FCPS School Board Meeting - April 26, 2018

001Sorry. Good evening. This Thursday April, 26, 2018 regular meeting of the school.. Of the Fairfax County will now come to order. Please rise for the pledge of allegiance, a moment of silence and the performance of the national anthem by the Frost Middle School Chamber Orchestra under the direction of Michelle Milligan. I pledge allegiance to the flag, of the United States of America. And to the republic, for which it stands. One nation, under God, indivisible. With liberty, and justice for all. ♪♪♪♪ [APPLAUSE] THANK YOU, THAT WAS BEAUTIFULLY DONE STUDENTS, WE ARE VERY GRATEFUL FOR YOUR MUSICAL TALENTS AND FOR ENTERTAINING OUR AUDIENCE WHILE WAITING FOR US. I WANT TO THANK THE FAMILIES WHO BROUGHT YOUR CHILDREN THIS EVENING FOR SHARING YOUR WONDERFUL MUSIC WITH US, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FROST MIDDLE SCHOOL. DO WE HAVE THE

002FROST PRINCIPAL THIS EVENING? OKAY, HE'S GREAT TOO. IN ORDER TO COMPLY WITH SECTION 2.2-3712-D, CODE OF VIRGINIA THAT'S NECESSARY FOR THE BOARD TO CERTIFY THAT THE FAIRFAX COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD CONVENED A CLOSED MEETING ON APRIL 26, 2018 TO THE BEST OF EACH MEMBER'S KNOWLEDGE THAT ONLY PUBLIC BUSINESS MATTERS LAWFULLY EXEMPTED FROM OPEN MEETING REQUIREMENTS AND ONLY SUCH PUBLIC BUSINESS MATTERS CONVENED DURING THE CLOSED MOTION. A MOTION? MOVED AND SECONDED. ALL IN FAVOR? THAT IS UNANIMOUS -- OH, WITH MRS. MCLAUGHLIN AWAY FROM THE TABLE AND ABSTENTION FROM MRS. SCHULTZ. THANK YOU. THE BOARD WAS NOT ABLE TO HOLD OUR FORUM BUT HOPE TO DO THAT AT THE NEXT MEETING. A FEW ANNOUNCEMENTS BEFORE WE BEGIN, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO REVIEW THE AGENDA AND ANY AGENDA ITEMS THAT IS DISCUSSED TONIGHT, THAT INFORMATION IS ON THE

003TABLE BY THE AUDITORIUM ENTRANCE. TONIGHT'S AGENDA IS AVAILABLE GOING TO SCHOOLBOARD ON FCPS HOME PAGE AND SELECT BOARD DOCS, AND AS STREAMED LIVE, YOU CAN CLICK FULL MENU AND WATCH SCHOOL BOARD MEETING. WE ARE WORKING ON THAT AND I SHOULD WE ARE WORKING ON THAT AND I SHOULD HAVE SOMETHING OUT BEFORE THE FIRST OF THE YEAR. THANK YOU. GET A LITTLE BIT OF REST, MICHAEL. MS. SCHULTZ. I'M GOING TO BE LESS LOQUACIOUS AND MORE PEPPERING BECAUSE I HAVE SPECIFIC QUESTIONS. DID WE CHAMPION THE 180-DAY SUPERINTENDENT EXTENSION? YEAH. IT WAS COVERED BY A LEGISLATURE. CAN YOU EXPAND WHY THAT IS IMPORTANT, WHAT HAPPENS AT THE END OF THAT AND WHY AN EXTENSION IS NESS. THE REASON AN EXTENSION IS NECESSARY, TO START FROM THE BEN GINNING, IN CODE THERE IS A SPECIFIC TIMELINE THAT BOARDS HAVE

004TO FOLLOW IN TERMS OF SUPERINTENDENT HIRING. THAT PROCESS HAS TO COMPLETE AFTER 180 DAYS. IF THAT PROCESS DOES NOT COMPLETE AFTER 180 DAYS, THE STATE SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION GETS TO APPOINT A SUPERINTENDENT FOR THE LOCAL SCHOOL BOARD. 180 DAYS SOUNDS LIKE A TON OF TIME. AS YOU ARE ALL VERY WELL AWARE IF YOU ARE TRYING TO DO A NATIONWIDE SEARCH, DO SITE VISITS, INTERVIEW MULTIPLE CANDIDATES, 180 DAYS IS EATEN UP VERY, VERY QUICKLY. DEFINITELY FOR LARGER SCHOOL DIVISIONS THAT DO COMPREHENSIVE SEARCHS, 180 DAYS GOES QUICKLY. THIS GIVES FLEXIBILITY AND IT IS AUTOMATIC FLEXIBILITY IF A SCHOOL BOARD REQUESTS AN ADDITIONAL 180 DAYS THEY WILL SIMPLY GRANT THAT. THAT IS SO IMPORTANT. LITERALLY, THE WAY THE LAW USED TO BE, AFTER 180 DAYS WITHOUT APPEAL, THERE IS NOTHING THAT CAN BE DONE, A SCHOOL DIVISION

005GIVES UP ITS RIGHT TO SELECT�-- THE BOARD GIVES UP ITS RIGHT TO SELECT SUPERINTENDENT. IT IS TURNED OVER TO STATE BOARD EDUCATION AND THE STATE SUPERINTENDENT AND BOARD OF EDUCATION PICK YOUR SUPERINTENDENT BEFORE YOU. I HAVE NOT BEEN PARTICULARLY OUR FAN OF LACK OF LEGISLATIVE WINS. THAT IS A HUGE ONE. I HOPE WE NEVER, EVER, EVER HAVE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF IT, BUT THAT IS A HUGE IMPORTANT WIN. I DIDN'T SEE ANYTHING ABOUT LONG-TERM SUBS. MAYBE WE DIDN'T ADVOCATE FOR IT. I KNOW THERE IS A PROBLEM ABOUT ANOTHER AUTOMATIC CUTOFF ON A LONG-TERM SUB WHO ISN'T�-- I THINK THEY ARE NOT CERTIFIED AND THERE IS NOTHING WE CAN DO AND MANY OF MY SCHOOLS HAVE COME UP AGAINST THIS. IT COULD BE THERE IS A TEACHER OUT ON LONG TERM, MAY BE DEALING WITH AN

006AGING PARENT OR A FAMILY MEMBER WHO HAS A SERIOUS ILLNESS. YOU GET SOMEBODY IN THERE AND THEY GET THE CLASS GOING AND THEN EVERYTHING GRIPDS TO A HALT BECAUSE JUST BY�-- BECAUSE, THERE IS A DEMARCATION LINE, THEY HAVE TO GET RID OF THEM. WAS ANYTHING LIKE THAT CONTEMPLATED THE ONLY LEGISLATION WITH LONG-TERM SUBS WENT THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION BUT WAS WITHDRAWN FROM PATRONS BECAUSE THAT IS WHAT THEY WEREN'T TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH. THEY WERE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH MORE ALONG THE LINES OF WHAT YOU ARE REFERRING TO. THERE ARE SOME ARTIFICIAL LIMB TAKESES IN TERMS OF USE OF LONG-TERM SUBSTITUTES. DR. BRABRAND. MS. SCHULTZ, THIS HAS NOT BEEN BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION THIS YEAR. IT IS SOMETHING I WAS FAMILIAR WITH AS A PRINCIPAL. I MAY HAVE SOME RESOLUTIONS SHORT OF GENERAL ASSEMBLY. IF YOU CAN SEND ME

007THE SPECIFICS I WILL FOLLOW UP. THAT IS GOOD. I WOULD RATHER NOT�-- I'M SMALLER GOVERNMENT. IF THERE IS A WORK AROUND THIS ARTIFICIAL, THAT IS TOO BAD YOU HAVE TO LEAVE THE CLASSROOM IMMEDIATELY BECAUSE YOU ARE ON YOUR LAST DAY. THAT DOESN'T WORK FOR ME. CAN I ASK A QUESTION ABOUT THE HB-1085, THE MILITARY STUDENT BILL. I'M QUIVERING ABOUT MILITARY�-- I LOVE ME MY MILITARY FAMILIES, BUT I'M UNCLEAR WHAT THAT BILL IS ABOUT AND WAS THAT DIRECTED AS A DISTRICT SOMEPLACE ELSE IN THE STATE IN THE ORIGINAL LEGISLATION KALE OUT OF THE TIEDWATER AREA WITH TONS OF MILITARY FAMILIES. IT WAS A BLANKET OPEN ENROLLMENT POLICY. THE ORIGINAL LEGISLATION WAS SIMPLY ANY STUDENT LIVING ON A MILITARY BASE OR ANYBODY IN MILITARY HOUSING COULD GO TO ANY SCHOOL THEY WANTED TO IN THEIR SCHOOL DIVISION.

008WAS THAT TO AVOID A FAILING SCHOOL? ANECDOTEDLY, THERE ARE SITUATIONS IN OTHER DISTRICTS WHERE THERE IS A SCHOOL THAT THE BASE FEEDS TO THEY MAY NOT BE WANTING TO GO TO. I'M SURE THAT HAPPENS EVERYWHERE. I DON'T KNOW THE SPECIFICS OF EXACTLY WHAT PRECIPITATED IT, I KNOW THAT WAS THE KIND OF IDEA BEHIND THE LEGISLATION. IN PRACTICE, HOW IS THIS GOING TO WORK? IN PRACTICE IT IS LEFT TO LOCAL SCHOOL BOARDS TO DETERMINE THEIR OWN POLICIES IN STUDENT TRANSFERS. IT SPECIFICALLY SAYS IN THE LEGISLATION SUBJECT TO ANY CONDITION DEEMED APPROPRIATE BY THE LOCAL SCHOOL BOARD. THAT SEEMS LIKE THAT WAS A USELESS BILL. IF WE GET TO MAKE UP THE RULES. YOU SHOULD COME TO THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY WITH ME SOME TIME. ANYWAY, LEGISLATORS PASSES USELESS BILLS IS NOT A SHOCK. I DON'T KNOW WHO

009CHAMPIONED IT, I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY PEOPLE VOTED FOR IT, BUT THAT IS A SEA CHANGE IN MESSAGING ABOUT HOW WE TREAT MINOR CHILDREN AND THAT MINOR CHILDREN ARE NOT CRIMINALS. I'M THRILLED WITH�-- SOMETIMES THEY ARE CRIMINALS, BUT THAT WE ARE NOT CRIMINALIZING BEING A CHILD ABSENT EXGENT CIRCUMSTANCES. SO I'M THRILLED WITH THAT. ON THE HB-10SB547, ON THE DRIVERS, I WAS CONFUSED. THE END OF THAT ONE SAID AND PEOPLE WHO DON'T HAVE COMMERCIAL DRIVER'S LICENSES. ARE PEOPLE DRIVING SCHOOL BUSES WITHOUT COMMERCIAL DRIVER'S LICENSES? I THINK THEY HAVE TO GET THEIR COMMERCIAL DRIVER'S LICENSES AS PART OF THE PROCESS. THERE ARE PROCESSES LONGER THAN SOMEONE WHO HOLDS A COMMERCIAL DRIVER'S LICENSE. THERE IS A DIFFERENCE IN HOW THEY TREAT SOMEONE WHO HAS ONE AND DOESN'T. OUR BUSES HAVE A COMMERCIAL DRIVER'S LICENSE. REQUIRED BY LAW. YES.

010ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. IN YOUR TABLE AT THE END, THE CATCH ALL, THERE WAS A SQUARE THERE THAT SAID DUAL ENROLLMENT. THAT IS A BIG THING WITH A LOT OF MY CONSTITUENTS AND MY STUDENTS. CAN YOU TELL US WHAT THOSE WERE? THEY WERE FAIRLY COMPREHENSIVE BILLS K-12, COMMUNITY COLLEGE AND HIGHER ED. THE MAIN FOCUS OF THOSE BILLS WAS ARTICULATION AGREEMENTS BETWEEN COMMUNITY COLLEGES AND HIGHER EDUCATION. THE REASON DUAL ENROLLMENT GETS PULLED IN A LOT OF STUDENTS IN THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE SYSTEM USE DUAL ENROLLMENT AS PART OF THEIR GRADUATION TO FULFILL IN COMMUNITY COLLEGE. THEY ARE LOOKING TO MAKE SURE COURSES ARE PROVIDED K-12, COMMUNITY COLLEGE LEVEL AND AT THE FOUR-YEAR INSTITUTIONS SO THERE IS A SEAMLESS ARTICULATION BETWEEN THE THREE. THAT MAY IMPACT US IN STAFFING. WE HAVE DIFFERENT STAFFING REQUIREMENTS IN TERMS OF LICENSURE

011DOING A DUAL ENROLLMENT COURSE. THERE WAS NOTHING THAT HELPS FACILITATE MORE DUAL ENROLLMENT? IT IS MORE JUST MAKING SURE CREDITS CARRY THROUGH? IT IS MORE OF A STANDARDIZATION. OKAY. LABOR DAY. SEVEN YEARS I HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR GOOD NEWS ON LABOR DAY. IT IS NOT A NO, SO I WILL TAKE IT. IT IS NOT A NO. THAT IS SOME GOOD, GOOD NEWS. AND WHATEVER DR. BRABRAND, I DON'T KNOW WHO ELSE MR. FOSTER, WHATEVER IS NECESSARY BETWEEN NOW AND NOVEMBER 29, WHATEVER IS NECESSARY, I AM IN LIKE FLYNN ON THAT ONE. SO I'M HAPPY TO HELP. I AM CONCERNED LOOKING AT OUR BUDGET TIMELINE. I'M EXTREMELY CONCERNED. DR. BRABRAND AND EVERYONE, MONEY, OUR SCHOOL WORK SESSION IS ON MAY 14th. MEETING ON MAY 14th. I DON'T KNOW HOW WE HOLD TO THIS BUDGET CALENDAR. I'M VERY

012CONCERNED THAT MAY 14th IS THE�-- AND THAT IS NOT A DECISION. THAT IS WHEN THEY ARE STARTING TO MEET. THAT IS THE SENATE MEETING. AND HOW ARE WE GOING TO HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING THE NEXT DAY? MAY 15 AND 16? NO. THE DAY AFTER THAT? A WORK SESSION, MAY 17. NO. AND WE'VE GOT TO VOTE ON IT BY MAY 24. I THINK THERE HAS TO BE SOME SERIOUS DISCUSSION ABOUT CHANGING OUR BUDGET WORK TIMELINE. SO, MS. SCHULTZ, WE MET WITH THE BUDGET CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR TODAY MR. MOON AND MS. EVANS, AND WE'LL BE PREPARED TO HAVE SOME DISCUSSION ABOUT THIS AT OUR BUDGET WORK SESSION NEXT WEEK. WE HAVE SOME IDEAS ABOUT HOW TO MITIGATE SOME OF THE ISSUES. WE ARE CONCERNED, TOO. WE WANT THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY TO WRAP UP ITS BUSINESS SO

013LOCAL GOVERNMENT, LOCAL SCHOOLS CAN MAKE FINAL DETERMINATIONS. WE HAVE SOME IDEAS AND I THINK THE BOARD WILL BE INTERESTED IN WHAT WE HAVE LOOKED AT. OKAY. I WILL BE INTERESTED. AND THE LAST QUESTION I HAVE, WHAT WAS THAT LAST THING YOU SAID? CAN YOU TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT�-- CAN YOU PULL UP YOUR VERY LAST SLIDE. LAST BULLET. LAST SLIDE. I DIDN'T COUNT THE BULLETS THIS TIME. JOINT SUBCOMMITTEE ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT FISCAL STRESS. LCI. WHAT IS THAT? WHO IS ON IT? AND, I MEAN, LOOK, THE LCI IS THE FO' SHIZZLE IN THIS WHOLE DISCUSSION. 87 CENTS ON THE DOLLAR GETS DISTRIBUTED FROM THE TAXPAYERS OF FAIRFAX COUNTY TO EVERYONE ELSE. THAT WAS ALWAYS THE SACRED COW. IT WAS NEVER COMING BACK. THE OTHER JURISDICTIONS HAD TO CHOOSE TO GIVE UP OUR MONEY AND BE

014MORE SELF-RELIANT AND TAX THEIR CITIZENS MORE AND GIVE US BACK MORE OF OUR MONEY FOR THE LCI TO CHANGE. DO WE HAVE ANYBODY FAVORABLE ON THAT SUBCOMMITTEE? TO GIVE YOU THE BACKGROUND ON THAT SUBCOMMITTEE, I DON'T KNOW ALL THE MEMBERS ON THAT SUBCOMMITTEE. I DO KNOW THAT SUBCOMMITTEE WAS CREATED, ACTUALLY, OUT OF THE FISCAL CRISIS THAT HAPPENED IN PETERSBURG. THEY WERE RUNNING UP TO THE POINT WHERE THEY WEREN'T GOING TO BE ABLE TO PAY THEIR OWN BILLS. THIS SUBCOMMITTEE WAS DESIGNED TO LOOK AT THAT. THEY, EXPANDED THEIR LOOK TO LOCAL COMPOSITE INDEX, THE POSSIBILITY OF EQUALIZING TAXING AUTHORITY TO WHAT CITIES HAVE AVAILABLE TO THEM SO THE REAL BELLWETHER IS A FIX FOR ALL THE OTHER JURISDICTIONS. LOOK, I WANT TO CUT TO THE QUICK ANY HOPE THAT THIS IS GOING TO RESULT IN AN

015LCI LIKE RECALCULATION THAT ENDS UP BETTER FOR US. YOU HAVE 131 OTHER DISCUSSIONS EXACTLY LIKE THIS ONE. IF YOU TAKE THIS DISCUSSION OTHER THAN A HIGH LOCAL COMPOSITE JURISDICTION, THEY ARE HAVING A CONVERSATION THE LCI IS NOT FAIR TO THEM BECAUSE THEY DON'T GET MORE MONEY FROM THE STATE BECAUSE THE LAND THEY PUT ASIDE IN TAX ABATEMENTS IS TAXED TOO HIGH SO THEIR WEALTH IS TOO HIGH SO THEIR LOCAL COMPOSITE INDEX IS TOO HIGH SO THEY SHOULD BE GETTING MORE MONEY FROM THE STATE. I'M GOING TO SNUFF OUT THE FLAME OF HOPE. THANK YOU. JUST SO EVERYBODY KNOWS, MS. CORBETT SANDERS, MS. HYNES, MS. DERENAK KAUFAX. MS. CORBETT SANDERS. I WILL BE BRIEF. MICHAEL, THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL YOU DO. NOT ONLY FOR OUR SCHOOL SYSTEM BUT THE LEADERSHIP YOU TAKE

016FOR ALL THE SCHOOL SYSTEMS ACROSS THE STATE. IT IS GREATLY APPRECIATED. IT LOOKS LIKE THIS HAS BEEN A VERY PRODUCTIVE BUT FRUSTRATING LEGISLATIVE SEASON. HOWEVER, IN THE LOOK FORWARD, THERE ARE SOME REALLY POSITIVE AND INTERESTING THINGS GOING ON. SO RATHER THAN FOCUSING ON WHAT HAS ALREADY BEEN ADOPTED, I WOULD LIKE TO JUST FOCUS A BIT ON THESE COMMITTEES THAT ARE BEING DEVELOPED, ESPECIALLY ON THE SCHOOL SAFETY. AS YOU KNOW, WE HAD A VERY PRODUCTIVE MEETING WITH THE THREE NORTHERN VIRGINIA LEGISLATORS WHO ARE ON THE SCHOOL SAFETY COMMITTEE A COUPLE OF DAYS WITH MY COLLEAGUE MRS. DERENAK KAUFAX AND I, THE THREE LEGISLATORS, QUITE HUMOROUS, SAID WE REPRESENT THE SAME AREA. AND IT IS THE MOUNT VERNON AND LEE AREA. SO IT PROVED TO BE A VERY GOOD CONVERSATION AND I FEEL LUCKY THAT FAIRFAX COUNTY

017HAS THE THREE ON THESE COMMITTEES. INTERESTINGLY THAT THEY HAVE FOCUSED ON THE MENTAL HEALTH PIECE AND ON OPTIONS RATHER THAN THE ACTUAL PHYSICAL SECURITY FOR OUR FOLKS. THAT IS AN AREA I THINK IS GOING TO BE REALLY IMPORTANT TO WATCH, BUT ALSO TO SEE HOW WE CAN DOVE TAIL THE WORK THAT IS BEING DONE BY MR. PLATENBURG AND MR. BACCARELLO IN REVIEW OF OUR OWN SAFETY AND SECURITY PROCEDURES AND COMING BACK TO US WITH BEST PRACTICES AND RECOMMENDATIONS. I KNOW THAT DELEGATION LOOKS FORWARD TO HEARING FROM US AFTER WE GET THOSE RESULTS. SO I THINK THAT IS IMPORTANT. I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW A LITTLE BIT MORE ON YOUR LAST BULLET, OR SECOND TO THE LAST, THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT PROFFER PARTY. THAT IS THE CHAIRMAN'S NAME. IN 2016 LEGISLATION WAS PASSED THAT GRATLY CURTAILED THE

018ABILITY OF LOCALITIES TO REQUEST PROFFERS, BASICALLY PAYMENTS FROM DEVELOPERS TO HELP MITIGATE SOME OF THE IMPACTS THE DEVELOPMENT MIGHT HAVE ON SERVICES WITHIN A LOCALITY. SCHOOLS OR ROADS OR THOSE TYPES OF THINGS. THE REASON THEY ARE CALLING IT THE PROFFER PART IS A LITTLE BIT LIKE THE CONFERENCE THEY HAD WITH THE EDUCATION ADVOCATES AND TOURISM ADVOCATES ON LABOR DAY. THEY WANTED EVERYTHING IN THE SAME ROOM TO HAVE A CONFERENCE ABOUT HOW THE LAW IS WORKING, HOW IT IS NOT WORKING AND WHAT CHANGES NEED TO BE MADE FORWARD? HAVE WE PUT TOGETHER OUR WISH LIST NAR? I HAVE NOT. THE COUNTY KIND OF TAKES THE LEAD ON THESE ISSUES BECAUSE THE PROFFERS REALLY FALLS MORE�-- WE ARE A BENEFICIARY OF THE PROFFERS, BUT THE PROFFER PROCESS IS MORE OF A LOCAL GOVERNMENT FOCUS. WE'LL BE WORKING

019WITH THEM IN TERMS OF DETERMINING�-- THEY HAVE THEIR OPEN WISH LIST AND I KNOW ADDITIONAL PROFFERS, ADDITIONAL ABILITY TO ASK FOR PROFFERS FOR SCHOOLS AND OTHER SERVICES ARE DEFINITELY ON THEIR LIST. I WOULD ENCOURAGE AND I DON'T KNOW HOW WE DO THIS, BUT I THINK IT IS GOING TO BE REALLY IMPORTANT FOR US TO PUT OUR WISH LIST TOGETHER. I HAD THE PLEASURE OF SERVING AS A LIAISON FOR THE SCHOOLS COMMITTEE TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION, I KNOW MS. PALCHIK AND MS. EVANS ARE THE LIAISONS THIS YEAR. THAT HAS BEEN�-- THAT GROUP HAS LOOKED AT PROFFERS BECAUSE OFTENTIMES IN THE WAY OUR PROFFER LEGISLATION CURRENTLY WORKS, IT DOES NOT LOOK AT THE AGGREGATE OF MULTIPLE BUILDINGS GOING ON. AND SO WHEN YOU ONLY LOOK AT THE ONE OFF, YOU DON'T SEE THE FULL PICTURE. AND SO

020I KNOW THIS IS A CONVERSATION THAT I HAVE HAD WITH MR. PLATENBURG AND MR. SNEAD, BUT I WOULD ENCOURAGE US TO SHARE HOW THAT WORKS WITH PEOPLE ON THAT COMMITTEE AND MAKE SURE THEY UNDERSTAND WHAT THE NEGATIVE IMPACT IS FOR SOME OF OUR AREAS THAT ARE HAVING THE MOST GROWTH IN A VERY PERIOD OF TIME. THANK YOU AND THANKS AGAIN FOR ALL YOU DO. MS. HYNES. YES, HI. IN THE CATEGORY OF BILLS THAT DIDN'T PASS, THANKFULLY, THE ONE ON HISTORY SOCIAL SCIENCE REQUIRED SOL VERIFIED CREDIT. I BELIEVE WHAT YOU SAID IS THAT THERE ARE PEOPLE IN THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY WHO WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT KIDS HAVE TO TAKE AN SOL IN ORDER FOR THAT TO BE A VERIFIED CREDIT. CORRECT. OKAY. SO THAT IS WORRISOME BECAUSE IT IS ONE OF THE THINGS I WORRY

021ABOUT IS THE PENDULUM SWINGS THE WAY IT DOES. I THINK THAT THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION DOWN THERE WITH HELP FROM OUR OWN STAFF, LEADERSHIP FROM OUR OWN STAFF IS, AS YOU SAID, WORKING VERY HARD ON REPLACING STANDARDIZED TESTS WITH BETTER ASSESSMENTS. RIGHT? BETTER, MORE MEANINGFUL ASSESSMENTS. I WORRY THIS MAY BE SOME SORT OF A SIGN THAT THE PEOPLE IN RICHMOND HAVE DECIDED THE PENDULUM HAS SWUNG QUITE ENOUGH THAT WAY AND PULL IT BACK TO START MAKING EVERYBODY TAKE MORE TESTS AGAIN. I DON'T WANT TO OVERREACT. DO YOU HAVE SORT OF A PROFILE OF THE PEOPLE IN THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY WHO SUPPORT THIS, WHERE THEY COME FROM, WHAT THEY CARE ABOUT AND WHETHER WE THINK THEY HAVE ANY SORT OF CHANCE OF WINNING THIS FIGHT. ALSO I GUESS IF I COULD GET A SENSE OF WHERE

022THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, THE VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION IS ON THIS BECAUSE I THINK, WHAT I UNDERSTAND, THEY CURRENTLY WOULD DISAGREE WITH THIS CHANGE IN THE LAW. IN TERMS OF THE PATRON AND THE FOLKS TALKING ABOUT THIS, THERE ARE A NUMBER OF LEGISLATORS THAT WERE THERE WHEN THE SOLs BEGAN. THEY HAVE THE ACCOUNTABILITY, THE STANDARDIZED TEST THE EXACT SAME TEST THE EXACT SAME DAY THE EXACT SAME WAY OR ELSE YOU ARE NOT GETTING A MEASURE OF STUDENT ABILITY. THERE IS CONCERN IF YOU GO TO A LOCALLY VERIFIED, YOU WILL NOT HAVE ONE STANDARD ACROSS THE STATE BUT 132 STARTS AND THEY COULD BE VERY, VERY DIFFERENT WHETHER YOU ARE HERE IN FAIRFAX OR SOMEWHERE ELSZ IN VIRGINIA. I THINK THAT IS ONE OF THE LENSES THEY LOOK AT THIS LEGISLATION THROUGH. ANOTHER IS THAT�-- THIS

023IS VIRGINIA AND VIRGINIA AND CIVICS, YOU REALLY CAN'T SEPARATE THE TWO OUT. THERE IS A HUGE, YOU KNOW, A NUMBER OF LEGISLATORS WHO SERVE ON THE JAMESTOWN/YORKTOWN FOUNDATION AND A NUMBER OF LEGISLATORS INVOLVED IN ALL THOSE KINDS OF ACTIVITIES BECAUSE THIS IS A HOT BED OF HISTORY AND SO MUCH HAPPENED IN VIRGINIA IT HAS A SPECIAL PLACE IN LEGISLATORS' HEARTS AND THEY WANT TO MAKE SURE THIS CONTENT IS TAUGHT, THAT STUDENTS RECOGNIZED THE RICH HISTORY IN VIRGINIA. THERE IS THAT TENSION BETWEEN WHAT A LOT OF THE RESEARCH IS TELLING US, THERE ARE MUCH BETTER WAYS AND DIFFERENT WAYS YOU CAN DO ASSESSMENTS AND THAT A LITTLE BIT OLDER SCHOOL VERSION OF HOW YOU DO ACCOUNTABILITY AND THE IMPORTANCE OF CIVICS. SO THOSE ARE TENSIONS THAT KIND OF RUN INTO EACH OTHER WHEN YOU GET DOWN

024TO THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY. JUST TO FOLLOW UP A LITTLE BIT, WAS IT A CLOSE VOTE? THE LEGISLATION IT WAS PATRONED BY, LET ME SEE, HOW SHALL I PUT THIS, A VERY POWERFUL SENATOR WHO IS VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT THIS ISSUE. AND WAS VERY CONVINCING TO HIS COLLEAGUES. IT PASSED THE SENATE FAIRLY EASILY, IN FACT, ALMOST UNANIMOUSLY. THERE WASN'T A LOT OF DEBATE. WHEN IT GOT TO THE HOUSE, IT DID MAKE IT OUT OF HOUSE EDUCATION BUT ENDED UP DYING IN HOUSE APPROPRIATIONS. BECAUSE PART OF THE LEGISLATION BECAUSE IT TALKED ABOUT A STATEWIDE SOL ASSESSMENT. THEY WERE GETTING AWAY FROM THAT SO THEY NEEDED AN APPROPRIATION OF MONEY TO REDESIGN THEIR SOL. THAT IS ONE REASON IT WAS ALSO EMBEDDED IN THE BUDGET. THERE WAS A FISCAL IMPACT ON THE STATE IN TERMS OF HAVING TO DEVELOP

025THE NEW ASSESSMENT. AS I SAID, IT STARTED OUT AS JUST A COMPLETE BAR ON ANY PERFORMANCE BASED ASSESSMENTS. THE COMPROMISE THAT WAS STRUCK AND THE VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION WAS INVOLVED IN THE CONVERSATIONS, ALLOWED PR PERFORMANCE BASED ASSESSMENTS BUT DEVELOPED BY THE STATE AND SCORED CENTRALLY. IT WOULDN'T HAVE THE FULL FLEXIBILITY WE THINK WE HAVE RIGHT NOW DOING A LOCALLY DEVELOPED ASSESSMENT AND LOCALLY SCORED ASSESSMENT. SO THAT CENTRAL, CENTRALLY SCORED ASSESSMENT WAS PART OF THE BILL THAT WAS NOT PASSED. CORRECT. THAT WAS THE FINAL VERSION OF LEGISLATION THAT DIDN'T MAKE IT OUT OF APPROPRIATIONS. THAT VERSION OF PERFORMANCED BASE ASSESSMENT. OKAY. THANK YOU. MS. DERENAK KAUFAX. GOOD EVENING MR. MALOY. HI. THANK YOU, I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU DO FOR US. I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME AND GUIDANCE YOU SPENT WITH

026MS. CORBETT SANDERS AND I AND THE THREE STATE DELEGATES ON THE HOUSE SELECT COMMITTEE ON SCHOOL SAFETY EARLIER THIS WEEK. I APPRECIATE YOU DRIVING THAT CARRIAGE. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. I KNOW THE ANSWER TO THIS IN THE END, BUT KNOWING A LITTLE BIT ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THE WAY THE COMMITTEE STRUCTURE WORKS, IN THE BEGINNING THE TWO THINGS I HAVE SIMILAR CONCERNS WITH WHAT MS. SCHULTZ IS TALKING ABOUT. WE TALK ABOUT THE LCI. WE HAVE OFTEN TALKED ABOUT AS IT IS WE CAN'T CHANGE IT, CAN WE ADD AN ADDENDUM ABOUT POVERTY OR SCHOOLS AT A CERTAIN LEVEL AND HOW WE CAN DO THAT. I KNOW IN THE END THAT DIDN'T HAPPEN. IN THE BEGINNING IN THE COMMITTEES WHEN THAT WAS OUT THERE, WERE THOSE KCHXS HELD? MORE IMPORTANTLY, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT, IS THERE ANYONE

027DOWN THERE CHAMPIONING THAT, WOW, WE ARE 43rd OUT OF 50 IN STATE FUNDING FOR EDUCATION? ARE THEY TALKING ABOUT THAT DOWN THERE? AND HOW DOES IT KIND OF GET FROM, YEAH, THAT IS THE STATISTIC THAT HAS BEEN REAL AND HONEST FOR A LONG TIME. SO THE ONE IS MORE AGGREGATE STATEWIDE AND THE OTHER IS FAIRFAX. IN TERMS OF THE LCI, THE REASON THE LCI IS SUCH A DIFFICULT ISSUE IS BECAUSE IT INTERRELATES THE FINANCES OF EVERY SINGLE SCHOOL DIVISION IN VIRGINIA. AND IT COMPARES THE FINANCES OF EVERY SINGLE SCHOOL DIVISION IN VIRGINIA. SO BECAUSE IT COMPARES PROPERTY WEALTH AND INCOME TAX AND SALES TAX ACROSS THE COMMONWEALTH AND DOESN'T ACCOUNT FOR THINGS LIKE SERVICE BURDENS OR POPULATIONS OF STUDENTS IN NEED. IT DOESN'T ACCOUNT FOR COST OF LIVING. IF YOU LOOKED AT THE COST OF

028LIVING STATISTICS IN VIRGINIA, 30% TO 40% HIGHER TO LIVE IN NORTHERN VIRGINIA PRETTY MUCH ANYWHERE ELSE IN VIRGINIA. WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE STATISTICS, HOUSING COSTS AND OTHER COSTS ARE SUBSTANTIALLY HIGHER HERE AND GENERATES SUBSTANTIALLY HIGHER WAGES. YOU CAN SEE THE REACTION OF LEGISLATORS DOWN STATE WHEN THEY HEAR WHAT OUR STARTING SALARIES ARE. BUT THEY DON'T DO THE MENTAL CALCULATION IF YOU ADJUST THAT FOR YOUR COST OF LIVING, THAT STARTING SALARY IS BELOW WHAT YOUR STARTING SALARY IS. WE ARE TALKING IN WHOLE NUMBERS AND WE ARE LOOKING AT THE ACTUAL PURCHASING POWER OF THE SALARIES. THAT IS ONE REASON WHY THE LCI IS SUCH A DIFFICULT THING TO GET AT. WHAT YOU SAID ABOUT THE STATISTICS THAT WERE 43rd IN THE NATION IN TERMS OF THE STATE'S EFFORT TOWARDS PUBLIC EDUCATION. I THINK THAT IS

029HOW YOU GET AT THIS ISSUE. IS BECAUSE EVERYBODY HAS TO BENEFIT. IF YOU PULL AT ANY THREAD IN THE LOCAL COMPOSITE INDEX. WHAT HAPPENS IS THE VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION RUNS THE NUMBERS AND SHOWS, HERE IS HOW MUCH YOU GET. MORE OR LESS THAN WHAT YOU GOT WITHOUT THIS CHANGE. AUTOMATICALLY PEOPLE GO I LIKE THIS CHANGE BECAUSE I DO BETTER. BUT THERE ARE 132 OF US COMPARING HOW WE DO AND USUALLY IT'S FAIRLY EVEN SPLIT IN TERMS OF WHO BENEFITS AND WHO DOESN'T BENEFIT. ADDING MORE MONEY TO THE SYSTEM IS WHAT I THINK WILL HELP. I KNOW THAT IS NOT A PERFECT SOLUTION BECAUSE ALL OF THE STATISTICS OF US GETTING A FEW CENTS ON THE DOLLAR BACK FROM RICHMOND, AT LEAST THERE IS MORE MONEY COMING BACK TO FAIRFAX, AVAILABLE TO ALL SCHOOL DIVISIONS.

030I THINK THAT IS AN EASIER LIFT THAN TRYING TO GET AT THAT BECAUSE IT IS A LIMITED PIE AND IF YOU PULL ANY STRING SOMEBODY BENEFITS AND DOESN'T, SCHOOL DIVISIONS WORK AGAINST EACH OTHER. WE ARE FAR STRONGER. ALL THE KUDOS YOU HAVE GWYNN GIVEN ME, THERE OTHER FOLKS ADVOCATING. SCHOOL BOARD ASSOCIATION, SUPERINTENDENTS ASSOCIATION. I HAVE A GREAT PARTNERSHIP WITH A LOT OF DIFFERENT PEOPLE THAT DEAL WITH EDUCATION ISSUES. WE ARE MUCH STRONGER WHEN WE ARE ALL PULLING TOGETHER. WHEN YOU GET INTO LCI, SUPERINTENDENTS AND SCHOOL BOARD ASSOCIATIONS HAVE TO SIT ON THE SIDELINES BECAUSE THEY CAN'T BE CHAMPIONING HALF OF MY MEMBERS DO BETTER OR WORSE. IT IS LEFT WITH SCHOOL DIVISIONS. WE DO BETTER UNDER THIS ONE AND DO WORSE ON THAT ONE. THAT MAKES SENSE AND IT IS A GOOD STRATEGY FOR NEXT

031YEAR AND BEYOND. BUT I THINK BECAUSE THAT STATISTIC REMAINS ALARMING. IT WENT DOWN A FEW YEARS AGO. WE WERE 41st OR 42nd. TO THE LADIES BEHIND YOU, SHOUT OUT TO MOM POWER AND ALL YOU DO TO BELIEVE IT CAN GET DONE. CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH MR. MILLOY. WE APPRECIATE YOUR WORK ON OUR BEHALF. I KNOW MANY OTHER SCHOOL DIVISIONS DEPEND ON YOU AS WELL. AS WELL AS OUR BOARD OF SUPERVISORS. YOU DO A GREAT JOB OF YOUR UNDERSTANDING AND BEING INVOLVED IN ALL OF THE BILLS THAT ARE COMING TO THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY. AND OUR LEGISLATORS DEPENTD ON YOU BECAUSE THEY WILL ASK, WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THIS MR. MILLOY? SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND WE CERTAINLY HOPE THEY WILL RESOLVE THE BUDGET. IT WILL BE WONDERFUL IF, IN FACT, THE FUNDING FOR

032ALL SCHOOLS IS RAISED IF WE FINALLY GET BACK TO THE 2009 LEVEL IT WOULD BE GREAT FOR ALL OF US. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE WILL STAND AND WAIT TO GET THE NEST REPORT. GREAT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. OKAY. NOW, OUR NEXT ITEM IS THE STRATEGY GOAL. I MOVE THE SCHOOL BOARD MOVE THE STRATEGIC PLAN GOAL 1 STUDENT SUCCESS RECORD AS DETAILED IN THE AGENDA ITEM. SECOND MS. PALCHIK. MR. MOON, WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO IT? YES, BRIEFLY. IN FAIRFAX COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS OUR BUSINESS IS ABOUT MAKING A DIFFERENCE IN THE LIVES OF FAIRFAX FAMILIES, EMPLOYEES AND THE COMMUNITY WE SERVE. TO ENSURE THAT EVERY STUDENT RECEIVES THE BEST POSSIBLE EDUCATION, PREPARING THEM FOR THEIR BEST POSSIBLE FUTURES THE SCHOOL SYSTEM CREATED A STRATEGIC PLAN THAT HAS FOUR GOAL AREAS. EACH YEAR THE SCHOOL

033IS UPDATED ON THESE GOALS. THE FIRST GOAL IS STUDENT SUCCESS. WHERE WE COMMIT TO REACHING CHALLENGING AND PREPARING EVERY STUDENT FOR SUCCESS IN SCHOOL AND LIFE. THE SUPERINTENDENT PRESENTED THE GOAL ONE REPORT AT THE SCHOOL BOARD MEETING ON APRIL 1th. THE REPORT HIGHLIGHTS SUCCESSES AS WELL AS IMPORTANT CHALLENGES FACES THE SCHOOL SYSTEM, INCLUDING CONTINUED GAPS OF OPPORTUNITY, AK SES AND ACHIEVEMENT AMONG STUDENT SUBGROUPS. THERE ARE SEPARATE CHAPTERS FOR EACH OF THE FOUR STRATEGIES UNDER GOAL ONE. ITS CHAPPER INCLUDES A STRATEGY INTRODUCTION, RELATED DESIRED OUTCOMES, RN CHILDREN ON CHILDREN DATA AND ANALYSIS TO HIGHLIGHT THE ASSOCIATED SUCCESSES AND CHALLENGES. THE REPORT'S APPENDIX INCLUDES ADDITIONAL DETAILS OF STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT RESULTS. THE REPORT PROVIDES THE VALUABLE INFORMATION THE SCHOOL BOARD ASKED FOR AND NEEDS TO HAVE TO MAKE DECISIONS IN HELPING OUR STUDENTS FOR THEIR CONTINUING SUCCESS. THE

034BOARD DISCUSSED IN GREAT DEPTH AT THE WORK SESSION ON APRIL 16th. THIS IS AN EXCELLENT REPORT AND I WOULD LIKE TO ASK FOR MY COLLEAGUES' SUPPORT. WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO YOUR SECOND? BRIEFLY. THIS REPORT HIGHLIGHTS SOME OF WHAT WE DO VERY WELL IN FAIRFAX COUNTY. WE HAVE GONE IN THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS TO HAVING 18 TO ONLY THREE SCHOOLS THAT ARE GOING�-- THAT ARE NOT FULLY ACCREDITED. SORRY. I BELIEVE WE WILL HAVE EVEN LESS NEXT YEAR WHICH IS EXCELLENT. LOOKING AT OUR COMPARISONS WITH THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY WE COME IN I BELIEVE SIXTH IN READING COMPARED TO NATIONS ACROSS THE WORLD AND FIFTH IN MATHEMATICS, AHEAD OF MANY NATIONS INCLUDING KOREA, JAPAN, NORWAY, FINLAND AND SWITZERLAND. THERE IS SO MUCH WE DO WELL. I THINK IT ALSO HIGHLIGHTS WE HAVE GREAT AREAS OF IMPROVEMENT

035AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH DR. BRABRAND AND DR. DURAN ADDRESSING THOSE FOR THE ACHIEVEMENT GAP AND OPPORTUNITY GAP AND ENSURING EQUITY AND IMPLEMENTATION AND ACCESS TO THE BEST TEACHERS AND LEADERS AND PRACTICES IN ALL OF OUR SCHOOLS. A LOT TO BE PROUD OF IN OUR SUCCESS SO FAR AND A LOT WE HOPE WE CAN CONTINUE TO IMPROVE MOVING FORWARD. WITH THAT SAID, I'M HAPPY TO SECOND YOUR MOTION MR. MOON, HOPE OUR COLLEAGUES WILL JOIN US. MS. McLAUGHLIN. I KNOW IT IS LATE SO I WILL KEEP MY COMMENTS BRIEFER THAN MY COLLEAGUES MIGHT EXPECT. I WANT TO EXPRESS MY APPRECIATION TO DR. BRABRAND AND STAFF. THIS IS A REPORT STRONGER THAN WE HAVE SEEN IN YEARS PRIOR. I LOOK FORWARD TO VOTING IN SUPPORT OF IT THIS YEAR. BUT I WANT TO REITERATE SOME

036OF THE THINGS I SHARED AT THE WORK SESSION AND WITH STAFF. I WOULD LIKE TO CONTINUE TO STRIVE FOR MORE STRATEGIC MEANINGFUL MEASURES. THERE ARE SO MANY MEASURES IN THERE. IT IS A LOT OF TIME TAKEN FOR STAFF TO REPORT ON THAT. OUR WORK WITH YOU IS ESSENTIAL BECOMING MORE STRATEGIC IN METRICS AND MEASURES. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE DEEPER ANALYSIS. USING THE MEANINGFUL METRICS TO LOOK AT WHAT DOES IT TELL US. AND THEN BEING ABLE TO HAVE THE DEVELOPMENT OF MORE STRATEGIC ACTION GOING FORWARD. WI EVE DONE THE ANALYSIS. WHAT DOES IT TELL US WE NEED TO BE DOING TO CLOSE OPPORTUNITY GAPS, CLOSE ACHEEMT GAPS AND REALLY BEGIN TO SEE GREATER SUCCESS IN OUR ONE FAIRFAX COMMITMENT. AND THEN I DO KNOW THAT I APPRECIATE THAT WE HAVE HAD ADVOCATES FROM SEPTA, SPECIAL

037EDUCATION ADVOCATES IN THE COMMUNITY. I WOULD LIKE TO HUMBLY ASK THAT SUPERINTENDENT AND STAFF REALLY WORK WITH THEM AS WE PREPARE THE NEXT YEAR'S REPORT. THERE WERE SOME CONCERNS THAT WERE NOT AS ROBUST IN THE REPORT DOING THAT. AS I SHARED WITH THEM, THEY ARE THE SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS COMPARED TO MY WORDS. I CERTAINLY WANT TO ECHO MY COMMITMENT AS A BOARD MEMBER THAT HOWEVER WE CAN DO BETTER IN ANALYSIS OF NEEDS FOR SPECIAL EDUCATION STUDENT, I WANTED TO PUT THAT ON RECORD. THANK YOU TO STAFF, ESPECIALLY MR. PRESIDIO WHO SPENT CONSIDERABLE TIME WITH MR. WILSON AND I. YOU WERE MOST GENEROUS WITH YOUR TIME AND RECEPTIVENESS. THANK YOU. AND THUNG AGAIN, DR. BRABRAND, DR. PRESIDIO. OUR TEACHERS AND PRINCIPALS WORK HARD WITH OUR STUDENTS EVERY DAY. THIS WAS AN EXTENSIVE REPORT, IT SPEAKS TO

038HOW TEACHING AND LEARNING IS GOING IN OUR CLASSROOMS. THIS GAVE US SOME VERY GOOD NEWS AND IDEAS OF WHAT WE NEED TO DO. THERE IS ALWAYS MUCH MORE ON OUR PLATES TO MEET THE NEEDS OF ALL OUR CHILDREN. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU TO EVERYBODY IN OUR SCHOOLS WHO WORK TO DO WHAT IS BEST FOR OUR CHILDREN. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR STRATEGIC PLAN GOAL 1 STUDENT SUCCESS REPORT. THAT MOTION IS UNANIMOUS. # THANK YOU VERY MUCH. NEXT IS CONSENT AGENDA. OUR ADOPTED RULES OF PARLIAMENTARY PROCEDURE, ROBERT'S RULES PROVIDE FOR A CONSENT AGENDA LISTING SEVERAL ITEMS FOR APPROVAL OF THE BOARD BY A SINGLE MOTION. ITEMS MAY BE REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT JANET AT THE REQUEST OF ANY BOARD MEMBER PRIOR TO THE MEETING. ITEM 6.01, APPROVE THE MINUTES OF THE APRIL 12, 2018 REGULAR

039SCHOOL BOARD MEETING. 6.02, APPROVE THE 2018-2019 ANNUAL SPECIALCATION PLAN SECTION 611, PART BE, GRANT FUNDING APPLICATION APTD SECTION 19 PART BE PRESCHOOL GRANT FUNDING APPLICATION AS DE-TATE TAILED IN THE AGENDA ITEM. 6.03 AWARD A CONTRACT FOR THE BRYANT HIGH SCHOOL SYNTHETIC TURF FIELD TO THE LOWEST RESPONSIVE AND RESPONSIBLE BIDDER. G.T.R. TURF IN $433,000. AUTHORIZE THE DIVISION SUPERINTENDENT, OR THE ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT OF FACILITIES AND TRANSPORTATION SERVICES, TO EXECUTE AND ADMINISTER THE CONTRACT ON BEHALF OF THE SCHOOL BOARD. 6.04 AWARD THE CONTRACT FOR THE BOILER REPLACEMENT TO THE LOWEST RESPONSIVE AND RESPONSIBLE BIDDER. CAPITAL BOILER WORKS, INC, $491,431 AND AUTHORIZE THE DIVISION SUPERINTENDENT, OR THE ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT OF FACILITIES AND TRANSPORTATION SERVICES, TO EXECUTE AND ADMINISTER THE CONTRACT ON BEHALF OF THE SCHOOL BOARD. 6.05, AWARD THE CONTRACT TO THE LOWEST RESPONSIVE AND RESPONSIBLE BIDDER $16, 750,000

040AND AUTHORIZE THE DIVISION SUPERINTENDENT OR THE ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT OF FACILITIES AND TRANSPORTATION SERVICES TO EXECUTE, DELIVER AND ADMINISTER THE CONTRACT ON BEHALF OF THE SCHOOL BOARD. 6.06, CONFIRM THE APPOINTMENTS AND SEPARATIONS FOR THE PERIOD BEGINNING JANUARY 1, 2018 AND ENDING MARCH 31, 2018. 6.07, CONFIRM SEPARATIONS FOR MAR 1, 2018 AND ENDING MAR 31, 2018. 6.08, APPOINT INDIVIDUALS TO SERVE ON COMMITTEES DETAILED IN THE AGENDA ITEM. ANY OBJECTION TO APPROVING THE CONSENT AGENDA. HEARING AND SEEING NO OBJECTION, APPROVED. 7.02, AWARD THE CONTRACT FOR HVAC REPLACEMENT AT LORTON CENTER TO THE LOWEST RESPONSIVE AND RESPONSIBLE BIDDER. AUTHORIZE THE DIVISION SUPERINTENDENT, OR THE ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT OF FACILITIES AND TRANSPORTATION SERVICES, TO EXECUTE AND ADMINISTER THE CONTRACT ON BEHALF OF THE SCHOOL BOARD. 7.03. ADOPT REGULATION 2601.32P, STUDENT RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITY DETAILED IN THE AGENDA ITEM. SUPERINTENDENT MATTERS, DR.

041BRABRAND. THANK YOU, CHAIRMAN STRAUSS. WE HAD A BILL PROPOSED BY A TEAM OF FOUR CENTREVILLE HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS WILL BECOME VIRGINIA LAW IN JULY. MANDATORY FOR 911 CALL CENTERS TO ACCEPT TEXT MESSAGES. TEAM MEMBERS�-- PROPOSED THE BILL AS PART OF THEIR A.B. GOVERNMENT CLASS, VIRGINIA SENATOR GEORGE BARKER INTRODUCED SB-418 TO THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY AND SIGNED BY THE GOVERNOR AND WILL BECOME LAW ON JULY 1. THAT IS A REAL PORTRAIT OF A GRADUATE OPPORTUNITY TO GO OUT AND SOLVE PROBLEMS IN THE COMMUNITY. WE WANT OUR KIDS BEING RESPONSIBLE CITIZENS AND SO JUST A WONDERFUL EXAMPLE OF PORTRAIT OF A GRADUATE IN ACTION. WE ALSO HAVE SOME NEWS ABOUT THE BLOCKHEADS AND THIS IS A ROBOTICS TEAM FROM LAKE BRADDOCK. THEY ARE HEADED TO DETROIT TO COMPETE AGAINST TEAMS FROM 20 COUNTRIES AROUND THE WORLD FOR THE

042FIRST CHAMPIONSHIPS. WE JUST HAD FIST. WE HOSTED IT FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER AT HAYFIELD SECONDARY. I WENT OUT TO SEE THAT. IT IS AN AMAZING COMPETITION. THE BLOCKHEADS WON THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP FOR THE SECOND YEAR IN A ROW, WON REGIONALS AND QUALIFIED FOR WORLDS. EARNED THREE STRAIGHT BIDS TO WORLD FOR ROBOT PERFORMANCE. TEAM MEMBERS ARE ROGER, DAVID, PAUL, AND AVERY FROM LBS AND SAM AND TOM OF T.J. THEY WERE NAMED THE BLOCKHEADS BECAUSE THE FIRST ROBOT WAS MADE OF LEGOS. FINALLY, I JUST WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU WHAT I SHARED EARLIER TODAY WITH FAIRFAX COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOL STAFF MEMBERS. IT IS WITH MIXED EMOTIONS THAT I TELL YOU THE DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT STEPHEN LOCKARD HAS OFFICIALLY BEEN NAMED THE SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS FOR CARROLL COUNTY, MARYLAND. IT IS A LIFE-LONG PURSUIT OF DR. LOCKARD. HE

043HAS STRONG TIES TO THAT COMMUNITY. HE GREW UP THERE AND HIS FATHER SERVED WITH DISTINCTION AS SUPERINTENDENT OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. I WOULD LIKE TO THANK DR. LOCKARD FOR HIS INCREDIBLE SERVICE, ESTABLISHING A NEW LEARNING MODEL FOR FAIRFAX COUNTY, OVERSEEING THE ESTABLISHMENT OF PROJECT MOMENTUM, AND NOT LEAST OF ALL LEADING FAIRFAX COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS AS INTERIM SUPERINTENDENT AND A TREMENDOUS JOB HE DID IN THAT ROLE. I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO THANK DR. LOCKARD PERSONALLY FOR HIS PERSONAL SUPPORT AS I TOOK ON THIS ROLE AND STEADY HAND AND POSITIVITY IN HELPING ME DURING MY TIME COMING ON THIS FIRST YEAR, BUT ALSO AS HE LED FCPS DURING A PERIOD OF TRANSITION. PLEASE JOIN ME NOW IN WISHING DR. LOCKARD ALL THE BEST. WE WILL MISS HIM AND HIS OUTSTANDING LEADERSHIP. I ASK ALL TO PLEASE STAND

044AND APPLAUD DR. LOCKARD. [ APPLAUSE ] WE WARN YOU, DR. LOCKARD, WE ARE GOING TO FORMALLY HONOR YOU AGAIN BEFORE YOU LEAVE. SO YOU HAVE TO PUT UP WITH US ONE MORE TIME BECAUSE WE ARE VERY, VERY GRATEFUL FOR THE WONDERFUL SERVICE YOU PROVIDED TO OUR CHILDREN. THANK YOU. NOW WE HAVE BOARD REPORTS. I CALL ON MISS HYNES FOR A REPORT OF THE AUDIT COMMITTEE. THANK YOU. THE SCHOOL BOARD AUDIT COMMITTEE MET LAST NIGHT AND OUR AGENDA INCLUDED UPDATES ON STAFFLING IN THE OFFICE OF THE AUDITOR GENERAL, A STATUS OF FY 2018 AUDIT ENGAGEMENTS AND INTERNAL INQUIRY UPDATES. WE HAD A REPORT ON THE FY 18 CONTRACTING AND PROCUREMENT OVERSITE AND PROCESS AUDIT. WE HAD SEVEN OR EIGHT SCHOOLS REPORTED BUSINESS PROCESS TURNOVER AUDITS. AND WE HAVE DECIDED THAT OUR NEXT AUDIT COMMITTEE MEETING, ACTUALLY

045WILL CHANGE FROM WHAT IS ADVERTISED. I BELIEVE WE DECIDED WE WOULD HAVE THE NEXT AUDIT COMMITTEE ON MAY 29. THANK YOU MR. MOON. THANK YOU. BOARD MATTERS. WE START WITH MS. EVANS. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIRMAN. I HAVE SEVERAL THING TO MENTION TONIGHT. I VERY MUCH ENJOYED AS ALWAYS SHINE ON WEEK AT STUART HIGH SCHOOL. IN HONOR OF CASY SHULMAN WHO WAS KNOWN FOR HER KINDNESS AND POSITIVITY AND THAT REMAINS A TRADITION AT THAT SCHOOL TO HONOR HER WITH A WEEK DEDICATED TO THOSE PRINCIPLES AND VALUES. I WANT TO REPORT THAT THE, IN PARTICULAR, THE TABLE WITH A BOOK GIVEAWAY WAS ABSOLUTELY JAM PACKED. I DO WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY WHO HELPED ORGANIZE THAT EVENT. THE WHOLE EVENT. IT WAS REALLY�-- WE GOT LUCKY WITH A WONDERFUL DAY THAT DAY AS WELL. I ALSO WAS VERY

046PLEASED TO ATTEND THE PERFORMANCE OF "THE LITTLE MERMAID" AT STUART AND JUST WONDERFUL, WONDERFUL PERFORMANCES AND SATURDAY NIGHT THEY WERE SOLD OUT SATURDAY NIGHT AND I THINK MAYBE THAT WAS A FIRST AND IT WAS CERTAINLY VERY WELCOMED AND WELL DESERVED FOR THE ENTIRE CREW AND CAST OF THAT GREAT PERFORMANCE SO KUDOS TO ALL THOSE WHO WERE A PART OF THAT. I WANT TO THANK THE BELL VA DEER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL P.T.A. INVITING ME TO A SAFER INTERNET PRESENTATION. IT WAS VERY WELL DONE PRESENTATION. THE STUDENTS WERE VERY WELL VERSED. THERE WAS AN INTERESTING EXCHANGE OF IDEAS BETWEEN THE PANELISTS AND STUDENTS WHO IN A COUPLE OF CASES NEW OF AREAS THEY NEEDED TO ALERT THE ADULTS TO. THAT WAS CERTAINLY A GREAT EVENT AND APPRECIATE THOSE THAT PUT THAT TOGETHER. COMING UP, I'M GOING TO BE

047PLEASED TO ATENTD THE HISPANIC LEADERSHIP ALLIANCE DINNER ON MAY 8 AT GATEHOUSE AT 6:00, ACTUALLY EARLIER THAN THAT, 5:30. WONDERFUL, WONDERFUL STORIES OF STUDENTS WHO ARE GETTING SCHOLARSHIPS, VERY, VERY INSPIRING. I BELIEVE THEY STILL HAVE TICKETS AVAILABLE IF PEOPLE WOULD LIKE TO ATTEND. IT REALLY IS A WONDERFUL AND INSPIRING EVENT. THE NEXT DAY THERE IS A FREE LATIN AMERICAN DINNER WITH ART AND POETRY AT BAILEY'S PRIMARY. THAT ONE DOES START AT 6:30. I WOULD BE HAPPY TO ATTEND THAT AS WELL. AND I MET RECENTLY, I JUST WANT TO RAISE THIS ISSUE WITH OTHER BOARD MEMBERS, SOME OF YOU HAVE PERHAPS MET WITH CONSTITUENTS ON THIS ISSUE AS WELL. I MET WITH A CONSTITUENT WHO WANTED US TO PUT MORE FOCUS IN TRYING TO GET TRAUMA SENSITIVE SCHOOLS TO HELP OUR STUDENTS WHO HAVE EXPERIENCED TRAUMA.

048SHE IS NEWLY THE LIAISON FOR THE FAIRFAX COUNTY COUNCIL OF P.T.A.s ON THIS ISSUE. SO I WOULD BE HAPPY TO WORK WITH ANY OF MY COLLEAGUES TO BRING THIS ISSUE FORWARD. LAST BUT CERTAINLY NOT LEAST, HAPPY ADMINISTRATIVE PROFESSIONALS DAY TO ALL OF OUR ADMINISTRATIVE PROFESSIONALS THROUGHOUT FAIRFAX COUNTY AND ESPECIALLY THOSE IN THE SCHOOL BOARD WHO DO SUCH A WONDERFUL JOB FOR US AND A SHOUT OUT ESPECIALLY TO MY AMAZING E.A.A., CATHY PARTLOW. THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU DO, OUR ADMINISTRATIVE PROFESSIONALS. I'LL PASS. MS. McLAUGHLIN. YES. DR. BRABRAND, SO, I KNOW WE ALL HAVE MEETING AND EVENING AND LONG WORK DAY FATIGUE, BUT I JUST WANTED TO BRIEFLY BRING TO YOUR ATTENTION ALONG WITH MY COLLEAGUES, I HELD COMMUNITY OFFICE HOURS THIS WEEK, THE NIGHT AFTER WE HAD DONE FCPS ON COMMUNITY MEETING OVER AT ROBINSON

049SECONDARY SCHOOL. THE COMMUNITY COMPLIMENTED DR. PRESIDIO, THEY THOUGHT HE DID A WONDERFUL JOB IN TERMS OF HIS KIND, RESPONSIVE ENGAGEMENT. BUT THE COMMUNITY DID SAY THEY HAVE VERY SERIOUS RESERVATIONS ABOUT THIS. THEY ESSENTIALLY WERE WORRIED AND SAID THAT BY THE TIME THEY LEFT THE MEETING THEY WEREN'T QUITE SURE WHAT THE PURPOSE WAS. WAS IT TRULY TO GET COMMUNITY FEEDBACK ABOUT THIS CONCEPT OR WAS IT TO SIMPLY ENLIST COMMUNITY SUPPORT, THIS IS A DONE DEAL, IT IS GOING TO HAPPEN AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY HAS SORT OF A WARM AND FUZZY FEEL ABOUT IT. A BIG PIECE OF CONCERN THAT PEOPLE HAVE IS THIS IS A GENERATION OF KIDS WHO TOO MANY OF THEM ALREADY HAVE A SMART PHONE ATTACHED TO THE PALM OF THEIR HAND LIKE IT IS AN APPENDAGE AND THEY NEED

050AS MUCH OPPORTUNITY IN SCHOOL TO ENGAGE WITH EACH OTHER, TO ENGAGE WITH THEIR TEACHER. SO I THINK MY TAKEAWAY FROM HEARING FROM THE COMMUNITY WHERE IT WAS BROUGHT UP AGAIN ANOTHER NIGHT WHEN I WAS AT ANOTHER COMMUNITY EVENT IS THAT WE ARE GOING TO REALLY NEED TO HAVE MORE ROBUST BOARD CONVERSATION WITH YOUR TEAM TO REALLY UNDERSTAND WHAT THIS IS. I HEARD MORE CONCERN AND THIS EXCITEMENT ABOUT WHAT THIS IS GOING TO MEAN. I KNOW HOW MUCH YOU LOVE AND CARE ABOUT THE SYSTEM AND OUR FAMILIES AND OUR KIDS. I WANTED TO PUT THAT ON YOUR RADAR. I ALSO WANT TO SAY THAT I APPRECIATE YOUR RESPONSIVENESS THIS WEEK WITH THE COMMUNITY REACHING OUT TO THE BOARD AND US REACHING OUT TO YOU ABOUT SOME OF THE COMMUNICATION AROUND FOREIGN LANGUAGE COURSES AND MS. ANNACONDA,

051YOU WERE AN ELOQUENT SPEAKER TO IT TONIGHT. I APPRECIATE THAT. THAT IS SOMETHING WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THE BOARD HAS SOME CLARITY ON. I KNOW I�-- IT CAME AS A SURPRISE TO ME. AND THEN I DO WANT TO JUST MAKE EVERYONE AWARE THAT ROBINSON TONIGHT HAD A PRESENTATION THAT INCLUDED A DISCUSSION ABOUT VAPING. I CONTINUE TO HEAR SOME VERY FRIGHTENING STORIES ABOUT E-CIGARETTES, THE VAPING THAT STUDENTS DO WITH THOSE AND MOST RECENTLY IT WAS ON THE NEWS THAT SOME OF THE VAPING CHEMICALS HAVE RAT POISON IN THEM. AND KIDS ARE BECOMING SERIOUSLY INJURED. THIS IS A NATIONAL CONVERSATION. BUT APPRECIATE THAT DR. BRABRAND, I'M SEEING MORE AND MORE OF OUR SCHOOLS TRYING TO DO MORE INTENTIONAL WORK AROUND THAT. IT MEANS SOMETHING IS GOING TO COME TO US WITH THE SR AND R. I'M

052GOING TO MAKE MY PLEAS, INTERVENTION, PREVENTION, EDUCATION. SEVERE PUNISHMENT ALONE IS NOT GOING TO CURB THIS. I DON'T WANT US TO MISS THE MARK ON HOW WE EFFECTIVELY EMBRACE THIS. AND THEN THE OTHER THING I WANT TO MAKE PEOPLE AWARE IS SOMETHING JUST COMING TO MY ATTENTION, IT MAY NOT BE HAPPENING IN OTHER SCHOOLS, BUT IT IS HAPPENING IN ONE OF MINE. WHERE STUDENTS PARTICULARLY IN MIDDLE SCHOOL, THEY ARE PARTICIPATING IN AN ACTION CALLED NECKING AND THUNDER CLAPPING. NECKING IS WHEN YOU TAKE THE PALM OF YOUR HEAD AND YOU SMASH IT AS HARD AS YOU CAN'T ON THE BACK OF SOMEONE'S NECK. SADLY A YOUNG MAN IN MY DISTRICT SUSTAINED A VERY SERIOUS CONCUSSION BACK IN THE FALL AND HE IS STILL EXPERIENCING THE RAMIFICATIONS OF IT. THUNDER CLAPPING IS WHEN A STUDENT COMES BEHIND

053ANOTHER STUDENT WITH BOTH THEIR HANDS AND CLAPS THEM SUPER HARD ON THE STUDENT'S EARS. AGAIN, I THINK SOMETIMES OUR STUDENTS JUST THINK THEY ARE HORSING AROUND WITH EACH OTHER AND I DON'T THINK THEY REALIZE ESPECIALLY IN THE YOUNGER GRADES, MIDDLE SCHOOL, THIS COULD HAVE SERIOUS PHYSICAL HARM AND IMPACT ON STUDENTS. SO I'LL BE TALKING MORE WITH MY REGIONAL SUPERINTENDENT WHO IS ALREADY AWARE OF IT AND DR. BRABRAND. I WANT TO TELL SOME OF MY COLLEAGUES. WHEN I MENTIONED IT TO A FEW OTHERS ALREADY, THEY HAD NOT HEARD OF THIS. IT DOES WORRY ME THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT TO LOOK OUT FOR THE SAFETY AND WELL BEING OF OUR KIDS. SO THANK YOU FOR INDULGENCES, MY COLLEAGUES. I REALLY DO WANT TO SAY AS I SHARED THE OTHER NIGHT, IT IS SUCH A JOY TO

054BE ABLE TO DO THIS WORK AND I KNOW OUR WORK IS HARD TOGETHER SOMETIMES, BUT I JUST WANT TO EXPRESS MY APPRECIATION FOR ALL OF YOU TO BE A PART OF THIS JOURNEY IN THE WORK WE ARE DOING TOGETHER. MS. PALCHIK. YES, THANK YOU. FIRST OF ALL, CONGRATULATIONS, FORMALLY, DR. LOCKARD. WE ARE GLAD JUST AS DR. BRABRAND YOU GET TO RETURN HOME AND LEAD YOUR SYSTEM. AND WE WILL CELEBRATE YOU SOON. I WANT TO THANK THE CLERK AND OUR ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANTS AND CATHY PARTLOW. I HAD A CHANCE TO VISIT ONE OF OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS THAT DOES A LOT OF GREAT WORK WITH OUR FAMILY. THE LITERACY COUNCIL OF NORTHERN VIRGINIA. HAS THEIR OFFICE BASED IN THE JAMES LEE COMMUNITY CENTER IN PROVIDENCE. AND THEY GAVE ME VERY GENEROUSLY TWO HOURS OF THEIR TIME AFTER WORK

055TO TOUR THEIR WORK, WHAT THEY DO AND TO SHARE THE PARTNERSHIPS AND THEIR OUTREACH IN THE COMMUNITY FOR OUR ADULTS AND MANY OF OUR PARENTS. SO I APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK THEY DO AND HOPE WE CAN CONTINUE TO PARTNER WITH THEM AS A COUNTY. ALSO HAD THE CHANCES TO TAKE MY NIECES AND NEPHEW TO CINDERELLA AT KILMER MIDDLE SCHOOL. AND CELEBRATE MY NIECE'S BIRTHDAY. THANK YOU TO THE EXCELLENT WORK, STAGE K, MUSIC, SINGING AND COSTUMES. I WILL HOLD MY MONTHLY OFFICE HOURS AT PANERA THIS COMING SATURDAY MORNING T IN THE MOSAIC DISTRICT. WE WILL START EARLIER BECAUSE OF OTHER COMMITMENTS. IT WILL BE FROM 9:00 TO 10:30 THIS SATURDAY HERE AT PANERA. LOOKING FORWARD TO TWO OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES IN MAY. MANY OF THE SCHOOL DO THE ME WE, MEANINGFUL WATERSHED EDUCATION EXPERIENCE AND PARTNER WITH

056THE COUNTY'S WATERSHED PROGRAM, STORMWATER PROGRAM TO EDUCATE OUR KIDS. MAN TUA IS HOSTING THE COMMUNITY TO SEE THE WORK THEY ARE DOING WITH BIRDS THERE. ON MAY 5 I LOOK FORWARD TO BEING AT KNOTAWAY PARK FROM THEIR INVASIVE SPECIES MANAGEMENT PROGRAM. IF ANYONE IS LOOKING FOR VOLUNTEER HOURS OR WANT TO GET THEIR KIDS OUTSIDE, IT IS A FUN EXPERIENCE AND RELAXING WHEN YOU ARE DONE POLLING ALL OF THOSE SPECIES. HOPE YOU ARE ENJOYING THE WEATHER. I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR SPRING, SEVEN WEEKS OF SCHOOL THERE IS A LOT TO DO TO DESTRESS AND ENJOY THE OUTDOORS. MR. McELVEEN. PASS. MS. CORBETT SANDERS. A COUPLE OF QUICK THINGS. I WANT TO THANK THE DFMWR, FORT BILL VOYEUR COMMUNITY, TO MOUNT VERNON HIGH SCHOOL COMMUNITY, ESPECIALLY OUR SPECIAL EDUCATION STUDENTS IN TRANSITION THROUGH THE STEP PROGRAM. WE HAVE

057A NEW MOU WITH FORT BELVOIR TO CREATE WORK EXPERIENCES WITH THESE KIDS. THAT PROGRAM, THAT MOU WAS SIGNED LAST FRIDAY. I WANT TO GIVE A HEADS UP AND ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO GO OUT TO THE SIXTH GRADE ALL COUNTY CHORUS CONCERT ON SATURDAY. AND TOMORROW TO GO TO SARATOGA AND SEE THE PUBLIC SAFETY DAY EXPERIENCE. THANKS. MR. MOON. THANK YOU, MANY DAM CHAIR. I KNOW YOU AS PART OF THE�-- PROGRAM WILL BE WATCHING MANY STUDENT PERFORMANCES. I WATCH FOR THOSE. HOW MANY ARE YOU WATCHING? WE HAVE 60 SHOWS. YOU HAVE 60 SHOWS. I DON'T THINK I CAN WATCH 60. IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS I WILL WATCH ABOUT SIX. ANY OF MY COLLEAGUES WANT TO JOIN ME, JUST LET ME KNOW. MS. HYNES. THANK YOU. I JUST WANTED TO SAY TO ANYONE IF YOU ARE

058STILL HERE OR WATCHING, IF YOU WERE HERE TONIGHT FOR THE FORUM MEETING WE WERE SUPPOSED TO HAVE AND IT WAS POSTPONED, SORRY THAT IT WAS POSTPONED. MR. McELVEEN AND I HAVE AN IMPORTANT ISSUE ON OUR FORUM AGENDA AND THE SECOND TIME IT HAS BEEN POSTPONED. WE HAVE A HARD TIME GETTING OUT OF CLOSED MEETING AND GETTING INTO OUR FORUMS. I'M ASKING THE CHAIR TO FOOTE A HALF HOUR FORUM ON THE AGENDA FOR MAY 1st. WE HAVE, I BELIEVE, NEXT TUESDAY�-- I'M SORRY, WE HAVE A WORK SESSION AT�-- WE HAVE A WORK SESSION AT 6:00. I WANT TO ASK THE CHAIR IF WE COULD POSSIBLY HAVE A FORUM AT 5:30 BEFORE THE WORK SESSION? I WILL ASK THE SUPERINTENDENT AND STAFF. I SEE NO REASON, BUT I WILL NEED TO MAKE SURE OUR COLLEAGUES CAN GET

059THERE. I MEAN NO REASON NOT TO. THE OTHER OPTION I WAS GOING TO SUGGEST AT OUR NEXT REGULAR MEETING MAY 10, IF WE COULD START THE FORUM AT 5:00 AND THE CLOSED MEETING AT 5:30. WE WILL FIGURE OUT TIME TO GET TO IT. MS. SCHULTZ. I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE BENNY, OUR UPCOMING STUDENT REP WHO IS GETTING�-- YOU ARE GETTING YOUR PRACTICE IN, RIGHT? FOR THE FUTURE. I WANT TO THANK ALL THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO CAME OUT TO THE TOWN HALLS I HAD THIS WEEK. THE PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT PART IS ONE OF THE BEST THINGS I DO. DR. BRABRAND, SOME OF THE HOT ISSUES, I HAVE SPLIT THEATER ISSUES AS WE ARE WELL AWARE IN THE SOUTHERN END OF MY DISTRICT WITH ROLLING VALLEY AND MY ROLLING VALLEY FAMILIES. I HAVE A BURGEONING ISSUE, AN EVEN SMALLER

060POPULATION, BUT I'M COMING FORWARD TO FACILITIES AND ASKING FOR SOME DATA WITH RESPECT TO THE FAMILIES THAT LIVE IN THE GREENBRIER CASHMENT WHO ARE VERY CLOSE TO ROCKY RUN BUT DRAGGED INTO LANIER AND FAIRFAX. THAT IS A HEADS UP THAT IS COMING DOWN THE PIKE. THERE IS A TREMENDOUS SURPRISE THAT I HAVE HAD THAT I DIDN'T KNOW WAS COMING AND ONE OF MY OTHER COLLEAGUES MENTIONED IT, SORT OF THE EVAPORATION OF LANGUAGES AT THE HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL. THIS IS RATHER SUDDEN AND I KNOW THAT YOU HAVE RESPONDED TO OUR E-MAIL REQUESTS AND WERE LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT DATA. JUST TO LET THE PUBLIC KNOW THAT THE DEGREE OF CONCERN THEY HAVE, I SHARE IN WHAT ARE WINNOWING CHOICES AT THE HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL AND SEEMING REPLACEMENT OF ROMANCE LANGUAGES AND, YOU KNOW, LATIN AND FRENCH,

061JAPANESE AND BEING SUBSTITUTED ACROSS THE BOARD FOR SPANISH AND THEN WIPING OUT SESSIONS OF AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE. I HAVE A TREMENDOUS CONCERN ABOUT THAT. THE OTHER THING THAT CAME UP AND I THINK MY COLLEAGUES, MS. McLAUGHLIN, BROUGHT IT UP. THERE IS SOME VERY SERIOUS CONCERN AROUND WHAT HAS BEEN DISCUSSED WITH THE COMMUNITY AT THE FCPS ON. THERE IS A FEELING THAT IT IS A FAIT ACCOMPLI. THERE IS A FEELING THAT THE PRINCIPALS ARE SQUIRRELING AWAY MONEY NOW AND WHAT DOES THAT DO FOR THE BUDGET FOR NEXT YEAR? AND REALLY WHAT IS THE PRACTICAL SPECTRUM OF INFORMATION AS OPPOSED TO A WHOLESALE BUY-IN. WHAT ELSE DON'T WE KNOW. IT IS REALLY IMPORTANT FOR STAFF AND THE BOARD TO BE ASKING THOSE QUESTIONS. I THINK IT IS APPROPRIATE. I HAVE PROVIDED SOME INFORMATION FROM SENIOR EXECUTIVES FROM

062SILICONE VALLEY. I LOOK FORWARD TO PROVIDING PAUL HARRY REST OF THE STORY, TO BE OLD NOW HAVE TO KNOW WHAT THAT IS, YOU GET THAT. CERTAINLY THERE ARE FAMILY LIFE EDUCATION CONCERNS. I FELT THAT IT WAS VERY INTERESTING ONE OF THE SPEAKERS TONIGHT SAID WHY NOT RESPECT ALL OF US AND ALLOW US SOME CHOICES. WE SEEM TO RESPECT CHOICE AND PARENTS AND REQUESTS ON EVERY PART OF THE SPECTRUM EXCEPT WHEN IT BECOMES ASSOCIATED WITH FAMILY LIFE EDUCATION. I THINK IT IS UNNECESSARILY HOSTILE. AND THERE IS A TRUE SENSE THAT IS BEING SHOVED DOWN THE THROATS OF PARENTS WITH LITTLE OPTION. I THINK THAT IS A BAD TACTIC FOR US TO TAKE. I THINK THERE'S SOME REASONABLE OPTIONS BEING BROUGHT FORWARD AND I THINK WE NEED TO AUTHENTICALLY ENGAGE THAT PART OF THE COMMUNITY. AND THE

063LAST THING CERTAINLY THERE ARE SOME QUESTIONS AROUND THE TRANSPARENCY ON THE FUNDING AND FUND-RAISING WITH RESPECT TO JEB STUART AND WE CERTAINLY LOOK FORWARD TO THAT COMMUNITY GETTING SUPPORT TO RAISE WHATEVER MONEY IT NEEDS TO OFFSET ANY OF THE COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE FUND-RAISING SO WE TAKE THAT OFF THE TAXPAYER BACK. I LOOK FORWARD TO THAT BEING A ROBUST FUND-RAISING EXPERIENCE AND WHOLEHEARTEDLY SUPPORT THE INCOMING OF PRIVATE FUNDS TO WAIVER THAT AND ANSWERS TO BUDGET QUESTIONS BECAUSE I HAVE SERIOUS CONCERNS ABOUT DIPPING INTO A FLEXIBILITY RESERVE AND HOW THAT FLEXIBILITY RESERVE COMES BACK UP TO ITS FULLY FUNDED AMOUNT BECAUSE IT HAS TO COME FROM SOMEPLACE ELSE. THOSE WERE LARGELY THE TOPICS THAT CAME UP AT MY RESPECTIVE TOWN HALLS. AGAIN, I THANK THE COMMUNITY FOR COMING AND EXPRESSING THEIR CONCERNS AND THEIR SUPPORT FOR

064OUR SCHOOL SYSTEM AT THOSE MEETINGS. MS. DERENAK KAUFAX. THANK YOU, I HAVE BEEN BUSY THE LAST FEW WEEKS. THERE ARE LOTS OF INVITATIONS TO ALL OF US. WE ARE BUSY GOING PLACES. THIS IS A GREAT TIME OF YEAR. I ATTENDED THE TEEN JOB FAIR AT MOUNT VERNON HIGH SCHOOL SPONSORED BY MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, SUPERVISOR McKAY, SUPERVISOR STORCK AND SUPERVISOR HERRITY AND WAS COORDINATED BY THE STAFF AT MOUNT VERNON HIGH SCHOOL. AND ATTENDANCE WAS ROBUST AND PEOPLE WERE EXCITED TO BE THERE SO IT WAS A GREAT EVENT. I SPOKE TO THE EDISON HIGH SCHOOL PTSA WITH DR. BRABRAND, WE GAVE THEM AN UPDATE ABOUT THE BUDGET, WHERE WE ARE LOOKING AT FACILITIES AND SAFETY PROTOCOLS AND WHAT WE WILL BE LOOKING FORWARD TO WITH THE JUNE REPORT. DR. BRABRAND DID AN EXCELLENT JOB

065ANSWERING THEIR QUESTIONS AND THEY WERE GRATEFUL FOR YOU BEING THERE. AND SENT US A KIND LETTER FOR OUR ATTENDANCE. I WAS THRILLED AS WERE MANY OF MY COLLEAGUES TO ATENTD A LUNCH AT THE DAVIS CENTER. THE DAVIS CENTER IS ONE OF OUR TWO CENTERS DESIGNED TO SERVE STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES AGED 18-22. AND THESE AMAZING STUDENTS ACTUALLY HELPED PREPARE DINNER FOR US PRIOR TO OUR MEETING WHICH WE HAVE IN THE BACK ON THURSDAY NIGHT MEETINGS. IT WAS LOVELY TO MEET AND SHARE LUNCH WITH THEM IN THEIR CLASSROOM. BY THE WAY, THEY ARE AVAILABLE FOR CATERING OPPORTUNITIES. SO YOU CAN LOOK THEM UP ON OUR WEBSITE. THE DAVIS CENTER. MS. CORBETT SANDERS SAID AND MR. MILLOY TALKED ABOUT THE MEETING WE HAD EARLIER THIS WEEK WITH DELEGATES PAUL CREZAK, MEMBERS OF THE VIRGINIA HOUSE SELECT COMMITTEE ON

066SCHOOL SAFETY. THANKS TO MR. MILLOY MR. PLATENBERG, MS. PANARLLI AND MS. THERESA JOHNSON FOR BEING THERE AS WELL. THERE WERE LOTS OF PEOPLE THERE FOR THIS MEETING. BASICALLY, THEY WANTED TO HEAR WHAT FCPS IS DOING WITH RESPECT TO SECURITY, SAFETY AND STUDENT AMENDMENT HEALTH ABOUT OUR TIMELINE FOR CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT. HOPEFULLY WE MADE A COMMITMENT FOR US TO STAY IN TOUCH WITH THEM AND THEM TO TELL US ABOUT THEIR PROGRESS. I ATTENDED THE FOUNDATION FOR APPLIED TECHNICAL EDUCATION DINNER FOR OUR TEACHERS AND BUSINESS PARTNERS. THIS IS A GREAT ORGANIZATION. I THANK YOU FOR HOSTING SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS WHO WERE THERE AS WELL AS HONORING YOUR TEACHERS. YESTERDAY MS. McLAUGHLIN, I GUESS SHE WILL HAVE A REPORT ON THE S.K.I.P. COMMITTEE WHERE WE HAD ROBUST CONVERSATION ON COMMUNITY SCHOOLS AND THE OPIOID TASK FORCE PLAN. THIS WEEKEND

067LIKE MR. MOON SAID, I THINK�-- I'M GOING TO ATTEND THE SIXTH GRADE ALL COUNTY CHORAL FESTIVAL AT HEYFIELD. I PLAN TO CATCH A MUSICAL OR TWO. I'M EXCITED. THANK YOU AND HAVE A GOOD EVENING. MS. KEYS-GAMARRA. WELL, I WANT TO ALSO MENTION THE DAVIS EVENT. I ENJOYED THE LUNCHEON AND I UNDERSTAND THAT THEY MAKE A MEAN CARROT CAKE THAT CONTAINS WALNUTS. YOU CAN REQUEST IT WITHOUT THE WALNUTS AND THEY ARE HAPPY TO SELL THAT. I WILL BE UP WITH OF THE FIRST PEOPLE IN LINE TO PURCHASE THAT ONE. I ATTENDED THE HOLLAND MEADOWS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL P.T.A. MS. CORBETT SANDERS WAS THERE AS WELL, NOT AT THE SAME TIME, BUT THEY HAD A TECH EVENT SPONSORED BY MICROSOFT WHERE THEY ACTUALLY GOT TO PUT TOGETHER THESE ROBOTIC HANDS AND AT THE END OF THE NIGHT YOU

068COULD SEE THE EXCITE OF THE CHILDREN AS THEY WATCHED THOSE HANDS. I FOUND THAT TO BE A REALLY GREAT EVENT. I ENJOYED ATTENDING WITH A NUMBER OF MY COLLEAGUES THE SPECIAL EDUCATION CONFERENCE. I THINK A COUPLE OF WEEKENDS AGO. AND I ALSO HAD THE OCCASION THIS PAST WEEKEND TO SPEAK AT THE ZETA PHI BETA WHERE THEY ANNOUNCED THE SCHOLARSHIPS AND THEY WERE ALL FAIRFAX COUNTY STUDENTS. GOOD NIGHT. I WILL SHARE SOME EVENTS IN THE DRANESVILLE DISTRICT. I WANT TO CONGRATULATE THE LONG FELLOW SCIENCE OLYMPIA TEAM. THEY WON FIRST PLACE. THOMAS JEFFERSON WON FIRST PLACE. BOTH OF THESE SCHOOLS WILL GO TO THE NATIONAL TOURNAMENT IN COLORADO IN MAY. ALSO STATE LEVEL WINNERS, LUTER JACKSON, KILMER AND COOPER. KUDOS FOR FAIRFAX COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND AT THE HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL. LANGLEY WON THIRD AND JAMES MADISON

069WON FIFTH. SO GOOD JOB TEACHERS AND STUDENTS. I WAS ABLE TO ATTEND THE COOPER MIDDLE SCHOOL QUEST DEMONSTRATION. ALL THE STUDENTS HAD TO PARTICIPATE IN VARIOUS TYPES OF INQUIRY BASED, PROJECT BASED LEARNING. THE EIGHTH GRADERS' EMPHASIS ON CREATIVELY SOLVINGS A PROBLEM BASED ON A SERVICE LEARNING PROJECT. THE SEVENTH GRADERS PROJECTS WERE CALLED CURIOSITY QUEST, CREATIVE AND CRITICAL THINKING, PROJECT BASED LEARNING. AMAZING 3-D PROJECTS, VERY, VERY INTERESTING AND STUDENTS HAD TO PRESENT THEM, EXPLAIN THEM, EVERY STUDENT IN THE SCHOOL PARTICIPATED. I ALSO WAS INVITED TO BE PART OF A ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION SPONSORED BY THE ASPEN INSTITUTE JUSTICE IN SOCIETY PROGRAM. IT WAS AT THE ADAMS CENTER. IT WAS ON PLURALISM IN PERIL, CHALLENGES THE MANY AMERICAN IDEAL. THE ASPEN INSTITUTE AND RELEASE OF THIS STUDY, THEY WISH TO OFFER GUIDANCE TO COMMUNITY AND INTERFAITH LEADERS, YOUTH-SERVING

070ORGANIZATIONS, PHILANTHROPY ON SPECIFIC ACTION STEPS TO BUILD A MORE RESILL YEPT TRUST-BASED ENVIRONMENT THAT FULLY INCORPORATES AMERICAN RELIGIOUS MINORITIES. THE BOARD CHAIRS OF ALL THE NORTHERN VIRGINIA PUBLIC SCHOOLS WERE THERE. AS WELL AS A NUMBER OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS. IT WAS VERY INTERESTING. AND EVERYONE'S DESIRE TO CREATE AN ACCEPTING RESILIENT AND WELCOMING COMMUNITY AND I SHARED OUR ONE FAIRFAX POLICY WITH THE ASPEN INSTITUTE. THEY WERE VERY INTERESTED IN THAT. TODAY I ALSO HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO ATTEND A CONFERENCE AT THE NATIONAL WILD LIFE FEDERATION. CAREER PATHWAYS FOR SUSTAINABILITY NORTHERN VIRGINIA AND WASHINGTON, D.C. AND THE PURPOSE OF THAT AND WITH ALSO HAD STAFF THERE FROM OUR C.T.E. DEPARTMENT, TO IDENTIFY SUSTAINABILITY DRIVERS AND OCCUPATIONS ACROSS NORTHERN VIRGINIA AND WASHINGTON, D.C. TO ILLUSTRATE THE REGIONAL CONTEXT OF GREEN CTUs. FASCINATING TO HEAR WHAT IS GOING ON

071IN WASHINGTON, D.C. INCLUDING URBAN GARDENS. THEY WANT TO ILLUSTRATE ENHANCED CAREER PATHWAYS FOR SUSTAINABILITY BY CRACKING RELATED COMPETENCIES AND VARIOUS CTE CLUSTERS WITH EXAMPLE SUPPLY CHAIN TO GROUND THEORETICAL DISCUSSIONS AND REAL WOFRLD NEEDS. IT WAS FASCINATING. LOOK FOR OPPORTUNITIES FOR CREATING SUSTAINABLE CTE CAREER PATHS. EMBEDDED WITH OUR OWN CERTIFICATIONS AND OUR OWN CURRICULUM AND STRONGER PARTNER SHIP WITH COMMUNITY COLLEGE AND COLLEGE LEVELS SO WE CREATE MORE WITH BETTER PATHWAYS THAT ACTUALLY SUSTAIN THE KINDS OF JOBS AND CAREERS THAT GREEN TECHNOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES WILL REQUIRE. AND WE SHARED CURRICULUM INCLUDING THE NATIONAL WILD LIFE FEDERATION ECOSCHOOLS FOR K-12 WHICH IS A HUGE PROGRAM WE PARTICIPATE IN. THEY ALSO HAVE A PROGRAM FOR COLLEGE LEVEL. BUT OUR CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION PEOPLE WERE THERE. THERE WAS SOMEBODY THERE FROM C.O.G. BECAUSE THE REGIONAL GOVERNMENTS ARE ALSO

072LOOKING AT FINDING WAYING TO BETTER TRAIN YOUNG PEOPLE TO BE FRE PAIRED TO TAKE THE JOBS THEY SAY ARE THERE NOW. AND WHERE THERE IS A SCARCITY WITHIN EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES THAT MANY OF OUR KIDS AND PARENTS DON'T KNOW ABOUT. WE NEED TO TRAIN OUR KIDS BECAUSE THAT IS WHERE A LOT OF THE JOBS IN THE ECONOMY IS GOING. SO THAT WAS FASCINATING. SO OUR C.T.E. PEOPLE PROMISED THEY WOULD COME BACK AND PROVIDE MORE OPPORTUNITY AND LOOK FOR MORE CERTIFICATIONS. SO WITH THAT, WE GET TO GO BACK INTO CLOSED SESSION. THE BOARD WILL NOW MAKE A MOTION TO GO INTO CLOSED MEETING TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER DISCIPLINARY MATTERS CONCERNING FOUR STUDENTS PURSUANT TO TO SECTION 2.2-3711A2 OF THE CODE OF VIRGINIA. IS THERE A MOTION? MOVED BY MS. CORBETT SANDERS. SECONDED BY MS. SCHULTZ. ALL THOSE

073IN FAVOR SAY AYE. CAN I VOTE NO? NO, I'M SORRY. WE HAVE TO FINISH OUR WORK. THE MOTION CARRIES. THE SCHOOL BOARD HAS TO GO BACK INTO CLOSED TO FINISH OUR WORK. THANK YOU. PLEASE TURN OFF AND SILENCE YOUR CELLPHONE, NOW CALL ON MS. VATTIKONDA. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR, MAY 7-11 IS TEACHER APPRECIATION WEEK. TEACHERS ARE REAL LIFE SUPERHEROES. THEY EDUCATE, INNOVATE, ENCOURAGE, AND SUPPORT, TOUCHING THE LIVES OF MILLIONS OF CHILDREN. EVERY DAY, OVER 15,000 TEACHERS IN FAIRFAX COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS DEMONSTRATE THEIR PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL DEDICATION TO PROVIDING AN EXCELLENT EDUCATION FOR THE CHILDREN IN OUR COMMUNITY. OUR TEACHERS ARE COMMITTED TO ENSURING THAT ALL CHILDREN DEVELOP THEIR FULL POTENTIAL FOR ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT. TEACHERS ARE INFLUENTIAL IN FOSTERING IN THEIR STUDENTS BOTH HEALTHFUL SELF-CONCEPTS AND A SENSE OF CIVIC RESPONSIBILITY. FAIRFAX COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS VALUES

074THE SKILLS, CREATIVITY, AND PROFESSIONALISM THAT CHARACTERIZE OUR TEACHERS. MAY 2018 IS ALSO ASIAN AND PACIFIC HERITAGE MONTH. AMERICANS OF ASIAN AND PACIFIC ANCESTRY HAVE MADE SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE HISTORY AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE UNITED STATES IN MANY FIELDS OF ENDEAVOR SUCH AS SCIENCE, COMMERCE, THE ARTS, AND THE HUMANITIES. THE FAIRFAX COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD RECOGNIZES THAT AN UNDERSTANDING OF THESE CONTRIBUTIONS SHOULD BE AN INTEGRAL PART OF THE YEAR-ROUND EDUCATION OF ALL STUDENTS. SINCE 1992, THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES HAS PROCLAIMED MAY TO BE ASIAN- AND PACIFIC-AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH AND HAS CHOSEN THIS MONTH TO PAY TRIBUTE TO THE GENERATIONS OF ASIAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDERS WHO HAVE ENRICHED AMERICAN�S HISTORY AND ARE INSTRUMENTAL IN ITS FUTURE SUCCESS. MAY 9 IS ALSO SCHOOL NURSE DAY. SCHOOL NURSE DAY WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1972 TO FOSTER A BETTER UNDERSTANDING

075OF THE ROLE OF SCHOOL NURSES IN THE EDUCATIONAL SETTING. THIS ANNUAL EVENT RECOGNIZES THE CONTRIBUTIONS THAT SCHOOL NURSES MAKE EVERY DAY TO IMPROVE THE HEALTH AND SUCCESS OF OUR NATION�S CHILDREN. THIS YEAR�S THEME, �SCHOOL NURSES: BETTER HEALTH. BETTER LEARNING,� REFLECTS THE SIGNIFICANT ROLES THAT SCHOOL NURSES HAVE IN HEALTH CARE IN THEIR SCHOOL COMMUNITIES, AS WELL AS IN MODELING HEALTH AND RESILIENCY. SCHOOL NURSING IS A SPECIALIZED PRACTICE OF PROFESSIONAL NURSING THAT ADVANCES THE HEALTH AND WELL-BEING OF STUDENTS AND IS AN INTEGRAL PART OF A QUALITY SCHOOL HEALTH PROGRAM. SCHOOL NURSES PROMOTE HEALTH, SAFETY, PREVENTION, AND WELLNESS; INTERVENE WITH ACTUAL AND POTENTIAL HEALTH PROBLEMS; AND PROVIDE CASE MANAGEMENT SERVICES. THEY ARE AN INVALUABLE BRIDGE CONNECTING HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS, PUBLIC HEALTH, AND FAMILIES. THE SCHOOL SYSTEM WORKS CLOSELY WITH THE FAIRFAX COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT TO PROVIDE QUALITY SERVICES

076TO THE CHILDREN OF FAIRFAX COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND RECOGNIZED MAY 9 AS SCHOOL NURSE DAY IN FAIRFAX COUNTY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, I WILL CALL ON MRS. EVANS FOR A RESOLUTION. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR, I AM PLEASED TO OFFER THIS RESOLUTION IN HONORING OF 50th ANNIVERSARY OF COLUMBIA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL: WHEREAS, COLUMBIA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, IN ANNANDALE, VIRGINIA, WILL PROUDLY CELEBRATE ITS 50TH ANNIVERSARY ON MARCH 23, 2018, AND ITS REPUTATION FOR PROVIDING GENERATIONS OF STUDENTS FROM A RICHLY DIVERSE COMMUNITY WITH AN EXCELLENT ACADEMIC FOUNDATION; AND WHEREAS, COLUMBIA IS A HIGH PERFORMING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL DEDICATED TO PROVIDING A STRONG INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAM IN AN INVITING SCHOOL ENVIRONMENT FOR ITS STUDENTS, WHO REPRESENT OVER 26 COUNTRIES AND SPEAK 36 DIFFERENT LANGUAGES, AND HAS ENRICHED STUDENTS THROUGH ITS LOCAL LEVEL 4 ADVANCED ACADEMICS PROGRAM, FOREIGN LANGUAGE IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS, ESOL, SPECIAL

077EDUCATION, ADVANCED ACADEMICS, PRESCHOOL AUTISM PROGRAM, ALONG WITH YOUNG SCHOLARS, MENTOR WORKS, AND PARTNERS IN PRINT PROGRAMS; AND WHEREAS, THE SCHOOL HAS CONTINUED TO PROVIDE THE BEST EDUCATIONAL TOOLS AND LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES FOR ITS STUDENTS BY EMBRACING NEW INITIATIVES, IMPLEMENTING BEST PRACTICES IN INSTRUCTION, EQUIPPING CLASSROOMS WITH THE LATEST EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY, INTEGRATED SMART BOARDS, AND IMPLEMENTATION OF RESPONSIVE CLASSROOM SCHOOLWIDE; AND WHEREAS, THE FACULTY, PARENTS AND COMMUNITY OF COLUMBIA ARE COMMITTED TO INCREASING THE EMOTIONAL WELL-BEING AND ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT OF ALL STUDENTS, WHILE VIEWING ITS DIVERSITY AS A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY AND STRENGTH THAT ENRICHES AND BROADENS THE EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCES OF ALL STUDENTS AND PREPARES THEM FOR THE WORKFORCE VIA THE TENANTS OF PORTRAIT OF A GRADUATE; AND WHEREAS, THOUSANDS OF STUDENTS HAVE PASSED THROUGH THE DOORS AT COLUMBIA ELEMENTARY AND BENEFITTED FROM A COMPREHENSIVE EDUCATION AND THE EFFORTS OF DEDICATED

078AND CARING TEACHERS AND STAFF WHOSE VISION IT IS THAT ALL STUDENTS LEARN AND BECOME LITERATE, SELF-MOTIVATED, WELL-ROUNDED, INDEPENDENT LEARNERS WHO DEMONSTRATE RESPONSIBILITY TO SELF AND SOCIETY; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE FAIRFAX COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD HONORS COLUMBIA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ON THE OCCASION OF ITS 50TH ANNIVERSARY, COMMENDS THE SCHOOL ON ITS HISTORY OF PROVIDING EDUCATIONAL EXCELLENCE AND ENRICHMENT OPPORTUNITIES TO THE STUDENTS AND COMMUNITY. I SO MOVE. IS THERE A SECOND? SECONDED BY MRS. PALCHIK, ALL IN FAVOR. THAT MOTION IS UNANIMOUS WITH MRS. SCHULTZ AWAY FROM THE TABLE. I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE PRINCIPAL CUNNINGHAM AND ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL TO JOIN US AT THE DAIS FOR A PICTURE WITH THE SCHOOL BOARD. PLEASE COME ON UP. NEXT I WILL CALL ON MRS. DERENAK-KAUFAX, RECOGNITION OF BETTER HEARING AND SPEECH MONTH. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR, AND AM HONORED

079TO OFFER THIS RECOGNITION FOR BETTER HEARING AND SPEECH MONTH. SINCE 1927, THE AMERICAN SPEECH-LANGUAGE-HEARING ASSOCIATION (ASHA) HAS CELEBRATED BETTER HEARING AND SPEECH MONTH EVERY YEAR IN MAY. THE THEME THIS YEAR IS �COMMUNICATION FOR ALL� THIS ANNUAL EVENT PROVIDES OPPORTUNITIES TO PROMOTE SERVICES THAT CAN IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR THOSE WHO EXPERIENCE PROBLEMS WITH SPEAKING AND LISTENING. AN ESTIMATED 42 MILLION PEOPLE HAVE COMMUNICATION DISORDERS AND THEY IMPACT ONE IN TEN FAMILIES. CURRENTLY, FAIRFAX COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS PROVIDES SPEECH AND LANGUAGE SERVICES TO MORE THAN 10,000 STUDENTS. AUDIOLOGISTS AND SPECIAL EDUCATION TEACHERS ALSO SERVE MORE THAN 500 DEAF AND HARD OF HEARING STUDENTS IN CLASS-BASED PROGRAMS, VIA BASE SCHOOL ITINERANT SERVICES, AND IN EARLY CHILDHOOD PROGRAMS. FCPS ANNUALLY OBSERVES AND CELEBRATES BETTER HEARING AND SPEECH MONTH AND ENCOURAGES ALL CITIZENS IN OUR SCHOOL COMMUNITY TO RECOGNIZE THE

080EFFORTS, DEDICATION, AND SKILLS OF THE SPEECH-LANGUAGE CLINICIANS, AUDIOLOGISTS, AND TEACHERS OF STUDENTS WHO ARE DEAF AND HARD OF HEARING. I NOW INVITE STAFF FROM THE OFFICE OF HEARING AND VISION SERVICES TO JOIN ME FOR A PICTURE WITH OUR BOARD. NEXT I WILL CALL ON MRS. MCELVEEN FOR RECOGNITION OF SCHOOL NUTRITION EMPLOYEE WEEK. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR, MAY 7-11 IS SCHOOL NUTRITION EMPLOYEE WEEK. CARING. TRAINED. THOUGHTFUL. PROFESSIONAL. DEDICATED. THESE ARE JUST A FEW WORDS THAT DESCRIBE TODAY'S SCHOOL NUTRITION PROFESSIONAL. SCHOOL NUTRITION EMPLOYEES IN FAIRFAX COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS DEMONSTRATE DAILY THEIR PROFESSIONAL COMMITMENT TO PROVIDING STUDENTS WITH NUTRITIOUS MENU CHOICES THAT REFLECT CURRENT RESEARCH AND MEET THE DIETARY GUIDELINES FOR AMERICANS. SCHOOL NUTRITION EMPLOYEES MUST BALANCE MANY ROLES AND FOLLOW NUMEROUS FEDERAL, STATE AND LOCAL REGULATIONS TO ENSURE SAFE AND HEALTHY MEALS ARE AVAILABLE IN SCHOOLS. THEY

081ARE TRAINED SANITATION AND FOOD SAFETY EXPERTS AND MUST MANAGE FINANCIALLY SELF-SUFFICIENT PROGRAMS. SCHOOL NUTRITION PROFESSIONALS ALSO PROVIDE NUTRITION EDUCATION TO STUDENTS, AS WELL AS HEALTHY CATERING SERVICES TO THEIR COMMUNITIES. THEY USE THEIR CREATIVITY TO MAKE THE CAFETERIA A FUN AND WELCOMING PLACE ALL YEAR LONG AND PERFORM THEIR JOBS EACH DAY BECAUSE THEY CARE PASSIONATELY ABOUT THE CHILDREN THEY SERVE. FCPS SCHOOL NUTRITION EMPLOYEES ARE COMMITTED TO IMPARTING FOOD AND NUTRITION KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS TO STUDENTS, USING THE SCHOOL CAFETERIA AS THE NUTRITION LABORATORY, AND ARE INFLUENTIAL IN PREPARING STUDENTS TO LEARN. I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE STAFF FROM THE FOOD AND NUTRITION SERVICES DEPARTMENT TO JOIN ME AT THE DAIS FOR A PICTURE WITH THE BOARD. NEXT I WILL CALL ON MRS. MCLAUGHLIN FOR CHILDREN'S MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS DAY. CHILDREN'S MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS DAY IS MAY 10,

0822018. �THE WELL-BEING OF CHILDREN HAS A PROFOUND, IMMEDIATE AND LASTING IMPACT ON OUR COMMUNITY. NATIONALLY OVER ONE IN FIVE CHILDREN AND YOUTH HAVE A MENTAL HEALTH ISSUE AND ONLY HALF OF CHILDREN AND YOUTH WITH BEHAVIORAL HEALTH ISSUES RECEIVE TREATMENT. FAIRFAX COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS IS A PARTNER WITH COUNTY AGENCIES AND NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS IN THE HEALTHY MINDS FAIRFAX INITIATIVE TO ADDRESS BARRIERS TO ACCESSING SERVICES THROUGH COORDINATING PREVENTION, EARLY INTERVENTION, AND TREATMENT SERVICES. THE SCHOOL BOARD IS PLEASED TO RECOGNIZE MAY 10, 2018 AS CHILDREN�S MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS DAY IN FAIRFAX COUNTY, WHERE WE RECOGNIZE THAT MENTAL HEALTH IN CHILDHOOD MEANS REACHING DEVELOPMENTAL AND EMOTIONAL MILESTONES, LEARNING HEALTH SOCIAL SKILLS, EFFECTIVELY COPING WITH PROBLEMS, AND THAT TOGETHER AS A COMMUNITY, WE SUPPORT ALL YOUTH IN REACHING THEIR EMOTIONAL, PSYCHOLOGICAL, AND SOCIAL WELL-BEING.� I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE OUR STAFF

083FROM OUR DEPARTMENT OF SPECIAL SERVICES AS WELL AS OUR COMMUNITY AND COUNTY PARTNERS TO JOIN ME AT THE DAIS ALONG WITH MY COLLEAGUES FOR A PICTURE WITH THE BOARD. AND NOW I WILL CALL ON MRS. EVANS FOR A RESOLUTION RENAMING THE ANNANDALE HIGH SCHOOL EQUIPMENT ROOM. IT'S MY GREAT PLEASURE TO OFFER THE RESOLUTION TO RENAMING THE EQUIPMENT ROOM, WILLIAM EVERETT CLOUD. WHEREAS, WILLIAM EVERETT CLOUD, SON OF A FAIRFAX COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS EDUCATOR, ATTENDED FAIRFAX COUNTY SCHOOLS, WHERE HE WAS A STANDOUT, MULTI-SPORT STUDENT ATHLETE AT BOTH FALLS CHURCH HIGH SCHOOL AND MCLEAN HIGH SCHOOL, GRADUATING FROM MCLEAN IN 1957; AND WHEREAS COACH CLOUD HAD A REMARKABLE COLLEGIATE FOOTBALL CAREER AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND AND RETURNED, UPON GRADUATION, TO TEACH AND COACH AT GEORGE C. MARSHALL HIGH SCHOOL FROM 1962 TO 1973, AND AT ANNANDALE HIGH

084SCHOOL FROM 1973 UNTIL HIS RETIREMENT IN 1988; AND WHEREAS COACH CLOUD INSTRUCTED, COACHED, AND MENTORED STUDENTS AS A TEACHER AND A VARSITY FOOTBALL AND SOFTBALL COACH DURING HIS TENURE AT ANNANDALE HIGH SCHOOL AND PROVIDED GUIDANCE AND COUNSEL TO STUDENTS WHO SOUGHT HIS ADVICE WHICH REFLECTED THE VALUE OF TEAMWORK, INTEGRITY, AND MUTUAL RESPECT; AND WHEREAS COACH CLOUD WORKED TIRELESSLY AND JOYFULLY TO PERFORM THE �BEHIND THE SCENES� WORK REQUIRED TO SUPPORT STUDENT ATHLETES AND THE ANNANDALE HIGH SCHOOL COMMUNITY, INCLUDING ATHLETIC FIELD MAINTENANCE; DISTRIBUTION OF ATHLETIC EQUIPMENT, AND PREPARATION OF FIELD AND FACILITIES TO ENSURE THE SAFETY AND ENJOYMENT OF STUDENT ATHLETES; AND WHEREAS COACH CLOUD SERVED AS A ROLE MODEL BOTH IN THE CLASSROOM AND ON THE FIELD, DEMONSTRATING AN UNPARALLELED WORK ETHIC, INTEGRITY, RESPECT FOR OTHERS, AND A SINCERE INTEREST IN EVERY STUDENT AND PLAYER; NOW

085THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE FAIRFAX COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD NAMES THE ATHLETIC EQUIPMENT ROOM AT ANNANDALE HIGH SCHOOL THE �COACH WILLIAM EVERETT CLOUD EQUIPMENT ROOM� IN HONOR OF THIS EXEMPLARY EDUCATOR, COACH, COLLEAGUE, FATHER, FRIEND, CITIZEN, AND MENTOR. I SO MOVE. IS THERE A SECOND? SECONDED BY MRS. MCLAUGHLIN, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? THAT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY WITH MRS. SCHULTZ AND MR. WILSON AWAY FROM THE TABLE. AND I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE COACH'S FAMILY AND OTHERS TO JOIN US FOR A PICTURE AT THE DAIS. I BELIEVE THAT SOME OF MY COLLEAGUES WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK TO THIS MOTION, MRS. EVANS. I WILL SPEAK BRIEFLY, I WAS PLEASED ON WORK WITH COACH CLOUD'S FAMILY TO MOVE THIS FORWARD. COACH CLOUD FROM THE MANY LETTERS THAT WE GOT, THE SUPPORT FROM THE COMMUNITY, FROM THE PRINCIPAL, FROM BILL CURRAN TO

086TALK ABOUT WHAT A WONDERFUL MAN AND THE RESOLUTION TALKS ABOUT HIS HISTORY AND WONDERFUL TO HONOR SOMEONE LIKE THIS ON A PERMANENT BASIS AT ONE OF OUR SCHOOLS. AND PARTICULARLY AT ANNANDALE, WHERE HE WAS THERE FOR SO LONG AND MADE SUCH AN IMPACT ON SO MANY PEOPLE'S LIVES AND SO MANY STUDENTS. THANK YOU TO HIM AND TO HIS FAMILY, IT'S A REAL PLEASURE, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. MRS. CORBETT SANDERS. SORRY, I SECONDED THE MOTION AND ASKED TO SPEAK. THAT'S FINE, SORRY, I DIDN'T SEE YOUR LIGHT. I WANTED TO SHARE WITH THE CLOUD FAMILY. I FEEL JUST A SPECIAL HEART-WARMING CONNECTION TO THIS BECAUSE MY HUSBAND PLAYED WOODSON HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL WHILE YOUR DAD WAS THE HEAD COACH AT ANNANDALE AND ONE OF OUR FAVORITE FRIENDS PLAYED ON THE TEAM, GEORGE [INAUDIBLE], YAY, AND GEORGE

087IS STILL A VERY DEAR FRIEND AND OUR CHILDREN HAVE GROWNUP TOGETHER. AND HAVING TO WATCH HIM WALK ON WOODSON'S FIELD FOR HIS DAUGHTER'S HOMECOMING QUEEN, HE WAS LIKE, I AM NOT SUPPOSED TO BE HERE AS A WOODSON, I AM ANNANDALE, AND JUST TO SAY, AND COACH CLOUD, UNDERSTAND YOU ARE WATCHING, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TREMENDOUS YEARS OF SERVICE, NOT ONLY BRINGING SPIRITED RIVALRY BETWEEN ANNANDALE AND WOODSON, BUT FOR SHAPING THE YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN THAT WERE BLESSED TO HAVE YOU AT ANNANDALE. I AM ALSO THE MOTHER OF TWO HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL PLAYERS. I KNOW HOW MUCH THE COACHES HAVE SHAPED THEIR LIVES. AND THE GIFT YOUR FATHER GAVE TO ALL OF THOSE PLAYERS AND ANNANDALE HIGH SCHOOL, WE ARE FOREVER INDEBTED TO THAT. AND SO THRILLED TO HONOR COACH CLOUD IN A SPECIAL WAY AND

088TO HIS GRANDKIDS IN THE AUDIENCE, YOU SHOULD BE SO PROUD OF YOUR GRANDFATHER, WHAT A SPECIAL MAN AND SO DESERVING OF THE RECOGNITION TONIGHT. MRS. CORBETT SANDERS. YES, THANK YOU. WE NAME PARTS OF OUR BUILDINGS AND BUILDINGS AFTER PEOPLE THAT ARE INSPIRATIONAL. AND THAT CAN EVOKE A CONNECTION WITH OUR STUDENTS. SO THAT OUR STUDENTS WANT TO MODEL THEM. OR TO LIVE UP TO CERTAIN CHARACTERISTICS THAT THESE PEOPLE HAVE. AND YOUR DAD IS THAT TYPE OF LEADER. I WAS BLESSED IN THE 70s TO BE JEALOUS OF THE ANNANDALE ADAMS, IT WAS THE TEAM TO BEAT AND I HAD THREE COUSINS THAT PLAYED FOR YOUR DAD. AND THEY TO THIS DAY TALK ABOUT THE IMPORTANT ROLE THAT HE HAD IN SHAPING THE LIVES OF HIS TEAM MEMBERS. INTO ETHICAL, COMMUNITY-MINDED LEADERS. AND SO THANK YOUR DAD FOR

089ALL HE HAS DONE FOR OUR STUDENTS. AND THANK HIM FOR SHARING HIS NAME WITH THE COMMUNITY GOING FORWARD. AND AGAIN CONGRATULATIONS. AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR FAMILY'S SERVICE. THANKS. AND FOR LENDING YOUR DAD TO ALL OF US. THE NEXT ORDER OF BUSINESS IS CITIZEN PARTICIPATION. TONIGHT 10 CITIZENS HAVE SIGNED UP TO ADDRESS THE BOARD AND ALSO ONE VIDEO TESTIMONY. SPEAKERS ARE REQUESTED TO LIMIT THEIR REMARKS TO NOT MORE THAN THREE MINUTES. THE SCHOOL BOARD WILL NOT HEAR STATEMENTS SCHEDULED FOR PUBLIC HEARINGS, SUCH AS CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAMS AND COMPLAINTS AND BOUNDARIES. SCHOOL-BASED COMPLAINTS SHOULD BE DIRECTED TO THE APPROPRIATE SCHOOL PRINCIPAL. SPEAKERS SHOULD REFRAIN FROM USING IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION ABOUT A SPECIFIC STUDENT. SPEAKERS ARE TO BE MINDFUL THAT OFTEN YOUNG CHILDREN IN ATTENDANCE AT THESE MEETINGS OR WATCHING AT HOME, SO LANGUAGE SHOULD BE APPROPRIATE TO

090ALL AGE LEVELS. OUR FIRST SPEAKER, MAXINA SHEFT. HELLO. MY NAME IS MAXINA SHEFT AND I AM A STUDENT ATTENDING THOMAS JEFFERSON SCHOOL FOR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, AND I AM CONDUCTING A SURVEY. AND TONIGHT'S MOTION IS FOR STUDENT SUCCESS, RESEARCH TODAY POINTS TO NUMEROUS WAYS TO HELP STUDENTS SUCCEED. I THINK WE CAN AGREE ON WHEREON THING, STUDENTS LEARN MORE WHEN THEY SPEND MORE TIME IN SCHOOL AND MOTIVATING STUDENTS TO STAY IN SCHOOL SHOULD BE A PRIMARY GOAL FOR ANY INSTITUTION. YOU MAY WONDER WHY WE WORRY ABOUT CHRONIC ABSENTEEISM. METRICS CAN BE MISLEADING. FOR EXAMPLE, BALTIMORE PUBLIC SCHOOLS HAD AN ATTENDANCE RATE OF 93% BUT CHRONIC ABSENTEEISM RATE HIGHER. AND RESEARCH DEFINES CHRONIC ABSENTEEISM OF MISSING 10%, IN FAIRFAX COUNTY IS 18 DAYS A MONTH. AND SURVEY REVEALED THAT 3.2 STUDENTS THAT RESPONDED SKIPPED THREE OR MORE

091DAYS IN THAT MONTH ALONE. AND THAT IS COUNTING THOSE ABSENCES ALONG WITH MISSING FOR MEDICAL REASONS. MY GOAL IS TO RAISE AWARENESS FOR CHRONIC ABSENTEEISM, TO ADDRESS TO MAKE STUDENTS A SUCCESS. FAIRFAX HAS PROGRAMS IN PLACE, RETURN TO LEARN, TO HELP STUDENTS INTEGRATE BACK INTO SCHOOL FOLLOWING EXTENDED ABSENCES. AND NOW PARENTS ARE MORE ENROLLED THAN EVER HAVE BEEN TO CHECK AND TRACK ATTENDANCE. BUT MORE CAN BE DONE, ACCORDING TO THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, CHRONIC ABSENTEEISM OF STUDENTS 8-12 GRADE ARE HIGH TO DROP OUT OF SCHOOL. AND EVEN A MALL PERCENTAGE OF CHRONIC ABSENTEEISM STUDENTS IS THOUSANDS OF STUDENTS NOT RECEIVE INSTRUCTIONAL TIME IN CLASSROOMS. I HOPE THAT I MADE YOU THINK ABOUT THE ISSUE IN OUR COMMUNITY AND THAT CURRENT PROGRAMS IN FCPS THAT WE CAN REDUCE CHRONIC ABSENTEEISM. THANK YOU, WE APPRECIATE STUDENTS

092SHARING THEIR TIME. NEXT PEEK, MONIQUE BAROUDI. I TRIED TO RESUME MY LIFE. BUT THOUGHTS OF THAT TAPE KEPT HAUNTING ME. THE CLOUDS OF THE SECTION, THE COLDNESS OF THE ROOM, THE OTHER GIRLS MOONING. I BECAME DEPRESSED AND ALCOHOL IS DRUGS ARE MY FRIEND. I STILL HAVE THINGS THAT MAKE ME GRIEVE, LIKE WHEN I GO TO THE DENTIST AND THE SUCTION MACHINE GOES ON. SOCIETY SAYS THAT ABORTION WILL TAKE CARE OF THAT PROBLEM, BUT NO ONE TOLD ME THAT MY LIFE WOULD NEVER BE THE SAME, EVER. AFTER MY ABORTION I FELT SORROW AND WAS ANGRY AND DEPRESSED. I WAS MORE PROMISCUOUS AND TRIED TO NUMB THE PAIN AND PUSH MY LIFE AWAY. I WAS A MESS. I KILLED MY BABY WHEN 19 YEARS OLD AND IN TERMS THAT SOCIETY SEEMED ACCEPTABLE, IT WAS MY BODY, MY

093CHOICE, OR IT WAS A CLUMP OF CELLS. BUT WHEN I WALKED OUT OF THAT CLINIC, I KNEW I KILLED THAT BABY, WHEN I HAD THE ABORTION, MY LIFE WAS NEVER THE SAME. I BEGAN TO PUNISH MYSELF AND ANOREXIC. I WAS LONELY AND WORTHLESS, MY DRUG AND ALCOHOL ABUSE INCREASED AND SOUGHT RELIEF 6 PAIN BY SEX. DO THESE WORDS SOUND LIKE THEY COME FROM YOUNG GIRLS WHO ARE EMOTIONALLY HEALTHY AND READY TO COME TO SCHOOL AND SPEND A DAY OF LEARNING. I HAVE HEARD THIS SCHOOL SYSTEM TOUT THE WORK AND IMPACT ON STUDENT SUCCESS. AT THE LAST FAMILY LIFE COMMUNITY MEETING I HEARD REPRESENTATIVES SUGGEST THAT WE SHOULD NOT INCLUDE INFORMATION ON THE PHYSICAL AND EMOTIONAL AFFECTS ON STUDENTS AND MRS. PALCHIK'S REPRESENTATIVE SAID THAT ABORTION IS SAFE RISK, AND IF YOU PROVIDE THE PEOPLE THE

094RIGHT KIND OF SUPPORT THE PSYCHOLOGICAL RISKS GO AWAY. DATA SHOWS OTHERWISE, AND THE THOUSANDS OF WOMEN PART OF THE SILENT NO MORE, THESE CAME FROM SILENT NO MORE. GIRLS DESERVE BETTER AND OUR GIRLS IN FCPS DESERVE FACTUAL INFORMATION ABOUT PHYSICAL AND EMOTIONAL RISKS OF ABORTION, TO COME TO SCHOOL AND READY TO LEARN AND BE A PART OF THE STUDENT SUCCESS STORY HERE IN FCPS. THANK YOU, NEXT SPEAKER, ROBERT RIGBY. GOOD EVENING, SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS, DR. BRABRAND AND SENIOR STAFF, MY NAME IS ROBERT RIGBY JR., TEACHING AT FCPS FOR 19 YEARS AND THE CURRENT PRESIDENT FOR FCPS PRIDE FOUNDED IN 2015. WE WERE QUICKLY JOINED BY PARENTS OF LGBQ STUDENTS AND PARENTS AND GRANDPARENTS AND ALLIES. I WANT TO SPEAK ABOUT STUDENT RIGHTS & RESPONSIBILITIES, TO ASSIST PARENTS AND STUDENTS TO WORK ON CONCERNS OF DISCRIMINATION.

095THIS IS TERRIFIC, SEVERAL TIMES A YEAR PEOPLE COME TO ME WITH CONCERNS AND OFTEN AT A LOSS WHO TO SPEND TO HELP. THE OMNIBUS PERSON WILL ASSIST AND SUCCEED IN MAKING FCPS A FRIENDLIER AND MORE WELCOMING PLACE FOR ALL STUDENTS. THE EFFECTIVE SPREAD AND CREATE AN ATMOSPHERE IN WHICH EACH PERSON FEELS MORE WELCOME, I URGE YOU TO RETAIN THAT ADDITION. I THINK OF THE ADDITION OF THE RECENT HARASSMENT POSITION. I REMEMBER WHEN THE BOARD ADDED SEXUAL ORIENTATION IN THE SPRING OF 2001, AFTER MANY ALARMING MEETINGS AND E-MAIL CAMPAIGNS AND RALLIES IN OPPOSITION. LAST YEAR IT SUPPLIED A LAWSUIT, BUT I WITHSTOOD TO THE DEGREE IT'S TAUGHT TO OUR CHILDREN AND USED. I KNOW THAT ON THE SNRR QUIZ THERE IS A QUESTION ON SEXUAL ORIENTATION, WHICH IS A GOOD THING, THERE IS NO QUESTION ON

096GENDER IDENTITY. IN THE VIDEO THAT SPEAKS OF SEXUAL HARASSMENT, GENDER IDENTITY IS MENTIONED BUT NOT AFTERWARDS. WE CAN DO BETTER. NEVERTHELESS, FCPS IS MOVING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION, MANY THANKS TO DR. BRABRAND AND THE SENIOR STAFF FOR THE PROGRESS THAT HAS BEEN MADE. THE LAST YEARS HAVE BEEN DIFFICULT FOR LGBTQ PEOPLE AND ALSO MUSLIMS AND AFRICAN-AMERICAN STUDENTS, AND WHAT CAN WE DO? I SAY WE CAN TEACH, AND THERE IS A TREMENDOUS EFFORT AND THE CHIEF ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE HAS MORE PERSONNEL FOR EQUITY IN SCHOOLS, AND SUCH WILL GO A LONG WAY TO COUNTER THE UNFRIENDLY CURRENT, PLEASE APPROVE HIS PROPOSALS. THANK YOU, NEXT SPEAKER IS FRED COSTELLO. THERE IS A MAN WHO THOUGHT HE WAS A BIRD. HE COVERED HIMSELF WITH FEATHERS AND ATTACHED WINGS TO THE ARMS AND TRIED TO FLY FROM BUILDING, HIS FRIENDS

097TRIED TO STOP HIM, YOU ARE A MAN, AND HE RESPONDED I KNOW FOR CERTAIN I AM A BIRD, EVEN WITH THE DNA OF MAN. HE WAS INSANE. AFTER SPEAKING IN MARCH ABOUT MALE AND FEMALE TRANSGENDERS, AND [INAUDIBLE] JUST PERSON HOST OF STUDENTS AND TEACHERS AND STUDENTS. THE PERSON DID NOT THINK HE WAS A BIRD BUT HE DID THINK HE WAS A WOMAN. HE ARGUED LIKE THE BIRDMAN, I KNOW THAT I AM A WOMAN, EVEN THOUGH I HAVE A BODY OF A MAN, HE WAS IN ERROR, HE DIDN'T DIE FROM THE BUILDING BUT FROM DEMENTIA. IT'S WARNED THAT LONG-TERM EFFECTS OF TRANSGENDER IS A DRUG TO DEAL WITH DEMENTIA. I AM A ROCKET SCIENTIST AND WE RELY ON OUTSIDE OF THE WORLD, NOT IN EACH PERSON'S WORLD. OUR MINDS EXTEND BEYOND THE PHYSICAL WORLD AND NEVER

098CONTRADICT. I AM SHOCKED THAT YOU REJECT SCIENCE IN GIRL-MYTH. TRANSGENDERS NEED HELP TO UNDERSTAND THE LOCATION AND REALITY. YOU ARE ACCOMMODATING THEM IS BLOCKING THE HELP THEY NEED. DON'T BE BULLIED BY THE THREATS OF SUICIDE, ALMOST EVERY RELIGION SYSTEM CITES THE [INAUDIBLE] OF SUICIDE, AND COUNSELISTS DON'T [INAUDIBLE] DON'T SURRENDER ALSO, PRACTICE WHAT YOU TEACH. YOU TEACH IN SCIENCE CLASS THAT REALITY IS IN A PHYSICAL WORLD BUT YOU PRACTICE THAT REALITY IS IN THE MIND OF PEOPLE. EACH PERSON TRANSGENDER IN THEIR OWN REALITY. DON'T CONFUSE STEM STUDENTS, GIVE TRANSGENDERS TRUE HELP, DON'T PRODUCE MENTALLY MUTILATED STUDENTS. THANK YOU, NEXT SPEAKER IS ANDI BAYER. GOOD EVENING, TO THE FCPS BOARD AND TO MEMBERS OF THE AUDIENCE. MY NAME IS ANDI BAYER AND I HAVE A NINTH GRADER AT OAKTON AND TWO DAUGHTERS THAT GRADUATED FROM OAKTON IN

0992012 AND ONE IN '15. AS WE KNOW THAT LIBERAL ACTIVISTS HAVE BEGGING THIS BOARD OVER THE LAST MONTHS TO ISSUE POLICY TO ACCOMMODATE OUR TRANSGENDER STUDENTS THOUGH A MINUTE MINORITY IN FCPS. IN MY OPINION THEY ARE EXPLOITED FOR TWO REASONS. FIRST FOR IDEOLOGICAL AGENDA AND SECONDLY TO MODERATE PROFITS. AND I AM SPEAKING TO BIG PHARMA AND MYRIAD OF DOCTORS AND EDUCATORS AND THE LIKE. ALL WHO PROFIT EXTENSIVELY FROM THIS RELATIVELY NEW MARKET OF GENDER DYSPHORIA. AND SADLY IT'S THE STUDENTS, AND I MEAN EVERY STUDENT WHAT IS HURT IN THE PROCESS OF THEIR RID OF DIGNITY AND POLICY. AND GREED IS A NASTY ADDICTION. IN A RECENT POST ON SOCIAL MEDIA, FCPS PRIDE ACTIVISTS POST SAY THEY AGAINST THIS EXPLOITATION AND GREED AND THEY SAY THAT STATED COMBINED ESTIMATED BUDGET OF PRO-FAMILY GROUPS IS 24 MILLION.

100SOUNDS LIKE A LOT AND THIS MONEY IS SEEN AS A THREAT TO THEIR ADVOCACY. SO WHAT IS THEIR ADVOCACY? ACCORDING TO THEIR FACEBOOK POSTS THAT THESE TRANSGENDER COMPONENTS WANT OUR STUDENTS TO BE TOLD ABOUT AND SOLD ON THE DRUG CALLED PREPR. IT STANDS FOR PRE-EXPOSURE PROALAPTIS FOR HIV. SOLD UNDER UNDER THE DRUG TRULAVIT. OWNED BY THE GIANT GILAD. AND THIS DRUG WAS APPROVED IN 2012 BY THE FDA. AND TO ENHANCE THEIR IDEALOGY AND SALES THAT THIS IS INCLUDED IN THE CURRICULUM AND PRESENTED AS AN AN OPTION TO ALLOW STUDENTS WHO ENGAGE IN HIGH-RISK BEHAVIOR AND WE KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS TO BE FREE TO DO SO WITHOUT REPERCUSSIONS AND TO THIS END PREXR IS STATED TO SAVE LIVES. IS THAT THREE MINUTES? YES IT IS. NEXT SPEAKER IS VALERIE WOO. GOOD EVENING, MY NAME IS

101VALERIE WOO, AND I AM THE PARENT OF A ROLLING VALLEY STUDENT WHO PART OF THE SPLIT FEED COHORT. AND I KNOW WHAT YOU ARE THINKING, YES, ANOTHER ONE, AND YES I AM ASKING YOU TO END THE SPLIT-FEED SITUATION AT ROLLING VALLEY. NOW I DON'T WANT YOU TO MISUNDERSTAND, I HAVE NOTHING AGAINST KEY MIDDLE SCHOOL OR HIGH SCHOOL, I WAS A MEMBER OF A SPLIT FEED AND RECEIVED A FIND EDUCATION BUT THIS SPLIT FEED MAKES NO SENSE. FIRST TOUCH ON THE BUSES, THREE BUSES ARE SENT TO PICK UP OUR CHILDREN AND TRANSPORT TO KEY MIDDLE SCHOOL. ONE BUS PICKS STUDENTS FROM FOUR NEIGHBORHOODS. ONE IS TWO MILES FROM IRVING MIDDLE SCHOOL. IN FACT BUSES FROM IRVING PASS THIS NEIGHBORHOOD TO PICK UP OTHER STUDENTS. ANOTHER BUS PICKS UP STUDENTS FROM THREE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT MEET AN AT

102SINGLE BUS STOP. THE ONLY STOP ON THIS BUS ROUTE AND THIS YEAR 12 STUDENTS RIDE. YES, FAIRFAX COUNTY SENDS A BUS TO PICK UP 17 CHILDREN AT A SINGLE STOP. AND I WANT TO TOUCH ON ONCE OUR STUDENTS GRADUATE FROM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, THEY ARE ATTENDED SCHOOLS IN DISTRICTS THAT WE CAN'T VOTE OR HAVE IT IS OR NO VOICE. THIS MAKES IT VERY DIFFICULT TO ADDRESS OUR CONCERNS. AND LASTLY, ELIMINATING THE SPLIT FEED IN ROLLING VALLEY WILL AFFECT LESS THAN 5% OF SCHOOLS INVOLVED. THIS MEANS NO CHANGE OF DEMOGRAPHICS OR FUNDING TO ANY SCHOOLS. BUT IT WILL HAVE A HUGE IMPACT ON OUR CHILDREN, ELIMINATING THE SPLIT FEED WILL ALLOW OUR CHILDREN TO STAY WITH THEIR PEERS THAT THEY SPENT THE PREVIOUS SEVEN YEARS. AND TO ALLOW THEM TO STAY WITH THEIR FRIENDS AT A TIME

103WHEN FRIENDS ARE A PART OF THEIR IDENTITY. I KNOW THAT THE BOARD DOESN'T WANT TO NEGATIVELY IMPACT LEE AND KEY, BUT OUR CHILDREN NEEDS TO BE CONSIDERED TOO. THANK YOU, NEXT SPEAKER IS FABIOLA GREEN. GOOD EVENING, I AM FABIOLA GREEN, I LIVE IN BURKE AND TWO OF MY CHILDREN WILL ATTEND FCPS IN THE FALL. THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK ABOUT GOAL 1, STUDENT SUCCESS. SPECIFICALLY BUT HOW FCPS IS PROPOSING TO USE TECHNOLOGY TO MEET THIS GOAL. I AM NOT AT ALL OPPOSED TO TECHNOLOGY BUT MY FAMILY AND I ARE VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THE WAY THAT OUR SCHOOL SYSTEM IS HEADING AND WE ARE NOT ALONE. I AM GLAD TO SAY THAT I ARE SPEAKING FOR FAMILIES THAT ARE CONCERNED ABOUT TECHNOLOGY IN THE CLASSROOM. WE ARE DESIRING TO CLOSE THE ACHIEVEMENT GAP AND

104LEAD TO SUCCESS. THOUGH IT'S NOT PROVEN THAT PROGRAMS LIKE LEAD 1 TO 1 WILL LEAD TO SUCCESS. IN A RESEARCH IN NORTH CAROLINA OVER A FIVE YEAR PERIOD AND THE TECHNOLOGY IN THIS RESEARCH IS ASSOCIATED WITH MODEST, SIGNIFICANT NEGATIVE IMPACT ON STUDENT'S MATH AND READING TEST SCORES, THUS BROADENING MATH AND ACHIEVEMENT GAPS. THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION HAS SUGGESTIONS TO CLOSE THE ACHIEVEMENT GAP NONE THAT OFFER COMPUTERS OR TECHNOLOGY. WE TRUST THE SCHOOL TO TEACH OUR CHILDREN TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN READING AND WRITING AND ENVIRONMENTS AND SOCIALLY FUNCTIONING CITIZENS IN SOCIETY. THIS IS A HIGH TASK PLACED IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS TO GIVE LAPTOPS TO ALL STUDENTS IN ALL LEVELS IS NOT THE SOLUTION ON ITS OWN. THE USE OF THE TECHNOLOGY HAS TO BE REGULATED OF SIDE EFFECTS SUCH AS LACK OF FACE-TO-FACE SKILLS. WE NEED SKILLS

105AND TIME LIMITS, NO MATTER WHERE WE ARE FROM OR IF OUR PARENTS WENT TO COLLEGE. WHETHER THERE IS IMPLEMENTING OF TECHNOLOGY WITHOUT STRICT CRASSES IS TROUBLESOME. AGAIN WE UNDERSTAND THAT YOU ARE TRYING TO PREPARE OUR CHILDREN FOR THE FUTURE BUT WE WANT THEM TO ARRIVE MENTALLY AND PHYSICALLY HEALTHY. OUR CHILDREN WILL HAVE NO PROBLEMS ADAPTING TO TECHNOLOGY, BUT ARE WE CREATING A WHOLE NEW SET OF ISSUES FOR OUR CHILDREN AS WE ISOLATE THEM, AND THE RESEARCH POINTS TO YES. WE CONCERNED TEACHERS AND PARENTS IN FCPS URGE YOU TO THINK ABOUT HOW TO BEST REGULATE AND BALANCE TRADITIONAL EDUCATION AND MODERN-FAST-PACE TECHNOLOGY TO RAISE NORMAL AND THRIVING HUMAN BEINGS. SHOULD WE FOCUS ON DECREASING THE CLASSROOM TIME AS WE LOOK TO CLOSE THE EDUCATIONAL ACHIEVEMENT GAP BEFORE WE SPEND MILLIONS. THANK YOU, NEXT SPEAKER IS LAURA

106MILLER. AND BEFORE YOU START THE CLOCK, CLOCK MASTER. CAN I RESPOND TO MEGHAN MCLAUGHLIN ABOUT AHHS, MY BROTHER WENT TO THAT SCHOOL AND LOVED THAT RIVAL, AND I HAD A BROTHER AND SISTER ON THE TEAMS THAT TOOK TO IT YOUR COUSIN'S TEAM BUT NOT REALLY -- IT WAS FUN AND WHAT IT SHOULD BE, YOU CAN START ME CLOCK MASTER. THAT'S WHAT IT SHOULD BE, RIGHT, IT'S FUN. HIGH SCHOOL IS FUN. THAT'S WHY I AM HERE, AT THE MOMENT THERE IS AN ISSUE FOR STUDENT SUCCESS THAT MIGHT NOT BE FUN, I CALL IT FLE PROBLEM, WE HAVE PITTED TWO SIDES AGAINST EACH OTHER. AND LET'S JUST FOR SAKE IT GOES BACK TO THE BEGINNING OF TIME. THE PRUDENT AND THE TRADITIONAL VERSUS THE FREE-LOVE AND PROGRESSIVE, THAT'S WHAT IT IS. AND RIGHT NOW FLE IS ADDRESSING

107ONE GROUP. AND I AM HAPPY FOR THEM AND THEY WILL FIGHT TOOTH AND NAIL TO KEEP IT THAT WAY. BUT YOU HAVE FORGOTTEN ABOUT A GROUP AND NOT MAKING IT FUN AND VERY UNCOMFORTABLE BECAUSE IT COUNTERS MANY PEOPLE'S BELIEFS AND CONSCIOUS AND WHAT THEY BELIEVE IS SUCCESS FOR THE STUDENTS. AND THAT'S NOT THE WAY TO MAKE EVERYONE COMFORTABLE AND FUN IN SCHOOL. AND MY GROUP IS NOT JUST RANDOM PEOPLE THAT WENT TO FCPS, IT INCLUDES MUSLIMS AND ASHIANS AND LATINOS AND AFRICAN-AMERICANS, IF WE MUST NAME EVERYONE, CATHOLICS AND OTHERS AND KIDS WANT TO BE KIDS. WE DON'T WANT YOU TO PRESS THESE DECISIONS KIDS, LET THEM BE KIDS. THIS GROUP DISAGREES WITH THE FLE, WE CAN FIGHT ABOUT IT AND RAISE HELL AND BRING IT ON. OR SAY, LET'S DO A CHOICE WITH FLE AND

108LET THEM OPT IN WITH INFORMED CONSENT SO THAT THE PARENTS CAN READ THE TRANSPARENT FLE LESSON AND CHOOSE WHAT IS RIGHT FOR THEM, WHAT CAN THESE CHOICES BE? I WILL PROPOSE THREE, ONE THAT DOESN'T GO BEYOND THE VIRGINIA STATE STANDARDS. AND HOW ANOTHER ONE THAT DOES THAT AND AS A SUPPLEMENTAL AND PROGRESSIVE AND NEW SCIENCE LESSONS. AND HOW ABOUT ANOTHER ONE THAT DOES THE STATE STANDARDS AS A MORE PRUDENT AND MORE TRADITIONAL SCIENCE TO PLEASE THEM. AND LET THE PARENTS KNOW ABOUT THIS THROUGH INFORMED, VERY TRANSPARENT CONSENT SO YOU DON'T GET HYPOTHETICAL CONSENT BUT REAL CONSENT. AND THEY CAN CHOOSE WHAT BEST FITS THEIR FAMILY VALUES. NOW WE ARE ALL AMERICANS AND WE KNOW THAT THE BATTLE OF THE CONSTANT RELIGIOUS BELIEF IS TO WELL EMBRACE THE FREEDOM OF CONSCIOUS, GIVE US CHOICES. RIGHT NOW

109YOU MIGHT SAY OH, OPT OUT OR GO TO PRIVATE SCHOOL. THOSE ARE YOUR SOLUTIONS. THOSE AREN'T GOOD ENOUGH, WE PAY TAXES. EVERYBODY PAYS TAXES, WE NEED CHOICE, THANK YOU. THANK YOU, NEXT SPEAKER IS SHYAM MUNSHI. THANK YOU, FOR THE TIME TO ADDRESS YOU AND I FIRST WANT TO EXPRESS MY THANKS FOR THE LGBTQ INCLUSIVE ENVIRONMENT THAT MY KIDS EXPERIENCE IN SCHOOL AND PRESS THE CONTINUED IMPROVEMENT. WE EXPERIENCE FOUR DIFFERENT SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN THE TIME THAT MY KIDS GO TO SCHOOL. AND NOT ALL DISTRICTS HANDLE BULLYING WELL AND NOT INCLUSIVE OR TAKE THE LEAD. BUT MY KIDS ARE SAFE IN FAIRFAX COUNTY SCHOOLS AND THANKS AND TALK ABOUT INCLUSIVENESS AND BULLYING. LET ME BEGIN BY ADDRESSING BULLYING. I THINK YOU KNOW THE IMPORTANCE TO PROTECT THE KIDS FROM BULLYING AND YOU UNDERSTAND YOU CAN'T PROTECT WITHOUT

110A SAFE ENVIRONMENT AND TRUE THAT LGBTQ STUDENTS ARE AT RISK FOR BULLYING. AND AS A PARENT OF A HEALTHY TRANSGENDER DAUGHTER I AM APPRECIATIVE OF THIS. AND AMERICAN COLLEGIATE PHYSICIANS FOUND THAT INCLUDING TRANSGENDER AS A SOCIETY AS A WHOLE. THIS SCHOOL IS A LARGE PART OF THE SOCIETY AND MY DAUGHTER TRANSITIONED AFTER BEING AT FAIRFAX COUNTY SCHOOLS FOR TWO YEARS AND SAME TEACHERS AND ADMINISTRATORS AND CALLED HER BY THE CORRECT NAME AND PRONOUN THE FIRST DAY AND THAT IS AMAZING. THAT IS INCLUSIVITY. AND THAT LEADS ME TO LEADERSHIP AND IT'S EASY TO DO, AND OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS DID IT, AND [INAUDIBLE] ALLIES AND BADGES ARE PRESENT. BOULDER IN COLORADO DID IT, AND POLICY TO ALWAYS USE PREFERRED NAMES AND PRONOUNS PERIOD. AND LOS ANGELES DISTRICT DID IT, AND TRANSGENDER STUDENTS TO CONFORM TO THE POLICY

111AND DRESS CODE. YOU STARTED TO DO IT, AND TO OFFER THE OMBUDSMAN IS A BIG PART AND MY DAUGHTER IS SUPPORTIVE OF USING RESPECTFUL PRONOUNS. THIS IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR YOUR DISTRICT TO TAKE THE LEAD THAT HAS THE SUPPORT OF COUNTLESS PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS, THANK YOU. THANK YOU, NEXT SPEAKER IS JOHN DELONG. GOOD EVENING, THANKS FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS YOU THIS EVENING. I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT CONTRACTING PRACTICES. BECAUSE LAST NIGHT THE AUDIT COMMITTEE MET AND HEARD A PRESENTATION ON A RECENT AUDIT. I ENCOURAGE YOU ALL TO READ THE FULL REPORT RATHER THAN JUST THE EXECUTIVE SUMMARY. THE FIRST SUCH AUDIT DONE SINCE THE 2015 AUDIT THAT REVIEWED CONTRACTING PRACTICES IN FCPS. I COMMEND THE AUDITOR COMMITTEE FOR UNDERTAKING THIS REVIEW AND FOR THE CONTROLS AND PARTICULARLY IN RESPECT OF SOLE SOURCE COMPONENT. AND

112CONTRACT OF 2018 AUDIT. SOME 25 OUTSTANDING RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THIS 2015 AUDIT OF ALMOST THREE YEARS WERE SIMILARLY DISMISSED AND CLOSED THIS MONTH BY THE AUDITOR GENERAL IN PUTTING THIS 2018 AUDIT TOGETHER. THIS DECISION IS NOT MENTIONED SPECIFICALLY IN THE 2018 AUDIT. IT'S NOT INCORPORATED IN THERE AND WHAT ACTIONS WARRANT THIS ACTION. IT'S CLEAR FROM THE 2018 FINDINGS THERE IS STILL SIGNIFICANT WEAKNESSES THAT HAVE YET TO BE ADDRESSED. AND OAG HAS PROPOSED AND MANAGEMENT HAS UNDERTAKEN TO ADDRESS THE ISSUES AND NO PROPOSAL HAS BEEN MADE FOR THE AUTHORITY AND BASIS OF PRICING AND MOST IMPORTANTLY VALUATION METRICS ARE APPROPRIATE. IN THE AUDIT, THE 2018 AUDIT, SOME 30% OF SAMPLE CONTRACTS WERE FOUND TO HAVE INSUFFICIENT DOCUMENTATION AND ALL THE SIMPLE SOLE SOURCE CONTRACTS LACKED DOCUMENTATION. ON PAGE 14 OF 2018 AUDIT, IT CONTRACTS SHOULD BE UTILIZED

113ON A SPECIAL BASIS. THAT SHOULD BE ON PAGE 1, IT'S ON PAGE 1 IN EVERY STATE AND FEDERAL CONTRACT AUTHORITY. THIS IS A FIRST STEP TO ENSURE THAT THIS FORM OF CONTRACTING IS MINIMIZING AND CONTROLLED. I URGE THE ADMINISTRATION AND BOARD TO PUBLICLY POST THE DETAILED CONTRACT REGISTER TO ACHIEVE TRANSPARENCY. THERE IS CLEAR ATTENTION TO THIS AND I HOPE THIS NEW ATTENTION TO THIS ISSUE WILL ENSURE FCPS RESOURCES, MUCH MORE NEEDS TO BE DONE. THANK YOU, OUR LAST TESTIMONY IS A VIDEO TESTIMONY TO BE PRESENTED BY CATHERINE STEWART. WE HAVE SCREENS IN FRONT OF US AND BEHIND US. HELLO EVERYBODY [INAUDIBLE] 2018 GENERAL ASSEMBLY SESSION OF [INAUDIBLE] FCPS GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS. AND ONE BILL THAT PASSED [INAUDIBLE] WHICH GAVE LOCAL SCHOOLS THE FLEXIBILITY TO OFFER MORE RECESS IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. ON BEHALF OF MORE RECESS AT

114FAIRFAX COUNTY, I AM ASKING THAT YOU USE THAT FLEXIBILITY TO GIVE US TWO RECESSES PER DAY AT LEAST 20 MINUTES LONG. HERE'S SOME OF MY REASONS, RECESS BUILDS MUSCLE. RECESS CAN HELP BUILD SOCIAL SKILLS TO LEARN HOW TO MAKE NEW FRIENDS AND PLAY WITH OLD FRIENDS. THIS IS A BENEFIT TO TEACHERS, FOR EXAMPLE PE TEACHER [INAUDIBLE] HELP ART TEACHER [INAUDIBLE] USE THEM TO PLAY WITH TRUCKS. AND THERE IS A BENEFIT TO THE MUSIC TEACHERS BECAUSE WE CAN GET TOGETHER AND SING. AND BEST OF ALL IT'S A BENEFIT FOR OUR HOME-ROOM TEACHERS [INAUDIBLE] KIDS ARE CALM AND IN A PEACEFUL ENVIRONMENT. AND HE OR SHE DOES NOT HAVE TO YELL AS MUCH. THANK YOU FOR LISTENING. [INAUDIBLE] HB273 INTO LAW [INAUDIBLE] FLEXIBILITY TO OFFER MORE RECESS TO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL STUDENTS. OUR PARENTS WANT YOU TO HAVE

115THAT FLEXIBILITY AND NOW FOR US [INAUDIBLE] TWO-20-MINUTE RECESSES WOULD BE NICE. WHAT GRADE ARE YOU IN? SECOND. SECOND GRADE. WHAT DO YOU LIKE ABOUT RECESS? I LIKE THAT WE GET LIKE 10 MINUTES. IS THAT ENOUGH, 10 MINUTES IS ENOUGH? I CAN'T EVEN -- [INAUDIBLE]. YOU WANT MORE? I WOULD LIKE TO PLAY. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE THING ABOUT RECESS? WE GET TO PLAY WITH OUR FRIENDS AND LOTS OF EQUIPMENT. YEAH. WE GET TO PLAY OUTSIDE AND WHAT WE WANT. I AM IN SECOND GRADE AND [INAUDIBLE] MORE RECESS [INAUDIBLE] ELEMENTARY. WHAT DO YOU LIKE ABOUT RECESS? I GET TO RUN AROUND AND PLAY. YEAH. DOES THAT MAKE YOUR BODY FEEL GOOD? YES. YEAH? ON HOT DAYS. WHAT IS THE WORSE PART OF RECESS? THAT WE DON'T GET ENOUGH. YOU DON'T GET ENOUGH? WE DON'T GET ENOUGH PLAYTIME.

116DO YOU THINK THAT THE FAIRFAX COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD SHOULD GIVE YOU MORE RECESS? YES. WE WANT MORE RECESS! [APPLAUSE] WE REALLY ENJOY HEARING FROM OUR CHILDREN. IT'S GREAT. THANK YOU TO THE ADULTS WHO WITH THAT. AND I THINK AGAIN WE WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE PARENTS WHO HELPED LOBBY THE VIRGINIA -- GENERAL ASSEMBLY FOR CHANGE OF VIRGINIA CODE. THANK THE KIDS, WE LOVE THAT. NEXT CALL TO MS. VATTIKONDA THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR, FIRST I WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE ALL THE BOY SCOUTS IN THE AUDIENCE THAT ARE WORKING ON THEIR CITIZENSHIP AND COMMUNITY BADGE, GUYS IF YOU STAND UP, WE WOULD LOVE TO GIVE YOU A ROUND OF APPLAUSE. [APPLAUSE] SO I HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH A GROUP OF STUDENTS FOR FCPS STUDENTS TO ADDRESS CHRONIC ABSENTEEISM AND YOU HEARD FROM ONE STUDENT TONIGHT. AND AS

117WE LOOK AT GOAL 1 IN CHRONIC ABSENTEEISM IS ONE TO ADDRESS AND WE ARE LOOKING AT RESEARCH FROM NEIGHBORING SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND SCHOOL DISTRICTS OF COMPARABLE SIZE, AND WITH COLLABORATION WITH COMMUNITY PROBLEMS AND TO BRING PARENTS INTO SCHOOLS, FOR EXAMPLE, HOW TO HELP YOUR KID SUCCEED AT HOMEWORK AND SET UP STUDY AREAS SO THAT PARENTS ARE MORE INVOLVED IN FORMAL EDUCATION. I LOOK FORWARD TO ADDRESSING THE FULL BOARD OF OUR CURRENT STRATEGIES IN SCHOOLS AND MOVE FORWARD WITH A SET OF BEST PRACTICES THAT ALL SCHOOLS CAN ADOPT. AND I WANT TO SPEAK TO OUTCOMES FIRST IS THAT GRADING IS AN ACCURATE REFLECTION OF LEARNING. I SAID THIS BEFORE BUT ON THIS DESIRED OUTCOME WE NEED TO SURVEY STUDENTS SO THAT IN THE FUTURE WE ARE NOT MISALIGNING AND GET MORE ON HOW STUDENT GRADING POLICIES

118ARE IMPLEMENTED AND IF HELPFUL. AND WE NEED A SERVICE FOR ENTIRE COUNTY FOR GRADING PROCESS AND STUDENTS SUGGESTED AGGRAVATED BY SCHOOLS. AND SCHOOLS RECEIVE GRADING THAT IS BURDENSOME. IT'S HARD FOR US TO COMPARE GRADING POLICIES ACROSS SCHOOLS. BUT IN SCHOOLS STUDENTS MAY IDENTIFY A SPECIFIC PROBLEM THAT ADMINISTRATION MAY NOT KNOW ABOUT, AND HAVING THE SURVEY WOULD BE HELPFUL. AND I WOULD LIKE TO IMPLEMENT A SET OF BEST PRACTICES FOR GRADING AND SENDING IN HOMEWORK SO THAT STUDENTS RECEIVE TIMELY FEEDBACK. IF WE WANT STUDENTS TO RECEIVE THEIR GRADING AS A REFLECTION OF THEIR LEARNING AND BE SURE THAT THEY ARE SEEING A REFLECTION OF THEIR GRADING IN THE QUARTER AND HAVE TIME TO LEARN FOR FUTURE ASSESSMENTS THAN TO GET THROUGH THREE UNITS OF MATH AND I MESSED UP ON THE FIRST. AND IN SECOND DESIRED

119OUTCOME OF STUDENTS FLUENT IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE, WE NEED TO BE SURE THAT WE ARE OFFERING STUDENTS EVERY OPPORTUNITY TO BEGIN THE STUDY OF THAT FOREIGN LANGUAGE. SOME STUDENTS HAVE ADDRESSED ME OF FOREIGN LANGUAGE BEING DISCONTINUED AT A HIGH SCHOOL, HOWEVER THE SCHOOL WOULD PREVENT STUDENTS FROM A LEVEL IN HIGH SCHOOL, AND PREVENT THEM FROM PROGRESSING TO LEVEL 2. I HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH STUDENT ADVOCATES AND GOVERNMENT AT THIS SCHOOL, WHILE WE HAVE ACHIEVED A TEMPORARY SOLUTION FOR THE 2018-19 SCHOOL YEAR AND BE SURE THAT THERE IS STAFFING AVAILABLE FOR LEVEL 1 OF ALL POSSIBLE LANGUAGES. THANK YOU, MS. VATTIKONDA. AND NEXT IS ACHIEVEMENT GOAL FOR STUDENT SUCCESS AND CALL ON MR. MOLLOY FOR A MOTION. I WASN'T SURE IF ARRIVED. ON YOUR WAY FROM RICHMOND. SO YOU ARE HERE, I WAS WAITING FOR THE HI,

120SIGN. UPDATE ON THE VIRGINIA GENERAL ASSEMBLY, THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. I HAVE TO ADMIT I HAVE NEVER HAD SUCH A GREAT INTRODUCTION AS I GOT DURING PUBLIC COMMENT TODAY. THAT WAS PRETTY EXCITING. I AM HERE TO PRESENT TO YOU THE SUMMARY OF WHAT HAPPENED DURING THE 2018 VIRGINIA GENERAL ASSEMBLY. I SAY A SUMMARY OF WHAT HAPPENED, THEY ARE STILL GOING IN SOME CASES. BUT IN TERMS OF THE POLICY WORK, THEY HAVE COMPLETED THEIR ACTIVITY FOR THE YEAR. I WANTED TO WALK YOU THROUGH SOME THINGS IN THE -- THINGS THAT PASSED AND THINGS THAT HAPPENED IN THE SESSION. SO THIS YEAR IS 60-DAY LONG SESSION, THEY CALL IT THE LONG SESSION THAT THEY TAKE CARE OF THE BIENNIAL BUDGET AND DURING THIS SESSION THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY CONSIDERED 2500 PIECES OF LEGISLATION AND 850 WERE APPROVED

121AND 200 WERE WHAT THEY CALL IN THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY CONTINUED TO 2019. ESSENTIALLY THAT IS LEGISLATION THAT DOESN'T GO FORWARD THIS YEAR BUT IS SET ASIDE SO THEY CAN LOOK AT IT MORE IN THE OFF SESSION. PROBABLY TO BRING IT BACK IN 2019. DURING THIS SESSION IN TERMS OF THE 2500 BILLS, WE LOOKED THROUGH ALL OF THEM AND ABOUT 500 OF THEM WERE ROUTED TO STAFF AND INCLUDED IN OUR WEBSITE AS HAVING SOME POSSIBLE INTEREST TO FCPS OR SOME POSSIBLE IMPACT. OBVIOUSLY NOT ALL 500 OF THEM WENT FORWARD AND ALL 500 DID HAVE IMPACT BUT GIVES YOU AN IDEA OF THE SPREAD OF LEGISLATION THAT DEALS WITH THE SCHOOLS' ISSUES. AND ON QUEUE, THE FIRST THING I HAVE TO BRING UP. AND JUST TO LET YOU KNOW,THE FIRST SECTION OF THIS REPORT, THESE ARE ALL

122PIECES OF LEGISLATION THAT DIRECTLY RELATE BACK OR DIRECTLY STEM FROM POSITIONS OF THIS BOARD. SO I TRIED TO IDENTIFY WHERE THE BOARD POSITION CAME FROM BUT YOU WILL RECOGNIZE THEM BECAUSE THEY ARE ALL RELATED TO BOARD POSITIONS YOU HAVE TAKEN. THE FIRST BILL YOU HAVE AN INTRODUCTION TO, SENATE BILL 273 AND HOUSE BILL 1419. IT MADE TWO CHANGES, ONE IT CHANGED THE REQUIRED AMOUNT OF INSTRUCTIONAL TIME ON FOUR CORE ACADEMICS AT THE ELEMENTARY LEVEL AND THE ABILITY TO COUNT UNSTRUCTURED RECREATIONAL TIME, THAT EVERYONE REFERS TO RECESS AND TOWARDS TEACHING HOURS. SECOND BILL TO HIGHLIGHT IS HOUSE BILL 81, THAT WE WILL NOT NEED FOR A VERY, VERY LONG TIME I AM SURE, HOWEVER IT GRANTS LOCAL SCHOOL BOARDS THE ABILITY TO ASK FOR 180 DAYS THROUGH THE PROCESS OF HIRING A SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT. IT'S FLEXIBILITY

123THAT WAS NOT THERE BEFORE, THE ENTIRE PROCESS HAD TO TAKE 180 DAYS AND NO CHANCE FOR APPEAL. AND THIS ALLOWS THE APPEAL BEYOND THAT ORIGINAL 180 DAYS. AN ISSUE BROUGHT UP A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT TIMES ALREADY TODAY. THIS LEGISLATION DEALS WITH THE PROCEDURES THAT ARE SET FORWARD IN THE CODE ON STUDENT TRUANCY IN TERMS OF HOW YOU ARE TO INTERVENE FOR STUDENT ABSENCES OR EXCUSED ABSENCES. THIS LEGISLATION ADJUSTED SOME TIMELINES. THE ORIGINAL CODE HAD VERY STRICT GUIDELINES AND VERY STRICT STAIR-STEPPED APPROACH AFTER EVERY ABSENCE THERE WAS A DIFFERENT TYPE OF INTERVENTION. THE WAY THAT THE LEGISLATION, OR THE CODE HAS BEEN CHANGED GIVES MORE FLEXIBILITY TO LOCALITIES TO FOCUS INTERVENTIONS ON THE SCHOOL LEVEL AND TAKES AWAY AN AUTOMATIC REFERRAL TO THE COURTS TO GIVE DISCRETION TO WHICH CASES WARRANT INTERVENTION AT THE SCHOOL LEVEL.

124HOUSE BILL 2025 AND SENATE BILL 349, YOU SEE FROM THE NUMBER OF BULLETS I LISTED HERE AND THAT DOESN'T GIVE YOU EVERYTHING THAT THIS PIECE OF LEGISLATION DID. THIS WAS A COMPREHENSIVE ATTEMPT TO ADDRESS TEACHING SHORTAGE THROUGHOUT THE COMMONWEALTH. A NUMBER OF CHANGES AND FLEXIBILITY IN TERMS OF HIRING TEACHERS, EVERYTHING FROM RENEWAL LICENSE FROM 5-10 YEARS AND A TEACHER SEEKING A LICENSE TO FULFILL THE REQUIREMENTS OF THAT LICENSE WHILE WORKING ON THE PROVISIONAL LICENSE. AND EXTENSIONS OF THREE-YEAR PROVISIONAL LICENSES IN CIRCUMSTANCES. GIVES LOCALITIES THE ABILITY TO ASK FOR THE EXTENSIONS. IT GREATLY SIMPLIFIES LANGUAGE RECIPROCITY AND IF SOMEONE FROM VIRGINIA STATE WITH A FULL LICENSE AND HAVE A LICENSE IN VIRGINIA. THERE WAS A SEPARATE LEGISLATION THAT DEALT WITH MILITARY SPOUSES AND THIS DEALT WITH EVERYONE THAT COMES TO VIRGINIA WITH A FULL LICENSE FROM

125ANOTHER STATE. I CAN CONTINUE ON BUT AS I SAID, THIS LEGISLATION DOES PROVIDE A GREAT DEAL OF ADDITIONAL FLEXIBILITY IN OUR TERMS OF ABILITY TO RECRUIT AND HIRE TEACHERS. AND IT DOES HAVE A BUILT IN MECHANISM TO LOOK AT THE EFFECTS OF LEGISLATION. ONCE A LEGISLATION GOES INTO EFFECT, AND A LOOK-BACK PERIOD IF THEY HAD DESIRED EFFECT IN ALLEVIATING TEACHER SHORTAGE AND THOSE TYPES OF THINGS. NEXT BILL, HOUSE BILL 1156 IS ALSO A LICENSURE BILL ABOUT THIS DEALT SPECIFICALLY WITH REQUIRING THE STATE TO CREATE A DUAL LANGUAGE INSTRUCTION LICENSE ENDORSEMENT. THERE ARE SOME SPECIFICS IN THE BILL ITSELF BUT THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION WILL HAVE THE KIND OF FINAL SAY IN HOW THEY DETERMINE AND HOW THEY DRAW UP THAT LICENSE. BUT THAT LICENSE FOR PROCESS WILL BE MADE AVAILABLE TO SCHOOL DIVISIONS. AND

126THE NEXT TWO BILLS ARE MORE PROCESS THINGS, SENATE BILL 716 IS ASKING FOR RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE POLICE TO PERFORM BACKGROUND CHECKS. THAT'S ONE OF THE BIGGEST -- NOT HURDLES BUT A TIME IMPEDIMENT OF VETTING TEACHERS AND ASKING FOR IDEAS OF HOW TO SPEEDUP THAT PROCESS. AND PAPERWORK REDUCTION FOR EMPLOYEE VERIFICATION. ALL OF THOSE PIECES OF LEGISLATION RELATE DIRECTLY BACK TO POSITIONS YOU HAVE TAKEN FROM A BOARD, STEM FROM A POSITION YOU TOOK OR RELATED TO A POSITION YOU HAD. AND NOW GET INTO OTHER PIECES OF LEGISLATION THAT HAVE IMPACT ON FCPS. AND FIRST IS TWO PIECES OF LEGISLATION THAT DEAL WITH THE RELEASE OF STUDENT DIRECTORY INFORMATION, HOUSE BILL 1 CHANGES WHAT IS CURRENTLY AN OPT-OUT PROCEDURE TO OPT-IN PROCEDURE FOR RELEASE OF STUDENT ADDRESS, PHONE NUMBER AND E-MAIL ADDRESS TO OUTSIDE

127OF THE SYSTEM, AND INTERNAL IS THE SAME, AND TO RELEASE TO OUTSIDE ORGANIZATIONS IS A PARENTAL OPT-IN FOR THE RELEASES. SENATE BILL 512 WAS A COMPANION OF THAT, AND SAID THAT YOU PURSUANT TO A FOIA REQUEST YOU COULDN'T RELEASE THAT INFORMATION WITHOUT PARENT PERMISSION. BOTH OF THOSE DEAL WITH RELEASE OF STUDENT DIRECTORY INFORMATION. HOUSE BILL 1085 DEALS WITH MILITARY STUDENTS. AND REQUIRES SCHOOL DIVISIONS TO HAVE A POLICY TO ALLOW FOR THE POSSIBLY CHANGING OF A BASE SCHOOL FOR A STUDENT. IF THEY FULFILL A PARTICULAR SET OF REQUIREMENTS. IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THE BILL DOES LEAVE THE SET OF REQUIREMENTS TO LOCAL SCHOOL BOARDS TO DETERMINE WHAT THEY ARE. YOUR CURRENT STUDENT TRANSFER POLICY WOULD PROBABLY BE SUFFICIENT IN FULFILLING THE REQUIREMENT TO HAVE STUDENTS TO HAVE A POLICY TO APPLY TO SCHOOLS OUTSIDE OF

128THEIR ATTENDANCE AREA. AND SENATE BILL 775 MIRRORS PRACTICES THAT FCPS ALREADY FOLLOWS, IN TERMS OF NOT CHARGING TUITION TO STUDENTS WHO EITHER AT THE END OF THE SCHOOL YEAR, THEIR PARENTS ARE DEPLOYED OR COMING INTO A SCHOOL SYSTEM AT THE BEGINNING OF THE SCHOOL YEAR, POSSIBLY BEFORE THEIR PARENT ARRIVES BECAUSE OF THE DUTY REQUIREMENTS. THE NEXT TWO BILLS DEAL WITH STUDENT DISCIPLINE. AND THEY TOUCH ON BOTH LONG TERM AND SHORT-TERM SUSPENSIONS. HOUSE BILL 1600 ACTUALLY REDUCES THE MAXIMUM DURATION OF A STUDENT SUSPENSION FROM 364 CALENDAR DAYS TO ONLY 45 SCHOOL DAYS. WITH THE VERY IMPORTANT CAVEAT, UNLESS THE OFFENSE BEING DISCUSSED INVOLVES WEAPONS, DRUGS, SERIOUS BODILY INJURY OR THAT THE ACTING SUPERINTENDENT FINDS CIRCUMSTANCES EXIST. THERE IS A NUMBER OF CIRCUMSTANCES TO GO AT 45 DAYS, BUT THE BAR IS SET AT 45 DAYS UNLESS

129THE OFFENSE INVOLVED ONE OF THOSE AREAS. SIMILARLY SENATE BILL 170 TOUCHES ON YOUNGER STUDENTS, STUDENTS FROM PRESCHOOL TO GRADE 3 COULD NOT BE SUSPENDED FOR MORE THAN THREE DAYS UNLESS SIMILAR, FIREARMS AND PHYSICAL HARM AND AGGRAVATING CIRCUMSTANCE, AND IT WAS LEFT TO THE VIRGINIA GENERAL ASSEMBLY WHAT AN AGGRAVATING CIRCUMSTANCE. AND DURING THE SESSION, AN EXAMPLE OF A STUDENT THAT DID THE SAME THING FOR FOUR OR FIVE TIMES, THEY HAVE BEEN DISCIPLINED FOR THE SAME OFFENSE. BUT AGAIN THAT IS LEFT TO THE VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION TO DEFINE. NEXT TWO SETS OF LEGISLATION DEAL WITH STUDENT TRANSPORTATION. THE FIRST ONE DEALS WITH SCHOOL BUS DRIVER REQUIREMENTS. AND REALLY IS A MIRROR TO THE LEGISLATION I WAS TELLING YOU ABOUT EARLIER THAT DEALT WITH TEACHER LICENSURE. IT IN ESSENCE REDUCES THE MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS IN STATE REGULATION RIGHT

130NOW FOR THE AMOUNT OF TIME THAT HAS TO BE SPENT BEHIND THE WHEEL TRAINING. AND THE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR CLASSROOM TRAINING. FOR BOTH POTENTIAL DRIVERS THAT HAVE A COMMERCIAL DRIVER'S LICENSE AND THOSE DO NOT. THIS IS LEGISLATION BROUGHT BY RURAL SCHOOL DIVISIONS IN PARTICULAR THAT HAVE DIFFICULTY FINDING DRIVERS AND LOOKING FOR RELIEF FOR REQUIREMENTS OF SCHOOL BUS DRIVERS. AND SECOND LEGISLATION IS SENATE BILL 229 AND THIS REQUIRES THOSE IN TRANSPORTATION OF STUDENTS WITH AUTISM TO UNDERGO TRAINING IF AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDERS. AND I AM TOLD THAT THERE IS A MODULE AVAILABLE TO SCHOOL DIVISIONS TO MAKE USE OF. AND A NEW REQUIREMENT THAT TRAINING BE GIVEN TO BOTH DRIVERS AND ALSO ASSISTANTS THAT DEAL WITH STUDENTS IN TRANSPORTATION. I COULD, I PROMISE YOU GO ON AND ON AND ON ABOUT LEGISLATION, BUT I WON'T. I

131WANT TO GIVE YOU THIS TABLE TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF THE VAST NUMBER OF SUBJECTS THAT THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY DEALS WITH AND THE VAST NUMBER OF SUBJECTS THAT DEAL YOU AS A BOARD. AND YOU THINK ABOUT THE STANDARDS OF LEARNING AND THOSE TYPES OF THINGS BUT THEY DEAL WITH LEGISLATION THAT HAS AN EFFECT ON YOU IN MANY, MANY DIFFERENT WAYS. WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS, INFRASTRUCTURES. THIS IS AIMED MORE AT BUILD-OUT OF 5G, NEW WIRELESS SPECTRUM. BUT IT HAS IMPACT ON POSSIBLE RIGHTS-OF-WAY AND THOSE THINGS. AND SCHOOL MEALS AND POLICIES IN WHAT SCHOOL DIVISIONS CAN AND CANNOT DO TO COLLECT STUDENT DATA OR TO LET PARENTS KNOW THAT STUDENTS MEAL ACCOUNT HAS BEEN DEPLETED. DRONES OF ALL THINGS WAS A SUFFICIENT DISCUSSION IN THE GENERAL ASSEMBLE THIS YEAR, IN TERMS OF ABILITY OF LOCALITIES AND ABILITY OF

132SCHOOL BOARDS TO REGULATE THE USE OF DRONES ON THEIR PROPERTY. AND IN FACT THIS LEGISLATION DOES NOT ALLOW YOU TO REGULATE THE USE OF DRONES ON PROPERTY. BUT I AM TOLD THAT IS GOING TO BE A CONTINUED DISCUSSION. CERTAINLY WASN'T THE LAST WORD IN LEGISLATION THIS YEAR. OKAY, SO THAT'S WHAT DID HAPPEN. NOW I HAVE A VERY SIMILAR TABLE OF WHAT DIDN'T HAPPEN. AGAIN SOMETIMES SOME OF THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS THAT HAPPENED IN THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY ARE BILLS THAT DON'T PASS BECAUSE THEY ARE ISSUES THAT ARISE IN THE FUTURE OR ISSUES TO FOLKS IN OTHER PARTS OF THE COMMONWEALTH BUT NOT NECESSARILY FOR US HERE. BILLS WE HAVE SEEN MULTIPLE TIMES, THE T-BILL IS DEALING ON HOMESCHOOLING AND HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS. AND ADVERTISING ON SCHOOL BUSES AND POSSIBLE TO GIVE SAVINGS ACCOUNTS AND TO USE

133FOR PRIVATE SCHOOL TUITION AND HOME SCHOOL TUITION. TO HIGHLIGHT THREE, ONE IS OPEN MEETING COMMENT PERIOD LEGISLATION. THERE WERE BILLS THAT WOULD REQUIRE SCHOOL BOARDS TO HAVE COMMENT PERIODS AT EVERY OPEN MEETING THEY HAVE. SO IT WOULD MEAN NOT ONLY WOULD YOU HAVE TO HAVE OPEN COMMENT YOU HAVE AT THIS MEETING BUT AT WORK SESSIONS AND ANYTHING THAT WAS CONSIDERED A SCHOOL BOARD MEETING. THOSE PIECES OF LEGISLATION DID NOT GO FORWARD BUT REFERRED TO FOIA COUNCIL AND DISCUSSED AND WATCH AS IT GOES FORWARD. ANOTHER BILL TO BE AWARE OF IS A BILL THAT WOULD HAVE REQUIRED, WOULD HAVE SPECIFICALLY WRITTEN IN THE CODE THAT THE ONLY WAY TO VERIFY THE HISTORY OR SOCIAL SCIENCE CREDIT WAS TO ACTUALLY TAKE A STANDARDIZED SOL-TEST. RIGHT NOW THE CODE IS SILENT IN HOW YOU VERIFY CREDITS AND THE

134STATE BOARD IS GOING IN AN OPPOSITION DIRECTION OF THAT. TO ALLOW FOR USE OF PERFORMANCE-BASED ASSESSMENTS AND TO ALLOW FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF VOCAL PERFORMANCE-BASED ASSESSMENTS. I AM HIGHLIGHTING THIS FOR YOU, EVEN THOUGH THE LEGISLATION DIDN'T GO FORWARD, AND THERE WAS LANGUAGE IN THE BUDGET AND AS YOU WILL HEAR THAT THERE IS LANGUAGE IN THE BUDGET AND A POSSIBILITY IN LEGISLATION. DURING THE SESSION THAT LEGISLATION DID CHANGE, IT WAS ESSENTIALLY A BAR AGAINST USING PERFORMANCE-BASED ASSESSMENTS IN GENERAL FOR VERIFYING THE HISTORY OF SOCIAL SCIENCE AS A CREDIT. AND THERE WAS FOR COMPROMISE FOR STATE DEVELOPED AND STATE-SCORED PERFORMANCE BASED ASSESSMENT BUT NOT LOCALLY. AGAIN THAT IS ONE THAT WE NEED TO PAY ATTENTION TO AS PART OF THE BUDGET PROCESS BECAUSE IT DID HAVE BUDGET LANGUAGE. AND FINALLY LABOR DAY, EVERYONE'S FAVORITE TOPIC, A PERENNIAL

135ISSUE AND I HIGHLIGHT IT BECAUSE THINGS WERE DIFFERENT. AND LAST YEAR'S LABOR DAY BILLS AND TWO TYPES, ONE IS AN OUT-RIGHT APPEAL OF LABOR DAY. GIVE LOCALITIES THE ABILITY TO SET THE CALENDAR HOW THEY WANT TO. THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS THERE HAS BEEN A KIND WHAT HAVE HAS BEEN SHOPPED AS A BIT OF COMPROMISE PROPOSAL. THAT SAYS, WE WILL ALLOW SCHOOL DIVISIONS TO SET THEIR OWN CALENDAR. HOWEVER IF THEY CHOOSE TO SET THE CALENDAR TO START BEFORE LABOR DAY, THEY HAVE TO GIVE AN EXTENDED WEEKEND AROUND THE LABOR DAY HOLIDAY. MAYBE A FRIDAY FOR A MONDAY OR LIKE A FOUR-DAY WEEKEND AROUND THE LABOR DAY HOLIDAY. THE INTERESTING THING ABOUT THAT LEGISLATION, IT PASSED IN THE HOUSE AND WENT TO THE SENATE WHERE TRADITIONALLY WASN'T SUCCESSFUL. AND THE SENATE INSTEAD OF OUT-RIGHT DEFEAT IT,

136THEY DID CARRY IT OVER AND WHEN THEY DID CARRY IT OVER THERE WAS A SPECIFIC INSTRUCTION TO ALL OF US IN THE ROOM. WHEN I SAY ALL OF US, THE TOURISM INDUSTRY ON THIS SIDE OF THE ROOM AND EDUCATION INDUSTRY ON THIS SIDE AND TO TALK AND COME BACK WITH A COMPROMISE. THAT MAY WELL LOOK LIKE THAT LEGISLATION THAT REQUIRES THAT EXTENDED HOLIDAY. THAT REALLY IS THE FIRST TIME IN MY MEMORY IN DEALING WITH THIS ISSUE AND I HAVE BEEN DOING THIS FOR LONGER THAN I CARE TO ADMIT. THAT THERE HAS BEEN AN OPENING TO HAVE THAT DISCUSSION BETWEEN THE TWO PARTIES THAT ARE REALLY AT ODDS ON THAT ISSUE. SO OBVIOUSLY IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE ARE DEFINITELY GOING TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF IN THE OFF SEASON AND HAVE THAT CONVERSATION. AND WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT

137THAT IT DIDN'T SUCCEED THIS YEAR BUT THE CONVERSATION DIFFERENT. OKAY, WHAT IS NEXT? WELL, I JUST GAVE YOU THE HIGHLIGHTS OF PROBABLY 20-35 BILLS THAT PASSED. I HAVE A REPORT THAT HAS 30 PAGES WORTH OF BILLS THAT PASSED. AND RIGHT NOW STAFF IS DILIGENTLY LOOKING AT THEM AND IN A LOT OF CASES WE ARE IN FULL COMPLIANCE AND SOME FLEXIBILITY THAT WE DIDN'T HAVE BEFORE. AND SOME REQUIREMENTS COULD CHANGE AT THE LOCAL LEVEL IN TERMS OF POLICIES AND PROCEDURES. THAT WORK IS CONTINUING ON. LEGISLATION THAT PASSES DURING THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY SESSION, UNLESS IT SAYS SO IN THE LEGISLATION, GOES IN EFFECT JULY 1, 2018. THERE ARE STILL SOME BILLS AND I MENTIONED THE DEFINITION OF EXTENUATING CIRCUMSTANCES IS ONE EXAMPLE OF THIS. WE KNOW THAT THE LEGISLATION HAS PASSED BUT CAN'T TELL THE EXACT IMPACT

138OF IT UNTIL THAT REGULATORY HAPPENS AND THEY DEFINE EXTENUATING CIRCUMSTANCES OR HAVE REQUIREMENTS FOR DUAL LICENSURE. SOME THINGS EVEN THOUGH THEY ARE COMPLETED FROM A LEGISLATION STANDPOINT, STILL UP IN THE AIR AS THE VIRGINIA BOARD OF EDUCATION DOES THEIR WORK. LEGISLATION THAT HAS CONTINUED. TECHNICALLY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY HAS TO ACT ON IT BY NOVEMBER 29, 2018. CONTRARY TO POPULAR BELIEF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY CONTINUES TO MEETING EVEN OUT OF SESSION. THE VAST MAJORITY OF BILLS THAT ARE CONTINUED JUST GO AWAY ESSENTIALLY. AND IF THE ASSEMBLY WANTS TO BRING IT BACK, NOT IN THE PROCESS OF CONTINUATION. WHAT THE CONTINUATION, FOR EXAMPLE, IT WAS CONTINUED BY THE HOUSE COMMITTEE AND DECIDE TO CONTINUE IT. AND GO TO THE 2019 SESSION AND WOULD HAVE TO PASS IN THE FULL HOUSE AND THROUGH SENATE AND EDUCATION AND HEALTH AND

139PASSED BY THE GOVERNOR. IT'S A PROCESS THAT SOMETIMES THEY USE ON LEGISLATION TO KIND OF SIGNAL THEY WANT TO HAVE ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION ON IT. AND THAT LOVELY REPORT AND ALL OTHER INFORMATION ON LEGISLATION IS ALWAYS AVAILABLE ON OUR FCPS OFFICE OF GOVERNMENT RELATIONS WEBSITE. AND THEN FINALLY, BUDGET SPECIAL SESSION AS I MENTIONED THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY IS ALMOST DONE BUT THEY DID NOT COMPLETE THE BIENNIAL BUDGET. WHAT THEY DID IS GO INTO A SPECIAL SESSION. THE HOUSE HAS ALREADY REPASSED ESSENTIALLY THEIR VERSION OF THE BUDGET. THE SENATE IS NOT SCHEDULED TO COME BACK TO CONSIDER THAT UNTIL MAY 14. I SAY THAT BECAUSE THE CURRENT BUDGET AS IT EXISTS NOW REALLY DOES EXPIRE ON JUNE 30. THERE IS NOT ALL THAT MUCH TIME AND I AM SURE YOU ARE VERY AWARE IN TERMS OF ADOPTING YOUR

140OWN BUDGET AND THE COUNTY ADOPTING THEIR BUDGET. THERE IS NOT A TON OF TIME BETWEEN MAY 14 AND JUNE 30. AT THIS POINT, YOU ALL PROBABLY KNOW AS MUCH OR MORE THAN I DO IN TERMS OF WHERE THE BUDGET PROCESS IS. AND WHO IS THINKING WHAT. AND WHAT THE SENATE MIGHT DO. WE KNOW WHAT THE HOUSE HAS DONE, REAFFIRMED THE POSITION DURING THE SESSION. AND EVERYONE IS WAITING WITH BAITED BREATH IN TERMS OF WHAT THE SENATE WOULD DO. AND AS I SAID THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY DOES NOT STOP THEIR WORK BECAUSE OUT OF SESSION. IN ADDITION TO COMMITTEE MEETING AND TODAY, STARTING AT 1:30 AND HEADED FROM RICHMOND AND THE FIRST MEETING ON HOUSE SAFETY WAS TODAY. THE COMMITTEE SET UP BY THE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE TO LOOK AT SCHOOL SAFETY ISSUES. AND TODAY WAS

141AN ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING AND BROKE INTO THREE SUBCOMMITTEES. ONE DEALING WITH BUILDING SECURITY AND MENTAL HEALTH AND AWARENESS AND PROCEDURES FOR ACTIVE SHOOTING DRILLS. WE HAVE THREE LEGISLATORS ON THE FULL COMMITTEE, I BELIEVE DELEGATE WATTS IS ON THE STUDENT HEALTH AND WELLNESS COMMITTEE AND DELEGATES KRIZEK AND SICKLES. AND OBVIOUSLY HAVE INPUT IN ALL THREE AREAS. AND LISTED A COUPLE OF THINGS IN THE OFF SESSION THAT WE KNOW SPECIFICALLY ABOUT. THE SENATE HAS SET UP A SCHOOL MODERNIZATION COMMITTEE, WE HAVE THREE SENATORS ON THAT. THE SENATE LOCAL COMMITTEE IS DOING WHAT THEY REFER TO AS THE PROFFER PARTY. IF YOU REMEMBER A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, SWEEPING LEGISLATION RESTRICTING THESE PROFFERS IN LOCALITIES. THIS IS THEIR OPPORTUNITY TO DO A LOOK BACK AND SEE WHAT THE IMPACTS HAVE BEEN AND LOOK AT POSSIBLE CHANGES GOING FORWARD. AND

142THE JOINT SUBCOMMITTEE ON PHYSICAL STRESS, THAT SUBCOMMITTEE MAY WELL LOOK AT ISSUES DEALING WITH THE LOCAL COMPOSITE INDEX AND LOCAL TAXING AUTHORITY. AND THE REASON I SAY THAT, THERE WERE BILLS DEALING WITH BOTH SUBJECTS THAT DIDN'T PASS BUT PASSED BY A LETTER AND WENT TO THE SUBCOMMITTEE OF PHYSICAL STRESS. AND THEN IT STARTS AGAIN IN JULY, TO PUT THROUGH THEIR IDEAS FOR 2019 SESSION. THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION. THANK YOU, MR. MOLLOY, THANK YOU FOR DRIVING FROM RICHMOND. I HAVE A NUMBER TO SPEAK. MRS. EVANS. APPRECIATE THAT, MICHAEL AND I WANT TO ECHO THE SHOUT OUTS TO OUR FAIRFAX COUNTY ADVOCATES. YOU PARENTS ARE JUST PHENOMENAL. AND YOU TOOK AN ISSUE THAT I KNOW THIS BOARD IS SO SUPPORTIVE OF, BUT WE RECOGNIZE SOME LIMITATIONS AT THE STATE LEVEL. AND YOU WERE JUST REMARKABLE IN YOUR

143RELENTLESS ADVOCACY DOWN THERE AND GRATEFUL FOR YOUR HARD WORK. HAVING MET WITH SOME JUST THIS WEEK. DR. BRABRAND, I WANT TO TELL YOU HOW MUCH I APPRECIATE NOEL FLEMINGCO FROM YOUR STAFF AND DR. PRESIDIO. THE ADMINISTRATION NOW IS REALLY WANTING TO WORK ON HOW WE CAN REALLY TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THESE POSITIVE CHANGES. I WANT TO GIVE MY NOD OF APPRECIATION TO SUPERINTENDENT AND TEAM. THAT IS REALLY WHAT THIS IS ABOUT, PARTNERING WITH THE COMMUNITY AND GIVING THE EDUCATION TO OUR CHILDREN. YOU GUYS ARE A FANTASTIC EXAMPLE OF HOW WE ALLOW FAIRFAX COUNTY TO CONTINUE TO BE ONE OF THE BEST PLACES TO SEND YOUR CHILDREN. BRAVO TO YOU GUYS AND I HOPE IT MEANS YOU HAVE MORE TIME WITH YOUR CHILDREN NOW, NOW THAT YOU ARE NOT IN RICHMOND DOING SUCH HARD WORK. AND MICHAEL,

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

145JUST IN BRIEF TERMS, ONE OF THE BILLS KIND OF EXPANDS OF THE DEFINITION OF ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATION, IT UPDATES AN OUT-DATED CODE TO DEAL WITH TEXTING AND OTHER ISSUES ALONG THOSE LINES. AND TWO BILLS INTERESTINGLY CONTRADICT EACH OTHER AND HAVE TO GO TO THE VIRGINIA CODE ADMINISTRATION TO DEAL WITH AND DEAL WITH ELECTRONIC MEETINGS FROM REMOTE SITES. AND LOOKING AT REQUIREMENTS TO CALL IN MEETING TYPES OF THINGS BUT IN SOME WAYS CONTRADICT EACH OTHER. SURE, AND I UNDERSTAND THAT OUR GENERAL COUNSEL WILL NEED TO LOOK TO SEE WHAT HAPPENS WITH THAT RECONCILIATION AND I ASK THAT YOU PARTNER WITH OUR GENERAL COUNSEL, WHICH ONE IS NOT IN CONFLICT, THE SOONER WE ARE UPDATED IT WILL HELP OUR BOARD. AND THE OTHER THING YOU KNOW IS NEAR AND DEAR TO MY HEART, I REALLY DO WANT TO

146MEET WITH YOU OFF LINE AND GET SOME INTENTIONAL WORK ON THIS. NONE TO DO WITH OUR SCHOOL NURSES AND FOR MY COLLEAGUES MAYBE NOT FAMILIAR IN THIS AREA. RIGHT NOW THE VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH DOES NOT RECOGNIZE OUR SCHOOL NURSES UNDER OUR SOQ'S. AND AS A RESULT IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT WE AUTOMATICALLY GET STATE FUNDING FOR. THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF NURSING PROFESSIONS IN THIS COUNTRY HAVE RECOMMENDED THAT SCHOOL DIVISIONS HAVE ONE SCHOOL NURSE FOR EVERY 750 STUDENTS. AND THAT IS ALSO WHAT THE COMMONWEALTH RECOMMENDS AND FAIRFAX COUNTY HAS 1-3,000. PART OF THE PIECE FOR OUR BOARD AND OUR SCHOOL DIVISION IS HOW DO WE EVEN FOLLOW THE GUIDELINES THAT WE HAVE GOTTEN FROM THE STATE. WHICH WE'RE GROSSLY UNDERSTAFFED FOR THAT. AND TO THE BOARD OF SUPERVISOR, WE RELIVE ON THEIR SUPPORT. AND AS MICHAEL KNOWS THAT

147I RELIED ON STAFF AND NOW FAIRFAX COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS HAVE CONCERNED ABOUT UNFUNDED MANDATES AND HARD TO GET BEHIND IT. TO GIVE YOU HEADS UP, I REALLY THINK THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO DO WORK ON IN PREPARATION FOR THE NEXT GENERAL ASSEMBLY. I WOULD LIKE TO BEST UNDERSTAND, SINCE YOU DO REPRESENT THE DIVISION, BUT THAT ALSO INCLUDES THE SCHOOL BOARD, THAT WE NEED TO REALLY TAKE A LEAD ON SOMETHING THAT IS SO IMPORTANT TO THE HEALTH AND WELL BEING OF STUDENTS. WE ARE TALKING ABOUT COMMUNITY SCHOOLS. AND NOTHING SPEAKS BETTER TO A COMMUNITY SCHOOL MODEL THAN HAVING A FULL-TIME HEALTHCARE PROVIDER TO HELP THE TREMENDOUS GROWING NEEDS OF THE STUDENTS IN OUR SCHOOLS. SO THOSE ARE THE KIND OF BIG THINGS THAT I WANTED TO TOUCH ON WITH YOU, MICHAEL. AND OTHERWISE I

148APPRECIATE THIS VERY THOROUGH BRIEFING. BECAUSE IT'S SO IMPORTANT FOR THIS BOARD TO UNDERSTAND THE OUTCOME AND UNDERSTAND THE CHANGE HAPPENING TO OUR DIVISION AS A RESULT. CLEARLY A BUSY GENERAL ASSEMBLY. THANK YOU, MRS. EVANS. THANK YOU, MR. MOLLOY FOR ALL YOUR GREAT WORK IN THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY, AND WITH THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY I KNOW IT'S DIFFICULT TO KEEP TRACK OF THIS MANY BILLS IN AT SHORT, CONCENTRATED PERIOD OF TIME, AND YOU DO A GREAT JOB. A LOT OF POSITIVE NEWS THIS YEAR, NOT COMPLETELY BUT A LOT OF GOOD THINGS. AND I WILL ALSO HIGHLIGHT THE RECESS AND KUDOS TO THE ADVOCATES FOR INITIATING THIS WITH OUR LEGISLATORS AND SUCCEEDING IN GETTING THIS DONE. AND I AM DELIGHTED THAT THE CONVERSATION HAS STARTED, THANK YOU, MRS. MCLAUGHLIN FOR BEING A PART OF THAT CONVERSATION WITH STAFF AND

149HOW TO BEST USE THIS FLEXIBILITY AS EARLY AS NEXT FALL. NOW THAT WE HAVE THIS FLEXIBILITY, ABSOLUTELY LET'S MOVE IT. I HOPE THAT CAN MOVE FORWARD VERY QUICKLY. AS THE LIAISON TO SHAQ, I WANT TO BE SURE THAT ORGANIZATION, THAT GROUP IS AWARE AND WEIGHING IN AND THAT WE CAN DEAL WITH ANY POLICY ISSUES AND MAKE POLICY CHANGES AT THE SAME TIME. AS LONG AS THE SUPERINTENDENT AND STAFF CAN MOVE FORWARD, THAT'S GREAT. KUDOS TO ALL OF YOU FOR THAT. IT'S SUCH AN IMPORTANT HEALTH ISSUE AND ONE THAT WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON FOR QUITE SOME TIME. TRYING TO GET MORE RECESS FOR OUR LITTLE ONES. SO IMPORTANT FOR THEIR BODIES AND BRAINS. APPRECIATE YOUR ADVOCACY AND FOR BRINGING AN EXCELLENT VIDEO WITH YOU TONIGHT AS WELL. MICHAEL, I HAD ONE REQUEST -- QUESTION ON

150LICENSURE AND MAY NOT BE SOMETHING THAT YOU CAN REPORT, EVERYONE IS TO REPORT BACK IN 2019 HAVE WE MADE THE CHANGES THAT LICENSURE IMPACT OUR VACANCY RATES OR HIRING? HAVE WE DONE ANY KIND OF ROUGH CUT ON THAT? I AM NOT AWARE AT THE STAFF HOWEVER, THERE IS SO MANY MOVING PIECES AND PLACES THAT WE MAY DECIDE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE FLEXIBILITY AND OTHERS NOT. IT STILL REQUIRES STAFF WORK TO PIECE THROUGH THE DIFFERENT CHANGES. AS I SAID, EVEN THOUGH I GAVE YOU A LONG LIST THERE IS OTHER LEGISLATION TO CHANGE AND NOT ABLE TO SAY ABOUT THAT YET. ALL IN THE DIRECTION OF FLEXIBILITY; CORRECT? I BELIEVE THAT LEGISLATION ALL -- IT SHOULD HELP US, AT LEAST AND NOT HURT US. I WOULD BE INTERESTED TO SEE WHAT THE IMPACT WOULD BE IN

151TERMS OF BEING ABLE TO CONTINUE LICENSURE BEYOND A CERTAIN TIME AND HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE FLEXIBILITY. WITH THE TEACHER SHORTAGE THAT THE ENTIRE COUNTRY FACES. THAT'S GOING TO BE REALLY IMPORTANT TO BE ABLE TO USE WHATEVER FLEXIBILITY WE HAVE THERE. SO UNFORTUNATE THAT THEY DIDN'T PASS THE REPEAL OF THE KINGS DOMINION LAW BUT MOVING IN A RIGHT DIRECTION AND POSITIVE AND KEEP AN EYE ON THAT. AND LASTLY, I CERTAINLY HOPE THAT THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY DOES SUCCEED IN MEDICAID EXPANSION, I GUESS WE WILL KNOW THAT IN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS. I'M GLAD TO SEE AT LEAST THERE IS A POSSIBILITY OF THAT AND HOPEFULLY WE GET THAT DONE. AGAIN THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR WORK AND FOR THIS REPORT. MRS. PALCHIK. THANK YOU, MICHAEL. ECHO MY COLLEAGUES, THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU DO, AND

152YOU ARE BUSY REPRESENTING, NOT JUST US BUT THE EDUCATIONAL COMMUNITY OF VIRGINIA. A COUPLE OF QUICK THINGS, WOULD IT BE POSSIBLE TO GET A FULL LIST OF THE MEMBERS SERVING ON THE SELECT COMMITTEES? ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU. I THINK THEY HAVE RELEASED -- AS I SAID THEY HAD THE FIRST MEETING OF THE HOUSE SELECT SAFETY COMMITTEE, THE SENATORS THAT ARE ON THE SCHOOL MODERNIZATION COMMITTEE ACTUALLY, SENATOR MARSON IS A CO-CHAIR AND TWO SENATORS SERVING ON THAT COMMITTEE. WE HAVE THREE FAIRFAX RELATED SENATORS ON THAT ONE AS WELL. PERFECT, IF YOU COULD SEND THOSE, THAT WOULD BE WONDERFUL. SURE. ANOTHER QUESTION, I WAS TALKING TO MY DELEGATE ABOUT THIS. DO YOU FEEL THERE IS APPETITE OR CAN WE START TO INCREASE THE CONVERSATION AROUND POSSIBLY INCREASING FUNDING FOR MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT, COUNSELING, SOCIAL WORKERS IN SCHOOLS, WAS

153THERE ANY CONVERSATION AROUND THAT? THERE WAS SOME, I THINK WHERE YOU WILL SEE THAT CONVERSATION AS PART OF THIS SCHOOL SAFETY COMMITTEE. AS I SAID THEY HAVE AN ENTIRE SUBCOMMITTEE THAT IS DEDICATED TO STUDENT HEALTH AND STUDENT MENTAL HEALTH. THERE WERE SOME STATISTICS GIVEN TODAY BY THE DEPARTMENT OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE SERVICES AS THREAT ASSESSMENT. STUDENTS IDENTIFIED AS POSSIBLY BEING OF HARM AND I THINK 50% OF STUDENTS IDENTIFIED WERE AT RISK OF HARM TO SELF, AS OPPOSED TO MENTAL HARM. THAT IS A PART OF THAT CONVERSATION. ONE THING THAT WE BROUGHT UP WITH LEGISLATORS IN PRELIMINARY DISCUSSIONS WHEN WE LEARNED THEY WERE PART OF THIS COMMITTEE. IN 2009, THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY IMPOSED WHAT THEY CALLED THE SUPPORT POSITION CAP. AND IT ACTUALLY IMPACTS SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGISTS AND SCHOOL SOCIAL WORKER BECAUSE THEY FALL IN THAT.