Board of Education Regular Meeting 5/20/2019

001come to the regular Board of Education meeting of May 20th we want to start the meeting with the resuscitation of the vision statement and that is that every school will be a thriving school that prepares every student to graduate from high school college career and community ready next on the agenda we have a really special treat tonight I am excited to welcome the project so Fox speakers so we have several amazing MMSD students who recently performed at this year's project soapbox event project soapbox is a public speaking opportunity that highlights the voices of our youth middle school and high school students were asked to select a topic or issue they are passionate about and explain why it is an issue and suggest an action to address it this opportunity allows students to engage in action

002civics over 1,700 students participated at the classroom and school level with over 100 students sharing their voices at the Overture Center in March in a district finale three of our MMSD students Aria Bowman from West High School Clara nebula from Toki middle school and designer yeah how yes yeah he I practiced this with her and went closer I'm just going on I have a problem as I got up here if he alley okay thank you from Senate middle school all stood out in the finale in fact aria ensign AB will be heading to Washington DC to compete in the natural and MMSD has two of the 20 slots with over 15,000 students that vied for them nationally Ari's topic focused on sexism and beauty ideals Clare's focus on topics around racism and Zenith focused on

003ending Muslim stereotypes certainly these students represent the power of youth voice and demonstrate and inspiring leadership by speaking publicly about crucial issues we would now like to invite these three students here with us here today to present their topics first Aria would you please come up to the microphone here at the stage and and share your piece [Applause] she's a pretty girl but she won't ever believe it she could find a million imperfections within just one inch of her body that mask of makeup she wears is to shield the eyes from her freckled face she's a pretty girl but she won't ever believe it those crossed arms over her stomach are too high that extra piece of came from last night that she thinks makes her fat yet she wishes she wasn't so skinny she's

004a pretty girl but she won't ever believe it the things she sees on TV tell her that she's not good enough she has to be thin tall white successful have a small appetite thick when she wakes up in the morning with a zit on her face she cries herself to sleep because when she looks in the mirror she can't stand her self she's a pretty girl but she won't ever believe it she stays away from boys because she because they couldn't possibly love someone that looks like her she was told she had a look a certain way to attract men attract men like it's her job to attract men she was told this certain way was not how she looked she's a pretty girl but she will never believe it how could she believed it

005when society tells her every part of the way she looks is wrong put on some weight are you even healthy you look manly guys don't like skinny girls people like him shouldn't wear bikinis you are ugly she's a pretty girl but she won't ever believe it the body expectations that are rested upon young women eat them alive until they're nothing more than things she wishes she loved herself but wherever she looks there will always be someone more beautiful she's a pretty girl but she will never believe it young girls are told to sit quiet look pretty the obedient be perfect when we stop tearing each other and ourselves apart over what the media tells us we look like accepting ourselves is hard but I hope one day we will all find the courage to let

006that true beauty shine through she's a pretty girl and she knows it [Applause] are you thank you very very much next we like to end by Claire to the front to speak on racism I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands one nation under God indivisible with liberty and justice for who because it is not justice girl it will be justice for all when people stop labeling all Muslims as terrorists it will be justice for all the black Hispanic teens do not even feel afraid of the police because of the color of their skin it would be justice for all when all people feel accepted in their communities regardless of skin color or religion today I'm talking to you about racism although this

007issue has been going on for hundreds of years and has improved it has not been completely fixed in 2018 over 1,000 people were shot and killed by the police 25% of which were black people despite by people only being 13% of the population of America 70% of those why people were unarmed and nonviolent when parents of minority children see these things in the media they tells they teach their children to be cautious Society has made this a principle for people with color and America that it is normal to feel targeted and hated that is normal to live our lives looking over our shoulders in fear although law enforcement is one racist part of society it is not the only problem a black person is far more likely to be turned away from job than a

008white person with fewer credentials and a criminal record this is unfair and affects many black people with families that they need to support there is no cure no drug no invention that we need in order to stop racism we already have the answer we need to accept each we need to understand that the melanin and someone's skin does not define them no one was born hating others for the color of their skin people were taught to now people need to teach themselves not to there are things that you can do if you hear racist comments or derogatory terms speak out together we can make it justice for all thank you [Applause] Clara thank you very very much and last but not least if you'd like to invite sign up to the stage to share her

009piece on indian muslim stereotypes hi wao me i am a muslim american student i am a senate scholar i want you to listen to these two words and try to find the difference between them oh oh the difference between these two words is that the first one comes from a mouth of a non-muslim american student who says these words because they are fun and funny they feel the need to throw this racial stereotype to every single Muslim they see because it symbolizes the momentum of something the second one comes from the mouth of almost a man or woman who says it when they need help when they need guidance it symbolizes the reassurance that God is the greatest and brings us to calm and peace I feel bad for the Muslim boys and girls but

010mostly the girls they wear a hijab on their head which symbolizes the brick the religion they get scared to go anywhere because of the fear of being called a terrorist imagine walking down the hall and suddenly somebody you know you try to do it at the far end up in mind them laugh it off because you don't want to be the only one or the unfunny one or the party pooper Allah I feel bad just stop it's not funny it's not cool it's not a joke it's not funny it never was funny and I'm here to speak out speak out on behalf of all of the Muslims not only is this joke offending but it's also scary scary I've been you walking anywhere and everyone's judging you because they think you're about to go and

011blow up the place because of what you believe in because of your religion because of what you're wearing although I have to prepare myself yes prepare myself for endless questions and comments every day like what's that on your head do your parents force you to wear that what would you do if I just paint that off your head well all of these are very employing after getting repeated every five seconds might stranger the worst thing I've been told was to warn someone the day before I was going to bomb up the school take comfort in knowing that I am a fun person to be around that everyone can throw these racial slurs left and right around me because I am someone who does not care although my religion is not your joke my religion is

012not your insult I am NOT a terrorist I am Sam Bao a Muslim American Senate scholar wow that was really an amazing and I want to thank Aria and Claire and Xena for their work I mean they I'm so proud that they're going to be representing us and you did a wonderful job we'd like to invite you to come up so we could take a photo with with all the board members and I'd like everyone here to to give them one last round [Applause] [Music] [Applause] next I'd like to ask for a moment of silence for the passing of community member Tony Jones and school psychologist dr. Virginia Ruth McKinney Henderson tonight we are saddened to report the recent passing of the loved Madisonian Tony Jones and farmer MMSD School Psychologists and administrator Virginia Ruth

013McKinney Henderson Tony Jones was most recently a coach with the LaFollette boys basketball program and his partner is a teacher at rate middle school over a number of years Tony coached with the number of programs across our district and he had many community connections he was a role model for our youth to follow in a beloved friend to many dr. Virginia Ruth McKinney Henderson worked as a school psychologist for MMSD and later became the superintendent special assistant for equity and diversity even in retirement Virginia remained the diversity consultant for MMSD focusing on eliminating racial disparities and creating equitable opportunities for all students she was also very involved in the community and involved with many organizations that have helped our youth both Tony Jones and dr. Virginia Ruth McKinney Henderson will be dearly missed and their

014legacies and memories of passionately serving our students and families will live on please join us in a moment of silence as we remember both Tony and virgin next on the agenda is the election of officers the officers for school board are the positions of president vice president treasurer clerk and secretary these elections are done once a year the first position that we will have the election for is the board president are there any nominations for the office of president I would like to go ahead and nominate Gloria Reyes are there any other nominations hearing no further nominations nominations for the office of president are closed forward president Gloria Reyes was nominated and since there are no other candidates Gloria Reyes has been elected president for the 2019 [Applause] but I will turn it over to

015our new president thank you very I am so honored as a former builder it is even more like I just feel great to have been elected in my former school so thank you and I look forward to serving as your president air what you mean as I've learned the process so next election is vice president do we have any nominations for the vice president I would like to nominate kid tails Katie's another nomination if you have two nominations Katie's and Nikki Van der neuen we have to balance in front of you just write the name of your vote yes okay the vote um is Kate James as our next vice president congratulations Kate [Applause] so the next time a financial officer and our chief financial officer is Kelly can I get a second I'm on

016your advisory vote on my favorite oh I'm sorry okay so I'm sorry that was secretary so Kelly ruble is our secretary sorry about the confusion our next election is treasurer do we have any nominations for treasurer any other nominations okay it is closed and it's because we have no other nominations Chris cruci is our treasure congratulations [Applause] next nomination is clerk or officers Clark position do we have any nominations for the clerk position okay Nikki I hear a nomination for nominations nominations are closed all in favor of Nikki we are under public appearances so we want to thank you for coming to speak your truth to us this evening and for being here to share this space given our new location for this month I want to highlight a few things to help ensure that

017our time together runs small but first thank you for signing up before 6 p.m. thank you for keeping the aisles clear to ensure safety and thank you for helping us ensure that every speaker has an opportunity to make their comments remember that allowing any viewpoint to be shared is not an endorsement of that viewpoint it is endorsement of the right to speak we have 33 speakers today go ahead I need your help and I am not the only teacher that needs said I love Madison I love teaching and I love my students I don't be a state from uw-madison in Spanish I have been teaching for over 20 years and the satisfaction of being a DIY teacher in Madison has brought many different types of joys and a very proud of people studying in maturity

018last year I was not familiar with the opportunities available for the students and last year we had no students accepted into the people program this year but to say we got 13 accepted and we have four in the waiting list we also we also got two in the itn I've also got another over ten thousand dollars in grants and donations to get resources for the students field trips for example I started hip-hop unspoken word Club I started fishing clubbing the money in the nation's for the equipment and the view fish just catching one fish it changes our life I also friends they also got going to get some prior training and now we have a healthy snacks would have furniture for the classroom when we have culturally relevant boots last week's my students they won

019their second soccer match four weeks ago they heard and the see I had a lead but no one had a flight so it was too late the spring they sent a petition I've got 200 signatures and since they got the soccer team knowing these students have been helping each other with their cohorts and with their defense getting all their assignments on staying in class and in order to keep up the great some my my students I know believe they are part of the community have the power to change the world I see them where in the Shiraki sheraton representing the school they are happy they're laughing they're enjoying school and they see them coming to my class every day but when I said well when I was fired three years ago with an emergency license

020I was told the based on my having a doctorate the teaching experience I would not have to take any more classes at I have it in writing and a couple of months later I was told I needed to go back to school and as of today I do not have a contract to teach next year and despite all the rhetoric of creating a more diverse teaching population everything that I have experienced this contrary to that philosophy and there are other teachers in assembly licensed in other states who are facing similar situations just in my school were five and I do want to teach you in my resume in there in the school next year hey Louise good evening thank you for having me here my name is Vanessa by yodelice I am an 11th grader

021here representing the Latin exuded union leadership or that being said I am here to inform you of our intentions to work with the Madison School Board to implement a semester and or a year long Chicano / Latinos in America study school we believe that having a course like this will give Latino students in East High School a sense of belonging a representation of our history and culture that is often skimmed over in our social studies courses we hope to collaborate oranga with the school board thank you and good night [Applause] let's be good Amy your role do you think my name is Amy garble I'm a teacher here at East I would like to dress two topics today one comments that were made in a recent article and then second base page arguing in last

022week's articles in the isthmus called a rotten year there are comments made by the most vulgar oh that deeply offended me and many of my colleagues I'm just trying to teach my class sorry this is report I'm just trying to teach my class and black kids are getting in my way it would be really helpful what I want them said tough they got sent out what I want them suspended they got suspended says Muldrow playing the role of a white teacher I would like permission to discriminate against students of color so I can do my job I realized that that wasn't directed at me because I'm confident my relationships with students the parents of the community our I'm offended at the broad generalization that you made of teachers if this is not what you meant

023then you need to provide clarification to all teachers and to all readers of this article and to the members of our community we are already fighting for respect that is waning and this type of comment does not help the perception that people have no teachers next and this ties into the idea of respect and basically our thing I'd like to voice my support of at least a two point four four percent base weight raised again thinking about respect I found an article written by a teacher that does a reminder what respect should look like and I'd like to quote the article respecting me as a teacher means acknowledging that I spent far more than 40 hours a week working for my students but that mic and adequate compensation reflects only two hours spent in the

024classroom make teachers sure teachers are fairly paid for all the work we do respecting me as a teacher means acknowledging that I am walking with my students through some trauma sometimes trauma here's my own provide counselors and support staff for students whose experiences keep them from being fully present for learning respecting me as a teacher means acknowledging that I am an adult and even though I do not have biological children I do have responsibilities of outside of my child always respect to professionals time and contracted scheduling respecting as a teacher means acknowledging that I have studied the art and craft of educating I am skillful I am competent give teachers the autonomy we deserve and allow us to make decisions about how best to reach our students respecting me as a teacher means acknowledging that

025I earn on average 30% less than other similarly educated professionals in the service sector fix that spirit respecting me as a teacher means honoring my time my effort my knowledge and my need for self-care I know we have a Wellness Policy in the district [Applause] [Music] my name is Mike Pope and I'm ready to freedom week today I will be talking about one of our demands which is investing in youth of color instead of investing money to police investing into programs that will actually help youth of colors education I see that teachers want the best for their students by helping them get an IP where they bring them as if they're had a disability but did you know that is actually hurting the education my brother's never had a proper education that they were supposed

026to have they got different kinds of classes than the rest of their classmates I lived with my brothers and I know they don't have a disability they live and do everything like any other person will do they are smart they know how to give wrong things so why did my brothers can label as if they are disabled how do you measure someone that has a disability I believe that if they were properly educated they wouldn't be where they are now I also had experiences myself I had to put I had to be put into the IEP system as a high schooler I thought this was such a great opportunity for me getting extra time to do my test having extra support and getting a reserve stuff and this really helped me but I also did

027not know how I really impacted my learning once I figured out that I had to learn disability I figured why who put me up to this I thought I was just like any other student but after the conversation with my teacher I thought to myself I was taking some other classes I felt done I felt so old myself I felt like school wasn't for someone like me who was pretty good job I try not to put this into whatever I was doing input my cell phone stop putting kids into a place like wearable as that so I am asking you all to invest in us so we can be better students who have learning disabilities shouldn't feel like they are not intelligent and they should have all the research they need to learn also kids

028with learning disability are more likely to have police contact put a black high school students with disability were seventy six times more likely to be arrested at a university at school in 2015 this is ridiculous and y'all need to do better as a district to provide students with disability instead of colonizing them give them the research they need to thrive and you already know how to do it because you do it with bright students you see them as children when they are having a behavior concern you don't call the police on them like you do to black children with learning disabilities it just seems like you don't see us as being worthy and saying you have the same love care and support regardless of what you think or feel of ours I am Telling You

029that we deserve better we need to take up some sports and that's a learning minute encourage creativity to all youth of color use transformative justice instead of punishing youth and let the parents youth and community have control over school I can be Selina again okay so safety means the condition of being protected from harm but does our school it looks safe when girls are getting sexually assaulted when a child ever no point out by a teacher for just springg perfume when a teacher is abusing a child every claim of a tree and school especially for girls and as we teach you if you won't feel safe at all when all units and students happens this clearly proves that the police was never dear talked about and the school board does nothing serious about these problems

030so I have cuffs in schools already learned it's best students of color to their relationships with the heroes when all they do is harass target and Huntington I personally don't know come to my school because teachers are always consecrating first person who is talking back when I found instructions and this uncomfortable for me to witness that she teachers don't care those students at home and those students are usually the students of color so I suggest that you take cops out of school and that's and learning wellness and creativity and black beautiful girls and LGBTQ youth and youth with disabilities you use transform and transformative justice instead of punishing you give parents youth and impact communities to be a real decision-making power in schools thank you [Applause] and I get ordered the Marcie coffee what they

031truly are and for what and for how they feel about black people they are trained to shoot and ask questions later there are the type of people to take an innocent life but only can leave for a couple of months to go back to work cops aren't hidden keep us safe cops are here to save the day cops aren't here to make sure that Black Keys is okay so what the hell is doing their job for real their job is to make her access that get paid if we want to be honest and when it comes to them being in schools I feel more attack that school than I do walking down the street am I in jail or online at school how many shooters have fully stopped at schools no how many kids have

032they injured or arrested because of a race for these thousands you school board members don't go to school anymore so how are the artists eight what we need in our schools when I wanted to when I walked into a school already feel like I have to prove my really just because I'm black I'm gonna be looked at different I'm gonna be held to higher expectations because I don't look as a failure you know how hard it is for me to be perfect every day but I won't have a racist cop who don't even who doesn't even have training with kids how y'all could police the schools but can't even vest money it's important things such as new history books or you've been giving teachers ranging to maybe give you a job break investment apart invested

033to bus cards more transportation for students who struggle getting home into school y'all only worried about your image y'all don't care about how we feel I'm sick of coming up here but that's where y'all go see me at every meeting every month and - y'all give my peoples what they deserve [Applause] being black in Madison is one of the hardest things to do but being black and queer is even harder I always know when I've had a little rainbow in me but I never least woke up about it until a couple years ago in police's eyes there's only two genders male and female and as I did not conform a person of color I'm letting you know that there are way more than those two it's hard for me to even be comfortable enough to

034open up to you all in this face because y'all seem not to care I don't feel welcome in this space nor safe which is an issue by itself these meetings are supposed to help a community you feel like we have a space to come to talk about what we need and what's best for us but instead me and the people like myself don't feel welcome because as soon as we come in this space we watch like hawks hunting parade by security and the board itself why isn't that people like me and the community have to come and beg God to listen every meeting we should be heard and taken seriously every time you come and stand here for our three minutes I want y'all to really take us clear in general conform folks seriously because

035it's a lot of us out here live expect it and we expect for y'all to be better the policing of the black community has gotten out of hands and nobody but us seems to care how was it that in 2004 a black woman who plays football got arrested for using the women's restroom or that a woman lawyer in Texas who also was wearing a suit got arrested for the same thing or how about the death of mishaela Booker 23 found dead in Dallas she is the fourth transgender woman or person in the u.s. all of them back to be slain this year so what are you saying school board if I were to walk into a bathroom with my in sweatpants I'll get arrested too or even killed yeah I really need to think about

036what's best for your query they're not performing and trans folks because we matter just as much if not more than anyone else here because we are the most protected by your [ __ ] up policies [Applause] [Music] there was a concern that did decrease future sexual assaults an increase of cops presence was needed I can say that increasing cops presence at school is not the answer I have worked with many such Roesel did folks heard many stories and is a victim myself I know that cops more cups would not make you feel safer in fact I would feel more friendly than half of the sexual assault cases go unreported in fear of blame retaliation further victimization and feeling shame many victims also believe cops will not do anything to help them victims do not report to police

037do to empower own an inadequate police practices and procedures such as disbelief dismissing the victims report as inadequate or unfounded and the anticipation of a long and difficult Ryle difficult trial statistics also say that 50% of women in color will be victims of sexual assault the LGBTQ and disabled even more so these people are already targeted in many ways especially by the police freedom Inc has been saying for the past two years that please do not protect black and brown people I can now put trust in people eise to keep victims safe since most victims are people they do not even see is worthy of protection how will it increase in cops presence how hyper-sexualized black girls and already targeted youth they are not trained to handle sexual assault cases they are not culturally trained

038for the piss mental and emotional aftermath of the aftermath of this crime many victims will not find comfort and police for these reasons if you truly care for the well-being of sexual assault victim survivors invest in concealers who specialize the sexual assaults reach out to community organizations who help sexual assault victims and survivors who provide culturally specific services to meet the victims safety needs creep up creep policies that remove societal and structural barriers that prevent four survivors from coming forward and created and create policies of sexual assault prevention take police out of the schools the let's community have decision-making power to protect the victims and survivors so we need four notice Imam I want the FY is youth to stand up stand up because you guys have worked so hard and there lies the day

039the audience you need to recognize y'all [Applause] I want to address the facts that black girls are not seeing and not protected as victim under protected blacks sexual assault girls victims in school the question of survivor among black girls has always been about whether they are seen and if so how they are seen particularly in economic and social isolated space such as schools closed at nearly ninety percent the rate of sexual assault utilization for black girls and young woman's is among the highest for any groups in the nation girls experienced sexual assault of justification are being seen as hyper sexual in many places including at home and on the street on the bus and in school it sweats that not only in Tainos black girls bodies but also in store their minds in the hallways

040in the classrooms in the yard and in the bathroom black girls describe conditions in which their bodies are scrutinized touch often without permission and objectified in ways that makes them feel self-conscious and constantly defensive this is a quote from the book pushed out I work as a domestic violence sexual assault advocates for my communities I have heard stories of their survivals and struggles and daily lives they face police and had bad experience with authorities they survived their perpetrator every minutes of the day while trying to make a living the police were only triggers their emotional and physical pain so every time they see a police officer they experience their sexual assaults all over again police would only do more harm to black and brown students and mostly in sexual assaulted they should not have to

041experience this in their school maintaining zero tolerance tolerance policy and behavior education plants will do more harm to black girls instead we should invest in the learning and wellness and creativity of black youth youth of colors girls and LBGT youth and youth with disability I asked you our demand is that take cops out of school and that's been learning and wellness and creativity and black youth youth of color some girls lbgtq youth and youth with disability news transformative justice instead of punishing youth give parents youth an impact of communities to make decisions and give them the power to keep our school safe [Applause] hi everyone I'm hearing a lot of positive things about having an all-female school board but none of it means anything if you're not actually going to implement policies that allow for

042change for everyone including LGBTQ folks black and brown folks other people of color women and girls trans and gender non-conforming folks and folks with disabilities both visible and invisible I cannot trust that you'll protect girls especially black girls from injustice in schools in particular sexual abuse in schools I want to focus on this because so many people's reaction to the sexual assault ed inanimate MMSD school this MMSD school is to increase security or police presence in schools I'm going to repeat this for those who have not been paying attention for the last two years people do not protect black and brown bodies especially when it comes to sexual assault in fact why are you all questioning how the police reacted to the sexual assault they're not trained in to work with victims or survivors of

043sexual assault they're trained to hand out as many citations as possible to black and brown people and lack as many of them office as the jail fits and if it doesn't fit the police have no problem sending them somewhere else if you truly want to help victims and survivors of sexual assault invest in the right ways to help students and possibly even your staff when sexual assaults happen until proper health is given to the victim or survivor you need to work with advocates who actually work in are trained to work with victims and survivors like many of us from freedomain and if you need to make and you need to make sure that help would be culturally specific for the victims and survivors of sexual assault you cannot let a grown white man help a

044black girl who has been sexually assaulted he doesn't know her experience and he doesn't know the very least of things she may need to feel safe you also need to be teaching students that is not to be a damn perpetrator so many girls implementors has ways to be to not be a victim but all these boys never here don't be a rapist it's not enough to be ready for crisis intervention if you are if you aren't working on prevention and as all and as an all-female school board all eyes are on you to create policies to keep school safe school safe for victims and survivors of sexual assault you have a chance to keep black and brown bodies safe from sexual assault black and brown students are already do not trust schools to keep them

045safe black girls are hyper sexualized so much that I do not trust that the schools black sensitively enough to keep them safe and get the help they need to feel safe and heard when they are sexually assaulted and if you care about victims and survivors of sexual assault then you need to care about black and brown bodies LGBTQ bodies and bodies with disabilities because those are the bodies that need to be heard and kept safe abled white bodies will always be heard it's time to start keeping black and brown youth safe safe cops under schools [Applause] hi and also hi yeah so really like this board of the board before it has like plenty of light information and like resources that we've set them down that people continue to stay in their speeches and stuff

046so this is really a learning moment for everyone in the audience so yeah y'all ready okay cool so we've been talking about like are you talking about the past years those who have years now about how police at schools only feeds the school Prison Pipeline that they're the exposure to police actually only just increases students chance that they're actually like hyper surveilled in the classrooms or their learning environments already and already everything that they do is criminalized by criminalize not just like a behavior problem but like you actually need to go to prison for this or you need to go to jail you to get corrected outside of this outside the community we can't hold you we don't have space for you here I'm a director I'm a domestic violence and sexual assault advocate free

047to meet i do direct service work every day of need that's Monday through the next Monday right crises pop off any moment I have experience with this [ __ ] police make the problem worse it's when it comes to sexual assault like the liberal thinking that comes behind man it's like okay we have a problem we'll remove you from society I'll make gel will fix you that [ __ ] don't work but it's okay radical queer black feminism has the answer [Applause] we have the answer I'm going to explain to you right now how it is that police in school it's actually a big problem when we talking about gender justice we're talking about like a all women all-female school board and we have my queer folks on the school board right how the car school system will never

048be a solution for our folks for black youth for other youth of color or LGBTQ youth right so the first thing is that having police in schools is actually increasing little population of young girls right now in a study done in 2015 about three different organizations the Human Rights Project for girls of central poverty poverty inequality and the Miss Foundation they said that the proportion of black girls of in juvenile justice system is actually increasing and this is still true today everybody seen right now I'm like there's like it's it's simply desensitized by the states like building holding jail complex if they'll just build a pot for girls they'll get a flight a free new like a jail complex or it seem like this is something that like the prison like the revenue that Christmas

049brings and they're now trying to include like girls in that this study also asserts that girls in the juvenile justice system are disproportionately victims of sexual violence and y'all might say how how can I even happen police help us they actually are going to be there to respond us against assault in the hallway inside of school it's because girls who are sexually assaulted and especially black girls who already don't have the support that they in their homes and their communities and stuff like that when they go to when they go to school actually so I think you deserves more than three minutes I'll be done in a minute Gloria thank you for yeah so the way the police actually respond to gross who have all this trauma that they're dealing with is in a way

050that actually exacerbates it actually makes it worse like they don't know what the response is and they don't have the practice actually doing that they don't have to another way that having police expose this to a sexual is that the juvenile justice system fails to address that often tax rates trauma caused by girls that cause the girls to be there so I just got sexually assaulted or abused and then the police we have ballet to my school reacts badly to me and I'm not supposed to be getting fixed in juvenile detention and then actually what they do is make things worse so all of these things like I'm saying this to say that like you as a board like if you're actually invested in stopping sexual sexual you need to you can if your children

051the appearance should be able to come up them say you're fired don't come back it shouldn't be like something like doors you sure it's formative justice models if it's not moving someone from one behavior so a better behavior if it's actually just about pushing them out of school hopefully and like we need actual community control when people come up here and say this person is harming my childhood these girls or whatever it is listen to them listen to them give them an actual board to make decisions [Applause] father father - I got something to say as a father of five children I have three adult children two children still [Music] so a free to make we actually don't do this respectability politics I am NOT somebody that's easily triggered I'm not somebody that easily cries

052it actually takes a lot to make me cry being in this space right now is actually making me very emotional the first time I came to this school I step foot in this school was actually 420 Robinsons funeral I was in a community organizer I wasn't with freedom Inc I was just a graduate student trying to learn something to get the hell out of Madison right and then y'all killed Tony the city killed Tony somebody all on the school board contributed to that so I didn't know that I would be here four years later trying to prove two people that police are not the solution for our children Tony is body and that casket should have been enough for y'all and for the people in this room so just know every day that you continue

053to invest in police every second that you continue to allow police in our schools every day that you choose a behavior education plan of a transformative justice that y'all are contributed to the physical and spiritual death of all of our children like many people said are free to meekley do a lot of junior justice work specifically around domestic violence and sexual assault and I know that y'all know me in my capacity as a worker that confronts in demands action around police violence but like many people in our organization our role is actually is also to provide sexual assault and domestic violence of service to domestic violence services I do that work particularly for black women and girls in LGBTQ you and freedom Inc has been doing that work for almost 20 years and a long

054time ago we made the assessment that there are lack of services for black people and queer people all over this country and in Madison particularly when it comes to survivors and I'm just warning you that I probably will go over the tone just a little bit but when our survivors need support mainstream organizations often don't do that right they work with the labor law police they were lost eight violence they rely on anti-black policies and practices instead of relying things that actually help our people when they're survivors I can't tell you how many times my clients were criminalized when they call the police for support after being assaulted I can't tell you how many times that their children were taken away after they have been assaulted I can't tell you how many times they were

055kicked out by their landlords when the police were called even though that's clearly against the law I can't tell you how many times they sorry I can't tell you how many times they were denied shelter because of anti-black policies so when we talk about gender justice in school when we talk about ending sexual assault and sexual violence in schools we can't just do that with pretty white girls in mind right you have to Center black youth in queer youth of color because they are the ones that are most impacted like I said and when we talk about sexual assault we can't talk about it without talking about the fact that when one of my youth defended herself when a white boy called her a [ __ ] she was suspended there are no consequences for that child

056we can't talk about it without talking about the fact that teachers pull my kid's skirts telling them that they're being sexually inappropriate we can't talk about it without talking about that's common that children will be children and boys will be boys we can't talk about it without talking about the fact that school resource officers are are questioning students gender identity and very violent and dehumanizing ways and you can't tell me that a student at Franklin Hamilton Whitehorse LaFollette Leopold and all the other schools where children were assaulted you can't tell me they consented to that so don't talk about sexual violence and consent without talking about that you all set the policies and make it a requirement for our teachers and the kids will follow suit so again I know that all of y'all are

057proud feminists on the school board so I'm going to give you a choice you can choose to be white liberal EMAS feminists that rely on police and prisons to solve problems or you can choose transformative justice you can choose to let the youth lead and you can choose a different way you actually have the choice in the power to do that and you know I know that some of y'all are new and I actually have a lot of respect for some of the new pope people that are on this little board personally I voted for y'all but I'm not going to come here and be nice much longer because like I said we're continuing to have police in schools we're continuing to dehumanize our children and you're continuing right to replicate Tony Robinson's life and

058not good thank you Bianca so my name is Emma Holmes and I am father two children was a recent graduate of Memorial High School we didn't get it right for my first kid but there's the opportunity to get it right for the second and as mentioned free to make focuses a lot on gender justice I have an executive director but I still provide direct services for people who are in high crisis surviving intimate partner violence and sexual violence and based on my work I emphasize with my children some important things because I hope and wish for them a world of safety and so I teach them things like hey nobody has the right at your body you get to say no you don't have to hug people if you don't want to hug people you

059don't have to talk to me if you don't want to use Shiki have the conversations or strange adults that's inappropriate these are not your friends friends are people who are your age you don't have to take you know you don't have the right for people to be touching on your body and different things like that now what's at the heart of that is a black queer feminist politic I'm a feminist and I say that proudly when people are back to do what I think about all women in school but I sell I think anything about it but I think a lot about our feminist school board and so was at the heart of what I teach my children it's hard to is how to hold and have feminist values that respect who they are that

060respect their bodily bodily autonomy integrity and everything I just said you are that I say to my nine-year-old I recognized can get him killed by a police officer and my nine-year-old is confronted by police officers police officers kenneth says come here and he says it's a stranger don't if my nine-year-old says don't touch me why are you touching me I recognize that he can be killed if I know your own says hey ba ba ba which is me says you don't have the right to search don't touch up my body I recognize that he can be killed so really what I'm trying to illustrate to you are in my real story is that police is a patriarchal system and as feminists need to be against any form of domination any form of coercion and any

061form of anytime any persons bodily autonomy being taken away and as a feminist then I challenging you all as feminists perhaps inspiring feminists to also be against it and so we cannot in one hand teach a nine-year-old that nobody can just grab you seize you to arrest you that nobody can beat you down but that says that this person who gets paid has the right to do it that is it primarily I mean it's fundamentally against our values I'll say is yesterday was Malcolm X's birthday which means a lot to me and Malcolm X in particular has shaped my thinking about what a boat attention updations world for black people should be and then also this year marks the 50th anniversary of Black Studies and many memorable teaches us that Black Studies is supposed to

062do three things one is descriptive what's happening for my people to what's connected what was the right story that should have been talking about black people three what was prescriptive and so I the black radical feminists use part of that to God my compass on how I approach a situation so you are faced with in with with a problem they are police in schools and black people girls queer trans people are being harmed and honoring Black Studies and honorary Malcolm X we should say how are we descriptive what's the truth about it what's the truth about what's happening probably corrected what should have been told what should have been said and then how he prescriptive what all we do so that my nine-year-old doesn't get killed when he goes to school [Applause] thanks for let

063me speak today one day they actually have a quick learning moment without this room for a person with a disability and the wheelchair this entire room is autocomplete so and I miss Hong comfortable right now and the only other place we dusted is up the stairs up there so I was gonna talk so I'm here so let's go that was the time to involve begin speaking Madison's next superintendent through an open transparent and democratic process this was from the Isthmus article that was written on May 16th so I wanted a mental health only involved in the community in this I haven't gotten any emails regarding any applicant submission or any other process that's in progress as I get all the effort and MSD emails and look through them and my door is part of an

064MSD and then and then labeled online for tonight's agenda states that there was a finalization process and timeline for hiring the interim superintendent that makes just how that render also because and only it was upstairs which he do go either upstairs or find the elevator somewhere with the code to get there and already to do it so as far as and services more and it's also listed as an open session not enclosed so as far as I'm concerned that was more like a hidden session because no one knew where it was will be out here the finalization literally means that there's completion or or approval of a finished and admitted and definitive version of something do we the MMSD school community and the rest of Dane County residents is see the work that you're putting

065into this final outcome it rights purposes to notify the public of the interim superintendent final choice this reflects a lack of transparency and inclusion of the people that this decision directly affects all students and parents and to be more also on a personal note imparted the special education council so when you guys move to your meeting to the Shabazz elementary school no one coordinated with the special education council so they could come and speak after their meeting which is the exact reason why it was in the same building previously you guys need more time we need more time it was one week ago when I came with my friend Anna and we were just the board about looking for the candidates through a nationwide search to bring in someone new with knowing with new ideas

066to adjust the areas that are definitely lacking it's unlikely that you guys conducted a nationwide search during that time and got several qualified candidates and have ready to go and hire them Marty our students deserve the best candidate for this position that we can find not simply one that is readily available I hope that we learn today that we hear that you are giving us the opportunity to include the MMSD community students and staff in your search for a new superintendent who reflects leadership brings new conversation and embraces inclusion of all students in our schools thank you [Applause] hello my name is Lisa sighs I am an eighth grade student at Cherokee Heights middle school and I'm here to speak on behalf of my teacher invisible Tron she is an excellent teacher I can relate

067to her she keeps me engaged so it makes me feel comfortable respected and heard as a student I really appreciate that I believe that it is unjust that my teacher has to do her education here but she has already done it she brings new insight it can probably relate to certain students more than any other teacher just because her education wasn't done here does not mean it is any less valid if anything I think it makes sure that much more important to have a Madison schools I think it would be a huge mistake for the Madison School District not to keep her on as a teacher because she is an excellent teacher who knows how to connect with students from all different backgrounds and that to me is so important thank you for listening and

068I hope you really appreciate how much miss wiltrout makes their students [Applause] hello hi everyone so I feel like I've been coming to these school board meetings not very long just for these last few months but it saddens me and it really makes me feel disgusted that we can't come to an agreement you know I've been seeing here and I had my whole spiel right and I'm changing it because I'm sitting here looking at all these young women and thank you for self advocating for yourselves pretty much begging you guys you are a board of women and yeah I'm sure you all have been sexually assaulted raped I was raped and it feels awful and it feels disgusting and if you see these young women who are coming up saying we need help you as

069a body of women you as a body of leaders should find a way okay so guys aren't feeling safe enough and feel like there needs to be officers find the common ground find that kumbaya moment it's got to be somewhere Gloria you've had plenty of experience don't Peter Maer you've been you know with the police department find a way find a way like the committee's find organizations go and beg and plead out there for these future leaders and future representers that's what we need that's what we want and I'm sitting here for special education also for my son right here he's 13 you know what he just asked me he was mom is this all about sexual assault and I said no and it's pretty sad you guys it makes me really sad you know

070what I feel like remember that commercial with that Native American and the canoe crying rowing down the river looking at all this nature I mean figure something out my friend Martha comes with her daughter as well I have to feed her chicken and cookies to make sure that she's calm and she's patient enough with us and I'm hoping that when her daughter is old enough she's not gonna have to be here again talking to this body of leaders about the same thing how did you guys feel when you guys were assaulted if you were how did you guys feel when you guys were made to feel less than teachers are drowning they're showing it and their behavior they don't meet - my son has special needs you can't tell these he's got you know diagnosis

071itself but man I'm scared when he goes to a school that's gonna have officers and he ignores he tends to ignore he gets uncomfortable - anxiety boss he's not gonna listen and he's not like heck doesn't meet to listen does it mean - not less than I mean but we gotta figure it out I mean come on you guys I saw Martha bringing up some points and it like some people looked away like oh my god she's calling us out I'm not gonna look you know just be you know you don't like these guys can comment in the tank and then attacking your banner right comemos just like Oh don't y'all that don't swear well if you don't want to hear it it's the same thing I went to the Joint Finance Committee and it

072was only a handful of people when I took my son to testify that was making contact eye contact with each and every person and it's not fair and it's not great and I respect all of you right I'm respecting all of you but I'm also saying look just pay attention show them that we're worth it that they're worth it that's all I'm asking like right now some of you're looking and some of you are not and that's fine that's fine but just think of what you're showing them thank you but they've been transferred and now we have well this one teacher he he can't really get up step down like Miss funkiest do because his thought would literally yell at us to sit down or to get in line and we would do it but

073mr. sovel mr. s can't do that because like he has what other people think his voice is funny but I think it's serious because he is being serious and no one listens to him because they think he's stupid why do you keep transferring our teachers and so we have to get used to these teachers all over again like when you want a different school but when you wonder first start an elementary school but then you go to a different school which is middle school you have to get used to it like in a different teacher and it's not fair to transfer teachers because you're already used to them if you've been to that school and we really needed our teachers to stay there until the end of the year because if you transfer them too

074early then like we're not gonna get a very good education because we're gonna have to get used to them over and over and over and over and over again I just have been transferred like five times this year mr. cousin mrs. Faulk miss I can't handle this but it's a lot it's really difficult because you have to start doing other projects that you don't think that your other teachers would ask you to do and also when I was in middle school I was dragged to a safe room by my arms I was being dragged literally on the floor by to teach me mr. PE and misuse miss Hewes even admitted me to be hospitalized for two weeks it was like a jail all the rooms were locked except for my bedroom there was even a

075fence around the playground it felt like I was imprisoned my mom could only see me like once a week once twice a week and it was very difficult because I was always at home and I literally couldn't sleep because I had to get used to this new bed it was not a comfort and it it was a hospital like it was a hospitalization for bad kids and I'm not a bad kid I'm not I'm not a bully I'm a reactor every time someone calls me let's say the p-word every time someone would call me the b-word if I would react in a bad way but now I'm just like why do you call me that I'm not a female or a dog and the other B word which is V AST Arg I think I'll

076again and when I get offended sometimes I don't use or I just swear it that person that called me um whatever they said to offend me and I'm gonna join what they don't all I do is react I don't wholly thank you [Applause] I just want to say that I'm proud to be in the company of Joshua and Margaret and other fine people in this room if there's someone who didn't find that moving we got bigger problems than they thought well they came in tonight so I have been a criminal defense lawyer with Joshua in mind and mine two boys who are students here at East and the girl it was the closest thing that I've got to a daughter who least grace my friend here and all of our youth they are our future

077not just metaphorically in very real ways they are our future and how our young people are raised boys and girls and non-conforming opening the entire the entire possibility entire range of human embodiment we are people in bodies and we are human beings and we have that in common as Margaret said we have got to figure it out it's not that tough we have more in common that we know that separates us and the fact that we're sitting here tonight when we could be anywhere else on the planet and we're coming together to be our authentic selves in a room full of strangers for me most of you to be vulnerable like this young person has shown us to speak our truths right we need to let our guard down and we need to come together

078one person at a time one human being at a time and then two together in three and four everyone in this group has more in common than divides us not only in terms of being human beings but we are a community we are a family here at least this is a family and we have limited resources and limited time and we got to figure it out we gotta stop blaming each other we got to start getting on our high horse and feeling self-righteous about anything because if any of our children it's being failed or left behind we are not doing it right okay this is a diverse community I was reminded of that by a dear friend tonight in the school district this is a diverse community it's tough it's not easy we've got different

079cultures small sea and big scene we need to give each other the benefit of the doubt and come together okay and let our parents down a little bit and trust each other and trust that we're not going to demonize each other or attack each other we're going to come together figure it out like families do thank you [Applause] my name is Evelyn guilty Royals I have two children MSD one just Johnson now he's in high school he went to Cherokee Heights middle school and another one is in Franklin and we'll be going to Hamilton's we didn't move to change schools we moved to get a basement this is the time where I come up here and advocate for less resources for my children my children are white we're upper-class I went to college my dad

080as a professor we really know how to go to college while I was well my son was that Cherokee he was asked well he was recommended three times to be part of the avid/tops program well as I think the other tops program is incredibly good really renew it it's really important no teacher at Cherokee should have asked my son to apply for Evan tops I want to encourage end of it's better education to middle schools in particular about their selection process and their nomination process or the avid/tops program but this is a program that is supposed to be for first-generation college students it is supposed to be for children of color for underserved populations under represented populations in college it no one should have asked my son to do that and so we said no

081because he wanted resources to go to other people we loved advanced learning resources for Simon that's awesome but other tops should be targeted to who is supposed to be targeted [Applause] thank you for like up yes sorry okay sorry no why am i apologizing I don't understand how I felt so I just want I have a couple of things to address tonight I have quite the bullet list so to start from one a me to another I just want to say that that quote that you pulled from that article was actually like wildly out of context alia was clearly addressing racial disparities in schools it was not addressing all white teachers and was addressing in particular just the just the outrage of racial disparities in our schools which are rampant because we have some of

082the worst racial disparities in this [ __ ] country now also I just want to imagine if people were just as outraged as white teachers in particular as well we're just as outraged for black students as they are when they read statements like that so and also that power dynamic especially this last year when we've had many like physical and verbal attacks on students is like particularly black students so the other thing that I'm addressing is is that it was really interesting that you all invited those those those speakers the student poets I believe they were awesome but I think that it was interesting that you commended particularly one of them for speaking on police violence when freedom Inc you have been doing that for the last two years and trying to tell me [Applause] that was

083that was an amazing narrative to pull out but it was interesting that they particularly addressed the ways in which parents of color and black parents in particular teach their children that they need to be okay with discomfort around the police okay with being unsafe and your and your you know saying like yeah you should speak on that when you've been telling for free to make youth to feel comfortable with being unsafe so I also think it's really important to address what happened to mom her and because that was ridiculous I mean it's to put a timer is [ __ ] ridiculous because these issues need to be addressed more thoroughly and just limiting the amount of time people of color and black folks in particular can speak is absolutely ridiculous and it's it just really like to

084show that we that this is all it feels like this is all for show why do you even come here sometimes we should really be letting people talk longer it's a very colonized mindset speaking of colonization I'm going to talk about the role of police in colonization very briefly I'm going to go as quick as I possibly can so that other folks can speak so you don't need to tell me to hurry up so I am I you all know that I'm in Chicago but I more importantly I have my own heritage and when I was in school I was told very point-blank that the Mayan disappeared and that they no longer existed so I always wondered how am I still here and I and that really relates to Native people being shoved out of

085the conversation means silenced and it really makes a statement when our MMSD schools are doing just that because native people are the most likely to be killed by police they're the most likely to be brutalized by rape and victimized by white people so in a lot of Native communities there is a very specific distrust for the American government and and it's very important to acknowledge that because we know where many missing in and murdered indigenous women are we know that they are murdered or that they are being sex trafficked on the East Coast we know where they are and it's very important to acknowledge that because the the role that the police play at that is extremely important so when I as a native person am in contact with the police I know that I

086am NOT being safe because they are more likely to brutalize me they are more likely to rape me they're more likely to attack me in they're more likely to murder me and play a role in my people being sex trafficked so like guys like they have been demanding take cops out of school let the community have control over discipline of students and of course invest this money into youth of color and in programs that encourage their leadership their arts their beautiful selves so yeah [Applause] so we're gonna change topics pretty abruptly my name is Steve Summerson I am an elected representative from Mt I and have the honor of being a faculty rep at East High School bargaining for base wages starts on May 28th when proposals are exchanged and all employees expect and deserve

087the full 2.4 4% cost-of-living base wage increase since act 10 in 2011 all of us have dealt with a decrease in our take-home pay and base wages have not kept up with the cost of living some say that this year has been a tough one I expect all of us believe it has been challenging some of the districts have tried to divide us over race and behavior issues base wages is something that all of us stand together on in solidarity budgeting for 0.5% base wage increase and using on 7e step increases for some employees to claim that the budget meets cost of living is both disingenuous and divisive I believe that a cost of living salary boost for all should be the first priority in a school budget base wage increases are essential to preserve

088the economic value of the salary schedule base wage increases provide a pay increase to all employees we will not be divided we stand united we will be submitting our proposal on May 28 and we expect and deserve the full 2.4 4% base wage increase for all thank you thank you [Applause] hello we are the a Gillespie and Miranda Garcia and this is our presentation on the MMSD school dress code the MMSE dress code says that's my dress in any style they desire as my tire does not cause a disruption or distraction in the school environment reveal intimate body parts or pose a safety risk to the other students it also says the top should be sufficient and so as to not expose the students were the MMSD dress code is sexualizing young girls our mocha

089specifically is on the exposure of bra straps we believe that the way the dress code is presented and executed Harmison threatens the learning environment MMSD strives to provide all students instead of encouraging and permitting girls to focus their focus their attention on their education the dress code cost us up to focus their attention on their appearance and how they will be perceived by fellow students and staff members to begin the MMSE dress code is playing into the sexual ization of breasts by prohibiting and discouraging the exposure of part of the bra bras are part of everyday life for most girls at this age and that's why I'm possible to completely conceal them the Harvard Crimson said in an article called cleavage the fetishization of female breasts by the end who just like wide hips and

090pubic hair full breasts signify sexual iteration for women men experience secondary sex characteristics sex characteristics - such as facial hair the Adam's apple and vocal deepening but nobody would think to shave men for exposing their example dress code treats them like they are secondly the dress code focuses most on the people they believe to be distractions because of a certain way their body looks when two girls that are wearing the exact same shirt that violate the dress code walk into a classroom one is scrutinized because of too much cleavage and the other one isn't even brought to attention teachers and staff have also used Amina comments instead of asking girls to change their tire there have been suffered several occasions where I have not been violating the dress code and have been told that I'm

091showing off and searching for attention or that I'm being distracting towards other students finally throes of this age and during this point in their development are especially vulnerable to negative comments and remarks society has created a stereotype for women to follow especially with social media girls have an immense pressure to appear certain away according to a BBC article called pressure to look perfect hits girls confidence by two-thirds girls are constantly connected on social media and are bombarded with images of the ideal woman school is supposed to be an environment a supportive environment and is harder for girls to feel welcomed and secured when society's expectations apply there as well to conclude we feel that the MMSD dress code is creating the harmful environment for students we believe that MMSD is contributing to the sexual ization

092of female students breasts it is targeting students in core develop breasts and the dress which can cause students to lose more copper to lose confidence and a feeling of support in their environment it isn't a girl's job to create a distraction really environment [Applause] coming Samantha mediums and seeing students stand up and speak the way they have tonight always makes me proud to be a Madison teacher and I haven't taught any of the girls women gender conforming students my name is Stephanie news Patton I'm an elected member of a tí handbook committee as well as building representative at ldm elementary we begin bargaining for base wage increase next 28th but it was counting down I am here to advocate for a cost-of-living base wage increase of 2.4% in addition to two step increases this year

093and in the past the district has argued that with step increases 0.5% base wage increase is enough however for over 1,000 employees including some of our lowest paid there is no base wage increase or there is only a base wage increase there is no step increase for them so counting the step increase it doesn't count for many employees step increases are there to retain and reward staff for their years of experience every year I learn and girl with my students just as you have and will learn and grow in your own positions I made a list of different experiences I've sought out this year that MMSD didn't provide in terms of restorative practices in circles teaching for black lives tree faster mindfulness I've done all this on my own and increased my experiences with it

094this year in my classroom and and that you count for more than a base wage increase that should help more the cost of living so I'm here again just to advocate for that cost of living of two point four four percent in addition to step increases is anything less than that evaluated G values the salary schedule it devalues our experience and anything less than two point four four is a pay cut hello my name is Jessica P Calkins and I'm a parent at little elementary I'm here because Lowell students special education our requirements of an under allocated for several years to the extent that this year many students with disabilities will not be served as legally required by their IEP s and at times their basic safety needs are being going on met additionally based

095on next year's preliminary budget a little staffing allocation and the cross categorical and special education areas will be cut by nearly 30 percent wools highest need students will return next year which means that the 25 hours of currently and unmet legally required requirements for a specially designed instruction will significantly increase as will only have two point five cross categorical teachers and three essays to serve 18 classrooms also all is subject to the disproportionality affecting students of color and special education and disciplinary referrals across the country 54% of Mol's students with disabilities or students of color MMSD strategic framework lists racial equity and social justice values saying that and quote we will take responsibility for the ways that our current policies and practices serve to reproduce inequalities and we will take action to close the gaps

096and opportunity that lead to racialized outcomes for children and youth of color the insufficient special education allocations serve to perpetuate and increase these racialized outcomes I seek to understand how the district monitors compliance with federal law and how it will ensure that each school receives a sufficient staffing allocations to educate all students in a fair safe and inclusive environment special education staff allocations need to be based on minutes of need not merely on head counts and ratios we can't put teachers into the legal moral and ethical position where they are forced daily to choose which students needs will go on medical I'm urging the board in the district to act immediately on this issue to ensure that all kids and teachers get what they need thank you good evening I'm Mike Jones I am a

097teacher of black hawk middle school and I'm also vice president of MTI I'm speaking not only for the 2.44 base wage increase for all of our employees within the district I've also wanted to just sure that we're connecting when we're talking about base weight we're talking about hardcourt or occult numbers to actually people that it affects because I'm not thinking about like my paycheck is honestly I would actually be folded in to those who would get 2.5 or above because of lane changes or whatnot I'm thinking about the essay I work with who's working three jobs and who I see after I go from work to the YMCA where she also works and that she's also working on the side she's a parent of multiple children she's actually not even an MT I remember because

098she can't afford it but she deserves a big cost of living basically to increase far more than I do okay but if I'm not going to speak up for her then why would we even have a union in the first place that we're not going to look out for every [Applause] parent who's also an SI who's actually currently working her second job at Kwik Trip while her daughter is getting ready to come here for his high school is going to be an avid student that I care about deeply and you know is she gonna be the best at her job if she's also you know having to work until midnight in order to make ends meet a lot of the people that were thinking about aren't the ones who are actually in this auditorium they're

099the ones who can't make it to the auditorium because their children take priority their jobs their second or third job stay priority and honestly this is its kind of absurd that we even have to talk about it because this is the second year we've had to talk about cost-of-living increase first year I get it it's a mistake or it's like a matter of one person the budget saying hey let's try to do this second gear what I'm hearing is that we're gonna try to keep on doing this until they give in we're going to keep on trying to try to slide this on your table so that we can just kind of you know and try to divide them okay we're gonna give the teachers this but our maintenance staff and our brothers and sisters

100and a half's v60 don't get anything and we're going to try to divide it and that's that sort of cynical thing that makes us not think about the things we really need to prioritize in our minds as educators like racial justice like social equity like being better educators for our kids that we can learn from our mistakes and be better for our kids in the classroom and in the hallways so we don't have these issues that we've been having so we can get better at our jobs but we can't get better at our jobs if you're worrying about making any and not just our teachers or those with high positions but those who actually do the real support work for us in our offices in our home so as teachers these teachers put in so

101much work to helping the students they work far far more than 40 hours a week to get our assignments are you degrade our papers to respond to the thousands of emails they get every week and it's unfair for them to be making unlivable wages when they are doing well probably the most important work in this society these students are working at or these teachers are working not only as classroom teachers but they're doing the work of counselors social workers everything that needs to happen in a school were to run effectively but they're not being paid as if they are doing that and teachers already are facing so much disrespect by a lot of community members of the community and a lot of their students and they are still putting up with it we are going

102to lose the quality teachers that we have and that we deserve in the district if we're not paying the teachers superintendent she members of the board good evening I'm John Olsen retired assistant superintendent I worked with the district for 34 years in a variety of teaching and administrative responsibilities I'm here today to advocate for renewal of the contract with the Madison Police Department and continuous of roles in our high schools if you take the officer out of the school you take away the ability to immediately analyze a situation which we removed from disruptive the dangerous in fact if you rely on 911 as your primary response there are at least five or six reasons why the 9-1-1 response can be delayed us contributing to a worsening of the situation I would like to also address

103a motion of the SRO representing a pipeline to prison in fact in your materials if you will look at the chart on page two you will note from MMSD statistics that the arrests have absolutely declined over the last three years significantly I believe that to be a product of this wonderful restorative justice system that's operating in for the high schools I also believe it to be a product of the fact that you now three officers of color in high schools and one officer who is a female of minority heritage they are sensitive they are sensitive include lots of children and they really enhance relationships with children I'll close with this kind of since since Columbine there have been 217 that school acuity father was a tremendous console for the police contractor not only support and

104concept but improvement actually proved to the community of the students that our schools will continue to be safe thank you thank you Amy - Crosby [Applause] all right my name is Amy Jurkowski and I'm a first grade teacher in the district I start with that because being a first-grade teacher and every misdeed is an important identity to me the reason I'm here tonight is because I'm an elected representative from Madison to choosing the member-driven Union that consists of people who are employed by the Madison metropolitan school district sometimes I think people forget that I am the teacher who's in the Union not a union member who teaches tonight I stand before you in a task for a full 2.44 percent cost of living base wage increase for all MMSD employees and when I say base

105wage increase I want to be clear that I mean pay increase that increases the salary schedule which provides a pain to these to treat all employees regardless of their location on the schedule as an elected member of the MTR bargaining Handbook committee I served the mt I / and I was Steve teacher salary compensation work group members of our committee working very closely with staff from human resources department to recommend changes to the salary schedule that were favorable and retained the value and integrity of the salaries salary schedule adding two point four four percent on top of the existing schedule continues to honor your commitment to invest in people bargaining will begin Tuesday May 28th when proposals will be exchanged MTI will be asking for the full 2.4 CEN cost-of-living base wage increase we are

106here tonight to encourage you to ask the district to do the same thank you thank you [Applause] all right thank you there's a Shayla okay thank you thank you for allowing me to speak tonight my name is Shawna Werner and I'm the parent of two children in the district one at Whitehorse middle school in one inch ankle injury I'm here to voice serious concerns about issues at our schools after reading the heartbreaking article on the isthmus last weekend it's clear that we need changes to support the students and the teachers in our district great teachers are leaving the district or the profession entirely because they are under-resourced and they do not feel supported in situations that seem to happen on a regular basis in which students are disrupting and not being held accountable at our

107middle school we have heard that as many as 22 teachers under the staff of about 65 may not come back next year our principal resigned last week and our lead secretary resigned in early May leaving teachers and staff to navigate transitions at the busiest time of the school year one of the reasons cited for leaving is that teachers can never take a day off due to a severe substitute teacher shortage the substitute shortage which amounts to three to five unfilled positions at each school every school day results an uncertain untrained staff being asked to step in in the last minute to oversee classes classes that go completely unsupervised for partial or entire periods and full-time teachers regularly covering classes so often they're burning out and losing out on time to plan their own courses our

108PTO voiced concerns about this in a letter sent in April and although we did get a response that talked about hiring and training teachers report serious saying that zero improvement as of our last meeting May 15th it really is unacceptable to blame teachers for this and call it good real change needs to happen now for our kids in our future while the goals of the BEP and the strategic direction are laudable poor implementation actually serves no one well one of my science rust friends who is a student of color is going to live with a grandparent in Milwaukee next year because his mom is worried about sending him to LaFollette another friend who has a son who is disabled will be pulling about of the district next year after trying to work with them for

109years she reports that his IEP is being violated daily he has faced serious bullying including on YouTube livestream somehow during school and he has fought feelings several classes after being assigned to the hallway during exams and other activities for which he was never allowed to make up we can and we must do better I voted for many of you and various selections and I know that you're in these positions because you care now it's time to take action and make a serious difference until the district performs like a faith place that you would willfully want to send your own children rather than a place where we have invested so much because we cherish the diversity and the potential that we are now feeling stuck and let down and concerned that we're failing our kids our

110team and so many others who deserve better thank you thank you my name is Nick I'm a resident of the city of Madison I'm not someone with a great deal of hope in the efficacy of electoral politics throughout my life I've seen nearly every elected official betray the interests of their electorate I am someone who firmly believes in the power of community and workplace organization and mass movements this being said it was a pleasant turn of events to see everyone I voted for school board win their respective elections there's a lot to be said here all of which members of Greenwood Inc have said time and time again articulated with more depth than nuance than I should attempt as members of the Madison community I think we must honor and the labor freedom Inc has

111tirelessly forward into the project of liberation by listening to them standing with them and fighting for their program on their terms the research on the disproportion of profiling policing and segregation of black and brown bodies is clear the city of Madison Dane County and the state of Wisconsin are permeated with anti black racism particularly evident in racial income and incarceration disparities none of this is surprising when you consider that the u.s. was founded on genocide and enslavement and continues this tradition through the criminalization incarceration and cleansing of black brown and indigenous people of color the Thirteenth Amendment openly allows the use of enslavement as punishment for a crime when slavery is legalized for the punishment of crime and blackness is criminalized what does that mean to keep cops in schools it is both a threat

112and actual enactment of violence of assault imprisonment isolation and enslavement of people of color performed in the maintenance of cheap and incarcerated labor for the interests of those who are capitulated while it's obvious that the scope of white supremacist capitalism is part grander than this school board we now have an important opportunity to throw a meaningful wrench in a critical mechanism in the perpetuation of the school-to-prison pipeline here in madison these are for moments all eyes are watching invest in youth of color give the community control over policing and take cops out of schools I am disturbed to hear with the number of experiences at some vehicles supposedly attacked but at the same time I just wanted to say that in my opinion and experience that some of the things that meeting at learn apart

113which in which the SL roll from East High here was one of the guest speakers and she's vocal the things that she worked with and the situations that she encountered where in one case a student looked like they were ill and that might have been a student of color and so she went up to that student and she said would you like some sewers so she took him to her office and gave that person some soup del and feel better and as a result of that their relationship them free so I think that in we look at the situation and as I earlier meetings that my preference would be that we did not need to have police in our schools however that when we look at the National situation oh the school shootings and things

114that happen in school now one of the things that we have and I've just spoken to your security office out here is that because the SRO is have an opportunity to know the children to know the students and to enter enter intercede in their behalf when situations are curved that would otherwise have them arrested that they look trying to help them get into the restorative justice system and when you have an officer in the school and we have some of the reported shootings that have occurred throughout the country one of the pluses is that the officer that's in the school is in there to begin with and acts as a deterrent I would hope something like that has never happened in this bill is today and that what my concern is is that if it

115should happen after officers that were returning to school on whose shoulders we can arrest [Applause] hello my name is Riley some cars I am his and I'm here as a support of the freedom youth squad and they're no cops in schools campaign I'm a recent graduate at uw-madison and was a student in both social rec department and the educational policies department I can tell you that in both these departments we have consistently discussed the Madison School District not as a shining example of what racial equity looks like but one of the researched for the fact the research fact that is one of the most racist school districts in the entire United States national education research has demonstrated time and time again that police don't support students in schools instead their presence leads to the criminalization

116of students of color there's a clear consensus a clear consensus by national educational researchers that more y'all make schools more like prisons by adding police metal detectors extreme zero comma zero tolerance policies etc the more schools will punish black and brown years and push them into a school to Prison Pipeline like outside in the cafeteria there's a [ __ ] sign that says if a student is found in the cafeteria during class time they'll be suspended out of school for a day how the hell are students supposed to learn if they're being pushed out of schools via the school building of these suspensions how our sense of color is supposed to thrive academically when they're constantly being punished for simply existing MMSD has continued investment in policing students of color demonstrates how y'all are willing to take

117the actual steps to combat the racially disparate outcomes in MMSD this year I had the privilege of working with some high school students at Goodman Community Center I was student blood research product on students rights education our students of color describe how they are targeted by behavior quote-unquote specialists how they are under supported in ESL bathrooms how they're boarding classes because the material isn't relevant or challenging enough for them how they are discouraged from taking AP classes by racist teachers or staff and how they feel threatened by police in schools as the freedom you Scott describes constantly the $360,000 that goes to fund police can go towards a lot that actually supports the education of students of color our students have azita ranging from hiring more teachers of color having betters teachers student ratios having

118classrooms that don't feel like concrete bunkers and more just go ask them or listen to them because they've been saying it for two years I want to close by echoing sivanna and praising the work of freedom you Squad educational researchers around the nation know of their work and see them in as leaders in understanding how we can create more racially equitable schools so I can't have MSD it's great to see your head nodding to what the youth are saying or just staring at them silently but those head nods are worthless without action stop Inc stop paying cops to criminalize students of color and invest that money just use repelling instead Emily all operated by yearly budget and such but let me remind you that every day without action is another day where black and brown

119students are physically and emotionally harmed by police at Massa schools through their simple existence y'all need to take action listen to you students of color listen to the freedom you squat because they are nationally recognized experts on how to make you feel better take map 7 schools allowing more community control and redress this J&C $2,000 [Applause] I want to thank everybody for their patience and their participation this is one of our most important role on the school so I take that seriously thank you and thanks to the board for their patience which is my so Weston what students bringing green and ideal to Madison several West High School students supported by other Madison area priceless have called for both the city of Madison in Wisconsin school districts to transition to a hundred percent renewable energy

120in the upcoming decades this past April a large number of MMSD students organized participate in March in the Youth Climate strike with the goal to make demonstrated student solidarity in addressing the current crisis the board recognizes all the students that are raising their voices to make our planet a safer and livable environment for ourselves in future generations the board that's all of these students and their efforts the next announcement river food pantry provided free lunch to students over spring break the board humbly thinks the lunch program volunteers run by the wave country for providing Madison area students large holder spring day a arch the munch volunteers along the program coordinator Joey Dunn's Comey that's comb helps provide lunch to over 400 kids by filling bags we had sandwiches and chips and fruits over the course

121of the week this program primarily serves students who qualify for either free or reduced lunch the board very much appreciate the lunch program volunteers they enjoyed it don't scold for helping to feed our students over the week-long break thank you now I'm going to you there are superintendents announcements and reports thank you okay in just a minute to make sure our setup is that all right I'm I'm sorry we request a recess so we'll just take a few seconds a few minutes to go to the restroom the board and it will come and okay you okay thank you oh yeah I'm gonna take this presentation off and then handed over to leave you're starting to learn Morris to dive in let me bring it up this way this school year I have had the pleasure

122of introducing two three very powerful cross-functional teams of educators from throughout the district that are moving four critical pieces of our work as a reminder and the fall you met with several members of our mindfulness team members who are expanding access to mindfulness practice for our employees mid-year I introduced you to another team called our equity fellows which is a team again of school-based and central office staff members who are helping to lead conversations around racial equity all across the district and tonight to have the pleasure of introducing you to our innovation team which is helping us learn how to expand practices really this innovation I mentioned that because the reason I wanted to introduce these three teams over the course of the year is to show how important it is that our work is

123not that so much of our work is about emerging practice and is coming from the people who work with our students every single day so tonight as you know we rewrote the strategic framework we heard from many people along you're listening listening how important it is that staff work in environments where they can take risks and where they can acquire new skills and capacity to innovate which is not just a thing right it's a process we decided to get this work off the ground we needed help we wanted to create a team to help us learn about innovative practice that it is grounded in the day-to-day work of our our teachers and so we asked to teacher externs to take on this role lead and floran we wanted the team to be substantially separate from

124the rest of the organization we felt that important if we're going to build our capacity that innovate and take rest of our first try it in a setting that was both physically separate this team is how this at the spark building and separate from some of the kind of typical I hate to say this way but bureaucratic processes that we insist upon in the main organization substantially separate and freed up to try things and in new ways and we need to give them some time time to figure out what it means to build organizational capacity to innovate it from the classroom to the board level which is why we strategically places president and the school here to give the this first year of runway to learn something together so with that I wanted to pass

125it off to leave your straw who is a teacher teacher from East High School and Lauren Morris is a teacher from Lowell Elementary School we're going to talk to you about this [Music] I'm rocket externs and I'm really excited to present you and I'm Laura Lawrence again from Lowell elementary school where I taught kindergarten and then second grade for about eight years so we're in the rocket team we're two teachers and two central office staff members we have been Friday our project manager and respects in fact here the executive director of research at kind of is accountability and data usage or oversees our team we are a small go mining team that is housed at the new American family spark building on East Washington Avenue we just started up this past August and have been

126exploring and learning together about what innovation can look like an MMS tee leemah so for externs similar to an internship first sabbatical we have taken a year leave you from our school position to learn deeper about innovation in education and to better infuse it into the schools and our classrooms we're super excited about work this year we're brought up our class notes to add teacher insight to reevaluating and shifting in immensities culture systems and structures warned of the new strategic frameworks fifth lever exchange rocket intentionally cultivates develops and growth of immensities capacity to innovate around complex and gritting based problems in order to find new opportunities to our students and community thrives with the tagline elevating exploration and sparking innovation rocket is driven by the belief that when you have a safe space for thinking

127differently and taking risks you can create something truly profound this past July a MMSD partner with American families brand new Institute for corporate and social impacts the Institute focuses on closing equity gaps in America by targeting four major areas of influence okay so education youth development resilient communities and Economic Opportunity as part of their k-12 education arm the Institute provides rocket with the workspace at the start building resource boosts skill building coaching and networks to advance this work the Institute's also supported collaborative work throughout MMS team by opening up spaces for approximately 50 meetings between January and now along with many more informal conversations and impromptu meetings in the space we're very grateful for the support American family has provided especially from the Institute so how do we make this happen as drivers of innovation

128within the NASA team rocket has focused on three main concepts the first cultivating immensity strength and innovation secondly facilitating equity based hmmm esteem and beyond and also by developing innovative skills and capacity amongst our MMSD staffs over the last nine months we have explored many opportunities that have been breaded through the strategic framework so the first thing that we did is we went and learned from our schools Lauren and I went looking to find what innovative practices are happening in MMSD we spent most of quarter one on a listening tour trying to figure out what the strengths and innovation are and really what staff think innovation means throughout MMSD so what did we find we visited 32 of 50 schools and we learned that innovation spreads most often laterally in MMSD that there is a

129positive correlation between encouraging and supportive leadership and staff willing to try new things and that innovation happens most often at a necessity as problems emerge and that it's made its innovation comes from those who are closest to the problems schools and they are doing everything in their scope to solve those problems so these insights have actually really helped us build a rocket for example this summer we are hosting a summer design workshop to help build leadership capacity around innovation and give schools the tools to think differently about the problems and the opportunities that emerge Oh McCready who as buffed MMSD created this amazing visit us and if you are interested in more data that has come out of our listening to her I suggested she I think is provided there all right the second area

130that we focused on was facilitating innovation in MMSD and Beyond and so as a way to facilitate equity based innovation and MMSD the first step that rocket takes is to actually scope a design challenge we intentionally room together cross-functional diverse teams based on skill need roles perspectives and the difference needs that the specific challenge has this process not only includes a design team but also a Council that oversees and supports the work the innovation process that we then use is a mix of Liberatore design which is national equity projects human centered design plus that actually incorporates a notice and reflect phase into the work we use Lean Startup and agile scrum for project management tools and we use these processes and tools to find the most desirable feasible and viable solution within our challenge as

131we move through the process and you can see on the slide the seven steps of Liberatore design it's often that we actually are cycling back so we may be testing something and then realize that it's not working and so we go back and iterate some more another really important aspect of our design work is that we move at a rapid speed by creating dedicated work days and challenge lengths teams are able to invest time space to think differently or deeply and move quickly so this year we actually worked on a 90 day to sprint 30 days friends and a five-day sprint to move work quickly so over the last six months we have helped build a guide innovation sessions with a few specific groups we chose challenges that have a high equity impact with an

132eager and supportive swamp sir the first challenge that we had was the office of view 3 engagements justice-involved youth and looking at how do we better support those youth the second project was reimagining the schools of Hope middle school program and then working with the minority student achievement network research practitioner Council which is a group of 15 different school districts from around the nation that come to talk about equity within the nation and around within their districts and we showcase to them how innovation is actually being used to drive equity within MMSD and what we did with them is one of the images on the screen showcases as we actually took them through a design sprint to show how they could actually use this this process in these tools within their districts to drive equity

133we have also worked with student groups actually from East High School to get them excited about thinking differently and engaging in community-based problem-solving and then we have also been able to infuse this work and these practices in other areas of MMSD so actually Rockets supported the five-day sip redesign sprint and then helped them in the prototyping after that sprint in the winter so the first design challenge that we worked on was with the office of u3 engagement with our challenge being how might we provide opportunities and systems that see uplift and affirm our justice-involved youth to prevent reoffending the first step is that we actually worked with the new office of youth engagement to build across optional team so we brought members from central office we brought members from our regular high schools members from

134a staff from Metro Schools and then brought in a County Social Work we interviewed current and former justice-involved youth to gain empathy around their wants and desires but also their greatest pain points using what we heard we were able to generate tons of insights and themes that emerge from everything that they said to actually allow us to define our client that we named Tony tony is just a broad version of all the interviews that we went through so that we actually create a point of view statement to build our solutions brainstorm around from that we were able to come up with ideas for how we can solve for tone and so what we encourage type that we have it includes a youth advocate a student determined circle of support and a 24 to 48 hour

135springboard Center to help students transition back to their home school so in order to test for the desirability the feasibility and the viability of this prototype the team then had to go back to the youth they needed to actually see how they responded and so we had student focus groups to generate more ideas and actually had to go back and iterate some more based on what they said and we went and we actually engaged with the youth currently under custody and had and worked with key members within the justice system to test for the feasibility because as you know the justice system has many barriers and so how can we actually use the youths voice and then work within the system the design team is currently testing more on this prototype in hopes to further

136launch their solution and they have actually been presenting to their council to push the work for them so the other design challenge that we were working on and this year's the school's the middle school challenge our charge was to dedicate three days a week for 90 days to explore how we could leverage schools of Hope resources to increase middle school student academic achievement for this challenge we created an eight-person team including members from the Urban League of Greater Madison United Way in an ST and MSC are we even have high schools participate despite the polar vortex we interviewed over 40 middle school students and use the empathy work to define our client and brainstorms to look around everything from incentives and celebrations to a limited access to mentors and air pits to weaken schools homework

137helplines commercials and even robots looking at the themes of our interviews and the universal components of our brainstorming we began to prototype a dedicated tutoring space elevating student leadership in black excellence in this model of non-traditional forms of leadership are honored uplifted and connected back to their skills as academically successful students throughout the prototyping process we tested various components for desirability before and after school maybe during lunch you're growing on course and report about our findings and gather back from Council we are now transitioning our learnings to a larger scale prototype that okey so the next part as far as developing innovation skills and capacity we have the honour of attending the Stanford d.school k-12 lab learning firsthand from their model as well as countless educational innovators from all over the world we participated in

138I do courses on human centered design prototyping and adaptive leadership we've learned from and engaged with experts from all over including Richard Halverson rich Halverson from UW School of Education Leslie Sager from UW school of human ecology rick edinburgh from insets own a design firm located in chicago and from our partners at american families by attending their ignite bootcamp and learning how they do innovation in their company as well as how they train staff around it getting some amazing coaching training from Kristin's things he who is an ignite catalyst and connected with G beta and generator groups providing insights on their educational based startups as well as reading so what we learned in nine months in a nutshell a lot we also really know how to use post-it notes and sharpies incredibly well so if

139you ever want to learn a skill with a post-it note come on down this far there you go so we have learned five key things that we need to do in order to keep equity at the center while still driving innovation within MMSD the first thing that we need to do is design together if we are to intentionally designed for equity we must seek out diverse voices skills and perspectives in order to engage this work from school based staff to students to community partners we need to think innovatively so that we are able to design together - we need to provide a safe space to explore from our listening tour and then also in our design challenges we have learned that innovation happens when we feel safe to take crisis here in MMSD we need

140to grow a culture that supports failing forward and pushing our boundaries we also know that we need to dedicate time to think deeply and move quickly full days for teams to work together are critical we have found that teams that are able to dedicate time to the work are able to move quickly and push the work forward we also have learned that we can find the time we asked people from all over to actually leave their positions at 60% to come in and do this work it is possible we need to bring voice into this process we need to design with others not for them and to do so we need to focus on letting user experience and voice is especially of our students to drive what we do but most importantly but learning that

141Lauren and I feel is most important is that in order to drive equity and innovation we need to continuously pause and reflect pausing does not mean that we slow or stop the work but rather we step back and ask am i doing the right thing are we are the right voices at the table and how does my identity impact the system's processes tools and people that we are designing with and forth so where we go next rocket plans to continue our learning and developing the innovative culture in MSD by building capacity in classrooms while producing more leaders by way of facilitating workshops particularly through the summer hosting annual externs and providing other leadership and coaching opportunities all related to takeaways from our quarter wildest things were summer workshops based on learning from the listenings who

142are in other word this past year focused on growing innovative skills and use of our school based leaders as far as the x-terms after this year we think about how to develop this program through our community overlapped skills and have more target approach using learning and skills back into schools and class homes this not only lends itself to opportunity solving but also for building student skills around innovation we'll continue developing the innovative skills of the rocket team as leaders in innovation strengthening Network pushing thinking and questioning assumptions finally we'll continue designing for more challenges and opportunities because there are so many places where this work can continue to transform the district Madison as a community and Wisconsin public education as a whole I just want to say I mean I think this is great work

143and innovation right and moving rapidly on some of these really tough challenges in our community is so important and building the capacity in our community within our schools I mean seriously this is really where we need to be and go so great org is what I have to say is there any questions comments thank you for sharing this or to this one so I I have lots of questions so I guess maybe your closing statement around failing forward I mean lots of innovation fails and that's how we know we're pushing the boundaries far enough and hard enough that we're trying something new and so I guess I'm curious how are how are we thinking about measuring success from the kind of startups that you guys are creating and and how do we know we have

144the permission to also stop so that's a great question thank you yes our failures teach us so many things and one of them is to stop and so actually one of the great things is that we have councils and we present to our councils and our councils actually help us make decisions ask questions and really look at the work that we're doing with the decision point to actually stop the work they also have the same decision point to pivot and say you know what I actually think you guys are going in in a different direction that we need to go let's think about some other some other opportunities and also persevere so currently we're actually working on refining our theory of change with our partners so thank you to American Family Fare really helping with

145us and so we will get more information to you on our metrics or our learnings this year and then going forward based on our theory of change that they choose to take on when they scope those projects part of scoping in is figuring out how they would measure success in a short term Sprint's I don't know if you guys want to stay a little bit more about that is that getting more near so yes with each project the design team takes the time to really as they're figuring out what the real problem is and trying to take out and define that problem and get out and define what the client is also trying to look at what those metrics for successful these are the team itself defines that with each particular project for example we're

146kind of winding down so really making sure that we know what that looks like for the schools of hope and I really appreciate what you shared with us this evening it's really beautiful presentation I am curious about the involvement of students and particularly your emphasis around were experiencing incarceration I know the word incarceration actually wasn't used to describe that that setting of detainment and so you're talking about it are serrated young people where are they incarcerated are you going into the juvenile detention center are you following up with kids after they leave are you going into settings where kids have been placed to serve long term sentences and what does it look like to have that student voice represented in this presentation great question so in the interviews that we did with youth that have

147been have and some that are still are just as involved we went to Metro detention and interviewed students there we also have interviewed students at Metro shelter and then also many students around MMSD that we that were willing to talk to us about their experience one of our challenges that we have is if they are actually leaving the Madison or Dane County that having access to them is we don't necessarily have the legal capacity to go and talk to them if they come back they were a couple of students that we were actually able to follow up with that had come back but others that we unfortunately have not um how is their voice represented so when we go and do empathy work it's actually all anonymous and we take you always go in pairs

148and we take incredibly detailed notes and everything that in capturing quotes capturing observations of just body language and for us in this project it was really important to think about which pairs were going in and thinking very cognizant ly about the relationships that some of the staff actually had with those youth so that they felt safe for example when I went with one of our team members they said is she she parole officer and just making sure because they knew that that was a safe person we could establish trusting space to have these conversations so their voice comes through in our client point of view of all the themes that actually came up so for example in every single interview that we had there were certain things that were very clear for example family their

149friends are really important to them and digging into why is that what is it about those youth that need that and second chances that was one that was huge is that I want to walk into a school and feel like I have a second chance that I'm not judged for what happened either in school or out in the community and so how do we actually create a system that really affirms those needs follow-up question so what you're saying is students are measurable for the students cannot be sentenced to serve time in Metro so we're not following students into collections unless they returned to the district correct because I don't have the legal consent to go to certain places as an MMSD staff member I can go talk to them if they are willing so I

150spend a lot of time actually at the Thursday lunches talking to youth which for MMSD staff in here I it's the most life-changing experience that I had and it's really opened my eyes up to how the experience of those youth and so for me if I'm a change standpoint it is really pretty impactful I'm curious around the consensus equity equity definition particularly around like the team and how equity can be defined within the contest context of people's experience how did you get how did you all looking at this or a similar or the same word star as far as like what is equity if I'm wasting this how we both and our team so what equity looks like feels like sounds like that makes sense so some of the training that we have gone through

151is actually really having those conversations and so going to for example Stamford and to the G C D schools k12 lab that now uses laboratory design have like we were given training on how we start actually building our team to be able to have those conversations about our identity and what equity looks like and what is equity and so with our schools of Hope challenge in particular we really made sure that we had those conversations and that was part of our learnings of continuously pausing and reflecting so that we made sure that we stay true to to that piece does that make sense right I think because yeah I don't want to move on to the next item but um do you have a Chris is it is it a point is it okay yeah

152we must make it yes I first thank you so much and I was just curious how you went about identifying the challenges that you worked on close the process to identify them I think it just comes at where we think we can make a impact in the district and also an impact in our learnings we're trying to figure out as a new team what challenges what types of things we should focus on how we can connect with various groups what the best timelines will be so trying to figure out what a larger project the smaller project ninety-day is five days in trying to try a couple of different things but also definitely about where the impact is something like schools of Hope that's an entire you know almost the entire middle school population is impacted

153by that program so how can we figure out how we can make some really serious changes rethinking just really straightening or restructuring their a population like justice involve youth like need where we are now we're not servicing our students that way we need to so those are things that our immediate needs how can we really use this innovative process so just think differently about things that people are working through but we just not where we need to be it I would just add I think this is part of what they're figuring out this year too right science projects there's kind of two levels of work happening how do we build capacity the organization or other teams to innovate learn enough about the process that they can do it on their own and solve their own

154problems and which projects that is this kind of central team best position to work on I'm in collaboration with American family and I think they're figuring it out I mean even hearing tonight about again the substitute shortage issue like I just want the seeds to get a bunch of people in a room and over a week just figure out some new strategies and try them right like there there's just so many possible problems so it's gotta be organizational capacity building and more intentionality about what this team needs to be working on more to come one additional thing is it's important that we also worked with people with sponsors that were really eager to do this work because this is a totally different way of thinking and especially when we are asking numbers to step out

155of their position to do this work and so for example the family youth community engagement a department at MSD is going to give someone up msel our founder actually someone from Memorial High School to step into this urban league as stepped up and supported this tremendously United Way we had actually a student member from there CST on this you know those are the ways that when you have sponsors that are really like yes we're going to do it that that really helps in driving this work forward long standing hard issues just to get traction most those issues seem really well positioned for this team to work on yeah great work thank you next item is the report on items that proceeded through the instruction workgroup held on basics 2018 I turn it over to Mary

156there was one item on the agenda and that was the partnership Reno for advancement via individual determination or an avid and teens of promise or tops that is going to be a Bodeen item later an action item so the board discussed that and I think any questions that the board has followed up with additional information the next meeting is June 3rd and the topics there are honors and earned honors schools of Hope elementary and middle school partnership and the Hooven 2's clear out partnership thank you Mary next item on the agenda we report on items that proceeded through the operations workgroup held on May 13 and several discussions about in preparation for a possible 2025 friend and capital referendum and so we knew at that point in time that gave guidance to the district around

157proceeding with the Aspire plan for community feedback which we will get kind of more information on applicants that process has played out and then some initial view into what the next meeting is on June 10th great Thank You Kate next item is a it's the action items I proceeded through the operations workgroup held on May 13 arms are no I'm sorry we are m7 action items that proceeded through the instruction workgroup held on May 6 2009 teen I move that the Board of Education to approve a high-intensity partnership avid/tops college club to be carried out with the Boys & Girls Club of Dane County as set forth and the documents prepared for the regular board meeting dated May 20th 2019 can I get a second imagine a noodle I on my favor aye motion passes

158thank you Mary Buerkle [Music] thank you action item action items that proceeded through the operations work hotel I made 13 2013 there were no action items we will move on to the consent agenda see if I get this we right we have I move that the Board of Education adopt and approve all the motions set forth in Section 10 of the electronic agenda prepared for the May 22 2013 regular school board meeting exactly as said motions are written by voting affirmatively on this motion a board member expresses his or her affirmative votes on each of the motions consolidated hereby subject to any express operations that have been made by any member of the school board can I get a second any separations their questions in I'd like to separate it out of nine point two

159three go back to nine nine point two three and nine point six okay we're going to separate those two items and vote on the other remaining items a mod can I get your advisory room I all in favor okay let's move on to discuss nine point two three so nine twenty three is the Human Resources report and the Human Resources report used to separate staff who are resigning versus staff who were retiring and we have a staff retention issue um MSDN it would be really really useful as a board member to know how many of our departing staff our resignations versus how many our retirements I would like to put out a request that the Human Resources report go back to desegregate me that information so that as a board member I can do a

160better job of trying to understand and work on the issue of staff retention so could we start to get the Human Resources reports which resignations and retirements separated that we used to in the past Chris will certainly look into it I see math and we'll talk about it and I apologize for not telling for me but they do find it a little hard to track maybe possibly we divide each categories broader just visually okay great thank you move on to nine point six yeah arrogance the price went up 50% and he just any reason why there was I noticed there was only one respondent for the RFP and it's I mean we're spending $50,000 of bananas to do some digging for you I do know that Steve does get competitive bids on it actually also

161know that bananas in particular he said recently read an article that there is the possibility of becoming extinct through some of the hybridization could be but I don't plan to find I have I'd have to I just have to get back to you I don't have any purchase yeah I would say yeah worst-case scenario would be I mean the commentary says that we just have one response so it just was given given the price increasing that there was only more responses yeah yeah I do know that a lot of cases I guess we even see this in the level technology that there are vendor distribution channels that some of the competitors can get boxed out of the area I actually thought keeps question was going to be a little bit different it was actually going

162to be why are we building so I understand I'm just kind of put it out there and then I think that's a word we should talk about they are giving so many pressing issues over delaying in hearing from from both parents students in staff find a very complicated that were voting in spending thank you thank you another glory glory oh man to answer an English question if I may we did have a legislative committee of policy committee at this issue it's over ok we will follow up on [Music] other reports from the board Student Senate yes students have met on May 1st and then again on the 15th during this time we discussed some Board of Education issues including primarily the building excellence plan and referendum we also talked with the Madison foundation for public

163schools the possibility of an alumni network and how that would be implemented in the future to be held at our last meeting of public forum for our officer positions for Student Senate for next year the president and the Student Representative to the board and they answered questions about their future goals for the district and for Student Senate and we also discussed Student Senate bylaws to determine how we can work efficiently on have effective communication collaboration with the board in the future and closer ties to that and then finally just recruitment strategies for next year and how we can reach a wider population and our next meeting is actually the move to achieve the recognized thank you thank you a lot for your service we do not have any old a new business so I will

164make a move to adjourn the meeting make it a second