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TO, I THINK NICK, AT SOME POINT, UM, Y'ALL MIGHT ASK WHAT ARE SCHOOLS USING FOR THE PHONICS? I KNOW SOME PEOPLE ARE USING SCHOLASTIC, LIKE PHONEMIC AWARENESS.I THINK EVERYBODY'S USING A LITTLE SOMETHING DIFFERENT.
SO IT WILL BE NICE THAT, YOU KNOW, THE CURRICULUM RESOURCES AND MATERIALS ARE GOING TO PROVIDE, THERE MIGHT BE SOMETHING OUT THERE THAT ANOTHER SCHOOL DOESN'T KNOW THAT IT'S WORKED VERY WELL AT ANOTHER SCHOOL THAT SOMEONE ELSE MIGHT WANT.
ALSO, JUST TO KEEP THAT IN THE BACK OF YOUR MIND, NOT FOR THIS PURPOSE, BUT WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT WHAT WE NEED FOR THE GOAL.
I AM GOING TO JUMP THEN TO, UM, OUR NEXT FOUR THAT WE HAVE, UNLESS SOMEBODY ELSE THINKS OF SOMETHING.
UM, SO I'M JUMPING DOWN TO OUR GIFTED AND TALENTED GOAL, UM, OF 1.0, SO HERE, UM, WE, THE, THE ORIGINAL GOAL LOOKS AT, UM, EXCEEDS EXPECTATIONS AND, UM, THIS WAS CREATED IN 2021.
UM, AND IT WAS NOT UPDATED, UM, LAST SCHOOL YEAR.
AND SO WHEN WE LOOKED AT THIS GOAL, THERE WERE CONCERNS ABOUT HOW WE WERE COMPARING THE STUDENTS AND EVERYTHING.
AND WHEN WE WERE TO DRILL DOWN AND TO THE GIFTEDNESS OF A STUDENT, UM, AND HOW WE'RE COMPARING THEM TO, TO MAKE THESE KIND OF STRATEGIC CALLS ON.
SO THE PROPOSAL THEN IS TO LOOK AT THE STUDENT'S AREA OF GIFTEDNESS AND THEN USING THAT AS THE METRIC TO ENSURE THEN THAT THEY ARE MEETING OR EXCEEDING, UM, WHEN IT COMES TO, UM, SC READY AND EVERYTHING.
SO WE WOULD LOOK AT, UM, IF THEY'RE QUALIFYING FOR GIFTEDNESS UNDER THE MATH AREA, THEN WE WANT TO SEE THAT FOR MATH AND THEN THE SAME FOR ELA, A MODEL, DEPENDING, AND GIVEN THE FLEXIBILITY OF THAT.
BUT FROM OUR EXPERIENCE IN DOING THIS IN THE PAST, IF, IF THE BUSES RUN THEY'LL COME, UM, AND A LOT OF TIMES IT'S, IF NOTHING ELSE TO BREAK THEM AND NOT ME, UH, SUMMER FOR SOME OF THE KIDS.
UM, NOW THAT'S NOT TO SAY THAT EVERY CHILD, BUT IT ALSO TAKES A COLLECTIVE EFFORT ON BEHALF OF THE SCHOOLS TO CALL, TO REACH OUT TO THE PARENTS, TO EDUCATE THE PARENTS ON WHAT IT IS, UM, TO MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY HAS A GENERAL UNDERSTANDING.
UM, I WANT TO POINT SOME OTHER THINGS OUT ABOUT THE GOAL, JUST SO EVERYBODY HAS A CLEAR UNDERSTANDING THAT C OR HIGHER SERVES A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT PURPOSES ON THESE.
UM, NOT ONLY IS IT BETTER FOR THE CHILD LONG-TERM ON THEIR TRANSCRIPTS AND YOU KNOW, HOW THEY'RE PERFORMING, BUT FROM A STATE ACCOUNTABILITY MODEL, UM, THE SCHOOL SCORES, A HIGHER RATING, AND DEPENDING ON HOW THE CHILD PERFORMS ON THE EOC.
SO IT'S NOT JUST A PASS ON THE EFC.
UM, IT'S MORE ABOUT, SO YOU GET SO MANY X NUMBER OF POINTS.
UM, AND HONESTLY WE, THESE THINGS HAVE SHOWN UP AND FOR EXAMPLE, OUR GRADUATION RATES, INSTEAD OF ONLY IMPROVING BEAVER COUNTY, UM, WE'VE ALSO GOT A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT MODELS THAT WE IMPLEMENT AND MAP, UM, ON, UM, MS. DICKSON I BELIEVE WAS ON HERE.
SHE WAS THE FIRST TO DO IT AND SEVERAL OF US FOLLOWED SUIT, BUT WE HAVE, WE HAVE, YOU CAN ALSO BREAK MATH UP INTO TWO COURSES THEIR FRESHMAN YEAR.
UM, AND WE'VE ALSO EMBEDDED A, A PRE-COURSE FOR THAT.
UM, AND IT'S CALLED SRB MATH, AND IT'S GETTING PREPARING STUDENTS AND WE'VE SEEN A LOT OF SUCCESS, UM, WITH THOSE LEVELS AS WELL.
COX, WOULD THAT FIT IN UNDER INITIATIVE ALIGNMENT TO NOTE, UM, UH, IN HELPING OUR STUDENTS WITH, TO INCREASE THEIR ENGLISH AND ALGEBRA, UH, IN REFERENCING THE PROFESSIONAL LEARNING COMMUNITIES, UH, WITH, ALONG WITH THE MATH AND ENGLISH LITERACY THAT MS. DIXON HAD PUT IN AT WELL BRANCH.
YEAH, I MEAN, WE ALSO OFFER ENGLISH ENRICHMENT AS WELL, AND I WOULD ALSO ARGUE THAT WE'VE INCREASED OUR INCLUSION MODEL, SERVE OUR STUDENTS WITH SPECIAL NEEDS.
SO NOW YOU SEE MORE TEACHERS PUSHING INTO THE CLASSROOMS INSTEAD OF KIDS COMING OUT OF THE CLASSROOM.
AND ALL OF THOSE STRATEGIES HAVE PROVEN TO BE EFFECTIVE OVER TIME, UH, MRS. DICKSON OR MS. MS. BRANTLEY, WHAT WOULD BE A GOOD WAY TO WORD ABOUT THE ALIGNMENT OF OUR PLC WITH WHAT YOU ALL HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH
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WITH SUCCESS OVER THERE, WITH THE MATH AND ENGLISH LITERACY? I HEAR YOU, PATRICIA.I WOULD THINK, UM, ONE OF THE THINGS, UM, INITIATIVE ALIGNMENT THAT, I MEAN, GOOD TEACHING, UM, REALLY PROMOTES AND REALLY HELPS IT, BUT IT'S ALIGNED WITH THE SE PORNO RUBRIC.
UM, IF YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT WITHIN YOUR PLCS, SO YOU'RE HAVING TEACHERS BRING BACK STUDENT WORK, UM, REALLY LOOKING AT STRATEGIES OF GETTING THE KIDS ARE UTILIZING STRATEGIES THAT WILL HELP THE STUDENTS MASTER THE STANDARD, UM, THAT THEY NEED.
SO I WOULD THINK THAT WOULD BE, UM, FOR THE INITIATIVE OR THE ALIGNMENT FOR THAT PART OF IT, FOR THOSE ON THE CALL.
UM, PROFESSIONAL LEARNING COMMUNITIES ARE BASICALLY TEACHERS COME TOGETHER TO PLAN ALSO, I THINK PLANNING, COMMON PLANNING, LIKE COME TOGETHER TO REALLY LOOK AT THEIR TEACHING STRATEGIES OR THEIR TEACHING TECHNIQUES OF HOW THEY'RE DELIVERING OR PRESENTING THE INSTRUCTIONAL CONTENT TO THE STUDENTS IN ORDER TO GET THEM TO MASSACRE.
WELL, I WAS JUST TRYING TO BE NICE.
UM, SO ANYTHING FROM THE SIC CHAIRS, IF YOU'VE COME ACROSS, UM, AND I KNOW DR.
SANDUSKY, YOU WORK A LOT IN, IN WHAT'S THE MATH THAT'S INVOLVED IN THE PROJECT LEAD THE WAY PRINCIPLES OF ENGINEERING.
IS THERE ANYTHING YOU CAN THINK OF THAT WE COULD ADD TO HELP TO ACHIEVE THIS GOAL, TO HELP THEM TO INCREASE A C OR HIGHER? SORRY.
IT TAKES ME A MOMENT TO, UH, GET TO MY MUTE BUTTON.
UM, ONE THING, AND THEN WE'RE JUST, UH, SOMETHING I'M TRYING TO GET, UH, MY DEPARTMENT AND THE ENGLISH DEPARTMENT TO DO.
UH, WE HAVE A LOT OF WHAT I CALL BUBBLE KIDS.
A BUNCH OF PEOPLE ON 16, YOU KNOW, THAT ARE 69, 59, 89, AND YOU WANT TO GET THEM TO THAT NEXT LEVEL.
UM, AND I'M NOT SURE HOW WELL THIS IS GOING TO WORK AS SOMETHING VERY SIMPLE.
UM, BUT, UH, WE'RE GOING TO DO, UH, TRY AND ENCOURAGE MY TEACHERS TO DO SOME CLOSURES WHERE WHAT THEY DO IS, UM, A LOT OF THE PROBLEMS WE HAVE, ESPECIALLY WITH OUR LARGE, UH, ENGLISH ELL POPULATION IS VOCABULARY.
SO WE'RE LOOKING INTO, OKAY, WHAT CAN WE DO TO GET THE KIDS TO USE THE ACADEMIC VOCABULARY? UM, LIKE FOR EXAMPLE, SOMETHING I'M GOING TO PRESENT, UH, ON OUR IN-SERVICE NEXT WEEK, UH, TO SOME OF MY TEACHERS IS, UH, AT THE END OF CLASS, UM, HAVE THEM PUT UP A WORD WALL ON THE, ON THE PERMIT, ON THE BOARD, UH, THAT HAS SOME VOCABULARY TERMS. AND THEN THEY HAVE TO WRITE EVERYTHING THEY KNOW ABOUT IT.
THEN THEY HAVE TO PAIR SHARE WITH, UH, SOMEBODY AND THEN THE TEACHER WILL WRAP UP AND ASK THEM AND GET VISUAL QUESTIONS, BUT YOU WANT TO GET THEM TO GET THEM ON A, ON A REGULAR BASIS AT THE END OF CLASS TO, UH, SPEAK TO EACH OTHER, USE THAT LANGUAGE.
THAT'S WHY THAT WRITING PIECE IS REALLY WHAT A LOT OF PEOPLE DO.
AND THEN DON'T DO THE WRITING PIECE.
IT SEEMS THE WRITING PIECE IS GOING TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE, BUT WE'RE LOOKING FOR THINGS LIKE THAT.
AGAIN, FOR US WITH OUR LARGE ELL POPULATION IS THE, ONE OF THE KEYS IS GETTING THE STUDENTS TO BE COMFORTABLE WITH THE ACADEMIC LANGUAGE.
AND IF I, IF, IF I AM NOT CAPTURING THIS, AS YOU ALL ARE PROVIDING, DON'T HESITATE TO TELL ME NOW I'LL READ TYPE IT.
ANY, ANYTHING ELSE THAT, UH, WE'D LIKE TO ADDRESS IN THIS AREA, AND THEN, UH, WE'LL GO ONTO THE NEXT ONE.
UH, ONE QUESTION, IS THERE ANY SENSE OF HOW BIG OF A HIT, UH, THESE, UH, SCORES TOOK DURING THE PANDEMIC? UH, I JUST, I, I DON'T KNOW THAT THE DISTRICT IS A WIDE, WHAT THE CONTEXT WAS.
ARE WE DOWN QUITE A BIT FROM A PRE PANDEMIC ON NEED? ARE WE ABOUT THE SAME? ANYBODY KNOW I CAN ADDRESS JUST, THIS WAS REALLY MORE WELL-BRED SHOOK HER HEAD DURING THE PANDEMIC.
SO WE AREAS, BUT WE ARE ARISING AROUND IN THE FALL.
THE SCHOOL IS GROWING BACK UP, BUT REMEMBER A LOT OF THE KIDS WERE OUT AND NOT EVEN TUNED IN DURING THE COVID ERA.
I WOULD HAVE SAID, DOES HE, I WOULD, I WOULD JUST SUMMARIZE THAT THE SCHOOLS THAT HAD A HIGH VOLUME OF FULL VIRTUAL STUDENTS,
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THEY TENDED NOT TO PERFORM AS WELL ON THE INTERCOURSE ASSESSMENTS.IT'S KINDA EARLY TO PAIR US TO COMPARE PRE TECH PANDEMIC NUMBERS THIS YEAR, SINCE WE'VE ONLY HAD ONE TESTING CYCLE.
UM, BUT AFTER WE HAVE A FULL ROUND OF TESTING CYCLES, WE COULD LOOK BACK AND DO THAT FULL COMPARISON.
SANDERS AND I MADE A NOTE OF THAT FOR FUTURE DATA.
UM, WELL, IF EVERYONE IS GOOD WITH THIS, AS WELL AS THE PROPOSED INTERIM GOAL, THEN WE'LL GO ON TO THE NEXT ONE.
THE NEXT ONE IS GOING TO BE, THIS IS ONE OF MY FAVORITES, UH, IS STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT 1.4.
AND SO THE OVERALL PERFORMANCE GOAL BY THE END OF THE YEAR 20 24, 23, 24, UM, BEAVER COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT WILL REACH AN ON TIME GRADUATION RATE OF 91%.
AND OUR CURRENT INTERIM GOAL BY THE END OF, UH, 2021 WAS ON-TIME GRADUATION RATE WOULD, IT WILL INCREASE FROM 86.9% TO AT LEAST 88%.
AND SO YOU SEE WHAT OUR CURRENT STATUS IS OF THE GREAT WORK OF OUR SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS.
UM, WE HAD 88.5% FOR THE 2021 SCHOOL YEAR.
AND, UH, WE MADE A NOTE THERE THAT, UH, ANNUAL GROWTH IS REQUIRED OF AN 8% INCREASE IN ORDER TO GET US TO THAT 2324 SCHOOL YEAR.
AND SO AGAIN, UM, UH, THIS, OUR STAKEHOLDERS, SOME INPUT AHEAD OF TIME FOR YOUR FEEDBACK AND REVIEW.
AND THEN YOU SEE AT THE BOTTOM PROPOSED INTERIM GOAL, BY THE END OF 2223 SCHOOL YEAR, OUR ON-TIME GRADUATION RATE WILL, WILL AT LEAST BE UP TO 90%, WHICH WOULD GET US VERY CLOSE TO THAT 91.
SO, UH, AS FAR AS ALIGNMENT TO WHAT SOME OF OUR INITIATIVES AND, AND MAJOR BIG ROCKS WE HAVE GOING ON THERE, UH, IS SOMEONE HAD IT NOTED AHEAD OF TIME OFFER VIRTUAL LEARNING OPTIONS THAT MEET THE NEEDS OF ALL LEARNERS.
AND THEN YOU CAN SEE, UH, OTHER NEEDS THAT WERE NOTED FOR GOAL ACHIEVEMENT.
UM, WE'LL GO THROUGH THESE REAL QUICK.
A STUDENT RETENTION TRUANCY INTERVENTION TEAM IS NEEDED, UH, TOO MANY ABSENCES AND 10 DAY DROPS TO MANAGE AT SCHOOL LEVEL ALONE.
ANOTHER COMMENT WAS MADE AHEAD OF TIME.
UH, I CLEAR ATTENDANCE DISTRICT POLICY ALIGNED TO THE STATE EXPECTATIONS AS COMMUNICATED BY THE DISTRICT AND REINFORCED BY SCHOOLS.
UH, THE COMMUNITY HAS, UH, NOT COME OUT OF THAT VOLUNTARY ATTENDANCE MODE PERCEPTION, UH, AND EVENING ACADEMY OPPORTUNITY WITHIN THE SCHOOL COMMUNITY.
IN ADDITION TO ADULT ED, SO THAT SCHOOLS CAN ADDRESS STUDENTS WHO CAN'T ATTEND TRADITIONAL TIMES SUCH AND INCLUDE TRANSPORTATION, A CONSISTENT TRAINING MODEL TO INCLUDE DATA CLERKS, ATTENDANCE, CLERKS, AND RECORDS, CLERKS, AND THEN MORE OPPORTUNITIES FOR SUMMER INITIAL CREDIT.
SO FROM THE SSCS, WELL, FIRST OF ALL, WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THIS? ARE, ARE THESE, UM, ARE THESE BULLETS SPOT ON, DO YOU THINK THAT WOULD HELP CONTRIBUTE TO INCREASE IN OUR GRADUATION RATE? THIS IS JAN DAVIS FODDER.
HOW, HOW DIFFICULT WOULD IT BE FOR US TO COME OUT OF THIS? WHEN WE SAY THE COMMUNITY HAS NOT COME OUT OF VOLUNTARY ATTENDANCE? SO IS THE, ARE THE DISTRICT, UM, OFFICIALS HAVE ANY INTEREST IN SETTING UP A, YOU KNOW, A REALLY FORCEFUL, I DON'T MEAN THAT NEGATIVELY, BUT, UM, REQUIREMENTS.
YOU'RE LOOKING AT, YOU'RE SEEING THAT THE COMMUNITY IS NOT COME OUT OF THE VOLUNTARY ATTENDANCE MODE PERCEPTION.
SO HOW EASY IS IT FOR US ON THE POWERS TO BE, TO MOVE THAT? THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.
WOULD ONE OF OUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS OR DR.
STRATUS EITHER OF YOU OR A BOARD MEMBER LIKE TO RE UM, COMMENT? SO MS. GILBERT, PARDON ME NEED SOME CLARIFICATION? THE LANGUAGE COMMUNITY HAS NOT COME OUT OF A VOLUNTARY ATTENDANCE MODE PERCEPTION.
UM, THAT IT, MY FIRST RESPONSE ON MY SIDEBAR
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WAS, WAS THAT SUBJECT TO COVID THE TRANSITION, BUT GOING BACK TO FACE-TO-FACE, UM, THAT, THAT'S HOW I INTERPRETED THAT.AND IF THAT'S THE CASE, I THINK PART OF THAT IS HAVING MORE COMMUNICATIONS OUT REGARDING THE RESPONSIBILITY OF ATTENDANCE.
BUT I ALSO RECOGNIZE THAT THE STATE ALLOWS SCHOOL DISTRICTS FOR APPLICATION OF A PROFICIENCY WAIVER.
ALTHOUGH WE USUALLY UTILIZE THAT FOR ONLY EXCUSED ABSENCES.
SO MAYBE CLARITY AT LANGUAGE AND CLARITY AT DEFINING WHAT MASTERY IS.
YOU KNOW, THERE ARE THOSE WHO BELIEVE IT'S 70%, 75 OR 80, 85%, YOU KNOW, JUST EXAMPLE, BUT THAT LANGUAGE FROM THE STATE, THE DEFINITION OF MASTERY IS ALSO AT THE PURVIEW OF THE TEACHERS SUBJECT TO GRADES BEING UNDER THE TEACHER'S JURISDICTION.
SO THEN WITH THAT, IT LIES TO SUPPORT OF THE COLLABORATION WITH OUR SCHOOLS, WORKING WITH THE EDU EDUCATORS, WHEN LOOKING AT USING ANY TYPE OF WAIVER LANGUAGE, AGAIN, UNDER THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE EXCUSE ABSENCES MEDICAL DOCTOR'S NOTE, CONFIRMATION COURT, RELIGIOUS, OR OBSERVANCE, YOU KNOW, DEATH, YOU KNOW, GRIEF.
THOSE ARE THE FOUR EXCUSED ABSENCES FROM THE STATE IS, AND AS WELL AS IN OUR ALE.
AND, UH, SO I, I, I PUT THERE, UH, THAT WILL DEFINITELY, UH, SEEK SOME CLARIFICATION AS TO, UH, THE PERSON WHO ENTERED THIS IN.
AND, UM, WE CAN GO FROM THERE.
ANY OTHERS THAT I SAY, UH, DR.
GWADAR, IS SHE A PART OF OUR QUADS? YES, MA'AM.
I CAME IN LATE BECAUSE I WAS HAVING GREAT DIFFICULTY JOINING THE MEETING, BUT THE, FOR THE, THE, UH, BULLET POINT BELOW THE ONE YOU WERE JUST DISCUSSING THE EVENING ACADEMY, I PERSONALLY WOULD NOT AGREE WITH THAT.
I MEAN, WE'RE A PUBLIC SCHOOL.
WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, A LIMITED AMOUNT OF FUNDS, YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO PROVIDE THE TRADITIONAL PUBLIC SCHOOL EDUCATION, UH, DURING THE TRADITIONAL HOURS.
I MEAN, YOU COULD GET INTO, WELL, I'D LIKE AN ACADEMY AT, AT, FROM 5:00 AM TO 9:00 AM, SO I CAN GO PLAY TENNIS ALL DAY.
AND W I MEAN, I THINK YOU'RE GETTING INTO, UH, PROVIDING TOO MANY, UM, SORT OF EXTRA, UH, TYPES OF EDUCATION.
WE GOT A BIG JOB ON HER PLATE ALREADY WITH THE TRADITIONAL, UH, EDUCATION HOURS.
AND PLUS THAT WOULD INCREASE THE COST IMMENSELY AT A POINT TO MAKE, IS WE ALREADY, DO WE ALREADY ALLOW FOR TUTORING BUDGETS FOR OUR SCHOOLS TO DO AFTERSCHOOL, UM, TO DO SATURDAY SCHOOL IN SOME INSTANCES? UM, SO THERE IS ALREADY SOME AFTER SCHOOL TYPE ACTIVITIES THAT WE DO, BUT THAT IS IN ADDITION TO THE SCHOOL DAY, NOT IN REPLACE OF THE SCHOOL DAY.
AND, AND THE FUNDING FOR THOSE ACTUALLY COMES FROM SPECIAL REV REVENUE UTILIZATION FOR STUDENTS WHO MAY BE AT RISK.
SO THAT'S ONE IN THAT CASE AT RISK OF NOT GRADUATING AT RISK OF NOT BEING SUCCESSFUL AT THEIR COURSE AND PREDOMINANT IT USAGES SPECIAL REVENUE, NOT AT A GENERAL FUND THAT THE GODS SHE HAS WANTED TO SHARE THAT AS WELL.
QUADS, IS THAT OKAY? I JUST PUT OF BASICALLY WHAT WE'RE DOING WITH, UH, THESE TWO, UH, THREE OR FOUR, UH, AREAS IS PROVIDING FEEDBACK FROM SOME PRIOR STAKEHOLDER INPUT.
AND, UH, SO IS THAT OKAY? WHAT I PUT, JUST REVISIT THIS ACTION TO DETERMINE OTHER, UH, MAJOR POTENTIAL BARRIERS WOULD THAT WORK? UM, I DON'T KNOW.
I JUST, I JUST THINK THAT'S, YOU KNOW, TO DUPLICATE THE, THE SCHOOL EXPERIENCE AND AN EVENING ACADEMY IS I JUST, I, I DON'T AGREE WITH THAT.
I THINK, YOU KNOW, YOU POINTED OUT OR, UM, MR. COX DID AND DR.
STRATIS ABOUT, YOU KNOW, HAVING, UH, ADDITIONAL, UH, HELP FOR STUDENTS THAT NEEDED IT, BUT THAT'S TOTALLY DIFFERENT THAN THEN HAVING A WHOLE OTHER SCHOOL, UH, AT ANOTHER TIME OF DAY, MAYBE THAT WORD EVENING ACADEMY,
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WHAT I WILL DO IS, UH, I'M HIGHLIGHTING THINGS IN COLOR.AND THEN THAT WAY, UM, UH, WHEN IT COMES BACK, UH, TO, UH, THE INITIAL TEAM FOR THIS, THEN WE'LL MAKE SURE TO MAKE NOTE TO, TO STRIKE THAT OUT.
THANK YOU FOR THAT INPUT ON THAT ONE.
I'M A, MY SON WENT THROUGH THE WHOLE PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM, BUT I WOULD AGREE WITH DR.
I THINK THAT WORDING EVENING ACADEMY OPENS A LOT OF DOORS THAT MAY NOT NECESSARILY BE IN OUR BEST INTEREST.
WELL, WE, WE WILL, UH, UH, I'LL DEFINITELY MAKE SURE THAT MR. FLOWERS, UM, MAKES NOTE OF THAT TO CHANGE THE FINAL WORDING OF IT, ANY OF THE OTHERS, OR IF YOU SEE SOMETHING ELSE THAT YOU THINK NEEDS TO BE ADDED.
SO TO CONTINUE TO CONTRIBUTE TO OUR, UM, GRADUATION, I HAVE JUST A COUPLE, I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS AN ITEM, BUT, UH, SOMETHING WE'VE NOTICED AT BLUFFTON HIGH, UH, FIRST IN GENERAL, WHEN YOU START GETTING DOWN TO THAT LAST 10%, THAT'S REALLY A HARD GROUP TO CAPTURE WHEN YOU'RE TRYING TO DO SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT, BECAUSE A LOT OF THEM, YOU, YOU, YOU, YOU START RUNNING OUT OF THE ONE SIZE FITS ALL, UH, INTERVENTIONS, UH, WITH THAT BEING SAID, UH, I'VE NOTICED, UH, THAT THERE'S AT-RISK STUDENTS ARE, THEY'RE STARTING TO CHANGE THE NATURE OF THE STUDENT.
LIKE, FOR EXAMPLE, AT BLUFFTON HIGH, WE HAVE, UH, BY FAR THE LARGEST NUMBER OF HOMELESS STUDENTS THAT WE'VE EVER HAD.
AND I DON'T KNOW IF A DISTRICT WIDE, IF YOU WANT TO REVISIT THE WHAT'S THE, WHAT DOES AN AT-RISK STUDENT LOOK LIKE AND BE FREE COUNTY TO SEE IF OVER TIME THAT IT'S NOT WHAT WE HAD FIVE YEARS AGO, UH, BECAUSE WE HAVE A LOT OF THE THINGS IN PLACE AT BLUFFTON, UH, FOR, UM, YOU KNOW, CERTAIN TYPES OF STUDENTS, BUT HOMELESS HAS NEVER BEEN ONE OF THE BIG CATEGORIES.
AND NOW IT IS, AND WE GOT TO RETHINK WHAT WE DO, MRS. GILBERT.
YES, THERE'S ACTUALLY FUNDING FOR MCKINNEY VENTO AND ON STUDENTS, HOMELESS STUDENTS.
SO WE COULD ADD TO THIS, MAYBE A BETTER USAGE OF SPECIAL REVENUE THAT'S TARGETING GROWING POPULATIONS, SUCH AS HOMELESS STUDENTS.
AND MAYBE TO ASSURE THAT WE'RE SHARING THAT INFORMATION EVEN, YOU KNOW, BETTER, RIGHT? BECAUSE THERE ARE RESOURCES THAT CAN BE UTILIZED TO HELP OUR SCHOOLS AND OUR STAFF AND OUR STUDENTS.
UH, COULD YOU REPEAT THAT LAST PART, DR.
STRATOSE I THINK YOU COULD EITHER UTILIZE BETTER COMMUNICATION THAT'S DONE IN THE, IN THE THIRD COLUMN REGARDING DATA, OR, AND THAT'S PROBABLY, IT IS BETTER COMMUNICATION OF RESOURCES.
SO THAT WE COULD HELP OUR SCHOOLS MEET THE NEEDS OF OUR STUDENTS.
THEN I WAS JUST SHARING THE SAME LANGUAGE THAT THEY USE THERE.
I AGREE WITH ADDING SOME, SOME WORDS, BUT MAYBE WE NEED TO DEFINE WHAT THOSE SPECIAL NEEDS NEEDS ARE, BECAUSE IF WE HAVE NEVER TALKED ABOUT HOMELESS PEOPLE STATEMENTS BEFORE, I WOULD THINK IT WOULD BE BENEFICIAL IF YOU LISTED SOME OF THOSE, YOU KNOW, THAT EFFICIENT USAGE OF SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS, BUT FOR HER, I MEAN, YOU'RE GOING TO SAY SUBGROUPS.
WELL, IF IT'S ON THIS PAPER FROM FIVE TO 10 YEARS FROM NOW, WHO'S GOING TO KNOW WHAT THE DEFINITION OF SUB IS OR, OKAY.
I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY, UM, THERE'S TWO THINGS ABOUT HOMELESSNESS AND JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE CLEAR, THERE'S A STATE DEFINITION OF HOMELESSNESS.
AND SO THAT, THAT DOESN'T NECESSARILY MEAN THAT A CHILD DOESN'T HAVE, UH, WHEN WE SAY HOMELESS, OFTEN TIMES IN OUR MIND, WE THINK OF PEOPLE LIVING ON THE STREET, UM, THAT'S, YOU KNOW, GENERAL WAS PORTRAYED THAT DOES NOT NECESSARILY CAPTURE ALL OF THE, WHAT WE CONSIDER HOMELESS IN THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA.
UM, THAT WOULD INCLUDE PEOPLE WHO ARE MOVING FROM RESIDENTS TO RESIDENTS, OR THEY DON'T HAVE A CONSISTENT RESIDENCY.
I WANT TO BE CLEAR ON THAT, BUT THAT MAY BE NEW
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TO THE BLUFFTON AREA, BUT IT'S NOT NEW TO BE FOR COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT.THIS IS SOMETHING WE'VE BEEN DEALING WITH FOR QUITE SOME TIME.
UM, WE HAVE A PERSON WHO MANAGES MCKINNEY-VENTO FOR OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT, AND THEN WE DO PARTNER WITH OUTSIDE AGENCIES THAT HELP US ASSIST, UM, FAMILIES IN NEED.
UM, AND EACH SCHOOL WE'RE VERY FORTUNATE TO BE FOR COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT.
EVERY SCHOOL HAS A SOCIAL WORKER.
AND SO OUR SOCIAL WORKER IS IN COMMUNICATION, UM, WITH FAMILIES AS SOON AS WE FIND OUT.
AND THEN ONCE WE CAN, ONCE THE MCKINNEY-VENTO ACT AS AN ACTIVE, UM, IT PROVIDES US TO PROVIDE SPECIAL SERVICES FOR THAT CHILD TRANSPORTATION.
UM, YOU KNOW, DEPENDING ON WHAT TIME OF, YOU KNOW, HOW THINGS ARE AT THE TIME OF THE LUNCHES ON LUNCH WOULD BE FREE.
THE SCHOOL FEES WOULDN'T APPLY.
SO THERE ARE, WE DO HAVE EXPERIENCE, UM, WITH THAT, AND I'M NOT SAYING THERE'S NOT ANY INCREASE.
UM, JUST AS A, JUST AN EXAMPLE, WE ALSO HAVE A LARGE INCREASE OF STUDENTS THAT ARE STRUGGLING WITH MENTAL HEALTH, AND THAT'S ANOTHER CHALLENGE WE'RE FACING.
SO THERE ARE SOME CHANGING AND INCREASING CHALLENGES, BUT I WANT TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY UNDERSTOOD THAT THIS IS SOMETHING WE HAVE FACED FOR QUITE SOME TIME.
UM, AGAIN, THIS WILL BE A WORKING DOCUMENT.
IF THERE ARE OTHER THINGS THAT YOU THINK OF, UM, UH, PARTICULARLY FROM OUR SSC CHAIRS, YOU CERTAINLY WILL BE ABLE TO, TO REACH OUT TO MR. FLOWERS THAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO ADD.
UM, IS IT OKAY IF WE TRY FOR ONE MORE, WE'VE GOT A FEW MINUTES LEFT.
ARE WE GOOD WITH THIS ONE? IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE? OR WE CAN STAY WITH THIS ONE CAUSE IT'S IMPORTANT.
ANY, ANYTHING ELSE CONTRIBUTED TO THE GRADUATION RATE? IF NOT, WE'LL GO TO ONE MORE.
AND THAT WOULD BE, UM, STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT 1.5.
TH THIS IS A LARGE ONE FOR THE HIGH SCHOOL SETTING, OBVIOUSLY K EIGHT CONTRIBUTES TO THIS, BUT THE PERFORMANCE GOAL IS A BEGINNING WITH AN 1819 PERCENTAGE OF OUR GRADUATING STUDENTS WHO ARE POST-SECONDARY AND, OR CAREER READY, WILL INCREASE A MINIMUM OF 5% EACH YEAR ANNUALLY.
UH, WE SAID STUDENTS WHO ARE COLLEGE AND CAREER READY, BUT WOULD INCREASE IT THE SAME.
SO IF WE LOOK AT WHERE, WHERE YOU AT, LET'S PULL THIS DOWN, YOU HAVE A BREAKDOWN FROM 2021, AND THIS IS A WANT TO BE CLEAR ON THIS.
THIS IS A COMBINATION THAT'S REPORTED FROM THE STATE FOR STUDENTS WHO ARE COLLEGE AND CAREER READY.
AND SINCE, UH, UH, WITH OUR BOARD MEMBERS AND OUR SIC CHAIRS, UH, IS EVERYONE GOOD WITH WHAT THOSE INDICATORS ARE, UH, YOUR SCORE ON THE SAT AND ACT FOR CAREER READY IT'S AS VALID.
UM, YOU SEE IT LISTED IN THE MIDDLE THERE.
UM, AND THEN THE GOALS THAT WERE PRESENTED, UH, FOR YOUR FEEDBACK, AND IF WE NEED TO ADD ANY ONE OF THEM IS ACCESS TO COLLEGE AND CAREER READINESS TESTING OPPORTUNITIES IN THE LOWER GRADES.
THAT'S A THOUGHT STAFFING FOR CAREER IN TICKET COMPLETER AREAS TO ALLOW FOR STARTING IN THE NINTH GRADE AND CTE IS CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION COURSES.
AND, AND, AND THIRD BULLET IS INITIAL CREDIT OPPORTUNITY IN THE SUMMER IN CONTENT AREAS THAT TRADITIONALLY KEEPS STUDENTS FROM BEING ABLE TO ATTEND BUFORD JASPER ACE, OUR CAREER CENTER SHARED WITH JASPER COUNTY, OR TO BE ABLE TO TAKE OTHER ELECTIVES LATER IN THE HIGH SCHOOL YEAR.
AND, UM, FIRST OF ALL, DO YOU NEED ANY CLARIFICATION ON THE PERCENTAGES THAT WE'RE, WE'RE CURRENTLY AT FROM OUR 2021 SCHOOL YEAR? AND DO YOU SEE ANYTHING ELSE THAT'S GONNA HELP NEAT THOSE AREAS THAT'S LISTED IN THE MIDDLE IN INCREASE, IN ACT SAT SCORES, UH, OR ANYTHING RELATED TO THE CAREER READINESS PIECE OF IT? I DON'T MEAN TO BE A NOVICE, BUT WE'RE DEVELOPING A, A NEW PARENT, UM, HANDBOOK.
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ARE THE CHALLENGES I SAID YOU FOR COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT HAS SO MANY ACRONYMS THAT THEY MEET.I MEAN, I'VE BEEN WITH THIS HELPING US VOLUNTEER FOR LIKE 20 YEARS OUT OF SCHOOL.
AND I THINK THAT UNFORTUNATELY THROUGH ALL THIS DOCUMENTATION, THIS MAY GO OUT TO PEOPLE WHO HAVE NO IDEA WHAT SOME OF THESE ACRONYMS ARE.
I MEAN, YES, THEY SEE T S A T, BUT, UM, JUST MY PERSONAL OPINION.
AND I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH NEW PRS WHO HAVE ACTUALLY MOVED HERE FROM ANOTHER, UH, PART OF THE STATE.
I THINK THAT IS AN EXCELLENT IDEA.
AND, AND EVEN WITHIN THE DOCUMENT TO WRITE OUT THE ACKERMAN FIRST WITHIN EACH AREA, THIS WAY THAT PARENT DENNY, YOU CAN GO INTO THE ABBREVIATION, KAREN, THE CONVERSATION REGARDING INCREASE OPPORTUNITIES OF DUAL ENROLLMENT THAT YOU'RE WORKING ON, WHAT WOULD THAT NOT ITSELF BE ALSO? UM, THERE'S DEFINITELY, YEAH.
AND I KNOW WE'RE KIND OF ADDRESSING IT, BUT I THINK YOU'VE TAKEN A DEEPER DIVE PER PROGRAM TO LOOK AT WHAT STUDENTS TO PROVIDE A LITTLE MORE VARIATION AT ELIGIBILITY BECAUSE NOT ALL EACH PROGRAM HAS THE SAME ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS IN CAREER TECHNICAL EDUCATION FOR DUAL ENROLLMENT.
OH, I STARTED TO SAY THAT AND ADD THAT ABOUT THE TCL AND THE THINGS THAT WE, UM, ADDED, ESPECIALLY WITH THE, UM, CAREER IN TECH COURSES, THAT THE STUDENTS ARE ABLE TO TAKE OVER AT THE TECHNICAL COLLEGE OF THE LOW COUNTRY AND THAT THOSE IN THE CERTIFICATES WITH THAT AND THE, UM, THAT STATUS THAT WILL HELP INCREASE THE, UM, THE, THE CA THE CAREER PART OF IT, THE CAREER READINESS, BECAUSE THEY WILL BE ABLE TO GET A COMPLETER OR A CERTIFICATE WITH, UM, INDUSTRY CREDENTIAL.
AND I HAVE ANOTHER SUGGESTION.
I, I APPRECIATE WHERE YOU'RE SAYING DEVELOP A PARENT HANDBOOK TO EXPLAIN AND DEFINE ACRONYMS USED BY EDUCATION.
AND NOW IT APPLIES I'M WOULD I'M RESPECTFULLY REQUESTING THAT INSTEAD OF JUST SAYING USE BY A PATIENT.
I THINK IT SHOULD ALSO INCLUDE EDUCATION AND WE FOR KIND OF SCHOOL DISTRICT, I WOULD THINK MAYBE SOME OF YOU FOR COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICTS OWN ACRONYMS, WE BEING DEFINED BY EDUCATION.
DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? YES, MA'AM DEFINITELY RESPECTFULLY REQUEST THAT IT'S FEE FOR COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT ACRONYMS AND EDUCATE.
THANK YOU FOR CLARIFYING THAT.
I ALSO WANT TO CLARIFY FOR THOSE THAT ARE LOOKING, UM, IF YOU LOOK BACK AT HISTORICAL, THE STATE KIND OF MIDSTREAM CHANGED THE WAY THIS IS CALCULATED.
SO IF YOU LOOK AT A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, YOU SAW MUCH HIGHER PERCENTAGES THAN YOU DO RIGHT NOW.
THAT DOESN'T MEAN YOU HAVE IN THEORY, LESS KIDS THAT ARE COLLEGE AND CAREER READY.
IT JUST MEANS THE STATE'S COUNTING DIFFERENTLY.
THEY CALCULATED IT DIFFERENTLY.
NOW, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I, YOU KNOW, JUST, UH, IT'D BE IN THE PRINCIPAL HILL IN HIGH SCHOOL, AND YOU LOOK AT SAY, UH, HOW, UM, SOME SCHOOLS DO COMPARED TO SAY SOMEBODY LIKE BLUFFTON HIGH, AND, YOU KNOW, YOU SEE THE BIG GAP THERE.
UM, JUST IN CONVERSATIONS WITH PRINCIPAL, THE PRINCIPAL OF BLUFFTON HIGH AND HOW WE DO THINGS HERE AT HILTON HEAD HIGH JUST SEEMS THAT ONE OF THE WAYS THAT WE COULD ADDRESS THIS IS, IS GUIDANCE PRACTICES, BUT A TRAINING FOR SCHOOL COUNSELORS ON HOW TO, UM, AND THEIR IGPS, YOU KNOW, BEING, YOU KNOW, THAT THE LANGUAGE THAT THEY USE TO, TO ENCOURAGE STUDENTS TO FOLLOW CERTAIN, UH, PATHWAYS.
UM, YOU KNOW, I DON'T THINK THAT REALLY HAPPENED HERE, UM, A LOT.
AND, AND WE ARE MOVING IN THAT DIRECTION, BUT I THINK MAYBE MORE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, RIGHT, AS YOU TYPING IN FOR SCHOOL COUNSELORS TO, TO BETTER ADVISE STUDENTS ON, UM, PATHWAYS.
AND I'M GOING TO CHIME IN WITH A KUDOS THAT HAS NEVER HAD TO BE A FOCUS OF A CONCERN AT BLUFFTON HIGH SCHOOL BECAUSE OF OUR COUNSELORS.
SO BASICALLY THEY, ONCE THIS CAME INTO BEING, THEY TOOK IT AND RAN WITH IT AND WE'VE NEVER HAD TO WORRY ABOUT, SO IT WAS DEFINITELY THERE.
DO YOU WANT TO ASK SOMEBODY HOW IT WAS DONE? THEY'RE THE ONES THAT KNOW VERY GOOD.
I CAPTURE THAT CORRECTLY, INCREASED PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT FOR SCHOOL COUNSELORS ON THE
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BENEFITS OF THE COLLEGE AND CAREER PATHWAYS.AND IF I COULD JUST DAD, I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT THAT PARTICULAR SENTENCE GETS IMPLEMENTED IN THE MIDDLE SCHOOL.
AS DAN, CAUSE IT'S STILL, THAT SHOWED START IN THE MIDDLE SCHOOL, THE PATHWAYS AND HAVING THE CONVERSATIONS WITH THEM.
CAUSE THEY HAVE TO START DOING THE IGPS AS WELL, THE INDIVIDUAL GRADUATION PLANS WITH THEM.
SO THEY SHOULD START VERY EARLY THAT POINT THERE AND THEN REINFORCED IN THE HIGH SCHOOL.
BUT BY THE TIME THIS NINTH GRADE, IF THEY DON'T GET BACK, I MEAN, WE'RE BEHIND THE EIGHT BALL.
AND I KNOW SOME PEOPLE FROM BOTHERING ME FROM YESTERDAY, YOU KNOW, AND MY DAD HAD COME, UM, PRESENTATION YESTERDAY, BUT WHEN IT ALSO THINKS IS, IS, IS THE, THE WORK OF THE CAREER DEVELOPMENT FACILITATORS.
UM, ACTUALLY THE, EACH OF THE HIGH SCHOOLS JUST, UH, YOU KNOW, ENSURING THAT, UM, UM, YOU KNOW, MOST, IF NOT ALL THE HIGH SCHOOLS HAVE, HAVE THE CDF TO HELP WORK WITH OUR SCHOOL COUNSELORS.
SO I SHOULD SAY ALL STEVE, UM, NOT MOST ALL, ALL HIGH SCHOOLS, ALL HIGH SCHOOLS NEED A CAREER DEVELOPMENT FACILITATOR.
Y I, I DIDN'T WANT TO, UH, UM, BEAT, BEAT THE DRUM THAT I KEEP BEATING EVERY DAY.
SO, YOU KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT THOUGH, BY DR.
STRAUSS? I DON'T UNDERSTAND STEVE, WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE MORE SPECIFIC? THANK YOU.
STRATAS, UM, I DON'T KNOW YOU AND I BOTH KNOW WHAT THIS MEANS ON STAFFING FOR CT COMPLETER AREAS.
WOULD YOU LIKE FOR ME TO EXPAND ON THAT OR YOU DO WANT TO, I'M GLAD IT'S IN THERE.
UM, YOU WANT TO GO AHEAD WITH THAT KAREN? CAUSE IT REALLY IS A DEEP CONVERSATION FOR BOTH OF US, BUT IT IS SOMETHING THAT WE'VE BEEN SPEARHEADING.
AND I KNOW WE'LL PROBABLY GO FORWARD AS I'VE ASKED YOU AND FOR THE UPCOMING ACADEMIC COMMITTEE TO BRING FORWARD SOME INFORMATION.
SO, UH, AGAIN, WE, WE HAVE GREAT SUPPORT FROM OUR BOARD FOR CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION AND FOR OUR, UH, FOR OUR ESSAY SIC MEMBERS.
UM, AS WE CONTINUE TO ELEVATE THE COLLEGE READINESS, UH, THERE'S A WHOLE NATIONWIDE PUSH FOR, UH, THESE TECHNICAL SKILLED AREAS THAT, UH, ARE REALLY WAY BEYOND WHAT THEY USED TO BE YEARS AGO.
AND SO, UH, TO BE ABLE TO HAVE A FULL CONTINUUM OF STUDENTS, UH, BECAUSE A LOT OF THESE COURSES ARE POPULAR, THEY MAYBE AREN'T ABLE TO TAKE THEM UNTIL THE 10TH GRADE OR SOMETIMES EVEN THE 11TH GRADE WHEN WE HAVE ONE TEACHER PROGRAMS SUCH AS IN CULINARY OR, UM, OUR SPECIFIC, UH, INFORMATIONAL TECHNOLOGY COURSES.
SO TO INCREASE AT LEAST TO TWO TEACHER PROGRAMS WHERE WE COULD OPEN THAT UP TO MORE NINTH GRADERS, UM, TO GET THEM EXCITED ABOUT SOME OF THESE CAREER PATHWAYS, THEN, UH, WE'D HAVE, UM, UH, MORE OF A SUCCINCT, UH, TRANSITION FROM NINTH TO 12TH GRADE, UH, WITH ADDITIONAL STAFFING TO INSTRUCT THOSE COURSES.
WE CAN ALWAYS SAY, WE NEED MORE MATH TEACHERS, ENGLISH TEACHERS, SOCIAL STAGE, BUT YOU KNOW, MOST DEFINITELY.
BUT, UH, IF, IF WE'RE TRULY GONNA, UH, GET BEHIND THE HEALTHCARE SYSTEM, THE INFORMATION, COMPUTER SCIENCE, UH, CAREER OPPORTUNITIES, IT'S THIS OUT THERE.
UM, WE NEED THE MANPOWER TO HELP WITH THAT.
SO I DIDN'T PUT THAT IN, BUT I'M SO GLAD SOMEONE DID.
AND KAREN, I THINK ALSO THE CONVERSATION WE HAD AT LOOKING AT THE DEEPER INTEGRATION OF THE COMPUTER SCIENCE STANDARDS, THAT MAY BE SOMETHING TO ADD IN HERE BECAUSE THAT'S A STATE.
I'M GOING TO PUT THAT UNDER OUR INITIATIVE.
MA'AM SM ELEMENTARY THROUGH HIGH SCHOOL.
THAT INTEGRATION IS NOT JUST ISOLATED TO A GRADE BAND.
WELL, WE HAVE JUST A FEW MINUTES LEFT, UM, AND I NEEDED TO OPEN IT UP.
UH, WE GOT THROUGH, UH, THE, THE MAIN HUGE ONES FOR, FOR OUR SECONDARY PIECE, AND THEN I NEEDED TO OPEN THE FLOOR TO OUR SICC, UH, TO, TO WHAT'S YOUR THOUGHTS ON, AS WE, AS MR. SAID, AND MOVING FORWARD WITH THIS PROCESS, WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE AS FAR AS INCREASED, UM, COMMUNICATION? WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE MORE JOINT MEETINGS LIKE THIS SO THAT THE STRATEGIC PLAN IS A LIVING BREATHING DOCUMENT? IT'S NOT JUST A ONE AND DONE WHAT'S, WHAT'S
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YOUR THOUGHTS ON THAT? HOW CAN WE MAKE THIS A BETTER PROCESS FOR YOU AS SIC MEMBERS, SO THAT YOU HAVE SKIN IN THE GAME AS YOUR FEEDBACK? I HAVE A COUPLE OF COMMENTS, JAN DAVIS MATER.UM, FIRST OFF I, IN PAST YEARS WE HAD THESE MEETINGS, DID THEM IN PERSON, AND I'M LOOKING AT CHRISTINE CHRISTIE GLAAD, YOU REMEMBER PERSON.
AND THEN WE WENT TO THE BROKE US OUT OF THE LITTLE ROOMS, AND THEN WE CAME BACK AND EVERYBODY, YOU KNOW, THE BOARD MEMBER MADE THE PRESENTATION AND WE'D ALREADY SIT FOR THAT PART.
SO MY SUGGESTION IS, UM, FIRST OFF I ACTUALLY WANTED TO ATTEND THIS MEETING AND I WAS INFORMED BY KRISTIN CARSON'S, AS I GOT AN EMAIL BACK AND SAYS, WELL, YOU'RE NOT ON THE LIST TO GO.
AND I'M LIKE, I DON'T KNOW, LIKE, WHY AM I NOT ON THE LIST TO GO? AND SHE, AND, AND SHE HAD SENT AN EMAIL AND SAID, THIS MEETING IS ONLY FOR SIC CHAIRS AND CO-CHAIRS, I'M THE SECRETARY.
AND I MENTIONED THAT TO KRISTEN IN MY EMAIL WHEN I SIGNED UP AND SHE SAID, YOU'VE BEEN THERE.
I GOT AN EMAIL SINCE YOU'RE DENIED.
CAN I, THERE MIGHT'VE BEEN A BREAKDOWN IN COMMUNICATION BETWEEN ME AND JEN FIELDING.
SO, UM, WE THINK WE'VE RESOLVED THAT RN.
BUT MY SUGGESTION IS THAT IF YOU WANT MORE PARTICIPATION, MAYBE IT'S GOT TO GO OUTSIDE OF JUST THE CHAIR AND THE, AND THE VICE CHAIR.
UM, I THINK WHEN WE HAD THE MEETINGS, ONE, WE DID IT OUT AND PEOPLE WERE ALL SITTING IN THE AUDITORIUM, WERE ABLE TO RAISE THEIR HAND AND ASK QUESTIONS.
AT LEAST IT GAVE MORE PEOPLE THAN JUST THE LEADERS OF THE SIC TO BE ABLE TO VOICE OPINIONS.
AND THAT WAS A VERY CONSTRUCTIVE MEETING.
SO I WOULD LIKE TO MAYBE RECOMMEND THAT WE TRY THAT AGAIN.
UM, AND I REALIZED THAT BECAUSE OF COVID, WE DIDN'T DO A NUMBER OF THESE MEETINGS.
SO AGAIN, I'M NOT, THAT'S MY ONLY COMMENT IS THAT MAYBE IF YOU HAVE, I, FIRST OFF, I APPLAUD THAT THIS MEETING WAS SEPARATED BY HIGH SCHOOL, MIDDLE AND ELEMENTARY.
I MEAN, ONE YEAR I GOT PUT IN THE GROUP AND I'M AN ELEMENTARY, WELL, I'VE BEEN THERE, BUT HADN'T BEEN THERE FOR A LONG TIME.
SO I THINK THAT'S AN IMPROVEMENT WITH THIS MEETING THAT YOU WERE ABLE TO SEPARATE IT BY THE APPROPRIATE, UM, YOU KNOW, SCHOOL LEVEL.
SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR KNOWING THAT AND YOU KNOW, SOME SILVER LINES PER OR A COVID IS THAT THE SIC IS CAN, CAN COLLABORATE MORE VA VIRTUAL FORMAT.
UM, WE'RE GOING TO BE LEAVING TO GO OUT INTO THE BREAKOUT ROOM AND 53 SECONDS.
SO JUST WANT TO THANK EVERYONE WHO RECORDING IN PROGRESS.
EVERYONE IS BACK IN THE MAIN ROOM NOW, OR REPORT OUT AS ALWAYS ROBIN.
UM, NOW WE GET TO HEAR THE OUTPUT FROM THOSE BREAKOUT SESSIONS.
UM, WE START WITH A HIGH SCHOOL WHO WAS, WHO WANTS TO REPORT OUT ON THE HIGH SCHOOLS.
THIS IS KAREN GILBERT, UH, GREATLY APPRECIATIVE OF OUR GREAT REPRESENTATION.
WE WERE ABLE TO COVER THE THREE MAJOR STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT, UM, GOALS,
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UH, AS A 1.3, 1.4 AND 1.5.I THINK, UH, THE, THE CONSENSUS OF THE GROUP WAS THAT, UM, THE, THE GOALS ITSELF WERE A FINE, WE HAD SOME GOOD DISCUSSION ON, UH, INCREASING SOME ADDITIONAL, UM, UH, NEEDS OR ACTION ITEMS. UH, THERE WAS A FEW POINTS THAT NEEDED SOME CLARIFICATION.
AND THEN, UH, AS FAR AS IF FUTURE MEETINGS ARE ONE OF OUR SIC, UH, CHAIRS, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE, UH, INCREASED COLLABORATION, UH, POTENTIALLY NOW THAT WE HAVE THE VIRTUAL FORMAT AND THAT, UH, THEY LIKED, OR SHE LIKED THE IDEA THAT WE DID THE BREAKOUTS, UH, BY, UH, GRADE LEVELS, UH, BECAUSE AS WE KNOW, EACH HAS SOME UNIQUE NEEDS, UH, FOR THE TEAM THAT WE HAD.
DOES ANYONE ELSE WANT TO ADD ANYTHING THAT STOOD OUT? THIS IS GILBERT.
I THINK THE RECOMMENDATION FOR A PARENT GUIDE TO EDUCATIONAL LANGUAGE, MAYBE SOMETHING THAT WE COULD, I WILL SHARE WITH COMMUNICATIONS AS WELL.
THAT WAS AN EXCELLENT SUGGESTION, RIGHT? IT'S USER-FRIENDLY.
AND SINCE WE'VE DEVELOPED A SCHOOL GUIDE, MAYBE WE COULD LOOK AT EXPANDING THAT AND ADDING SOME TYPE OF LANGUAGE TO THAT, YOU KNOW, NEED TO KNOW POINTS AND I'LL SPEAK TO CANDACE, OUR DIRECTOR OF, UM, COMMUNICATION, ANYTHING ON, UM, IMPROVING THESE MEETINGS OR DIDN'T YOU GET TO THAT? WE DID NOT GET TO THAT LAST, THAT LAST QUESTION.
UM, ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, WHO WILL DO THAT, I GUESS THAT WOULD BE ME.
UM, SO IN TERMS OF THE PRESENTATION OF THIS STRATEGIC DRAFT GOALS, UM, THEY, UH, GOALS THAT WERE BROUGHT FORWARD WERE DISCUSSED, THERE WERE SOME, UM, UH, RECOMMENDATIONS AND QUESTIONS REGARDING PERCENTAGES OF STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT THAT WILL BE, UH, UH, MR. FLOWERS INDICATED HE WOULD GET BACK AND, UH, TALK WITH THE PRINCIPALS ABOUT THAT AND MADE SOME CHANGES, UM, IN TERMS OF THE QUESTIONS, UM, DO YOU WANT TO CONTINUE TO HAVE JOINT MEETINGS? THE ANSWER WAS, YES, PEOPLE WANT TO CONTINUE TO HAVE THE JOINT MEETINGS, UM, AND WE TALKED ABOUT HOW WE COULD MAKE THEM BETTER.
AND I THINK THAT THIS GROUP CAME UP WITH SOME GREAT SUGGESTIONS FIRST.
UM, THEY SUGGESTED THAT WE HAVE PREDETERMINED DATES FROM THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR.
UH, SOME OF THESE SIC SAID, YOU KNOW, THEIR MEETING WAS SUPPOSED TO BE TONIGHT, OR, YOU KNOW, SO WE NEED TO BE MORE PROACTIVE WITH GETTING OUR CALENDAR OUT THERE WHERE THE, WHEN THE JOINT, UM, UH, MEETINGS WILL BE, UM, THEY ALSO SUGGESTED SOMETHING THAT ROSE TO THE TOP OR A SUGGESTION THAT WAS DISCUSSED WAS THAT, UM, PERHAPS THERE WOULD BE A TIMELINE OF, SO IF EACH AND THE, THE IDEA OF CLUSTER MEETINGS WAS ALSO, UH, BROUGHT UP IN THAT THE SICD MEET IN CLUSTER GROUPS.
AND IT SEEMED THAT MOST OF THEM WERE DOING, I DIDN'T HEAR ANYTHING FROM THE BLUFFTON CLUSTER ON THAT, BUT I KNOW THAT, UH, BATTERY CREEK, WHALE BRANCH, AND I KNOW THAT HILTON HEAD IS JUST STARTING TO DO THAT.
I BELIEVE FROM, UH, THEY, THAT THEY FOUND THAT MEETING, UM, AND BUFORD AND MEETING AS CLOSE TO YOUR GROUPS, THEY WERE ABLE TO WORK TOGETHER AND COME UP WITH SOME, UM, ACTIONS THAT WOULD BENEFIT ALL THE STUDENTS IN THEIR CLUSTER.
AND THAT LEADS ME TO THE OTHER RECOMMENDATION WAS THAT OUR AGENDAS HAVE ACTIONS, ACTION STEPS ON THEM, SO THAT WHEN WE COME TOGETHER, THERE ARE GOING TO BE THINGS THAT WE ARE GOING TO, UH, DISCUSS AND TAKE SOME ACTION ON WHEN WE LEAVE THE MEETING.
UH, WE WILL SAY, OKAY, THIS TOPIC OF, UH, LET'S JUST SAY, I HATE TO EVEN SAY THIS ONE AGAIN, BUT THIS TOPIC OF STUDENT UNIFORMS CAME UP AGAIN.
SO WHAT'S THE ACTION THAT WE'RE GOING TO DO.
WE'RE GOING TO CREATE A SURVEY, SEND IT OUT TO PARENTS, GET SOME DATA TO, TO MOVE FORWARD, BUT IT COULD BE, YOU KNOW, I JUST BRING UP THAT BECAUSE THAT WAS AN EASY ONE TO MAKE AN EXAMPLE OF, UM, A COUPLE OF THE, THE BUFORD GROUP HAS GAVE SOME GREAT
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EXAMPLES OF SOME ACTION STEPS THAT THEIR CLUSTER HAS COME UP WITH.SO I WOULD, UM, LOOK FOR THE LEADERSHIP WITHIN THIS GROUP, UM, TO, TO MOVE FORWARD.
UH, THEY, THEY ALL HAD GOOD THINGS TO SAY WHEN I CAME TO THE TALK, UM, THEY DIDN'T WANT TO HELP FACILITATE, BUT THEY CERTAINLY PARTICIPATED.
AND I THINK EVERYONE AND VALUE EVERYONE'S INPUT.
ANOTHER THING THAT WAS BROUGHT UP WAS HOW TO INCREASE PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT IN THE SIC MEETINGS THEMSELVES, AND WHAT COULD BE DONE BY THE SIC SEAS OR THE SCHOOLS TO INCREASE THAT PER PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT TO MAKE THAT, UM, CONNECTION TO PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT.
DOES ANYONE FROM MY GROUP, FROM THE ELEMENTARY GROUP HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD, OR IF YOU THINK I'VE MISREPRESENTED, YOU SAY, SAY SO NOW, BECAUSE I CERTAINLY WOULDN'T INTENTIONALLY YOU DID AN EXCELLENT JOB.
SO ONTO MIDDLE SCHOOL, KAREN, DO YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE GOALS AND THEN I'LL DO THE SECOND PART.
OF COURSE, WE WERE ABLE TO GET THROUGH, UM, DID DISCUSS STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT 1.1 AND 1.2.
WE ALSO DISCUSSED, UM, SCHOOL CLIMATE 1.0, AND WE TALKED, UM, BRIEFLY ABOUT TEACHER AND ADMINISTRATOR QUALITY.
UM, 1.0, WE DID MAKE A FEW CHANGES.
MOST OF THOSE WERE INVOLVED AROUND SUPPORTS FOR OUR SCHOOL.
UM, WE LOOKED AT THINGS SUCH AS MENTORING, THOSE KINDS OF THINGS.
WE'VE TALKED ABOUT PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT.
WE ADDED THOSE ALL TO THE DOCUMENTS SO THAT WE COULD TAKE A LITTLE BIT DEEPER.
WE ALSO TALKED ABOUT, UM, AND DOING A QUARTERLY, A SCHOOL CLIMATE SURVEY TO GIVE SCHOOLS THAT DATA, UM, IN A LITTLE BIT MORE TIMELY FRAME SO THAT THEY COULD WORK ON THOSE IMPROVEMENTS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, UM, AND ADDRESS ISSUES THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
UM, THE OTHER THING THAT I THINK WE DISCUSSED THAT WAS REALLY VALUABLE AS WE DISCUSSED A LOT ABOUT, UM, PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, AS FAR AS OUR DIFFERENT SCHOOLS AND SPECIFICALLY WHAT EACH SCHOOL NEEDS.
SO WE DID MAKE SOME CHANGES TO THE DOCUMENT.
WE DID NOT GET THROUGH THE LAST TWO, BUT WE WENT WELL OVER OUR TIME.
SO WE FELT LIKE WE NEEDED TO STOP AND DISCUSS THOSE QUESTIONS, WHICH WE HAD A RICH DISCUSSION ABOUT AS WELL ON NOTES ON THE QUESTIONS.
UH, I THINK THE CONSENSUS IS THAT THESE MEETINGS SHOULD CONTINUE WITH SEVERAL REALLY GOOD SUGGESTIONS.
ONE OF WHICH FOLLOWS UP ON SOMETHING THAT KATHY SAID FROM HER GROUP, WHICH IS HAVE SET GOALS OR OBJECTIVES OR ACTION ITEMS AND WE'LL FOLLOW UP.
SO WE W WE SHOULD FOLLOW UP ON THINGS THAT WE DISCUSS HERE AND KEEP THE COMMUNICATION CHANNEL MORE OPEN THAN IT IS NOW.
IT DOESN'T, IT SEEMS TO CLOSE AT THE END OF THE MEETINGS AND THEN REOPEN IT THE NEXT MEETING.
AND WE NEED TO KEEP IT OPEN THE WHOLE TIME, THE REGISTRATION FOR THESE MEETINGS, THE REGISTRATION TECHNOLOGY NEEDS TO BE LOOKED AT TO SEE IF IT COULD BE EASIER TO USE.
UM, YOU KNOW, AND IT'S THE AGE OLD THING IN IT, IS THAT AN IT ISSUE OR IS IT A USER ISSUE, BUT EITHER WAY, EITHER WAY, IT NEEDS TO GET LOOKED AT SO THAT PEOPLE FEEL MORE COMFORTABLE SIGNING IN, AND THEY DON'T HAVE A REASON TO SAY I CAN'T SIGN IN AND, YOU KNOW, SO I'M GOING TO GO TO FIVE GUYS IN NUMBER BURGER INSTEAD.
SO WE NEED TO LOOK AT THAT COMMUNICATION OF THE OBJECTIVES TO EVERYONE NEEDS TO BE LOOKED AT NOW.
AND I'M NOT SURE WHAT THE MECHANICS OF THAT ARE, BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW HOW TO S I SEE HIS WORK, BUT THAT GO LEADS INTO THE NEXT ITEM, WHICH WAS EXPANDING THE SPECTRUM OF ATTENDEES.
THERE DON'T SEEM TO BE MANY PARENTS COMING TO THESE MEETINGS, AND THAT COULD BE AN SIC STRUCTURE THING.
IT COULD BE SOMETHING TO SET A HABIT.
SOMEHOW WE HAVE TO LOOK AT THAT AND SAY, DO WE WANT TO EXPAND THE ATTENDEES? AND IF SO, HOW? UM, SO THAT WE GET MORE PARENTAL INPUT.
AND NOW MAYBE THAT, YOU KNOW, MAYBE THAT CHANNELS UP THROUGH THE SIC IS, UM, SO, YOU KNOW, THAT MAY BE WAY OFF.
IT JUST DOES NOT APPEAR THAT WE HAVE A SPECTRUM, UM, AT THE MEETINGS.
SO THOSE, THOSE WERE THE FOUR SUGGESTIONS THAT THE GROUP CAME UP WITH ALL REALLY GOOD SUGGESTIONS.
UM, AND ALL THESE SUGGESTIONS ARE IN FACT, LEADING
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INTO THAT FIRST ONE, WHICH IS UP.SO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO LOOK AT THESE AFTERWARDS, GET THEM OUT HERE WHERE THERE'S SUGGESTIONS, AND THEN, YOU KNOW, THE BOARD IS GOING TO HAVE TO SAY, OKAY, THIS IS WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO.
THIS IS HOW WE'RE GOING TO ADDRESS IT OR SAY, THIS IS AN SIC ISSUE.
SO, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO ESTABLISH OWNERSHIP AND THEN, AND THEN HAVE SOME MECHANISM FOR REGULARLY COMMUNICATING BETWEEN THESE MEETINGS.
DID I MISS ANYTHING FROM MY GROUP? NO.
THE NEXT TOPIC IS, UM, FUTURE TOPICS OF FORMAT.
I GATHERED FROM THE FEEDBACK IN OUR GROUP, THAT THE FORMAT IS JUST FINE, THE WAY IT IS IF WE MAKE THESE CHANGES.
SO I'M NOT SURE THE FORMAT NEEDS TO CHANGE, BUT ALL THESE OTHER THINGS REALLY NEED TO GET LOOKED AT.
UM, AND I THINK THE FUTURE TOPICS, W WHAT, WHAT'S THE FEELING ON THAT? NOW WE SOLICIT, RIGHT? WE SEND OUT AN EMAIL AND SAY, YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE YOUR TOPICS? THAT'S THE WAY WE DO IT.
NOW, ONE SUGGESTION, ONE SUGGESTION THAT CAME FROM MY GROUP WAS PERHAPS FUTURE TOPICS COULD BE IN THAT, THIS GOES INTO THAT TIMELINE THING SUBMITTED FROM EACH CLUSTER GROUP.
AND THEN WHEN WE LOOK AT THOSE TOPICS THAT EACH CLUSTER GROUP SUBMITTED LOOK FOR COMMONALITIES, AND THAT, YOU KNOW, THOSE THAT ARE COMMON WITH, YOU KNOW, BECOME THE, THE ISSUES THAT ARE ON THE AGENDA, THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS DISCUSSED IN THE ELEMENTARY.
UM, I DO THINK THAT THE FORMAT, UH, IN OUR CLUSTER OR IN OUR GROUP, OUR HIGH SCHOOL GROUP, A WOMAN, UH, SUGGESTED THAT PERHAPS IT SHOULD BE IN PERSON.
I DON'T KNOW IF WE HAD A LOT OF OTHER COMMENTS, BUT I DIDN'T WANT THAT TO GO BY WITHOUT NOTICE.
I THINK THAT, UH, IT'S LOVELY TO DO, TO DO MEETINGS, UM, ON ZOOM, BUT I THINK, UM, THERE'S NO REASON WHY WE CAN'T GET TOGETHER IN PERSON.
AND I WOULD, I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT CAMPBELL'S HANDS UP.
UM, I, ONE THING MRS. GILBERT TALKED ABOUT WITH THE, UM, EVEN THE CAL ACADEMY AND TRUANCY, AND I, I THINK THAT WE SHOULD LOOK AT, I BELIEVE TO ME, I BELIEVE THAT EVEN THE ACADEMY COULD HELP WITH CLOSING THE ACHIEVEMENT GAPS, UM, AS FAR AS TRUANCY.
UM, I THINK WE NEED TO LOOK AT THAT AGAIN AND SEE THAT IF, UM, THE DISTRICT, UH, IS TALKING TO THE RIGHT FOLKS ABOUT THIS, BECAUSE THIS IS A PROBLEM AND IT'S JUST DISTRICT.
I DON'T SEE ANY MORE HANDS NOW, LOGISTICALLY, HOW ARE WE GOING TO GET THESE MINUTES OUT TO EVERYONE? IS THAT SOMETHING THAT YOU DO ROBYN, OR IS THAT SOMETHING CHRISTIAN DOES? UH, KRISTIN DOES A SUMMARY AND I CAN, UM, ASSIST WE AS WE DO THEM TOGETHER.
KRISTEN DOES A SUMMARY AND I CAN DO THE MINUTES.
AND GET THAT, GET THOSE OUT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
UM, AND THEN THE BOARD WILL LOOK AT THESE SUGGESTIONS ON THE, ON THE IN-PERSON VERSUS, UM, MAYBE WE CAN GO HYBRID BECAUSE THERE'S ADVANTAGES TO BOTH BIG ADVANTAGE TO ME IS I GET TO DRINK COFFEE OUT OF MY OWN CUP WHEN I'M ON A SOON.
UM, ANY OTHER HANDS IT'S TIME? THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR YOUR INPUT.
IT REALLY WAS EXTREMELY VALUABLE TONIGHT.
I, I, I THINK THIS MEETING, THIS MEETING SET THE TONE FOR HOW WE SHOULD DO MEETINGS FROM NOW ON IT AND GET, YOU KNOW, TANGIBLE AND VALUABLE TAKEAWAYS.