001good evening and welcome to the southeast Delco School District business meeting of the board of school directors scheduled for Thursday February 27th 20125 can we please stand have a moment of silence and salute to the flag thank you Mr Butler may I have a roll call please uh yes you may mam president Mr Po pres Mrs McOwen present Miss wack present Miss Harris Johnson she's present yes Miss Mrs barley presid Miss Perry present Mr laferty present Miss woodv present Miss Monro wit present Dr Sanchez present Mr dioro present Mr Butler present Miss barley present and Miss night present thank you Mr Butler um at this time we'll have a presentation from the students so actually I'm G to invite Dr Foreman to do a brief introduction of two delc students that uh Miss woodfolk and
002I had the pleasure of seeing perform um and be part of black history celebration black history celebrations are happening throughout the entire District um we were blessed to witness just two of Our Stars I'm not gonna say anything else I'm G to let Dr for and share a little bit about what they were part of and then we're going to have them go up and and share what they did today at Bel the students had the opport to participate in the aoral contest it was a total of 17 students from grades 5th through eth and we had four finalist one from each grade and the students competed against the uh following four Ps Kobe Bryant's their basketball Maya Angel Stella Tupac the power of a smile and Amanda Gorman the hill we and tonight we
003have with us seventh grer Olive alanu who is going to recite the hill we clim by Amanda Gman and eighth grader Amy Salazar the power of a smile by Tupac and I believe Amy's up first right so come on down [Applause] Amy the power of a gun can kill and the power of sun can burn the power of wind can chill and the power of mind can learn the power of anger can rage inside until it tears you apart but the power of a smile Especially Yours can heal a frozen heart thank you next up we have Olive alanu reciting the hill we climb by Amanda gin hi my name is Ol and I'm here performing The Hills we climb by ging when day comes we ask ourselves where can we find light in this
004NeverEnding shade the loss we carry a sea we must Wade we've braved the belly of the Beast we've learned that quiet isn't always peace in the norms and Notions of what just is isn't always just is and yet Dawn is hours before we knew it somehow we do it somehow we've weathered and witnessed a nation that is in broken but simply unfinished we the successors of a country in a time where a skinny black girl descended from slaves and raised by a single mother can dream of becoming president only to find her self exciting for one and yes we're far from pristine far from polished but that doesn't mean we're striving to forge a union that is perfect we're striving to form a union with purpose to compose a country committed to all cultures colors
005characters and conditions of man and so we lift our gazes not to what stands between us but to what stands before us we close the divided because we know to put the future first we must first put our differences aside we lay down our arms so we can reach out our arms to one another let the glow we so that we can reach out our arms to one another we seek harm to none and harmony for all Let The Globe if nothing else say that this is true that even as we grieved we grew that even as we hurt we hoped that even as we tired we tried that we forever be tied together Victorious not because we we will never again know defeat but because we will never again S Division scripture tells us
006to Envision that everyone shall sit under their own Vine and fig tree and no one shall make them afraid if only were to live up to our own time then Victory won't lie in the blade but in all the bridges we've made that is the promised Glade the hill we climb if only we dare it's because being American is more than a pride we inherit it's about the path we step into and how we repair it we've seen we force that will shatter our nation rather than share it would destroy a country if men delaying democracy and this effort very nearly s succeeded but while democracy can be periodically delayed it can never be permanently defeated in this truth in this faith trust for while we have our eyes on the future history has its
007eyes on us we this is the era of just Redemption we fear that it Inception we did not feel prepared to be The Heirs of such a terrifying hour but we didn't we found the power to author a new chapter to offer hope and laughter to ourselves so once while we ask how could we possibly Prevail over catastrophe now we assert how could catastrophe possibly Prevail over us who will not march to what was but move to what shall be a country that is bruised but bold benevolent but whole Fierce and free we will not be turned around or interrupted by intimidation because we know our inactions and inertia will be the inheritance of the Next Generation their BL our blunders become their burden but one thing is certain if we merge Mercy with might
008and might with right then love becomes a legacy and changes our children's birth right and changes our children's birth right if only we're to live up to our own oh sorry then love becomes our Legacy and changes our children's Birthright who we feared at its Inception we we did not feel prepared to be the HS of such wait in this truth in this faith we trust for while we have our eyes on the future history has its eyes on us we did not feel prepared to be the Els of such a terrifying hour but with didn't it we found the power to start a new chapter to offer hope and laughter to ourselves so once while we ask how could we possibly Prevail over catastrophe now we assert if only there was light for there
009was always light if only we're brave enough to be it if only we're brave enough to see it thank you [Applause] ladies you guys did a phenomenal job please be so proud of yourself I know it's hard to come and speak in front of a crowd of adults but I am so moved and you did a wonderful job congratulations continue doing what you're doing thank you and with that being said Not only did they speak in front of a crowd of adults tonight but also earlier it was a crowd of peers as well as adults [Applause] are I do want to add my two things the two of you make me so proud to be part of night Nation uh you are an example of the talent that we have in our district and I
010also want to thank the parents uh and applaud you because what we're seeing is a piece of Who You Are should be very proud you should be very proud of the fact that those that these young ladies are representing so thank you for all that you're doing yes and before I sit down I just want to acknowledge the artwork that's in the back that was also completed by students at d c in honor of our black history celebration as well their group projects [Applause] um next up will be uh principal Steven Silva I was really hoping that uh I would not have to follow Miss Olive but you know and to her credit while she had everything memorized I had to type out my remarks because I'm not nearly as talented give it a shout
011good evening to the members of the school board of directors to our district leadership in attendance and to our community members in attendance both in person and Via streaming my name is Steven Silva and I the director of integrated learning and alternative education for Southeast Delco School District it is my pleasure to highlight the wonderful work being done at night Academy my staff and I are honored to have the privilege of working in a setting that serves our students for whom traditional programming may not best meet their unique levels of need and support while I could go on for quite a while talking about all the good things that happen on a daily basis at night Academy I promise not to hold you hostage all night and we'll touch upon the highlights of our two
012programs and the vision we have to allow our building to serve our students in an even greater capacity moving forward at night Academy we house two programs the alternative education for disruptive youth program that serves students in grade 7 through 12 from across the district and our K to2 cyber program also serving all district students we'll start with the our aedy program in the summer of 2024 Southeast doco School District adopted Pennsylvania State guidelines to obtain state certification and better align our program with other aedy programs across the state this allows us to collaborate with other aedy providers share successes and expand our menu of best practices to better serve our students the primary purpose of the aedy program at night Academy is to support students with increasing their behavioral capacity night Academy has the
013unique opportunity to work with our four elementary schools and our high school as any of the five schools can refer students for consideration of admission to our program schools can refer students from among six behavior-based criteria and the referral can be for a period of 45 days or the result of an expulsion agreement between the district and families in which the length of time at night Academy would be determined referrals are vetted through a very thorough process that includes the referring School the Educational Services Center and night Academy to allow for maximum family input an informal hearing takes place at the student home school with the family then the family is invited to an intake meeting at night Academy within the first 5 days of student arrival at night Academy behavioral assessments are conducted and
014collected then a third meeting with the family takes place to establish behavioral goals with their input daily goal sheets track student progress towards those goals by class period to maximize the opportunity to reach their goals every 45 days in accordance with those State guidelines a formal periodic review takes place with the family and all stakeholders to review the data and determine if the student met their goal and plan for next steps relative to what the data yields among the supports provided daily to each student is a 30 minute period of one toone counseling small group sessions or PBIS lessons additionally open hours with the school counselor and social worker are available if an immediate need arises finally if a student successfully meets their goals collaboration takes place between night Academy and the sending Lea staff
015in order to share what worked for the student and replicate that as much as possible to best support the student upon their return to their home school currently we have seven students enrolled in the aedy program at night Academy and are excited to welcome our 8th starting Monday while we know it's a small sample size we are very proud to share that three students that have thus far been eligible for consideration for return to their home school met their behavior goals and did return to their home school and among those three students there have been only two minor disciplinary infraction since which is a dramatic decrease when compared to what led to those students referral to the a white program initially needless to say we're very proud of those students effort while with us and
016the success they have enjoyed since our cyber program currently serves 184 students across grades K through 12 an additional 19 students are in the registration process and will be joining us shortly students utilize the K12 platform to access their courses in direct instruction Southeast Delco cyber teachers provide onetoone and small group support and instruction track progress advocate for our students with K12 teachers communicate with families and translate grades to Southeast Elco standards so long as students are succeeding in their classes they have the flexibility to work from home or come into our cyber classroom to work in person at night Academy if students slip a little bit our cyber teachers collaborate with our school counselor and social worker to determine ways to best support the student and the family a variety of options could result
017including a phone or in-person meeting with the family or a shift to mandatory daily in-person attendance at night Academy to more directly support the student additionally night Academy not sorry excuse me additionally night Academy cyber staff meet with administrators from all schools Midway through and at the end of each marking period to review cyber student progress discuss struggling students and collaborate on appropriate next steps night Academy cyber students also enjoy the same access to supports as our aedy students regarding our school counselor and social worker as well as opportunities for direct instruction if they desire students are held to the same attendance standards as our in-person students and student attendance Improvement conferences and plans are implemented as needed additionally we track graduation plans for our current 12th graders and fifth year seniors and families are
018kept apprised of student progress towards graduation at the conclusion of each marking period Miss Savage our school counselor extraordinaire sent out certified letters to families in October and again this month and is in the process of scheduling in-person meetings with families so that we can support as many families as possible in celebrating their children at graduation in June as for our other grades I invite you to take a look at the column on the right to see the success of our cyber students we are so proud of their effort and accomplishments thus far and I personally am extremely proud of the effort my staff and students put in each and every day to enjoy success in a way that best suits their unique and individual needs so how do we celebrate successes at night Academy
019we are currently in the process of implementing tier one PBIS supports in partnership with the dciu we recognize Student Success when the opportunity arises during the daily counseling small group or PBIS sessions each marking period we recognize our aedy and cyber students who achieved honor role and when the behavior warrants it we reward our kids with basketball tournaments pickle ball tournaments and ice cream socials we currently have a bulle board up that says Luke who's popping at night Academy with a picture of movie style popcorn box on the bulleting board when a student is caught doing something kind they will get their name posted on a laminated popcorn kernel and receive a popcorn treat and our staff deserves some love too when I first arrived at night Academy I pulled a large Rock from my
020yard I cleaned it up and had my kids paint it in southeast Delco blue and gray with the words you rock on the on it each month at the end of our staff meetings I honored a different staff member for something specific they did that month that warranted celebration just before I present the award I say their name and follow with you rock this year I told the staff that the monthly winner has to pay it forward to a colleague at the next monthly meeting the result thus far has been a fun moment of bonding and collegiality each month I invite you to come by and check out the new rock rock anytime you want Little night Academy while I am thrilled to highlight all the great things going on at night Academy there is
021no time to rest we have more we can do to support our students preliminary discussions are already underway on how we can better utilize our resources at night Academy provide our students with more direct supports in both programs and expand our opportunities to serve even more students in southeast Delco School District my mom mom there's an old school Delco term huh used to say there's more than one way to skin a cat my grandpa used to say a day has been wasted if you haven't learned something I take that ancestral wisdom seriously and apply it daily to our work at night Academy while the traditional educational model works for many children in today's world we need to offer some alternative and creative ways to best serve and support all our kids who deserve a pathway
022that best aligns with their unique spirits and learning styles at night academ at night Academy we fully embrace the gift to work with those unique spirits and look forward to continuing to serve them in their thank you to the school board for the time this evening and for your continued support thank you to The District administration for their guidance and Leadership thank you to my building colleagues for their collaboration thank you to coling Del burrow for allowing us the space to do what we do and most important to me personally thank you to my staff and students for making it a joy to come to night Academy every day you all rock thank you [Applause] I just have a I did I just have a question for you for the alternative school how many teachers
023do you have com well right now we have six that teach the grade seven through 12 we overall we have a staff of 10 you have six teachers yes ma'am that's that's teaching seven to 12 yes and then they also work with our cyber students so they're not specific to education program they work with our cyber kids as well so how does this work you have six teachers for the alternative school from 7th to 12th so um are do you have students that's only working with a teacher 101 depending on the grade and the number of students we have in that grade right they that student if they if we had just one student in a particular grade they would among the teachers for each of their classes for each of their content classes they
024would also meet with the school counsel or social worker or one of the other teachers for Pb instruction for that half hour mandatory period so if you do have a teacher that's teaching a student one onone um would you know what grade that is yes each each grade travels from class to class in a cohort with that same grade so all the nth GR travel together from class to class all the 10th graders travel together from class to class and so on so you saying that they they change classes yes okay yes ma'am okay so um so how are their schedules are there schedules like the high school schedules where they go class to class and they have they have lunch and everything yes ma'am now the classes are not the same block at the
025high school 45 minut period it's 45 minute period ma'am so how many classes does each student have each student has six Peri wow so uh each child go home at a certain at different times our schedule runs from 8:15 in the morning to 2:15 in the afternoon again each student leaves at different times no each student leaves at at the same yes ma'am okay I'm sorry that's okay um so what does it take for the students to uh return back to the uh high school or to their to their school what does it take to their home school so they have to meet their behavioral goals so as I said in the presentation with the five days excuse me in the first five days of student placement in the AY program we conduct behavioral assessments
026and actually be done by um well one's done by the te one of the teachers one's done by the school counselor and social worker and we asked the school counsel from the send School know that children really well to do a behavioral assessment as well right and then we invite the family and we come up with what the behavioral goals will be for them to achieve during that 45 day placement so go ahead go ahead so at the end of that well we track student progress throughout but at the in that week of that 45th day as we're approaching that 45th day we have what's called a formal periodic review right we sit down with all the stakeholders the family and the student and review what did that data yield did they they reach their
027goals or did they not if they did reach their goals they're eligible for transition back to the home school if they did not reach their goals we would extend that time in the program for another 45 days and either revise the goals or thought that the goals were appropriate and the student just needed more time than we would maintain the same so how are you doing with the achievement with the seven uh students that you have so we've had three students so far who have been eligible for return and all three students so far have met their goals you have three students that's eligible eligible to return they they to return we have three students who've already reached their 45th day and the other and all all three were able were eligible to return to
028their home schools and and that's what they did oh great we have two more meetings this week so we'll review those that data so if you had three that returned already oh okay so that may that means it would have been 10 if they didn't return correct we have kind of a I want to say revolving door I think that's two generic but you know not all students are there for the same 45 day period right right first day and somebody's 45th day are different than any other student depending on when they are referred to our program okay and how often do they see their counselors School GS every day for a half an hour and under those State guidelines that we're aligned with that's but that's an automatic part of every student schedule every
029day so they're meeting with either the school counselor or the social worker or one of the teachers for PBIS instruction you said school counselor social worker and who else one of the teachers who does pbrs instruction so you have all three of the workers that's working in your facility the school counselor social worker and then one of the teachers that I already said we have in our staff part of what they do throughout the day in addition to their instruction is pvis okay so if they you saying that they'll see a school counselor or a a social worker they rotate every third day oh they rotate yes okay so on Monday they'll see the depending on the grade let's say Monday they meet with for that half hour they meet the school counselor Tuesday they're
030going to meet that half hour with the social worker Wednesday they're doing PBIS Thursday with the school counselor Friday with the social worker EXC Monday with the teacher for tbis okay thank you so much you're very welcome any other questions anything else I can help anybody in an ideal world what would be the ideal number of teachers counselors you would use you would need to do your job the ideal number would be Rel relative to the number of students we have so um um as much as I appreciate the spirit of your question it depends on how many students we have in the building um you know we're finding that our students with those unique levels of need seem to succeed better in a smaller environment uh it eliminates distractions it provides for for more
031direct supervision and more direct support um I think as long as we're able to maintain that in a in a responsible way then I think we're we're in a good spot thank sure thank you thank you um at this time I have no comments uh the student board representative report please good evening members of the school board faculty and fellow students my name is kiar barley I'd like to share with you some updates from across our schools focusing first on activities in our classrooms and then on our athletic programs the Kindergarten Center celebrated its students efforts in demonstrating responsibility on February 7th during the start of the month breakfast one student from each class invited a VIP to join them and the students were awarded certificates it was a special morning filled with treats and
032time spent with the guests for the month of February kindergarten students have been focusing on the characteristic of perseverance it's been an inspiring month for students as they continue to grow and face new challenges together in honor of Black History Month the students explored the achievements of historical figures each class chose an influential person to study and share culminating in a walk through at black history hallway Museum the week of February 24th hello everyone I'm Jo Knight and I'll now continue with updates from haris school throughout February haris students engaged in numerous activities celebrating black history these included writing projects poster presentations and a daily PowerPoint presentation about influential blacks historical figures eight graders even had the opportunity to share their work with younger students in grade 1 to the school also celebrated the 100th
033day of school on February 10th first and second graders were designed special shirts to Mark the occasion and activities included fun writing props like what would I do with $100 and what would I be like at 100 years old additionally ter students enjoyed a PBIS reward activity called who love use more where they made more to at delc third graders had a memorable experience learning about embryology um through the 4 throughh embryology program they cared for 36 chicken eggs ensuring they were maintained at the right temperature and humidity after 21 days of care the stud were able to watch as chicks hatched right in their classroom the excitement was contagious moving on to Sharon host they had been locked the ti in celebration Sharon house school celebrated black CHR M with daily trivia a door
034decorating contest in the schoolwide poetry contest which is concluding this week they also held an eagles pep rally on February 7 featuring a poster contest trivia IND the school marked theth day of school by having stent dress up as they old on February 11 and first day was celebrated with a fun theme where students wore spot or black and white to show off their Sharon Hill also held your second Mark period student recognition honoring students for compliment like perfect attendance grow mindset achievements and for marking the looking ahead the school is gearing up for R Across America week month and a monthong celebration of wom's at Darby Township students learned influential africanamerican figures each morning throughout February one of the highlights was the living wax museum on February 26th where 47 students portrayed famous black
035figures in an engaging interactive way families and the DTs Community joined the students in celebrating their hard work at a special dinner and Showcase Event DTS also hosted a Chuck-E-Cheese fundraiser for PBIS on February 12th which was a success despite the snowy weather additionally two PBIS incentives took place this month Sip and draw session with Dr Sanchez and the sneaker ball on February 27th looking ahead DTS is preparing for read Across America week filled with themed dress up days and activities from March 3rd to March 7th on March 7th the school will host an annual career F finally let's take a moment to highlight the achievements of our high school students at Academy Park High School on February 7th The Academy Park High School class of 2025 hosted the annual me and my special person
036for students and K3 over 500 people attended making get an unforgettable event earlier this month the class of 2027 a field trip to the FR Institute a big thank you to all the chap room who made success the wker passion Festival on February 22nd gave students the chance to learn from Academy Park Alum and hear how they achieved success it was a fantastic event where students had the opportunity to win prizes and G today the fourth annual poetry stand of life started Academy Park showas in the AR and now let's turn to the athletic department for a special update on our athletes for wrestling congratulations to Latavia KY and Elizabeth I Eola for their Stellar performances at the district one playoffs on February 15th Latavia took first place and Elizabeth placed fourth both qualified for
037and competed in the district one regionals on February 23rd in the boys District won playoffs held on February 23rd at Oxford High School three wrestlers and qualified for reg maai delli um fourth place mmud kamaru fifth place and Mohammad Samari and sixth place good luck to all our wrestlers in the re in the Regionals which will take place from February 28th to March 1st at Suter toown High School boys track congratulations to the boys track team for qualifying for this state competition on Sunday March 2nd at Penn State University the following individuals and teams will represent our school Joshua 4x2 Relay Team Maurice Richardson Tavon James Conway EV Joshua and for the Morrison richardon Tavon Conway and good luck to all of our R Spring sport practices will begin on Monday March the official sches
038will be available soon on our district thank you all for your attention this evening on behalf of the student body we appreciate the continued support from the school board faculty and staff we are excited to continue working together to make our schools the best they can be thank you have a wonderful evening and that concludes our [Applause] school thank you ladies and as always you're more than welcome to stay but if you need to leave then you can go thank you yeah um I'd actually like to say and this night has a prior Dr Sanchez do you have a superintendent's report yes madame president I do um I want to underscore a few of the things that Miss GLE and Miss Knight already said I'm glad they went first so it's them stealing my thunder
039I don't want to steal their Thunder um want to applaud and thank all of the staff across the district for ensuring that we um engage students in black history month so it's it was really great to run around the district the last couple weeks to see some of the great activities that are happening so thank you to the staff um want to underscore what's going to happen next week with read Across America Mrs uh mwa and I will be sharing some joy as we have plan to do a tour of all the schools next week in full costume won't say what the costume is I'll be part of the um social media highlights that you get a chance to see but hopefully stay engaged you'll be able to see some of the wonderful things that
040we're going to be doing next week throughout the district um also want to inform all of our commune members that on March 4th from 2 to from 2:30 to 300 p.m. at Derby Township we will be partnering with um aft American Federation of teachers Pennsylvania to hold a press conference at Derby Township be an opportunity for us to partner with afpa um to be able to inform and activate the public um so they can get involved and support public education uh there are things happening at the federal level that will have could have a real impact on the services that are provided to your children um it's important that you're aware of what it means when um messages are or or concerns are being put out there about the potential of Title One funding e
041Ida funding to go away and those are really heavy terms that people may not understand the the details of what what that entails but it entails affecting a large number of our students in districts that look like ours so we want to educate families about what that means so please um you are all welcome to be to come out be part of that again that's March 4th from 2:30 to 3 um we strongly encourage parents especially we want to make sure parents know what is happening how what's happening in in the Federal Government Can impact our our local school district we'll provide information as to how they can become engaged so we want to educate but we also want to be able to Tool parents with you know who at Congress level they can contact
042them how they can contact them and what are some of the things that they could be asking in hopes that the Congress can be representing the local interests so more to come we will be sending related to that opportunity March 4th 233 at Darby Township um that concludes my report thank you may I have a motion to approve the agenda mam president I have a motion to amend the minutes on court selection um we have to get we have to the agenda first and then we get to the minutes okay um when we get down to the minute you can bring that up okay may I have a motion to approve the agenda move second it has been properly moved in second are there any questions are there any questions are there any questions seeing
043none all in favor I any opposed motion carry may I have a motion to approve [Music] the minutes Madam president make a motion to amend the minutes for cour selection guide what's your Amendment Mr ly the amendment was to motion to approve the minutes for selection what is your amendment was for the vote the vote was improper my vote was of no you vote at no yes ma'am For What on the first election and that was it was passed as yes no that was in January yes so Madame President um what is going to be done about this excuse I'll second the motion are there any comments um yes uh he said uh he wants to change uh Mr lre I'm sorry instead of speaking to her I need to speak to you you you
044need to change it you need to change your vote um counselor is this it proper for a board member to change his or her vote well I think there's two possibilities here either Mr laferty is wants to correct the record to show what his vote actually was or he wants to change his vote from a yay to a nay under either circumstance if the motion is approved by the board majority then he's permitted to do that okay so I mean this not only just Mr laery um so if even if I voted yay or nay for anything within the next month or two I could change it if it was done either at the same meeting or at the me me at the meeting uh immediately succeeding the meeting that you voted as as long
045as the rest of the board approves it yes so you're saying that you said that as long as he wants to change it immediately after the vote correct no I said I'm sorry but I made myself clear either immediately at the same meeting or at the next successive meeting which would be tonight okay all right I just want to be clear thank you certainly you're welcome so the most well um if we keep doing this and changing it back and forth that means that it's going to be a problem without votes um I I I just don't know what to say other than it's just going to it's going to it's going to cause uh confusion it's going to cause a lot of people want to change their votes um I just want to hear
046what the other board members have to say Madam president may I have the floor for a moment you may um so just so that I'm understanding the motion on the floor is to amend action 6.01 B on the minutes for the January board bill business meeting to have a total of four nay votes and four yay votes for the vote for the course selection guide to not pass but also there have been changes to the cor selection guide since then so we're voting on it in this agenda anyway um and we would have to vote on the updated version regardless so as as long as that vote goes through tonight we should have the course selection guide set in stone is that correct well um if I'm not mistaken if this passes then there will
047be no court selection guide on the agenda right now because it will it will be voted that course I would have have that voted there Madam chairman my understanding from the superintendent and Dr Sanchez please correct me if I'm mistaken is that the item on the agenda tonight is a different agenda substantively than the agenda that Mr laferty is talking about so regardless of whether or not Mr lery's motion passes or not we're we're we're acting the the board has the opportunity tonight to act on a totally different motion because the course uh selection guide has been altered since the motion last meeting is that correct Dr Sanchez that is correct so we have a motion on the floor we have a second um the motion is to amend the minutes from the January uh
048board business meeting to for the court selection guide for a no vote for Mr laery U Madam president what was the uh did did did it pass in January I mean what was the number was it 5 to four four to five I mean did it pass it's pass so what was it six to six to what was it 5 three it was five to three it's still pass it pass yes so what do we do we just change his vot yes for the minutes purposes so that means that it was only eight people here on that de so right so what do we do do we re do we vote on it again well this is a brand new no this is a brand new agenda item on page 398 he just wants to
049correct his vote for the minutes from the last right that's what I'm saying so that would be that would be four four four to four right but this a whole another agenda item because they need more questions oh okay I got you okay are there any other questions are there any other questions seeing none all in favor any oppos motion carries may I have a motion to accept the treasures report may I have a motion to approve the minutes as corrected I shall move second it has been properly moved in second are there any questions are there any questions are there any questions seeing none all in favor I I any opposed motion carries may I have a motion to accept the treasures report and the bills for payment in the amount of 8,400,000 71
050I move it has been properly moved in second are there any questions are there any questions are there any questions seeing none all in favor I oppos motion carries we have no old unfinished business new business item one are there any questions education items 1 through 10 are there any questions Madam president yes would the administration be able to explain the differences between the course SE elction guide that was presented last month and the new one we are planning to vote on tonight yes Dr Ryan there we go uh so the differences are in the sequence of the social studies courses in the guide in front of you this evening 10th grade will now have African-American history including an advanced placement option 11th grade will have US History including an advanced placement option and 12th
051grade will have American government including an advanced placement option all right thank you and I just wanted to share before we vote tonight um I'm I'm excited that the administration did work for some of the changes that the students and the board members had asked for I know you guys couldn't do everything it's one year but I do hope in the next year or two that we're making sure that we are integrating the not just African-American history but black history through all of our social studies courses starting in elementary school because black history is world history too and it should be taught in every grade not just for one class in high school um and then also hopefully in the future we can try to get more kids opted out of the lab courses that
052don't need it for the Keystone exams I know that can't be done this year but I'm really grateful for the administration to try to make the changes that they could thank you are there any questions on finance items 1 through1 see none are there any uh questions on policy items 1- 12 at that HR and human resource items through new business item one may have a motion make a motion to appoint our president sharim whitet to serve as a member of the Delaware County in Intermediate Unit Board of Directors for the turn commencing July 1 2025 and ending June 30 2028 other shouldn't the motion have been to open the floor for nominations well as long as the all board members have the opportunity to nominate which of do uh I don't think it matters
053how you phrase it I think I think it's pretty clear that the floor is open for anyone who wants to nominate not just not just the nomination by Miss haris Right I'd like to nominate again once again is there any more nominations yes I'd like to nominate Michelle McGaw um as someone who spent 20 years volunteering for the dciu and also a former um president of the parent committee at the dciu and her focus on parent engagement I think she'd make a great addition to the dciu board she's only halfway through her term so we know that she's guaranteed to be here for most of the three-year term for this dciu appointment are there any more nominations are there any more nominations seeing none closing nominations may I have an uh we're going to go
054in order in which people were um nominated may I have a motion to approve the nomination of Shere wson to serve as a member of the Delaware county inmediate unit Board of Directors for a term commencing July 1 2025 and ending June 30th okay second is been properly moved in second are there any questions are there any questions are there any questions seeing none all in favor I any oppose nay uh motion Mr Butler please give it t Madam chairman ask me a question I believe what she's asking me is should the board now go to vote on Miss McGowan's motion um I mean the board can do that if you wish to do it but um but the way we always handle these nominations is we go in the order uh that the person
055is nominated and once the winner is once once one person has enough votes to pass which the first vote concluded that um the nominee was was selected by the majority of the board it's really not necessary to vote any any further one now now had now had the fir had the first vote not been five to four had it been defeated or had it been a a tie vote let's say then you would go on to the second nom but since the first vote was successful then it's not necessary to vote again thank you um education items one one through 10 may I have a motion I has been properly moved second thank you been properly moved in second are there any questions are there any questions are there any question questions seeing none I'm
056asking once again all board members please use their [Music] microphones all in favor I any opposed motion carries may I have a motion to accept Finance items 1 through 11 I Mo second is been properly moved in second are there any questions are there any questions are there any questions seeing none all in favor I any opposed motion carries may I have a motion to accept Human Resources items 1 through 14 motion second it has been properly moved and second are there any questions are there any questions are there any question questions seeing none all in favor I any opposed motion carries may I have a motion for policy items one oh may I have a motion to approve policy items 1 through 10 and number 12 motion second has are there any questions are
057there any questions are there any questions seeing none all in favor I anyos motion carries Mr Butler may I have a roll call may I have a motion to approve policy item 11 and Mr Butler can you make it a roll call vote please second so this is a motion to approve the second reading for policy uh number 807 okay so we have a motion by Miss Perry and a second by Miss Wood starting the roll call vote Mr Valor yes Mrs mcgallen yes wait a minute is a motion to approve it okay all right go ahead Miss wac yes Miss Harris Johnson yes but I would just like to make sure that the um Community understands that this policy is to add 911 or September the 11th into our policy and if we put
058it as in the policy of the southeast Del School District that means that it's mandated that everyone in the district have a moment of silence for September 11th now we all in or the board I can speak hopefully I can speak and say we all have heartfelt Sorrows for those people that that September 11th effect and those who lost their lives or any type of medical condition from that we're not saying that we do not want our district to um have a moment of silence for 911 what we're saying is we do not want to put it into the policy because then it becomes mandated means they have to do it and everyone has the right to either yeah this is confusing because everybody that's saying yes I haven't finished oh I'm sorry am I
059correcting what I'm saying what that's why I was trying to say Mr Butler um by voting yes we are saying that we are approving this with the 911 so no um no I'm not approving it right so that's why I'm saying we I think um Everybody didn't understand what Sheree was saying that Miss haris Johnson can you hear me yes yeah this uh this motion to clarify is to is to uh make it part of the policy that in every school there would be a moment of silence remembrance for 911 correct that doesn't mean that a student would be forced to recogniz it just like would mandate that silence would be held in every school so if you yes for this you are you are saying you're in favor of that it seems to me
060that you thought that perhaps this motion was was prohibiting that no you you put it the way I what I was trying to say so that's fine you know but my vote is no I understand thank you thank you are you okay no I wasn't confused I'm talk about Mr Butler okay uh next person uh Mrs barley yes Miss Perry yes Mr laery yes Miss Wood no M Monro wi no yes so we have six yeses and three NOS so the motion passes thank you there are no property items there are no uh public comments regarding genda items County committee reports uh DCCC Mr ly not at this time Madam president thank you I have no report for dciu at this time legislative Council psba Mr fer even Madam president uh parent student advisory committee
061Miss Harris Johnson miss woodf and miss McAllen Madam president um Dr Foreman she oh we um give it the information thank you on March the 8th we are having a three versus three basketball tournament at Academy Park High School from 12:00 p.m. to 3 p.m. and the purpose of the event is to wait to raise awareness about some of our student ini such as um on sorry forgot to but we took students to Upper Mar High School they learned about thank you Mr diorio do you have a solicitors report not this evening chair thank you Dr Sanchez do you have an administrative team update report Madam president yes we do Dr Forman will be sharing an update related to the comprehensive plan again everyone I'm providing an update on the comprehensive plan the district's existing
062Mission vision statement is not set to change will remain the same plan this is an overview with a comprehensive plan which is a threeyear state mandated plan where school districts across the state of Pennsylvania assess all the by reviewing existing data historic this is the timeline that we established for the 20 20202 to 2028 comprehensive plan um we established a steering committee on January 17th we started collecting analyzing data from uh January 21st to February 14th we attempted to hold a um parent Focus Group on February the 5th we had a gr which was originally scheduled for February the 6 but it was rescheduled due to weather on February the 10th we had um a a meeting with the steering committee to establish priorities on February the 11th and we started generating the draft plan
063which will be posted for public comment tonight um on we we started drafting a plan on February the 12th to February the 20th we provided an update to the board last week we're providing another update to boarding Community again tonight the plan is going to be posted the plan is going to be posted tonight and we are going to submitted formally to the board on March the 27th for formal board approval and then if it's approved it will be submitted to PBE on March the 31st 2025 this is the data input process from all of our stakeholders the first group being parents and the community members they were to participate in theoc group they completed surveys and they're going to provide um feedback on the draft plan once is posted tonight we had um input
064from our school board members via a focused group they'll provide feedback to us and then they'll ultimately eventually approve the comprehensive plan the administrative team they reviewed the previous plan from 22 to 25 they developed survey questions they reviewed some of our internal and external data from the state as well as um local benchmarks they participated in focus groups and they also supported by writing goals and action plans for the plan the staff participated in a focus group completed a survey and pro will provide feedback once it's posted publicly our students provided feedback to us via surveys and they will also provide feedback once it's posted publicly tonight the data that was analy and included in this plan in addition to the surveys and focus groups was the Future Ready data from theate data Keystone
065data graduation rates attendance data and College and Career Readiness standards locally we looked at Star data Study Island data and R for the lower based on all of the data that was collected and analyzed a SWAT analysis was completed some of the the strengths from the data was an increasing standardized testing scores from 23 to 24 on algebra algebra proficiency there was an increase from 4.7 students we're either Advanced or proficient to 14.1 we have a new District website we have a new Global Communication System um we currently utilize responsive classroom of restorative justice practices across the district and we have job Recruitment and attendance fairs currently C some of the weaknesses that were identified is inconsistent discipline practices across the district low staff morale stagnant parent participation a need for more extracurricular activities for
066all students perceive in effective communication between staff and staff and staff of parent some unfilled positions across the district professional learning opportunities and a decrease in rigorous activities for all students some of the opportunities which means that these are some of the things that we're currently doing in the district that we can continue to utilize we can extend academic enrichment for all students across the district continue to have new communication systems add additional sta to create enhance Department but staff willingness to sponsor clubs and other activities and staff dedication and some of the threats so these are things that out that are outside of all of our control which are the political executive orders that could potentially hindle the work that we're trying to do so from all of the data there were several things
067that were identified as things that kept reoccurring throughout the data one being student support and resources activities and engagement students facilities and maintenance professional development professionalism rigorous instruction General communication transparency Staffing and support School climate and safety student behavior and discipline and emotional wellbeing for students and staff when the stering committee met on February the 11th all of those things were posted around the room and the committee voted on to identify what our priorities will be for the next three years and five um priorities were identified they were school clment and safety student behavior and discipline emotional well-being for students and staff activities and engagement student support and resources we combined two of those the first two priorities to make one which was Foster and academic excellence and then the next three were promote student
068and staff well-being establish student staff and Community engagement initiatives and enhance enhance District wide climate these are the root causes that were identified by committee so the root causes were utilized to develop the goals that you'll see in the draft in the draft comprehensive plan for priority number one the root cause was a perceived need for coherence across the district and a need for increased human capital and support for priority number two um there is a perceived burnout and struggle due to a lack of mental health and emotional well-being and support across the district priority number three the perception that there is a lack of consistent communication a lack of available funds and not should be not alignance to District Lees priority number four there's a perceived belief that there's a lack of consistent discipline
069practices disciplined practices and resources across the district so the next steps are post the comprehensive plan for 30 days which will take place today submit the comprehensive plan for formal board approval which will be on March 30 March 27 submit the comprehensive plan to pde and then implement the comprehensive plan and provide updates of the implementation of the comprehens comprehensive plan quarterly thank you I do have a question the Flor Madam president um so I have concerns about putting the type of assessment we're doing in the comprehensive plan because I see we're noted in the comprehensive plan draft that we're going to use the star assessment so one if we put it in there does that mean we're stuck with it till 2028 um cuz I'm not a fan of any type of standardized testing
070of children and that's what this type of assessment really is how do we know that it's going to be more effective than Study Island how do we know that students are being assessed authentically are kids just clicking through like they did on Study Island um because if we have our students taking this assessment and did we do anything to get Buy in from the teachers and the students are they interested in taking the assessment I'm worried that it's not truly assessing our kids if they're just clicking through because I'm telling you the high schoolers and the middle schoolers for Study Island they would have competitions you all pick a I'm going to pick B you guys pick answer C and we'll all see who gets the most answers right so we're not authentically assessing our
071children but we're putting in the comprehensive plan and are we going to be trapped in that assessment for three years and what are we doing once we get that data are we following it like so for example if you test a ninth grader and they show up on a third grade ELA level are we assuming that kids really on a third grade ELA level or are we assuming that they just click through the answers I'm just I don't know how safe I feel about sticking this assessment in a three-year plan and I have several answers I would refer to that to the curriculum team but I know that there should be some kind of reports that you can run and see how long the students spend on the question to see if to let you
072know if they have been running through to truly taking their time answering the question or they just been click but in terms of I don't I'll just leave can can I ask the follow question well when these assessments were made it's more of a comment when these assessments were made I can speak for my son at the high school he got no explanation as to what this assessment was for and so my son takes every test and he just takes it fully on but I know a lot of the kids didn't get that explanation as to what this was there was no followup with the students about how this impacts them their their learning and now if we're adding this to the um comprehensive plans I feel and I did notice that you mention when
073you mentioned it you said the star assessment in the lower grades I said RI that was us R I'm sorry yeah that okay I wasn't wasn't thaning for the clarification but my my I I mirror her concern with having that in there because number one it's a new assessment for the upper grades we don't know the effectiveness of that we haven't been presented with how that data works so adding that in when we're not quite sure whether or not this is something we're going to want to continue on for the next three years would be rather something I would be hesitant to do thank you are there any comments from citizens regarding non-agenda items Madam president yes there are there are two I'd like to invite Michelle Jen Julio to the mic okay I have
074an award from Delaware County Public Schools healthc care trust that we have earned for participation in our Health Care Program the higher the participation the higher the uh award last year's award with bronze for us this year we silver so we're making our way up there were what let me see five gold eight silver and two bronze so we were in the thick of it we are one of the smaller districts in the county as far as stiff numbers and when we do well you know this is good for us last year P was like good but so silver is good you know we're we do participate and we do look at the biometric screening the um no the hydration challenge the maintain don't gain all of that this is what this is and uh
075they give out prizes people get Apple watches so is all good so all right so I just wanted to present it to the [Applause] board thank you very much Mrs jilio um Mrs Margaret B okay thank you are the announcements for fure meetings committee the be Thursday March 20th 2025 at 6: p.m. board business meeting will be March excuse me Thursday March 27 2025 at 7 p.m uh I want to thank everyone and I hope they're enjoying the space they're currently in um I know that we've been at Academy Park for a while but we're back in um our conference room in the ESC book may I have a motion to Jo this meeting all so second properly moved in second are there any questions are there any questions are any questions see none all
076in favor I oppose motion carries please be safe going home