001any discussion all those in favor I post staying motion carries miss Thompson do we want to what's the main we have second seconded by mr. Brennan do we have any discussion hearing none all those in favor opposed staying motion carries at the end we will do an executive session we are going to do the recognition yes Rob you recognition Thomas come on come on up all right so good evening everyone my name is Darryl Issa I'm a school counselor walking to school and I have the pleasure and the pleasure to tell you guys that on October 8th we had our first and hopefully our annual public ceremony and this was an opportunity for us to give out 13 funnel books to students that need that did not have on computer access a balloon so that
002would be this up is pretty awesome also these losers were just handed out Chromebooks they went through a rigorous interview process they had to answer questions like how can they use Chromebook to help them academically benefit them they also gave us insight to how they were able to accomplish their schoolwork before having fun and students gave us information about having walk blocks on in to go to the library's independent work also having to do their homework and projects on our cell phones as challenging as that sounds so on one hand I see the perseverance of resiliency of the students that we have run in the Denver Public School and I also see a need that must be met and I'm happy that we met that need for the Chromebooks Tara movie I'm going to acknowledge
003people that help this event happen dr. Thomas [Applause] we're trying to just hear from them what the program meant to them we'll do a follow-up on the stupids we just didn't want to just hand it to them and tell them that's it there will be follow-up and seeing that they're having a problem using them appropriately and also that we actually gave the phone books to parents if you know what I mean yeah because you can give it a sudden they'll say well you didn't give it to meet it buy it so we gave parents permission to have the pro books but not you know in the sense of helping them guiding them to academically [Music] [Laughter] [Music] right up to the middle and so I'd like to start off by just acknowledging cold alleys and
004JD there are two fourth-grade students that work out country's law and together they came up with the idea to do a penny wars activity in just four of just one week or for school days that we even raised $1500 I have a students at Pembroke for the hurricane victims so these are just two young men that have done community and I think you will see great things from them in the years to come so congratulations to both of you and dr. mo unfortunately the principal from Pembroke wasn't able to be here what she wrote something that I'd like to read you says I'm so pleased to alex and JD are being recognized for the South mission initiative of Asia the boys were struck and moved by the destruction of her Andorian in the Bahamas and
005Alliser closer penny wars at Pembroke JP is good friend immediately jumped on board they created a fire that was sent home with all the hundred students they made announcements to encourage the competition between classrooms and collected and counted all the spare change and donations that Borden in only four days the boys collected over fifteen hundred dollars to donate to the Red Cross and assist with the recovery in the Bahamas well of course for mom and dad you know [Music] certificates for you guys up here you won't get your picture taken wrong one you look just like an Alex all those right front yet for the picture recognitions we're gonna recognize you right now you can introduce yourselves everybody here and were close to the border I do much right now but I only met returning
006to Connecticut as can be my transport so happy to have you Susy as amended it's really to serve all of us very well so welcome the first night initially you spend the whole the public purse patient nobody on this night anybody wanted to speak that did not put their name down anybody want to speak anybody wanted to speak moving along consent calendar organizations the items on consent on their exhibits 19 national 131 or 19 - 134 as recommended sorry motion seconded by mr. Kurata to have any discussion discussion just a couple of things in immediate it's probably due to a lack of the usage so I don't know what one of the best ways to do this so first in that or meeting minutes our last meeting on October 10 after our student representatives spoke
007Emmanuel American graduated in student representatives she said she meant to be 8,000 graduated in 2001 especially you know there was the og with officers that is incorrect we said she ran for the gyoji and ones who participate on that war so next first the second is under the TA update that kind of often is for without the third sentence in kind of member of ask ask me advice with nothing on go grant it was the higher order thinking ranchers just specifies ended a little longer down at the TDI updated there's a school 25% of warning balance would be prank requires to come up with evidence I feel like there's something missing there there was evidence in open application process it says if there's a school 25% or more in diamonds we will be required to
008come up with evidence evidence that we have in open lottery system so if we haven't had a school is racial imbalance [Music] distain zone to require us to provide evidence in this case and so we would have to provide evidence to the state that were in elementary school so specifically in states like Harry or West [Music] versus the lottery requires nothing I just [Music] again talking about the lottery of this falls under the discussion of the opioid town forum where it said earlier discussion stood up lottery in general I would like the minister reflect they asked the question if there are any other schools schools that use an opt-out system and the answer was no at that time it is so nice the last paragraph there you will put something together to look at it
009or not and then the Paris justice engine that just doesn't make sense here down to seven years and if we do nothing it on the Danbury building are like funding to play some correction there and then under discussion of the October 1 2019 and vulnerable Court all of my updates that fall that fell onto that should have been listed under warrant words so few of notes and you want to get those features for clarity states having to make so another another good reason for manual our our microphone police officer make sure that we are all because it is thank you so much any other just one issue multi consoles they don't have that hardwired press the lock button instead of the top line alright we got your school education program oh we did not vote
010on the consent calendar we got discussed I'm sorry one second you can come on up um so we have all of our discussion completed motion in a second all those favor that's the consent calendar with minutes that are going to be amended anybody opposed staying motion carries thank you please prep plate representing spotlighting school Adult Ed program good evening we're getting our silicon we really appreciate this opportunity month name is Terrence Terrence I am on the regional director with all the patients to follow I'm a visual graphical illustration and I'm very very happy and proud I've been here for six years over the last six years we've had the wonderful opportunity to enhance the lives of hundreds of families here in the Bay Area community not just meeting my staff as we see Aboriginal supported
011that we're all here today to honor thought there will be two and share with you a lot about our programs and services so we're gonna get started [Music] we race is a program that offers free mandated programs for students 17 years in older we have a month of staff dedicated teachers to CalPERS and employees that really ensure that our students are getting the best possible opportunity to be successful in life and we help them to transition themselves not just submitting a high school diploma or a GED but to be prepared for that next stage device pulsating their programming that ensured our students not walk right out of our doors Jessica : but a plan of action for their lives moving forward our mission is to promote learning as a lifelong process is strive to provide
012learners with the necessary tools to be successful citizens workers families members and parents and space growth on the left hand side you see people editions that are part of our cooperative those districts as part of our our consortium that makes up our reading program on the right hand side you see our funding source those two operating districts paid into our program for two our services we also get funding from data about the school work and the state funding matches at 20% of the local but meaning that citizens whatever some additional pieces are programs that are provided by the legislation we have our credit at home program which is basically our high schools mr. program students works were seeing their diploma by receiving high school credit and once they receive the credit they need long history
013at home from an education GED educational diploma is basically the program where students are prepared by taking coursework to pass that assessment or assessment which covers reading writing science math and social studies Adult Basic Education is our program that it's basically helped her medical students who are not ready to go on to our katha diploma martini for them most students are lacking and numeracy and literacy so we can all throw their skills are able to participate before the programs our ESL program basically for our students who come to us or foreign-born we're trying to learn English we're trying to enhance their English activation s our citizenship program is provided for gain access for students who at times because to the United States we provide that health care for that assessment Pierre et cetera 2018-19 sweetie
014we had seven Indian students and you see they have a wide variety of age ranges our largest age group is 25 three percent and see a breakdown the number of students that have a program again focusing that ESL number as on large population next my own containers to see you all soon oh hi we have a program manager sitting to my right which is my right hand my right arm Xena we have a multitude of counselors our counselor dollar bottles at work right now we have a strategy or a accounts trading also absolute American representative on she's like counselor for multiple programs we have our ESL coordinator Cecilia be a sec record or are they wrong to be a evening supervisor that is not a lesson that we have an administrative assistant Stella Marcus who's
015not here with us multi-tool along for teachers and staff it helps to our students an extra travel case is replicated at ten products to DES on the initiative office the secret of no other locations throughout the city we have a career senator five times u plus person graduate churches where we provide be self in classes Danbury high school is where we provide almost all remedial classes to see there's a multitude of other program that provided a self-access lovesick that's a picture of our students are out there next I'm going to turn the mic over to joining in a number of our staff hello so our federally Community Grants starting with our we are fortunate that we have four grants that are programmed program enhancement projects are called EPS and those are funded federal funding that
016are provided to us through that state department education those include our transitions our workforce readiness our Family Literacy and our integrated English language and community engagement which you will have a briefer service by the LCD because especially to say that and we're able to supplement our programming with that funding from the from the Connecticut State Department that also for federal funding that are out of school you the program which again is federal dollars but that is not through the state that is for our partnership with the Northwest Regional Airport Authority so our we're gonna start the workforce readiness grant so basically the workforce grant allows us to provide enhanced courses it enhanced courses focus on preparing students for the workplace so basically what you see is a picture of the Department of Labor sixteen career
017pathway posters which I know hard to see but this allows us and of our students explore additional coursework and exploring career pathways for a potential career we're able to enhance our curriculum by adding classes such as writing for the workplace math community factoring and creating career success which should at least students don't cut an opportunity to have that our mandated money is only for our coursework so this really allows us to step outside the box and provide some great services to the students it also allows us to bring in guest speakers which provide real life connections and potentially some field trips to manufacturing industry so that they can really see what the media actually flora looks like if that's something they're thinking about exploring and lastly it provides for funding for MBA internships and judged
018trial opportunities which is something ever putting together right now so just a touch apply our transitions program it's entirely student-centered so from the data Student Center great creating individualized student success plan and determined career interest profiles for them throughout the semester will host presenters to immerse them in their lives after we race different presenters include computer programming Ally health really tried to gear towards the industry demands our traditional plan wraps around is just super graduation where we've been individually assist each student with their college and career endeavors we don't just end our relationship with them at that we have an open-door policy with our v-ray salons come to us persistent we also host event like our on-site something to say that we have every semester with Naugatuck Valley Community College Nanak Sai Valley will come
019to us and this really eliminates any excuses for why they wouldn't apply and get the ball rolling for going to post-secondary we also have a report that I bought in 2019 our number of students that have successfully enrolled in Mountain Valley went to 108 80 percent from last year so I only expect that that will expand moving forward we really have such a comprehensive program and you know we're off to great things and lastly we've implemented fried worms for successful transition so this is weevils variety of topics including employability skills mock interviews resume building mental health so that penetrates everything [Music] so I'm also seeking kept coordinators so I'm the out-of-school youth coordinator our division is called the average cancer and Riaan career achievement program it's entirely funded by the northwest regional Workforce Investment Board
020so we offer hands-on vocational training to eligible a school youth between the ages of 17 and 24 so that means that every year a student between the ages of 17 that work is inevitable actually through this program were able to offer paint student tuitions five books Gaspard bus passes and even opportunity for several subjects which actually really eliminates most barriers that college students struggle with my role is transition counselor working symbiotically with my role as a top coordinator because I'm able to really that conduct the time of students and I I would be a great fit for the program and I see you know we have a six percent student enrollment from here ace now so I will see that we were increasing and just able to really identify who's ready because it is a
021commitment there is a lot of time but it's it's a wonderful program I don't think it's all going in your career and become all entire businesses to support parents to become occurrences in children's education teach me attractive parenting strategies and promoting communication and leadership skills next generation we do this in partnership with they will pay and the Family Resource Center Pro will collaborate with them they were many childcare provider they are a LTE is a program that we offer to the advance student ESL in include Saline engagement how to find a Material Girl how to make creative use of the community resources and new this year you can incorporate some few tips today communica steakhouse in inside and will provide training programs at TDI Co where students in national recognized potential customer service or because
022of course we have teleport graduated from the program and doubled in already working in customer service to our federal grants we are fortunate to have so very community partnerships people to ask in writing and expand what we offer first is our pilot or office of early childhood so we are partnership with a combination of August early childhood and UConn and we are going to pour out of over 60 adult education programs in the state that were selected for this pilot so this private is providing childcare for students that are enrolled in our high school completion programs you see the beautiful faces of some of the kids that are currently in our program having fun with beads and sensor equally cool but actually so we are very fortunate that we partnered with Marsha Turing and Erica
023keen at the data high school who have opened up their classroom to us and empowerment pre-k rose last year due to just in work and contracts and got knees off the ground late so we were only able to successfully support for parents but three of those were graduated and they do that without this childcare since we had more time to recruit this year we have have 12 parents in this program up to 16 children and we're going to go back for our semester that starts in January so it's really an amazing program and our next new partnership is the civic engagement partnership with the American new American Community Foundation we were very sweet generously funded with over 11,000 dollars through the partnership with the Romy God family Charitable Foundation and any corporation and with this
024funding there are evils of partner to provide for citizenship and citizenship resources throughout the city and we are currently planning on continuing and expanding our partnership mediator a library right now we can only offer to this mission classes everyone is heard here and it's a four month class that goes on Saturdays and that's all that happens so students have to wait a full year and shifts worker services this funding will allow us to carry out full year per any plans to partner with families net and potentially the dlci program so that we can really have a sustainable citizenship that's always going on well you've heard it takes about a child these are all of our partners that we have loved and refuges well so welcome to sex for us so students welcome our students is
025expanding opportunities for unpaid internship top child's and community service as well as established a new mentor program and working with more community partners in our co-op districts to include increased recruitment so anyone who is really interested in helping us with an internship child or community service opportunities we know colossal park so feel free to let us know regardless tab enhance those program and continuing education lags to create program for students to come to us to endorse attract the Trinity for us things like Microsoft Word and the last part of what comes next to uh community which is a pretty powerful so the double education as you can see from the staff on that screen it's an indicator program because of this data and process state the city of Daniel Airy as well the staff serve
026be able to the need for adult education is a real it's a growing need it's a reality in Connecticut almost 12% not Homa 10% people in America do not over 120,000 people in the state of Connecticut do not speak English well and here in the anime are just over a 7705 20% of our residents do not speak English or speak English well and that's a crime to bring awareness to education and the services that are provided so last month the adult education program took it upon themselves to organize the first March her go excuses March for education was held on September 26 it was a March set originated at the end we have an adult education program and it was a 2 mile march to the New Haven Green and at the green there was
027a rally and as a as well as a community resource fair so the adult education partners at across the state I've already decided that this is going to be a annual event and the next event next September somewhere around the 26 all attached to date is going to be hosted in the Northwest region the Northwest region the partners including the America stepped up to organize the postback and it's going to be a six ago education programs in the Northwest region as well as a partnership with the Northwest Regional work for artwork and there are plans to do Oita last year but also expand a math course of college and career resource fair as well as the potential there so it's going to be a huge event it's going to take a lot of time to
028planning and you will join us at that time most likely if any water bury the water is central to the whole question but it's hard to get to well it's part of hurry way to get to so and and transportation so I'm at no transportation is one of the barriers for our students so we've got to find a way to eliminate those barriers for our students and ourselves so water here is a central location in the Northwest region includes all of the department and the shield area as well as water Gary Naga top Cheshire New Milford and Dean Gary so the other reason why it's most likely going to be healthy water Mary is it's crucial to start demanding now and it's crucial that have the support of the city and the coming election it's
029difficult the plan was going to be will be improved and not approved for next year so water mary has already committed some resources that we can already start working off of but that doesn't either can't or need to get very necessary how many students do you serve in our entire way how we have become shoes what if you see one it was three miles of the hottest alone we asked our to rush around to the contact we are definitely a little some testimony of our students and if you read through those you see how you touch your heart at this we're a lot a lot of times we're a class hopefully students and I think that a lot of these students are saying here is just a my problem policy affect their lives the most
030empowering of those that this program means that they are sold and that's what we're trying to instill in all of our student assistant for a lot of timely articles their last hope getting opportunity to know we have some students s sitting right here behind you want to stand up do something for someone else to some of our so that's the end of our presentation we are so again very proud of what we're doing in adult education we are affecting the lives of so many communities and so many students to so many families and we will continue to do this over the course of our time here and we need your support everybody come out tomorrow our offices of the number of board members a lot of you have been to our graduations we would appreciate
031it so we want to share the review so please take it upon yourself to give us a call come out and see our programs you [Applause] will see how well you are paying attention we have OCU at least our purpose really expand the program at one time to belong to edit pants it wasn't our program school for that office they asked we have God says graduation we've tried to do it wrong with the and once they matriculate that successfully we don't think it's right so we've been trying to work the competition see if we can do the scene X's that we have universities absolutely kind of credit there so since gonna be doubled and roll lieutenant wasn't working there are a lot of reasons [Music] representative [Music] - exactly - because part of the leadership
032at predicting participating in his harsh words talk with utter another program or disability community for resentencing hazards of the environmental scientists plan travel to the Gophers on all this river is a part of the story progression of [Music] the Board of Education accepted September 2019 and operating results analysis showing on Ogden grants importance of 1935 seconded by mr. karate discussing those in favor aye aye opposed staying motion carries yes sir just for your background would you see in Internet has been helpful [Music] so one of the things I want you to realize it's close Nexus we have approximately 550 students and you may recall that done for us created a report which assumed to stand before you adjourn give you a sense of and left the lock button okay so the top sheet that we
033normally had which shows the budget and the month to date expenditures and year-to-date expenditures and the conference's we've added additional columns to show the anticipated the requests that we've asked from the city one 134 million I never made $6,000 of our regular budget also includes the 500,000 majors development plenty so we have not received that shot goes on yes please keep the one point two seven three million that increased at the asked for the internal growth and the additional increase to special education costs we've included a separate column for and we'll keep monitoring that as we go along our encumbrances again really this is only as of the first month of the school year so those are a lot of those encumbrances are projections based on the prior year especially in the special education department
034so as those new contracts come up come in and become available and we get there over the next month or two along with the health insurance as the drawdown has come in we won't know once a month we're monitoring that along with projecting that out the second page is a summary of where we are seeing the shortfalls so the salary counts oh they don't have the citation in our salary accounts that was in the original quarterback we are running as a deficit of about seven hundred and eighty thousand dollars basically it's friendly and additional enrollment the stress thereof that for the employee benefits again additional staffing needs because of the additional enrollment you have additional benefits in services and fees we're continuing to work with our special education department to monitor those tutoring staffing levels
035which currently show again two hundred and seventy thousand dollar deficit we also need to add some additional PT ot support for the additional enrollments and the number of special education students that have under our utilities we're currently on track with our energy accounts to good standing transportation our transportation accounts are very stressed this year we had to add and four additional lessons for the Obama growth and our increasing number and our pre-k runs special education placements again as always put a large stress on our transportation because those students need specialized transportation so we're looking rejecting a deficit of about $160,000 we continue to watch that closely the athletic insurance is showing a deficit of 30,000 because the premiums were increased based on higher your claims they had an increase them a number of years and
036this is the year they decided to increase our premium so we were showing a deficit of one point but in that area supplies we've got a freeze on so there's not one of those supply accounts are good the same with our equipment and our Mayr weapons some of these detentions talk about want to call the attention to the board the look of a packet of the financial this is the first kind of debt protection you look at this certainly will do that we've never protected our expenses we go to attend to buddy then they give you the exit that about the importance of time and about basically this old stable to the end with family and hope that we peace maximize how but under in this case here you'll see there's over a million dollars
037that's an excess knee procreation which takes into account so I think for a meaningful that we look at this way and I thank you for representing it this way the question I had is the appropriation that I'm anticipating us in the Union quest to I understood that made me wrong that this particular constantly coming up they going to be hastily for that thank you that reward will lead fund us at the end of the year to send about negative position do you know how that's going to work just for seafood - there has endorsed us moving in go ahead and do what you do he has to go to the council when he does that zombies no one's told me to school I wonder if I've seen that would I need them you win a
038point three million dollars to prevent attacks and said here this is makers or anyway say that will fund you and go down I'm not sure I'm not sure how that's going to work again it won't some funding of the one point three million dollars then I would assume the deputy nobody ever have we were so poor that we're going to see what the excess you're losing if they use it like special education with excess cost many districts it doesn't go to the expend to the appropriation and use that as a guide they know if you're there for usually 1/3 for me 8 6 please one note and 1 2 7 3 is additional so the starting for dictionary might be with if they use it the same way it's going to be going forward it
039should be a footnote we don't know financially because it certainly though he had somebody looking back the financials it would be clear and have good understanding as to why the deficit existing I see but it's strange because a strange here we do have a spreadsheet that shows exactly where all of this we go forward and we hire where the fish are thank you dishes the matter - they have to be here for days [Music] of course my phone didn't ring today tonight tell me don't worry about it any other discussion to meet the Board of Education except the 2019 2020 superintendent of schools in accordance with 19-4 36 seconded by Ms Cannella any discussion what is here our specific outcomes that match each just we're in either next to each hole or right under each
040hole that's my own a feedback but I can appreciate the detail and update it's a specific specific outcomes correspond to each other the other all those in favor I post stain and motion carries superintendents report Minh the that's the [Music] October 1 we had to locked over 15 feet and Rose neces so the money just saw that man she was wrong [Music] tomorrow we have a workshop here starting at like they are the feedback group that we need people's last fall was it December we have been there if the purpose doesn't go over our plan that feedback to see if in fact it was London correction they were and making any adjustments that we need any of you interested in swine show kevin was sending that out to all the dentists and the staff give
041a little background but after tomorrow we're data feedback well make adjustments we'll look at the portrait of and get me ready to bring something to you sometime in November really as a draft for your consideration and [Music] information just wellness rights Oh where's miss Cooper what with your rights it did a review by Magellan the race was for information the board great offices arrived at Bishop mr. BIG's the government so we do with it also we had the updated laws they just process no it's just information information you all set okay or cherry chorim I have nothing to report except I've reached out to Tom Mooney regarding the grievance I cannot for a fact yet believe we have to have everything situated on that by that school day so that would be Wednesday okay yeah
042that I sent him text us to reach out I would actually like whatever reason was in my head that it was calendar days and I was like we're running out of time that's right I forgot okay so that's a little more buffer any ordered ports or communications or comments from a network they didn't want to comment and stress the importance of the deliveries only one directory should actually go and seeing the students and faculty program hats it's one of those elastic stories in all the ESL classes is the one of the most accessible fantasy from reality authored by evening Saturday classes through the library and they've been very created not just with you need to come to them be established partnerships out in the community and they've gone to the theatre and community is in
043the project that I mentioned as you guys know I'm part of the American Dream Foundation one of the things that were hoping to do with the LTI recipe of success into providing wraparound services or our citizenship classes so that will be a forward that would include a meal in child care for those who are entities as the ship class we kind of see it in the book that's one of the very people happy birds to have access to their classes they would be able to do that and at the same time create a pipeline for our new citizen student the LSAT program so that we also have them highly experienced of every citizenship in action through the LTI because even potential about empowering those parents so I think there's some stuff that they're doing there
044those are all the pulse of the community and trying to be adapt to what the needs are and there's a lot that you know as our schools are outside of that special this acquisition initiation vote there's a lot we can learn as well from some insurance they have to use do you need the community as you see that our practice today where they are sterile as I you know spend like my last few meetings here at the board I would just recharge each and every one of you here as never seen to support them English you to be active participants in seeing what they're doing and they would like some more room to expand their yeah that's one of the things that didn't talk facilities right do departments in this bro really possible all right
045so I just want to report on think about and everybody hear me so I watch this report that I went to piece story it was really cool that it was just pointed out the kids can dress in their costumes with their parents and there were like five stations in the hallway three teachers reading the story acting it out really animated and then they get our interval apartment it's steeper than they want the next one but it's really cool in in the library or in media said they had stations for stem projects and parents were involved it was so neat but it was one hour in and out using their costumes parents coming with them and guess the attendance just grows every hair cell phone adds up to standard and everyone think we have the right
046meeting and you knows about that but I just wanted to share how we're working on more development on one thing pressure professional web development and we've come up with some initiatives we wanted to put into place for the new board members that will be coming to work at the election and so just a couple of things dates like keep in mind is January 15 it's a Wednesday night it's not a for tonight 5:30 to 7:00 okay representative here and then also we just are just kind of getting ready to appear to have a packet direction for the new board members we also want to have a new board member orientation by the ad hoc subcommittee along with the orientation of the administration and to do that on Thursday evening December 5th that would be happy
047first of all these days out right now what he said the strong but just keep in mind a new board orientation it might be thank you we talked about adding some procedural passes [Music] the new member orientation that can calculate have MERIS hand over a microphone patch a new member to the microphone any job so thinking so they're cracking stockings he's ready to start breaking heads about Michael like okay at this point we will entertain a motion to enter into executive session motion made by mr. Brittain seconded by Oh what well mr. Mehta I'm sorry I saw I saw Joe's hand go up something over so seconded by mr. Brannon all those in favor opposed motion carries thank you all so much for coming down