001GOOD AFTERNOON I AM I AM KIMBERLY MALNIK SCHOOL BOARD CHAIR AND THE ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMAL AND WORKSHOP MEETING OF THE WORKS OBSESSION OF THIS MEETING OF THE SCHOOL BOARD OF THE CITY OF VIRGINIA BEACH, VIRGINIA IS HEREBY CONVENED AT FOUR O'CLOCK ON THIS TWENTY FIFTH DAY OF JUNE TWENTY FOR AT THIS TIME I WILL ASK MADAM CLERK TO PLEASE TELL THE THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR PRISON IN THE SCHOOL BOARD CHAMBER IS CHAIR MELNIK VICE CHAIR FRANKLIN MISS ANDERSON, MR. CALLEN, MISS KENDRICK I SAID THIS ANDERSON AND ONLINE WE HAVE MISS OWENS FOR THE RECORD MR BROWN IS WALKING IN ALL RIGHT. SO PLEASE NOTE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WILL BE ABLE TO OBSERVE THE SCHOOL BOARD MEETING THROUGH LIVE STREAMING ON SCHOOL BOARD B SCHOOL DOTCOM FORWARD SLASH MEETINGS FORWARD SLASH LIVE BROADCAST TV CHANNEL FORTY
002SEVEN AND ON ZOOM THANK YOU TO THOSE HAVE JOINED US HERE IN PERSON AND ONLINE ALL RIGHT DO ANY SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS HAVE ANYTHING TO REPORT FOR ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS. OK THEN WE WILL MOVE ON FOR THE UPCOMING TWENTY FOUR TWENTY FIVE SCHOOL YEAR DR. ROBERTSON WANTS TO OFFER TWO OPTIONS FOR MEETINGS WITH SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS FIRST TO CONTINUE THE FORMAT FROM THIS YEAR WITH ONE ON ONE MEETINGS FOR ONE HOUR AND THIS IS FOR ONE SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER OR TWO TO PARTICIPATE WITH DR. ROBERTSON OR ONE TO TO A SCHOOL BOARD MEETINGS TO PARTICIPATE IN SCHOOL VISITS EACH FRIDAY THE SCHOOL BOARD CLARK WILL PREPARE SIGN UP FOR BOTH OPTIONS THE MONTH PRIOR. ANY THOUGHTS AND COLLEAGUES ON EITHER ONE TO ONE IN HIS OFFICE OR WALKING THE HALLS OF SOME OF OUR MAGNIFICENT SCHOOLS
003EVERY FRIDAY DR. ROBERT, THAT'S A REMARKABLE OPPORTUNITY FOR US ANY OTHER THOUGHTS I HAD ACTUALLY TALK TO DR. ROBINSON ABOUT THAT AND I PERSONALLY LOVE THOSE OPTIONS AS WELL BECAUSE ON THE DAYS THAT I CAN GO FOR SCHOOL VISITS THAT'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY. BUT I ALSO THINK THAT HAVING AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO A ONE ON ONE AND IN SOME CIRCUMSTANCES IS ALSO REALLY HELPFUL BECAUSE ON THE SINCE YOU'RE SO EXCITED TO BE AT THE SCHOOL YOU DON'T REALLY HAVE A CHANCE TO ACTUALLY TALK SO SO I THINK THAT IT'S IMPORTANT TO HAVE BOTH OPTIONS I AGREE WITH OUR CAREER IT I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY YOU GO VISIT WITH DR. ROBERTS INTO A FEW OF OUR CAMPUSES IT'S BEEN AN INCREDIBLE EXPERIENCE AND ALSO BECAUSE OF HIS YEARS OF EXPERIENCE IN THE VIRGINIA BEACH CITY PUBLIC
004SCHOOLS, HE'S ALWAYS ABLE TO ADD OTHER EXTRA COMMENTARY TO WHY THINGS ARE A CERTAIN WAY HE'S GOT YEARS AND YEARS AND YEARS OF SEEING THINGS FROM THE BEGINNING THE CURRENT INTO THE FUTURE THE FUTURE. SO IT'S BEEN GREAT EXCELLENT ANYBODY. ANYBODY ELSE ALL RIGHT. IMMENSE MR. KAPLAN OK, SO NOW WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM BE WHICH IS OUR SUMMER PROGRAMING AND WE'D LIKE TO WELCOME DR. LORAIN KELLY, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF ELEMENTARY TEACHING AND LEARNING. WELCOME. GOOD AFTERNOON, GENTLEMEN. MELNIK QUITE FRANKLIN SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS. DR. ROBERTSON THIS AFTERNOON WILL PROVIDE YOU WITH A HIGH LEVEL UPDATE AT THE SUMMER LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR STUDENTS I'M HAPPY TO ANNOUNCE THAT WE ARE CONTINUING TO PROVIDE ROBUST LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE HAVE PROVIDED OVER THE LAST SEVERAL SUMMERS. WE HAVE WE HAVE OPPORTUNITIES FOR ALL OF OUR STUDENTS
005IN GREAT K THROUGH 12 TO ACCELERATE STUDENT LEARNING AND PROVIDE A STRONG START FOR THE TIME FOR TWENTY FIVE SCHOOL YEAR AS YOU MAY RECALL WE RECEIVE FUNDS DURING THE PANDEMIC TO SUPPORT LEARNING ONCE AND WE APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT ALLOWING US TO EXPAND OUR PRE PANDEMIC ARE OPPORTUNITIES AS HER FUNDS CONTINUE TO SUPPORT ELEMENTARY AND FINITE FINE ARTS OFFERINGS OVER THE TWENTY TWENTY FOUR SUMMER BUT THESE FUNDS WILL SUNSET THIS FALL AND ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN UNAVAILABLE IN THE FUTURE WHICH MAY REQUIRE A REDUCTION IN SUMMER LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES THROUGHOUT THIS PRESENTATION AND ESTRICH HAS AND USED TO DENOTE OPPORTUNITIES THAT ARE FUNDED THROUGH ESSAR I WILL BEGIN BY SHARING THE SUMMER OPPORTUNITY SOME OF THE OPPORTUNITIES FOR STUDENTS AS IMPLEMENTED LAST SUMMER ALL CURRENT RISING KINDERGARTEN THROUGH FIFTH GRADE STUDENTS WHO ARE ENROLLED IN VIRGINIA
006BEACH PUBLIC SCHOOL DURING THE TWENTY THREE TWENTY FOR SCHOOL YEAR HAVE ACCESS TO THE SUMMER LEARNING LEARNING BOOST SITE THIS WEBSITE IS CURRENTLY AVAILABLE FOR STUDENTS AND FAMILIES IT OPENED IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING THE LAST DAY OF SCHOOL THE SUMMER LEARNING BOOSTED CONTAINS NUMERACY AND LITERACY LESSONS. STUDENTS CAN ACCESS IT THROUGH CLASS LINK THEY LOG ON AND CLICK THE LESSONS THEY IS TO COMPLETE ALLOWING THEM TO REINFORCE SKILLS AND CONCEPTS FROM THE PREVIOUS SCHOOL YEAR ENSURING THAT THEY HAVE ADDITIONAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR REVIEW TO PREPARE THEM FOR THE NEXT GRADE LEVEL. THESE SYNCHRONOSS LESSONS ARE ALIGNED AND ENGAGING. IN ADDITION, PARENT VIDEOS POSTED TO EXPLAIN THE LEARNING INTENTIONS AND FOCUS OF EACH LESSON TO OUR FAMILIES SO SO THEY UNDERSTAND THE PURPOSE OF THE LEARNING CAN EXTEND THE LEARNING IN OTHER WAYS LATER IN THIS PRESENTATION WE'VE INCLUDED
007A QR CODE TO PROVIDE FAMILIES A QUICK AND EASY WAY TO ACCESS DIRECTIONS TO SEE THE SUMMER LEARNING SIDE WE'RE VERY PROUD OF THIS SUMMER LEARNING OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL STUDENTS FOR SUMMER LEARNING CAMP SUMMER LEARNING CAMPS ARE BEING HELD AT SELECT SITES INCLUDING 13 TITLE ONE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND 19 ADDITIONAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS FOR A TOTAL OF THIRTY TWO SCHOOLS THE SAME FOUR AND A HALF HOUR STRUCTURE FOR SUMMER LEARNING CAMPS WILL BE USED AS WE HAVE IN THE LAST TWO SUMMERS. WE WILL CONTINUE FOCUSED LEARNING THROUGH LITERACY AND NUMERACY INSTRUCTION AND WE HAVE ENHANCED INQUIRY THROUGH CONTENT INTEGRATION AND STAFF PARTNERSHIPS WITH COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS SUCH AS THE VIRGINIA BEACH PUBLIC LIBRARY. WELCOME YOU ADD TITLE ONE SUMMER LEARNING CAMPS TO CONTINUE TO NURTURE THE JOY OF LEARNING SCHOOLS WERE NOT IMPLEMENTING SUMMER LEARNING CAMPS ARE
008PROVIDED WITH FUNDS TO SUPPORT SOME ARE PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES THAT ARE DESIGNED TO SERVE THE STUDENT POPULATIONS AT THEIR SCHOOLS THEY'RE CONTINUING TO PREPARE AND WILL PROVIDE THESE LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES IN JULY IN ADDITION TO THE OPPORTUNITY SHARED ON THE PREVIOUS SLIDES WE WOULD LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT ADDITIONAL OPPORTUNITIES OCCURRING IN SCHOOLS RECEIVING TITLE ONE FUNDS CURRENT FOURTH STUDENTS ATTENDING TITLE IN SCHOOLS WILL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO TEST ADVENTURE CAMPS WHERE MEANINGFUL STEM EXPLORATION AND SUMMER WILL BE FACILITATED THIS CAMP WILL RUN FOR THREE HOURS DAILY IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING SOME ARE LEARNING IN JULY RESULTING IN FULL DAY OF LEARNING EXPERIENCES IN COLLABORATION WITH UNITED WAY OF SOUTH HAMPTON ROADS SIX TO ONE SCHOOLS WILL OFFER LEARNING CAMPS FOR STUDENTS IN KINDERGARTEN DO THIRD GRADE THE PURPOSE OF THIS CAMP IS PROVIDE STUDENTS WITH ENRICHMENT EXPERIENCES THAT SUPPORT
009LITERACY, NUMERACY SCIENCE AND STEP THIS CAMP WILL RUN FOR THREE HOURS DAILY IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING SOME ARE LEARNING CAMP JULY ALSO RESULTING IN WHOLE DAY LEARNING EXPERIENCES WITH THOSE STUDENTS. WE HAVE SOME EXCITING NEWS THIS SUMMER FOR THE FIRST TIME WE WILL BE HAVING READY SET KINDERGARTEN. THIS OPPORTUNITY WILL BE PILOTED IN THREE OF OUR TITLE ONE SCHOOLS THIS PROGRAM WILL RUN FROM AUGUST THROUGH THE 13TH AND IS DESIGNED TO OFFER STUDENTS WITH LITTLE TO KNOW PRE-K EXPERIENCE A SOFT START TO KINDERGARTEN AS YOU CAN SEE ELEMENTARY STUDENTS ELEMENTARY STUDENTS WILL HAVE A POWERFUL OPPORTUNITY TO CONTINUE TO LEARN THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER >> THE NEXT FEW SLIDES WILL INCLUDE WILL INCLUDE INFORMATION ABOUT THE SECONDARY SUMMER GOLD LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES SOME OF THESE OPPORTUNITIES HAVE STARTED AND SOME BEGAN TODAY WEEKLY COURSES NEEDED FOR PROMOTION WILL BE
010PROVIDED FOR MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS IN A FACE TO FACE FORMAT AT THE LOCATIONS INDICATED ON THE SLIDE BASED ON CLUSTER'S THERE WILL BE FACED WITH THESE TODAY JUNE 25TH THROUGH TUESDAY JULY 30TH FOR BOTH MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS SO FAST TRACK TUTORING IS AND IS AN OPTIONAL PROGRAM SUPPORT MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS WHO MUST MEET THE STANDARDS OF LEARNING VERIFIED CREDIT DIPLOMA CRITERIA THIS PROGRAM IS DESIGNED FOR STUDENTS WHO PASS YOUR CLASSROOM INSTRUCTION AND RECEIVE CREDIT BUT DID NOT EARN A VERIFIED CREDIT BY NOT PASSING THERE CORRESPONDING SOCIAL ASSESSMENT TRACK IS ALSO AVAILABLE FOR FINANCIAL LITERACY STUDENTS WHO NEED EARN WISE FINANCIAL LITERACY CERTIFICATION FIRST TIME HORSES WILL BE OFFERED THROUGH VIRGINIA BEACH DIGITAL CAMPUS AND THE COURSES AND OF COURSE SESSIONS BEGAN JUNE 18TH AND WILL RUN THROUGH TUESDAY
011AUGUST 6TH IT'S IMPORTANT IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THESE FORCES ARE ALL YEAR COURSES AND REQUIRE A LENGTHIER TIME FRAME DUE TO THE NEW COURSE CONTENT TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL SUPPORT AND FOSTER STRONG FOUNDATIONS OF LEARNING FOR NEXT SCHOOL YEAR STEP UP FACE TO FACE OFFERINGS WILL BE AVAILABLE TO RISING GREAT SEVEN AND EIGHT STUDENTS WHO EARNED A D IS A FINAL GREAT DURING THE TWENTY THREE TWENTY FOUR SCHOOL YEAR IN ENGLISH MAN. IT IS ALSO AVAILABLE FOR RISING SIXTH GRADE STUDENTS WHO EARN AN OVERALL PROFICIENCY SCORE OF DEVELOPING PROFICIENCY UNCERTAIN FIFTH GRADE REPORT CARD STANDARDS. THIS BEGAN TODAY ADDITIONALLY BOOST OPPORTUNITIES WILL BE OFFERED BE OFFERED AGAIN THIS YEAR VIA CANVAS FOR MATH AND SCIENCE. BOOST OPPORTUNITIES ARE PREPARATION COURSES IN THE AREA OF MATH AND SCIENCE DESIGNED TO BUILD THE SKILLS NECESSARY FOR SUCCESS
012IN THE TWENTY FOUR TWENTY FIVE SCHOOL YEAR BOOST OUR ASYNCHRONOUS WITH SUPPORT FROM FIVE TUTORS BOUZAR OFFERED NO COST TO FAMILIES. THERE'S NO REGISTRATION REQUIRED BOOST IN THE LINK IS PROVIDED THE STUDENTS AND FAMILIES TO ACCESS IN ADDITION TO THE OPPORTUNITIES ON THE PREVIOUS SLIDES ONCE AGAIN THIS SUMMER WE WILL ENGAGE RISING SEVENTH AND EIGHTH GRADERS AT BASELINE MIDDLE SCHOOL IN ATHENS MISSION POSSIBLE. THIS IS A SCIENCE SUMMER BRIDGE PROGRAM MISSION POSSIBLE ENGAGES STUDENTS IN HANDS-ON SCIENCE EXPERIENCES TO DEVELOP CRITICAL THINKING AND SCIENTIFIC PROBLEM-SOLVING SKILLS TO MAKE SCIENCE FUN STUDENTS PERFORM SCIENTIFIC INVESTIGATOR THAT INCORPORATE BIOLOGY, CHEMISTRY, PHYSICS, ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND MATH THE BRIDGE PROGRAM WILL RUN FROM JULY EIGHT THROUGH THE THIRTY FIRST AND TO 110 ALSO TEN. ALSO WE'RE CONTINUING TO PROVIDE STARTALK IS FUNDED BY THE NATIONAL SECURITY AGENCY STARTUP ACADEMIES OFFER
013A FOUR WEEK IMMERSIVE LANGUAGE LEARNING EXPERIENCE IN ARABIC CHINESE OR RUSSIAN FOR ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS SEVENTH AND EIGHTH GRADE AND MISSIONS IN THE PROGRAM IS VIA LOTTERY AND STUDENTS DO NOT NEED TO HAVE ANY PRIOR STUDY OF THESE LANGUAGES. THE SUMMER CAMP BEGAN TODAY AND WE'LL RUN UNTIL JULY 18TH THAT PRINCESA, A MIDDLE SCHOOL WITH ADDITIONAL ENRICHMENT OPPORTUNITIES AVAILABLE THROUGHOUT THE TWENTY FOUR TWENTY SCHOOL >> YEAR FINALLY MIDDLE FINALLY, MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL PERFORMING ARTS TEACHERS HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO TEACH PERFORMING ARTS SUMMER CAMP AT THEIR SCHOOL THE SUMMER TEACHERS WILL PROVIDE INSTRUCTION FOCUS FOCUSED ON A WIDE VARIETY LITERATURE THEORY AND PERFORMING ARTS TECHNIQUES. TENPIN COURSE STRING ORCHESTRA AND THEATER CAMPS WILL BE OFFERED AT EIGHT SITES ACROSS THE DIVISION INCLUDING THREE HIGH SCHOOLS AND FIVE MIDDLE SCHOOLS TEACHERS PROVIDING
014INSTRUCTION WILL SHARE MORE INFORMATION WITH STUDENTS INCLUDING HOW TO SIGN UP FOR THE AVAILABLE KAMPS AS A REMINDER MOST OF MOST OF OUR STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES RECEIVED THE MAJORITY OF THE SPECIAL EDUCATION SERVICES IN THE GENERAL EDUCATION THEREFORE MANY WILL HAVE WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE IN THE GENERAL EDUCATION SUMMER PROGRAMS OFFERED BY THE SCHOOL DIVISION WHICH DESCRIBED THROUGHOUT THIS PRESENTATION. SOME STUDENTS WILL RECEIVE EXTENDED SCHOOL YEAR OR WHY SERVICES CONSIDERATION OF MY SERVICES AS PART OF THE PROCESS THESE SERVICES ARE THE INDIVIDUALIZED EXTENSION OF SPECIFIC SPECIAL EDUCATION AND RELATED SERVICES ARE PROVIDED BEYOND THE TYPICAL SCHOOL YEAR IS WHY SERVICES MAY BE DELIVERED THROUGH A VARIETY OF SETTINGS AND METHODS IT IS A CONTINUUM OF SERVICES. THE IEP TEAM WILL DETERMINE THE SETTING METHOD BASED ON THE NEEDS OF THE STUDENTS. YES WHITING'S
015OUR JULY THROUGH AUGUST 1ST ELEMENTARY HOURS ELEMENTARY HOURS ARE EIGHT TO ELEVEN AND SECONDARY OURS ARE NINE TO 12 SOME STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES WILL RECEIVE CLASSROOM BASED SERVICES AT SCHOOL CLUSTER SITES FOR SUMMER TWENTY TWENTY FOUR THERE WILL BE EIGHT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL EIGHT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CLUSTER SITES AND ONE HIGH SCHOOL CLUSTER SITE SERVING BOTH MIDDLE AND HIGH STUDENTS RECEIVING SERVICES WILL RECEIVE YES WHY SERVICES AT ONE THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CLUSTER SITES OR ARTS ACADEMY AS YOU CAN SEE OUR SEE, OUR ROBUST SUMMER LEARNING OFFERINGS CONTINUE WE WOULD LIKE TO CLOSE BY ENSURING THAT OUR FAMILIES ARE AWARE THAT ALL STUDENTS WERE ENROLLED IN PVCS DURING THE TWENTY THREE TWENTY FOUR SCHOOL YEAR HAVE ACCESS TO OPPORTUNITIES PROVIDED ON THIS FAMILIES GREAT FAMILIES CAN VISIT VBC SCHOOLS, SUMMER SCHOOL FOR MORE INFORMATION THE QR CODE ON
016THE SCREEN LINKS FAMILIES WERE VIDEO WITH DIRECTIONS TO ASSIST ELEMENTARY STUDENTS WITH ACCESSING MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS SCHOOL STUDENTS CAN ACCESS THE SITES IN KANSAS THROUGH CLASS LINK AND ALL STUDENTS HAVE ACCESS TO CUTER WHICH IS ALSO AVAILABLE THROUGH CLASS WITH THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION AND AT THIS TIME I HERE WITH COLLEAGUES TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE OR MISS KENDRICK, THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH THIS IS EXCITING YOU . YOU KNOW NORMALLY KIDS ARE NOT LOOKING FORWARD TO SUMMER SCHOOL BUT THIS THIS IS AN EXCELLENT I HAVE A QUESTION AND I JUST WANT TO GIVE KUDOS FOR STARTING THE YOU ALREADY SET KINDERGARTEN CAMP AT ALL ONE SCHOOLS I HAVE I HAVE TWO QUESTIONS. WHAT'S THE PROJECT NUMBER OF CHILDREN THAT WOULD POTENTIALLY REGISTER FOR THIS AND ALSO WHAT HAVE WE
017DONE TO GET THE WORD OUT ABOUT IT ESPECIALLY FOR THOSE WHO MIGHT BE FIRST TIME PARENTS ARE NOT REGISTERED IN THE SCHOOL SYSTEM YET SO WHAT HAVE WE DONE TO GET THE ADVERTISEMENT THANK YOU. YES, THE CLASS SIZES WILL RANGE THINK WILL OFFER IT FOR ABOUT 10 TO 15 STUDENTS FIFTEEN STUDENTS AND WE HAVE WORKED WITH MEDIA AND THEY HAVE SHARED INFORMATION. WE HAVE IT POSTED ON OUR WEBSITE AT THE SCHOOLS WHERE IT IS BEING OFFERED IS ALSO BEING SHARED IT'S GOING TO BE AT THREE OF OUR SCHOOLS NOT ALL OF OUR SCHOOLS OUR SCHOOLS ARE JUST PILOTING IT AT POINT OF VIEW FAILURE AND DIAMOND SPRINGS THIS YEAR EXCELLENT. THANK YOU I THOUGHT WE ALSO WERE WORKING WITH DOTTIE IN THE LOCAL PEDIATRICIANS ON THIS INFORMATION AS WELL SO I WONDER IF THEY'RE GETTING
018IT OUT FOR US BECAUSE THEY HAVE BEEN TALKING TO PARENTS ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE MAKE SURE THAT KIDS ARE READY FOR SCHOOL WHEN THEY'RE COMING TO SCHOOL, SAID WE HAVEN'T DONE THAT YET. LET'S GET IT GET IT OUT TO DR. IN DR. WALL AND THEIR TEAMS >> FROM THANK YOU I'M VERY EXCITED ABOUT ALL OF THE OPPORTUNITY THAT WE'RE PROVIDING AND I JUST HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS. ONE IS THAT I'M ON OUR DIVISION'S HOMEPAGE RIGHT NOW WHERE WHERE CAN FAMILIES FIND OUT ABOUT THE SUMMER LEARNING ONLINE FOR ELEMENTARY STUDENTS AND I BELIEVE SECOND OK, YEAH, JUST THE ELEMENTARY STUDENTS IF YOU GO TO IF YOU SEARCH SUMMER SCHOOL IT SHOULD POP UP AND TAKE YOU RIGHT TO THAT LINK AND THEY THESE ARE ONLINE ONLINE OPPORTUNITIES. CORRECT SO THE ELEMENTARY SO THE ELEMENTARY ONES IF
019YOU YOU CAN'T ACCESS AND FROM THE SCHOOLS WEBPAGE THAT'S JUST GOING TO GIVE YOU THE DIRECTIONS THAT THEY HAVE TO GO TO CLASS LINK. SO THAT'S WHY WE CREATED THAT VIDEO ON THE QR CODE SO FAMILIES CAN WATCH THAT VIDEO AND IT'S GIVE THEM DIRECTIONS BECAUSE THE ELEMENTARY STUDENTS WOULD STUDENTS WOULD NEED TO LOG IN TO LINK AND THEN FROM CLASS LINK THEY'LL JUST CLICK ON SUMMER LEARNING BOOST AND THEY WILL BE ABLE TO ACCESS IT WE WANTED TO MAKE IT EASIER SO WE PROVIDED QR CODES OF THE PARENTS TAKE IT EASY ACCESS TO THAT THOSE DIRECTIONS AND IT'S A VIDEO SO IT LITERALLY WALK THEM THROUGH IT AND SHOWS THEM WHERE IS THAT VIDEO LOOK IF YOU USE THE QR CODE ON THE LAST SLIDE CHECK IT. CHECK IT OUT. YES AND THEN OF
020COURSE THERE'S A LINK ON THE WEBSITE WHEN YOU I I WOULD I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THIS YOU KNOW MAYBE ON THE FRONT PAGE INSTEAD OF TYPING IN SUMMER SCHOOL BECAUSE AS A PARENT TO YOUNGER TO YOUNGER CHILDREN SUMMER SCHOOL SOMETHING I KIND OF TEND TO THINK OF FOR MY OLDER STUDENTS AND SO I PROBABLY WOULDN'T IT SEARCHING THAT SO THAT'S I THINK ACCESSIBILITY MAYBE PUTTING SOMETHING THERE THAT THESE OPPORTUNITIES ARE AVAILABLE AND CLICK HERE SCAN HERE YOU KNOW WHATEVER, WHATEVER JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE FRONT FACING SOMEWHERE WHERE FAMILIES CAN EASILY ACCESS SO WE'RE USING THAT AS MUCH AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE WOULD BE GREAT. MY OTHER QUESTION IS RELATED TO FIRST TIME COURSES FOR THE HIGH SCHOOL OF COURSE VIRGINIA BEACH DIGITAL CAMPUS I WAS JUST CURIOUS IS THERE REASON AS A DIVISION
021WE DON'T OFFER FIRST TIME COURSES IN PERSON FOR THESE STUDENTS THAT MAY LEARN DIFFERENTLY I'LL TAKE A STAB AT IT SEVERAL YEARS AGO WHEN WE LOOKED AT THE SUMMER COURT COSTS AND THE AVAILABILITY OF STAFF AND THE SPLIT BETWEEN IF YOU WERE REPEATING A COURSE YOU ONLY NEED TO GO FOR THREE AND A HALF WEEKS YOU WERE TAKING A FULL COURSE IT WAS THE FULL SEVEN WEEKS AND WE FELT WAS MORE IMPORTANT FOR THEIR STUDENTS WHO WERE TRYING TO REPEAT A COURSE FACE TO FACE TO FACE. THOSE ONES TO ACCELERATE WILL PROBABLY WILL BE MORE ABLE TO GET A VIRTUAL CLASS AND SO IT JUST KIND OF MORPHED INTO IF IT'S GOING TO BE A YEAR COURSE A NEW COURSE IS VIRTUAL AND IF A REPEAT COURSE ITS FACE TO FACE. I DO KNOW THAT
022EVERY YEAR WE ARE CHALLENGED IN TRYING TO STAFF OR SUMMER SCHOOL FACE TO FACE SITES THAT'S SOMETHING THAT SOMETHING THAT THE BOARDS WILL TO TO TO SEE IF WE CAN LOOK INTO EXPANDING THAT WE CAN'T FOR NEXT YEAR SUMMER BUT SUMMER SCHOOL ALREADY STARTING THIS YEAR THAT'S FUN AND I WAS ONLY CURIOUS THOUGH I ACTUALLY HAVE A SON ENROLLED RIGHT NOW IN OUR VIRGINIA BEACH DIGITAL CAMPUS AND HE'S TAKING A CHEMISTRY CLASS AND HE SAID NO THIS IS REALLY HARD I'M TRYING. I JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND AND SO I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE'S A FISCAL PIECE OF THAT IN WOULD BE MY HOPE MAYBE FOLLOW UP IN CONVERSATION I'LL BE CURIOUS TO SEE HOW SUCCESSFUL THOSE STUDENTS ARE IN THOSE ONLINE COURSES BECAUSE I WOULD YEAH. THANK YOU. YEAH. SO DIGITAL CAMPUS AT THE END OF EVERY
023SUMMER WE LOOK AT WHAT'S SUCCESS RATE LAST SUMMER WE WERE AT NINETY AT NINETY FOUR PERCENT OF OUR STUDENTS HAD A PASSING SCORE SO WE AND WE TRIED REALLY HARD TO SUPPORT AND WORK WITH THOSE TEACHERS WHO ARE TEACHING THOSE CLASSES OVER CHEMISTRY FOR EXAMPLE IF THAT'S WHAT YOUR SON IS TAKING, THE TEACHERS ARE REALLY OPEN TO HELPING OUT THE STUDENTS. SO PLEASE LET YOUR STUDENT NO OR ANYBODY STUDENTS ARE TAKING DIGITAL CAMPUS CLASSES THE TEACHERS ARE THERE EVEN THOUGH IT'S MOSTLY ASYNCHRONOUS ONLINE THE TEACHERS ARE THERE AND ARE EXPECTED TO ANSWER QUESTIONS AND SUPPORT STUDENTS WHO HAVE QUESTIONS BUT WE HAVE HAD GREAT SUCCESS RATE WITH OUR DIGITAL CAMPUS CLASSES AND THE SUPPORT OUR TEACHERS GIVE STUDENTS AS THEY MOVE THROUGH THEM THANK YOU AND I APPRECIATE THAT. NINETY FOUR PERCENT THAT PROVIDES ME
024A LOT OF REASSURANCE. THANK YOU ON THE THREE CUT ON SCHOOLS THAT YOU'RE THAT YOU CHOSE FOR KINDERGARTEN CAMP WHAT CRITERIA DID YOU USE FOR CHOOSING THOSE THREE SCHOOLS WAS THAT I CAN YOU JUST GIVE ME A BALLPARK FIGURE AS TO WHY YOU CHOSE OVER OTHER KIND OF ONE SCHOOLS I KNOW THAT ONE OF THE FACTORS THAT WE WERE THAT WE LOOKED AT WAS PRE-K SO THAT WAS ONE OF THE REASONS THAT WE USED TO LIKE THAT. BUT THE TEAM MET TOGETHER AND WE IDENTIFIED THREE LOCATIONS THAT WE FELT WOULD BE THE BEST FIT FOR A PILOT AND THEN WE ARE OUR HOPE TO EXPAND. SO I WOULD DEFINITELY BE ABLE TO PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION BUT I THINK THAT'S REALLY THE REASON SO STUDENTS THAT GO TO THAT READY SET KINDERGARTEN CAMP DO THEY HAVE
025TO BE ENROLLED IN THAT PARTICULAR SCHOOL OR COULD IT BE, YOU KNOW, ANY KINDERGARTEN PARTNER THAT'S READY TO GO. MAYBE THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO BE ZONED FOR ANOTHER SCHOOL BUT YOU'VE GOT AN OPENING. WOULD YOU SOMEBODY WHO'S I BELIEVE WE'RE TARGETING FOR THE STUDENTS WHO ARE ENROLLED IN THAT SCHOOL SO WE'RE DOING IT THIS YEAR JUST TO COLLECT THE DATA TO DETERMINE MAYBE THE NEXT YEAR. ,THAT'S OUR HOPE GIVE A US SHARES AND I'LL OFFER MR. FREEMAN BACK THERE. THERE'S ANOTHER FACTOR IN SELECTING SCHOOLS FOR AVAILABLE PROGRAMING THAT'S THEIR SUMMER WORK PROJECTS SO I'M IMAGINING THAT SOME OF THE SCHOOLS WERE EXCLUDED BECAUSE OF SIGNIFICANT SUMMER PROJECTS OCCURRING. MR. WOULD, THAT BE CORRECT >>? YES, SIR, IT IS. AND WITH THE AMOUNT OF SUMMER WORK WITH THAT WE'VE SHARED WITH YOU THAT ON IT REALLY WE'VE
026GOT A STRONG PROCESS THAT STARTS IN ABOUT THE DECEMBER TIME FRAME OF THIS YEAR TO WORK WHAT WORK IS GOING BE DONE AND WHAT SITES ARE AVAILABLE TO BE ABLE TO ACCOMMODATE THE MAXIMUM PROGRAMING GIVEN THAT SOME SITES ARE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO BE USED SO I THINK IT'S FAIR TO SAY THROUGH THAT PROCESS THERE'S EITHER A PROGRAM OR MAJOR WORK THAT'S GOING ON EVERY ONE OF OUR SCHOOLS THAT WE HAVE IF I'M CORRECT ABOUT THAT I WILL SHARE THAT WITH YOU LATER. BUT IT IS A JIGSAW PUZZLE THAT GETS PUT TOGETHER EVERY YEAR. YOU WANT TO ADD ANYTHING? THANKS FOR THAT. GOOD AFTERNOON. I'M DR. HAMLYN SENIOR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR ELEMENTARY FOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS. WE HAVE WORKED IN PARTNERSHIP FOR THIS KINDERGARTEN PREPARATORY OPPORTUNITY FOR KIDS AND REALLY THIS PROGRAM CAME AS
027A RESPONSE TO REQUESTS FROM TEACHERS AND PRINCIPALS AS YOU MAY OR MAY NOT BE PROBABLY DO REALIZE SOME OF OUR STUDENTS STRUGGLE AS THEY GET ACCLIMATED TO KINDERGARTEN AND SO WE LOOK TO THREE SCHOOLS THAT HAVE TITLE ONE AND FOR FUNDING PURPOSES AS WELL FOR OTHER REASONS BUT REALLY WE WANT THE PURPOSE OF THE PROGRAM IS TO ALLOW THE KINDERGARTNER THE PREKINDERGARTEN CHILDREN TO COME INTO SCHOOL, GET TO KNOW THEY'RE THEY'RE BUILDING GET TO KNOW WHERE THEY ARE GOING TO EAT LUNCH, GET TO KNOW YOU KNOW THE PEOPLE THAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE SURROUNDED WITH THAT WITH AND THAT ARE GOING TO LOVE AND TO CARE FOR THEM SO THAT WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE READY FOR THEM ON THE VERY FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL TO MEET THEIR INDIVIDUAL NEEDS AND TO MAKE THIS
028SCHOOL AS SUCCESSFUL AS POSSIBLE FOR ALL OF OUR CHILDREN. SO THAT'S WHY WE'RE JUST TRYING IT WITH THREE SCHOOLS YOU'RE GOING TO SEE HOW IT GOES AND HOPES THAT WE CAN MOVE TOWER BUT REALLY THE INTENT IS TO PREPARE OURSELVES SO WE ARE READY TO MAKE THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL FOR THOSE ARE MOST NEEDY CHILDREN THE MOST SUCCESSFUL WELL I'M THRILLED I'M THRILLED THAT YOU'RE DOING THIS AND I HOPE WE ARE ABLE TO EXPAND IT NEXT YEAR. THANK YOU. NO ONE ELSE BUT I WON'T LET YOU WALK AWAY WITHOUT THANK YOU. WE REALLY OWE YOU A OH UM I WON'T LET YOU WALK AWAY WITH THANKS TO YOU AND YOUR TEAM BBC'S SHINES IN THIS AREA THIS SUMMER SCHOOL AREA AND YOU GUYS ARE SO INNOVATIVE AND YOU'RE THINKING AND I KNOW I KNOW
029AND I SAID YOUR TEAM IT'S REALLY REMARKABLE AND I THANK YOU FOR FOR ALL OF THIS WORK AND CLEARLY OUR FAMILIES THANK AS WELL. SO THANK YOU. RIGHT. AND NOW FOR OUR EQUITY UPDATE AND WE WELCOME MR. HERE HARRIS DIRECTOR OFFICE FOR DIVERSITY EQUITY AND INCLUSION. MR. HARRIS HELLO EVERYONE. GOOD EVENING. CHAIRWOMEN MELNIK VICE CHAIRMAN FRANKLYN MEMBERS OF THE SCHOOL BOARD AND DR. ROBERTS AND I'M HAPPY FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE AN UPDATE ON THE EQUITY PLAN IMPLEMENTATION AND ACTIVITIES THAT OFFICE ARE ENGAGED IN BEFORE I BEGIN THOUGH BEGIN THOUGH, I DO RECOGNIZE MY TEAMMATES. WE ARE A SMALL OFFICE BUT WE DO BIG THINGS OR AT LEAST WE'RE TRYING TO MY COORDINATOR OF EQUITY IN OPPORTUNITY MARY AND OUR ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT DIANE MCANDREWS. THANK YOU ALL THIS EVENING I WILL UNVEIL OUR EDUCATIONAL DATA
030DASHBOARD BRIEFLY TOUCH ON THE VARIOUS WAYS WE ARE ENGAGING STUDENTS, STAFF FAMILIES IN THE GREATER COMMUNITY AND SHARE OUR IMMEDIATE NEXT STEPS CONTINUE MOVING ONWARD AND UPWARD WE'RE AT THE MIDWAY POINT MIDWAY POINT FOR OUR EQUITY PLAN IMPLEMENTATION WHICH WAS ADOPTED UNANIMOUSLY BY THE BOARD IN OCTOBER TWENTY TWENTY TWO UPON REVIEW OF THAT EXTENSIVE PLAN YOU MAY ASK HOW ARE WE MEASURING SUCCESS RATHER THAN WALKING THROUGH ALL EIGHTY ONE OF THE ACTION ITEMS I'D LIKE TO DISCUSS THE HIGH YIELD STRATEGIES FOR EACH OF THE SIX GOALS IN THE SPIRIT TRANSPARENCY I BELIEVE IT IS PRUDENT OF STAKEHOLDERS TO ASK AND KNOW TO WHAT EXTENT WE ACCOMPLISHED WHAT WE SET OUT TO ACCOMPLISH YOU MAY REMEMBER DURING MY MID-YEAR UPDATE IN DECEMBER THE START OF THE SCHOOL YEAR WE TOOK A CLOSER LOOK AT THESE HIGH
031YIELD STRATEGIES AND DECIDED TO FOCUS ON THE ONES THAT WE FELT WOULD HAVE BIGGEST IMPACT RIGHT NOW WE ALSO CONSIDERED THE ADDITIONAL ASKS OF OUR STAFF SUCH AS PLANNING FOR LITERACY ACT IMPLEMENTATION DEVELOPING CULTURAL COMPETENCY MODULES ETC. GO ONE IS EDUCATIONAL EXCELLENCE AND I FEEL THAT ALL THREE STRATEGIES UNDER THIS GOAL WILL BE DIRECTLY IMPACTED BY THE CULTURAL COMPETENCY TRAINING IS CURRENTLY TAKING PLACE. I THINK WE WILL SEE CONSIDERABLE GAINS AFTER FOLKS GO THROUGH THAT TRAINING WHICH THEN ALLOW US TO CALIBRATE OUR EFFORTS AND TARGET ANY AREAS WHERE EFFICIENCIES STILL EXIST >> GO TO A STUDENT WELL-BEING AND I THAT WE ARE ADDRESSING HOMEOWNERSHIP NEEDS NEW PARTNERSHIP NEW PARTNERSHIPS HAVE BEEN FOSTERED TO SUPPORT THAT I THINK THAT AT THE HIGH HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL WE ONTO SOMETHING WITH THE TIDE COALITION TIGHT COALITION AND AMPLIFYING
032STUDENT VOICE WHICH I WILL TALK ABOUT LATER WE CONTINUE TO EXPLORE HOW AT BEST IMPLEMENT PREVENTION AND INTERVENTION STRATEGIES AS ALTERNATIVES THE SUSPENSION I'VE HEARD OF YOU FEW OF YOU TALK ABOUT YOUR EXPERIENCES AND DISCIPLINE HEARINGS AND I KNOW YOU SEE A PATTERN EMERGE AS REVIEW THOSE FILES HOW OFTEN HOW OFTEN IS THERE A REFERRAL FOLLOWED BY ANOTHER REFERRAL THEN A SUSPENSION? THIS PROGRESSIVE PATH THAT IF YOU COULD JUST INTERVENE WE COULD MAYBE SLOW THINGS DOWN WE WANT TO SPECIFICALLY TARGET THAT TIME BETWEEN A REFERRAL SUSPENSION SO SUSPENSION. SO I'M A TEACHER. I PREFER THE KID FOR SOMETHING AND THEY GOT MUCH ATTENTION. WHAT HAPPENS NOW WE BOTH MAY BE FEELING A CERTAIN WAY IF THERE IS NO OPPORTUNITY FOR CLOSURE, UNDERSTANDING FORGIVENESS IN SOME CASES DEPENDING ON WHAT HAPPENED REFERRAL NUMBER TWO WILL COMING
033SOON AND LIKELY AS A RESULT OF RAMPED UP BEHAVIOR BECAUSE THAT KID NEVER GOT A CHANCE TO COME DOWN FROM THE FIRST INCIDENT WE'RE NOT GOING TO LET THE KID DISRUPT INSTRUCTION SO WHAT HAPPENS THEN ON THE BACK THAT'S DIDN'T GET SUSPENDED WHAT ARE WE DOING TO REPAIR THAT RELATIONSHIP WELCOME THEM BACK AND LET THEM KNOW THAT WE CARE ABOUT YOU? WE ABOUT YOUR SUCCESS WE'RE NOT GOING TO PUT TO PUT UP WITH YOUR SHENANIGANS BUT WE WANT YOU HERE >> YOU'VE SEEN THE DISCIPLINE DATA I'M SURE I'M SURE IT DOESN'T SHOCK YOU THAT AREAS DISPROPORTIONALITY AMONG WHO GETS REFERRED AND SUSPENDED MEANING WE NEED TO DO BETTER. THE CULTURAL COMPETENCY TRAINING WILL HELP IN THIS AREA GO FREE STUDENT OWNERSHIP LEARNING AND I FEEL THAT WE ARE MAKING CONSIDERABLE PROGRESS HERE DR. MONICA ROBINSON
034PROVIDED A SUMMARY OF EQUAL OPPORTUNITY SCHOOLS NOT LONG AGO. AVID IS GOING STRONG THESE STRATEGIES ARE HELPING TO MEET THIS GOAL. I THINK BRINGING PARENTS INTO THE CONVERSATION A BIT MORE WILL YIELD EVEN BETTER RESULTS >> GO >> FOR THIS EXEMPLARY DIVERSIFIED WORKFORCE FORCE LED BY OUR H.R. DEPARTMENT VCS HAS BEEN DOING A FANTASTIC JOB OF ENSURING THAT THESE STRATEGIES ARE ADDRESSED SPECIFICALLY TALKING ABOUT FOSTERING A HOSTILE WORK ENVIRONMENT THIS IS OBVIOUSLY AN AREA IN WHICH ALL PLAYED AN IMPORTANT ROLE. PEOPLE REGARDLESS POSITION OR TITLE ONCE WHO WORK IN THE PLACE WHERE THEY FEEL WELCOME AND APPRECIATED >> GO FIVE IS MUTUALLY SUPPORTIVE PARTNERSHIPS AND THE OFFICE OF FAMILY AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT HAVE THESE STRATEGIES WELL TAKEN CARE OF . THE NEXT BIG TASK ASSOCIATED THESE STRATEGIES IS TO GET THAT INFORMATION OUT TO STAFF
035IT'S ONE THING TO HAVE AN EXTENSIVE LIST OF PARTNERS. WHAT'S THE POINT IF YOU DON'T KNOW HOW TO ACCESS IT HOW TO GO ABOUT LEVERAGING THOSE SERVICES GOLD GO SIX IS ORGANIZATIONAL EFFECTIVENESS AND EFFICIENCY QUITE HONESTLY THIS ONE SITS AT THE HEART OF WE ARE BECAUSE ALL OVER GOALS OUR GOALS REVOLVE AROUND THIS ONE HOW EFFECTIVE ARE THE THINGS WE CHOOSE TO DO AND HOW EFFECTIVELY ARE DOING THEM IN ORDER TO MONITOR PROGRESS TOWARDS MEETING OUR GOALS AND MAXIMIZING THE INSTRUCTIONAL ASPECT OF ORGANIZATIONAL EFFECTIVENESS WE WILL BE LAUNCHING A DATA DASHBOARD OVER THE LAST TEN MONTHS WE HAVE WORKED WITH OUR CONTRACTED PARTNER HAND OVER RESEARCH TO DEVELOP PUBLIC FACING EQUITY DASHBOARD PRIOR TO THIS WE HAD DATA AVAILABLE IN MULTIPLE PLACES AND PRESENTED IN VARIOUS WAYS HAVING A SINGLE CLEAN AND SUCCESSFUL PLATFORM ANY
036USER COULD INTERACT WITH SUPPORTS GOAL TO BE EFFECTIVE AND EFFICIENT. THE INFORMATION THIS DASHBOARD WAS PROVIDED BY US AND WE WILL HAVE FULL CONTROL THE DASHBOARD AT THE END OF THE TWENTY FOUR TWENTY FIVE SCHOOL YEAR THIS DASHBOARD DEMONSTRATES THE DIVISION'S COMMITMENT TO TRANSPARENCY ACCOUNTABILITY I'M A BIG BELIEVER BIG BELIEVER THAT WHEN YOU KNOW BETTER YOU NEED TO DO BETTER. >> MY HOPE IS THAT THIS TOOL WILL BE USED TO MAKE REAL AND MEANINGFUL PROGRESS IN AREAS WHERE WE ARE STAGNANT I HOPE THAT WE CAN COLLECTIVELY SHARE OUR JOY IN AREAS OF GROWTH AS WELL AS HAVE OPEN AND HONEST DISCUSSIONS ABOUT AREAS NEEDING IMPROVEMENT >> WE >> PLAN TO POST A LINK TO THE PUBLIC DASHBOARD ON DIVISION WEB PAGE AND THE ABOUT US SECTION THE DASHBOARD WILL ALSO BE ACCESSED FROM THE DTI
037TAB ON VARIOUS SCHOOLS DOTCOM WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH COMMUNICATIONS TO ENSURE DASHBOARD MEETS ALL ACCESSIBILITY STANDARDS AND WE ANTICIPATE A PUBLIC LAUNCH AROUND AUGUST 1ST. THE INFORMATION IN THE DASHBOARD WILL BE THE PRIOR YEAR DATA AND IT WILL BE UPDATED ANNUALLY >> THIS YEAR WE HAVE BEEN DEEPLY IMMERSED IN DEVELOPING OUR CULTURAL COMPETENCY LEARNING MODULES SIX MONTHS AGO I SHARE WITH YOU THE STEPS WE HAVE TAKEN TO ENSURE THAT THIS TRAINING THAT ONLY MAKES THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE VIDEO BUT ALSO BRIDGES THE THEMES INCOMPETENCIES THAT WE HAVE ALREADY ADOPTED AND PUT INTO HERE IN VIRGINIA BEACH I. I WILL BE PROVIDING AN IN-DEPTH LOOK AT THAT TRAINING DURING THE SCHOOL BOARD RETREAT >>. YOU'RE >> FAMILIAR WITH PROGRAMS THAT ARE OFFICE AND SUPPORTED OVER THE PAST 15 PLUS YEARS THESE GIRLS ROCK AFRICAN-AMERICAN MALE
038SUMMIT YOU MAY NOT UNDERSTAND HOWEVER IS THAT WE ARE MAKING SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENTS TO THOSE PROGRAMS WHILE ALSO ADDING A PLETHORA OF UNIQUE OPPORTUNITIES TO ENGAGE OUR STAKEHOLDERS A GOOD FRIEND OF MINE WHO'S A SUPERINTENDENT A SUPERINTENDENT OF A DISTRICT IN SOUTH CAROLINA TOLD ME THAT IF ALL DTI OFFICERS ENGAGE THEIR COMMUNITIES THE WAY THAT WE DO THERE WOULD BE FAR LESS PUSHBACK WHEN BECOMES THE DISCOURSE AROUND EQUALITY AND INCLUSION >> BEATS GROWS ROCK IS ONCE AGAIN BIG SUCCESS WE HAVE SETTLED HAVE SETTLED INTO A NICE ROUTINE OF HOLDING OUR FALL EVENT IN OCTOBER AT ONE OF THE HIGH SCHOOLS MORE OPEN TO ANYONE AND EVERYONE THEN HAVING A MORE FOCUSED EVENT IN THE SPRING AT ONE OF THE UNIVERSITIES WE'VE BEEN AT YOU THE PAST TWO YEARS AND WE HAVE PLANS TO BE AT NORFOLK
039STATE AND VIRGINIA WESLEYAN SOON. BOTH UNIVERSITIES WANT US THERE AND NOBODY WANTS TO BRING US BACK SO IT'S A GOOD PROBLEM TO HAVE THIS YEAR SPRING EVENT INCLUDED SESSIONS ON CYBER SECURITY, THEATER GAME DESIGN AND SPACE EXPLORATION WITH A TEAM FROM THE NASA SPACE GRANT CONSORTIUM IN THE 16TH EDITION OF THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN MALE SUMMIT WE CONGREGATED AT COPS HIGH SCHOOL AND INTRODUCE SOME NEW COMPONENTS TO THE EVENT. THERE HAVE ALWAYS IN LEADERSHIP AND CAREER SESSIONS BUT WE ADDED AN ADDITIONAL LAYER THIS YEAR WHICH FOCUSED ON SOCIAL AWARENESS AND MENTAL HEALTH WE KNOW THAT THERE WAS A REAL STIGMA SURROUNDING MEN AND ASKING FOR HELP OR BEING VULNERABLE THE STIGMA AROUND MENTAL HEALTH PARTICULAR SEEM TO EXPONENTIALLY IMPACT COMMUNITIES COLOR THEREFORE. THEREFORE LETTING THESE KIDS KNOW THAT IT'S OK TO NOT BE OK FOR CRYING DOESN'T
040MAKE YOU IS A CRITICAL MESSAGE TO SHARE WITH THEM AND WE ARE DOING THAT THROUGH THE SUMMIT WE ARE ALSO LEANING HEAVILY ON GREEK ORGANIZATIONS THAT LOCAL UNIVERSITIES, FRATERNITIES AND SORORITIES ARE CONSTANTLY LOOKING FOR WAYS TO ENGAGE WITH THE COMMUNITY AND SO A DUAL BENEFIT OF EXPOSURE TO COLLEGE AND MENTORING BY YOUNG PEOPLE FRESHMAN IN HIGH SCHOOL IS ONE WAY IS ONE WE WANT TO CAPITALIZE ON PLANNING FOR THIS YEAR IS ALREADY UNDERWAY GREEN RUN THIS HOSTING AND WE ARE GOING TO MAKE IT THE BEST YET >> NOW >> IS POSSIBLE DEPENDING ON WHICH WAY YOU CAME IN, IF YOU ATTENDED ANY OF THE GRADUATIONS THIS YEAR YOU MAY HAVE NOTICED SOME REALLY BANNERS IN FRONT OF THE HOTEL DIRECTLY ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE CONVENTION CENTER THESE UNBELIEVABLE WORKS OF ART WERE COMPLETED BY
041VBC STUDENTS AS PART OF THE SEASON FOR NONVIOLENCE FOR THE SECOND YEAR WE HOSTED A POSTER AND POETRY CONTEST AND THIS YEAR ADDED THE BANNERS THAT SCHOOLS COULD SUBMIT >> TO OTHER ACTIVITIES THAT WE HAVE GOTTEN INVOLVED IN YOU MAY REMEMBER THAT WE PARTNERED WITH PUBLIC UTILITIES TO HOST THE WATER FAIR FAMILIES LOVE THAT AND THE THAT HE WANTS TO DO THAT AGAIN WE HAD SIX SCHOOLS PARTICIPATE IN DIVERSITY DIALOG DEBT OWED YOU THAT'S THE MOST WE'VE SET AND I'M WORKING WITH THEM TO POSSIBLY HOST OF ONLY EVENT THIS WINTER SO MORE STUDENTS CAN PARTICIPATE. THIS IS AN THAT CAME DIRECTLY FROM STUDENTS WHO ATTENDED WE ARE TRYING TO SUPPORT ORGANIZATIONS SUPPORT US AND SO WE ATTENDED THE URBAN LEAGUE OF HAMPTON ROADS EVENT. THEY DO A TON OF MENTORING AND TUTORING IN OUR SCHOOLS
042WE ALSO SUPPORT THE VIRGINIA FOR INCLUSIVE COMMUNITIES. CONSEQUENTLY WE ARE PARTNERING WITH IN ADDITION TO THE JEWISH FEDERATION OF TIDEWATER. DOES THIS SUMMER EDUCATE TRAINING ANGELIE PARTICIPANTS ATTEND THE TRAINING ON JULY 24TH AND THEN THEY'LL TAKE A TRIP TO THE VIRGINIA HOLOCAUST MUSEUM IN RICHMOND ON THE TWENTY FIFTH. FINALLY OUR OFFICE CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THE EFFORTS OF THE TWO HUNDRED PLUS MEN FOUNDATION A GROUP THAT RECOGNIZES STUDENTS OF COLOR WHO CARRY AT LEAST A THREE POINT GPA. WE INTRODUCE THE MAKING WAVES MENTORING PROGRAM WHERE EMPLOYEES HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO MENTOR A STUDENT WE KICKED OFF MID-YEAR BUT ANTICIPATE BUT ANTICIPATE HITTING OUR FULL STRIDE GOING INTO THIS YEAR >> AND FINALLY TIED TIDE YOU'VE HEARD ABOUT IT YOU'LL CONTINUE TO HEAR ABOUT IT BECAUSE IT THIS IS WHAT ENGAGEMENT IS ALL OUT AND THE PEOPLE
043INVOLVED ARE ON FIRE FOR THE WORK THAT IS BEING DONE I HAVE A VIDEO THAT I'D LIKE TO SHOW IT'S IMMENSE ALONG WITH THE IDEA PLAYING WITH THE IDEA OF SELECTING A FEW CLIPS AND THEN THOUGHT I GET TO TALK TO YOU LOVELY PEOPLE TWICE A YEAR YOU WANT TO KNOW THAT THE PROGRAMS WE INVEST OUR TIME ENERGY AND MONEY AND ARE HAVING AN IMPACT WELL THIS IS OURS. THIS IS AS IS AS HOMEGROWN AS IT GETS THESE ARE OUR STUDENTS, OUR TEACHERS, OUR ADMINISTRATORS SUBSTANTIAL SUPPORT STAFF AND OUR COMMUNITY COMING TOGETHER TO ADDRESS REAL CHALLENGES THAT EXIST IN OUR SCHOOLS THE INSPIRATION FOR THIS WAS WHAT I SAW LAST YEAR CONSTABLE HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPAL MELISSA GEORGE AND STUDENTS ZACHARY SCOTT REVAMPED THEIR EQUITY AND BELONGING COUNCIL AFTER ONE MEETING I KNEW WE HAD TO
044REPLICATE THIS IN EVERY BUILDING. OUR PURPOSE IS A FOCUS ON EQUITY, SOCIAL EMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT, MENTAL HEALTH AND CIVIC ENGAGEMENT ALL FOR THE PURPOSE OF IMPROVING SENSE OF BELONGING OUR PRELIMINARY SPRING SQL SERVER SURVEY DATA SUGGESTS THAT HARD WORK IS PAYING OFF THE VIDEO AND CONCLUDE WITH AN OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU TO ASK QUESTIONS WELCOME TO A JOURNEY OF UNITY AND UNDERSTAND WELCOME TO THE TIE PROGRAM AT VIRGINIA BEACH CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS WERE DIVERSITY, INCLUSION AND EQUITY TOGETHER AT THE HEART OF VIRGINIA BEACH OUR SCHOOLS ARE MORE THAN JUST THE BUILDING THERE THEY ARE A VIBRANT COMMUNITY WHERE EVERY STUDENT IS VALUED AND UNDERSTOOD EVERYONE WANTS TO FEEL LIKE THEY'RE ARE ACCEPTED AND VALUED FOR WHO THEY THIS IS PARTICULARLY IMPORTANT AND OUR SCHOOL BECAUSE WE WANT HIM TO HAVE A SOLID SENSE OF BELONGING THAT THEY
045CAN DO THEIR BEST WE ESTABLISH ESTABLISHED THE CHILD COALITION AND EVERY HIGH SCHOOL TO PROVIDE STUDENTS WITH AN OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY DISSECT WHAT IS IT WITHIN THEIR BUILDINGS THEY NEEDED TO ADDRESS TO IMPROVE SENSE OF BELONGING FOR THEIR PEERS THROUGH TIME WE EMBRACE A CURRICULUM THAT REFLECTS ALL CULTURES AND PERSPECTIVES ENSURING EVERY STUDENT NOT ONLY SEES THEMSELVES IN THEIR LESSONS BUT ALSO LEARNS ABOUT THE WIDE WORLD AROUND THEM WE ARE THINKING ABOUT CREATING VISION FOR WHERE STUDENTS CAN TO COME AND LEARN, GROW THE DEVELOP PRACTICE, TAKE RISKS, MAKE ESTATE RECOVER FROM THE FOOD FAITH. WE JUST DO NOT HAVE THE ABILITY TO BUILD MEANINGFUL COMMUNITY IN SCHOOLS WITHOUT THE CONTRIBUTIONS AND THE VOICES OF OUR STUDENTS TIED TIDE COALITION THIS YEAR HAS PROVIDED AN OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE DIRECT CONTACT WITH STUDENTS ON A REGULAR BASIS
046DIVERSE SET OF STUDENTS FROM WITH DIVERSE BACKGROUNDS AND EXPERIENCES SO THAT WE'RE HEARING FROM THOSE WHO MAYBE DIDN'T HAVE A VOICE BEFORE AND IT'S A MORE FORMAL SETTING WILL WHERE WE NOT ONLY HAVE STAFF WHAT WE ALL HAVE COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDERS WHO ARE SEEING A ROLE AND HOW THEY CAN MAKE CHANGE IN A STRONG IDEA OF SERVANT LEADERSHIP OF HOW CAN YOU CONTRIBUTE TO MAKE THE GREATER GOOD HAPPENED TO TACKLE IT YOU ALLOW THAT TO OCCUR I THINK THE THING THAT I'VE ENJOYED THE MOST ABOUT WORKING WITH THE TIED GROUP HERE AT KILLING HIGH SCHOOL HAS BEEN JUST THE ABILITY TO PUT STUDENT VOICE ON A PEDESTAL AND BE ABLE TO WORK ALONGSIDE STUDENTS AND VALIDATE THEIR CONCERNS SO OFTEN STUDENTS FEEL LIKE THEY MAY NOT HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO TO VOICE THEIR CONCERNS OR FEEL
047LIKE WHAT THEY HAVE TO SAY IS NOT IMPORTANT THIS THIS GROUP REALLY GIVES REALLY GIVES AN OPTION FOR THEM AN OUTLET FOR THEM AND WE CAN HAVE ONE ON ONE OR SMALL GROUP CONVERSATIONS ABOUT ISSUES THAT ARE THAT BOTHERING THEM IN SCHOOL AND WE'RE ABLE TO VALIDATE THOSE CONCERNS AND AND MOVE THOSE ACTIONS >> FORWARD THAT WE CAN DO SOMETHING ABOUT THE VIRGINIA BEACH CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS TYPE PROGRAM IS MORE THAN JUST AN INITIATIVE. IT'S A MOVEMENT TOGETHER WE'RE BUILDING A COMMUNITY THAT THRIVES ON TOGETHERNESS DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION AND EQUITY. I THINK IT'S JUST EXPANDED CONVERSATION AND SO IN THESE ARE MONUMENTAL TASK FORCE SOLID AND THEIR ADULT IN THE ROOM TALKING ABOUT THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING ESCORTS BUT GOING OUT INTO THE SCHOOLS AND INCLUDING STUDENTS IN THE CONVERSATION HAS BEEN HELPING US BETTER
048WORK TOWARD MEETING THEIR NEEDS BECAUSE WE HAVE THEIR INPUT, THEIR CONVERSATIONS WORD SORT OF HAVE MANY DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES THEN COMING BACK AND IT IS MADE THE CONVERSATIONS DURING THESE MEETINGS AND JUST BEING ABLE TO TEACH THE STUDENTS DESIGN METHOD IN ORDER TO PLAN AND IMPLEMENT A PROJECT AND ACTUALLY CARRY AND JUST GIVEN THE GIVING THE STUDENTS ANOTHER WAY TO FEEL CONNECTED TO TALK WITH AS WELL I FEEL LIKE TIDE WAS SUCCESSFUL IN DOING ALL OF THOSE THINGS >>. SO WITH THE MENTALITY OF TIED INFILTRATING ALL OF THE MINDS AT LANDSTUHL WHAT TO CREATE TO CREATE A SITUATION WHERE PEOPLE KNOW WE CARE ABOUT EACH OTHER FOR ME IT'S MORE ABOUT STUDENTS FINDING THEIR PEOPLE IF YOU WILL FIND IN THEIR AND KIND OF LIVES FINDING THEIR GROOVE SO ONCE AGAIN IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT COMING
049HERE AND GETTING TWENTY TWO CREDITS AND GETTING A PIECE OF PAPER LEAVING BUT MAKING MEMORIES ALONG THE WAY SO BAYSIDE HIGH SCHOOL WE'VE ADDRESSED BELONGING A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT WAYS WE ARE WE STARTED SMALL WITH ARE INSTAGRAM AND SO WE KNOW THAT STUDENTS LOVE SOCIAL MEDIA AND THAT'S BEEN A BIG PUSH FOR US TO REALLY PUT SOME POSITIVITY OUT THERE AND GET OUR STUDENTS ENGAGED IN REALLY GOOD DIALOG ABOUT BELONGING WE USE CANADA AND WE HAVE CREATED LOTS OF DIFFERENT POSTERS AND FLIERS SUPPOSED IN AREAS JUST FOR STUDENTS TO REMEMBER THAT THEY BELONG HERE AND WE'RE CURRENTLY WORKING ON OUR BEING KIND OF THE THE PROJECT WHERE WE ARE GOING TO CREATE A STUDENT BELONGING MURAL THAT'S GOING TO BE THE VOICE OF THE STUDENTS HERE IN THE BUILDING FOR A REALLY LONG TIME. CERVARIX
050OUR COALITION THIS YEAR HAD SUCH A POSITIVE IMPACT ON OUR SENSE OF BELONGING HERE COX HIGH SCHOOL THEY IDENTIFIED ONE AS A TIME WHERE STUDENTS WHO MIGHT NOT FEEL AS CONNECTED THE SCHOOL COULD USE SOME ACTIVITIES ARE A WAY TO CONNECT WITH OTHER STUDENTS THEY CHOSE PING PONG BECAUSE THEY THOUGHT THAT ALL STUDENTS WOULD BE ABLE TO >> COMPLETE PING PONG. ANYBODY CAN LEARN ANYONE CAN PLAY AND THE PING PONG CLUB HAS GROWN EXPONENTIALLY SO OUR OCEAN LINKS CREATED POSTERS OF MICROAGGRESSION WE'RE THROUGH DISPLAYED ON A BOARD DURING FOUNDERS' MOVE TO SPREAD AWARENESS HOW THAT COULD BE HURTFUL TO DIFFERENT TYPES OF PEOPLE IN DIFFERENT CONTROL ONE OF MY FAVORITE EVENTS MY FAVORITE EVENTS THAT WE WENT TO WAS THE DIVERSITY DIALOG WE HAD TO EVERYONE AND IT WAS A GREAT EXPERIENCE BECAUSE I GOT
051TO MEET DIFFERENT PEOPLE WHO ARE DOING THE SAME THING AND I ALSO GOT TO LEARN CERTAIN THINGS AND CERTAIN TECHNIQUES TO BRING TO THE SCHOOL THAT WE CAN ALSO BE TALKING THEY HAD US TALKING ABOUT DECORATING OUR HALLWAYS DIFFERENT THINGS AND BRINGING MORE COLOR TO THE SCHOOL AND BRINGING MORE DIVERSITY FOR EVERYONE AT THE SCHOOL. AND I JUST THINK TIME IS ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT WOULD BRING JUST EVERYONE TOGETHER PERSONALLY FOR ME TIES IS SOMETHING WHERE YOU COULD JUST AND YOU'RE NOT JUDGE YOUR OPINION YOU'RE NOT JUDGED YOUR OPINION IS TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT AND I NOTICED THAT I HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SAY WHAT I WANT TO SAY ABOUT MY SCHOOL AND THAT MIGHT BE MISTAKEN INTO WHICH IS HONESTLY JUST A BETTER ENVIRONMENT OVERALL FOR US HERE AT HOME. SO WE AND TOGETHER
052DAY THE STUDENTS STAFF AND STATUES OF STUDENTS WE STUDENTS WE ALL COME WITH OUR BEARINGS LIKE OUR OWN VIEWS, OUR OLD STUFF THAT WE HAVE TO DEAL WITH EVERY DAY SO IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO MAKE A COMMUNITY WHERE WE ALL BEING HAPPY, SAD, SAD TOGETHER HOW OUR MOMENTS OF JOY WITHIN COVID BECAUSE WE ARE GOING TO SEE EACH OTHER FOR A LONG PERIOD OF OUR LIVES FOR FOUR YEARS AT A STAFF FACULTY MEETING IN FRONT OF ALL THE TEACHERS IN THE SCHOOL BEING COALITION OF SELECTED GROUP OF TEACHERS EACH PASSING SCHOOL AND CREATING A ROUND TABLE DISCUSSION ON WHAT THEY DO IN THEIR CLASSROOMS TO CREATE A SENSE OF BELONGING TO STUDENTS. DISCUSS THE STUDENT PERSPECTIVE ENSURE SHARE THAT WITH THE TEACHERS AND FACULTY >> SALEM OUR COALITION OUR COALITION WE PARTICIPATED AND CREATED
053THE UNITED AND DIVERSITY WEEK THAT BASICALLY JUST BROUGHT A SENSE OF BELONGING TO GET THEM TOGETHER THIS YEAR AT SALEM I THINK THE BIGGEST THING WITH TYPE COALITION IS THAT I KNOW THAT I'M MAKING AN IMPACT NOT JUST IN MY SCHOOL BUT TO VIRGINIA BEACH CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS AS BOTH AND WHEN I CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE THAT'S HUGE FOR HER FIRST AND STUFF LIKE THAT THEY DON'T FEEL LIKE THEY BELONG THEY'RE NOT GOING TO WANT TO COME TO SCHOOL OR THEY BE PARTICIPATE IN SCHOOL ACTIVITIES AND IF THEY FEEL LIKE THEY BELONG WANT TO DO THAT AND DO AND DO MORE IN THE SCHOOL. SO I THINK THAT'S WHY WE SAID IT WAS BETTER TO MAKE THE TWO PEOPLE JOIN US AND BE PART OF THIS CHANGE TOGETHER WE RISE WITH TIME AND THAT VIDEO
054WAS CREATED ONLY BY TY SCHWARZ'S MEDIA CLASS AT LANSDOWNE HIGH SCHOOL WITH A LOT OF ASSISTANCE FROM MR. KENT PHILLIPS AT THE TECH CENTER SO WITH THAT I'D LOVE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE RIGHT THANK YOU SO VERY SO VERY MUCH FOR ALL THAT YOU ARE DOING AND YOUR SMALL BUT MIGHTY TEAM THAT YOU'RE DOING FOR VIRGINIA BEACH CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS. I'VE HEARD SO MANY WONDERFUL THINGS ABOUT YOU AND THE WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING AND THIS IS CLEARLY SEEN I HAVE SEVERAL QUESTIONS ALONG THE LINE OF THE GOAL FOR THE EXEMPLARY DIVERSIFIED WORK FORCE ONE. WHAT ARE THE TARGET GOALS FOR A DIVERSIFIED STAFF AND TO WHERE CAN I FIND THE DATA FOR THE DIVERSITY TEACHERS AND PRINCIPALS THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE AND ALSO WHAT ARE WE DOING TO ENSURE THAT WE ARE
055NOT GETTING THE DIVERSE TALENT FOR OUR SCHOOLS AND FINALLY WHAT ARE WHAT ARE WE DOING TO RETAIN THIS THE TEACHERS AND THE PRINCIPAL FOR THE SCHOOLS AND THE REASON WHY THIS IS IMPORTANT TO ME BECAUSE IN MY DISTRICT IN THE TRI CAMPUS ELEMENTARY THE ELEMENTARY DISTRICT, A TRI CAMPUS IN DISTRICT FOR I'M LEARNING THAT THEY'RE HAVING A HARD TIME KEEPING DIVERSE TEACHERS PAST THE THREE YEARS AFTER THE THREE YEARS ARE GONE AND I KNOW THAT THE TRACTION THAT THEY'RE GAINING IT GETS KIND OF LOST AND IF WE'RE EVEN ABLE TO KEEP THEM FOR FIVE YEARS, THE IMPACT THAT WOULD MAKE SO I KNOW I JUST GAVE A LOT OF QUESTIONS THERE BUT I WILL STOP SO THAT YOU COULD PROVIDE US WITH THIS INFORMATION. THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE ALL QUESTIONS I DEFER THE WHITE TO
056DEFER THE MISS WOODHOUSE WHO HAS THE ANSWERS YES. AND GOOD AFTERNOON SHEARWOOD HOUSE HUMAN RESOURCES OFFICER. OUR GOAL HAS NOT CHANGED IN TERMS OF STAFFING WE HAVE ALWAYS WANTED OUR STAFFING OUR STAFFING TO MIRROR OUR STUDENT POPULATION AND SO WE AS A DIVISION BELIEVE THAT EVERY STUDENT SHOULD HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN FROM AND INTERACT WITH SOMEONE WHO LOOKS LIKE THEM WHO HAS A SIMILAR CULTURE CULTURE AND ALSO THAT HAS NOT CHANGE SO FAR. WE VERY CLOSELY MONITOR THAT DATA AND I JUST CONFIRMED BECAUSE ALTHOUGH I LOOK AT IT ALL TIME I DON'T THINK NECESSARILY WHERE NECESSARILY WHERE IT'S ALWAYS POSTED IT'S ACTUALLY POSTED IN OUR NAVIGATIONAL MARKERS. SO WHEN YOU TAKE IT WILL HAVE THE BREAKDOWN WHETHER IT BE ETHNICITY, GENDER, THE BREAKDOWN OUR STAFF AT THE ELEMENTARY AND AS WELL AS THE SECONDARY
057LEVEL IN TERMS OF OUR I CALL IT SOMETIMES OUR HARD TO STAFF MORE CHALLENGING SCHOOLS WHICH SOMETIMES TENDS TO BE TITLE ONE SCHOOLS. IT'S A STRUGGLE. IT'S IT IS A STRUGGLE THE BENEFITS OF WORKING AT A TITLE ONE SCHOOL WHICH I'M HOPING EVERYONE IS LISTENING ONE YOU CAN DEFINITELY SEEK PAY OFF OF YOUR COLLEGE LOANS THE FEDERAL AND STATE GOVERNMENTS SET UP OPPORTUNITIES FOR TEACHERS WHO WORK IN SCHOOLS THAT MEET A CERTAIN DEMOGRAPHIC SET WHERE THEY CAN HAVE THEIR SCHOOL LOANS WAIVED AND WE DO PROCESS QUITE A BIT OF THOSE IN OUR OFFICE SECONDLY AT OUR TITLE ONE TITLE ONE SCHOOLS THEY DO HAVE SMALLER CLASS SIZES THEY HAVE ADDITIONAL RESOURCES AND SUPPORTS OVER AND BEYOND WHAT SOME OF OUR OTHER SCHOOLS MAY HAVE SO THEY MAY HAVE ADDITIONAL LITERACY COACHES, MATH COACHES AND SUPPORTS
058IN MANY OF OUR TITLE ONE SCHOOLS ESPECIALLY AT THE ELEMENTARY MAY BE STAFFED FROM AN 18 TO ONE RATIO VERSUS WHAT YOU WOULD SEE IN A TRADITIONAL SCHOOL. WE DO ASKED FOR THREE YEAR COMMITMENT THAT WAS IDENTIFIED BY THE STATE WHEN IT IT INDICATED A CONCERN WITH THE TURNOVER OF STAFF AT OUR MORE CHALLENGING SCHOOLS. BUT THE REALITY OF IT IS THEY ARE MORE CHALLENGING AND SO YOU HAVE INDIVIDUALS WHO THRIVE IN THAT ENVIRONMENT AND THEN YOU HAVE OTHERS WHO JUST WANT TO WORK WITH THE DIFFERENT SET OF STUDENTS AND WANT TO HAVE A DIFFERENT SKILL AND SO WHAT'S NICE ABOUT VIRGINIA BEACH AS WE DO HAVE A DIVERSE POPULATION AND WE CAN MEET THE NEEDS AND YOU KNOW, I'M GOING TO PUT TO PLUG IN THIS IS WHY WE CONTINUE TO HAVE THE CONVERSATION
059AROUND COMPENSATION SO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT NOT JUST RETENTION IN IRAQ TITLE ONE SCHOOLS AND RETENTION DIVISION WIDE COMPENSATION HAS BECOME MORE OF THE CONVERSATION PIECE THAT DETERMINES WHETHER OR NOT EMPLOYEES STAY WHERE THEY ARE OR WHETHER THEY ARE SEEKING OTHER OPPORTUNITIES. BUT BECAUSE THE STAFFING AT THESE SCHOOLS I THINK THEY DO A LOT TO NOT JUST LEVEL IN CHILDREN BUT ALSO LOVE ON THEIR STAFF. WE HAVE MANY WHO ARE COMMITTED IN IN LOVE AND STAY IN TITLE ONE SCHOOLS AND WE HAVE OTHERS WHO SAY I LIKE TO SEEK OTHER OPPORTUNITIES I THINK I MAY HAVE HIT ALL YOUR QUESTIONS. IF NOT, PLEASE PRETTY IMPRESSIVE DR.. PRETTY IMPRESSIVE. DR. WOODHOUSE, THANK YOU. YEAH, OUT AFTER HEARING THIS WHITE HOUSE TO YOUR RESPONSE TO THAT BECAUSE THE OTHER PART WAS HOW DO WE RECRUIT AND RETAIN
060SO WE TALKED ABOUT RETAINING WE ALSO MISS WOODHOUSE AND OUR TEAM REALLY COVER FROM PROBABLY THE MIDDLE OF THE COUNTRY TOP TO BOTTOM RECRUITING AT DIFFERENT SCHOOLS THERE ARE SCHOOLS WE'VE BEEN SUPER SUCCESSFUL WITH ATTRACTING CANDIDATES THAT SOMEWHERE HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGES UNIVERSITIES, SOME ARE LOCAL COLLEGES, UNIVERSITIES SO WE CONTINUE TO ATTRACT THOSE INDIVIDUALS. THE CHALLENGE THAT EVERY SCHOOL DIVISION IS HAVING IS A DECLINING NUMBER OF STUDENTS COLLEGIATE LEVEL WHO ARE SEEKING TO GO IN EDUCATION AND SO WHAT WE FIND WITH OUR MINORITY CANDIDATES IN PARTICULAR THEY HAVE MULTI FULL CHOICES THAT THEY CAN CHOOSE TO GO AND WHEN YOU GET MULTIPLE CHOICE IS COMES DOWN TO COMPENSATION AND COST OF LIVING . THANK YOU THIS MAN THANK YOU THANK YOU FOR THAT AWESOME VIDEO THAT WAS GREAT AND I TOOK AWAY TO AWAY TWO THEMES
061FROM THAT VIDEO UNITY IN BELONGING AND I LOVE THAT AND I LOVE THAT . I KNOW UNITY IS HUGE FOR YOU AND I'M SO THANKFUL THAT YOU PUSHED THAT AND SPECIFICALLY AROUND STUDENTS WITH SPECIAL NEEDS AND STUDENTS WITH MENTAL ILLNESS AND YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT PARTNER GROUPS DO YOU PARTNER WITH NAMI NATIONAL ALLIANCE AS WELL? WE ARE WELL CONNECTED WITH NAMI. GREAT AWESOME. THANK YOU MR. GO AHEAD YOU GO AHEAD YOU GO FIRST MR HARRIS THANK YOU SO MUCH. THIS IS AN AWESOME PRESENTATION. I DO JUST TO ASK A TOUGH QUESTION RIGHT NOW THOUGH SO IT SADDENS ME BECAUSE I KNOW ALL OF THE AMAZING WORK THAT HAS BEEN DONE BY YOU AND YOUR TEAM AND I WOULD SAY THAT THE PUBLIC PROBABLY HAS A PERCEPTION RIGHT NOW THAT WE MIGHT BE HAVING SOME ISSUES
062WITH DIE RIGHT NOW AND SO WHAT IS WHAT CAN WE GO OUT? I WOULD LOVE A STATEMENT THAT YOU CAN PROVIDE FROM YOUR OFFICE THAT WOULD SAY, YOU KNOW, YES WE HAVE HAD A CHALLENGE THIS YEAR OR SOME SOME CHALLENGES THIS YEAR BUT LET'S ALSO LOOK AT BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH I'D LOVE TO HAVE A STATEMENT JUST THAT WE CAN USE AND I KNOW THAT NICOLE DOES A GREAT JOB WITH PROVIDING INFORMATION LIKE THAT AS WELL BUT JUST FROM THE D.A. OFFICE AND JUST SAYING YOU KNOW, WE FEEL LIKE AND I HOPE THIS IS TRUE THAT WE ARE MAKING HUGE LEAPS AND BOUNDS AND PROGRESS IN THESE AREAS OF TRAINING EXCELLENCE, YOU KNOW YOU KNOW, INCLUSION WHATEVER IT COULD BE BECAUSE I THINK RIGHT NOW WE REALLY NEED A POSITIVE MESSAGE AND SOME DIRECTIONAL VERBIAGE
063THAT WE CAN USE WHEN WE'RE TALKING TO OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO MIGHT HAVE A DIFFERENT PERCEPTION SO SO I APPRECIATE THAT WE ARE TAKING A DIVISION APPROACH TO WHAT I WORRY IN PUTTING TOO MUCH ON TO THE OFFICE OF DIVERSITY INCLUSION IS IS IS THEY BECOME THE SINGLE SPOKESPERSON FOR THE WORK THAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO. AND SO MR. AND HIS TEAM OR HEAVILY INVOLVED WITH EACH OF THE DEPARTMENTS IN VARIOUS AREAS THAT ARE RELATED TO THE THE EQUITY WORK THAT WE ARE WE'RE DOING YOU'LL HEAR ANOTHER PRESENTATION BY MR. HARRIS AT THE RETREAT YOU'LL SEE IN THE FORECAST AT THE MOMENT A PRESENTATION WE'RE GOING TO DO WITH YOU WITH YOU ON AUGUST 13TH RELATED TO POLICY SEVEN AND HOW WE'RE ADDRESSING SOME THOSE CHALLENGES SO WE'VE SO WE'VE TAKEN A MORE HOLISTIC APPROACH
064THAT IT IS ALL OF OUR RESPONSIBILITIES TO BE SPOKESPERSONS FOR THIS WORK AND I DO KNOW THAT NOW THAT NICOLE'S FEET OR FIRMLY ON THE GROUND SHE'S ALSO LOOKING AT A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT WAYS WE CAN TELL OUR STORY AS IT COMES ACROSS NOT REACTIVE MANNER THE MANNER THE MORE IN A PROACTIVE MANNER AND I THINK THAT'S SO IMPORTANT BECAUSE AGAIN WE'VE JUST GONE THROUGH ALL THESE DIFFERENT SLIDES THAT SHOW THE AMAZING WORK THAT HAS BEEN DONE IN THIS DIVISION AND YOU KNOW UNFORTUNATELY A FEW INCIDENTS ALWAYS CAUSE IT'S A SLIGHT 20 STEPS BACKWARDS BUT BUT I DO WANT TO SHOWCASE MUCH MORE HEAVILY THAT WE KNOW WE ARE DOING SOME REALLY REALLY AMAZING POSITIVE WORK AS WELL. SO SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CONTINUE TO JUST MAKE SURE ALL THAT'S
065WELL-KNOWN SO THANK YOU SO AS A SO AS A PROUD MEMBER OF EQUITY COUNCIL JUST, JUST LOVE THAT GROUP SO MUCH BUT I I REMEMBER DURING GRADUATION THAT ONE OF THE SPEAKERS I DON'T REMEMBER WHAT SCHOOL BUT MENTIONED TYCHO COALITION IN THEIR SPEECH AND IT MADE ME SO PROUD JUST JUST TO HEAR THAT SPREAD AND JUST THAT IT WAS SO IMPORTANT TO THAT PERSON. BUT IF YOU COULD BACK UP TO I THINK IT WAS GO TO AND I JUST WANTED TO I THINK WE DON'T HAVE WE ONLY HAD HALF OF THE SLIDES WE DIDN'T GET THE BACK SIDE OF THE SLIDE SO NUMBERS SO NUMBERS ONE, TWO AND THREE WERE MISSING FROM I KNOW BUT SOME OF US DON'T HAVE ROOM FOR THE LAPTOP SO WE USED THE PAPER SO WE DIDN'T HAVE THAT SO
066I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT I GO BACK GO TO STUDENT WELLBEING. SO YOU MENTIONED THE COMMENTS THAT YOU GET FROM THE DISCIPLINE HEARINGS AND I WILL TELL YOU I OFTEN TELL STUDENTS DON'T LET THIS SUSPENSION DEFINE YOU AND THEN I SPEAK AS A COACH LIKE THAT PRINCIPLE SITTING RIGHT THERE LOVES YOU AND THAT PRINCIPAL HAS A SHORT MEMORY JUST LIKE ON A FOOTBALL FIELD OR ON A BASEBALL FIELD. YOU MAKE A MISTAKE YOUR COACH YELLS OUT SHORT MEMORY, MOVE ON AND I JUST LOVE THAT YOU HIGHLIGHTED THAT BECAUSE I THINK THAT'S REALLY WHAT OUR STUDENTS NEED TO KNOW THAT IT'S OK TO MAKE A MISTAKE AND THEN TO GO BACK INTO BUILDING AND THAT EVERYTHING IS GOING TO BE OK AND THEY'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE HIS FOUR YEAR, YOU KNOW, FROWN, YOU KNOW,
067LOOKING AT A PARTICULAR KIDNAPED THAT KIDS GOING TO COME BACK AND FEEL AND FEEL WELCOME. SO I I REALLY REALLY THANK YOU FOR THAT GOAL TO SPECIFICALLY BECAUSE EVERYBODY MAKES MISTAKES AND IT'S JUST OK IT'S OK THANK YOU THANK YOU FOR YOU FOR ALL OF THIS WORK. ANYBODY ELSE OK. ALL RIGHT THANK YOU. THANK YOU AND AND NOW WE TURN THIS OVER TO DR. ROBERTSON FOR OUR FORECAST TO REGULAR SCHOOL BOARD MEETING AGENDA TOPICS FOR HARD TO BELIEVE FISCAL YEAR TWENTY FIVE SPECIFICALLY TALKING TONIGHT ABOUT OUR FIRST QUARTER FOR JULY AUGUST AND SEPTEMBER. IT'S A THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR. THIS IS A PLANNING DOCUMENT THAT WE SUCCESSFULLY USE WE BEING THE SCHOOL BOARD ADMINISTRATION TO FORESHADOW AND PLAN FOR VARIOUS PRESENTATIONS AND I SAY IT'S A PLANNING DOCUMENT BECAUSE THERE WILL BE THINGS THAT COME
068UP THAT NEED TO GO ON THIS DOCUMENT THAT AREN'T ON THIS DOCUMENT NOW BUT THAT'S OK. THAT'S WHAT AGENDA PLANNING IS ALL ABOUT BUT IF YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE DOCUMENT ON PAGE ONE, YOU'LL SEE ARE SESSIONS THAT WE WERE PLANNING FOR THE WORKSHOP ON JULY 9TH AND JULY 10TH. I'M NOT GOING TO READ THOSE TO YOU BECAUSE THERE'S A WORKSHOP TITLES HAD ALREADY BEEN SHARED AND THEY WERE DEVELOPED BY REQUEST FROM THE BOARD. SO THOSE ARE THOSE ARE SESSIONS THAT WE'RE DOING ON JULY NINE AND 10. IF YOU GO TO PAGE TO ON JULY TWENTY THIRD WE HAVE TO WORKSHOPS PLAN AND INSTRUCTIONAL TECHNOLOGY UPDATE A SECURITY UPDATE FOR SCHOOL DIVISION. THEY'RE ALSO SECURITY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. WE ALSO HAVE A POLICY REVIEW COMMUNITY RECOMMENDATIONS AND INFORMATION ON JULY TWENTY THIRD WHICH COULD THEN TRIGGER ADDITIONAL
069ITEMS DOWN THE ROAD I KNOW THAT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT POLICY REVIEW IS GOING TO BE LOOKING AT WAITED WEIGHTED GRADES AND SO IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT'S GOING TO OCCUR WITH WEIGHT GRADES I WOULD IMAGINE THAT ON JULY 20 30 THAT WILL BE SIGNAL TO ADMINISTRATION GO TO AUGUST 13TH AND AND WORKSHOP WE HAVE SUMMER STAFFING UPDATE WE'RE GOING TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA WHERE WE ARE ONE WEEK AWAY FROM WHEN TEACHERS RETURN IN TERMS OF VACANCIES WHAT OUR SHARE WITH ME YESTERDAY WE WERE AT NINETY FIVE VACANCIES FOR TEACHERS WHICH IS HIGHER THAN WE WERE A MONTH AGO YOU'LL ALSO GET THE SECOND PRESENTATION ON NEW CONSTRUCTION GUIDANCE AND DIRECTION. RECALL WE'VE WE'VE TAKEN THE BOARD THROUGH A DISCUSSION AROUND WILLIAMS BASED ON SIX AROUND IN HIGH SCHOOL WILL TALK TO YOU MORE
070ABOUT THAT AND THEN AT THE RETREAT THERE'LL BE A DISCUSSION AND THEN AUGUST 13TH WE'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING FOR SOME SOME FURTHER DIRECTION AS WE GO INTO WHAT'S THE NEXT BUILDING IN THAT MEETING I WILL PROVIDE SOME DRAFT GOALS TO THE BOARD I'LL BE LOOKING FOR YOUR FEEDBACK ON MY GOALS FOR NEXT YEAR BECAUSE MY THEN WILL DEVELOP THEIR GOALS BASED UPON MY GOALS WHICH WILL BE ALIGNED OUR STRATEGIC PLAN AND INFORMATION WILL SEE ISSUE I TALKED ABOUT EARLIER POLICY SEVEN HOW ARE WE ADDRESSING SOME VIOLATIONS THAT HAVE OCCURRED RECENTLY IN ATHLETICS AND ACTIVITIES WE'RE GOING TO GIVE EVERYBODY AN UPDATE THEIR SO THEY'RE AWARE OF ANY CHANGES WE'VE MADE LEADING INTO THAT TIME MOVING AUGUST 27 WE'LL GIVE YOU A YOU A SUMMER LEARNING REVIEW WHICH WILL INCLUDE AS DR. SHEPHERD SURE WE
071HAD OUR KIDS DO VOTE BOTH THOSE AND VIRTUAL CLASSES AS WELL AS HOW MANY PARTICIPATED IN BOOST LEARNING CAMPS ETC. WE ARE LOOKING TO DO AN EXPANSION PLAYING WITH PARENTS SQUARE WE HAVE FROM PARENTS FOR YEARS TO SAY WE HAVE A KID. I HAVE FOUR CHILDREN, THREE IN THREE DIFFERENT SCHOOLS AND TEACHERS WANT TO COMMUNICATE DIFFERENTLY PARENTS SQUARES A METHOD WE METHOD WE CAN USE WHERE THEY NEED TO LEARN ONE COMMUNICATION METHOD WITH THEIR SCHOOLS SO IT'S IT'S A METHOD TO AGAIN PROMOTE CLEAR COMMUNICATION PARENTS AND THEN INFORMATION WE HAVE PROGRAM EVALUATION SCHEDULE WE GOT THE LOCAL PLAN FOR THE GIFTED UPDATE AND AGAIN POLICY REVIEW MOVING INTO SEPTEMBER SEPTEMBER 10TH WE HAVE THE EMPLOYEE INPUT SURVEY RESPONSES RECALL WE GAVE THE EMPLOYEE INPUT DIRT DATA NOW WE'RE GOING TO TELL YOU AS A RESULT
072THAT DATA THIS IS WHAT WE'RE DOING WILL. WE'LL INTRODUCE THE BUDGET CALENDAR TO AND ON SEPTEMBER TWENTY FOURTH WILL HAVE A PRETTY LENGTHY UPDATE ON SCHOOL DIVISION SERVICES SCHOOL OPENING UPDATE ALL OF THE PROJECTS THAT HAVE BEEN DONE TO COMPLETION RATES AND ALL OF THOSE THINGS RELATED TO WHERE WE ARE FROM SCHOOL OF BUSINESS SERVICES PERSPECTIVE WE WILL GIVE YOU A LOOK AT OUR STANDARD OF LEARNING STUDENT PERFORMANCE RESULTS SOME INTERIM FINANCIAL STATEMENTS REVIEW COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION. SO AGAIN SO AGAIN, THIS IS A REALLY GOOD PLANNING DOCUMENT FOR US AND THINGS CAN BE ADJUSTED DURING AGENDA PLANNING AS AS BOARD MEMBERS FIND OTHER TOPICS THAT NEED TO BE ADDED. ANY QUESTIONS QUESTIONS SO? SO A COUPLE OF THINGS AS I'VE LEARNED AND AS YOU ALL HAVE LEARNED, THE BUDGET SEASON NEVER ENDS AND SO YOU SEE
073THAT ON THE CALENDAR FOR SEPTEMBER. SO BE THINKING ABOUT THAT THAT THOUGHT PROCESS DOES NOT HAVE TO START IN JANUARY AND THE OTHER THING IS I'M GOING TO REPEAT THIS FOR THE PUBLIC WE SAW HAVE NINETY FIVE TEACHER VACANCIES AND I LIVE IN A NEIGHBORHOOD WITH A SCHOOL SO EVERY TIME I DRIVE BY CHRISTOPHER FARMS ELEMENTARY I SEE THE BARKY THAT SAYS WE ARE HIRING CUSTODIANS AND BUS DRIVERS SO ANYONE LISTENING THAT THINKS THAT THEY MIGHT WANT TO BE A BUS DRIVER OR CUSTODIAN AND LIKE TO JOIN OUR TEAM PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT B.V. SCHOOLS DOTCOM AND YOU CAN FILL OUT AN APPLICATION AND WE WOULD LOVE TO TRAIN YOU AND WE'D LOVE TO GET YOU ON THE ROAD AND IN OUR SCHOOLS. I'M SORRY. OF COURSE IMUS WOODHOUSE CAN YOU, CAN YOU CONFIRM
074WE JUST APPROVED A PRETTY SIGNIFICANT PAY INCREASE FOR BUS DRIVERS AND CUSTODIANS? YES, MA'AM. WITH THOSE ON THE YOU SEVEN EXPERIENCE PAY SCALE, WE HAVE INCREASED THE INTEREST RATE TO FIFTEEN DOLLARS AN HOUR. THAT IS TWO YEARS AHEAD OF THE STATE REQUIREMENT TO INCREASE THE MINIMUM WAGE AND ALSO COME AUGUST 1ST THE ADDITIONAL TO CENTS RAISE OUR EMPLOYEES BUS ASSISTANCE CAFETERIA, CAFETERIA ASSISTANTS AND CUSTODIAN ONES WILL ENTER AT FIFTEEN DOLLARS AND THIRTY CENTS AN HOUR AND THAT'S A HUGE ACCOMPLISHMENT FOR US AS A DIVISION IT DOES PUT US AHEAD OF OUR OTHER LOCAL DIVISIONS AND IT WILL ALSO HELP FOR THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN WITH US FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS BECAUSE WHEN YOU INCREASE THE INTEREST RATE IT'S A DOMINO EFFECT. SO ABSOLUTELY DR. ROBERTS AND I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO ATTEND THE CUSTODIAL
075APPRECIATION DAY AND DR. ROBINSON WAS KIND ENOUGH TO SHARE THE STAGE WITH ME WHERE I COULD SHARE WITH OUR EMPLOYEES THE GREAT WORK OF THE SCHOOL BOARD AND DR. ROBINSON TO SUPPORT COMPENSATION FOR OUR LOWEST WAGE EMPLOYEES AND THEY APPLAUDED AND SO YES MA'AM THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. I JUST I JUST WANT TO SAY I THINK THANK YOU SO MUCH, MISS KENDRICK I ALSO HAVE ANOTHER PLUG THAT I LEARNED ABOUT WHEN VISITING BETTY WILLIAMS LAST WEEK FOR THE USDA THEY HAVE CULINARY CAREER OPPORTUNITIES NO EXPERIENCE REQUIRED FIFTEEN . FIFTEEN DOLLARS AN HOUR TO START IN A FEW MONTHS YOU CAN GET COLLEGE CREDIT TOWARDS CULINARY AGREES WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY FOR THOSE WHO WANT TO ENTER INTO THE WORKFORCE FOR THE SCHOOL SYSTEM THROUGH CULINARY ARTS AND I FOUND THAT QUITE INCREDIBLE. FIFTEEN TO TWENTY
076EIGHT DOLLARS AN HOUR TO DO THAT WORK SO WANT TO WANT TO GO AHEAD AND PLUG THAT AS FOR ANYONE LISTENING. THANK YOU MISS ANDERSON. I'M NOT SURE IF THIS THIS SHOULD SOMETHING THAT SHOULD BRING OUT HERE BUT I'D LIKE TO KNOW ON SEPTEMBER 10TH IT SAYS THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT A BUDGET CALENDAR AND I JUST WONDERED IF THEY'RE IF WE HAVE STARTED NEGOCIATE YET WITH THE CITY ON OUR ABOUT OUR REVENUE SHARING FORMULA AND IF WE HAVE WHEN WHEN WOULD YOU BE GIVING AN UPDATE TO THE SCHOOL BOARD ABOUT THOSE NEGOTIATIONS SO NOTHING FORMALLY HAS OCCURRED WE HAVE WE'VE RECEIVED NO FORMAL REQUESTS FROM THE CITY COUNCIL YET OR THE CITY MANAGER TO ME OTHER THAN TO SAY THEY WERE GOING TO BRIEF THE BOARD JUNE AND OR BRIEF THE CITY
077COUNCIL IN JUNE CRYSTAL WAS AT THE MEETING THE OTHER DAY WATCH I'LL GIVE HER A MOMENT IN A MOMENT A CHANCE TO SHARE THAT AND IT WILL BE I IMAGINE A DISCUSSION BETWEEN THE COUNCIL AND THE BOARD ABOUT THE REVENUE SHARING FORMALLY EXPIRES IN TWENTY TWENTY FIVE BE YES THEY, THEY BRIEFED COUNCIL VERY SIMILAR I'LL SHARE THIS AGAIN IN AND RETREAT ON JUNE 11TH COUNCIL WAS OPEN TO REVISITING THE REVOLUTIONARY MOVEMENT AND SIMPLY FROM A STANDPOINT OF JUST UNDERSTANDING AND TAKING A LOOK AT THINGS AND MAKING SURE THAT THINGS ARE STILL INTACT AND PROCESSES ARE STILL THERE. SO AGAIN, LIKE DR. ROBERTSON SAID THERE'S BEEN NO FORMAL DECISION THEY. THEY SENT CITY BUDGET STAFF BACK TO SOME HOMEWORK AND TO BRING SOME INFORMATION BACK TO THEM. THEY WANT COMPARISONS FROM OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS THEY EVEN
078TALKED ABOUT OUT OF STATE THE BUDGET DIRECTOR AT THAT THE CITY I DISCUSSED SOMETIMES THAT'S MAKES IT DIFFICULT TO COMPARE BECAUSE VIRGINIA HAS CERTAIN RULES AT OTHER STATES DO NOT AND THEN SUBSEQUENT TO THAT THEY WILL REACHING OUT TO US TO HAVE A MEETING TO HAVE FURTHER DISCUSSION ON WHETHER WE CAN EXTEND OR KEEP WHAT WE HAVE IN PLACE AND WHETHER WE NEED TO DO ANY REVISIONS FROM THAT POINT. OK, THANK IF I CAN SHARE CAN SHARE ONE FINAL THOUGHT ABOUT COMPENSATION OFTENTIMES WE TALK ABOUT COMPENSATION WE TALK ABOUT COMPENSATION HERE AND YOU GUYS SHOULD YOURSELVES YOURSELF ON THE BACK BECAUSE THIS OR JUST LIKE ANY BOARD COULD DECIDE WHEN ADDITIONAL REVENUES COME IN NOT TO PUT THOSE TOWARDS COMPENSATION YOU HAVE NOT DONE THAT YOU DIDN'T DO IT LAST YEAR HE DIDN'T DO DIDN'T
079DO IT THIS YEAR AND THE STAFF IS RECOGNIZED THAT SO I DON'T WANT ANYONE TO MISINTERPRET THAT WHILE THE BOARD IS JUST NOT JUST NOT GIVING STAFF RAISES. NO, THE BOARDS DOING EVERYTHING THEY POSSIBLY CAN BASED UPON THE AVAILABLE REVENUES AND THE ACTIONS THAT VIRTUALLY REMEMBER THIS BOARD THIS BOARD TOOK LAST YEAR TO CREATE THAT COMPENSATION PACKAGE REALLY IS CARRIED US THROUGH THIS YEAR AND THIS YEAR BEING ABLE TO GET AN AVERAGE OF THREE AND A HALF PERCENT IS BEEN A GAME CHANGER AND IT'S JUST IT'S AN ONGOING CHALLENGE ONGOING CHALLENGE AT THE STATE LEVEL AND THE SEEK UNDERSTANDS HOW IMPORTANT SCHOOLS OR A LOT OF CONFIDENCE THAT WE CONFIDENCE THAT WE CAN WORK OUT A REVENUE FORMULA BETWEEN THE BOARD AND COUNCIL THAT WILL BE RESPECTED OF BOTH GROUPS. THANK YOU MRS. THAT WE
080HAVE A HAVE A CLOSED SESSION THIS EVENING? WE HAVE TIME NOW. OK MADAM VICE CHAIR WOULD YOU PLEASE READ US INTO CLOSED SESSION? I MOVE THE SCHOOL BOARD RECESSES IN A CLOSED SESSION IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE EXCEPTIONS TO OPEN MEETINGS ALL SET FORTH IN VIRGINIA TO TATTOOED TEST THIRTY SEVEN ELEVEN PART A PARAGRAPH'S ON SEVEN AND EIGHT AS AMENDED TO DELIBERATE ON THE FOLLOWING MATTERS DISCUSSION CONSIDERATION OR INTERVIEWS A PROSPECTIVE CANDIDATES FOR EMPLOYMENT ASSIGNMENT APPOINTMENT PROMOTION PERFORMANCE DEMOTION SALARIES DISCIPLINING OR RESIGNATION OF SPECIFIC PUBLIC OFFICERS APPOINTEES OR EMPLOYEES OF ANY PUBLIC BODY AND EVALUATION OF PERFORMANCE OF DEPARTMENTS OR SCHOOLS A PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS HIGHER EDUCATION WHERE SUCH EVALUATION WILL NECESSARILY INVOLVE DISCUSSION OF PERFORMANCE OF SPECIFIC INDIVIDUALS IN CONSULTATION WITH LOCAL COUNCILMAN BRIEFINGS MY STAFF MEMBERS ARE CONSULTANTS PERTAINING TO ACTUAL OR PROBABLE LITIGATION RESEARCH
081CONSULTATION A BRIEFING IN OPEN MEETING WOULD ADVERSELY AFFECT NEGOTIATING OR LITIGATING POSTURE OF PUBLIC BODY FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SUBDIVISION PROBABLE LITIGATION MEANS LITIGATION THAT HAS BEEN SPECIFICALLY THREATENED OR IN WHICH THE PUBLIC BODY RATES LEGAL COUNSEL WASN'T A REASONABLE BASIS REASONABLE BASIS TO BELIEVE WILL BE COMMENCED OR AGAINST IN A PARTY NOTHING IN THE IN THE SUBDIVISION SHALL BE CONSTRUED TO PERMIT CLOSURE OF IMMEDIATE MERELY BECAUSE AN ATTORNEY REPRESENTING THE REPRESENTING THE PUBLIC BODY IS IN ATTENDANCE HAS CONSULTED ON THE MATTER EIGHT CONSULTATION WITH LEGAL COUNSEL EMPLOYED OR RETAINED BY PUBLIC BODY REGARDING SPECIFIC LEGAL MATTERS REQUIRING REGARDING THE PROVISION OF LEGAL VICE BY SUCH COUNCIL NOTHING IN THE SUBDIVISION SHALL BE CONSTRUED TO PERMIT THE CLOSURE MEETING MERELY BECAUSE AN ATTORNEY REPRESENTING THE PUBLIC BODY IS IN ATTENDANCE OR IS INSULTED ON
082A MATTER NAMELY TO DISCUSS A SETTLEMENT AUTHORITY FOR PERSONAL INJURY CASES THE RETENTION OF OUTSIDE LEGAL COUNCIL SEE EVALUATION OF AN ADMINISTRATOR AND OR PERSONAL MATTERS THE STATUS OF PENDING LITIGATION OR ADMINISTRATIVE CASES CONSULTATION WITH LEGAL COUNSEL LEGAL COUNSEL REGARDING PROBABLE LITIGATION AND PENDING LITIGATION MATTERS OK MOTION BE MADE BY MISS FRANKLIN SECOND MISS ANDERSON, ANY DISCUSSION ARE SAYING THAT THE VOTING BOARD IS OPEN? SO MADAM CHAIR WE HAVE NINE EYES TO GO INTO CLOSED SESSION. THE MOTION DID PASS JUST WAIT FOR THE CLEAR AND I AND AND I I . I AM MORE UH CLOSED MEETING ON THIS ON THIS DATE PURSUANT TO AN AFFIRMATIVE QUARTER VOTE AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THE VIRGINIA FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT AND WHERE A SECTION CHEWED OUT TO DASH 37 QUALITY OF THE CODE OF
083VIRGINIA REQUIRES A CERTIFICATION BY THE SCHOOL BOARD THAT SUCH CLOSED MEETING WAS CONDUCTED IN CONFORMITY VIRGINIA LAW NOW THEREFORE BE RESOLVED AT THE SCHOOL BOARD SCHOOL BOARD OF THE CITY OF VIRGINIA BEACH NEARBY CERTIFIES THAT TO THE BEST OF EACH MEMBER'S KNOWLEDGE ONE ONLY PUBLIC BUSINESS MATTERS LOST REALLY EXEMPTED FROM OPEN MEDIUM REQUIREMENTS BY VIRGINIA WERE DISCUSSED IN THE CLOSED MEETING TO WHICH THE CERTIFICATION APPLIES AND TO ONLY SUCH PUBLIC BUSINESS MATTERS AS WE'RE IDENTIFIED IN THE MOTION BY WHICH CLOSED MEETING WAS CONVENED WERE HER DISCUSSED OR DISCUSSED OR CONSIDERED. ALL RIGHT. MOTION MADE I MISS BROWN SECONDED BY MISS RIGGS VOTING FOR MADAM CHAIR WE HAVE NO DENIES THE SORT OF CERTIFICATION OF CLOSED HAD PASSED. OK SO JUST BE MINDFUL BE CROWDED HERE WE HAVE A LOT OF RECOGNITION INCLUDING THREE FULL TEAMS
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