[A. Meeting Opening]
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AND PLEASE TAKE A SEAT I'D LIKE TO CALL TO ORDER THIS MEETING OF EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH SCHOOL BOARD FOR THURSDAY, AUGUST THE 18TH 2022.
UM, BEFORE STARTING WILL BE LED IN THE INVOCATION BY BOARD MEMBER, JILL DYSON, AND THEN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, UH, WILL BE LED BY A CADET THAT WILL BE INTRODUCED BY A LIEUTENANT COLONEL SHIRLEY SUTTON.
ALONG WITH ME, THIS IS A PRAYER FOR OUR NEW SCHOOL YEAR, HEAVENLY FATHER AT THE START OF A NEW SCHOOL YEAR, WE GIVE YOU THANKS FOR THE WORK OF ALL SCHOOLS IN OUR DISTRICT.
WE PRAY FOR ALL CHILDREN STARTING AT NEW SCHOOLS.
AND FOR THOSE RETURNING, HELP THEM TO EXPLORE WHAT THEY CAN ACHIEVE AND GIVE THEM CONFIDENCE TO PLAY THEIR PART IN SHAPING OUR WORLD.
WE PRAY FOR ALL THOSE WHO WORK IN OUR SCHOOLS, CARE FOR THEM AS THEY CARE FOR OUR CHILDREN.
WE PRAY FOR OUR BOARD AND ADMINISTRATORS OF SCHOOLS.
GRANT US ALL WISDOM AND SOUND JUDGMENT AND HELP US TO KEEP CHILDREN'S WELLBEING AT THE HEART OF EVERYTHING WE DO.
MR. TAPPIN, SUPERINTENDENT, DR.
NARCIS CITIZENS AND FRIENDS OF EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH.
THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING OUR CADETS TO LEAD THE PLANTS ON TODAY.
I'M COLONEL SUTTON SENIOR ARM INSTRUCTOR AT NORTHEAST HIGH SCHOOL, WHERE I HAVE THE PLEASURE OF SERVING ON THE AWESOME LEADERSHIP OF MS. SHAWANO ROSS, OUR HIT VIKING.
I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE EAST BATON ROUGE PAIRS, DIRECTOR OF ARMY INSTRUCTOR AND ARMY INSTRUCTION.
LIEUTENANT COLONEL RETIRED, FULTON JOHNSON.
IT IS MY DISTINCT PLEASURE TO INTRODUCE ONE OF OUR TOP THIRD YEAR CADETS.
OUR CADET TODAY IS THE DAUGHTER OF MS. MARSHALL WHITE AND NAVY CHIEF RETIRED ANDREW BLATZ OF PRIDE LOUISIANA.
SHE IS OUR S3 OPERATIONS OFFICER, AND ADDITIONALLY, SHE HAS PARTICIPATED IN THE HONOR AND COLOR GUARD TEAMS FOR THREE YEARS.
JUST THIS PAST YEAR, SHE COMPLETED, SHE COMPLETED TWO SUMMER CAMPS, THE GRTC LEADERSHIP CAMP, AND SHE SERVED AS A YOUTH MENTOR AT HER CHURCH CAMP.
SHE ACTIVELY PARTICIPATES IN JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT AS A MENTOR.
HER CUMULATIVE GPA IS 3.1, BUT HER GOAL IS TO IMPROVE HER GPA TO A 3.8 OR BETTER THIS SCHOOL YEAR, THIS DILIGENT AND WELL-MANNERED CADET PLANS TO APPLY FOR THE SENIOR ROTC SCHOLARSHIP AT SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY, WHERE SHE DESIRES TO MAJOR IN NURSING.
HER FAVORITE LEADERSHIP PRINCIPLE IS LEAD BY EXAMPLE.
SHE STRIDES TO LEAD BY EXAMPLE EVERY DAY IN HER SCHOOL AND ALSO IN THE PRIDE COMMUNITY.
MANY DESCRIBE HER AS COMPASSIONATE AND ALSO A SOCIAL BUTTERFLY.
SHE CONSTANTLY MAKES OTHERS FEEL WELCOMED AND SHE IS ALWAYS WILLING TO ASSIST OTHERS IN NEED.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, IT IS WITH GREAT PRIDE AND RESPECT THAT I INTRODUCED TO YOU.
CADET STAFF, SERGEANT DALAN, LANE MILLER.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD AND SUPERINTENDENT AND, AND RECOGNITION OF ALL YOUR OUTSTANDING ACCOMPLISHMENTS.
WE'D LIKE TO PRESENT YOU WITH THIS METAL.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH OVER HERE.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE.
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WE MOVED NOW TO ITEM EIGHT TO ROLL CALL.MADAM SECRETARY, WILL YOU PLEASE CONDUCT THE ROAD DISTRICT NINE PRESIDENT'S ADMIN PRESENT DISTRICT FOR VICE-PRESIDENT COLLINS DISTRICT ONE.
MR. BLUE DISTRICT TWO, MR. LANICE DISTRICT THREE, MR. HOWARD DISTRICT FIVE, MS. WARD JACKSON PRESENT DISTRICT SIX, MS. NIACIN CRESCENT DISTRICT SEVEN, MR.
UM, W CAN I ASK EVERYBODY TO MAKE SURE THEY'RE LOGGED IN TO THE MEETING? IT IS ACTIVE MS. WHERE JACKSON, I'M SORRY.
UH, SO WHILE WE'RE WORKING ON GETTING LOGGED IN, IF YOU HAVE AN ITEM ON THE AGENDA, YOU WOULD LIKE AN ACTION ITEM ON THE AGENDA YOU WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON.
PLEASE FILL OUT A COMPLETELY, FILL OUT A COMMENT CARD.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT COLOR THEY ARE TONIGHT.
I'LL WAVE ONE AROUND, BUT I DON'T HAVE ONE IN MY HAND, BUT I THINK, UH, YEAH, THERE YOU GO.
THERE ARE PINK AND I SEE YOU DRESS FOR THE OCCASION.
IF I WOULD'VE KNOWN, I COULD HAVE WORN A TIE, EVERYBODY IN.
[B. Minutes]
TO ITEM B ONE APPROVAL OF THE SCHOOL BOARD MINUTES OF THE JULY 21ST, 2022 REGULAR BOARD MEETING, JULY 14TH, 2022, SPECIAL AND SPECIAL, UH, 20, 22 SPECIAL AND SPECIAL MEETING BUDGET MEETINGS AND THE JULY 14TH, 2022 IN AUGUST 4TH, 2022 COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE MEETING AS PUBLISHED IN THE OFFICIAL JOURNAL.UM, MOVED BY MS. BERNARD SECONDED BY MR.
ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS FROM THE AUDIENCE, UM, ON, I DO NOT SEE ANY ON B.
SO, UH, BACK TO THE BOARD, UM, MADAM SECRETARY, PLEASE CONDUCT A LITTLE, THESE VOTE.
THE MOTION CARRIES THE MOTION CARRIES.
[C1. Monthly Financial Report]
[C2. Personnel Changes]
[C3. Public Records Request Monthly Report]
WE MOVE NOW TO ITEM C ONE MONTHLY FINANCIAL REPORT.THIS IS FOR INFORMATION ONLY, ALSO A PERSONNEL CHANGES AND PUBLIC RECORDS REQUESTS, MONTHLY REPORT SEEING NO COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD.
[D1. Update from Superintendent]
WE MOVE TO ITEM D ONE UPDATE FROM THE SUPERINTENDENT DR.THANK YOU, PRESIDENT OF TADEMAN.
WE ARE IN, UH, JUST COMPLETING THE, UH, CLOSE A COUPLE OF YARDS, SECOND WEEK OF SCHOOL.
UH, SO WE REALLY BEEN EXCITED OF GETTING THE SCHOOL UP AND RUNNING AND BE MEETING MANY OF OUR SCHOOL LEADERS TODAY AND ALSO ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS AND CONTINUE TO WORK THROUGH WITH OUR TEACHERS AND PARAPROFESSIONALS, UH, WANTING TO HIGHLIGHT JUST THREE MAJOR THINGS.
ONE WAS, UM, WE WANTED TO JUST RECOGNIZE, UH, THAT, UH, THIS SCHOOL YEAR WE WELCOMED 13 INTERNATIONAL EDUCATORS TEACHING SPANISH AND FRENCH INTO OUR COMMUNITY.
UH, THESE EDUCATORS WILL PROVIDE OUR STUDENTS WITH UNIQUE EXPERIENCE EXPERIENCES THAT WILL EXPOSE THEM TO STUDY OF PROMINENT WORLD LANGUAGES IN COLLEGES.
WITH THESE EXPERIENCES OURSELVES, WE'LL BE ABLE TO DEVELOP A DEEPER UNDERSTANDING OF THE WORLD AROUND THEM AND ABROAD, AND WE'RE JUST EXCITED TO HAVE THEM, UH, JOIN OUR, UH, COMMUNITY.
UH, THE SECOND THING WE WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT JUST, UH, THE PARENT APP, UH, WE'VE LAUNCHED AN INCREDIBLE NEW ONLINE APP TO PROVIDE EASY ACCESS FOR PARENTS.
THERE'S A, HOW TO VIRTUAL GUY FOR PARENTS TO MONITOR AND PARTICIPATE IN THEIR STUDENTS' EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM NEEDS.
AND SO WE JUST WANTED TO KNOW THAT, UH, PARENTS WOULD BE AWARE THAT EVERY SCHOOL HAS AN APP FOR THEIR SCHOOL.
SO WE'D LIKE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE BEGIN TO START USING THAT WE'RE, UM, HAVING AN ONLINE TUTORIAL THAT SO ANY PARENT CAN
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BE AT A CLICK ON THERE, UH, AND ALSO, UH, BE ABLE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN GET TIMELY INFORMATION FROM EACH SCHOOL, UH, FOR PARENTS.UH, AND THE LAST THING I JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT WHERE WE'RE DELIGHTED ABOUT AN AFTERSCHOOL SPORTS PROGRAM BEGINNING AROUND THE DISTRICT, INCLUDING THE SECOND YEAR FOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SPORTS, UH, FOR FLAG FOOTBALL AND VOLLEYBALL.
UH, THESE ARE PROGRAMS THAT MANY HAVE BEEN REQUESTING FOR YEARS, AND WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO SHARING THE EXCITEMENT, UH, FOR THAT.
UH, AND THERE ALSO WILL BE AT THE FOOTBALL JAM BREE EVENT, WHICH WILL BE NEXT WEEK.
ALL STUDENTS AND FAMILIES ARE WELCOME TO COME OUT AND ENJOY THE FUN AND SUPPORT FALL SPORTS AND THEIR SCHOOLS.
AND WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THE START OF THE SCHOOL YEAR AND ALL OF OUR AFTERSCHOOL PROGRAMS, UH, AS WE BEGIN THAT, UH, AS WE GET THROUGH OUR SECOND WEEK OF SCHOOL AND, UH, PRESIDENT, THAT IS MY REPORT.
I SEE NO, UH, QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM, WELL, IT WAS SAVED MS. WHERE JACKSON.
THANK YOU, MR. TENDON, UH, DUCT AND RCS.
I WAS, I WONDERED IF YOU WOULD COMMENT ON, UM, PERSONNEL, I'VE JUST NOTICED IT'S JUST A LOT OF RESIGNATIONS.
WHERE ARE WE TRACKING? UH, I KNOW WE, WE'D SPOKEN A WHILE BACK ABOUT ASKING PEOPLE, UM, DOING LIKE A SURVEY OF, YOU KNOW, WHY THEY LEAVE AND WHERE THEY GO IN.
AND I WONDERED IF, IF WE'RE DOING THAT BECAUSE I'M SEEING A WHOLE LOT OF IT IN, UH, IN THE PERSONNEL REPORT AND A LOT OF IT IS JUST, UH, SWITCHING JOBS AND PERSONAL, UH, YES, WE'RE WE ARE ACTUALLY DOING THAT.
UM, AND YOU ALSO SHOULD ON USE YOU ALSO THAT WE ALSO ARE HIRING A LOT TOO, SO WE'VE USUALLY HAD THIS NUMBER OF TRANSITION EVERY YEAR, UM, AROUND THIS.
UM, IF YOU WANT MORE DETAIL, I CAN HAVE MS. HALL, CAN YOU COME UP FOR A FEW MINUTES JUST TO MAKE SURE WE CAN ANSWER THAT QUESTION AND MAY JUST SHARE WITH A BOARD MEMBER JACKSON AND THE BOARD WHAT'S USUALLY THE PROCESS AS, UH, PEOPLE, UM, UH, EXIT.
SO WHEN I LOOKED AT THE LAST THREE YEARS, 20 20, 20, 21, 20 22, AND I'M LOOKING AT JULY AND AUGUST, AND SINCE WE'RE STILL IN THE MIDDLE OF AUGUST, I'M GOING TO SHARE JULY AS NUMBER.
SO THE TOTAL NUMBER OF RESIGNATION IN JULY 20TH, 2030 4, 20 21, 80 20, 22, 56, UM, IN AUGUST, UH, LAST IN 20 20, 20, 20 14, UH, 20 21 63.
AND AS OF TODAY, WE'RE AT 30 IN TERMS OF RESIGNATION.
SO IF YOU COULD JUST SHARE ANY TIME WE HAVE ANYONE THAT, UM, RESIGNS FROM THE ORGANIZATION, DO WE DO A PROCESS FOR AN EXIT WE DO IN ACTUALITY, WE TRY TO BE PROACTIVE AS SOON AS I HEAR WHAT'S GOING ON.
UM, THE MANDATE IS WE NEED TO CALL.
WE NEED TO FIND OUT BECAUSE AS SOMETHING AS SIMPLE AS I JUST WANT TO BE CLOSER TO HOME, OR SOMEONE SAID SOMETHING TO ME THAT I DIDN'T LIKE, AND IF WE'RE ABLE TO BE PROACTIVE AND GET AHEAD OF THE SITUATION, HENCE WHY, IF YOU LOOK AT THE NUMBERS, UM, LAST YEAR, JULY 63, UH, LAST YEAR, AUGUST WAS 63.
AND THIS YEAR THUS FAR, WE AT 30 AND JULY OF LAST YEAR, WE'RE AT 80 AND THIS YEAR IS 56.
WE'VE BEEN ON THE PHONES MAN, AND THE CALLS REACHING OUT TEXT MESSAGES, EMAILS, WHATEVER WE COULD DO TO STOP, UM, THE LEAK.
THAT'S WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING, BEING PROACTIVE WITH THAT APPROACH.
AND WE LOOK FOR COMMON TRENDS TO, OKAY.
I WAS JUST WONDERING, CAUSE YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN VISITING A LOT IN THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS AND I KNOW WE REPORTED, WE HAD WHAT, 70 SOMETHING VACANCIES 78 AND YOU KNOW, IN, IN THE SCHOOLS I'VE GOTTEN SOME REALLY HIGH NUMBERS.
SO, YOU KNOW, I WONDERED HOW WE HAVE A REPORT OF SUCH A LOW NUMBER, BUT WHEN WE VISIT THE SCHOOLS, WE WERE HEARING A LOT HIGHER.
SO THE NUMBER OF 78 THAT WE HAD ON AUGUST 4TH THAT INCLUDED WITH THE THREE EXTERNAL PARTNERS, UM, ESS UH, EXTERNS AND PROXIMITY.
UM, SO THERE ARE OUTSIDE PARTNERS THAT WE PARTNER WITH THE, GET A PHYSICAL BODY IN FRONT OF, UM, A STUDENT OR IN FRONT OF A CLASSROOM, I SHOULD SAY.
SO HENCE WHY THIS 78? AND YOU'VE BEEN ABLE TO FEEL WITH SOME OF THESE OTHER ORGANIZATIONS.
IT WAS ABOUT 123 FOR MY MATH SERVES ME CORRECTLY, BUT WE'VE LITERALLY TRIED TO REDUCE, UM, USE ALL OUR RESOURCES THAT WE HAVE AT OUR DISPOSAL.
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AND WE'VE BEEN STARTING THIS CONVERSATION, UH, LIKE BACK IN APRIL WITH ESS TO GET AHEAD, WE WANT IT TO BE EARMARKED.UM, SO THEY LITERALLY EARMARKED ABOUT 91 FOR US LOAN.
UM, WE GOT THE MOST OUT OF ALL THE SURROUNDING DISTRICTS FROM ESS.
SO THAT'S THE ONGOING COLLABORATIVE PARTNERSHIP THAT WE'VE BEEN ENGAGED IN, IN CONVERSATION.
IF I COULD JUST ADD TO THAT, CAUSE I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE CLARIFY, I KNOW THERE'S DIFFERENT NUMBERS THAT ARE SENT OUT.
UM, WHEN WE PUT THE COACHES IN, UM, UH, SOMETIMES YOU ARE REPORTING THE TEACHER OF RECORD.
AND SO REMEMBER COACHES WERE IN TO FILL IN SPOTS UNTIL WE ARE ABLE TO FILL IN THE VACANCY.
SO THERE'S VARIATIONS ON HOW THE REPORTING TENDS TO HAPPEN ON WHETHER THEY HAVE STAFF OR DON'T HAVE TO HAVE STAFF THE WAY WE'VE MEASURED.
OUR NUMBERS WAS WHOEVER HAS A, UM, TEACHER IN FRONT OF THEM.
WE COULD EITHER BE EITHER A LONGTERM SUB, A COACH OR ANY OTHER, UH, POSITION.
SO I JUST WANTED TO GIVE CONTEXT BECAUSE THERE'S BEEN DIFFERENT NUMBERS THAT HAVE BEEN GONE OUT.
UH, AND, AND WHEN PEOPLE SEE, FOR EXAMPLE, IF THEY SAY THERE'S 300 VACANCIES THAT MAY NOT MEAN ALL TEACHERS AND IT MAY ALSO MEAN LIKE IT COULD BE THE TEACHER OF RECORD.
SO TEACHER OF RECORD WOULD BE ONCE YOU HIRE THEM AS THE ACTUAL TEACHER THAT YOU HAVE, THAT WILL BE WITH THEM FOR THE ENTIRE YEAR.
AND SO WITH ALL THOSE, I JUST WANT TO GIVE CONTEXT TO SOME OF THAT INFORMATION.
SO SOMETIMES WHEN REPORTING HAPPENS, THOSE NUMBERS TEND TO FLUCTUATE DEPENDING ON WHO GIVES WHAT REPORT AND HOW ARE WE DOING LIKE WITH, UH, WITH CORE SUBJECTS.
UH, I VISITED ONE IN ONE SCHOOL IN PARTICULAR WHERE THE NUMBER WAS PRETTY LOW THAT IT WAS REPORTED.
BUT, UH, WHEN I WENT TO MCKINLEY, THEY WERE LIKE 22 TO 25 VACANCIES.
AND MOST OF THEM WERE CORE SUBJECTS ACROSS ALL GRADE LEVELS.
SO WE'RE STILL, UM, WE'RE STILL REVIEWING THAT ON A DAILY BASIS.
SO THE NUMBERS IS A MOVING TARGET.
LIKE ALMOST EVERY DAY WE HAVE TO REVISIT.
SO WE MAY HAVE LESS NUMBER AT A SCHOOL YESTERDAY.
AND TODAY WE HAVE FIVE PEOPLE WHO LEAVE, RIGHT, BECAUSE OF WHATEVER REASON, UM, A BETTER PAYING JOB ELSEWHERE, ET CETERA.
AND WE DON'T TYPICALLY KNOW UNTIL THEY DON'T SHOW UP TO WORK.
UM, AND THIS, BECAUSE THE FIRST TWO WEEKS OF SCHOOL HAS BEEN SUPER CHALLENGING AND MAKING SURE FOLKS ARE REPORTING TO WORK AND WE'RE TAKING ATTENDANCE AND, YOU KNOW, BACK AND FORTH WITH THE PRINCIPALS, ENGAGING IN CONVERSATIONS ABOUT ATTENDANCE OF, OF STAFF.
SO THAT'S, THAT'S BEEN A CHALLENGE IN ITSELF.
WELL, JUST KEEP ME POSTED ON HOW THE, HOW, HOW, UM, THE, THE SURVEYS GO WHEN YOU ASK THEM, YOU KNOW, AS THE MONTHS GO UNDERSTAND.
THANK YOU, MS. SQUARE JACKSON, MR.
UH, MS. HALL, JUST, JUST TO BE CLEAR, I DIDN'T WANT THAT TO GET A LOT OF NUMBERS GOT THROWN AROUND AND WE HEAR A LOT OF ANECDOTAL TYPE STORIES AND THINGS, BUT I JUST WANT IT TO BE CLEAR FROM WHICH YOU SAID THE NUMBER OF RESIGNATIONS WE'VE HAD IN JULY AND AUGUST THIS YEAR IS ABOUT 60% OF WHAT WE HAD IN THE PRIOR YEAR.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, WE HEAR THE ANECDOTAL AND WE HEAR PERSONAL STORIES THAT PEOPLE MIGHT KNOW SOMEONE, RIGHT, BUT WE'RE DOING MUCH BETTER THIS YEAR THAN WE DID.
UM, AND IT'S BECAUSE OF THOSE STRATEGIES, THAT'D BE PUT IN PLACES WHERE WE'RE LITERALLY PICKING UP THE PHONE AND MANNING THE PHONE CALL.
SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT GOT OUT AND ALL OF THE PEOPLE, YOU AND ALL YOUR STAFF GETS OUR THANKS FOR THE HARD WORK THAT YOU'VE BEEN DOING.
CAUSE I KNOW THIS IS THE MOST STRESSFUL TIME OF THE YEAR FOR YOU GUYS.
SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR ALL OF YOUR HARD WORK.
THANK YOU, MR. CODEC, SEEING NOR THE QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM THE BOARD.
[E1. Board Appointees]
WE MOVE TO ITEM E ONE, A REPORTS FROM BOARD APPOINTEES TO COMMITTEES OR AGENCIES.ANYONE HAVE A REPORT FROM A COMMITTEE OR AGENCY THAT THEY WORK WITH FOR THIS MEETING.
[F1. Professional Services Contracts-Federal]
F1, UNFINISHED BUSINESS ITEM, MATH, NUMBER ONE, PROFESSIONAL SERVICES CONTRACTS CONSIDERATION OF REQUEST FOR THE APPROVAL OF A PROFESSIONAL SERVICE CONTRACT CONTRACTS BETWEEN THE EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH SCHOOL BOARD AND THE FOLLOWING A CITY YEAR IN THE AMOUNT OF $360,000 TO PROVIDE SUPPORT SERVICES, STRATEGIC ALIGNMENT, STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT, CHIEF FUNDING SOURCE TITLE ONE BE ACHIEVED 3000 INC IN THE AMOUNT OF $1,391,090 TO PROVIDE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND STUDENT WEB-BASED ACTIVITIES, STRATEGIC ALIGNMENT, STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT, FUNDING SOURCEONE THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR EXCELLENCE IN TEACHING IN THE AMOUNT OF FIVE, $454,000 TO PROVIDE SUPPORT AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT ON SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT, BEST PRACTICES, STRATEGIC LIME AND STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT
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FUNDING SOURCE REDESIGN THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR EXCELLENCE IN TEACHING AND THE AMOUNT OF $120,000 TO PROVIDE SUPPORT AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT ON SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT, BEST PRACTICES, STRATEGIC ALIGNMENT, STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT, FUNDING SOURCE TITLE TO AF RETHINK ADD IN THE AMOUNT OF $175,000 TO PROVIDE FOR SOCIAL, EMOTIONAL LEARNING AND MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT SERVICES, STRATEGIC ALIGNMENT, STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT, AND EMPLOYEE DEVELOPMENT FUNDING SOURCEDO I HAVE A MOTION MOVED BY MR. BALLOU SECONDED BY, UM, MR.
AND I'D LOVE MISS, UH, SONYA MS. HEIDI, SONYA.
THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK.
UM, I'M HERE IN FAVOR OF RENEWING THE ACHIEVE 3000 CONTRACT.
MY SON IS AN EIGHTH GRADER AT WESTDALE MIDDLE AND HE IS IN NEW IMMERSION LANGUAGE TRACK AND HE IS IN ADVANCED CLASSES.
AND I DO HAVE TO SAY THAT ACHIEVE 3000 HAS HELPED HIM TO ACHIEVE THAT.
HE ENJOYS GETTING ONLINE AND LEARNING AS OPPOSED TO JUST SITTING IN A CHAIR ALL DAY AND NOT BEING ABLE TO FIDGET.
UM, ALSO HE LOVES FISHING AND WHEN HE GETS ON THE ACHIEVE 3000 WEBSITE, THERE ARE ALL THESE FABULOUS VIDEOS AND STORIES, AND, UM, HE'S ABLE TO NOT JUST HELP ADVANCE HIS READING.
HE'S ALSO ABLE TO HELP HIS COMPREHENSION AND LEARN ABOUT SCIENCE AND RIVERS AND FISH AND ALL THESE WONDERFUL THINGS.
BUT I ALSO THINK IT HELPS STRUGGLING READERS.
I THINK IT HELPS LANGUAGE LEARNERS.
THEY CAN SET INDIVIDUAL GOALS AND ACHIEVE THEM.
THE TEACHERS ARE AWARE OF THEIR LEVELS AND ASSESSMENTS AND CAN CURTAIL THE CRITERIA TO THAT.
I JUST THINK IT'S A GREAT PROGRAM.
AND WITH ALL OF THE EMPHASIS WE HAVE ON OUR STANDARDIZED TESTING THESE DAYS, WHICH NEEDS TO BE LANGUAGE.
I SAY LANGUAGE, I SHOULD SAY MORE LIKE READING COMPREHENSION AND, UM, SKILLS.
I THINK THIS IS JUST A FANTASTIC TOOL TO HELP THE DISTRICT, THE STUDENT, THE CLASSROOMS, EVERYTHING TO CONTINUE TO ADVANCE AND DO WELL.
CAUSE THERE WERE SO MANY OF THEM.
I WOULD ASK THAT YOU GUYS BIFURCATE, UM, I GUESS FOR CASE NOT REALLY THE CORRECT WORD, CAUSE TRIFURCATE, THERE WE GO.
UM, THIS, BECAUSE THERE ARE SEVERAL OF THESE THAT ABSOLUTELY NEED TO GO THROUGH TONIGHT, BUT THERE ARE TWO THAT YOU NEED TO PULL OFF, UM, ACHIEVE 3000 AND RETHINK ED NEEDS TO COME OFF THE REST.
I WOULD LIKE TO SEE, GO THROUGH, UM, I SENT YOU ALL AN EMAIL, UH, LAST NIGHT AND I DID ALL THE RESEARCH FOR YOU.
I PUT THE LINKS IN, I HAD TO DO WAS CLICK THE LINK AND IT TOOK YOU DIRECTLY TO, UH, BESSIE'S WEBSITE TELLING YOU EXACTLY WHAT, HOW THE FUNDS FOR US ARE TOO AND S3 WE'RE ALLOWED TO BE USED.
AND IT TOOK YOU DIRECTLY TO THE STUDIES BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO BE EVIDENCE-BASED ACHIEVE 3000 IS NOT EVIDENCE-BASED ACHIEVE 3000 HAS NO DISCERNIBLE EFFECT IN THE ONE STUDY DONE IN 2018, THAT WAS DONE ON 14,493 STUDENTS GRADES TWO AND THREE.
THEREFORE IF WE USE ESSER FUNDS THAT IS AGAINST FEDERAL REGULATION OF SR MONIES, WE CAN'T USE IT.
UM, FOR RETHINK IT, IT DOES NOT HAVE A SINGLE STUDY.
SO NOT ONLY IS IT NOT EVIDENCE-BASED, IT AIN'T EVEN RESEARCHED, BUT HERE'S ONE BIGGER THAN THAT, REGARDLESS OF WHAT YOU THINK ABOUT THAT VOTE 60 DAYS AGO, REGARDLESS OF WHAT YOU THINK ABOUT THE PROGRAM, REGARDLESS OF HOW MUCH YOU THINK YOU LIKE IT, REGARDLESS OF THE FACT THAT WE ALL KNOW SEL IS IMPORTANT.
I DON'T THINK ANY OF US DISAGREE WITH THAT, THIS BOARD, EVEN THE ONES WHO WEREN'T PRESENT 60 DAYS AGO KILLED IT 60 DAYS AGO, THE LAST NINE DAYS.
IF YOU WASN'T HERE, YOU DIDN'T VOTE.
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60 DAYS AGO, WE KILLED IT.THE LAST NINE DAYS, EVERY TEACHER IN THIS DISTRICT HAS SPENT 20 MINUTES TEACHING RETHINK ED THAT GOES AGAINST THIS BOARD THAT IS ABSOLUTE DISRESPECT TO THE AUTHORITY OF THIS BOARD.
BECAUSE FOR THE LAST NINE DAYS, WE HAVE BEEN DOING A RETHINK ED EVERY SINGLE DAY, EVERY SINGLE TEACHER IN THIS DISTRICT, THAT'S AGAINST YOUR AUTHORITY, REGARDLESS OF WHAT YOU THINK ABOUT THE PROGRAM THAT IS DISRESPECTFUL TO YOU AND YOUR CONSTITUENTS AND WHO VOTED YOU IN BECAUSE SUPERINTENDENT NARCIS WASN'T VOTED FOR BY THE CONSTITUENTS OF THIS DISTRICT.
UM, MS. STELL, LET'S SAY THAT RIGHT, STEPHANIE? YES.
AND IF I DIDN'T EXPLAIN FOR THOSE WHO HAVEN'T BEEN HERE, YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES.
WHEN YOU HAVE A MINUTE LEFT, THE YELLOW LIGHT COMES ON.
YES MA'AM AND SHE'LL START YOU.
UM, BOARD, MY BOARD PRESIDENT CHAP, TAT MEN, DR.
UM, IT'S AN ORGANIZATION THAT I'VE BEEN WITH FOR THE PAST EIGHT YEARS.
I WAS A TEACHER IN EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH FOR 10 YEARS.
UM, AND I WOULDN'T SPEAK ON BEHALF OF SOMETHING THAT I DIDN'T BELIEVE IN.
UM, SO I JUST WANTED TO SHARE SOME DATA WITH YOU ALL ABOUT OUR SERVICE IN BATON ROUGE.
UM, LAST SCHOOL YEAR, WE SERVED IN FOUR OF YOUR SCHOOLS.
UM, AT THE END OF THE SCHOOL YEAR 93% OF OUR PRINCIPALS FELT THAT THE OVERALL EXPERIENCE OF PARTNERING WITH CITY YEAR WAS A GOOD EXPERIENCE.
UM, 94% OF TEACHERS FELT THAT WAY AT THE END OF THE SCHOOL YEAR, LAST YEAR, CITY YEAR HAD A POSITIVE IMPACT IN THE SCHOOL'S CULTURE AND CLIMATE 97% OF TEACHERS FELT THAT WAY.
AND 94% OF, UM, PARTNER TEACHERS FELT THAT WAY.
UM, EVEN THOUGH WE DID GET LIKE WITH THE WAS KIND OF DISAPPOINTED WHEN THE CONTRACT DID NOT GET PASSED IN JUNE, IT STILL HAS NOT DETERRED US FROM SERVING IN EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH.
WE HELPED TO PREPARE FOR YOUR BACK TO SCHOOL BASH.
AND WE WERE ON THE GROUND AND THAT RIVER CENTER RUNNING BACK AND FORTH JUST LIKE YOU ALL WERE, EVEN THOUGH WE DON'T HAVE A CONTRACT, WE STILL ASK, CAN WE STILL GO AND VOLUNTEER IN SCHOOLS? AND WE HAVE BEEN AT SCHOOLS THE THURSDAY BEFORE, SINCE BEFORE THE SCHOOL STARTED AND WE'RE STILL ON THE GROUND SUPPORTING STUDENTS JUST AS WE SHOULD BE.
UM, SO I'M HERE TO IMPLORE YOU TO REALLY THINK LONG AND HARD ABOUT TAKING THOSE 35 AMERICORPS MEMBERS AND FOR IMPACT MANAGERS OFF THOSE CAMPUSES.
BECAUSE I KNOW FOR A FACT WE ARE NEEDED.
I WENT TO A SCHOOL ON MONDAY AND THERE WAS A THING, IT WAS A LONG-TERM SUB IN A CLASS.
AND SHE WAS LIKE, COME HERE, YOU KNOW, I NEED YOU, YOU, WHAT OTHER KEY? IT'S LIKE, IT'S LIKE, AND I HAD MY UNIFORM ON AND I'M LIKE, YES, MA'AM, I'M NOT AN AMERICORPS MEMBER, BUT I'M COMING IN HERE TO SERVE AT ANY CAPACITY THAT I CAN, AS I CAN SPEAK FOR ANY STAFF AT CITY OR BATON ROUGE, WE'RE GOING TO HELP SUPPORT WHEREVER DEFICIENCIES OR GAPS, BUT IT'S ALL ABOUT STUDENTS.
AND WHAT I CAN SAY ABOUT OUR AMERICORPS MEMBERS THIS YEAR IS THAT ABOUT 30 TO 40% OF THE AMERICORPS MEMBERS THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVING HAVE SERVED THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE SERVING IN BATON ROUGE OR GRADUATES ARE FORM OF FOCUS LIST.
STUDENTS THAT GRADUATED FROM EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH SCHOOL SYSTEMS. SO WE'RE NOT JUST A PIPELINE FROM PEOPLE COMING ALL OVER THE, FROM THE COUNTRY COMING TO SERVE IN BATON ROUGE.
WE'VE BECOME ALMOST LIKE 13TH GRADE OR A GAP YEAR FOR YOUR STUDENTS, OUR STUDENTS, THIS COMMUNITY STUDENTS TO SERVE IN SCHOOLS.
AND NOT ONLY ARE THEY SERVING, BUT THEY'RE SERVING AND THEY'RE GIVING BACK BECAUSE SOMEONE GAVE TO THEM.
SO I WOULD JUST ASK THAT YOU PLEASE PASS THIS MEASURE.
UM, AND SO THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO SERVE, UM, IN EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH NOW AND IN THE FUTURE.
SEE NO OTHER, UH, COMING CARDS FROM THE PUBLIC.
UH, WE COME BACK TO THE BOARD.
ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM THE BOARD? MS. WEIGHER JACKSON.
UM, I AM SO GLAD THIS PACKAGE HAS, UH, COME BACK.
UM, COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO I WAS ASKING TWO SEPARATE ITEMS OUT OF IT BECAUSE I HAD, UH, A COUPLE OF CONCERNS AND, UM, WELL THAT FAILED, UH, ASKED TO SEND IT TO A SPECIAL MEETING BECAUSE I KNEW WE DIDN'T HAVE THE VOTES TO PASS THE WHOLE THING AFTER THAT FAILED AND THE BOARD STILL WOULDN'T ALLOW.
AND, UH, SO THE WHOLE THING FAILED EVEN WITH ALL THE WARNING.
UM, BUT I AM SO GLAD THAT IT IS BACK AND, UH, ESPECIALLY FOR CITY YEAR, BECAUSE I JUST, I AM SUCH A FAN OF, OF CITY YEAR.
I LOVE WHAT THEY DO IN THE SCHOOLS, NOT ONLY IN THE SCHOOLS, BUT IN THE COMMUNITY AND, UM,
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JUST AN OUTSTANDING ORGANIZATION.UM, SO I'M GLAD WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO, UH, BRING THIS BACK.
I WOULD, UH, ASK IF WE COULD, UH, SEPARATE A COUPLE OF ITEMS OUT.
I HATE TO NOT VOTE FOR THE WHOLE THING.
UH, I DO HAVE CONCERN ABOUT, UM, THE ACHIEVE 3000.
THAT WAS THE, THE ITEM THAT I WAS CONCERNED ABOUT A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO.
AND, UM, IF WE COULD ALLOW TO, UM, PULL THAT OUT, ESPECIALLY WITH THAT NEW INFORMATION AROUND WHAT BESSIE ACTUALLY REQUIRES, UM, THIS, THIS IS NEW, UM, AND THAT'S CONCERNING TO ME, UH, YOU KNOW, I, I DO LIKE TO STAY WITHIN THE LINES, SO TO SPEAK AND, UM, WITHOUT IT BEING EVIDENCE-BASED, ALTHOUGH I DO APPRECIATE THE TESTIMONY, UH, FROM THE PARENT, UH, I'M SURE THAT IT HAS HELPED, BUT I AM CONCERNED ABOUT WHERE WE SPEND THOSE EXTRA DOLLARS, ESPECIALLY WHEN BESSIE IS GIVEN A CERTAIN DIRECTION.
UH, SO, UM, IF I MIGHT BE ABLE TO MAKE A SUBSTITUTE MOTION THAT WE PULL THOSE TWO OUT AND VOTE ON THEM SEPARATELY, UM, MS. WHERE JACKSON HAS OFFERED A SUBSTITUTE MOTION, IS THERE A SECOND TO THAT MOTION THAT MOTION FAILS FOR LACK OF A SECOND, YOU STILL HAVE TIME ON THE CLOCK AND SPIRITUAL? WELL, I JUST WANTED TO EXPLAIN THAT AND, UM, UH, I DO NOT, I'M GLAD THAT EVERYBODY'S HERE MOST, EVERYBODY SO THAT, YOU KNOW, MY, MY OTHER ITEMS WILL HAVE NO PROBLEM, UM, PASSING WITHOUT MY VOTE IN THIS MATTER.
THANK YOU, MR. JACKSON, MR. BLUE.
I WAS READING THROUGH A, THE RETHINK ED AND SEE THAT THEY DO IT SEL ASSESSMENTS, UH, IN THE SPRING AND FALL.
UM, I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE ASSESSMENTS THEMSELVES, BUT I'D LIKE TO SEE A COPY OF THOSE ASSESSMENTS JUST SINCE IT'S KIND OF NEW MATERIAL, UH, LIKE TO SEE WHAT'S WHAT, UH, THERE'S ASSESSMENTS, WHAT TYPE OF, UH, OR IN THERE, SINCE WE'RE, WE'RE TRACKING IT ON OUR STRATEGIC PLAN.
THANK YOU, MR. BALLOU, MR. BERNARD, ON THOSE ASSESSMENTS, I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IF PARENTS HAVE THE OPTION TO OPT OUT OF THE COLLECTION OF THAT INFORMATION FOR, ON BEHALF OF THEIR STUDENTS.
SO I'LL MAKE SURE I'M CLEAR, UH, MS. BERNARD, YOU WANT TO NOTE THEY CAN OPT OUT OF TAKING THOSE ASSESSMENTS? YES, IT'S SEL.
YEAH, I BELIEVE THEY CAN DO THAT.
AND ARE WE PROVIDING THEM WITH A EASY, SIMPLE MEANS TO DO SO IF THEY CHOOSE, UH, I'D HAVE TO CHECK WHERE OUR PROCESSES ARE AT THIS AT THE SCHOOLS, BUT WE CAN DO THAT.
AND THE, AND THE, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE CORRECT FOR THE PUBLIC, UH, BOTH OUR EVIDENCE-BASE.
UM, SO I DON'T WANT TO GO IN A BACK AND FORTH ABOUT IT, BUT, UM, WE ACTUALLY HAVE DOCUMENTATION OF THAT FOR BOTH ACHIEVE 3000 AND RETHINK THEIR USE AROUND THE NATION BY MANY DISTRICTS IN THE COUNTRY.
I JUST WAS CONCERNED WITH THE OPT-OUT FOR THE PARENTS AND SOMETIMES, YOU KNOW, JUST TO MAKE IT REAL SIMPLE, LIKE A FILLABLE PDF OR SOMETHING, OR A FORM ON A WEBSITE THAT CAN BE COLLECTED WITH, UH, YOU KNOW, A MEANS OF VERIFYING THAT THEY ARE, WHO THEY SAY THEY WERE.
THANK YOU, MS. BERNARD, SEEING NO OTHER, MR. HOWARD, THANK YOU, PRESIDENT SIMON.
UM, I JUST WANTED TO LIFT UP TO THE ADMINISTRATION AND TO DR.
UM, BUT SOME TIME AGO WE DID ASK FOR LIKE THIS, UH, TRACKING OF MEASURING IMPACT FOR THINGS LIKE THESE PARTICULAR CONTRACTS.
SO WE JUST WANTED TO, UH, ADD SOME, WHEN CAN WE EXPECT TO SEE, UM, LIKE QUARTERLY? LIKE HOW DID YOU GUYS DECIDE ABOUT THE EFFICIENCY OF THESE? ARE THEY DOING WHAT WE SAID THEY WOULD DO? AND JUST MAKING SURE THAT WE CONTINUOUSLY HAVE THOSE UPDATES, UM, AS WE DECIDE ON THESE LEVEL OF CONTRACTS, THANK YOU.
WE CAN PROVIDE THAT RIGHT AWAY.
I'D LIKE TO, I'D LIKE TO SEE THAT TOO.
I'M SEEING NO OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM THE BOARD.
UH, MADAM SECRETARY, PLEASE CONDUCT A VOTE.
PLEASE VOTE THE MOTION CARRIES.
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THANK YOU.[F2. Expenditures: Pathways to Bright Futures]
MOVE TO ITEM F TWO CONSIDERATION REQUEST FOR THE APPROVAL OF THE PATHWAYS TO BRIGHT FUTURES EXPENDITURES, A MOVED BY MR. LANDIS AND SECONDED BY MR. GO DAY.I'M MISSING SOMETHING IS WE'RE DOING OKAY.
I SEE NO COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD AT THIS POINT.
SO WE GO TO THE AUDIENCE, MS. MATTHEWS, THE STATE LAW REQUIRES PARENTS, CHILDREN, AND THE COUNSELOR, A CHOICE.
I WOULD 100% BE BEHIND THIS PLAN.
NARCIS WOULD OPENLY ON RECORD, IT MEANT THE CHILDREN AND PARENTS HAVE A CHOICE, EVEN THOUGH I DON'T KNOW WHERE THE MONEY'S GOING TO COME FROM, I WOULD BE BEHIND IT.
IF YOU ADMIT ON RECORD, THERE IS A CHOICE, BUT NOW THERE'S A CHILD THAT LIBERTY THAT THE MOM CALLED LIBERTY.
THEY SAID YOU DON'T HAVE A CHOICE.
THE PARENTS HAVE TO SIGN A PERMISSION SLIP DON'T THEY? YEAH, THEY DO A, PARENT'S NOT GOING TO SIGN IT.
SO WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO DO, WE HAVE A PARENT, A 13 YEAR OLD AT WOODLAWN, HIGH BEING FORCED TO TAKE THE AP CLASS.
THAT'S NOT WHAT THE PARENT WANTS.
THEY CAN'T EVEN CHOOSE THE DUAL ENROLLMENT OR THE AP, WHICH IS PART OF SUPPOSEDLY YOUR OPTION OF THE CHOICE, WHICH ISN'T THE STATE LAW.
UM, THERE'S AT LEAST ONE FAMILY AT MCKINLEY WITH A SENIOR THAT ONLY NEEDS ONE CLASS TO GRADUATE.
BUT INSTEAD OF HER BEING PLACED IN THE D VANESSA, SHE WAS PLACED AT BEING PLACED IN THE D SHE WAS GIVEN A BUNCH OF CLASSES.
AREN'T BEING GIVEN A CHOICE, STATE LAW MANDATES THE CHOICE, I'D BE 100% BEHIND IT.
IT'S A GOOD PLAN IN THE VAST MAJORITY OF THIS BOARD HAS AGREED.
THEY LIKE IT, EXCEPT FOR THE MANDATE BITCHY.
YET YOU FAIL TO ADMIT THAT IT'S NOT MANDATED.
THERE'S ONE SCHOOL IN THIS DISTRICT, MANDATING IT.
AND THAT'S SIMPLY BECAUSE OF WHO HIS WIFE IS.
UM, MR. CALEB HOMES IS HERE IN THE AUDIENCE.
HE DOES NOT WISH TO SPEAK, BUT OPPOSES THE RECOMMENDATION THAT I GET THAT RIGHT.
I SEE NO OTHER COMMENT CARDS FROM THE AUDIENCE.
SO WE GO BACK TO THE BOARD MS. WHERE JACKSON.
UM, SAME PROBLEM IN THE BEGINNING OF WHEN I SPOKE WITH, UH, DR.
NARCIS EARLY, WHEN WE WERE LOOKING AT, UM, AN EVEN HIGHER LEVEL OF REQUIREMENT, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE FIRST STARTED OUT, IT'S EVOLVED A WHOLE LOT.
WE, WE AT FIRST ASKED FOR FOUR COURSES PER STUDENT, PER YEAR, AND THEN AS WE MOVE THROUGH AND WE HEARD OBJECTIONS FROM PARENTS AT THE MEETINGS, EVERY MEETING THAT WE HAD, THERE WAS ONLY ONE, ONE THING THAT PARENTS DID NOT APPROVE OF WITH, UH, PATHWAYS.
AND THAT WAS THE LACK OF THE ABILITY TO CHOOSE, TO NOT PARTICIPATE BECAUSE OF WHATEVER THE CIRCUMSTANCE IS WITH THEIR CHILD OR WITH THEIR FAMILY.
UM, YOU KNOW, I, I KNOW, UH, PERSONALLY HAVE, UM, A FAMILY THAT HAS A CHILD IN THE SEVENTH GRADE THAT HAS ANXIETY RIGHT NOW BECAUSE HE'S AFRAID OF WHEN HE MOVES INTO NINTH GRADE AND HE'S ALREADY BEHIND, UM, YOU KNOW, WE, WE SPEAK ABOUT CHOICE WE'VE, WE'VE PRAISED CHOICE FOR YEARS AND YEARS.
AND ALSO IT JUST GOES AGAINST THE GRAIN NOW TO SAY THAT YOU DON'T HAVE A CHOICE.
UM, AND, UH, WE HAD A REALLY WONDERFUL, UH, PRESENTATION.
UM, I THINK IT WAS AT LAST WEEK AT OUR STATE OF THE SCHOOLS ADDRESS AND, UM, BEAUTIFUL
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PRESENTATION.AND I WAS HEARING WORDS LIKE OPTIONS AND CHOICES AND OPPORTUNITY, BUT IT WAS NEVER MENTIONED THAT, UM, THAT M WORD IS ACTUALLY IN THERE.
YOU KNOW, YOU DON'T, IT'S NOT REALLY A CHOICE.
YOU CAN CHOOSE BETWEEN THOSE THREE, BUT YOU MUST CHOOSE ONE OF THOSE THREE.
AND IN THE CIRCUMSTANCES THAT WE'VE HEARD RECENTLY, EVEN IN SOME CASES NOW WHERE KIDS ARE BEING PLACED INTO THINGS AND THAT THEY DID NOT CHOOSE, AND, UH, PARENTS ARE TRYING TO RESOLVE THAT AND THEY, THEY CAN'T CHOOSE.
UM, YOU KNOW, I'M NOT REALLY SOLD ON THE, UM, THE PILOT AND THE RESULTS OF THE PILOT AND HOW MANY KIDS ACTUALLY, UM, PASSED.
AND SO I HAVE A LOT OF RESERVATION, YOU KNOW, NOT ONLY AS A PARENT, YOU KNOW, MYSELF, IF I WERE IN SCHOOL, IF I HAD CHILDREN IN SCHOOL, IT WOULD BE PROBLEMATIC, UH, FOR ME, UH, BECAUSE I HAVE DIFFERENT TYPES OF CHILDREN AND, YOU KNOW, NONE OF THEM ARE THE SAME.
UM, AND I APPRECIATE SO MUCH THESE OPPORTUNITIES TO, UH, OPEN THE DOORS TO, UM, NINTH GRADERS, TO BE ABLE TO TAKE THESE HIGHER LEVEL COURSES.
BUT I AM CONCERNED FOR THOSE THAT ARE ON THE SIXTH GRADE LEVEL, MOVING INTO NINTH GRADE AND, UM, ARE NOT READY AND WE'RE BASICALLY FORCING THEM TO DO SO.
UM, SO FOR MONTHS, YOU KNOW, WE'VE SPOKEN ABOUT THIS AND, UM, IT STILL, HASN'T BEEN REALLY CLEAR AS TO WHETHER PARENTS AND, AND, UH, AND STUDENTS ACTUALLY DO HAVE A CHOICE.
IT IS A WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY.
AND I HIGHLY RECOMMENDED, I BELIEVE THAT IF WE REALLY MARKETED IT IN A WAY THAT WE REALLY DID SHOW THE BENEFITS AND EVEN ALL OF THE, THE MONEY THAT YOU WILL SAVE, IF YOU, IF YOU WILL TAKE THESE COURSES, UM, IT'S PHENOMENAL.
YOU KNOW, I HIGHLY RECOMMENDED AND I IMPLORE PARENTS TO, UM, TO TRY THIS.
UH, BUT I HAVE TO, I HAVE TO STAND FIRM ON THE IDEA OF CHOICE.
YOU KNOW, I'VE SPOKEN ABOUT CHOICE FOR THE WHOLE TIME I'VE, I'VE PARTICIPATED ON THIS BOARD.
SO I WOULD BE, IT WOULD BE LIKE A DOUBLE STANDARD FOR ME.
AND, AND I'VE, I'M REALLY, REALLY, UM, WEARY OF DOUBLE STANDARDS, UH, ON THIS BOARD.
SO, UH, FOR THAT REASON I HAVE TO VOTE, NO, UH, ALTHOUGH I IMPLORE YOU PARENTS TO TRY THIS, UH, ENCOURAGE YOUR CHILDREN.
UH, BUT I UNDERSTAND THAT YOU, YOU DO WANT TO, UM, KEEP YOUR RIGHT TO CHOOSE.
THANK YOU, MR. JACKSON, MR. HOWARD, THANK YOU, PRESIDENT SIMON.
UM, SO I'LL JUST SPEAK, UH, BRIEFLY, AND THEN I WANT TO CALL UP, UH, YOU MAKE THE NAME OF SLIPPING.
UM, SO I, I SUPPORT THIS PROGRAM.
UM, I SUPPORT THE OPPORTUNITY TO INCREASE ACCESS TO DUAL ENROLLMENT SPECIFICALLY, UM, IN THIS DISTRICT THAT WE SERVICES OVER 75% OF AFRICAN-AMERICAN STUDENTS.
AND, UM, FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, UH, THE STATE OF LOUISIANA HAS EMPLOYED A TASK FORCE TO REALLY FIGURE OUT WHAT WERE THE BARRIERS TO ACCESS AND ON THE ROADMAP.
AND WHAT WE SEE IN, IN, FROM THE STATE DATA IS THAT WHITE STUDENTS ARE TAKING THE ADVANTAGE OF THESE OPPORTUNITIES.
AND SO I IMPLORE THIS COMMUNITY IN THIS DISTRICT TO THINK GREATER ABOUT THE KIND OF EXPECTATIONS WE SET FOR OUR KIDS.
WE HAVE BEEN TALKING SO MUCH ABOUT WHAT KIDS CAN'T DO AND WHO'S NOT READY, OR WE TO DECIDE THAT A KID IS NOT READY TO BE HERE TO A HIGHER EXPECTATION.
AND WHO ARE WE TO NOT THINK THAT WE CAN IMPLEMENT THE RESOURCES THAT ARE NECESSARY TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERY KID CAN ACHIEVE TO THIS LEVEL? UM, WE HAVE SPENT A LONG TIME IN LOUISIANA, GRADUATING KIDS TO ABSOLUTELY NOTHING.
AND SO WE HAVE TO THINK OF THIS AS A MIND SHIFT, A MINDSET SHIFT, AND WE CAN'T CONTINUE TO DO THE SAME THING AND EXPECT DIFFERENT RESULTS.
SO WE CONSTANTLY GET IN HERE AND TALK ABOUT WHAT KIDS CAN DO AND MANDATES AND THIS AND THIS AND THAT, BUT WE HAVE TO HOLD KIDS TO HIGH EXPECTATIONS AND GIVE THEM THE TOOLS AND RESOURCES THEY NEED TO BE SUCCESSFUL.
SO OTHER THAN TALK ABOUT WHAT OUR KIDS CAN DO, LET'S TALK ABOUT WHAT THEY CAN DO WITH THE RIGHT SYSTEMS AND RESOURCES IN PLACE.
SO I WILL INVITE YOU MS. WAY WHETHER TO COME AND TALK TO US ABOUT THE PILOT PROGRAM BEFORE, AS SHE COME TO THE LAST THING THAT I WOULD SAY I'VE SPENT THE LAST YEAR IN MY WORK, UM, IN MY DAY JOB, TALKING TO KIDS ACROSS THE STATE OF LOUISIANA ABOUT THE POTENTIAL OPPORTUNITIES OF HAVING ACCESS TO DUAL ENROLLMENT FROM A COLLECTIVE, UH, THING.
AND SO WE HEAR STORIES ABOUT ONE AND TWO STUDENTS HERE AND THERE, BUT THE OVERWHELMING MAJORITY OF THE STUDENTS THAT WE'VE TALKED TO FROM SHREVEPORT TO NEW ORLEANS ARE LOOKING FOR AN OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE ACCESS
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TO THIS KIND OF COURSEWORK AT THE MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL.SO PLEASE TELL US MORE ABOUT THE PATHWAYS PROGRAM.
I'LL TRY TO KEEP IT BRIEF, MR. CHAIRMAN, I GUESS, YOU KNOW, THAT I LIKE TO TALK.
SO, UH, MS. WHERE JACKSON, I DO WANT TO ADDRESS SOMETHING THAT, UH, YOU MENTIONED, UM, I'M NOT SURE IF YOU KNOW MY BACKGROUND, BUT I COME FROM YEARS IN ACCOUNTABILITY AS THE TEST COORDINATOR.
SO ONE OF MY ACCOLADES FOR MYSELF IS THAT I'M EXTREMELY LEGAL AND ETHICAL.
THAT COMES FROM THAT BACKGROUND.
SO I WILL TELL YOU THAT ANY DATA THAT YOU SEE FROM GLENOAKS IS TRUE DATA.
UM, I WILL TELL YOU THAT THAT DATA DIDN'T COME WITHOUT EXTREME SUPPORT, INTERVENTION, AND RESOURCES IN THOSE CLASSROOMS TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN.
UM, I GUESS WHAT I CAN SHARE WITH THE BOARD IN THE SHORT TIME THAT I HAVE IS IF YOU DIDN'T ALREADY KNOW THESE TYPES OF PROGRAMS, ESPECIALLY DUAL ENROLLMENT, BUT MORE SO ADVANCED COURSEWORK IS IMPLEMENTED IN ALL OF THE STATES AROUND US, UH, INCLUDING MISSISSIPPI, UM, WHERE THERE IS A MANDATE FOR EVERY STUDENT GRADUATING THAT THEY MUST MUST HAVE SOME TYPE OF AN ENDORSEMENT ON THEIR DIPLOMA.
SOME TYPE OF AN ADVANCED COURSEWORK MANDATE ON THEIR DIPLOMA IN ORDER TO ACHIEVE GRADUATION, THAT CAN BE THROUGH KATE OR C TECH TYPE COURSES.
IT CAN BE THROUGH AP OR DUAL ENROLLMENT COURSES, BUT THERE MUST BE SOMETHING THAT ALLOWS THEM TO WALK OUT OF HIGH SCHOOL WITHOUT A BASIC DIPLOMA.
SO THAT THAT STATE AND THOSE DISTRICTS ARE SURE THAT THEY HAVE PUT THEIR STUDENTS OUT TO BE ABLE TO DO SOMETHING WHEN THEY LEAVE HIGH SCHOOL.
SO THAT IS A LOT OF WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO DO HERE WITH PATHWAYS TO BRIGHT FUTURES IS JUST TO GIVE OUR STUDENTS SOME TYPE OF AN ADVANTAGE, WHETHER THAT BE DUAL ENROLLMENT, WHETHER THAT BE AN ASSOCIATES DEGREE, WHETHER THAT BE SOME TYPE OF CREDIT THAT ALLOWS THEM A LEG UP WHEN THEY ARE GOING OUT INTO THE WORKFORCE OR INTO COLLEGE.
AND THAT'S REALLY ALL THIS IS ABOUT IN SUMMING UP PATHWAYS TO BRIGHT FUTURES IS AN OPPORTUNITY.
UM, I DON'T TYPICALLY SPEAK ABOUT PERSONAL STUDENT OR FAMILY DATA, BUT SINCE MS. MATTHEWS UP, UM, A COUPLE OF INSTANCES, I WILL TELL YOU THAT THAT STUDENT AT WOODLAWN, UH, HAS BEEN GIVEN THEIR CHOICE OF D AND HAS BEEN TAKEN OUT OF THE AP.
AND I WILL TELL YOU THAT THAT STUDENT AT LIBERTY, THOSE FAMILIES DID HAVE A CHOICE.
THEY HAD THOSE CHOICES THROUGH THE PATHWAYS TO BRIGHT FUTURES SURVEYS THAT THEY WERE GIVEN PRIOR TO THEM ENROLLING.
UM, AND I WILL TELL YOU THOUGH, AS AN ADMINISTRATOR OR, UH, ANYONE ON A CAMPUS, YOU DO HAVE TO MAKE THAT WORK WITHIN YOUR MASTER SCHEDULE.
SO OFFERINGS AND CHOICES HAVE TO WORK TOGETHER IN UNISON.
UM, MR. LANDIS, THANK YOU, MS. HOWARD, THANK YOU, PRESIDENT TASMAN CHOICE.
I'LL JUST START OFF BY SAYING FIVE WORDS.
YOU HAD TO BE THERE TO SEE GLEN OAKS AND THEN STUDENTS BEFORE THE PROGRAM WAS THERE AND WE SAW THE RESULTS THAT WE'RE NOW SEEING.
CURRENTLY, YOU HAD TO BE THERE TO SEE THE STRUGGLE THAT PARENTS WENT THROUGH FOR YEARS, WITHOUT ANY INTERVENTIONS TAKING PLACE, YOU HAVE TO BE THERE TO SEE THE TEACHERS THAT STRESSED OVER AND OVER AND OVER EVERY SINGLE YEAR, HOW TIRED THEY WERE, BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO PUT IN EXTRA LEG WORK, BECAUSE THERE WAS A LACK AT THE SCHOOL MS. MAYWEATHER, PRINCIPAL SIGMA.
IF YOU LISTEN TO IT RIGHT NOW, MY HAT GOES OFF TO YOU BECAUSE I'VE SEEN THE WORK.
I SAW THE DATA AND I SAW IT FROM DAY ONE.
WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT OPTIONS AND WE SAY, WE DON'T HAVE CHOICE, I JUST FIND IT HARD TO BELIEVE.
THEY SAY THAT THERE'S THREE OPTIONS, BUT THERE IS NO CHOICE.
AND FROM THE DISTRICT, I WILL HONESTLY SAY THIS.
YOU GUYS HAVE SAID FROM THE BEGINNING THAT YOU'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO EXPAND THIS PROGRAM, BUT IT HAS TO BE ROLLED OUT IN A WAY THAT YOU CAN SCALE IT PROPERLY SO THAT YOU DON'T MISS OUT ON STUDENTS.
THAT ACTUALLY DO HAVE A NEED, BUT WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT THAT TONIGHT.
MY NEXT QUESTION WILL BE, WHY ARE YOU TO DUAL ENROLLMENT EXPANSION ACROSS OUR DISTRICT? WHAT WAS THE CHOICE THEN AP, BUT SOME FAMILIES CAN'T AFFORD AP COURSES.
WHAT WAS THE CHOICE THEN TO CONTINUE TO DO THE SAME THING.
WE'RE NOT GOING TO GET ANY RETURN ON OUR INVESTMENT.
SOMETIMES YOU HAVE TO EXPERIMENT IN ORDER TO FIND THE RIGHT FORMULA.
I BELIEVE IN THIS PLAN AND YOU ALL HAVE TO CONTINUE.
WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT DUAL ENROLLMENT, 48% OF OUR STUDENTS THAT ARE BLACK GRADUATED
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WITHOUT A BASIC CREDENTIAL ON THEIR DIPLOMA.THIS ISN'T ABOUT RACE, BUT THE MAJORITY OF OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT LOOKS LIKE ME.
48% OF THOSE STUDENTS GRADUATED WITHOUT A BASIC CREDENTIAL.
THAT MEANS BY THE TIME THEY GRADUATED AND RECEIVED A DIPLOMA, THEY WERE UNEMPLOYABLE.
WHAT ARE WE SELLING OUR FAMILIES? WHAT IS THE RETURN ON INVESTMENT? IF WE'RE NOT WILLING TO GO THE EXTRA MILE TO GET THEM WHAT THEY WANT OR WHAT THEY NEED.
I EMPLOY ALL OF MY BOARD MEMBERS TO PLEASE VOTE YES, FOR THIS.
NOT FOR US, NOT FOR THE POLITICS, BUT BECAUSE OUR STUDENTS DESERVE IT.
THEY DESERVE TO WALK ACROSS THE STAGE WITH A DIPLOMA IN ONE HAND OR AN ASSOCIATES DEGREE OR AN INDUSTRY-BASED CREDENTIAL.
AND THE OTHER, THEY DESERVE THAT OUR COMMUNITY DESERVES THAT BECAUSE IF WE DON'T BUILD A BY WORKFORCE, THEY'RE GOING TO LEAVE THE STATE AND WE'LL NEVER FIX THE PROBLEMS THAT WE HAVE.
THANK YOU, MR. LANDIS, MS. BERNARD, THANK YOU, PRESIDENT.
UM, I WANT TO THANK MY COLLEAGUES FOR THEIR COMMENTS, MR. HOWARD AND MR. LANICE, I REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT OF THE PROGRAM, SUPERINTENDENT NAZIS.
I THINK THERE IS SOME FEAR FROM PARENTS, UM, AROUND HAVING THEIR YOUNG STUDENT TAKING A COURSE THAT THEY MAY BE AFRAID THAT THEY MAY NOT DO SO WELL IN, I HAD ALWAYS HEARD THAT THERE WERE CERTAIN AP COURSES THAT WERE EASIER TO PASS THE TEST ON ONE THAT I HEARD.
AND I DON'T WANT TO, YOU KNOW, I JUST THINK THAT AGE APPROPRIATE AND DEVELOPMENTALLY THAT STUDENTS MAYBE ARE MORE READY FOR CERTAIN COURSES.
WORLD GEOGRAPHY MAY BE FOR ONE STUDENT WHERE ANOTHER STUDENT MAY NEED A COMPUTER SCIENCE, AP COURSE, OR EVEN SCIENCE OR MATH, UH, CALCULUS AB OR SOMETHING BECAUSE THEY ARE ADVANCED IN THAT WAY.
UM, MYSELF, UM, MY OWN SON WENT THROUGH THE GIFTED PROGRAM AND BATON ROUGE MAGNET HIGH SCHOOL FOR THREE YEARS.
AND I WOULD HAVE LOVED FOR HIM TO IF HE DID COME OUT WITH A LOT OF APS AND DUAL ENROLLMENT, NOT BECAUSE HE GOT IT IN MIDDLE SCHOOL OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, BUT HE JUST CHOSE TO TAKE THEM FROM 10TH GRADE ON UP.
BUT I WOULD'VE LIKED FOR HIM TO, HE'S A, HE'S A SOFTWARE ENGINEER PROGRAMMER, AND I WOULD HAVE LAW FOR HIM TO HAVE SOME OF THESE INDUSTRY BASED CERTIFICATIONS.
AND BECAUSE HE, HE DOESN'T HAVE THOSE CERTIFICATIONS, EVEN THOUGH HE WENT TO A COLLEGE OUT OF STATE AND EVERYTHING.
SO I REALLY WANT TO SUPPORT THIS PROGRAM.
AND I WANT YOU TO, CAN YOU GIVE ME A BETTER IDEA OF HOW A PARENT, A GUIDANCE COUNSELOR AND A STUDENT MIGHT SIT DOWN TOGETHER? CAN SOMEONE GIVE ME AN IDEA OF HOW THEY MIGHT SIT DOWN TOGETHER AND MAKE A DECISION ABOUT WHAT IS THE MOST AGE APPROPRIATE COURSE FOR THEIR STUDENT? THANK YOU, MISS LATINO.
AND I DON'T, I DON'T WANT TO USE UP TOO MUCH OF MY TIME WITH THIS, BUT I JUST THINK THAT THERE'S SOME WAY TO ALLAY SOME OF THEIR FEARS.
I'M GOING TO KEEP IT QUICK, MR. TAM.
SO, UM, MS. BERNARD IS CORRECT.
AND, UM, WHAT SHE'S SAYING IN TERMS OF, THERE ARE SOME COURSES THAT WE KNOW THERE'S SOME VARIANCE BETWEEN THEM.
AND SO IT WASN'T LIKE YOU HAD THIS ONE AP CHOICE AND THIS ONE D CHOICE.
AND SO IN SOME CASES WE HAD SOME YOUNGER STUDENTS, WE HAD SOME STUDENTS THAT MAY HAVE FELT THAT I'M BETTER AT ART.
AND SO WE PUT OUT MORE D OPTIONS IN TERMS OF YOU COULD TAKE D SPEECH, YOU COULD TAKE D ART, YOU COULD TAKE, UM, THE WORLD GEOGRAPHY, IF THAT WAS OKAY WITH YOU, THERE WAS SPANISH, THERE WAS MUSIC, THERE WERE A BUNCH OF DIFFERENT OPTIONS THERE WITH AP BECAUSE THAT'S COLLEGE BOARD DEVELOPED.
THERE WERE, THERE'S A SMALLER PLETHORA OF OPTIONS FOR NINTH GRADE STUDENTS, BECAUSE WE ALSO HAVE TO WORK WITHIN WHAT POINTS TO AN LDL COURSE TO GET THE STUDENT CREDIT.
BECAUSE AS A NINTH GRADER, YOU DON'T WANT TO REALLY PACK THEM WITH THINGS THEY CAN'T USE LATER ON.
SO IN THAT CASE, YOU DID HAVE THE OPTION FOR AP COMPUTER SCIENCE.
YOU DID HAVE THE OPTION FOR, AND SOME TOOK THAT YOU DID HAVE THE OPTION FOR A AP PSYCHOLOGY OR AP HUG.
UM, AND THEN IN TERMS OF HOW WE GOT TO THAT POINT, WE DID PUT OUT A SURVEY FOR THE STUDENTS IN EIGHTH GRADE, UM, AND WORKED WITH THOSE COUNSELORS IN THE MIDDLE SCHOOL AREA TO GET THOSE STUDENTS TO KIND OF LOOK AT WHAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO CHOOSE.
WE ALSO PAID ATTENTION TO, THERE WAS A PERCENTAGE OF STUDENTS THAT SAID, I DON'T KNOW WHAT I LIKE TO CHOOSE.
SO TO FOLLOW THAT UP, THE COUNSELORS ALSO CAME BACK TO PROVIDE A RECOMMENDATION BASED ON THEIR OBSERVATIONS WITH THE STUDENTS.
WE SENT HOME A CAREER EXPLORATION, I'M SORRY, A COURSE EXPLORATION LETTER TO THE FAMILIES IN CONJUNCTION WITH THEIR ADD GPS THAT STATED WHAT THE STUDENT CHOSE IN THEIR SURVEY, JUST IN CASE MOM WASN'T WITH THEM WHEN THEY CHOSE IT OR DAY AND WHAT THE COUNSELOR RECOMMENDED, AND ALSO WITH THE IGP PIECE THAT WENT HOME WITH THEM.
SO THAT KIND OF ENCAPSULATES THE PROCESS VERY QUICKLY.
THAT REALLY DID ANSWER MORE THAN WHAT I ASKED.
AND SO I DON'T HAVE ANY FURTHER FOLLOW-UP.
YEAH, I JUST WANT TO MENTION TWO ITEMS. ONE, UH, YOU KNOW, WE HEAR A LOT ABOUT THIS AND I WANT TO PIGGYBACK ON WHAT MY COLLEAGUES, MR. HOWARD AND MR. LANICE, UH, TALKED ABOUT.
I'M LOOKING RIGHT NOW AT A THING DONE BY ED SURGE, WHICH IS A NATIONAL ORGANIZATION, AND THEY DID A REPORT CALLED RESEARCH PRIORITIES FOR ADVANCING
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EQUITABLE DUAL ENROLLMENT POLICY AND PRACTICE.AND I'M GONNA JUST READ A QUICK EXCERPT FROM THAT REPORT HIGHLIGHTS THE FACT THAT THERE IS LESS PARTICIPATION IN DUAL ENROLLMENT PROGRAMS, AMONGST RACIAL MINORITIES, LOW INCOME STUDENTS, BOYS, ENGLISH, LANGUAGE LEARNERS, STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES AND YOUTH WHO ARE IN FOSTER CARE OR EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS.
ADDITIONALLY, ACCESS TO DUAL ENROLLMENT PROGRAMS IS LESS AVAILABLE AT SCHOOLS THAT SERVE MORE LOW INCOME STUDENTS AND STUDENTS OF COLOR.
CAN'T DENY THAT THAT IS NOT THE TRUTH OF WHAT WE HAD.
I ALSO WANT TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT MANDATORY.
I KEEP HEARING THAT WORD MANDATORY.
YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A LOT OF CLASSES THAT WE TEACH TO OUR STUDENTS THAT ARE MANDATORY.
IT IS MANDATORY TO TAKE ENGLISH TO GRADUATE.
IT IS MANDATORY TO TAKE SOME MATH COURSES TO GRADUATE.
IT IS MANDATORY TO TAKE SOME SCIENCE COURSES TO GRADUATE.
THOSE MANDATORY COURSES ARE SET BY THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, BUT THOSE ARE REALLY A MINIMUM CRITERIA OF WHAT WE NEED TO DO AND WHAT OUR STUDENTS NEED TO COME OUT PREPARED TO HANDLE.
AND THE LAST TIME I LOOKED LOUISIANA WAS RANKED I THINK 49TH OUT OF 51, UH, IN, UH, 51 GROUPS IN EDUCATION.
DO WE REALLY WANT TO FOLLOW? WHAT IS THE MINIMUM STANDARDS IN A STATE THAT'S RANKED 49TH? IS THAT BEING WHAT WE REALLY WANT TO GIVE TO OUR STUDENTS TO GO OUT AND PREPARE TO COMPETE IN THE WORLD? SO IF WE HAVE SOMETHING THAT'S MAN, THAT'S REASONABLE, BUT WE'RE REALLY TRYING TO PUSH ON THEM.
THAT IS REALLY HELPFUL FOR 99.99% OF THE KIDS OUT THERE.
THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS IN THIS WORLD IS MANDATORY.
SO MANDATORY DOESN'T MEAN BAD.
IT MEANS THAT WE'RE RAISING THE STANDARDS AS MY COLLEAGUES HAVE TALKED ABOUT.
SO I FULLY SUPPORT THIS PROGRAM AND, UH, I WILL DO EVERYTHING I CAN TO MAKE THIS PROGRAM SUCCESSFUL.
THE BOARD IS CLEAR, MS. DYSON.
I JUST NEEDED SOME CLARITY ON KIND OF A TRAINING FOR OUR EMPLOYEES ON SCHOOL SITE AND WHEN, UM, BECAUSE I WAS ACTUALLY PRIVY TO THIS SITUATION.
AND, UM, SO WHEN YOU'RE, WHEN YOU DON'T HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL SEATS LEFT AND YOU'RE TELLING A STUDENT WHAT THEN THEY CAN DO, UM, DO WE HAVE SOME ADVANCED TRAINING THAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN WITH ALL OF THOSE SITE COORDINATORS, BECAUSE THIS WAS A MISHAP AND SHOULD NOT HAVE HAPPENED THE WAY THAT IT DID, AND WE NECESSARILY NEED TO OWN THAT.
BUT WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT A SCHOOL THAT HAS 17 OR SO FLOATING TEACHERS AND NO SPACE, IT'S NOT LIKE YOU CAN JUST PLOP ANOTHER TEACHER THERE AND OPEN ANOTHER SECTION, BUT YOU ALSO CAN'T MANDATE THAT.
THEN THEY THEN HAVE TO TAKE THE AP VERSION AND NOT THE DUAL OR THAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE ISOLATED AND HAVE TO DO IT DISTANCE WHEN THE CLASS GETS TO BE IN WITH THE TEACHERS, UH, TWO TEACHERS.
SO, UM, I JUST WANT TO KNOW THAT WE'VE GOT THINGS IN PLACE AND WE'VE GOT ADDITIONAL TRAINING AND, AND WE'RE GOING TO WORK THESE THINGS OUT BEFORE SOMEONE HAS TO GET UPSET WITH US, BUT, YOU KNOW, I'M IN SUPPORT OF THIS AND I WANT THE BEST FOR ALL OF OUR STUDENTS, BUT EVERY SCHOOL HAS ITS DYNAMICS THAT ARE DIFFERENT.
SO YES, MS. DIANE, SO BEFORE THE SCHOOL YEAR BEGAN, THOSE, UM, ACADEMIC PROGRAM COORDINATORS YOU WERE SPEAKING ABOUT, I ACTUALLY WENT THROUGH A WEEK LONG TRAINING WHEN WE PREEMPTIVELY DISCUSS SOME OF THESE THINGS THAT MIGHT HAVE OCCURRED IN THE SCHOOL TO MAKE SURE THEY WERE PREPARED.
BUT I ALSO WANT TO JUST MAKE SURE THAT I'M EMPHASIZED, AND THIS HAS TO BE A SHARED INVESTMENT WITH OTHER MEMBERS OF THE TEAM IN THE BUILDING.
SO WE CAN BRING IN OUR COUNSELORS AND THE OTHER TEAM MEMBERS TO ALSO BE TRAINED IN THESE SAME EXPECTATIONS AS WELL.
SO WE'RE COMMITTED TO THAT TRAINING ONGOING THROUGHOUT THE YEAR ON A QUARTERLY BASIS, THAT'S ALREADY BEEN, THAT'S ALREADY BEEN PREDETERMINED BASED ON THE LEADERSHIP OF THE TEAM, AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO HAVE THOSE TYPES OF TRAINING, BUT WE ALSO KNOW THAT WE NEED TO THINK ABOUT THE CONVERSATIONS THAT WE'RE HAVING WITH OUR FAMILIES AND MAKING SURE THAT THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE'RE ALSO WORKING WITH OUR COUNSELORS AND OUR APCS AND ENGAGING IN WITH OUR FAMILIES AND OUR STUDENTS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE HELPING GUIDE THEM IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.
I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE SUPPORTING OUR STUDENTS AND OUR PARENTS AND OUR FAMILIES, UM, AND THAT, YOU KNOW,
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WE, WE EMPHASIZE EVERYWHERE THAT THERE, WE NEED TO BE PROACTIVE AND SOLUTION ORIENTED RATHER THAN A MANDATE, SOMETHING THAT THEY DON'T WANT.IT CAN'T BE AN ISOLATED CONVERSATION.
IT NEEDS TO BE AN ONGOING CONVERSATION AND MAKING SURE THAT EVERYONE IS ABREAST ON WHAT THE OPPORTUNITIES ARE THAT ARE OUT THERE.
UM, THE BOARD IS CLEAR AMOUNT OF SECRETARY.
PLEASE VOTE THE MOTION CARRIES.
[F3. Updated/Revised Job Descriptions]
TO ITEM F THREE CONSIDERATION OF A REQUEST FOR THE APPROVAL OF THE FOLLOWING UPDATED REVISED JOB DESCRIPTIONS AS REFERENCED IN THE DOCUMENT, AMENDED, UPDATED, REVISED JOB DESCRIPTIONS, STRATEGIC ALIGNMENT, OPERATIONAL EXCELLENCE.DO I HAVE A MOTION, UH, MOVED BY MR. LANICE SECONDED BY MR. BALLOU, NO QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM THE BOARD YET.
UM, SO, UH, DON'T SEE ANY CARDS FROM THE AUDIENCE.
LET'S SEE ANY, SO, UM, NO, NO COMMENTS OR CARDS FROM THE AUDIENCE WE WERE BACK TO THE BOARD.
MADAM SECRETARY, PLEASE CONDUCT THE VOTE.
PLEASE VOTE THE MOTION CARRIES.
[F4. Eliminated Job Descriptions]
TO, UM, F FOR CONSIDERATION REQUEST FOR THE APPROVAL TO ELIMINATE THE, UH, OBSOLETE JOB DESCRIPTIONS AS REFERENCED IN THE DOCUMENT.ELIMINATED JOB DESCRIPTIONS, STRATEGIC ALIGNMENT, OPERATIONAL EXCELLENCE.
DO I HAVE A MOTION MOVED BY MR. HOWARD, SECONDED BY MR.
AND I DON'T HAVE ANY CARDS FROM THE AUDIENCE.
SO WE COME BACK TO THE BOARD, MR. HOWARD.
WELL, I CAN, UM, I DON'T ACTUALLY HAVE SKILLS IN THAT AREA.
UH, MR. HOWARD, ARE YOU, UH, WOULD YOU LIKE TO, UH, THANK THE HR TEAM FOR, UM, BRINGING IN THIS, THIS ITEM BEFORE US? UM, I THINK THAT, UM, FOR YEARS WE SAT AROUND AND ALLOWED FOR HR PRACTICES, NOT POLICIES TO DESTROY THIS DISTRICT.
AND SO YOU ARE INHERITING WHAT I WOULD CALL A LOT, A LOAD OF, YOU KNOW, WHAT, UM, AND SO IT'S GOING TO TAKE SOME HARD WORK TO CLEAN IT UP TO DO RIGHT BY PEOPLE.
UM, AND IT'S JUST CRAZY TO ME THAT THERE ARE SO MANY ADVOCATES WHO ADVOCATED AGAINST A LOT OF THE THINGS THAT ARE BEING CHANGED AROUND THE DISTRICT, BUT WHAT YEARS SETTING THE BS THAT WAS GOING ON SPECIFICALLY IN HR.
SO I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD TO DO SOME CLEANUP, BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT MORE CLEANUP THAT NEEDS TO GO ON.
UM, AND I TALKED ABOUT THIS DOING THE SUPERINTENDENTS, UH, SEARCH.
THERE'S A LOT MORE TABLES THAT NEED TO BE FLIPPED UPSIDE DOWN AND INSIDE OUT.
SO THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS TO THE BOARD.
AND I JUST GOT MY ADVANCED DEGREE IN HELPING HER GET HER COMPUTER BACK UP.
I NEED, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE YOU'RE IN THE MEETING SO THAT OKAY.
WELL, MADAM SECRETARY OF THE BOARD IS CLEAR.
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THE MOTION CARRIES ABOUT THAT.[F5. Memorandum of Understanding (MOU)-Pre-K Expansion]
ITEM F FIVE CONSIDERATION OF A REQUEST FOR THE APPROVAL OF THE MOU TEMPLATE FOR CHILDCARE CENTERS, CHARTER SCHOOLS AND PRIVATE SCHOOLS AND THE EBR COMMUNITY NETWORK FOR THE EXPANSION OF PRE-K THREE.AND PRE-K FOUR STUDENTS SEATS, STRATEGIC ALIGNMENT, STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT FUNDING SOURCE LA FOUR IN S E C D S OR TWO B THREE.
DO I HAVE A MO MOVED BY MS. DIASON SECONDED BY MS. BERNARD.
I JUST WANT TO SEE, I'M HAPPY THAT THIS MEASURE IS COMING BACK TO OUR BOARD IS FINE TIME PAST DUE DATE FOR US TO EXPAND PRE-K ACROSS OUR DISTRICT.
THE STATE TOOK THE FIRST STEP AND I WAS TYING FOR LOCALES LIKE OURSELVES TO DO THE NEXT STEP.
SO I JUST EMPLOY OUR, AGAIN, OUR, ALL MY COLLEAGUES TO VOTE IN FAVOR OF THIS SO WE CAN EXPAND AND GIVE OUR KIDS A FIGHTING CHANCE.
THANK YOU, MR. LANDIS, MS. WHERE JACKSON, THANK YOU, PRESIDENT DEPARTMENT.
I AM SO EXCITED ABOUT PRE-K, ESPECIALLY WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HIGH QUALITY.
PRE-K THE MORE PRE-K WE CAN HAVE ACROSS THE DISTRICT FOR BETTER.
I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING PRE-K IN EVERY NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOL THAT WILL ATTRACT OUR, OUR NEIGHBORHOOD PEOPLE BACK INTO OUR NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOLS AND REALLY EXPAND OUR WHOLE PROGRAM.
SO I APPRECIATE THIS SO MUCH AND EXCITED TO SEE PRE-K MORE PRE-K.
MR. JACKSON IS A LOT GOING ON UP HERE.
I'M SEEING NO OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD.
UH, WE GO TO THE AUDIENCE AND I HAVE TWO CARDS, UM, MS. DARDEN TO STOP.
HI, MY NAME IS LAUREN DARDEN AND I'M THE PRINCIPAL AT GARDERE COMMUNITY CHRISTIAN SCHOOL.
AND WE ARE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THIS AND WANT TO ENCOURAGE YOU TO CONTINUE THIS AND PUSH THIS THROUGH.
UM, WE ARE ONE OF THE ONLY ACADEMIC PRESCHOOLS IN THE GARDERE COMMUNITY.
OUR PARENTS CONTINUALLY FOR THE PAST SEVEN YEARS, HAVE BED FOR US TO CONTINUE OUR PRE-K PROGRAM OPEN.
UM, OUR, OUR STATS SHOW THAT OUR STUDENTS THAT HAVE BEEN WITH US SINCE THEY WERE THREE PERFORMED 20% HIGHER THAN THE, THAN THE NEAREST PUBLIC SCHOOL AND 57% HIGHER THAN THE TWO CHARTER SCHOOLS NEAR US.
THE BY STARTING THEM IN PRE-K AND PUSHING THIS THROUGH, WE ARE REALLY HELPING THE GARDERE COMMUNITY AND REALLY SERVING THESE PARENTS THE WAY THAT WE NEED TO BE SERVING THEM.
THANK YOU, MS. CORLEY GREETINGS MY, UM, THIS PLANE, I WORK IN UP HERE ON THE PODIUM, BUT I AM NOT HAPPY ABOUT THE PRE-K EXPANSION.
REASON BEING IS WE'RE NOT EXPANDING SEATS FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES.
I'VE SPOKEN WITH SEVERAL PARENTS OF CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES THAT COULD NOT HAVE THEIR CHILDREN GO INTO OUR SCHOOLS BECAUSE THERE IS NO PRE-K SEATS, THAT'S IN THEIR COMMUNITY.
SO THE PRE-K SEATS ARE ACTUALLY LEFT AT DAYCARE CENTERS, AND THAT'S NOT FAIR TO OUR CHILDREN.
I'M NOT SURE IF YOU UNDERSTAND ABOUT MEDICAID, UM, TRANSITIONS WHEN IT COMES TO OUR CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES THAT ARE IN EARLY STEPS, BUT THOSE CHILDREN MATRICULATE FROM EARLY STEPS AT THE ACT BEFORE THE AGE OF THREE, AND THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO COME INTO OUR SCHOOL SYSTEM AND OUR SCHOOL SYSTEM ACTUALLY RECEIVED FUNDING, FEDERAL FUNDING FOR THAT.
WELL, WHEN WE DON'T HAVE THE SEATS FOR THEM AND DON'T MAKE THEM A PRIORITY, THEN THEY'RE HAVING TO STAY INSIDE OF A CHILD CARE CENTER.
AND THEN THEY ALSO HAVE TO RECEIVE SERVICES SUCH AS SPEECH, OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY, ET CETERA, COURTESY OF OUR SCHOOL SYSTEM.
WE CAN FIX THIS BY ALLOWING EVERY SINGLE SCHOOL, EVERY SINGLE SCHOOL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL HAVE PRE-K SEATS FOR
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OUR CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES THAT WILL KEEP CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES FROM BEING BUSED ALL OVER THE PLACE AS WELL.AND THEN WE WON'T HAVE SUCH A FIASCO LIKE WHAT WE HAD RECENTLY WITH THE TRANSFER CENTER ISN'T RELATED TO TRANSPORTATION.
SO I'M ASKING THAT IF WE'RE GOING TO EXPAND PRE K THAT WE MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THOSE SEATS FOR OUR CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES SO THAT THEY CAN RECEIVE SERVICES AND WE MAKE THEM A PRIORITY.
BUT ALSO THAT WE PROVIDE THE PROPER SUPPORT THAT SUPPORTS OUR EXTRA IS JUST AS EQUALLY AS IMPORTANT AS IT IS THAT SEAT FOR THEM TO ACTUALLY BE ABLE TO COME INTO OUR SCHOOL BUILDINGS.
SO LET'S MAKE SURE THAT THAT'S A PRIORITY AND THAT WE GIVE THOSE STAFF MEMBERS THE MONIES SO THAT THEY CAN ACTUALLY PROVIDE THE NEEDED SERVICES TO OUR CHILDREN.
THANK YOU, MS. CORLEY, MISS EMERY, YOU SWAYED.
I THINK SHE'S JUST TRYING TO GET THAT BACK UP AND IT WON'T AFFECT YOUR TIME.
THANK YOU MS. SAN MARTIN SUPERINTENDENT.
I AM THE OWNER AND DIRECTOR OF LONDON BRIDGE EARLY LEARNING CENTER.
AND I'M HERE TO ASK YOU GUYS TO VOTE IN FAVOR OF THE MOU FOR PRE-K EXPANSION.
UM, YOU PROBABLY ALREADY KNOW THIS, BUT UNDER THE UNDER ACT THREE PARTICIPATION IN THE EAST BATON ROUGE, EARLY CHILDHOOD COMMUNITY NETWORK, WHICH HAS HIGHER LEAD AGENCY IS REQUIRED FOR CHILDCARE FACILITIES.
SO IF YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH ACT THREE, YOU WOULD UNDERSTAND THE ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE LEAD AGENCY TO PRIVATE CHILDCARE CENTER OWNERS, PRIVATE SCHOOLS, HEADSTARTS, AND OTHER PARTICIPATING PROVIDERS.
I'M HERE TONIGHT BECAUSE MY SITE IS A RECIPIENT OF THE FIRST LICENSED MICROCENTER AT WESTMINSTER ELEMENTARY, WHERE LAST YEAR WE HOUSED 23 YEAR OLDS THAT LEFT THERE AND ACTUALLY OUR STUDENTS NOW A FEW OF THEM AT WESTMINSTER, THE PROGRAM WAS VERY SUCCESSFUL THROUGHOUT THE SCHOOL YEAR.
UM, WE ALSO PARTNERED WITH EVR WITH SOME DIVERSE DELIVERY SEATS AT MY CENTER IN MONTICELLO, AND WE HAD ABOUT 26 STUDENTS THERE.
I HAD FAMILIES CALLING TO HAVE ENROLLMENT FOR THIS ACCESS ALL THROUGHOUT THIS SUMMER.
SO RIGHT NOW WE HAVE OVER 100 CHILDREN ON A WAITING LIST THAT ARE WANTING TO BE IN THIS PROGRAM.
SO I'M ASKING YOU TO PLEASE VOTE IN FAVOR OF THE MOU IT'S VERY NEEDED AND NECESSARY.
UM, MS. HOLLOWAY, GOOD EVENING.
UM, I AM THE OWNER AND OPERATOR OF SEVEN FACILITIES HERE IN THE STATE, WHICH FOUR OF THEM ARE HOUSED IN EBR PARISH.
THIS PAST YEAR WITH THE MICRO CENTERS, ENDEAVORS DELIVERY.
WE WERE ABLE TO HELP OVER 160 KIDS IN THIS PROGRAM THAT OTHERWISE WOULD NOT HAVE HAD ANY INSTRUCTION THEY WOULD HAVE BEEN HOME WITH.
GRANDPARENTS ARE NO TELLING WHERE, UM, THEY WOULD HAVE BEEN WITHOUT THIS PROGRAM.
AND I WOULD REALLY, I THINK THAT EBR IS DOING SOMETHING THAT A LOT OF PARISHES ARE NOT DOING.
I'M IN FIVE DIFFERENT PARISHES.
AND SO WE'VE BEEN GETTING CALLS FROM DIFFERENT PARISHES TO SEE LIKE HOW THIS IS WORKING AND THEY'RE TRYING TO DUPLICATE, WHAT'S BEING DONE HERE.
NARCISSE DECIDED TO LET'S LET'S DO THIS.
AND SO, UM, I REALLY THANK YOU GUYS FOR BEING THE FIRST IN DOING THIS AND IT'S VERY NEEDED AND IT NEEDS TO CONTINUE, AND IT DEFINITELY NEEDS TO GROW BECAUSE JUST LIKE SHE SAID, THERE'S A LOT MORE KIDS THAT WANT TO BE ON THIS PROGRAM AND THAT WE NEED TO HELP.
THANK YOU, MS. HOLLOWAY, AND I HAVE A CARD FROM MS. BRENDA TURNER WHO IS IN SUPPORT AND DOES NOT WISH TO SPEAK, UH, OF, OF ITEM AT FIVE.
I SEE NO OTHER COMMENT CARDS FROM THE AUDIENCE BACK TO THE BOARD, MR. HOWARD, I ACCIDENTALLY KNOCKED YOU OFF.
YOU, YOU, YOU NEED A ONE QUICK SECOND.
UM, THANK YOU, UH, PRESIDENT TYPE, MAN.
I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT I SUPPORT, UM, THE EXPANSION OF PRE-K PROGRAMS. I'M GLAD THAT WE CAN FINALLY GET THIS BACK ON THE AGENDA TO MOVE IT FORWARD.
UM, I WOULD JUST EMPLOY US AS A DISTRICT, UM, TO, UM, ONCE WE
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FIGURED THIS SEED OUT, UM, TO THINK ABOUT LIKE, WHAT ARE WE DOING FOR OUR BOTH BIRTH TO THREE-YEAR-OLDS? I THINK THE STATE DOES A DECENT JOB FROM PRE-K THREE AND PRE-K POOREST SPOTS, BUT LIKE, HOW CAN WE CONTINUE TO EXPAND EARLY CHILDHOOD STARTING AT BIRTH? UM, AND SO JUST, I WOULD JUST IMPLORE PEOPLE AS WE'RE THINKING ABOUT THAT, THERE'S A LOT OF WORK HAPPENING ACROSS THE NATION, UM, WHERE PEOPLE ARE DOING EARLY CHILDHOOD LANDSCAPE ANALYSIS.AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE CONTINUE TO SEE OVER TIME IS THAT PRE-K THREE, PRE-K FOUR THINGS THAT STATES AND DISTRICTS ARE SORTA KIND OF FIGURING OUT, BUT BIRTH TO THREE IS AN AREA OR A GAP FOR EQUITY AND INCLUSION AS IT RELATES TO EARLY CHILDHOOD.
SO JUST SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT AS WE MOVE THIS WORK FORWARD.
UH, MADAM SECRETARY, PLEASE CONDUCT A VOTE.
PLEASE VOTE THE MOTION CARRIES.
[F6. Adoption/Ratification of Redistricting Plan]
MOVE NOW TO ITEM F SIX DISCUSSION CONSIDERATION FOR THE APPROVAL OF A RESOLUTION FOR THE ADOPTION AND RATIFICATION OF THE WHERE COLLINS PLAN ONE 11 REDISTRICTING PLAN, MS. WHERE JACKSON, UH, IS THAT, IS THAT FOR YOU PROMOTION? UM, I WOULD LIKE TO, UM, MOVE TO DEFER THE ITEM TO THE, UM, SEPTEMBER COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE, UM, I DIDN'T WANT TO INCLUDE THE, UH, REVISIONS BECAUSE THE, THE OLD, UM, RESOLUTION WAS DATED JULY AND, UM, DUE TO THE FACT THAT WE ARE STILL IN LITIGATION AND THERE HAS BEEN NO, UH, RESOLVED, NO RESOLUTION YET.UM, I'D LIKE TO MOVE THE ITEM TO, UH, DEFER THE ITEM TO THE SEPTEMBER COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE.
MS. BARRETT-JACKSON MIGHT BE MORE APPROPRIATE TO DEFER TO THEIR REGULAR MEETING.
GENERALLY WE DON'T APPROVE ITEMS FOR FINALITY AT THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE.
SO ARE YOU OKAY WITH THAT? YES, ABSOLUTELY.
SEE REGULAR SIP MEETING IN SEPTEMBER.
IS THERE A SECOND TO THAT MOTION SECONDED BY MR. LANICE? SO THE BOARD IS CLEAR ON THE FRONT END TO SEE WHAT WE GOT HERE.
UH, GOT A CARD FROM MS. KATHY CARMICHAEL, MS. CARMICHAEL.
I KNOW WHERE JACKSON HAS DEFERRED THIS ITEM, BUT I JUST WANTED TO STATE FOR THE RECORD THAT THE MAP THAT THE, UH, SCHOOL BOARD IS CURRENTLY USING IS THE 20 14 9 DISTRICT MAP.
THAT'S BASED ON THE 2010 CENSUS.
THE YEAR IS 2022 AND THE CENSUS POPULATION OF EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH HAS CHANGED DRAMATICALLY IN 12 YEARS.
SO THANK YOU FOR PUTTING THIS RESOLUTION ON THE AGENDA, MS. WHERE JACKSON, AND I THINK THAT EVERY PERSON IN THIS ROOM WHO IS A REGISTERED VOTER SHOULD PAY VERY CLOSE ATTENTION TO THE MAP THAT OUR SCHOOL BOARD CHOSE, AND PLEASE VISIT THE EBR SCHOOLS WEBSITE AND LOOK AT WHAT IT SAYS UNDER REDISTRICTING.
IT LISTS A MAP THAT A JUDGE DECLARED NO INVOID, WHICH IS MAT 22.
SO I WOULD ASK THE SCHOOL DISTRICT TO PLEASE PUT A MAP THAT THE COMMUNITY OF OUR PARISH AND THE REGISTERED VOTERS COULD UNDERSTAND BECAUSE THE ELECTION IS NOVEMBER 8TH.
I HAVE NO OTHER CARDS, UM, FROM THE AUDIENCE.
AND SO WE GO BACK MR. HOWARD, THANK YOU, PRESIDENT SIMON, UM, JUST QUICKLY.
UM, SO I ALSO, I DIDN'T VOTE FOR THE MAP THAT THE BOARD COLLECTIVELY ACCEPTED.
UM, SO I DON'T THINK THAT THIS RESOLUTION GIVES US ANY RESOLVE, UM, BECAUSE IF THE COURT DECIDES TO THE TRIAL COURT DID DECIDE THAT OUR MAP WAS NOLAN BOY, FOR NO REASONS, BUT THE APPEALS COURT HAS MADE, UH, MAYBE BASICALLY A DIFFERENT DETERMINATION.
UM, AND SO I THINK THAT IF THE COURTS FROM, UH, ONCE IT GETS ALL THE WAY TO THE TOP OF THE SIZE, THAT WE ARE NOT IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE VOTING RIGHTS ACT, THEN WE WILL, WE WOULD HAVE, MAKE, OR TAKE ACTION.
SO I DON'T THINK THAT THIS RESOLUTION DOES ANYTHING OR ANYBODY.
UM, WE, WE DID THE PROPER STEPS.
WE VOTED AGAINST THE MATH SUPPORT, THOSE OF US WHO DID PEOPLE, UH, THE COMMUNITY DECIDED TO FILE SUIT.
THE COURTS HAVE MADE AN INITIAL DECISION.
THE APPEALS COURT MADE A DECISION.
SO IT IS GOING THROUGH THE TRACKING STEPS THAT IS SUPPOSED TO.
AND SO I JUST THINK THAT WE ARE CONTINUOUSLY, THIS RESOLUTION DOES NOTHING FOR US AND
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BECAUSE ULTIMATELY WE WON'T BE ABLE TO DECIDE UNTIL THE COURT SAYS, HEY, EBR BOARD, YOU'RE NOT IN COMPLIANCE.SO, UM, I JUST TO GIVE MR. SHAMBLIN THREE MINUTES, FOUR MINUTES, SO KIND OF GIVE US AN UPDATE ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE COURTS AND WHERE WE STAND.
UM, JUST TO CLEAR UP SOME OF THE INFORMATION THAT'S BEING SHARED, I'LL MAKE A BRIEF UPDATE.
UH, AND I GUESS THIS WOULD BE MY REPORT FROM LATER IN THE, ON THE AGENDA.
SO LET'S SAVE US SOME TIME LATER.
SO THE TRIAL COURT, UM, UH, RENTED THE DECISION.
THAT'S NOT BEFORE THE FIRST CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEAL.
UM, THE COURT OF APPEAL STAYED THE TRIAL, THE TRIAL COURTS, UH, JUDGMENT IN SUMMARY, BUT IT'S NOT YET RULED ON, UH, THE SUBSTANCE OF THE MAP ITSELF.
SO WE'RE WAITING ON THAT DECISION TO COME THROUGH.
UM, AND WE DON'T KNOW WHEN THAT WILL BE.
UM, WE EXPECTED IT BY NOW, BUT IT COULD BE ANOTHER MONTH, TWO MONTHS.
IT JUST DEPENDS ON THE COURT OF APPEALS.
UM, AND, AND THE PROCESS THAT THEY'RE WORKING THROUGH.
AND AS SOON AS WE KNOW SOMETHING THE BOARD WILL KNOW AND THE PUBLIC WILL KNOW AS WELL.
THANK YOU, MR. HOWARD, AND YOU GET PAID BY THE MINUTE OR THE HOUR.
NO, I'M JUST KIDDING YOU A GOOD LAWYER ON THE HOUR WITHOUT IMMEDIATE, SORRY, MS. WHERE JACKSON, THANK YOU.
WELL, UM, THIS WOULD BE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR, UH, THE BOARD TO ADOPT.
WELL, THE BOARD DID ADOPTED, WE ADOPTED A PROCESS A WHILE BACK AND, UM, TWO MAPS WERE NOMINATED, OF COURSE.
AND, UM, ONE OF THEM PLAN 22 BROKE, UM, STATE LAW REGARDING SPLIT PRECINCTS.
UM, WE DID HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO THE OPPORTUNITY TO EITHER, UM, COME BACK TOGETHER AND DESIGN A NON-MEMBER METHOD DID NOT PUT SPLIT PRECINCTS OR, UH, USE THE OTHER MAP THAT WAS ON THE TABLE, WHICH WAS THE, WHERE COLLINS PLAN, UH, 11, WHICH DID NOT VIOLATE ANY STATE OR FEDERAL LAW.
UH, WE WILL, UM, SOONER OR LATER, WE WILL HAVE TO, TO DO OUR DUTY, UM, AS A GOVERNMENTAL BODY TO REAPPORTION.
UM, BECAUSE RIGHT NOW OUR MAP IS ALMOST 40% MALOY PORTION, 39.7% MALLORY PORTION.
AND WE KNOW THAT THE LEGAL LIMIT IS, UH, 10%.
AND WE REALLY LIKE TO STAY WELL BELOW THAT.
UH, WE WILL HAVE TO DO OUR DUTY.
UM, AND WHEN WE DO COME BEF WHEN WE DO COME TOGETHER TO DO THIS, UM, THE, UM, THIS MAP WILL BE ONE OF THE CHOICES.
UM, UNLESS WE DECIDE THAT WE ARE REALLY, TRULY GOING TO BE, UH, TRANSPARENT AND SAY EXACTLY WHAT WE INTEND TO DO, UM, WHETHER WE NEED TO DO A REAL RESOLUTION TO DETERMINE THE NUMBER MEMBER AS THE DEMOGRAPHER HAD SUGGESTED WE DO, WHICH WAS, I BELIEVE WHAT WE SHOULD HAVE DONE.
WE SHOULD HAVE FOLLOWED HIS ADVICE IN THAT AREA AND NOT, UM, BASICALLY PUT UP A SMOKE SCREEN.
UM, SO, UH, I APPRECIATE THAT.
WE'LL KEEP, WE'LL JUST KEEP THIS BEFORE US.
AND, UM, ONCE WE GET TO THE DATES, WHEN THE COURTS DO DECIDE, UM, WE WILL NEED TO, UH, TAKE SOME ACTION.
SO THIS PLAN WILL BE IN PLACE READY FOR US IF WE CHOOSE THIS.
AND, UM, IF NOT, WE SHOULD BE EXTREMELY, UM, IN MOTION TO DO WHAT WE NEED TO DO AS A GOVERNMENTAL BODY.
AND, UH, FOR THE SAKE OF THOSE THAT COME AFTER US, FOR THE SAKE OF THOSE PEOPLE THAT WE REPRESENT, WHO DESERVE THE RIGHT TO FAIR REPRESENTATION BY THIS BOARD, NO MATTER WHAT WE PERSONALLY FEEL, UM, IT IS OUR DUTY TO PRESERVE THE VOTING RIGHTS OF PEOPLE IN THIS DISTRICT ON NO MATTER WHAT WE FEEL.
SO, UH, I APPRECIATE THIS AND I'LL, I'LL KEEP CARRYING THE WATER IF I MUST.
AND I APPRECIATE THE, UH, THE PUBLIC FOR, UM, URGING ME TO KEEP THIS BEFORE THIS BOARD, BECAUSE WE DEFINITELY WERE DONE WRONG.
AND I REALLY DON'T APPRECIATE BEING PERSONALLY NAMED IN A LAWSUIT THAT I HAD NO VOTE IN, IN APPROVAL OF AND ALL DID EVERYTHING I POSSIBLY COULD TO KEEP US OUT OF THE COURTS.
AND, UH, HERE WE ARE IN, IN BOTH, UM,
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STATE AND FEDERAL COURT, UH, WASTING THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS, JUST, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A WHOLE LOT BETTER USE WE COULD DO THEN THROW OUR DOLLARS AWAY ON, UH, LAWSUITS AND, AND LAWYERS.THE MOTION IS TO MOVE THE ITEM TO DEFER THE ITEM TO THE REGULAR BOARD MEETING IN SEPTEMBER, MADAM SECRETARY, PLEASE CONDUCT THE WORLD.
[F7. Policy Revision: GBRIBC]
ITEM F APP SEVEN CONSIDERATION OF REQUESTS FOR THE APPROVAL OF THE REVISED POLICY.G B R I B C UH, COVID EMERGENCY LEAVE, STRATEGIC ALIGNMENT, OPERATIONAL EXCELLENCE.
DO I HAVE A MOTION MOVED BY MS. BERNARD SECOND DID BY SOMEBODY, UH, UH, MR. BALLOU, SEE NO AT THE MOMENT, NO COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD.
SO WE GO TO THE AUDIENCE ON ITEM F SEVEN, MS. MATTHEWS.
UM, I FIRST WANT TO THANK YOU THAT THIS IS RETROACTIVE TO JULY ONE.
UM, WE HAD A LOT OF PEOPLE GET COVID DURING THE PD WEEK.
UM, I DO WANT TO ASK, THERE WERE SEVERAL BOARD MEMBERS THAT REQUESTED MEDICAL INFORMATION, UM, FROM DIFFERENT, UM, ADMINISTRATIVE PEOPLE, UM, TO SEE ABOUT THIS VARIANCE.
UM, I ALSO WANT TO SAY, I DO APPRECIATE MS. DO PRAY.
SHE'S DEALING WITH A LOT OF CHANGES DAILY, AND SHE'S GETTING THOSE OUT TO PRINCIPALS AND DIFFERENT THINGS LIKE THAT.
UM, BUT AGAIN, THIS VARIANT DOES SHOW ZERO IMMUNITY FROM HAVING IT SO YOU CAN GET IT.
AND A COUPLE OF WEEKS LATER, YOU CAN GET IT AGAIN, A SEPARATE INFECTION OF IT.
SO IT'S NOT LIKE THE OTHER VARIANTS WHERE THAT GAVE YOU A COUPLE MONTHS, AND THEN YOU GOT THE NEXT VARIANT, IF YOU GOT IT.
SO OUR BUS DRIVERS WHO ARE BASICALLY IN A CAPSULE OF 60 KIDS, NOT WEARING MASKS ANYMORE, JUST IN A PETRI DISH OF COVID OKAY.
OUR PARENTS, OUR TEACHERS, OUR NUTRITION WORKERS, WE NEED MORE BECAUSE WE STILL HAVE REGULAR ILLNESSES.
WE STILL HAVE DOCTOR'S APPOINTMENTS THAT WE NEED OUR REGULAR 10 DAYS FOR.
SO WE GET COVID MORE THAN ONCE IN A YEAR.
THAT MEANS THOSE CHECKS ARE GOING TO BE DOCKED.
WE ALREADY HAVE MAJOR TEACHER SHORTAGE, COUNTING SUBSTITUTE TEACHERS THAT ARE IN A CLASSROOM AS NOT A VACANCY IS NOT REALLY NOT A VACANCY.
THOSE ARE SUBS IS STILL A VACANCY.
IF WE'RE GONNA HAVE PEOPLE LEAVE MORE PEOPLE LEAVE.
IF THEY'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO, IF THEY'RE GOING TO RUN OUT OF SICK DAYS, BECAUSE THEY'VE GOTTEN COVID MORE THAN ONCE WE NEED TO PROTECT OUR TEACHERS, ESPECIALLY NOW THAT LBH HAS CHANGED THE REQUIREMENTS FOR KIDS THAT ARE EXPOSED, THEY'RE GOING TO BE IN THE CLASSROOM WITH US EXPOSED.
THANK YOU, MS. MATTHEWS, MR. HOLMES.
OH, WELL, BEFORE I GO, JUST WANT TO SAY, I AM SPEAKING ON BEHALF ON JAIL.
AND SHE IS A PHD CANDIDATE AT THE TWO LAND SCHOOL.
SO WE'RE JUST GOING TO SAY SHE'S SHE'S SHE KNOWS ABOUT THIS.
SO, UM, WHILE IT IS TEMPTING TO RETURN TO NORMAL, AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE, WE MUST INTENTIONALLY AND DELIBERATELY CHOOSE.
AND THINK ABOUT WHAT PART OF NORMAL DO WE ACTUALLY WANT TO RETURN TO RETURNING TO THE PRE COVID NORMAL
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OF BRINGING PEOPLE IN IS NOT THE TYPE OF NUMBER THAT WE WANT TO RETURN TO HAVING TEACHERS, PARENTS, AND OTHER STAFF AND FACULTY WITHOUT THE PROPER SICK DAYS OR COVID LEAVE IS I'M SORRY.EVEN WITH SEVERE SYMPTOMS, WE KNOW POSTS CAN STILL TRANSMIT COVID AND EVEN WITH, WITHOUT SEVERE ILLNESS OR DISEASE, WE KNOW CO LONG COVID IS A DANGER AND DETRIMENT TO ANYONE, TO ANY COVID-19 SURVIVOR PEOPLE PERFORM AT THEIR BEST WHEN THEY ARE SUPPORTED AT THEIR WORST MOMENTS.
COVID IS, AND HAS BEEN A STRESSOR ALONE WITHOUT THE AUDIT EDIT CONTEXT OF JOBS THAT SEE PEOPLE FIRST AS WORKHORSES AND RARELY AS ACTUAL LIVING, BREATHING PEOPLE WHO SOMETIMES NEED AN EXTRA FEW SICK DAYS TO RECOVER FROM ILLNESS WHILE THE VARIANTS AND SUB VARIANTS MAY CHANGE AND EVOLVE.
THE MEDICAL SCIENCE COMMUNITY HAS REMAINED SUPER CLEAR ABOUT THE DANGERS OF THE VIRUS AND IT'S TRANSMISSIVE TRANSMISSIBILITY RE INFECTIVITY, OR VIRULENCE OF THE LATEST BA FOR MBA FIVE OR MCCOMBS OF VARIANCE.
EACH OF THESE THINGS IS DIFF EACH OF THESE THINGS ARE DIFFERENT.
THE TRANSMITS TRANSMISSIBILITY SPEAKS TO THE CHARACTER OF THE VIRUS.
IT EXPLAINS THE ABILITY OF THE VIRUS TO BE LITERALLY TRANSMITTED FROM ONE HUMAN BEING TO THE OTHER AND MANY MORE SCIENCE TERMS THAT I AM NOT, UH, HOW SHOULD I SAY QUALIFIED TO PRONOUNCE, BUT SHE, SHE IS, BUT IN CONCLUSION AT THE LAST COUNCIL MEETING, THERE WERE SOME, THERE WAS SOME CONFUSION AND MISCONCEPTION MISCOMMUNICATION ABOUT THE VARIANTS AND WHETHER OR NOT PEOPLE COULD BE CONSECUTIVELY REINFECTED WITH THESE VARIANTS WHILE WE LEARN MORE EACH AND EVERY DAY, IT IS EVIDENT THAT PEOPLE ARE BEING REINFECTED WITH OMA CROWD STEP-PARENTS PLEASE SEE THE FOLLOWING ARTICLES THAT SHE DID TAKE THE LEISURE TO EMAIL EACH ONE.
EACH OF Y'ALL ONE FROM ABC NEWS, WHICH SITES, REPUTABLE MEDICAL SCIENTISTS, EPIDEMIOLOGISTS, AND PHYSICIANS, AND ONE FROM THE SCIENCE JOURNAL SHE HAD, YES.
AND TO SEE THE, UM, THE DATA THAT SHE WAS SENT OVER YOU GUYS.
SO IN CONCLUSION ON JAIL, ONCE AGAIN, A PHD CANDIDATE AT THE TULANE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND ME, KAYLA POLES, AS A CITIZEN, WE'RE BOTH ASKING YOU IN THIS MOMENT TO VOTE, TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF COVID SICK DAYS, FACULTY AND STAFF RECEIVE ITEM F SEVEN, PLEASE VOTE TO INCREASE THE SICK DAYS TO ENSURE THAT OUR PEOPLE ARE PROTECTED.
WE'RE SAFE, BUT WE'RE NOT OUT OF THE WOODS YET.
WE NEED TO INCREASE PROTECTIONS.
THANK YOU, MS. THOMPSON, TELL DOCTOR ON JAIL.
UM, THAT IS ALL THE CARDS I HAVE ON THAT ITEM.
SO WE COME BACK TO THE BOARD, THE BOARD, MR. HOWARD.
SO I JUST WANTED TO, UM, ASK MS. DEWBERRY, UH, IF YOU COULD COME AND GIVE US, UM, KIND OF DISLIKING, WELL, NOT EVEN MS. DEWBERRY SORRY.
UM, JUST LIKE THE PROTOCOLS OR PROCEDURES FOR ACCOUNTABILITY.
I MEAN, HOW ARE WE MAKING SURE THAT PEOPLE WHO ARE TESTING POSITIVE? LIKE WHAT ARE THE NUMBERS JUST TO GIVE US A VISUAL PERSPECTIVE OF WHAT'S HAPPENING FROM AN HR STANDPOINT? UM, CAUSE I WOULD ARGUE, LIKE, I BELIEVE THAT LIKE WE NEED TO DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO PROTECT FOLKS WHO ARE, UM, WHO ARE SICK AND WHO ARE SICK BECAUSE OF COVID.
BUT I WOULD ALSO ARGUE THAT THE NUMBERS OF BRUNCH AT BRUNCH OR UP THE NUMBERS THAT THE DAY PARTIES UP AND THE NUMBERS ACROSS THE CITY, AS I LOOK AT PEOPLE, UM, DOING ACTIVITIES IN BATON ROUGE IS INCREASING.
SO I JUST WANT TO ENSURE THAT WE ARE LIKE FINDING A WAY TO HOLD ACCOUNTABILITY BECAUSE WE OFTEN HAVE THIS CONVERSATION ABOUT US NOT CARING ABOUT STAFF AT, UH, BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE THIS MANY COVID DAYS, BUT IT'S THE SAME PEOPLE I SEE AT BRUNCH WITH NO MASK ON.
SO JUST REALLY TRYING TO GET A CLEAR PICTURE OF WHAT'S HAPPENING, UM, YOU KNOW, WITH US IN A, HOW WE'RE BEING ACCOUNTABLE FOR IT, FOR THESE ACTIONS.
I'M TRYING TO KEEP THIS STREET.
SO SINCE JULY AND I HAVE THE NUMBERS FROM JUNE 1ST UNTIL AUGUST 18, TODAY WE HAVE 41 IN THE SYSTEM THAT FIT PHYSICALLY WENT IN AND PUT IN FOR LEAVE FOR COVID LEAVE.
UM, AND THEN LAST YEAR VERSUS VERSUS LAST YEAR'S NUMBER, UH, TO HAVE A TOTAL OF 1,533, THAT'S 26% OF OUR WORKFORCE THAT WE PROCESS, UH, COVID LEAF FOR LAST WEEK.
SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ALL CLEAR ON WHAT THE COVID LEAVE POLICY IS.
SO IF YOU DO HAVE SYMPTOMS, IT'S FIVE WORKING DAYS, RIGHT? IF YOU CLOSE CONTACT BECAUSE OF COVID, IT'S ANOTHER FIVE WORKING DAYS.
UM, IF YOU EXPOSE WHILE WORKING, THAT'S AN ADDITIONAL FIVE WORKING DAYS, SO THAT'S 15 WORKING DAYS FOR THE ENTIRE TIME.
SO, AND EVEN IF YOU HAVE A CHILD, A CHILD HERE, YOU DO GET ADDITIONAL FIVE WORKING DAYS.
DOES THAT MAKE SENSE TO CLARIFY? OKAY, THANK YOU.
UM, SAW THAT, THAT CLARIFIES, I JUST REALLY WANTED TO SEE, CAUSE I THINK THAT LIKE RIGHT NOW, WE, FOR COVID FOR THE LONGEST, WE'VE HAD TO DEAL WITH LIKE WHERE WE ARE NOW.
AND I, I AGREE THAT VARIANTS HAVE CHANGED THROUGHOUT TIME.
UM, BUT THESE POLICIES ARE SO AMENABLE.
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AND SO LIKE, UH, WE SEE THAT THERE'S AN UPTICK IN CASES AND THERE WAS AN UPTAKE IN ALL OF THESE THINGS LIKE WE CAN MAKE OR HAVE SPECIAL MEETINGS TO MAKE EMERGENCIES, TO INCREASE THE AMOUNT OF TIME THAT PEOPLE ARE LEAVING.I'M JUST SAYING THAT IT SEEMS LIKE I KNOW WE'RE NOT AT A NORMAL STATE.
I KNOW THAT THE WORLD ISN'T, THE WORLD WILL NEVER BE PRE COVID DATES, BUT WE HAVE TO MAKE ADJUSTMENTS THAT ARE LIKE, THAT MAKES SENSE.
AND I DON'T, I JUST WOULDN'T ARGUE THAT JUST BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE UNLIMITED COVID DAYS OR WHATEVER, THAT WE DON'T CARE ABOUT PEOPLE, IF THERE SEEMS TO BE A PROBLEM THAT WE NEED TO HAVE, WOULD BE ADDRESSED, THERE ARE MEASURES THAT CAN BE PUT IN PLACE FOR THOSE THINGS TO TAKE PLACE.
SO FOOTBALL SEASON IS COMING UP VERY SOON.
AND SO LIKE THERE WILL BE LIKE ALL KINDS OF DIFFERENT THINGS WHERE PEOPLE ARE GATHERED IN LARGE CROWDS.
AND SO IF THERE ARE ADJUSTMENTS THAT NEED TO BE MADE, I THINK THAT WE CAN MAKE THEM ADJUST THOSE ADJUSTMENTS.
BUT I THINK THAT WHAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW IS FAIR AND TAKING INTO ACCOUNT PEOPLE'S HEALTH.
THANK YOU, MR. HOWARD, THE BOARD IS CLEAR.
MADAM SECRETARY, PLEASE CONDUCT A VOTE.
THE MOTION CARRIES ITEM IS APPROVED.
[G. Consent Agenda]
NOW TO THE CONSENT AGENDA.THE FOLLOWING ITEMS ARE TO BE APPROVED AS PART OF THE CONSENT AGENDA AND ARE CONSIDERED TO BE ROUTINE AND WILL BE ENACTED WITH ONE MOTION.
THERE WILL BE NO SEPARATE DISCUSSION OF ITEMS AND LOSS OF BOARD MEMBERS.
SO REQUESTS IN WHICH EVENT, THE ITEM WILL BE REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA AND CONSIDERED AS AN ITEM ON THE REGULAR AGENDA FOR A SEPARATE VOTE PROCEEDING.
THE LAST ITEM ON THE REGULAR AGENDA.
NUMBER TWO CONSIDERATION OF A REQUEST FOR THE APPROVAL OF THE 20 22, 20 23 SCHOOL YEAR DISTRICT PUPIL PROGRESSION PLAN, STRATEGIC ALIGNMENT, STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT, NUMBER THREE, CONSIDERATION OF A REQUEST FOR THE APPROVAL OF THE SUPERINTENDENT'S PERFORMANCE OBJECTIVES AND TO AMEND THE SUPERINTENDENTS PERFORMANCE TARGETS.
NUMBER FOUR CONSIDERATION OF A REQUEST FOR THE APPROVAL OF A $3,000 STIPEND FOR THE EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH SCHOOL SYSTEM EMPLOYEES FOR THE 20 22, 20 23 SCHOOL YEAR, STRATEGIC ALIGNMENT, OPERATIONAL EXCELLENCE FUNDING SOURCE SR NUMBER FIVE CONSIDERATION OF A REQUEST FOR THE APPROVAL OF AN MOU BETWEEN THE EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH SCHOOL BOARD AND BATON ROUGE, COMMUNITY COLLEGE BRCC TO DUAL ENROLLMENT COURSES UNDER THE EARLY COLLEGE ACADEMY AGREEMENT FOR THE 2020 TO 2023 SCHOOL YEAR, STRATEGIC ALIGNMENT, STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT, NUMBER SIX CONSIDERATION OF OUR REQUEST FOR THE APPROVAL OF PROFESSIONAL SERVICES CONTRACTS BETWEEN THE EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH SCHOOL BOARD, AND THE FOLLOWING A EGAN HEALTHCARE CORPORATION, DBA EGAN OSCHNER HCBS RIVER PARISHES, AND THE AMOUNT OF $166,000 TO PROVIDE LPN NURSING SERVICES, B ALLIED INSTRUCTIONAL SERVICES, LLC, AND THE AMOUNT OF $25,000 TO PROVIDE ORIENTATION AND MOBILITY SERVICES, STRATEGIC ALIGNMENT, STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT, FUNDING SOURCE, IDA PART B NUMBER SEVEN CONSIDERATION OF A REQUEST FOR THE APPROVAL OF THE BOARD OF ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION RANT AND THE AMOUNT OF $261,756 TO PROVIDE FOR TEACHER AND PARAPROFESSIONAL SALARIES AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, STRATEGIC ALIGNMENT, STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT FUNDING SOURCE EIGHT G NUMBER EIGHT, CONSIDERATION OF A REQUEST FOR THE APPROVAL OF A PROFESSIONAL SERVICES CONTRACT BETWEEN THE EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH SCHOOL BOARD AND THE BATON ROUGE EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION COLLABORATIVE IN THE AMOUNT OF 266,000 TO PROVIDE EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION STRATEGIES AND SUPPORT TO PARENTS AND HOME-BASED CARE CAREGIVER GIVERS, FUNDING SOURCE AS HER TO ACTION TO, UH, NUMBER NINE CONSIDERATION OF A REQUEST FOR THE APPROVAL OF THE PROFESSIONAL SERVICES CONTRACT BETWEEN THE EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH SCHOOL BOARD, AND THE FOLLOWING A CENTER FOR HIGH SCHOOL SUCCESS
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IN THE AMOUNT OF 300, $6,705 TO PROVIDE TRAINING, SUPPORT RESOURCES, ETHNIC ALIGNMENT, STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT, FUNDING SOURCEIN THE AMOUNT OF 300, $2,847 TO PROVIDE LITERACY, PROFESSIONAL LEARNING, TGK ALIGNMENT, STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT, OIL DEVELOPMENT, A DEVELOPMENT FUNDING SOURCE IS LITERACY FOUNDATION TRAINING, SEE DREAM BOX AND THE AMOUNT OF $682,212 TO PROVIDE A MATHEMATICS PROGRAM.
STRATEGIC ALIGNMENT, STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT, FUNDING SOURCES.
ESSAR THREE ACTION, TWO D NEARPOD IN THE AMOUNT OF $193,027 AND 99 CENTS TO PROVIDE AN INTERACTIVE DIGITAL PLATFORM, STRATEGIC ALIGNMENT, STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT FUNDING SOURCE S3 ACTION TO E AVI D CENTER AND THE AMOUNT OF $153,196 TO PROVIDE IGP SUPPORT AND PROFESSIONAL LEARNING.
STRATEGIC ALIGNMENT, STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT FUNDING SOURCE IS REDESIGNED AF STUDY BILL LLC, AND THE AMOUNT OF 78,000 TO PROVIDE TUTORING SERVICES, TO SPECIFIED SCHOOLS, STRATEGIC ALIGNMENT, STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT, FUNDING SOURCE AS HER REACTION TO NUMBER 10 CONSIDERATION OF OUR REQUEST FOR THE APPROVAL OF A PROFESSIONAL SERVICES CONTRACT, BUT BETWEEN THE EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH SCHOOL BOARD AND DEFINED LEARNING AND THE AMOUNT OF $176,100 TO PROVIDE A DIGITAL WORK-BASED LEARNING PLATFORM THAT SUPPORTS STUDENTS CAREER EXPLORATION, LESSONS, ACTIVITIES, AND EXPERIENCE REFLECTIONS IN GRADES FOUR THROUGH 12 STRATEGIC ALIGNMENT, STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT, THE FUNDING SOURCES, CAREER DEVELOPMENT FUND NUMBER 11 CONSIDERATION OF A REQUEST FOR THE APPROVAL OF AN MOU BETWEEN THE EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH SCHOOL BOARD AND LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY OF SOCIAL WORK TO PROVIDE PRACTICAL EXPERIENCE IN THE FIELD OF SCHOOL, SOCIAL WORK UNDER THE SUPERVISION AND DIRECTION OF A LICENSED CLINICAL SOCIAL WORKER, STRATEGIC ALIGNMENT, STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT, NUMBER 12 CONSIDERATION OF A REQUEST FOR THE APPROVAL OF AN MOU BETWEEN THE EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH SCHOOL BOARD AND SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY PREP TO PROVIDE DUAL ENROLLMENT COURSES FOR 2020 TO 2023 SCHOOL YEAR STRATEGIC ALIGNMENT, STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT FUNDING SOURCE IS S C A NUMBER 13 CONSIDERATION OF A REQUEST FOR THE APPROVAL OF THE PROFESSIONAL SERVICES CONTRACTS BETWEEN EAST BATON ROUGE AND VOLUNTEERS IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS, UH, SCHOOLS BIPS, AND THE AMOUNT OF 25,050 8,000 RESPECTABLY.
THE EVERYBODY READS AND EVERYONE COUNTS PROGRAMS, FUNDING SOURCES ARE TITLE ONE AND THE GENERAL FUND 14.
AND SO DURATION OF REQUEST FOR THE APPROVAL OF THE RECOMMENDATION FROM GWEN SHAMBLIN, GENERAL COUNSEL EAST BATON ROUGE, PARISH SCHOOL BOARD, AND THE MANNER OF TIFFANY CHESTER AT AL 19TH, JDC NUMBER 6 5 5 2 6 OH, SECTION 22 PARISH OF BBR.
NUMBER 15 CONSIDERATION OF OUR REQUEST FOR APPROVAL OF AN AMENDMENT TO THE EXTERN AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH SCHOOL BOARD, AND THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY AND AGRICULTURAL AND MECHANICAL COLLEGE IN THE AMOUNT OF $397,802 TO EXTEND THE AGREEMENT FOR ONE YEAR TO PROVIDE EXTERNS FOR UP TO 39 SECTIONS, STRATEGIC ALIGNMENT, STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT, NUMBER 16 CONSIDERATION REQUESTS FOR THE ACCEPTANCE OF THE DEBRA ROCHELLE TEACHER GRANT FROM THE KELLY G. COOK FOUNDATION FOR FIVE TEACHERS FOR A TOTAL OF $20,557 TO PROVIDE FOR CLASSROOM PROJECTS, STRATEGIC ALIGNMENT, STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT, NUMBER 17 EXTENDED DAY, UH, EXTENDED DAY SALARY CONSIDERATION WERE REQUEST TO AMEND THE EXTENDED DAY HOURLY RATE TO RANGE FROM 25 TO $35 PER HOUR AND APPROVED SCHOOLS TO SET A SITE-SPECIFIC RATE BASED ON THE AVAILABILITY ABILITY OF FUNDING.
STRATEGIC ALIGNMENT IS EXEMPLARY EXEMPLARY CUSTOMER SERVICE FUNDING SOURCE IS GENERAL FUND NUMBER 18 CONSIDERATION OF A REQUEST FOR THE AUTHORIZATION PER STAFF TO ISSUE A REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS
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TO SEEK PROPOSALS, TO PROVIDE CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT AT RISK SERVICES FOR THE FOLLOWING TAX PLAN PROJECTS, A AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE PARISH, B BROADMORE, MIDDLE SCHOOL, ARTS CONSERVATORY, STRATEGIC ALIGNMENT, OPERATIONAL EXCELLENCE FUNDING SOURCE, THE TAX PLAN THAT ENDS THE CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS. AND I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE AND, UH, MR. BLUE HAS MOVED THE CONSENT AND MS. BERNARD HAS SECONDED IT.ARE THERE ANY ITEMS THAT, UM, BOARD MEMBERS WOULD LIKE TO HAVE POLLED MY PIECE WHERE JACKS? YES.
WOULD YOU PLEASE PULL FOUR, NINE AND 18 PLEASE? ANY OTHER BOARD MEMBERS WISH TO PULL ITEMS? OKAY.
SO ITEMS, UH, THIS IS FOR THE CONSENT AGENDA OR EVERYTHING, EXCEPT FOR NINE AND 18.
I'M WORKING THROUGH THE CAR JAIL.
SO WE'VE GOT, I PULLED EVERYTHING FOR SPEAKING.
IT'S NOT FOR NINE OR 18 CHASE.
WELL, SEVEN, SO THIS IS A LAB.
AND SO THAT WOULD BE IN THE CONSENT AGENDA.
SO IT'S A LITTLE DIFFERENT BECAUSE WE HAVE CARDS I'M GOING TO SUGGEST TO YOU THAT BECAUSE THE ITEMS OTHER THAN FOUR, NINE AND 18 ARE IN THE CONSENT AGENDA, I'VE NEVER SEEN A CONSENT AGENDA FAIL, BUT WE WANT TO GIVE EVERYBODY THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK.
SO I'M GOING TO KIND OF GO THROUGH IT, UM, ON ITEM G 10, UM, MS. ELLIS, YOU CAN WAVE IF YOU LIKE AND MS. SHAFFER, MS. ELLIS.
YOU'RE MS. SHAFFER, WHICH ONE ARE YOU? OKAY, WELL, WHOEVER WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK CAN, AND I'LL WAIVE THE REST.
I'M THE VICE PRESIDENT FOR TALENT STRATEGY AND THE CHIEF DNI OFFICER FOR THE FRANCISCAN MISSIONARIES OF OUR LADY HEALTH SYSTEM, WHICH IS VERY COMMONLY KNOWN AS THE HEALTH SYSTEM THAT, UM, IS IN SUPPORT AND RUNS OUR LADY OF THE LAKE LOCALLY.
UM, I AM ALSO A MEMBER OF, UH, THE TAC COMMITTEE, UM, AT THE STRATEGIC OPS GROUP, SPECIFICALLY AROUND THE VOCATIONAL TRAINING AND CAREER PATH THING, UM, FOR, UH, FOR OUR YOUNG STUDENTS.
AND THE IMPORTANCE OF THE EARLY CAREER EXPOSURE IS SO VITAL.
NOW I WILL SAY, AS I'M A HEALTH SYSTEM, HR EXECUTIVE, UM, WITH THE AMOUNT OF THE EXTREME WORKFORCE SHORTAGES, WE REALIZE, UM, THE VITALITY OR THE IMPERATIVENESS OF OUR YOUNG PEOPLE BEING EXPOSED TO CAREERS EARLY ON.
UM, THE DEFINE LEARNING SYSTEM IS A WORK-BASED PLATFORM THAT ENCOURAGES STUDENTS TO EXPLORE THOSE CAREERS AT EARLY AGES.
AND IT HAS WORK-BASED, UM, CAREER PATHING AND EXPLORATION PROJECTS AVAILABLE TO THEM AS EARLY AS FOURTH GRADE OR IN LANGUAGES OR IN USING LANGUAGE THAT THEY UNDERSTAND.
AND IT ALLOWS FOR A HIGH, HIGH DEMAND AREAS, SUCH AS CONSTRUCTION, MANUFACTURING, HEALTHCARE, AUTOMOTIVE, TRANSMIT, TRANSPORTATION, LOGISTICS, LIBERAL ARTS, AND MANAGEMENT.
UM, IT IS PROJECT BASED WITH ALL, UH, AND ALLOWS HANDS ON EXPERIENCE.
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THIS IS VITAL FROM AN ORGANIZATIONAL DEVELOPMENT PERSPECTIVE AND AS MUCH NEEDED, UM, IN THE WORKFORCE IN, UH, INDUSTRY.WE, UH, I WILL SAY PERSONALLY AS ARE PROFESSIONALLY, RATHER AS A, UH, ORG DEVELOPMENT SPECIALIST THAT WE'VE REALLY TRIED TO MOVE AWAY FROM, UM, IN CLASSROOM TRAINING, UH, REALLY PUT OUR WORKFORCE, UM, IN EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING AND JOB SHADOWING, UM, AND, AND PROJECT BASED LEARNING TO, UM, EXCEL AND BECOME FAMILIAR WITH JOBS.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, MS. SHAFFER, APPRECIATE YOUR TIME.
UM, I'VE GOT A CARD FOR
IS IT MS. JACKSON OR MR. JACKSON, MISS? YES.
COULDN'T READ THE FIRST NAME IRMA.
WELL, YOU WOULD THINK I'D BE ABLE TO READ THAT DOCTOR.
UM, I MISSED THE OPPORTUNITY EARLIER TO SPEAK ABOUT THE PATHWAYS TO BRIGHT FUTURES, BUT THIS MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING FOR DUAL ENROLLMENT ENCOMPASSES THAT IT ALSO ENCOMPASSES THERE'S PROBABLY A CARD FOR G 12 ALSO, BUT WHAT I'M GOING TO SAY NOW SPEAKS TO THAT AS WELL.
UM, DUAL ENROLLMENT PATHWAYS TO BRIGHT FUTURES.
THAT'S WHAT WE WANT FOR OUR STUDENTS.
WE ARE IN THE BUSINESS OF EDUCATION AND WE ARE EDUCATING STUDENTS TO MAKE THEM PRODUCTIVE CITIZENS.
AND WHAT DO WE WANT TO DO ONCE THEY FINISH HIGH SCHOOL, WE WANT THEM TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE PRODUCTIVE AND TO BE, TO DO SOMETHING GREAT FOR THEMSELVES.
THAT STARTS WITH WHAT WE DO IN K THROUGH 12.
IF THEY DON'T SEE ANYTHING POSITIVE FOR THEMSELVES IN MIDDLE OR HIGH SCHOOL, THEY'RE MORE LIKELY TO DROP OUT THE DUAL ENROLLMENT OPPORTUNITIES AT BRCC AND SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY PROVIDE THAT IT'S A SOLUTION.
WE HAVE A PROBLEM RIGHT NOW WITH OUR STUDENTS NOT SUCCEEDING AFTER HIGH SCHOOL.
SO ANYTHING WE CAN DO TO HELP THAT WE NEED TO DO IT, WHERE WE HAVE WITH THE PATHWAYS TO BRIGHT FUTURES IS A SOLUTION.
IF YOU DON'T HAVE A SOLUTION TO A PROBLEM, JUST BE QUIET.
AND THE PATHWAYS TO BRIGHT FUTURE IS A SOLUTION TO THE PROBLEM THAT WE HAVE WITH OUR HIGHEST SCHOOL DROPOUT RATE.
THANK YOU, MS. JACKSON, ARE THERE ANY, UH, I DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER CARDS TO SPEAK ON THE CONSENT AGENDA, WHICH HAS ALL THE ITEMS OTHER THAN FOUR, NINE AND 18, AND JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE I DON'T MISS ANYBODY.
I, UM, WE COME BACK TO THE BOARD MS. SQUARE JACKSON, DID I JUST KNOCK ACCIDENTALLY KNOCK YOU OFF? OR THAT WAS FROM BEFORE? YEAH.
SO, UM, THE BOARD IS CLEAR ON THE CONSENT AGENDA.
MADAM SECRETARY, WILL YOU, UH, PLEASE CONDUCT THE VOTE, PLEASE VOTE MOTION CARRIES.
[G4. Stipend]
MOVE NOW TO ITEM G FOR CONSIDERATION OF A REQUEST FOR THE APPROVAL OF A $3,000 STIPEND FOR THE EAST BATON ROUGE POWER SCHOOL SYSTEM, EMPLOYEES FOR THE 20, 20 TO 2023 SCHOOL YEAR.DO I HAVE A MOTION MOVED BY MS. WHERE JACKSON SECONDED BY MR. HOWARD? UH, MS. WADE JACKSON.
UM, JUST WANTED TO SAY, UM, SUPERINTENDENT NARCIS, UH, WE APPRECIATE THIS.
SO VERY MUCH OF WE'VE GOTTEN A LOT OF, UM, FEEDBACK, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE ARE EXCITED AND, UM, I WAS SPEAKING TO YOU MY, THE YESTERDAY, JUST TO GIVE A LITTLE MORE CLARITY ON WHO IS INCLUDED IN THAT GROUP THAT MAY NOT BE JUST, JUST FOR CLARITY.
SO THAT, CAUSE YOU KNOW, I, I HAD ONE PERSON IN PARTICULAR I'M THINKING OF WHO WAS A, UM, BUS DRIVER.
SHE WAS LIKE, AM I IN HERE? AND I'M LIKE, YEAH, SEE, I SEE YOU ALL THAT.
SO WOULD YOU PLEASE JUST EXPOUND A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT SO EVERYBODY WILL KNOW WHO'S INCLUDED.
UM, WE HAVE A LOT OF FOLKS INCLUDED.
UH, SO, UM, THE BUS DRIVERS ARE INCLUDED, UM, AS WELL AS CAFETERIA WORKERS, PARAPROFESSIONALS, YOU NAME IT.
UH, WE HAVE, I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE ACCURATE AS WE GIVE THIS INFORMATION, THERE IS A CODE WE HAVE CALLED, IS IT 81 0 6? IS THAT CORRECT? SO, UM, MS. HALL, YOU WANT TO COME UP JUST SO WE CAN MAKE SURE WE PROVIDE CLARITY BECAUSE, UH, ANYONE THAT IS 8,106 OR ABOVE WILL NOT GET, UM, THE 3000 OFF EVERYONE WHO'S BELOW THAT WE'LL GET THAT.
AND THAT THOSE CODES CORRELATE TO PARTICULAR SALARIES.
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81 0 1 TO 81 0 5.SO THEY'RE TYPICALLY FOLKS WERE MAKING OVER OVER A HUNDRED THOUSAND.
SO IF YOU'RE MAKING OVER A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS, YOU WILL NOT QUALIFY FOR THIS.
UH, BUT EVERYONE WHO MAKES UNDER A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS WILL GET $3,000.
THANK YOU FOR THAT INFORMATION.
THANK YOU, MR. JACKSON, UH, SEEING NO OTHER MS. DYSON.
YES, I, I JUST APPRECIATE THIS ITEM.
I'M SO GLAD THAT WE'RE ABLE TO DO THIS FOR ALL OF OUR STAFF AND, UM, TEACHERS AND SCHOOL SITE ADMINISTRATORS.
AND I'M JUST THRILLED TO BE ABLE TO DO THIS FOR, UH, OUR WORKING PEOPLE.
THANK YOU, MS. DIASON, MR. LANICE.
UM, YOU KNOW, OFTENTIMES A SUPERINTENDENT AND HIS STAFF GET, UH, A LOT OF MUD TOSSED ON HIM, UH, OR PAST BEHAVIORS, PAST POLICIES, THINGS OF THAT NATURE, BUT WHAT WE CAN'T GLOSS OVER AND I WON'T ALLOW IT TO BE GLOSSED OVER THAT.
LET ME SAY THAT IS THE FACT THAT SINCE YOU'VE BEEN HERE, YOU'VE FOUND WAYS, UNIQUE WAYS TO TRY TO PAY TEACHERS MONEY, WHETHER IT'S THROUGH STIPENDS, WHETHER THE COMPENSATION STUDY.
AND I SERIOUSLY THINK THAT THAT IS SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO BE COMMENDED.
A LOT OF TIMES, YOU KNOW, WE HEAR A LOT FROM THE COMMUNITY AND SOMETIMES IT CAN BE SOME THINGS THAT CUT PRETTY THICK, THICK, AND DEEP, BUT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S COMMENDABLE BECAUSE FOR TOO LONG, WE HAVE NOT PAID OUR WORKERS A FAIR WAGE, WHETHER IT'S A SOMEBODY IN THE CLASSROOM, SOMEBODY DRIVING A BUS AND CAFETERIA WORKERS, WHEN THEY ALL DO PHENOMENAL JOBS, PHENOMENAL WORK FOR OUR SYSTEM.
AND I JUST THINK THAT'S COMMENDABLE.
CAUSE I KNOW IT TOOK A LOT TO PUT SOMETHING LIKE THIS TOGETHER.
UH, THANK YOU TO MS. LOPEZ AND OUR FINANCE DEPARTMENT FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU ALL HAVE DONE, BECAUSE I KNOW IT TOOK SOME TIME TO FIGURE OUT WHERE WE GET THE MONEY TO GET THIS DONE.
THIS, IT TAKES TIME TO GO THROUGH A BUDGET.
IT TAKES TIME TO BE ABLE TO MOVE PIECES AROUND.
AND I JUST WANTED TO COMMEND YOU GUYS AND LADIES, UH, FOR THIS OUTSTANDING WORK BECAUSE OUR TEACHERS DESERVE THIS.
THANK YOU AND THE REST OF OUR EMPLOYEES.
UM, THE BOARD IS CLEAR AT THE MOMENT.
UM, WE'LL GO TO THE AUDIENCE MS. MATTHEWS.
I SECOND, EVERYTHING THAT A BOARD MEMBER LANDIS JUST SAID.
I APPRECIATE ALL THOSE PEOPLE BECAUSE IT DEFINITELY WAS NOT EASY TO FIND THE MONEY FOR THIS.
UM, I, I'M GOING TO SAY IT AGAIN.
I SAID IT AT THE CAMERA TO SAY IT AGAIN.
WE DEFINITELY APPRECIATE, UH, SUPERINTENDENT RCS.
YOU SAID IT WOULD BE A GOOD STIPEND.
UH, BUT YOU ALSO SAID IT WAS GOING TO BE TOO.
SO WE, WE WANT THE SECOND ONE.
AND IF WE SPLIT THIS ONE, CAUSE SEE, I READ CHARLES HIS ARTICLE AND HE SAID THAT THIS WAS, IT WAS THIS ONE.
WE'RE JUST GOING TO PUT IT TOGETHER.
AND ONE, BUT IF WE SPLIT THIS ONE INTO, THAT'D BE 1500.
THIS IS A GOOD ONE, BUT WE WANT THAT SECOND ONE.
I RIGHT, WAITING FOR THAT SECOND ONE TO COME BACK AROUND.
UH, SUPERINTENDENT MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.
I'M ANGELA JAMES BROWN, PRESIDENT OF THE EAST BATON ROUGE, FEDERATION OF TEACHERS AND SUPPORT WORKERS.
AND I TONIGHT RISE TO SAY, THANK YOU, OUR EMPLOYEES, OUR MEMBERS, OUR NON-MEMBERS POTENTIAL MEMBERS ALL WORK VERY HARD EVERY DAY.
AND I DON'T THINK I'M TELLING YOU ANYTHING THAT YOU'RE NOT AWARE OF IF YOU'VE BEEN AROUND THESE BEVERAGE PARISH SCHOOL SYSTEM, BUT ENDING END OF THE TIME, YOU KNOW THAT OUR EMPLOYEES WORK HARD.
AND SO WHEN YOU'RE ABLE TO FIND THE MONIES NECESSARY TO GIVE THEM A BONUS OR A STIFLE, AND I SAY, THANK YOU.
NOW THEY'RE GOING TO BE THE INDIVIDUALS WHO SAY, IT'S NOT ENOUGH.
I LIKE TO HAVE 10,000, BUT THE REALITY IS WHERE WILL THE MONEY COME FROM? AND SO THE FACT THAT THESE $3,000 HAVE BEEN APPROVED TELLS ME THAT THE MONEY IS COMING FROM SOMEWHERE AND IS SOUND.
AND I WANT TO AGAIN SAY THANK YOU TO THE MEMBERS OF THE HR DEPARTMENT, AS WELL AS THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT.
UM, MS. JACKSON, HI, AGAIN, I AGREE WITH THE BOARD AND EVERYTHING THAT, UM, MS. JAMES BROWN SAID, WE APPRECIATE THIS.
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MS. HALL ANTICIPATED SOMETHING.WHEN YOU ALL APPROVED A 7,500 FOR NEW TEACHERS IN THE CONTENT AREAS, SHE KNEW THAT THOSE OF US THAT ARE IN A DAILY, WE WERE GOING TO WANT SOMETHING AS WELL.
AND SO WHEN WE CALLED HER, SHE HAD A SOLUTION AND WE APPRECIATE THIS $3,000 SOLUTION FOR EVERYONE.
THANK YOU, MS. JACKSON, MS. SIMS. HELLO, I'M SPEAKING ON MY HALF, UH, E VICE PRESIDENT.
AGAIN, I'M AN EMPLOYEE OF EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH SCHOOL SYSTEM.
AND AGAIN, WE CAN, FOR ALL EMPLOYEES, YOU KNOW, WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THE STIPEND AND WE JUST, YOU KNOW, THANK YOU FOR THINKING OF US ALSO AGAIN, JUST ECHOING SOME OF WHAT, UM, MS. MATTHEW SAID, YOU KNOW, THINKING ABOUT THE SPRING, COMING UP FOR US COMING BACK IN THE FALL, YOU KNOW, BUT AGAIN, WE THANK YOU.
THANK YOU MS. SIMMS, MS. CORLEY.
I AM ALL IN SUPPORT FOR A STIPEND FOR OUR STAFF.
HOWEVER, I THINK THAT THERE'S SOME THINGS THAT WE NEED TO ACTUALLY CLARIFY.
$7,500 WAS PROMISED TO ALL NEW STAFF, NEW TEACHERS, IF THEY'RE TEACHING IN A CORE SUBJECT, BUT YET WE HAD TWO SPECIAL ED DIRECTORS GO ON THE NEWS AND VERY QUICK, SPECIAL ED TEACHER.
MY CHILD HAS A NEW TEACHER THAT NEW SPECIAL ED TEACHER WILL NOT RECEIVE $7,500, BUT $3,000.
IT'S MISLEADING BECAUSE THAT, THAT DISTINCTION DID NOT GET IDENTIFIED UNTIL THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE.
THAT IS NOT WHAT WAS ORIGINALLY ISSUED OUT TO PEOPLE THAT WAS APPLYING TO COME TO THIS JOB AS A NEW STAFF.
SO WHAT DO I RECOMMEND? ESL TEACHERS HAVE TO TEACH EVERY SINGLE CORE SUBJECT.
THEY HAVE TO TEACH SCIENCE, SOCIAL STUDIES, MATH, ENGLISH.
THEY SHOULD GET THE $7,500 TO OUR TEACHERS AND STAFF THAT WAS HERE LAST YEAR SHOULD ACTUALLY GET $3,000 WHILE ORIGINALLY THE STIPEND WAS PROMISED THAT THEY WOULD RECEIVE IT TWICE IN THE SCHOOL YEAR IF THEY STAYED.
AND RIGHT NOW WE'RE ONLY TALKING ABOUT IT ONCE.
SO THAT NEEDS TO ACTUALLY BE CLARIFIED LAST, BUT DEFINITELY NOT LEAST.
WE CANNOT CONTINUE TO MISLEAD OUR STAFF.
THIS IS WHY STAFF CONTINUES TO WALK OUT OF THE DOOR.
AMAZON WILL BE OPENING IN JANUARY AND THEY WILL START THEM OFF AT $15 AN HOUR MINIMUM.
WHERE'S THE BENEFITS ON THE FIRST DAY INCREASE THE PAY FOR OUR CHILD'S PACIFIC PARENTS AND OUR PARAPROFESSIONALS, OUR BUS DRIVERS, CAFETERIA WORKERS.
SO LIKE I STATED BEFORE, MR. LANE IS, IS HERE.
SO HE WOULD ACTUALLY SPEAK ON BEHALF OF THE CAFETERIA WORKERS AND BUS DRIVERS ACTUALLY NEEDING A LIVABLE WAY.
WE NEED TO PROVIDE OUR STAFF THAT LIVABLE WAGE, BUT WHERE IS THIS STIPEND? WHEN IT COMING FROM ESSAR DO WE HAVE ENOUGH TO DO WHAT WE PROMISED, WHICH WAS TO GIVE THEM THE STIPEND TWICE? THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE DEFINITELY NEED TO SPEAK ON.
AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN NOT CONTINUE TO TURN AND ACT LIKE.
IT WAS NEVER STATED BEFORE ON RECORD, BECAUSE IT WAS THANK YOU SO MUCH.
AND I HOPE THAT ALL ESS TEACHERS WILL GET THAT $7,500, BECAUSE THAT IS, UH, THAT IS SOMEBODY THAT IS TEACHING ALL CORE SUBJECTS.
THAT'S ALL THE CARDS I HAVE FOR G4 THE STIPEND.
MADAM SECRETARY, WILL YOU PLEASE CONDUCT A VOTE? PLEASE VOTE.
[G9. Professional Services Contracts: Federal]
WE MOVE NOW TO JEANNINE CONSIDERATION OF REQUEST FOR THE APPROVAL OF A PROFESSIONAL SERVICE PROFESSIONAL SERVICES CONTRACTS BETWEEN THE EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH SCHOOL BOARD, AND THE FOLLOWING A CENTER FOR HIGH SCHOOL SUCCESS,[02:05:01]
S C L C IN THE AMOUNT OF $306,705 TO PROVIDE TRAINING, SUPPORT AND RESOURCES, STRATEGIC ALIGNMENT, STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT, FUNDING SOURCE ASSET THREE, UH, INCENTIVE B LEXIA LEARNING SYSTEMS, LLC IN THE AMOUNT OF $302,847 TO PROVIDE LITERACY, PROFESSIONAL LEARNING, STRATEGIC ALIGNMENT, STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT, AND EMPLOYEE DEVELOPMENT, FUNDING RESOURCE LITERACY FOUNDATION TRAINING.SEE DREAM BOX IN THE AMOUNT OF $682,212 TO PROVIDE A MATHEMATICS PROGRAM.
STRATEGIC ALIGNMENT, STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT FUNDING SOURCES FOR THREE ACTION TO THE NEARPOD IN THE AMOUNT OF $193,027 AND 99 CENTS TO PROVIDE AN INTERACTIVE DIGITAL PLATFORM, STRATEGIC ALIGNMENT, STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT FUNDING SOURCE.
SO THREE ACTION TO E ABI D CENTER IN THE AMOUNT OF $153,196 TO PROVIDE IGP SUPPORT AND PROFESSIONAL LEARNING, STRATEGIC ALIGNMENT, STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT FUNDING SOURCE REDESIGNED AF STUDY VEIL, LLC IN THE AMOUNT OF $78,000 TO PROVIDE TUTORING SERVICES TO SPECIFIC SCHOOLS, STRATEGIC ALIGNMENT, STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT, FUNDING SOURCE ASSETS, THREE ACTION TO DO.
I HAVE A MOTION MOVED BY MR. LANICE SECONDED BY MS. BERNARD.
I'VE GOT ONE CARD, UH, MS. MATTHEWS CENTER FOR HIVES.
WE ARE SENT THERE FOR HIGH SCHOOL, SR THREE.
I WOULD ASK THAT YOU BIFURCATE THIS BECAUSE THE REST DOES NEED TO GO THROUGH, EVEN THOUGH A LOT OF TEACHERS BEGGED ME TO INCLUDE DRAIN BOX IN MY EMAIL BECAUSE THEY HATE IT, BUT IT ACTUALLY IS EVIDENCE-BASED AND GRADES ONE AND TWO.
UM, SO CENTER FOR HIGH SCHOOL SUCCESS.
FIRST OF ALL, IT IS NOT ONE OF THE, FOR MY GRADE PLANNING SUPPORT PARTNERS THAT BESSIE GIVES THE OPTIONS FOR THE NINTH GRADE, UH, ACADEMY.
AND THAT'S A ISSUE WITH IT BEING ESSER FUNDS.
HOWEVER, WHAT IS MORE, WHAT IS MORE EGREGIOUS EGREGIOUS? I CAN'T TALK IS THE FACT THAT IT IS STAND FOR CHILDREN.
YOU ALL, EVERY SINGLE ONE OF YOU WILL, EXCEPT FOR A BOARD MEMBER, HOWARD ARE CAMPAIGNING RIGHT NOW.
SO STANFORD CHILDREN IS EITHER CAMPAIGNING FOR YOU OR FIGHTING AGAINST YOU.
IT IS UNETHICAL FOR YOU GUYS TO HAVE A CONTRACT FROM STANFORD CHILDREN BEFORE YOU RIGHT NOW.
SO IF YOU WANT TO WORK WITH THEM, AND I'M NOT SAYING YOU SHOULD NOT WORK FOR THEM, WORK WITH THEM OR HAVE A CONTRACT WITH THEM, BUT IT SHOULD BE AFTER THE ELECTION BECAUSE THEY ARE EITHER DONATING TO YOUR CAMPAIGNS OR THEY ARE LOBBYING AGAINST YOU.
AND THERE SHOULD NOT BE A CONTRACT BEFORE US.
UM, ALSO I'LL BE SURE TO LET BETSY KNOW THE SUPERINTENDENT, OUR C'S DISAGREES WITH THEIR GUIDELINES AND THE CLEARING HOUSE WEBSITES, RESEARCH AND CITATIONS ON WHAT IS RESEARCH AND EVIDENCE-BASE.
THANK YOU, MS. MATTHEWS, MS. CORALEE.
SO WITH THE CONTRACT, UM, MOST OF THESE CONTRACTS AND NOT CONTRACTS THAT ACTUALLY HELP OUR CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES.
IN FACT, OUR CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES ONLY CAN BENEFIT FROM TWO OF THEM.
IT'S NOT THE ONE THAT THEY HAD ON THE CHILDREN IS DOING BECAUSE STAYING ON THE CHILDREN, STAYING ON THE KIDS' ANKLES, NECKS, AND BACKS, THEY NEVER DO ANYTHING FOR THESE CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES.
WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THINGS IN PLACE THAT IS GOING TO BENEFIT ALL OF OUR CHILDREN.
WE CANNOT CONTINUE TO PAY MONEY, SPEND MONEY ON THINGS.
THAT'S NOT BENEFITING ALL CHILDREN TODAY.
MR. K BROMLEY ACTUALLY SPOKE ABOUT OUR CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES AND HIS STATE OF THE SCHOOL LEDGERS THAT'S BECAUSE CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES MAKE UP ONE FOURTH OF THE POPULATION OF CHILDREN THAT ARE ACTUALLY IN SCHOOL SYSTEMS AROUND THIS STATE.
RIGHT NOW I WOULD, SOME OF THE FUNDING THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT USING IS ACTUAL FUNDING THAT SHOULD GO TO ACTUALLY PROVIDING HEALTH SERVICES TO OUR CHILDREN INSIDE OF THE SCHOOL BUILDING CURRENTLY EACH AND EVERY LAST ONE
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OF YOU EVER RECEIVED AN EMAIL FROM ME EVERY SINGLE DAY FROM THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL, IN REGARDS TO OUR FAILURE TO HAVE HEALTH CARE CENTERS IN SCHOOLS ACTUALLY FULFILL THE OBLIGATION OF HEALTH SERVICES TO CHILDREN.AS IT'S SPELLED OUT IN THEIR IEP.
IT IS IMPORTANT THAT WE DO ACTUALLY ADDRESS THAT HEALTHCARE CENTERS, EXCUSE IN SCHOOLS IS RECEIVING FUNDING COURTESY OF OUR GENERAL BUDGET.
THAT ALSO HAVE FUNDING FROM OUR IDA BUDGET.
HOW IS IT THAT WE FAIL TO PROVIDE ACCOMMODATIONS THAT'S SPELLED OUT IN THE IEP FOR OUR KIDS.
THESE, THESE PROGRAMS YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT TODAY ARE NIGHTS IN THEIR PROGRAMS. I GAZE SYSTEMS ARE ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY DEVICES ARE HEALTH E AND THAT IS NOT BEING ADDRESSED.
AND IT'S FOR SURE NOT ABOUT TO BE ADDRESSED BY THIS CONTRACT.
MY CHILD CANNOT SAFELY MATRICULATE INTO NORTHEAST ELEMENTARY, JUST LIKE ANY OTHER CHILD THAT'S AT NORTHEAST ELEMENTARY, BECAUSE THERE IS NO HEALTH CARE CENTER DAYCARE.
NO HEALTHCARE CENTER, IS THERE NO NURSE, IS THERE NO MEDICAL ASSISTANT? IS THERE DNAS THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT DOING A COURTESY OF BANNER GENERAL GLEN OAKS HIGH SCHOOL? THAT'S NOT THEIR NEED.
I CAN GO ON AND ON ABOUT THE DIFFERENT MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS THAT ARE NOT THERE, BUT IT STILL DON'T MEAN THAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE THERE TOMORROW.
SO I DO TELL YOU TO NOT APPROVE THIS COUNTRY, THESE CONTRACTS, BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT BENEFITING ALL CHILDREN AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE SUPPOSED TO BE DOING EVERY CHILD EVERY DAY, GETTING A BENEFIT.
UH, THAT CLEARS THE PUBLIC COMMENT.
MISS WHERE JET BACK TO THE BOARD MS. WHERE JACKSON, THANK YOU, MR. TADEMAN A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO WHEN WE WERE LOOKING AT THE BUDGET AND SPECIFICALLY LIKE SPECIAL, UH, SPECIAL BUDGETS AS IT RELATES TO ESSER, UH, THERE WERE A LOT OF QUESTIONS THAT I HAD AROUND SR FUNDING, UH, WITH REGARD TO THE BUDGET.
AND, UM, PRIOR TO THAT, THERE WAS A PACKAGE OF, UM, BETTER, UH, WHAT WAS THE SUPERINTENDENTS PACKAGE THAT WAS GOING TO DO A LOT OF, UM, UM, PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT JUST BEFORE SCHOOL STARTED.
AND, UH, AND WE, WE PASSED THAT EARLIER.
UH, THERE WAS SOMETHING IN THERE THAT I HAD CONCERN ABOUT AND I WAS ASKING TO, UM, MOVE IT, UH, THAT DIDN'T HAPPEN.
UM, BUT AFTER, AFTER THAT VOTE, UH, I GOT A LOT OF TROLLS ON A FACEBOOK PAGE, YOU KNOW, AND, UH, YOU KNOW, AND SOME, SOME PEOPLE WERE, THIS PARTICULAR GROUP WAS UPSET THAT I WOULD EVEN QUESTION ANYTHING ABOUT ESSER AND, AND, AND NOT, UH, JUST PASS IT.
SO THIS TIME AROUND, I REALLY DIDN'T, I DIDN'T LOOK AS CLOSELY AS BEFORE AND THE DAY AFTER THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE, I GOT SOME CALLS AT HOME, UH, ASKING ME ABOUT WHAT WAS THIS, UH, CENTER FOR HIGH SCHOOL SUCCESS.
UM, AND I ADMIT WHEN I FIRST LOOKED AT IT, UH, I WONDERED THAT THE ACRONYM DIDN'T MATCH, BUT I DIDN'T, I DIDN'T LOOK INTO IT AS CLOSELY AS I SHOULD HAVE.
UH, SO, YOU KNOW, THEY, THEY WERE LIKE, YOU TELL THE KIDS, YOU SEE SOMETHING, YOU SAY SOMETHING, RIGHT.
SO I SAW THIS AND, UM, AND I SAID SOMETHING TO OUR, UM, OUR LEGAL COUNSEL AROUND THIS BECAUSE WHEN I LOOKED AT THIS CENTER FOR HIGH SCHOOL SUCCESS, I SCROLL DOWN TO THE BOTTOM AND I DID SEE, UH, IT WAS IN STANFORD CHILDREN ORGANIZATION.
AND I KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY, YOU KNOW, THEY, THEY WERE A BIT UPSET WHEN, UM, WHEN I WAS ASKING AROUND, UM, AS A FUNDING, NOW, THIS IS VERY UNCOMFORTABLE FOR ME.
UH, BUT I HAVE TO SAY IT ANYWAY.
UM, I DON'T RECALL THE BOARD EVER GIVING A CONTRACT TO A GROUP THAT HAD ANY KIND OF POLITICAL, UM, INCENTIVE, POLITICAL, SAY, YOU KNOW, ANY POLITICAL PUSH DURING ELECTIONS AND WE ARE IN AN ELECTION SEASON.
UH, AND I WOULD THINK THAT BOARD MEMBERS MIGHT WANT TO RECUSE THEMSELVES, UH, FROM THIS PARTICULAR, UH, THIS PARTICULAR ITEM.
UH, I WOULD ASK THAT WE WOULD SEPARATE IT BECAUSE I DON'T SEE ANYTHING WRONG WITH, WITH THE OTHERS.
YOU KNOW, I FULLY SUPPORT ALL OF THE OTHER ONES EXCEPT
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FOR A SIMPLY BECAUSE IT'S AN ORGANIZATION THAT HAS SOME, UH, POLITICAL, UH, WHAT SOME WOULD CALL A SPECIAL INTEREST GROUP, UH, AND LOOK, YOU KNOW, THEY DO, THEY DO GREAT WORK, YOU KNOW, BUT THERE, THERE IS A SIDE THAT CAN GET A LITTLE UGLY, ESPECIALLY AROUND THIS TIME, THIS SEASON.SO, UH, I WOULD NOT WANT TO VOTE WITH THAT ONE IN PARTICULAR, JUST BECAUSE OF THE APPEARANCE OF IT.
UH, I ASKED LEGAL COUNSEL, HE, YOU KNOW, HE ASSURED ME THAT, YOU KNOW, THERE, IT, IT MAY NOT LOOK GOOD, YOU KNOW, BUT, UH, ETHICALLY, YOU KNOW, THERE'S, THERE'S NOTHING THERE.
UM, BUT I, I DON'T FEEL COMFORTABLE VOTING FOR THIS.
AND I HAVE TO SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, UH, I DON'T MAYBE IT'S WRONG, MAYBE IT'S RIGHT.
SO, UH, YOU KNOW, IF WE COULD PULL THIS OUT AND, UM, VOTE ON IT SEPARATELY, I'D BE HAPPY TO SAY YES TO, YOU KNOW, B, C, D E N F.
BUT A, THERE IS A PROBLEM BECAUSE IT IS, IT IS A SPECIAL INTEREST GROUP THAT WILL BE CONTRIBUTING TO CAMPAIGNS.
AND, UH, SOME OF YOU HAVE BEEN ON THE BAD SIDE AND, UH, IT'S NOT PRETTY.
SO, UM, IF, IF I COULD MAKE IT THE MOTION TO PULL A OUT OF THIS PACKAGE AND VOTE FOR IT SEPARATELY, I WOULD, I WOULD LIKE TO DO THAT WHERE JACKSON HAS MADE A MOTION TO PAY OUT, PULL A OUT AND, UH, HANDLE THE I, THE REST OF THE ITEMS. IS THERE A SECOND TO THAT MOTION, MOTION DIES FOR LACK OF A SECOND.
WELL, I HAD A FEELING THAT WOULD HAPPEN, BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, I, YOU KNOW, I WOULD, I WOULD ASK Y'ALL, YOU KNOW, I, I THINK THE WISE THING TO DO, RIGHT.
THANK YOU, MR. LANDIS, MR. PRESIDENT, UH, YOU ALSO, CAN WE GET CLARITY AROUND, UH, A, IS THAT IN ANY WAY YOU PERFORM AN AFFILIATE OR I'LL LET YOU EXPLAIN, YOU KNOW, COULD YOU GIVE US SOME CLARITY ON YEAH.
MS. WADE JACKSON AND THIS SPEAK EARLIER, SHE ASKED THAT QUESTION OF ME AND MY RESPONSE WAS ON SURFACE.
I COULD NOT SEE AN ETHICS VIOLATION IN LOUISIANA.
WE HAVE A LOUISIANA ETHICS CODE THAT BASICALLY GIVES US GUIDANCE, NOT GUIDANCE, BUT SETS RULES FOR PUBLIC EMPLOYEES AND PUBLIC SERVANTS IN TERMS OF RECEIVING GIFTS, ET CETERA.
AND SO YOU LOOK AT THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE PARTY AND ESSENTIALLY FUNDING AND MONEY AND HOW MONEY FLOWS.
IT DETERMINES WHETHER AS AN ETHICS VIOLATION, I CAN'T ANSWER FOR EACH BOARD MEMBER SITTING HERE, WHAT THE RELATIONSHIP IS WITH STANFORD CHILDREN.
I CANNOT ANSWER THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN STANFORD CHILDREN AND THIS AND THE CONTRACT, BECAUSE I HAVEN'T SEEN ANYTHING SPECIFIC.
I WOULD SAY THAT IF A BOARD MEMBER HAS RECEIVED A CONTRIBUTION FROM A POLITICAL ORGANIZATION, AN ORGANIZATION THERE THAT MOVES POLITICALLY, THEY MIGHT WANT TO CONSIDER THE CONSIDER A RECUSAL TO MAKE SURE OR TO ASSURE THEMSELVES THAT THEY ARE TAKING THE PROPER STEPS TO ACT ETHICALLY.
UM, BUT THERE ARE TOO MANY FACTS HERE THAT I CAN'T ANSWER.
I NEED MORE INFORMATION TO ACTUALLY SAY WHETHER THERE IS A CLEAR ETHICS VIOLATION, NOT SO THE ANSWER YOUR QUESTION.
UM, YOU HAVE TO LOOK AT WHETHER YOU RECEIVED THE BENEFIT IN TERMS OF YOU SITTING AS A PUBLIC OFFICIAL AND WHETHER, UM, YOU'RE VOTING ON AN ACTION THAT MIGHT BENEFIT THE PARTY BECAUSE OF RECEIVING THAT BENEFIT.
YOU GOOD MISCELLANEOUS? UM, I'M A VEGAS STATEMENT.
I MEAN, WE, STANFORD CHILDREN RECRUITED A CANDIDATE AGAINST ME LAST TIME.
UH, YOU KNOW, BUT I CAN'T LOOK AT A CONTRACT THAT'S GOING FOR CHILDREN AND, AND VOTE ON IT BECAUSE THERE ARE SO MANY, AND I MEAN, FOR THOSE OF US, MAYBE WHO ARE A LITTLE MORE, WELL, YOU KNOW, BEEN AROUND A WHILE.
HOW ABOUT THAT? I COULD PROBABLY LOOK THROUGH THIS WHOLE THING AND FIND PEOPLE THAT HAVE EITHER CONTRIBUTED TO ME AT ONE POINT OR CONTRIBUTED OR TRY TO RECRUIT CANDIDATES AGAINST ME.
I THINK WE HAVE TO LOOK AT THIS ON ITS FACE FOR WHAT IT DOES FOR CHILDREN.
IT'S A RECOMMENDATION OF THE SUPERINTENDENT.
AND SO I DON'T HAVE AN ISSUE WITH IT.
AND SO I, YOU KNOW, THAT'S MY, I'M NOT A LAWYER.
I PLAYED ONE ON TV ONCE, BUT I REALLY DID.
AH, SO ANYWAY, SO, UH, THAT'S ALL MY COMMENTS.
SO I WAS, I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY THE SAME THING.
I MEAN, PEOPLE, WHATEVER PEOPLE, THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT HAPPEN EVERY DAY IN THIS DISTRICT THAT WE COULD BE TALKING ABOUT WHAT FACE VALUE MEANS AND WHAT IT MEANS FOR THE BENEFIT OF WHOM IT BENEFITS.
BUT WHAT I SEE IN THIS PARTICULAR CONTRACT IS SOME INFORMATION THAT WILL BENEFIT KIDS.
UM, I'M SURE THAT THERE'S BEEN, THERE'S A PILOT
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PROGRAM THAT THE MA METRO MORPHIS HAS DATA ABOUT EARLY ONE IN TIMES THAT TALKED ABOUT SOME OF THESE SAME AREAS AND PRIORITIES THAT EXIST AMONGST, UM, WHAT STUDENTS NEED.AND SO WHAT I SEE FROM THIS CONTRACT IS A STUDENT CENTERED STUDENT VOICE THAT WILL BENEFIT STUDENTS.
AND SO, UM, I WOULD JUST SAY TO THE POINT I MADE EARLIER IS THAT WE WANT TO SEE THE DATA THAT SUPPORTS THESE TYPES OF INITIATIVES AND THESE TYPES OF THINGS HAPPENING FROM ACROSS THE BOARD.
I WOULD SAY THAT THIS IS THE KIND OF THINGS THAT WE SHOULD BE TALKING ABOUT 90% OF THE TIME, BUT INSTEAD WE TAKE 90% OF THE TIMES WE'LL TALK ABOUT THINGS THAT HAVE NO VALUE TO STUDENTS.
SO, UM, I WOULD JUST ADD OR ARGUE THAT I DON'T SEE ANYTHING FROM MY VANTAGE POINT WHERE THIS IS LIKE A DIRECT CONFLICT OF INTEREST, BUT TO MR. TAPPIN'S AND AS WELL AS THE ATTORNEY'S POINT, IF YOU FEEL THAT WAY AND YOU HAVE RECEIVED THAT BENEFIT RECUSE YOURSELF, AND WE GO ON TO DO WITH THE WORK OF STUDENTS IN THIS DISTRICT.
MADAM SECRETARY, PLEASE CONDUCT A VOTE.
PLEASE VOTE THE MOTION CARRIES MOTION CARRIES.
[G18. Request for Qualifications]
MOVE NOW TO ITEM G 18 CONSIDERATION REQUEST FOR THE AUTHORIZATION FOR STAFF TO ISSUE A REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS TO SEEK PROPOSALS, TO PROVIDE CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT AT RISK CMR SERVICES OR THE FOLLOWING TAX PLAN PROJECTS, ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE PARISH, BALTIMORE MIDDLE SCHOOL ARTS CONSERVATORY, STRATEGIC ALIGNMENT, OPERATIONAL EXCELLENCE FUNDING SOURCE TAX PLAN MOVED BY MR. BERNARD AND SECONDED BY MR. LANIS.UM, MR. LANDIS, THANK YOU AGAIN, MR. UH, MR. PRESIDENT.
I JUST WANT TO SAY IN UPLIFT THAT, UH, IN COMMEND ALSO THE EXPANSION OF MORE SCHOOLS ACROSS OUR DISTRICT, I THINK THAT THIS IS NEEDED, UH, SCHOOLS HAVE THIS WHEREWITHAL IS LET ME SAY THAT.
UM, I THINK IT'S, IT'S, IT'S MORE THAN NEEDED.
I THINK THAT FAMILIES DESERVE TO HAVE EXPANSION, NOT ONLY IN DISTRICTS THAT LOOK LIKE MINE, BUT I THINK THERE'LL BE UP TO ALSO LOOK AT THAT EXPANSION ACROSS THE BOARD, BECAUSE THAT'S ALSO IMPORTANT.
WE ARE NOT A CITY OF JUST, UH, ONE PARTICULAR GROUP.
WE ARE VERY, I THINK PERSONALLY BATON ROUGE IS A MELTING POT, BUT I'M VERY, VERY, UH, EXCITED ABOUT OUR STUDENTS BEING ABLE TO HAVE THESE TYPES OF, UH, THESE TYPES OF IMPROVEMENTS, THESE TYPES OF INVESTMENTS COME BACK TO OUR NEIGHBORHOODS AND OUR COMMUNITIES.
THANK YOU, MR. LANDIS, MR. GODIN.
UH, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE, UM, SOME PEOPLE HAVE MENTIONED EARLIER, BUT I JUST WANTED TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE NOISE OF CHANGE THAT WE HAVE, UH, AROUND, UH, YOU KNOW, AS YOU COME IN AND CHANGE THINGS, THINGS CAN GET NOISY.
I HAD SOMEONE DESCRIBED TO ME OUR BOARD AS BEING DYSFUNCTIONAL, AND I TOOK THAT VERY BADLY BECAUSE THIS BOARD HAS NOT BEEN DYSFUNCTIONAL.
THIS BOARD HAS DONE MORE THINGS I THINK IN THE PAST YEAR OR SO UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF DR.
HAVE WE GOTTEN EVERYTHING RIGHT? PERFECTLY? NO, BUT WE'VE DONE A LOT.
AND THIS IS ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE DONE.
I TRIED TO EXPLAIN TO SOMEONE A COUPLE OF NIGHTS AGO THAT, YOU KNOW, UH, FOR YEARS WE'VE KICKED SO MANY CANS DOWN THE ROAD, WE COULD OPEN UP A RECYCLING CENTER AND, UH, YOU KNOW, GOOD WHERE, UH, YEAH, YOU CAN USE THAT IF YOU WANT, BUT YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT KICKING CANS DOWN AND ROAD ANYMORE.
ARE WE GOING TO DO THINGS PERFECTLY? NO, BUT WE ACTUALLY ARE TRYING TO SOLVE PROBLEMS AND REACH SOLUTIONS.
AND IN DOING THAT, YOU WILL GET GENERATE NOISE.
STATUS QUO IS THE STATUS QUO BECAUSE SOME PEOPLE ARE ADVANTAGED BY IT AND SOME PEOPLE DON'T WANT CHANGE, BUT WE HAVE TO CHANGE TO IMPROVE.
AND I'M VERY PROUD OF THIS BOARD FOR THE STEPS THAT WE'VE TAKEN.
AND I'M VERY PROUD OF OUR SUPERINTENDENT AND HIS STAFF FOR THE GUIDANCE THAT THEY'VE GIVEN US TO TAKE IN THESE STEPS.
SO I FULLY SUPPORT THIS AND, UH, AND GLAD THAT WE CAN SEE THAT WE'RE GETTING ON WITH THIS.
THANK YOU, MR.
UH, I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THIS ARTS CONSERVATORY.
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IT'S JUST KINDA, I, I MAY NOT HAVE THE TALENT, BUT IT SURE IS IN MY BLOOD.AND, UH, SO, UM, I'M REALLY THRILLED ABOUT THIS JUST TO SEE THIS, UH, COME TO LIFE.
UM, I KNOW THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF INTEREST IN THAT AND, UM, I HAD A LITTLE BIT OF CURIOSITY THOUGH, AROUND THE BUDGET OR A PARTICULARLY BROAD MORE, UM, MIDDLE SCHOOL ARTS CONSERVATORY.
AND, UM, JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE ENOUGH ENOUGH MONEY TO, TO REALLY DO IT LIKE WE, LIKE WE NEED TO.
AND SO I WAS WONDERING WHAT THE BUDGET WAS AND ALSO A LITTLE BIT OF CLARITY AROUND THE, UM, CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT AT RISK SERVICES.
THANK YOU, MS. ANDERSON, CAN YOU PLEASE COME UP AS WELL? YEAH, NO, EVERYONE.
UM, I HEARD YOUR QUESTION ABOUT THE BUDGET.
SO APPROXIMATELY 9 MILLION, 795, THAT A THOUSAND IS THE CONSTRUCTION BUDGET FOR THE SCHOOL.
BEFORE A COMPLETE REDO BROUGHT MORE, ONLY 9 MILLION.
SO THE OVERALL IS 13 IS 15 MILLION IS THE OVERALL CONSTRUCTION BUDGET, BUT WE HAVE, UM, ABATEMENT FOR HAZARDOUS MATERIALS.
WE HAVE DESIGN COST FOR DESIGN FEES.
WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, SURVEYS, YOU'LL TEXTS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE THAT HAVE TO TAKE PLACE.
SO ALL OF THAT COMES OUT OF THOSE SOFT COSTS.
AND THEN IF, IF ANY IS, WILL, SO FROM THAT, THAT FULL OVERALL BUDGET, YOU KIND OF SUBTRACT THOSE THINGS OUT AND THERE GOES YOUR, UM, AMOUNT FOR CONSTRUCTION.
I WONDER IF WE CAN GET SOME PARTNERS IN HOUSTON, WE CAN REALLY, REALLY, UH, BEEF IT UP.
UH, I KNOW THAT YES, ABSOLUTELY.
WE MAY LEAD ME TO DO A LITTLE SEARCHING CAUSE YOU KNOW, WE'RE LOOKING AT DOING SOMETHING THAT'S REALLY, REALLY NICE.
UH, WE MIGHT BE A LITTLE BIT SHORT, ESPECIALLY WITH INFLATION RIGHT NOW.
SO I APPRECIATE THAT INFORMATION.
AND ABOUT WHAT SPECIFICALLY ABOUT THE, THE, UM, THAT POSITION.
I MEAN THE CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT AT RISK PIECE.
SO REASONING FOR USING THAT METHOD, UH, THIS GO ROUND IS JUST, AS YOU SEE INFLATION, NOT ONLY INFLATION, UM, SUPPLY AND DEMAND FOR MATERIALS, THERE IS STILL A LOT OF DELAYS THAT ARE GOING ON.
AND SO BY USING THIS CONSTRUCTION METHOD THAT WILL HELP US ATTEMPT TO GET IN FRONT OF THOSE THINGS.
SO THE CONTRACTOR IS AT THE TABLE DURING DESIGN.
UM, SO WE WERE ABLE TO VET OUT BUILDING SYSTEMS AND DESIGN IN REAL TIME WITH PRICING, UM, AND GET SOME WAY IN FROM THE CONTRACTORS.
SO WE CAN, IT'LL HELP US ADD OUT SCHEDULES EARLIER ON.
IT'LL HELP US OUT AND OUT THE FUNDING, OR MAYBE NOT SO MUCH FUNDING, BUT THE DISTRIBUTION OF THE MONIES FOR BUILDING SYSTEMS EARLY ON, UM, AS WELL AS GIVE THE ADVANTAGE OF THE CON THE CON CONTRACTOR STARTING CONSTRUCTION EARLIER IN PROCURING MATERIALS EARLIER.
AND IT'S ON A PERCENTAGE BASIS.
SO IT'S, THERE'S NO SET PERCENTAGE, BUT THERE IS A FEE ATTACHED TO THAT SERVICE.
THERE'S A PRE-CONSTRUCTION, UM, SERVICE.
WE'LL PRETTY MUCH SET IT A LUMP SUM.
UH, FROM THERE YOU DECIDE NOT SO MUCH THE SAD, BUT AS WE GO THROUGH THE DESIGN, WE'LL GET TO A POINT OF WHERE THE CONTRACT IS GOING TO GIVE YOU AN AMOUNT FOR CONSTRUCTION AND WE'LL SIT AND MAKE SURE THAT WE AGREE UPON THAT AMOUNT.
FROM THERE IT'S, UM, TYPICALLY ABOUT A HALF OR A QUARTER OF A PERCENT OF THAT FULL, UH, CONSTRUCTION AMOUNT BID AMOUNT THAT IS GUARANTEED TO THE CONTRACTOR TO DELIVER THE PROJECT WITHIN THAT BUDGET.
I APPRECIATE THAT INFORMATION LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING THIS HAPPEN.
THANK YOU, MS. GUERRA JACKSON, MR. BERNARD.
I JUST WANTED TO ADDRESS SOME COMMENTS THAT MY COLLEAGUE, MR. GOODAY MADE.
I THINK THAT OUR BOARD IS WORKING TOGETHER BETTER THAN IT EVER HAS AND, UM, I WISH WE COULD ALL STAY TOGETHER, BUT, UM, I APPRECIATE YOU.
EVERYONE'S APPROVING OF THE PROJECT.
UM, THE SCHOOL WILL BE IN SOUTHBRIDGE.
I'M REAL EXCITED ABOUT THE SCHOOL AND THE PARK.
IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE HAVEN'T DONE BEFORE COLLABORATING WITH BRECK.
UH, SO THIS IS GOING TO HAVE AN OUTDOOR CLASSROOM SPACE, I THINK.
UM, I'M ALSO REAL EXCITED ABOUT BROADMORE MIDDLE SCHOOL BECAUSE MS. DYSON AND I ACTUALLY WENT TO SCHOOL THERE, UM, MANY, MANY YEARS AGO.
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THANK YOU, MS. BERNARD, HOW MANY YEARS AGO? NO, I'M JUST KIDDING.MR. HOWARD, UH, PRESIDENTS HAVE MADE IT, YOU HAVE BEEN ON IT TONIGHT.
UM, SO I WOULD JUST SAY THAT I ALSO AGREE WITH THE, UH, THE, YOU KNOW, THE, THE, I THINK THE SCHOOL WOULD BE A GREAT IDEA.
UM, I THINK THIS IS A GREAT STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION AND REALLY HAVING OPTIONS IN CHOICE, AS WE SAY, UM, FOR STUDENTS IN THE DISTRICT.
THE ONLY THING I WOULD SAY, LIKE, AS WE THINK ABOUT CONSTRUCTION, UM, THIS IS MORE OF AN ACADEMIC PIECE OF THIS, NOT EVEN YOU JUDITH, BUT, UH, DR.
UM, WE MENTIONED WHEN WE FIRST STARTED TALKING ABOUT THE CONSTRUCTION OF THIS BUILDING, HAVING SOME KIND OF A PROGRAMMATIC PIECE, LIKE, UH, DOING, UH, SUMMER MONTHS TO FIND THAT HIDDEN TALENT.
CAUSE A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE THOSE TALENTS, WON'T BE IN AN OPPORTUNITY FOR A SCHOOL LIKE THIS BECAUSE THEY HAVEN'T DISCOVERED THOSE TALENTS.
SO MAYBE IF THAT'S ONCE A SUMMER JUST HAVING LIKE A HIDDEN TALENT, UM, WHERE PEOPLE CAN BRING THEIR CAMP OUT JUST TO DISCOVER THESE TABLETS THAT EXIST WITHIN THE DISTRICT.
SO THANK YOU GUYS FOR THE WORK.
THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT'S HAPPENING WITH THIS SCHOOL WHEN I LOOK FORWARD TO THE SUCCESS OF IT.
UM, SO, UH, BASED OFF WHAT I HEARD INFLATION HAS, UH, ALL BUT DELAYED, A LOT OF WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO GET DONE.
I SEE THAT AS CUT INTO BUDGET.
AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I LOOKED UP IS WHEN WE DID THE TRIP AS A COMMUNITY TO GO TO MIAMI DADE, THEY USE SOME VERY UNIQUE WAYS TO ONE CUT COSTS WHILE ALSO GETTING VERY EFFICIENT BUILDINGS.
AND I THINK THAT NOW MAYBE THE TIME THAT WE START THINKING ABOUT AS A BOARD, HOW DO WE COLLABORATE IN A WAY WITH YOU ALL SO THAT WE CAN START TO REFINE THE WAY THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT THE BUILDINGS THAT WE'RE CURRENTLY CREATING, BECAUSE THE WAY THAT YOU DESIGN A BUILDING IN THE COST THAT IT COSTS 20, 30 YEARS AGO, WHERE YOU'RE PAYING MAYBE 35 MILLION, 40 MILLION, $50 MILLION FOR A BUILDING.
NOW YOU COULD DO THE SAME THING FOR ABOUT, WELL, LITERALLY HALF OF THE COST FROM WHAT WE SAW.
AND I JUST WANT TO LIFT THAT UP THERE.
NOW, MAYBE THE TIME WE START THINKING ABOUT THAT, UH, AS INFLATION IS AGAIN, IT'S AN UNSTABLE THING.
WE DON'T KNOW HOW LONG IS IT GOING TO BE IN AND OUT.
UH, BUT AGAIN, I THINK IT IS NOW A GOOD TIME TO START THAT CONVERSATION.
UM, WE, UH, BOARDS CLEAR AT THE MOMENT WE GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT, MS. CORLEY, MS. CORALEE, GOING ONCE, I'M GOING TO BE BRIEF.
I'M NOT GOING TO EVEN SPEAK THE WHOLE THREE MINUTES BECAUSE IT'S PLAIN AND SIMPLE.
WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT SCHOOL IS GOING TO BE BUILT AND ADA COMPLIANCE, AMERICAN DISABILITIES ACT COMPLIANT.
AS WE KNOW RIGHT NOW, MANY OF OUR INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES, I'M GONNA SPEAK LOUDER BECAUSE MY CHILD TABLET IS KINDA LOUD.
MANY OF OUR INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES CANNOT.
I REPEAT, CANNOT COME INTO THE BUILDING SAFELY.
IF WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT A PERSON THAT IS WHEELCHAIR BOUND, OR THAT IS CURRENTLY USING A FOUR-POINT WALKER RIGHT NOW, THEY WILL HAVE TO WALK AROUND THIS, BUT THIS ENTIRE BOARD ROOM, JUST TO ENTER INTO THE DOUBLE DOOR, THAT IS A FEDERAL VIOLATION.
AND IT IS A TERRIBLE RIGHTS VIOLATION BECAUSE IT IS DISCRIMINATORY AGAINST INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES.
NOW I DO KNOW THAT OUR FAVORITE CAN BE JUST SIT, SIT IN THE CORRIDOR.
HE COULD NOT SPEAK ON, ON HOW PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES ACTUALLY CAN ACTUALLY GET INTO A BUILDING IN ADA COMPLIANCE BECAUSE HE WAS CONVICTED FOR NOT FOLLOWING FEDERAL LAW AS WELL.
NO, IF WE'RE WANTING HIS EXPERTISE ON THAT, THEN I DO THINK THAT WE CAN GET THAT EXPERTISE.
BUT WHEN IT COMES TO MAKING SURE OUR BUILDINGS ARE SAFE FOR ALL STAFF AND CHILDREN, TO BE ABLE TO COME IN SAFELY, WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THAT AT THE FOREFRONT.
SO WHEN WE LOOK AT THE FUNDING, FUNDING IS GOING TO BRING IN THE GUIDELINES THAT TALK ABOUT SAFETY.
WE'RE TALKING WHERE OUR NEXT ISSUE IS GOING TO BE ABOUT POLICE AND STUFF SCHOOL.
SO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT IS ADDRESSED AS WELL WHEN IT COMES TO THIS BUILDING.
SO LET'S MAKE SURE THAT EVERYTHING IS ABOUT THE LAW IS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAW.
AND SO IF WE'RE GOING TO BE IN
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ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAW, THEN THE NEXT PERSON WILL NOT SPEAK.THANK YOU, PASTOR HENDERSON, THIS ITEM, RIGHT? YOU WANT TO BE? YES, SIR.
OH, RISE, RYZEN SUPPORTIVE THE ITEM.
I DO THINK THAT, UH, AS A FORMER STUDENT WHO GREW UP IN THE DISTRICT, WE DO HAVE A LOT OF ANTIQUATED BUILDINGS, BUT ALSO THAT CAN BE ADDRESSED THROUGH OUR TAX PLAN.
AND SO WHAT I WOULD ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO DO, UM, IS TO HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS.
WHEN WE ARE PREPARING THE ACTUAL TAX PLAN, THERE ARE SEVERAL, YOU KNOW, SCHOOLS THAT, YOU KNOW, MAYBE OUT OF ADA COMPLIANT, UH, WHAT I'M NOT GOING TO SPEND TIME ON IS GOING BACK AND FORTH WITH THE CHARACTER ATTACKS.
BECAUSE I DO BELIEVE THAT THIS ITEM HERE HAS A LOT OF THINGS THAT ARE IN HERE, THAT A LOT OF GOOD THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON.
AND I WANT TO LIFT THIS UP, UH, MR. TADEMAN AND THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE PUBLIC COMMENTS.
IF YOU DON'T KNOW SOMETHING, YOU ASKED, EVERYONE HAS A STORY.
AND WHEN YOU GET TO ASSUMING THINGS ALWAYS GET TO KNOW A PERSON FOR YOURSELF.
EVERYONE MAKES MISTAKES IN LIFE, BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN THEY HAVE TO PAY FOR THEM.
SOMETIMES GOOD PEOPLE MAKE BAD CHOICES.
IT DOES NOT MEAN THEY ARE BAD.
IT'S THE EAS ISSUES FOR ME THAT HAVE TAKEN PLACE AT THE EXCEPT THE ADULT SERVICE, THE ISSUES CHANGE HAS TO TAKE PLACE IN THIS DISTRICT.
AND FOR TOO LONG, WE'VE HAD PEOPLE SITTING UP HERE PLAYING GAMES.
SO WE WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE ADA COMPLIANT MATTERS.
WE HAVE PEOPLE WHO WERE IN THESE POSITIONS BEFORE DR.
NARCY GOT HIM WHO ARE FEEDING THIS NARRATIVE, THAT INDIVIDUALS LIKE ME ARE BAD PEOPLE BECAUSE THEY ARE STILL ARE ANGRY.
THEY DIDN'T GET CERTAIN COOKIES OFF THE TABLE.
SO MR. GOLDIE, I DO AGREE WITH YOU THAT IT'S TIME FOR A CHANGE.
AND I HOPE THAT THIS CHANGE HAPPENS TONIGHT.
I'M NOT UP HERE TO TAKE ANY CHARACTER ATTACKS AGAINST ANYBODY, BECAUSE I DO THINK I THANK MS. REAMS FOR TEACHING ME HOW TO READ WHEN I WAS IN THEIR SPIRITUAL EDUCATION CLASS.
SO LET'S STICK TO THE FACTS AND LET'S MOVE THIS DISTRICT FOUR AND STOP ALLOWING THE DEVIL TO USE US FOR FOOLERY.
UM, HAVE NO FURTHER CARDS ON THE ITEM.
WE'RE BACK TO THE BOARD, MR. LANIS AS JUDITH.
COULD YOU COME BACK UP, PLEASE? I CALLED YOU UP MS. JUDAH, BECAUSE YOU ARE ONE, YOU ARE EXPERT IN WHAT YOU DO.
I'M GOING TO CALL YOUR EXPERT ANYWAY.
UH, OUR, OUR BUILDINGS THAT WE'RE CURRENTLY LOOKING AT, ARE THEY ADA COMPLIANT AS FAR AS NEW CONSTRUCTION? YES MA'AM YES.
THERE IS A SET STANDARDS THAT THE ARCHITECTS DESIGNERS HAVE TO FOLLOW.
UM, THERE ARE CHECKS AND BALANCES.
UM, IT'S CONSTRUCTION IT'S MAN, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S DONE BY HAND.
THERE ARE SO IT'S NOT PERFECT, BUT THERE ARE LENIENCIES WITHIN THOSE STANDARDS THAT HAVE TO BE MET AT THE END OF EVERY PROJECT.
I WALK THROUGH IT IS A VERY LENGTHY AND DETAILED WALK THROUGH, UH, WITH THE ARCHITECTS AND THE CONTRACTOR.
AND THERE ARE CERTAIN THINGS THAT THEY MAY SAY THAT WE HAVE TO GO BACK AND ADDRESS TO GET IT BACK INTO COMPLIANCE BECAUSE IT, IT MAY BE WITHOUT OF THE OUTSIDE OF THE TOLERANCE, BUT YES, THERE IS A FULL PROCESS THAT GOES FOR EVERY, UM, BUILDING.
WHEN WE LOOK AT A RENOVATION, UH, THERE MAY BE FACTORS BECAUSE OF THE AGE OF THE BUILDING, WHERE THE FIRE MARSHALL OR COLD REGULATORS MAY WHAT THEY CALL GRANDFATHER SOME THINGS IN, BUT EVEN THAT IS LOOKED AT AT VERY, VERY DETAILED, UM, BEFORE IT IS ACCEPTED AND CAN BE DEEMED OCCUPIABLE.
THANK YOU LEGAL, IF YOU DON'T MIND, MS. SUPERINTENDENT, UH, BEFORE WE PROCURE CONTRACT THROUGH THAT PROCESS, IT IS PROPERLY VETTED.
I JUST WANT TO GET THIS ON A RECORD.
IT IS PROPERLY VETTED TO ENSURE THAT ADA COMPLIANCE IS IN FACT IN FORCED ON OUR END AS A BOARD TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE COVERED AS A BOY, CORRECT.
AND I GO A STEP FURTHER TO SAY THAT JUST RECENTLY WE PUT PLACE IN INDIVIDUAL, IN ADA COMPLIANCE POSITION WHO ACTUALLY MONITORS, UM, THAT FOR OUR BUILDINGS, HE WORKS UNDER ME.
HE MONITORS AND REPORTS TO, UM, OUR FACILITIES OFFICE
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AND ACTUALLY WORKS IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE OFFICE TO BEGIN TO ADDRESS THOSE ISSUES IN A SYSTEMATIC WAY PRIOR, PRIORITIZING THOSE THINGS THAT WE NEED TO ADDRESS FIRST.SO WE ACTUALLY HAVE AN OFFICE THAT DEALS WITH THAT NOW, UM, THAT, THAT, THAT ADDRESSES THOSE ISSUES TAKES COMPLAINTS AND PROCESS.
WAIT, I JUST WANT A PHOTO RECORD.
WE HAVEN'T NEW DEPARTMENT THAT HANDLES ADA COMPLIANCY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE AS A BOARD IS CUT I'LL COVER ALSO THAT, UH, TEACHERS AND OUR STUDENTS ARE RECEIVING THOSE DIRECT SERVICES.
AM I HEARING THAT CORRECTLY? YES, SIR.
UM, MS. DYSON, THESE ARE BOTH EXCITING PROJECTS.
UM, THIS IS INNOVATION IN THE WORKS AND, UM, I'M JUST REAL EXCITED TO SUPPORT BOTH OF THEM.
THE QUADRANGLE AT, UM, BROADMORE MIDDLE, UM, IS GOING TO BE EXCITING TO GO BACK TO AND SEE WHAT, WHAT THEY CAN DO WITH IT.
UM, IT HAS BEEN A LONG TIME AND I THINK FOR THE COMMUNITY THERE, THIS, UM, VACANT BUILDING IS NOT WHAT THE COMMUNITY NEEDS.
AND, UM, SO I EXPECT GREAT SUCCESS.
UM, THE DESIGN AND MOU THAT WE'RE WORKING WITH BRAC ON FOR THE SOUTH, UM, ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, UM, IS THAT THAT SITE IS GOING TO BE SO IDEAL FOR, UH, CREATIVE LEARNING WITH, UH, OUTDOORS AND ALL OF THAT OPPORTUNITIES FOR THAT.
AND, UM, SO I'M JUST IN VERY MUCH IN SUPPORT OF THIS.
UM, AND I APPRECIATE THIS KIND OF, UH, BOLD VISIONARY MODELS THAT WE ARE EMBRACING.
THANK YOU, MS. DYSON, UH, THE BOARD IS CLEAR.
MADAM SECRETARY, PLEASE CONDUCT THE VOTE.
PLEASE VOTE THE MOTION CARRIES AND ENDS THE CONSENT AGENDA.
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WE MOVE NOW TO NEW BUSINESS H ONE CONSIDERATION OF REQUEST TO AUTHORIZE THE SUPERINTENDENT TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE, UH, PROFESSIONAL SERVICES CONTRACTS BETWEEN EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH SCHOOL BOARD, AND THE FOLLOWING AGENCIES TO PROVIDE SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICERS, A EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH SHERIFF'S OFFICE B BATON ROUGE, CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT, TO HAVE A MOTION MOVED BY MR.WILL YOU, CAN YOU SPEAK TO THAT A LITTLE BIT? UH, THANK YOU FOR AS, AND TADEMAN, UM, UH, WE WANTED TO JUST, UH, BRING THIS NEW MOTION TO THE BOARD.
AS MANY OF, YOU KNOW, WE, THE BOARD HAD APPROVED A, UM, JOB DESCRIPTION FOR US TO, UH, HAVE A SIX
WE SAW THAT, UH, THE AMOUNT, UH, AS YOU CAN SEE IN THE BACK OF DOCUMENTS, I PROVIDED WILL COST US ABOUT $3.5 MILLION AS AN ESTIMATE TO HAVE ONGOING TRAINING, UH, RESOURCES IN THOSE THINGS.
AND SO WE ENDED UP DOING NEXT WAS I HAD A CONVERSATION WITH THE CHIEF OF POLICE OF BATON ROUGE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND SAID, GO SHOW THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT.
AND I, BECAUSE, UH, THEY ARE, UH, PART OF LAW ENFORCEMENT.
I SAID, WHAT WOULD BE THE COST FACTOR FOR US TO HAVE A PARTNERSHIP WITH YOU TO HAVE A FULL-TIME
AND WE TALKED TO THAT, UM, AND, AND WE NOTICED THAT THAT COST WOULD BE HALF OF THE AMOUNT, UM, UH, THEN THE ORIGINAL COSTS THAT WE ACTUALLY HAD.
AND THEN FOR THAT PROCESS, WE'VE DECIDED THAT THIS WOULD BE A MUCH MORE, UH, BETTER APPROACH TO GO THROUGH PARTNERING WITH BOTH THE BATON ROUGE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE, UH, FOR THESE, UH, 26 SROS AND ALSO INCLUDE, UH, THE POSSIBILITY OF TRAINING AND ALL THESE ELEMENTS WHERE THERE'S TRAINING WITH USING GUNS AND ALL THAT, WHICH IS A PART OF WHAT THEY DO ANYWAY, AND ALSO, UH, ALSO MAKING SURE THAT WE CAN PARTNER THE POSSIBILITY TO HAVE, HAVE TRAINING ON HOW TO WORK WITH YOUNG KIDS AND THOSE THINGS.
AND SO WE FELT THAT THIS WAS A BETTER MOTION TO BRING TO THE BOARD, UH, NOT ONLY FROM A COST SAVING STANDPOINT, BUT ALSO TO BUILD A PARTNERSHIP IN THIS WAY, AS MANY OF YOU KNOW, UH, WE DID HAVE BOTH THE
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POLICE BEVERAGE POLICE DEPARTMENT IN THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE, UH, AT PARTICULAR REGIONS OF SCHOOLS, UH, BUT NOT FULLY AT, AT SCHOOLS DIRECTLY.AND SO WE, WE FELT THAT THIS WAS A BETTER, UM, APPROACH TO SHARE WITH THE BOARD.
AND SO THIS IS WHY, UH, WE WANTED TO BRING THE MOTION, THIS MOTION TO THE BOARD.
UH, THANK YOU, SUPERINTENDENT, MR. HOWARD, THANK YOU.
I JUST WANT TO LIFT UP, UM, DR.
C'S JUST TO, YOU KNOW, FROM MY VANTAGE POINT.
UM, SO I'VE WORKED AT SEVERAL SCHOOLS, UM, AS A TEACHER, AS A MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELOR AS A, WELL, YOU NAME IT, I PRETTY MUCH HAD DONE IT INSIDE OF A SCHOOL.
UM, AND I'VE HAD DIFFERENT RELATIONSHIPS WITH ARMED OFFICERS INSIDE OF THOSE SCHOOLS.
UM, I CAN RECALL ONE OFFICER WHERE THE KIDS TRULY FEARED HIM AND DIDN'T FEEL LIKE HE WAS A PART OF OUR FAMILY OR COMMUNITY INSIDE OF OUR SCHOOL.
AND A LOT OF THAT COULD BE ATTRIBUTED TO HOW TEACHERS UTILIZE HIM INSIDE OF OUR SCHOOL.
I HAD ANOTHER OFFICER WHERE EVERY SINGLE KID HAD A LEVEL OF RESPECT FOR HIM THAT SEEMED AS IF HE WAS A FAMILY AND A PART OF OUR UNITS, UM, INSIDE OF THAT SCHOOL.
SO I WOULD ENCOURAGE, LIKE YOU MENTIONED A COUPLE OF TIMES ABOUT IT BEING A POSSIBILITY.
I WOULD ENCOURAGE THAT IT'S A MANDATE OF HOW WE AS OFFICERS INTERACT WITH OUR STUDENT BODY.
AND SO THAT KIDS FEEL AS THOUGH THEY ARE A PART OF A COMMUNITY, AS OPPOSED TO JUST LAW ENFORCEMENT.
AND WE KNOW, UM, YOU KNOW, THE, THE DATA AROUND, LIKE HOW DIFFERENT GROUPS OF PEOPLE INTERACT WITH POLICE OFFICERS AND WHAT THEY LOOK LIKE IN COMMUNITIES.
SO WE TALK A LOT ABOUT COMMUNITY POLICING, UM, BUT LIKE REALLY MAKING SURE THAT WE, AS A DISTRICT ARE SETTING A STANDARD FOR WHAT IT MEANS TO BE AN OFFICER INSIDE OF A SCHOOL.
AND I, AND BEING A PART OF THE FAMILY UNION OF, UM, OF SCHOOLS AND HOW THEY INTERACT AND HOW THEY, UM, DEAL WITH THE COURIERS IS JUST TO ENSURE THAT WE ARE PUTTING PEOPLE INSIDE OF OUR BUILDINGS THAT ARE CONSIDERED FAMILY AND NOT JUST PEOPLE TO JUST BE ANOTHER, UM, NEGATIVE INTERACTION FOR KIDS WITH, UH, POLICING.
SO I ENCOURAGE MR. SECURITY, UM, OUR NEW CHIEF OF SECURITY TO, TO, TO DO THAT.
UM, AND I JUST WANTED TO LIFT THAT UP FOR, UM, AS WE CONTINUE TO DO THIS WORK.
THANK YOU, MR. HOWARD, MS. DYSON, I JUST WOULD LIKE A LITTLE BIT OF CLARITY, UM, SINCE I HAD BROUGHT THE ORIGINAL ITEM.
UM, SO THE 26 THAT THEY'RE NOW 13 FROM THE PD AND, UH, 13 FROM THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE, ARE THEY GOING TO BE IN ADDITION TO OUR CURRENT CONTRACT? AND SO THOSE NUMBERS ARE IN ADDITION TO THAT IS CORRECT.
AND THEN, UM, AS FAR AS THE ACCOUNTABILITY PIECE, UM, HAVE WE, HAVE WE WORKED THROUGH A CHECKLIST OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE GOING TO EXPECT AND AN EVALUATION PROCESS THAT INCLUDES OUR PRINCIPALS ON SITE? YEAH, SO OUR GOAL IS TO PUT THAT AS A PART OF THE CONTRACT, UH, AND ALSO TRY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN HAVE PRINCIPALS WITH A CHECKLIST TO MAKE SURE THAT, UM, WHOEVER IS IN THERE IS WORKING WITH, UM, WITH BOTH, UH, UH, WITH THE, UM, THE SR PROS THAT ARE PROVIDED FROM EITHER THE POLICE DEPARTMENT OR THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE TO WORK WITH SCHOOL LEADERS AND OURSELVES.
UM, UH, AS YOU KNOW, UM, OUR GOAL IS THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO MAKE SURE IS ACTUALLY HOW MR. HOWARD, UH, DESCRIBED IT THAT, UH, NOT ONLY THAT THEY'RE KEEPING US SAFE, BUT THEY BECOME A PART OF THE FACULTY, UM, IN OUR CURRENT, UH, CURRENT PROCESS CONTRACT, WE ACTUALLY, UM, HAVE NOW, YOU KNOW, AN EXAMPLE, WE HAVE OFFICERS THAT ARE PART OF COMMUNITIES ALREADY.
AND SO WE THINK THAT, UH, WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO REPLICATE THAT ACROSS THE SYSTEM.
SO THERE'LL BE, UH, 13 FROM THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE AND 13 FROM THE BRP D AND THEN ONE LAST THING.
AND THAT IS, UM, I DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THEIR SICK LEAVE POLICY, THEIR PTO POLICY, BUT DOES, DOES THE MOU INCLUDE, UM, COVERAGE FOR TIMES WHEN THESE 26 INDIVIDUALS ARE NOT THERE WHEN THEY'RE OUT OF TOWN OUT SICK, WHATEVER IT IS.
SO, SO WHAT WE CAN LOOK INTO THAT, UH, WHAT YOU WOULD BE DOING BY YOUR VOTE TONIGHT IS GIVEN ME AUTHORITY AND GENERAL COUNSEL TO, TO GO AND NEGOTIATE TO EXECUTE THIS CONTRACT.
SO IF THAT IS SOMETHING THAT THE BOARD WOULD LIKE TO ENSURE IT'S IN THERE, WE CAN, WE CAN LOOK AT THAT AS WE NEGOTIATE, AND I CAN SPEAK WITH YOU MS. DYSON MONDAY, UM, ABOUT SPECIFIC DETAILS THAT YOU'D LIKE TO SEE AS WE WORK THROUGH DEVELOPING THE AGREEMENTS.
I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE PROACTIVE IN COVERAGE AS FAR AS WHEN THEY COULD BE OUT FOR WHATEVER REASON.
THANK YOU, MS. DYSON, MS. WHERE JACKSON, UH, THANK YOU, MR. TATLIN.
I KNOW THIS CAME TO US, YOU KNOW, RATHER, UH, LATE YESTERDAY.
UM, AND JUST WONDERING ABOUT THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE ACTUAL, UM, UH, JOB DESCRIPTION THAT
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WE VOTED ON BEFORE THAT DIDN'T HAVE, UH, THIS KIND OF, UH, A BUDGET, BUT ATTACHED TO IT.UM, BUT LOOKING AT THE GENERAL FUND BUDGET ON A PAGE 92, WHERE IT ACTUALLY SPEAKS TO THE, UH, SRO PIECE, UH, THAT BUDGET WAS LIKE $2,787,854.
AND, UM, THIS BUDGET IS, UH, WHEN YOU LOOK, WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE, UM, WHAT WAS IT LIKE 3 MILLION SOMETHING THAT MONEY DONNY, LET ME SEE WHERE IT IS.
UM, THE ONLY THING THAT I WAS TRYING TO SEE HOW IT MATCHED UP, IT DIDN'T QUITE MATCH WELL AND QUESTIONS AROUND THE UNIFORMS AND VEHICLES, A MILLION, FOUR 30, WHICH IS THE SAME AS THE 26 ARMED SRS.
ARE WE PURCHASING VEHICLES? NO, NO.
YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE, UM, THE COLUMN THAT YOU SEE THAT HAS THE THREE, UH, THAT NO, THAT'S A PROPOSED.
WE WOULD HAVE WHAT WE WANTED TO SHOW YOU WAS, UH, IF WE DECIDED TO NOT GO WITH THIS, WHAT IS THE ESTIMATED COSTS THAT WOULD COST THE DISTRICT? UM, SO WHAT WE DID WAS A BUDGET ITEM ANALYSIS OF PROPOSED COSTS.
SO, BECAUSE WE WOULD PARTNER WITH, IF WE GO DOWN THIS CONTRACT, WE DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT VEHICLES BECAUSE THE POLICE HAVE VEHICLES.
IF WE, UM, THEY HAVE UNIFORMS, THEY HAVE, THEY HAVE, UM, UM, GUNS.
SO THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO TAKE THE COST OF BECAUSE THE, UM, LAW ENFORCEMENT HAS THOSE ALREADY.
BUT IN THE END, AGREE AND UNDERSTAND THAT HE'S PROPOSING THE GREEN.
BUT WHAT I'M SAYING IS THAT IN THE ORIGINAL PLAN WHERE WE ACTUALLY EXPECTING TO DO VEHICLES AND, AND UNIFORMS AND PAY FOR THAT IN, IN, UM, SO WHEN YOU'RE, YOU'RE COMPARING THESE TWO, BUT, AND WE DECIDED, YEAH, BECAUSE WHAT WE, THE ORIGINAL THOUGHT WAS, HOW CAN WE MAKE SURE WE GET THE MOST COVERAGE THROUGHOUT THE PARISH, UM, IN THE PROCESS.
SO WHAT WE WANT TO DO WITH THE ORIGINAL 26 WAS TO, UH, PUT MOSTLY AT MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOLS, UH, AND THEN HOPEFULLY CONNECT THEM AS WELL TO CLOSE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS IN THE AREAS THAT THEY WOULD NEED SOME FORM OF TRYING TO, UM, YOU KNOW, TRAVEL.
SO WHETHER THAT'S THROUGH THEM DRIVING THEIR OWN CAR OR MILEAGE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, THAT THE POINT WAS WE WERE JUST TRYING TO GIVE YOU GUYS AN ESTIMATE OF WHAT THE COST WOULD BE IF WE WENT TO CREATE OUR OWN ARMED FORCE VERSUS PARTNERING WITH THE, UH, LAW ENFORCEMENT, BUT, UH, WAS SO WAS OUR INTENTION TO CREATE OUR OWN ARMED FORCE.
WELL, THE BOARD, THE BOARD VOTED TO HAVE 26 SROI WITH GUNS, RIGHT.
BUT WHAT, WHAT WE WERE TRYING TO DO IS JUST SHOW YOU WHAT THE ESTIMATES WERE.
IF WE, IF WE WENT DOWN THIS ROAD, WE'D HAVE TO PROVIDE SUPPLIES AND DIFFERENT THINGS.
SO THAT WAS, WE WERE JUST TRYING TO GIVE AND SHOW AN ESTIMATE.
SO ARE YOU SAYING THAT WE WOULD HAVE HAD TO SUPPLY VEHICLES? YES.
OR WE COULD HAVE DONE MILEAGE.
IT COULD HAVE BEEN EITHER, OR, I MEAN, THE, WE, AND WE CAN GIVE THAT ESTIMATE COST, BUT IT WAS STILL COST US OVER THREE AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS, NO MATTER HOW YOU WOULD BREAK THAT DOWN.
IF YOU WANT MORE DETAIL SPECIFIC, I COULD HAVE COME UP.
YOU SEE, WHAT I WAS DOING WAS COMPARING WHAT OUR BUDGET SAID IN THE GENERAL FUND BUDGET AROUND THE SAME IDEA, WHICH WAS THE NUMBER THAT I MENTIONED BEFORE 2.7 MILLION.
AND HERE, YOUR ESTIMATE IS 3.7 MILLION WITH VEHICLES INCLUDED IN UNIFORMS OVER ALMOST 300,000.
SO THE, THE COST THAT YOU SEE IN THE, UM, IN THE ACTUAL BUDGET, UH, B WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF REMEMBER, WE WERE ALSO IN THE PROCESS OF MAKING THESE DECISIONS.
SO IN OUR ORIGINAL, UH, UM, UH, IN OUR ORIGINAL ESTIMATE, ESTIMATES, THE BOARD HAD TO VOTE ON WHETHER THEY WANTED, UH, TO HAVE A GUN OR NOT.
WE THEN ALSO REMEMBER THAT ORIGINAL BUDGET ALSO INCLUDES THE CURRENT AND I HATE TO INTERRUPT, BUT THAT'S TIME.
SO ACCORDING TO OUR RULES, WILL WE HAVE TO MOVE ALONG.
UM, WE NOW GO TO THE AUDIENCE, UM, MS. MATTHEWS
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SAID WAS SO MUCH LOVE PRESIDENT TO HAPPEN.UM, I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THIS, CAUSE THIS IS WHAT I WANTED INSTEAD OF THE BARNEY FIFE.
UM, I AGREE WITH EVERYTHING BOARD MEMBER HOWARD SAID, THOUGH, UM, THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT I'M CONCERNED ABOUT WITH IT BEING THE SHERIFF DEPUTIES AND BANNERS, POLICE DEPARTMENT, ONE BANNERS POLICE DEPARTMENT, CAN'T GO IN EVERY BUILDING THAT WE HAVE, WHEREAS THE DEPUTIES CAN, TWO DEPUTIES HAVE SOME THINGS PUT IN PLACE THAT BATON ROUGE POLICE DEPARTMENT DO NOT LIKE FLAGS.
IF THEY PULL UP WILLIAM MATTHEWS, FOR ANY REASON, AUTISM IT'S GOING TO AUTOMATICALLY COME UP.
SO A DEPUTY IS GOING TO KNOW THAT THE YOUNG MAN THEY ARE DEALING WITH IS AUTISTIC.
EVEN THOUGH HIS DISABILITY IS INVISIBLE, THEY DON'T KNOW BY LOOKING AT HIM THAT HE IS DISABLED, BUT IF THEY PULL HIS NAME AT HIS SCHOOL, THEY'RE GOING TO KNOW THIS YOUNG BLACK MAN IS NOT GOING TO NECESSARILY RESPOND IN THE WAY THAT I WOULD THINK THAT SOMEBODY SHOULD RESPOND TO ME.
UM, THEY ALSO FLAG IF THERE'S MENTAL ILLNESS, WE HAVE A LOT OF MENTAL ILLNESS IN BATON ROUGE, A LOT OF UNTREATED MENTAL ILLNESS.
AND AS A PARENT, YOU CAN FLAG.
IF YOU HAVE A CHILD WITH MENTAL ILLNESS AND THEY CAN PULL THAT UP AND THEY CAN MAKE SURE THAT THEY DON'T MAKE IT WORSE, THEY CAN DEESCALATE.
THEY HAVE TRAINING, THEY NEED MORE TRAINING.
THEY ALL NEED MORE TRAINING, BUT THEY ARE AT LEAST TRAINING THEIR DEPUTIES TO DEESCALATE IN MENTAL ILLNESS, SITUATIONS AND AUTISM SITUATIONS.
BATON ROUGE, POLICE ARE NOT, THEY DON'T HAVE THOSE FLAGS.
THEY DON'T HAVE THOSE SITUATIONS.
ALSO THE CULTURE, THE CULTURE OF THE BATON ROUGE POLICE DEPARTMENT IS NOT THE SAME AS THE DEPUTIES, NOT WITH OUR COMMUNITY.
AND THAT IS MORE, I THINK THAT'S WHAT I TOOK FROM.
AT LEAST, I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S WHAT, UM, BOARD MEMBER HOWARD WAS ALLUDING TO, BUT THAT'S WHAT I FEEL WHEN WE HAVE PEOPLE SHOT IN THE STREETS.
IT'S NOT THE DEPUTIES AND THAT'S THE WAY KIDS FEEL TO THANK YOU, MS. MATTHEWS SET BETTER.
SO I ACTUALLY TOOK OUT THE TIME TO CALCULATE THIS.
SO ACCORDING TO THIS, WE WILL BE PAYING THE SR ROSE NOW ALMOST $80,000 A YEAR.
THAT'S IF THEY WORK A 10 MONTH, IF THEY WORK FOR 10 MONTHS WITH OUR SCHOOL SYSTEM, WHICH IS HOW LONG OUR KIDS ARE ACTUALLY IN SCHOOL.
AND THAT'S, IF THEY'RE WORKING EIGHT HOURS A DAY, FIVE DAYS A WEEK, IT'S GOING TO COME UP TO $7,840 APPROXIMATELY A MONTH.
SO WHEN YOU MULTIPLY THAT TIMES 26, THAT MEANS WE'RE GOING TO BE SPENDING A LITTLE MORE THAN $2 MILLION, $2 MILLION ON SRO.
NOW OUR DAY'S SRO IS GOING TO BE ON THE BUSES BECAUSE RIGHT NOW I KNOW BUS DRIVERS ARE HAVING PROBLEMS WITH DISCIPLINE ON THE BUSES.
WHAT ABOUT AT THE TRANSFER CENTER? BECAUSE WE DO KNOW THAT THERE HAVE BEEN PROBLEMS WITH HAVING SAFETY BEING ADDRESSED AT TRANSFER.
AND WE HAVE TUTORING AT FIRST CENTERS.
WE HAVE TRANSFER FOR REGULAR ED AND WE HAVE TRANSFER FOR SPECIAL ED KINKS, WHICH MAY I ADD? THAT'S NOT IN ADA COMPLIANCE BECAUSE OUR DEPARTMENT FOR ADA DOES NOT HAVE ANY MONEY.
THEY'RE STILL ON THE FACILITIES, BUT I'D AGREE WHEN WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT MAKING IT SAFE FOR OUR CHILDREN.
IT'S NOT SAFE WHEN THEY DON'T HAVE A RELATIONSHIP.
THE PART OF THE REASON WHY MY CHILD IS ACTUALLY ABLE TO BE HERE AT THE BOARD MEETING IS BECAUSE HE HAVE A RELATIONSHIP, NOT JUST WITH THE BOARD MEMBERS, BUT WITH THE OFFICERS, NOT OFFICERS HERE BE PAID MORE.
THAT'S ACTUALLY AT THE BOARD MEETINGS THAT HAVE BEEN AT THE BOARD MEETINGS FAITHFULLY TO TWO AND THREE IN THE MORNING.
BUT WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL OF THE TRAINING IS GOING TO BE PROVIDED BECAUSE THIS IS A LIABILITY THAT THE SCHOOL SYSTEM WILL NOW BE FACING.
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IF THEY HIRE THE 26 OFFICERS.INITIALLY, YOU SAID THAT, UH, THE SRO IS, WERE COMING BECAUSE OF WHAT HAPPENED.
THAT WAS AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
NONE OF THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS ARE GETTING SRO.
LET ME EMPHASIZE THAT AGAIN, NONE OF THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS ARE GETTING SRO, THE OFFICE OF SPECIAL EDUCATION WITH THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF ED ACTUALLY SPOKE AND DISSEMINATED OUT DOCUMENTATION REGARDING SR ROSE AND BLACK AND BROWN CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES.
I SUGGEST AND RECOMMEND THAT YOU READ THAT BEFORE YOU PUT THIS INTO EFFECT AND ALSO LOOK AT WHAT THE ADVISORY COUNCIL FOR STUDENTS WITH BEHAVIOR PROBLEMS ACTUALLY DISSEMINATE OUT ON TOMORROW.
THANK YOU, MS. CORLEY, THAT CONCLUDES THE PUBLIC COMMENTS.
WE'RE BACK TO THE BOARD AND WE GO TO MR. LANDIS.
I JUST WANT TO READ SOMETHING FOR THE PUBLIC.
AND SO FOR THE RECORD, BECAUSE I HEARD A LOT ABOUT TRAINING AND THIS CAME FROM BATON ROUGE, METRO COUNCIL, WHO DOES A LOT OF WORK WITH BATON ROUGE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
AND THIS WAS A PART OF THEIR MEANING, THE BATTER'S POLICE DEPARTMENT'S RECOMMENDATIONS.
AND THIS IS UNDER THE FIVE PILLARS OF TRAINING AND EDUCATION, WHICH READS B R P D.
OFFICERS ARE TRAINED TO RECOGNIZE THE SIGNS AND RESPOND ACCORDINGLY WHEN THEY ARE COUNTED.
INDIVIDUALS WHO MAY BE IMPAIRED.
BE PD TRAINING ACADEMY CONDUCTS ROUGHLY 35 TO 40 HOURS OF CHRONIC CRISIS INTERVENTION TRAINING EVERY SINGLE YEAR.
AND IT'S DONE IN UNISON WITH, UH, OUTSIDE INSTRUCTORS FROM THE CAPITAL AREA HUMAN SERVICES.
AND, UH, IT APPROACHES, UH, SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS, UH, MENTAL HEALTH INVESTIGATIONS.
THEY WORKED WITH THE BRIDGE CENTER WHO ALSO DEALS WITH INDIVIDUALS WITH A MENTAL HEALTH ILLNESS AND INDIVIDUALS THAT MAY HAVE DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES.
SO I SAY THAT TO SAY FOR THE RECORD, ALTHOUGH WE MAY HAVE HEARD THAT THERE BE RPD OR BETTERS POLICE DEPARTMENT DOES NOT TRAIN IN MENTAL HEALTH ILLNESS, BUT THEY, IN FACT, THEY DO, AND IT IS INSIDE OF THE RECOMMENDATION, WHICH CAN BE FOUND ON THE METRO COUNSEL'S WEBSITE.
THANK YOU, MR. LANDIS, MISS WHERE JACKSON.
UH, THAT'S AN RCS, UH, IN ADDITION TO MY CONCERNS ABOUT THE BUDGET NOT MATCHING THE GENERAL FUND AND GUESSTIMATES ON VEHICLES ARE SOME THINGS THAT WE MAY NOT, WE MAY NOT HAVE ACTUALLY USED.
UM, I HAVE CONCERN WHETHER THIS BUDGET REALLY IS, UH, UH, CLEAR AND, AND REALLY COMPREHENSIVE, UM, PROPOSAL.
YOU KNOW, I KNOW IT CAME TO US, IT'S RATHER QUICK.
UM, AND YOU KNOW, MY, MY OTHER CONCERNS ARE AROUND THE TIME THAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE SPENDING, ARE THEY GOING TO BE PART-TIME OR ARE WE GOING TO HAVE THE SAME PEOPLE ALL THE TIME? UM, YOU KNOW, I'VE, I'VE HAD SOME EXPERIENCE WITH, UM, UM, OFFICERS THAT ARE DOING EXTRA DUTY.
I MEAN, SOME OF THEM COME OFF A SHIFT AND, YOU KNOW, THEY'VE ALREADY SPENT SO MANY HOURS AND, UH, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THEM DO OVERNIGHT STUFF AND THEN THEY GO ON TO A DAY TIME POSITION AND BEING WITH KIDS BEING TIRED.
UH, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW IF WE JUST LOOK, IF, IF THIS IS IT CLEAR, IS IT, IT SHOULD BE, UM, YOU KNOW, I WOULD, I WOULD HOPE THAT YOU WOULD TAKE A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME TO, TO REALLY COMPARE APPLES WITH APPLES AND REALLY COMPARE THIS BUDGET WITH WHAT IS IN THE GENERAL FUND BUDGET.
AND, UH, TRULY, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T, WE'RE NOT EXPECTED TO BUY VEHICLES, DON'T PUT IT IN THE, IN THE BUDGET.
WE'RE NOT EXPECTED TO SPEND LIKE $10,000 PER PERSON ON UNIFORMS, THEN PUT A, A REAL NUMBER IN THERE.
THAT'S, THAT'S A LITTLE MORE REALISTIC.
UM, SO IT, IT JUST, IT JUST FEELS RUSHED.
AND, UM, I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S REALLY GOING TO REALLY MIRROR WHAT THE ORIGINAL PLAN WAS WITH THE SRO AND THE THINGS THAT WE WERE EXPECTING THEM TO DO.
YOU KNOW, IF THIS PERSON IS THESE PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE ON STAFF ALL THE TIME, FULL TIME, OR ARE THEY, ARE WE GOING TO BE CHANGING THEM OUT? UM, BECAUSE THEY ALREADY HAVE JOBS.
UH, SO I WOULD, I WOULD HOPE THAT YOU WOULD CONSIDER THAT, OH, I WOULD HOPE TO SEE THAT YOU DO A LITTLE BIT MORE WORK ON THIS AND BRING THIS BACK TO US AT COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE, SINCE YOU WEREN'T, YOU WERE PLANNING ON WORKING ON THIS AND, AND THEN BRINGING US BACK, WHATEVER, UH,
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WHATEVER YOU WOULD PLAN TO EXECUTE.UM, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE FIRST TALKED ABOUT THIS YESTERDAY, YOU KNOW, WE'RE LOOKING AT COST SAVINGS, BUT WHEN I ACTUALLY SEE THE NUMBERS AND WHAT THE LINE ITEMS ARE, THERE'S A LOT OF QUESTIONS THERE.
SO I WOULD, I WOULD HOPE THAT WE COULD MOVE THIS DISCUSSION AND TO THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE, WITH A APPLES TO APPLES TYPE OF BUDGET, BECAUSE THIS IS NOT CLEAR.
UM, AND WE'RE DEFINITELY NOT COMPARING WHAT WE BASICALLY WOULD HAVE DONE TO WHAT, WHAT YOU'RE PROPOSING.
UH, SO IS THAT A SUBSTITUTE MOTION COME IN AGAIN, THAT GET VOTED DOWN, BUT WE GET A SUBSTITUTE MOTION TO JUST GIVE A LITTLE BIT TO, TO, TO, UM, COMPARE THESE BUDGETS, PUT THEM SIDE BY SIDE AND, UH, WITH THE GENERAL FUND BUDGET AND SHOWS WHAT THE DIFFERENCES ARE TRULY SO THAT WHEN WE'RE VOTING ON THIS, WE HAVE THE REAL NUMBERS AT, UH, AT COMMITTEE OF THE FOLD AND WE CAN, YOU KNOW, MAKE THAT DECISION.
SO CAN I GET A SUBSTITUTE MOTION? AND, AND, UH, THAT, THAT WE DO A LITTLE MORE WORK ON THIS AND BRING IT BACK TO US AT COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE.
AND IT'S WHERE JACKSON HAS MADE A MOTION TO MOVE THIS ITEM TO THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE SARAH SECOND, HEARING NINE, THAT MOTION DIES FOR LACK OF A SECOND.
THIS IS WHERE JACKSON, YOU HAVE 48 SECONDS SLOT.
WELL, THAT'S NOT, THAT'S NOT A SURPRISE.
YOU KNOW, I PUT IT ON THE TABLE TONIGHT.
IT'S GOING TO DIE NO MATTER HOW MUCH SENSE IT MAKES, BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, THESE NUMBERS AREN'T MATCHING UP DR.
SO WE WOULD KNOW WHAT WE WERE LOOKING AT.
AND WE WOULD HAVE BEEN ABLE, CAUSE I KNOW WE LOOKED AT POSSIBLY DOING SOMETHING LIKE THIS WAS SUGGESTED BEFORE, BUT THE ARGUMENT THEN WAS THAT THEY DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH OFFICERS.
SO, UH, I DON'T KNOW WHERE THEY'RE, THEY'RE COMING FROM ALL OF A SUDDEN.
SO I WOULD JUST LIKE SOME CONSISTENCY.
THANK YOU, MISS WHERE JACKSON, UM, I'M UP.
UH, KIND OF FOR, UH, ADDING THE ITEM LATE.
I WAS, IT WAS REQUESTED THAT I ADD IT AS YOU ALL KNOW, I'VE BEEN VERY RESISTANT TO ADD ITEMS LATE BECAUSE I'D LIKE THEM ALL TO GO THROUGH THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE, THE ISSUE HERE, THOSE TO SAFETY AND SECURITY OF OUR STUDENTS.
AND I JUST DON'T THINK WE CAN WAIT.
AND I WOULD, YOU KNOW, UH, UM, I, I DO AGREE WITH SOME OF THE COMMENTS THAT WE NEED TO SCRUB THAT BUDGET, RIGHT.
BUT THE REALITY OF IT IS, IS I DON'T THINK WE CAN WAIT AND I'M NOT WILLING TO WAIT.
I WANT MY KIDS, I WANT THE KIDS TO GET AS MUCH PROTECTION AS THEY CAN POSSIBLY GET.
AND, UM, IF WE PUT IT THROUGH THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE, THEN WE'RE IN NEXT MONTH AND IT, YOU KNOW, MY HEART WOULD, UH, JUST BREAK IF SOMETHING IN BETWEEN HAPPENED AND WE DIDN'T DO WHAT WE WERE SUPPOSED TO DO AS BOARD MEMBERS.
SO THAT IS WHY I ADDED IT LATE.
I THINK YOU ALL KNOW THAT WE'VE HAD CONVERSATIONS BEFORE, BUT I FELT WITH IN THE WORLD WE'RE IN AND THE SITUATION WE'RE IN, WE HAD DISCUSSED THIS ISSUE AT A PREVIOUS MEETING.
SO IT'S NOT ALTOGETHER FOREIGN TO US.
UH, BUT I FELT LIKE IT WAS IMPORTANT THAT WE ADDRESS IT NOW.
AND SO THAT IS WHY I ADDED IT LATE AND I HOPE IT DIDN'T CAUSE TOO MUCH CONSTERNATION.
UM, MR. BERNARD, THANK YOU, PRESIDENT TIMON.
UM, I DON'T DISAGREE WITH THE SENTIMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN EXPRESSED HERE TONIGHT, BUT, BUT THE BOARD MAY REMEMBER THAT I ASKED IF WE SHOULD BE UNDERTAKING THE HIRING OF OUR OWN SECURITY PERSONNEL.
UM, WHEN WE HAVE HAD A SUCCESSFUL RELATIONSHIP WITH THE SRS FOR SUCH A LONG PERIOD OF TIME.
AND AT THE TIME IT WAS MY OPINION THAT WE SHOULD HAVE EXTENDED OUR CONTRACT WITH THE EXISTING LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES AND TO OUTSOURCE THIS SERVICE, I DO STILL FEEL THAT WAY.
AND SO I SUPPORT THIS ITEM AND I APPRECIATE DR.
AND I AGREE WITH MR. CHAPMAN THAT IT TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE ON THIS.
UM, I, TO, UH, AGREE THAT TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE, AND I DON'T KNOW HOW QUICKLY WE'RE, WE'RE THINKING ABOUT TURNING THIS, THESE MOU IS AROUND.
UM, BUT I, I DO THINK SOME VERY GOOD.
UM, THE, THE COMMENTS FROM MY COLLEAGUE, UM, ARE THERE, UM, THERE APROPOS
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TO THIS CONVERSATION AND, UM, THE SAFETY OF OUR CHILDREN HAS TO COME FIRST AND OUR, AND NOT JUST OUR CHILDREN AND STUDENTS, BUT OUR, OUR STAFF AND OUR TEACHERS AND PRINCIPALS AND ALL THAT, ALL VOLUNTEERS AND EVERYONE AT THE SCHOOL SITES.UM, BUT I DO THINK WE JUST NEED TO BE VERY CAUTIOUS ABOUT HOW WE RIDE THIS CONTRACT AND WHAT THE EXPECTATIONS THAT WE HAVE ARE THAT THEY'RE NOT COMING OFF OF ANOTHER FULL SHIFT AND WE'RE, THEY'VE JUST WORKED THE NIGHT AND NOW THEY'RE COMING TO US AND THEY'RE THERE ON SECOND SHIFT.
WE NEED TO BE THEIR FIRST SHIFT AND WE NEED TO HOLD THAT LINE BECAUSE I WANT SAFETY IN OUR SCHOOLS.
AND, UM, IT, IT'S JUST, YOU KNOW, A HUMAN THING THAT YOU GET SLEEPY OR, YOU KNOW, YOUR MIND WANDERS OR WHATEVER.
THEN YOU'RE JUST NOT AS ALERT WHEN YOU'RE ON A SECOND SHIFT.
UM, AND THEN THE CONSISTENCY OF HAVING ONE PERSON VERSUS TWO PART-TIME PEOPLE THAT COME AND GO, AND I JUST REALLY WANT OUR PRINCIPALS TO BE, UM, THE EVALUATORS.
UH, I WANT THEM VERY MUCH INVOLVED IN THIS PROCESS.
UM, SO I'M GOING TO SUPPORT THIS.
UM, AND THEN, UH, I BELIEVE THAT WE CAN WATCH AND SEE HOW THIS GOES.
UM, AND THEN ALONG THE WAY WE CAN, WE CAN SEE IF IT'S MEETING OUR NEEDS AND IF THEY DO ACTUALLY HAVE THE CAPACITY TO DO THIS, WHICH THEY HAD SAID THEY DIDN'T WANT, YOU KNOW, THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE SAID THEY DIDN'T HAVE THE CAPACITY TO DO IT IN PUBLIC MEETINGS.
SO, YOU KNOW, LET'S WORK THIS CONTRACT OUT AND WHAT WE WERE JUST GOING TO HAVE TO HAVE A LOT OF ACCOUNTABILITY MEASURES IN PLACE IN THIS CONTRACT.
UH, THIS ARTHRITIS'S THE GENERAL CONSOLE AND THE SUPERINTENDENT TO NEGOTIATE THE CONTRACT.
I THINK A LOT OF GOOD POINTS HAVE BEEN MADE HERE, BUT I DO AGREE THAT TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE SCHOOL HAS STARTED.
AND EVEN IF WE WENT WITH OUR OWN STAFF, THERE'S THE TRAINING REQUIREMENTS AND ALL THOSE THINGS THAT HAVE TO COME FIRST.
SO I WOULD JUST ASK, AS WE NEGOTIATE THE CONTRACT, WE, WE MONITOR PERFORMANCE AND ALL THESE THINGS, BUT, UH, SINCE THIS IS NOT THESE OFFICER'S FIRST JOB, WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO NEGOTIATE IN THAT AND OUT LIKE WITHIN 30 DAYS OR SOMETHING WITH A 30 DAY NOTICE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
SO IF WE DECIDE NOT WORKING, WE CAN BUILD IN A TRANSITION PERIOD IN HERE.
SO IF WE WANT TO GO AT OUR OWN, WE CAN KEEP THEIR SERVICES WHILE WE DO THE TRAINING AND DO ALL THOSE SORTS OF THINGS, THEN WE CAN MAKE A CLEAN SWITCH FOR ONE TO THE OTHER.
SO I THINK THAT'S THE ONLY FEASIBLE WAY TO DO THIS, GIVEN WHERE WE ARE AND AT THIS TIME OF THE SCHOOL YEAR.
UH, SO JUST MAKE SURE THAT AS WE NEGOTIATE THE CONTRACT IN SOME KIND OF WAY, WE KEEP THAT OPTION VIABLE TO US, AND IT WOULDN'T EVEN HAVE TO BE A HOLE.
WOULDN'T HAVE TO BE WHOLE HOG.
IT COULD BE HALF THE PEOPLE WE BRING IN OUR OWN OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
WE JUST DON'T HAVE THE TIME TO DO THE TRAINING AND GET THE WHOLE SYSTEM SET UP BEFORE SCHOOLS, WELL, SCHOOLS ALREADY STARTED.
SO JUST AS YOU NEGOTIATE THAT, WOULD YOU PLEASE KEEP THAT IN MIND AS YOU WORK THROUGH THAT? BECAUSE I THINK REALLY THAT'S GOING TO BE THE OPTIMUM WAY.
IF WE DECIDE TO CHANGE, THAT'S THE OPTIMUM WAY TO CHANGE ABOUT THIS.
UH, MADAM SECRETARY, PLEASE CONDUCT A VOTE.
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PRESENTATIONS.I WON, UH, RESULTS FROM THE SPRING 2022 LEAP 2025.
THANK YOU, MR. TAMMY, YOU, YOU ALWAYS, ALWAYS HONOR ME AND PROMOTE ME AND EDUCATE ME EVERY NIGHT.
IT ONLY MATTERS IF IT GETS YOU A RAISE, RIGHT? IT'S TALKED ABOUT MAN.
UM, THANK YOU ALL FOR AFFORDING ME THIS OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT THIS INFORMATION TO YOU.
WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT A LOT OF NUMBERS TONIGHT, BUT I WOULD BE REMISS IF I DIDN'T STOP TO REMIND US ALL THAT EACH NUMBER REFLECTS THE WORK PERSEVERANCE AND COMMITMENT
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OF ONE OF OUR STUDENTS AND NOT JUST ONE OF OUR STUDENTS, REGARDLESS OF THEIR ACHIEVEMENT LEVEL, BUT OF THE FAMILY AND THE SUPPORT SYSTEM BEHIND THEM.SO WHETHER YOU WERE A STUDENT WHO TOOK A TEST, A TEACHER WHO ADMINISTERED A TEST, AN STC WHO MADE OUT THE TESTING SCHEDULE, A MOM OR GRANDMA, OR MY NEIGHBOR, SOMEONE WHO MADE SURE THAT THE STUDENT HAD BREAKFAST AND GOT TO HIS HOUSE ON TIME.
WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMITMENT AND PERSEVERANCE AND A CHALLENGING YEAR TO TEACHING AND LEARNING IN OUR SCHOOL SYSTEM.
SO LET'S GET TO THE EXCITING POINT.
THE FIRST QUESTION THAT WE USUALLY GET ASKED IS, WELL, HOW DID WE DO, DID WE GROW? AND THAT'S WHAT SLIDE ONE IS DESIGNED TO SHOW YOU.
IT'S NOT OFTEN I GET TO STAND BEFORE YOU AND HAVE A CHART WITH NO NEGATIVE NUMBERS ON IT.
SO THE EXCITING PART TONIGHT IS THAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT CHART AT A CHART WITH NO NUMBERS.
YOU SEE THAT IN MANY CASES, THE DISTRICT TRACKED STATE GROWTH.
YOU LOOK AT MATH IN PARTICULAR, ESPECIALLY IN THAT THREE EIGHT SIDE, THE PLUS THREE WAS SUBSTANTIAL FOR NOT ONLY US, BUT OUR STATEWIDE PEERS.
YOU'LL NOTICE IN THE AREAS WHERE IT DIDN'T EXACTLY TRACK STATE GROWTH.
IT WAS JUST SLIGHTLY OFF BY ONE POINT.
AND THE ONE AREA WHERE THERE WAS NO CHANGE, OUR STATEWIDE PEERS ALSO HAD NO CHANGE.
THE NEXT QUESTION THAT WE OFTEN GET ASKED IS, OKAY, WELL THEN HOW DID EACH GRADE DO? AND HOW DID EACH SUBJECT DO, IF YOU RECALL, TWO WEEKS AGO, MS. COLLINS ASKED THAT WHEN WE PRESENTED THIS DATA, WE SHOWED A 2019 PRE COVID TO A CURRENT YEAR COMPARISON.
THAT'S WHAT THIS SLIDE IS DESIGNED TO DO.
IT'S GOT A LOT OF INFORMATION ON IT.
SO IF YOU BEAR WITH ME, I'LL TALK YOU THROUGH IT.
STARTING AT THE TOP WITH THAT BLUE BOX, 36% OF ALL TESTS AT ALL, GRADES, ALL SUBJECTS OF ELA AT 36% MASTERY AND ABOVE.
SO ALL TESTS UNDER THE ELA UMBRELLA, 36% DISTRICT WIDE HAD MASTERY OR ABOVE.
IF YOU LOOK AT THE YELLOW BOX TO THE RIGHT, THE STATE AVERAGE WAS 42%.
IF YOU GO TO THE BAR GRAPHS ACROSS THE BOTTOM, THEY'RE BROKEN DOWN BY GRADE LEVEL FOR YOU.
GRAIN REPRESENTS 2019, THE LAST YEAR PRE COVID AS MS. COLLINS REQUESTED THE MIDDLE BLUE BAR REPRESENTS LAST YEAR, SPRING OF 2021, THE GRAY BAR REPRESENTS THE MOST RECENT TESTING CYCLE.
THE YELLOW BOX UNDER EACH GRADE LEVEL IS THE CURRENT STATE AVERAGE.
SO YOU CAN SEE AS A DISTRICT, HOW CLOSE WE ARE TO THAT STATE AVERAGE OR HOW WE FARED IN COMPARISON TO OUR STATEWIDE PEERS.
SO FOR EXAMPLE, GRADE EIGHT WAS OUR HIGHEST ACHIEVING GRADE IN ELA AND 2019 GRADE EIGHT EARNED 42% MASTERY AND ABOVE LAST YEAR GRADE EIGHT DROPPED TO 36% AND THEN THIS MOST RECENT CYCLE, IT REBOUNDED TO 41%.
WOULD IT BE OKAY IF WE GET A QUESTION, WHATEVER YOUR PLEASURE IS.
THANK YOU, MR. TEVIN, DO YOU WANT TO START UNTIL THE END OR DO YOU WANT US TO JUMP? WHATEVER PLEASURE IS.
WELL, I FEEL LIKE I'M HAVING DEJA VU HERE.
DO YOU REMEMBER OUR TEST SCORES FROM THE 2016 FLOOD? I REMEMBER THE FLOOD.
OUR KIDS WERE ONLY OUT FOR A FEW WEEKS, BUT, BUT IT WAS PRETTY BROAD.
A LOT OF OUR KIDS WERE FLOODED AND A LOT, AND THEY WERE IN SHELTERS.
THEY WERE NOT IN THEIR HOMES AND FACULTY MEMBERS WERE FLOODED AND THEY WEREN'T IN THEIR HOMES.
CAN YOU TELL ME HOW THIS IS? IS THERE, IS THAT A RELEVANT COMPARISON HERE? UH, IT'S REALLY THE ONLY COMPARISON WE HAVE, BUT WHILE IT'S REBEL REBEL EVENT, IT'S A UNIQUE COMPARISON BECAUSE THERE REALLY IS NO COMPARISON.
BUT TO YOUR POINT, THE YEAR OF THE FLOOD, AND THOSE OF YOU WHO CAME WITH US TO BESSIE THAT YEAR, YOU REMEMBER THE QUANTITATIVE AND THE QUALITATIVE DATA SHOWED THAT ABOUT A THIRD OF OUR DISTRICT HAD AN IMPACT ON TEACHING AND LEARNING.
AND WE GOT AWAY FOR THAT YEAR.
THAT YEAR WE SAW AN AVERAGE AND I DON'T HAVE IT IN FRONT OF ME, BUT IT WAS, IT WAS BETWEEN LIKE ONE AND FOUR TO FIVE POINTS, DEPENDING ON THE GRADE LEVEL ON THE SUBJECT.
SOME OF OUR SCHOOLS WHO ARE MORE HEAVILY IMPACTED.
SO DOUBLE DIGIT LOSSES, YOU GUYS WERE WITH US AT BESSIE.
WE LOOKED AT THOSE INDIVIDUAL SCHOOLS AND THAT'S HOW WE GOT THE WAIVER, BUT THAT WAS A THIRD OF THE SYSTEM.
AND SO THE TWO THIRDS THAT WEREN'T AFFECTED COULD SUPPORT THEIR BROTHERS AND SISTERS SCHOOLS AND, AND REALLY HELPED FOR THAT REBOUND.
COVID IMPACTED A HUNDRED PERCENT, A HUNDRED PERCENT OF STUDENTS, A HUNDRED PERCENT OF FAMILIES, A HUNDRED PERCENT OF TEACHERS.
SO YOU SEE THAT, THAT WHILE WE SAW A DROP JUST AS WE DID IN THOSE YEARS, IT WAS MORE SIGNIFICANT IN THE LAST YEAR.
AND, BUT WE SEE A REBOUND JUST LIKE AFTER THE FLOOD OF 2016, IT TOOK US ABOUT TWO OR THREE YEARS WHERE WE GOT OUR, I'LL USE THE WATER ANALOGY AND SAY OUR LAND LEGS BACK IN 2019, WE FINALLY, FINALLY FELT LIKE WE WERE GETTING SETTLED AGAIN TWO YEARS TO RECOVER FROM THE BOOK.
AND THEN, UM, I KNOW YOU'VE PROBABLY READ THE PEER REVIEW JOURNALS AND ALL THE EDUCATIONAL LITERATURE RIGHT
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NOW.I'M SEEING A LOT OF THINGS JUST AS A SCHOOL, REMEMBER THAT I'M SURE YOU SEE EVEN MORE INFORMATION ABOUT, UM, COVID LEARNING LOSS, BEING A NATIONAL PROBLEM.
AND, UM, DOES IT IMPACT STUDENTS WITH HIGH POVERTY AT A GREATER RATE THAN AVERAGE STUDENTS OR AVERAGE DISTRICTS? SO CAN YOU TELL ME HOW THAT MIGHT EXTRAPOLATE INTO OUR DISTRICT? BECAUSE I'M VERY CURIOUS ABOUT THOSE NUMBERS AS WELL.
I MEAN, I KNOW EVERYBODY WAS AT HERE.
DID YOU GUYS KNOW THIS IS A NATIONAL CONVERSATION? AND LIKE I SAID, WE, WE REALLY WANT TO APPLAUD THE COMMITMENT OF OUR STAFF, OF HOW THEY HAVE PERSEVERED AND KIND OF ADOPTED A NO EXCUSES ATTITUDE TO, TO KEEP MOVING FORWARD.
BUT TO YOUR POINT, THIS DISTRICT IS 80% ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED.
IF YOU RECALL, LAST YEAR WHEN SCHOOL PERFORMANCE SCORES CAME OUT, THE LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION PUT OUT AT A DATA THAT SHOWED IF I WAS FROM MY HOUSEHOLD OF POVERTY, I LAGGED THREE TO FOUR PERCENTILE POINTS BEYOND MY PEERS ON AN AVERAGE.
AND SO WE KNOW THAT IN LOUISIANA, THE STUDIES THAT WERE DONE BY OUR OWN STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION SHOWED THOSE LAGS AND GAPS WITH COVID LOSS.
AND YOU ANSWERED MY QUESTION FULLY, SO I DON'T HAVE ANY, ANY, UH, ANYTHING ELSE THAT YOU COULD NEED TO SEND ME LATER OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
SO WE'RE GOING TO MOVE TO MATH AND THE SCREEN IS SET UP THE SAME WAY AND MATH.
REMEMBER THAT'S WHERE WE SAW OUR MOST GAINS, BUT DISTRICT WHY 23% OF TESTS SCORED MASTERY AND ABOVE AS COMPARED TO 30% OVERALL OF STATEWIDE PEERS.
AGAIN, THE GRAPHS WERE SET UP THE SAME WAY BY LEVEL WITH GREEN REPRESENTING 2019 BLUE REPRESENTING 2021 AND THE GRAY REPRESENTING THE MOST CURRENT SPRING TESTING CYCLE.
THE NUMBERS IN THE YELLOW BOXES BENEATH EACH GRADE LEVEL SHOW THE STATEWIDE CURRENT COMPARISON FOR PERCENT MASTERY AND ABOVE THE CHARTS OVER TO YOUR RIGHT PERMITS.
COLLINS IS REQUEST A FEW WEEKS AGO, SHOW NOT ONLY THE ONE-YEAR CHANGE OR GROWTH OR REBOUND AND THOSE GRADE LEVELS, BUT ALSO THE CHANGE FROM THE PRE COVID TO THE POST COVID, UH, DATA.
SO TO MS. BERNARD'S POINT, AND WHEN WE SAW THE DROPS IN 20 16, 20 17, WE SAW INCREMENTAL GAINS.
IN THE YEARS THAT FOLLOW, WE SAW TWO TO THREE POINTS, GOOD, HEALTHY, INCREMENTAL GAINS IN MATH THIS YEAR.
AND SO WE LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING THAT PROGRESS AND INCREASING IT IN THE YEARS TO COME OR EVEN MORE GAINS.
NEXT YEAR, WE FEEL CONFIDENT THAT THIS TREND WILL CONTINUE.
WE'RE GOING TO MOVE TO SCIENCE.
THE BLUE BOX AT THE TOP SHOWS THAT 21% OF SCIENCE ASSESSMENTS DISTRICT-WIDE SCORE 21 SCORED MASTERY AND ABOVE THE STATEWIDE COMPARISON IS 27%.
AGAIN, YOU SEE THE CHARTS PER GRADE LEVEL.
GRAY IS 2022, THE STATEWIDE AVERAGES OR IN YELLOW BENEATH YOU.
YOU CAN SEE THAT EACH GRADE EXCEPT FOR TWO, UM, GREW AND SCIENCE.
BUT AGAIN, IT'S THAT INCREMENTAL GROWTH THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT.
SOCIAL STUDIES IS WHERE THE DISTRICT HAD NO CHANGE AND THE STATE HAD NO CHANGE.
CURRENTLY WE SIT AT 21% OF ASSESSMENTS.
DISTRICT-WIDE EARNING MASTERY AND ABOVE WHILE THE STATE IS AT 25%.
AGAIN, YOU SEE THE SAME PATTERN OF GRADE LEVEL ACHIEVEMENTS FOR AGE GRADE OVER A THREE-YEAR SPAN.
AND THE STATEWIDE AVERAGE IS IN YELLOW BENEATH.
SO WE HAD ANOTHER REQUEST TWO WEEKS AGO.
UH, MR. HOWARD ASKED THAT WE BREAK DOWN SUBGROUP DATA.
AND SO THIS, THIS SLIDE SHOWS A SNAPSHOT OF THE MAJOR REPORTABLE SUBGROUPS.
DISTRICT-WIDE YOU'LL NOTICE THAT YOU SEE SIGNIFICANT GAPS BETWEEN SUBGROUPS.
THE GREEN BAR REPRESENTS THE STATE AVERAGE.
THE BLUE BAR REPRESENTS THE DISTRICT AVERAGE.
I WOULD BE REMISS IF I DIDN'T SAY THAT THE NUMBER FIVE FOR ENGLISH LEARNERS SHOULD HAVE A LESS THAN SIGN IN FRONT OF IT WHEN EXCEL CONVERTS IT TO NUMBER AND THAT WE DIDN'T CARRY THAT OVER.
MY APOLOGIES WE'LL NEED TO CORRECT THAT ON THE ONLINE VERSION.
I CAUGHT THAT ON A PROOFREAD THIS AFTERNOON, UH, BUT IT IS LESS THAN 5% FOR THE ENGLISH LEARNER DISTRICT AVERAGE.
WHILE WE SEE SIGNIFICANT GAPS, WE WANTED TO POINT OUT SOME AREAS THAT CAUGHT OUR ATTENTION FOR NON ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED STUDENTS.
THE DISTRICT AVERAGE EQUALS OUR STATEWIDE PEERS FOR WHITE STUDENTS.
THE DISTRICT AVERAGE SURPASSES STATEWIDE PEERS FOR AFRICAN-AMERICAN STUDENTS, THE DISTRICT AVERAGE SURPASSES STATEWIDE PEERS, AND THE SAME FOR ASIAN STUDENTS, ASIAN STUDENTS ARE THE HIGHEST PERFORMING SUBGROUP AT THE DISTRICT LEVEL
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WITH A 68% EARNING MASTERY OR ABOVE TO THE RIGHT.YOU'LL SEE THE GREEN COLUMN REPRESENTS DISTRICT CHANGE.
THE BLUE COLUMN REPRESENTS STATEWIDE CHANGE.
IN THE MOST RECENT YEAR, I WAS AFFORDED THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEND THE LAST TWO DAYS WITH SCHOOL PRINCIPALS AND ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS.
AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DID WAS WE DID SHOUT OUTS OR CELEBRATIONS TO SOME HEADLINERS.
SO TONIGHT WE CAN'T MENTION EVERYONE, BUT WE'D LIKE TO CALL YOUR ATTENTION TO A COUPLE OF DISTRICT HEADLINERS.
THE FIRST IS 66% OF DISTRICT SCHOOLS SHOWED OVERALL GROWTH FOR ALL GRADE LEVELS ON ALL TESTS.
YES, LET'S APPLAUD THOSE 66%, WHICH ROUGHLY WE HAD 80, UM, 80 SITES IN THIS LAST TESTING CYCLE.
16% OF THEM INCREASED BY 5% OR GREATER LEADING THE WAY WE'RE PROGRESS ELEMENTARY AND BELFAIR ELEMENTARY.
THEY ARE TO BE COMPLIMENTED AND CELEBRATED FOR THIS TREMENDOUS GROWTH.
THE HIGHEST ACHIEVING SCHOOL AND ELN OVERALL WAS WHAM EARNING 85% AND I'LL TEST ALL SUBJECTS.
IF WE BREAK DOWN ELA 59% OF OUR SCHOOLS INCREASE IN ELA MASTERY, 30% INCREASE BY 5% OR HIGHER.
AGAIN, THAT'S THAT HEALTHY, INCREMENTAL GROWTH THAT WE WANT TO SEE.
PROGRESS AND BELFAIR MADE THE TOP THREE LISTS AGAIN AND JOINING THEM IS, UH, SCOTLANDVILLE METAL, MAGNET AND MATH.
AGAIN, OUR GREATEST ACHIEVEMENTS WERE SEEN IN MATH.
65% OF DISTRICT SCHOOLS INCREASED IN MATH OVER 35% OF THEM GREW BY 5% OR GREATER BELFAIR.
AGAIN MAKES THE TOP THREE ALONG WITH BR FLAME AND BROWNFIELDS WESTDALE HEIGHTS.
ACADEMIC MAGNET LEADS THE DISTRICT WITH 93% STUDENTS EARNING MASTERY AND ABOVE AND SCIENCE.
63% OF DISTRICT SCHOOLS INCREASE IN SCIENCE MASTERY AND ABOVE 16% GREW BY 5% OR GREATER.
OUR HEADLINERS HERE ALWAYS LOVE TO SEE HIGH SCHOOLS GET IN THE MIX LIBERTY MAT MAGNET AT 23% BATON ROUGE CENTER FOR THE VISUAL AND PERFORMING ARTS AT PLUS 11.
AND AGAIN, WHAM WAS A DISTRICT LEADER IN THIS CATEGORY AT 78% LAST BUT NOT LEAST IS SOCIAL STUDIES GROWTH.
OVER HALF OF OUR SCHOOLS INCREASE IN SOCIAL STUDIES MASTERY IN ABOVE 21% INCREASED BY 5% OR GREATER LOOK AT PROGRESS ELEMENTARY PLUS 24.
AND THEN AGAIN, ANOTHER HIGH SCHOOL MAKING THE TOP THREE WILLED ON HIGH SCHOOL WITH PLUS 12 BATON ROUGE, MAGNET HIGH SCHOOL LED ALL SCHOOLS AND SOCIAL STUDIES ASSESSMENT WITH 81% SCORING MASTERY AND ABOVE.
I WAS COGNIZANT OF TIME TONIGHT.
SO WE REALLY WANTED TO GIVE YOU A BRIEF SNAPSHOT AT THIS LATE HOUR, BUT FOR ANY OF YOU OR FOR THOSE WATCHING AT HOME, WE WANTED TO PROVIDE THE LINK TO THE LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION'S DATA LIBRARY, WHERE, WHICH IS THE SOURCE OF THE DATA THAT I PULLED TONIGHT.
IT INCLUDES DISTRICT LEVEL, STATE LEVEL SCHOOL LEVEL REPORTS BY SCHOOL, BY SUBJECT AND BY SUBGROUP, UH, FOR OUR VIEWING AUDIENCE, THE LOUISIANA SCHOOL FINDER ALLOWS YOU TO SEARCH ANY SCHOOL AND COMPARE IT TO ITS DISTRICT IT STATE OR TO ONE OF ITS PEERS.
SO PLEASE VISIT THAT SITE BECAUSE IT'S INTERACTIVE FOR FAMILIES AND I LAST BUT NOT LEAST.
SO SHAMELESS PLUG FOR OUR DISTRICT SCORECARD, MS. JONES AND I AND TEAM.
AND I WOULD LOVE FOR YOU TO CHECK OUT OUR ONLINE SCORECARD, WHERE WE PROGRESS, MONITOR THE CONTRIBUTING FACTORS TO THESE LEAPER'S RESULTS.
AND THEN OF COURSE YOU CAN ALWAYS EMAIL OUR TEAM AND WE'LL BE HAPPY TO HELP ANYONE DIG THROUGH THIS DATA AND PROVIDE YOU WITH ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.
COUPLE OF QUESTIONS, MR. BLUE, THE BOARD LIT UP MR. BULGER PRESENT THAT, MAN.
I JUST WANT IT TO RECOGNIZE OUR MIDDLE SCHOOL SCIENCE TEACHERS.
WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY LEARNING LOSS THERE.
YOU'RE PUTTING IN A LOT OF WORK.
UM, I'M PROBABLY MISSING SOME OTHER, OTHER TEACHERS TOO, BUT, UH, AND OUR US HISTORY TEACHERS AS WELL, I SAW THAT WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY LEARNING LOSS THERE.
UM, BUT, UH, OUR, UH, HISPANIC AND ALSO OUR ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS, UH, ARE, ARE, UH, FALLING BELOW THE REST OF THE STATE.
I'M WONDERING, ARE WE LOOKING AT WHAT LOOKING AT THAT CLOSELY, MAYBE COMPARING IT TO WHAT SOME OTHER DISTRICTS ARE DOING OR WHAT, WHERE WE CAN IMPROVE THEN? SURE.
ROBINSON, HIS ACADEMIC TEAM HAVE A LOT TO SHARE WITH YOU ON THAT TOPIC, BUT I WILL SAY THAT THEY INVITED OUR TEAM IN THIS SUMMER TO DIG WITH THEM DEEPER INTO THE DATA, NOT JUST LEAVE DATA, BUT ALSO WE LOOKED AT ACT
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AT THE HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL BY A WHOLE GRADE LEVELS AND SUBGROUP.AND SO NOW THAT WE HAVE THIS NEW DATA, WE WILL BE REVISITING THAT TOPIC.
ALSO, WE'RE LOOKING AT WORKING WITH A NET TO COMPARING THIS DATA FOR ALL STUDENTS AND ALL SUBGROUPS TO LAST CYCLE LAST SPRING CYCLE OF OUR ANNETTE BENCHMARK ASSESSMENTS TO SEE WHAT WE CAN LEARN FROM THAT TO YOUR POINT, MR. BLUE, TO HUDDLE UP AND TO BEST IMPACT STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT.
THANK YOU, MR. BALLOON, MR. HOWARD, THANK YOU, PRESIDENTS.
HAVEN'T BEEN, OF COURSE WE EXPECT MISSILE CONSTANT.
YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S ONE OF MY FAVORITE TOPICS THAT WE TALK A LOT ABOUT THIS.
UM, SO A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT I WANT TO, UM, IT'S ACTUALLY NOT MY FAVORITE TOPIC, BUT, UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I WANT TO, BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I WANT TO, UM, SOMEONE ELSE I WANT TO, UH, SUPPORT IN, UH, APPLAUD THE PROGRESS SPECIFICALLY AT PROGRESS.
UM, THAT'S BEEN SOME GREAT WORK THAT THEY'VE BEEN DOING OVER THERE WITH TEAM, AND IT'S JUST AMAZING TO SEE THOSE NUMBERS.
UM, BUT I JUST WANT TO, OF COURSE DRAW OUR ATTENTION TO SOME OF THE SUBGROUP DATA.
AND SO WHILE WE ARE OUTPACING THE STATE, UM, SPECIFICALLY, UM, FOR, UH, BLACK STUDENTS, UM, AT THE STATE AVERAGE BEING 17 HOURS IS 19.
THERE WAS A SIGNIFICANT 40 POINT GAP BETWEEN THE MASTERY PERCENTAGE OF MASTERY BETWEEN BLACK STUDENTS AND WHITE STUDENTS IN THIS DISTRICT.
SO OFTENTIMES WE TALK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE WE DOING ABOUT THAT? THAT IS, THAT IS A DIRECT CORRELATION TO EQUITY.
AND SO THERE SHOULD HAS TO BE FROM THIS BOARD FROM ADMINISTRATION, COLLECTIVE INTENTIONALITY BEHIND YOU AND HOW, HOW YOU ADDRESS THOSE GAPS.
IT CAN'T BE A, OH, WE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE OUTPACING THE STATE THIS DAY AND WE DO, AND THIS IS MORE SO FOR THE ADMINISTRATION, NOT TO MISSILE CONSTANTLY, BUT WE HAVE TO HAVE A SPECIFIC PLAN ABOUT WHAT WE'RE DOING TO ADDRESS THE SIGNIFICANT GAP BETWEEN OUR BLACK AND WHITE STUDENTS AND OUR OTHER SUBGROUP POPULATIONS.
BECAUSE IF WE CONTINUE ON THIS PATH, WE ARE NOT SETTING KIDS UP FOR SUCCESS.
AND IF WE'RE NOT INTENTIONAL ABOUT IT, WE'LL CONTINUE TO CELEBRATE 1% GROWTH HERE AND THERE AND DO NOTHING TO IMPACT THE EFFICIENCY AND EFFECTIVENESS OF KIDS SUCCESS WITHIN THIS DISTRICT.
UM, AND SO WE HAVE TO BE MORE INTENTIONAL ABOUT HOW WE ADDRESS THESE ISSUES.
AND THIS IS WHY WHEN THESE CONVERSATIONS COME UP ABOUT WHAT EQUITY LOOKS LIKE IN THIS DISTRICT, THIS IS A DIRECT REFLECTION RIGHT HERE OF HOW WE PRIORITIZE STUDENTS WHO CLEARLY NEED OUR SUPPORTS IN DIFFERENT WAYS.
AND SO WE HAVE TO BE INTENTIONAL WITH OUR RESOURCES, INTENTIONAL WITH OUR PRIORITIES TO ENSURE THAT FIVE YEARS FROM NOW, THIS IS NOT HOW THESE NUMBERS LOOK WITHIN OUR DISTRICT.
I WANTED TO APPLAUD THE GROWTH THAT HAS HAPPENED, BUT MAKING SURE THAT WE UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS AN URGENT MATTER.
ONLY 19% OF STUDENTS WHO WERE BLACK IN THIS DISTRICT, WHICH IS 75% OF THE POPULATION IS DISTRICT ARE PERFORMING AT A MASTER LEVEL.
IF THAT'S NOT AN OUTCROP OR A PROBLEM, I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS.
THANK YOU FOR THAT, MR. HOWARD.
AND, UH, THANK YOU, MS.
UH, MR. HOWARD SAID A LOT OF THE THINGS, UH, I WAS GOING TO SAY, AND I AGREED WITH IT, BUT ONE THING I DID SEEM TO NOTICE AS REVIEWING THIS DATA FROM A HIGH LEVEL, IT SEEMS LIKE FROM THIRD, FOURTH AND FIFTH GRADE, WE DID PRETTY WELL RECOVERING IN JUST ABOUT ALL ACROSS THE BOARDS, WHERE WE WERE NOW, WHERE WE WERE, ISN'T, WHERE WE WANT TO BE.
BUT, UH, I DO THINK IT REFLECTS A LOT OF WORK BY LITERACY COACHES, MATH COACHES, AND TEACHERS, AND THE INTENTIONALITY THAT WE'RE PUTTING IN ELEMENTARY.
AND SO I JUST WANT TO LIFT THAT UP BECAUSE I THINK THAT SETS A GOOD FOUNDATION FOR CONTINUED GROWTH.
UH, AS THOSE KIDS MATRICULATE UP INTO THE HIGHER GRADES, IF WE CAN KEEP IMPROVING THEM AS THEY GO ALONG AND KEEP IMPROVING THE ONES THAT COMING BEHIND THEM, THAT'S HOW WE DIG OUT OF THIS.
AND SO I APPRECIATE THAT WORK.
I APPRECIATE ALL OF OUR TEACHERS AND ALL OF THE FOLKS WHO WORKED ON THAT, BUT PARTICULARLY I'M ENCOURAGED BY THE, THE MOVEMENT IN THE LORD GRADES BECAUSE THAT THAT'S WHERE WE HAVE TO MOVE.
UH, WE GOT, WE GOT TO GET THINGS RIGHT.
INSTEAD OF TRYING TO FIX THINGS LATER ON.
THE OTHER THING THOUGH, IS ON THE, UH, THE WEBSITE FOR THE, UH, THE MATRIX AND THINGS LIKE THAT, THAT NEEDS TO BE UPDATED, UH, BECAUSE IT'S THE SCORECARD.
UH, BECAUSE RIGHT NOW IT SHOWS PROJECTED 20, 21 AND CURRENT AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO WE JUST NEED TO DO I ENCOURAGE YOU ALL TO DO A LITTLE BIT OF WORK WITH THAT TO UPDATE THIS JONES HAS A PLAN.
WELL, WE NEED TO UPDATE IT AND WE NEED TO SAY, YOU KNOW, SOME KIND OF WAY SAY WHAT NUMBERS ARE UPDATED.
AND WE, AND WE OUGHT TO PUT A 20, 22, 23 PROJECTED OR, OR SOMETHING IN THERE TO SHOW WHERE WE WERE TRYING TO GO THIS NEXT YEAR AND WHERE, WHERE, SO I LOVE THE MATRIX.
WE JUST GOT TO GET IT UPDATED AND SOMETHING THAT I REALIZED SOME THINGS FROM LAST YEAR WE DON'T HAVE YET, BUT WE CAN, WE CAN HIGHLIGHT.
AND, AND WHAT WE'RE WAITING TO DO IS FOR THE 10TH
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DAY OF SCHOOL TO GET OUR ENROLLMENT DATA AND GET OUR STUDENT INFORMATION SYSTEM DATA SETTLED AND LOCKED.SO WE CAN BEGIN CHURNING FOR THIS SCHOOL YEAR.
BUT AS I SAID, HER DESIGN TEAM HAS ALREADY GOT A PLAN TO MOVE SOME COLUMNS OVER AND DO SOME THINGS.
SO THEY YOU'RE, YOU'RE, YOU'RE CHALLENGING US AND WE APPRECIATE THE FEEDBACK.
AND ANY OF YOU, PLEASE SHARE THE FEEDBACK WITH US SO THAT WE CAN GET IT AS YOU SAY, GET IT RIGHT.
THANK YOU AGAIN, PRESIDENT TAT MEN.
UM, I WOULD HAVE TO FIRST, LET ME SAY THIS ALL KOSKI.
THIS IS A PHENOMENAL JOB, BUT WHEN IT, YOU CRUNCH THESE NUMBERS AND THE WAY THAT YOU DISPLAYED THE PROGRESSION AND GROWTH OF OUR SCHOOLS AND OUR STUDENTS.
SO LET ME APPLAUD YOU AND YOUR TEAM ON IT FIRST AND FOREMOST.
ABSOLUTELY NO COMES MY, THE OTHER PART, THIS IS ALARMING TO ME AND I SECOND, WHAT BOARD MEMBER HOWARD SAID ABOUT THE DISPARITY GAPS BETWEEN WHITE AND BLACK STUDENTS, BUT I TAKE IT UP A STEP FURTHER BECAUSE THERE ARE OTHER KEY INDICATORS THAT SHOW WE HAVE AN EQUITY GAP THAT TRULY NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED BECAUSE WHEN YOU LOOK AT, UH, ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED GROWTH VERSUS NON ECONOMIC DISADVANTAGE AS A STUDENTS, RATHER IT IS SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER.
AND I THINK IT IS A DIRECT CORRELATION TO BLACK STUDENTS VERSUS WHITE STUDENTS, BLACK STUDENTS VERSUS ASIAN STUDENTS.
BUT THIS IS NOT JUST A BLACK STUDENT PROBLEM.
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT STUDENTS OF COLOR BECAUSE WHEN YOU LOOK AT HISPANIC A LATINO, IT IS LITERALLY ON THE SAME POINT AT THE SAME POINT.
UH, THEN WHEN YOU BREAK THAT DOWN, I ALWAYS HAVE TO PUT THINGS IN NUMBERS, RIGHT? UH, JUST LOOKING AT BLACK STUDENTS ALONE, THAT WOULD MEAN THAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW WE'RE SERVICING ABOUT 30,000 PLUS BLACK STUDENTS OF THAT ONLY 5,000, MAYBE 5,800, ROUGHLY SCORE MASTERY AND ABOVE.
THAT WOULD MEAN THAT 25,000 OF OUR STUDENT POPULATION CURRENTLY ARE BELOW AVERAGE, UH, UNSET.
THAT DOES NOT SIT WELL WITH ME.
AND THAT'S NOT A PROBLEM ON YOU.
THAT'S NOT A PROBLEM ON OUR BOARD.
THAT'S NOT EVEN A PROBLEM WITH OUR TEACHERS.
I THINK THAT THAT LETS US KNOW THAT WE HAVE TO DO A DEEPER DIVE AROUND PARENT ACCOUNTABILITY, STUDENT ACCOUNTABILITY, AND MORE ENGAGEMENT ABOUT WHAT THEIR NEEDS TRULY ARE.
SO I JUST WANTED TO LIFT THAT UP AGAIN.
I WANTED TO COMMEND YOU AND YOUR TEAM.
THANK YOU, MR. LANDIS, MS. WHERE JACKSON, YOU WANT TO BE A DOCTOR TONIGHT? YEAH.
I ECHO WHAT MY COLLEAGUES HAVE SAID ABOUT THE ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED STUDENTS AND, UM, AND HOW THAT, THAT ALL CORRELATES WITH THOSE, WITH THE, UM, WITH THESE NUMBERS.
AND, UM, BUT YOU KNOW, I REALLY WANT TO POINT OUT HOW IMPORTANT IT IS AND HOW SIGNIFICANT THE CHANGES DUE TO THAT LITERACY PLAN THAT CONSISTENT LITERACY, ESPECIALLY IN THE EARLY, EARLY GRADES, LOOK AT HOW IT DID SUCH A WONDERFUL BOOST FOR THOSE KIDS.
YOU KNOW, BECAUSE WE TALK ABOUT HOW OUR KIDS MOVE AROUND A LOT.
YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO STAY SOLID.
WE HAVE TO BE CONSISTENT IN WHAT WE'RE TEACHING THESE LITTLE ONES, ESPECIALLY THE ONES THAT ARE JUST STARTING, YOU KNOW, JUST GETTING USED TO GOING TO SCHOOL.
AND IF THEY SWITCHED SCHOOLS AND THEY GET LOST AND THEY GET REALLY DISCOURAGED.
AND THEN WE TALK ABOUT WHAT HAPPENS IN THIRD GRADE, THEY GOTTA BE ON TASK AND, AND WE WANT THEM AT A CERTAIN LEVEL THERE.
SO I'M JUST SO EXCITED ABOUT SEEING WHAT'S WHAT IS HAPPENING BECAUSE WE'RE DOING THESE KINDS OF THINGS.
AND WHEN NEXT TIME, WHEN WE LOOK AT THIS, WE'RE GOING TO SEE THAT SPIKE IS GOING TO CONTINUE IN THE MIDDLE SCHOOL BECAUSE THAT'S GOING TO CARRY ON.
SO I'M JUST SO EXCITED ABOUT DOING THAT.
NAZIS FOR BRINGING THAT TO OUR ATTENTION AND JUMPING ON IT EARLY BECAUSE IT WAS HAPPENED BECAUSE OF THAT.
I REALLY, REALLY AM EXCITED ABOUT THIS TEAM.
THANK YOU, MS. WARE JACKSON, MS. DYSON.
THE WAY YOU'VE DISPLAYED THIS AND SHOWED US WITH THESE GRAPHS.
UM, I'M EXCITED ABOUT THE LITERACY WORK AS WELL.
AND I DO BELIEVE THAT WE FINALLY HAVE A TEAM WORKING ON LITERACY AND, UH, STARTING AT THE EARLY AGES, UNDERSTANDING, UH, SOUND AND, YOU KNOW, THE LETTER RECOGNITION EARLY AND THOSE KINDS OF THINGS.
AND I DO KNOW THAT WHEN YOU'VE GOT HOMES WITH BROADER USE OF THE LANGUAGE AND MORE VOCABULARY BEING USED IN THE HOMES THAT IS PART OF THIS, AND THE STUDY RESEARCH THAT I'VE DONE IS THAT, YOU KNOW, IT'S THAT KIND OF EXPOSURE.
SO WE NEED TO BE PROVIDING THAT EXPOSURE
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IN OUR SCHOOLS FOR CHILDREN THAT MAY NOT HAVE IT IN THEIR HOMES.AND I THINK WE'RE GOING THIS EMPHASIS AND PRIORITY THAT WE'VE PLACED ON LITERACY, UM, W IN OUR STRATEGIC PLAN IS VERY, VERY IMPORTANT WORK THAT WE'RE DOING, AND I'M REAL PROUD OF IT.
SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR HARD WORK.
AND I KNOW YOU HAD A TEAM BEHIND YOU HELPING YOU.
AND I APPRECIATE ALL OF OUR, UH, SCHOOL SITE STAFF AND ADMINISTRATORS WHO ARE WORKING HARD EVERY SINGLE DAY, AND WE'RE GOING TO SEE MORE GROWTH.
I FEEL THAT'S GET THROUGH THIS YEAR WITH A LOT OF GROWTH AND, UM, LET'S JUST KEEP ON THIS LITERACY.
THANK YOU, MS. DYSON, AND THANK YOU, MS.
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UH, ITEM I TO THE HES PRESENTATION, AND I'LL JUST KIND OF GIVE A HEADS UP.WE'VE GOT ABOUT 19 MINUTES LEFT, BUT, UH, SO JUST KINDA GIVING YOU A SENSE OF WHEN THE MEETING HAS TO OFFICIALLY GET, BUT I DON'T, I DON'T LIKE SPEAKING A LOT, SO THAT'LL BE FINE.
GOOD EVENING, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, I HOPE ALL IS WELL WITH Y'ALL.
UM, I'M DOMINIC, HOLDMAN THE DISTRICT DIRECTOR FOR HES, AS YOU MAY KNOW, UM, I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT METRICS A LITTLE BIT, UM, AS WE'VE, UH, STARTED ON JULY 1ST, A LOT HAS HAPPENED, PRETTY SURE.
YOU KNOW, UM, BUT I WANT TO TALK ABOUT IT BEHIND ME IS MY DISTRICT, UM, MY DIRECTORS FOR THE DISTRICT.
THIS IS ALSO MR. DESMOND GREEN.
HE'S THE DIRECTOR OF MAINTENANCE AND GROUNDS.
SO WITHOUT ANY FURTHER ADO, I'M GOING TO PASS HIM THE MIC.
SO WE CAN GET INTO THESE METRICS REGARDING THE WORK ORDER SYSTEM.
GOOD AFTERNOON, AS AS STATED, MY NAME IS DESMOND GREEN, I'M THE DIRECTOR OF MAINTENANCE AND GROUNDS.
UH, I'M GOING TO START OFF, UH, AS WE REFERENCED THESE CHARTS AND THIS INFORMATION BY SAYING, UH, WE HAVE NOW RECEIVED ALL OF THE WORK ORDERS FROM THE AIR MA ARAMARK BACKLOG, UH, OF REQUESTS THAT, UH, HAVE NOT BEEN COMPLETED PRIOR TO OUR START DATE OF JULY 1ST.
AND WE HAVE ADOPTED THOSE WORK ORDERS INTO OUR SYSTEM.
SO EVERYTHING THAT WE'RE STATING NOW THAT APPLIES TO, UM, THROUGH AUGUST THE 11TH, WE RECEIVED A TOTAL OF 1,762 WORK ORDERS.
THROUGH THE END OF JULY, WE HAVE COMPLETED 41% OF THOSE WORK ORDERS.
CONTENT OF THE WORK ORDERS ARE LED BY TRADES CONCERNS, SUCH AS AGE, BACK, SUPPORT, CARPENTRY SECURITY, CONCERNS, PLUMBING, AND ELECTRICAL.
THE LARGEST CATEGORY IS HVAC, WHICH IS TYPICAL FOR A REOCCUPIED NC OF BUILDINGS AND CLASSROOMS AT THE START OF THE SCHOOL YEAR.
THERE WAS ALSO A PERCENTAGE OF WORK ORDERS COMING FROM OUR ON-CALL SUPPORT, WHICH IS AFTER HOURS, WHICH CONSTITUTES 64, UH, GENERATED WORK ORDERS OF WHICH 22 HAPPENED IN THE LAST WEEK ONTO THE NEXT LIGHT.
I'M GOING TO DO A BREAKDOWN, A COMPLETION RATE BREAKDOWN.
THIS IS A A WEEK BY WEEK BREAKDOWN OF THE AMOUNT OF GENERATED WORK ORDERS AND THE COMPLETION FOR EACH WEEK.
ONE THING I DO WANT TO REFERENCE HERE IS YOU CAN SEE THAT THE TOTAL NUMBER OF COMPLETED WORK ORDERS PER WEEK HAS GROWN SIGNIFICANTLY.
WE ANTICIPATE OUR COMPLETION RATE EACH WEEK.
WE'LL SUP WILL SUPERSEDE THE AMOUNT OF GENERATED WORK ORDERS, WHICH WOULD BE THE CONCERN, UM, ALLOWING US TO AGGRESSIVELY ATTACK ANY BACKLOG AND STAY ON TOP OF ANY CURRENT ISSUES, UH, JUST TO, TO REFERENCE IN THE, IN THE LAST WEEK, UH, WE HIT 80% COMPLETION RATE OF ALL GENERATED WORK ORDERS, UH, FOR THAT WEEK WITH HVAC STABILIZING.
AS YOU CAN SEE IN THE FINAL WEEK, THE, THE DROP IN HVAC WORK ORDERS, UH, OUR AVERAGE WORK ORDER, UH, WORK ARTISTS PER WEEK IS APPROXIMATELY 294.
UH, AND THAT'S EXPECTED TO DECREASE AND THE COMPLETION RATE, UH, WE EXPECT TO RISE OVER 200 PER WEEK.
SO THERE WILL COME A CHANGE IN ACCESS WHERE IT WILL ACTUALLY GENERATE MORE
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WORK ORDERS COMPLETIONS THAN THE AMOUNT WE HAVE COMING IN.SO THAT'S JUST SHOWING THE TREND IS GOING IN A POSITIVE DIRECTION.
UH, AT THIS TIME I'LL BE FOLLOWED WITH CUSTODIO, UH, WITH THE DIRECTOR OF TOTAL GOOD EVENING BOARD MEMBERS.
UH, WHAT YOU SEE IN FRONT OF YOU IS AN EXAMPLE OF A SCREENSHOT FROM AN APPLICATION WE USE CALLED GOSPOTCHECK.
WE USE THIS APPLICATION TO INSPECT BUILDINGS ON A DAILY BASIS.
WELL, YOU SEE HERE AS A BRIEF SNAPSHOT INTO THOSE RESULTS ITEMS WILL INCLUDE HOW MANY INSPECTIONS WERE PERFORMED.
WHAT ARE THE HIGHEST AND LOWEST RATED SITES? THIS DATA CAN BE BROKEN DOWN INTO DETAILS SUCH AS INDIVIDUAL SPORES FOR SPECIFIC SITES AROUND THE CASE OF THE SLIDE PROVIDED WHAT ARE THE MOST COMMON DEFICIENCIES, FOR EXAMPLE, FOR EXAMPLE, FLOORS IN THIS CASE THAT IT CAN BE SHARED AMONGST ALL INTERESTED PARTIES AND WILL BE USED TO HELP RANK SITES, ZONES AND TEAMS. CUSTODIAL, DON MANAGERS ARE SCHEDULED 11:00 AM TO 8:00 PM.
THIS SCHEDULE REFLECTS OUR COMMITMENT TO MENTOR AND MONITOR VENDORS KPIS SUCH AS THE RESULTS FROM THE AFFIRMATION.
YOU GO TO SPEC, GO SPOT, CHECK APP, OR USE TO CREATE ACTION PLANS.
ZONE MANAGERS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR SENDING OUT SCHEDULED AND VICE TO ALL PRINCIPALS AND ADMINISTRATORS.
WE ALSO EMPLOY A SCORE COURT SYSTEM.
THESE RESULTS WILL BE SHARED IN ALL FUTURE REPORTS.
CURRENTLY WE HAVE A 96% STAFF DAYTIME TEAM.
THE PERCENTAGES OF OUR EVENING TEAMS, STAFF ARE LOCATED BELOW REGARDING STAFFING NEEDS.
AGSM IS PARTNERING WITH ALL VENDORS TO RECRUIT AND FILL ANY VACANCIES QUICKLY IN CLOSING A QUICK SNAPSHOT OF HOW WE ARRIVED HERE AS OF JULY 1ST, WHEN HCS BEGAN SERVICES, THE DISTRICT STOOD AT 36% READY FOR THE START OF SCHOOL, DESPITE LEGIT LOGISTICAL CHALLENGES AND SUPPLY CHAIN ISSUES, SUCH AS AVAILABILITY OF TRUCKS.
WE NEARLY DOUBLED THAT PRODUCTION AND A LITTLE OVER A WEEK.
OVER THE NEXT THREE WEEKS, WE WORKED TIRES TIRELESSLY TO CLOSE THE GAP TO ENSURE ALL CLASSROOMS WOULD BE READY FOR THE START OF SCHOOL.
THIS INCLUDED WORKING 30, 30 PLUS 16 HOUR DAYS, AND WEEKENDS TO CLOSE THE GAP ON THE SUMMER CLEANING PROCESS, WE WILL USE AND PROVIDE A STRATEGIC PLAN TO COMPLETE ANY REMAINING FLOOR WORK DURING HOLIDAYS BREAKS AND LOW DEMAND DAYS.
WE'RE HAPPY TO SERVE THE STUDENTS AND STAFF OF OUR DISTRICT, AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO A GREAT SCHOOL YEAR.
THANK YOU, FIRST AND FOREMOST, ON THE GROUNDS PIECE.
AND, UH, I CAN SAY THIS WITH A BIT OF EXCITEMENT.
WE, UH, WE'RE DEFINITELY HAPPY TO SAY THAT WE ARE NOW CONTRACTED WITH RCI AS OUR GROUNDS VENDOR, UH, FOR ALL SCHOOLS GOING FORWARD.
UH, AS OF AUGUST THE 15TH WITH THAT SAID, WE CAN EXPECT WEEKLY CUTS.
THERE'S A FOUR DAY ROTATION IN WHICH ALL SCHOOLS ARE CUT WITHIN THAT TIMEFRAME ON THIS FOUR DAY CYCLE, ALL STANDARD CUTS ARE HAPPENING AND ON THE FIFTH DAY NATURALLY ANY MAKEUP, BUT EVERY SINGLE WEEK, YOU CAN EXPECT A FOUR DAY ROTATION OF CUTS AND THE REMAINING ALLOWING FOR ANY WEATHER DAYS OR ANY DELAYS, UH, DOUBLING UP IS ONE OF THE KEY PIECES THAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN BASED OFF OF OUR PREVIOUS VENDOR, AS, AS YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE GRASS MAY HAVE BEEN HIGHER THAN IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN AS AN UNDERSTATEMENT.
SO THESE ARE FIRST OF ALL, CUT TO A CERTAIN LEVEL BY THE NEW VENDOR, WHICH IS GOING TO GENERATE A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF CLIPPINGS.
AND SO A SECOND CUT IS GOING TO HAPPEN TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE CLIPPINGS ARE DISSIPATED, WHICH IS ACTUALLY GOING TO CREATE STABILIZATION GOING FORWARD SO THAT WE CAN MAINTAIN A WELL MANICURED LAWN FOR THE SCHOOLS.
THE NEXT POINT I WANT TO MENTION IS WE HAVE A PLAN IN PLACE FOR THE SCRIMMAGE GAMES AND THE JAM MARIE'S, UH, DURING A FOOTBALL SEASON.
AND WE'VE ALREADY MADE PREPARATIONS FOR THOSE AND PREPARE THE FIELDS.
IN FACT, UM, UH, ALL OF THE STANDARD CUTTING FIELDS ARE ALSO BEING TAKEN CARE OF.
WE ARE CURRENTLY ON DAY THREE, TODAY OF THE FOUR DAY CUTTING CYCLE, AND WE HAVE COMPLETED 70% OF THE CUTS FOR THE WEEK AS OF THIS MEETING.
SO WE CAN EXPECT THE REMAINING CUTS TO BE COMPLETED BY TOMORROW.
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ONE THING I WANT TO TOUCH ON IS METRICS JUST A LITTLE BIT IN TERMS OF, UH, QUALITY CONTROL FOR GROUNDS.ONE IS, UM, AN EBR ADMINISTRATOR, UH, WILL BE SOMEONE WHO IS GOING TO BE SIGNING OFF ON GROUNDS COMPLETION FOR THE SITE WE'RE EXPECTING, UH, GROUNDS TO BE ABLE TO SAY, EVERYTHING'S READY, VERIFY THIS PAPERWORK.
AND SO WE JUST WANT TO GET A LITTLE BIT OF ENGAGEMENT TO MAKE SURE THAT NO ONE FROM THE SCHOOL IS LOOKING AT IT AND SAYING, HEY, THESE GROUNDS ARE INCOMPLETE.
WE WANT, WE WANT THE FEEDBACK.
AND THAT IS WHAT'S GOING TO HELP US AS A TEAM TO GENERATE GOOD METRICS.
SECONDLY, FROM A ZONE MANAGEMENT PERSPECTIVE, WHAT WE'RE ALSO DOING IS EMPLOYING GOLDSPOT CHECK, UH, FOR THE GROUNDS PIECE.
AND THE REQUIREMENT IS GOING TO BE EVERY ZONE MANAGER GO TO EVERY SCHOOL TWICE A MONTH TO KENTUCKY GROUND INSPECTIONS WITH THAT SAID, I'LL BE FOLLOWED.
UM, AS WE CLOSE, I JUST WANT TO GIVE A QUICK, UH, UH, GO OVER ABOUT THE WAREHOUSE PIECE.
UM, MORE SPECIFICALLY THE MAIL ROUTE, WHICH WAS BROUGHT UP LAST MEETING.
SO, UM, ALL ROUTES ARE FUNCTIONAL.
UM, SO WE HAVE FOUR ROUTES, UM, AS THE PRIOR VENDOR DID.
AND, UM, WE HAVE THE TRUCKS IN THE VANS TO SUPPORT THAT WE ALSO ARE ADOPTING NEW SCHOOLS AS THEY COME ONLINE, UH, SWIFTLY.
SO THEY'RE ABLE TO GET EVERYTHING THEY NEED, UM, WITH THAT BEING SAID, THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.
UH, PRESIDENT TAMMON, UH, QUICK QUESTION.
WOULD YOU SAY, IN YOUR OPINION, THE TRANSITION BETWEEN YOU GUYS AND ARAMARK WAS SMOOTH, AND I WANT YOU TO BE HONEST, UH, BEFORE YOU ANSWER THAT, LET ME SAY THIS.
I ONLY ASKED THAT BECAUSE I'VE HEARD SEVERAL STORIES FROM PEOPLE SAYING A LOT OF THE EQUIPMENT WHAT'S GOING ON INSIDE OF THE SCHOOL.
SO THAT COULD HAVE LED TO A LOT OF THE DELAYS THAT WE'VE BEEN SEEING.
CAUSE I WENT TO SEVERAL SCHOOLS INSIDE OF MY OWN DISTRICT AND LITERALLY AN HOUR, I CAN'T FAULT YOU OFF OF THIS, BUT LITERALLY THE TRASH THAT WAS ON THE FOOTBALL FIELD FROM THE YEAR PRIOR SEASON HAD NOT BEEN EMPTIED TO ME.
THAT'S JUST, IT MADE NO SENSE.
SO I SAY THAT TO SAY, I THAT'S WHY I WANTED TO ASK YOU THAT QUESTION.
WELL, WE WERE MET WITH CHALLENGES, OF COURSE.
ARE YOU RUNNING FOR OFFICE? NO, JUST KIDDING.
WE WERE, WE WERE CERTAINLY MET WITH CHALLENGES.
UM, BUT, BUT OUR JOB ISN'T TO LOOK AT THOSE CHALLENGES AS OUR JOB IS TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT, TO, UH, YOU KNOW, PROTECT THE KIDS AND MAKE SURE THEY HAVE A SAFE ENVIRONMENT TO GO TO, UM, ON A DAILY BASIS.
UM, MONIQUE AND HER TEAM DID A FANTASTIC JOB, A THOROUGH JOB NEGOTIATING THE CONTRACT.
UM, TOOK A LITTLE LONGER THAN EXPECTED.
SO WHAT WOULD NORMALLY TAKE, YOU KNOW, TWO MONTHS WE HAD ABOUT THREE AND A HALF WEEKS TO DO ALL RIGHT.
UH, THAT BEING SAID, WE ARE IMPROVING EVERY DAY AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO PARTNERING WITH EBR FOR A VERY LONG TIME TO COME.
UH, WHERE ARE WE AT WITH LOCAL VENDORS? UH, HAVE WE, WE STILL FILL IN SPOTS, SO WE, EVERYTHING IS GOOD TO GO.
WE HAVE ALL LOCAL VENDORS, UH, AT NIGHT.
UH, I HAVE SOME OTHER QUESTION, BUT I CAN ASK THOSE OFFLINE.
MISS JOANNA SENT AND SOMEBODY REFERRED TO THE ISSUE, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE VISITING OUR SCHOOLS AND OUR FOOT, OUR FIELDS.
AND, UH, SO, YOU KNOW, WE WANT TO REALLY MAKE A GOOD IMPRESSION AND IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU ALL TO MAKE A REALLY GOOD IMPRESSION.
THIS IS WHY WE MADE THE CHANGE SO QUICKLY.
WE'RE VERY EXCITED FOR THE, FOR THE TEAMS TO COME ON IN OR ESPN OR WHOEVER.
WE KNOW WHERE TO GO TO SEE THEM.
UH, SO, BUT, UH, WE APPRECIATE IT.
THANK YOU FOR THE, UH, THANK YOU FOR THE UPDATE.
[I3. Redistricting Report]
AND I GUESS THE LAST ITEM IS THE REDISTRICTING REPORT.AND I GUESS THAT GOES TO YOU OR YOU OR WHATEVER.
YOU, WE MISSED THE, UM, THE FEDERAL.
UM, YEAH, SO WE HAD AN UPDATE THIS WEEK IN THE FEDERAL CASE, UM, THE JUDGE AND THE JUDGES, UM, IN THAT MATTER, DECIDED TO, UM, UH, IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE LAW, NOT INTERFERE WITH THE ELECTION AND NOT RENDER A DECISION REGARDING THE ELECTION PROCESS.
SO FEDERAL CASES HAS BEEN PUT TO REST.
AND SO NOW WE'RE JUST WAITING TO HEAR FROM
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THE, UH, FIRST HEARD CLOVE APPEALS ON THE TRIAL COURT ISSUE.EVERYBODY GOOD? I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ADJOURN.
MR. LANA SAW HE, THIS IS IT RIGHT.
[J1. Announcement of Meetings]
RIGHT.MR. LANA SAW AN ORGANIZATIONAL ANNOUNCEMENT OF MEETINGS.
ORGANIZATIONAL ITEMS. THIS IS THE ITEM J ANNOUNCEMENT OF MEETINGS.
THE BOARD WORKSHOP WILL BE HELD SEPTEMBER 1ST, 2022 AT 5:00 PM AT THE CENTRAL OFFICE BOARD ROOM.
A COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE WOULD BE HELD ON SEPTEMBER 8TH, 2022 AT 5:00 PM AT THE CENTRAL OFFICE BOARDROOM.
THE REGULAR MEETING WILL BE HELD ON SEPTEMBER 15TH, 2022 AT 5:00 PM AT THE CENTRAL OFFICE.
THANK YOU, MR. LANDIS, DO I HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN MOVED AND PICKED YOU UP? THANK YOU ALL.