Jun 17, 2021 School Board

IF NOT, ITEM C ROOM APPROVAL OF THE SCHOOL BOARD MINUTES OF THE MAY 20TH, 2021 REGULAR BOARD MEETING AND THE JUNE 3RD, 2021 COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE MEETING AS PUBLISHED IN THE OFFICIAL JOURNAL.

UM, WOULD YOU MIND MR. GODIN? UM, IF YOU DON'T MIND, PLEASE RISE OUR HEAVENLY FATHER, PLEASE GRANT US SAFETY AND SECURITY FOR ALL THE STUDENTS IN YOUR CARE.

ALL THE TEACHERS, FACULTY, AND STAFF THAT WORKS SO DILIGENTLY TO TRY TO ELEVATE THE CHARACTER AND MINDS OF THESE STUDENTS.

AND MAY THEY ALL BE SUCCESSFUL IN THEIR ENDEAVORS.

WE PRAY FOR YOU TO BLESS OUR GATHERING HERE TODAY AND TO GIVE US THE WISDOM TO SEEK YOUR WILL AND TO GIVE US THE WISDOM TO UNDERSTAND WHAT IS BEST FOR THE CHILDREN.

AS WE ALL SEE FIT IN YOUR NAME, WE PRAY.

AMEN.

SHE HAD THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES.

THANK YOU, MR. BURBERRY FOR BEING ON CALL LIKE THAT.

VERY NICE PRAYER.

THANK YOU, SECRETARY.

WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL NINE PRESIDENTS ADMIN PRESENT DISTRICT FOUR, VICE PRESIDENT COLLINS PRESENT DISTRICT ONE.

MR. BLUE HERE, DISTRICT TWO, MR. LANA'S DISTRICT THREE, MR. HOWARD DISTRICT FIVE, MS. WARD JACKSON DISTRICT SIX, MS. DYSON DYSON DISTRICT SEVEN, MR. DISTRICT EIGHT, MS. BERNARD, WE HAVE A QUORUM,

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DO I HAVE A MOTION BY MR. SECONDED BY MR. BALLOU? ANY, UH, COMMENTS SEEING NO COMMENTS FROM THE BOARD? UH, ANY COMMENTS FROM THE AUDIENCE ON THE MINUTES, SEEING NONE BACK TO THE BOARD.

MADAM, MADAM SECRETARY, PLEASE CONDUCT THE VOTE.

EVERY VOTE IS CRUCIAL IN THIS MOMENT.

MOVE NOW TO ITEM A D RECOGNITION STEVE, ONE

WE GOOD? OH, MS. COLLINS, NO MOTION CARRIES MINUTES ARE APPROVED.

[D1. Belaire High JROTC VEX Robotics]

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RECOGNITION OF THE BELL AIR.

HI, J R O T C VEX ROBOTICS WINNER.

MS. COLLINS, IS THAT, DO I HAVE THAT RIGHT? I HAVE YOUR NAME ON IT.

UH, SH UH, USUALLY THERE'S A STAFF MEMBER, BUT ARE THEY HERE OR ARE J ROTC PEOPLE HERE? YEAH.

COME ON UP.

TELL US ABOUT WHAT YOU DID AND, UH, YEAH, EITHER ONE.

HI, I'M MICHAEL MATTHEWS.

TELL US ABOUT THE GREAT NEWS AND GIVE US YOUR NAME TOO.

UH, I CAME IN SECOND PLACE AND, UH, ROTC ROBOTICS COMPETITION.

UH, IT WAS FINE.

IT WAS KIND OF LIKE, REALLY COOL ABOUT INTERNET TYPE OF STUFF.

SO WHAT WAS YOUR, UH, WHAT WAS YOUR BOOK ROAD, ROBOT? LIKE WHAT IS A CLUB BY IT? OKAY.

IT PICKS UP ITEMS AND PUTS IT IN THE GOAL AND YOU HAVE TO MANUALLY DRIVE IT.

SO IT WAS PRETTY GOOD.

DID HE HAVE A GOOD DRIVER? DID YOU ROBOT HAVE A GOOD DRIVER? UH, I WAS PRETTY MUCH THE ONLY DRIVER.

I WAS JUST KIDDING WITH YOU.

I THINK THAT'S FANTASTIC.

UH, YOU, YEAH, GO AHEAD.

VICE PRESIDENT COLLINS.

SWEET.

THEY CHANGED THE LITTLE PROTOCOL ON ME A LITTLE BIT.

AND SO I WAS SUPPOSED TO READ SOMETHING AND THAT'S WHY THE POLL BABIES STAYING IN LEFT, LIKE IT WAS NICE.

ISN'T MS. BRITTANY JACKSON.

SO, UH, BALLET MOMENT HAS SCHOOL PARTICIPATED IN A THREE DAY E E D R S PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM, JR.

OTC, VEX, ROBOTICS SEMINAR AT LIBERTY MAGNET, HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS FROM THE THREE STATE REGION.

SO NOT JUST LOUISIANA, BUT TEXAS, LOUISIANA AND MISSISSIPPI PARTICIPATE PARTICIPATED.

AND IT BREAKS V FIVE, WHICH IS HIGH SCHOOL BEGINNERS COURSE.

AND STUDENTS FOR STUDENT BUILT, CODED, COMPETED WITH VEX ROBOTS AND MR. MICHAEL AND I FINISHED READING.

I, IF YOU CAN EXPLAIN WHAT A VIX ROBOT OR B E X ROBOT IS, CAUSE, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW.

WE DON'T KNOW MOST OF MICHAEL MATTHEWS UPCOMING JUNIOR MAGNET STUDENT AT BAYLOR HAD PARTICIPATED IN THE COMPETITION ALONG WITH TWO OTHER STUDENTS FROM MISSISSIPPI.

THEY WERE SUCCESSFUL IN COMPETITION IN SECOND PLACE.

OVERALL, MICHAEL WILL BE PARTICIPATING WITH THE MAGNET AND J R O T C ROBOTICS TEAM FOR THE UPCOMING SCHOOL YEAR.

OUR J ALL OTC PROGRAM IS LED BY LIEUTENANT COPPER, BOLO, BOYD DOWNLOADS, AND OUR ROBOTICS AND CODING TEACHER.

BALAS PRINCIPAL IS ANGELA JONES AND THE MAGNET SITE COORDINATOR IS ROSIE WAS ME.

UM, AND, UH, BURLEIGH HIGH SCHOOL IS IN A BOARD MEMBER MATTER, VICE PRESIDENTS, UH, SCHOOL BOARD, DISTRICT FOUR, SHOUT OUT FOR DISTRICT FOUR.

UM, I'M A COOLER SHAMELESS PLUGS, AND I ENCOURAGE ALL MY COLLEAGUES TO SHAMELESSLY PLUG THEIR AREAS AS WELL.

AND SO MICHAEL, IF HE WOULD PROCEED WITH SHARING WITH US ON YOUR EXPERIENCE, I'M VERY PROUD.

THERE'S COMPETITIONS EVERY YEAR.

SO BASICALLY YOU BUILD A ROBOT BY SCRATCH, SO THAT IS VAGUE, CHALLENGING FOR PEOPLE.

AND THEN YOU HAVE TO ALSO USE THE PARTS.

YOU CAN MAKE YOUR OWN ADJUSTMENTS.

YOU CAN MAKE YOUR OWN ROBOT.

THERE'S PLENTY OF BLOW BACKS OUT THERE, SO YOU CAN MOVE ON.

YOU CAN PICK STUFF UP WITH THEM.

AND WE NORMALLY COMPETE IN THOSE COMPETITIONS.

LAST YEAR, WE WENT TO, WE WERE SUPPOSED TO GO TO WORLD, UH, COVID HIT.

SO WE'RE SUPPOSED TO GO TO WORLD CHAMPIONS.

OKAY, WELL SET UP ONE MORE TIME.

SORRY.

THE LAST PART WORLD CHAMPS CHAMPIONS DISTRICT FOR HIGH SCHOOL, LIKE YOU SAW SO MUCH MS. JONES, DID YOU WANT TO SAY ANYTHING THAT ANYBODY ELSE WANT TO ELABORATE ON? WHAT IS SO VERY PROUD OF MICHAEL AND AS WELL AS HIS MOTHER, UM, MS. SARAH NAPPIES, UH, WE HAVE A PARTNERSHIP, BUT THEN I MET IN HIGH SCHOOL WITH KIND OF HIVE TC PROGRAM.

SO WE WERE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.

THEY HAVE INVESTED IN OUR SCHOOL AND WE'RE ABLE TO DO MORE THINGS BECAUSE OF THE JRTC PROGRAM.

SO THANK YOU KIND OF HYBRID.

AND WE HAVE HERE FIRST SERGEANT BASSETT

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TC PROGRAM HERE WITH US, KIND OF A BUBBLE THAT CAN NOT BE HERE, BUT THANK YOU, SCHOOL BOARD, AND CONTINUE TO SUPPORT BELLA HIGH SCHOOL.

AND I INVITE YOU ALL TO PLEASE COME AND SEE THE GREAT THINGS HAPPENING IN OUR HIGH SCHOOL.

YOU HAVE ALL THE SCHOOL BOARD AND THE SUPERINTENDENT.

WE ARE SO PROUD.

UM, ITEM DUE TO EXXON, UM, RECOGNITION OF EXXONMOBIL HIGH SCHOOL, SUMMER PROGRAM RECIPIENTS.

AND I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT, UH, MICHAEL HAS SKILLS, MAN.

WE PUT HIM ON THE SPOT WHEN HE WAS SMOOTH AS COULD BE.

YOU WANT TO SPEAK, MR. BURROW HAS A COMMENT JUST REAL QUICK, UM, REALLY EXCITING STUFF.

UH, IF ANYONE'S INTERESTED, ARE THERE ANY PICTURES OR VIDEO OF THE EVENT ONLINE, UH, UH, FOR ANYBODY TO SEE, WE DON'T HAVE, UM, ANY PICTURES OR VIDEOS OF THIS EVENT, BUT WE DO HAVE A MINI VIDEOS FROM PREVIOUS EVENTS.

JUST DON'T GET TO SEE THIS YEAR STAR LAST TWO YEARS.

YES, I WAS IN LAST YEAR, SO, OKAY.

AND MICHAEL WAS AN IMPRESSIVE YOUNG MAN,

[D2. ExxonMobil High School Internship]

UM, MS. STABS, MS. SMITH.

HI, I'LL BE HAPPY TO DO IT.

THIS IS IT.

I'M JUST READING OFF OF THIS.

YEAH, YEAH.

BACKGROUND AND VERIO WOODS.

I'M JUST READING OFF THE AGENDA.

SO GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT TOTMAN VICE PRESIDENT COLLINS, UH, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD AND DR.

NARCIS I'M KATHLEEN SOURCE FIELD WITH THE FOUNDATION FOR EAST BATON ROUGE SCHOOL SYSTEM.

AND IT IS MY HONOR TO WELCOME TONIGHT KELLY WELCH WITH EXXON MOBILE.

SHE GETS HERE TO RECOGNIZE LOTS OF AMAZING STUDENTS.

SO I'D LIKE TO BRING UP KELLY GOOD EVENING.

PRESIDENT TAT MEN, VICE PRESIDENT COLLINS, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD AND SUPERINTENDENT MARCY'S, AS KATHLEEN SAID, I'M KELLY WELCH.

I AM A PUBLIC AND GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS ADVISOR FOR EXXONMOBIL HERE IN BATON ROUGE.

AND I'M HERE TONIGHT TO INVITE YOU TO JOIN ME IN CELEBRATING SOME WONDERFUL EBR STUDENTS THAT HAVE BEEN HIRED INTO OUR BRAND NEW EXXONMOBIL HIGH SCHOOL SUMMER INTERNSHIP PROGRAM.

OVER THIS SUMMER, THE SELECTED STUDENTS WILL SHADOW OUR EXXONMOBIL CRAFT SPECIALISTS TO EXPLORE HIGH PAYING AND HIGH DEMAND CAREERS AVAILABLE TO THEM RIGHT HERE IN BATON ROUGE, THE STUDENTS WILL BE MENTORED BY OUR EXXON MOBILE EMPLOYEES, AND WE'LL LEARN HOW TO GET STARTED IN A VARIETY OF TRADES TO HELP THEM BOOST A CAREER IN INDUSTRY.

THIS PROGRAM IS ESPECIALLY EXCITING SINCE IT WAS JUST A FEW MONTHS AGO THAT WE SAW THIS BOARD SUPPORT FOR IN BRINGING IN OUR BATON ROUGE REFINERY, INTEGRATED COMPETITIVENESS INVESTMENT TO BATON ROUGE SO THAT WE COULD PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES JUST LIKE THIS TO OUR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS.

THIS INTERN OPPORTUNITY IS LARGELY THANKS TO YOUR SUPPORT AND TO SUPER INTENDANT.

DARCY'S HAS A VISION FOR BRINGING ANYBODY, OUR STUDENTS, AN OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE THE KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS NECESSARY TO WORK IN INDUSTRY THREE OF OUR FOUR UBR SELECTED STUDENTS AND THEIR HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPALS ARE HERE WITH US TONIGHT.

OUR INTERNS ARE JAYDEN MOODY FOR WHO WILL BE A SENIOR AT A STREAM OF HIGH SCHOOL THIS FALL, AND WILL JOIN OUR MACHINERY GROUP TO LEARN ABOUT PUMPS AND OUR REFINERY THIS SUMMER AFTER HIGH SCHOOL, SHE PLANS TO ATTEND THE SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY, JUST STUDYING MECHANICAL, MECHANICAL OR CHEMICAL ENGINEERING.

JOHNNY WILLIAMS IS AN INCOMING SENIOR AT SCOTLANDVILLE MAGNET HIGH SCHOOL, AND WILL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN ABOUT OR MACHINERY COMPRESSORS ORIENTATION, WHICH WE'LL CONTINUE TO BUILD ON HER ELECTRICAL

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IF THEY GRADUATE OR BROADMORE HIGH SCHOOL, THIS AREA LET US KNOW THAT CHEMISTRY IS HER FAVORITE SUBJECT.

SO SHE WILL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH A SPECIALIST IN OUR ANALYZER GROUP.

CLEL ALSO HAPPENS TO BE, HAVE BEEN SELECTED FOR OUR EXXONMOBIL AND BATON ROUGE ALLIANCE FOR STUDENT SCHOLARSHIPS AMONG WITH OTHERS WILL RECOGNIZE THEM JUST A FEW MOMENTS.

WE ARE EXCITED TO WELCOME YOU INTO THE EXXONMOBIL FAMILY AND TO BE A SMALL PART OF YOUR SUCCESS STORY.

PLEASE JOIN ME IN CELEBRATING THESE EXCEPTIONAL STUDENTS AGENDA ITEMS. I WAS JUST GOING TO LET HIM STAY UP AT THE MIC,

[D3. Alliance & ExxonMobil Scholarships]

I GUESS YOU CAN PICK RIGHT UP FROM THERE IF THAT'S ALL RIGHT.

I'M TRYING TO MAKE IT REAL EASY FOR EVERYBODY.

IT IS ALSO MY GREAT PLEASURE TO PRESENT TO YOU.

A FOUR EXCEPTIONAL EBR GRADUATES WHO HAVE RECENTLY BEEN AWARDED A SCHOLARSHIP FROM EXXON MOBILE AND THE BATON BRIDGE ALLIANCE FOR STUDENTS.

IN EARLY SPRING, WE HAD EXXONMOBIL ASK THE ALLIANCE TO PARTNER WITH US, TO OFFER A TOTAL OF $10,000 TO FIVE STUDENTS WHO DEMONSTRATE ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE AND INTEREST IN SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING, ARTS, AND MATHEMATICS, AND WHO HAVE A STRONG DESIRE TO USE THEIR TALENTS AND HELPING THEIR COMMUNITY IN THE FUTURE.

I'M JOINED TONIGHT BY THE ALLIANCES CEO, ADONICA DUGAN AND CHIEF STRATEGY OFFICER AT LIZ SMITH, WHO HELPS SELECT THESE AMAZING STUDENTS.

AND AGAIN, WE'VE INVITED THEIR PRINCIPALS TO JOIN US AS WE CELEBRATE THEIR ACHIEVEMENTS.

THE SCHOLARSHIP AWARDEES ARE DESTINY CALDWELL FROM SCOTLAND, BILL MAGNET, HIGH SCHOOL WITH A GPA OF 4.75 DESTINY.

THAT IS TO BE CELEBRATED DESTINY AT THE VALEDICTORIAN AT SCOTT AT SCOTLANDVILLE HIGH.

SHE PLANS TO ATTEND UCLA IN THE FALL WHERE SHE WILL STUDY MATHEMATICS AND BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES.

JAMIE C LINK JR.

WHO WAS ALSO FROM SCOTLANDVILLE MAGNET HIGH HAS A GPA OF 3.49 IMPLANTS TO STUDY ENGINEERING AT ALABAMA STATE UNIVERSITY, TRINITY .

I DON'T, I THINK TRINITY CRIM GOT STUCK IN TRAFFIC, BUT WE'LL STILL CELEBRATE HER.

SHE WAS FROM A MEDICINE PREPARATORY ACADEMY AND HAS A 3.9 GPA.

SHE PLANS TO ATTEND LSU AND STUDY PSYCHOLOGY AND AGAINST DARIO WOODS.

AND YOU'VE ALREADY MET, HAS A 3.6 GPA FROM BROADMORE HIGH SCHOOL AND PLANS TO STUDY ENGINEERING AT LSU IN THE FALL.

SO YOU, ALL OF YOU EXXONMOBIL AND THE ALLIANCE ARE THRILLED TO HAVE HAD A HAND IN SUPPORTING YOU AND YOUR FUTURE GOALS.

WE KNOW YOU ARE GOING TO DO GREAT THINGS, AND WE THANK YOU FOR THINKING AHEAD OF HOW YOU WILL.

YES, TRINITY, I'VE ALREADY READ YOUR ACCOLADES.

I'LL DO IT AGAIN.

MISS TRINITY QUINN FOR MADISON PREPARATORY ACADEMY, 3.9 GPA PLAN, AND JUST GO TO LSU AND STUDY PSYCHOLOGY.

THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.

GOTCHA.

I WANT TO THANK EXXON AND ALSO, UH, TO CONGRATULATE THESE AMAZING STUDENTS, A FAT SUPERINTENDENTS METALS FOREVER.

WE MOVE NOW TO ITEM D FOR PROCLAMATION CONSIDERATION REQUESTS FOR THE ADOPTION OF A PROCLAMATION DECLARING JUNE 19 AS G AS THE DAY OF CELEBRATION AND RECOGNITION ACROSS THE EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH SYSTEM AS JUNETEENTH MR. LANDIS, THANK YOU, PRESIDENT ADMIN.

THANK YOU, MS. WALSH.

AND CONGRATULATIONS SEES FINE YOUNG STUDENTS.

UH,

[D4. Proclamation]

UH, FIRST LET ME JUST SAY THAT THIS IS A TREMENDOUS HONOR, NOT JUST FOR OUR SCHOOL SYSTEM, BOTH FOR OUR ENTIRE STATE TO KNOW THAT WE ARE NOW, UH, PROGRESSING TOWARDS AN ENVIRONMENT WITHIN OUR STATE AND ACROSS OUR STATE WHERE WE CAN CELEBRATE DIFFERENT CULTURES OF ANY DIVERSITY.

UH, MY HAT GOES OFF TO A GOVERNOR, JOHN BEL

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EDWARDS FOR A SIGNING OF THE BUILDING TO ORDER NAMING JUNE 10TH AND OFFICIAL STATE HOLIDAY, AS WELL AS STATE REPRESENTATIVE AT WHITTIER JAMES FOR HIS LEADERSHIP, WITH THE LOUISIANA CONGRESSIONAL BLACK CAUCUS, AS WELL AS THE MAYOR, THE HOUR OF THE PERSON WHO ACTUALLY AUTHORED THE BILL, UH, MR. UH, SORRY, STATE REPRESENTATIVE, LARRY SETTLERS.

MY HAT AGAIN GOES OFF TO EACH AND EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM, BUT I'LL GET INTO THE PROCLAMATION ITSELF.

PROCLAMATION DECLARING JUNE 19 JUNETEENTH DAY OF FREEDOM AS A DAY OF CELEBRATION AND RECOGNITION ACROSS EAST BEVERAGE PAIR OF SCHOOLS.

WHEREAS JUNETEENTH IS THE OLDEST KNOWN CELEBRATION, COMMEMORATING THE ABOLISH, THE I'M SORRY, THE ABOLITION OF SLAVERY IN THE UNITED STATES AND DMS, THE PATIENT OF SLAVES, INCLUDING INDIGENOUS AREA AND OTHER COMMUNITIES OF COLOR THROUGHOUT THE CONFEDERATE SOUTH UNION SOLDIERS LANDED AT GALVESTON, TEXAS ON JUNE 19TH, 1865, BUT THE NEWS THAT THE WAR HAD ENDED AND THE ENSLAVED WERE NOW FREE MORE THAN TWO YEARS AFTER THE EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION WAS ISSUED ON JANUARY 18TH, 1963, UNTIL THAT DAY, SLAVERY HAD BEEN RELATIVELY, RELATIVELY UNAFFECTED IN TEXAS BY THE EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION.

AND IT TAKES HIS HEAD EVEN BEING VIEWED AS A SAFE HAVEN FOR SLAVE OWNERS TO RELOCATE WITH THEIR SLAVES BECAUSE THE STATE EXPERIENCED LAW, NO LAW SCALE FIGHTING OR CERTIFICATE PRESENCE OF UNION TROOPS WERE AIRS ON THAT FIRST, JUNE 10TH.

AND THEY COMBINED JUNE 19, THE PEOPLE OF TEXAS, REALLY THE GENERAL AUTO NUMBER THREE, WHICH STATED THE PEOPLE OF TEXAS ARE INFORMED THAT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROCLAMATION, FROM THE EXECUTIVE OF THE UNITED STATES, ALL SLAVES ARE FREE.

THIS INVOLVES AN ABSOLUTE EQUALITY OF RIGHTS AND RIGHTS OF PROPERTY BETWEEN FORMER, FORMER MASTERS AND SLAVES.

AND THE CONNECTION HERE, HERE FOR EXISTING BETWEEN THEM BECOMES THAT BETWEEN EMPLOYER AND FREE LABOR, THE GT ANNOUNCEMENT WAS MET WITH JUBILATION THAT SPREAD THROUGH THE, THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY, AS THE COMMUNITIES OF COLOR RELOCATED TO NEIGHBORING STATES AND BECAME REACQUAINTED WITH FAMILIES.

AND WHEREAS THE FIRST JUNETEENTH CELEBRATION WITH A TIME OF REASSURANCE PRAYER AND THE GATHERING OF FAMILY MEMBERS, JUNETEENTH CONTINUE TO BE WIDELY OBSERVED DECADES LATER WITH MANY FORMER SLAVES AND DESCENDANTS MAKING AN ANNUAL PILGRIMAGE BACK TO GALVESTON.

JUNE TEENS TODAY CONTINUES TO GROW WITHIN COMMUNITIES AND ORGANIZATIONS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY.

NUMEROUS LOCAL AND NATIONAL JUNETEENTH ORGANIZATIONS HAVE ARISEN ALONGSIDE OLDER ORGANIZATIONS WITH THE COMMON MISSION OF PROMOTING AND CULTIVATING KNOWLEDGE AND APPRECIATION OF THE HISTORY AND CULTURE OF COMMUNITIES OF COLOR BY ENCOURAGING CONTINUOUS SELF-DEVELOPMENT AND RESPECT FOR ALL PEOPLE IN CULTURES EARLY, AND WHERE AES RECOGNIZE THEIR PRESENTLY 155 YEARS AFTER THE LAST ENSLAVED PEOPLE IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA WERE FREED FROM THE SHACKLES OF BONDAGE, PEOPLE OF COLOR, CONTINUE TO STRUGGLE AND OVERCOME RACISM AND BIGOTRY A AND WHEREAS THE EAST BAY RIDGE SCHOOL SYSTEM WISHES TO SHOW SOLIDARITY AND STAND WITH OUR BLACK INDIGENOUS AND COMMUNITIES OF COLOR BY ADOPTING JUNETEENTH AS AN OFFICIAL DAY OF CELEBRATION, EARN OBSERVATION A AND WHEREAS DURING THE 2001 LEGISLATIVE SESSION STATE REPRESENTATIVE, LARRY SYLLABUS, ARTHUR TO BILL WITHOUT OPPOSITION, WHICH WAS SIGNED INTO LAW BY GOVERNOR JOHN BEL, THAT WAS KNOWN IN LOUISIANA AS ONE OF 47 STATES IN THE NATION TO HAVE AN OFFICIAL STATE OBSERVANCE OF JUNETEENTH FREEDOM DAY WITH WHICH WILL BE COMMEMORATED EVERYONE IN LOUISIANA ON THE THIRD SATURDAY IN JUNE.

NOW, THEREFORE A BEER RESOLVED AT THE EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH SCHOOL BOARD HEREBY PROCLAIM JUNE 19TH AND EVERY JUNE 19TH, JUNE 10TH, FREEDOM DAY ACROSS THESE BARRIERS PER SCHOOL ASSISTANT TO BE CELEBRATED IN THE THIRD WEEKEND.

IN THE MONTH OF JUNE MAKING THIS BEVERAGE PER SCHOOL SYSTEM, THE FIRST DISTRICT FIRST SCHOOL DISTRICT IN LOUISIANA TO BESTOW SUCH AN HONOR, WE ENCOURAGE ALL THESE BEVERAGE POWER SCHOOL SYSTEM, STUDENTS AND EMPLOYEES, SCHOOLS, FAMILIES, AND COMMUNITY GROUPS TO CELEBRATE JUNETEENTH AS A DAY OF REMEMBRANCE AND CELEBRATION.

I SUDDENLY MOVED BY MR. LANA SECONDED BY VICE PRESIDENT COLLINS.

UM, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND, I DON'T SEE ANY COMMENTS FROM THE BOARD.

UH, WE GO TO THE AUDIENCE, ANY COMMENTS FROM THE AUDIENCE, SEEING NINE, WE COME BACK TO THE BOARD.

I WANT TO THANK, UH, I'LL.

UH, MS. COLLINS, GO AHEAD.

I'LL I'LL WAIT UP GOING TO SAY THE SAME THING.

YOU PROBABLY ARE GOING TO SAY THAT I APPRECIATE MY COLLEAGUE ON THE BOARD, A BOARD MEMBER, LANDIS FOR BRINGING THIS RESOLUTION FOR US.

AND, UH, MR. SOLDERS AND MR. JAMES AND OTHERS WHO HELPED PUT THIS TOGETHER AND WHAT YOU MIGHT, I DON'T THINK YOU MENTIONED WAS THAT, UH, THE HOUSE OF THE UNITED STATES HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES JUST RECENTLY ALSO PASSED THIS.

THEN I WAS GOING TO SAY SOMETHING VERY SIMILAR

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I HAD, UM, I MAY HAVE BEEN DISTRACTED.

I'M SORRY, BUT THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR BRINGING THIS.

SO I SEE NO OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM THE BOARD.

UH, MADAM SECRETARY, PLEASE CONDUCT THE ROLE.

ITEM THREE, I WILL, UH, READ, UM, I WOULD LIKE TO READ THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS WHO HAVE SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED ANNUAL TRAINING FOR THE 20, 20 MINUTE A YEAR MANDATED BY THE LOUISIANA REVISED STATUTES TITLE 17 SECTION 53, AND THE TOTAL CREDIT HOURS RECEIVED, UM, BOARD MEMBER BALLOU, SIX HOURS BOARD NUMBER LANA'S 5.75 HOURS, UH, BOARD MEMBER HOLLER, 13.5 HOURS, UH, VICE PRESIDENT COLLINS, 5.5 HOURS, A BOARD MEMBER AWARE JACKSON, 17.5 HOURS, OR A NUMBER OF DICE AND SEVEN HOURS BOARD MEMBER GO DAY, 19 HOURS, BOARD MEMBER BERNARD, 10 HOURS AND YOURS, TRULY 10 HOURS.

THE MOTION CARRIES THE ITEM PASSES.

WE MOVED NOW TO ITEM E UH, ONE, UM, INFORMATION ON E INFORMATION, ONLY ONE MONTHLY FINANCIAL REPORT, UM, AND SEEING NO COMMENTS FROM THE BOARD PERSONNEL CHANGES, UM, SEEING NO, UH, QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM THE BOARDS UNDER

[E3. Point of Information]

THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR DEDICATION TO CONTINUING EDUCATION.

AND AS A PART OF YOUR ROLE,

[F1. Update from Superintendent]

WE MOVE NOW TO ITEM F LONG UPDATE FROM THE SUPERINTENDENT DR.

NAZIS.

THANK YOU, PRESIDENT TAMMY.

UH, JUST THIS MORNING, UH, I WAS VISITING, UH, JEFFERSON TENNIS ACADEMY, WHERE I WAS ABLE TO, UM, UH, HANG OUT A LITTLE BIT WITH OUR, UH, PRE-K STUDENTS WHO WERE AT BURROUGHS SUMMER CAMP AND SUMMER PROGRAMS. JUST EXCITED TO SEE, UH, HAVING ALMOST 200 STUDENTS IN THAT BUILDING OVER THE SUMMER IN, UM, IN OUR ESL PROGRAM PRE-K AND OUR SUMMER CAMPS.

SO JUST WANTED TO THANK THE BOARD FOR ALLOWING US TO CONTINUE TO EXPAND, TO GET MORE CHILDREN, YOU KNOW, SUMMER CAMPS.

IT WAS VERY EXCITING THIS MORNING, UH, FACILITIES AND PROGRAMMING EXPANSION PROPOSAL.

UH, WE, WE WERE EXCITED TO ANNOUNCE EARLY THIS WEEK THAT WE WERE PROPOSING SOME PROGRAM EXPANSION, EXPANSIONS, AND CHANGES.

I WAS AS A RESULT OF OUR PRELIMINARY FINDINGS FROM A FACILITIES PLAN AND A TRANSITION REPORT IN OUR STRATEGIC STRATEGIC PLAN WORK.

SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS OF OUR PROPOSAL WILL INCLUDE, UH, CREATING A DEDICATED SIX, 12 VISUAL AND PERFORMING ARTS SCHOOL, EXPANDING ACCESS TO HIGH QUALITY MAGNET SEATS ACROSS THE DISTRICT, UH, BUILDING NEW SCHOOL SITES TO MEET THE GROWING DEMAND OF OUR FAMILIES IN THE SOUTH BATON ROUGE AREA, EXPANDING AND SCALING THE PATHWAY TO BRIGHT FUTURES THROUGH DUAL ENROLLMENT OPPORTUNITIES.

AS YOU SAW MANY STUDENTS, IT'S MORE, UH, JUST IN THE PROGRAM, UM, WHO ARE, UH, GETTING INDUSTRY CERTIFICATIONS AND GOING TO GREAT COLLEGES.

SO WE'RE HOPEFUL TO EXPAND THAT OPPORTUNITY IN OUR CITY, UM, ESTABLISHING A JOINT LITERACY TASK FORCE WITH THE BATON ROUGE MAYOR'S OFFICE TO STRATEGICALLY IMPROVE LITERACY RATES THROUGHOUT THE PARISH.

UH, WE'LL CONTINUE TO ENGAGE AND WORK WITH OUR COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE PARISH TO DETERMINE THE DETAILS OF THESE PROPOSALS, BUT, UH, ANTICIPATE THAT THESE PROPOSALS WILL BE SOON COMING, UH, PRINCIPAL OF THE FINALISTS, UH, JUST WANTING TO CONGRATULATE, UH, PRINCIPAL CLOUDETTE, PERKINS, UH, PRINCIPAL AT AUDUBON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FOR BEING NAMED A FINALIST OF THE 2022 PRINCIPAL OF A YEAR HONOR.

SHE IS ONE OF JUST NINE PRINCIPALS FROM ACROSS THE STATE WHO HAS MADE IT TO THIS LEVEL.

WE'RE EXTREMELY PROUD OF MS. PERKINS, AND WE WISH HER ALL THE BEST OF LUCK AND WHETHER SHE COMES FIRST OR NOT, BUT WE EXPECT TO BE FOR US, WE'LL INVITE HER UP TO JUST, UM, UM, UH, ACKNOWLEDGE HER FOR THE GREAT WORK THAT SHE HAS DONE AS A PRINCIPAL OF THE YEAR, A STRATEGIC PLAN, THE COURSE OF THE LAST TWO WEEKS, WE'VE HELD TWO STRATEGIC PLAN TOWN HALLS TO GATHER KEY FEEDBACK FROM OUR CONSTITUENTS ON OUR PRIORITIES AND THE PRIORITIES AND GOALS OF THE DISTRICT MOVING FORWARD.

WE'VE ALSO EXTENDED THE DEADLINE TO PROVIDE PUBLIC INPUT THROUGH OUR ONLINE SURVEY UNTIL JUNE 30TH.

I ENCOURAGE

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ANYONE WHO HAS NOT YET HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE THEIR THOUGHTS AROUND THE STEVE PLAN TO DO SO ON OUR WEBSITE, EBR SCHOOLS.ORG.

UH, WE WANTED TO THANK LIBERTY HIGH SCHOOL FOR HOSTING US YESTERDAY, WHERE THEY ARE GOOD AMOUNT OF, UM, UH, COMMUNITY MEMBERS THERE, UH, TO, UH, BE AT OUR SHEET PLAN AND THE NIGHT BEFORE, UH, SCOTLANDVILLE HIGH SCHOOL, UH, WHO ALSO HOSTED US.

AND WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT GETTING THE COMMUNITY BE A PART OF OUR PROGRESS AS WE MOVE OUR DISTRICT FORWARD.

UM, PRESIDENT TABIN, THAT IS MY REPORT.

THANK YOU, SUPERINTENDENT, NURSE CECE.

UM, I'LL MOVE NOW TO ITEM G THE GENE WARREN, UM, REPORTS FROM BOARD APPOINTEES TO COMMITTEES OR AGENCIES.

ARE THERE ANY REPORTS FROM BOARD MEMBERS ON ANY ACTIVITIES SEEING NONE? UM,

[H. Public Hearing/Workshop]

WE WILL NOW MOVE.

WE WILL NOW SUSPEND A REGULAR MEETING TEMPORARILY WHILE WE OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING AND WORKSHOP.

SO I'LL CALL TO ORDER THIS, UH, PUBLIC HEARING WORKSHOP FOR THE 20 21 20 22 GENERAL FUND BUDGET.

MADAM SECRETARY, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL DISTRICT NINE PRESIDENT TASMAN DISTRICT FOUR VICE-PRESIDENT OF COLUMNS PRESENT DISTRICT ONE.

MR. BLUE HERE, DISTRICT TWO, MR. LANICE DISTRICT THREE, MR. HOWARD PRESENT, PRESENT DISTRICT FIVE.

MS. WARD JACKSON, PRESIDENT DISTRICT SIX, MS. DYSON DISTRICT SEVEN, MR. DISTRICT EIGHT, MS. BERNARD PRESENT.

YES, WHO'S LEADING THIS MS. LOPEZ.

I SEE YOUR NAME.

PROJECTED ASSIGNED FUND BALANCE.

GOOD EVENING, DR.

NARCIS AND BOARD MEMBERS THIS EVENING, I WILL BE PRESENTING THE PROPOSED 20 21 20 22 GENERAL FUND BUDGET.

THE PROPOSED 20 21 20 22 GENERAL FUND BUDGET AND STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS FOR REVENUE AND EXPENDITURES REVENUE PROJECTIONS, BASED ON THE REVISED 20, 20, 20 21 BUDGET APPROVED IN MAY OF 2021.

UM, THE FINANCIAL SUMMARY FOR THE GENERAL FUND INCLUDES TOTAL REVENUES OF 4991.5 MILLION TOTAL EXPENDITURES OF 489.4 MILLION, A FINAL BALANCE OF 2.1 MILLION AND ENDING VIOLENCE OF 55.9 MILLION.

AS WE HAVE STRUGGLED TO MAINTAIN A POSITIVE BALANCE.

IN THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS, WE WERE STRATEGICALLY USING OUR DOLLARS IN ADDITIONAL FUNDING.

AS A RESULT, WE WILL HAVE A POSITIVE BALANCE OF OVER $1 MILLION TO COMPLETE THE FISCAL YEAR.

THIS CHART SHOWS THAT RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN STUDENT ENROLLMENT AND GENERAL FUND STAFFING.

THE DISTRICT IS STRATEGICALLY PLACING STAFF AND APPROPRIATE FUNDING SOURCES.

AS A RESULT OF THIS STRATEGY, THE DISTRICT WOULD BEGIN TO BUILD A RESERVE IN THE GENERAL FUND.

THE PROJECTED ON ASSIGNED FUND BALANCE AT THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR WILL BE $38.3 MILLION ON ASSIGNED FUND BALANCE IS THE FUND BALANCE THAT THE DISTRICT CAN USE AT ITS DISCRETION.

AT THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR WILL BE $17.5 MILLION.

INCLUSIVE OF INVENTORY COST ASSIGNED FUND BALANCE IS THE FUNDING, BUT MUST BE USED FOR A SPECIFIC PURPOSE.

THE TOTAL PROJECTED FUND BALANCE AS OF 6 30, 20 22 IS 55.9 MILLION.

AS A PERCENTAGE OF GENERAL FUND REVENUES.

IT IS PROJECTED TO BE 12%.

ELDERLY REQUIRES A SEVEN AND A HALF PERCENT FUND BALANCE AS A PERCENTAGE OF GENERAL FUND REVENUES.

THIS ENSURES THAT THE DISTRICT IS BOTH FINANCIALLY STABLE AND OUR FUND BALANCE IS HEALTHY.

THE DISTRICT GOAL IS 15%.

WELL NEXT SLIDES WE'LL PROVIDE YOU INFORMATION REGARDING OUR PROJECTED REVENUES FOR THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR.

REVENUE IS PROJECTED TO INCREASE BY $24 MILLION.

AD VALOREM TAX COLLECTIONS ARE PROJECTED TO INCREASE BY 2.2%.

OUR $4.2 MILLION SALES TAX COLLECTIONS ARE PROJECTED TO INCREASE BY 0.5%.

OUR $0.6 MILLION INTEREST ON INVESTMENT WILL REMAIN IN CHANGED AND ADMINISTRATIVE FEES FOR CHARTERS WILL INCREASE BY $0.6 MILLION.

STATE MFP WILL INCREASE BY APPROXIMATELY 10.1 MILLION INCLUSIVE OF AN $800 RAISE FOR EACH CERTIFICATE STAFF MEMBER AND A $400 RAISE FOR EACH SUPPORT.

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STAFF MEMBER FEDERAL FUNDS WILL INCREASE BY 8 MILLION DUE TO INDIRECT COSTS FROM ADDITIONAL FEDERAL FUNDING JR.

ROTC WILL INCREASE SLIGHTLY FOR PROGRAM GROWTH.

THE MAJORITY OF THE DISTRICTS FUNDING, AS YOU CAN TELL FROM THE GRAPH IS FROM PROPERTY TAXES AND STATE MFP SUPPORT AS HER FUNDING IS PROVIDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE DISTRICT.

IT WILL ALLOW THE STRATEGIC PLAN TO DICTATE THE MOVEMENT AT THE BUDGET AND THE GENERAL FUND FOR ALL STUDENTS AND ALL STAFF MEMBERS.

IT WILL ALLOW THE OPPORTUNITY TO INCREASE THE DISTRICT'S FUND BALANCE TO ENSURE THAT WE CAN BUILD A RESERVE FOR LATER YEARS.

THE NEXT SLIDES WILL PROVIDE YOU INFORMATION REGARDING OUR PROJECTED EXPENDITURES FOR THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR.

TOTAL EXPENDITURES ARE PROJECTED TO INCREASE BY $22.7 MILLION.

OUR REDUCTION OF 1.8 MILLION IN PRIOR YEAR IN CONFERENCES IS INCLUDED.

REGULAR EDUCATION WILL DECREASE BY 10.6 MILLION INCLUSIVE OF STREAMLINING STAFFING BY USING STUDENT ENROLLMENT PROJECTIONS AND STRATEGICALLY USING SR FUNDS TO REALLOCATE ITEMS FROM THE GENERAL FUND SPECIAL EDUCATIONAL INCREASE BY 3.3 MILLION FOR ADDITIONAL STAFF MEMBERS, THE STUDENTS MAGNET PROGRAMS WILL INCREASE BY 1.2 MILLION FOR CONTINUED GROWTH IN STUDENT ENROLLMENT THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION WILL INCREASE BY 0.5 MILLION ALSO FOR CONTINUED GROWTH THERE OUT OUR DISTRICT ARE THERE INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAMS WILL DECREASE BY 50,000 THROUGH FUNDING OF ALTERNATIVE SCHOOL TEACHERS THROUGH PROPOSITION TWO AND ESSER, SORRY, INSTRUCTIONAL STAFF SERVICES WILL DECREASE BY 0.2 MILLION BY STREAMLINING RESOURCES AND TRANSFERRING POSITIONS TO S3 SPECIAL PROGRAMS. BUDGET WILL DECREASE BY 0.2 MILLION BY MAINTAINING THE 20 20, 20 21 FUNDING SOURCE FOR ALL ESL INSTRUCTIONAL SPACES, OKAY.

OPERATIONS OF MAINTENANCE AND PHYSICAL PLANT SERVICES AND SECURITY WILL INCREASE BY $1.4 MILLION.

THE UTILITIES THROUGH THE DISTRICT WILL INCREASE DUE TO NATIONAL AVERAGE INCREASES.

AND THE RETURN TO IN-PERSON INSTRUCTION, TRANSPORTATION SERVICES WILL INCREASE BY 3.2 MILLION.

THIS INCREASE IS DUE TO INCREASED STAFF AND FUEL DUE TO THE RETURN OF IN-PERSON INSTRUCTION.

THE DISTRICT WOULD CONTINUE TO USE DEER GRANT FUNDS TO PURCHASE ADDITIONAL BUSES FOR OUR FLEET.

INFORMATION AND HUMAN RESOURCES WILL BOTH INCREASE ONE POSITION TO ASSIST IN WORKING WITH OUR COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDERS AND STOPPING IN OUR SCHOOLS.

OTHER USE OF FUNDS WILL INCREASE BY 21.2 MILLION WITH THE INCREASE OF TYPE ONE SHORTERS AND THE CONTINUED GROWTH OF TYPE TWO AND THE DECREASED ENROLLMENT OF TYPE FIVE CHARTER.

OKAY, WELL THAT IS MAJORITY OF THE DISTRICTS EXPENDITURES.

AS YOU CAN TELL FROM THIS CHART ON INSTRUCTION AND OTHER USES OF FUNDS, I WOULD HONESTLY SAY THE FINES ARE WHERE WE CATEGORIZE THE CHARTER SCHOOL.

THE NEXT TWO SLIDES ARE A SUMMARY OF THE SPECIAL REVENUE BOOK THAT IS AVAILABLE ON BOARD DOCS AND GIVEN TO EACH BOARD MEMBER.

IT IS ALSO AVAILABLE IN THE GENERAL FUND BUDGET BOOK ON PAGES 1 97 AND 1 98.

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT CONTRACTS WILL BE ELIMINATED.

THE DISTRICT HAS SEVERAL OPPORTUNITIES THAT THEY CAN TAKE ADVANTAGE OF, BUT WHAT WE THOUGHT WOULD HAVE BEEN VILLAGE WILL BE A $9 MILLION BOOST TO THE DISTRICT.

THE REVIEW, THE LAND SALES AND SCHOOL CONSOLIDATION IN THE DISTRICT.

THIS WOULD ALLOW THE DISTRICT TO STREAMLINE PROGRAMS IN SCHOOLS, ALONG WITH THE STRATEGIC PLAN READ WITHIN EACH DEPARTMENT'S BUDGET TO DETERMINE IF THERE ARE ANY DUPLICATE SERVICES OR OBSOLETE SERVICES THAT EXIST.

AS THE DISTRICT BEGINS TO HAVE A TEAMS FORM TO PROVIDE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT IN THE DISTRICT PROGRAM, EVALUATION WILL ALLOW THE DISTRICT TO REALLY EVALUATE OUR PROGRAMMING AT THE SCHOOL LEVEL COMPREHENSIVE STAFF PROGRAM.

WE'LL WORK WITH THE STAFF TO ENSURE THAT ALL SCHOOLS ARE STAFFED BASED UPON THEIR INDIVIDUAL NEEDS.

THE BUDGET HAS BEEN A SHARED WITH EACH OF OUR BOARD MEMBERS AND WAS PRESENTED TO YOU AT THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE TO NIGHTLY SECURE APPROVAL OF THE BUDGET.

ANY QUESTIONS,

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VICE PRESIDENT COLLINS? UM, I JUST WANT TO GO BACK TO THE OTHER USE OF FUNDS.

YES, MA'AM ON THIS SLIDE.

CAN YOU OTHER USE OF FUNDS THERE? THERE'S REALLY ONLY THREE THINGS IN OTHER USE OF FUNDS.

THERE'S THE APPROPRIATION FOR ADULT EDUCATION THAT IS $200,000, $200.

THERE'S THE $1 MILLION APPROPRIATION THAT WE ARE STILL MAKING FOR THE 10% OF UNPAID THAT FEMA WILL NOT PAY BACK TO US FOR THE FLOOD OF 2016 AND FOR THE COVID.

THAT'S BEEN CONTINUOUS, SORRY.

AND THE REST IS FOR CHARTER SCHOOLS.

SO WHEN THE CHARTER SCHOOL WAS HOMEWORK, UM, 21.2 MILLION, IT'S GOING TO BE THE INCREASE.

AND THE ONE DAY NUMBER 200,000 HAVEN'T CHANGED.

MA'AM.

AND THE TOTAL AMOUNT WAS, UM, IT WAS YES.

MA'AM.

IT'S ABOUT A HUNDRED.

I WOULD HAVE TO PULL MY BUDGET.

IT'S ABOUT 126 MILLION.

THAT'S NOT WHAT ANY OF IT AT THIS MOMENT? SURE.

VICE PRESIDENT COLLINS, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? DID YOU COVER BOTH FOR THE GENERAL FUND AND THE SPECIAL REVENUE BUDGET? YES, SIR.

UH, I SEEN HER WITH THE QUESTIONS.

AT THIS TIME, I'LL TAKE A MOTION TO ADJOURN THESE.

OH, I'M SORRY, MS. DYSON.

I'M SORRY, MR. PEREZ AND CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, BUT I KIND OF THOUGHT I WAS GOING TO GET SOME INFORMATION, UM, BASED ON A QUESTION THAT WE HAD AT THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE.

AND, UM, WHEN I SPOKE WITH YOU, UM, I'M STILL SEEING IN THIS BUDGET FOR TONIGHT, THE, UM, THE REDUCTION OF EXPECTED STUDENTS AT SHENANDOAH ELEMENTARY.

YES MA'AM.

I PROVIDED ALL THAT DOCUMENTATION FOR Y'ALL EIGHT SHOWED THE PROPOSED AND THE FEBRUARY ACCOUNTS.

AND THAT ALSO SHOWS THE FEBRUARY ACCOUNTS.

THE MAJOR DIFFERENCE IN SHENANDOAH IS THE PRE-K BECAUSE GENERAL FUND DOESN'T FUND PRE-K.

BUT I'M CONCERNED BECAUSE IN FEBRUARY OF 2021, IT LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE FIVE KINDERGARTEN TEACHERS AND THEN WE HAD BUDGETED FOR FOUR.

YES MA'AM AND WE NEEDED FIVE.

AND NOW THIS PROPOSED ONE GOES DOWN TO THREE.

YES MA'AM BECAUSE SOME OF THE POSITIONS ARE GOING TO BE FUNDED THROUGH OTHER SOURCES.

THIS IS, THAT IS A PROJECTION FOR ONLY THE GENERAL FUND.

IT DOES NOT INCLUDE FEDERAL FUNDS.

STATE FUNDS ARE OUR LOCAL GRANTS CAN REALLY, CAN I SEE HOW MANY, LIKE, IS THERE A KINDERGARTEN TEACHER OR TWO GOING TO, WHO'S GOING TO BE KINDERGARTEN TEACHERS.

MA'AM WE, I MEAN, OTHER THAN THESE THREE, HOW MANY MORE ARE WE FUNDING AND HOW, I MEAN, I JUST DON'T SEE THAT THE CHILDREN IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD ARE DECLINING IN ANY SORT OF FASHION AT ALL.

AND THE ATTENDANCE LINES INCLUDE MORE THAN THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND THOSE ARE NOT DECLINING.

IN FACT, THE SUBDIVISIONS ARE BEING BUILT AS WE SPEAK.

EVERY MINUTE.

SO I DON'T SEE HOW THESE NUMBERS ARE GOING DOWN.

IT'S NOT THE POPULATION WE'RE DECREASING THE POPULATION IN THE GENERAL FUND.

BASED UPON THE AVAILABLE FUNDING SOURCES, ALL OF THE POSITIONS.

AND I, I KINDA NEED TO SEE IT AT THE SAME TIME TO KNOW IF THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I CAN APPROVE, BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO BE PUT INTO A SITUATION WHERE AFTER THE 10 DAY HEAD COUNT, WARM BODY COUNT, THEN WE HAVE TO GO START SCRAMBLING FOR TEACHERS.

WHY? AND WE'RE ABSOLUTELY GOING TO STAFF FOR THEIR POPULATION.

THAT'S NOT A PROBLEM.

SO, UM, I THINK I'D LIKE TO SEE THIS ON A, MORE OF A, LIKE, AS REGISTRATIONS ARE OCCURRING, YOU KNOW, I REALLY WANT TO KEEP A VERY CLOSE WATCH ON THIS.

UH, YES MA'AM SO THIS IS JUST GENERALLY FUN.

WE HAVE POSITIONS WHEN WE STAFF, WE STAFF GENERALLY A PHONE, UH, TITLE, ANY TYPE OF GRANTS.

AND SO WE ONLY PROVIDE THE NUMBERS THAT ARE FOR GENERAL FUND IN THIS BOOK, BUT WE DO GIVE THE SCHOOLS ALL OF THEIR FUNDING FOR THE POSITION.

SO WE CAN ACTUALLY PROVIDE YOU WHAT WE PROVIDED THE PRINCIPAL.

SO YOU CAN SEE WHAT SH WHAT THE PRINCIPAL RECEIVED FIRST BASED UPON THE OTHER POSITIONS THAT ARE FUNDED DIFFERENTLY.

BECAUSE WHEN WE, WHEN WE ACTUALLY MEET WITH THE PRINCIPALS AND THE STAFF, THE SCHOOLS, WE GIVE THEM

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UM, AND SO IF IT'S MORE THAN WHAT YOU SEE IN THIS BOOK, IF THAT MAKES SENSE, I KNOW A LOT OF TITLE FUNDING.

UM, WE MAY HAVE AN EIGHT G UM, IS THAT THOUGH FOR, PRE-K NOT FOR, YEAH.

I DON'T KNOW WHERE THE FUNDING AND HOW MANY POSITIONS I'D LIKE TO KNOW WHEN WE AT I'D LIKE TO SEE.

AND I THOUGHT I WOULD SEE BEFORE I WAS EXPECTED TO VOTE ON THIS TONIGHT BECAUSE WE ASKED AT THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE, I APPRECIATE ALL Y'ALL'S WORK ON THIS, BUT I DIDN'T GET THE FOLLOWUP THAT I NEED TO MAKE THIS EDUCATED DECISION, BECAUSE I KNOW WE DON'T GET A LOT OF TITLE DOLLARS.

AND SO WHERE'S THIS MONEY COMING FROM AND HOW MANY POSITIONS.

AND SO WHAT IS THE ACTUAL, WHEN YOU ADD IT ALL UP EXPECTATION OF STUDENT ENROLLMENT AND NUMBERS OF EMPLOYEES.

SO IS THERE A WAY TO GET THAT BEFORE I HAVE TO VOTE? OH, I CAN SHARE THE DOCUMENT.

I'M TRYING TO PULL IT UP THE GOOGLE DRIVE.

I CAN TRY TO SHARE IT WITH YOU, THE STAMPING ROSTERS.

I MEAN, THEY'RE HUGE.

SO THESE ARE HUGE DOCUMENTS, BUT WE CAN SHARE IT WITH YOU SO YOU CAN TRY TO SEE IT.

UM, BUT AGAIN, IT'S, THESE NUMBERS ARE GESTURAL FONDREN, BUT WE DID NOT CUT THESE HARD BECAUSE IT'S A SCHOOL THAT WORKS OFF OF THE GENERAL FUND.

YES MA'AM.

AND SO WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF LAND YET.

AND SO I DON'T UNDERSTAND.

AND I DID ASK AT THE COMMITTEE OF THE HALL, I'M NOT TRYING TO BLIND SIDE JOB.

AND THEN I DID ASK IN A FOLLOW-UP MEETING, UM, AND WAS TOLD THAT THAT WAS GOING TO GET THROUGH NOT DIRECTLY TO ME, BUT THROUGH TO GET TO ME.

I HAVEN'T SEEN IT.

I THOUGHT THAT THE FEBRUARY ACCOUNT AND THE PROPOSED COUNT THAT I PROVIDED WAS WHAT YOU WERE LOOKING FOR.

BUT AS YOU KNOW, WE'RE MOVING POSITIONS INTO S3.

THAT IS PROBABLY WHERE THOSE POSITIONS ARE GOING TO BE FUNDED THROUGH IS S3.

SINCE WE'RE MOVING, PROBABLY I'D LIKE TO SEE, LIKE HOW MANY, I DON'T SEE HOW WE'RE GOING TO SURVIVE ON THREE KINDERGARTEN TEACHERS.

SO I WANT TO KNOW WHAT, AND WE CAN PROVIDE YOU THE STAFFING STOCK SHEET.

THERE'S NOT GOING TO BE JUST THREE KINDERGARTEN TEACHERS AT KINDER AT SHENANDOAH, BUT A PORTION OF, OF EACH SCHOOL IS NOW GOING TO BE FUNDED THROUGH S3 FOR THOSE POSITIONS.

IF I CAN JUST GET THE DETAILS.

AND I'M SORRY, I BOUNCED YOU OR VICE PRESIDENT COLLINS FOR YOU.

A LITTLE MIX.

UM, SHE DID EVENTUALLY ANSWERED MY COLLEAGUE'S QUESTION, BUT, UM, BEN WAS ONE OF THE CONCERNS I WAS RAISING WHEN SHIFTING $15 MILLION FROM OUR GENERAL FUND FOR REGULAR RECURRENT EXPENSES, INCLUDING SOMETHING AS SIMPLE AS KINDERGARTEN TEACHERS, WE ADDED $27 MILLION IN THE ROOM.

MY CURRENT FUNDS, WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THIS MONEY RUN OUT.

AND HERE, I MEAN, WE COULD SAY WE TRY AND SAVE MONEY FOR THE RESERVE, BUT 15 REALLY SHIFTED TO ONE TIME.

MONEY IS A CONCERN.

UM, AND KAREN HAD SOME CLARITY AS WELL.

UH, AND IT WAS A QUESTION I WOULD HAVE RESEARCHED IT BEFORE NOW, BUT, UH, IT WAS A QUESTION THAT DIDN'T COME ONLINE UNTIL YOU WERE PRESENT.

WHEN MS. LOPEZ, UM, AT THE BEGINNING, YOU MENTIONED A $1 BALANCE OF THE GENERAL FUND.

THE GOAL, THE GOAL WITH DR.

WAS AT LEAST 1 MILLION, AND WE'RE GOING TO BE AT 2.1 NEXT YEAR.

UNLESS WE JUST STREAMLINE 15 MILLION.

AND SO THEN, SO THAT'S KIND OF LIKE KIND OF A CLOSE, I MEAN, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE LEFT AT THE END OF THE YEAR.

YES, MA'AM, THAT'S, THAT'S VERY GOOD FOR US.

WHAT, I MEAN, THE ACTUALLY 20 19 20 20, IT WAS 9.7 11 WOULDN'T HAVE SHIFTED $15 MILLION OF REGULAR CURRENT EXPENSES SOUNDED LIKE WE HAVE A PROBLEM.

WELL, THE 9 MILLION WAS DURING COVID.

AND SO IT WAS A, IT WAS AN ODD YEAR.

I HATE TO SEE TO SPEAK ABOUT IT.

NO PROBLEM.

BUT I STILL FEEL IS IMPORTANT TO POINT OUT THAT 2.1 MILLION IS WHAT WE ANTICIPATE AFTER SHIFTING $15 MILLION TO ONE TIME MONEY.

SO WE GO OFF THE TOP

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THAT WAS ONE OF THE PEOPLE MAY GO END UP WITH A $13 MILLION DEFICIT.

VICE PRESIDENT COLLINS, MR. BURDICK.

THANK YOU, PRESIDENT CATMAN.

UM, JUST A COUPLE OF QUICK COMMENTS.

I DO THINK THAT, UM, THE INFORMATION WE WERE PROVIDED WAS THE INFORMATION THAT WE REQUESTED AT THE TIME, BECAUSE I SPECIFICALLY ASKED HER AFTER FEBRUARY, 2021 NORTH CAMP, MAN, I THINK WHAT WE'RE STARTING TO DO IS CUT THROUGH THE COMPLEXITIES OF ALL OF US, BECAUSE QUITE HONESTLY, RIGHT NOW, ALL OF THESE BUDGETS WORK HAND IN HAND WITH EACH OTHER, AND IT BECOMES VERY DIFFICULT FOR US TO TRACK WHAT STAFFING LEVELS ARE AT SCHOOLS.

WHAT STAFFING LEVELS ARE IN DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS, BECAUSE IF I GO TO THE SPECIAL, UH, PROPOSED SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS, FOR INSTANCE, AND THE TAX PLAN PROPOSITION THROUGH IT LISTS ESSENTIALLY ALL EMPLOYEES, BECAUSE THEY ALL GET SUPPLEMENTS FROM THERE SOME KIND OF WAY TO HAVE A LISTING OF NOT FOR TODAY, OBVIOUSLY, BUT FOR NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET AND THING TO HAVE A LISTING OF THE STAFFING OF ALL THE DEPARTMENTS OF ALL THE FOLKS AND HOW THEY'RE BEING PAID, THEY'RE BEING PAID FROM.

AND I RECOGNIZE THINGS LIKE THE SUPPLEMENTS FROM PROP THREE AND STUFF, BUT WE JUST NEED TO BE ABLE TO WITH A LOT MORE CLARITY, CAUSE THERE'S NO WAY RIGHT NOW I CAN TAKE THIS BOOK AND ADD UP AND UNDERSTAND WHO IS BEING PEDDLED BY WHAT, IN WHAT GROUP TO DO THAT.

AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT WE'RE STRIVING TO GET TO.

SO IF WE WANT TO, UM, JUST USING HER, UH, UH, BOARD MEMBER DYSON'S EXAMPLE, IF WE'RE WANTING TO LOOK AT SHARONDA SOMEWHERE, WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO SAY, THIS IS SHARON DOOR, AND THIS IS ALL THE STACKING FOR SHENANDOAH.

THIS IS ALL THE GENERAL FUND.

THIS IS THE SPECIAL FUNDS.

AND I RECOGNIZE SPECIAL FIRMS FLOW SERVICES, PROVIDING THINGS LIKE THAT.

BUT HERE ARE THE HEAD COUNTS AT THE SCHOOL BUILDING PROVIDED BY RUT.

AND WE'RE JUST NEED TO JUST, I THINK WE WERE TRYING TO GET A BETTER, AND WE CAN DO THAT THROUGH THE STAFFING WORKSHEET BECAUSE SOMETHING THAT GOES LIKE THAT, BECAUSE LIKE MS. DONALDSON SAID HUMAN RESOURCES KNOWS EXACTLY HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE COMING FROM THERE AND WE'LL KNOW THE SOURCES, BUT THE GENERAL FUND BUDGET IS ONLY GOING TO TELL YOU WHAT THE GENERAL FUND IS GOING TO PAY FOR.

AND I GUESS IN ORDER TO APPROVE THE GENERAL FUND BUDGET, WE'RE TRYING TO SAY, YES, WE NEED TO HAVE THAT OTHER OPTION.

ABSOLUTELY.

I WOULD JUST SUGGEST THAT FIRST PART OF THE PROCESS FOR NEXT YEAR.

I THINK IT WOULD BE A GREAT ADDITION TO THE GENERAL FUND.

IT CAN BE AN ADDITIONAL APPENDIX.

THE APPENDIX INSTEAD OF THE PAYMENTS, IT COULD BE APPENDIX, WELL, I KNOW IT'S MR. CROCHETS, TOO.

UM, BUT IT CAN BE APPENDIX I, YES, MA'AM THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR HELP.

I KNOW THIS IS A BIG TASK.

THANK YOU, PRESIDENT TATLIN.

UH, UM, MR. GORDON, I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND RETURN TO THE REGULAR MEETING, UH, BY MR. LANDIS.

AND THAT'S WHERE WE TAKE PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE BUDGET IS UP FOR DISCUSSION AND CONSIDERATION.

THIS WAS YEAH, RIGHT? THAT IS CORRECT.

UNFINISHED BUSINESS CALLED A OF REQUEST FOR APPROVAL OF A COOPERATIVE ENDEAVOR AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH SCHOOL BOARD, AND THE CAPITAL AREA, HUMAN SERVICES, DISTRICT, BATON ROUGE, MENTAL HEALTH CENTER, CHILDREN'S BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES.

UH, FOR WORKSHOPS, PUBLIC COMMENT IS NOT REQUIRED.

IT'S PROBABLY GOOD TO DISCUSS THE BUDGET WHEN IT COMES UP.

AND WE DID THIS AS A, AS AN EXTRA STEP TO HAVE THEM COME EXPLAIN IT TO THAT MEANS I DID BREAK THE BUDGET, WHICH WOULD HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT ON, WE WILL HAVE MORE INFORMATION FOR THE BOSS AND THE PUBLIC TO BE ABLE TO SPEAK ON .

I ACCEPT MR. ANSWER'S MOTION TO ADJOURN AND RETURN TO THE FULL MEETING.

NOW, BACK ON THE PHONE MEETING,

[I1. Cooperative Agreement: Capital Area Human Services District]

MR. COOPER, WE HAVE SOMEBODY WHO'S GOING TO PRESENT THIS.

I DON'T HAVE A MOTION YET, BUT I MOVED BY MR. RONIS SECONDED BY MS. BENARD.

SCHOOLS FREE OF CHARGE TO HERE.

I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR A LITTLE BIT ABOUT IT AT LEAST JUST TO, UH, OKAY.

HI, GOOD EVENING.

I'M BETHANY SCLAFANI.

I'M THE DIRECTOR OF THE SCHOOL-BASED THERAPY PROGRAM FOR CAPITAL AREA HUMAN SERVICES DISTRICT PROVIDES ALSO WORKERS IN 1212 OF YOUR

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WE JUST OFFER, UM, SCHOOL-BASED MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELING TO STUDENTS IN THE SCHOOL.

QUESTION MS. COLLINS, JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.

UM, WHICH IS WHEN I HIT MY CELL PHONE, BUT AS A, UH, BUT ALSO WANT TO SAY, UH, WHEN I MET WITH MY PRINCIPALS IN MY DISTRICT, SOME OF THEM CAPITA AREA, YOU'RE COMING INTO THESE SCHOOLS.

SO I KNOW Y'ALL DOING A GOOD JOB.

UM, THAT'S IT.

VICE PRESIDENT COLLINS, MR. GORDON.

THANK YOU, PRESIDENT TAB.

AND I JUST WANTED TO REMIND THE BOARD, THE ONLY REASON WE DID NOT PASS THIS ADS COMMITTEE, THE WHOLE WAS BECAUSE WE WERE WORRIED ABOUT THE REQUIRED NUMBER OF VOTES WITH SEVERAL RECUSALS.

SO THE FACT THAT IT WAS A PASS THAT THE COMMITTEE, THE WHOLE WAS STRICTLY PROCEDURAL.

SO THE QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARDS, ANY COMMENTS FROM THE AUDIENCE ON THE COOPERATIVE ENDEAVOR AGREEMENT, BACK TO THE BOARD, MADAM SECRETARY, PLEASE CONDUCT THE VOTE.

UH, SHE'S THE MOTION CARRIES.

TO THE CONSENTED JANITOR, MS. DYSON ITEMS ARE TO BE APPROVED AS PART OF THE CONSENT AGENDA AND ARE CONSIDERED TO BE ROUTINE AND WILL BE ENACTED WITH ONE MOTION.

APPRECIATE IT.

THANKS

[J. Consent Agenda]

THERE WILL BE NO SEPARATE DISCUSSION OF ITEMS UNLESS A BOARD MEMBER.

SO REQUESTS IN WHICH EVENT, THE ITEM WILL BE REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA AND CONSIDERED AS AN ITEM ON THE REGULAR AGENDA FOR A SEPARATE VOTE PROCEEDING.

THE LAST ITEM OF THE REGULAR AGENDA, 20 21, 20 22 PROPERTY AND CASUALTY INSURANCE PROGRAM POLICIES, CONSIDERATION OF A REQUEST TO AUTHORIZE THE ADMINISTRATION TO APPROVE THE MOST COST-EFFECTIVE PROPERTY AND CASUALTY INSURANCE PROGRAM, POLICY RENEWAL PACKAGE FOR THE EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH SCHOOL SYSTEM FOR THE 20 21 20 22 FISCAL YEAR.

AND TO PROVIDE FOR RELATED MATTERS RESOLUTION REJECT UNINSURED MOTORIST COVERAGE, CONSIDERATION OF A REQUEST FOR THE APPROVAL OF THE RESOLUTION, AUTHORIZING THE BOARD PRESIDENT AND THE SUPERINTENDENT TO EXECUTE AND SIGN ALL DOCUMENTS TO REJECT UNINSURED MOTORIST COVERAGE IN CONNECTION WITH THESE BATON ROUGE PARISH SCHOOL SYSTEMS, AUTOMOBILE LIABILITY COVERAGE, AND IT'S SELF-INSURED RETENTION PROGRAM FOR THE 20 21 20 22 FISCAL YEAR HEALTHCARE AND ANCILLARY BENEFITS PLAN CONSIDERATION OF A REQUEST FOR THE APPROVAL AUTHORIZATION OF THE FOLLOWING A PROPOSED 2022 HEALTHCARE RATES FOR ACTIVE EMPLOYEES, NON MEDICARE AND MEDICARE ELIGIBLE RETIREES PARTICIPATING IN THE BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD OF LOUISIANA ADMINISTERED MEDICAL PLANS FOR CORE BUY-UP AND COMMUNITY BLUE, BE PROPOSED CONTRACT RENEWAL FOR, WITH BATON ROUGE, EXCUSE ME, WITH BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD OF LOUISIANA FOR CLAIMS ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES FOR 2022 THROUGH 2024 C PROPOSED CONTRACT RENEWAL WITH THEM FOR DENTAL FOR 2022 D PROPOSED CONTRACT RENEWAL FOR SOLARIX TO CONTINUE H R I S SYSTEM ADMINISTRATION OF ALL BENEFITS FOR ACTIVE NON-MEDICARE AND MEDICARE ELIGIBLE RETIREES FOR 2022.

HE PROPOSED CONTRACT RENEWAL WITH OPTUM E A P FOR EMPLOYEE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM FOR ALL ACTIVE EMPLOYEES AND HOUSEHOLD MEMBERS FOR 2022 THROUGH 2024 F PROFO PROPOSED CONTRACT WITH A CREDO FOR ADMINISTERING SPECIALTY PHARMACEUTICALS FOR 2021 THROUGH 2022 G PROPOSED CONTRACT RENEWAL WITH EXPRESS SCRIPTS PHARMACY FOR 2022 H AUTHORIZED THE SUPERINTENDENT TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE THE 2022

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CONTRACT FOR STOP-LOSS INSURANCE COVERAGE.

I PROPOSED CONTRACT RENEWAL FOR VARIOUS VOLUNTARY BENEFITS, INCLUDING DISCOUNT PROGRAM GROUP AUTO AND OR HOME CRITICAL ILLNESS ACCIDENT, HOSPITAL INDEMNITY, LEGAL SERVICES, IDENTITY THEFT, AND EMPLOYEE PURCHASE PROGRAM FOR 2022 EXTERN AGREEMENT BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF LSU AND AGRICULTURAL AND MECHANICAL COLLEGE CONSIDERATION OF REQUESTS FOR THE APPROVAL OF AN EXTERN AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE EAST BANNERS PAIR, SCHOOL, BOARD, AND BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF SHOE AND AGRICULTURAL AND MECHANICAL COLLEGE IN THE AMOUNT OF $22,742 AND 20 CENTS FOR THE PROVISION OF PSYCHOLOGICAL SERVICES, PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND EDUCATIONAL QUALITY IMPROVEMENT SERVICES AND THE COLLECTION OF DATA FOR RESEARCH AND PROGRAM EVALUATION, FUNDING SOURCE, I CARE GRANT CONSIDERATION OF REQUESTS FOR THE APPROVAL OF THE COX CHARITIES, INNOVATION AND EDUCATION GRANT IN THE AMOUNT OF $11,031 FOR A TOTAL OF SEVEN TEACHERS TO PROVIDE FOR INNOVATIVE CLASSROOM IDEAS FOR THE 20 21 20 22 SCHOOL YEAR AGREEMENTS CENTER FOR EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIP CONSIDERATION OF A REQUEST FOR THE APPROVAL OF THE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH SCHOOL BOARD, AND THE CENTER FOR EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIP AND THE AMOUNT OF $89,650 TO PROVIDE LEADERSHIP COACHING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT FUNDING SOURCE ESSER THREE PROFESSIONAL SERVICES CONTRACTS, CONSIDERATION OF A REQUEST FOR THE APPROVAL OF PROFESSIONAL SERVICES CONTRACTS BETWEEN THE EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH SCHOOL BOARD, AND THE FOLLOWING A NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR EXCELLENCE IN TEACHING IN I E T IN THE AMOUNT OF $397,450 TO PROVIDE SUPPORT AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT ON SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT, BEST PRACTICES, FUNDING SOURCE REDESIGN B DREAMBOX LEARNING IN THE AMOUNT OF $580,848 TO PROVIDE MATHEMATIC STUDENT LICENSES, PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND SUPPORT FUNDING SOURCE AS OUR THREE C ONE GOAL IN THE AMOUNT OF $78,900 TO PROVIDE TEACHER TRAINING CURRICULUM, PERSONALIZED PLATFORM AND ANALYTICS FUNDING SOURCE REDESIGN D BATON ROUGE, EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION COLLABORATIVE, INC B R E C E C IN THE AMOUNT OF 26, 2060 6, 260 $6,000 TO PROVIDE EVIDENCE-BASED SCHOOL READINESS SERVICES TO ADDRESS THE NEEDS OF THE EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH, HOUSING AUTHORITY, EBR P H A FAMILIES WITH PRESCHOOLERS WHO ARE NOT ENROLLED IN A LEARNING CENTER DAYCARE OR HEADSTART FUNDING SOURCE AS SIR TO ADVERTISING IN OFFICIAL JOURNAL FISCAL YEAR 20 21, 20 22 CONSIDERATION OF A REQUEST FOR THE APPROVAL TO SELECT THE ADVOCATE AS THE OFFICIAL JOURNAL NEWSPAPER ADVERTISING OF THE EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH SCHOOL SYSTEM FOR FISCAL YEAR 20 21, 20 22 JOB DESCRIPTION JOB DESCRIPTIONS OF A REQUEST FOR THE APPROVAL OF THE FOLLOWING JOB DESCRIPTION POSITIONS AND DESCRIPTIONS, A 5 0 4 FACILITATOR B VIRTUAL CLASSROOM TEACHER C DISTRICT 5 0 4 COORDINATOR DI DIRECTOR OF MULTI-TIERED SYSTEMS OF SUPPORT MTSS E LEAD, SOCIAL WORKER F LITERACY INNOVATION COORDINATOR, G SCHOOL, SOCIAL WORKER, AND H SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING S E L SPECIALIST ADVERTISING OF BIDS FOR FISCAL YEAR 20 21, 20 22 CONSIDERATION OF REQUEST TO AUTHORIZE STAFF TO ADVERTISE, RECEIVE, AND AWARD BIDS FOR MATERIALS, EQUIPMENT SUPPLIES, AND SERVICES THROUGH JUNE 30TH, 2022 TO THE LOWEST RESPONSIBLE BIDDER PROPOSER MEETING SPECIFICATIONS AND ALL STATE AND FEDERAL REQUIREMENTS FOR QUOTES AND FORMAL LIMITATIONS.

TWO BID REQUEST FOR APPROVAL RFP THIRD-PARTY ADMINISTRATOR CLAIMS ITERATION OF A REQUEST FOR THE AUTHORIZATION FOR STAFF TO ISSUE A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL

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RFP, TO SEEK PROPOSALS FOR A THIRD PARTY CLAIMS ADMINISTRATOR FOR THE EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH SCHOOL SYSTEMS LIABILITY AND WORKERS' COMPENSATION CLAIMS CHILD NUTRITION, SUMMER STIPEND CONSIDERATION OF A REQUEST FOR THE APPROVAL OF A $500 STIPEND FOR CHILD NUTRITION SUMMER PROGRAM STAFF FOR 38 DAYS FUNDING SOURCE, CHILD NUTRITION, PROGRAM AGREEMENT, SUBSTITUTE PRIVATIZATION CONSIDERATION OF A REQUEST FOR THE APPROVAL OF AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH SCHOOL BOARD AND ESS SOUTH CENTRAL LLC, TO PRIVATIZED SUBSTITUTES FOR THE EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH.

I'M SURE THAT'S SUPPOSED TO SAY SCHOOL SYSTEM PROFESSIONAL SERVICES, CONTRACT COUNCIL OF GREAT CITY SCHOOLS, CONSIDERATION OF REQUEST FOR THE APPROVAL OF A PROFESSIONAL SERVICES CONTRACT BETWEEN THE EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH SCHOOL BOARD, AND THE COUNCIL OF GREAT CITY SCHOOLS TO PROVIDE DISTRICT DEPARTMENTAL AUDITS, NOT TO EXCEED $80,000 FUNDING SOURCE GENERAL FUND.

AND, UM, I WOULD LIKE TO PULL ITEM FOUR AND THEN I SO MOVE.

THEY WERE PARTNERS DICE AND SECONDED BY MS. BERNARD.

DOES ANYONE WISH TO PULL AN ITEM AND MS. DYAS AND WHAT WAS, WHICH ONE DID YOU WANT TO PULL FOR MS. COLLINS? 10, ANY OTHERS? OKAY.

SO WE ARE ON THE CONSENT AGENDA MINUS FOUR, 10 AND 14 ON THE CONSENT AGENDA, MOVED BY MS. DYSON.

SECOND ABOUT MRS. BERNARD.

I'VE SEEN HER QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD.

ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA FROM THE AUDIENCE? YEAH.

SEEING ON BACK TO THE BOARD, UM, MADAM SECRETARY, PLEASE, UH, CONDUCT A VOTE ONE SECOND, PLEASE.

MOTION CARRIES.

BACK TO ITEM FOUR CONSIDERATION OF THE REQUEST FOR THE APPROVAL AUTHORIZATION OF THE FOLLOWING A PROPOSED 2022 HEALTHCARE RATES FOR ACTIVE EMPLOYEES, NON MEDICARE AND MEDICARE ELIGIBLE RETIREES PARTICIPATING IN THE BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD OF LOUISIANA ADMINISTERED MEDICAL PLANS FOR CORE BUY UP IN COMMUNITY BLUE, BEING PROPOSED CONTRACT RENEWAL WITH BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD OF LOUISIANA FOR CLAIMS ADMINISTRATION SERVICES FOR 2022 THROUGH 2024 C PROPOSED CONTRACT.

MOVE

[J4. Healthcare and Ancillary Benefits Plan]

WHEN WORLD WITH, UH, FOR DENTAL FOR 2022, DAN PROPOSED CONTRACT RENEWAL WITH CELEBREX TO CONTINUE H R I S SYSTEM ADMINISTRATION FOR ALL BENEFITS FOR ACTIVE NON-MEDICARE AND MEDICARE ELIGIBLE RETIREES FOR 2022, A PROPOSED CONTRACT RENEWAL WITH OPTO EPA FOR EMPLOYEE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM FOR ALL ACTIVE EMPLOYEES AND HOUSEHOLD MEMBERS FOR 2022 THROUGH 2024 AF PROPOSED CONTRACT WITH ACCREDO FOR ADMINISTRATIVE SPECIALTY PHARMACEUTICALS FOR 2021 AND 2022, UH, G PROPOSED CONTRACT RENEWAL WITH EXPRESS SCRIPTS PHARMACY FOR 2020 TO AUTHORIZE, UH, H AUTHORIZED A SUPERINTENDENT TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE THE 2022 CONTRACT FOR STOP LOSS INSURANCE COVERAGE.

I PROPOSED CONTRACT RENEWAL FOR VARIOUS VOLUNTARY BENEFITS, INCLUDING DISCOUNT PROGRAM, GROUP AUTO AND OR HOME CRITICAL ILLNESS ACCIDENT, HOSPITAL INDEMNITY, LEGAL SERVICES, IDENTITY THEFT, AND EMPLOYEE PURCHASE PROGRAMS FOR 2022.

DO I HAVE A MOTION MOVED BY MR. ALANNIS SECONDED BY MS. BERNARD, UM, ANY, UH, COMMENTS FROM THE BOARD OR QUESTIONS SEEING NONE BACK TO THE AUDIENCE, ANY COMMENTS FROM THE AUDIENCE ON ITEM NUMBER FOUR ON THE CONSENT AGENDA, SEEING NONE BACK TO THE BOARD,

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MADAM SECRETARY, PLEASE CONDUCT A VOTE.

REMEMBER RETURN CONSIDERATION OF A REQUEST FOR THE APPROVAL OF THE FOLLOWING JOB POSITIONS AND DESCRIPTIONS A 5 0 4 FACILITATOR B VIRTUAL CLASSROOM TEACHER C DISTRICT 5 0 4 COORDINATOR, THE DIRECTOR OF MULTI-TIERED SYSTEMS OF SUPPORT AND LEAD SOCIAL WORKER, AF LITERACY INTERVENTION COORDINATOR, G SOCIAL SCHOOL, SOCIAL WORKER, AND SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING SPECIALISTS.

THE MOTION CARRIES THE ITEM PASSES.

WE WERE ALLOWED TO, I DON'T

[J10. Job Positions/Descriptions]

I NEED A MOTION MOVED BY MS. WARD JACKSON, SECONDED BY MR. .

ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD ON ITEM 10, C NINE.

UM, WE GO TO THE AUDIENCE, ANY COMMENTS FROM THE AUDIENCE I PROMISED MS. JONES THAT I WOULD SAY THAT I AM NOT SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF BEL-AIR THAT I AM SPEAKING OF BEHALF OF MYSELF.

UM, SO SOME OF THESE ARE VERY, VERY, VERY MUCH NEEDED, UM, ESPECIALLY THE CELL AND THE SEL ONE, UH, 5 0 4 COORDINATOR MS. CHATMAN DOING, UM, 5 0 4 AND SPECIAL ED IS TOO MUCH.

UM, AND SO SOME OF THESE POSITIONS, SO I DON'T THINK WE HAVE THE MONEY.

SOME OF THESE POSITIONS, UM, ARE VERY, VERY, VERY MUCH NEEDED.

UM, BUT AGAIN, I'M GOING TO SAY, I TEACH 12 MINUTES.

I'M USED TO REPEATING MYSELF ALL THE TIME.

I THINK THEY THINK IT'S GOOD FOR MY HEALTH, SO THEY JUST WANT ME TO DO IT.

SO, BUT PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE MAKE SURE QUALIFIED PEOPLE GET THAT POSITION.

UM, SOME OF THE PEOPLE THAT JUST GOT BROUGHT IN DON'T EVEN HAVE ACTIVE TEACHING CERTIFICATES.

SO YOU'RE GOING TO COME IN AS AN ED AND YOU CAN'T EVEN COME INTO MY CLASSROOM AND TEACH, BUT YOU'RE GOING TO TELL MY PRINCIPAL WHAT TO DO.

SO THERE'S THERE'S THAT, BUT I DO APPROVE SEVERAL OF THESE POSITIONS ON HERE BECAUSE THEY ARE VERY MUCH NEEDED IN THE DISTRICT.

AND HOPEFULLY WE GET SOMEBODY QUANTIFIED THAT WOULD DO GOOD FOR OUR KIDS AND OUR TEACHERS.

I'M JAMES MOONEY.

I THINK YOU SHOULD WAIT TO APPROVE ANY OF THESE FOR SEVERAL REASONS.

FOR ONE THING, SIX CLEARLY BELONG IN ONE AREA, WELL HAVE TO DO WITH, UM, WHAT APPEARS TO BE STATIONED IN PREVIOUS JURISDICTION.

THEN THERE'S SOMETHING TO DO WITH LITERACY.

THAT'S KIND OF OFF BY ITSELF.

AND THEN THERE'S ANOTHER, UM, JOB DESCRIPTION FOR VIRTUAL TEACHERS WHILE YOU HAD TEACHERS TEACHING VIRTUAL A YEAR AND THEY DIDN'T HAVE A SEPARATE JOB DESCRIPTION.

SO I'M NOT SURE WHAT THE POINT IS, BUT FOR FURTHERMORE MORE, I DON'T KNOW WHY YOU WOULD BOTHER CHANGING THE JOB DESCRIPTIONS BECAUSE THEY DON'T SEEM TO MATTER.

YOU APPROVED A JOB DESCRIPTION, ADD THAT TO THEIR SUSAN'S REQUEST FOR A DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS.

AND THEN WE IMMEDIATELY HIRED SOMEBODY WHO DOESN'T FIT THE QUALIFICATIONS.

SO HE ASKED YOU TO APPROVE.

HE ASKED YOU TO HIRE SOMEBODY AS CHIEF OF LITERACY, WHO WOULD BE IN CHARGE OF ONE OF THE FOLKS THAT'S IN THIS LIST OF EIGHT JOB DESCRIPTIONS, IMMEDIATELY PROMOTED SOME OF THE DEPOSITION.

AND AS FAR AS I CAN TELL, SHE DOESN'T HAVE THE REQUIRED CERTIFICATION, WHETHER SHE'S ELIGIBLE FOR IT OR NOT, HASN'T BOTHERED.

SO WHATEVER YOU APPROVE WE'RE WERE BEING APPROVE.

IT DOESN'T APPEAR AS THOUGH IT MATTERS AT ALL TO THE SUPERINTENDENT.

SO RATHER THAN DO SOMETHING THAT DOESN'T MATTER, I WOULD JUST LET THIS DIE FOR LACK OF A POSITIVE WORLD AND HOPE THAT SOMETIME IDEALLY, BEFORE YOU APPROVE A BUDGET, YOUR SUPERINTENDENT PRESENTS YOU A COMPLETE ORGANIZATIONAL PLAN, WHICH HE HAS NOT YET DONE.

WE'RE IN A BUDGET CRISIS.

FINNEY, ANY OTHER COMMENTS FROM THE AUDIENCE? HELLO? KURT GREEN.

IT'S BEEN AWHILE.

HOPE Y'ALL BEEN WELL.

UM, THIS WAS PRETTY SIMPLE.

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KNOW THAT, UM, MS. COLLINS JUST EXPLAINED IT TO Y'ALL.

WE'RE MOVING A SHELL GAME AROUND TO MAKE IT LOOK LIKE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE MONEY, BUT WHEN THIS ONE-TIME MONEY RUNS OUT, THERE'S NOT GOING TO BE, THERE WERE CURRENT COSTS NEED TO STAY IN THAT GENERAL BUDGET SO WE CAN SEE IF WE'RE GOING TO HAVE ENOUGH MONEY.

IF WE DON'T, WE NEED MORE TEACHERS.

IF WE NEED ANYTHING, WE NEED TO LOWER THAT STUDENT TO TEACHER RATIO.

THAT'S WHERE WE NEED TO BE PUTTING MONEY.

IF WE'RE GOING TO HAVE MONEY TO PUT ANYWHERE, MAKE THE, MAKE THE CLASSROOM SMALLER FOR THESE KIDS.

EVERY PIECE OF RESEARCH THAT YOU CAN LOOK UP SAYS SMALLER CLASSROOMS AFFECTS ACHIEVEMENT ON EVERY SINGLE LEVEL, MIDDLE SCHOOL, ELEMENTARY, HIGH SCHOOL.

IT DOESN'T MATTER IF WE'RE GOING TO BE HIRING PEOPLE.

WE NEED TO BE HIRING TEACHERS FIRST TO MAKE THESE CLASSROOMS SMALLER.

ON TOP OF THAT, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE QUALIFIED PEOPLE, MAKE SURE THEY FIT THE QUALIFICATIONS.

SO Y'ALL PLEASE PAY ATTENTION TO THE BUDGET.

DO NOT BUST THE BUDGET.

MOST OF Y'ALL HAVE BEEN ON THE SCHOOL BOARD LONG ENOUGH TO REMEMBER WE HAD, WHAT WAS IT? EIGHT, NINE STRAIGHT YEARS OF RUNNING OVER THE BUDGET.

AND THEN WE HAD TO CUT A LOT UNDER, I THINK MR. GARDA, THAT WAS YOUR LEADERSHIP WHERE WE HAD TO REALLY CUT INTO THE BUDGET.

SO LET'S PLEASE BE COGNIZANT OF THAT.

WE DON'T WANT TO HAVE TO SEE THAT DOWN AGAIN.

ANY OTHER COMMENTS FROM THE AUDIENCE ON THE JOB DESCRIPTIONS? HELLO? I MADE A JAMES OUT OF RETIREMENT SPEAKING AS THE COMMUNITY ACTIVISTS.

IT CONSIGNS THAT SIX MONTHS AGO WHERE WE WERE TALKING ABOUT POSITIONS, ANY BUDGETING AND ALL OF THAT, THAT WE DIDN'T HAVE THE FINANCES TO GRANT TEACHERS.

WHAT THEY NEEDED TEACHERS STILL EDUCATORS STILL HAD TO GO OUT OF THEIR POCKETS TO PURCHASE CLOTHES, SUPPLIES.

I HAVE RECEIPTS.

WE CONTINUALLY TALK ABOUT THINGS THAT WERE NOT HAPPENING AND YOU DIDN'T LISTEN.

AND HERE AGAIN, TONIGHT, I STAND, YOU'RE NOT LISTENING THAT WERE POSITIONS THAT WE DIDN'T HAVE THE MONEY TO FUND THAT WERE EDS THAT WERE REPLACED AND PLACED ELSEWHERE.

MR. GOLDA, YOU ASSURED ME WHEN I SPOKE TO YOU THAT YOU LISTEN TO CONSTITUENTS, I'M A CONSTITUENT.

I MAY NOT BE IN YOUR AREA, BUT I AM A CONSTITUENT.

I WAS ALSO A SHORT THAT BUSINESS AT COMMERCE WOULD NOT TAKE OVER.

AND THE DECISIONS THAT WILL BE MADE WOULD AFFECT OUR CHILDREN AT 83% NUMBERS ARE RISING THAT THE CHILDREN LOOK LIKE ME.

SO I'M HERE TODAY TO SAY, LOOK, WE NEED TO MAKE SOME CHANGES.

AND SOME OF THE POSITIONS THAT HAVE BEEN TAKING PLACE IN HERE WITH UNQUALIFIED PEOPLE, YOU'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR IT BECAUSE YOU HAVE ALLOWED IT.

WHEN ARE YOU GOING TO LISTEN? TAKE TO, HE WILL.

WE'RE SAYING WE'RE WORKING HARD.

I WILL CONTINUE TO WORK HARD FOR THESE BABIES THAT LOOK LIKE ME.

AND WHY DO I SAY THAT? BECAUSE THESE ARE THE BABIES WHO ARE NOT GETTING WHAT THEY NEED BECAUSE THEY COME TO US WITH A DEFICIT.

AND HERE YOU ARE DOING THINGS AT THE TOP, MOVING PEOPLE AROUND WHO WERE QUALIFIED AND REPLACING PEOPLE WITH PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT QUALIFIED WHEN THIS THING'S GOING TO CHANGE ANY OTHER PUBLIC COMMENTS, SEEING NONE BACK TO THE BOARD, UM, SECRETARY, PLEASE CONDUCT A VOTE.

PLEASE VOTE THE MOTION CARRIES.

14, CONSIDERATION OF A REQUEST FOR THE APPROVAL AND AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH SCHOOL BOARD AND E S S SOUTH CENTRAL LLC, TO PRIVATE, TO TY'S SUBSTITUTES FOR THE EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH SCHOOL SYSTEM.

NO.

NOW TO ITEM

[J14. Agreement: Substitute Privatization]

DO I HAVE A MOTION MOVED BY MR. SECONDED BY MR. HOWARD, MS. BERNARD

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SUPERINTENDENT RCS.

DID YOU ALL TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION? MY SUGGESTION THAT WE MIGHT ONLY PROMPT HAS A PORTION OF IT? IS THAT, IS THAT A POSSIBILITY WITH THIS CONTRACT OR ARE THEY GOING TO HAVE ALL OF IT? UH, YES.

BOARD MEMBER, UM, BERNARD, WE DID TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION, BUT AFTER A DISCUSSION WITH OUR TEAM, UH, WE DECIDED THAT IT WOULD BE MUCH MORE BENEFICIAL FOR US TO ALLOW THEM TO, UM, TAKE OVER BECAUSE OF THEIR RECORD ON, UH, BEING ABLE TO GET TEACHERS, UH, SUBSTITUTE TEACHERS FOR US.

THEY WERE IN TANGIPAHOA.

AND I UNDERSTAND THAT THE ONLY REASON THAT THEY CONTINUED THEIR CONTRACT THIS YEAR IS THEY'RE GOING TO GIVE THEM ANOTHER CHANCE BECAUSE OF COVID LAST YEAR, BUT THEY ARE NOT SATISFIED WITH THEIR PERFORMANCE EITHER, NOR WERE THEY SATISFIED IN SOME OTHER DISTRICTS AS WELL THAT I'VE HEARD FROM.

SO, UM, I'M JUST GOING TO GO ON RECORD VOTING AGAINST THIS MOTION.

I WOULD LIKE TO PILOT IT.

I DON'T THINK THAT YOU THROW YOUR HAT COMPLETELY OVER THE FENCE WHERE YOU'RE MAKING A DRAMATIC CHANGE LIKE THAT.

I PREFER TO TRY IT OUT A LITTLE AT A TIME.

I WOULD HAVE BEEN BETTER SATISFIED WITH 25 30 OR EVEN 50% JUST TO SEE WHAT HAPPENS WITH THIS PEOPLE.

WE CAN'T GO BACK AND I HOPE WE CAN GO BACK AT SOME POINT, BUT THANK YOU.

BUT THEY'LL MAKE A LOT OF MONEY IN THE PROCESS BEFORE YOU FOLLOW OTHER DISTRICTS LEAD AND FIRE THEM.

I'M GONNA SPRINT ARE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM THE BOARD MR. DICE? AND AS I HAD SAID DURING THE COMMITTEE OF THE HALL, AND I UNDERSTAND IT'S IN LOGO AND THAT KIND OF STUFF, BUT, UM, IF WE END UP USING THIS, THIS THE ESS, I WOULD VERY MUCH LIKE US TO IN EVERY WAY POSSIBLE ON OUR WEBSITE AND IN EVERY WAY POSSIBLE TO SPELL OUT WHAT THAT MEANS.

AND SO THAT IT IS NOT A CONFUSION AND THAT THEY ARE NOT JUST STRICTLY SUBSTITUTES FOR OUR ESS CLASSROOMS. SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WERE VERY CLEAR ON THIS.

THANK YOU, COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD TO THE AUDIENCE, ANY COMMENTS FROM THE AUDIENCE ON ITEM 14, TWO MORE STYLISH AND EMPLOYED ANY VENDORS STUPID ENOUGH TO HAVE ESS AS THEIR PRIMARY TRADE NAME, BUT WANTS TO WORK IN A SCHOOL DESERVES NOT TO BE HIRED.

SECOND BACKING UP WITH MS. BERNARD SAID, I SPOKE TO A BOARD MEMBER IN TANGIBLE PARISH WHO BASICALLY CONFIRMED WHAT SHE JUST SAID.

THEY ONLY GET ONE MORE CHANCE BECAUSE THEY'RE GETTING A FREE PASS BECAUSE THEY WERE HORRIBLE FAILURES.

AND MAYBE THAT CAN BE BLAMED ON, UM, COVID MAYBE, UM, I ALSO PUT IN A RECORD REQUEST WITH A, UH, METROPOLITAN NASHVILLE SCHOOL SYSTEM HAS THE MOOD OVERUSING FOR SUBSTITUTE TEACHERS.

THEY'RE NOT USING ESS OR ANYBODY ELSE.

SO EVEN THOUGH DR.

NARCISSUS GREW PILOTING, APPARENTLY DIDN'T WORK OUT AND I'M LOOKING AT THE BUDGET.

IT SAYS THAT IN THE BUDGET, WE'RE GOING TO CONSIDER, YOU MAY BE ACTUALLY WILLING TO PAY SUBSTITUTE TEACHERS WHO ARE LIKE ME.

WE HAVE AT LEAST ONE DEGREE, DON'T HAVE A TEACHER CERTIFICATION.

YOU'VE BUDGETED FOR US FROM $80 ALL THE WAY UP TO $90.

AND SOMEHOW YOU THINK IT MAKES SENSE TO PAY SOME THIRD PARTY THAT I'VE NEVER HEARD OF AN EXTRA $26 FOR EACH OF THOSE DAYS.

THERE IS NO WAY I WOULD EVER CONSIDER SUBSTITUTE TEACHING.

IF I WAS WORKING FOR A THIRD PARTY VENDOR, WHEREAS I'VE SERIOUSLY CONSIDERED OFFERING MY SERVICES AS A SUBSTITUTE, WORKING AS A PUBLIC EMPLOYEE.

I LIKE THIS AS A REALLY, REALLY BAD IDEA.

EVEN IF WE WERE REVENUE NEUTRAL, WE WERE PULLING FROM EXACTLY THE SAME SOURCE OF EMPLOYEES.

IF YOUR CABINET LEVEL CHIEF WHOSE ONLY RELEVANT EXPERIENCE IS, IS AS AN HR PROFESSIONAL FOR DECADES, CAN'T FIGURE OUT HOW TO FIND SUBSTITUTE TEACHERS.

AND THERE'S A WOMAN THAT DR.

SEUSS JUST PROMOTED TO CHIEF OVERHEARING RESOURCES.

CAN'T FIGURE OUT HOW TO FIND SUBSTITUTE TEACHERS.

I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU CAN EXPECT A THIRD PARTY VENDOR FROM SOMEWHERE IN ANOTHER STATE TO MAGICALLY FROM THE SAME MARKET, WITHOUT THEM TO RADICALLY INCREASE IN THE PAYER OR CHANGING THE CONDITIONS SOMEHOW MAGICALLY.

THEY'RE GOING TO, I GUESS WHEN WE GO TO OUR HERD OF UNICORNS AND SOME RAINBOWS AND MAGICALLY, YOU'LL HAVE ALL THE SUBSTITUTE TEACHERS YOU WANT, IT'S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN,

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MEANWHILE, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE EMPTY EMPTY CLASSES.

I ASKED YOUR HR DEPARTMENT, IF THERE WERE ANY REPORTS PREPARED IN ANTICIPATION OF THIS, WHAT I GOT WAS A PRINTED COPY, THE FIRST 1600 PAGES OF THE 1,921 PAGE REPORT THAT BASICALLY SAID, NO, THEY JUST HAVE A LIST OF WHEN THERE WAS A SUBSTITUTE REQUESTED AND WHETHER THEY FILLED ONE, THERE'S NO INFORMATION THERE TO SAY WHAT THE PROBLEM IS MUCH LESS THAT THIS WOULD FIX IT.

THE SUBSTITUTE POSSESSIONS LIKE NASHVILLE.

FRANNY NASHVILLE HAD A 27% MARKUP ON SUBS UNDER THIS, UM, COMPANY.

WE WILL HAVE A 28.9 MARCA.

THAT WILL BE NO COST SAVINGS, REGARDLESS OF HOW POORLY OR HOW WELL THEY FELL.

WE WILL NOT BE ABLE TO AFFORD IT.

UM, NASHVILLE ALSO HAD SITUATIONS WHERE THEY CHARGE THEM EXTRA MONEY THAT WASN'T IN THE CONTRACT.

YOU GUYS, WHEN WE SEE WHEN SOMEBODY SHOWS YOU WHO THEY ARE, PLEASE BELIEVE THEM, BELIEVE THEM, THIS COMPANY I'M TRYING NOT TO CALL IT THE NAME OF IT.

THIS COMPANY HAS SHOWED.

AND EVERY PARISH THEY'D BEEN IN, I HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO FIND OR COUNTY, I GUESS IN OTHER STATES, I HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO FIND A POSITIVE EVENT OF THIS COMPANY, GAVE THE SUBS THE WAYS THEY DESERVE A RAISE.

WE PAY THEM LESS THAN MCDONALD'S GIVE THEM THE WAVE IN HOUSE, GIVE THE HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS, THE THOUSAND DOLLARS YOU STILL PAY.

THEN IF YOU PAY THIS COMPANY CAN DO IT.

BUT I SAW EBR WITHIN A WEEK, BUT THE CALENDAR, EVERYTHING WITH THE CALENDAR WITH OUR PEOPLE IN CENTRAL OFFICE PULLED TOGETHER AND DID WE CAN DO THIS, GIVE THEM THE RACE, DO THE SCHOLARSHIP.

THOSE ARE GOOD THINGS, BUT WE STILL SAVED MONEY.

THIS WE'RE JUST THROWING IT AWAY AND WE DON'T HAVE IT.

I'M JUST GOING TO KEEP REPEATING THAT WE DON'T HAVE IT.

THANK YOU, MS. MATTHEWS, ANY OTHER COMMENTS FROM THE AUDIENCE BACK TO THE BOARD? VICE PRESIDENT COLLINS, WE'RE LOOKING AT FOR COMPARISON AND COST PROJECTING PROJECTION.

THE 2016 SCHOOL YEAR, WHICH IS A FLOOD, WAS A FLOOD YEAR.

AND WHAT I HAD REQUESTED WAS A THREE YEAR AVERAGE.

THAT WAY OF SOMETHING MAJOR HAPPEN IN ONE PARTICULAR YEAR, THEN SHE'D HAVE AN AVERAGE STANDARD PRACTICE TO DO OF THE MOST CURRENT YEARS.

NOT ALL THE WAY BACK TO 2016.

I DON'T, UH, I DON'T SEE THAT I GOT IT IN MY EMAIL.

WE'LL BE ABLE TO COME UP WITH THAT INFORMATION.

SO, SO WE, WE ACTUALLY CHANGED, UM, PROVIDER SYSTEMS, UM, BETWEEN WE WENT TO FRONTLINE FROM ANOTHER COMPANY.

SO WE ACTUALLY DON'T HAVE SOME OF THOSE RECORDS FOR THOSE YEARS BECAUSE WE JUST CHANGED THIS YEAR TO FRONTLINE.

AND SO WE'RE, WE'RE MISSING SOME OF THOSE PIECES.

SO WE HAD TO USE WHAT KIND OF PIECES OF INFORMATION THAT WE HAD, THAT'S WHAT WE WERE ABLE TO PROVIDE.

SO WE TRIED TO GO BACK AND FIND SOME OF THAT STUFF, BUT IT'S IT'S BECAUSE WE DON'T ACTUALLY HAVE THAT SUBSYSTEM AND YOU KNOW, MORE SO FOR IT.

RYAN IS A SOFTWARE SYSTEM THAT PEOPLE USE TO SIGN UP FOR SUBSTITUTES NOW WITH ANOTHER COMPANY, BUT WE DON'T OWN THE DATA REGARDLESS OF THE SOFTWARE.

UM, WAIT, WE, WE HAVE TO, AND I CAN TRY TO SEE HOW WE CAN PULL IT.

WE DON'T ACTUALLY HAVE THE DATA IS KIND OF DONE DIFFERENTLY WITH THAT, BUT I'VE BEEN TRYING TO GO BACK AND SEE IF WE CAN REACH BACK OUT TO THAT COMPANY AND SEE IF THEY CAN PUT THAT TOGETHER FOR US.

SO I DIDN'T DO THAT.

IN LILIANA WAS A PRIVATE COMPANY, BUT, UM, THEY GO, THEY GO FOR MY BABY AND HE WON'T SAY THESE, ARE WE USING AI? SO WHY CAN'T WE SHARE DATA THAT DAY? UM, BUT SO ANYWAY, UM, THAT'S THE ONLY QUESTION I HAD.

THAT'S ANOTHER CONCERN I HAVE IS WELL, UM, WITH THE COUNTRY, IT BENTLEY WAY, WE GOT ON THE DATA, BUT I MEAN, WE STILL HAVE PEOPLE WE NEED TO AT LEAST BE ABLE TO SHARE THE DATA, UH, BECAUSE OF, UH, YOU KNOW, THE MEDIA COUNTRY, WHERE HAVE YOU, UH, I JUST DON'T KNOW A WHOLE SEPARATE CONCERN I HAVE IS YOU ALWAYS HAVE CONTROL OVER YOUR DAD.

HAD A PERIOD

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I JUST WANT TO SAY, YOU KNOW, BASED ON THE 2016 NUMBERS, THE PROJECTED COST IS 700,000.

AND AGAIN, WITHOUT KNOWING THE TIME WHEN THE PROBLEM IS UP FOR A LITTLE BIT, THERE'S JUST ADDING TO THE DEFICIT.

YES, MA'AM.

VICE PRESIDENT COLLINS.

THANK YOU, PRESIDENT TAN.

UM, I JUST WANT TO ASK A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS AS TO, UH, ARE DOING HAVE ANY, ANYTHING THAT SOMEONE CAN PRESENT THAT WOULD SHOW US WHY THIS IS A NEED, UM, HOW THERE IS A SAVINGS.

AND, UM, AND I HAVE TO HAVE TO SAY THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, WE'VE, WE'VE PRIVATIZED, UH, AN AREA WITH A CONTRACT THAT HAS BEEN VERY DIFFICULT TO, TO DEAL WITH.

I THINK A LOT OF WHAT WE'RE HEARING ABOUT THIS PRIVATIZATION, UM, RULES FOR SOME OF THE PAIN THAT, UM, WE'VE INCURRED IN THE LAST FEW YEARS WITH, UH, WITH OTHER, UM, SITUATIONS WHERE WE PRIVATIZED AN AREA WHERE WE'VE GOT QUESTIONS ABOUT NOW.

UM, SO CAN YOU SHOW ME, UH, ESPECIALLY FOR PEOPLE AT HOME AS WE'RE VENICE, WHAT ARE THE PROS AND CONS? WHAT ARE THE BENEFITS? WHY ARE WE CONSIDERING THIS? YES, MA'AM SO I CAN, UM, THEY'RE GOING TO PULL UP THE PRESENTATION FROM THE COW AND I CAN GO THROUGH IT AGAIN.

SO WE ARE CONSIDERING, UM, YEAH.

SORRY.

SCHOOL YEAR IN THE SALARIES AND THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT WE SPENT WITH FOR SUBSTITUTES, WE LOOK AT MEDICARE COSTS, WORKERS' COMPENSATION, UM, UNEMPLOYMENT, AND THAT'S, UH, BENEFITS THAT WE WOULD ACTUALLY PASS OVER TO THEM AND WE WOULDN'T HAVE TO DEAL WITH.

WHY ARE WE CONSIDERING MOVING TO PRIVATIZATION? AND AS I EXPLAINED PREVIOUSLY, YOU KNOW, I'M A FORMER TEACHER.

I, I UNDERSTAND THE IDEA OF, YOU KNOW, THAT PARTICULAR PIECE.

IF YOU'D ASKED ME 20 YEARS AGO, I WOULD HAVE SAID, NO, YOU KNOW, UM, BUT EDUCATION IS EVOLVING.

THE WORKFORCE IS EVOLVING AND WE HAVE TO THINK IN TERMS OF THAT EVOLUTION, UM, 15 YEARS AGO, WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT ALTERNATIVE CERTIFICATION FOR TEACHERS, IT WAS, IT WAS ALMOST LIKE PROFANITY, YOU KNOW, GOING TO ANOTHER PROVIDER BESIDES A UNIVERSITY, ALL OF THOSE THINGS.

AND SO WE HAVE, AGAIN, THIS IS AN EVOLUTION OF SOME CHANGES THAT WE'RE, WE'RE CONSIDERING.

SO EDO SUBSTITUTE WORKFORCE, THE CURRENT NUMBERS, WE HAVE 647, UH, AT THE SUBSTITUTES FOR THE 20, 20, 20, 21 SCHOOL YEAR, UH, THE FULL RATE FOR THIS PAST YEAR AND JUST LIKE MOST SCHOOL DISTRICTS AROUND THE COUNTRY.

UM, THE SUBSTITUTE FOR A RATE WAS VERY LOW.

NOW, HISTORICALLY WE WERE, YOU KNOW, IN THE SEVENTIES, BUT THIS YEAR OF COURSE IS ABOUT 52%.

AND THE REASON WHY IS MANY PEOPLE, MOST OF THE WORKFORCE FOR SUBS WAS MADE UP OF RETIREES AND MANY OF THEM WERE NOT COMFORTABLE WITH COMING INTO THE CLASSROOM.

UM, SO IN 20 19, 20 20, OUR FILL RATE WAS ACTUALLY 72%.

WHEN WE TALK ABOUT SUBSTITUTE INDIRECT COSTS, UM, WE'RE THINKING IN TERMS OF WHAT CAN WE START FOCUSING ON AND WHAT, WHAT WE CAN USE OUR HUMAN CAPITAL TO WORK ON AND SHIFT THAT WORK TO, TO BE ABLE TO GET THE MOST, UH, SUCCESSFUL BANG FOR YOUR BUCK.

AND SO, AS WE LOOKED THROUGH THIS PARTICULAR SLIDE HERE, IT SHOWS KIND OF THE WORK EQUITY THAT GOES INTO WHAT WE'RE DOING, UH, FIRST AS WELL AS MANAGING SUBSTITUTE TEACHERS OURSELVES.

AND THESE ARE, THESE ARE COST, BUT THEY'RE PRETTY MUCH CONSIDERED IN BETTER PASS THE HOURS AND TIME THAT, UH, EXECUTIVE SECRETARIES HAVE TO SPEND ON DOING SEVERAL DIFFERENT THINGS RELATED TO SOLVES WHERE WE CAN ACTUALLY DO THIS COMPANY CONSOLIDATE SOME OF THAT, UH, WORK.

UM, AND THEN YOU ALSO THE WORK THAT THE AFFIDAVIT WITHIN HR WITH VERIFYING EMPLOYMENT PROCESSING, UM, THE HIRING PAPERWORK, THOSE TYPES OF THINGS, IT, IT IT'S A PROCESS.

SO WE'RE SHIFTING TIME THAT WE COULD SPEND ON FOCUSING ON ADDRESSING SUBSTITUTE TEACHER SHORTAGES AND FOCUSING ON GETTING TEACHERS BECAUSE WE'RE SPENDING SOME OF THAT WORK ON THIS.

AND SO AS WE LOOK AT, UM, 2016, 17

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AND IT, IT IS, IT IS A LOT OF UNEMPLOYMENT THAT WE ARE HIT WITH AS A SCHOOL DISTRICT RELATED TO SUBSTITUTES THAT WE HAVE TO, TO FIGHT.

UM, THE TOTAL COST IS ABOUT $3 MILLION AND THAT'S INCLUDING THE TOTAL ACTUAL COST OF, UM, 2.6 MILLION VERSUS THE INDIRECT COST.

WELL, THIS YEAR AGAIN, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT COVID AND WE TALK ABOUT SICK LEAVES, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A SPIKE IN THAT INFORMATION.

AND SO WE, WE ACTUALLY MANAGED IN PROCESS 2,426 SICK LEAVE REQUESTS.

NOW SICK LEAVE REQUEST IS AN EMPLOYEE THAT IS REQUESTING TO BE OFF BOURBON SIX DAYS CONSECUTIVELY.

UM, SO THAT COULD BE A PERSON THAT'S OUT FOR MATERNITY LEAVE OUT FOR COVID LEAVE, UM, UH, FMLA LEAVE.

IT COULD BE FOR SURGERY.

THOSE ARE ALL OF THOSE.

THOSE ARE INDIVIDUAL, UM, NEEDS.

UH, WE HAD 939 TEACHERS WHO WERE OUT FOR SIX OR MORE DAYS THIS YEAR.

SO THOSE WERE, WE HAD SOME EMPLOYEES THAT TOOK THE ENTIRE SEMESTER, SOME WHO TOOK THE ENTIRE, UM, YOUR, UH, BECAUSE THEY HAD THE TIME.

AND OF COURSE, WE HONOR THAT TIME BASED UPON A DISTRICT POLICY.

HOW DO WE GO ABOUT SELECTING THIS COMPANY? WE, WE DID RESEARCH, WE DID, WE'VE TALKED TO OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS.

WE, UH, WE TALKED ABOUT THE GOOD THINGS WE TALKED ABOUT, WHAT STRUGGLES THEY HAD, BECAUSE I BELIEVE YOU HAVE TO FIND OUT WHAT WAS THE CHALLENGE THAT YOU HAD WITH THIS COMPANY.

AND SO WHAT, WHEN YOU'RE DOING THAT, YOU STRATEGICALLY THINK ABOUT HOW CAN I NOT HAVE THE SAME STRUGGLE, RIGHT? YOU LOOK AT THE HISTORY OF WHAT OCCURRED AND MAKE SURE THAT YOU PUT THINGS IN PLACE TO ENSURE THAT YOU DON'T HAVE THOSE ISSUES.

WE LOOKED AT THREE COMPANIES, KELLY SERVICES, EDGY STAFF, AND ESS EDUCATION.

WE HAD A COMMITTEE OF MULTIPLE DEPARTMENTS, UM, AND STAKEHOLDERS.

AND WE, WE DISCUSSED AND WE REVIEWED THESE COMPANIES.

THEY PRESENTED TO US, WE LOOKED AT THEIR RECRUITMENT, THEIR, UH, TRAINING INCENTIVES AND IMPLEMENTATION.

HOW EASY WOULD IT BE TO IMPLEMENT? ONE OF THE THINGS WE WERE CONCERNED WITH WITH ONE OF THE COMPANIES WAS IF, IF WE WANTED TO RECRUIT OUT OF THE POOL, WE WOULD ACTUALLY HAVE TO PAY THEM TO RECRUIT A PERSON OUT OF THE POOL.

WE DIDN'T WANT TO DO THAT BECAUSE WE WANT TO STILL HAVE THAT CONNECTION WITH THE SUBSTITUTES, BECAUSE THESE, THESE SUBS, EVEN THOUGH THEY WILL BE EMPLOYEES OF E OF, UM, EDUCATIONAL STAFFING SUPPORT WOULD ACTUALLY BE OUR, WE WOULD STILL BE ABLE TO CONDUCT WITH THEM, RECRUIT FROM THEM.

THEY WOULD ACTUALLY BE HOUSED IN THE OFFICE OF HUMAN RESOURCES.

SO THAT OUR TEACHERS DON'T HAVE TO LEARN A NEW SYSTEM.

WE SELECTED EDUCATIONAL STAFFING SERVICES BECAUSE WE FELT LIKE THEY WERE GOING TO PROVIDE US WITH THE TYPE OF CONCIERGE SERVICE THAT WE NEEDED.

AND SO WE LOOKED AT THEM AS A, A PARTNER.

AND SO WE'RE NOT LETTING THEM GO OFF AND DO THIS ON THEIR OWN.

THEY'RE A PART OF US, US IN THE OFFICE.

WE ARE GOING TO MANAGE IT.

IT IS A YEAR TO YEAR CONTRACT.

SO WE HAVE NOT AGREED TO DO THIS FOR 15 YEARS OR 10 YEARS.

WE ARE ACTUALLY GOING TO BE ABLE TO REALLY EVALUATE THIS, UM, AND DETERMINE IF IT ISN'T, IF IT ISN'T A GOOD FIT, WE'LL GET RID OF HIM.

UM, WE, WE, WE WANT THIS PARTNERSHIP BECAUSE WE DO WANT TO BE ABLE TO FOCUS ON SOME OTHER THINGS THAT ARE REALLY KEY AND IMPORTANT ALTERNATIVE CERTIFICATION, CERTIFYING TEACHERS, RECRUITING STUDENTS TO BECOME TEACHERS.

UH, THOSE ARE THINGS THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO TAKE THAT SWEAT EQUITY THAT WE'RE PUTTING INTO THIS TO DO FOCUS ON BUILDING SOME PROGRAMMING WITHIN OUR DEPARTMENT TO SUPPORT THESE THINGS.

UM, ONE OF THE THINGS WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE IS THAT OUR SUBSTITUTES WERE NOT HARMED IN THIS PROCESS BECAUSE WE DID NOT WANT TO, WE'RE NOT GOING TO SEND THEM TO A COMPANY THAT WAS GOING TO HARM THEM, UH, AND HAS ISSUES WHERE THEY'RE ABLE TO ACTUALLY OFFER HEALTH BENEFIT, INCENTIVE CENTERS THAT WE CANNOT OFFER, AND WE CAN'T AFFORD TO OFFER.

SO THEY'RE ABLE TO GET INSURANCE THROUGH THIS COMPANY.

UM, THEY'RE ABLE TO, UH, DO THE SUBSTITUTE MANAGEMENT THROUGH THIS COMPANY.

IT'S GOING TO BE FLEXIBLE, ADAPTABLE, AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR.

IF THERE'S AN ISSUE WE'RE GOING TO BE, WE'RE GONNA, WE'RE GOING TO ADDRESS IT HEAD ON, AND WE'RE GOING TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT ISSUE GETS TAKEN CARE OF.

UM, THERE'S CUSTOM REPORTING OUR INFORMATION IN FRONTLINE SYSTEM.

THEY'LL ACTUALLY USE OUR FRONTLINE SYSTEM

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UM, SO WE STILL OWN THAT INFORMATION DATA.

UH, WE CONNECT OUR FRONTLINE SYSTEM TO THEIR SYSTEM FOR THE PAYROLL MANAGEMENT PIECE SO THAT THEY HANDLE PAYROLL.

ANOTHER THING IS THAT WE'RE NOT ABLE TO W UH, THE SUBSTITUTES WOULD ACTUALLY BE ABLE TO BE PAID WEEKLY VERSUS HOW THEY ARE PAID NOW.

UM, AND SO THAT'D BE A VERY GOOD RECRUITING, UH, PIECE FOR US BECAUSE MANY OF OTHER BUSINESSES THAT HAVE PART-TIME WORKERS, THEY PAY THEM EVERY WEEK AND WE NEEDED TO BE ABLE TO DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

AND WE RUN A LOT OF PAYROLLS.

WHEN WE TALK ABOUT AN ORGANIZATION WITH 6,000 EMPLOYEES, WE ALSO WANTED A COMPANY THAT WAS GOING TO BE COMMITTED AND, AND GIVE SOMETHING BACK TO OUR STUDENTS.

AND WE FELT LIKE THIS WAS A, UH, THIS WAS THE ONLY COMPANY THAT ACTUALLY OFFERED ANYTHING BACK TO OUR STUDENTS.

ALL THE OTHER ONES WERE JUST ABOUT KIND OF JUST THE CONTRACT, UM, THE BENEFITS FOR THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.

UH, THEY WILL PROVIDE TWO DEDICATED EMPLOYEES THAT ARE GONNA BE HOUSED IN THE OFFICE OF HUMAN RESOURCES.

SO ANYONE INTERESTED IN SUBSTITUTING, THEY STILL COME TO HR.

WE STILL HAVE TO MANAGE THE BACKGROUND CHECK PIECE BECAUSE THAT'S STATE LAW.

WE STILL HAVE TO DO THOSE PIECES, BUT THERE WE'LL ACTUALLY HAVE TWO PEOPLE THAT WILL WORK THROUGH THE PIECES WITH THE SUB AND BE ABLE TO SPEND TIME WITH OUR SUBSTITUTES.

THERE ALSO, WE ARE ABLE TO WORK HAND IN HAND WITH TRAINING THE SUBS, MAKING SURE THOSE TRAININGS ARE, BUT WE NEED TO DO, THEY ALREADY HAVE THE MARKETING MATERIALS THAT ARE NECESSARY.

AND THEN THEY HAVE A LOCAL REGIONAL AND CORPORATE SUPPORT TEAM THAT WILL BE ABLE TO WORK WITH FOR THE SUBSTITUTES.

AGAIN, WE TALKED ABOUT, THEY CAN DO A 401K RETIREMENT PLAN.

UM, THEY HAVE UNEMPLOYMENT ELIGIBILITY WITH US.

THEY DON'T HAVE IT BECAUSE WE, YOU KNOW, AT TIMES WHEN THEY, THEY, THEY'RE NOT ABLE TO DO THAT.

SO THIS WOULD, UM, ALLOW THEM SOME ECONOMIC SECURITY THAT THEY DON'T HAVE AS AN EMPLOYEE OF THE SCHOOL SYSTEM.

UM, THEY GET TO PAY INTO SOCIAL SECURITY AND THAT'S A BIG DEAL BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT ABLE TO PAY OUR EMPLOYEES, DON'T PAY INTO SOCIAL SECURITY.

SO AS A PART-TIME EMPLOYEE, THEY'RE NOT PAYING INTO SOCIAL SECURITY AND THEY DON'T HAVE THE GREAT BENEFIT OF THE TEACHER'S RETIREMENT SYSTEM LIKE WE HAVE FOR RETIREMENT.

SO THEY'RE ABLE TO SET UP A REALLY NICE FOR OUR LAND K UM, MEDICAL AND DENTAL, DENTAL INSURANCE.

AND THIS IS JUST THE INFORMATION ABOUT THE BILL RATE.

AND AGAIN, THEY OFFER MULTIPLE TYPES OF TRAININGS THAT, UH, WILL SUPPORT WHAT THEY'RE DOING.

AND SO, YOU KNOW, WE HOPE THAT YOU CONSIDER THIS FAVORABLY, BUT, UM, WE ARE DEFINITELY DEDICATED TO MAKING SURE THAT THIS WORKS AND THAT THIS IS NOT A NEGATIVE IMPACT ON THIS DISTRICT.

WE, WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO FOCUS SOME OF OUR WORK ON SOME OTHER AREAS THAT WE NEED TO REALLY FOCUS ON AND ALSO HELP OURSELVES AT THE SAME TIME.

HOW LONG IS THE INITIAL CONTRACT? IT'S JUST ONE YEAR, ONE YEAR.

AND WHERE DOES THE VALUATION PIECE FALL IN? WE WILL ACTUALLY EVALUATE THEM EVERY QUARTER.

SO WE WILL MAKE SURE THAT THE NUMBERS ARE CORRECT.

I MEAN, WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT IT EVERY, EVERY WEEK.

I'M GONNA MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE A REPORT.

WE'LL BE ABLE TO SEE THAT REPORT BECAUSE AGAIN, IT'S OUR FRONTLINE SYSTEM.

SO WE'RE ABLE TO PULL THAT REPORT DAILY TO SEE WHERE THAT SUBSTITUTE FIELD RAPE IS ON A DAILY BASIS ON A WEEKLY BASIS AND ON A MONTHLY BASIS.

SO WE'LL BE ABLE TO ACTUALLY SEE WHAT THE FULL RATE IS.

UH, VICE PRESIDENT, UM, JUST BEFORE I MAKE MY REMARKS, I SAID, MR. SHAM, WHEN HE'S GONE, I AM NOT.

I DO NOT THINK THAT IS ACCURATE.

THAT IT'S A ONE YEAR CONTRACT.

I THINK IT'S A THREE-YEAR CONTRACT BECAUSE I'M REALLY GOING TO TURN RIGHT HERE.

A SECTION SEVEN TURNED AGAIN, SHOULD I WENT 221 AND SHALL REMAIN IN EFFECT THROUGH JUNE 30, 20, 24.

NOW IT SAYS IT MAY BE REVIEWED ON A YEARLY BASIS FOR UP TO TWO YEARS, UM, MISQUOTED.

SO THERE'S THE THREE-YEAR CONTRACT, BUT WE CAN, NO PROBLEM.

I JUST WANTED THE PUBLIC TO BE CLEAR.

IT'S A THREE YEAR TERM WITH AND EVERGREEN IS THE LEGAL TERM FOR THAT.

UM, I GUESS THE TWO THINGS THAT I'D LIKE TO MAKE SURE GETS CONSIDERED HERE, UH, AS WE THINK ABOUT THIS ONE IS I HEARD A LOT ABOUT THINGS FOR THE SUBSTITUTE TEACHERS.

AND I KNOW THIS AS A BUS PROVIDE BENEFIT TO THE SUBSTITUTE TEACHERS, AS YOU JUST WENT OVER, IT DOES MAKE THEM ELIGIBLE FOR UNEMPLOYMENT.

IT DOES MAKE THEM ELIGIBLE FOR SOCIAL SECURITY.

UH, THEY WILL GET WEEKLY PAY

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AND ALL OF THESE THINGS.

SO I DO THINK THAT THAT IS A SIGNIFICANT BENEFIT TO THE SUBSTITUTE TEACHERS, UH, FOR WHAT THEY ARE.

GOD KNOWS.

I'D LOVE TO PAY THEM MORE, BUT THIS DOES NOT PAY THEM.

THIS PAYS IN THE SAME WAY, BUT GIVES THEM THOSE ADDITIONAL BENEFITS THAT WE DO NOT HAVE.

UH, THE SECOND PIECE IN HERE IS I HAVEN'T HEARD ANYONE TALK ABOUT STUDENTS.

AND I THINK FOR ME, ONE OF THE BIG ITEMS, AND THIS IS HOW DOES IT IMPACT THE STUDENTS? BECAUSE IF YOU HAVE A TEACHER TODAY WHO IS OUT FOR A WEEK, THE WAY WE STAFF RIGHT NOW AND SAY, WE HAVE TO HAVE TWO SEPARATE SUBSTITUTE TEACHERS IN THERE, BECAUSE THEY CAN ONLY GO UP BETWEEN EIGHT HOURS.

SO THEY WON'T HAVE ACTUALLY THAT CONFINEMENT.

I REALIZE THAT I'M TRYING TO SAY THAT TO ME, THIS CONTRACT BRINGS A SIGNIFICANT BENEFIT TO THE STUDENTS BECAUSE THE STUDENTS THAT SEPARATE YOUR TEACHERS FOR THE STUDENTS ARE NO LONGER BOUND BY THAT 20 MILLION HOUR, UH, BAR THAT WE HAVE TO IMPOSE AS BRINGING THIS UP.

UH, I THINK THAT WILL BE A SIGNIFICANT ADVANTAGE TO THAT, TO THE STUDENT.

I THINK THAT WILL BE A SIGNIFICANT ADVANTAGE TO OUR FUEL RATE SO THAT, YOU KNOW, NOW WE DON'T HAVE TO SUBSTITUTE TO WRITE A FINDING THAT TIME WHEN I, ONCE I BET YOU CAN CARRY THE WHOLE WEEK OR ARE DOING WHATEVER.

AND I JUST DON'T LIKE HEARING ASK ME ABOUT THREE DAYS.

I WANT TO KEEP BRINGING UP WHAT IT MEANS TO THE STUDENTS, BECAUSE I THINK THAT'S WHAT WE'RE HERE FOR.

AND AGAIN, GOING BACK TO FOR THE STUDENTS, THIS IS FREEING UP A LOT OF TIME, PARTICULARLY A LOT OF TIME AT THE SCHOOL SITES WHERE THEY CAN BE FOCUSED MORE ON THE DEMANDS AND REQUIREMENTS OF MAKING THAT SCHOOL ROOM NEEDS AND FOR FILLING OUR CHALLENGE TO EDUCATE THOSE CHILDREN, INSTEAD OF FRAYING BEING AN EMPLOYMENT AGENT, TRYING TO CALL AROUND AND FIND SUBSTITUTE TEACHERS.

SO THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN SAID, A LOT OF THINGS GOING AROUND, BUT I WILL ALWAYS WANT US TO COME BACK TO WHAT IS BEST FOR THE KIDS.

AND I THINK GIVEN THE PARTS OF THIS CONTRACT AND REALLY ARE, I AM CONVINCED THAT THIS IS THE BEST FOR THE KIDS.

AND, AND I THINK WE SHOULD GIVE IT A TRY AND YOU'LL SEE WHAT HAPPENS BECAUSE I DON'T SEE ANYTHING IN HERE THAT DETRIMENTAL TO THE KIDS.

UH, I KNOW I'VE HEARD THINGS ABOUT NASHVILLE, BUT FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND ABOUT NASHVILLE, THE REASON THAT THEIR BUDGET, IT COSTS MORE THAN THE CONTRACT WAS ORIGINALLY BURN WAS BECAUSE THE COMPANY WAS MORE SUCCESSFUL THAN ANTICIPATED AND DOING THE FILL RATE.

SO, YOU KNOW, SAYING THAT THEY OVEREAT AND THE BUDGET IS SAYING, WELL, THEY WERE TOO SUCCESSFUL.

AND YOU KNOW, THAT DOESN'T SEEM TO MAKE A WHOLE LOT OF SENSE, UH, THIS YEAR.

YOU KNOW, I, I UNDERSTAND THAT SOME OF THE COMMENTS FROM CHANGE ABOUT HER, I BET, YOU KNOW, I THINK THIS YEAR WITH COVID, ISN'T, YOU KNOW, IT'S A VERY DIFFICULT TIME TO MAKE ANY COMPARISONS BECAUSE YOU SAW OUR RATE FELL FROM 70 SOMETHING PERCENT TO 51%.

SO, UH, YOU KNOW, IN MY INTEREST IN TRYING TO DO, BECAUSE THE ONLY THING I TRIED TO SIT UP HERE EVERYDAY IS WHAT'S BEST FOR THE CHILDREN.

AND, AND I THINK GOING THIS ROUTE IS WHAT'S BEST FOR THE CHILDREN.

AND AS AN ADDED BENEFIT, I THINK IS BEST FOR THE SUBSTITUTE TEACHERS.

UH, HE PUT MY NAME, UM, IS VICE-PRESIDENT SCHOOL BLIND MAN, BUT OKAY.

UH, MY VICE PRESIDENT, I JUST HAD A FEW QUESTIONS, UH, GIVEN INFORMATION THAT WE JUST RECENTLY SEEN FROM, UH, .

UH, IS IT POSSIBLE THAT WE CAN GET A YEAR BY YEAR EVALUATION FROM, UH, GETTING EMPLOYEE DIRECT EMPLOYEE FEEDBACK? I KNOW THAT PRINCIPALS WILL BE EVALUATING, BUT ALL THE TOOLS, SHOULD IT BE GOOD FOR ACCOUNTABILITY FOR WHAT'S TAKING PLACE? UH, COULD WE GET EVALUATIONS BEFORE I BOARD ON AN ANNUAL BASIS, UH, TO WANT TO STAY IN THE RECORD? UH, WHAT'S HAPPENING? HOW IS IT IMPACTING THE STUDENTS INSIDE OF THE CLASSROOMS? YES, SIR.

WE TALK ABOUT THE SAVINGS, UM, YOU KNOW, WE'RE USING NUMBERS BASED UPON WHAT WE'VE USED BEFORE, RIGHT.

UM, WELL, THE QUESTION WOULD BE, HOW MUCH ARE WE LOOKING TO SAVE, UH, IN TOTALITY, I NOTICED I READ ABOUT $3 MILLION, SO YOU JUST SERVE THEM ALL, BUT ALSO WHETHER THE EXTENDED COST OF ACTUALLY BRINGING IT TO THE CONTRACT WITH THE COMPANY.

SO HOW MUCH WOULD IT, MY, UM, I CAN TRY TO PUT TOGETHER A DIFFERENT TYPE OF PROJECTION FOR YOU, BUT WHEN

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AND HOW MANY SUBS WE'VE HAD TO PUT IN PLACE.

UM, THERE IS, UM, I BELIEVE THERE WILL BE, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT GOING TO BE FREE OF COURSE, TO DO THIS, BUT I THINK THERE'S GOING TO BE A SAVINGS TO THE WORK PIECE THAT WE MAY NOT SEE.

WE MAY SPEND THE SAME AMOUNT OF MONEY ANNUALLY, BUT WORK THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO DO IN OTHER AREAS THAT WILL IMPACT STUDENT LEARNING IS GOING TO BE VERY PROFOUND.

AND YOU MAY NOT FEEL IT IN ABOUT A BILL, BUT WE'LL SEE, WE WILL SEE IT.

SO I WILL PROVIDE A RETURN ON INVESTMENT ANALYSIS FOR YOU, SO THAT YOU CAN SEE WHAT THAT, WHAT THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE IF YOU DON'T HAPPEN TO HAVE ANY COST SAVINGS.

COULD YOU ALSO INFORM THE BOARD AT THAT TIME, BY THE WAY, COULD YOU ALSO BOARD REPURPOSE THOSE DOLLARS EXTRA MONEY? YES, SIR.

THEY'RE A NATIONWIDE COMPANY THAT PROVIDES THESE BENEFITS FOR THE SUBSTITUTE.

THANK YOU, SIR.

UM, SO JUST TO GIVE OUR VIEWING AUDIENCE AND EVERYONE SOME, UH, PERSPECTIVE ON THIS.

SO YEARS AGO WHEN THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT, UM, KENYON, UM, I, I MADE SURE TO ALERT BOTH THE LOCAL AND THE NATIONAL STATE AND NATIONAL, UH, SCHOOL BOARDS ASSOCIATION, THAT THIS WAS GOING TO HAVE DETRIMENTAL EFFECT ON OUR STUDENTS' ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT BECAUSE OF THE REQUIREMENT THAT A SUBSTITUTE TEACHER WHO THAT'S IN THE NAME, IT'S A SUBSTITUTE TEACHER.

IT'S NOT A PERMANENT POSITION WAS GOING TO THEN HAVE TO BE, UH, OFFERED, UM, HEALTHCARE BENEFITS.

AND THAT WHAT THAT PUT US INTO A SITUATION WAS WHERE WE HAVE HAD TO OPT TO SWITCH, SWITCH IT OUT, SWITCH IT OUT.

AND SO THAT IN A CLASSROOM THAT DISRUPTION IN A CLASSROOM IS JUST SOMETHING THAT WE CANNOT HAVE.

IT IS JUST NOT CONDUCIVE TO RAISING OUR SCORES AND OUR STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT IN THE WAY THAT WE SO, UH, WANT AS OUR TOP GOAL.

AND SO THIS, I JUST WANT THE ASSURANCE, AND I DON'T KNOW IF THEY'RE HERE AGAIN, BUT, UM, I JUST WANT THE ASSURANCE THAT, BECAUSE THIS WOULD SEEM THAT THEY WOULD BE IN A SIMILAR SITUATION AS, UM, AN EMPLOYER, THAT IF THEY WORK THE EMPLOYEE MORE THAN THAT 28 HOURS, THEN THEY HAVE TO PROVIDE.

AND SO WHAT IS THEIR INCENTIVE NOT TO GET AROUND THIS AS WE HAVE AND WHAT IN THE CONTRACT STIPULATES THAT WE EXPECT THE CONTINUITY.

SO WHY AREN'T THEY GOING TO BE IN THE SAME SITUATION AND, AND MIGHT NEED TO HAVE COST SAVINGS AS WELL? AND SO WHAT IS, WHAT IS MANDATED IN OUR, ON OUR END OF THE CONTRACT THAT SAYS, WE WANT THAT 50 DAY, OR, YOU KNOW, THAT WHOLE NEXT WEEK OR WHATEVER IT MIGHT BE, WE WANT THE CONTINUITY, IF THE SUBSTITUTE IS A GOOD FIT IN THE CLASSROOM.

SO, SO THEY ACTUALLY HAVE THEIR OWN HEALTH CARE BENEFIT THAT THEY PROVIDE TO THEIR, THEIR SUBSTITUTE.

SO IT IS, UM, IT IS, UM, THEY'RE, THEY'RE NOT GOING TO STOP THEM FROM GETTING THOSE, THOSE BENEFITS.

SO THEY PROVIDE THAT TO SUBSTITUTES WHO WORK ONE DAY THAT WEEK OR FIVE DAYS THAT WEEK.

AND THEY HAVE ALL OF THEM, THEY HAVE OPTIONS.

YES, YES.

AND THEY'RE HERE.

UM, MR. SHRUNK IS, UH, MATT SHRUNK IS HERE, UH, FROM, UH, EDUCATION, IF WE COULD JUST, JUST MAKE SURE THAT THAT IS CLARIFIED AND THAT, I DON'T KNOW IF WE NEED TO LOOK IN THE CONTRACT NEGOTIATION OR ANYTHING ABOUT STIPULATING, THAT WE ARE GOING TO, THE, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING FOR IS THE CONTINUITY OF THE SUBSTITUTES.

UM, IF THEY'RE A GOOD FIT, BECAUSE I JUST SEE HOW THEY WOULD BE IN THE SAME SITUATION WE WOULD BE IN AND IN A COST SAVINGS SITUATION WHERE YOU HAVE TO LOOK AT COST, WHY WOULDN'T THEY HAVE THAT SAME, UH, RESTRICT, YOU KNOW, WE DID IT TO OURSELVES.

WE OPTED TO DO THAT BECAUSE FINANCIALLY WE COULDN'T DO, BUT WHAT PREVENTS THAT FROM HAPPENING? SO THIS IS, THIS IS THEIR BUSINESS.

THIS IS WHAT THEY DO.

SO ESSENTIALLY THAT'S WHY THEY'RE ABLE TO DO A BLEND NETWORK IS ACTUALLY NATIONWIDE.

SO THEY'RE ABLE TO, TO PROVIDE INSURANCE BECAUSE

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SO THAT'S, THAT IS THEIR BUSINESS.

AND I, SO MY QUESTION IS, DO THEY OFFER THE SAME BENEFIT TO A SUBSTITUTE THAT WORKS ONE DAY THAT WEEK OR FIVE DAYS THAT WAY? UM, YES.

I MEAN, I CAN'T TELL YOU, BUT NO, BUT THEY HAVE ACCESS TO IT.

INSURANCE.

HI, GOOD EVENING.

I'M WITH THE EDUCATION SOLUTIONS SERVICES.

UM, MY NAME IS WENDY, UM, AND YES, WE WILL.

WE DO IS WE'VE NEGOTIATED FOR ON BEHALF OF ALL OF OUR 60 SUBS ACROSS THE U S FOR THAT BENEFIT.

AND SO WE OFFER THAT TO EVERY INDIVIDUAL.

UM, THEY, YOU KNOW, MEDICAL, DENTAL, EYE CARE, IT'S, IT'S, THEY, THEY STILL ARE PAYING FOR IT IN AN AFFORDABLE MANNER TAKEN OUT OF THEIR PAYCHECK SO THAT IT IS AFFORDABLE IN A GROUP PLAN.

SO IT'S OFFERED TO EVERYONE WHICH THAT ALLOWS US TO STAY ACA COMPLIANT, EVEN IF THEY'RE NOT SELECTED TO WORK THAT WEEK, THEY JUST KEEP ON WITH US.

IT WOULD JUST KEEP ON WITH THE BENEFIT AND THAT PAYMENT, AND EVEN DURING THE SUMMER, WHEN THEY'RE NO LONGER WORKING, AS LONG AS THEY'RE PAYING THEIR PREMIUM, WHAT THEY CHOSE TO THEY'RE COVERED.

AND THEN, UM, I APPRECIATE VERY MUCH THAT CLARITY.

AND, UM, THEN, UM, AS FAR AS THIS EVALUATION, UM, I WOULD JUST WOULD REQUEST THAT QUARTERLY, WE GET, YOU KNOW, A LITTLE PRESENTATION ON WHERE WE ARE AND HOW WE'RE DOING AND AT A REGULAR MEETING SO THAT THE GENERAL PUBLIC CAN SEE WHERE WE ARE AND HOW THIS IS GOING.

YOU'RE ON YOUR WAY.

AND, UM, APPRECIATE IT.

THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR HARD WORK ON THIS.

THANK YOU, BOARD MEMBER GORDON.

UM, CANBERRA CALM TRACK.

CAN THE KIND OF DRAG IS HE COULD, I'M WONDERING, BASED ON SOME OF THE THINGS THAT, UH, MY COLLEAGUE MENTIONED WITH RESOLVING THE PROBLEM OF TRYING TO AVOID GIVING PEOPLE HEALTHCARE AND NOT DOING THE NUMBER OF HOURS MORE THAN 28 HOURS, THERE'S NOTHING, I RECALL NOTHING IN THE CONTRACT THAT STIPULATES THAT, THAT FOR CLASSROOM NEEDS, THEY KNOW THAT TEACH US ON.

AND SO IT WILL BE OUT FOR TWO WEEKS, WHICH IS IF I UNDERSTAND CORRECTLY, NOT NECESSARILY WHAT A LONG TERM, SO WITH FEEL, RIGHT? YES MA'AM.

SO LET'S SAY IT'S TWO WEEKS.

THERE'S NOT A LONG TERM SUB TYPE SITUATION.

IN THAT INSTANCE, THE DISTRICT WOULD SWITCH OUT FOLKS FOR THAT ONE CLASSROOM.

THEY'D HAVE A TEACH OUT FOR TWO WEEKS.

UH, SO WE TRY TO, WE TRY TO NOT DO IT TOO.

IT'S AN AVERAGE THAT YOU TRY TO GET TO, THAT YOU HAVE TO, TO KIND OF WORK WITH.

AND SO WE WE'VE DONE THAT KIND OF CALCULATION.

SO WE DID MAKE SOME ADJUSTMENTS AFTER THE LEAN FOG REPORT TO TRY TO ADDRESS THAT.

BUT, UM, THIS WOULD ALLOW SOME CONTINUITY OF BEING ABLE TO, TO DO THIS WITH THE SUBS, BUT YEAH, THEY COULD, THEY COULD WORK EVERY DAY.

THEY COULD SAY, HEY, I REALLY WANT TO WORK ON TUESDAYS, THURSDAYS.

UM, THERE'S SOME FLEXIBILITY FOR, FOR THAT PARTICULAR PIECE, BUT, UM, AS FAR AS LONG-TERM SUB ASSIGNMENTS, IF IT'S FOR THE WEEK, THEY CAN, THEY CAN TAKE IT.

UM, THEY CAN TAKE IT IF IT'S, WE DON'T, WE WON'T PUT LIMITS ON THEM.

HOW MANY LONG-TERM SUBS DO WE HAVE TYPICALLY IN A YEAR? IT DEPENDS ON THE YEAR.

UH, THIS YEAR WE PROBABLY HAD MORE BECAUSE WE HAD SO MANY PEOPLE AS YOU SAW 937 EVERY YEAR.

SO IT WASN'T, THAT WAS, THAT WAS A REALLY HIGH, I WOULD SAY MAYBE, UM, MAYBE ABOUT 250 ACROSS THE YEAR THAT WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT A LONG-TERM SUB, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SOMEONE THAT JUST WORKED 21 DAYS STRAIGHT, UM, AND THEN HE DOESN'T EAT THEM AS LONG TERM AT THAT POINT.

UM, AND SO THAT COULD BE SOMEONE THAT'S COVERING A MATERNITY LEAVE OR SOMEONE WHO'S OUT WITH SURGERY OR, UM, JUST KIND OF A BROAD SPECTRUM OF, OF SITUATIONS.

UH, AND THEN IF HE IS, I THINK, AND I THINK I ASKED THIS QUESTION LAST TIME, IF I DIDN'T, I APOLOGIZE OF THE NUMBER OF SERBS THAT YOU ALL HAVE IN YOUR POOL.

WHAT'S THE PERCENTAGE OF THE USING THE HEALTH CARE, ROUGHLY, I'M NOT ASKING YOU TO TRACK NOW

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HERE.

I THINK YOU DID ASK THAT LAST TIME AND IT IS LIKE, IT'S A LOW AMOUNT.

IT'S A 10 TO 20% USE IT.

IT'S, IT'S MORE IT'S THERE IF THEY NEED IT AND WANT THAT.

I THINK THAT THAT'S ALL OF MY QUESTIONS.

THANK YOU, MR. UH, BOARD MEMBER THERE.

UH, JUST WHERE THE OBSERVATION I'VE HEARD LOTS OF PEOPLE.

WELL, TWO OBSERVATIONS.

ONE IS YOU HAVE A MONTHLY FORUM WHERE YOU PRESENT YOUR PERSONNEL CHANGES.

I WOULD ASK THE SUPERINTENDENT AND OTHERS ON THE BOARD TO CONSIDER THAT, THAT SHE WILL BE CHANGED IN HR REPORT.

AND NORTH LADY, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE NUMBER OF CLASSROOMS THAT ARE MISSING PERMIT TEACHERS AND THE FILL RATE OF SUBSTITUTE TEACHERS AND THESE SORTS OF THINGS, BECAUSE, UH, I THINK THAT NOT HAVING A PERMANENT TEACHER IN THE CLASSROOM HAS A GREAT EDUCATIONAL COST AND THEN NOT HAVING QUALIFIED SUBSTITUTES IN THE CLASSROOM ALSO HAS A GREAT EDUCATIONAL COST.

SO I WOULD LIKE TO SEE US CHANGE THAT PERSONNEL REPORT TO BEING MORE OF AN HR REPORT AND ITEMS LIKE THAT START TO BE INCLUDED IN THAT REPORT.

JUST A SUGGESTION, BUT STRONGLY SUGGESTED.

SECONDLY, I WANT TO BE VERY CAREFUL AS WE TALK ABOUT COST BECAUSE PEOPLE THROW AROUND WITH THINGS LIKE COST SAVINGS AND THINGS LIKE THAT RECOGNIZE THAT ONE OF OUR GOALS IS TO GET MORE QUALIFIED SUBS INTO THE CLASSROOMS. OKAY.

SO IF, AND I'M MAKING UP NUMBERS AS I FLY ALONG HERE, IF, UH, EDUCATIONAL STAFFING SERVICES, UH, RAISES THAT NUMBER FROM 71%, WHICH WAS KIND OF OUR AVERAGE TO 85%, ARE WE PAYING A LITTLE BIT MORE FOR SUBSTITUTES AND THEY WON'T NECESSARILY BE A COST SAVING BECAUSE WE'RE PUTTING QUALIFIED SO A PETITE INTO THE CLASSROOM.

NOW THAT MEMBER'S GOING TO SHOW UP AS A HIGHER COST FOR SUBSTITUTES, BUT THE OFFSET OF THAT IS WE'LL GET BETTER EDUCATION WE'LL LEAN ON IN OUR CLASSROOMS. SO WE NEED TO BE VERY CLEAR AS WE TALK ABOUT COST SAVINGS.

YOU KNOW, THERE'S A DOLLAR COST SAVINGS AND THERE'S A COST.

SO IN PERCEPTIVE JADE OR WHEREVER WE WANT TO DO IT, IF YOU, AND I THINK THIS IS WHAT HAPPENED IN NASHVILLE.

IF YOU LOOK AT THE TOTAL DOLLARS, IF THEY DO A GOOD JOB, GUESS WHAT? WE'RE GOING TO SPEND MORE IT'S UP TO TE TEACHERS BECAUSE WE WILL BE USING THEIR SERVICES MOVING.

WE'LL BE PUTTING MORE QUALIFIED TEACHERS IN THE CLASSROOM.

SO BOWERS IS NOT NECESSARILY THE, IT IS AN IMPORTANT YARDSTICK, BUT IT IS NOT THE ONLY YARDSTICK WE HAVE TO BE LOOKING AT FULL RATES AND LOOKING AT THE EDUCATION, THE EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE'RE PROVIDING TO OUR CHILDREN, BECAUSE I ALWAYS WANT TO COME BACK TO WHAT IS GOOD FOR THE CHILDREN.

SO THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, MR. .

UM, I SEEN ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM THE BOARD.

UH, THANK YOU, MR. MS. DONALDSON, UM, MADAM SECRETARY, PLEASE CONDUCT THE VOTE.

WE MOVE NOW TO NEW BUSINESS CONSIDERATION OR THE REQUEST FOR THE APPROVAL OF THE PROPOSED 20, 21 OR 2022 GENERAL FUND BUDGET, THE BUDGET RESOLUTION AND THE 20 21 20 22 SALARY SCHEDULES.

[K1. 2021-2022 Proposed General Fund Budget]

THAT'S ITEM ONE.

DO I HAVE A MOTION? UM, IT SAYS THE PROPOSED GENERAL FUND BUDGET.

ITEM K ONE.

THAT'S WHAT WE DID.

WE PULLED 14 MILLION PROFIT.

I CAN BE TALKED OUT OF IT.

SO CABLE.

WE WILL NOW GO TO THE AUDIENCE ON THE GENERAL FUND BUDGET.

MOVED BY MR. AND SECONDED BY MR. LANICE, UH, COMMENTS, COMMENTS, OR QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD ON K ONE.

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K ONE COMMENTS FROM THE AUDIENCE I'VE EMAILED EACH OF YOU A PRESENTATION, AND I'VE ALSO MADE COPIES FOR EACH OF YOU, UM, INCLUDING DR.

UM, CAUSE I FIGURED SOME OF YOU MAY BE VISUAL IN ADDITION TO, OR INSTEAD OF AUDITORY.

SO THIS WAY YOU CAN SEE IT AS WELL.

UM, FIRST THING IS, UH, MR. SHAMBLIN, HIS POSITION, MR. SHANNON'S POSITION IS LISTED UNDER DR.

NARCISSE.

HOWEVER, HE IS NOT AN EMPLOYEE OF THE SUPERINTENDENT.

HE IS AN EMPLOYEE OF THE BOARD.

SO I FEEL LIKE THAT LINE SHOULD BE REMOVED.

UM, AND HE SHOULD BE PLACED AS HE IS ON THE FIRST PAGE OF THE ORG CHART, WHERE HE IS RIGHT NEXT TO HIM AS HE IS YOUR EMPLOYEE, UM, SPECIAL PROGRAMS. ACCORDING TO PAGE 72, THERE IS A 79.91% CUT TO ESL SERVICES.

HOW WOULD THIS $161,076 BE FUNDED NEXT YEAR, RETIREMENT PAID AND TYPES IS THE PROJECTED AMOUNT PAID TO RETIREMENT, LOWER DUE TO THE MASS EXODUS OF TEACHERS OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, PAGE 66, LINE FIVE SPECIAL ED PRE-K.

WHY ARE WE GOING FROM 32 TO 12 PRE-K TEACHERS? I THOUGHT WE HAD A HUGE INCREASE IN PRE-K ARE NONE OF THEM SPED, TRAVEL EXPENSES FOR EBS AND OTHER TRAVEL IS GOING FROM $10,700 TO $48,250.

GOING BACK TO PRE COVID.

I UNDERSTAND AS YOUR ALL'S BUDGET HAS GONE BACK, AND IT SEEMS LIKE A HUGE JUMP, BUT IT'S REALLY NOT.

IT'S JUST GOING BACK TO NORMAL.

HOWEVER, CONSIDERING OUR BUDGETARY CRISIS THAT WE ARE IN, AND THE FACT THAT MOST CONFERENCES, WHICH I KNOW YOU GUYS ARE REQUIRED TO GO TO CONFERENCES, WHICH IS WHY YOUR BUDGET WENT BACK UP FOR THAT, UM, TO STAY CERTIFIED, TO BE ON THE BOARD.

UM, THE CONFERENCES ARE REQUIRED, BUT YOU GUYS, UH, THEY'RE VIRTUAL IS STILL AN OPTION.

SO WE COULD DO VIRTUAL CONFERENCES WHILE WE ARE IN THIS BUDGETARY CRISIS.

UM, ALSO OFFICE OF SUPERINTENDENT, PAGE 85 LINE, WE HAD GONE FROM $574,000 TO 1 MILLION, $336,000.

SIMPLY BY ADDING FOUR PEOPLE TRAVELING EXPENSES FROM 16,000 TO 62,000, WE ARE PROJECTED TO LOSE 631 STUDENTS THAT IS ABOVE THE HUNDREDS, PROBABLY THOUSANDS THAT THE STATE ALREADY CONSIDERS LOST.

WHEN I TALKED TO PRINCIPALS, WHEN I WENT TO SCHOOL BY SCHOOL AND I CALLED PRINCIPALS PRINCIPALS, I'M LIKE STILL, NO, THAT'S NOT MY NUMBER.

I HAVE THIS MANY KIDS HUNDREDS MORE ON THEIR ENROLLMENT THAT THE STATE ALREADY CONSIDERS GONE, THAT THOSE KIDS ARE GOING TO BE GONE.

AND AT CHARTERS, WE HAVE FOUR SCHOOLS OPENING UP Y'ALL ARE CONSIDERING THREE MORE TONIGHT.

SO WE'RE, WE'RE JUST NOT GOING TO HAVE ANY KIDS LEFT IN ABRI SO, OKAY.

SO I'M NOT GOING TO MAKE IT TO THE OTHER THREE.

THE ONLY TWO PEOPLE THAT MATTER THE TEACHER AND THE STUDENT, SOCRATES AND PLATO, THAT'S IT.

EVERYBODY ELSE CAN KICK ROCKS.

LOVE.

Y'ALL LOOK AT THE PRESENTATION.

IN EVERY FEW MINUTES FOR A FULL TWO WEEKS, AND THEN GIVE THEM A CHANCE TO COMMENT ON IT.

JUST TO BE CLEAR ON THE EARLIER ITEM, IT DOES SAY PUBLIC HEARING SLASH WORKSHOP.

MAYBE I'M CONFUSED ABOUT WHAT A HEARING IS ANYWAY, TO NOT WASTE ALL THE THREE MINUTES I HAVE LEFT YOUR WORD POLICY SAYS IN ESSENCE, THAT YOU'VE GOT UNTIL SEPTEMBER 15TH, THERE'S NO RUSH.

IT WOULD BE GREAT.

IF THERE WERE A COMPLETE EASILY UNDERSTOOD, CLEAR, SENSIBLE, EASILY DEFENDABLE AND EXPLAINED BUDGET READY TO ADOPT BEFORE THE END OF THE CURRENT FISCAL YEAR.

BUT YOU HAVEN'T BEEN OFFERED ONE YET.

FURTHERMORE, YOUR, UM, YOUR POLICY POLICY D C SAYS THAT THE SCHOOL BOARD CHICAGO'S TO BE PUBLISHED A NOTICE IN THE OFFICIAL JOURNAL THAT THE BUDGET IS AVAILABLE FOR PUBLIC INSPECTION NO LATER THAN 15 DAYS PRIOR TO THE DATE FOR BUDGET ADOPTION, I'M QUITE CERTAIN THAT SIGNIFICANT PARTS OF THE BUDGET CHANGED BETWEEN YOUR ORIGINAL BUDGET HEARING.

AND NOW, AND I DIDN'T SEE ANY TRACKING DOCUMENT FOR ME TO BE ABLE TO READ FEWER THAN 300 PAGES TO SEE WHAT CHANGED.

SO I DON'T THINK YOU'VE MET THE CONDITION.

SO YOU HAVE TO OFFER THOSE TO THE PUBLIC, TO REVIEW WITHOUT A CHANGE

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I THINK YOU SHOULD SET A REAL BUDGET HEARING WHERE YOU TRY NOT TO CRAM A WHOLE BUNCH OF OTHER STUFF INTO THE SAME MEETING AND ACTUALLY HEAR WHAT THE PUBLIC HAS TO SAY.

AFTER THE STAFF WAS PAID ATTENTION TO MR. GODINEZ POINT, HE'S FAR MORE PATIENT THAN I AM.

HE ASKED IT ALL THE BUDGETS WE PUT TOGETHER.

SO YOU CAN SEE WHERE ALL THESE POSITIONS THAT ARE COVERED IN THE GENERAL BUDGET ARE ACTUALLY BEING PAID FOR.

UM, I HAD TO CORRECT A FEW PEOPLE ON SOCIAL MEDIA WHO THOUGHT A CERTAIN ADMINISTRATORS' SALARY WAS WHAT WAS REFLECTED IN THE GENERAL FUND BUDGET, BECAUSE THEY HAD NO WAY OF TELLING HOW MUCH WAS ACTUALLY BEING PAID OUT OF THE, UH, PROPOSITION THREE.

BUT THAT'S REALLY NOT WHY I CAME HERE.

I CAME HERE TO MAKE SURE YOU READ THE EMAIL.

I SAID EARLIER THAT SAYS THOSE BRAND NEW CHARTER SCHOOLS, THE AUTHORIZED MORE THAN TWO YEARS AGO, AND THEY'VE NEVER OPENED.

THEY NO LONGER HAVE VALID CHARTER AUTHORIZATION.

THOSE ARE REVOKED AUTOMATICALLY BY STATUTE AND POLICY TO USE AFTER YOU APPROVED THEM ON MAY 9TH TO MAY 13TH.

SO BEFORE YOU APPROVE A BUDGET, YOU COULD S YOU SHOULD STRIKE THE DOLLARS FOR THE NEW BASIS CAMPUS, THE NEW AVIATION CAMPUS AND THE NEW LEGAL CAMPUS, BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE AUTHORIZATIONS BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T OPEN IN THE TWO YEARS AFTER YOU APPROVED THEM IN MAY 9TH OR 13TH OF 2019.

SO THERE ARE SOME SAVINGS TO YOUR BUDGET.

AND COME IN BECAUSE THAT'S AN I REFLECTED IN THE BUDGET COMMENTS FROM THE AUDIENCE ON KAY WARREN.

FINNEY OR COMMENTS FROM THE AUDIENCE.

, UM, I DON'T HAVE MUCH OF A VOICE.

UM, SO I'M GOING TO BE NICE AND POLITE.

UM, I WILL BUDGET BOTH NEVER FLOAT, BUT EIGHT JOB POSITIONS THAT WE JUST APPROVED.

SO EACH OF THOSE POSITIONS, WE CURRENTLY DO NOT HAVE AN IDEA OF WHAT THAT SALARY IS GOING TO BE, WHICH MEANS THAT WE CAN ADD BACKWARDS NOTE ON A BUDGET.

THIS IS HOW MUCH MONEY WE'RE GOING TO HAVE BECAUSE NOW WE'LL HAVE TO TAP BOTH POSITIONS.

SECONDLY, I, OUR SCHOOL SYSTEM IS NOT PROVIDING FOOD FOR CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES TO HAVE FOOD ALLERGIES, SUCH AS MY CHILD.

I ACTUALLY HAVE THE BOX IN MY CAR RIGHT NOW THAT FOCUS FOOD PROVIDED, BUT HE CAN EAT OR DRINK.

SO THE SCHOOL SYSTEM DID NOT PUT IN THE BUDGET, HOW MUCH MONEY THEY HAVE TO PAY.

AND OTHER PARENTS WHO HAVE TO PAY FOR FOOD FOR THEIR CHILDREN AND PROVIDE IT TO THEM.

WHEN THEY COME OUT OF BOARDING SCHOOL, SUMMER SCHOOL, PERIOD, ACCORDING TO THE PHOTO, THAT'S SOMETHING YOU ARE OBLIGATED, LEGALLY OBLIGATED TO FUND AND FOR FIELD.

AND BECAUSE YOU ARE NOT PROVIDING MY CHILD WITH FOOD, YOU HAVE TO ACTUALLY PROVIDE ME WITH A VOUCHER OR A STIPEND OF MONEY.

AND THAT ISN'T REFLECTED IN OUR BUDGET.

WHAT IS AN AD REFLECTED IN THE BUDGET IS THE COST IN WHICH YOU OWN FOR TRAVEL MARRIAGE FOR BRINGING MY CHILD TO AND FILM SCHOOL.

BUT EXTENDED SCHOOL YEAR.

ALL OF THESE ITEMS ARE REFLECTED IN HIS IEP AND THE SCHOOL SYSTEM DON'T HAVE THIS STUFF REFLECTED IN OUR BUDGET.

ALSO, I AM WAITING ON MY MONEY FROM THE SCHOOL SYSTEM, AND THAT IS NOT REFLECTED IN THE BUDGET.

THE LEGAL EXPENSES IS NOT REFLECTED IN THE BUDGET BECAUSE ALL OF THESE THINGS, THE COUNCIL FOR BRIGHT SCHOOLS THAT IS FALSE, THAT IS HORRIBLE.

THIS CONTRACT WE JUST APPROVED.

THAT'S NOT REFLECTED SO MANY THINGS.

ISN'T THAT REFLECTED IN THE BUDGET.

THAT IS THAT THE THINNEST STATED BEFORE WE NEED TO REALLY HAVE A REAL TRUE WORKSHOP THAT IS JUST FOCUSED PRIMARILY ON THE BUDGET BECAUSE WE STILL DON'T HAVE A STRATEGIC PLAN, BUT HE'S GOING TO IMPACT I WILL BUDGET.

THIS HAS TO BE REFLECTED.

THIS IS NOT ROCKET SCIENCE.

THIS IS ONE PLUS ONE, AND IT'S NOT EQUALLY TO RIGHT NOW.

IT'S MOMMY, I THINK.

AND I STRONGLY URGE MR. PRESIDENT TAGGING YOU IN THE BOOK TO ACTUALLY HAVE A WORKSHOP WORKSHOPS.

LET'S HAVE A WORKSHOP WHERE WE ACTUALLY HAVE REAL TRUE COMMUNITY INPUT ABOUT THIS BUDGET.

AND WE HAVE A REAL TRUE ITEMIZED DETAIL EXPENDITURE REPORT ABOUT ALL OF THE MONEY THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE GONE OUT

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HELLO AGAIN.

UM, INSTEAD OF JUST A WORKSHOP I'D LIKE TO ASK TO, UH, DR.

MARCY SWEET, YOU'VE SEEN SEVERAL TIMES, YOU'VE BEEN ABLE TO GET OUT TO THE PUBLIC, HAVE, UH, SOME DIALOGUE.

CAN WE GET THAT WITH THE BUDGET? GOING OUT TO THE PEOPLE, JUST LIKE I WAS AT THE MEETING YESTERDAY, HAVING THEM LOOK AT IT, HAVING THEM GIVE SUGGESTIONS, SOMETHING LIKE THAT WITH THE ENTIRE BUDGET, NOT BITS AND PIECES OF IT.

UM, IF DR.

NARCISSE WANTS TO HIRE MORE PEOPLE AS WE GO ALONG THIS SUMMER, THAT NEEDS TO BE REFLECTED.

WE NEED TO SEE THE BUDGET IN ITS TOTALITY.

IT NEEDS TO BE GIVEN TO THE PEOPLE SO THAT WE CAN SEE IT ALL LINE BY LINE.

LOOK AT WHAT'S REALLY GOING ON, WHERE ALL THIS MONEY IS GOING.

LIKE I SAID, YOU'VE BEEN OUT INTO THE PUBLIC A COUPLE OF TIMES WITH A COUPLE OF YOUR INITIATIVES ON THE CALENDAR.

AND YESTERDAY ON THE STRATEGIC PLANNING, SOMETHING LIKE THAT WOULD BE PERFECTLY ACCEPTABLE AND WORK WELL, BRING IT TO THE PUBLIC, HAVE A COUPLE OF MEETINGS, UH, WHERE WE'RE GOING AROUND AND GETTING PIECES OF YOUR STRATEGIC PLAN.

WE'RE ABLE TO GET FEEDBACK ON THAT.

SOMETHING LIKE THAT WOULD WORK PERFECT.

BEFORE WE GET, BEFORE WE SAY YES TO A BUDGET FIRST, LET'S HAVE THE ENTIRE BUDGET.

LET'S HAVE THE PUBLIC LOOK AT THE ENTIRE BUDGET.

THAT WAY WE KNOW WHAT IS GOING ON WITH OUR MONEY.

YOU TAXPAYER YOUR TAXPAYERS.

THAT'S HOW OUR MONEY.

WE NEED TO KNOW WHERE EVERY PENNY IS GOING, AND THEN WE NEED TO HAVE OUR INPUT, NOT HAVE INPUT.

AND THEN THINGS ADDED ON AFTER WE HAVE OUR INPUT.

OTHER COMMENTS FROM THE AUDIENCE WHEN KATIE ONE, SEEING MONEY, COME BACK TO THE BOARD.

ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FROM BOARD MEMBERS ON K12? SEE NONE.

MADAM SECRETARY, PLEASE CONDUCT THE BOAT.

[K2. 2021-2022 Proposed Special Revenue Fund Budgets]

AND PROPOSED 20 21 20 22 PROPOSITION THREE TAX PLAN PROPOSED 20 21 20 22 PRE K ONE APPROVAL LETTER FOR ALL PRE-K BUDGETS TO CECIL J P CARD L A FOR THREE EARLY CHILDHOOD COMMUNITY NETWORK LEAD AGENCY FOR EARLY CHILDHOOD COMMUNITY NETWORK LEAD AGENCY FIVE EARLY CHILDHOOD PROGRAM, EIGHT G SIX COVID DASH 19 SEVEN P D G SEATS, EIGHT PRE-K TUITION V PROPOSE 20 21, 20 22.

CONSIDERATION REQUEST FOR APPROVAL OF THE 20 21, 20 22 PROPOSED SPECIAL WELL-BEING FUND BUDGETS, A PROPOSED 20 21, 20 22 ADULT AND CONTINUING EDUCATION BEING REVISED 20 20, 20 21 AND PROPOSED 20 21, 20 22.

ALL PARISH MUSIC CONCERTS.

SEE PROPOSED 20 21, 20 22 RADIO TRAINING PROGRAM D PROPOSED 20 21, 20 22.

BELIEVE IN PREPARE FORMULA TRANSITION PROPOSED 20 21, 20 22 CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION PROGRAM.

NUMBER 9, 9 8 AF PROPOSED 20 21 20 22 CHILD NUTRITION PROGRAM G REVISED 20 20, 20 21 AND PROPOSED 20 21 20 22 DECATHLON FITNESS MEET EACH REVISED 20 20, 20 21 AND PROPOSED 20 21 20 22 EBR KICKOFF CLASSIC.

UH, I PROPOSED 20 21, 20 22 EDUCATIONAL EXCELLENCE FUND J PROPOSE 20 21 20 22 E S S A REDESIGN GRANT ROUND FOR REDESIGN CARA REVISE, 20 20, 20 21 AND PROPOSED 20 21, 20 22 HIGH SCHOOL SUMMER SCHOOL.

YEAH, I'LL PROPOSE 20 21, 20 22 IKEA PROGRAM AND PROPOSED 20 21, 20 22, IDA AND PROPOSE 20 21, 20 22 I D E A PRESCHOOL SIX 19 OH, RABBIS, 20 20, 20 21.

AND PROPOSED 20 21 20 22, J R E A ATHLETICS P PROPOSED 20 21, 20 22 MAGNET SCHOOL ASSISTANCE REVISE 20 20, 20 21 AND PROPOSED 20 21 20 22 MIDDLE SCHOOL SUMMER PROGRAM.

I REVISED 20 20, 20 21 AND PROPOSE 20 21 20 22.

THE MUSIC INSTRUMENT, USER FEES ASS REVISED 20 20, 20 21 AND PROPOSE 20 21 20 22 PROPOSITION TO TAX PLAN TEAM REVISED 20 20, 20 21

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EVERY STUDENT SUCCEEDS ACT CONSOLIDATION ME ONE APPROVAL LETTER FOR ALL E S S A CONSOLIDATED BUDGETS TO TITLE ONE, IMPROVING ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT, THREE TITLE TWO PART A FOR TITLE THREE, FIVE, TITLE THREE IMMIGRANT SIX, TITLE FOUR PART A SEVEN TITLE NINE EDUCATION HOMELESS CHILDREN, AND A DIRECT STUDENT SERVICES W SCHOOL ACTIVITY X STRONG START TO ACHIEVE X ONE APPROVAL RATA FOR ALL STRONG START BUDGETS TO STRONG START ACHIEVE ASUR TWO, THREE STRONG START ACHIEVE ESSER THREE.

DO I HAVE A MOTION MOVED BY MR. ATLANTA'S SECONDED BY MS. WHERE JACKSON ANY, UH, QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM THE BOARD.

SEEING I GO TO THE AUDIENCE, ANY COMMENTS FROM THE AUDIENCE ON A KEY TOO.

THANK YOU, BELLA PRESIDENT, OR RINGING UP, UM, TO ADD THE FOUNDER THREE PAGES THAT'S NOT EVEN REFLECTED, THERE'S SO MUCH.

AND I REFLECTED IN THE SPECIAL REVENUE BUDGET THAT ACTUALLY SHOULD HAVE BEEN THIS INCLUDING HOW MUCH MONEY ARE WE LOSING PER CHILD, PER CHILD FROM HER MORE THAN 4,000 KIDS WITH DISABILITIES THAT HAVE IEP THAT REGULAR PUNDIT THAT'S NOT REFLECTED IN THE SPECIAL REVENUE BUDGET.

THAT IS A REAL TRUE PROBLEM, BECAUSE THEY NEED A REAL ABOUT TO APPROVE A BUDGET THAT IS NOT ACCURATE, WHICH IS GOING TO LEAD US STRAIGHT BACK INTO THE PART OF HAIL IN WHICH WE JUST GOT OUT OF IT.

MONEY.

WE ASKED THE MONEY, EVERY STUDENT SUCCEED HAS MONEY, BUT IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE SPENT DEALING WITH PARENT ENGAGEMENT.

PARENT INVOLVEMENT, ENGAGEMENT AND INVOLVEMENT IS MET DOUGHNUTS WITH PARENT ENGAGEMENT MEANS THAT THE PARENTS ARE SUPPOSED TO ACTUALLY BE AT THE TABLE ACCORDING TO EFFORT TO ACTUALLY INPUT REAL TRUE, VALUABLE INPUT INTO EVERY SINGLE IDEA PLANE POLICY THAT EVERY SCHOOL IN THIS WHOLE ENTIRE SCHOOL SYSTEM ACTUALLY PUT IN PLACE THAT IS NOT BEING SPENT RIGHT NOW, ACCORDING TO THE ROW, ISN'T THAT BEING SPLIT RIGHT? INSTEAD OF WHERE WE ARE USING THE MONEY IS PREDOMINANT TODAY.

DOESN'T MATTER IF THE TITLE IS EDUCATION FOR HOMELESS CHILDREN THAT YOU SHOWED, YOU MANAGED TO FORGET THAT IT IS DEALING WITH LGBTQ PLUS, DEALING WITH LSU DEALING WITH ALL OF THE, ALL OF THE SEXUAL ASSAULTS AND TRAUMAS THAT HAPPEN.

THAT HAPPENED RIGHT NOW IN OUR OWN SCHOOL SYSTEM.

AND THAT IS NOT REFLECTED IN THE BUDGET THAT WILL BE WILLING TO COME UP HERE AND TELL ME ABOUT A SPECIAL BUDGET THAT IS GOING TO IMPACT MY CHILD.

THAT IS IN THE SCHOOL SYSTEM.

I RAN US TO GIVE ME A REAL BUDGET THAT REFLECTS REALITY, NOT A FIGMENT OF MY IMAGINATION, AND THAT IS WHAT WE'RE DOING.

WE'RE GIVING IT SOMETHING THAT IS FICTITIOUS, WHICH MEANS THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE WILL COME AND HAVE A

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PROBLEM WITH EACH AND EVERY PERSON ON THE BOARD.

THE DOJ HAS NOT BEEN TO LOUISIANA IN A WHILE, BUT TRUST AND BELIEVE.

IF I OPENED MY MOUTH THAT WE DEFINITELY NEED TO LOOK BACK AT THIS SPECIAL BUDGET AND WE NEED TO MAKE THIS SPECIAL BUDGET BECAUSE WHAT'S WITH IS HAVING A STAMP ACTUAL BUDGET.

AND I HAVE DONE A PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST, BUT I BET EARLIER STAFF MEMBER MENTIONED WITH GREAT PRIDE.

IT SEEMED TO ME HOW MUCH YOU WERE MOVING THE RECURRING COSTS, INCLUDING PERMANENT EMPLOYEES FROM PERMANENT RECURRING FUNDING SOURCES OFF INTO THESE BLACK HOLES AS SPECIAL FRIENDS NOBODY'S SUPPOSED TO PAY ATTENTION TO.

SO YOU JUST APPROVED A VERY DETAILED AND ALSO VERY INCOMPLETE GENERAL FLOOD BUDGET.

AND NOW YOU'RE ABOUT TO, BECAUSE YOU'RE PROBABLY ALL ANXIOUS TO HEAR THAT YOU'RE ABOUT TO CHARTER SCHOOLS AND GET HOME EARLY.

YOU'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND ALL VOTE YES.

ON WHATEVER IT IS THAT THE, THAT THE, UM, ADMINISTRATION HAS PUT TOGETHER FOR SPENDING ALL THESE VARIOUS LITTLE FUNDS, NOT ENOUGH DETAILS FOR YOU TO ACTUALLY BE ABLE TO KEEP TRACK OF WHETHER THE MONEY IS BEING SPENT IN THE RIGHT WAY.

AT LEAST THEY'LL HAVE A BUDGET APPROVED BY JUNE 30TH AND BESIDES STUFFING, OUR SEATS MAY CHOOSE NOT TO FOLLOW ANYWAY.

SO MAYBE IT DOESN'T MATTER, BUT AT SOME POINT CAN'T THE PUBLIC HOPE FOR BUDGET MEMBERS ACTING AS THOUGH THEY HAVE SOME FUDICIARY RESPONSIBILITY.

HOW LONG ARE WE GOING TO ACCEPT STOPPING US? YOU PAY A SUPERINTENDENT, A QUARTER MILLION DOLLARS.

HE CAN'T CREATE A NICE ORGANIZED BUDGET.

HE BRINGS IN A MILLION DOLLARS WORTH OF HIGH PAID SUPPORT.

PEOPLE, NOTHING GETS IMPROVED.

IS THIS BOARD CAPABLE OF DEMANDING COMPETENT WORLD-CLASS QUALITY OF WORK FROM THE ADMINISTRATORS OR IS GOOD ENOUGH? GOOD ENOUGH.

CAUSE YOU'RE ALL FROM THE LOUISIANA AND YOU HAVE A COLLECTIVE SELF-ESTEEM AS A SOLO YOU'LL ACCEPT POOR WORK FROM THE PEOPLE YOU HIRE, EVEN THOUGH YOU PAY THEM A LOT OF MONEY.

AND YOU MADE A POINT OF GETTING PEOPLE FROM OUT OF STATE.

CAUSE GOD FORBID YOU GET A GOOD JOB AS SOMEBODY WHO'S SPENT SO MUCH TIME IN LOUISIANA, THEY DON'T THINK THEY KNOW ANYTHING.

THIS, THIS SET OF BUDGETS TO BE FAIR TO DR.

NARCISSE, THIS BUDGET PROCESS HAS BEEN SCREWED UP FOR YEARS, BUT NOW YOU'VE GOT SOME NEW WHO CLAIMED TO BE FROM BUSINESS.

SOME OF YOU EVEN CLAIM TO BE CONSERVATIVE AND STILL I DEFY ANY ONE OF YOU TO PUT EVEN TO THE NEAREST MILLION DOLLARS, HOW MUCH STAFF YOU JUST AGREED TO SHIFT FROM GENERAL FUNDING OFF INTO WHATEVER, JUST BECAUSE THE SUPERINTENDENT SAID, YEAH, WE CAN DO IT THAT WAY.

AND MAYBE WE'LL ALL BE OUT OF OFFICE BY THE TIME IT COMES BACK TO REUSE THE NEWS SPECIAL ONE-TIME MONEY DON'T EXIST ANYMORE.

GOOD LUCK, DR.

FINNEY, ANY OTHER COMMENTS FROM THE AUDIENCE? CAN WE COME BACK TO THE BOARD QUICK? NOPE, I'M SORRY.

HI.

UM, I JUST WANT TO REQUEST, I'LL JUST ASK THAT WE DO HAVE MORE TIME AGAIN.

I'M FAIRLY NEW TO ALL OF THIS AND GETTING INVOLVED IS MY SECOND YEAR A PART OF EBR AND IS THERE A SPACE, UM, OR MORE OPPORTUNITY FOR PUBLIC TO HAVE THEIR SUGGESTIONS AND THEY ME, YOU KNOW, SIT DOWN AND CONSIDER THAT, AND I'VE HEARD THE WORD WORKSHOP.

I'M NOT FAMILIAR WITH HOW OFTEN WE HAVE THOSE, BUT I DO SUGGEST JUST TO KIND OF JUST OPEN UP THE LINE OF COMMUNICATION THAT WE DO THAT.

SO THAT'S WHAT I HAVE TO SAY.

AND THANK YOU GUYS FOR WHAT Y'ALL DO.

THE MOTION CARRIES YOU? UM,

ANY OTHER COMMENTS FROM THE AUDIENCE BACK TO THE BOARD, ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD SEEING NONE, MADAM SECRETARY, PLEASE CONDUCT THE VOTE, PLEASE.

[02:30:04]

[K3. 2020-2021 Charter School Application: Kenilworth Science and Technology Charter School]

I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A SUGGESTION OF HOW WE, HOW WE HANDLE THE NEXT THREE ITEMS. UM, I WOULD, I WOULD JUST SUGGEST THAT WHAT WE DO IS ALLOW, UH, DR.

WILLIAMS TO COME UP AND LEAD.

UM, AND THEN ON EACH ITEM HAD DR.

BUNCHY, OUR THIRD PARTY EVALUATOR COME UP AND GIVE US WHOLE REPORT IS GOING TO LIE.

ALLOW EACH, UM, CHARTER APPLICANT AN OPPORTUNITY TO COME UP AND GIVE THEM 10 MINUTES OR LESS TO TALK ABOUT THEIR APPLICATION.

AND THEN AFTER THAT WE COULD TAKE MOTIONS AND THEN ALLOW THE PUBLIC TO SPEAK.

DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY, IS THAT SOUND OKAY TO EVERYBODY? YEAH, THERE'LL BE A, THERE'LL BE A SEPARATE MOTION ON EACH ONE, BUT MA I'M REALLY ASKING THAT WE HOLD OFF ON THAT UNTIL AFTER WE'VE HEARD FROM BOTH THE EVALUATOR AND FROM THE APPLICANT.

IS THAT OKAY WITH YOU ALL? YES.

SO DR.

WILLIAMS, GOOD EVENING BOARD PRESIDENT.

HAPMAN.

THAT INCLUDES INNOVATION.

I'VE GOT TO READ IT IN OUTSIDE.

I FORGOT.

UM, DISCUSSION CONSIDERATION OF KENILWORTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY CHARTER SCHOOL APPLICATION AND RELATED MATTERS.

GO, GO RIGHT AHEAD.

GOOD EVENING.

BOARD PRESIDENT TAPPIN, UH, MATT VICE PRESIDENT COLLINS AND OUR ABSENCE BOARD MEMBERS AND DR.

NRCS THIS EVENING, WE ARE BRINGING BEFORE YOU, UH, THREE TOPICS, THREE AGENDA ITEMS, RATHER CHARTER LANDSCAPE AND APPLICATION CYCLE.

SO I'LL GIVE A QUICK OVERVIEW OF OUR CURRENT TYPE ONE CHARTER SCHOOLS AND, UH, STUDENT ENROLLMENT IN THOSE CHARTER SCHOOLS, WE'LL HEAR FROM OUR THIRD PARTY EVALUATOR.

AND NOW WITH THE NEW PROCESS, TAKING EACH SCHOOL, EACH APPLICATION AT AT ONE TIME, AND THEN WE'LL HEAR FROM CHARTER SCHOOL CONSULTING, UM, MRS. KATIE BRUNCHY, WHO WILL PRESENT INFORMATION ABOUT THE APPLICATION PROCESS, HER PROCESS, AND THE EVALUATIONS.

I DO WANT TO SEND A THANK YOU TO VICKY SILAS AND AMY NORSWORTHY, WHO ARE A VERY SMALL MIGHTY DEPARTMENT OF TWO, WHO DO THE LION'S SHARE OF WORK, UM, SUPPORTING OUR CHARTER SCHOOL OFFICE AND OUR CHARTER PARTNERS.

SO WHAT ARE THE PURPOSES OF CHARTER SCHOOLS IN LOUISIANA? THIS IS TAKEN DIRECTLY FROM THE BESSIE BULLETIN 1 26.

YOU'LL NOTICE A FEW KEY WORDS IN EACH OF THOSE FOUR PURPOSES.

I THINK YOU CAN SEE INNOVATION AND AT LEAST TWO OF THOSE AREAS.

WE ALSO WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT CHARTER SCHOOLS ARE SERVING THE MOST ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED STUDENTS, AND THAT EDUCATORS HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO, AGAIN, INNOVATE AND BEGIN SCHOOLS THAT HAVE A FOCUS ON STUDENTS.

CURRENTLY IN OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT, WE HAVE 15 APPROVED CHARTER TYPE ONE CHARTER SCHOOLS.

UM, YOU CAN SEE BY THE MAP ON THE LEFT, THOSE ARE CHARTER SCHOOLS AND THE NORTH PART OF OUR CITY FOR IN THAT AREA SEVEN AND THE MID CITY AREA.

AND ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE, WE HAVE FOUR CHARTER SCHOOLS LOCATED IN THE SOUTH PART OF OUR SCHOOL SYSTEM.

SO THIS IS A TOTAL LIST OF THE TYPE ONE CHARTER SCHOOLS THAT YOU AS A BOARD HAVE APPROVED FOR A SCHOOL DISTRICT.

THIS INCLUDES CHARTER SCHOOLS WHO HAVE, UM, HAVE A PROJECTED OPENING DATE OF AUGUST OF 2021.

WHAT IS THE YEAR APPROVED FOR EACH OF THOSE TYPES OF CHARTER SCHOOLS WILL ALSO NOTICE THE CURRENT ENROLLMENT, TOTAL ENROLLMENT IN THOSE TYPE ONE CHARTER SCHOOLS THAT STANDS AT 4,804 STUDENTS AT THIS TIME BASED ON FEEDBACK FROM THE BOARD OF EDUCATION AND YOUR INTEREST IN LONG RANGE PLANNING AND BEING RESPONSIVE TO THAT.

WE'VE ALSO LISTED THE ESTIMATED ENROLLMENT AND THE 25 26 SCHOOL YEAR BASED ON CURRENT ENROLLMENT AND PROJECTED ENROLLMENT FOR THOSE CHARTER SCHOOLS THAT YOU HAVE ALREADY, UM, APPROVED TO BE OPENED.

AND THAT ESTIMATED ENROLLMENT IS 14,011 STUDENTS.

SO A COUPLE OF KEY TAKEAWAYS BASED ON THIS VERY BROAD LANDSCAPE, UH, PROJECTED ENROLLMENT GROWTH IN OUR CURRENTLY APPROVED TITLE TYPE ONE CHARTER SCHOOLS WILL INCREASE BY 6,591, 6,590 STUDENTS IN THE 2122 SCHOOL YEAR, UH, THAT IS PROJECTED TO INCREASE TO A TOTAL OF 14,011 STUDENTS IN THE TWENTY-FIVE 26 SCHOOL YEAR.

THAT HAS A PERCENTAGE INCREASE OF 112%, WHICH IS A, UM, INCREASE OF ABOUT 7,400 STUDENTS, UM, BEING FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE.

WE THOUGHT IT WAS IMPORTANT TO SHARE WITH YOU THAT THAT INCREASE WILL HAVE AN IMPACT ON OUR STUDENT ENROLLMENT IN THE SCHOOL

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DISTRICT.

OUR, UM, STUDENT ENROLLMENT WILL DECLINE, AND THAT WILL CAUSE US TO THINK ABOUT SOME COST REDUCTIONS AND ADJUSTMENTS TO OUR BUDGET.

AS THOSE STUDENT NUMBERS INCREASE FOR TYPE ONE CHARTER SCHOOLS AND DECREASE FOR OUR, OUR SCHOOLS.

SO I WANT TO BRIEFLY BRIEFLY SHOW YOU THE CYCLE, MS. BRUNCHY WILL GO INTO DETAIL ABOUT THE CYCLE.

THIS IS BASED IN LAW AND YOUR BOARD POLICY REGARDING THE APPLICATION CYCLE FOR APPLICANTS.

THIS BEGINS WITH A POSTING IN JANUARY OF THE, OF THE SCHOOL YEAR AND CHARTER APPLICANTS HAVE A DEADLINE TO SUBMIT THEIR LETTER OF INTEREST IF THEY, THIS IS NOT REQUIRED, BUT THEY MANY DO OF INTENT BY FEBRUARY.

THEY'RE COMPLETE PROPOSALS.

APPLICATIONS ARE DUE TO THE DISTRICT BY APRIL 5TH.

UH, THOSE ARE POSTED TO FILL UP THEIR PUBLIC'S REVIEWING BY JUNE 9TH AND OUR MEETING HELD TONIGHT TO REVIEW THE EVALUATION OF THOSE CHARTER APPLICANT.

SO FINALLY, WE WANT TO POINT OUT THAT WE DO HAVE A THIRD PARTY EVALUATOR PER YOUR BOARD POLICY, AND WE WANT TO EMPHASIZE THAT THIS PERSON HAS A, UM, AN OUTSIDE, UH, THE DISTRICT EMPLOYEE SHE'S CHARGED WITH ENSURING THAT THERE'S INTEGRITY IN THE PROCESS THAT, UM, SHE HAS THE UTMOST PROFESSIONALISM THAT IT'S UNBIASED AND SHE IS KNOWLEDGEABLE.

SO I'LL INTRODUCE OUR THIRD PARTY EVALUATOR AT THIS TIME, MRS. KATIE BUNCHY OF CHARTER SCHOOL CONSULTING.

SHE'S A CAREER EDUCATOR WITH OVER 40 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE IN THE SCHOOL SYSTEMS SHE SERVED AT AS A TEACHER SCHOOL AND DISTRICT LEADER.

SHE ALSO HAS A GREAT NUMBER OF YEARS AS A THIRD PARTY EVALUATOR AND SERVING AS YOUR THIRD PARTY EVALUATOR FOR SIX YEARS.

AND SHE HAS WORKED IN NEIGHBORING DISTRICTS IN THE SAME CAPACITY AND OFFERED HER EXPERTISE IN THAT AREA.

SO AT THIS TIME, UM, MRS. KATIE BUNCHY WILL WALK US THROUGH THE EVALUATION PROCESS AND, UM, HER EVALUATION OF THOSE.

WILLIAMS. .

OF THE FINAL EVALUATION AND SUBSEQUENT RECOMMENDATIONS WAS MADE PUBLIC FIVE BUSINESS DAYS PRIOR TO THE BOARD MEETING.

WILLIAMS FOR THAT VERY KIND INTRODUCTION AND GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT TATLIN, VICE PRESIDENT COLLINS MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, DR.

NARCISSUS, AND TO OUR VIEWING PUBLIC I'M KATIE BUNCHY.

AND I'M PLEASED TO SERVE AS YOUR THIRD PARTY EVALUATOR.

SO WHAT IS THE EVALUATION PROCESS? THE EVALUATION PROCESS IS CLEARLY DEFINED AND BULLETIN 1 26 AND FOLLOWED PRECISELY THE PROCESS CONSISTS OF THREE PARTS, A THOROUGH REVIEW OF THE APPLICATION, THE ACTUAL INTERVIEW PROCESS AND THE FINAL EVALUATION AND SUBSEQUENT RECOMMENDATIONS IN ORDER TO BE FAIR AND CONSISTENT IN ORDER TO BE FAIR AND CONSISTENT TO EVERY APPLICANT.

THE RUBRIC USED IN THE EVALUATION COMES DIRECTLY FROM THE LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION.

IT CONSISTS OF FOUR MAJOR AREAS, AN EXECUTIVE SUMMARY EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM AND CAPACITY, ORGANIZATIONAL PLANNING, AND CAPACITY AND FINANCIAL PLANNING CAPACITY.

ACCORDING TO THE LDO E CHARTER SCHOOL APPLICANT PROCESS, THE APPLICANT GROUPS MUST MEET ALL STANDARDS.

THAT'S 100% FOR THE EVALUATOR TO ADVISE THAT THE SUPERINTENDENT RECOMMEND TO THE SCHOOL BOARD TO APPROVE A CHARTER APPLICANT GROUP.

SO HOW WAS THE EVALUATION PROCESS IMPLEMENTED? THE PROCESS LADIES AND GENTLEMEN IS VERY IMPORTANT.

IT'S IMPORTANT IN ORDER TO BE FAIR TO EACH APPLICANT IN ORDER TO COMPLY WITH BULLETIN 1 26.

AND IN ORDER TO ALIGN THE EVALUATION PROCESS WITH THE LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, THE SPANISH PARISH RECEIVED THREE CHARTER SCHOOL APPLICATIONS BY THE DEADLINE OF APRIL 5TH, ALL WERE FROM EXPERIENCED OPERATORS.

ONE FROM IN THE CITY, ONE FROM WITHIN THE STATE.

AND ONE FROM OUTSIDE OF THE STATE, THE APPLICATIONS WERE READ THOROUGHLY SELECTION AND SCHEDULING OF THE INTERVIEW COMMITTEE WAS COMPLETED IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE CHARTER SUPPORT OFFICE.

AND THE APPLICANTS WERE INTERVIEWED ON MAY 12TH.

THE INTERVIEWS CONSISTED OF ABOUT 60 MINUTES, 20 MINUTES FOR APPLICANTS TO MAKE A PRESENTATION.

AND THEN 40 MINUTES FOR THE EBR INTERVIEW TEAM TO ASK AND ANSWER QUESTIONS.

APPLICANTS WERE GIVEN AN OPPORTUNITY TO RESPOND TO TEAM QUESTIONS AND CLARIFY RESPONSES PRIOR TO SUBMITTING FINAL RECOMMENDATIONS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE ABR CHARTER POLICY AND WITH BULLETIN 1 26 NOTIFICATION

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AND SHE CAN SEE THE INTERVIEW TEAM HAD EXPERTISE, CHARTER SCHOOLS, CURRICULUM, AND INSTRUCTION, GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT AND FINANCE THAT WAS SERVING ON THE COMMITTEE WITH DR.

SHARON WILLIAMS, CHIEF OF SCHOOLS, ANDREA KONSKI, CHIEF OF ACCOUNTABILITY, ASSESSMENT AND EVALUATION, STACEY DUPRE, CHIEF OFFICER OF SUPPORT AND SPECIAL PROJECTS, DR.

CHARMAINE RUTLEDGE, ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT OF CURRICULUM AND INSTRUCTION, KELLY LOPEZ, CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER, BIANCA BRUMFIELD WILLIAMS DIRECTOR OF HUMAN RESOURCES, BETRAYS HUDSON SUPERVISOR OF EXCEPTIONAL STUDENT SERVICES BECAUSE SHAUNA BRIDGES, TITLE WARN, PROJECT MANAGER, FEDERAL PROGRAMS, ERICA JONES, STUDENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS, AND THE NORSWORTHY INSTRUCTIONAL SPECIALIST, CHARTER SCHOOLS AND VICKI STYLIST PORTFOLIO MANAGER, CHARTER SCHOOLS, MANY THANKS TO THE INTERVIEW TEAM FOR THEIR SERVICE TO THIS VERY IMPORTANT TASK.

I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO THANK THE APPLICANTS.

THEY WERE VERY PROFESSIONAL THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE PROCESS AND THANKS TO OUR CHARTER SCHOOL SUPPORT TEAM, DR.

WILLIAMS, MS. SILAS AND MISS NORTH ARE WORTHY FOR THIS VALUABLE ASSISTANCE.

SO WHAT IS THE EVALUATION INTERVIEW PROCESS? THE INTERVIEW TEAM HAD ACCESS TO THE RUBRIC ADAPTIVE DIRECTLY FROM THE D E BOTH IN PRINT AND ELECTRONIC.

DURING THE INTERVIEW, FOLLOWING THE INTERVIEW, COMMENTS WERE COMPILED FROM THE DISCUSSION AND THE RUBRICS FOLLOW-UP QUESTIONS WERE SENT TO THE APPLICANTS TO PROVIDE MORE RESPONSES FOR A COMPREHENSIVE EVALUATION.

ALL RESPONSES WERE INTEGRATED INTO THE EVALUATION RECOMMENDATION.

THE RUBRIC ITSELF CONSISTS OF FOUR MAJOR AREAS WITH INDICATORS SUPPORTING EACH AREA.

THE FIRST IS THE EXECUTIVE SUMMARY.

IT INCLUDES MISSION, VISION, EDUCATIONAL NEEDS AND USE OF DATA.

THE SECOND AREA IS EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM AND CAPACITY.

IT INCLUDES CURRICULUM ASSESSMENTS, SCHOOL, CALENDAR, DIVERSITY, CULTURE, BEHAVIOR, AND PARENT, AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.

THE THIRD AREA IS ORGANIZATIONAL PROGRAM AND CAPACITY, WHICH INCLUDES LEADERSHIP GOALS, PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, AND CHARTER BOARD GOVERNANCE.

AND THE FOURTH AND FINAL CATEGORY IS FINANCIAL PLAN AND CAPACITY.

THIS INCLUDES MANAGEMENT, FINANCIAL GOALS, STUDENT ENROLLMENT, RECRUITMENT FACILITY NEEDS INSURANCE AND FINANCIAL CONTROLS, RESIDENT TAMPING.

IF IT PLEASES THE BOARD, I'LL PRESENT MY EVALUATION ABOUT EACH APPLICANT INDIVIDUALLY AND REASONS FOR MY RECOMMENDATION.

COOL.

CUT.

AND WE'LL TAKE THEM ONE AT A TIME.

YES, SIR.

UM, GREAT.

BUT A PROGRESS GRADE IS DIFFERENT FROM A SCHOOL PERFORMANCE SCORE.

SO WE'LL DO A CANNIBAL ON KENILWORTH NOW.

THANK YOU, KEVIN WORTH SIX TO OPEN THEIR PROPOSED SCHOOL IN 2020 2, 23, THE GRAY CONFIGURATION AT START WOULD BE KINDERGARTEN.

FIRST GRADE FOURTH GRADE, FIFTH GRADE, SIXTH GRADE AND SEVENTH GRADE.

THEY WOULD START WITH 448 STUDENTS.

THE GRADE CONFIGURATION AT SCALE WOULD BE K THROUGH EIGHT AND THE ENROLLMENT WOULD BE 504 STUDENTS.

AND THE MISSION OF COUNT KEVIN WAS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY WILL BE TO CREATE A SAFE, HEALTHY, AND STUDENT CENTERED LEARNING ENVIRONMENT THAT CULTIVATES THE KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND COMPETENCE AND COMPUTER SCIENCE NECESSARY FOR ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE, STEM CAREERS, AND CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT.

THE NBR SCHOOL BOARD POLICY STATES THAT TO APPLY FOR A DISTRICT AUTHORIZED CHARTER SCHOOL, THE APPLICANT MUST HAVE A B OR HIGHER OR A C WITH A PROGRESS LETTER GRADE OF AN A FOR EACH YEAR.

THE GREATEST TO SEE PERFORMANCE DATA FOR COUNTER WHERE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY IS AS FOLLOWS IN 2012 13, THEIR SCHOOL PERFORMANCE SCORE WAS AN 84.8, WHICH IS A C IN 2014 15.

THEIR SCHOOL PERFORMANCE SCORE WAS A 50.8, WHICH IS A D IN 2015 AND 16.

THEIR SCHOOL PERFORMANCE SCORE WAS A 56.6, WHICH IS A D IN 2017 AND 18.

THEIR SCHOOL PERFORMANCE SCORE IS A 59, WHICH IS A D AND 2018 AND 19.

THEIR SCHOOL PERFORMANCE SCORE WAS 58.2, WHICH IS A D THEIR PROGRESS GRADE WAS AN 87.4 B,

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THEREFORE, THE PROPOSED SCHOOL KIND OF WHERE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY CHARTER SCHOOL DOES NOT MEET THE GUIDELINES OF NOTE IS THAT LIBERTY HIGH SCHOOL OFFERS LSU COMPUTING PATHWAYS.

THAT'S ONE OF FOUR PATHWAYS THAT INCLUDES A STEM FOCUS, GLASGOW, MIDDLE SCHOOLS.

AND THESE ARE ALL SCHOOLS IN THE AREA OFFERS INTRODUCTION TO STEM PATHWAYS AND CAREERS SURVEY OF COMPUTER SCIENCE, INTRODUCTION TO CODING ROMAN TECHNOLOGY, ROBOTICS, AND CLASSICAL MYTHMAKERS MAGNOLIA WOODS AS A STEM LODZ SCHOOL-WIDE STEM FOCUS, AND THEY FEEL LABORATORY SCHOOL AS AN ECO STEM FOCUS WITH AN EMPHASIS ON THE ENVIRONMENT AND TECHNOLOGY.

THEREFORE, THE PROPOSED SCHOOL IS NOT NECESSARILY INNOVATIVE AS REQUIRED BY BULLETIN 1 26.

I RECOMMEND THAT YOU DENY THIS APPLICATION.

SO I WOULD LIKE TO ASK THE APPLICANTS TO PLEASE, UH, IF THEY WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A PRESENTATION, UM, GIVE YOU 10 MINUTES.

AND IF YOU CAN COMBINE YOUR, UH, PRESENTATION THAT WAY, OTHERS WILL STILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE PUBLIC COMMENT.

ONCE A MOTION IS MADE, BUT JUST TO MOVE IT UP.

UM, WE'RE JUST GOING TO DO A PUBLIC COMMENT.

WE WERE JUST PLANNING PER THE REGULAR TIMEFRAME.

WE DIDN'T REALIZE WE WERE GIVEN 10 MINUTES.

I CAN DO THAT NOW.

DARCY, UM, PRESIDENT TOPMAN AND MADAM VICE PRESIDENT, UM, AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.

MY NAME IS LAUREN ALLEN.

I'M THE DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY AFFAIRS AT KENILWORTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY SCHOOL.

WE ARE A MIDDLE GRADES, ONLY SCHOOL WORKING WITH MOSTLY MINORITY STUDENTS WHO ARE HISTORICALLY UNDERSERVED.

OUR PROGRESS INDEX WAS 87.4 A HIGH BEAM LAST YEAR.

WHEREAS THE PROGRESS INDEX AVERAGE OF COMPARABLE SCHOOLS IN LOUISIANA WAS 77 OR C CAN LIVE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY SCHOOL IS ONE OF THE HIGHEST PERFORMING STANDALONE MIDDLE SCHOOLS IN THE STATE OF LOUISIANA.

WHEN COMPARED TO OPEN ENROLLMENT, MIDDLE SCHOOLS SERVE IN GRADE SIX THROUGH EIGHT, WITH MORE THAN 80% ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED STUDENTS.

WE RANKED THIRD IN THE STATE, MOREOVER, BASED ON THE AVAILABLE DATA, IT IS CLEAR THAT SCHOOLS ACROSS THE LOUISIANA WITH MIDDLE SCHOOL CONFIGURATION PERFORM LOWER THAN KENILWORTH YEAR AFTER YEAR.

OUR TYPE ONE APPLICATION IS A RESULT OF CANTEEN EFFORT TO FOSTER A PARTNERSHIP AND RELATIONSHIP WITH THE EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH SCHOOL DISTRICT.

IT WAS OUR UNDERSTANDING THAT A TYPE ONE ROUTE WOULD BE BENEFICIAL FOR STUDENTS AND FAMILIES AS WELL AS FOR THE DISTRICT.

THIS APPLICATION WAS ANOTHER CONCRETE STEP TO SHOW GOOD FAITH TO WORK WITH EBR FOR THIS K EIGHT, WE DO NOT WISH TO INCREASE OUR ENROLLMENT CAP AND PULL MORE STUDENTS FROM THE DISTRICT.

WE WANT TO BETTER SERVE OUR STUDENTS AND FAMILIES BY CATCHING THEM EARLIER IN THEIR ACADEMIC CAREERS.

THIS WILL PREVENT ONE LOSS AND INCREASED STUDENT OUTCOMES.

WE BELIEVE IF OUR TYPE ONE APPLICATION IS APPROVED, THIS WILL BE BEST FOR STUDENTS AND FAMILIES WHILE ALSO BUILDING AN ONGOING RELATIONSHIP WITH THE DISTRICT.

IS THAT IT? OKAY.

I DON'T SEE ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD.

IS THERE A MOTION ON, UH, ITEM? UH, K THREE? YEAH, WE FOLLOW THE RECOMMENDATION OF OUR EVALUATOR AND WE DENY THE APPLICATION FOR KENILWORTH AS A TYPE ONE.

WE KNOW WE'RE GOING TO BE PUBLIC COMMENT AFTER WE HAVE A MOTION.

WE'RE GOING TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY'S HEARD.

YES, SIR.

CHARTERS VISITING VERSUS US AND BOOZE OR STONINGS.

UH, SO I THINK WE'VE GOT THE, I GOT THAT.

WE GOT SECONDED BY MS. MILLER BY MR. AND SECONDED BY MS. BERNARD.

UM, MR. HOLLY, THANK YOU.

I MEAN, UM, SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE UP AS WE GO THROUGH THIS DISCUSSION, UM, AND TALK ABOUT THE SCHOOLS AND HOW WE DECIDE ON WHETHER WE ARE GOING TO APPROVE THEM OR NOT.

YOU HEAR A LOT OF IN THE RHETORIC AS WE TALK ABOUT THESE SCHOOLS VERSUS US, YOU HEAR A LOT OF OUR, YOU HIT THEM OUT OF THIS, PULLING AWAY FROM THE DISTRICT AND X, Y, AND Z.

I WAS A TEACHER AT KIND 11 SCIENTISTS TECHNOLOGISTS, WHICH IS SO IN FULL TRANSPARENCY.

I DON'T PLAN ON VOTING FOR ANY CHARTER SCHOOLS TONIGHT FOR, FOR MY LEAD, ME AND REASONINGS, BUT I WAS A TEACHER AT THAT SCHOOL AND MANY OF THE TEACHERS, THE SCHOOLS AND THE STUDENTS THAT WE HAVE AT KINDERGARTEN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ACTUALLY INTERVENE ONCE THEY WENT TO HIGH SCHOOL, WENT BACK TO SCHOOL.

SO WHEN I GRADUATED PROBABLY 60% OF MY CLASS FROM SKYLER BLUE MAGNET HIGH SCHOOL A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO.

SO IT JUST, IT JUST BOTHERS ME HOW WE WERE ALREADY

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I LIVE IN THIS DISTRICT.

WE'RE A PART OF THIS COMMUNITY.

AND SO AS MY BROKEN THIS CONVERSATION, I WOULD JUST ASK FOR EACH ONE OF US HAVING A BLOOD CHECK ABOUT HOW WOULD I IDENTIFY NOW IN SCHOOLS? I DON'T CARE IF A CHILD GOES TO A CHARTER SCHOOL OR PRIVATE SCHOOL OR PUBLIC SCHOOL.

THOSE ARE KIDS WHO LIVE IN BATON ROUGE, WHO PROBABLY THIS DISTRICT, AND WE'RE A PART OF THIS CITY.

SO I JUST WANT US TO ALL BE VERY CAREFUL OF THE NARRATIVE NARRATIVE TONE.

WHEN I TALK ABOUT, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THESE STUDENTS, THINKING MR. HOWARD, SENIOR, WHETHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM THE BOARD.

UH, SO WE WILL NOW GO TO THE PUBLIC PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE KENNEL HORN, K THREE, WE KIND OF WORTH EMOTION.

UM, JUST TO EXPLAIN TO EVERYBODY, IF YOU'VE NOT BEEN HERE BEFORE THE GREEN LIGHT COMES ON AND YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES WHEN THE YELLOW LIGHT COMES ON, YOU HAVE A MINUTE LEFT AND THEN THE RED LIGHT.

THANK YOU, SIR.

JUST INTRODUCE YOURSELF AND GO RIGHT AHEAD.

YES, SIR.

UH, THANK YOU ALL FOR LETTING ME SPEAK THIS EVENING.

MY NAME IS CHRIS TOMBS.

I SERVE AS THE LSU STUDENT, UH, ORGANIZATION FOR THE SOCIETY FOR AKRON AFRICAN-AMERICAN STUDIES AND I'M A GRAD STUDENT THERE.

AND, UM, WHEN I SAW THIS WAS ONLY A JUNIOR JUST TODAY, I JUST COULDN'T PASS UP THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK ON IT.

UM, YOU KNOW, I SEE A COUPLE OF BROTHERS IN THE ROOM THAT ARE ON YOUR BOARD RIGHT NOW THAT I HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF SERVING AS A TEACHER WITH ED KENNEY WORTH.

IT WAS A VERY, UH, INTERESTING EXPERIENCE TO SAY THE LEAST.

UM, I WANNA TO START OUT BY SAYING THAT .

AND SO WHAT I WANTED TO SHOW YOU IS THAT I THINK THE PRINCIPAL, HAZEL REGIS IS A WONDERFUL WOMAN.

I THINK SHE'S A GREAT ADMINISTRATOR.

I THINK THAT SHE'S A STELLAR, UH, ACADEMIA AND SOME OTHER, I LEARNED A LOT FROM THE BETTER, PROBABLY NOT LIKE THE BEST THING ABOUT TO SAY RIGHT NOW.

AND SO WHAT I WANT TO POINT OUT IS THERE WERE TWO THINGS ON THE BOARD THAT WAS TALKED ABOUT.

IT WAS CULTURE AND FACILITIES.

UM, I'M FOR ALL KIDS LEARNING, BUT I'D BE REMISSED IF I DIDN'T SEE THAT, UM, DEFINITELY, UH, CONCENTRATING MORE ON THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN STUDIES THAT ARE BEING SERVICED IN THE DISTRICT.

AND I CAN TELL YOU RIGHT NOW, THERE'S A HUGE CULTURAL GAP.

IT THERE'S A HUGE CULTURAL, UM, THERE'S A HUGE CULTURE OF DISCONNECT, A KENWORTH, AND IT'S NOT COMING FROM, I WOULD SAY THE STAFF, OR EVEN THIS REGION, IT COMES FROM THE PEOPLE THAT MANAGE IT.

THEY NOT KNOW HOW TO REACH OUR CHILDREN.

AND I FEEL LIKE THEY'RE USING IS IN ORDER FOR THEM TO FEEL BUDGETS, TO PAY PEOPLE BOTTOM LINE.

THAT'S HOW I FEEL.

YOU ASSIGNED ME TO GO TO THE BOYS BATHROOM AND THERE'S NOT A WOMAN IN THE BATHROOM.

THAT'S A PROBLEM.

THE FACILITIES NEED TO BE UPGRADED.

THE FACILITIES ARE SO PAUL, IN MY OPINION, BECAUSE WE WERE HAVING STUDENTS, NOPE, GOT A MINUTE LEFT.

SO, UH, I'LL SAY THIS.

AND I SAY THIS WITH ANY PHATIC OPINION.

I THINK THAT MS. HAZEL IS A GREAT ADMINISTRATOR, BUT SAY IT ABOUT THE HISTORICAL UNDERSERVED GROUPS.

THEY KNOW NOTHING ABOUT SERVING.

SO I EMPLOYED THIS BOARD TO BE ONE OF TWO THINGS, THE NOVICE OR THE FOLDERS, AND GO TO THE TRIP TO KENILWORTH AND LOOK AROUND AND SEE WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT.

THANK YOU, MR. JONES, HAVING TAUGHT SUMMER SCHOOL FOR 10 YEARS.

GIVES YOU VERY, VERY OPEN EYES IN THE DISTRICT.

YOU DON'T SHORT DON'T UM, YOU DON'T JUST SEE THE ONE SCHOOL YOU'VE BEEN AT FOR 15 YEARS.

YOU SEE WHO FAILS ALL THE KIDS IN THE DISTRICT EBR SUMMER SCHOOL WAS FUNDED.

PROBABLY I'M JUST GONNA THROW RANDOM NUMBER OUT.

WE ALL KNOW I'M NOT A MATH PERSON, BUT PROBABLY GOOD.

75, 80% BY CANON WORTH.

THEY FAIL A WHOLE LOT OF KIDS.

WHERE'S YOUR STOP AND RETEACH.

WHERE'S YOUR MAKE SURE THEY'RE GETTING ME.

AND I'M GONNA TELL YOU RIGHT NOW, EIGHTH GRADERS COMING IN THAT DON'T KNOW WHAT AN ADJECTIVE OR NOUN IS.

I HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THAT AS TO HOW IT'S COMPLETELY RIGHT.

AND I DO I'M, I'M VERY ANTI CHARTER.

YOU'RE RIGHT.

BUT THERE'S A COUPLE OF THEM THAT I LIKE THE ONES THAT DO RIGHT BY OUR KIDS.

I LIKED THAT.

I LIKED MADISON PREP.

THE DOLLAR OFF OF MY KIDS IS TO MAKE A PROFIT.

THEY DO RIGHT NOW.

THEY NEED TO TAKE SPECIAL ED KIDS.

I'M GONNA SAY THAT, BUT THEY'RE THERE FOR THE KIDS THEY'VE DONE RIGHT BY OUR KIDS.

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THOSE KIDS.

AREN'T A DOLLAR SIGN.

THEY'RE NOT THE $12,000 YOU'RE GETTING OFF OF THEM.

DON'T REALLY WANT TO PUT THEM OUT AFTER OCTOBER 1ST AND SEND THEM BACK TO EBR.

THAT'S NOT WHAT THEY ARE.

THOSE ARE LIVES.

THOSE ARE FUTURE RULERS, FUTURE ROBOTIC ENGINEERS, FUTURE DOCTORS, FUTURE SCHOOL, BOARD MEMBERS, FUTURE TEACHERS.

THOSE ARE PAINFUL AND THEY ARE IMPORTANT.

AND THEY MATTER SIGNS AND KIND OF WORK HAS FAILED FIGURATIVELY.

AND LITERALLY THOSE CHILDREN SINCE ITS INCEPTION.

THANK YOU, MS. MATTHEWS.

UH, YES.

MA'AM JUST SAY YOUR NAME AND THE CLOCK WILL STOP.

I HAD NO INTENTION ON SPEAKING TO THEM, BUT AS I SAID, LISTEN, I'VE DONE A LOT IN PLACE SHOULD BE HEARD.

THIS IS NOT AT A CHARTER SCHOOL APPLICATION, BUT I SHARED, WE HAVE MET A RENEWAL ROOM.

I DO WANT TO THANK MS. KATIE BLANCHING THE WHOLE WORLD AND WAS NO DIFFICULT JOB THAT SHE HAS TO DO.

BUT I DO HAVE SOME THINGS TO SAY ABOUT THE WHOLE EVALUATION.

UM, FOR ONE, I KNOW THAT THERE IS THIS NEW SCHOOL IN A STATE RISE IN FOCUS AND INNOVATION ALL THROUGHOUT THE SCHOOL.

AND THERE ARE A LOT OF TIMES THESE DECISIONS ARE MADE BASED ON HOW WE RESPOND.

I HAVE APPLICATIONS THAT ARE RESPONSIVE, VERY BUZZWORDS, LIKE INNOVATION, WHICH ARE VERY RELATIVE.

AND WE TAKE IT VERY DIFFERENT WAYS, BUT IT HAS BEEN VERY MUCH SO A STEM SCHOOL THAT HAVE INNOVATED.

AND SO OUR SCHOOLS ON A MULTI-FACETED LEVEL, I ALSO WANTED TO MAKE SURE THE BOARD IS CONSIDERING THEY WERE COMPARING APPLES TO APPLES, THIS URBAN MIDDLE SCHOOL THAT IS A SIX THROUGH EIGHT MIDDLE SCHOOL TO COMPARE CANTERBURY TO OTHER MIDDLE SCHOOLS OR OTHER SCHOOLS THAT ARE USED ABOUT YOUR SCHOOL DISTRICT, THAT SERVICE K THROUGH EIGHT, ALL THE CHARTER SCHOOLS IN THE AREA IS NOT A FAIR COMPARISON.

WE'VE GOT A GRADE OF D WITH A MEASURE, BOTH CONSISTENTLY, CONTINUOUSLY CHANGING, AND THAT SHOULD BE CONSIDERED.

ALTHOUGH ALL THE SCHOOLS HAVE CONTINUOUSLY CHANGE THE PANDEMIC AND THE FRONT OF THAT HAS HAPPENED ACROSS THE BOARD.

I WANT YOU TO TAKE THE, UM, THE LETTER GRADE OF THE OTHER SCHOOLS AS HER PLAYER GROWS.

I'M SURE I'LL HAVE TO TAKE A GUESS.

CANTERBURY RUBY COMPARABLE AS THOUGH ALL SCHOOL DID DROP A LITTLE BIT, SORT OF OUT OF SCHOOLS HAVE BUZZERS.

WELL, BUT I COULDN'T SIT AND REMAIN SILENT.

UM, I DO AGREE WITH THEM, BUT PEOPLE THAT SPOKE BEFORE ME, I THINK THE BULLSHIT WAS IT KIND OF WORKED FOR THEMSELVES.

UM, I'VE ONLY BEEN EMPLOYED THERE AT THE LAST TWO YEARS.

I KNOW WHEN I GOT THERE, THERE WAS UPGRADING FACILITIES.

I'M NOT SURE WHAT THEY LOOK LIKE BEFORE.

SO IF YOU GUYS WANT TO COME AND TAKE A LOOK AT THE SCHOOL, MAKE THAT EVALUATION ON WHAT YOU SEE FOR YOURSELF.

AND I WAS THE ONE WHO SAID, THANK YOU FOR GUITAR.

THANK YOU, MS. THOMAS.

GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE.

MY NAME IS MELINDA MONCRIEF.

UM, I AM AN EDUCATOR.

I HAVE TAUGHT ONLY AT KENILWORTH FOR THE LAST SIX YEARS, SO I CAN SPEAK FROM BEING THERE.

AND THAT BEING MY ONLY EXPERIENCES AS AN EDUCATOR, UM, WHERE WE ARE NOW IS NOT WHERE WE WERE WHEN I FIRST BEGAN AT KENILWORTH.

SO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT CULTURE, WE'VE GROWN A LOT IN THERE.

A LOT OF THINGS THAT ARE IN PLACE AND THAT ARE GOING TO CONTINUE TO GROW LIKE MR. TUNES BROUGHT UP, HAZEL REGIS IS AMAZING.

I WOULD NOT BE THE EDUCATOR THAT I AM TODAY.

HAD IT NOT BEEN FOR HER.

I CAN CALL HER AT ANYTIME OF THE NIGHT.

HEY, THIS IS THE THINGS THAT I'M THINKING AND SHE WILL ANSWER AND SHE WILL RESPOND.

SHE IS WONDERFUL.

I CAN LOOK AND SEE ALL OF THE GROWTH THAT WE HAVE MADE.

YES, OUR SCHOOL IS A D IT IS WHAT IT IS, BUT WHAT ISN'T BEING HIGHLIGHTED IS THE PROGRESS THAT WE MAKE WITH STUDENTS.

SO WE ARE SIX THROUGH EIGHT.

WHEN WE LOOK AT THE STATE'S MODELS FOR SPS AND FOR PROGRESS, STUDENTS HAVE A GROWTH TARGET TO MEET BY THE EIGHTH GRADE.

IF A STUDENT IS AT A SCHOOL K THROUGH EIGHT OR IN THE SAME DISTRICT FOR K THROUGH EIGHT, THAT DISTRICT HAS THOSE NINE YEARS TO HELP MAKE SURE THAT THAT STUDENT REACHES THAT GROWTH TARGET.

WE AT KENILWORTH GET THREE YEARS.

SO A LOT OF OUR STUDENTS ARE COMING IN FROM EBR SCHOOLS, NOT THE ONES THAT WERE MENTIONED BECAUSE OUR KIDS DON'T COME FROM THE SCHOOLS THAT ARE AROUND OUR DISTRICT.

MOST OF THEM ARE COMING FROM NORTH BATON ROUGE, MOSTLY AND A FEW FROM THE GUARDIAN AREA.

BUT MOST OF OUR KIDS ARE COMING FROM NORTH BATON ROUGE AND THEY DO ATTEND EBR SCHOOLS.

SO WHEN WE GET THEM, THEY'RE NOT WHERE THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO BE AT

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SIXTH GRADE.

AND THAT'S FINE.

THAT'S, THAT'S OUR REALITY.

BUT WHAT WE ARE DOING IS WE ARE GROWING CHILDREN.

I SEE IT EVERY DAY.

AND AS THE MORE OF US CONTINUE TO GROW, OUR CHILDREN ARE DOING BETTER TOO.

SO I DON'T THINK THAT IT'S FAIR TO ONLY LOOK AT JUST THEIR SPS SCORES FOR OUR SCHOOL PROGRESS MATTERS.

AND YOU SHOULD TALK TO MORE OF OUR KIDS AND OUR FAMILIES, BECAUSE THERE ARE A LOT OF THEM WHO ARE INVESTED IN US AS WELL.

THANK YOU, MS. PINE CREEK.

OTHER COMMENTS FROM THE AUDIENCE SHOULD BE REALLY, REALLY SIMPLE ON PAGE 10 OF THE CHARTER POLICY YOU APPROVED IN AUGUST OF 2019 TO BE ELIGIBLE TO SUBMIT THE CHARTER SCHOOL APPLICATION, A GROUP MUST.

AND I'M GOING TO SKIP DOWN TO PART FIVE MAINTAINED AN AVERAGE LETTER GRADE OF B OR HIGHER FOR EXISTING SCHOOLS IN THE STATE OF LOUISIANA FOR EXPERIENCED OPERATOR APPLICANTS.

SO I DID A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND, WHICH BASICALLY CONFIRMS WHAT MS. BUNCHY SAID EARLIER.

THIS ORGANIZATION TOOK OVER THE, A SCHOOL IN 2009, 2010, THE ENROLLMENT DROPPED FROM 613 TO 426 BETWEEN THE LAST YEAR RUN DIRECTLY.

AND THEIR FIRST YEAR, IT APPEARS TO ME, UM, AND THAT KIND OF FITS MY RECOLLECTION.

THEIR LAST TWO SCHOOL PERFORMANCE SCORES WERE D AND SCHOOL PERFORMANCE SCORES ARE ALMOST A TOTALLY USELESS METRIC, ALL AGREE, BUT HERE'S THE PROBLEM WITH GREAT FAN FOR FAIR.

YOU ADOPTED THIS POLICY.

YOU NEED TO FOLLOW THE POLICY.

FURTHERMORE, THAT ORGANIZATION WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN CAMPED OUT ON ONE OF OUR NEWER CAMPUSES FOR THE LAST 11, 12, OR 12 YEARS.

IF THE STATE HADN'T TAKEN OVER THAT SCHOOL BASED ON POOR SCHOOL PERFORMANCE SCORES, THAT SCHOOL SHOULD NOT BE IN THE RECOVERY SCHOOL DISTRICT.

THE RECOVERY SCHOOL DISTRICT WAS A COLOSSAL FAILURE.

ALL THOSE SCHOOLS SHOULD RETURN TO LOCAL CONTROL.

THE SOLUTION IS NOT TO HELP THEIR BOTTOM LINE BY LETTING THEM EXPERIMENT WITH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CHILDREN, DEMOCRACY IS IMPORTANT IN THE ABSENCE OF A COMPELLING, OVERWHELMING ARGUMENT TO LET A PRIVATE ORGANIZATION RUN A SCHOOL.

YOU SHOULD TURN DOWN ALL OF THESE APPLICATIONS AND THE, THIS ONE IT'S RIDICULOUSLY SIMPLE.

JUST LOOK AT YOUR POLICY.

THAT LINE NUMBER FIVE, THEY DON'T HAVE THE RIGHT SCORE.

THEY WEREN'T ELIGIBLE TO EVEN ASK THIS, TELL THEM NO WITH AN EXCLAMATION POINT.

WE REALIZE WE CANNOT SERVICE YOUR CHILD.

ANY OTHER COMMENTS FROM THE AUDIENCE, ANITA AUGUSTUS, AND I'M GOING TO STAND BEFORE YOU AND SAY, WHEN KENILWORTH ASKS FOR, TO BE A CHARTER, THEY KNEW THAT THEY HAD TO RAISE THE SCORES.

THEY KNEW WHAT THE CONDITIONS WERE.

DON'T GIVE ME EXCUSES ABOUT YOU DON'T HAVE THE BABIES.

WHEN YOU WENT INTO THIS BUSINESS, YOU KNEW WHAT YOU WERE GETTING.

SO TO USE THAT, TO GIVE THEM A BABIES TO EXPERIMENT ON, IT'S JUST UNHEARD OF.

WE WOULDN'T DO THAT IN BUSINESS.

WHY WOULD WE DO IT FROM THE BUSINESS OF OUR CHILDREN TO BE EDUCATED? I SUGGEST STRONGLY THAT YOU FOLLOW OUR GUIDELINES AND VOTE.

NO SIMPLE.

THANK YOU, MR. GUSTUS.

ANY OTHER COMMENTS FROM THE AUDIENCE? NO.

SEEING NO OTHER COMMENTS FROM THE AUDIT.

OH, THERE YOU GO.

MY APOLOGIES.

WE HAD A LOT OF PEOPLE STANDING AT THE DOORWAY, SO I ASSUMED THAT THEY WERE COMING UP TO SPEAK.

UM, I AGREE WITH MR. HOWARD, THESE ARE CHILDREN AND THE CHARTER SCHOOL SYSTEMS, OR SHOULD I SAY THE CHARTER SCAM EXPERIMENT HAS ALWAYS MADE IT A VERY POINT TO DISCRIMINATE AGAINST CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES AND NOT ALLOW THEM AN ENTRANCE INTO ANY OF THEIR BRICK AND MORTAR BUILDINGS.

WE MAY DO.

THEY WAIT UNTIL THAT OCTOBER 1ST DEADLINE, AND THEN THEY TELL THE PARENTS, HEY,

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SO BACK TO OUR SCHOOL SYSTEM, THEY COME WITHOUT THE FUNDING, WITHOUT THE MFP FUNDING THAT IS ONLY TO EDUCATE OUR CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES.

BECAUSE AS WE KNOW, THE $12,000 IS NOT ENOUGH TO EDUCATE A CHILD WITH A DISABILITY.

SO WHAT DO WE TELL THE SCHOOLS? I AGREE MS. HAZEL REGIS, WHOM I KNOW AND LOVE IS A BEAUTIFUL PERSON INSIDE AND OUT, BUT THAT IS NOT WHAT IS IT? THAT'S NOT.

THE QUESTION IS AT HAND RIGHT NOW.

THE QUESTION AT HAND IS, DO WE ACCEPT THIS CHARTER? THEIR PERFORMANCE SCORE OR RATING WOULD IMPACT AND AFFECT OURS AS A SCHOOL DISTRICT AND SYSTEM AS A WHOLE.

SO WE CAN NOT ALLOW THAT TO FALL BY THE WAYSIDE, ESPECIALLY WHEN WE, AS RIGHT NOW WORKING ON THE STRATEGIC PLAN TO ACTUALLY HELP BRING GUY WAS UP SECOND.

WE DO NEED TO FORM SOME KIND OF COMMITTEE BECAUSE AS I DO REALIZE, THERE IS NO REAL TRUE MIDDLE SCHOOL OVER IN THAT AREA, BESIDES THE LIBERTY WHERE THERE IS NO LIBERTY.

SO WHAT CAN WE DO? WE CAN FORM A TASK FORCE AND SEE IF THIS CURRENT ADMINISTRATION THAT WE HAVE SPENT SO MUCH MONEY ON, CAN ACTUALLY DO THE JOB OF HELPING THEM TO ACTUALLY GET TO THE PERFORMANCE PERFORMANCE LEVEL THAT THEY SHOULD BE, AND THEN EMBRACE THEM COMING BACK INTO OUR SCHOOL SYSTEM AS A TRADITIONAL SCHOOL, TRADITIONAL MIDDLE SCHOOL.

AND WHEN I SAY TRADITIONAL, I MEAN, WE ELIMINATE THE CHARTER BECAUSE WE ARE MAKE, WE ARE PROSTITUTING THESE KIDS OUT.

LIKE IT IS NOTHING.

AND I DON'T USE THAT WORD LIGHTLY BECAUSE THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT IT IS, WHERE WE ARE GIVING THEM KIDS OUT TO COLLECT A DOLLAR.

THAT'S THE SAME THING AS PROSTITUTION.

THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DOING.

WE'RE PROSTITUTING THE OUT, WE, THE PIMP AND WE NEED TO STOP BECAUSE PROSTITUTION IS NOT LEGAL IN LOUISIANA.

IT IS.

AND I WAS IN LAS VEGAS, BUT NOT LOUISIANA.

SO WHAT I DO ASK THAT WE DO IS WE ADOPT A SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITY SCHOOL MODEL.

BRING THAT SCHOOL BACK IN AS A TRADITIONAL PUBLIC SCHOOL.

ONCE WE, ONCE THIS ADMINISTRATION HAVE PROVED THEMSELVES WORTHY OF ACTUALLY BRINGING THAT SCHOOL IN, UH, WE ACTUALLY ALLOW THAT SCHOOL TO DIRECTLY FEED LIBERTY WHERE THERE IS NO LIBERTY HIGH.

THANK YOU, MS. CORALEE, ANY OTHER COMMENTS FROM THE AUDIENCE SEEING NONE? WE ARE GO BACK.

WE COME BACK TO THE BOARD, MR. .

YES, I WILL BE VERY QUICK.

I JUST WANT TO ECHO WHAT MR. HOWARD SAID.

UH, NOTHING IN, YOU KNOW, I HAVE BEEN ONE OF THE BIG PROPONENTS OF ALL KIDS ARE OUR KIDS AND WE WORK TOGETHER AND ALL OF THESE.

SO EVERYTHING THAT I DO AND SAY AND VOTE TONIGHT IS FOCUSED BASICALLY AND SOLELY UP ON WHAT IS THE BEST, WHAT I THINK IS THE BEST FOR THE OUTCOMES OF THE KIDS.

SO I APPLAUD WHAT MR. UH, BOARD MEMBER TRAMELL HOWARD SAID.

AND I, I HOPE THAT WE ALL KEEP THAT IN MIND AND THAT WE DON'T LET ANY WINDOW AND, AND FALSE BELIEFS BECAUSE I'VE HEARD LOTS OF STATEMENTS SAID THAT I, FROM THE DATA I'VE SEEN REALLY CAN'T BE BACKED UP, BUT IT'S MYTHS THAT ARE OUT THERE, BUT I'M ONLY LOOKING AT THIS, AN INDIVIDUAL SCHOOL AND AN INDIVIDUAL CASE AND GOING, WHAT DO I THINK FITS THE BEST NEEDS OF STUDENTS AND WHAT DO I THINK BEST FITS THE NEEDS FOR THE STUDENTS IN OUR ENTIRE DISTRICT.

THANK YOU, MR. GOODAY.

UM, VICE PRESIDENT COLLINS, UH, SO THAT, UH, THIS WOULD BE COST NEUTRAL, BUT I WANT TO CONFIRM THE REASON WHY I'M ASSUMING IT WOULD BE COST NEUTRAL, JUST BECAUSE THEY ASK ASKING FOR A GRADE CHANGE.

THAT'S NOT A MS. BLANCHETTE QUESTION.

SHE LOOKED AT, LIKE, I KNOW THAT'S A KILLER LOPEZ QUESTION.

DID WE? I THOUGHT THE SUPERINTENDENT, WHEN I ASKED ABOUT A FISCAL NOTE, I THINK THE INFORMATION WAS PREPARED AND I'M JUST, I DON'T THINK I'M CATCHING YOU'RE WAY, UH, OFF GUARD.

HOW MUCH WOULD THIS PARTICULAR CHARTER CALLS? AGAIN? MY ASSUMPTION, BUT I WANT TO CONFIRM IS THAT SINCE THEY TALKING ABOUT A LETTER GRADE, WE DID NOT COMPLETE A FISCAL NOTE FOR THE UPCOMING CHARTERS.

WE PREPARED A FISCAL FOR THE CURRENT CHARTERS THAT WE HAVE AND THE GROWTH THROUGH 24 25.

BUT WITH ANY CHARTER, YOU WILL PAY A COST.

YOU WILL PAY THE ENTIRE MFP PER STUDENT, AND A PORTION OF YOUR LOCAL TAXATION, WHICH IS INCLUSIVE OF YOUR PROPERTY AND YOUR SALES TAX TO BOTH THE GENERAL FUND.

AND THEN YOUR PROPOSITIONS IN THE APPROXIMATE CALLS.

AND YOU'RE LOOKING AT ABOUT $4,300 FOR YOUR MFP.

AND CURRENTLY IT'S ABOUT SEVEN THOUSANDS, 72, 75

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FOR YOUR LOCAL.

IT GOES UP AND DOWN BASED UPON WHAT YOU ACTUALLY COME IN.

THEY IN FEBRUARY, THEY, THE LDO, HE SUMS IT UP AND GIVES YOU A FINAL COSTING BASED UPON WHAT YOU ACTUALLY BROUGHT IN.

YOU START WITH AN ESTIMATE.

SO A ROUNDED DOWN CONSIDER LOOKING AT ABOUT $12,000 A CHILD.

VICE PRESIDENT COLLINS, MR. BALLOU.

AND I JUST WANT TO SAY, I APPRECIATE ALL OF THE, UH, CORRESPONDENCE I RECEIVED FROM, UH, PEOPLE SUPPORTED OF, UH, KENILWORTH AND THERE'S A LOT OF ENTHUSIASM, UM, WHICH I APPRECIATE, UH, AND IT'S NOT LOST ON ME, HOW DIFFICULT, UH, TO SUCCEED AT, WITH A MIDDLE SCHOOL ONLY WITHOUT A FEET FEEDER SCHOOL.

UM, THE FACT IS, UH, AS HAS BEEN POINTED OUT, WE, UH, PASSED A CHARTER POLICY A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO.

AND, AND IF WE WERE LOOKING AT A RENEWAL OF AN EXISTING, UH, CHARTER, UH, IN OUR DISTRICT, UH, IT WOULDN'T QUALIFY.

KENILWORTH WOULD NOT QUALIFY FOR RENEWAL.

AND FOR US, IF WE WERE TO APPROVE THIS APPLICATION, I THINK IT WOULD MAKE OUR, OUR CURRENT CHARTER POLICY MEANINGLESS.

SO I, UH, DO PLAN TO, UH, UH, VOTE, UH, TO APPROVE THE RECOMMENDATION OF, UH, MS. .

THANK YOU, MR. .

MR. LANDIS.

THANK YOU, PRESIDENT.

UH, TAMMY, I TRY TO BE AS BRIEF AS POSSIBLE FIRST.

I WANT TO THANK MS. KATIE BLOODSHOT.

I TRY TO AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE, ALWAYS HIGHLIGHT YOU.

THIS IS MY FORMER MIDDLE SCHOOL PRINCIPAL.

I THINK I SAID THAT A LOT, BUT YOU ARE SO APPRECIATED BECAUSE YOU ARE VERY FAIR AND BALANCED IN YOUR EVALUATIONS ALL THE TIME.

I JUST WANTED TO THANK YOU FOR THAT.

UM, I JUST WANTED TO BE CLEAR BECAUSE I DIDN'T WANT IT TO COME AS ANY SHOCK, BUT I, TO, UH, SYMPATHIZE LIKE, UH, MY BOY COLLEAGUE, MR. HOWARD, TONIGHT, I WILL NOT BE VOTING FOR ANY, UH, CHARTER ON ANY CHARTER APPLICATION FOR SEVERAL REASONS.

AND IT IS NOT BECAUSE THESE ARE NOT GREAT ORGANIZATIONS.

I WILL NOT NEGATE THAT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THAT AT ALL, BUT MORE ABOUT THE WORK THAT WE'RE TRYING TO PUT IN INSIDE OF OUR DISTRICT TO RIGHT-SIZE AND DO THE RIGHT THINGS ON BEHALF OF THE DISTRICT, BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE BEEN BEHOLDING TO IT, WHAT WE NEED TO BE BEHOLDING TO.

UH, I THINK SOMEBODY ALREADY SAID IT, I TOO WAS ONCE AN EMPLOYEE OF KENILWORTH.

SO I HAVE, AGAIN, NOTHING AGAINST THAT PROGRAM.

UH, ALL OF THESE SCHOOLS ARE SERVING KIDS AS A FORMER EDUCATOR WHO HAS SERVED IN, UH, PRIVATE SETTINGS, CHARTER SCHOOL SETTINGS, AS WELL AS TRADITIONAL SETTINGS.

EVERY CHILD DESERVES TO BE ACCEPTED AS ONE OF OUR OWN.

UH, BUT THIS IS THE REALIZATION.

AS OF RIGHT NOW, WE'RE CURRENTLY WORKING THROUGH A STRATEGIC PLAN TO TRY TO RIGHT SIZE OUR DISTRICT.

WE'RE CURRENTLY WORKING THROUGH A FACILITIES PLAN TO TRY TO SIZE THE BUILDINGS THAT ARE UNDER OUR AUTHORITY.

AND CURRENTLY WE ARE IN NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE STATE TO TRY TO RETURN TYPE FIVE CHARTERS BACK TO OUR DISTRICT.

AND WE STILL HAVE NO UNDERSTANDING AS A BOARD, HOW THAT WILL IMPACT OUR BUDGET AS WELL AS OUR DISTRICT.

NOW, I SAY ALL THAT TO SAY THAT IN THIS TIME WE CAN NOT PUT THE CART BEFORE THE HORSE.

AND THE REASON WHY IS BECAUSE WE NEED TO KNOW HOW THIS IS GOING TO IMPACT OUR TEACHER WORKFORCE, AS WELL AS OUR STUDENT ENROLLMENT, BECAUSE THAT'S HOW NLP DOLLARS ARE ALLOCATED.

AND IF THE MFP FUNDING IS ALLOCATED, THIS IS WHY THE STRATEGIC PLAN IS VITALLY IMPORTANT.

THAT IS VITALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE COMPLETE THAT PLAN.

AND THEN WE GET IT BEFORE OUR BOARD.

SO WE UNDERSTAND WHAT IT IS THAT WE'RE WORKING WITH AND EXACTLY WHAT DIRECTION WE'RE GOING IN.

AND I THINK IT'S ALSO COMES BACK TO THE POINT BECAUSE OVER A YEAR AGO, MR. HOWARD, I'M SORRY, A BOARD MEMBER HOWARD WAS THE ONE WHO SAID, WE NEED TO START IMPLEMENTING RFQ BEFORE ACCEPTED ALEC.

UH, SO OUR APPLICATIONS SO THAT WE HAVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT ARE THE NEEDS OF OUR DISTRICT AS IT REGARDS CHARTER SCHOOLS.

I THINK THAT WE NEED TO REVISIT THAT.

AND I THINK THAT THIS NEEDS TO BECOME AN ACTUAL POLICY THAT WE IMPLEMENT AND FOLLOW THROUGH ON USING RFQ, PUTTING THOSE THINGS OUT SO THAT WE HAVE A THOROUGH UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT IT IS THAT WE'RE ACCEPTING BEFORE WE TRY TO ACCEPT THEM.

SO I JUST WANTED TO BE CLEAR ON THAT AGAIN, NOTHING AGAINST ANY OF THESE SCHOOLS, I'M SURE THEY ARE PHENOMENAL, BUT WE HAVE TO DO WHAT IS BEST FOR THE DISTRICT.

AND BEFORE WE COULD DO WHAT'S BEST FOR OUR DISTRICT, WE HAVE TO UNDERSTAND WHAT IS BEST FOR OUR DISTRICT.

THAT I WAS GOING TO MAKE.

MS. WARD JACKSON.

THANK YOU, PRESIDENT TAPPIN.

UM, UH, THANK YOU, MS. SOLANA, YOU, UM, YOU COVERED A LOT OF THE POINTS THAT,

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SO I'M ONLY GONNA MAKE ONE.

AND THAT IS AROUND THE CHARTER SCHOOL POLICY THAT WE WORKED VERY LONG AND HARD ON.

AND, UM, THERE'S ALWAYS GOING TO BE, UH, ORGANIZATIONS THAT COME UP THAT WILL NOT FIT THE POLICY.

AND, UM, BUT WE, WE HAVE TO FOLLOW, WE WANT TO FOLLOW THIS POLICY AND I AM GOING TO FOLLOW THIS POLICY THIS EVENING, UH, REGARDLESS OF HOW, HOW I FEEL ABOUT, UH, ANY OF THESE SCHOOLS, BUT AT THIS, AT THIS PARTICULAR TIME ABOUT KENILWORTH, I REALLY LIKED KEN AWARDS, UM, FOCUS, AND, UH, I LIKE WHERE, WHERE THEY ARE.

UH, BUT NEVERTHELESS, UM, OUR POLICY REQUIRES THEY HAVE A B OR HIGHER FOR EXISTING SCHOOLS.

AND, UM, ALSO, EVEN THOUGH THEY'RE NOT ASKING TO, UM, TO ADD A SCHOOL THERE, THEY'RE ASKING TO INCREASE, UM, THE, THE REACH TO AT LEAST ADD ELEMENTARY.

UM, AND EVEN UNDER OUR GUIDELINES, THEY WOULD HAVE TO HAVE, UM, A, B OR HIGHER OR C WITH A, WITH A PROGRESS, LED A GRADE OF AN A AND M IT JUST DOESN'T, IT DOESN'T FIT.

SO, UM, I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT WE FOLLOW THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE, UM, THIRD PARTY EVALUATOR THAT WE WERE REQUIRED TO DO TO HAVE IN PLACE, BUT, UH, THE STATE.

THANK YOU, MS. WARD JACKSON, MS. DYSON, I'VE BEEN VERY BRIEF.

UM, BUT I WAS IN FAVOR OF US COMING UP WITH THE GUIDELINES BECAUSE I FELT LIKE IT COULD HELP TO, UH, REMOVE EMOTION FROM OUR DECISIONS AND MAKE THEM ON CLEAR GUIDELINES.

AND, UH, SO THIS IS REALLY, UM, ONE OF THE FIRST TIMES THAT WE'RE BEING CHALLENGED TO REALLY LOOK AT OUR GUIDELINES AND SEE HOW, UH, THEY MATCHED WITH THE APPLICANT AND, UM, THIS JUST DOESN'T MATCH.

AND SO, UM, WE'VE KIND OF KNOWN THIS FOR A FEW YEARS THAT WE WERE HEADING DOWN THIS PATH AND, UM, AND IT'S UNFORTUNATE.

UM, BUT I DO BELIEVE THAT AT THIS MOMENT IN TIME, THIS IS THE GUIDELINES THAT WE HAVE TO WORK WITH.

THESE ARE THE GUIDELINES THAT WE HAVE TO WORK WITH.

AND, UM, I WAS PART OF THE BOARD, OUR BOARD WHO APPROVED THESE GUIDELINES.

AND SO WE DID IT FOR A VERY SPECIFIC REASON.

AND SO, UH, I JUST NEEDED TO STAY THAT.

SINGLE DAY WITH NO EVALUATIONS, WE JUST SHELL IT OUT.

THANK YOU, MISS TIRE.

SO MR. HOWARD, THANK YOU, PRESIDENT SIMON, AND I'LL BE VERY BRIEF AS WELL.

UM, JUST TO MAKE SOME, SOME FINAL REMARKS AND JUST KIND OF CARRY OVER INTO ME AS WE GO INTO CONSIDERATION OF OUR OTHER TWO APPLICATIONS.

UM, FIRST, FIRST THING THAT I'VE HEARD A LOT ABOUT NUMBERS AND WHAT THE MONEY ALLOCATIONS OR ARE DOING AND WHAT HAPPENS WHEN WE OPEN NEW CHARTERS.

BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I THINK THAT WENT DON'T DO AN EBR VERY WELL IS SELF-ACCOUNTABILITY CHARTER SCHOOLS EXISTS, UM, AND A FORM OF HOWEVER YOU FEEL ABOUT THEM, BUT PARENTS CHOOSE TO SEND THEIR KIDS TO THESE PARTICULAR SCHOOLS.

SO AT SOME POINT, THE QUESTION NEEDS TO BE, WHAT ARE WE DOING AS A DISTRICT WHERE SO MANY PEOPLE ARE CHOOSING TO GO ELSEWHERE.

THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT HAPPEN IN THIS DISTRICT THAT WE ARE NOT ACCOUNTABLE FOR IT, BUT WE ARE VERY QUICK TO TURN THE HEAD, TO TURN OUR HAND AND SPEAK ABOUT HOW CHARTER SCHOOLS ARE EXISTING.

YOU DON'T HAVE TO WRITE THEM.

YOU DON'T HAVE TO LOVE THEM.

YOU CAN HATE THEM LIKE IN THE ANTI WHATEVER, BUT WHEN YOU HAVE TO TAKE SOME SELF ACCOUNTABILITY TO FIGURE OUT WHY OUR FAMILIES ARE CHOOSING OTHER OPTIONS, BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY, THEY'RE NOT ZONED TO A CHARTER SCHOOL.

THEY HAVE TO GO THEMSELVES WITHOUT AN APPLICATION.

AND DO THAT STATEWIDE.

THE AVERAGE ACT SCORE FOR A BLACK STUDENT IN THIS DISTRICT IN THIS STATE IS A 16.5.

THERE WAS THINGS THAT SCHOOLS AND DISTRICTS ARE DOING THAT ARE NOT ACCOUNTABLE FOR SCHOOLS AND FAMILIES.

SO WHEN KING BAKER IN DEBATE ABOUT CHARTER VERSUS NON-CHARTER, WE HAVE TO UTILIZE THIS PARTICULAR OPPORTUNITY AS A SEVERAL ACCOUNTABILITY METRICS.

IF YOU CAN TAKE AWAY OUT SELECTIVE ADMISSION SCHOOLS THAT ARE FAILING KIDS, THAT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH A CHARTER HAS DEFINITELY BEEN ANYTHING.

WHEN KIDS, IF YOU TAKE AWAY EVERY SINGLE, A SELECTIVE ADMISSION SCHOOL.

SO AT SOME POINT, THIS NEEDS TO BE A GUT CHECK.

I'M SITTING IN CENTRAL OFFICE EVERY DAY AND SEE SOME OF THE FURNISHINGS THAT OCCURS WITHIN OUR DISTRICT.

SO I HAVE TO BE ACCOUNTABLE WHEN I SPEND MONEY EVERY

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WE GOT PEOPLE TAKING MONEY FROM THIS POT.

THAT'S SUPPOSED TO BE A PART.

WE'RE DOING THINGS THAT WE NEED TO BE ACCOUNTABLE FOR.

SO WE TO WHOLE CHILD IS ACCOUNTABLE, BUT WE HAVE TO UTILIZE THIS OPPORTUNITY AS A GUT CHECK SO THAT WE, AS A DISTRICT CAN DO BETTER SO THAT FAMILIES CAN STAY AND CHOOSE OUR DISTRICT.

THANK YOU, MR. HOWARD, MR. VICE PRESIDENT COLLINS.

THIS IS WHAT I WAS SAYING.

I HOPE MADE 200% AGREE WITH MY KYLIE, JUST IT, UH, WE DO NEED TO HAVE ALL THE PIECES ACCOUNTABLE, INCLUDING US SALES, UM, IS VERY IMPORTANT POINT THAT HE MADE.

AND, UH, I'M IN FULL AGREEMENT THAT MY COLLEAGUE, UM, THAT BEING SAID, WE DO HAVE TO BE FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE.

UM, WE DO HAVE TO DO, I DO DILIGENCE AS A BULL.

VICE PRESIDENT COLLINS.

THE BOARD IS CLEAR.

UM, THE MOTION ON THE TABLE IS TO FOLLOW THE EVALUATORS RECOMMENDATION, TO DENY THE CHARTER APPLICATION ABOUT YESES, TO DENY ABOUT NO WISH TO NOT DENY.

AND MADAM SECRETARY, PLEASE CONDUCT THE VOTE.

IS TO DENY A VOTE.

HE ASKED US TO DENY THE MOTION ON THE FLOOR IS TOO.

YEAH, MAN.

EVERYBODY.

LET ME JUST DO THIS AGAIN SINCE WE, YEAH, WE HAVE THE MOMENT.

YOUR MOTION IS TO ACCEPT THE RECOMMENDATION TO DENY THE KENILWORTH SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY.

YOU ARE GOING TO DENY THE APPLICATION.

NOW, UH WE'LL IF IT'S OKAY WITH YOU AND WE'LL DO IT THE SAME WAY, UM, IF MS. BUNCHY WOULD, UM, GIVE US, UH, HER EVALUATION ON ITEM NUMBER FOUR, I'LL READ IT IN DISCUSSION CONSIDERATION OF BATON ROUGE, DISCOVERY, CHARTER SCHOOL APPLICATION AND RELATED MATTERS.

UM, WE

[K4. 2020-2021 Charter School Application: Baton Rouge Discovery Academy Charter School]

MS. PUNCHY, UH, THANK YOU, UH, PRESIDENT TADEMAN AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR KIND COMMENTS, MR. LANDIS.

I DO APPRECIATE THAT OUR SECOND APPLICANT IS BATON ROUGE DISCOVERY ACADEMY.

THEY PLANNED TO OPEN IN 2020 3, 24.

THEY WILL HAVE PRE-K THROUGH FOUR AT START.

THE ENROLLMENT WILL BE 820 STUDENTS AT SCALE.

THEY WOULD HAVE PRE-K THROUGH EIGHT WITH 1,444 STUDENTS.

THE MISSION IS TO PROVIDE A RIGOROUS LEARNING ENVIRONMENT WHERE STUDENTS ACHIEVE ACADEMICALLY, DEVELOP INTELLECTUAL CURIOSITY AND PRACTICE ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSIBILITY WHILE EXPLORING HEALTH SCIENCES TOPICS.

THE EASTBOUND REPAIR SCHOOL SYSTEM WILL LAUNCH PATHWAYS TO BRIGHT FUTURES.

EXCUSE ME.

IN 2020 2, 23, AN OPPORTUNITY THAT WILL CONNECT STUDENTS TO HIGH SKILLS, HIGH WAGE, HIGH DEMAND JOBS, ALON TO LOCAL AREA INDUSTRIES.

STUDENTS CAN EARN AN ASSOCIATE DEGREE OR INDUSTRY CREDENTIALS IN THE FOLLOWING AREAS, TECHNOLOGY, CONSTRUCTION, AND MANUFACTURING, TRANSPORTATION, AND LOGISTICS, AND LIBERAL ARTS AND MANAGEMENT.

A PARTICULAR INTEREST IS MEDICAL.

AND PRE-MED THE AREAS OF STUDY WILL INCLUDE REGISTERED NURSE PRE-MED CNA ALLIED HEALTH CARE.

THE INDUSTRY PARTNERS WOULD INCLUDE OUR LADY OF THE LAKE, EXCUSE ME, FRANCISCAN HEALTH MINISTRIES, UNIVERSITIES, BATON ROUGE, GENERAL OCHSNER HEALTH, AND ACADIAN AMBULANCE GLENOAKS MAGNET HIGH SCHOOL SERVES STUDENTS IN GRADES SIX THROUGH 12.

THIS HIGH SCHOOL OFFERS AP CLASSES, DUAL ENROLLMENT, MAGNET OFFERINGS, AND THREE CENTERS OF EXCELLENCE, INCLUDING THE MEDICAL MAGNET, HEALTH SCIENCES, SPORTS MEDICINE, AND RADIO BROADCASTING ACADEMIES, WHICH PREPARE STUDENTS FOR HIGH DEMAND, HIGH WAGE OCCUPATIONS.

THE SCHOOL ALSO OFFERS E L N E S S SUPPORT AN EXCELLENT ATHLETIC PROGRAM AND BOASTS EBR COUNSELOR

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OF THE YEAR, MS. MARIE, THE EBR CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION CENTER OFFERS HIGH WAGE, HIGH DEMAND CAREERS TO STUDENTS IN NINE THROUGH 12 IN THE MEDICAL FIELD AMONG OTHERS.

THEY CAN EARN CERTIFICATION IN PRE-NURSING EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIANS.

AND IN ADDITION, CTECH OFFERS DUAL ENROLLMENT AND THE ABILITY TO EARN AN ASSOCIATE DEGREE WHILE IN HIGH SCHOOL BASIS.

BATON ROUGE CURRENTLY SERVES STUDENTS IN K THROUGH FOUR, AND ACCORDING TO THEIR WEBSITE FOCUSES ON THE DEEP KNOWLEDGE BASE NECESSARY FOR STUDENTS TO TACKLE A DEMANDING CURRICULUM BASIS.

BATON ROUGE IS IN PARTNERSHIP WITH WOMEN'S HOSPITAL AND THEREFORE THE APPLICATION FOR BATON ROUGE DISCOVERY ACADEMY PRESENTS NOTHING NEW AND INNOVATIVE FOR THE DISTRICT AS REQUIRED BY BULLETIN 1 26.

OTHER ITEMS OF INTEREST.

THE CURRICULUM CHOSEN FOR THE PRIESTS FOR THE PROPOSED SCHOOL IS NOT TIER ONE.

DURING THE INTERVIEW, THE DISCOVERY TEAM INDICATED THAT THE CURRICULUM THAT THEY'RE USING WORKS WELL FOR THEM, ASSESSMENTS FOR THE PROPOSED SCHOOL ARE NOT TIER ONE.

IF THE PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN DISCOVERY AND OCHSNER IS FINALIZED OCHSNER WOULD HAVE 50% OF THE SEATS AS A CORPORATE SPONSOR.

EMPLOYEES OF THE SCHOOL, REGARDLESS OF HOME ADDRESS WOULD HAVE ACCESS TO THE REMAINING SEATS, MAKING THE PROPOSED SCHOOL A TIGHT TO CHARTER A LOCATION FOR THE PROPOSED SCHOOL HAS NOT YET BEEN SELECTED DURING THE INTERVIEW.

THE DISCOVERY TEAM INDICATED THEY'RE LOOKING AT VACANT PRIVATE SCHOOL PROPERTY NEAR THE HEALTH HEALTHCARE DISTRICT FOR THE PROPOSED SCHOOL.

IT'S MY RECOMMENDATION THAT YOU DENY THIS APPLICATION.

THANK YOU, MISS BRONCHI.

UM, I'D LIKE TO INVITE, UH, THE APPLICANTS, UH, TO COME UP AND SAME AS BEFORE.

UM, WE'LL GIVE YOU, YOU KNOW, WE'LL GIVE EVERYBODY 10 MINUTES TO MAKE, UH, YOUR PRESENTATION.

GOOD EVENING, DR.

AND EBOLA BULLETIN NUMBERS.

I'M PATTY GLASER.

I'M THE FOUNDING HEAD OF SCHOOL FOR DISCOVERY HEALTH SCIENCES ACADEMY.

I'M HERE TONIGHT TO SUPPORT THAT BATON ROUGE DISCOVERY CHARTER APPLICATION.

WE'RE EXCITED TO BRING DISCOVERY SCHOOLS TO BATON ROUGE.

WE CURRENTLY EDUCATE 2,400 STUDENTS IN JEFFERSON PARISH.

THIS COMMON ROOM, 2122 WE'LL EDUCATE 2,700 STUDENTS WITH 2000 STUDENTS ON OUR WAIT LIST.

WHEN OPEN ENROLLMENT CHARTER SCHOOL IN 2019, WE EDUCATED 72% ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED, 14% SPED STUDENTS AND HAVE MAINTAINED AN A B ACADEMIC RATINGS SINCE OUR OPENING IN 2013 DISCOVERY SUBGROUP PERFORMANCE IN ALL SUBGROUPS EXCEEDS DISTRICT AND STATE PERFORMANCE, WE OFFER A WIDE ARRAY OF CLUBS AND SPORTS FOR OUR STUDENTS IN THIS PAST YEAR WITH ALL OF THE MANY CHALLENGES OF COVID WHEN PROVIDED ON CAMPUS INSTRUCTION FOR 2000 STUDENTS ONLY PIVOTING TO VIRTUAL LEARNING WHEN LOCAL DATA WAS SIGNIFICANT, WHICH WAS APPROXIMATELY THREE TO FOUR WEEKS.

TOTAL DISCOVERY ALSO RAN A VIRTUAL SCHOOL BY REQUEST OF PARENTS AS THEY ARE ALL PARTNERS FOR 400 STUDENTS THIS YEAR DUE TO COVID.

I'M PROUD OF OUR PERFORMANCE IS PAST YEAR IN REGARD TO HONORING ACADEMIC MINUTES AND STUDENTS' NEEDS WHILE KEEPING FACULTY SAFE.

OUR ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE IS EXCELLENT.

OUR WRAPAROUND SERVICES ARE EXCEPTIONAL AND OUR HEALTH SCIENCES MISSION FROM PRE-K THROUGH 12TH MAKES DISCOVERY UNIQUE AND INNOVATIVE.

I URGE YOU TO SUPPORT THE CREATION OF THE BATON ROUGE DISCOVERY HEALTH SCIENCES ACADEMY.

THOSE ARE OUR CORE VALUES AND ARE THE HEARTBEAT OF DISCOVERY SCHOOLS.

THANK YOU, MS. GLAZER, LET ME BEGIN BY SAYING GOOD EVENING TO THE EBR SCHOOL BOARD SUPERINTENDENT, NORTH CEASE, FELLOW EDUCATORS, FAMILIES, AND CONSTITUENTS OF EAST BATON ROUGE.

MY NAME IS DR.

JESSE WATSON FOUNDING PRINCIPAL OF KENNER DISCOVERY HEALTH SCIENCES ACADEMY.

OVER THE PAST EIGHT YEARS, DISCOVERY SCHOOLS HAS GROWN LEAPS AND BOUNDS WHILE REMAINING IN HIGH DEMAND AND HIGH PERFORMANCE SCHOOL.

SINCE YEAR ONE IN 2013, A SUPPORTIVE SCHOOL CULTURE HAS BEEN AN INTEGRAL PIECE OF THE SUCCESS OF OUR NETWORK BY INCREASING CONNECTEDNESS WITHIN THE SCHOOL, INCREASING ENGAGEMENT, IMPROVING STUDENT ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE HONOR, AND DURANCE ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT, RESPONSIBILITY AND TOLERANCE.

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WE HAVE INSPIRED AND ENGAGED PROFESSIONAL FACULTY AND STAFF WHO ENSURE OUR STUDENTS THRIVE HAVE A SAFE AND SUPPORTIVE ENVIRONMENT THAT NURTURES STUDENTS GROW AND ALSO HAVE A STRONG SOCIAL, EMOTIONAL SKILLS TO BE POSITIVE AND ENGAGED PARTICIPANTS IN THEIR LEARNING.

WE PRIDE OURSELVES ON HAVING A WELCOMING ENVIRONMENT.

WHEN YOU THINK OF THE CENTRAL CHARACTERISTICS OF A POSITIVE SCHOOL CULTURE, SOME IF NOT ALL OF THE FOLLOWING MAY COME TO MIND, STRONG RELATIONSHIPS BEING A FOUNDATION, HIGH ACADEMIC EXPECTATIONS AND STRONG SUPPORTS CONSISTENCY WITH EXPECTATIONS, BOTH ACADEMIC AND CULTURAL, REGULAR COLLECTION OF FEEDBACK ON SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES WHERE OUR STUDENT AND FACULTY, AS WELL AS PARENT FEEDBACK HAS CONSISTENTLY BEEN, UH, BOTH, UH, HELPFUL, BOTH QUALITATIVE AND QUANTITATIVE FOR OUR SCHOOL ENVIRONMENT AND ALSO HOW WE IMPROVE IT.

THESE ARE ALL FACETS OF DISCOVERY SCHOOLS, AND THERE'S ALSO DATA THAT MAY NOT REFLECT ON THE SURVEY.

THE SMILES ON STUDENTS' FACES AS THEY STEP OFF THE BUSES IN THE MORNING, THE DELIGHTS SEEN ON STUDENTS AND PARENTS FACES.

IS THERE A WELCOME AND CARPOOL? ALSO A FIST BUMP PRE COVID OR AIR HIGH FIVE.

MANY OF US HAVE ADJUSTED TO DURING SOCIAL DISTANCING.

WE SIMPLY DO WHAT'S BEST FOR CHILDREN.

AND WHAT ALIGNS WITH OUR SCHOOL'S MISSION DISCOVERY SCHOOLS IS SECOND TO NONE AND WILL BE AN EXCELLENT OPEN ENROLLMENT EDUCATIONAL OPTION FOR SCHOOL FOR, UH, FAMILIES IN EAST BATON ROUGE.

I STRONGLY ENCOURAGE YOU EACH BOARD MEMBER TO CAREFULLY CONSIDER YOUR THOUGHTS AND ACTIONS AND VOTE IN FAVOR OF AUTHORIZING DISCOVERY SCHOOLS TO BE A TYPE ONE CHARTER WITHIN EAST BATON ROUGE, PARISH SCHOOLS, SCHOOL SYSTEM, ALSO EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU BOARD MEMBERS, AS WELL AS SUPERINTENDENT.

YOU'RE WELCOME TO VISIT ANY ONE OF OUR CAMPUSES TO GET A SNAPSHOT OF LEARNING IN ACTION.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

THANK YOU, MR. WATSON.

UH, GOOD EVENING TO THE HONORABLE BOARD AND DR.

NARCIS.

UH, MY NAME IS NATALIE NEWTON.

I'M THE DIRECTOR OF STRATEGIC DEVELOPMENT FOR DISCOVERY SCHOOLS.

SO I HAVE SERVED AS THE CHARTER CONTACT CHARTER APPLICATION CONTACT.

UM, I'LL ALSO WORK WITH OUR TEAMS FOR ADMISSIONS AND COMMUNICATIONS AT DISCOVERY SCHOOLS.

UM, I'M A FORMER BOARD MEMBER FOR DISCOVERY HEALTH SCIENCES FOUNDATION.

UM, AND THEIRS IS HERE TO JUST TALK ABOUT OUR MISSION TO HOMEGROWN FUTURE HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS.

IN ADDITION, I'M A FOUNDING PARENT OF DISCOVERY SCHOOLS, UM, AND THE CHOICE THAT I MADE, I KNOW I HEARD THAT WORD USED EARLIER, UM, TO SEND MY CHILDREN THERE EVEN BEFORE THEY HAD DOORS TO OPEN WAS ONE OF THE BEST DECISIONS I'VE EVER MADE FOR OUR FAMILY.

UM, I'M SIMPLY HERE TO SHOW HEART, TO SHOW SUPPORT FOR OUR SCHOOL AND TO ADDRESS ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS YOU MAY HAVE RELATED TO THOSE ROLES THAT I'VE SERVED AT DISCOVERY.

AND ALSO TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION THIS EVENING.

THANK YOU, MS. NEWTON.

UM, OKAY, SO DO WE HAVE A MOTION? UM, WOULD HE MOVE HERE? WE HAVE A MOTION BY MS. WARE JACKSON TO ACCEPT THE, UM, EVALUATE OR RECOMMENDATION TO DENY.

IS THERE A SECOND, MS. BERNARD, I'M SEEING NO QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM THE BOARD.

UH, UH, I'M SORRY.

GO AHEAD.

AS A FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS, UH, WITH OSCHNER HEALTH, UH, ADMINISTRATION, I WILL RECUSE MYSELF.

THANK YOU, MR. .

WE'RE ASKING THE BOARD TO MAKE A STUDENT DRIVEN DECISION THAT'S IN THE BEST INTEREST OF OUR STUDENTS AND COMMUNITY, AND WILL BE VITALLY IMPORTANT TO BOOSTING OUR TALENT PIPELINE BREAKFAST BRAG SUPPORTS SCHOOL CHOICE AND BELIEVES THE BOARD SHOULD GIVES PARENTS THE CHOICE TO HAVE THEIR STUDENTS EXPERIENCE THIS PHENOMENAL SCHOOL.

SEEING NO OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM THE BOARD, UH, IS THERE ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE WISH TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? NUMBER FOUR, GOOD EVENING.

BOARD MEMBERS AND SUPERINTENDENT RRCS.

MY NAME IS TANISHA ELLIS, AND I'M SPEAKING TO YOU ON BEHALF OF THE BATON ROUGE AREA CHAMBER.

WE'RE ASKING THE BOARD TO SUPPORT THE DISTRICT MOVING FORWARD AND ACCEPTING A PROVEN HIGH PRIORITY AND HIGH PERFORMING SCHOOL.

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AGAIN, BREAKFAST SEEKING THE BOARD SUPPORT TO APPROVE THE HIGH QUALITY SCHOOL WITH A PROVEN TRACK RECORD OF SUCCESS.

UH, MY NAME IS CAROLINE ROMER, AND YOU OFTEN HEAR FROM ME AS THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE LOUISIANA CHARTER SCHOOL ASSOCIATION, BUT TONIGHT I'M STANDING HERE AS A RESIDENT OF BATON ROUGE AND A PROUD MOM OF AN EIGHTH GRADER.

UH, I KNOW DISCOVERY SCHOOL PERSONALLY.

UM, NOT ONLY BECAUSE IT'S A CHARTER SCHOOL, BUT BECAUSE I HAVE VISITED IT, VISITED IT A NUMBER OF TIMES.

UM, I'M TOLD THAT NONE OF YOU HAVE VISITED THE SCHOOL.

I'M TOLD THAT NO ONE FROM YOUR ADMINISTRATION HAS VISITED THE SCHOOL AND I'M TELLING YOU, IT IS A PHENOMENAL PLACE.

IT'S A PLACE WHERE OVER 1500 FAMILIES ARE TRYING TO GET IN THROUGH THE WAITING LIST.

THE PEOPLE THAT RUN THAT SCHOOL ARE SOME OF THE BEST EDUCATORS IN THE STATE, DR.

PATTY GLACIER IS SOMEONE THAT I WOULD ENTRUST THE MOST IMPORTANT PERSON IN MY LIFE TO MY SON.

I WISH DISCOVERY WAS HERE.

AND I'M VERY SAD THAT YOU ALL DID NOT TAKE MORE TIME TO GO LEARN ABOUT THAT SCHOOL AND SEE IT.

I'VE HEARD WHAT YOU'VE SAID TONIGHT.

IT'S ALL ABOUT YOUR VISION AND WHAT'S TO COME.

AND I'M TELLING YOU, YOU ARE MISSING OUT ON A FANTASTIC SCHOOL THAT PEOPLE IN THIS CITY WOULD BE HUGELY EXCITED OVER.

I HOPE THAT YOU GET YOUR PLAN TOGETHER SOON.

IT TOOK YOU 20 YEARS TO GET YOUR POLICY.

SO I HOPE YOUR VISION COMES WITHIN THE NEXT FEW MONTHS, BUT I'M TELLING YOU, YOU'VE MADE A MISTAKE ON THIS ONE.

IF YOU PASS ON IT.

THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN, ANY OTHER COMMENTS FROM THE AUDIENCE? I THINK YOU'D BE WISE TO FOLLOW YOUR EXPERT'S RECOMMENDATION AND DENY THIS.

UM, I, I LIKED MR. COMMENTS, NOT TOO MANY MOMENTS AGO ABOUT LET'S GET YOUR OWN SYSTEM ORGANIZED.

SEE IF THERE'S A NEED.

IF THERE IS THEN MAYBE SOMEBODY CAN PROVIDE IT.

BUT AS A TAXPAYER AND A VOTER, I HAVE A BIG PROBLEM WITH THE CONCEPT THAT A BUNCH OF PEOPLE FROM METTERY AND KENNER CAN DO A BETTER JOB OF EDUCATING BATON ROUGE KIDS THAN THE FOLKS WE ELECTED.

SO, FURTHERMORE, I DID A LITTLE BIT OF RESEARCH AND IT LOOKS AS THOUGH THEIR, UM, SECOND HIGH SCHOOL.

THE ONE WITH MR. OXFORD'S NAME IN IT IS IN VIOLATION OF THE REQUIREMENTS THAT THEY SERVE A PARTICULAR PORTION OF POOR KIDS.

MY READING OF IT IS THE JEFFERSON PARISH IS 85%, UM, ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED.

AND THAT SCHOOL APPEARS TO HAVE 60%.

IF THEY REALLY HAVE THAT LONG, A WAITING LIST, THEY SHOULDN'T BE SERVING ONLY RELATIVELY WEALTHY KIDS.

SAME PROBLEM WITH SPACES.

DON'T PERPETUATE THAT BY HAVING YET ANOTHER EXCLUSIVE PRIVATELY OPERATED PUBLICLY FUNDED SCHOOL THAT EXCLUDES POOR KIDS AND SPECIAL ED KIDS.

SO I THINK YOU'RE ON THE RIGHT PATH TO DENY THIS APPLICATION.

BUT REGARDLESS OF WHERE THEY LIVE, REGARDLESS, THEN ELECTIVE ADMISSIONS.

FINNEY BECAUSE THEY HAD NOTHING INNOVATIVE AND NOTHING ACTUALLY HONEST TO SAY ABOUT THEIR ACTUAL SCHOOL.

IF YOU WANT TO SPEAK TO PARENTS OF CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES THAT HAVE ACTUALLY ATTENDED KENNA DISCOVERY, I WOULD DEFINITELY PUT YOU IN TOUCH WITH THEM SO THAT THEY CAN LET YOU KNOW PERSONALLY, HOW CAN I DISCOVER HAS FAILED CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES.

THIS IS A SCHOOL THAT IS ACTUALLY DESIGNED TO ONLY HOUSE THE CHEW.

THE MAJORITY OF THE CHILDREN HAVE STAY OFF FROM OSCHNER.

IT DOES WHAT IT SAID.

50% OF THE 50% OF THE SEATS WOULD BE CHILDREN WHOSE PARENTS ARE EMPLOYED WITH OSCHNER,

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SO MISSIONS IS NOT SOMETHING WHERE WE CAN HAVE EVR SCHOOL SYSTEM.

TRADITIONAL PUBLIC SCHOOLS DOES NOT HAVE THAT SAME LUXURY.

SO WHY SHOULD WE ALLOW THAT IF MS. ROMA WOULD LIKE TO SAY SOMETHING POSITIVE ABOUT KENNER DISCOVERY, THEN IT SHOULD BE THAT THEY HAVE FAILED TO SERVICE THE CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES.

THAT IS A VERY WELL-KNOWN DOCUMENTED FACT.

AND I DON'T EXPECT HER TO SAY ANYTHING THAT WOULD BE, THAT WOULD SAY SOMETHING WRONG AGAINST THE CHARTERS.

CONSIDERING SHE'S THE PRESIDENT OF THE CHARTER ASSOCIATION.

IF I HAD TO GIVE AN ANALOGY SINCE PEOPLE DID NOT LIKE MY TERM WITH PROSTITUTION, I WOULD USE A PLANTATION KENNA DISCOVERY IS NOTHING SHORT OF A MODERN DAY PLANTATION.

NOW YOU GET TO DECIDE ON WHO THE, WHO THE MASTER IS AND WHO THE SLAVES ALL, BUT FOR SURE, I DON'T HAVE TO COME UP HERE AND READ OFF OF MY CELL PHONE TO TELL YOU ANYTHING GREAT ABOUT EBR TRADITIONAL PUBLIC SCHOOLS.

AND I DON'T HAVE TO TELL YOU, I DON'T HAVE TO READ OFF MY CELL PHONE TO TELL YOU ANYTHING BAD ABOUT KENNA DISCOVERY.

IT IS AN ABOMINATION AND IT IS NOTHING SHORT OF A CIVIL RIGHTS VIOLATION.

THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT IT IS.

AND IF THEY CONTINUE TO VIOLATE THOSE CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES, LIKE THEY DO WITH THEM.

SO COLLUSIONS AND RESTRAINTS, THEN IT WOULD DEFINITELY BE ANOTHER, ANOTHER PROBLEM.

THAT'S WHY CONGRESS IS CURRENTLY LOOKING AT KEEPING OUR CHILDREN SAFE IN SCHOOLS, PARTIALLY BECAUSE OF KENNA DISCOVERY.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THANK YOU, MS. CORLEY, ANY OTHER COMMENTS FROM THE AUDIENCE? MY NAME IS RAYMOND ALMOND VOTER, A RESIDENT AND HOMEOWNER IN DISTRICT FOUR.

I'M COMING.

I MEAN, IT'S ALMOST AMAZING, UH, TO BE TALKING ABOUT AN OPEN ENROLLMENT SCHOOL, THAT'S A B, AND YOU HAVE A CONSIDERATION NOT TO APPROVE IT.

UH, PART SOME, YOU KNOW, MEMBERS TALKING ABOUT THE, UM, PERCENTAGE OF LOW INCOME STUDENTS AT A SCHOOL, SUCH AS THIS, THERE IS ONLY A HANDFUL OF SCHOOLS.

NOT MANY OF THEM OPEN ENROLLMENT THAT KIDS AND PARENTS ARE REALLY CLAMORING TO GO TO AT EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH.

DID YOU KNOW OF THOSE SCHOOLS? RIGHT? UH, THE ONES THAT ARE HIGHLY RATED THAT PARENTS WANT TO GO TO, WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF LOW INCOME STUDENTS THERE.

BATON ROUGE, HIGH 35% PRIOR DEFINITION, RIGHT? YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THIS CHARTER DEFINITION OF LOW INCOME STUDENTS.

DID, YOU KNOW, ALSO SHERWOOD MIDDLE 49%, 49% OF LOW INCOME STUDENTS PER THIS DEFINITION, RIGHT? THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT AND ALL OF THESE SCHOOLS MAYFAIR, AND WE CAN TALK ABOUT NUMBERS, RIGHT? AND, AND THEY'RE NOT ASKING TO BE LIKE NO LOW INCOME STUDENTS, BUT THE MORE OPPORTUNITY WE GIVE KIDS TO REACH THEIR ABSOLUTE GENIUS, THEY'LL DO IT.

AND WE NEED MORE OPPORTUNITY.

NOBODY CAN LIKE GIVE US THAT.

AND YOU CAN'T SAY IT'S ABOUT LOW INCOME STUDENTS.

UH, AND THEY'RE NOT SERVING LOW INCOME STUDENTS BECAUSE OUR SCHOOLS ARE LOW INCOME STUDENTS DON'T HAVE THE SEATS, BLACK BOYS, LESS THAN 20% IN MOST, ALL OF THESE SCHOOLS, WESTDALE HEIGHTS, ALL OF THE SCHOOLS, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE WANT TO GET IN, LIKE WE'RE NOT IN THE SCHOOLS.

WE DON'T HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO TO THE SCHOOLS.

YOU CAN ASK PARENTS.

AND SO THEY MAKE OTHER CHOICES.

THIS IS A GREAT CHOICE.

I'VE KNOWN JESSE FOR YEARS.

AND HE DIDN'T ASK ME TO SPEAK.

I MEAN, I DON'T WORK FOR THEM, BUT IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR HIM TO COME BACK HOME OR FOR THEM TO, TO TAKE WHAT THEY'VE LEARNED TO BE A B SCHOOL, OPEN ENROLLMENT, NO TESTS LIKE OUR MAGNET SCHOOLS.

SO SOMEBODY HOLLERED, YOU KNOW, A PERCENTAGE, BUT YOU HAVE TO GET A TEST TO GET INTO THE SHERWOOD.

THIS IS NOT A TEST.

AND SO NO MATTER WHAT YOUR PERCENTAGE IS, KIDS ARE GOING TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF IS GOING TO TAKE ADVANTAGE IF THEY WANT TO.

AND SO YOU SHOULD, YOU KNOW, GIVE THEM AN OPPORTUNITY AND HOPEFULLY IF YOU DON'T, THE STATE WILL AND KIDS WILL GO, OKAY, I WASN'T GOING TO SAY ANYTHING BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW ENOUGH BACKGROUND ON THE SCHOOL ITSELF.

SO I DIDN'T FEEL, UM, THAT I SHOULD SAY SOMETHING.

UM, THOUGH I DO KNOW MS. BUNCHY AND I TRUST HER WORD IMPECCABLY, UM, UP THERE WITH MS. CRAWFORD, IF SHE SAYS SOMETHING THOUGH.

THEY SHOULD HAVE APPLIED FOR A TYPE TWO CHARTER.

UM, BUT I, I, I WILL SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, FROM THE REPORT, IT APPEARS THAT

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AND AT THAT WOULD PROBABLY BE APPROVED BECAUSE OF THE CHILDREN.

THEY WOULD BE SERVICING NOT SAYING ANYTHING ABOUT THE JOB THAT THEY ARE DOING, BECAUSE I DO NOT KNOW ABOUT THAT.

OH.

AND ALSO RAYMOND ALMOND IS NOT REGISTERED TO VOTE, NOR DOES HE LIVE IN THAT HOUSE IN DISTRICT.

ANY OTHER COMMENTS FROM THE AUDIENCE SEEING NO OTHER COMMENTS FROM THE AUDIENCE WE'RE BACK TO THE BOARD, ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD MS. COLLINS, VICE PRESIDENT COLLINS, UM, BEING CONSISTENT.

I'M LOOKING AT THE ENROLLMENT NUMBERS THE FIRST YEAR.

UM, BASED ON WHAT MS. LOPEZ WAS EXPLAINING AT 820 STUDENTS TIMES AN APPROXIMATE 12,000, THAT WOULD BE A $9 MILLION ADDITIONAL DEFICIT TO THE BOARD.

AGAIN, EVERYTHING IS NOT PURE DOLLARS AND CENTS, BUT IN THE CONTEXT OF US ALREADY FACING DEFICIT IS IMPORTANT TO TAKE NOTE.

UM, AND THAT'S NOT GOING UP TO, UH, THE TOTAL ENROLLMENT REQUESTING AT CAPACITY.

IT WOULD BE A $17 MILLION DEFICIT TO THE BOARD.

AND I JUST WANTED TO LIFT THAT UP.

THANK YOU, MS. COLLINS, MS. DYSON, WANNA MAKE SURE THAT I UNDERSTAND A FEW THINGS.

UM, CAN, CAN SOMEONE JUST REITERATE TO ME, UM, THE NUMBERS THAT THEY ARE, UM, ASKING TO SERVE UP TO? UM, UM, I'M LOOKING MS. PUNCHY, DO YOU HAVE THAT INFORMATION? I HAD IT AT ONE TIME, BUT I JUST WOULD LIKE TO, I THINK IT'S 750 FROM PRE-K THROUGH EIGHT IT'S PRE-K THROUGH FOUR AT START WITH 820 STUDENTS.

AND THEN IT'S SCALE IT'S PRE-K THROUGH EIGHT PRE-K, FOUR THROUGH FOUR IS 820 TO START.

AND THEN IT'S SCALE IT'S PRE-K THROUGH EIGHT WITH 1,444 STUDENTS.

AND JUST THE ONE SITE? YES MA'AM.

THAT WE SO NEED, UM, ANY MORE RAPIDLY THAN HE IS TRYING TO PROMOTE.

UM, SO I'VE BEEN WATCHING THIS, UM, BATON ROUGE, BATON ROUGE HEALTH DISTRICT FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS AND WATCHING, UM, THE, UM, I I'VE, I'VE BEEN VERY INTERESTED IN THE WHOLE CONCEPT AND THINK I DEFINITELY SUPPORT A SCHOOL PARTNERING IN WITH THEM THAT WHOLE, UH, HEALTH DISTRICT.

UM, I DO BELIEVE, UM, I KNOW, YEARS AND YEARS AGO WE HAD OTHER MEDICAL, UM, MAGNETS AND A REALLY LARGE PROGRAM AT, UM, BALLET, OR THAT WAS HIGHLY, HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL, UM, THROUGH, UM, THROUGH, UH, MEDIATION AND ALL THAT WAS DONE WITH THE SEC THAT WAS MOVING.

AND SO IT'S, YOU KNOW, NOT IN A VERY CENTRALIZED AREA AS THIS WOULD PROBABLY BE.

HMM.

I JUST FEEL LIKE THERE ARE BIG NUMBERS OF STUDENTS THAT ARE NOT BEING OFFERED EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES CLOSE TO HOME IN OUR DISTRICT.

AND I'VE SAID THAT FOR DECADES, AND IT'S HARD FOR ME NOT TO, UM, TO WANT FOR ALL STUDENTS, EVERY SINGLE FAMILY ACROSS OUR DISTRICT TO HAVE ACCESS.

AND, UM, I'VE FULLY SUPPORTIVE OF OUR SUPERINTENDENT, RIGHT.

AND WHAT HE HAS ALREADY BEEN DOING WORKING SEVEN DAYS A WEEK, LONG, LONG HOURS FOR THE PAST FOUR OR FIVE MONTHS.

AND I KNOW THAT WE CAN'T TAKE A NEW SUPERINTENDENT AND EXPECT THE KIND OF CHANGE

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AND I S I WHOLEHEARTEDLY APPRECIATE THE VIGOR AND ENTHUSIASM AND TIRELESS ENERGY.

UM, AND AS WE DESIGN OUR PLANS, WE'VE GOT TO BECOME MORE PROACTIVE.

AND I DO BELIEVE WE ARE IN A POSITION TO BECOME MORE PROACTIVE, UM, BECAUSE WE HAVE SOMEONE WHO WANTS US TO BE, AND IS NOT ACCEPTING JUST THE STATUS QUO AND I SO MUCH APPRECIATE IT.

UM, BUT I DON'T KNOW THAT WE ARE GOING TO BE IN A POSITION TO, UM, I, I EVEN HAD A MEETING THAT I BROKERED WITH, UH, THE PAST, UM, CEO OF, UM, WOMAN'S HOSPITAL.

AND, UH, IT'S A FEW BLOCKS FROM ONE OF OUR HIGH SCHOOLS.

AND I TRIED, AND THIS WAS EVEN BEFORE, UM, BASIS, UH, AI, EVEN NEW BASIS WAS BUILDING THERE.

AND I REALLY TRIED TO ENCOURAGE A PARTNERSHIP SO THAT OUR STUDENTS AT OUR NEARBY, UM, HIGH SCHOOL COULD COME AND DO VOLUNTEER HOURS AT THE HOSPITAL.

I'VE, I'VE DONE EVERYTHING I KNOW TO DO.

AND I'VE BEEN WATCHING THIS HEALTH DISTRICT, AND WE UNFORTUNATELY DIDN'T HAVE A SUPERINTENDENT WHO WAS AS EAGER TO BE INNOVATIVE AND BE OUT OF THE BOX THINKING WHEN, UM, SO WE'VE LOST SOME GROUND AND WE'RE TRYING NOW TO CATCH BACK UP.

AND I JUST, I HAVE A HARD TIME WHEN I SEE THE STATS, UM, NOT SUPPORTING OPPORTUNITIES FOR ALL STUDENTS.

AND SO I DO HAVE A QUESTION, UM, ABOUT THE, NOW WE'VE DONE IT WITH BASIS AND THAT A DIFFERENT CONTRACT WITH THAT HOSPITAL PARTNERSHIP OF, WITH THEIR, THEIR EMPLOYEES.

UM, SO THAT HAS HAPPENED, BUT, UM, WHAT I'M NOT UNDERSTANDING IS THE OTHER, THE EMPLOYEES OF THE SCHOOL, REGARDLESS OF HOME ADDRESS.

UM, THAT PART, I DON'T UNDERSTAND BECAUSE I DON'T THINK THAT'S HAPPENING AT BASIS BECAUSE I UNDERSTAND THAT, THAT IT WOULD BE REQUIRED TO BE A CHART TYPE TO CHARTER IF IT WAS GOING TO TAKE A REGIONAL APPROACH OF ACCEPTANCE OF STUDENTS.

UM, AND SO I'M A LITTLE BIT CONFUSED AS TO, IS THIS REALLY AN, AN APPLICATION FOR A TYPE ONE, OR IS IT GOING TO BE REGIONAL PLACE? YEAH.

AS A TYPE ONE CHARTER APPLICATION, UH, IF THE BOY WERE TO APPROVE THIS, THE CONTRACT AND THE LAW REQUIRES TYPE ONES TO ONLY DRAW FROM WITHIN, WITHIN THE GEOGRAPHIC BOUNDARIES OF THE DISTRICT.

SO THE CONTRACT WOULD REFLECT, UH, WHAT'S REQUIRED BY LAW .

SO THE DIFFERENCE IS IF IT'S A TYPE ONE IT'S ONLY GOING TO PULL FROM EBR SCHOOL SYSTEM, UH, LINES, UM, IF IT IS REJECTED BY US, AND IF THEY CHOSE TO GO TO THE STATE AND THEN A TYPE TWO COULD MAKE IT A REGIONAL CONCEPT, BUT IN THEIR APPLICATION, THEY WANTED TO BE REGIONAL THE WAY THAT IT'S WORDED IN THIS, UM, EVALUATION SUMMARY, IT SAYS EMPLOYEES OF SCHOOL, REGARDLESS OF HOME ADDRESS WOULD HAVE ACCESS MAKING THIS A TYPE TWO CHARTER.

SO I'M CONFUSED.

I CAN'T SPEAK TO THE INTENT OF THE APPLICANT.

I CAN ONLY SAY THAT IF THIS IS APPROVED AS A TYPE ONE CHARTER, IT'S, IT'S THE, THE GEOGRAPHIC BOUNDARIES ARE THE LIMITS FOR, UH, STUDENT POPULATION.

SO MS. BLINGY, CAN YOU EXPLAIN THIS IN BOLD, YOUR SENTENCE IN BOLD HERE? I JUST AM TRYING TO GET SOME CLARITY HERE.

WELL, AND I'VE, UH, I APPRECIATE THE QUESTION, UM, UH, AGREE WITH WHAT, UM, MR. SHAMBLIN SAID IT IS ALL SPELLED OUT IN THE, IT HAS TO BE WHAT I'M SAYING IS IT NEEDS TO BE SPELLED OUT IN THE CONTRACT THAT IT IS A TYPE ONE CHARTER AND ONLY STUDENTS WHO RESIDE IN EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH WOULD BE ALLOWED TO ATTEND.

SO YOU'RE SAYING IN THEIR APPLICATION,

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THEY ACTUALLY USED THE VERBIAGE THAT NO, THAT'S MY VERBIAGE.

SO THEY DIDN'T SAY THAT THEY WANTED TO, UM, REGARDLESS OF HOME ADDRESS, CORRECT? UH, I, MY, MY CONCERN IS THAT IT IS A POSSIBILITY, AND THEN WHEN THE CONTRACT IS UP OR WHEN THE CONTRACT IS DESIGNED, IT NEEDS TO SAY SPECIFICALLY THAT IT'S A TYPE ONE CHARTER WITH ONLY STUDENTS FROM EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH.

SO I GUESS I'M JUST TRYING TO ASK THEN W THE INTENT IN THE APPLICATION, I'M JUST WONDERING WHY THIS GOT BROUGHT UP ABOUT THE HOME ADDRESS, REGARDLESS OF HOME ADDRESS.

WAS THERE SOMETHING IN THE APPLICATION THAT MADE US THINK THAT THEY REALLY DID PREFER A REGIONAL, UM, FLYIN WOULD Y'ALL LIKE TO, UM, SPEAK TO YOUR PREFERENCE HERE? YOU MEAN ARLENE'S IN JEFFERSON PARISHES, IF A TEACHER TEACHES IN ONE PARISH OR THE OTHER, THERE'S A TAGALONG POLICY THAT IS COMPLIMENTARY FOR BOTH, IT RARELY HAPPENS.

BUT IF A PARENT IS WORKING AT THE SCHOOL, THE CHILD CAN THEN GO TO THE SCHOOL.

THERE'S, I MEAN, THERE'S VERY FEW FACULTY KIDS, YOU KNOW, THEY DON'T MAKE IT THE MAJORITY OF OUR SCHOOL BY ANY, ANY WAY, SHAPE OR FORM.

THEY TAKE A COUPLE OF SEATS AT EVERY GRADE LEVEL.

IF WE PARTNER WITH OCHSNER, LIKE WE DID FOR THE DR.

JOHN OCHSNER SCHOOL, WHICH WILL EVENTUALLY BE 750 SEATS, WHEN IT'S FULLY GROWN, OCHSNER GETS 50% OF THE SEATS, ACCORDING TO THE STATE LAW FOR OUR CHARTER CORPORATE CONTRACT, THE CORPORATION CAN GET 50% OF THE SEATS, NO MATTER WHERE THE EMPLOYEE LIVES, BECAUSE THEY ARE AN EMPLOYEE OF THAT CORPORATION.

SO, AND STATE LAW ALSO REQUIRES TO APPLY TO THE DISTRICT FIRST, WHICH WE DID, AND WE DID IN GOOD SPIRIT.

I'M NOT SURE WHY THE EMPLOYEE THING CAME UP, BECAUSE I THINK IT APPLIES TO TWO STUDENTS AT OUR SCHOOL.

AND JUST THE, IT'S A REVERSE POLICY, THE TAG ALONG BETWEEN ORLEANS AND JEFFERSON AND UNDERSTOOD POLICY BECAUSE PEOPLE CROSS PARISH LINES TO WORK.

UM, MR. SHAMBLIN, SO, UM, WE DON'T HAVE ANY, UM, LIKE NEIGHBORING DISTRICTS THAT AGREED TO, UM, TO TAKE OUR STUDENTS OR AS TAKE THEIRS DEWEY TO MY KNOWLEDGE.

NO, MA'AM WE DON'T.

SO THAT REQUIRES A DISTRICT TO DISTRICT A AGREEMENT, I BELIEVE SO.

UM, THANK YOU, MR. AND MISO WHERE JACKSON, THANK YOU, PRESIDENT TATLIN.

OH, I HAVE A COUPLE OF CONCERNS.

UM, AS FAR AS THE, UM, THE SERVICES THAT ARE PROVIDED, THERE ARE A LOT OF REPEAT SERVICES IN THE APPLICATION.

AND, UM, ALTHOUGH I ALSO, I, I SUPPORT, UM, MORE SCHOOLS IN THAT PARTICULAR AREA.

UM, I THINK THAT AS A, AS A DISTRICT, WE NEED TO, UM, WE NEED TO REALLY GET ON THE BALL WITH PROVIDING THESE TYPES, THESE SCHOOLS, OURSELVES, INSTEAD OF HAVING, UH, ANOTHER, ANOTHER ENTITY COME IN AND DUPLICATE SOME OF THE SERVICES THAT WE ALREADY HAVE IN OUR STRATEGIC PLAN.

AND WE ALREADY HAVE IN THE DISTRICT, I'M THINKING PARTICULARLY ABOUT THE SERVICES THAT C TECH PROVIDES.

AND, UH, SO I HAVE A BIT OF DIFFICULTY WITH, WITH THIS, UM, WITH THIS APPLICATION AND ALSO THE, THE, UM, GOING THROUGH THE SAME TYPES OF, UM, OBSTACLES WHERE WE'RE FEELING WITH, UH, THE SEATS AND, YOU KNOW, WITH SOME OF THE QUESTIONS THAT MS. DYSON JUST, JUST PRESENTED, YOU KNOW, WHETHER, WHETHER THESE, WHETHER THE STUDENTS THAT ARE SERVED WILL BE STUDENTS WITHIN THE DISTRICT.

AND WHETHER THIS, THIS SCHOOL IS MORE OR LESS, UH, TYPE TWO, RATHER THAN IN DESCRIPTION, RATHER THAN A TYPE ONE.

SO I JUST WANTED TO EXPRESS MY CONCERNS AND, UM, AND THAT'S,

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THAT'S BASICALLY IT.

THANK YOU, MS. WARE JACKSON, MR. HOWARD, JUST WANT TO LIFT UP FOR A POINT OF CLARITY.

THE INTENT OF THE TYNDALL CAN DISCOVER WHATEVER IT IS LIKE THEY'RE COMING TO US FOR A REASON.

LIKE IF THEY'RE APPLYING TO BE A TYPE CHARTER SCHOOL IN ORDER FOR THEM TO EVEN GO THROUGH THE PROCESS OF BECOMING A TYPE TWO, THEY HAVE TO GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS FIRST.

SO I DON'T NECESSARILY WANT TO LIKE CLARIFY, LIKE THEY HAVE TO COME HERE FIRST, REGARDLESS OF IT, REGARDLESS OF WHAT TYPE AND THE REGIONAL THINGS, IF THEY COME HERE AND WE WILL APPROVE THEM, THEY WOULD BE A TYPE ONE CHARTER SCHOOL.

SO JUST A POINT OF CLARITY.

IT'S A PART OF THE PROCESS AS WE DETERMINE THESE APPLICATIONS.

THANK YOU, MR. HOWARD, YOU PRESS THE BUTTON AGAIN.

YOU WANT TO TALK AGAIN? NO, I'M KIDDING WITH YOU.

THE MOTION IS TO ACCEPT THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE EVALUATOR AND DENY THE APPLICATION, UH, A VOTE.

IS TO DENY MADAME SECRETARY, PLEASE CONDUCT THE VOTE.

WE NOW MOVE TO ITEM K FIVE, MS. LUNCHY DISCUSSION, CONSIDERATION OF GREAT HEARTS OF BATON ROUGE, SCHOOL APPLICATION AND RELATED MATTERS.

[K5. 2020-2021 Charter School Application: Great Hearts of Baton Rouge #1, #2, #3]

OUR THIRD APPLICANT IS GREAT HEARTS, BATON ROUGE, ONE, TWO, AND THREE.

THE MISSION OF THE SCHOOL IS TO CULTIVATE THE MINDS AND HEARTS OF STUDENTS THROUGH THE PURSUIT OF TRUTH.

GOODNESS AND BEAUTY.

GREAT HEARTS BASED IN PHOENIX, ARIZONA SEEKS TO OPEN THREE SCHOOLS IN BATON ROUGE.

GREAT HEARTS.

ONE SEEKS TO OPEN IN 2020 2, 23 WAS 664 STUDENTS IN GRADES K THROUGH SEVEN.

AT SCALE, THE PROPOSED SCHOOL WOULD HAVE 1,456 STUDENTS AND GAY GRADES K THROUGH 12.

GREAT HEARTS TOO, WOULD BE THE SAME DEMOGRAPHICS AND OPEN IN 2020 4, 25.

GREAT HEARTS THREE WOULD OPEN IN 2020 7, 28 WITH THE SAME DEMOGRAPHICS, MAKING THE TOTAL NUMBER OF STUDENTS ENROLLED IN GREAT HEART SCHOOLS IN BATON ROUGE, 4,368 AND NINE GREAT HEART SCHOOLS LOCATED IN TEXAS.

THE AVERAGE PERCENT OF ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED STUDENTS IS 22% GREAT HEART STATES IN THEIR APPLICATION THAT THEY'LL CHOOSE TO TAKE 40% ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED STUDENTS, INCLUSIVE OF 8% ESS AND 5%.

AND THE PROPOSED SCHOOL BULLETIN 1 26 REQUIRES A CHARTER SCHOOLS MUST ENROLL A PERCENTAGE OF ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED AND ESS STUDENTS THAT IS AT LEAST 85% OF THE AVERAGE OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, WHERE THE CHARTER RESIDES.

THE APPLICANT DOES NOT MEET THIS CRITERIA DURING THE INTERVIEW.

THE GREAT HEARTS TEAM INDICATED THAT SCHOOL TWO WOULD NOT OPEN UNTIL SCHOOL.

ONE WAS AT SUCCESS FINANCIALS.

HOWEVER, INDICATES SCHOOL TWO WILL BE BUILT IN YEAR TWO AND YEAR THREE.

AND SCHOOL THREE WILL BE BUILT IN YOUR, FOR THE CURRICULUM FROM THE POST SCHOOL IS NOT TIER ONE.

THE ASSESSMENTS FOR THE PROPOSED SCHOOL ARE NOT TIER ONE.

ACCORDING TO INFORMATION PROVIDED IN THE INTERVIEW.

CORE TEACHERS ARE TYPICALLY NOT CERTIFIED, ONLY 40% OF THE K FIVE GRADE LEVEL TEACHERS AT THE GREAT HEART SCHOOLS ARE CERTIFIED.

THE GOAL OF THE ORGANIZATION IS TO HIRE LIBERAL ARTS MAJORS AND ALLOW THEM TO BE POWERFUL PROFESSIONALS.

AS A YEAR FOR TRAINING TEACHERS ARE EVALUATED ON A SHORT CYCLE WITH A RUBRIC CREATED BY GREAT HEARTS AND DOES NOT ALIGN WITH THE LDL E APPROVED CURRICULUM.

I'M SORRY, EVALUATION TOOL, WHICH HAS COMPASS DUAL ENROLLMENT COURSES WILL NOT BE OFFERED.

INDUSTRY-BASED CERTIFICATION COURSES WILL NOT BE OFFERED JUMPSTART.

2.0 WILL NOT BE OFFERED.

INTERNATIONAL

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BACCALAUREATE WILL NOT BE OFFERED CENTER FOR AEROSOL IMPACTS ON CHEMISTRY COURSES AT C A I C E WILL NOT BE OFFERED TO ADVANCED PLACEMENT COURSES WOULD BE OFFERED IN PHYSICS AND CALCULUS.

THE PROPOSED SCHOOL HAS NO TRACK RECORD OF PARTNERING WITH LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICTS.

FOR THESE REASONS.

I RECOMMEND THAT YOU DENY THE APPLICATION TO GREAT HEARTS.

ONE, TWO, AND THREE.

THANK YOU, MS. PAUNCHY, I WOULD INVITE, UH, GREAT HEARTS OF BATON ROUGE, ONE, TWO, AND THREE, UH, REPRESENTATIVES TO MAKE A PRESENTATION.

AND YOU HAVE 10 MINUTES, PLEASE.

IT'S ADDITION, IT'S MULTIPLICATION TOGETHER.

WELL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH, PRESIDENT TADEMAN AND TO THE BOARD AND TO SUPERINTENDENT NARCIS FOR LETTING US BE HERE TODAY.

AND THANK YOU TO MS. PUNCHY.

WE HAVE SOME RESPONSES TO SOME OF HER POINTS ABOUT OUR APPLICATION.

I HAVE SOME OTHER MEMBERS OF THE APPLICATION TEAM THAT WILL ALSO COME UP AND ADDRESS OUR PROGRAM.

MY NAME IS DR.

DANIEL SCOGGIN.

I HAVE A 25 YEAR CAREER AND EDUCATION AS A TEACHER, A COACH, A PRINCIPAL, AND CO-FOUNDER OF OUR NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION, NONPROFIT AT ALL LEVELS, GREAT HEARTS ACADEMIES.

AND IT'S BEEN THE JOY OF MY LIFE TO BRING A CLASSICAL LIBERAL ARTS EDUCATION TO KIDS AND STUDENTS, YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN FROM ALL BACKGROUNDS.

THE OVERALL POINT REGARDING GREAT HEARTS, THE CORE PURPOSE, A GREAT HEARTS IS TO UNLOCK THE POTENTIAL OF EVERY CHILD.

I'VE HEARD THE BOARD SPEAK TO THAT POINT.

TONIGHT, EVERY CHILD, WE ARE A S A STUDENT SCHOLAR CENTERED ORGANIZATION.

EVERY DECISION WE MAKE IS FOCUSED ON OUR CHILDREN AND HOW WE CAN SERVE THEM BETTER AND BETTER EVERY DAY.

AND WE THINK A CLASSICAL LIBERAL ARTS EDUCATION THAT TEACHES DEEP CRITICAL THINKING THROUGH THE SOCRATIC METHOD OF BEAUTIFUL LIBERAL ARTS CURRICULUM IS THE BEST WAY TO UNLOCK THE POTENTIAL OF EVERY CHILD WE SERVE.

WHEN, UM, I WOULD ALSO POINT OUT THAT OUR SCHOOLS ARE DEEPLY INCLUSIVE.

WE DEFINE IT AND OURSELVES NOT BY WHO WE EXCLUDE BY WHO INCLUDE IN A CLASSICAL LIBERAL ARTS CURRICULUM.

SO WE'D LIKE TO TALK ABOUT THAT AS WELL.

OUR GOALS FOR THE SCHOOL AND SERVING ALL SCHOLARS IN BATON ROUGE.

WHEN WE MET WITH SUPERINTENDENT NARCY SEVERAL MONTHS AGO, HE WAS VERY KIND TO TAKE A MEETING FROM US.

HE SAID, WHAT'S YOUR INNOVATION? HOW, HOW WOULD YOU ADD VALUE TO THE PARISH? WE ARE INNOVATIVE.

THERE IS NOT AN OPEN ENROLLMENT CLASSICAL LIBERAL ARTS SCHOOL IN THE PARISH.

WE ARE BRINGING A DEEP INNOVATION THAT DOES NOT EXIST.

WE THINK THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO NOTE, SECONDLY, THE LOCATION OF THE SCHOOL, WE SEEK TO LOCATE OUR FIRST CAMPUS IN THE SOUTH PORTION OF THE PARISH, WHERE THE DEMOGRAPHIC AND CENSUS TRACK ANALYSIS CLEARLY SHOW THERE'S A LACK OF OPEN ENROLLMENT SCHOOL, ESPECIALLY IN MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOL.

WE WILL BRING SCHOLARS BACK INTO THE PARISH AND TO THIS ACADEMIC PROGRAM.

IT'S NOT A ZERO SUM GAME.

WE CAN PARTNER TO ADD MORE KIDS INTO THE PARISH BY BRINGING THEM BACK IN BECAUSE THEY HAVEN'T HAD AN OPTION SO THAT WE THINK THAT'S A VERY IMPORTANT POINT.

IT'S ADDITION, NOT A ZERO SUM GAME OF JUST A SET AMOUNT OF STUDENTS.

WE WILL ADD TO THE ENROLLMENT OVERALL IN, IN THE PARISH.

LASTLY, I JUST LIKE TO POINT OUT RESULTS.

GREAT HEARTS HAS A 20 YEAR TRACK RECORD OF EXCEPTIONAL ACADEMIC RESULTS.

AND OUR SCHOOLS IN ARIZONA IN TEXAS, WE HAVE 33 SCHOOLS.

OUR LOW-INCOME STUDENTS OUTPERFORMED SIGNIFICANTLY OUTPERFORM THE STATE AVERAGES.

OUR AVERAGE SAT SCORE, AND THIS GOES ACROSS THOUSANDS OF GRADUATES IS 1250 PUBLIC ENROLLMENT SCHOOL ACT SCORE 28 WITH HARD WORK WITH PARTNERSHIP.

WE CAN DELIVER THAT HERE IN BATON ROUGE TO, TO GRADUATES FROM THESE ACADEMIES.

SO TO CLOSE, THE REASON THAT I BELIEVE YOU SHOULD PRE APPROVE OUR CHARTER APPLICATION TODAY IS THAT WE WILL BE A UNIQUE, INNOVATIVE, AND VALUE ADD PARTNER TO THE WORK THAT THE PARISH IS DOING.

THAT'S OUR SOLE PURPOSE AND APPLYING FOR THIS CHARTER TO SERVE KIDS THAT THE CENTER OF OUR ORGANIZATION.

SO THANK YOU FOR LISTENING TO THESE OPENING REMARKS.

I WANT TO GO A LITTLE BIT FURTHER PRESIDENT'S HAPPENING WITH THIS THROUGH THESE 10 MINUTES AND ANSWER A COUPLE OF, OF, OF, OF MS. COMMENTS, UH, JUST TO ROUND OUT THE CONTEXT OF OUR APPLICATION.

SO I'D LIKE TO CALL UP OUR VP OF CURRICULUM, MR. JAKE, TAWNY, TO TALK ABOUT OUR CURRICULUM AS A, AS A TIER ONE ABOUT SIX MINUTES LEFT.

PRESIDENT TAPPIN BOARD MEMBERS HAVE SUCH A DELIGHT TO BE HERE.

UH, MY NAME IS JAKE TANI.

I'M THE VICE PRESIDENT OF CURRICULUM FOR GREAT HEARTS.

AND WANT TO, JUST TO SPEAK A LITTLE BIT TO THAT SINCE THAT WAS CALLED INTO QUESTION BY THE THIRD PARTY EVALUATOR, UH, THE, THE CLASSICAL MODEL IS SOMETHING VERY NEAR AND DEAR TO MY HEART.

REALLY WHAT WE'RE SEEKING IS TO, TO BRING THE VERY BEST CURRICULUM, THE VERY BEST PEDAGOGY, UH, TO ALL STUDENTS.

WE BELIEVE FUNDAMENTALLY WITH MORTIMER

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ADLER, THAT THE BEST EDUCATION IS THE BEST EDUCATION FOR ALL.

UH, AT THE SAME TIME, WE REMAIN OPEN TO INNOVATION.

WE REMAIN OPEN TO IMPROVEMENTS OF OUR CURRICULUM.

AS WE LOOK AT OUR HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL CURRICULUM, UH, WE, IT, IT MEETS OR EXCEEDS ALL THE CRITERIA THAT'S LAID OUT BY, UH, THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION FOR LOUISIANA, UH, IN ITS DESCRIPTION OF, OF WHAT IT MEANS TO BE TIER ONE.

UH, WHAT WE DO IS WE OFFER THE BEST.

THAT'S BEEN SAID THE BEST THAT'S BEEN WRITTEN, WHAT THE MODEL THAT WE'RE OFFERING REALLY IS THE EDUCATION OF CICERO, THE EDUCATION OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN AND THE EDUCATION OF MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR.

AND WE FUNDAMENTALLY BELIEVE THAT WHAT WE'RE DOING, WHAT IS SO INNOVATIVE IS WE'RE TAKING A MODEL THAT HAS BEEN REALLY REGULATED.

SO TO PRIVATE SCHOOLS, AND WE'RE BRINGING IT TO ALL STUDENTS.

AND WE HAVE A PROVEN TRACK RECORD OF SUCCESS WITH THIS.

UH, OUR, OUR SPECIAL EDUCATION STUDENTS ARE ACHIEVING AT NEAR THE STATE AVERAGE, THE GENERAL AVERAGE AT RE VERY NEAR THE STATE AVERAGE IN BOTH STATES THAT WE OPERATE FOR ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED STUDENTS.

THEY'RE EXCEEDING THE STATE AVERAGE, EXCEEDING THE STATE AVERAGE BY 10 TO 15 POINTS.

AND WE DO THIS CONSISTENTLY, AND OUR STUDENTS GRADUATES AFTER HAVING, HAVE YOU, HAVE YOU EXPERIENCED THE MODEL AND GO OFF TO THE ALL SORTS OF UNIVERSITIES AROUND THE COUNTRY AND THEY'RE REMARKABLY SUCCESSFUL.

AND ONE OF THE THINGS WE'RE MOST PROUD OF IS NOT ONLY ARE THEY, UH, GETTING INTO THE COLLEGES AND GETTING THE SCHOLARSHIP MONEY, BUT THEY'RE, THEY'RE REMAINING THERE AND THEY'RE GRADUATING FROM COLLEGE.

THIS IS THE MODEL THAT WE WANT TO BRING TO BATON ROUGE.

AND I'LL JUST SAY VERY PERSONALLY IN CLOSING, THERE ARE TWO THINGS THAT, THAT I LOVE THAT ARE NEAR AND DEAR TO MY HEART.

ONE IS PUBLIC DISTRICT EDUCATION.

I SPENT 12 YEARS, UH, TEACHING IN A PUBLIC DISTRICT SCHOOL.

I'M THE SON OF, OF EDUCATORS.

UH, IT'S ON A PUBLIC DISTRICT.

EDUCATORS.

ONE IS, IS PUBLIC DISTRICT EDUCATION.

THE OTHER IS CLASSICAL EDUCATION.

I AM VERY EXCITED ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE A TRUE PARTNERSHIP, TO BRING THOSE TWO WORLDS OF MY CAREER, UH, TOGETHER AS WE THINK ABOUT COMING TO BATON ROUGE.

SO THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THEY GET OUTSIDE OF BATON ROUGE.

THANK YOU, JAKE.

AND JUST A COUPLE OTHER POINTS REGARDING, UM, WHAT, WHAT MS. PUNCHY SAID IN OUR CHARTER, WE'RE VERY CLEAR THAT WE WILL MEET THE 85% REQUIREMENT IN THE FIRST YEAR.

WE TALKED ABOUT THAT 40% OF LOW-INCOME AS WE BUILD OUT OUR TRANSPORTATION PLAN AND THE SOUTH PART OF THE PARISH WE'RE RIGHT NEAR GARDERE.

WE ALSO WOULD SEEK TO OPEN THREE CAMPUSES, INCLUDING CAMPUSES IN NORTH BATON ROUGE, REGARDING TEACHER CERTIFICATION.

WE WILL HAVE CERTIFIED SPED TEACHERS, BUT AS YOU KNOW, CHARTER SCHOOLS DO NOT HAVE CERTIFIED TEACHERS.

WE HIRE TEACHERS WITH MASTER'S DEGREES IN MATH, PHDS, AND LITERATURE WHO ARE DEEP SUBJECT LEVEL EXPERTS THAT WE TRAIN WITHIN OUR ACADEMIES TO DELIVER A GREAT CURRICULUM TO CLOSE.

I MAY JUST PRESENT TAP JUST IF I HAVE MORE TIME, I'D LIKE TO INVITE DANA HENRY FROM OUR COMMUNITY OUTREACH TEAM TO JUST COME UP AND SAY A FEW WORDS ABOUT HOW WE WILL BRING THE SCHOOL TO THE COMMUNITY.

THANK YOU, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF THE GREAT HEARTS TEAM.

UM, THERE'S, THERE'S THREE REASONS WHY, UM, WHY I DECIDED TO BE A PART OF THE GREAT HEARTS TEAM, NOT JUST AS A, AS AN ATTORNEY AND GENERAL COUNSEL, BUT ALSO AS A PERSON WHO'S WORKED IN PUBLIC EDUCATION ADVOCACY SINCE 2013.

UM, I WAS FORTUNATE ENOUGH IN 2018 TO WORK FOR THE URBAN LEAGUE OF LOUISIANA.

UH, AND WE DID A EDUCATION EQUITY REPORT FOR BATON ROUGE.

AND AS I TALKED TO THE GREAT HEARTS TEAM ABOUT THEM COMING AND KNOWING THE OPTIONS THAT MANY OF THE SCHOLARS AND FAMILIES NEED IN EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH, THERE'S THREE, THREE BIG DATA POINTS THAT STICK OUT OF WHY WE NEED TRUE OPTIONS, LIKE GREAT HEARTS, A UNIQUE LEARNING EXPERIENCE IN THE PARISH.

THE FIRST ONE IS AFRICAN-AMERICAN STUDENTS, ACCORDING TO OUR EQUITY REPORT OF URBAN LEAGUE IN 2018, WE'RE UNDERREPRESENTED IN ACE SCHOOLS, 52% OF AFRICAN-AMERICAN STUDENTS IN EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH ATTENDED A D OR F SCHOOL.

FIRST REASON WHY WE NEED A GREAT HEARTS TYPE SCHOOL.

SECOND REASON, 53 OUT OF 98 SCHOOLS WERE RATED DRF BY THE LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION IN 2018.

NOW, THE REASON WHY WE NEED OPTIONS IN THIS PARENTS FOR STRUGGLING PARENTS WHO DON'T WANT TO SUBMIT THEIR KIDS TO THE SCHOOL, TO PRISON PIPELINE, AND THE THIRD REASON, 23,468 STUDENTS, 47.5% OF STUDENTS IN EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH ATTENDED A DRF SCHOOL, BUT YET WE TALK ABOUT POTENTIAL FINANCIAL HITS AGAINST THE DISTRICT.

THOSE PARENTS DON'T HAVE TIME TO WAIT FOR VISION SETTING AND STRATEGIC PLANS EVERY DAY THAT WE DENY QUALIFIED APPLICANTS BASED UPON THE CRITERIA LAID OUT BY THE STATE, WE ARE PERPETUATING THE SCHOOL TO PRISON PIPELINE.

SO I IMPLORE YOU CONSIDER, CONSIDER OVERRULING THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE EVALUATOR.

SO THESE 23,468 KIDS CAN ACTUALLY HAVE A SHOT AT A REAL LIFE ONCE

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WELL, THANK YOU, PRESIDENT HAPMAN AND BOARD, AND THAT CONCLUDES OUR OPENING REMARKS.

SCOGGIN.

UM, WE WILL NOW, UM, SO WE CAN DO THIS, UH, I WOULD LIKE TO GET A MOTION.

UM, MS. BERNARD, I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE THAT WE, UM, APPROVE GREAT HEARTS.

BAD.

THANK YOU, MR. , MS. COLLINS, WHAT CAUSED THE, UH, CURRICULUM TO BE LABELED NAT TO YOUR ONE? UM, MISS, I THINK MS. PUNCHY, THAT QUESTION IS FOR YOU.

YES MA'AM.

AND WITH THAT QUESTION, I HAD HELPED FROM THE, UH, FROM THE EASTBOUND REPAIR SCHOOL SYSTEM, THERE ARE CERTAIN CURRICULUM THAT ARE RATED TIER ONE, OR TIER TWO OR TIER THREE.

AND I RELIED ON THE HELP OF, UM, UH, DR.

RUTLEDGE TO HELP ME WITH THAT DECISION AND THE, THE, UH, MY BASIC CAUSE I'M NOT AT THE MICHIGAN.

NO, NOT EDUCATED TIER ONE.

THERE'S A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF RIGOR, ET CETERA.

MA'AM TIER TWO IS LESS RIGOR TIER THREE.

UM, AND THEN, AND SO THERE WAS NO WAY TO HAVE SOME KIND OF CORRELATION WITH WHAT THEY DO TO SHOW I'M JUST, YOU KNOW, HE OFFERED A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE AND I'M JUST MAKING SURE I UNDERSTAND, RIGHT.

THE CURRICULUM WOULD HAVE TO BE PUT SIDE BY SIDE WITH CERTAIN CRITERIA FROM THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION.

I DIDN'T HAVE ACCESS TO THE CURRICULUM.

SO, UH, THAT WAS NOT POSSIBLE.

I JUST KNOW THAT THEY DON'T, THEY ARE NOT TIER ONE.

AND WHICH IS A CERTAIN LEVEL OF RIGOR.

UM, AND AGAIN, IN THE SPIRIT OF BEING, UH, CONSISTENT, UH, WITH THE INITIAL, UH, ENROLLMENT AND 6 64, THAT WOULD BE 7.9 MILLION.

AND THEN THE CA THE, UH, MAX ENROLLMENT AT 1456 WOULD BE $17.4 MILLION.

AND, UM, UH, THE SUPERINTENDENT, UH, DID A PRESS RELEASE, ET CETERA.

A COUPLE OF EARLIER THIS WEEK ABOUT SOME, UM, PLANS FOR THE DISTRICT.

I THINK A SUPERINTENDENT, ONE THING THAT WOULD BE IMPORTANT BECAUSE MAGNET SCHOOLS COME UP A LOT AND I EAT SOME OF THE POINTS I TOTALLY AGREE WITH.

AND SOME OF THE POINTS I'VE BEEN EDUCATED TO, WITH SOME DETAILS AND LOOK AT IT DIFFERENTLY.

AND AS HE PRESENTS HIS PLAN TO MOVE FORWARD, THAT THERE'LL BE SOME BOARD EDUCATION ON DETAILS ABOUT CERTAIN ASPECTS OF, UM, OF OUR MAGNETS, FOR EXAMPLE, UH, SURE.

SOME ARE HIGH PERFORMING, HIGH DEMAND, MAGNETS DON'T REQUIRE TESTING, UH, WHICH IS A MISCONCEPTION.

NOW, SOME OF THEM MIGHT REQUIRE OTHER THINGS, BUT PEOPLE AT LEAST NEED TO SPEAK THE SAME LANGUAGE WHEN THEY EXPLAIN, YOU KNOW, UM, AND, AND SO PEOPLE COULD BE ON ONE ACCORD AS THEY DISCUSS THE DIFFERENT CONCERNS AND ISSUES.

VICE PRESIDENT COLLINS, MS. DYSON.

SO, UM, IN THE BACKUP MATERIAL I HAD READ, UM, AND I SEE, I HAVE PULLED UP STATE ALIGNED CURRICULUM, UM, IS WHAT THEY ARE PROPOSING.

SO IT MAY NOT BE TIER ONE, BUT, UM, I DON'T KNOW THAT WE'VE HAD, UM, I THINK WE'RE KIND OF NEED TO DISTRICT-WIDE TIER ONE, AND WE'RE VERY HOPEFUL THAT IT'S GOING TO PRODUCE WHAT WE'RE HOPING TO PRODUCE BY STANDARDIZING THAT AMONGST OUR SCHOOLS.

BUT, UM, BUT I DO THINK THEY ARE COMMITTED TO A STATE ALIGNED CURRICULUM.

AND, UM, SO I WANTED TO

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KIND OF POINT THAT OUT.

UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, UM, I AM, UH, AWARE OF IS THAT THE APPLICATION IS AS IS, BUT THERE IS, UM, FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND, AND PLEASE CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, MR. SHANNON, THERE IS A WAY TO, ALTHOUGH THE APPLICATION IS WHAT IT IS TO SPECIFY THAT IN CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS, WE WOULD LIKE TO CONTEMPLATE JUST THE FIRST SCHOOL FOR NOW.

AND, UM, BECAUSE THERE WAS SOME, IT WAS GOING TO PROVE ITSELF.

AND THEN IT WAS LIKE, BUT THIS IS ALREADY IN THE SECOND YEAR AND THE FOURTH YEAR.

AND THEN, SO WE MIGHT NOT HAVE ENOUGH YEARS OF DATA TO SHOW WHAT, WHAT IT REALLY IS GOING TO BE DOING.

AND NOT ONLY THAT, BUT I WOULD LIKE US TO BE AS, UM, AS THEY ARE SAYING THAT THEY WOULD LIKE US TO BE A TRUE PARTNERSHIP.

I HAVE ACTUALLY ENCOURAGED ANOTHER OF OUR CHARTERS TO, UH, DO SOMETHING THAT'S NOT BEEN DONE AS FAR AS THE TRUER PARTNERSHIP.

AND, UM, THAT IS WHAT THE AVIATION ACADEMY, I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO SEE SOME OF OUR NOW WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT, ARE IN THERE AND ALL OF THAT, BUT I'M SAYING OUR TRADITIONAL STUDENTS IN OUR TRADITIONAL SCHOOLS THAT WE MAY HAVE ONE SCHOOL THAT PARTNERS, UM, TO GET OUR STUDENTS HAVE THOSE SAME KINDS OF OPPORTUNITIES.

THEY'RE VERY GOOD AT PHILANTHROPY.

THEY'RE, YOU KNOW, MAYBE WE CAN, THIS IS WHAT CHARTERS ARE SUPPOSED TO BE IS INNOVATIVE AND SHOW US WAYS TO PROVIDE, UH, OTHER POTENTIALS THAT WE MAY HAVE DIFFICULTIES DOING, BUT IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THEM, WE MAY BE ABLE TO, TO DO SOME REPLICATION.

UM, SO I AM NOT A A HUNDRED PERCENT SURE, BUT I UNDERSTAND THAT THAT IS, UM, A DOABLE THING TO SAY THAT IN CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS, WE WOULD CONTEMPLATE THE FIRST SCHOOL THAT THEY'RE PROPOSING AND THAT WE WOULD THEN SEE WHERE OUR VISION HAS TAKEN US, HOW QUICKLY WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO MOVE AND HOW QUICKLY WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO DEVELOP A TRUE TRUSTING PARTNERSHIP WITH THIS INNOVATIVE CHARTER.

UM, AND SO I GUESS I'D HAVE TO HEAR THAT THAT WOULD BE A WILLINGNESS, UH, AMONGST BOTH.

AND I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IF IT IS THAT WE MIGHT, COULD MAKE THAT AS A FRIENDLY TO THE ORIGINAL.

I GUESS, ARE YOU OFFERING TO MAKE A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT TO MS. BERNARD'S MOTION? YES.

AND I'VE ASKED A QUESTION FIRST THOUGH, JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT IN CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS AND I'M ASKING IT OF OUR GENERAL COUNSEL AND THE APP.

SO THE MOTION ON THE FLOOR IS TO APPROVE THE APPLICATION FOR THREE SCHOOLS, SCHOOLS, ONE, TWO, AND THREE.

IF THE, IF THAT MOTION WERE TO PASS, I WOULD HAVE TO NEGOTIATE THE CONTRACT FOR ALL THREE SCHOOLS.

SO MY RECOMMENDATION IS A SUBSTITUTE MOTION.

IF YOU INTEND THIS TO ONLY APPROVE ONE SCHOOL FOR THE NIGHT, THE SUBSTITUTE MOTION, AND DO JUST THAT OR A FRIEND FROM THE AMENDMENT.

AND IF WE'VE GOT WILLINGNESS THAT THAT WOULD BE A DOABLE.

MA'AM, LET'S TAKE IT ONE STEP AT A TIME, A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT MOOT POINT.

IF THE APPLICANT ISN'T INTERESTED IN THAT, UM, DR.

, COULD WE GET AT LEAST A LITTLE BIT OF FEEDBACK FROM YOU? YES, SIR.

WE'RE VERY INTERESTED IN THAT AMENDED MOTION.

GREAT.

UM, SO YEAH.

YES, MA'AM BUT YOU ACCEPT YOU, YOU IS BOTH EXCEPT THAT.

SO THE MOTION IS NOW HAS A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT AND IT'S FOR JUST ONE.

IS THAT, IS IT JUST, UH, OKAY.

MOTION TO APPROVE GREAT HEARTS NUMBER ONE.

UM, MS. MS. BERNARD, WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT YOU ALL WOULD HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME BACK FOR TWO AND THREE.

ONE THING, ONE CHALLENGE FOR OUR BOARD WHEN COMPARING THIS, THIS TYPE OF EDUCATION TO UP TO OUR TIERS, ONE, TWO, AND THREE, UM, WE MAYBE NEED A LITTLE EDUCATION ON WHAT A CLASSICAL EDUCATION IS.

AND SO I THINK I'M NEXT UP IN THE QUEUE.

UM, I JUST WANTED, I JUST WANTED TO POINT OUT ALSO THAT I'M NOT SURE THAT THE ILIAD SHAKESPEARE, MILTON AND FREDERICK DOUGLAS ARE TIER ONE CURRICULUM EITHER.

SO I DON'T REALLY SEE THAT THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH CLASSICAL EDUCATION.

I THINK ONE,

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MS. COLLINS.

AND I BOTH HAVE UNDERGRADUATE DEGREES IN ENGLISH.

MS. DYSON HAS A DEGREE IN HUMANITIES AS WELL.

UM, AND MAYBE SOME OTHERS OF US HAVE THE SAME TYPE OF EDUCATION.

SO WE HAVE MAYBE A LITTLE BIT TINY BIT OF UNDERSTANDING, BUT WE THERE'S MORE THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO KNOW.

I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT.

SO, UM, AND I JUST REALLY WANTED TO COMMENT ON THAT.

I DON'T WANT TO SLAM YOUR CURRICULUM OR YOUR, YOUR PROGRAMMING BECAUSE IT'S, ISN'T WHAT OUR STATE CALLS TIER ONE, BECAUSE I'M SURE THAT ALL OF YOUR STUDENTS ARE GETTING A RIGOROUS EDUCATION, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOUR AVERAGE ACT SCORE IS 28.

THAT'S VERY IMPRESSIVE.

THANKS.

MS. BERNARD, SEEING OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD FOR NOW, WE NOW GO TO THE AUDIENCE.

IS ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE WISH TO SPEAK TO THE MOTION ON THE FLOOR? UM, I REALLY APPRECIATE, I THINK HIS NAME WAS MR. HENRY'S PASSION.

SO I HAVE TWO LIBERAL ARTS DEGREES FROM PURDUE UNIVERSITY, ONE IN ENGLISH, ONE IN AFRICAN-AMERICAN STUDIES.

I'M ALTERNATE CERTIFIED.

UM, THE VAST MAJORITY OF THE STUFF THAT YOUR HIGH PERFORMING SCHOOLS USE IS NOT TIER ONE.

TIER ONE IS LOW, SORRY, EVERYBODY BEHIND ME.

UM, IF I'M GOING TO DUMB DOWN WHAT I DO.

AND IT'S AN OUT OF STATE CORPORATION, OR THERE WERE THREE MEMBERS, TWO OF WHOM LIVE IN TOWN.

I'LL START USING TIER ONE.

UM, BUT, UH, DR.

ROBINSON, YOU DIDN'T HEAR THAT.

UM, SO I CAN GET PAST THEM NOT USING TIER ONE.

UM, WHAT I CAN'T GET PAST IS THE 40% BEING ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGE, AND EVEN WORSE THAN THAT 5% BEING SPED.

SO THAT MEANS YOU'RE GOING TO DISCRIMINATE AGAINST MY CHILD.

THAT MEANS YOU'RE GOING TO DISCRIMINATE AGAINST KORAN, THIS CHILD.

AND I GUARANTEE YOU, SHE'S GOING TO COME UP HERE.

YOU DON'T GET TO PICK AND CHOOSE.

WHEN YOU GET IN THE BUSINESS OF EDUCATION, THERE'S NO PICKING AND CHOOSING WHICH STUDENTS YOU SERVE, THE CHILDREN WHO SHOW UP AT YOUR DOOR.

YOU EDUCATE, YOU LOVE YOU, PUSH YOU, MOVE, YOU MAKE THEM WHO THEY'RE GOING TO BECOME.

YOU DON'T SAY, OH NO, WE'VE HIT THIS LIMIT OF HOW MANY SPECIAL ED STUDENTS WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO DON'T DO THAT.

AND BY THE WAY, MY SPECIAL ED CHILD AT 13 YEARS OLD GOT A 97.8 AT YALE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE PANDEMIC.

SO Y'ALL MIGHT WANT TO TAKE MORE SPECIAL ED STUDENTS.

I LOVE LIBERAL ARTS EDUCATION.

I ALSO LOVE DEMOCRACY.

IF YOU WANT TO HAVE CLASSICAL EDUCATION AT A BUNCH OF ELEMENTARY, MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOLS GO FOR IT, DON'T HIRE A CORPORATION FROM ARIZONA OR TEXAS TO DO IT FOR, YOU KNOW, ONE THING MY LIBERAL ARTS EDUCATION DID FOR ME IS TO RECOGNIZE LOGICAL FALLACIES.

IF THEIR APPLICATION SAYS THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE 40% ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED KIDS DON'T BELIEVE THEM WHEN THEY CHANGE THEIR MIND.

AND SUDDENLY SAY THAT THEY'RE GOING TO MEET THE 85 STANDARD BASIS.

ISN'T PRETENDING TO ME THAT THEY'D BEEN IN VIOLATION OF THEIR CONTRACT SINCE DAY ONE.

DON'T DO THAT AGAIN, BUT I'M GOING TO MAKE THIS REALLY EASY FOR YOU, ASIDE FROM THE FACT THAT YOU SHOULDN'T GIVE A PRIVATE CORPORATION OPPORTUNITY TO USE OUR TAX MONEY, TO BUY A PRIVATE SCHOOL BUILDING THAT WE'RE NEVER GOING TO GET BACK, AND THAT THEY'LL BE ABLE TO SELL TO SOME OTHER PURPOSE WHEN THE RULES, THEIR CHARTER.

AGAIN, I HAVE A HANDOUT BECAUSE THIS IS REALLY, REALLY SIMPLE.

AGAIN, FROM YOUR BOARD CHARTER POLICY, VERY TOP OF THIS PAGE, PAGE 36 OF THE POLICY APPROVED IN AUGUST 15TH, 2019, THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF EACH CHARTER OPERATOR SHALL CONSIST OF NO FEWER THAN SEVEN MEMBERS.

THOSE PROPOSED CHARTER OPERATOR HAS EITHER ONE OR THREE MEMBERS, DEPENDING ON WHICH PAGE OF THEIR APPLICATION YOU READ HERE.

THERE'S ONE BUMBER

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IF THEY CAN'T GET THIS RIGHT ASSUME THEY CAN'T GET ANYTHING RIGHT.

REJECT THIS APPLICATION.

HI, DANA HENRY, AGAIN, JUST TO QUALIFY THAT STATEMENT, THE ACTUAL LAW SAYS THAT THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS HAS TO BE A MINIMUM OF SEVEN AT THE TIME THE CHARTER CONTRACT IS EXECUTED BETWEEN THE CHARTER OPERATOR IN THE DISTRICT.

MY NAME IS ROMAN I'M IN THE BOULDER RESIDENT, HOMEOWNER TAXPAYER IN DISTRICT FOUR.

UM, ONCE AGAIN, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE HERE COMPLAINING ABOUT SCHOOLS AND, AND YOU KNOW, WHAT YOU OFFER TO PARENTS.

UH, ONE MORE CHOICE IN EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, UH, YOU KNOW, TALKING ABOUT THE PERCENTAGE OF ECONOMIC DEVELOP, UH, ECONOMIC DISADVANTAGED CHILDREN.

AND THAT JUST DOESN'T MEAN BLACK CHILDREN, UH, BECAUSE YOU HAVE A LOT OF BLACK FRIENDS, THEY WERE NOT ECONOMIC DISADVANTAGE.

DID YOU KNOW? SO BLACK DOES NOT EQUAL LOW INCOME, SO LET'S GET THAT STRAIGHT.

AND SO AT THE END OF THE DAY, THERE IS NOT ENOUGH OPPORTUNITY FOR BLACK BOYS IN THE DISTRICT TO WORK FROM HOME.

I HAVE, UH, YOU CANNOT JUST WALK INTO SHERWOOD, MIDDLE AND WESTDALE AND MAYFAIR.

OR REPLICATED IF APPROPRIATE AND THE NEGATIVE RESULTS IDENTIFIED AND ELIMINATED.

AND MOST OF THE KIDS THERE ARE BLACK ARE NOT BLACK AND THEY'RE NOT DISAGREEMENTS AT ALL.

AND SO AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE NEED MORE OPPORTUNITY.

THE MORE PEOPLE THAT GO TO OTHER SCHOOLS, YOU KNOW, THAT'S MORE SEATS AND MORE AVAILABLE AVAILABILITY.

I MEAN, I COULDN'T GET MY SON INTO A MAGNET SCHOOL IN EAST BATON ROUGE, SOMETHING 20 SOME YEARS AGO, YOU KNOW, HE GRADUATED COLLEGE LAST WEEK, RIGHT.

TOP OF HIS CLASS AT NYU IN ENGINEERING.

AND SO IT WASN'T THE OPPORTUNITY FOR ME TO HAVE TO DRIVE FROM MONTICELLO TO U HIGH FOR 12 YEARS.

BUT I DID IT BECAUSE I BOUGHT THE HOUSE IN MONTICELLO AND IN GREEN BAY, I WAS AN F WHEN I WAS THERE.

SO I WASN'T GOING TO DO THAT TO MY SON, CALEB WRAPPING UP HIS FUTURE.

AND SO YOU HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO BOOST PERFORMANCE UP FOR THE DISTRICT, GIVE PARENTS A SHOT AT CLASSICAL EDUCATION.

I'M IN AGREEMENT WITH MS. BERNARD, BUT I GREW UP WITH HER ON THIS ONE, GIVE HIM AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT.

UM, VALENCIA JOHNSON, UH, I'M THE PRESIDENT OF THE EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH ASSOCIATION OF EDUCATORS.

AND I WOULD LIKE TO SAY TO THE BOARD TO BE CONSISTENT, YOU JUST SPELLED OUT THAT YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE VISION OF THE SUPERINTENDENT IS, UH, COMES INTO FRUITION.

YOU WANT TO REEVALUATE WHAT YOU HAVE BE CONSISTENT.

THE FIRST TWO YOU DENIED THIS THIRD ONE, YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT IT.

BE CONSISTENT.

SAY, NO, WE CAN OFFER THOSE SAME THINGS IN OUR DISTRICT THAT, BUT INNOVATIVE CHARTERS THAT WE JUST NEED TO SET UP THE PROGRAMMING BE CONSISTENT.

THANKS.

GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE.

I'M MARIA HARMON WITH A STEP-UP LOUISIANA AND ALSO HE CAN STAY TO ME IN DISTRICT EIGHT.

AND I WOULD JUST LIKE TO READ TO YOU GUYS, REVISE STATUTE 17 39 72, WHICH IS IN THE STATE CONSTITUTION UNDER TITLE 17.

AND IT READS IT IS THE INTENT AND PURPOSE OF CHARTER SCHOOLS TO OPERATE.

IT IS THE INTENTION OF THE LEGISLATURE IN ENACTING THIS CHAPTER.

SO AUTHORIZED EXPERIMENTATION BY CITY AND PAIR SCHOOL BOARDS BY AUTHORIZING THE CREATION OF INNOVATIVE KINDS OF INDEPENDENT PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOR STUDENTS FURTHER, IT IS THE INTENTION OF THE LEGISLATURE TO PROVIDE A FRAMEWORK FOR SUCH EXPERIMENTATION BY THE CREATION OF SUCH SCHOOLS, AND MEANS FOR ALL PERSONS WITH VALID IDEAS AND MOTIVATION TO PARTICIPATE IN THE EXPERIMENT AND EXPERIMENT AND A MECHANISM BY WHICH EXPERIMENT RESULTS CAN BE ANALYZED, THE POSITIVE RESULTS REPEATED

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FINALLY, IT IS THE INTENTION OF THE LEGISLATURE THAT THE BEST INTEREST OF STUDENTS WHO ARE ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED SHALL BE THE OVERRIDING CONSIDERATION AND IMPLEMENTING THE PROVISIONS.

THE PROVISIONS OF THIS CHAPTER THAT IS IN THE FIRST PARAGRAPH.

AND AS YOU CAN HEAR, EXPERIMENTATION STATE LAW HAS BEEN SAID MULTIPLE TIMES.

AND WHAT CONCERNS ME IS THE BEST PRACTICES PIECE I HEARD ABOUT THE CURRICULUM, AND IT'S JUST CONCERNING TO HEAR THIS IS NOT TIER ONE AND TONIGHT.

AND I FEEL LIKE EXPECTATIONS GOTTA BE HIGH FOR, TO IMPLEMENT BEST PRACTICE.

WHY SHOULD WE START AT A LOWER LEVEL? UM, NO DISRESPECT TO ANYONE WHO HAS CAME UP HERE TO PRESENT THEIR ORGANIZATION OR THEIR SPEAK FOR THEIR APPLICATION.

BUT I'M THINKING ABOUT OUR CHILDREN.

I'M ALSO THINKING ABOUT THOSE BLACK AND BROWN CHILDREN IN EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH THAT ARE ATTENDING CHARTER SCHOOLS IN OUR GLIDING ON A BUS AT 5:25 AM.

I SEEN THIS MYSELF IN MY SCHOOL DISTRICT ON THE WALKIE AND O'NEIL AND FURTHER UP THE STREET.

THEY HAD SMALL BLACK CHILDREN HOPPING ON A BUS AROUND 5 25 ALSO.

SO GO TO SCHOOLS ACROSS THE PARISH.

THIS IS CONCERNING BECAUSE IT MAKES ME THINK, WHAT TIME ARE THEY COMING HOME AROUND 5 30, 6 30, BECAUSE I'M SEEING IT MYSELF.

WE'RE EDUCATING SLEEP DEPRIVED, CHILDREN THAT WAY.

I DON'T KNOW IF THAT REALLY CORRELATES WITH THE OVERALL GOAL HERE.

SO AGAIN, I HOPE YOU GUYS CONSIDER THAT IN YOUR DECISION TONIGHT.

AND ALSO, UH, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THIS IS THE BEST OPTION TO GO WITH.

MEETS THE TERMS OF THE LAW, IF IT MEETS THE NEEDS OF THE DISTRICT.

THANK YOU, MS. HARMON.

GOOD EVENING, DANA HENRY.

AGAIN, I JUST WANT TO PROVIDE A LITTLE BIT OF BALANCE TO THE DISCUSSION.

THE CONVERSATION AROUND EXPERIMENTATION HAS BEEN, HAS BEEN DISCUSSED IN THE STATE LEGISLATURE AND IN PARISH, UH, SCHOOL DISTRICT FOR A WHILE NOW IN OUR STATE, EVERY TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCE THAT WE HAVE HAS STARTED AS AN EXPERIMENT.

WE DIDN'T ALWAYS HAVE THE INTERNET, RIGHT? IT STARTED AS A MILITARY RUNES.

IT'S CALLED THAT TO ACTUALLY COMMUNICATE IN TIME OF A NUCLEAR WAR.

BUT TODAY IT IS THE INTERNET, THE SAME PROCESS, THE SAME TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCE THAT ADVANCEMENT WE USE TODAY STARTED OFF AS AN EXPERIMENT, POWER LIGHTS, PHONES, CARS ALL STARTED OFF BECAUSE SOMEBODY SAID, LET'S TRY SOMETHING DIFFERENT.

THAT IS WHAT WE ARE ASKING YOU TO DO FOR DAY, FOR TODAY FOR KIDS AND FAMILIES IN THIS PARISH, THEY DON'T HAVE TIME TO WAIT.

THEY DON'T HAVE TIME TO WAIT.

THEY ARE LITERALLY WAITING ON AN OPPORTUNITY, NOT JUST GREAT HEARTS ARE THE ONE PART OF THE GREAT HEARTS TEAM.

THEY WANT OPPORTUNITIES THAT DON'T CURRENTLY EXIST AND THEY CANNOT WAIT ANY LONGER.

SO YES, IT IS AN EXPERIMENT, BUT NOT ALL EXPERIMENTS ARE BAD.

IF COLLECTIVELY WE PARTNER AS SMART, THOUGHTFUL PEOPLE WITH THE COMMUNITY AND PARENTS AT THE FOREFRONT OF DECISIONS AND PARTNERS IN THE DECISIONS, IT CAN TURN INTO FROM AN EXPERIMENT INTO A SUCCESS, NOT FOR US IN THIS ROOM, BUT FOR EVERY CHILD IN THIS CITY WHO DOESN'T WANT TO END UP A STATISTIC BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE ENOUGH SUPPLY TO SATISFY THE DEMAND THAT THEY NEED TO BE STRONG IN LIFE.

HI, AGAIN, CAROLINE RUMOR, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, LOUISIANA ASSOCIATION OF PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOLS THAN I AM SPEAKING AT THIS MOMENT IN THAT ROLE, I WANTED TO TAKE A MINUTE AND ACTUALLY TALK ABOUT YOUR EVALUATION PROCESS.

UM, AS I LOOKED AT THE PRESENTATION, THERE'S A KEY WORD THAT IS CONTINUOUSLY MISSED IN THAT PRESENTATION.

AND IT'S INDEPENDENT THE LAW AND THE POLICIES CALL FOR AN INDEPENDENT THIRD PARTY EVALUATOR.

AND WHILE I DO NOT KNOW YOUR EVALUATOR, SO IT'S NOT PERSONAL TO THEM, I WOULD ARGUE THERE IS NOT A LEVEL OF INDEPENDENCE THAT YOU ARE PRACTICING THROUGH YOUR PROCESS.

RIGHT NOW, YOU CAN LOOK AT THAT PRESENTATION IN FACT, AND SEE THAT THE REVIEW TEAM, WE'RE ALL EMPLOYEES OF THE DISTRICT, OTHER THAN THE LEAD EVALUATOR WHO WANTS WAS AN EMPLOYEE OF THE DISTRICT.

SO I ENCOURAGE DR.

NARCY AS HE COMES INTO THIS ROLE TO CONSIDER TAKING A LOOK AT WHAT THE LAW SAYS, WHAT YOUR CURRENT PROCESS IS RELATED TO THAT EVALUATOR AND CONSIDER BUILDING SOME MORE INDEPENDENCE.

AND THE WHOLE POINT THERE WAS TO FIND AN ENTITY THAT BRINGS COUPLE THINGS, INCLUDING THE SKILL SET, TO BE ABLE TO REVIEW A CHARTER APPLICATION AND UNDERSTAND IF IT

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BUT IT'S ALSO TO CREATE THAT THIRD PARTY THAT IS INDEPENDENT FROM A DISTRICT THROUGHOUT THE EVALUATION.

IT CONTINUES TO AGAIN, SEE, READ MORE LIKE A PROPAGANDA, FRANKLY, FOR THE DISTRICT AND LESS ABOUT THE VALUE, UM, THAT IS WITHIN THAT APPLICATION.

SECOND, AS WE'VE HEARD INNOVATE, I WOULD ALSO POINT OUT IN THE LAW.

IT TALKS ABOUT INNOVATION, BUT IT HAS SIX OR SEVEN DIFFERENT WAYS THAT CHARTERS CAN BE DEMONSTRATING, NOT JUST INNOVATION, BUT OPPORTUNITY AND ACCESS FOR STUDENTS, PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR TEACHERS.

SO IT'S NOT JUST THAT ACADEMIC INNOVATION.

THERE ARE OTHER WAYS OF INNOVATION.

AGAIN, I'LL LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING THE VISION, I THINK UNTIL YOU GET THAT VISION, IF YOU ARE NOT GOING TO APPROVE CHARTERS, YOU'VE TALKED A LOT ABOUT MONEY.

SAVE YOURSELF SOME MONEY, JUST LET BETSY KNOW YOU DON'T PLAN TO AUTHORIZE ANY CHARTERS AND LET THOSE APPLICANTS GO STRAIGHT TO THE STATE.

THANK YOU, MS. RAHMAN.

HI, COLEEN.

KISSELL PLEASE.

EXCUSE MY APPEARANCE.

I WAS NOT GOING TO COME TONIGHT BECAUSE YOU'RE OUTSIDE EVALUATOR SAID THAT YOU SHOULD DENY ALL OF THESE, AND I THOUGHT YOU MIGHT HAVE SOME COMMON SENSE.

SO I WAS AT HOME IN MY PAJAMAS WITH MY CHILDREN UNTIL ABOUT SIX MINUTES AGO.

I LOVE LIVING CLOSE TO YOU GUYS.

UM, WE NEED TO DENY THIS ONE THAT SHOULD SURPRISE NONE OF YOU HAVING SEEN ME BEFORE AT MEETINGS LIKE THIS.

UM, I JUST WANNA TELL YOU, I HAVE A LIBERAL ARTS BACKGROUND.

I LOVE SOCRATIC METHOD.

I HAVE AN ENGLISH DEGREE AND A LATIN MINOR.

SO I LOVE THE CLASSICS.

LOVE A GOOD LOVE, A GOOD EPIC IN LATIN.

UM, THIS ORGANIZATION IN PARTICULAR IS NOT GREAT.

PART OF MY CLASSICS DEGREE IS ACTUALLY DOING THE RESEARCH, WHICH MEANS GOOGLING THE PEOPLE.

UM, GREAT HEARTS DOESN'T HAVE A GOOD RECORD.

THEIR GLASSDOOR REVIEWS FROM THEIR FORMER EMPLOYEES SAYS THAT IT'S A CHRISTIAN INSTITUTION.

IT'S A CHRISTIAN WORKPLACE AND THEY WANT A PUBLIC SCHOOL CHARTER.

SO THAT'S NOT GREAT.

UM, THEY ARE PRETTY BAD ON TRANSGENDER ISSUES, UM, WHICH, YOU KNOW, LOUISIANA IS NOT THE BEST ON TRANSGENDER ISSUES, BUT YOU KNOW, WE DIDN'T PASS ANYTHING TERRIBLE IN THE LEGISLATURE.

AND HOPEFULLY JOHN BEL EDWARDS DOESN'T SIGN.

THE ONE THING THAT GOT THROUGH, UM, THEY KICKED OUT A KID FOR HAVING BRAIDS BECAUSE HE WAS A BOY.

AND WHEN THE PARENTS WERE LIKE, BUT HE'S BLACK, IT'S A PROTECTIVE HAIRSTYLE.

THEY WERE LIKE, WELL, UM, WELL HE'S ALREADY LEFT THE SCHOOL.

SO IT'S OVER NOW AND THEY DIDN'T DO ANYTHING.

UM, THEY HAD AN, A HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENT FOR A TEACHER, UH, WHO ASSIGNED HOMEWORK TO, HE GETS TO DO THE PROS AND CONS OF SLAVERY.

TEACHER WAS REPRIMANDED, BUT, UH, NOT FIRED AND IS BACK WORKING AS FAR AS I CAN TELL.

UH, AND THEN JUST THIS LAST YEAR IN 2020, THEY FIRED A TEACHER FOR WEARING A BLACK LIVES MATTER FACE MASK.

THAT'S ALL EASILY AVAILABLE IF YOU DO THE SEARCH.

UM, SO IN PARTICULAR, THIS ONE IS NOT GREAT.

SORRY.

GOT IT.

A BED RAN PUT ON SHOES.

I'M VERY TIRED.

BUT, UM, I CARE ENOUGH ABOUT THIS TO DRIVE HERE IN MY PAJAMAS TO TALK TO YOU GUYS, OKAY.

WE NEED TO NOT DO THIS ONE, PLEASE FOR ME AND MY PAJAMAS.

COOL.

AND AGAIN, BOARD MEMBERS AND SUPERINTENDENT NURSES, AND TENICIA WAS REPRESENTING BRAC.

AND I COME TO YOU AGAIN, ASKING YOU TO APPROVE THIS HIGH-QUALITY HIGH-PERFORMING SCHOOL.

WE'RE ASKING YOU TO MAKE A STUDENT DRIVEN DECISION THAT'S IN THE BEST INTEREST OF OUR STUDENTS IN OUR COMMUNITY, AND WILL BE VITALLY IMPORTANT TO BOOSTING OUR TALENT PIPELINE, BRAXTON SPORTS SCHOOL CHOICE, AND BELIEVES THAT THE BOARD SHOULD GIVE TO PARENTS THE CHOICE TO HAVE THEIR STUDENTS' EXPERIENCES PHENOMENAL SCHOOL.

SO AGAIN, WE'RE ASKING YOU TO APPROVE THE SCHOOL.

HORRIBLE TOPIC.

SO DON'T GET EXCITED.

NUMBER ONE, I LIKED THAT THE GENTLEMEN, KEEP COMING BACK UP TO THE MICROPHONE AND SAY SOMETHING.

THE FACT THAT YOU HAVE TO SAY THAT YOU'RE ONLY GONNA ALLOW 5% OF CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES IS SURE IS A CIVIL RIGHTS DISCRIMINATION VIOLATION.

YOU DIDN'T KNOW IT.

LET ME SPELL IT OUT FOR YOU.

I WILL SEE YOU IN FEDERAL

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COURT.

NUMBER TWO, I DON'T THINK THAT WE FULLY UNDERSTAND WHAT IT MEANS TO HAVE ALL THESE CHARTER SCAM EXPERIMENTS SYSTEMS UP IN THIS BUILDING.

SO LET ME SPELL IT OUT FOR YOU.

WE HAVE OVER 11 CHARTERS ALREADY IN NORTH BATON ROUGE.

IF YOU WON'T DESTROY THE EXPERIMENT, PUT IT OVER THERE ABOUT LET'S SEE HOW QUICK YOUR FINGERS GOING TO BE IN HERE, ACTING A FOOL ON THIS MICROPHONE ABOUT THE FACT THAT THEY CAN'T GET FAILED.

I AM SO SICK AND TIRED OF US.

ALWAYS TRYING TO SAY THAT WE GOT SOMETHING THAT IS INNOVATIVE.

WHAT IS THEY DOING? TELL THEM TO STAY ON INNOVATION FOR YOU.

TELL THEM TO SHOW US SOMETHING THAT WE CAN'T DO, AND THAT WE ARE NOT DOING.

MY CHILD MADE THE HONOR ROLL AS A CHILD THAT IS NONVERBAL, THAT COMMUNICATES WITH AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE AND AN AC THE BUCKS HE HAS BEEN.

HE GOT AN AWARD FOR BEING THE MOST IMPROVED STUDENT.

NOT BECAUSE HIS MAMA COME UP HERE AND GET ON HIS MICROPHONE SO MUCH, BUT BECAUSE HE ACTUALLY DO THE WORK.

AND BECAUSE THIS SCHOOL SYSTEM, THIS TRADITIONAL PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM IS ACTUALLY ABLE TO EDUCATE CHILDREN REGARDLESS OF THEIR ABILITY OR INABILITY THEY'RE REGARDLESS OF THEIR SOCIAL ECONOMIC CLASS, REGARDLESS OF THEIR RACE.

AND THE FACT THAT I HAVE TO LISTEN TO THIS CRAP FROM THEM, TALK ABOUT PEDAGOGY, BUT THEY'RE GOING TO DO THAT.

THEY DON'T EVEN KNOW HOW TO SPELL.

THEY DON'T EVEN KNOW THE MEANING OF A CULTURAL COMPETENT CURRICULUM, LET ALONE SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING, WHICH IS SOMETHING THAT WE ARE EMBRACING.

SO LIKE I SAY, LET THEM COME UP TO THIS, WHICH I WILL BE THERE IN A DRESS AND HEELS BY THEM.

AND I WILL LET IT BE KNOWN WITH THE DOJ THAT THEY DO, THAT NONE OF THE CHARTER EXPERIMENT KNOW HOW TO EDUCATE CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES.

LET THIS, THIS BOARD, THIS HAP HAVE A PAID SALARY CABINET THAT WE HAVE COLLECTED DATA ON HOW MANY OF THOSE STUDENTS ARE GOING TO RETIRE BACK INTO OUR BRICK AND MORTAR BUILDINGS, BUT TRADITIONAL PUBLIC SCHOOL.

AND THEN YOU WILL KNOW PRO BONO AND HOW YOU SHOULD VOTE.

SO NO DON'T APPROVE IT.

THEN IT IS A BIG, IS A BIG CHARTER SCHOOL SYSTEM.

THEY SHOULD SHOW YOU THAT THEY ARE ALL OF THEM IN NEW ORLEANS.

I DON'T NEED TO, I DON'T NEED TO CONTINUE TO ELABORATE.

THEN NEW ORLEANS IS SUPPOSED TO BE THE MODEL FOR THE NATION AND THEY HAVE REALLY FEDERAL THE CREAMS ALL BEHIND CHILDREN FROM THE DISABILITY SCORE.

GOOD EVENING.

MY NAME IS DAVID WHITTON.

I'M A RESIDENT OF DISTRICT EIGHT AND ALSO ONE OF THE THREE FOUNDING BOARD MEMBERS OF GREAT HEARTS, UH, LOUISIANA.

AND I JUST WANTED TO REAL QUICKLY ADDRESS A COUPLE OF ISSUES AS WE TALK ABOUT THIS, WHEN THEY INVITED ME TO BE ON THE BOARD.

I HAD TO THINK ABOUT IT, UH, ACTUALLY NOT VERY LONG, UH, BECAUSE ONE OF THE REASONS I WANTED TO JOIN THE SPORTS, ACTUALLY THE SAME REASON I THINK YOU SHOULD APPROVE THIS CHARTER, RIGHT, IS THAT THERE IS ACTUALLY A GREAT NEED AND A GREAT DESIRE FOR CLASSICAL EDUCATION IN THE BATON ROUGE AREA.

I KNOW THAT BECAUSE WE PARTICIPATE IN A HOMESCHOOL CO-OP WITH A LOT OF OTHER FAMILIES WHO ARE ACTUALLY DOING CLASSICAL EDUCATION.

THOSE ARE THE KINDS OF FAMILIES THAT ACTUALLY IN MANY CASES WOULD PREFER TO BE IN A PUBLIC SCHOOL, BUT ACTUALLY DON'T HAVE THE KIND OF CURRICULUM OR A ABILITY TO BE IN THAT PROGRAM THAT WE'D HAVE WITH A PUBLIC CHARTER LIKE THIS.

UM, SO I'M ACTUALLY REALLY ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT CLASSICAL EDUCATION.

I'VE SEEN IT'S WORK, NOT JUST WITH MY OWN CHILDREN, BUT WITH OTHER CHILDREN.

UM, AND PERHAPS EVEN MORE IMPORTANTLY, UH, MY REAL DAY JOB IS I'M A PROFESSOR.

AND SO EVERY SO OFTEN IN HUMANITIES, SINCE EVERYBODY ELSE IS SORT OF THROWING THEIR CREDENTIALS AROUND.

UM, AND EVERY, SO OFTEN I GET A STUDENT IN MY CLASSROOM, WHO'S CLASSICALLY EDUCATED AND THEY ALWAYS STAND OUT.

THEY ARE GREAT WRITERS.

THEY'RE GOOD READERS, THEY'RE GOOD THINKERS.

THEY HAVE A LOVE OF LEARNING AND DESIRE AND THEY STAND OUT.

YOU KNOW, I'M NOT, IT WAS REALLY INTERESTING THAT WE COULDN'T EXACTLY EXPLAIN WHY THIS ISN'T A TIER ONE CURRICULUM.

YOU ASKED THE QUESTION AND DIDN'T ACTUALLY GET A CLEAR RESPONSE.

BECAUSE THE TRACK RECORD ACROSS STATES IS SUPER SUCCESSFUL.

BUT SOMETIMES I THINK YOU CAN TELL THE QUALITY OF A CURRICULUM, NOT BY WHAT'S IN THE CURRICULUM, WHICH BY THE WAY, WAS FREELY AVAILABLE FOR ME ON THE INTERNET.

FIRST TIME I FOUND OUT ABOUT GREAT HEARTS, LIKE, OH, LET ME LOOK AT THE CURRICULUM.

IT'S RIGHT THERE.

OR YOU CAN LOOK IT UP IN A MATTER OF MOMENTS IF YOU WANT TO.

BUT WHEN WE HAVE IS TIER ONE RESULTS, RIGHT? SO IF YOU'RE REALLY INTERESTED IN TIER ONE RESULTS, THEN GREAT HEARTS IS THE KIND OF PROGRAM THAT YOU NEED TO SERIOUSLY LOOK AT

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SO THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, MR. WITTEN, ANY OTHER COMMENTS FROM THE AUDIENCE SEEING THE OTHER COMMENTS FROM THE AUDIENCE.

WE GO BACK TO THE BOARD.

MR. BALU.

THANK YOU FOR THE ENTHUSIASTIC INTRODUCTION.

I'M A LITTLE TIRED.

I'LL TRY TO BE BRIEF JUST FIRST OF ALL, I THINK, UH, YOU KNOW, THE COMMENTS, I THINK IT'S A LITTLE MISLEADING TO SAY THAT, UH, THAT, UH, THE SCHOOL WAS GOING TO LIMIT THE NUMBER OF, UH, STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES OR LIMIT THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS.

I THINK THOSE WERE JUST SOME ESTIMATES, BUT, UH, IT'S AN OPEN ENROLLMENT SCHOOL.

SO, UM, STUDENTS CAN'T BE REJECTED BASED ON HAVING A DISABILITY OR, OR WHATEVER, UH, CLASSIFICATION.

UM, YOU KNOW, I DO THINK THIS SCHOOL IS UNIQUE IN THAT IT OFFERS SOMETHING THAT WE DON'T HAVE IN THE DISTRICT CURRENTLY.

I THINK IT'S GOING TO STRENGTHEN OUR DISTRICT AND THEN, UH, UH, GIVE, GIVE US ANOTHER, ANOTHER STRONG SCHOOL WITHIN OUR DISTRICT.

AND IT'S ALSO GOING TO, UH, EXPAND OUR DISTRICT AND, AND BRING IN, UH, FAMILIES.

IT'S GOING TO GIVE THEM MORE OPTIONS TO FAMILIES, UM, AND CHOOSING, UH, THEIR SCHOOL.

UH, I THINK OVERALL IT'S A WIN A ONE FOR OUR DISTRICT, UH, TO, TO INCLUDE GREAT HEARTS, I THINK, UM, ESPECIALLY, UH, IF WE'RE ONLY COMMITTING RIGHT NOW TO ONE SCHOOL, UM, I THINK IT'S PRETTY, PRETTY SAFE BET.

SO THANK YOU.

IS THAT BETTER? UM, I JUST WANTED TO SPEAK TO MY QUESTION ON THE, ON THE CURRICULUM.

UM, UH, GET WHAT THEY SAYING.

UH, I DO HAVE AN ENGLISH LIBERAL ARTS DEGREE THAT BEING SAID, HOWEVER, WE STILL HAVE NO ONE TO COMPARE.

UM, THERE HAS NOT BEEN A TRUE COMPARISON, PERHAPS IT IS WHAT YOU ARGUING.

I ALSO WANT TO SAY IN WHY I WENT AHEAD AND, AND, UM, RESPONDED TO THAT IS THAT'S PART OF MY BROADER CONCERN.

LIKE I AM ACTUALLY TIRED OF HAVING THE SAME CONVERSATION.

I FEEL LIKE IT'S A DISTRACTION FROM THE FACT THAT YOU HAVE TIER ONE, TIER TWO TIER THREE CURRICULUM THAT EVERY DISTRICT WE ARE FORCED TO RESPOND TO, WE ARE FIRST TO PUT CHILDREN IN BOXES, DEMAND THAT THEY CONFIRM IT, FEELING IT, WHERE ARE THEY? IT'S SOMETHING UNIQUE AND BETTER, A DIFFERENT AND VERY PUNITIVE SYSTEM AND VERY DEMORALIZING SYSTEM IN OUR ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEM.

UM, BUT I DIDN'T WANT MY QUESTION AND MY CURIOSITY ABOUT THE CURRICULUM TO BE CONFUSED FOR ALL.

UH, MS. CARLA'S IS JUST GOING TO HOLD ABOUT THIS PARTICULAR, UH, CURRICULUM, UH, PARTICULAR APPLICATION, BUT I ALSO JUST WANTED TO, UH, TAKE A BRIEF OPPORTUNITY TO LIVE UP THAT IS INDICATIVE OF A MUCH LARGER PROBLEM BEYOND CHARTER SCHOOLS.

UM, WHAT ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEM IS, IS, IS THE EXPERIMENT.

UM, THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, PRESIDENT TWO THINGS.

I HAVE SOMETHING I WANT TO SAY, BUT FIRST BEFORE I SAY WHAT I HAVE TO SAY, I WOULD LIKE FOR SOMEONE FROM GREAT HEARTS TO COME UP AND EXPLAIN TO THE BOARD, WHAT IS A CLASSICAL EDUCATION? WHAT IS MEANT BY CLASSICAL CURRICULUM? IS THERE SOMEONE FROM GREAT HEARTS WHO COULD JUST COVER THAT FOR US? THANK YOU FOR INDULGING ME.

WANT TO COMPARE THIS SCHOOL TO AN EXISTING CHARTER SCHOOL OR EXISTING CHARTER SCHOOLS, PERIOD IN BATON ROUGE, I'VE HEARD THAT SEVERAL TIMES AND I DON'T THINK THAT THAT IS FAIR.

BOARD MEMBER PANOPTIC, UH, CLASSICAL EDUCATION, UH, IS THE MARRIAGE OF CRITICAL THINKING AND INFORMING THE MIND OF THE SCHOLAR WHILE ALSO FORMING THE HEART AND SENTIMENTS TRAINING THEM WHAT TO LOVE, TO LOVE NOBLE AND LASTING THINGS.

GREAT WORKS OF ART, POETRY, MUSIC, LITERATURE, PROBLEM SOLVING.

SO TRAINS THE AFFECTIONS AND THE MIND TOGETHER TOWARDS HUMAN EXCELLENCE.

SO CLASSICAL CLASSIC A CLASSIC MEANS HUMANITY AT ITS BEST.

SO THROUGH THOSE TWO MODES, IT TRAINS YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN TO PURSUE HUMAN EXCELLENCE.

WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BE A COMPLETE AND FULL HUMAN BEING? THANK YOU.

NOW I HAVE SOME COMMENTS.

UM, FIRST I WANT TO SAY TO ALL THOSE FOLKS WHO

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SO LET'S TAKE THAT OFF THE TABLE.

I KNOW THAT IT IS VERY LATE AND I PROMISE YOU, IF YOU APPROVE THIS SCHOOL TONIGHT, IT WILL BE WORTH IT.

THERE'S ONE FACTOR THAT THE EVALUATION DOES NOT TAKE INTO ACCOUNT.

AND THAT IS THE LOCATION OF THE SCHOOL.

AND ALONG WITH IT, THE NEEDS OF THE STUDENTS WHO LIVE IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO THE AREA, GREAT HEARTS HAS BEEN PROVIDED WITH THE M A LACK OF PROGRAMMING IN THAT ENTIRE AREA.

AS THEY HAVE MENTIONED BEFORE, THEY WOULD SERVE CHILDREN IN THE GARDERE AREA, THEY WOULD SERVE CHILDREN IN SOUTH BATON ROUGE.

I REPRESENT DISTRICT GATE WHERE GREAT HEARTS WOULD BE LOCATED.

DO YOU KNOW HOW MANY SCHOOLS I HAVE? I HAVE THREE TRADITIONAL PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN DISTRICT EIGHT, TWO ARE ELEMENTARY, AND ONE IS A K EIGHT MAGNET WITH SELECTIVE ADMISSION.

THAT MEANS THERE IS NO MIDDLE SCHOOL AND NO HIGH SCHOOL IN CLOSE PROXIMITY FOR THE STUDENTS WHO LIVE IN DISTRICT EIGHT OR WHO LIVE REALLY BETWEEN MR. TAPPIN AND MR. GADI AND I BETWEEN BETWEEN THE THREE OF OUR HOUSES.

IF YOU DRAW A TRIANGLE, THERE'S JUST, THERE'S JUST NOTHING.

EXCEPT FOR THESE TWO LITTLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS, THE SCHOOL IS NOT A MAGNET SCHOOL.

IT IS AN OPEN ENROLLMENT SCHOOLS.

THAT MEANS THAT IT WILL, BY SIMPLE MATH, BE THE SAME DEMOGRAPHY AS THE REST OF OUR SCHOOLS, BECAUSE EVERY, IF EVERYONE APPLIES TO GO TO SCHOOL THERE, EVERYONE WILL BE ACCEPTED TO GO TO SCHOOL THERE.

BUT I RECENTLY SAW A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, A REPORT THAT SAID THAT 92% OF THE STUDENTS IN MY DISTRICT ATTEND PRIVATE SCHOOLS.

92%, ONLY 8% OF THE STUDENTS IN MY DISTRICT, IN THE AREA WHERE I REPRESENT.

AND I REPRESENT AREAS THAT ARE SIMILAR IN POPULATION SIZE TO YOUR AREAS, MS. COLLINS AND I BOTH STUDIED PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION AND PUBLIC POLICY.

ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS THAT WE LEARNED WAS THAT THE FAILURE OF BUREAUCRACIES TO MAKE EXCEPTIONS, TO BE POLICY BOUND WHEN NEEDED THAT ADMINISTRATORS HAVE THE ABILITY TO GO TO SOMETIMES GO OUTSIDE THE NORM FOR NEEDED EXCEPTIONS.

WE ALSO BOTH STUDIED LEADERSHIP IN OUR GRADUATE PROGRAMS. WE LEARNED THAT SOMETIMES YOU MUST LEAD WITH YOUR HEART AND NOT YOUR HEAD.

AND I AM ASKING THAT OF YOU TONIGHT, AS I HAVE SUPPORTED THE LEARNING NEEDS OF STUDENTS IN YOUR AREAS, I ASK THAT YOU SUPPORT MINE AND APPROVED GREAT HEARTS, BATON ROUGE.

THERE IS NO MORE AVAILABLE LAND TO PROVIDE FOR STUDENTS IN THIS AREA.

THERE ARE NO PROGRAMS FOR STUDENTS IN THIS AREA.

I AM PLEADING WITH YOU.

I AM BEGGING YOU TO LEAD WITH YOUR HEART TONIGHT AND HAVE COMPASSION ON THE STUDENTS IN THIS AREA AND IN THE ENTIRE DISTRICT AND APPROVED GREAT HEARTS, BATON ROUGE.

JUST BE AWARE, WE HAVE TO DO IT IF WE'RE NOT, IF WE DON'T DO IT, OURSELVES IS GOING TO BE DONE BY CHARTERS.

THANK YOU, MR. BERNARD, MR. .

THANK YOU, PRESIDENT TAPLIN.

UM, YOU KNOW, THIS ONE PRESENTS A DIFFICULT SITUATION.

UH, FIRST OF ALL, UH, I THINK GREAT HEARTS FOR, UH, COMING FORTH AND PUTTING THIS APPLICATION UP THERE FOR US TO CONSIDER.

AND ALSO IN MANY WAYS WOULD LIKE TO APOLOGIZE IF SOME OF THE HEATED RHETORIC THAT HAS BEEN, UH, FOSTERED UPON YOUR WAY.

UH, I THINK THAT IT'S UNCOMFORTABLE AND I, I AM GLAD THAT OUR BOARD HAS HAD A RESPECTFUL DISCUSSION OF THE ISSUES HERE.

AND I WOULD HOPE THAT ALL OF OUR DISCUSSIONS COULD BE THAT RESPECTFUL.

SO I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU COMING FORWARD.

I GUESS THE ISSUE THAT IS IN FRONT OF ME IS, YOU KNOW, GONNA BLOW UP IN FRONT OF THE SUPREME COURT AND THINGS.

ONE OF THE THINGS THEY ALWAYS LOOK AT IS RULE THE LIMITING BOUNDARIES.

IF YOU HAVE ANY OPINION, IT'S ALWAYS, WELL, WHERE DOES THIS OPINION STOP? WHAT IS THE BOUNDARY AT THIS HIT? AND I THINK GREAT HEARTS IS A GOOD SCHOOL.

I VISITED HER SCHOOL IN SAN ANTONIO, BUT WHERE'S THE LINE ABOUT A BOUNDARY FOR US WITH CHARTER SCHOOLS IN THIS DISTRICT? WHERE IS IT THAT WE SAY, YOU KNOW, DO WE HAVE TO ACCEPT EVERY BOOK CHARTER THAT COMES BEFORE US SIMPLY BECAUSE THEY WILL GET CHARTER AND COULDN'T BE INNOVATIVE.

I STARTED MY CAREER WORKING IN THE LABORATORIES AND THERE WERE LOTS OF EXPERIMENTS I WANTED TO RUN, BUT YOU KNOW WHAT? WE COULDN'T AFFORD TO RUN ALL THE EXPERIMENTS BECAUSE THOSE MAY HAVE TO PICK AND CHOOSE WHICH ONES YOU RUN AND HOW YOU RUN THEM.

UM, SO, AND I ALSO UNDERSTAND, AND I'M A PART OF THAT AREA WHERE WE HAVE A LACK OF SEATS IN THAT.

SO NOW THE CHALLENGE IS I WANT TO GIVE FOR THIS BOARD IS IF WE TURN THIS DOWN AND THEN WE KIND OF FOLLOW UP WITH PLANS TO BUILD SEATS IN THAT AREA, PLUS GIVE CONSIDERATION TO THOSE THINGS, BECAUSE IF YOU DON'T, THE NEXT CHARTER HAS COME UP, WILL BE APPROVED.

WE'LL NEED TO ADD SEATS IN OUR DISTRICT, IN THE, IN THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE PARISH.

AND SO

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OKAY? IT'S NOT AN OPTION ANYMORE.

IT'S GONE TOO LONG, WAY TOO LONG THAT WE DON'T HAVE SEATS IN THAT AREAS OF THE PARISH.

AND SO, YOU KNOW, WITH THAT, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I WAS GLAD THE PRESENTATION SHOWED EARLIER TODAY IS PEOPLE CAN'T SAY, WE'RE STICKING OUR HEAD IN THE SAND REGARDING CHARTERS.

YOU SAW, WE HAVE SOMETHING LIKE 10,000 CHARTER SEATS COMING UP IN THE NEXT FIVE YEARS.

WE'VE ALREADY APPROVED KIPS.

WE'VE ALREADY APPROVED AN EXTRA BASIS.

WE'VE ALREADY GOT ID IN NDA.

WE'LL HAVE HELIX COMING ON.

WE'LL EXPAND IT SALE.

WHEN WE'VE DONE ALL THESE THINGS.

WE HAVE CHARTER SEATS COMING ONLINE, A LOT OF THEM.

AND AGAIN, I GUARANTEE WE'RE GOING TO BE FACING FACILITY PLANS.

WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO BE SHUTTING DOWN SCHOOLS.

IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN.

THERE'S NO WAY FOR US TO GET AROUND IT.

THERE WILL BE A LOT OF COMMUNITY DISRUPTION.

AS WE GO THROUGH THESE, WE HAVE A VERY HARD FOUR OR FIVE YEARS AHEAD OF US TO GET TO THE THINGS THAT WE NEED TO DO.

AND AT THE SAME TIME, DO THE IMPROVEMENTS THAT OUR STRATEGIC PLAN WANTS TO DO.

AND ALL OF THESE THINGS THERE IS, GETS TO BE A LIMITED AS TO WHAT A SYSTEM CAN SWALLOW AT ANY TIME.

AND I THINK THAT RIGHT NOW, WE HAVE SHOWN VERY GOOD FAITH AND WORKING WITH CHARTERS, WE HAVE PUT A GOOD CHARTER SYSTEM IN PLACE.

WE HAVE LOTS OF CHARTER SCHOOLS COMING ON, AND THE ONLY EXCEPTION OF WHAT WE HAD DONE THAT I WISH WE COULD HAVE DONE A WHOLE LOT BETTER RIGHT NOW IS HALF SEATS IN THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE PARISH.

AND SO, YOU KNOW, WITH THAT, I JUST CAN NOT GO FOR THIS CHARTER SCHOOL.

I CANNOT VOTE FOR ADDITIONAL CHARTERS RIGHT NOW KNOW, BUT IF WE DON'T GET SEATS IN THE SOUTHERN FLORIDA PARISH, I HOPE THEY COME BACK NEXT YEAR OR THE YEAR AFTER.

AND WE'LL PUT THEM THERE AND GET THE CHARTERS APPROVED TO DO THAT.

SO, YOU KNOW, I'M A BIT CASTING MY VOTE AGAINST THE CHARTER, BUT IT'S ALSO A MESSAGE TO THE REST OF THE BOARD IS WE MIGHT HAVE SOME REAL ISSUES THAT NEED TO BE SOLVED AND WE CAN'T CONTINUE DUCKING THOSE ANYMORE.

AND IN THE MEANTIME, WE HAVE A LOT OF CUTS THAT NEED TO COME BECAUSE OF THE CHARTERS WE ALREADY HAVE APPROVED.

SO WE'LL HAVE A TOUGH FOUR OR FIVE YEARS.

THIS IS THE FIRST, THIS IS AN EASY VOTE COMPARED TO WHAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE COMING UP.

AND SO I JUST WANT EVERYBODY IN THE PUBLIC AND EVERYBODY ON THIS BOARD TO RECOGNIZE THE JOB THAT WE HAVE AHEAD OF US, WHETHER OR NOT, YOU KNOW, TO ME APPROVING IS CHARTER SONGS, ONE ISSUE THAT MAKES A LOT OF OTHER ISSUES EVEN WORSE.

AND SO I'M, I'M PICKING AND CHOOSING BETWEEN WHAT POISON DO I TAKE ON SOME OF THIS, BUT WE'VE HAD A LOT OF HARD WORK TO DO THE NEXT FOUR OR FIVE YEARS.

AND I HOPE THAT WE AS A BOARD STEP UP TO THAT WORK THAT WE NEED TO DO.

MS. WARD JACKSON, THANK YOU, PRESIDENT CHAPMAN.

THANK YOU, MR. GOD-DANG.

MR. MARTINEZ.

THANK YOU, PRESIDENT TUBMAN.

I HAVE TO SAY THAT I AM IN, UH, ABOUT NEVER BEEN IN FULL AGREEMENT WITH YOU BEFORE A BOARD MEMBER GO THERE.

I MUST SAY THAT I AM TODAY AND I WOULD BE REMISSED AS SOMEONE THAT HAS ALWAYS PREACHED ABOUT THE THINGS AND THE NEEDS THAT I HAVE IN MY DISTRICT.

AND I HEAR YOU, MS. BERNARD, UH, FOR THAT YOU NEED MORE SCHOOLS IN YOUR AREA.

I HEAR EVERY SINGLE BOARD MEMBER THAT LIVES IN THE SOUTHEASTERN AREA OR REGION OF THIS PARISH AND SAID THEY NEED MORE SCHOOLS IN THAT AREA.

AND I, UH, A PLACE TO SUPPORT YOUR HEART AND YOUR HEAD.

AND MR. SUPERINTENDENT LET'S MAKE THAT HAPPEN.

IF IT DOESN'T HAPPEN TONIGHT WITH APPROVING THESE CHARTERS, LET'S MAKE SURE THAT WHEN WE COME UP WITH THE STRATEGIC PLAN, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HOW DO WE INSTALL THEM, PUTTING MORE SCHOOLS INTO THOSE AREAS? BECAUSE WE DO OUR STUDENTS, EVERY SINGLE STUDENT ACROSS THESE BEVERAGE PAIRS DESERVES TO GO TO A QUALITY SCHOOL.

AND IT'S INCUMBENT ON US AS A BOARD TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT HAPPENS.

UH, BUT I CAN'T TAKE AWAY WITH SOMETHING THAT YOU SAID MR. GORDON.

AND THAT IS THAT, UH, WE HAVE A LOT OF EXPANSION HAPPENING.

I DON'T KNOW ABOUT BOARD RECALLS, BUT NOT LONG AGO, WE APPROVED IDA INNOVATION, WHICH WOULD BE RIGHT DOWN THE STREET FROM THE PROPOSED LOCATION WHERE THIS SCHOOL WANTS TO LOCATE TO.

AND LAST TIME I CHECKED THAT SCHOOL IS SUPPOSED TO BE A PRE-K TO 12 SCHOOL.

SO WE HAVE TO REALLY SERIOUSLY THINK ABOUT THAT.

THAT'S THE REASON WHY THE STRATEGIC PLAN IS SO VITALLY IMPORTANT AND WHY THE FACILITIES PLAYED AS IN VITALLY IMPORTANT AND WHY WE NEED TO SEE IT NOT LONG FROM NOW.

SO WE CAN UNDERSTAND WHERE SCHOOLS NEED TO GO AND WHETHER THERE'S A NEED FOR STUDENTS.

SO I JUST WANTED TO SAY I'M IN FULL AGREEMENT OF WHAT YOU SAID, AND I DON'T THINK ANYBODY HERE IS AGAINST ANY CHARTER.

AS I SAID BEFORE, I THINK THESE SCHOOLS ARE DOING PHENOMENAL JOBS.

IT'S JUST TIMING RIGHT NOW.

AND RIGHT NOW WE HAVE TO GET THINGS RIGHT SIZE INSIDE OF OUR DISTRICT, SO THAT IN THE FUTURE, WE CAN MAKE BETTER DECISIONS AND BETTER CHOICES ON BEHALF OF EVERYBODY.

MOST MORE SPECIFICALLY, OUR TAXPAYERS, OUR FAMILIES, AND OUR STUDENTS.

THANK YOU,

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UM, YOU KNOW, SOME OF US HAVE BEEN ASKING FOR SO, SO LONG FOR THIS, UH, COMPREHENSIVE PLAN THAT SHOWS US WHERE ALL OF OUR SCHOOLS ARE, UH, TRADITIONAL, UH, MAGNETS GIFTED AND TALENTED CHARTER SCHOOL WAS WE NEED TO SEE ALL OF THAT.

AND, UM, YOU KNOW, I'M HURTING, UM, AGAIN, YOU KNOW, ABOUT HOW MANY CHARTER SCHOOLS WE'VE ACTUALLY APPROVED WHEN THEY'RE PLANNING TO COME ON LINE.

AND I KNOW LIKE MR LANDIS MENTIONED, AND PROBABLY ALSO MR. GOLDEN ABOUT IDA, RIGHT.

IN AN AREA.

UH, SO THIS IS, THIS IS VERY, VERY DIFFICULT BECAUSE WE KNOW WE NEED SCHOOLS IN THAT AREA.

AND, UH, OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS, WE'VE NOT HAD A BOARD THAT WAS WILLING TO PUT ANYTHING IN THAT AREA, UM, SAYING THAT WE'RE GOING TO ADD A MAGNET PROGRAM THAT OR GIFTED PROGRAM, AND WE ARE WILLING TO HAVE THE SEATS IN THE SCHOOL.

AND SO WE'VE GOT TO BE CONSISTENT WITH, UH, WITH OUR PLANS AND YOU KNOW, WHAT WORKED AND WE WERE ASKING HIM, WELL, IT'S OVERWORKED, UM, AROUND THE STRATEGIC PLAN AND, AND GETTING THE FACILITIES PLAN.

UM, I'M DISAPPOINTED THAT WE HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO SEE THE WHOLE PICTURE, UH, BEFORE WE COME TO, UH, THIS EVENING.

SO IT'S VERY, IT'S A VERY DIFFICULT DECISION BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THIS IS ONE OF THE SCHOOLS I'VE VISITED.

UH, I'VE SEEN GREAT HEARTS OF SEEING THE STILLNESS INACTION OF THE FACULTY, UM, IN ACTION ON VISIT A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO AND, UH, WAS REALLY IMPRESSED WITH IT.

UM, I, I REALLY LIKE, YOU KNOW, SOME SAY IT'S, IT'S NOT INNOVATIVE.

UH, BUT THAT, THAT FORM OF EDUCATION CERTAINLY WAS THERE WAS A CERTAIN FIELD IN THE, IN THE CLASSROOM.

AND, UM, SO IT'S REALLY DIFFICULT TO, UH, DENY THIS CHARTER.

UM, SO, YOU KNOW, I, I AM A BIT PERPLEXED, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE I SAW EARLIER, UM, A MORE DETAILED REPORT THAN WHAT MY SAW EARLIER TODAY, AROUND THE EFFECTS OF, OF, UM, ALL OF THE FOOD, THE CHARTERS THAT WE HAVE ALREADY APPROVED, AND WHEN THEY COME ONLINE AND WHAT KIND OF EFFECT IT MAY HAVE, UM, THE TRADITIONAL SCHOOLS, AS FAR AS THE BUDGET GOES.

SO, YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN TALKING A LONG TIME ABOUT WHAT'S THE PLAN FOR OUR TRADITIONAL SCHOOLS OR DEAN OF SCHOOLS.

AND NOW WE FINALLY HAVE AN ADMINISTRATION THAT IS WILLINGLY AND JUST WHOLEHEARTEDLY BEHIND, UM, THE EFFORT THAT WE HAVEN'T SEEN OH, EVER SINCE, SINCE I'VE BEEN ON THIS BOARD.

SO THIS IS VERY DIFFICULT.

UM, BUT I DON'T WANT TO SEE SCHOOLS IN THAT AREA BECAUSE THEY'D BE NURSES POPULATION THAT HAS NEVER, UM, YELLOWSTONE, UM, SCHOOLS.

AND, UM, SO, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S A HARD ROAD TO HOE, BUT, YOU KNOW, AND THEN THE, THE PLAN THAT WE HAVE, THE TAX PLAN DOES NOT ADDRESS QUICKLY ENOUGH, THE NEED THAT WE HAVE IN THAT AREA.

IF THERE WAS A WAY THAT WE COULD MOVE SOME THINGS UP, YOU KNOW, WE FOUND, WE FOUND DOLLARS WHEN IT CAME TO GETTING A STREW ONLINE WHEN WE HAD NO DOLLARS AT ALL, UH, THERE'S GOTTA BE SOMETHING THAT WE CAN DO TO IMPROVE THE NUMBER OF SEATS IN AN AREA SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO KEEP DEPENDING ON OR WORKING TO, OR EVEN WELCOMING WITH OPEN ARMS, UH, THE CHARTER OPERATORS THAT ARE, ARE WILLING TO, TO GO THERE AND FILL THAT NEED.

THANK YOU, BOARD MEMBERS.

CAN YOU SQUARE JACKSON? UM, UH, JUST A COUPLE OF COMMENTS.

UH, I WANT TO THANK, UM, DR.

SCOGGINS AND YOUR TEAM FOR BEING HERE, APPRECIATE THE WAY THAT YOU HAVE PRESENTED YOURSELF.

UM, I, UH, I APPRECIATE YOUR INTEREST IN OUR COMMUNITY.

UM, I WANT TO MAKE A COMMENT ABOUT SOME COMMENTS WERE MADE ABOUT OUR THIRD PARTY EVALUATOR.

UM, I, UH, I'VE KNOWN MS. PUNCHY FOR A LONG TIME, AND I MAY NOT ALWAYS AGREE WITH HER, BUT I KNEW THAT SHE OPERATES

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WITH ALL OF THE INDIVIDUAL, UH, UH, POINTS THAT WERE ILLUSTRATED EARLIER IN THE PRESENTATION WITH HIGH INTEGRITY PROFESSIONALISM.

I THINK SHE'S UNBIASED, AND I KNOW SHE'S KNOWLEDGEABLE, AND I KNOW THAT SHE HAS RECOMMENDED TO US IN THE PAST APPROVAL OF MANY CHARTERS.

AND SO I JUST DIDN'T WANT THAT TO GO WITHOUT SAYING, I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK, WHETHER YOU AGREED WITH MS. PUNCHY OR NOT.

UM, I THINK SHE, UM, AGAIN, I, I DON'T ALWAYS AGREE WITH MS. PAUNCHY, BUT, UH, I RESPECT HER.

AND SO I APPRECIATE, UH, THE WORK THAT SHE DOES.

AND I JUST, I DIDN'T WANT THAT TO GO WITHOUT SAYING, SO WE ARE, UM, MS. DYSON NOW, UH, HAS THE FLOOR ALSO WANTED TO THANK YOU FOR COMING IN, NOT ONLY THAT, BUT FOR INTEGRATING YOURSELVES INTO OUR COMMUNITY OVER THIS PAST YEAR OR TWO, UM, ESTABLISHING BOARD MEMBERS ALREADY HERE IN LOUISIANA, UM, REALLY TRYING TO UNDERSTAND THE COMMUNITY AND OUR SCHOOL SYSTEM AND THE NEEDS.

UM, YOU HIT IT RIGHT ON THE NAIL WHEN YOU CHOSE AN AREA OF TOWN THAT IS SO LACKING IN SCHOOLS.

UM, AND THE DEMOGRAPHICS HAVE PROVEN TIME AND TIME AGAIN, UH, THAT THE ENTIRE SOUTHERN PART OF THE PARISH IS SEVERELY UNDERSERVED.

AND THEN WE WONDER WHY PEOPLE MAKE OTHER CHOICES WHEN WE DON'T OFFER THEM ANY OURSELVES, UM, WITHOUT REALLY LENGTHY BUS RIDES AND OVERCROWDED SCHOOLS.

AND IT IS REALLY, REALLY GOOD TO FINALLY HEAR A FEW OTHER BOARD MEMBERS REALIZING THAT WE HAVE A REAL ISSUE HERE.

AND, UM, I DON'T KNOW WHICH WAY THIS IS GOING TO GO.

UM, BUT I WOULD VERY MUCH HOPE THAT, UH, YOU WOULD CONSIDER IF THIS DOES NOT GO THE WAY YOU WANT IT TO TONIGHT, THAT YOU WOULD VERY MUCH CONSIDER COMING BACK TO OUR BOARD FOR THE TYPE ONE AGAIN, UM, NEXT YEAR, BECAUSE WE, WE WILL, AT THAT POINT HAVE MADE SOME REAL DECISIONS ON WHAT WE CAN AND WE CAN'T DO.

AND I DON'T FEEL THAT WE'LL HAVE DONE EVERYTHING NEEDED.

I DON'T THINK WE CAN DO ENOUGH RIGHT NOW, A AS MUCH AS WE DO.

I DON'T THINK YOU CAN MAKE UP FOR DECADES OF NOT ADDRESSING, UM, SHORTAGES, LIKE, LIKE WE HAVE.

SO I KNOW THAT, UH, YOU'LL HAVE OTHER OPTIONS IN THE MEANWHILE, BUT I REALLY, REALLY AM HOPEFUL THAT WE CAN HAVE A PARTNERSHIP WITH YOU NO MATTER IF THIS GOES THROUGH TONIGHT, OR IF YOU COME BACK IN A YEAR FROM NOW, HOPEFULLY.

SO THANK YOU SO MUCH.

APPRECIATE ALL YOUR TIME IN OUR COMMUNITY.

THE BOARD HAS CLEARED THE MOTION ON THE FLOOR IS TO APPROVE GREAT HEARTS.

NUMBER ONE, A YANG IS CHAN GREAT HEARTS.

NUMBER ONE, MY NEIGHBOR IS AGAINST THAT MOTION.

MADAM SECRETARY, PLEASE CONDUCT A BIT, PLEASE VOTE AGAINST THE MOTION CARRIES SHE'S.

THAT'S WHAT SHE'S SAYING.