Dayton Board of Education - Business Meeting - October 18, 2022

001hello I'm Amaria was and we're here at Fairview  Elementary School interviewing the student of   the month amima and Mima has assisted teachers in  translating for various students around school she   always helps with the smile and is very patient  she's helpful in the classroom even without anyone   asking she is the class messenger and handles the  job well she's at school every day and in uniform   she is kind to others and always respectful tell  us your name of who you are my name is amima and   I'm a c-squader at Fairview okay congratulations  on being a student of the month thank you tell me   how you started helping teachers by translating  for students I was in fourth grade um there was   this case this kid doesn't know English and my  teachers say uh can you go help him

002and I said   yeah because I knew English in Swahili at the same  time okay what languages do you speak kinyawanda   English Swahili and a lot more okay what's your  primary language Swahili okay tell me about your   family my I have four sisters and three brothers  my dad is from Uganda and my mom's my dad my mom's   from Congo and I have more family Africa but  they're about to come this week are you from   Uganda too when did you come to the United States  I cannot remember was like five about five okay   okay how do you feel about being named student  of the month great what was your first reaction   I was I was happy and scared good evening  it's okay what do you like about being a like   to call to order this October 18

0032022 business  meeting Madam treasure may we have a roll call president Smith president Mr Samson president miss weekend here Dr  Pickett Dr Pickett has an excuse that sense   Dr Goodwin here Mr Lacy here six present thank  you maybe stand for the Pledge of Allegiance thank you all we'll start today first with a  special presentation Dr Lolly could you lead   us into our first president presentation please  yes our first presentation for this evening is a   presentation uh from our positive School climate  many of the people in the room are positive School   climate coaches and we're so thankful to have  them uh part of the Dayton public school team   PSC is actually PBIS and I will turn it over  to Dr Sheila Burton to introduce those who are   going to present and also to explain why we 

004do PSC and what PBIS actually is so Dr Burton good evening board president vice president  board member superintendent Lolly treasurer   so tonight we'd like to give you an overview  of the work that has been going on for years   here in the district under the guidance of  positive School climate if you look at the   research it's called positive behavioral  intervention supports but here in Dayton   we daytonized it and we changed the name to  positive School climate because that aligns   with our student code of conduct book so  the coaches are here tonight they have a   presentation that they'd like to share with  everyone about the work that has been done   in the district and how the district has  been recognized for that work so Marcus good evening my name is Marcus Vaughn Dayton  public schools alumni and

005positive School   climate coach I wanted to start the  evening off by asking a few questions   if a child doesn't know how to read what do  we do teach if a child doesn't know how to   swim what do we do teach if a child doesn't  know how to act what do we do we teach if a   child doesn't know how to behave what do we do  we teach in Ohio it is law that we teach Behavior and that is what we call PBIS positive school I  mean positive behavior interventions and support in Ohio in Ohio districts must develop a structure  for providing PBIS professional developments   to all staff at least every three years  have a decision-making framework that   increases academic and behavioral success  teach school-wide behavioral expectations   Implement consistent systems of  acknowledgment and correcting behaviors   and

006it engages families and is designed the  school environments for success now let me   allow me to have one of my colleagues explain  how we Implement that in Dayton public schools hi my name is Ricky Terrell a positive School  climate coach at Dayton public schools everything   we do at Dayton public schools students are the  center of that framework when we look at our   Dayton Way flower we talk about customer service  curriculum instruction professionalism and where   PSC positive School climate or PBIS falls into  the Dayton Way is under culture uh positive School   climate is a framework that the district uses  to create more Equitable cultures and buildings   across the district so like it's already been  stated PBIS is PSC if you Google PBIS you will end   up on a rabbit hole that can last you decades with 

007research that follows up uh teaching establishing   and acknowledging desired behaviors again this  is a framework so this is something that can look   different and should look different in all schools  so if we're looking at Belmont if we're looking   at Kemp Valerie if we're looking at oakwoods  or Miamisburg all these buildings use a PBIS   framework but it is important and vital that it is  Equitable Equitable in every building and meeting   the diverse needs of the students and the staff in  those buildings so here at Dayton public there are   lots of things that fall underneath the positive  School climate umbrella are there a lot of things   that are currently in place and a lot of things  that we will be working uh with implementation   over the next year and into the future so if  you guys have

008heard I'm sorry that was not a tab it's weird not clicking so sorry uh so yeah maybe  you've heard some of these acronyms across the   district Champs CPI SEL culturally responsive  teaching are things that we have been working   to implement at PBIS for many years conscious  discipline is something that preschools use in   order to bring the PBIS framework to preschools  olveas we'll be talking about that a little bit   in the future that is the bullying prevention  program that PBIS is working to help Implement   across the district thank you uh the tiered  framework that we're talking about this is   a visual of the tiered framework it's important  that we are looking at things in a tiered system   so we're looking at three separate tiers if we're  looking at academics uh for looking at attendance   if we're

009looking at behaviors if we're looking at  Resorts that your family may stay when they go to   Disney World there is usually a tiered system in  place the firsts here that we're going to look at   today is the universal tier so when we're looking  at Behavior it is important that things that we   are implementing for all students to have access  to that 80 percent of those students are able to   be successful with those prevention-based services  so these are prevention strategies services that   are placed into uh that are placed into schools  that allow up to 80 percent of students to be   successful once we have around 80 percent  of students being successful uh with tier   one Prevention Services we can start looking at  students that need additional supports so this   usually is around 15 of your students

010that will  need Target interventions so I know that these   students will not need individualized supports  but they may need some extra coaching some extra   mentoring from adults in order to be successful  with the curriculum and then finally when we have   the universal and targeted tier into place we can  start looking at the top tier the Intensive tier   this is usually between one to five percent of  your population and these are students that need   intensive supports in order to be successful  accessing the general Behavior curriculum   some of the things that we already have in place  at DPS and we're moving to make sure those things   stay implicit place at DPS in each of these tiers  uh Universal we have mega skills restorative   practices and again The olvious Bullying  prevention program that is going to be rolled  

011out will be a prevention-based services that all  students no matter what tier they're currently   functioning in will have access to those services  tier two check and check out mentoring group and   social skills groups are some of the supports  that buildings have in place across the district   to help students with a little extra support  in order to have access to the universal tier   and then the Intensive tier individual  supports these are students that need an   individual programs or individual plans to be  successful in a school setting uh and at Dayton   public that could look like resiliency  coordinators or Behavior Support plans next up I want to have Adam  Scott to talk a little bit more good evening Adam Scott PSC coach PSC provides  a multitude of professional development   opportunities some of these opportunities are  are trauma-informed

012practices Champs a ratio to   positive interactions prevention and intervention  strategies for the classroom providing effective   feedback restore and restorative practices there's  a pretty extensive list up there on on the screen   in addition to providing professional development  PSC also collaborates with several departments   within DPS we collaborate with Equity curriculum  Safety and Security Transportation Office of   curricular engagement we work with all of these  these different departments and and some of the   products that we've been able to create out  of our collaboration first and foremost PSC   has been vital in the creation of the student Code  of Conduct Handbook as well as the data dashboard   in which we take a look at not only attendance  data but discipline data so we're able to create   Equitable Equitable support plans for buildings  additionally PSC coaches have worked with staff   members

013on training for the on course program  finally PSC has collaborated with emerge emerges   a national PBIS video Resource Group that came to  Dayton public schools to film our transportation   staff our drivers and our students we're going to  watch a 30-second video clip from their bus safety   module that's used during their transportation  staff training all across the country getting off the bus as well  as a trip Hazard a safety   that's the most biggest for me we really have been  dealing with this year but I do hear and share   with the Safety Committee that a lot of it is you  know the children just won't sit down and we can't   move the bus or operate a bus while a child is  standing in the fighting when we got a group of   kids or two or three kids

014that might be fighting  or we got two or three children that are standing   on the bus we just can't operate a bus like  that and those are obviously uh safety issues um   according to the law we need them to sit down to  be safely transported the school bus is the safest   transportation for a child to get to school the  most effective strategy we have in any activity Deanna granroth I'm part of the PSC team here  at Dayton public schools one of the really fun   parts of our job as a coach there's nine of  us coaches is that we get to coach teachers   one-on-one so we go into and we observe and we  visit these classrooms every week and we have a   weekly cycle of like four to eight weeks we get to  work with individual

015teachers across the district   and in those observations and those those times  that we spend with them we collaborate on Dwayne   um setting goals reflecting on their professional  their professional goals but then also doing   reflective conversations with them each week  on where they want to grow professionally but   then also implementing research-based classroom  management time management and then also looking   at Behavior strategies things that they want to  do individually with students and then student   groups so in that tier one tier two and tier  three levels um the ongoing thing that we're   most excited about in our team right now  is we're providing curriculum based and   um classroom management series for all of our  new and seasoned teachers starting this week and   there'll be a whole season series right now in the  fall and then again in the

016winter in the spring   foreign the PSC teams that we helped to support  here in each so each building has a PSE team   that they help to implement all of the the tiered  items with PSC we support the building PSE teams   in developing their their teams and then coaching  them to design their school-wide expectations so   each building has three to five expectations  that they follow each of these expectations   then develop lesson plans to teach the students  how to safely move through their school day and   then as with any teaching initiative the PSD  requires continued professional development   for all the staff to ensure that all of  these practices are done with fidelity   behaviors are taught and then acknowledged and  discouraged based on the building's PSE framework   and then the data that we use we collect and  we

017look at monthly to figure out how to improve   all of our our systems and then also how to  celebrate our students and their successes based on all of the work that  the schools are doing last year   we had three of our elementaries win the  bronze medal award we had Fairview camp   and Valerie and today we have one of our  was PSE coach turned assistant principals   here to speak on behalf of their  school and their work that they've done just like the principals who earned that  award if you come for it Gary if you want   to come forward and we're volunteered  Gary will come in Gary started out as   a coach a PSC coach became an assistant  principal and the work that they've done   at Kemp earned them a state award  so if you want to

018come and share good evening Y'all Gonna help me  good evening good evening okay   as well you guys know I'm not much of  a speaker but um yes I was a PSC coach   um and it had a great impact on our building  it's been in our building probably I don't know   10 12 years 10 or 12 years has  been in our building and it's uh   a culture now when students come in our  building they know what we do How We Do It   um we've decreased referrals suspensions but  it's all about the culture PSE creates a culture   that you want in your building and we've had in  our building for 12 years and we're happy to get   that Bronze award again second time we got it the  second time we've got it so thank you [Applause] nameless

019oh um so the three schools that  won the award we have Fairview Elementary did you stand up please we have Kemp Elementary and we also have Valerie Elementary [Applause]   what they've done what they've done a set of  precedents in our district that our goal moving   forward is that all of our um all of our Bronze  Award winners will be candidates for the silver   award this this year and that all of our buildings  will meet the requirements to be bronze winners   this coming year our plan our goal is to also  have ongoing wide school-wide classroom management   professional development development going forward  and then individual coaches providing professional   development By Request um what we've seen the  work that they've done in those three buildings   we're hoping to replicate throughout our entire  District our goal is to launch

020The ovais Bullying   prevention program become CPI District trainers  right now we have three so we're hoping to   launch that and then our continued  coaching and supports in the buildings [Applause] are there any questions first  off I want to say thank you all   um I want to congratulate those schools  again for the great work that they've put in   um I've heard you speak Mr Armstrong don't  try to play Shout with us but well I just   want to say thank you I think it's really needed  especially in our district with and coming off of   covet and the things that we saw pre-coveted  and you know things that were exacerbated by   the pandemic I think these are the kind of  things that are needed so I appreciate that   um and I'll kick it off to the board if 

021there are any questions about board members Dr Goodwin I heard you say that you you guys do coaching  with teachers can you just tell me a little bit   about what the actual professional skill set is  of PSC coaches for them to coach teachers like   are they former teachers have they ever been  in the classroom is there a skill is there a   length of time that you have to do that before  you can coach a teacher and then what level of   teacher do you guys coach so yes so all of them  are former teachers and then they go through   a coaching training themselves on how to be a  coach so they have classroom experience they've   been successful in their classrooms and now they  need to learn how to be a coach so then they're   trained on

022how to coach their colleagues okay and  they're they're former teachers in inner city or   Dayton or they just come from somewhere else a  combination of all of the above okay and for the   ones that didn't do inner city schools how are  they trained to coach our teachers now that are   Inner City Teachers so they go through a similar  coaching because coaching is coaching you know   you're not trying to be a valuative you're trying  to make sure that you're providing teachers with   the structure that they need they all learn how  to do an observation give feedback and then how   to keep encouraging the teachers and tracking  their goals to make sure that they're achieving   what they need to achieve some of them have been  in restorative practices training will continue to   do that as we find

023there's a need for them to have  different training then that's provided to them   all right that's all I have thank  you Mr Sampson thank you Mr President   um wrote a couple things down first let  me say it is always a pleasure to hear   um positive School climate  updates for me personally I have   um personal interest in positive School climate  um I don't care what president Smith is talking   about Mr Armstrong is not a talker he's not a  talker I mean I'm not going to put that on him so   um I do have a couple questions how many PSC  coaches do we currently have nine right now   all right and then oh let me say this Mr  Vaughn Mr Terrell Terrell Mr Scott uh Mr   Grandma y'all's tap game is strong to get the  uh y'all's

024tap game is strong I've never seen   it as strong as that that was great um what um  I really how many coaches do we have in the room   wow all of us okay all  right what round of applause um Dr Burton if you don't mind sure  I would like to put a coach or two   up to the microphone sure because I want them  to ask answer this question okay about what are   the challenges and what are the needs okay  Ricky Indiana who've been our coaches the   longest I think would be good to come up  to the microphone answer those questions um I think our challenge is right now is there's  only nine of us right um and with the amount of   schools that we have we have so many needs in our  district um I'm

025trained in restorative practices   I'm one of the trainers and a lot of what we would  love to see is the front-end preventative piece   for a lot of our schools we have a lot of things  in place that help when something does happen   what we'd love to see is if we could have the  preventative piece before things happen before   things escalate for our teachers and our students  because it's all about the kids right so um in a   perfect world we would have two schools each to  coach at right right now we have three or four   so in a perfect world you'd have more  coaches right one can wish and hope   um I think the need the need there that's  that's the biggest need for us as coaches okay   um and then I think our biggest goal

026always as as  working in such a a big beautiful district is that   we always look to try to make everything Equitable  within a building right we want to make sure that   each building is getting what they need and so  that we can spend so some buildings need more   time from us so one building might need more more  days than another building another one building   might be really established in their you know PSC  because they've had it for a long time and another   building might be brand new to it right because  they're just establishing their tier one systems   um and another building might  need more time with tier two and   tier three which is are the different  levels based on the student needs so all right okay so I want to say thank you again  um

027being um in the up have an opportunity to   work with Mr Armstrong as restorative justice  coach I understand exactly the preventative part   um also being in a school working with  Miss Smith at Fairview I understand um PSC is work because it is a culture shift  that requires adults to have a paradigm shift   and wants and the young people are  the easy part it's just the getting   the adults to shift with this new way  of thinking and I really want to say I   appreciate you all for the work that you  do in our buildings and if nobody else   knows the work you do I absolutely love what  you're doing and I'm gonna see what we can do yeah I'm I can't make any promises but I am  going I hear you I hear you and I

028appreciate   you all so much thank you Mr President thank  you Mr Sampson uh I did just have one question   with the the shortages that we see sometimes  when we have the numbers of our long-term Subs   how do they fit in the framework of the coaching  and Things That Go On so if principals identify   a long term so for any teacher who may need some  classroom management strategies then they identify   those individuals and the coaches will go into  the classroom and help them set up their rules   and routines and their structures and their  expectations and then once the coaching Series   starts which starts this week they are free  to attend those coaching sessions we do them   in the morning before school for late schools  and in the afternoon for schools that start   early okay I appreciate

029that that was my only  question any other questions from the board   so the the old term restorative justice is  that is that it's restorative practices so   it's restorative practices yes okay thank you  I would be remiss in not introducing two other   people who have been key in helping us  Implement PSC in the district and that   would be Betsy apolito and Mary Jane Kearns  they're from the state support team [Applause] one more question Dr Burton how do  we um engage our community and our   parents or slash Families how do they get  engaged in this positive School climate   concept do we have anything in place where we  engage Community to assist us with creating this   positive School climate do we do anything with  the parents and families who are the guardians   of our young people like what

030do we do for the  community so I'll let you because it's on an   individual school basis based upon that Community  right so I'll let some of the coaches come up and   tell you what they've done in their buildings part  of being able to win the various Awards is having   such engagement okay so I'll let you I'll let  them come up and tell Rick if you want to come   on up and tell some of the things that we've  done in various schools across the district foreign thanks for letting me answer this uh so one of  the things that we do all of our PSE teams we   work to have parents on the team so I know right  now uh Miss Kelly is currently at Belhaven she is   transferred from Ballard to Belhaven uh and she  has

031had a consistent parent on her PSE team this   entire year so far so it's important that when we  have these teams when we have administrators and   we have people with behavioral expertise when we  have classroom teachers coaches we also want as   many community members as many parents on board  so we can get their input as well we want to know   what the parents are thinking of these practices  of these strategies that we're putting in place   all right thank you so much appreciate  it thank you Mr President thank you sir   are there any other questions from the board yes really um wonderful presentation um if there's  so this is this is something that we we talk   a lot about but you know I don't have a lot of  practical understanding of how this works so it's  

032really great to get some more information about it  um I don't know if there's anything that you would   welcome board members to come and observe whether  it's like professional development or a coaching   session I would love to be invited to that if I  could just be a fly on the wall and watch it I   think what you guys are doing is really incredible  I was gonna ask one of the same questions that   board member Samson asked and ask about some of  the challenges but I'm grateful that he did that   what I would like to ask is when you talk about  the work that you do um and you know if anybody   wants to jump up and and share what is the success  that you're really really proud of like is there   anything that anybody would

033like to share tonight  like this is just incredible I I would love to sit   down and have like a two hour long conversation  about what you all do but um what about a   principal would you like to hear whoever wants  to share a success I would love to hear success [Music] together um I think a big win for us at Fairview is  that PSC is a is the way that we connect the   work that we're doing in building our climate  with things like the Ohio improvement process   and how we address academic data or any data  and also the overlap of that with equity and   how we're addressing certain groups  of students with an equity lens and   I think that's a really critical and you  know it's a critical part of the work and   it's going

034to look different at every single  school so the PSC rubric essentially helps   us to do that and guides us through that  work and that's what's made us successful I agree I think for Valerie for  us now for Mrs Kelly because she   really was our PSC Guru that was  just one of her areas of expertise   um I'll kind of predate us back to when we merged  and that just began a new blend of public school   climate and the Valerie way and the parent buy-in  we can have meetings with families and we'll say   what is the Valerie way and you know our students  know therefore the parents know you know then   you're not following so for us our first success  was the merger of Meadowdale Elementary and   Valerie and being able to take that Valerie way  and

035make it into one so that's for me is when our   success really began and since then we've been  able to manage to do it even without Mrs Kelly I just wanted to put that out there  thank you so and then I would say   for Ricky because we've had him as a  coach multiple times and he pushes our   team we have a very collaborative team  we have parents on the team still have   parents on the team just if the parents kind of  understand the goal then we have to buy-in so thank you so much [Applause]   anything else from the board  for Dr Burton or anyone PSE team   one of the things the team members wanted me  to tell you as well is their active involvement   with HR because they participate in all the new  teacher orientation

036to make sure that teachers   are aware of how to structure their classrooms  how to set up expectations and things like that   Mr Sampson I see you thank you Mr President I do  want to go on record and say that if we could Dr   Burton if you could show me what projections  would be to add to the PSC coaches like what   is that expense what is the need if we go with the  idea of two buildings per coach block if you could   just share that with me I would greatly appreciate  it I would be more than happy thank you so much   thank you and appreciate you once again Dr Lolly  and our next special presentation if you could   lead us up yes um before I do that both both  presentations tonight are part of the um

037ccip   in our state uh requirements we we are required to  fill out a plan of action uh every school year for   our district and our dlts our district leadership  teams and our building leadership teams and our   and our teacher-based teams all work on achieving  those goals and the PSC portion of of this evening   relates to the goal about the student attendance  student Behavior and the culture of the district   so that goal has been addressed tonight and the  next goal that's being addressed tonight is the   is the goal that's related to academic performance  especially in reading and in mathematics that's   what's on our state required document and  our and that's what we work through with   our state support team members our district  leadership team building leadership team and   our TB T so it's my pleasure to

038introduce Rachel  Murdoch Chief academic officer for Dayton public   all right thank you very much Dr Lali Treasurer  Braha Ward our board president Smith and board   members thank you for having me this evening  so I am going to go through some of our Ohio   state test data a glimpse at our report card and  then a look at our map data which is the measure   that we use to continually monitor progress when  I stood before you last year I said and I'll say   again that these data points represent thousands  of Stories We have thousands of children each one   has an individual story so when we capture this  data we're capturing um their stories now this   year like last year is unique because last year  we were back in person for a full year after the   pandemic still

039struggling but coming out of it  so I think what you'll see in the data tonight   is evidence of recovery evidence of progress and  evidence that there is still much work to be done   um so if you take a look at the report card  slide this is just an overview of the report   card that's presented on the screen right now I  won't go through every category but I did want   to highlight a few of them the first one I wanted  to highlight was the performance index which is   um captures our achievement our performance  Index this year was a 47 percent that's very   close to what we had in 2019 when we were making  great progress we had a 47.8 percent then so I   do think again evidence of recovery evidence  of some renewed progress as we

040come out of   the pandemic as we had a full year back in the  classroom I might also like to point out the   progress measure which is our growth we are  making progress in growth we're not where we   want to be obviously but we are beginning to  see that needle go up as well and the same for   our early literacy scores much work to be done  but we're getting back to the trajectory that we   had prior to the pandemic I also wanted to point  out on this slide that the Gap closing score is   a whole new mathematical configuration so it's  not a score that can really be compared to any   previous years there are new categories factored  into this score so just if you're looking back and   forth at previous report cards just know that that 

041is a different calculation and I wanted to point   out that the College and Career Workforce and  Military Readiness category is not updated has   not uploaded their data so this is an inaccurate  score that should be rectified sometime this fall   and we can update you when it is but if you're  looking at that and thinking of course we should   do better we have CTE courses and that's just on  ode we're waiting for them to update this for eign so the next slide just captures the Ohio state  test proficiency rates for all tested grade   levels and subjects again I'm not going to go  through every line but I did want to point out   a few highlights on this one if you look at that  last column the growth between 21 and 22 you see   a lot of

042green so there was a lot of growth  last year when we had our students back in   front of us for the whole year if you look at the  second last column the growth from 19 to 22 you   don't see as much green but you see those numbers  shrinking so we do want to celebrate getting back   on that trajectory and if you look diagonally as  you're looking at the numbers at just some of the   cohorts so if you look at the third graders for  example from last year from 2021 and then look   diagonally to the fourth grade score you'll see  that they went from 19.1 percent proficient to   26.1 in reading and they went from 17.5 to 22.2 in  math so we are seeing just those cohorts improve   um and then finally I would say our

043third  graders are something to particularly celebrate   um you can see in their reading scores  that from 2019 to 2022 that we were just   negative 0.5 percent off from that 2019 score  and in math something to truly celebrate we   were up 6.5 from the 2019 score which certainly  speaks to our double teaching initiative that   we really are getting traction with that  initiative then we'll go to the next slide   so the next several slides are from the map  assessment that's the measure of academic progress   this is a test that we administer three times a  year so that we can track how well our students   are doing over a course of a year teachers  can use this data it's very extensive when   they plan their lessons so that they are very  targeted to very specific groups of students  

044this test when students take it is adaptive  so when a student's taking the test if the   student is getting questions wrong the questions  become easier if the student's getting a series   of questions right the questions become harder and  that happens until the student is about 50 getting   about half wrong and half right and that's how the  score the achievement level is calculated on map   when you look at these scores you will also  see that it shows the norm and you can see   as you look up that the point spread becomes  Slimmer so students are expected to grow more   when they're younger and then as they know  more they grow less and you can see that   in those normed scores and these are the reading  scores that you're looking at on this first slide um I

045would point out um too that the norm  score that's where students are going to   be close to being proficient on the OST so  we do know that those things are showing   us how close our students are getting to  being likely to be proficient on the OST so we can go to the math and you'll see some similar results if  anything we were having just a little   more progress between 21 and 22 in math  and getting closer to those Norm scores and then we can go to science we just started giving the Science assessment  last year it has gotten more reliable over the   years and this gives our science teachers  more data to work with as they work with   their students so we do have just two years  of data for science for them to use

046and you   don't see a gray bar on biology because there  are not enough data points at this time for   there to be a norm score but we can still  use it to measure progress of our students and then next we'll take a look at year to year  growth I think this tells um really does tell a   story of how we're doing one year to the next now  I will point out to you that the blue bar is from   the fall of 2020. those tests were not as reliable  we had to give those remotely so they were likely   to have been inflated which means that the degree  of loss for that year was also inflated so that's   why you see um like for the second graders the  blue is below the bar most likely what you

047can   also see is you look at those though is that we  have had a great deal of growth getting closer to   and in some grade levels like third fourth fifth  and sixth actually exceeding the projected growth   so we're very excited about that and then you'll  see the same thing if we look at the reading that year to year growth where we do have   some of those grade levels exceeding what their  predicted growth was as I said at the beginning   we still have a long way to go to make sure  all of our students are proficient but we are   back on track for making progress and we know  what what the work is that needs to be done   and that's all I have if you have any questions  for me thank you Chief Murdoch I just

048want to   say I appreciate you bringing this data forward  something we talk about a lot is just so many   things that go into this like you said of all  the stories all the stories that don't exist   inside of our buildings that still come to our  buildings so I appreciate that and appreciate the   work that's being done uh to continue to press  forward are there any questions from the board Mr Lacy is it I think it's like house bill  497. uh or something like that where they're   it's past the house um and it's before the  Senate to um although I I guess it's it's   not really active right now the third grade  guarantee um but um if if it it truly is just   just completely passed then have we thought about  how this would affect our

049curriculum what we what   we started doing several years ago for the third  grade guarantee was when we had a student that did   not pass the the third grade reading test we went  ahead and we moved them into a fourth grade and   called that building that called that classroom a  multi-age three four and when the student took it   and passed in mid-year they had not missed that  first half of that fourth grade curriculum so   um they they had gotten that fourth grade  curriculum but they also as part of the   requirement for having them in a multi-age type  classroom they had to have intensive intervention   so we basically worked through that like many  other schools in the around the state of Ohio and   avoided retaining a third grader who then could  be promoted mid-year and Miss have

050missed out on   half of the curriculum uh that year so in looking  at what our curriculum is we continue to follow   what the state requirements are and continue  to look at our test data to make sure that it's   being implemented appropriately I hope I answered  your your question I mean I like to see that that   we're we're planning basically thank you thank  you Mr Lacy if I could add a couple of things   these these fall scores uh it'll be significant in  December to see where we are from Fall To December   because you always even though you have a fall  score you know that there's some summer slide   but even in looking at our scores there's not as  as an extensive amount of Summer slide as we've   had in the past for our younger grades which

051is  which is positive so the summer interventions   that occurred the summer programming that occurred  helped avoid that for many of our children but the   the real look will be between December of this  year and the fall of this year the the August   testing when students had returned to school and  the other thing I'll point out to the board of   education is that our CTE graduation rate is not  reflected on this new report card but it is 94.5   percent I believe and this graduation rate as I've  been indicated to you before the 78 percent and   the 71.5 percent in two years from now I believe  it's two years from now this graduation rate will   be 85 to 86 percent because of the way that um  we were we're finding students that no longer   go to Dayton

052public when they're freshmen so they  no longer count against us because last year we   found 151 students that had never been withdrawn  from Dayton public schools who counted would count   towards the graduation rate four years from now  so taking those 151 out will bring that graduation   rate up based upon just that that preliminary  data because it's based on your freshman class   so that's something to look forward to and uh  see that happen in the next couple of years   thank you Dr Lolly are there any other  questions from the board Dr Goodwin yeah   if you can come back with me on slide three I just  want to make sure I understand some things here   these percentages they're out of a  hundred percent yes that's correct I I'm not going to fluff It This concerns  me a

053lot because we don't have anything on   this slide over 50 percent so our district  is failing this much in proficiency levels   I mean what is the plan here and as  I look at the last three years which   19 before covet 2021 2022 I I think I'm I saw  only one time where we got to a 58 in a high   school government like these numbers are alarming  I don't understand how people can sit come right   now seeing these numbers right here this this  many of our students aren't proficient in the core   The Core Curriculum of English Math Science and  reading I just don't maybe maybe it's not a shock   to other people but this is shocking to me to  see it like this I agree it's alarming and I   do not feel calm inside about this

054I feel very  much that there is so much work to be done we   have started much of that work I do think as I  said before seeing that progress with the third   graders this year we've implemented intervention  blocks into the fourth through sixth grades we're   working with Dr Lasley at UD to add some math  tutoring for the high school grades we added   reading classes seven through ten but we're you're  right we're not at 50 in any of these and that is   alarming and that is the great work that we need  to do so I hear all that I mean I guess my a basic   question the the people who are on the front line  of this have we talked to them at all about any   suggestions that they have of what is preventing  them from

055like getting our children there   we have talked to them and one of the things that  we do feel like is most important for our teachers   to do is to really use the data and strategically  group students so that every student grows and   you're not just teaching to the middle so that's  something that we have put very much emphasis on   we've worked with our teacher leaders to assist in  the buildings with helping to group those students   and we feel like when teachers begin to really  Embrace that we are going to see more movement in   the needle is that theory based on assumption or  or something that you guys are put I've tried in   the past because if it's based on past practices  again the the trend isn't going up here and if you   if you all

056need help I mean I guess this is more  not towards you but more towards Dr Lolly here of   we need to figure this out I mean it's  concerning not one area is even at   50 we have one area at 40 in the 40s and  everything else I mean that's a f that's   completely that you're not passing it any of  these percentages at at any level we're completely   felling at every level based on this thing and not  use of targeted grouping that's based on Research   just like the garage or release model that we've  implemented over the last few years and the   Marzano framework so we are grounding our practice  in research based successful practices I have one   final question at what point did you guys abandon  research that doesn't work for this District   I don't know

057that any of the practices that  I have mentioned we have seen growth using   those practices you're right we're not doing 50  but we have seen growth so we're not going to   abandon a practice where we're seeing movement  but it doesn't mean that we won't continue to   work and add additional practices to improve  even more thank you Mr President that's all   I have for this thank you Dr Goodwin anyone else  yes sir Ms Sampson uh thank you Mr President um what barriers are there that are that we see that  are preventing growth as a district what what do   we see what are we contributing to the barriers  that are preventing the growth that we want to see   I think that if you look at the scores  if you went back to slide three we have   more

058we had less growth in our upper grades and  our secondary I think one of the big barriers   for them especially coming out of the pandemic is  the sense of isolation they're not used to being   in school we have more absenteeism in those  grade levels and those present large barriers   absentee in general absenteeism in general  presents a barrier and one more question if   I may Mr President yes sir you may mention  about the grouping of students how how are how is the the large number of  long-term Subs affecting our growth   um where there's a Content teacher that is able  to help our Scholars get over that hump like   how are we grouping effectively when we have  this large number of individuals who have not   necessarily been trained in those content areas we  are including all the

059long-term Subs in all of the   trainings we offer okay our teacher leaders  work with them just like they work with the   certified staff okay so we do try to give them  the same supports so that they can implement the   curriculum effectively and we've seen some  of our long-term Subs who are really doing   a fantastic job they're really committed to the  curriculum they especially with our new language   arts curriculum they're implementing it with great  Fidelity so I think we're going to see some good   growth from some of our long-term Subs that's  awesome to hear thank you Mr President thank you   um I had a couple of questions one what are  some of the things that we are doing it may   not just be for you Chief Murdock maybe Dr  Lolly as well but looking at the

060the need for   this growth but then also understanding how  do we then supplement this education piece   um when we talk about tutors and we talk about  extra resources how are we connecting that need   and putting this data out with parents to show  them the the real thing about you know this is   a real piece because I know sometimes we can say  hey your child needs extra help in math your child   needs X how are we then you know getting into when  we talk about um our parent groups at schools you   know letting ours is something we are allowed or  able to let our parent groups present this data if   somebody came presented uh to a PTA or something  like how are we getting that putting that out   through parent square and things to put out

061that  and then also supplement it with extra helps extra   resources extra things that we can give out there  because I think that's one of the things is that   internally people know where these scores are but  that conversation isn't happening to a place where   we're then saying okay this is a they need  the same way we talked about the need for   study tables for all of our athletes is an  emergency piece how are we what are some of   the things that we can do to really come in and  add more strength to the to this need for growth for their data so they do share with parents  at that time I know that doesn't reach everyone   but they do share the data with parents at that  time I can't speak to what's going on on parents  

062where I would have to get back to you on that  as far as data goes all the buildings also have   conferences twice a year and they are able to  share individual student data with parents that   come to the conferences um and we are still just  trying to put those interventions in place another   one that I did not mention is I said we have  the intervention Block in grades four through   six but we're also going to be adding tutors  through a blue Meridian grant for that so we   continue to add supports as much as possible and  then to follow up with the the tutoring and things   like that that are happening and this is another  conjoined piece shot Auto connects are we offering   transportation to students that are staying after  for tutoring this tutoring will actually

063happen   during the school day um because we're going to  maximize the time we have yes so it'll happen   during this holiday during their intervention  blocks they'll either be using my player's success   maker which are our intervention online tools and  then the teachers and we have multiple teachers in   those blocks we'll pull small groups of students  they'll use the map data to do that on the map   data it's what's called a learning Continuum and  you can see what the students are ready to learn   so they'll pull the data they'll pull small groups  based on what they're ready to learn and work with   them at that time and the tutors will support that  work okay and then do we have currently any kind   of after school interventions for students yes  we have multiple neighborhood school programs   they've

064been here to present before we've seen  lots of them on the board agenda recently right   that also support this work so with that and then  the for schools that aren't neighborhood schools   do we offer transportation for the  non-neighborhood schools we do we do   not because there aren't organized uh tutoring  programs there in those particular buildings we   do offer uh transportation to the neighborhood  School centers okay then lastly then probably   for you Dr Lawley what are what is needed then to  to kind of organize those after-school tutoring   programs at the at those schools to to organize  those we would need to have uh teachers that were   willing to stay after school and and tutor we  would need to have transportation provided for   them and uh basically just the the same kinds of  materials that we're using

065with the neighborhood   School centers which is a which is a replication  of what we already use what the what the research   says about tutoring is that if you're not doing  the same sorts of things that you're doing in   your classroom in a tutoring module that the  tutoring is basically an effective in confusing   to students at times because it doesn't follow the  same language it doesn't use the same methodology   that you're using in your classroom so the reason  that we're doing in in-house high dosage tutoring   during the school day is because we want it to  be the tutoring that the teachers are overseeing   right then and there so it's it's important that  if we put new tutoring programs in after school   that those be our teachers or they work with us on  making sure that they're

066using the same materials   and and software that we use I appreciate that  any other questions from the board Miss wiganye   Chief Murdoch for this information tonight  I appreciate you I do you know I know these   numbers are alarming and they make my heart beat  quickly I think that we all have to continually   remind ourselves of as we look at some of these  reports that are in front of us that you know we   serve a large population of families and students  that fall well below the poverty line and that   you know when we think we want our parents to be  able to help these students that we really have   to do a little more outward work there helping our  parents help our students because these learning   conditions aren't just a result of this young  human these

067are these are these are conditions   that have existed and until we as a district begin  to embody a better model of addressing those deep   family issues and challenges and wrapping those  needs into our services I think we'll really begin   to make impact and as we begin as we continue to  explore curriculum and opportunity around these   things and you are all the professionals I would  really love us to take our lens off and expand on   that I share with Miss Kid last week I think it  was a Sunday a week ago there was some wonderful   articles in the New York Times of some of the best  practices that have come out of covid during after   education our dual teaching model may have been a  model of that but some of the most successful data   has come

068from having students in classrooms where  they develop deeper relationships with teachers   for a period of one to three years whereby a  teacher in a community can get to those Services   more deeply so we can begin so so let's take our  lens off and start looking at things bigger so   thank you that's all I have to say but I really  appreciate the work and I appreciate your time   thank you thank you thank you Mr Sampson thank  you Mr President uh Chief Murdoch I'm if I may ask   um a request um listening to the dialogue  between you and president Smith and Dr Lottery   is there a way to get the data that shows OST  and map scores for nsc's compared to the other   non-nscs i s I heard about the tutoring the extra  stuff that is nsc's

069and I want to see if the data   supports these is there a difference with the NSC  concept versus the non-nsc because if there is if   those are one of the things that are working we  need to figure out a way how to get those added   resources in non-nscs does that make sense yeah  so the neighborhood yeah so if if there's data   that shows the scores for all nsc's separate  from the non-nscs I I really am interested   to see what those days you would like  to see it like at a building level like   the children who participated in the program  compared to the ones who did not participate   in the neighborhood School Center and  it doesn't have to be that deep just   just by school so that's our we do have that  data and you I

070mean it's on the Ohio report   card yes we have that data perfect thank you so  much thank you Mr President thank you anyone else   hmm if not I want to thank you  for that presentation thank you next next do we have any  bargaining units come to speak my comments I wanted to uh agree with President  Smith because I had the privilege and honor of   being in many half-time locker rooms with  Mr Armstrong and he gave very in-depth   motivational speeches that I don't have  the opportunity to share with you tonight   however I want to attest that when given  the opportunity Gary is one fine speaker he president Smith vice president reinert   board members superintendent Lolly  Treasurer Braha DPS families staff   good evening my name is Neil Mahoney and I am  the President of the Dayton Education

071Association   I have spoken to the board about our hard-working  dedicated professional members of the DEA and the   difference they make every day in the lives  of the students of Dayton public schools   I've spoken to the board about the struggles that  these same hard-working professional DEA members   have with the overwhelming workload created by  the unfilled vacancies and ongoing resignations I   reminded the board about the 10-day strike notice  that was given the last time that we had stalled   contract negotiations yet here we are again no  closer to a settled contract ongoing resignations   and vacancies that are still not filled our  members who every day strive to provide the   best education possible to the students of Dayton  public schools are frustrated and losing faith   they're being told to expect a larger workload  than the one that already overwhelms

072them now   their plan time which is used to better serve  their students is being taken away to cover   positions not currently filled many teachers  report only receiving one to two plan periods   per week there's results in teachers basically  teaching Bell to Bell each day with no break week   after week teachers are worn out their physical  health and well-being is being impacted and   they're seeking relief I know I've heard this  board ask why we are losing so many teachers   and if exit interviews are being done I  haven't seen those interviews but from   the letters and conversations that I've had with  those teachers who have left the district or are   currently contemplating leaving there seems to be  a common theme teachers are not leaving education   they're just leaving this District we didn't  just lose first or second

073year teachers we lost   many experienced teachers teachers who had built  relationships with students and their families   teachers who had worked within their schools  and the community to better serve their students   and teachers who fought for the  schools our students deserve the   reasons shared with me for their leaving include  overwhelming workload loss of planning time   their safety and the safety of their students due  to the number of fights that are seen every day   class sizes that are too large lack of support  given to teachers especially our new teachers   and long-term Subs and the continual asks of  more and more from them each and every day   at some point this needs to end the over  900 members of the DEA stand United and   committed to recruiting and retaining  the best teachers for our students   we are committed

074to bargaining for the learning  conditions Dayton students and their families need   to succeed however we also realize the stress  that is being placed on our members and their   families as we work without a new contract  and its effect on workplace morale and the   faith that a new contract with the district will  be attained thank you and I have any questions   no thank you appreciate you Mr Mahoney any  other bargaining units that wish to speak Madam treasure do we have anybody registered  from the community to speak all right Felicia as Miss Hills coming forward  just want to remind everybody   limit your remarks to three minutes address  the board as a whole through the president   and not individual board members if you have  any materials to distribute please hand them to   the treasurer and then when called

075upon identify  yourself and state your name and address please [Music]   graduate so I'm a product of Dayton public  schools the reason why I'm coming here today   is the president vice presidents who award  Dr Loudoun is to congratulate a great hire   Tara Boone was selected as our health Services  director she is a product of Dayton public she   loves our students and she went to bat even when  she was not asked so I just wanted to say thank   you I appreciate it because School nurses  are more than just Band-Aids and bandages   the reports that's required the things that  we do we wash clothes at Westwood to ensure   our students stay in their seats instead of going  home because we understand the best place for a   student is in the classroom so thank you so much  and that's

076the reason why I wanted to come and   give a congratulations and a Kudos and a shout out  to the board and Dr Lolly and also Chief Burton   for being able to hire a great candidate  thank you so much are there any questions thank you so much thank you for the work you do   any other uh speakers Madam  Treasurer Aaron Menchaca Aaron Manchaca I don't think  they're here okay Debbie Horton Debbie Horton no ma'am Allen a lot more thank you I've been waiting on this moment okay first my name is Alan Lattimore senior proud  graduate of Colonel white High School uh 724   kennel work uh and I am a Collegiate athlete  scholarship athlete so just give you some   background on where I come from and I'm actually  anomaly because actually uh I came from outside of  

077the district I brought my son from Chaminade  and I brought him over to Thursday to Dayton   Public District because I was helping elect some  of you guys up there and I wanted to be sure that   I come here and hold you accountable all right  um first I just want to basically speak on Sports   um starting I was able to check out the meeting  last week and I just had a couple concerns   um before even seeing that but um a lot of things  we like as far as state public schools with our   counterparts as far as in the Suburban districts  is that um from a social media presence we're   lacking there from a uh statistical Department  we're lacking here um we don't have a system in   place to to report our kids statistics and it's  it's

078I'm not sure what happened to it or if we   ever have one but if if not can we go back to  getting one um games are like uh or like tests   and basically your stats are like your transcript  uh coaches would like to see your statistics when   you're when you have a good game I mean they may  not see be able to see your game but one thing   they can do is we can go to a website and then  they can check out statistics that would be great   um so we can take care of that um schedule um  if we can schedule teams within our you know   whatever we have to offer I mean uh seeing  60 to zero is is not helpful in any way   um I'm not certain uh what we're trying to

079get  after um it's just it's it's a black eye and   it's a sword for uh the district and kids will  not want to come over to lose like that oh sure   um technology wise is it possible that we can  get the same technology as the other schools   where they are able to have iPads on the sideline  and it's a complete competitive advantage in order   to have to make in-game adjustment as opposed to  wait until after I mean that's partly reason that   a lot of Esports are the way they are because  we're playing against teams that can adjust to   us on the Fly and we're basically we're blind up  here uh is it possible that we can also work with   more local Peewee teams I understand we have  to start we have to get a foundation

080within   Dayton public schools I mean nobody's willingly  coming over to date Public Schools most of the   kids they've got are forcing over here I mean if  you live in a district and of course to go here   um but if you can work with some of those local  Peewee teams then you can start building up your   middle schools and start filtering more kids into  your high schools I mean it's it's tough to look   out there and I can only speak with Thurgood  but I know a lot of teams are the same but   a lot of the teams we play have more kids on the  sideline than we have on the playing field that   we have available to play I would say and it's  just I mean it's I mean it's a numbers game I   mean just

081like Thurgood we lost two starters  our very first game of the year and that's   set us back tremendously I mean unfortunately  injuries are part of this game so we need to uh   make sure we address that lastly my son  is a uh he's a tremendous athlete but he   um he's a tremendous track athlete as well  and I appreciate the the work you guys did on   the practice fields but there is no jump pit at  Thurgood uh my son qualified for regionals last   year he was only able to practice once every two  weeks um so I understand if you can't put a jump   pit if they're good can you give him access  to one I mean he's the state level athlete   and he doesn't have the tools he needs in order to  compete uh other than

082that Ali I'm good thank you   thank you Mr Lattimore Jamie Ryan I do not  see Miss Ryan today okay Mr Hugh Mr you good evening I met uh our great superintendent  over at Cleveland Elementary the other day   and Cleveland is a very good school and  their third grades graders are doing great   I've been to the girls school they have two  perfect first grades and I've been to Eastmont   and they have an excellent fifth grade I was going  to have a different speech tonight but I changed   it I'm going to talk a little bit about positive  School climate I think it's very important I   think positive School climate is better than  yelling or suspending a student from school   Mr Armstrong who is left now they have  an excellent positive School climate it's   tremendous it works I've

083been there to see it I'm  happy about Valerie because I taught at the former   School Meadowdale for 30 years and they have the  best gym teacher Willie Bailey and their principal   meets every car that comes in there because most  their students are picked up and driven to school   by their parents and she knows everybody's car and  Fairview I'm proud of that school because the best   student I ever taught as a substitute in Dayton  public schools went to Fairview and now he's at   Stivers and he was an outstanding student I'm glad  tonight to hear a little bit about the testing   because I don't understand it I've been out of the  uh as a regular teacher for at least 11 years but   what I want to know is what skills I could be  teaching if I get

084into a classroom and I need   to teach something else I want to know what's  the most important thing those students need to   learn the one thing I know as a teacher reading  is your most important subject reading is it if   every child can read they can be successful  in life and reading is English social studies   science and writing stories so they must be able  to do that and ma'am I will tell you this I will   volunteer to do tutor I'll give you my number you  call me up I've got every every subject you can   imagine in my house I can come and help and I will  do it for free okay so thank you for listening God   bless you and let's have a good couple weeks  coming up here thank you Mr you you're welcome

085this concludes tonight's hearing of the public  thank you madam treasurer next pursuant to   section 121.22 G2 the Ohio Revised Code I moved  at this board going to Executive session this   meeting is being held to confer with an attorney  involving pending or eminent Court action and to   prepare for a review negotiation with employees  regarding their compensation or other terms and   conditions of their employment do I have a  second second any questions on the motion   may we have a vote president Smith yes Miss  reinert yes Mr Samson yes Miss swigani yes   Dr Phuket is not here Dr Goodwin  yes Mr Lacy yes six yeses foreign Blackford future Skyline leader at an opponent CTC  in the media arts pathway did you know the Dayton   public schools nutrition services department feeds  more than 8 000 lunches each day the

086Department's   goal to provide fresh and nutritious food  for all students across the district to   help them learn grow and achieve a brighter  future and now this is in case you missed it superintendent Raleigh Hill leadership lunches  at high schools across the district at each   lunch students have the opportunity to ask  questions and discuss any concerns directly   with the superintendent students also shared  their plans for after high school and the career   paths they are considering many students even  brainstorm ways to help get younger students   more involved and share their ideas to improve  the district no man can win every battle but no   man should fall without a struggle quote by  Peter Parker WDTN Channel 2 feature Belhaven   Elementary and the new superhero theme throughout  the building students shared that the new course   and images inspired them

087and encouraged them  to keep moving forward principal Kelly said   the school chose a superhero theme because she  believes all Belhaven students have superpowers   the greater Dayton alumni chapter of Central  State University presented Marauder book   bundles to the students in the scholars  of Hope program at Fairview Elementary   this is a first of its kind initiative  each book bundle contained 10 children's   books written by Central State University  alumni we greatly appreciate all donations   wrapping things up Dayton public schools very  own All City band performed for the first time   over five years at the Belmont versus child  wolf football game the band is made up of high   school students from across the district plan on  seeing the all cities bands live performances more   throughout the school year that's it for this  episode of in case you missed it

088catch us next   time for more District highlights and follow  us on social media to get the most up-to-date   information and news 24 7. I'm Marianne  Blackford and that's in case you missed it   and remember you learn more failure than  you ever do in success quote by Jay-Z [Music] [Music]   foreign [Music] [Music] ersfield I'm the cybers tennis coach tennis is not  a very well known sport in the district in fact   cybers is the only school that has a tennis team  so I think it's nice for the school to highlight   a sport that really is pretty popular it's a  lifelong Sport and hopefully build interest in   the sport the girls know that their academics  and their magnet here at cybers comes first   these girls balance their lives well they're  very disciplined and you can see that in

089their   work ethic on the court and also in the classroom  I'm proud of the fact that we have the highest GPA   overall we had the highest for the boys last  spring it's just an expectation that I don't   want to say just me as a coach but the girls have  the girls want to perform their best we definitely   emphasize as like a priority that we do have to  get our schoolwork done I have been able to find   a nice balance the coach and the whole team  has been very supportive of me they have been   very understanding and knowing that my grades are  also something that I need to take care of it's   pretty important especially in my family you take  academic is very seriously I'm pretty sure this   is probably the best we've done in a

090long time and  I'm really proud of myself and everybody else too   they're the first ones to congratulate any  student when we're practicing they're the   first ones to tell them a good job great shot  I've had numerous comments from our competitors   the schools that we play from the coaches saying  your girls are always so nice and that says a lot   about the girls it's really fun playing with  Kaylee it's really nice to it it is it's fun   it's fun to just be like okay we gotta do this  we gotta do that but it's also a good thing to   support each other especially if we have like a  bad server or a bad return it's like it's okay   we work on the next one folks on the next  point and it's it's just nice and support   I

091think it's amazing that we were selected as  the team of the month usually attendance at our   school doesn't get as much recognition as the  other big sports like soccer or basketball so   it's really nice to know that we finally been  like acknowledged and known that we're here   and we're making our stance at Stivers I didn't  know we were the first one I didn't know we were   the first that's cool that's cool this is like a  thing I always do I didn't know I didn't know we   were the first at like the first one but that's  cool that were special and we are smart yeah [Music]   hello I'm Amaria was and we're here at Fairview  Elementary School interviewing the student of   the month amima and Mima has assisted teachers in  translating for various students around school

092she   always helps with the smile and is very patient  she's helpful in the classroom even without anyone   asking she's the class messenger and handles the  job well she's at school every day and in uniform   she has kinds of others and always respectful  tell us your name and who you are my name is okay congratulations on being a student of  the month thank you tell me how you started   helping teachers by translating for students  I was in fourth grade um there was this case   this kid doesn't know English and my teachers  say can you go help him and I said yeah because   I'm in English in Swahili at the same time  okay what languages do you speak kinyawanda   English Swahili and a lot more okay  what's your primary language Swahili okay   tell me about your family

093my I have four sisters  and three brothers my dad is from Uganda and my   mom's from my dad my mom's from Congo and I have  more family Africa but they're about to come this   week are you friends Uganda too when did you come  to the United States I cannot remember was like   five about five okay okay how do you feel about  being named student of the month great what was   your first reaction I was I was happy and scared  because I'd be nervous okay what do you like about   being a day and public school student they took  me in a group that started teaching me how to   say English because I didn't know how to speak  English and they start teaching me how to read   which I'm kind of good at now what do you

094want  to be when you get older a dancer yeah so what   kind of dancer any dancer yeah so what kind  of dancing do you do now King African okay [Music]   I just want to encourage our students to  come to school and be okay with who you   are whoever you are you are accepted and we  love you and we look forward to having you   here the main words of encouragement I have  for students whether you're moving to a new   school or a new grade is to be yourself be who  you are and don't give up I'm really excited to   meet our new middle school students who are  coming to seventh grade middle school is an   interesting and weird world but we are ready  for you and we can't wait to help you prepare   in the next

095two years for high school one I'm  excited about our students families and staff   returning this year to continue to work to  restart it last year secondly I'm excited   about the partnership that we've created and  the journey we're about to embark on hello   Dayton public schools you are in the right  place at the right time doing the right thing   so be informed Be Inspired be reflective but yet  be relevant be thankful and be thoughtful but   above all be you looking forward to having  a great and exciting school year [Music]   my name is John L Foster I'm a math teacher  here at ponus CTC and I'd like to say I am DPS   I enjoy working with my students helping them  to to learn what they need to learn for today I   enjoy the interaction I enjoy the

096the that road  of Discovery along with the students help us to   get from point A to point B in terms of increasing  their knowledge and also increasing their wisdom   as well concerning mathematics superintendent  Lolly and my math supervisor Dr Kurt and of   course my wife and of course my colleagues  my math colleagues and just my colleges in   general they give them encouragement we just we  just like a big fan we just encourage each other   I believe DPS is a good place for anyone to start  their career because we have children who are in   need of having good men to good leaders good  teachers who are willing to show them love to   help them to grow because um they might not get  that entirely at home um but uh but this will be   a second family

097too though to get that love  and get the knowledge and get the education   of the good education that they need to have to  to go and prosper in this in this world of ours we are having our groundbreaking ceremony  for Welcome Stadium project and you know   right now we're going to have some amazing  things happening here more importantly we   are going to have all our student athletes been  able to use the facility so our Middle School   their football games are over here even our high  schools our soccer games are played here we have   many community members that come through here  5Ks they run around the building and they run   inside the building at some point we want to  bring concerts here too we were attentional   with our lighting so it's not just white  lights but

098we have color lights too so the   upgrades on our Wi-Fi so that you know people  can use the their electronic devices and when   UD come here they're not having issues or any  other colleges that may want to use it we also   were attention on with the track we're making  sure we put our College lines on there too it's   definitely going to be a multi-purpose facility  for sure I think the most exciting thing is just   the feel you get when you talk to people about  it from talking to kids to talking to our elders   they're all excited about this there's so many  pieces there's people who are you know they want   to come down and and buy a shirt from the spirit  shop before a gamer there's people who want to   come out and they spent

099time looking at some of  the trophies and old pictures there's people the   kids are like I can't wait to run on that track  and get out on that field so just knowing that   we're doing so much that people are just excited  about different pieces I think that's what makes   me excited is just seeing the excitement in  people's faces it's going to be a magnificent   facility it's going to be somewhere they can come  out and enjoy and be their best and I think our   community should be excited for what it can bring  to not only our students but for the city and the   region as far as getting some activities here  and being a community space that everybody can   enjoy the thing that I'm most excited about is  just the actual opportunity for our students to  

100play on a high quality field I come to a lot  of football games I come to soccer games here   ban competitions whenever they're outside groups  that come in also occur here and just to have a   place that our students are proud of a place that  they'll enjoy playing on because this is a Legacy   Stadium I mean 1949 was when this was built  originally and while it's in okay Condition   it's been kept up as much as you can it's time  for a resurfacing or refacing a revisioning of   what this should look like and that's what's  happening right now I think that we should all   be excited for this upcoming change because it's  a reality now we've talked about it for a few   years here whenever I've been the superintendent  but it's a reality now and I

101know other people   have talked about it for years and years and  years it's reality today it's the beginning foreign ition to work program for young adults with  disabilities it is a unique program that is   one school year in length during that time the  students will participate in three targeted   internships based on their interests and  strengths they will acquire competitive   marketable and transferable skills through their  internships some of the duties that they might   participate in are cleaning assisting patients and  staff delivering supplies transporting patients   cooking fixing things throughout the hospital  and then through these tasks they learn valuable   life skills such as how to handle constructive  criticism teamwork appropriate communication for   the workplace critical thinking if a student is  committed to finding competitive employment they   will have a job when they are completed with this  program

102we are with them every step of the way the Dayton Public School District has 16 thriving  elementary schools serving preschool students as   young as three and a half years old through  sixth grade hearing and dedicated teachers   and staff are determined to help all students  succeed academically individualized attention   is critical to academic success DPS elementary  schools follow a double teaching model in first   through third grade having two teachers per  classroom allows for class size reduction   with one teacher focusing on math and one  on literacy this allows students to receive   more one-on-one attention to help them Excel  academically in addition to traditional academic   subjects students of all grade levels learn to  be problem solvers team players and solution   oriented thinkers through stem experiences career  experiences begin in kindergarten to introduce   students to a variety of career paths

103paths and  opportunities art physical education and music   classes are also part of a student's well-rounded  educational experience music classes are designed   to give students hands-on experience and make them  excited to participate and learn many elementary   schools also provide after-school programs and  Family Resource coordinators to connect families   to any Services they may need in addition all DPS  preschools are free and rated 5 Stars by the Ohio   Department of Education by choosing Dayton  public schools you are choosing to give your   student an opportunity to learn grow and Achieve  learn more and enroll today at daytonpublic.com [Music] my day begins with students when I greet  them at the front door at 8 15. and then I go to   welcome them and help them get out of cars greet  the students at that time I kind of touch base  

104with students just to see how they're doing  and if there's anything that I can perceive   that may need to happen with them or supports  that I might need to give them or prepare for   them and then I always do morning announcements  that's something that I started because I think   it's important for students to be greeted in the  morning we do the Pledge of Allegiance and then   I always say the vision and mission of East one  Elementary so we can get ourselves focused and   organized for the day and know what our purpose  is and why we're here both staff students and   administration as a building administrator  it is critical and very important that you   make yourself visible so that parents see you  interacting with them and there's their kids is   very critical that they know that

105if you are there  for them providing support showing them that you   do care greeting them every morning saying hello  because that's a very important part of the job   my job as an administrator is to work with the  staff to provide everything the student may need   during their day I mean to move them forward and  help them grow academically and also as a person   you know we educate the whole child you know their  intellect their social emotional learning it's all   critical and so children come to us and our job  is to help them understand school and love school   not only for the day or the year but also for a  lifetime it is critical for principals to have   positive relationships with their students I mean  it gives them a sense of significance a sense of   belonging

106a sense of Pride that they know who  you are you know who they are it motivates them   empowers them to want to do well so when they  see you and you're giving them words of wisdom   they want to please so as a building administrator  those relationships are very important what I love   most about DPS is the opportunities that we are  providing for our students whether it be academic   Sports all of the extracurricular things that  we're providing for our students DPS seems to   be on the right track and engaging what  our students need what our needs are what   the needs are and providing for those needs  so I really enjoy being a principal it is of   all of the things that I've done in Education  throughout my career I've been a math teacher   I've been a

107coach an instructional coach I've  been an athletic coach I've been an assistant   principal and now a principal and I really enjoy  being a principal because one of the things that   I feel is that I have an opportunity to really  see their individual growth but also then see   them grow as a group I enjoy working with Dayton  public schools because it is a nice size School   District you really get to know not just the  teachers but the families the the students and   the Really your school Community I've been able  to work with several families through multiple   children and it's just really nice to have that  parental contact and and to really get to know   our parents and and work with them and their  families to help our students be successful foreign I was born in Diamond

108Missouri my  birthday is January 1st 1864. I   was an inventor of peanut butter I've  never been married and no children's   I've passed away January 5th 1984 due  to anemia I'm Jamarion Jeffrey I attend   college Elementary School I'm in the sixth  grade who won my George Washington Carver everything we're teaching in music and Dayton  public schools goes towards the whole child   so we're helping people not kids not just be  better musicians but be just better people the   skills we're teaching really go to increase  literacy with our early Learners we are you   know just teaching how to focus how to learn the  actual ability to learn new skills whether it's   literacy math social studies music art PE  really any of those I think this is awesome   up the crowd today amazed me I didn't know how  many

109people would show up the children showed   up and then their parents showed up and some  of them even came up and said thank you for   doing this so this is our first Adventure out  in public since coven so we are thrilled that   we can stand here and present this we have an  incredibly talented group of kids here in Dayton   public schools and today is just a great chance  to celebrate those talents that those kids have my name is John Houston and I teach biology  at Paul Lawrence Dunbar High School with   Dayton public schools I've thought a lot  about why a young teacher would want to   choose to work at DPS and I think you  know Dayton has such a rich history of   successful people and a lot of creativity and  there's a great spirit in

110the city of Dayton   what I enjoy most about my job at DPS I really  enjoy working with the students I like seeing how   our students grow as people what really resonates  with me is every time you look across a room you   don't know who the people you see could be  the next Doctor the next lawyer you know I   envisioned myself going to the hospital one day  and having one of these people working on me or   having one of these students be an attorney that  I may have to hire at some point you know they're   just they're they're going to be part of tomorrow  and they're really thriving in this High School   environment that we've created we have so many  students that just seem on the edge of success   and so if you come to Dayton

111and you teach in  Dayton you can really you can really help someone   find that dream and find that path you have  so many young people with tremendous skill   and creativity that just don't know how to how to  project themselves or how to to bring that forward   they don't know what they have and so there's no  better place to do that than right here in Dayton foreign so in Dayton public schools we're really happy  to have Project Lead the Way which is sort of a   nationwide stem program they've got a whole bunch  of different stem classes and our goal we call it   Gateway it's a gateway to high school right so  we're trying to get kids excited and interested   in these different stem areas right whether  it's robotics or engineering or whatever it is   and it

112doesn't matter exactly what they're doing  here they're learning those skills that you that   you talked about the 21st century skills right  teamwork collaboration problem solving so we're   using a lot of technology that is good for them to  learn but the real skills that they're getting is   that problem solving and that collaboration  because the technology is going to change   right and the key is for them to learn learn those  skills my favorite part is when the students take   ownership the other day we were doing robots and  a girl who always says I can't do it I can't do it   said Miss Dobbs look I did that I did that  I made that robot go so that that was kind   of Priceless and I liked them seeing the  AHA moments when they figure out something   especially the

113girls when the girls that  you know aren't really into stem as much   as the boys are and when they get their  robots working and they take ownership   and pride in what they're doing and they're  excited about it that's really special to me foreign hofacker with community behavioral health  services at Dayton Children's hospital   today we're going to be talking about mental  wellness and how it's being affected right   now there's a lot of challenges in general  with covid the illness itself restrictions   quarantine disruptions in school a lot of  our kids have been in school for a year or   two years at this point and reduced tolerance  tolerance for socialization it's been a while   since we've had to be in large groups there's  a lot of new rules and a lot of changes at home   So today we're

114going to talk about fears and  worries and helping your child manage their   fears and worries most children experience  some level of fear or worry and it impacts   every child differently we're hoping to be able  to help you recognize them and your child and how   they might impact them and how to help them feel  more confident and empowered some common childhood   fears and worries are being hit by a car getting  lost being afraid of the dark storms imaginary   creatures such as monsters or certain fears of  animals such as dogs spiders or snakes or Birds   older kids have a little bit different Affairs  they may be concerned about violence family issues   family approval or being cool with their friends  and now especially covid being sick hospitals and   doctors offices may be scary to them some examples  of

115how fears and worries might present in your   child are stomach aches headaches complaining of  not feeling well they may be struggling to sleep   they may not want to go places or leave home or  be without you as the parent they may be avoiding   certain situations that they used to enjoy they  might ask a lot of questions on a specific topic   some children struggle with acting out such as  increase in behaviors or talking back goofing off   some children struggle with acting in Behavior  such as withdrawing from friends or family or   self-harm and why do our children have worries  some children are just more likely to develop   them than others oftentimes this can come through  an experience such as walking by an aggressive   dog that is barking loudly or seeing the storm  destruction from the 2019 tornadoes

116other times   this can come from witnessing another person's  reaction to a fear such as a sibling who is   scared of a animal and seeing their fear when  talking about that animal can rub off on them why address them now it could be impairing  their ability to function in school such as   failing classes or skipping classes  refusing to go to school at all   could impair their social lives withdrawing  from friends or their favorite activities   Sports they used to like you can also  overtake them if they're not addressed   their fears may be irrational And discussing  generalizations such as all storms destroy   houses or all dog dogs bite which can really  impact them from experiencing life and   this can provide you the opportunity to provide  support to them and teach them about their fears   so what can you

117do talk to your child about  their worries share your experiences relating   to what they're afraid about normalize worry  and share things that you might be fearful of   or that you worry about set examples for them of  how to manage their fears and worries teach them   coping strategies such as breathing when they're  overwhelmed learning how to relax imagination to   take their mind off of what they're afraid of  self-talk to calm themselves down or to seek   support if they feel that they're overwhelmed  helping them to gradually face their fears   such as if they're afraid of dogs maybe meet  some friendly dogs walk by some dogs behind   fences that aren't being aggressive or take  a class to learn how to interact with animals   remain calm when they are scared support them  facing things they cannot avoid such as

118doctors   appointments and praise them for facing their  fears thank you so much for taking the time   to invest in your child remember that fears and  worries are normal for both adults and for kids   just be mindful of how their fear or worry  may be impacting their daily functioning   such as school or interacting with families and  friends if they're avoiding certain situations   be supportive setting an example for them of  how to overcome fears and normalizing having   fears and worries come up with a plan with your  child on how to tackle those fears and worries   and you guys can conquer  anything thank you thank you foreign Middleton two tall Winston and  we're with the world famous   Harlem Globetrotters here at Belmont High School [Music] foreign we just want to thank Dayton public  schools for having us out

119here come on now who am I I raced horses for money   I have four gold medals my nickname is Buckeye  bullet I ran German made shoes who am I   Jesse Owens and I am Dante Foster  goes to Kemp Elementary fifth grade students in grades four through eight across  the district are competing in Dayton public   schools math Olympics this is an annual  event that takes place where students have   three competitions a battle of the brains  competition and then there's a critical   thinking and collaboration challenge where  this year students are trying to break out   of a breakout edu box they're applying all their  skills from quarters one two and three to work   collaboratively as a team and crack some codes  through mathematical puzzles and then there's   also a design challenge where students this year  have designed their

120dream home and on the day of   their competition they're presented with a  Twist from the judges and they have to apply   that twist given the mathematical parameters to  their design and then defend their reasoning in   an interview process at the end today's events  are preparing the students for future careers   and goals because they are really trying to  strategize together they have to lean on one   another to determine the best way to get to  their common goal Seymour problem solving are   huge components of today's competitions they  are actually one of the categories that they   are scored in is their ability to work as a team  so they have to learn to effectively communicate   with one another in order to be successful  on today's challenges particularly the   um the CTC challenge the breakout box they  have been

121strategizing together for months as   they practiced as a team with their building math  Olympics coaches the goal is for them to increase   their ability to problem solve and collaborate and  think critically and really learn that Math is Fun foreign erow I'm senior director of school programs for  Save the Music Foundation we're a non-profit   organization dedicated to helping students schools  and communities all around America reach their   full potential through the power of making music  save the music is very fortunate to have strong   Partnerships with our manufacturers and in Dayton  we purchased con Summer band instruments for the   three middle schools this year consolmer in  in turn kind of to add some support above and   beyond brought Nikki Smith Jr the 2020 Grammy  music educator award recipient to Dayton so we   have spent the last two days

122in all three middle  schools where Mickey has worked Hands-On with the   students really establishing kind of fundamentals  reinforcing proper posture and breathing and   making a good sound on their horns here in Dayton  we've laid a foundation to support the K-8 school   so all of the students in elementary school having  access to high quality musical instruments to   make music in school every week and the middle  school students who are picking up a trumpet or   a trombone for the first time have a high quality  instrument to reach their full potential so with   a superintendent like Dr Lolly who was a former  music educator herself really prioritizes Arts and   Music education and has made huge investments  from her role at the district to ensure these   programs will be successful and sustained for  years to come with this instance

123you know my   focus is teaching the music but it's also to show  them that they're loved they're valued and they're   wanted and that there is so much promise inside of  them we have to show our kids now more than ever   how much they met my time here in Dayton public  schools has been nothing short of amazing I love   the energy I love the the the enthusiasm of the  students it was such it was so refreshing to come   to a place where the kids really appreciate the  opportunities that they're being given and this is   something I won't soon forget and I want to tell  those kids that may be watching and all those that   are connected with this institution that what  you do matters more than what you realize and   to keep on going and make

124those next steps the  best steps and the next sounds the best sounds if we catch them right in Kinder and first  grade we can do a lot of good work hi my   name is Dr Nikki I am an educator I work  with teachers and kids around the country   and I write a lot of books I've been working  in classrooms doing guided math as well as   looking at energizers because there's so much  research that says kindergarten first grade   all of that math is foundational to reading  and the math there's long-term studies that   look at what kids were doing in kindergarten  with math it's so important for kids to build   number sense and understand how to play with  numbers especially at an early age so that they   understand that math is about thinking not just  getting answers

125I'm Dr Allison mellow and I'm a   former assistant superintendent former math  specialist classroom teacher and curriculum   director and now I'm a full-time math consultant  I'm really excited to be in Dayton public schools   and working with the classroom teachers showing  them some different routines to get kids excited   about learning math going into the schools I see  teachers that are enthusiastic that are ready   to learn that are already doing wonderful things  and that are trying to improve their practice so   my time here at Dayton public has been wonderful  because I love working with teachers and students the Dayton Public School District has five middle  schools that prepare students for high school and   Beyond Edwin Joel Brown Wright brothers and  wagaman are Standalone middle schools while   Belmont and stiver School for the Arts are both  middle and high

126schools a focus on continued   academic Excellence is present in all middle  schools in addition to their Standard English   language arts classes all students take a reading  course designed to ensure they leave middle school   with the Mastery they need to excel in high school  in addition to traditional subjects Project Lead   the Way courses are available to middle school  students who want to explore stem Concepts while   also learning valuable life skills classes  like design and modeling Medical detectives   and Automation and Robotics introduce students  to engineering design the medical field and more   Project Lead the Way courses are designed to teach  students how to be problem solvers and critical   thinkers while engaging in Hands-On projects in  DPS middle schools career exploration experiences   continue with an emphasis on how students can  form a path to their goals students spend

127time   learning about career opportunities and the Career  Technical education Pathways offered in DPS high   schools because it is important for middle school  students to consider which one would be the best   fit for them all middle schools have caring  dedicated teachers and staff along with guidance   counselors to help students pick the best classes  and high schools for their needs by choosing DPS   middle schools you are choosing to set your  student up for academic and lifelong success   learn more and enroll today at daytonpublic.com I  was just overwhelmed by the number of people who   came out here today to welcome us and the number  of students who have already applied to Central   State University to receive the free tuition  their first year at Central State University   our goal is to make sure that we're reaching out  to our

128local schools and certain schools like Paul   Lawrence Dunbar uh principal Henry who is here  as a graduate of Central State University and we   wanted to make sure that we're providing as much  access for those students as possible and we know   that the cost of an education has increased  Central State University is one of the most   affordable institutions in the country and we know  that many students are first generation many of   them come from lower social economic backgrounds  and we want to make sure that we're providing   that access with this free tuition I feel very  excited you know it's a great opportunity it's   really motivational as far as you know going to  school and you know because some children might   not even applying for college you know going known  that you might go for free that

129right there just   motivates you to do well and you know do better  especially when they stated that it would be over   the years to come you could still you know go to  college for free that's a possible for ride free   college that right there is an amazing opportunity  once in a lifetime opportunity so you know it   motivates me to go to Central State and motivate  me to keep my grades up you know and stay on top   of everything so I can continue to get that free  college the beautiful thing about it is we had a   number of students after they heard these things  that stuck around because they wanted to apply   and just seeing how many kids come out of Dayton  public schools right now that are wanting to move   on whether it be College

130whether it be military  whether it be a trade but we want to make sure our   students are you know primed for success in life  so that's our long-term goal here at Dayton public   schools is to make sure that when we have these  kind of things it's it's almost a unexpected thing okay let the record show the board of education at  Dayton city school district is just completed   an executive session during which it met  in confirmed with an attorney involving   pending or imminent Court action and prepare  for and reviewed negotiations with employees   regarding their compensation or other terms and  conditions of their employment may have a second   to return to our business meeting moving  second aren't any questions on the motion if not may we have a vote president Smith yes try not yes Mr Simpson

131yes sweet Kenny yes  yeah Dr Pickett is not here Dr Goodwin yes   Mr Lacy yes six yeses we will turn to our  meeting now Dr Lolly your recommendations   I'd like to recommend the approval of the  human resources agenda as listed on the uh   board minutes a move to accept superintendent  recommendation a do I have a second second   it's been moving second do we  have any questions on the motion   Dr Goodwin yes I just wanted to follow up  from last week I see we have several study   coordinator positions on here where are we at  now we're feeling our our study coordinator   positions at both the middle school and high  school I'll ask Stacy Maney to come forward good evening I do have an update on that study  table coordinators we have hired and you'll see   several

132on the agenda 19 positions filled that  leaves nine remaining vacancies but interviews   are ongoing and so we're hoping to have those  filled shortly but nine enough in the whole   district and 19 failed so far okay thank you  on that one and I also see I did ask about an   update on our winter sports athletic coaches and  you guys have an update on that correct I do yes   there are seven winner coaching positions across  all secondary schools that are still vacant all   others have been filled two of the seven are at  high schools the other five are middle schools   and we're working to fill those as as quickly as  possible okay and then I see here that there is   a opponents is having a swimming coach this  year for the schools that don't have that   are

133we going to be able to offer those kids to be  able to participate with these coaches and if so   how so my understanding is that Athletics has been  in touch with buildings about participation and so   where there are schools that can sustain or build  a team or program and there's enough interest to   create a team that they are doing so and then  we fill a coaching position if there's enough   interest to have a team okay and can we utilize  some of the channels to reach out not only just   to the children but to their parents to let them  know that these opportunities are out here and   just those same things that they're putting in the  buildings to let these parents know that if you're   a child or you want your child to be involved it 

134is out there yeah certainly and we'll continue   to communicate with Athletics about that and I  have one more question about the intramural that   I see and I'm guessing these are I see them all  at the Elementary's is this the first year that   we're having that back and can you just tell me  a little bit about I see two directors for this   and multiple leaders in just a little bit what  is that structure yes absolutely it is the first   first year the intramurals has come back to our  elementary since pre-covered so that's exciting   because it's an opportunity for the elementary  students to get to start do things in fact they've   had their first intramural activity already  several weekends ago their first first football   activity there are two designated leaders of  intramurals who coordinate with all of

135the   building coaches the coaches are assigned at the  building level it's part of the supplemental extra   Duty that the principal assigns it's teachers of  any kind and so those leaders coordinate all of   that so it coordinates what facility they will be  at what the rules are gathering participants names   so that they're ready with Awards because they  pass out trophies and things of that nature at   each event and so they really organize the whole  thing and collaborate and coordinate make sure   every school is represented every Elementary  School okay thank you actually have one final   question on line 11 I see this is a position at  the international at residence Park School and at   Thurgood for adjunct then we are offering  it's good to hear are we offering band at   the international school at residence Park so 

136that's really good to hear that those well seventh   through 12th grade they have that are we offering  something similar for elementary or just starting   there's music there's just regular music for the  elementary just like they're in every building uh   and then band starts in seventh grade and they  actually had a concert last week they played   um a song uh before every Lunch Period  it's cute oh it was all woodwinds everywhere except for in the marching  band is where Woodwinds shine oh my goodness I believe there's a question  also about a teacher that went from long-term   it was a hired and then went back to being a  long-term sub that that was taken off the agenda   last week there were some items but you all voted  on that agenda so that cleared that up um I'm

137not   aware of a removal okay so it wasn't I thought  I saw one this past weekend so I might have   been mistaken I'm not aware okay I'm not aware of  one being removed we do do that on occasion when   um as Chief Harmon explained last last week that  sometimes people don't meet the deadlines or   requirements for licensure and so we changed  the status but I'm not aware of a removal of   one this week got it Mr President if I may  yes sir Mr Simpson um number two um all of   the excitement that we shared this evening  what is the plan of the coordinator for PSC   is uh resigning what is the plan to continue to  make sure that we are keeping um this motivation   who's going to be leading that charge is there  do we

138need to is it going to be internal are   we posting the job how are we doing that that's  that's still being discussed doctor okay you can   speak to it if you would like her to that's still  something that is being planned okay all right coordinator was trained by Mary Jane Kearns who  was sitting in the back room she's going to step   up and do more of that work um because all of  them are being trained for by her so she'll be   stepping up to do more of that work until we can  figure out um a solution okay thank you and if you   could keep me updated on what that solution thank  you I appreciate it thank you Mr President thank   you any other questions Dr Goodwin yes the the  temporary clerical positions that are six

139months are only six months yes I can so  our clerical positions are civil   service tested and so we follow the  guidelines of the Civil Service Board   um they uh their rules and regulations allow for  us to hire what is called a temporary clerical   for a six-month term only which gives them  time to Civil Service tests so Civil Service   tests are not just an at will you can enroll any  time they're only offered on certain dates and   periodically throughout the year so this gives us  an opportunity to hire clerical so there's not a   vacancy and it gives them the employee a six-month  window to get enrolled get signed up and pass the   civil service exam and are we doing anything to  assist these individuals with being successful   in that exam to go longer with us sure

140well we  certainly communicate with them about making sure   that they're in enrolled to test and registered  with civil service there's not much by way of any   sort of a study guide or group or support that we  can offer however I will tell you that in the past   about six months we as a HR a group of us went  to civil service we reviewed our clerical exam   and we really made it more uh 21st century and  more applicable to what our clericals do every   day on a day-to-day basis and we have seen an  increase in rate since then what's that pass rate   I don't have it right now but I can get it for you  okay yeah because prior it was it was very very   low and they were still testing some skills that  were a

141little Antiquated for our clericals today   um they're not people aren't dictating to  our clericals and they're typing words per   minute that's no longer as necessary as just  technology skills and good customer service   so I thank you I had a couple questions maybe for  Dr Lolly um I see that there were some mentoring   collaborative uh PDS supplementals for those do  you know if there's any other upcoming things like   that for our males and females of color staff I'm  not aware of any additional ones but um we do have   some Saturday sessions where there'll be uh paid  for their their time on those Saturdays so you may   see some of those on there okay if they have to go  through like a supplemental type if we can do it   strictly through payroll you won't see that but 

142um those would be up and coming I do know there   are a couple Saturday sessions coming in the next  three weeks okay appreciate it any other questions yes ma'am on the study table coordinator  positions are most of those supplemental   contracts like to our teachers or what what do  our folks that are stepping into those positions   look like and what are their qualifications and  how many in each building yes so uh absolutely   part of the job description and expectation was  that we pull from licensed teachers or teachers   within our building they're the ones who can best  support and I can tell you by building exactly   um where we are with the study table  coordinator so Belmont High School has   one and we're looking to fill three positions  so two vacant but they have one one starting  

143uh Dunbar High School has three fully fully  staffed Meadowdale has one and we're looking to   fill two more opponents has three fully staffed  Stivers has two we would like to add a third   Thurgood is fully staffed with three and  Belmont has two and we'd like to fill one more   Edwin Joel Brown has one and at the middle school  level we're just going to do two so one more to   fill and same with Stivers middle and wagaman  those three middle schools each have one a piece   and we want one more and then Wright brothers has  both of theirs and so the principals were involved   in selecting the study table candidates  to work with their students and I believe   I would have to verify but I believe all  almost all if not all of them are in

144the   building already as a staff member during the day  thank you and then I guess superintendent this is   would be directed more to you on the information  how many do you know how many students in each   of those buildings are attending these study  tables and what our families know that they're   there and I mean is it based on a grade point  is a teacher saying you need to go how is that   being managed within them it's actually if you're  going to participate in athletics um and you're uh   required to be there there are some students that  are required to be there and some students that   are recommended to be there uh just because it's  time between their regular practices and school   being out I can get you numbers this week um we uh  I don't

145have updated numbers right now but we can   get you numbers this week and then as far as being  the requirement the athletic department actually   addressed the fact that study to you know study  tables are recommended and required for those   with specific grade level uh points so I'll get  that information to the board thank you I'm just   wondering based on some of those numbers we looked  at tonight in those significant gaps that we have   to cover that you know more more of our students  should be at these study tables or have the   opportunity to be at these study tables so thank  you I look forward to the work continuing yeah   thank you Mr Sampson thank you Mr President quick  question in that last conversation the study table   study hall coordinators are licensed teachers or  can they

146be long-term Subs as well they can be   either okay yes they can meet you there all right  thank you so much thank you and correct me if I'm   wrong but uh once we have filled the positions  with all the teachers that have applied that have   been chosen we can go outside to people that have  the qualifications they may have just a bachelor's   degree that's not in education correct is that  correct that's correct and and we certainly   opened it internally first and that certainly is  our intent because they know our children but we   don't want to leave that vacancy because we still  need a study table coordinator and don't want   the students to go without if we need to fill  from outside thank you thank you Mr President and the same lines of that conversation I

147know  we are we are seeking data on study tables this   year and with these positions are they also  covering to offer study tables in the morning   I'm sorry are any of these Physicians offering  the study table the one hour before school   I'm not aware I believe it's uh several  hours after school several days a week   yeah they actually have offered it  but they aren't getting any students   early morning yeah and and that's been since  we filled all the positions here yeah and I'll   double check that Dr goodwine but that was the  last thing I heard a week or so ago but I'll I   will double check that yeah because we got to keep  them for us to get the data that we're looking for   to see if that is a a point I mean we

148have to  offer it and it's only been a month since we   passed uh two months since we passed that policy  I think I think they did start offering they they   told students it was there and they had people  staffed there but the students weren't coming   but let me let me double check and see what we've  got now all right thank you any other questions if not may we have a vote president Smith yes  Miss Reiner yes Mr Samson yes this week any   yes Dr Goodwin yes Mr Lacy yes six yeses  the next recommendation please uh my next   recommendation is approval of the following  uh DEA after July 10th list of uh personnel so moved we moved do we have a second any questions on the motion I have  a question Mr President yes sir   um

149is the same criteria applies for a long-term  sub as it relates to licenses and all that other   stuff under the after July 10. or is this just  the formality to put the long-term sub on there so our long-term substitutes are working  under our substitute teaching license   they do enter into a contract with us and as  far as the July 10th goes they are expected   just like any other first year teacher to  stay under contract and so that does apply   thank you thank you Mr President  thank you any other questions no may we have a vote president Smith no Mrs reinert no Mr Samson no Miss  swigani no doctor good wine no Mr Lacy no six NOS your next recommendation  I'd like to recommend the approval of the   contracts listed I move to accept  superintendent recommendation

150C   be there a second second it's been moving  second are there any questions on the motion see none may we have a vote president Smith yes  Miss Reynard yes Mr Samson yes Miss swigani yes   Dr Goodwin yes Mr Lacy yes six CSS next  recommendation please I'd like to recommend   the approval of the consultant Services  list for move to accept superintendent   recommendation D we have a second second it's  been moving seconded and questions on the most   see there are noon may we have a vote president  Smith yes Mrs Reiner yes Mr Samson yes Miss   swigani yes Dr Goodwin yes Mr Lacy yes six  CSS next recommendation please Dr Lolly I'd   like to recommend the approval of memorandum of  understanding with the OPC Local 156 which is uh   provides an opportunity for provisional mechanics  a move to

151accept superintendent recommendation   e we have a second second it's been moved in  second do we have any questions on the motion   see there are no maybe we have a vote president  Smith yes Miss reinert yes Mr Samson yes Mr wigani   yes Dr Goodwin yes Mr Lacy yes six CSS next  recommendation please recommend the approval   of the following settlement agreement with OPC  Local 156 uh details are in executive content a   move to accept superintendent recommendation F  do I have a second second to move in second do   we have any questions on a motion seeing that they  are none maybe we have a vote president Smith yes   Mrs reinert yes Mr Samson yes Miss  swigani yes Dr Goodwin yes Mr Lacy yes   six CSS next recommendation Dr Lolly I recommend  the approval of the grievance settlement with

152uh   the person listed on the agenda move to  approve superintendent recommendation G   do we have a second second it's been moved and  segmented do we have any questions on emotion   seeing that there are none maybe I will vote  president Smith yes Miss reinert yes Mr Samson   yes Miss swigani yes Dr Goodwin yes Mr Lacy yes  six CSS in that conclusion recommendations yes   Mr President thank you Dr Lolly moving over  Madame treasure your recommendations please I recommend the approval of the monthly financials  for September as reviewed by the finance committee   today I'm moved to accept treasurer's  recommendation a do you have a second second   removed in a second are there  any questions on the motion seeing there are none maybe we have a vote  president Smith yes Miss reinert yes Mr Samson   yes Miss swigani yes

153Dr Goodwin yes Mr Lacy  yes six CSS next recommendation Madam treasure I recommend the approval of the official  minutes for September September 1 September   13 September 20. move to accept treasurer's  recommendation B do we have a second   second been moving second do we  have any questions on the motion   seeing that there are now maybe we have  about president Smith yes Mrs reinert yes   Mr Samson yes Miss wigani yes Dr Goodwin yes  Mr Lacy yes six CSS next recommendation please I recommend this a the approval of the donations  a move to accept treasurer's recommendation C do   we have a second second we're moving  seconded any questions on the motion   seeing there are none but being sure to thank  those that donated to our district may we have   a vote president Smith yes Miss reinert yes Mr 

154Samson yes Miss swigani yes Dr Goodwin yes Mr   Lacy yes six yeses next resolution no your next  recommendation please Madam treasure I recommend   the approval of the resolution authorizing the  purchase of competitive retail national natural   gas services for for July 1 2023 to June 30th 2025  as reviewed last week a move to accept treasurer's   recommendation D do we have a second it's been  moved in second any questions on the motion seeing there are none may we have a vote president  Smith yes Miss reinert yes Mr Samson yes Miss   sweet Kenny yes Dr Goodwin yes Mr Lacy yes  six CSS next recommendation Madam treasure I recommend the approval of the settlement  agreement for Jay Smith as reviewed last week   moved to approved treasurer's  recommendation e we have a second second   then moved in second do we

155have  any questions on the motion   seeing there are none may we have a vote  president Smith yes Miss reinert yes Mr Samson   yes Miss swigani yes Dr Goodwin yes Mr Lacy yes  six CSS your next recommendation Madam treasure okay I recommend it approval the set of  the settlement agreement for Jay westel   I moved to approved treasurer's recommendation  F do we have a second second it's been moved and   second do we have any questions on the motion  seeing that there are none maybe we have a vote president Smith yes Mrs reinert yes Mr Samson yes  this weekend in yes Dr Goodwin yes Mr Lacy yes   six CSS your next recommendation Madam treasure I recommend the uh the approval of the following  purchase requisitions as reviewed last week   move to approve treasurer's  recommendation G do we have

156a second   second it's been moved in second do  we have any questions on the motion seeing that there are none maybe I will vote  president Smith yes Mrs reinert yes Mr Samson   yes Miss wigani yes Dr Goodwin yes Mr Lacy yes six  CSS in your next recommendation Madame treasure   I recommend the approval of the following  then in now as reviewed last week   my move to accept treasurer's  recommendation H do we have a second it's been moved in second do we  have any questions on the motion   seeing that there are none may we have a vote  president Smith yes Mrs Reiner yes Mr Samson   yes Miss wigani yes Dr Goodwin yes Mr Lacy yes six  CSS that conclude is my recommendation for tonight   thank you madam Cheshire moving on to the new  business I recommend approval

157for the following   travel International lgbtq leaders conference  2022 a move to approve our board member travel   and expense do we have a second has been moved  in second if you have any questions on the motion there are none I see maybe we have a vote   presidents Lacy oh I'm so  sorry sorry president Smith yes okay strainerd yes Mr Samson yes Miss  wigani yes Dr Goodwin yes Mr Lacy yes   six yeses okay thank you we'll start down with  board member Lacey I was almost promoted oh yeah no I I don't have anything all right board member Sampson thank you Mr  President um if I may I just want to do uh a   whole bunch of shout outs um since the time we  were together last month I have an opportunity   to go visit um a few

158buildings um just to go  uh to see what's going on in our buildings and   um I'm excited about the the things that I see  and so first school I went to after she was on   the news being a superstar I went to go see uh  principal Kelly at Belhaven and um Belhaven is is   doing some great things um I had the opportunity  to watch I call her rock star the secretary Miss   Northcutt I watched this um woman masterfully  de-escalate a student allowed a student to remain   um have it in his Integrity she was just  a rock star so being in that building was   absolutely amazing I also got a chance to  visit Edison with principal Monroe and AP   Knowles always enjoy visiting Edison  and seeing the work that they do there   um had the opportunity

159last month to go to  Meadowdale CTE where principal wrist Miller and   ap's Nas and Davis and I had the joy of learning  about all of the CTE programs in that building   um met a rock star of a teacher of Dr harsh  in biomedical science when I say rock star of   a teacher rock star of a teacher so thank you  Dr harsh for allowing me to say hi to you and   your students who absolutely love that woman  um and then I went to Stivers got to see the   band Gala practice in the parking lot and so Dr  Goodwin um woodwinds make the van say it again Woodwinds make the band you know so  it was good it was good to see uh the   band practicing for their Gala um I got a  chance to see some

160homecoming proposals it   was it was good to be in that building and  then I was able to visit Edwin Joe Brown   um got a chance to see principal McDowell ap's  uh Bryant and Winston and got a chance to talk   to some amazing intervention specialists  in that building and so I've had a joy of   seeing the things the learning that's going  on in the buildings teachers excited teaching   principals and assistant principals um doing  what they can to make sure that our Scholars   are receiving the best education possible and so  and then lastly I want to shout out Dr Lolly and   um Dr Ramo and chief Dooley for taking a  meeting with me to talk about CTE it was   an informative meeting I'm learning more and  more each day about CTE and the importance of   CTE and

161the programming that is happening the  availability the things that are happening for   our students I absolutely want to say thank you  for taking that meeting and just educating me more   um I think that's all I got Mr President thank  you for allowing me this opportunity appreciate   it vice president Reiner I have a couple items  to update I'm waiting for first reading since   Dr Pickett is not able to be here um so if I can  get a notification when that is up a few updates   um I attended the southwest region fall conference  for the osba I've gone several times um I met with   and talked to many board members across the  Southwest southwest region it's always an   interesting experience to hear what's happening in  other districts many things alike many things not   um great opportunity to

162recognize teachers  across the region as well I'm looking forward   to attending the capitol Conference next month I  understand that there are several board members   who are attending Dr Pickett and I along with  Rachel Underwood will be presenting about the   International School a couple of legislative  updates the State Board of education's ad hoc   legislative committee met on October 11th and  discussed two resolutions that have passed by   the full board would make recommendations to  the general assembly the first one actually is   relevant to you board member um Lacy I didn't want  to interrupt when you asked this question earlier   but the first resolution that unanimously passed  the committee would recommend the repeal of the   provision of the third grade reading guarantee law  that mandates retention of a third grade student   who does not meet a minimum score

163on the third  grade English language arts assessment the data   showed that few students who were retained reach  proficiency when they retook the third grade ELA   assessment so the full board will reconsider the  resolution at the November meeting um the second   resolution recommends that the general assembly  allocate dollars from the American Rescue plan   act to provide all students in Ohio a free  breakfast and lunch the committee did not vote   on the resolution but plans to gather additional  data including the cost of School meals among   other information this would be really important  to districts such as ours every single District   I think would benefit from this but especially  those that are hard hit by high levels of poverty   and the last thing I want to discuss which is uh  of great concern I think of this district

164is that   the State Board of Education voted 12-7 to send a  resolution to the executive committee for further   consideration this resolution opposes the proposed  changes to the federal rule that would interpret   Title IX as Banning discrimination based on sexual  orientation and gender identity what is happening   against our Q Plus students is horrendous I am  so deeply disappointed in the bigotry that exists   against Q Plus students [Music] it shouldn't take  a a family member or a you know a person to make   it real but as somebody who has several Q Plus  people in my family I have a trans kid this is   important I was actually really impressed by the  Toledo school board that on the 10th I believe   passed a resolution up opposing the State Board of  education's resolution it was very strongly worded   I

165have not talked with other board members about  this yet but if interested you know we just passed   a resolution last week I would love to bring a  resolution in support of our Q Plus students to   this board for consideration I cannot emphasize  strongly enough how much our schools need to be   safe spaces for all Q Plus students all Q Plus  staff all Q Plus teachers they exist and and and   um denying that they exist does not make  them go away being cruel to them does not   make them go away it only makes their lives more  difficult and it increases the risk of suicide   it increases the risk of self-harm every  single person whether student teacher or   staff deserves to know that they are loved and  accepted and I know that our district believes   that and

166with that being said do we have  the first reading for policy up yet [Music]   okay who want us to come back for policy sure  thank you no board member wig gagne thank you   thank you um to all of my board colleagues  for their continued work um here uh thank you   and congratulations to our superintendent who was  named superintendent of the year um uh for my yay yes a lot much work to celebrate much work to  be done clearly and I think that we have a great   team that we're continuing to show up to do the  work my report this week or for this month would   be that I have confirmed that we have our first  business advisory committee meeting set for the   year for November 3rd our location will either be  probably in our community

167room across the street   or perhaps maybe at Welcome Stadium if the weather  would permit I'm circling around a few ideas there   and the superintendent and I are going to talk  over some of those as we begin to set the agenda   for that meeting one of the most exciting factors  of that work this year has been that I've been a   little behind in getting our meetings kicked off  for the year because my chair Mr Joe toss has   been serving with us on some separate contract  work for some of our our CRA and our Tiff work   so we have an initiate created the work because we  didn't want any conflict of interest and we think   we're going to have to continue along the lines  with that work so my Joe has served as a mentor   to me

168in this work for five or six years now and  really been a great source of guidance along the   lines of a lot of work you see through our career  Pathways that Mr Dion Sampson was sharing about   that's been a collaboration of some of those  relationships through that BAC effort you know   making sure that we have plugged in the components  to those programs that both align with Ohio High   School Board Association and also then with the  needs that our community our business Community   needs because clearly those positions and those  career pathways are meant to fulfill our much   needed Workforce here in the Dayton community  so anyway so that work continues uh kind of   automatically through those programs and through  Montgomery County so our business our efforts this   year with business advisory are really going  to be

169focused a lot around Welcome Stadium   my vision when I wanted to run again for a school  board this time around along with continuing this   exciting work that I'm humbled and grateful to  serve to help facilitate was that I really had a   vision at Welcome Stadium I think it's a beautiful  tool I think it's a beautiful asset that just has   so much Rich opportunity it has so much Legacy for  our community first of all and then so much Rich   opportunity in terms of an Enterprise creating  an Enterprise for Dayton public schools that will   have a long-standing impact for our students  for our community and for our region I deeply   believe that it'll be a one-of-a-kind stadium in  the state of Ohio that I think will really bring   us great just great opportunity so I am so

170happy  to announce that we have secured Mr Keith Byers as   our co-chair for our business advisory Council  this year Mr Byers is a graduate of Roth High   School 19 I don't know 80 something like that he  is a former NFL football star and I think we'll   really bring a lot of wonderful things to this  project to help us really create this Enterprise   that we're continuing to Envision as we go along  so look forward for some really exciting work   around that I'm super grateful and uh yes so thank  you all for your consent continued service thank   you to our team who continues to present this  information and I appreciate you all thank you   thank you thank you Miss wiganier I think  if we refresh our first readings are up now   for vice president to review  let

171me see if everybody refresh how do you see them would you like me to  go ahead and do that yes please this is a   resolution to adopt board policy first reading the  rationales and as much as the board of education   is committed to the continued updating of  its policies rules and regulations manual   in the committee which was appointed has been  working toward that goal the following abroad   at this time for first reading and compliance with  board policy BFC policy adoption now therefore be   it resolved that the Board of Education of  the Dayton City School District Montgomery   County Ohio hereby accepts and adopts the  following policies that have been codified   for inclusion in the handbook of policies rules  and regulations file EBC Emergency Management and   safety plans provides to align with legislation  igch-r also lec-r college

172credit plus revised   to align with legislation igdj interscholastic  Athletics provides to align with legislation kma   relations with support organizations revise  to align with legislation kmb relations with   booster organizations was removed lec-r college  credit plus revise to align with legislation these   policies are being read for the first time as such  a motion or second is not required these policies   will be available in the superintendent's office  for review and comment prior to their second   reading and adoption by the Board of Education  furthermore the policies will be reviewed by   the superintendent's office the board's office  and the legal department of state and public   schools prior to the second reading thank you  if anybody on policy could just answer which um   or maybe that's something we can look into later  why was the relations with booster organizations   removed was

173there something else that took its  place or Dr Lolly what happened was in the uh   recommendation from osba they recommended that  all organizations be put under the new policy of   relations with booster organization I mean excuse  me we support organizations and the boosters   separately removed so it made one policy this  makes sense thank you uh doctor I really don't   want to do this I've heard too much Colonel  white stuff today Dr Goodwin should be proud   I do have one question before I get into my my own  stuff are we as a board going to add the business   manager recommendations if he ever has any to our  agenda and I know we changed our organizational   chart are we going to approve that at the next  meeting does that need to be brought forward now anyone any

174thoughts if you guys don't know I mean  I guess blankily I think it's definitely something   we could do that I mean are we pushing it off  are we doing that I just seen in the past that   I the board formally adopts the word chart and uh  has everybody well we would have to put it on the   on the agenda here and then make it  before a vote which we could do if   we wanted to do now or if we wanted to  do it at the review meeting next month either way it's fine with me um I just want  us to stay in line with what we got going on   Mr President if I may yes um in line with  Dr Goodwin's question I would like to uh   place it at next month's meeting I know

175we  we received the updated but it'll give us an   opportunity to look at it um in detail and if  there are any questions that we could hash all   of that out before we vote on it versus having  a whole bunch of questions if we were to do it   today if that would be the pleasure of the  board I would like to wait till next month   that's fine I mean we also need to add on  because we need to update our agenda too   the agenda because we'll be adding put  on the third thing for recommendations   yeah so with that I'm not in a disagreement I do  want to say that if we're going to do that then   any questions can we make sure that we ask them  before that meeting so we can come ready to

176vote   on that day and then also if we can have that um  be placed on be ready to be placed on the agenda   once we have that we'll be ready to  place on the agenda since our board   I mean our business manager has been  already hired and brought on board   question Mr President yes sir so with the  questions are we going to schedule a special   meeting for us to talk about it or are you  saying just submit our questions look up   submit those questions so we come in and then you  know if they're still in the lingering things but   things that we have the ability to ask reach out  to uh superintendent Lolly treasure Opera House   our business manager Dr Lawrence if we can start  that process during the time same way we talk   about

177asking some of the questions that we want  information for so then also they can be prepared   with any information at the board meeting if those  questions that they need to get information for it   got it to better prepare them for any questions  we may have got it thank you sir no problem   I know we'll kick it back too the illustrious  Dr Goodwin woodwind saxophone section so   it's way better than the brass when you're in  the closed enclosed room but first I want to   give a shout out to Mom today is her birthday  and I did nothing for it and I'm at a board   meeting right now and she had to go to work so  that's the life of an adult and I also want to   give a shout out to my aunt my mother's younger 

178sister her birthday was yesterday so for one day   they were the same age nuts right every year it  happens it's great second I want to give a shout   out to Dr Virgil Goodwin which just so happens to  be my older brother him in the Wilberforce Hound   of sound I think that's their name I may have  messed it up they came out hounds with an s on   there hounds of sound they came out in for  that solid 15 minutes you didn't see much   movement in our Stadium because people were  focused and glued in and then I heard also   a part of that field a part of that team was a  former a recent graduate from Belmont who was   on a woodwind instrument saxophone up front  and he was out there and it was great to see  

179first hand if this band this was their first live  performance on the football field it was at our   stadium and we had DPS alumni involved from the  direction of the band performing in the band as   well as being instructors in the band so thank  you for that and also everyone who helped make   that possible with Dr Lolly executive director  Jones Sam all of you guys did a great job I don't   know if you really did anything Sam but I just  wanted to put you in there you know I did have   the opportunity to attend several schools and the  elementary schools have some of the best artwork   on them I believe it was at at Rosa Parks where we  got to take I got to take some pictures of little   wings and you got to get

180really low so you can be  in the pictures I got to meet one of our classroom   helpers I don't remember her official titles but  she was this woman is in her 80s and she is still   showing up every day and that is super impressive  to know that you show up every day you love what   you're doing and you enjoy it so that that team  over there just really thanks for having us   I got to attend Dunbar this past week for their  homecoming don't there's no clapping down here   I didn't see you with me in the building seriously  but I got to attend Dunbar for their open house   and it was a magical event the spirits you could  see it all throughout the building every from   every door display to the live band to the  recruitment

181of college and other resources   in the community you can see that that team over  there put a lot of effort in making sure that the   students had I really felt homecoming as it was  coming through so I look forward to I believe we   still have one homecoming left this week which  is third good I didn't get to see opponents but   it's really good to see those things I want to  give a shout out to Zach in the I.T Department   I've never been to the I.T Department uh until  recently I recently got a Chromebook from the   district I will say on the record Chromebooks are  horrible and I will adamantly vote against them   every single time because they are not real  devices but Zach and the entire it team did   a great job of helping me

182out and I also got to  see that a lot of our recent graduates components   are filling many of those positions in I.T so it's  really good to see they went right into those who   did go right into the workforce they are still  with the district and they are utilizing some   of their skill sets that they not only developed  their opponents but they're now being compensated   as employees from the district so that's good and  my final thing I do want to request even though   I know you probably would have already done this  without the request Dr Lolly for us to respond to   Mr Lattimore because he brought up several things  and we just want to make sure that when people do   bring those type of things up someone from the  district is reaching out to them

183to work with   them to find the answers and if we are if we do  have gaps figuring out how we can fill those gaps   to better serve this district with that I will  say what wins our life Lisa Simpson played the   saxophone not the trombone and I will pass it back  to you this is what we deal with Madame treasure this month's Treasurer's Office received to ours   one award is Award of financial reporting  achievements and certificate of achievement   for ex excellence in financial reporting from  government Finance Officers Association jfoa   the second one we received is the certificate of  excellence in financial reporting from Association   of school business officials International aspo  for our annual comprehensive financial reporting   for 2021. so this accomplishment couldn't have  happened without the hard-working dedicated   treasurer's team and the support of the

184board the  superintendent and the district thank you so much   you are the best my team they are the  best as always continue the work okay is that all Madame treasure yes thank  you um before we go to Dr Lolly I would   like for our board to come down  and join us in front of the days [Music] if we can come down in front you  can oh I can come too you said before communicate I'm moving much better though  honestly oh my gosh yeah yeah it's been a long 12 weeks that's fantastic you have it  consider it a gift appreciate it sometimes I actually recently made these foreign [Applause] all right we're good thank you  thank you so much thank you it's very rare stuff foreign well first of all thank you to the board  of

185education for your support and I do have   to say that you know um as someone who's been  selected as the Ohio superintendent of the year   when you're a leader it's not you by yourself  it's your team it's every single person in this   District that makes a difference and helps  you achieve those things that you set out   to achieve so the the superintendent of the  year really is is about an award that goes to   the Dayton public schools because of them and  because of the work we've been able to do to   make the improvements that we've made over the  over the last six years the recognition comes   to the superintendent but it belongs to all of  us so thank you to the board of education and   my previous board and all the staff members here  in

186this district and the team members that that   work every day to make Dayton public schools  better for our students and for our students   and our parents because that's why we're here so  thank you so much for that I really appreciate it   um we had an exciting week last week I too was  out visiting so I've been in 15 buildings over   the last couple of weeks and and see some of  the same things that all of you are talking   about positive things that are happening in the  schools and teachers that are that are engaged I   went into a preschool class and I was so excited  to to be in that preschool class and the teachers   were so excited for me to be in that preschool  class I wanted to stay there all day because   they're just

187so much fun but I had to go to other  places but then that teacher wrote me a note and   said please come back you know we really enjoyed  having you here so I I plan on doing that into   that particular classroom because the it was just  so much fun but it's a good place to be in the   schools and to see what's actually happening we  actually had International School students there   were flutes and clarinets and percussionists who  performed before each Lunch Period on Friday and   they were very very good and they've only played  for for a month so our music programs are starting   to produce I let Mr Sampson listen on my phone  Friday night as the Belmont Drum Corps played   I held up my phone and I said listen to this uh at  the

188at the game and they were they were absolutely   phenomenal so people probably wonder why I pushed  the Arts as much as I do but I believe that when   you're when you're in something that connects you  with other people like music connects you with   other people or art connection with other people  that you have that relationship that you build and   because of that relationship you tend to show up  and you tend to work hard for your teammates for   your for your people that are sitting next to  you in those band programs the artists that are   sitting next to you sculpting like your sculpting  and I just think that really is what builds a   relationship and connects you to other people  and that's why that's why it's important to me   to continue working on that with everybody

189here  we did have a great night at the Dunbar homecoming   Dunbar and Thurgood played Wilberforce span was  phenomenal and no one moved in the stands it was   amazing to watch everybody just stand there and  watch that band perform it was just an outstanding   opportunity for our students to see that and to  be able to Aspire to be part of an organization   like that and then we had a really great day  on I believe it was Thursday our oopsy asks me   um staff members pulled together and provided  meals to six different buildings three Mills in   each bag that they passed out and I just like  to read this and and thank them for providing   this to Roosevelt Eastmont Ruskin Westwood Valerie  and Kaiser the Ohio Association of Public School   Employees opsy represents more than 400 employees 

190who work in the Dayton public schools the children   come in contact with members of locals 156 158 191  627 643 766 and 766 B every day because they are   the mechanics the secretaries the mental health  assistants the bus drivers the paraprofessionals   the interpreters and psychologists who touch their  lives during the school day many of them live in   the Dayton public schools and chill their children  and grandchildren may be in the same class as the   people that they were giving food to as working  parents and grandparents they know that families   can use how also each year union members volunteer  to stuff bags with meals and snacks for students   in selected districts throughout Ohio this year  we're proud that Dayton public schools and 2   600 elementary students received those bags so  to opsy and asked me union

191members the locals   in the districts from across the state have  donated thousands of dollars to provide for   these meals and I just want to say a great big  thank you to them for sending three meals home   with every student in one of these six buildings  so appreciate opsy and ask me and I'm really proud   that we have such a great relationship with them  and that concludes my report Mr President thank   you madam superintendent um I want to start  off with I was able to go to a few schools and   with the mayor of the city um I know Miss Angela  Worley Mr blessing who was did an amazing job with   um social studies programming and getting the  kids down we talked about just voting in schools   and not about what to vote for or who

192to vote  for things like that but just getting kids in   um register to vote and then then last week there  was a March where the district helped with uh to   get everything together and those students got  to March down to the Board of Elections and vote   for the very first time and I think that's just  a wonderful thing um we talk about just civic   education and letting people have a voice and  getting some of our kids to understand that at   18 years old you do have a voice more importantly  before then you have a voice then it also shows   the the need for us as adults to speak for some  of the children that do not have a voice one of   the things that I love and sometimes do not love  about the district and

193learning about education   is just seeing how many pieces of our society kind  of intertwined with things and I say that to say   that when we talked about the kids that could vote  you know you brought down the students that were   around that voting age and there were at each  school there were students that went that got   to that voter registration they stopped and you  could see their body kind of sink because one   of those questions is are you a U.S citizen and if  you're not you have to quit while you're there and   you cannot register to vote and to see students  go and just say you know what that blocks me and   to understand that there's something that none  of us up here on the board can do no one in this   District can do

194something about and then how do we  then fight for that how do we make those students   feel like they're a part of this experience and  so I appreciate everyone that played a part from   DPS because they still told those children you're  not getting up from this table you're not leaving   this room this does not define you and we're still  going to talk about Civic engagement we're still   going to talk about how we all are part of  this this greater Collective and DPS students   and then also I got a chance to talk to some  stiver students and a question was asked about   you know what what is the importance of voting on  certain issues and I kind of just talked to them   and said one of the things I told him was you  know everything might

195be okay in your house but   if everything isn't okay in your neighbor's house  it's it's it's not something that's visible to you   until you know your window gets broken something  gets stolen and now we start talking about how do   we help each other and understanding that students  and people in their communities have issues that   they might not see every day but the more we talk  to people the more we can understand what are our   friends issues what are the things our friends are  concerned about and after that I was talking to   um mayor Mims and Dr Lawrence  outside when we're finishing up   and I thought we were in the way of a  student I don't want to get choked up   but I thought we were in the way of a student  and I turned to

196them and said oh I'm sorry you   know you could have said that we could move  you could you know don't don't wait for us   and that student said no I was waiting for  you because I really appreciate the fact that   you talked about how somebody's issue may not be  important to other people until they learn about   how it affects everyone and that's how I've been  thinking about how do I spread awareness for lgbtq   plus students and to see that you know that link  that understanding and when we talk about these   things and they were like you know and asked hey  would you like to you know talk to me and could we   uh get some people from other schools together  and you know it was a great time and actually   um Dr Lawrence and mayor

197Mims knew some of the  people that they were trying to connect with and   like just seeing that piece where we you know  you think you're coming into a building to get   kids registered to vote and not understanding that  you're tapping into something larger so I want to   appreciate Dr Lolly and Mrs blessing and Angela  Worley as well for for the help they did to get   all of those students in those rooms and the work  they did to not make it just about voting but to   make it about learning about each other to make  this world a better place um I want to give a huge   huge set of props to our opponents boys soccer  team not only did our athletic department get to   host a tournament soccer game which now makes up  another first because

198we hosted a softball game   uh in the last softball season we're able to host  the soccer game this year and they actually went   out and had a victory in in that which is a long  time coming for our district and in understanding   that these sports that we don't look at as the  basketball footballs and tracks and understanding   that we're growing in those and when we grow in  those we provide opportunities for more students   to meet more people to feel uh feel excited to  just see those kids who and a lot of those kids   are newly arrived students and to see those kids  get embraced at school for doing something that   other students haven't done it really like raised  their profile it made them feel great so I really   want to shout out that and Shout

199out our Athletics  team for continuing to build up these new sports   and also I was talking to our athletic director  and she shared a message with me and I shared   and I apologize if she didn't want me to  but I think I love bragging on our kids   um a school reached out to them that they had  played the opponent's voice and that message   reads you know our that game was the best game  I've seen all year our team only has one loss   this season but that game was the best game and  we appreciate the camaraderie or team show and   everything and then at the end of that message it  said now we have two losses me and our opponents   boys beat them but they really said they want  to come back and then play more

200DPS teams and   so to see that Athletics shed a light on not  just the sports part but just the humans we   have in our district and then having people  that want to come back and do things with us   um then lastly I want to lift up the work from  the athletic advisory Council and the work around   Welcome Stadium recently I was able to go over  to the service building uh with Miss Wick gagne   and look at some of the artifacts that are in our  service building and talk about some of the things   we're doing about archiving those things and some  of the things we want to do when we update our   Hall of Fame and we're having a meeting tomorrow  um to talk about some of that Hall of Fame   criteria and you know just

201really working through  those things and as a side I took a two pictures   of things that you know were there and one was  a set of beavers from the old Patterson School   and another was an old picture of their original  EJ Brown building and it was from an area photo   from years ago and I posted them on social media  and you had people immediately posting their class   from Patterson posting when they went to EJ Brown  asking to buy these things and just just showing   that there's so much love for people who really  grew up and understanding that there are so many   buildings that aren't around anymore there's  so many Traditions that aren't around anymore   so I really appreciate it um chief hurwitz for  allowing us to go through there and look at those   things and

202I mean you could spend a day in there  and just going through there and understanding   that just by those two pictures I saw that need  to be able to put these things out on display   and share with people and really get people  to come back because most of the people that   posted on social media they don't have kids in  this District they're not in this District but   people reached out and inboxed and said you know  if I would ship these beavers to them they would   pay for everything but and no we would not sell  the Beavers this kid would do something to me   if we did that but I just want to say there's so  much that we have in our district that we need to   share and understanding that on top of that there 

203is so much more work to do as was talked about   today there's so much work to do and the only way  we're going to do that work is if we be creative   we be Innovative and we do it working together  and with that said I will motion to adjust so   move second been moved a second and I see no  questions on the motion maybe we have a vote president Smith yes Mrs reinert  yes Mr Samson yes yes Dr Pickett   she's not here Dr budwein yes Mr lazy  yes six yeses we are adjourned foreign