[A. Notice and Instructions]
[B. Meeting Opening]
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FOLLOWED BY THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, UH, FOR OUR, UH, YOUNG CADET WHO WILL BE INTRODUCED TO YOU, INTRODUCED BY LIEUTENANT COLONEL, SHIRLEY SUTTON.
GOOD TO SEE YOU AGAIN, UH, AND SAID, WOULD YOU ALL PLEASE RISE? AH, THANK YOU.
THANK YOU, LORD FATHER, WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR MERCY AND GRACE.
OVER THE EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH SCHOOL SYSTEM.
WE ASK FOR YOUR PROTECTION AND BLESSINGS AROUND OUR STUDENTS' HEARTS, MINDS, AND BODIES THROUGH THESE TIMES, AND FOR OUR TEACHERS, ADMINISTRATORS, AND BOARD MEMBERS, WE BIND UP SICKNESS, DISEASE, AND MENTAL ANGUISH FROM US.
WE BIND UP THE SPIRITS OF FEAR, GREED AND DECEPTION FROM EVERY GOOD WORK IN THE DISTRICT.
FATHER, ME EVERY CROOKED PATH STRAIGHT, ACCORDING TO YOUR WORD, WE THANK YOU IN ADVANCE FOR CLARITY ON EVERY ITEM FOR DIVINE WISDOM, UNDERSTANDING AND DISCERNMENT.
WE THANK YOU, LORD FOR TRUTH AND UNITY IN THE BODY OF THE BOARD AND IN EVERY, IN EVERY MEETING AND WE MAKE, AS WE MAKE DECISIONS IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, THEN WE ASK THAT YOU COVER US ALL AND SAFE TRAVELS HOME IN THE PRECIOUS NAME OF JESUS.
BOARD PRESIDENT, MR. TAPPIN SCHOOL, BOARD MEMBERS, DR.
NARCIS CITIZEN AND FRANCE OF EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH SCHOOL DISTRICT.
I WOULD LIKE TO THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING OUR CADET, THE HONOR OF LEADING THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TODAY.
I'M LIEUTENANT COLONEL RETIRED, SHIRLEY SUTTON, SENIOR ARMY INSTRUCTOR AT NORTHEAST HIGH SCHOOL.
WHILE I HAVE THE PLEASURE OF SERVING UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF HEAD BIKING, MRS. SAVANNAH ROSS, I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH DIRECTOR ON THE INSTRUCTION.
LIEUTENANT COLONEL RETIRED, ROBERT.
HOWEVER, IT IS MY DISTINCT PLEASURE TO INTRODUCE WHAT ABOUT PROGRAMS TOP THIRD YEAR CADET.
HE IS THE SON OF MR. JAMES TIERNEY AND THIS RACHEL A BEAR OF PRIDE, LOUISIANA AND JRTC.
HE SERVES AS THE ESSEX SIGNAL, BATTALION CO COMMUNICATIONS OFFICER IN CHARGE AND MEMBER OF THE HONOR GUARD AND THE CADET CHALLENGE FITNESS TEAM.
HIS GOAL IS TO MAINTAIN HIS ACADEMIC FOCUS DURING HIS REMAINING YEARS OF HIGH SCHOOL.
HIS FAVORITE LEADERSHIP PRINCIPLE IS KNOW YOURSELF AND SEEK SELF-IMPROVEMENT.
MAYBE DESCRIBE HIM AS AN OPEN NOTEBOOK, CONSTANTLY ASSESSING HIS STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES WHILE CHALLENGING
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HIMSELF TO IMPROVE THIS DILIGENT AND WELL-MANNERED CADET PLANS TO MAJOR IN BUSINESS AND HOPES OF OWNING HIS OWN COMPANY.LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, IT IS WITH GREAT PRIDE AND RESPECT THAT I INTRODUCED CADET MASTER SERGEANT BRYCE, A BEAR I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG, THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, FOR WHICH IT STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD, LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
MIKE, WILL YOU DO THE METAL SOMEBODY ELSE? OKAY, GREAT.
CADET A BEAR FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT AND UH, LIEUTENANT COLONEL SUTTON.
SO IT WAS GOOD TO SEE YOU AGAIN TO THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
WE MOVE NOW TO ITEM TWO OR ROLL CALL MADAM SECRETARY DISTRICT NINE, PRESIDENTS, ADMIN DISTRICT FOUR VICE-PRESIDENT COLLINS PRESENT DISTRICT ONE.
MR. BLUE DISTRICT TWO, MR. LANA'S DISTRICT THREE, MR. HOWARD DISTRICT FIVE.
MS. WHERE JACKSON PRISON DISTRICT SIX, MS. DIASON DISTRICT SEVEN, MR.
[C. Minutes]
C1, MEETING MINUTES APPROVAL OF THE SCHOOL BOARD MINUTES OF SEPTEMBER 16TH, 2021 REGULAR BOARD MEETING AND THE OCTOBER 7TH, 2021 COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE.DO I HAVE A MOTION MOVED BY MR.
SEE NO QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON THE MINUTES FROM THE BOARD.
WE GO TO THE AUDIENCE ON THE MEETING MINUTES.
ANY COMMENTS FROM THE AUDIENCE ON THE MEETING MINUTES, SEEING NO MOVEMENT.
WE COME BACK TO THE BOARD AND MAYBE HAVING TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES, BUT WE COME BACK TO THE BOARD SEEING NO QUESTIONS.
MADAM SECRETARY, PLEASE CONDUCT THE VOTE.
WAIT, READY TO ROLL CALL DISTRICT ONE.
MR. LANA'S DISTRICT FOR VICE-PRESIDENT OF COLLINS PREP.
UNLESS YOU GARY'S MINUTES ARE APPROVED.
[D.1. Resolution-ICARE]
TOUM, YOU WANT TO READ THE RESOLUTION MS. COLLINS PROCLAMATION, WHEREAS WE ALL COMMITTED TO EDUCATION AND THE NURTURING OF A FULL POTENTIAL FOR ALL AND WEST THE EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH SCHOOL SYSTEM BELIEVES IN AND STRIVES FOR HEALTHY, SAFE, AND DRUG-FREE, UH, DRUG-FREE SCHOOL ENVIRONMENTS.
AND WHEREAS THE CITIZENS OF HIS BEVERAGE PARISH ARE ENCOURAGED TO JOIN THE REST OF OUR NATION.
AS WE REMEMBER, AND HONOR NATIONAL AND LOCAL HEROES WHO HAVE LOST THEIR LIVES IN THE FIGHT AGAINST SUBSTANCE ABUSE.
AND WHEREAS AS CITIZENS OF EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH, WE JOINED WITH TEACHERS, PARENTS, ADMINISTRATORS, AND PARISH OFFICIALS, AND ENCOURAGING ALL CHILDREN TO BECOME PRODUCTIVE INDIVIDUALS AND TO MAINTAIN HEALTHY LIFESTYLES.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH SCHOOL BOARD DOES HERE PART HEREBY PROCLAIM THE MONTH OF OCTOBER, 2021 AS EYECARE RED RIBBON MONTH
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IN CONJUNCTION WITH NATIONAL RED RIBBON WEEK, OCTOBER 23RD THROUGH 31ST, 2021.THEREFORE BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT THE EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH SCHOOL BOARD ENCOURAGES ALL SCHOOLS TO PLAN AND DEVELOP ACTIVITIES TO PROMOTE A HEALTHY, SAFE, AND DRUG-FREE LIFESTYLES.
SO MOVED BY MS. COLLINS SECONDED BY MS. DYSON, HUH? OH, OKAY.
UM, YOU WANT TO DO IT, MS. BERNARD? YOU HAVE A CORE I'M STILL.
WELL WELCOME PRECEDENTS ADMIN, VICE PRESIDENT COLLINS, THE BOARD AND THE BACK OF HER SEAT.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT FOR THE EYECARE PROGRAM EAST BARRON'S FAIR SCHOOL SYSTEM AND THE EAST EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH COMMUNITY.
SO HAS SUPPORT EYECARE FOR 40 YEARS IN PROVISION EDUCATION DRUG-FREE LOOKS LIKE ME IS THIS YEAR'S CAMPAIGN SLOGAN.
WE'RE CELEBRATING ALL MONTH, BUT OUR SCHOOLS ARE TAKING NEXT WEEK AS RED RIBBON WEEK, THERE'LL BE PARTICIPATING IN ACTIVITIES, BRINGING AWARENESS TO SUBSTANCE USE PREVENTION AND AS A DRUG ALCOHOL AND VIOLENCE PREVENTION PROGRAM, WE STRIVE TO PROMOTE HEALTHY DECISION-MAKING BILL RESILIENCY SELF-ESTEEM AND TEACH COPING SKILLS ARE SPECIALISTS, WHICH SOME CAME TONIGHT TO HELP, UH, SUPPORT.
THEY ARE DEDICATED TO THE SCHOOLS AND THE COMMUNITY, AND THEY PROVIDE INDIVIDUAL AND GROUP SESSIONS TO OUR YOUNG PEOPLE.
THEY DO A LOT OF PROGRAM, ONE ON OUR, ON OUR CAMPUSES AND WE CONTINUE TO PROVIDE WORKSHOPS AND TRAININGS TO THE EBR COMMUNITY.
WE TRULY HOPE THAT WE WILL BE ABLE TO SERVE ANOTHER 40 YEARS.
THANK YOU SO MUCH IN THE WORK YOU, DO YOU WANT TO INTRODUCE YOUR A TEAM OR? SURE.
SO LET'S SEE WHAT HAPPENED OR ALICIA SELLERS AND HER SON, BRYCE, BRYCE.
I WAS JUST MAKING SURE BRYCE, WE HAD TINY CHATMAN GRIFFIN.
I HAVE CALVIN MCCLINTON, JENNIFER DEGREES, PAMELA HOWARD, CECILE, WASHINGTON, AND MAUREEN LAWRENCE.
I THINK THE COMMUNITY CAN TELL YOU A LOT, BUT WE, I REALLY HAVE A GREAT TEAM.
AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL THE WORK THAT YOU ALL DO.
WE SO APPRECIATE IT VERY MUCH.
UH, IT'S JUST, UH, UM, A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO RECOGNIZE YOU ALL FOR THE GREAT WORK YOU DO IN OUR DISTRICT.
UM, ANY OTHER COMMENTS FROM THE AUDIENCE ON THE RESOLUTION? SEE NONE BACK TO THE BOARD.
UM, SEEING NO QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM THE BOARD, MADAM SECRETARY, UH, WE CALL HIM THE ROLLER.
WE, UH, I THINK SO WE'RE DOING A ROLL CALL.
MR. UH, DISTRICT FOUR VICE-PRESIDENT COLUMN DISTRICT FIVE.
MR. TACK THAT PRESIDENT OF THAT ONE.
THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE.
UM, BEFORE WE MOVE ON, CAN WE GET SOMEBODY TO HELP MAKE SURE EVERYBODY'S LOGGED IN.
WE MAY NEED SOME TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.
WELL, NOW I HAVE A VOTE IF YOU WANT ME TO VOTE, RIGHT? NO, THAT'S OKAY.
[D.2. VIPS "Partners in Education"]
NOW TO ITEM NUMBER TWO, UH, PARTNERS IN EDUCATION RECOGNITION OF THE, UH, VOLUNTEERS IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS, PARTNERS IN EDUCATION FOR THE MONTH OF OCTOBER MAIN EVENT, MS. SIMMONS, THE SUPERINTENDENT BERNSTEIN'S PRESIDENT'S, HAMMOND, VICE PRESIDENT COLLINS AND ALL MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.UH, WE ARE THRILLED TO BE HERE TODAY AGAIN, TO RECOGNIZE ONE OF OUR AMAZING COMMUNITY PARTNERS, UM, BUSTING AT THE SCENES A LITTLE BIT HERE, UH, TRYING TO MAINTAIN MY COMPOSURE BECAUSE I'M REALLY VIBRATING OFF OF THEIR LEVEL OF ENTHUSIASM WITH PARTNERING WITH VIPS.
UM, THIS IS, HAS BEEN A WONDERFUL PARTNERSHIP THUS FAR.
IT ACTUALLY BEGAN, UM, AT THE VERY BEGINNING OF MAIN EVENT, UM, OPENING, AND THEN OF COURSE, SOME TIME FOR THEM TO GET SETTLED.
UM, THEY WERE SO COMMITTED TO VOLUNTEERING AND PARTNERING WITH VIPS THAT THE CONVERSATION ABOUT PARTNERING, UH, BEGAN AGAIN THIS SCHOOL YEAR.
UM, AND THEY JUST DOVE RIGHT IN.
UM, THEY STARTED WITH FIRST DAY HELPERS, WHICH IS AN ANNUAL INITIATIVE THAT WE DO AT THE BEGINNING OF EVERY SCHOOL YEAR, WHERE WE SENT OUR VOLUNTEERS AND PARTNERS OUT TO VARIOUS SCHOOLS ALL OVER EAST
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BATON ROUGE PARISH TO WELCOME THE STUDENTS BACK AND HELP RICARD POOL AND ESCORTING STUDENTS TO CLASS.AND THEY WERE RIGHT THERE ON BOARD.
UM, THIS IS HALEY AND ASHLEY HALEY IS THE SALES AND EVENTS MANAGER AND ASHLEY IS THE GENERAL MANAGER.
SO WE HAVE DIRECT PARTICIPATION WITH UPPER-LEVEL MANAGEMENT FROM MAIN EVENT THAT THEY ARE DIRECTLY INVOLVED, WHICH IS SO WONDERFUL TO SEE.
UM, THEY'VE ALSO NOT ONLY WITH FIRST DAY HELPERS, THEY INITIATED CALLING US TO HELP, UM, WITH HURRICANE IDLE RELIEF, THEY ACTUALLY, UM, WANTED TO PROVIDE FOOD AND MEALS FOR THE JEFFERSON TERRACE SCHOOL, UM, UM, STUDENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES.
SO THEY DISTRIBUTED CLOSE TO 70 FOOD BOXES, UM, AT THE SCHOOL FOR THE FAMILIES AND THE STUDENTS AT JEFFERSON TERRACE, WHICH WAS AMAZING.
UM, THEY, UH, ARE, ARE ALSO PARTNERING WITH US TO PROVIDE, UM, SPACE IF WE NEED ANY EVENT SPACE, WHICH IS WONDERFUL FOR OUR VOLUNTEERS OR, UM, OUR ADMINISTRATORS.
AND THEY HAVE SOME AMAZING PROGRAMS WITH WHICH THEY'LL TELL YOU MORE ABOUT, THEY HAVE AN ACCREDITED STEM PROGRAM AT MAIN EVENT WHERE THERE ARE WORKSHOPS AND STUDENTS CAN LEARN ABOUT, UM, HOW THE WORKING WORKINGS AND MECHANICS OF THE ACTUAL GAMES AND ACTIVITIES THAT MAIN EVENT WORKS.
I CAN'T WAIT TO BRING MY DAUGHTER.
WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THAT EARLIER.
UM, AND WE ALSO HAVE A LEADERSHIP PROGRAM AT GLENOAKS HIGH, WHICH THEY HAVE AGREED TO INCENTIVIZE FOR THE PARTICIPATING 20 STUDENTS.
SO WE'LL HAVE A NICE CELEBRATION AT THE END OF THAT LEADERSHIP PROGRAM, UH, BY THE END OF THE SCHOOL YEAR FOR THOSE STUDENTS THAT HAVE BEEN CHOSEN TO BE IN OUR LEADERSHIP PROGRAM, UM, HALEY AND ATHLETE.
THANK YOU FOR THE INTRODUCTION OF, OKAY.
I GUESS, I GUESS I CAN DO THAT.
UH, FIRST AND FOREMOST, UH, WORKS TRULY HONORED TO BE HERE.
UM, YOU KNOW, WE KNOW THAT COMMITTED AS A COMMUNITY, THAT BEING A BUSINESS PARTNER, ISN'T JUST ABOUT, YOU KNOW, PROVIDING JOBS IN A PLACE FOR YOUR FAMILY TO RELAX AND COME IN.
SO BEING A PART OF A COMMUNITY IS WHAT WE'RE REALLY PASSIONATE ABOUT.
UM, YOU KNOW, PROVIDING THOSE THINGS THAT WE CAN DO FOR, FOR ANYBODY HERE TO WIN THOSE HEARTS AND MINDS OF OUR FUTURE LEADERS IN OUR, OUR COMMUNITY IS REALLY WHAT WE'RE ABOUT.
UM, WE DEFINITELY HAVE STARTED A PROGRAM WHICH I'M GOING TO LET HAYLEY TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT, UH, THE STEM PROGRAM.
SO WE'RE REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO HAVING SOME, UH, YOUNG INDIVIDUALS THERE WHERE WE CAN TEACH THAT EDUCATIONAL, UM, ASPECT OF IT, AS WELL AS HAVING FUN AND GET THEM MOTIVATED BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT IT'S REALLY ALL ABOUT.
YEAH, LET'S SAY, UM, I'M HALEY, I'LL GO AHEAD AND SECOND THAT, THAT, THANK YOU.
YOU KNOW, WE'RE SO GRATEFUL FOR THE EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH SCHOOL SYSTEM AND ALSO FOR VOLUNTEERS IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS, UM, FOR THE REACH THAT THEY GIVE US TO BE ABLE TO CONNECT WITH STUDENTS WITH THEIR PARENTS AND, UM, WITH OTHER COMMUNITY PARTNERS THAT ARE SUPPORTING THESE SCHOOLS.
UM, JUST ONE OF THE INITIATIVES THAT WE ARE ROLLING OUT RIGHT NOW IS CALLED PLAY ACADEMY.
UM, WE'VE DEVOTED A LOT OF, A LOT OF TIME, A LOT OF OUR HEARTS INTO THIS PROGRAM WHERE WE'RE NOT JUST OFFERING FUN TO STUDENTS, BUT WE ALSO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO OFFER THEM SOMETHING EDUCATIONAL.
SO THIS IS A SERIES OF LABS THAT SCHOOLS CAN USE AND THEY CAN, OR VOLUNTEERS IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS, GROUPS CAN USE AND THEY CAN COME TO MAIN EVENT, UM, GO THROUGH A SERIES OF LABS, WHETHER IT'S BOWLING AND LEARNING ABOUT THE TRAJECTORY OF THE BALL AND HOW IT CHANGES.
UM, YOU KNOW, THE NUMBER OF PINS THAT THEY KNOCKED DOWN OR WHETHER THEY'RE PULLING THEIR FRIENDS FOR THEIR, THEIR FAVORITE PIZZA FLAVORS AND LEARNING HOW TO MAKE CHARTS AND GRAPHS, UM, WE'VE TRULY COME UP WITH THIS WAY TO BE ABLE TO, UM, MAKE EDUCATION FUN AND OFFER SOMETHING THAT WE BELIEVED WAS MUCH NEEDED WHEN IT COMES TO, UM, WHEN IT COMES TO FIELD TRIPS.
UM, I AM VERY PROUD TO STAY THAT WE ARE THE ONLY FAMILY ENTERTAINMENT CENTER IN THE WORLD THAT IS ACCREDITED BY STEM.ORG FOR THESE PROGRAMS. AND WE'RE SO EXCITED TO SHARE THEM WITH YOU.
UM, AND SO GRATEFUL FOR BOTH VOLUNTEERS AND PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOR GIVING US THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THE REACH THAT WE NEED TO GET THESE PROGRAMS OUT TO.
WHAT IS THE, UH, WHAT'S THE TOP PIZZA, UH, TYPE YOU DOING CHARTS AND GRAPHS ON PIZZA? WHICH ONE IS THE BEST? WHICH ONE WINS? I'M SORRY, THIS IS A GOOD DAY.
GO AHEAD AND RECOGNITION FROM YOUR HARD WORK.
OBVIOUSLY A GOOD SCHOOL SYSTEM IS PART OF ANY GREAT COMMUNITY, BUT THE COMMUNITY IS PART OF ANY GREAT SCHOOL SYSTEMS THAT ALL THE WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING, ALL THE HELP THAT YOU'RE GIVING US.
ITEM E ONE MONTHLY FINANCIAL REPORT FOR INFORMATION ONLY AND PERSONNEL CHANGES.
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WE NOW MOVE TO ITEM,[F.1. Update from Superintendent]
UH, APP ONE UPDATE FROM THE SUPERINTENDENT DR.AH, SO EARLIER THIS WEEK, OUR 2021 LOUISIANA STATE TEACHER OF THE YEAR, MS. NATALIE ROY MITCHELL TRAVELED TO WASHINGTON DC TO MEET WITH THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, JOE BIDEN, AND THE FIRST LADY JOE BIDEN, MS. ROY IS A MIDDLE SCHOOL TEACHER AT GLASGOW MIDDLE SCHOOL AND THE 2021 LOUISIANA STATE TEACHER OF THE YEAR.
WE'RE EXTREMELY PROUD OF MS. ROY.
AND WE THANK HER FOR REPRESENTING NPR SCHOOLS IN THE STATE OF LOUISIANA SOLO FOR HER TENURE AT THE STATE TEACHER OF THE YEAR.
I STILL WANT TO GIVE HER A HAND FOR HER WORK.
IT IS ALWAYS GREAT WHEN ONE OF OUR OWN IS DOING GREAT WORK.
UH, WE'RE EXCITED TO ANNOUNCE THAT THE WINNER OF THE NATIONAL HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH COLORING CONTEXT CONTEST IS FIRST GRADER MIGHT GO.
GEORGE MICAH IS A FIRST GRADER AT BATON MINISH, FLAME STUDYING SPANISH.
WE WANT TO COME CONGRATULATIONS TO MICAH AND IT'S ALL THE STUDENTS WHO PARTICIPATE IN THIS SPECIAL COLORING CONTEST.
WE ARE SO EXCITED ABOUT ALL THE GOOD THINGS THAT HAPPEN DURING HISPANIC, HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH WITH OUR YOUNG PEOPLE.
AND WE ALWAYS WANT TO CONTINUE TO CELEBRATE.
LET'S GIVE MIKE A HAND FOR HER EFFORTS THEN UNITED WAY IN THE FOUNDATION FOR EAST BATON ROUGE, PARISH SCHOOLS, ANNUAL GIVING CAMPAIGN IS OFFICIALLY UNDERWAY.
I'D LIKE TO INVITE CATHERINE
TADEMAN VICE PRESIDENT COLLINS MEMBERS OF THE BOARD AND DR.
NARCISSE, I'M SO GLAD TO BE HERE.
I'M JUST GOING TO TAKE TWO MINUTES OF YOUR TIME TO TALK ABOUT A FUNDING, UM, CAMPAIGN THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO ASK YOU TO SUPPORT.
UM, I'D LIKE TO ASK FOR SUPPORT FROM THE BOARD, AS WELL AS ALL DISTRICT EMPLOYEES.
AS WE ENTER THE SEASON OF GIVING THIS WEEK, WE KICK OFF THE COMBINED ANNUAL SUPPORT CAMPAIGN OF 2021 THAT FEATURES TWO NONPROFIT COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS, BOTH THE FOUNDATION AND CAPITAL AREA UNITED WAY.
I WORKED AT UNITED WAY FOR SIX YEARS.
SO I FEEL OKAY REPRESENTING BOTH ORGANIZATIONS TODAY AND ASKING FOR YOUR HELP.
UM, THE DISTRICT NOT ONLY SERVES AS THE SYSTEM RESPONSIBLE FOR PROVIDING PUBLIC EDUCATION TO LOCAL SCHOOL STUDENTS, BUT, UH, IT SERVES AS, YOU KNOW, AS THE SECOND LARGEST EMPLOYER IN OUR AREA, UM, ALL 5,700 EMPLOYEES SHOULD RECEIVE A PLEDGE CARD THIS WEEK THAT OFFERS EACH PERSON THE OPPORTUNITY TO SUPPORT THE FOUNDATION AND UNITED WAY CAPITA AREA UNITED WAY HAS BEEN IN THIS COMMUNITY FOR OVER A HUNDRED YEARS, WHICH IS AMAZING.
UM, AND HAS BEEN RUNNING A CAMPAIGN WITH EBR FOR AT LEAST 60 OF THOSE YEARS, AND CURRENTLY SUPPORTS EDUCATION AS ONE OF THEIR FOUR MAIN PILLARS, UH, AND FOCUS, FOCUS AREAS.
THE FOUNDATION IS ALSO AN INDEPENDENT 5 0 1 C3 NONPROFIT.
WE'VE ONLY BEEN HERE ABOUT NINE YEARS.
THIS IS OUR THIRD YEAR IN THE ANNUAL SUPPORT CAMPAIGN FOR THE DISTRICT.
AND WE WERE FORMED TO PROVIDE DEDICATED SUPPORT TO THE SCHOOL SYSTEM BY BUILDING PARTNERSHIPS AND FUNDING HIGH IMPACT PROJECTS FOR WHICH TALK TAX DOLLARS AND OTHER GOVERNMENTAL FUNDING ISN'T AVAILABLE.
UM, WHILE MANY PEOPLE HAVE HEARD OF UNITED WAY, THE FOUNDATION IS STILL GETTING THE WORD OUT ABOUT OUR NEW DIRECTION.
AND AS THIS YEAR PROGRESSES, YOU'LL HEAR MORE ABOUT US AS WE GO ALONG THIS YEAR'S CAMPAIGN RUNS FROM THIS WEEK THROUGH NOVEMBER 19TH AND PROVIDES OPTIONS FOR BOTH ONE-TIME GIFTS AND PAYROLL DEDUCTIONS.
SO THERE ARE TWO WAYS THAT YOU AND EMPLOYEES CAN GIVE THE, UH, TWO LEVELS OF INCENTIVES THIS YEAR TO DONATE.
ONE IS FOR INDIVIDUAL GIFTS AND WINNERS FOR SCHOOLS AND FACILITIES.
SO THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF A COMPETITION THERE.
UH, INDIVIDUALS WHO PLEDGE OR DONATE A TOTAL OF $60 WILL BE ENTERED INTO A DRAWING FOR A PRIZE, WHICH THIS YEAR IS AN APPLE WATCH.
THERE'S ALSO A CHANCE FOR A SCHOOL OR FACILITY TO CLAIM THE ANNUAL GIVING AWARD FOR 2021.
UM, AND THE LAST YEAR WINNER WAS THE DUKE BROCK SCHOOL.
AND, UH, I SPOKE WITH PRINCIPAL ST.
JULIAN, AND SHE ASKED THAT, UM, I RECOGNIZE MS. GORDON FOR THEIR BACK-TO-BACK VICTORIES.
THEY'VE WON BOTH YEARS THAT THIS SUPPORT OPPORTUNITY HAS, UH, HAS BEEN OFFERED.
AND SHE ALSO ASKED ME TO CHALLENGE ANY OTHER FACILITY TO TRY TO TAKE IT AWAY FROM HER BECAUSE SHE SAID, IT'S GOING TO STAY AT THE DUKE ROCK SCHOOL.
SO I JUST ASKED THAT YOU AND ALL THE EMPLOYEES OF THE EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH SCHOOL SYSTEM, UH, CONSIDER PLEDGING YOUR SUPPORT IN THIS COMING MONTH.
AND I THANK YOU IN ADVANCE FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION.
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MUCH, KATHLEEN.UH, WE'RE EXCITED TO SHARE OUR EBR SCHOOL SCORECARD.
UH, WE JUST LAUNCHED IT IN MY MIND TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN CUT IT OUT, ALLOW OUR FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES TO BE ABLE TO SEE THE SCORE SCORECARD.
THE SCORECARD WOULD ALLOW US TO EASILY SHOW AND SHARE WITH THE COMMUNITY WHERE WE ARE IN OUR PROGRESS TOWARDS OUR STRATEGIC PLAN.
AT THIS POINT IN TIME, I'D LIKE TO INVITE, UM, OUR CHIEF TECHNOLOGY OFFICER, AMY JONES AND CHIEF OF ACCOUNTABILITY ASSESSMENT AND JOE KOSKIE TO JOIN US TO SHARE THIS NEW TOOL.
GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE, BOTH HERE AND AT HOME, MS. JONES AND I ARE NOT ONLY HONORED TO REPRESENT OUR RESPECTIVE DEPARTMENTS AND SHARING THIS NEW AND EXCITING ADVENTURE WITH YOU, BUT ALSO, AND REPRESENTING OUR COLLEAGUES BEHIND US, WHICH YOU'RE ABOUT READY TO SEE TONIGHT AND WHAT WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO ENROLL OR OUT FOR YOU IN THE FUTURE REPRESENTS THE HARD WORK AND HOURS OF MANY.
UM, FOR THOSE WHO HAVE NOT HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO CHECK OUT OUR STRATEGIC PLAN, PLEASE DO SO IT INCLUDES 25 KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS AND KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS ARE THOSE METRICS THAT ARE MOST IMPORTANT TO US.
THAT'S GOING TO MONITOR OUR PLAN IMPLEMENTATION AND TELL US HOW WE'RE DOING ALONG THE WAY DUE TO THE NATURE OF THESE KPIS.
SOME LEND THEMSELVES TO MONTHLY REPORTING OTHERS QUARTERLY SOME, TWICE A YEAR, SOME ANNUALLY AT THE COMPLETION OF THE YEAR.
SO WHAT OUR TEAMS HAVE BEEN DOING IS BUILDING A DATA CALENDAR, WHICH WE WILL ROLL OUT TO YOU NEXT MONTH, THAT WILL SHOW WHEN YOU CAN EXPECT UPDATES FOR EACH OF THE 25 KPIS.
WHAT WE WANT TO DO TODAY OR TONIGHT IS SHARE WITH YOU.
THOSE OF THAT HAVE ALREADY GONE LIVE ON OUR DISTRICT WEBSITE AND ON OUR SCORECARD WE'RE PROTOTYPING AND PILOTING FIVE, UH, ONE OR TWO, OR ACTUALLY FIVE OR SIX, TWO, AND THE STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT AND ONE IN EACH OF THE OTHER CORNERSTONES.
BUT BEFORE WE JUMP INTO THE DATA METRICS, MS. JONES IS GOING TO TAKE YOU ON A TOUR OF OUR ONLINE SCORECARD.
SO IF WE GO, IF YOU GO TO OUR ABR SCHOOLS.ORG HOMEPAGE, YOU'LL SEE THERE'S A BANNER ACROSS THE HOMEPAGE THAT SAYS VIEW THE SCORECARD AND AN A CLICK LINK HERE.
IT'LL BRING YOU TO THIS YEAR ONE AT A GLANCE.
AND WE'VE, WE'VE, WE'VE SHARED THIS WITH VARIOUS STAKEHOLDER GROUPS WITH OUR PRINCIPAL ADVISORY COMMITTEES, OUR STUDENT ADVISORY COMMITTEES, OUR FAMILIES, AND OUR STAKEHOLDER COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDERS.
AND THEY'VE GIVEN US SOME REALLY RICH FEEDBACK.
ONE OF WHICH, UH, SINCE WE WERE WITH YOU LAST A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO WITH THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE, THAT WE HAVE, UH, INCORPORATED INTO THE SCORECARD.
AND SO AS WE, UH, ROLL OVER, YOU'LL SEE THAT WE CAN NOW SEE THE DETAILS, UH, DOT, DOT, DOT NOTES AT EACH KPI, THAT THERE IS DATA UNDERNEATH THERE THAT TELLS WHEN THAT DATA WAS PULLED.
IF YOU GO DOWN TO THE THREE BAR DETAILED LISTS, IT WILL BREAK IT DOWN AND JUST AGGREGATE IT BY SCHOOLS.
SO WE'VE GOT FIVE DATA POINTS TO SHARE WITH YOU THIS EVENING.
AND YOU'LL, IF YOU'LL NOTE AT THE BOTTOM OF THAT SCORECARD, THERE'S A FEEDBACK LINK THAT YOU CAN GIVE US SOME FEEDBACK YOURSELF ON HOW WE'RE DOING ON THIS TOOL AS A MEASUREMENT DEVICE.
AND SOME THINGS THAT IF YOU THINK WE NEED TO IMPROVE ON OR TELL US HOW WE'RE DOING, THEN YOU CAN HIT THE FEEDBACK BUTTON AND IT WILL OPEN UP TO A SURVEY THAT YOU CAN PROVIDE FOR US.
SO NOW WE'LL GO INTO EACH OF THOSE KPIS.
AND AT ONE POINT TO NOTICE THAT OUR SCORECARD WAS DEVELOPED IN HOUSE BY MS JONES'S TEAM.
AND SO THAT AS WE SUPPLY THE DATA SETS EACH MONTH, THEY WILL BECOME POPULATED.
THOSE THAT WILL REFRESH MONTHLY WILL BE BOOK POPULATED AROUND THE FIRST OF THE MONTH, EACH MONTH.
AND THEN AS SHE MENTIONED, YOUR FOLKS WILL BE ABLE TO CHECK TO SEE THAT AS UPDATE, TO MAKE SURE THAT THE DATA IS REFRESHING, BUT WE WON'T TALK TO YOU TONIGHT AND INTRODUCED TO YOU OR THE FIVE DATA POINTS THAT ARE CURRENTLY ALIVE, AND THEN PREVIEW SOME THAT ARE COMING AHEAD.
IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT WITH THE FIDELITY OF OUR STRATEGIC PLAN, WE'VE BEEN INTENTIONAL.
THE FIRST PIECE IS THAT WE WANT TO SHARE DATA IN A TRANSPARENT MANNER, BUT THE SECOND PIECE IS WE WANT TO ENGAGE IN MEANINGFUL CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THE DATA, AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE AS WE SHARE IT, WE BREAK IT DOWN INTO COMMUNITY FRIENDLY TERMINOLOGY SO THAT IT CAN SPARK THE CONVERSATION.
AS WE CONTINUE ON OUR JOURNEY OF CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT WITH OUR STRATEGIC PLAN, THE FIRST TWO DATA POINTS THAT WE'RE GOING TO SHARE WITH YOU TONIGHT, LIVE UNDER STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT.
THEY'RE OBJECTIVE 1.1 AND OBJECTIVE 1.6, WE'RE GOING TO START WITH OBJECTIVE 1.1, WHICH IS CENTERS AROUND PRE-K ENROLLMENT.
WE WANT OUR VIEWING PUBLIC TO UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS QUANTIFIED DAILY IN HOUSE AND OUR STUDENT INFORMATION SYSTEM.
IT IS CERTIFIED FOR US TWICE A YEAR BY THE LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION.
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REPORTS LIVE ON THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION'S WEBSITE.THIS IS A NUMBER THAT WE CAN PULL ANY AND EVERY DAY, BUT WE'RE GOING TO PULL IT MONTHLY AND POST IT PUBLICLY OR REFRESH IT PUBLICLY.
AND WE ALSO, AS PART OF THIS CONVERSATION, OR START OFF THE CONVERSATION, WANT TO SHOW A MULTI-YEAR HISTORY TO THE PUBLIC.
AND SO ON THE SLIDE IN FRONT OF YOU, YOU SEE WHERE WE'VE AVERAGED WITH PRE-K ENROLLMENT OVER THE LAST FIVE YEARS, AND YOU CAN SEE HOW WE HAVE DETERMINED BASELINES AND GOALS FOR MOVING FORWARD.
I MUST NOTE TO YOU THAT THIS INCLUDES STUDENTS AND AGE AGES THREE AND FOUR, WHO ARE IN PRE-K PROGRAMS NOTED BY THE AND DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION.
SO RIGHT NOW, OR ACTUALLY ON OCTOBER, THE FIRST, THIS WAS THE LIVE NUMBER.
IF I RAN IT TODAY, IT WOULD BE CHANGED.
WE KNOW THAT IT'S GROWING DAILY.
AND SO WE LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING TO SHARE THIS NUMBER WITH YOU EVERY MONTH.
SO YOU, THAT YOU TOO CAN MONITOR THE TRENDS WITH US.
WE'RE GOING TO MOVE TO THE SECOND KPI UNDER STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT, WHICH FOCUSES ON IN AND OUT OF SCHOOL SUSPENSIONS.
THIS IS AN IMPORTANT PIECE FOR OUR STUDENTS AND FOR OUR SCHOOLS.
AND AGAIN, WE WANT FOLKS TO UNDERSTAND HOW WE'RE MEASURING AND CALCULATING THIS.
THIS IS THE PERCENT OF STUDENTS WHO HAVE BEEN SUSPENDED.
THIS INCLUDES BOTH IN AND OUT OF SCHOOL SUSPENSIONS.
IF A STUDENT WAS SUSPENDED MORE THAN ONCE THE STUDENT IS ONLY COUNTED ONCE.
SO IF WE GO INTO OUR FIVE-YEAR HISTORY, YOU'LL NOTICE THAT OVER THE LAST FIVE YEARS, WE HAVE RANGED UP ANYWHERE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF 34 TO 35%.
THIS DATA WAS RUN ON OCTOBER THE FIRST, WHICH WAS THE EIGHTH WEEK OF SCHOOL.
AND IT WAS AVERAGING AROUND 3% ON OCTOBER.
THE FIRST, THIS IS ONE THAT WILL CHANGE DAILY.
AND THE LAST WEEK OR THE FIRST DAY OF EACH MONTH, MOVING FORWARD, IF WE GO TO CORNERSTONE NUMBER TWO, WHICH IS CUSTOMER SERVICE, THE FIRST KPI THAT WE'RE FEATURING OR SPOTLIGHTING THIS MONTH FOCUSES ON TOTAL STUDENT ENROLLMENT, OCTOBER, AS YOU ALL KNOW, IS A MOCK WHERE THE STATE CERTIFIES OUR ENROLLMENT.
AND SO AS WE MOVE TOWARDS THAT DEADLINE WITH THE STATE, WE RAN OUR DATA INTERNALLY ON THE FIRST OF THE MONTH TO SHOW A SNAPSHOT OF WHERE WE STOOD FOR, FOR FOLKS AT HOME OR COMMUNITY MEMBERS.
THIS IS HOUSED ON THE LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION WEBSITE AND IS THE SUM TOTAL OF STUDENTS WITHIN OUR LEA.
IT DOES INCLUDE PRE-K COUNTS AND INCLUDES TYPE ONE CHARTER STUDENTS.
AND THIS COUNT, IF YOU LOOK AT OUR HISTORICAL DATA, YOU'LL SEE THAT WE ARE CURRENTLY TRENDING UP.
IT IS A VERY FLUID NUMBER AS STUDENTS COME IN AND OUT OF OUR SYSTEM, WE KNOW THAT SOME OF THEM HAVE TO BE CHECKED AND CERTIFIED BY THE STATE.
AND SO WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED THAT OFFICIAL CERTIFIED COUNT YET FROM THE STATE.
ONCE WE DO, WE WILL UPDATE THAT NUMBER.
BUT UNTIL THEN AT THE FIRST OF EACH MONTH, WE WILL CONTINUE TO PUT OUR INTERNAL NUMBERS ON THE OSS ONLINE SCORECARD, MOVING TO CORNERSTONE THREE, WHICH IS OPERATIONAL EXCELLENCE UNDER OPERATIONAL EXCELLENCE.
WE ARE STARTING WITH THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS WHO MISS 10 OR MORE DAYS, DEALING WITH THE LEARNING LOSS OF COVID HAS BEEN SIGNIFICANT ACADEMICALLY FOR OUR SYSTEM.
AND WE KNOW THAT MANY STUDENTS MISSED MANY DAYS OF SCHOOL OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS.
THIS IS A METRIC THAT WE STARTED IN THE FIRST TWO TO THREE MONTHS OF SCHOOL, ACTUALLY RUNNING DAILY, INTERNALLY FROM THE THIRD WEEK OF SCHOOL TO OCTOBER ONE, EVERY MEMBER OF THE SENIOR LEADERSHIP TEAM GOT A DAILY ENROLLMENT REPORT THAT HAD A COLUMN FOR STUDENTS.
WHO'VE MISSED FIVE DAYS AND 10 DAYS OF SCHOOL.
THIS IS AN IMPORTANT METRIC FOR US AS WE MOVE FORWARD.
AND SO THESE ARE TAKEN FROM INTERNAL ATTENDANCE REPORTS AS A TEACHER OR A SCHOOL MARKS THEIR ATTENDANCE EACH DAY.
IT GOES INTO OUR STUDENT INFORMATION SYSTEM.
IF A STUDENT WAS PRESENT FOR JUST ONE CLASS ONE COURSE, OR ONE MOMENT IN TIME THAT DAY THEY WERE MARKED ATTENDED FOR THE SAKE OF THIS REPORT.
SO IF WE LOOK HISTORICALLY, YOU CAN SEE THAT IN 2019, WE WERE AS HIGH AS 36, OVER 36% OF STUDENTS MISSING 10 OR MORE DAYS.
NOTICE THE LAST TWO YEARS YOU CAN SEE A COVID EFFECT, BUT IT WAS STILL HIGH.
CURRENTLY ON OCTOBER ONE DATA.
THE LAST TIME THIS REPORT WAS OFFICIALLY RUN, WE WOULD 8%.
ONCE AGAIN, THAT MARK TO THE EIGHTH WEEK OF SCHOOL, THIS IS ANOTHER NUMBER THAT WILL BE FLUID, BUT WE'RE COMMITTING TO SHARING ON A MONTHLY BASIS, MOVING TO OUR CLASS, CORNERSTONE EMPLOYEE DEVELOPMENT.
OBJECTIVE 4.1 IS WHERE WE'RE STARTING WITH OUR SCORECARD ON THIS ONE.
AND THIS IS THE RETENTION OF HIGH PERFORMING TEACHERS WITHIN THE SYSTEM.
AS MANY OF YOU KNOW, LOUISIANA CLASSROOM TEACHERS RECEIVE A COMPETENCY EVALUATION, A RATING EACH YEAR, IT'S BASED ON A FOUR POINT SCALE.
WE PULLED OUT THOSE TEACHERS WHO SCORED EITHER A THREE OR FOUR, AND WE LOOKED AT WHAT PERCENTAGE RETURNED TO OUR DISTRICT FOR
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THE NEXT YEAR.SO RETIREES DID NOT AFFECT THIS NUMBER.
WE DID NOT DISCRIMINATE AGAINST FOLKS WHO HAD GOTTEN A PROMOTION IT'S WHETHER OR NOT YOU WERE A THREE OR FOUR, AND YOU RETURNED AS AN EMPLOYEE IN THE DISTRICT BECAUSE IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO KEEP OUR BEST AND BRIGHTEST EDUCATIONAL AND ACADEMIC STAFF IN FRONT OF OUR STUDENTS AND SUPPORTING DAILY INSTRUCTION.
THIS INFORMATION ACTUALLY GOES TO THE STATE MULTIPLE TIMES DURING THE YEAR AND A REPORT THAT WAS HISTORICALLY CALLED THE PEP REPORT.
THE STATE HAS CHANGED THEIR REPORTING MECHANISM TO ED LINK.
NOW WE REFERENCED THE PEP REPORT FOR THOSE WHO WERE FAMILIAR WITH IT, OR MIGHT WANT TO FIND IT ON THE DEPARTMENT WEBSITE IN THEIR DATA LIBRARY, BUT MOVING FORWARD, IT'LL HAVE A NEW NAME AND A NEW PLACE TO LIVE.
AND WE'RE ALMOST DONE HERE, UH, JUST TO SHOW YOU THE METRICS OF THE HISTORICAL FIVE-YEAR TRENDS AND THIS ONE, UH, WE AVERAGE AROUND 90% OF OUR RETURN RATE, BUT WE'RE, WE'RE REALLY, WE'RE REALLY ZEROING IN ON THAT 10%.
SO WE CAN DIG DEEPER TO FIND OUT, UH, WHERE THOSE FOLKS ARE GOING AND THE WHY THERE AGAIN, CAUSE RETIREES WERE PULLED OUT NOTICING 2020, THERE WAS NO EVALUATION DATA BECAUSE OF THE ABRUPT END OF THE SCHOOL YEAR.
BUT THIS IS ONE THAT HAS PRETTY MUCH RESIDED AROUND 90% OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS.
SO TONIGHT WE JUST WANTED TO SPOTLIGHT THAT THE LAUNCH OF THE SCORECARD FOR YOU AND ONE OR TWO KPIS IN EACH OF THE CORNERSTONES, WHAT ARE OUR NEXT STEPS? AND WHEN CAN YOU EXPECT TO SEE THE FULL SCORECARD? WE HAVE AN INTERDEPARTMENTAL TEAM THAT HAS MET AS RECENTLY AS YESTERDAY AFTERNOON.
WE'RE ALREADY MAPPING OUT THE NEXT ROUND THAT WILL BE RELEASED.
AND NOVEMBER, YOU CAN EXPECT THREE MORE UNDER STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT, ONE UNDER FAMILY ENGAGEMENT AND AT LEAST ONE FOR EMPLOYEE DEVELOPMENT.
SO WE'RE LOOKING TO REFINE THOSE METRICS.
OUR STAFF IS RUNNING THOSE REPORTS AND WORKING WITH MS JONES'S TEAM TO GET THAT DATA LIVE.
AND THEN NEXT FEW WEEKS, WE ALSO, AS WE SAID, WANT TO DEVELOP A DATA CALENDAR SO THAT FOLKS CAN CLICK ON OUR WEBSITE AND USE THAT AS A REFERENCE SHEET TO SEE HOW OFTEN METRICS WILL BE REPOPULATED AND REFRESH, AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, WE LOOK FORWARD TO, UH, BY THE END OF THE SEMESTER OF SHARING WITH YOU A SCHOOL LEVEL PDF PRINTABLE SCORE CARD FOR EACH OF THE SCHOOLS, THREE TIMES A YEAR, WE'LL POPULATE A SCHOOL LEVEL SCORECARD.
THAT IS A PDF VERSION THAT YOU CAN GO TO OUR WEBSITE, SELECT YOUR FAVORITE SCHOOL, CHOOSE IT, AND PRINT IT SO THAT YOU CAN SEE SPECIFIC MEASURES FOR THAT SCHOOL.
SOME OF THEM WILL BE IDENTICAL TO THESE.
SOME OF THEM WILL BE ADDITIONAL ONES ADDED BECAUSE THERE ARE CONTRIBUTING FACTORS THAT HELP US REACH THE OVERARCHING DISTRICT GOALS.
SO THAT'S OUR PRESENTATION FOR YOU TONIGHT, AND WE THANK YOU FOR INVITING US BACK TO SHARE IT.
AND, UH, WE LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUED CONVERSATION WITH YOU.
MS. DYSON HAS A QUESTION OR COMMENT.
I JUST WANT A GOOD THANK Y'ALL.
I AM THRILLED ABOUT THIS TRANSPARENCY THAT WE'RE OFFERING TO THE COMMUNITY, THE PUB PARENTS, THE TEACHERS, THE STAFF, I THINK IT'S, UM, SO GREAT THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO BE MONITORING ALONG THE WAY.
IT'S GOING TO BE EASILY ACCESSIBLE TO ANYONE THAT WANTS TO VISIT OUR WEBSITE.
AND I HOPE IT'S FRONT AND CENTER AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.
UM, SO I, I VERY MUCH APPRECIATE THIS AND I KNOW THE PUBLIC WILL AS WELL.
THANK YOU, MS. DYSON, MR. GODADDY.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR GIVING US THIS DATA.
I DO HAVE ONE QUESTION ON THE PRE-K ENROLLMENT AND IF YOU'D LIKE TO ANSWER THIS LATER, THAT'S FINE.
CAUSE I REALIZED THIS IS A PRESENTATION OF THE SCORECARD, BUT I KNOW WE SPENT A LOT OF TIME AND EFFORT AND MONEY AND INCREASING THE PRE-K ENROLLMENT.
AND THEN I LOOK AND SEE THE NUMBERS FOR THIS YEAR ARE ACTUALLY LOWER THAN THE NUMBERS WE HAD IN 2018 AND 2017.
CAN YOU GIVE ME SOME BACKGROUND ON THAT OR ANYTHING? THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.
AND I THANK YOU FOR POSING IT, MR. GAUDETTE BECAUSE ACTUALLY WE WERE IN A MEETING YESTERDAY AND TODAY WE WERE IN A MEETING YESTERDAY AND TODAY WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THIS AND I THINK THAT ONE OF THE, ONE OF THE BENEFITS OF THIS SCORECARD IS IT SPARKS THE CONVERSATION.
AND SO I THINK A SUPERINTENDENT IS PLANNING TO HALF STAFF DIG DEEPER INTO THIS KPI AND DATA STATISTICS FOR YOU AT AN UPCOMING MEETING.
BUT TO ADDRESS YOUR QUESTION, WE PATTERNED THIS KPI ON OFFICIAL ENROLLMENT FOR THE LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, WHICH TAGS, THOSE STUDENTS, THOSE, UH, THOSE CHILDREN AGES THREE AND FOUR, AS YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE THE ZERO TO THREE AND OUR ENTIRE NETWORK.
AND SO OUR NETWORK DATA IS, IS LARGER AND SPEAKS TO A DIFFERENT NUMBER THAN THEY ACTUAL STUDENTS WHO ARE TAGGED AS THREE OR FOUR IN THE OFFICIAL PRE-KINDERGARTEN CLASS.
UH, FOR OUR PURPOSES HERE, WE FOLLOWED THE STATE REPORT SO THAT WE COULD BE CONSISTENT AND SET
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UP OUR METRICS THAT WAY.BUT WE DO UNDERSTAND THAT QUESTION.
AND SO FOR THAT REASON, WE'RE LOOKING AT WAYS THAT WE CAN PRESENT THAT TO THE PUBLIC IN A DIFFERENT WAY.
SO THANK YOU BECAUSE YOU'VE JUST VALIDATED OUR CONVERSATIONS TODAY.
AND MY QUESTION IS NOT AS GOOD AS MR. GODA IS I JUST, I, UH, I TOLD HIM, I WANT TO COMPLIMENT YOU ON THE, UH, UH, THE SIDE AND THE, UH, YOUR WORK ON THESE KPIS JUST REAL QUICK.
I'M JUST CURIOUS WHY WE HAVE THE TREND LINES ON THE GRAPHS GOING RIGHT TO LEFT AS OPPOSED TO LEFT TO RIGHT.
IS THERE, I BELIEVE THAT'S HOW IT WAS SET UP AND THE STRATEGIC PLAN AND THAT'S HOW A COPY OF THE FORMAT AND THE STRATEGIC PLAN, BUT THERE'S A FEEDBACK BUTTON.
WE'RE GOING TO TAKE YOUR FEEDBACK BACK TO THE TEAM, BUT I'M GLAD YOU ASKED THE QUESTION SO THAT THE PUBLIC WILL HIT THAT FEEDBACK BUTTON BECAUSE IF FOLKS, AS THEY NAVIGATE THIS, WE WERE OPEN TO SUGGESTIONS.
AND SO WE LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING TO DO THIS IN A WAY THAT IS MORE USER-FRIENDLY AND CONSUMABLE BY OUR COMMUNITY.
THANK YOU, MR. BALLOU, UH, VICE PRESIDENT COLLINS.
UH, I JUST WANT IT TO SAY, UH, I APPRECIATE US, UH, UH, RAISING UP AND LIFTING UP MEASURABLE GOAL, YOU KNOW, MATRIX SO WE CAN HAVE SOMETHING TO REFER TO.
UM, AND SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
VICE PRESIDENT COLLINS, MS. DYSON.
I JUST WANTED TO SECOND MR. BILLY'S COMMENTS, AND YOU CAN RECORD THAT AS FEEDBACK FROM ME AS WELL.
I THOUGHT IT WAS QUITE DIFFICULT TO, UM, YOU KNOW, I JUST THINK THAT IT WOULD BE BETTER IF WE COULD FIGURE THAT THIS OUT AND DO IT THE NATURAL, I THINK OUR PROGRAMMERS LISTENING THING, YOU THANK YOU, MS. DYSON, MS. WHERE JACKSON, THANK YOU, PRESIDENT TATLIN.
UM, JUST WANT IT TO KIND OF TOUCH ON A COUPLE OF COMMENTS THAT, UM, MR. UM, MR.
UH, WE WERE TALKING ABOUT, UM, PRE-K AND, YOU KNOW, THE ENROLLMENT OR THE, THE NUMBERS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT UP.
I JUST WANT TO STRESS THAT IT'S SO IMPORTANT THAT WE, UM, REALLY EMPHASIZE HIGH QUALITY PRE-K WHEN WE'RE LOOKING TO, TO DRAW, UM, FROM, FROM THE DISTRICT AND FROM THE PARISH, THAT'S SO IMPORTANT, IT'S GOOD TO HAVE, UH, A NUMBER OF SEATS, BUT IF WE, IF WE REALLY ARE CONCENTRATING ON, ON THE QUALITY OF THE PRE-K, I THINK WE'RE GOING TO DO REALLY, REALLY WELL IN, UH, IN RAISING THOSE NUMBERS.
THANK YOU, MR. JACKSON, SEEING NO OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS SUPERINTENDENT FINALLY, THANK YOU.
UM, AT THIS TIME I'D LIKE TO INVITE DR.
SHARON WILLIAMS, CHIEF OF SCHOOLS, DR.
MICHAEL ROBINSON, CHIEF ACADEMIC OFFICER, AND MS. BIANCA BROMFIELD WILLIAMS FROM OUR HUMAN RESOURCE DEPARTMENT TO JOIN US, TO SHARE ADDITIONAL UPDATES ON THE EBR VIRTUAL ACADEMY, AS YOU KNOW, WE'VE, THIS WAS THE FIRST YEAR THAT WE'VE STARTED THIS, THIS JOURNEY.
AND, UM, THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF ADJUSTMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN MADE AS WE'VE BEEN GETTING FEEDBACK FROM VARIOUS, UM, UH, BOARD MEMBERS, AS WELL AS COMMUNITY MEMBERS.
AND WE ARE WORKING TIRELESSLY TO BE ABLE TO CONTINUE TO MAKE THIS A BETTER EXPERIENCE FOR OUR YOUNG PEOPLE.
BOARD PRESIDENT TAPPIN VICE-PRESIDENT COLLINS BOARD MEMBERS AND DR.
THIS IS A QUICK UPDATE AND RESPONSE TO JUST UPDATING YOU ON THE EBR VIRTUAL ACADEMY, BUT ALSO INTO RISK.
UH, RISK CAME UP AT OUR COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE.
YOU SHOULD HAVE RECEIVED A MEMORANDUM THAT OUTLINED THOSE QUESTIONS AND THE ANSWERS TO THE BEST OF OUR ABILITY WHEN THE MEMORANDUM WAS WRITTEN.
SO JUST QUICKLY, I'LL FAST FORWARD TO SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT LEARNING LOSS.
AND THIS GRAPH, UH, SHOWS WHERE WE'VE LOOKED AT EACH OF THE VACANCIES AT, AT THE EBR VIRTUAL ACADEMY AND THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS THAT ARE IMPACTED BY THOSE VACANCIES.
THE GREEN LINES REPRESENT PREVIOUS VACANCIES THAT ARE NOW STAFFED SOME POINT DURING THE OPENING OF THE SCHOOL TO CURRENTLY THE RED IS WHERE WE STILL HAVE VACANCIES.
AND WE WERE ABLE TO FILL AT LEAST ONE VACANCY TODAY.
THIS IS NOT QUITE UP TO DATE, UH, WHERE THERE BEEN VACANCIES AND THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS RELATED TO THOSE VACANCIES.
AND THEN WE HAD ONE RESIGNATION
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AND THAT'S THE YELLOW BAR THAT REPRESENTS A POSITION THAT WAS STAFFED.AND THEN WE HAD A RESIGNATION, DR.
WILLIAMS, CAN YOU STAY ON THAT SLIDE FOR JUST ONE SECOND? ABSOLUTELY.
ON THE PRESENTATION, IT LOOKS DIFFERENT THAN IT DOES ON THE MEMO ON THE PRESENTATION THAT SHOWS MATH SIX GREEN.
WHEN THE PRESENTATION, IT SHOWS A GREEN ON THE MEMO, IT SHOWS AT RED ON MAPS, SIX FROM 113 STUDENTS.
SO THE VACANCY, AND I JUST WANT TO KNOW WHICH ONE IT IS.
THEY CAN SEE IT'S IN MATH SIX.
THE VACANCY IS A MATH SIX, SO IT SHOULD BE RED.
SO THERE WAS A SPECIFIC QUESTION ASKED ABOUT THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS WHO ARE IMPACTED BY THESE VACANCIES.
LOOSER HELPED TO CALL THE DATA TO DETERMINE WHERE THE MAJORITY OF STUDENTS WERE BEING IMPACTED.
AND THAT'S IN SIXTH GRADE, WE HAVE SEVERAL VACANCIES IN SIXTH GRADE, AND THEN ALSO OUR 10TH GRADE SCHOLARS.
WE HAVE AN OPENING IN ELA TWO AND GEOMETRY, WHICH ARE 10TH GRADE COURSES.
AND THUS, WE HAVE THE GREATEST IMPACT IN THOSE TWO GRADE LEVELS.
YOU CAN SEE THOSE NUMBERS THERE.
THE 109 STUDENTS FOR SIXTH GRADE IS, UM, WILL BE REDUCED BASED ON THE FILLING OF A VACANCY IN THE SIXTH GRADE.
SO THERE WAS A QUESTION ABOUT HOW WE'RE ADDRESSING LEARNING LOSS.
AND ONE ASPECT OF THAT IS THE GRADING OF THESE STUDENTS.
SO EACH STUDENT WILL BE LOOKED AT AS THE INDIVIDUAL THAT THEY ARE.
AND BASED ON THE WORK PERFORMED, THEY WILL RECEIVE A GRADE IF THERE ARE, UM, DEFICIENCIES AND, UM, ASSIGNMENTS THAT COULD NOT BE GRADED FOR WHATEVER REASON, SOME STUDENTS ARE OFFERED AN INCOMPLETE.
AND PART OF OUR PROCESS FOR REMEDIATING THAT LEARNING LOSS IS TO LOOK AT EACH STUDENT INDIVIDUALLY, WHERE THEY ARE, BECAUSE IT'S VERY COURSE DEPENDENT AND GIVE THEM INDIVIDUALIZED SUPPORT THROUGH DECEMBER.
AND THE NEXT SLIDE WE'LL SHOW YOU WHAT THAT INDIVIDUALIZED SUPPORT WILL LOOK LIKE.
ALL THE GRADES WILL BE UPDATED NO LATER THAN DECEMBER 15TH, FOR THOSE STUDENTS WHO HAVE BEEN IMPACTED.
SO THERE ARE THREE MAIN PILLARS OF ADDRESSING THE LEARNING LOSS, AND THESE WOULD BE FOUND IN ANY SCHOOL RIGHT NOW, AS WE'RE LOOKING AT OUR BEGINNING OF THE YEAR DATA, YOU JUST HEARD MS.
WE'RE GETTING INFORMATION UPDATED DAILY.
WE HAVE COMPLETED OUR A NET DIAGNOSTIC EXAM.
SO EACH SCHOOL HAS ACCESS TO WHERE EACH OF THEIR STUDENTS ARE BASED ON LAST YEAR STANDARDS.
SO THAT DIAGNOSTIC GIVES US A SNAPSHOT IN TIME, THE BEGINNING OF THIS YEAR AS A BASELINE, HOW DOES STUDENTS FINISH UP LAST YEAR AND HOW ARE THEY PERFORMING ON LAST YEAR STANDARDS, THE ACE NET INTERIM, WHICH IS HAPPENING RIGHT NOW, THE WINDOW CLOSES FOR MOST SCHOOLS TOMORROW.
AND WE'RE UP TO ABOUT 61 60 5% COMPLETE WILL SHOW US HOW STUDENTS DID IN THIS FIRST NINE WEEK PERIOD.
SO THIS IS A SNAPSHOT OF ACTUAL LEARNING THAT'S HAPPENING NOW.
SO WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO IS USE THOSE TWO DATA POINTS ALONG WITH LOOKING AT THE HIGH PRIORITY STANDARDS CHARTS THAT OUR CURRICULUM DEPARTMENT ACADEMICS DEPARTMENT HAS PUT TOGETHER FOR EACH COURSE, EACH GRADE LEVEL, EACH SUBJECT TO DETERMINE WHERE STUDENTS NEED TO BE ASSISTED.
WE'RE GOING TO PARTNER WITH PROXIMITY AND, UH, WITH FOLKS AT THE EBR VIRTUAL ACADEMY TO PROVIDE EXTENDED HOUR EXTENDED HELP FOR STUDENTS BASED ON THEIR INDIVIDUAL NEEDS AND WHERE THEY ARE NOW, ACCORDING TO THE ACE NET, UM, DIAGNOSTIC AND FIRST INTERIM EXAM.
SO WE WANTED TO SHOW YOU AGAIN WHERE OUR CURRENT ENROLLMENT STANDS FOR THE EBR VIRTUAL ACADEMY.
WE HAVE LOST SOME STUDENTS WITH THE OPEN ENROLLMENT PERIOD, AS YOU CAN TELL, WE'RE AT ABOUT 1,305 STUDENTS RIGHT NOW, AND THAT'S A LOSS OF ABOUT 112 OR SO STUDENTS THAT MOST OF THE STUDENTS TRANSFERRING OUT, TRANSFERRED OUT WITHIN THIS OPEN ENROLLMENT, NOT OPEN ENROLLMENT, THAT'S AN, UH, INSURANCE TERM, THIS, UH, PERIOD OF DROP IN RE ENROLLMENT AND THEIR HOMESCHOOL.
UH, SO YOU CAN SEE THERE WERE ABOUT 40, WITHIN THIS TIME PERIOD AGAIN, THOUGH, THAT IS THE DROP WINDOW THAT ENDS ON OCTOBER 22ND
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AS WE'RE GOING INTO THE SECOND NINE WEEK PERIOD, I'LL LET MY COLLEAGUE, MS. WILLIAMS COME UP AND TALK ABOUT THE CURRENT VACANCIES THAT WE HAVE AND THOSE IN THE EBR VIRTUAL ACADEMY.AND THEN WE ALSO WORK TOGETHER ON SOME OVERALL DATA FOR VACANCIES IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, SO THAT WE COULD PROVIDE CONTEXT FOR THE EBR VIRTUAL ACADEMY.
DYSON HAS A QUESTION, SO I'LL GO AHEAD AND YOU TO WAIT.
SO WE HAVE SOME GOOD NEWS FOR YOU.
UH, THE ELEMENTARY SIDE OF THE VIRTUALS, UH, THE VIRTUAL ACADEMY IS FULLY STAFFED.
SO THERE ARE NO VACANCIES IN THE ELEMENTARY SIDE, BUT FOR THE SECONDARY, THERE ARE ONLY SIX VACANCIES.
SO THAT'S GOOD NEWS FROM WHERE WE WERE LAST BOARD MEETING.
SO WE'RE WORKING, WE'RE COLLABORATING WITH, UM, THE OFFICE OF HUMAN RESOURCES, PROXIMITY AND THE VIRTUAL SCHOOL TO GET THOSE, UH, VACANCIES FIELD.
UH, WE'RE ACTUALLY WORKING WITH OUR MATH FOR PROFESSIONALS, UH, COHORT THAT WE HAVE SO THAT WE CAN ACTUALLY ONBOARD THOSE, UH, CANDIDATES SO THAT WE CAN ACTUALLY GET THEM IN THE VIRTUAL ACADEMY AND THE OTHER TRADITIONAL SCHOOLS THAT WE HAVE THAT HAVE VACANCIES.
AND WITH THAT BEING SAID, THE VACANCIES THAT WE HAVE IN THE VIRTUAL ACADEMY, THOSE STUDENTS ARE STILL GETTING INSTRUCTION, BUT IT'S JUST NOT WITH THE TEACHER AT THIS TIME.
SO THERE, IT'S NOT LIKE THEY'RE GOING AND NOT HAVING ANY INSTRUCTION.
I MEAN, WE HAVE SOME, BUT I THINK THEY'RE GOING TO WAIT UNTIL YOU'RE FINISHED.
SO WITH MS. BRIAN BRUMFIELD WILLIAM'S HELP AND THE HELP OF THE HR STAFF, WHAT I WANTED TO DO JUST FOR MY OWN EDIFICATION WAS TO LOOK ACROSS THE DISTRICT IN OUR SCHOOLS TO DETERMINE WHERE VACANCIES ARE AND HOW MANY, AND, UM, THIS CHART REPRESENTS THE TOTAL NUMBER OF INSTRUCTIONAL VACANCIES THAT IN THAT IN SCHOOLS, ACROSS THE DISTRICT, AND THIS INCLUDES OUR PARAPROFESSIONALS AS WELL.
SO THIS IS NOT JUST CLASSROOM TEACHERS.
WHAT I ALSO DID IS I LOOKED, THEY WERE, UM, GOOD ENOUGH TO HAVE THIS BROKEN DOWN BY REGION.
AND WHAT I DID IS LOOKED AT ALL THE CORE CLASSES THAT SCHOOLS WERE MISSING AND NOTICE THAT THERE ARE A MULTIPLE SCHOOLS WITH SIX OR MORE VACANCIES.
THE SCHOOL WITH THE HIGHEST NUMBER OF VACANCIES HAS SEVEN VACANCIES CURRENTLY.
AND THOSE ARE IN CORE AND ELECTIVE CLASSES.
SO IMPORTANT CLASSES JUST AS THOSE ARE IN THE VIRTUAL ACADEMY.
AND AGAIN, THOSE VACANCIES INCLUDE ALL THE INSTRUCTIONAL STAFF IN THE SCHOOLS.
SO FINALLY OUR IMMEDIATE NEXT ACTIONS AND AREAS FOR IMPROVEMENT, AGAIN, FINDING TEACHERS, QUALIFIED TEACHERS TO BE IN FRONT OF OUR STUDENTS EVERY DAY.
AND THE INDIVIDUAL HAS CERTAIN STUDENT LEARNING PLAN FOR THOSE STUDENTS WHO MAY HAVE EXPERIENCED EXTENDED PERIODS OF NOT HAVING A QUALIFIED TEACHER IN FRONT OF THEM, AND THEN OUR FAMILY AND, UM, STUDENT SUPPORT SESSIONS.
AND THOSE HAVE STARTED, UM, WE'RE STARTING WITH, UM, JUST EXTENDING THE HOURS FOR TECHNICAL SUPPORT OF, FOR FAMILIES.
AND THEN ALSO GOING TO ADD IN THE SUPPORT OF STUDENTS AFTER HOURS, SO THAT WE CAN BEGIN TO CLOSE SOME OF THE GAPS.
UM, MS. DYSON, SO ON YOUR LAST SLIDE, RIGHT? WELL, FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU FOR THIS PRESENTATION, BUT ON THE LAST SLIDE, UM, WAS THAT GOING BACK TO VIRTUALS, UH, ACADEMY STEPS THAT IS, THAT ARE GOING TO BE TAKEN? YES.
I WOULD LIKE THOUGH, UM, TO, TO REQUEST THE SAME TYPE PRESENTATION FOR ALL OF OUR SCHOOLS, UM, SO THAT WE CAN SEE WHERE WE ARE OTHER THAN THE VIRTUAL SPECIFICALLY.
SO THERE WERE 15 MIDDLE SCHOOL VACANCIES AND SEVEN OF THEM WERE AT ONE MIDDLE SCHOOL.
IS THAT CORRECT? YOU GO BACK TO THAT SLIDE.
SO, NO THAT'S OVERALL OF ALL THE SCHOOLS, THE SCHOOL WITH THE HIGHEST NUMBER OF VACANCIES HAS SEVEN VACANCIES RIGHT NOW, THE LIBRARY, OUR VIRTUAL ACADEMY HAS FIVE OR SIX, SIX MS. BROWN BELT WILLIAMS. WHAT WAS THE 15? THAT WAS THE TOTAL NUMBER OF INSTRUCTIONAL VACANCIES AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL.
SO THAT COULD INCLUDE TEACHERS, PARAPROFESSIONALS, UM, ESS TEACHERS, ALL, ALL OF THE INSTRUCTIONAL, UM, SUPPORT CATEGORY FOR THAT POOR US.
AND THAT 15 INCLUDES THE VIRTUAL AND TRADITIONAL AND MAGNET DEDICATED
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MAGNET.SO THE WAY THE DATA'S PRESENTED FROM HR IS THAT THEY HAVE A, THEY HAVE COLUMNS FOR EACH OF THE TYPES OF TEACHERS AND THE SUPPORT, UM, PROFESSIONALS.
SO THAT WOULD INCLUDE PARAPROFESSIONALS.
SO YOU SAID FIVE OR SIX AT THE VIRTUAL AND SEVEN AT THE HIGHEST MIDDLE SCHOOL, THE MIDDLE SCHOOL THAT HAS THE MOST GO TO THAT SLOT.
SO THAT WOULD BE 12 OR 13 OUT OF THE 15, BUT THOSE NUMBERS ON THAT CHART ARE TOTALS ACROSS THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, THE ASTRONAUTS AT THE BOTTOM, JUST DESCRIBE THAT ALL OF THE SCHOOLS AND THE DISTRICT, THE SCHOOL WITH THE HIGHEST NUMBER OF VACANCIES HAS SEVEN VACANCIES CURRENTLY.
AND IS THAT AT THE MIDDLE OF IT'S ACTUALLY A HIGH SCHOOL? OH, IT'S AT THE HIGH SCHOOL.
HIGH SCHOOL HAS THE HIGHEST NUMBER OF CURRENT VACANCIES RIGHT NOW.
IF WE CAN JUST GET THIS SAME INFORMATION DONE FOR OUR TRADITIONAL SPAN MAGNET SCHOOLS, I WOULD VERY MUCH APPRECIATE IT SO WE CAN GET A FULL PICTURE, UM, OF THE ENTIRE DISTRICT NEEDS.
UM, I ACTUALLY SPOKE AT A MEETING, UM, EARLIER THIS WEEK AND, UM, MADE A CALL OUT TO, UH, THINK ABOUT ANY RECENT COLLEGE GRADUATES WHO, UM, DIDN'T, DIDN'T GRADUATE IN EDUCATION, BUT ARE HAVING A HARD TIME RIGHT NOW, UM, DUE TO SO MANY FACTORS OF GAINING EMPLOYMENT.
AND REALLY, I THINK WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO GET THAT MARKETED THAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR.
UM, THEY CAN, THEY COULD EVEN SERVE AS SUBS, UM, THROUGH THE SA, UH, PRIVATIZATION EFFORTS THAT WE'RE DOING, BUT DIRECT THEM THERE.
WE'VE GOT A LOT OF RECENT COLLEGE GRADS WITHOUT EMPLOYMENT RIGHT NOW.
AND I JUST THINK THAT WE JUST, THIS WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT THEY HAVE NOT CONSIDERED AND THEY COULD START EARNING, UH, THEIR ALTERNATIVE CERTIFICATION BECAUSE THEY HAVE A DEGREE IN HISTORY OR SCIENCE OR, YOU KNOW, AND THEY MAY JUST HAVE NOT THOUGHT ABOUT THIS.
AND EVEN IF IT'S JUST AN INTERIM SITUATION UNTIL THEY FIND A JOB IN THEIR FIELD, UM, WE'RE IN NEED RIGHT NOW.
AND SO, UM, THE OTHER THING THAT I JUST MENTIONED, UM, IS THAT WITH THIS LEARNING LOSS THAT HAS TAKEN PLACE, UM, WITH COVID WITH, UM, UM, TEACHER SHORTAGE, ALL OF THAT ACROSS OUR SYSTEM, UM, I, I HAVE LIKED, I, I HOPE WE'RE HAVING SOME DISCUSSIONS ABOUT THE TYPE STIPENDS THAT WE OFFERED TEACHERS TO TEACH BOTH VIRTUALLY AND IN PERSON, BUT ALSO OFFER OPPORTUNITIES FOR STIPENDS, FOR SATURDAYS, FOR THE UPCOMING HOLIDAYS, WHERE WE'LL HAVE A WHOLE WEEK FOR, UM, THANKSGIVING, THE STUDENTS WILL BE OFF.
AND THE, UM, THE, UH, HOLIDAY IN WINTER HOLIDAY BREAK THAT IS POSTED TWO AND A HALF WEEKS AND ON A VOLUNTEER BASIS, I'D LIKE TO SEE, YOU KNOW, NEED AT SCHOOLS AND IN AREAS.
AND, UM, SEE IF WE WOULD HAVE ANY TEACHERS THAT WOULD LIKE TO, UH, HELP GET THESE CHILDREN BACK UP SO WE CAN START THE NEXT SEMESTER AND THEY CAN START THE NEXT SEMESTER, UM, READY TO BE RIGHT IN LINE WITH THEIR PEERS.
SO I JUST HOPE WE'RE HAVING THOSE CONVERSATIONS.
THANK YOU, MR. VICE PRESIDENT COLLINS.
UM, THIS IS THE SECOND TIME MY COLLEAGUE HAD ASKED FOR THAT INFORMATION ABOUT ACROSS THE DISTRICT.
AND WE HAD SHARED, WE MENTIONED DURING THE PREVIOUS MEETING THAT WE GETTING THEM VIA EMAIL.
I THINK PERHAPS THE DIFFICULTY, UH, AROUND SOME PEOPLE ACCESSING IT IS THAT IT'S A GOOGLE DOCUMENT.
AND SOMETIMES IF YOU CLICK A LINK AND IF YOU CLICK, IF YOU CLICK A GOOGLE DOCUMENT, CAUSE I HAD TO DO IT AND YOU'RE NOT DOING IT FROM A GOOGLE ACCOUNT, IT'LL SAY YOU HAVE TO REQUEST PERMISSION AND YADA YADA YADA.
AND UNFORTUNATELY, SOMETIMES YOU ADD TWO MINUTES STEPS BETWEEN THIS IS YOUR INFORMATION AND SOMEBODY GETTING THE INFORMATION, IT HOLDS IT.
SO WE GET, WE ALL GETTING THE INFORMATION, UH, WEEKLY, BUT WE DIDN'T GET IT THIS
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LAST WEEK DUE TO STAFFING CHANGES, BUT OKAY.I USUALLY GET A NOTIFICATION EMAIL, BUT I THINK BECAUSE SHE'S HAVING SUCH A DIFFICULT THAT ACCESSING THE INFORMATION, THEY MADE IT A PDF COULD BE JUST GENERATED AND ATTACHED IN AN EMAIL.
SO IT CAUGHT WHEN IT CAME TO ME, IT COMES WITH A PDF WHICH WHEN IT BECOMES A PDF, YOU CAN'T CLICK THE DOWNS THAT SPANS THE INFORMATION, BUT YOU CAN'T ACCESS THE PDF IN THE FIRST PLACE UNTIL YOU GO.
I'M JUST REMOVED THAT BARRIER FOR HER BECAUSE SHE'S GETTING THE INFORMATION, BUT SHE NOT ABLE FOR WHATEVER REASON, OR MAYBE IF SOMEBODY COULD SHOW HER CHECKED HERE, PLEASE PRESENTATION SO THAT THE VIEWING PUBLIC COULD SEE.
I WAS JUST TRYING TO BE HELPFUL.
ALRIGHTY THEN, UH, WE ALSO, IF WE CAN GET ANOTHER PRESENTATION OF THE HR STUFF, UH, FOR THE WHOLE DISTRICT, AND THEN I WANTED TO ASK, I'M GLAD THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, STUDENTS, WITHOUT TEACHERS ARE RECEIVING INSTRUCTION, HOW ARE THEY RECEIVING THAT INSTRUCTION? SO THE, SOME STUDENTS ARE RECEIVING INSTRUCTION THROUGH EDGENUITY.
AND IF A TEACHER, UM, THERE'S, THERE ARE SUBSTITUTES FOR TEACHERS WHERE WE HAVE VACANCIES JUST AS WE WOULD IN A REGULAR BRICK AND MORTAR SCHOOL, IF FOR SOME REASON THAT SUBSTITUTE DOESN'T SHOW UP OR THAT SESSION, WHICH HAPPENS IN OUR BRICK AND MORTAR SCHOOLS AS WELL, THE CANVAS COURSE SERVES AS THEIR, UM, WORK FOR THAT DAY.
SO THEY'RE WORKING ASYNCHRONOUSLY DURING THAT TIME.
AND THEN AS ANNUITY HAS WHAT SUBJECTS I'M FAMILIAR WITH EDGENUITY IS EVERY SUBJECT.
CAUSE WHEN I FIRST GOT EXPOSED TO EDGE AND I'M JUST MAKING SURE I'M CLEAR, UH, FROM MY OWN UNDERSTANDING, WHEN I FIRST GOT EDGE, WHEN I FIRST BECAME ACQUAINTED WITH EDGENUITY, IT WAS FOR RECOVERY WORK, NOT DIFFERENT, YOU KNOW, EVERYDAY PLACES.
SO AS ANNUITIES PLUS CANVAS PLUS THE SUBS, AND WHEN DID THOSE, THOSE, UH, STUDENTS WITH THE TEACHER SHORTAGE WITH PROXIMITY STARTED GETTING THE SUBS, BE SUPPLYING THE SUBS FOR THEM, OR DID PROXIMITY START SUPPLYING THEIR OWN SUBS? I'LL HAVE TO LET OUR HR PARTNER ANSWER THAT.
I'M NOT SURE ABOUT THE PROXIMITY SUB SUBSTITUTES.
SO ALL OF THE VACANCIES, ANY VACANCIES ARE COVERED BY ESS OKAY.
THIRD PARTY VENDOR FOR SUBSTITUTE TEACHERS.
SO FOR CLARITY, AND I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT I'M, YOU KNOW, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE I UNDERSTAND THOSE CLASSROOMS THAT PROXIMITY ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THAT DID NOT HAVE A TEACHER ESS HAS BEEN SUPPLYING SUBSTITUTE TEACHERS.
AND THAT'S BEEN FROM THE FIRST DAY, I'LL HAVE TO DOUBLE CHECK THAT DATA OUT.
I WON'T SAY FOR CERTAIN, BUT ANYTIME THERE'S A TEACHER ABSENCE, WE EXPECT THAT A SUBSTITUTE TEACHER IS CALLED FOR.
IF YOU DON'T MIND JUST GIVING ME SOME CLARITY AROUND THAT, ESPECIALLY WITH A VIRTUAL SITUATION, I'LL WORK WITH OUR HR DEPARTMENT PARTNERS TO PROVIDE AN ANSWER TO OUR SUPERINTENDENT BECAUSE I WONDER IF THE TECHNOLOGY IS, I'M SURE THERE'S A DIFFICULT WITH TECHNOLOGY BEING A BARRIER FOR SOME SUBS.
IT'S DIFFERENT TO SUBSTITUTE IN THE VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENT THAN IT IS GOING TO A SCHOOL.
I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THE, UH, UH, NUMBER OF STAFFING VACANCIES.
WE HAVE AGAIN TO OUR ATTENTION AND YOU KNOW, I'VE SAID THIS SEVERAL TIMES, BUT FOR THE HR REPORT THAT WE GET, I WOULD LIKE THE STAFFING VACANCIES TO BE A CONTINUAL PART OF THAT REPORT.
IT WAS ON THERE FOR AWHILE AND THEN SOME KIND OF WAY IT'S DROPPED OFF.
BUT, UH, YOU KNOW, UNFORTUNATELY IT TOOK THE ISSUES WE HAD WITH THE VIRTUAL SCHOOL TO REALLY BRING THIS IN SPOTLIGHT.
BUT WE HAVE A LOT OF CHILDREN OUT THERE WHO DO NOT HAVE A TEACHER, A PERMANENT TEACHER IN THE CLASSROOM.
I REALIZE THEY'RE GETTING INSTRUCTION, BUT THEY DO NOT HAVE A PERMANENT TEACHER IN THE CLASSROOM.
SO I'M GLAD YOU'RE BRINGING US THE STATE OF, BUT IT'S THE KIND OF DATA WE NEED TO SEE EVERY MONTH.
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HOW DEEP THE ISSUE IS AND HOW FAR IT GOES.BECAUSE NOW I LOOK AT DATA THAT WE PRESENTED EARLIER ON THE KPIS WHERE WE HAD 30% OF THE KIDS HAD SUSPENSIONS.
WE HAD 30% OF THE KIDS WITH 10, NO MORE PLUS DAYS ABSENT.
WE HAVE ALL OF THESE VACANCIES AND WE CAN IMPROVE OUR SCORES A LOT BY JUST HAVING KIDS IN THE CLASSROOM WITH TEACHERS TO TEACH THEM.
AND SO, UH, THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS TO US, BUT KEEP A FOCUS ON IT.
KEEP US FOCUSED ON IT BECAUSE I THINK THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT ISSUES, UH, THAT WE HAVE FACING US TODAY.
WE CAN DO A LOT OF OTHER THINGS, BUT IF WE CAN HELP DRIVE THIS TO SOME KIND OF RESOLUTION, WE DO MORE GOOD THAN JUST ABOUT ANYTHING ELSE WE CAN DO.
AND JUST ANOTHER COMMENT WE'RE DOING A LOT OF PROGRAMMING AROUND THE DISTRICT ABOUT CAREERS AND, UH, TRYING TO GET PEOPLE TO WORK IN DIFFERENT AREAS.
IT WOULD SEEM THAT WE WOULD BE FOCUSED ON TRAINING EDUCATORS.
SO THEY MIGHT COME BACK AND WORK IN OUR SCHOOLS.
I DON'T KNOW WHERE THAT STANDS, BUT IT WOULD BE A GREAT, UH, PATHWAY BECAUSE CLEARLY WE'VE GOT JOBS AVAILABLE FOR PEOPLE RIGHT NOW, IF THEY WERE QUALIFIED.
SO JUST MIGHT BE SOMETHING BROADLY WE WOULD WANT TO LOOK AT WELL SOLVE OUR PROBLEM, UH, THAT WE'RE POINTING OUT TODAY, BUT IT COULD BE A LONG-TERM SOLUTION FOR WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH.
WILLIAMS. APPRECIATE YOUR PRESENTATION SUPERINTENDENT.
[F.2. Redistricting Update and Timeline]
NOW MOVE TO ITEM F TWO.UH, IT IS A, UH, IT IS A, UH, PRESENTATION ON REDISTRICTING UPDATE AND TIMELINE.
IT IS VIRTUALLY, IT IS VIDEOTAPED.
IT IS APPROXIMATELY 30 MINUTES IN LENGTH.
UM, I'M KIDDING THAT YOU WANT TO KICK IT OFF, UH, MR. SHAMBLIN OR CONSIDERING IT'S 30 MINUTES.
UM, HE WANTED TO BE HERE TODAY.
I KIND OF IMPRESSED UPON HIM THE NEED TO ADDRESS SOME QUESTIONS THAT THE BOARD HAD.
UM, I KNOW THAT WE SENT AN EMAIL TO THE BOARD EARLIER.
I BELIEVE YESTERDAY, IMPRESSING UPON YOU THAT IF YOU HAD QUESTIONS, YOU COULD SEND THEM TO US.
AND I WOULD HAVE HIM RESPOND IN THE FAC.
AND SO IF YOU HAVE THOSE QUESTIONS, PLEASE SEND THEM TO HIM.
AND PLEASE CC ME IN THE, IN THE EMAIL THAT THAT'LL HELP ME TO KIND OF HELP MANAGE A RESPONSE WITH THE BOARD.
I WON'T SAY MUCH MORE OTHER THAN HE'S ATTEMPTED TO ADDRESS MUCH OF THE QUESTIONS, UM, ESPECIALLY THE ISSUE OF TIMELINES AND WHAT THEY LOOK LIKE IN HIS PRESENTATION.
AND IF I CAN ANSWER QUESTIONS AFTER WHAT I'M NOT THE EXPERT MR. GARRETT IS, BUT I MAY BE ABLE TO HELP.
SO WE'LL LET IT PLAY AND THEN WE CAN TALK AFTERWARDS.
BUT EVENING, UM, THIS IS DANNY GARRETT.
I AM SORRY WE COULDN'T BE THERE IN PERSON, BUT, UM, THE, OUR SCHEDULES, WE JUST WEREN'T ABLE TO MAKE IT.
UH, BUT THIS IS, WE WERE ASKED TO DO A PRESENTATION, KIND OF GOING BACK OVER THE GENERAL REDISTRICTING PROCESS AND SOME TIMELINES THAT Y'ALL NEED TO BE AWARE OF.
SOME OF THIS MIGHT BE ROOMING FOR SO MANY OF YOU, FOR THOSE OF YOU, WHO'VE NEVER BEEN THROUGH IT.
DOESN'T HURT TO HEAR THIS AGAIN, JUST TO, SO THAT YOU CAN ASK YOUR QUESTIONS INTELLIGENTLY WHEN YOUR CONSTITUENTS ASK YOU.
SO THE STRUCTURE OF THE DISTRICT, FIRST OF ALL, WE HAVE TO HAVE THE CENSUS 2020, AND WE HAVE TO DO SOMETHING CALLED MALAPPORTIONMENT.
THEN WHEN WE GET INTO DRAWING PLANS, WE INTRODUCED THE PLANS.
WE HAVE PUBLICATION NEWSPAPER WHERE SOMETHING THAT'S UNIQUE TO Y'ALL PUBLIC INSPECTION, ADOPTION DELIVERY TO THE SECRETARY OF STATE, AND THEN ELECTION ON NEW DISTRICTS IN THE FALL OF 22.
SO JUST AS A RECAP ON CENSUS 2020, THE CENSUS HAS CONDUCTED WAS CONDUCTED FROM LATE 20 10, 19, MID 2020 OFFICIALLY CENSUS DAY IS APRIL 1ST, 2020.
NOW WE ALL KNOW THAT PEOPLE ARE BORN AND DIE EVERY DAY.
SO THE NUMBER'S NOT A HUNDRED PERCENT ACCURATE, BUT THAT'S THE DATE THAT WE ALL USE.
AND IT'S JUST AS INACCURATE FOR EVERYONE.
NOW, THE CENSUS DATA IS PRESENTED TO THE PRESIDENT AND I'M RAMBLING.
THIS HAPPENS, BUT BEFORE END OF THE YEAR AND A CENSUS YEAR, SO IT SHOULD HAVE HAPPENED BEFORE END OF YEAR 2020.
HOWEVER, THIS YEAR THE DATA WAS NOT PRESENTED TO PRESIDENT TRUMP BY THE CENSUS BUREAU.
THEY ACTUALLY DIDN'T REPORT THE CENSUS TO THE PRESIDENT UNTIL THEY REPORTED THE PRESIDENT BIDEN IN APRIL, 2021, THAT KIND OF PUSHES THE DEADLINE TO ALLOW NOW WHAT THE, THE FIRST THING THEY DO WITH THAT CENSUS DATA, IS THEY A PORTION THEY REAPPORTION CONGRESS.
AND YOU MAY HAVE SEEN THAT COME OUT IN ALL OF US WHERE THEY ANNOUNCED THAT WE WASN'T GONNA LOSE A CONGRESSMAN IN THAT CALIFORNIA WAS GONNA LOSE TO THE FLORIDA, WAS GOING TO GET ANOTHER ONE.
AND THAT SORT OF THING, WHERE THEY ARE A PORTION OF PORTIONING THE SEATS IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES BASED UPON POPULATION, UH, AFTER THEY DO THAT, THEY THEN SUBMITTED THAT
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DATA TO THE STATES.AND IT'S SUBMITTED IN VERY GRANULAR FORM, UH, ELECTRONICALLY.
NOW, NORMALLY, IF THE CENSUS HAD BEEN PROVIDED AT THE END OF 2020, WE WOULD HAVE EXPECTED THAT DATA IN LATE FEBRUARY, EARLY MARCH OF 2021.
BUT IF THE DATA WAS NOT ACTUALLY PRESENTED TO THE STATES UNTIL SEPTEMBER OF 2021.
SO AGAIN, IT KIND OF PUSHED US BACK A LITTLE BIT.
THE FIRST THING THAT WE DID FOR Y'ALL AND THAT ANY CONSULTANT WOULD HAVE DONE FOR YOU IS WE HAVE TO DETERMINE WHETHER YOU'RE A MODEL PORTION.
NOW APPORTIONMENT IS WHETHER OR NOT YOU HAVE ANY DISTRICTS THAT ARE OUTSIDE OF THE EXPECTED, THE ACCEPTED POPULATION DEVIATION.
AGAIN, FOR SOME OF YOU WHO TALKED ABOUT THIS BEFORE, THE PURPOSE OF REDISTRICTING IS SO THAT EACH SINGLE MEMBER DISTRICT HAS APPROXIMATELY THE SAME POPULATION.
THE NOTION BEING THAT IF YOU HAD DISTRICTS A AND B AND DISTRICT ARIE HAD 5,000 PEOPLE IN IT, AND DISTRICT B HAD 10,000 PEOPLE IN IT, BUT THERE WAS JUST ONE MEMBER FROM DISTRICT A AND JUST ONE OF THEM FROM DISTRICT B, ESSENTIALLY THE PEOPLE IN DISTRICT DAY WOULD HAVE TWICE THE VOTING POWER ON THE SCHOOL BOARD.
AND THAT VIOLATES THE CONSTITUTIONAL PLUMP PRINCIPLE OF ONE PERSON ONE VOTE.
SO WHAT WE DO IS WE TAKE YOUR EXISTING DISTRICTING PLAN.
NOW IT WAS A LITTLE EASIER FOR US BECAUSE WE, WE DID IT LAST TIME AND WE TAKE THOSE DISTRICTS.
WE INTERPOSE THE 2020 CENSUS DATA THAT WAS PROVIDED TO US BY THE CENSUS BUREAU OR RELEASED IN SEPTEMBER, AND THEN CALCULATE AN IDEAL POPULATION.
YEAH, THEIR POPULATION IS SOMETHING NOTHING MORE THAN TAKING THE TOTAL POPULATION OF THE JURISDICTION DIVIDED BY THE NUMBER OF DISTRICTS.
NOW, REMEMBER THE EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH SCHOOL SYSTEM IS ONE OF FOUR IN THE PARISH.
SO THE POPULATION AT THE EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH SCHOOL DISTRICT IS NOT THE SAME AS THE POPULATION FOR THE ENTIRE PARISH.
SO WE HAD TO GET THE POPULATION JUST AT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
AND WHAT YOU DO IS YOU COME UP WITH THAT IDEA OF POPULATION.
SO THAT IS TOTAL DIVIDED BY NUMBER OF DISTRICTS.
SO THAT'S THE GOAL PERFECT WOULD BE IF EVERY DISTRICT HAD THAT EXACT SAME POPULATION AND Y'ALL'S CASE IS 40 3019, WELL, WE LOOKED AT YOUR PLAN.
WE DISCOVERED THAT IN FACT, YOU HAD MULTIPLE DISTRICTS THAT WERE OUT OF, OUT OF THAT PLUS, OR MINUS 5% OFF OF THAT IDEAL, WHICH IS GENERALLY ACCEPTED TO BE, UH, UH, IN COMPLIANCE WITH ONE PERSON, ONE VOTE, AS LONG AS DISTRICTS ARE NOT MOVING THAT 5% OFF THAT NUMBER, BECAUSE IT'S REALLY HARD TO GET IT EXACT BECAUSE YOU CAN ONLY MOVE POPULATION IN CERTAIN WAYS.
SO WE REPORTED, UH, EDR SCHOOL BOARD BACK ON SEPTEMBER 24 RECEIVED IT'S MALAPPORTIONMENT REPORT SHOWING THAT Y'ALL IN FACT NEEDED TO DRAW NEW DISTRICTS.
SO THAT THEN KICKS US OFF WITH DRAWING THE PLANS.
THE WAY WE DO IT IS WE MEET WITH THE INDIVIDUAL MEMBERS AND WE, WE, YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY'S GOT SCHEDULES AND WE'RE TRYING TO ACCOMMODATE IT.
AND ONE, WE MEET WITH YOU TO REVIEW THE NARROW PORTION, CURRENT PLAN AND DETERMINE WHAT DISTRICTS HAVE TO BE LARGER OR SMALLER.
AND NATURALLY MEMBERS ARE MOST CONCERNED ABOUT HOW THEIR DISTRICT IS GOING TO BE IMPACTED, BUT THEIR DISTRICT HAS TO FIT INTO THAT OVERALL PUZZLE.
SO THEY ALSO HAVE TO BE COGNIZANT OF WHEN THEY LOSE POPULATION.
FOR EXAMPLE, IN THIS YEARS, MR. GODINEZ DISTRICT HAD 23% MORE POPULATION IN IT, THEN IT WAS ALLOWED OFF THE IDEA.
SO HE HELPED TO REDUCE POPULATION.
SO WE'RE GOING TO ASK HIM, WHERE DOES HE THINK THAT THE, THAT IS THE MOST REASONABLE WAY TO REMOVE THAT POPULATION? OTHER DISTRICTS HAD VERY, VERY LOW POPULATION.
WHERE DID THEY THINK THEY'RE GOING TO NEED TO PICK UP POPULATION? SO YOU GO THROUGH THOSE VARIOUS GUIDELINES.
ONE, WE'RE TRYING TO GET THE POPULATION WITHIN PLUS MINUS OF 5% OF THE IDEAL FOR ALL NINE DISTRICTS.
YOU ATTEMPT TO USE WHOLE PRECINCTS TO DO THAT NOW, BECAUSE YOU WANT TO DRAW THE PRECINCT THAT WAS DRAWN BY THE PARISH GOVERNMENT.
SOMETIMES YOU JUST CAN'T MAKE IT WORK BECAUSE THERE ARE A PRECINCT CITY STANDARDS FAIRS THAT HAVE 4,900 PEOPLE, WELL, 4,900, THAT'S OVER 10% OF YOUR IDEAL POPULATION.
SO MOVING THAT MUCH POPULATION FROM ONE DISTRICT TO ANOTHER RADICALLY CHANGES THE DV, THE POPULATION OF THOSE TWO DISTRICTS.
SO IF YOU NEED TO, YOU CAN SPLIT PRECINCTS AND YOU HAVE TO SPLIT THEM ALONG THE VISIBLE CENSUS BLOCK BOUNDARY.
THERE IS NO THING HAVE TO REMEMBER.
YOU CAN ONLY SPLIT A PRECINCT ONCE AND NO DISTRICT CAN HAVE MORE THAN THREE SPLIT PRECINCTS IN IT.
AND THIS IS THE ONE, THIS IS SOMETHING YOU'LL SEE, AS WE'RE GOING THROUGH THE MAPPING IS SOMETIMES WHERE I'D WANT, LET'S TAKE THAT POPULATION AND MOVE IT OVER HERE.
THAT THAT CENSUS BLOCK HAS 150 PEOPLE IN IT.
LET'S MOVE IT WELL, WHEN YOU CLICK ON THAT CENSUS BLOCK, IT MAY BE MUCH BIGGER THAN YOU THINK IT IS.
AND IT MAY ACTUALLY EXTEND FAR BEYOND WHAT YOU THINK YOU'RE MOVING.
WELL, YOU CAN ONLY MOVE A WHOLE
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CENSUS BLOCK.SO SOMETIMES IT'S DIFFICULT WHEN YOU'RE TRYING TO DRAW A STRAIGHT LINE AND YOU'VE GOT CENSUS BLOCKS THAT ARE FRANKLY CRAZY SHAPE.
ANOTHER THING WE TRY TO DO IS WE ALSO TRY TO KEEP COMMUNITIES OF INTEREST TOGETHER LIKE NEIGHBORHOODS, IF IT'S POSSIBLE TO KEEP AN ENTIRE NEIGHBORHOOD IN ONE DISTRICT.
SO THAT THE PEOPLE OF THAT NEIGHBORHOOD WHO ARE GENERALLY IN THE SAME PART OF THE CITY, MAYBE GENERALLY HAVE A LOT OF STUFF IN COMMON, GET A COMMON REPRESENTATIVE ON THE SCHOOL BOARD.
SO YOU DON'T HAVE YOU TRY TO AVOID THE SITUATION WHERE I'M ON ONE SIDE OF THE STREET, MY NEIGHBORS ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE STREET, AND WE'RE IN TWO DIFFERENT SCHOOL BOARD DISTRICTS.
NOW, SOMETIMES THAT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO DO BECAUSE OF THE LIMITATIONS THAT STREET MIGHT BE A BLOCK BOUNDARY.
FOR EXAMPLE, IN THAT BLOCK, IT MAY BE ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO PUT THOSE TWO BLOCKS TO GET, BUT YOU TRY THE BEST YOU CAN.
WE ALSO HAVE TO BE COGNIZANT OF THE VOTING RIGHTS ACT, AND THAT IS YOU HAVE TO MAINTAIN APPROPRIATE MINORITY VOTING STRENGTH.
YOU HAVE TO AVOID WHAT'S CALLED RETROGRESSION RETROGRESSION.
AND THE VOTING RIGHTS ACT IS WHEN YOU MAKE AN ELECTION LAW CHANGE THAT IMPEDE AND PAYERS, MINORITY VOTING STRENGTH IN THE DISTRICT.
NOW, UNLIKE LAST CYCLE OR 10 YEARS AGO, THERE IS NO PRE-CLEARANCE PROCESS.
AND DRAWING PLANS NOW HAS TO BE WITH THE SHELBY COUNTY VERSUS HOLDER DECISION BY THE U S SUPREME COURT, WHICH ESSENTIALLY SAID THAT THE LIST OF STATES THAT HAD TO HAVE THEIR ELECTION LAW CHANGES PRE-CLEARED BEFORE THEY COULD TAKE EFFECT WAS ARBITRARY.
AND CONGRESS HAD NOT ACTUALLY GIVEN ANY THOUGHT TO WHO SHOULD HAVE BEEN ON THE LIST.
THEY JUST COPIED THE LIST FROM 25 YEARS PREVIOUS, BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT THE REST OF THE VOTING RIGHTS ACT DOES IT STILL APPLY.
A LOT OF PEOPLE THOUGHT THE VOTING RIGHTS ACT GOT REPEALED BY, BY THE UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT, THAT'S SIMPLY WRONG.
AND WE WILL TELL YOU IF WE THINK THAT A DECISION THAT YOU'RE MAKING CREATES A VOTING RIGHTS ACT ISSUE, AND THAT'S ULTIMATELY A LEGAL ISSUE, IT'S ULTIMATELY SOMETHING THAT A JUDGE WOULD DECIDE, BUT WE CAN GUIDE YOU IN WHAT YOU, WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT WHEN YOU MAKE YOUR DECISIONS.
AND WE WOULD BE DOING OUR JOB.
IF WE DIDN'T ADVISE YOU THAT YOU'RE MAKING A DECISION THAT MIGHT NOT BE A GOOD, A GOOD DECISION FROM THAT PERSPECTIVE.
ALSO WHEN DRAWING THE PLANS WE WORK FOR YOU, BUT THAT DOESN'T STOP YOU FROM REACHING OUT TO OTHER MEMBERS TO COMMUNITY LEADERS, TO YOUR OWN CONSTITUENTS AND SAY, LOOK, MY DISTRICT HAS TO GET SMALLER BECAUSE WE HAVE TOO MUCH POPULATION OR MY DISTRICT HAS TO GET BIGGER BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH POPULATION.
WHERE DO YOU THINK WE OUGHT TO MAKE THOSE CHANGES? I KNOW IT'S A VERY DIFFICULT THING.
I'VE WORKED FOR A LOT OF ELECTED OFFICIALS, AND I KNOW IT'S A VERY DIFFICULT THING WHEN YOU HAVE TO LOSE POPULATION AND YOU HAVE TO COMMUNICATE WITH SOMEONE WHO'S A CONSTITUENT AND MAYBE A FRIEND, OR MAYBE A RELATIVE AND SAY, LOOK, I'M GOING TO HAVE TO TAKE YOUR PRECINCT OUT OF MY DISTRICT.
YOU'RE NOT GOING TO GET TO VOTE FOR ME ANYMORE.
YOU'RE GOING TO BE IN THIS OTHER SCHOOL BOARD DISTRICT.
AND SOMETIMES THEY GET AGGRAVATED, BUT SOMETIMES IT'S NOT YOUR WHOLE, YOU, YOU JUST CAN'T DO ANYTHING ELSE.
YOU HAVE TO GET THE POPULATION AND THOSE THINGS.
SO THOSE ARE ALL THE THINGS WE LOOK AT WHEN WE'RE DRAWING A PLAN.
UM, AND AS A COUPLE OF YOU REMEMBER I MET WITH, I'D SAY WE GOT SOME PRETTY GOOD THROUGH THE SOFTWARE THAT HELPS US DO THAT.
UM, AND SOMETIMES YOU DON'T REALIZE HOW HARD IT IS, DRAW THOSE LINES UNTIL YOU SEE WHERE THOSE CENSUS BLOCKS ARE OR HOW THOSE PRECINCTS ARE, ARE ALIGNED, BUT THAT'S THAT PROCESS.
AND IT, IT TAKES AS LONG AS IT TAKES.
I I'VE HAD SITUATIONS WHERE I SAT DOWN WITH SOMEBODY FOR 45 MINUTES.
I'VE HAD TIMES WHERE I'VE SAT DOWN WITH SOMEONE FOR SIX AND A HALF HOURS.
I'VE ADDED OTHER JOBS WHERE I'VE MET FOUR OR FIVE, SIX TIMES WITH THE SAME PERSON.
I CAN MEET WITH YOU INDIVIDUALLY OR DR.
BLAIR AS WELL, OR WE CAN MEET WITH YOU AT ONE OR TWO AT A TIME.
ONLY THING THAT WE CAN'T DO IS MEET WITH A QUORUM OF YOU BECAUSE I'D BE OUT BY LIKE THEY OPEN MEETINGS LAW.
AND I DON'T WANT YOU TO GO IN THERE.
SO ONCE EVERYBODY SORT OF HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO DRAFT THEIR PLANS, YOU THEN INTRODUCE YOUR PLANS.
AND THIS IS SOMETHING SOMEWHAT UNIQUE FROM A SCHOOL BOARD PERSPECTIVE TO THESE VETERANS PAIR OF SCHOOL, BECAUSE THERE WAS LIKE STATUTE WAS NOT AROUND A STATUE, 17 COLON 58.2.
AND IT DICTATES SOME SPECIFICS WITH REGARD TO THE ADOPTION OF PLANS THAT APPLY JUST TO YOUR SCHOOL BOARD.
NORMALLY A SCHOOL BOARD, THEY DECIDE INTERNALLY WHAT THEIR PROCESS IS AND WHETHER SOMETHING HAS TO BE INTRODUCED AND WHETHER IT HAS TO LIE OVER WHETHER IT HAS TO BE INTRODUCED AT ONE MEETING AND ADOPTED IT ENOUGH.
UM, IT'S A LITTLE DIFFERENT THAN PARISH GOVERNMENTS WHO DO THIS BY ORDINANCE.
AND A LOT OF THE PARENTS, PARTICULARLY HUMBLE CHARTER GOVERNMENTS HAVE PROVISIONS IN THEIR CHARTER, ACQUIRE ORDINANCES, LIE OVER A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF TIME.
SO EACH INDIVIDUAL MEMBER WHO WANTS TO INTRODUCE A PLAN AGAIN, YOU DON'T HAVE TO HAVE NINE PLANS.
YOU COULD, YOU COULD HAVE EACH MEMBER INTRODUCE THE PLAN YOU GET TO MEET.
REMEMBER THESE TWO PLANS, DON'T ADVISE THAT WHAT SHE TRIED TO DO IS MAYBE COALESCE TO AS FEW PLANS AS POSSIBLE.
SO YOU'RE JUST CHOOSING BETWEEN STUFF THAT HAS CONSENSUS SUPPORT.
NOW, EACH PLAN IS GOING TO BE IN THE FRONT AND NOT ONLY HAVE A MAP,
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BUT IT'S ALSO GOING TO BE IN A FAVORABLE RESOLUTION DESCRIBING EACH DISTRICT BY PRECINCT.AND FOR THOSE PRECINCTS THAT ARE SPLIT, IDENTIFYING INVISIBLE BOUNDARIES SO THAT SOMEONE CAN LOOK AT THAT RESOLUTION AND SAY, OKAY, DISTRICT ONE HAS THESE WHOLE PRECINCTS.
AND THEN IT HAS THE NORTHERN HALF OF, UH, OF THE NEXT BREE SAYING, AND THE SOUTHERN BORDER BEING THIS ROW OR THIS BODY OF WATER SO THAT SOMEONE CAN READ THAT AND GET A NOTION OF WHERE THAT WOULD BE ON THE MAP.
THE INTRODUCTION OF PLANS SHOULD TAKE PLACE AT AN OPEN MEETING, BEING A REGULAR MEETING OR A SPECIAL MEETING.
AND OFTENTIMES IT'S NOT REALLY ANYTHING YOU VOTE ON YOU NOT VOTING AT THAT MEETING.
YOU'RE JUST INTRODUCING THE PLANS.
SO OFTENTIMES YOU CAN CALL A MEETING AND JUST HAVE ALL THE PLANS INTRODUCED.
SO EVERYBODY KNOWS NOW, UH, YOU SHOULD, AT THE SAME TIME INCLUDE THE DATE THAT YOU'RE GOING TO CONSIDER THE ADOPTION OF THE PLANS, INCLUDING IN PLACE IN THE WORDS IT, AND THIS IS, AND THIS GOES ALONG WITH YOUR SPECIAL PROVISIONS IN 1750 8,000,000,002, YOU NEED TO, ALONG WITH INTRODUCING PLANS, ALONG WITH MAKING SURE THAT THOSE PLANS HAVE MAPS AND DESCRIPTIONS AND RESOLUTIONS, YOU ALSO NEED TO DECIDE WHAT DAY YOU'RE GOING TO CONSIDER ADOPTION OF THOSE PLANS.
PRIOR TO 1750 8.2 REQUIRES THAT YOU PUBLISH YOUR MAPS AND THE SUMMARIES OF THOSE PLANS IN THE PAPER, IT'S THE ADVOCATE Y'ALL CHOSEN, USE YOUR VISUAL JOURNAL, AND THAT HAS TO BE HAPPENING AT LEAST 20 DAYS BEFORE YOU CAN VOTE ON PLANS.
SO YOU HAD A BUILT-IN DELAY BY STATE LAW.
YOU ALSO HAVE TO HAVE TO REQUIRE THAT YOUR PLANS BE SUBMITTED FOR A PERIOD OF PUBLIC INSPECTION.
AND IN THAT PUBLICATION, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO OUTLINE WHEN THAT IS.
SO THAT'S THE NEXT THING, THE PUBLICATION IN THE PAPER, AGAIN, IT'S REQUIRED BY WHO'S ON THERE BY STATUE 1750 8.2, SUBSECTION C IT'S ONLY REPLICABLE THAT EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH SCHOOL BOARD MANDATES THAT ALL PLANS BE TO BE CONSIDERED, MUST BE PUBLISHED IN THE, HAVE TO GET THAT, THAT IN THAT PUBLICATION HAS TO INCLUDE PUBLIC NOTICE OF THE MEETING AT WHICH THE PLANS ARE TO BE CONSIDERED FOR ADOPTION, THE GENERAL SUMMARY OF THE PLAN.
AND THAT'LL BE THE POPULATION BREAKDOWN, THAT SORT OF THING, WHICH AGAIN, THAT OUR SOFTWARE GENERATES THOSE REPORTS BASED UPON THE, THE PLAN THAT'S IN FRONT OF US, A MAP OF THE PLAN, WHICH WILL ALSO GENERATE AS WELL AS THE DATE, TIME AND PLACE WHERE THE PUBLIC CAN INSPECT THE PLANT THAT ALL NEEDS TO BE IN THAT PUBLICATION.
AGAIN, THAT PUBLICATION HAS TO TAKE PLACE AT LEAST 20 DAYS BEFORE YOU WERE, UH, YOU CAN, YOU CAN ADOPT THE PLAN NOW, PUBLIC INSPECTION.
AGAIN, THE MANDATE FOR PUBLIC INSPECTION ONLY APPLIES TO EBR SCHOOL BOARD.
I CAN TELL YOU THE MOST PLACES THEY DO MAKE THE MAPS AVAILABLE SO THAT THE PUBLIC DOES GET AN OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW THEM BEFORE THEY'RE ELECTED SCHOOL, BOARD MEMBERS ARE ASKED TO VOTE ON THEM, BUT YOU ALL HAVE TO DO IT VERY FORMAL.
YOU HAVE TO IDENTIFY DATE, TIME AND PLACE IN THE PUBLICATION.
YOU CAN ALSO, FOR EXAMPLE, PUT THEM ON YOUR WEBSITE.
UM, THE LAST TIME WE DID THIS, WE USED THE RESOURCE CENTER AND WE PUT THE MAPS UP THERE.
I THINK IT WAS A HALF A DAY ON SATURDAY, LET MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC CON BOOK SEE WHERE THEIR HOUSE IS, ASK QUESTIONS, WE'RE THERE TO FACILITATE, AND WE CAN ANSWER QUESTIONS.
AND IF THEY ASK, WELL, WE'LL WALK YOU ONCE YOU DRAW THE LINE AT THIS LOT, WE CAN ANSWER WELL THAT'S BECAUSE THAT'S A BLOCK.
OR THAT THAT DISTRICT ALREADY HAS THREE SPLIT PRECINCTS.
AND YOU CAN'T SPLIT THAT YOU CAN'T SPLIT A FOUR PRECINCT OR YOU CAN'T SPLIT A PRECINCT MORE THAN ONE TIME, AND THAT PRECINCT'S ALREADY BEEN SPLIT.
YOU CAN'T CALL OFF ANOTHER PIECE OF IT.
WE CAN HELP ANSWER THOSE QUESTIONS.
YOU CAN ALSO THAT THAT ALSO ALLOWS THEM TO SEE WHAT'S BEEN INTRODUCED AND TO SEE WHAT THEIR ELECTED REPRESENTATIVES ARE THINKING ABOUT VOTING ON.
AND THEN THAT GIVES THEM THE OPPORTUNITY THEN TO COMMUNICATE WITH YOU, THEIR ELECTED OFFICIAL AND SAY, THIS IS THE PLAN I THINK IS BETTER.
THIS IS THE PLAN I THINK IS BETTER.
UM, SO THEN WHEN WE GET TO ADOPTION AT THAT MEETING, WHICH AGAIN WAS IDENTIFIED EARLY ON, IT'S CONDUCTED, DRESSED LIKE A REGULAR MEETING IN AN OPEN MEETING.
NOW IT CAN BE A REGULAR MEETING AND IT COULD BE A SPECIAL MEETING.
YOU CAN MAKE THIS PART OF ONE OF YOUR REGULAR MEETINGS, OR YOU CAN HAVE A SPECIAL MEETING WHERE THIS IS THE ONLY THING ON THE AGENDA.
SAME AS WITH EVERY OTHER THING, IT TAKES A MAJORITY VOTE TO ADOPT ONE OF THE PROPOSED PLANS NOW, BECAUSE Y'ALL HAVE THIS PROVISION THAT REQUIRES YOU TO HAVE, UM, UH, THE PROPOSED PLANS BE OFFERED FOR PUBLIC INSPECTION.
I DON'T THINK YOU CAN WHOLESALE CHANGE THEM.
LIKE YOU CAN'T JUST DRAW A NEW PLAN.
I DID THINK HE COULD MAKE MINOR AMENDMENTS AS LONG AS IT WASN'T.
IT DIDN'T FUNDAMENTALLY AFFECT THE PLAN.
AND THE REASON I BRING THAT UP IS LAST CYCLE.
WE HAD A JURISDICTION, WASN'T A SCHOOL BOARD, IT WAS A CITY.
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IN THEIR MEETING, A MEMBER PROPOSED A MASSIVE CHANGE TO ONE OF THE ORDINANCES THAT HAD BEEN PROPOSED.AND WE LITERALLY HAD TO RECESS THE MEETING, GO IN THE BACK, MAKE ALL THESE CHANGES, GENERATE NEW REPORTS, GENERATE NEW MAPS AND BRING IT BACK OUT.
NOW THEY DIDN'T, THEY THAT'S NOT THE PLAN.
THEY ENDED UP ADOPTING, BUT THEY WERE ABLE, THEY WERE NOT, UH, LIMITED BY THIS PIECE.
I THINK YOU'RE ELIMINATED UNDER STATE UNDER THE STATE LAW PROVISION THAT YOU HAVE TO HAVE MADE PUBLIC NOTICE OF PLANS.
YOU'RE GOING TO CONSIDER THAT REALLY.
YOU CAN TWEAK THEM A LITTLE BIT HERE AND THERE, BUT I DON'T THINK YOU COULD MAKE FUNDAMENTAL CHANGES TO THE PLANS THAT ARE INTRODUCED.
THE BOARD'S GOING TO BE RESTRICTED TO PICKING ONE OF THOSE PLANS.
NOW I PICKED NONE OF THOSE PLANS.
IT MIGHT JUST HAVE TO START OVER.
NOW, THE NEXT THING IT'S REQUIRED BY LAUREL IS THAT THE PLAN, AND THIS IS THE ONLY HARD DEADLINE IN THE LAW.
THE PLAN MUST BE SUBMITTED TO THE SECRETARY OF STATE ABOUT 4:30 PM.
AND IT'S THE LAW ACTUALLY SAYS FOUR WEEKS PRIOR TO THE OPENING OF QUALIFYING FOR THE ELECTION OPENING THE QUALIFYING FOUR WEEKS PRIOR TO THE OPEN GRATIFYING FOR THE FALL 22 ELECTIONS IS JUNE 22ND.
WE ALL, IT ALSO SAYS THAT IF WE HAD ELECTRONIC FILES WERE SPECIFIED IN THE SECRETARY OF STATE, WE ROUTINELY DO, WE DID THAT LAST CYCLE.
WE WILL SUPPLY THOSE TO THE REGISTRAR VOTERS AND THE SECRETARY OF STATE.
SO IT'S EASY FOR THEM TO FIGURE OUT WHERE PEOPLE ARE REGISTERED AND WHERE, UH, ELECTIONS SHOULD BE HELD.
UM, QUALIFYING OPENS ON JULY 20TH.
THE ELECTION IS SCHEDULED TO BE HELD ON NOVEMBER EIGHT WITH A ONE-OFF IF NECESSARY ON DECEMBER 10TH.
BUT THAT, THAT HARD DEADLINE IS REALLY THE ONLY HARD DEADLINE IN THE WALL.
SO WE WERE ALSO ASKED TO LOOK AT WHAT'S, WHAT'S THE TIMELINE THAT THE EASTBOUND AND FAIR SCHOOL BOARD CAN LOOK AT.
NOW, THERE WAS SOME DISCUSSION OF, OF A TIMELINE TO GET THIS ALL DONE BY THE END OF THE YEAR.
FIRST OF ALL, THE FIRST TIMELINE THERE, I I'M GOING TO GO THROUGH IT JUST BECAUSE IT'S THERE.
IT'S THAT ONE THAT SAYS YOU HAVE TO HAVE IT DONE BY JUNE 20.
SECOND FACT IS IF YOU ALL VOTE ON JUNE 21ST, WE WOULD THEN HAVE TO BE SCRAMBLING TO MAKE SURE WE GOT ALL OF EVERYTHING, ALL THE DATA TOGETHER TO GET IT TO THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR FOUR 30 ON JUNE 22ND, 2022, THAT IS SO HIGHLY NOT RECOMMENDED, UH, CAUSE ALL KINDS OF STUFF CAN HAPPEN.
AND AGAIN, WHEN YOU BACK THAT UP, YOU STILL HAVE THAT 20 DAY.
SO YOU WOULD STILL HAVE TO HAVE THAT 20 DAY PERIOD.
NOW IT WOULD GIVE YOU FROM OCTOBER THROUGH MAY TO TINKER AROUND WITH THE PLANS, BUT I DON'T KNOW THAT ANYBODY REALLY NEEDS THAT LAW.
THAT, AND IF YOU WORKED DO THAT, UNDERSTAND YOU'D BE PROVIDING TO THE VOTERS.
THEY WOULDN'T FIND OUT UNTIL ABOUT A MONTH BEFORE QUALIFYING WHAT DISTRICT THEY LIVED IN.
AND THAT'S PROBABLY NOT THE WAY TO DO IT.
NOW, THERE ARE THE OTHER TWO AND I'M GONNA, I'M GONNA, I'M GONNA SORT OF SEE, I HAVE TO MOVE MYSELF AROUND.
THE OTHER TWO OF THIS, FIRST OF ALL, MOST OF OUR SCHOOL BOARDS ARE LOOKING AT A GENERAL NOTION OF TRYING TO GET THEIR PLANS.
WE'RE RECOMMENDING THEY GET THE PLAN STARTED AT LEAST BY THE END OF MARCH.
AND IF YOU DO IT BY THE END OF MARCH, THAT MEANS YOU HAVE FROM OCTOBER TO FEBRUARY TO LOOK AT PLANS, IT ALSO MEANS THAT, YOU KNOW, IF Y'ALL WERE TO CHOOSE THAT LINE, THAT WE WOULD HOPE THAT YOU WOULD FINISH YOUR PLANS WITH US BY ABOUT FEBRUARY 17TH, THAT THEN GIVES US TIME TO CRAFT THE RESOLUTIONS, MAKE SURE THEY'RE WRITTEN CORRECTLY AND UP.
AND THAT THE RESOLUTION ALLOWS TO WHAT THE PLAN SHOWS.
THEN GET THOSE INTRODUCED AT A MEETING IN LATE FEBRUARY, PUBLISHED IN EARLY MARCH.
CAUSE IT TAKES A COUPLE OF DAYS TO GET IT TO, UH, THE ADVOCATE AND MAKE SURE THEY GET IT PUBLISHED, GO THROUGH YOUR INSPECTION PERIOD FROM WHEN THEY WERE, UH, PUBLISHED.
SO YOUR INSPECTION PERIOD WAS SOMETIME IN THAT, IN, IN THAT, IN IT, UH, 20 DAY PERIOD.
AND THEN YOU GET YOUR PLAN ADOPTED SOMETIME IN LATE MARCH.
THERE'S BEEN SOME THOUGHT THAT I WANT TO GIVE THE VOTERS AND POTENTIAL CANDIDATES MORE, UH, SOONER INFORMATION ABOUT WHEREVER, WHAT THEIR DISTRICT'S GOING TO LOOK LIKE.
SO THERE WAS A NOTION OF WHAT IF WE TRIED TO GET IT DONE BY THE END OF THE YEAR, THAT'S DOABLE.
AND WE'VE GOT AN, WHAT WE CALL AN ACCELERATED TIMELINE THAT IT IS GOING TO REQUIRE KIND OF MOVING FORWARD RATHER QUICKLY.
THE NOTION BEING IS THAT KIND OF START IN THE BACK, START AT THE END AND WORK YOUR WAY UP, PLAN ON THE BURDEN ON THE PLANS AROUND THE 28TH OF DECEMBER.
AND THEN FROM THERE BACK OUT TO WHERE, OKAY, WE NEEDED AT LEAST 20 DAYS TO WIN FROM WHEN THEY WERE INTRODUCED, WHEN THEY WERE PUBLISHED IN THE NEWSPAPER.
SO MAYBE MAKE SURE THE PUBLICATION TOOK PLACE ON SAY DECEMBER 6TH, THEN MOVE, MOVE UP FROM THERE.
MAYBE HAVE ADOPTION ON DECEMBER 2ND TO GIVE US A COUPLE OF DAYS TO GET ALL THE MAPS AND EVERYTHING TO THE ADVOCATE.
CAUSE I KNOW THERE ARE SOME DEADLINES THE ADVOCATE HAS FOR WHEN THEY'LL PUBLISH THAT.
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A THIRD MAY INTRODUCE THEM WHERE YOU'VE LOCKED IN YOUR PLAN AND THEN GIVE US TIME TO PREPARE THE RESOLUTIONS.NOW THERE'S ABOUT A WEEK AND A HALF BETWEEN THEN THOSE TWO AND THIS ACCELERATED PLAN.
THE REASON BEING IS BECAUSE AFTER THE 23RD, WE REMEMBER THAT THANKSGIVING WEEK AND I DON'T KNOW THAT ANYBODY WANTS TO WORK ON THIS DURING THANKSGIVING.
UM, BUT, AND THAT STILL GIVES US ALL IT OCTOBER AND MOST OF THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER TO DO MEETINGS AND MAKE SURE EVERYONE, EVERY MEMBER HAS HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO CRAFT A PLAN THAT THEY WANT.
ALSO THERE'S IF YOU'RE GOING TO DO EITHER THE, THE MARCH DEADLINE OR THE DECEMBER DEADLINE, WE DO RECOMMEND THAT THE BOARD ADOPT A RESOLUTION, ESTABLISHING A TIMELINE BECAUSE THAT WAY IT TELLS THE MEMBERS, LOOK, THIS IS WHEN YOU NEED TO BE FINISHED WORKING ON YOUR PLAN SO THAT IT CAN BE INTRODUCED AT THIS SPECIFIC DATE SO THAT WE CAN THEN START THIS BALL ROLLING, BECAUSE THEN YOU COULD HAVE A SITUATION WHERE OUR MEMBERS SAY, WELL, I DON'T WANT ANOTHER WEEK OR I'M IN ANOTHER WEEK OR I WASN'T READY TODAY.
BUT IF EVERYBODY HAS A DEADLINE AND HOPEFULLY EVERYBODY WITHIN WORK TOWARDS MEETING THAT DEADLINE.
SO WHICHEVER OF THOSE TIMELINES YOU CHOOSE, WE WOULD SUGGEST THAT YOU SET SOMEBODY, SOME DEADLINES.
ALSO, ONE OF THE THINGS WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IS DURING THAT 20 DAY PERIOD OR DURING THE PERIOD BETWEEN WHEN PLANS ARE TO BE REALIZED AND INDIVIDUALLY YOU CAN DO SOME ADDITIONAL PUBLIC OUTREACH, MAYBE A TOWN HALL MEETING, WHERE WE ESSENTIALLY EXPLAIN THE REDISTRICTING CRITERIA TO PEOPLE BECAUSE OF WHAT THE ORDINARY CITIZEN DOES.
IT, THEY DON'T KNOW WHY YOU CAN'T DRAW A LINE AT A CERTAIN SPOT.
THEY MAY NOT REALIZE THAT YOU HAVE TO HAVE POPULATION BEING APPROXIMATELY EQUAL.
UM, A LOT OF THE COMMON MISCONCEPTIONS IS WHERE YOU THERE, THERE'S A, THERE'S A BODY THERE.
WELL, YOU CAN, BUT YOU HAVE TO STAY WITHIN THOSE CENSUS BLOCKS.
AND THEY DON'T OFTENTIMES REALIZE WE DON'T DRAW THOSE WHERE THOSE ARE IMPOSED UPON US.
SO THE LAST THING WE'RE GOING TO TOUCH ON IS ADDITIONAL PUBLIC INPUT WITHOUT PUBLIC INPUT, THE SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS WANT US TO HOLD THESE TOWN HALL STYLE MEETINGS TO HELP INFORM THE PUBLIC ARE THE CRITERIA.
MAYBE HAVE ONE PRIOR TO THE DEADLINE TO INTRODUCE SO THAT WHEN THEY'RE HAVING CONVERSATIONS WITH THEIR SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER, THEY KNOW WHAT THEY WANT TO ASK HER.
THEN AFTER THEY'RE INTRODUCED, MAYBE HOLD A SECOND ONE, MAYBE HAD THAT BE IN CONJUNCTION, KIND OF WITH THE, WITH THE PUBLIC INSPECTION PERIOD THAT WE HAD HAD A DAY WHERE WE SET THEM UP, COME IN, MAKE HER A PRESENTATION, KIND OF EXPLAINING TO THEM, TO THE PEOPLE WHO'S TO SHOW UP WHAT THEY'RE WORKING AT.
AND THAT WAY IT INFORMS THEM AND HELPS MAKE FRANKLY MORE INFORMED QUESTIONS BECAUSE THEY CAN SAY, OKAY, SO ARE YOU SAYING, OKAY, NOW I GET YOU SPLIT THIS PRECINCT HERE.
SO THAT MEANS YOU COULD SPLIT IT OVER HERE AS WELL, BECAUSE THEY WILL HAVE BEEN INFORMED WITH THAT INFORMATION AND THEY'LL GET TO SEE IT AND REMEMBER IT TO LOOK AT, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE FOUND NINTH STREET, UM, LAST TIME WE DID IT, WE DID IT WITH PAPER.
I THINK THIS TIME BECAUSE OF THE TECHNOLOGY ADVANCES, WE MAY BE ABLE TO MAKE IT MUCH MORE DIGITAL, MUCH MORE INTERACTIVE.
UM, AND, AND WE CAN SEE ABOUT THAT, THAT, LIKE YOU SAID, THE MEMBERS HAVE ALREADY, UH, WORKED WITH US FOR FAR.
WE'VE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO PLUG THE LAPTOP INTO A BIG SCREEN TV AND IT DOES MAKE IT A WHOLE LOT EASIER THAN TRYING TO LEAN OVER MY SHOULDER OR DR.
BLAIR SHOULDER WHILE WE'RE DOING STUFF AND LOOK ON IT.
AND, UH, ON A TV, I MEAN, NOWADAYS THE MTS THAT ARE 50, 60, 70 INCH TVS IN PRIOR YEARS, MAYBE WE HAD TO USE A PROJECTOR JUST WASN'T CLEAR.
UH, BUT YOU CAN SEE WHAT, WHAT I SEE AND THAT WAY IT MAKES IT A WHOLE LOT EASIER TO HELP MAKE DECISIONS AND SEE WHAT CAN HAPPEN AND WHAT CAN'T HAPPEN.
UM, ULTIMATELY THIS PROCESS IS SOMETHING IT'S, IT'S NOT TO SAY IT'S PAINFUL, BUT IT IS DIFFICULT BECAUSE IN ORDER F OFFICIALS I'VE WORKED WITH VERY RARELY DOES AN ELECTED OFFICIAL WALK TO DISCARD CONSTITUENTS.
THEY DON'T WANT TO KICK KEY PEOPLE UP.
I HAD A POLICE JUROR 17 YEARS AGO.
MR. GARRETT, I'LL JUST KEEP THAT THOUSAND EXTRA PEOPLE CAUSE I DON'T MIND WORKING HARD, BUT YOU CAN'T DO IT.
UM, ALSO WHEN YOU START LOOKING AT THOSE PARTICULAR SITUATIONS OF BLOCKS, UM, I HAVE THAT WHEN YOU SEE SOME OF THESE ODD BLOCKS AND YOU CLICK ON IT AND YOU GO, WELL, WAIT A MINUTE.
I MEAN, I CAN'T JUST MOVE THOSE 12 PEOPLE NOW BECAUSE WHEN YOU CLICK THAT, IT MOVES A LARGE SWATH OF GEOGRAPHY THAT NOW CUTS A DISTRICT IN HALF.
AND THAT'S ONE THING THAT DISTRICTS HAVE TO BE CONTIGUOUS.
W EDL HAS A BIT OF AN INTERESTING ISSUE UP WITH THE NORTHEAST, BUT NORMALLY EVERYBODY ELSE, YOU'VE GOT TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT PUZZLE FITS TOGETHER AND FITS TOGETHER TIGHTLY.
WHY MEANING ALL THOSE OTHER CRITERIA AND LOOK, PEOPLE SAY, UH, I'VE HAD MEMBERS LOOK AND LOOK ON THE MAP
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WHERE IT SAYS, THERE'S ZERO PEOPLE IN THERE.LIKE I KNOW THAT THERE ARE PEOPLE LIVING THERE.
WHAT THAT TELLS ME IS THAT OF, IF THERE WERE PEOPLE LIVING THERE, THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO DIDN'T FILL OUT THE CENSUS.
UM, IT'D BE THEN IT'S, IT BECOMES A POLICY DECISION AS TO WHETHER YOU, WHETHER A PARTICULAR DISTRICT IS DRAWN AT THE IDEAL, A LITTLE BIT OF A ROW OR A LITTLE BIT ABOVE, BUT AGAIN, YOU ALL CONSTRAINED ABOUT PLUS OR MINUS FIVE.
AND, UM, CAUSE THAT OTHERWISE THAT REALLY EXPOSES YOU TO A ONE MAN, ONE VOTE CLAIM.
AND ALSO YOU HAVE TO WORK AND MAKE SURE THAT YOU'RE NOT IMPAIRING MINORITY VOTING STRENGTH AS YOU GO THROUGH THIS.
UM, YOU KNOW, MY EXPERIENCE IS THAT, UH, THE MEMBERS UNDERSTAND THAT AND SOMETIMES THEY UNDERSTAND THEIR STUFF THAT THEY WANT THAT IS DUST DOESN'T WORK MATHEMATICALLY.
AND YOU KNOW, THEY MOVE ON SOME DAY AND YOU KNOW, THAT THE HOPE WOULD BE YOU COME UP WITH A PLAN THAT ALL NINE MEMBERS AGREED TO, UM, AT THE END OF THE DAY, UM, IT TAKES THE FIVE OF NINE.
UM, BUT YOU REALLY HOPE THAT YOU CAN HAVE A PLAN THAT HAS CONSENSUS APPROVAL.
AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT MOST OF US TRY TO LOOK FOR.
UM, SO WHEN WE TALK THROUGH THE NUMBERS, BUT THE NUMBERS ARE, WE CAN SHOW YOU, WE CAN SHARE THE NUMBERS, EVERY OPTION, AND SOMETIMES YOU HAVE TO SEE IT.
YOU HAVE TO SEE IT ON THE MAP, BUT THAT'S HOW THEY'RE LOOKING TO MOVE FORWARD.
WE'VE ALREADY STARTED HAVING MEETINGS.
UM, WE'VE HAD MEETINGS LASTED IN AS LITTLE AS AN HOUR AND A HALF.
WE'VE HAD A MEETING LAST AS MUCH AS SIX AND A HALF HOURS AND YOU KNOW WHAT, WE'RE GOING TO KEEP MEETING UNTIL WE GET IT RIGHT.
AND WE'RE GOING TO USE WHICHEVER TIMELINE THAT YOU EBO SCHOOL BOARD CHOOSE TO USE.
SO AGAIN, SORRY, I COULDN'T BE THERE IN PERSON.
ALL THE MEMBERS, YOU CAN ALWAYS REACH OUT TO ME, YOU HAVE MY CONTACT INFORMATION AND WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO SET UP MEETINGS WITH THE MEMBERS WE HAVEN'T MET WITH YET.
AND WE'RE GOING TO ANSWER AS MANY QUESTIONS AS WE CAN.
AND IF WE DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER, WE'LL TRY TO FIND THE ANSWER.
AND I GUESS DANA, I WILL TURN IT BACK OVER TO, YEAH.
UM, UM, LET ME JUST GO AHEAD AND KIND OF COVER A COUPLE OF THINGS.
UM, MADAM VICE VICE-PRESIDENT AND I MET WITH DANNY AND STAFF THIS MORNING TO SORT OF DISCUSS SOME OF THESE THINGS RELATIVE, SPECIFICALLY TO TIMELINE.
UM, AND, UM, WHAT WE'RE WORKING RIGHT NOW TO DO IS TO HAVE A SPECIAL MEETING WHERE WE WOULD ACTUALLY DISCUSS THE TIMELINE AND AS A BOARD VOTE ON IT, THE TWO TIMELINES THAT WERE PRESENTED BY HIM WERE REALLY FRAMES OF REFERENCE AND THEY'RE NOT IN STONE.
UH, THEY WERE JUST, UH, THERE ARE, THERE ARE, UH, SOME OF US ON THE BOARD, UH, BELIEVED THAT WE SHOULD TRY TO BE DELIBERATE AND TRY TO HAVE OUR DISTRICTS AS EARLY POSSIBLE SO THAT THE PUBLIC KNOWS WHERE DISTRICTS THEY WILL BE RUNNING IN.
OTHERS WOULD LIKE TO TAKE MORE TIME, DIG A LITTLE DEEPER AND THAT'S FAIR.
UM, AND SO WHAT WE'RE GONNA, WHAT WE'RE WORKING ON RIGHT NOW, AND I THINK SOME OF YOU HAVE MAYBE SEEN SOME POLLING FROM MISS ARMAND TO TRY TO GET, UH, DATES WHERE WE CAN ALL BE AT A MEETING TO DISCUSS THAT TIMELINE.
REALLY EITHER WAY I TEND TO LEAN TOWARD WANTING THE PUBLIC TO KNOW WHAT DISTRICTS THEY WOULD RUN IN.
UM, I ALSO JUST AS A PER ON A PERSONAL NOTE, MATT MET WITH THE DEMOGRAPHER TODAY AND I DUNNO WHY HE SAID I WAS ONLY ABOUT 40 MINUTES, SO I DON'T KNOW WHERE THE HOUR AND A HALF THING CAME, BUT I CAN ONLY GO SO MANY PLACES, YOU KNOW, LIKE IT'S JUST, IT'S CHALLENGING BECAUSE I CAN'T, YOU KNOW, GO GRAB A PRECINCT, THEY HAVE TO BE CONTIGUOUS.
AND THEY WOULDN'T EVEN A LOT OF THINGS IN THAT PROCESS THAT I REMEMBERED THAT I HAD FORGOTTEN FROM THE LAST PROCESS.
SO WE ALL NEED TO BE UPDATED AS A PART OF THE CONVERSATION THAT, UH, MS. COLLINS AND I PUT IN COLLINS AND I HAD, UH, WE ARE BOTH VERY INTERESTED IN ADDING A LOT MORE PUBLIC INFORMATION TO THIS PROCESS.
AND SO IN THE, IN THE PAST, WE, WE DID THE, THE, UM, DEPLOYMENT OF THE MAPS, THE DISPLAY OF THE MAPS AT THE IRC, ANNIE WAS THERE AND PEOPLE COULD COME IN AND LOOK AT THEM AND ASK QUESTIONS.
WE'RE ACTUALLY THINKING OF SOMETHING KIND OF TALKED ABOUT SOMETHING A LITTLE MORE THAN 180, WHERE MAYBE IT WOULD BE A WORKSHOP MAYBE AFTER THE MAPS WOULD BE DISPLAYED.
AND MAYBE WE GOT TO, I THINK OUR DEMOGRAPHER SCHOOL WITH THIS, BUT REALLY SOME HANDS-ON.
FANNIE WANTED TO SAY, WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF YOU MOVED THIS PRECINCT OVER THERE AND SO ON AND SO FORTH, YOU COULD KIND OF SEE HOW THE SOFTWARE WORKS AND THAT SORT OF THING GOT TO GET DANNY TO AGREE TO THAT.
BUT HE SEEMED IN CONCEPT, UH, YEAH, READY, WILLING, AND ABLE TO DO THAT.
WE'D ACTUALLY LIKE TO DO IT MAYBE, AND THIS IS ALL WE CAN ALL DECIDE THIS, BUT WE'D LIKE TO DO IT MAYBE IN TWO WAYS
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LAST TIME WE KIND OF SHOWED THE MAPS.WE WERE GOING TO CONSIDER PRESENTING THIS TIME.
WE ACTUALLY THOUGHT MAYBE AT THE BEGINNING, WE SHOW THE MAPS THE WAY THEY CURRENTLY ARE AND HAVE A UNDERSTANDING OF THE PROCESS AND SO ON.
AND THEN FROM THERE, UH, YOU KNOW, MOVE THROUGH THE PROCESS, WHATEVER THAT CALENDAR LOOKS LIKE.
AND THEN WHEN WE GET TO THE POINT WHERE WE'RE, UH, APPROACHING, WHERE WE HAVE TO SORT OF PUT FORWARD OUR PLANS, OUR INDIVIDUAL MAP, UH, CONFIGURATIONS AND PRECINCT CONFIGURATIONS, WE WOULD HAVE ANOTHER SIMILAR ONE, BUT IT WOULD BE ON THE NEW DATA AND THE NEW IDEAS ABOUT WHAT THOSE DISTRICTS MIGHT LOOK LIKE.
AND, AND, UM, THE DEMOGRAPHERS SEEMED, UH, PRETTY INTERESTED IN THAT.
IN ADDITION TO THAT, I THINK THERE MIGHT BE WAYS WE COULD WORK WITH LIKE THE LIBRARIES, UH, TO GET OUR MAPS.
SO THEY ARE PUT THEM ON OUR WEBSITE, SEE IF WE COULD GET PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS, UH, TO PUT THAT INFORMATION UP.
SO WE'LL HAVE THAT MEETING, UH, WHERE WE DECIDE WHAT THE, WHAT THE CALENDAR IS MOVING FORWARD, WHATEVER THAT IS.
AGAIN, THE TWO THAT YOU LOOKED AT WERE REALLY JUST FRAMEWORKS THAT NANNY PUT TOGETHER IN A POWERPOINT PRESENTATION.
AND THEN, UH, YOU KNOW, IT MIGHT BE ALL THE WAY ON ONE END ALL THE WAY ON THE OTHER END OR RIGHT DOWN THE MIDDLE.
I WANT TO TELL YOU THAT I REMAINED COMMITTED TO TRYING TO GET A PLAN THAT EVERY BOARD MEMBER CAN SUPPORT AND FEEL GOOD ABOUT.
I, AND I THINK WE CAN GET THERE LOOKING AT MY DISTRICT AND MY, UH, THE PEOPLE I TOUCH, WHICH ARE JUST A COUPLE, UH, IN MY DISTRICTS.
UM, I THINK, YOU KNOW, UM, LET ME SAY THIS, I'M NEVER GOING TO PUT A PLAN TOGETHER.
THEY CHANGE AS ANY ONE OF MY SITTING MEMBERS, DISTRICTS WITHOUT TALKING TO THEM ABOUT IT.
UH, AND I JUST THINK WE CAN, WE CAN GET SOMETHING TOGETHER.
SO I'M ACTUALLY KIND OF EXCITED ABOUT THE PROCESS BECAUSE SANDRA'S THING, HOW POPULATION SHIFTS HAVE HAPPENED.
BUT, UM, AND I'M NOT, I DON'T WANT TO SPEAK FOR YOU DAWN, BUT I KNOW THAT AS LEADERSHIP, WE'RE COMMITTED TO MAKING SURE THAT THIS IS AS TRANSPARENT, UM, A PROCESS AS POSSIBLE.
AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERY BOARD MEMBER AND REALLY THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY HAS AS MUCH INPUT AS THEY WANT TO HAVE.
SO ANYWAY, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE THOSE COMMENTS AND EXTENDED A 30 MINUTE PRESENTATION TO 40 MINUTES.
WE MOVE ON NOW TO, UH, ITEM G ONE AND BOARD APPOINTEES TO COMMUNITY OR AGENCIES MS. SQUARE JACKSON, SORRY, MR. TANG.
UM, I KNOW WE WERE INSTRUCTED TO, UM, SEND QUESTIONS OR, UH, WHATEVER WE, UH, HAD ANY CONCERN ABOUT TO, UM, DR.
BLAIR AND, UH, MR. GARRETT IN AN EMAIL.
AND, UM, I'VE DONE THAT ALREADY.
UH, S UH, SEPTEMBER 30TH, I SENT AN EMAIL ASKING FOR SPECIFIC INFORMATION, NOT JUST FOR MYSELF, BUT FOR THE ENTIRE BOARD, BECAUSE I REALLY BELIEVE THAT ESPECIALLY BASED ON PREVIOUS BOARD MEETINGS, THERE WERE SO MANY QUESTIONS AND, UM, BOARD MEMBERS WERE NOT REALLY AWARE OF THE PROCESS AND EXACTLY WHAT WE WERE DOING.
AND THERE WAS A LOT OF, UM, UM, JUST NOT ENOUGH INFORMATION.
UH, AND WE CAN'T JUST DEPEND ON, UM, US BOARD MEMBERS WHO HAVE DONE THIS BEFORE.
SO I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE ALL UNDERSTAND EXACTLY WHAT WE'RE DOING AND WHERE ARE WE GOING WITH THIS IN? I BELIEVE IN ORDER TO DO THAT, WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND WHERE WE'VE COME FROM.
SO I ASKED FOR PREVIOUS, UH, MAPS AND PREVIOUS, UM, STATISTICS, UH, WE DID GET SOME OF THOSE, AND I SHARED THOSE WITH THE BOARD, WHAT SPECIFICALLY, UH, AT THE END OF SEPTEMBER, I ASKED FOR PARTICULAR INFORMATION AND, UH, I'LL JUST LOOK AT THE, THE REPORTS I ASKED FOR WERE OF, UM, MALAPPORTIONMENT BENCHMARK POPULATION AND VOTING AGE POPULATION BY RACE WITH PERCENTAGE AND VOTER REGISTRATION, BY RACE, WITH PERCENTAGES SHOWING EACH, UH, PRECINCT IN EACH DISTRICT.
AND AT THE BOTTOM OF EACH REPORT SHOULD BE THE GRANT TOTALS WITH PERCENTAGES.
I SENT AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT I WAS LOOKING FOR BASED ON WHAT THE, UH, 2020, UH, STATE REP DISTRICTS RECEIVED.
AND, UH, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE SEE ALL OF THAT INFORMATION.
AND, UH, IT'S JUST HAVING DIFFICULTY GETTING THIS INFORMATION.
I REQUESTED THIS, UH, PRESENTATION
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TODAY BECAUSE I KNOW WE'RE GOING INTO THESE INDIVIDUAL MEETINGS AND WITHOUT BOARD MEMBERS HAVING ALL OF THE INFORMATION AND KNOWING WHERE WE CAME FROM, UM, IT'S, IT'S A LITTLE DIFFICULT TO MAKE THOSE DECISIONS.I MEAN, WE CAN, I MEAN, LOOK, MR. UH, MR. GOLDEN AND I SHARE A TERRITORY AND WE KIND OF FIGURED OUT WHERE WE NEED TO GO TO INCREASE THE POPULATION IN MY DISTRICT AND TO DECREASE IN HIS DISTRICT.
IT'S, YOU KNOW, IT'S PRETTY OBVIOUS, UH, WHERE THOSE AREAS ARE.
UM, BUT THERE'S A LOT OF INFORMATION THAT I THINK THAT WE NEED TO HAVE HISTORICALLY TO KNOW WHERE WE, WHERE ARE WE GOING? AND, UH, BECAUSE MANY OF US CAN ONLY RUN ONE MORE TIME.
UH, AND THIS, THESE SEATS ARE NOT OURS FOREVER.
THIS IS GOING TO BE FOR 10 YEARS AHEAD, AND WE'RE DOING THIS, NOT JUST FOR OURSELVES, BUT FOR FUTURE BOARD MEMBERS AND A FUTURE LEADERS IN THIS DISTRICT.
SO, UM, AND BESIDES THE PUBLIC HAS A LOT OF QUESTIONS AS WELL, YOU KNOW, UH, SO I BELIEVE IN, IN THE SPIRIT OF, UM, TRANSPARENCY AND, UM, IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE ENTIRE DISTRICT, WE REALLY SHOULD HAVE AS MUCH INFORMATION AS POSSIBLE AND MAKE SURE THAT, UH, WE'RE DOING THIS, UH, CAREFULLY AND EVERYBODY HAVING ENOUGH KNOWLEDGE TO FEEL COMFORTABLE ABOUT, UM, WHERE WE'RE GOING WITH THIS.
SO I REQUESTED THIS PRESENTATION AND, UM, I REQUESTED INFORMATION BY EMAIL ALREADY AND, UH, HAVE RECEIVED A LITTLE BIT OF IT A LITTLE BIT TRINKLED DOWN ABOUT MY DISTRICT, BUT IN MY EMAIL THAT I SENT, UH, SPECIFICALLY SAID THAT EVERY BOARD MEMBER NEEDED TO SEE ALL OF THE INFORMATION AND, UM, THAT JUST HAS NOT HAPPENED AND NOT EVEN IN, IN THIS REPORT.
SO, YOU KNOW, I'M STILL REQUESTING THAT INFORMATION.
AND I STILL REQUESTING THAT THE PUBLIC BE ALLOWED TO SEE THAT AS WELL, SO THAT WHEN WE GO INTO THESE MEETINGS, UH, WE HAVE THE PUBLIC TRUST AND, UM, AND WE COULD MOVE FORWARD IN A MUCH MORE DESIRABLE WAY.
SO AGAIN, I'M ASKING FOR THAT INFORMATION, UM, I'VE ASKED FOR IT IN THE EMAIL, SO I'M ASKING FOR IT AGAIN NOW, AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING THIS AND MAKING SURE THAT EVERYBODY HAS THAT SAME INFORMATION.
THANK YOU, HENRY SQUARE JACKSON KIND OF BIRD, DOG, AND THINGS FOR ME.
CAN YOU, DID YOU TAKE, YOU HAVE ALL THOSE NOTES OF WHAT SHE'S MESSING ABOUT WITH MS. SQUARED JACKSON'S MISSING.
I'M ACTUALLY GOING TO ASK MISS WET JACKSON TO FORWARD HER REQUEST TO ME.
I DON'T KNOW IF I WAS INCLUDED, I'LL CHECK MY EMAIL, DIDN'T SEE THE SEPTEMBER 30TH, BUT I'D BE GLAD TO FOLLOW UP PLEASE, TO BE SURE SHE GETS WHAT SHE NEEDS.
SO JUST FORWARD THAT TO ME, WHEN YOU HAVE A LOOK, WHEN YOU HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY AND I'VE MADE, I THINK I SENT ALL OF THAT TO THE ENTIRE BOARD.
AND SO, BUT IN CASE I'LL, I'LL CHECK AND MAKE SURE THAT YOUR, I HAVE ALSO BROKEN THROUGH MR. CHANDON ON IT.
SO I, YOU KNOW, JUST HE CAN HELP BIRD DOG THAT, UH, HE'S HELPED ME WITH SOME OF MY REQUESTS AS WELL.
UM, THANK YOU, MS. SQUARE JACKSON, UH, MS. UH, VICE PRESIDENT COLLINS.
YEAH, OUR KEY, I WAS INTENDING ON BEING SHORT AND SWEET AND JUST, YOU KNOW, SAYING THAT I DO HEAR MY COLLEAGUE, YOU KNOW, AS BOARD, AS PART OF BOARD LEASH LEADERSHIP.
I DO HEAR RESPECT AND AGREE WITH THE SENTIMENT THAT MY COLLEAGUE, A BOARD MEMBER WHERE JACKSON EXPRESSED THIS IS, UH, SOME MEMBERS HAVE BEEN THROUGH REDISTRICT IN, UH, BEFORE, BUT DURING MY TENURE, THIS, THIS WILL BE MY MOLSON.
I CONSIDER THIS THE MOST IMPORTANT VOTE I'VE TAKEN TO DATE THAT I'LL BE TAKEN THE DATE.
THERE'S NO OTHER VOTE, UH, A BODY LIKE OURS CAN MAKE THIS, UM, MORE IMPORTANT THAN THE SET, THE DIRECTION OF ITSELF.
AND THAT'S QUITE LITERALLY WHAT REDISTRICTING DOES.
AND SO, UH, I JUST WANT TO LET MY COLLEAGUES KNOW PUBLICLY THAT I, I HEAR HER SENTIMENT AND I MEANT IN AGREEMENT.
VICE PRESIDENT COLLINS, ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD SAYING NINE? WE GO TO ITEM G
[G. Reports from Board Appointees to Committees/Agencies]
ONE BOARD APPOINTEES OF COMMUNITY AGENCIES AND COMMITTEES.ANYBODY HAVE A REPORT? MR. GAUDETTE, UM,
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WAIT, EXCUSE US.I HAVEN'T, UH, THE DANCING THROUGH THE DECADES FOR VOLUNTEERS IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS HAS BEEN RESCHEDULED FOR SUNDAY, OCTOBER 24TH, AND THAT'S AT THE TERRACE OF THE RIVER CENTER LIBRARY.
UH, YOU CAN CLICK AND REGISTER, UH, ON THE VIPS WEBSITE AND OTHERS, UH, AREAS TO BE ABLE TO GET THAT.
SO I ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO TRY TO ATTEND.
THERE WILL BE, UH, YOU WILL BE ABLE TO FEEL THE FIRE FROM DISCO, INFERNO, UH, AND THE BAND HE CENTRAL GROOVE WILL BE THERE TOO.
SO, UH, PLEASE COME OUT AND THERE WILL ALSO BE A SOLID ON SILENT AUCTION.
SO ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO TRY TO ATTEND OCTOBER 24TH.
THAT IS THIS SUNDAY, UH, FROM FOUR TO SIX.
AND FUNCTIONALLY, I CARE YOU DANCING ON MR.
NOW I WILL ACTUALLY BE DOING TRUNK OR TREAT
YEAH, THAT MIGHT'VE BEEN A DRAW IF HE WERE DANCING.
SO I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY, I DOUBT IT SERIOUSLY.
THANK YOU, MR. GOAT, A VICE-PRESIDENT IN COLLINS, UH, WHO WERE PRESENT IF YOU WILL.
ISN'T THAT, THAT ITEM IS ACTUALLY A MOMENT OF PRIVILEGE.
SO, UH, I JUST WANT TO DO A LITTLE SHOUT OUT TO THE MIGHTY MIGHTY BEAN GIRLS OF BAM, THEIR CREATIVE ARTS AND SCIENCES MAGNET HIGH SCHOOL.
I SAW AN INSTAGRAM AND RESHARED THAT ON TODAY? A CONGRATULATIONS ARE IN ORDER FOR THE BALLET OR BILINGUALS ROBOTICS TEAM.
THEY COMPETED IN THEIR FIRST COMPETITION OF THE SEASON AND LIMITED HIGH AND WALKED AWAY WITH THE FIRST PLACE TROPHY.
VICE PRESIDENT COLLINS, ANY OTHER, UH, REPORTS FROM BOARD APPOINTEES C NINE.
[H. Unfinished Business]
NOW TO, UH, UNFINISHED BUSINESS CONSIDERATION OF A REQUEST FOR THE APPROVAL OF THE FOLLOWING SCHOOL BOARD POLICY REVISIONS AND RELATED MATTERS.UH, DO I HAVE A MOTION MOVED BY MS. BERNARD AND SECONDED BY, UH, MR. BALLOU? THE B'S GOING OVER THERE.
DO YOU WANT TO JUST TOUCH ON IT IF YOU DON'T MIND? UM, COUNSEL? UH, YES, SIR.
UM, POS JBC E IS A PUBLIC SCHOOL CHOICE POLICY.
IT WAS A PART OF A NUMBER OF ADDITIONAL POLICIES SUBMITTED TO THE BOARD FOR APPROVAL AT THE KYLE.
UH, WE ACTUALLY PULLED IT FOR AN AMENDMENT, UM, IN BRIEF THE, THE REQUIREMENT, UM, FROM THE LAW IS THAT SCHOOL SYSTEMS ADDRESS CAPACITY, THE DEFINITION FOR CAPACITY WHEN IT COMES TO SCHOOL CHOICE AND TRANSFERS.
UM, THE REQUEST WAS THAT WAS THAT WE ALSO, UH, INCLUDE THE DEFINITION FOR FUNCTIONAL CAPACITY FOR SPECIAL PROGRAMS, MAGNETS, AND GIFTS, WHICH I'VE DONE.
UH, AND SO THAT'S BEEN INCLUDED IN THE LANGUAGE.
THE OTHER CHANGES ARE THE OTHER AMENDMENTS ARE THE SAME AMENDMENTS PROPOSED TO THE BOARD AT THE KYLE AND I, AND WE SUBMIT THEM TO YOU FOR APPROVAL.
I SEE NO QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM THE BOARD.
UM, WE GO TO THE AUDIENCE ON, UM, H ONE, ANY COMMENTS FROM THE AUDIENCE ON H ONE GOOD EVENING, I'M JAMES FINNEY.
I READ THE REVISIONS AND I THINK IT GIVES PRINCIPALS TOO MUCH POWER TO DEFINE THEIR FUNCTIONAL CAPACITY IN A WAY THAT PREVENTS THEM FROM ACCEPTING STUDENTS FROM ALLEGEDLY FAILING SCHOOLS FROM TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THIS PROGRAM.
SO EVEN IF YOU DO GO AHEAD AND ADOPT IT, THE ISSUE OF WHAT MYSTERY PERCENTAGE GETS APPLIED TO A SCHOOL, JUST BECAUSE THEY HAVE A MYSTERY PROGRAM AND, OR A MAGNET PROGRAM.
AND THOSE, THOSE ARE SUSPICIOUSLY ROUND PERCENTAGE FIGURES THAT I SAW IN THE PRESENTATION THAT ONE OF THE, UH, FACILITY MEETINGS.
SO I THINK MORE, MUCH MORE WORK IS NEEDED TO AVOID GIVING PRINCIPALS TOO MUCH POWER TO KEEP OTHER CHILDREN AWAY FROM THEIR AWARD-WINNING SCHOOLS.
SO JUST TO CAUTION, THANK YOU.
FINNEY, YOU KNOW, THE COMMENTS FROM THE AUDIENCE.
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UM, I'VE ACTUALLY TAKEN OUT THE TIME TO READ IT.AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I NOTICED IS THAT IT'S NOT ACTUALLY IN LINE WITH FEDERAL LAW.
PART OF IT STATES THAT, UM, THAT WE WOULD ACTUALLY HAVE THE PARENTS CHOOSE TO GO FROM THE SCHOOL THAT IS FAILING AND GO TO ANOTHER SCHOOL.
AND THAT THE PARENT WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE TRANSPORTATION AT THE SCHOOL SYSTEM.
THAT'S ABOUT ALATION OF IDA, AS IT RELATES TO CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES.
IF IT'S STILL WITHIN THE SCHOOL SYSTEM, AS WE DO KNOW, A LOT OF OUR CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES ARE PLACED AT SCHOOLS THAT ARE NOT THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOLS.
AND IT IS BECAUSE ESS DOES NOT OFFER PROGRAMMING AT EVERY SCHOOL FOR CHILDREN, PARTICULARLY THOSE, UH, DEALING WITH THEIR, THEIR SPECIFIC DISABILITY.
FOR EXAMPLE, CHILDREN WITH AUTISM, THEY CAN ONLY GO TO CERTAIN SCHOOLS RIGHT NOW, THE WAY IT'S SPELLED OUT IN OUR SCHOOL SYSTEM, CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES THAT HAVE AN IEP.
WHEN IT COMES TO MIDDLE SCHOOL, IF THEY LIVE ON THE NORTHERN SIDE OF THE PARISH, THEY CAN ONLY GO TO THE SCHOOLS PARK, FOREST, MIDDLE EAST ELEMENTARY, AND NORTHEAST HIGH.
THAT'S NOT FAIR TO THOSE CHILDREN, AND IT'S NOT FAIR TO THE SCHOOLS AND THE PARENTS.
WHEN WE TALK ABOUT CHOICE, THAT MEANS THAT THE PARENT HAS THE RIGHT TO CHOOSE.
SO IF I WANT CORRINE TO GO TO WOODLAWN, THAT'S SUPPOSED TO BE MY CHOICE.
BUT WHEN WE DISSEMINATE INFORMATION ABOUT OUR SCHOOLS THAT ARE FAILING TO THE PARENTS, IT DON'T GIVE THEM A CHOICE.
IT TELLS THEM THAT YOUR SCHOOL IS FAILING AND IT DOESN'T NECESSARILY LET THEM KNOW THAT, HEY, WE ARE ALLOCATING FUNDING TOWARDS THIS SCHOOL THAT IS UNDERPERFORMING SO THAT THEY CAN ACTUALLY GET TO A BETTER GRADE OR GET TO A BETTER STANDARD.
AND YOU HAVE THAT OPTION TO STAY.
LET'S DO BETTER ABOUT MAKING SURE THAT THAT INFORMATION IS DISSEMINATED OUT, BUT MAKE SURE THAT PARENTS HAVE A REAL TRUE CHOICE, BECAUSE RIGHT NOW, CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES DON'T HAVE A CHOICE.
I CAN GO HOME TO NINE SCHOOLS LIKE BROMWELL ELEMENTARY THAT DOES NOT ALLOW CHILDREN WITH DISABILITY.
IF THEY'RE THERE A BUS TO JEFFERSON TERRORISTS, THAT'S A PROBLEM.
AND THAT'S NOT PARENT CHOICE AND SCHOOL CHOICE.
IT IS NOT OUR OPTION TO SEND OUR CHILDREN ACROSS THE TOWN.
IT IS ALSO NOT OUR OPTION TO WANT TO MAKE THEM BE STAGNANT.
WE WANT EACH AND EVERY CHILD TO BE EDUCATED.
WHAT WE WANT THEM TO BE EDUCATED AT A GREAT, AT A GREAT EXPENSE OF THE STATE.
WE WANT THEM TO BE ABLE TO BE LIKE YOU.
AND SO WHAT WE DO, WE GIVE THEM THE RIGHT TO BE ABLE TO CHOOSE THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOL, BUT THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOL ACTUALLY HAVE THE RIGHT AND THE CHOICE TO BE ABLE TO PERFORM ADEQUATELY.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM THE AUDIENCE COMMENTS? I'M SORRY.
FROM THE AUDIENCE SEEING NONE.
WE COME BACK TO THE BOARD SEEING NO COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD.
MADAM SECRETARY, WILL YOU PLEASE CONDUCT A VOTE OF SOME, SORRY.
SO, UH, WE INITIALLY WERE CHANGING THIS POLICY TO BE COMPLIANT WITH THE LAW CHANGE.
THAT LAW CHANGE REQUIRES US TO ADD THE DEFINITION OF FUNCTIONAL CAPACITY.
THE LEGAL, THE LEGAL CHANGE REQUIRES US TO ADDRESS THE DEFINITION OF A CAPACITY.
UM, THE REQUEST TO ADDRESS FUNCTIONAL CAPACITY CAME FROM A BOARD MEMBER AT THE COW.
UM, I WANT TO STRESS THAT WE CURRENTLY, AND I DON'T WANT TO SPEAK TOO MUCH WITH STAFF, BUT, BUT CURRENTLY STAFF IN PRACTICE DOES THIS.
ANYWAY, WHEN IT COMES TO MAGNETS GIFT IS OR ANY SPECIAL PROGRAMS, UM, ESS THEY DETERMINED THE NUMBER OF SEATS IN THE CLASS BASED ON THE NEEDS OF THE PROGRAM, THE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE PROGRAM THAT NEEDS THE STUDENTS, ET CETERA.
SO WHAT THIS DOES, IS IT CODIFIES? WHAT THE, WHAT THE STAFF IS CURRENTLY DOING? IT JUST PUTS IT INTO POLICY.
VICE PRESIDENT COLLINS, SEEING NO OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM THE BOARD, MADAM SECRETARY, PLEASE CONDUCT THE BOAT.
[I. Consent Agenda]
[02:00:01]
NOW MOVE TO THE CONSENT AGENDA, MR. KODAK.THE FOLLOWING ITEMS ARE CONSIDERED TO BE ROUTINE AND WILL BE ENACTED WITH ONE MOTION.
THERE WILL BE NO SEPARATE DISCUSSION OF ITEMS UNLESS THE BOARD MEMBERS SO REQUEST AND WHAT YOU 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 ON THE REGULAR AGENDA, PROFESSIONAL SERVICES CONTRACT CONSIDERATION OF REQUESTS FOR THE APPROVAL OF THE PROFESSIONAL SERVICES CONTRACT BETWEEN THE EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH SCHOOL BOARD AND EXPERIENCED MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE, ANY AMOUNT OF $88,948 TO PROVIDE FOR COMPENSATION AND CLASSIFICATION STUDY, THEY STRATEGIC ALIGNMENT IS EMPLOYEE.
THE FUNDING SOURCE IS SR THREE ACTION TO CONSIDERATION OR REQUESTS FOR THE APPROVAL OF THE PROFESSIONAL SERVICE CONTRACT BETWEEN THE EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH SCHOOL BOARD, AND THE FOLLOWING A, THE ARTS COUNCIL OF GREATER BATON ROUGE INCORPORATED.
AND THE AMOUNT OF $89,500 FOR THE SUPPORT OF THE FINE ARTS.
THEY, STRATEGIC ALIGNMENT IS STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT.
THE FUNDING SOURCE IS THREE ACTION TO BE KIDS ORCHESTRA IN THE AMOUNT OF $45,000 TO PROVIDE AFTERSCHOOL ORCHESTRA INSTRUCTION PROGRAM.
THE, THE STRATEGIC ALIGNMENT IS STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT.
THE FUNDING SOURCES GENERAL FUND CONSIDERATION OF REQUESTS FOR THE APPROVAL OF SEDGWICK CLAIMS MANAGEMENT SERVICES, INC.
AS THE THIRD PARTY CLAIMS ADMINISTRATOR FOR THE EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH SCHOOL SYSTEM, AND TO AUTHORIZE A GENERAL CONSOLE AND THE SUPERINTENDENT TO NEGOTIATE AN EXECUTED CONTRACT, THE STRATEGIC ALIGNMENT IS OPERATIONAL EXCELLENCE AND THE FUNDING SOURCES WORKERS' COMPENSATION SLASH RISK MANAGEMENT CONSIDERATION OF REQUESTS FOR THE APPROVAL OF THE FOLLOWING SCHOOL BOARD POLICY AND POLICY REVISIONS AND RELATED MATTERS.
V E SCHOOL BOARD ETHICS ID CURRICULUM I D C C KINDERGARTEN I D D F EDUCATION OF STUDENTS WITH EXCEPTIONALITIES, J B A CUSP COMPULSORY SCHOOL ATTENDANCE AGENT AGES B JBC SCHOOL ADMISSION, J OUR STUDENT PRIVACY AND EDUCATION RECORDS, G B C A PROTECTION OF CRITICAL BACKGROUND CHECK INFORMATION, GBC RECRUITMENT, J D STUDENT WELFARE LAST CONSIDERATION OR REQUESTS FOR THE APPROVAL OF THE RECOMMENDATION FROM GWEN SHAMBLE IN GENERAL CONSOLE EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH SCHOOL BOARD IN THE MATTER OF THE ARBITRARY YOUNG VERSUS RUTH BANKS, EAST BATON ROUGE, PARISH SCHOOL BOARD, AND THE HARTFORD ACCIDENT INDEMNITY COMPANY NUMBER 6 6 9 6 9 1 SECTION 26 OF THE 19TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF EAST BATON ROUGE, STATE OF LOUISIANA, AND TO PROVIDE FOR RELATED MATTERS.
THAT IS THE END OF THE CONSENT AGENDA.
AND I SO MOVE, WE HAVE A SECOND ON THE SECOND DAY BY MS. BERNARD, ANYONE WISH TO PULL AN ITEM FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA, WHICH ONE, TWO AND THREE OKAY.
DOES ANYONE ELSE WISH TO PULL AN ITEM FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA? OKAY.
SEEING NO OTHER ITEMS TO BE PULLED, WE ARE, UM, SEEING NO QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM THE BOARD.
ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS FROM THE AUDIENCE ON ITEMS FOUR, FIVE, AND SIX ON THE CONSENT AGENDA? MY APOLOGIES.
I HATE TO MAKE SURE THAT NUMBER FIVE WAS THE ONE THAT I NEEDED TO TRY TO PULL.
UM, I WOULD GREATLY APPRECIATE IF SOMEONE CAN PULL THE ONE DEALING WITH POLICY AND POLICY REVISIONS DUE TO THE POLICIES THAT WE HAVE AS IT RELATES TO CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES.
THOSE ARE NOT IN LINE WITH FEDERAL LAW.
AND IF WE ACTUALLY PASS THESE POLICIES AS THEY ARE WRITTEN RIGHT NOW, WE WOULD END UP FACING A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT AS IT RELATES TO ALL OUR CHILDREN WITH EXCEPTIONALITIES.
SO I REALLY STRONGLY ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO PLEASE PULL THAT ONE.
UM, NUMBER SIX, THE LITIGATION, I REALLY WANT Y'ALL TO PULL IT THAT ONE, JUST SO I COULD TALK ABOUT LITIGATION BECAUSE OUR SCHOOL SYSTEM CONTINUE TO GET
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SUED.AND IF WE, AND I'M TELLING Y'ALL ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF A LAWSUIT, IF WE DON'T PULL A NUMBER FIVE, UM, SO I JUST REALLY HOPE THAT WE WOULD LOOK AT THAT ONE AND LOOK AT THOSE TWO AND PULL THEM AND ACTUALLY JUST ALLOW THE OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO COME UP AND ACTUALLY HAVE FREE FREE NIGHTS AND SWEET THAT LOUD.
THANK YOU, MS. CORLEY, ANY OTHER COMMENTS ON FOUR OR FIVE AND SIX ON THE CONSENT AGENDA FROM THE PUBLIC, SEEING NINE, WE ARE BACK TO THE BOARD SEEING NO QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM THE BOARD.
MADAM SECRETARY, PLEASE VOTE, CONDUCT A VOTE.
DO WE NEED TO CALL ROLE THAT WE NEED TO DO A ROLL CALL? THE GOT IT.
[I.2. Professional Services Contract]
NUMBER TWO, CONSIDERATION OF A REQUEST FOR THE APPROVAL OF THE PROFESSIONAL SERVICES CONTRACT BETWEEN THE EAST BATON ROUGE POWER SCHOOL BOARD AND EXPERIENCED MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE IN THE AMOUNT OF $88,948 TO PROVIDE FOR A COMPENSATION AND CLASSIFICATION STUDY, STRATEGIC ALIGNMENT, EMPLOYEE DEVELOPMENT, FUNDING SOURCEI'LL REPEAT WHAT I SAID TWO WEEKS AGO, WHICH IS THAT YOU'RE PAYING SOME ADMINISTRATORS, AN AWFUL LOT OF MONEY TO HAVE THE HR HOUSE IN ORDER.
AND I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF WORK THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE BEFORE.
THIS IS A WISE USE OF MONEY, BUT THE MANNER IS, AND I'M STANDING UP HERE NOW IS TO THANK WHOEVER PULLED ITEMS TWO AND THREE.
AND TO SUGGEST THAT A SUBSTITUTE MOTION BE MADE, DEFERRING THESE UNTIL THE NEXT COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE, BECAUSE EVEN THOUGH MR. HOWARD AND PERHAPS OTHER MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, BUT FOR SURE, HE MADE A VERY SPECIFIC, EXPLICIT, CLEAR, AND I WOULD HOPE UNDERSTANDABLE TO EVERYBODY IN THE ROOM REQUEST THAT THE IMPACT ON THE SR BUDGET BE ATTACHED AS BACKGROUND.
AND I DON'T SEE ANY ADDITIONAL BACKGROUND INFORMATION.
AND SO I THINK IT'S COMPLETELY INAPPROPRIATE FOR YOU TO APPROVE TWO OR THREE IN THE ABSENCE OF THAT ADDITIONAL INFORMATION, BECAUSE IF IT'S COME TO YOUR EMAILS, BUT IT'S NOT IN THE BACKUP, IT'S LIKE IT DIDN'T HAPPEN.
SO THERE'S, YOU'RE GOING TO SPEND THIS MONEY AND YOU'LL PROBABLY APPROVE IT TONIGHT, BUT YOU SHOULDN'T BECAUSE EVENTUALLY ALL THIS MONEY WILL BE SPENT AND YOU WILL HAVE NOTHING TO SHOW FOR IT.
SO AT THE VERY LEAST DEMAND THAT YOUR SUPERINTENDENT, EVERY TIME HE WANTS TO TWEAK THE BUDGET OR GET YOUR APPROVAL TO SPEND SOME BUDGET, GIVE YOU EVEN A SINGLE PAGE ON HOW THAT, THAT NEW EXPENDITURE WILL MODIFY OR FIT WITHIN WHAT YOU'VE ALREADY APPROVED.
IT'S NOT AN UNREASONABLE REQUEST.
WHAT IS UNREASONABLE IS YOU KEEP ASKING ADMINISTRATION AFTER ADMINISTRATION TO PROVIDE INFORMATION.
THEY KEEP BLOWING YOU OFF AND YOU KEEP ACCEPTING IT.
PENNY, ANY OTHER COMMENTS FROM THE AUDIENCE? HOW YOU DOING EVERYONE? UM, MY NAME IS SHAQUITA TATUM BROWN, AND I'M A PARENT STUDENTS IN THE EBR PARISH.
I WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE BOARD AND DR.
NAZIS ON THE GREAT JOB ON THE SCORECARD.
UM, I WILL SAY THAT THE, THE ANALYSIS WITH THE REPORT WILL BE A TOOL THAT WOULD GET, GIVE US GREAT HELP, UM, WITH EBR TO BE COMPETITIVE IN ATTRACTING AND RETAINING TOP TALENT.
THANK YOU, MS. BROWN, ANY OTHER COMMENTS ON AGENDA ITEM NUMBER TWO? I HAVE TWO GOOD AFTERNOON.
I'M A 10TH GRADE STUDENT AT A STOMA HIGH
[02:10:01]
SCHOOL.AND I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT HOW TEACHERS, I FEEL LIKE TEACHERS NEED TO BE PAID MORE BECAUSE THEY ARE VERY HARD WORKING.
AND ESPECIALLY IN THE TIMES NOW, I FEEL LIKE WE SHOULD CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THEM.
AND ALSO, I LIKE TO GIVE A THANKS TO DR
THANK YOU, MS. KATE, ANY OTHER COMMENTS FROM THE AUDIENCE ON ITEM TWO? OKAY.
WITH NUMBER TWO, MR. HOWARD STATED AT THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE MEETING THAT HE WOULD, WOULD LIKE AN ACTUAL ITEMIZED DETAILED EXPENDITURE REPORT THAT SHOWED WHAT ALL, UH, ANSWER FUNDING WE HAD USED AND HOW MUCH WE HAD LEFT.
AND I AM SO SORRY THAT HE'S NOT HERE TONIGHT, BUT I DEFINITELY WANTED TO ESTIMATE, UM, ECHO HIS SENTIMENTS, UM, LIKE DR.
FANNIE STATED THERE ARE MANY DIFFERENT THINGS THAT WE CAN USE AS OUR FUNDING FOR ONE OF THEM BEING IN CAMERAS IN THE CLASSROOM.
UM, IF YOU, IF YOU WAIT AND SEND THIS TO THE COMMITTEE OR THE WHOLE MEETING FOR NEXT MONTH, BY THAT TIME, THE US DEPARTMENT OF, UH, OFFICE OF SPECIAL EDUCATION WOULD HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO DISSEMINATE THAT INFORMATION OUT THERE CURRENTLY IN THE WORKS OF DOING PAY.
SECONDLY, I ASKED OUR FACILITIES MANAGER, MS. MONIQUE SPALDING IN REGARDS TO USING S OR FUNDING TO ACTUALLY CREATE A SENSORY ROOM.
UM, HERE IN THE BUILDING, WHEN WE HAVE SCHOOL BOARD MEETINGS AND COMMITTEE AT A HOME MEETINGS, I KNOW I BRING MY CHILD TO EVERY SINGLE MEETING AND MY CHILD MAKES A LOT OF NOTES, BUT THESE MEETINGS ARE ABOUT CHILDREN.
CHILDREN HAVE, WE NEVER HAVE SPACE THAT IS CHILD FRIENDLY AT OUR BOARD MEETINGS.
SO I THOUGHT THAT USING ESSA FUNDING WOULD BE SOMETHING GREAT THAT WE CAN DO INSTEAD OF DOING WHAT WE'RE ABOUT TO DO.
SO IF WE COULD JUST HOLD THIS ITEM UNTIL WE GET THAT EXPENDITURE REPORT, AS MS AS BOARD MEMBER HOWARD REQUESTED AND WAIT UNTIL THE COMMITTEE OR THE WHOLE MEETING FOR NEXT MONTH, THEN WE MAY BE ABLE TO SEE THAT WE CAN ACTUALLY USE THE EXTRA MONEY FOR SOME THINGS THAT REALLY TRULY BENEFIT THE CHILDREN.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS FROM THE AUDIENCE ON ITEM TWO, SEEING NONE.
WE COME BACK TO THE BOARD, SEEING NO COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD, MADAM SECRETARY, PLEASE CONDUCT A VOTE.
[I.3. Professional Services Contracts: Fine Arts]
WE MOVE NOW TOIN THE AMOUNT OF $89,500 FOR SUPPORT IN FINE ARTS, STRATEGIC ALIGNMENT, STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT FUNDING SOURCE
DO I HAVE A MOTION MOVED BY MS. WHERE JACKSON SECONDED BY MR. GODADDY SO YOU NO COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD.
WE GO TO THE AUDIENCE, ANY COMMENTS FROM THE AUDIENCE ON ITEM THREE, I'LL JUST REFERENCE MY EARLIER COMMENTS WITH RESPECT TO SPENDING ESSER MONEY WITHOUT ANY CLUE AS TO THE BUDGETARY IMPACT.
AND IF THIS IS A RECURRING EVENT, IT SHOULD BE PAID WITH GENERAL FUND MONEY.
AND THE OTHER COMMENTS ON ITEM
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THREE.SO WITH NUMBER THREE, I NOTICED THAT THE FRONT DESK, IF THE MONEY WOULD ALL BE USED FOR TWO SCHOOLS, I WOULD LOVE FOR MY CHILD TO ACTUALLY BE ABLE TO HAVE ACCESS TO THE SYMPHONY BECAUSE HE LOVES CLASSICAL MUSIC.
MANY OF YOU DON'T EVEN KNOW I PLAYED A PIANO AND I'VE WON MANY TROPHIES FROM DOING IT OVER THE YEAR.
I STARTED MY CHILD OFF AS A BABY, LISTENING TO LITTLE EINSTEIN, WHICH IS A CARTOON THAT PLAYS CLASSICAL MUSIC.
AND I HAVE TAUGHT HIM MANY DIFFERENT GENRES, BUT SPECIFICALLY CLASSICAL WITH BOB AND MOZART.
I WOULD LOVE FOR THIS PROGRAM TO BE NOT JUST AT TWO SCHOOLS, BUT AT ALL THE SCHOOLS SO THAT ALL OUR CHILDREN CAN HAVE ACCESS TO IT.
AS WE KNOW, STUDIES SHOW THAT CHILDREN, I LISTENED TO CLASSICAL MUSIC WHILE THEY'RE BEING EDUCATED, THEY ACTUALLY RETAIN THAT INFORMATION AT A MUCH HIGHER RATE.
SO IF WE CAN HAVE ACCESS TO THAT AT EVERY SCHOOL, THAT WOULD BE GREAT.
BUT IN THE PAST WE'VE ALWAYS TAKEN IT FROM GENERAL FUNDS AND NOW WE'RE GOING TO SPLIT IT AND ONLY USE GENERAL FUNDS FOR HALF OF IT AND ASK FOR THE AUTHOR.
WE LOOK AT USING THE GENERAL FOREFRONTS FOR IT ALL, IF WE'RE GOING TO LIMIT IT TO TWO SCHOOLS AND THAT WE STRONGLY CONSIDER FINDING A REALLY GOOD WAY TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERY CHILD THROUGHOUT OUR SCHOOL SYSTEM HAPPENED EXIT.
I ALSO KNOW THAT THE ALEX HALEY DANCERS, THEY USED TO COME AS WELL AS THE BANNER RICH SIM, UH, THE BAND URGE BALLET.
CAN WE PLEASE HAVE PROGRAMMING LIKE THAT AT EVERY SCHOOL TO ALLOW OUR CHILDREN TO ACCESS, TO SEE THOSE THINGS IN LIVE AND LIVE IN COLOR.
THIS IS NOT FOR ONE SCHOOL TO SCHOOL, BUT ALL 83 SCHOOLS.
AND SO I JUST STRONGLY ENCOURAGE YOU ALL TO PLEASE, PLEASE TAKE THE MONEY OUT THE GENERAL FUND, BUT ALLOW ACCESS FOR ALL, ESPECIALLY MY LITTLE BOY, CAUSE WE WOULD REALLY, HE REALLY LOVES CLASSICAL MUSIC, ALTHOUGH HE'S PLAYING IN SESAME STREET RIGHT NOW.
THANK YOU, MS. CORLEY, ANY OTHER COMMENTS FROM THE AUDIENCE SEEING NONE, UM, BACK TO THE BOARD, SEEING NO COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD, MADAM SECRETARY POLICE CONDUCT A VOTE, PLEASE VOTE.
WE MOVED NOW TO A NEW BUSINESS
[J.1. ITEP Application-International Mezzo Technologies]
ITEM, J ONE INDUSTRIAL TAX EXEMPTION PROGRAM, APPLICATION INTERNATIONAL MEZZO TECHNOLOGIES DISCUSSION CONSIDERATION OF AN APPLICATION FROM INTERNATIONAL MEZZO TECHNOLOGIES, UH, 20, 20, 20, 21 FOR INDUSTRIAL TAX EXEMPTION AND RELATED MATTERS.I THINK THAT WE HAVE SOMEONE HERE TO MAKE A PRESENTATION ON THAT.
SOMEONE FROM, UM, SOMEONE FROM MEZZO AND RELATE.
AND YOU CAN JUST, HOWEVER YOU WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT IT, UH, IS FINE.
UH, RUSSELL RICHARDSON WITH THE BATON ROUGE AREA CHAMBER, ALSO MARK TURNER WITH, UH, MEZZOS HERE.
UM, WE, WE'VE GOT A COUPLE OF, UH, ITEP APPROVALS HERE FROM THE, UM, THE INDUSTRIAL TAX EXEMPTION PROGRAM, WHICH, UH, MADE IT THROUGH THE STATE COMMERCE AND BOARD, UM, SEPTEMBER 24.
SO THEY'RE MOVING THROUGH THAT LOCAL APPROVAL PROCESS.
UH, THE FIRST TONIGHT IS THE INTERNATIONAL MEZZO TECHNOLOGIES.
THIS IS AN INVESTMENT TO, UH, HAVE THE MANUFACTURING EQUIPMENT AND TECHNOLOGY SOFTWARE TO IMPROVE.
AND, UH, THE CAPACITY OF THEIR OPERATIONS.
THIS WILL BE A $387,000 INVESTMENT.
UH, IT'LL ADD TWO NEW JOBS, A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS IN NEW PAYROLL TO THE EXISTING PAYROLL, 3.3 MILLION FOR A TOTAL PAYROLL, 3.4 MILLION, UH, THE 10 YEAR PROJECTIONS TO LOCAL TAX REVENUES OF $77,727 20 YEAR, UH, LOCAL TAX REVENUE OF $245,000, $854.
AND THE TOTAL ABATEMENT, UH, OF THAT 20 YEAR PERIOD WILL EQUATE TO 46, JUST OVER $46,000.
MAYBE WE HAVE A MOTION FOR THIS MOVED BY MR.
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ERROR.UM, MS. COLLINS, UM, VICE PRESIDENT COLLINS, UH, THERE WAS SOME MENTION OF SOME KIND OF, UH, PREVIOUS ACTIVE CONCERNS, BED METAL HEAD SEPARATE FROM THIS ONE.
CAN I GET SOME MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THAT? YES, THAT'LL BE PART OF A NON-COMPLIANCE LETTER AS PART OF WHEN THEY MADE CHANGES IN 2015 TO THE PROGRAM.
UH, THE, THE JOB REQUIREMENTS THAT COME ALONG WITH ITEP CONTRACTS NOW, UM, TRACK WHETHER THOSE JOBS MEET THOSE REQUIREMENTS THAT ARE PUT IN THOSE CONTRACTS.
SO, UH, WHAT WE'LL SEE AT NEXT WEEK'S, UH, COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY BOARD AT THE STATE, THEY'RE GOING TO COME OUT TO PRESENT THOSE NONCOMPLIANCE LETTERS TO THE BOARD.
WE'LL FIND MORE OUT AT THE STATE LEVEL, AND I THINK WE'LL HAVE A CHANCE TO COME BACK HERE AND ADDRESS THAT, UH, AT THE NEXT SCHOOL BOARD MEETING IN NOVEMBER.
UH, SO I WOULD LOOK AT THAT AS A SEPARATE ITEM.
UH, THE APPLICATION FOR YOU TONIGHT IS FOR 2021 AND BEYOND, UH, THAT ITEM THAT WILL COME UP FOR THE NONCOMPLIANCE WILL BE AT 2019, THE YEAR 2019, UH, WHERE THEY FELL OUT, BUT HAS SINCE TOLD US THAT, UH, THEY THEY'VE REGAINED THAT STATUS, BUT WE CAN ADDRESS THAT.
I THINK AFTER THAT COMES UP THROUGH THE STATE BOARD, UH, SIMILAR TO HOW THE, THE APPROVAL PROCESS HAS COME THROUGH.
WHAT'S THE, UM, BOARD COUNCIL, WHAT'S THE DEADLINE FOR US TO GET THIS DONE FOR THIS NEW IO? WE ARE REQUIRED TO PLACE AN ITEM ON THE AGENDA 30 DAYS FROM MY RECEIPT, UH, UH, FROM THE HIGHER AUTHORITIES.
UM, AND I'M GONNA, I DON'T HAVE IT IN FRONT OF ME, BUT I BELIEVE WE HAVE 60 DAYS TO APPROVE.
I DON'T WANT TO SAY IT FOR SURE, BUT I WOULD RECOMMEND WE ADDRESS THIS TONIGHT AND NOT DELAY IT TILL THE NEXT MONTH, IF THAT'S THE, UH, CONSIDERATION, I WOULD RECOMMEND CONSIDERING IT TONIGHT AND BEING THROUGH WITH IT.
UM, AND I WILL GO ON SINCE THE ISSUE CAME UP, BOYD PRESIDENT, TAMMY AND I SPOKE, UM, AND MET WITH A NUMBER OF AUTHORITIES, UH, UH, UH, AS OTHER LOCAL ENTITIES CONSIDERING I ATTEMPTS TO THINK ABOUT HOW TO ADDRESS THE ISSUE OF NON-COMPLIANCE.
UM, AND WE'RE GOING TO BRING SOME OPTIONS TO THE BOARD, UM, HOPEFULLY IN NOVEMBER TO CONSIDER.
UM, AND WE'LL TALK WITH MORE DETAIL ABOUT THAT LATER.
I DON'T WANT TO SHARE TOO MUCH BECAUSE WE'RE STILL IN THE PROCESS OF FORMULATING THAT I WAS ABLE TO FIND A DATE, BUT GO AHEAD.
JUST, UM, TO MR. SHAMBLIN POINT, UM, THIS IS NEW TERRITORY ON THE NON-COMPLIANCE RIGHT.
I KNOW IT'S NOT THE AGENDA ITEM, BUT JUST A LITTLE BIT.
UM, DOES THE, SO WHEN THE NONCOMPLIANCE LETTERS ARE SENT OUT AND THEY THEY'RE SENT OUT AT THE SEAT AT THE CONGRESS, UH, BOARD, UM, BOARD OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY MEETING IS, IS, IS THE COMMERCE BOARD GOING TO MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS TO US RELATIVE TO WHAT THAT REMEDIATION MIGHT BE? WHAT, WHAT OUR OPTIONS ARE, OR IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WE WILL STRAIGHT UP DECIDE OURSELVES THIS POINT? THEY HAVE NOT GIVEN US ANY RECOMMENDATIONS FOR LOCALS TO, TO MAKE.
UH, WHAT I HAVE SEEN IS THEY PUT THE AGENDA OUT FOR THE OCTOBER 27TH MEETING.
AND IN THAT AGENDA, THEY HAVE RECOMMENDATIONS TO COME BACK FROM THE LOCALS, UH, WHETHER IT'S A PARTIAL COMPLETE FOR THAT YEAR.
NOW EACH YEAR, THAT IF A COMPANY IS NOT COMPLIANT, YOU WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS THAT YEAR.
UH, SO FOR INSTANCE, IF A COMPANY'S ONLY A COUPLE OF MONTHS UNDERNEATH THEIR JOB REQUIREMENT, THEY MAKE THESE HIRES AND THEN THEY'RE BACK, BACK IN, UH, COMPLIANCE.
DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THAT'S KIND OF, THIS IS SINCE THEY MADE THE CHANGES IN 2015 AND PUT THE JOB REQUIREMENTS.
THIS IS THE FIRST, UH, NONCOMPLIANCE LETTERS, UH, THAT HAVE BEEN DISTRIBUTED.
THANK YOU, MR. RICHARDSON, MR. BERNARD, THANK YOU, MR. CHAPMAN, WHAT WAS THE LENGTH OF TIME THAT THEY WERE NONCOMPLIANT? UH, I UNDERSTAND FROM THE COMPANY ABOUT TWO MONTHS, MAYBE.
AND DID IT HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH COVID COULD HAVE POSSIBLY SOMEONE FROM MESO HERE.
CAN THEY ANSWER THAT? BUT I DO.
I DO WANT TO SAY ALSO THAT I AGREE THAT WE SHOULD TAKE THIS ITEM SEPARATELY, UM, AND WAIT TO SEE WHAT THE BOARD OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY SAYS, BUT I THINK THAT PEOPLE HERE WOULD, WOULD MAYBE BENEFIT FROM HEARING IF IT DID HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH COVID AND THE FACT THAT IT WAS ONLY TWO MONTHS, UM, IS GOOD.
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YEAH.I'M THE DIRECTOR OF FINANCE FOR INTERNATIONAL MEZ UP.
AND ACTUALLY WE WERE OUT OF COMPLIANCE FOR SIX DAYS, SIX DAYS, SIX DAYS.
SO MAYBE THERE'S A WAY TO PRORATE FOR THE YEAR OR SOMETHING.
I WONDER WHAT THE BOARD OF COME I'M INTERESTED TO SEE.
I JUST WANTED TO MAKE IT CLEAR THAT IT WASN'T TWO MONTHS.
I'M GLAD I ASKED THOSE QUESTIONS, BUT I STILL DO WANT TO WAIT AND SEE WHAT BOARD OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY DOES.
UM, I FEEL CERTAIN THAT THEY WILL TAKE THEM ON A CASE BY CASE BASIS.
AND I, I REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR ANSWER.
MY QUESTION IS THANKS FOR THE INFORMATION.
THANK YOU, MS. BERNARD, UM, VICE PRESIDENT COLLINS.
SO WHAT, UM, WHAT TRIGGERS THE ACTUAL LETTER GOING OUT? IS IT LIKE, AND I'M JUST KIND OF PLAYING AROUND HERE, CONCEPTUALLY.
SO IF AT ONE POINT I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE RULES ARE NOT, I THINK THEY CHANGED, BUT MANDATORY CAR INSURANCE.
PEOPLE WOULD HAVE 10 DAYS GRACE OR SOMETHING BEFORE SOMETHING WAS FLAGGED WITH THE, WHAT, WHAT TRIGGERS IN THIS CASE, A ACTUAL NON-COMPLIANCE LETTER GOING OUT IF THEY, IF THEY GO BELOW WHAT THEY PUT IN THE CONTRACT.
UM, I DON'T KNOW THE PERIOD OF HOW LONG, BUT IF THEY DO GO BELOW, UH, AT SOME POINT THAT WILL TRIGGER IT USUALLY ON, ON THESE PROGRAMS, THEY'LL, THEY'LL TURN IN THEIR COMPLIANCE WORK AT THE END OF THE YEAR.
UH, I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S THE CASE WITH
UM, AND THEN THEY GO FROM THERE TO UNDERSTAND WHAT, WHETHER THEY MAY COMPLIANCE OR NOT.
AND THIS WAS FOR THE 2019 FISCAL OR CALENDAR YEAR? YES.
AND WHEN DID THEY RECEIVE THE NOTICE? THE NOTICE WENT OUT OCTOBER 1ST OF THIS YEAR? YES.
MY NOTE SAYS OCTOBER 1ST WAS THE, THE LETTER WAS SENT.
VICE PRESIDENT COLLINS, UH, COUNSEL, MR. SHAMBLIN.
I JUST WANT TO, UM, RESPOND TO MS. COLLINS QUESTION.
I LIKE TO BE AS ACCURATE AS POSSIBLE.
IT'S 30 DAYS TO PLACE AN ITEM ON THE AGENDA FOR CONSIDERATION AND ADDITIONAL 30 DAYS TO ACTUALLY VOTE UPON IT.
I WANTED TO MAKE SURE I RESPONDED CORRECTLY TO THAT.
THANK YOU, MR. SHAMBLIN, MR. BALLOONS.
UH, AND THIS RELATES TO THE QUESTION IS ABOUT NONCOMPLIANCE.
I KNOW IT'S NOT ON THIS, THIS APPLICATION, BUT, UM, THE NONCOMPLIANCE HAS TO DO WITH THE NUMBER OF NEW JOBS THAT WERE, UM, AUBURN, BUT THAT'S SEPARATE FROM THE PROPERTY TAX, UH, FOR THE PARISHES.
SO THAT PREVIOUS PROJECT AND INCREASE THE TAX BASE FOR THE, UH, PARISH EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH.
AND THIS PROJECT WILL ALSO INCREASE THE TAX BASE, CORRECT.
THANK YOU, MR. BALLOONS WERE JACKSON, QUICK, QUICK QUESTION.
UM, WITH THE TIMELINE OF WHEN WE GET THE, THE NOTICE, IS THERE A PARTICULAR REASON THAT THIS DOESN'T COME BEFORE COMMITTEE OR THE WHOLE, I CAN ANSWER THAT WE'D NEVER DONE THAT.
WE'VE ALWAYS GONE TO THE, UM, WE'VE ALWAYS GONE TO THE FULL BOARD MEETING, BUT IF YOU HAVE AN ISSUE WITH THAT, YOU CAN ADD AN AGENDA ITEM TO THE NEXT MONTHS COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE AND MAKE THAT A POLICY.
UM, IT WAS THE WAY MR.
I LIKE, WHAT WOULD, WHOEVER SAID BOARD OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY.
I KNOW IT, BUT I CAN'T SAY IT.
UH, AND SO EVERYBODY'S AWARE OF IT.
I MEAN, ANYBODY WHO'S FOLLOWING THAT'S AWARE OF IT.
AND SO, UM, BUT IF, IF YOU ALL WOULD LIKE TO SET A POLICY, UM, TO SAY IT GOES THROUGH THE COMMITTEE, THE WHOLE, I DON'T KNOW THAT IT'S EVER GOING TO BE ON THE CONSENT AGENDA.
SO, I MEAN, THAT'S YOUR ISSUE? I JUST, I JUST WONDERED CAUSE YOU KNOW, I KNOW WE, WE ALWAYS, WE ALWAYS ASK FOR THINGS TO COME BEFORE THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE, I JUST WANTED TO KNOW IF THERE WAS A PARTICULAR YEAH, I'LL ADMIT I DON'T WATCH THE, THAT BOARD AS MUCH AS I USED TO, UH, YOU KNOW, IN TERMS OF, BUT I USED TO PAY A LOT MORE ATTENTION TO IT IN TERMS OF ALL OF THE APPLICATIONS THAT WERE COMING THROUGH.
I JUST DON'T LOOK AT IT AS MUCH.
SO I DON'T SEE THE DATA REALLY UNTIL WE GET IT.
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UM, IN THE PAST THERE'S BEEN REQUESTS FOR SPECIAL MEETINGS UPON RECEIVING IT BECAUSE OF OTHER TIMELINES.I HAVE PERSONALLY, AS PRESIDENT RESISTED THAT I'VE ALWAYS WANTED THERE TO BE A TIMEFRAME BETWEEN WHEN WE RECEIVED THAT APPLICATION AND WHEN WE HEAR IT.
AND SO FOR EXAMPLE, IF WE WOULD HAVE RECEIVED THAT APPLICATION, SAY THIS WEEK, IT WOULDN'T BE ON THIS AGENDA.
IT WOULD BE ON THE NEXT AGENDA.
IN FACT, ONE TIME THAT HAPPENED TO US AND WE ACTUALLY HAD TO KIND OF PUT OUT AN EARLY AGENDA SO THAT WE COULD MEET OUR 30 DAY REQUIREMENT.
UH, BUT YET, BECAUSE WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE PUBLIC DOES HAVE TIME TO SEE IT AND LOOK AT IT, BUT I'M COOL WITH, UH, YOU KNOW, IF WE WANT TO, UM, YOU KNOW, I THINK IF WE WANT TO SET UP A POLICY ON THAT, THAT'S FINE.
THANK YOU, MS. WHERE JACKSON, UH, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM THE BOARD BEFORE WE GO TO THE AUDIENCE SEEING NONE? UH, WE GO TO THE AUDIENCE.
ANY COMMENTS ON ITEM J ONE FROM THE AUDIENCE, EXCUSE ME.
UM, FIRST I APPRECIATE THE CONCERNS RAISED WITH THIS NOT GOING BEFORE THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE, BECAUSE THE LETTER FROM THE, UM, FROM ON HIGH WAS DATED SEPTEMBER 28TH.
I CAN'T IMAGINE IT DIDN'T ARRIVE IN TIME TO PUT ON THE OCTOBER COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE, BUT SINCE THAT DIDN'T HAPPEN, IT SEEMS IN LIGHT OF MR. SHANNON'S COMMENTS, CORRECT.
THE INFORMATION I GOT FROM THAT LETTER AND FROM A FOLLOWUP LETTER I GOT FROM THE, UH, DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OR WHATEVER THE NAME OF THAT AGENCY IS, IT WOULD BE PERFECTLY WITHIN YOUR, UM, IN YOUR AUTHORITY TO DEFER IT FOR CONSIDERATION AT THE NOVEMBER COMMITTEE, THE WHOLE, WITH THE ASSUMPTION THAT YOU WILL ALL BE SATISFIED AND VOTE FOR IT, EITHER ON THE CONSENT AGENDA OR SEPARATELY AT THE FULL BOARD MEETING IN NOVEMBER STILL WELL, WITHIN THE 60 DAYS REQUIRED BY THE PROGRAM RULES.
AND I WILL SAVE MOST OF MY COMMENTS FOR THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE WANTING TO CONTROL EDUCATION, BUT TRY TO PAY FOR IT AS LITTLE AS POSSIBLE FOR THE NEXT ONE.
SO LET ME TALK ABOUT MEZZO INTERNATIONAL.
I APPRECIATE THE MENTION THAT THEY WERE, UM, NOT IN COMPLIANCE, UM, WITH RESPECT TO, UM, VICE-PRESIDENT COLLIN'S ANALOGY THOUGH, IF YOU'RE WITHOUT LIABILITY INSURANCE FOR A COUPLE HOURS, YOU DO GET FINED BY THE STATE.
THEY JUST DON'T TELL YOU ABOUT IT UNTIL SIX MONTHS LATER.
AND THEN THE ONLY WAY TO GET OUT OF A FINE IS IF YOU TURN IN YOUR LICENSE PLATES WITHIN 10 DAYS OF THE DAY, THEY SAY THEY MAILED THE NOTICE.
SO THE COMPANY KNEW WHAT THE RULES WERE WHEN THEY ASKED TO JOIN THE GAME.
IF THEY'RE OUT OF COMPLIANCE, THEY SHOULD TAKE THE CONSEQUENCES.
BUT THERE WAS A STATEMENT ABOUT HOW THE INCREASE THE TAX BASE.
SO IT'S WORTH NOTING THAT LOOKING AT TAXPAYER, I, UH, I'M SORRY.
I AM ON THE ASSESSOR'S WEBSITE, INTERNATIONAL MEZZO AT 1, 2 1 0 2 4 6.
MAMMOTH HAS A TOTAL MARKET VALUATION ATTACHED TO THE REAL ESTATE, WHICH IS SEPARATE FROM PERSONAL PROPERTY OF 2 MILLION, 300, 15,734.
THEIR PROSPECTIVE 2021 TAX BILL IS 1040 $2 AND 44 CENTS BECAUSE EXEMPTIONS, PRESUMABLY THE
GRANTED, SOME OF THAT IS FOR FIRE PROTECTION.
SO THAT'S FOR SCHOOLS THAT AREN'T BEING FUNDED, SOME OF IT'S FOR THE ASSESSOR'S OFFICE THAT STOPPED BEING FUNDED.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS FROM THE AUDIENCE ON A J ONE I'M AGAINST? OH, I TEAR UP EXEMPTIONS.
SO LET ME LIST THE REASONS RDA IS NOT FULLY FUNDED BY HER SCHOOL SYSTEM.
SO BY IDA NOT BEING FULLY FUNDED, THEY HAVEN'T HAD MANY CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES.
LIKE MY CHILD DOES NOT GET THE RESOURCES IN THEIR CLASSROOM TO RECEIVE A FREE, APPROPRIATE PUBLIC EDUCATION AS REQUIRED BY LAW.
AS A PROBLEM OUT OF SCHOOL SYSTEM HAS DEFICIENCIES.
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COULD SPEAK ABOUT THE PLAYGROUND RIGHT NOW, A CURRENT SCHOOL IN NORTHEAST ELEMENTARY, THEY REQUIRED THAT HAS THEIR OWN PLAN.AND IT'S AN AD IN AMERICAN DISABILITIES, RIGHT? COMPLIANCE.
IT HASN'T BEEN FOR YEARS, I COULD SPEAK ABOUT THE CENTRAL OFFICE BUILDING AND HOW I HAD TO HELP INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE DISCOVERABLE BY HOLDING A DOOR SO THAT THEY CAN COME IN AND OUT BECAUSE I NEVER HAD AN AID COORDINATOR BEFORE.
NOW I TEAR UP EXEMPTIONS THAT IS TAKING MONEY IN FRONT OF THE CLASSROOM AND AWAY FROM OUR SYSTEM THAT WE CAN USE TO GET THEM TO COMPLIANCE.
IN ADDITION,
THESE ARE TAX EXEMPTIONS CAN GIVE US THAT FUNDING SO THAT WE CAN ACTUALLY UTILIZE IT IN A PROPER MANNER.
AT LEAST KEEP HAVING A TEACHER SHORTAGE.
AND THAT'S PRIMARILY BECAUSE WE'RE NOT PAYING OUR TEACHERS AND STAY UP WHAT THEY'RE WORTH.
IF WE DO NOT GIVE AN EXEMPTION, THEN WE COULD ACTUALLY GIVE OUR STAFF.
OR AS A WORLD IS BONUSES LIKE LIVINGSTON PARISH DEED.
I'M JUST GIVING EXAMPLES OF WHAT WE CAN ADD TO OUR EXEMPTION MONEY FOR.
BUT WHEN WE KEEP GIVING THE EXEMPTION WE HAVE IN THE MORE THING, MORE THING TO HELP OUR KIDS.
SO EACH AND EVERY CHILD EACH AND EVERY DOWN EACH AND EVERY DOWNLOAD FROM EACH EXEMPTION.
THANK YOU, MS. CORLEY, ANY OTHER COMMENTS FROM THE AUDIENCE ON J ONE, SEEING NINE? WE COME BACK TO THE BOARD.
I JUST WANTED TO ADDRESS THE MOTION MADE, UH, UH, MR. GOLDIE WAS THE MAKER OF THE MOTION, PROBABLY THE STYLE, THE MOTION IS A MOTION TO APPROVE OR DENY, AND THAT WOULD BE AN AMENDMENT, A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT OF WHAT'S ON THE TABLE.
SO WE WOULD NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE SECOND AGREES TO THAT, JUST THAT IT'S CLEAR THAT IT'S EMOTION TO APPROVE.
SO THAT FRIENDLY AMENDMENT IS, UH, ADOPTED AND WE, UH, HAVE NO OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM THE BOARD.
MADAM SECRETARY, PLEASE CONDUCT THE VOTE.
PLEASE VOTE THE MOTION CARRIES.
[J.2. ITEP Application-Coca-Cola Bottling Company United Gulf Coast, LLC]
WE MOVED TO ITEM J TO DISCUSSION CONSIDERATION OF AN APPLICATION FROM COCA-COLA BOTTLING COMPANY, UNITED GULF COAST, LLC.UM, FOR INDUSTRIAL TAX EXEMPTION AND RELATED MATTERS.
I NEED A MOTION MOVED BY MOVE, UH, MO MOTION TO APPROVE BY MR. BERNARD AND SECONDED BY MR. BALLOU.
ANY COMMENTS FROM THE BOARD? ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS SEEING NONE.
WHY WOULD YOU LIKE TO, I NEED YOU TO SPEAK TO IT IF YOU DON'T MIND.
JUST DESCRIBE IT, UH, IN GENERAL HERE.
SO THIS IS A $42 MILLION INVESTMENT TO EXPAND THEIR FACILITIES BY 120,000 SQUARE FEET.
UH, THEY'LL INVEST IN THE FACILITY ITSELF, UH, AS ALSO, UH, AS THE, THE EQUIPMENT TO, TO MAKE THE, UH, FACILITY MORE EFFICIENT AND GET MORE PRODUCT TO THE AREA THERE.
UH, 10 YEAR REVENUES, 2.9 MILLION 20 YEAR REVENUES, 7.7 MILLION AND THE, THAT THE TOTAL EXEMPTION OF THAT 20 YEAR PERIOD, 5.2 MILLION.
I'M SEEING NO QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD.
WE GO TO THE AUDIENCE ON J TWO, $5 MILLION IS A LOT OF MONEY.
UM, MR. TAPPIN, WAS THAT AN INTENTIONAL PRODUCT PLACEMENT
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OR WAS THAT INCIDENTAL? I TRIED TO TURN HIM WHERE THE CALORIES ARE SO THAT IT WOULD REFLECT MY PHYSIQUE.UM, SO IT'S INTERESTING THAT, UM, ITEMS THAT MAY BENEFIT STUDENTS OR TEACHERS MUST COME THROUGH THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE AND BE CAREFULLY VETTED OVER A TWO WEEK PERIOD.
WHEREAS CORPORATE WELFARE CAN JUST SLIDE ON THE AGENDA WITH 48 HOURS NOTICE AND GET UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED.
SO I WOULD, AGAIN, ENCOURAGE ANY OF YOU TO PROPOSE THAT THIS BE TABLED FOR CONSIDERATION IN THE REGULAR PROCESS IN NOVEMBER, BUT FUNDAMENTALLY THIS IS NOT PROPER FISCAL MANAGEMENT.
IF PEOPLE WANT TO BE PART OF THIS COMMUNITY, THEY NEED TO BE WILLING TO FUND EDUCATION.
THEY SHOULD NOT BE COMING TO THE LARGEST SCHOOL DISTRICT IN THE STATE ASKING, HEY, IS IT OKAY IF WE DON'T PAY OUR BILLS? THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE DOING.
THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE WOULD LIKE TO CONTROL THINGS.
THEY WOULD LIKE TO FUND CAMPAIGNS TO, TO FIND THE NEW BOARD MEMBERS.
THEY MAY BE EVEN INFLUENCING THINGS BEHIND THE SCENES, BUT GOD FORBID YOU ACTUALLY EXPECT THEIR MEMBERS TO PAY THEIR FULL SHARE OF PROPERTY TAX.
IF I BUILD MY OWN $2 MILLION MCMANSION AFTER I WIN THE LOTTERY, WHICH I GUESS REQUIRES BUYING A TICKET SO MIGHT NOT HAPPEN, I WOULD BE EXPECTED TO PAY PROPERTY TAX ON THE FULL IMPROVEMENT.
NO MATTER HOW MANY JOBS I CREATED IN ITS CONSTRUCTION OR HOW MUCH I WAS ADDING TO THE EVENTUAL TAX BASE, 10 YEARS DOWN THE ROAD, THERE ARE 50 STATES IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
49 OF THEM DO NOT SUBJECT THEIR SCHOOL SYSTEMS TO THIS KIND OF CORPORATE WELFARE.
IT WOULD BE NICE IF THIS BOARD WOULD TAKE A STAND FOR SOMETHING GOOD, NOT FOR THE WELFARE AND BENEFIT OF THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY.
PENNY, ANY OTHER COMMENTS FROM THE AUDIENCE ON ITEM J TWO THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT I CAN THINK OF THAT WE CAN USE THIS MONEY FOR AND GIVEN COCA-COLA AND EXEMPTION ISN'T.
ONE OF THEM HAVE HAD THE PLEASURE TO PAY US THE COCA-COLA PLANT THAT'S ON PLANK ROAD OFTEN, BUT WHAT DOES COCA COLA DO FOR OUR SCHOOL SYSTEM? FOR OUR CITY? THEY MAKE PLENTY OF MONEY, ESPECIALLY WHEN WE NEED WATER.
LIKE DURING HURRICANE SEASON DESIGN MAKES LOTS AND LOTS OF MONEY AS A COCA-COLA PRODUCT.
WHY CAN'T THIS MONEY COME BACK TO OUR SCHOOL SYSTEM AND WE HATE HELP OUR KIDS.
I ACTUALLY CONSULTED WITH A COMPANY AND FOUND OUT TO BRING OUR PLAYGROUND.
AT NORTHEAST ELEMENTARY INTO ADA COMPLIANCE WOULD COST ABOUT $10,000.
THAT'S NOTHING COMPARED TO THE AMOUNT OF MONEY WE WERE GOING TO GIVE COCA-COLA.
IF WE APPROVED THAT EXEMPTION, THAT MEANS WE CAN BRING EVERY SINGLE PLAYGROUND INTO COMPLIANCE.
WHAT ABOUT THE CHILDREN LIKE MOM AND DAD OR RUNNERS? I WALK UP HERE AND I HOLD HIS HAND TIGHTLY BECAUSE IF I GIVE HIM THE OPPORTUNITY, HE WOULD RUN THROUGH THIS BOARD MEETING AND IT WOULD NOT BE GOOD FOR US.
CAUSE THEN I'D HAVE TO RUN BEHIND HIM.
BUT THIS IS A PROBLEM ALSO FOR THE STAFF AT THE SCHOOL, WHICH MEANS THAT IT REQUIRES FENCES, STOLE EXPENSES, COST MONEY.
RIGHT NOW WE MAY HAVE A SURPLUS, BUT WE KNOW THAT OUR CABINET HAS ABOUT 10 SHEET CHIEFS AND EACH ONE HAVE A SALARY OF 130,000.
WOULD WE BE ABLE TO FEASIBLY PAY THEM NEXT YEAR? THIS ACTUAL MONEY WOULD ALLOW US TO KEEP GREAT AND WONDERFUL PEOPLE LIKE OUR CHIEF OF STAFF AND OUR CHIEF ACADEMIC OFFICER HERE.
WE NEED THEM TO BE HERE, TO DEAL WITH ACADEMICS.
WE NEED OUR CHIEF OF STAFF TO DEAL WITH THE PR DEAL WITH OUR STAFF.
AND LET'S NOT LET THEM GO BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE THE MONEY BY GIVING AN EXEMPTION.
COCA-COLA NOT THIS TIME, BUT MAYBE NEXT YEAR, BUT THIS YEAR WE NEED THAT MONEY.
THANK YOU, MS. CORA, MS. CORLEY, ANY OTHER COMMENTS FROM THE AUDIENCE SEEING NONE? WE COME BACK TO THE BOARD, SEEING NO COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD.
MADAM SECRETARY, PLEASE CONDUCT A VOTE.
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THE MOTION CARRIES.[K. Organizational Items]
TO ITEM K ORGANIZATIONAL ITEMS. NOW IT'S LIMITED MEETINGS.MS. BERNARD ANNOUNCEMENT OF MEETINGS, FACILITY PLAN, COMMUNITY MEETING TO BE HELD OCTOBER 27TH, 2021, 6:00 PM.
ALL BOARD MEMBERS MAY ATTEND MIAMI DADE COUNTY SCHOOL VISITS TO BE HELD OCTOBER 31ST THROUGH NOVEMBER 3RD, 2021, SOME OR ALL SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS MAY ATTEND FACILITY PLAN COMMUNITY MEETING TO BE HELD OCTOBER 3RD, 2021, 6:00 PM.
SOME ARE ALL BOARD MEMBERS MAY ATTEND COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE TO BE HELD NOVEMBER 4TH, 2021 AT 5:00 PM AT THE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT CENTER FACILITY PLAN COMMUNITY MEETINGS TO BE HELD ON NOVEMBER 10TH, 2021, 6:00 PM.
TARA HIGH SCHOOL SUMMER ALL BOARD MEMBERS MAY ATTEND FACILITY PLAN COMMUNITY MEETING TO BE HELD ON NOVEMBER 16TH, 2021, 6:00 PM.
WOODLAWN HIGH SUMMER ALL BOARD MEMBERS MAY ATTEND.
REGULAR BOARD MEETINGS SHOULD BE HELD IN OVER 18 20 21 AT 5:00 PM AT THE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT CENTER.
MR. BERNARD HAS MOVED THAT WE ADJOURNED ADJOURNED MEETING ADJOURN.