001[Music] Okay. It hasn't it hasn't queued you into the phone break yet. We're we're ready when you guys are ready. >> Okay. There's 602. So, I'd like to call the meeting to order. >> Um, can I have a roll call, please, Mr. Davis? >> Mrs. Eols, >> here. Dr. Hooker, >> here. >> Mrs. Johnson, >> roll call. Elizabeth, can you hear? >> Yeah. What did you say? >> They're doing a roll call. They're They need your vote. >> Yes. >> Mrs. Lewis. >> I. Mrs. Sig. >> I hear I >> You're here. >> You said you need a vote. That threw me out. >> Yeah, I did. >> I do that all the time. >> Try to dial in that number. >> Can I have a motion to adopt the agenda, please? So moved. >>
002Is there a second? >> Second. >> Whatever. >> Roll call, please. >> Mrs. Lewis, >> I. >> Dr. Hooker, >> I. >> Mrs. Johnston, >> she say I >> didn't need your vote on the roll call. Now, Elizabeth >> on the agenda adoption. >> Yes. >> Mrs. Sig. >> I. >> Mrs. Eichol. >> I. Uh, can I have a motion to go into executive session in accordance with Ohio Revised Code 121.22 to consider the appointment, employment, dismissal, discipline, promotion, demotion, or compensation of a public employer official and of high revised code 121.22 G5 matters required to be kept confidential by federal law, rules, or state statutes. >> So move. >> Second. Second. Roll call, please. >> Dr. Hooker. I >> Mrs. Sig >> I >> Mrs. Johnson >> I >> Mrs. Lewis >> I >>
003Mrs. Eicholtz >> Hi [Music] >> Dr. Hooker in costume. Well, yeah. So, the reason I'm wearing this is because I really think that we should consider having it for our faculty here uh and staff too. You know, cleaning and our contract employees. This is just adds one more level of protection is not an exception for a mask. A mask needs to be worn, but this just gives you one more thing. I wear it at work. I wear it for 12 hours taking care of patients. It doesn't bug me at all. I thought it would. I thought it would drive me absolutely crazy, but it's just one more additional level of protection for our employees. So, they're about four bucks a piece. You really need only one. If you lose it or drop it or destroy
004it, you need to replace it. But, I've been using the same one for 4 months and it's still in perfect. >> How do you clean it? >> You uh need to have some sort of virus spray. Just spray it on both sides and just wipe it off with a paper towel. And you should clean it. We are supposed to clean it after every patient. Uh but you should clean it, you know, once a day I think would be reasonable in this non uh medical environment. So anyway, I think that that the teachers want them. I would highly She's going Yes. Yes. I would really like to see us order these uh for the teachers uh to add one more level of protection for our amazing teachers. Okay. So, first on the agenda is um the
005first reading of the 2020 2021 school year calendar change. Mr. Kcki. Yes. So, um thank you again to uh Amy Campa and our IHPO leadership who are here tonight. Um Mark and Nick and and Dr. Stewart is here as well as Jim Nichols. We've had our team working on the proposed calendar changes. uh you have a look here of how the adjusted calendar that was proposed uh would function under either a plan A or plan B just so that you can see those dates remembering that under plan B there would be two teams of students that might have different start and end dates. So that's why there's two looks there for you. Um Melissa or Amy did you want to say anything about the calendar that's in front of them? I think it's pretty straightforward.
006Can I I can you just and you may have just explained it but I didn't understand it. What is the difference between A and B? >> Calendar A we're in school uh 5 days a week in person the whole group anybody who reports and calendar B would be the um >> the hybrid or blended model with less population in two teams. Okay. >> And those teams would be either red or white and they would have a different start day and end day for example in the school year calendar because they're not always in school at the same time. So if you were to switch in the middle of the quarter from A to B or B to A, what does that do to the calendar? >> The date, the only issue would be in um
007on the B calendar, there is a staff workday on September 25th. And the reason for that day is simply to even out the number of um red student attendance days versus white student attendance days. And if we were in plan A at that time, I'm not sure that um that day would be necessary. Um that would be the only issue. The rest of the days are all lined up. So if we happen to have to transition from A to B, there would be students um already assigned to come on that day. Uh families would just have to know what team they were on. before the plan was implemented. >> Thank you. >> Okay. The only thing that I I was confused about and I didn't actually count all things up so it's probably clear and
008I just don't get it is on plan B. It seems like a lot or most of the green um staff development days fall on the days when the white team is supposed to be in school. So, how is that what you we're talking about? How do you sound? Yes, because most of our holidays are on Mondays, so those affect the red tea. >> Okay. So that's the balance, >> correct? Gotcha. >> Thank you. >> Okay. Wonderful. >> Um, so this is just a first reading. >> Yeah, I was just going to say since this is the first reading, there's no vote tonight. Um, I have the feeling that we'll be back together soon and we can vote on this um very quickly. So um, so if you do have further questions along the way, be
009sure to address those to Mr. Thank you for too. >> Thank you. >> Thanks for your work. >> Thank you. >> And I think maybe it was could you just explain to the many viewers what we're doing what's happening where we're shifting for a week. I'm not sure that if they were here last time they may know it but it may not be known. >> Oh. >> Yes. Okay. So the reason um for the proposed calorie change is that uh with everything that's happening and all the planning and changes and PPE and all the uh safety things that need to be taken care of before we can start school. We just felt it was really asking way too much of our administration, our staff, and our teachers to get ready to come back and be
010teaching on August 20th. And so this shifts everything one more week later so that all the ducks can be in a row as much as we can control. And um it just gives I think peace of mind from and that was feedback from um from Mrs. camp but through uh some of the teachers and pretty much everyone I think just feels everybody's under so much stress anyway that if we can give you just at least a week to have your space and you're going to have to redo your rooms and you know and the online learning and so there's just so much that has to be done and you know we'd like to give you a month but we can't so at least a week is hopefully helpful and I hope that you understand that
011we did is for your best interests and and so that we're really ready for the students when they come back. >> Uh and the other reason saying that if anybody has this question is the teachers are still reporting when their contract had them reporting. They're not getting any time off. They are going to be working very very hard and I will also note that our teachers have been working all summer long. Uh even on their you know when they're not supposed to be working uh Amy you're not supposed to be here tonight. you're supposed to be on. Uh, and I really do appreciate the hard work that's ongoing and I think this will let us really solidify to be ready. >> We will provide these on our website um in draft form so people can
012see them tomorrow. >> Great. Thank you. >> Thank you. >> Okay, so now we're going to move into um dialogue regarding the reopening plan for 2020 2021 school year. And um there you know there's been just a ton of work. So, we have some things to talk about, but uh first I really would like to start with Mrs. Campbell. She has a statement from um the IHPO and I think it's important that we start with that and we hear what our teachers have to say. >> Thank you board members, administration, and community members of Indian Hill Schools. The position of the IHPO is simple. We insist upon safeguarding the health and safety of students, faculty, staff, and the community while continuing the programs and opportunities that make Indian Hill a special place for students. We
013founded the IHPO in the spirit of collaboration and with the mission of forging strong relationships. We are fortunate to enjoy great relationships in our district with our students, our parents and community, and with the board and our administrators. Thank you again for allowing us to be a part of this conversation. No group of people wants to be back in the classroom teaching kids more than teachers. The connections and relationships we have with our students and families are the very reason we do our jobs. We want to be with our students and interact with their families, but the challenges of CO 19 have not made that easy. When considering a return to school plan, there are concerns that we would like to address. Community health. It is vital that we create a culture of understanding that
014personal choices affect the health of the community. Our organization advocates for a mask policy that is enforced. A community that encourages families to keep students home when sick. A working environment that encourages faculty and staff to stay home without fear that an absence will negatively affect their position. Decisions regarding a move to blended or online learning should include evidence from the Hamilton County Board of Health or the Ohio COVID 19 risk level guidelines so that it is predictive for families. Social and emotional health. The benefits of a return to school for the social and emotional health of our students has been stated. However, a return to school is not a return to normal. The new realities of a school environment in the midst of a pandemic will bring with it its own set of fears,
015anxieties, and other emotions that can get in the way of learning. We promote a focus on assisting school professionals in helping students and colleagues maintain the increased stresses of this new environment. Time and flexibility to create great instruction. A return to school in any scenario will necess necessitate a seismic shift in the way we conduct our craft. We need time and flexibility to ensure we are prepared to deliver great instruction and to be responsive to the needs and interests of our students. We understand that there are no easy solutions and no one solution will be best for everyone. As an organization, we are grateful that teachers have been included in the creation of the plans being considered and we value the thorough investigation of all the possibilities. Once a plan has been chosen, there is
016still much work to be done and the sooner we have a plan in place, the sooner we can get started on that work. Thank you again for allowing us to be a part of the conversation. Respectfully, the Indian Health Educators Professional Organization. >> Thank you so much, Mrs. Campa. >> Thank you. And thank you for for providing that to us ahead of time to read also. Thank you. Okay, so now it's time to have some dialogue, but I do want to start with um you know, it's always good to have whatever information we've gotten since the last time we met, which wasn't very long ago. And Eddie, could you talk about what you told us about Hamilton County today and your your conversation with them? So, uh, there's been a lot of discussion about, um,
017what Hamilton County Health Department had issued about what to do when a child is exposed or could, excuse me, a child is sick and people are exposed. And, um, it's a great organization, Hamilton County Health Department, and they've taken a lot of time and a lot of feedback from their first drafts, and the new draft will be coming out very shortly. Um, I don't want to quote it because I don't have it, okay? But in general, the gist was that instead of a uh thoughtless policy of if anybody has a a cough, uh you send everybody in that room home without any thought at all. It will be a more of a thoughtful process with the use of our nurses here that can say, "I doubt this kid has CO. I'm still sending them home,
018but I'm not sending everybody else in the classroom home. Uh so that we'll be able to make more intelligent decisions about what's going on in our school. And we will always 100% of the time here at Indian Hill have the students safety and and wealth and or safety and health and that's is the first thing. Okay? So if we think there's a risk, we'll be sending lots of kids home. Okay? So don't don't mistake that. But I I really was very happy. I think their policy is uh scientifically based and has taken a lot of input from a lot of uh uh what do you want to call it uh stakeholders. So uh I look forward to that. It was said that it will probably be to Mr. Kcki tonight. Uh so hopefully that will
019be getting to us soon. Uh but I think that does make me feel a lot better that we're going to have an intelligent response to uh potentially positive cases in our school district. And if I might add one thing that most of you probably heard today is that um uh fortunately for Hampton County uh Governor Dwine announced today that we are no longer on the watch list to go to purple. Um the statistics that that I pulled today that were effective as of uh in their determination because of course we didn't move yet. But the reason why we're no longer on the watch list um is because a number of factors are not as close to the edge. So, um, that's a great thing and I think it tells us that people that have been
020wearing masks have been cutting down on this and, um, I have hope, uh, given that that maybe if we continue to as a, as a community, um, continue to wear masks and practice social distancing that we might be in orange or yellow. So, um, I I was very encouraged by that news today. Obviously, every day is a new day and everything can change, but I was absolutely encouraged by that news today and and I just wanted to share it. >> No, that that's great news and thanks for sharing that cuz I know a lot of people probably didn't get a chance to watch that today. So, that's great. So, um I think it's it's time to have a little kind of round table discussion and maybe just um like I like to do go around
021and find out what each board member is thinking since we have had a lot to we had a lot to absorb the other night. We've had a lot to absorb since. We've had a lot of um community input. So, um I don't know if Elizabeth maybe could maybe go first. >> Sure. Um, you know, there's so much information coming out every single day and it's all complimented because no one can agree on any one opinion and our interest is to get kids back to school in the most normalized condition possible. Uh it's going to be difficult cuz if they're wearing masks, there's going to be nothing wrong about that. And I think the primary consideration is a board have to make is to realize that the situation can change from day to day. We have
022to provide the greatest opportunity for our students and be flexible in their home as the situation changes. And we have to respectfully listen to our staff because they are are front face with the children. They understand the children and their needs and um I think collectively we will come to a good decision. >> Thank you Mrs. Johnson. Mrs. same >> I think all >> can you do your mind just so quickly here >> so I think all three plans are great plans in my opinion and it depends which plan we can implement when depending on the situation we are in I just hope that you know everyone who's watching or who is part of this is just being a little bit more flexible and patient with the administrative team and with the teachers and just
023trust them that they have your kids' best interest and all of us who are sitting in here for all of us your kids safety teacher safety their family safety is always has been a priority and that's the reason why we all are here going over these plans I feel very confident about I think as a community if we all do our job. I feel confident that we will be able to get our students back safe and be able to provide them the best education that India is known to provide. >> Thank you. >> Mrs. Les, >> um I obviously echo the other board members comments and uh Mrs. Campa, thank you um for uh presenting. Um we very much appreciate the input of the IATPO and uh we have gotten a lot of information um
024and since Monday and on Monday and u we appreciate everybody's comments and responses and I the most important not the most important there are so many important things um we have to be flexible and we heard that from the ITO we've heard that from our administrators um in co world we're going to have to be flexible and nimble um and things change on a daily basis. Um, and so I I also support all of the plans that were carefully crafted by our administrators or and teachers and trust that what you presented to us um is number one, you know, the best that you think that we can do in order to protect the children in the in the specific environments. And in addition to that um it's important that uh that we can be flexible
025by in between plans. And from what I heard from the administration and the teachers is that we are very flexible that if we happen to be in plan A on one day and had to move to plan C or if we happen to be in plan B and we had to move to plan A um if we had a predictable system that you would be able to do that in a nimble fashion. And um I think that that is is critical um to approving um three plans whereby um it's you know we we can give direction to the administration on when we should be in those three plans um and whether we should use as a guiding post something that's predictable you know like the Ohio public health advisory system um and use that as
026we go in between plans. But I'm I'm thankful for everything all of you have done in putting those plans together. Um and um so that's my opinion. >> Thank you Dr. Hooker. Um so I think uh you know the one thing to to re-emphasize is that every member of the board uh has had the interest the safety and the health of all the students staff and administrators has been our first our most important thing that we care about. Every one of us cares tremendously about that. Uh we've had some debates about the science around different things. Um but I feel uh much more comfortable than I did uh a week or two ago. Um I think that we have a you know we strongly believe in a strict mass policy and anything short of that
027you shouldn't adopt any of these plans other than C. Um, so and I think that we have uh we're going to talk about a system uh I think uh the you know the Ohio I can never remember the name of it >> public health advisory system. >> The Ohio public health advisory system though not perfect is a system that can be easily followed. You know where you are and then you can react to it. If you look at the spread of CO 19 uh in areas around the world with education systems open, if you have a lower incidence in the community, your risk is very very low. If the community is like I like to say on fire with CO, I don't think you want to let your kid leave your home. So, I think
028this public health advisory system with all of its warts, I like to say, uh, is as good as we got today and it's available and it probably is a good way to help us guide which one of the A, B, or C plans we use. Um, but it does require absolute use of a masking system. I I do really strongly believe and I I think other board members do too that if we are with a low community incidents and a low community risk that we can bring every one of the kids back to school 5 days a week and that's what we would all love. But if they if people will wear their mask, this is my little advertisement from public health. guys, girls, everybody in the community, if you want to see all of
029the schools in Hamilton County reopen, please wear a mask 100% of the time wherever you are. And you are doing a favor to try to open schools. If you don't care about schools opening, don't wear a mask. Do whatever you want. And that we're going to have CO spread through the community. So, it's every single citizen in Hamilton County can help us beat CO and open the schools. Okay. So, and where I am is um you know, first of all, I know that we can open our doors and educate our children and we do it better than anybody in the world practically um on a good day, but we have this overlay of co. And so our challenge is of course to figure out how to do what we already do well, but do it
030with unbelievable safety measures and unbelievable concern for everybody in the building and especially the children, but but equally our our administrators, our staff, our teachers. Um, everybody is a valuable asset and we don't want anybody in an unsafe situation. So, what I love about all three plans is that given what given what's going on in the community, we have a great plan for every single scenario and I trust every one of these plans. So, and I love the idea of following the public health advisor because it's predictable and it's it's not perfect and it's not totally clear, but what it is is something that we can all we're all going to be hearing the same thing. We're going to all know where our county is, what color we are, and if we then know what
031plan goes with what colors, or at least what plan will be discussed for which color depending on what's going on, I think that just gives everybody a sense of security. It gives the parents and families an opportunity to plan and and not have curveball curve balls thrown because we'll watch the trends in the data. So, I like really like that. Um, and then I think where I where I am with this whole um how we move forward is our staff has done such an incredible job formulating these plans. I think we feel really confident about the plans and so now as board members we can um pass some resolutions. we can make sure that we have a strict mask policy which will be um presented in the very near future for us to vote on
032um once we once that um language is all finalized when we come to some kind of agreement on that. But um if I think once we're at the point where we can start taking some action, but more importantly, we're at the point where as board members, we can get back to the 10,000 ft level where we belong and get out of the weeds so that you all can actually do what you do best and get ready to open these doors in August praying that we've got, you know, yellow or orange. So that's kind of where I am. So I guess if if there are any more things to discuss about any of the plans or any questions that anyone has um otherwise we can start to move forward on procedure. I just have a comment
033uh holds I just want to thank uh board of education. I think that the due diligence on the part of all five of our board members over the last few months is commendable. Um, I know how much time personally and professionally you've spent doing your homework and looking into not only the science and the medicine, but talking to administrators and staff and community members and listening and trying to really dialogue thoroughly about all these things, taking this time is really valuable and we really appreciate it. >> Can I just ask a clarifying question? So, if we're going to use the Ohio Public Health Advisory System, um, is there a timeline for when we would announce which plan we would be starting school in? Like, do we have a like what would be the date that
034that's decided upon or or >> So, my >> No, go ahead. Um, I mean, I think it would, for example, if we adopt all three plans. >> Um, I don't think we have a resolution tonight to say if we're in yellow and orange, we would be, for example, in plan A. And, you know, where I'm leaning is if we were in red, we would be in the blended learning plan B, and if we were in purple, we would be in plan, >> you know, C. >> Um, you know, we we're not voting on that tonight. We don't have a resolution on it. I think directionally that's where I personally am. >> Um but for example to your specific question if the if that were the way it was that we won't know until we're supposed
035to open school and usually that's given my understanding I think is on Tuesdays and Thursdays it is announced um what counties are in which which uh color. So, I I don't know what the Tuesday or Thursday before school would be. Um, but that would dictate how we open schools if that's the direction of where we would go to our next resolution. But we're not resolving that tonight. But I think directionally that's what we would want to do. >> Yeah, I would second I would second that. You know, that's really what we're thinking is that that would be basically what she just said. Uh, we can't vote on it tonight cuz we didn't notice it. Okay. So, but that but I would make the decision as close to the time school's supposed to open, you know,
036and again, we're ready to switch from A to B to C to, you know, whatever we need to do. And we just unfortunately in the interest of trying to get the best thing we can, we have to make that decision at the last second, which is hard for you all as teachers. And as I said in the previous meeting, I think you have to be ready the first day to go in A, B, or C because and it's unfortunate. I'm having to do the same thing as Xavier and it's a lot of extra work. It's a lot of extra work. So, >> so I guess you know we would look to you really also for realistically how much time are you going to need because I do think even though you know we could be
037um orange one day and then the next amount announcement we could be red. I think we would be seeing trends, you know, just like we heard today. We're off that watch list and we're trending down and you can you know on the co site there's daily updates of so you you know I can already see so I was already I kept hearing that we were going to go purple and I was like it doesn't make sense because we've been trending down since the last week of um of June actually in many things. So I didn't understand that. So now when he said today that we're off the watch list like oh that makes more sense. So I think that we'll have trends, but I guess you all need to talk amongst yourselves and let us
038know what is reasonable and realistic as far as making changes. And I also think, you know, another thing that will impact changes isn't just what's happening in the county, but what's happening in our schools. you know, if all of a sudden we have a lot of positive tests, then you all need to come to us and say, you know, I think we need to go to, you know, from A to B or B to C based on what's happening in the school. So, that's another part that will inform this. >> Yes. >> Um, so it's really I personally want to give you all as much control as we can because you're on the ground. You know, you're ground zero with this and you're seeing it and you know what's what's happening. I think the guidelines
039of um you know working with the colors just helps everyone be on the same page and understand what's coming. So we would love to hear from you what you think. I I I think that that's a great plan. Um I I I just think that teachers will need a reasonable amount of time and and what that is at this point I don't I can't say. I just think that they'll need some time to um make that transition whether it's a day or a week and if it's Tuesday we're switched and then the next Tuesday we're going to or Tuesday the announcement is made by the Ohio Health Board and we're moving the next Tuesday. That I don't know if that would be too long. I I I hadn't thought that that I hadn't thought that
040through yet, but I I think that that does warrant some conversation. Yeah. >> Yeah. >> Thank you. >> I would just add to it Amy is that you know regardless of which plan we are >> Mhm. >> we have online like either if we are doing plan A we still are providing online to the students. So we have that plan set up. >> Yes. >> If we are on B we still have the online if we are on C we still have. So basically with any of the plans we have two things going side by side. >> Correct. So I think if teachers are ready with you know online and in class I think that would kind of help you guys move forward quickly. >> Mhm. >> So maybe till you know if I guess
041till the schools are open or till we know for sure that you know what situation we will be in August because it's hard to say that where will we be in August. If we are in red then I can see that you know we would be somewhere maybe in blended learning or you know depending on what both sides to go with. I would just tell teachers that you know they should be preparing for both all three scenario or I should say both two scenarios. >> Mhm. >> I think to Kim's point the alignment to um a color-coded Ohio health advisory alert system is going to provide clarity. Mhm. >> And because of what you said Nancy, the lead time and the trend data is about a week. Trailing data that we can always look at,
042we will be able to talk with the team about how many days will it take us to communicate a shift and make sure that people have time to digest that and get prepared. >> I think that would be really important to bring to the August meeting. >> Yeah. when we decide, you know, I mean, if we approve all three plans tonight and then in August, we're going to decide kind of how do we go between plans and what's going to dictate moving between plans. I think, you know, I'd love to hear from, you know, the collective team, the administrative and teachers, you know, how do you want us to do that? How is it, how can you do that where it's best for our students and for our teachers to be able to move between
043one and the other? Yeah. >> Can I ask a question from a teacher standpoint? We've talked about it when we looked at the plans. Um, how are we going planning? I think I know the answer, but I'd like to hear it and let everybody hear it. How are you going to deal with the fact we have 10% that said they're not coming and they have the right to do that and I support that right 100%. You know, so we got a 10% that said, I don't care whether you're an A or B, I'm online. Okay. Mhm. >> Are we planning to have an online teacher that teaches just online and at all grade levels? Um, and can you just kind of talk to that because I think that's a big question that parents have and
044obviously everybody would need to be able to switch to online if we're at C. But >> my understanding is that that is the case. But I Dr. Stewart, would you like to answer that question? >> You're doing a great job. >> Oh. My understanding is yes, we will have teachers that will only be teaching online and then it would be the responsibility of um a teacher like me who I will be in the classroom to provide if we are in plan B those online lessons for my students. Um, and then if we were to go remote to plan C, then I would also continue to teach my class, my group of students in all three models. >> And I think Dr. Stewart, maybe just a a little bit of a highle overview of the team
045that's been helping you to kind of help stand up online behind the scenes. I know we have gotten some questions. Could you just give an overview of what's going on so that people have an idea of who's going to be leading some of this and where we're headed? >> Right. So we started to work with some professionals who had a great deal of knowledge about uh the best way to provide education to our students who would be online. We specifically worked with professionals at the University of Colorado and the University of Cincinnati. That actually started back in April um when we started to try to to just be better teachers online. Since then, we have been working also internally as a staff to develop our own knowledge of teaching online and we are working to
046actually design that curriculum. Now, you'll notice when you sometimes look at other school systems and the decisions they've made, they refer to what they call a thirdparty vendor. and they are saying you can choose to come with us face to face or you can go online and if you do online it will be with a third party. What that means it is a program that they have purchased that has some artificial intelligence to it and that provides the instruction the practice and the assessment for the students. We did review those programs and we chose to not do that as a school district because we felt like none of those programs matched the quality of education that our teachers provide face to face. So it was a huge decision to do this. But that's when we
047decided to say we need to look at at least one teacher per grade level that would then be responsible for teaching our students online. So the type of quality that we're used to receiving face to face, we want to make sure that students have that same quality when they're online. It'll look slightly different because it is different if you're doing that via Zoom versus being in the classroom. But it's the idea of that same quality and the importance of having the teacher provide the instruction and the practice of the assessment with students, not a program, the teacher. Um, just one other thing. Is there a plan at the high school level to try to do some synchronous stuff with the kids that are at home so that they are engaged? I know that's not going
048to work at the elementary or at least I don't think it would. Uh, but at the high school, if you've got a chemistry professor or chemistry teacher, excuse me, that's teaching chemistry, if all the kids that are supposed to join join by Zoom that are home, if we're in plan B, I'm talking about plan B. And is there is that I assume we have the technology and maybe some teachers are planning on using that >> at the high school. We want every single student that's online to have chances to have collaborative experiences with their peers who are here face to face and to interact with the teachers that are here face to face. So there will be some activities that the students will do and they will do them 100% online. But we're going to
049have online liaison. They're our teachers and their job is to make sure that those students also have access to our teachers here and that they have some collaborative experiences. Again, part of the highquality education that our students receive here is having peer-to-peer interaction. Now, I think that what Mrs. Campus said at the beginning in the letter is really important. A return to plan A does not mean a return to what it's looked like before. We're going to have to think outside of the box and think strategically what about what collaboration looks like for our students when we're three or six feet apart and we all have on masks. It's going to be a new world. But we still need to stay committed to the idea that our students learn when they can learn together and
050they can learn with each other. The same thing goes online. So we will make sure that those students have collaborative experiences. In some cases that will be actually zooming into the classroom. In some cases, we might have actually a whole class of students that are in the same course and then instead of zooming into the classroom, they'll be zooming in together. Um, that could certainly be true with a course like biology where all 9th grade students are taking exactly the same course. And if we have enough students, that would actually be their own section. >> That's great. Thank you. I just think it's important to people to know this is not a correspondence class. It is not, >> you know, this is not some halfbaked idea. You all are professionals. You are doing it at
051a high level. I just think people need to understand. >> The only other thing I would add to that, Dr. Hooker, I appreciate that so much, is that at the high school level, the design of what it looks like for each high school student who's online will be very individualized and it all is based on what course that they're taking. So there will be sometimes that a student wants to take a course and we want to say yes to every course that they want to take and the only way that we can do that sometimes is to have them log in and be part of that class when that class is face toface. There will be other times that there'll be enough of a cohort that we can then run a different class. So it'll
052be very individualized per student at the high school. >> Great. Thank you. >> You're welcome. I I just want to ask you so in the high school students who are um online they are not watching the video and learning from what's happening in the class. It's a complete different class for them. It all depends on how many students are in that class and what that class is. There will be times that we can find programs that will help the students to gain that knowledge that they need and then if that's the case we'll have some programs. But in high school, it's a little different because you're talking about seven potential teachers. >> So if we um at the um second grade level where Mrs. Campa teaches, we can say, "Okay, one second grade teacher is
053going to teach all those subjects and all of those students who are online." at the high school. Um we have one computer science teacher right now and if we ask him to teach all of the students who are online, we're not going to have anybody left to teach who is face to face. So it's very individualized based on it. But our goal is to not say is to say yes to any class that a student wants to take and to figure out how we can make that happen. So, are you all going to uh start asking kids to sign up for their classes soon? >> Um, students have already signed up for those classes and so now that we're at the point of getting closer to understanding the way that we can respond to the
054health needs by having a plan A, B, and C. And when we get to that point, then we're going to be able to better know. Um, I think that another point is that we've received several I have received several emails from families who've said, "Thank you so much for the information. This has been so helpful." And by the way, we love live streaming board meetings. You guys should do that all the time. And so they now want to change their mind. So they said, "This is how I thought I was going to be online, but now I'm going to be face to face." Or, "I was I wanted to be online, but I felt nervous about it, and now I feel less nervous. I want to do online." And so I think we're going to
055have to make sure that we have really accurate numbers and then we can start to contact those high school students. >> High school students in >> Yeah, that does bring up a point Nancy. I would like us to add the technology so that we can continue and Zoom every one of our meetings even once CO is long gone. >> I think it's the way to go. We should do both. If you want to come in person, great. If not, you zoom on in. >> Um yeah, I like that idea, too. And I think we actually discussed that. um in the winter time, whatever, I can't remember what month it was and after a meeting and then all of a sudden we had no choice but to be online anyway. So, um I I think this
056is great and I think it's um and it's been good for our meetings. It's been good for our community to kind of see how we interact and um and in some ways it's it's maybe better because they can also watch them on their own time. So, I like that. Um, one question I have, um, it's kind of a comment question is, so moving forward, obviously we need to still understand from our families if they are planning on having their children stay home and and I know we had that one questionnaire that went out, but sounds like maybe we might have to start over on that. I don't know. >> Yeah. Um, so I'm not sure that you can really do that until after we've had the opportunity to fully vet a mask policy and vote
057on it so that people know what they're working with, right? Is is that your feeling or >> Yeah. See, I think we can tell everybody we're planning on having a extremely strict mass policy. I I think >> it has not been approved, but it is going to be there. I I think in general to answer your question, there's a natural time before we get to August 1st where we start to know that people um we need to set some schedules. People are coming back into the building to do some work where we need to field these questions to parents again to get some more specific data. And we have had um several people contact us about now that I know more, I I'd like to make a different choice or could I could I make
058a selection now? Is it too late because I didn't fill out the questionnaire you sent? So, we are going to field out information to parents again with enough faith and ask them to give us some more data. >> Okay. I just kind of wanted to get some clarity. I'm sure that people are wondering also. >> So, okay. So, is there any more dialogue or or are we ready to move on to consider a resolution? >> Okay. Um, gentlemen in the back, anything you'd like to say? >> No. Okay, Mr. Nichols. >> No, I'm I'm just really excited that we got to work with the teachers to build three plans that, you know, put our students first and these are heavy decisions and I think about our youngest learners, of course, from the primary school perspective
059and they're our babies. We we care deeply for them. So, these are hard decisions and I'm just glad we got to collaborate, work together to build some really great plans. >> Okay. Um so next on our agenda is the consideration of a resolution regarding reopen plans. And um you all have it in front of you and I know that you received it ahead of time. Um and this just basically states that um you know we're endorsing a 2021 grade return to school academic plans and opt and options for the reopening of the Indian health accepted village schools and granting the superintendent authority related there too. a lot of leies. And uh so basically what we are approving or what we're what we're the resolution we're voting on is that to basically approve the three plans.
060Um and then we would be back in another couple weeks to ratify more details on the plans and and guidelines on the trip wires of what creates AB and C. Correct. Everybody understand what we're voting on? >> Um, okay. So, with that, could I have a motion to approve? Um, says, is there a resolution number, Mr. Davis? >> Uh, there is not. It'll just be the the the highlighted part there at the top. It would be a resolution endorsing the 2021 brave return to school. >> Okay. >> I assign those numbers after after the meeting. >> Okay, great. Um, so could I have a motion to approve the resolution endorsing the 2021 brave return to school academic plans and options? >> Um, I I will make that motion. One of the things I did want
061to reinforce is the other thing that we would be voting on next time would be a mass policy. So, we're voting on this tonight, but obviously to the extent that that would change anything, you know, we resolutions can change. So, I just wanted to I think all of us have indicated we're um we're in favor of a mass policy, but we haven't really seen it and we have to review it and we have to ultimately vote on it. So, um so with that as background, um I will make a motion to approve um this the resolution endorsing the 2021 brave return to school academic plans and options for the reopening of Indian Hill Village exempted school district. Do I have a second? I can second. Uh, can I have a roll call, please? >> Mrs.
062Lewis, >> I. >> Mrs. Sig, >> I. >> Dr. Hooker, >> I. >> Mrs. Johnson. >> Did you hear the resolution vote? >> I, >> Mrs. Eicols, >> I. >> Okay. Wow, that feels good. Yeah, I I want to just clarify one point. Um, we have been looking into mass policy. We just haven't gotten the last wording on it. So, it's I we have we are working on this a lot. It's been through many many uh what >> iterations. Thank you. So, just be aware, but it's strict. >> Yeah. just uh want to again thank the board and I know we've kind of talked around some of these things but in terms of next steps we also want to let people know who are listening we do anticipate news coming from the state of Ohio
063on sports on extracurriculars on some other operational flexibility from the state of Ohio there's all sorts of things that we will continue to work on and bring forth in the next meeting um and we know people have questions about those things as we get that news we'll provide updates Um and to that end, board members, if we could um make sure that Mr. Kcki has our schedules for the last week of July, the week of July 27th, which evenings um or daytime, doesn't matter. People are flexible. It doesn't matter. Um when what times we would be available to meet that week so that we can take care of some of these um sports supplementals if necessary, potentially the mask policy. um anything else that is are loose ends. So, please be sure to share your
064schedules. Um and so, um instead of an actual uh motion for adjournment, I need a motion to go back into executive session. >> Oh, you got to say why. >> Um to consider the appointment, employment, dismissal, discipline, promotion, demotion, or compensation of a public employee or official. >> Sorry. >> No. So moved. >> Second. >> Uh, roll call. >> Was that a second? >> Second. Okay. Thank you, >> Dr. Hooper. >> Hi, >> Mrs. Sing. >> Hi, >> Mrs. Johnson. >> Hi, >> Mrs. Lewis. >> Hi, >> Mrs. Eipoltz. >> Hi, and >> so could you let Denny know to turn [Music] Okay. Uh, we're back in open session. Could I have a motion to adjurnn? >> So move. >> Second. Second. All those in favor? >> I. Elizabeth. Okay. >> Thank you everyone. Great
065meeting. >> Thank you. >> See you again soon. [Music]