001[music] Good evening everybody. How are you? I don't know if you had a chance to look at a couple of the clips that were in the packet here that we sent to you. But at first I just want to start out by thanking the committee that set and started looking at this project and that's Mr. Shaw, Mr. Martino, Miss Howard, and Miss Nent um as well as three from first student were on the calls with us as we looked at these different products. We looked at a product prior to Stopfinder uh which was part of our vendors package that they offered and I think I heard there was some concern with securities and stuff by the board and that was also one of the things that we found when we looked at that product. So
002we went to look at stopfinder which is part of the transfinder product which is what we use for our routing in our district. We've had it for 19 years since I arrived. Uh so it's another one of their applications. So, why are we talking about it? We're talking about it for two reasons. It was brought to me by the attendance committee that they thought maybe if there was a parent app that would help the kids see when the buses arrived or when it was coming that they wouldn't miss the bus and be on time for school and therefore help attendance. And then there was some parent concerns about not knowing when the bus is coming. Obviously, we went through a lot of driver shortage issues, new drivers, things like that. So, times do fluctuate. Um,
003so that was the other reason that we looked at a product like this. Uh, honestly about 2% of our total student population that rides was what we had gotten feedback on parent issues and concerns with the buses. Um, so I said we looked at the one product and we looked at stopfinder. So stopfinder links directly with our transfinder software. It talks to it every night. Everything gets updated. It's in the parent app. So, we control the access. It's controlled through Transfinder. The other app that we looked at, all you need was a school code and get on and look at bus routes for the district. This you have to have unique parent email, which we have in our infinite campus system. That's what's in our transfinder system. So, the parent has to have their unique
004email to even get access to their student data. >> [snorts] >> So they only get their student data. They're able to see the bus times like what we have on Infinite Campus right now in the parent portal. We're very limited to what they can see. They can only see like one morning time and one afternoon time. It's just the way the two products talk to each other. But with Stopliner, they would have all the time. So if they had three different children with three different buses, they would be able to see that. Uh as well as if there was an alternate stop or something like that. the parent does have an opportunity to share the app with a grandparent or a child care provider, somebody who's going to be there to take their child, but
005we control the ultimate end of that. So, if there was ever something arose with a court issue or a custody issue, we can automatically shut off the software to the app and no data goes out anymore at that point. What Transfinder and Stopfinder offers is a we call a geo fencing an alert zone. So we would geofence the school so they will be able to see when their child arrives here at the school when it pulls onto the campus and when it leaves the campus. That's kind of starts the clock if you will to when they'll start seeing the bus moving and when it enters their geo alert system. The parent has the opportunity to set it within the range they want. If they wanted a half mile away, a mile away, they can set
006that alert zone. they'll get a ding on their phone saying that your bus is five minutes away or half a mile away. So, that's just some of those big things there. Um, the other option that the Stopfinder app gives us is a little more of an open messaging system between the parent and transportation and the first student. Right now, we have Thrillshare when we send messages out. So, if we're delayed for school, things like that, that the parents are getting thrillshare messages. we can more focal on transportation with this app. So they were to get transportation messages or they could actually message or text the transportation office. So it's just another transport communication tool um to do that. So I mean that's pretty much stopfinder in a nutshell. Um we can if you need we
007can run those quick clips. It just they're promotional videos that tell you about stopfinder and how it works. Basically, we just went through that and it shows you the zones and how you can set that and what the parent will see on their phone. So, here for any questions you might have. >> And this is the funding for this is coming out of the cops [clears throat] grant. >> Nope. >> No. >> So, we have in our RFP that we wrote for our transportation contract for the next 5 years, it's a line in there that the vendor must provide a student tracking app. [clears throat] So, it'll go through our vendor, which is why we looked at their app first. Um, but we didn't feel the committee didn't feel it was secure enough for what
008we needed for our district. So, that would be done through First Student. They would we would they'd build we're the Transfinder customer. So, Transfinder would bill us and we would build back the vendor. Okay, >> thank you. >> All right, thank you. >> Thanks for giving me time just to update you on how middle school kids are doing. Um, [clears throat] we do have goals that we are right now exceeding for attendance and we are working towards um higher achievement in both reading and math. So for attendance, we've been working pretty diligently. Uh we met today and did have a pretty eye openening experience because attendance is dramatically decreasing, but we also know everybody is very sick. Um so in the past month, it's like decreased a lot. Um so we're still above our goal.
009We're still shooting for that. We're sending letters out. We're working towards that. We all know that students have to be here in order to learn and achieve and and meet their grade level standards. So, that's a part of it. Um, we did do a diagnostic assessment using I Ready in the fall. We're gearing up to do a winter diagnostic in the third week of January. Uh, teachers have provided a lot of feedback. They are working. Um there's been a lot of uh experiences happening in the classroom because kids are using I Ready um to to hone their skills and practice. They don't love it. Um sometimes it's repetitive and they don't like it, but they are seeing the value in it because they're watching themselves grow and progress in their skills. They're setting goals in
010AIS and academic support. And it's giving teachers an opportunity to sit with kids and say, "Hey, I noticed that you just guessed on the last you finished this test like this and I noticed you just guessed everything. Let's go through this again and and do it." And the students are starting to see the value of taking their time and answering the questions. So, um, some of the feedback the teachers gave is that students, you know, do better when they have a concentrated time to do it. So, in the January administration, we're going to go through the whole test from beginning to end with the kids. We're going to just do it like we would a state test. Um, and we think that we're going to get better outcomes. Uh, we're going to have teachers in
011the middle school available. So, if I'm if I'm your math teacher, I'm not going to be proctoring. I'm going to be coming around checking on everybody, making sure everybody is feeling good and confident. Um, and we're hoping that we're going to get a more realistic view of where student performance really is. The first I Ready administration, it was all new to kids. Some kids rushed through it. We know it didn't go as well as they want. So, we're really counting on the January assessment to give us a really strong idea of where we're performing. Um, what we're doing for interventions, we do have AIS for our most struggling students, but we have academic support. teams are working together um for both math and ELA because both teachers are on a team, but they're working with
012their counterparts. So, let's say in seventh grade, we have a social studies teacher that runs academic support. She's aware of what math work is owed, what English work is owed, and what they need to do on I Ready. So she is there to steer every single kid in that academic support class in hopes of getting them, you know, caught up and working on their skill set for whichever content. Um, so we are taking a targeted approach. I can't report to you that it's working or not working, but I'll have more information next month. Um, and we're really really hoping that, you know, we're going to get good outcomes in June. We did just recently learn when accountability was released that we are still in fact a targeted school for improvement uh for students with disabilities
013and that it's related to math performance specifically. So we are working on that. Um and you know we we do need to address some of the staffing issues moving forward. I mean, that's a conversation for later on, but we're really splitting one math teacher between two grades, which kind of hamstrings our ability to have a math expert providing the interventions. So, we just have teachers providing interventions, but it would be really good to have teachers who are skilled in math, who know what they're doing to provide those interventions. We just don't have the staffing for that now. So, I'm sure that's going to come up at a later time. Um, and then lastly, and I'm I'm my office is really feeling the impact of this. I don't have strong evidence to show that it's working
014other than um reduced peer conflict form, but our character strong program seems to be it's it's wellreceived by kids and it seems to be having some sort of impact because we're getting much less student entries into our peer conflict form. The adults are not working as hard to solve studentto student problems and helping them navigate them and our referrals are not significantly increased. In fact, it's been relatively smooth sailing um for the past few weeks. So, so we really think that it's taking root and and having an impact. Um we'll we'll measure that more as we go forward. Um but that's good news. I have nothing else, but I'm here to answer any questions you might have. All right. Thanks. Good evening, everyone. So, just a few updates. I shared my uh slideshow with you
015about Kasaki Athens High School. Right now, we're really focusing on the systems and operations of the school with with my transition into the high school. So, I shared some bullet points with you. Um, as you know, feedback from the community and from students really about uh scheduling and planning. So, right now we're doing a lot of that planning uh with scheduling course offerings um working a lot with the counselors. So, our goal, as I've mentioned before, is to get the schedule out before the end of the year. So, a lot of work is going into that. Right now, we are going to have our course offerings um program done uh for when we come back from break. So, I'm very excited about that. Typically, it's been completed in the spring and we've run out of
016time. So, we're on a tight deadline and I feel confident that we're going to uh meet the students needs and really help support the teachers so the teachers know what classes they're teaching, how many students so they can prepare ahead of time. So, we're looking forward to that. Very excited that Mr. Prey has transitioned into his uh position as principal of student support. So, he's been supporting 9th and 10th grade. [music] His skills have been really really helpful um with peer mediation. And so, that's given me more time to focus on the building operations and the leadership, the instructional leadership, which sometimes, you know, without that ninth and tth grade support really takes up a lot of time. So, I'm grateful for him. Um, I'm grateful that we're also I'm going to an infinite campus
017training in January. There are many tools that we haven't been trained on that will really help the scheduling be more effective and efficient. So, I will be coming back with that information and I'll be ready to run the schedule as well. As far as [snorts] instruction is concerned, I've been going into classrooms doing formal observations, been noticing some really strong trends. Teachers have very strong learning goals and structure. um a lot of collaborative work have welcoming environment some good routines as I'm watching a lot of the uh teachers and the group work some themes are emerging for where we want to go in the future so that would be uh growing academic discourse so academic vocabulary in those discussions um how do we engage and have equitable uh discussions and equitable partner work how can
018we have that collaborative work as well as having students do more self- assessment so we're going to be working together um and teacher groups to think about that and really making a plan as we move forward. Um lastly, we do have AIS. Uh that's something new that we're implementing this year. Definitely not perfect. Um we're looking to grow that next year. Similar to the middle school, we really have to look at staffing and see how we're going to use staffing in a really smart and efficient manner. Um I Ready, it's our first year using that. We've been piloting it. We're going to be doing the second assessment um in January. So, we'll be interested to look at that data and that comparison to see the growth. Um being that it's our first year piloting. There
019are definitely kinks, but we're working through that and it's a good year to try different things. So, when we go into next year, we'll be ready. We'll know the system, teachers will be trained. Um as you know, attendance is a huge focus. I did share in my update through the attendance data review, I noticed that there were errors with our data. So, I've been in contact with I Ready trying to resolve that issue. That means that unfortunately we I don't believe we've had correct attendance data since we've had Infinite Campus. Um, so when we started sending out letters this year, they I got feedback from the community from parents and students that it was incorrect. And so when I started diving deeper, it is incorrect. So that is a big issue. Um, I've reached out.
020I've tried to work with Infinite Campus. They haven't figured out the issue yet. They need to fix it so we have accurate data. Super important. So, until we can fix that issue, we need correct data to move forward. So, um, I'm hoping that that will get fixed very soon. Um, lastly, we had parent teacher conferences. It was a great start. Uh, all teachers reached out. We use some technology for uh families to schedule that was different and looking to build on that success for next year and plan that out now for next year. Um especially if we're looking to do portfolios or some creative learning, how can we really bring students in to show about their learning with their families? We know that there's a decrease in engagement sometimes with the high school compared to
021the elementary school. So, how can we bring more families in? So, those are a few updates. Um happy to answer any questions. Um, as far as our mathematics department, can you talk about any extra >> assistance [snorts] we're giving our students this fall regarding that? >> Yep. So, we have AIS uh classes. So, that's we use uh I ready for that and that's individual support. So, that's one way. Um, we have hired finally a algebra teacher to replace. So, our algebra is getting into a good rhythm and good support. We have now a uh 10th period sign up. So in the past, as you know, we've had 10th period. Haven't always tracked that. Well, it hasn't been tracked. Students would stay, but we wouldn't know. This year, we're tracking 10th period to see who's staying,
022who's getting that support. Um, as we are doing our scheduling and our planning for next year, there are things that we can do differently to provide more uh support. But if you look at research, the most important part of instruction is tier one. And if you look at our regent data, I think it goes back to that tier tier one. So we need to look at professional development for our teachers regarding the regents our um high our standards, those core standards. We need to make sure that we are explicit in meeting them. And so I will be working with the math department to hit those core standards as well as using I ready to support. >> So So we're not quite up to speed on some with some of our students. Is that what I'm
023hearing? Yes. >> Okay. We're not up to speed. >> Correct. >> And it's not Yeah. I would say that is his if you look at historical data, the algebra regions scores are are very low. >> So when you look at um performance, we have to look at elementary to here. Right. So element the skills that are building >> but we were short staffed weren't we this fall? >> Yes, we absolutely yes we absolutely were. >> And because we were short staffed there was some >> there was a gap. Yeah. Absolutely. >> So I just wanted to hear that we were we had a plan in progress to bring those kids up to speed. >> Yep. So, we are we're fully staffed now. We have our teacher who's working with students um and supporting. We have
02410th period as well and we have AIS. >> Will you be able to come back and give us an [snorts] assessment in the next 30 days to or 60 days or what? >> Yeah, I'll be able to give you an assessment from our I Ready Mhm. >> Okay. >> Yeah. So, we'll be giving that in January. So I would say by February meeting I'll have that data analyzed and shared. >> Perfect. Thank you. >> Yep. You're welcome. Anything else? >> Okay. >> Good. Thank you. >> Thank you. for me too. >> You want to look at No, I I can show it's [clears throat] on the screen here. So, >> so just uh something we've been tracking for a while is just overall attendance not only of students but of our staff uh you know
025and we're not going to all the details here but you can see on the average number of sick and personal days uh per person you know in the teachers unit it's about just under 13 days a year the the pair of professionals it's 15 and so on. Students average about 13. This is K12 or pre-K12. 13 absences a year uh per person the most current year for that. Um how many are chronically absent? We we use the same measure for staff we do for students 18 or more days during the school year. Uh so about 25% of our teachers are chronically absent. 38% of our pair professionals um and 30% of our students K12 um but as as you've seen that more specific data uh student data you know at the elementary is a lot
026less than the middle school which is a lot less than the high school uh which has our highest chronic absentee rates and just kind of how many are absent each day we got about 10 teachers on average absent each day about six pair of professionals and about and 7% of our students are absent need stuff. >> 10% of the teachers are absent every day >> on average. >> Well, that could be like Yeah, I'll get with that. >> Is that just sick days? >> Sick of sick and personal. >> Okay. Not >> correct. >> Professional development. So, >> no. Hi. No, I'm the adviser for the FFA. So, the three trips that you have is uh Camp Oasogi, which is in Krogan, um is a three-day trip for District 2 that district 2 always goes
027on. I think we've gone since 1991. Um this is the first time Kasaki has been able to go. This second trip is the State Leaders Convention in Albany that I'm taking two students to. Um, and the third is New York State Convention in Buffalo, which is also a three-day trip in May. >> How many students are going on that? >> Uh, in the one in May, I slotted seven. Right now, I slotted for my officers. Um, because they are the ones that are competing. Um, so I thought they were the most deserving. >> And how many students are going? You said two on the second trip. How many on the first trip? Uh I'm taking 10 to uh Krogan, but in total on that trip there's 99 going from District 2. So it's the largest
028winter weekend we've had in a really long time. And as of right now, there's eight different schools going. So it's going to be a good time. >> Can they come and speak to us? >> Sure. Do you want to come before after? >> Whatever. I think it would just be nice to hear about what they do. >> Yeah. I mean, if we if I um I can have them come after because it's a lot of um >> Tell us about that. >> It's a lot of team building. Um we do a lot of it's a lot of team building. They go snowshoeing. They do group building. They um they're doing survival skills. It's a really good time. And they get to meet everyone in our district like Takonic Hills is going. Um the Quest Star
029is going. It's just all over the place. >> But even just to come explain to some of us who don't do that now. FFA is >> well I have a lot a lot of them are new. A lot of them have never been in FFA before because I've been literally grabbing kids out of the hall and signing them up. So we have a lot of new members. So yeah, we can get something together. >> Amanda's got something. >> I just wanted to speak on in support of um Miss Royer. So Miss Royer came to us um and she's brought so many innovative ideas and curriculum. all of the kids want to take her classes. Um to bring to build FFA is really inspiring to see and especially for our population, our students who aren't traditional
030students are drawn to her. >> Like we need her [laughter] like she's good for kids and she's I've learned from her. I was in one of her lessons and I learned really interesting things. She's very hands-on. She's passionate about what he what she does and it's really great for the kids. So I just want to speak in support and that she's brought already in a short time so much for our students. >> So thank you. >> Yeah. >> So who's chef ros bes? You're not not alone. I [snorts] >> no I mean I'll be on the bus um but there's all the adviserss will be there and the state leadership um is chaperoned by state staff um at Krogan campashi has their own staff as well but all the adviserss are there. So, it's not
031just No, it's not just me by myself. Um, but all of the adviserss, we're all there. And we'll also do some professional development and some team building together as well. Um, it's a very tight-knit community. So, we're we're all there. >> But when you say the other advisors from other districts, >> yeah. >> So, you're the only person from our district, >> right? and and and parents don't you know that's not a a thing that parents go >> not usually no because I it's a for me it's a stipened position um and it since it is overnight and I'm taking 3 days um it's not usually something we ask parents to do >> so it's overnight >> and you have I know sometimes like security built in and stuff is just you're staying at a
032And >> um for Aspagotchi we're staying um we call them cabins but it's big buildings with bunks and rooms and stuff like that. Um at state leadership convention it is a hotel um with rooms room assignments and that security. At the Buffalo convention it is at the convention center. Um, so the hotel that we're staying at, it is connected by a walkway, which I purposely get so the students don't have to leave at all. So there will be contests and um, leadership things in the hotel. Um, so we actually never have to leave. So the convention center's here, there's the walkway and the hotel. So which I like. So >> yeah, >> what's the transportation situation? Are you localized? [snorts] >> So transportation for Krogan is us um which I've secured a grant through New
033York State FFA to help us with all of our transportation costs and the kids fund raise. So Krogan is on us. The state leadership convention, the parents are responsible for getting the kids up there to me. And for the Buffalo Convention, we're actually partnering up with Greenville to use the Hunter Transportation Services. >> Yeah. So, we've got it all and the grant is covering it all for us. >> Well, thank you. >> This is a big effort. >> It's It is It's worth it. The kids are so excited. So, we just got to get there and then they'll be hooked. >> Yeah. >> All right. So, where are we? We just We need to vote. Was there a second? >> Just a discussion unless there's more. All >> in favor? So car. >> Thank you.
034Thanks for being here.