[A. CLOSED SESSION] [00:00:06] SOON. THIS IS CHAIRWOMAN TIERRA BOOKER DWYER I CALL TO ORDER THE MEETING OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION OF BALTIMORE COUNTY FOR TUESDAY AUGUST 13TH, 2020 FOR THIS EVENING'S BOARD OF EDUCATION MEETING IS BEING BROADCAST THROUGH THE BEEKEEPERS ONLINE LIVE MEETING BROADCAST AND ON BCP TV IN ORDER TO EFFICIENTLY CONDUCT THIS MEETING ALL VOTING ITEMS WILL BE DONE BY ROLL CALL VOTE MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO GO INTO CLOSED SESSION AS PERMITTED BY THE OPEN MEETINGS ACT AS FOUND IN THE ANNOTATED CODE OF MARYLAND GENERAL PROVISIONS ARTICLE 3-305B1 AND B SEVEN TO DISCUSS THE APPOINTMENT EMPLOYMENT ASSIGNMENT THAT TO DISCUSS THE APPOINTMENT EMPLOYMENT ASSIGNMENT PROMOTION DISCIPLINE DEMOTION COMPENSATION REMOVAL RESIGNATION OR PERFORMANCE EVALUATION OF APPOINTEES, EMPLOYEES OR OFFICIALS OVER WHOM IT HAS JURISDICTION OR ANY OTHER PERSONNEL MATTER THAT AFFECTS ONE OR MORE SPECIFIC INDIVIDUALS AND CONSULT WITH COUNSEL TO OBTAIN LEGAL ADVICE .SOME HAVE STILL ASKING IS THERE A SECOND SECOND FRIMPONG MAY I HAVE A ROLL CALL VOTE? MR. YOUNG YES. MR.. I'M ANNOUNCING MISHAN MS. FRIMPONG YES, MISS LICHTER. MS. PUMPHREY YES. MISS CHIKA KALU YES. MR. LASKI YES. DR. SAVOY YES. MR. MCMILLIAN. MS. HARVEY Y . GOOD EVENING. THIS IS CHAIRWOMAN TIERA BOOKER DWYER. I NOW CALL TO ORDER THE MEETING OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION OF BALTIMORE COUNTY FOR TUESDAY, AUGUST 13TH, 2024. I [B. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE/SILENT MEDITATION (6:30 p.m.)] INVITE YOU TO RECITE THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG TO BE LED BY MS.. CHIKA KALU. WE WILL THEN HAVE A MOMENT OF SILENCE IN RECOGNITION OF THOSE WHO HAVE SERVED EDUCATION IN BALTIMORE COUNTY. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. I SEE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. >> TONIGHT'S BOARD OF EDUCATION MEETING IS BEING BROADCAST THROUGH THE BCP ONLINE LIVE MEETING BROADCAST AND ON BCP TV COMCAST XFINITY CHANNEL 73 VERIZON FIOS CHANNEL 34. IN ORDER TO EFFICIENTLY CONDUCT THIS MEETING ALL VOTING ITEMS WILL BE DONE BY ROLL CALL [C. AGENDA (6:35 p.m.)] VOTE. >> THE FIRST ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS CONSIDERATION OF THE AUGUST 13TH AGENDA. DR. ROGERS ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONS OR CHANGES TO TONIGHT'S AGENDA? >> I'M UNAWARE OF ANY CHANGES TO THIS EVENING'S AGENDA THERE. THE AGENDA. HEARING ON THE AGENDA STANDS AS PRESENTED. EARLIER THIS EVENING THE BOARD MET IN CLOSED SESSION PURSUANT TO THE OPEN MEETINGS ACT FOR THE FOLLOWING REASONS. TO DISCUSS THE APPOINTMENT AN EMPLOYMENT ASSIGNMENT PROMOTION DISCIPLINE DEMOTION COMPENSATION REMOVAL RESIGNATION OR PERFORMANCE EVALUATION OF APPOINTEES EMPLOYEES OR OFFICIALS OVER WHOM IT HAS JURISDICTION OR ANY OTHER PERSONNEL MATTER THAT AFFECTS ONE OR MORE SPECIFIC INDIVIDUALS AND TO CONSULT WITH COUNSEL TO OBTAIN LEGAL ADVICE. THE CLOSED SESSION SUMMARY AND OPEN SESSION INFORMATION SUMMARY CAN BE FOUND ON BOARD DOCS UNDER THIS BOARD MEETING AGENDA DATE. >> AT THE BOARD'S [D. OPEN SESSION MINUTES (Ms. Booker-Dwyer) (6:40 p.m.)] MEETING ON JUNE 11, 2024 AND JULY 23RD 2024 TECHNOLOGY WAS INOPERABLE AND VIDEO MINUTES ARE UNAVAILABLE ALTHOUGH AT AN EDUCATION TRANSPARENCY ACT DESCRIPTION AND WRITTEN MINUTES WERE POSTED WITHIN 72 HOURS OF EACH MEETING. NEITHER SET OF MINUTES HAS BEEN APPROVED AS IS CONTEMPLATED BY OUR PARLIAMENTARY AUTHORITY ROBERT'S RULE OF ORDERS NEWLY REVISED BOARD MEMBERS ARE THERE ANY CORRECTIONS TO THE MINUTES OF JUNE 11TH, 2020 FOR HEARING NONE. >> THE MINUTES OF JUNE 11TH 2024 ARE APPROVED AS WRITTEN AND POSTED NEXT ARE THERE ANY CORRECTIONS TO THE MINUTES OF JULY 23RD 2020 FOR HEARING NONE? >> THE MINUTES OF JULY 23RD 2024 ARE APPROVED AS WRITTEN AND POSTED. >> THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS [E. NEW BUSINESS - PERSONNEL MATTERS (Mr. McCall) (6:45 - 6:50 p.m.)] PERSONNEL MATTERS AND FOR THAT I CALL ON MR. MCCALL. >> GOOD EVENING CHAIR BOOKER TO OUR [00:05:11] VICE CHAIR PUMPHREY SUPERINTENDENT DR. ROGERS AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD LIKE THE BOARD'S CONSENT FOR THE FOLLOWING PERSONNEL MATTERS RETIREMENTS, RESIGNATIONS AND LEAVES. >> DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE PERSONNEL MATTERS AS PRESENTED IN EXHIBITS E ONE AND 3E3 SO MOVE PARTY. DO I HAVE A SECOND SECOND FRIMPONG OR ANY DISCUSSION? MAY I HAVE A ROLL CALL VOTE? MR. YOUNG YES. MR. MINSKY YES, MISS HEN YES. MISS FRIMPONG YES. MISS PUMPHREY YES. MISS CHIKA KALU YES. MR. LASKI. YES. DR. SAVOY. YES. MR. MCMILLIAN. YES. MISS HARVEY? YES. MISS BOOKER DRYER? YES. MOTION CARRIES. THE NEXT ITEM [F. NEW BUSINESS - ADMINISTRATIVE APPOINTMENTS (Dr. Rogers) (6:50 - 7:00 p.m.)] ON THE AGENDA IS ADMINISTRATIVE APPOINTMENTS AND FOR THAT I CALL ON DR. ROGERS. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING, MADAM CHAIR. BOOKER DWYER, VICE CHAIR PUMPHREY AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. I'M BRINGING FORWARD THE FOLLOWING ADMINISTRATIVE APPOINTMENTS FOR YOUR APPROVAL. DIRECTOR OFFICE OF MATHEMATICS COORDINATOR LITERACY SECONDARY DEPARTMENT OF LITERACY AND HUMANITIES ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL LANSDOWNE MIDDLE SCHOOL FISCAL SUPERVISOR THREE GRANTS OFFICE OF GRANTS A COUNTY SUPERVISOR OFFICE OF CAREER COLLEGE AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION SPECIALISTS COMPREHENSIVE OF COORDINATED EARLY INTERVENTION SERVICES COMPREHENSIVE SUPPORT TEAM SPECIALIST OFFICE OF EARLY CHILDHOOD SPECIALISTS ENGLISH LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT OF MULTILINGUAL ACHIEVEMENT AND SENIOR COMMUNITY SCHOOL FACILITATOR OFFICE OF TITLE ONE HOMELESS PROGRAMS AND COMMUNITY SCHOOLS DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE PERSONNEL MATTERS AS PRESENTED IN EXHIBIT F ONE SO MOVE STILL ASK DO I HAVE A SECOND SECOND SAVOY ANY DISCUSSION? MAY I HAVE A ROLL CALL VOTE? MR. YOUNG. YES. MR. MINSKY. YES. MISHAN YES. MS. FRAMPTON YES. MS. PUMPHREY YES. MR. COOK HELLO? YES. MR. LASKI YES. DR. SAVOY YES. MR. MCMILLIAN YES. MISS HARVEY YES .MISS BOOKER DREIER YES. MOTION CARRIES. TURN IT OVER TO DR. ROGERS. >> THANK YOU. OUR FIRST APPOINTMENT THIS EVENING IS LISA BELL MAGE LISA, PLEASE STAND. >> LISA IS ATTENDING THIS EVENING WITH HER CURRENT PRINCIPAL STEVE COCO FROM MACE CHAPPELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND WAS APPOINTED AT THE JULY 23RD BOARD OF EDUCATION MEETING AS THE PRINCIPAL AT HARFORD HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WITH 18 YEARS OF SERVICE WITH BALTIMORE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS. HER EXPERIENCES INCLUDE AN INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC TEACHER AT LOGAN ELEMENTARY IN WHITE OAK SCHOOL'S MATH RESOURCE TEACHER AT WHITE OAK SCHOOL THAT TEACHER AT NORWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL AT MACE CHAPEL AND PANNONIA INTERNATIONAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. HER PRIOR EXPERIENCES INCLUDE VOCAL AND INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC TEACHER AND BROWARD COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC TEACHER AT HOWARD COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS. >> CONGRATULATIONS ARE OUR NEXT APPOINTMENT IS MADISON BRESSLER .>> MADISON IS ATTENDING THIS EVENING AND IS BEING APPOINTED AS THE FISCAL SUPERVISOR THREE GRANTS AND THE OFFICE OF GRANT ACCOUNTING. HER PREVIOUS EXPERIENCES INCLUDE STAFF ACCOUNT AT PARK CIRCLE INVESTMENT FIRM STAFF ACCOUNTANT SENIOR ACCOUNTANT AND CONTROLLER AT ALLSTATE LEASING AT MILE ONE AUTO GROUP AND ACCOUNTING MANAGER AT CAREFIRST BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD. >> CONGRATULATIONS AND A WELCOME TO BE CPF. OUR NEXT APPOINTMENT IS DANIEL CHENEY. >> DANIEL IS ATTENDING THIS EVENING WITH HIS SISTER ERICA AND IS BEING APPOINTED AS THE SPECIALIST IN THE OFFICE OF EARLY CHILDHOOD WITH EIGHT YEARS OF SERVICE WITH BALTIMORE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS. DANIEL'S CPS EXPERIENCES INCLUDE PARA EDUCATOR AND THE DEPARTMENT OF SPECIAL EDUCATION AND SPECIAL EDUCATION INCLUSION TEACHER AND SPECIAL EDUCATION SELF-CONTAINED TEACHER AT CAMPFIELD EARLY LEARNING CENTER. >> CONGRATULATIONS. OUR NEXT APPOINTMENT IS RACHEL JOYCE WHICH RACHEL RACHEL IS ATTENDING THIS EVENING WITH HER DAUGHTER ISABELLE AND IS BEING APPOINTED AS THE COORDINATOR LITERACY SECONDARY IN THE DEPARTMENT OF LITERACY AND HUMANITIES WITH 17 YEARS [00:10:03] OF SERVICE WITH BALTIMORE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS. HER PREVIOUS EXPERIENCES INCLUDE ENGLISH TEACHER AT DUNDALK HIGH AND DELANEY HIGH SCHOOL'S RESOURCE TEACHER IN THE DEPARTMENT OF ACADEMICS AND SPECIALIST DISCIPLINARY LITERACY AND THE DEPARTMENT OF LITERACY AND HUMANITIES. >> CONGRATULATIONS. OUR NEXT APPOINTMENT IS CYNTHIA GREENBERG. >> CYNTHIA IS ATTENDING THIS EVENING WITH HER CURRENT PRINCIPAL ROB COVERT FROM HEREFORD HIGH SCHOOL AND HER CLOSE FRIEND NICOLE BRIDGES AND IS BEING APPOINTED AS THE DIRECTOR IN THE OFFICE OF MATHEMATICS WITH SEVEN YEARS OF SERVICE WITH BALTIMORE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS. CYNTHIA'S BCBS EXPERIENCES INCLUDE MATH TEACHER AT TOWSON HIGH SCHOOL AND ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL AT HEREFORD HIGH SCHOOL. CYNTHIA'S PRIOR EXPERIENCES INCLUDE MATH TEACHER IN PINELLAS COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS. >> CONGRATULATIONS IN CASE YOU CAN'T AND I WAS VERY EXCITED TO SEE OUR NEXT APPOINTMENT IS EMMANUEL YVETTE OF GUEVARA'S NUMBER TWO OC. >> EMMANUEL IS ATTENDING THIS EVENING WITH HIS WIFE NATALIE SUAREZ AND IS BEING APPOINTED AS THE SPECIALIST ENGLISH LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT IN THE DEPARTMENT OF MULTILINGUAL ACHIEVEMENT. HIS PREVIOUS EXPERIENCES INCLUDE ENGLISH TEACHER AND CONVERSATIONAL ENGLISH TEACHER IN PUERTO RICO AND ESOL TEACHER AND ENGLISH LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT RESOURCE TEACHER IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS. >> CONGRATULATIONS AND WELCOME TO BCBS. >> OUR NEXT APPOINTMENT IS RACHEL HARDISTY .RACHEL IS ATTENDING THIS EVENING WITH HER MOTHER MELINDA AND WAS APPOINTED AT THE JULY 23RD BOARD OF EDUCATION MEETING AS THE ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL AT WOULD MORE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WITH TEN YEARS OF SERVICE WITH BALTIMORE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS .RACHEL'S EXPERIENCES INCLUDE CLASSROOM TEACHER AT SCOTT'S BRANCH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND SPECIAL EDUCATION INCLUSION TEACHER AT SCOTT'S BRANCH ELEMENTARY AND WOULD MORE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS. CONGRATS LATION OUR NEXT APPOINTMENT IS REBECCA HOUSEMAN. >> REBECCA IS ATTENDING THIS EVENING WITH HER HUSBAND BRIAN HOUSEMAN AND WAS APPOINTED AT THE JULY 23RD BOARD OF EDUCATION MEETING AS THE SPECIALIST ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT AND THE DEPARTMENT OF LITERACY AND HUMANITIES WITH 15 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE WITH CPS. HER PRIOR EXPERIENCE IS INCLUDE CLASSROOM TEACHER AT PINE GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND CONSULTING TEACHER AT SHADY SPRING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. CONGRATULATIONS. OUR NEXT APPOINTMENT IS STEPHEN JASPER. STEPHEN IS ATTENDING THIS EVENING WITH HIS WIFE CLAIRE AND WAS APPOINTED AT THE JULY 23RD BOARD OF EDUCATION MEETING AS THE ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL AT SCOTT'S BRANCH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. WITH 24 YEARS OF SERVICE WITH BALTIMORE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS, HIS PREVIOUS EXPERIENCES INCLUDE CLASSROOM TEACHER AT RANDALSTOWN ELEMENTARY AND MILLBROOK ELEMENTARY CLASSROOM TEACHER RESOURCE TEACHER TECHNOLOGY INTEGRATION TEACHER AND STEP TEACHER AT PLEASANT PLAINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND RESOURCE TEACHER AND CLASSROOM TEACHER AT LYONS MILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. >> CONGRATULATIONS. >> OUR NEXT APPOINTMENT IS SHAKIR JOHNSON. SHAKIR IS ATTENDING THIS EVENING WITH HER MOTHER FELICIA AND IS BEING APPOINTED AS THE SENIOR COMMUNITY SCHOOL FACILITATOR IN THE OFFICE OF TITLE ONE HOMELESS PROGRAM AND COMMUNITY SCHOOLS. HER PREVIOUS EXPERIENCES INCLUDE ONE ON ONE AND WORCHESTER COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS, FAMILY SERVICE ASSISTANT AND WORCHESTER COUNTY JUDY CENTER AND COMMUNITY PROGRAM COORDINATOR AND WICOMICO COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS. CONGRATULATIONS AND WELCOME TO BE CPS. >> OUR NEXT APPOINTMENT IS KATHERINE KENT. >> KATHERINE IS ATTENDING THIS EVENING WITH HER HUSBAND DAVID AND WILL AT THE JULY 23RD BOARD OF EDUCATION MEETING AS SPECIALIST MATHEMATICS IN THE OFFICE OF MATH. HER EXPERIENCES INCLUDE MATHEMATICS TEACHER IN ORANGE COUNTY, FULTON COUNTY, FRIEDLAND, PRINCETON CITY AND HOWARD COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS. MATHEMATICS TEACHER AND FISCAL INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT. SPECIAL EDUCATION TEACHER AT CALVIN ACADEMY AND MANAGER OF SCHOOL PARTNERSHIPS AT CARNEGIE LEARNING. CONGRATULATIONS AND WELCOME TO BE CPA MIKAYLA COKE. MIKAYLA IS [00:15:08] ATTENDING THIS EVENING WITH HER HUSBAND DANIEL AT THE JULY 23RD BOARD OF EDUCATION MEETING AS THE ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL AT LYONS MIDDLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. WITH 22 YEARS OF SERVICE WITH THE BALTIMORE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS, HER EXPERIENCES INCLUDE ENGLISH TEACHER AT SUMMERS WREN MIDDLE, DUMBARTON MIDDLE AND RIDGELEY MIDDLE SCHOOLS AND ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL AT RIDGELEY MIDDLE SCHOOL. >> CONGRATULATIONS. >> OUR NEXT APPOINTMENT IS TERRY LEWIS. JERRY RICHARDSON SPENDING THIS EVENING WITH HER DAUGHTER KAITLYN LEWIS, A RISING SENIOR AT MILFORD MIDDLE AND WAS APPOINTED AND WAS APPOINTED AT THE JULY 23RD BOARD OF EDUCATION MEETING AS THE ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL AT LYONS MIDDLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. WITH 25 YEARS OF SERVICE WITH BALTIMORE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS, HER PREVIOUS EXPERIENCES INCLUDE CLASSROOM TEACHER AT OLD COURT MIDDLE NEWTOWN ELEMENTARY, RANDALL ELEMENTARY AND WOOD HOME ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS READING TEACHER AT OLD COURT MIDDLE SCHOOL ENGLISH TEACHER AT SOUTHWEST ACADEMY PARKSVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOL AND NORTHWEST ACADEMY OF HEALTH SCIENCES STAFF DEVELOPMENT TEACHER AT DEEP CREEK MIDDLE SCHOOL AND CONSULTING TEACHER AT LYONS MILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. >> CONGRATULATIONS. >> OUR NEXT APPOINTMENT IS ERIKA LUNDY. ERIKA LUNDY IS ATTENDING THIS EVENING WITH HER FATHER ERIC LUNDY AND MOTHER CAROLYN LUNDY AND SPIRIT AND WAS APPOINTED AT THE JULY 23RD BOARD OF EDUCATION MEETING OF THE PRINCIPAL AT EDMONDSON HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. WITH 12 YEARS OF SERVICE WITH BALTIMORE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS, HER EXPERIENCES INCLUDE KINDERGARTEN TEACHER, CLASSROOM TEACHER AND RESOURCE TEACHER AT EDMONDSON HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL AT HAWTHORNE ELEMENTARY AND LYONS MIDDLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. SO FROM ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL OF THE YEAR ELEMENTARY TO PRINCIPAL CONGRATS ALICIA OUR NEXT APPOINTMENT IS KATHERINE RICE. KATHERINE IS ATTENDING THIS EVENING AND IS BEING APPOINTED AS THE ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL AT LANSDOWNE MIDDLE SCHOOL WITH EIGHT YEARS WITH EIGHT YEARS OF SERVICE WITH BALTIMORE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS. >> HER PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE IS INCLUDE MATHEMATICS TEACHER AT GENERAL JOHN STRICKER MIDDLE SCHOOL AND STAFF DEVELOPMENT TEACHER AT STEAMERS RUN MIDDLE SCHOOL. PRIOR TO THAT SHE SERVED AS A MATH AND READING RESOURCE TEACHER IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA PUBLIC SCHOOLS. TEACHER AT WARREN ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL AND ELEMENTARY TEACHER IN FAIRFAX COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS. >> CONGRATULATIONS. >> OUR NEXT APPOINTMENT IS BRANDON THOMPSON .BRANDON IS ATTENDING THIS EVENING WITH HIS WIFE CHARLI THOMPSON AND SON LEGEND THOMPSON AND WAS APPOINTED AT THE JULY 23RD BOARD OF EDUCATION MEETING AS THE ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL AT SPARROWS POINT MIDDLE SCHOOL. WITH TEN YEARS OF SERVICE WITH BALTIMORE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS, HIS PRIOR EXPERIENCE IS INCLUDE SOCIAL STUDIES TEACHER AT DUNDALK MIDDLE AND PARKSVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOL. PRIOR TO THAT HE WAS A SOCIAL STUDIES TEACHER AT HARFORD COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS. >> CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR NEXT APPOINTMENT IS MARCUS WIMBERLY .MARCUS IS ATTENDING THIS EVENING AND WAS APPOINTED AT THE JULY 23RD BOARD OF EDUCATION MEETING AS THE STUDENT CONDUCT HEARING OFFICER IN THE OFFICE OF SCHOOL CLIMATE AND CULTURE. WELCOME. WITH 21 YEARS OF SERVICE WITH BALTIMORE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOL YOUR PREVIOUS EXPERIENCES INCLUDE CLASSROOM TEACHER AT SPARKS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND HOW PHIL HALSTEAD ACADEMY RESOURCE TEACHER IN THE OFFICE OF STUDENT SUPPORT SERVICES AND PUPIL PERSONNEL WORKER IN THE OFFICE OF PUPIL PERSONNEL SERVICES. CONGRATULATIONS. >> OUR NEXT APPOINTMENT IS HARRY WU JACK. HARRY. >> HE IS ATTENDING THIS EVENING WITH HIS WIFE ASHLEY AND HIS PRINCIPAL YOLANDA BOOKER FROM HALIBURTON MIDDLE SCHOOL AND WAS APPOINTED AT THE JULY 23RD BOARD OF EDUCATION MEETING AS THE ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL AT HALIBURTON MIDDLE SCHOOL. WITH TEN YEARS OF SERVICE WITH BALTIMORE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS ,HARRY'S EXPERIENCES INCLUDE MATHEMATICS, TEACHER AND COMMUNITY SCHOOL FACILITATOR AT HOLLYWOOD MIDDLE SCHOOL. >> CONGRATULATIONS. OUR NEXT APPOINTMENT IS RUTH ECCLES. SHE IS WATCHING VIRTUALLY FROM HOME. RUTH IS BEING APPOINTED AS A SUPERVISOR IN THE OFFICE [00:20:02] OF CAREER COLLEGE AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION WITH 25 YEARS OF SERVICE WITH BALTIMORE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS. RUTH EXPERIENCES INCLUDE MIDDLE SCHOOL TEACHER AND TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION TEACHER AT CARTERSVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOL TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION TEACHER AT CHESAPEAKE SCHOOL SCIENCE TEACHER AND TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION TEACHER AT SELLERS POINT TECHNICAL HIGH SCHOOL AND RESOURCE TEACHER IN THE OFFICE OF CAREER COLLEGE AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION. >> CONGRATULATIONS RUTH. >> OUR FINAL APPOINTMENT FOR THE EVENING IS BRANDI THE HALL FOR WATCHING VIRTUALLY AS WELL. BRANDI IS BEING APPOINTED AS A SPECIALIST COMPREHENSIVE COORDINATED EARLY INTERVENTION SERVICES IN THE OFFICE OF EARLY CHILDHOOD. WITH TEN YEARS OF SERVICE WITH BALTIMORE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS. HER EXPERIENCES INCLUDE SPECIAL EDUCATION SELF-CONTAINED TEACHER AND SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING TEACHER AT WHITE OAK SCHOOL. CONGRATULATIONS BRANDI .CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OF OUR PARENTS. >> THANK YOU AND CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU ALL. >> I KNOW YOU'RE GOING TO DO WONDERFUL THINGS FOR BALTIMORE [G. PUBLIC COMMENT (7:00 - 7:35 p.m.)] COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS. OUR NEXT ITEM IS PUBLIC COMMENT. THIS IS ONE OF THE OPPORTUNITY THE BOARD OPPORTUNITIES THE BOARD PROVIDES TO HEAR THE VIEWS AND RECEIVE THE ADVICE OF COMMUNITY MEMBERS. IF NOT SELECTED TO ADDRESS THE BOARD, MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC MAY SUBMIT THEIR COMMENTS TO THE BOARD VIA EMAIL AT BOE AT BCP. >> THAT ORG THE BALTIMORE COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT'S HOMELAND SECURITY UNIT AND OFFICE OF SCHOOL SAFETY HAS RECOMMENDED SAFETY AND SECURITY PROTOCOLS WHICH ARE POSTED IN THE BOARD ROOM AND AVAILABLE IN BOARD DOCS AND ON THE BOARD'S PARTICIPATION BY THE PUBLIC WEBSITE. WHILE WE ENCOURAGE PUBLIC INPUT ON POLICY PROGRAMS AND PRACTICES WITHIN THE PURVIEW OF THIS BOARD AND THIS SCHOOL SYSTEM, THIS IS NOT THE PROPER FORUM TO ADDRESS SPECIFIC STUDENT OR EMPLOYEE MATTERS OR TO COMMENT ON MATTERS THAT DO NOT RELATE TO PUBLIC EDUCATION IN BALTIMORE COUNTY. INAPPROPRIATE PERSONAL REMARKS OR OTHER BEHAVIOR SUCH AS LANGUAGE THAT PROMOTES VIOLENCE AGAINST A BCP EMPLOYEE OR THAT DISRUPTS OR INTERFERES WITH THE CONDUCT OF THIS MEETING ARE OUT OF ORDER AND WILL NOT BE TOLERATED IT. PERSONS WHO OTHERWISE DISRUPT OR DISTURB THIS MEETING WILL NOT BE ALLOWED TO CONTINUE THEIR REMARKS AND WILL BE ESCORTED FROM THE MEETING. PLEASE OBSERVE THE THREE MINUTE CLOCK WHICH WILL LET YOU KNOW WHEN YOUR TIME IS UP. THE MICROPHONE WILL BE TURNED OFF AT THE END OF YOUR TIME OR PRIOR TO THAT AT THE DISCRETION OF THE BOARD CHAIR. WE WILL BEGIN OUR PUBLIC COMMENT WITH OUR NON PROFIT COMMUNITY GROUPS AND FOR THAT I CALL MISC HOLE FROM THE BALTIMORE COUNTY EDUCATION JUSTICE TABLE. >> HELLO MISS COLE. HI. >> IT'S A BUSY NIGHT .>> OKAY. GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. HAPPY TO SEE YOU AT THE END BEGINNING OF THE SCHOOL YEAR I GUESS. I'M NIKKI COLE WITH THE BALTIMORE. >> OH, I'M SO SORRY. I WAS FORGET KIDS. GOOD EVENING, DR. ROGERS. CHAIR BOOKER DWYER AND CHRISTINA PUMPHREY AND EVERYONE AMAZING WITH THE BALTIMORE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOL BOARD. GOOD TO SEE YOUR FACES. I'M NIKKI COLE REPRESENTING THE BALTIMORE COUNTY EDUCATION JUSTICE TABLE. I KNOW THAT YOU'VE HEARD ME SPEAK BEFORE AND OTHER FOLKS. THE LAST SCHOOL BOARD MEETING WAS REALLY BUSY SO ALL OF US DIDN'T GET TO TESTIFY. TO BRIEF YOU ABOUT OUR WISH LIST. SO I WILL RESHARE THAT WITH ALL OF YOU BUT JUST WANTED TO TALK ABOUT TWO POINTS TODAY. WE JUST HUMBLY REQUEST AGAIN THAT THE SCHOOL BOARD CONSIDER CREATING A POLICY THAT WOULD DEFINE AND CLARIFY WHAT COMMUNITY SCHOOLS ARE. TO HELP MAKE IT TRANSPARENT FOR ALL THE ADMINISTRATORS AND ALL THE EDUCATORS WHO ARE A PART OF IMPLEMENTING THAT THAT NEW AMAZING MODEL WE'VE BEEN HEARING FROM A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT IT WOULD BENEFIT THEM AND THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT. AND THEN ADDITIONALLY I KNOW THAT YOU ALL HAVE CONCERNS WE ALWAYS HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT FUNDING. HOW ARE WE GOING TO FUND SOMETHING SO BIG, SO TRANSFORMATIVE WHEN POLITICS AT THE STATE AND THE FEDERAL LEVEL ALWAYS DICTATE HOW MUCH WE GET RIGHT? SO WE'RE NOT HERE TO CONTEND THAT THAT'S GOING TO BE A CHALLENGE. WE JUST WANT TO BE CREATIVE IN HOW WE RESOURCE NOT JUST COMMUNITY SCHOOLS BUT ANY OF THE INITIATIVES THAT NEED TO BE RIGHT. SO I HAVE BEEN TALKING WITH A COUPLE OF SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS THAT MAYBE THERE'S WAY WE CAN DO SOME ADDITIONAL FUNDRAISERS. MAYBE [00:25:03] WE CAN CONTRACT WITH A CAPITAL CAMPAIGN FIRM. MARYLAND HAS A LOT OF REALLY WEALTHY PEOPLE THAT DEEPLY BELIEVE IN EDUCATION INCLUDING HERE IN BALTIMORE COUNTY. MAYBE WE CAN DO SOME WEALTH SCREENING. RIGHT. AND LIKE DO SOME STRATEGIC RESOURCE MOBILIZATION IN VARIOUS COMMUNITIES OR FOR THE WHOLE COUNTY TO GET WHAT WE NEED. I DON'T AND I'M NOT SAYING THIS TO AGITATE YOU ON HOW TO DO YOUR JOBS. I'M SURE MAYBE YOU HAVE THOUGHT OF THIS JUST GETTING IT ON THE PUBLIC RECORD AND ALSO THINKING CREATIVELY ABOUT WHAT OTHER ADDITIONAL CAPACITY GRANTS THERE MAY BE JUST EXPLORING ALL LEVELS WANT TO BE CREATIVE PARTNERS WITH Y'ALL. >> THAT'S REALLY IT FOR TODAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME AND APPRECIATE ALL OF YOUR LEADERSHIP. THANK YOU. MS. COLE .NEXT WE WILL GO TO OUR INDIVIDUAL CITIZENS OR STUDENTS AND OUR FIRST SPEAKER IS MS.. >> SERAPH. >> GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. OUR SCHOOL YEAR IS FAST APPROACHING AND I AM VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THE SERVICES THAT OUR STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES WILL BE RECEIVING OR SHOULD I SAY NOT RECEIVING THE SUMMER'S IS WHY SERVICES TO MANY STUDENTS WAS APPALLING AND MANY STUDENTS DID NOT HAVE THE SUPPORT REQUIRED ON THEIR IEP BECAUSE A SUPPORT ASSIGNED TO AN ENTIRE SCHOOL WAS A SUPPORT OF ONE THAT'S NOT APPROPRIATE IN SOME INSTANCES SOME STUDENTS WERE ASSIGNED TO IN A APPROPRIATE CLASSROOMS. YOU SIMPLY CANNOT TAKE A CHILD FROM A BEHAVIORAL LEARNING SUPPORT CLASS AND DUMP THEM IN A GENERAL EDUCATION CLASSROOM. THAT'S WHAT WAS GOING ON THIS SUMMER. THAT IS NOT ACCEPTABLE. THAT IS NOT EASY. >> WHY IEP ARE LEGAL DOCUMENTS. THEY ARE NOT MENUS IN A RESTAURANT. WE CANNOT CONTINUE TO PICK AND CHOOSE WHAT WE WANT TO FOLLOW AND WHAT WE DON'T WANT TO FOLLOW. I AM HEARING FROM TEACHERS AND PARENTS AND STUDENTS THEMSELVES THAT THEIR IEPS ARE NOT BEING FOLLOWED, THAT THEY'RE NOT GETTING THE PROPER SUPPORT AND ADMINISTRATORS ARE TELLING PARENTS ALL BUT WE HAVE THE SUPPORT AGAIN ONE PERSON IN A WHOLE SCHOOL BUILDING DOES NOT EQUAL PROPER SUPPORT AND THAT'S WHAT I WAS SEEING THIS SUMMER IN A NUMBER OF THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS, THE MIDDLE SCHOOLS ACROSS THE COUNTY. I'M ALSO GOING TO BRING UP THE FACT THAT FIVE OR FOURS ARE NOT BEING FOLLOWED EITHER PARTICULARLY IN THE MIDDLE SCHOOL. THEY ARE BEING IGNORED AND PARENTS RIGHTS IF PARENT ASKS FOR AN IEP MEETING THEY CAN'T GET IT. >> I'M NOT ASKING YOU TO MAKE MY JOB GO AWAY. I'M ASKING YOU TO DO YOUR JOB BECAUSE I'M DOING MINE THIS NEEDS TO BE FIXED. I APPLAUD INCLUSION BUT DUMPING KIDS IN A GENERAL EDUCATION CLASSROOM WITHOUT SPORTS NEEDED IS NOT THE WAY WE DO IT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MS. ARIF. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS DR. FARRAN. GOOD EVENING AND THANKS TO ALL OF YOU. DO YOU KNOW WHY THE PUBLIC DOES NOT DONATE TO THE SCHOOL SYSTEM BEYOND TEXAS LIKE THEY DO TO SEE SAN JOSE ETC.? I THINK BECAUSE SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION DOES NOT REALLY ANSWER THE PUBLIC QUESTION CONCERNS EMAILS BECAUSE THE PUBLIC CANNOT REALLY SPEAK DIRECTLY TO YOU AND TO THE SUPERINTENDENT. NOW [00:30:04] COULD THOSE FOR YOU, DR. ROGERS FOR MINGLING WITH THE NEW TEACHERS BUT I THINK THE SCHOOL SYSTEM FROM THE TOP DOWN NEEDS TO COMMUNICATE WITH THE MEDIA AND WITH THE PUBLIC LIKE MYSELF, THERE ARE OTHER REASONS THAT I SEE THERE IS A FOCUS ON APPEASING SPECIAL INTEREST RATHER THAN REALLY TO FOCUS ON THE QUALITY OF EDUCATION AND THE INSTANCE OF THAT AND OTHERS .AS YOU KNOW THAT IN LOST MEDIAN I WAS EJECTED OUT FOR STANDING UP AND RECORDING A VIDEO OF THE BOARD IN HEATED DISCUSSION. WHILE MANY OTHER PEOPLE DO THE SAME INCLUDING TODAY SOME OF THE PEOPLE IN THERE IN THE BACK BEHIND ME WERE TAKING VIDEOS AND STANDING UP AND MAKING NOISE AND SO FORTH. SO WHAT I READ IS THAT THE GUIDELINES FOR SECURITY GIVEN TO YOU ARE GUIDELINES YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO APPLY THEM USING WHAT'S APPROPRIATE, WHAT'S COMMONSENSE AND WHAT IS WISE TO APPLY AND I DON'T REALLY SEE THAT THE BOARD IS AND THE SCHOOL SYSTEM IS SUPPOSED ALSO TO REVISE THOSE SECURITY GUIDELINES AS YOU GO STANDING UP TO STRETCH THE LEGS IN A FOUR HOUR MEETING LIKE JULY 9TH OR TO RELIEVE PAIN AND OR TO GET CIRCULATION BETTER OR TO STAND IN UP TO TAKE A VIDEO OF AN INTERESTING DISCUSSION AND TO ADVERTISE FOR IT AND FOR YOU THE SCHOOL SYSTEM ON MY FACEBOOK IS NOT A CRIME IS NOT SOMETHING WRONG TO DO I THINK ITEM NUMBER NUMBER FOUR FOR YOU THE BOARD IS YOUR COMMITTEE FOR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT. I REALLY DON'T THINK YOU ARE COMMITTED TO COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT IF YOU DON'T ANSWER YOUR EMAILS. THANK YOU DOCTOR FOR OWN SINCE WE HAVE SPEAKERS SPACE LEFT WE WILL GO TO OUR NEXT INDIVIDUAL CITY CITIZEN MS.. MS. BERGMAN GOOD EVENING BOARD MEMBERS. >> I'M BACK. HI DR. ROGERS. YOU LOOK BEAUTIFUL. WONDERFUL UP THERE. I AM SO EXCITED. AS A FORMER PARENT FROM BCBS, I CAME TODAY TO REPORT BACK. I GOT THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO ACROSS THE NATION ALL THE WAY TO THE NEXT COAST AND I HAVE TO SAY THE QUALITY OF EDUCATION THAT BALTIMORE COUNTY PROVIDES TO OUR STUDENTS IS TOP NOTCH TOP NOTCH. >> MY CHILDREN SUFFERED THE LAST TWO YEARS IN CALIFORNIA SMALLER SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN CALIFORNIA LIMITED FUNDING WHEN THEY WENT TO HIRE TEACHERS AND EDUCATORS THAT WE NEEDED THEY HAD VACANCY AFTER VACANCY AFTER VACANCY. >> OBVIOUSLY WE DON'T SEE HERE IS STILL TOUGH. IT'S STILL ROUGH OUT THERE. WE HAVE A SHORTAGE IN EDUCATION. SO TO BE ABLE TO SUPPORT THE KIDS IN THE NEEDS THAT THEY NEED AND IT'S GOING TO BE GREAT. BACK IN 2009 ONE OF MY CHILDREN WAS DIAGNOSED ON THE AUTISM SPECTRUM AND IT WAS ONE OUT OF 110 CHILDREN THAT NEEDED SPECIAL EDUCATION SUPPORT. 2018 WE HAVE ONE OUT OF 36 CHILDREN THAT'S THE SIZE OF MOST OF OUR CLASSROOMS AND THE ONE OF THE MOST CHALLENGING THING IS NOT JUST HIRING WARM BODIES TO EDUCATE CHILDREN THAT NEEDS SPECIAL ATTENTION. THEY HAVE THESE TREMENDOUS CHALLENGES BUT TO BE ABLE TO HAVE QUALITY PEOPLE PROVIDE A QUALITY EDUCATION AND I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE WANT TO GIVE QUANTUM COUNTY A HARD TIME. WE'RE NOT DOING ENOUGH IN MARYLAND OR WE'RE NOT DOING ENOUGH IN MARYLAND. WELL, YOU KNOW WHAT? IF YOU LEAVE MARYLAND, YOU GO ELSEWHERE. YOU'RE GOING TO SEE HOW MUCH WE'RE DOING IN BALTIMORE COUNTY BECAUSE THE QUALITY OF SERVICE AND EDUCATION THAT WE'RE PROVIDING CHILDREN IS ABSOLUTELY AMAZING. MY CHILDREN ARE BOTH LIKE BOB, CAN WE GO BACK TO MARYLAND? CAN WE GO BACK TO MARYLAND? WE'RE NOT LEARNING ENOUGH HERE. THE CURRICULUM, THE QUALITY OF TEACHING YOU KNOW, I WORK IN SPECIAL EDUCATION IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT OVER THERE IN CALIFORNIA AND WE HAD [00:35:02] SUBSTITUTE TEACHERS FOR TEACHING SPECIAL EDUCATION CLASS AND THEY WILL QUIT ON THE SPOT. I HAD A PRINCIPAL ASKED ME TO COME TEACH. >> I'M LIKE I'M NOT CREDENTIAL IN YOUR STATE. SO TO HAVE WARM BODIES, QUALITY TEACHERS, QUALITY EDUCATORS THAT HAVE A HISTORY WE'RE DOING SOMETHING RIGHT AS HARD AS TIMES ARE. BALTIMORE COUNTY IS DOING SOMETHING RIGHT. THE STATE OF MARYLAND IS ONE OF THE VERY FEW STATES IN THE NATION THAT PRIORITIZE EDUCATION AND I KNOW THAT FROM NOT JUST AS A PARENT HAVING STUDENTS IN BECAUSE I KNOW THAT BECAUSE I WAS FORMER TEAM BCBS TEAM MEMBER I WORKED IN THE OFFICE OF WORLD LANGUAGE AND THAT'S THAT'S WHAT I'M REALLY CONCERNED ABOUT CHILDREN WITH THEIR LANGUAGE BARRIERS MAKE SURE THEY'RE GETTING THEIR SPECIAL EDUCATION NEEDS SO KEEP DOING AND DOING YOUR ABSOLUTE BEST BECAUSE THE KIDS IN THE FAMILIES IN BALTIMORE COUNTY THIS IS WHAT WE NEED AND WE ARE DOING IT RIGHT. KEEP GOING IN THAT DIRECTION. >> THANK YOU. MS. BERGMAN THE NEXT ITEM ON [H. SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT (7:35 - 7:40 p.m.)] THE AGENDA IS THE SUPERINTENDENTS REPORT AND FOR THAT I CALL ON DR. ROGERS. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING, CHAIR BOOKER DWYER VICE CHAIR PUMPHREY, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. I'M PLEASED TO PROVIDE AN UPDATE FOR THE MONTH OF AUGUST AS A PART OF MY REPORT. OKAY. >> FIRST THING IS I WANT EVERYBODY TO KNOW THAT IT'S BEEN AN INCREDIBLY BUSY SUMMER EVEN THOUGH THE 111,000 STUDENTS HAVE LEFT US FOR A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME, STAFF MEMBERS ACROSS TEAM BEEKEEPERS HAVE BEEN WORKING THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER TO PREPARE FOR THE RETURN OF STUDENTS, WHICH IS IN LESS THAN TWO WEEKS. THIS SLIDE I'M NOT GOING TO REVIEW EVERYTHING THIS SLIDE DEPICTS JUST SOME OF THE WORK THAT HAS BEEN HAPPENING ACROSS THE DIVISIONS ACROSS OFFICES A LOT OF WORK AROUND CONTENT AND PEDAGOGY PROFESSIONAL LEARNING FOR OUR TEACHERS, OUR TEACHER LEADERS ARE ADMINISTRATORS. OUR CENTRAL OFFICE LEADERS HAS BEEN TAKING PLACE MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE PROVIDING NEW EDUCATOR ORIENTATION WHICH THE KICK OFF BEGAN YESTERDAY. WE HAD 679 NEW EDUCATORS ATTEND THAT ORIENTATION MORE THAN WE HAD FACILITIES CAPITAL PROJECTS AT 61 SCHOOLS WITH ANOTHER 21 ADDITIONAL SPECIAL PROJECTS. SO THE WORK OF FACILITIES MAINTENANCE LOGISTICS IS ONGOING. WE'RE EXCITED TO OPEN TWO BRAND NEW SCHOOLS IN TWO WEEKS AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND A MIDDLE SCHOOL REVIEWING THE GRADING AND REPORTING PROCESSES. THE FEEDBACK THAT WE RECEIVED FROM OUR STAKEHOLDERS MADE US PRIORITIZE THIS AND SO WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT SOME NEW GUIDANCE THAT'S COMING OUT TO OUR FAMILIES OVER THE NEXT TWO WEEKS. OUR SUMMER MEALS PROGRAM FED MORE THAN PROVIDED MORE THAN 42,000 MEALS AND FOR OUR FAMILIES INCLUDING OUR RURAL NEW PROGRAM THAT WAS AT KINGSVILLE AND SPARKS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS BUDGET TRAINING FOR CENTRAL OFFICE LEADERS AS WELL AS PRINCIPALS, A NEW PRINCIPAL AND NEW ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL ACADEMY. WE'RE EXCITED THIS SATURDAY AT OUR BCP FEST WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A VACCINATION CLINIC FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER BECAUSE WE WANT ALL OF OUR STUDENTS IN CLASS IN SCHOOL ON TIME. ON AUGUST 26TH A NEW SOCIAL MEDIA WORKGROUP TO REALLY FOCUS ON THE IMPACT OF SOCIAL MEDIA IN OUR SCHOOLS AND HOW WE CAN HELP OUR STAFF AND STUDENTS WITH THAT. OUR PARTNERSHIP FOR THIS YEAR HAD MORE THAN 80 PARTNERS I BELIEVE WE HAD 86 PARTNERS ATTEND THE PARTNERSHIP FAIR AND CURRICULUM WRITING THAT OCCURRED THIS SUMMER WE HAD FIVE DIFFERENT HIRING EVENTS. I WOULD BE REMISS IF I DIDN'T HIGHLIGHT THIS WITH MORE THAN 490 ATTENDEES AND THIS WILL BE IMPORTANT IN ONE OF THE UPCOMING SLIDES. I JUST REALLY WANTED EVERYONE TO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SEE AND UNDERSTAND SOME OF THE WORK THAT IS TAKING PLACE DURING THE SUMMER ACROSS TEAM BACKPACKS AND REALLY JUST THANK ALL OF OUR TEAM BCP STAFF MEMBERS WHO HAVE BEEN WORKING NIGHT AND DAY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE PROVIDE BETTER CONDITIONS FOR ALL OF OUR STUDENTS. >> THIS NEXT SLIDE IS THE STAFFING UPDATE. STAFFING UPDATE NUMBER FOUR AS OF TODAY WE HAVE 126.6 FTE VACANCIES. SAME DATE LAST YEAR WE HAD 295 VACANCIES AS WE IF YOU TAKE A LOOK AT THAT CHART YOU WILL SEE THAT WE ARE MORE THAN 98% FULLY STAFFED AS A SCHOOL SYSTEM, THE HIGHEST THAT WE'VE BEEN IN YEARS 101 OF OUR SCHOOLS HAVE TWO VACANCIES OR LESS I'M SORRY 101 OF OUR SCHOOLS HAVE ZERO VACANCIES AND 159 OF OUR SCHOOLS HAVE TWO OR FEWER VACANCIES. AND SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THIS WORK THAT'S [00:40:05] HAPPENING IN HUMAN RESOURCES AND IN SCHOOLS. WE HAVE EVEN PARTNERED WITH RADIO STATION IHEART RADIO AS WELL AS TELEVISION STATION TO RUN COMMERCIALS AND WE ARE GOING TO PUT IN A SHAMELESS PLUG TAKE 30S AND RUN THE VIDEO FOR ANYONE WHO'S WATCHING THIS BOARD MEETING IF YOU TOO WOULD LIKE OPPOSITION AND BE CPS, COME ON DOWN ATTENTION. >> ARE YOU LOOKING TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN THE LIVES OF OUR CHILDREN? BALTIMORE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS WANTS YOU. I'VE BEEN A TEACHER NOW FOR 19 YEARS AND I LOVE EVERY DAY OF MY JOB. >> I LOVE WORKING WITH CHILDREN. I'VE HAD OPPORTUNITIES TO LEAVE THE CLASSROOM AND I JUST CAN'T. IF YOU'RE A RECENT GRAD OR A TEACHER LOOKING TO RELOCATE OR MAYBE CHANGING CAREERS AND TEACHING IS YOUR NEW PASSION FOR BALTIMORE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS IS EAGER TO TALK TO YOU FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT US AND EXPERIENCE THE BENEFITS OF CPS ATTENTION SO THAT WORK REMAINS ONGOING AND RESPONDING TO ONE OF THE COMMENTS ABOUT ENGAGING ENGAGING IS NOT A ONE AND DONE THING FOR US AS TEAM CPS IN THE SAME WAY THAT LAST YEAR WE ENGAGED THROUGHOUT THE YEAR WITH ALL OF OUR STAKEHOLDERS FACE TO FACE AS WELL AS IN WRITING THROUGH A VARIETY OF SURVEYS. THAT WORK IS GOING TO CONTINUE ONLY WITH YOUR FEEDBACK ARE WE ABLE TO IMPLEMENT THE CHANGES THAT WE NEED TO IN REAL TIME AND SO ON OUR WEBSITE OUR FAMILIES CAN ALREADY FIND OUR BACK TO BE CPS PAGE WITH ALL OF THE INFORMATION THAT THEY NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT STUDENTS ARE READY TO COME BACK TO SCHOOL. I THINK I SAID IT BEFORE AUGUST 26TH THAT'S OUR FIRST DAY AS WELL AS WE WILL BE POSTING THE STRATEGIC COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT OPPORTUNITIES THAT REALLY SHARE ALL OF THE OPPORTUNITIES THROUGHOUT THE YEAR WHEN MYSELF AND MEMBERS OF MY TEAM WILL BE OUT AND ABOUT REALLY ENGAGING WITH MEMBERS OF TEAM BY CPS SO WE CAN STAY CONNECTED AND DO THIS IMPORTANT WORK. AND LASTLY THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL IS AUGUST 26TH. WE CONTINUE TO LOOK AT OUR ENROLLMENT NUMBERS. WE'RE SO EXCITED WE SEE PRESCHOOL NUMBERS RISING ALREADY. WE HAVE SOME OF OUR KINDERGARTEN FRIENDS THAT WE NEED YOU TO REGISTER AND SO IF YOU ARE WATCHING AND YOU HAVE A NEIGHBOR THAT HAS A FIVE YEAR OLD OR A FOUR YEAR OLD, PLEASE ENCOURAGE THEM TO GO RIGHT TO OUR WEBSITE. IT'S THE FRONT BANNER WITH ONE CLICK THEY'LL FIND ALL THE INFORMATION THAT THEY NEED RIGHT AT THEIR FINGERTIPS IF THAT WEBSITE IS TOO DIFFICULT TO NAVIGATE, WE ENCOURAGE YOU TO JUST CALL YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOL RIGHT AWAY TO SCHEDULE A MEETING AND SOMEONE WILL WALK YOU THROUGH THE PROCESS. WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT OUR STUDENTS RETURNING AND EXPERIENCING HIGH QUALITY TEACHING AND LEARNING IN ALL OF OUR SCHOOLS AND SO WITH THAT, THANK ALL OF YOU FOR YOUR TIME. >> THANK YOU. DR. ROGERS WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD [I. CHAIR'S REPORT (7:40 - 7:45 p.m.)] TO THE START OF THE SCHOOL YEAR AND I WILL BEGIN WITH THE CHAIRS REPORT AND THAT IS THE FIRST LINE IN MY CHAIR'S REPORT. WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO THE START OF THE NEW SCHOOL YEAR. WE ARE WELCOMING NEW TEAM, NEW AND RETURNING TEAM MEMBERS TO BEEKEEPERS AND AS THE SCHOOL YEAR STARTS THE BOARD WE ARE PREPARING TO ENGAGE IN A RETREAT LED BY THE MARYLAND ASSOCIATION OF BOARD OF OF BOARDS OF EDUCATION. AS PART OF THIS RETREAT WE ARE BEGINNING TO FINALIZE OUR INTERNAL ACCOUNTABILITY STRUCTURES AND WE'RE GOING TO SHARE THAT WITH THE PUBLIC AT AN UPCOMING BOARD MEETING. RIGHT NOW THE PUBLIC MOSTLY SEES US AND IN THESE OPEN SESSIONS BUT THERE ARE THERE'S SO MUCH THAT HAPPENS AND WE ARE IN THE COMMUNITY. WE ARE AT PROFESSIONAL LEARNING EVENTS. WE GO ON SCHOOL VISITS, WE ARE ENGAGED IN IN MEETINGS AND COMMITTEE MEETINGS AND WE WANT TO MAKE THAT VERY TRANSPARENT TO THE PUBLIC TO KNOW THAT ALL THAT WORK THAT WE ARE DOING OUTSIDE OF THESE MEETINGS THAT YOU SEE US IN IS HELPING TO INFORM OUR GOVERNMENT GOVERNANCE STRUCTURE AND SO WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO A MUCH MORE TRANSPARENT PROCESS WITH THE BOARD AND SO THAT SO THAT WE CAN HOLD OURSELVES ACCOUNTABLE ACCOUNTABLE AS WE ARE HOLDING THE SCHOOL SYSTEM ACCOUNTABLE AND CALL FOR THE PARENTS. PLEASE REMEMBER TO JOIN YOUR LOCAL AREA EDUCATION ADVISORY COUNCIL. THIS COUNCIL THEY ADVISE US THEY PROVIDE INFORMATION TO US TO INFORM OUR DECISIONS AND SO EVERY AREA HAS AN ADVISORY AN ADVISORY COUNCIL SO PLEASE JOIN AND BE ACTIVE IN THOSE COUNCILS AS THE SCHOOL YEAR STARTS BECAUSE IT REALLY DOES HELP TO INFORM OVERALL [J. STUDENT BOARD MEMBER'S REPORT (7:45 - 7:50 p.m.)] BOARD GOVERNANCE. AND AT THIS TIME I'LL TURN IT OVER TO OUR STUDENT BOARD MEMBER MISS CHIKA KALU FOR HER REPORT. GOOD EVENING SUPERINTENDENT ROGERS BOARD CHAIR BOOKER DWYER VICE [00:45:02] CHAIR PUMPHREY BOARD MEMBERS STAFF COMMITTEE MEMBERS AND OF COURSE STUDENTS OF BCBS. I'M HONORED TO DELIVER MY SECOND BOARD REPORT AS THE 24 TO 25 STUDENT MEMBER OF THE BOARD THIS PAST MONTH HAS BEEN A WHIRLWIND BUT INCREDIBLY FULFILLING FULFILLING NONETHELESS FOR WHAT MEANINGFUL OPPORTUNITIES TO ADVOCATE FOR OUR STUDENTS ENGAGE WITH THE COMMUNITY AND LAID THE GROUNDWORK FOR A PRODUCTIVE AND IMPACTFUL SCHOOL YEAR. I'M EAGER TO SHARE THE STRIDES I'VE MADE AND I'D LIKE AN OUTLINE THE WORK THAT LIES AHEAD AS WE CONTINUE TO STRIVE FOR EXCELLENCE IN JULY AHEAD IN JULY I HAD THE INCREDIBLE OPPORTUNITY TO ATTEND THE AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION NATIONAL ADVOCACY INSTITUTE ON A FULL SCHOLARSHIP. THIS EXPERIENCE DEEPENED MY UNDERSTANDING OF CIVIL LIBERTIES AND SOCIAL JUSTICE AS I ENGAGE WITH CIVIL RIGHTS ATTORNEYS, YOUTH ADVOCATES KAMAU BELL AND MANY OTHER INSPIRING INDIVIDUALS. ONE OF THE MOST IMPACTFUL MOMENTS WAS LOBBYING ON CAPITOL HILL FOR POLICY 1809 THE KIDS ONLINE SAFETY ACT. DURING THIS TIME I MET WITH REPRESENTATIVE RASKIN'S AND THE STAFF OF SENATOR CHRIS VAN HOLLEN WHO WE ADVOCATED FOR A CRITICAL REVISIONS TO ENSURE TRULY PROTECTS MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES WHO VIEW ONLINE SPACES AS ESSENTIAL FOR DISSEMINATING INFORMATION. THIS POLICY HAS THE POTENTIAL TO SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACT HOW LONG HOW YOUNG PEOPLE INTERACT. AND I AM PROUD TO HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO THIS CONVERSATION. I ALSO HAD THE PLEASURE OF VISITING THE WOODLAWN MIDDLE SCHOOL SUMMER SITE AND THE KENNER'S ONE MULTILINGUAL LEARNING CENTER. THESE VISITS WERE EYE OPENING AND ALLOWED ME TO WITNESS FIRSTHAND THE DEDICATION OF OUR EDUCATORS AND THE RESILIENCE OF OUR STUDENTS WHO DEDICATED 20 DAYS OF THEIR SUMMER FOR OVER FOUR HOURS A DAY TO FURTHER THEIR EDUCATION. HANG FROM EDUCATORS AND STUDENTS OFFERED A UNIQUE EXPERIENCE DIFFERENT FROM THE ACADEMIC YEAR PROVIDING VALUABLE INSIGHTS INTO HOW THESE PROGRAMS ARE MOST ESSENTIAL AND OFFERING ADDITIONAL SUPPORT AND RESOURCES TO STUDENTS WHO NEED THEM THE MOST. THESE VISITS ALSO HIGHLIGHTED AREAS WHERE PROGRAMS CAN IMPROVE TO BETTER MEET STUDENTS NEEDS. AND MOVING FORWARD I'M EXCITED ABOUT SEEING SUCH INITIATIVES THROUGHOUT THE YEAR AND HOPING TO EXPAND THEM TO ENSURE THAT ALL STUDENTS REGARDLESS OF THEIR BACKGROUND OR CIRCUMSTANCES HAVE ACCESS TO THE TOOLS THEY NEED TO SUCCEED. ONE OF THE CORNERSTONES OF MY ROLE, ESMA, IS TO ENSURE THAT STUDENT VOICES ARE AT THE FOREFRONT OF OUR DECISION MAKING PROCESSES. OVER THE PAST MONTH I'VE ENGAGED IN NUMEROUS DISCUSSIONS WITH STUDENTS TO HEAR WHAT THEY THINK MOST THESE CONVERSATIONS HAVE BEEN ESPECIALLY IMPORTANT IN THE SHAPE OF MY PRIORITIES AND ENSURING THAT MY EFFORTS ALIGN WITH THE NEEDS AND DESIRES OF MY STUDENT BODY WHETHER THROUGH INFORMAL DISCUSSIONS, TOWN HALLS OR UPCOMING MEETINGS WITH THE BOARD OF SELECTED STUDENTS ALONGSIDE THE PCC VICE PRESIDENT FOR STOCKHOLM BAY. I'M COMMITTED TO MAINTAINING AN OPEN LINE OF COMMUNICATION WITH MY PEERS ENSURING THAT THEIR VOICES ARE NOT JUST HEARD BUT ACTED UPON. AND MY ROLE WITHIN THE BALTIMORE COUNTY STUDENT COUNCIL I'VE BEEN SERVING ON BOTH THE OFFICER TEAM AND EXECUTIVE BOARD. WE ARE ACTIVELY WE ARE ACTIVELY WORKING TO ENSURE A PRODUCTIVE AND SUCCESSFUL SCHOOL YEAR. WE HAVE AN UPCOMING EXECUTIVE BOARD RETREAT AND WITH MANY INITIATIVES IN THE WORK I AM SO EXCITED TO STUDENTS SERVE UP THIS AS THEIR FINALIZE AND PREPARATION FOR THE NEW ACADEMIC YEAR. I'M WORKING CLOSELY WITH BCBS TV TO DEVELOP AND LAUNCH BACK TO SCHOOL CAMPAIGNS AND VIDEOS. THESE CAMPAIGNS AIM TO FOSTER A SENSE OF A SENSE OF COMMUNITY AND EXCITEMENT AS WE NEAR A NEW ACADEMIC JOURNEY. MY GOAL IS TO ENSURE THAT EVERY STUDENT FEELS WELCOME, SUPPORTED AND INSPIRED AS THEY RETURN TO SCHOOL WHILE ALSO REACHING EVERY CORNER OF OUR STUDENT POPULATION TO INFORM THEM ABOUT THE ROLE OF THIS MOB AND INTRODUCE MYSELF AS THEIR REPRESENTATIVE THIS YEAR. YESTERDAY I ATTENDED THE MARYLAND ASSOCIATION OF BOARD OF EDUCATION NEW STUDENT, NEW STUDENT BOARD MEMBER ORIENTATION WHERE I GAINED VALUABLE TOOTH AND KNOWLEDGE TO NAVIGATE THE COMPLEXITIES OF BOARD GOVERNANCE AND INCREASE MY INVOLVEMENT REGARDING MARYLAND STATE LEGISLATIVE STAY AT LEGISLATION PERTAINING TO EDUCATION. I'M ALSO EXCITED TO SHARE THAT I WILL SERVE AS A STUDENT PANELIST DURING MAINE'S ANNUAL RETREAT IN OCTOBER WHERE I WILL FURTHER ADVOCATE FOR STUDENT PERSPECTIVES AND PROVIDE BOARD OF EDUCATION MEMBERS THE STUDENT VOICE IN OUR CONVERSATIONS. AS A MEMBER OF THE MARYLAND ASSOCIATION OF STUDENT COUNCIL'S EXECUTIVE BOARD, I ATTENDED THE MASC ADVANCE A THREE DAY RETREAT WHERE WE GATHER TO RECEIVE OUR WORKSHOP PRESENTERS CERTIFICATIONS AND ENGAGE WITH STUDENT LEADERS ACROSS THE STATE. OUR DISCUSSIONS FOCUSED ON HOW TO EFFECTIVELY COMMUNICATE OUR GOALS AND MISSIONS TO ENHANCE STUDENT VOICE VOICES ACROSS MARYLAND. ONE OF THE MOST EXCITING OUTCOMES OF THIS ORIENTATION IS THE COLLABORATION I HAVE BEGUN WITH THE STATE'S SMART ABBY GOT HIM TOGETHER WE ARE DEVELOPING A WORKSHOP FOR THE FALL LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE TOTAL WORKING WITH ADULTS AS A STUDENT LEADER. THIS WORKSHOP WILL ADDRESS THE UNIQUE DYNAMICS THAT STUDENT LEADERS FACE WHEN INTERACTING WITH ADULTS OFFERING STRATEGIES FOR EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION, ADVOCACY AND LEADERSHIP. I'M EXTREMELY EXCITED TO BRING THE INSIGHTS FROM THESE MEETINGS BACK TO BCBS AND COLLABORATE WITH STUDENT LEADERS IN OUR DISTRICT. IN ADDITION TO MY COLLABORATIONS WITH IAB, I HAVE BEEN ACTIVELY CONNECTING WITH MOMS FROM OTHER DISTRICTS ACROSS THE COUNTY. THESE CONNECTIONS WERE OVER 20 MARYLAND SMILES HAVE PROVIDED ME WITH A WEALTH OF PERSPECTIVES AND IDEAS THAT I'M EAGER TO INTEGRATE INTO OUR WORK HERE IN BCBS. ONE SPECIFIC ACTION I WILL BE TAKING IS ATTACKING THE CARROLL COUNTY CARROLL COUNTY BOARD MEETING WHICH IS TOMORROW WHERE I WILL SPEAK THERE IN PUBLIC COMMENT AS AN INDIVIDUAL TO ADVOCATE FOR INCREASED STUDENT BOARD REPRESENTATION AND RIGHTS FOR STUDENT BOARD MEMBERS IN CARROLL COUNTY. THE STUDENT REPRESENTATIVE ON THE BOARD WHO HAS YET TO BE RECOGNIZED AS A FULL COLLEAGUE OR MEMBER ONLY HAS THE POWER OF AN HONORARY VOTE WHICH IS CONTINGENT ON THE APPROVAL OF OTHER BOARD [00:50:02] MEMBERS. ADDITIONALLY THERE ARE NOT A LOT OF A STUDENT ADVISORY COUNCIL OR CONDUCTS DO SCHOOL VISITS CRITICAL ASPECTS OF EFFECTIVELY SERVING AS A STUDENT BOARD MEMBER AND I REPRESENTING STUDENT SMITH. IT IS ONLY BECAUSE OF THE COLLECTIVE EFFORTS OF PAST MODELS SUCH AS CHRISTIAN THOMAS ROBLE, HASAN HALIMA ADEKOYA, OMARI RASHID AND MANY OTHERS THAT I HAVE THE PRIVILEGE OF SITTING HERE TODAY AS A VOTING MEMBER EVEN ON BUDGETARY MATTERS A PRIVILEGE MANY MOBS ACROSS THE STATE DO NOT HAVE. HOWEVER, THIS PRIVILEGE IS NOT MEANINGFUL IF I DO NOT USE IT TO ADVOCATE FOR MY FELLOW STUDENT BOARD MEMBERS. I'M COMMITTED TO UPLIFTING AND STRENGTHENING OUR COMMUNITY OF SMILES ACROSS THE STATE ENSURING THAT STUDENTS FROM ALL REGIONS OF MARYLAND NOT SIMPLY BALTIMORE COUNTY ARE HEARD BY THEIR JOURNEY TO SECURING FULL RIGHTS AND REPRESENTATION FOR ALL. SOME OF THE ACROSS IN MARYLAND WILL BE LONG. I ALONGSIDE MY FELLOW SMILES AND READY AND PREPARED TO CHAMPION THIS CAUSE AND PASS ALONG THE TORCH OF CHANGE BY BUILDING A NETWORK OF STUDENT LEADERS. WE AIM TO AMPLIFY OUR VOICES AND WORK COLLABORATIVELY TOWARDS COMMON GOALS. SO AS WE MOVE FORWARD, MY FOCUS REMAINS ON FULFILLING THE PROMISES I MADE TO BE STUDENTS THROUGH MY CAMPAIGN. THESE INCLUDE WORKING TO ENSURE EVERY STUDENT REGARDLESS OF THEIR BACKGROUND HAS THE RESOURCES THEY NEED TO THRIVE. SUPPORTING CPS AS WE ENHANCE AND EVALUATE STUDENT MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT. RECOGNIZING THAT ANYTHING BRILLIANCE WITHIN OUR COUNTY PROMOTING ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE AND FOSTERING A SCHOOL CULTURE WHERE STUDENTS ARE SEEN AS HOLISTIC INDIVIDUALS NOT ONLY ACADEMICALLY. SO IN CLOSING I WANT TO EXPRESS MY DEEPEST GRATITUDE TO THE BOARD THE BCBS COMMUNITY AND MOST IMPORTANTLY THE STUDENTS WHO HAVE AND TRUST ME WITH THIS RESPONSIBILITY ONCE AGAIN. THE WORK WE THE WORK I'VE DONE OVER THIS PAST MONTH IS JUST THE BEGINNING. AS WE CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD, I'M COMMITTED TO FILLING MY PROMISE THAT EVERY STUDENT VOICE IS HEARD AND THAT EVERY PIECE OF THE PUZZLE IS VALUED AND WILL BE FULLY REPRESENTED IN MY WORK ON THE BOARD. EACH PIECE EACH VOICE IS ESSENTIAL TO OUR SUCCESS. THANK YOU ONCE AGAIN AND I TRULY CANNOT WAIT TO SEE ALL OF YOU IN JUST TWO WEEKS. >> THANK YOU MS.. >> CHIKA KALU. THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS ACTION TAKEN IN [K. NEW BUSINESS - ACTION TAKEN IN CLOSED SESSION (Board Counsel) (7:50 - 7:55 p.m.)] CLOSED SESSION AND FOR THAT I CALL ON MR. VASHTI JONES. >> GOOD EVENING, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. DR. ROGERS, EARLIER TONIGHT THE BOARD MET IN CLOSED SESSION AND TOOK ACTION ON THE FOLLOWING CASE H E 24 DASH 26 NOW WOULD BE AN APPROPRIATE TIME FOR TO CONFIRM THE ACTION THAT WAS TAKEN AT THAT TIME BY THE BOARD. >> MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE ACTION TAKEN IN CLOSED SESSION ON HEARING EXAMINERS CASE 24 DASH 26 AND AUTHORIZE MS. GO OVER TO SIGN FOR THOSE BOARD MEMBERS NOT PHYSICALLY PRESENT SO MOVED FROM MAY I HAVE A SECOND SECOND PUMPHREY BACK AT HARVEY ANY DISCUSSION MAY HAVE A ROLL CALL VOTE. MR. YOUNG YES I'M A NORSKE YES MISS MISHAN? YES. MISS FRIMPONG? YES. MISS PUMPHREY YES. MISS SHIKHA KALU? YES. MR. LASKY? YES. DR. SAVOY ?YES. MR. MCMILLIAN. YES. MISS HARVEY? YES. MISS BOOKER DRYER? [L. NEW BUSINESS - SPECIAL PROJECT REQUEST (Dr. Jones) (7:55 - 8:00 p.m.)] YES. MOTION CARRIES. THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS CONSIDERATION OF THE SPECIAL PROJECTRE HIGHLANDS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. AND FOR THAT I CALL ON DR. JONES. GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING. BOARD CHAIR BOOKER DWYER VICE CHAIR PUMPHREY AND SUPERINTENDENT DR. ROGERS I BRING BEFORE YOU THE CONSIDERATION OF A 7330 SPECIAL PROJECT FOR BALTIMORE HIGHLANDS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. AS ALWAYS OUR 7330 PROCESS IS DONE IN COLLABORATION WITH DR. GRIMM, CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER AND HIS TEAM IN THE DEPARTMENT OF FACILITIES UPON APPROVAL AND IN COLLABORATION WITH THE BALTIMORE COUNTY FOUNDATION. PERMISSION IS BEING SOUGHT TO PLAN A COMMUNITY GARDEN WITH TWO LOCATIONS AT BALTIMORE HIGHLANDS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. THE COMMUNITY GARDEN WILL HAVE ONE LOCATION WHICH IS IN THE FENCED COURTYARD AND ALL GARDENING WILL BE ORGANIC METHODS WITH THE USE WITH WITHOUT THE USE OF PESTICIDES AND HERBICIDES. THE SECOND SITE WILL BE OUTSIDE OF THE GATED AREA ALONG THE PERIMETER OF THE BREEZEWAY AND THIS GARDEN WILL CONSIST OF NATIVE GRASSES, SHRUBS AND WILDFIRES WILDFLOWERS WHO AND WILL NOT REQUIRE ANY RAISED BEDS OR CHANGES TO THE LANDSCAPE. AGAIN I BRING BEFORE YOU FOR THE RECOMMENDED ACTION OF APPROVAL OF THE 7330 PROJECT CHECK FOR BALTIMORE HIGHLANDS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL COMMUNITY GARDEN. DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE PRIVATELY FUNDED 7330 PROJECT REQUEST FOR COMMUNITY GARDEN AT BALTIMORE HIGHLANDS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AS PRESENTED IN EXHIBIT L SO MOVE STILL ASK DO I HAVE A SECOND SECOND SAVOY? ANY DISCUSSION? MAY I HAVE A ROLL CALL VOTE? MR. YOUNG? YES. THIS TIME ANNOUNCING YES. MISS HIM? YES. MS. FRIMPONG. YES. MS. PUMPHREY YES. MS.. CHICO KALU YES. MR. LASKI YES. DR. SAVOY YES. MR. MCMILLAN YES. MS. HARVEY YES. MS. BOOKER DRYER. YES. MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU ON BEHALF OF THE STUDENTS AT BALTIMORE HIGHLANDS ELEMENTARY [M. NEW BUSINESS - CONTRACT AWARDS (Mr. Hartlove and Dr. Grim) (8:00 - 8:15 p.m.)] SCHOOL. >> THANK YOU. >> THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS CONTRACT AWARDS AND FOR THAT I [00:55:05] CALL ON MR. YOUNG, CHAIR OF THE BUILDING AND CONTRACTS COMMITTEE. >> MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, THE BOARD'S BUILDING AND CONTRACT COMMITTEE MET ON MONDAY, AUGUST 12TH, 2020 FOR ITEMS M1 THROUGH AND 13 WERE FORWARDED TO THE BOARD FOR FULL APPROVAL. THANK YOU MR. YOUNG. BOARD MEMBERS ARE THERE ANY SEPARATION REQUESTS? DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEMS ONE THROUGH 13 SO MOVED NO SECOND IS NEEDED SINCE A RECOMMENDATION COMES FROM COMMITTEE ANY DISCUSSION? MS. FRIMPONG SO I RAISED MY HAND SO I DID HAVE QUESTIONS ON M TO M EIGHT AND M TEN. WHAT ARE YOUR SO LET'S START WITH MTU. WHAT ARE YOUR QUESTIONS ON MR. SO FOR MTU THIS IS THE CONTRACT ABOUT THE INDUSTRY RECOGNIZED CERTIFICATIONS AND SO JUST WAS ASKING QUESTIONS ABOUT THE PROGRAMS THEMSELVES SO WHICH SCHOOLS HAVE THESE PROGRAMS I MEAN IS IT ACROSS THE BOARD AND ARE THEY UNIFORM AS WELL ACROSS THE BOARD FOR THESE SCHOOLS THAT HAVE THE PROGRAMS? YES, MEDVEDEV PART OF HIM WAS COMING FORWARD AND LOW. HELLO EVERYONE. HOW ARE YOU? CAN YOU REPEAT THE QUESTION? >> I'M SORRY. SURE. NO WORRIES. SO I DO SEE I I REDHEADS OVER B THE PRESENTATION THAT YOU GUYS ARE DOING AND I SEE THAT 70% OF OUR STUDENTS ARE EARNING THESE CREDENTIALS. BUT MY QUESTION WAS ABOUT THE PROGRAMS THEMSELVES AS FAR AS WHICH PROGRAMS ARE INCORPORATING THE CERTIFICATIONS AND WHICH SCHOOLS HAVE IT. SO IS IT A UNIFORM THING ACROSS THE SCHOOLS? >> EVERY SCHOOL THAT HAS A CTE PROGRAM AND HAS A AND ALLIED CALL THEM INDUSTRY RECOGNIZED CREDENTIAL. I SEE. SO ANY PROGRAM THAT HAS ANY SCHOOL THAT HAS THE PROGRAM WILL ALSO HAVE THE CERTIFICATION ALIGNED TO IT. SO LIKE WE DISCUSSED, IF IT'S A NURSING PROGRAM IT'S KIND TO HAVE SINGING OR CCMA IF IT'S BUSINESS IT'S GOING TO HAVE SUPPORT. >> SO ACROSS THE COUNTY IF WE THINK ABOUT THE DIFFERENT AREAS LIKE EAST WEST ETC. WE HAVE THAT KIND OF THAT REPRESENTATION OF THESE PROGRAMS IN THOSE CERTIFICATIONS AVAILABLE ACROSS THE COUNTY. >> EVERY SCHOOL THAT OFFERS A CERTIFICATION OFFICER PROGRAM HAS A CERTIFICATION ATTACHED TO IT. PERFECT. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON INTO. HEY THANK YOU, MISS PERRY. YOU'RE WELCOME. WHAT ARE YOUR QUESTIONS ON INMATE? SO INMATE IS OUR BOTTLED WATER SERVICES AND NOT AGAINST THE CONTRACT. THE QUESTION JUST IS. SO THIS ONE IS A FIVE YEAR $6 MILLION. AND IT'S FOR THE 87 PUBLIC SCHOOLS. >> SO DO WE HAVE A PLAN AND TIMING TO ADDRESS THOSE SCHOOLS AS FAR AS THE BOTTLED WATER, THE DISPENSERS AND THE COOLERS SO THAT IT'S NOT REQUIRED OR ARE WE EXPECTING AND THANK YOU IN 2029 THAT WE'RE GOING TO SPEND CONTINUE TO SPEND BECAUSE WE'VE ALREADY DONE THIS AS WELL FOR THREE YEARS AND FOUR MONTHS SPENDING 3000 OR I'M SORRY ABOUT 3 MILLION. >> IF I COULD START AND THEN DR. GRIM WILL CONTINUE I'M SURE DR. GRAHAM WILL GIVE YOU THIS. THIS WAS ONE OF THE ONES THAT WE ALWAYS TAKE A LOOK AT. HE WILL GIVE YOU THE SPECIFICS IN TERMS OF, YOU KNOW, WHAT CHANGES HAVE BEEN MADE. THIS EVERYBODY HAS HISTORICAL CONTEXT FOR WHERE THE BOTTLED WATER CAME FROM BUT IN THE PAST WHEN THERE HAVE BEEN THERE HAS BEEN STRONG SUPPORT TO KEEP THE BOTTLED WATER IN SCHOOLS. I GUESS THAT'S THE SHORTEST WAY THAT I CAN PUT IT IF THIS BOARD WANTS TO INDICATE OTHERWISE. YOU KNOW, WE'RE CERTAINLY OPEN TO RECEIVE THAT FEEDBACK BUT THERE HAS BEEN HISTORICAL VERY STRONG SUPPORT TO KEEP THE BOTTLED WATER IN SCHOOLS. WE DO HAVE SOME SCHOOLS THAT HAVE THE FILTERS OR THE BOTTLE FILLERS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE BUT THERE THERE'S ALSO A DEEP HISTORY OF KEEPING THE WATER BOTTLES IN SCHOOLS. BUT DR. GRAHAM, IF YOU WANT TO SPEAK TO THE TECHNICAL ASPECTS OR ANYTHING THAT I'VE MISSED, PLEASE DO SO CERTAINLY SO GOOD EVENING RAND PONG AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. SO WE WE'RE REQUIRED BY THE STATE, AS YOU KNOW, TO TEST ALL OF OUR WATER. PRESENTLY WE HAVE 87 OF OUR SCHOOL FACILITIES THAT DO NOT MEET THE ACCEPTABLE LEVEL AT THE STATE. WE ARE CONSTANTLY MONITORING THAT ACCEPTABLE LEVEL. SO WHY WHILE IT WAS 87 IN JULY THAT NUMBER COULD DROP OR INCREASE OVER THE NEXT YOU KNOW, NEXT MONTH, SIX MONTHS [01:00:02] FROM NOW NEXT YEAR AS WE AS WE GO THROUGH THE TESTING PROCESS BECAUSE THERE ARE A NUMBER OF VARIABLE VARIABLES TO THE TESTING THAT ARE COMPLETED TO BE CLEAR, IT'S NOT JUST THOSE SCHOOL 87 SCHOOLS WHERE WE DO PROVIDE BOTTLED WATER. IT IS IN ALL OF THOSE FACILITIES WHERE THE PRINCIPAL DEEMS IT NECESSARY OR WE DON'T HAVE THE TECHNOLOGY IN PLACE, AS DR. ROGERS SAID, WHERE WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO TO INSTALL FILTERS AND BOTTLE FILTERS OR THEY HAVEN'T BEEN INSTALLED THROUGH GRANT PROJECTS OR THROUGH OTHER MEANS. SO I HOPE THAT CLARIFIES SOME OF THE PARTS OF QUESTION IN TERMS OF OF SORT OF FIXING THE PROBLEM SO TO SPEAK. THERE ARE SOME FACILITIES BECAUSE THEY ARE ON WELLS FOR EXAMPLE THE THE TYPE OF TREATMENT THAT WE WOULD HAVE TO DO AT THE FACILITY THAT WE HAVE WOULD NOT BE COST EFFECTIVE FROM THE STANDPOINT OF DRINKING WATER VERSUS WATER THAT THAT IS SAFE FOR YOU TO WASH YOUR HANDS. SO THERE'S A BIG DIFFERENCE THERE BETWEEN TREATING ALL OF THE WATER AND TREATING JUST WHAT WOULD BE DRINKING WATER. >> OKAY. YOU'RE WELCOME. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON ME, MR. LASKY? THANK YOU. JUST A VERY QUICK QUESTION HAS THERE BEEN ANY INTEREST OR LOOKING INTO ANY GRANTS OR SPONSORSHIPS TO JUST REDUCE THE EXPENSE FOR THE SCHOOL SYSTEM? >> THANK YOU. SO THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION. WE ARE WE ARE CONSTANTLY LOOKING FOR FOR THOSE TYPES OF OPPORTUNITIES AS DR. ROGERS ALLUDED TO IN OUR OUR NEW CONSTRUCTION AND IN OUR NEW RENOVATIONS IS THE BOTTLE, THE BOTTLE, THE FILTERS WITH THE WATER FILTERS ARE NOW STANDARD. SO YOU WILL YOU WILL SEE THEM IN IN A NUMBER OF OUR NEWLY CONSTRUCTED SCHOOLS AND IN OUR RENOVATED SCHOOLS AS WELL. SO THAT THAT'S A KEY COMPONENT. WE'RE CONSTANTLY LOOKING FOR OPPORTUNITIES TO BE ABLE TO TO UPGRADE SOME OF THOSE FACILITIES. IN SOME CASES IT'S JUST REALLY NOT COST EFFECTIVE .I KNOW BACK WHEN I WAS A PRINCIPAL WE GOT THE BOTTLE FILLERS IN THE SCHOOL THAT I WAS AT AND IT WAS REALLY EXPENSIVE TO RETROFIT THEM AND PART OF THAT WAS BECAUSE WE HAD SOME ADDITIONAL FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES. MS. HARVEY SO MR. LESLIE, WERE YOU DONE YOUR QUESTION YEAH. OKAY. MS. HARVEY THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I JUST WANT TO JUST FOLLOW UP ON THIS RETROFITTING PROCESS AND ASSESSMENT. SO IS IT THE CASE THAT THESE 87 SCHOOLS ARE NOT SCHEDULED TO BE RETROFITTED OR HAVE CHALLENGES WITH BEING RETROFITTED OR IS IT AN ISSUE OF FUNDING AND SOLELY FUNDING TO RETROFIT THESE SCHOOLS WITH THE BOTTLE FILLERS AS YOU WERE DISCUSSING EARLIER? AND HAS THERE BEEN CONSIDERATION IN TERMS OF THE THE BUDGET ALLOCATION TO PLAN ON RETROFITTING THOSE SCHOOLS WHERE IT MAY NOT BE AS CHALLENGING AS OTHERS WHILE WE CONTINUE TO RECEIVE GRANTS AND OTHER FUNDING OPTIONS? SO MR. HARVEY THANK YOU FOR YOUR QUESTIONS. I THINK IT PLEASE CORRECT ME IF I DON'T HIT ALL OF THEM. THERE IS NO CURRENT PLAN FOR THE NUMBER OF SCHOOLS THAT WE HAVE TO RETROFIT THEM. WHAT WE WHAT WE DO INSTEAD IS AS PROJECTS COME ONLINE FOR THE SCHOOLS WHERE THIS MIGHT BE AN ISSUE, WE INCORPORATE THAT THAT PROCESS AS AS PART OF IT. BUT THERE IS NO STANDARD PLAN ACROSS THE SYSTEM FOR FOR RETROFITTING THEM OR FOR EXAMINING THIS PARTICULAR ISSUE .IT IS VERY MUCH OF A FUNDING ISSUE. IT IS ALSO IN SOME CASES A LOGISTICAL ISSUE AS I INDICATED OR TRIED TO CONVEY IN SOME OF OUR FACILITIES THERE IS THERE'S AMPLE WATER FOR WASHING HANDS, FOR FLUSHING TOILETS FOR OTHER MEANS THAT IS ABSOLUTELY SAFE. IT'S JUST NOT SAFE DRINKING WATER. SO TO TO TO TRY AND DO SOMETHING TO MITIGATE JUST THE DRINKING WATER MAY NOT BE AS COST EFFECTIVE AS PROVIDING BOTTLED WATER IN SOME OF THOSE CIRCUMSTANCES SO THAT I ANSWER ALL OF YOUR QUESTIONS. MS. HARVEY, I THINK YOU DID JUST HAVE ONE FOLLOW UP. SO DID I HEAR CORRECTLY THAT YOU SAID THAT THERE'S CONSIDERATION FOR INSTALLING THE BOTTLE FILTERS WHEN THERE IS A CONSTRUCTION OR OR RENOVATION TO AN EXISTING SCHOOL THAT'S RECEIVING BOTTLED WATER? >> YES, MA'AM. THAT'S THAT'S CORRECT. IN IN ACTUALLY IN IN IN ALL IN REALLY ALL OF OUR SCHOOLS SINCE WE HAVE THAT AVAILABILITY. A GOOD EXAMPLE IS I BELIEVE PINE GROVE MIDDLE WHICH IS CURRENTLY UNDER A SIGNIFICANT RENOVATION I [01:05:02] BELIEVE THERE ARE OF BOTTLE FILLERS IN THAT FACILITY I KNOW FOR A FACT AND NOTTINGHAM I WAS JUST THERE LAST WEEK THERE'S BOTTLE FILLERS THERE SO IT'S A PART OF OUR NEW CONSTRUCTION AND AS WE'RE DOING ADDITIONS AND RENOVATIONS WE'RE ALSO TAKING THAT IN CANS. THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON EMAIL? MS. FRIMPONG YOUR QUESTIONS ON TEN AND TEN WAS JUST THE THE PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT CONTRACT. AND SO THE QUESTION IS IS THIS FOR NEW OR EXISTING SCHOOLS? SO IT IS IT IS WHEN WE NEED A REPLACEMENT EQUIPMENT FOR OUR PLAYGROUND. SO SOMETIMES IT'S A FULL RENOVATION AND SOMETIMES IT IS IT IS PART OF JUST WE HAVE PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT THAT NEEDS TO BE REPLACED FOR WHATEVER REASON AND IF IT'S PART OF A CAPITAL PROJECT THIS IS MAINLY CAPITAL. SOME OF IT'S OPERATING MONEY AS WELL. >> IT COMES THROUGH THIS CONTRACT. OKAY. SO THEN HOW IS THAT PRIORITIZED BECAUSE FOR EXAMPLE AND WHEN THE ADVISORIES WILL MEET IN THE FALL AND THEY DO THEIR BUDGETS A LOT OF TIMES THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT COMES UP IS THE NEW PLAYGROUND. SO HOW IS THAT PRIORITIZED IN ARE THE YOU KNOW, IS THAT INFORMATION GETTING BACK TO THEM SO THEY KNOW THE PLAYGROUND IS COMING? SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR QUESTION. MS. FRIMPONG SO PLAYGROUNDS ARE ARE ONE OF THOSE ISSUES AGAIN THAT ARE A LITTLE BIT MORE COMPLEX ALCOHOLIC THAN THAN NOT. OFTEN TIMES WE ARE WE ARE REPLACING EQUIPMENT BECAUSE IT'S UNSAFE SO IT MIGHT BE A SLIDE OR A POLE OR SOME OTHER APPARATUS ON THE PLAYGROUND OR WE HAVE TO DO SOME OTHER MODIFICATION. SOMETIMES IT'S BECAUSE THE EQUIPMENT HAS WORN OUT ITS ITS ITS SAFETY LIFESPAN SPAN SO WE NEED TO DO A FULL REPLACEMENT OF IT. SOMETIMES WE GET GRANT OPPORTUNITIES FROM OUR LOCAL AND STATE POLITICIANS TO BE ABLE TO FUND NEWER EXPANDED PLAYGROUNDS SO IT REALLY ALL ALL DEPENDS. WE DO TRY TO KEEP A LIST OF OF THE PLAYGROUNDS. THEY ARE INSPECTED I BELIEVE IT'S ON A MONTHLY BASIS. I'M GOING TO LOOK IT WISELY. YES. SHE'S OUR DIRECTOR OF FACILITIES CONSTRUCTION AND IMPROVEMENT SO AS PART OF THOSE MONTHLY ASSESSMENTS OUR INSPECTORS ARE MAKING DETERMINATIONS IF THERE'S PARTS OR PIECES THAT NEED TO BE REPLACED AND WE TRY TO SCHEDULE THEM IN AS BEST AS POSSIBLE WITH THE FUNDS THAT WE HAVE. SO SOMETIMES IT'S FALL AND SOMETIMES IT'S JUST PARTIAL. YEAH. SO HOW MUCH I GUESS NOTICE IS THAT COMMUNITY GIVEN OR WHATEVER. SO IF THERE'S A UNSAFE PLAYGROUND HOW MUCH NOTICE I GUESS IS GIVEN TO THAT SCHOOL COMMUNITY LIKE HEY YOU'RE GETTING YOU'RE GETTING THE PLAYGROUND. WELL SO SO THE FIRST THE FIRST STEP IS IF IT'S A SAFETY ISSUE IS THAT WILL WILL OFTEN CLOSE PART THAT PART OF THE PLAYGROUND OR THAT PART OF THE ISSUE. SO IT'S NOT AVAILABLE TO YOU KNOW, WE MARKET OFF OR WE TAKE OUT THAT PART OF THE EQUIPMENT. IT DEPENDS ON THE TYPE OF PROJECT IT IS AND IT DEPENDS ON THE EQUIPMENT. I RECENTLY RECALL SEEING IT MADE IN CHOICE JUST RECEIVED SOME NEW PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT. THEY HAD A SPECIALIZED CHAIR SWING OR SOMETHING IT THE LEAD TIME WAS SOMETHING LIKE THREE MONTHS JUST THE ORDER THAT JUST TO GET IN THAT PIECE OF EQUIPMENT. SO WE DO TRY TO COMMUNICATE WITH THE SCHOOL AND THE COMMUNITY THAT SOMETHING IS ON THE SCHEDULE. WE ALSO TRY TO UPDATE THE BOARD AND OUR LOCAL POLITICIANS THAT WORK WITH US WANT THROUGH THE GRANT PROJECT STATUS UPDATE OF OF WHEN THE LARGER PROJECTS ARE HAPPENING. BUT SOMETIMES IF IT'S JUST A SINGULAR PIECE OF EQUIPMENT WE TRY TO WORK WITH THE PRINCIPAL AT THE LOCAL SCHOOL LEVEL AND LET THEM KNOW WHAT THE ISSUE IS GOING TO BE. YOU'RE WELCOME. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON MARTIN? YES. MISS HIM. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. JUST TO COMMENT I WANT TO EXPRESS MY APPRECIATION FOR THE NOTTINGHAM MIDDLE SITE AND THE FACT THAT THE PLAYGROUND WAS REPLACED FOR THAT COMMUNITY. YOU MAY THINK WHY DOES A MIDDLE SCHOOL SITE NEED A PLAYGROUND? BUT THAT PLAYGROUND HAD TO BE REPLACED TO PUT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL ON THAT SITE AND I KNOW THAT THE COMMUNITY WILL APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT IT WAS REPLACED IN AS PART OF THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE NEW MIDDLE SCHOOL SITE. SO TO WHOMEVER WAS INVOLVED IN THOSE DECISIONS THAT WAS MUCH APPRECIATED. IT'S A IT'S A BEAUTIFUL OUTDOOR FACILITY. THE INSIDES BEAUTIFUL AS WELL. WE'RE EXCITED FOR YOU ALL TO VISIT. YES, THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON MARTIN? ANY QUESTIONS ON ANY OTHER CONTRACT ?OKAY. MAY I HAVE A ROLL CALL VOTE MR. YOUNG YES, MR. I'M [01:10:02] UNLUCKY YES. MISHAN YES, MISS FRIMPONG YES. YES. LOOK, I'M SORRY, MISS PUMPHREY. YES? LET'S TAKE A CALL. WHO? YES, MR. LASKI. DR. SAVOY. YES, MR. MCMILLIAN. YES, MISS HARVEY? [N. REPORT - PROPOSED FY2026 STATE CAPITAL BUDGET REQUEST (Dr. Grim) (8:15 - 8:30 p.m.)] YES. IS BOOKER DRYER? YES. MOTION CARRIES. THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS THE REPORT ON THE PROPOSED F Y 2026 STATE CAPITAL BUDGET REQUEST AND FOR THAT I CALL ON DR. GRAHAM IN I'M SORRY I WOULDN'T HAVE GOTTEN UP. I'D FORGOTTEN THAT WAS NEXT. YES. GOOD EVENING CHAIR BOOKER DWYER VICE CHAIR PUMPHREY SUPERINTENDENT DR. ROGERS, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. I'M EXCITED TO BE HERE THIS EVENING WITH MS.. LESLIE LAZARE, OUR DIRECTOR OF FACILITIES CONSTRUCTION AND IMPROVEMENT. LESLIE IS A LONGTIME BCP EMPLOYEE AND SHE TOOK OVER AS DIRECTOR IN THE SPRING FOR MAYOR PLATE WHO RETIRED AFTER ALSO LONG TIME SERVICE WITH WITH BCP YES, WE'RE HERE THIS EVENING JUST TO SHARE WITH YOU THE FY 2026 STATE CAPITAL BUDGET. SO WE JUST HAVE A COUPLE OF SLIDES TO TO SHARE WITH YOU REGARDING TIMELINES AND WHAT HAVE YOU. THIS SLIDE PROVIDES THE SCHEDULE FOR THE FY 2026 STATE CAPITAL BUDGET REQUEST. AFTER TONIGHT'S INTRODUCTION THERE WILL BE A BOARD WORK SESSION ON AUGUST THE 27TH FOLLOWED BY YOUR VOTE ON SEPTEMBER THE 10TH .NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. THIS SLIDE SHOWS THE PRIORITY ORDER FOR THE FY 2026 STATE CAPITAL BUDGET AND THAT INFORMATION HAS BEEN POSTED IN BOARD DOCS AND IS PUBLICLY AVAILABLE. NEXT SLIDE. JUST AS A REMINDER THIS IS SEPARATE FROM OUR COUNTY CAPITAL BUDGET AND THIS SLIDE DEPICTS THAT SCHEDULE THAT BUDGET WILL NOT BE TO YOU UNTIL DECEMBER. YOU'LL SEE THAT AGAIN IN DECEMBER. AND FINALLY NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. THIS IS THE F Y 2025 CAPITAL BUDGET THAT YOU APPROVED AS A BOARD IN JANUARY 2024 WHICH SHOWS THE PRIORITY LISTING THERE. AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH BOARD MEMBERS. PLEASE SUBMIT ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE ON THE PROPOSED F Y 2026 STATE CAPITAL BUDGET REQUEST TO DR. ROGERS BY TUESDAY AUGUST 20TH, 2024 FOR DISCUSSION AT THE AUGUST 27TH 2020 FOR A BOARD WORK SESSION. THANK YOU. >> THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS THE REPORT ON BUDGET [O. REPORT - BUDGET (Dr. Rogers, Dr. DiDonato, Ms. Stansbury, Ms. Forster, and Mr. Hartlove) (8:30 - 9:15 p.m.)] EQUITABLE RESOURCE ALLOCATION MODEL TITLE ONE COMPREHENSIVE SUPPORT AND IMPROVEMENT TARGETED SUPPORT AND IMPROVEMENT AND COMMUNITY SCHOOLS. AND FOR THAT I CALL ON DR. ROGERS. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING AGAIN CHAIR BOOKER DWYER, VICE CHAIR PUMPHREY AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. WE ARE EXCITED FOR OUR FIRST BUDGET REPORT TO THE FULL BOARD. THE TOPIC OF THIS REPORT IS EQUITABLE RESOURCE ALLOCATION REALLY FOCUSING ON TITLE ONE, CSI, CSI AND COMMUNITY SCHOOLS .THIS EVENING WE'RE JOINED BY OUR CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER CHRIS HART, LIVE DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY SCHOOLS MELISSA FORESTER AND DIRECTOR OF TITLE ONE TFI CSI AND HOME WITH PROGRAMS MICHELLE STANSBERRY. GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. >> EVENING. GOOD EVENING. SO WE'LL START WITH OUR STRATEGIC PLAN AS WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THESE BUDGET PRESENTATIONS. IT IS OUR GOAL TO REALLY ILLUMINATE HOW THESE ARE SPECIFIC PRESENTATIONS ARE A PART OF OUR INFRASTRUCTURE GOAL. >> OUR GOAL AS A SCHOOL SYSTEM TO ENSURE THAT WE HAVE EFFICIENT AND EFFECTIVE PRACTICES AND HOW WE ARE OPERATING INTERNALLY AND EXTERNALLY IS A PRIORITY OF OURS SPECIFICALLY WHEN WE TAKE A LOOK AT THE BLUEPRINT THERE ARE FIVE PILLARS THAT ALL SCHOOL SYSTEMS AS YOU'RE AWARE ARE CALLED TO MOVE FORWARD NO MATTER WHAT THE FISCAL LANDSCAPE IS. FOR TODAY'S PRESENTATION WE'RE FOCUSING ON PILLAR NUMBER FOUR MORE RESOURCES FOR STUDENTS TO BE SUCCESSFUL. AS A REMINDER, THIS PILLAR REQUIRES ALL SCHOOL SYSTEMS TO DEVOTE ADDITIONAL RESOURCES TO STUDENTS THAT DEMONSTRATE HIGHER LEVELS OF NEED. >> THIS IS A REMINDER OF WHERE WE WERE AS WE WERE PLANNING THE FY 25 FISCAL BUDGET. AS EVERYONE KNOWS, THE ESSER FUNDS EXPIRE AT THE END OF SEPTEMBER AND AS A LARGE SCHOOL SYSTEM THAT WAS A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT FOR US. AS YOU SEE THE ITEMS FALLING OFF OF THE CLIFF, THESE ARE CRITICAL INVESTMENTS THAT OUR SCHOOLS SYSTEM INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL STAKEHOLDERS TOLD US THAT WE NEEDED TO KEEP [01:15:05] ADDITIONAL LEE. WHEN WE LOOK AT THE ROLL OUT OF THE PERCENTAGE OF ALLOCATION FOR BLUEPRINT FOR MARYLAND'S FUTURE FUNDING FOR SCHOOLS THIS THIS UPCOMING FISCAL YEAR OR THIS CURRENT FISCAL YEAR HAS A MUCH SMALLER PERCENTAGE THAN WHAT WE HAVE RECEIVED IN THE PAST AND WHAT WE ARE SLATED TO RECEIVE IN THE UPCOMING YEAR. BUT EVEN WITH THAT AS THE CASE WE STILL HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY TO ALL OF OUR STUDENTS. >> THESE MAPS YOU'VE SEEN BEFORE THESE MAPS SHOW US BY LEVEL THE PERCENTAGE OF STUDENTS THE SCHOOLS WHERE WE SEE POCKETS OF ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED STUDENTS AND THE GRADED ASIANS, THE DEEPER REDS INDICATE AREAS THAT ARE WHERE YOU FIND HIGHER PERCENTAGES. STUDENTS THAT ARE IN A HIGHER PERCENTAGE OF ECONOMIC NEED. AND SO WE SEE THAT FOR US ACROSS THE SCHOOL SYSTEM OUR AREAS OF NEED ARE PRIMARILY RESTING IN ELEMENTARY, MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOLS IN THE ST AND THE WEST AND THE EASTERN ZONES .>> SO KNOWING THAT WE HAD LIMITED FUNDS ONE OF OUR TASK WAS TO STILL MOVE FORWARD WITH EQUITABLE RESOURCE ALLOCATION IN OUR SCHOOLS. WE HAD TO LOOK AT ALL OF THE FUNDING SOURCES THAT WERE AVAILABLE AND HOW WE COULD BETTER USE AND BETTER ALLOCATE FUNDS TO MEET THE NEEDS OF OUR STUDENTS. AND SO THIS EVENING'S PRESENTATION REALLY SPEAKS TO GRANT FUNDING THAT WE HAVE AVAILABLE AND HOW WE HAVE CHANGED THE WAY THAT WE ARE ALLOCATING THOSE FUNDS TO MEET THE NEEDS OF STUDENTS. WHEN WE TALK ABOUT RESOURCE EQUITY WE WANT TO LEVEL SET AND MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE IS CLEAR THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HOW WE ALLOCATE THE USE OF RESOURCES PEOPLE TIME AND MONEY TO CREATE STUDENT EXPERIENCES ACROSS OUR SCHOOL SO THAT ALL CHILDREN THEY ARE ABLE TO REACH HIGH OUTCOMES NO MATTER WHAT THEIR RACE IS, NO MATTER WHAT THEIR OUTCOME IS. SPECIFICALLY WE'RE LOOKING AT SHIFTS AND RESOURCES AND WITH THE NEW BLUEPRINT LEGISLATION IT IS VERY SPECIFIC IN TERMS OF THE 7525 ALLOCATION CALLING ALL SCHOOL SYSTEMS TO LOOK AT SHIFTING RESOURCES TO STUDENTS WHO HAVE HIGHER NEEDS ARE WHAT ARE OUR STRUCTURES AND PRACTICES THAT ALLOW FOR ALL OF OUR STUDENTS PARTICULARLY THOSE FURTHEST FROM OPPORTUNITY TO ATTEND A SCHOOL WHERE THEY CAN LEARN AND THRIVE? AND WE ARE REALLY LOOKING AT HOW DO WE BRAID ALL OF OUR RESOURCES TOGETHER TO CREATE A HIGH PERFORMING SYSTEM FOR EVERY SCHOOL, EVERY STUDENT TO ENSURE THAT THEY'RE READY FOR TOMORROW. AS EVERYONE KNOWS, OUR RESOURCES ARE PRIMARILY ALLOCATED IN THREE WAYS WE FIRST BEGIN WITH ENROLLMENT AND I THINK THAT'S PARTICULARLY IMPORTANT BECAUSE WE NEED TO UNDERSCORE THAT ALL STUDENTS WILL RECEIVE APPROPRIATE RESOURCES AND THE WAY WE DO THAT IS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE LOOK AT STUDENTS AND PER PUPIL EXPENDITURES NOW LEVEL TWO AND THREE GO ABOVE AND BEYOND THE ENROLLMENT FORMULAS THAT WE PROVIDE TO STAFF SCHOOLS. LEVEL TWO IS NEED AND THAT'S WHAT WE'LL FOCUS ON THIS EVENING AS WELL AS PROGRAMS NEEDS WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT THE PERCENTAGE OF STUDENTS WHO RECEIVE SPECIAL EDUCATION SERVICES, OUR MULTILINGUAL LEARNERS, OUR STUDENTS WHO ARE ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED THOSE ARE THREE PRIMARY GROUPS OF NEED THAT OUR SCHOOL SYSTEMS OUR CALL TO FOCUS ON WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT RESOURCE ALLOCATION. AND THEN NUMBER THREE ADDITIONAL PROGRAMS. THOSE ADDITIONAL PROGRAMS MAY BE ACADEMIC. THEY CAN BE CAREER TECHNOLOGY RELATED WHICH WE HAVE A REPORT ON THIS EVENING OR THEY CAN BE PROGRAM TEAMS THAT SERVE AND SUPPORT SCHOOLS LIKE COMMUNITY SCHOOLS LIKE TITLE ONE SCHOOLS AT ISI AND CSI. AND SO FOR THE REMAINDER OF THIS PRESENTATION WE'RE GOING TO GET INTO WHAT ARE THOSE FUNDING SOURCES? HOW DID WE TAKE A SECOND LOOK A CLOSE DEEPER LOOK AS A SYSTEM OF APPROXIMATELY $91 MILLION TO IDENTIFY HOW WE WERE ALLOCATING THOSE FUNDS. SO IN THE PAST WHERE SCHOOLS WOULD RECEIVE A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF FUNDING AND A SCHOOL WOULD CREATE AN INDIVIDUALIZED BUDGET, WE SPENT A LOT OF TIME AND ENERGY REALLY FOCUSED ON COMPLIANCE FOLLOWING THE PAPERWORK TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THAT READY TO SUBMIT TO THE STATE OR THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT DEPENDING ON THE FUNDING SOURCE. OUR NEW APPROACH IS TO FOCUS ON WHAT IS DIRECTLY GOING TO MEET THE NEEDS OF STUDENTS WHAT IS EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE BRINGING PEOPLE DIRECTLY INTO THE CLASSROOM TO SUPPORT STUDENTS IN MATH METRICS AND LITERACY AND TO PROVIDE YOU WITH A DEEP DIVE INTO THE [01:20:03] FUNDING AS WELL AS ALL OF THE CONSIDERATIONS FOR TITLE ONE AND COMMUNITY SCHOOLS. THE REST OF THE TEAM WILL TAKE IT FROM HERE. SURE. GOOD EVENING BOARD MEMBERS BOARD CHAIR BOOKER DWYER VICE CHAIR PUMPHREY SUPERINTENDENT ROGERS MENTIONED WE'RE TALKING ABOUT RIGHT NOW APPROXIMATELY $91 MILLION IN FUNDING OF THE ITEMS THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TONIGHT. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TITLE ONE TARGETED TSA FUNDS, TARGETED SUPPORT AND IMPROVEMENT OR ADDITIONAL TARGETED SUPPORT AND AND SUPPORT AND IMPROVEMENT COMPREHENSIVE SUPPORT AND IMPROVEMENT AND COMMUNITY SCHOOLS. AND THE FIRST THREE THAT I MENTIONED ARE ALL FEDERAL DOLLARS AND THEN THE LAST IS THE COMMUNITY SCHOOLS OR STATE DOLLARS AS FAR AS IS AS FAR AS HOW THE FUNDING IS DETERMINED BY TITLE ONE IS SCHOOLS CAN QUALIFY FOR TITLE ONE FUNDING IF AT LEAST 40% OF THE STUDENTS ENROLLED ARE FROM LOW INCOME FAMILIES AND WE GET THOSE COUNTS. THOSE ARE THE OCTOBER 31ST ENROLLMENT COUNTS FOR TSA OR ATC. >> THE THESE ARE SCHOOLS THAT HAVE ONE OR MORE STUDENT GROUPS THAT ARE CONSISTENTLY UNDERPERFORMING OR OR NOT MEETING STATE ESTABLISHED STANDARDS. THE CSI SCHOOLS FOR THOSE WE'RE LOOKING AT SCHOOLS THAT ARE IN THE BOTTOM 5% OF TOTAL ONE SCHOOLS OR ALL SCHOOLS HAVING A GRADUATE GRADUATION RATE OF 67% OR LOWER. AND FINALLY COMMUNITY SCHOOLS THIS IS BASED ON POVERTY THRESHOLDS ESTABLISHED BY THE BLUEPRINT FOR MARYLAND'S FUTURE. THERE ARE TWO TYPES OF CONCENTRATION OF POVERTY GRANTS. THERE IS THE PERSONNEL AND THE PER PUPIL GRANT THE A NUMBER OF SCHOOLS TITLE ONE THERE 78 ATC THERE ARE 48 CSI THERE ARE 13 AND COMMUNITY SCHOOLS WE HAVE 91 THE AND THEN THE DOLLAR FIGURES ARE WELL ESTIMATED FOR FOR FY 25 APPROXIMATELY 49 MILLION FOR TITLE ONE TOTAL OVER MULTIPLE YEARS OF 6.3 MILLION FOR ATC AND CSI AND THEN FOR COMMUNITY SCHOOLS WE HAVE 25 MILLION IN F Y 25 FOR PERSONNEL AND 9.6 FOR THE PER PUPIL AND THE NEXT SLIDE IS TITLE ONE CONSIDERATIONS. >> THANK YOU. SO WHEN THINKING ABOUT THIS MUCH FUNDING WE REALLY WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WERE FOCUSING ON A WAY THAT SCHOOLS GOT WHAT THEY NEED IT DESPITE WHAT THEY COULD AFFORD AS DR. RODGERS SHARED IN THE PAST, SCHOOLS WOULD GET A TITLE ONE ALLOCATION AND THEN THEY WOULD DETERMINE CAN I AFFORD ONE TEACHER, TWO TEACHERS, ONE PARA, SO ON AND SO FORTH. AND SO THAT REALLY WASN'T FAIR BECAUSE OF FLUCTUATIONS IN THE COST OF STAFF PARTICULARLY WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT CHANGES IN INSURANCE AND BENEFITS SELECTIONS AS WELL AS UPGRADES AND SALARIES. AND SO WHILE I MAY HAVE BEEN ABLE TO AFFORD TEACHER A IN YEAR ONE IN YEAR TWO I CAN NO LONGER AFFORD THIS GAP TO HOW WE ARE NOW ALLOCATING STAFFING TAKES THAT AWAY FROM SCHOOLS AND ALLOWS US CENTRALLY TO BE ABLE TO FUND ALL OF THE POSITIONS OUT OF ONE POT. SO WHAT YOU SEE LISTED HERE ARE SOME CONSIDERATIONS IN WHAT WE TOOK INTO ACCOUNT AS WE WERE ALLOCATING STAFFING TO SCHOOLS WE FUND ABOUT 400 STAFF MEMBERS SOME PARA SOME TEACHERS .WE TOOK FIRST INTO ACCOUNT THAT TITLE ONE SCHOOLS HAVE HIGH STUDENT MOBILITY AND SO WE DECIDED TO USE ENROLLMENT COUNTS. OF COURSE THIS GOES DARK AT THE END OF THE SCHOOL YEAR BECAUSE BY THAT POINT WE WOULD SEE THAT FLUCTUATIONS IN ENROLLMENT WOULD CHANGE. WE ALSO DID SOME COMPARISONS BACK TO SEPTEMBER 30TH ENROLLMENT AND WE TOOK WHICHEVER ONE WAS HIGHER. IF THE END OF THE YEAR ENROLLMENT WAS HIGHER WE USED THAT IF THE SEPTEMBER 30TH ENROLLMENT WAS HIGHER WE WOULD USE THAT. THAT GAVE MORE FLEXIBILITY. NEXT WHAT YOU'LL SEE IS THE ACADEMIC CONSIDERATIONS. SO WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WERE LOOKING AT TREND DATA ACROSS ALL OF OUR TITLE ONE SCHOOLS AND SAYING WHERE'S THE REAL NEED? WE'VE BEEN INVESTING FOR A FEW YEARS IN MATH COACHES BUT WE REALLY WANTED TO DEFINE WHAT THAT ROLE WAS IN COMPARISON TO WHAT A RESOURCE TEACHER MIGHT DO. SO WE CREATED VERY CLEAR JOB DESCRIPTION IS THAT DEFINED WHAT A RESOURCE TEACHER SHOULD DO DAY TO DAY AND WHAT A COACH WILL DO DAY TO DAY COACHING ARE REALLY FOR OUR TEACHERS TO PERFECT THEIR CRAFT FOR LACK OF BETTER WORDS AND RESOURCE TEACHERS PROVIDE DIRECT INSTRUCTION TO STUDENTS AND SO [01:25:02] WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WERE PROVIDING SOME SUPPORT FOR OUR TEACHERS TO BE ABLE TO EXECUTE THE CURRICULUM THE WAY IT IS DESIGNED. THE OTHER THING WE DID WAS CREATE SOME VARIATIONS. IF YOU WERE A TITLE ONE SCHOOL AND A SCHOOL IN IMPROVEMENT WE PROVIDED ADDITIONAL STAFFING TO YOU AS WELL AND YOU'LL SEE MORE ABOUT THAT IN ANOTHER SLIDE. FINALLY WE TOOK INTO ACCOUNT THE FACT THAT THE NUMBERS ONLY TELL PART OF THE STORY. THERE'S SOME DATA THAT WE CAN'T SEE CENTRALLY THAT SCHOOLS HAVE AND SO WHAT WE DID WAS WE ALLOWED FOR FLEXIBILITY FOR SCHOOLS TO REQUEST ADDITIONAL POSITIONS SO WE ALLOCATED POSITIONS BASED ON THE FORMULA BUT HELD SOME BACK IN CASE SCHOOLS WILL HELD SOME FUNDING BACK RATHER IN CASE SCHOOLS HAD REQUESTS THEY COULD SUBSTANTIATE WITH REAL SCHOOL BASED DATA AND IDENTIFY NEED AND PRETTY MUCH EVERY SCHOOL THAT REQUESTED RECEIVED ADDITIONAL STAFFING BECAUSE THEY HAD THE DATA TO SUPPORT THE NEED FOR THAT STAFF. THEY COULD NOT SIMPLY ASK FOR AN EXTRA PERSON. THEY HAD TO BE ABLE TO DESCRIBE WHAT THE WORK OF THAT PERSON WOULD DO AND HOW THAT PERSON'S WORK WAS DIRECTLY CONNECTED TO THE DATA THAT THEY PROVIDED FOR US. >> SO AGAIN, MULTIPLE THINGS TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION TO SUPPORT WHAT THE NEEDS WERE AT THE SCHOOL BUILDING YOU'RE CLICKING FOR ME YOU THINK YOU OF COURSE. NEXT UP YOU'LL SEE SOME OF THE CONSIDERATIONS WE TOOK INTO ACCOUNT FOR OUR TARGETED SUPPORT AND IMPROVEMENT SCHOOLS AND OUR COMPREHENSIVE SUPPORT AND IMPROVEMENT SCHOOLS. IF YOU WERE A TARGETED SUPPORT AND IMPROVEMENT SCHOOL YOU RECEIVED ADDITIONAL POINT FIVE FTE AGAIN TIED TO WHAT YOUR DATA SAID YOUR SCHOOL NEEDED COACHING RESOURCE TEACHER ONE OR THE OTHER IF YOU WERE A COP OR HENCE OF SUPPORT AND IMPROVEMENT SCHOOL YOU RECEIVED A 1.0 ADDITIONAL FTE AGAIN THAT HAD TO SUPPORT BASED ON WHAT YOUR STUDENT DATA SHARED YOU NEEDED ALL OF OUR TSR SCORES THAT WERE RETURNING TO TSR STATUS IN THE SECOND ROUND OF ID BY MSD RECEIVED AN ADDITIONAL RESOURCE TEACHER POSITION THAT PROVIDED ONLY INSTRUCTIONAL SUPPORT IN KINDERGARTEN THROUGH GRADE THREE AND WE'RE FINDING THAT IN THOSE SCHOOLS SOME THROUGH TITLE ONE AND SOME THROUGH OTHER GRANTS WE JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE SCHOOLS HAD THE EXTRA SUPPORT THEY NEED IT SINCE THE MAJORITY OF THEM ARE ELEMENTARY. NEXT ARE THE ADDITIONAL SUPPORTS IN CCI SCHOOL WE ADDED IN SOME ADDITIONAL LEADERSHIP SUPPORTS TO HELP SUPPORT THE SCHOOL'S INSTRUCTIONAL LEADERSHIP TEAM WAS REALLY PUSHING INSTRUCTION AND ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT FORWARD MELISSA ALL RIGHT. I'M GOING TO TALK TO YOU. GOOD EVENING. I'M GOING TO TALK TO YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT COMMUNITY SCHOOLS AND WHEN WE CONSIDERED FOR COMMUNITY SCHOOLS SO YOU IT WAS SHARED ABOUT THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE PERSONNEL AND THE PER PUPIL GRANT SO EVERY SCHOOL DOES NOT RECEIVE BOTH GRANTS, EVERY SCHOOL RECEIVES THAT PERSONNEL GRANT BUT THE PER PUPIL COMES AT A DIFFERENT THRESHOLD. BUT SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE CONSIDERED WAS SIMILAR TO WHAT TITLE ONE DID WE CENTRALLY FUNDED SOME INITIATIVES FOR SCHOOLS BASED OFF THE DATA WE WERE SEEING THAT IT WAS A NEED. SOME OF THOSE POSITIONS YOU SEE ON YOUR SCREEN ARE A CARE LIAISON WHICH WAS 1.1.0 POSITION AT ALL OF OUR SCHOOLS THAT RECEIVED A PER PUPIL ALLOCATION AND THIS IS BECAUSE THERE IN THE COMMUNITY SCHOOL STRATEGY NOW AND THEY NEEDED SUPPORT IN IMPLEMENTING THOSE PROGRAMS AND INITIATIVES THAT ARE OCCURRING. WE ALSO ARE PILOTING A TRANSITION FACILITATOR AT TWO OF OUR TWO ALTERNATIVE CENTERS ONE MIDDLE AND ONE HIGH TO REALLY BRIDGE THAT GAP WITH THEIR HOME SCHOOLS WHEN THEY RETURN. SO THAT'S A POSITION THAT WE'RE PILOTING CENTRALLY WITH COMMUNITY SCHOOLS. WE ALSO PARTLY FUND FISCAL ASSISTANCE. WE SPLIT THAT COST WITH TITLE ONE. WE HEARD THROUGH OUR SCHOOLS THAT THIS WAS A NEED FOR OUR SCHOOLS WITH ALL THE ADDITIONAL FUNDING THAT THEY'RE RECEIVING THAT THEY NEED SOMEBODY ON THE SCHOOL END TO ASSIST WITH THAT PROCESS. >> HEALTH ASSISTANCE IS SOMETHING THAT IS WE USE THE BLUEPRINT IT TALKS ABOUT ADDITIONAL NURSING AND HEALTH ASSISTANT FTE. SO WE WORK WITH HEALTH SERVICES TO DETERMINE WHICH SCHOOLS NEED THOSE ADDITIONAL HEALTH ASSISTANT FTE. >> ALL OF OUR SCHOOLS RECEIVE A COMMUNITY SCHOOL FACILITATOR THAT IS MANDATED THROUGH BLUEPRINT THAT WE FUND THAT POSITION AND WE ARE ALSO CENTRALLY FUNDING SOME OUT-OF-SCHOOL TIME PROGRAMING WHICH IS LIKE AN EXPANDED LEARNING PROGRAM PROGRAMING THAT CAN HAPPEN BEFORE OR AFTER SCHOOL FOR SOME OF OUR SCHOOLS BASED UPON THEIR NEED AND THEIR DATA. WE'RE LOOKING AT THEIR NEEDS ASSESSMENTS FOR COMMUNITY SCHOOLS AND THEIR IMPLEMENTATION PLANS TO DETERMINE WHICH SCHOOLS NEED WHICH PROGRAMS. SO THAT'S KIND OF OUR CENTRAL FUNDING INITIATIVES. >> WE ALSO GIVE FLEXIBILITY TO SCHOOLS AND GIVE THEM THEIR SCHOOL PER PUPIL ALLOCATION IN A SCHOOL FUNDING AND WITH THAT IT HAS TO BE RESPONSIVE SPENDING BASED ON SCHOOL NEEDS. IT MUST BE TIED TO THEIR NEEDS ASSESSMENT AND THEIR IMPLEMENTING ACTION PLAN AND ALIGNED TO EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICES. THERE'S ALSO A [01:30:06] CONSIDERATION FOR EVERY ONE FTE FOR $125,000 IN THEIR PER PUPIL ALLOCATION. SO IF THEY RECEIVED $125,000 THEY WERE ABLE TO FUND A 1.0 FTE BUT IT HAD TO AGAIN ALIGN TO THEIR NEEDS ASSESSMENT AND THEIR IMPLEMENTATION PLAN AND WITHIN THE ALLOWABLE PARAMETERS OF THE BLUEPRINT LEGISLATION ON WHAT POSITIONS COULD BE FUNDED. SO IT VARIES PER SCHOOL. >> SO AS YOU RECALL FROM AN EARLIER SLIDE THAT DR. ROGERS SHOWED THERE IS A CONCENTRATION OF POVERTY IN OUR SOUTHWEST AND OUR SOUTHEAST AREAS AND THEREFORE AN OVERLAPPING IN GRANT FUNDING FOR THROUGH BOTH TITLE ONE AND COMMUNITY SCHOOLS IN THOSE SAME AREAS. SO WHAT MELISSA AND I HAVE DONE IS REALLY WORK TO COLLABORATE AND MAKE SURE SCHOOLS ARE LOOKING AT ALL OF THEIR AVAILABLE FUNDING AND THINKING THROUGH THE LENS OF WHAT ARE THE NEEDS OF THE SCHOOL AND THEN DETERMINING WHICH GRANT WILL SUPPORT THAT NEED. THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT BOTH TITLE ONE AND COMMUNITY SCHOOL GRANT FUNDS CAN PAY FOR AND WE WANT TO BE THAT BRIDGE TO HELP SCHOOLS SUPPORT THEM WITH MAKING THOSE DECISIONS. >> SO WHAT YOU'LL SEE HERE ARE SPENDING PLANS THAT ARE DEVELOPED THAT INCLUDE BOTH BUDGETS WELL SOMETIMES THREE BUDGETS THEY'RE TITLE ONE THEIR COMMUNITY SCHOOL PERSONNEL THE COMMUNITY SCHOOL PER PUPIL GRANT. THE REASON WE HAVE ONE SPENDING PLAN AGAIN IS TO SHOW THAT COORDINATION YOU MAY HAVE A FAMILY ENGAGEMENT EVENT THAT IS PARTIALLY FUNDED THROUGH COMMUNITY SCHOOLS PARTIALLY FUNDED THROUGH TITLE ONE BECAUSE IT DOES MEET THE NEED OF BOTH. THE NEXT THING THAT WE DID IS WE MADE SURE THAT WE BOTH HELD SCHOOLS ACCOUNTABLE FOR IDENTIFYING THE DATA THEY WILL USE TO MEASURE EFFECTIVENESS OVER TIME. EVERY YEAR EACH SCHOOL AS THEY DECIDE TO SUBMIT US EXPENSE FOR APPROVAL THEY MUST PROVIDE THE EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE THAT THAT EXPENSE IS TIED TO THAT'S IN THEIR SPENDING PLAN AND ALSO IN THE EXPENSE SUBMISSION THERE'S AN ANNUAL EVALUATION THAT IS COMPLETED FOR BOTH GRANTS. THERE'S AN EXTERNAL EVALUATOR FOR COMMUNITY SCHOOLS AND THERE IS AN INTERNAL EVALUATOR FOR EVERYTHING FUNDED THROUGH TITLE ONE AND THEN FINALLY WE'RE REALLY JUST LOOKING AT WHAT SUPPORT LOOKS LIKE. HOW CAN WE MAKE SURE THAT SCHOOLS ARE ALIGNING SPENDING TO WHERE THEIR NEEDS ARE AND THEN COLLECTING DATA TO MEASURE AND MONITOR THE EFFECTIVENESS OF OF THOSE FUNDS? >> THE LAST THING WE WANTED TO SHARE WITH YOU IS ON BOTH OF OUR WEBSITES AND THESE ARE LINKS IF YOU CLICK THEM WITHIN THE ACTUAL PRESENTATION WE'VE PROVIDED THE GRANT STAFFING AND AN INVESTMENT FOR EACH OF THE GRANTS. SO FOR TITLE ONE YOU WILL SEE THE THE STAFFING THAT THE SCHOOL HAS THE AMOUNT WE'RE PAYING FOR STAFFING AND THEN THERE'S THE SCHOOL BUDGET THAT THEY HAVE ON THEIR END. SO YOU'LL SEE ALL PIECES FOR ALL SCHOOLS WITHIN OUR WEBSITE AND THAT IS ALL WE HAVE. THANK YOU. OKAY. ANY QUESTIONS? MS. PUMPHREY HI. THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. I HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS ABOUT THE COMMUNITY SCHOOLS FROM WHEN I SEE IF I CAN FIND A SIDE OH SORRY. ON SLIDE TEN WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT THE FLEXIBILITY AND CONSIDERATIONS FOR SCHOOLS AND SPECIFICALLY IN TERMS OF THE PER PUPIL GRANTS ASIDE FROM STAFFING, I KNOW THAT YOU MENTIONED THAT THE FUNDING HAS TO ALIGN TO THE NEEDS ASSESSMENT. >> WHAT WHAT IS THERE A PERCENTAGE THAT GOES DIRECTLY TO THE STUDENTS ASIDE FROM STAFFING OR DO YOU DO THE STAFFING FIRST WITH THE GRANT AND THEN THE FUNDING THAT SUPPORTS STUDENTS DIRECTLY ASIDE FROM STAFFING AS THE BALANCE OF THAT? >> SO THE STAFFING WE GIVE THEM WE SAY FOR EVERY ONE POINT FOR EVERY HUNDRED $25,000 YOU CAN RECEIVE A 1.0 FTE THAT HAS TO ALIGN TO WHATEVER THEIR NEEDS ASSESSMENT OR IMPLEMENTATION PLAN SAYS. NOT ALL SCHOOLS ELECT TO FUND THAT FTE AND THOSE ARE OUTLINED IN BLUEPRINT ON WHICH FTE WERE ALLOWED TO PAY FOR ANY ADDITIONAL FUNDING HAS TO ALSO ALIGN TO THE WRAPAROUND SERVICES IDENTIFIED IN BLUEPRINT AND MSD HAS GIVEN US SPENDING GUIDANCE ON WHAT'S ALLOWABLE AND WHAT'S NOT ALLOWABLE TO USE WITH THAT PER PUPIL FUNDING. SO IT'S VERY IT ALL HAS TO BE ALIGNED TO THEIR NEEDS ASSESSMENT IMPLEMENTATION PLAN AND IN ADDITION BLUEPRINT LEGISLATION. OKAY. SO IF THEY'RE PUBLIC WE'RE LOOKING AT YOUR EXAMPLE ONE PAGE ON SLIDE 12 WHERE IT SAYS 40,000 COMMUNITY SCHOOL FUNDS THAT SEPARATE FROM STAFFING OR IS THAT THAT'S THE PERSONNEL SIDE. YOU REMEMBER I SAID THERE'S A PERSONNEL ON A PER PUPIL THAT'S THE SIDE OF PERSONNEL AFTER YOU TAKE OUT THE FACILITATOR THAT WE HAVE TO PAY FOR AND THE HEALTH ASSISTANCE THAT WE PAY FOR AS WELL, THAT'S THE ADDITIONAL FUNDING THAT THEY RECEIVE. >> SO THAT 40,000 IS STILL STAFFING KNOW THAT 40 THAT IT'S CALLED PERSONNEL. IT'S A LITTLE COOKIE. IT'S JUST THE NAME THROUGH BLUEPRINT THAT IS ALSO USED FOR THE ALLOWABLE BLUEPRINT WRAPAROUND SERVICES. IT'S ALL WITHIN THAT SAME BUCKET. IT'S JUST TWO DIFFERENT FUNDING STREAMS. OKAY. THANK YOU. YOU'RE VERY WELCOME. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? MS. FRIMPONG [01:35:01] WHEN YOU MENTION ABOUT THE EVALUATIONS AND I GUESS THAT'S THE SLIDE 11 SO YOU SAID FOUR IF I HEARD CORRECTLY COMMUNITY SCHOOLS HAVE AN EXTERNAL EVALUATION BUT THE OTHER SCHOOLS DO NOT. IT'S AN INTERNAL IS THAT INTERNAL TO THE CPS OR WHAT DOES THAT MEAN INTERNALLY? IT'S AN INTERNAL EVALUATOR RESEARCH SPECIALIST THAT WE FUND IN THE OFFICE OF RESEARCH ACCOUNTABILITY AND ASSESSMENT AND THEY EVALUATE ALL OF OUR TITLE ONE FUNDED INITIATIVES ANNUALLY AND OKAY SO EVEN THOUGH IT'S INTERNAL THEY ARE STILL SEPARATE FROM THE SCHOOL THEMSELVES? OH, ABSOLUTELY. YES. OKAY. SO AND IT'S MY OFFICE AS WELL, RIGHT? YEAH, THEY'RE VERY OBJECTIVE. OKAY, PERFECT. THANK YOU. MM. DR. SAVOY UNDER COMMUNITY SCHOOL'S CONSIDERATIONS, HOW DOES A TRANSITION FACILITATOR DIFFER FROM A COMMUNITY SCHOOL FACILITATOR? >> GREAT, GREAT QUESTION. THAT'S ACTUALLY A NEW POSITION THAT WE'RE PILOTING THIS YEAR WITH MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOLS. THEIR PURPOSE IS TO TRANSITION AT OUR ALTERNATIVE CENTERS. >> A LOT OF OUR STUDENTS ARE SENT THERE FOR A 90 DAY PERIOD AND THEN THEY TRANSITION BACK TO THEIR HOME SCHOOL. BUT WHILE THEY'RE AT THE ALTERNATIVE CENTER THEY'RE GETTING A LOT OF RESOURCES SUPPORTS MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES. SO THAT TRANSITION FACILITATOR WILL WORK WITH THE HOME SCHOOL TO ENSURE THAT THEY STILL RECEIVE THOSE SERVICES. SO HOPEFULLY THEY'RE NOT COMING BACK TO THE ALTERNATIVE CENTER WHEREAS THE COMMUNITY SCHOOL FACILITATOR IS OUTLINED IN BLUEPRINT AND WE HAVE TO FOLLOW THE GUIDELINES THAT BLUEPRINT GIVES US FOR THE ROLE OF THE COMMUNITY SCHOOL FACILITATOR THANK YOU. YOU'RE VERY WELCOME. GREAT PRESENTATION. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? MR. MINSKY THANK YOU FOR ALL THIS. MY QUESTION IS ALL OF THIS IS BASED ON A FORMULA FOR THE ALLOCATION EQUITABLE ALLOCATION OF FUNDS. WHAT IS THAT FORMULA? CAN YOU EXPLAIN IT TO ME LIKE I DON'T UNDERSTAND IT? >> ABSOLUTELY. YOU WANT TO KNOW THE FORMULA WE USE INTERNALLY AND BCP IS NOT HOW WE GET THE MONEY RIGHT? OKAY. YEAH I HAVE SPECIFICS THAT WE CAN DEFINITELY EMAIL TO YOU BUT PRETTY MUCH WHAT WE DID WAS IF YOUR POVERTY PERCENTAGE WAS I THINK 75 TO 100% YOU MAY HAVE GOTTEN ONE TEACHER FOR EVERY 150 STUDENTS WHEREAS AS YOUR POVERTY BEGAN TO DROP THEN YOU GOT LESS FTE PER NUMBER OF STUDENTS. THE EXACT NUMBERS THAT CAN DEFINITELY FOLLOW UP AND SEND TO YOU. THE OTHER PIECES WERE RELATED TO WHETHER OR NOT YOU WERE A CSI OR CSI SCHOOL. WHETHER YOUR DATA HOW YOUR DATA LOOKS, WHETHER YOU HAD MORE OF A NEED IN MATH OR MORE OF A NEED IN L.A. WE LED SCHOOL TO SCHOOLS, SUBMIT TO US WHAT THEY'D LIKE TO DO AND THEN WE USED THE DATA ESSENTIALLY TO CONFIRM THAT THEY MAY FUND THOSE TYPES OF POSITIONS. SO IF A SCHOOL HAD A PARA EDUCATOR IN A PRIOR YEAR AND WE WERE ABLE TO LOOK AT EFFECTIVENESS DATA TO SEE THE RESULTS OF THAT WORK, WE ALLOWED THEM TO EXCUSE ME CONTINUE TO FIND THAT POSITION IN THIS UPCOMING SCHOOL YEAR. >> AND THEN AS FAR AS COMMUNITY. SO COMMUNITY SCHOOLS FOR THE PERSONNEL GRANT EVERYONE GETS A COMMUNITY SCHOOL FACILITATOR BECAUSE IT'S OUTLINED IN BLUE PRINT AND THE HEALTH ASSISTANT FTE IS ADDITIONAL ARE DETERMINED BY HEALTH SERVICES BLUEPRINT OR ASK FOR A NURSE. WE ALREADY DO A NURSE THROUGH BACKPACKS WHICH IS WHY WE DO THE ADDITIONAL HEALTH ASSISTANT FTE AS NEEDED AT THE SCHOOLS FOR THE PER PUPIL SIDE IT GOES BACK TO THAT FOR EVERY $125,000 WE GAVE THEM 1.0 FTE AND THEN THEY COULD SELECT FROM ALLOWABLE POSITIONS TO FUND BASED OFF BLUEPRINT LEGISLATION. SO WHERE DOES THAT 125,000 COME FROM? THAT'S THE AVERAGE COST OF AN FTE WITH FULL BENEFITS SO THAT WE CAN MAKE SURE WE ARE ABLE TO FUND THEM. >> YES, I WOULD LIKE THE SPECIFICS EMAILED TO ME IF YOU COULD. AND THEN THE OTHER THING WAS THE DATA THAT YOU SAID YOU USE WHAT IS IT JUST THE NEEDS BASED ON ELA OR MATH OR THAT KIND OF DATA OR IS IT IS IT MORE SPECIFIC A COMBINATION? SO WE WORK VERY CLOSELY WITH CONTENT OFFICERS AND WE LET THEM TO TELL US WHAT DATA SHOULD WE LOOK AT. WE DID NOT LOOK AT ONE DATA SET. WE LOOKED AT MULTIPLE DATA SETS. SOMETIMES WE INCLUDED ATTENDANCE AND SUSPENSION AND REFERRAL DATA WHEN MAKING THOSE DECISIONS WE LOOKED AT UNITS ASSESSMENTS, CBAS MAP IN SOME INSTANCES INSTANCES AND CAPS. IT WAS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT DEPENDING ON WHAT THE CONTENT AREA WAS. BUT IF YOU WANT ME TO SUPPLY THAT WITH YOU AS WELL I CAN DO THAT AS WELL. YES, THAT WAS WONDERFUL. THANK YOU. AND THIS LAST QUESTION I THINK YOU MAY HAVE ALREADY ANSWERED IT WITH DR. SAVOY'S QUESTION BUT WHAT IS THE CHECK AND BALANCE AS FAR AS WITHIN US TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR SCHOOLS ARE ALLOCATING THAT MONEY EQUITABLY, THAT THEY ARE RECEIVING IT AND MAKING SURE THAT THEY'RE DOING THE RIGHT THING WITH IT? YEAH, I'M BOTH MELISSA AND I HAVE A GROUP OF SPECIALISTS AND SENIORS TO ASSESS WHO THAT IS. THEIR ROLE THEIR ROLE IS TO GO INTO THOSE SCHOOLS EVERY SINGLE DAY, MONITOR THE USE OF THOSE PROGRAMS, TALK WITH SCHOOLS ABOUT SPENDING THEIR FUNDING STRICTLY ON THINGS THAT ARE ALIGNED TO THEIR DATA AND NOT [01:40:01] ON THINGS THAT AREN'T INCLUDED IN THEIR SCHOOL PROGRESS PLAN. WE THEN DO ANNUAL REVIEWS OF THEIR DOCUMENTATION AND WE SIT WITH THEM TWICE A YEAR TO GO OVER SPENDING AND REALLY TALK ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT IT'S YIELDING RESULTS. SO THERE'S A LOT OF HANDHOLDING AND SUPPORT AROUND MAKING SURE THAT THINGS HAPPEN THE WAY THEY NEED TO. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WELCOME. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ?OKAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. WHAT A GREAT PRESENTATION. >> GREAT WAY TO DISCUSS EQUITABLE RESOURCE ALLOCATION. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> THE NEXT ITEM ON [P. REPORT - ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT AND HIGHLY EFFECTIVE TEACHERS, LEADERS, AND STAFF (Dr. Grim) (9:15 - 9:35 p.m.)] THE AGENDA IS THE REPORT ON THE 2024 2025 PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN AND FOR THAT I CALL ON DR. ROGERS GREAT. ALL RIGHT. I'M BEING JOINED BY DR. GRAHAM, CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER AND DR. BERQUIST, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR EMPLOYEE TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT. WE CAN PULL UP THE POWERPOINT PLEASE. DR. START OKAY. >> GOOD EVENING AGAIN. BOARD CHAIR PARKER DWYER VICE CHAIR PUMPHREY DR. ROGERS AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. AS DR. RODGER SAID, WE ARE HERE THIS EVENING TO TALK ABOUT PROFESSIONAL LEARNING. >> OH, I DON'T KNOW HOW WE DID THAT AND NOW IT'S ME. THIS PRESENTATION REALLY IS GOING TO FOCUS ON TWO OF OUR KEY PRIORITIES OF THE SCHOOL SYSTEM ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT WHICH IS THE OVERALL GOAL MAKING SURE THAT OUR STUDENTS ARE ABLE TO ACHIEVE AT HIGH LEVELS IN A VARIETY OF WAYS ALL STUDENTS. BUT IN ORDER TO DO THAT WE KNOW THAT WE NEED HIGHLY EFFECTIVE TEACHERS, LEADERS AND STAFF. AND SO THE TEAM WILL PRESENT TO YOU THE PLAN FOR THIS UPCOMING SCHOOL YEAR. BUT BEFORE WE DO THAT, WE JUST WANT TO CALL TO YOUR ATTENTION A SLIDE THAT WE'VE SHARED BEFORE IN THE PAST AND THAT'S ABOUT SYSTEMIC AND SUSTAINABLE APPROACHES IMPROVEMENT FOR ALL SCHOOL SYSTEMS THAT REALLY WANT TO IMPROVE STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT ACROSS THE BOARD MAKE THAT IMPROVEMENT AND THEN SUSTAIN THE IMPROVEMENT OVER TIME. THERE ARE THREE KEY ELEMENTS AS I'VE SHARED BEFORE. IT STARTS WITH CURRICULUM AND SO WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR THE BOARD'S SUPPORT TO ENSURE THAT WE HAVE HIGH QUALITY CURRICULUM ALIGNED TO STANDARDS AND WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THE PILOT FOR SECONDARY LITERACY THIS UPCOMING YEAR AND REALLY ENSURING THAT EVERYTHING WE DO IS EVIDENCE BASED AND THAT WE ARE OUT LEADERS IN SCHOOLS AS WELL AS CENTRAL OFFICE LEADERS OUT AND ABOUT IN SCHOOLS ON A REGULAR BASIS MONITORING IMPLEMENTATION TO ENSURE THAT THERE IS FIDELITY. THE KEY PIECE OF THAT WORK IS PROFESSIONAL LEARNING MAKING SURE THAT EVERYONE IS EQUIPPED TO DO THEIR BEST WORK. THIS INCLUDES TEACHERS PARAPROFESSIONALS, LEADERS INSIDE OF BUILDINGS AS WELL AS LEADERS IN CENTRAL OFFICE WHO ARE SUPERVISING THE WORK. AND THE WAY THAT WE OPERATIONALIZE THIS IS THROUGH PROFESSIONAL LEARNING COMMUNITY. AND SO WE HAVE STARTED THAT WORK LATE THIS SPRING, CONTINUED IT IN THE SUMMER AND HAVE A ROBUST PLAN THROUGHOUT THE YEAR TO ENSURE THAT NOT ONLY OUR SCHOOLS INCLUDING OUR TEACHERS AND MEMBERS OF THE LEADERSHIP TEAM BUT ALSO OUR OFFICES ARE ENGAGING IN COLLABORATIVE CYCLES OF INQUIRY WHERE WE'RE LOOKING AT THE DATA THAT IS IN FRONT OF US IDENTIFYING WHAT THE DATA IS TELLING US WHAT ARE THOSE PATTERNS AND TEACHERS ARE GOING BACK IN REAL TIME TO MAKE CHANGES FOR THE STUDENTS THAT ARE IN THE CLASSROOMS IN FRONT OF THEM. ONE OF THE ARTICLES THAT WE SPENT A LOT OF TIME FOCUSING ON LAST YEAR AND WE WILL CONTINUE THIS SCHOOL YEAR IS SPARK AND SUSTAINED BY THE MCKINSEY AND COMPANY AND THEIR KEY QUOTE IS GROUND SYSTEMS STRATEGY AND BETTER CLASSROOM INSTRUCTION AND THAT'S REALLY WHAT WE'VE BEEN FOCUSED ON FOCUSING ON AS A SCHOOL SYSTEM ENSURING THAT WE HAVE EVERYONE IS TRAINED FOR HIGH QUALITY CLASSROOM INSTRUCTION. >> AND SO WE WANTED TO START THIS PRESENTATION REALLY GETTING INTO INTO THE CONTENT OF IT BY SHARING WITH YOU A SLIDE THAT YOU SAW LAST MONTH IN A PRESENTATION THAT DR. JONES AND DR. DE DONATO SHARED WITH YOU REGARDING PROFESSIONAL LEARNING AND AS IT SPECIFICALLY RELATED TO OUR SCHOOLS. AND AS YOU COULD SEE BY THIS SLIDE, PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT IS AT THE HEART. IT'S AT THE CENTER BETWEEN HIGH QUALITY INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS EVIDENCED BASED INSTRUCTIONAL PRACTICES, INSTRUCTIONAL SUPPORT VISITS AND DATA ANALYSIS. >> IT'S BEEN A VERY, VERY BUSY SUMMER FOR US HERE AT CPS WITH REGARD TO PROFESSIONAL LEARNING, BCBS TOOK UNPRECEDENTED STEPS IN PREPARATION AND TO KICK OFF THE 2024 2025 SCHOOL YEAR AS RELATED TO PROFESSIONAL LEARNING. PROFESSIONAL LEARNING IS INTEGRAL IN THE PRIORITY [01:45:03] AREA OF HIGHLY EFFECTIVE TEACHERS LEADERS AND STAFF. IN FACT IT IS BECAUSE OF HIGHLY EFFECTIVE TEACHERS LEADERS AND STAFF THAT ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT EXCELS, INFRASTRUCTURE IS UPGRADED AND THE SAFETY AND CLIMATE OF ALL BCBS FACILITIES IS CONDUCIVE TO CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT. PROFESSIONAL LEARNING FOR 2024 ACTUALLY KICKED OFF AND STARTED BACK IN EARLY SPRING AS DR. ROGERS SAID WHEN THE GROUNDWORK FOR PROFESSIONAL LEARNING COMMUNITIES OR PLACES AND RESEARCH FOR BETTER TEACHING OR AS YOU'LL SEE IT WAS INTRODUCED AND IN SOME AREAS REINTRODUCED TO STAFF IN JUNE IMMEDIATE LEE AFTER SCHOOL ENDED FOR STUDENTS STAFF BEGAN ENGAGING IN PROFESSIONAL LEARNING STARTING WITH OUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PRINCIPALS AND ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS. FROM THERE EACH OF THE GROUPS IDENTIFIED ON THIS SLIDE PARTICIPATED IN PROFESSIONAL LEARNING. ADDITIONALLY, WE HAVE ACCELERATED TRAINING FOR ADMINISTRATORS AND TEACHER LEADERS IN KCI AND TSAI SCHOOLS .>> SO I'LL SPEAK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE BUSY SUMMER THAT WE HAD JUST HIGHLIGHTS. WE HAD 13 FULL DAYS OF PROFESSIONAL LEARNING FOR STAFF IN LEADERSHIP POSITIONS. WE ALSO HAD TWO DAYS THAT ANY TEACHER OR PARA EDUCATOR HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO ATTEND AND WE WERE VERY EXCITED THAT WE HAD 5497 TEACHERS AGREED TO TO COME BACK AFTER SCHOOL ENDED. AND OUR GOAL WAS REALLY TO OUTLINE THE FOUNDATIONAL EXPECTATIONS FOR TEACHING AND LEARNING IN BCP. YES IT WAS VERY MUCH A BACK TO THE BASICS FOCUS AND WE ENDED UP GROUPING OUR SCHOOLS IN GROUPS OF TWO, 3 OR 4 ACROSS 65 DIFFERENT SITES AND WE TRAINED 189 CENTRAL OFFICE STAFF MEMBERS. OUR OUR CHIEFS WERE TRAINED OUR SPECIALISTS WERE TRAINED. EVERYONE IN CENTRAL OFFICE SAID YES, WE'RE GOING TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS. AND THEY DELIVERED CONTENT TO THOSE TEACHERS IN SCHOOLS ON JUNE 24TH. EACH SITE STARTED THE DAY WITH A VIRTUAL KEYNOTE THAT DR. ROGERS RECORDED SO THAT EVERYONE HEARD THE EXACT SAME MESSAGE ON WHAT ARE THE FOUNDATIONAL BELIEFS ABOUT TEACHING AND LEARNING IN BCP. AND THEN THEY ROTATED THROUGH FIVE DIFFERENT SESSIONS THAT WERE DESIGNED CENTRALLY AND THEN THE FOLKS THAT WERE FACILITATING WERE ALSO TRAINED CENTRALLY AND THE TOPICS WERE HIGH EXPECTATIONS MOMENTUM AND ATTENTION ROUTINES, CLARITY AND OBJECTIVES. SO WE WERE VERY SPECIFIC ABOUT THE BACK TO THE BASICS COMPONENTS THAT WE WANTED EVERYONE TO HEAR. I WAS VERY NERVOUS ABOUT GETTING THOSE WRITTEN AND I LOOKED AT DR. ROGERS AND I SAID WHO'S WHO'S GOING TO WRITE ALL OF THESE? AND DR. ROGERS SAID WE'RE GOING TO DO IT. SO OUR SUPERINTENDENT AND OUR CABINET ACTUALLY HELPED TO WRITE CONTENT WHICH I THINK IS PRETTY AMAZING. A LOT OF TIMES PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT IS COMING FROM OTHER PLACES SO IT CAME RIGHT HERE FROM FROM OUR GROUP AND IT WAS BASED ON THE CORE COMPONENTS OF JOHN SAFFIR SKILLFUL TEACHER. SO EVERYONE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO KIND OF DIP THEIR TOE INTO THE THE SKILLFUL TEACHER WORK WHERE WE HAVE OTHER GROUPS THAT ARE DIGGING A LOT DEEPER INTO THAT WHICH YOU'LL YOU'LL HEAR ABOUT THAT AS WE MOVE FORWARD. WE DID GIVE THE STAFF THE OPPORTUNITY TO GIVE US SOME FEEDBACK AND I KNOW YOU'VE HEARD A LOT OF PRESENTATIONS ON PROFESSIONAL LEARNING. IT'S HARD TO GET DECENT SCORES. PEOPLE DON'T LOVE PROFESSIONAL LEARNING BUT WE ARE VERY HAPPY THAT ALL OF OUR ALL OF OUR MODULES HAD OVER A FOUR EXCEPT FOR ONE AND THAT WAS A 3.94. SO WE'VE GOT WE'VE GOT VERY GOOD SCORES AND THEN WE ALSO ASKED FOLKS TO RATE THEIR OVERALL EXPERIENCE WITH THE JUNE 24TH TEACHING AND LEARNING EXPECTATIONS AND WE HAD 42% OF RESPONDENTS WERE EXTREMELY SATISFIED. THE NEXT LEVEL DOWN WAS A FOUR. WE HAD FIVE FOR 3 TO 124%, 22% AND THEN 9% AND 3%. SO WE'RE VERY PLEASED WITH WITH THE RESULTS. AND THEN I WON'T SPEAK TO ALL OF THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF SESSIONS THAT WE HAD IN THE 13 DAYS BECAUSE WE JUST DON'T HAVE THE TIME. BUT DR. ROGERS MENTIONED MULTIPLE TIMES PROFESSIONAL LEARNING COMMUNITIES. SO I WILL SHARE THAT. THAT'S ONE AREA WHERE WE WANTED TO HAVE A COMMON MESSAGE ACROSS ALL OF OUR DIFFERENT GROUPS ELEMENTARY PRINCIPALS, ELEMENTARY ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS, SECONDARY PRINCIPALS AND ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS, STAFF DEVELOPMENT TEACHERS DEPARTMENT CHAIRS, OUR CENTRAL OFFICE LEADERS ALL HAD A SESSION ON PROFESSIONAL LEARNING COMMUNITIES THAT WAS MODIFIED TO THEIR ROLE AND IN THAT WE WERE ABLE TO CLARIFY THE EXPECTATIONS. WHAT DO WE WANT TO SEE AS A DISTRICT AROUND STRUCTURES FOR PROFESSIONAL LEARNING COMMUNITIES? WHAT DO WE EXPECT TO SEE WHEN WE OBSERVE THOSE COMMUNITIES IN ACTION? AND AFTER THE SESSION PARTICIPANTS WERE AGAIN ASKED TO RATE THEIR SATISFACTION, THEIR ABILITY TO APPLY IT TO THEIR WORK AND THE [01:50:02] OVERALL RATING ACROSS ALL OF THOSE SESSIONS WAS A 4.2 OUT OF FIVE. WE WERE VERY HAPPY WITH THAT AS WELL. >> SO LOOKING AHEAD I KNOW AT A PREVIOUS BOARD MEETING YOU YOU LEARNED THAT THE DEPARTMENT OF ORGANIZATIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND LEADERSHIP WAS MERGED WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF EMPLOYEE TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT AND THE PURPOSE OF THAT WAS TO REALLY SUPPORT FOCUSED LEADERSHIP FACILITATION, COORDINATION AND EVALUATION OF EVERYTHING RELATED TO HIGH QUALITY PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT FOR ALL OF OUR STAFF. WE WORK WITH ALL FIVE OF OUR UNIONS AND OUR UNREPRESENTED TEAM MEMBERS AND WE'VE ALREADY HAD THE CHANCE TO HIT THE GROUND RUNNING. WE SPENT A LOT OF TIME COLLABORATING WITH OPERATIONS TEAM MEMBERS CURRICULUM AND INSTRUCTION TEAM MEMBERS AND THE DIVISION OF SCHOOLS TEAM MEMBERS TO OUTLINE OUR PLAN FOR THE YEAR. WE HAVE ALL OF OUR DATES ON THE CALENDAR. WE START WITH OUR PRINCIPALS AND ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS AND THEN WE GO TO GROUP. SO THERE ARE RIGHT NOW HUNDREDS OF PROFESSIONAL LEARNING'S ALREADY CALENDARED SCHEDULED AT THE EMPLOYEE DEVELOPMENT CENTER AND ON PEOPLE'S CALENDAR SO THEY CAN START MOVING FORWARD WITH THE REST OF THEIR PLANNING FOR THE SCHOOL YEAR. WE ALSO GATHERED FEEDBACK FROM PILOTS THAT WERE CONDUCTED IN THE 20 2324 SCHOOL YEAR. WE HAD A FOCUSED EFFORT TO TO HAVE MORE PROFESSIONAL LEARNING BEYOND OUR TEACHERS AND ADMINISTRATORS AND WE HAD GREAT SUCCESS WITH PILOTS. SO WE WILL CONTINUE OUR NEW PROGRAMS FOR CENTRAL OFFICE PROFESSIONALS FOR THEIR LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT, FOR OUR OFFICE PROFESSIONAL IS FOR OUR PARAPROFESSIONALS AND ALSO FOR OUR OPERATIONS STAFF MEMBERS SPECIFICALLY OUR TEAM MEMBERS AND FURNITURE PILOTS WILL BECOME FULL PROGRAMS NEXT YEAR SO WE HOPE TO CONTINUE TO EXPAND OUR OFFERINGS FOR OUR ASMI TEAM MEMBERS AND OUR SPC AND TEAM MEMBERS. >> AS NOTED PREVIOUSLY, PROFESSIONAL LEARNING IS AT THE HEART OF SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT HIGH QUALITY INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS EVIDENCE BASED INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS, INSTRUCTIONAL VISITS AND DATA ANALYSIS COUPLED WITH PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT WILL RESULT IN SYSTEM IMPROVEMENT THROUGH PROFESSIONAL LEARNING ACROSS SCHOOLS AND OFFICES. WE HOPE TO REDUCE VARIABILITY AND EMPHASIZE HIGHLY EFFECTIVE TEACHERS, LEADERS AND STAFF. WE WILL MEASURE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF PROFESSIONAL LEARNING WITH QUALITATIVE AND QUANTITATIVE DATA THROUGH PROGRAM REVIEWS, CLIMATE SURVEYS AND REGISTRATION REGISTRATION SYSTEM FEEDBACK LIKE LIZ JUST SHARED SHE SHARED AND THAT WAS THAT OF FIVE BY THE WAY ALL THOSE FOUR SCORES THAT SHE WAS MENTIONING BUT WITH THE ULTIMATE GOAL OF OBSERVING CHANGES IN BELIEFS KNOWLEDGE AND PRACTICE AND THAT'S WHY YOU SEE THAT HIGHLIGHTED AND BOLDED IN THE CENTER OF THIS SLIDE OUR EXPECTATION IS THAT ACROSS OUR SCHOOLS AND OFFICES SO IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THAT THIS PLAN IS NOT JUST ABOUT OUR SCHOOLS BUT IT'S ABOUT ALL THOSE STAFF THAT SUPPORT OUR SCHOOLS IN MANY VARIOUS WAYS. WE KNOW THAT THOSE BUS DRIVERSEACH AND EVERYW THAT IN THE CAFETERIAS OUR BUILDING SERVICE WORKERS, OUR GROUNDS WORKERS AND OUR STAFF IN FISCAL SERVICES AND HUMAN RESOURCES NEED THAT PROFESSIONAL LEARNING JUST AS OUR TEACHERS AND OUR SCHOOL BASED STAFF OUR PARENTS, OUR ADMINISTRATORS IN ORDER TO EFFECTIVELY PROVIDE THOSE WRAPAROUND SERVICES TO MEET THE NEEDS OF OUR KIDS. SO WE ARE EXCITED ABOUT THIS PLAN AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR FEEDBACK. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. THIS IS VERY EXCITING AND I AND I WANT TO THANK MISS BERQUIST DID I SAY THAT RIGHT FOR DR. BERQUIST ON IT WAS SUCH A PHENOMENAL NEW TEACHER ORIENTATION. THE ENERGY IN THAT BUILDING WAS JUST PHENOMENAL. >> I MEAN MISS SEXTON WAS GIVEN OUT $50 BILLS THERE WAS TWO STORIES BEING TOLD. >> I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO MEET WITH A LOT OF EDUCATORS THAT ARE EITHER NEW TO BALTIMORE COUNTY OR THAT ARE NEW TO BALTIMORE COUNTY BUT THEY MAY NOT BE NEW TO TEACHING. THEY'VE COME FROM OTHER SCHOOL SYSTEMS AND IT WAS JUST A PHENOMENAL, PHENOMENAL EXPERIENCE AND ALL BOARD MEMBERS RECEIVED INVITATIONS TO ALL OF THE PROFESSIONAL LEARNING'S THAT WERE HAPPENING. >> THIS SUMMER'S OUR CALENDARS WERE PACKED. I'M LIKE WHAT ARE ALL OF THESE DATES? >> IT WAS FUN. IT'S JUST PHENOMENAL WHAT YOU ALL ARE DOING. >> SO I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU FOR THAT. THANK YOU, THANK YOU FOR BEING THERE AS WELL. YES. ANY QUESTIONS FROM BOARD MEMBERS? I MISS YES. MR. MINSKY YES. THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT I JUST HAD ONE OBSERVATION FOR THE MEASURES OF EFFECTIVENESS MAYBE IT'S JUST IMPLIED BUT WOULDN'T STUDENT OUTCOMES BE A MEASURE OF EFFECTIVENESS FOR THIS AS WELL AS I MEAN THE MORE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT WE WOULD HOPE THAT OUR STUDENTS WOULD BE YOU KNOW, BENEFITING FROM THAT AS WELL? >> ABSOLUTELY. AND AND I THINK WHEN WE GO WHEN WE GO BACK TO [01:55:04] THAT THOSE OBSERVATIONS THAT WE SEE THOSE THOSE CHANGES IN BELIEFS, THOSE CHANGES IN STRUCTURES THAT WE OBSERVED IN THE CLASSROOM ARE GOING TO LEAD TO THAT STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT. >> YEP. AND THE OTHER QUESTION I HAD WAS ABOUT THE SURVEYS THAT YOU DID THE READING 1 TO 5 WERE THERE ANY OPPORTUNITIES FOR WRITTEN COMMENTS? OH YEAH. YES. WE'RE ALWAYS THE QUALITATIVE WE BE ABLE TO SEE THOSE. >> OH SURE. OKAY. I'D LOVE TO SEE THOSE SORTS OF QUALITATIVE THANK YOU. AND SO THE THE WRITTEN COMMENTS THAT'S A WHAT THERE'S 5000 AND THERE ARE MANY RIGHT. SO I'M JUST WONDERING ARE YOU GOING TO READ THROUGH OUR 5000 WRITTEN COMMENTS OR IS IT THAT YOU JUST WANT LIKE A SAMPLING OF WHAT THEY SAID EITHER I MEAN I'LL GO THROUGH ALL OF THEM I DON'T KNOW. I CAN SKIM READ, I CAN GO THROUGH I JUST I WOULD LIKE TO I WASN'T ABLE TO ATTEND SO I'D LIKE TO HEAR FROM OUR EDUCATORS HOW IT WENT. WE CAN PROVIDE A SUMMARY .YEAH. SO YOU'RE NOT GOING TO GIVE ME ALL OF THEM THE FIVE ABOUT. NO, BUT WE CAN WE CAN PROVIDE SOME A SAMPLING OF OF EDUCATOR AND HOW HOW HOW WOULD YOU HOW ARE YOU GOING TO BREAK IT DOWN OF WHICH ONES YOU'RE GOING TO GIVE ME AND NOT GIVE YOU SOME OF EACH ONE OF THEM SO THE WE ALREADY HAVE A PERCENTAGE BREAKDOWN LIKE YOU KNOW I FORGET WHAT THE NUMBER WAS SO IF THERE'S 55% SAID EXTREMELY HIGHLY SATISFIED YOU'D GET 55% OF SAMPLE OF WHAT SOME OF THOSE PEOPLE SAID SO WE'LL BREAK IT DOWN REPRESENTATIVE ACCORDING TO THE DATA. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. MR. LASKY. YEAH, JUST A QUICK JUST COULD IT BE SENT TO THE FULL BOARD? THANK YOU. LATELY I WAS ON ON MICROPHONE. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS YOU KNOW ONE ON THE TEAMS. OKAY. THANK YOU. YOU THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS THE REPORT ON SAFETY AND CLIMATE. [Q. REPORT - SAFETY AND CLIMATE (Dr. Jones) (9:35 - 9:50 p.m.)] >> AND FOR THAT I CALL ON DR. JONES. GOOD EVENING AND GOOD EVENING. AT THIS TIME WE'RE JOINED BY DR. JONES, CHIEF OF SCHOOLS. SERGEANT KNOX. I GUESS WE'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO SAY SERGEANT ANY MORE. MR. KNOX, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF SCHOOL SAFETY. AND MISS MUSTAPHA, DIRECTOR OF STUDENT SUPPORT SERVICES. THIS TIME THEY WILL PROVIDE A REPORT ON SAFETY AND CLIMATE. THE YEAR IN REVIEW SCHOOL YEAR 2425 TO INCLUDE TECHNICAL CHANGES ADAPTIVE CHANGES AND AN OVERALL UPDATE ON OUR PROGRESS RELATED TO SAFETY AND CLIMATE ACROSS OUR SCHOOLS AND BALTIMORE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS. >> THANK YOU DR. ROGERS. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. WE ARE VERY EXCITED TO BRING TO YOU A SAFETY AND CLIMATE REPORT THAT REFLECTS OUR WORK FROM LAST SCHOOL YEAR. AS YOU KNOW, SAFETY THE DEPARTMENT OF SAFETY AND THE DEPARTMENT OF STUDENT SERVICES RESTS WITHIN THE DIVISION OF SCHOOLS AND IT ALLOWS US TO REALLY WORK COLLABORATIVELY ACROSS THE DEPARTMENT OF SCHOOLS AND WITH THE TWO DEPARTMENTS TO BRING ABOUT CHANGE AS IT RELATES TO THE SUPERINTENDENTS PRIORITIES .SO ON THE SCREEN YOU JUST SEE THE DESCRIPTION THAT TALKS ABOUT THE EXPECTATIONS, THE CONSISTENT RESPONSES AND JUST THE WORK THAT HAPPENS TO ENSURE WE HAVE SAFE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT. SO I'M VERY EXCITED AND VERY PLEASED TO WORK WITH THIS TEAM OF PROFESSIONALS THAT ALLOWS STUDENTS TO BE AT THE CENTER OF THEIR WORK EVERY DAY. I'LL NOW TURN IT OVER TO MR. ERIC KNOX. >> NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. STUDENT CONDUCT HEARING OFFICERS WERE TRANSITIONED TO THE DEPARTMENT OF SCHOOL SAFETY TO HAVE CONSISTENCY IN ALIGNMENT WITH THE WORK THAT WE DO IN THIS OFFICE. STUDENT SAFETY ASSISTANTS WERE IMPLEMENTED ACROSS ALL SCHOOLS, ALL 13 ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND ACROSS THE ENTIRE DISTRICT. THEY WERE MOVED FROM A GRANT FUNDED POSITION WHILE OVER TO THE OPERATING BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2024 TO 2025. SCHOOL SAFETY MANAGERS AND I REMAIN ON CALL 24 SEVEN AND THIS IS AROUND THE CLOCK EACH AND EVERY DAY EVEN AT BOARD MEETINGS WHILE YOU ALL ASLEEP AND WE'RE STILL OUT WORKING MAKING SURE ALL STUDENTS, STAFF AND STAKEHOLDERS CAN ARRIVE AT SCHOOLS AND FEEL SAFE. SCHOOL STATE SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICER PROGRAM SERVES ALL SCHOOLS WE HAVE ELEMENTARY FLOATERS. MIDDLE SCHOOLS ARE ALL COVERED AND HIGH SCHOOLS AS WELL AND IF YOU LOOK TO THE [02:00:01] RIGHT OF THE SLIDE WE HAVE WE WILL SHOWCASE THE VERY IMPACTFUL LEADERSHIP OF DR. ROGERS AND CHIEF ROBERT MCCULLOUGH HOW WE IDENTIFY OUR SORROWS OF THE YEAR AT THE TOP. OFFICER GILBERT IS A PRECINCT THREE FLOATER FOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS. OFFICER PITTS PRECINCT SEVEN CLARKSVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOL AND OFFICER LONG PRECINCT NINE ROSEDALE ALTERNATIVE WITH OUR SORROWS OF THE YEAR. BALTIMORE COUNTY POLICE WERE GRANT FUNDED FOR POSITIONS AT ATHLETIC EVENTS AND SITE EVENTS AND THEY WERE WELL RECEIVED BY STAKEHOLDERS, STAFF AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS. I MYSELF WOULD WORK SOME OF THOSE EVENTS BEFORE I TRANSITION AND IT WAS WELCOMING TO HAVE STUDENTS WALK UP TO YOU AND STAFF MEMBERS AND PARENTS THAT WERE VERY THANKFUL THAT WE WERE IN THE COMMUNITY AND SUPPORTING THEM. SECURITY VENDORS WILL ALSO CONTINUE TO BE FUNDED AND THEY WERE ATTENDING OUR EVENTS AS WELL AND WE SAW THE ADEQUATE COVERAGE GRANT FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT PERSONNEL WAS MAINTAINED AND STILL COMMITTED THROUGH OUR BCP GPS. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. FOR SAFETY SECURITY TECHNOLOGY ENHANCEMENTS OMNI ALERT WEAPONS DETECTION SYSTEM STILL REMAINS AND IS PLACE AT ALL SCHOOLS ACROSS 7000 CAMERAS THAT WE HAVE IN OUR BUILDING. AND I HAD ONE ALERT THAT CAME IN TONIGHT. SO IT IS A VERY ACTIVE AND WE'RE VERY AWARE OF WHAT'S GOING ON. WE STILL REMIND PARENTS, STUDENTS AND STAFF AND STAKEHOLDERS THAT LOOK ALIKE WEAPONS INCLUDING REAL WEAPONS ARE NOT ALLOWED ON OUR SCHOOL PROPERTIES AND WE REMAIN VILLAGE AND DILIGENT IN MAKING SURE THAT IS KEPT UP DIGITAL MAPPING WHERE WORKING WITH OUR POLICE PARTNERS AVIATION UNITS AND COMPUTER AIDED DISPATCH TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE DIGITAL IMAGES OF OUR BUILDINGS USING CAD TO MAKE SURE RESPONSES TO BUILDINGS ARE ELECTRONIC AND THAT OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT PARTNERS AND FIRE DEPARTMENT PARTNERS ARE AWARE TO SEE WHAT'S GOING ON AND WHERE THEY NEED TO GO TO DEAL WITH EMERGENCIES OPEN GATE SYSTEMS ATHLETIC OFFICES, OFFICE OF ATHLETICS SECURED FUNDING ALONG WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF SCHOOL SAFETY FOR OPEN GATE METAL DETECTORS. THEY ARE MOBILE METAL DETECTORS THAT WILL BE SET UP AT ATHLETIC EVENTS ALONG WITH RESTRICTIONS THAT THEY PUT IN PLACE AND WE'VE BEGUN TO TO GET SHIPMENTS OF THOSE AND THEY WILL BE IN PLACE FOR THE FIRST ATHLETIC EVENTS OF THE SCHOOL YEAR AND WE HAVE TRAINING THE END OF THIS WEEK FOR TRAINING THE TRAINER TO MAKE SURE ALL ATHLETIC DIRECTORS ARE AWARE OF WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THAT VISITOR SCREENING STILL REMAINS WITH RAPTOR AND ALERTS US FOR THE UNFORTUNATE EVENT THAT A SEX OFFENDER WOULD COME INTO OUR BUILDINGS AND WE WERE ALERTED WITH THAT AS WELL AND CAMERA AND SURVEILLANCE UPGRADES REMAIN THROUGH FACILITIES AND IT AS DR. ROGERS SPOKE ABOUT ALL CENTRAL OFFICE STAFF VISITING BUILDINGS AS I VISIT I'M SEEING A REPRESENTATIVE NUMBERS OF NUMBERED CLASSROOMS IN THE WINDOWS AS I APPROACH BUILDINGS AND THAT AIDS OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT AND FIRE DEPARTMENT PARTNERS WITH KNOWING WHERE SCHOOL CLASSROOMS ARE BY A NUMBER. WE HAVE FUNDING GOING INTO THE SCHOOL YEAR THAT WILL HAVE ADDITIONAL SECURED VEGETABLES INSTALLED KNOCKS BOXES FOR FIRE DEPARTMENT PARTNERS TO GAIN KEYS FOR THE SCHOOL BUILDINGS BY ACCESS AND NOT HAVE TO WAIT FOR BUILDING MONITORS TO RESPOND AND WE DISSEMINATE IT REUNIFICATION SUPPLIES FOR SCHOOLS AS WELL. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. WE SECURED OVER $2.5 MILLION IN GRANT FUNDS TO AID IN SECURITY RELATED EFFORTS. WE UPDATED CHAPTERS ONE, TWO, THREE, FIVE AND SIX OF THE COMPREHEND OF SAFETY PLAN AND WORK TO REVISE THE MOU WITH THE BALTIMORE COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT. WE UPDATED THE GUIDE FOR SAFE SCHOOLS AND SRO ADMINISTRATORS AND PROVIDED AN ACTIVE FOR SALE IN DRILLS AND EMERGENCY DRILLS ACROSS ALL SCHOOLS AS WELL. WE ALSO PARTICIPATED IN A STATEWIDE EMERGENCY DRILL THAT WAS VERY ACTIVE AND VERY WELL RECEIVED. WE HELD THE 27TH ANNUAL SAFE SCHOOLS CONFERENCE AND IN SPONSORED THE ATTENDANCE OF NASRA NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICERS IN PHENIX, ARIZONA FOR OUR SCHOOL CLASSROOMS. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. THE SLIDE SHOWS A GLIMPSE OR A LOOK AT OFFICE REFERRALS AND ALTERNATIVE CONSEQUENCES AND WE SEE A DECLINE ABOUT 11,000 ACROSS BOTH. WHILE WE DO SEE AN INCREASE IN SUSPENSIONS THAT THIS MEANS AT A GLIMPSE THAT WHILE WE'RE DECREASING THE AMOUNT OF OFFICE REFERRALS AND ALTERNATIVE CONSEQUENCES, WE ARE IN ALIGNMENT WITH THE STUDENT CODE OF CONDUCT AND ARE IMPLEMENTING SCHOOL SUSPENSIONS AS NEEDED. >> DATA REVIEW INDICATES A 93% ADHERENCE TO THE CODE OF CONDUCT AND WE ARE [02:05:05] STILL IN ALIGNMENT WITH THIS WITH THE LAWS INCLUDING PRESCHOOL AGE MANIFESTATION DISABILITY OF LOW AND LEVEL OFFENSES AND WE RECEIVE ALTERNATIVE CONSEQUENCES WHEN NEEDED. AND NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. I'LL TURN IT OVER TO MS. MOST APPROPRIATE. THANK YOU, MR. KNOX. STUDENT SUPPORT SERVICES IN ALIGNMENT WITH THE PRIORITIZING OF PRESERVING THE SAFE LEARNING SPACES. WE ARE REALLY COMMITTED TO STRENGTHENING THE SCHOOL COMMUNITIES THROUGH COMPASSION NET BUT ALSO HAVING STUDENTS EQUITABLY ACCESS SUPPORTS OF RESOURCES AS CHILDREN REALLY EXPAND AND THEY EXPLORE THEIR PATHWAYS FOR COLLEGE CAREER BUT ALSO LIFE READINESS AS WELL. WHAT YOU WILL SEE ON THIS SLIDE IS THE TIERED SYSTEM OF SUPPORT WHICH IS CENTERED AND THAT REALLY REPRESENTS A AN EFFORT TO PROMOTE PREVENT BUT ALSO PROVIDE INTERVENTIONS THAT MEET THE VAST NEEDS OF OUR STUDENTS .AND WHILE WE WE WILL SAY TO YOU STUDENTS SUPPORT SERVICES IS COMPRISED OF ALL OF THOSE FOLKS ON THE LEFT. WHAT WE KNOW IS THAT AT CENTRAL OFFICE WE LAY THE FOUNDATION. WE PROVIDE PROFESSIONAL LEARNING EYE COACHING AND WE PROVIDE THAT JUST IN TIME. PROBLEM SOLVING WITH ALL OF OUR PARTNERS INCLUDING SAFETY WITH THE SCHOOLS. WHAT WE ALSO KNOW THOUGH IS THAT FOR FOR THIS EFFORT TO BE OPERATIONALIZED AND TO TRULY SUPPORT STUDENTS AND UNDERSTAND THE NEEDS OF OUR STUDENTS, ALL OF THAT TAKES PLACE AT A MULTIDISCIPLINARY LEVEL AT THE SCHOOL HOUSE. THESE ARE FOLKS EVERY DAY THAT WE'RE WORKING IN PARTNERSHIP ACROSS OUR SCHOOLS TO PROVIDE SUPPORTS OF RESOURCES FOR OUR STUDENTS. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. SO THIS SLIDE REPRESENTS MANY OF YOU MAY REMEMBER NAVIENT WHICH WAS OUR PREVIOUS WEB BASED PLATFORM FOR OUR STUDENTS TO EXPLORE THEIR COLLEGE CAREER AS WELL AS THEIR SOCIAL EMOTIONAL READINESS. WE HAVE FIVE LIFE READINESS GOALS TO AND WHAT WE DID OVER THE PAST YEAR UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF DR. ROGERS AS WELL AS DR. JONES IS WE TOOK A HIGH LEVEL LOOK AT OUR SCHOOL COUNSELING SERVICES AND REALLY EXPLORE. WE TALKED TO MULTIPLE STAKEHOLDER GROUPS AND REALLY WANTED TO HEAR FROM THEM AS TO WHAT WHAT THEY NEEDED TO BE SUCCESSFUL, WHAT THEY NEEDED TO EXPLORE THEIR COLLEGE CAREER AND IN THEIR LIFE READY SKILLS. AND SO IN THAT WHAT WE FOUND FROM OUR STAKEHOLDERS WE NEED TO BE CONSISTENT. WE NEED TO HAVE PLATFORMS THAT ARE READY FOR THE STUDENTS OF TODAY. AND SO ZELLO HAS AFFORDED AFFORDS US THAT OPPORTUNITY. IT CONTAINS COURSE PLANNING OPTIONS. IT CONTAINS A WEALTH OF SCHOLARSHIP OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR STUDENTS TO EXPLORE AND LOOK AT. >> IT CONTAINS SURVEYS THAT STUDENTS CAN TAKE TO CONSIDER WHAT'S MY CAREER PATHWAY OR DO I WANT TO GO TO COLLEGE OR DO I WANT TO GO ALONG THIS CAREER PATH OR WHAT ARE THE AREAS? WHEN WE TALKED EARLIER ABOUT STUDENTS MAKING DECISIONS HOW AM I GOING TO MAKE THOSE DECISIONS AND WHAT INFLUENCES MY DECISION MAKING BUT ALSO WHAT ARE MY RESOURCES AVAILABLE TO SUPPORT ME? AND SO IN OUR WORK WITH OUR SCHOOL COUNSELING TEAM YOU HEARD DR. BERQUIST SPEAK ABOUT THE PROFESSIONAL LEARNING THAT'S GOING ON. OUR SCHOOL COUNSELORS ALSO HAVE BEEN PART OF THAT PROFESSIONAL LEARNING TO REALLY ALIGN EXPECTATIONS FOR THE PURPOSE OF CONSISTENCY AND ZELLO IS ONE OF THOSE PLATFORMS THAT WE'RE USING TO DO THAT TO PROVIDE ACCESS TO ALL OF OUR STUDENTS NOT JUST ABOUT COLLEGE BUT CAREER AND LIFE SKILLS AS WELL. NEXT SLIDE. SO THE NEXT FEW SLIDES THAT I'M GOING TO SPEAK ABOUT ARE SLIDES THAT REALLY ARE GROUNDED IN OUR BELIEF IN OUR COMMITMENT TO OUR STUDENTS AND OUR FAMILIES AS WE PRIORITIZE THE SOCIAL, EMOTIONAL AND THE MENTAL HEALTH NEEDS OF OUR STUDENTS. WHAT YOU SEE IN FRONT OF HERE IN FRONT OF YOU HERE IS A DEPICTION OF THE MARYLAND CONSORTIUM OF COORDINATED COMMUNITY SUPPORTS. THAT'S A MOUTHFUL. IT'S AN OUTGROWTH OF BLUEPRINT AND THIS IS ANOTHER WAY THAT WE'VE EXPANDED OUR MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES. KEEP IN MIND THAT BALTIMORE COUNTY HAS 19 COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH PARTNERS THAT ALREADY EXIST IN OUR SYSTEM THROUGH THE PA, THROUGH THE CONSORTIUM WORK. >> WE HAVE ADDED EIGHT SPOKES WHICH ARE SERVICES PROVIDERS WHO WILL PROVIDE AN ARRAY OF SERVICES REALLY FOCUSED ON OUR UNINSURED AND UNDERINSURED STUDENT STUDENTS. THESE STUDENTS WILL THESE SERVICES WILL BE PROVIDED AT 111 SCHOOLS ACROSS OUR SYSTEM. THE TWO PIE CHARTS THAT YOU SEE THERE REALLY REFLECT WHERE THESE SERVICES ARE GOING TO BE SHOWING UP. SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE ZONES YOU'RE SEEING THERE'S PRETTY EQUITABLE DISTRIBUTION [02:10:04] ACROSS THE EAST, THE CENTRAL AND THE WEST ZONES. WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE SCHOOLS, THE PROVIDERS THAT ARE PROVIDING TO SCHOOLS ARE SPOKESPERSON WITHIN THIS THE HUB SPOKE MODEL OF THE CONSORTIUM. WE SEE THAT WE HAVE MORE SERVICES THAT ARE LEVERAGED AT THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LEVEL. AND WE KNOW THAT THAT NEEDS TO BE A FOCUS IN OUR FUTURE TO MAKE SURE THAT WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT ALL LEVELS OF SERVICE THAT WE'RE WE ARE SEEING MORE SERVICES AT THE SECONDARY LEVEL AS WELL. SO THAT'S THE OPPORTUNITY THAT'S COMING FORWARD IN CONVERSATION WITH OUR SPOKES IN THE YEAR AHEAD IN THE NEXT YEAR. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. ANOTHER OUR EXPANSION OF MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES IS OUR TALKS BASE OUR TALKSPACE PLATFORM. SO TALKSPACE IF YOU ALL RECALL AND THANK YOU TO MANY OF YOU WE WERE ABLE TO ADVANCE THE TALKSPACE CONTRACT MID-LAST YEAR AND THEN IMPLEMENT TALKSPACE ACROSS BALTIMORE COUNTY HIGH SCHOOLS FOR CHILDREN 13 AND OLDER. TALKSPACE HAS A COUPLE COMPONENTS TO IT THAT ARE IMPORTANT. THE FIRST BEING THAT IT OFFERS SELF-GUIDED LESSONS. WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? THAT MEANS IF YOU ARE STRUGGLING WITH SOMETHING THINGS HEIDI AND YOU WANT TO KNOW MORE ABOUT THAT YOU CAN DIVE INTO ONE OF THESE SELF-GUIDED LESSONS AND REALLY EXPLORE LEARN ABOUT YOURSELF BUT ALSO LEARN ABOUT WHAT ARE THE RESOURCES THAT CAN AID ME IN MANAGING HOW I'M FEELING RIGHT NOW NOT JUST THE RESOURCES AT HOME BUT ALSO IN THE SCHOOL COMMUNITIES AS WELL. AND THEN THE NEXT OPTION THAT'S AVAILABLE TO OUR STUDENTS IS TALKSPACE THERAPY WHICH IS SORRY, THE UNLIMITED MESSAGING. THERAPY THAT IS PROVIDED BY A LICENSED CLINICIAN TO STUDENTS .SO THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE'RE REALLY PROUD OF AND MOVING FORWARD AND I THINK THE NEXT SLIDE WILL GIVE YOU WHY WE ARE PRETTY PROUD OF THIS THIS INITIATIVE SO WHAT THE DATA SAYS HERE ON THE LEFT WHAT YOU WILL SEE IS IS WE HAVE STUDENTS WHO ARE PURCHASED PAINTING. THE EXCITING PART ABOUT THIS IN WHAT WE HAVE LEARNED FROM PRE AND POST SURVEYS IS THAT 44% OF THOSE WHO TOOK ADVANTAGE OF TALKSPACE ARE BRAND NEW TO THERAPY. WE CREATED A PATHWAY FOR OUR STUDENTS TO BE ENGAGED IN TAKING CARE OF THEMSELVES. SO THIS IS SOMETHING STUDENTS MAY NEVER HAVE EXPLORED AS COVID TAUGHT US, WE HAVE LEARNED TO EXPLORE NOT ONLY WHAT'S FACE TO FACE BUT WHAT ARE THE REMOTE OPTIONS THAT ARE AVAILABLE. AND THIS IS ONE OF MANY OF THOSE MANY PATHWAYS. THE OTHER THING THAT I THINK IS IS IS IMPORTANT IS 69% CLINICAL SATISFACTION WITH A 4.1 OUT OF FIVE RATING OF THOSE THERAPISTS WHO ARE ENGAGING OUR STUDENTS. AND AND LASTLY ON THE CHART TO THE RIGHT. 63% OF THOSE WHO ENGAGED NOTED IN A POST SURVEY THEY'RE STILL DOING WELL. THEY'RE STILL FINDING SUCCESS AND UTILIZING THE SKILLS THAT THEY USE PREVIOUSLY. NEXT PAGE. >> SO ANOTHER INITIATIVE THAT WE KICKED OFF LAST YEAR WAS THE HERE FOR IT CAMPAIGN AND YOU MAY HAVE SEEN US AT SCHOOLS THE POSTERS YOU MAY HAVE HEARD ALL OF THE CHAMPION LEARNING ABOUT ATTENDING. THERE'S LOTS OF INTERESTING THINGS I'VE NOTICED ON TWITTER OF FOLKS CELEBRATING ATTENDANCE INCLUDING WHAT I HEARD TODAY WAS AN ATTENDEE DANCE. SO THERE'S A DANCE AFFILIATED WITH THOSE WHO ARE ATTENDING. SO WE WE FOUND SUCCESS WITH THIS AND SAW THAT WE WERE CLOSING THE GAP WITH THE WITH ATTENDANCE AND IMPROVING OUR REALLY REACHING OUT TO OUR STUDENTS WHO ARE CHRONICALLY ABSENT FROM SCHOOL. SO WHERE WE ARE IN THAT IMPROVEMENT PHASE IN THIS INITIATIVE. AND THEN WHAT WE ARE GOING TO CONTINUE TO DO FOR 2020 2024, 25 SCHOOL YEAR IS WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE THE CAMPAIGN. WE'RE GOING TO REVISIT EXPECTATIONS. WE'RE GOING TO REVISIT THAT EVERY SINGLE SCHOOL MUST HAVE AN ATTENDANCE CAMPAIGN WHICH WE DID HAVE LAST ATTENDANCE TEAM WHICH WE DID HAVE LAST YEAR. WE'RE ALSO GOING TO LEVERAGE ALL OF THE INTERVENTIONS AND SUPPORTS THAT WE'VE KIND OF TALKED ABOUT TONIGHT. BUT IN ADDITION WHAT'S HAPPENING AT THE SCHOOL TO CUSTOMIZE THOSE RESPONSES TO OUR STUDENTS AND THEIR NEEDS. SO AS WE TALK ABOUT A TIERED SYSTEM OF SUPPORT, ANOTHER OUR INTERVENTION THAT WE'RE TWO OTHER INTERVENTIONS WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO IS ONE STUDENTS SUCCESS MENTORS. WE'RE LOOKING AT STUDENTS SPECIFICALLY IN OUR SOUTHEAST AREA WHO'VE HAD YEARS THEY COULD HAVE BEEN MULTIPLE YEARS OF CHRONIC ATTENDANCE NEEDS. SO WE ARE GOING TO BE IDENTIFYING STUDENTS SUCCESS MENTORS WITH OUR SCHOOLS TO BE ABLE TO CONNECT THEM. WHAT WE KNOW IS THAT ONE OF THE REASONS [02:15:02] STUDENTS DON'T COME TO SCHOOL IS BECAUSE THEY DON'T FEEL CONNECTED AND THEY DON'T FEEL LIKE THEY BELONG. THAT'S NATIONAL DATA. THIS IS ONE COMPONENT UNDER DR. ROGERS WHO HAD THE INSIGHT TO MOVE IT FORWARD AND SHARE WITH US TO THINK TO CONSIDER THIS OPTION. THIS IS ONE WAY TO PROVIDE THAT LEVEL OF CONNECTION BUT ALSO TO HELP OUR STUDENTS FIND THEIR SENSE OF BELONGING THROUGH THAT ONE CONNECTED ADULT OR MAYBE IT'S ONE CONNECTED PEER THAT WOULD SERVE AS THE STEWARD AS THE STUDENT'S SUCCESS MENTOR. SO THAT'S AN INITIATIVE THAT WE ARE MOVING FORWARD. THE SECOND PART OF THAT IS ATTENDANCE CALENDARS. THIS IS A TOOL TO OFFER TO THE MENTORS BUT ALSO TO FAMILIES AND STUDENTS TO BE REFLECTIVE IN THEIR ATTENDANCE AND IN SELF-MONITORING THEIR ATTENDANCE AND HOW THEY'RE DOING WITH THAT AND WHAT DO THEY NEED TO CORRECT IF IF ATTENDANCE ISN'T GOING WELL. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. AND THE LAST AND FINAL SLIDE HERE IS WE ALL KNOW THAT THERE ARE VERY STRONG EMOTIONS WHEN WE HAVE TRAUMATIC EVENTS AND LOSSES IN OUR COMMUNITIES. SOME OF THE LOSSES MAY COME AT THE EXPENSE OF A LOSS OF A PEER COULD BE THE LOSS OF A STAFF MEMBER, COULD BE A KEY BRIDGE COLLAPSE. AND SO AS WE THINK ABOUT THOSE STRONG EMOTIONS AND HOW THEY IMPACT OUR SCHOOLS AND OUR SCHOOLS COMMUNITIES, ONE OF THE RESPONSES THAT WE HAVE IS THAT WE HAVE TRAUMATIC LOSS TEAMS. THOSE TEAMS ARE THERE ARE ONE OF THOSE TEAMS AND THEY'RE COMPRISED OF SCHOOL BASED STAFF THAT ARE SPECIFICALLY TRAINED TO TRAUMATIC LOSS THAT ARE ORGANIZED TO BE RESPONSIVE AND GO OUT TO SCHOOLS WHEN THERE ARE EVENTS THAT PROMPT A HIGHER LEVEL AND A HIGHER LEVEL OF SUPPORT THAT'S NEEDED. AND SO THEY'RE FOCUSING GOING OUT IS REALLY CREATING SPACE FOR EXPRESSION LEVERAGING THAT SPACE FOR HEALING AND MOVING FORWARD IN PLANNING AND UNDERSTANDING WHAT'S AHEAD OF THEM. SO THAT TEAM WORKS IN COLLABORATION. WE HAD 41 REQUESTS LAST SCHOOL YEAR AND SOME OF THAT THOSE RESPONSES WERE CENTRAL OFFICE I WITH MEMBERS OF MY CENTRAL OFFICE TEAM WE WOULD GO OUT WE MIGHT GO OUT IN PARTNERSHIP WITH OUR SAFETY PARTNERS TO REALLY SUPPORT THE SCHOOL OR WE COULD JUST DEPLOY A TEAM TO GO OUT TO THE SCHOOL WITH ALL OF ALL OF THE SUPPORTIVE RESOURCES TO MANAGE THE COMMUNITIES, SUPPORT THE SCHOOLS AND MANAGING THEIR NEEDS. AND WITH THAT LAST VERY LAST SLIDE WE WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY FOR HELPING FOR FOR SUPPORTING US AND SHARING THIS CRITICAL INFORMATION AND WE WELCOME QUESTIONS. YES. ANY QUESTIONS? MS. PUMPHREY I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THE OPEN GATE WEAPONS SECTION SYSTEM ON THE SLIDE THAT YOU MENTIONED PURCHASE FOR ATHLETIC EVENTS AND SELECT SCHOOLS. SO WHEN YOU SAY SELECT SCHOOLS THERE IS THAT ASIDE FROM ATHLETIC EVENTS AND IS THAT SOMETHING THAT'S USED ON A DAILY BASIS? >> IT COULD BE. IT IS DEPENDS ON WHAT THE NEED IS AND WHERE THEY WILL BE THEIR MOBILE SO THEY COULD BE MOVED ANYWHERE ATHLETIC EVENTS INSIDE OF THE SCHOOL SO WE DETERMINE A NEED. >> WE'LL MOVE IT AND USE IT ACCORDINGLY. OKAY. AND IS THIS SOMETHING THAT THE STUDENTS OR ATTENDEES WALK THROUGH? YOU WALK THROUGH PICTURES OF PILLARS THAT YOU WALK THROUGH AND IT WILL ONLY DETECTION OF OF ODD METALS IN YOUR PACKAGES OR PURSES. THANK YOU. AND MY OTHER QUESTION IS ABOUT THE ADDITIONAL SECURE VESTIBULES IN MY VISITS I'VE NOTICED THAT SOME SCHOOLS STILL DON'T HAVE THE PRIVACY. >> VESTIBULES ARE WE TRYING TO AT THIS POINT YOU KNOW OBVIOUSLY WHEN YOU KNOW FUNDING IS AVAILABLE WE'RE TRYING TO ENSURE THAT ALL OF OUR SCHOOLS HAVE THESE SECURED VESTIBULES ARE WE WORKING TOWARDS THAT OR IS IT SOMETHING THAT SOME SCHOOLS WE'RE JUST NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO ACHIEVE SINCE MR. KNOX JUST STARTED A FEW WEEKS AGO NOT EVEN TO I'M GOING TO JUMP IN THERE AND TRY TO HELP THEM OUT. WE'RE WORKING VERY CLOSELY WITH THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE WHERE WE RECEIVED GRANT FUNDING PASS THROUGH GRANT FUNDING TO ADD THOSE VESTIBULE PROJECTS. SO IT'S A COMBINATION OF GRANT FUNDING AS WELL AS CAPITAL PROJECTS THAT COME UP. THERE ARE A FEW OF THE SCHOOL STRUCTURES MUCH LIKE THE CONVERSATION WE WERE HAVING ABOUT WATER EARLIER BECAUSE WE HAVE THE THIRD SET OF OLDEST BUILDINGS ACROSS THE STATE OF MARYLAND. SOME OF THE SCHOOL STRUCTURES IS UNTIL WE HAVE A PRETTY COMPREHENSIVE RENOVATION TO WHAT MAY BE THE FRONT OR THE SIDE OF THE FRONT. IT'S GOING TO REQUIRE A LOT BUT WE DO HAVE A ROLLOUT PLAN TO IMPLEMENT YET AT THAT ADDITIONAL LAYER OF SECURITY AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE WITH THE PASS THROUGH GRANT THAT WE HAVE WHICH SEVERAL BILLION DOLLARS AND IN SEVERAL PROJECTS THIS SUMMER AND WILL CONTINUE. THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME. MASON THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR AND THANK YOU FOR THIS PRESENTATION AND MISS MOST OF THE TALK SPACE INITIATIVE HAS GOT TO BE THE MOST EXCITING INITIATIVE THAT I CARE VERY [02:20:01] PERSONALLY ABOUT. AND THE STATISTIC YOU SHARED THAT 44% OF THOSE THAT HAVE ENGAGED STUDENTS THAT HAVE ENGAGED WITH TALKSPACE HAD NEVER BEEN TO THERAPY JUST REALLY TUGGED IT TUGS AT THE HEARTSTRINGS THAT'S POWERFUL IF WE CAN REACH ONE STUDENT THAT IN AND OF ITSELF JUSTIFIES THIS INITIATIVE. BUT CAN YOU SHARE WHAT IS OUR ENGAGEMENT IN TERMS OF NUMBERS OF STUDENTS THAT HAVE USED ANY OF THE TALKSPACE SERVICES AND HOW WE PLAN TO EXPAND AND GET THE WORD OUT THAT THIS AMAZING SERVICE IS AVAILABLE, HOW WE WORK WITH OUR SCHOOLS TO GET THE WORD OUT. >> ABSOLUTELY. SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DID LAST YEAR AND WHAT WE HAVE ON THE HORIZON THIS YEAR SO IF YOU'RE COMING TO BE YES. BEST PLUG RIGHT THERE THEY WILL BE THERE AND THEY HAVE BEEN JOINING ALL OF OUR MENTAL HEALTH INITIATIVES AS WELL AS JUST OUR COMMUNITY PROVIDER AND PARTNERSHIP MEETING. WE DO KNOW THAT WE WANT THIS TO EXPAND FAR AND WIDE BECAUSE WE DO SEE THIS THE UTILITY IN IT AND WE DO GET THE FEEDBACK FROM STUDENTS YOU KNOW WITH 69% BEING SATISFIED WITH WHAT THEY HAVE AND 4.1 ALIGN TO SOME BY A CARING AND TRUSTED ADULT IDENTIFIED AS A THERAPIST. BUT OF COURSE THAT CONNECTION WE DEFINITELY KNOW THAT WE NEED TO EXPAND THAT THE ACTIVITIES THAT WE ARE DOING WE HAVE SEVERAL SCHOOL HIGH SCHOOL VISITS SET UP. OUR GOAL IS TO COVER ALL HIGH SCHOOLS TO MAKE SURE THIS INFORMATION GETS OUT .WE ARE ALSO WORKING WITH OUR COMMUNICATIONS OFFICE TO ENSURE THE INFORMATION GETS OUT AHEAD OF THE SCHOOL YEAR SO AS STUDENTS ARE RETURNING GETTING INFORMATION IN PRINCIPAL NEWSLETTERS BUT ALSO HAVING THERE TO BE A PRESENCE YOU WILL ALSO IF YOU GO TO ANY ATHLETIC EVENTS WE ARE LOOKING AT TALKSPACE IS APPROACHING US ABOUT BEING PRESENT AT THOSE EVENTS AS WELL. PART OF THIS THE ADVANCEMENT OF TALKSPACE REALLY COMES DOWN TO PRIORITIZING IT WITH OUR STUDENT SUPPORT STAFF AND MAKING SURE MEMBERS OF BCP ACROSS THE BOARD KNOW THAT THAT'S A RESOURCE YOU MAY HAVE SEEN EVEN IN COMMUNITY MESSAGING WHEN THERE IS TRAUMATIC EVENTS WE INCLUDE TALKSPACE AS A RESOURCE FOR OUR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS. SO CONTINUING TO ADVANCE THAT CONTINUE INTO MESSAGE MAKING IT HIGHLY VISIBLE IS THE APPROACH THAT WE ARE USING TO GET THE INFORMATION OUT TO STUDENTS ON AN ONGOING BASIS AND MY HOPE IS WE COULD COME BACK AND SAY THAT WE HAVE EVEN MORE STUDENTS USING THE PLATFORM AS WELL. BUT I APPRECIATE YOUR POINT THAT EVEN ONE IS DO WE KNOW HOW MANY HAVE ENGAGED THAT? >> SO LET ME GO AHEAD AND SHARE SOME NUMBERS HERE. WE HAVE 2834 MESSAGING SESSIONS THAT OCCURRED AND 17,006 CHAT MESSAGES BETWEEN PROVIDERS AND STUDENTS THAT OCCURRED SINCE OUR ROLLOUT IN THE SPRING. AND DO WE KNOW HOW MANY UNIQUE STUDENTS THAT THAT ENTAILS? >> NO. SOME OF THAT INFORMATION IS CONFIDENTIAL. WE DO KNOW HOW MANY STUDENTS PROVIDED DIRECT FEEDBACK ABOUT THE EFFECTIVENESS THAT WAS 357 STUDENTS WHO PROVIDED SPECIFIC FEEDBACK WERE SOME STUDENTS OPTED NOT TO SHARE FEEDBACK. SURE. BUT WE HAVE THEY HAVE THE CAPACITY WE ARE CONTRACT ALLOWS US TO MAKE THE SERVICE AVAILABLE TO TO ALL WHO CHOOSE TO USE IT 13 AND OLDER. YES SO IT'S A MATTER OF GETTING THE WORD OUT AND YET LET OTHERS KNOW IT'S AVAILABLE SO THAT THAT'S FANTASTIC. YES, THEY DO HAVE THE CAPACITY AS THEY GRIEVED WHEN THEY AGREED TO THE CONTRACT. THEY DID KNOW WHAT OUR HIGH SCHOOL CAPACITY WAS. SO THEY DO HAVE THAT AND WE'VE BEEN ASSURED OF THAT. SO AS WE CONTINUE TO EXPAND TO OFFER THE SERVICE THERE WILL BE THE AVAILABLE RESOURCES AND WE KNOW THAT IT'S A NEED. SO WE WE JUST NEED TO ALIGN THAT NEED WITH THIS RESOURCE. SO THANK YOU FOR SHARING AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. ABSOLUTELY. AND THE OTHER QUESTIONS. >> MR. MINSKY AND THEN MR. FRIMPONG YES, THANK YOU. JUST ON THAT TALKSPACE TOO HOW IS THE CLINICAL IMPROVEMENT MEASURED YOU ARE YOU SO THE CLINICAL IMPROVEMENT IS A PRE AND POST SURVEY THAT'S OFFERED I BELIEVE IT'S A SIX QUESTION SURVEY THAT REALLY DIGS INTO WHAT'S THE SATISFACTION OF THE OF THE END USER BEING THE STUDENT AND SO THEY RESPOND TO THOSE SURVEY QUESTIONS. THAT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT'S THAT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT THAT WE HOUSING BACKPACKS THAT'S INFORMATION THAT IS SHARED WITH US AS A RESULT OF THOSE SURVEYS BEING PROVIDED TO THE END USER VIA TALKSPACE PLATFORM. OKAY. THANK YOU. THE OTHER QUESTION ABOUT THAT WAS WELL I AGREE THAT THAT'S A GREAT RESOURCE. IS THERE ANYTHING ON THE TALKSPACE THAT HELPS KIDS TO YOU KNOW, COMMUNICATE WITH EACH OTHER INSTEAD OF GOING TO A DEVICE OR YOU KNOW, TO HELP? >> I THINK [02:25:03] I'M NOTICING A LOT THAT WE'RE RELYING ON OUR PHONES AND A LOT OF ELECTRONIC WHEN AND NOT AS MUCH AS WHEN WE WERE GROWING UP. WE WENT OUT AND PLAYED WITH OUR FRIENDS AND WE TALKED TO OUR FRIENDS. SO IS THERE SOMETHING ON THERE THAT HELPS KIDS, YOU KNOW, MAKE THAT MAKE FRIENDS BUT LIKE, YOU KNOW, RELATE TO THEIR PEERS BETTER OR BE OUTGOING, THAT KIND OF THING. WE RELY ON THEM AS A SOURCE OF YOU KNOW. YEAH, I THINK WHAT YOU WOULD SEE IS IF YOU WENT THROUGH THE THE LESSONS THERE'S A LOT OF CULTIVATING HOW YOU EXTEND YOURSELF AS AN INDIVIDUAL TO OTHERS INCLUDING YOUR PEERS REALLY OFFERING THE OPPORTUNITY OF WHAT'S APPROPRIATE WITH INAPPROPRIATE AND THEN WHEN YOU'VE ENGAGED IN A MISTAKE HOW DO YOU COURSE CORRECT THAT? IS THERE A FACILITATION OF LIKE A CHAT ROOM IN THERE FOR PER SAY PEER INTERACTION? >> NO, NO, NO I DIDN'T MEAN THAT BUT THERE BUT THERE ARE ENCOURAGING LESSONS THAT DO OFFER THE OPPORTUNITY AND HOW WE ENGAGE SOCIALLY WITH OUR PEERS. THAT'S GREAT. THAT'S OUR I MEAN MORE LIKE THAT NOT LIKE CHATTING. OKAY PERFECT. MY OTHER THING WAS ABOUT THE NEW OMNI ALERT WHEN WILL WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, SOME DATA TO LOOK AT AS FAR I KNOW IT'S BRAND NEW BUT TO SEE LIKE HOW IT'S IMPROVING OUR SCHOOL SAFETY AND WHAT WILL BE THE MEASUREMENTS THAT WE USE FOR THAT I HAVE TO LOOK TO DR. ROGERS FOR THAT. I CAN TELL YOU PROBABLY ALL THAT I'VE RECEIVED EVERY ALERT THAT'S EVER COME OUT BUT DATA WISE WE WOULD HAVE TO EMPLOY HOW THAT'S GOING TO BE ROLLED OUT TO YOU. >> YES. YOU KNOW THE PURPOSE OF OMNI ALERT AND LEVERAGING TECHNOLOGY IS TO PROVIDE THAT EXTRA SET OF SAFETY WITHOUT CHANGING THE SCHOOL CLIMATE IN SUCH A WAY WHERE WHERE STUDENTS AND STAFF MEMBERS ARE FEELING, YOU KNOW, THE SAFETY THREATS THAT'S OUT THERE. SO WHEN OMNI ALERT AND OTHER COMPANIES WEAPONS DETECTION THEY COME AND THEY SPEAK TO SCHOOLS AND THEY SPEAK TO OFFICES, THEY TALK ABOUT PREVENTION THAT THEY'RE THEIR NUMBER ONE GOAL IS IN TERMS OF PREVENTING ANY SERIOUS, YOU KNOW, EVENTS FROM HAPPENING. THEY COMPARE SCHOOLS AND STATES THAT HAVE THEM INSTALLED COMPARED TO PLACES WHERE THAT DOESN'T EXIST AND UNFORTUNATE SOMETIMES, YOU KNOW, CHILDREN OR ADULTS MAKE DIFFERENT CHOICES. I THINK FOR US IT'S REALLY ABOUT PREVENTION AND ALSO HAVING PARTNERED WITH THE CHIEF OF POLICE AS WELL AS THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE TO SEND OUT TO ALL I THINK OVER 800,000 RESIDENTS IN BALTIMORE COUNTY THAT THERE IS OMNI ALERT IN SCHOOLS. WHAT THE EXPECTATIONS ARE EVEN IF PEOPLE ARE PLAYING OR GOING TO A COMMUNITY EVENT IS IS REALLY WHAT EVERYBODY'S LOOKING FOR. I KNOW IT'S IT'S REALLY WHAT OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT PARTNERS ARE LOOKING FOR IS THAT WE'RE KEEPING THAT IS MORE PREVENTATIVE IN NATURE AS OPPOSED TO OF COURSE IF THERE'S AN EMERGENCY IT'S GOING TO RESPOND. WE KNOW THAT FROM YOU KNOW, CHILDREN BRING WATER GUNS ON PROPERTIES SO WE KNOW THAT IT'S OPERATIONAL. BUT I THINK THE OVERALL GOAL IS FOR IT TO SERVE AS A DETERRENT AND AND KEEP OUR SCHOOLS SAFER IN THAT WAY. >> YES, I UNDERSTAND AND THAT'S GREAT. BUT I JUST WANTED TO KNOW IF WE WOULD SEE ANY KIND OF REPORT OR DATA JUST TO REINFORCE THAT HOW IT'S HOW IT'S ENCOURAGING THAT WITHIN OUR STUDENTS THAT IT'S YOU KNOW, IT'S IT'S BRINGING THAT LEVEL OF SAFETY INTO OUR SCHOOLS THAT IT WAS MEANT TO DO SOMETHING LIKE WHAT BASICALLY HOW ARE WE MEASURING EFFECTIVENESS HOW THE COST RATIO YOU KNOW WE ALWAYS SAY THIS CURRICULUM OR WHATEVER WE'RE TRYING TO BUY OR WHATEVER LIKE THERE NEEDS TO BE A COST ANALYSIS WITH IT LIKE AS FAR AS HOW ARE WE MEASURING ITS EFFECTIVENESS? BUT I THINK WE'RE MEASURING ITS EFFECTIVENESS IN TERMS OF WELL I WOULDN'T WANT THE OPPOSITE TO HAPPEN. NO. AND SO I'M I'M A LITTLE YOU KNOW, STUCK ON ON WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO ACHIEVE THE WHOLE APPEAL TO SCHOOLS AND AGENCIES IS ADULTS AND CHILDREN MAKING DIFFERENT CHOICES ALTERNATIVE CHOICES. SO I, I THINK WE COULD CERTAINLY PROVIDE A REPORT IN HOW MANY FALSE ISSUES YOU KNOW, THE SYSTEM PICKED UP SO YOU KNOW THAT IT'S ACTUALLY PROVIDING THOSE ALERTS. BUT I DON'T KNOW THAT THERE IS A WAY TO QUANTIFY PEOPLE THAT PERHAPS WOULD HAVE MADE A DIFFERENT CHOICE IF CAMERAS WEREN'T WATCHING. BUT WE WE CAN CERTAINLY PROVIDE, YOU KNOW, AN UPDATE ON HOW MANY ,YOU KNOW, WATER GUNS AND THINGS LIKE IT'S PICKED UP IN JROTC STUDENTS PRACTICING AND THINGS LIKE THAT. WE CERTAINLY HAVE THAT THAT WE COULD SHARE. THAT WAS GREAT. THANK YOU. THAT'S ANOTHER PROBLEM. AND ALSO WITH CONSEQUENCES AND HAVING BEEN CONSISTENT IN OUR CONSISTENCY CONSISTENT WITH OUR CONSEQUENCES WHEN WE HAVE A LEVEL THREE OFFENSE, I'M [02:30:03] NOTICING THAT YOU KNOW, WE HAVE HALF YOU KNOW, THERE'S A SUSPENSION AND ALTERNATIVE CONSEQUENCES SO THERE'S STILL KIND OF THAT NOT CONSISTENT. SO HOW DO WE WHY WOULD ONE PERSON WHO COMMITTED A LEVEL THREE OFFENSE GET A SUSPENSION AND SOMEONE GET ANOTHER ONE? WE GET A LIKE A WRAP AROUND SERVICE OR AN ALTERNATIVE CONSEQUENCE? I'LL ANSWER THAT. WE'VE WE'VE BEEN WORKING VERY CLOSELY WITH OUR OFFICE OF LAW THE STUDENT CONDUCT HEARING OFFICERS OUR PARTNERS IN THE DEPARTMENT OF SPECIAL EDUCATION TO REALLY UNPACK ANY AREAS OF INCONSISTENCY. AND WE DO FEEL LIKE LAST YEAR WAS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO BRING ABOUT GREATER CONSISTENCY AND WE ARE NOW APPLYING POLICY BCBS POLICY SUPERINTENDENTS RULE AND OF COURSE HOME ARE TO REALLY BE OUR GUIDE FOR WHAT HAPPENS AS IT RELATES TO THE APPLICATION OF OF THE STUDENT HANDBOOK. SO WE WOULD HOPE THAT AND WE DID SEE LAST YEAR IN COMPARISON TO PREVIOUS YEARS WHERE THERE WAS GREATER CONSISTENCY WHENEVER THERE ARE THOSE EGREGIOUS OFFENSES WE WE HAVE TEAM MEETINGS AND WE DISCUSS AND MAKE SURE THAT THERE IS A HIGH LEVEL OF CONSISTENCY. WE CAME TO WORK VERY CLOSELY WITH SERGEANT KNOX BECAUSE WE WORKED WITH OUR PARTNERS TO MAKE SURE THAT ANY EGREGIOUS OFFENSES THOSE CATEGORY THOSE CATEGORY THREE OFFENSES THAT THE HANDBOOK WAS APPLIED WITH A HIGH LEVEL OF CONSISTENCY. NOW WE KNOW THAT THEY ARE NONE OF OUR STUDENTS ARE THE SAME THINGS THAT HAPPEN IN OUR SCHOOLS AREN'T EXACTLY THE SAME. SO WE THEN WE HAVE TO THINK ABOUT ANY TYPE OF SPECIAL SERVICES AGAIN BUT WE USE THE LAW TO REALLY MAKE AND DETERMINE THE DECISIONS THAT WE THAT WE MAKE AND WE MEET WEEKLY PROACTIVELY TO REALLY JUST THINK ABOUT HOW ARE WE MEASURING OUR WORK AGAINST POLICY RULE AND OF COURSE THE LAW. THANK YOU MS. DOMINO SKI JUST WANT TO SHARE FOUR CATEGORY THREE OFFENSES 20% OF STUDENTS RECEIVED ALTERNATIVE CONSEQUENCES. MOST OF THOSE WERE DICTATED BY LAW LIKE PRESCHOOL AGE LAW PRECLUDES US FROM CERTAIN CONSEQUENCES. STUDENTS WHERE THE IEP TEAM COMES TOGETHER, STUDENTS RECEIVING SPECIAL SERVICES AND THEY DETERMINE AS A TEAM THAT IT'S THE MANIFEST NATION OF THE DISABILITY THAT ALSO PRECLUDES US FROM MOVING FORWARD WITH A BOARD SUSPENSION .AND SO THERE WAS A MUCH SMALLER PERCENTAGE. I JUST WANTED TO PROVIDE SOME OF THOSE SPECIFIC NUMBERS FOR THIS LAST SCHOOL YEAR THAT JUST PASSED WHICH WAS VERY DIFFERENT FROM BEFORE THAT. >> THAT'S GREAT INFORMATION TO KNOW. THANK YOU. MS. FRIMPONG THAT'S A LOT OF GOOD INFORMATION IN THIS PRESENTATION. SO MR. KNOX FOR THE MOBILE DETECTORS AND YOU TALKED ABOUT WHAT THAT THEY'RE MOBILE. SO FOR EXAMPLE WHEN THERE'S A SPORTING EVENT AND LET'S SAY IT'S REGIONAL SO IT'S NOT HELD ON THE SCHOOL SIDE IT MAY BE HELD SOMEWHERE ELSE LIKE MAYBE ONE OF THE COMMUNITY COLLEGES WHERE WE STILL HAVE THE ABILITY TO USE THE MOBILE METAL DETECTORS THERE AS WELL FOR THOSE TYPE OF EVENTS POSSIBLY IT WOULD DEPEND ON THE RULES OF THAT SITE SO WE WOULD HAVE TO NAVIGATE THERE. MISSISSIPPI RULES BUT IF IT'S MOBILE AND IN OUR EVENT WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO USE IT BUT WE WOULD HAVE TO CHECK WITH THE HOSTING AGENCY THAT HAS JURISDICTION OVER THAT SITE. >> OKAY. THANK YOU. YES, MA'AM. AND THEN MS. MUST HAVE HER FIRST SLIDE 11 WHERE WE SAW THE SAFETY AND CLIMATE WE SAW DIFFERENT INFORMATION ABOUT THE MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES. SO THERE ARE FIVE BARS HERE ON THIS CHART AND THE THE CATEGORY OF PRESENTEEISM THOSE OTHER CATEGORIES I'VE HEARD BEFORE. >> BUT WHAT IS PRESENTEEISM? WHAT DOES THAT MEAN SO PRESENTEEISM IS LOOKING AT BEING AVAILABLE AND PRESENT SO IT'S KIND OF WHEN THEY ASK YOU A QUESTION IN A SURVEY THAT SAYS WERE YOU PRESENT DURING THIS, WERE YOU AVAILABLE? WERE YOU ATTUNE AND ASTUTE TO WHAT WAS HAPPENING AROUND YOU AND THAT'S WHAT THEY WOULD CALCULATE WHEN THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT THAT. OKAY. THAT COULD BE THE TYPE OF QUESTION I SHOULD SAY. SO HOW IS THAT DIFFERENT THAN ENGAGEMENT IS BEING PRESENT JUST A BODY BEING THERE VERSUS ENGAGEMENT? IS THAT ACTUAL INTERACTION? ENGAGEMENT WOULD BE YOUR INTERACTION. YOUR PRESENTEEISM IS YOU ACTUALLY BEING PRESENT AND AVAILABLE FOR WHAT'S HAPPENING. ENGAGEMENT IS ACTUALLY THE ACTION OF BEING ENGAGED IN THAT ACTIVITY AND ENGAGING IN LIKE THAT'S INSTRUCTION AND PRESENTEEISM IS BEING PRESENT IN THAT MOMENT AND AVAILABLE. SO THERE IS GHOST IT'S VERY CLOSE, VERY CLOSELY IN PROXIMITY WITH IT WITH RESPECT TO WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE BUT IT'S DIFFERENT IN HOW IT'S ANALYZED. YOU OKAY AND THEN FOR THE DISTRESS CATEGORY SO IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT [02:35:04] EXTREME LEVELS OF DISTRESS TO WHERE STUDENT IS EVEN CONSIDERING YOU KNOW, TAKING THEIR LIFE, IS THERE SOME ADDITIONAL TYPE OF SUPPORT? ARE THERE REFERRALS TO ACTUAL THERAPIES MAYBE THAT ARE LOCAL THAT YOU CAN DO SOMETHING FACE TO FACE WITH? AND YEAH, I'M OLD SCHOOL SO I KNOW THAT YOU KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE DO THINGS ONLINE OR WHATEVER BUT I THINK THERE'S SOMETHING TO BE SAID FOR THAT. >> YES, ABSOLUTELY. SO IF A STUDENT WITHIN THE TALKSPACE PLATFORM IDENTIFIES AND SAYS I'M IN EXTREME DISTRESS, I'M THOSE ARE TRAINED CLINICIANS SO THEY WILL IMMEDIATELY KICK INTO ASSESSING FOR LEVEL OF THREAT AND MAKING SURE THAT THERE ARE RESOURCES MOBILIZED TO SECURE AND ADDRESS THE NEEDS OF THE STUDENT IF THAT'S CALLING 911 IF THAT'S SIMPLY A REFERRAL TO A FACE TO FACE CLINICIAN SPEAKING WITH THE PARENT ALL OF THOSE THINGS ARE THINGS THAT THAT ARE RESOURCES THAT ARE AVAILABLE IN THAT PLATFORM THAT THEY WOULD THEY WOULD ENGAGE IN ADDITIONALLY IN THIS IN SCHOOLS WE WOULD DO VERY MUCH THE SAME THING YOU SPEAK TO OLD SCHOOL SO A LITTLE BIT YOU SPEAK MY LANGUAGE BUT BUT ABSOLUTELY WE WOULD IF A STUDENT IS EXPERIENCED DISTRESS AND DEPENDING ON THE LEVEL OF DISTRESS WE WOULD WORK WITH THAT STUDENT TO REALLY IDENTIFY WHAT THEIR NEEDS ARE AND THEN DETERMINE THAT LEVEL OF INTERVENTION. WE TALKED ABOUT THE TIERED SUPPORTS WHAT WILL BE THE BEST SUPPORT RESOURCE IN THIS SITUATION. OF COURSE WORKING DIRECTLY WITH THE PARENT TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT STUDENTS SAFETY IS SECURED AND THAT'S NUMBER ONE IN SITUATIONS WHERE YOU HEAR OF DISTRESS. AND THEN LAST QUESTION I THINK IT WAS SLIDE NINE BUT THERE WAS A MY COMPUTER WENT AWAY. THERE WAS A PIE CHART AND YOU TALKED ABOUT THE DIFFERENT LEVELS ELEMENTARY, MIDDLE AND HIGH. WE SAW MORE AT THE ELEMENTARY LEVEL. YES. AND YOU KNOW, ONE THING THAT YOU ALSO SEE IS KIND OF A TREND AS AS THE STUDENTS GET OLDER, PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT IS NOT AS MUCH. SO IS SOME OF THAT AT THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LEVEL DOES IT COME FROM PARENTS? DOES IT COME FROM STAFF OR IS IT THAT THE STUDENTS DIRECTLY THAT ARE MAKING USE OF THE SERVICES AS FAR AS A REFERRAL TO THE SERVICES SO THE SERVICES THAT ARE IDENTIFIED IN THAT PIE CHART LOOKING AT THE VARIOUS LEVELS, THOSE ARE SERVICES THAT HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED BY THE SPOKES THAT THEY WILL BE PROVIDING SO THIS IS JUST WHAT THE WHAT LEVEL WHERE WILL THE SERVICES BE PROVIDED AT? SO WE HAVEN'T REALLY THIS IS REALLY SOMETHING THAT'S INFORMATION AND JUST ACTUALLY STARTED IN THE SPRING UNDER THE CONSORTIUM. OKAY. SO WE DON'T REALLY HAVE THE IMPACT AS FAR AS THE OUTCOMES OF THOSE SERVICES RIGHT NOW THIS IS JUST INFORMATION SO THAT EVERYONE IS FULLY INFORMED ABOUT WHERE THOSE SERVICES WHERE THOSE SERVICES ARE. SO THAT THE ACTUAL SPOKES OR PROVIDERS WERE THE ONES THAT THAT SAID I CAN SERVE IN THIS LEVEL OF SCHOOL OR I CAN PROVIDE THIS LEVEL AT THIS SCHOOL. SO I WOULD GUESS MORE TO COME. BUT DEFINITELY THIS IS WHERE THE SPOKES SAID THAT THEY COULD PROVIDE THE SERVICE. BUT WE I THINK I DID SAY WE DO KNOW WE NEED MORE AT THE AT THE SECONDARY LEVEL AND WE HAVE TO PRIORITIZE THAT. I WILL GO TO MISS CHIKA KALU AND THEN MISS HIM. OKAY. SO MS. FRIMPONG ACTUALLY ASKED MY QUESTION BUT THAT BROUGHT UP ONE OTHER TOPIC THAT I THINK WE WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT. SO FOR STUDENTS WHO ARE LIKE WHO ARE EXPRESSING MORE ALARMING ISSUES OUTSIDE OF IMMEDIATE AND LIKE CRISIS SUPPORT, IS THERE ANY DIRECT LINK OR PATHWAY FOR STUDENTS TO BE REFERRED TO THEIR SCHOOL COLLEGES IF THEY DON'T HAVE THE PRIVILEGE OF HAVING ADDITIONAL REFERRALS ESPECIALLY IF THEY DON'T HAVE THE STRONGEST HOME SUPPORT BECAUSE THAT IS THE UNFORTUNATE TRUTH THAT NOT AS MS. FRIMPONG SAID, PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT DWINDLES AS THEY GET HIGHER SELF-ESTEEM IN HIGH SCHOOLS. DO THEY HAVE WILL THEY HAVE THAT SUPPORT A REFERRAL TO THEIR SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGIST TO RECEIVE IN-PERSON SUPPORT FROM COUNSELORS OUTSIDE OF TALKSPACE ?ABSOLUTELY. SO STUDENT SUPPORTS SERVICES? THE ONE SLIDE THAT I STARTED WITH REALLY DESCRIBES WHAT STUDENT SUPPORT CONSISTS OF SO THERE'S MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES OR PSYCHOLOGICAL SERVICES COUNSELING, SOCIAL WORK AND OF COURSE WE HAVE OUR TEAMING PROCESS FOR ACCESS TO YOU AND 504 FOR GENERAL IT FOR GENERAL ED STUDENTS. >> SO WHEN I WHEN I SHARE ALL OF THAT THAT'S THE FULL TEAM AND THOSE ARE RESOURCES THAT ARE AVAILABLE AT THE SCHOOL MANY TIMES WHEN STUDENTS ARE DISTRESSED THERE ARE A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT HAPPEN STUDENTS CAN SELF-REFER AND NORMALLY THEY REACH OUT TO THE SCHOOL COUNSELOR OR THE ADULT THAT THEY'RE MOST FAMILIAR WITH THAT THEY ARE SEEKING HELP FROM AND FROM THERE IT'S A CONVERSATION ABOUT WHAT THOSE RESOURCES LOOK LIKE. WE'RE REALLY GOING TO HAVE CONVERSATIONS TO ENGAGE THE STUDENT AND REALLY IDENTIFY WHAT IS NEEDED IN THIS SITUATION AND IS IT A SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGIST THAT THEY NEED SUPPORT FROM IT? ABSOLUTELY COULD BE AND THAT COULD BE A RESOURCE THAT'S AVAILABLE AT [02:40:04] THE SCHOOLHOUSE LEVEL. >> A LOT OF TIMES IT GOES THROUGH THE COUNSELOR BECAUSE THAT THAT THE COUNSELING OFFICE IS KNOWN IN EVERY SCHOOL. RIGHT. AND SO THE THE STUDENTS REACH OUT THERE OR THE PARENT REACHES OUT THERE AND THAT TEAM WORKS TOGETHER. IF THERE A CONCERN THAT SHORT TERM WE ADDRESS THAT DISTRESS AND IT'S MAYBE I'M TAKING A TEST AND I'M REALLY SUPER UNCOMFORTABLE AND THIS IS JUST RIDDLED ME WITH STRESS IF IT'S THAT AND IT'S BRIEF SOLUTION AND WE KIND OF MANAGE IT AND WE MOVE ON BUT IF THERE'S SOMETHING MORE PERSISTENT AND LIFE HAPPENS LIFE HAPPENS TO ALL OF US AND IT GOES ON AND ON AND ON AND WE BECOME IN EXTREME DISTRESS. CERTAINLY WE'RE GOING TO WORK WITH THAT STUDENT AND KEEP THE PULSE ON THAT STUDENT AND THEN MOBILIZE RESOURCES AND YES, WE CAN REFER IN-HOUSE TO RESOURCES THAT ARE IN HER HOUSE. WE COULD REFER TO A PARTNER THAT'S IN OUR SCHOOLS THAT COULD PROVIDE MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES AND THEN OF COURSE WE ALWAYS HAVE OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS WITH A VAST ARRAY OF SERVICES THAT WE CONNECT STUDENTS AND FAMILIES WITH. BUT YES, THERE IS A CONTINUUM AND I'D LOVE TO SHARE AND WITH YOU FOR MORE INFO ALSO SO JUST ANOTHER PART TO THAT. SO IF THE STUDENT IS USING TALKSPACE AND THEY HAVEN'T LIKE REACHED OUT WITHIN THEIR SCHOOL COMMUNITY OR WITH A TRUSTED PARENT THOUGH IS THERE ANY WAY TO LIKE FOR A TALKSPACE TO INITIATE THAT I GUESS POINT OF CONTACT WITHIN THEIR SCHOOL OR WOULD IT ONLY BE THROUGH THEIR PARENT GIVEN THAT THEY DON'T HAVE A STRONG HOME SUPPORT SO TALKSPACE CAN CIRCLE IF THEY'RE THERE ARE SIGNIFICANT NEEDS BUT THEY ARE GOING TO ASK THE STUDENT FOR PERMISSION TO BE ANY ANY TIME THERE ARE THERE'S TREATMENT FOR MENTAL HEALTH THEY ARE GOING TO ASK THE PERMISSION OF THE PERSON RECEIVING THAT IF THEY CAN COMMUNICATE BACK WITH THE SCHOOL TO TO SHARE THAT INFORMATION. MY EXPERIENCE HAS BEEN THAT THAT THAT DOES OCCUR AND THAT INFORMATION IS SHARED WITH PERMISSION ALWAYS AND THAT IS CONSISTENT WITH A COMMUNITY PROVIDER AS WELL OR IF WE ARE SCHOOL BASED SUPPORT STAFF WOULD SHARE INFORMATION LET'S SAY OUTSIDE OF SCHOOL WITH A THERAPIST THAT MIGHT BE OUTSIDE OF SCHOOL OR EMERGENCY PERSONNEL. SO THERE'S ALWAYS PERMISSIONS THAT HAVE TO BE ASKED AND THEN THE INFORMATION COULD BE SHARED. MS.. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. SO MY QUESTION HAS TO DO WITH STUDENT BEHAVIOR DATA NOT NECESSARILY DISCIPLINE IN NATURE BUT FOR THOSE BEHAVIORS. AND DR. JONES, I BELIEVE THIS QUESTION IS FOR YOU FOR THOSE BEHAVIORS THAT DON'T NECESSARILY RESULT IN OFFICE REFERRAL BUT THAT WE MIGHT WANT TO CAPTURE. AND IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT DELIVERING PERSONALIZED SUPPORTS TO STUDENTS SO THE MORE DATA WE HAVE THE BETTER THAT COULD POSSIBLY TRIGGER THOSE INTERVENTIONS AND THOSE SUPPORTS FOR INSTANCE CHRONIC CHRONIC TARDINESS MIGHT BE AN EXAMPLE. ONE EXAMPLE HOW ARE WE CAPTURING THAT DATA IF NOT FOR OFFICE REFERRALS AND IS THAT SOMETHING THAT'S CAPTURED OUTSIDE OF THIS SO IT DOESN'T RESULT IN AN OFFICE REFERRAL? WE MAY PREVIOUSLY HAVE HAVE WRITTEN THOSE FOR THAT BUT IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING WE'RE NO LONGER IS MY FIRST PART OF THAT QUESTION. I KNOW THIS IS A I'M THROWING A LOT AT YOU ARE WE NO LONGER WRITING THOSE AND IF NOT HOW ARE WE CAPTURING THAT TYPE OF DATA THAT MIGHT POINT TO AN ISSUE THAT WE COULD POSSIBLY INTERVENE AND ASSIST WITH PROVIDING THOSE SUPPORTS. >> SO I'LL GET US STARTED. AND I'M DR. ROGERS BECAUSE SHE KNOWS THE NUMBERS. SHE CAN SHARE SOME INFORMATION WITH YOU. BUT WE WE ENCOURAGE AS WE VISIT SCHOOLS AND WE VISIT ANYWHERE BETWEEN 4 TO 5 SCHOOLS SOMETIMES IN A DAY WE WE ENCOURAGE TEAMS TO USE THE OFFICE REFERRAL PROCESS BECAUSE IT CREATES DOCUMENTATION AND AND SO LONG GONE ARE THE DAYS OF DO NOT SUBMIT A REFERRAL BECAUSE YOU'RE RIGHT THAT IS OUR AVAILABLE DATA HOWEVER FOR TIMES WHEN OFFICE REFERRALS ARE NOT NECESSARILY WE USE THAT'S WHY WE RELY VERY HEAVILY ON OUR INSTRUCTIONAL LEADERSHIP TEAMS TO HAVE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT WHAT THEY KNOW IS HAPPENING WITHIN THE SCHOOLS AND THAT'S COMPRISED OF ADMINISTRATORS, THAT'S COMPRISED OF COUNSELOR, THAT'S COMPRISED OF TEACHER LEADERS IN OUR FOUR PRIORITY AREAS AND THEY REALLY DIG IN AND THINK ABOUT WHAT IS HAPPENING FROM A NON QUANTITATIVE STANDPOINT THAT'S HAPPENING IN REAL TIME WITH WITH OUR STUDENTS. I THINK SOMEONE REFERRED TO IT EARLIER JUST AROUND YES STUDENTS CAN ACCESS TECHNOLOGY BUT WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU JUST LOOK IN THE FACE OF A STUDENT OR YOU'VE NOTICED THAT ROCKWELL HAS BEEN REPEATEDLY LATE AND THEN THERE ARE EXTENUATING CIRCUMSTANCES THAT YOU HAVE TO MOVE UPON. WE HAVE ATTENDANCE COMMITTEES AS WE TALKED ABOUT. WE HAVE SAFETY TEAMS. WE HAVE ALTIS. WE ARE NOW COMING TOGETHER AROUND THIS INITIATIVE OF INSTITUTIONALLY GOING PLACES AND MEETING TO [02:45:05] DISCUSS ALL TYPES OF DATA INCLUDING ANECDOTAL NOTES AROUND STUDENTS TO REALLY GET AT EXACTLY WHAT YOU'RE SAYING SO THAT NO CHILD IN THE PROVERBIAL KIND OF GETS LEFT BEHIND. BUT THIS IDEA OF NOT MISSING AN OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE CHANGE ON BE ON BEHALF OF STUDENTS SO FOR REFERRALS ARE BEING USED BUT IN CASES WHERE THAT IS NOT NECESSARILY THE CASE YOU STILL HAVE TEAMS MEETING TO DISCUSS DATA AND THEN AT THE CENTRAL OFFICE LEVEL WE ARE DISCUSSING AND CONSTANTLY DISCUSSING THE DATA AND THE THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING THAT MAY HAVE HAPPENED WITHIN THE COMMUNITY THAT WE NEED TO KIND OF REACH OUT TO SCHOOLS AND SAY ARE YOU AWARE OF THIS PATTERN OF BEHAVIOR THAT'S HAPPENING WITH OUR STUDENTS? SO WE TRY TO APPROACH IT INTERNALLY, EXTERNALLY BUT THEN ALSO AT THE CENTRAL OFFICE LEVEL AND WE LOOK AT STUDENT BEHAVIORAL DATA AT MINIMUM MONTHLY AND THEN IN OUR WEEKLY CHECK INS AS WELL TO THAT IF I'M HEARING YOU CORRECTLY, IS THAT PART OF THE PROFESSIONAL LEARNING THAT'S TAKING PLACE TO LOOK AT DATA THAT WIDE TO AROUND REFERRALS SPECIFICALLY BECAUSE I'VE HEARD ANECDOTALLY THE OPPOSITE WE DON'T WRITE OFFICE REFERRALS AND SCHOOL X DOES MORE REFERRALS THAN ANYONE ELSE IN YOUR AREA AND WE'RE TOLD NOT TO WRITE THEM ANYMORE. AGAIN ANECDOTALLY SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE I'M UNDERSTANDING WHAT OUR OFFICIAL GUIDELINES ARE. WE ARE STILL WRITING IN THIS JUST TAKE 20 MORE SECONDS IF YOU HAVE OTHER QUESTIONS FOR THE TIME OR ONE OFF. >> I'M NOT FAMILIAR WITH THAT BUT I'LL I'LL SPEAK TO THAT. WE HAVE REALLY TRIED THIS PAST YEAR TO MAKE IT VERY CLEAR AROUND OUR EXPECTATIONS AND THAT SCHOOLS WILL BE SUPPORTED AS LONG AS YOU'RE FOLLOWING THE CODE OF CONDUCT AND YOU KNOW COMA ETC. ONE OF THE CHANGES THAT'S GOING TO OCCUR WITH THE SCHOOL YEAR 2425 IS THE USE OF FOCUS. SO WE HAD A SOFT ROLLOUT FOCUS WAS OPTIONAL AND THAT'S WHAT CREATED SOME OF THESE ANECDOTAL STORIES THAT YOU HEARD ABOUT. SOME PEOPLE USED IT WITH FIDELITY, OTHERS DIDN'T. OTHERS HAD INTERNAL TEARS VERSUS WHEN YOU USED IT. SOME PEOPLE HAD THEY WOULD COMPILE TRIPLICATE COPIES OF PAPERS AND HAVE SECRETARIES TYPING THEM IN. THAT'S NOT GOOD FOR A VARIETY OF REASONS. WHAT WE'VE GONE IN AND EXPLORED IN FOCUS IS FOCUS GIVES US THE ABILITY TO SEND IN A NOTE TO SAY THAT YOU SENT AN EMAIL TO A PARENT THAT YOU WERE CONCERNED ABOUT HOMEWORK YOU WERE CONCERNED ABOUT BEHAVIOR FOR OUR WORK AROUND CHRONIC ABSENTEEISM AND WE'RE CAPTURING PERIOD ATTENDANCE FOR OUR STUDENTS AND THEN THE ATTENDANCE TEAMS ARE GOING TO LOOK AT THAT. BUT IN TERMS OF OTHER BEHAVIORS COMMUNICATIONS WHETHER IT'S COMMUNICATION WRITING, COMMUNICATION BY THE PHONE OR FACE TO FACE, OUR EXPECTATION IS THAT WE ARE ALL CAPTURING THAT AND FOCUS BECAUSE THAT ALSO PROVIDES US THE BEST OPPORTUNITY TO INTERVENE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE AND AS OUR STUDENTS AS WE HAVE TRANSIENT POPULATIONS MOVE FROM SCHOOL TO SCHOOL, A SCHOOL DOESN'T HAVE TO SPEND A MONTH OR TWO MONTHS TRYING TO PIECE TOGETHER WHAT THE EXPERIENCE OF THAT STUDENT HAS BEEN SO THAT THAT IS AN UPGRADE, AN EXPECTATION SO WE CAN MOVE AWAY FROM ANECDOTAL YOU KNOW, STORIES ABOUT WHAT IS HAPPENING, WHAT'S NOT AND THAT WE'RE ALL ROOTED IN THE FACTS OF WHAT ARE THE EXPERIENCES OF THE STUDENTS IN THE BUILDING SO THAT THAT'S THE CHANGE FOR THIS UPCOMING YEAR IN TERMS OF HOW WE'RE LEVERAGING FOCUS. RIGHT. THANK YOU FOR THAT INFORMATION. JUST AS A FOLLOW UP THAT THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO SEE IN TERMS OF THE OVERALL PICTURE OF SCHOOL CLIMATE AS WELL NOT JUST ON A PARTICULAR STUDENT LEVEL BUT UNDERSTANDING WHAT WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH BEHAVIORS NOT THAT JUST RESULT IN CONSEQUENCES PER SE BUT HOW ARE OUR STUDENTS DOING? WHEN I THINK OF THAT I THINK HOLISTICALLY IN TERMS OF HOW ARE THEY DOING, ARE THEY MEETING EXPECTATIONS AND THAT DOESN'T ALWAYS RESULT IN IN A CONSEQUENCE? ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU. THAT'S WHY WE'RE PRESENTING ON SAFETY AND CLIMATE AND BRINGING IT TOGETHER. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR THANK YOU DR. SAVOY YEAH. SO SECOND DO YOU HAVE IN-HOUSE SUSPENSION SO IT CAN BE COINED AND TERMED MANY, MANY THINGS BUT I'M I, I GUESS I WOULD SAY THEN SENDING A CHILD I WOULD GUESS I WOULD SAY YES WHENEVER WHENEVER POSSIBLE DEPENDING ON THE AGAIN BASED ON WHAT THE CODE OF CONDUCT SAYS AND THE RANGE OF THE RANGE OF CHOICES OR OPTIONS. YES WE DO EMPLOY OPPORTUNITIES FOR STUDENTS TO REMAIN IN SCHOOL AND THEN ALSO RECEIVE SOCIAL EMOTIONAL SUPPORT AND CONVERSE [02:50:06] ATIONS OR DISCUSSIONS OR FOLLOW UP THAT ALLOWS THEM TO KIND OF GET BACK INTO THE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE. BUT OF COURSE THAT WOULD HAVE TO BE SOMETHING THAT IS ALLOWABLE OR PERMISSIBLE WITHIN THE THE CODE OF CONDUCT THAT GIVES US A RANGE OF A RANGE OF OPTIONS AND IN SCHOOL SUSPENSION AGAIN THE REASON WHY I PAUSED IS BECAUSE THERE'S THERE'S A TRADITIONAL APPROACH TO THAT BUT THEN THERE'S THE APPROACH THAT WE LIKE TO USE AND WE ALWAYS LIKE TO MAKE SURE THAT IF STUDENTS ARE IN SCHOOL THEN THEY ARE DOING THINGS THAT MAKE SENSE FOR THEM IN SCHOOLS AS IT RELATES TO ACADEMIC AGAIN SOCIAL EMOTIONAL SUPPORT, VISITING THE COUNSELOR, MAKING SURE THAT THEY'RE GETTING THE WORK AND THINGS THAT THEY THEY NEED TO GET DONE SO WE SEE IT AS PROVIDING THEM AN OPPORTUNITY TO STAY IN SCHOOL BASED ON THE RANGE OF OPTIONS BUT THEN IT COMES WITH A PLAN OF SUPPORT THAT ALLOWS IT TO BE A PRODUCTIVE DAY FOR THE STUDENT. OKAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. AND I JUST HAVE TO QUESTIONS ABOUT ZELLO SO NUMBER ONE, HOW CAN PARENTS ACCESS THEIR CHILD'S ZELLO PROFILE OR THEIR CAREER DREAMS OR WHATEVER IT IS THEY'RE DOING IN THIS PLATFORM? >> ABSOLUTELY. SO WE ARE GOING THROUGH THAT PROCESS NOW. SO THERE'S THE SINGLE POINT OF FIVE SIGN ON. THAT'S WHAT I WOULD SAY. AND SO WHAT WE HAVE RECENTLY DISCOVERED IS THAT WHILE WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT PARENTS HAVE ACCESS THEN THEY CAN GO THROUGH SCHOOL LOGIN TO GET THAT ACCESS. WE DO HAVE SOME PARENTS WHO DON'T HAVE EMAILS ON RECORD SO WE'RE REALLY BOLSTERING THE COMMUNICATION AND ABOUT GETTING EMAILS ON RECORD. SO IT REALLY IS GOING INTO PSYCHOLOGY, IT'S GOING THROUGH THE PLATFORMS YOU WILL SEE MORE AND MORE INFORMATION THAT'S COMING OUT AND WE ARE GOING TO BE I CAN'T REMEMBER THE DATE I CAN GET IT. WE WILL BE DOING A PARENT INFORMATION SESSION TO SUPPORT OUR PARENTS IN LOGGING ON IF THEY'RE HAVING DIFFICULTY BUT BUT IT WILL GO THROUGH YOUR SCHOOL THE JACKSONS AND THEN HOW ARE YOU ENSURING THAT STUDENTS ARE USING THE PLATFORM? IS THIS SOMETHING THAT'S HAPPENING DURING A SPECIFIC PERIOD OF THE DAY LIKE DURING ADVISORY OR HOMEROOM? YOU TALK US TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT SO THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION BECAUSE ONE OF THE THINGS THAT AS I SHARED EARLIER THAT WE FOUND OUT IN STAKEHOLDER SESSIONS WAS THE NEED TO BE VERY CONSISTENT. AND SO WHAT OUR SCHOOL COUNSELORS WILL BE DOING IS THEY WILL WE WILL BE GOING INTO CLASSROOMS. THEY DO LESSONS ON A MONTHLY BASIS AT THE HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL. THEY WILL BE WORKING DIRECTLY TO SUPPORT STUDENTS IN LOGGING ON TO ZELLO. BUT WE ALSO KNOW THIS THAT THIS IS A PARTNERSHIP TOO. SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE LEVERAGING STUDENT TIME TO ACCESS THEIR ZELLO ACCOUNT AND USE THEIR ZELLO ACCOUNT TO EXPLORE ALL THE POSSIBLE PARTIES. BUT WE ALSO WANT TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF LEVERAGING THE CONTENT WITH OUR PARENTS TO SUPPORT THEM AND ALSO ACCESSING. SO IT'S A IT'S A CONVERSATION NOT JUST WITH YOUR SCHOOL COUNSELOR BUT IT'S A SHARED CONVERSATION FOR THE WHOLE CHILD BETWEEN THE SCHOOL ,THE STUDENT AND THE PARENT OR CARETAKER AND THEN THE LAST QUESTION I KNOW I SAID HAD TO GET OUT OF IT THERE IT WENT SO I KNOW THE BLUEPRINT REQUIRES THIS CAREER COUNSELING AND THESE INDIVIDUALIZED EDUCATION PLANS FOR STUDENTS. SO HOW WILL ZELLO BE INCORPORATED INTO ALL OF THAT? >> SO THE WONDERFUL THING ABOUT ZELLO IS THAT IT DOES ALLOW FOR STUDENTS TO COMPLETE SURVEYS THAT REALLY DRIVE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT WHAT ARE WHERE DO OUR INTERESTS LIE RIGHT? AND SO THE OTHER PART OF THAT IS WHEN YOU FIND OUT WHERE YOUR INTERESTS LIE, IT'S ALSO EXPLORING THE COURSES WHAT ARE THE COURSES THAT MATCH THAT THAT INTEREST LEVEL AND SO WHILE IN THE BLUEPRINT THEY DO TALK ABOUT HOW DO WE SET THAT PATHWAY A MOTION COUNSELORS WILL BE WORKING WITHIN THAT SCHOOL TEAM WITH THE TEACHERS TO TALK ABOUT WHAT IS THE PLAN FORWARD FOR OUR STUDENTS IN THINKING ABOUT WHAT'S ACCESSIBLE AND WHERE THEIR INTERESTS LIE. SO IT'S NOT NOTHING IS INDEPENDENT. IT WORKS. IT WORKS TOGETHER KIND OF HARMONIOUSLY FOR STUDENTS TO REALLY DO THE EXPLORATION BUT THEN HAVE THAT PLAN FOR THAT PATHWAY FORWARD. >> AMY THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS YOU CAN TELL THERE'S A LOT OF INTEREST IN THIS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. >> YOU THINK YOU THE NEXT ITEM ON THE [R. REPORT - ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT (Dr. DiDonato) (9:50 -10:05 p.m.)] AGENDA IS THE REPORT ON CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION AND APPRENTICESHIPS AND FOR THAT I CALL ON DR. DE DONATO. IT'S REALLY TEAM AND TEAM SO GOOD EVENING CHAIR BOOKER DWYER VICE CHAIR PUMPHREY AND DR. ROGERS AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD TONIGHT I HAVE WITH ME WHO [02:55:05] YOU'VE ALREADY MET IN THE V TOMORROW SHE'S OUR COORDINATOR OF COLLEGE CAREER AND TECHNICAL TECHNICAL EDUCATION AND ALICIA FELLOWS AND THEY'RE GOING TO SHARE SOME IMPORTANT INFORMATION WITH YOU AS IT RELATES TO CTE. HELLO AGAIN. WE CAN JUST GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE. SO MARILYN STATES THE COLLEGE AND CAREER READINESS PILLAR SETS A NEW CAREER STANDARD THAT PREPARES GRADUATES FOR SUCCESS IN COLLEGE AND THE WORKFORCE BY ENSURING THAT THEY HAVE THE KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS TO COMPLETE ENTRY LEVEL CREDIT BEARING COLLEGE COURSES AND WORK IN HIGH WAGE AND HIGH DEMAND INDUSTRIES. BCP CTE IS PREPARING STUDENTS TO BE COLLEGE AND CAREER READY BY COLLABORATING WITH CORE AREAS PROVIDING TECHNICAL CONTENT AND SKILL BUILDING TO BE IN LINE WITH CCAR AND MEET INDUSTRY NEEDS. THE CTE OFFICE HAS WORKED TO CREATE A FIVE YEAR STRATEGIC PLAN WITH GOALS THROUGH 2028. THE CITY STAFF HAS GROWN TO INCLUDE 25 CAREER NAVIGATORS TO MEET THE GOALS OF CAREER EXPLORATION. AS WITH ALL BEEKEEPERS, THE QUALITY OF CTE INSTRUCTION IS AN EMPHASIS HAS AN EMPHASIS TO ENSURE EFFECTIVE TEACHING, LEARNING AND PROGRAM QUALITY. OUR TEACHERS AND PROGRAMS WILL CONTINUE TO UNDERGO THE ACCREDITATION PROCESS AS REQUIRED TO PROVIDE CERTIFICATIONS AS WELL AS CONTINUE TO MAINTAIN OUR PROGRAM ADVISORY COUNCILS FOR ALL PROGRAMS. CTE WILL CONTINUE TO REVIEW DEMOGRAPHIC DATA AND ANALYZE ROOT CAUSES FOR ENROLLMENT AND NOT ENROLLMENT WITH WORK AND WORK WITH SCHOOLS AND THE MAGNET OFFICE REGARDING PARTICIPATION IN ADDITION TO CAREER EXPLORATION FOR ALL FOR ALL VIA BLUEPRINT ONCE STUDENTS HAVE ENROLLED IN OUR CTE PROGRAMS WE WILL CONTINUE TO PROVIDE INDUSTRY ACCESS VIA INTERNSHIPS AND PARTNERSHIPS WITHIN OUR COMMUNITIES. MSD ESTABLISHED THREE PATHWAYS TO PREPARE STUDENTS FOR SUCCESS AFTER GRADUATION INCLUDING COMPLETING AN APPRENTICESHIP MEETING, CTE QUALIFICATION AND INDUSTRY CERTIFICATION. >> MSD HAS ALSO ESTABLISHED THE GOAL OF 45% OF STUDENTS MEETING THE CRITERIA FOR ONE OF THE PATHWAYS BY 2031 DATA FROM THE GRADUATING GRADE 12 STUDENTS FROM 20 TO 23 WERE ANALYZED. THE ANNUAL INCREASE WAS CALCULATED TO BE 2% TO MEET THE 45% BENCHMARK BY 2031 AS SET BY MSD. THE DATA ON THE NEXT TWO SLIDES REPRESENTS INDUSTRY EARNED INDUSTRY CREDENTIALS OR CERTIFICATES AS WELL AS APPRENTICESHIPS THAT HAVE BEEN COMPLETED BY BCBA STUDENTS EXITING GRADE 12 AND SCHOOL YEAR 2223 THAT WERE ENROLLED IN A CTE PROGRAM SCHOOL YEAR 2324 DATA IS NOT YET AVAILABLE. CURRENTLY WE HAVE ALL WE HAD IN 20 TO 23 OVER 7000 STUDENTS ENROLLED IN THE CTE PROGRAM. 70% OF THOSE STUDENTS EARNED AN INDUSTRY CREDENTIAL OR CERTIFICATE OF THE STUDENTS THAT ATTAINED A CREDENTIAL 52% OF THE STUDENTS WERE BLACK, 60% WERE HISPANIC. 67% OF THEM WERE MULTIRACIAL AND 88% OF WHITE STUDENT WHITE CTE STUDENTS EARNED AN INDUSTRY CREDENTIAL OR CERTIFICATE OF THE STUDENTS THAT ATTAINED A CREDENTIAL WE HAD 89% FEMALES AND 47% OF MALES THAT EARNED THE CREDENTIAL AS WELL. >> ON THE NEXT SLIDE YOU'LL SEE SOME APPRENTICESHIP DEMOGRAPHICS DATA. WE ARE EXTREMELY EXCITED THAT THE MALE FEMALE RATIO IS NEARLY EVEN AT 51 AND 49%. >> OUR RACE DEMOGRAPHICS ARE ALSO EVENLY DISTRIBUTED WITH 42% WHITE, 35% BLACK AND 23% OTHER INCLUDING ASIAN, HISPANIC AND MULTIPLE RACES. THE APPRENTICESHIP DATA REPRESENTS 77 STUDENTS WHO COMPLETED THE APPRENTICESHIP MARILYN PROGRAM .THE STUDENTS COMPLETED A COURSE RELATED TO THEIR APPRENTICESHIP EITHER FROM THE APPRENTICESHIP PROVIDER BEEKEEPERS AND IN SOME CASES CCBC. THE STUDENTS THEN COMPLETED AT LEAST 450 HOURS OF ON THE JOB TRAINING OR APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM IS AN EXCITING PROGRAM THAT HAS GROWN OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS AND WE BEGAN OUR OR WE HAD OUR FIRST GRADUATES OF OUR APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM IN 2021 AND THERE WERE FOUR THEY WERE FROM OUR ELECTRICAL PROGRAM AND IN 2022 WE INCREASED THAT TO NINE AGAIN IN THE TRADITIONALLY APPRENTICE TRADES AND 2023 WE HAD 77 GRADUATES FROM A WIDE RANGE OF FIELDS AND IN 2024 WE HAD 162 YOUTH APPRENTICES WHO PARTICIPATED IN THE PROGRAM WITH 100 OF THEM COMPLETING MANY OF THE 62 WHO DID NOT COMPLETE WERE JUNIORS AND SO THEY ARE CONTINUING AND WILL [03:00:01] COMPLETE THIS YEAR. I'M THERE'S A STAT ON THE SLIDE THAT I WANT TO REALLY POINT OUT. BALTIMORE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS REALLY IS THE BEGINNING OF WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT. SO IN THE 2324 SCHOOL YEAR WE HAD 100 APPRENTICESHIP MARYLAND STUDENTS WHO WORKED 59,844 HOURS EARNING MORE THAN $900,000, CONTRIBUTING TO THE LOCAL WORKFORCE. SO THAT'S DEFINITELY SOMETHING THAT WE ARE PROUD OF. A YOUTH APPRENTICESHIP CAN BEGIN AT THE AGE OF 16. APPRENTICESHIPS INCLUDE THE COMPLETION OF RELATED INSTRUCTION IN AN AREA IN WHICH THE STUDENT IS INTERESTED AND THEN 450 HOURS OF WORK BASED LEARNING WITH PAY ASSISTED BY A DEPARTMENT OF LABOR APPROVED MENTOR APPRENTICESHIPS HAVE THE GOAL OF COURSE OF ADVANCED STANDING WHEN STUDENTS ENTER CONTINUING EDUCATION AFTER THEY LEAVE KPS CREATING A PATH TO EMPLOYMENT AFTER GRADUATION ARE APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM BEGAN WITH TRADITIONAL TRADES BECAUSE THAT THOSE TRADES WERE COMFORTABLE WITH THAT STRUCTURE. BUT WE HAVE SINCE EXPANDED TO NONTRADITIONAL FIELDS INCLUDING AREAS SUCH AS ACCOUNTING, CYBERSECURITY AND CHILD CARE. SO WE TRULY NOW MOST FIELDS ARE A PRINCIPAL IF WE CAN FIND AN EMPLOYER WHO WILL BE WILLING TO TAKE A STUDENT. OUR LARGEST YOUTH APPRENTICESHIP PROVIDER IN MARYLAND IS AN ESSAY AND LAST YEAR BEEKEEPERS HAD 14 STUDENTS WHO PARTICIPATED WITH NASA AND MANY OF THOSE STUDENTS WILL CONTINUE IN EMPLOYMENT AFTER GRADUATION. MANY OF THEM TRULY ARE SET FOR A CAREER FOR LIFE ONCE THEY ARE IN THAT POSITION WE'RE NOT QUITE SURE WHAT OUR NASA NUMBERS LOOK LIKE FOR THIS YEAR BUT WE EXPECT TO HAVE THAT SOON AS WE ALL YEAR. AND AT THIS POINT IN GOING INTO THE SCHOOL YEAR WE HAVE 64 APPRENTICES NOW AND THAT NUMBER WILL OF COURSE GROW AS WE SETTLE INTO THE SCHOOL YEAR AND SETTLE INTO MORE PLACEMENTS. BUT YOU CAN SEE IN THE DATA THERE THAT SUMMER LAST YEAR WE HAD 43 SO WE ARE WELL AHEAD OF WHERE WE WERE AND WE ARE EXPECTING TO EXCEED THE NUMBER OF 162 FROM LAST YEAR. ALSO IN THE SLIDE THERE'S A PICTURE OF STUDENTS AT MARYLAND AUTO INSURANCE. AGAIN, THIS IS A NONTRADITIONAL APPRENTICESHIP THAT WE'VE USED AS AN EXAMPLE HERE AND THERE'S A STORY LINKED THERE FROM THE COMMUNICATION OFFICE AND MARYLAND INSURANCE WAS A GROUP THAT WE WORKED WITH TO TRULY WORK TO DEVELOP OUT A NONTRADITIONAL APPRENTICESHIP. WE HAD OUR FIRST PLACEMENT THERE LAST YEAR. THAT STUDENT HAS GRADUATED AND IS CONTINUING TO WORK AT MARYLAND INSURANCE AS SHE'S CONTINUING IN COLLEGE .AND MARYLAND INSURANCE IS NOW TAKING THEIR SECOND BCP STUDENT WHO IS PICTURED IN THE STORY THERE WHO WILL BE WORKING SPENT THE SUMMER WORKING WITH THEM AND WILL BE CONTINUING WITH THEM THROUGH THE SCHOOL YEAR. AND THEN I'M PROUD TO SAY THE BEEKEEPERS WILL ALSO BE PLACING AT LEAST 30 STUDENTS WITHIN THE SYSTEM IN SEVERAL DEPARTMENTS WITHIN BEEKEEPERS INCLUDING DWIGHT COMMUNICATIONS, TRANSPORTATION AND OF COURSE IN OUR CLASSROOMS. THIS IS PART OF OUR GROW OUR OWN BUILDING A PIPELINE INTO EMPLOYMENT IN BEEKEEPERS IN ADDITION TO THE APPRENTICESHIPS WE HAVE OUR TRADITIONAL CTE PROGRAMS. WE ALSO AS WE TALKED ABOUT EARLIER, HAVE THE INDUSTRY RECOGNIZED CREDENTIALS AND WE JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU A SNAPSHOT OF SOME OF THE CREDENTIALS THAT OUR STUDENTS ARE OBTAINING. AND THROUGH OUR NORMAL CTE PROGRAMS THEY ARE TSA ALSO WE THEY'RE CALLED TECHNICAL SKILL ASSESSMENTS OR ATTAINMENT. THOSE ARE OSHA'S ARE SERVING OUR CPR AS OUR FIRST AID. THOSE ARE NOT INDUSTRY RECOGNIZED CERTIFICATIONS BUT WE ARE VERY AWARE THAT THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT THEY NEED TO GO TO THE APPRENTICESHIPS. SO IF A STUDENT IS DOING AN APPRENTICESHIP ON A CONSTRUCTION SITE THEY WILL NEED TO HAVE THEIR OSHA AUSCHWITZ AT LEAST OSHA TEN CARD SOMETIMES OSHA 30 BUT THEY NEED TO HAVE THOSE THINGS SO WE MAKE SURE THAT THOSE ARE AVAILABLE FOR OUR STUDENTS AS WELL. DENTAL CERTIFICATIONS ARE AN EXAMPLE. WE HAVE INFECTION CONTROL RADIATION AND JUST TO GIVE YOU JUST A LITTLE BIT OF THE THINGS THAT WE DO, THOSE ARE REQUIRED IN THE DENTAL OFFICE FOR OUR STUDENTS TO DO APPRENTICESHIPS THERE. WE OFFER REMOTE PILOTS LICENSE AND PRIVATE PILOT EXAMS WHICH IS A PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN BCP AND KBE. IT IS THE OFFICIAL CERTIFICATION OF OUR AVIATION PROGRAMS AND THOSE ARE AT KENWOOD AND HEREFORD HIGH SCHOOL. WE ALSO HAVE AUTODESK CERTIFICATIONS WHICH ARE AVAILABLE THROUGH OUR ENGINEERING AND ARCHITECTURAL PROGRAMS WHICH ARE THROUGHOUT [03:05:03] THE COUNTY. SO THIS SLIDE GIVES A SNAPSHOT OF THE DIFFERENT INDUSTRIES SHOWING A STRONG VARIETY OF INDUSTRIES WHERE OUR APPRENTICES HAVE PARTICIPATED. WE HAVE MANY INDUSTRIES REPRESENTED INCLUDING AGRICULTURE BUT THE THE LARGEST BAR THERE REPRESENTS OUR STUDENTS WHO ARE IN EDUCATION. SO ALL OF THIS IS POSSIBLE THROUGH THE PARTNERSHIPS THAT WE'RE BUILDING TO ENGAGE STUDENTS AND THE COMMUNITY TO PARTICIPATE AND SUPPORT OUR PROGRAMS. AS HAS BEEN MENTIONED, WE HAVE 25 CAREER NAVIGATORS WHO BEGAN THIS YEAR JULY 1ST. WE HAVE ONE ASSIGNED TO EACH HIGH SCHOOL TO WORK WITH STUDENTS, STAFF AND THE COMMUNITY. WE HAVE A PICTURE HERE OF THE SUMMER TRAINING THAT CAREER NAVIGATORS AND WORK BASED LEARNING COORDINATE HOURS WENT THROUGH IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE BALTIMORE COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT AND CC B C AND THE NAVIGATORS WILL BE WORKING WITH OUR COMMUNITY SCHOOL FACILITATORS, WITH OUR TRANSIT TRANSITION FACILITATORS AND OUR COLLEGE AND CAREER COUNSELORS TO ENSURE THAT ALL STUDENTS ALL STUDENTS HAVE A PATHWAY TO ACHIEVE THEIR GOALS AFTER THEY GRADUATE. AND THIS IS IN PARTNERSHIP WITH BALTIMORE COUNTY GOVERNMENT THROUGH THE DEPARTMENT OF WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT AND THE PARTNERSHIP WE HAVE WITH THEM IS TO SUPPORT THE WORK OF THE NAVIGATORS BUT TO BRING PARTNERSHIP FROM BUSINESSES TO SUPPORT EDUCATION IN BALTIMORE COUNTY. WE ALSO HAVE A PARTNERSHIP WITH CVS C WHICH IS ABOUT MORE THAN DUAL ENROLLMENT WHICH IS AN IMPORTANT PART OF OUR PROGRAM. BUT WE ALSO USE CBC FOR RELATED INSTRUCTION. FOR EXAMPLE, WE HAD A STUDENT THIS YEAR WHO WANTED TO APPRENTICE IN A CHILD CARE PATHWAY AND SHE WAS NOT IN A SCHOOL WHERE OUR TEACHER ACADEMY PROGRAM WAS OFFERED. SO SHE TOOK CHILD DEVELOPMENT AT KBC AND THEN SHE APPRENTICED WITH CELEBRA. AND SHE WAS ABLE TO COMPLETE HER TRAINING. WE ALSO HAVE A PARTNERSHIP WITH JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT AND WE HAVE A CTE SPECIALIST WHO IS WORKING DIRECTLY WITH JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT TO FORGE THE PARTNERSHIP AND EXPERIENCES FOR BCP STUDENTS IN GRADES FOUR AND SEVEN. AND THIS ALLOWS US TO INTRODUCE CAREER DEVELOPMENT AT THE ELEMENTARY LEVEL AND TO CONTINUE THAT DISCUSSION IN THE MIDDLE SCHOOL WHICH THEN LEADS INTO THE WORK THAT THE CAREER NAVIGATORS ARE DOING WITH THEM AT THE HIGH SCHOOL. AND ANOTHER IMPORTANT PARTNER THAT REALLY HAS DEVELOPED THIS YEAR IS THE MARYLAND APPRENTICESHIP CONNECTOR AND THAT IS A GROUP THAT IS WORKING WITH MSD TO CONNECT BUSINESSES TO SCHOOL SYSTEMS AND PROGRAMS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ATTRACTING THE BUSINESSES THAT ARE REQUIRED TO INCREASE OUR APPRENTICESHIP OPPORTUNITIES. >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT THIS INFORMATION. WE'RE EXCITED TO CONTINUE THE EVOLUTION OF CTE AS BLUEPRINT AND ALL THE WONDERFUL THINGS THAT WE'VE BEEN DOING FOR QUITE A WHILE. ACTUALLY WE JUST RENAME IT A LOT OF TIMES. SO WE ARE JUST THANKFUL TO BE ABLE TO PRESENT THIS AND SHOW YOU HOW WE CONNECT THE MANY PARTS OF EDUCATION AND MOVE STUDENTS TOWARDS SUCCESS AFTER KPS. THANK YOU. THAT WAS A WONDERFUL PRESENTATION. ANY QUESTIONS FROM BOARD MEMBERS? MS. FRIMPONG YES, THIS WAS A WONDERFUL PRESENTATION AND ALSO KUDOS TO SOMETHING THAT YOU GUYS DO IN THE SPRING WHICH IS THAT CELEBRATION OF THE ACHIEVEMENTS OF THE STUDENTS. I WAS ABLE TO ATTEND THAT AND IT'S WONDERFUL. THAT MEANS A LOT. SO MY QUESTION AND IT IS KIND OF GOING BACK TO I THINK WHAT I WAS TRYING TO GET TO EARLIER AND YOU DID MENTION IT ABOUT ONE OF THE STUDENTS BUT LIKE WHAT DOES HAPPEN IF THERE'S A STUDENT WHO HAS THAT INTEREST AND IT'S NOT AT THEIR SCHOOL OR LIKE EVEN FOR EXAMPLE WHAT I HEARD THE KENWOOD HERE FOR EXAMPLE FOR I THINK IT WAS THE PRIVATE PILOT PILOT. SO WHAT IF WE WANT TO GET IT DOWN IN LANSDOWNE OR CATONSVILLE? HOW DO THESE STUDENTS HOW ARE THEY GOING TO BE ABLE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THESE OPPORTUNITIES AS WELL? >> WELL, ACTUALLY THAT'S THE REASON FOR APPRENTICESHIP. THE PURPOSE OF APPRENTICESHIP IS THAT IF YOU DON'T HAVE IT IN YOUR BUILDING YOU CAN THEN GO TO ANOTHER PROGRAM. THIS PROGRAM IS ONE COURSE AND THEN YOU CAN APPRENTICE THE REST OF IT. SO IT'S STILL FOUR CREDITS. IT'S STILL AN AMAZING PROGRAM. THE ONLY PART IS ALISA WILL GIVE YOU SOME MORE THAT YOU HAVE TO FIND A PARTNER. YOU HAVE TO FIND THE RELATED INSTRUCTION AS AS YOU HEARD ABOUT CELEBRATE THAT STUDENT. BUT THOSE ARE THE PROGRAMS FOR THE STUDENTS THAT DON'T HAVE IT IN THEIR BUILDING .WE DO HAVE TO TAKE THOSE PARTNERS THROUGH A DEPARTMENT OF LABOR APPROVAL PROCESS WHICH IS A BIT TIME INTENSIVE. HOWEVER, WE DO HAVE SUPPORT FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR [03:10:05] AND FROM MSDE FROM THAT MARYLAND APPRENTICESHIP SECTOR AND FROM OUR APPRENTICESHIP NAVIGATOR AT THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR WHO REALLY MAKES THE PROCESS PRETTY EASY FOR THEM AND THEY HAVE TO APPLY TO THE MARYLAND APPRENTICESHIP TRAINING COUNCIL AND BE APPROVED. SO WHAT HAPPENS THEN SOMETIMES IS WE HAVE EMPLOYERS WHO WE'RE USING FOR INTERNSHIPS BUT THEN WE SEE THAT THE STUDENTS CAN FULFILL THE HOURS REQUIRED FOR AN APPRENTICESHIP WHICH IS 450 WHICH IS A MORE INTENSE PARTICIPATION LEVEL. SO WE'RE ABLE TO THEN WORK WITH THE EMPLOYERS TO CONVINCE THEM TO CONVERT AND APPLY TO PROVIDE THE APPRENTICESHIP. AND THEN THE INTENTION REALLY IS THAT THERE'S THIS PATHWAY FOR STUDENTS TO CONTINUE AFTER GRADUATION EITHER WITH THAT SAME COMPANY OR AT LEAST IN THE FIELD AND CONTINUE INTO TRAINING RELATED TO THAT FIELD AFTER THEY GRADUATE. BUT WE DO LOOK FOR BACK TO HOW DO WE GET IN THE DIFFERENT AREAS IF A STUDENT IN LANSDOWN IS INTERESTED IN LET'S SAY AVIATION THEN WE WOULD LOOK TO SOMEPLACE LIKE BWI OR SOMETHING IN THE AREA TO SEE WHAT IS AVAILABLE THERE AND WOULD BE CLOSER FOR THE STUDENT AND WOULD BE A GOOD FIT FOR THE STUDENT. AND THEN WE TAKE A LOOK TO PARTNERS WHO CAN PROVIDE THAT RELATED INSTRUCTION. MAYBE THE EMPLOYER CAN PROVIDE IT. MAYBE WE CAN PROVIDE IT THROUGH A PROGRAM AND BCBS OR WE'RE LOOKING TO SEE CBC OR ANOTHER PROVIDER TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAVE THAT RELATED INSTRUCTION SO THAT THEY'RE READY AND THEN THEY WORK WITH THE MENTOR ON THE JOB FOR THAT 450 HOURS TO REALLY GAIN THE SKILL THAT THEY NEED TO BE AN ENTRY LEVEL COMPLETER OF THE PROGRAM WHICH IS ALSO THE BEAUTY OF THE CAREER NAVIGATOR AND THE COMMUNITY SCHOOL FACILITATORS WORKING TOGETHER. OKAY, FANTASTIC PROGRAM. KUDOS TO YOU GUYS AGAIN. THANKS. ANY MR. YOUNG I JUST WANT TO CLARIFICATION YOU SAID THAT THE STUDENTS WILL HAVE A MENTOR FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR IS THAT KNOW THEIR MENTOR IS FROM THE COMPANY WHO THEN HIRES THEM THE STUDENTS HAVE TO BE HIRED BY THE COMPANY AND THE MENTOR IS AN EMPLOYEE OF THAT COMPANY AND THEY THEY HAVE TO HAVE ONE ON ONE MENTORING. OKAY. BUT THE STUDENTS AND THE MENTOR ARE EMPLOYEES OF THE COMPANY WHO IS THEN THE COMPANY IS APPROVED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR TO PROVIDE THAT MENTORSHIP AND THAT APPRENTICESHIP TRAINING. OKAY. AND DO THEY GET ANY THE STUDENT GET ANY ADDITIONAL SUPPORT FROM, YOU KNOW, ANY TEACHERS OR FROM BEEKEEPERS OR IS IT MAINLY THE MENTOR AT THE COMPANY? >> IT'S MAINLY THE MENTOR AT THE COMPANY BUT THERE'S THE WORK BASED LEARNING COORDINATOR WHO IS THEN WORKING WITH THE STUDENTS TO PROVIDE GENERAL WORKPLACE READINESS SKILLS AND SUPPORT AND HELP THEM WORK THROUGH THAT THAT WORK EXPERIENCE, MAKE SURE THAT THEY UNDERSTAND WHAT'S EXPECTED OF THEM ON THE JOB. THE WORK BASED LEARNING COORDINATOR IS ALSO WORKING WITH THEM TO REFLECT ON THEIR EXPERIENCES SO THEY CAN CONSIDER IS THIS A GOOD FIT FOR ME? WHAT AM I DOING WELL? WHERE DO I NEED TO IMPROVE? HOW AM I GOING TO BE A GOOD EMPLOYEE MOVING FORWARD INTO THIS PATHWAY AND TO MAKE SURE THEY UNDERSTAND THINGS LIKE WHAT DOES ADVANCEMENT LOOK LIKE WITHIN THIS CAREER FIELD SO THAT THEY'RE NOT JUST ENTERING AN ENTRY LEVEL BUT THEY HAVE A PATHWAY TO MOVE FORWARD IN LIFE BUT THEN THE WORK BASED ON A COORDINATOR IS ALSO EVALUATING THEM AND WORKING WITH THE MENTOR THEN TO COORDINATE AND PROVIDE SUPPORTS FOR WORKPLACE READINESS AND ENSURING THAT THEY'RE GIVEN MEANINGFUL TASKS. >> ABSOLUTELY YES. THIS IS THIS IS NOT GETTING COFFEE AND MAKING COPIES. RIGHT. THAT'S THAT'S WHAT THE WORK BASED LEARNING COORDINATOR IS THERE. AND YOU KNOW WE HAVE KIDS OUT IN ALL DIFFERENT FIELDS IF YOU LOOK SO THE WORK BASED ON A COORDINATOR IS CERTAINLY NOT AN EXPERT IN ALL OF THOSE FIELDS BUT THEY ARE TRAINED IN WORKPLACE SAFETY AND YOUTH EMPLOYMENT LAW AND HELPING STUDENTS NAVIGATE THE WORKPLACE AND THE WORKFORCE AND THAT THAT CAREER PATHWAY. >> I DIDN'T WANT TO SAY GET COFFEE AND DONUTS BUT OKAY. >> YES, THAT'S A COMMON PERCEPTION IN INTERNSHIP IT'S OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? >> WELL THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS PRESENTATION. I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO THE DAY WHEN ALL OF OUR STUDENTS GRADUATE WITH A DIPLOMA AND THE INDUSTRY CREDENTIAL AND THAT 450 HOURS OF APPRENTICESHIP EXPERIENCE. SO IN BALTIMORE COUNTY EMPLOYERS IF IF YOU'RE NOT ALREADY SIGNED UP TO PROVIDE APPRENTICESHIP OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR STUDENTS, PLEASE GO THROUGH THE PROCESS WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR BECAUSE WE NEED TO BUILD OUR WORKFORCE. >> SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU. >> THE [S. INFORMATION (10:05 p.m.)] NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS INFORMATION AND IN THIS LIST YOU'LL FIND THE JUNE 3RD [03:15:07] MEETING OF THE SOUTHEAST AREA ADVISORY COUNCIL MINUTES. THE SUPERINTENDENTS ROLE 5410 SCHOOL COUNSELING SERVICES THE POLICY REVIEW COMMITTEE MEETING DATES AND THEY ARE ALSO POSTED ONLINE WITH THE OTHER COMMITTEE DATES. THE QUARTER FOUR AUDIT REPORT AND THE TWO TWO ITEMS INCLUDED AND THE NEXT TWO ITEMS INCLUDE THE REVISED SUPERINTENDENTS RULES 5610 AND [T. BOARD MEMBER COMMENTS AND AGENDA SETTING (10:05 - 10:15 p.m.)] 6600. THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS BOARD MEMBER COMMENTS AND AGENDA SETTING. I'LL START WITH MR. YOUNG. I'M GOING TO THANK ALL OF OUR STAFF MEMBERS FOR THE WONDERFUL PRESENTATIONS TONIGHT. THANK YOU FOR THE HARD WORK THAT YOU'VE PUT IN ON THAT THE I HAVE NO OTHER BOARD MEMBER COMMENTS BUT THE NEXT BUILDING AND CONTRACT COMMITTEE MEETING IS GOING TO BE MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 9TH. THANK YOU, MR. MINSKY. I HAVE NO COMMENTS TONIGHT. THANKS, MISS HEN. >> THANK YOU. I WOULD APPRECIATE AN UPDATE ON THE WORK THAT WAS DONE ON GRADING AND REPORTING. THE SUPERINTENDENT COULD PROVIDE A BRIEF UPDATE ON THAT. THAT WAS A BULLET ON THE UPDATE TONIGHT. THAT WORK WENT INTO THAT AND WE SHOULD EXPECT TO SEE SOME CHANGES FOR THIS YEAR .SO IF WE COULD GET AN UPDATE ON WHAT THOSE CHANGES ARE. THANK YOU. HAVE A GOOD NIGHT EVERYONE. MISS FRIMPONG, SINCE OUR NEXT BOARD MEETING IS NOT UNTIL THE 20 AFTER THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL I JUST WANT TO SEND WARM WISHES TO ALL OF OUR PARENTS STUDENTS, TEACHERS, EDUCATORS AND SUPPORT STAFF FOR A GREAT FIRST DAY OF THE 2024 2025 SCHOOL YEAR. MS. PUMPHREY I HAVE NOTHING THANK YOU. MS. CHIKA KALU. I DON'T REALLY HAVE A COMMENT BUT AS MR. FRAMPTON SAID I'M WISHING ALL OF MY FELLOWS DO. IT'S AN EXCITING FIRST DAY. I KNOW SOME OF THEM ARE WEARY TO RETURN BUT I AM WISHING YOU GUYS THE BEST OF LUCK FOR THE 24 TO 25 SCHOOL YEAR AND ALSO THANK YOU TO EVERYONE TODAY WHO JUST PRESENTED AND SPOKE EMBRYO DEDICATIONS. HAVE A GREAT EVENING MR. LASKY. YEAH. BEST WISHES FOR EVERYBODY WITH BACK TO SCHOOL IN A WEEK AND A HALF. DR. SAVOY I ENJOYED ALL OF THE PRESENTATIONS AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO A GREAT SCHOOL YEAR. MR. MCMILLIAN? NO, THANK YOU. MISS HARVEY, I HAVE NOTHING. >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AND AND I HAVE NOTHING AT THIS TIME EITHER. SO THE LAST ITEM ON THE [U. ANNOUNCEMENTS (10:15 p.m.)] AGENDA IS ANNOUNCEMENTS. THE BOARD'S NEXT MEETING WILL BE HELD TUESDAY, AUGUST 27TH, 2024 AT 6:30 P.M.. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US TONIGHT. THE MEETING * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.