAT UP BECAUSE W HAVE, WE HAD DEVASTATING FIRES THAT HAVE KILLED SOME OF OUR STUDENTS. THE THING FOR THIS YEAR IS COOKING. THEY DON'T SAY NOT TO TEACH THEM TO COOK BUT MAKE SURE THEY UNDERSTAND WHAT THEY'RE DOING AS FAR AS SAFETY. AND BROTHERS ORGANIZED TO SERVE OTHERS WHICH WAS THE ORGANIZATION OF THE LATE HANK WALT IS STILL OPERATING IN HIGH POINT AND GREENSBORO THEY'RE LOOKING FOR VOLUNTEERS. IF YOU'RE
090INTERESTED IN BEING A VOLUNTEER, GO TO THE FACEBOOK PAGE AND CLICK ON THAT. SEE HOW YOU CAN HELP. THEY -- THEY -- WHEN HANK WAS ALIVE THEY DID PHENOMENAL WORK, PARTICULARLY IN HIGH POINT FOR 30 YEARS NOW. SO JUST BECAUSE HE PASSED AWAY THE LEGACY EXISTS THAT WE WANT TO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE AND HELP THEM PARTICIPATE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> THANK YOU. CHRISSY. >> THANK YOU. I HEARD DURING OUR PUBLIC COMMENTS TONIGHT THE WORD EXTREMIST USED AT LEAST NINE TIMES ACCORDING TO MY TALLY. I WANTED TO SHARE A STORY A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO. I TOOK MY TWO CHILDREN WHO WERE BOTH TEENAGERS AT THE TIME TO SEE SOMEONE THAT MAY BE CONSIDERED AN EXTREMIST NOT BECAUSE I SUPPORTED THIS PERSON OR BECAUSE I DIDN'T SUPPORT THIS PERSON BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY I WANTED MY KIDS
091TO LEARN A REALLY IMPORTANT LESSON IS YOU NEED TO HEAR THINGS WITH YOUR OWN EARS, YOU NEED TO SEE THINGS WITH YOUR OWN EYES, WHAT YOU SEE AND HEAR IN PERSON CAN BE VERY DIFFERENT THAN WHAT IS REPORTED IN THE MEDIA AND OTHER PLACES. I THINK THAT'S AN EXTREMELY VALUABLE LESSON WE CAN ALL TAKE TO HEART. I DON'T BELIEVE A SCHOOL BOARD SHOULD BE A POLITICAL EVENT. I HAVE BEEN OUTSPOKEN ABOUT THAT SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THE CAMPAIGN. I DON'T THINK IT SHOULD BE PARTISAN. I THINK PARTISAN GETS IN THE WAY OF THE BUSINESS OF TAKING CARE OF OUR KIDS. WE'VE BEEN ENGAGED IN A POLITICAL CIRCUS HERE FOR A COUPLE OF MONTHS. IT IS IMPORTANT FOR PEOPLE TO KNOW THAT THOUGH THAT'S ON THE SURFACE AND PLAYED OUT IN THE MEDIA, THERE'S A LOT
092HAPPENING BEHIND THE SCENES THAT PEOPLE DON'T SEE. EVERYONE OF US ANSWER PHONE CALLS, DAILY, WEEKLY, CERTAINLY, AND ANSWER E-MAILS AND RESPOND TO PROBLEMS OUR STUDENTS AND PARENTS AND SCHOOLS ARE HAVING. WE'RE WORKING TO DO A LOT OF THINGS THAT THE PUBLIC ISN'T NECESSARILY SEEN. I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT TO LOOK BEHIND THE CURTAIN TO SEE WHAT IS GOING ON. I'M IMPRESSED WITH THE TEST SCORES AND THE WORK EVERYONE IS DOING AND THAT THE BOARD IS DOING. I HOPE WE CONTINUE TO WORK TOGETHER TO MAKE GUILFORD COUNTY SCHOOLS THE BEST THEY CAN BE. >> THANK YOU. LINDA. >> A LOT OF GOOD. IT HAS BEEN A GOOD MONTH THAT I BEEN A PART OF STARTING WITH THE STATE OF OUR SCHOOLS. STARTING WITH SOUTHEAST HIGH, GETTING THE HUMPHRIES AWARD. THAT'S EXCELLENT. THAT'S AMAZING TO ACHIEVE. THAT
093IS WHAT WE'RE ABOUT, GREAT ACHIEVEMENTS. I WENT TO THE CELEBRATION OF EXCELLENCE AND ALL OF THOSE INDIVIDUALS UP ON THE STAGE DESERVE MAJOR KUDOS FOR THE HARD DEDICATED AND -- BECAUSE THEY LOVE OUR STUDENTS IN GUILFORD COUNTY. KUDOS TO DR. RITA. I WENT TO THE SUMMIT. I'M INTERESTED IN PASSION IN PEOPLE. I'LL TAKE PASSION OVER EDUCATION BECAUSE PASSION DRIVES THE RESULTS. CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OF THEM. CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR TEACHER OF THE YEAR. SO THAT IS GREAT STUFF GOING ON. ALSO, I WANT TO SAY, I DON'T KNOW MR. WHITFIELD PERSONALLY BUT HE'S A PRODUCT OF OUR SCHOOLS AND ACHIEVED GREAT THINGS. HE'S AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT ALL OF OUR STUDENTS WOULD -- WITH THE RIGHT DIRECTION AND DRIVE AND SUPPORT HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO ACHIEVE. WE'VE JUST GOT TO REACH MORE OF THEM. SO I'M VERY
094HAPPY THAT WE NAME -- HAVE NAMED OUR BASKETBALL COURT. I HAVEN'T SEEN A LOOT OF -- OF -- OF RESULTS AS WHAT WILL -- WE'RE MAKING PROGRESS HERE. WE'RE MAKING PROGRESS. WE CAN'T YOU KNOW -- KIND OF LIKE WHEN WE -- WE CAN'T LOSE IT ALL IN THE SAME DAY. IT IS GOING TO TAKE -- WE WANT TO. YOU KNOW, IT IS TAKING TIME AND COVID HAS IMPACTED US. IT IS GOING TO TAKE TIME. WE NEED STEADY PROGRESS IS WHAT WE NEED. NOT THE HIGHS AND THE LOWS, THE STEADY GROWTH. SO LONG AS WE ACHIEVE THAT WE WILL DO WELL. I'M PROUD OF US, PROUD OF WHAT THE SYSTEM IS DOING. THANK YOU, ALAN? >> IN THE PUBLIC COMMENTS AND TO OUR OWN MINDS AND SENSIBILITIES WAS A DESIRE TO MOVE FORWARD OR TO MOVE
095ON, BUT I THINK AS THE PUBLIC NARRATIVE MOVES ON, THE WORK OF THIS DISTRICT NEVER STALLED, NEVER STOPPED MOVING. I HEARD IN THE COMMENTS TO THAT END AS WELL. WE'VE SEEN A SUCCESSFUL START OF THE SCHOOL YEAR. I WAS PART OF THE RAISING OF THE PEOPLE AT CLAXTON. IT WAS GREAT TO SEE THE FORMATION OF THE PLAN. AND ALL OF THE WORK IN THE COMPREHENSIVE ACCOUNTABILITY REPORT AND THE EXCELLENCE IN COMPARING AND PRESENTING. THE WORK BEHIND IT. THOSE PROFICIENCY NUMBERS, WE WANT TO SEE HIGHER. NEVER OUR JOB TO BE SATISFIED WITH THOSE. WE LOVE TO EXCEED THE LEVELS FROM 2018-19. WE HAVE TO NOTE TE CLEAR, NEARLY ASTOUNDING TRAJECTORY, AND MOVING IT EVERY CHART FROM 2020-2023. THANK YOU TO THE STAFF AND THE LEADERSHIP FOR CONTINUING THE MOVEMENT AND DOING THE MOST THAT CAN BE
096DONE AND DOING SO WITH SO MUCH AGAINST YOU AND DISTRACTING YOU AND UNDERMINING YOU AT TIMES, INCLUDING A STARK BUDGET PROCESS AND AN INADEQUATE RESOURCES PROVIDED TO OUR LESS THAN FULLY FUNDED SCHOOLS, INCLUDING NEW PARENTS BILL OF RIGHTS AND THE I5 CONCERNING AND DISTRUST IN OUR TEACHERS AND MAKES OUR SCHOOLS DECIDEDLY LESS SAFE AND EXCLUSIVE. I'M COMMITTED TO JOIN YOU IN THAT MOVEMENT FORWARD. I LIKE TO REVIEW WHERE WE'VE BEEN. WE WERE GIVEN A VOTE BY AN EXISTING STATUTE. THE VOTE WAS TAKEN AWAY FROM US. HERE WE ARE. I WOULD SAY THAT PATH FORWARD WAS A BIT UNCLEAR AND UNMUDDLED. DIDN'T SEEM TO BE ACTION AVAILABLE TO THIS BOARD. I LIKE TO THANK GOEBEL WHO STEPPED ASIDE WHEN HE SAID THAT BEST SERVED THE DISTRICT. I LEARNED OF HIS RESIGNATION PIP SEE HIS COMMITMENT TO
097BE ABOUT THE MAINSTAY IN THE WORK. AND HIS WORKING ON THE IMPORTANT JOB OF EDUCATING OUR CHILDREN. THAT WAS A THEME BY BISHOP AMOS. THE COMMENTS, THAT'S THE MOST IMPORTANT THING. OUR CHILDREN AND FAMILY AND TEACHERS AND I ARE CERTAINLY COMMITTED TO WORK WITH EVERY MEMBER OF THE BOARD FOR THEM AND THAT IN THIS DISTRICT THAT IS NOT ONLY MOVING FORWARD BUT NEVER STOP DOING SO. >> I ADD MY NAME TO YOUR COMMENTS. I WANT TO ADD CONGRATULATIONS TO WILLIAMS EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH AND JONATHAN MARINE MESA. I WENT TO THE NATIVE, GUILFORD NATIVE-AMERICAN POW-WOW LAST WEEKEND AND TOOK STUDENTS AND PARENTS AND THE ART AND THE CULTURE AND THE DANCE AND THE TRADITIONS ARE JUST SACRED. I WANT TO HONOR LONNY AND RUTH REBELS WHO STARTED IT. THANKS TO BELL AND OAKLEY. THEY CALLED
098ME WITH SO MANY STUDENTS THAT WANTED TO PARTICIPATE IN THAT. THE DISTRICT WANTED TO DO THAT. THANK YOU FOR WORKING WITH THE NATIVE-AMERICAN ASSOCIATION TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN. I LOVE SOME INDIAN TACOS AND IT WAS A GREAT TIME. I CONTINUE MR. LOGAN AS MY DUTY AS BOARD CHAIR TO TREAT YOU AS A BOARD MEMBER. WE HAVE DIFFERENCES. WE BOTH ACKNOWLEDGE. AS WE DO ON THIS BOARD. WE WILL CONTINUE TO DO WHAT WE NEED TO DO. THIS BOARD, WHETHER YOU AGREE OR DISAGREE FOLLOWED THE LAW. IT HAS THE DUTY TONIGHT. THANK YOU TO CAROLINE MACKEY AT HER FIRM AN BILL GOEBEL AND GAVE HIS ALL. WITH THAT, MOTION TO ADJOURN. >> MOTION TO ADJOURN. >>