Nov 06, 2023 School Board Meeting

[A. OPENING OF MEETING]

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THE COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD HAS BEEN IN CLOSED SESSION.

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, I'M GLAD TO SEE SUCH A NICE CROWD HERE TONIGHT.

WELCOME. BEING IN CLOSED SESSION, WE NEED TO COME OUT OF CLOSED SESSION OFFICIALLY.

[C. PUBLIC SESSION]

STATING THAT WE WILL HAVE TO GO BACK INTO CLOSED SESSION AFTER THIS MEETING CLOSES.

WE WENT INTO CLOSED SESSION TO DISCUSS SPECIFIC PERSONNEL MATTER RELATING TO THE EMPLOYMENT ASSIGNMENT, APPOINTMENT, PROMOTION, DEMOTION, PERFORMANCE, SALARIES OR RESIGNATION OF DISTRICT EMPLOYEES AND SPECIFIC STUDENT MATTERS RELATING TO DISCIPLINE, RELOCATION, RESIDENCY, REINSTATEMENT AND OR PRIVACY OF INDIVIDUAL STUDENTS PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.2-3711 OF THE CODE OF VIRGINIA.

DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND. THANK YOU, MR. ELEY. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? ROLL CALL. MS. TAYLOR. YES, MR. JOHNSON? YES.

MR. ELEY. YES.

MRS. ANDREWS. YES.

MR. SMITH. YES.

ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE THE CERTIFICATION OF AT LEAST ONE MATTER.

THANK YOU. MAYBE WE HAVE THE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR P 1923-24.

THANK YOU, MR. SMITH.

BEFORE I GIVE THAT RECOMMENDATION, I'D LIKE TO SHARE SOME INFORMATION.

WHILE WE CANNOT COMMENT ON SPECIFIC PERSONNEL MATTERS, I CAN COMMENT ON THE PROCESS WHEN THERE IS AN INVESTIGATION REGARDING A STAFF MEMBER THAT REQUIRES A PERSON TO BE PLACED ON, PLACED ON ADMINISTRATIVE LEAVE, THAT PERSON IS PAID WHILE THEY ARE OUT.

SO LET ME SAY THAT AGAIN.

WHEN SOMEONE GOES ON ADMINISTRATIVE LEAVE, THEY ARE PAID WHILE THEY ARE OUT.

DECISIONS ON CHARGES ARE MADE BY THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THE COMMONWEALTH ATTORNEY, AND ARE BASED ON EVIDENCE.

THEY ARE NOT MADE BY THE SCHOOL DIVISION.

WHEN A CHARGE IS MADE, WE MUST WAIT TO SEE WHAT THE CHARGE IS TO DETERMINE IF THAT PERSON IS ALLOWED BY LAW TO RETURN TO WORK, AND IF SO, IF THERE ARE CONDITIONS PUT ON THEIR ABILITY TO RETURN TO WORK.

FOR EXAMPLE, IF A PERSON IS CHARGED WITH ASSAULT AND BATTERY, WE MUST WAIT TO SEE WHAT CONDITIONS MAY HAVE BEEN PLACED ON THEM BEFORE WE CAN EVEN CONSIDER THEIR POSSIBLE RETURN.

ONCE THE CONDITIONS ARE UNDERSTOOD, THEN RECOMMENDATIONS CAN BE MADE TO THE SCHOOL BOARD.

SCHOOL BOARD TO RETURN THEM TO WORK.

WE SHOULD ALL APPRECIATE THAT AND KNOW THAT OUR SCHOOLS ARE KEPT SAFE BECAUSE WE FOLLOW A GOOD, STRONG PROCESS THAT TAKES CARE OF OUR STAFF AND OUR STUDENTS. IN PERSONNEL MATTER P 19 2324, THE STAFF MEMBER WILL RETURN TO THE CLASSROOM WITH A LETTER OF REPRIMAND AND ADDITIONAL TRAINING ON THE DE-ESCALATION OF STUDENTS, A FORMAL REFERRAL TO THE EMPLOYEE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.

THROUGH ANTHEM. THE LOCAL CHOICE WILL BE MADE, WHICH MANDATES THE STAFF MEMBER PARTICIPATE IN FOUR COUNSELING SESSIONS THAT ARE FREE TO THE EMPLOYEE. I MOVE THAT WE ACCEPT THE RECOMMENDATION A SECOND.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, MR. JOHNSON.

MS.. TAYLOR, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? ROLL CALL, PLEASE, MRS. ANDREWS. YES, MR. ELEY? YES, MISS TAYLOR? YES, MR. JOHNSON. YES.

MR. SMITH? YES.

ARE THERE OTHER RECOMMENDATIONS? NONE YET. THANK YOU, THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT, SO THAT BEING FINISHED.

CERTIFICATION BEING DONE.

WE'RE GOING TO MOVE INTO OPENING OUR FORMAL.

BUSINESS MEETING TONIGHT.

THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE AND SCHOOL BOARD INVOCATION.

MISS ANDREWS.

MR. JOHNSON, IF YOU WILL.

I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.

OUR DEAR HEAVENLY FATHER, WE'RE GRATEFUL FOR THE RICH BLESSINGS WE ENJOY.

WE'RE GRATEFUL FOR THE SAFETY, PEACE, AND THE THE WONDERFUL SPIRIT THAT WE HAVE IN PRINCE GEORGE COUNTY THAT ENABLES OUR CHILDREN TO GROW AND DEVELOP AND BE EDUCATED, THAT THEY MIGHT FULFILL THEIR DESTINY.

WE ASK FOR THY CONTINUED BLESSINGS TO BE UPON US, THAT WE MIGHT HAVE THE GIFT OF DISCERNMENT, THAT WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO GO FORTH AND DO THAT WHICH IS RIGHT AND BEST FOR ALL

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WE PRAY FOR THAT, THAT THAT GUIDANCE THIS EVENING AS WE DISCUSS THE MATTERS OF THE DIVISION AND MAKE DECISIONS THAT ARE IMPORTANT TO ALL, AND THESE FAVORS AND BLESSINGS WE ASK FOR HUMBLY AND THE NAME OF JESUS CHRIST, AMEN.

AMEN.

ALL RIGHT, BOARD MEMBERS, YOU HAVE THE AGENDA IN FRONT OF YOU.

ARE THERE ANY MODIFICATIONS, CHANGES, ETC.

YOU MIGHT WANT TO DO? OTHER THAN WE NEED TO GO BACK INTO CLOSED SESSION TO DISCUSS THOSE MATTERS THAT WERE OPEN.

I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THE AGENDA.

ALL RIGHT. A SECOND.

THANK YOU, MISS TAYLOR.

ANY DISCUSSION? PLEASE NOTE AND WE WILL RETURN TO CLOSED SESSION FOR OTHER MATTERS AFTER THE BUSINESS PORTION OF THIS MEETING.

ROLL CALL, PLEASE, MR. ELEY. YES.

MS.. TAYLOR. YES, MR. JOHNSON? YES. MRS. ANDREWS? YES.

MR. SMITH? YES.

ALL RIGHT. APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES.

WE HAVE A BUNCH OF THEM THERE, FOLKS.

I'LL MAKE A MOTION. WE APPROVE THE MINUTES.

THANK YOU, MISS TAYLOR.

SECOND. THANK YOU, MR. JOHNSON. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ROLL CALL, MRS. ANDREWS. YES, MISS TAYLOR? YES, MR. JOHNSON? YES.

MR. ELEY. YES.

MR. SMITH? YES.

ALL RIGHT. SO WE'RE GOING TO MOVE INTO SPECIAL RECOGNITIONS.

[1. Special Recognitions]

MCGUIRE AND HER TEAM UP, AS SHE WILL BRING THEM UP SO THAT WE CAN CELEBRATE THEM THIS EVENING.

AND THANK YOU.

YEAH. YES. THANK YOU.

THIS IS A PEACE FLOWER.

PEACE, LILY. PEACE, LILY.

Y'ALL WANT TO. THE.

THE THEME IS LET'S LET US GROW TOGETHER.

AND. MORE PSYCHOLOGISTS.

WE LOOK TO OUR COMMUNITY AS TO WHO'S GOING TO MENTOR US AND SUPPORT US.

AND AS EDUCATORS, WE LOOK TO EACH OTHER TO SUPPORT EACH OTHER AND AND GAIN MENTORSHIP AND SO FORTH.

AND SO THAT'S THE THEME OF THE WEEK THIS YEAR.

AND IN HONOR OF THAT, WE CHOSE THE PEACE LILY.

MM. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. VERY NICE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

ALL RIGHT. OH, YES.

GOOD EVENING. I HAVE THE PRIVILEGE OF STANDING HERE BEFORE YOU TONIGHT TO RECOGNIZE THE IMPORTANT WORK OF VALUED MEMBERS OF OUR STUDENT SERVICES TEAM.

TODAY, NOVEMBER 6TH, 2023, MARKS THE START OF NATIONAL SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGY WEEK, WHICH HIGHLIGHTS THE CRITICAL ROLE OF SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGISTS AND SCHOOL BASED MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES IN PROMOTING STUDENT SUCCESS.

AS MS.. JONES INDICATED, THE THEME FOR 2023, LET'S GROW TOGETHER, RECOGNIZES FOUR ASPECTS OF GROWTH THAT ARE FUNDAMENTAL TO EFFECTIVE LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS AND TO SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGISTS ROLE IN SUPPORTING STUDENT WELL-BEING AND LEARNING.

FIRST, SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGISTS HELP OTHERS UNDERSTAND HOW CONTEXT INFLUENCES LEARNING AND GROWTH, AS WELL AS WHAT SUPPORTS AND STRATEGIES CAN BEST SUPPORT STUDENTS UNIQUE NEEDS AND STRENGTHS.

SECOND, SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGISTS HELP IDENTIFY WAYS TO STRENGTHEN CONNECTIONS THAT SUPPORT GROWTH, INCLUDING CULTIVATING A NURTURING SCHOOL ENVIRONMENT AND BUILDING STUDENTS SOCIAL EMOTIONAL SKILLS.

THIRD, DIVERSITY FUELS GROWTH, AND SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGISTS REINFORCE INCLUSIVE SCHOOLS IN WHICH EVERY STUDENT FEELS SEEN AND VALUED.

AND LASTLY, SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGISTS ARE CHAMPIONS IN BUILDING THE CAPACITY FOR GROWTH FOR BOTH ADULTS AND STUDENTS.

SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGISTS BRING A RICH AND UNIQUE SET OF SKILLS TO THEIR SCHOOL COMMUNITIES.

OUR PARTICULAR SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGY TEAM HAS OVER 60 YEARS OF SERVICE TO THE PROFESSION.

I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE THEM TO YOU NOW.

FIRST WE HAVE MS..

JACQUELINE JONES, WHO HAS BEEN WITH US.

THIS IS YEAR 32, IN THE PROFESSION FOR MS..

JONES AND WE ARE SO GLAD TO HAVE HER.

WE HAVE MS. MARY CATHERINE COLBURN.

SHE IS A SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGY INTERN WHO WAS WITH US FOR THIS SCHOOL YEAR.

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WHAT IN THE PROFESSION? YEAR EIGHT IN THE PROFESSION.

AND THEN AT MS.. RAVEN MAXWELL, WHO IS HERE WITH HER DAUGHTER, WHO HAS BEEN WITH US ON YEAR THREE AS WELL AND YEAR SEVEN IN THE PROFESSION.

SO PLEASE JOIN ME IN THANKING THESE LOVELY LADIES FOR JOINING US TONIGHT.

THEY HAVE MADE SUCH AN INDELIBLE IMPACT ON OUR COMMUNITY, AND WE COULD NOT BE MORE PROUD OF WHAT THEY HAVE ACCOMPLISHED.

I HOPE THAT EACH OF YOU TAKES SOME TIME TO REFLECT ON HOW MANY LIVES YOU HAVE MADE BETTER, BY YOUR EXPERTISE AND DEDICATION.

PLEASE JOIN ME IN CELEBRATING THE IMPORTANT CONTRIBUTIONS OF OUR SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGY TEAM.

MRS. MCGUIRE. WE ALSO HAVE CERTIFICATES FOR THEM, AND I'D LIKE TO INVITE OUR SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS TO GO DOWN AND HAVE THEIR PICTURE MADE WITH OUR TEAM OF SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGISTS, PLEASE. GIVE ME A BIT HERE.

ARE YOU BACK HERE, MOMMY? CATHERINE MAGUIRE.

IS THAT? THAT'S RIGHT.

I'M. WHEN WE WORK TOGETHER FOR SO MANY YEARS, HOWEVER.

I DON'T KNOW. I JUST NOTICED THAT.

GONNA DO A COUPLE HERE WITH THIS CAMERA AND.

EVERYONE HERE, PLEASE.

THANK YOU ALL. THANK YOU ALL.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

THAT'S. I BET THEY.

JUST. PROBABLY.

REPORT. THANK YOU.

SORRY.

VERY NICE. ALL RIGHT, MR. LAGARDE. MR. BALDUCCI. JACKSON, GOOD TO SEE YOU.

SO, A PRESENTATION ON J.

[1. J.E.J. Moore Middle School Presentation / Student of the Month - Nicholas Ligatti, Principal]

THANK YOU FOR HAVING US TONIGHT.

IT'S BEEN MY PLEASURE TO SPEAK TO THE BOARD AND SUPERINTENDENT AND ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT, AND ALL OF THE WONDERFUL PEOPLE WE HAVE HERE, CITIZENS PAYING ATTENTION.

SO OUR THREE R'S, OUR THEME THIS YEAR FOR MOORE MIDDLE SCHOOL WAS RESPONSIBLE, RESPECTFUL AND RESILIENT.

AND SO EVERYTHING WE'RE TRYING TO DO THIS YEAR IS BASED OFF OF THESE THREE R'S AND HOW WE APPROACH THEM AS A SCHOOL.

SO THE FIRST THING I WANT TO TALK ABOUT WAS SOME OF THE ACADEMICS THAT'S GOING ON AT AT MOORE RIGHT NOW, OUR DESIGN PROCESS.

YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS I REALLY WANTED TO DO WAS CAPTURE WHAT STUDENTS ARE DOING IN CLASS.

SO YOU CAN SEE WHAT WE'RE DOING, OUR DESIGN PROCESS, YOU KNOW, WE HAD KIDS THAT IN THEIR CLASSES, THEY'RE LEARNING THE DESIGN PROCESS.

THEY'RE BUILDING CARDBOARD CHAIRS.

THEY'RE IT'S HARD TO SEE THE SPAGHETTI AND MARSHMALLOW STRUCTURES THAT THEY'RE BUILDING IN CLASSES.

WE HAD OUR FAMILY AND CONSUMER SCIENCE CLASS DO MAKE FOOD TRUCKS AND SELL FOOD TO OTHER STUDENTS.

AND AND THEN THE ONE IN THE MIDDLE, THE STUDENTS IN ONE OF THE CAREER CLASSES WERE TO DESIGN CAREER FAIRS AS A WAY TO KIND OF GET HELP HR AND KIND OF DO THESE THINGS. SO HAVING ACADEMICS BUILD AROUND REAL WORLD EXPERIENCES FURTHER.

YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING ACTUALLY THIS WEEK AND NEXT WEEK, WE'RE HAVING OUR HONOR ROLL AND EXCELLENCE ATTENDANCE CELEBRATIONS, YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN IMPLEMENTING OUR ALL IN TUTORING ALREADY, WHERE WE'VE REDONE HOW OUR FIFTH PERIOD WORKS SO THAT OUR STUDENTS ARE GETTING THE TUTORING AND THEN OUR CLASSROOM EXPERIENCES.

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WE HAVE. ONE OF THE MATH CLASSES WAS MAKING A HUMAN NUMBER LINE.

A SOCIAL STUDIES CLASS WAS CLEANING UP OUR MEMORIAL GARDEN AND TALKING ABOUT THE CIVICS OF OF THE MEMORIAL GARDEN AND, AND SERVING THE COMMUNITY.

AND WE HAVE STUDENTS THAT WERE MAKING MODELS OF CARS, SO THEY WERE MAKING SCALE MODELS.

SO THEY WENT TO THE PARKING LOT AND MEASURED SOME CARS.

THEY HAD PERMISSION TO MEASURE THE CARS.

AND THEN I DON'T LIKE TO TALK ABOUT MYSELF MUCH, BUT THERE I AM WITH MISS SCRUGGS CLASS, DISSECTING OWL PELLETS TO SEE WHAT OWLS HAD EATEN AND HOW OUR STUDENTS ARE ABLE TO TO DO THESE INVESTIGATIONS AND UNDERSTAND WHAT'S GOING ON.

I KNOW IT'S A LITTLE DISGUSTING.

YOU CAN TELL BY MY FACE I WASN'T IT HAD AN INTERESTING SMELL.

AND. WE'RE SO PROUD TO SHOWCASE THE HARD WORK AND CREATIVITY IN OUR ARTS DEPARTMENT AS WELL.

STUDENTS CREATED ANTI-BULLYING POSTERS DURING ART CLASS FOR NATIONAL BULLYING AWARENESS AND PREVENTION MONTH IN OCTOBER.

THEY ALSO CREATED BEAUTIFUL POSITIVE STREET ART, AND OUR CHOIR STUDENTS PARTICIPATED IN THE PAUSE VOCAL MUSIC FESTIVAL AT PRINCE GEORGE HIGH SCHOOL. AND LASTLY, OUR PEP BAND STUDENTS REALLY ENERGIZED THE CROWD AT OUR GIRLS BASKETBALL GAME.

WE'RE VERY PROUD OF ALL OF THESE STUDENTS.

SO. MOORE MIDDLE SCHOOL ENJOYS A VERY CLOSE RELATIONSHIP WITH ITS MILITARY COMMUNITY.

AND FOR GREG ADAMS, ONE OF OUR SIGNATURE EVENTS WITH THE SOLDIERS AT FORT GREG ADAMS IS STRAIGHT TALK WITH SOLDIERS.

THIS WILL BE HELD ON DECEMBER 7TH, 2023.

PEARL HARBOR REMEMBRANCE DAY AT J.

J. MOORE. THE STUDENTS AT MOORE WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET, INTERACT, AND SPEAK WITH MEMBERS OF THE US ARMY AND NAVY.

ADDITIONALLY, FOR GREG ADAMS NOMINATED MR. BALDUCCI FOR ITS 2023 GOOD NEIGHBOR AWARD AS A SIGN OF ITS APPRECIATION FOR ITS PARTNERSHIP.

THIRD, JJ MOORE HAS LAUNCHED A STUDENT AMBASSADOR PROGRAM DESIGNED TO SUPPORT MILITARY CONNECTED STUDENTS NEW TO PRINCE GEORGE COUNTY.

WE ALSO HAD A NUMBER OF SOLDIERS FROM FORT GREG ADAMS TRANSPORTATION SCHOOL VOLUNTEER AT OUR SCHOOL FUNCTIONS.

AND FINALLY, OUR ADMINISTRATIVE TEAM IS PROUD TO ANNOUNCE THAT JJ MOORE MIDDLE SCHOOL HAS RECEIVED THE PURPLE STAR AWARD FROM THE VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION.

THIS IS AWARDED TO MILITARY FRIENDLY SCHOOLS THAT HAVE DEMONSTRATED A SIGNIFICANT COMMITMENT TO STUDENTS AND FAMILIES CONNECTED TO OUR NATION'S MILITARY.

WE ARE HONORED TO BE ADDED TO THIS LIST.

YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I DON'T EVER WANT TO LOSE SIGHT OF, ESPECIALLY AT A MIDDLE SCHOOL, IS THE FUN THAT WE CAN HAVE.

OUR PTO GRACIOUSLY BOUGHT US NEW PICNIC TABLES FOR OUTSIDE OF OUR CAFETERIA, AND REWARD KIDS FOR CLEANING UP AND BEHAVING WELL.

HAVING THE OPPORTUNITY TO EAT OUTSIDE ON THESE BRAND NEW PICNIC TABLES, OR ACTUALLY IT'S WORKING SO WELL, WE'RE HOPING TO BUY A COUPLE MORE.

WE JUST HAD OUR FIRST DANCE OF THE YEAR LAST WEEK.

WE'VE GOT A SIXTH GRADE SOCIAL COMING UP.

OUR PTO SPONSORED A ZOMBIE WALK THIS YEAR, AND THEN WE HAVE SIX TEACHERS FROM THE PHILIPPINES IN OUR BUILDING, AND THEY WANTED TO HOST THE FEAST OF FILIPINO TRADITIONS FOR OUR FACULTY.

AND IT WAS ONE OF THE ONE OF THE MOST FUN TIMES AND A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR FACULTY TO KIND OF GET TOGETHER AND WORK WITH EACH OTHER.

SO IT'S BEEN A WONDERFUL TIME HERE AT MOORE THIS YEAR, AND IT WILL CONTINUE ON FOR THE REST OF THE SCHOOL YEAR.

MISS THOMPSON AND MR. BALDUCCI HAVE A LITTLE GIFT FOR EVERYBODY.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU.

NICE. NO.

THANK YOU. THERE YOU GO. VERY NICE.

VERY NICE. AND THAT IS THE END OF THAT PART OF THE PRESENTATION.

YOU HAVE YOUR STUDENT.

I DO HAVE MY STUDENT, MS..

ADELIE. HARPER, COME ON DOWN.

SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DO EVERY MONTH IS WE HAVE A MONTHLY STUDENT OF THE STUDENT OF THE MONTH BASED ON OUR THREE R'S THE RESPECT, RESPONSIBILITY AND RESILIENCY.

AND ADELAIDE HARPER OF OUR TIDAL WAVES TEAM IS OUR RECIPIENT THIS THIS MONTH.

ADELAIDE IS A GREAT ROLE MODEL OF THE THREE R'S THAT MOORE.

SHE ACTIVELY PARTICIPATES IN CLASS DISCUSSIONS AND PROVIDES INSIGHTFUL AND THOUGHT PROVOKING RESPONSES.

HER ENGAGEMENT ADDS VALUE TO THE LEARNING EXPERIENCE AND ENCOURAGES HER PEERS TO THINK CRITICALLY, AS WELL AS PARTICIPATE WITHIN THE DISCUSSION WHEN FACED WITH CHALLENGES OR ADVERSITY IN THE CLASSROOM. ADELAIDE DOES NOT LET THEM GET IN HER WAY, NO MATTER HOW DIFFICULT THE SITUATION CAN BE.

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SHE ALSO DISPLAYS THE IMPORTANCE OF EDUCATION BY ATTENDING SCHOOL REGULARLY AND HAVING GOOD GRADES.

WONDERFUL. AND SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS.

IF WE COULD INVITE YOU DOWN TO GET YOUR PICTURE MADE WITH MISS ADLEY.

THANK YOU. IF YOU WANT TO SAY ANYTHING.

YEAH. YOU DON'T HAVE TO.

WELL, WE'LL INVITE YOU AND YOUR MOM TO COME UP AND LET THE SCHOOL BOARD GET A PICTURE TAKEN WITH YOU.

VERY PROUD OF OUR CITIZEN OF THE MONTH FROM MORE.

OKAY.

RIGHT A BUNCH.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

YEP. ALL RIGHT.

OH. I SEE, MR.

[2. Virginia Literacy Act Update - Robin Germanos, Jason Chandler]

SWANSON. I HAVE ACTUALLY BOUGHT DR.

ALEXIS SWANSON WITH ME THIS EVENING.

GLAD TO SEE YOU HERE, HE'S.

HE IS HERE.

I SEE. GOOD EVENING, BOARD MEMBERS.

DR. PENNY. DR.

MARTIN. DR.

SWANSON AND I WANTED TO COME TONIGHT AND PRESENT TO YOU SOME INFORMATION ABOUT THE VIRGINIA LITERACY ACT.

SO WE ARE GOING TO GET STARTED.

HERE. A HECK OF A LOT.

OKAY, SO AT THE FOUNDATION OF THE VIRGINIA LITERACY ACT, IS THE CONCEPT KNOWN AS THE SCIENCE OF READING.

I'M SURE YOU ALL HAVE HEARD THAT A MILLION TIMES.

AND SO WHEN WE USE THE TERM SCIENCE OF READING, WHAT WE'RE REFERRING TO IS A VAST INNER INTERDISCIPLINARY BODY OF RESEARCH THAT SPANS OVER FIVE DECADES, AND IT INFORMS US ABOUT HOW PROFICIENT READERS AND WRITERS ARE DEVELOPED.

THERE ARE FIVE COMPONENTS TO THE SCIENCE OF READING THAT EMERGED FROM THE RESEARCH.

AND THE KEY PIECE THAT I WANT YOU TO KEEP IN MIND HERE IS THAT OUR TEACHERS ARE VERY FAMILIAR WITH THESE COMPONENTS.

SO WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH THE SCIENCE OF READING THROUGH THE VIRGINIA LITERACY ACT IS MORE OF A FOCUS ON HOW WE APPROACH OR INSTRUCT.

AND THE RESEARCH IS SHOWING US THAT WE NEED TO BE MORE EXPLICIT AND SYSTEMATIC IN THE WAY THAT WE ORDER AND DEVELOP OUR STUDENTS INTO BETTER READERS. SO THE PURPOSE OF THE LEGISLATION IS TO ADDRESS THE CURRENT LITERACY TRENDS AS WELL AS LEARNING LOSS.

THAT WAS A RESULT OF THE PANDEMIC.

AND WE KNOW IN ORDER TO REVERSE THE TRENDS, WE HAVE TO INCREASE THE SUPPORT THAT WE PROVIDE FOR OUR MOST VULNERABLE READERS BY PROVIDING OUR TEACHERS WITH EVIDENCE BASED STRATEGIES AND CURRICULUM.

AND OUR GOAL HERE IS THAT OUR STUDENTS K THROUGH FIVE READ AT BENCHMARK.

SO THERE ARE SOME KEY COMPONENTS TO THE VIRGINIA LITERACY ACT THAT THE GOVERNOR SIGNED INTO LAW.

THE BIG ONE FOR US IS THAT ALL CORE CURRICULAR, SUPPLEMENTAL MATERIAL AND INTERVENTION MATERIALS HAVE TO BE APPROVED BY THE VDO.

SO THIS WILL REQUIRE ALL DIVISIONS TO USE A CORE CURRICULUM AND SUPPLEMENTAL RESOURCES FROM THE APPROVED LIST FROM THE VIDEO.

IT ALSO REQUIRES ALL SCHOOL DIVISIONS TO HAVE A RATIO OF 1 TO 550IN STUDENTS K THROUGH FIVE.

A READING SPECIALIST AND ONE READING SPECIALIST FOR GRADES SIX THROUGH EIGHT.

A RATIO OF 1100 TO 1.

IT ALSO REQUIRES PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT IN THE VIRGINIA LITERACY ACT AND THE SCIENCE OF READING FOR ALL READING SPECIALISTS, TEACHERS, AND ADMINISTRATORS.

IT WILL ALSO REQUIRE THAT STUDENTS WHO FAIL THE NEW VIRGINIA LITERACY AND LANGUAGE LITERACY SCREENER TO CREATE A LITERACY PLAN FOR

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IT WILL ALSO REQUIRE THAT WE PARTNER WITH FAMILIES IN THOSE LITERACY PLANS, TO HAVE THE FAMILIES INPUT INTO HOW THOSE RESOURCES ARE GOING TO BE USED TO HELP STUDENTS INCREASE THEIR READING ABILITY.

AND THE VIRGINIA LITERACY ACT ALSO REQUIRED HIGHER ED RE LICENSURE AND PARTICIPATION IN EDUCATION PROGRAMS FOR TEACHERS WHO ARE GOING INTO THE FIELD NOW.

FORMERLY OUR PAL SCREENER, IS WHAT WE USE TO IDENTIFY STUDENTS WHO ARE NOT ON TRACK TO READ BY THE END OF GRADE THREE.

THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA IS WORKING WITH THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE AND THE VDO TO CREATE A NEW VIRGINIA LITERACY.

THE NEW VIRGINIA LITERACY SCREENER WILL BE ADMINISTERED TO STUDENTS IN GRADES K THROUGH THREE THREE TIMES A YEAR.

THE NEW LITERACY SCREENER WILL ALLOW US TO CHART GROWTH WHERE THE CURRENT SCREENER DOES NOT.

STATEWIDE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT HAS ALREADY STARTED TO OCCUR.

THEY HAVE HAD A TWO DAY TRAINING FOR READING SPECIALISTS FOR THE DIVISION.

WE WERE ALLOWED TO SEND SEVEN AND THEY ARE CURRENTLY SCHEDULING MORE FOR ADDITIONAL READING SPECIALIST AND ALSO FOR ADMINISTRATORS AND DIVISION WIDE STAFF.

THEY PARTICIPATED IN THESE TWO DAY INSTITUTES AND THEY ARE ALSO CURRENTLY TAKING AN ONLINE CLASS THROUGH CANVAS.

THIS IS THE VALUE PACKAGE THAT'S ALSO BEEN PUT OUT BY THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA.

IT STANDS FOR THE VIRGINIA ASSESSMENT FOR LITERACY, UPDATED AND EXPANDED.

AND SO OUR READING SPECIALISTS ARE CURRENTLY WORKING WITH OUR TEACHERS DURING THEIR PLANNING, JUST DOING BITS AND PIECES OF IT SO THAT WE CAN BEGIN TO HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS WITH OUR TEACHERS ABOUT WHAT THIS WILL MEAN FOR CLASSROOM INSTRUCTION AND THOSE MODULES.

AND THE INFORMATION IS LISTED THERE, AND IT'S FREE FOR ANYONE THAT WANTS TO GO ONLINE AND TAKE A LOOK AT THAT.

THESE ARE SOME ADDITIONAL MODULES THAT THEY ARE WORKING ON NOW.

THEY ARE ALSO GOING TO WORK ON A VALUE SERIES FOR ADMINISTRATORS.

SO WHAT ARE OUR NEXT STEPS? WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE THE TRAINING WITH OUR TEACHERS AND OUR READING SPECIALIST.

WE ARE COLLABORATING, DR.

SWANSON AND I, WITH OUR REGION LITERACY COACH THAT WAS SUPPLIED TO US FROM THE VDO.

WE ARE CURRENTLY WORKING ON A TEXTBOOK ADOPTION COMMITTEE THAT WILL LOOK AT DIFFERENT CORE CURRICULUMS THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN APPROVED BY THE STATE.

WE ARE REVISING OUR LITERACY PLAN BECAUSE WE HAVE TO DO FULL IMPLEMENTATION IN THE SCHOOL YEAR 20 2425.

OKAY. ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

NEXT WEEK WHEN THIS GROUP GOES TO VSBA FOR TRAINING, THEY WILL HEAR A LOT ABOUT THE VIRGINIA LITERACY ACT AND WE APPRECIATE YOU SHARING THAT INFORMATION WITH US. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. VERY GOOD.

THANK YOU. LET'S SEE.

DR. MARTIN MRS BARNES.

[3. Budget Revisions and ALL-In Tutoring Plan]

I'VE HEARD THAT MENTIONED A COUPLE OF TIMES.

SO LET'S SEE WHAT'S GOING ON.

YES. THIS IS SOMETHING WE WORKED ON DURING A WORK SESSION.

WE HAVE SHARED WITH OUR BOARD WITH THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, BUT WE HAVE ALSO ASKED OUR PRINCIPALS TO SHARE IT, AND WE WANTED TO DO IT AGAIN THIS EVENING TO BE SURE THAT WE'VE SHARED IT WITH AS MANY PEOPLE AS WE CAN.

SO THANK YOU, LADIES.

THANK YOU.

WELL, GOOD EVENING, CHAIRMAN SMITH, OTHER BOARD MEMBERS, AND DR.

PENTICOFF. SO AS YOU'RE AWARE, THE THE IN SEPTEMBER I'M SORRY THE VIRGINIA PASSED ITS FISCAL YEAR 24 BUDGET.

AND WHAT THIS MEANS TO PRINCE GEORGE SCHOOLS IS THAT WE ARE TO RECEIVE AN INCREASE OF FUNDING FOR THIS CURRENT FISCAL YEAR IN THE AMOUNT OF $3,736,258. SO WHAT MAKES UP THIS FIGURE IS RECURRING FUNDING OF A 2% SALARY COMPENSATION SUPPLEMENT.

AS A RESULT OF A STUDY THAT WAS PUBLISHED THIS PAST SUMMER, THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY PROPOSED TO RESTORE A FEW OF THE SUPPORT STAFF POSITIONS AND THE DIVISION HAS BEEN ALLOCATED FOR THOSE POSITIONS.

THEN, IN ONE TIME, FUNDING FOR THE ALL IN FLEXIBLE SPENDING PLAN, IF NOT ALL, IS SPENT.

OF THIS 2,482,676, THE FUNDING IS REQUIRED BY VIRGINIA CODE TO BE RE APPROPRIATED TO THE SCHOOL DIVISION IN FISCAL YEAR 25.

SO THAT WE MAY RECEIVE THE FUNDING FOR THE COMPENSATION SUPPLEMENT.

WE HAVE TO INCREASE OUR SALARIES.

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SO WE'VE GIVEN THE TEACHERS 13% AND THE SUPPORT STAFF 10% OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS.

SO WE PLAN TO USE THE FUNDING FOR AN ADDITIONAL 2% TO SUPPORT STAFF.

EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1ST OF 2024.

AND THIS ACHIEVES THE 12% OVER THE TWO YEAR PERIOD, AS RECALLED, YOU KNOW, AS WE.

AS. I'M SORRY.

AS REQUIRED BY THE BUDGET CODE.

SO DURING THE SUMMER, AS I MENTIONED, THE JAY LARK STUDY WAS PUBLISHED THAT REMINDED LAWMAKERS THAT DURING THE RECESSION BEGINNING IN 2009, FUNDING WAS CUT FOR MANY OF THE SUPPORT STAFF POSITIONS THAT FELL UNDER THE STANDARDS OF QUALITY, AND THOSE POSITIONS ARE CRUCIAL FOR THE EFFECTIVE OPERATION OF SCHOOL DIVISIONS.

AS A RESULT OF THIS STUDY, THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY PROPOSED TO RESTORE A FEW OF OUR POSITIONS AND FOR PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS.

THIS PROVIDED FUNDING FOR 24 OF OUR CURRENT POSITIONS.

THEREFORE, IT COVERS 144 OF THOSE POSITIONS WHERE BEFORE IT COVERED 120 OF THOSE POSITIONS.

SO THIS IS OUR PROPOSED SOLUTION TO USE ON THE ONGOING STATE FUNDING.

AND AS YOU'RE AWARE, IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THE 5% INCREASE FOR ALL STAFF IN FISCAL 24 DURING THE BUDGET DEVELOPMENT, WE NEEDED TO BORROW FUNDING FROM THE COUNTY CIP THAT COVERS THE COST OF THE FOUR BUSSES ON OUR BUS REPLACEMENT SCHEDULE, WITH THE PROMISE TO REPAY THE FUND WHEN THE STATE FINALIZED ITS BUDGET. SO ALSO DURING THE FISCAL YEAR 24 BUDGET PREPARATION, WE USED MORE THAN 700,000 OF THE CONTINGENCY LINE TO COVER THE 5% SALARY INCREASE. BUT IN FISCAL 23, WE USED FUNDING FROM THAT LINE TO COVER FUEL, HEATING AND ELECTRICAL BILLS THAT WERE EXTRAORDINARILY HIGHER THAN EXPECTED, JUST AS MANY OF US HAVE AT HOME AND IN OUR BUSINESSES.

SO ALSO, AFTER WE SUBMITTED OUR BUDGET TO THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, OUR BUDGET WAS APPROVED ON A CATEGORICAL APPROPRIATION, WHICH MEANT THAT WE WOULD NOT HAVE THE ABILITY OR FLEXIBILITY TO BE ABLE TO MOVE FUNDING WHERE WE MIGHT NEED IT WITHOUT RECEIVING APPROVAL FROM THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.

SO IN ORDER TO PROVIDE THE SALARY INCREASE AND TO COVER OUR UTILITIES, WHICH THESE ARE THINGS THAT MUST BE COVERED AND PAID, WE TOOK FUNDING FROM OUR SUPPLY LINES AND OUR SERVICE LINES TO COVER THOSE AREAS.

AND SO WE'RE ASKING TO RETURN THOSE THE MAJORITY OF THE BUDGET BACK TO THOSE LINES AND OF OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE AND PUPIL TRANSPORTATION.

AND THEN THIS IS THE COST OF THE 2% INCREASE FOR THE SUPPORT STAFF, EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1ST.

SO DR. MARTIN WILL DISCUSS THE PLAN FOR THE ALL IN SPENDING ONE TIME FUNDING.

THANK YOU, MISS BARNES.

AND AS WE BEGIN DISCUSSING THIS OTHER POT OF MONEY, WE HAVE TO UNDERSTAND A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HOW THIS MONEY IS BROKEN DOWN.

AND WE DID SUBMIT A STATE SPENDING PLAN TO REQUEST THESE FUNDS.

AND THAT SPENDING PLAN HAD TO BE APPROVED BY THE STATE PRIOR TO US MOVING FORWARD.

AND THOSE FUNDS WERE CATEGORIZED INTO FOUR DIFFERENT CATEGORIES.

CATEGORY ONE WAS FOR SPECIFICALLY FOR TUTORING AND LEARNING ACCELERATION.

FOR GRADES THREE THROUGH EIGHT, IT WAS RECOMMENDED THAT WE CATEGORIZE APPROXIMATELY 70% OF THE FUNDS IN THAT CATEGORY.

THE SECOND ONE WAS PREPARATION AND IMPLEMENTATION OF THE VIRGINIA LITERACY ACT, AND THAT RECOMMENDATION WAS APPROXIMATELY 20% OF FUNDS.

CATEGORY THREE STUDENT ATTENDANCE RECOVERY WAS 10%, AND THEN ANY OTHER EXPENDITURES UNDER OPERATING AND INFRASTRUCTURE SUPPORT NEEDED TO BE IN THAT CATEGORY. FOUR SO FOR OUR SPENDING FLEXIBLE SPENDING PLAN THAT HAS BEEN APPROVED BY THE STATE, WE STARTED REALLY WITH THAT ALL IN TUTORING, WHICH THE GOVERNOR HAS ASKED US TO REALLY FOCUS IN ON GRADE THREE THROUGH EIGHT MATH AND ENGLISH, AS WELL AS THE VIRGINIA LITERACY ACT AND SUPPORTING ATTENDANCE FOR ALL STUDENTS FOR ALL IN TUTORING.

WE HAVE DEVELOPED A PLAN TO SUPPORT STUDENTS AT ALL OF OUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS, MORE MIDDLE SCHOOL AND CLEMENTS, AS WELL AS SOME ADDITIONAL SUPPORTS AT THE HIGH SCHOOL TO PROVIDE BEFORE AFTER SCHOOL TUTORING OPTIONS, AS WELL AS SOME DURING THE DAY OPTIONS FOR STUDENTS SO THAT WE CAN REACH ALL STUDENTS THAT ARE ELIGIBLE FOR THE TUTORING.

AND REALLY, OUR GOAL IS TO FULFILL SOME OF THE LEARNING LOSS AND GAPS THAT MAY HAVE TAKEN PLACE OVER THE COURSE OF THE PANDEMIC, AND GO BACK AND MAKE SURE THAT STUDENTS ARE CAUGHT UP TO GRADE LEVEL AND MOVE THEM FORWARD AND ACCELERATE THEM INTO WHERE

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SO OUR PROCESS FOR LOOKING AT THE TUTORING PLAN IS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT FOR EACH AND EVERY SCHOOL, BUT ULTIMATELY, OUR STUDENTS WILL HAVE OPPORTUNITIES IN MULTIPLE TIME PERIODS, LOCATIONS THROUGH SMALL GROUP AND INTENSIVE TUTORING OPPORTUNITIES IN MATH AND ENGLISH.

OUR GOVERNOR AND OUR VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION HAS PROVIDED GUIDELINES ON IDENTIFYING STUDENTS THAT ARE AT RISK FOR POSSIBLY NOT CONTINUING TO MAKE THE PROGRESS THAT THEY HAVE MADE IN THE PAST, BUT WE ARE USING THAT AS A GUIDELINE AND REALLY GOING TO OFFER THE TUTORING PROGRAM TO ALL STUDENTS IN NEED, AND WE HAVE THAT INFORMATION AVAILABLE TO FAMILIES.

IF THEY'D LIKE TO TAKE A LOOK AND SEE WHETHER THEIR CHILD MIGHT BE IDENTIFIED AS AN AT RISK STUDENT OR NOT.

BUT OUR THE CURRENT PROGRAM IDENTIFIES STUDENTS THAT MAY HAVE A LOWER PROFICIENT SCORE THAN TRADITIONALLY WAS SEEN AS PASSING.

SO A LOW PROFICIENT PASS.

THAT MIGHT BE CONSIDERED AT RISK FOR FUTURE, POSSIBLY NOT PASSING.

SO WE'RE LOOKING TO TUTOR THOSE STUDENTS AS WELL.

OUR PAY RATE FOR TUTORS IS $35 AN HOUR, AND WE ARE PROVIDING THAT FOR ANY TIME THAT TUTORING OCCURS OUTSIDE OF THE WORK HOURS OR REGULARLY SCHEDULED WORKDAY FOR TEACHERS, OR IF THEY ARE DOING THAT DURING THEIR OR INSTEAD OF THEIR PLANNING TIME.

WE ARE ALSO PROVIDING EACH SCHOOL WITH TWO ADDITIONAL BUILDING BASED SUBSTITUTES USING THESE FUNDS, AND PAID TRAINING TIME FOR TUTORS ON SOME NEW SOFTWARE THAT THEY WILL BE RECEIVING.

WE WILL ALSO USE FUNDS TO ENHANCE SUMMER ACADEMIC PROGRAMS AND ENSURE THAT STUDENTS AND STAFF HAVE ENOUGH FUNDS TO BE ASSURED THAT WE CAN BRING IN ENOUGH STUDENTS TO MAKE THAT A VERY ENRICHING PROGRAM OVER THE SUMMER.

AND THEN WE ARE PAYING A $2,000 STIPEND FOR EACH SCHOOL TO HAVE ONE PERSON TO COORDINATE ALL OF THESE PROGRAMS FOR THEIR SCHOOL. AS YOU JUST HEARD ABOUT THE VIRGINIA LITERACY ACT, THERE IS A LOT OF TRAINING, NEW RESOURCES THAT ARE COMING ALONG WITH VLA.

AND BECAUSE OF THAT, THE STATE HAS ASKED US TO SET ASIDE SOME OF THIS FUND FUNDING TO SUPPORT THE PURCHASING OF NEW MATERIALS.

AND SO FOR PART OF THIS, THESE FUNDS, WE HAVE REQUESTED AND SET ASIDE CORE CURRICULAR MATERIALS FUNDING THAT WILL BE ALIGNED TO THE VIRGINIA LITERACY ACT AND THAT WILL SUPPLEMENT THE FUNDING THAT WE HAVE ALREADY IN OUR TEXTBOOK AND MATERIALS FUND, AND ALSO SOME FUNDS FOR SUPPLEMENTAL INTERVENTION MATERIALS, WHICH PREVIOUSLY DID NOT HAVE TO BE APPROVED ON A STATE LIST, BUT NOW WILL HAVE TO BE ALIGNED TO THAT STATE LIST.

SO WE WILL POSSIBLY HAVE TO PURCHASE NEW INTERVENTION MATERIALS FOR OUR SCHOOLS TO HAVE ON HAND.

AND THEN IN ORDER TO PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR TEACHERS TO COME IN AND RECEIVE TRAINING ON THOSE NEW MATERIALS.

WE HAVE A SUPPLEMENT, A STIPEND SET ASIDE FOR THEM TO RECEIVE THAT TRAINING OVER THE SUMMER.

AND AS WE ALL KNOW, IF STUDENTS ARE NOT IN SEATS IN THE CLASSROOM, WE CANNOT PROVIDE THEM WITH GOOD INSTRUCTION.

AND SO ATTENDANCE IS ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT WE ARE WORKING VERY HARD, AND OUR SCHOOL DIVISION IS WANTING EVERYONE TO BE HERE.

PG SO IF WE CAN REMEMBER TO REMIND EVERYONE, BE HERE.

PG SO THAT WE CAN PROVIDE THE GREAT INSTRUCTION THAT WE KNOW IS IS WHAT WORKS.

BUT CHRONIC ABSENTEEISM IS DEFINED AS MISSING 10% OR MORE OF THE ACADEMIC YEAR.

TRUANCY IS DIFFERENT THAN THAT.

THAT'S WHEN WE DON'T KNOW THAT OUR STUDENTS ARE ABSENT AND WHY THEY'RE NOT ABSENT.

BECAUSE OUR FAMILIES ARE NOT COMMUNICATING.

SO WE ARE GOING TO WORK ON THAT A LITTLE BIT THROUGH THESE FUNDS, BY HIRING AN ATTENDANCE OFFICER, ORDERING SOME PROMOTIONAL PROMOTIONAL MATERIALS, AND IDENTIFYING A CONNECTION COACH AT EVERY SCHOOL TO HELP TAKE ON SOME OF THE WORK, TO ENGAGE WITH FAMILIES AND STUDENTS AT THE GROUND LEVEL AND WITH WITH SCHOOLS AND STUDENTS RIGHT THERE IN THEIR SCHOOLS.

SO AS PART OF THE ALL IN PLAN FOR THE ONE TIME EXPENDITURES, BECAUSE WE WERE GIVING A 2% INCREASE TO OUR SUPPORT STAFF, WE DIDN'T WANT TO FORGET OUR TEACHERS. SO WE'RE PROVIDING, WITH THIS FUNDING, A $1,000 FOR EACH OF EACH OF THE EMPLOYEES THAT ARE PAID UNDER THE TEACHERS

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THESE ARE EMPLOYEES THAT ARE SCHEDULED REGULARLY, AND SO THE PROPOSED EXPENDITURES OR COSTS FOR ALL OF THOSE IS $712 AND $164, I'M SORRY, $712,164.

YOU GUYS KNEW WHAT I MEANT? SURE. AND THEN LOOKING AT THIS THE ALL IN PLAN AS AS REQUIRED.

THE TUTORING LEARNING ACCELERATION FOR GRADES 3 TO 8 IS 78.98% OF THE PLAN.

PREPARATION AND IMPLEMENTATION OF THE VIRGINIA LITERACY ACT IS 17.57% OF THE PLAN.

THE STUDENT ATTENDANCE RECOVERY IS 3.46% OF THE PLAN, AND THAT EQUATES TO $2,482,676.

SO THIS IS THIS IS A RECAP OF THE STATE BUDGET THAT VERY FIRST, IT'S JUST TO REMIND YOU THAT THAT YES, WE'RE RECEIVING THIS FUNDING AND THE ONGOING SUPPORT IS FOR THE 2% COMPENSATION SUPPLEMENT FOR SUPPORT STAFF.

AND THEN WE'VE ALSO GOT THE INCREASE OF THE STANDARDS OF QUALITY SUPPORT POSITION, THOSE 24 ADDITIONAL POSITIONS.

SO AND THEN WE'VE GOT THE ONE TIME FUNDING IN THE ALL IN SPENDING PLAN.

AND THAT'S A 2,000,482 676.

SO OUR TOTAL NEW REVENUE FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR IS $3,736,258.

THIS IS ALSO A RECAP.

JUST A REMINDER, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, IT'S BEEN A FEW SLIDES SINCE SINCE WE FIRST MENTIONED THIS TO YOU, BUT WE'RE RETURNING THE SCHOOL BUS FUNDING THAT WE BORROWED FROM THE COUNTY.

WE ARE RESTORING THE SUPPLY LINES TO OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE AND A PUPIL TRANSPORTATION.

AND THEN WE'RE GIVING THE 2% INCREASE TO THE SUPPORT STAFF.

THAT'S EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1ST.

NOW, THE ACTUAL COST IS ONLY ABOUT A 1% INCREASE BECAUSE JANUARY 1ST IS MIDWAY THROUGH THE YEAR.

SO BUT OUR EMPLOYEES WILL SEE A 2% INCREASE AS OF THEIR FIRST PAY IN JANUARY.

THEN LOOKING AT THE BONUSES THAT WE JUST SPOKE ABOUT THIS, IT HAS TO BE APPROVED BY THE SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATION.

IT HAS TO BE APPROVED BY THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, AND IF SO, THEN THESE ONE TIME, THESE ONE TIME PAYMENTS WILL BE PAID TO OUR EMPLOYEES ON FEBRUARY THE 20TH OF 24, FEBRUARY 10TH.

I'M SORRY, I DID SAY FEBRUARY 10TH.

YES. THANK YOU.

SO THIS ACTUALLY.

THIS IS THIS COMPARES OUR REVENUE.

AND YOU'LL NOTE THAT IT DOES NOT INCLUDE THAT FOR THE ROLL PURCHASE ORDERS, AS THAT WOULD HAVE SKEWED THE THE COMPARISON.

PLUS MOST OF THAT WAS TRANSFERRED TO THE COUNTY $2.1 MILLION.

BUT YOU CAN SEE THAT THERE IS AN INCREASE OF STATE FUNDING AT 6.96% AND A DECREASE IN THE COUNTY FUNDING OF 2.81%.

THEN IN THIS.

SO WHEN YOU WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE OPERATING REGULAR FUND, THE REVENUE EQUALS 81,000,007 500.

SORRY, $81,579,970.

SO IF YOU LOOK AT IT BY SOURCE, YOU CAN SEE THAT THE STATE CAN CONTRIBUTE 71% OF OUR REVENUE AND THE COUNTY CONTRIBUTES 23% OF OUR REVENUE.

SO THEN LOOKING AT THE EXPENDITURES, THIS IS THIS IS WHERE THE THE ALL IN SPENDING PLAN COMES INTO PLAY.

SO THE MAJORITY IS IN INSTRUCTION AS YOU WOULD EXPECT.

AND THAT WILL COVER THE ALL IN SPENDING PLAN.

PLUS IT COVERS THERE ARE SUPPORT STAFF MEMBERS THAT ARE IN INSTRUCTION AS WELL.

SO IT COVERS BONUS AND IT COVERS BONUSES AND IT COVERS THE SALARY INCREASE.

SO AN ADMINISTRATION ATTENDANCE AND HEALTH THAT WILL COVER THE NEW ATTENDANCE POSITION.

PLUS IT COVERS NURSES AND OUR PSYCHOLOGISTS.

THEY ALL FALL UNDER THIS.

AND SO THEY WILL RECEIVE THEIR INCREASES.

THAT SHOWS IN THIS AS WELL AS THE BONUSES.

AND THEN UNDER PUPIL TRANSPORTATION.

THAT IS THE INCREASE FOR OUR LINES.

PLUS IT PAYS FOR THE BUS DRIVERS, THEIR INCREASES BECAUSE THEIR SUPPORT STAFF, PLUS ALL THE MECHANICS WHO TAKE CARE OF OUR BUSSES AS WELL AS THE CLERICAL PEOPLE AND WHO MAINTAIN IT AND KEEP KEEP THE THE CONVERSATIONS, SO TO SPEAK, FLOWING BETWEEN OUR BUS

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AND THEN WE'VE GOT THE THE OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE THAT'S INCREASED BECAUSE OF THE SUPPLY LINES AS WELL.

PLUS SUPPORT STAFF MEMBERS FALL UNDER THAT AS WELL.

CUSTODIANS OR SUPPORT STAFF MEMBERS, ALSO THE MECHANICS AND MAINTENANCE WORKERS, THEY'RE ALL UNDER THAT AS WELL.

THEN WHEN YOU LOOK AT TECHNOLOGY, THIS THESE ARE THE TECHNOLOGY PEOPLE WHO ARE IN THE SCHOOLS WORKING WITH THE TEACHERS ON OUR CURRENT TECHNOLOGY AND EQUIPMENT AND SOFTWARE.

PLUS IT DOES COVER WHAT FALLS UNDER THE TECHNOLOGY IS THE HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE.

SO THIS IS BASICALLY JUST THEIR SUPPORT STAFF INCREASE AS WELL AS THE BONUSES.

SO ONCE AGAIN, THIS IS JUST A GRAPHICAL VERSION OF THE BREAKDOWN OF OUR EXPENDITURES.

SO AS YOU WOULD EXPECT, 71% DOES LIE IN INSTRUCTION.

THAT'S OUR THAT'S OUR MAIN THAT'S OUR MAIN GAME.

SO IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT THAT'S WHERE THE MAJORITY OF OUR FUNDING LIES.

SO OUR NEXT STEPS ARE TO.

WE HAVE REQUESTED A SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATION FROM THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.

AND BUT BECAUSE THIS IS MORE THAN 1% OF THEIR BUDGET, THE TOTAL BUDGET, WE HAVE TO HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING.

AND THAT PUBLIC HEARING WILL BE HELD ON NOVEMBER THE 15TH.

OUR ALL IN FLEXIBLE SPENDING PLAN.

THANKS TO DOCTOR MARTIN, DOCTOR PENTICOFF AND OUR INSTRUCTIONAL STAFF HAS ALREADY BEEN APPROVED BY THE VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION.

AND THAT WAS ON OCTOBER THE 18TH.

SO THANK YOU.

OPEN FOR ANY QUESTIONS IF YOU HAVE.

GOOD JOB. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. NOVEMBER 15TH.

RIGHT? OKAY.

ALL RIGHT, SO, MISS KIRK, WE'RE READY FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.

[F. PUBLIC COMMENT]

THE FULL INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND ON THE BACK OF THE PUBLIC COMMENT FORM AND ALSO ATTACHED TO THE THE AGENDA, BUT THE GUIDELINES FOR CITIZEN PARTICIPATION.

SPEAKERS SHOULD STATE THEIR FULL LEGAL NAME AND ADDRESS PRIOR TO ADDRESSING THE SCHOOL BOARD.

SPEAKERS WILL NOT BE PERMITTED TO ADDRESS OR QUESTION STAFF MEMBERS DIRECTLY.

QUESTIONS SHOULD BE DIRECTED TO THE CHAIRPERSON WHO MAY, AT HIS DISCRETION, SOLICIT A RESPONSE.

SPEAKERS MUST SUPPLY THE CLERK WHEN SCHEDULING AN APPEARANCE WITH A DESCRIPTION OF THEIR TOPIC, AND MUST CONFINE THEIR COMMENTS TO THAT SUBJECT ONLY.

SPEAKERS APPEARING BEFORE THE BOARD WILL NOT BE ALLOWED TO CAMPAIGN FOR PUBLIC OFFICE, PROMOTE PRIVATE BUSINESS VENTURES, ENGAGE IN PERSONAL ATTACKS ON ANYONE, OR USE PROFANITY OR VULGAR LANGUAGE.

APPLAUSE IS PERMITTED DURING THE AWARDS AND PRESENTATIONS PERIOD.

ONLY CITIZENS MAY EXPRESS THEIR VIEWS IN WRITING IN LIEU OF ANY ORAL PRESENTATION AND HEARING IMPAIRED.

HEARING IMPAIRED PERSONS MAY CONTACT THE BOARD CLERK IN ADVANCE TO MAKE ARRANGEMENTS FOR AN INTERPRETER, AND AGAIN, THESE GUIDELINES ARE LISTED ON THE AGENDA AND THE PUBLIC COMMENT FORM.

I DO HAVE.

THE FIRST PERSON THAT I HAVE TO SPEAK IS SAMUEL GENSLER.

SAMUEL GENSLER.

SAMUEL GENSLER, 15856 WOODCLIFF LANE, DISPUTANTA, MA.

TONIGHT I STAND HERE ON BEHALF OF THE PRINCE GEORGE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION AS THE SENATOR FOR THE SENIOR CLASS.

MAY 6TH, 2024.

THIS FUTURE DATE MAY SEEM FAR AWAY, HOWEVER, FOR STUDENTS ENROLLED IN THE ADVANCED PLACEMENT GOVERNMENT CLASS AT THE HIGH SCHOOL AND WORLDWIDE, THIS DATE IS RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER. ON MAY 6TH, 2024 AT 8 A.M., THOUSANDS OF STUDENTS WILL BE SITTING IN FRONT OF AN EXAM PACKET AS THEY PREPARE TO TAKE THE AP GOVERNMENT EXAM, WHICH THESE STUDENTS PAID $100 OUT OF THEIR OWN POCKETS FOR EVERY MINUTE IN A RIGOROUS ADVANCED PLACEMENT CLASS, IS CRITICAL FOR PREPARING STUDENTS FOR THE EXAM IN MAY. MANY AP TEACHERS WILL NOT TAKE DAYS OFF DURING THE SCHOOL YEAR BECAUSE THEY WANT TO ALLOW STUDENTS TO PERFORM AT THEIR BEST IN MAY, TAKING A TEACHER FROM AN AP CLASS FOR EVEN ONE CLASS BLOCK CAN HAVE MASSIVE CONSEQUENCES FOR THE STUDENTS.

THE STUDENTS FAIL TO GAIN THE KNOWLEDGE THAT THEY NEED AND THE SKILLS AND PRACTICES SKILLS NEEDED FOR THE EXAM.

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YOU HAVE DECIDED THAT PLAYING POLITICS IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN THE EDUCATION OF STUDENTS.

BUT I GUESS IT'S NOT POLITICS IF YOU'RE JUST FOLLOWING PROCEDURE, BUT ONLY WHEN IT BENEFITS YOU, RIGHT? THE SAME STUDENTS WHO ARE GOING TO BE VOTING TOMORROW AND IN THE COMING YEARS SEE THIS.

YOU HAVE DECIDED IT IS BEST TO WASTE A PRECIOUS TIME AND MONEY OF STUDENTS TO MAKE AN EXAMPLE OUT OF A DEDICATED, CARING TEACHER.

IT IS OBVIOUS THAT THIS GROUP DOES NOT CARE ABOUT THE EDUCATION OF STUDENTS, BUT IT EXTENDS PAST EDUCATION AS WELL AS STUDENT SAFETY.

FROM CONSISTENT FIGHTING AT MR CLEMENTS JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL, WHICH THIS GROUP FAILS TO DEAL WITH WITH DISCIPLINARY ISSUES TO AN EXCESSIVE VAPING ISSUE AT THE HIGH SCHOOL.

ALONG WITH CHEATING, THERE HAS BEEN THERE IS ALSO THE ISSUE OF HAZING AND PHYSICAL ABUSE ON THE FOOTBALL TEAM, WHICH I HAVE SEEN AND EXPERIENCED FIRSTHAND, SO YOU CANNOT SAY THAT IT DOES NOT EXIST WHEN I HAVE HAVE PERSONALLY EXPERIENCED IT WITH ALL THESE ISSUES AND MANY, MANY MORE.

NO WONDER YOU HAVE NO PROBLEM ROBBING STUDENTS OF THEIR EDUCATION, MONEY AND TIME.

I GUESS WE HAVE MORE IMPORTANT THINGS TO WORRY ABOUT.

MAYBE LIKE A FOOTBALL FIELD.

JUST A MINUTE, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.

WE ARE ALL DISTURBED ABOUT THE TEACHER AND THE STUDENT CONFLICT THAT HAS RECENTLY OCCURRED.

WITHOUT A DOUBT, I AM A PAST TEACHER AND IT JUST INFURIATES ME TO SEE TEACHER AND KIDS CONFLICT TOGETHER AND NOT BE ABLE TO DO MUCH ABOUT IT.

YOU HAVE HEARD EARLIER TONIGHT THE OUTPUT, THE RATIONALE AND THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT HAVE BEEN ADOPTED BY THE BOARD TONIGHT REGARDING A PARTICULAR TEACHER.

I'M ASKED DR. PENNYCOOK IF SHE WILL HAVE A HANDY TO READ THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS.

AGAIN, I WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU UNDERSTAND WHERE WE ARE.

WE ALL OF OUR TEACHERS ARE EXTREMELY IMPORTANT TO US.

BUT OUR STUDENTS ARE EXTREMELY IMPORTANT TO US TO.

WE HAVE. WE HAVE TO FIND A BALANCE SOMEWHERE.

NO, I DON'T, I DON'T AGREE.

I'M TALKING ABOUT ME NOW.

I'M NOT TALKING FOR THE BOARD.

I DO NOT AGREE THAT THE KIDS SHOULD GET AWAY AND HARASS THEIR TEACHERS, OR BEAT ON THEIR TEACHERS, OR BITE THEIR TEACHERS, OR KICK THEM IN THE SHINS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.

THAT IS JUST TOTALLY DISRESPECTFUL.

YOU GOT TO KIND OF WONDER WHERE THEY LEARN THAT KIND OF STUFF FROM.

I DON'T THINK OUR TEACHERS TAUGHT THEM TO IT.

SO IF YOU WOULD, DR.

PENTICOFF, WOULD YOU READ THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS AGAIN THAT WE ADOPTED? THANK YOU. WHILE WE CANNOT COMMENT ON SPECIFIC PERSONNEL MATTERS, I CAN COMMENT ON THE PROCESS WHEN THERE IS AN INVESTIGATION REGARDING STAFF THAT REQUIRES A PERSON TO BE PLACED ON ADMINISTRATIVE LEAVE.

THE PERSON IS PAID WHILE THEY ARE OUT.

DECISIONS ON CHARGES ARE MADE BY THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THE COMMONWEALTH ATTORNEY BASED ON THE EVIDENCE.

WHEN A CHARGE IS MADE, WE MUST WAIT TO SEE WHAT THE CHARGE IS TO DETERMINE IF THE PERSON IS ALLOWED BY LAW TO RETURN TO WORK, AND IF SO, IF THERE ARE CONDITIONS PUT ON THEIR ABILITY TO RETURN.

FOR EXAMPLE, IF A PERSON IS CHARGED WITH ASSAULT, WE MUST WAIT TO SEE WHAT CONDITIONS HAVE BEEN PLACED ON THEM BEFORE WE CAN CONSIDER THEIR POSSIBLE RETURN.

ONCE THE CONDITIONS ARE UNDERSTOOD, RECOMMENDATIONS CAN THEN BE MADE TO THE SCHOOL BOARD.

WE CANNOT SHARE AN INDIVIDUAL'S PERSONNEL INFORMATION, BUT WHAT WE CAN SHARE WITH YOU IS THAT WHEN SOMEONE GOES OUT ON AN INVESTIGATION, WE TRY TO GET IT RESOLVED AS QUICKLY AS WE CAN.

BUT WHEN THERE ARE CHARGES, WE MUST WAIT TO FIND OUT WHAT THE CHARGES ARE AND IF THE PERSON IS ALLOWED TO RETURN.

AND THEN WE'RE ABLE TO MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS AND GET THE PERSON BACK IF WE CAN.

SO IF WE HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO GET THE PERSON BACK, THAT MEANS THAT WE HAVEN'T WORKED THROUGH THAT PROCESS YET.

SO WE HAVE HAD SOME PEOPLE IN THE PAST VERY CONCERNED THAT WE HAVEN'T PUT PEOPLE OUT.

AND SOMETIMES PEOPLE ARE CONCERNED THAT WE DO.

WE FOLLOW THE SAME PROCESS.

IF THERE ARE CHARGES AND AN INVESTIGATION HAS TO BE DONE, WE FOLLOW THAT.

IF WE'RE ABLE TO RETURN THE PERSON, WE DO AS SOON AS WE CAN.

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MS.. KIRK. WHO'S NEXT? RAQUEL THOMPSON.

BEFORE I GET STARTED WITH WHAT I KIND OF HAVE WRITTEN DOWN TO SAY, WHICH IS A BIT, I MEAN, ODDLY MECHANICAL FOR ME, MYSELF, I WANT TO SAY GOOD EVENING.

OBVIOUSLY, I HAD THE PLEASURE OF SEEING YOU ALL LAST SCHOOL BOARD MEETING, BEING RECOGNIZED AS STUDENT OF THE MONTH, WHICH I AM STILL SO GRATEFUL FOR AND APPRECIATIVE OF FOR MR. MCALLISTER.

RAQUEL. YES, GIVE YOUR ADDRESS AND SO FORTH.

OH, I'M SO SORRY.

RAQUEL THOMPSON 5975 THOMPSON WAY, PRINCE GEORGE, VIRGINIA.

THANK YOU, THANK YOU.

UM, I'D LIKE TO START OFF BY FIRST ACKNOWLEDGING THAT I AM HERE AS A PART OF THE OFFICE I WAS ELECTED INTO BY MY PEERS.

I WAS PUT IN THIS POSITION TO BE A VOICE TO THE STUDENTS.

AND SIMILAR TO MOST OF YOU, ENSURE THAT IT IS IN OUR INTEREST THAT IS AT THE FOREFRONT OF DECISIONS.

AND I WOULD BE NEGLIGENT IF I WERE TO NOT ADDRESS THIS MATTER.

THE SITUATION REGARDING MS. WEBB HAS NOT BEEN CONDUCIVE TO OUR ENVIRONMENT IN SEVERAL WAYS.

IT IS DISHEARTENING TO SEE A PASSIONATE EDUCATOR FACED WITH UNFAIR TREATMENT, ESPECIALLY WHEN THEIR COMMITMENT TO OUR STUDENTS HAS BEEN UNWAVERING.

THE WAY THAT THIS HAS BEEN HANDLED URGES ME TO REMIND YOU OF THE RESPECT OUR TEACHERS DESERVE BY VIRTUE OF THE DEDICATION THEY SHOW AND THE FACT OF THEIR HUMANITY.

IT'S DISCOURAGING TO SEE SUCH AN EXODUS OF TEACHERS FROM OUR SYSTEM THIS YEAR, BUT SITUATIONS LIKE THE ONE AT HAND ARE NOTHING SHORT OF REAL LIFE EXAMPLES AS TO WHY THIS IS HAPPENING. IF WE TRULY WANT TO ENGAGE, ENCOURAGE, AND INSPIRE CHILDREN LIKE THE WAY THAT WE SAY WE DO, THERE IS NO EXCUSE NOT TO LEAD BY EXAMPLE.

IT IS NOT IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE COUNTY, ITS EMPLOYEES AND OUR STUDENTS TO PLAY POLITICAL GAMES WITH INTEGRAL MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY.

WE NEED TO KEEP UNITY AND ACTUAL PROGRESS AT THE FOREFRONT OF OUR MINDS.

I URGE YOU TO RECONSIDER THE DECISIONS THAT HAVE LED TO THIS SITUATION, AS IT NOT ONLY AFFECTS THE TEACHERS, BUT ALSO THE QUALITY OF EDUCATION OUR STUDENTS RECEIVE.

AND BACK TO WHAT I SAID LAST MONTH WHEN I WAS HERE, THAT ENCOURAGING ADULTS ARE WHAT ARE GOING TO MAKE OR BREAK OUR SCHOOL ENVIRONMENT.

SO WE ESSENTIALLY NEED TO KEEP THEM FOR AS LONG AS WE CAN.

LIKE I MENTIONED, THE EXODUS OF TEACHERS IS NOT SOMETHING THAT IS SPECIFIC TO PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY.

THAT'S A NATIONWIDE ISSUE, RIGHT? SO WE TRULY NEED TO LOOK AT HOW THESE DECISIONS ARE GOING TO BE AFFECTING US IN THE LONG RUN AND THE LONGEVITY OF LIKE, HOW SUCCESSFUL OUR SCHOOLS HAVE BEEN BECOMING.

THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU.

APRIL. APRIL.

KEIR.

WHAT WAS THE. HELLO.

APRIL HERE.

12815 CENTERVILLE ROAD, DISPUTANTA.

OVER THE LAST TWO WEEKS, THE AP GOVERNMENT CLASS HAS HAD NO QUALIFIED INSTRUCTOR.

THIS IS DUE TO THE REMOVAL OF A HIGHLY QUALIFIED ONE WHO HAS FAITHFULLY SERVED THE PRINCE GEORGE COMMUNITY FOR MANY YEARS.

MY DAUGHTER AND HER FELLOW AP STUDENTS ARE MISSING OUT ON RIGOROUS INSTRUCTION AND RICH CURRICULUM EXPERIENCES DUE TO THE REMOVAL OF MS..

WEBB. WHILE SUBSTITUTES CAN PROVIDE INFORMATION, THEY CANNOT PROVIDE THE LEVEL OF INSTRUCTION THAT IS NEEDED FOR AP CLASSES.

MY DAUGHTER CHOSE TO TAKE AN AP CLASS, AND SHE THOUGHT THAT IT WOULD BENEFIT HER FOR HER COLLEGE YEARS, MAYBE SAVE HER SOME TIME BY HAVING A GOOD AP SCORE, SAVE ME A FEW DOLLARS ON SOME COLLEGE TUITION.

NOT TO MENTION THE FACT THAT I PAID $100 FOR HER TO TAKE THAT TEST NOT THAT LONG AGO.

NOW I FEEL THAT SHE'S MISSING OUT ON THIS OPPORTUNITY.

SHE'S BEING ROBBED OF HAVING A HIGH QUALITY AP INSTRUCTION.

OUR HIGH QUALITY AND HIGH ACHIEVING STUDENTS ALREADY HAVE A LACK OF AP CLASSES AVAILABLE TO THEM, AND YOU'RE CONTINUING TO SHORTCHANGE THEM.

ONE OF OUR SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGISTS SPOKE JUST A BIT AGO ABOUT HOW WE WANT OUR STUDENTS TO FEEL SEEN AND VALUED.

MY DAUGHTER HAS FORMED A STRONG BOND WITH MS..

WEBB AND SHE IS NO TEACHER PLEASER.

SHE IS NOT YOUR TYPICAL TEACHER'S KID.

THAT'S GOING TO JUST GO ALONG WITH THE THINGS THAT YOU HAVE TO SAY.

SHE NEEDS TO KNOW THAT WHAT YOU HAVE TO SAY IS VALUABLE, AND THAT THE WORK SHE IS DOING IS WORTHY OF HER TIME AND HER EFFORTS.

SHE'S NOT JUST GOING TO DO IT BECAUSE IT'S A PAPER PUT IN FRONT OF HER.

SHE WANTS TO KNOW THAT YOU'RE GETTING SOMETHING OUT OF IT, AND SHE DESERVES THAT OPPORTUNITY.

MS.. WEBB IS ONE OF THE ONLY TEACHERS MY DAUGHTER HAS EVER BEEN TRULY ACADEMICALLY CHALLENGED BY.

SHE SEES MS.. WEBB AS A LEADER AND A MENTOR FOR HER.

PLEASE RECOGNIZE THAT MY DAUGHTER AND OTHERS LIKE HER NEED TO FEEL SEEN AND VALUED AS WELL.

[01:00:02]

WHILE I REALIZE THAT YOU'RE WAITING FOR AN INVESTIGATION TO BE COMPLETED IN THE MEANTIME, WHAT IS YOUR PLAN? TO EDUCATE MY CHILD AND HER PEERS AT THEIR NECESSARY LEVEL? OR WILL YOU JUST CONTINUE TO ASSUME THAT AS BRIGHT CHILDREN, THEY'LL BE JUST FINE? CAN YOU TELL HIM? CAME BACK WEDNESDAY.

WE COULD SAY.

GO ON. PEOPLE ARE GOING TO SAY WHAT THEY WANT TO SAY.

THEY'VE COME HERE PREPARED TO SAY, YEAH.

I THINK WE OUGHT TO TAKE IT.

WHO'S NEXT? I HAVE NO OTHER.

NOBODY ELSE THAT HAS SIGNED A FORM.

OKAY. WE CANNOT SHARE PERSONAL INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO A PERSON, BUT THIS SHOULD BE RESOLVED VERY SOON.

I'LL SHARE THAT. THAT'S AS FAR AS WE CAN GO FOR THEIR PRIVATE PERSONAL INFORMATION IS THEIR PRIVATE PERSONNEL INFORMATION, AND WHETHER IT FELL ON ONE SIDE OR THE OTHER KNOW THAT IT'S ALWAYS OUR DESIRE TO HAVE THE TEACHER BACK IN THE ROOM AS FAST AS WE CAN.

RIGHT. WELL.

OKAY. I DIDN'T HEAR IT.

I'LL TELL YOU. SHE'S IN THE PLAN IN THE MEANTIME.

AND KEEP SUBSTITUTE FOR A FEW MORE DAYS.

YOU'RE GOING TO END UP KEEPING A SUBSTITUTE FOR A FEW MORE DAYS, BUT WE ARE WORKING AS DILIGENTLY AS WE CAN TO GET HER BACK.

RIGHT. BUT AN AP QUALIFIED TEACHER, NOT JUST A SUBSTITUTE.

RECOGNIZE THAT IT WAS NOT US WHO NEEDED TO KEEP HER OUT.

BUT IN THE MEANTIME.

IN THE MEANTIME, WHAT IS THE BEST QUALIFIED PERSON WE CAN GET? MOVE ON, HUH? IS THERE ANYONE ELSE THAT HAS PUBLIC COMMENT? DON'T SEE. THAT'S IT.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

PUBLIC COMMENT CONCLUDED.

YES. NOW.

OKAY, LET'S MOVE ALONG.

SCHOOL BOARD. SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER.

[G. SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER COMMENT]

OKAY. THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT. SCHOOL BOARD COMMENTS.

IS ANDREWS. WOULD YOU LIKE TO START? GOOD EVENING. I WANT TO THANK MOORE MIDDLE SCHOOL FOR THEIR PRESENTATION AND THANK THE PSYCHOLOGIST AND HOPE THEY HAVE A GREAT WEEK.

AT LEAST THEY HAVE A SHORT WEEK BECAUSE THEY HAVE OFF FRIDAY.

AND I WANT TO MENTION THE BATTING CAGE THAT WAS BUILT BESIDE THE BASEBALL FIELD IS A WONDERFUL ADDITION TO OUR BASEBALL PROGRAM.

I'M SORRY WE HAD TO LOSE A STUDENT TO GET THE BATTING CAGE, BUT IT WILL BE USED TO HELP OUR BASEBALL PLAYERS NOW AND IN THE FUTURE.

THANK YOU TO THE FAULKNER FAMILY AND ALL WHO DONATED TIME AND MONEY TO GET THIS PROJECT COMPLETED.

I'M ALSO GLAD THAT THE ELECTION IS HERE.

I'VE MET SOME VERY NICE PEOPLE THAT I MIGHT NOT HAVE MET OTHERWISE, AND I'VE TRIED TO RUN A QUIET.

ELECTION. I KNOW MISS GRAHAM IS HERE AND WE'VE BEEN GETTING ALONG JUST FINE.

I HAVE TALKED TO MANY PARENTS AND STAFF ABOUT THEIR CONCERNS AND HAVE TRIED TO RESOLVE THEIR ISSUES WHENEVER POSSIBLE.

STAFF KNOWS THAT I CARE ABOUT THEM.

THE ONES THAT I FORMERLY WORKED WITH, THE ONES WHO HAVE GOTTEN TO KNOW ME SINCE I'VE BEEN ON THE BOARD, KNOW THEY CAN COME TO ME AND I WILL TRY TO HELP THEM WHEN I CAN.

I CAN'T ALWAYS RESOLVE.

NONE OF US CAN ALWAYS RESOLVE ANYTHING BEING ONE PERSON.

THE ONE THING I WILL SAY IS I WANT TO GAIN.

WE MUST GAIN THE RESPECT BACK IN OUR SCHOOLS AND GET A HANDLE ON BULLYING.

AND FINALLY, I'M GLAD THAT WE HAVE PARENTS COMING TO OUR MEETINGS AND GETTING MORE INVOLVED.

I KNOW TONIGHT IS A SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCE, BUT WE ARE HAVING MORE PARENTS COME TO OUR MEETINGS AND THAT'S NICE THAT YOU'RE GETTING INVOLVED.

THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, MISS TAYLOR.

GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO EVERYONE.

I ALSO WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE FAULKNERS FOR ALL THE HARD WORK THAT THEY ON THE DONATIONS FOR THE BATTING CAGE.

[01:05:01]

AND CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THE PSYCHOLOGISTS FOR YOUR WEEK OF RECOGNITION.

UM, I WANT TO THANK YOU, MR. BALDUCCI. BALDUCCI AND LAGARDE AND MISS THOMPSON FOR THE PRESENTATIONS, BECAUSE ONE OF THE THINGS I NOTED THAT IS VERY IMPORTANT TO ME IS RESPECT.

UM, IT'S ALWAYS BEEN A VERY PASSIONATE AND IT'S VERY EASY TO HAVE.

AND FOR PEOPLE WHO DON'T HAVE THAT, IT'S EXTREMELY DISAPPOINTING.

WE HAVE SO MANY WONDERFUL STUDENTS HERE IN PRINCE GEORGE COUNTY, AND THEY'RE DOING REALLY GREAT THINGS, AND THEY'RE GOING TO GO ON AND DO GREAT THINGS IN WHATEVER THEY CHOOSE TO IN THEIR LIFE. AND IT'S SUCH A SHAME THAT WE HAVE A FEW CHILDREN IN OUR SCHOOLS THAT ARE CAUSING SUCH A DISTRACTION AND INTERFERING WITH THE LEARNING.

THE LEVEL OF BEHAVIORAL ISSUES SUCH AS DISRESPECT AND LACK OF ACCOUNTABILITY MUST STOP.

OUR TEACHERS ARE COMING TO THEIR BOILING POINTS.

THEY'RE WALKING OUT OF THE CLASSROOMS AND WE'RE DESPERATE.

NEED FOR TEACHERS, GOOD TEACHERS, AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THE AGENDA.

AND THE LAST MONTH WE'VE HAD NON SCHOOL NON MEETINGS.

I'M NOT LOOKING FOR SYMPATHY BUT BEING ON THE BOARD IS VERY DEMANDING.

WE HAD ONE REGULAR SCHOOL BOARD MEETING BACK IN OCTOBER.

WE HAD FIVE SPECIAL SCHOOL BOARD MEETINGS FOR STUDENT MATTERS AND PERSONNEL MATTERS OF WHICH STUDENT MATTERS.

WE HAD 2020 AND IN ONE MONTH WE HAD THREE PERSONNEL MATTERS TRAINING TO TWO MEETINGS OR TRAININGS, AND ONE WAS A WORK SESSION.

ON THE AVERAGE, THE MEETING STARTED AROUND 6 P.M.

EACH NIGHT, AND THEY CAN GO ON TO 930 OR 10:45 SEVERAL NIGHTS.

WE'VE BEEN HERE TO ALMOST MIDNIGHT DELIBERATING OVER STUDENT DECISIONS ON DISCIPLINE CASES.

YOU KNOW, I THINK IT WOULD BE REALLY WONDERFUL IF WE COULD SPEND THAT TIME ONE ON TRYING TO DECIDE, WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO FOR OUR CHILDREN THAT'S BENEFICIAL? WHAT CLASSES COULD WE OFFER OUR CHILDREN? HAVING ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSIONS WITH OUR COMMUNITIES ON IMPROVEMENTS THAT CAN BE MADE AND ALL THINGS PRINCE GEORGE, BUT WE'RE MEETING TO ADDRESS DISRESPECTFUL BEHAVIOR, FIGHTING VAPING AND OH MY GOSH, EATING BROWNIES IN THE BATHROOM.

WHOEVER HAS HEARD OF GOING TO THE BATHROOM AND EATING BROWNIES AND THINKING THERE'S NOTHING IN THE BROWNIES.

AND ON TOP OF THAT, ONE OF THE MEETINGS, A PARENT SCOLDED MISS ANDREWS AND I BECAUSE WE SPOKE DISRESPECTFUL TO HER CHILD AND I'M LIKE, I BET THAT WAS PRETTY BITTERSWEET COMING OUT OF YOUR MOUTH.

SO RESPECT.

RESPECT MUST BE TAUGHT AT HOME.

IT IS NOT TO BE TAUGHT TO BE LEFT TO BE TAUGHT IN THE CLASSROOM.

BUT UNFORTUNATELY, THIS IS WHAT'S HAPPENING.

PARENTS, LISTEN UP.

TEACH YOUR CHILDREN HOW TO BE RESPECTFUL.

TEACH THEM KINDNESS AND NOT BULLYING.

TEACH THEM PROPER MANNERS AND THESE THINGS WHEN THEY ARE YOUNG AT HOME.

UNFORTUNATELY, SOME PARENTS THEMSELVES NEED TO HAVE DISCIPLINE BEFORE THEY KNOW HOW THEY CAN DISCIPLINE THEIR OWN CHILDREN.

ALL OF THIS BEGINS AT HOME, NOT IN THE SCHOOL, BECAUSE PARENTS HAVE NOT DONE THIS IN OUR SCHOOL.

AT HOME, OUR SCHOOLS ARE HAVING TO FIND THEMSELVES ON THE PARENTAL ROLE INSTRUCTION.

TIME IS INTERRUPTED AND STUDENTS HAVE WANTED TO LEARN ARE NOW HARMED.

IT IS TIME TO GET BACK TO THE BASICS.

WE'RE IN A GLOBAL WORLD.

WE'RE BEING HELD LEFT BEHIND BECAUSE WE'RE DEALING WITH BEHAVIORAL ISSUES, TAKING TEACHERS OUT OF CLASSROOMS, TEACHERS LEAVING THE CLASSROOMS AND GOING TO OTHER PROFESSIONS. OUR POLICIES NEEDS TO BE ENFORCED, AND IF THEY'RE NOT STRONG ENOUGH, THEY NEED TO BE MADE STRONGER.

TO COMBAT THIS ISSUE, WE NEED TO PROTECT THE INNOCENT CHILDREN THAT ARE BEING HARMED.

WE NEED TO PROTECT OUR TEACHERS AND OUR SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS.

WHAT WE HAVE TO LEARN TO BREAK UP FIGHTS, HAVE TO BITE THEIR TONGUE WHEN THEY ARE BEING DISRESPECTED, AND THEY HAVE TO MONITOR BATHROOMS. WHO EVER WOULD HAVE THOUGHT THAT YOU WOULD HAVE TO HAVE A TEACHER STAND OUT IN A TEENAGER'S BATHROOM AND MONITOR TO MAKE SURE THEY'RE BEHAVING? WHO WOULD HAVE EVER THOUGHT THIS? I STAND WITH YOU TEACHERS.

I WANT PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY SCHOOLS TO GO BACK TO THE FAMILY ENVIRONMENT THAT IT WAS ONCE WAS.

I STAND WITH YOU TO GET BACK TO LEARNING AND TO TEACHING AND WHAT YOU DO AND YOU LOVE SO MUCH YOU.

WE KNOW YOU LOVE IT BECAUSE YOU DON'T GET PAID MUCH, SO YOU HAVE TO LOVE IT.

SO I SUPPORT YOU DURING THE HARD DAYS AND DURING THE HAPPY DAYS.

WE HAVE A STANDARD HERE IN PRINCE GEORGE.

WE NEED TO GET BACK TO THAT STANDARD.

IT IS EXPECTED OF YOU, AND NO LESS FOR OUR STUDENTS TO ACCEPT THE STANDARD AND TO COME ALONG AND GET ON BOARD.

THANK YOU. MR. ELEY. THANK YOU.

MR.. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN. A LOT OF WONDERFUL PRESENTATIONS THIS EVENING.

[01:10:02]

THANK YOU TO THE STATE FOR FINALLY PASSING A BUDGET.

AND, YOU KNOW, I APPRECIATE EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU COMING OUT TONIGHT AND STANDING UP FOR WHAT YOU BELIEVE IS RIGHT.

HOWEVER. WHETHER YOU BELIEVE IT OR DON'T BELIEVE IT OR.

THIS BOARD, THIS SUPERINTENDENT, HAS THINGS LAWS WE HAVE TO FOLLOW.

UNFORTUNATELY, YOU MAY OR MAY NOT LIKE IT.

AND IN THIS SITUATION YOU DON'T.

DO WE LIKE IT? NO. WOULD IT HAVE BEEN A BETTER OUTCOME? SURE. THE LADIES BEEN HERE FOR A LONG TIME.

SHE'S TOUCHED A LOT OF LIVES.

OKAY, BUT WE HAVE TO PROTECT THE DIVISION.

OKAY. WHETHER YOU LIKE IT OR NOT, WE HAVE TO PROTECT THE DIVISION AS WELL AS THE STUDENTS AND THE STAFF.

OKAY, SO.

WHILE I APPRECIATE EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU WHOSE OPINION YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND, LIKE IT OR NOT, THAT WE WERE ELECTED TO PROTECT THE SCHOOL, PROTECT THE DIVISION, PROTECT THE STAFF AND PROTECT THE STUDENTS.

AND TO THE LAST COMMENT THAT WAS MADE IN HERE THIS EVENING, WHICH I'M SORT OF KIND OF TIRED OF HEARING IT.

IT'S NOT A FOOTBALL FIELD.

IT IS A MULTI-PURPOSE FIELD THAT IS PLAYED ON.

YOU CAN LAUGH ALL YOU WANT, OKAY.

BUT THERE'S PEOPLE IN HERE.

THEY PLAY SOCCER ON IT, THEY PLAY FIELD HOCKEY ON IT, AND IT'S PLAYED FOOTBALL ON IT.

OKAY? AND I'M JUST TELLING YOU, IT'S GETTING OLD.

ALL RIGHT. SO IT IS A MULTI-PURPOSE FIELD USED BY MANY PEOPLE AND MANY SPORTS.

THANK YOU, MR. JOHNSON. I TOO WOULD LIKE TO THANK THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN.

EXCUSE ME JUST A MINUTE.

I TOO WOULD LIKE TO THANK THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN THANKED TONIGHT.

THE DEDICATION WITH THE FAULKNER FAMILY WAS WELL DONE AND JUST COMMEND ALL THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE DONE THOSE CONTRIBUTIONS TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN.

I'M GRATEFUL FOR THE SUPPORT FOR THE TEACHER HERE.

WE NEED TO ELEVATE EDUCATORS, AND THIS IS A GREAT OUTPOURING, AND I COMMEND EVERYONE WHO'S COME OUT TO SHOW THEIR SUPPORT.

SO THANK YOU.

AND THANK YOU. THAT'S ALL I HAVE.

THANK YOU, MISS JOHNSON.

YOU KNOW, I TOO AM VERY GRATEFUL TO HAVE ALL OF YOU ALL HERE.

THANK YOU FOR COMING.

AS A PREVIOUS TEACHER AND A TEACHER OF ADULTS LATER ON IN LIFE, IT'S A BIG DEAL TO DISRESPECT A TEACHER.

THEY'RE TRYING TO IMPART KNOWLEDGE, AND IT BECOMES PARENTAL RESPONSIBILITY TO HELP THEIR CHILDREN PREPARE THEMSELVES MENTALLY TO ACCEPT THAT KNOWLEDGE AFTER SOMETHING WRONG WITH THAT PROGRAM.

MAYBE WE CAN FIX THAT.

BUT WE HAVE TO HAVE PARENTS AND KIDS COOPERATION AND INTENT TO LEARN.

I ALWAYS HAD THE ANALOGY OF A SPONGE.

THE KIDS SHOULD BE A SPONGE HE'S READY TO COME TO SCHOOL AND ABSORB.

AND WHEN THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN, LEARNING DOESN'T HAPPEN EITHER.

NOW, MOST OF YOU ALL KNOW I'VE PUSHED PRETTY HARD ON PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE AND FIXING BROKEN THINGS AROUND THE BUILDINGS TO MAKE IT MORE ENVIRONMENTALLY SUCCESSFUL FOR STUDENTS AND TEACHERS AND ADMINISTRATORS TO HAVE A BETTER PLACE AND A BETTER CHANCE OF LEARNING.

NO. MISS TAYLOR ALLUDED TO IT EARLIER.

IT'S A HANDFUL OF FOLKS THAT JUST DON'T WANT TO DO THAT.

WHAT ABOUT 95% PLUS OF OUR KIDS ARE MOST EXCELLENT KIDS? MOST EXCELLENT KIDS.

I'VE RAN ACROSS A LOT OF THEM OUT IN THE COMMUNITY IN THE LAST SEVERAL WEEKS, AND THEY REALLY ARE GREAT KIDS, BUT WE'VE GOT A FEW LESS THAN 5% OF OUR ENTIRE STUDENT POPULATION OF ABOUT 6000 THAT REALLY GIVE US A REALLY TOUGH TIME.

TEACHERS. I DON'T KNOW HOW IN THE WORLD YOU DO IT.

YOU'RE STRONG BODY PEOPLE, STRONG MENTAL PEOPLE.

KEEP GOING. JUST BAFFLES ME HOW MUCH SCHOOL HAS CHANGED IN THE LAST 45 YEARS.

AND IT STILL CHANGES.

IT'S CHANGING EVERY DAY.

EVERY TIME CONGRESS MEETS UP IN RICHMOND, THERE'S ANOTHER CHANGE COMING DOWN THE PIKE AND BET ON IT.

SO. I PRAY FOR ALL OUR CHILDREN.

[01:15:01]

I PRAY FOR OUR SCHOOL BOARD. I PRAY FOR ALL OF YOU TO THE PARENTS AND GRANDPARENTS.

GREAT GRANDPARENTS. EVEN SO FOLKS, WE GOT TO ALL WORK TOGETHER.

GREAT COMMUNITY.

THANK YOU MEMBERS.

I THINK WE NEED TO TAKE A SHORT RECESS.

IF YOU DON'T MIND.

DO YOU AGREE? ARE YOU IN AGREEMENT? OKAY. WE'RE GOING TO BE IN RECESS FOR ABOUT EIGHT MINUTES.

YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO EXCUSE ME.

I NEED. ALL RIGHT, SO WE'RE MOVING INTO THE SUPERINTENDENT.

WE MUST TURN YOUR MIC ON. THANK YOU.

SUPERINTENDENTS REPORT DR.

[H. SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT / INFORMATION ITEMS]

THANK YOU. OKAY.

VERY QUICKLY, I WANT TO GIVE AN UPDATE ON WHERE WE ARE WITH CHRONIC ABSENTEEISM.

OKAY, SO A STUDENT IS DETERMINED TO BE CHRONICALLY ABSENT IF THE RATE OF THEIR DAY'S ABSENCE DIVIDED BY THEIR TOTAL DAYS OF MEMBERSHIP IS GREATER THAN 10%.

SO BECAUSE WE HAVE 176 SCHOOL DAYS, IF A STUDENT MISSES MORE THAN 17.6 DAYS, THEN THEY ARE GOING TO BE CONSIDERED CHRONICALLY ABSENT FOR THE YEAR. SO TO MAINTAIN THIS LEVEL, 25% OR LESS OF OUR STUDENT POPULATION CAN BE IDENTIFIED AS CHRONICALLY ABSENT.

SO I JUST WANT TO GO THROUGH BY SCHOOL AND SHOW YOU WHERE WE CURRENTLY ARE AT THE END OF FIRST QUARTER.

SO THIS IS BEASLEY, AND WE HAVE TWO STUDENTS WHO HAVE ALREADY HIT THE CHRONICALLY ABSENT.

AND IF WE CONTINUE ON THIS TRACK, WE'RE GOING TO BE AT 17.4% OF THE POPULATION AT BEASLEY AS CHRONICALLY ABSENT BY THE END OF THE SCHOOL YEAR. SO WE'RE MONITORING THIS CLOSELY TO BE SURE THAT WE HAVE OUR CHILDREN AND THAT WE ARE WATCHING CLOSELY AND GETTING THEM BACK ON TRACK AND KEEPING THEIR ATTENDANCE AT THE VERY BEST THAT WE CAN.

SO AT HARRISON, THEY HAVE TWO STUDENTS WHO HAVE HIT THE CHRONIC ABSENTEEISM.

AND IF THIS RATE CONTINUES, WE'RE EXPECTING 22% OF THEIR POPULATION TO HIT CHRONICALLY ABSENT BY THE END OF THE YEAR.

THE MIDDLE ROAD IS CURRENTLY SIX.

STUDENTS HAVE ALREADY HIT MORE THAN 18 DAYS ABSENT, AND WE ARE TRACKING AT ABOUT A 22% OF THE POPULATION IF THOSE NUMBERS CONTINUE FOR MIDDLE ROAD AT NORTH, WE CURRENTLY HAVE ONE STUDENT WHO IS CHRONICALLY ABSENT, BUT THE NUMBERS OF THE 5 TO 9 AND THE 10 TO 17.

IF THOSE NUMBERS CONTINUE ALONG THAT SAME PATH, THEN WE'LL BE RIGHT AT THE 25.1%.

SO THIS IS A SCHOOL THAT WE'VE REALLY GOT TO WATCH CLOSELY.

THE SOUTH, IF WITH TWO THAT ARE ALREADY CHRONICALLY ABSENT, SEVEN THAT ARE CLOSE, WE ARE EXPECTING A CHRONIC ABSENTEEISM RATE FOR THAT SCHOOL OF ABOUT 20% MORE, 21% WITH 16 KIDS ALREADY HITTING CHRONICALLY ABSENT.

AT CLEMENTS, WE HAVE EIGHT WHO ARE ALREADY CHRONICALLY ABSENT.

THAT TRACKS TO BE 19.5% OF THE POPULATION.

IF THAT TREND CONTINUES WITH PRINCE GEORGE HIGH SCHOOL, WE HAVE 20 CHILDREN WHO HAVE ALREADY MISSED 18 OR MORE DAYS, AND THAT PUTS US AT 21.8% ON TRACK TO BE CHRONICALLY ABSENT.

IT'S CENTER. RIGHT NOW WE HAVE NOBODY WHO'S MISSED 18 OR MORE DAYS.

AND THEN IF WE COULD MOVE INTO OUR PERFECT ATTENDANCE, WE'RE ALSO WORKING TO CELEBRATE PERFECT ATTENDANCE AGAIN, ALONG WITH OUR HONORS AND AWARDS. AND THIS YEAR SO FAR, WE HAVE THESE NUMBERS FOR OUR PERFECT ATTENDANCE.

SO MIDDLE ROAD HAD 206 STUDENTS AT THE END OF FIRST QUARTER WHO HAD PERFECT ATTENDANCE.

NORTH HAD 188, HARRISON 148, BEASLEY 138.

SOUTH 130, MOORE 252, CLEMENTS 150 FOR THE HIGH SCHOOL 151 AND THE ED CENTER 19. WE'RE WORKING ON DOING DIFFERENT INCENTIVES AND AWARDS FOR STUDENTS WHO DO HAVE PERFECT ATTENDANCE AND IN THE QUARTERS TO COME.

FOR STUDENTS WHO DO NOT MISS MORE THAN THE NUMBER THAT IS SET TO KEEP THEM ON TRACK TO TWO FOR BETTER ATTENDANCE, THE BETTER THEIR ATTENDANCE, THE GREATER THEIR CHANCE OF SUCCESS IN THE CLASSROOM, AND THAT BECOMES EXTREMELY IMPORTANT FOR THEIR FUTURES AND FOR US, BECAUSE WE WANT TO GIVE THEM THE GREATEST CHANCE AT SUCCESS.

SO THANK YOU.

ADDITIONALLY, I WOULD LIKE TO SHARE THAT NEXT.

[01:20:03]

THIS MONTH IS VSBA.

TAKE YOUR LEGISLATOR TO SCHOOL MONTH.

KERRY CORNER IS GOING TO BE COMING TO VISIT US ON WEDNESDAY.

SHE'LL BE READING TO THREE CLASSROOMS AT MIDDLE ROAD ELEMENTARY AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO HAVING HER VISIT US THEN.

I AM VERY THANKFUL FOR ALL THE WONDERFUL TEACHERS AND STUDENTS THAT WE HAVE, AND THAT THEY COME TO SUPPORT EACH OTHER, AND THAT IS IMPORTANT TO US.

AND I KNOW THAT THEY UNDERSTAND NOW THAT WE HAVE EXPLAINED THAT WE DO HAVE PROCESSES TO FOLLOW AND KNOW THAT WE WILL ALWAYS, ALWAYS DO OUR VERY BEST TO GET OUR INVESTIGATIONS DONE AND GET PEOPLE BACK TO WORK AS QUICKLY AS WE CAN.

I HOPE THIS GIVES THOSE CONFIDENCE.

WHO THOUGHT BEFORE THAT WE HAD, YOU KNOW, THAT WE WOULD EVER HAVE PEOPLE IN OUR SCHOOLS THAT HAD CHARGES THAT WE WEREN'T CONSIDERING WHAT NEEDED TO WHAT COURSE OF ACTION NEED TO BE TAKEN WITH THEM.

SO I HOPE THAT WILL PUT OTHERS FEELINGS ABOUT WORRIES THAT THEY'VE HAD ABOUT OTHERS IN THE PAST.

AT AT AT PEACE.

ALL RIGHT. WELL, I THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

AND THAT IS IT FOR MY REPORT THIS EVENING.

OKAY. VERY GOOD. THANK YOU, DR.

PANKOV. BOARD MEMBERS.

WE HAVE A CONSENT AGENDA.

[I. CONSENT AGENDA]

WHAT SHALL YOU DO? WHAT'S ON YOUR MIND HERE? MR. CHAIRMAN, I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED.

THANK YOU, MISS DEELEY.

A SECOND. SOMEBODY.

THANK YOU, MISS ANDREWS.

ANY DISCUSSION? ROLL CALL, MR. JOHNSON. YES, MISS.

TAYLOR? YES, MR. ELEY? YES, MRS. ANDREWS? YES.

MR. SMITH? YES.

ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE DISCUSSION ITEMS, DR.

[1. Family Life Standards - Abbie Martin / Jason Chandler]

NO THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, MR. BAKER.

GOOD EVENING, DR. PENTICOFF.

BOARD MEMBERS, I COME TO YOU THIS THIS EVENING WITH AN UPDATE ON OUR FAMILY LIFE EDUCATION STANDARDS.

WE PROVIDED A PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD STARTING SEPTEMBER 11TH FOR OUR SUGGESTED ADJUSTMENTS TO THE FAMILY LIFE CURRICULUM.

THOSE SUGGESTED A ADJUSTMENTS WERE MADE AVAILABLE AT EACH SCHOOL FOR THE PUBLIC AND THE SCHOOL BOARD OFFICE AND ONLINE, AND WE PROVIDED STAKEHOLDERS WITH AN OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE US FEEDBACK OR FEEDBACK FEEDBACK THROUGH EITHER A GOOGLE FORM OR A PAPER QUESTIONNAIRE. AND THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD CLOSED ON THE 29TH OF SEPTEMBER WITH THOSE WITH THAT PUBLIC FEEDBACK, WE YIELDED 38 RESPONSES THROUGH THE GOOGLE FORM, AND FIVE RESPONSES WERE FOCUSED ON INSTRUCTIONAL STANDARDS, AND NO FEEDBACK WAS OBTAINED VIA THE PAPER QUESTIONNAIRE AT ANY OF THE SCHOOLS OR AT THE SCHOOL BOARD OFFICE.

WITH THOSE THOSE FIVE RESPONSES THAT FOCUSED ON INSTRUCTIONAL STANDARDS, THE INSTRUCTIONAL DEPARTMENT REVIEWED THAT FEEDBACK AND CONSIDERED THE INPUT RELATIVE TO THE INSTRUCTION AND THE PROPOSED CHANGES AND THE FEEDBACK THAT WAS PROVIDED, ALTHOUGH VERY MUCH APPRECIATED, DID NOT WARRANT ANY CHANGES TO OUR PROPOSED FAMILY LIFE EDUCATION STANDARDS.

MOVING FORWARD, WE DO PLAN TO TEACH FAMILY LIFE EDUCATION IN DECEMBER AND FAMILY LIFE OPT OUT FORMS WILL BE SENT HOME TO PARENTS TO PROVIDE THEM AN OPPORTUNITY TO OPT THEIR CHILDREN OUT SHOULD THEY CHOOSE TO DO SO, AND THE FAMILY LIFE EDUCATION STANDARDS WILL REMAIN ON THE WEBSITE FOR REVIEW AND FOR ANY QUESTIONS THAT MAY COME UP.

AND THAT IS THE UPDATE ON OUR FAMILY LIFE EDUCATION STANDARDS.

ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? OH. THAT'S GOOD. IT'S GOT NO CHANGES.

YES, SIR. THERE'S A LOT OF GOOD WORK WENT INTO IT.

CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. MR. BARNES CAMPUS SEARCH.

[2. Campus Searches by Police Dogs - Patrick Barnes]

MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, DR.

PENNY CUFF AND ALL OF OUR FRIENDS ASSEMBLED.

EXCUSE ME, DR. MARTIN AND OUR FRIENDS ASSEMBLED.

I'M HERE TONIGHT TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE WITH THE SUBMITTED RATIONALE OVER THE ABILITY OF THE LOCAL POLICE DEPARTMENT, IN CONJUNCTION WITH NEIGHBORING LOCALITIES AND STATE POLICE, TO HAVE DOGS ON CAMPUS CONDUCTING SEARCHES.

[01:25:04]

AFTER WE CLOSED THAT SCHOOL DOWN, IT WAS STILL IN OUR POSSESSION AND THEY WOULD BRING IN THE TWO DIFFERENT DOGS AT THE SAME TIME.

ONE WOULD DO THE PARKING LOT WHILE ONE DID THE SCHOOL, AND THEN THEY WOULD SWITCH BECAUSE THEY SEARCHED FOR DIFFERENT THINGS.

WHILE MARIJUANA HAS BEEN DECRIMINALIZED IN VIRGINIA, THEY DON'T FOCUS THE TRAINING OF THE DOGS ON THAT AS MUCH ANYMORE.

THEY DO HAVE A DOG THAT WILL STILL HIT ON IT, BUT IT'S NOT HIS MAIN AREA OF FOCUS.

THEY DO FOCUS ON OTHER ILLEGAL DRUGS, AND SO THEY WOULD SWEEP HALLWAYS AND AREAS INSIDE THE BUILDING WHILE THE OTHER DOGS DOING THE PARKING LOT, AND THEN THEY WOULD JUST SWITCH PLACES AND CONDUCT THE SAME, SAME SEARCH.

AND, MR. BARNES, IF I COULD ADD, THE PRINCE GEORGE POLICE DEPARTMENT CAN ARRANGE FOR A NARCOTIC SNIFFING DOG AND AN ADDITIONAL GUNPOWDER SNIFFING DOG TO BE ON SITE TO SEARCH SCHOOL PROPERTY.

THE TWO DOGS IDEALLY WOULD BE ON SITE AT THE SAME TIME, WITH ONE DOING THE INTERNAL WALK AND THE OTHER DOING A PARKING LOT SWEEP.

THEY WOULD THEN SWITCH PLACES AND COMPLETE THE SAME SWEEP.

THE GUNPOWDER SNIFFING DOG ONLY ALERTS TO ANYTHING THAT CONTAINS GUNPOWDER, AMMO, BOMBS, WEAPONS THAT HAVE RECENTLY USED GUNPOWDER, AND THE NARCOTICS DOG WILL ALERT TO ILLEGAL SUBSTANCES.

BUT SINCE MARIJUANA HAS BEEN DECRIMINALIZED, THE DOG'S TRAINING NO LONGER INCLUDE REGULAR MARIJUANA WORK, SO THEY DO NOT ALERT TO MARIJUANA LIKE THEY DID IN THE PAST. THEY ALSO WILL NOT ALERT TO VAPES.

THE OFFICERS DO OFTEN FIND VAPES AND MARIJUANA ON PEOPLE ONCE THE DOG ALERTS TO EITHER GUNPOWDER OR NARCOTICS, SO THEY HAVE TO FIND NARCOTICS ON THE CHILD OR GUNPOWDER OF A RECENTLY FIRED GUN BEFORE THEY WOULD EVEN SEARCH THE CHILD TO SEE IF THEY HAD MARIJUANA OR A VAPE.

BUT IT WOULD NOT TRIGGER ON MARIJUANA OR VAPES.

YES, SIR. MR. BARNES.

MR. BARNES, DID THEY? THERE WAS A NEWS ARTICLE WHERE HOPEWELL HAD PEOPLE GO THROUGH.

DID THEY SAY, WHAT WAS IT? I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU WOULD SAY IT, SUCCESS OR NOT, BUT DID THEY HAVE ANY RESULTS OR FINDINGS THAT THEY SHARED WITH YOU? I'M NOT SURE ABOUT THAT. AS YOU ALL ARE AWARE, I'VE WORKED IN HOPEWELL FOR NINE YEARS BEFORE I CAME HERE, AND SO I REACHED OUT TO CAPTAIN WHITTINGTON, RETIRED CAPTAIN WHITTINGTON, WHO'S THE HEAD OF SECURITY THERE, AND HE SAID THAT THEIR SEARCH IS NO DIFFERENT THAN ANYTHING THEY'VE EVER DONE IN HOPEWELL.

THEY JUST DECIDED TO LET THE MEDIA KNOW THEY WERE DOING IT THIS TIME, A PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT, BECAUSE WE HAD THAT.

I KNOW WHEN MR. ELEY AND I WERE FIRST ON THE BOARD, WE HAD THE DOGS COMING THROUGH.

IT SEEMED LIKE ONCE OR TWICE A YEAR I CAN'T REMEMBER.

BUT THEY AT THAT TIME, THEY WERE TRAINED TO SMELL MARIJUANA.

AND WHEN THEY STOPPED WITH THE MARIJUANA, I THINK THAT'S WHEN MAYBE WE LOST OUR DOGS IN THE COUNTY.

I'M NOT REALLY SURE, BUT DOES PRINCE GEORGE HAVE DOGS OR WE? IT SOUNDS LIKE WE DO NOT.

I DO NOT BELIEVE PRINCE GEORGE DOES HAVE CANINE UNITS, BUT I DO NOT BELIEVE THAT THEY'RE TRAINED FOR SEARCHES.

I KNOW THAT THE AMMO DOG, THE GUN POWDER DOG IS A STATE POLICE DOG, AND THE.

FROM WHAT I GATHERED, BASED ON CONVERSATIONS WITH LIEUTENANT BURROWS AND MR. WHITTINGTON AND HOPEWELL.

THE OTHER DOG COMES FROM CHESTERFIELD, BUT THE DOGS NOW ARE NARCOTICS AND GUNPOWDER.

YES, SIR. OKAY.

THANK YOU. A MR..

YES, SIR. SO THE DOGS THAT WOULD COME IN.

THEY'LL GO IN THE CLASSROOMS WHERE THE STUDENTS ARE.

IN MY EXPERIENCE, THEY DO NOT GO INTO CLASSROOMS FULL OF STUDENTS.

THEY SWEEP HALLWAYS.

THEY SWEEP LOCKERS, WHICH THE KIDS DON'T REALLY USE ANYMORE.

WE DON'T USE LOCKERS ANYMORE.

CORRECT. FOR THE MOST PART, AT THE HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL ANYWAY, YOU KNOW, BACKPACKS.

SO. SO THERE HOW WOULD THEY DETECT.

THOSE ITEMS IF IF THE STUDENTS ARE IN THE CLASSROOM.

I THINK THAT'S UP FOR DISCUSSION WITH WITH THE ADMIN TEAM AND TO TO LAY THAT OUT.

NORMALLY WHAT THEY DO IS THEY ASK THE KIDS TO SET THEIR BACKPACKS OUT IN THE HALL, AND THEN IT WILL HIT ON A, YOU KNOW, IF THERE'S NARCOTICS IN A BACKPACK, BUT IT ALSO THE DOGS IF THERE'S A SANDWICH IN THERE.

WE'LL ALSO HAVE A LOT OF FALSE ALARMS BECAUSE OF THE FOOD.

MR. SMITH? YES, SIR.

DOES THAT MEET THE.

I THINK FOR POLICE, IT'S I THINK CONSTITUTION IS REASONABLE CAUSE, YOU KNOW, IS THAT YOU HAVE TO HAVE CAUSE TO SEARCH SOMEONE.

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THE DOG WOULD HAVE TO ALERT TO SOMEBODY.

THEY DON'T PHYSICALLY TAKE THE DOG IN THE CLASSROOM AND SMELL AROUND EACH STUDENT IN THE DESK.

I ALSO THINK IT'S PARAMETERS THAT CAN BE SET BETWEEN DISCUSSION WITH OUR ADMIN TEAM, SENIOR ADMIN TEAM, AND THE WHATEVER SCHOOL ADMIN TEAM AND THE LOCAL POLICE DEPARTMENT, BECAUSE IT'S NOT ANYTHING WE'VE DONE IN THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS.

AND AND YOU KNOW, FIVE YEARS AGO, KIDS ACTUALLY DID USE LOCKERS.

BUT SINCE WE'VE MOVED INTO POST COVID AND CHROMEBOOKS AND ALL THE HIGH SCHOOL KIDS JUST DON'T USE LOCKERS ANYMORE.

AND I WILL SAY THAT I DIDN'T MEAN TO INTERRUPT YOU, BUT SHERRY AND I HEARD FROM A PARENT THIS WEEKEND THAT WANTED TO KNOW WHY WE AREN'T USING LOCKERS ANY LONGER BECAUSE THEIR BACKPACKS ARE HEAVY AND THEY DON'T HAVE ANYWHERE TO PUT.

I MEAN, THEY HAVE TO CARRY EVERYTHING WITH THEM ALL DAY LONG, SO I THINK THAT'S AN OPTION FOR THEM.

IS THAT RIGHT, MR. CHANDLER? SO THEY CAN CERTAINLY GET ONE.

AND THE STUDENTS KNOW THIS AND THE PARENTS KNOW IT.

IF NOT, WE CAN REVISIT IT.

I KNOW MORE, IT'S KNOWN, BUT THE KIDS DON'T USE THEM.

MY DAUGHTER AT THE HIGH SCHOOL IS WHAT I WAS TALKING ABOUT.

WHERE THEY HAVE LOCKERS.

I KNOW AT J.J. MOORE, THEY DO NOT.

THEY'RE ASSIGNED TO LOCKERS.

YEAH, THEY'RE ASSIGNED TO LOCKER, BUT THEY DON'T USE THEM.

AND I GUESS I'M STILL.

IS THERE IS THERE ANY LEGAL OBJECTION TO UNWARRANTED SEARCH OF OUR STUDENTS? HAS THAT BEEN CHALLENGED IN THE COURTS? NOT TO MY KNOWLEDGE, BUT THAT IS SOMETHING WE CAN ABSOLUTELY HAVE DISCUSSIONS WITH WITH PRINCE GEORGE POLICE AND THE STATE POLICE AND THEIR EXPERIENCES, OTHER SCHOOL DIVISIONS.

BUT OUR CODE SAYS THEY CAN'T HAVE DRUGS ON PROPERTY, SO IF THEY HAVE DRUGS, THEY'RE BREAKING THE LAW AND THEY'RE BREAKING OUR RULES.

SO IS IT.

I MEAN, I WOULD HOPE TO THINK THAT WOULD BE PROPER PROBABLE CAUSE OR WHATEVER, BUT DEFINITELY THE RULE AND THE LAW.

YOU'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO HAVE IT EITHER.

WELL, THE FEDERAL LAW SAYS YOU CAN'T HAVE MARIJUANA, BUT THE STATE LAW IS A LITTLE DIFFERENT.

SO WE DON'T ENFORCE EITHER ONE OF THEM, I GUESS OUTSIDE OF THE SCHOOL.

BUT NOT UNREASONABLE.

SEARCH AND SEIZURE IS IN THE CONSTITUTION.

I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE NOT JEOPARDIZING HIS CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS BY BRINGING A DOG IN.

KNOW AND HOW WE HANDLE THAT.

THERE'S GOT TO BE AN UNDERSTANDING OF THAT.

OH, DEFINITELY.

LIKE HOPEWELL DOES THIS, RIGHT.

I THINK HOPEWELL IS DOING THIS.

I THINK THEY ARE BACK DOING IT.

YES. YEAH. SO SO WHAT ARE THEY SEARCHING FOR IF THEY DON'T SEARCH FOR VAPES BECAUSE OUR VAPES ARE MARIJUANA ARE THE BIGGEST THC ARE THE BIGGEST THINGS WE SEE.

SO WHAT ARE THEY SEARCHING FOR? WELL THEY'RE NARCOTICS DOGS ARE TRAINED FOR I BELIEVE EVERYTHING ELSE.

OKAY. BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW THAT I PERSONALLY HAVE NEVER HEARD OF A DOG TRAINED TO SEARCH FOR VAPES BECAUSE THEY'RE TECHNICALLY LEGAL, YOU KNOW, OVER AGE 18, OF COURSE, OR 21, I BELIEVE. BUT AS FAR, I'D BE GLAD TO GET MORE INFORMATION.

FROM WHAT HOW HOPEWELL HAS HANDLED IT.

I'LL BE GLAD TO GET MORE INFORMATION FROM LIEUTENANT BURROWS AND STATE POLICE.

WE JUST WANTED TO MAKE YOU ALL AWARE TONIGHT THAT IT IS AN OPTION.

WE WOULD NEED TO SET GUIDELINES AND HOW WE'RE GOING TO GO ABOUT THESE SEARCHES TO MAKE SURE WE DO DO IT LEGALLY AND THOUGHTFULLY THROUGH THE PROCESS.

BUT WE WOULD I WOULD LEAN MORE ON THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, THE POLICE FOR THAT LAW ENFORCEMENT.

I MEAN, I'D LIKE TO KNOW MORE ABOUT IT BECAUSE HONESTLY, MOST OF OUR CASES WE SEE HAVE TO DO WITH VAPING OR BROWNIES OR GUMMIES OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT RELATED TO THC OR THE OTHER ONE THAT THEY USE, WHATEVER THAT IS IN VAPING.

SO I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE HHC.

HHC THANK YOU.

UM, I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW MORE ABOUT THAT BECAUSE IF WE COULD CUT SOME OF THAT STUFF OUT, IT WOULD, I THINK, TAKE SOME CARE OF SOME OF THE PROBLEMS IN OUR SCHOOLS BECAUSE KIDS ARE VAPING IN THE CLASSROOMS, THEY'RE SITTING IN THE CLASSROOMS VAPING.

AND THAT'S NOT ACCEPTABLE IN NO MEANS.

I THINK THAT IF IF LEGAL, THIS WOULD BE A GOOD DETERRENT FOR THE CHILDREN KNOW THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT WE'RE WE'RE SEARCHING FOR.

THEY DON'T KNOW WHERE THE DOGS ARE.

BUT ALL THE PROGRAMS I'VE READ IS THAT IT'S ONLY ONE PART OF THE PROGRAM.

AND MAYBE WE NEED TO HAVE A COMPREHENSIVE A GROUP OF PEOPLE, EDUCATORS, PARENTS COME TOGETHER AND COME UP WITH A WAY, YOU KNOW, TO TARGET TO KEEP THIS VAPING. AND I THINK A BIG PART OF IS EDUCATING.

I DON'T THINK OUR CHILDREN REALIZE HOW ADDICTIVE AND HOW DANGEROUS VAPING IS.

I MEAN, VAPING, I MEAN, COMPARED TO SMOKING, I THINK IS I DON'T WANT TO PUT A MULTIPLIER ON IT, BUT MORE DANGEROUS, YOU KNOW, BY MULTIPLE TIMES.

SO AS I'M SITTING HERE THINKING ABOUT THIS, I ALWAYS HAVE THIS QUESTION I ASK AS A RELIABILITY GUY.

SO WHAT CAN GO WRONG WITH THIS? DOGS INTO THE SCHOOL.

AND I'M NOT THINKING ABOUT ANYBODY GETTING BIT OR ANYTHING, BUT IF THE DOGS CAN'T GET AROUND TO KIDS.

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BUT IF THE KID KNEW THAT I HAD TO LEAVE MY BACKPACK IN THE HALL, THEY'D PROBABLY SLIP IT IN.

MAYBE IN THE POCKET.

BUT THEY KNOW THAT DOGS ARE NOT GOING TO COME AROUND THEM.

SEE? SO THE WHOLE INVESTIGATION GOES TO POT.

IT'S WHAT CAN GO WRONG, RIGHT? WELL, IT WOULD BE IT WOULD BE A VERY LIMITED NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT WOULD KNOW IT WAS HAPPENING WHEN IT WAS HAPPENING.

WHAT SCHOOL IS HAPPENING IN ALONG THOSE LINES? AND IN MY MIND, IT WOULDN'T BE THAT STUDENTS ARE TOLD ON THEIR WAY INTO CLASS.

HEY, LEAVE YOUR BOOT BAGS OUTSIDE.

IT WOULD BE AN INSTANT.

HERE WE GO.

THIS IS HAPPENING.

YEAH, I THINK IN THE PAST, WHAT I REMEMBER IS PROBABLY LONG BEFORE SOME OF THESE FOLKS DO, IT ALWAYS KIND OF SEEMED TO LEAK OUT.

HEY, YOU KNOW WHAT? WE GOT CANINES IN TODAY.

REALLY? AND IT GOES.

IT FLIES THROUGH THE ENTIRE STUDENT POPULATION QUICKLY.

I'M NOT SURE HOW TO EXECUTE THE EXPERIMENT, IF YOU WILL.

WELL, IF, IF, IF WE GET ONCE WE GET INFORMATION BACK TO THE BOARD AND YOU ALL DEEM IT.

THAT WE PROCEED WITH THESE SEARCHES, WE WOULD JUST WORK WITH THE LOCAL POLICE DEPARTMENT TO KEEP IT AS I MEAN, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT MAYBE LIKE THREE PEOPLE KNOWING ON THE SURFACE NOW, I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY PEOPLE KNOW WITHIN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND ALL THAT, BUT AND ON OUR TEAM, IT WOULD BE VERY LIMITED KNOWLEDGE.

YEAH, AND THEY NEED AT LEAST TWO WEEKS NOTICE, I THINK.

I JUST THINK WE NEED TO FIGURE THIS OUT VERY CAREFULLY BECAUSE I DON'T DISAGREE WITH ANY COMMENTS.

YOU KNOW, IN ONE FORM OR ANOTHER.

BAD STUFF. WE NEED TO WE NEED TO FIX THAT SOMEHOW.

AND IT'S AMAZING HOW MANY PEOPLE EVEN STILL GO INTO RESTROOMS WITH THE ION DETECTORS.

AND THEY STILL TRY TO DO IT, AND THEY GET AWAY AND THEY GET AWAY WITH IT.

THAT'S RIGHT. IF WE HAD SOME SORT OF METAL DETECTOR OR WHATEVER, I KNOW WE DON'T DO THAT VERY OFTEN IN SCHOOLS, BUT WOULD THAT NOT SHOW A VAPE? UM, SO THEY DO, THEY DO DING AT VAPES.

YOU KNOW, HOPEWELL GOES AS FAR AS THEY CHECK EVERYBODY'S BAG EVERY DAY COMING IN THE BUILDING.

AND THEY HAVE A ROTATION AND TEAMS THAT THAT TAKE TURNS HAVING TO WORK THE FRONT DESK.

WE ARE AND WE HAVE TWO SECURITY GRANT FILINGS OUT RIGHT NOW REQUESTING FOR OBJECT DETECTORS THAT ARE NOT SO MUCH METAL DETECTORS.

RIGHT. THEY'RE THEY'RE AS RELIABLE AND A LOT LESS EXPENSIVE THAN STANDARD METAL DETECTORS.

BUT, YOU KNOW, IF YOU RAN A METAL DETECTOR OVER A STUDENT'S BOOK BAG AND HE HAD SEVEN PENS AND A VAPE IN THERE, SEVEN INK PENS THAT ARE METAL AND A VAPE IN THERE, WE'RE GOING TO YOU'RE GOING TO END UP SEARCHING EVERY KID'S BAG.

AND IF THAT'S THE WILL OF THE BOARD AND THE ADMINISTRATION, BY ALL MEANS WE'LL SUPPORT IT.

IT JUST DEPENDS ON HOW DEEP YOU WANT TO GET INTO IT, I SUPPOSE.

BUT A, A, A METAL DETECTOR WOULD PICK UP A VAPE IN A KID'S POCKET, BUT IF IT'S BURIED IN HIS BOOK BAG SOMEWHERE, PROBABLY NOT.

MR. BARNES, THAT TYPE OF METAL DETECTOR, IS IT A WALKTHROUGH OR IS IT A WAND? THEIR WALKTHROUGH. THE MOTION DETECTOR.

THE OBJECT DETECTORS THAT I SPOKE OF ARE HIGH QUANTITY.

IF YOU'VE BEEN TO A COLLEGE SPORTING EVENT OR A PRO SPORTING EVENT, OR HOPEWELL HAS THESE TWO THERE.

THEY'RE 5 OR 6 KIDS CAN WALK THROUGH IT AT A TIME, AND SOMEBODY'S WATCHING A SCREEN THAT IT PUTS A SQUARE OR A RED CIRCLE AROUND THAT THERE'S SOMETHING METAL SHAPED LIKE A GUN IN THAT KID'S POCKET OR THAT HIP.

IT DOESN'T. IT DOESN'T DETECT METAL.

IT DETECTS OBJECTS.

RIGHT. I THINK THAT'S PROBABLY THE THING THAT ROB AND I SAW LAST YEAR AT VSBA THAT YOU COULD WALK THROUGH, AND IT SCANNED QUICKLY AND YOU COULD GO THROUGH. YES.

IT'S NOT A ONE PERSON.

RIGHT? RIGHT.

YES. YES, MA'AM. YES.

THEY'RE THEY'RE OUT EVERYWHERE AND THEY'VE, THEY'VE COME DOWN IN PRICE QUITE A BIT TOO.

YEAH. GOOD.

AWESOME. I HOPE WE GET THEM.

I DO TOO ALL. SO YOU'RE GOING TO GET BACK TO US WITH A LITTLE MORE INFO.

I WILL I WILL GET INFORMATION FROM LOCAL POLICE AND HOPEWELL AND AND FUNNEL THAT THROUGH TO DR.

PENTICOFF. AND SHE CAN GET IT TO YOU GUYS.

AND IF WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT IT IN AN OPEN SESSION AGAIN, BY ALL MEANS, IT'S JUST A MATTER OF FORMULATING A PLAN AND STICKING TO IT.

AND GOOD TO NOT HAVING LOOSE LIPS.

WELL, WE LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING FROM YOU.

YES, MA'AM. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHTY.

ATTENDANCE OFFICER, PAY RATE WE'RE CONSIDERING.

[3. Attendance Officer Pay Rate [added per addendum]]

AND IN AN EFFORT TO WORK WITH OUR CONNECTION COACHES, THAT WILL BE THE PEOPLE WHO RECEIVE A $1,000 STIPEND IN OUR SCHOOLS.

THE ATTENDANCE OFFICER, IN CONJUNCTION WITH OUR ASSISTANT ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR OF SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION, MRS. SWEET, AND WHO WORKS IN OUR INSTRUCTION TEAM, AND OTHER MEMBERS OF OUR INSTRUCTION TEAM WHO'VE BEEN GOING OUT AND MAKING THE HOME VISITS.

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WE TALKED IN OUR LAST WORK SESSION THAT WE NEEDED TO LOOK AT THE COST OF THE PRICE OF A SCHOOL SOCIAL WORKER EQUIVALENT WITH THE 220 DAYS, WHICH WOULD PUT THE PERSON AS AN 11 MONTH EMPLOYEE.

SO TONIGHT I BRING THAT TO YOU TO ASK FOR ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION.

AND IF WE ARE IN A PLACE WHERE WE CAN MOVE IT TO ACTION, WE WOULD LIKE TO DO THAT.

IT IS A GRANT FUNDED POSITION.

IF WE WANT TO KEEP IT AFTER THE FUNDS FROM THE GRANT RUN OUT, WE WILL HAVE TO BUILD IT INTO OUR ANNUAL BUDGET.

SO THIS IS ON THE TEACHER SCALE.

IT IS TEACHER SCALE PLUS 20 DAYS.

THEY HAVE TO WORK 20 ADDITIONAL 20 ADDITIONAL SCALE.

IS THE TEACHER SCALE.

TEACHER'S PAY SCALE? YES, SIR.

SO. I'M ALL FOR THIS.

HOWEVER, I WOULD LIKE THIS POSITION ALSO TO BE ONE TO CHECK AND MAKE SURE STUDENTS THAT ACTUALLY LIVE IN PRINCE GEORGE GO TO PRINCE GEORGE SCHOOLS. AND IF THERE ARE OTHER STUDENTS THAT DON'T HAVE A LEGAL DOCUMENT AND SAYING THAT THEY CAN GO TO LIVE WITH OR GO TO SCHOOLS HERE, THEN THEY NEED TO GO AWAY FROM OUR SCHOOLS AND GO TO THEIR HOME SCHOOLS WHEREVER THEY LIVE.

I WANT THIS POSITION TO ALSO BE THAT HALF OF THEIR RESPONSIBILITY TO BE IN THIS POSITION.

WELL, BECAUSE IT'S GRANT FUNDED FOR ATTENDANCE, WE CAN WORK RESIDENCY INTO THAT.

BUT WE CAN'T SAY IT'S HALF YOUR JOB BECAUSE THE JOB IS IMPROVING ATTENDANCE.

BUT WE CAN TIE IN THE RESIDENCY BECAUSE WE THROUGH THE THE PEOPLE WHO ARE HIGH CHRONIC ABSENTEEISM RATES AND PEOPLE WHO ARE TURNED IN AS POSSIBLE, NOT LIVING IN PRINCE GEORGE, THIS WOULD BE THE PERSON WHO WOULD GO OUT AND CHECK THE HOMES TO SEE IF THEY LIVED WHERE THEY REPORTED THAT THEY DID.

THERE'S A JOB DESCRIPTION ATTACHED TO THIS, AND YOU CAN PULL IT UP AND SEE THAT IT INCLUDES THE RESIDENCY PIECE.

YEAH. MY SORRY, MISS SMITH, MY GUESS IS WHEN THIS PERSON GETS THEIR JOB AND THEY FIND THE PEOPLE THAT ARE NOT COMING TO SCHOOL, THEY'RE GOING TO BE PEOPLE THAT DON'T LIVE IN THIS COUNTY.

WE THINK THAT'S GOING TO BE BECAUSE THEY'RE JUST THEY CAN'T GET HERE BECAUSE THE PARENTS CAN'T GET THEM HERE BECAUSE THEY'RE AT WORK OR WHEREVER.

SO I THINK ONCE YOU ONCE THIS PERSON BECOMES INTO THAT, AND I AGREE WITH MISS TAYLOR, THE PART OF THIS IS RESIDENCY.

I UNDERSTAND WHERE THE GRANT HAS, WHAT IT HAS TO SAY.

BUT I THINK ONCE WE GET INTO THIS, YOU'RE GOING TO FIND THAT THEIR CHRONIC ABSENTEEISM IS FROM PEOPLE WHO DO NOT LIVE IN THIS COUNTY.

WE THINK THEY'LL DEFINITELY BE INCLUDED IN THAT GROUP.

I THINK SO TOO.

SO THE RECOMMENDATION IS FOR THIS PAY SCALE.

I GOT ON MY PHONE THE TEACHER PAY SCALE, WHICH IS THE SAME AS THE SOCIAL WORKER PAY SCALE EXCEPT FOR THIS PERSON, WOULD HAVE 20 ADDITIONAL DAYS.

OKAY. WE WANT TO MOVE THIS, MR. CHAIR. DO WE WANT TO MOVE THIS TO AN ACTION ITEM TONIGHT? THAT'S THE WILL OF THE BOARD.

WELL, I'LL MOVE THAT. WE MOVE IT TO AN ACTION ITEM.

ALL RIGHT. BOARD MEMBERS.

MOVE TO AN ACTION ITEM, YOU HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR.

SECOND, WE HAVE A SECOND.

FURTHER DISCUSSION.

YES. I'M NOT IN AGREEMENT WITH GOING THROUGH THIS RIGHT NOW.

I THINK WE NEED TO LOOK AT IT A LITTLE BIT FURTHER, BUT THAT'S MY OPINION.

SO YOU ALL CAN GO AHEAD AND VOTE ON IT.

THAT'S FINE. THIS IS ONLY TO MOVE IT TO AN ACTION ITEM.

I'M WILLING TO WAIT.

I'M NOT PUSHING SOMETHING IF WE'RE NOT READY.

WHAT ARE THE QUESTIONS? WE GOT THIS INFORMATION THURSDAY NIGHT OR NO? LAST NIGHT IT WAS SENT TO US AT 1030, AND I HAVEN'T HAD TIME TO LOOK OVER ALL OF IT.

I HAVE NOT EVEN LOOKED AT IT BECAUSE.

SO I'M NOT READY TO SAY, YES, WE'RE GOING TO DO IT.

OKAY. AND JUST TO CLARIFY, WE GOT THIS INFORMATION FOR THE FIRST TIME IN A WORK SESSION SEVERAL WEEKS AGO.

I THINK IT WAS CLOSER TO OCTOBER THE 18TH.

BECKY CAN PROBABLY LOOK BACK AND SEE WHEN IT WAS INCLUDED, BUT AS WE WERE GOING BACK AND FORTH ON THE THE ATTENDANCE OFFICER PAY RATE, YES, YOU ASKED ME TO GO GET THE INFORMATION FOR THE SCHOOL SOCIAL WORKER 220 DAYS, AND THAT'S WHAT I HAVE PROVIDED FOR YOU.

SO BECKY CAN PROBABLY LOOK BACK AND SEE WHEN IT WAS FIRST MENTIONED, WHICH WOULD HAVE BEEN THE ATTENDANCE, THE ALL IN TUTORING PLAN.

AND THEN WHEN WE HAD THE ATTENDANCE PAY RATE LAST WEEK AND LAST THURSDAY, AND WE DISCUSSED SEVERAL DIFFERENT OPTIONS WITH HOPES THAT WE WOULD BE ABLE

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SO IT'S FINE IF WE NEED TO POSTPONE IT.

BUT WHAT I WOULD ASK IS, AS SOON AS WE CAN GET THIS RESOLVED AND GET THIS POSITION POSTED, WE DO NEED IT.

OCTOBER 11TH OCTOBER 11TH.

THANK YOU. MR. CHAIR. I'M NOT PUSHING.

I'M WILLING TO WAIT IF THERE'S NEEDS TIME TO REVIEW IT.

DO I NEED TO? HOW DO WE NEED TO DO THAT? DO I NEED TO RETRACT MY MOTION TO MOVE IT TO AN ACTION ITEM, OR DO WE MOVE IT TO A ACTION ITEM AND JUST TABLE IT? WE CAN MOVE IT TO ACTION ITEM TABLE IT.

OKAY. SO OUR GOAL IS TO HAVE SOMEONE COME IN THE FIRST OF THE YEAR.

OUR GOAL IS TO POST IT AND START INTERVIEWING.

OUR GOAL WOULD BE TO GET THEM IN PLACE AS SOON AS WE COULD.

WE WOULD IDEALLY GET THEM BEFORE THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR.

I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S POSSIBLE, BUT WE'D LIKE TO LOOK.

BUT WE CAN'T EVEN POST UNTIL WE HAVE A PAY RATE.

AND MEMBERS. WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR TO MOVE THIS TO AN ACTION ITEM.

IT IS NOT TO MAKE AN APPROVAL.

BUT IF YOU WANT TO TAKE IT TO AN ACTION ITEM AND THEN WE JUST MAKE ANOTHER MOTION TO TABLE, IT WAS FINE.

IT'LL WORK. I WOULD JUST PREFER TO RESCIND THE MOTION AND BRING IT BACK.

MR. JOHNSON, I'M NOT SPEAKING FOR YOU.

I'M JUST SAYING RATHER THAN TABLING IT, I JUST ASSUME FOR APPEARANCE PURPOSES, JUST TABLE IT AND THEN BRING IT BACK IN DECEMBER.

THAT'S MY OPINION.

ARE YOU WITHDRAWING YOUR SECOND? DO WE HAVE ANOTHER MEETING? WE HAVE OTHER MEETINGS BETWEEN NOW AND DECEMBER.

WE DON'T HAVE MEETINGS THAT ALL FIVE WILL BE OUT UNLESS WE CALL A SPECIAL MEETING AND YOU ALL COME IN.

I WOULD LIKE TO DO THAT BECAUSE I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO GET THE PAPERS OFF SO WE CAN POST.

I'LL RESCIND MY SECOND MR. JOHNSON, IF THERE'S NO SECOND, MR. CHAIR, THE MOTION DOES.

MADAM CLERK. I MEAN, LET'S JUST.

WE WANT THIS.

I JUST WOULD LIKE TO BE ABLE TO.

I HAVE NOT READ IT.

I HAVE NOT READ THE JOB DESCRIPTION.

I WOULD LIKE TO REALLY READ OVER THE JOB DESCRIPTION.

I READ IT YESTERDAY AND I THOUGHT IT WAS VERY THOROUGH.

BUT THAT'S JUST ME.

MISS KERR, DO YOU HAVE THIS RECORDED AS A MOTION TABLED AND RESCINDED AND ALL THAT? YES I DO. GOOD DEAL.

ALL RIGHT. THE MOTION THEN IS OFFICIALLY RESCINDED.

ALL RIGHT. WE WILL CONTINUE THIS UNTIL CAN WE MAYBE LOOK AT A POTENTIAL DATE AREA.

I'M WITH YOU. I DON'T WANT TO GET THIS DONE SO WE CAN GET TO OFFICER IN.

EXACTLY.

WELL, I CAN MEET TOMORROW WOULD BE THE MOST CONVENIENT FOR ME.

WELL, I THINK WE HAVE A MEETING TOMORROW.

WE'RE MEETING TOMORROW. NO, WE'RE NOT MEETING TOMORROW.

TOMORROW. I'M SORRY. EXCUSE ME.

THAT'S RIGHT. I'M OFF THE DAY.

WEDNESDAY. IF WE.

EVERYONE COULD BE THERE.

I'M THERE. I CANNOT MAKE YOU.

CAN'T MAKE IT. OKAY.

I THINK THE NEXT MEETING, POTENTIAL TIME WE HAD FINGERED WAS THE 13TH.

ROB CANNOT BE THERE.

ROB CAN'T KNOW.

GOT A WORK THING COME UP. 14TH.

NOPE. I CAN'T BE THERE.

GOSH. THEN WE'RE IT'S GOING TO BE AFTER THANKSGIVING BEFORE PEOPLE CAN DO THIS.

AND I'M JUST SAYING YOU MAY AS WELL JUST WAIT TILL THE DECEMBER MEETING.

YOU'RE TALKING, WHAT, 20 DAYS? OR WE COULD COME EARLY AND DO IT BEFORE THE COMMUNITY BREAKFAST.

IF PEOPLE HAVE TIME TO REVIEW IT BEFORE THEN.

I CAN'T GO. I HAVE TO WORK TOMORROW.

OKAY. I MEAN, ON WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 2ND.

IT WILL BE OKAY.

ALL RIGHT. SO NOTED IS DECEMBER 4TH, ISN'T IT? OH, SORRY. THE DECEMBER REGULAR SCHOOL BOARD MEETING.

OKAY. SECOND SOCIETY, OKAY.

FINANCIAL REPORT. MR.

[4. Financial Report for October 2023 - Monique Barnes]

WELL. GOOD EVENING AGAIN.

IN YOUR PACKET WAS THE FINANCIAL REPORT FOR OCTOBER FOR FISCAL YEAR 24.

AND AS YOU KNOW, ALL THE FUNDS ARE INCLUDED IN THE FINANCIAL REPORT.

HOWEVER, WE FOCUS MAINLY ON THE REGULAR OPERATING FUND INFORMATION BECAUSE THAT'S THE FUND THAT CANNOT CARRY A FUND BALANCE OF THE EXCESS REVENUE OVER EXPENDITURES AT YEAR END.

AND ALSO, WE MONITOR THIS FUND VERY CLOSELY TO ENSURE THAT EXPENDITURES DON'T EXCEED THE REVENUE RECEIVED OR THE AMOUNTS THAT HAVE BEEN

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AND REGARDING OUR EXPENDITURES FOR THE MONTH ENDING OCTOBER 31ST, 2023, WE HAD OBLIGATED, WHICH MEANT ENCUMBERED, AND HAD SPENT $24,962,132, OR 31% OF OUR AVAILABLE FUNDS IN THE GENERAL OPERATING FUND.

SO THIS COMPARES TO 24.3% AT THE SAME TIME LAST YEAR.

AND AS I'VE MENTIONED BEFORE, OUR TEACHERS BEGAN, THEY CAME BACK TO SCHOOL.

KIDS CAME BACK TO SCHOOL TWO WEEKS EARLIER.

TEACHERS, TEN MONTH EMPLOYEES RECEIVED THEIR FIRST PAYCHECK A MONTH EARLIER.

SO EVERYTHING IS IS A LITTLE BIT ESCALATED.

SO IT WILL IT WILL MAKE SENSE AGAIN BACK IN MAY.

SO I'VE ADDED THIS MONTH A NEW A NEW PORTION OF THE REPORT ON THE SCHOOL DIVISION'S CURRENT OBLIGATIONS ON THE COUNTY'S HEALTH FUND. AS YOU MAY RECALL, THE SCHOOLS AND THE COUNTY WERE SHARED A SELF FUNDED HEALTH CARE PLAN UNTIL THE CLAIMS FOR THE PANDEMIC WERE TOO EXTREME, THAT WE DECIDED TO GO FROM A SELF FUNDED PLAN TO A TO A LESS RISKY POOL STATEWIDE POOL.

AND SO AT THE END OF FISCAL YEAR 23, OUR OBLIGATION TO THE COUNTY WAS $116,779.

AS YOU CAN SEE, WE'VE BEEN RECEIVING CREDITS TO THE AMOUNT OF $909,837.

BUT WE WERE ALSO WE ARE STILL RECEIVING SOME CLAIMS, AND THOSE ARE PRIMARILY PRESCRIPTIONS AND ALSO JUST LATE FILING PROVIDERS OR PROVIDERS WHO'VE HAD ISSUES FILING.

SO WE'VE ACTUALLY REDUCED OUR AMOUNTS SINCE THE END OF THE LAST FISCAL YEAR, AS OF JUNE 30TH.

WE ARE NOW OUR DEBT IS NOW $108,397.

SO IT'S COMING DOWN SLIGHTLY.

I THINK IT'S DROPPED BY $8,382.

SO I'LL KEEP YOU INFORMED EACH MONTH GOING FORWARD SO THAT YOU'RE AWARE.

AND THAT'S WHAT I HAVE FOR YOU FOR THIS EVENING'S REPORT, UNLESS YOU HAVE SOME QUESTIONS.

OKAY. YOU'RE NOT LEAVING THAT SPOT, RIGHT?

[5. FY-2024-2025 Budget Calendar - Monique Barnes, Chief Financial Officer]

KEEP GOING. THANK YOU.

YEP. WELL, THERE SHOULD BE A PRESENTATION.

SO YOU GUYS. I SENT IT WITH THE OTHER ONE.

MAYBE IT'S. IN THE EXECUTIVE SECTION.

APOLOGIZE, BUT IT CAN CONSOLIDATES IT MUCH.

INSTEAD OF GOING THROUGH, OKAY, ON THIS DATE, WE'RE DOING THIS AND THAT DATE WE'RE DOING THIS.

SO.

THAT'S OKAY. I'LL JUST MOVE FORWARD WITH IT.

AS YOU KNOW, BUDGETING IS THE FAVORITE.

MY FAVORITE PART OF MY JOB.

I DO LIKE BUILDING BUDGETS.

GOOD THING THIS YEAR, RIGHT? SO IN YOUR PACKET, I POSTED THE PRELIMINARY BUDGET CALENDAR WITH THE REALIZATION THAT MEETING DATES MAY CHANGE AND WE MIGHT NEED TO MAKE REVISIONS TO THE CALENDAR.

BUT AFTER THIS EVENING, THE CALENDAR WILL BE POSTED ON OUR WEBSITE UNDER BUDGET INFORMATION.

SO SCHOOL DIVISIONS HAVE THREE PHASES AND THREE BUDGETS THAT ARE GENERATED.

AND SO THE FIRST IS THE SUPERINTENDENTS BUDGET, WHICH IS THE ADMINISTRATIVE BUDGET AND INCLUDES ALL OF THE CRITICAL NEEDS OF THE SCHOOL DIVISION.

AND AFTER THIS, THE SCHOOL BOARD WILL APPROVE ITS BUDGET AND WHAT IT WISHES TO PASS ON TO THE GOVERNING BODY OR THE COUNTY. AND PER VIRGINIA'S CODE, IT IS DUE TO THE COUNTY ON OR BEFORE APRIL THE 1ST.

THEN, AFTER THE COUNTY APPROPRIATES ITS BUDGET, THEN THE SCHOOL BOARD ADOPTS A BUDGET.

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SO WE ENCOURAGE THE PUBLIC TO SPEAK OUT REGARDING THE ITS DESIRES FOR THE SCHOOL'S FISCAL YEAR 25 BUDGET.

AND WE'LL DO THIS AT THE DECEMBER MEETING.

IT'S NOT THAT WE WILL SET ASIDE TIME SPECIFICALLY FOR BUDGET INPUT, BUT WE WE ASK ANY OF THE PUBLIC OR WE ENCOURAGE THE PUBLIC TO COME OUT AND START SPEAKING ABOUT THE BUDGET AND WHAT THEY FEEL SHOULD BE INCLUDED.

THEN GOVERNOR YOUNGKIN WILL RELEASE HIS BUDGET ON APPROXIMATELY DECEMBER THE 15TH.

HE HAS TO OR SHORTLY THEREAFTER BECAUSE HE HAS TO FILE IT PER VIRGINIA CODE HAS TO PRE FILE IT BY DECEMBER 20TH.

AND I'VE ALREADY STARTED SET UP THE BUDGET PROJECTION, AND WE'VE SENT IT OUT TO THE SCHOOLS SO THEY CAN START PUTTING IN THEIR THEIR REQUESTS FOR NEXT YEAR.

AND SO MEANWHILE DR.

PENIAKOFF WILL MEET WITH STAFF DURING DECEMBER AND JANUARY TO FIND OUT ABOUT SALARIES AND BENEFITS AND WHAT'S AVAILABLE.

SO BY DECEMBER 21ST, WE'LL BE ABLE TO GIVE TO HER WHAT THE GOVERNOR'S BUDGET IS OUTLINING THE REVENUE AND WHAT EXPENDITURES ARE OBLIGATED TO THAT REVENUE.

AND SO WE'LL HAVE THAT DECEMBER 21ST, AND WE'LL HAVE ALL OF THE SCHOOLS REQUESTS, AND WE'LL GET THAT TO DR.

PENTICOFF THEN.

SO JUST TO GO KIND OF QUICKLY THROUGH THIS, AFTER WE GET BACK FROM WINTER BREAK, DR.

PENTICOFF WILL MEET WITH THE PRINCIPALS AND THE DIRECTORS, AND WE'LL REVIEW THEIR REQUESTS.

AND THEN WE'LL ALSO DISCUSS ALL OF THIS WITH THE LEADERSHIP TEAM.

AND ONCE AGAIN, WE WANT TO ENCOURAGE THE PUBLIC TO COME OUT FOR PUBLIC COMMENT IN JANUARY.

AND SO AT THE END OF JANUARY, IN THE BEGINNING OF FEBRUARY, WE'LL MEET WITH SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS TO EXPLAIN, YOU KNOW, OUR THOUGHT PROCESSES AND WHAT WHAT THE BUDGET'S LOOKING LIKE, JUST SO THAT YOU YOU GET A FEEL FOR IT BEFORE IT'S ACTUALLY PRESENTED IN FEBRUARY.

THEN IN FEBRUARY, DR.

PENTICOFF WILL PRESENT HER BUDGET AND WE'LL HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING, AND THEN YOU ALL WILL START WORKING ON THE BUDGET SOME MORE.

AND WE'LL WORK THROUGH THAT IN MARCH.

AND, YOU KNOW, AS I SAID BEFORE, PER VIRGINIA CODE, YOU HAVE TO SEND ONE OVER TO THE COUNTY BY APRIL THE 1ST.

NOW THE COUNTY HAS UNTIL MAY 15TH TO APPROVE OUR BUDGET, OUR PORTION OF THE BUDGET.

AND IT'S BY STATE CODE, IT IS EITHER MAY 15TH OR IT'S 30 DAYS, WHICHEVER IS THE LATTER, 30 DAYS FROM THE TIME THAT THEY RECEIVE THE ESTIMATE OF STATE FUNDING.

SO. AND THEY'LL DO THAT.

AND THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY THIS YEAR IT'S THE LONG SESSION.

SO THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY WILL BE TALKING BUDGET TILL THE END OF MARCH.

I KNOW, SO THEY'LL BE DISCUSSING THAT.

BUT WE SHOULD HAVE HOPEFULLY TWO VERSIONS IN ADDITION TO THE GOVERNOR'S BY THE END OF MARCH.

THEN THEY'LL GO ON RECESS.

BUT WHEN THEY RECONVENE IN APRIL, IF THERE ARE ANY CHANGES, THE GOVERNOR WILL GO OVER THOSE CHANGES WITH THEM AS WELL.

AND AS I SAID, WE SHOULD KNOW SOMETHING FROM THE COUNTY IN MAY.

AND THEN IF THERE ARE ANY CHANGES FROM WHAT YOU'VE SUBMITTED, WE'LL ASK YOU TO TO REVIEW IT AGAIN, GO THROUGH IT AGAIN AND THEN ADOPT THE BUDGET.

SO THOSE ARE THE PHASES AND THE CALENDAR FOR THIS FOR FISCAL YEAR 25.

SO IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS.

EXCUSE ME. THANK YOU, MISS BARNES.

YOU'RE VERY WELCOME. THANK YOU.

WONDERFUL INFORMATION.

I'M SORRY. WONDERFUL INFORMATION.

THANK YOU SIR.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE TO ACTION ITEMS.

[1. Support of Military-Connected Families Resolution - Lisa Pennycuff]

RESOLUTION. DR. PENTICOFF, THANK YOU.

THIS EVENING, WE ASK OUR SCHOOL BOARD TO CONSIDER THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION.

WHEREAS THE PRINCE GEORGE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS IS HOME TO MORE THAN 1532 SCHOOL AGED, MILITARY CONNECTED CHILDREN.

AND THROUGHOUT ITS NINE SCHOOLS AND PROGRAMS, PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS HAS 24.8% OF ITS STUDENT POPULATION.

THAT IS MILITARY CONNECTED AND AS SUCH WORKS CLOSELY WITH MRS. SANDRA TAZEWELL, THE SCHOOL LIAISON OFFICER FROM FORT GREG ADAMS, TO PROVIDE SUPPORTS FOR STUDENTS UNIQUE NEEDS.

AND NATIONALLY, NOVEMBER IS RECOGNIZED AS MILITARY FAMILY APPRECIATION MONTH AND APRIL IS RECOGNIZED AS THE MONTH OF THE MILITARY CHILD.

SO THIS EVENING, WE ASK THAT IT BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE PRINCE GEORGE COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD OF EDUCATION SHOW ITS SUPPORT FOR MILITARY CONNECTED STUDENTS AND FAMILIES AND ITS COMMITMENT TO FURTHERING OPPORTUNITIES TO CELEBRATE AND HONOR THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF STUDENTS FROM MILITARY FAMILIES, AND THAT THIS RESOLUTION BE

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SO WE ASK FOR YOUR APPROVAL OF THIS RESOLUTION AND YOUR SIGNATURES TO MAKE IT OFFICIAL.

I'LL MAKE A MOTION. WE APPROVE IT.

SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION? ROLL CALL, MR. JOHNSON.

YES, MISS TAYLOR? YES, THIS IS ANDREWS.

YES, MR. ELEY. YES.

MR. SMITH? YES.

YES. I WAS LOOKING FOR SOMEBODY TO MAKE THE NEXT MOTION.

[L. CLOSED SESSION (If needed)]

WE WERE WAITING FOR YOU. SO MOTION APPROVED.

OH. IT'S APPROVED. OKAY, SO A MOTION ON THE FLOOR TO GO BACK INTO CLOSED SESSION AGAIN TO FINISH UP WHAT WE DIDN'T FINISH.

BEFORE I MAKE A MOTION, WE GO INTO CLOSED SESSION.

WE ALREADY DID IT. WE GOT A MOTION AND A SECOND.

IS THERE ANY. SORRY. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? ROLL CALL, MRS. ANDREWS. YES.

MR. ELEY? YES.

MR. JOHNSON? YES.

TAYLOR. YES, MR. SMITH? YES.

WE'RE NOW IN CLOSED SESSION.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR KIND ATTENDANCE.

CAN WE TAKE A FIVE MINUTE?

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.