Sep 01, 2021 Board Meeting

UM, THIS SITUATION AT SKYLINE HIGH SCHOOL IN MY VIEW WAS APPALLING AND WE JUST CAN'T HAVE THESE TYPES OF SITUATIONS IN SCHOOLS.

NOT ONLY ALLOW THEM TO SAY IT, BUT TO DEFEND IT WITH THEIR LIFE.

THANK YOU, MIKE MAYER, CHECK, CHECK, CHECK, CHECK, CHECK, CHECK.

MY WIFE KEEPS TELLING ME I'M TOO DAMN LOUD ON THIS THING.

SO I APOLOGIZE IN ADVANCE.

GOOD EVENING BOARD.

AND UNFORTUNATELY, A PRETTY EMPTY ROOM TONIGHT TO QUOTE ENGLISH WRITER, BEATRICE EVELYN HALL.

I DISAPPROVE OF WHAT YOU SAY, BUT I WILL DEFEND TO DEATH YOUR RIGHT TO SAY IT.

IT SURE IS NICE TO REFLECT ON A SIMPLER TIME WHEN SOMEONE COULD DISAGREE WITH WHAT THEIR IDEOLOGICAL OPPONENT MIGHT SAY, BUT STILL BE WILLING TO

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I THINK IT'S SAFE TO SAY THE TIMES HAVE CHANGED IN THIS ASPECT.

AND UNFORTUNATELY NOT FOR THE BETTER, I WOULD LIKE TO APOLOGIZE TO EVERYONE.

UNFORTUNATELY, NOT SUCH A CROWD AS I HAD HOPED FOR WHO WAS HERE AT LAST MONTH'S MEETING, WHO WAS DEPRIVED OF THEIR RIGHT TO SPEAK WHEN THINGS WERE SHUT DOWN PREMATURELY BY A RABID MOB.

AND TO BE SURE, I EXTEND THAT APOLOGY EQUALLY TO THE MEMBERS OF THAT GROUP, WHO THEMSELVES LOST THEIR OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK IN THE PROCESS OF SHUTTING ME DOWN AND TURNING THE MEETING INTO A MELEE.

I PLAYED TO ALL OF YOU, UNFORTUNATELY, NOT MANY OF Y'ALL HERE THAT I WILL NEVER SHOUT ANY OF YOU DOWN BECAUSE I THINK YOU'RE AN EVIL PERSON WITH EVIL IDEAS OR FOR ANY OTHER REASON, FOR THAT MATTER TO PULL OUT ANOTHER FANCY QUOTE, LET'S GO WITH THE GREEK PLAYWRIGHT, YOUR EQUITIES, WHO SAID A SLAVE IS HE WHO CANNOT SPEAK HIS THOUGHTS.

WE'RE ALL FREE AMERICANS IN THIS ROOM.

AND I HAVE NO INTENTION OF MAKING ANY EFFORT TO DEPRIVE ANY OF YOU OF YOUR FREEDOM TO SPEAK TONIGHT OR EVER.

I WOULD APPRECIATE THE SAME FROM THOSE OF YOU WHO WOULD SHOUT ME DOWN.

AND MORE SPECIFICALLY, THOSE OF YOU WHO HAD SPENT THE LAST MONTH WAGING A WEIRD ONLINE SMEAR CAMPAIGN AGAINST ME, MY FRIENDS, AND EVEN WEIRDER MY FAMILY.

YOU MAY HATE ME WITH THE PASSION THAT BURNS WITH THE HEAT OF A THOUSAND SUNS, BUT I HARBOR NO PERSONAL ANIMUS TO ANY OF YOU.

IT WOULD BE NICE IF WE COULD AGREE TO DISAGREE, HAVE AN OPEN EXCHANGE OF IDEAS IN THESE MEETINGS AND LET THE BOARD MAKE THEIR DECISIONS BASED UPON COMMUNITY INPUT.

NO MATTER HOW OPPOSITE OUR OPINIONS MAY BE.

IF WE LOSE THAT EXCHANGE OF IDEAS AND VOICES ARE SILENCED, THAT DOES NOT MAGICALLY MAKE PEOPLE YOU MAY HATE GO AWAY.

IN FACT, SUCH SILENCING IS DAMN NEAR GUARANTEED TO LEAD TO ESCALATION FROM WORDS TO SOMETHING ELSE.

AND I'M CERTAIN THAT ALL OF US CAN FIND COMMON GROUND AND SAY THAT THERE IS NOTHING IN THAT THAT BENEFITS ANY OF US WOULD THAT BE SAID, I WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS ONE MORE TOPIC BEFORE I GET THE BUZZER.

WHEN I FIRST CAME TO A SCHOOL BOARD MEETING A COUPLE OF, OR EXCUSE ME, A FEW MONTHS AGO, I STATED THAT THE DAMAGE BEING INFLICTED UPON OUR CHILDREN WITH THE FORCE OF VIRTUAL LEARNING WOULD NOT BE FULLY RECOGNIZED FOR YEARS.

FAST FORWARD TO LAST WEEK, NV DAILY HEADLINE, SOL SCORES, PLUMMET, AND THE ACCOMPANYING PASS RATE BREAKDOWN FROM LAST YEAR, A 10% DROP IN ENGLISH AND READING A 28% DROP IN MATH, A 29% DROP IN SCIENCE.

AND THAT'S JUST IN ONE YEAR, COULD YOU PLEASE WRAP IT UP? THERE IS NOT ENOUGH TIME ON THE CLOCK FOR ME TO RIP EVERYONE WHO CONTRIBUTED TO THIS DISASTER TO THE EXTENT THAT THEY ALSO DEEPLY DESERVE.

SO I WON'T, BUT MAKE NO MISTAKE.

THE ABJECT FAILURE OF LAST SCHOOL YEAR HAS ALREADY PROVEN MY PROGNOSIS TO HAVE BEEN WISHFUL THINKING ON STEROIDS.

PEOPLE WITH FANCY CREDENTIALS WILL PONTIFICATE ON THE REASON FOR SUCH AN EMBARRASSMENT, BUT I SAY LET'S IGNORE THEM.

MAYBE CONSIDER GETTING RID OF PARALYSIS BY ANALYSIS AND START DOING SOMETHING SUBSTANTIVE TO CORRECT THE ISSUE, THE TAX DOLLARS OF WE, THE PEOPLE BEING SQUANDERED DEMAND IT AND OUR CHILDREN CERTAINLY DESERVE IT.

LET'S STOP WASTING TIME ON NONSENSE AND FOCUS ON THINGS THAT ACTUALLY MAKE A DIFFERENCE.

I KNOW IT'S A PRAGMATIC CONCEPT THAT BUREAUCRATS FEAR, BUT CONQUERING SUCH A FEAR CAN BE BENEFICIAL TO ASSIST THEM WOEFULLY IN NEED OF IMPROVEMENT, ACCOUNTABILITY, AND SOME STANDARD OF EXCELLENCE I WOULD LOVE TO GO ON, BUT OBVIOUSLY MY TIME IS ABOUT UP AND I WILL LEAVE IT AT THAT.

GOD BLESS AMERICA.

GOD BLESS WARREN COUNTY.

AND I APPRECIATE EVERYONE GIVING ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO GET MY THREE MINUTES TONIGHT.

THANK YOU, STEVIE HUBBARD.

UM, I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR STATEMENT AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MEETING, IT IS GREATLY APPRECIATED TO KNOW, UM, THAT YOU ARE COMMITTED TO MAKING SURE INCIDENTS LIKE LAST WEEK DON'T KEEP OCCURRING IN OUR SCHOOLS.

UM, AND I'D ALSO LIKE TO THANK YOU MR. FOX.

YOU'RE ALSO, UM, ALWAYS VERY WONDERFUL TO HELP OUT WHEN THINGS GET A LITTLE HEATED.

UM, I'M GOING TO RESPOND A LITTLE BIT TO MR. MAYOR'S COMMENTS.

CLEARLY.

I'M THE RABID MOM THAT SPOKE AT THE LAST TIME.

AND I THINK THAT THERE IS JUST, UM, A PROFESSIONAL DECORUM THAT SHOULD BE KEPT WHEN PEOPLE ARE SPEAKING, WHAT SHE WAS ABLE TO DO TONIGHT WITHOUT CALLING, UM, PEOPLE THAT HE MEANS LESS THAN THEM, UM, NAMES, WHICH IS THE ONLY REASON THAT I'M HERE.

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THE ONLY REASON THAT I'M EVER HERE, IF Y'ALL DON'T WANT TO SEE ME HERE, JUST TO MAKE SURE THERE'S NO RACISM GOING ON IN THE SCHOOL AND YOU'RE NOT MESSING WITH TRANSGENDER KIDS FOR WHO THEY ARE.

AND YOU'RE JUST LETTING PEOPLE BE WHO THEY ARE AND YOU WILL NOT SEE ME HERE.

I WILL NEVER COME UNLESS I HAVE TO COME FOR LIKE SCHOOL CLASS STUFF, BUT IT WON'T BE POLITICAL THINGS.

AND THAT'S WHAT WE SHOULD BE GOING FOR.

THAT'S WHAT WE SHOULD BE GOING FOR HERE.

WE HAVE TO DEAL WITH THESE POLITICS EVERYWHERE WE GO.

THEY'RE DISGUSTING.

I DON'T KNOW WHO MY NEIGHBORS ARE IN MY COMMUNITY ANYMORE.

DEAR FRIENDS THAT I LOVED DEARLY DEARLY.

AND I KNOW THAT THEY KNOW THAT MY FRIENDSHIP WAS GENUINE.

I AM NOT FRIENDS WITH TODAY BECAUSE OF POLITICAL NONSENSE AND HATEFULNESS.

THIS IS NOT WHAT WE WANT FOR OUR SCHOOL BOARD.

YOU DO NEED TO HAVE NICE CALM DEBATE WITH BOTH SIDES OF A SITUATION BECAUSE COMPROMISE IS WHAT LEADS TO THE BEST OUTCOME.

BUT WHEN YOU HAVE EXTREMIST VIEWS ON EITHER SIDE OF THE THING, WHETHER IT'S MY SIDE OR MY OPPONENT'S SIDE, AND NEITHER ONE OF THOSE EVER REALLY LEND TO THE RIGHT ANSWER, AS FAR AS RACISM GOES, THERE'S ONLY ONE ANSWER AND THERE'S NOT A RIGHT AND A WRONG, THERE'S NOT TWO SIDES THAT YOU NEED TO TAKE.

IF SOMEBODY IS, YOU KNOW, THREATENING SOMEONE WITH THE FLAG AND CALLING THEM OTHER THAN THEIR BIRTH GIVEN NAME, THEN THEY ARE ON THE WRONG SIDE AND THAT'S IT.

AND THAT'S ALL.

BUT AS FAR AS THESE DEBATES, WE GET LAWS.

THEY'RE HANDED DOWN TO US THE BEST AND MOST CONDUCIVE THING YOU CAN DO FOR OUR COUNTY IS TO JUST FOLLOW THE LAWS.

AND LIKE I SAID, AT THE LAST MEETING, THERE ARE OTHER REMEDIES WHEN PEOPLE ARE UPSET INSTEAD OF, UM, ARMCHAIR ACTIVISM APPEAR AT THIS PODIUM, WHAT THEY NEED TO DO IS THEY NEED TO GO TO OUR STATE LEGISLATION AND WORK ON LEGISLATION THAT IT'S NOT FOR HERE.

YOU GUYS JUST HAVE TO FOLLOW THE LAWS.

SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR WHAT YOU SAID TONIGHT.

UM, IT MEANS THE WORLD TO ME AND MY KIDS TO KNOW THAT YOU HEARD IT, THAT YOU UNDERSTAND IT AND THAT YOU CALLED IT FOR EXACTLY WHAT IT WAS AND DIDN'T SWEEP IT UNDER THE RUG.

AND SO FOR THAT, WE ARE THANKFUL AND, UM, I WILL BE PRAYING FOR Y'ALL AND PRAYING FOR, UM, THIS POLITICAL POLITICIZE THAT THE HECK CAN'T EVEN GET IT OUT, THE POLITICS TO STOP.

AND, UM, OUR SCHOOL BOARD MEETINGS.

THANK YOU GUYS SO MUCH.

AND I HOPE YOU HAVE A BLESSED EVENING.

THAT WAS THE LAST SPEAKER TO SIGN UP.

IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WHO WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE BOARD? GOOD EVENING, AMBER MORRIS, 20 EAST FOURTH STREET.

I'D LIKE TO COME BEFORE YOU GUYS TONIGHT.

UM, WAIT FOR MY TIMER.

SO I'M RESPECTFUL OF THAT TO JUST SAY A FEW THINGS.

UM, FIRST WOULD BE THAT I WOULD LIKE TO REMIND ALL OF YOU THAT A MANDATE IS NOT A LAW.

AND SECONDLY, I WOULD LIKE TO LET ALL OF YOU KNOW, WHO DO NOT KNOW THAT THE VIRGINIA BOARD OF EDUCATION IS AN APPOINTED BOARD OF EDUCATION BY OUR GOVERNOR.

IT IS NOT ELECTED.

SO THEREFORE ELECTIONS HAVE NO RESULTS IN DICTATING HOW THAT GOES.

AND FOR THE REST OF THIS TWO AND A HALF MINUTES, I'D LIKE TO TAKE A MOMENT OF SILENCE FOR ALL THE KIDS.

WHO'VE COMMITTED SUICIDE DUE TO COVID AND BULLYING AND ALL THE NASTY THINGS THAT WE'VE SEEN BEFORE US TONIGHT.

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GOD BLESS YOU ALL.

ANYONE ELSE? I MISSED THE TOM SARAH LIVE AT 8 35 SHADOW SHORES ROAD FROM RURAL VIRGINIA.

I MISSED THE LAST MEETING WASN'T HERE.

I WAS NOT FEELING WELL, KIND OF SICK.

AND UM, AND I HAVE BEEN SEEING SOME OF THE STUFF ON SOCIAL MEDIA.

I THOUGHT I'M GONNA GET UP HERE.

I'M GONNA READ A MESSAGE.

THE LAST MESSAGE OF OUR LADY OF MAGIC, GLORIA, AUGUST 25TH, 2021, DEAR CHILDREN WITH JOY.

I'M CALLING ALL OF YOU, LITTLE CHILDREN, WHOEVER RESPONDED TO MY CALL, BE JOY AND PEACE WITNESS WITH YOUR LIVES, HEAVEN, WHICH I AM BRINGING TO YOU.

IT IS TOM LITTLE CHILDREN THAT YOU BE A REFLECTION OF MY LOVE FOR ALL THOSE WHO DO NOT LOVE AND WHOSE HEARTS HATRED HAS CONQUERED.

DO NOT FORGET.

I AM WITH YOU AND INTERCEDE FOR ALL OF YOU BEFORE MY SON, JESUS, THAT HE MAY GIVE YOU HIS PEACE.

THANK YOU FOR HAVING RESPONDED TO MY CALL.

ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS THE CONSENT AGENDA.

ANYONE ELSE? NEXT

[2. Consent Agenda]

DO I HAVE A MOTION? IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND.

IT ALL THOSE IN FAVOR.

[3A. Superintendent]

DR.

MARCH OR APRIL, UH, JUST WITHIN THE FIRST COUPLE OF WEEKS OF SCHOOL.

THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.

SO SINCE, UM, WE WE'VE STARTED SCHOOL, WE HAVE SEEN THAT, UH, OUR CASES COMPARED TO LAST YEAR ARE, ARE A LITTLE STAGGERING.

WHEN WE LOOK AT OUR CURRENT CASES AFTER THE FIRST COUPLE OF WEEKS COMPARED TO THE TOTAL OF WHAT WE HAD LAST YEAR, 93 POSITIVE CASES.

SO FAR THIS YEAR COMPARED TO 151 LAST YEAR, OVER THE ENTIRE YEAR 13 STAFF CASES.

UM, THIS YEAR ALREADY, WE HAD A POSITIVE, UH, 69 OVER THE ENTIRE YEAR, LAST YEAR, 286 QUARANTINES 831 LAST YEAR, TWO STAFF QUARANTINE SO FAR AND 151 STAFF QUARANTINE LAST YEAR.

UM, SO, SO WE'RE SEEING A LITTLE MORE, UM, POSITIVE CASES WITHIN THE SCHOOL AT THIS POINT IN TIME.

UH, ALSO, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE, WE HAVE CHANGED.

SO FROM WHERE WE WERE LAST YEAR TO THIS YEAR, LAST YEAR, WE HAD MOVED OUR, OUR FIFTH GRADE TO SOME MIDDLE SCHOOLS.

WE WERE ABLE TO DO SEPARATE INTO DIFFERENT CLASSES AND MOVE ONE CLASS INTO TWO CLASSROOMS AND, AND UTILIZE, UM, A LARGER SPACE THIS YEAR.

WE'VE MOVED EVERYBODY BACK.

SO IT'S A LITTLE MORE DIFFICULT TO MAINTAIN AS THE SIX FEET OF DISTANCE, BUT WE ARE GETTING THREE FEET OR MORE AS WE CAN, TO THE BEST OF OUR ABILITY, THE, UH, CURRENT DATA FOR WARREN COUNTY, A NUMBER OF CASES AS OF TODAY, WE'RE 49 TO SEVEN DAY AVERAGE 25.

UM, YOUR SEVEN DAY AVERAGE OF NEW DAILY CASES REPORTED, UH, RATE PER 100063.2, THE TOTAL NUMBER OF NEW CASES PER 100,000 POPULATION WITHIN THE LAST 14 DAYS, 694.9.

SO YOU CAN KIND OF SEE THE TREND LINE THAT WE'RE ALREADY TRENDING UP FROM WHERE WE WERE AROUND

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SO I DID WANT TO KIND OF GO OVER A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT ACCORDING TO CDC GUIDELINES THAT WE HAVE TO FOLLOW AND WHEN IT COMES TO QUARANTINE, CAUSE YOU KNOW, OUR GOAL THIS YEAR IS TO PROTECT STUDENTS AND, AND STAFF, BUT ALSO TO PROTECT INSTRUCTION TO THE BEST OF OUR ABILITY BECAUSE WE WANT TO PROTECT INSTRUCTION FOR ALL STUDENTS.

UH, WE KNOW THAT HAVING OUR STUDENTS IN THE CLASSROOM IS THE MOST BENEFICIAL FOR THEM.

SO WHEN WE LOOK AT OUR QUARANTINE REQUIREMENTS, IF A STUDENT IS UNVACCINATED AND UNMASKED, UM, IF THAT STUDENT IS WITHIN SIX FEET, THEY HAVE TO AUTOMATICALLY QUARANTINE.

IF THEY MEET THE CRITERIA OF 15 MINUTES OVER 24 HOUR PERIOD.

UH, BUT IF THAT STUDENT IS OVER SIX FEET UNVACCINATED ON MASS, THEN THEY DO NOT HAVE TO QUARANTINE, UNVACCINATED AND MASS STUDENTS THAT ARE WITHIN ZERO TO THREE FEET.

UH, YOU DO HAVE TO QUARANTINE.

SO WHEN YOU'RE OUTSIDE OF THAT, THAT, THAT THRESHOLD, THEN THEY DO NOT HAVE TO QUARANTINE.

SO AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE NEXT ONE UNVACCINATED, BUT MASKED THREE TO SIX FEET, YOU'RE NOT REQUIRED TO QUARANTINE STUDENTS THAT ARE VACCINATED AND UNMASKED.

THEY ARE NOT REQUIRED TO QUARANTINE.

AND THEN VACCINATED AND MASS STUDENTS ARE NOT REQUIRED TO QUARANTINE.

AND SO THE, THESE GUIDANCE THAT WE HAVE TO FOLLOW IS, IS LEADING US IN, IN TRYING TO DO WHAT WE CAN TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE PROTECTING INSTRUCTION FOR EACH INDIVIDUAL STUDENT IN THE CLASSROOM AND WITHIN OUR BUILDINGS.

SO THAT AS WE LOOK AT THESE AND WE, WE SEE, YOU KNOW, WHETHER A STUDENT WOULD, WOULD HAVE TO QUARANTINE, IF THIS CRITERIA MEETS, THEN WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE IT TO WHERE THAT STUDENT CAN INCREASE THEIR, THEIR TIME IN THE CLASSROOM BY NOT HAVING TO QUARANTINE.

IF WE CAN FOLLOW THIS GUIDANCE, THIS SLIDE, I JUST WANTED TO KIND OF SHOW YOU A LITTLE DIAGRAM OF WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT A CLASSROOM SET UP AND YOU CAN SEE THE ONE ON THE LEFT THERE, I GUESS YES.

ON THE LEFT.

THAT'S NOT UNMASKING.

UM, IF THE STUDENT IN THE CENTER WAS THAT TESTED POSITIVE FOR COVID AND THOSE DESKS ARE THREE FEET APART, ALL OF THOSE STUDENTS AROUND THAT, THAT, THAT ONE STUDENT WOULD HAVE TO QUARANTINE, UH, ACCORDING TO THE GUIDANCE THAT WE'RE GIVEN THAT WE HAVE TO FOLLOW, IF THAT SAME STUDENT IS IN THE MIDDLE AND THEY HAVE THE NEXT SIDE OVER THERE THAT, AND THEY'RE MASKED ALL OF THOSE STUDENTS GET TO STAY IN SCHOOL.

AND ONLY THE STUDENT THAT TESTED POSITIVE WOULD HAVE TO QUARANTINE BECAUSE OF THE, BECAUSE OF THE GUIDANCE THAT WE HAVE TO FOLLOW.

THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT WE ARE SETTING UP TO TRY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN MAXIMIZE THE INSTRUCTION FOR ALL OF OUR STUDENTS.

AND THIS IS JUST ANOTHER DIAGRAM OF THAT, THAT THAT HAS BEEN USED TO SHOW THAT OF COURSE, INCREASED DISTANCE, INCREASED MITIGATION ALSO HELPS TO REDUCE EXPOSURE FOR OUR STUDENTS ON, ON A DAILY BASIS.

SO WHAT ARE WE DOING TO TRY TO, TO LEVEL OUT OUR NUMBERS AT THIS POINT IN TIME? UH, WE WE'RE MODIFYING OUR SCHEDULES.

WE'RE INCREASING OUR DISTANCE TO THE BEST OF OUR ABILITY WITHIN OUR CLASSROOM.

WE'RE ENHANCED CLEANING AND CONSTANT COMMUNICATION WITH LORD FAIRFAX HEALTH DEPARTMENT.

UH, I TALKED WITH DR.

GREEN ON A DAILY BASIS, AND I KNOW THAT MR. HIRSCH AND HIS TEAM, UH, TALK WITH THE EPIDEMIOLOGISTS ON A DAILY BASIS AS WELL.

UH, IN, IN CONVERSATION WITH DR.

GREEN TODAY, WARREN COUNTY SCHOOLS IS NOT ON THE MOST RECENT LIST OF OUTBREAKS AND THERE IS NO CLEAR KNOWLEDGE OF ANY OUTBREAKS, UH, WITHIN OUR SCHOOLS.

UH, ALL OF THE CASES THAT THAT DR.

GREEN HAS REPORTED TO ME AS FAR AS WHEN IN OUR CONVERSATION, THROUGH OUR VERY WORKING WITH THE LORD FAIRFAX HEALTH DISTRICT, THAT ALL THE CASES THAT WE'RE REPORTING ON OUR DASHBOARD OR CASES THAT ARE IDENTIFIED IN THE COMMUNITY.

AND SO, YOU KNOW, HE, HE CONTINUED TO TELL ME THAT, YOU KNOW, WE ARE DOING A GOOD JOB WITH OUR IDENTIFICATION, WITH OUR QUARANTINING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DO NOT HAVE ANY COMMUNITY SPREAD WITHIN OUR SCHOOLS.

ASSESSMENTS ADMINISTERED DURING THE 2021 SCHOOL YEAR PROVIDED A BASELINE FOR RECOVERY FOR STUDENTS IN SCHOOLS, FOLLOWING AN IMPRESSIVE DATA, DISRUPTION AND INSTRUCTION CAUSED BY THE COVID 19 PANDEMIC.

SO WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO? WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO BE VIGILANT.

AND, AND WHAT WE ASK IS FOR OUR COMMUNITY TO HELP SUPPORT US AS WE TRY TO PROVIDE INSTRUCTION FOR EVERY SINGLE STUDENT, UM, WE UNDERSTAND THAT THE STUDENTS BEING IN THE CLASSROOM ARE THAT, THAT THAT'S MOST BENEFICIAL FOR THEM, BUT WE KNEW THAT OUR COMMUNITY TO HELP SUPPORT US AND TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN FOR, FOR ALL OF OUR STUDENTS, THE 2021 SOL RESULTS, UH, WERE, WERE REPORTED LAST WEEK.

THE RESULTS OF STANDARDS OF LEARNING

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THE SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION, JAMES LANE STATED WHEN SOL TESTS WERE ADMINISTERED IN APRIL.

THE FOCUS OF THE TESTING DURING THE 2021 WAS ON COLLECTING DATA TO IDENTIFY THE ACADEMIC NEEDS OF THE STUDENTS AND INFORM STATE AND LOCAL EFFORTS TO HELP STUDENTS RECOVER ACADEMICALLY FROM THE IMPACT OF THE PANDEMIC.

SO SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE SAW WITHIN THE PANDEMIC IS ONE PARTICIPATION RATES ALL ACROSS THE, THE, THE COMMONWEALTH KIND OF DROPPED.

UH, YOU HAD, UH, 75% LESS STUDENTS, UH, TO THE 80% TEST RATES.

UH, ONE THING THAT SCHOOLS RELY ON A LOT IS RETAKES.

IF A STUDENT SCORES WITHIN A CERTAIN NUMBER OR CERTAIN SCORE OR RANGE, THEN IF THEY MEET THAT CRITERIA OR SOMETHING ELSE, THEN THEY ARE ALLOWED TO TAKE A RETAKE.

TYPICALLY YOU SEE IN VIRGINIA SCHOOLS AROUND 32,000 RETAKES, UH, BECAUSE OF EXTENUATING CIRCUMSTANCES, OR IF THEY HIT A CERTAIN MARK THAT ALLOWS THEM TO TAKE THAT RETAKE.

LAST YEAR, THERE WERE 3,200.

SO A HUGE DIP IN THE NUMBER OF RETAKES THAT WERE GIVEN IN, IN SCHOOLS LAST YEAR.

UM, AND, AND SO THERE'S, THERE, THERE WERE A LOT OF VARIOUS THINGS THAT WENT ON.

SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE, WE REALLY DON'T WANT TO DO IS WE DON'T WANT TO COMPARE OUR SCORES TO ANYBODY ELSE'S SCORES.

AND WE DON'T WANT TO COMPARE OUR SCHOOLS, THE SCHOOL BECAUSE LAST YEAR WAS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT FOR EVERY SCHOOL.

UH, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT YOU, YOU GUYS, ALL REAL YOU GUYS KNOW IS THAT OUR SECONDARY SCHOOLS STARTED THE SCHOOL YEAR.

IF I WAS AN, A STUDENT, I GOT ONE DAY, THE OTHER WERE VIRTUAL, THE OTHER FOUR WERE VIRTUAL.

IF I WAS A B STUDENT, I GOT ONE DAY, THE OTHER FOUR WERE VIRTUAL UNTIL WE WERE ABLE TO GET THEM BACK IN FOUR DAYS A WEEK, OF COURSE, GOING INTO LAST YEAR, WE DIDN'T KNOW THERE WASN'T A SCHOOL IN THE COMMONWEALTH THAT KNEW EXACTLY HOW TO GO ABOUT LAST YEAR.

IT'S AN ANOMALY.

UM, AND SO THE STRUCTURES THAT WE PUT IN LAST YEAR, SOME OF THOSE STRUCTURES, WE'RE NOT USING THIS YEAR BECAUSE WE KNOW HOW TO WORK WITH THEM.

WE KNOW HOW TO HANDLE IT, AND WE KNOW HOW TO DO WHAT IS BEST FOR OUR STUDENTS AND FOR, FOR OUR STAFF AND KEEPING THEM SAFE, BUT ALSO TO INCREASE INSTRUCTIONAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR STUDENTS.

SO, AS WE LOOK THROUGH THIS DATA, JUST, JUST REMEMBER THAT SOME SCHOOLS WITH, EVEN WITHIN OUR COUNTY, THEY HAD SET UP TO WHERE CERTAIN TEACHERS WERE TEACHING HYBRID.

SOME SCHOOLS HAD TO SET UP TO WHERE THEY HAD DESIGNATED TEACHERS THAT WOULD JUST TEACH TO THE VIRTUAL STUDENTS.

AND THEN THOSE CLASSROOM TEACHERS WOULD TEACH TO THE STUDENTS THAT WERE IN PERSON.

SO EVEN WITHIN OUR OWN COUNTY, WE HAD, WE HAD DIFFERENT SETUPS WITHIN THE SCHOOLS.

AND SO THAT'S WHY I REALLY, YOU CAN NOT JUST LET'S LOOK AT ONE SCHOOL VERSUS THE OTHER SCHOOL TO SEE, WELL, VERY SCORED HERE.

WHY DID THIS SCHOOL SCORE HERE? THERE WERE SO MANY UNDERLYING, UM, ISSUES THAT, THAT YOU'D HAVE TO LOOK AT TOO.

HOW MANY OF THOSE STUDENTS ACTUALLY CAME IN AND OUT OF THE SCHOOL, YOU WOULD FLIP INTO TWO VIRTUAL ONE, YOU KNOW, FOR A MONTH OR TWO, AND THEN COME BACK TO THE IN-PERSON, BUT THEN THEY WOULD JUMP RIGHT BACK OUT TO A, TO A VIRTUAL, UH, BECAUSE WE DID ALLOW FOR ONE EVERY SEMESTER.

AND SO THERE, THERE WERE PARENTS ACTUALLY, AND STUDENTS DID THAT.

SO HAVING THEM JUMPING IN AND OUT ALSO, UM, COULD BE A CAUSE.

SO THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT WENT INTO LAST YEAR THAT NOT JUST FOR WARREN COUNTY, BUT FOR THE ENTIRE COMMONWEALTH THAT CAUSED THE SOL SCORES TO BE LOWER SO WHEN WE LOOK AT THE DIVISION OVERALL, YOU CAN SEE THE 1819 SCORES ON THE LEFT.

OF COURSE THERE WAS NO 1920, BECAUSE THAT'S WHEN WE FIRST, WHEN SCHOOLS WERE SHUT DOWN ON MARCH 13TH.

AND, UH, YOU CAN SEE THAT FOR ENGLISH.

THIS IS A REPORT FOR ENGLISH DIVISION-WIDE, UH, OUR SCHOOL OR DIVISION IS BLUE AND STATE IS COLORED RED THERE.

AND THEN YOU CAN SEE THAT THE, THE DROP FOR OUR SCHOOL WENT FROM A 74 TO A 64 IN ENGLISH AS A DIVISION.

UM, YOU CAN SEE THAT THE STATE DROPPED FROM A 78 TO A 69 .

I THINK I PUT THREE ENGLISH ON THERE TWICE.

MUST LIKE ENGLISH.

I'LL READ THE, I'LL READ THE MATH HERE.

SO THE MATH, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE MATH DIVISION-WIDE, UH, AND 2018, THE DIVISION OVERALL SCORE

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WAS A 77.

IT DROPPED TO A 49.

UH, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THIS STATE OVERALL, IT DROPPED, IT WENT FROM AN 82 DOWN TO A 54.

SO YOU CAN SEE THAT NOT JUST WITHIN WARREN COUNTY, ALL ACROSS THE COMMONWEALTH, THERE WAS, THERE WAS A REDUCTION IN, IN SCORES, IN ENGLISH AND MATH, UH, AND NOT JUST IN ENGLISH AND MATH.

IT WAS IN ALL SUBJECT AREAS.

SAME THING HERE IN SCIENCE, 77 IN 18, 19 DOWN TO A 48 LAST YEAR WHERE THE STATE WAS AT AN 81 TO A 59 WRITING TEST WRITING SCORES, WE MOVED TO PBAS PROJECT-BASED ASSESSMENTS.

UH, SO WE'LL NEVER HAVE ANOTHER SOL REPORT.

UM, OUR, OUR STUDENTS WILL WORK THROUGH PROJECT BASED ASSESSMENTS WITHIN OUR SCHOOLS IN ORDER TO GET THEIR, UH, VERIFIED CREDIT AND WRITING GOING FORWARD.

SAME THING WITH THE HISTORY.

UH, THERE WERE LIMITED AND, UM, THEY ALLOWED PROJECT BASED ASSESSMENTS FOR HISTORY LAST YEAR.

AND SO THEREFORE THERE WERE NO SCORES FOR HISTORY AS WELL.

SO WHAT I'VE DONE HERE IS I WENT THROUGH AND JUST KIND OF PULLED FROM EACH OF THE SCHOOLS WITHIN THE COUNTY.

AND WHAT, WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT THIS, YOU CAN SEE THE NUMBER 60, FOR INSTANCE, I S RHODES ENGLISH 67.

THAT WAS THEIR, THAT WAS THEIR SCORE ON THE SOL LAST YEAR.

UH, THE 69, THAT IS THE STATE AVERAGE.

SO I LISTED OUR SCHOOL AND THE STATE AVERAGE IN PARENTHESES THERE BY EACH OF OUR SCHOOLS.

SO ON THIS FIRST SLIDE, I HAVE A S A S RHODES, AND HE WILL SOME MORRISON AND YOU CAN SEE THE ENGLISH WAS A 67 MATH OF 64 SCIENCE OF 56 AT ASLD ROADS, ENGLISH, A 56, MATH OF 47 SCIENCE AT 37 AT YOU.

WILSON MORRISON MORE DATA HERE WITH ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AT HILDA.

ENGLISH WAS A 59 55 IN MATH, 51 IN SCIENCE, ENGLISH AT 64 AT LF, K A 51 IN MATH AND A 48 IN SCIENCE.

RESSIES YOU HAD A 64 IN ENGLISH, 56 AND MATH, AND A 39 IN SCIENCE AT OUR MIDDLE SCHOOLS, WARREN COUNTY, MY MIDDLE SCHOOL HAD AN ENGLISH SIX 65% MATH OF 45 SCIENCE, A 44 AND SKYLINE ENGLISH OF 56 AT 36 IN MATH AND A 43 AND SIX, RIGHT, WARREN.

UH, THIS IS OUR HIGH SCHOOL DATA.

AND YOU CAN SAY THAT WARREN COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL HAD AN ENGLISH, UH, 83% PASS RATE MATH AND 82% PASS RATE AND SCIENCE, A 63% PASS RATE.

UM, AND THE ONE ON THE RIGHT, IT DOES SAY WARREN COUNTY, BUT THAT SKYLINE HIGH SCHOOL, I APOLOGIZE TO SKYLINE HIGH SCHOOL FOR NOT GETTING THAT CORRECT.

UH, ENGLISH WAS A 76%.

MATH WAS A 35% AND SCIENCE WAS A 47%.

SO YOU CAN SEE THAT EVEN THOUGH OUR SCORES FAIL, THEY DID.

AND WE ALL KNOW THAT.

AND WE KNOW THAT WE HAVE HAVE A JOB AHEAD OF US THIS YEAR, BUT THEY FAIL IN CONJUNCTION WITH EVERY OTHER SCHOOL ACROSS THE COMMONWEALTH.

UH, EVERYBODY'S STRUGGLED AND EVERYBODY HAD DIFFERENT SETUPS.

EVERYBODY DID THE BEST THAT THEY CAN.

AND I WANT TO THANK OUR TEACHERS FOR THE JOB THAT THEY DID LAST YEAR.

LAST YEAR WAS NOT AN EASY YEAR FOR THEM.

THEY, THEY DID THE BEST JOB THAT THEY COULD, AND I APPRECIATE THE JOB THAT THEY DID.

YOU KNOW, WE DID HAVE A LOT OF STUDENTS THAT DIDN'T EVEN TAKE THE SOL.

THEY ALSO HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE AN ONLINE ASSESSMENT THAT WAS PROVIDED THROUGH THE VIDEOS, AND THAT WAS NOT REPORTED AS FAR AS AN SOL.

SO I WANT TO THANK ALL THAT, THAT PUT IN THE EFFORT LAST YEAR TO REALLY HELP US.

AND I KNOW THAT THEY'RE GOING TO DO THEIR JOB THIS YEAR AND DO IT TO THE BEST OF THEIR ABILITY AGAIN.

SO KIND OF TO FINISH UP THE SUPERINTENDENTS REPORT, I DID WANT TO REPORT TO THE BOARD, UH, THE CORONAVIRUS STATE AND LOCAL FISCAL RECOVERY FUNDS TO SUPPORT VENTILATION REPLACEMENT AND IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS.

UH, WE RECEIVED 1 MILLION, $14,491, AND THAT IS THE ONE THAT REQUIRES A 100% LOCAL MATCH.

UM, WE CAN ACTUALLY USE OUR S OR ONE, TWO AND THREE FUNDS, UM, AS THAT MATCH.

SO JUST TO REMIND EVERYBODY, WE DO NOT HAVE SCHOOL ON MONDAY, SEPTEMBER THE SIXTH.

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SO ALL SPORTS HAVE STARTED.

WE HAD OUR LAST GAME, UH, FOOTBALL, FIRST FOOTBALL GAMES LAST FRIDAY, ALL OTHER ACTIVITIES ARE GOING ON, UM, VOLLEYBALL GAMES.

SO WE JUST WANT TO INVITE EVERYBODY OUT, UM, TO BE A PART, AND TO SUPPORT OUR SCHOOLS.

WE ARE GOING TO REALLOCATE SOME OF OUR SR FUNDS INTO INSTRUCTION AROUND A MILLION DOLLARS FOR ACADEMIC SUPPORT AND REMEDIATION.

UM, FOOD SERVICE HAS SERVED OVER 42,000 MEALS IN AUGUST OF THIS YEAR, COMPARED TO 21,708 MEALS.

IN AUGUST OF LAST YEAR, WE DID HAVE OUR FIRST WEATHER CONCERNS TODAY.

UM, I'M NOT GOING TO SAY THAT I ENJOYED THE EARLY CALLS WITH, UH, MR. MITCHELL, BUT THAT STARTED EARLY THIS YEAR.

YOU KNOW, I WANT TO THANK OUR TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT.

THEY GET UP AT THREE O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING AND THEY ARE OUT DRIVING THE ROADS AND CHECKING EVERYTHING.

UM, AND OF COURSE I GET THAT EARLY CALL AS WELL.

SO JUST TO KIND OF GET AN UPDATE AFTER THEY MAKE THEIR ROUNDS, TYPICALLY THAT DOESN'T START UNTIL AROUND NOVEMBER, DECEMBER, BUT HEY, HERE WE ARE.

SO, UH, WE DID ALSO HAVE A, WE HAD GETTING HOME TODAY.

THERE WAS NO ISSUES RIGHT NOW WITH THE, UH, FOR THE ELEMENTARY ROUTES.

AND MR. SMITH WAS TELLING ME THIS EARLIER ON THE HIGH SCHOOL ROUTES, THERE WERE SOME TREES DOWN ON ABOUT FIVE ROUTES THAT THERE WAS SOME DELAYS ON THE BUSES UNTIL AARON AND HIS TEAM COULD GET UP THERE TO REMOVE, UM, THE TREES OR TO CLEAR THE ROAD SO THAT THE BUSES COULD GET THROUGH.

SO WE DID HAVE SOME DELAYS THIS AFTERNOON, UH, WITH, WITH TRANSPORTATION THERE.

SO OTHER THAN THAT, THAT IS MY REPORT.

I APPRECIATE THAT OPPORTUNITY.

SCHOOL

[3B. School Board]

BOARD REPORTS, DR.

PENCE.

UM, WE HAD, UH, TAKE US OFF.

CAN YOU HEAR ME? WE HAD A MOUNTAIN MOUNTAIN VISTA GOVERNOR'S SCHOOL MEETING AUGUST 19TH.

UM, I ALSO THOUGHT MORE PEOPLE WOULD STILL BE HERE.

SO FOR THOSE THAT ARE NOT FAMILIAR STUDENTS FROM CLARK COLEPEPPER, FOGGIER, FREDERICK RAPPAHANNOCK, WARREN COUNTY, AND THE CITY OF WINCHESTER ATTEND AT THE LORD FAIRFAX CAMPUS.

THERE ARE A TOTAL OF 196 STUDENTS THERE THIS YEAR.

AND 20 OF THOSE ARE STUDENTS FROM WARREN COUNTY.

DR.

BALLENGER IS GOING TO INVITE MS. HOUGH.

UM, WHO'S THE NEW DIRECTOR THERE TO ONE OF OUR FUTURE MEETINGS TO GIVE AN UPDATE ON THE WONDERFUL THINGS HAPPENING THERE.

AND THEN, UM, BEYOND THAT, I JUST WANT TO TAKE A MINUTE JUST, UM, AGAIN, THOUGHT I'D BE ADDRESSING MORE PEOPLE, BUT THAT'S OKAY.

UH, EVEN MR. MAYOR ALREADY LEFT.

UM, I HAVE BEEN A MEMBER OF THIS BOARD SINCE JANUARY OF 2020, AND I'M TYPICALLY RELATIVELY QUIET DURING OUR MEETINGS EARLY ON.

I EVEN RECEIVED EMAILS FROM CONCERNED COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT I DON'T ASK ENOUGH QUESTIONS PRIOR TO A VOTE.

I CAN ASSURE YOU THAT I'VE READ THROUGH DOCUMENTS.

AND IF I HAVE QUESTIONS, I WILL ADDRESS THEM WITH DR.

BALLENGER OR ANOTHER MEMBER OF CENTRAL OFFICE PRIOR TO OUR MEETING.

I MAKE SURE MY RESEARCH HAS DONE.

IF I HAVE RE IF I RECEIVE A QUESTION FROM MULTIPLE PARENTS, I TRY TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S ANSWERED HERE AT OUR MEETINGS SO THAT EVERYONE CAN HEAR AND GET THE ANSWER AT THE SAME TIME.

MANY PARENTS HAVE FOUND MULTIPLE WAYS TO REACH OUT TO US.

ATTENDANCE AT OUR MEETINGS HAS DRASTICALLY INCREASED OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF MONTHS.

I WELCOME YOUR THOUGHTS AND FEEDBACK, AND I HOPE THAT YOUR INTEREST CONTINUES ONCE WE ARE BEYOND THE CURRENT POINTS OF CONTROVERSY.

I DO RECEIVE SEVERAL EMAILS A DAY.

I APPRECIATE PARENTS REACHING OUT TO ME WITH QUESTIONS AND CONCERNS.

SOMETIMES IS AN ISSUE THAT I'M AWARE OF OR HAS ALREADY BEEN, HAS ALREADY AFFECTED MULTIPLE PARENTS.

OTHER TIMES.

THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THAT I'M HEARING ABOUT A PARTICULAR CONCERN.

OFTEN YOUR QUESTIONS LEAD ME TO ASK OTHER QUESTIONS.

AND I ENDED UP IN CONVERSATION WITH MR. MITCHELL OR MR. HIRSCH OR SOMEONE ELSE IN CENTRAL OFFICE.

AND IT ALLOWS ME TO LEARN MORE ABOUT OUR SCHOOLS.

THERE WERE ACTUALLY ONLY TWO MONTHS OF NORMAL SCHOOL THAT I'VE BEEN ON THE BOARD.

SO IT IS A GOOD OPPORTUNITY WHILE I READ WHILE I READ EVERY EMAIL I RECEIVE DO NOT ALWAYS HAVE THE FULL BACKGROUND INFORMATION TO BEST HELP YOU.

I WILL NOT ATTEMPT TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS UNLESS I FEEL 100% CONFIDENT IN WHAT I AM COMMUNICATING TO YOU.

I HAVE TRIED A COUPLE OF TIMES.

THE NEXT THING I KNOW, I JUST FIND MYSELF REACHING OUT TO DR.

BALLENGER OR MR. FOX OR MR. HERSCH FOR MORE INFORMATION.

WHAT I CAN PROMISE YOU IS THAT I DO MAKE SURE EVERY QUESTION I RECEIVE GETS TO A PERSON THAT CAN HELP YOU.

I WANT YOU TO HAVE YOUR CONCERNS ADDRESSED, AND I WANT YOU TO RECEIVE ALL OF THE DETAILS.

SO OUR PUBLIC SCHOOL BOARD MEETINGS, PHONE CALLS AND EMAILS, OF COURSE, ARE THE BEST WAYS TO COMMUNICATE WITH US AS A BOARD.

HOPEFULLY EACH OF YOU ALSO HAVE LINES OF COMMUNICATION SET UP WITH YOUR CHILD'S SCHOOL.

AT RESI COMMUNICATION WITH MY DAUGHTER'S TEACHER IS THROUGH EMAIL CLASS DOJO OR WRITTEN NOTE, OR EVEN THROUGH OUR CLASSROOM FACEBOOK PAGE.

I KNOW EACH TEACHER IN SCHOOL HAS A SLIGHT VARIATION THAT WORKS BEST FOR THEM.

USE IT.

I ENCOURAGE YOU TO KEEP COMMUNICATION OPEN WITH YOUR CHILD'S

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TEACHERS.

THEY'RE ALL WORKING HARD TO PROVIDE YOUR CHILDREN WITH THE BEST EDUCATION THEY CAN, AND THEY WOULD WELCOME INTERACTION AND SUPPORT FROM YOU.

THE SAME CAN BE SAID FOR THE ADMINISTRATION AT EACH SCHOOL AND OUR CENTRAL OFFICE STAFF.

EACH ONE OF US WANTS EACH OF YOUR CHILDREN TO BE SUCCESSFUL, AND WE ARE AVAILABLE TO HELP YOU AND YOUR CHILD IN ANY WAY THAT WE CAN.

AND WHILE I DID MENTION USING A CLASSROOM SOCIAL MEDIA PAGE TO COMMUNICATE WITH MY DAUGHTER'S TEACHER, I DID NOT MENTION USING SOME OF THE OTHER POPULAR SOCIAL MEDIA SITES.

OF COURSE, I'M NOT HERE TO TELL YOU WHAT TO DO WITH YOUR OWN SOCIAL MEDIA ACCOUNTS, BUT I JUST WANT TO SHARE SOME OF THE EXPERIENCES THAT I'VE HAD OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF WEEKS.

I'VE RECEIVED SCREENSHOTS TEXTS AND EMAILS REGARDING SOMETHING.

SOMEONE POSTED A READ ON A LOCAL SOCIAL MEDIA PAGE.

THE OUTCOMES HAVE RANGE FROM DETERMINING THAT THE POSTS WERE EITHER COMPLETELY OR PARTIALLY INACCURATE TO SOMETHING THAT TRULY NEEDS IMMEDIATE ATTENTION FROM EITHER DR.

BALLENGER, A PRINCIPAL OR ANOTHER ADMINISTRATOR.

I REALIZE IT GIVES YOU IMMEDIATE GRATIFICATION GRATIFICATION TO POST A COMPLAINT TO SOCIAL MEDIA AND HAVE A HUNDRED PLUS INSTANT RESPONSES AGREEING WITH YOU AND BUILDING THE RES RAGE AND COMMISERATION.

I RECEIVED AN EMAIL RECENTLY THAT REFERENCED TORCHES AND PITCHFORKS BACK IN THE DAY, I WOULD ARGUE THAT SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS QUICKLY BECOME THE MODERN DAY TORCHES AND PITCHFORKS.

THE PROBLEM THAT ARISES IN THAT SCENARIO IS THAT OFTEN NO ONE ACTUALLY CONTACTED THE TEACHER, THE PRINCIPAL, THE GUIDANCE COUNSELOR, THE TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT, OR ANYONE ELSE WITHIN THE SCHOOL DIVISION TO MAKE THEM AWARE OF THE ISSUE.

IT IS ABSOLUTELY CRITICAL THAT THE PERSON WHO CAN ACTUALLY HELP YOU AND YOUR CHILD SOLVE THE PROBLEM IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM.

OTHERWISE THEY WILL NOT BE ABLE TO WORK WITH YOU TO CORRECT THIS ISSUE.

THE ISSUE OUR CHILDREN ARE WATCHING OUR BEHAVIORS, PARENTS, AND THEY ARE LEARNING HOW TO NAVIGATE THE WORLD AND SOLVE PROBLEMS BY WATCHING US, PLEASE SHOW THEM THAT JUMPING ON SOCIAL MEDIA WITHOUT TAKING THE TIME TO HAVE A ONE-ON-ONE CONVERSATION WITH SOMEONE IN A POSITION TO HELP IS NOT THE SOLUTION.

THANK YOU, DR.

PENCE, MR. WELLS.

UM, I APPRECIATE IT.

UM, I JUST WANT TO TALK FOR A SECOND ABOUT CIVILITY.

UM, AND THIS IS BIGGER THAN THIS FORWARD.

IT'S CLEAR THAT THE PAST 18 MONTHS HAS DONE A NUMBER ON OUR SOCIETY TO THE POINT WHERE PEOPLE, A SMALL CONTENTMENT PERHAPS, BUT A CONTENDED NONETHELESS KEPT FORGOTTEN, MAYBE ABANDONED THE NOTION OF WHAT IT MEANS TO BE CIVIL.

IT'S A REGRESSION, FEEL A VISCERAL SENSATION OF PENT UP ANGER AND RAGE, WAITING TO BE DIRECTED AT ANYTHING IN ANY THAT IS GOING TO MANIFEST ITSELF IN UGLY WAYS AND HAS, AND OTHER EVENTS, OUR BOARD JUST HAPPENS TO BE IN YOUR TARGET WHEN IT COMES TO THIS CAR, JUST SAY, WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE? WE HAVE, WE HAVE TO BEGIN TO DISCUSS SOME OF THE TOPICS THAT HAVE BEEN DISCUSSED OVER THE LAST MONTHS.

COUPLE OF MONTHS HAS AS A COMMUNITY AND COME TO SOME KIND OF CONSENSUS WITHOUT ANGER AND WITHOUT A SCORCHED EARTH POLICY.

THAT IF, IF IT'S, IF I'M RIGHT, YOU'VE GOT TO BE WRONG.

THERE'S NO THERE'S NO ROOM FOR COMPROMISE ANYMORE.

AND THAT, THAT SADDENS ME, SADDENS ME QUITE A BIT.

UM, ON A, ON A MORE POSITIVE NOTE, I DON'T THINK THIS HAS BEEN REPORTED.

UM, YOU MAY HAVE MS. BAKER FROM THE, UH, BLUE RIDGE TECHNICAL CENTER COMING AT ANOTHER TIME.

BUT, UM, AT THE, I THINK IT WAS AT THE NEW TEACHERS THING.

SHE REPORTED TO ME THAT A HUNDRED PERCENT OF OUR CERTIFIED OUR ELECTRICIANS.

UM, UH, AND I HOPE I DON'T MISS ANY, OUR AUTOMOTIVE, OUR BUILDING TRADES, UM, WELDING, I BELIEVE, AND OUR CR AND A'S HAD HUNDRED PERCENT PASS RATES ON THEIR NATIONAL CERTIFICATIONS.

AND THAT WE SOMETIMES DON'T TALK ENOUGH ABOUT OUR VOCATIONAL AND OUR TECHNICAL PROGRAMS. AND THAT IS A VERY VITAL COMPONENT TO OUR EDUCATION SYSTEM.

AND, UH, IF YOU HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE TO CHECK OUT SOME OF THE PROGRAMS THAT THEY HAVE AND SOME OF THE PROGRAMS THAT THEY PRESENT, UM, I WOULD SUGGEST THAT YOU, YOU LOOK INTO IT OR REACH OUT TO MS. BAKER AND THE FOLKS OVER AT BLUE RIDGE TECHNICAL CENTER, BECAUSE THEY DO AN ABSOLUTELY FANTASTIC JOB.

AND, UH, AS I'VE SAID BEFORE, UM, THE, THE, THE GUYS WHO GET ELECTRICIAN CERTIFICATION AND SOME OF THE, SOME OF THE MECHANICAL FOLKS AND EVERYTHING, THOSE ARE THE ONES THAT ARE GETTING THEIR WEEKENDS OFF BECAUSE THEY'RE MAKING GOOD MONEY AND WE ALL HAVE TO PAY THEM TO DO WHAT WE'RE NOT SMART ENOUGH OR NOT SKILLED ENOUGH TO DO SO.

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THERE YOU GO.

THANK YOU, MR. WILLS, MS. SALEMS. UM, FIRST I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL PARENTS HAVE MY SCHOOL EMAIL ADDRESS.

MY LAST NAME CAN BE DIFFICULT TO SPELL, SO I KNOW IT HAS CREATED AN ISSUE FOR SOME PARENTS TO REACH OUT TO ME IN THE APPROPRIATE LOCATION.

UM, IT IS M S A L I N S@WCPSDOTK12.VA DOT U S.

UM, SO I'VE SPENT A LOT OF TIME.

THESE PAST FEW WEEKS, LISTENING TO PARENTS, UM, PARENTS ARE, ARE ACHING TO BE HEARD.

SO I WANTED TO ADDRESS SOME OF THE CONCERNS THAT I'M HEARING.

SO IT CAN BE ASSURED THAT THESE ISSUES ARE READ INTO RECORD.

PARENTS ARE FEELING CUT OUT OF THEIR CHILDREN'S EDUCATION, AND THAT'S PAINFUL FOR A PARENT THAT PARENT CHILD BOND IS LIKE NO OTHER AND PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT.

I BELIEVE TO BE KEY FOR A CHILD TO GET THE MOST OUT OF THEIR SCHOOLING.

I KNOW WE BLAME COVID FOR WHY WE ARE LOCKING PARENTS OUT OF THEIR SCHOOLS, BUT THAT DOESN'T MAKE LOGICAL SENSE TO ME.

THESE CHILDREN LIVE WITH THEIR PARENTS.

GERMS ARE SHARED BETWEEN THEM IN THE CAR RIDE TO SCHOOL AND AT THE DINNER TABLE.

SO, SO IS EXCLUDING THE PARENT FROM THE BUILDING, THEIR TAXES PAY FOR REALLY NEXT.

I'M HEARING A LOT ABOUT MASK EXEMPTIONS, NOT BEING TAKEN SERIOUSLY.

I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T UNDERSTAND THE MEDICAL AND RELIGIOUS REASONS FOR NOT MASKING.

SO IT IS AN ISSUE THAT CAN GET SCOFFED AT, BUT THAT'S HURTFUL.

LET ME TELL YOU, AS A PERSON WITH A WELL-DOCUMENTED MEDICAL DISABILITY, MYSELF, IT IS HURTFUL FOR ME AS AN ADULT TO BE BULLIED, SHAMED, AND SHUNNED BY THOSE WHO DON'T UNDERSTAND THIS FORM OF DISCRIMINATION IS NO MORE ACCEPTABLE THAN ANY OTHER FORM OF DISCRIMINATION.

CHILDREN SHOULD NOT BE MADE TO FEEL LIKE OUTCAST OR PUSHED AWAY OR RESTRICTED ON THE PLAYGROUNDS BECAUSE OF THIS EXEMPTION.

I KNOW I HAVE SEEN, I'VE SENT A LOT OF EMAILS ABOUT THIS, AND I BELIEVE THE SCHOOLS ARE TRYING HARD TO CLEAR UP THE MISTAKES AND MISUNDERSTANDINGS.

I WOULD LIKE TO ASK THE PARENTS TO PLEASE JUST TRY AND HANG IN THERE AND CONTINUE TO SEND THE EMAILS WHEN THESE ISSUES OCCUR.

PLEASE DON'T GIVE UP ON US NEXT.

THE CONCERNS ABOUT FIGHTING AND RACISM.

THIS IS SIMPLY NOT OKAY, ACCEPTABLE.

IF THERE ARE ISSUES GOING ON, PLEASE, DON'T JUST POST ABOUT THEM ON FACEBOOK, EMAIL US, EMAIL US EARLY WHEN THE PROBLEM IS SMALL.

DON'T WAIT UNTIL THE PROBLEM IS OUT OF HAND.

IT'S A MISCONCEPTION THAT THE SCHOOL BOARD KNOWS ALL THAT GOES ON EVERY DAY IN THE SCHOOLS, UNLESS WE'RE TOLD ABOUT IT.

WE DON'T KNOW, AND WE CAN'T HELP.

I ASSURE YOU THAT EVERY SINGLE ONE OF MY FELLOW BOARD MEMBERS IS GENUINELY A GOOD PERSON.

GIVE US THE OPPORTUNITY TO HELP YOU.

DON'T JUST POST ABOUT IT ON FACEBOOK.

AS FOR THE KIDS.

I'M GOING TO ASK THAT YOU PLEASE JUST BE KIND.

I KNOW IT'S HARD TO BE THE BIGGER PERSON, BUT I CHALLENGE EVERY STUDENT TO TRY AND DO SO LAST.

I'VE HEARD A LOT OF CONFUSION OVER HOW KIDS ARE TO BE SCHOOLED WHEN THEY ARE ON QUARANTINE.

I HAD ASSUMED ALL THE MONEY WE SPENT LAST YEAR ON SETTING UP VIRTUAL WOULD BE USED THIS YEAR, DURING TIMES OF NEEDED QUARANTINE.

I'M FINDING OUT THAT THIS ISN'T THE CASE.

I KNOW TEACHING VIRTUALLY IS A LOT OF WORK FOR THE TEACHERS, BUT MY CONCERN IS FOR YET ANOTHER YEAR OF LOST LEARNING, ESPECIALLY FOR THE OLDER KIDS WHO HAVE A HIGHER LEVEL OF WORK THAT IS LIKELY TO INVOLVE FOR THE PARENTS TO HELP OR TEACH AT HOME ADVANCED MATH, FOREIGN LANGUAGE, ET CETERA.

THOSE ARE THE ISSUES I'M HEARING ABOUT LECTURES FROM THESE TYPES OF CLASSES AND ASSISTANCE IN TEACHING THE MATERIAL IS KEY AND THE CHILD MASTERING THESE SUBJECTS.

I WORRY THAT MISSING OVER A WEEK OF SCHOOL WILL SET CHILDREN BACK, WHICH COULD SNOWBALL INTO YET ANOTHER YEAR OF LOSS LEARNING.

I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO REVISIT HOW WE CAN TROUBLESHOOT THIS PROBLEM AND FIND A BETTER SOLUTION.

THANK YOU, MR. RINALDI.

POINTS UP AGAIN, I'M GOING TO LEAVE IT AT THAT.

UM, NUMBER ONE, UH, I AGREE WITH DR.

PENSON WHAT SHE READ TODAY AND VERY ELOQUENTLY READ AND POINT WELL TAKEN.

MR. WELLS BROUGHT UP SOME GOOD POINTS AND RATHER THAN BRING THE SAME

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UH, MISS SAILINGS ALSO BROUGHT UP SOME, SOME GREAT POINTS.

UM, I THINK WE ALL NEED TO, UM, TAKE THESE POINTS THAT HAVE BEEN BROUGHT UP AND SAY TO YOURSELF, HOW CAN I TAKE THESE POINTS THAT, THAT THE SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS ARE BRINGING UP AND MAKE IT WORK BETTER FOR MY CHILD IN MY SCHOOL SYSTEM, BECAUSE THIS IS OUR SCHOOL SYSTEM.

SO THAT'S IMPORTANT.

SO THINK ABOUT WHAT YOU CAN DO TO IMPROVE THE SCHOOL SYSTEM, TO WORK WITHIN THE SYSTEM.

AND WHEN YOU WORK WITHIN A SYSTEM, YOU WILL GET MORE BENEFITS FROM THE SYSTEM.

UH, THAT'S JUST THE WAY IT IS, UH, UH, GETTING BACK DOWN TO WHAT I DID.

UM, I WENT TO, UM, WARREN COUNTY MIDDLE SCHOOL.

UM, IT IS, UH, I GOT THERE EARLY.

I STOOD OUT THERE WITH MY UMBRELLA, CAUSE IT WAS TODAY AND WATCH THE CARS COME IN, KIDS GOT OUT, IT WAS VERY ORDERLY.

THERE WAS NO CONFUSION.

OF COURSE, THESE KIDS HAVE BEEN DOING THIS FOR A WEEK OR TWO NOW.

UH, AND I WAS IMPRESSED THE WAY THE CARS CAME UP, THE RESOURCE OFFICER WAS OUT THERE AND EVERYBODY WAS ON THE SAME PAGE.

IT WAS LIKE A WELL-OILED MACHINE THERE.

UM, AND KIDS BEING A FORMER MIDDLE SCHOOL TEACHER, KIDS SEE THAT THEY SEE THAT STRUCTURE AND THAT IS SO IMPORTANT IN A CHILD'S LIFE.

UM, IT'S IMPORTANT IN OUR LIVES STRUCTURE.

THEY, UM, I MET WITH THE PRINCIPAL THERE.

I SAT, UH, IN HER OFFICE WHILE SHE DID THE MORNING ANNOUNCEMENTS.

SHE SHOULD BE ON THE RADIO.

IT WAS GREAT.

UM, THERE ALSO, UH, SHE EXPLAINED TO THE KIDS, EVERYTHING THEY NEEDED TO KNOW, UM, AND A LITTLE BIT MORE HER POSITIVE ATTITUDE WAS SEEN BY THE STAFF IN THAT OFFICE.

REMEMBER I GOT THERE EARLY.

I HAD TO SIT THERE FOR 20 MINUTES AND I, IT, I SAW THE WAY THE STAFF INTERACTED WITH EACH OTHER WHEN THE SUBSTITUTE CAME IN, THEY HAD A PACKAGE READY FOR THE SUB.

SO THE SUB KNEW WHAT ROOM, WHAT SUBJECT, ET CETERA.

UM, VERY WELL ORGANIZED, VERY WELL ORGANIZED.

SO I WAS, I WAS PRETTY PLEASED WITH IT.

THE, UM, THE OTHER THING I SAW WAS IN THE FRONT OF THE BUILDING WHEN I WALKED UP WAS A L LIKE A LENDING LIBRARY BOX.

WHEN I MET THE SHOP TEACHER LATER IN OUR TOUR, HE AND HIS STUDENTS BUILT THAT BOX.

IF YOU HAVEN'T SEEN IT, YOU NEED TO GO LOOK.

GOT IT.

IT IS REMARKABLE.

UM, SO I WANTED TO GIVE SOME, UH, THANKS TO THE SHOP TEACHER WHO PUT THAT TOGETHER.

UM, I ASKED THE PRINCIPAL, OKAY.

IF I GET AN EMAIL, THAT'S A CONCERN, A COMPLAINT, OR CONGRATULATIONS, OR EMAIL, UM, WHAT WOULD YOU, WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO DO IF IT INVOLVES YOUR SCHOOL? AND SHE SAID SHE WOULD LIKE ME TO SEND HER THE EMAIL AND COPY, UM, OKAY.

THE ADMINISTRATION ON IT, GIVE HER A CHANCE TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM.

SO IF THE EMAIL WAS, UM, IN RELATION TO A CURRICULUM, THEN I WOULD COPY, UH, MR. FOX ON THAT EMAIL, HER A CHANCE TO CONTACT.

AND THEN WHEN I FORWARD THAT EMAIL AND I EXPLAINED TO THE PARENT THAT SENT THE EMAIL, PLEASE LET ME KNOW WHAT THE ADMINISTRATION'S RESPONSES THAT WAY.

I KNOW IF IT'S BEEN TAKEN CARE OF TO THAT PARENTS, UM, SATISFACTION.

SO THAT'S KIND OF, THAT'S KIND OF THE WAY I'M NOT GOING TO TRY AND MICROMANAGE A SCHOOL PRINCIPAL OR THE, UM, SCHOOL, THE MINISTRATION I'LL ASK THEM THE TOUGH QUESTIONS, BUT I'M NOT GOING TO MICROMANAGE.

UM, BUT I DO WANT TO MAKE A COMMENT ABOUT, LIKE I SAID EARLIER, THAT SCHOOL WAS SPOTLESS.

WE WENT DOOR TO DOOR IN THE SCHOOL TO EVERY CLASSROOM.

AND I MET EVERY TEACHER.

THE KIDS WERE SITTING IN THEIR DESKS.

THERE, THERE WAS NO, THERE WAS NO DISRUPTION GOING ON.

AND THAT WAS CONSISTENT THROUGH THE WHOLE SCHOOL.

THE KIDS WERE, THEY WERE WORKING.

I JUST WANTED TO GIVE THAT OUT.

MY OLD SCHOOL WARRANTS IN MIDDLE SCHOOL AND FAUQUIER COUNTY WAS A LITTLE DIFFERENT.

THERE WAS ALWAYS SOME SORT OF UNDERCURRENT GOING ON.

I DIDN'T SEE THAT AT, UM, AT WARREN COUNTY MIDDLE SCHOOL.

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OH, SO WENT TO THE TRANSPORTATION OFFICE TODAY.

I GOT TO LOOK AT THE NEW BUSES WE JUST PURCHASED AND THEY'VE GOT THE CAMERAS THAT ARE IN THERE THAT, UH, CAN THREE DIFFERENT IN THE BUS SO THAT WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE FILM, YOU DON'T GET A CAMERA IN THE BACK OF THE BUS AND ONE OF THE FRONT, AND YOU MISS THE PEOPLE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE BUS.

UM, VERY ORGANIZED.

THE BUSES WERE, WERE GOOD.

UM, I'M GLAD THAT WE PURCHASED THOSE BUSES AND, UM, ALSO SAW THE DISINFECTING EQUIPMENT THAT THEY USE TO, UH, GO THROUGH THE BUS AFTER THE STUDENTS GET OFF.

UM, I WALKED IN THE ROOM WITH MR. MITCHELL.

I SAID, WHAT IS ALL THAT? THEY LOOKED LIKE THEY WERE ON BATTERY CHARGERS, YOU KNOW? AND HE SAID, THAT'S WHAT WE USE TO TREAT THE BUSES.

SO, AND THEY GOT PLENTY OF THEM.

SO IT'S NOT GOING TO TAKE TWO PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, FOUR HOURS TO DO THIS THING.

SO IT WAS VERY ORGANIZED.

UM, I WAS IMPRESSED WITH THAT.

I WALKED THROUGH THE SHOP THAT NOT ONLY DOES THE SCHOOL BUSES, BUT ALSO DOES THE COUNTY STUFF UNREAL.

I MET THE SHOP FOREMAN PRETTY SQUARED AWAY, AND I'VE RUN SOME SHOPS IN MY CONCRETE CAREER, UH, WITH THE CONCRETE TRUCKS AND THAT SORT OF, UH, EQUIPMENT LOADERS, ET CETERA.

THIS SHOP WAS ORGANIZED WELL DONE.

UH, THEY HAD EQUIPMENT THERE TO FIX TIRES THE WHOLE BIT.

UM, VERY IMPRESSIVE.

UM, I GUESS IN GENERAL, WHAT I'M SAYING IS WHAT I SAW TODAY WAS, UM, WAS VERY, WAS VERY IMPRESSIVE.

UM, AND I SAY THAT AS A FORMER TEACHER AND A FORMER, UH, MANAGER OF A LARGE TRUCKING OPERATION, UH, I SAW IT ON BOTH SIDES.

SO DR.

BOUNDARY, HE GOT A GOOD GROUP OVER THERE, SO I APPRECIATE WHAT THEY DO.

THANK YOU, MR. RINALDI.

UM, THIS PAST FRIDAY I ATTENDED THE SKYLINE HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL GAME.

IT WAS GREAT SEEING EVERYBODY ATTENDING THE KIDS WERE EXCITED TO BE THERE.

THE BAND, THE CHEERLEADERS PEP SQUAD, UH, JUST A GOOD TIME.

UM, EVEN THOUGH THE SCORE WASN'T THAT GREAT, AND IT WASN'T AS GUIDELINES FAVOR.

I HAD A GOOD TIME.

THIS MIGHT BE A GOOD OPPORTUNITY TO TALK ABOUT THE SENIOR PASSES.

WE DO STILL HAVE SENIOR PASSES.

DON'T WE? MR. SMITH, IF YOU ARE 60 YEARS OLD AND OLDER, YOU CAN GET A SENIOR PASS TO ATTEND ALL OF WARREN COUNTY AND SKYLINE, UM, HIGH SCHOOL AND MIDDLE SCHOOL, SPORTING EVENTS, HOME GAMES.

THEY PICK THAT UP.

UH, THEY WOULD BRING IN JUST IDENTIFICATION AND SO FORTH INTO THE MAIN OFFICE HERE.

UM, MS. HOLLOWAY OUT FRONT WOULD BE ABLE TO, UH, PROVIDE THEM WITH THE PAST.

THEY WOULD HAVE TO BE A WARREN COUNTY RESIDENT.

IT'S ACTUALLY 6,000, TWO YEARS, 62, 62 YEARS OF AGE.

WE'VE BEEN, WE'VE HAD THIS PROGRAM IN PLACE A LONG TIME WHEN HE WAS ON THE SCHOOL BOARD.

YES, MA'AM ALAN WEIMER.

UH, UH, YEAH, HE WAS INITIATED THIS PROGRAM BACK AND WE PUT IT IN PLACE AND IT'S BEEN REALLY SUCCESSFUL WITH TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF PARTICIPATION.

AND AS YOU MENTIONED, IT IS FOR MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOL.

UH, IT IS FOR HOME EVENTS.

IT DOESN'T COVER TOURNAMENTS AND SO FORTH, AND THOSE TYPES OF THINGS, BUT IT'S FOR A REGULAR HOME GAMES DEALING WITH THE ATHLETIC DEPARTMENT.

SO THAT'S A GREAT WAY TO GET OUT.

YOU'RE SAVING A LITTLE BIT OF MONEY.

YOU CAN BUY A POPCORN AND A SODA AND STILL COME OUT AHEAD AND HAVE A GOOD TIME SUPPORTING OUR TEAMS. UM, DR.

PENCE, THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS.

WE HAVE ALL RECEIVED SO MANY EMAILS THE PAST FEW MONTHS, AND TYPICALLY THE BOARD DOESN'T DEAL WITH A LOT OF THE ISSUES THAT ARE BEING EMAILED TO US.

THERE IS A CHAIN OF COMMAND.

IF THERE'S A DISCIPLINE PROBLEM IN A SCHOOL, YOU SPEAK TO THE TEACHER, YOU SPEAK TO THE PRINCIPAL AND THEY TAKE CARE OF THOSE THINGS.

THAT'S NOT IN THE SCHOOL, BOARD'S PURVIEW.

UH, SO WE, WE ARE APPRECIATIVE OF THE EMAILS AND KNOWING WHAT'S GOING ON, BUT WE WILL BE FORWARDING THAT EMAIL TO THE APPROPRIATE PERSON TO HANDLE IT.

UM, I'M JUST EXCITED ABOUT GETTING BACK INTO THE SCHOOLS AND STARTING TO EDUCATE THESE KIDS.

WE HAVE A LOT OF WORK TO DO.

THE KIDS ARE EXCITED TO BE BACK IN SCHOOL.

THE TEACHERS ARE EXCITED TO BE BACK.

I THINK THEY WERE A LITTLE HESITANT AT FIRST, NOT KNOWING WHAT WAS GOING TO BE HAPPENING THIS YEAR, BUT I'VE TALKED TO QUITE A FEW OF THEM.

AND ONCE THAT FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL WAS OVER, IT WAS LIKE, I'M READY NOW.

SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO A REALLY GOOD YEAR.

ACTION

[4A. Appointment of the Deputy Clerk of the Board - Dr. Ballenger]

AGENDA.

APPOINTMENT OF THE DEPUTY CLERK OF THE BOARD.

DR.

OF WARREN COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD, IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT KENDALL PO BE APPOINTED AS THE DEPUTY CLERK OF THE BOARD FOR A TERM COMMENCING SEPTEMBER ONE AND EXPIRING DECEMBER 31ST, 2021.

MADAM CHAIR, DUE TO THE RESIGNATION OF THE CURRENT DEPUTY CLERK

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ANY COMMENTS OR DISCUSSION FROM THE BOARD? IS THERE A MOTION? UH, MADAM CHAIRMAN, I MOVE THE KENDALL PO BE APPOINTED AS DEPUTY CLERK OVER THE BOARD AS RECOMMENDED BY THE DIVISION SUPERINTENDENT.

SECOND, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE.

APPROVAL OF INCREASE TO THE DEPUTY CLERK SUPPLEMENT DR.

[4B. Approval of Increase to the Deputy Clerk Supplement - Dr. Ballenger]

THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR WITH THIS CHANGE WHERE WE ARE LOOKING AT INCREASING THE DUTIES OF THE DEPUTY CLERK.

AND SO WITH THE INCREASE IN DUTIES, UH, WE FELT THAT THERE NEEDED TO BE AN INCREASE IN THE STIPEND THAT IS OFFERED TO THAT DEPUTY CLERK.

UH, THE INCREASE WOULD BE 4,800 OR THE AMOUNT WOULD BE $4,800.

UM, AND WE WOULD, WE WOULD GET THAT THROUGH A STAFF TURNOVER SAVINGS.

SO THE DEPUTY CLERK TO THE WARREN COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD WILL HAVE INCREASED DUTIES.

THE DEPUTY CLARK WILL ASSIST THE CLERK, MR. BALLANTINE, WHAT THE PREPARATION OF MINUTES MEETING SET UP NOTICE AND PREPARATION CONFERENCE REGISTRATIONS STATEMENTS OF ECONOMIC INTERESTS AND OTHER MISCELLANEOUS CLERK RELATED TASKS.

SO WE ARE INCREASING THE DUTIES OF THE DEPUTY CLERK, UM, THAT WILL DO A LOT MORE WORK HANDS-ON WITH MR. BALLANTINE, UH, IN TAKING CARE OF THE WARREN COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD.

ANY QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION? YEAH, YOU HAVE A MOTION.

I MOVE THAT THE STIPEND FOR DEPUTY CLERK OR WARREN COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD, WE INCREASED FROM $1,200 TO $5,000 PER YEAR EFFECTIVE SEPTEMBER 1ST, 2021.

IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE.

AYE.

I DON'T THINK MOST PEOPLE ARE AWARE OF WHAT ALL THE CLERK AND THE DEPUTY CLERK HAVE TO DO, BUT IT'S A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF WORK.

OF NEW KINDERGARTEN INSTRUCTIONAL ASSISTANT AT ASHP RHODES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL DUE TO CLASS SIZE.

WE'RE VERY MUCH AWARE APPROVAL

[4C. Approval of new kindergarten instructional assistant at A. S. Rhodes Elementary School due to class size- Mr. Goodwin]

MR. GOODWIN.

MADAM CHAIR.

GOOD EVENING BOARD AND DR.

THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU DO FOR OUR SCHOOLS, HAVE A NUMBER OF ITEMS TO BRING BEFORE YOU THIS EVENING.

THE FIRST ONE IS LAST TIME YOU SAW ME.

I ASKED FOR A KINDERGARTEN TEACHER, BUT I FORGOT.

AND I WAS REMISSED TO ASK FOR THE PARTNER THAT GOES ALONG.

SO WE DO NEED TO ADD AN INSTRUCTIONAL ASSISTANT TO THAT POSITION THAT WOULD BE PAID FOR THROUGH STAFF TURNOVER.

AND I HAVE COVERED IT TO THIS POINT WITH A PERSON THAT'S QUALIFIED THROUGH THE ESS SUBSTITUTE SYSTEM, BUT WE DO NEED TO ADD A FULL-TIME PERSON TO THAT CLASSROOM TO BE THE COMPLIMENT TO THE TEACHERS.

SO I ASKED YOU TO DO THAT AND IT WOULD BE PAID FOR THROUGH STAFF TURNOVER.

OF POSITION RECLASSIFICATION FROM CURRICULUM COORDINATOR TO CURRICULUM SUPERVISOR AT CENTRAL OFFICE.

ANY QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSIONS? MADAM CHAIR.

I MOVE THAT THE WARREN COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD APPROVES AN ADDITIONAL KINDERGARTEN INSTRUCTIONAL ASSISTANT AT ASLD RHODES ELEMENTARY FOR THE 20 21, 20 22 SCHOOL YEAR DUE TO CLASS SIZE.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR.

AYE.

OPPOSED? NO MOTION CARRIES.

[4D. Approval of position reclassification from Curriculum Coordinator to Curriculum Supervisor at Central Office- Mr. Goodwin]

AS YOU ARE AWARE, WE HAVE A NUMBER OF POSITIONS THAT HAVE BEEN ELIMINATED THROUGH PEOPLE DEPARTING FROM OUR SCHOOL, UH, CENTRAL OFFICE, UM, AND IN OUR INSTRUCTIONAL RESOURCE DEPARTMENT.

UH, OBVIOUSLY WHEN YOU LOOK AT OUR NEEDS RIGHT NOW, WE NEED TO HAVE SOMEONE WHO ACTS AS A SPECIALIST IN THOSE AREAS.

WE DO HAVE, UM, UH, AN OPPORTUNITY HERE TO RECLASSIFY FROM A CURRICULUM COORDINATOR POSITION TO A CURRICULUM SUPERVISOR POSITION AT THE CENTRAL OFFICE, THE DOLLAR AMOUNT FOR CHANGE OR RECLASSIFICATION.

I HAVE LISTED THERE AT $7,401 THAT WOULD BE PAID FOR ALSO THROUGH THE ACCOUNT OF STAFF TURNOVER AS THE PEOPLE WHO ARE AT THE CENTRAL OFFICE HAVE NOT BEEN REPLACED.

SO WHAT WE'D LIKE TO DO THERE IS TO CHANGE THAT I DID INCLUDE A JOB DESCRIPTION IN CASE YOU HAVE QUESTIONS, I'M GLAD TO ANSWER THOSE, BUT IT'S ESSENTIAL FOR US TO HAVE THIS POSITION.

AND THE LEVEL OF RESPONSIBILITY WOULD REQUIRE A RECLASSIFICATION.

ANY QUESTIONS? DO WE HAVE A CURRENT LIST OF ALL OF OUR CENTRAL OFFICE STAFF? BECAUSE I KNOW IT HAS CHANGED SO MUCH IN THE PAST COUPLE OF MONTHS, ALL OF THEM PUT THAT TOGETHER IN HIS HAND AND THEIR POSITIONS.

AND I KNOW THERE WAS A GRAPH OR NOT A GRAPH, BUT, UM, AN OUTLINE THAT I SAW RECENTLY AND WE CAN GET THAT TO YOU, UH, TO THE BOARD.

I CAN ACTUALLY GET

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THAT.

UH, I WILL HAVE HER REDO THAT CAUSE WE, SHE DID HAVE IT UPDATED AND THEN WE HAD ANOTHER PERSON, UH, LEAVE.

SO, UH, WE WILL NEED TO GET HER TO, TO MAKE SURE IT'S UPDATED, BUT I'LL, I'LL GET HER TO EMAIL THAT TO THE TWO BOARD MEMBER.

AND IF THAT COULD INCLUDE THEIR PHONE NUMBERS AND EMAIL, BECAUSE I USED TO KEEP ONE ON MY REFRIGERATOR WORK.

SO IT WAS RIGHT THERE WHEN I NEEDED TO CALL SOMEBODY.

YES MA'AM OKAY.

WELL, THE SCHOOL IS YOU CAN GET ON THE WEBSITE.

HE HAS REGION, UM, THAT IT DOES INCLUDE THE, THE PRINCIPALS AND THEIR CONTACTS ON THERE AS WELL.

SO I APPRECIATE THAT.

IT DOES INCLUDE THAT.

OKAY, WE'LL GET THAT.

ANY DISCUSSION? IS THERE A MOTION? OKAY.

I MOVED THE WARREN COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD APPROVES THE RECLASSIFICATION OF THE POSITION OF CURRICULUM COORDINATOR FOR THE CENTRAL OFFICE TO THE POSITION OF CURRICULUM SUPERVISOR DUE TO AN INCREASE IN THE LEVEL OF RESPONSIBILITY FOR THAT POSITION.

SECOND, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE.

BALLENGER MULTIPLE QUESTIONS.

THIS IS A GOOD DEMONSTRATION OF YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT HOW SOME, SOME PEOPLE HAVE SAID THAT WE BROUGHT HER STAMP EVERYTHING.

THESE THINGS THAT WE'VE READ THROUGH ON THE AGENDA, I'VE ASKED DR.

SO I'VE HAD MY QUESTIONS ANSWERED PRIOR TO COMING TO THE MEETING.

SO I HAVE A GOOD UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT'S GOING ON AS WELL AS THE REST OF YOU.

SO IT MAY LOOK LIKE WE'RE RUNNING THROUGH, BUT WE'VE ALREADY HAD OUR QUESTIONS ANSWERED AND WE UNDERSTAND THE PROCESS HERE.

SO I JUST WANTED TO CLEAR THAT UP.

WE'RE ALWAYS GLAD TO ANSWER THOSE THINGS.

RECLASSIFICATION FROM THE POSTED DIVISION-WIDE VIRGINIA PRESCHOOL INITIATIVE, VPI TEACHER TO TWO VPI PRESCHOOL ASSISTANT POSITIONS.

APPROVAL OF MAINTENANCE POSITION RECLASSIFICATION FROM HPAC TECHNICIAN TO MAINTENANCE JOURNEYMAN.

MR. GOODWIN, DID I SKIP ONE? I DID.

I'M GLAD TO DO THAT ONE.

NOW LET ME GO BACK.

LET'S STAY IN ORDER HERE.

I'M SORRY.

APPROVAL UP POSITION

[4E. Approval of position reclassification from the posted Division wide Virginia Preschool Initiative (VPI) Teacher to two VPI Preschool assistant positions - Mr. Goodwin]

WE'VE HAD A VIRGINIA PRESCHOOL INITIATIVE TEACHER POSITION FOR SOME TIME.

AND RECENTLY WE'VE ALSO HAD, UM, ONE OF OUR VIRGINIA PRESCHOOL INITIATIVE TEACHERS RESIGNED DUE TO FAMILY NEEDS.

UM, I'VE NOT BEEN ABLE TO FILL THAT POSITION, BUT IT'S ESSENTIAL THAT WE HAVE QUALIFIED ADULTS WORKING WITH THOSE CHILDREN.

WHAT I'M ASKING FOR TONIGHT, IF YOU WOULD DO THAT FOR US IS TO RECLASSIFY.

THAT WAS ONE OF THE SINGLE POSITIONS AND TURN THAT INTO THE OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO POST INSTEAD TO DIVISION-WIDE PRESCHOOL INITIATIVE, INSTRUCTIONAL ASSISTANCE.

I ALWAYS HAVE APPLICANTS FOR THOSE POSITIONS AND I KNOW THEY CAN BE FILLED.

AND IN TALKING WITH MR. HERSH, IT WOULD BE ESSENTIAL FOR US TO USE THESE ADULTS TO REDUCE THE, THE RATIO OF ADULTS, TO CHILDREN IN THE CLASSROOM, AND ALSO MEET SOME OF THEIR NEEDS, WHICH ARE SPECIAL NEEDS AND ALSO MEDICAL NEEDS.

NOW THERE, THEY WILL BE ASSISTANCE.

THEY WILL NOT BE TEACHING.

THAT WOULD BE CORRECT.

AND IT WOULD RESULT ACTUALLY RECLASSIFICATION WOULD RESULT IN A SAVINGS OF THE POSITION OF AROUND $5,910.

UM, IF YOU LOOK AT THE COMPARABLE AMOUNT TO PEOPLE AND THE INSTRUCTIONAL ASSISTANT POSITION, SO YES, THEY WOULD BE, UH, NOT TEACHERS.

THEY WILL BE INSTRUCTIONAL ASSISTANTS WORKING IN THE CURRENT CLASSROOMS THAT EXIST.

THEY WILL BE UNDER A TEACHER'S DIRECTION IN THAT CLASSROOM.

THEY WILL.

I WAS GOING TO ASK THAT.

ANY DISCUSSION? I JUST PUT MR. HIRSCH ON THE SPOT FOR A SECOND.

AT SOME POINT WON'T BE SPECIAL EDUCATION, SPECIALIZED SERVICES.

CAN YOU GIVE US A PROGRESSION AND A TIMELINE OF HOW THIS PROGRAM HAS GROWN? JUST SO FOLKS CAN SEE ABSOLUTELY.

MR. WELLS OVER THE LAST, OH, I'D SAY SIX OR SEVEN YEARS, THE VIRGINIA PRESCHOOL INITIATIVE, AS WELL AS THE EARLY CHILDHOOD SPECIAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS, PROBABLY QUADRUPLE, UM, THAT STUDENT WILL HAVE A VARIETY OF FACTORS.

ONE BEING OUR, OUR FAMILY, UH, ENGAGEMENT AND, UM, CHILD FIVE COORDINATOR, JENNY DONOVAN HAS DONE A MAGNIFICENT JOB IN WORKING WITH THE LOCAL PRESCHOOLS AND PEDIATRICIANS AND OUR OTHER STAKEHOLDERS THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY.

WE IDENTIFY STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES AND STUDENTS WITH, WITH NEEDS, UH, VERY, VERY EARLY ON.

AND IT'S BECOME, I MADE THE COMMENT OF A WELL-OILED MACHINE EARLIER IN THE MEETING AND OUR CHILD FIND PROCESS HAS BECOME A WELL-OILED MACHINE.

THE NUMBERS OF STUDENTS FROM 18 MONTHS TO FOUR YEARS OLD, AGAIN HAS QUADRUPLED.

UM, AND OUR BELIEF IS EARLY INTERVENTION IS, IS THE BEST WAY TO SUPPORT KIDS AND BRIDGE THAT GAP AND BRIDGE THOSE LEARNING GAPS.

SO OUR TEACHERS, OUR INSTRUCTIONAL ASSISTANTS, OUR SPEECH PATHOLOGISTS, OCCUPATIONAL THERAPISTS, AND OTHER SPECIALISTS REALLY, REALLY RALLY AROUND THE INITIATIVE AND SUPPORTING AS YOUNGER LEARNERS TO GET THEM READY FOR KINDERGARTEN.

AND HOPEFULLY

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YOU.

TEACHER 2, 2, 2 VIRGINIA PRESCHOOL INITIATIVE, PRESCHOOL ASSISTANT POSITIONS.

AND, UM, I APPRECIATE THAT MR. HIRSCH, I WOULD MOVE AT THE WARREN COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD PRESUME PUR APPROVES A POSITION RECLASSIFICATION FROM THE POSTED DIVISION-WIDE VIRGINIA PRESCHOOL INITIATIVE.

DON'T LIKE VPI, BUT OKAY.

IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND THAT ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE.

THANK YOU, BOY.

I SAW THE DAGGERS COME OUT OF DR.

PENCE'S EYES.

WHEN YOU SAID YOU DIDN'T LIKE BPI.

WELL, IF SHE'S OLD ENOUGH TO REMEMBER WHEN IT WAS CALLED VPI FEES.

APPROVAL OF MAINTENANCE POSITION RECLASSIFICATION FROM HPAC TECHNICIAN TO MAINTENANCE DIRTY.

NOW

[4F. Approval of maintenance position reclassification from HVAC Technician to Maintenance Journeyman - Mr. Goodwin]

THANK YOU AGAIN.

UM, I'M ASKING TONIGHT IF YOU'D CONSIDER IT A RECLASSIFY, THE POSITION OF H VAC TECHNICIAN, WHICH WE HAD POSTED FOR ABOUT A YEAR'S TIME WITH LITTLE, TO NO INTEREST FOR THE PERSON, IT'S A HIGHLY SKILLED TECHNICAL POSITION.

WE HAVE HAD SOME REORGANIZATION WITHIN OUR SYSTEM.

UH, AND WE NOW HAVE A SUPERVISOR THAT WORKS IN THE MAINTENANCE DEPARTMENT WHO BRINGS JUST A BEVY OF, UH, SKILLS AROUND THE HVHC WORK.

AND, UH, THAT CAN ACTUALLY NOW HANDLE THAT POSITION.

SO RATHER THAN LEAVE THAT LEAD POSITION, THIS IS NO LONGER A LEAD POSITION THAT'S NEEDED.

IT IS NOW ACTUALLY MORE, UM, ON A MAINTENANCE, JOURNEYMAN OPPORTUNITY SCALE, UM, FROM A RESPONSIBILITY SENSE, THIS PERSON WILL BRING OR NEED TO BRING HVHC EXPERIENCE, BUT ALSO MIGHT UNDERSTAND CONCRETE ALSO MIGHT UNDERSTAND PLUMBING AND BE ABLE TO HELP WITH A LARGE VOLUME REHAB RIGHT NOW OF MAINTENANCE WORK ORDERS IN ALL TRADES, NOT JUST HVHC.

SO THAT'S WHY WE'RE ASKING FOR THAT TO BE RECLASSIFIED, STILL NEED THE PERSON, BUT THE SKILLS THAT ARE REQUIRED IN THIS POSITION WOULD ACTUALLY BE LESS.

THAT IS ON A DIFFERENT, UM, OPPORTUNITY AND A PAY SCALE AS I'VE REPLIED THERE.

IT ACTUALLY WOULD BE AT RESULT IN A COST SAVINGS TO THE DIVISION, ANY DISCUSSION OR QUESTIONS I'VE HEARD, COST-SAVINGS A LOT TONIGHT.

THAT'S A GOOD THING.

SO PRETTY SURE WE'RE DOING OUR BEST.

APPROVAL OF EXPENDITURE OVER $15,000 FOR FOOD AND SERVICES POINT OF SALE SOFTWARE AND HARDWARE SUPPORT PACKAGE.

AND BECAUSE OF THAT, I'LL MAKE THE MOTION IF THERE'S OKAY.

UM, I MOVED AT THE WARREN COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD APPROVES A MAINTENANCE DEPARTMENT POSITION RECLASSIFICATION FROM THE POSTED H V A C TECHNICIAN TO MAINTENANCE JOURNEYMEN.

IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE.

THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH.

YOU MAY BE SEATED

[4G. Approval of Expenditure over $15,000 - Food and Nutrition Services Point of Sale Software and Hardware Support Package - Mr. Smith]

MR. SMITH.

GOOD EVENING.

MADAM CHAIR, BOARD MEMBERS, DR.

UM, YOU HAVE IN YOUR PACKET, THE, UH, THE ANNUAL REQUEST TO GO OVER AN APPROVAL TO RENEW THE ENTERPRISE POINT OF SALE SOFTWARE AND HARDWARE PACKAGE FROM THE DATE OF BUSINESS SYSTEMS, UM, FOR THE FOOD AND NUTRITION SERVICE PROGRAM.

THIS SYSTEM IS USED IN ALL OF OUR CAFETERIAS.

UH, THIS PROGRAM, UH, AUTOMATES SALES ACTIVITIES, UH, MEALS AND ELIGIBILITY COUNTS PROVIDES DATA AND STATE AND FIT FOR STATE AND FEDERAL REPORTS.

THE SOFTWARE, UH, PROCESSES, CAFETERIA SALES, UM, ITEMS THAT ARE SOLD GENERATES REPORTS AND PROVIDES INFORMATIONAL MILLS PURCHASED.

UH, THIS SYSTEM ALLOWS PARENTS TO BUY, UH, TO PUT MONEY ON STUDENT LUNCH ACCOUNTS, IF NEEDED THROUGH A SECURE INTERNET CONNECTION, PARENTS ARE ABLE TO MONITOR THEIR CHILD'S PURCHASE FOR BREAKFAST LUNCH USING THE ONLINE PORTION OF THE PROGRAM.

UM, THE RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE THE PURCHASE OF THE POINT OF SALES, UH, SOFTWARE AND HARDWARE PACKAGE.

AND THIS IS THE PLAN WHAT WE'RE CURRENTLY USING.

SO TO CONTINUE WITH THAT AND TO NOTE THAT OUR MEALS FOR OUR STUDENTS ARE STILL AT NO CALLS FOR THEM FOR, UH, THIS CURRENT YEAR, THIS, THIS YEAR THAT WE ARE, ARE CURRENTLY IN ONCE AGAIN, AS IT WAS LAST YEAR, BUT THIS SYSTEM HAS BEEN IN PLACE AND IT'S, IT'S PRETTY MUCH OUR SOFTWARE SYSTEM IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO, UH, CONTINUE OUR CAFETERIA.

WE'VE HAD THAT FOR QUITE A FEW YEARS, HAVE HAWAII.

WE, WE PUT THIS IN A NUMBER OF YEARS AGO AND WHAT IT DOES ALLOW WHEN, WHEN NECESSARY IS IT ALLOWS A PARENT TO GO ONLINE.

MA'AM DISCUSSION TO COMMENT, JUST, UH, I GUESS I'M THE CLASS HISTORIAN, BUT, UH, JUST TO

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AND IF, IF THE CHILD'S ACCOUNT IS, IS OUT OF MONEY, THEY CAN GO ONLINE FROM WORK OR FROM HOME AND PUT MONEY IN THE ACCOUNT.

UM, ALTHOUGH WE NEVER, I ALWAYS SAY THIS TOO.

WE NEVER HAVE TURNED A CHILD AWAY FROM LUNCH EVEN BEFORE WE WERE GOING TO FREE AND FREE AND REDUCED.

UM, IT IT'S ABSOLUTELY ESSENTIAL.

AND AGAIN, MAYBE THESE DAYS, IT'S NOT THAT IMPORTANT, BUT IT'S, IT'S ESSENTIAL THAT IT SHOWS THE CAFETERIA STAFF WHO IS ON FREE AND REDUCED LUNCH, BUT THAT'S THE ONLY PERSON THEY GO THROUGH THE LINE.

THERE'S NO STUDENT KNOWS THAT THE PERSON IN FRONT OF THEM IS ON A FREE AND REDUCED LUNCH OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.

IT ALSO ALLOWS THE PARENTS TO MONITOR WHAT THEIR CHILD HAS, HAS GOTTEN THAT DAY.

UM, IF YOU DON'T WANT THEM, IF YOU DON'T WANT THEM TO HAVE ICE CREAM AND YOU LOOK, AND THEY HAD ICE CREAM AT LUNCH, OR THEY'RE GETTING READY AND, AND YOU CAN ALSO PUT MESSAGES ON THERE, WE FOUND THAT TO BE VERY, UH, NOT JUST HELPFUL, BUT A SAFETY FEATURE.

IT, IT WILL TAG WHETHER A CHILD HAS A FOOD ALLERGY OF SOME TYPE THAT, THAT THEY NEED TO KNOW ABOUT AND THAT THE CAFETERIA STAFF NEED TO SAY, WELL, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN'T HAVE THAT BECAUSE YOU HAVE AN ALLERGY TO IT BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, STUDENTS SOMETIMES AREN'T THE BEST AT POLICING THEMSELVES IN THAT WAY.

BUT, UH, IT'S, IT'S ABSOLUTELY BEEN A FANTASTIC PROGRAM.

AND I THINK, I THINK IT'S WELL WORTH CONTINUING.

THEREFORE I MOVE THE APPROVAL WILL BE GIVEN TO PURCHASE THE POINT OF SALE SOFTWARE AND HARDWARE SUPPORT PACKAGE FROM DATA BUSINESS SYSTEMS IN THE AMOUNT OF $17,941 AND 9 CENTS.

SECOND, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE.

OPPOSED? NO MOTION CARRIES.

ON VSBA POLICY G A STAFF TIME SCHEDULES AND POLICY REGULATION, BDD C DASH R AGENDA PREPARATION AND DECIMATION.

UPDATE

[4H. Update on VSBA Policy GAA Staff Time Schedules and Policy Regulation BDDC-R Agenda Preparation and Dissemination - Mr. Smith]

MR. SMITH.

THANK YOU, MS. BAUER.

UM, AT THE, UH, FIRST OFF I WILL START OFF WITH THE GA'S, UH, STAFF TIME SCHEDULES.

UM, WHEN WE APPROVE THE MAY, 2021, UH, POLICIES FROM VSBA, UH, WE WERE, UH, INFORMED FROM, UM, FROM VSB AND OUR ATTORNEY TO THAT POLICY GAA, UH, WAS BEING ASKED TO MOMENTARILY BE PULLED BECAUSE THERE WAS GOING TO BE, UM, SOME REVISITING BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY UPON, UH, THE, THE, THEIR POLICIES AND SO FORTH THAT PASSED REALLY WHAT ENDED UP HAPPENING IS THROUGH THAT PROCESS, THE ORIGINAL PROCESS THAT, UM, COMP TIME AND SO FORTH WAS PRETTY MUCH ELIMINATED.

AND THAT BASICALLY THAT ANYTHING OVER, OVER, UH, THE HOURS WORK FOR NON-EXEMPT EMPLOYEES WOULD BE PAID AT TIME AND A HALF.

WELL THROUGHOUT THE STATE, UH, THIS PUT, UH, UH, UNDO, IT'S PUT A HARDSHIP UPON DIVISIONS AND SO FORTH.

SO THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY WENT BACK AND REVISITED, UH, THAT POLICY.

AND WHAT THEY REALLY CAME BACK WITH IS THE POLICY THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE IN PLACE THAT WE HAVE, UH, THAT WE'VE HAD FOR SEVERAL YEARS NOW.

SO, UM, I JUST WANTED TO BRING TO YOUR ATTENTION THAT THE, THE POLICY THAT WE HAD, THAT WE DO ALLOW COMP TIME, A STATE ALLOWS YOU TO HAVE COMP TIME ACTUALLY UP TO 240 HOURS.

UH, BUT WE AS A DIVISION AND SO FORTH AND MR. VALENTINE AND THAT'S YEARS AGO, IT FELT LIKE THAT, UH, THAT'S WAY TOO MUCH OF A LIABILITY UPON THE DIVISION.

AND IF SOMEONE'S WORKING THAT MANY HOURS OVER, YOU MAY NEED TO, UM, YOU MAY NEED TO LOOK AT ACTUALLY, UH, LOOKING AT IS THAT, IS THERE AN ADDITIONAL POSITION OR SOMETHING ELSE THAN SOME TYPE OF ADJUSTMENT NEEDS TO BE? SO WE NARROWED THAT DOWN TO 40 HOURS NOW, ANY TYPE OF OVERTIME AND THOSE TYPES OF THINGS THAT, UM, THAT WE DO HAS A PROCESS WHERE THE SUPERVISOR OR THE PRINCIPAL OR THE DIRECTOR OR SO FORTH OF THAT DEPARTMENT, UH, WOULD SEEK THE PERMISSION OF THE SUPERINTENDENT TO BE ABLE TO ALLOW ANY ADDITIONAL, UH, OVERTIME, UM, AND THAT WE WOULD DO THAT AT LEAST FOR THE FIRST 40 HOURS AT, UM, AT THEIR ABILITY TO DO COMP TIME.

SO THE, THE SUMMARY OF IT IS, IS THAT

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THE POLICY THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE IN PLACE THAT HAD BEEN IN PLACE IS THE POLICY THAT THE STATE CAME BACK WITH VERBATIM.

SO, UM, SO THAT POLICY IS GAA IS, IS, AS IT WAS ALL RIGHT.

SO IT KIND OF WENT IN KIND OF LIKE A LITTLE CIRCLE OF LIFE THERE AND, AND THAT'S BACK.

AND THEN THE SECOND ONE IS THE REGULATION THAT WE CREATED AND THAT IT CREATED DISCUSSION AT OUR LAST MEETING, PERHAPS IT, IT, UH, IT COULD CREATE SOME DISCUSSION HERE AS WELL.

AND I INVITE THAT AS THAT, UM, OUR AGENDA PREPARATION AND DISSEMINATION OF THE, UM, OF OUR BOARD AGENDA TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR BOARD AND OUR COMMUNITY HAS AN AMPLE AMOUNT OF TIME TO BE ABLE TO, UH, TO SEE THE ITEMS AND SO FORTH THAT WILL BE DISCUSSED.

UM, AND THAT WILL BE, UM, UM, GONE OVER DURING THAT AND, UM, OUR, OUR CLERK, MR. BALLANTINE, HE SENDS OUT OUR, UM, UH, TO THE BOARD, UH, ON FRIDAYS, UH, PRIOR TO, UH, LAST FRIDAY, PRIOR TO OUR WEDNESDAY MEETING AND SO FORTH OF OUR AGENDA AND OUR AGENDA ITEMS. AND THAT THERE ARE THINGS THAT PERHAPS COULD HAPPEN BETWEEN THAT TIME AND WITHIN 48 HOURS, OR EVEN UP TO A BOARD MEETING FOR SOME EMERGENCY TYPE THINGS.

BUT WE HAD DECIDED THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO MAKE SURE THAT THE BOARD AND THE COMMUNITY WOULD BE ABLE TO HAVE THAT WITHIN 48 HOURS OF THAT MEETING AND SO FORTH.

SO WE DID, UM, WE DID, UH, CREATE THAT, UH, REGULATION AND SO FORTH.

SO I REALLY COME TO YOU THIS EVENING TO, UM, TO EITHER GET YOUR BLESSING UPON THIS, OR HEAR ANY DISCUSSION SO FORTH YOU WOULD LIKE, AND I CAN, UM, ONCE THE BOARD GIVES THEIR BLESSING AND, AND WHATEVER CHANGES, I'LL GO BACK AND DO THAT AND HAVE THAT INTO OUR POLICY MANUAL.

ANY DISCUSSION OR COMMENTS? UM, I HAD ONE AND I KNOW IT'S JUST A VERY SLIGHT WORD CHANGE, BUT I THINK THE MEANING IS EVERYTHING, UM, WHERE IT SAYS THE AGENDA SHALL BE RECEIVED IN THE OFFICE OF THE SUPERINTENDENT FOR DISTRIBUTION TO THE SCHOOL BOARD.

I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO SEE THAT CHANGED TO RECEIVED IN THE OFFICE OF THE SUPERINTENDENT AND DISTRIBUTED TO THE SCHOOL BOARD BY THE CLOSE OF BUSINESS.

I FEEL LIKE THAT SLIGHT WORD CHANGE OF CHANGING FOUR TO, AND, AND DISTRIBUTION TO DISTRIBUTE IT TO WILL MAKE IT VERY CLEAR THAT THE SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS THEMSELVES HAVE TO RECEIVE THE AGENDA 48 HOURS BEFORE THE MEETING.

WHAT IS THE PLEASURE OF THE BOARD? OKAY, GOOD.

ALL RIGHT.

I'LL SUPPORT IT JUST AS YOU, AS YOU MENTIONED EARLIER, A LOT OF TIMES WE GET OUR QUESTIONS ANSWERED BEFORE WE COME TO THE MEETINGS AND TO HAVE ENOUGH TIME TO DO THAT AND EVERYTHING, I THINK 48 HOURS IS, IS, IS A GOOD OPPORTUNITY.

AND, UM, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE ALWAYS GOING TO BE EMERGENCIES AND THAT'S COVERED IN HERE, BUT, UH, I THINK, YOU KNOW, CLARITY IS EVERYTHING.

SO, UM, I'M FINE WITH THAT A LITTLE BIT BETTER.

SO YOU WOULD LIKE, FOR ME TO ADD THE AND DISTRIBUTED ARE, IS THAT, IS THAT THE PLEASURE OF THE BOARD? YES.

EVERYONE.

EVERYONE'S OKAY THOUGH.

LUCK'S A LITTLE SLOW HE'S, HE'S A, HE'S A FORMER COACH.

WELL, SORRY.

I KNOW I'M PICKY, BUT YES.

AND DISTRIBUTED WOULD BE THE WORD THAT MAKES ME FEEL THE MOST COMFORTABLE.