001Um we thought this would be good exercise to um uh Amanda Musman who is our associate superintendent and she focuses very specifically on grades through six um over much more than that but to simplify it and uh Paul Wilson who um is focuses on the secondary education with the West School grades 7 through 12 and a lot of the grants. So, um, having them here today, we plan to go through and and I think through this conversation, that's what you're going to see. You're going to see that there's some legislation involved. There's plan goals involved. there there's utilizing staffing and and trying to bring all those things together to provide um enriching uh academics for our students. So that was really the conversation for today and um from there um I would be happy to
002turn it over to you and and this is an interactive discussion. There's not going to be a PowerPoint or any type of thing like that, but if you want to start to take us through some of the the items. >> Absolutely. >> Uh so I sent you a very long document last week um to be able to review, but we'll go through obviously the majority of it right now. Please stop me as I go. We have So the first thing I do want to focus on and I will link it back to the strategic plan is the change of world language offerings at the elementary school next year. So there have been several factors that have led to this decision. Um and it is not a decision that was taken lightly and it has taken
003years um to really make the decision in terms of um kind of brainstorming what is needed um in our elementary kids to prepare them as they go forward. looking at our strategic plan goals where if you look at the academic services goals which is mainly goal one uh we are really focused on what do we have that's innovative handson what are we doing prepare kids for STEM for careers um those technology skills are absolutely vital right now with anything that we're preparing our kids for you saw expand this year into project lead the way in grades five 8 and then last year um if you'll remember we did purchase Lego education kits for grades K through four utilizing technology. So I state all of that because as of this year the opportunity presented itself where
004we always started wondering if this was the time to make a shift. So we wound up with a retirement um at DIS in the French department. And so an idea that has been floating and which has come to us through student need through staff need and then just through again knowing what we are trying to prepare our kids for in the future when looking for kids with strong technology skills, cooperative learning, all the cost skills that all these businesses have told us. Um and we really wanted to expand technology um at the elementary. Currently students take technology for one day a week for one semester. So staff students you know it has it is a need to make sure that we teach our kids our basics. You know I always compare it to if you
005remember being in in school the the binder checks where you were terrified to take your binder up and they would say this tab and this paper and if you had it like woohoo and if you didn't oh we're sunk. That's what we now have to teach the Google Drive. It it's just a new way of organizing and we are preparing kids when they're now device onetoone in fifth grade who are Google Drive and typing skills starting in third grade when they are steeped on their typing skills as part of their writing. We aren't preparing them. We are not preparing them if we aren't having enough hands-on and our teachers do a phenomenal job but our special should be doing that hands-on innovation. So when that was signed, we started looking at all of our options.
006World language is we all know is is wonderful. We love immersing kids in other cultures. Um we don't want that to go. However, we do see a shift as starting it in grade five. Um the reason for that being we take those Lego education kits and expand them because right now we're touching them when we can because we need to teach those tech fields as well. Um, if we take that and we make that into a full course at the elementary school and really get into here's our Google Drive, but now this week it's LEGO education week and we are going to build, we're going to code, we're going to write a reflection to practice their typing skills and we make all of this collaborative learning, hands-on learning. We're preparing them for fifth grade. Right
007now with world language, kids again receive it one day a week for one semester. So, you know, my son had Spanish first semester, one day a week for one semester. Next year, he may not have Spanish until the second semester. So, you know, you go that full year without learning. Um, depending on when you have world language, um, like thinking, my son needs Mondays. Um, right now for this semester, I think you had five, you know, so far because of all the Mondays. That's just how it works. So, in terms of retention, we're not concerned about it impacting what kids know going into fifth grade. um because that retention piece is incredibly hard. We still have a very strong number of eighth graders who want that level one course. Um we have no plans of
008ever of ever touching that. However, you may remember starting last year even at eth grade world language became an option. It's just there's a lot of priorities that had identified we have done um in terms of it no longer graduation requirement. Um we have seen our numbers decreasing at the high school. we have computer science numbers going through the roof. Um well, we have to prepare our kids for what they need and what's coming. So with this retirement um it was decided that um our French teachers elementary school would be moved up to do intermediate school and we would now expand tech to really focus on um the technology skills typing skills but also the Lego education including um I mean oh we have so there's makey kits that I just learned about that we
009know we haven't been able to touch like you make a banana into a piano like I would like to see this um you know today we saw project lead the way in and we saw them popping balloons and kids all over the place that's what technology, we want technology to be. We want kids to see that it's time to go build Legos, but then also be able to use the computer program to program it. Um, it can do so much more. And then Lego education over the next four years can be a very slow progression. They are changing it to be Lego education, computer science, and AI. They are starting that shift in their curriculum even at early K to make it more focused on that computer science, AI, which is another goal on our
010strategic plan is that AI. Um, so it's it's really something that we feel is going to benefit our kids and and all around. So I would open at this point to any questions that you might have about that shift or if I forgot anything in that I got it. >> When will we move from typing to dictation? >> That's a great question. I don't see it happening. >> Okay. >> Um because of the data, you know, this the kids have to be able to sit there and type theirs. So I don't see that occurring. >> So the Google Drive typing that that they the tests taking so but also just think about how we all live. I mean if if we if you aren't able to type effectively you're just hindering yourself in the workforce
011you know in workforce in school um and so it's just something we want to help kids become proficient. So just uh even when talking about the world language um that shift where uh you mentioned that students aren't taking it as much in the high school but also we've seen textbook companies adjust >> and we've seen universities >> adjust and so talk about can mention >> talk about it with universities the feedback we've received is um looking at looking at the uh the world language class is you don't really need to have three or four years of it. Um because if you if say you want to go into business um they're actually looking at um do you have more specific business classes? Do you have accounting? Do you have uh some of the coding things?
012Do you have some like we've added AP business. So they're looking at those type of things versus um you know almost more specialized than looking at the world language. So that's the feedback we've got from universities. >> What about the the text? Yeah, we did textbook adoption three years ago. Um, at that point I now have one publisher that is actually p that is actually publishing hard coverver um textbook for the I'm sorry, starting in grade seven. Um, there's a couple as you get up into the high school level, Spanish 2 and three, uh, in French as well, but right now fifth grade has an online program. It's wonderful. Um, it's called learning. Thank goodness we found it because it is the only thing we can find starting um, as low as grade five. There
013is nothing that I have found for K4 and saw us was the only one that we could find to be gaining and again thank goodness it was wonderful the program we've had for a long time. Um but it is something that publishers are not putting much effort into as we go forward >> and if there's an appetite say for more language is that available say in the summertime >> uh I will be I have not thought about that but that is definitely something we could visit. >> Absolutely. So, I do think uh if people are interested, we do have flex credits available. There's TCP um that are available as well. So, there there's definitely ways to pick those up. And what's CCP? TCP. Uh um yeah, college. Uh yeah, just people watching. Yes. Um so
014really we have a lot of students that do that as well. >> And we we are very confident that it's um we are happy with our world language programs. So starting a great job. we are we are way ahead of many districts um that do make it a choice beginning in grade eight sometimes grade seven. Um it is still going to be a mandated special um at grades five and six so that we can make sure that we expose kids and we teach them enough to be able to make that decision if they want to continue at middle school and especially if they want that level one class. So that >> for everyone at home and maybe some of us could you give a little bit more background on the Lego um platform and everything.
015People aren't just picking >> Absolutely. Lego Education. So we have several different kits, but we have kits for grades K and one that are called Coding Express. Um and it's very simplified build. Every lesson for Lego Education K through four take 45 minutes. What's nice is it's meant to be a build, code, deconstruct in one class period because otherwise how would we how would we do that? Um, coding express K1 and then we have what's called spike essententral which for grades two, three and four. They're all very similar and students are more complex as you go up. So K and one really focus is the first half of the kit is really just following directions with a partner. So you use the cooperative learning together a build following the inter. Then as you go farther
016you actually start to you you hook it this box a little box that plugs into their Chromebooks and they teach very very basic coding skills. And so your build might be able to start to use. So by the grades three and four and we've never been able to get this far in in this we're excited to be able to do that. By grades three and four, you're actually building, producing something that that might move, might go up and down, might spin, and you are teaching it to code. You feel, you plug into the system, which you're on the LEGO education website. It walks the kids through what to do, and by the end of it, you have something incredible. By the end of the period, kids are >> so connected and it just >> and
017then you put it back in its kit ready for the next. >> So, it's pretty cool. It really is. I think as Amanda said, it plays well with project leadway, which also then leads into some of the things that we've developed over the last three or four years of high school. So really nice continuum well really that's been added >> and and fact the teacher actually did ask me to purchase what are called theme park kit and those are even more simplified. We saw coding express this year because it's the little Legos were hard for our kindergarters. Um they they need the duplo they they still need the bigger Legos. We have real little hands, you know, and so we are purchasing um those kits right now. Now we talked about that today and we're
018getting some info kits um that we're going to start kindergarten with next year so they have the bigger thanks absolutely that that's probably one of our biggest changes um for next year. >> Okay. All right. So, oh the next thing was really um to give you an overview of the science and social studies adoption because at the next board meeting we will be asking for approval of those resources. You know, I did link to our selections. Um they are not final because we are having a parent review committee um Thursday, March 19th to go through all of those. Um but again, as we went through it, what's you know, as Dr. Dr. Gagan has had stated there's a lot that goes in to looking at our staffing to looking at our materials and ensuring that
019what we have is pushing us forward. Um and so we have there's a new company curriculum institute TVI that's going to be brand new this year. It's a new for the state. If you did not know Ohio has a list of approved vendors you can adopt from um our hands or tight depending what's there but it's because they've been vetted um and they've been chosen to be high quality. That's the brand new vendor this year and fifth and sixth grade social studies have chosen to go with it. It is very handson. It comes with even for studies comes with kits and manipulatives, things you don't typically see in a social studies class. And so you'll see more of the traditional titles in high school. Um very traditional. A lot of them actually have totally continue
020with what they currently have. Uh but at 58 they've really chosen to do a revamp. Um there for science they have chosen SAS experience science. Um again experience is all hands-on. It comes with a different kit for every single unit. It's meant to be um teacher lecture and mainly hands-on. So that is what our truly 58 science has just chosen this fifth grade I'm sorry what's called lab aid which is also brand new to Ohio and that is built around labs. You learn by doing labs and then six experience science. you experience science while you're doing it. And that is again those are our biggest shifts that probably be from going from more traditional to more of those innovative hands-on. And so again, most of the other ones that you will see at the high
021school level are your more traditional um topics, especially as we get into our AP um to make sure we're preparing. Um before that board meeting, I will make sure that you have the final selections that um after the parents have gone through it with us next Thursday, the final budget, you will have everything um for that. You will also notice that we chose to do social studies as a sixth year adoption and science five. Um this they're on the cycle right now and that's tough for many reasons. Um one is hard for just having those many teachers. I mean they're with me a lot during these adoptions to make sure we are choosing really good resources. Um it's would be nice to have in different fiscal years. Absolutely. And so we did choose to make
022social studies the longer as the majority of history will be okay for that one extra year. You know science changes. I was taught Pluto's planet like things changed. So we do want to make sure we update that sooner and look at lab materials, microscope cleaning and um so that was a little more straightforward. >> Talk about the process when you talk about having the teachers out. You mentioned that parents are reviewing next you talk about the process adoption. >> Sure. So, starting last June, right after school let out, I started contacting every publisher that's on that Ohio approved list. Um, and just getting and so we were just inundated with samples um for about three months. Um, I kind of do a first read of like go through of them um see what I know
023is popular around here, see what our staff has recommended and then I I will typically pick five to six publishers. Um, and then if they select more later on, they'll get we can always bring more in. So, it's it's your main publishers. Plus, I always try to grab these new innovative ones. So, that is my whole summer is is truly lining up all of the samples that I can find for grades 5 through 12. Um, determining which publishers I want to speak with and then planning that day with them um for their presentation. So, I normally make that in November. And the reason for that is I am not going to pick have the staff pick out resource until they have reviewed the standards together. Um, we don't pick a a book and hope it
024matches our standards. We review our standards and pick the material that match. So they're charged. They meet with me in August on that PD day. We go through exactly what the expectations are for those few first few months, what they can expect from me to help them as much as they need as we go through the process. So that's in August. At that point, they are charged with working their PLC's, their professional learning communities or their PBT time, whatever they call it, updating those curriculum maps, going through the standards, finding out what is being taught, maybe if there's anything truly be honest with yourself. Is there something we've been missing? Do we, you know, look at those state tests? four standard that we need to hit harder. You adjust your your Pacing map and your
025curriculum guide by date. The goal there is always to have that complete by the end of the PD day in November. And that way in that PD day, I can answer any questions. We can go through final project. We can do all of that. So then the second and third week of November, we did science one week, social studies one week. All of the teachers were here with me. Middle school one day, high school one day, science, science, social studies, social studies. And we do that vendor presentation where the whole day you just have one vendor after another giving kind of that highle overview. It's very easy. >> Where do you do that? >> Right here. I can't wait. >> Um they're all in there. It'll be great. >> So we did that this first
026the second third week of November. exactly what you don't want. You're not what you want yet, but you can go what you don't. So, the goal there is to try to kind of let's get down to our top two to four depends how many you saw. The vendors leave us with um demo access once they have actually showed us what that looks like. So then from mid November until say mid January through winter break in there they have time again if they need release time I give it to them and work with them science is incredibly difficult to pick resource for science you will not find an Ohio aligned um resource so you have to do a national one but make sure it correlates to the standards and fifth grade Peters on the edge of
027two grade band standards K5 and 68 but it goes close into both so it's very hard so I really wanted to focus and help uh fifth grade on that but we go into the demo account. Um, we actually did some pilots this year. We did a pilot with that new sim science program at 56. We did a pilot in eighth grade. Um, each teacher picked a different group because they were so stuck. So, we did a pilot on each one. We sent people one um a couple of middle school wanted to go visit and see HMH in action. So, we sent them to see that. We emailed several different areas that have experience science to get their feedback. So, you just do a lot of that. So then between say mid January to midFebruary I
028once again went and met especially with the high school department chairs were wonderful. Um and then our five a groups and we started to slowly get to our final decision. So we're at that point where they have extension. We have I finished all the quotes today and I'm compiling getting all their samples back from them so that I can get set up for the parent review committee. >> Let's talk about the parent review committee. >> Committee. So they will come in typically and I discussed this on our curriculum tour. Typically we would have parents come in and I would present all of our selections. Um that's not as feasible this time because it's it's different in math. For example, we adopted K McGraill reveal the same program K. So we could give an overview on
029that. Um science and social studies is so different because most of the research as I said align to national standards then trying to find the Ohio standards. that might correlate for this publisher on this grade and this publisher on this grade. We do as much alignment as we can like six, seven and eight are all doing science five social studies social studies. We do as much as we can but especially you get to high school there they probably with seven different publishers. So at that one we will have overview I will have the this whole room will be set up with every one that we've selected. Um, I'll have an overview page for every parent that just dates the the um grade level, what we chose and basically the why as we chose it and
030myself plus teacher reps will be here to answer any questions. >> Who are those parents? >> But invitations today. So I actually am building principal and so I was given some names of parents that have just been very involved in terms of kids that um but in that AP classes. So we want to make sure we review those. Um, I also have our wonderful PTA parents who have many have volunteered. I have asked though right now with the PTA parents I reached out to that if they know of any others to please let me know. It's a lot of word of mouth right now in terms of who with our principles helping me who's going to be a who who's interested there involvement that you want. >> I so far so far I've gotten very
031positive feedback. I'll say for our math review I've probably had a dozen parents. Um, we typically and for our ELA, I had to run it at night because I had so many people that wanted to come and they couldn't make it during the day, which I completely understand. We don't tend to get as much involvement with studies, but I still expect probably about a dozen. The other thing that I you didn't really mention, but especially when looking at going from one publisher to a different publisher and changing upgrades, it's looking at how that folds in which especially when we've been having those conversations, whether it's map >> or you know for lang world languages we talked about there's been a very thoughtful process and understanding of so it's not like they're going to be falling
032off a cliff or you know relearn a new platform every year. So we did as much continuity as we could find a little lower. >> I think that's the interesting piece even in years past the teachers have that conversation and th those are the that's the really cool part where they kind of talk to you know the teachers will talk to the LBMS teacher see where there's gaps they have an opportunity to do that and often that comes up as well. >> Correct. >> Yeah. you're mentioning diets there there seems to be that um movement towards traditional like moving towards more of a lab based right >> correct at that 5A level >> and will will testing look differently as well >> it will not >> not that I have been made aware you know
033something in science though that we've were um kept our eyes open for is we can't find an Ohio perfectly aligned resource and that's okay it's been kind of dabbled in state that they might switch Ohio from Ohio standards to national standards as it is. Um, and so that was really our main focus was to make sure we were ready if there a shift happens in the middle of the five-year adoption that we're ready. But I do not see the state. >> I was just thinking it in the back of my mind in the day way way way back and just having a lab test, >> right? >> You know, you'd have something >> dissected animals in front of you, >> right? >> Yeah. >> Correct. But we we may do different inside the class. Correct.
034But as far as the larger testing, >> sure, I'm sure they would test classroom assessments. Um they're already doing that right now. A lot of I apologize I statements. >> We'll also add to comment that especially seeing how many colleges are bringing back standard testing SAT and ACT requirements. um whether we're talking state testing for our students or looking even at the higher level for falling into college, >> but that is these are things so many schools requiring again. That's great point. On a side note, um in talking with Mr. Woods this week. Uh thank you to the board for supporting us giving both SAT and ACT. A lot of this is the first year we're doing both and um as going great feedback from uh parents. But thank you to the board for supporting
035that adoption. Okay. So our next is um just looking at some staffing changes that we're expecting to um in Bernison and the high school. um some due to the grace on the call discuss internship program, some due to need by multiple reasons and um I'll get into that. I'm gonna have Paul start with that internship. >> We're super excited by the growth of the internship. If you recall last year, we had I believe seven students come and present uh to the board. Then this year there were 17 students and for next year we actually have 44 students lined up currently. So very excited about this. But looking at that, we knew if it continued to increase, we would have to look at uh uh Bob Pat's schedule a little bit. Uh he currently was teach
036this year, he's teaching um three APs as long as well as TBI as well as internship. So, in order for him to really get out and do some different things with the students, we looked at his schedule and it because he has so many students between his CBI um classes, careerbased classes, as well as our internship and the development of that um we've elected to pull him from his classroom and that's going to allow him to do some different things. I will tell you he's already um he's already made great connections. Uh I sent Dr. dog in an email over the weekend and I and I talked to uh Brad Liz today a little bit about it. We had students uh that were at North Coast Gastro andology I believe who have done some different
037things for them and they spoke about how highly uh these kids are going to be hard to replace and if you have more send them our way. Um and Bob has made great connections. He he was meeting with the city. I think there's four departments in the city. Um so he's really expanding that. So, um that's why we're looking to do that, but we're excited about that internship program. >> So, then the LBMS, um we have asked this year for an addition of.5 FTE at Bison. Um so, what is it? This is our second year going from 12 to 10 where we went from 12 teachers per grade level to 10 for grade level at grades 5 through eight. We have been able to make it work and we knew it might be an issue
038um eventually and it is now. So right now we have 17 kids in sixth grade going over bonus for math which is amazing but it's another so then when you look at more students who will be accelerated next year same thing graders will take seventh grade or fifth graders taking seventh grade then we have some new legislation um we do need to add now is something that we probably would have proposed anyway even without a couple of those factors because this year our general general education classes are averaging 26 to 28 per class. It's a lot. Um when you're talking about students that we want to ensure that we're providing enrich or intervention for daily intervention for um you know we have nymphs coming around the corner at some point >> when math intervention monitoring
039plan you might get familiar with the rimp the reading ones are coming. We don't know when but we possibly as early as August um and so we are going to have to provide intervention services. Our teachers are great at providing service. They But when you have 26 to 28 kids sitting in front of you, it's very hard to do what exactly what you know they deserve and what what you would like to do. So that is something that concerns us this year already. And then you throw in some of the new legislation. So there's two different ones that I referenced in there. Right now we called House Bill 96 which did pass. uh that right now requires starting in grade four that be a third grade assessment all the way through pre-calc algebra 2 because
040the geometry assessment and any students who are the five advanced must be given advanced learning opportunities the next originally stated that that meant that student had to be placed in an advanced course the following year they have that and they have said that it might be appropriate to be course or we may have to provide differentiated learning opportunities whether it's in the classroom or during a study hall. So we have to somehow fulfill enrichment for them advanced learning opportunities. Again it's very very loose on what the state now is is pointing that. Um but when you look at our advanced learning opportunities if we have an advanced section it makes sense for those children to be in that advantage. Um, looking at our numbers from last year to this year, it was going to kind
041of pretend that that was an effect really didn't have much of an impact starting grade seven. I think we had three additional kids that would have been placed in an advanced math seven. Um, and then it got even lower going up through the high school. Um, but it really was that grade three to four. So, we don't offer advanced math four, but we do have gifted math services. We have enrichment in math. Um, it would have been over 35 that would have needed some sort of math enrichment. And again, now you have to figure out where that's coming and where when we're going to do that, what it's going to look like. Um, it was over 50 from grade four to five and then it was, I believe, 30s. I can't remember the exact number
042from fifth to six. And then, like I said, it started trickling from there. Um, we probably had a couple dozen, like I said, from that. Um, so we have to be ready for that. And that's not a bad thing. If you have a student that is getting a five on an end of course exam, no matter what grade they're in, they're showing mastery of that content. So if they're not showing it in the classroom, where is the dispute? So to me, this isn't a bad thing. It at least going to open a discussion for us. I'm not saying that every student is is would be appropriately placed in an advanced section the next year, but it opens the discussion because we have to contact every parent whose child for five and we have to tell
043them what we're recommending as their advanced learning opportunity for the next. So, it's going to open a discussion on every single one of those kids. Now, that might or right now we have Senate Bill 19 that passed the Senate is currently in the House and it changes that for seventh grade. This is where I throw. So if that one passes in seventh grade only kids who score either a four or a five have to be placed in algebra 1 and e. So I struggle with that one because you're skipping math eight. So just because a student has mastered math seven skills does not mean they are ready to skip math eight skills and go into a high school level transcripted course. But that's something if it passes we're going to have we're going to have
044to work out because the parent always has the right to opt out. Always. But we have to default with placing every one of those children in >> not >> we even had to discuss today like we like if that goes through we'll probably have to have some type of bummer collab >> yeah to make sure what they're missing they're going to get you know who the film >> I do I do not I did >> um Oh, that is um the right stair. Oh, sorry. >> 19 is the >> Oh, it is. >> It's in the house now, but >> um that is also one that if it passes will mandate my the math intervention monitoring plans beginning in August. Um and with that, we do have to now give which we do anyway, but
045it' be a statemandated K3 math diagnostic that would be reported to the state just as our reading scores are. the diagonally from a state approved list um that they're hoping to have by June. So to implement in August. So um you know measured map which is what we use for reading was approved for reading we're going to um so those are the big influence there but with that then I'm sorry let me go back to then what we're talking about. Um so if that all that occurs right we have to be ready for it. And so no matter what we do not then you are looking to average 35 kids a class in math seven and about 27 to 28 in math 8. Um if my you know my estimate I estimated two algebra sections
046I estimated three to four pre-alggebra sections even if those are down you're still averaging about 30 a class. Um so our hope right now is to add that.5 at Bernison in order to help with the high school level courses so that our Bernison staff can focus on our Bernathan. That's what we're looking for. >> We looked high school for that as well. But we looked like could we do something there discussion but so Amanda myself and the principal we all get together monthly and I think that was very good discussion so from that we were saying hey gee maybe we could take somebody from the high school look at that um maybe that could fill that need to Mr. Woods and his team's credit they've done a great job with math labs and really that
047would have been sacrificed so through those conversations we didn't want to take away the progress that they're making um I think they've had 00 uh who do this through math lab. um math lab is when students are in the building for study hall they can drop in and get answered questions and I believe you even said you're now >> yes they are scheduling it correct >> yes >> for math I mentioned we are showing um our competency scores in algebra one it's increasing and so the pul support from them when our charge was to help with intervention >> their their uh their fall testing winter testing the December testing um We did see about a 20% increase in students the amount of students who passed so we didn't want to take that away >> and
048math lab involuntary or encourage >> yes recommended >> uh like I said through those discussions it was great it was great discussion you know sitting over here we're like maybe we could do a morning an afternoon this but really we have availability six periods a day essentially over there where students can pop in or students are assigned to come and um and really the teachers work amongst each other and say, "Hey, this student might need help, but they're scheduled in there." So, it has help. >> It's been now that I have a senior different, but I mean your daughter is not for either of you. Um, but it's a matter of, you know, you're it's struggling with questions and you're like, oh, how to do this and you're googling it and finally hit the point
049of like knowing that there's math labs in study hall tomorrow, go to math lab and then they can go and get that question in and help figure out how to >> but but an important part for us was hearing that kids were being scheduled because you don't want to have those uh periods open where the teachers been sitting and and nobody shows up and and I think you know they did a nice job explaining it where um you know we're talking to the high school and saying hey we really want to see improvement here and then Rob sits with the math department they come up with a plan do these math labs and we're seeing the improvement and we go oh wait a minute we >> yeah nice job but we're gonna take this person
050and move them and then eliminate the math labs we didn't think That was the the best >> circling back to the eighth graders going straight to elevator watch. Would it have to be the exact same classes offered to nth graders or could like some sort of transitional inclusion? >> That's a great point. The um that was my hope was that we could do some sort of kind of band-aid transitional. They have to take the end of course exam. >> Um but still would have to be you know very similar to the high school course because everyone has been following the exact met >> and it's transcript. And so that means if you take algebra light in in eighth grade and you take full algebra in ninth grade and your grade was better and you're dealing
051with class three and now you have governor's right the top 5% where they get scholarship money then that starts to become an issue when you do things like that too. There has been discussion at the national level about moving algebra one into an eighth grade still transcripted as a high school course trying to establish that is where the vast majority of kids are going. I fully agree this is a much bigger discussion because of understanding the impact in transcript all this other stuff. But um just so you know this is not going to go away. I don't think anytime soon. But then you'll see state standards adjust. Um they're going to have to if they need us now covers through eighth grade standards through seventh grade, you know, it's they're going to have to. So
052this is a huge task that's going to occur or like also we're going to have to really help during the summer um summer and and then offer intervention services throughout the year. I mean, we're going to have to def comment that I know I made when we were doing the uh discussion that we had um earlier, but uh about you know the the difference between if you're doing eighth grade life or or algebra one light versus algebra one something else. We got to make sure that because it's not consistent between the buildings. >> Y right it's all counting the same thing. Yeah, because right now we Yeah, we we did take the note of that for our last conversation. Absolutely. >> And I think that's the hard part for when and I was middle school
053at one point and and I know one of the challenges that, you know, parents would have if their child is doing but not great in math and then score well on the test. Do I put them in a high school level course on Zth grade where they get a grade that's going to follow them all the way through? So, it's not as easy say, "Oh, great five. I'm going to running into that that algebra class and then the kid gets a C and then the parents are upset because now the child has a C on their transcript." So, they're walking into the high school, you know, with a 2.0 know and and that's >> you know a lot to it >> the next two are are very quick but they are big changes um for
054us so this year we registration gateway which we've been using for registration is no longer supported as of June 30th um so that obviously put us out shopping um and so Monica Verick the registar and I um and then a couple of our other teams um Jackie ask about pizza. Great. We all sat through again at our vendor presentations. I've been those this year. Um and so we really came down to two final forms and power school. So final forms we used currently for athletics and power school is currently what's called our CIS student information system as you all know. Um when we're talking about student information system, it made sense to go with power school. So our registration platform is called um power school registration. Um it's going to help simplify a lot of
055things. Well, one, we do have itated right now in both Arabic and Spanish. So, the second parents log in, they can choose their preferred language. Um, we are right now working on translating all of our documents um including writing the affidavit and and medical questionnaires and all of that. Um, so that no matter who is registering, they will be able to print them whatever forms they need, fill it out, and you can upload them right into your registration system by taking a picture or filling out with we're going to make all the PDFs fillable. you no longer need to meet with the registar to complete a registration process. It eliminates that middleman where in August I always feel terrible for our jars because you will get a rush you know on August 20th to start
056school that and it's like you know surprise that school is starting and you get a rough and we feel terrible when we say I'm sorry we can't have your son or daughter in for the first day of school so we time to pro we'll be able to process much much faster um Monica verte will be notified who has enrolled it will be automatic it's been way to process about six meetings with powers school for us to tell them exactly where it was a 21page document everything we asked in registration where I want it to go in powers school and who is to be notified when it puts it there. So the second we get some a parent put in medical our nurse gets an automatic notification gift if the elelll special education you know you
057pick it will automatically go into power school and there will be an automatic notification to the person involved so that we can start those meetings with our nurses as soon as we open the registration portal and they are starting to get notified. Um, so opening up that communication page for Monica and see you next can then right away email back and say I have everything. I know when your registration is complete or I'm sending XY or Z. Um, it's really going to speed it up, but it's going to make it so much better for our families. This year we are going to use codes. They call it returning students instead of the school where we will send codes out to parents to log in complete students returning student form in July. But then our push
058next year is to really get our parents power school because then we would never need to do that. We can just send out a notice that says returning student is open and just your regular parent login. You go and you complete it. It's all right there. Just you're already in power school looking at your kids grades. So we're hoping for that push to get because as we go up in grades tend to have we have less parents that that log into power school on a regular basis which I understand. Um, but we want to push parents being more and more involved as part of of course any of our goals um going forward in the next years and really always the more you have parents involved the better off for everybody at any age because
059I'm telling you a 17-year-old is not ready to to do everything on their own all the time. Yeah. Oh, it's okay until she's full. So, we want to make sure that we're we're supporting everyone um all the way up through through age 18. And so, anyway, we want to simplify for a um and this is just going to make it so much better. So, we are have our first test run next Tuesday. Um, just myself and a couple people with um Ellen who's been helping me um at P school and then we have two weeks to do multiple test runs to make sure it's where we wanted to be. Right after spring break, we'll do a training for all of the people that could be getting alert, you know, their alerts, all of our building
060secretaries. So, they'll be alerted every time a new student enrolls. They can get them placed in courses. Um, and so everyone you can think there's exactly 20 of us because they're going to count not allowed to have more than 20. Exactly 20 of us will be in that room um third week of April and we hope to open it May 1st for all of our new enrollment right this second we're still using Gateway um for kindergarten which we're already at over a hundred um and so we're we're still using Gateway and then and so we're doing kind of the old school way right now and then we'll transfer it if we can but that's an exciting we're really really excited about that a lot of work but so worth it. Will there be communication for
061parents towards the end of the year about there's going to be a new platform? Absolutely. >> As soon as we have all the the bugs worked out and we know exactly when we're opening it. Um then I'll get all the communication out. Absolutely. >> Yep. >> Um and then the last one was oh school links too. >> Yeah, we're very excited about school links. School links is essentially a new uh college and career readiness platform for our students. It's going to replace Nvian things um uh to help you kind of just look it over and see what it's like. Um really working out with our counseling teams. It's going to be a 7 through 12 platform. Um what really sold us on that is we felt like um Navian has been around but they really
062haven't kept up where school links is new but they've done really really interactive things. Um, one example, I was on the phone today with Kelsey Linton who is one of the counselors at the high school and we we've been in the process of really trying to get this with our student data in there. So, uh, Pet and Jackie Mata have been wonderful getting all the information you need pulled and added to their their uh, server. So, um, a lot of the things are in there. So like the college or there's a page basically it'll outline what the students have their ACT scores their and I showed Amanda this right beforehand their test scores ACT scores AP scores everything in one screenshot and Kelsey was like oh my lord I have to go run and get
063the other counselors show. So really you're excited about that uh platform and what it brings to our students. There's videos um like if you want to see a college campus you can go right on a video. you click on it, boom, and it kind of takes you through virtual tours. Whereas before it might say, hey, um, you should consider this, but then you have to go outside of there and do things. I think the comment that Kelsey made to me today was, "Oh, that's like 12 clicks for me to get all the information now right there." So, I think it's going to help with uh the pictures for our students, but more importantly, um, this is going to be very, um, accessible for our parents. Uh, one of the things that we're doing with school
064linking is really trying to get this headed out right now so that as our counselors go in, particularly to our juniors who will be doing the graduate or doing the college application season right as school starts next year, they want to get out there with our information, show them how to use this, do some parent pieces so that parents feel comfortable so that we're not panic when we come back to school. But um really comfortable with the timeline where we are and the effort that our uh our high school team uh administ administration excuse me counseling team have put into that. So it's it's really uh nice. I'd be happy to show it to you or share a demo if anybody wants to see it at some point. >> That'd be great. Um I think
065the junior parent meeting is coming up here in the next week. >> Is that Thursday? This Thursday. I think the plan is to mention some of it and perhaps show some of the demo. Um they're going to lay they're going to throw it out to um the students and then I think further in the spring when we get all of our data populated, you know, like a scatter grams plot so students can look that's always great information. They want to make sure they have all of our information going back and forth with making sure we had our historical ACT and FAT data in there so our students say, "Okay, if I had this GPA with the FAT score, what's my likelihood based on the history of Wesley and to Ohio just use a high state."
066So, I want to make sure we have all that info in there. >> And career plans are coming. Um, that's another proposed bill right now. Um, that career plans along with graduation. and um how you're going to meet your graduation requirements. Um your academic and your career plan needs to be done by the end of eighth grade. Again, it's proposed right now, but it's coming. The the focus is on career. It's on career, workforce, technology. Um and so this is something that they do plan to bring down Dr. Bernison. Um and so when that comes, we'll be we will be ready and that follows all the way through um an expectation that students have a professional resume completed by the end of their senior year. And so it's something that will be able to you
067know go with them from burn to high school and usually whatever requirements we have >> and Bernison was excited uh about the opportunities that that provided as well in their as far as career exploration interest inventories and things like that. But that's all included in there. >> Yeah. Everything we have enough you think we would be interested in or I at least myself would be interested in schooling. I would if you want that way. >> You know if we want to do that it's like a work session or if you want to do it it's more individual smaller >> you can think about it. >> Yeah absolutely. Absolutely. >> That's great. >> I can even have them do a presentation like an overview uh with the board if you'd like. Nice. We said Zoom call
068or something. You want to do that? >> I kind of do. >> Okay. >> I think with this what I like is that a lot of times people hear about, you know, they hear about um moving French to DIS, but they don't know why. You know, you hear about a textbook next next meeting you're going to have a a textbook adoption for your consideration. you get to hear how it came to, where it where it started and and the path it took before it got to your agenda. But I think it's even for you guys, but also the community to be able to hear how utilizing staffing, whether it's a reduction or keeping people at the high school because there's progress happening. How does all of this kind of fit together with staffing, finance, um,
069legislation, uh, instructional goals and all those kind of things? And how does that come together? >> So, I think so. I hope you thought that was a little >> and thank you to both of you and and uh your entire team for all the hard work. >> Hey, you mentioned the French future Spanish also, right? >> That's that's great question. So um the plan though is all is we want to do everything through natural. So if there were to be um a Spanish retirement somewhere between in grades 512 yes that's when we make that move. I do not know yet what that's written, but we're mulling around a couple. >> I already have some really good ideas, but I don't want to say that like Thank you. I know this is not an easy thing
070to throw together. Greatly appreciate you taking the time and all the thoughtful care that goes into all of these decisions because we'll have to make the comment they're not cheap decisions. >> No, science is probably the most expensive one you're going to do, isn't it? >> Right now came out ahead today on my final count, but I'm still working on it. So, we'll be okay. >> Mr. He knows what I'm doing. Appreciate it. >> Thank you very much to committee reports legislative leaison. We got a little bit of legislative updates otherwise I really don't >> that we didn't really talk about >> uh student achievement I know >> get together with Joe and give me the low >> y different committees uh we Brad and myself have done a lovely tour at Wesley Elementary School
071and at the event this week or the today and then next week is high school. >> Yes. >> Looking forward to it. That's Monday. You know, it was a lot of fun seeing the project lead the way in action and the group. We just so happened to like walk into the room and they were doing a group machine and sending down a marble to pop a balloon. Yeah. And part of it >> and it was amazing the placement of that glue stick to >> Yeah. >> They were engaged perfectly. We met recently and I know that we shared with you some of the things that um uh are on say our capital calendar moving out over the next few years and it it's the good to see the transformation that's going in which is part
072of that capital project which be super important as we move move forward. um some of the things that we've just talked very briefly about and and and bumping into a hall or at a um or at an event say with board meetings or the treasurer or the superintendent uh these articles that we've been reading I have not connected with Nordonia schools just yet but this idea of scholarship grant organization again we're just being very right now and exploring those and the opportunity you hear about um these opportunities saying they um for uh for example to uh make a a contribution to um my church and it's a tax credit that could be used for the private schools and and it's a credit um you know is that possible and is that can that used for
073example within public schools and article in the planer a couple of weeks ago touched touching on a particular school district that's using it. So just continuing to have those conversations. I'll probably have conversations with you and with the treasure about it as well, but just exploring that getting something is possible here in West Lake. >> Myself, Dr. Goen, and Mr. Hopkins also have been having these conversations, but I've been talking with some other school districts. So yeah, >> super. >> There's a lot of new information coming out, especially lately, and I think there's possibilities here. I people are looking for this before the April 15th tax. I don't think it's >> but I do think there is some possibility here going forward though I also wouldn't be surprised if state closes loopholes but it's awful
074at the federal level. So, um, yeah. Thank you. >> Got something else about local National Public Radio and National Public Radio touching on the 530A plans that are out there uh for children. And um, and I talk about it as this, you know, potential once in a lifetime opportunity for students born what between is it 25 28? Am I getting that right? Um, >> yeah. and and um the district um I I know we wouldn't directly involved in that u but I'm I'm taking the approach of um you know when there was when power went out and did some wonderful things for people in the city to help them out you know do we do we take a similar lead with very very young students being born um during these years and and publicize these
075530 plans, 538 plans as an opportunity for taxfree savings over time. Something I'm exploring. I'll chat with you about it. Um I'll chat with the treasur about it as well. But something that um uh I'm thinking about. >> Anything else? >> Any board comment? Dollars for demons, formerly dollars for scholars, is this this coming weekend on Friday night. Uh basketball, a number of building administrators are getting psyched. >> I didn't know. >> Oh, yeah. >> Yeah, that came up in our stuffing today. And uh there's an auction for Mario and Kurt review. >> Oh, yeah. >> No, that's coming up. bid on that if you want to come inside. >> The duties is next weekend, March 19th through 22nd. Uh tickets are on sale now and if I remember correctly, it's with the ticketing. So
076you still can't show up to the door and buy your ticket, but just keep that in mind. the board. Uh we are trying to utilize these work sessions for talk capital plans. It's definitely one that is on the agenda for very soon. If there are any topics in particular you're wanting, please let me know and we can kind of put it on the rotation of the list. This was fantastic. Uh founders day was a couple weeks ago. Our representative Brady was there. Health Representative Bradeny attended and also sent along accommodations. and Senator Nikki Antonio was not able to attend but also sent along accommodations uh used to be called proclamations and exchanged in frames around it. Uh but they sent for all the winners and our winners were from early childhood. Julie Nyan from early
077um elementary school uh Claudia Dillinger and Jodie Bell from DIS with Samantha Haringer LBMS. Jennifer Broen from the high school. Christine Shamalier from council chow the enta was Greg Planter the elementary school principal and the board with Susan Hunter. So congratulations to all of today. >> Any other comments? >> Board member Brown, have you been to U West Career Technical? >> Not yet. Um I know that that's my thing, one of my things on the board and um if you and any board members or anyone would like to attend. >> I've always absolutely >> I have not done yet. >> All right. I'll I'll put something on the calendar. Is there a day in the week that's best? >> I'm trying to days are safe, but other than that, it just depends on the week.
078>> Wednesday, other days, >> I believe can do it. >> And you got to see when the cafe is open, too. >> Yeah, that's okay. dates for >> we'll do and the um educational foundation uh spring fever run is April >> up there you Yeah. >> Any other comments? But this April 22nd uh seemed weekend that news is happening that Sunday Matt day we are having our senior citizen >> I'm sorry you're right March 22nd March the 22nd we are doing our senior citizen like a little treat in a show and and it's always really fun. Um so if you are a senior in the community um you have to live in Westlake. you know, we actually get calls from neighboring communities and uh people wanting to come, but we really do try and keep
079it for um our West Lake senior citizens uh give the a call and our SVP and it's a really really fun time. We have an area that blocked off >> we are included if you would like to attend on that 22nd. So if you are planning to attend whether it's for >> being senior technically good >> whatever the treat is ahead are we have to ask there's going to be a >> 12:30 >> right if you want to come to that or if you want to stay for the show please just email >> for us >> and I'm certain they're getting the word out to say conquered >> Oh yeah it's all getting pushed out. We're getting >> we're getting registrations. You know, they're coming in. >> Also, we've got the demon bash. >> Oh,
080that is up. Yeah. >> Did everybody get their tickets? >> Tickets quickly. >> I don't recall the date. >> I thought it was the 28th. Like, it's on my calendar. I just got my ticket earlier today. 28. Yep. Any other comments? Uh, moving on to the first hearing of policies. First reading, I'm sorry, reading of policies. Um, it's an updated for food service. >> Yeah. And I sent it to you today and typically we don't turn these around quickly, but this special update literally showed up. Um, so this is based off House Bill 10 and it's really about labeling foods and and uh uh making sure that they're labeled appropriately in regard to um what's in them and and if they're I got to go back through and and look at it to where um
081primary purpose of legislation is to ensure transparency consumers by preventing plant-based lab grown cell culture or insectbased proteins from being bucketed as traditional meat or eggs without clear disclosure. So that's something that was passed in House Bill N. It was signed uh by the governor in December and um Niola who and for those of you who don't know Niola helped us draft our policies. Um I met with our Neola rep on Friday, you know, because we're supposed to pass this uh policy in March. Um, and they still didn't have this one out. So, they actually sent a special release out this morning and thankfully it was before this meeting. So, special release came out this morning. Uh, worked with Mr. How to make a lot of the choices in there. Um, and be able to
082get it in front of you today. Please take time to review it. Um and if you have any questions, please feel free um when we put it up for consideration at the end of the month uh to be able to talk through those. >> Any other discussion on that? >> Is this is all the food service reflects at least the elementary schools and that you know contracted out more or less? >> Not for all the food service. >> Okay. Okay. It's about the product we >> purchase. Yeah. >> Do we know like roughly how much it have back been? >> No, I don't. It's not my It's not my understanding that it does. I don't know what the specific target was, but we got a full January policy that um been able to go through.
083And so when we get policies, here's what happened. we we take the policy and then we look at what we currently have in place and go through and and um look at it in general and then we look at the the new aspects of the policy and see which parts we want to adopt or to not adopt. So all of those came out in January and one um was not in there and so it's not something that you know even in our alliance calls or any type of thing like that that really came across as a really big item. So it's not like it's it's I haven't heard of any significant impact on our schools. I I don't know if it was someone who said, you know what, they should make sure the labels are
084right or something like that and and that, but it was really more of the timeliness of it. Okay. >> Motion to move. >> Second. >> Any discussion? Roll call. No. >> Craft. >> Yes. >> Lamb. >> Yes. >> Brown. Yes. Nukem. >> Yes. >> Motion carries.