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NEXT I WOULD LIKE TO CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER. WOULD YOU CALL THE ROLL, PLEASE.
>> THEIR LIFE STREAMED AVAILABLE FOR VIEWING BOARD OF TRUSTEES/ VIDEOS.
THE PARTIES WILL BE AVAILABLE THE DAY AFTER THE BOARD MEETINGS.
THOSE IN ATTENDANCE SHOULD EXPECT THAT THE RECORDINGS WILL CAPTURE ALL ACTIVITY AND DISCUSSIONS BEFORE, DURING AND AFTER THE MEETING. THE BOARD WILL BE GOING INTO
[V. CLOSED SESSION]
CLOSED SESSION TO DISCUSS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 54957 PUBLIC EMPLOYEE DISCIPLINE AND DISMISSAL RELEASE. IS THERE ANYONE HERE IS WISHING TO SPEAK ON THE CLOSE ITEMS? DON'T SEE ANYONE CHRISTINA, DID YOU RECEIVE E COMMENTS FOR THE CLOSED SESSION?>> NO ECONOMIC FOR CLOSED SESSION.
P >> AT THIS TIME TRUSTEES WILL MOVE INTO CLOSED SESSION AND WE WILL
[Items VI & VII]
>> LIKE TO RECONVENE THIS OPEN SESSION AT 6:40PM. 540, SORRY.
5:40 PM. JENNA, WOULD YOU CALL THE ROLE.
>> EVERYONE IS PRESENT. TRUSTEE WOULD YOU LEAD US IN THE FLAG SALUTE?
>> I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS ONE NATION, UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
[VIII. ANNOUNCEMENT OF ACTION TAKEN IN CLOSED SESSION]
>> TONIGHT, THE BOARD IN CLOSED SESSION VOTED 5 TO 0 TO APPROVE.
CLOSED SESSION SOLUTION 31 ? 32 PERSONNEL ACTION AGAINST ONE PERMANENT CERTIFICATED EMPLOYEE. THE BOARD DIRECTED ADMINISTRATION TO SERVE THE EMPLOYEE WITH THE REQUIRED NOTICE. AT THIS POINT, I'M ASKING FOR A
[IX. APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA]
MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE THE AGENDA.[X.a. Board Members]
>> VERY FASCINATING STUDENTS AND I RENTED JAIL IN GLEN HE BEAT ME AT BEST BUY.
THAT'S TWICE IN ONE MONTH. THAT'S IT.
>> CHAPLAIN AND TEACHERS AT DIFFERENT SCHOOLS HAVING EVERYTHING BACK.
>> AGAIN ECHOING START OF SCHOOLS, THANK YOU TO THE DISTRICT FOR BEING NIMBLE STAF . IT'S ALWAYS A LITTLE HECTIC AT THE BEGINNING AND I KNOW THESE ARE WORRISOME TIMES WITH DELTA AND COVID IN A FIRE AND EVERYONE ELSE.
I JUST URGE THE BEST WAY TO KEEP HER STUDENTS WHO ARE TOO YOUNG TO GET VACCINATED SAFE IS FOR ALL THE ADULTS TO GET VACCINATED AND THOMAS IS HOLDING A VACCINATION CLINIC FROM 3 TO 5 PM THIS FRIDAY AT THE DISTRICT OFFICE. JUST TO REMIND PARENTS I'VE BEEN WATCHING THIS A LONG TIME AS A BOARD MEMBER. WE START SCHOOL, PICK UP AND DROP OFF, AT EVERY SITE NO MATTER WHAT WE ARE DOING. IT'S A LITTLE CHAOTIC HOWEVER IT WILL NOT BE IF PARENTS PLEASE BE MINDFUL ON DROP-OFF AND PICKUP PROTOCOL.
GIVE YOURSELF SOME TIME AND I'M GOING TO PLEASE ASK, I DRIVE ON EL PASO A LOT, I SEE NUMEROUS CARS PARKING ON MAJOR ROAD WHEN IT SCHOOLS TO BE LET OUT FOR KIDS TO PICK UP THEIR KIDS, KIDS RUNNING ACROSS THE MEDIAN, SEVERAL COMPLAINTS CARS AT STOP LIGHTS KIDS ARE JUMPING IN THE CARS. PARENTS, PLEASE BE A GOOD EXAMPLE FOR OUR STUDENTS.
I AM AFRAID TO GIVE THAT NOTICE THAT SOME KID HAS BEEN HIT OR A CAR IS BEEN HIT ON EL PASO
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BECAUSE IT'S AN AREA THAT SAYS NO PARKING. AND THEN I JUST WANT TO THANK THE SUPERINTENDENT BEFORE THE BOARD MEETING YOU SENT OUT A MESSAGE TO OUR COMMUNITY.IT WAS THOUGHTFUL AND TRUTHFUL AND THAT THESE ARE DIFFICULT TIMES AND WE NEED TO BE MINDFUL OF THE MENTAL HEALTH OF OUR STAFF, STUDENTS AND PARENTS. PLEASE EVERYONE BE KIND TO EACH OTHER AND I ACTUALLY WANT TO THANK OUR COMMUNITY AND OUR STAFF FOR BEING MINDFUL, FOR BEING KIND IN THIS DIFFICULT TIME WHERE WE MAY NOT ALWAYS AGREE ON HOW TO HANDLE IT BUT I APPRECIATE THIS COMMUNITY KEEPING KIDS SAFETY FIRST IN THE SUPERINTENDENT REMINDER THAT WE HAVE SUPPORTS OUT THERE.
>> AND THE IMPORTANCE OF WEARING A MASK ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU ARE WITH LITTLE ONES.
I LOOK FORWARD TO THIS YEAR. I CAN'T WAIT TO GET UP TO THE SCHOOLS.
I HAVE NOT REQUESTED TO GO TO THE SCHOOLS YET I WANT THE SCHOOL TO HAVE SOME TIME.
I'M EXCITED TO GET OUT THERE AND SEE HOW THE KIDS.
[X.b. Superintendent's Report]
>> THANK YOU PRESIDENT HEREDIA. THREE THINGS TO NOTE BEFORE WE HEADED TO THE MEETING.
FIRST OF ALL, OUR SECOND VISION SURVEY IS OUT THIS MONTH IT COULD BE SIMPLE AS A ONE QUESTION ANSWER JUST MARK THE BOXES IF YOU LIKE. OUR OPTION IS FOR FOLLOW-UP WE HAVE 851 RESPONSES IN A LITTLE OVER 24 HOURS, THAT'S FANTASTIC.
IT'S ONE FORM OF STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT AS WE TAKE A LOOK AT OUR VISION GOALS AND BEGIN WHAT WE ARE CALLING FOR FIVE. THE FIVE-YEAR SUCCESSOR TO OUR CURRENT STRATEGIC PLAN FOR JUNE 2022. LOOK FOR MULTIPLE OPPORTUNITIES TO ENGAGE IN THE SURVEY IS A NICE WEIGHT QUICKLY TO HEAR FROM YOU ON WHICH WORDS MATTER MOST TO OUR COMMUNITY.
WE DID SEND HOME TO MESSAGES TODAY FOR OUR FAMILIES. ONE IN PARTICULAR AS WE ARE BALANCING THE SMOKE AND THE PANDEMIC WE ARE FINDING THEY ARE REALLY NOT GOOD CHOICES BUT CHOICES HAVE TO BE MADE. WE ARE NOT ALONE. MOST OF YOU KNOW THAT CALIFORNIA IS DOING WITH THE SAME ISSUE SOME SCHOOLS IN A NORTHERN CALIFORNIA WAKE UP AND FIND THEY DON'T EVEN HAVE A SCHOOL ANYMORE. SO WE ARE BLESSED THAT WE ARE HERE WE ARE NOT UNCHALLENGED. I WANT EVERYONE TO KNOW WERE DOING ALL WE CAN TO MEET THE NEEDS OF OUR STUDENTS AND CONTINUE OUR OWN HIGH EXPECTATIONS AS A DISTRICT.
OUR BOARD POLICY VP ZERO 100 TALKS IN A PUT IN PLAIN LANGUAGE IT GIVES US PERMISSION TO FOCUS ON CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT AND SOMETIMES FALL FORWARD AND TAKE YOURSELVES BACK UP AND KEEP MOVING FORWARD. THERE WILL BE SOMETIMES THAT WE WILL DO THAT. BECAUSE THERE IS NO PLAYBOOK FOR WHAT WE HAVE BEEN DEALING WITH FOR A YEAR AND 1/2. IT LOOKS LIKE WE'LL BE DEALING WITH FOR SOME TIME TO COME IN THE FUTURE. EVEN WHEN VACCINATIONS ARE MADE AVAILABLE FOR OUR STUDENTS THAT IS NOT GOING TO END THE PANDEMIC. IT IS CLEAR THAT VACCINATION DOES NOT MEAN YOU HAVE A CLEAR AND VISIBLE BUBBLE AND PROTECTION.
WE HAD SOME BREAKTHROUGH CASES IN OUR OWN A DISTRICT, NOT A TON, BUT ENOUGH THAT WERE ABLE TO SEE AND FEEL SOME OF THE THINGS THAT ARE BEING SEEN ON A MEDIA AND HURT ON PODCASTS AND SUCH. WE ALSO TALKED ABOUT HALF A DOZEN OF OUR FAMILIES THE SHORTAGE LIKE THOSE MY DAUGHTER WHEN SHE WAS A FRESHMAN THEY DO NOT HAVE A SPANISH TEACHER BECAUSE THERE'S A SHORTAGE OF THAT. THERE'S NOT MUCH WE CAN SAY TO PARENTS EXCEPT WE APOLOGIZE. WE ARE NOT ALONE. IN THE COMMUNICATION I SHARED SOME DISTRICTS HAVE DOZENS AND DOZENS OF VACANCIES, SOME HAVE HUNDREDS.
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OUR HR TEAM HAS WORKED DILIGENTLY, I APPRECIATE THEIR HARD WORK, TO GET WHERE WE ARE.BUT THAT DOES NOT MEAN THAT EVERYONE IS HAVING THEIR NEEDS MET BECAUSE OF THESE VACANCIES.
AND WE NEED TO OWN THAT BECAUSE RIGHT NOW WITH EVERYTHING ELSE IF WE ATTEMPTED TO NOT BE OURSELVES WHICH IS AUTHENTIC AND OPEN ABOUT WHERE WE HAVE GAPS IT WOULD JUST BE ANOTHER LAYER OF STUFF THAT FAMILIES DON'T NEED TO FEEL THAT THEY CAN'T TRUST THEIR SCHOOL DISTRICT, YOU CAN, WE WILL ALWAYS BE HONEST WITH YOU EVEN WHEN THINGS ARE NOT GOING WELL.
AND THEN TONIGHT, AFTER ABOUT TWO AND HALF YEARS FROM WHEN WE STARTED THIS FIRST CONVERSATION DOCTOR WILL BE HERE TO TALK TO US ABOUT THE WORK THAT HE ENGAGED IN AND WE ARE VERY INTERESTED IN HEARING. IT'S NOT LIKE A DEFINITIVE ANSWER, IT'S A STEP IN A PROGRESS. SO FOR YEARS WE FOCUS ON IMPROVING STUDENT SUCCESS.
WE ARE VERY PROUD OF OUR GRADUATION RATES IN OUR BLACK AND HISPANIC STUDENTS AND ALL OF OUR STUDENTS. WE HAVE HAD A VARIETY OF EITHER BIG SUCCESSES, MODERATE SUCCESSES OR THINGS THAT HAVE NOT WORKED. I SET VERY CLOSE TO THIS CHAIR I THINK WE WERE A LITTLE CLOSER. I THINK THE FIRST YEAR WE STARTED RESTORATIVE JUSTICE AND DECLARED THAT IT WAS A MISFIRE AND NEEDED TO BE REBOOTED.
WE WERE RESOUNDING CRITICIZED FOR OWNING THAT. WELL, THAT IS WHO WE HAVE BEEN AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO DO IT. WE CAME BACK AND HAVE MADE STEPS FORWARD AND MADE SIGNIFICANT PROGRESS. WE'VE ADDED A RACE AND SOCIAL JUSTICE CLASS, POSITIVE BEHAVIOR INTERVENTION SYSTEM, RESTORATIVE PRACTICES, WE HAVE IT DIVERSITY HIRING PROGRAM THAT WILL BE PRESENTING AT THE CALIFORNIA SCHOOL BOARD ASSOCIATION OR NATIONAL? SEE SBA. THIS WINTER, THAT HAS SHOWED SOME TEMPERED PROGRESS IN THE CHANGING OF OUR DEMOGRAPHICS MEANING OUR DEMOCRATIC'S ARE CHANGING BUT WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT 15 TEACHERS YOU'RE NOT REALLY LOOKING AT WHEN YOU HAVE 650 MASSIVE CHANGE YEAR TO YEAR. SO MASSIVE CHANGE OVER TIME AND THIS PROGRAM OVER 10 YEARS COULD REALLY CHANGE WHO WE ARE AS A DISTRICT IN THE DIVERSITY IN OUR CERTIFICATE.
10 OR 15, 10 OF 15 OF OUR POSSIBLES COME FROM ETHICALLY DIVERSE BACKGROUNDS AND A CABINET IS LED BY A MAJORITY OF BRILLIANT AND HARD-WORKING WOMEN.
THAT'S A LITTLE BIT OF OUR PAST AND PRESENT. GOING FORWARD, AS WE LOOK AT DIVERSITY, EQUITY AND INCLUSION READY IS THAT CONSULTANTS HAS STARTED SOME PARTNERSHIP WITH US AND IT'S IN ITS EARLY STAGES. WE GET A LIST OF DOCUMENTS, THEY'RE GOING TO ANALYZE OUR POLICIES, PRACTICES, OUR COMMUNICATIONS, THE GONNA BE FOCUS GROUPS WITH EMPLOYEES AND THEY WANT TO LOOK TO OUTLINE STRENGTHS AND AREAS OF IMPROVEMENT THROUGH THE LENS OF DIVERSITY, EQUITY AND INCLUSION.
AND BASED ON THAT IF WE SO CHOOSE, WE CAN EITHER UTILIZE SOME OF THEIR PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT SERVICES OR GO OUT AND FIND A DIFFERENT ONES. STUDENT VOICES ADVISORY GROUP WE INVITED 19 STUDENTS AT THE SECONDARY LEVEL PARTICULAR HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL TO JOIN AN ADVISORY GROUP. WE ARE 14 OF THE 19 THAT SAID YES, TO SAID MAYBE AND ONLY WHEN NO SO FAR. WE LOOK FOR TO BE PART OF THAT. TWO OF HER TEACHERS HAVE A VOLUNTEER TO COLEADER ETHICS TEAM MORE INFORMATION WILL BE COMING ON THAT.
OUR LITERACY EFFORTS ARE AT THE EARLY STAGES AS LITERACY IMPROVING LITERACY WAS ONE OF OUR STRATEGIC PLANS FROM THE NEXT FIVE STRATEGIC PLANS. IT IS AS WE ARE BEGINNING TO FOCUS ON WRITING USING TEXT OR READING WORKER LOOK TO SEE HOW WE CAN CHANGE THOSE READINGS TO REPRESENT OUR STUDENTS SO THEY CAN SEE THEMSELVES IN THOSE READINGS OVER TIME.
WE STARTED THAT WORK ALREADY WITH AN OUTSIDE CONSULTANCY SCHOOLYARD REP WHOSE ULTIMATE THEIR PRINCIPLES IN A CHAMPION GROUP OF TEACHERS TO HELP US THINK ABOUT HOW CURRICULUM CAN BE MORE INCLUSIVE AND REPRESENTATIVE OF OUR STUDENTS AND LOOK AT HISTORY THROUGH A PDIFFERENT LENS AND THERE'S MOR PROGRESS AND MORE COMING. WITH THAT CONTEXT THAT'S KEEP MOVING FORWARD WITH MY THANKS TO ALL THE STAFF FOR OPENING THE SCHOOL YEAR, WHAT YOU PULLED OFF WAS AMAZING. PTHAT WE ARE BACK AFTER A YEAR AND AND A HALF AND OPEN.
NOW WE ARE GONNA DO OUR BEST TO KEEP IT TOGETHER, HOPEFULLY OUR ADULTS STATE VACCINATED, STUDENTS KEEP THEIR MASKS ON AND WE DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO KEEP THEM IN SCHOOL SOCIALLY AND EMOTIONALLY SAFE AND ACADEMICALLY LEARNING. THANK YOU.
>> MOVING ON. PUBLIC COMMENT. THE PUBLIC THE GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO ATTEND THE BOARD NEEDS IN PERSON OR GIVE PUBLIC, SUBMIT A PUBLIC COMMENT WITH THE COMMENT. I DON'T HAVE ANYONE THAT'S COMPLETED THAT'S BEEN WANTING
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TO SPEAK. IS ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE WHO WAS NOT AWARE THE NEED TO FILL THE FORM OUT AND WISHES TO ADDRESS THE BOARD FOR THINGS NOT ON THE AGENDA? OKAY THEN, CHRISTINA, ANY E COMMENT?>> WE DID NOT RECEIVE ANY E COMMENT FOR ITEMS NOT ON THE AGENDA.
[XII.a. Constituent and Customer Service (CCS) Update]
>> OUR CONSTITUENT CUSTOMER SERVICE UPDATE. HEIDI WAS THE DIRECTOR OF CONSTITUENT CUSTOMER SERVICES. WELCOME.
>> I WASN'T A FAN OF PRESENTED FOR MY OFFICE AT HOME. SO GOOD EVENING TRUSTEES GOOD EVENING SUPERINTENDENT AND STAFF. I'M HERE TONIGHT TO TALK ABOUT CONSTITUENT CUSTOMER SERVICES UPDATE BEFORE DO THAT WANT TO SHARE THEIR FETA CHANGE IN STAFFING AND CUSTOMER SERVICE MARY WAS PROMOTED TO COORDINATED.
(NAME?) IS WORKING CUSTOMER SERVICE SHE WAS TO KEEP UP WITH THE PACE.
SO WE WELCOME CELESTE AND SHALL BE ON THE OTHER END OF THE EMAILS.
WE GROUND ALL OF OUR WORK IN A VISION AND A CORE BELIEFS AND THE GOALS WITH CUSTOMER SERVICE PRIMARILY WORKING AND ENGAGING PARENTS AND FAMILIES TO SUPPORT THE SCHOOL.
ON THE FIRST DAY SCHOOL THIS IS OUR 10TH START OF SCHOOLS TOGETHER.
AND SO IT WAS THE BEGINNING OF WHAT IS NOW CUSTOMER SERVICE. SO 10 YEARS WE HAVE BEEN DOING THIS. SO TONIGHT'S OBJECTIVES ARE TO MUSCLE SHARE AND REMIND THE AUDIENCE A NUMBER OF THINGS BEGINNING WITH THE POSITIVE SUCCESSFUL COMMUNICATION.
NEW ROLE THE CUSTOMER SERVICES PLAINTIFF DURING THE PANDEMIC AND THEN OUR TRADITIONAL HISTORICAL AND COMPARISONS AND THE SECOND HALF OF THE SCHOOL YEAR FOR JANUARY TO JUNE ABOUT THE HISTORICAL COMPARISON OVER THE LAST 70 YEARS. WE ALSO LOOK AT THE UPDATES FOR LANGUAGE. THIS IS A REMINDER THE PATH TO SUCCESSFUL COMMUNICATION.
IT'S BEEN AROUND FOR A LONG TIME NOW WE LIKE TO KEEP IT IN THE FRONT AND WE ALSO HAVE IT POSTED IN THE WEBSITE IN SPANISH AND HINDI AND OTHERS WHICH WE STARTED THREE YEARS AGO. WHEN LET THE BOARD KNOW AS IT WAS DURING THIS PRESENTATION I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THOSE ARE STILL THE LANGUAGES THAT WE SHOULD BE HAVING THEM ON THE WEBSITE AND THAT WERE SO CURRENT AND THAT STILL IS CORRECT.
THOSE ARE STILL OUR TOP LINE WHICH IS THAT WERE STILL REACHING WITH THIS PATH OF SEXUAL COMMUNICATION. THESE ARE THE ROLES THAT WERE PLAIN RIGHT NOW AND AS WE MAKE THIS LIST I GO WOW WE REALLY DIVERSIFIED AND REALLY DO. WERE SUPPORTING WE CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THE COMMUNITY THE WAY WE ALWAYS HAVE BUT IN ADDITION TO THAT WERE HAPPY TO SUPPORT THE COVID 19 TESTING AND VACCINATION INCLUDING COMMUNITY OUTREACH WE NOW HAVE 24 SEVEN 365 DAYS A YEAR NATION SUPPORT TO HELP MANAGE THE VALUE OF CALLS.
WE CAN TALK ABOUT THAT LATER. WERE ALSO HAPPY TO SUPPORT THE CALL BANKING TO REMIND PEOPLE ABOUT IMMUNIZATIONS. WERE HELPING TO SUPPORT ALL THOSE PHONE CALLS AND MULTIPLE LINKAGES. WE CONTINUE TO WORK WITH EMMA NO FOR SITE VISITS AND WERE SUPPORTING ACTOR SCHOOLS AND FOR FOSTER AND HOMELESS BACKPACK DRIVE.
WE HAVE BEEN A LITTLE BUSY ALONG WITH EVERYBODY ELSE AND I REALLY WANT TO SAY THAT IT'S AN HONOR TO WORK IN THIS DISTRICT AND AN HONOR TO WORK WITH STAFF THAT ARE HERE UNTIL GOD KNOWS WHAT TIME OF THE NIGHT AND IT'S BEEN REALLY AN HONOR FOR THE LAST 10 YEARS AND WORK UNDER CHRIS'S LEADERSHIP. THIS IS WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE THIS IS OUR HISTORICAL COMPARISON FOR THE LAST SEVEN YEARS. WE SAW A BIG SPIKE LAST YEAR WHEN WE SHUT DOWN FOR COVID IN MARCH. IT ALMOST DOUBLED AGAIN. I LIKE THIS NEW LINE GRAPH WE STARTED TO PRESENT LAST YEAR BECAUSE IT SHOWS THE BLUE LINE WAS PRE-COVID IT SHOWS WE HAD THE UPS AND DOWNS DURING THE YEAR. THE GREEN LINE SHOWS THAT CALENDAR YEAR OF THE 19TH OF THE 2020 CALENDAR YEAR. AND THEN THE PURPLE LINE IS
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BEGINNING JANUARY 2021. I INCLUDED JULY BECAUSE OF JULY WAS BUSY SO I WANTED TO SEE WHERE IT WAS FALLING IN THE SAME PATTERN. WE SAW THE ELEVATED RATE OF CALLS, CONTACTS AND THAT HELPS TO VERIFY. SO IF WE NARROW IT DOWN TO THE JANUARY TO JUNE ON THE SIX MONTH PERIOD WE ACTUALLY SAW A SLIGHT DECREASE OVER LAST YEAR AND THE SAME TIME PERIOD. I WAS SURPRISED, ACTUALLY. WHEN WE LOOK AT IT IN HER USUAL CATEGORIES A REQUEST FOR INFORMATION A LITTLE BIT LOWER, GENERAL COMPLAINTS, LOWER PERSONNEL COMPLAINTS, UP, I WENT TO COMMENT ON THE PERSONNEL COMPLAINTS.WE GOT 31. 11 BELONG ONE PARTICULAR TEACHER.
SO THAT'S ALL WE HAVE, I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT. OUR UNIFORM COMPLAINT ARE DOWN.
OUR WE ARE GETTING A FEW CALLS ABOUT TRUSTEE AREA.
>> I FORGOT TO TELL YOU MY COMMUNICATION. MY BAD.
IT WAS ONLY 1000 THOUGH, SORRY. THOSE WHO DON'T KNOW, WE HAVE 1000 MASKS FOR STUDENTS WHO ARE SENSITIVE TO SMOKE LIKE I AM. AND IF FAMILIES HAVE A CLOTH MASKS OR SOMETHING ELSE THIS TENDS TO HELP BETTER, IT'S PERSONNEL PREFERENCE. IT'S WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT AVAILABLE TO FAMILIES AND OF COURSE STAFF IF THEY NEEDED TO HELP DURING THE SMOKE.
>> PEOPLE READ YOUR EMAILS QUICKLY. THE PRAISE IS UP WHEN WE LOOK AT PRAISE WE CAN THANK THE COVID CLINIC. PLOTS OF COMMUNITY MEMBERS ARE GLAD TO SAY THANK YOU FOR THE SHOTS, THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO GET TESTED AND THEY HAVE REACHED OUT TO US. 18 OF THOSE WERE ALL BECAUSE OF THAT WORK.
THEY WERE REALLY GRATEFUL FOR THAT. IF WE DIVE INTO WHERE THE SOFFIT ALL FIT IN OUR REQUEST FOR INFORMATION HALF OF THEM ARE 100 PERCENT COVID RELATED.
THE ORANGE PIECE OF PIE WE CALL IT COMMUNITY AND I WENT THERE EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM AND THEY HAD TO DO WITH COVID TESTING, COVID VACCINATION COVID QUESTIONS THAT WERE NOT SCHOOL RELATED. THE OTHER PIECE OF PIE WAS 34.2 PERCENT AND A PUT ON THE BOTTOM THEIR REQUESTS FOR PUBLIC RECORDS FOR 21 FOR THIS JANUARY THROUGH JUNE.
55 FOR THE TOTAL OF THE ACADEMIC YEAR. COMPARED TO LESTER THAT WAS HALF OF THAT. I THOUGHT THAT WAS NOTEWORTHY. SO AS WE DIVE INTO THE REQUEST FOR INFORMATION THIS IS HOW THOSE FALL WITH THE MAJORITY BEING DIRECTLY RELATED TO SCHOOL RELATED QUESTIONS. DESPITE OUR HUGE INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF CONTACTS WE CONTINUE TO CLOSE THINGS AT THE RATES THAT WE ARE VERY PROUD O .
89 PERCENT THE SAME DAY AND THIS IS ONLY POSSIBLE BECAUSE A PARTNERSHIP WITH THE NATION.
THE NATION NOW CONTINUES AFTER 100 PERCENT OF OUR CALLS EVEN DURING THE DAY.
EVEN WITH BOTH OF US IN THE OFFICE WE DO HAVE THE CAPACITY ON SOME DAYS TO ANSWER THE PHONE. THE NATION AND NEVER FINISHED MRS. A PHONE CALL.
WE WERE ABLE TO SUPPLY THE NATION WITH SCRIPTS AND HOW TO ANSWER SPECIFIC QUESTIONS SO PEOPLE HAVE A QUESTION THE NATION CAN PROVIDE THAT INFORMATION.
QUESTIONS ABOUT COVID TESTING, LOCATION, TIMES, REDIRECT THEM THROUGH VOICE NATION WHICH REALLY INCREASES THE CALL THAT WE HAVE TO RETURN. WE ALSO LOOKED AT THE NUMBER OF CALLS VOICE NATION HAS ANSWERED, OVER 8000, FOR THE 2021 SCHOOL YEAR.
I'M SORRY THAT WAS A TOTAL CONTACTS, 20 PERCENT OF THOSE ARE THE WALK-INS, THE EMAILS,
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OTHER PHONE CALLS LIKE THE ONES THAT COME THROUGH TERRY'S DESK AND THEY GET ROUTED TO US AND THEY CALL US DIRECTLY. IF THEY CALL US DIRECTLY IN THEIR GETTING VOICE NATION FIRST 52 OF THE TOTAL CONTACTS WITH VOICE NATION RELATED TO COVID INFORMATION AND THEN QUESTIONS THAT WERE CURRENTLY ANSWERED. TO REPRESENT WHERE THE AFTER HOURS A WEEK IN CALLS. 365 OCCURRED BETWEEN FRIDAY 4:30 PM TO MONDAY 8 AM.LANGUAGE LINK ANOTHER REMINDER THEY OFFER INTERPRETATION SERVICES OVER 240 LANGUAGES AND DIALECTS, THEY'RE OPEN 24 SEVE . WHAT I FORGOT TO PUT ON THIS LIST THERE ALSO AVAILABLE WITH OUR CONTACT TRACING. SO IF CAROL'S TEAM COMES ACROSS HIM AND IS NOT AN ENGLISH SPEAKER THEY RECEIVED THAT CALL IN ANOTHER LANGUAGE.
THIS IS THE 17 LANGUAGES THAT WE USE LANGUAGE LINK FOUR AND THE SECOND HALF OF THE 21 SCHOOL YEAR. THIS IS THE LIST OF THE 27 LANGUAGES THAT WERE USED FOR THE ENTIRE ACADEMIC SCHOOL YEAR. WE ARE REACHING, THAT'S 50 PERCENT OF OUR TOTAL LANGUAGES. STILL AVAILABLE ON EVERY WEBPAGE.
>> QUESTIONS FROM BOARD MEMBERS?
>> I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FROM A BOARD MEMBER PERSPECTIVE. YOU ARE NOT REQUIRED TO ANSWER MY EMAIL I SENT LAST NIGHT LETTING YOU KNOW THE GATE WAS OPEN AT PASSOVER DATE BUT I GOT A RESPONSE. WHEN I SAY 24 SEVEN IT'S ALSO STAFF IS AROUND AND AWARE AND YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN ON TOP OF I . AND I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU.
I APPRECIATE BEING ABLE TO FYI AND SEND YOU INFORMATION BECAUSE I KNOW THAT A FOLLOW-UP WILL HAPPEN AND APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK THAT YOU DO.
>> ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS?
>> I WANT TO ADD TO THOSE COMMENTS. ONE OF THE MOST RESPONSIVE PROGRAMS WE'VE HAD. QUICK QUESTION, IS CCS LINKED UP TO THE APP AS WELL?
>> WILL THAT BE OF HER CONSIDERATION IN THE FUTURE?
>> DEEMING IS THERE A LINK ON THE APP?
>> CONVERSATION FOR ANOTHER TIME, THANK YOU SO MUCH THANKS, FANTASTIC WORK.
>> THANK YOU, HEIDI. THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU D .
[XII.b. 18-Month Plan Update - The First 6 Months]
MOVING ON TO OUR NEXT PRESENTATION AND THIS IS THE MONTH'S PLAN UPDATE THE FIRST SIX MONTHS. ANGELA WHO IS OUR CHIEF ACADEMIC OFFICER AND CAROL SWANSON OUR ASSOCIATE SUPERINTENDENT.>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH TRUSTEE AND A SUPERINTENDENT AND OUR COMMUNITY.
VERY BRIEFLY LOOKING AT OUR OBJECTIVES WE OBVIOUSLY WANT TO HIGHLIGHT SOME OF THE BOARD INVESTMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN MADE AND HOW WE BEEN ABLE TO START BILLING FOUNDATION FOR FUTURE WORK. WE TALKED A LOT ABOUT HOW WE ACCELERATED AND EXPANDED ACTION AND MINNETONKA LIMIT HOW WE BEEN ABLE TO DO THAT. OBVIOUSLY PROVIDE THE PROCESS OF OUR PLAN AND ALSO DISCUSS SOME NEXT STEPS. BEFORE I GET INTO THE DETAILS, WE WERE TALKING ABOUT ALL THE THINGS THAT WE'VE DONE. WE TALKED A LOT ABOUT TECHNOLOGY. WE THOUGHT IT WOULD BE NICE TO TAKE A BIG STEP BACK AND REMEMBER WHERE WE WERE. COVID. AND LOOK PROGRESSIVELY OVER TIME HOW WE HAVE GROWN IN OUR USE OF TECHNOLOGY AND STUDENT ACCESS TO TECHNOLOGY..
COVID WE HAD ONE CHROME BOOK FOR EVERY TWO TEACHERS. THAT INVESTMENT FROM THE BOARD REALLY ALLOWED US IMMEDIATELY WHEN WE WENT INTO THAT FIRST SHORT-TERM REPAIR WAS HAPPENING TO DISASSEMBLE THOSE PARTS AND PROVIDE A CHROME BOOK TO EVERY STUDENT WE NEED ONE AT HOME.
SHORTLY AFTER THAT WE WERE ABLE TO PURCHASE SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF HOTSPOTS FOR FAMILIES THAT
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DO NOT HAVE INTERNET ACCESS. AND DISTRIBUTE THOSE AND WITH THAT WE RECOGNIZE THAT FAMILIES WERE GOING TO NEED HELP SORT TEAM DEPLOYED STAFF TO SERVE AS SUPPORT AND IT HELPDESK THERE'S AN EMAIL AND PHONE THAT PEOPLE ARE CONSTANTLY RESPONDING TO AS WELL AS PROVIDING IT SUPPORT IN THE SERVICE CENTER. THIS IS A GREAT EXAMPLE ABOUT HOW THEY FUNNEL PEOPLE TO THE RIGHT PLACE SO THEY CAN HAVE THE INFORMATION THAT THEY NEED. A FEW MONTHS LATER IN JUNE WE ALSO HAD CREATED MORE FORMAL PARTNERSHIP WITH COMCAST INTERNET ESSENTIALS.WE USED A LITTLE IT IN THE PAST BUT IS MORE BROAD OPPORTUNITY FOR FAMILIES TO RECEIVE THAT SUPPORT FOR INTERNET ACCESS AT HOME. ANOTHER SIGNIFICANT THING THAT WE DID WAS WE ALLOWED STUDENTS TO KEEP THEIR CHROME BOOKS OVER THE SUMMER MONTHS.
IT WAS RECOGNIZED THAT THIS WAS A WAY THAT THEY CANNOT ONLY STAY ENGAGED BUT IT WAS A WAY FOR THEM TO BE ABLE TO COMMUNICATE WITH STAFF, PUT IN REFERRALS TO SUPPORT IF THEY NEEDED IT AND IT WAS IMPORTANT INVESTMENT THAT WAS MADE TO KEEP THOSE WITH STUDENTS OVER THE SUMMER. IF YOU LOOK OVER THE COURSE OF THIS LAST SCHOOL YEAR THE BOARD APPROVED MULTIPLE THINGS. WE PURCHASED OVER 200 CAMERAS FOR FAMILY ENGAGEMENT AND INSTRUCTIONAL USE. WE'VE A PERFECT EXAMPLE HERE IN THE CENTER COURTROOM WE'VE LITTLE PICTURE BECAUSE I THINK SOME PEOPLE ARE WONDERING WHAT THE HECK, VERY LITERALLY LOOKS LIKE AN OWL. IT'S SOMETHING THAT ALLOWS FOR THAT VIRTUAL ENGAGEMENT FOR FAMILIES FOR MEETINGS SO THERE'S A SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENT MADE IN THAT.
IN ADDITION, IN APRIL AND MAY THERE WAS APPROVAL FROM THE BOARD TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL IT STAFF RECOGNIZING HEIGHTENED LEVEL OF SUPPORT IS GOING TO BE REQUIRED FOR THE INCREASED TECHNOLOGY USE THAT WAS HAPPENING WITH THEIR FAMILIES. AS WELL AS A DEDICATED IT SERVICE CENTER. AND THEN VERY EXCITING AND MOST RECENT THIS NUMBER WAS APPROVAL TO INSTALL PRIVATE LTE TOWERS AT EACH SCHOOL SITE TO PROVIDE THE STUDENT ACCESS TO INTERNET AT HOME USING OUR DEVICES. LASTLY, SOMETHING VERY SIGNIFICANT THAT THE BOARD DID WAS CONTINUE THE REFRESH OF STUDENT VICES TO MAINTAIN THAT ONE-TO-ONE RATIO OVER THE NEXT TWO YEARS AS WE UNDERSTAND THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS HAPPENING RIGHT NOW THAT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE OUR STUDENTS CONTINUE TO HAVE THAT LEVEL OF ACCESS.
ALL THOSE ACTIONS TAKEN REALLY BUILT A STRONG FOUNDATION FOR SOME OFTHE THINGS WERE GOING TO TALK ABOUT TONIGHT. I KNOW WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT TECHNOLOGY OVER TIME BUT I THINK IT'S VERY COOL TO SEE THE PROGRESSION OF IT OVER THE LAST YEAR AND 1/2.
SO AS WE TALK ABOUT HER 18 MONTH PLAN TO ADDRESS THIS THE REMAINDER FOCUS IS ON THREE AREAS ACADEMIC, SOCIAL EMOTIONAL AND PHYSICAL HEALTH. A COUPLE THINGS ARE HIGHLIGHTED THE TEXT THAT ARE BOLD THOSE ARE THINGS WORKING TO SPEND MORE TIME TALKING ABOUT.
HERE ARE A LIST OF THINGS THAT WERE USED AS WERE DOING SOME PRE-PLANNING THROUGH PHASE 1 A WHICH WAS ABOUT DECEMBER TO JUNE. SO IN PARTICULAR, I WANTED TO REMIND PEOPLE TONIGHT THAT WE ENGAGED WITH OUR FAMILIES AND OTHER STAKEHOLDERS INCLUDING SITE STAFF AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE TALKED WITH OUR FAMILIES ABOUT WAS HOW CAN WE BEST SUPPORT YOUR STUDENT AS WERE LOOKING FOR WAYS TO SUPPORT THEM SOCIALLY EMOTIONALLY, PHYSICAL HEALTH NEEDS AS WELL AS ACADEMIC NEED .
ALL HAVE A REMINDER SLIDE FOR THE FEEDBACK THAT PARENTS GAVE THAT WAS REALLY WHAT WE TRIED TO USE TO DRIVE OUR DECISION-MAKING THROUGH THE SUMMER PROVIDING SPORTS TO STUDENTS. ALL OF THESE WITH ASTERIX BEHIND THE ITEMS THAT CERTAINLY NOT AN ALL-INCLUSIVE LIST ONE APPLY SOME SIGNIFICANT BOARD INVESTMENTS.
AS WE WERE PLANNING AND STARTING TO INITIATE THIS LEARNING DISRUPTION PLAN.
THE NEXT THING I WANT TO COLLECT IS DEVELOPING MEEKS ACADEMY.
THAT WAS AN OPTION WE WANTED TO PROVIDE TO STUDENTS WHO MIGHT BENEFIT FROM MORE VIRTUAL OR HYBRID IN CLASS MODEL OF EDUCATION. ALSO RECOGNIZING THE UNCERTAINTY OF THE TIMES. WHILE THIS WAS NOTHING WE HAD AGREED TO A FEW YEARS AGO AS I TALK ABOUT THINGS THAT WERE ACCELERATED AND EXPANDED ON MORE QUICKLY THAN WE HAD INITIALLY ANTICIPATED, THIS IS ONE OF THOSE. THIS BECAME A PRIME TIME TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THESE OPTIONS TO FAMILIES IF THEY WERE STILL WRESTLING WITH WHETHER THIS WAS A GOOD CHOICE FOR THEIR FAMILY DURING THESE UNPRECEDENTED TIMES.
QUICK REMINDER, IF SEEN THIS LIGHT A FEW TIMES. DOWN HERE IN THE BOTTOM HALF WHEN WE TALKED WITH OUR FAMILIES THERE IS A VERY CLEAR DIFFERENCE IN FEEDBACK.
WE SAY WHAT TYPE OF SUPPORT WOULD BE MOST BENEFICIAL FOR YOUR FAMILY? THEY CLEARLY SAID THEY WANTED DURING THE SCHOOL DAY OR AN EXTENDED SCHOOL DAY TO TALK
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ABOUT THINGS LIKE INTERCESSION, DOING THINGS DURING BREAKS AND SUMMER MONTHS.AT THAT POINT WE SAID, WE ARE BURNED OUT WE MIGHT NEED A LITTLE BIT OF A BREAK ESPECIALLY SINCE IT WAS UNCERTAIN WHAT THE SUMMER WITH LOOK LIKE.
SO REALLY TRY TO TAKE THAT INTO ACCOUNT. WE ALSO TRY TO REMIND OURSELVES THAT AS WE STARTED LOOKING AT DATA ON HOW STUDENTS WERE ENGAGED IN OVER THE SUMMER.
AS WE LOOK AT THE SOCIAL EMOTIONAL AREA I CERTAINLY CAN'T TAKE CREDIT I WILL SPEAK ABOUT IT BUT OBVIOUSLY WE HAVE QUESTIONS, CAROL SWANSON IS AVAILABLE.
THESE BLUE AREAS WE WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THE WORK OF OUR EIGHT SOCIAL WORKERS WHO WERE INITIALLY HIRED WE NOW HAVE THREE MORE THAT WERE APPROVED. TOWARDS THE END OF THE SCHOOL YEAR TO START FOR THIS SCHOOL YEAR SO THAT BRINGS US TO 11. LOOKING AT THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS THAT WERE SERVED AND HOW THEY REALLY STARTED TO ENGAGE WITH FAMILIES ON A MORE PERSONAL LEVEL BY CONDUCTING HOME VISITS AND TRY TO UNDERSTAND HOW THEY CAN CONNECT FAMILIES TO COMMUNITY RESOURCES. AND THEN IN ADDITION, YOU SEE RISK INVESTMENTS THAT WERE CONDUCTED TO SUPPORT OUR STUDENTS THAT WERE STREAMLINED.
IN ADDITION, AS WE SES DOES A FANTASTIC JOB OF TRACKING DATA TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE IDENTIFYING STUDENTS NEEDS AND THE NUMBERS INCREASED DRAMATICALLY WHERE WE WERE SUPPORTING NEARLY 40 PERCENT OF OUR STUDENTS. AND YOU SEE THE REFERRAL RATE.
IT WAS ABOUT 16.9 REFERRALS PER MONTH. ALL THE WAY UP TO 157 PER MONTH. INVESTMENTS IN CO-VITALITY TO REALLY LEARN ABOUT WHERE STUDENTS ARE AT TO FLAG US IF THERE'S SOMETHING WORRISOME WE NEED TO LOOK AT AND STUDENTS.
JUST GOES TO SHOW WHY OUR 18 MONTH PLAN IS NOT JUST ABOUT ACADEMIC BUT THE SOCIAL EMOTIONAL WELL-BEING OF OUR STUDENTS. AND THEN ALSO, BOARD TOOK ACTION DURING THE WINTER TO PROVIDE TEMPORARY SHELTER AND BASIC NEEDS TO SOME OF OUR UNSHELTERED FAMILIES. NOT JUST DURING THE TWO WEEK WINTER BREAK AND ALSO IN FEBRUARY. TRY TO WORK AT THEIR SOCIAL WORKERS FOR UNDERSTANDING THE UNIQUE NEEDS AND SITUATIONS FOR EACH FAMILY AND THEN STARTING TO PLUG THEM INTO THOSE COMMUNITY RESOURCES TO TRY TO IDENTIFY A LONG-TERM SOLUTION. SO THESE WERE ALL THINGS THAT WERE HAPPENING IN THE FIRST SIX MONTHS. IN ADDITION, AS WE LOOK AT PHYSICAL HEALTH I THINK THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF TALK AND COMMUNICATION ABOUT ADDRESSING PHYSICAL HEALTH NEEDS BUT JUST CALLING OUT THE TESTING THAT WE PROVIDE LOOKING AT 15,000 STUDENT, STAFF AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT WERE TESTED OVER THE LAST SIX MONTHS.
AND THEN VACCINES THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I'M VERY PROUD OF AND APPRECIATIVE OF FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO ADMINISTERING 30,000 VACCINATIONS AT THIS POINT 86.3 PERCENT ARE VACCINATED. VERY EXCITING THINGS, THE PLANNING BEGAN IN PHASE 1 FOR A MOBILE CLINIC WHICH NOW HAS ARRIVED AND THERE'S A CONVERSION TO THE ACTUAL VEHICLE TO MAKE IT SUITABLE FOR THE NEEDS WERE GOING TO USE IT FOR IN THE VAN WRAP AND EVERYTHING. AND THEN OUR URGENT CARE CLINIC IS COMING SOON BUT ALL THAT WORK HAS BEEN HAVING OVER THE LAST SIX MONTHS. WHEN WE LOOK AT OUR ACADEMICS ONE OF THE THINGS WERE ABLE TO DO FROM APRIL TO JUNE SO IF YOU'LL REMEMBER APRIL WAS A TIME WHEN WE WERE LOOKING AT FIVE DAY WEEK AND PERCENT RETURN FOR FAMILIES THAT WERE INTERESTED IN DOING THAT. THAT WAS A TIME WHEN OUR ADMINISTERS AT THE SITE LEVEL WORKING WITH THE STAFF TO START TO UTILIZE SHORT 4 TO 6 WEEK CYCLES AND TRYING DIFFERENT INNOVATION AND SPORTS AND ACTIVITIES FOR STUDENTS SO THEY CAN START TO LEARN FROM BECAUSE THEY WERE COMMUNICATING A LOT WITH EACH OTHER WITH OUR DISTRICT METRICS WERE TALKING ABOUT. THEY WERE USING THOSE TO SUPPORT STUDENTS AND LEARN FROM. WE SHARE THE SUCCESSES AND WE ALSO SHARE THE FAILURES AND THERE WERE THINGS THAT WERE INTENTIONALLY DONE TO TRY TO SUPPORT STUDENTS THAT DID NOT HAVE THE INTENDED OUTCOME AND DO NOT HAVE THE LEVEL OF PROGRESS WE HAD HOPED FOR BUT DOING IT WITHIN 4 TO 6 WEEK CYCLE WILL HELP US TO TRY TO LEARN AND ADJUST AND WE ARE GOING TO CONTINUE THOSE SHORT CYCLES AND WE WILL TALK MORE ABOUT THAT.
THE OTHER THING IS TRY TO FOCUS ON SMALL GROUP CASE MANAGEMENT FOR STUDENTS THAT NEED MORE
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INDIVIDUALIZED ASSESSMENT. BE MORE INTENTIONAL, GOING MORE FROM HE WERE HERE TO STUDENTS TRY TO CONNECT TO THE RESOURCES AT THE WELLNESS CENTER. OBVIOUSLY, JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT A FEW. THAT TOOK PLACE IN PHASE 1 A. PHASE 1B WAS HER SUMMER MONTHS WE WERE FOCUSING ON THIS TRANSITIONAL SUMMER. WE KNEW THAT WHILE SOME STUDENTS THE FAMILIES ARE CHOOSING FOR THEM TO COME BACK IN PERSON IN THE SPRING SOME FAMILY STILL WANT DISTANCE LEARNING. THE ABILITY TO PROVIDE DISTANCE LEARNING IS AN OPTION FOR FAMILIES WAS ENDING THAT'S CLEAR.SO WE RECOGNIZED THAT WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO TRY TO START TRANSITIONING STUDENTS BACK TO IN PERSON ACTIVITIES ON CAMPUSES. SORKIN HIGHLIGHT A FEW BUT ONE OF THE THINGS WE REALLY TRY TO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT AND WE GOT FEEDBACK FROM THE TRUSTEES AS WELL IS BEING MINDFUL ABOUT ENGAGING STUDENTS, HAVING THEM BE BACK ON CAMPUS, LEARNING HOW TO NAVIGATE INTERACTING WITH EACH OTHER IN PERSON. HAVING MEANINGFUL CONNECTIONS WITH STAFF ON CAMPUS. TALK ABOUT EXCITING AND ENGAGING THINGS.
THAT WAS REALLY A FIRST PRIORITY AS WELL AS SOME OF THE ACADEMIC THINGS WERE ABLE TO PROVIDE. I'M GOING TO HIGHLIGHT A FEW PROGRAMS AND I WANT TO HEAR SOMETHING FROM YOU GUYS IF YOU HAD ANYTHING TO SHARE AFTER POSE A QUESTION TO YOU.
WE HAD A READINESS PROGRAM, THIS IS A PROGRAM FOR STUDENTS THAT MAY HAVE BEEN OUR PRESCHOOL PROGRAM, MAYBE NOT, MAYBE GETTING READY TO ENTER THEIR FIRST EXPERIENCE WITH FORMAL EDUCATION. SO WE HAVE A READINESS PROGRAM IS TYPICALLY A FOUR-WEEK PROGRAM. WHAT WE FOUND WAS WE ACTUALLY DOUBLED OUR ENROLLMENT FOR THAT. WE HAVE TYPICALLY 2 TO 3 CLASSES WE HAD 111 STUDENTS THAT ATTENDED. WE ARE ABLE TO GET FEEDBACK FROM FAMILIES AND HOW THEY FELT ABOUT THE PROGRAM AND WHAT IT DID FOR THEM AND ACCORDING TO THE NUMBER OF FAMILIES THEY SAID THEY WERE SATISFIED OR VERY SATISFIED. THERE'S SOME INDICATORS THESE ARE TO SHOW YOU THAT WERE TRYING TO BE INTENTIONAL ABOUT MEASURING PROGRESS FOR STUDENT . I THINK A SAMPLE OF STUDENTS THAT ARE NOT ACCOUNTED FOR THEY MAY HAVE ENROLLED LATER SO WE WERE NOT ABLE TO DO THE PRE- ASSESSMENT WITH THOSE INDIVIDUAL STUDENTS. THESE ARE ALL PIECES OF INFORMATION WERE ABLE TO USE AS A SUPPORTING THAT TRANSITION. NEXT, WAS INTERESTING AS WE THEN LOOK AT K5 AND KATE SUMMER LEARNING PROGRAMS. AS A REMINDER THIS WAS A FOUR-WEEK PROGRAM THAT WAS OFFEREDÓ CAMPUSES. THE STAFF WORKABLE PARTNERS, THEY PROVIDED SOME ENRICHMENT CAMPS FOR STUDENTS AND BASED ON EACH OF THE SITES THEY CHOSE THE FOCUS OF THE CAMP AND THEN WE HAD SOME AND UST STAFF THAT WAS WORKING WITH THEM TO PROVIDE SOME SUPPORT WITH LITERACY PARTICULAR WITH WRITING. SO IT WAS INTERESTING WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO SUPPORT AT LEAST 60 STUDENTS AT EACH SITE. WE ARE CLOSE TO THAT 60 IS FOR STUDENTS THAT SAID YES FOR COMING WHEN WE PART OF THIS. THEN YOU LOOK AT THE AVERAGE ATTENDANCE OVER THE FOUR WEEKS YOU CAN SEE AS YOU LOOK AT TOTAL NUMBERS THERE IS A PRETTY BIG DISCREPANCY ABOUT WHO IS ENROLLED AND WHO ACTUALLY SHOWED UP.
THIS IS ONE OF THE REASONS WHY IT REMINDED OF THE FEEDBACK THAT WE GOT IN THE SPRING.
NOT ONLY WERE THE NUMBERS LOWER THIS IS AFTER SIGNIFICANT PHONE CALLS, CALLING WAITING LISTS TO TRY TO GET STUDENTS INVOLVED OVER THE SUMMER MONTHS AND IT HELPED, THE SURVEY THAT THE PARENTS SHARED REALLY HELPED AS FAR AS WE SUFFER ENROLLMENT.
>> THEY SAID THEY WEREN'T COMING AND THEY SAID WAS OF AN OFFER FOR YOU AND THEN THEY DID NOT COME. BUT LUCY PROVIDED THE OPPORTUNITY AND ASSOCIATE IN A MINUTE WE WERE LIKE HEY WE HAD A SPOT WHERE THE GONNA COME IN DROVES, AND THEN THEY DIDN'T.
BUT THEY TOLD US BUT WE STILL OFFERED.
>> FOR THE 288 STUDENTS THAT WERE THERE ON AVERAGE WHAT WAS HAPPENING AS THEY WERE HAVING
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THE ENRICHMENT ACTIVITIES AND THE MEAT THEY HAD OPPORTUNITIES TO LEARN HOW TO BE MORE SKILLED WRITERS. IT WAS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US AS I TOUCH A LITTLE BIT ON OUR LITERACY PLAN FOR THE FALL IT WAS A GREAT PILOT ROUND. IT WAS A GREAT WAY FOR US TO START TO USE THE RUBRICS FOR THE GRADE LEVELS TO ENGAGE WITH THEIR TEACHERS AND STUDENTS TO GET FEEDBACK FROM THEM ABOUT THEIR EXPERIENCE TO DO THEIR ASSESSMENTS.VERY EXCITED BECAUSE WERE GOING TO BE BRINGING THAT BACK TO THE BOARD AND PROVIDING EVIDENCE AND ACTUAL SAMPLES FOR YOU TO LOOK AT NEXT TIME. BUT IT WAS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR US WITH THAT SMALL GROUP TO LEARN SOME LESSONS AND DRIVE SOME OF ARTWORK.
>> 288 STUDENTS I GOT THEY SUPPORT AND ENRICHMENT. THAT'S A POSITIVE, THEY ALSO HELP SET THE STAGE TO ENSURE YOUR STAFF CAN SAY THIS IS WHAT WERE SEEN IN SIMILARITY, I'M SURE IT'S APPLYING TO THE BIGGER.
>> IT HAS DEFINITELY BEEN HELPING FOR US AND IT'S GIVEN US AWAY TO LOOK AT THE DATA ENGAGE IN THIS PLAN AND SUPPORT STUDENTS. SO THE NEXT THING, READINESS DOUBLED IN SIZE, LESS THAN EXPECTED FOR THE K THROUGH FIVE PROGRAM.
AGAIN, TRYING TO COLLECT SOME OF THE SIGNIFICANT BOARD INVESTMENTS.
THIS YEAR, WE DO NOT DO A FOUR-WEEK PROGRAM WE DID A SIX WEEK PROGRAM.
IT WAS UP IT WAS THREE TWO WEEK SESSIONS. AS YOU CAN SEE AT THE HIGH SCHOOL PROGRAM WE INCREASED OUR STUDENT ENROLLMENT OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS FROM 2018 BUT LOOK AT THE NUMBER OF CREDITS EARNED. WHAT IS SIGNIFICANT OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR STUDENTS WHO MAY HAVE BEEN STRUGGLING DURING THE YEAR TO GET SOME OF FOCUSED IN PERSON TIME WITH TEACHING STAFF AND HOPEFULLY GET BACK ON TRACK WITH ENRICHMENT OR EXHILARATION AND OBVIOUSLY RECOVER SOME CREDITS. WE HAD SOME OPPORTUNITIES THIS YEAR AS WE LOOK AT TILL AUGUST 27 OR SOMETHING FOR SENIORS TO BE COUNTED IN THE FOUR-YEAR GRADUATE COHORT AND AS YOU CAN SEE RIGHT NOW WERE LOOKING AT ABOUT 11 OF OUR SENIORS THAT WILL GET TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT.
>> SO WE ARE SHOWING YOUR INVESTMENTS AND WHERE THERE WAS A LARGE IMPACT IN TERMS OF OR THERE MAY NOT HAVE BEEN AS LARGE BUT THERE WAS THE OPPORTUNITIES IN THIS CASE AND THERE WERE TWO STUDENTS IN THE CLASS AND THEY LOOK PRETTY TIRED WHICH I THOUGHT WAS KIND OF STRANGE AND I SAID YOU GUYS LOOK REALLY EXCITED TO BE HERE AND THEY BOTH GO, THE TEACHER SAID IS BECAUSE THEY HAD NOT LEFT. THEY DID ALL THREE SESSIONS OF SUMMER SCHOOL. THEY STRUGGLED AND THEY SHOWED UP AND DID THE THREE SESSIONS AND WILL WRITE BACK IN THERE AGAIN WHEN SCHOOL STARTED TO KEEP MOVING FORWARD.
IT WAS COOL TO TALK TO A COUPLE OF THEM AND AT LEAST GET STUFF OUT OF THEM.
>> WE WERE TALKING AS A TEAM HYPOTHESIZING A LITTLE BIT WE DO NOT HAVE ALL THE ANSWERS.
AS WE LOOKED AT THE SIGNIFICANT TURNOUT FOR THE PROGRAM AND HIGH SCHOOL PROGRAM WE ARE ASKING OURSELVES WHY IS THAT THE CREDIT RECOVERY ASPECT, THE SKULL THAT REALLY TANGIBLE OR THAT CARROT THAT'S OUT THERE FOR THE STUDENT. ANOTHER THING WE CONSIDER OUR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS I THINK YOU WILL NO THAT TWO OF HER THREE ZIP CODES WERE THE HIGHEST IN THE STATE FOR VACCINATIONS, CORRECT? AND THEY CAME TO US AND SAID WHAT DID YOU DO? I THINK YOU ALL KNOW THE INVESTMENT FOR THE 12 TO 18-YEAR-OLD STUDENTS AND THAT COULD POTENTIALLY BE SOMETHING THAT IMPACTED PEOPLE FEELING LIKE THEY COULD FEEL SAFE ENOUGH TO COME ON CAMPUS AND TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THESE OPPORTUNITIES. WE HAVE SOME HYPOTHESES BETWEEN THE DIFFERENT PROGRAMS AS TO WHY. MAYBE IT'S BECAUSE THEY FELT THE URGENCY IN THAT SENSE THAT IF STUDENTS HADN'T HAD THAT OPPORTUNITY BEFORE TO ENGAGE SO WASN'T SURE IF HE HAD ANYTHING
BACK BACK >> I THINK THIS IS GREAT.
THE NUMBER OF CREDITS EARNED, WHO ARE THOSE STUDENTS? AND THEN FOLLOWING UP ON ANY
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ADDITIONAL SUPPORTS THEY MAY NEED. ARE THEY TARGETING AT RISK ARE THOSE THAT BASICALLY SAID OF THE COULDN'T DO DISTANCE-LEARNING SO THEY TOOK OFF LAST YEAR. IT WOULD BE INTERESTING TO SEE BECAUSE DOESN'T TELL US SOMETHING THAT EVEN AS WE MOVE FORWARD HOW WE OFFER THINGS THAT MAY HIT SOME STUDENTS WITH ALIGNMENT WITH GRADUATION.>> WHAT I CAN TELL YOU IS NUMBER ONE, YES, WE KNOW FOR EACH STUDENT THAT WAS THERE.
IN ADDITION I WAS SINGL FOR THE TEAM THEY PUT OUT SURVEYS TO STUDENTS THAT WERE LOOKING AT FEEDBACK AS WELL AS BASIC RESPONSES OF WHY THEY WERE THERE.
>> VAST MAJORITY WERE STUDENTS WHO EARNED A D OR AN F. AND THEN ORIGINAL CREDIT.
FOR THOSE WHO HAD PATHWAY PLANNED OUT FOR THEM FOR THEIR COUNSELORS THAT IF THEY TAKE A COURSE IN THE SUMMER IT WOULD GIVE THEM MORE OPPORTUNITIES FOR THEM, OPEN OF CAREER PATHWAYS.
>> HERE OTHER SUMMER PROGRAMS WILL NOT DIGGING TOO MUCH. WITH THIS DATA UP THERE FOR YOU TO SHOW YOU. NOT TOO SURPRISING AS FAR AS THE ENROLLMENT BASED ON THE FEEDBACK WE GOT. I WILL SAY AGAIN ANOTHER GREAT PARTNER DATA SUMMER ENTREPRENEURSHIP ACADEMY THAT THEY PROMOTED. YOU CAN SEE THAT NOT ALL THE SPACES WERE FILLED AND THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS REGIONAL THAT WAS NOT JUST US BUT THEY SAID THE DISTRICT MADE AN INVESTMENT AND WHAT WE HAVE TO OFFER AND SO WE ARE GOING TO CARRY FORWARD THAT INVESTMENT AN OFFER SOMETHING DURING THE SCHOOL YEAR THAT'S IN ADDITION TO WHAT THEY ALREADY OFFERED. THE LESSON I WANTED TO CALL OUT IS THE ONE WEEK CAMP WE HAD FOR K-6 GRADE. THE NUMBER OF INTERESTING PIECE OF INFORMATION I THINK WE HAD LIKE 778 SURVEY RESPONSES. IT WAS PRETTY IMMEDIATE. THE FIRST COUPLE HOURS THEY SAID WERE GOING TO INCREASE OUR 15 SPOTS. WE ARE BACK TO THEM AND SAID WE WILL TAKE EVERY OTHER SPOT YOU HAVE THAT'S NOT ALREADY TAKEN. SO WE WERE ABLE TO RESERVE 110 SPOTS. 70 PEOPLE SAID THEY'RE INTERESTED THOSE 110 SPOTS WHERE HARD FIELDS. LOTS OF PHONE CALLS PEOPLE DECIDE AT THE LAST MINUTE I'M NOT READY FOR THIS. WE WERE CALLING PEOPLE TO GET THEM IN.
ONE OF THE INTERESTING THINGS IS REALLY TRY TO PRIORITIZE MAKING SURE THAT STUDENTS HAVE ACCESS THAT MAYBE WOULDN'T OTHERWISE SEE CAN SEE THE 82 PERCENT OF THE STUDENTS CONSIDERED AT RISK ATTENDED.
>> I CONTEND I SIGNED MY DAUGHTER UP SO SHE WENT ONE WEEK AND JUST HER EXPERIENCE WAS SO EXCITED ABOUT SCIENCE AND EXPERIMENTS AND SEEN FRIENDS THAT SHE KNEW.
SHE GOT TO TALK TO THE FACT THAT WE HAD HER OWN BUS DRIVER THAT WAS BRINGING STUDENTS.
THE GREN BUSES. IT WAS AN AMAZING PROGRAM I WANT TO THINK THE DISTRICT.
I KNOW A LOT OF FAMILY SIGNED UP BUT WHAT MY DAUGHTER GOT OUT OF IT I CAN IMAGINE WHAT SO MANY OTHER STUDENTS GET OUT OF IT.
>> SO THAT TAKES US THROUGH PHASE I. NOW WE ARE ENTERING PHASE 2.
>> ANYONE ELSE READY FOR A NAP? THAT'S A LOT OF WORK AND ONE PHASE.
>> AND THERE'S TUMOR TO GO TO MORE TO GO. WHAT I DO WANT TO SAY IS ON THE OUTSET IF YOU RECALL WE SAID 18 MONTHS THAT IS AN GENERAL IDEA IT MAY TAKE US LESS TIME IT MAY TAKE US MORE. WAS I GIVEN THE FACT THAT WE ARE STILL NOT OUT OF THE PANDEMIC AND ARE STILL THINGS WE ARE ADDRESSING. WHEN WE SAY THE WORD 18 MONTH LAND OR PHRASE IT'S NOT PRECISE ON HOW LONG IT'S GOING TO TAKE US IT'S A REFERENCE TO THE FACT THAT WERE ADDRESSING EVERYONE'S WELL-BEING. I'M IN A TALK MORE ABOUT SOME OF THINGS THAT WILL BE HAPPENING IN THE NEXT PHASE. SO AS WE TALKED ABOUT A FEW TIMES LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS LITERACY, FOCUSING ON LITERACY. THAT SOMETHING THAT CAN BE
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CHALLENGING TO REALLY DEFINE GET DOWN TO. WHAT DO WE MEAN BY THAT? WELL, WE HAVE A STEERING GROUP THAT ARE KIND OF HELPING GUIDE THE DEVELPMENTS OF A PLAN THAT FOCUSES ON HELPING LITERACY AND WRITING. THIS PLAN ONCE FULLY DEVELOPED, IT'S GOING TO TAKE SOME TIME, THE IDEAS CAN ADDRESS K-12 GRADES.THE INITIALLY GUIDED BY THE SUMMER PILOT DATA. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S GOING TO BE SUPPORTED BY HER TEACHING TOS OF A ACROSS THE CONTENT AREAS.
AS OUR CO-TEACHING ARE IN CLASSROOMS SUPPORTING TEACHERS IN ORDER TO MAXIMIZE THE AMOUNT OF TIME THERE ABLE TO BE WITH TEACHING STAFF SUPPORTING STUDENTS IN THE CLASSROOM WE REALLY WERE NOT GONNA CONFINE THEM TO YOU CAN ONLY GO DURING ONE PORTION OF THE DAY OR THEY MUST SCHEDULE ELA AT THIS TIME OF THE DAY. THEY COULD BE COMING IN THE AFTERNOON, THE COULD BE THAT TEACHER FOR AN HOUR AND AND A HALF IN THE MORNING IF THEY WANT TO DO ELA A LITTLE BIT OF MATH. THE IDEA IS THE SKILLS AND STRATEGIES ARE WORKING TO DEVELOP THEY WILL UTILIZE THE AREAS TO SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT.
>> MORE ON THAT IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS.
>> WE TALKED ABOUT THIS STUDENT VOICE, TEACHER VOICE. WE HAVE GROUP FORMED ADMINISTRATORS AND TEACHER LEADERS. SEPTEMBER WILL START TO CONVENE THAT GROUP. WE WILL INTEGRATE STUDENTS AS WELL.
LOOKING FOR SOME COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS. THE TENTATIVE PLAN IS TO RELET THE INITIAL ELEMENTS OF THE LITERACY PLAN DISTRICTWIDE IN OCTOBER.
REALITY IS WE CERTAINLY ARE NOT OVERPROMISING AND SAME WE HAVE A FULL-SCALE PLAN.
GETTING SOME INITIAL ELEMENTS THAT WE CAN USE AND AGAIN WILL TALK ABOUT THAT I WILL GATHER FEEDBACK THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS TO LEARN FROM AND WILL MAKE ADJUSTMENTS AS NECESSARY.
THAT WILL FURTHER DEVELOP OUR PLAN.
>> THE BOARD SHOULD COUNT ON EVERYTHING BEING SLOWER. WHAT WE USED TO AND THE PACE WERE MOVING AT LIKE LAST WEEK EVERYTHING THE VISITING SCHOOLS THAT TO DO LIST THEY WERE WORKING ON, DIVERSITY EQUITY AND INCLUSION, I HAD EVERY TARGET AND ACCOMPLISH A LOT I WILL BE EXHAUSTED BY FRIDAY. THE FIRST IS SMOKE, COVID, THIS IS THESE FOLKS, SAME THING.
THEY ARE THE ONES WERE DIRECTLY LEADING THE LITERACY PROGRAM AND WHEN THE DAY GETS BLOWN UP AT SIX EVERYONE IN. SO JUST BE AWARE WERE TRYING TO GIVE TARGETS BUT EXPECT US ON OCCASION OR OFTEN THAT WERE GOING TO MISS THEM. LET'S GO, LET'S NOT GO OVER THIS BECAUSE WERE GONNA DIG INTO THIS A LOT THIS SO THIS IS.
LOOK AT. WE HAVE CALLED WE TRIED CO-TEACHING DEFINITION BEFORE SO NOW WE HAVE A DEFINITION HERE FOR YOU ON THAT TO COME BACK TO AND HOLD US ACCOUNTABLE FOR. EVERY CHANGE OR TWEAK IT GREAT, SAVE THIS COPY, IF YOU GET QUESTIONS ASK US FOR THE SLIDE AGAIN IF YOU LOSE IT WILL GET IT TO YOU, HERE IT IS.
AND THEN YOU GOT A REMINDER OF THE MODELS, STUDENT DESK, TEACHER DESK.
>> A LOT OF PEOPLE ASK US ABOUT AS WE SHOULD REPEATEDLY THE CREDENTIAL PROGRAMS ARE PRETTY MUCH GONE THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT ARE IN THE PROGRAMS THAT EXIST ARE IN THE REGION OF ABOUT 10 A YEAR. WE LOOK INSIDE I THINK ABOUT THE LAST ONE OR ONE OF THE TWO WE HAVE LEFT FOR THE DISTRICT RETIRED LAST YEAR. AND IF WE WERE TO HIRE ALL 10 OF THE READING SPECIALISTS THAT WERE AVAILABLE IN THE REGION AND GET THEM AND SHARE THEM IT WOULD TAKE ABOUT FOUR OR FIVE YEARS TO HIRE ALL OF THEM TO REALLY GRAB AND GET IN BECAUSE YOU KNOW. OUR DIFFERENT APPROACH IS FOCUSING ON WRITING AND THE USE OF TEXT READING TO FOCUS ON WRITING BECAUSE RESEARCH SHOWS THAT WRITING SIGNIFICANTLY IMPROVES READING. WE ARE TRYING A DIFFERENT APPROACH WITH THE STAFF WE DO HAVE AN THE TOSA'S WE BEEN ABLE TO HIRE WE HAVE ALMOST ALL OF OUR ELEMENTARY VACANCIES FILLED WITH QUALITY TEACHERS AND FILL THEM FIRST AND THEN HAVE FOR TOSA'S FILLED I THINK, ENOUGH
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WE CAN ADJUST UNTIL WE CAN GET THE WORK DONE. OUR FOCUS ON CLASSROOM FIRST, THANK YOU FOR THAT AND THEN TOSA TO BE ABLE TO HELP TO INVEST IN CO-TEACHING SO IS NOT ABOUT TOSA TELLING TEACHERS WHAT TO DO OR TRY TO COACH THEM SO THE TEACHERS THEY ARE WORKING TOGETHER TO HELP KIDS IMPROVE THEIR WRITING AND THE READING AS WE PUT IT IN OUR STRATEGIC PLAN.>> THREE VERY BRIEF SLIDES I WON'T READ ALL THE STUFF TO YOU.
WILL GO ON AND LOOK AT SOME ADDITIONAL ACADEMIC ACTIONS. I WANT TO CALL OUT LARRY MEEKS ACADEMY. AT EXPENSE I WAS OUT VISITING CAMPUSES PROVIDED SUPPORT WITHIN HE DID IT AND I HAD A SITUATION WITH A SWEET THIRD-GRADER AND SHE WAS TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT CLASS SHE WAS IN THERE WAS A LITTLE BIT OF CONFUSION BECAUSE SHE WAS NOT SHOWING UP ON THE ROSTER WHEREAS THE DAY BEFORE SHE'D BEEN ON A TEACHERS ROSTER.
WHEN WE GOT TO THE BOTTOM OF IT TO MAKE SURE SHE GOT WHERE SHE NEED TO BE I WAS AMAZED AS I LOOKED AT THE LAYERS OF INVESTMENT THAT PEOPLE OVER THE YEARS, FIRST OF ALL, THE PARENT UNDERSTANDABLY WAS REALLY WRESTLING WITH AM I READY FOR MY STUDENT TO GO BACK TO IN PERSON INSTRUCTION OR WANT TO CONSIDER MEEKS? SO TENTACLE CAN NIGHT THE NIGHT BEFORE SCHOOL SHE SUBMITTED AN ONLINE REGISTRATION FOR HER TO GO TO MEEKS ACADEMY.
FIRST OF ALL, THIS WAS NOT IN PLACE SEVERAL YEARS AGO. SHE WAS ABLE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT AND DO IT AT HER LEISURE AT 10 O'CLOCK AT NIGHT AND THE NEXT MORNING SHE WAS TALKING TO HER DAUGHTER ABOUT WHERE SHE WAS GOING HER DAUGHTER SAID I REALLY WANT TO BE WITH MY FRIENDS. IN THE MEANTIME, OUR AMAZING ENROLLMENT OFFICE HAD ALREADY CONTACTED THE FAMILY TO SAY WE ARE MOVING HER OVER, WE MADE THE TRANSFER, IF YOU NEED ADDITIONAL INFORMATION GIVE US A CALL BACK. BY 845 IN THE MORNING THE YOUNG GIRL WAS IN HER CLASSROOM AND LEARNING IN PERSON BECAUSE THEY DECIDED THAT WAS THE BEST OPTION FOR THE FAMILY AND THEY WERE ABLE TO AGAIN THROUGHOUT SYSTEMS PROCESS THAT AND PUT BACK IN PLACE. JUST AN AMAZING EXAMPLE OF HOW THE INVESTMENTS AND HELP FAMILIES ENGAGE WITH US, THE EXPEDIENCY OF THE PROCESS, THE FACT THAT THERE ARE OPTIONS FOR FAMILIES AND ULTIMATELY THAT STUDENT WANTED TO BE IN PERCENT WITH HER PEERS.
SO IN A 12 HOUR WINDOW OF TIME THAT FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL IT WAS PRETTY AMAZING.
FOCUSING ON AND SCHOOL ACTION LOOK IN THE ADDITIONAL ACTIONS AND THEN THE PHYSICAL HEALTH AND THERE'S DETAILS YOU CAN LOOK OVER. AS WE MOVE FORWARD, TAKING INVENTORY OF WHAT WE DONE WITH THE SYSTEM LEARNING FROM WHAT WE HAVE DONE IN THE LAST 16 MONTHS IS AMBITIOUS GOALS. NEXT UP MENTION THERE'S GONNA BE A WORKSHOP.
INTERACT WITH US A LITTLE BIT ON THE PLAN WITH EVIDENCE AND SAMPLES YOU CAN LOOK AT.
>> OUR THREE AREAS OF FOCUS THAT WE CONVERTED LIKE OUR LENGTH OF SERVICE THAT OUR COMMUNICATION PARENT IS DONE. OUR INTENT IS TO HAVE OUR STAFF TRAINED AND WAS A COMPLETE THAT THEY RECEIVE A BADGE FOR THAT THE CONTENTS OF THE EMAIL. THOSE WHO PARTICIPATE IN THE DIVERSITY, EQUITY AND INCLUSION EFFORTS INCLUDING THE TEACHERS THAT WILL BE THE SCHOOLYARD WRAP SHAVINGS AND HELPING US LEAD ETHNIC STUDIES AND THE THIRD ONE IS THE FOCUS ON LITERACY. THOSE ARE THE THREE THINGS THAT WE ARE FOCUSED ON ACADEMICALLY AND RECOGNIZE AS STAFF ENGAGE, PARTICIPATE AND COMPLETE AND ACTIVATE THAT TEACHING AND LEARNING IN THE CLASSROOM.
>> SO ANGELA, I PARTICULARLY LOOK FORWARD TO THAT LITERACY. AS YOU VISITED THE CLASSROOM THIS PAST SUMMER AND SAW THE WRITING SAMPLES FROM THE KIDS AND KNEW THOSE KIDS NEED A LOT OF INTENSIVE, THE KIDS THAT WERE PRESENT. I WAS PARTICULARLY CONCERNED BECAUSE ESPECIALLY OF THE KIDS WERE IN THE MIDDLE GRADES. THE LEVEL OF WRITING THEY
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EXHIBITED DIDN'T CORRELATE WITH THEIR GRADE LEVEL IT WAS SIGNIFICANTLY LOW COMPARED TO THE GRADE THEY WERE IN. SO I KNOW THAT IS GREAT SIGNIFICANCE IN TERMS OF READING ESPECIALLY READING TEXT THAT IS NOT CONTEXTUALIZED AND WHERE THEY GO FROM THERE WHEN THEY CAN'T WRITE A PARAGRAPH THEN WHAT DOES THAT DO TO THEIR SELF-ESTEEM AND THEIR EFFORTS FOR COMPLETED HOMEWORK. I HAVEN'T URGENCY FOR US TO MOVE VERY THOUGHTFULLY BUT ALSO AS QUICKLY AS WE CAN BECAUSE THE KIDS ONLY GET ONE CHANCE AT EVERY GRADE LEVEL AND IF THEY DON'T GET THE SKILLS AND EQUITABLE THEN THEY GET THAT MUCH FURTHER BEHIND IN A COVID HAS COMPOUNDED THAT OPPORTUNIT . SO I'M JIGGLY, REALLY WANT TO GO THERE. IN TERMS OF THE SUMMER LEARNING WHEN I LOOKED AT THE NUMBERS AND I LOOKED THE NUMBER OF KIDS WHO MASTER ONE SKILL OR TO SKILLS, BE INTERESTED TO HEAR AT A LATER TIME YOUR THOUGHTS ON THAT WHEN I LOOK AT THAT I THINK THERE IS CONCERN.JUST NOT ENOUGH KIDS ARE MASTERING WHAT WE WANT THEM TO UNDERSTAND.
KIND OF LIKE IMPROVE THE INDICATORS AND I KNOW THAT IS A PUBLIC SAMPLE KIDS ACROSS THE DISTRICT SO IT'S NOT YOU CAN CLUSTER THEM TOGETHER AND GIVE THEM ALL THE SUPPORT THEY NEED IN ONE LOCATION WHICH WOULD MAKE IT REALLY SIMPLE TO ALLOCATE THE RESOURCES AND PERSONNEL TO THE AREA TO BRING ABOUT IMPROVEMENT. SO THERE WAS ANOTHER AREA THERE THE SUMMER PROGRAM AGAIN WANTING TO KNOW MORE ABOUT THESE KIDS BECAUSE WHEN WE GET THESE NUMBERS AND I KNOW THAT YOU AND STEPH HAVE THIS INFORMATION BUT BECAUSE OF TIME CONSTRAINTS YOU COULD SPEND THE REST OF THE BOARD MEETING ON THIS.
WHAT DID WE LEARN? WHAT DO WE LEARN AS A DISTRICT ABOUT THE LEARNING OF KIDS IN SUMMER IN TERMS OF SUMMER SCHOOL? WHAT DO WE LEARN ABOUT WHAT THEY NEED? BECAUSE I THINK WHEN THAT IS ARTICULATED IS HARD TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THAT IS. DO WE KNOW WHAT TO LOOK FOR WE GOING TO CLASSES? I LOOK FORWARD TO THAT WHEN WE PGET TO THE LITERACY WORKSHOP I'M ANXIOUS TO GET TO.
I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF LESSONS LEARNED AND I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS TO KEEP IN MIND IS THAT THE SCIENCE, THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO TO THE SCIENCE CAMP FOR THE SUMMER THAT IN ITSELF GIVES US A CLUE ABOUT THE INTEREST IN LEARNING. KIDS ARE ENGAGED, EXCITED AND YOU CAN SEE THEIR ENTHUSIASM THAT HAS GREAT IMPLICATIONS OF HOW WE APPROACH OUR DAILY SCHEDULES WITH KIDS. AND THE KIND OF PERSON THAT WE DEVELOP.
>> ONE THING I DID NOT HIGHLIGHT AND I'LL GET IT TO IT MORE IN THE WORKSHOP I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT WE TALKED ABOUT DOING RESEARCH AS WERE LEARNING HOW OTHER PEOPLE MADE IT THROUGH MAJOR CATASTROPHES AND TRAGEDIES COME BACK FROM THOSE INCIDENCES.
WAS NOT NECESSARY TAKING KIDS BACKWARDS SO WHEN THINGS THAT WE DID WE ACTUALLY FOCUSING ON WHERE THEY WERE GOING AND THAT WHERE THEY CAME FROM. THERE WAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO SEE
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HOW THEY WERE TO GO TO THE NEXT GRADE LEVEL.>> IT WAS NOT REMEDIATION. IF YOU PROVIDE MORE OPPORTUNITIES FOR SECONDARY KIDS THEY WILL COME AND EARN MORE CREDITS. THE COST BENEFIT TO THAT IS LESS TIME OFF FOR STAFF. THE PHONE CALLS AND EMAILS TO PGET THEM THERE MEANS LOTS OF OVERTIME. LOTS OF CLASSIFIED WORKING LATE INTO THE EVENING, LOTS OF ADMINISTRATORS WORKING LATE INTO THE EVENING. MOVING KIDS FORWARD INSTEAD OF FOCUSING ON IT REMEDIATION IS ANOTHER THING I THINK WE ARE LEARNING.
SCIENCE AND OTHER THINGS CONNECTING THE STUDENTS AND ENGAGING THEM BUT WHEN YOU EXPERIENCE THAT IT WORKS MUCH LIKE PUTTING TOGETHER A TEAM LOOK AT SCHOOL ARTS THROUGH THE LENS OF ETHNIC STUDIES. THEY WERE WONDERFUL PROGRAM TO TURN STICK FIGURES INTO WRITING. SO INVOLVES LOT ART INCLUDING DIGITAL ARTS.
SARGON HELP THAT WITH FOLKS TO GET TEACHERS IN. THE THINGS THAT WERE LEARNING BASED ON YOUR INVESTMENTS AND YOUR APPROVAL IN THE WORKSHOP WILL DIG IN TOILET ABOUT WRITING. THE BIG THING, I KNOW IT'S LONG BECAUSE IT'S HARD TO PAIR DOWN THINGS WE WANT YOU TO KNOW. YOUR INVESTMENTS ARE PAYING OFF.
THEN ALL WORKING AND WE WILL TELL YOU WHEN THEY ARE NOT. THE PAIN OFFER KIDS.
SOCIAL WORKERS 35 STUDENT ASSESSMENTS IF ONE OF THOSE LIVES WAS SAVED EVERY PENNY SPENT TO THE BOARD WAS WORTH EVERY BIT OF IT. I KNOW THERE'S PROBABLY MORE THAN ONE. AND SO, WELL DONE TO YOU BECAUSE THIS WAYS JUST AS HEAVY ON BOARD MEMBERS AS A DOES EVERYONE ELSE WENT ABOARD MEMBER SAYS THESE ARE CRAZY TIMES. AND DESCRIBED EVERYTHING THAT BOARD MEMBERS ARE GOING THROUG , I'LL TRY TO FIND IT AGAIN AND SHARE IT. HARD, HARD JOB FOR A SMALL STIPEND THAT BARELY PAYS FOR GAS OR COFFEE.
>> I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU BECAUSE CHRIS HE SAID IF THE DIVISION I'VE BEEN READING ARTICLES IN LOOKING AT THIS AND THIS IS THE WORST THING WE COULD DO IS CALL THIS A RECOVERY. IT'S NOT A RECOVERY AND I THINK BECAUSE THEN STUDENTS LOOK AT WORDS AND WORDS HAVE MEANING AND IT RECOVERY IS LIKE SOMETHING WE LOST.
WE'VE ALL BEEN TRAUMATIZED BUT HOW DO WE MOVE FORWARD? THIS IS THE 18 MONTH MOVING FORWARD AND I APPRECIATE IS MY OWN SECOND GRADERS AND 1/3 GRADER I NOTICED THE LITERACY AND THE WRITING SKILLS WHERE IT'S A DEFICIT. MY TRAINING IS AN ATTORNEY AGAIN HOW IMPORTANT WRITING IS THE SPECIFICS AND THE LANGUAGE WE USE SO THAT IS WHY I HOPE ARE MINDFUL AND TRY 90 USE THE WORD RECOVERY TRIDENT NOT TO USE THE WORD RECOVERY.
>> THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.
>> WILL GO BACK OVER IT BEFORE THE WORKSHOP FOR YOU.
>> NOW ARE MOVING ON TO THE THIRD PRESENTATION WHICH IS ON UPDATES ON THE WORK BEING DONE
[XII.c. Update on the Work Being Done to Address Disparity and Disproportionality]
TO ADDRESS THE DISPARITY AND DOES PROPORTIONALITY.>> IF YOU GIVE ME A MINUTE IT IS GOING TO ADJUST SOMETHING. JUST A MINUTE TO LET THE PRESENTER INTO THE ROOM.
>> WE HAVE OUR VISITORS ON THE SCREEN.
>> THANK YOU, I LOOK FORWARD TO HAVING THE DOCTOR FROM RECEIPT QUICKLY LIVING ENGAGING WITH US
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IN A RESEARCH PROJECT OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS. SO CHRISTINA IS GOING TO BE PROJECTING FOR US AND ARE GOING TO HIT US OVER TO THE TWO OF YOU AND I MIGHT ASK QUESTIONS ABOUT THINGS ARE TALKING ABOUT JUST FOR CLARITY BUT, DR. OKONOFUA.[01:24:27]
FROM THAT SCALE? WAS THAT 0 TO 60? THANK YOU.[01:35:18]
>> THIS IS TRUSTEE GRANT. SO I UNDERSTAND, THIS ENTIRE STUDY HAS A COMPETENT INTERVAL,
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WHAT IS THE CONFIDENCE INTERVA ? THE CONFIDENCE INTERVAL ON THE[01:35:32]
STUDY, COULD YOU CLARIFY WHAT THE CONFIDENCE INTERVAL IS, IS IT FOR EVERY GRAPH OR IS IT FOR A SECTION LIKE TEACHER WELL-BEING AND IN THE NEXT SECTION OR IS IT FOR THE ENTIRE STUDY? OKAY, THANK YOU I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT IN TERMS OF THE PEOPLE WATCHING TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THAT IS SO THANKS. OKAY, THANK YOU.[01:41:09]
>> THIS IS CHRIS, SO THIS IS DEFINITELY WRITTEN AT A PHD LEVEL.
WE TEND TO POST THESE UP FOR OUR COMMUNITY, IS THERE A WAY, I'M LOOKING AT THE CHALLENGES IN THREAT LEVEL, WHAT IS THE MOST PLAIN ENGLISH WAY THAT IT COULD BE CRAFTED SO BEFORE HE POSTED THIS WE CAN CRAFT IT SO EVERYONE WILL READ, THEY MAY NOT READ THE GRAPHS, BUT THEY CAN READ THE SUMMARY AND GET IT? HIGH STRESS MEANS LOW EMPATHY OR HEIGHT THREAT MEANS LOW EMPATHY, IS THAT CORRECT? HEIGHT THREAT MEANS LOW EMPATHY. SO WHAT IS HIGH STRESS MEAN? SO I THINK THIS IS A GREAT TRANSITION WHAT GOLD HAS DONE IS PROVIDED SCIENTIFIC DATA THAT PROVES FROM A SCIENTIFIC PERSPECTIVE THE FINDINGS THAT YOU ARE ABOUT TO SHARE ARE BACKED UP BY DATA AND SCIENCE, IS THAT ACCURATE? THEN PLEASE, GO FORWARD.
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>> DR. OKONOFUA, LISA KAPLAN, WHEN USE THE WORD STRESS I KNOW IN THE TERMS OF ANY LOOK AT YOU ASKED ABOUT STRESS OVER THE LAST TWO WEEKS, DOES YOUR STUDY ALSO LOOK AT IT COULD DEPEND ON MAYBE THE TEACHER DOES NOT HAVE ANY STRESS OVER THE LAST WEEKS BUT SOMETHING HAPPENED AND IT'S THE STRESS OF THE DAY OR ARE THE FINDINGS THE SAME OR DOES IT DEPEND ON THE TYPE OF STRESS WHETHER IT'S LONG-TERM STRESS OR ONE AT TIMES STRESS?
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>> NO QUESTIONS. I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW FOR FUTURE THE PLAN.
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>> I THINK THAT WOULD BE THE BEST PRACTICE TO GO TO THE SUPERINTENDENT'S OFFICE.
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FOR ALL QUESTIONS I THINK SENT THE SUPERINTENDENT AN EMAIL. THAT WOULD BE BEST.>> I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING THE SPECIFIC POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS, THANK YOU.
>> QUICKLY, I KNOW THERE IS SCIENTIFIC BUT TO EDIT TO A LEVEL OF PEOPLE WATCHING WHAT DOES THIS MEAN? IS THE STATEMENT CORRECT TO SAY THAT STRETCH STRESS THAT A TEACHER IS UNDER HAS A LOT TO DO WITH SOME OF THE DISPARITIES IN THE ROOT CAUSES OF DISPARATE TREATMENT AND DISCIPLINE OF STUDENTS OF COLOR?
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>> THANK YOU I REALLY APPRECIATE IT I THINK IT HELPS SUMMARIZE WHAT WE ARE LOOKING AT AND HOW WE ARE GOING TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE DATA. AS WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS I REALLY LOOK FORWARD BECAUSE I THINK IT IS STEPS IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION IN OUR DISTRICT AND MAYBE DIFFERENT WAYS OF TRAINING THE NEWER TEACHERS BUT WHERE I SEE THE THIRD BULLET POINT WHERE IT SAYS MORE CONCRETE SKILL BUILDING APPROACHES I AM REALLY INTERESTED IN WHAT DOES THAT MEAN AND HOW DO WE IMPLEMENT THAT IN OUR DISTRICT? BUT, THANK YOU FOR THE INFORMATION.
>> DR. OKONOFUA, IF YOU COULD HELP I KNOW THERE'S SEVERAL MORE TRUSTEES WITH QUESTIONS.
BUT TO PIGGYBACK OFF OF TRUSTEE KAPLAN'S QUESTION. WE KEEP TALKING ABOUT STRESS AND MAYBE I'M NOT GETTING IT FULLY BUT IT LOOKS LIKE STRESS, STRESS CHALLENGE STRESS COULD HAVE A POSITIVE EFFECT, THREAT DEFINITELY HAS A NEGATIVE EFFECT.
IS THAT WHAT WE ARE READING IN THE DATA EARLIER? SO, I'M TRYING TO KEEP THIS FOR THE STAFF, WE HAVE A LOT OF STAFF IN THE ROOM BUT MOSTLY STAFF AND ANYONE WHO'S GOING TO WATCH THIS SOMETIMES WE GET 130 PEOPLE THAT WATCH THIS LIVE AND SOMETIMES TAPED WE CAN GET UP TO A 1000. I'M TRYING TO SIMPLIFY THIS FOR EVERYONE TO UNDERSTAND.
I'M GOING TO GO BACK, ONE OF MY FAVORITE ATHLETES, MICHAEL JORDAN, THRIVED UNDER STRESS FOR THE MODERN GENERATION TOM BRADY DRIVES UNDER STRESS BUT IF YOU'VE EVER WATCHED MICHAEL
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JORDAN'S I MADE MY SENT SEDONA WATCHES ESPN SPECIAL, WHEN THINGS WERE GOING WELL AND HE KNEW HE WASN'T GOING TO WHEN HE THREW TEMPERATURE AND TERMS. YOU CAN SEE TOM BRADY STEP UP AND SPIKE THE FOOTBALL, YELLOW PEOPLE ON THE SIDELINES NOT ALWAYS TO MOTIVATE BUT ON THOSE YEARS HE KNOWS HE'S NOT GOING TO WIN. I'M TRYING TO THINK FROM THE STAFFS PERSPECTIVE WHEN DOCTOR HEREDIA IS DONE ASKING HER QUESTIONS I WILL TALK TO THE BOARD IN THE SHORT TWO DAYS WE HAD TO LOOK AT THIS SOME IDEAS WE HAVE TO BRING THIS BACK TO YOU AND ACTIONS AND POLICIES, WE HAVE TO FIND A WAY TO BREAK THIS DOWN AND THE EASIEST WAY IS SO EVERYONE GETS IT. WERE GONNA LOSE 90 PERCENT OF OUR FOLKS BECAUSE ONE OF THE THINGS THAT CAUSES A THREAT TO EDUCATORS IS THIS KIND OF RESEARCH AND SCIENCE.THAT IS JUST FACTS, RIGHT? MY APOLOGIES. ONE OF THE DIFFS ABOUT YOU, DR.
OKONOFUA, OFTEN WORKS WITH DISTRICTS THAT GET THE FINGER WAGGED AT THEM AND SOMEONE SAYS YOU NEED TO GO GET HELP. SO WHEN ROMAN CONNECTED MEET WITH DR. OKONOFUA THREE DAYS AGO HE WAS, I AM REALLY BUSY, I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH TIME I HAVE BUT HE WAS INTRIGUED BY THE FACT THAT NO ONE WAS TELLING US WE HAD TO DO THIS BUT THIS BOARD MADE CLEAR THIS IS THE KIND OF STUFF THEY WANT TO DO. AND WE WERE LUCKY THAT HE'S IN BERKELEY SO PROXIMITY HELPED.
ONE OF DR. OKONOFUA'S GIFTS WHEN HE'S WITH PEOPLE IS HE WINS PEOPLE OVER.
HE, YOU CAN TELL THE INTELLIGENCE AND THE SCIENCE BUT HE WENT TO OUR ASSOCIATION AND GOT THEM TO SIGN OFF WITHIN 24 HOURS TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS.
SO THE GIFT OF HAVING HIM COME IN OUR DISTRICT HAS BEEN A SPECIAL.
WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO TRANSLATE BECAUSE I AM NOT DR. OKONOFUA AND NEITHER IS ANYONE ELSE HERE. BUT THIS KIND OF ABILITY WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO FIGURE OUT, I'M THINKING, ADMIRAL LEGASPI VERSUS GORDON RAMSAY AND HELLS KITCHEN.
YOU GET TO BREAK IT DOWN. AND USE EXAMPLES AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE AND FIGURE OUT HOW TO MAKE CONNECTIONS WITH OUR EDUCATORS LIKE WE DO AND CS PT ONE AND MAKE CONNECTIONS WITH OUR STUDENTS. SO THAT'S GOING TO BE ONE OF THE MAJOR CHALLENGES WE FACE BECAUSE THIS THING IS NOT JUST GOING UP ON THAT WEBSITE EVERYONE'S GOING TO GET A COPY IN A BUILDING AND I'M GOING TO DIRECT EACH DEPARTMENT TO TALK AND MAKE MEANING SO WE CAN COME BACK AND BRING BACK TO THE BOARD THINGS THAT THEY CAN HANDLE AND ADDRESS.
MY APOLOGIES, I WILL LET YOU GO. HE IS THE GREATEST OF ALL TIME, HE IS THE GOAT, I JUST HAVE TO PUT THAT OUT THERE.
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>> WHEN I LOOKED AT THE SAMPLE FOR THE PRESENTATION AND I'M LOOKING AT THE DEMOGRAPHIC OF PARTICIPANTS THE U.S. OR THE CALIFORNIA DEMOGRAPHICS FROM THIS DISTRICT DEMOGRAPHICS, AM I CORRECT? THE ETHNIC BREAKDOWN. I THINK THAT IS IMPORTANT FOR PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND. WHEN I LOOK AT THE DEMOGRAPHICS AND THE PERCENTAGE OF PEOPLE WHO PARTICIPATED IN THIS A QUESTION THAT POPS INTO MY MIND THESE ARE PEOPLE WHO VOLUNTEERED FOR A STUDY. THESE WERE PEOPLE WHO ALREADY WENT IN WITH THE OPPORTUNITY AND PEOPLE WHO ARE GOING INTO A SITUATION SO I AM WONDERING ABOUT YOUR THOUGHTS VERSUS WHEN YOU GO AND YOU DO A YEAR LONG LONGITUDINAL STUDY AND YOU LOOKING AT PEOPLE WHO ARE VOLUNTEERING FOR STUDY VERSUS IN THE MIX, SO TO SPEAK. WHAT CAN YOU TELL US A SAMPLE THAT INCLUDES VOLUNTEERS?
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>> THE RESULTS WERE NOT REALLY A SURPRISE TO ME IN TERMS OF WHAT WE GOT TONIGHT THEY SEEM VERY CONSISTENT WITH OTHER SCHOLARLY WORK IN TERMS OF WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE RELATIONSHIP, FOR EXAMPLE, THE WEIGHT OF TEACHERS AND STUDENTS WITH COLOR AND THE INTERACTION.
ONE THING YOU TALKED ABOUT IS THE PERSPECTIVE OF PEOPLE WHEN THEY COME INTO THE PROFESSION AND THE ROLE OF PERSPECTIVE. I WAS PLEASED TO SEE THERE WAS A FOCUS ON PERSPECTIVE BECAUSE I THINK THE PERSPECTIVE THAT NEEDS TO BE DISPELLED THAT JUST HAS TO HAPPEN YEAR ONE ALMOST IN TERMS IF YOU WANT TO MOVE TEACHERS FORWARD. ANYWAY, JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR RECOMMENDATIONS. I THINK THE RECOMMENDATIONS YOU HAVE YOU HAVE PROVIDED IS A DIFFERENT KIND OF LENS AND I APPRECIATE THAT UPFRONT FROM THAT BACKGROUND OF PSYCHOLOGICAL. THE ANTIBIAS, ANTIRACIST TRAINING AND THAT CULTURAL COMPETENCE SUCH A CRITICAL ROLE EVEN IN THE FIRST YEAR OF HOW TEACHERS INTERACT WITH STUDENTS. BUT I ALSO THINK THAT WHEN TEACHERS UNDERSTAND BEHAVIORS AND WHEN THEY UNDERSTAND CULTURES DIFFERENT FROM THEMSELVES LEADS THEM ON THE PATH, WITHOUT THAT IT'S A LITTLE MORE OF A CHALLENGE FOR TRAINING EFFORTS.
>> SO THANK YOU DR. OKONOFUA, I'M GOING TO TRY TO TIE THIS TOGETHER I KNOW IT'S LONG BUT WE WILL CAPTURE THIS ON FILM AND THE STAFF GETS TO HEAR THIS, AS WELL.
GOING BACK TO 1819, THAT WAS THE LAST YEAR WE HAD GOLD INSTRUCTION IN PERSON.
SUSPENSION RATE FOR BLACK STUDENTS WAS 12.6 PERCENT. OUR HISPANIC RATE WAS 5.2 WHICH COMPARED TO OUR WHITE SUSPENSION RATE WAS ONLY 0.8 PERCENT.
SO LESS THAN ONE PERCENT. WHICH IS WHY WE HAVE NOT BEEN UNDER A DECREE TO ENGAGE WITH SOMEONE LIKE DR. OKONOFUA, WE ARE VOLUNTARILY DOING IT. THOSE PERCENTAGES WERE NOT ALWAYS LIKE THAT. NOT THAT THE 12.6, THAT'S NOT GOOD.
THAT MUST BE BETTER. BUT THINGS HAVEN'T CHANGED. I THINK WE CAN ALL RECOGNIZE
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CECIL DUKE AND THAT WORK HE BROUGHT FOR US DISTRICT STARTING SSS AND TAKEN APPROACH AND HOLDING US PROCESS, DISCIPLINE AND HOW WE HANDLE DISCIPLINE AND EXPULSIONS.BASICALLY, WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT TEACHING AND LEARNING FROM AN EDUCATORS PERSPECTIVE WITH YOUR TEACHER, CLASSIFIED EMPLOYEE, UPERINTENDENT, MANAGER, WHE THERE'S SOME DISCUSSION ABOUT STREET SKILLS OF VETERAN TEACHERS WE CAN ALWAYS DO THAT BETTER BUT THAT IS DEFINITELY SOMETHING WE BEEN PUTTING OUT THERE. RESTORATIVE JUSTICE, MICHELLE CAN GIVE US NUMBERS AND TRACK HOW MANY TEACHERS HAVE BEEN TRAINED AND RESORT OF PRACTICES. WE PRESENTED THEM, SOMETIMES WE SHOULD IN THIS BOARDROOM.
IT REMINDS ME A LOT THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN AROUND EDUCATION, THE MATH COURSE.
ABOUT WHEN YOU PUT A STUDENT IN ALGEBRA ONE IN EITHER NINTH GRADE AND WHEN IT TALKED ABOUT STUDENTS FOR SUCCESS AND TALK ABOUT THE TEACHERS MINDSET AND THE TEACHER SKILLS TO TEACH MATH. NOT MUCH HAS CHANGED. THIS REINFORCES IN HER OWN DISTRICT THAT WE HAVE SOME REAL-TIME DATA HERE THAT SUGGESTS WE ARE IN SOME WAYS NORMAL AND NOT ALWAYS THE RIGHT NORMAL BUT IN SOME WAYS BETTER THAN NORMAL.
THAT'S A LOW HISPANIC SUSPENSION RATE AND NOT A LOT OF DISPARITY.
STILL SOME, BUT NOT ATTEND. RECOGNIZE THIS WORKED EVERYONE ALL THE STAFF THIS IS JUST A SLICE OF A NEW PIE WE STARTED. WE HAVE HAD A NUMBER OF PIES THAT HAVE GOTTEN US TO GRADUATION, GRADES THAT ARE CREDIBLY HIGH, THE BEST IN THE REGION AG RATES FOR DIFFERENT STUDENT GROUPS. WE ARE ALSO BRINGING IN READY SET FOR ANOTHER EXTERNAL PERSPECTIVE YOU WILL START TO SEE MORE OF THAT IS THEY'VE GIVEN US THE LIST OF DOCUMENTS THE GOING TO LOOK AT. WE WILL TALK MORE ABOUT STAKEHOLDERS.
TWO DIFFERENT OUTSIDE PERSPECTIVES WILL HELP US MUCH OF OUR WORK IS GOING TO BE THE INTERNAL ENERGY THAT COMES FROM STUDENT TEACHERS, STAFF AND OTHERS TICKLISH.
WE WILL BE ABLE TO SHOW THEM READY SET ANALYSIS. IT WILL BE ABLE TO CLING TO THEM THIS PRESENTATION AND THEN LET THE REST OF THE INTERNAL ENERGY GO IN FLOW.
SOME THINGS THE BOARD TALKED ABOUT, I DON'T THINK WERE READY FOR POLICIES IN THIS PRESENTATION. I THINK AS WE LOOK AT READY SET AND AS WE ARE FOR STUDENTS AND OUR STAFF I THINK WE ARE GOING TO BE BRINGING AND A LOT MORE POLICIES THAT ARE LESS NEW STATE OR FEDERAL LAWS WE BEEN GIVEN IN THE LAST 16 MONTHS. 50 NEW STATE AND FEDERAL LAWS THAT TECHNICALLY WE WOULD NOT HAVE TO DO THE BOARD POLICY, THEY ARE LOST.
MORE FOCUS ON THESE TYPES OF POLICIES. IT USED TO BE COOL TO CALL THEM REFORM POLICIES BUT THAT'S NO LONGER APPARENTLY COOL. BUT TO WORK ON THE THINGS THAT REALLY MATTER. THIS BOARD ALREADY DOES A NUMBER OF THINGS FROM ALLOCATING BUDGET AND MONEY, MONITORING IT BY REQUESTED OR DEMANDED THAT STAFF BRINGS YOU DATA, REMEMBER A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO WE GAVE YOU MONEY, NUMBER OF STUDENTS AND GIVE YOU A NUMBER RATIO TO LOOK AT THE DOLLARS YOU SPENT IN EFFECT. THOSE THINGS ARE NOT YET IN POLICY. THEY ARE IN PRACTICE BUT THEY'RE NOT IN POLICY.
SO IT'S AN EXPECTATION YOU FIND OUT BUT IT DOES MEAN THAT THE SIDE OF THE ROOM CHANGES THAN IT MIGHT GO AWAY. SO THOSE ARE THE THINGS WE CAN DEFINITELY START TO LOOK AT.
EVEN THINGS FOR EXAMPLE WE ARE TALKING ABOUT RESOURCES AND OTHER THINGS, HOW POWERFUL WOULD BE FOR THE BOARD FOR US TO PRESENT TO THE BOARD THE IDEA OF ADDING EXTRA BUMP FOR SALARY SCALES OR CLASSIFIED EMPLOYEES. WHERE THERE'S AN ADDITIONAL COLUMN FOR HOURS AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AROUND MINDSET, RESTORATIVE JUSTICE, LITERACY, DIVERSITY, EQUITY AND INCLUSION. THAT ARE INTERNAL HOURS NOT NECESSARILY UNITS THAT SOMEONE WOULD GO GET A MASTERS DEGREE, WE HAVE OPPORTUNITIES FOR THAT BUT TO FOCUS IN ON PRIORITIES AS THE BOARD IS GOING TO BE REDOING AND PROBABLY TWEAKING AND CHANGING THE GOALS. LOTS OF BLUE SKY AVAILABLE FROM THE BOARD IF THEY HAVE PATIENCE, AND UNDERSTANDING THAT EDUCATION IS COMPLETELY DIFFERENT NOWADAYS.
HEALTH HAS BECOME A MAJOR COMPONENT OF WHO WE ARE PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH AND IRONICALLY IS NOT NECESSARILY SHOWING UP AT THE TOP FIVE ON THE VISION BUT I BET YOU IF I ANNOUNCE WERE STOPPING VACCINATION AND TESTING TOMORROW THERE WOULD BE A NUMBER OF EMAILS AND PROTESTS AND MY NAME ASSOCIATED WITH NOT NICE WORDS.
SO LOTS OF BLUE SKY FOR THIS BOARD. CONTINUE TO GIVE US TIME AND IF
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HE REALLY THERAPIES INTERNAL ENGINES THIS WAS ONE EFFORT AND I HAVE BEEN GOING ON WE HAVE BROUGHT THIS FIRST EFFORT OF THE NEW PIE TO A CONCLUSION AND THEN WE ARE GOING TO MOVE FORWARD WITH OTHERS. UNDERSTAND A LOT WILL BE COMING YOUR WAY ON THIS TOPIC IN THIS ISSUE AS IT HAS FOR ABOUT A DECADE NOW. THANK YOU BOTH.IF NOT ALREADY GONE, THANK YOU. LET'S NOT CUT OFF TRUSTEE HARDEN, THAT WOULD BE BAD.
LOOK, SHE IS BACK IN HER CHAIR.
>> PRESIDENT HEREDIA, BEFORE WE MOVE ON UNWANTED NOTE FOR THE RECORD WE DID RECEIVE ONE PUBLIC COMMENT FOR THIS ITEM. IT WAS FROM ROSALYNN BELL IN SUPPORT OF THE WORK BEING DONE AS AFFORDED TO THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND WILL BE INCLUDED IN THE MINUTES.
>> THANKS TO ALL THE PRESENTERS A LOT OF INFORMATION AND I REALLY APPRECIATE IT.
MOVING ON TO CONSENT CALENDAR LOOKING FOR A MOTION AND A SECOND.
[XIII. CONSENT ITEMS]
MOVED BY KAPLAN. SECOND BY BAINS.>> MOTION CARRIES 5 TO 0. FIRST ACTION ITEM IS TO RATIFY THE PURCHASE OF AN ONLINE PHYSICAL
[XIV.a. Ratify the Memorandum of Understanding between the District and NTA Regarding 2021-2022 in a COVID-19 Environment]
EDUCATION PLOVER. MOTION ON THE FLOOR.>> FOR PURPOSES OF ALL OF THESE THANK YOU FOR PARTNERSHIPS BOTH THE TEACHERS AND CLASSIFIED PLEASE PASS ALONG SUPPORT FOR THE WORK THEY HAVE DONE AND ALL THE INITIATIVES ALL OF US OF THE PARTNERSHIPS.
>> MOVE BY BAINS SECOND BY KAPLAN ROLL PLEASE.
>> MOTION CARRIES 5 TO 0. RATIFY THE MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING OF NPA REGARDING
[XIV.b. Ratify the Memorandum of Understanding between the District and NTA Regarding IB Programme Modifications to Collective Bargaining Agreement]
THE PROGRAM MODIFICATION BARGAINING AGREEMENT. ANY QUESTIONS DISCUSSION ON THIS ONE BEFORE SOMEONE OFFERS A MOTION? MOVED BY KAPLAN.SECOND BY TRUSTEE BAINS. CHRISTINA, NO COMMENTS.
>> WE DID NOT RECEIVE ANY COMMENTS FOR ANY ACTION ITEM.
>> IF THERE ARE NO OBJECTIONS I WILL DO THE ROLL CALL. ITEM C CSEA REGARDING
[XIV.c. Ratify the Memorandum of Understanding Between the District and CSEA Regarding Coronavirus Safety for 2021-22]
CORONAVIRUS SAFETY 21 ? 22. DISCUSSION ON THIS BEFORE IT OFFERS A MOTION?>> WILL BY TRUSTEE GRANT. SECONDED BY TRUSTEE HARDEN. AGAIN A SUBSTITUTE PRIOR UNANIMOUS ROLL CALL. IF THERE ARE NO OBJECTIONS. ITEM D RATIFY THE MEMORANDUM OF
[XIV.d. Ratify the Memorandum of Understanding Between the District and CSEA Regarding a Hiring and Retention Bonus for Newly Hired Instructional Assistants]
UNDERSTANDING TO THE DISTRICT AND THAT CSEA HIRING RETENTION FOR THE NEW HIRED TEACHING ASSISTANTS. MOVED BY GRANT SECONDED BY KAPLAN.>> ASSOCIATE SUPERINTENDENT SAID THERE WAS 37 VACANCIES WHICH CAUSE THE ONO MOMENT THAT WAS NOT THE EXACT TERM BUT HOW MANY VACANCIES DO WE STILL HAVE? LESS THAN 14, YOU SAID 14 EARLIER SO WE MAY HAVE ANOTHER OFFER.
ABSOLUTELY THANK YOU TO THIS BOARD FOR LOUDEST MOVE FORWARD ON THAT.
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THAT IS PROGRESS. AND EVERY ONE OF THEM SUPPORTS A CHILD OR MORE IN A TEACHER.>> LET EVERYONE KNOW WE SELF INSTRUCTIONAL INSISTENCE THERE IMPORTANT.
>> WERE BETTER THAN EVERYONE ELSE SO DON'T GO TO THEM ANOTHER VACANCIES.
>> WE ARE MORE FUN. LEX WE WILL FEED YOU MORE.
>> NO OBJECTIONS ALL SUBSTITUTE FOR A NANA CIRCLE FOR ITEM D. ITEM E RATIFY THE MEMORANDUM OF
[XIV.e. Ratify the Memorandum of Understanding between the District and CSEA Regarding the Licensed Vocational Nurse - Paraeducator Job Description]
UNDERSTANDING REGARDING THE LICENSED VOCATIONAL NURSE PARA EDUCATOR JAVASCRIPT IN.MOVED BY KAPLAN SECOND BY BAINS. A SUBSTITUTE BY UNANIMOUS ROLL CALL IF THERE'S NO OBJECTIONS. APPROVE THE FIRST MOMENT TO FACILITIES LEASE WITH XL
[XIV.f. Approve First Amendment to Facilities Lease with XL Construction for Heredia-Arriaga School (Northpointe Site)]
CONSTRUCTION FOR HEREDIA SCHOOL NORTHPOINT SITE. MOVED BY TRUSTEE KAPLAN SECOND BY TRUSTEE BAINS. SUBSTITUTE FOR UNANIMOUS ROLL CALL.[XIV.g. Approve Architectural Services Agreement with Verde Design for Natomas High School Sports Fields Improvements Project]
ITEM G APPROVED. ARCHITECTURAL SERVICE AGREEMENT WITH VERITY DESIGN FOR NATOMAS HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS FIELD IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT. MOVED BY TRUSTEE KAPLAN SECOND BY TRUSTEE HARDEN. I WILL SUBSTITUTE THE PRIOR UNANIMOUS ROLL CALL IF THERE ARE NO OBJECTIONS. EVERYONE THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.