ASD End-of-Year Town Hall

001today is wednesday may 26th and i'd like to welcome you to our end of year town hall board members who are present in the boardroom we have members higgins holloman jacobs lessons wilson and on the bellamy and on the phone we have member donnelly so we would like to open up our meeting with the pledge please stand for the pledge i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america and to the republic for which it stands one nation under god indivisible with liberty and justice for all [Music] before we begin uh this evening's town hall i'd like to acknowledge with gratitude that the nine of people past and present who have lived on these lands since long before anchorage was here may we all be good stewards of these lands chennai we

002have two purposes this evening the first uh part of our agenda will be a presentation looking at the data that we have gathered so far from the survey and the second part of our agenda will focus on public input some people have signed up online there is a sign up sheet at the door if you didn't get a chance to sign up to speak online and that testimony will be for three minutes when we get to that part of the meeting so we will start with dr bishop if you're ready [Music] thank you madam president and i will begin by sharing the information thus far on the survey that was sent out the survey does remain open you can access it from our website it was also directly sent out to stakeholders as well as

003just through social media so uh this is our website here so this is where you can find it and just wanted to share with everyone that it is a survey that was created on surveymonkey and uh began at the beginning of may and as of uh yesterday over 3 000 individual respondents uh provided information and about over 15 groups or non-profits organizations the survey i was very simple had eight questions and i'm going to share uh some of those uh overall 30 000 foot view of the results thus far and we'll continue to keep these updated so as background again this is the sr3 input uh within the uh regulation in regard to the grant uh there is stakeholder consultation so that is b1 and you can read through that about a very inclusive input

004for the board and district to receive the plan is for of course to have input through survey abilities both at the individual level student parents community members employees as well as stakeholder groups that i just mentioned our partners other stakeholder groups in anchorage may 26 town hall which is this evening again sharing results and receive additional input as the board president mentioned and then again next tuesday at our next board meeting there will be a specially reserved time not to exceed 45 minutes for additional public testimony but also written testimony is also being received and posted so i'll just begin one of the questions on there uh also not only discussed about the esser funds and their expenditures but also the board was interested in just the year this has been um referred to as

005a pandemic year we've all experienced it around the world and we as a learning organization uh wanted to receive feedback on that uh things that worked well this year and you can see the percentage of respondents uh were in these categories uh primarily so these things were coded they were open-ended questions and they were coded and defined as statistically significant in these areas things that did not work well and i want you to pay close attention if we can go the things that did work well uh if you take a look at the second one online learning uh flexibility accommodation scheduling and asynchronous wednesdays showed up as being things that worked well if you go to the did not work well you will see some of these same inputs and i wanted the board to

006note that throughout my experience through the pandemic as well as at our board meetings as well as through this survey there are certainly differences of opinions for which anchorage school district must hear in regard to um the experiences of their students and then how we can improve those experiences and so uh there is no single answer no single tada that we are hearing many different voices on the exact same construct but differences of opinions which is a good thing uh so let me get to the stakeholder operational spending priorities jim anderson our cfo outlined the examples of the spending priorities for allowable uses there are of course this is a federal grant and with grants there's always tide duties and strings if you will and so these are allowable uses of the funds that the

007district receives and we categorize them into two different areas operational and instructional and here are some of the results in regard to the operational asks or allowables that we we shared with them of course during the health and safety supplies facility repairs air quality of improvements you may have heard this uh if you're paying attention reading listening to the news all of these things have been discussed uh at the federal level in regard to use of the funds as well and then incentives for recruiting and retaining staff in uh hard to build failed positions so these the monies can go uh for um individuals as well but that's an hr function so we we place it under operational uh the highlighted areas are the uh on the likert scale from less important and more important

008they had a rate of five of course a lot of things resonate in the middle generally uh one fifth of things are in the middle but then you can see the outliers on the sides generally the ones and fives will show as you move to the different ends again it's a bell curve you probably can uh identify that uh many times that's what is demonstrated but to the right our most important lots of things are most important to our community and so i'll go to the instructional pieces as well summer school and after school programs addressing learning loss new services to students to accelerate learning focus on underserved students so these are all again allowable areas provided as examples uh within the grant and these are demonstrated outcomes and respondents who shared what they thought

009again many people did not um of the respondents over 3000 uh not all answered every question about two-thirds answered every question on the survey and one-third um you know pick and they individuals you know selected and non-selected uh some of them were drop-down choices and others were fill in the blank open boxes so with that uh just to share uh what has come out just in general terms again of just again a thirty thousand foot view uh addressing learning loss by increasing existing programs facility repairs and air quality improvements was one of the highest as well as focus on underserved students so we want to look at one of the questions was to what degree was your family impacted economically by the pandemic and this one surprised us it was about so that they were

010highly impacted and of course we had the middle ground somewhat and not at all the next question that asks us then who were the people who answered the survey we always look at that and um on the right-hand side of the district demographics always seeing data with a relevance of um out of how many or what does that mean so we always like to ground that in the district as a whole many categories were represented or over represented some were underrepresented we're going to continue to reach out through our stakeholders and our departments uh to the families and communities in our school areas that um represent some of these groups just to see if we can gain more insights um there were quite a few uh one-fifth of our respondents chose not to answer the

011um demographics race or ethnicity question actually they answered it saying that they didn't want to answer so the respondents who are they and if you notice the total number is more than 100 because you could be a student [Music] and an employee we hire students in the summer so you could do that you could be a parent and an employee you could be a parent community member and an employee so just wanted to share that that is why that's over a hundred we did not uh create the different individualized sets of them because this is again just a general broad overview uh to take a look at uh who uh engaged in the survey so i shared a little bit about agencies and organizations and and it was important that different community groups that work

012with asd and we encourage others as well uh for the um organization my email is on the website i can be reached our board secretary uh my secretary can be reached to have this survey directly uh delivered it doesn't have any of the ethnicity questions on it it strictly is uh asking about the needs and the funding priorities not the other questions asked so we can provide uh and it asks to list the organization from which uh you represent and are answering so we can uh continue to accept these of the organizations that were received yesterday the data that are going to be shown are from these agencies and organizations there are others that uh continue to come in um but we're we're welcoming him but again it's it's a mind's eye of other organizations

013who work with young people as we do and what they see so the top three for our agencies and organizations were a focus on underserved students addressing learning loss by increasing existing programs and summer school and after school programs so all of the open ended responses for our community and organizations focused on student supports the responses on the individualized were really um vastly different they were um i'll give you some examples uh in supporting educators and and offering additional supports for educators changing educators they were um the safety mitigation was excellent that's what we like the best um or uh invest more in that or it was uh too much we shouldn't have done it and so or um we had to exclude quite a bit with just inappropriate language so there was a lot

014of um i would say uh in just a difference in this survey in just anxiety and stress uh in regard to just um the experiences this year and i do share that um [Music] that that literally has occurred when when in the data as well you say what worked best online learning what didn't work online learning what was good twice monthly communication what was bad twice monthly communication you know it went to spam it did this so uh those were again vast experiences in our community and um i look forward to to to bringing folks back together really focusing on student learning keeping the fundamentals of learning the fundamentals uh and moving forward we're preparing students for life success career success college success exactly the way the board's goals have asked us to do so

015with that uh that is the summary of the survey thank you madam president and thank you dr bishop um we we have about 10 minutes if the board would like to have some ask some questions if not we will go right to our testimony we have seven people that have signed up so if there are any yes kelly member lessons thank you uh president bellamy um yeah you know as a parent respondent to this survey i appreciated the survey and i appreciate this breakdown what i didn't actually understand is what does increasing existing programs mean is that the number of programs is it the breadth of offerings is it um high impact small group tutoring like what does increasing existing programs what was intended by that question or that option through the um president to

016member lessons uh that was a definition provided by the federal government and it can mean all of those things uh meaning that you can spend it on what you spend things on right now with how would be how i interpret it yes remember wilson i just wanted to clarify how long will the survey be open or is there a closing date and that's a great question uh it will be open for another week so there's still time for the public and uh organizations to to give feedback or input [Music] okay let's see anybody else let's see see mr donovan okay member lessons one more quick question um what were the channels that asd sent this survey out through um i don't remember receiving this again with my parent hat on from my principal i think

017something like messages from principles about how important feedback is would be useful in generating additional community response through uh the president to member lessons it went out as a direct email uh to all parents of of our students as well as others in asd connect there's over 140 email addresses in that category in the asd connect it was on social media we put it uh media response uh in the news and the radio so ktu announced it the radio um as well as um schools had this but of course schools were ending um when this was coming about and so there's a lot um a lot more priorities in schools in regard to the last week and celebrating success probably than than this [Music] other questions okay see no more questions we will get to

018our the people who have signed up to testify um we're in person we have annie messi sure thank you [Music] we we will send you a picture okay we'll actually just email it unless you want a quick picture yeah all right you have three minutes hello my name is annie massey i'm a parent of three children two in the anchorage school district i represent a grassroots effort called parents rights and education and with me today are some supporters and i hope they would stand thanks guys um we thank you for this opportunity for folks to share their thoughts and feelings first anchor school district needs to be reminded their loyalty lies within their clients in this municipality we are stakeholders and beneficiaries of this public accommodation asd loyalty has relied heavily on the agendas being

019inserted by federal state and local government national state and local nea union affiliation including the aea the abc the multiple state professional and boards associations and councils this intrusion has created a conflict of loyalty within the governing bodies of our school boards resulting in the abandonment of faithful representation of true community and replaced with the interests and agendas of these organizations this corruption has disrupted and influenced the true purpose of education second this district and naep data reveals our students are not well served by public education and the oecd data shows the nation as a whole is not well served by public education this is occurring because this district has lost its purpose by attaching to unnatural interests and commitments that have shifted loyalty away from true stakeholder holders towards an agenda that has no

020business in public schools it used to be that education existed to support parents in educating our children today it strives to replace parents in our fundamental role and god given responsibility finally between the conflict of loyalty and the dysfunctional roles created in public education our state schools have abandoned and failed our children with that in mind we ask this board [Music] and administration to rededicate itself to represent our interest by adding the following to the agenda in the fall prioritize spending the american rescue plan money towards the classroom and increasing student learning our classrooms are already safe enough we do not need ventilation units restore and respect parents fundamental rights to direct the upbringing of our children in education including medical privacy and freedom asd will rededicate itself to the agenda of residents remove suspend

021or ban altogether the planning engagement and practices surrounding critical social justice ideology from administration policy statements commitments teacher training professional development resources curriculum including diversity equity and inclusion renaming of schools the smart start plan must include if any input from families and priorities for the fall that do not create barriers to learning and deter use of this public accommodation all needs for students must be determined by and with every parent thank you for your time thank you next telephonically [Music] next telephonically we have danielle kemp are you on the line can you hear me yes we can hear you you have three minutes all right all right um thank you all this evening uh and my name is danielle kemp i am a retired army combat officer i am a teacher here in the asd

022and a parent of two ast students i'm also the co-chair of the human and civil rights committee for the aea and also the president and co-founder of the alaska coalition of bypawk educators whose mission is to champion equity and education for communities of color in order to achieve equality our vision is equity until equality with our top priorities being health and safety of educators students communities of color equity and academic opportunities and curriculum and the hiring and retention of educators of color with a goal being to ensure that their needs are met with fairness and equity i'm calling this evening to express my interest in the how the american rescue plan money or funds should be spent and i believe that they should be used in the following manner one to make sure that we

023have a racially equitable curriculum within the asd i can tell you from personal experience looking at my son's um homework sometimes uh it makes me cringe at some of the things that in the 21st century nowadays that they are still teaching these kids um trust me when i tell you this is nothing new this is the status quo that we need to change all right as a parent of black children uh you know teaching them um that you know the slaves had it uh didn't have it that bad uh is a no-go uh or that um you know where were the lakota nation when they were trying to build the um uh uh the the oh um losing a train of thought here um the um not the washington monument but you know what i'm

024saying uh in north dakota um so making sure that annual racial equity training for all staff to grow a culture of equity knowledge and advancement through the asd and also bring on extra staff and particularly people of color to make up for that gap that we do see in recognizing the asd we should not be cutting educators at this time as a matter of fact teachers are the most important part of a child's education as such we must use this uh funding opportunity to fill in those gaps that we know exist as a prime example my school russian jack has been cut by two teachers and one counselor yet we're expecting more students this coming year than before you know this needs to be rectified uh and just to touch on all those opponents of

025cultural responsive teaching and social thank you mr camp [Music] our next speaker in person is maria elva edwards [Music] you have three minutes so forgive me if i stumble i get kind of nervous um first and foremost i want to say my thanks and gratitude to the asd school district for all that you do and especially to the teachers um especially mr chatwell for being awesome this year for my son um today i want to present an idea something new and exciting for us to chew for a little while and think about and possibly implement into not only this coming year but into future years in generations of anchorage youth on march 30th 30th we had a hearing on the instructional equity policy i want to quote some statements that let us spark for me

026dr dana bishop our superintendent said this meant equal access to our students and we want all students to achieve dr mark stock our deputy stupor and standard the superintendent stated equal access to our students and world-class education in anchorage he stated that he believed the secret recipe was high quality standards and low variance let me repeat that high quality standards and low variance the question still somewhat unanswered at the end of the video how do our students get this equally accessible high quality education to our special programs such as ignite ap courses charter learning programs etc today i want to challenge this if we believe in equality for all why do we separate our students this way why not teach these programs for everyone some arguments may be funding test scores or parent concern but

027others will hold their children back possibly i strongly believe the way to engage all students at all levels and really implement equity and teaching to our students from preschool to high school is intermix teaching mentors for our students that are classmates how to engage a sense of community to our students showing respect when engaging all levels in the classroom ignite programs becoming accessible in our regular classrooms having the ignite children mentor the others and bring the others up so that they too can be on that level i believe this is how we raise scores on a national level for our district charter programs are no longer inaccessible to students and only allowable to those through a lottery program teach these ideas in our standard public school system have music and band for kindergarten and first

028graders and second graders teach language at preschool have sports teams in elementary beginning in kindergarten or preschool why are we limiting ourselves it does sometimes always circle back to funding or whatever it may be that blocks movement like this forward but i believe when we all work together anything is possible thank you thank you next telephonically we have ashley gaines are you on the line yes i am welcome you have three minutes okay all right we'll probably have any three minutes uh my my name is ashley gaines i am chair of the anchorage naacp youth and college program um and also um [Music] working uh with uh roslyn and um mr camp who spoke who spoke just a minute ago and i just wanted to speak to the american rescue plan as far as um

029using it to enhance our uh school teaching of um history um i believe i am a product of the anchor school district and um as a student as an african-american student i kind of found it disheartening that um when history was taught to students of color that black history was not taught in its full extent and um it was always just stopped at martin luther king and rosa parks and there's so much more to black history um it kind of uh left a sour chase in my mouth when i just had to tell that was required for me as a student to take alaska data studies to graduate but in all when black history is american history and it's not taught fully in our schools and so um i just want to encourage the anchor

030school district to really look into expanding black history in our schools elementary all the way up to high school so our students have a full understanding of what really uh really what black history is and what and the contributions that a lot of african americans have made to the united states and um like mr kemp said he couldn't get it out but i think what he was trying to say was um it was slaves and slaves who built washington dc and most of this country and um a lot of them are not recognized for it and our students um in order for them to know the fullest fulfillment of american history they need to understand what really happened and so um that's i just wanted to encourage uh the schoolwork to please really take in

031consideration um about fixing the curriculum and adding black history as a required class as well because it is american history thank you next telephonically we have iu casatak are you there i'm here can you hear me all right you have welcome you have three minutes great thank you the rescue plan funds are prepared to provide school districts to safely reopen and sustain the operation of schools while addressing the impact of coved on students my comments are focused on the impact on our nation's students as this pandemic is made very visible the risks and tolls faced from clovid have not been equally shared systemic racism set in motion long ago has led to generations of disparity for people of color across their society kovit has laid these issues there in all the statistics you're very familiar

032with black indigenous and peoples of color black families are less likely to have the privilege and means to choose options that keeps their families safe from the virus whether for school or work cdc stats show that death rates for children with covid have been greatly skewed more than 8 out of 10 child deaths related to covid are black indigenous and hispanic children disproportionately our children and families pay the ultimate price in this pandemic for native peoples like me though we represent only two percent of the overall u.s population we've experienced the highest death rate for 100 000 people than any other demographic to ensure ethical covid mitigation our district leadership must use an equity lens in all decision making and across its operations treating all students in asb the same when our risks aren't equally

033shared perpetuates the unequal outcomes we've already experienced to advance health equity and asd i have three specific suggestions launch a district-wide racial equity curriculum and policy audits map out a fee strategy to mitigate inequities that are found including building culturally relevant curriculum for students and teachers and enact annual racial equity training for all educators to build capacity and advance equity throughout asd to protect our community we need strong leadership that's attuned to the disproportionate impacts of its decision making and makes equitable decisions based from that center which ultimately benefits everyone our community is stronger when we are all healthy and strong thank you next uh telephonically laura norton cruz hear me yes we can hear you welcome you have three minutes great um thank you for having me um my name is laura norton cruz

034i am the mother of a rising second grader at government hill elementary and a preschooler i'm a social worker and public health professional i'm a former third grade teacher in a dual immersion program i have my testimonies a little bit less prepared than normal because i spent today taking my kids to get copied tests because of a school-based exposure and in the same day that i you know had to take my kids to get covered test i found out that the summer school policy for masks is to make masks optional um today's covid scare and we're still waiting for the results is a reminder that clovid is not over that the risk our kids face is still significant because they're too young to be vaccinated um and you know it has been the priority of

035the district over the years to use data and i know that's a really important priority of the superintendent to have data driven decision making well the data on masks was clear they work they work to prevent transmission and to prevent viral load and as iu just shared uh the child the child coveted mortality uh just disproportionately affects black and brown children and so i'm worried about the effects that this mask optional policy will have on students this summer and particularly if this is carried into the fall so as a parent um and as a public health professional i want to very strongly state my support for required masks until all children have had the opportunity to get fully vaccinated and have antibodies secondly this brings me to the issue of you know the culturally responsive

036teaching and how to how to spend federal money um so as a in terms of data driven decision making one of the existential threats facing education really the primary one is that children who are uh overwhelmed with with stress with toxic stress is what it's called when children are overwhelmed by stress and beyond their ability to cope it makes it very hard for them to learn and to behave and to to be able to pay attention in the classroom um so it is incumbent on the district to have a trauma-informed approach to really prioritize trauma-informed education which includes addressing overwhelming stressors like systemic racism that children face what we know is that children of all races and socioeconomic statuses experience adverse challenge experiences and experience overwhelming sources of stress that can interfere with their ability

037to learn but that black and brown children are much more likely to be punished for trauma-related behaviors than white children are and so um this school district needs to prioritize and this is what i would love to see the federal funding spent on is trauma informed and equity informed education culturally responsive teaching and trauma-informed teaching and not just teaching not just the classroom making sure that the district has the support they need their teams in every school to implement trauma-informed and equity-informed teaching practices as well as disciplinary practices and to really and also to have social workers and to have other people in the schools who can provide kids and families the supports that they need we know you your time is up next uh in person we have daniel fisher i believe fisher yes

038welcome thank you uh hi my name is daniel fisher i recently finished my junior year at polaris k12 school uh and the first thing i want to say is that my school and its staff are great uh they're amazing um and yet i've come today to communicate a dire threat to the well-being of every student uh at my school and in the district uh even at the height of this pandemic i was more afraid that my school would be unable to educate me due to budget cuts than due to the virus i've been at polaris for 12 years i remember a time when each classroom was full of engaged kids and every academic academic need was covered by a qualified enthusiastic teacher this is now a tragic memory every year more and more classrooms go

039dark and empty our teachers are overworked and forced to teach subjects with which they have little experience this has directly decreased the quality of my education and will permanently mark the academic careers of every student in the grades behind mine at the end of the year before last we were forced to lose one of our three science teachers and a beloved mentor to me myself and many of my peers there were other firings that years that year as well as a result of this we were unable to offer a full physics course this year crucial for college-bound students particularly in stem fields so students were forced to either uh take a physics course without rigorous math which did not adequately prepare them for college physics or uh pay for an online physics course which i

040think this last year has shown is simply not as good uh this is not an isolated incident consistently over the uh the last consistently over the last several years uh critical classes at my school have been offered at the same time as other critical classes or not at all i mean while history teachers who haven't thought about science in decades hit the books to teach middle schoolers chemistry this is of course due to our losing two to three staff members every year for the past several consecutive years there is no fat to trim we have been bled dry there are no more efficiencies and my school is dying uh you as elected members of the anchorage school board are entrusted by our community with the responsibility to protect students educations here this is because a

041good community is founded in a good school system uh the continuation of these budget cuts is the single greatest danger to the education of my peers that exists and that makes it a danger to our community it seems we were able to use federal aid to bandage the wound this last year but eventually that money will run out and therefore i'm asking you to do anything in your power to increase the district's budget to match inflation and enough beyond that to rebuild the facilities we have lost thank you daniel [Music] so that concludes the individuals who have signed up to testify is there anyone in the room that would like to testify at this time come forward please and if you would uh state and spell your name that would be great hi everyone my

042name is rochelle griffiths r-a-c-h-e-l-l-e griffiths g-r-i-f-f-i-t-t-s i'm here to speak out against the critical race theory i think it's wrong that it was passed during the covid lockdowns and uh i think we need to look at that we need to look at it again it's the parents responsibility to instill good morals into their children and it's the anchorage school district's job to work on education i went through the anchorage school district i'm in college right now and i want that for my child i want that for my neighbors i want that for every child i think we really need to focus on that um and also i don't trust the critical race theory is as good as it's being said that it is if you really look at it it could be that it's to

043discriminate against a certain group of people and nobody in uh the anchorage school district and their families should um feel like they don't belong and now i'm i'm half white i'm half alaska native so i know both sides so i have that advantage and i've seen us come a long way we've come a long way dealing with uh racism it's not what it used to be i'm a little bit older um i'm about 32 so i've seen us come a long way let's not go backwards let's let's relook at critical race theory and make sure that all students feel comfortable going to school um also if if it is going to divide it and it could distract our children from learning and that's absolutely not okay distractions are not okay we need to get rid

044of them we need to focus on the children's education to set them up for um for success it's very important and let's see as far as american rescue plan money i think it should be focused on education anything we can do to support all people doesn't matter what your skin color is let's do right by all people and i really appreciate i heard today from the lady who spoke before me that masks are optional for summer program and because they're optional i will allow my daughter to go because i think we have to put the covid behind us and move forward we cannot be masked forever we have to just you know go forward without masks and allow our children to breathe allow them to see people's faces it's really great to see all of

045your faces today and to be here um yeah kovitz behind us no critical race theory i think it really needs to be looked at and please take seriously all of the parents who will write in call in show up at the next board meeting because this is our this is our um district and these are our children so please work with us thank you thank you anyone else you've already testified ma'am thank you you've already testified okay not seeing anyone else that concludes our agenda if they're board members i would like to give you a opportunity to make some a few comments if you choose remember holloman yes thank you um not too much i i think part of the impetus for this is just knowing that in a tumultuous year we we do some

046things that work okay and we want to be sure we grab those and take them forward with us i do want to emphasize that the board has not voted anything that promotes or adopts critical race theory and it has not voted anything that would change instruction in classroom for some time i think there's a misunderstanding about discussions that were had but we we simply have not so we can't revisit it because it's not something that was ever voted on we did vote an anti-racist policy but it doesn't cite critical race theory and that's just not part of it so i do hope people look specifically what they want us to reconsider or what they feel like we're going forward with that that is worrisome that part of it while it's part of a discussion is

047just not there so i hope in the future we can help clear that up going forward but thank you thank you anyone else yeah this is really just a response to this afternoon's message about masking i was a little bit surprised maybe a lot surprised that we will allow asking to be optional before all of our children are vaccinated um there were four kids in my daughter's class who had covid this year another one who was one of the first kids in alaska to have the multi-symptom and multi-inflammatory symptom um cobit is not entirely behind us and i think it's really important that parents who would like to get their children vaccinated but haven't yet had that opportunity and won't have that opportunity until sometime in the fall i think we need to guarantee them

048safety and security the cdc advises masking and social distancing i'm perfectly fine sending our kids outside unmasked but i don't support this current change in policy any other comments with respect dr bishop did you have any final comments no madam president thank you okay with that i'll accept a motion to adjourn i'm chair i've got my hand raised i'm sorry remember donnelly i did not see you you have the floor i'm sorry it's madam president i apologize um um remember holloman's right the board has not voted to adopt critical race theory but the board did twice vote not to not use critical race theory and we also have multiple critical race theory books on our website and all those those are not specifically designated for children or for student instruction they are on the asd

049website and there is a total lack of any counter thought being utilized on the asd website and that remains very concerning that there would be no balance appearing on our website in regards to critical race theory we have books that advocated we have no academic publications that expressed concern about and additionally the asd has sponsored multiple classes now uh on critical race theory where the two leading critical race theory books are being utilized in those classes so while it is not been adopted to be in our classrooms there is there is some very troubling utilization of critical race theory by our district thank you thank you member donnelly see no other hands for comments about the board i'll i will entertain a accept a motion to adjourn [Music] move to adjourn second