FCPS School Board Meeting - February 22, 2018

001GOOD EVENING, THIS FEBRUARY 22, 2018 REGULAR MEETING OF THE FAIRFAX COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD WILL NOW COME TO ORDER. PLEASE RISE FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, A MOMENT OF SILENCE AND PERFORMANCE OF NATIONAL ANTHEM BY THE ARMSTRONG ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BAND UNDER THE DIRECTION OF ERICA HIRT. [PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE] [NATIONAL ANTHEM] [APPLAUSE] THANK YOU VERY MUCH, STUDENTS FROM ARMSTRONG ELEMENTARY AND THANK YOU TO THE PARENTS WHO HAVE SHARED THEIR CHILDREN WITH US TONIGHT. IT IS INDEED A PLEASURE. NEXT WE HAVE TO CERTIFY OUR CLOSED MEETING COMPLIANCE. IN ORDER TO COMPLY WITH SECTION 2.2-3712 (D) OF THE CODE OF VIRGINIA, IT IS NECESSARY FOR THE BOARD TO CERTIFY THAT SINCE THE FAIRFAX COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD CONVENED A CLOSED MEETING ON FEBRUARY 22, 2018, TO THE BEST OF EACH MEMBER’S KNOWLEDGE, ONLY PUBLIC BUSINESS MATTERS LAWFULLY EXEMPTED FROM OPEN

002MEETING REQUIREMENTS AND ONLY SUCH PUBLIC BUSINESS MATTERS AS WERE IDENTIFIED IN THE MOTION CONVENING THE CLOSED MEETING WERE HEARD, DISCUSSED, OR CONSIDERED BY THE BOARD DURING THE CLOSED MEETING. IS THERE A MOTION? MOVED BY MRS. CORBETT SANDERS. SECONDED BY MR. MOON. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR -- [COUNTING] ABSTENTION? MRS. PALCHIK. THANK YOU. ANNOUNCEMENTS FIRST CALL ON DR. BRABRAND FOR ANNOUNCEMENTS. THANK YOU, CHAIRMAN STRAUSS, BOARD MEMBERS, PARENTS, STUDENTS, MEMBERS OF THE FAIRFAX COMMUNITY. I WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT I SHARED A STATEMENT WITH FACULTY AND STUDENTS AND I WOULD LIKE TO EXTEND A MESSAGE TO YOU. AS SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS FIRST AND FOREMOST IT'S IMPORTANT TO SHARE WITH YOU THAT WE LOST 17 INNOCENT LIVES LAST WEEK IN PARKLAND, FLORIDA AS A FAIRFAX COUNTY WE NEED TO WORK TOGETHER TO ENSURE THAT OUR STUDENTS AND TEACHERS AND

003ALL SCHOOL STAFF ARE SAFE FROM THIS KIND OF TRAGEDY. I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE A MOMENT TO SHARE WITH FACULTY AND SCHOOL AND COMMUNITY SAFETY PROCEDURES IN PLACE ACROSS THE DISTRICT. AND I WANT TO SHARE THAT WE ARE BEGINNING A TOP-TO-BOTTOM COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW OF ALL SAFETY PROCEDURES TO SEE IF ANY CHANGES OR IMPROVEMENTS CAN BE MADE. THIS SCHOOL BOARD IN THE FORUM A FEW MINUTES AGO ALSO DIRECTED ME TO DO THIS WORK, IT IS THE RIGHT WORK TO DO ON BEHALF OF THIS COMMUNITY. I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT FAIRFAX COUNTY IS VIGILANT ABOUT PROTECTING OUR STUDENTS AND EMPLOYEES. THE SCHOOL DIVISION HAS SPENT EFFORT IN PLANNING AND DRAFTING MEASURES FOR EMERGENCY EVENT PLANNING, AND THERE IS COMPREHENSIVE PLANNING AND DIVISION WIDE PLANS AND INDIVIDUAL SCHOOL CRISIS PLANS THAT INCLUDE EVACUATION AND PARENT REVIEW PROCEDURES

004THAT ARE REGULARLY VIEWED AND UPDATED. LOCK-DOWN DRILLS AND THREAT ASSESSMENT IN EVERY SCHOOL. EMPLOYEE TRAINING. STRICT VISITOR CONTROLS AT ALL MEETINGS. ELECTRONIC DOOR ACCESS TO AID IN CONTROL. IN ADDITION IN FAIRFAX COUNTY WE HAVE SCHOOL RESOURCES PRESENT IN SECONDARY, HIGH AND MIDDLE SCHOOL. WE HAVE SCHOOL BASED SECURITY IN ALL SECOND, AND HIGH AND MIDDLE SCHOOLS AND UNIFORMED COVERAGE AT ALL FCPS SCHOOLS AND FACILITIES AFTER HOURS. IN SPECIFIC RESPONSE TO THE PARKLAND INCIDENT, FCPS HAS INCREASED ITS PRESENCE IN ALL FAIRFAX PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND THE FAIRFAX POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS INCREASED THEIR PATROL. AND THIS IS TAKEN OUT OF ABUNDANCE OF CAUTION AND TO PROVIDE FOR STAFF AND STUDENTS AND PARENTS AFTER THE INCIDENT THAT OCCURRED IN FLORIDA LAST WEEK. SAFETY AND SECURITY IS EVERYONE'S JOB, STAFF AND STUDENTS AND COMMUNITY AT LARGE IS TO PROVIDE SAFETY ROUTINE

005AWARENESS AND REPORT TO AUTHORITIES. THIS IS A DIFFICULT TIME FOR THIS COUNTRY AND FAIRFAX PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND OUR COMMUNITY. I KNOW THAT WORKING TOGETHER WE WILL DO THE RIGHT THINGS TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR STUDENTS, STAFF AND COMMUNITY AND PARENTS FEEL SAFE WHEN THEY SEND THEIR CHILDREN TO FAIRFAX COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS. THANK YOU. THERE IS OVERFLOW ROOM IN THE GYMNASIUM. IF YOU WANT TO REVIEW AN AGENDA ITEM, THAT INFORMATION IS ON THE TABLE BY THE AUDITORIUM ENTRANCE. TONIGHT'S AGENDA IS AVAILABLE GOING TO SCHOOL BOARD ON THE FCPS HOME PAGE AND SELECTING SCHOOL DOCS. THE MEETING IS STREAMED LIVE ONLINE. SELECT SCHOOL BOARD FROM THE FULL MENU AND CLICK WATCH LIVE FROM THE SCHOOL BOARD MEETING WEB PAGE. PLEASE TURN OFF YOUR CELLPHONES AND NOW CALL ON MS. VATTIKONDA. THANK YOU, EDUCATION ASSOCIATION'S (NEA) READ ACROSS

006AMERICA, NOW IN ITS 20TH YEAR, IS AN ANNUAL READING MOTIVATION AND AWARENESS PROGRAM THAT CALLS FOR EVERY CHILD IN EVERY COMMUNITY TO CELEBRATE READING ON OR AROUND DR. SEUSS'S BIRTHDAY. THIS YEAR’S CELEBRATION IS BASED ON THE THEME, “GRAB YOUR HAT AND READ WITH THE CAT!" TO ENCOURAGE STUDENTS TO DELVE INTO BOOKS TO LEARN AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE WHILE BECOMING LIFELONG READERS. IN CITIES AND TOWNS ACROSS THE NATION, TEACHERS, TEENAGERS, LIBRARIANS, POLITICIANS, ACTORS, ATHLETES, PARENTS, GRANDPARENTS, AND OTHERS DEVELOP NEA'S READ ACROSS AMERICA ACTIVITIES TO BRING READING EXCITEMENT TO CHILDREN OF ALL AGES. GOVERNORS, MAYORS, AND OTHER ELECTED OFFICIALS RECOGNIZE THE ROLE READING PLAYS IN THEIR COMMUNITIES WITH PROCLAMATIONS AND FLOOR STATEMENTS. ATHLETES AND ACTORS ISSUE READING CHALLENGES TO YOUNG READERS. TEACHERS AND PRINCIPALS SEEM TO BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO DYE THEIR HAIR GREEN OR WEAR

007SEUSS-INSPIRED COSTUMES IF IT BOOSTS THEIR STUDENTS' READING. THE WEEK OF MARCH 4-10, 2018, HAS BEEN DESIGNATED AS NATIONAL FOREIGN LANGUAGE WEEK. THE ALPHA MU GAMMA FOREIGN LANGUAGE HONOR SOCIETY HAS SPONSORED NATIONAL FOREIGN LANGUAGE WEEK SINCE 1957, AND THE THEME FOR 2018 IS “LANGUAGES LEAD US ON A PATH TO UNDERSTANDING OTHER CULTURES.” SCHOOLS ARE ENCOURAGED TO USE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO HIGHLIGHT THE VALUE OF LEARNING WORLD LANGUAGES AND LEARNING ABOUT OTHER CULTURES, AND TO CELEBRATE THE SUCCESSES OF WORLD LANGUAGE STUDENTS AND TEACHERS. THANK YOU, NEXT I WILL CALL ON MRS. MCLAUGHLIN FOR SOCIAL WORKER APPRECIATION MONTH. THANK YOU, AS THE ONLY SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER REPRESENTED ON THE FAIRFAX COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD I ENJOY THIS SPECIAL TIME OF YEAR THAT WE REALLY HONOR INCREDIBLE EMPLOYEES WE HAVE HERE WITHIN FAIRFAX COUNTY SCHOOLS. WITH THAT MARCH 2018 IS OUR

008NATIONAL SOCIAL WORK MONTH. MARCH IS NATIONAL SOCIAL WORK MONTH AND THIS YEAR’S THEME IS “SOCIAL WORKERS: LEADERS. ADVOCATES. CHAMPIONS.” SOCIAL WORKERS TACKLE SOME OF THE TOUGHEST CHALLENGES FACING OUR SOCIETY. IN EVERY CITY AND EVERY COMMUNITY THEY DEVELOP SOLUTIONS TO MAKE MENTAL HEALTH AND HEALTH CARE MORE AVAILABLE, TO REDUCE POVERTY, TO ELIMINATE INJUSTICE AND DISCRIMINATION AND TO PROTECT VULNERABLE CHILDREN FROM HARM. SCHOOL SOCIAL WORKERS ARE VALUABLE MEMBERS OF MULTIDISCIPLINARY TEAM SERVING SCHOOLS, AND PROVIDING A WIDE RANGE OF SERVICES TO STUDENTS, PARENTS AND FACULTY. SCHOOL SOCIAL WORKERS ARE PROFESSIONALLY TRAINED TO UNDERSTAND THE NEEDS OF STUDENTS WHO PRESENT WITH DIFFICULTIES THAT INTERFERE WITH LEARNING AND HAVE EXPERTISE IN MANY AREAS INCLUDING MENTAL HEALTH, HUMAN DEVELOPMENT AND BEHAVIOR; AND HOW FAMILY DYNAMICS AFFECT STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT. THEY FOSTER POSITIVE RELATIONSHIPS AND CREATE HOPE AND OPPORTUNITY FOR YOUTH AND FAMILIES

009IN NEED. SCHOOL SOCIAL WORKERS IN FAIRFAX COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS USE THEIR TRAINING, EXPERIENCE, AND SKILLS TO PROVIDE SERVICES TO CHILDREN, FAMILIES, AND SCHOOL STAFF MEMBERS IN THE EFFORT TO REMOVE PERSONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL OBSTACLES TO OPTIMAL STUDENT ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE. SOCIAL WORKERS ARE COMMITTED TO HELPING EVERY CHILD ACHIEVE IN SCHOOL AND BECOME A SELF-SUFFICIENT, EMOTIONALLY HEALTHY, SOCIALLY WELL-ADJUSTED, PRODUCTIVE MEMBER OF SOCIETY. AT THIS TIME I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE OUR SOCIAL WORKERS WHO ARE IN THE AUDIENCE TO JOIN ME AND MY COLLEAGUES AT THE DAIS FOR A PICTURE AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR INCREDIBLE SERVICE TO OUR SCHOOL SYSTEM. [APPLAUSE] NOW I WILL CALL ON MR. WILSON, RECOGNITION OF NATIONAL ATHLETIC TRAINING MONTH. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. MARCH IS NATIONAL ATHLETIC TRAINING MONTH AND THIS YEAR’S THEME IS “COMPASSIONATE CARE FOR ALL,” AN APPROPRIATE SLOGAN REFLECTING THE

010IMPORTANT ROLE CERTIFIED ATHLETIC TRAINERS EMPLOYED BY FAIRFAX COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS PLAY IN KEEPING OUR STUDENTS SAFE. THROUGH EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS FOR STUDENTS, PARENTS AND COACHES, PRE-SEASON SPORTS SCREENINGS AND EMERGENCY PLANNING, THESE NATIONALLY CERTIFIED AND STATE LICENSED MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS ARE DEDICATED TO PROMOTING THE HEALTH AND SAFETY OF OUR STUDENT-ATHLETES BEFORE, DURING AND AFTER PRACTICES AND COMPETITIONS. THE ATHLETIC HEALTHCARE SERVICES PROVIDED BY CERTIFIED ATHLETIC TRAINERS INCLUDE THE PREVENTION, RECOGNITION, EVALUATION, TREATMENT, AND REHABILITATION OF ATHLETIC INJURIES AND ILLNESS. FCPS CONTINUES TO BE RECOGNIZED AS A LEADER IN ADOLESCENT INJURY EPIDEMIOLOGY RESEARCH AND SPORTS-RELATED CONCUSSION MANAGEMENT FOR HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETES. OUR ATHLETIC TRAINERS WORK COLLABORATIVELY WITH PARENTS, SCHOOL STAFF AND COMMUNITY MEDICAL PROVIDERS TO PROMOTE SAFE PARTICIPATION FOR OVER 27,000 ATHLETIC PARTICIPANTS EACH YEAR. IN FACT, DURING THE 2016-17 SCHOOL YEAR, OVER 9,500 INDIVIDUAL STUDENTS RECEIVED CARE FROM AN FCPS

011ATHLETIC TRAINER, ACCOUNTING FOR OVER 76,000 TOTAL VISITS TO OUR 25 ATHLETIC TRAINING FACILITIES. FCPS IS NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED AS A LEADER AMONG HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETIC TRAINING PROGRAMS. IN 2017, EACH FCPS HIGH SCHOOL WAS ONCE AGAIN DESIGNATED AS A 1ST TEAM SAFE SPORTS SCHOOL THROUGH THE NATIONAL ATHLETIC TRAINERS’ ASSOCIATION, THE SECOND TIME ALL 25 SCHOOLS HAVE BEEN RECOGNIZED IN THIS FASHION. NOW I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE THE ATHLETIC TRAINERS IN THE AUDIENCE TO JOIN US AT THE DAIS FOR A PICTURE WITH THE BOARD. [APPLAUSE] I WILL NOW CALL ON MRS. KEYS-GAMARRA FOR THE RECOGNITION OF THE NAACP100th ANNIVERSARY. THE FAIRFAX COUNTY BRANCH OF THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF COLORED PEOPLE (“NAACP”) BEGAN MEETING IN 1918 AND WAS CHARTERED IN 1944. THE SCHOOL BOARD EMBRACES THIS OPPORTUNITY TO CONGRATULATE THE FAIRFAX COUNTY NAACP ON THIS ANNIVERSARY

012AND COMMEND THE BRANCH FOR ITS CENTURY OF EDUCATION ADVOCACY. THE MISSION OF THE NAACP IS TO ENSURE THE POLITICAL, EDUCATIONAL, SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC EQUALITY RIGHTS OF ALL PEOPLE AND TO ELIMINATE RACIAL HATRED AND DISCRIMINATION. IN THAT CAUSE, THE FAIRFAX COUNTY BRANCH HAS BEEN ON THE FRONT LINES OF EDUCATION REFORM SINCE ITS EARLIEST DAYS. IN VIRGINIA, THE BIRTHPLACE OF MASSIVE RESISTANCE, THE BATTLE FOR INTEGRATED, EQUITABLE EDUCATION FOR ALL CHILDREN HAS BEEN LONG AND ARDUOUS AND, AT TIMES, MUST HAVE SEEMED HOPELESS. THE COURAGE AND TENACITY OF THE FAIRFAX COUNTY NAACP, THROUGHOUT ITS 100-YEAR HISTORY, HAVE MADE ALL THE DIFFERENCE AND CONTINUE TO BENEFIT OUR SCHOOL SYSTEM AND OUR COMMUNITY TODAY. WE JOIN THE FAIRFAX COUNTY NAACP IN IMPORTANT SHARED VALUES AND WISH THEM CONTINUED SUCCESS ON BEHALF OF OUR CHILDREN, FAMILIES, EDUCATORS, AND COMMUNITY. I WOULD LIKE

013TO INVITE MEMBERS OF THE NAACP TO JOIN US AT THE DAIS FOR A PHOTO WITH THE BOARD. WHEREAS, MORE THAN 150,000 STUDENTS ATTENDING MORE THAN 170 PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS HAVE EXPERIENCED A SHOOTING ON CAMPUS SINCE THE COLUMBINE HIGH SCHOOL MASSACRE IN 1999[I]; WHEREAS, FROM COLUMBINE TO VIRGINIA TECH TO SANDY HOOK TO PARKLAND, THE LIVES OF HUNDREDS OF STUDENTS AND SCHOOL EMPLOYEES HAVE BEEN LOST TO THE PLAGUE OF GUN VIOLENCE[II]; WHEREAS, AMONG HIGH-INCOME NATIONS, 91 PERCENT OF CHILDREN (UNDER 15 YEARS OLD) AND 92 PERCENT OF YOUTH (BETWEEN 15 AND 24 YEARS OLD) WHO HAVE BEEN KILLED BY BULLETS LIVED IN THE UNITED STATES[III]; WHEREAS, NEARLY TWO DOZEN CHILDREN ARE SHOT EVERY DAY ON AVERAGE[IV] AND MORE THAN 22 MILLION CHILDREN LIVE IN HOMES WITH A FIREARM IN THE UNITED STATES[V]; WHEREAS, FAIRFAX COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS

014BELIEVES THAT THE HEALTH AND SAFETY OF OUR STUDENTS AND EMPLOYEES IS OUR HIGHEST PRIORITY AND THAT THEY WILL THRIVE IN A VIBRANT, HEALTHFUL, SAFE, ENRICHING, AND RESPECTFUL ENVIRONMENT[VI]; WHEREAS, FAIRFAX COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS HAS PRIORITIZED IMPROVING SAFETY PRECAUTIONS TO PREVENT GUN VIOLENCE INCIDENTS FROM OCCURRING AS WELL AS MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORTS; AND WHEREAS THE RESPONSIBILITY FOR PREVENTING GUN VIOLENCE INCIDENTS CANNOT BE RELEGATED TO SCHOOL DISTRICTS ALONE; THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE FAIRFAX COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD CALLS UPON THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS AND STATE LEGISLATURES, INCLUDING THE VIRGINIA GENERAL ASSEMBLY, TO PRIORITIZE THE PROTECTION OF STUDENTS AND SCHOOL SYSTEM EMPLOYEES BY PASSING LEGISLATION THAT MORE EFFECTIVELY REGULATES ACCESS TO FIREARMS IN THE INTEREST OF PUBLIC SAFETY, FUNDS PUBLIC-HEALTH RESEARCH ON FIREARMS-RELATED ISSUES, AND ADVANCES MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORTS. I WOULD LIKE TO CALL ON MR. MCELVEEN FOR A RESOLUTION

015ON GUN VIOLENCE PREVENTION. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. SO I WILL BE READING THE RESOLUTION ON GUN VIOLENCE PREVENTION. WHEREAS, MORE THAN 150,000 STUDENTS ATTENDING MORE THAN 170 PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS HAVE EXPERIENCED A SHOOTING ON CAMPUS SINCE THE COLUMBINE HIGH SCHOOL MASSACRE IN 1999; WHEREAS, FROM COLUMBINE TO VIRGINIA TECH TO SANDY HOOK TO PARKLAND, THE LIVES OF HUNDREDS OF STUDENTS AND SCHOOL EMPLOYEES HAVE BEEN LOST TO THE PLAGUE OF GUN VIOLENCE; WHEREAS, AMONG HIGH-INCOME NATIONS, 91 PERCENT OF CHILDREN (UNDER 15 YEARS OLD) AND 92 PERCENT OF YOUTH (BETWEEN 15 AND 24 YEARS OLD) WHO HAVE BEEN KILLED BY BULLETS LIVED IN THE UNITED STATES; WHEREAS, NEARLY TWO DOZEN CHILDREN ARE SHOT EVERY DAY ON AVERAGE AND MORE THAN 22 MILLION CHILDREN LIVE IN HOMES WITH A FIREARM IN THE UNITED STATES; WHEREAS, FAIRFAX COUNTY PUBLIC

016SCHOOLS BELIEVES THAT THE HEALTH AND SAFETY OF OUR STUDENTS AND EMPLOYEES IS OUR HIGHEST PRIORITY AND THAT THEY WILL THRIVE IN A VIBRANT, HEALTHFUL, SAFE, ENRICHING, AND RESPECTFUL ENVIRONMENT; WHEREAS, FAIRFAX COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS HAS PRIORITIZED IMPROVING SAFETY PRECAUTIONS TO PREVENT GUN VIOLENCE INCIDENTS FROM OCCURRING AS WELL AS MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORTS; AND WHEREAS THE RESPONSIBILITY FOR PREVENTING GUN VIOLENCE INCIDENTS CANNOT BE RELEGATED TO SCHOOL DISTRICTS ALONE; THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE FAIRFAX COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD CALLS UPON THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS AND STATE LEGISLATURES, INCLUDING THE VIRGINIA GENERAL ASSEMBLY, TO PRIORITIZE THE PROTECTION OF STUDENTS AND SCHOOL SYSTEM EMPLOYEES BY PASSING LEGISLATION THAT MORE EFFECTIVELY REGULATES ACCESS TO FIREARMS IN THE INTEREST OF PUBLIC SAFETY, FUNDS PUBLIC-HEALTH RESEARCH ON FIREARMS-RELATED ISSUES, AND ADVANCES MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORTS. I SO MOVE. SECOND. SECONDED BY MRS. DERENAK-KAUFAX. MR. MCELVEEN,

017WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO YOUR MOTION. TONIGHT IN FAIRFAX COUNTY, VIRGINIA. THE DOOR STEP TO THE NATION'S CAPITOL AND CALLING ON THE U.S. CONGRESS AND STATE LEGISLATORS AROUND THE NATION TO ADOPTED STRICTER GUN CONTROL MEASURES TO STOP THE GUN VIOLENCE THAT HAS PLAGUED OUR COUNTRY FOR FAR TOO LONG. [APPLAUSE] PLEASE LET MR. MCELVEEN CONTINUE. [GAVEL] I KNOW THIS IS EMOTIONAL BUT PLEASE DO HAVE A SEAT AND LET MR. MCELVEEN CONTINUE. AT SOME POINT OVER THE LAST TWO DECADES SINCE COLUMBINE, SCHOOL SHOOTINGS BECAME COMMON PLACE MAKING AMERICA A PLACE THEY APPEAR. AND OVER TIME DISAPPEAR AS QUICKLY AS APPEAR. BUT EVERY FEW YEARS JOLTED BACK IN OUR COLLECTIVE CONSCIENCE, WHETHER VIRGINIA TECH OR SANDY HOOK AND NOW PARKLAND. THE RESPONSIBILITY FOR ADDRESSING THESE INCIDENTS CANNOT AND SHOULD NOT BE RELEGATED TO SCHOOLS ALONE. AT THE

018STATE AND NATIONAL LEVEL THE RESULT IS THE SAME. FINGER POINTING. MISINFORMATION AND MISACTION. AND THE SAME POWERFUL LOBBIES THAT HAVE KEPT US RUNNING IN CIRCLES THE LAST TWO DECADES ARE AT IT AGAIN. AND JUST THIS WEEKEND THE HEAD OF THE RIFLE ASSOCIATION SAID THAT OPPORTUNISTS WASTED NO TIME FOR THAT GAIN. MR. LAPIERRE, THIS SCHOOL AND STUDENTS ARE NOT REPORTING A TRAGEDY BUT SAYING LOUDLY AND CLEARLY NEVER AGAIN. I WAS AN EIGHTH GRADER -- [APPLAUSE] I WAS AN EIGHTH GRADER WHEN COLUMBINE OCCURRED AND I REMEMBER HOW JARRING IT WAS. MY FIRST THOUGHT AS OFTEN THE CASE WITH MOST OF US, IT SEEMED SO FAR AWAY AND IF COULD NEVER HAPPEN HERE. AND OVER AN ENTIRE GENERATION OF FAILED POLICY MAKING LATER WE SEE COUNTLESS COMMUNITIES THAT COULD NEVER IMAGINE AN INCIDENT TO COME TO THE SAME

019VIOLENCE. THIS PAST WEEK I FILLED COUNTLESS MESSAGES FROM STUDENTS ON SOCIAL MEDIA WHO SAY THEY ARE FEARFUL TO GO TO SCHOOL AND PARENTS THAT ARE AFRAID TO SEND THEM TO FEAR. AND ASIDE FROM THE FEAR STUDENTS HAVE SUMMONED THEIR FEARS TO MARCH TO STATE CAPITOLS AND THE WHITE HOUSE TO HOLD ELECTED OFFICIALS ACCOUNTABLE. SAYING THEY HAVE HAD ENOUGH. THE STUDENTS OF BROWARD HAVE BEEN SUCH POWERFUL ADVOCATES JUST LIKE STUDENTS AROUND THE NATION. THEY HAVE SEIZED THEIR MOMENT TO RISE UP AND DEMAND CHALLENGE. THEY HAVE GALVANIZED TO TAKE ACTION. AND NOW THE KIDS APPEAR TO BE ACTING LIKE ADULTS AND THE ADULTS ACTING LIKE CHILDREN. WITH THE PASSAGE OF THIS RESOLUTION WE ARE SAYING THAT THE GROUP OF ADULTS AT THIS DAIS WILL STAND WITH THE KIDS AND WE WILL USE OUR VOICES AS ELECTED OFFICIALS

020TO AMPLIFY THE VOICES AS FAR AS THEY GO. LET ME BE CLEAR, THIS GROUP DOES NOT SUPPORT THE GROUPING OF PROTESTS BUT WE DO SUPPORT THEIR GATHERING FOR LAWFUL MEANS. MY MESSAGE TO THOSE STUDENTS THAT WISH TO EXERCISE THEIR FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHT, AS ONE MEMBER OF THIS BOARD, I STAND WITH YOU AND I AM SO PROUD OF YOU. AS SOMEONE WHO RAN FOR ELECTED OFFICE AT A YOUNG AGE AND HAPPENED TO WIN. I CAN TELL YOU THAT YOU ARE FAR MORE POWERFUL THAN YOU THINK YOU ARE. YOU ARE OUR FUTURE LEADERS AND WE AS EDUCATORS MUST TEACH YOU HOW TO LEAD AND EXHIBIT THAT LEADERSHIP ON CAUSES OF WHICH YOU ARE PASSIONATE. THERE ARE SOME THAT SAY THAT BRINGING A RESOLUTION LIKE THIS IS NOT PRODUCTIVE AND IT DOESN'T DO ANY SUBSTANTIVE. ON CLAIMS OF

021THAT NATURE, I WILL PUSH BACK FORCEFULLY. AS ELECTED OFFICIALS IT'S OUR JOB TO REPRESENT OUR COMMUNITY AND CHANNEL THEIR NEEDS AND TAKE A REASONED STAND. OUR PASSAGE OF THIS RESOLUTION TONIGHT IS NOT JUST A CALL TO LEGISLATORS BUT ALL SCHOOL DISTRICTS ACROSS AMERICA TO JOIN US IN THIS ADVOCACY. I INVITE SCHOOLS ACROSS THE NATION TO JOIN FAIRFAX COUNTY TO ADOPT THIS RESOLUTION OR ONE LIKE IT AND HOLD OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS UNTIL THEY FIX THIS PROBLEM. I ENCOURAGE MY COLLEAGUES TO DRAW ON THE COLLECTIVE ENERGY OF THOSE GATHERED HERE TONIGHT TO SUPPORT THIS RESOLUTION ON BEHALF OF THE SAFETY OF OUR CHILDREN AND OUR ENTIRE COMMUNITY. AND TO OUR COMMUNITY, AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, THE STUDENTS GATHERED HERE TONIGHT. I WILL LEAVE YOU WITH THE WORDS OF MARGARET WEEDEN, NEVER DOUBT THAT A SMALL GROUP OF THOUGHTFUL

022CITIZENS CAN CHANGE THE WORLD. INDEED IT'S THE ONLY THING THAT EVER HAS. [APPLAUSE] [GAVEL] PLEASE IF YOU ALL TAKE YOUR SEATS. MRS. DERENAK-KAUFAX, WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO YOUR SECOND. YES, MADAM CHAIR. I WANT TO BEGIN BY EXPRESSING MY DEEPEST SYMPATHY TO THE FAMILY AND FRIENDS AND TO ALL OF THOSE THAT LOST ONES AT MARJORY STONEMAN. AND A FRIEND OF MINE, MR. PETTY, LOST HIS 14 YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER, ALANA AT THIS TRAGIC EVENT. A HIGH SCHOOL FRESHMAN SHE WAS DESCRIBED AS CARING AND CONFIDENT. ALANA'S FUNERAL WAS THREE DAYS AGO, AND HER BROTHER IAN SAID, THE THINGS THEY LEARNED MOST FROM HER, HOW TO BE PATIENT AND LOVING AND HOW TO CARE FOR THOSE AROUND YOU. AS A MOTHER OF A TEENAGER DAUGHTER AND YOUNG ADULT SON, I CAN'T FATHOM THE PAIN THAT THIS FAMILY AND

023THE OTHER FAMILIES IN PARKLAND ARE FEELING. MY HEART IS BREAKING FOR YOU AND I WILL CONTINUE TO PRAY FOR YOU, FOR STRENGTH TO MOVE FORWARD AND STRENGTH TO HEAL. AS A MOTHER WHO HAPPENS TO BE A SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER, THERE IS LITTLE I CAN DO IN MY LANE OF TRUE POLICY CHANGE TO PREVENT GUN VIOLENCE. BUT I CANNOT CONTINUE TO SIT BY AND WATCH OUR CHILDREN'S INNOCENCE BE TAKEN AWAY. I CANNOT SIT BY AND WATCH OUR SCHOOLS PLACES WHERE CHILDREN NO LONGER FEEL SAFE. AND I CAN NO LONGER SIT BY WITH PLACES THAT ARE SUPPOSED TO BE FILLED WITH LOVE AND JOY OF LEARNING AND TO BE PLACES OF ANXIETY AND WORRY AND THE FEAR THAT YOUR LOST COULD BE LOST TO THE HANDS OF AN ARMED GUNMAN. I THANK YOU MR. MCELVEEN FOR BRINGING

024THIS RESOLUTION TOGETHER. IT'S THE RIGHT THING FOR AN ELECTED SCHOOL BOARD TO USE OUR PLATFORM, TO CALL INTO ACTION OTHER ELECTED OFFICIALS WHO CAN MAKE A CHANGE. I AM SECONDING ON THIS RESOLUTION CALLING ON LAWMAKERS IN OUR UNITED STATES CONGRESS AND IN OUR STATE LEGISLATURE, WHO CAN AND CAN BRING FORWARD REAL COMMON SENSE GUN REFORM. I AM NOT ASKING FOR TAKING AWAY SECOND AMENDMENT RIGHTS BUT GUN REFORM FOR THE FUTURE. AS YOUR ELECTED COLLEAGUES WE TELL YOU THAT THIS IS GETTING TOO CLOSE TO HOME FOR US, WE NEED YOU TO HEAR AND TO TAKE ACTION. DO NOT LET ANOTHER DAUGHTER OR SON -- TEACHER OR ADMINISTRATOR OR COACH BE LOST BECAUSE YOU DID NOTHING. NEVER LET THAT HAPPEN AGAIN. FOR MY COLLEAGUES, I HOPE YOU CAN SUPPORT THIS CALL TO ACTION. AND FOR ALL THE

025STUDENTS, THE STUDENTS IN MARJORY STONEMAN DOUGLAS HIGH SCHOOL AND STUDENTS AROUND THE COUNTRY. WE HEAR YOU, WE ARE PROUD OF YOU. EACH DAY WE ARE ASTOUNDED BY YOUR RESILIENCE AS YOU WALK THROUGH YOUR GRIEF. YOU HAVE MOMENTUM AND YOU KNOW REAL CHANGE IS COMING. BUT IT TAKES TIME. SO YOU SMALL STEPS AS YOU ARE, WRITE AND VISIT YOUR STATE DELEGATES AND SENATORS, WRITE TO YOUR CONGRESSMAN AND SENATORS, WE KNOW YOU ARE MARCHING ON WASHINGTON. REGISTER TO VOTE WHEN YOU TURN 18. AND VOTE. VOTE FOR PEOPLE WHO BELIEVE IN COMMON SENSE GUN REFORM. [APPLAUSE] I WILL CALL ON MR. MOON TO SPEAK NEXT. MR. MOON. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I DON'T WANT TO REPEAT WHAT THE OTHER TWO COLLEAGUES HAVE SAID. BUT I WANT TO THANK MR. MCELVEEN AND MRS. DERENAK-KAUFAX FOR THIS TIMELY RESOLUTION. AND

026ONE MORE DATA POINT FOR MY BOARD'S ATTENTION, COLLEAGUE'S ATTENTION, YOU KNOW, IT'S 96 ARE KILLED AND TWICE AS MANY ARE INJURED EACH AND EVERY DAY DUE TO GUN VIOLENCE IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. 96, CLOSE TO 200 DUE TO GUN VIOLENCE. THAT'S EACH AND EVERY DAY AND THAT'S NOT ACCEPTABLE. AND I WAS VERY HAPPY TO JOIN, OR SHOULD I SAY SAD TO JOIN THE VIGIL ON MONDAY NIGHT IN THE CHURCH, AND I WANT TO THANK THOSE IN THE AUDIENCE THAT ORGANIZED THAT VIGIL. AND SPEAKER AFTER SPEAKER EMPHASIZED THE FACT THAT MENTAL PROBLEMS ARE NOT NEW TO AMERICA. BUT EASY ACCESS TO GUNS IS. I WAS BORN AND GREW UP IN KOREA, UNTIL I WAS 17. GROWING UP IN KOREA, I HAD ALWAYS ADMIRED THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. AS THE BEST PLACE TO BE.

027I STILL BELIEVE THAT UNITED STATES OF AMERICA IS THE BEST PLACE TO BE. AND I ADMIRE MY NEWLY ADOPTED COUNTRY SO MUCH; HOWEVER, ONE THING I DO NOT ADMIRE IS SO MANY PEOPLE DYING. GETTING KILLED BY GUNS. SO EASY TO PURCHASE GUNS. AND STATUS QUO IS NOT ACCEPTABLE ANYMORE. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] I WILL CALL ON MRS. HYNES. THANK YOU. I WANT TO THANK, THIS IS A GREAT CROWD, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. I WANT TO THANK THE PTA, I THINK WE HAVE THE FEA HERE, MOM'S DEMAND ACTION, AND THE NEW GROUP STUDENTS DEMAND ACTION. [APPLAUSE] I SEE LOTS OF FOLKS HERE WHO ARE CONCERNED AND SHOWING UP. AND I HOPE THIS GIVES YOU HOPE. WHEN THE NEWS CAME ON THE RADIO ON THE 14th, I WAS DRIVING. AND I HAVE TO TELL YOU, I WAS

028NUMB. I HAD BECOME NUMB. FOR A FEW HOURS. I WAS JUST NUMB. I DIDN'T KNOW HOW TO FEEL. I DIDN'T KNOW HOW TO REACT. I THINK THERE WAS A VOICE IN MY HEART THAT WANTED TO COME OUT AND SAY, YOU KNOW THIS IS TRAGIC. BUT HOW MANY TRAGEDIES CAN WE PUT UP WITH BEFORE WE PROTECT OUR HEARTS. AND THAT'S A TERRIBLE PLACE TO BE. AND THEN I SAW THE KIDS. RIGHT. WE ALL SAW THE KIDS FROM THERE, WE HEARD AND FELT THEIR ANGER. WE HEARD THEIR ELOQUENCE. WE HEARD THEIR DETERMINATION. AND MY HEART CRACKED OPEN. AND I WAS WITH THEM. I WAS 100% WITH THEM. I FELT AGAIN. I FELT THE ANGER. I FELT THE DETERMINATION AND THAT REALLY IT'S THE KIDS THAT HAVE CHANGED THIS. AT THIS POINT FEEL LIKE I HAVE NEVER BEEN

029MORE ANGRY OR MORE DETERMINED. WE CANNOT STOP THIS TIME. WE CANNOT. [APPLAUSE] WE CANNOT LET THE PEOPLE WHO FOR SO LONG WANTED SHUT DOWN RESEARCH. HAVE WANTED TO SHUT DOWN DEBATE AND EVERY COMMON SENSE IDEA EVERYONE HAS PUT UP THERE. WE CANNOT LET THEM THINK WE ARE GOING AWAY THIS TIME. WE CANNOT LET THEM BELIEVE THAT FOR A SECOND. THIS RESOLUTION IS A PROMISE NOT TO BE NUMB OR SILENT, AND TO VOTE UNTIL WE HAVE THAT COMMON SENSE REFORM THAT HONESTLY KEEPS EVERY CHILD SAFE. THIS IS NOT HARD. WE CAN DO IT AND WE HAVE BEEN CHOOSING NOT TO. WE HAVE TO CHOOSE DIFFERENTLY. [APPLAUSE] THE NEXT SPEAKER IS MRS. CORBETT SANDERS. TONIGHT I SPEAK AS A MOM, AND AUNT, AND A MENTOR TO STUDENTS IN ADDITION TO BEING A SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER. I SPEAK

030AS SOMEONE WHO IS FRUSTRATED AND ANGRY THAT ONCE AGAIN WE ARE FACED WITH CONSOLING OUR CHILDREN, AND COMFORTING THEM AND IDEALLY ASSURING THEM THAT NEVER AGAIN THEY WILL BE FACED WITH THE FEAR OF A GUNMAN VIOLATING THEIR SAFE PLACE. BE IT THE SAFETY OF THEIR SCHOOLS AND PLAYGROUNDS AND OUT DOOR CONVERT VENUES AND DANCE HALLS AND THEATERS. I CAN OFFER MY THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS AND CONSOLING HUGS. HOWEVER I CANNOT ASSURE THEM THAT IT WILL NEVER HAPPEN AGAIN IN THE CURRENT ENVIRONMENT WE LIVE IN. WE ALL HAVE HEARD THE STATISTICS OF HOW MANY PEOPLE DIE BY GUNS AND HOW MANY ACTS OF GUN VIOLENCE ON SCHOOL GROUNDS. I WON'T REPEAT THEM TONIGHT, TONIGHT IS A NIGHT THAT THIS BOARD MUST TAKE ACTION AND STAND WITH OUR KIDS AND DO WHAT IS NECESSARY THAT OUR CHILDREN ARE

031SAFE. I FULLY SUPPORT THE SUPERINTENDENT'S WORK FOR ENSURING THE PROCEDURES IN PLACE AND MAKING RECOMMENDATIONS HOW WE CAN DO THINGS BETTER. AND I ALSO FULLY SUPPORT THIS RESOLUTION. YOU KNOW THE NATIONAL PTA IN 1990 CALLED FOR PRACTICAL GUN LAWS. THEY REAFFIRMED THOSE PRACTICAL SUGGESTIONS AGAIN IN 1996 AND 1999. AND AT EVERY INSTANCE WHEN THERE IS GUN VIOLENCE IN THIS COUNTRY. WE CAN'T JUST HAVING RESOLUTIONS WITHOUT ACTION. WE NEED TO HAVE ACTION BY OUR POLICY MAKERS AT THE FEDERAL AND STATE LEVEL. THAT PUTS OUR CHILDREN FIRST. AND PUTTING OUR CHILDREN FIRST DOES NOT MEAN THAT WE GET RID OF THE SECOND AMENDMENT OR THE FIRST AMENDMENT, WHAT IT DOES MEAN IS THAT WE HAVE PRACTICAL SOLUTIONS THAT ENSURE THAT OUR CHILDREN ARE NOT FACED WITH PEOPLE WHO HAVE GUNS DESIGNED FOR MILITARY COMBAT COMING INTO THEIR

032PLACES. THEIR SAFE PLACES. SO I AM FULLY SUPPORTIVE OF THIS RESOLUTION WHICH HONORS THE STUDENTS THAT WERE LAST WEEK KILLED AS WELL AS THE STUDENTS OF SANDY HOOK AND THE STUDENTS OF COLUMBINE. WE MUST DO THIS. THANK YOU MR. MCELVEEN FOR NOT ONLY YOUR RESOLUTION BUT YOUR HEART-FELT WORDS, THEY WERE VERY WISE. AND ONCE AGAIN PROVING THAT OUR YOUNGER GENERATION ARE WISER THAN THE OLDER GENERATION BY WILLING TO TAKE ACTION. THANK YOU MRS. DERENAK-KAUFAX FOR SECONDING IT, AND I AM FOR ALL OF MY FELLOW COLLEAGUES ON THIS BOARD TO SUPPORT THIS RESOLUTION. [APPLAUSE] THE NEXT SPEAKER IS MEGAN MCLAUGHLIN. IT'S DIFFICULT TO KNOW HOW WE AS YOUR BOARD MEMBERS CAN POSSIBLY CAPTURE AND CONVEY THE CONCERN WE'VE HAD FOR EACH AND EVERY CHILD IN OUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS SINCE THE TRAGEDY THAT HAPPENED LAST WEEK. AS

033A PARENT AND AS SOMEONE WHOSE OWN CONSTITUENT LOST THEIR BELOVED DAUGHTER IN THE VIRGINIA TECH SHOOTING 11 YEARS AGO, I DON'T THINK WE EVER THOUGHT WE WOULD FIND OURSELVES SITTING HERE TONIGHT. BUT WE ARE AND IT HAS BEEN 11 YEARS SINCE VIRGINIA TECH. AND WE ARE NO CLOSER TODAY THAN 11 YEARS AGO WHEN HORRIFIED AT THAT LOSS OF LIFE BUT ONE THING I AM THANKFUL FOR, THIS BOARD BEFORE YOU, AND WITH THE ELOQUENCE AND EFFORT THAT CAME FROM MR. MCELVEEN AND MY COLLEAGUE, MRS. DERENAK-KAUFAX. THAT WE ARE HERE TONIGHT AS THE 10th LARGEST SCHOOL SYSTEM IN THE UNITED STATES, TO LEND OUR VOICE OF LEADERSHIP TO REASSURE AND LET ALL OF YOU KNOW THAT YOUR PRESENCE HERE TONIGHT IT DOES INSPIRE ALL OF US. IT INSPIRES US TO SAY WHAT CAN WE DO IN OUR

034POSITIONS HERE WITHIN, NOT JUST THE SCHOOL BOARD BUT THE NATIONAL SCHOOL BOARD ASSOCIATION. TO PARTNER WITH OUR TEACHER ASSOCIATIONS ACROSS THE COUNTRY. TO PARTNER WITH ALL OF THE ADVOCACY GROUPS THAT ARE HERE TONIGHT, WITH OUR UNITED VOICE TO SAY, TO THE VERY PEOPLE WHO HAVE CONTROL OVER THESE LAWS. TO SAY ENOUGH IS ENOUGH. AND WE ARE VERY, VERY DEDICATED TO BEING A PART OF THAT SHARED VOICE. AND PLEASE KNOW THAT NOT ONLY IS IT MY HONOR TO VOTE FOR THIS RESOLUTION BUT IT'S OUR VOICES TO ADVOCATE FOR THE CHANGE IN UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. THANK YOU AGAIN FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT. [APPLAUSE] THE NEXT SPEAKER IS MRS. PALCHIK. ON DECEMBER 14, 2012, MY FELLOW TEACHERS AND I WAS CALLED TO AN EMERGENCY MEETING IN OUR SCHOOL LIBRARY. IT WAS THE END OF A LONG DAY

035AND I COULD NOT IMAGINE THE TOPIC AT HAND. AS WE KNOW NOW, OUR HEARTS WERE BROKEN THAT DAY. TO HEAR OF YOUNG CHILDREN THE SAME AGE AS THOSE I TEACH EVERY DAY, MASSACRED IN THE VERY SCHOOL THEY SHOULD HAVE FELT SAFE. IT WAS A TRAGIC MOMENT. AND AT THE VERY LEAST THE SMALLEST HOPE WE HAD WAS THAT WE WOULD FINALLY SEE CHANGE. WE WOULD FINALLY SEE OUR LEADERS AND OUR NATION ACT. UNFORTUNATELY WE DID NOT. IT HAS NOW TAKEN COUNTLESS MORE SHOOTINGS AND A LACK OF ACTION TO GET US WHERE WE ARE TODAY. LAST WEEK WE WITNESSED ANOTHER MASSACRE, ONE OF MANY IN OUR COUNTRY'S SCHOOLS. THE ADULTS HAVE NOT ACTED AND NOW THE CHILDREN ARE LEADING THIS IMPORTANT CONVERSATION. IN MY SCHOOL WE STUDIED ANOTHER TIME IN HISTORY WHEN STUDENTS TOOK TO THE STREETS

036AND GREAT RISKS AFTER THE ADULTS FAILED THEM. THE STUDENTS THAT TOOK THE RISK THAT THEIR SCHOOLS BE SEGREGATED AND EMOTIONAL HARM AND FINALLY FORCED OUR COUNTRY TO DO THE RIGHT THING. OUR CHILDREN ARE DOING THAT AGAIN TODAY. FROM FLORIDA TO FAIRFAX, TO MISSOULA, MONTANA, STUDENTS ARE STANDING UP AND SPEAKING OUT AND RISKING THEIR LIBERTIES IN ORDER TO SEE A CHANGE. AS A MILLENNIAL, I THANK MY COLLEAGUE, MR. MCELVEEN. AS A TEACHER AND VERY PROUD GRADUATE OF THOMAS JEFFERSON HIGH SCHOOL FOR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, I BELIEVE IN SCIENCE. I BELIEVE IN THE IMPORTANCE OF RESEARCH, FACTS AND BEST PRACTICES. AND I BELIEVE THAT WE CAN NO LONGER STAND ASIDE AND BLOCK THE RESEARCH THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE, THE EDUCATION THAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN AND THE PUBLIC HEALTH RISKS THAT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED IN OUR

037NATION. [APPLAUSE] MRS. KEYS-GAMARRA IS THE NEXT SPEAKER. OUR CHILDREN ARE THE FUTURE. AND MANY OF US ON THIS BOARD ARE PROUD GRADUATES OF FAIRFAX COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS. WE KNOW THAT THIS RESOLUTION IS NOT ENOUGH BUT IT IS OUR DUTY TO PROTECT OUR CHILDREN AND THEIR FUTURE. AND TO ENSURE THAT WE CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THIS, OUR CLASSROOMS, AND JOIN THEM IN SOLIDARITY IN ASKING OUR LEADERS, OUR NATION AND OUR ADVOCATES TO SAY THAT WE CAN NO LONGER HAVE ELECTED OFFICIALS AND THEIR LOBBYISTS VOTING AGAINST THEIR LIFE, SAFETY AND RIGHTS. SO -- [APPLAUSE] WITH THAT, IT IS THE BEGINNING OF A GREAT AND ARDUOUS AND CONTINUED BATTLE. AND I WANT TO THANK ALL OF THE ADVOCATES WHO HAVE HELPED US GET HERE AND WHO WILL CONTINUE THE FIGHT. BECAUSE TODAY IS NOT THE END, IT IS THE

038BEGINNING. AND WE WILL ENSURE THE SAFETY OF OUR KIDS, THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] MRS. KEYS-GAMARRA. I CANNOT LET THIS MOMENT PASS WITHOUT SPEAKING AS A MOTHER, A DAUGHTER, THREE SONS WHO HAVE GONE TO FAIRFAX COUNTY SCHOOLS. AND I PRAYED OVER THEIR SAFETY EVERY DAY THAT THEY COME BACK JUST THE WAY I SENT THEM. AS AN ATTORNEY WHO SPENT MUCH OF HER LIFE FIGHTING FOR OUR KIDS SO THEY COULD HAVE ACCESS TO EDUCATION. I KNOW THAT THERE IS A CONTINUED FIGHT SO I WANT TO THANK YOU, MR. MCELVEEN AND MRS. DERENAK-KAUFAX BECAUSE SOMETIMES IT'S JUST TIME. THERE WAS A TIME WHEN SLAVERY CAME TO AN END. THERE WAS A TIME WHEN DISCRIMINATION IN OUR SCHOOLS CAME TO AN END. WE ARE SEEING THE END OF HOW WOMEN ARE MISTREATED. AND NOW IT IS TIME FOR THE FOOLISHNESS

039WITH REGARD TO HOW WE DEAL WITH THE SECOND AMENDMENT TO END. [APPLAUSE] AS A STUDENT OF THE LAW, I DO RESPECT OUR CONSTITUTION. BUT YOU CANNOT HAVE A RIGHT WITHOUT BORDERS. EVERYTHING HAS TO BE EVALUATED WITH RESPECT TO OUR FELLOW HUMAN BEINGS, AND SO TODAY I FULLY SUPPORT WITH MY WHOLE HEART BECAUSE WHEN I SEE THOSE KIDS, WHEN I LOOK OUT IN THIS AUDIENCE, I'M THINKING THESE ARE MY KIDS. IT'S JUST LIKE LOOKING AT MY KIDS. AND SO NOT TO CLAIM EVERYBODY -- PLEASE DON'T GET UPSET WITH ME. I REALLY CANNOT, ONCE YOU BECOME A MOM, YOU CAN'T STOP LOOKING AT THINGS THE WAY THAT A MOM LOOKS AT THINGS; RIGHT? [APPLAUSE] AND SO I THANK YOU FOR THIS MOTION. AND I SAY DON'T JUST STOP AT MAKING PEOPLE RECOGNIZE THE ISSUE. BUT MAKE THEM

040DIG INTO THE ISSUE. NOBODY IS TRYING TO TAKE AWAY ANYBODY'S GUN NECESSARILY. BUT WHY DO WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO SHOOT 100 PEOPLE AT ONE TIME? I AM NOT SURE I UNDERSTAND THAT. [APPLAUSE] WHY DO WE NEED AMMUNITION THAT LITERALLY GOES INTO THE FLESH AND THE BONE AND SHATTERS IT. THERE IS NO PURPOSE FOR SOME OF THIS. OTHER THAN THE MASS DESTRUCTION OF HUMAN LIFE. THAT IS NOT CONSTITUTIONALLY PROTECTED. [APPLAUSE] AND SO I KNOW MY COLLEAGUES WANT TO SPEAK, BUT I WANTED TO SAY, I SO STAND WITH YOU. IF I COULD, I WOULD COME OUT AND I WOULD HUG EACH AND EVERYONE OF YOU. JUST THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. I AM SO VERY PROUD OF EACH AND EVERYONE OF YOU. MY SON CAME HOME FROM COLLEGE THIS WEEKEND AND HE SAID, I

041NEED TO SPEAK TO YOU. MY FRIENDS WANT TO KNOW WHAT YOU ARE DOING ABOUT THE SAFETY OF OUR CHILDREN. [APPLAUSE] THE NEXT SPEAKER IS MRS. EVANS. SO THANK YOU. I TOO WANT TO THANK MR. MCELVEEN FOR BRINGING THIS RESOLUTION TO THE BOARD AND FOR DERENAK-KAUFAX FOR SECONDING IT. IT'S AN EXCELLENT RESOLUTION AND I DO FULLY SUPPORT IT. WHEN WE SEND OUR KIDS TO SCHOOL, WE HAVE TO KNOW THAT THEY ARE GOING TO BE IN A SAFE PLACE. I SAY THAT AS LIKE SOME OF MY COLLEAGUES, AS A MOTHER AND MOST RECENTLY AS A BRAND-NEW GRANDMOTHER. [APPLAUSE] WHEN THAT LITTLE GRAND BABY GOES TO SCHOOL, I NEED TO KNOW THAT SHE IS GOING TO BE SAFE. I NEED TO KNOW THIS HAS BEEN FIXED. I AM SO PROUD TO SEE THAT OUR STUDENTS ARE TAKING THE

042LEAD, BOTH HERE IN FAIRFAX COUNTY AND AROUND THE COUNTRY. WE NEED TO LISTEN TO THEM. AND THANK YOU FOR EVERYONE HERE WHO IS EITHER A STUDENT THEMSELVES OR WHO HAS ADVOCATED FOR THIS POSSIBLY FOR YEARS. I KNOW THAT MANY OF YOU HAVE ADVOCATED FOR YEARS, THANK YOU ALL FOR TAKING A LEAD AS WELL. WE AS SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS HAVE OUR ROLE TO PLAY. AND WE WILL PLAY IT. AND AS DR. BRABRAND SAID, WE ARE REVIEWING EVERYTHING WE DO, AND DO OUR PART THAT WE HAVE DONE EVERYTHING IN OUR POWER TO ENSURE THE SAFETY OF ALL OF OUR CHILDREN. BUT ALL ELECTED OFFICIALS HAVE THEIR ROLE, WE CANNOT DO IT ALONE HERE. IT'S LONG PAST TIME THAT WE GET DECENT GUN CONTROL IN THIS COUNTRY. [APPLAUSE] WHAT WE ARE DOING NOW HAS NOT WORKED. WE KNOW

043THAT. WE KEEP BEING SHOCKED AT THE CARNAGE THAT WE SEE. WE KEEP BEING SHOCKED IN THIS COUNTRY AND IN THE WORLD WE'RE ANGERED. WE ARE HEART BROKEN FOR THE LIVES THAT HAVE BEEN LOST. BUT WE NEED TO TURN THIS HEARTBREAK AND THIS SHOCK AND THIS ANGER INTO ACTION. NO MORE EXCUSES. [APPLAUSE] MR. WILSON. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. SO I HAVE TWO HIGH SCHOOLERS IN FAIRFAX COUNTY SCHOOLS. AND RECENTLY MY WIFE AND I BROUGHT THEM TOGETHER TO TALK ABOUT THE SCHOOL SHOOTING AND WHAT THEY WOULD DO IN THAT SITUATION. AND IN EACH CLASS THEY WERE IN. AS A FATHER OF A DAUGHTER THAT IS A FRESHMAN, AND A SON WHO IS A SENIOR. IT'S A SURREAL CONVERSATION TO HAVE WITH YOUR KIDS. BUT MY COLLEAGUES MAY NOT KNOW THAT ACTUALLY I EXPERIENCED THAT. WHEN I WAS

044A HIGH SCHOOLER IN FAIRFAX COUNTY. IN 1983, LAKE BRADDOCK SECONDARY SCHOOL WAS TAKEN HOSTAGE BY AN ARMED GUNMAN WHO CAME IN AND TOOK HOSTAGES IN THE OFFICE. AND THE ENTIRE SCHOOL WAS ON LOCKDOWN. AND MY UNFORTUNATE EXPERIENCE IS THAT I HAD TO SIT IN THE LOCKER ROOM DURING THAT ENTIRE EXPERIENCE. BUT IT WAS, I THINK, A FORESHADOW OF THINGS THAT WERE COMING. THANK GOD NO ONE WAS KILLED DURING THAT INCIDENT. AS LEAST AS FAR AS I RECALL. BUT IT WAS TRAUMATIC. IT WAS ODD. IT FELT REALLY WRONG. AND I KNOW THAT THE SCHOOL SYSTEM THEN REACTED WITH ADDITIONAL SECURITY MEASURES. BACK IN THOSE DAYS YOU COULD WALK RIGHT INTO THE SCHOOL. THERE WAS NO LOCKS ON THE DOORS. AND THIS PERSON WAS A FORMER STUDENT. WHO WAS A 19 YEAR-OLD WHO HAD A GRIEVANCE WITH

045HIS GIRLFRIEND. AND WENT TO THE SCHOOL TO RECTIFY IT. SO I WOULD QUIBBLE WITH MR. MCELVEEN IT'S JUST THE PAST TWO DECADES, I THINK IT'S ACTUALLY EVEN AN OLDER PROBLEM. THAT'S 35 YEARS AGO THAT AN ARMED GUNMAN ENTERED ONE OF OUR SCHOOLS. I AM VERY GRATEFUL IMMEDIATELY PRIOR TO THIS MEETING WE BEGAN AS A BOARD A CONVERSATION ABOUT WHAT WE CAN DO RIGHT NOW IN OUR SCHOOLS. AND WE'RE GOING TO PUT EVERYTHING ON THE TABLE FOR THAT DISCUSSION. AND SUPERINTENDENT IS GOING TO COME TO US WITH RECOMMENDATIONS ON THOSE THINGS THAT CAN IMPROVE THE SAFETY WITHIN OUR SCHOOLS TO KEEP OUR KIDS SAFE. BECAUSE WE HAVE TO ACCEPT REALITY AS IT IS. AND REALITY RIGHT NOW IS THAT WE LIVE IN A COUNTRY THAT A SHOOTER COULD POTENTIALLY COME INTO A SCHOOL. AS WE SAW

046JUST A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO. MR. MCELVEEN MENTIONED THAT HE HOPES THAT WE CAN FIX THE PROBLEM. I WOULD EVEN BACK IT UP ONE STEP FURTHER AND SAY, I HOPE WE CAN IDENTIFY THE PROBLEM. BECAUSE -- YEAH, WELL. PLEASE LET MR. WILSON SPEAK. IT IS GUNS, I THINK THAT'S RIGHT BUT GUNS EXISTED -- BUT GUNS EXISTED IN 1983. PLEASE LET MR. WILSON SPEAK. AND I THINK THAT'S GUNS SIMILAR TO THE ASSAULT RIFLE EXISTED. I KNOW THEY EXISTED BECAUSE I WAS IN THE ARMY AND HAD ONE. PLEASE -- I HEAR THE COMPASSION AND I WANT TO COMMEND THE STUDENTS THAT HAVE COME OUT AND SOME EVEN WENT ON THE TELEVISION TO TALK ON THE NEWSHOUR THAT WAS INCREDIBLY IMPRESSIVE. I COMMEND THE EFFORT AND PASSION THAT PEOPLE HAVE. BUT I WOULD SUBMIT TO YOU THAT THERE

047IS A DEEP ISSUE, A DEEP ILLNESS IN OUR SOCIETY. THAT REALLY HAS TO DO WITH HOW MUCH DO WE VALUE LIFE? BECAUSE THE PERSON WHO CAME INTO THAT HIGH SCHOOL DIDN'T VALUE LIFE. AS A MATTER OF FACT HE DISREGARDED LIFE. HE WAS THE HIGH SCHOOLER. AND THAT'S A STATEMENT THAT I THINK WE HAVE TO LIKE DEAL WITH. WE HAVE TO THINK ABOUT -- PLEASE I'M SORRY WE NEED TO LISTEN TO MR. WILSON, IT'S HIS TURN. AND I HOPE THAT IN THE PROCESS OF OUR REVIEW OF THIS AND THE SUPERINTENDENT'S REVIEW THAT WE CAN LOOK HOLISTICALLY AT HOW DID WE GET HERE? IS IT SIMPLY A MATTER OF GUNS? PLEASE -- I'M SORRY. WE CAN'T HAVE A TWO-WAY CONVERSATION. AS A PARENT MYSELF OF FOUR FAIRFAX COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLCHILDREN AND AS SOMEONE WHO EXPERIENCED HAVING HIS

048SCHOOL TAKEN OVER BY AN ARMED GUNMAN. I THINK THAT WE HAVE TO TAKE IT TO THE NEXT LEVEL. TO NOT ONLY SEE WHAT IT IS WE ARE DOING AND CAN DO MORE IN OUR OWN SCHOOLS. WHAT LEGISLATION CAN BE PASSED. I AM VERY APPRECIATIVE OF THE DISCUSSION BECAUSE NOW WE ARE HAVING A CONVERSATION ABOUT THINGS ABOUT THE AGE AT WHICH YOU CAN BUY A WEAPON AND WHETHER OR NOT YOU CAN BUY A BUMP STOCK. THESE ARE VERY IMPORTANT DISCUSSIONS. I DON'T THINK IT ENDS THERE. THOSE ARE VERY IMPORTANT. BUT THAT'S NOT THE END OF THE CONVERSATION. I WOULD ALSO FINALLY, AND I GUESS I WOULD LIKE PEOPLE TO THINK ABOUT THE PASSION THEY FEEL RIGHT NOW. AND TURN THAT PASSION TOWARDS ANOTHER PLAGUE THAT TAKES 150 LIVES IN THIS COUNTRY AND THAT'S OVERDOSE OF OPIOIDS

049AND HEROIN. I'M SORRY -- PEOPLE, PLEASE. YOU NEED TO BE QUIET AND LET THE BOARD SPEAK. YEAH, BECAUSE -- MR. WILSON GO AHEAD. THAT EPIDEMIC ACTUALLY IS RAVAGING OUR SCHOOLS AS WELL. AND IT'S NOT -- IT'S NOT -- PLEASE, PLEASE LET MR. WILSON SPEAK. WE DON'T -- WANT TO HAVE TO CLEAR THE AUDITORIUM. PLEASE. [GAVEL] WELL, I GO BACK TO THE FACT THAT I SAT DOWN WITH MY OWN CHILDREN WHO ARE HIGH SCHOOLERS IN FAIRFAX COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS. YOU MAY NOT RESPECT MY OPINION, CLEARLY DO YOU NOT. BY THE HECKLING AND THE ABUSE THROWN AT ME. AND THAT'S FAIR. THAT'S FAIR. PLEASE AUDIENCE. WE MUST ASK FOR QUIET. MR. WILSON, PLEASE FINISH. BUT I DO LOOK FORWARD TO THIS DISCUSSION. AND I LOOK FORWARD TO MAKING POSITIVE CHANGES BOTH IN FAIRFAX COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND

050IN THE PUBLIC POLICY REALM. WHICH AS A SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER WE HAVE VERY LIMITED POWER TO AFFECT THE CHANGES THAT THIS RESOLUTION TALKS ABOUT. OTHER THAN PROVIDING OUR SUPPORT. AND I WILL SUPPORT THIS RESOLUTION. [APPLAUSE] THANK YOU. THE NEXT SPEAKER IS MRS. SCHULTZ AND AGAIN, I DO ASK PLEASE TO LISTEN TO THE BOARD MEMBERS. THEY DO HAVE A RIGHT TO SPEAK AND SHARE THEIR OPINIONS BEFORE WE VOTE. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE APPRECIATE YOUR PRESENCE. MRS. SCHULTZ. I SPENT TUESDAY NIGHT AT A PTSA MEETING WHERE PARENTS AND STAFF CONCERNS WERE CONSCIENTIOUSLY ADDRESSED. BUT THE ASK OF MANY IS THAT THERE IS LEADERSHIP ON THE SAFETY SECURITY MEASURES ON OUR SCHOOLS AND CAMPUSES AND FIELDS AND INGRESS AND EGRESS ON THE WAY TO SCHOOLS. THEY HAD GREAT IDEAS THAT ARE WORTH ADDRESSING TO PARLAY THE

051FEARS OF PARENTS AND STUDENTS ALIKE. I SPENT HOURS TALKING TO STUDENTS, SOME WERE FRIENDS OF SOME OF MY STUDENTS WHO WERE MURDERED LAST WEEK. THEIR FEAR IS REAL AND PALPABLE, MANY ASKED THAT THE ADULTS DO SOMETHING TO LET THEM KNOW THAT THEY ARE SAFE. I RECEIVED A PHONE CALL FROM A HIGH SCHOOL PARENT THIS MORNING AT 12:22 A.M. THE MOTHER WAS IN ABSOLUTE FEAR OVER SOMETHING THAT HER CHILD HAD JUST RECEIVED. SHE ASKED THAT WE DO SOMETHING TO DEMONSTRATE THAT WE ARE LEADING THE WAY AS A BOARD IN THE SAFETY AND SECURITY OF THE CHILDREN IN OUR SCHOOLS. AS A PARENT OF FOUR STUDENTS THAT HAVE BEEN OR IN FAIRFAX COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND THE ONLY BOARD MEMBER WITH AN ELEMENTARY STUDENT. I FEEL PALPABLY THAT STUDENTS OF ALL AGES AND THEIR FAMILIES AND OUR

052EMPLOYEES HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT SAFETY AND SECURITY FOR THEMSELVES AND FOR THEIR CHILDREN. SO THERE IS ABSOLUTE CLARITY IN THIS DISCUSSION TONIGHT. WE HAVE THE RESPONSIBILITY TO LEAD. NOT WAIT. BEFORE THIS MEETING I BROUGHT TO THE BOARD A TOPIC TO INTRODUCE INTO OUR WORK CALENDAR A DIRECTION TO THE SUPERINTENDENT AND TO STAFF TO AFFIRMATIVELY SEEK A COMPREHENSIVE SECURITY ASSESSMENT TO ASK STAFF TO LOOK AT ALL OPTIONS THAT ARE AVAILABLE TO US AS THE BOARD. INCLUDING THE DIFFERENCES FROM SCHOOL TO SCHOOL, AND BETWEEN SCHOOLS AND ADMINISTRATION BUILDINGS WHERE OUR EMPLOYEES WORK. A WORK SESSION FOR OUR STAFF TO PRESENT INFORMATION TO THIS BOARD WAS THE OUTCOME. ALTHOUGH IT WAS ALTERED AT THE LAST MINUTE FOR MORE BEHIND-THE-SCENES CLOSED DOOR DISCUSSION EARLIER IN THE PROCESS THAN I BELIEVE IS NECESSARY TO BE TRANSPARENT FOR THE COMFORT OF OUR

053COMMUNITY TO UNDERSTAND WHAT WE ARE DOING TO SECURE OUR SCHOOLS, TO KEEP CHILDREN, THEIR TEACHERS AND OUR EMPLOYEES SAFE. EVERYTHING NEEDS TO BE ON THE TABLE AND EVERYONE NEEDS TO BE AT THE TABLE. [APPLAUSE] WITH WHAT IS HAPPENING NATIONALLY AND RIGHT HERE AND A LOT OF WHAT IS HAPPENING HERE YOU NEVER KNOW ABOUT. THIS BOARD HAD TO DEMONSTRATE THAT WE ARE WILLING TO ASK FOR SUCH A REVIEW AND FOR IT TO BE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC AND WHAT OPTIONS ARE AVAILABLE TO US AND WHAT THIS BOARD WILL CONSIDER TO ENHANCE THE SAFETY AND SECURITY OF OUR FACILITIES AND THE ACCESS TO THE BUILDINGS WHERE OUR CHILDREN GO FOR 180 DAYS OF EVERY CALENDAR YEAR. NOTHING MORE WAS SOUGHT, AND NOTHING LESS WAS ASKED. 90,000 SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS IN THIS COUNTRY HAVE THE RESPONSIBILITY FOR 50.5

054MILLION CHILDREN K-12. IT IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF SCHOOL BOARDS. NOT OF CONGRESS, NOT OF GENERAL ASSEMBLIES. WE HAVE THE RESPONSIBILITY FIRST TO PROTECT OUR CHILDREN AND TO PROTECT OUR EMPLOYEES. THIS CANNOT BE A PARTISAN OR AGENDA-DRIVEN ISSUE, OUR CHILDREN DO NOT COME WITH A PARTY LETTER ON THEIR HEAD. THERE IS NO LONGER AN OPTION TO GIVE HOPE, WE HAVE TO BE THE HOPE. WE CAN PASS A RESOLUTION NOW THAT WE COMMITTED PRIOR TO THIS MEETING TO HAVE AND BE A PART OF THE SOLUTION. BUT WAITING FOR CONGRESS AND GENERAL ASSEMBLIES, THAT'S GREAT TO BRING RESOURCES AFTER THE FACT BUT FIRST LEFT UP TO US. AND LET'S BE THE LEADERS THAT WE ARE CAPABLE OF BEING FOR THE SAFETY OF OUR CHILDREN AND TO SEND THE MESSAGES TO OUR EMPLOYEES WE HAVE A CARING CULTURE AND

055WE CARE ABOUT. AND WE ARE GO TO KEEP EVERYTHING ON THE TABLE AND WE ARE GOING TO INVITE EVERYBODY TO THE TABLE. THANK YOU. MRS. HYNES. I WOULD LIKE FOR THOSE NOT AT THE EARLIER MEETING TONIGHT THAT MRS. SCHULTZ REFERRED TO. MRS. SCHULTZ BROUGHT A FORUM TOPIC REQUEST FOR A STUDY ASKING THE SUPERINTENDENT AND STAFF TO REVIEW CURRENT SECURITY MEASURES AND TO COME BACK TO THE BOARD WITH ANY OPTIONS THAT TRAINED SECURITY STAFF COULD BRING TO US THAT ARE RESEARCH BASED MAKES SENSE. AND WE AGREED TO DO THAT. AND THE PART OF MRS. SCHULTZ'S MOTION THAT I COULD NOT SUPPORT AND HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH TRANSPARENCY. PLEASE DO NOT THINK THAT WE CHANGED MRS. SCHULTZ'S MOTION TO MAKE OUR CONVERSATION LESS TRANSPARENT, THAT IS NOT TRUE. WHAT WE DID IS REJECT THE FOLLOWING LANGUAGE

056IN HER MOTION. DISCUSS IMPLEMENTING FULL-TIME ARMED PRESENCE IN ALL SCHOOLS. DISCUSS THE POTENTIAL OF INCORPORATING FULL-TIME ARMED PRESENCE IN ALL SCHOOLS. MORE GUNS? DO NOT MAKE US MORE SAFE. FEWER GUNS MAKE US MORE SAFE. THE RESEARCH IS SO CLEAR ON THAT. [APPLAUSE] I'M GOING TO SPEAK LAST. AND THEN I WILL CALL FOR THE VOTE. I AM SORRY -- MRS. SCHULTZ WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A GO BACK. LET'S HAVE A CLARIFYING GO-BACK, BECAUSE WHEN YOU TAKE A HANDFUL OF WORDS THAT ARE A PART OF A SENTENCE OUT OF AN ENTIRE DOCUMENT, WHAT HAPPENS THINGS ARE TAKEN OUT OF CONTEXT. THE CLARITY WAS -- YOU WANT TO HEAR THIS, THIS IS IMPORTANT. YOU WANT TO HEAR THIS. I SAID THAT WE NEED TO DISCUSS. I DIDN'T SAY THAT WE NEED TO GO GET. DISCUSS. AS I SAID

057PREVIOUSLY EVERYTHING NEEDS TO BE ON THE TABLE. IF YOU ARE UNWILLING TO DISCUSS OPTIONS THEN IT'S NO LONGER A DISCUSSION. WE NEED TO HAVE THE SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS, THE PROFESSIONAL SECURITY STAFF, THAT FCPS HAS. AND LET ME CLARIFY, NOT CLARIFY BUT LET ME GIVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TO THAT. WE HAVE AN AMAZING PROFESSIONAL SECURITY STAFF AND MOST OF THE SECURITY PERSONNEL IN OUR BUILDINGS HAVE SO MUCH TRAINING. THEY ARE FORMER MILITARY AND FORMER LAW ENFORCEMENT, THOSE ARE MAGNIFICENT INDIVIDUALS AND COMPARED TO ALMOST ANY OTHER PLACE IN THE COUNTRY. WE MIGHT ALREADY BE THE GOLD STANDARD. BUT UNLESS WE ARE WILLING TO DISCUSS, I DID NOT SAY PUT. I SAID, AND THAT WAS THE TOPIC, BUT WHAT IT SAYS IS THAT THE BOARD NEEDS TO HAVE A COMPREHENSIVE DISCUSSION REGARDING THE SAFETY AND SECURITY MEASURES

058DEPLOYED IN OUR SCHOOLS. WHAT CURRENT PRACTICES ARE IN PLACE AT ELEMENTARY, MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL LEVELS AND DISCUSS THE POTENTIAL OF INCORPORATING FULL-TIME ARMED PRESENCE IN ALL OF OUR SCHOOLS EITHER THROUGH ADDITIONAL FAIRFAX COUNTY POLICE OFFICERS WHO ARE ALREADY ARMED AND IN OUR HIGH SCHOOLS AND MIDDLE SCHOOL OR LICENSED ARMED SECURITY AND TECHNOLOGY AND OTHER OPTIONS. THAT'S HOW WE HAVE THE GREATEST AMOUNT OF INFORMATION BROUGHT TO US FROM THE EXPERTS TO HAVE A COMPREHENSIVE CONVERSATION WITH OUR STAFF. WITH SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS AND WITH OUR COMMUNITY. IF WE DON'T HAVE THE INFORMATION, IF WE DON'T ASK FOR THE INFORMATION, WE CAN'T HAVE A REASONABLE CONVERSATION WITH THE COMMUNITY. THAT'S MERELY ALL. WHAT I OBJECTED TO AND WHAT HAPPENED EARLIER, THERE WAS A DISCUSSION THAT INSTEAD OF GOING TO A WORK SESSION AND SEEKING INFORMATION FROM OUR

059STAFF. AND THEY DETERMINE WHEN IT'S APPROPRIATE TO GIVE US A CLOSED SESSION AND THAT WE HAVE A WORK SESSION AS PUBLICLY AND TRANSPARENTLY AS POSSIBLE OUT IN THE OPEN. THAT THE SUGGESTION WAS THAT THE FIRST THING WE DO IS GO INTO CLOSED SESSION. AND I JUST FEEL LIKE THAT ISN'T THE MESSAGE THAT WE WANT TO SEND TO THE COMMUNITY. AS WE WALK AWAY FROM THIS TABLE, THE FIRST THING WE DO IS GO BACK INTO CLOSED SESSION AND THAT'S OUR NEXT CONVERSATION AND I THINK IT SHOULD BE WITH YOU. MS. VATTIKONDA. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I WOULD FIRST LIKE TO TAKE A MOMENT TO EXPRESS MY DEEPEST CONDOLENCES OF THE STUDENTS AND FAMILIES OF DOUGLAS HIGH SCHOOL. AND WHILE I CAN'T FATHOM THE LOSSES AND I AM PROUD OF THE STUDENTS THAT CAME TOGETHER FOR THE

060GUN CONTROL AND ON THAT I WOULD LIKE ALL STUDENTS IN THE AUDIENCE TO STAND AND BE RECOGNIZED ON THIS ISSUE. [APPLAUSE] THE STUDENTS OF STONEMAN DOUGLAS AND YOU HERE TONIGHT HAVE DEMONSTRATED THE STRENGTH AND COURAGE THAT IS NEEDED FROM ALL OF US TO SPEAK OUT ON THIS ISSUE AND PREVENT A TRAGEDY FROM HAPPENING AGAIN. AND THOSE STUDENTS ARE NOT ALONE AND ALMOST ALL CURRENT STUDENTS HAVE NOT KNOWN A WORLD WITHOUT SHOOTINGS. WE PREPARE FOR SHOOTINGS AS WE DO FOR A FIRE OR EARTHQUAKE. STARTING AT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. AND WE HAVE SEEN SCHOOLS AND MALLS TURNED INTO POTENTIAL THREATS. AND EACH MORNING WE HAVE TO BE PREPARED FOR THE WORSE TO HAPPEN WHEN WE GET ON THAT SCHOOL BUS. I AM PROUD OF MY PEERS THAT TAKE A STAND AND WALK OUT AND PROTEST IN WHAT THEY

061BELIEVE IN. AND I AM GRATEFUL FOR MR. MCELVEEN TO BRING THIS RESOLUTION TO THE TABLE. AND NO BETTER THING TO DO THAN VOTE FOR THIS RESOLUTION TO PASS. WE MAY NOT CAUSE THE LEGISLATORS TO VOTE ON THIS BUT CAN CALL ON THEM AND THE POWER TO DO SO. [APPLAUSE] THANK YOU EVERYBODY FOR YOUR THOUGHTS AND YOUR COMMENTS. FIRST I WOULD LIKE TO THANK OUR POLICE WHO ARE IN OUR SCHOOLS AND THE ADDITIONAL POLICE WHO HAVE BEEN WITH US FOR THE LAST WEEK, AND WILL STAY WITH US TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR CHILDREN AND OUR TEACHERS ARE SAFE. [APPLAUSE] I WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE WORK OF OUR STAFF. OF OUR I.T. PEOPLE WHO IN FACT LOOKED INTO EVERY PIECE OF SOCIAL MEDIA, THAT LOOKED SUSPICIOUS. THEY WORK HARD, IF THEY ARE CONCERNED THAT THERE IS

062A CRISIS, WE INVESTIGATE IT. AND WE GO RIGHT TO THE SOURCE AND SOMETIMES VISIT A HOME AND TO SEE. WE DO NOT TAKE ANY OF THIS LIGHTLY. WE ARE HERE TO PROTECT YOU AND KEEP YOUR SCHOOL SAFE AND YES WE WILL LOOK AT ALL POSSIBLE WAYS THAT WE ARE DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR SCHOOLS ARE SAFE. THEY ARE PLACES OF LEARNING AND THAT OUR TEACHERS CAN TEACH AND OUR CHILDREN CAN LEARN. I WOULD LIKE TO QUOTE FROM THE VERY BRAVE AND STRONG LEADERS OUT OF MARJORY STONEMAN DOUGLAS. FROM SARAH CHADWICK, NEVER AGAIN SHOULD A CHILD BE AFRAID TO GO TO SCHOOL. NEVER AGAIN SHOULD STUDENTS HAVE TO PROTEST FOR THEIR LIVES. NEVER AGAIN SHOULD AN INNOCENT LIFE BE TAKEN WHILE TRYING TO GAIN AN EDUCATION. NEVER AGAIN SHOULD STUDENTS HAVE TO

063PROTEST FROM THEIR LIFE. FROM SPENCER BLUM, WE ARE ANGRY AND PISSED. WE ARE READY FOR ACTION AND TO MAKE OURSELVES HEARD. FROM ANDREW PALLOCK, A GRIEVING FATHER, WE ARE HERE BECAUSE MY DAUGHTER HAS NO VOICE, YOU HAVE HER VOICE, MURDERED LAST WEEK AND TAKEN FROM US SHOT NINE TIMES. HOW MANY SCHOOLS, HOW MANY CHILDREN GOT TO BE SHOT? IT STOPS HERE. WILL AMERICA CHOOSE ITS CHILDREN OVER ITS GUNS? IT IS TIME FOR AMERICA TO LISTEN TO ITS CHILDREN. TO OUR BRAVE YOUNG LEADERS WHO ARE WITH US TONIGHT. PUT DOWN THE GUNS. OUR CHILDREN ARE STANDING UP AND DEMANDING CHANGE. GO FOR IT. [APPLAUSE] I WOULD LIKE TO CALL NOW FOR THE VOTE TO APPROVE THE RESOLUTION ON GUN VIOLENCE PREVENTION, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. THAT MOTION IS UNANIMOUS. THANK YOU VERY

064MUCH. [APPLAUSE] A PIECE OF GENERATIONAL INFORMATION, THE YOUNG PEOPLE WHO ARE HERE TONIGHT AND THE YOUNG PEOPLE FROM MARJORY STONEMAN DOUGLAS, THE YOUNGEST OF THE GENERATION, WE HAVE RAISED THEM WELL, THANK YOU. WE'LL TAKE ABOUT A TWO-MINUTE RECESS FOR PEOPLE TO REORGANIZE THEMSELVES BUT THE NEXT BUSINESS ITEM WILL BE CITIZEN PARTICIPATION. WE WILL BEGIN THAT IN ABOUT TWO MINUTES. THANK YOU. WE WILL BEGIN WITH CITIZEN PARTICIPATION. BOARD MEMBERS, PLEASE RETURN TO THE TABLE. [GAVEL] MEETING WILL RESUME. THE NEXT ORDER OF BUSINESS IS CITIZEN PARTICIPATION. TONIGHT 10 CITIZENS HAVE SIGNED UP TO ADDRESS THE BOARD AND WE ALSO HAVE ONE VIDEO. SPEAKERS ARE REQUESTED TO LIMIT THEIR REMARKS TO NOT LONGER THAN THREE MINUTES. THE SCHOOL BOARD WILL NOT HEAR STATEMENTS FOR PUBLIC HEARING SUCH AS CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM AND BUDGET AND BOUNDARIES. FOR THOSE SCHOOL

065BASED EMPLOYEES SHOULD BE DIRECTED TO THE APPROPRIATE SCHOOL OFFICIAL OR PRINCIPAL. SPEECH SHOULD REFRAIN FROM ADDRESSING INDIVIDUAL STUDENTS. SPEAKERS ARE EXPECTED TO PRESENT WITH DECORUM OF THE PUBLIC'S INTEREST. BE MINDFUL THAT THERE IS OFTEN YOUNG CHILDREN AT THE MEETINGS OR WATCHING AT HOME, LANGUAGE SHOULD BE APPROPRIATE FOR ALL AGE LEVELS, THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION. FIRST SPEAKER IS DAVID APONTE. GOOD EVENING TO THE MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, SCHOOL STAFF AND CITIZENS OF FAIRFAX COUNTY. I WOULD LIKE TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME TONIGHT. IRONICALLY A PRIORITY HEARING ABOUT THE RESOLUTION THAT WAS GOING TO BE INTRODUCED TONIGHT AND PRIOR TO HEARING ABOUT THE EVENTS IN PARKLAND, I CAME HERE TO TALK ABOUT SCHOOL SAFETY. AND I THINK IT'S ONLY FITTING THAT I CONTINUE THAT CONVERSATION AND TALK ABOUT SOME SPECIFIC THINGS THAT THIS COMMUNITY HAS

066BEEN ASKING FOR A LONG, LONG TIME. I HAVE STOOD IN FRONT OF THIS BOARD BEFORE AS A REPRESENTATIVE OF GLSEN TO TALK ABOUT LGBT STUDENTS AND STUDENTS OF COLOR AND MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES THAT NEED OUR SUPPORT QUITE A BIT. AND STILL NEED OUR SUPPORT AND AT TIMES LIKE THIS AT MY CAPACITY AS A LOCAL LEADER AND WHEN I HEAR ABOUT STUDENTS THAT DON'T FEEL SAFE IN SCHOOL AND I THINK EVERY DAY REGARDLESS OF WHAT IS GOING IN THE NEWS, DON'T FEEL SAFE AT SCHOOL. TRAGIC EVENTS LIKE WHAT HAPPENED AT PARKLAND BRINGS US TOGETHER TO THINK ABOUT THIS, BUT WHAT HAPPENS BETWEEN THOSE TIMES AND CONSTANTLY HAVE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT AND CONSTANTLY WORKING TOWARDS. AND TONIGHT I HAVE SEEN SOME THAT LEADERSHIP FROM SOME OF YOU. AND I CONTINUE TO BE INSPIRED BY MANY OF YOUR LEADERSHIP, THE

067STUDENT LEADERSHIP WE HAVE SEEN TONIGHT AND THE COMMUNITY LEADERSHIP WE ARE SEEING SO FAR. WHEN IT COMES TO STUDENT SAFETY, THERE ARE A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT. FIRST OFF, I BELIEVE THAT AS PART OF THIS, AS PART OF THIS NEW EFFORT TO LOOK AT HOW WE KEEP STUDENTS SAFE. WE DO LOOK AT ALL THE REGULATIONS THAT AFFECT STUDENT SAFETY IN ANY WAY ACROSS THE COUNTY. AND THAT GOES FOR OUR COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS AS WELL. ARE SCHOOL STAFF TRULY EQUIPPED TO DEAL WITH ALL STUDENTS? THE ANSWER IN MOST SITUATION SYSTEMS IS USUALLY NO. WE TALK ABOUT THE TRAINING AND REALITY YEAR AFTER YEAR AND MEETING AFTER MEETING, THAT SCHOOL STAFF IS NOT EQUIPPED TO DEAL WITH THE STUDENTS THAT NEED THEM THE MOST. EVERY DAY I HEAR FROM LGBT STUDENTS THAT UNDER REPRESENTED

068BY THE SCHOOLS AND OFFICIALS AND POLICIES TO BE PROTECTED IN SCHOOLS. AND I SEE YOUR LEADERSHIP AND ADDING GENDER IDENTITY AND I THANK MR. MCELVEEN ON THOSE POLICIES. I HAVE SEEN THAT LEADERSHIP AND TIME TO TAKE IT A STEP FURTHER. AND COME OUT WITH REGULATIONS SO THAT STUDENTS KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS AND WHAT THOSE POLICIES MEAN FOR THEM. AND TIME THEY STOP GETTING CALLS EVERY DAY FOR STUDENTS AND THEIR RIGHTS AND TIMES THAT I STOP GETTING CALLS FROM PARENTS THAT THEIR STUDENTS ARE SAFE. AND FOR ME NOT TO EXPLAIN THE LAW TO THEM. AND TIME FOR THAT CHANGE. THANK YOU, NEXT SPEAKER, LAURA DOUGHERTY. GOOD EVENING, I AM LAURA DOUGHERTY. MOTHER OF A BEAUTIFUL FCPS STUDENT. LIKE ALL PARENTS IN THIS COUNTRY THE MASSACRE IN PARKLAND, FLORIDA SHOOK ME TO MY CORE. I STAND WITH

069STUDENTS TO DEMAND SAFE SCHOOLS NATIONWIDE. SCHOOL SECURITY IS CRITICAL BUT ONLY PART OF THE SOLUTION. PLEASE PROTECT OUR SCHOOL STUDENTS AND STAFF FROM ALL SHOOTING. I AM A TRANS-ALLY ABOUT THE GENDER AND NONCONFORMING OR TRANSGENDER STUDENTS OR ALTERNATIVELY TO BEGIN THE DRAFT OF NEW REGULATIONS. THAT IS NECESSARY TO MEET 2100 GOAL TO CREATE SAFE AND SUPPORTIVE RESPONSIVE SCHOOL ENVIRONMENT. THREE YEARS AGO OUR CHILD CAME OUT AS GENDER NONCONFORMING. OUR FEARS MULTIPLIED. FEAR THAT OUR CHILD WOULD BECOME A STATISTIC. FEAR THAT SHE WOULD BE BULLIED AND BEATEN BY PEERS. FEAR UNDER STATE LAW SHE CAN BE DISCRIMINATED AGAINST IN HOUSING AND PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT AND THAT HER FEDERAL RESTRICTIONS STRIPPED AWAY. WHILE FCPS HAS A NONDESCRIPTIVE POLICY IN PLACE, AND GONE WITHOUT REGULATION OF THE GENDER AND TRANS, AND THIS IS SIGNIFICANT AS THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

070IS REFUSING TO HEAR STATEMENTS FROM TRANS-STUDENTS. AND THAT THERE IS MISINFORMATION AND SCIENCE ABOUT ANTI-TRANSDOCTORS, STUDIES TAKEN OUT OF CONTEXT OR MISQUOTED AND THAT THE WHOLESALE DENIAL OF TRANSGENDER. CALLING A TRANSGENDER'S IDENTITY MENTAL ILLNESS IS FALSE, CRUEL AND UNNECESSARY. TO SPEAK OF A CHILD THIS WAY CREATES SCARS THAT LAST A LIFETIME. I PRAISE THE STAFF THAT WORKED WITH MY CHILD TO HELP HER JOURNEY. WE ARE BLESSED BY KIND AND KNOWLEDGE PEOPLE, SCHOOL PSYCHIATRISTS AND TEACHERS AND CLINIC AIDES. AS IT STANDS, PARENTS OF TRANS-KIDS CAN ONLY HOPE THAT STAFF IS COMPASSIONATE AND WILLING TO LEARN THAT RESISTANCE OF BULLYING KEEP THEM SAFE. PLEASE TAKE RECOMMENDATIONS FROM PEER REVIEW STUDIES, TO AFFIRM THAT TRANS-GENDER AND GENDER NONCONFORMING STATUS OF OUR CHILDREN ALLOWS THEM THE DIGNITY OF NOT HAVING TO RUN TO THE CLINIC TO USE THE RESTROOM

071AND THAT YOU WILL PREVENT THEM FROM DISCRIMINATION EVEN IF THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION WON'T. THANK YOU FOR LISTENING. THANK YOU, NEXT SPEAKER, HELEN LI. HI, SO I AM GOING ON SHARE MY TIME BUT FIRST I WANTED TO ADDRESS THE RESOLUTION THAT HAPPENED EARLIER TODAY. SO I WANTED TO EMPHASIZE THAT THERE IS NO LINK BETWEEN MENTAL ILLNESS AND MASS MURDER. THE NRA RECENTLY IS TRYING TO MAKE PEOPLE WITH MENTAL ILLNESSES A SCAPEGOAT AND TOO MANY PEOPLE MAKE THAT LINK AND IT PROMOTES A WRONG STIGMA ABOUT MENTAL ILLNESS AND FAIRFAX COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS NEEDS TO MAKE IT CLEAR THAT HAVING A MENTAL ILLNESS DOES NOT MEAN THAT PEOPLE ARE VIOLENT. GOOD EVENING, I WANT TO THANK LAURA AND I WANT TO THANK DAVID FOR THEIR TESTIMONY. I AM HERE TO BUILD ON THAT. MY NAME IS CHELSEA

072YU. I WAS RAISED IN THE FAIRFAX COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM, STARTING AT GREAT FALLS ELEMENTARY AND COOLER MIDDLE SCHOOL AND LANGLEY HIGH SCHOOL '07. I SAY THIS AS A GRADUATE AND ALUMNI OF FAIRFAX COUNTY. I AM HERE TO CREATE PRACTICES AND ACTIONS TO PROTECT TRANS-GENDER NONCONFORMING STUDENTS. AND IN LIGHT OF THE RECENT PARKLAND MASSACRE I WANT TO EMPHASIZE IF WE ADDRESS GUN VIOLENCE, WE NEED TO ADDRESS ALL THE GUN VIOLENCE. STARTING WITH -- SORRY, STARTING WITH THE MURDERS OF TRANS-AND GENDER NONCONFORMING STUDENTS. WHO ARE MORE LIKELY TO BE MURDERED WITH GUNS. AND STUDENTS WHO ARE MORE LIKELY TO KILL THEMSELVES WITH GUNS. IF WE'RE WANT TO CREATE A MORE CARING ENVIRONMENT WE NEED TO CONCENTRATE ON NOT JUST THE MASS MURDERS BUT THE SMALLER EVERY DAY VIOLENCE THAT OCCURS. AND BACK TO THE LGBT COMMUNITY.

073THESE STUDENTS ARE MORE LIKELY TO BE VULNERABLE TO VIOLENCE, SUICIDE, POVERTY AND BEING OSTRACIZED BY OUR COMMUNITY. WE LIVE IN THE COUNTRY WHERE THE HIGHEST OFFICE DENIES HUMANITY AND WORKS ACTIVELY TO DENY THEIR RIGHTS ALTOGETHER. I ASK THE SCHOOL BOARD TO BE PROACTIVE TO SUPPORT FAIRFAX COUNTY TRANS-GENDER AND NONCONFORMING STUDENTS. THEY ARE STILL OUR CHILDREN AND THEY ARE STILL OUR FUTURE. THE PRACTICES THAT DAVID HAS OUTLINED INCLUDING TRAINING STAFF ON HOW TO SUPPORT TRANSGENDER AND NONCONFORMING STUDENTS. THOSE SEEM SMALL WILL GO A LONG WAY AND VALIDATING AND EMPOWERING THESE CHILDREN. THEY DESERVE THE RESOURCES AND SKILLS THAT ARE NOT READILY AVAILABLE TO THEM IN OTHER ENVIRONMENTS. WE MUST DO WHAT WE CAN TO PROTECT THEM AND GIVE THEM SPACE TO EXPLORE THEIR IDENTITIES. THANK YOU, NEXT SPEAKER ROBERT RIGBY. GOOD EVENING SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS, DR.

074BRABRAND AND SENIOR STAFF. MY NAME IS ROBERT RIGBY, JR., MY HEARTBREAKS FOR THE CHILDREN IN FLORIDA, AND IN 33 YEARS I HAVE NEVER SEEN MY CHILDREN MORE ANXIOUS ABOUT SAFETY. ONE OF MY FRESHMEN CAME TO ME AFTER CLASS WITH A PLAN TO PUT [INAUDIBLE] ACROSS THE DOORS TO KEEP US SAFE. I CAN'T TALK ABOUT THIS MORE, I HAVE TO KEEP MY NOSE TO THE GRINDSTONE AND TALK ABOUT [INAUDIBLE] CREATING REGULATIONS THAT SPECIFY THE COMBINATIONS THAT WE WILL MAKE FOR TRANSGENDER STUDENTS IN OUR SCHOOLS. THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAS MADE IT CLEAR NOT TO FORCE INTO CERTAIN REGULATIONS. THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION HAS MADE CLEAR THAT THEY THINK THAT THE DECISION SHOULD BE LEFT UP TO THE LOCAL SCHOOL SYSTEM. BUT AS LEADERS OF A WORLD CLASS SCHOOL SYSTEM YOU SHOULD MAKE THIS BASED ON EVIDENCE THAN THE

075ADVOCACY OF CITIZENS. I SHALL QUOTE FROM THE STATEMENT OF AMERICAN PEDIATRIC ABOUT TRANSGENDER STUDENTS IN SCHOOLS. THEIR STATEMENT. TRANSGENDER STUDENTS SHOULD HAVE ACCESS TO THE SEGREGATED ACTIVITIES AND PROGRAMS CONSISTENT WITH THEIR GENDER IDENTITY, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO BATHROOMS, LOCKER ROOMS, AND SPORT TEAMS AND CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES. THEY ALSO SAY IN CONTRAST THERE IS NO EVIDENCE OF ANY HARM TO THE PHYSICAL OR MENTAL HEALTH OF OTHER CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS WHEN TRANSGENDER STUDENTS USE FACILITIES THAT MATCH THEIR GENDER IDENTITY. THEY ARE JOINED IN THAT STATEMENT BY THE FOLLOWING PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS. THE AMERICAN PSYCHIATRIC ASSOCIATION. THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS. THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SOCIAL WORKERS. THE PEDIATRIC SOCIETY. THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF CHILD ADOLESCENTS. THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF FAMILY PHYSICIANS. THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF NURSING. THE AMERICAN MEDICAL STUDENT ASSOCIATION. THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION, THERE ARE 12

076OR 13 MORE. THE AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION MADE THIS STATEMENT. THIS IS WHY THE REGULATIONS ARE WRITTEN, NOT BECAUSE OF MY ORGANIZATION ARGUING FOR THEM. BUT FOR THE FCPS STAFF. WE HAVE TO HOPE THAT [INAUDIBLE] TRANSGENDER -- [BELL], MY TIME IS UP, THANK YOU FOR LISTENING. NEXT SPEAKER, WILLIAM PARK. GOOD EVENING, HONORABLE SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS, THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO FOLLOW UP ON MY PRIOR PRESENTATION REGARDING ISSUES OF LAKE BRADDOCK. TONIGHT'S WORKFORCE IS HIGHLY APPROPRIATE AND TO THE ANNEX THAT HAPPENED AT LAKE BRADDOCK. SPECIFICALLY INTEGRITY AND HONESTY ARE EMPLOYEE TRAITS ESPECIALLY IN LEADERSHIP, AS THEY SET THE TONE AND SET THE CHARACTER. WHEN LACKING THESE CHARACTERISTICS THE ORGANIZATION WILL FATALLY WEAKENED. AND BEGGING THAT WHETHER THE SUPERINTENDENT AND THOSE PILLARS ARE TO BUILD ON FCPS WORKFORCE. WHY DOES THE SUPERINTENDENT STILL REFUSE TO ACKNOWLEDGE WHAT

077OCCURRED AT LAKE BRADDOCK TO THE GIRLS ON THE BASKETBALL TEAM AND THE WITNESS. IF NOTHING HAPPENED AS CLAIMED IN THE TV INTERVIEW, WHERE -- WHY IS THE FORMER LAKE BRADDOCK STAFF PAID 96,000 AND PAID LEAVE. HOW DOES FCPS HIRE AND HAS TWO KEY EMPLOYEES, THE SUPERINTENDENT FOR HR AND THE GENERAL COUNSEL ENGAGED IN CONSPIRACY OF UNLAWFUL EMPLOYMENT PRACTICES. TO BE CLEAR, WHAT ALLIANCE THAT THE SUPERINTENDENT HAD PLACED ON THE STAFF LAST YEAR, HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE DEMEANOR OR TONE OR FALSE STATEMENTS IN THE JANUARY TV INTERVIEW. HIS PROBATIONARY PERIOD HAS LONG PASSED. GUIDANCE IS NOT AN EXCUSE FOR AN EXECUTIVE TO CONTINUE THE DISHONESTY THAT OCCURRED AND NOT MAKE AMENDS TO THOSE IMPACTED. UHss POLICY 2100 IS A PRAISE WORTHY, COMPASSIONATE AND CARING POLICY. IT IS SO GREAT TO BEGIN A TALK WITH

078SOMETHING WE ALL AGREE ON. BUT DOES THE FAMILY LIFE EDUCATION CURRICULUM IMPROVE STUDENT HEALTH? FLE LESSONS TALK ABOUT HOW TO AVOID SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED INFECTIONS, S.T.I.s. GRADE SIX HUMAN GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT LESSON FOUR RECOMMENDS WAITING TO HAVE SEX UNTIL YOU ARE IN A FAITHFUL MARRIAGE. GRADE SEVEN LESSON THREE SAYS WAIT TO HAVE SEX UNTIL YOU ARE IN A FAITHFUL MONOGAMOUS RELATIONSHIP. GRADE NINE, LESSON THREE CAUTIONS AGAINST ENGAGING IN SEX BEFORE ONE IS READY AND TALKS ABOUT DECIDING WHEN TO BECOME SEXUALLY ACTIVE AND ALSO SAYS OUR NEXT ACTIVITY WILL HELP YOU SEE THE RISK AND BENEFITS OF PREMARITAL SEXUAL ACTIVITY. SO SIXTH GRADERS SHOULD WAIT UNTIL THEY ARE IN A FAITHFUL MARRIAGE, SEVENTH GRADERS UNTIL THEY ARE IN A MONOGAMOUS RELATIONSHIP IS THAT YOU YOU END UNINTENDED PREGNANCY. ASK A 17-YEAR-OLD WHAT THEY THINK. ON THE OTHER

079HAND, WHAT IF IT DOES? WHAT IF THE FLE DOES ENCOURAGE CASUAL SEX. GET REAL. KIDS ARE GOING TO HAVE SEX. IT IS ALSO REAL THAT CASUAL SEX HAS LIFE-CHANGING CONSEQUENCES. I'M ON THE BOARD OF A CRISIS PREGNANCY CENTER AND WE SEE THE CONSEQUENCES OF CASUAL SEX ALL THE TIME, UNEXPECTED PREGNANCY, FATHER WITH NO JOB, GIRL GETS KICKED OUT OF HER HOUSE, NOT TO MENTION SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED INFECTIONS. IF YOU WANT TO GET REAL, THE 10-YEAR PERIOD FROM 2005 TO 2015 IN FAIRFAX COUNTY SYPHILIS UP 35%, GONE RHEA 36%. THAT IS WHAT IT MEANS TO GET REAL ABOUT CASUAL SEX. THE FAMILY LIFE CURRICULUM THAT ENCOURAGES YOU WAITING UNTIL YOU CAN'T WAIT ANY LONGER, ENCOURAGES CASUAL SEX, UNEXPECTED PREGNANCY AND SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED INFECTION. IF POLICY 2100 MEANS WHAT IT SAYS, STUDENT HEALTH AND WELL BEING IS AS

080IMPORTANT AS EDUCATION AND YOU SHOULD CHANGE IT SO IT DOESN'T DETRACT FROM STUDENT HEALTH. THANK YOU. THE NEXT SPEAKER IS NORMAN HALL. I'M NORM HALL, FATHER OF TWO FORMER FCPS STUDENTS. I'M THE ADVOCACY CHAIR OF THE FAIRFAX COUNTY SPECIAL EDUCATION P.T.A. I HAVE FOUR COMMENTS AND STRATEGIC PLAN GOAL THREE PREMIER WORKFORCE. I DO SO IN THE CONTEXT OF HAVING SPOKEN OUT LAST MONTH IN FAVOR OF THE PROPOSED 2019 BUDGET. I WAS PLEASED TO SEE COUNTY EXECUTIVE HILL SUPPORTS THIS FAVABLE OUTCOME. GIVEN THE RANGE OF CONDITIONS THAT EXIST WITHIN OUR CHILDREN, SPECIAL EDUCATION TEENS AT OUR SCHOOLS NEED ADVANCED SKILL SETS, CREATIVITY AND CRAFT TO SUCCEED IN MEETING THE CHALLENGES OF THIS EXPANDING POPULATION. GOOD SPECIAL EDUCATION TEAMS OF TEACHERS, INSTRUCTIONAL ASSISTANCE, SOCIAL WORKERS AND NON-SCHOOL BASED STAFF ARE A NECESSITY. IN ORDER FOR THESE TEAMS

081TO CONTINUE WORKING FOR FCPS AND TO SAVE FOR THE LONG HAUL, THEY NEDOROSTERS WHO ARE PAID WELL FOR THE SKILL AND EXPERIENCE THEY NEED TO HAVE TO SERVE OUR STUDENTS AND FAMILIES. IT IS NO SECRET THAT THE TURNOVER RATES FOR THESE PROFESSIONALS ARE ABOVE WHAT IS SUSTAINABLE FOR STUDENT SUCCESS FOR EVERY CHILD AND EVERY NEED. THE COMPREHENSIVE AND STRATEGIC PLANS THAT HAVE BEEN PRESENTED THIS FALL EXPOSE THE FACT THAT OUR STUDENTS ARE NOT MEETING SUCCESS IN CRITICAL DOMAINS AT THE SAME LEVEL AS STUDENTS WITHOUT DISABILITIES. SO HERE ARE MY QUESTIONS. ONE, WHEN RECRUITING FOR TEACHERS, WHAT INFORMATION IS PRESENTED TO SUGGEST THE RELATIVE CAREER DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES THAT ARE GAINED BY CHOOSING TO WORK HERE? HAS THE SCHOOL BOARD ASKED THE STAFF TO EXPLORE INCENTIVES FOR TEACHING SPECIAL EDUCATION CLASSES HERE IN FAIRFAX COUNTY? CAN WE

082BE KNOWN FOR DEVELOPING EXCEPTIONAL SPECIALCATION PROGRAMS? TWO, WHAT ABOUT WORKFORCE DIVERSITY WITH RESPECT TO STAFF WITH DISABILITIES? AT THE LAST WORK SESSION I SAW CONCERN FOR GENDER AND AS A MALE WITH EXPERIENCE IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS, I CAN APPRECIATE THAT, BUT SIMILAR CONCERNS SURELY EXIST IN MINDS OF THE STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES WHEN THEY DO NOT SEE SCHOOL PERSONNEL WHO RECEIVE ACCOMMODATIONS FREELY. THREE, THE IDEA OF ADDING STRONG SPECIAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS TO THE RECRUITING CALENDAR IS EXCELLENT. THERE ARE SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCES IN THE AMOUNT OF EXPERIENCES TO INCOMING SPECIAL EDUCATION TEACHERS. WOULD IT HELP TO KNOW OUR SCHOOL BOARD EXPRESSED THE INTEREST OF MAKING FAIRFAX THEIR LONG-TERM HOME. FOUR, WITH REGARD TO THE NEW PRINCIPAL POOL SELECTION PROCESS, OUR KNOWLEDGE, CREDENTIALS AND EXPERIENCE REVIEWED UPON ENTRY TO THE POOL OR THE SELECTION STAGE. IN THE INTEREST OF ASSURING

083FAMILIES THAT PRINCIPALS ADD VALUE TO THE PLANNING AND OPERATIONS OF SPECIAL EDUCATION WOULD THE SCHOOL BOARD CONSIDER PARENTAL INPUT AS PART OF THE PRINCE PAL SCHOOL SCREENS. THANK YOU. FREDERICK COSTELLO, TO BE FOLLOWED BY TINA WILLIAMS. LUPRON IS AN ANDROGEN THERAPY DRUG THAT CUTS OFF TESTOSTERONE PRODUCTION. I WAS CONCERNED ABOUT HORMONE TREATMENT SO I INVESTIGATED. THE LONG-TERM EFFECT OF LUPRON IS A GREATLY INCREASED RISK OF DEMENTIA. I WAS ALARMED. CAST RATION IS AN ALTERNATIVE. THERE IS EVIDENCE THAT CASTRATION LEADS TO DEMENTIA. NO WAY OUT. I'M STUCK. WHEN YOU GET OLDER YOU HAVE TO PAY ATTENTION TO THAT, OKAY, WHEN THEY PROPOSE THINGS TO YOU. IN KEEPING WITH POLICY 2100 YOU NEED TO WARN YOUR STAFF. PROSTATE CANCER IS COMMON. HOW ABOUT YOUR STUDENTS? MALE TO FAMILY TRANSGENDERS TAKE A.D.T.s OR ARE CASTERATED. THEIR TESTOSTERONE IS

084SUPPRESSED. THEY, TOO, CAN EXPERIENCE DEMENTIA. YOU ACCOMMODATE TRANSGENDERS AS A MATTER OF POLICY. ACCOMMODATING AND ENCOURAGING PEOPLE TO TAKE A MEDICAL TREATMENT THAT LEADS TO DEMENTIA. YOU ARE LOOKING ONLY AT A SHORT-TERM ACCOMMODATION. WITHOUT CONSIDERING THE LONG-TERM DISASTER. DON'T FOSTER MALE TO FEMALE SEX CHANGES. ONLY A FEW YEARS AGO PSYCHIATRISTS TAUGHT THE DESIRE FROM MALE TO FEMALE TRANSFORMATION IS A MENTAL DISORDER. IN SOME CIRCUMSTANCES TODAY THEY TEACH THE OPPOSITE. WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO THE NEXT TIME THEY CHANGE SOMETHING. IF WE ARE IN A WAR -- I'M CONCERNED ABOUT YOU ON THE SCHOOL BOARD. YOU WOULD BE GUILTY OF A WAR CRIME. YOU MIGHT BLAME PSYCHIATRISTS. ADOLPH EICHMAN WAS HANGED. PERHAPS ON YOUR DEATH BED AS YOU REFLECT ON YOUR LIFE AND WHAT YOU HAVE DONE WITH DEMENTIA AND SURELY AFTER DEATH JUSTICE WILL

085BE SERVED. A CHRISTIAN OR MUSLIM MIGHT WARN YOU UNLESS YOU REPENT AND REFORM YOU WILL GO TO UNENDING PUNISHMENT AND HELL. I WOULD LIKE YOU TO AID VOI THAT. STOP EXPERIMENTING WITH HUMAN BEINGS. STOP FOSTERING DEMENTIA AMONG FAIRFAX COUNTY STUDENTS. THE NEXT SPEAKER IS TINA WILLIAMS TO BE FOLLOWED BY SEAN HASKETT. GOOD EVENING, SCHOOL BOARD, DR. BRABRAND, LEADERSHIP TEAM. HAPPY BLACK HISTORY MONTH. I'M TINA WILLIAMS AND I WILL GIVE MY TIME TO BETH --. HELLO. I WAS GOING TO SPEAK ABOUT THE RESOLUTION. I HAD THIS CAREFULLY CRAFTED ARGUMENT ABOUT BUILDING UP TO WHY WE SHOULD SUPPORT IT, BUT YOU'VE DONE IT NOW. THANK YOU. DON'T NEED TO DO THAT. SO SKIP. SO I'M BETH TRUDONE, THE FAIRFAX COUNTY P.T.A. PRESIDENT. WE'VE HAD A LOT OF P.T.A.s CONTACT US OVER THE LAST WEEK ASKING WHAT DO

086WE DO? WHAT IS HAPPENING? WHAT DO WE TELL OUR PARENTS, TEACHERS, THE STUDENTS AND SUCH? DO WE SUPPORT THIS, DO WE SUPPORT THAT? SO WE CAREFULLY LOOKED TO SEE WHAT THE NATIONAL P.T.A. GUIDELINES ARE AND SOME OTHER THINGS. WE APPRECIATE WHAT YOU HAVE DONE ABOUT THE STUDENTS BEING ABLE TO PEACEFULLY WALK OUT. THAT IS VERY IMPORTANT. THERE HAVE BEEN QUITE A FEW SCHOOLS, HIGH SCHOOLS WHERE STUDENTS HAVE. BECAUSE THESE KIDS HAVE THEIR ENTIRE LIVES THEY HAVE HAD -- IT HAS BEEN COLUMBINE, THEY HAVE HAD ACTIVE GUN DRILLS SINCE KINDERGARTEN AND SUCH. SO THINKING ABOUT THIS, GENERAL MEMBERSHIP ISSUE WE ARE GOING TO FOCUS. WE ARE ASKING PEOPLE FROM THE ACTIVE GUN VIOLENCE COMMUNITY AND WHAT CAN BE DONE AT SCHOOL. WE ARE ASKING THAT AND WE WOULD LIKE FOUR PEOPLE FROM FCPS TO BE INVOLVED

087WITH THAT, S.R.O.s, SOCIAL WORKERS, COUNSELORS TO SEE WHAT IS GOING ON IN THE SCHOOLS. AND LET'S SEE. SORRY. SO IF YOU CAN THINK OF SOME THINGS THAT WE CAN DO, MAYBE PEOPLE WHO CAN BE ON THE PANEL AND SUCH ABOUT THAT, IT WOULD BE GREAT. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER IS SEAN HASKETT. OKAY. SEAN IS NOT HERE. WE HAVE VIDEO TESTIMONY PRESENTED BY MARIEL RAMDS-HVRKS -- RAMIREZ-HOLKON. FAIRFAX COUNTY. FIRST AS A MOTHER I WOULD LIKE TO EXPRESS MY SINCERE CONDOLENCE AND EMPATHY TO THOSE PARENTS WHOM LOST THEIR CHILDREN IN SUCH A VIOLENT TRAGEDY IN FLORIDA LAST WEEK. IT IS UNACCEPTABLE THAT AS PARENTS WE HAVE TO CONSIDER THAT ONE OF OUR SCHOOLS COULD BE A TARGET FOR SUCH UNFORTUNATE SITUATION. I URGE TO WORK WITH US AS A COMMUNITY AND TO FOCUS ON

088THIS IMPORTANT MATTER TO PREVENT ANY EPISODE LIKE THE ONE IN FLORIDA. AS MY COLLEAGUE MENTIONED IN YOUR LAST MEETING THE SCHOOL HEALTH ADVISORY COMMITTEE HAS BEEN THE STUDENTS RIGHTS TO RECESS. THE PROPOSED LANGUAGE PROVIDES A BALANCE BETWEEN THE STUDENTS TO PARTICIPATE IN RECESS AND THEN TO HAVE THE RECESS WITHHELD. STAFF MEMBERS NEED FLEXIBILITY FOR CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES. IT IS IMPORTANT THAT THE KIDS DO NOT WORK ON HOMEWORK OR CLASS WORK DURING RECESS. OUR SOLE INTENT IS THAT OUR KIDS CAN HAVE RECESS AS THEIR TIME TO RECHARGE, THEIR MINDS TO GO BACK TO CLASS MORE FOCUSED. WE HOPE WE CAN COUNT ON YOUR SUPPORT FOR THIS POLICY AMENDMENT TO BETTER SERVE THE STUDENTS IN OUR COUNTY AND HOPEFULLY SERVE AS A GOOD EXAMPLE FOR OTHER COUNTIES ACROSS OUR STATE. IN ADDITION TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THIS AMENDMENT,

089WE WILL NEED TO PREPARE AND SUPPORT OUR TEACHERS FOR THEM TO FAMILIARIZE WITH THE NEW POLICY, IT SCOPE AND IMPLEMENTATION. IT IS OUR JOB TO SUPPORT OUR TEACHERS MOVING FORWARD IN TERMS OF APPLICATION AND BEST PRACTICES AND BENEFITS OF SCHOOLS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THAT ENDS OUR CITIZEN PARTICIPATION PART. THANK YOU TO ALL THOSE THAT CAME OUT TO SPEAK. NEXT STUDENT REPRESENTATIVE MATTERS. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I WANT TO THANK DR. BRABRAND FOR HIS E-MAIL AND COMMENTS AND SO STUDENTS KNOW WHAT THE SAFETY AND SECURITY PROCEDURES ARE. AND MR. McILVAINE FOR THE RIGHTS TO PROTEST. COUNTLESS STUDENTS CAME OUT TO SUPPORT OUR RESOLUTION. I WOULD ASK WE LEND OUR SUPPORT TO THE STUDENTS IN THE SYSTEM WHO WANT TO USE THEIR VOICES TO TAKE A STAND. MANY OF OUR STUDENTS HAVE BEEN INFORMED ABOUT OR

090DONE WALKOUTS. I THINK WE NEED TO FOCUS TO SUPPORT THEIR FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION AND ASSEMBLY AND MAKING SHE WE ARE COORDINATING SECURITY THAN STUDENTS WALKING OUT OF ALL THE DOORS ON THE CAMPUS. I UNDERSTAND THAT MANY PARENTS AND ADMINISTRATORS ARE CONCERNED HOW TO ENSURE STUDENT SAFETY IF LARGE NUMBERS OF STUDENTS ARE WALKING OUT OF THE SCHOOL. I HOPE WE CAN WORK WITH SCHOOLS TO HAVE A MORE DETAILED SET OF GUIDELINES REGARDING POTENTIAL STUDENT WALKOUTS. WORKING WITH THE STUDENT GOVERNMENT TO ESTABLISH A DESIGNATED AREA FOR ALL STUDENTS WHO ARE WALKING OUT TO BE AT SO THAT WE CAN AT LEAST HAVE ONE AREA THAT COULD BE SUPERVISED IF NECESSARY, IN FRONT OF THE COOL OR IN A COURTYARD. WE COULD ASK STUDENTS TO SIGN OUT FROM CLASS THE SAME WAY TO GO TO THE LIBRARY SO

091WE CAN KEEP TRACK OF WHERE STUDENTS ARE IN THE CASE OF THE EMERGENCY. IN DOING ANY OF THIS, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WE ARE WORKING WITH STUDENT GOVERNMENTS BECAUSE THEY ARE THE ONES WHO HAVE A BETTER IDEA WHEN STUDENTS WILL BE PROTESTING AND HOW LARGE THE PROTEST WILL BE SO THAT WE CAN HAVE A MORE COHESIVE SUPPORT OF OUR STUDENTS. IF WE DIRECTLY ENGAGE THE STUDENTS WE CAN BE SURE WE KEEP INSTRUCTIONAL DISRUPTIONS TO A MINIMUM AND MAKING SURE THE STUDENTS HAVE THE RIGHT TO PROTEST AND MAKE SURE THEY ARE SAFE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. NEXT IS CONFIRMATION OF ACTION TAKEN IN CLOSED MEETING. THE BOARD WILL CONFIRM ACTION IN THE CLOSED MEETING. IT MAY REGARDING STUDENT DISCIPLINARY MATTERS. AT THIS TIME WE WILL MAKE SEVERAL MOTIONS TO CONFIRM THE RECOMMENDED ACTION. I CALL

092ON MS. CORBETT SANDERS. I MOVE TO EXPEL A STUDENT WHO PARTICIPATIONED IN THE GANG RELATED ASSAULT OF ANOTHER STUDENT. SECOND. SECONDED BY MS. KEYES-GAMARRA. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR. IT IS EVANS, WILSON, McLAUGHLIN, McILVAINE, HYNES, KEYES-GAMARRA, ABSTENTION, MS. PALCHEK. THANK YOU. I WILL CALL ON MS. CORBETT SANDERS AGAIN. I MOVE TO EXPEL A STUDENT WHO -- SECONDED BY MR. MOON. THANK YOU. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR. THAT MOTION -- NO. OKAY. THANK YOU. THAT MOTION THEN IS, MS. EVANS MR. WILSON, MS. McLAUGHLIN, MS. PALCHICK, CORBETT SANDERS, HYNES, DERENAK KAUFAX, MS. KEYES-GAMARRA. ABSTENTION. MS. SCHULTZ. THANK YOU. NEXT I WILL CALL ON MS. DERENAK KAUFAX. I MOVE TO DENY THE SCHOOL REASSIGNMENT APPEAL OF A STUDENT WHO BROUGHT ILLEGAL DRUGS TO AND USED ILLEGAL DRUGS AT SCHOOL AND TO MODIFY THE DISCIPLINARY DECISION OF THE DIVISION SUPERINTENDENT. SECOND

093BY MS. KEYES-GAMARRA. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. THAT IS UNANIMOUS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. NEXT I WILL CALL ON MS. SCHULTZ FOR A MOTION. I MOVE TO DENY THE SCHOOL REASSIGNMENT APPEAL FOR A STUDENT WHO BROUGHT A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE TO SCHOOL AND DISTRIBUTED IT TO OTHER STUDENTS AT SCHOOL AND CONFIRM THE DISCIPLINARY DECISION OF THE DIVISION SUPERINTENDENT. SECONDED BY MS. McLAUGHLIN. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR. MOTION IS UNANIMOUS. THANK YOU. I WILL CALL AGAIN ON MRS. SCHULTZ FOR ANOTHER MOTION. I MOVE THE TEACHER IDENTIFIED IN CLOSED MEETING BE DISMISSED AND REVOKE THE TEACHING LICENSE BE FORWARDED TO THE SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION AT THE VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION. SECONDED. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR. THAT MOTION IS UNANIMOUS. THANK YOU. I MOVE -- SECONDED. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR. THE MOTION IS UNANIMOUS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

094THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS THE LUTHER JACKSON MIDDLE SCHOOL PROPOSED BOUNTDRY ADJUSTMENT. I WILL CALL ON MS. PALKRS HEK FOR A MOTION. I MOVE THE BOARD ADJUSTMENT OF SOME JACKSON MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS TO THOROUGH MIDDLE SCHOOL. ANY APROOUED BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENT RELATED TO JACKSON MIDDLE SCHOOL WILL NOT CHANGE THE HIGH SCHOOL BOUNDARY. SOME STUDENTS WHO ATTEND OAKTON, MOSBY WOODS AND MARSHALL ROAD LLS WOULD BE REASSIGNED FROM JACKSON MIDDLE SCHOOL TO THOROUGH MIDDLE SCHOOL IF THE BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENT IS APPROVED. WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO YOUR MOTION? YES. I WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE AND THANK THE PRINCIPAL CHAD LEHMAN FOR BEING HERE. I KNOW HE HAS BEEN MANAGING HIS OVERCROWDED MIDDLE SCHOOL. I WANT TO THANK STAFF, AND THEIR TEAM FOR ALL OF THEIR WORK IN COMMUNICATIONS TEAM FOR THEIR WORK IN DOING THE BOUNDARY

095CHANGE AND THE COMMUNITY OUTREACH OF THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS. I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT TO KEEP IN MIND THAT THIS IS A BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENT OPTION A WAS THE PREFERRED OPTION BY THE COMMUNITY. AFTER OUTREACH, SEVERAL COMMUNITY MEETINGS, INPUT AND A PROCESS THAT REALLY TOOK INTO ACCOUNT THE DESIRES OF THE COMMUNITY. TO BE ABLE TO NOW USE UP SOME OF THE SPACE THAT IS FREED AFTER THE RENOVATION AT THOREAU MIDDLE SCHOOL. ALL DOCUMENTS WERE POSTED ONLINE THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS. I KNOW THE SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS RECEIVED FURTHER INFORMATION AND JUST WANT TO SAY THAT HAVING TO TAKE QUESTIONS AND HOPE THAT MY FELLOW MEMBERS WILL SUPPORT THIS CHANGE AND THAT IS ALL FOR TONIGHT. MS. KEYES. WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO YOUR SECOND? I CERTAINLY SUPPORT THIS MOTION AND AM LOOKING FORWARD TO A SOLUTION THAT

096REDUCES OVERCROWDING AND ALLOWS OUR CHILDREN TO STAY TOGETHER A LONGER PERIOD OF TIME. I KNOW WE HAVE OTHER SUCH SITUATIONS TO DEAL WITH. I CAN ONLY HOPE THEY WILL GO AS SMOOTHLY. THANK YOU. I FORGOT TO ADD MS. STRAUSS, IF I MAY. YES. I THINK THE IMPORTANT THING IS IT DOES NOT ELIMINATE ALL SPLID FEEDERS, ONE OF THE IMPORTANT ASPECTS AND SCOPES CERTAIN SCHOOLS THAT WOULD EVENTUALLY GO TO OAKTON HIGH SCHOOL WAS THAT WE HAVE CHILDREN LEAVING THEIR BOUNDARY AFTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, COMING TO FALLS CHURCH BOUNDARY AND GOING BACK TO THEIR PYRAMID FOR HIGH SCHOOL. THE HOPE IS IT WILL REDUCE SPLIT FEEDER AND REDUCE OVERCAPACITY IN THE COUNTY. WANT TO ASSURE FAMILIES THAT THE A.A.P. CENTER WILL REMAIN AT JACKSON MIDDLE SCHOOL AND ALL STUDENTS ELIGIBLE WILL HAVE THE OPTION TO ATTEND JACKSON'S A.A.P.

097CENTER MS. HYNES. I WANTED TO REITERATE, THANKS TO STAFF. EVEN A SMALL BOUNDARY CHANGE LIKE THIS TAKES A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF WORK. I WAS AT SOME OF THE MEETINGS OUT IN THE COMMUNITY AND I THINK IF WE FEEL LIKE THIS HAS GONE SMOOTHLY, IT IS BECAUSE STAFF DID SUCH A GREAT JOB MAKING SURE COMMUNITY MEMBERS WERE HEARD, HAD PLENTY OF OPPORTUNITIES TO BE INFORMED AND WEIGH IN. I CAN'T THANK YOU ENOUGH ON BEHALF OF THE HUNTER MILL RESIDENTS INVOLVED IN THIS CONVERSATION. OKAY. THANK YOU. I WILL CALL FOR THE VOTE ON THE LUTHER JACKSON MIDDLE SCHOOL PROPOSED BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENT. OKAY. THAT VOTE IS UNANIMOUS WITH MRS. SCHULTZ AWAY FROM THE TABLE. THANK YOU. NEXT IS STRATEGIC PLAN GOAL THREE PREMIER WORKFORCE. I CALL ON MR. MOON FOR THE MOTION. I MOVE THE SCHOOL BOARD APPROVE

098THE SCHOOL BOARD STRATEGIC PLAN GOAL 3 AS DETAILED IN THE AGENDA. SECOND. STRATEGIC PLAN GOAL THREE WAS PRESENTED TO THE SCHOOL BOARD ON JANUARY 25th AND SUBSEQUENTLY DISCUSSED BY THE BOARD MEMBERS AT THE WORK SESSION ON FEBRUARY 12. THERE ARE TWO OVERARCHING STRATEGIES FOR GOAL THREE. THEY ARE OVERARCHING STRATEGY NUMBER EIGHT AND NUMBER NINE UNDER OVERARCHING STRATEGY NUMBER EIGHT, WE ARE TO RECRUIT AND RETAIN HIGH QUALITY EMPLOYEES WHO ARE VALUED AND REWARDED FOR THEIR EFFORTS. STRATEGY NUMBER NINE, WE ARE TO INVEST IN GROWTH AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR ALL EMPLOYEES BY PROVIDING MEANINGFUL PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND QUALITY FEEDBACK ON PERFORMANCE. THE REPORT DISCUSSES MAJOR STRATEGIC PLAN ACTIVITIES TAKING PLACE IN THE CURRENT YEAR AND REFLECTS DATA THAT HAS BEEN UTILIZED IN MAKING DECISIONS. DRIVING THE WORK UNDERLYING GOAL THREE. THE REPORT PROVIDES AN UPDATE ON THE METRICS

099AND THE CURRENT WORK TO SUPPORT THE GOAL THREE. THE WORK ACCOMPLISHED FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE CLASS SIZE REGULATION IS ALSO INCLUDED IN THE REPORT. I WOULD LIKE TO ASK MY COLLEAGUES TO SUPPORT THIS. THANK YOU MR. MOON. MR. McELVEEN, WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK? MR. MOON COVERED IT WELL. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? THAT MOTION IS UNANIMOUS WITH MS. SCHULTZ AND MS. McLAUGHLIN AWAY FROM THE TABLE. AND MS. KEYES-GAMARRA. ALL RIGHT. THE NEXT ITEM IS ESTABLISHMENT OF A NEW LEVEL IV ADVANCED ACADEMIC CENTER AT BUSH HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND ADOPTION OF NEW PUPIL ASSIGNMENT PLANS. I CALL ON MS. DERENAK KAUFAX. I MOVE IN ORDER TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE EFFICIENCY OF THE SCHOOL DIVISION APPROVE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A NEW LEVEL IV ADVANCED ACADEMIC CENTER PROGRAM IN THE FALL OF 2018 AT BUSH HILL ELEMENTARY

100SCHOOL AND ALSO ADOPT THE FOLLOWING PUPIL ASSIGNMENT PLAN. IN FALL 2018 ED SON-BASED RISING THIRD GRADE CENTER ELIGIBLE STUDENTS CURRENTLY ASSIGNED TO SPRINGFIELD ESTATES WOULD BE ABLE TO ATTEND THE NEW BISCH. IN THE FALL OF 2019 EDISON-BASED RISING THIRD AND FOURTH GRADE STUDENTS CURRENTLY ASSIGNED TO BRINGFIELD ESTATES WILL BE REQUIRED TO ATTEND BUSH HILL'S LEVEL IV CENTER. AN ADDITIONAL GRADE LEVEL WOULD BE ADDED EACH YEAR UNTIL FULL IMPLEMENTATION OF GRADES 3-6 FOR THE LEVEL IV CENTER AT BUSH HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN SCHOOL YEAR 2021-2022. WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO YOUR MOTION? YES. WE HAVE BEEN WATCHING THE NUMBERS GROW AND WE BELIEVE NOW IS THE TIME TO OPEN ANOTHER CENTER AT BUSH HILL FOR THE STUDENTS IN EDISON PYRAMID, SPRINGFIELD ESTATES HAS BEEN A BIT UNIQUE. WHEN IT OPENED MANY YEARS AGO IT WAS

101MODELLING BEST PRACTICES WANTS TO ENSURE CRITICAL MASS OF CHILDREN WHO NEED ADVANCED ACADEMIC CURRICULUM AND TWO GRADES AT EACH LEVEL. THE SPRINGFIELD ESTATES AMT A.P. CENTER POOLS IN ORDER TO DO THAT, PULLED FROM 14 DIFFERENT ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS, STUDENTS FROM THREE TO FIVE DIFFERENT HIGH SCHOOL PYRAMIDS. NOW MANY YEARS LATER IT HAS GROWN AND AT SOME GRADE LEVELS THERE ARE NOW FIVE A.A.P. CLASSES FOR A CORRESPONDING TWO GENERAL ED CLASSES. IT IS RENOVATED BUT OVERCAPACITY MAKING UP 58% OF THE SCHOOL POPULATION. SO CONVERSATIONS INFORMALLY BEGAN WITH THE COMMUNITY LAST SPRING WITH MORE FORMAL COMMUNITY MEETINGS THIS FALL. BOTH AT BUSH HILL AND SPRINGFIELD ESTATES. PARENT MEETINGS WERE HELD, COFFEES WERE HELD, ELECTRONIC AND PAPER COMMUNICATIONS TALKED ABOUT THE PROCESS. AND WHEN THE RESULTS OF ALL THE SURVEYS AND THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS CAME IN, ALL SHOWED SUPPORT

102FOR THIS CHANGE. I WANT TO THANK ALL THE PEOPLE WHO CAME OUT LAST WEEK, TWO WEEKS AGO TO THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THIS TOPIC. AND ALL THE TESTIMONY AT THAT TIME WAS IN SUPPORT OF A LEVEL IV CENTER AT BUSH HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. A BIG THANK YOU TO THE STAFF THAT KWORKED ON THIS, DR. SLOAN PRESIDIO, KRISTEN MALONEY, COORDINATOR OF A.A.P. PROGRAM, NOEL KLIMINKO, TERRY DADE, THE REGIONAL SUPERINTENDENT FOR REGION THREE AND PRINCIPALS MARY RANDOLPH FROM SPRINGFIELD ESTATES AND MARY DUFFY FROM BUSH HILL. MS. DUFFY IS READY TO ACCEPT THESE STUDENTS AND HER STAFF IS PREPARING FOR THAT. I HOPE THE COLLEAGUES CAN SUPPORT THE OPENING OF A LEVEL IV CENTER AT BUSH HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN THE EDISON PYRAMID. MS. CORBETT SANDERS, WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO YOUR SECOND? YES. I WILL BE

103BRIEF. I HOPE ALL OF OUR COLLEAGUES WILL SUPPORT MS. DERENAK KAUFAX AND I IN THE MOTION. ATE DRESSED OVERCROWDING IN THE CURRENT AVPT A.P. CENTER AT THE SAME TIME CREATING OPPORTUNITY AND ACCESS FOR STUDENTS CLOSER TO HOME IN THE EDISON PYRAMID. IT REINFORCES A -- AN EXPECTATION OF FAMILIES THAT THEY SHOULD BE ABLE TO HAVE THEIR KIDS STAY WITHIN THE PYRAMID TO ACCESS ADVANCED ACADEMIC SERVICES. I WELCOME THIS. I WELCOME THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT THE GREATER NUMBER OF OPPORTUNITIES THAT WILL BE AVAILABLE TO THE STUDENTS IN THAT AREA. ONCE AGAIN, THANK YOU TO STAFF FOR ALL YOU HAVE DONE TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN. THANK YOU. I WILL CALL FOR THE VOTE ON THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A NEW LEVEL IV ADVANCED ACADEMIC CENTER AT BUSH HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND ADOPTION OF NEW PUPIL ASSIGNMENT PLANS. ALL THOSE

104IN FAVOR. THAT IS UNANIMOUS BE MS. SCHULTZ, MS. McLAUGHLIN AND MS. KEYES-GAMARRA AWAY FROM THE TABLE. NEXT IS P2100, STUDENT AND STAFF HEALTH AND WELLNESS POLICY. I MOVE THE BOARD ADOPT 2100.3 STUDENT AND STAFF HEALTH AND WELLNESS AS DETAILED IN THE AGENDA ITEM. SECOND. SECONDED BY MISS HYNES. WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO IT? I WOULD JUST BRIEFLY. THIS IS REGARDING OUR RECESS POLICY CURRENTLY IN THE STUDENT AND STAFF HEALTH AND WELLNESS POLICY, WE DO HAVE A REQUIREMENT THAT DAILY RECESS IS REQUIRED AT ALL OF OUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS. BUT WE HAVE HEARD FROM PARENTS SOMETIMES OCCASIONALLY, SOMETIMES MORE OFTEN THAT THEY ARE CONCERNED BECAUSE THEY HAVE SEEN EXAMPLES OF STUDENTS BEING DISCIPLINED BY HAVING THEIR RECESS TAKEN AWAY FROM THEM, HAVING THEIR RECESS TIME USED FOR INSTRUCTIONAL REASONS TO MAKE UP HOMEWORK AND THAT SORT

105OF THING. THIS IS A RECOMMENDATION FROM THE SCHOOL HEALTH ADVISORY COMMITTEE TO ADD LANGUAGE TO COUNT POLICY SO WE WILL CLARIFY THAT THIS IS AN INAPPROPRIATE USE OF RECESS TIME. I DO WANT TO READ IN THE RECORD WHAT THE NEW LANGUAGE WOULD BE. THIS IS UNDER -- B-2 OF THE STUDENT HEALTH AND WELLNESS POLICY. DAILY RECESS IS REQUIRED AT THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LEVEL ON FULL SCHOOL DAYS AND SHOULD PROVIDE FOR STUDENTS SELECTED STRUCTURED AND UNSTRUCTURED PLAY THROUGH A VARIETY OF ACTIVITIES. RECESS SHOULD NOT BE USED TO MANAGE BEHAVIOR OR COMPLETE CLASSWORK, HOMEWORK OR REMEDIATION ACTIVITIES. IF EXTENUATING CIRCUMSTANCES IMPACT RECESS THE PRINCIPAL OR DESIGNEE WILL TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION IN EACH CASE. I DO WANT TO THANK IN PARTICULAR THERESA JOHNSON, ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT FOR SPECIAL SERVICES, WE WORKED TOGETHER WITH THE SCHOOL HEALTH ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON

106THIS LANGUAGE TO DEAL WITH THE CASE THAT THERE MIGHT BE EXCEPTIONAL CIRCUMSTANCES AND HOW COULD WE AKOL DATE THAT. IT STRENGTHENS THE LANGUAGE ON RECESS AND MAKES IT CLEAR IT IS IMPORTANT FOR THE HEALTH AND WELL BEING AND THE ACADEMIC HEALTH OF OUR LITTLE STUDENTS, OUR YOUNGER ONES. WE WANT TO MAKE CLEAR AS A BOARD THAT RECESS IS AN IMPORTANT PART OF THE SCHOOL DAY. THIS IS LANGUAGE BROUGHT TO US AND RECOMMENDED BY SHAC. I HOPE MY COLLEAGUES WILL SUPPORT THIS. MS. HYNES. YES. THANK YOU. SO I DO TEACH FIFTH GRADE SO TOMORROW I GET THE PLEASURE OF GOING IN AND TELLING THEM I VOTED LAST NIGHT TO SAVE RECESS. I THINK THAT WILL GET ME A LOT OF POINTS IN THE CONTEST FOR FAVORITE TEACHER, RIGHT? ANYWAY, I DO THINK IT IS IMPORTANT, VERY

107IMPORTANT AND AS MS. RAMIREZ-HOLKON MENTIONED, SHE IS ONE OF THE ADVOCACY GROUP MEMBERS MORE RECESS FOR VIRGINIA AND FAIRFAX. SHE MADE THE POINT, THIS HAS TO BE IMPLEMENTED WITH TEACHERS. THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL DAY IS JUST JAM PACKED. IT IS VERY BUSY. IT IS PRETTY STRESSFUL TO TRY TO GET EVERYTHING DONE. WE DON'T WANT RECESS TO SUFFER. IT IS A REALLY IMPORTANT PART OF THE DAY. JUST BECAUSE WE SAY SOMETHING AND IT DOESN'T SORT OF MAGICALLY HAPPEN. PEOPLE HAVE TO WORK HARD TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN. I, FOR ONE, WILL CONTINUE TO SUPPORT ANY EFFORTS TO HELP THE TEACHERS ACTUALLY IMPLEMENT THIS. MS. McLAUGHLIN AND MS. EVANS HAS A GOBACK. YES, I WANT TO SAY I'M EXTREMELY PLEASED THAT THE COMMITTEE IS BRINGING FORWARD THIS LANGUAGE TO US HAVING TALKED WITH THE PARENTS IN MY COMMUNITY WHO

108STARTED THIS GROUP FOR MORE RECESS IN FAIRFAX COUNTY. IT WAS VERY TROUBLING TO HEAR THAT AN ISSUE THAT HAS BEEN THERE WELL OVER A DECADE, OF RECESS BEING LOOKED AT AS OPTIONAL, THAT IT IS USED AS A TOOL TO WORK WITH STUDENT BEHAVIOR. I WAS A P.T.A. PRESIDENT WHO SAT WITH MY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PRINCIPAL WELL OVER A DECADE AGO WITH THIS VERY CONCERN. AND IT JUST -- IT IS A MIND SET. SO THE PARENTS COMING FORWARD AND GALVANIZING PARENTS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY, I MEAN, THIS -- YOU KNOW, STARTED WITH JUST A FEW GROUP OF WOMEN WHO WERE TALKING ABOUT IT AND TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHY WAS THIS BEING ALLOWED TO HAPPEN. AND THE FACT THAT IN SUCH A VERY QUICK TIME THEY BROUGHT FORWARD THE STAFF. WHEN WE MET WITH LIZ PAYNE IT WAS SUGGESTED

109BRINGING IT TO SHAC WAS QUICK. DR. BRABRAND, I'M APPRECIATIVE OF YOUR STAFF WITH THERESA JOHNSON AND JANE LIPP. THIS COLLABORATION THAT STAFF LOOKED AT A COMMUNITY CONCERN THAT IS VERY REAL. THIS IS SOMETHING WE ARE LOOKING AT AT THE STATE LEVEL. HOW CAN WE LOOK FOR WAYS TO NOT ONLY PROTECT THE RECESS STUDENTS HAVE, BUT EXTEND THE RECESS THAT IS SO MUCH NEEDED. MS. HYNES, YOU PROBABLY SEE IT ALONG WITH MS. PALCHIK MORE THAN ANY OF US. KIDS NEED THAT FREE TIME TO GET OUT AND GET THAT PHYSICAL ENERGY AND EXERCISE AND SO THIS IS JUST IMPORTANT LANGUAGE. I CAN'T EMPHASIZE IT ENOUGH. BEING ABLE TO ENGAGE OUR TEACHERS, MS. HYNES, YOU SAID IT WELL. WE WANT TO BE PARTNERING WITH OUR TEACHERS ON IT. WE WANT THEM TO FEEL SUPPORTED WHEN THERE ARE BEHAVIORAL

110ISSUES IN THE CLASSROOM. BEING ABLE TO SAY RECESS IS NOT WHERE WE WANT THAT TO HAPPEN IS A VERY IMPORTANT MESSAGE FOR THE DIVISION. I'M VERY EXCITED TO SUPPORT THIS. MS. CORBETT SANDERS AND MS. EVANS. SURE. I WILL BE BRIEF. I WANT TO THANK MS. EVANS FOR TAKING THIS OFF THE CONSENT AGENDA. THE REASON SHE TOOK IT OFF THE CONSENT AGENDA IS BECAUSE WE WANT TO MAKE SURE OUR COMMUNITY UNDERSTANDS THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS INITIATIVE. THIS IS AN INITIATIVE THAT REALLY IS ABOUT BALANCE IN LIFE. WE KNOW IN TODAY'S FAST-PACED WORLD WHERE WE ARE ALL DEPENDENT ON THESE ATTACHED TO OUR HIP ORFIEDLING WITH WHAT IS GOING ON, OUR CHILDREN SEE THIS MODELING THAT, TOO. WITH THIS MOTION AND WITH THIS NEW POLICY, WHAT IT DOES IS IT EMPHASIZES THE IMPORTANCE OF BALANCE. AND THE

111IMPORTANCE OF FREE PLAY. I WOULD ENCOURAGE THE ADULTS THAT ARE WATCHING, MAYBE WE SHOULD LEARN FROM THIS IMPORTANT POLICY. TAKE THE TIME OFF, GET OUTSIDE, HAVE UNSTRUCTURED TIME. THAT IS WHAT WE ARE ENCOURAGING THAT FOR OUR CHILDREN, THAT UNSTRUCTURED TIME BECAUSE WE BELIEVE THAT CONTRIBUTED TO A HEALTHY MIND SET AND LESS STRESS AND ANXIETY IN THEIR LIVES. SO ONCE AGAIN, MS. EVANS, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR ALLOWING US TO HAVE A CONVERSATION AND THANK YOU TO ALL OF THE PARENT ADVOCATES WHO HAVE BEEN SO PASSIONATE ABOUT THIS. AND A MESSAGE TO RICHMOND, TAKE ACTION ON THIS, PLEASE. MS. PALCHIK. YES, THANK YOU. I WILL BE BRIEF. I DON'T WANT TO REPEAT THE COMMENTS I AGREE WITH. OFTEN I LIKE TO ENCOURAGE THE COMMUNITY TO ADVOCATE AND WORK WITH US STAFF LOCALLY AND AT THE STATE

112LEVEL. I WANT TO REITERATE WHAT MS. McLAUGHLIN SAID. THE RECESS ADVOCATES HAVE DONE JUST THAT. IN A VERY SHORT TIME FRAME SINCE THEY HAVE BEEN ADDRESSING THIS ISSUE THEY HAVE WORKED WITH US. I APPRECIATE STAFF AND MS. JOHNSON AND HER TEAM WHO HAVE WORKED WITH THEM AND PARTNERED WITH THEM AND THEY HAVE NOW GONE BEYOND TO CREATE RECESS ADVOCATES ACROSS D COMMONWEALTH. WANT TO REITERATE IT IS AN EXCELLENT EXAMPLE AND HOPE OTHERS WILL FOLLOW SUIT. MS. EVANS. YES. I JUST WANTED TO ADD MY VOICE OF THANKS TO THE ADVOCATES, MORE RECESS FOR FAIRFAX COUNTY. THEY HAVE DONE AN EXCELLENT JOB WORKING WITH SHAC AND STAFF AND ME AS A LIAISON TO SHAC. THEY HAVE DONE AN EXCELLENT JOB HERE AND A COUPLE OF MY COLLEAGUES HAVE MENTIONED IN RICHMOND TO MAKE A CHANGE THAT WOULD

113HELP US ADD MORE RECESS TIME. SOME OF OUR LITTLE ONES DON'T GET VERY MUCH. AND SO I DO THINK IT IS IMPORTANT SPEAKING OF BALANCE THAT THEY DO GET MORE AND SO THE ADVOCACY IN RICH MONDAY IS BEARING FRUIT. THEY HAVE DONE AN EXCELLENT JOB. THANKS TO THOSE ADVOCATES FOR THEIR ACTIVISM. THANK YOU, I WILL CALL FOR THE VOTE TO APPROVE THE CHANGES TO POLICY 2100, STUDENT AND STAFF HEALTH AND WELLNESS POLICY. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR. THAT MOTION IS UNANIMOUS WITH MS. SCHULTZ AWAY FROM THE TABLE. NEXT IS THE CONSENT AGENDA. OUR ADOPTS RULES OF PARLIAMENTARY PROCEDURE PROVIDE FOR A CONSENT AGENDA LISTING SEVERAL ITEMS FOR APPROVAL BY A SINGLE MOTION. MANY ITEMS HAVE GONE THROUGH BOARD REVIEW AND DOCUMENTATION HAS BEEN PROVIDED TO BOARD MEMBERS AND THE PUBLIC IN ADVANCE. ITEMS MAY BE REMOVED

114PRIOR TO THE MEETING AT THE REQUEST OF A BOARD MEMBER. 6.01, APROOU THE MINUTES. 6.02, CONFIRM APPOINTS. 6.03, CONFIRM SEPARATION JANUARY 31, 2018 AND JANUARY 31, 2018. IS THERE ANY OBJECTION TO APPROVING THE CONSENT AGENDA? HEARING AND SEEING NONE, THE CONSENT AGENDA IS APPROVED. NEW BUSINESS. THE FOLLOWING ARE NEW BUSINESS AGENDA ITEMS. THERE WILL NOT BE A VOTE TONIGHT ON THESE ITEMS BUT ACTION IS SCHEDULED AT A FUTURE MEETING. 7.01, AWARD THE CONTRACT FOR THE RUNNING TRACK REPLACEMENT AT CHANTILLY HIGH SCHOOL AND AUTHORIZE THE DIVISION SUPERINTENDENT OR THE ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT OF FACILITIES AND TRMGS SERVICES TO EXECUTE AND ADMINISTER THE CONTRACT ON BEHALF OF THE SCHOOL BOARD. SUPERINTENDENT MATTERS. DR. BRABRAND. THANK YOU, CHAIRMAN STRAUSS. A COUPLE OF THINGS TO SHARE WITH YOU BEYOND THE STATEMENTS I MADE EARLIER THIS EVENING. WE HAD A TEAM

115OF STUDENTS FROM CHANTILLY ACADEMY GOT FIRST PLACE IN THE OPEN DIVISION OF CYBERPATRIOT, THE AIR FORCE NATIONAL YOUTH CYBERDEFENSE COMPETITION. A FROST MIDDLE SCHOOL TEAM EARNED FIRST AND THIRD PLACE IN THE MIDDLE SCHOOL DIVISION. THERE ARE TEAMS OF STUDENTS ACROSS THE U.S., CANADA AND THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE WORK ON RESOLVING CYBERSECURITY VULNERABILITIES IN SIMULATED ENVIRONMENTS. THESE TOP TEAMS FROM THE PRELIMINARY ONLINE ROUNDS ADVANCE TO BALTIMORE. WE ARE VERY PROUD. I WANT TO LET YOU KNOW THE LAKE BRADDOCK BAND IS A RECIPIENT OF THE 2017 SUD LER FLAG OF HONOR. I HOPE I'M NOT STEALING A BOARD MEMBER'S SHOUTOUT. IT IS ONE OF THE NATION'S HIGHEST AWARDING TO THE A CONCERT BAND. IT RECOGNIZES HIGH SCHOOL BAND PROGRAMS THAT HAVE HIGH STANDARDS OF EXCELLENCE WITH CONCERT ACTIVITIES OVER A PERIOD OF SEVERAL YEARS. A MEMBER OF

116THE JOHN PHILLIP SOUSSA WILL PRESENT TO THE SCHOOL IN MAY. CONGRATULATIONS TO THE BAND DIRECTOR, THE STUDENTS AND LAKE BRADDOCK TEAM. IT WAS AN HONOR TO PARTICIPATE, WE HAD OTHER 200 STUDENTS RECEIVING GOLD AND SILVER SCHOLASTIC KEYS. IT IS A WONDERFUL, WONDERFUL PROGRAM. IT IS KIDS FROM ALL AROUND OUR SCHOOL SYSTEM BEING HONORED FOR THEIR ARTWORK. IT WAS A PACK CROWD LAST NIGHT CELEBRATING FINE ARTS. FAIRFAX HAS A RICH TRADITION OF DOING IT. ONE OF THE AMAZING THINGS THIS SCHOOL SYSTEM DOES FOR OUR YOUNG PEOPLE. AND THEY WERE JUST WONDERFUL LAST NIGHT AND I WAS GLAD TO BE THERE. THANK YOU, DR. BRABRAND. WE HAVE SOME BOARD COMMITTEE REPORTS. I CALL ON MS. McLAUGHLIN FOR AN UPDATE ON PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT. I KNOW OUR BOARD HAS HAD A LONG EVENING SO I WILL BE EXTRA, EXTRA

117BRIEF. BUT I DO WANT TO LET YOU KNOW THE P.E.C. COMMITTEE CONTINUES TO WORK VERY CLOSELY WITH OUR ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT CHASE RAMEY ON THE 2019-2020 CALENDAR PREPARATION. SO THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT STAFF DEVELOPED A SURVEY FOR US ON QUESTIONS WE WOULD SEND OUT, ONE, TO OUR FAMILIES AND THEY WILL PREPARE FOR EMPLOYEES. BUT WITH A REAL OPPORTUNITY TO A HIGH LEVEL FIND OUT ABOUT THINGS LIKE EARLY RELEASE SOMEDAY, PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT DAYS, IMPACTS THE START OF THE SCHOOL YEAR, THE END OF THE SCHOOL YEAR. WE WERE ON P.E.C. EXTREMELY PLEASED WITH THE STAFF WORK. IN ADDITION WE ASKED FOR STAFF TO BRING US EXAMPLES OF OTHER CALENDARS IN THE WASHINGTON ASIA. -- AREA. OTHER SCHOOL DIVISIONS HOW THEY HANDLE CALENDARS AND HOLIDAYS. WE ARE USING THAT INFORMATION IN PREPARATION TO BRING THE INFORMATION BACK TO

118THE BOARD. WE STILL HAVE A LITTLE MORE WORK TO FINALIZE ON IT. WE'LL BE BRINGING IT TO ALL OF YOU AND WITH THE GOAL OF AGAIN GETTING THIS OUT SURVEYED TO OUR FAMILIES SOON SO STAFF CAN COLLECT THE RESPONSES AND BRING BACK RECOMMENDATIONS TO US BY LATE SPRING. SO THAT'S BEEN THE PRIMARY FOCUS TO DATE. AND THEN MR. McELVEEN BROUGHT AS NEW BUSINESS SOMETHING I THINK WE'LL GET A CHANCE TO BENEFIT FROM TALKING ABOUT AT THE RETREAT THIS COMING WEEKEND, HOW DO WE JUST ENSURE STRONG COMMUNICATION BETWEEN THE BOARD AND STAFF WHEN THERE IS COMMUNITY EVENTS THAT I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT FOR THE BOARD TO BE REPRESENTATIVE TO OUR COMMUNITIES. THANK YOU. AND I WILL ASK MS. DERENAK KAUFAX FOR A REPORT ON GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE. YES. THE GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE MET ON FEBRUARY 14th AND

119WE DID ONE FINAL REVIEW OF SCHOOL BOARD POLICY 8335, WIRELESS COMMUNICATION FACILITIES. AND WE WILL BE BRINGING OUR RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE FULL BOARD DURING A WORK SESSION, I'M NOT CERTAIN IF WE HAVE THE DATE YET, BUT IT WILL PROBABLY BE IN MARCH OR APRIL. AND ALSO WE MADE THE FINAL PLANS FOR OUR SCHOOL BOARD RETREAT WHICH WILL BE THIS FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. FRIDAY FROM 5:00 TO 9:00 AND SATURDAY FROM 9:00 TO 1:00. I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO MEETING WITH ALL OF MY COLLEAGUES OVER THE WEEKEND TO TALK ABOUT OUR COMMUNICATIONS GUIDELINES AND REVIEWING BOARD NORMS AND THE BOARD CODE OF CONDUCT. SO I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE YOU ALL ON FRIDAY. JUST A QUICK -- SO WE BEGIN AT 5:00? WE BEGIN AT 5:00. WE ARE HAVING A NICE DINNER. OH, LOVELY. SO PLEASE COME. WE

120ARE BREAKING BREAD. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. OKAY. BOARD MATTERS. I WILL BEGIN WITH MR. WILSON. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I WILL PICK UP WHERE MS. DERENAK KAUFAX LEFT OFF. I HOPE THAT DURING THE RETREAT WE CAN BUILD ON THE UNANIMITY WE SHOWED TONIGHT AS A BOARD AND PROMOTE GOOD INTERACTIONS AMONGST THE BOARD MEMBERS AND ALSO WITH OUR SUPERINTENDENT. SO I LOOK FORWARD TO THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS WITH ALL OF YOU. MS. McLAUGHLIN. I JUST WANT TO BRIEFLY THANK THE FAMILIES IN FAIRFAX COUNTY PARTICULARLY IN BRADDOCK DISTRICT WHO REACHED OUT TO ME IN THE WAKE OF THE TRAGEDY IN FLORIDA. YOUR COMMUNICATION, YOUR INPUT, YOUR SHARED THOUGHTS IN HOW WE CAN BEST GOVERN THE SYSTEM AND COMMUNICATE WITH OUR FAMILIES HAS BEEN VERY VALUABLE. I ALSO DO WANT TO TEASE DR. BRABRAND BECAUSE HE STOLE

121THE THUNDER OF LAKE BRADDOCK'S BAND WINNING THE AWARD. I PUT IN A REQUEST FOR THEM TO BE RECOGNIZED BY THE BOARD SINCE THAT IS A NATIONAL RECOGNITION. SO THAT IS GOOD. AND I'LL GIVE A QUICK SHOUTOUT TO FROST MIDDLE SCHOOL BECAUSE THEY WON THEIR -- FROST MIDDLE SCHOOL CYBERSECURITY TEAM WON RECOGNITION IN VIRGINIA FOR THE STATES AND THEY ARE AN ALTERNATE FOR THE NATIONALS FOR CONSIDERATION. SO ANYWAY, JUST VERY EXCITING TO SEE OUR YOUNG PEOPLE GETTING INVOLVED IN THINGS LIKE THAT. AND TO MY COLLEAGUES ABOUT THE RETREAT, AS I WAS PROMPTING MS. KOUFAX, WE DO THINK A GREAT WAY TO START, SET UP THE TABLES FAMILY STYLE. MR. MOON LOVES FOOD. CUPCAKES. I OWE HIM CUPCAKES. SO ANYWAY, WE ARE SENSITIVE TO PEOPLE'S WORK SCHEDULES. THAT IS WHY WE WANT TO MAKE SURE OUR START

122TIME WOULD BE 6:00 TO 9:00. I'M REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS. I THINK IT IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE BOARD AND WITH OUR NOT SO NEW BUT STILL SOMEWHAT NEW SUPERINTENDENT TO KIND OF HAVE THAT MIDYEAR OPPORTUNITY TO TOUCH BASE WITH ONE ANOTHER AND REALLY REFLECT ON THE POSITIVE THINGS WE CAN DO IN OUR WORKING RELATIONSHIP. MS. PALCHIK. YES. THANK YOU. I HAVE TWO THINGS I WOULD LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT. NUMBER ONE, I WANT TO THANK DR. BRABRAND, OUR INCOMING/OUTGOING BUDGET STAFF AND FINANCIAL CHIEFS AND ALSO OUR TWO BUDGET CHAIRS AND VICE CHAIRS THIS YEAR. IT WAS DELIGHTFUL CHANGE THIS YEAR TO ATTEND A BUDGET BRIEFING FOR THE FALLS CHURCH PYRAMID SCHOOLS TUESDAY EVENING AND TO BE ABLE TO START WITH THE HAPPY NEWS THAT WE ARE HOPEFUL AND THAT THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE'S BUDGET CURRENTLY INCLUDES

123FULL FUNDING PLUS FUNDING FOR RCAP. WE ARE LOOKING FOR THE RENOVATED HIGH SCHOOL SO THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT. IN ADDITION, SPEAKING OF FOOD, I AM VERY PROUD OF MY MOM WHO AS AN IMMIGRANT HERE DIDN'T SPEAK A WORD OF ENGLISH, BUT IN HER 40s TOOK HER A LITTLE LONGER THAN IT TOOK ME, TOOK CLASSES AT NOVA AND EVENTUALLY TOOK CATERING CLASSES IN THEIR CATERING PROGRAM AND BEGAN HER OWN BUSINESS. THINGS SHE HAD NEVER DONE IN ARGENTINE AIP AND A SMALL BUSINESS OWNER IN FAIRFAX COUNTY AND CURRENTLY CATERS TO MORE THAN 200 STUDENTS AND STAFF AT A PRESCHOOL EVERY SINGLE DAY. I'M JUST DELIGHTED AT WHAT WE RECEIVE HERE IN OUR MEALS FROM THE DAVIS CAREER CENTER AT EVERY MEETING AND I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE HER TO VISIT AND TOUR THE DAVIS CENTER.

124THE INCREDIBLE CULINARY PROGRAM. AND THE FOUNDER OF THE PROGRAM, BECKY, WHO HAS BEEN RUNNING IT, I BELIEVE FOR 16 YEARS. HEART, SOUL, ENERGY, AND MY MOM WAS GENERALLY QUITE INTROVERTED WAS IN HER ZONE DELIGHTED AND ALREADY IMAGINING WAYS TO HELP SUPPORT THE PROGRAM. I HOPE WE CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THEM, DO WHAT WE CAN AND IT IS ONE OF THOSE AREAS WE DON'T KNOW AS WELL IN THE COUNTY AND DOES SO MUCH FOR OUR STUDENTS. I BELIEVE THEY GREW QUITE A BIT THIS YEAR. THANK YOU FOR OUR STAFF. DR. JOHNSON HAD TO LEAVE, FOR SUPPORTING THEM. IT WAS QUITE A DELIGHT. I RECOMMEND ANY BOARD MEMBER WHO WOULD LIKE TO VISIT, IT IS INCREDIBLE AND THEY WILL FEED YOU COOKIES AND SCONES MR. MOON. MR. McELVEEN. THIS IS AN IMPORTANT MONTH FOR OUR MANY MEMBERS OF

125THE COMMUNITY OF COLOR. OBVIOUSLY, IT IS BLACK HISTORY MONTH. I'M EXCITED TO ATTEND AN EVENT AFTER OUR RETREAT IN WHICH OUR OWN SANDRA EVANS WILL BE HONORED. THAT IS EXCITING FOR HER ADVOCACY OVER THE YEARS AND ALSO AS MANY OF YOU KNOW, WE CELEBRATED LUNAR NEW YEAR, CHINESE NEW YEAR OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF WEEKS. MANY OF US HAVE ATTENDED EVENTS, EATEN SOME VERY GOOD FOOD. ON BEHALF OF THE SCHOOL BOARD, [ SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE ] AND HAPPY YEAR OF THE DOG. MS. CORBETT SANDERS. THANK YOU. I WANT TO FIRST THANK ALL THE PRINCIPALS AND STAFF AT OUR SCHOOLS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY FOR THE LEADERSHIP AND NURTURING FOR OUR STUDENTS WHO HAVE DEALT WITH STRESS AND FEARS IN THE AFTERMATH OF LAST WEEK'S SHOOTING IN PARKLAND, FLORIDA. THAT IS SOMETHING THAT FROM THE BOTTOM OF

126MY HEART I WILL ALWAYS BE APPRECIATIVE OF THE CARING MANNER IN WHICH EACH ONE OF OUR SCHOOL LEADERS REACHED OUT TO OUR STUDENTS AND MET THEM WHERE THEY WERE COMING FROM IN A VERY STRESSFUL TIME IN OUR COUNTRY. THAT IS SOMETHING THAT TOUCHED MY HEART. SECONDLY, I WANT TO THANK THE PRINCIPALS OF GUNSTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, RIVERSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND WALT WHITMAN. THIS PAST WEEK THEY WERE INCREDIBLY BUSY. RIVERSIDE WITH PARENTS AS EDUCATIONAL PARTNERS EVENT, THE STEM EVENT WITH MICROSOFT, WHICH I WAS ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN WITH MY COLLEAGUE MR. MOON. AT WALT WHITMAN AND THE VERY IMPORTANT DIALOGUE THAT WAS BEGUN AT GUNSTON ELEMENTARY WITH A PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN GUNSTON ELEMENTARY, THE GUNSTON HALL AND THE CENTER FOR CONFLICT RESOLUTION OF GEORGE MASON. IN WHICH THEY HAD A SESSION ON TALKING ABOUT RACE WITH YOUR FAMILY.

127AND IT WAS ABOUT 25 PEOPLE IN THE ROOM AND THEY WERE LOOKING FORWARD TO HAVING ADDITIONAL CONVERSATIONS WITH THAT COMMUNITY. IT WAS A BRAVE CONVERSATION TO BEGIN. AND PROVED TO BE VERY INTERESTING AND HELPFUL FOR THE COMMUNITY. MR. MOON. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. SPEAKING OF FOOD, MRS. McLAUGHLIN, LOOKING FORWARD TO YOUR CUPCAKES IN CELEBRATION OF YOUR YOUNGEST SON'S ACHIEVEMENT. I TAKE MORE THAN ONE, YOU KNOW THAT. AND CONTINUING TO TALK SPEAK OF FOOD, I WAS HAPPY TO BE IN ONE OF FAMILY AND CONSUMER SCIENCES CLASS AT LAKE BRADDOCK MIDDLE SCHOOL. I BELIEVE MRS. McLAUGHLIN YOU CAME A LITTLE AFTER I DID AND SHARED WITH THE CLASSMATES ABOUT THEIR SPECIAL FAMILY OCCASION AND HOW THEY CELEBRATE THOSE OCCASIONS AND WHAT THEY ENJOY EATING. I GOT TO PARTAKE IN THOSE DELICIOUS FOODS WITH ABOUT 20 STUDENTS IN

128THE CLASSROOM. FOR KOREANS, THIS YEAR, 2018, IS YEAR OF GOLDEN DOG. MR. McELVEEN, DON'T ASK ME WHY IT IS A GOLDEN DOG. IT IS A SPECIAL DOG. IT IS A GOLDEN DOG. AND FOR CONTINUING WITH LAKE BRADDOCK, FLAG OF HONOR, SUPERINTENDENT YOU MAY REMEMBER THIS, THIS IS THE SECOND ONE FOR LAKE BRADDOCK. FIRST ONE CAME IN 1994. A YEAR BEFORE I CAME ON THE BOARD FOR THE FIRST TIME. MS. HYNES. I WOULD POINT OUT LAKE BRADDOCK IS CATCHING UP TO OUR HIGH SCHOOL. THEY HAVE TWO SUDLER FLAGS. THE RACE IS ON. I WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE NEW COUNTY EXECUTIVE BRIAN HILL AND THE COLLEAGUES ON THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS FOR SIGNALLING CLEARLY THEY HOPE AND PLAN TO FULLY SUPPORT THE SCHOOL SYSTEM THIS YEAR WHEN IT COMES TO FUNDING. DR. BRABRAND, YOU HAVE MADE

129A BELIEVER OUT OF ME. I DIDN'T THINK IT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN. YOU WERE RIGHT. WE HAVE A COUPLE OF NEW LEADERS IN TOWN AND IT IS WORKING OUT SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO ACTUALLY HELPING THE COMMUNITY UNDERSTAND WHY IT IS SO IMPORTANT. BECAUSE ULTIMATELY THE COMMUNITY WILL SUPPORT THE INCREASED FUNDING. SO AND THEN ALSO I WOULD JUST LIKE TO THANK SUPERINTENDENT BRABRAND, ALL THE STAFF AND SOME OTHERS OF US HAVE MENTIONED THE PRINCIPALS IN THE BUILDING, THEIR RESPONSE TO THE PARKLAND TRAGEDY AND ITS EFFECTS IN OUR COMMUNITY. I DON'T THINK ANYBODY REALIZES JUST HOW TOUGH IT HAS BEEN TO MAKE KIDS FEEL SAFE AND EMPOWER THEM AT THE SAME TIME. MAKE THE COMMUNITY FEEL SAFE. BELIEVE THAT WE ARE DOING EVERYTHING IN THE MOST TRANSPARENT WAY WE POSSIBLY CAN AND I KNOW THAT WE

130ARE. SO I JUST -- I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU. I THINK YOU HAVE GUIDED THE SHIP VERY WELL THROUGH ROCKY WATERS THAT, YOU KNOW, WE SHOULD NOT HAVE TO BE IN. I MEAN, OF ALL THE THINGS YOU THINK YOU HAVE TO DO RUNNING THE 10th LARGEST SCHOOL SYSTEM IN THE COUNTRY, THAT SHOULD NOT BE ON THE LIST. SO THANK YOU. MS. DERENAK KAUFAX. I GUESS I'LL JUST ECHO MY COLLEAGUES' SUPPORT FOR STAFF THIS WEEK. IT HAS BEEN A HORRENDOUS WEEK FOR US. AND, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE TO DEAL WITH THE SITUATION AT HAND AND JUST KEEP THE SHIP RUNNING AND NOT LOSE COURSE. SO THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR TIME AND EFFORT THIS WEEK. IT HAS BEEN A -- I'M CERTAIN IT HAS BEEN VERY, VERY DIFFICULT AT TIMES. BUT THANK YOU ALL FOR

131DOING WHAT YOU DO TO KEEP OUR SYSTEM RUNNING AND TO KEEP OUR PARENTS FEELING THAT THEIR CHILDREN ARE SAFE AND FOR KEEPING OUR CHILDREN, OUR STUDENTS, MAKING SURE THAT THEY ARE SAFE. SO THANK YOU. MY COLLEAGUES, I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU TOMORROW AT THE RETREAT. MS. KEYES-GAMARRA. I, TOO, WANT TO ECHO THE SENTIMENTS. THIS HAS BEEN A HARD WEEK FOR ALL OF US. BUT I AM GRATEFUL FOR MY COLLEAGUES, GRATEFUL FOR OUR STAFF, AND I JUST, YOU KNOW, EVERY TIME I THINK ABOUT OUR STUDENTS, THEY TRULY ARE HEROES FOR ME. THEY ACTUALLY, THEY ARE LIKE THE GAS IN MY TANK THAT MAKES ME ABLE TO SIT THROUGH THESE MEETINGS. I'M SORRY. NO. SHE KNOWS I'M SLEEPY. AT ANY RATE, I DO WANT TO SAY HAPPY BLACK HISTORY MONTH AND I WENT TO LOTS OF

132EVENTS, ONE WAS BY JACK AND JILL THEY HAD A DEBATE IN FAIRFAX HIGH SCHOOL. TOOK FIRST PLACE. JUSTICE HIGH SCHOOL MADE AN EXCELLENT SHOWING AND THEY RECEIVED A SPEECH FROM A YOUNG LADY WHO HAD CLERKED FOR JUSTICE SOTOMAYER. IT WAS A WONDERFUL EVENT. OUR STUDENTS ARE AMAZING. I REALLY MEAN THAT. THEY ARE OUR HEROES. THEY ARE THE REASON I DO THIS. I REALLY WANTED TO SAY GOOD NIGHT BUT THEN I REMEMBERED I HAD SOMETHING TO ELSE TO SAY. GOOD NIGHT. I ALSO WANTED TO THANK MR. HILL, OUR NEW COUNTY EXECUTIVE IN HIS PRESENTATION OF HIS PROPOSED BUDGET. AND THANK DR. BRABRAND FOR YOUR CLOSE WORK WITH THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE FOLLOWING THE PRESENTATION OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS. THERE WAS A JOINT PRESS CONFERENCE. DR. BRABRAND AND MR. HILL SPOKE TOGETHER. THANK YOU FOR THE PARTNERSHIP.

133WE ARE HOPING THE COMMUNITY WILL SUPPORT WHAT MR. HILL HAS PROPOSED. FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 10 YEARS WE MAY, IN FACT, BE ABLE TO FULLY FUND OUR PROPOSED BUDGET WHICH WOULD BE WONDERFUL. THANK YOU, DR. BRABRAND FOR YOUR WORK AND PARTNERSHIP. WITH THAT, THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED. THANK YOU.