FCPS School Board Meeting - January 25, 2018

001[GAVEL] GOOD EVENING. THIS JANUARY 25, 2018 REGULAR MEETING OF THE FAIRFAX COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD WILL NOW COME TO ORDER, PLEASE RISE FOR THE SINGING OF THE NATIONAL ANTHEM BY FROST MIDDLE SCHOOL LED BY MEREDITH LEE. [PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE] O SAY CAN YOU SEE BY THE DAWN'S EARLY LIGHT WHO SO PROUDLY WE HAILED AT THE TWILIGHT'S LAST GLEAMING WHOSE BROUGHT STRIPES AND BRIGHT STARS THROUGH THE PERILOUS FIGHT FOR THE RAMPART WE WATCHED WERE SO GALLANTLY STREAMING AND THE ROCKETS RED GLARE THE BOMBS BURSTING IN AIR GAVE PROOF THROUGH THE NIGHT THAT OUR FLAG WAS STILL THERE O SAY DOES THAT STAR SPANGLED BANNER YET WAVE OVER THE LAND OF THE FREE AND THE HOME OF THE BRAVE HOME OF THE BRAVE [APPLAUSE] THANK YOU VERY MUCH FROST STUDENTS THAT WAS LOVELY. AND THANK YOU PARENTS FOR

002SHARING YOUR LOVELY DAUGHTERS WITH US THIS EVENING. EXCELLENT, EXCELLENT SINGING. 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 JANUARY 25, 2018, TO THE BEST OF EACH MEMBER’S KNOWLEDGE, ONLY PUBLIC BUSINESS MATTERS LAWFULLY EXEMPTED FROM OPEN MEETING 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. SCHULTZ AND SECONDED BY MRS. HYNES. ALL IN FAVOR. [CALLING NAMES] YES, MRS. MCLAUGHLIN IS AWAY FROM THE TABLE. A FEW ANNOUNCEMENTS BEFORE WE BEGIN, MR. MOON IS ABSENT THIS EVENING, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO REVIEW AN ITEM THAT IS

003DISCUSSED TONIGHT, THAT IS AVAILABLE ON THE AUDITORIUM ENTRANCE, TONIGHT'S AGENDA IS AVAILABLE ON THE FCPS HOME PAGE SELECTING BOARD DOCS. AND THE MEETING IS STREAMED ONLINE AND CLICK ON THE SCHOOL BOARD WEB PAGE. PLEASE TURN OFF YOUR CELL PHONE AND CALL ON MS. VATTIKONDA. THANK YOU, ORIGINALLY ESTABLISHED AS NEGRO HISTORY WEEK IN 1926 BY DR. CARTER G. WOODSON, A NOTED AFRICAN-AMERICAN AUTHOR AND SCHOLAR, THIS EVENT EVOLVED INTO THE ESTABLISHMENT IN 1976 OF FEBRUARY AS "BLACK HISTORY MONTH." THE COMMEMORATION HAS INCREASINGLY BEEN REFERRED TO AS "AFRICAN-AMERICAN HISTORY MONTH," ALTHOUGH BOTH NAMES ARE CURRENTLY IN USE. WHEN CARTER G. WOODSON ESTABLISHED NEGRO HISTORY WEEK, HE REALIZED THE IMPORTANCE OF PROVIDING A THEME TO FOCUS THE ATTENTION OF THE PUBLIC. THE INTENTION HAS NEVER BEEN TO DICTATE OR LIMIT THE EXPLORATION OF THE BLACK EXPERIENCE, BUT TO BRING

004TO THE PUBLIC'S ATTENTION IMPORTANT DEVELOPMENTS THAT MERIT EMPHASIS. THIS YEAR’S THEME— "AFRICAN AMERICANS IN TIMES OF WAR" COMMEMORATES THE CENTENNIAL OF THE END OF WORLD WAR I AND PROVIDES THE FRAMEWORK FOR MANY STORIES RELATED TO AFRICAN AMERICAN SOLDIERS, SAILORS, VETERANS AND CIVILIANS. THIS IS A THEME FILLED WITH PARADOXES OF VALOR AND DEFEAT, OF CIVIL RIGHTS OPPORTUNITIES AND SETBACKS, OF STRUGGLES ABROAD AND AT HOME, AND OF LOSS OF LIFE AND THE RIGHTEOUS HOPE FOR PEACE. THANK YOU. NEXT I WILL CALL ON MRS. EVANS TO RECOGNIZE THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO HELPED US WITH OUR SCHOOL BOND. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR, MY PLEASURE TO READ THE RESOLUTION HONORING THE 2017 AND BUSINESS SUPPORT FOR SCHOOL BONDS. WHEREAS, THE CITIZENS FOR BETTER SCHOOLS, COX COMMUNICATIONS, THE DULLES REGIONAL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, AND THE NORTHERN VIRGINIA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE

005CONTRIBUTE TO HIGH QUALITY EDUCATION IN FAIRFAX COUNTY; AND WHEREAS, CITIZENS AND LOCAL BUSINESSES PLAY A CRUCIAL ROLE IN SUPPORTING OUR SCHOOLS; AND WHEREAS, THE ECONOMIC HEALTH OF OUR COMMUNITY, STATE AND NATION DEPENDS ON A STRONG PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM; AND WHEREAS, COLLABORATION BETWEEN LOCAL PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND COMMUNITY ALIKE PROVIDES A WELL-TRAINED AND HIGHLY EDUCATED WORKFORCE; AND WHEREAS, AN EXCELLENT PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM IS VITAL TO THE QUALITY OF LIFE IN THIS COMMUNITY AND FUNDAMENTAL TO PRESERVING A STRONG DEMOCRATIC SOCIETY NOW AND IN THE FUTURE; AND WHEREAS, FIRST-IN-CLASS INSTRUCTIONAL FACILITIES ARE REQUIRED TO TEACH STUDENTS TO THINK CRITICALLY AND HONE WORKFORCE SKILLS; AND WHEREAS, MEMBERS OF THE CITIZENS FOR BETTER SCHOOLS, LED BY CHAIRMAN LEN FORKAS; COX COMMUNICATIONS, LED BY VICE PRESIDENT, MARKET LEADER, NORTHERN VIRGINIA, KATHRYN FALK; THE DULLES REGIONAL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, LED BY PRESIDENT AND

006CEO JOHN BOYLAN; AND THE NORTHERN VIRGINIA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, LED BY PRESIDENT AND CEO JIM CORCORAN WITH SUPPORT FROM SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT FOR GOVERNMENT AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS, MIKE FOREHAND, AND THE ASSOCIATE VICE PRESIDENT FOR GOVERNMENT RELATIONS AND REGIONAL ENGAGEMENT, KEVIN MCNULTY HAVE DEDICATED THEIR TIME, ENERGY AND RESOURCES IN SUPPORT OF PASSAGE OF THE $315,000,000 SCHOOL BOND REFERENDUM WITH 73.35% OF THE COUNTY’S VOTERS VOTED “YES,”; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE FAIRFAX COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD EXTENDS ITS HIGHEST COMMENDATION AND DEEPEST APPRECIATION TO COX COMMUNICATIONS, BOTH CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE AND THE COMMITTEE, ON THIS OCCASION, FOR THEIR LEADERSHIP AND OUTSTANDING SERVICE TO FAIRFAX COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS, AND UNWAVERING DEDICATION TO THE CHILDREN OF THIS COMMUNITY. YOUR WORK HAS AIDED THIS COMMUNITY IN FOCUSING ON THE GOAL OF PROVIDING THE BEST PUBLIC SCHOOLS WE CAN FOR EVERY

007CHILD WHO ATTENDS THEM. I SO MOVE. IS THERE A SECOND? SECONDED BY MRS. CORBETT SANDERS. ALL IN FAVOR? THAT VOTE IS UNANIMOUS. AND MRS. EVANS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK FURTHER. JUST BRIEFLY, I WANT TO SAY THAT WE HAVE ENJOYED IN FAIRFAX A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF PUBLIC SUPPORT FOR OUR PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM. BUT IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT WE CAN EVER TAKE FOR GRANTED. THE BOND COMMITTEE EVERY TWO YEARS DO A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF WORK. THE VOLUNTEERS THAT COME FORWARD AND THEY PUT TOGETHER BROCHURES AND THEY GO OUT AND SPEAK TO THE COMMUNITY. AND THEY MAKE SURE THAT THE COMMUNITY CONTINUES TO SUPPORT OUR BOND REFERENDUM. AND IT'S A LOT OF WORK AND OFTEN UNSUNG AND GLAD TONIGHT THAT WE ARE SINGING THE PRAISES OF THE PEOPLE THAT LED THIS EFFORT AND APPRECIATE IS VERY MUCH.

008AND THANK YOU EVERYONE AND PARTICULARLY THE CITIZEN VOLUNTEERS THAT WORKED ON THIS SO VERY HARD. AND WITH THAT I BELIEVE THAT MRS. CORBETT SANDERS HAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK AS WELL. I WANT TO INVITE UP TO THE DAIS TO GET A PICTURE WITH THE BOARD, MIKE FOREHAND, AND JOHN BOYLAN, AND KATHRYN FALK. OF COX COMMUNICATION TO JOIN ALL OF US. AND BEFORE YOU COME, MRS. CORBETT SANDERS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY A FEW WORDS? IT'S OFTEN SAID IT TAKES A VILLAGE TO RAISE A CHILD. IT TAKES A VILLAGE TO BUILD SCHOOLS AND ONLY WITH THE HELP OF THIS GREAT COMMITTEE THAT WE ARE ABLE TO GET BONDS PASSED WITH THE OVERWHELMING MAJORITY OF OUR COMMUNITY. THANK YOU, IF THOSE PEOPLE WOULD COME FORWARD AND SO WE CAN HONOR YOU. NEXT I WILL CALL ON MRS.

009PALCHIK TO RECOGNIZE NATIONAL SCHOOL COUNSELING WEEK. YES, THANK YOU, IT IS MY GREAT HONOR TO RECOGNIZE OUR SCHOOL COUNSELORS. NATIONAL SCHOOL COUNSELING WEEK 2018, "SCHOOL COUNSELORS: HELPING STUDENTS REACH FOR THE STARS," WILL BE CELEBRATED FROM FEBRUARY 5-9, TO FOCUS PUBLIC ATTENTION ON THE UNIQUE CONTRIBUTION OF SCHOOL COUNSELORS WITHIN U.S. SCHOOL SYSTEMS. NATIONAL SCHOOL COUNSELING WEEK, SPONSORED BY THE AMERICAN SCHOOL COUNSELOR ASSOCIATION, HIGHLIGHTS THE TREMENDOUS IMPACT SCHOOL COUNSELORS CAN HAVE IN HELPING STUDENTS ACHIEVE SCHOOL SUCCESS AND PLAN FOR A CAREER. NATIONAL SCHOOL COUNSELING WEEK IS ALWAYS CELEBRATED THE FIRST FULL WEEK IN FEBRUARY. FAIRFAX COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS EMPLOYS CLOSE TO 700 SCHOOL COUNSELING PROFESSIONALS, INCLUDING SCHOOL COUNSELORS, DIRECTORS OF STUDENT SERVICES, AND CAREER CENTER SPECIALISTS. THESE PROFESSIONALS ARE COMMITTED TO PREPARING STUDENTS TO BECOME LIFELONG LEARNERS AND PRODUCTIVE MEMBERS IN A GLOBAL SOCIETY WITH A FOCUS

010ON SOCIAL EMOTIONAL WELLNESS, ACADEMIC SUCCESS, AND COLLEGE AND CAREER READINESS. THANK YOU TO ALL OF OUR SCHOOL COUNSELING PROFESSIONALS FOR THE TREMENDOUS WORK THEY DO! AM I CALLING PEOPLE FORWARD? AT THIS TIME I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE THE STAFF OF OFFICE OF CAREER AND READINESS TO JOIN ME AT DAIS FOR A PICTURE WITH THE BOARD. AND NEXT I WILL CALL ON MRS. KEYS-GAMARRA TO RECOGNIZE CAREER AND TECHNICAL MONTH. CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION OR CTE MONTH IS A PUBLIC AWARENESS CAMPAIGN HELD EVERY FEBRUARY TO CELEBRATE CTE AND THE ACHIEVEMENTS AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF CTE PROGRAMS ACROSS THE COUNTRY. THIS YEAR'S THEME, "CELEBRATE TODAY, OWN TOMORROW!" RAISES AWARENESS OF THE INNOVATION AND EXCELLENCE THAT EXISTS IN OUR CTE PROGRAMS AS WELL AS THE CRUCIAL ROLE THAT CTE PLAYS IN READYING OUR STUDENTS FOR CAREERS AND OUR NATION FOR

011ECONOMIC SUCCESS. CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION PREPARES BOTH YOUTH AND ADULTS FOR A WIDE RANGE OF CAREERS, FROM NURSE TO COMPUTER TECHNICIAN. THESE CAREERS MAY REQUIRE VARYING LEVELS OF EDUCATION--FROM HIGH SCHOOL TO POSTSECONDARY CERTIFICATES TO TWO- AND FOUR-YEAR COLLEGE DEGREES. THE SUBJECT AREAS MOST COMMONLY ASSOCIATED WITH CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION ARE: BUSINESS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (PROGRAMMING, BUSINESS MANAGEMENT, INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY); TRADE AND INDUSTRIAL (SKILLED TRADES SUCH AS AUTOMOTIVE TECHNICIAN, CARPENTER, COSMETOLOGIST, LAW ENFORCEMENT); HEALTH AND MEDICAL SCIENCES (NURSING, DENTAL, AND EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIANS); FAMILY AND CONSUMER SCIENCES (CULINARY ARTS, CHILD DEVELOPMENT, EDUCATION); MARKETING (SALES, FASHION AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP); AND TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION (ELECTRONICS, ROBOTICS AND ENGINEERING). CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION IS OFFERED IN MIDDLE SCHOOLS, HIGH SCHOOLS, TWO-YEAR COMMUNITY AND TECHNICAL COLLEGES AND OTHER POSTSECONDARY SCHOOLS. ACCORDING TO THE U.S. BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS, 18 OF THE 20 FASTEST GROWING

012OCCUPATIONS WITHIN THE NEXT DECADE WILL REQUIRE CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION. THANK YOU TO ALL OF OUR CTE TEACHERS AND STAFF WHO HELP STUDENTS REALIZE PORTRAIT OF A GRADUATE OUTCOMES AND ENSURE STUDENTS ARE COLLEGE AND CAREER READY! AT THIS TIME I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE STAFF FROM THE INDUSTRIAL TO JOIN FOR A PICTURE. BEFORE WE COME, MRS. SCHULTZ WANTED TO SAY A FEW WORDS. I WANT TO BRIEFLY TO THE CTE TEACHERS AND CURRICULUM DEVELOPERS. IN THE SIX YEARS I HAVE BEEN ON THE BOARD I HAVE REALLY SEEN A CHANGE IN THE ACCESS TO CTE AND THE UNDERSTANDING BY PARENTS THAT THIS IS NOT VO-TECH, THAT THIS IS NOT LIKE A LOWER EDUCATION. THAT THIS IS A PATH TO CAREER READINESS/WORK READINESS. AND I JUST ENCOURAGE PARENTS WHO ARE LISTENING AND ADMINISTRATORS AND TEACHERS TO CONTINUE TO

013BRIDGE THAT COMMUNICATION WITH PARENTS TO ALLOW THE OPPORTUNITY FOR STUDENTS. IN THESE DAYS IN THE PATH GOING TO COLLEGE IS NOT NECESSARILY GOING TO SADDLE A STUDENT AND FAMILY WITH A MASSIVE AMOUNT OF DEBT SOMETIMES. THE RIGHT PATH -- NOT THAT COLLEGE IS THE WRONG PATH BUT I THINK WE ARE GETTING MUCH BETTER OF THIS, STRENGTHENING THIS PROGRAM AND ANYTHING WE CAN CONTINUE TO DO TO EMPHASIZE THIS AS A DECENT AND HONORABLE PATH TO CONTINUED EDUCATION BEYOND K-12 AND THE OPPORTUNITY TO CREATE EMPLOYABLE YOUNG PEOPLE INTO OUR COMMUNITY IS JUST -- THIS IS TREMENDOUS, AND I SOMETIMES FEEL LIKE WE DON'T EMPHASIZE IT ENOUGH. MRS. KEYS GAMARRA, YOU HAVE A FEW MORE COMMENTS? I DO, I WANT TO SECOND MRS. SCHULTZ'S COMMENTS AND MY SON HAS BENEFITED FROM THESE OPPORTUNITIES AND HELP THEM DISCOVER WHAT

014THEY LOVE TO DO. I THINK IT'S AN AWESOME OPPORTUNITY AND ENCOURAGE OTHER STUDENTS TO EXPLORE, YOU CAN TAKE CERTIFICATES AND GO ON TO COLLEGE, WHICH MY SON DID, AND CONTINUE RIGHT INTO THE WORKFORCE, AND WITH THAT, AT THIS TIME I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE STAFF FROM THE INSTRUCTIONAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT TO JOIN ME AT THE DAIS FOR A PICTURE WITH THE BOARD. THE NEXT ORDER OF BUSINESS IS CITIZEN PARTICIPATION. SPEAKERS ARE REQUESTED TO LIMIT THEIR REMARKS TO NO MORE THAN THREE MINUTES. AND THE BOARD TO LISTEN TO THOSE AGENDA ITEMS. THE COMPLAINTS FOR STUDENTS OR SCHOOL EMPLOYEES SHOULD BE DIRECTED TO THE PRINCIPAL. SPEAKERS ARE EXPECTED TO DELIVER THEIR COMMENTS WITH DECORUM AND RESPECT APPROPRIATE TO THE CONDUCT OF THE BUSINESS. PLEASE BE MINDFUL THERE ARE OFTEN YOUNG CHILDREN IN THE AUDIENCE, OR WATCHING AT HOME.

015SO LANGUAGE SHOULD BE APPROPRIATE FOR ALL LEVELS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COOPERATION. TONIGHT FIVE CITIZENS HAVE SIGNED UP TO ADDRESS THE BOARD. FIRST SPEAKER IS GEORGE BECERRA. GOOD EVENING, DR. BRABRAND AND SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS, I WANTED TO SAY A FEW COMMENTS TONIGHT ON PRESENTATION OF NEW BUSINESS, PREMIER WORKFORCE. NOT MUCH IS SAID ON THE WASHINGTON POST ARTICLE ON FCPS WORKFORCE IN DIVERSITY. IT WOULD BE BEST TO SAY THESE NUMBERS FOR LACK HIRING FOR PERCENTAGE FOR LAST 18 YEARS FOR ALL GROUPS. AND THE BREAKDOWN OF 200 PLUS SCHOOLS. AND REMIND AND INFORM PEOPLE THAT GMU STUDY IS ONLY FOR ONE YEAR, 2012. AND MORE DATA NEEDS TO BE SHARED THAT DR. BRABRAND YOU HAVE GIVEN TO GROUPS AND SHARE WITH TRANSPARENCY. AND NOT TO SAY THAT PEOPLE AND GROUPS OR ASSUMPTIONS MAY BE CORRECT. AND THE

016HARDEST LEVEL IS THE SUPERINTENDENT LEVEL. AS YOU KNOW I AM A TRUE BELIEVER OF DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION, I WANT TO BE SURE WHEN A CHANGE OCCURS ON THIS MATTER THAT A NEW HIRE IS NOT AFFECTED. IN OTHER WORDS, HIRE THE PERSON BEST QUALIFIED AND NOT MEET QUOTAS. WHAT I WOULD HATE TO SEE IS AN AFRICAN-AMERICAN HIRED BY THE PRINCIPAL BECAUSE NOT THE BEST HIRE. AND THIS COULD BE LEAD TO BE DIFFICULT FROM THE START. HOW WOULD YOU FEEL THAT YOU ARE A NEW EMPLOYEE AND HIRED FOR OTHER REASONS THAN YOU THOUGHT OF. THIS CAN BE VERY INTIMIDATING FROM MY UNDERSTANDING IF A PRINCIPAL CAN GIVE A PERSONAL OR POOR EVALUATION FOR WHATEVER REASON FOR FIRST THREE YEARS. AND FOR THIS REASON THE TEACHER CAN BE FIRED AND NOT LIKELY PICKED UP IN THE COUNTY. THERE

017NEEDS TO BE A CHECK AND DR. RAMEY IF THERE IS AN APPEAL PROCESS. I KNOW THERE IS ONE CURRENTLY BUT FROM MY UNDERSTANDING JUST FORMALITIES. AND IN THE TERMS OF MEDIATION, PRINCIPALS HAVE THE POWER TO DEMOTE A PERSON, THEY CAN BECOME IA'S, THEY DON'T HAVE TO LEAVE THE PROFESSION AND LOSE LIVELIHOODS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU, NEXT SPEAKER IS MARY MATHEWSON. GOOD EVENING, MY NAME IS MARY MATHEWSON. I AM AN FCPS TEACHER CURRENTLY ON SABBATICAL. OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS I HAVE SEEN A STEADY DECLINE OF QUALITY OF TEACHERS THAT FCPS ATTRACTS AND RETAINS AND I THINK IT'S LESS ABOUT MONEY BUT WHAT THE SCHOOL IS DOING TO PREPARE THE STUDENTS. THE ISSUE THAT IS FACED BY LGBTQ AND STAFF IS ALARMING. POLICIES THAT EVERYONE BE AFFORDED THE SAME OPPORTUNITY. IT INSISTS ON TOLERANCE.

018THE POLICY DOES NOT PROVIDE GUIDANCE FOR ACTION AND EXPLICIT ACTS OF RESPECT WOULD HELP PEOPLE FIND THEIR PLACE IN A WORLD THAT DESCRIBES THEM AS OTHER. I AM 57 YEARS OLD AND I HAVE BEEN A GOOD EDUCATOR FOR MOST OF MY LIFE, I HAVE A VAST ARRAY OF EXPERIENCES. AND EVEN THOUGH I WAS NOT AWARE OF THE STRUGGLES THAT LGBTQ COMMUNITY FACED WHILE GROWING UP AND DIDN'T RECOGNIZE UNTIL I STARTED TEACHING. AND NOT UNTIL I MET MY ACTIVIST GAY STEP BROTHER TO FALL OUT OF NORMS. AND NOT UNTIL I HAD A STUDENT THAT ATTEMPTED SUICIDE THAT I UNDERSTAND THE ISSUES SHE WAS FACING. I KNEW SOMETHING WAS WRONG, BUT COULDN'T PUT MY FINGER ON IT. IF I COULDN'T FIGURE IT OUT, HOW IS SOMEONE LESS EXPERIENCED TO DO SO. I GOT E-MAIL FROM A TEACHER

019IN WEST POTOMAC ON THE DISCRIMINATION, AND KATIE SAYS THAT THE TEACHERS ARE TO ASK ALL STUDENTS FOR THE PRONOUN AND ASKED IN TEACHER FACULTY FOR PREFERRED PRONOUN. IN KATIE'S WORDS, IT'S NOT ROCKET SCIENCE BUT IT MAKES A DIFFERENCE WHEN THE RULE IS WRITTEN DOWN AND SHARED AT THE COUNTY WIDE EXPECTATION. KATIE WAS ONE OF FCPS'S BEST FOR 10 YEARS, HER DECISION TO LEAVE WAS DIFFICULT BECAUSE SHE LOVED THE DIVERSITY OF THE STUDENTS AND WHAT THAT OFFERED HER. SHE LEFT BECAUSE SHE SAW THE OPPORTUNITIES DECREASING IN NUMBER AND HAD TO FIGHT TOO MANY OTHER ADULTS ABOUT WHAT PART OF THAT DIVERSITY IS OKAY. WE NEED REGULATIONS THAT OUTLINE PROFICIENCY TO STUDENTS AND ADULTS IN THE LGBTQ COMMUNITY. I HAVE ONE MORE THING TO SAY, I WANT TO COME BACK TO TEACHING BUT ONLY IN A PLACE

020WHERE WE KNOW MORE AND THE EXPECTATION SHOULD BE THAT WE ACCEPT MORE. THE JOB IS TOO HARD IF WE DON'T. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER IS ROBERT RIGBY. GOOD EVENING SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS, AND DR. BRABRAND. I AM ROBERT RIGBY, AND AS YOU SUPERINTENDENT POSTED STUDENT TRANSITION AND ASSIST FAMILIES AND STAFF IN KNOWING WHAT TO DO. AND AS YOU KNOW THERE IS REGULATIONS FOR [INAUDIBLE]. FOR STUDENTS TO END UP WITH TWO FAIRFAXES. ONE THAT WORKS REASONABLE WELL FOR THE STUDENT'S PARENTS THAT HAVE THE DRIVE AND PASSION AND RESOURCES TO FIND OUT WHAT THEY ARE ENTITLED TO AND ALLOWED. AND TO GO TO THE MANY MEETINGS TO TAKE THOSE IMPLEMENTED. FOR STUDENTS WHOSE PARENTS DON'T HAVE THE RESOURCES WE HAVE A LESSER SYSTEM BECAUSE NO DIRECTION FROM STAFF OF WHAT TO DO. THE

021STAFF AND ADMINISTRATION MAKE THE BEST CHOICES THEY CAN BUT NOT ALWAYS WHAT WE WANT. WE FIND THAT WE HAVE THE POLICY AND SOME COME TO FAIRFAX FROM LOUDOUN AND OTHER SCHOOLS. ALAS WE LOSE GOOD TEACHERS TO PLACES LIKE MONTGOMERY AND ARLINGTON BECAUSE OF MORE SELECTIONS FOR STUDENTS. THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT THE NONDISCRIMINATION POLICY ENACTED THREE YEARS IS HAVING IMPACT. AND FINALLY STAFF THINKS ABOUT THE PROCESS OF TRANSITIONING AT FCPS. THE UNFORTUNATE NEWS IS NO ONE IS CLEAR ON HOW TO HANDLE THIS, WE DON'T HAVE A PROTOCOL FOR STANDARDIZED PROCEDURES. IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO WRITE ONE FOR ADULTS. SEVERAL SCHOOL SYSTEMS IN THE COUNTRY HAVE SUCH REGULATIONS. I WILL SEND YOU EXAMPLES. WE IN A GRAY MIDDLE AND TIME TO MOVE BEYOND THAT. THE ELECTION RESULTS SHOW THAT THE COMMUNITY IS READY FOR THIS.

022THE THREE CANDIDATES FOR VIRGINIA EXECUTIVE POSITION SUPPORTED BY STATE AND LOCAL LGBTQ ORGANIZATIONS AND WHEN OVERWHELMING IN FAIRFAX. THE THREE OFFICIALS HAVE COME OUT ON THE SIDE OF TRANSGENDER STUDENTS. FIVE OPEN LGBTQ STUDENTS AND DELEGATES WERE ELECTED. WE WILL HAVE CLEAR DIRECTION FROM THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY THAT WILL MAKE YOUR JOB EASIER. BUT WHEN THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION WITH DREW THAT GUIDANCE, THEY SAID THAT IT SHOULD BE LEFT UP TO STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS. YOU ARE THE DECIDING BODY IN OUR LOCALE. EVEN IF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY DOES NOT ACT [INAUDIBLE] MY TIME IS UP. THANK YOU FOR LISTENING. THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER IS MIKE NIE. FOLLOWED BY DAVE SWAN. LAST DECEMBER MY SON'S SCHOOL TEACHER FROM GREENBRIER WEST QUIT, LEAVING BEHIND THE SHOCKED STUDENTS AND CONFUSED PARENTS. THE REASON FOR HER SUDDEN DEPARTURE STILL UNKNOWN BUT THE

023OVERCROWDED CLASS CONTRIBUTED. TODAY I WANT TO RETAINING PREMIER WORKFORCE. DATA SHOWS THAT OUR COUNTY TEACHERS UNDER PAID COMPARED TO NEIGHBORING COUNTY. ARLINGTON COUNTY 63,000. LOUDOUN COUNTY 59, OUR COUNTY 57. I WILL GIVE YOU THREE EXAMPLES. VERNON WILLIAMS WITH 30 YEARS OF MATH TEACHING EXPERIENCE LEFT MIDDLE SCHOOL AND JOINED NEIGHBORING MCLEAN PRIVATE SCHOOLS, ALLURED BY THE HIGHER PAY. TEACHER FROM [INAUDIBLE] SCHOOL HAD TO TAKE OUT OF HIS POCKET FOR AN AFTER-SCHOOL PROGRAM. WHEN HIS WIFE LEFT HER JOB HE HAD TO STOP SELF-FUNDING. THE STUDENTS SUFFERED. THE THIRD STORY IS A TEACHER COMPLAINS IN THE SOCIAL MEDIA THAT SHE HAS TO TWO JOBS IN ORDER TO AFFORD CHILDCARE AND TO AFFORD LIVING WITHIN 30 MINUTES COMMUTE TO THE SCHOOL. FACING 30 STUDENTS IN THE CLASS AND GRADING 30 PAPERS AFTER CLASS. SHE WAS TOTALLY STRESSED OUT FINANCIALLY,

024AND MENTALLY AND PHYSICALLY. IN 2017 SCHOOL BOARD LISTED PREMIER WORKFORCE, I APPLAUD YOUR VISION AND DETERMINATION. BUT WE NEED TO TAKE A HARD LOOK HOW TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN. I PROPOSE THREE THINGS. STOP FUNDING THE MILLIONS IN SCHOOL NAME CHANGES. USE THE MONEY TO PAY THE FRONT-LINE TEACHERS. NUMBER TWO, STOP THE WHOLESALE BLANKET PAY RAISE, REWARD THE TOP PERFORMER. NUMBER THREE, STOP SPENDING 80 HOURS OF SEX EDUCATION, USE THE MONEY TO SUPPLY SCHOOL SUPPLIES. WHEN I SAW MY SON'S FRUSTRATION AND FEAR IN HIS EYES. I THINK WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING. I DON'T WANT FEAR REPEATED TO OTHER STUDENTS AND PARENTS. WORK SO THAT OUR TEACHERS ARE WELL PAID, WELL EQUIPPED AND MOTIVATED. THANK YOU, NEXT SPEAKER IS DAVE SWAN. FOLLOWED BY STEVEN SPITZ. CHAIRMAN STRAUSS, MEMBERS OF THE SCHOOL BOARD, I AM DAVE SWAN,

025WE ARE VERY FORTUNATE THIS MORNING TO HAVE MR. MOON AT OUR MONTHLY MEETING, HE'S NOT HERE BUT HAD A CHANCE TO SPEAK. THE SSEAC REPRESENTING 41% OF ALL FCPS EMPLOYEES STRONGLY SUPPORTS THE EFFORTS OF DR. BRABRAND AND RAMEY TO MAKE THEIR TEAMS TO RECRUIT AND RETAIN HIGH QUALITY EMPLOYEES. THE LEADERSHIP TEAM HAS MADE SIGNIFICANT PROGRESS THIS YEAR, INCLUDING MOST RECENTLY ADJUSTING THE CALL-BACK PROCEDURES TO BE EQUITABLE TO ALL. THE ENGAGEMENT SURVEY RESULTS ARE STARTING TO SHOW THESE IMPROVEMENTS THAT WE ARE FEELING, HOWEVER, THERE IS MORE THAT WE CAN DO. STEP INCREASES AND MSA'S ARE IN IMPORTANT IN THIS EFFORT, THEY CANNOT BE OPTIONAL. TOP OF THE SCALE EMPLOYEES NEED THE SCALE TO STAY AFLOAT AND FCPS NEEDS THEM TO CAPTURE THE BEST TALENT. THE SURVEY IS ONLY GOOD FOR THE MOMENT IT'S TAKEN. UNFORTUNATELY COUNTIES

026LIKE LOUDOUN COUNTY ARE INCREASINGLY SOLVING THEIR RECRUITING PROBLEMS BY ADJUSTING THEIR SCALES. STARTING THIS YEAR TO RAISE THEIR BUS DRIVER SCALES. PLEASE NOTE TONIGHT AT THE PRESENTATION THAT DR. RAMEY WILL GIVE THE NUMBER ONE REASON THAT EMPLOYEES LEAVE IS COMPETITIVE PAY. AND THE NUMBER THREE REASON, NOT IN THE TOP SIX FOR TEACHERS IS ADVANCEMENT OPPORTUNITIES. YET FCPS SPENT 13 TIMES MORE FOR PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT. PARTICULARLY THE TUITION PROGRAM SPECIFICALLY LISTS IT LAST. DR. BRABRAND SAID THAT WE HOPE TO HIRE AND RETAIN THE BEST. LOOK AT THE SCALES, DO WE EXPECT SOMEONE TO STAY ONLY 15 OR 17 YEARS? IF NOT, LET'S ADJUST THE SCALE. THIS BOARD PROVIDED THE FIRST-EVER LIVING WAGE TO THE EMPLOYEES LAST YEAR. FAIRFAX COUNTY HAS RAISED THEIR RATE TO 14.50. THAT MEANS THAT 1800 PEOPLE IN OUR WORKFORCE FALL BELOW THAT UNLESS

027YOU HELP IMPROVE THE ADJUSTMENT. WE STRONGLY SUPPORT THE SUPERINTENDENT'S PROPOSED BUDGET, IT GIVES ALL EMPLOYEES A FULL STEP INCREASE THAT DID NOT HAPPEN IN THE FOUR OF THE LAST NINE YEARS, AND MSA FOR ALL THAT DID NOT HAPPEN IN THE LAST TWO YEARS. WE CAN TAKE STEPS WITH THIS BUDGET TO CATCH UP AND MAKE OUR MARKET AVERAGES FOR BOTH OUR OUTSTANDING TEACHERS AND EMPLOYEES. THIS BUDGET IS CRITICAL FOR A STRATEGIC GOAL OF A PREMIER WORKFORCE. ON BEHALF OF THE SSEAC, I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE AND CONSIDERATION AND SUPPORT, AND ALSO I WANT TO RECOGNIZE MRS. SUSAN QUINN, 29 YEARS OF LEADERSHIP AND SUPPORT FOR THE EMPLOYEES. THANK YOU VERY MUCH SUSAN QUINN. [APPLAUSE] THANK YOU, NEXT SPEAKER IS STEPHEN SPITZ. GOOD EVENING, I SPOKE HERE MORE THAN TWO YEARS ON THE SUBJECT

028OF CHANGING THE NAME OF JEB STUART HIGH SCHOOL AND I RESIDE IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD. I WANT TO START OFF BY THANKING THE SCHOOL BOARD FOR VOTING TO CHANGE THE NAME TO JUSTICE HIGH SCHOOL. I WANT TO THANK DR. BRABRAND FOR DECIDING TO IMPLEMENT THIS, THIS SCHOOL YEAR. I WANT TO THANK THE STUDENTS FOR TAKING SERIOUSLY THE NAME OF THE NEW MASCOT THEY SELECTED. AND WANT TO THANK PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY WHO HAVE RAISED A SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT OF MONEY ALREADY TO SUPPORT THIS NEW NAME. I WAS AT THE FUNDRAISER IN LACK BARCROFT AND IT WAS WONDERFUL. AND WANT TO TAKE A STORY BECAUSE I BELIEVE IS MORE THAN A NAME BUT SUBSTANTIVE EDUCATIONAL MOMENTS INTO THE NAME. WHEN I WAS IN SEVENth GRADE IN THE CHICAGO SUBURBS, IN ENGLISH CLASS EVERYBODY WAS REQUIRED TO WRITE AN

029ESSAY IN AN ESSAY-CONTEST SPONSORED BY A LOCAL BANKER. AND THE ESSAY WAS ON WHAT THE FLAG MEANS TO ME. THE PRIZE WAS A TRIP TO THEN NEW 49th STATE OF ALASKA. I WON FOR MY SCHOOL. HOW ABOUT DOING THINGS LIKE HAVING THE STUDENTS AT JUSTICE HIGH SCHOOL WRITE ESSAYS ABOUT WHAT DOES JUSTICE MEAN TO ME? MAKE THEM THINK ABOUT THIS. WE END THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE AS RECITED AT ALL SCHOOL BOARD MEETINGS, WITH THE WORDS, JUSTICE FOR ALL. WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? I THINK THERE IS A WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY HERE TO ACTUALLY PUT SUBSTANCE INTO THIS NAME. AND NOT JUST HAVE IT AS A NAME THAT NOBODY UNDERSTANDS WHAT IT MEANS. AND THAT IS MY MESSAGE TO YOU ALL TO MAKE MEANINGFUL THE NAME OF THIS SCHOOL AND ALL OTHER SCHOOLS THAT ARE CONSIDERING NAMING. AND

030MAKE IT, I THINK THERE WAS SOME DISCUSSION BY THE SCHOOL BOARD BY HAVING THAT BEING CONSIDERED. I WOULD URGE THE SCHOOL BOARD TO CONSIDER AN INTENTIONAL-NAMING POLICY WHICH HAVE EDUCATIONAL MEANING FOR THE STUDENTS. RATHER THAN JUST SIMPLY NAME IT AFTER GEOGRAPHIC AREA OR WHAT HAVE YOU. I KNOW THAT THIS IS ALREADY OCCURRING WITH RESPECT TO THE MIDDLE SCHOOLS. NO REASON THAT THE HIGH SCHOOLS SHOULDN'T HAVE THE SAME INTENTIONAL-NAMING POLICY. ANYWAY, I THANK YOU ALL AGAIN FOR HAVING THE COURAGE TO CHANGE THE NAME OF THE NEW JUSTICE HIGH SCHOOL. THANK YOU, LAST SPEAKER TONIGHT MONIQUE BRUDY. HELLO, I AM MONIQUE BRUDY, AND I AM HERE TO DISCUSS CITIZEN PARTICIPATION. A RIGHT THAT YOU ARE TRYING TO TAKE AWAY FROM ME. YOU SEE TONIGHT THERE HAPPENED TO BE AN OPEN SPOT ON THE SPEAKING AGENDA. AND I

031HAPPENED TO HAVE THE TIME TO SPEAK ON A TOPIC CURRENT AND I AM ABLE TO ADDRESS YOU. UNDER THE PROPOSED CHANGES THE CITIZEN PARTICIPATION PROCEDURES DISCUSSED AT MONDAY'S COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT MEETING CITIZENS WOULD NO LONGER HAVE THAT ABILITY. WE WOULD NO LONGER HAVE ABILITY AT ALL TO ADDRESS CONCERNS UNLESS ON YOUR AGENDA. WHY ARE YOU TRYING TO RESTRICT CITIZEN PARTICIPATION? YOU ARE SITTING UP HERE TO REPRESENT US, DON'T YOU WANT TO HEAR WHAT WE HAVE TO SAY? THE OTHER PROPOSED ITEMS TO LET A REPLACEMENT SPEAK, ALONG THE REPLACEMENT IS A FAIRFAX COUNTY CITIZEN, I CAN'T THINK OF A REASON YOU WANT TO DO THAT. UNLESS YOU DON'T WANT TO HEAR FROM US. I KNOW THIS BOARD SYSTEM WATCHES OTHER BOARDS AND I RESEARCHED OTHER COUNTIES AND OURS ARE BY FAR THE MOST RESTRICTIVE. EVEN WITHOUT THE

032PROPOSED CHANGES. AND IN PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY THE SPEAKERS ARE NOT RESTRICTED. IN ARLINGTON COUNTY THE RULES ARE SAME. MY FAVORITE IS LOUDOUN COUNTY, THEY DO NOT RESTRICT THE NUMBER OF SPEAKERS AND EVEN ALLOWS CITIZENS TO SPEAK DURING THE MEETING. NOW THAT SOUNDS LIKE REAL COMMUNITY EFFORT. PLEASE CONSIDER THE EFFORT TO ALLOW CITIZENS IN YOUR COMMUNITY THAT WANT TO ENGAGE WITH YOU ON TOPICS IMPORTANT TO US. THANK YOU, TO ALL THE PEOPLE THAT CAME OUT TO SPEAK TO US TONIGHT. NEXT I CALL ON MS. VATTIKONDA FOR REPRESENTATIVE MATTERS. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR, FIRST RECOGNIZE THOSE BOY SCOUTS IN THE AUDIENCE FOR THEIR COMMUNITY BADGE, WOULD YOU STAND TO BE RECOGNIZED? AND ADDRESSING THE ISSUES OF THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM. I WOULD LIKE TO BRING UP TWO POINTS. FIRST IS SUSTAINABILITY THAT WE HAVE GOTTEN STUDENT FEEDBACK

033IN THE PAST WEEKS AND I LIKE MRS. HYNES' COMMITMENT ON THE FLOOR FOR SUSTAINABLE PROJECTS AND TO COMMIT TO GOALS FOR SOLAR RENEWAL ENERGY AND PRACTICES IN THE SCHOOL THAN A STATEMENT TO ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP THAT WE HAVE. AND THE SECOND IS THE BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENT TO ADDRESS CAPACITY ISSUES AND IN THE PUBLIC HEARING THERE ARE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS WHERE STUDENTS ARE SITTING IN, I KNOW THAT ONE PARENT MENTIONED ON A BUS 40 MINUTES EACH WAY TO SCHOOL. AND I CAN SEE FOR A HIGH SCHOOLER, OR MIDDLE SCHOOLER THAT 40 MINUTE BUS RIDE IS TOLERABLE BUT NOT FOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND WE NEED TO ADDRESS THAT SO THAT THE STUDENTS AREN'T ISOLATED FROM THEIR COMMUNITY. THANK YOU. I CALL ON DR. BRABRAND FOR INTRODUCTION AS WE HAVE A PRESENTATION ON THE GOAL 3, PREMIER WORKFORCE PROPOSAL. THANK YOU,

034CHAIRMAN STRAUSS, AS YOU KNOW THIS IS ONE OF OUR GOALS IN OUR STRATEGIC PLAN TONIGHT. AND CAREER WORKFORCE IS SO CRITICAL TO THE SUCCESS OF FAIRFAX COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS. IT'S A GREAT PLEASURE TO INTRODUCE CHACE RAMEY AND PRESENT THE WORKFORCE REPORT. I THINK YOU WILL BE PLEASED WITH THE OUTCOMES THIS YEAR. AND CONTINUE TO HAVE A GROWTH MIND-SET IN FAIRFAX COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS AROUND CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT AND ACKNOWLEDGE WHERE WE HAVE DONE WELL, OUR GLOWS AND WORK TO ADDRESS OUR GROWS. AND I WANT TO THANK MR. RAMEY'S TEAM AND MRS. QUINN. AND I WILL TO HAVE STEP AWAY FOR FAMILY MATTERS AND MY STEPPING AWAY IS NO WAY A COMMENT ON THE WORK THAT DR. RAMEY AND HIS STAFF HAVE DONE. AND DR. LOCKARD WILL TAKE THE SEAT AND STEER THE SHIP. GOOD EVENING SCHOOL BOARD

035MEMBER. THERE YOU GO DR. RAMEY WITH NO FURTHER ADO. I'M THE PEOPLE PERSON AND NOT THE TECHNOLOGY PERSON, GOOD EVENING. IT'S MY PLEASURE TO PRESENT THE GOAL 3 PREMIER WORKFORCE. AND SUSAN QUINN PRESENTED THE FIRST GOAL REPORT AND I ASKED IF SHE WANTED TO PRESENT TONIGHT AND DECLINED. SO IT'S MY PLEASURE TO DISCUSS THE GREAT WORK THAT IS TAKING PLACE AND WHERE WE ARE HEADED TO RETAIN OUR WORKFORCE. IN FAIRFAX COUNTY EMPLOYEES ARE SUPPORTED FROM RECRUITMENT TO RETIREMENT. AND WE EMPLOY OUTSTANDING SERVICES DURING THE CYCLE. DURING THE WORK SESSION WE HAD TIME SET ASIDE TO DISCUSS THE SPECIFICS IN GOAL 3. AND WE HAVE SEVERAL WORK SESSIONS DEDICATED TO TOUCH ON GOAL 3 FROM RETAINING AND HIRING PRACTICES AND YES THE SCHOOL CALENDAR. TONIGHT I WILL SUMMARIZE, SPEAK BRIEFLY ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF THE DATA

036AND HOW IT'S DRIVING THE WORK AS WE MOVE FORWARD. THE ONE-PAGE OVERVIEW PROVIDES FIVE CHARTS FOR RECRUITMENT AND HIRING AND RETAINMENT ENDEAVORS. THE WORK REPRESENTED BY THE CHARTS IS ONGOING AND BEGAN NEARLY TWO YEARS AGO WHEN WE STARTED EFFORTS FOR RETAINING RECRUITMENT PRACTICES AND WE SHIFT OUR GEARS FOR HIRING PRACTICE FOR THE GOAL THIS YEAR. AND THE MAJOR COMPONENT OF CONTINUUM AND THE AREA WE ARE WORKING TO IMPROVE, TO REMAIN ON THE HORIZON AND A GOAL TO COME. RECRUITMENT AND RETIREMENT AND RETENTION HAVE PREMIER WORKFORCE AND HAVE TO LOOK AT THEM TOGETHER TO PROVIDE BEST SERVICE TO THE PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE FCPS EMPLOYEE. THE WORK DRIVING INITIATIVE IS BEING ACCOMPLISHED AGAINST THE BACK-DROP OF A SHRINKING TEACHER APPLICATION POOL AND FOR THOSE PURSUING EDUCATION AS A CAREER. AS THE CHART ON THE LEFT SHOWS

037THAT FCPS HAS SEEN A DRASTIC DECLINE TO THE NUMBER OF APPLICANTS IN THE LAST FIVE HIRING CYCLES. WITH THE LARGEST DROP FROM 2012 TO 2015. AND A SLIGHT DROP LAST YEAR, THOUGH OUR APPLICANT IS DROPPING AND THE NEED IS CONSTANT? 2012 THIS MEANT WE NEEDED TO HIRE ONE OUT OF EVERY FIVE APPLICANTS. THIS LAST YEAR, IT WAS ONE OUT OF NEARLY EVERY THREE. THIS MEANS WE HAVE TO HIRE DIFFERENTLY AND AT A DIFFERENT PACE. THE TEACHER HIRE BY MONTH CHART SHOWCASES WHEN WE HIRED IN THE LAST TWO CYCLES. TWO YEARS AGO REPRESENTED BY THE BLUE LINE, WE DID ALMOST NO HIRING BEFORE MAY. AND THE BULK OF HIRING WAS IN JUNE AND JULY AND AUGUST. WHEN UNFORTUNATELY IS WHEN OUR POOL IS MOST DEPLETED. AND NEARLY 50% OF OUR HIRES CAME ON BOARD WITHIN 60

038DAYS WITHIN THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL. WEEKS OR DAYS BEFORE THEY STOOD IN FRONT OF OUR CLASSROOMS. AND WE BEGAN TO PUT RECRUITMENT OPPORTUNITIES IN PLACE TO CHANGE THIS TREND. AND BY THE GREEN BAR SHIFTING OUR NARRATIVE. WE DID HIRE MORE TEACHERS IN MAY AND HIRED MORE THAN THREE TIMES THE NUMBER OF TEACHERS PRIOR TO MAY 1 THAN THE YEAR BEFORE. AS I MENTIONED WE MOVED OUR FOCUS ON HIRING FOR THIS YEAR. AND THAT CHART IN THE LOWER RIGHT-HAND CORNER PROVIDES DETAILS ON THE CANDIDATES WE HIRE. IT'S PRETTY SMALL, SO I CHEATED AND MADE A BACK-SIDE OF OUR ONE PAGER. AND YOU SEE THE DATA PRESENTED HIGHER. THE CHART DEPICTS THE TEACHERS WE HIRED OVER THE LAST FIVE YEARS BROKEN DOWN BY RACE. THREE ROWS FOR EACH GROUP. TOTAL APPLICANTS. QUALIFIED APPLICANTS AND HIRED. THE

039QUALIFIED APPLICANTS AND HIRED ROW ARE THE ONES YOU WANT TO LOOK AT, THAT SIGNIFIES THE CANDIDATES AVAILABLE TO OUR PRINCIPALS. THE CHART SHOWING THE TEACHER OF COLOR, THIS IS SHOWING DIVERSITY OVER THE LAST FIVE YEARS. AND 25% OF TEACHERS HIRED BY FCPS ARE TEACHERS OF COLOR. THIS WORK IS IMPORTANT NOT JUST FOR THE STAFF BUT SIGNIFICANT ON THE IMPACT OF STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT. NATIONAL RESEARCH HAS SHOWN THAT A POSITIVE IMPACT ON STUDENTS OF COLOR TO HAVE A TEACHER OF COLOR DURING THE ELEMENTARY YEARS. AND WHILE FCPS IS SEEING DIVERSITY IN THE TEACHING CORE, THERE IS MORE OPPORTUNITY FOR FCPS WHEN IT COMES TO DIVERSITY IN THE WORKFORCE. RECRUITMENT HIRING, ONLY TWO PIECES TO THE CYCLE. ONCE WE WELCOME NEW EMPLOYEES TO THE TEAM, WE MUST PROVIDE FOR STAYING WITH US. AND THE RETENTION RATE IN THE

040BOTTOM LEFT-HAND CORNER, IS FIVE POINTS ABOVE THE NATIONAL AVERAGE. AS THE CHART SHOWS THAT DIVISION RETENTION RATE HOVERS AT 90%. WHEN WE UNPACK THE DATA, THE STORY IS DARKER. AND WE ATTRACT OUR TEACHER RETENTION IN FIVE-YEAR COHORTS FOR BEGINNING TEACHERS. AND FOR THE MOST RECENT COHORT THE FCPS RETENTION RATE IS 66%. THIS MEANS BY THE END OF 2016-17 SCHOOL YEAR THE DIVISION HAD LOST 44% OF THE TEACHERS THAT STARTED AS NEW TEACHERS IN THE DIVISION BACK IN 2012. NOW THIS IS ON PAR WITH THE NATIONAL AVERAGE BUT STILL ALARMING AND SPEAKS TO THE CHALLENGES TO ALL SCHOOL SYSTEMS IN NOT ONLY RECRUITING AND HIRING BUT RETAINING EXCELLENT EDUCATORS. MORE DETAIL DATA IS IN THE NARRATIVE AND WE HAVE WILL ADDITIONAL TIME DURING THE WORK SESSION TO DISCUSS THIS. BUT REVIEW OF THE DATA ONLY TELLS

041HALF OF THE STORY. EQUALLY IMPORTANT TO TELL WHAT WE ARE DOING WITH THE DATA AND HOW TO IMPROVE THE PRACTICES AS WE CONTINUE TO HAVE HIGHLY EFFECTIVE EMPLOYEES IN FCPS. WHAT IS THE WHY? AS I STATED AT THE BEGINNING, INITIATIVE TO RETAIN A PREMIER WORKFORCE HAS BEEN UNDERWAY SEVERAL YEARS. WE USED THE DATA I SHARED AS A MEASURING STICK AS A SHARING OF INITIATIVE AND A WAY TO WHAT WE NEED TO DO IN THE FUTURE. WE HAVE SEEN THIS WORK PAY DIFENDS FROM A PRACTICE OF EARLY HIRING CONTRACTS AND TO SIMPLY HIRING TEACHERS EARLIER HAS PROVIDED OUR PRINCIPAL AN OPPORTUNITY TO SEE THE CANDIDATE POOL EARLIER WHEN RICH WITH TALENT. AND WE HAVE SEEN THE HIRING CANDIDATES IN THE SPRING NEARLY TRIPLE AND IMPACT ON THE LESS VACANCIES AT THE BEGINNING THE YEAR. THIS LAST

042YEAR FCPS HAD TEACHER FILL RATE OF 99.4%, THAT IS GREAT, NO MATTER HOW LARGE OR SMALL. AND ON OPENING DAY THE TEACHER FILL RATE IN THESE SCHOOLS WAS 99.4%, UP FROM 87% THE YEAR BEFORE. OUR EFFORTS ARE MOVING US IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION BUT CLEARLY MORE WORK TO BE DONE. WHEN WE LOOK AT RECRUITMENT NEXT YEAR THE DATA AROUND THE SHRINKING POOL AND THE HARD TO STAFF POSITIONS HAVE FORCED US TO REINVENT HOW AND WHERE WE RECRUIT. EXPANDING OUR FOOTPRINT TO 77 EVENTS THIS SPRING. PUERTO RICO WILL BE ON THE TRIPS AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE THE DIVERSITY OF OUR CANDIDATE POOL. IN ADDITION WE HAVE ADDED A CAREER SWITCH EVENT FOR THE CALENDAR. THIS IS AN EVENT OPEN TO ANYONE INTERESTED IN MAKING A PROFESSIONAL CHANGE TO BE AN EDUCATOR. AND FOCUS ON

043VETERANS AND MILITARY FAMILIES. AND ONE MORE EFFORT TO EXPAND AND RETHINK OUR RECRUITMENT EFFORTS. AND WE ARE CHANGING WHO WE SEND TO THE EVENTS AND PAIR TO BETTER CONNECT FCPS IN THE CULTURE OF THOSE COLLEGE EDUCATIONS. WHEN A PROFESSOR OR CAREER COUNSELOR TALKED TO STUDENTS ABOUT THE GREAT DISTRICTS AND FCPS IS THE FIRST WORDS THAT COME OUT OF THEIR MOUTH. AND FIRST TIME GOING TO SEND FIRST AND SECOND YEAR TEACHERS ON RECRUITMENT TRIPS. THEIR EXPERIENCE AND TO SHARE WHAT FIRST-YEAR TEACHER IS LIKE WILL FORM RELATIONSHIPS AND SOLIDIFY THE RECRUITMENT OF TALENTED INDIVIDUALS. WITH OVER 20% OF THE WORKFORCE PROJECTED TO BE MILLENNIALS BY 2020, WE THINK THIS IS A STRONG STRATEGY TO RECRUIT. THESE EFFORTS ARE BOLSTERED BY AN AGGRESSIVE MARKETING CAMPAIGN. WE HAVE INCREASED FACEBOOK INTERACTIONS AND MAKE OUR PASSIVE COMMUNICATION MORE ACTIVE. FOR

044EXAMPLE, CANDIDATES WILL BE ABLE TO MAKE OUR LOGO AND OTHER PIECES OF MATERIAL COME TO LIFE USING AN APP CALLED HP REVEAL. GOOD EVENING SCHOOL BOARDS, WE ARE WATCHING A NEW CAMPAIGN TO BETTER CONNECT WITH POTENTIAL EMPLOYEES. WITH THE GOAL OF RECRUITING THE NEXT GROUP OF TEACHERS AND EACH SAYING YES TO FCPS. JUST SOMETHING KIND OF FUN, I PROMISE WE WILL GET A BETTER SPOKESMAN FOR THE REAL DEAL. BUT IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO ENGAGE CANDIDATES AND DRAW THEM TO OUR RECRUITMENT EVENT. ONE OF THE PROBLEMS WE'RE ENCOUNTERING, WE ARE GOING TO EVENTS WHERE THERE ARE MORE SCHOOL DISTRICTS THERE RECRUITING THAN THERE ARE ACTUAL CANDIDATES. WE DON'T JUST WORRY ABOUT THE CONVERSATIONS WE HAVE, WE WORRY ABOUT GETTING THEM TO THE TABLE. WE HAVE TO COME UP WITH WAYS TO DRAW THEM IN

045AND MAKE SURE THEY WANT TO BE A PART OF THE FCPS FAMILY. WE ARE DOING EXCELLENT, CREATIVE, EXCITING AND FORWARD-THINKING WORK AROUND RECRUITMENT. BUT THOSE EFFORTS ARE ONLY FRUITFUL IF OUR HIRING IS SUCCESSFUL. OVER THE LAST MONTHS FCPS IS INCREASING HIRING PRACTICES WITH A GOAL TO IMPLEMENT AND FACILITATE A HIRING SYSTEM THAT ENSURES EQUITY ACROSS ALL BUILDINGS AND DEPARTMENTS. AND THIS IS FOR OUR ONLINE DATABASE AND TRACKING SYSTEM AND SYSTEM-WIDE PROTOCOLS FOR ALL ABILITIES. TRAINING IS UNDERWAY WITH IMPLEMENTATION SET FOR THE SPRING. ACCOMPANYING THIS WORK IS IMPLEMENTATION OF A NEW POOL APPROACH FOR HIRING PRINCIPALS. WE INTRODUCED THIS LAST SUMMER. FCPS IS IN THE MIDST OF A SECOND POOL SELECTION AFTER COMPLETING AN INITIAL CYCLE THIS FALL. THE APPROACH IS USED FOR ALL PRINCIPAL HIRES AFTER SPRING BREAK. AS WE CONTINUE TO TWEAK THE PROCESS,

046WE ARE PLEASED WITH THE PROGRESS. AND TO PROVIDE FOR MORE ROBUST AND DIVERSE POOL OF APPLICANTS WITH MORE ACCESS TO THE CANDIDATES THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY. THIS WORK IS CRUCIAL THAT WE NOT SIMPLY ATTRACT BUT HIRE A DIVERSE AND HIGHLY EFFECTIVE WORKFORCE TO TEACH OUR OPPORTUNITIES IN SCHOOL. MOVING THROUGH THE THIRD PIECE, RETENTION, THE DATA IS HELPING US FORMULATE THE AREAS OF FOCUS FOR THE FUTURE. THE STUDY UNVEILED THAT THE MOST FREQUENT WORD BY STAFF IS OVERWHELMED. WHICH WAS SUPPORTED BY INSTRUCTIONAL AND SUPPORT STAFF ALIKE. TO FIND A WAY TO LESSEN THIS WILL BE A PRIORITY. AND TASK FORCE FOR DELIVERY OF HIGH PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND MORE OPPORTUNITIES FOR LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT. AND CONTINUING REFINEMENT OF OUR EXIT SURVEY THAT IS DONE IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE STATE. AND REVIEW OF OUR HEALTHCARE BENEFIT OFFERING AND CONTINUATION OF

047OUR STUDIES. AND ANNUAL EMPLOYMENT ENGAGEMENT STUDY AND EMPLOYEE LEAD DATA. WE RECOGNIZE AND EMBRACE THE NEED FOR WORK/PERSONAL LIFE BALANCE AND THERE IS A CORRELATION FOR TEACHERS OUT OF THE CLASSROOM FOR 11 DAYS AND LOWER THE SCORES IN MATH AND SCIENCE. AND WE HAVE TO SERVE ALL STUDENTS ACROSS THE COUNTY. WHILE MANY OF THESE HAVE ROOTS AND GOALS, THEY CONNECT WITH OUR OTHER GOALS AND BRING THOSE BACK IN OTHER REPORTS AS WELL. IN ADDITION, WE KNOW THAT CLASS SIZE IS A RELATIVE PART TO TEACHER RETENTION. AND OUR CLASS SIZE REPORT IS INCLUDED. THE CHART ON ONE PAGE SHOWS OVERVIEW OF THE CLASS SIZE AND DETAIL IN APPENDIX. AND WE SAW REDUCTION FROM 10 DOWN TO SEVEN CLASSES AND 59% REDUCTION IN GRADES 4-6. STAFFING IS AN IMPORTANT PIECE OF THIS WORK AND DUE TO FACILITIES

048AND FINANCE AND REGIONAL OFFICES. IT WILL REMAIN A PRIORITY FOR OUR WORK. COMPLETING THE CIRCLE. THESE ITEMS SPEAK TO RETENTION AND SPEAK TO OUR ABILITY TO RECRUIT AND HIRE. A RECENT STUDY FOUND THAT FCPS WAS THE FOURTH MOST DIFFICULT COUNTY IN THE NATION FOR A NEW TEACHER TO LIVE AND SAVE TO BUY A HOME. THIS PLAYS DIRECTLY INTO OUR ABILITY TO RECRUIT. WE ARE EXAMINING STRATEGIES FOR RETENTION TO ENABLE US AROUND RECRUITMENT AND HIRING. WHILE CHALLENGES REMAIN, THE INITIATIVES ARE EXCITING AND POSITIVE FOR EVERYONE IN FCPS. THIS WORK IS NOT DONE IN A VACUUM, WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE AND THANK THE HR TEAM THAT WE HAVE IN FCPS AND REPRESENTED TONIGHT BY DIRECTORS... AND I TRULY BELIEVE THAT THE WORK WE DO IN HR IS TO SUPPORT THE GREAT THINGS GOING IN OUR SCHOOL AND

049OUR DEPARTMENT. SO I WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE COLLABORATION AND LEADERSHIP OF OUR LT MEETING AND PRINCIPAL, WITHOUT THEIR LEADERSHIP AND WORK WE DEFINITELY WOULDN'T HAVE THE WORKFORCE THAT WE HAVE. I APPRECIATE YOU INDULGING ME AND TO GIVE STAR WARS TO THE EVENING. AND AS YOU SEE I AM VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT THE WORK WE DO AND I BELIEVE THAT THE WORK WE ARE DOING AROUND GOAL 3 PREMIER WORKFORCE IS IMPORTANT TO STUDENT SUCCESS. I LOOK FORWARD TO DIVE INTO MORE AT WORK SESSION BUT HAPPY FOR QUESTIONS THIS EVENING. THANK YOU, DR. RAMEY, EXCELLENT PRESENTATION AND WE ARE AS MOTIVATED AS YOU TO BE AGGRESSIVE AND TRY NEW WAYS TO GET THE BEST PEOPLE OUT THERE AND INCREASE OUR DIVERSITY. AND WE REALLY APPRECIATE THE OUT-OF-THE-BOX THINKING AND THE WILLINGNESS FOR US TO CHANGE AND WE

050CAN GET THERE FIRST EARLY AND GET THE BEST PEOPLE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND SO THAT THE AUDIENCE KNOWS ON FEBRUARY 12 WE WILL HAVE AN ALL-DAY WORK SESSION AND HAVE AN IN-DEPTH DISCUSSION ON THIS REPORT. IF THERE ARE CLARIFYING QUESTIONS OR OTHER ISSUES, THERE ARE SEVERAL BOARD MEMBERS WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK. FIRST MRS. KEYS-GAMARRA. FIRST THANK YOU, THIS IS A LOT OF HARD WORK, IT DIDN'T TAKE AS MUCH TIME TO SAY IT AS IT DID TO COMPLETE IT. I WANT TO RECOGNIZE THE FOCUS, THE WILLINGNESS TO RECOGNIZE WHERE OUR STRENGTHS ARE AND WEAKNESSES ARE AND A PLAN TO ADDRESS THOSE. AND I AM PARTICULARLY CONCERNED ABOUT DIVERSITY AND WE HAVE TALKED A LITTLE ABOUT THIS. AND WHEN I LOOK AT THE NUMBERS ON PAGE 13, IN RESPECT TO THE PERCENTAGES IN DIFFERENT GROUPS

051AND THOSE THAT WERE ACTUALLY HIRED. WE HAVE SOME SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCES DEPENDING ON THE RACE OF THAT APPLICANT. AND I KNOW THAT YOU HAVE, YOU MENTIONED THAT YOU ARE GOING TO BE REACHING OUT PARTICULARLY TO HBCU'S AND MAKING A NUMBER OF EFFORTS, GRATEFUL FOR THAT. I THINK THAT'S WONDERFUL BUT I AM ALSO CONCERNED BECAUSE I KNOW THAT THE WAY THAT WE HAVE HIRED IN THE PAST IS AUTONOMOUS FOR PRINCIPALS AND I AM SURE THERE IS LOTS OF POSITIVES FOR THAT, AND YOU ARE WORKING TO EXPAND THAT AND THEY CONSIDER MORE APPLICANTS. GIVEN THE FACT THIS ISN'T AN ISSUE LIMITED TO FCPS, I THINK THAT WE HAVE TO GO TO THE PRACTICES OF HOW WE MAKE THOSE DECISIONS. AND THAT'S THE PART THAT I DIDN'T SEE AS PART OF YOUR PLAN. THAT'S NUMBER 1. I CAN ASK

052ALL OF MY QUESTIONS, I HAVE THREE, BUT YOU CAN ANSWER THAT FIRST, IF YOU WOULD LIKE. YOU ARE RIGHT, THIS IS AN OVERVIEW OF THE GOAL 3 AND 4 AS IT COMES TO THE PRACTICES WE ARE PUTTING IN PLACE. I THINK WE HAVE AN ACTUAL ANOTHER WORK SESSION SET ASIDE TO TALK ABOUT THOSE ACTUAL PRACTICES. WE HAVE EMBEDDED THAT IN THE WORK WE ARE DOING AND THE SCRIPTS IN THE LAST SIX MONTHS TO HELP US IN THAT DECISION MAKING AND WHAT NEEDS TO BE CONSIDERED AND HOW WE ENSURE IT'S BEING DONE IN A SIMILAR FASHION IN ALL OF OUR BUILDINGS. I AM HAPPY TO HAVE ADDITIONAL CONVERSATION ABOUT THAT AND GET MORE INTO THE DETAILS OF WHAT THAT PLAN LOOKS LIKE. BUT I SHARE YOUR PERSPECTIVE ON THAT AND SOMETHING WE ARE WORKING TO ADDRESS,

053NOT HOPEFULLY, WE ARE IMPLEMENTING THIS SPRING. I FIRST OF ALL WANT TO RECOGNIZE THE EFFORT. I DEFINITELY SEE THAT, I THINK IT'S, SOME OF THIS MAY BE CULTURAL THE WAY WE LOOK AT HIRES AND THAT SORT OF THING AND THIS CONDITION, MINI-ME, AND WE LOOK AT OUR CHILD AND THINK THEY ARE THE MOST BEAUTIFUL PERSON IN THE WORLD -- ABSOLUTELY IF YOU HAVEN'T SEEN MY KIDS. BUT IN RESPECT TO HIRING WE HAVE TO DO FURTHER THAN THAT. AND WE HAVE TO TAKE SOME INTENTIONAL STEPS. THAT'S WHAT I WILL BE LOOKING FOR FROM HERE. AND I THINK YOU SAID YOU WILL BE SETTING GOALS WITH RESPECT TO ACHIEVING THAT. YES. THE OTHER QUESTION I HAVE IS WITH RESPECT TO RETENTION. AND ALSO AS PEOPLE ARE LEAVING, ARE WE -- I KNOW WE ARE ASKING QUESTIONS LIKE

054WHETHER IT'S WORKLOAD AND THAT SORT OF THING. BUT ARE WE ACTUALLY LOOKING AT THE MAKE-UP OF THOSE PEOPLE LEAVING. OR MORE DIVERSE MEMBERS OF OUR STAFF, ARE THEY LEAVING AT HIGHER RATES THAN OTHERS? WE ARE LOOKING AT, WE ARE TRYING TO DELVE MORE DO THAT DATA. THIS IS AN AREA WHERE WE NEED TO BE MORE INTENTIONAL IN OUR WORK AROUND LOOKING AT WHO IS LEAVING THE DIVISION, SO IT'S A WORK IN PROGRESS, AND WE CONTINUE TO REFINE WHAT QUESTIONS WE HAVE AND I CAN LOOK FOR THAT DATA. THAT IS OKAY, I WANT TO BE SURE AS WE GO FORWARD THOSE ISSUES ARE ON OUR RADAR. SURE. AND THE OTHER THING I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE SURE, I THINK OUR STAFF IS REALLY, WE CAN'T DO OUR JOB WITHOUT OUR STAFF. I KNOW THAT SOMETIMES IN

055COMMUNICATING WHAT THEY ARE GOING THROUGH AND IN THEIR INDIVIDUAL SCHOOLS THEY MAY HAVE SOME FEAR OF DOING THAT. AND THE SURVEY DOESN'T ALWAYS ADDRESS THAT. HAVE YOU CONSIDERED PROVIDING ANONYMOUS MANNER TO PRESENT OTHER THAN THE SURVEY? I AM SORRY, WHEN THEY LEAVE OR ON A REGULAR BASIS? THERE ARE A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT MECHANICS THAT YES EMPLOYEES CAN COMMUNICATE TO OTHER EER AND CENTRAL OFFICE ABOUT CONCERNS THEY HAVE, WITHOUT THAT COMMUNICATED TO THEIR BUILDING LEVEL OR THEIR DEPARTMENT SUPERVISORS AND WE HAVE THOSE IN PLACE. IN TERMS OF LEAVING THE ORGANIZATION AND WE HAVE A COHORT AND STEPPED BACK AND SEE HOW IT FITS IN THE WORK WE ARE DOING. IT'S NOT AN EXCUSE WHY WE HAVEN'T MOVED IT FORWARD, SIMPLY THE STATE HAS ASKED US TO BE A PART OF THIS PILOT THIS YEAR. AND TRYING

056TO BE A GOOD PARTNER IN THAT, AND WE HAVE HAD CONVERSATIONS WHAT YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT. IN A WAY TO ADJUST THE FORM THAT AN EMPLOYEE GIVES WHEN THEY LEAVE THE DIVISION AND COMMUNICATE THAT DIRECTLY WITH OUR OFFICES IN HR AND DO WE DO A FACE-TO-FACE INTERVIEW AND WAWHAT IS REQUIRED TO DO THAT. AND THESE ARE PIECES THAT WE ARE TRYING TO FINALIZE AS WE DO THAT WORK. I UNDERSTAND IT'S A PROCESS AND MAKE THE COMMENTS THAT THEY ARE CONSIDERED IN THAT PROCESS AND THANK YOU FOR THE HARD WORK AND THAT 3-D THING. MRS. SCHULTZ. SO A COUPLE OF THINGS. I THINK I GOT CAUGHT IN THE MIDDLE, YOU SAID THAT WE ARE THE FOURTH MOST EXPENSIVE REGION FOR COST OF LIVING. FOR A NEW TEACHER? THERE WAS A RECENT STUDY THAT TALKED ABOUT THE

057ABILITY FOR A NEW TEACHER TO SAVE AND PURCHASE A HOME. AND RANKED THE DISTRICTS THE TOP IN THE NATION AND FAIRFAX CAME IN FOURTH IN THAT. I AM DYING TO KNOW THE OTHER THREE, MAYBE SAN FRANCISCO I GET BUT BLOWN AWAY WE ARE NUMBER FOUR. WHERE YOU DON'T WANT TO BE NUMBER ONE. SHAWN SAYS THAT SAN FRANCISCO IS ON THERE. OKAY, DEFINITELY. THAT'S INTERESTING TO ME, BECAUSE I KNOW DR. BRABRAND WHO IS NOT HERE, HAS A POSITION AND UNDERSTANDS AND I THINK THE FIRST YEAR I WAS ON THE BOARD. I WAS LOOKING FOR CONCESSIONS IN OUR EMPLOYMENT PRACTICES FOR TEACHERS. FOR HOUSING. AND NOBODY WAS INTERESTED AT THE TIME. SO HERE WE ARE SIX YEARS LATER AND I AM STILL INTERESTED AND SO IS DR. BRABRAND. AND I SENT HIM RESEARCH THAT WAS PUBLISHED BY

058EDUCATION WEEK ON A COUPLE OF NATIONAL STORIES ON INNOVATIVE WAYS THAT COMMUNITIES ARE LOOKING AT HOUSING. SO HE JUST GOT THAT AND I THINK I SENT YESTERDAY OR THE DAY BEFORE. I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THAT AND MAKE TALK ABOUT IT MORE. I AM A LITTLE CONCERNED WHEN YOU SAY THAT WE HAVE 77 RECRUITING TRIPS PLANNED AND MORE THAN HALF ARE TO HBCU BUT ONLY 1% INCREASE? I AM WORRIED ABOUT THE DISPROPORTIONALITY OF THAT, AND IF WE ARE LOOKING AT MORE THAN HALF THE TRIPS ARE DESIGNED FOR A SINGULAR PURPOSE. AND THE REASON I SAY THIS, I AM VERY CONSISTENT IN THIS. I LOOK AT THE STATISTICS OF WHO WE HAVE HIRED, AND WE HAD FOR EXAMPLE, 23% OF THE APPLICANTS WHO ARE QUALIFIED WERE MEN. AND ONLY 14% WERE HIRED. AND WHEN I LOOK AT

059-- I DON'T KNOW, STUDENT POPULATION I HAPPEN TO BE A PARENT OF BOYS. I DON'T LOOK TO SEE IF THE TEACHER IN THE CLASSROOM IS A MALE TO BE A QUALIFIED TEACHER. I WANT THE BEST TEACHER REGARDLESS OF THEIR BACKGROUND. I WANT TO BE SURE THAT WE GO TO THE RIGHT PLACES FOR THE RIGHT REASONS AND NOT KNEE JERKING BECAUSE SOME UNIVERSITY SOMEWHERE TOOK INFORMATION OUT OF CONTEXT THAT WE FEEL MAY NOT BE AN ACCURATE REFLECTION. THE REAL STATISTIC I THINK AND IT ISN'T HERE AND I FORGOT WHICH SLIDE, YOU WERE TALK ABOUT IT MRS. KEYS-GAMARRA, SLIDE 13. WHAT IS MISSING FROM THIS SLIDE, WE HAVE APPLIED AND WE HAVE HIRED BUT WE DON'T HAVE OFFERED. RIGHT. SO WHO APPLIES? WHO IS QUALIFIED? AND WHO IS HIRED, MISSES THE WHOLE MIDDLE, WHICH IS WHO DO

060WE OFFER A JOB TO. WE CAN OFFER ALL KINDS OF JOBS AT WONDERFUL STATISTICS, WE CAN'T MAKE PEOPLE TAKE A JOB. HENCE GO BACK TO THE FIRST COMMENT, IF WE ARE ONE OF THE MOST EXPENSIVE PLACES IN THE NATION FOR A NEW TEACHER TO TRY TO GET THEIR FOOT IN AND LIVE, WE COULD DO ALL THE OFFERING IN THE WORLD AND THEY MAY LOOK AT IT. AND IF THEIR OTHER OFFER IS IOWA, KENTUCKY, MINNESOTA, YOU KNOW, FILL IN THE BLANK. AND IT'S MUCH MORE COST EFFECTIVE TO LIVE. WE CAN'T COMPEL PEOPLE. WE COULDN'T PAY PEOPLE ENOUGH TO MOVE HERE. AND THOSE ARE NOT THE PEOPLE THAT WE WANT ANYWAY. BECAUSE THE LAST THING I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT -- I CAME FROM IOWA, MRS. SCHULTZ. THE FIVE YEAR NEW TEACHER RETENTION, THAT'S SLIDE 17. AND YOU

061HAVE EACH COHORT LISTED HERE, SLIDE 17 HERE. I DID THE AVERAGE OF THE FIVE YEARS. AND FOR THE FIVE-YEAR COHORT AVERAGE THAT YOU SHOW HERE, WE ARE AT 60%. SO WE ARE ABOVE THE NATIONAL AVERAGE FOR NEW TEACHER RETENTION, WE'RE RIGHT ON THE MONEY. SO -- YOU'RE RIGHT. CAN YOU SAY THAT AGAIN? [LAUGHTER] I'M STUCK -- YOU ARE RIGHT ON THAT. I WANT THAT ON A LOOP. I THINK THAT OUR CONCERN IS THAT WE ARE GOING THE WRONG DIRECTION. THIS IS THE FIRST YEAR, FIRST COHORT WHERE WE ARE ABOVE THAT NATIONAL AVERAGE. IT'S SOMETHING THAT IS WORTH LOOKING AT AND WE SAY IN THE CONTEXT WE KNOW LESS INDIVIDUALS ARE GOING IN TEACHING AND KNOW THAT THE POOL IS DOWN. WE KNOW IT WILL BE HARDER AND HARDER TO KEEP INDIVIDUALS NOT ONLY INTERESTED BUT

062IN THEIR POSITIONS. WHILE AT THE NATIONAL AVERAGE I THINK IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE TO BE CONCERNED ABOUT. THAT'S TRUE, BUT I ALSO DON'T WANT TO TAKE A SINGLE COHORT DATA POINT OVER -- AND THIS IS DATA AND CONTEXT OVER TIME. IS OVER TIME, OVER THE FIVE YEARS, YEAH DO WE HAVE A TICK DOWN IN THIS FIVE-YEAR COHORT? ABSOLUTELY. BUT YOU DON'T BUILD EMPLOYMENT PRACTICES BASED ON, WELL, WE HAVE HAD ONE DATA POINT THAT TIPS DOWN. THESE THINGS TAKE TIME. NOW WHAT THE OTHER COGENT, RELEVANT INPUT, WHICH IS HEY, FEWER PEOPLE GOING INTO TEACHING. BETWEEN WHAT, I THINK THE STATISTIC BETWEEN LOUDOUN AND FAIRFAX, WE COULD HIRE EVERY SINGLE GRADUATE OUT OF VIRGINIA COLLEGE WHO IS AN EDUCATION MAJOR AND SCOOP THEM UP AND LEAVE NONE FOR ANYONE ELSE. WHAT I WANT US TO DO

063IS BUILD SOLID PRACTICES FOR THE LONG HAUL, THAT ARE NOT GOOD FOR NOW. BECAUSE NOW IS REACTIVE TO INFORMATION. IT DOESN'T NECESSARILY TELL THE WHOLE STORY. AND IF WE TELL PART OF THE STORY, I THINK WE NEED TO TELL THE PAUL HARVEY PART OF THE STORY, THE OFFER. THAT IS A CRITICAL PIECE THAT IS NOT MAKING ITS WAY INTO THE PUBLIC NARRATIVE OF WHAT WE DO. AND THERE ARE ECONOMIC PRESSURES OF LIVING HERE THAT INFLUENCE THOSE DECISIONS. AND I THINK THAT SORT OF COMPLETES, THE UNIQUENESS OF US TRYING TO DRAW AND KEEP TEACHERS HERE. BUT WE WILL TALK ABOUT IT MORE IN DETAIL LATER, THANK YOU. THANK YOU. MRS. CORBETT SANDERS. DR. RAMEY AND TEAM, THANK YOU VERY MUCH, I KNOW THAT YOU HAVE PUT A LOT WORK IN THIS. I WANT TO DRILL DOWN

064A LITTLE BIT ON THE RETENTION PIECE. BECAUSE I KNOW THAT IT IS ONLY ONE YEAR, BUT GIVEN THAT THERE IS -- CORRECT ME IF I AM WRONG, I HEARD A STATISTIC THAT THERE IS DECREASE OF THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS GRADUATING WITH A TEACHER DEGREE BY 13% YEAR OVER YEAR AND THAT TREND HAS EXTENDED BEYOND ONE YEAR. I HAVEN'T HEARD THAT STAT BUT ONE SIMILAR, I THINK YOU ARE IN THE BALLPARK IN TERMS OF THE MASSIVE CHALLENGE WE ARE FACING. YEAH, AND I HEARD HIGHER, THERE IS A RANGE BUT NOT MUCH LOWER. NO, WASN'T GOING TO SAY LOWER DOWN 35%, AND IT WAS THE LOWEST POOL IN LAST 10 YEARS AND RIGHT IN LINE. THAT'S A SERIOUS CONCERN. AND IT'S ONE WHEN WE'RE GOING AT RECRUITING WE HAVE TO BE COMPETITIVE OUT THERE. AND THE COMPETITIVE

065PACKAGE IS NOT ONLY OUR SALARIES BUT OUR COMPENSATION AND THE OPPORTUNITIES TO GET INTO HOUSING THAT FITS THE NEEDS OF THE POTENTIAL HIRES. AS A MOTHER OF A YOUNG 20 SOMETHING YEAR-OLD, I WAS APPALLED AT SOME HOUSING THAT WAS OFFERED TO HER AT VERY HIGH RATES. I WOULD ENCOURAGE IF YOU HAVE NOT DONE SO, MAYBE SOME PARTNERSHIP WITH THE COUNTY WHEN WE TALK ABOUT ONE FAIRFAX. AND THE AMOUNT OF WORK THAT IS BEING DONE ON AFFORDABLE HOUSING. AND WORKFORCE HOUSING. PERHAPS WE NEED TO DO A LITTLE MORE IN THAT AREA. SO THAT WE CAN PROVIDE A COMPETITIVE PACKAGE. BUT THE SECOND PIECE OF IT IS, WITH THE DECREASE IN NUMBERS OF TEACHERS, DO YOU HAVE ANY BREAK OUT WHETHER CERTAIN DEMOGRAPHICS ARE HAVING A STEEPER DECLINE IN NUMBERS OF TEACHERS VERSUS OTHERS? BECAUSE THAT DOES

066HAVE AN IMPACT THEN ON OUR HIRING POOL. YOU ARE ON THE FRONT END, MRS. KEYS-GAMARRA'S STORY WAS ON BACK END. THE NATIONAL RESEARCH SHOWS THAT CANDIDATES OF COLOR ARE CHOOSING OTHER PROFESSIONS AS A HIGHER RATE THAN WHITE INDIVIDUALS. AND SO YES WE ARE SEEING THAT DECLINE. BUT THAT'S BASED ON A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT NATIONAL STUDIES I READ. I DON'T HAVE DRILL-DOWN STATISTICS OR THE STATISTICS ABOUT THE GRADUATING RATES FROM VIRGINIA UNIVERSITIES. BUT WE CAN DEFINITELY LOOK INTO THAT MORE. THAT IS REALLY IMPORTANT TO KNOW, THAT MEANS WE HAVE TO BE THAT MUCH MORE INTENTIONAL IN OUR EFFORTS. AS WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A WORKFORCE THAT REFLECTS THE STUDY BODY. BECAUSE THERE ARE SIGNIFICANT STUDIES ON THE IMPORTANCE OF HAVING TEACHER ROLE MODELS. AND THAT MEANS, HOW DID YOU PUT IT MRS. KEYS-GAMARRA? THE MINI-MES.

067AND THAT REQUIRES MORE INTENTIONALITY AND I ENCOURAGE YOU TO THAT. AND WE WILL, AND ONE REASON THAT WE HAVEN'T FOCUSED ON THOSE NUMBERS, OUR COMMITMENT TO A DIVERSE WORKFORCE IS NOT DRIVEN BY THE FACTORS WE CAN'T CONTROL. WE CAN ONLY CONTROL WHAT WE CAN, WHO WE ATTRACT AND WHAT OUR HIRING PRACTICES ARE LIKE. AND WE CAN PUT THE STATISTICS ALL WE WANT BUT IN THE END OF THE DAY, WE ARE COMMITTED TO DIVERSITY FOR THE WORKFORCE BECAUSE OF WHAT YOU TALKED ABOUT. WE KNOW IT'S GOOD FOR THE STUDENTS AND ADULTS AND THE COMMUNITY AND SOMETHING THAT WE WANT TO GO EVERY. RIGHT AND WHEN YOU SET THAT AS YOUR GOAL, YOU ALSO TAKE THE PATH THAT GETS YOU TO THE THAT GOAL. THAT IS CITING INTENTIONALITY PIECE, I APPLAUD YOU FOR THAT, THANK YOU. AND

068THE LAST PIECE I WANTED TO TALK A LITTLE ABOUT, BECAUSE I HAVEN'T GONE INTO DEPTH YET WITH THIS AND I APOLOGIZE. IS THE NEED TO GROW OUR OWN. AND GROWING OUR OWN NOT ONLY THROUGH INSTRUCTIONAL ASSISTANTS BUT ALSO CREATING AN ENVIRONMENT WITHIN OUR SCHOOL SYSTEM. ISN'T THAT WONDERFUL, WE ARE GROWING OUR OWN OVER THERE. BUT GROWING OUR OWN FROM THE STANDPOINT OF CREATING EXPERIENCES FOR OUR STUDENTS THAT ALLOW THEM TO EXPLORE TEACHING WHILE THEY ARE STILL IN HIGH SCHOOL. AND SO I WOULD WELCOME A BIT MORE. SURE. WE CAN TALK ABOUT THAT. AND TO HAVE WORK EXPERIENCES IN OTHER AREAS AND GIVEN THERE IS A REAL NEED IN THE TEACHING FIELD. IT SHOULD BE SOMETHING THAT WE PURSUE AND IN THE SAME WAY WE HAVE INTERNSHIPS AND WORK STUDY PROGRAMS FOR ENGINEERING AND SCIENCE AND

069PURSUITS AND FOR OUR HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS, WHY NOT DO IT FOR TEACHING AS WELL. DEFINITELY. WE CAN TALK MORE ABOUT THAT. WOULD LOVE TO. THANK YOU, MRS. HYNES. THANK YOU, I THINK YOU HIT THE IMPORTANT THINGS THAT WE SHOULD BE TALKING ABOUT. TEACHING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN ARLINGTON COUNTY RIGHT NOW AND I CAN TELL YOU THAT CLASS SIZE REALLY HELPS. THE CLASS SIZE I HAVE IS SIGNIFICANTLY SMALLER RIGHT NOW THAN I EVER HAD IN FAIRFAX. AND SO WE KNOW THAT IS A REALLY HUGE BIG-TICKET ITEM IN THE BUDGET, UNFORTUNATELY. BUT I CAN TELL YOU ANY BUDGETS THAT I VOTE ON FROM HERE ON OUT, I CANNOT VOTE FOR ANY MORE CLASS SIZE INCREASES. I AM GLAD THAT WE SEE IMPROVEMENT AND I HAVE A FIFTH GRADE CLASS OF 21 STUDENTS AND WE HAVE FIFTH GRADE CLASSES OF

07031 STILL. AND WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT FEELING OVERWHELMED, I DO NOT FEEL AS OVERWHELMED IN THE JOB THAN IN THE PAST. AND I CAN'T THINK OF ANY OTHER REASON THAN THE CLASS SIZE BEING MANAGEABLE. THANK YOU FOR PUTTING THAT IN THERE AND WE AS A BOARD AND COMMUNITY HAVE TO THINK ABOUT. AND THE OTHER THING I WOULD SAY, I THINK IT'S APPROPRIATE THAT WE ARE AGGRESSIVELY RECRUITING MINORITY CANDIDATES. WE DO HAVE A PROBLEM IN TERMS OF OUR WORKFORCE NOT REPRESENT -- OUR TEACHER WORKFORCE NOT REPRESENTING THE COMMUNITY AND OUR KIDS. AND I THINK UNTIL WE SOLVE THAT PROBLEM, WE SHOULD BE AS AGGRESSIVE ABOUT IT AS WE CAN. EVERYONE, WE ALL WANT THE BEST QUALIFIED TEACHER IN THE FRONT OF THE ROOM. THAT'S A GIVEN. THIS SCHOOL SYSTEM WILL NEVER HIRE ANYONE THAT IS NOT

071HIGHLY QUALIFIED. RIGHT. WE ARE NOT TALKING ABOUT MAKING ANY TRADE OFFS. AND I DON'T WANT ANYONE TO THINK THAT'S WHAT WE ARE DOING. AND WHY WE BEAT THE BUSHES AND DO EVERYTHING ELSE TO BRING THE HIGHLY QUALIFIED CANDIDATES HERE AND WE HAVE PRACTICES ON THE GROUND THAT THEY DON'T SLIP THROUGH THE CRACKS. THAT WE CAN GRAB ON TO THEM AND OUR PRINCIPALS HOLD ON TO THEM. THOSE ARE THOUGHTS AND I APPRECIATE YOUR REPORT AND RAISES THE IMPORTANT QUESTIONS. MR. PALCHIK. THANK YOU, DR. RAMEY, I HAVE SIMILAR COMMENTS AND I DO APPRECIATE, ESPECIALLY SINCE WE BOTH HAVE COME ON BOARD, YOU HAVE DONE SO MUCH IN YOUR STAFF TO IMPROVE PRACTICES IN A DIFFICULT TIME. I HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS. NUMBER 1, DO YOU HAVE A SENSE OF WHO ARE WE COMPETING WITH? ARE WE

072COMPETING WITH SCHOOLS IN IOWA? IN D.C.? IN NEW YORK? IS THERE A SENSE TO BETTER UNDERSTAND THAT? THAT'S A HARD QUESTION. NOT REALLY AND I THINK WE LOOK AT IT AND COMPETING AGAINST EVERYBODY. AND IF WE DIDN'T, WE WOULDN'T BE GOING TO PUERTO RICO, OR TO RECRUIT OTHER PLACES. A LOT OF RECRUITMENT TAKES PLACE LOCALLY. FROM AROUND THE AREA. BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE COMFORTABLE WITH WHAT THEY KNOW. AND THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT INDIVIDUALS AREN'T WILLING TO TRY DIFFERENT EXPERIENCES. WHICH IS WHY WE HAVE TO DO THINGS, EVEN IF IT IS MAKE ELECTRONIC COPIES OF PEOPLE AND CREATIVE AND SHOW THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT ARE AVAILABLE FOR OUR STAFF HERE IN FAIRFAX. I DON'T THINK THAT I WANT TO SAY THAT WE ARE LIMITED TO ONE AREA. AND RIGHT NOW IT'S A BUYER'S MARKET, MEANING THAT OUR TEACHERS

073HAVE LOTS OF OPPORTUNITIES. IF THEY WANT TO GO NEXT DOOR OR ACROSS THE COUNTRY, THAT IS AVAILABLE TO THEM. WE HAVE TO FIGURE OUT A WAY TO MAKE FCPS STAND OUT NOT ONLY FOR THE NEXT-DOOR NEIGHBOR BUT THE HOUSE 40 OR 50 FEET AWAY. THAT'S GOOD TO KNOW, AND I ASSUME IT'S REGIONALLY AND I WOULDN'T APPLY IN AREAS I DIDN'T KNOW ANYONE. AND MY OTHERS ARE AROUND, AND OBVIOUSLY I CARE DEEPLY ABOUT OUR DIVERSITY HIRING. AND AT MY SCHOOL WE HAVE A DIVERSITY COMMITTEE HIRE AND LOOKING ACROSS THE BOARD. AND "A," DOES THIS REQUIRE BOARD ACTION AND TO GO TO OUR CAREER PAGE AND HIRING WEBSITE? I KNOW THAT THE TWO SCHOOLS I APPLIED TO MOSTLY ATTRACTED TO ME BY THE MISSION TO DIVERSITY IN THE SCHOOL AND FOCUS ON THAT IN THEIR CAREER PAGE

074AND REFLECTIVE IN THE STUDENT POPULATION. I DON'T SEE THAT ON OUR CAREER PAGE, I DON'T SEE OUR COMMITMENT TO HIRING A DIVERSE WORKFORCE AND SUPPORTING A DIVERSE WORKFORCE. AND ENSURING THE FACT THAT OUR STUDENT BODY IS DIVERSE AND PEOPLE WANT TO SEE THAT. IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WE CONSIDERED OR LOOK AT? WE CAN LOOK AT THAT. WHEN WE GET TO THE WORK SESSION I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR MORE AND APPLAUD OUR ACTIONS TO CHANGE AND HAVING MORE CENTRALIZED OVERSIGHT, OVER HIRING. BUT ALSO WOULD LOVE AN UPDATE ON LOOKING AT CAREER SWITCHERS, AS DR. BRABRAND AND MRS. HYNES AND MYSELF ARE CAREER SWITCHERS AND WHAT WE ARE DOING TO ATTRACT THOSE. AND WHILE MAYBE LESS PEOPLE TO GO INTO EDUCATION AND I KNOW THEY WENT TO SCHOOL FOR EDUCATION AND COULDN'T GET A DEGREE AS UNDERGRADUATE

075STUDENT. I DON'T KNOW IF WE ARE DOING OUTREACH IN THE WORLD AND RECENT GRADS AND OTHER AREAS WOULD UP TO HEAR ABOUT THAT. THERE IS A LOT OF TEACHING PROGRAMS IN THE AREA. AND THEN FINALLY OUR INTERNSHIPS. I KNOW WE ARE DOING A LOT OF RECRUITMENT IN CERTAIN UNIVERSITIES. BUT WE ALSO HAVE AN INTERNSHIP PROGRAM AT CERTAIN UNIVERSITIES. HAVE WE LOOKED AT INCREASING THAT AND LOOKING AT IT THROUGH THE ANGLE OF RECRUITMENT FOR OUR DIVERSITY PROGRAM? WE HAVE AND SHAWN HIS TEAM HAS DONE A GREAT JOB TO EXPAND AND PARTNER WITH, WE CAN BRING BACK THAT INFORMATION AND ALONG WITH THE SWITCHER INFORMATION AS WELL TO THE WORK SESSION. I WOULD LOVE, AND SOME SCHOOLS I VISIT HAVE IT OFTEN WITH THE SAME COLLEGE. I WOULD LOVE TO MORE A LITTLE MORE ABOUT THAT. AND

076FINALLY I ASSUME THAT YOU HAVE MET WITH MR. ANDERSON AND HE SENT BOARD MEMBERS INFORMATION ABOUT MAKING OUR ENVIRONMENT, IMPROVING IT FOR OUR CURRENT STAFF AND EDUCATORS. AS WE LOOK AT RETENTION I WOULD LOVE TO KNOW YOUR CONVERSATIONS AND HOW TO SUPPORT THAT. SURE, I SHOULD HAVE MENTIONED THAT AND I APOLOGIZE, I FEEL THAT WE HAVE GOOD RELATIONSHIPS WITH OUR EMPLOYEE ORGANIZATIONS AND MEET WITH THEM EVERY MONTH. AND I MEET WITH THE ASSOCIATE PRESIDENTS ONCE A MONTH TO KEEP UP ON THE ISSUES AND CONCERNS AND COLLABORATE. AND STAY ON THE SAME PAGE WHAT WE CAN DO TO WORK TOGETHER. I APPRECIATE THAT AND FOR THOSE ON THE BOARD, CAN ONLY MEET TWO BY TWOS. AND I ONLY HAVE BEEN ABLE TO ATTEND ONE OF THOSE ON MY TIME WITH THE BOARD. AND MAYBE THINK OF

077BETTER WAYS TO COMMUNICATE WHAT YOU ARE DOING, AND WE DON'T HAVE TO ASK YOU AND GET A BETTER SENSE OF WHAT IS HAPPENING IN THE WORKS AND WHAT COMMUNICATION IS THERE, I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S THROUGH OUR CHAIR BUT HELP US UNDERSTAND THE WORK YOU ARE DOING WITH OUR EMPLOYEES. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. MRS. MCLAUGHLIN. I KNOW WE'RE SUPPOSED TO BEING HAVING THIS CONVERSATION AT THE WORK SESSION -- UPCOMING WORK SESSION. BUT ONCE THE CAT IS OUT OF THE BAG, YOU PROBABLY WILL HAVE ALL OF US COMING AND ASKING QUICK QUESTIONS. I MOSTLY WANT TO POINT OUT THAT I APPRECIATE WHAT I SEE SO FAR IN THE PRESENTATION AND LOOK FORWARD TO READING IN THE NARRATIVE. IMPORTANT QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT IS OUR TURN-OVER RATE IN FAIRFAX COUNTY COMPARED TO THE STATE AND NATIONAL.

078AND ENCOURAGING TO SEE THAT WE ARE AVERAGING 9-10% AND STATE AND NATIONAL IS 14. TO MY COLLEAGUES AS LEADERS OF THIS SCHOOL SYSTEM WE NEED TO BE SURE THAT WE HELP EDUCATE THE PUBLIC AS WELL. THAT SPEAKS WELL OF FAIRFAX COUNTY SCHOOL, THAT OUR TURNOVER RATE IS LOWER. TEACHING IS A DIFFICULT PROFESSION AND THERE IS GOING TO BE TURNOVER AND THE FACT THAT OUR TURNOVER RATE IS LOWER THAN THE STATE AND NATIONAL. IS AN EARLY SIGN AND WE HAVE TO LOOK MORE CAREFUL WHAT THAT IS, AND MANY OF US ON THE BOARD ASKED HOW MUCH MORE WE CAN LEARN TO WHAT CAUSES PEOPLE TO EXIT FCPS. A MILITARY FAMILY. MOVING AWAY FOR A SPOUSE'S JOB. IT'S A HARD JOB AND THEY GET AN OPPORTUNITY TO PURSUE ANOTHER CAREER. I PROBABLY HAVE HAD AT LEAST THREE

079CAREERS IN MY 25 YEARS OF BEING OUT OF SCHOOL. NOT EVERYBODY STAYS IN THE SAME CAREER FOR 30 YEARS. SO I APPRECIATE THAT WAS REALLY GOOD. SLIDES 13 AND 14 WHERE WE TALK ABOUT THE DEMOGRAPHICS OF OUR TEACHING POOL. THAT IS EXCELLENT. THAT CHART AGAIN, QUICKLY KIND OF SKIMMED IT BUT REALLY RICH INFORMATION IN THERE AND I WOULD LIKE TO POINT OUT TO MY COLLEAGUES ON SLIDE 14. WHEN THE NUMBERS ABOUT OUR DEMOGRAPHICS IN TERMS OF MALE AND FEMALE APPLICANTS AND OUR TEACHER HIRES. WE KNOW THAT TEACHING TENDS TO BE PREDOMINANTLY FEMALE FIELD AND THE NUMBERS ARE STARK WHEN YOU LOOK AT IT, 25/75 RATIO. AND AS THE MOTHER OF THREE BOYS I HAVE SEEN THAT THEY HAVE BENEFITED FROM THE MOST OUTSTANDING FEMALE TEACHERS. SO THEY DON'T HAVE TO BE TAUGHT, YOU KNOW, BY

080MALE TEACHERS IN ORDER TO GET INSPIRED BY ANY STRETCH. BUT I THINK IT'S WONDERFUL FOR ALL OF OUR STUDENT POPULATION WHEN THEY HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE TAUGHT BY BOTH MEN AND WOMEN. AND THE SAME FOR OUR ETHNIC DIVERSITY IN THE SCHOOLS. AND I SEE IMPROVEMENT IN THE MOST RECENT NUMBERS AND SOMETHING THAT WE CAN TALK ABOUT IN MORE DETAIL AS A BOARD. AND AGAIN I APPRECIATE THE INTENTIONALITY THAT FCPS IS PUTING TO THAT. AND TO SOMETHING THAT MRS. HYNES SAID ABOUT CLASS SIZE. WHAT SHE DESCRIBED I ABSOLUTELY EXPECT THAT SHE'S FEELING A DIFFERENCE. 30 KIDS VERSUS 21 KIDS, THAT'S LIKE ONE-THIRD OF THE WORKLOAD IS BROUGHT OFF OF YOUR PLATE. AND WHEN YOU ARE A DEDICATED TEACHER THAT PUTS A LOT OF TIME IN REVIEWING THE WORK OF THE STUDENTS AND PROVIDING MEANINGFUL FEEDBACK.

081THAT'S SEVERAL HOURS EVERY NIGHT AND GOD KNOWS HOW MANY HOURS IN THE COURSE OF A WEEK THAT CAN EAT UP TIME. ESPECIALLY AT OUR HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL. AND I HAVE THOUGHTS THAT I WANT TO SHARE AT THE WORK SESSION WITH MY COLLEAGUES AT THE HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL THAT I HEARD FROM TEACHERS. BEYOND CLASS SIZE ADMINISTRATIVE WORKLOAD IS CRUCIAL AND I HOPE WE HAVE MORE CONVERSATION ON THAT. THAT AFFECTS PEOPLE'S ABILITY TO FEEL REFRESHED AND ENERGIZED AND TO GET AND TEACH IN THE CLASSROOM EVERY DAY. AND BRING DYNAMIC LESSON PLANS TO THE STUDENTS. SCHOOL CLIMATE IS IMPORTANT. WE ARE BLESSED TO LIVE IN A SCHOOL SYSTEM THAT IS SO DEDICATED TO A CARING CULTURE. AND BELIEVE THAT IS EVERYONE'S GOAL. WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO WORKING AT CREATING AN ENVIRONMENT. IF THERE IS ANY PERCEPTION THAT,

082YOU KNOW, THE SCHOOL CLIMATE IS NOT A SAFE PLACE FOR PEOPLE TO COME FORWARD IF THEY HAVE CONCERNS. THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE TO BE SENSITIVE TO. AND I APPRECIATE THE CLIMATE SURVEYS YOU AND YOUR TEAM DOES. THAT'S A REAL WAY FOR US TO GET A SENSE OF WHAT IS HAPPENING ON THE FRONT LINES. HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE FEELING. AND THEN COMPENSATION IS SOMETHING THAT WE KNOW IS ABSOLUTELY ESSENTIAL. AND I WILL LOOK FOR TO MORE DIALOGUE ON THAT IN TERMS ARE WE SEEING ANY YOU KNOW UPTICK OR ANY FEEDBACK FROM EMPLOYEES SAYING, THIS IS HELPING ME STAY HERE. OR THIS IS ACTUALLY ENTICING ME TO COME HERE. THOSE WILL BE IMPORTANT PIECES. BUT I ALSO WANT TO ADD TO THE COMPLIMENT CHACE, YOU ARE A PHENOMENAL SUPERINTENDENT OF HR FOR US. WE ARE SO

083LUCKY THE LEADERSHIP THAT YOU BRING AND THE TEAM THAT YOU HAVE TO DO THIS TYPE OF WORK. AND JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THAT. THANK YOU. APPRECIATE THAT. MRS. EVANS. THANK YOU DR. RAMEY FOR AN EXCELLENT REPORT. I WILL HAVE A LOT MORE COMMENTS AND QUESTIONS WHEN WE HAVE OUR WORK SESSION. A LOT OF MEATY ISSUES TO DEAL WITH. AND I WANTED TO ASK YOU ONE QUESTION AS PART OF YOUR PRESENTATION. YOU TALKED ABOUT THE STAFFING RESERVE AND AS OF NOVEMBER THERE ARE NO MORE SPOTS. THAT IS CORRECT, WE HAVE USED ALL OF THE POSITIONS. WE HAVE USED ALL OF THEM. SOME IN SCHOOLS AND QUITE A FEW IN MY DISTRICT WE HAVE AN INFLUX OF STUDENTS IN LATE SPRING AND WHAT IS THE PLAN TO DEAL WITH THAT INFLUX? WE ARE WORKING ON

084IT AND THE SUPERINTENDENTS ARE PARTNERS AND WORK WITH THEM AND THE SCHOOLS OF HOW TO ADDRESS IT. IT IS SITUATIONAL. WE LOOK AT EACH CIRCUMSTANCE AND DETERMINE HOW WE CAN BEST UTILIZE THE RESOURCES WE HAVE TO HELP ADDRESS THE NEEDS OF THOSE BUILDINGS. I DON'T HAVE ONE BLANKET ANSWER BUT NOT SAYING WE ARE NOT GOING TO LOOK AT IT AND LOOK AT EACH INDIVIDUALLY. LET'S HAVE MORE OF A CONVERSATION AT THE WORK SESSION. THERE ARE SOME SCHOOLS THAT GET DOZENS AND DOZENS AND WE CAN'T JUST SQUEEZE THEM IN TO THE CURRENT CLASSROOMS, TO THE CURRENT NUMBER OF TEACHERS IN THOSE SCHOOLS. WE NEED A SOLUTION TO THAT, THANK YOU AGAIN FOR THE EXCELLENT WORK. KEYS-GAMARRA FOR A GO-BACK. YEAH, THIS IS REAL QUICK, AND I ONLY WANT TO HIGHLIGHT AND MRS. HYNES' ADDRESSED A LITTLE

085BIT. WITH RESPECT TO DIVERSITY. I MENTIONED BEFORE SLIDE 13 I WAS LOOKING AT THE QUALIFIED APPLICANTS AND WE ALL WANT THE BEST PERSON IN OUR CLASSROOM. BUT SOMETIMES WHEN WHEY TALK ABOUT DIVERSITY THERE IS THIS UNDERLYING THEME THAT SOMEHOW THAT MAY IMPACT THE QUALITY OF OUR HIREES AND I WANT TO MAKE CLEAR THAT'S NOT WHAT I AM TALKING ABOUT AND NOT WHAT FCPS IS TALKING ABOUT. THAT'S A FOOTNOTE THAT I FELT IMPORTANT TO MAKE. I DIDN'T DEFINE QUALIFIED, BUT WE ARE NOT MAKING ANY SUBJECTIVE DETERMINATIONS ABOUT WHO IS QUALIFIED OR NOT. THIS IS BASED ON WHETHER OR NOT THEY HAVE A LICENSE, WHETHER OR NOT THEY ARE CERTIFIED THROUGH THE STATE. THAT'S ALL WE DO WHEN WE SAY QUALIFIED OR NOT QUALIFIED. GOOD POINT. AND MRS. SCHULTZ GO-BACK. I HAD A QUICK GO-BACK, ON THE

086QUESTION OF THE DATA, IF WE COULD HAVE SOME DATA WHEN WE HAVE OUR WORK SESSION ON OFFERING. I THINK IT WOULD BE HELPFUL AND DEFINITION OF QUALIFIED, WHAT THEY MAY MEAN FOR RECRUITING AND HOW WE ARE GOING TO ADDRESS THAT. FOR THE OVERALL. I WAS GOING TO -- WHEN YOU ASKED THAT BEFORE, I WAS GOING TO WAIT FOR THE WORK SESSION TO ADDRESS THAT AND HELP MOVE THE EVENING. BUT WE WON'T HAVE THAT DATA FOR YOU. AND ABOUT THE OFFERS. THAT'S ONE THE PIECES THAT MY TEAM IS WRESTLING ABOUT HOW DO WE CAPTURE THAT. THEY LAUGH BECAUSE I GET REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THIS NEW FORM WE ARE PUTTING OUT, CALLED OUR WRECK FOR HIRE. AND IT WILL REPLACE, IT'S ONLINE AND BILLABLE AND CONNECTED TO OUR DATABASES AND I THINK IT WILL BE AWESOME. AND

087IN THAT WE ARE TRYING TO CAPTURE THAT INFORMATION, OUR PRINCIPALS CAN TELL US THAT I OFFERED THIS POSITION AND DECLINE THIS MANY TIMES. WE DON'T HAVE THAT INFORMATION AND ONE PIECE THAT WE HEARD FROM THE PRINCIPALS AND STUCK OUT FOR US AND WE ARE TRYING TO FIND THIS AND KNOW IT'S IMPORTANT. THE OTHER THING THAT WE HAVE IN TERMS OF DATA. SINCE THAT RESERVE WAS GONE AS OF NOVEMBER, I DO THINK THE QUESTION OF THE PRIORITIZATIONAL MONEY AND YOU KNOW, WE HAVE QUARTER REVIEWS AND WE HAVE DECISIONS THAT HAVE TO BE MADE. I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW AT THAT WORK SESSION HOW MANY CLASSROOMS BY SCHOOL ARE OVER THE MAX. BECAUSE I KNOW THERE IS CERTAINLY SOME IN MY NECK OF THE WOODS. AND -- OVER THE MAX IN TERMS? THEY HAVE BEEN CONSISTENTLY OVER.

088NOT JUST BECAUSE OF A JANUARY INFLUX. AND I HAVE PRINCIPAL WHO IS ARE TOLD THERE IS NO RESERVE FOR THEM AND THEY HAVE TO FIGURE IT OUT. YOU WANT UPDATE ON THIS SLIDE HERE, THIS DATA I THINK, NOT AS OF TODAY BUT THE CLASSES ON THE FAR RIGHT. I DON'T WANT A ROLL UP, I WANT TO KNOW BY SCHOOL. OKAY. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND, ARE THERE PRESSURE POINTS IN CERTAIN AREAS OF THE COUNTY. IS THIS A WIDE DISTRIBUTION? A CERTAIN PYRAMID? I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO HAVE A MORE GRANDULAR UNDERSTANDING OF THE MAGNITUDE. BECAUSE IF ALL OF THIS IS IN ONE AREA OF THE COUNTY OR ONE PYRAMID OR ONE REGION, THEN THAT SPEAKS ONE ISSUE. IF IT'S WIDELY DISTRIBUTEED AND A CLASSROOM HERE AND THERE, OR IF THERE IS A WHOLE BUNCH

089OF DIFFERENT CLASSROOMS IN ONE SCHOOL. AN OVER PREPONDERANCE OF A PROBLEM IN A SINGLE SCHOOL OR PYRAMID AND THAT ALLOWS US TO HAVE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THE PRIORITIZATION OF MONEY BETWEEN NOW AND FISCAL END. IF WE REDIRECT SOME OF OUR PRIORITIES TO ADDRESS AN EMPTY RESERVE. WE CAN TALK OFF LINE TO MAKE SURE THAT'S WHAT YOU WANT. YOU MIGHT WANT TO LOOK AT APPENDIX D AND IF THAT DOESN'T HAVE THAT INFORMATION WE WILL SEE WHAT ELSE WE CAN BRING. OKAY. ALL RIGHT, I THINK WE HAVE COVERED IT ALL. THANK YOU AGAIN VERY MUCH. WE REALLY APPRECIATE THIS AND CLEARLY FROM THE COMMENTS OF MY COLLEAGUES WE ARE EAGER TO WORK WITH YOU. TO DO VERY AGGRESSIVE RECRUITING AND BOTTOM-LINE NUMBER 1 IN 3 NOW WE HAVE TO HIRE AND USED TO BE 1 IN 7 AND

090THAT IS STARTLING, WE HAVE WORK TO DO. AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR ENTHUSIASM AND CREATIVE PROCEDURES TO GO FORWARD. SURE, WE APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT, THIS IS THE FUN WORK AND LOVE TO TALK ABOUT IT. ALL THE WONDERFUL PEOPLE THAT WANT TO BE TEACHERS COME WORK WITH OUR CHILDREN, WE ARE WONDERFUL. THANK YOU. THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS CONFIRMATION OF ACTION TAKEN IN CLOSED MEETING. THIS IS THE PORTION OF THE MEETING WHERE THE BOARD WILL CONFIRM ANY ACTIONS OF ISSUES DISCUSSED IN THE CLOSED MEETING, THESE ACTIONS CAN BE PART OF DISCIPLINARY ITEMS AND NOW CALL ON MRS. SCHULTZ FOR A MOTION. THAT MOTION IS UNANIMOUS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. OKAY THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM. WE HAVE A NUMBER OF MOTIONS AND AMENDMENTS AND I BELIEVE ALSO, MS.

091SCHULTZ, HAVE A FOLLOW ON MOTION. AM I CORRECT? MS. SCHULTZ. OKAY. I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE ARE ORGANIZED. SO I WILL CALL ON MS. DERENAK KAUFAX FOR THE OPENING MOTION. I MOVE THAT THE SCHOOL BOARD APPROVE FY 2019-2023 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN. SECOND. SECONDED BY MS. EVANS. MS. DERENAK KAUFAX, WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO YOUR MOTION? YES, BRIEFLY. I WANT TO THANK STAFF FOR THEIR EXCELLENT WORK IN PUTTING THIS TOGETHER. THIS C.I.P. TOGETHER. SPECIFICALLY MR. JEFFREY PLATENBERG, SUSAN QUINN, MARTY SMITH, KEVIN SNEAD AND JESSICA GILLIS AND THE ENTIRE REST OF THEIR TEAM WHO HAVE DONE THIS EACH YEAR. WE SEE IMPROVEMENTS TO MAKE SURE TRANSPARENCY, EASE OF USE AND OUR C.I.P. IS SUPPORTED BY AN EXCEPTIONAL DASH BOARD. WE, AS A BOARD, HAVE HAD A ROBUST FOUR-HOUR DISCUSSION AT MONDAY'S WORK SESSION ON THIS

092CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN AND AS A RESULT, AS CHAIRMAN STRAUSS SAID, WE HAVE HAD SEVERAL NEXT STEPS, WHICH WILL HELP US CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD, IMPROVE OUR WORK IN THE FUTURE. I WANT TO THANK MY COLLEAGUES FOR YOUR HARD WORK ON THIS IMPORTANT C.I.P. IT IS EXTREMELY WE ARE TEACHING OUR CHILDREN IN THE MOST OPTICAL CONDITIONS. TURN IT BACK TO YOU, MS. CHAIR, FOR THE AMENDMENTS. MS. EVANS, WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO YOUR SECOND? I WOULD LIKE TO THANK STAFF FOR THEIR EXCELLENT WORK. THE C.I.P. DOCUMENT PROVIDES A VERY RICH LEVEL OF DETAIL THAT IS MUCH APPRECIATED BY THE BOARD AND THE PUBLIC AS WELL. THANK YOU FOR THAT GREAT WORK. I WILL CALL ON MS. HYNES. I MOVE TO AMEND PAGE 18 GUIDING PRINCIPLES BY ADDING A FINAL BULLET TO READ AS FOLLOWS, FCPS

093IS CONTINUED TO TAKE COST EFFECTIVE STEPS TO HELP OUR COUNTRY ACHIEVEMENT CLIMATE STABILIZATION. SYSTEMS AND PRACTICES THAT MAXIMIZE ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND COAST EFFECTIVE TRANSITION TO CLEAN AND RENEWABLE ALTERNATIVES TO FOSSIL FUELS. IS THERE A SECOND? SECONDED BY MR. McELVEEN. WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK THAT? SURE. SO THIS IS AN EFFORT TO IMMORTALIZE IN THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM, THE SCHOOL BOARD'S AND THIS COMMUNITY'S COMMITMENT TO ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP AND SUSTAINABILITY. I'M GLAD WE HAVE A CHANCE TO DO THIS. SINCE MY FIRST DAYS ON THE BOARD AND I HAVE BEEN ON THE BOARD FOR SIX YEARS, I HAVE LOOKED AT THE FACT OF CLIMATE CHANGE AND THE CHALLENGE THAT WE FACE AND OUR CHILDREN WILL FACE AND OUR GRANDCHILDREN AND OUR RESPONSIBILITY FOR THAT. ON THE ONE HAND. AND ON THE OTHER HAND, ALL THOSE FLAT, SUNNY ROOFS

094OUT THERE. YOU KNOW, WE HAVE OUR FCPS PHYSICAL FOOTPRINT IN THIS COUNTY IS FOUR TIMES THE SIZE OF THE PENTAGON. YOU THINK MOST OF THAT IS A FLAT ROOF, YOU CAN'T HELP THINKING THERE ARE OPPORTUNITIES HERE FOR US TO NOT ONLY INVEST IN THE FUTURE OF OUR KID AND IN PRESERVING THE ENVIRONMENT, THE CLIMATE IN WHICH THEY WILL HAVE TO LIVE THEIR LIVES, BUT ALSO TO FIND EFFICIENCIES AS THE ENERGY INDUSTRY, YOU KNOW, TURNS THAT CORNER FROM FOSSIL FUELS TO RENEWABLES. SO I HAVE BEEN OVER THE YEARS WORKING WITH STAFF AND I REALLY APPRECIATE STAFF'S COMMITMENT TO THIS. MUCH HAS ALREADY BEEN DONE WHEN IT COMES TO ENERGY EFFICIENCY. WE HAVE CELEBRATED OUR VERY EFFICIENT BUILDINGS. WE HAVE THE MOST ENERGY STAR RATED BUILDINGS OF ANY SCHOOL SYSTEM IN THE COUNTRY AND THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN

095BY ACCIDENT. WE HAVE WORKED HARD ON THAT. WE CONTINUE TO. THAT IS THE FIRST STEP, OF COURSE, TO -- ON THE ROAD TO RELIEVING OUR RELIANCE ON FOSSIL FUELS IS TO JUST BE AS EFFICIENT AS WE CAN. AND SO I LOOK TO STAFF AND I LOOK ALSO TO OTHER PEOPLE IN THE REGION, FAIRFAX COUNTY AND THE COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS ALSO HAVE LONG-TERM MEASURABLE GOALS FOR REDUCING OUR CARBON FOOTPRINT AND JEFF PLATENBURG, OUR ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT FOR FACILITIES PARTICIPATED IN THE COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS ABOUT THAT. WE HAVE AS A SCHOOL SYSTEM BEEN REPRESENTED THERE. HE BROUGHT A LOT OF THAT WORK AND MOMENTUM BACK TO THE SCHOOL SYSTEM AND FACILITIES STAFF HAS ALREADY BEEN DOING A LOT OF THE WORK. I HAVE ALSO HEARD -- WE HAVE ALL HEARD FROM MANY COMMUNITY MEMBERS OVER RECIPIENT YEARS WHO

096SHARE THIS CONCERN AND SHARE THE FEELING THAT WE HAVE A GREAT OPPORTUNITY AND RESPONSIBILITY HERE TO THINK ABOUT HOW WE USE ENERGY AND WHAT OUR FOOTPRINT IN THE WORLD IS. BUT I THINK MOST IMPORTANTLY, I WANT TO THANK THE STUDENTS OUT THERE. SOME OF WHOM HAVE GRADUATED, ACTUALLY AND CONTINUE TO COMMUNICATE WITH US THEIR CONCERNS. I HAVE MET WITH THE MADISON HIGH SCHOOL C CLUB OVER THE YEAR, THEY ARE DEDICATED, INNOVATIVE STUDENTS. THEY KNOW HOW TO ADVOCATE, THEY KNOW HOW TO DO RESEARCH, THEY ARE PASSIONATE ABOUT THIS AND HAVE CONTINUED TO ADVOCATE. FOR US TO, AS A BOARD, TO START TO MOVE THIS FORWARD, TO BE MORE INTENTIONAL AND PUBLIC ABOUT THIS COMMITMENT WE HAVE TO ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY. SO WE ACTUALLY DO HAVE AN ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP POLICY FROM 2008, BEFORE MY TIME ON THE BOARD.

097BUT I THINK WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO DO TONIGHT, PULL IT OUT, DUST IT OFF AND IMMORTALIZE IT IN OUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM. TO DO THAT IN THE C.I.P. GUIDING PRINCIPLES. WE ARE NOT SETTING ANY SORT OF 2050, SOME MEASURABLE GOAL FOR REDUCTION OR FOR SWITCHING TO RENEWABLES. YOU KNOW, I THINK THOSE ARE CONVERSATIONS THAT WE SHOULD HAVE AFTER THIS. FOR TONIGHT, ALL WE ARE DOING IS COMMITTING TO CONSIDER OUR CARBON FOOTPRINT AND CONSIDER OUR -- CONVERTING TOE RENEWABLES, PLANNING FOR A CONVERSION TO RENEWABLES AS WE MAKE DECISIONS IN OUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM. SO AGAIN, I APPRECIATE THE SUPPORT OF STAFF, MY FELLOW BOARD MEMBERS IN THIS CONVERSATION AND AGAIN, OUR DEDICATED, INNOVATIVE STUDENTS. I THANK YOU ALL. I HOPE MY COLLEAGUES CAN SUPPORT THIS AMENDMENT. MR. McELVEEN, WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO YOUR

098SECOND? I DO WANT TO THANK MS. HYNES FOR HER VALIANT EFFORT ON THIS. IT TAKES FAR MORE WORK THAN YOU WOULD EXPECT TO COME UP WITH AN AMENDMENT LIKE THIS BECAUSE THERE ARE SO MANY MOVES PIECES IN A SYSTEM THIS LARGE. I THINK ALL OF US HAVE TO BE THANKFUL TO KEVIN SNEAD AND TO JEFF PLATENBURG FOR THEIR WORK OVER THE YEARS. FIVE YEARS AGO WHEN WE RECRUITED JEFF TO THIS SYSTEM, HE HAD JUST BEEN RECOGNIZED WITH A NATIONWIDE AWARD FOR HIS WORK ON SUSTAINABILITY AND REALLY WORKING WITH STUDENTS TO GET TO THE GOALS THAT WE SEEK TO ACHIEVE IN THIS AMENDMENT. SO WE HAVE THE RIGHT PEOPLE HERE. BUT IT IS A BIG SYSTEM AND WE CAN ALWAYS DO BETTER. AND AS MS. HYNES MENTIONED, THIS WOULD NOT BE POSSIBLE WITHOUT THE COLLABORATION WITH

099COMMUNITY GROUPS AND ADVOCATES. INCLUDING THE FAITH ALLIANCE, THE SIERRA CLUB AND THOSE VERY PERSISTENT MADISON HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS AND ALUMNI WHO HAVE REACHED OUT TO US. THERE IS CLEARLY A LOT OF INTEREST IN THE COMMUNITY ON THIS ISSUE. JUST LIKE PAT, OVER THE PAST SIX YEARS I HAVE HAD COUNTLESS MEETINGS WITH COMMUNITY ADVOCATES, INDIVIDUALS, ALONG WITH MR. PLATENBURG TRYING TO PUSH THE NEEDLE FORWARD ON THIS WORK. THE WORK DOES CONTINUE. AT THE SAME TIME, WE DO CELEBRATE NOT ONLY HAVING THE MOST SCHOOLS WITH AN ENERGY STAR DESIGNATION IN THE COUNTRY, BUT ALSO OUR WORK IN LEADING THE CHIPS MOVEMENT AT THE NATIONAL LEVEL, WHICH I KNOW MR. SNEAD HAS REALLY PUT A LOT OF WORK INTO OVER THE YEARS. SO THANKS AGAIN MS. HYNES FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD. MS. PALCHIK. YES, THANK YOU. I WANTED

100TO THANK THE GROUPS. I APPRECIATE MS. HYNES AND MR. McELVEEN FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD. I ALSO WANTED TO THANK THE STUDENTS, ESPECIALLY MADISON HIGH SCHOOL. THEY HAVE BEEN ACTIVE. I HAVE HEARD FROM STUDENTS IN OAKTON AND THE GREAT FALLS SIERRA CLUB, FAITH ALLIANCE FOR CLIMATE SOLUTIONS AS WELL AS OTHER LOCAL GROUPS. IT FEELS LONGER THAN SOME OF US WISH IT WOULD TAKE. WE INCLUDE THE COST EFFECTIVE PORTION. WE HEARD EARLIER AND CONTINUE TO TALK ABOUT, WE ARE FALLING BEHIND ON FUNDS AND ARE HOPING TO GET SOME MORE C.I.P. FUNDING. IT IS DIFFICULT FOR US TO DO THIS WORK UNLESS IT IS COST EFFECTIVE. ESPECIALLY AS SOLAR PANELS MAY BECOME A LITTLE MORE EXPENSIVE, UNFORTUNATELY, MOVING FORWARD. I DO WANT TO THANK STAFF FOR THIS WORK. I KNOW WE HAVE MANY MEETINGS AND SOMETIMES OUR --

101IT IS MADE EASIER OR MORE DIFFICULT BY STATE AND NATIONAL DECISIONS AND POLICY. THANK YOU FOR REACHING OUT TO US AMEND ALSO PLEASE HELP US DOWN IN RICHMOND AND IN D.C. ENSURING WE CAN IMPLEMENT THIS. SO THANK YOU. MS. McLAUGHLIN. JUST WANT TO ECHO MY SUPPORT FOR MS. HYNES' AMENDMENT OR HER, YEAH, AMENDMENT TO THE MAIN MOTION. I GREW UP IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA AND I REMEMBER DISTINCTLY WHEN OUR NEXT DOOR NEIGHBORS GOT SOLAR PANELS ON THEIR ROOF. IN THE MID 1970s. SO THE FACT THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT 40 YEARS LATER, YOU KNOW, STILL NOT WHERE WE NEED TO BE WITH SOLAR ENERGY USE IN OUR BOTH RESIDENTIAL AND OUR COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS, I THINK IT IS VERY IMPORTANT THAT THE 10th LARGEST SCHOOL SYSTEM IN THE UNITED STATES CONTINUE TO BE A VOICE AND A

102LEADER IN SAYING HOW IMPORTANT IT IS TO BE LOOKING AT AND THE BEST ENVIRONMENTAL PRACTICES POSSIBLE. AND THE CARBON FOOTPRINT THAT WE ARE GOING TO BE LEAVING. AND HOW THIS HELPS MODEL FOR OUR CHILDREN AS WELL AS IN OUR SCHOOLS. I THANK YOU FOR YOUR HARD WORK BEHIND THE SCENES ON THIS, MS. HYNES. I KNOW MS. CORBETT SANDERS, YOU MET WITH GROUPS AS WELL WHO WERE ASKING FOR GUIDANCE ON HOW TO GET THERE AND MS. PALCHIK NOTED AND MR. McELVEEN, LOTS OF PEOPLE HAVE BEEN BRINGING THIS FORWARD. I HAVE HAD SOME WONDERFUL ADVOCATES IN THE BRADDOCK DISTRICT CHAMPIONING FOR THIS. THIS IS JUST PERFECT TIMING. VERY APPRECIATE AGAIN MS. HYNES DOING SUCH A GOOD JOB BRINGING THIS LANGUAGE TO US AND STAFF WHO HELPED IN THAT COLLABORATION. AND LOOK FORWARD TO SUPPORTING THE OTHER ONE,

103TOO. MS. KEYES-GAMARRA. I WILL BE SUPPORTING THIS MOTION. I APPRECIATE MY COLLEAGUE BRINGING THIS FORWARD. I ALSO WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO MADISON HIGH SCHOOL FOR THEIR ADVOCACY HERE. THAT IS OUR HOME HIGH SCHOOL, ALL THREE OF MY YOUNG MEN WENT THERE. SO JUST WANTED TO MENTION THAT. I KNOW THAT SOME WOULD LIKE TO -- FOR THIS TO BE MORE SPECIFIC AND I UNDERSTAND THAT. BUT I THINK THIS IS A GOOD PLACE TO START. I FULLY EXPECT THAT WE WILL PARTICIPATE IN A WORK SESSION AND HAMMER OUT -- AND HEAR INFORMATION TO REVIEW, YOU KNOW, WHAT STEPS WE HAVE ALREADY TAKEN AND WHAT ACTUALLY IS COST EFFECTIVE AS WELL AS WHAT IS FEASIBLE. SO I DO SUPPORT THIS AND I THINK THIS IS A GREAT PLACE TO START. GREAT. THANK YOU. YES, I

104WILL ALSO GLADLY SUPPORT THIS. I'M SORRY. MS. SCHULTZ. I'M SORRY. GO RIGHT AHEAD. GOT THE LIGHT ON. SO I GUESS I'M CONFUSED BY THIS MOTION THE WAY IT IS WRITTEN AND THE TIMING. BECAUSE THIS IS, WHEN I READ THAT WE'RE COMMITTED TO CONTINUE TO TAKE INNOVATIVE AND COST-EFFECTIVE STEPS TO HELP OUR COUNTRY ACHIEVE CLIMATE STABILIZATION. THAT IS A LEGISLATIVE STATEMENT. I'M NOT SURE WHAT THAT HAS TO DO WITH THE C.I.P. SO -- AND I'M HEARING ABOUT ALL THESE MEETINGS THAT PEOPLE HAVE HAD. THE BOARD'S NEVER HAD A MEETING ABOUT THIS. WE NEVER SAT AND DISCUSSED WHAT OUR GUIDING PRINCIPLES ON ACHIEVING CLIMATE STABILIZATION BY PRIORITIZING SYSTEMS AND PRACTICES TO MAXIMIZE ENERGY EFFICIENCY. I MEAN, I HAVE NEVER MET WITH ANY OF THESE GROUPS. I HAVE NEVER HAD A PRESENTATION BY ANY OF THESE GROUPS. I

105HAVE NEVER HAD ANY DATA BY ANY OF THESE GROUPS. PRIORITIZING AND MAXIMIZING THIS AT THE COST OF WHAT? INSTEAD OF WHAT? SO I DON'T HAVE ANY DATA AND I APPRECIATE THAT THIS IS A STATEMENT, BUT WHAT YOU ARE SAYING IS WE ARE PUTTING INTO A FORMAL DOCUMENT ADOPTED BY THIS BOARD AT THE VERY SAME TIME WE ARE CRYING POOR MOUTH TO THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AND PROFESSING AND HAVING HAD DOCUMENTED, WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH C.I.P. DOLLARS TO ADDRESS THE EXISTING BASIC FUNCTIONAL FACILITY NEEDS WITHIN OUR REPERTOIRE IN A 30-YEAR TIME FRAME. WE HAVE 25-YEAR DEFICIT. WE HAVE ALMOST $1 BILLION BACKLOG IN OUR CAPITAL INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS AND WE'RE SAYING, WELL, NOW WE ARE GOING TO MAXIMIZE AND PRIORITIZE, AT WHAT COST? AT THE COST OF NOT MEETING ED SPECS IN ONE OF OUR SCHOOLS. AT

106THE COST OF, I DON'T KNOW, MS. EVANS, FIRE SPRINKLERS IN A HIGH SCHOOL? I'M JUST -- I'M NOT -- THERE IS NO COST ASSOCIATED WITH THIS. THERE ARE PLATITUDES ASSOCIATED WITH THIS, BUT PLATITUDES THAT HAVE A VERY FIRM HOLD TO DIRECT FUTURE ACTION ONCE WE MAKE THIS AND ADOPT THIS. SO IF WE HAVEN'T HAD A WORK SESSION TO DISCUSS WHAT THE IMPACT OF MAKING A STATEMENT LIKE THIS AND FORMALLY ADOPTING IT INTO OUR DOCUMENTS, I JUST FEEL LIKE THIS DISCUSSION NEEDED TO HAPPEN AS A BOARD. IF YOU -- IF THERE WERE EXPERTS WE NEEDED TO BRING IN TO DISCUSS WHAT IT IS WE ARE CURRENTLY DOING, WHAT IT IS WE WOULD LIKE TO DO, WHAT THE DELTA IN THAT DIFFERENCE IS, WHAT THAT WOULD TAKE. I MEAN, RIGHT NOW WE ARE GETTING $155 MILLION A

107YEAR FROM THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS. AND THERE IS A STRUGGLE IN WHAT KEEPING A AAA BOND RATING STATUS LOOKS LIKE. WITH $155 MILLION. BUT IN REALITY WITH 800 TRAILERS, CHILDREN BEING EDUCATED IN 800 TRAILERS, THE NEED TO ERODE THAT DEFICIT AND MEET THE EXISTING NEEDS TAKES US TO $273 MILLION A YEAR. SO I'M JUST -- I FEEL LIKE THIS IS OUT OF PLACE IN TERMS OF OUR NORMAL WORK CYCLE OF WHEN WE SHOULD HAVE NORMALLY ADDRESSED THIS AND BEEN ABLE TO DISCUSS WHAT THE IMPACT OF A STATEMENT LIKE THIS. IF THIS HAD BEEN LIKE IN THE LEGISLATIVE PACKAGE, THAT IS ONE THING. BUT NOW YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT FORMALLY ADOPTING IT AT THE SAME TIME WE ARE GOING TO GO TO THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AND TRY TO WRANGLE MORE MONEY. I SEE THESE AS

108POTENTIALLY WORKING AGAINST THE GOAL THAT ULTIMATELY WE NEED WHICH IS MORE MONEY TO ADDRESS SMALLER CLASSROOMS, OLDER BUILDINGS, AND A 30-YEAR RENOVATION CYCLE THAT IS ALREADY ALMOST $1 BILLION. MS. CORBETT SANDERS AND THEN MS. HYNES HAS A GO BACK. SURE. FIRST TO ADDRESS SOME OF THE COMMENTS MS. SCHULTZ JUST MADE. I CAN UNDERSTAND SHE WANTS CONTEXT IS IMPORTANT. THE CONTEXT ON THIS WAS THAT THE CONVERSATIONS THAT HAVE GONE ON REGARDING THE COMMITMENT TO SUSTAINABLE TECHNOLOGIES AND SUSTAINABILITY AND ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP ACTUALLY BEGAN ONE OF MY FIRST MEETINGS, THERE WERE STUDENTS THAT CAME HERE AND ADVOCATED FOR SOLAR. AND THAT IS TWO YEARS AGO. WE TALKED ABOUT IT IN THE CONTEXT OF THE C.I.P. I DID ASK MRS. HYNES WHEN I FIRST SAW THIS LANGUAGE ABOUT THE REFERENCE TO THE ASPIRATIONAL GOALS AS A COUNTRY. AND SHE

109HAS AN EXCELLENT ANSWER FOR IT, WHICH IS WHAT WE ARE DOING HERE IS WE ARE RESTATING AN EXISTING POLICY, AN EXISTING PRIORITY THAT WAS ESTABLISHED BY THE SCHOOL BOARD IN 2008 AND SHE CAN GO INTO MUCH MORE DETAIL ABOUT THAT. ONE THING I LIKE ABOUT THIS AMENDMENT IS THAT IT ACTUALLY IS TECHNOLOGY NEUTRAL. IT DOESN'T DEFINE THAT THE ANSWER IS SOLAR. IT DOESN'T DEFINE THAT THE ANSWER IS WIND. WHAT IT SAYS IS THAT WE WANT TO BE EFFECTIVE STEWARDS OF OUR BUILDINGS IN USING TECHNOLOGY THAT PROVIDES RENEWABLE ALTERNATIVES TO FOSSIL FUELS. AND SO THAT IS SOMETHING THAT IS IMPORTANT AS FAR AS DESIGN CONCEPTS. BUT IT IS ALSO IMPORTANT THAT THIS IS BEING PUT INTO THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN RATHER THAN INTO SOME OTHER DOCUMENT BECAUSE WHAT THIS DOES IS IT ALLOWS IT TO BE

110A GUIDING PRINCIPLE FOR AS WE DESIGN OUR BUILDINGS GOING FORWARD. SO IT IS NOT PUNCHING HOLES INTO EXISTING BUILDINGS, NECESSARILY. WHICH IN SPEAKING WITH SOME ENGINEERS, THERE ARE SOME CONCERNS ABOUT DOING THAT. AND INSTEAD, AS WE GO FORWARD AND RENOVATE OR BUILD NEW SCHOOLS, THAT WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A COMMITMENT TO SUSTAINABLE TECHNOLOGIES AND RENEWABLE ALTERNATIVES. SO THAT IS WHY I AM HAPPY TO SUPPORT THIS. ONE THING THAT I URGED MRS. HYNES TO DO AND I WILL CONTINUE TO URGE THE SUPERINTENDENT IS TO INCLUDE IN OUR CURRICULUM A LINK TO EDUCATING OUR STUDENTS OR PUT IN OUR CURRICULUM MORE EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP AND SUSTAINABLE TECHNOLOGIES. SO I WILL BE SUPPORTING THIS AND I WELCOMED THE INDIVIDUAL OUTREACH INDIVIDUAL AFFIDAVITS TOOK WITH ME. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MS. HYNES. MRS.

111HYNES FOR A GO BACK. YEAH, SURE. I WOULD LIKE TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION. MAYBE I SHOULD HAVE STARTED WITH THE EXPLANATION OF WHERE I GOT THE LANGUAGE IN THE FIRST PLACE. THE FIRST SENTENCE IS DIRECTLY FROM THE SCHOOL BOARD'S 2008 ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP POLICY. THAT IS WHERE YOU HAVE TO GO TO SEE, I THINK THE LAST TIME THIS BOARD HAS MADE A STATEMENT, A POLICY STATEMENT ABOUT THIS. I WANTED IT TO BE GROUNDED IN THAT. SO I PULLED THAT SENTENCE OUT. THE SECOND SENSE, YOU KNOW, TRIES TO TAILOR IT TO THE C.I.P. AS FAR AS COST, I PUT IN COST EFFECTIVE TWICE. JEFF PLATENBERG ASKED WE EMPHASIZE COST EFFECTIVENESS. IN ALL MY CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THIS WITH ANYBODY, I MAKE CLEAR AND COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND ANY CHANGE WE MAKE IN OUR ENERGY SOURCES, RESOURCES, HAS TO BE AT

112WORST COST NEUTRAL. I KNOW WITH ALMOST 1,000 CLASSROOMS IN TRAILERS AND 10 YEARS BEHIND IN OUR RENOVATION CYCLE, WE ARE SO FAR BEHIND IN CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT, THERE IS NO WAY WE COULD SPEND A DOLLAR ON THIS ABOVE WHAT WE WOULD BE SPENDING OTHERWISE. TO ME, SO THOSE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT WHETHER WE HAVE A GOAL AT SOME POINT AND WHETHER IT IS MEASURABLE, THAT COMES LATER. BUT I THINK RIGHT NOW WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, REALLY, IS SAYING AS THE MARKET BEGINS TO TURN THE CORNER, AND I THINK IF YOU LOOK AROUND AND IF YOU RESEARCH THIS, YOU CAN SEE IT IS HAPPENING. FOSSIL FUELS WILL BE REPLACED BEFORE LONG. WE SHOULD BE POISED TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT BECAUSE WE DO HAVE SUCH A GREAT OPPORTUNITY AND RESPONSIBILITY HERE. I THINK THAT THIS JUST SAYS THIS SCHOOL

113BOARD, YOU KNOW, HERE IN 2018 CONTINUES TO BE COMMITTED TO ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP AND HAS TO BE PART OF OUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM, PART OF OUR CONVERSATION FROM NOW ON. MS. SCHULTZ FOR A GO BACK. I HAVE A QUESTION FOR THE MAKER OF THE MOTION. WHAT I JUST HEARD SOUNDED DIFFERENT FROM THE WORDS IN FRONT OF ME WHICH IS AN EMPHASIS OF BEING COST NEUTRAL. THE BEGINNING OF THE PORTION SAYS COST EFFECTIVE STEPS FOR THE COUNTRY, BUT THE PART THAT APPLIES TO US, PRIORITIZING SYSTEMS AND PRACTICES TO MAXIMIZE ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND PROVIDE FOR COST-EFFECTIVE TRANSITION. IF IT IS COST NEUTRAL TRANSITION, THAT CHANGES EVERYTHING. BUT COST EFFECTIVE, THAT IS A RELATIVE TERM THAT DOESN'T NECESSARILY -- WHAT IS COST EFFECTIVE FOR YOU, I WANT SOLAR NO MATTER WHAT AND HOW CAN WE ROLL THAT OUT. THAT

114IS NOT THE SAME AS COST NEUTRAL IN TERMS OF WHAT IT IS IN THE OVERALL CONTEXT OF A C.I.P. THAT, YOU KNOW, IN THE COURSE OF THE REST OF THIS BOARD WE'RE GOING TO SPEND OVER $300 MILLION AND WE'RE GOING TO BE SHY BY 2/3 OF THE ACTUAL NEED. SO I MEAN, THE COST NEUTRAL LANGUAGE ISN'T IN THIS MOTION. I THINK WHAT I SAID WAS THAT AT WORST WHAT WE DO HAS TO BE COST NEUTRAL. I WOULD HOPE AND ASSUME THAT AS WE GO FORWARD WE WILL ACTUALLY BE SAVING MONEY. AS WE MOVE FROM INCREASINGLY EXPENSIVE FOSSIL FUELS TO INCREASINGLY AFFORDABLE RENEWABLE SOURCES OF ENERGY. THE COST EFFECTIVE WORDING CAME FROM MR. PLATENBURG. I DON'T THINK ANYBODY IS GOING TO MAKE ANY STEPS WITHOUT A LOT OF CONVERSATION. I PERSONALLY DON'T THINK THIS BOARD SHOULD

115COMMIT THIS SCHOOL SYSTEM TO DO ANYTHING THAT IS NOT -- THAT DOES RECOGNIZE OUR RESPONSIBILITY TO SPEND, YOU KNOW, PRECIOUS CAPITAL DOLLARS ON CLASSROOMS AND TO SPEND IT VERY WISELY. I REALLY DO THINK COST EFFECTIVE IS BETTER THAN COST NEUTRAL. WE WILL DO BETTER THAN THAT. MS. McLAUGHLIN. JUST BRIEFLY, I DO HEAR WHAT MS. SCHULTZ, YOUR CONCERNS ARE. BUT WHAT I UNDERSTOOD THIS TO BE IS WITH INTENTIONALITY, EITHER WE AS A SCHOOL DIVISION AND WE AS A NATION START MOVING TOWARD GREENER FACILITIES AND TECHNOLOGY THAT WE ARE USING IN OUR BUILDINGS OR WE'RE JUST TURNING A BLIND EYE TO THE IMPACT THAT WE ARE HAVING ON OUR ENVIRONMENT. AND SO I READ THE LANGUAGE FROM MS. HYNES AS SAYING THAT, YES, IS IT GOING TO BE COST EFFECTIVE TO DO IT. WE HAVE OUR TYPICAL

116STANDARDS WE'VE DONE, BUT IF IT IS COST EFFECTIVE TO GO TOWARD THE NEWER, GREENER TECHNOLOGIES, WHY WOULDN'T WE IF IT IS COST EFFECTIVE. I DIDN'T NECESSARILY, I THINK, INTERPRET IT THE WAY I'M HEARING YOU DESCRIBE IT. AND I DO STILL THINK THIS IS A REALLY IMPORTANT STATEMENT FOR US TO BE MAKING AND NOT JUST A STATEMENT, I THINK WE -- OUR JOB AS BEING ON THE BOARD AS YOU AND I BOTH AGREE WITH OUR COLLEAGUES, IT IS TO GOVERN AND IT IS TO DIRECT AND WE'RE COMMUNICATING TO THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AND OUR COMMUNITY AND OUR STAFF THIS IS AN IMPORTANT PRIORITY FOR US. IN TERMS OF WHAT SPECIAL MEETINGS OR EXPERTS COMING AND SPEAKING TO US, WE JUST HAD AS INDIVIDUAL BOARD MEMBERS CONSTITUENTS COME AND REACH OUT TO US AND TALK WITH US.

117DID I THINK I NEEDED TO HAVE A WHOLE PRESENTATION WITH ENVIRONMENTAL EXPERTS COMING IN TO A WORK SESSION IN ORDER TO SUPPORT LANGUAGE LIKE THIS? NO. I SEE THIS MORE AS A STATEMENT AND COMMITMENT, SORT OF THE DIRECTION WE THINK THE SCHOOL SYSTEM AND FRANKLY THE COUNTY SHOULD BE GOING. I DON'T HAVE DISCOMFORT IN SUPPORTING THIS. IF WE WERE ACTUALLY DRILLING DOWN FURTHER THAN WHAT I THINK IS GIVING A MORE MACRO LEVEL DIRECTION TO STAFF. KEEP IN MIND MR. PLATENBURG, OUR SUPERINTENDENT FOR FACILITIES COLLABORATED WITH MS. HYNES ON THIS. IF HE THOUGHT HER LANGUAGE WAS GOING TO COMPROMISE OUR RENOVATION QUEU, HE WOULD HAVE TOLD THE BOARD THAT. I DON'T HAVE THE RESERVATIONS THAT WE ARE DOING SOMETHING HARMFUL HERE. IT CAN ONLY BE HELPFUL. MS. PALCHIK. I HAVE A QUESTION. I SEE MR. PLATENBURG

118IS NOT HERE. MR. SILLS -- MR. SNEAD, CAN ANSWER THIS. SO MY UNDERSTANDING IS I SPOKE TO PEOPLE WHO DO THIS WORK, NATIONALLY, INTERNATIONALLY AND TOLD VIRGINIA IS THE WORST PLACE CURRENTLY TO TRY TO DO THIS WORK IN A COST-EFFECTIVE MANNER. IS THAT YOUR UNDERSTANDING? THERE'S A COUPLE OF ASPECTS OF THAT. I THINK WHAT THEY HAD TOLD YOU IS THE COST OF OUR POWER IS LOW ENOUGH THAT REGARDLESS OF HOW CHEAPLY YOU ARE ABLE TO INSTALL THE SOLAR PANELS, YOU NEVER GET TO THE COST OF THE POWER THAT IS PRESENTLY SUPPLIED TO US. DOES THAT MEAN CURRENTLY IN OTHER SCHOOL SYSTEMS AND OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS REGIONALLY OUTSIDE OF VIRGINIA AND ACROSS THE NATION, ARE THERE SOME THAT ARE ABLE TO DO THIS AND GO PERHAPS TO NEUTRAL AND BEYOND THAT TO COST SAVINGS IN THE

119LONG TERM? YOU KNOW, WE LOOK AT A LOT OF STRATEGIES HERE TO SAVE MONEY THROUGH OUR PROJECTS. SO I DON'T LOOK AT SOLAR EXCLUSIVELY. BECAUSE IT IS REALLY NOT NECESSARILY AN OPTION HERE. WE HAVE OTHER STRATEGIES THAT ARE MORE COST EFFECTIVE THAT WE ARE CURRENTLY EMPLOYING. LET ME REWORD THAT. DO YOU KNOW IN OTHER SYSTEMS, WE ARE NOT IN A POSITION TO HAVE COST SAVINGS IN SUSTAINABLE ENERGY. ARE THERE OTHER SCHOOL SYSTEMS ACROSS THE NATION THAT ARE ABLE TO DO THAT? YOU WOULD HAVE TO LOOK AT STRATEGIES THAT ARE NOT SOLAR. SOLAR DOES PROVIDE -- AND I THINK IT IS BASED ON THE LOCATION. THERE ARE OTHER SUSTAINABLE STRATEGIES THAT ARE PROBABLY MORE COST EFFECTIVE. I ACCEPTED A MEETING. MEMBERS ON THE BOARD CHOSE NOT TO THAT IS THEIR PURVIEW. I HOPE YOU WILL BE

120CLEAR IN YOUR COMMUNICATIONS. I WILL BE CLEAR IN MY COMMUNICATIONS. MR. SNEAD SAID IT ALL. THE COST OF POWER IN VIRGINIA IS SO INEXPENSIVE COMPARED TO OTHER STATES IN THE NATION, IT MAKES TRYING TO DO ANYTHING ELSE VERY, VERY DIFFICULT. THAT IS THE CONTEXT OF EXACTLY THE TYPE OF THING I WAS TALKING THE ABOUT. THE FACT THAT MR. PLATENBURG IS NOT HERE WITH THE MAKER OF THIS MOTION DOESN'T ALLOW ME TO ASK NE QUESTIONS. WE DIDN'T HAVE A BASIC WORK SES TO DISCUSS ADDING THIS. THE CONTEXT OF PRIORITIZING SYSTEMS AND PRACTICES, PRIORITIZING INSTEAD OF WHAT? THAT IS WHAT I'M TRYING TO SAY? WE ARE STRUGGLING TO GET KIDS OUT OF 800 TRAILERS. THAT IS A PRIORITY FOR ME. MORE THAN TRYING TO GET CHEAPER ENERGY THAN IS ALREADY IS CHEAP IN VIRGINIA THAT MAKES SOLAR

121A STRUGGLE TO IMPLEMENT. THERE ARE SOLAR COMPANIES WITH FEDERAL FUNDS THAT HAVE GONE BELLY UP OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN ACROSS THE COUNTRY. I JUST DON'T HAVE ANY INFORMATION AND JUST THE LAST TWO MINUTES ALONE HAS SAID TO ME THAT WE HAVE NOT HAD A ROBUST ENOUGH DISCUSSION TO SHAPE THIS. THIS IS GOING IN WHICH I LIKE IT OR NOT. SO I'M GOING TO ABSTAIN, BUT THIS IS PRECISELY THE TYPE OF CONVERSATION I THINK IS HEALTHIER WITH MORE DISCUSSION AND MORE INFORMATION NOT SIDE MEETINGS WITH MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY AND A COUPLE OF KIDS WHO GRADUATED AND WHO ARE UVA WHO HAVE A PASSION AROUND THIS. I UNDERSTAND THEY CAME AND SPOKE TO THE BOARD A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO. I UNDERSTAND THEY ARE STILL WRITING TO US. I UNDERSTAND SEGMENTS OF THE POPULATION

122ARE INTERESTED IN THIS. WE ARE TALKING ABOUT OUR C.I.P. HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS TO THE TUNE OF A BILLION DOLLARS BEHIND AND OUR KIDS BEING EDUCATED IN TRAILERS. I DON'T THINK THIS IS WHAT WE SHOULD BE SPENDING OUR TIME ON. OKAY. I WILL CALL FOR THE VOTE IN A MOMENT. I WILL BE SUPPORTING THIS. I BELIEVE THE OPERATIVE LANGUAGE IS COST EFFECTIVE AND MAXIMIZE ENERGY EFFICIENCY AS MR. SNEAD INDICATED. OVER THE YEARS WE HAVE ENTERED INTO A NUMBER OF PRACTICES AND CONTRACTS WHERE WE HAVE SAVED ON OUR UTILITY BILL BY LOOKING FOR WAYS TO MAXIMIZE ENERGY EFFICIENCY. CERTAINLY WE ARE VERY PROUD OF OUR STATUS NATIONWIDE WITH OUR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES WITH OUR STUDENTS AND GREEN STAR STATUS. WITH THAT I WILL CALL FOR THE VOTE. I WILL NOT REPEAT THE AMENDMENT. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF

123THE AMENDMENT AS STATED. OKAY. IT IS EVANS, McLAUGHLIN, PAUL CHECK, McELVEEN, CORBETT SANDERS, STRAUSS, HYNES, DERRIN, KEYES-GAMARRA. OPPOSED. ABSTENTION. SCHULTZ. THANK YOU. I WILL CALL ON MS. HYNES FOR ANOTHER AMENDMENT. I MOVE TO AMEND PAGE 19, POLICY 8542, ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP TO THE CHART POLICIES AND REGULATIONS AND REORDER REMAINING ITEMS ACCORDINGLY. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND BY MS. PALCHIK. MS. HYNES. THIS IS A BIT OF HOUSE KEEPING. IF YOU NOTICE THIS PART OF THE C.I.P. IS WRITTEN, THERE ARE BROAD POLICY STATEMENTS AND BELOW THAT IS A CHART THAT LISTS THE POLICIES AND REGULATIONS FROM WHICH THOSE STATEMENTS COME. I THOUGHT IT WAS IMPORTANT TO ADD THE UNDERLYING POLICY TO THAT CHART. MS. PALCHIK. NO. NO QUESTIONS. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF ADDING POLICY 8542 TO THE CHART. OKAY. THAT IS McLAUGHLIN, PALCHIK, McELVEEN, CORBETT SANDERS, STRAUSS,

124HYNES, DERENAK KAUFAX. OPPOSED. ABSTENTION. SCHULTZ. THANK YOU. THAT MOTION PASSES. KEYES-GAMARRA AWAY FROM THE TABLE. AND EVANS. AND MR. WILSON. HAD TO LEAVE FOR THE NIGHT. HE MAY BE BACK. IS HE COMING BACK? OKAY. I THINK WE NEED TO WAIT FOR MS. EVANS FOR JUST A MOMENT. MS. EVANS, I CALL ON YOU FOR AN AMENDMENT. OH, THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR. RECOGNIZING THE POSITIVE COLLABORATION WITH THE COUNTY, I MOVE TO AMEND THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM TO INCREASE THE CASH FLOW REQUEST BY $50 MILLION. THEREBY INCREASING THE YEARLY SALE ON SCHOOL BONDS TO $205 MILLION. THIS WILL ALLOW FCPS TO ACCELERATE PLANNING FOR THE FOLLOWING 20 ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS, ONE MIDDLE SCHOOL, TWO HIGH SCHOOLS AND ONE CENTRAL OFFICE REPURPOSE RENOVATION PROJECT IN FY 2019 WITH AN ESTIMATED REDUCTION OF 158 TEMPORARY CLASSROOMS UPON COMPLETION OF THE PROJECT.

125IN ADDITION TO THESE RENOVATIONS, THIS INFUSION WILL INCLUDE THE FUNDING FOR 23 CAPACITY ENHANCEMENTS AND THE REDUCTION OF 184 TEMPORARY CLASSROOMS FOR A TOTAL REDUCTION OF 342 TEMPORARY CLASSROOMS. FURTHERMORE, THIS WILL ALLOW COMPLETION OF THE 209 RENOVATION QUEUE BUT 2028, FOUR YEARS EARLIER THAN PROJECTED. I'M GOING TO READ THE NAMES, WAKEFIELD FOREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, WILLOW SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, SARATOGA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, LOUISE ARCHER, HERNDON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, VIRGINIA RUN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, CROSSFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, DRANESVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, MOSBY WOODS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, CUB RUN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, BONNIE BRAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, UNION MILL ELEMENTARY, BREN MAR PARK ELEMENTARY, CENTER RIDGE ELEMENTARY, BROOKFIELD ELEMENTARY, POPLAR TREE ELEMENTARY. LEASE CORNER ELEMENTARY, WAPLES MILL, SANGSTER, TWAIN MIDDLE SCHOOL, FALLS CHURCH HIGH SCHOOL, CENTREVILLE HIGH SCHOOL AND DUNN LORING WHICH IS A REPURPOSE. SECOND. SECOND BY MS. SCHULTZ. OKAY. MS. EVANS WOULD YOU LIKE

126TO SPEAK TO YOUR MOTION? I WOULD. THIS IS ACTUALLY MR. MOON'S AMENDMENT. MR. MOON, ONE OF THE RARE TIMES HE COULDN'T BE WITH US TONIGHT. I'M OFFERING THIS ON HIS BEHALF. I'M DELIGHTED TO BE SUPPORTING IT AND ENTHUSIASTICALLY SUPPORTING IT. AS EVERYONE HERE KNOWS, WE ARE BEHIND IN OUR RENOVATIONS AND IN BUILDING NEW CAPACITY. WE HAVE CONTINUING GROWTH OF STUDENTS AND WE HAVE CONTINUING NEEDS. WE HAVE, IN FACT, BEEN GROSSLY UNDERFUNDING OUR CAPITAL NEEDS FOR MANY YEARS. WE HAVE BEEN CAP AT $155 MILLION A YEAR AND WE HAVE INCREASED OUR RENOVATION CYCLE SHOULD BE A 25-YEAR CYCLE. AND CURRENTLY WE ARE NOW OVER 35 YEARS IN THAT CYCLE. WE ALSO HAVE STUDENTS AND TEACHERS WHO ARE IN SUBOPTIMAL BUILDINGS AND CLASSROOMS AND IN THE SPIRIT OF FULL DISCLOSURE, SOME OF THIS IS SOME TALKING POINTS

127THAT MR. MOON GAVE ME. LET'S CREDIT MR. MOON FOR MANY OF THESE THOUGHTS. WE ALSO HAVE INCREASING MAINTENANCE NEEDS AS WELL. WE NOW HAVE CLOSE TO 800 TRAILERS AND TEACH MORE THAN 19,000 STUDENTS EVERY DAY IN TRAILERS. WE HAVE MANY MODULARS FOR INSTRUCTIONAL PURPOSES. IN THE C.I.P. WE ARE SHOWING EXCESS CAPACITY IN SCHOOLS ONLY BECAUSE WE HAVE MODULARS WHICH ARE, IN FACT, MORE PERMANENT THAN TRAILERS BUT NONETHELESS WERE NOT PART OF THE ORIGINAL BUILDING. THEY WERE ADDED ON. SOME OF THEM I CAN GIVE EXAMPLES ARE COILED AND IN THEMSELVES ARE NOT OPTIMAL AS FOR PLACES FOR CHILDREN TO LEARN AND FOR TEACHERS TO TEACH. WE ARE ONE OF THE WEALTHIEST COUNTIES IN THE COUNTRY AND PRIDE OURSELVES ON THE BEST QUALITY. RIGHT NOW WE ARE FAR BEHIND BOTH IN ADDING CAPACITY AS WELL AS IN

128RENOVATING. THE AMOUNT OF OUR CAPITAL FUNDING FOR OUR FCPS HAS NOT GROWN IN MORE THAN A DOZEN YEARS. AND IT IS TIME. IT IS TIME FOR US TO INCREASE THE AMOUNT OF FUNDING THAT WE HAVE FOR OUR CAPITAL PLAN. WE ARE NOT IN A RECESSION ANYMORE. WE HAVE COME OUT OF IT. WE REALIZED FOR A WHILE THAT WE HAD TO DEAL WITH DIFFICULT ECONOMY, WE HAD TO TIGHTEN OUR BELTS, EVERYONE DID, BUT AT THE SAME TIME WE NEED TO NOW PICK UP THE PACE AND MAKE MORE INVESTMENT IN OUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS. WE KNOW THAT THE SUPERINTENDENT AND THE COUNTY, THE NEW BRAND NEW COUNTY EXECUTIVE HAVE BEEN HAVING PRODUCTIVE DISCUSSIONS OF THIS VERY ISSUE. WE DO APPRECIATE THOSE CONVERSATIONS AND HOPE THAT THAT WILL CONTINUE WITH BOTH THE SCHOOL BOARD AND THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.

129WE'VE HAD JOINT CONVERSATIONS WITH THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS. I THINK WE REALIZE AND THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS REALIZE OUR GREAT NEED AND I KNOW THEY SYMPATHIZE WITH THAT. AT THE SAME TIME, THE BOARD NEEDS TO MAKE ITS STATEMENT THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE INCREASED FUNDING. THIS MOTION IS NOT IN ANY WAY INTENDED TO UNDERCUT OR SABOTAGE THE CONVERSATIONS THAT ARE GOING ON BETWEEN THE SUPERINTENDENT AND THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE, BUT IT IS TO REINFORCE THE NEED FOR INCREASED FUNDING AND TO ADVOCATE FOR OUR STUDENTS' NEEDS. SO WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING CONCRETE. OUR STUDENTS DO DESERVE AND EXPECT THE BEST FACILITIES THAT WE CAN PROVIDE FOR THEM. I WILL JUST ADD BEFORE GOING ON TO MORE OF OUR CONVERSATION, THAT THE QUEUE WAS CREATED IN 2008, IT WAS APPROVED IN 2009. IF WE DO GET

130THE $50,000 MORE PER YEAR, THIS WOULD ACCELERATE OUR C.I.P. PLAN BY FOUR YEARS. AND WE WOULD GET THROUGH THE CURRENT RENOVATION QUEUE IN 2028. THAT IS STILL 20 YEARS WE HAVE BEEN SLOGGING THROUGH OUR RENOVATION QUEUE FOR A DECADE NOW. AND THIS IS NOT IN ANY WAY A CRITICISM OF STAFF. THEY CAN ONLY DEAL WITH THE AMOUNT OF FUNDING THAT THEY GET. OF COURSE AT THE SAME TIME, WE ARE TRYING TO DEAL, WE HAVE HAD TO DEAL WITH TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF STUDENT GROWTH. ENROLLMENT GROWTH. WE HAVE HAD TO ADD CAPACITY AT MANY, MANY OF OUR SCHOOLS. WE HAVE HAD TENS OF THOUSANDS OF CHILDREN. WE HAVE BEEN SLOGGING THROUGH THIS RENOVATION QUEUE FOR A DECADE AND WE ARE STILL A DECADE AWAY, EVEN IF WE DO PERSUADE THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS TO GRANT THIS REQUEST

131FOR THOSE 23 SCHOOLS. SO WITH THAT, I WOULD URGE MY COLLEAGUES TO SUPPORT THIS AMENDMENT. MS. SCHULTZ, WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO YOUR SECOND? YES, PLEASE. SO THIS IS ON HERE FOR MR. MOON AND MS. EVANS AND MR. MOON HAD INDICATED AT THE WORK SESSION ON MONDAY HE MIGHT NOT BE HERE. THIS IS SUCH A CRUCIAL, ALMOST LIKE A LINCHPIN TO OUR SUCCESS. EARLIER THIS EVENING WE HAD A DISCUSSION ABOUT THE PREMIER WORKFORCE. WE HAVE HAD DISCUSSIONS ABOUT OUR BUDGET AND HAVING COMPETITIVE TOTAL COMPENSATION FOR OUR EMPLOYEES. BUT A FACILITY IS SOMETHING THAT ALL OF OUR EMPLOYEES GO TO WORK IN AND A SCHOOL IS SOMETHING THAT ALL OF OUR CHILDREN GO TO SCHOOL IN. ALL OF OUR CHILDREN. YOU KNOW, EVERY CHILD STARTS AT THEIR DESTINATION AT HOME AND WINDS UP IN A

132SCHOOL TO BE EDUCATED AND THAT IS MILLIONS AND MILLIONS AND MILLIONS OF SQUARE FEET OF INFRASTRUCTURE THAT WHEN I DO MY CITIZEN TOWN HALLS, MY STUDENT TOWN HALLS, I HAVE COME DOWN TO THE THING THAT KEEPS ME UP AT NIGHT IS A CRUMBLING, AGING SET OF INFRASTRUCTURE WITH AN INCREASING STUDENT POPULATION AND NO MORE MONEY AND LAND BECOMING MORE EXPENSIVE. AND, YOU KNOW, THERE IS A NEXUS AT WHICH, YOU KNOW, THE BURGEONING STUDENT POPULATION IS BEING SQUEEZED OFTEN INTO LIKE SARDINES INTO FEWER BRICK AND MORTAR CLASSROOMS, MORE TRAILERS AND WE DON'T REALLY HAVE A SOLUTION. YOU KNOW, WE ARE EMPTYING THE SINKING ROW BOAT WITH AN EYE DROPPER UNLESS WE GET SOME MORE RESOURCES. SOMETHING ISN'T FUNDAMENTALLY GOING TO CHANGE IN TERMS OF STUDENT POPULATION. I DON'T SEE, YOU KNOW, A 10%, 15% DECLINE IN

133THE STUDENT POPULATION IN THE NEAR FUTURE. SO OUR STUDENT POPULATION IS GOING TO CONTINUE TO GROW EVERY DAY OUR CLASSROOMS AND OUR BUILDINGS ARE AGING. WE ARE STRUGGLING TO KEEP UP WITH MAJOR MAINTENANCE WHICH ULTIMATELY, THE BILL IS GOING TO COME DUE SOONER OR LATER. AND I HAVE A FOLLOW ON MOTION THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE POSTED LATER TO TALK ABOUT THE DISPARITY BETWEEN THE TOTAL INFRASTRUCTURE THAT THE COUNTY HAS AND THE TOTAL INFRASTRUCTURE THAT WE HAVE, BUT THERE ARE CHILDREN TRAIPSING IN AND OUT OF THESE BUILDINGS EVERY DAY, BUT THE SECONDS THEY LEAVE, THEN YOU HAVE COMMUNITY USE. AND OUR BUILDINGS ARE NOT OURS. THEY ARE THE PUBLIC'S. AND THE ACCESS TO FOR COMMUNITY USE AND THAT COULD BE EVERYTHING FROM THE BOY SCOUTS WHO WERE HERE EARLIER, YOUTH SPORTS LEAGUES, COMMUNITIES OF FAITH

134WHO RENT OUR FACILITIES ON THE WEEKENDS. THESE ARE BUILDINGS THAT ARE USED ALMOST CLOSE TO 24 HOURS A DAY. THAT IS A LOT OF HEAVY USE. SO THE MAINTENANCE OF THOSE AND THE WEAR ON OUR FACILITIES BEING USED BY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC AND FOR THE EDUCATION OF THEIR CHILDREN IS SORT OF A -- I THINK IT IS A CORE VALUE THAT IF, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN INVEST IN THE TEACHER FACILITIES, IF EVERYBODY IS TRAIPSING TO A TRAILER OR A CLASSROOM THAT DOESN'T MEET ED SPECS OR I WILL THROW A RING IN MS. EVANS' DIRECTION OR A HIGH SCHOOL THAT DOESN'T HAVE SPRINKLERS. WHAT IS IT WE ARE SAYING THAT WE ARE REFLECTING OUR EDUCATION MEANS? IT CAN'T ONLY BE ABOUT TOTAL COMPENSATION IF WE ARE GOING IN SUB STANDARD AGING FACILITIES. AND IF WE

135DON'T HAVE A SOLUTION AND THE SOLUTION, UNFORTUNATELY, AND I'M THE LAST PERSON TO SAY MORE MONEY NECESSARILY SOLVES THE PROBLEM. THIS IS A CASE WHERE THERE REALLY ISN'T A SOLUTION IF THERE ISN'T MORE MONEY. UNLESS YOU HAVE ANGEL INVESTORS WHO SWOOP IN AND DONATE LAND AND BUILDINGS AND TURN THEM OVER TO US FOR TAX BENEFIT, HINT, HINT, THE REAL ANSWER IS THIS REQUIRES AN INVESTMENT. AND THE INVESTMENT NECESSARILY ON THE BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS REQUIRES A SHIFT IN THE THINKING TODAY OF THE ALLOCATION OF FUNDS AND THE WAY THOSE FUNDS ARE DISTRIBUTED AND WHO IS BENEFITING FROM THOSE. 40,000 EMPLOYEES. YOU HAVE 188,000 STUDENTS, BUT, OH, BY THE WAY, THE 1.1 MILLION CITIZENS IN FAIRFAX COUNTY USE THOSE FACILITIES, YOU KNOW, YEAR ROUND ALL THE TIME FOR PLEASURE AND FAITH AND OTHER CIRCUMSTANCES.

136SO THIS IS A CRUCIAL LINCHPIN IN THE CONVERSATION. I KNOW DR. BRABRAND HAS BEGUN SUCCESSFUL CONVERSATIONS WITH THE NEW COUNTY EXECUTIVE. I APPRECIATE MS. EVANS' WORDS ABOUT THIS IS NOT TO UNDERMINE THAT. THIS IS ACTUALLY TO HELP GENERATE THE MOMENTUM HE NEEDS TO HAVE PRODUCTIVE STRUCTURAL CONVERSATIONS WITH THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS THROUGH THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE ABOUT THE MAGNITUDE OF IMPORTANCE THAT WE HAVE ARRIVED AT AT THIS POINT IN TIME THAT THIS NEEDS TO BECOME A PRIORITY. OKAY. AT THIS POINT I WILL CALL ON MR. McELVEEN. HE HAS AN AMENDMENT. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. RECOGNIZING THE POSITIVE COLLABORATION WITH THE COUNTY I MOVE TO AMEND THE AMENDMENT TO AMEND THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM TO INCREASE CASH FLOW REQUEST BY $59 MILLION IN FY 2019 AND ADDITIONAL $59 MILLION IN 2020 TO RAISE OUR TOTAL ANNUAL C.I.P.

137CASH FLOW TO $270 MILLION IN 2020. THIS IS THE FULL VALUE OF OUR DETERMINED CAPITAL NEEDS. IS THERE A SECOND. SECOND. SECONDED BY MS. HYNES. MR. McELVEEN, WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO IT? THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. LET ME BEGIN BY REEDING FROM A FAIRFAX COUNTY MOTHER'S REMARKS TO THIS BOARD. THE PHYSICAL CONDITION OF MOST OF OUR SCHOOLS, OVERCROWDING, LACK OF MODERN EQUIPMENT AND ADEQUATE TOILET FACILITIES COULD NOT BE MORE DISTRESSING. MY CHILD IS HAPPY AT SCHOOL AND THE OTHER CHILDREN ARE, TOO, BECAUSE THE PRINCIPAL HAS A WONDERFUL STAFF OF TEACHERS. THE SITUATION IS NOT FAIR TO THEM BUT DEVOTION TO DUTY AND LONG HOURS OF WORK THEY TRY TO CONQUER THEIR APPALLING HANDICAPS. IT IS A TRIUMPH OF MIND OVER ENVIRONMENT. OUR PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHERS WILL CERTAINLY GET THE FRONT SEATS IN HEAVEN. SHORTLY

138AFTER THIS TESTIMONY WAS DELIVERED FAIRFAX COUNTY PASSED THE FIRST SCHOOL BOND WITH THE HISTORY OF FAIRFAX COUNTY IN 66% OF THE VOTE. THE DAY WAS 1950 AND THE BOND AMOUNT $10.5 MILLION TO SUPPORT ALTERATIONS TO 40 EXISTING SCHOOLS AS WELL AS CONSTRUCTION OF 11 ADDITIONAL SCHOOLS INCLUDING THE SCHOOL WE SIT NOW, THE COUNTY'S FIRST HIGH SCHOOL FOR AFRICAN-AMERICANS. THIS TESTIMONY WAS OFFERED BEFORE THIS BOARD ALMOST 70 YEARS AGO, WE ARE FACED WITH A SIMILAR SITUATION BUT OUR CHALLENGE IS FAR, FAR GREATER IN SCALE. SAGGING HALLWAYS, STAINED CARPETING, MUSTY LOCKER ROOMS, POORLY VENTILATED SCIENCE LABS, RESTROOMS REMINISCE SENT OF TRUCKSTOPS. THESE ARE THE HIGHLIGHTS THROUGH THE FIVE APTLY NAMED LEGACY HIGH SCHOOLS. THESE ARE KNOWN AS WEST SPRINGFIELD, LANGLEY, HERNDON, OAKTON AND FALLS CHURCH, WHICH WERE BUILT BETWEEN 1965 AND 1968 AND HAVE ONLY NOW 50

139YEARS LATER BEGUN TO UNDERGO A FULL RENOVATION. THESE SCHOOLS OFFER A VIEW OF THE DARK, DANK UNDERBELLY OF ARGUABLY THE NATION'S BEST PERFORMS SCHOOL DISTRICT. THE MANIFESTATION OF YEARS OF FAILED LEADERSHIP FROM COUNTY AND STATE ELECTED OFFICIALS WHO HAVE FORCED US TO ECONOMIZE UNTIL WE BURST AGENTS THE SEAMS. THEY ARE A SYMBOL OF THE WORST CRISIS OF FAIRFAX COUNTY SCHOOLS SINCE POST-WORLD WAR II POPULATION BOOM. MANY OF US HAVE BEEN SOUNDING THE ALARM FOR YEARS. TWO YEARS AGO WHEN I WENT TO VOTE AT MY POLLING PLACE, I WALKED IN BEHIND A FELLOW VOTER WHO HAD NO IDEA A SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER WAS WALKING DIRECTLY BEHIND HER. HER WORDS REMAIN ETCHED INTO MY CONSCIOUS. THEY WERE PARTICULARLY STINGING. SHE SAID, IT IS LIKE WE ARE LIVING IN A THIRD WORLD COUNTRY. THIS IS WHY I SEND

140MY KIDS TO PRIVATE SCHOOL. IN SPITE OF THESE CONDITIONS OUR PRINCIPALS AND TEACHERS FACE IN SCHOOLS AND CLASSROOMS THEY WORK MIRACLES EVERY DAY AND YES, TODAY THEY ARE MORE THAN DESERVING OF THE FRONT SEATS IN HEAVEN. BUT THE PRIMARY DIFFERENCE BETWEEN TODAY AND 1950 IS AT THAT TIME FAIRFAX COUNTY'S LEADERS WERE ABLE TO MUSTER THE COURAGE AND FORTITUDE TO STAND UP AND FIGHT FOR BETTER SCHOOL FACILITIES. IN 1950 THE COUNTY'S POPULATION HAD DOUBLED IN SIZE OVER THE PREVIOUS THREE YEARS, FROM 40,000 TO 80,000 RESIDENTS. FAIRFAX COUNTY WAS HOLDING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CLASSES IN BOILER ROOMS, PARTITIONED AUDITORIUMS AND CAFETERIAS. THE POST WAR GROWTH WAS ACCELERATING AND THEY HAD 77 TEMPORARY CLASSROOMS THAT HOUSED 2200 STUDENTS. SOUND FAMILIAR? THE SCHOOL BOARD ALONG WITH THE SUPERINTENDENT W.T. WOODSON WAS WILLING TO ADMIT THEY HAD A PROBLEM ON THEIR

141HANDS. HAD SUPERINTENDENT WOODSON AND THE SCHOOL BOARD NOT ISSUED THE FIRST BOND IN FAIRFAX COUNTY SCHOOL HISTORY OUR SCHOOL SYSTEM LIKELY WOULD HAVE COLLAPSED. OVER THE COMING TWO DECADES, FROM 1950 TO 1971990, WE GREW FROM 17,000 STUDENTS TO A STAGGERING 133,000 STUDENTS. THE SPEED OF OUR PROJECTED GROWTH TODAY IS SIMILARLY UNCERTAIN, WE KNOW WITH EXPANSION OF THE SILVER LINE AND HOUSING GROWTH IN TYSONS CORNER AND ELSEWHERE, OUR POPULATION CAN ONLY INCREASE. INSTEAD OF RECLAIMING FARM LAND FOR SINGLE FAMILY HOMES AND CRAFTING A SUBURBAN LANDSCAPE OUR TASK NOW IS TO BUILD UPWARD. ALL THE WHILE IT APPEARS OUR LEADERS LACK THE COURAGE OR FORESIGHT TO PROPERLY PLAN FOR IT. THAT IS WHY IT FALLS ON OUR COMMUNITY AND OUR SCHOOL BOARD TO CALL CRITICAL ATTENTION TO THIS ISSUE. IF 77 TRAILERS HOUSING 2200 STUDENTS WAS UNACCEPTABLE

142TO FAIRFAX COUNTY CITIZENS IN 1950 WHY WOULD A NUMBER MORE THAN 10 TIMES THAT AMOUNT BE ACCEPTABLE NOW? 820 TRAILERS HOUSING 22,000 STUDENTS. 10 TIMES THE NUMBER OF TRAILERS AND STUDENTS IN TRAILERS IN FAIRFAX COUNTY WHEN THEY EMBARKED ON ITS GREATEST BUILDING SPREE IN HISTORY. IF OUR STUDENTS WHO GO TO CLASS EACH DAY IN A TRAILER WERE A SCHOOL DISTRICT UNTO THEMSELVES THEY WOULD BE THE 14th LARGEST SCHOOL SYSTEM IN THE STATE, AROUND THE SIZE OF ARLINGTON COUNTY OR THE CITY OF RICHMOND. LET ME SAY THAT AGAIN. THE NUMBER OF FAIRFAX COUNTY STUDENTS THAT HAVE HAVE CLASSES IN TRAILERS IS ON PAR WITH THE ENTIRE SCHOOL AGE POPULATION OF ARLINGTON COUNTY OR RICHMOND CITY. THAT IS A TRAVESTY THAT IS AN EMBARRASSMENT AND IT IS UNACCEPTABLE. IT HAS LONG BEEN THE CASE OUR EXTREMELY ABLE

143FACILITIES STAFF INCLUDING JEFF PLATENINGBURG AND KEVIN SNEAD HAVE HAD TO SIT BEFORE THIS BOARD AND SAY WITH A STRAIGHT FACE THEY ARE A THE LARGEST TRAILER DEALERS ON THE EAST COAST. OUR TRAILER SITUATION IS A VISIBLE AND SHAMEFUL MANIFESTATION OF OUR FACILITIES CRISIS. A FEW MONTHS AGO MR. MOON, MS. EVANS AND I ATTENDED AN EVENT AT GLEN FOREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. THE PRINCIPAL SEEMED RESIGNED TO THE FACT THAT MORE OF HR STUDENTS WERE HOWESED IN TRAILERS THAN THE ACTUAL SCHOOL BUILDING. GLEN FOREST IS THE FAR CRY FROM THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL THAT BOASTS THE MOST TEMPORARY CLASSROOMS, McNAIR, A GRAND TOLD OF 22 TRAILERS. WHERE IS THE OUTRAGE? THE LEADERSHIP AND, YES, THE OUTRAGE MUST START WITH US. I CALL ON MY COLLEAGUES TO SEND A DIRECTION AND UNAMBIGUOUS MESSAGE TO THE CITIZENS AND FUNDING AUTHORITY. ON

144BEHALF OF OUR STUDENTS AND TEACHERS, WE MUST NO LONGER TOLERATE THIS INTOLERABLE FACILITIES CRISIS. IN THE AMENDMENT BEFORE THE BOARD I'M ASKING FOR INCREASE OF CAPITAL CASH FLOW OF THERE 118 FL FOR A TOTAL OF $273 MILLION PER YEAR BRINGING US IN LINE WITH INDUSTRY STANDARDS OF A 25-YEAR SCHOOL REPLACEMENT CYCLE AND ELIMINATE ALL OF OUR TRAILERS. LET ME BE CLEAR. IT WOULD NOT TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THE $50 MILLION NEEDED FOR MAJOR MAINTENANCE, A NUMBER THAT WILL CONTINUE TO GROW FROM IT CONTINUES TO GO UNADDRESSED. SOME MAY SAY THIS IS A LARGE REQUEST AND I CERTAINLY AGREE. MADAM CHAIRMAN AND COLLEAGUES, THIS ASK REFLECTS VERY REAL AND CRITICAL NEEDS OF THIS SYSTEM. CONTRARY TO OTHER AMENDMENTS BEFORE THE BOARD, THIS DOESN'T PICK A RANDOM NUMBER. IT REFLECTS OUR DOCUMENTED REAL NEEDS. JUST AS A 50-YEAR

145REPLACEMENT CYCLE IS UNACCEPTABLE, SO IS A 37-YEAR REPLACEMENT CYCLE. WE SHOULD NOT PUSH FOR LESS THAN 25-CYCLE. IT IS THE JOB OF THIS BOARD TO REPRESENT OUR CONSTITUENCIES AND ADVOCATE FOR OUR REAL NEEDS. JUST AS WE ADVOCATED FOR A NEEDS BASED OPERATIONAL BUDGET, WE SHOULD ADVOCATE FOR A NEEDS BASED CAPITAL BUDGET. WE WILL SEND A SIGNAL THIS BOARD WILL NO LONGER STAND ASSIZE TO ACCEPT CASH LEVELS AT THE TIME WHEN THERE WAS FLAT SCHOOL ENROLLMENT. A POPULATION INFLUX IS COMING. THE ONLY QUESTION IS IF WE WILL DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT NOW OR CONTINUE TO PAS THE BUCK TO THE NEXT GENERATION. IF WE DON'T TAKE A STAND AND CALL ATTENTION TO IT NOW, WHO WILL? I RESPECTFULLY CALL ON MY COLLEAGUES TO SUPPORT THIS AMENDMENT FOR OUR CURRENT GENERATION OF STUDENTS AND TEACHERS, MANY OF

146WHOM HAVE KNOWN NOTHING BUT THE INSIDE OF A TRAILER. I CALL ON THE BEHALF OF FUTURE GENERATIONS OF STUDENTS AS THEY DID IN 1950. IN THE SPIRIT OF PAST BOARDS LET US MUSTER THE COURAGE TO RISE TO THE CALLING OF OUR OFFICE AND TAKE THIS APPROPRIATELY BOLD STAND ON BEHALF OF OUR COMMUNITY. MS. HYNES. YES, THANK YOU. I WANT TO THANKS MR. MOON AND MS. EVANS FOR BRINGING THE INITIAL MOTION AND MR. McELVEEN FOR GIVING US THIS OPPORTUNITY TO GO A LITTLE FURTHER. I'M HAPPY TO SECOND THIS. IT SEEMS LIKE WE HAVE GROUSED ABOUT THIS PROBLEM FOR YEARS, PRETTY MUCH SINCE I HAVE BEEN ON THE BOARD. WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH CAPITAL MONEY COMING IN AND EVERYTHING KNOWS AND WE COMPLAIN IT SHOULD BE MORE. IT IS TIME WE FORMALLY MAKE THIS ASK OF THE

147COUNTY. PUT IT OUT THERE. REPRESENT OUR KIDS AND OUR TEACHERS AND OUR SCHOOL SYSTEM IN THIS WAY. THIS COMMUNITY JUST TONIGHT WE THANKED THE SCHOOL BONDS COMMITTEE. EVERY YEAR WE THANK THEM AND BY EXTENSION WE THANK THIS COMMUNITY FOR EVERY YEAR SUPPORTING SCHOOL BONDS OVERWHELMINGLY. WHEN OUR COMMUNITY VOTES FOR SCHOOL BONDS THEY ASSUME THEY ARE VOTING FOR THE FULL FUNDING OF OUR SCHOOLS BUT, IN FACT, THAT IS NOT WHAT WE ARE DOING. WE ARE NOT ADEQUATELY FUNDING OUR SCHOOL SYSTEM. I WILL SAY IN MY NINE YEARS OF TEACHING IN THE SCHOOL SYSTEM I SPENT SEVEN IN A TRAILER. I WAS IN BRICK AND MORTAR FOR TWO YEARS I TAUGHT. THAT STORY IS REPEATED ACROSS THE COUNTY. I'M HAPPY TO SUPPORT THIS ANTICIPATE BECAUSE IT MAKES THE FULL ASK. I THINK WE OWE THAT TO THIS

148COUNTY, THE PEOPLE OF THIS COUNTY WHO DIG DEEP EVERY COUPLE OF YEARS AND VOTE FOR SCHOOL BONDS AND WE DEFINITELY OWE IT TO OUR CHILDREN AND THE FUTURE OF THE SCHOOL SYSTEM. MS. McLAUGHLIN. YES. I APPRECIATE MR. McELVEEN BRINGING SOME VERY COMPELLING HISTORY ABOUT WHERE WE HAVE BEEN IN THIS COUNTY IN TERMS OF RAPID STUDENT ENROLLMENT GROWTH AND INFRASTRUCTURE NEED. I REMEMBER MR. McELVEEN, YOU TALKED ABOUT HOW MUCH WE BUILT IN JUST THE DECADE OF 1970 ALONE, WHICH IS WHEN MY IN-LAWS MOVED DOWN HERE, IN 1971, FROM NEW YORK. AND THERE CONTINUES TO BE -- WE NOW SEE 40 YEARS LATER, 40-PLUS YEARS LATER, THE COUNTY IS STILL FACING THIS CRITICAL NEED. DURING THE WORK SESSION THE BOARD, THOSE OF US WHO WERE THERE, DID HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO TALK ABOUT THESE POTENTIAL AMENDMENTS AND

149HOW WE MIGHT INCREASE THE FUNDING TO HELP THE BACKLOG. I AGREE WITH MR. McELVEEN'S POINT AND VIRTUALLY EVERYBODY HERE AT THE TABLE. IT IS OUR JOB TO HELP COMMUNICATE OUT TO OUR FUNDING AUTHORITY, THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, WHAT ARE THE NEEDS OF THE SYSTEM. BUT JUST A FEW CLARIFYING QUESTIONS BECAUSE I KNOW STAFF WAS SCRAMBING TO GET DATA FROM THE COUNTY ON THE TWO ISSUES THAT ARE IMPACTED BY THESE AMENDMENTS. ONE IS WHAT IS THE DEBT CEILING THAT THE COUNTY HAS. BECAUSE WE HAVE BEEN TOLD AS SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS THERE IS A LIMIT TO WHERE THE AMOUNT OF BONDS WE WOULD ISSUE, SKOL BONDS FOR THE VOTERS TO CONSIDER AND THEREFORE THEN TO SELL IN EACH GIVEN YEAR BECAUSE THAT AFFECTING THE COUNTY'S AAA BOND RATING, WHICH ALSO IMPACTS ALL OF OUR FISCAL OPERATIONS WITHIN

150THE COUNTY. AND SO MS. QUINN, I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU MR. SMITH AND OTHERS, I KNOW WE ARE WORKING REAL HARD TO GET THAT INFORMATION FROM THE COUNTY. AND I DID SEE THE CHART. BUT I GUESS WHAT I WANTED TO GET JUST A QUICK IDEA BECAUSE THE THERE 59 MILLION THAT MR. McELVEEN IS BRINGING FORWARD IS A SLIGHTLY HIGHER NUMBER THAN WHAT WE HAVE SEEN SO FAR. TO QUESTION ONE, IF THE BOARD WERE TO SUPPORT $59 MILLION MORE ADDITIONALLY IN EACH GIVEN YEAR, IS THAT STILL WITHIN THE DEBT CEILING THAT THE COUNTY HAS COMMUNICATED TO US, IT WOULDN'T AFFECT OUR AAA BOND RATING? THAT IS CORRECT. $59 MILLION WILL STILL STAY WITHIN THE RATIO OF GUIDELINES THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS HAVE SET. I CAN'T SAY WHETHER OR NOT A AAA BOND RATING WOULD BE AFFECTED. THAT

151WOULD BE DETERMINED BY THE CREDIT AGENCIES. SURE. I THINK YOU HAVE GIVEN US A STATISTIC, THE GUIDANCE FROM THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS IS KEEP IT WITHIN 3%, OTHERWISE IF YOU GO ABOVE IT, IT GOES ABOVE YOUR DEBT CEILING. WE ARE 1.9%. SO THAT IS CORRECT. FOR 1.19 I BELIEVE. THAT WAS THE ESTIMATE FOR 2018. THAT IS ONE OF THE FIRST RATIOS, SO WE ARE WELL BELOW THE 3% AND I DON'T THINK WE ARE GOING TO GET ANYWHERE CLOSE TO REACHING THE 3%. THE OTHER RATIO IS ENSURING YOUR DEBT SERVICE PAYMENTS ARE NOT EXCEEDS 10% OF THE COUNTY'S TOTAL DISBURSEMENTS. THAT IS WHERE IT IS MUCH CLOSER TO THAT CEILING. OKAY. THAT IS YOUR AFFORDABILITY OF THE DEBT SERVICE PAYMENTS. WE HAVE TWO AMENDMENTS, ONE FOR $50 MILLION AND ONE FOR $59 MILLION. DO BOTH FALL

152WITHIN THE DEBT SERVICE REQUIREMENT LIMITS THE SUPERVISORS HAVE INDICATED -- MS. McLAUGHLIN, BEFORE YOU GO FORWARD, I WOULD LIKE TO ASK THE MAKER OF THE MOTION A CORRECTION. IS IT $59 MILLION AND AN ADDITIONAL $59 MILLION? THAT IS CORRECT. A TOTAL INCREASE OF $118 MILLION. YOU WANT IT TO BE $118 MILLION PER YEAR? NO. IT TO THE BONDISH -- ISSUENCE. WOULDN'T THAT BECOME THE NEW NORM, $59 MILLION? NO THE SECOND HERE IS $118 MILLION. OKAY. SO, RIGHT. BUT WE ISSUE OUR BOND, WE VOTE ON THE BONDS EVERY TWO YEARS. SO RIGHT NOW IT IS AT 305. RIGHT? THAT THE VOTERS VOTE ON AND EACH YEAR THEY GIVE US HALF OF THE ISSUANCES, $155. THE BOND REFERENDUM VARIES BASED ON OUR NEEDS. SO THAT COULD RANGE ANYWHERE FROM 300 TO 375, I THINK WE HAVE BEEN

153PREVIOUSLY. THE $155 MILLION IS A CAP REGARDLESS -- WHATEVER BOND -- RIGHT. SO WHATEVER THE BOND THE VOTERS WILL GIVE US, IT IS NOT AN EQUAL DISBURSEMENT FOR THE NEXT TWO YEARS THEN. THAT IS CORRECT. SO I GUESS GOING TO THEN WHAT MR. McELVEEN HAS OUTLINED IS IF IT IS $59 MILLION THE FIST YEAR, THEN YOU LAYER THAT ON TO THE FOLLOWING YEAR AND THIS IS -- I'M JUST GOING TO SAY IT TO EVERYBODY HERE TONIGHT, IT IS AMONG OUR COLLEAGUES, BUT I KNOW WE HAVE THE PUBLIC WATCHING. IN THEORY, I THINK ALL 12 OF US BELIEVE THIS IS IMPORTANT. WE CANNOT KEEP THE STATUS QUO OF WHAT OUR FUNDING IS RIGHT NOW ON THE C.I.P. I WAS TALKING TO CATHY SMITH EARLIER TODAY, THIS IS A NUMBER THAT GOT SET 10, 12 YEARS AGO.

154TO KEEP THIS NUMBER THE SAME IS TOTALLY UNACCEPTABLE. BUT ONE OF THE THINGS I SAID AND OTHERS DID AS WELL, WE WANTED TO HAVE AN ACCURATE AND RESPONSIBILITY REQUEST SO WE DIDN'T HAVE THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS NECESSARILY SAYING TO US WELL, THAT IS NICE, YOU ARE NOT THE TAXING AUTHORITY. YOU ARE NOT THE ONES WHO HAVE TO MAKE THE FISCAL DECISION. YOU HAD YOUR SANTA CLAUS WISH LIST AND WE HAVE TO BAT YOU DOWN AND TELL YOU WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE TO BE FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE AND YOU DON'T KNOW YOUR NUMBERS. I'M ASKING THESE QUESTIONS BECAUSE I FELT IT IS IMPORTANT THAT IDEALLY WHAT WE PUT FORWARD IN THIS AMENDMENT IS AT LEAST WHAT WE SAY TO THE SUPERVISOR, WE UNDERSTAND WHAT THE DEET CEILING AND DEBT SERVICE RIRLT IS, WE THINK IT IS A PRUDENT

155REQUEST TO PUT IN THERE AND IT IS IMPORTANT TO CONSIDER THIS IN THE NEEDS OF OUR STUDENTS. SO PART TWO OF THIS QUESTION HAD BEEN THAT YOUR -- I REMEMBER, MS. QUINN, YOU SAID, IF WE GO BY $59 MILLION, THE IMPACT ON THE DEBT SERVICE REQUIRED IS GOING TO BE 10%. $5.9 MILLION MORE. WHERE I WANT TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY UNDERSTANDS WE ARE GOING TO THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AND SAYING WHILE WE HAVE A TIGHT BUDGET AND THAT DEBT SERVICE REQUIREMENT COMES OUT OF THE GENERAL FUND, THE SUPERVISOR WILL SAY TO US, WE ARE TRYING TO DEAL WITH EMPLOYEE COMPENSATION, OTHER COUNTY VITAL SERVICES, FINDING ANOTHER $6 MILLION CAN STILL BE A CHALLENGE. IT IS NOT THAT WE CAN'T DO IT, BUT THE CHALLENGE IS THERE. AND SO WHAT I DON'T KNOW SINCE WE DIDN'T

156RUN THROUGH THE MATH, WITH MR. McELVEEN'S PROPOSAL, IT IS GOING TO BE $5.9 MILLION THE FIRST YEAR, BUT WE PUT ON $12 MILLION THE FOLLOWING YEAR. I MEAN, WE WILL BE FACED WITH THAT QUESTION FROM THE SUPERVISORS WHICH IS WE CAN DO THAT FOR YOU, BUT WHERE DO YOU THINK THE $12 MILLION IS GOING TO COME? IT IS COMING OFF 53% TRANSFER RATE. DO WE CUT COUNTY SERVICES, EMPLOYEE COMPENSATION. $12 MILLION HAS TO COME FROM SOMEWHERE. I REALLY WISH WE WERE HAVING ALL OF THIS CONVERSATION NOT AT THE BOARD TABLE WHILE WE ARE ABOUT TO VOTE AND ACT ON THIS. SOME OF US DID SAY AT THE WORK SESSION, NUMBER ONE, COULD WE ASK THE COUNTY, RATHER THAN PROVIDE THIS TO THEM ON FEBRUARY 1, THEIR DEADLINE, COULD WE VOTE ON THIS AT THE SCHOOL

157BOARD NEXT MEETING WHICH IS FEBRUARY 9th. THAT WOULD HAVE GIVEN US TIME TO MAYBE GET MORE INFORMATION ON THIS ONE. BUT DID ANYONE EVER ASK IF WE COULD HAVE DELAYED OUR REQUEST TO FEBRUARY 9th? THAT WAS SOMETHING WE ASKED SUPERINTENDENT BBRABRAND. WE DID INQUIRE WITH THE COUNTY. THEY SAID BECAUSE IT HAS TO GET INCORPORATED IN THE C.I.P. DOCUMENT THEY WOULD PREFER US TO SUBMIT FEBRUARY 1. OKAY. SO THAT POINT THEN THIS IS GOING TO BE WHAT IT IS. I GUESS WHAT I'M STRUGGLING WITH IS MR. MOON ALSO NOTIFIED ALL OF US ON THE BOARD WHEN HE GOT SOME INFORMATION JUST YESTERDAY EVENING THAT A $25 MILLION ASK WAS GOING TO BE ALSO IN CONSIDERATION. THAT WOULD BE A DEBT SERVICE REQUIREMENT ABOUT $2.5 MILLION. AND THAT ONE, TO ME, SEEMED MORE REALISTIC IN TERMS OF

158WHAT OUR FISCAL LANDSCAPE IS HERE IN THE COUNTY. SO MR. McELVEEN, I REALLY APPRECIATE AGAIN AND OTHERS WHO HAVE SAID, OUR JOB IS TO ADVOCATE WHAT OUR NEED IS. AND THEY CAN END UP TELLING US WE APPRECIATE YOUR NEED. THIS IS ALL WE CAN AFFORD. SO FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE LISTENING PATIENTLY WHILE I ASKED A LOT OF QUESTIONS AND TO MY COLLEAGUES, PLEASE KNOW IT IS -- I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE PUT OUR BEST FOOT FORWARD AND IT MIGHT BE THAT IN LIGHT OF THE TIMING I'M JUST GOING TO GO AHEAD AND GO WITH I'LL TELL YOU WHAT WE NEED AND THE SUPERVISOR CAN TELL US WHAT WE CAN AFFORD. THIS IS A HARDER ONE THAN JUST WHAT WE KNOW WE WANT TO BE DOING FOR OUR SYSTEM. MS. QUINN, THE

159FINAL QUESTION, BECAUSE THIS WAS BROUGHT UP TO ME BY ONE OF THE SUPERVISORS. THIS IS WHERE WE ARE GOING TO NEED A LOT OF COUNTY DIALOGUE. THE SUPERVISORS HAVE BEEN TOLD BY COUNTY OFFICIALS THAT WE ARE NOT SPENDING OUR BOND ALLOCATION FUNDS. AND SO THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY WE WANT MORE MONEY BECAUSE WE ARE NOT SPENDING IT. MR. SNEAD, DO YOU HAVE ANY INSIGHT WHY COUNTY STAFF WOULD BE SAYING WHY INCREASE THEIR BOND FUNDS WHEN THEY ARE NOT SPENDING IT? IN OTHER WORDS THEY ARE SAYING WE ARE LEAVING MONEY ON THE TABLE IN ANY GIVEN YEAR SO WHY IS THERE MORE MONEY NEEDED? IF IT IS NOT YOU MR. SNEAD, I APOLOGIZE, MAYBE MS. QUINN. IT CAUGHT ME OFFGUARD AND THE SUPERVISOR. THEY WANT TO BE SUPPORTIVE OF GETTING KIDS OUT OF TRAILERS. TWLEN IS

160CROSS INFORMATION, WE ARE ASKING OF MONEY BUT YOU ARE ACCUSING US OF NOT SPENDING IT. $455 MILLION IS ALLOCATED EACH YEAR. I DO BELIEVE SEVERAL YEARS BACK WE DID HAVE A PORTION OF THE ENDING BALANCE THAT WAS GREATER THAN WHERE WE WANTED TO BE. THAT HAD TO DO WITH EXTENUATING CIRCUMSTANCES, TIMING ISSUES WITH PERMITS. IT IS NOT THAT WE COULDN'T SPEND THE MONEY, WE DIDN'T HAVE THE ABILITY TO MOVE FORWARD WITH OUR CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS. SO ANY TIME AT THE END OF THE YEAR WHERE YOU HAVE THAT TIMING DIFFERENCE, WE WILL HAVE A LITTLE OF THE AVAILABLE BALANCE. IT IS NOT THAT WE ARE SPENDING THE MONEY. IT IS TIMING OF WHEN THE WORK IS BEING COMPLETED AND THE MONEY IS GOING OUT THE DOOR. I WANTED TO RAISE THAT BECAUSE IT IS SOMETHING OUR COLLEAGUES

161ON THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS MAY BE ASKING US AFTER WE PASS THIS TONIGHT. IT IS REALLY IMPORTANT FOR US TO HAVE THAT STRONG EXPLANATION BECAUSE THERE'S NO DOUBT THAT THIS BOARD AND OUR DEDICATED STAFF ARE ALL VERY TROUBLED BY HOW MANY TRAILERS WE HAVE OUR STUDENTS BEING EDUCATED IN I DON'T REMEMBER WHICH COLLEAGUE IT WAS BUT SOMEONE BRILLIANTLY SAID AT THE MEETING, HOW MANY COUNTY SERVICES ARE BEING OFFERED IN TRAILERS? I MEAN, WE DON'T HAVE COUNTY SERVICES TO OUR CITIZENS BEING DONE IN TRAILERS. THEY ARE IN BUILDINGS. WE ARE DELIVERING EDUCATIONAL SERVICES IN TRAILERS. AND IT HAS BECOME AN ACCEPTED NORM AND IT SHOULDN'T BE. I WANT TO THANK MY COLLEAGUES FOR THEIR INTENT WITH ALL OF THESE THINGS. I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO LISTENING TO WHAT ALL THE REST OF YOU DECIDE TO DO. I

162CAN SEE THE MERIT OF BOTH OF THEM. I JUST WOULD LIKE FOR US TO LOOK GOOD. MS. PALCHIK. YES. THANK YOU. AND MS. McLAUGHLIN, YOU JUST MADE ME THINK OF AN IMPORTANT THOUGHT, OUR ROLE HERE ON THE SCHOOL BOARD, OUR CHILDREN ARE OUR MOST IMPORTANT CONSTITUENTS CANNOT VOTE AND THEY ARE IN TRAILERS. I DO THINK THAT IS WHY WE ARE HERE TO ADVOCATE FOR THEM. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU KNOW MR. McELVEEN, BUT BEHIND US ARE 19 TRAILER CLASSROOMS IN THE BLACK TOP PARKING LOT THAT ALMOST COVERS THE TENNIS COURTS. I THINK IT IS CRITICAL. I DID TELL MR. MOON I WOULD SUPPORT HIS MOTION, BUT WOULD PREFER TO SUPPORT A MOTION THAT SHOWED THE FULL AMOUNT, WHICH IS WHY I WILL SUPPORT THIS AMENDMENT. I HAVE HAD PARENTS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS WONDERING AND CONFUSED

163AND ASKING WHAT OUR DELTA IS OF WHAT WE ARE RECEIVING AND WHAT THE NEEDS ARE FOR THE COMMUNITY. I THINK WE SAW AT OUR WORK SESSION ON MONDAY, THOSE ON THE BOARD WERE CONFUSED AND WANTED THAT NUMBER. IT IS IMPORTANT FOR US TO SHARE THAT. THE COUNTIES THAT SERVICE, I THANK YOU MS. McLAUGHLIN FOR BRINGING THAT FORWARD. THAT IS OUT OF OUR CONTROL AND OUR PURVIEW. IT IS IMPORTANT TO BE EDUCATED ON THAT, BUT I THINK WE NEED TO BE CLEAR AS TO WHAT THE NEED IS. MR. McELVEEN SAID, PEOPLE THINK WHEN THEY ARE VOTING IN THE BOND WE ARE BEING FULLY FUNDED FOR FACILITIES USED SO OFTEN BY THE COMMUNITIES AND THEY ARE NOT. I THINK IT IS CRITICAL TO SHARE THAT. I HOPE THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS REALIZES THIS IS US TRYING TO

164BE CLEAR AND GIVE AN EXACT NUMBER OF WHAT HAS BEEN CALCULATED AND NOT TRYING TO GUESS IN THEIR MINDS WHAT IS GOING TO BE THE BEST WAY TO NEGOTIATE AND ENSURE WE GET THE AMOUNT THAT IS NEEDED. I HOPE THEY REALIZE THIS IS US SAYING THIS IS THE NEED. AS THE FUNDING BODY, PLEASE WORK WITH OUR STAFF. I THINK THAT IS WHAT IS NEXT. I REALLY DO HOPE AND I KNOW DR. BRABRAND IS MEETING WITH THE NEW COUNTY EXECUTIVE AND THAT LAB COLLABORATION IS NEEDED FROM THE TOP DOWN. OUR BUDGET STAFF HAVE BEGUN TO WORK TOGETHER AND AS MS. EVANS AND I SIT IN THE MEETINGS WHERE THE PLANNING COMMISSION, I THINK WE ARE TRYING TO SEE WAYS THAT WE ENSURE BOTH SIDES OF THE COUNTY AND THE SCHOOLS ARE ENSURING THAT OUR FACILITIES STAFF

165AND BUDGET ARE ALSO WORKING IN COLLABORATION. I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT. I DON'T KNOW IF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS WILL SAY YES TO THIS. I THINK WE NEED TO KNOW AND THEY NEED TO ONO WHERE THE NEED IS. NOT JUST IN RENOVATIONS, BUT WE ARE FALLING SO FAR BEHIND IN OUR MAINTENANCE. IT IS CRITICAL. I HOPE OUR COLLEAGUES WILL SUPPORT THIS. IF THIS DOES NOT PASS, I WILL NOT SPEAK TO IT, BUT I WILL BE SUPPORTING THE MAIN AMENDMENT BUT I DO HOPE THAT WE HAVE A CLEAR MESSAGE AND SHOW THE WORK OUR STAFF HAS DONE TO CALCULATE THE TRUE NEED OF OUR BUILDINGS. WHEN I WAS IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, I BELIEVE THERE WAS MAYBE ONE TRAILER FOR THE SIXTH GRADE. NOW THERE IS A PRETTY PERMANENT LOOKING MODULAR IN THE BACK THERE. WE HAD

166A FOUR-HOUR WORK SESSION. ALL OF US ARE QUITE PASSIONATE ABOUT WHAT IS HAPPENING IN OUR SCHOOLS. WHEN WE LOOK AT CAPACITY, WE DON'T COUNT OUR TRAILERS. WE HAVE ASKED STAFF TO LOOK AT THAT. MS. PALCHIK, I CAN PROBABLY ANSWER YOUR QUESTION. I WAS CHUCKLING OVER HERE. I DON'T THINK THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS WILL FUND THIS, BUT I DON'T THINK THAT WE AS A BOARD CAN CONTINUE TO PRETEND THAT THIS NEED DOESN'T EXIST. HOW MANY OF THE COUNTY STAFF OR EMPLOYEES ARE WORKING OUT OF TRAILERS AND WE ARE TEACHING OUR CHILDREN IN TRAILERS. AND WE HAVE TO AT SOME POINT BE REAL ABOUT WHERE WE ARE. WE HAVE GROWING POPULATIONS. I HAVE SOME FACILITIES AND I KNOW THE ONE WE DEALT WITH MOST RECENTLY, WE WERE ABLE TO DEAL WITH IT EFFECTIVELY. THE BAILEY'S CROSSROADS. THERE

167WERE NO MORE PLACES FOR TRAILERS ON THAT PROPERTY. THERE JUST WEREN'T. WE DID INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS. SO IN ORDER TO BE REAL ABOUT EDUCATING OUR CHILDREN IN OPTIMUM SURROUNDINGS, I THINK WE NEED TO ASK FOR WHAT WILL ADDRESS THE TRAILERS, WHAT WILL ADDRESS THE MODULARS AND WHAT WILL MEET OUR NEEDS IN A 25-YEAR CYCLE. I'M NOT OPTIMISTIC ABOUT GETTING IT. BUT I THINK THIS NUMBER HAS TO BE OUT THERE. IT IS REAL AND WE CAN WORK GRADUALLY TOWARDS ACHIEVING THIS GOAL BY WORKING TOGETHER. THANK YOU, STAFF, FOR YOUR HARD WORK ON THIS, YOUR HONEST HANSS ON IT. WE APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. I HAVE A QUESTION FROM MS. QUINN. WHAT IS THE DEBT SERVICE ON, I THINK THEY DO IT BY A PER $10 MILLION OR $100 MILLION BY THE COUNTY? WHAT IS THE COST, BASICALLY

168THE COST OF MONEY? BECAUSE THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS HAS TO PICK THAT UP AND BUILD THAT INTO THEIR OPERATING. THE DEBT SERVICE ENDS UP BEING APPROXIMATELY 10% IN THE INITIAL YEARS OF THE AMOUNT THAT YOU ARE BORROWING. IF YOU ARE BORROWING AN ADDITIONAL $25 MILLION, THE DEBT SERVICE IN THE BEGINNING YEARS IS $2.5 MILLION INITIALLY FOR PLANNING PURPOSES. SO IT IS ONE TO 10. FOR EVERY $10 MILLION, WE ARE ADDING $1 MILLION IN OPERATING MONEYS OFF THE TOP. RIGHT. SO THIS IS THE BALANCE OF FINDING THE SWEET SPOT AND I ADVOCATED PRETTY, I THOUGHT PASSIONATELY, WE NEED MORE MONEY. NOT EVERYTHING NEEDS MORE MONEY, BUT SOMETIMES YOU NEED MORE MONEY. BUT THE PROBLEM IS THAT YOU CAN GO OVERBOARD BECAUSE IF IN ORDER TO MAKE MONEY YOU HAVE TO SPEND MONEY. I MEAN, WE COULD

169GO BROKE ON THE OPERATIONS SIDE WITH BONDS. SO ON THE PREVIOUS MOTION, I THINK THERE IS SOME CLARITY, THERE IS SOME CONCISE MESSAGING, IT IS ESTABLISHING SORT OF A WEIGH STATION BETWEEN WHERE WE ARE AND WHERE WE WANT TO BE. I THINK AND I HAVE SEEN WITH OUR COLLEAGUES ON THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, IN DAYS OF YORE IN A BUDGET CYCLE WHERE WE COME IN AND SAY, WELL, IT IS WHAT WE NEED. WELL, THEY SAY, YOU CAN'T HAVE IT. THAT IS WHAT WE NEED. YOU CAN'T HAVE IT. WHAT HAPPENS IS YOU CAN SAY WHAT YOU NEED BUT IF YOU FUNDAMENTALLY KNOW THAT THAT IS GOING TO NOT BE IN THE REALM OF -- NOT ONLY IN THE REALM OF A POSSIBILITY, IT IS SO FAR, IT IS NOT IN LEFT FIELD, IT IS NOT OVER

170THE MONSTER GREEN WALL. IT IS NOT THE PARKING LOT. YOU ARE IN A DIFFERENT STATE. AND THE PROBLEM WITH AN AMENDMENT LIKE THIS, I THINK IT IS SO DIVORCED FROM THE POTENTIAL TO EVER HAPPEN THAT IT SORT OF UNDOES WHAT I THINK WE ARE VERY STRATEGICALLY AND CAREFULLY TRYING TO DO. I THINK WE ARE AT A UNIQUE MOMENT IN TIME WITH A NEW COUNTY EXECUTIVE, WITH A NEWISH -- I TOLD HIM THE NEW CAR SMELL WAS OFF, A NEWISH SUPERINTENDENT AND I THINK WE ARE IN A HEALTHY PLACE WITH THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS. I THINK YOU CAN OVERSHOOT. IT I THINK THIS AMENDMENT DOES. AND I THINK ULTIMATELY WILL UNDERMINE WHAT I THINK IS A VERY SERIOUS AND REALITY-BASED CONVERSATION WHERE WE CAN GET SOME TRACTION AND SOME MOMENTUM TO CHANGE THE CONVERSATION. BUT I

171THINK IF, EVEN IF IT IS DREAMING, IT CAN COME OFF TO BE PREPOSTEROUS. I DON'T WANT TO ADD ANYTHING TO THE MIX RIGHT NOW THAT WILL PREVENT IT FROM GELLING. AND I DO FEEL LIKE WE ARE ON THE PRECIPICE OR AT LEAST WE ARE GETTING CLOSE TO THE PRECIPICE OF BUILDING A MORE HELPFUL DISCUSSION WITH THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS THAT IS NOT FANTASY BECAUSED BUT FACT BASED. I THINK THE PRIOR AMENDMENT IS GOING TO DO US GOOD. I'M NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO SUPPORT THIS WHEN YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT, I MEAN, REALLY, IN A SUCCESSIVE BOND CYCLE, $273 MILLION A YEAR, $546 MILLION BONDS. DO YOU THINK YOU ARE ABLE TO GO TO THE PUBLIC AND YOU ARE NOW TALKING $500 MILLION? I THINK WE NEED TO SCALE APPROPRIATELY THE AMENDMENT TO THE CONVERSATION

172AND THE PARTIES INVOLVED TO ADVANCE THE BALL. I THINK WE HAVE TO KEEP OUR EYES ON THE PRIZE. I DON'T BELIEVE THIS AMENDMENT DOES THAT. MS. CORBETT SANDERS. THANK YOU. AND THANK YOU, STAFF, FOR ALL OF YOUR HARD WORK. I KNOW THAT THIS CAME OUT AS A RESULT OF THE INTENSE CONVERSATION WE HAD ON MONDAY WITH THE C.I.P. WORK SESSION. AND ONE OF THE PIECES THAT WE TALKED ABOUT AT THAT WORK SESSION WAS THE IMPORTANCE OF ACTUALLY HAVING A PLAN TO GET RID OF ALL OF THE TRAILERS THAT SIT BEHIND ALL OF OUR SCHOOLS. AND THAT WAS A PLAN THAT WE'VE BEEN REALLY WORKING TOWARDS HAVING DONE. I KNOW THAT WE ORIGINALLY THOUGHT WE WOULD HAVE SOMETHING LAST JULY BUT AS A RESULT OF SOME OF THE CHANGES GOING ON, WE HAVEN'T GOTTEN TO THE

173POINT WHERE WE HAVE A FULLY FLESHED OUT PLAN. WE DO RECOGNIZE THERE IS A CHALLENGE AND NONE OF US WANT OUR KIDS TO SPEND THEIR WHOLE LIFE IN TRAILERS FOR THEIR WHOLE EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCE IN FAIRFAX COUNTY IN TRAILERS. I ALSO AM GLAD THAT MRS. EVANS MENTIONED THE MODULARS. WHAT PEOPLE FAIL TO REALIZE WHEN WE LOOK AT OUR CAPACITY FOR OUR SCHOOLS IS THAT WE ONLY LOOK AT THE CAPACITY IN THE BUILDING AND THE CAPACITY PROVIDED BY MODULARS. THERE ARE ONLY TWO MODULARS IN FAIRFAX COUNTY THAT ARE ACTUALLY BRICKS AND MORTAR MODULARS. ALL THE REST OF THEM ARE WHAT I CALL SUPER SIZED TRAILERS THAT DO HAVE SOME TOILETS IN THEM, BUT THAT IS THE EXTENT. THE OTHER PART OF STUDENTS GOING TO SCHOOL IN MODULARS, THEY THEN WALK OUTSIDE TO GET INTO THE SCHOOL BUILDING

174FOR ACCESS TO THE GYM, INTO THE CAFETERIA. WE HAVE ASKED STAFF AND THEY ARE GOING TO COME BACK AND MODIFY THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN CAPACITY NUMBERS TO BE MORE REALISTIC BY TAKING INTO ACCOUNT WHAT THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS THAT ACTUALLY ATTEND SCHOOL IN MODULARS VERSUS IN TRAILERS. BECAUSE THE CURRENT PLAN DOES NOT TRULY REFLECT WHAT THE CAPACITY NEEDS ARE OF THE COUNTY. HAVING SAID THAT, WHAT WE DO HAVE HERE IS CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM, WHICH IS ESSENTIALLY OUR PLAN OF ACTION FOR SATISFYING THE NEEDS OF OUR SYSTEM OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS. AND THAT INCLUDES CASH FLOW ANALYSIS AS WELL AS THE WORK FLOW WHICH INCLUDES STARTING WITH THE PLANNING PROCESS AND THEN GOING INTO A PERMITTING PROCESS AND THE BUILDING PROCESS. I DO WORRY THAT BY FRONT LOADING THAT PROCESS IN THE BONDING THAT WE

175WILL NOT BE ABLE TO ACTUALLY ACCOMPLISH IT BECAUSE OF RESOURCES WITHIN THE SCHOOL SYSTEM, BECAUSE IT DOES TAKE QUITE A BIT. AND SO THAT IS ONE PIECE OF IT. THE SECOND PIECE OF IT IS ON DEBT SERVICE. THE COST OF DEBT. THAT DOES COME OUT OF OUR OPERATING FUNDS. AND THE DEBT SERVICE IS DRIN BY THE INTEREST RATE. -- DRIVEN BY THE INTEREST RATE. WE HAVE HAD GOOD SUCCESS WITH THE INTEREST RATE AND SELLING OUR BONDS AND OUR DEBT SERVICE IS RELATIVELY LOW. THERE ARE EXPECTATIONS THAT THE LOW INTEREST RATES THAT WE HAVE EXPERIENCED FOR MANY, MANY YEARS ARE LIKELY TO INCREASE. THEREFORE, OUR DEBT SERVICE IS LIKELY TO INCREASE. IS THAT CORRECT? YES. INTEREST RATES RISE, YOUR DEBT SERVICE PAYMENTS WOULD RISE. AND SO THE NUMBERS THAT WERE PROVIDED TO US WITH THE EXISTING

176DEBT SERVICE FOR WHAT THE COUNTY ALREADY OWES ARE IN THE EIGHT PLUS PERCENTAGE, CORRECT? IT IS CURRENTLY 8.6. WE ARE ASKING TO ACTUALLY INCREASE THE DEBT SERVICE. WE KNOW THE DEBT SERVICE WILL HAVE AN IMPACT ON OUR AAA RATING. CORRECT? POSSIBLY. SO THERE IS THAT IMPACT. WE HAVEN'T INTEGRATED INTO THE C.I.P. OF FRONT LOADING IT. FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, THE FIRST AMENDMENT PUT ON THE TABLE BY MS. EVANS IS ONE THAT DOES TAKE INTO ACCOUNT WHAT WE ALREADY BUILT INTO OUR PLAN AND THAT WE ARE ABLE TO -- WE WOULD BE ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH AND WE KNOW WHAT THE IMPACT WOULD BE. AND SO I'M VERY HAPPY TO SUPPORT THAT ONE. ASPIRATIONALLY, I THINK MR. McELVEEN, YOU ARE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT. WE SHOULD PUT SOMETHING ON THE TABLE THAT SAYS THIS IS THE -- THIS IS WHAT

177OUR REAL NEED IS. BUT I THINK THAT IS A DIFFERENT STATE THAN PUTTING OUT A CALL FOR BURDENING THE -- CHANGING WHAT THE REAL REQUEST IS FOR OUR BONDS. AND SO AT THIS POINT AS MUCH AS I WOULD LOVE TO PUT A MARKER ON THE TABLE AND SAY THIS IS WHAT IT IS GOING TO COST REAL TIME, I DON'T THINK WE HAVE ENOUGH DATA ON THE TABLE. I DON'T THINK WE BUILT IT INTO OUR C.I.P., WE DON'T HAVE THAT PLAN WITH THE SCHEDULE OF HOW WE COULD ACTUALLY ACCOMPLISH IT SO I DON'T FEEL COMFORTABLE SUPPORTING IT AT THIS POINT. THANK YOU. MS. EVANS. YES, THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I WANT TO SAY I THINK MR. McELVEEN MAKES A VERY PERSUASIVE ARGUMENT WHEN HE TALKS ABOUT ASKING FOR OUR ACTUAL NEEDS. AND WHAT HE HAS OUTLINED

178HERE, THESE ARE OUR ACTUAL NEEDS. I THINK WHAT WE -- WHAT I'M STRUGGLING WITH HERE IS IF WE PASS THIS AMENDMENT, WE WOULD BE MAKING A VERY BOLD STATEMENT ABOUT OUR NEEDS. THE OTHER AMENDMENT IS SOMETHING OF A DIFFERENT APPROACH. IT WOULD BE THE, FRANKLY, MORE REALISTIC REQUEST -- I THINK MS. McLAUGHLIN USED THE WORD PRUDENT, THAT MIGHT GET REAL SERIOUS CONSIDERATION AND DELIBERATION. SO I THINK WE ARE IN SOME WAYS TALKING ABOUT TWO DIFFERENT THINGS. MY REAL PREFERENCE WOULD HAVE BEEN, IF WE HAD THE TIME BETWEEN OUR WORK SESSION AND TODAY, TO SOMEHOW COMBINE THOSE TWO THOUGHTS THAT THIS IS OUR ACTUAL NEEDS. OUR NEEDS ARE VERY GREAT AND IF WE ARE REALLY GOING TO BUILD WHAT WE NEED AND RENOVATE WHAT WE NEED, THIS IS WHAT IT WOULD TAKE. BUT AT THE SAME

179TIME, WE MIGHT NEED TO DEAL WITH THIS A LITTLE BIT MORE GRADUALLY. SO I THINK IN TERMS OF, IT WOULD BE TWO DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS, REALLY. IT IS NOT THE SAME THING AS MS. CORBETT SANDERS SAID. THIS IS ASPIRATIONAL, WHICH IS, IT'S -- WE NEED TO SOMEWHERE MAKE THIS STATEMENT THAT AT THE SAME TIME WE NEED TO MAKE A REQUEST THAT -- THAT CAN GET SOME SERIOUS CONSIDERATION AS WELL. I'M TORN ON THIS, AS I SAY. WHICH APPROACH IS BETTER AT THIS POINT. I'M GOING TO CONTINUE TO LISTEN TO WHAT MY COLLEAGUES HAVE TO SAY. AS I SAY, IF I HAD IT TO DO AGAIN, I WOULD PROBABLY SEE IF THERE WAS SOME WAY TO COMBINE THE ASPIRATIONAL WITH THE OTHER REQUEST. THAT WHERE I AM AT THIS POINT. I HOPE OTHERS HAVE MORE THINGS TO

180OFFER TO CLARIFY THEIR POSITIONS. THANK YOU. I WILL SHARE MY THOUGHTS. I DO PREFER THE FIRST AMENDMENT FROM MS. EVANS THAT ASKS FOR A CASH FLOW REQUEST OF $50 MILLION. MR. McELVEEN IS RIGHT. HE STATES THE ASPIRATIONAL GOAL OF WHAT WE REALLY NEED. WE ARE -- IT DOES APPEAR THAT OUR WORKING RELATIONSHIP WITH OUR COLLEAGUES ON THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, NEW SUPERINTENDENT, NEW COUNTY EXECUTIVE, THAT WE MAY MAKE SOME GOOD PROGRESS WITH SOME OF OUR CAPITAL NEEDS, BUT I ALSO BELIEVE THAT OUR ASK HAS TO BE PRUDENT. I WOULD NOT WANT TO OVERPLAY OUR HAND AT THIS POINT. AND THEN AS A RESULT NOT BE TAKEN SERIOUSLY AND PERHAPS NOT BE ABLE TO ADVANCE WHAT IT IS THAT WE REALLY NEED. WE ARE VERY MUCH BEHIND ON OUR CAPITAL PROGRAM, WAY TOO MANY TRAILERS, NOT

181ENOUGH MAINTENANCE AND I DO BELIEVE THAT, AS I SAY, WE SEEM TO BE HAVING THE POSSIBILITY OF A VERY GOOD WORKING RELATIONSHIP WITH OUR FUNDERS. SO I, WHILE MR. McELVEEN, YOU ARE RIGHT IN YOUR ASPIRATIONS AND I VERY MUCH ENJOYED YOUR REMARKS AND THE HISTORY OF IT, BUT I WILL NOT SUPPORT THAT AMENDMENT. I DO BELIEVE THE $50 MILLION INCREASE IS MORE PRUDENT AND WILL BE TAKEN MORE SERIOUSLY BY THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS. ARE THERE ANY OTHER PEOPLE WISHING TO SPEAK? MS. HYNES. I SEE SOME LIGHTS. I DON'T KNOW IF THEY ARE GO BACKS. OKAY. MS. HYNES. YEAH. I WOULD ONLY ADD, I KIND OF FEEL LIKE I UNDERSTAND WHERE EVERYBODY IS ON THIS AND WHY SOME ARE NOT SURE WHAT TO DO. I DO GET IT. I THINK -- I DON'T THINK WHAT WE

182NEED IS ASPIRATIONAL. I THINK ASKING FOR WHAT WE NEED IS PRUDENT AND REALISTIC. I ALSO THINK WHATEVER WE ASK FOR, WE ARE NOT GOING TO GET. RIGHT? I MEAN, THIS IS A BIT OF A NEGOTIATION, RIGHT? SO IF WE ASK FOR LESS THAN HALF OF WHAT WE NEED, WE ARE GOING TO GET LESS THAN LESS THAN HALF OF WHAT WE NEED. IF WE ASK WHAT WE NEED, WE WILL GET WHAT THEY THINK THEY CAN DO. I THINK WE WILL BE CLEAR AND SAY WE UNDERSTAND THEIR CONSTRAINTS, WHAT THEY ARE UP AGAINST. THIS IS THEIR DECISION TO MAKE. I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD GO OUT THERE AND SHAME THE COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS. THEY HAVE TOUGH DECISIONS TO MAKE. I THINK THEY ALSO UNDERSTAND IT IS OUR JOB TO REPRESENT THE SCHOOL SYSTEM AND TO LET

183THEM KNOW WHAT THE SCHOOL SYSTEM NEEDS AND WE DO THAT EVERY YEAR WITH THE OPERATING BUDGET AS BEST WE CAN. I DON'T THINK WE HAVE BEEN DOING IT WITH THE CAPITAL BUDGET AND WE SHOULD START. OKAY. I THINK WE ARE READY FOR A CALL FOR A VOTE. OKAY. MS. McLAUGHLIN. ONE LAST. JUST QUICKLY BECAUSE I APPRECIATE HOW MS. HYNES WAS FRAMING IT. I DON'T THINK IT COMES DOWN TO JUST AS CLEARLY ABOUT ARE WE NEGOTIATING WITH THEM. AND WHAT I DID HEAR AND WHAT HAS BEEN VERY INFLUENTIAL TO ME IS WE KNOW THAT THERE IS A MUCH GREATER NEED THAN WHAT WE HAVE. THE LANGUAGE THAT MR. MOON CRAFTED AND I THINK HE IS NOW WALKED IN, WE HAVEN'T VOTED IN, YOU GET TO COME. BUT THE LANGUAGE HE CRAFTED AND THAT MS. EVANS PRESENTED

184IS NOT ONLY A LITTLE MORE CLEAR ABOUT WHAT WE WOULD BE DOING TO OUR CAPITAL FUND REQUEST, BUT ALSO IMPORTANT IS THAT IF YOU ARE LOOKING AT A REALLY DRAMATIC CHANGE, I THINK BEING ABLE TO SAY NOT JUST TO THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, BUT ALSO TO THE VOTERS, WE HAVE A NEED, WE HAVE A PROBLEM AND RATHER THAN COME WITH A FIGURE THAT REALLY DRAMATICALLY CHANGES WHAT WE HAVE BEEN COMMUNICATING, WITHOUT HAVING THE DIALOGUE WITH OUR COMMUNITY, I THINK THAT THE ORIGINAL REQUEST OF THE $50 MILLION IS A LITTLE MORE CLEAR IN COMMUNICATING WHAT WE WOULD ASK FOR. IT IS ABSOLUTELY A PRUDENT NUMBER. AND MY SENSE IS MR. McELVEEN'S PROPOSAL IS ONE THAT WE, AS A BOARD, ABSOLUTELY SHOULD HAVE MORE IN DEPTH DISCUSSION AND WHAT IS POINTED OUT MR. McELVEEN IS DOING HIS

185BEST WORK BECAUSE THIS ALL CAME ABOUT IN A MONDAY WORK SESSION AND IT IS THURSDAY. I'M NOT AT ALL CRITICIZING MR. McELVEEN FOR TRYING TO HELP DO OUR BEST ACTION. HIS PROPOSAL REQUIRES MUCH MORE DELIBERATION THAN SUPPORTING TONIGHT. I HOPE OUR COLLEAGUES WILL CONSIDER VOTING FOR THE $50 MILLION PROPOSED BY MS. EVANS AND MR. MOON. MS. KEYES-GAMARRA. I'M A LITTLE TORN, ACTUALLY. I AM ALL FOR -- PEOPLE WHO KNOW ME SAY, KAREN IS GOING TO TELL YOU THE TRUTH. I'M ALL FOR REAL NUMBERS. I THINK THAT MR. McELVEEN'S MOTION REPRESENTS THAT. I DO HEAR MY COLLEAGUES WITH RESPECT TO THE NEED TO DISCUSS THIS FURTHER OR THE DESIRE TO DISCUSS IT FURTHER. I THINK WE ARE IN A CROSSROADS AS A BOARD IN TERMS OF MAKING SURE THAT THE QUALITY OF OUR COMMUNICATION WITH STAKEHOLDERS

186IS SOMETHING THAT THEY CAN PUT THEIR TRUST IN. SO I AM TORN. I HAVE MUCH RESPECT FOR MR. McELVEEN AND UNDERSTANDING WHERE HE IS COMING FROM AND I REALLY APPRECIATE HIM SPEAKING SO ELOQUENTLY TONIGHT. BUT I'M JUST WONDERING IF HE WOULD CONSIDER PERHAPS TABLING THIS MOTION NOW OR WHETHER HOW WE WOULD HANDLE THIS SO THAT WE CAN FLESH THESE ISSUES OUT. I WOULD DEFER TO THE CHAIR ON THAT QUESTION. I BELIEVE WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE TABLE. AND USUALLY WITH ROBERT'S RULES AND, YES, I SEE, ONCE IT IS ON THE TABLE, WE NEED TO VOTE. AS YOU KNOW, MADAM CHAIR, I JUST WENT TO MY PARTRY PROCEDURE CLASS AND I'M QUITE SURE THAT IS CONSISTENT WITH WHAT I LEARNED BECAUSE I WAS VERY MUCH PAYING ATTENTION. UNLESS SOMEBODY WANTS TO COME WITH A MOTION

187TO LAY IT ON THE TABLE UNTIL A DATE CERTAIN, BUT OTHERWISE WE MUST PASS THIS C.I.P. TONIGHT. AND PUTTING SOMETHING -- POSTPONING IT TO A DATE CERTAIN -- NO. I MEANT WITH RESPECT TO MR. McELVEEN. YES. I KNOW. OKAY. I'M GOING TO CALL FOR THE VOTE. BECAUSE I AM NOT HEARING ANYTHING ELSE. SO I'M GOING TO CALL FOR THE VOTE. WE NEED TO RESOLVE THIS. MADAM CHAIRMAN. YES MR. MOON. SORRY I JUST WALKED IN A FEW MINUTES AGO. I ACTUALLY WENT ALL THE WAY HOME AND WHEN I GOT A MESSAGE THERE WAS A CERTAIN PLACE IN THE AGENDA, I GOT MY CLOTHES BACK ON AND I WAS THE COUNTY PLANNING COMMISSION FOR A CLIENT MATTER. SO I PUT THE CLOTHES BACK ON, PUT THE TIE ON. SO I'M HERE. SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT HAS

188BEEN SAID AND MY COLLEAGUES DO KNOW THAT I DO NOT USUALLY ENJOE REPEATING WHAT OTHER PEOPLE HAVE ALREADY SAID. THIS IS ALL I'M GOING TO SAY. I APPRECIATE MS. EVANS FOR MAKING MOTION THAT IS ACTUALLY WORKED BETWEEN THE TWO OF US, WORKED TOGETHER. APPRECIATE YOUR COLLABORATION PRESENTING IT. I ALSO WANT TO THANK MRS. SCHULTZ FOR SECONDING MY MOTION. I HAVE HEARD THAT YOU SECONDED IT. MADAM CLERK, YOU ARE GOING TO SEND ME AN E-MAIL THERE WAS A SECOND. THAT IS HOW I KNOW. I'M HERE TO JUST VOTE ON THE MOTIONS. I WILL BE SUPPORTING MY MOTION. WORKED WITH MS. EVANS. THAT IS ALL I'M GOING TO DO TONIGHT AS FAR AS THE C.I.P. IS CONCERNED. OKAY. I AM GOING TO CALL FOR THE VOTE. OH, I'M SORRY. MR. McELVEEN, GO AHEAD. I WILL JUST LEAVE

189EVERYONE WITH ONE LAST THOUGHT. BIG PROBLEMS CALL FOR BOLD SOLUTIONS AND BOLD ADVOCACY. AND I THINK THAT IS WHAT THIS AMENDMENT DOES. I THINK THIS IS WHAT OUR COMMUNITY DESERVES. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. I'M GOING TO CALL FOR THE VOTE ON THE AMENDMENT. WHICH WOULD INCREASE THE CASH FLOW BY $59 MILLION IN FY 2019 AND ADDITIONAL $59 MILLION IN FY 2020. AND THE AGGREGATE WOULD RAISE THE ASK FOR THE CASH FLOW TO $273 MILLION A YEAR BY FY 2020. THAT IS, IN ESSENCE, WHAT THIS MOTION DOES. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THAT AMENDMENT. IT IS PALCHIK, McELVEEN, HYNES, DERENAK KAUFAX, AND KEYES-GAMARRA. THOSE OPPOSED. IS McLAUGHLIN, EVANS, CORBETT SANDERS, STRAUSS, SCHULTZ. CAN SOMEBODY PLEASE TELL ME. AN ABSENTENCE. -- AN ABSTENTION IS MR. MOON. NO. I'M SORRY. MADAM CLERK. THE MOTION FAILS 4-6. IT WAS

1904-6. OKAY. THANK YOU. I WAS HAVING A HARD TIME KEEPING TRACK. NO, NO. IF IT IS 5-5, IT FAILS ON A TIE. Madam chair, I want to thank my colleagues for supporting the motion. Okay. Great. Amendment. I would like to thank all of the staff who worked very hard up until the very last moment to answer everybody's questions. And, I believe that they were answered in detail. So, thank you all very much. Miss Quinn, Mr. Smith, Mr. Sneed, everybody, and then, our wonderful school board office who also had to get everything posted. So very grateful for that. So, we are now back to voting on the CIP as amended. That becomes the main vote. There will be one follow-on motion. We are back to the vote on the CIP. As amended. The main motion. All

191those in favor. As the CIP as proposed. No? I guess not. Miss Evans. McLaughlin, Palchik, sander, Strauss, moon, Hynes, Schultz, Kaufax, Keith. Opposed. Mr. McElveen. Miss Schultz on a follow-up motion. the school board directs the superintendent to continue to work in partnership with county executives to pursue a more proportional distribution of proceeds based on overall square footage of infrastructure and operational use between FCPS and county buildings. Is there a second? Miss Evans, Schultz would like to speak to it. I would. This is, it is really very follow-on concept to many of the discussions that we had. Mr. Sneed is here. But he and Mr. Plattenberg have had many conversations with us about the distribution of the percentage of capital infrastructure managed by the county and the sort of lack of acknowledgment that we have a

192overarching majority of the distribution of capital infrastructure on our side. It is not exactly 60-40. But, we are, for argument sake, it is basically about less percent of the capital infrastructure is on the FCPS side. We only have about 40 percent of the dollars. And, the type of usage of the buildings that I eluded to a little bit in previous comments of the, you know, the mere 24 hour use, between thought only the educational wear and tear on facilities having hundreds, if not thousands of children moving in and out of the facility and stuff, of our employees, in addition to the community use aspects, really presents, I think, a different picture or an opportunity to present a different picture in our conversations with the board of supervisors going forward. I understand that there are definite

193needs on the county side. We need police stations. We need fire stations. We need libraries, although, I do remember somebody said something about our trailers earlier, community services. And, I don't want to reveal when but back in the day, we went to the book mobile. We didn't go to a brick and mortar library. We need all of those services. The wear and tear on our facilities, I think, and the need to educate, you know, getting close to, I mean, we are getting, I think that we are going to see in the not too distant future a 200,000 student population in Fairfax County. There is a need to have productive conversations about the proportionality of the available bond monies. And distribution between the county and our side. I am not saying it has to be even.

194I'm not saying it has to be, you know, the percentages have to match, but it has to be a more reasonable distribution for the overall amount of the facilities that are, that are within our repertoire versus the county and the type of use. And I think that needs to be sort of embedded in the conversations that Dr. Braband has with the county executive and attempt of the follow-on amendment is just to solidify our direction of the board that that is, that is part, that needs to be part of the conversation that Dr. Braband has been, for putting the marker down for us with the public. That would understand and not going away. Tends to be with the county executive and the peers of supervisors. Miss Evans. I'm sorry. I support continuing this conversation. I'm going

195to be brief. Okay. Sorry. I didn't hear. Okay. Miss McLaughlin. Yeah, I, I very much appreciate miss Schultz bringing this motion. I know that you brought it up at the work session. I think that it is important to carry this communication. We talked earlier about miss Hynes amendment where we want to talk about our commitment and our lead on being environmental Stewards. So, you know, I, I do think this would be strong and important direction to come from our board. So I am supportive of the following motion. Seeing no other request to speak, I will also support this follow-on motion. I'll call for the vote. All those in favor of the motion which looks at proportional capital dollars based on square foot and usage. Okay. All right. Is unanimous. McElveen and Hynes, away from the

196table. Okay. I believe we finished our work with capital improvement plans. Okay. So the next item is our consent agenda. Adopted rule, Robert rules apply for consent agenda listing several items for approval by a single motion. Many items listed have gone through board review and documentation has been provided by all board members and the public in advance. Items may be removed prior to the meeting. First item, 6.01, approve the minutes of the January 11, 2018 regular school board meeting. 6.02, appoint individuals to serve on committees as detailed in the agenda item. 6.03, authorize the division superintendent or designee with the school division to negotiate, execute, deliver and administer on behalf of the school board and residential sale agreement with all of the documents with the sale of the house on lot 9, spring village estimates,

197742 foundation way. 6.04, authorize Steven Lockard, superintendent and Marty C. Smith, chief of staff, to execute official documents ring to state, federal and impact aid requiring the division superintendent signature beginning February 1, 2018 due July 31, 2021. 6.05, confirm the appointments an separation force the securities beginning October 1, 2017 ending December 31, 2017. 6.06, confirm the separations for the period beginning December 1, 2017 and ending December 31,2017. 6.07, award the contract of the automatic temperature control system replacement at HALLEY elementary school to the lowest responsive and responsible bidder, services, INC. And authorize the division superintendent or the assistant superintendent, facility transportation services to execute and administer the contract and on behalf of the school board. Any objection to approving the consent agenda? Hearing and seeing no objection, the consent agenda is approved. New business. Following,

198new business items. Not a vote tonight on the items but action scheduled at a future meeting. 7.01, approve the goals premiere workforce report as detailed in the agenda item. 7.02, award the contract for the telescopic bleacher replacement at lake Braddock secondary school to the lowest responsive and responsible bidder. Authorize the division superintendent or the assistant superintendent of facilities an transportation services to execute and administer the contract on behalf of the school board. 7.03, award the contract for the exterior home-side bleacher and press box replacement at Annandale high school to the lowest responsive and responsible bidder and authorize the division superintendent or the assistant superintendent of facilities and transportation services to execute an administer the contract on behalf of the school board. 704, award the contract of rocky run middle school renovation project to the lowest

199and responsive and responsible bidder. Superintendent, Dr. Lockard. Good even, board. If I knew about Dr. Rameys app, we could have a Obi-Wan Kenobi, right here, doing superintendent matters. We'll do that on the list of requested things. I may have to explain that to Mr. Man. He missed that. Anyway, just a couple of quick announcements. Believe it or not, we have reached the end of the second quarter. We are halfway through the school year. So I want to remind everybody, students will not be in school tomorrow or Monday. Those are planned days off for our students. And I know that they are looking forward to a little bit of a break and perhaps some quality time with families. We also know that we have got great opportunity for professional development and time for our teachers over

200the next few days. Also, I want everyone, a reminder, to the public, we have, we'll be holding a public hearing on the budget Monday at 6 o'clock right here at Luther Jackson. Marks the beginning of the budget season. As a reminder, the final budget option is not until may but encourage everyone to stay informed throughout the process and will certainly be additional public hearing opportunities later this winter and spring. Finally, 429FCPS students in grades 7-12 have won 648 awards in the 2018 regional scholastic arts award program. Gold key and silver key artwork will be displayed at northern Virginia community college at the cultural center in Annandale starting Friday February 9 until Thursday March 15 with award ceremony scheduled for Wednesday, February 21. I have personally gone to the community cultural center over the last four

201years. I know that I have seen many school board members there take in, just, just what it is fantastic and incredible artwork by the students. At this, if it is a first for you, put it on your calendar. And you want to make it an annual event. The awards chosen from 4200 submissions and drawings, paintings, print make, photography, ceramic, sculpture, digital art, design, jewelry fashion, film and animation and portfolios. And just a wonderful collection of our student talents here in Fairfax County. Those are my comments. Thank you Dr. Lockard. Miss McLaughlin. In terms of the PEC update, I just wanted to let everyone know that we had a great meeting right before the Monday work session. Where chase Ramey presented to us the, how they want to proceed with the fall 2019-20 calendar preparation. So

202we had a robust discussion among the four PEC members. I just got news from the clerk that the request out of PEC committee was that rather than the superintendent bring us a draft calendar in March, which was something that our, our exuberant superintendent first offered when we were voting on the fall 2018 calendar, it is we thought it was very important to have strong stakeholder engagement including the calendar committee so everybody has checked it out between the superintendent and chairman Strauss and we are going to be able to sort of shift that decision-making so now we are looking at having staff bring us a draft calendar, closer to April and we would be voting on it by mid may at the latest. That we won't run into the budget vote. It enables us to have

203that conversation and it also allows the community to be more involved. The other thing that we talked about was how to make sure that the committee, counter committee, stakeholder, represent our parent community and our families. As well as other key stakeholders interest our faith community in it. And then, we also talked about drafting a survey so staff is going to come up with some questions that we can get the survey out and just kind of the approach of asking people high level themes, not, you know, vote on what you want this counter to look like. Sort of the key issues that, that we know our community wants to see, like pre-labor Day start. Would it be one week versus two? Would we have the two week winter break? You know, the two-hour release versus 3-hour

204release. Things like that. But not to go to too much detail but more just general. So, that was the, from the key focus of PEC and we also talked about citizen participation changes and, there has been some, I think, confusion in the community about what some of the drop changes are. We, we will finish looking at that and bring it to the board at the next work session. But, it is really not any dramatic changes. It is more of just clarity about insuring that people have opportunities to come speak before the board and when we have allowed the substitutions, too often then, it, people who are more familiar with the sign-up process, lock up the spot, literally sometimes within five minutes after it opens at 6 a.m. on Monday. And, then, they are not actually

205intending to speak at all. They are going to plug it in with other people. And so, we felt it is important to kind of have a better process for that. And, then, we also talked about, the video process. Having a little more clarity how that worked for video submission. And, also, just making sure that when people have placards that they are not going to obstruct on people's views. So we will bring that to coming work session. Overall, it was, it was, I think that a productive meeting and, just for clarity with my PEC colleagues, we are really trying to make sure that the meeting is scheduled as we do it right before our Monday work sessions and that time shift can change, in the meeting hour and a half beforehand. We will try to make

206sure that is nice and tight transition. Okay. And then, miss Hynes the report. Yes, ma'am. School board committee met yesterday, the audit committee. We had a report from the auditor general Esther co. We are almost at full staff. That is great. We also have got our report on the status of internal audit engagements and everything is on time. And, also, a report on one, I'm sorry, one business process turnover audit for elementary school which came back squeaky clean. Our next audit committee meeting on 28. Board members, I'll call on miss McLaughlin. Uhm, just really quickly, the senior parent, I wanted to say to the other Fairfax County parents out there, this is a, a Bittersweet time for parents as students have been applying to colleges. One of our flagship schools sent out notices tonight. Some

207families had wonderful news and some families did not. And, I just wanted to extend my appreciation for the fact that all of our students work so hard in this county and one of the most competitive, if the most competitive in all of the commonwealth. We have such amazing students. And, it, one of the things that I want to say to families, I hope that you continue to encourage your children to know they possess so many talents and so many interests. There are so many wonderful universities that your child will ultimately land in a wonderful place where they will thrive and part of parenting is being able to reassure them that sometimes, you think that you might land one place and might end up landing somewhere else. It is so important that they keep that positive

208reassurance of knowing, they should be proud of who they are, the unique qualities. Any university they attend will be fortunate to have them. So, it was something I wanted to make sure that I would emphasize tonight. Miss Palchik. Well, I hope that everyone gets good sleep and rest. It is past many of our bedtimes. I hope that you will join us to share your thoughts on our budget, it is not closed yet. The hearing is on Monday. Please be engaged. This will be another busy season. I hope you join us. The board of supervisors and the general assembly in supporting our schools and the needs of our kids. Thank you. Corbett-sanders. Mr. McElveen. There you are. All right. Miss Corbett Sanders. All right. I want to invite everybody to the Mount Vernon town hall on

209February 3 at Mount Vernon high school. This will be the third town hall that Mr. Storck will be running. He is promising to have another virtual bus tour of the area. We will have those legislators, Mr. Storck and new county executive as well as Dr. Braband there. I just want to say to the kids, who made it halfway through the school year, halfway mark. Happy halfway day. I know grades are coming in and people are stressed. Patients watch your kids. Kids, a bad grade doesn't mean the end of the world. I promise. And, you are going to get through it. But, the best part of looking through, getting through a bad time, honestly, I would like to share, some time I spent recently, several visits to the juvenile detention center. That is a tough place

210to go. People don't think about the fact that children who wind up making, making mistakes and sometimes very, very grave mistakes, go to school. It is a humbling place to be. I'm appreciative for principal shaver and the time he has spent with me. The time that I spent talking with the kids. And, it is just, a wonderful opportunity to see alternative education in really sometimes very dire, even tragic circumstances. But, the hope. You know, art teacher, history teacher, people really dedicated to their craft. But, also, having a heart for dealing kids basically, at the worst time of their lives. And, I actually went to a graduation today. A graduation of one student. So, you know, when we think about a lot of what we are doing, you know, we may think about thousands of students

211in a building. We may think about the, you know, elementary kids and lunch. And you don't think of them filing, single file along with a Counselors. Being walked from class to class and every classroom locked behind them as they d go. It is a different experience. It is a side of FCPS that we don't know about. It is funded by the state. In collaboration with the people doing the juvenile detention side of things. It is a different part. Different part of the county. The beautiful message was, after they are there for a little bit of time, they go back to being kids. Quite often boys, like I have said, in the work particularly that I have said with Ms. McLaughlin, historically, desperately trying to change the discipline practices. I'm going to say, from the very

212first time I visited J.D. C, the population has decreased by almost two-thirds. And, just to see in action the policies that sometimes we feel like we worked so hard to get to, maybe sometimes beating our heads against the brick wall until they were bloody, and, to see it come to fruition, in very real terms. They are doing like a PBIF in jail. This is a whole different world. And, being able to be a part of the policies that we make at this table, sometimes, you know, a little bit messy because watching a hot dog get made but fast forwarding to see it in action. It was heart warming. I really appreciate all of the staff there. That goes on the county side and, and, the school side. And, just keep, you know, kids that might

213not normally be in your thoughts more present. Tamara Kaufax. Yes, I'm looking forward to several school visits in the next few weeks. I'll keep you updated as they come. I have about five or six next week. This week, I met with a great group of volunteers and they are called grand involve. They are a volunteer group of seniors who are looking for what they call on-core careers. What they are doing is, they have first set up a opportunity to work with our title one schools in the Mount Vernon district. Now they are moving on to the Lee district. So, I look forward to working with them. If we have any seniors out there who are looking for an encore career and looking forward to working with children particularly in some of our schools where we

214have needs in the areas of, you know, children who have lots of needs within our families and their personal circumstances, we would love for you to get involved. I'll be putting more information in this, in my newsletter as we move forward. But it was a great opportunity to meet with these people. And, so exciting to see their energy and what they are wanting to do. So thank you so much. Gamarra. I want to thank folks who came out for my office hours an congrats to the folks who made it halfway through the school year and good night. All right. Meeting is adjourned. Thank you.