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SO YOU'RE GONNA BE ASKED FOR NEW MICROPHONE.
WE NEED A MOTION TO APPROVE THE AGENDA.
SO THOSE, IT DOESN'T MEAN I DON'T KNOW THE ISLAND.
I REPRESENT DISTRICT NINE AND SHE BLUFF HIM PRETTY.
SO IT'S MY JOB TO TRY TO RUN AN EFFICIENT AND ORDERLY MEETING.
WE'RE TRYING TONIGHT SOMETHING DIFFERENT THAT WE HAVE NOT TRIED IN THE PAST.
SO WE'LL SEE HOW IT WORKS OUT.
UM, I REALLY WANNA THANK THE NUTRITION GROUP FOR A FABULOUS, UH, OR DISPLAY OR SPREAD OR WHATEVER WORD WE WANNA USE.
YES, I WANNA TELL THAT ARE HERE TONIGHT.
PLEASE FEEL FREE, UH, DURING THE, UH, DISCUSSION TO GO UP AND GET MORE.
THERE'S LOTS OF FOOD THERE AND ALSO THERE'S SMALL PLATE THERE.
IN JUSTICE FOR ALL HAS BEEN PROPERLY NOTIFIED.
SO UP ON THE, UM, P WHERE YOU SIGNED IN IS, UH, THERE'S A HANDOUT THAT, UM, I UNDERSTAND REVIEWED BY, BY THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, THE BASIS FOR EFFECTIVE FOR RECRUITMENT COUNCIL.
AND, UH, THESE ARE SOME EXTRA HANDOUTS.
AND IF YOU GO TO THEIR WEBSITE, YOU PROBABLY LOOK VERY FAMILIAR WITH COUNCIL.
THEY HAVE VERY GOOD INFORMATION ON THE WEBSITE.
UH, THE BOARD WANTS TO THANK ALL OF YOU THAT CAME OUT TONIGHT.
YOU NOTICE A BUSY TIME YEAR AND YOU WERE VITAL TO BUFORD COUNTY SCHOOL YESTERDAY TO HELP, UM, IMPROVE OUR POOL.
AND I THINK THERE MAY BE PEOPLE ALSO WHO ARE, ARE LISTENING ONLINE OR THINK IT'S GOING CORRECT.
WE HAVE ANY BOARD MEMBERS? NO.
SO OUR DIALOGUE NOW, YOU WANNA KEEP IT ALONG THE LINE, COACH, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S THE PURPOSE OF THE SCHOOL OF COUNCIL? WELL, WE KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, ADVOCACY, COMMITTING REALLY FOR THE ADMINISTRATION AND STAFF, FACULTY OF EACH SCHOOL.
SO BEAR THAT IN MIND WHEN YOU'RE, WHEN WE'RE DISCUSSING THINGS AND TRY TO KEEP YOUR COMMENTS, UH, IN THAT, IN THAT REALM, THAT WOULD BE VERY MUCH APPRECIATED.
AS I MENTIONED ALREADY TONIGHT IS TO HAVE DIALOGUE THE FIRST TIME WE'RE TRYING.
SO WE'LL, UH, I'LL LEARN FROM IT, I'M SURE.
AND ANYTHING THAT'S NOT COVERED, TONIGHT'S TOPICS, WE WILL DISCUSS OUR JANUARY WORK SESSION.
WE WANNA TRY TO BE MORE RESPONSIVE TO, UH, YOU KNOW, WHAT, WHAT YOUR, UH, GOALS, WHAT YOUR, AND UH, WE ALL RIGHT.
I WILL, I JUST RECEIVED A LIST OF THE TOPICS THAT YOU WROTE OUT ON THE, UM, ON THE WALL THERE.
AND WHY DON'T I JUST GO AHEAD AND READ THEM AND THEN, AND THEN WE JUST IN GENERAL, WHAT WE'RE GONNA BE SPEAKING ABOUT.
AND THEN WE CAN, UM, UH, CHOOSE SOME, UM, TO, TO DISCUSS.
SO, UH, ELEMENTARY SCHOOL HAD THE MOST LISTENING ONE PARTNERSHIP MEETING AMONG PETER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TO ENCOURAGE RETENTION TO MIDDLE SCHOOL.
TWO, TRAUMA AND INFORMED TRAINING FOR ALL STAFF, CURRENT PARENT INVOLVEMENT.
FOUR, AFTER THE POOL PROGRAMS AND PARTNERSHIPS.
FIVE, BROKEN PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT AT WIL BRANCH ELEMENTARY.
SIX AND HILLSTON WALKS AND AT WIL RANCH ELEMENTARY, SEVEN CROSSWALKS AND CROSSING GUARDS AVAILABLE FOR WALKERS AT WA.
EIGHT GARAGE AND VACUUMS ARE DIRTY TO ELEMENT ELEMENTARY, NINE TEACHER ASSISTANTS AND HEALTH AND CLASSROOM AT WILL RANCH ELEMENTARY
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NEXT SUMMER.HVAC ISSUES IN AUGUST WHEN OFF ALL SUMMER ARE SUBSTITUTE FOR SHORT AND MATH TESTING.
READING, IF COULD BE SPLIT INTO TWO PARTS, SO THAT WOULD MEAN TWO DAYS TO COMPLETE THE READING PORTION FOR MIGHT RECRUIT ALL FOR REAL.
WELL, WE HAVE FOUR TOPICS FOR RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION.
OVERLOADING INSTRUCTIONAL COACHES AND STEM COORDINATORS WITH TEACHING FOR WATCHING CLASSROOMS DUE TO SHORTAGES FOR TEACHER LEAVING THE YEAR ROUND CALENDAR, A REFERENDUM FOR 2023.
DEVELOP A PIPELINE FROM WELL ESTABLISHED UNIVERSITIES TO GROW THE APPLICANT POOL WITH FED UNDER HIGH SCHOOL.
WE HAVE BUS TRANSPORTATION AND THE SUGGESTION TO HIRE MOTOR RIDER SAFETY CONCERNS DUE TO GROWTH IN LONDON, LARGEST POOL SHOULD HAVE MORE SROS, CELL PHONE DURING INSTRUCTION FOR YOUR PATHWAY FOR STUDENTS WITH A TRADITIONAL PATHWAY NOT CONDUCIVE FOR LEARNING REDISTRICTING AND ALSO ROUND CALENDAR.
SO, UM, MAYBE SINCE THERE'S YEAR ROUND CALENDAR, IT SEEMS TO BE BOTH FROM MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOL ISSUE.
SO, UM, WHY DON'T WE, I DON'T KNOW WHOEVER MADE THESE SUGGESTIONS, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK FIRST, THAT WOULD BE FINE AND JUST, UH, GIVE, GIVE US YOUR THOUGHTS TO WHY YOU SUGGESTED THAT.
UM, WE DID HAVE YEAR ROUND SCHOOL WAY BACK, SOME OF YOU MAY HAVE REMEMBERED THAT.
AND, UH, THE MIDDLE SCHOOL TEACHERS REALLY ENJOY THAT THAT CYCLE FLEW OUT THE YEAR THERE WERE BREAKS EMBEDDED.
AND I, I THINK MAYBE IT, IT IS TIME TO JUST REVISIT IT.
I KNOW HIGH SCHOOL WAS PRETTY MUCH OFF THE TABLE WHEN YOUR WAS GOING, BUT, UH, SOME OF THE TEACHERS THAT ARE STILL AROUND IN THE COUNTY THAT I REMEMBER WAY BACK REALLY ENJOYED THOSE BREAKS ALONG, UH, THE YEAR WHERE GETTING ABLE TO GET OUT WITH THEIR FAMILY AND DO SOME DIFFERENT ACTIVITIES, ONE LONG ENOUGH PAY OR JUST JUST THAT BREAK.
AND, UH, I THINK IT REALLY GOOD A GOOD THING FOR HELPING WITH, UH, STUDENT LEARNING BECAUSE DURING SOME OF THE OFF TIME YOU CAN GET IN SOME REMEDIAL WORK.
UM, AND, UH, IT JUST, I THOUGHT WAS REALLY GOOD GROW PROGRAM AND I REMEMBER MY KID GOING THROUGH A LAY DOWN ELEMENTARY WAY BACK AND IT, IT WAS SOMETHING REALLY TO LOOK FORWARD TO AS A STAFF AND COMMUNITY.
SO THAT JUST MY THOUGHT MAYBE TAKING A LITTLE HARDER LOOK AT THE, THE YEAR ROUND SCHEDULE AND KEEP THAT, THAT LEARNING PROGRESS MOVING ALONG.
UM, I YEAR ROUND AS A TEACHER AT BE MIDDLE SCHOOL, WHEN, WHEN THE DISTRICT DID THAT, UM, AND I AGREE WITH YOU, THERE WAS NO DOUBT THAT YOUR BENEFITS ARE MANY LEVELS.
FAMILIES, LIKE YOU MENTIONED, UM, REJOINING LESSON PLANS, UH, NOW THAT YOU KNOW THE KIDS BECAUSE YOU KNOW WHERE THEY ARE AND THEIR MEDIATION, ALL THAT KIND OF THING.
MY CONCERN THOUGH IS MY CHILDREN WERE IN HIGH SCHOOL AND I WAS MIDDLE SCHOOL.
AND SO WHEN I WAS BACK TO SCHOOL, YOU KNOW, IN JULY THEY WERE ON.
AND THEN WHEN I HAD ON, THEY WERE IN.
SO THERE WERE NO, THERE WAS NO FAMILY TIME FOR THAT REGARD.
UM, THAT, THAT THERE'S OTHER WAYS TO DO IT.
AND I THINK THERE ARE MANY SCHOOLS IN THE NATION THAT ARE DOING IT AROUND AS ENTIRE DISTRICT.
NOT THOSE ELEMENTARY, MIDDLE, BUT ALSO HIGH SCHOOL DON'T PITTSBURGH TO BE AROUND.
AND, UM, EVEN THOUGH I WON'T GET ON THE BOARD AFTER DECEMBER 31ST, YOU KNOW, I COULD TURN TO PEOPLE I KNOW WHO ARE GOING TO BE, AND, AND I ABSOLUTELY THINK IT SHOULD BE FUNNY TO BE LOOKED AT MEAN THERE.
THERE'S GOTTA BE A WAY THAT HIGH SCHOOL MAYBE COULD DO IT TOO.
OR AT LEAST TO ASSESS THE WILL OF THE COMMUNITY TOWARD IT.
UM, SO I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU SAYING THAT BECAUSE I THINK IT HAS SOME REAL BENEFITS.
WELL, WE, UH, HAVING CAPABLE IN TERMS OF,
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NOW YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT FIFTH THING WHEN WE FIRST WENT THROUGH THIS, UH, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT HAVING TO CHANGE THE HOW PARENTS, HOW SOMEONE TO LOOK AFTER THEIR KIDS AFTER CERTAIN PARTS OF THE YEAR.AND RIGHT NOW, YOU KNOW, OUR FIRST QUESTION BEFORE WE BEGIN TO GET INTO THAT, WE, WE HAVE, BUT THEN Y'ALL TALKED ABOUT WHERE IS THE, THE INFORMATION HERE.
WHEN WE TRIED THE FIRST TIME DISTRICT MOVE TO IT, IT WAS BASED UPON THE, THAT THE, OF IT WAS THAT SCHEDULE WAS MORE INTRUCTION WAS THAT WAS SUPPOSED, I DIDN'T SEE WHAT HAD HAPPENED AT THE FIRST TIME.
CAUSE IT DIDN'T WORK THE FIRST TIME.
MY QUESTION IS WHAT WOULD MAKE IT WORK OUT? SO I'M MORE ON THE INSTRUCTIONAL SIDE TO WHERE THE EVIDENCE SAID THIS IS WHAT IS WHAT WILL DRIVE US TO MAKE, MAKE THE CHANGE.
NOT MORE PEOPLE CAN SPEND TIME JUST EDUCATION FROM THE EDUCATION.
WHEREAS THE FACTS THAT THOSE SHOW THE EVIDENCE THAT THAT'S THE, THAT THAT IS WOULD PRODUCE ONLY FOR JUST OTHER PERSON WHEN WE, WHETHER THEY GIVE US THAT.
I KNOW WHILE HEY, VERY CHALLENGING.
ALTHOUGH THERE ARE, UM, I THEY IMPROVE.
SO ALSO, UM, I'M CERTAINLY SUPPORT LOOKING AT IT.
AND THERE ARE DISTRICTS THAT DO THIS.
UM, AND I CAN TELL YOU, I WAS IN THE BURG SCHOOL DISTRICT WHEN WE OPENED A HUGE MAINTEN PROGRAM FOR YEAR ROUND SCHOOLS.
AND THE, THE COMMUNITY RESPONDS WITH CHILDCARE.
ONCE YOU TELL WHAT YOUR SCHEDULE IS GOING TO BE, EVERYONE THAT PROVIDES CHILDCARE NOW IN SUMMER, THEY TO THE SAME, THEY, THEY RALLY AROUND.
SO THOSE ARE BOTH BLOCKS THAT I THINK ARE UM, SOMETHING THAT CAN BE WORKED AROUND.
I, I THINK IT'S FROM AN ACADEMIC POINT, I'M NOT SEEING WHERE IT HAS HAD BENEFITS TO, TO LEARNING BECAUSE IT'S MORE CONTAINABLE.
YOU DON'T HAVE THE SUMMER SLIDE, RIGHT? CAUSE YOU DON'T HAVE THAT BIG SUMMER.
SO I WOULD CERTAINLY ENCOURAGED, UH, YOU KNOW, US TO LOOK AT IT AGAIN, AGAIN, YOU KNOW, SURVEY THE COMMUNITY AND, AND TALK ABOUT THE, WHERE IT'S BEEN DONE.
AND UH, I DON'T KNOW WHY IT STOPPED HERE AND WHY IT WASN'T, YOU KNOW, THAT'S PRIOR TO ME.
BUT I, I GUESS I'M LOOKING BACK AS JUST WANTED TO COMPLETE ALL WHY, WHY ALL, WHY BEING DAYS WITH DIFFICULTIES TO PUT BACK IN ON UNLESS DO IT IN POCKETS.
CAUSE SOME AREAS ARE NOT GONE.
THEY'RE NOT GONNA BE ACCEPTED TO IT, DAYS OFF, VACATION TIME, OTHER, THE OTHER AMENITIES OF, OF THE REGION AND TAKE IT AWAY.
CAUSE OF YEAR ROUND SCHOOL PEOPLE GONNA REJECT THAT.
AND I'M SPEAKING FROM A HILTON HEAD POINT OF VIEW, NOT GONNA GO FOR A YEAR ROUND SCHOOL CAUSE OF MEN KNOW SUMMER VACATION.
AND, AND THAT'S REALITY AFTER.
YOU CAN DO IT IN POCKETS WHO, YOU KNOW, DON'T CARE ABOUT SOME OF THE GETTING AS MUCH AS THEY CARE ABOUT STUDENT IMPROVEMENT POSSIBLE.
BUT WE MET THAT KIND RESISTANCE THAT THAT'S THE FIRST THING TO, TO A YEAR.
ANYBODY IN THE AUDIENCE, UH, WANT SAY ANY FURTHER? WE GO ON FOR THE NEXT
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I HEARD THAT QUESTION.I HAVE BEEN OUT OF THIS FOR A WHILE WITH THE, UH, CONVENTIONAL, UH, DELEGATION HONOR, SAY DELEGATION.
UM, IS THERE ANY CHANCE OF IT DOING SOMETHING MORE MODEST, BEING ABLE TO BALANCE THE TWO SEMESTER OR WE STILL GONNA BE LOCKED IN THAT WITH THE SERGEANT? IS THERE ANYBODY IN DELEGATION TO THAT? OKAY, SO THE, UM, WE ARE TIED TO, UH, THERE'S LEGISLATION THAT PREVENTS THE START DATE PRIOR TO LIKE AUGUST 15TH OR WHAT HAVE YOU.
THE EXCEPTION TO THAT RULE IS A MODIFIED CALENDAR, WHICH IS YEAR ROUND SORT OF RIGHT? THAT WOULD DO SOME, UH, LIKE A MONTH AND A HALF OR TWO IN THE SUMMER, MONTH AND A HALF IN THE SUMMER KIND THING.
AND THEN YOU PICK UP SOME OTHER DAYS IN OTHER PARTS OF THE YEAR, UM, LIKE OCTOBER, WHETHER THERE'S MODIFIED CALENDAR WOULD ALLOW YOU TO START EARLIER AND AUGUST 15TH, EIGHTH IS THAT WHAT JASPER COUNTY? BUT YOU NEED TO GET PERMISSION TO, IS THAT WHAT JASPER COUNTY'S DOING? YES, CORRECT.
THIS MODIFIED, I WOULDN'T CALL IT YEAR ROUND.
THE LEGISLATURE WILL TELL YOU NO RIGHT AWAY.
AND MY SAYING QUESTION IS JUST FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, BUT NOW I KNOW THIS DOESN'T AFFECT EVERYTHING.
SO WE START CHANGING THE CALENDAR THAT CAN DO GREAT HARM TO OUR PROGRAM.
HOPE THAT THAT'S STILL CONSIDERED WHEN CAN'T BE.
BUT FOR US, THAT IS FOUR STUDENTS, THAT PROGRAM AND GREAT THINGS YOU CAN'T GET ANYWHERE ELSE.
WHICH PROGRAM IS THAT? UH, ALL.
UM, NEXT STEP WILL BE PROBABLY, UH, GET AND YOUR PARENTS TO DETERMINE IS THERE INTEREST IN CONSIDERATE.
UM, SO THOSE, AS I MENTIONED, THAT ROUND CALENDAR WAS UNDER BOTH MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOL, UH, TOPICS.
SO LET'S GO TO SOMETHING UNDER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
A LOT OF THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TOPICS REALLY ARE, UH, OPERATIONAL ISSUES.
AND I'M GONNA PASS THIS OFF TO THE DR.
RODRIGUEZ WHO ADDRESS THESE, THESE, UH, OPERATIONAL ISSUES LIKE, UH, BROKEN PLAYGROUND, ALL THAT KINDA STUFF.
UH, WHEN YOU, WHEN YOU SAID THIS NOW YOU SAID THAT, UM, YOU SAID THE NEXT STEP WILL BE WHAT, UH, JUST MOVING FORWARD, WHAT WOULD BE THE PROCESS AS WE GET SOME MENTIONED? CAUSE I THOUGHT WE WERE JUST GETTING THIS INFORMATION AND WE WERE GONNA COME BACK OVER, GONNA DISCUSS AS A BOARD.
SO I'LL MAKE DECISIONS TO MOVE ON THESE.
ARE WE TAKING VOTES OR WHAT'S THE, WHAT, HOW DO YOU SEE IT FIT FOR US TO MOVE ON IT VERSUS JUST SAYING, WELL, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE ENOUGH TO GO AHEAD AND MOVE ON DECISION.
WHAT'S THE PROPERTIES? WELL, THIS IS JUST SUPPOSED TO BE, UH, INTERACTION.
AND IN TERMS OF A DIALOGUE, NO, WE WERE NOT, I DID NOT ENVISION THIS AS A, YOU KNOW, A BUSINESS MEETING WHERE WE'RE TAKING VOTES.
UM, IT SEEMS LIKE THAT TOPIC IS A, A TOPIC THAT THE SICS ARE INTERESTED IN.
AND SO THINK WE HAVEN'T DECIDED, YES, THAT'S SOMETHING WE'RE GONNA DO.
IT'S, IT'S, IT'S A, IT WOULD BE A HUGE, UH, IMPACT.
IT'S ALREADY BEEN POINTED OUT IN THERE, COMMENTS HERE.
SO I MEAN, NEXT STEP I WOULD THINK WOULD BE A SURVEY THAT THE DISTRICT COULD PUT OUT.
IS THEIR INTEREST FOR THIS OR ARE THE F YOU KNOW, THEY'RE, THEY'RE TRYING TO IMPROVE THEIR SCHOOL, BUT YOU KNOW, THAT'S THERE A LIMITED NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO PARTICIPATED WITHIN THAT SITE WOULD HAVE, IT WOULD AFFECT, YOU KNOW, EVERY, EVERY FAMILY IN THIS DISTRICT.
SO IT HAVE TO BE SOME KIND OF INPUT FROM THE PUBLIC, WHETHER OR NOT IT WAS SOMETHING THAT WE EVEN SHOULD CONSIDER US.
RIGHT? AND, AND I UNDERSTAND, BUT I JUST DON'T THINK THAT THIS IS ENOUGH PEOPLE IN THE ROOM TO GATHER, TO GALVANIZE TO MAKE A DECISION LIKE THAT.
UH, THAT, THAT, THAT WOULD BE, UH, THAT THAT WOULD BE A DRIVING FACTOR IN TERMS OF WHAT WE, UH, WANT DO AS A DISTRICT.
I MEAN, I WOULDN'T CONSIDER THIS TO BE ONE, UH, ONE THIRD OF THE PEOPLE, UH, OF THE S I C THAT WE, WE HAVE HERE.
I LOOK AROUND, I SEE MAJORITY PRINCIPALS.
UH, UH, SO, SO I'M JUST CONCERNED, I'M JUST CONCERNED THAT WE WOULD WANT, IF WE WERE MORE DRIVING THE FOLKS TO SAY THAT MEETING THAT WE WANTED
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TO HEAR WHAT YOU HEAR FROM THE, UH, THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS AS S I C, UH, S I C MEMBERS, THEN I WOULD, HOW WOULD WE BE TALKED WITHS TO SAY THAT WE WOULD WANT TO HEAR MORE OF IT MAYBE MAYBE AT THE NEXT S I THE JOINT MEETING THAT WE WOULD POSSIBLY BRING THAT BACK OR BRING THAT TO THE BOARD.SHE'LL HAVE THE NEW BOARD HOW BOARD THE BOARD FEEL ABOUT IT.
BUT I THINK TO, TO UH, BRING IN THAT, BRINGING THAT FORWARD NOW, I THINK THAT WOULD BE A LITTLE PREMATURE BECAUSE I, I PERSONALLY AS BOARD MEMBER, I DON'T SEE WHERE THERE'S ENOUGH, UH, PEOPLE WHO ARE, WHO ARE FROM ACTUALLY S ITT, THESE FACULTY ADMINISTRATIONS, ADMINISTRATORS UP TO, UH, TO BRING THAT, BRING THAT PORTFOLIO.
SO THAT, THAT'S MY, UH, THAT'S MY, THAT'S MY DETERRENT ON THAT.
I JUST DON'T SEE WHERE THAT WOULD, UH, WE WOULD, WOULD NEED THAT.
WE, WE WILL BE DISCUSSING THIS IS IS OUR WORK SESSION IN JANUARY.
SO THAT WOULD GIVE US ENOUGH TIME TO GET, WE'RE NOT GONNA MAKE A DECISION TONIGHT CAUSE WE JUST WANNA GET INFORMATION, GET THE INPUT FROM THE PEOPLE THAT ARE HERE AND THE ONES THAT NOT HERE.
WE SHOULD HAVE THAT INFORMATION BY AND WE A SURVEY OR WHATEVER.
I MEAN, IF PEOPLE DON'T, WHAT ELSE CAN YOU DO IF PEOPLE DON'T SHOW UP? YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING? YOU INVITE THEM, THEY DON'T SHOW UP.
WHAT ELSE YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO DO.
SO I WOULD JUST MAKE A RECOMMENDATION, UM, WHEN COLONEL GEER AND I WERE DISCUSSING THIS FORMAT, UM, THANK YOU.
I ARE DISCUSSING THIS FORM THAT REALLY WANTED REALLY
AND SO BE MY RECOMMENDATION IS THAT, AND THAT'S GOING TO BE IN JANUARY, WHICH ISD AROUND THE CORNER AND ALL OF THIS CAN BE SOLVED OR WORKED OUT DURING THAT DR.
STRS CAN, CAN PRESENT TO PERSON IF ONE OF THE TOPICS COURT SESSION, THE BOARD CAN DECIDE WE'LL PUT OUR NEXT STEP GOING OUT, OUR SURVEY AND IT COULD BE DONE IN A VOTING FORMAT SO THAT WITH THE INFORMATION NEEDED, THAT'S KINDA HOW WE SAW THE PROGRESSING.
I APPRECIATE, I APPRECIATE YOU TELLING THAT.
THAT'S WHY I WANNA KNOW WHO WAS THE PROCESS OF THINKING SO THAT I I WE DON'T ZERO REAL QUICK FOR THAT CLARIFICATION.
BECAUSE HOW I JUST PERCEIVED THAT COMMENT BY MR. SMITH.
WAS IT ANY MATTER WHO SHOWED UP HERE TONIGHT? CAUSE WE DIDN'T EVEN TALK ABOUT ANYTHING.
CAUSE OUR OPINION WAS NOT GONNA MATTER TO STEVEN CAUSE WE WERE TOO SMALL IN A CROWD.
SO I APPRECIATE YOU CLARIFYING THAT.
YOU'RE GONNA BRING THIS TO JANUARY.
CAUSE OTHERWISE I WAS GONNA WALK OUT.
WELL ACTUALLY, ACTUALLY, PRIOR TO THE MEETING WHEN WE DISCUSS OF THIS MEETING, WHAT WAS, WHAT WAS DISCUSSED? IF YOU GO BACK AND LOOK AT THE TAPE, WHAT WAS DISCUSSED? THAT, THAT WE WANT THE, AND ACTUALLY IT WASN'T ME THAT SAID IT, BUT I, BUT I'M, I CAME WITH THAT INTENTION OF WHAT WAS LAST DISCUSSED.
THAT WE WANTED THE, THE, THE S I C PARENTS TO DRIVE MORE UPON WHAT THEY SEE OR WHAT THEY WANT TO BRING FORTH IN US VERSUS THE ADMINISTRATION, THE ADMINISTRATOR, THEY DON'T HAVE TIME TO COME TO US.
SO IF IF YOU TOOK IT THE WRONG, THE WRONG WAY, THEN I DIDN'T TAKE, I MEAN I'M SAYING YOU TOOK THE WRONG WAY.
SO SHE IS MY DRIVING FORCE ON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AS I STARTED, UH, TO SAY A LOT OF THESE THINGS ARE OPERATIONAL NATURE.
I'LL PASS A NUMBER OF THEM TO DR.
SO HOW ABOUT PENCIL INVOLVEMENT? I THINK THAT'S AN EXCELLENT TOPIC,
AND UH, I KNOW THAT MR. EARL CAMPBELL BRINGS THIS UP A LOT.
UM, AND I WOULD AGREE WITH HIM WHOLEHEARTEDLY.
PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT IS CRUCIAL FOR ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT.
SO HOW CAN WE FIX THAT OR HELP OR BETTER IMPROVE THAT? SO I WOULD LOVE TO HEAR, UH, YOU HAVE IS, OKAY, SO THAT WAS MY, UM, QUESTION OR COMMENT.
AND I'VE SEEN THROUGH THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS THAT A LOT OF PARENTS HAVE SO MUCH THAT THEY, YOU KNOW, DURING, OUTSIDE OF SCHOOL EVENTS, OUTSIDE OF A FORUM LIKE THIS, UM, LOTS OF OPINIONS.
AND WE ALWAYS SAY WE, THE ADMINISTRATION ALWAYS COME TO THE MEETINGS.
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LET'S DISCUSS WHEN WE FINALLY GET TO THE MEETINGS.WE DON'T REALLY HAVE ANYBODY THERE.
AND, UM, IT IS DWINDLED ACTUALLY SINCE WE'VE BEEN THERE.
BECAUSE NOW THERE'S, I WOULD SAY ON OUR LAST MEETING, OUR LAST PTO FP MEETING, WE HAD MAYBE 10 PARENTS.
UM, AND THEN WE DO CERTAIN THINGS LIKE TEAM DAY AFTER.
SO ALL OF THE KIDS WHOSE PARENTS ARE ON THE MEETING, THEY GET TO OUR TEAM THE NEXT DAY.
THAT'S A LITTLE BIT OF ENCOURAGEMENT.
AND THEN, UM, THE MOST INVOLVEMENT THAT WE HAVE IS ON THE DAYS THAT WE HAVE, UM, A DINNER.
SO EVERYBODY SHOWS UP, THE LIGHTS OUT, THE THEORA, EVERYBODY.
BUT WE CAN'T DO THAT BUT SO MUCH.
UM, AND SO THAT'S WHAT MY CONCERN IS THAT HOW DO WE GET MORE OF THE PARENTS OUT? HOW DO WE GET PEOPLE INTERESTED IN THE, I I I STOPPED SAKE INTERESTED IN THEIR KIDS, BUT INTERESTED IN HELPING THEIR KIDS AND HELPING THE SCHOOL HELP THE KIDS.
UM, CAUSE I THINK THAT'S WHY WE'RE ALL HERE.
I WONDER IF THERE ARE ANY SCHOOL REPRESENTATIVES OUT HERE, ANYBODY OUT HERE THAT HAS A, A DECENT PARENT TURN OUT THAT NO LONGER SOME SUGGESTIONS.
UM, WHAT, WHAT ARE SOME, YOU'RE RIGHT AND DIFFERENT.
UM, BUT YOU KNOW, MAYBE SOME
SO WHAT I, I'M TRYING NOT AT BROAD RIVER, BUT WE WENT BACK BRANCH ELEMENTARY AND J WHAT WE TRIED THERE WAS WE DO LIKE WHEN WE HAVE A PTO PLAY BINGO, SO WE PLAY BINGO AND WE GAVE HELP ITEMS SO THE PEOPLE BEGAN TO COME BECAUSE THEY WOULD THINK THAT THEY'RE NEED.
SO WE TRIED THAT FIRST WAS ZERO AND THEN WE GOT TO ABOUT 10 12 THERE.
SO THAT WORKED BY GIVING SOMETHING THEIR NEED.
AND THEN LIKE WHEN WE HAVE THE THANKSGIVING DINNER OR THE CHRISTMAS, THEN WE ACTUALLY, THAT THOSE ARE BIG NIGHTS FOR JUDGES.
SO WE GONNA THROW SOME THINGS AT THEM BECAUSE WE GOT THEM.
WE TELL 'EM THAT YOU HAVEN'T BEEN HERE ALL YEAR LONG, WE GOT AND YOU TO BE HERE.
SO WE ACTUALLY THROW BAIT UP THERE TOO.
THEM AND THE BAIT WAS HOUSE, HOUSE ITEMS. AND SO EVERY TIME WE HAD A MEETING WE WERE LIKE WASHING A POWDER BLEACH AND TOILET TISSUE PAPER TOWEL AND THEY STARTED.
AND SO IT WAS SOMETHING TO GET THE PARENTS THERE.
SO THEY STARTED COMING AND THEN THEY WOULD ACTUALLY BRING SOMEBODY ELSE.
SO THAT WAS JUST A, CAN I ASK, CAN I ASK, UM, AND MAYBE PRINCIPALS, IS THERE ENOUGH MONEY IN THE BUDGETS? I MEAN SOMETIMES HOW CAN WE HELP? IS THERE ENOUGH MONEY IN YOUR SCHOOL BUDGETS TO, TO DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT? OR IS THAT WHAT I TO ASK IN WALMART TO DONATE OR, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? PARTNERSHIPS, AND THAT'S NOT EVEN HUNDRED DOLLARS A MONTH.
YOU CAN GET 10 ITEMS LESS THAN HUNDRED A MONTH.
SO IF ITS IN YOUR BUDGET OR WHATEVER, OR IF YOU GOT A COMMITTEE THAT ACTUALLY GOT A FUNDRAISER, HUNDRED DOLLARS A MONTH, YOU KNOW, AND EVEN I SEE THAT ONCE, I THINK A LITTLE BRANCH, THEY ACTUALLY SENT THE SURVEY OUT TO THE PARENTS OF WHAT TIME, WHAT TIME OF DAY IS BEST FOR YOU.
AND SO WE CAN'T PUT IT ON HOUR TIME ON WHAT'S THE PARENT, WHAT DAY OF THE WEEK.
SO THAT'S WHAT THAT WAS SENT OUT ON.
SO ONCE IT COMES BACK AND YOU SAY THAT YOU SENT RULE THAT UM, TUESDAY, THAT FIVE IS THE TIME AND THEN THE SCHOOL PUTS IT FOR THIRD FIVE, IT'S NOT.
SO THAT WAS ANOTHER QUESTION WAS BROUGHT UP.
WHETHER THAT DAY THAT THEY WERE HAVING THE MEETING, WAS IT CONVENIENT FOR ALL THE PARENTS OR, UM, UM, PRINCIP, OT, WHAT WE DID FIND IN THE LAST COUPLE YEARS, THANK YOU TO COVID AND HAVING OPPORTUNITY TO, UM, HAVE ZOOM MEETINGS.
WE DO HAVE IN PERSON, WHICH WE HAVE A GOOD NUMBER, BUT GIVING THE PARENTS THE OPPORTUNITY TO ZOOM INTO THE MEETING SO THAT IF THEY WORK SCHEDULED, IF THEY WORK IN THE EVENING, THEY COULD USE THEIR, THEIR TIME, THEIR LITTLE BREAK TO BE ABLE TO JOIN US SO THEY CAN PARTICIPATE.
AND WE HAVE ABOUT 50% OF THE GROUP THAT JOINS THAT WAY.
SO WE JUST TRY TO GIVE THEM MULTIPLE
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OPPORTUNITIES AND AVENUES IN WHICH THEY CAN BE A PART OF THEIR CHILD'S EDUCATION.THE S I C CHAIR AT UH, BLUFFTON HEIGHT, UH, WE HAVE HAD SOME LUCK WITH, UH, SOMETHING I SPOKE FROM ED, UH, S I C UH, THE CURRENT UNIVERSITY OR LIKE WE HAVE A TOPIC LIKE OUR AP PROGRAM OR SCHOOL'S AP WE CAN PULL IN 50 16 PARENTS.
UH, I DON'T HAVE THE MAGIC BULLET THOUGH TO GIVE, COME BACK THE NEXT MEETING I'VE DISCOVERED, UH, WHEN WE DON'T HAVE CONTROVERSY MEETING, YOU'VE GOT A SCHOOL THAT'S DOING REALLY WELL, NOBODY WANTS TO BE AT THOSE MEETINGS.
THE MOMENT THEY START GOING SOUTH, I, IF I CAN FIND ANYBODY KNOWS WHAT TO DO, IF I'VE GOT ONCE WHAT TO DO, UH, I WORK TO GET ON CERTAIN NIGHTS, CERTAIN TOPICS WE HAVE.
HI, MY NAME IS AMANDA PHILLIPS.
I'M AN S I CHAIR FOR, UM, MIDDLE SCHOOL.
AND ONE WAY THAT WE ARE ABLE TO REALLY UP ATTENDANCE WITH OUR SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT COUNCIL IS BEGINNING THE SCHOOL YEAR.
UM, OUR PRINCIPAL ACTUALLY PUT OUT JUST A QUICK PR CODE, GOOGLE FORM IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN SCAN THIS AND OUR UM, MEMBERS THAT PARENTS TRIPLED IN SIZE AND IT WAS THAT ONGOING MAKING IT AVAILABLE, MAKING IT TRANSPARENT.
AND WHETHER IT'S ZOOM OR FACE-TO-FACE, WE HAVE TRIPLED THE NUMBER THAN WE DID LAST YEAR.
CAN I ASK YOU A QUESTION? YES.
YOU SAID YOU SAID THE QR CODE WAS FOR THE MEETINGS.
WHEN THE MEETINGS WERE HAPPENING.
HEY, JUST A SIGN UP FOR S I C AND FOR PTA.
AND SO WE'VE RECEIVED FROM THAT QR CODE THAT YOU GOOGLE FORM, WE GOT A GOOGLE DOC WITH ALL THE INTEREST, APPEARANCE AND THEN AS THE CHAIR, I JUST REACHED OUT TO THEM, GAVE THEM THE MEETINGS AND THEY STARTED COMING AND THEN THEY'RE ON THAT.
REMIND MOLLY BACK THERE OR NOT.
MY NAME IS COLEMAN AND I'M THE NEW PRINCIPAL OF, UM, I WANNA GIVE IDEA.
SO YOU, UM, WE'RE GONNA START USING A CARD AND IT'S GONNA BE LIKE THE PARENT GOAL CARD LOOKS LIKE A CREDIT CARD WHERE, UM, THE PARENTS ARE ABLE, WHEN THEY'RE COMING TO S IP MEETING, PTO MEETING, ANYTHING THAT WE HAVE TO EDUCATE OUR PARENTS IF THEY COME, THEY NOT GET THIS STAMP AND AFTER THEY ACCUMULATE A CERTAIN AMOUNT, THEY'RE ABLE TO GET INTO A GAME FOR FREE.
UM, SO THAT'S SOMETHING THEY'RE WORKING ON IN START COMMUNITY.
I START AGAIN START GETTING HEAD, UM, THE SECOND SEMESTER.
THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE GONNA START IMPLEMENTING SO THAT WHEN INTO FOR PARENTING, START EARNING THEIR STAMP INTO THE, FOR THE UPCOMING YEAR.
A LOT OF MY LIFE SCHOOL, YOU KNOW, I STILL DO THIS LANGUAGE ARTS LEADERS THEATER.
SO YOU KNOW, IT'S STARTED READING PROGRAM IT THE SAME PASSAGE OVER AND OVER AND YOU KNOW, ONCE A MONTH THE KIDS GET TO DO A LEADER'S THEATER PERFORMANCE AND TO PUT IT IN THE EVENING WHERE THE PARENTS WILL COME, YOU KNOW, BUT PARENTS ALWAYS COME TO SEE THE KIDS FOR AND A LEADER'S THEATER DOESN'T, UM, BACK INSTRUCTIONAL TIME.
IT'S REALLY HARD TO OF CONS TIME.
THE KIDS GET EXCITED ABOUT IT, IT IMPROVES THEIR REINFLUENCY AND THE PARENTS KNOW LIKE IT, SO THIS TYPE, THOSE TYPES OF THINGS WHERE YOU CAN GET THEM STUDENTS INVOLVED IN DOING SOME TYPE OF EASY, UM, PERFORMANCE TYPE.
UM, THAT'S, THAT'S AN EXAMPLE OF ENGAGEMENT THERE.
AND I THINK WE'RE ALL TALKING ABOUT IT.
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I THINK THEY'RE NOT TALKING GENERAL IN TERMS OF PEOPLE WHO MIGHT WANT SIGN THAT WE'RE TALKING HOW GET PARENTS ENGAGED GENERALLY WOULD NOT BE ENGAGED, YOU KNOW, AND THAT REALLY, YOU KNOW, THAT'S THOUSAND QUESTION.BUT AN EDUCATION DO HAVE TO DEAL WITH WHO YOU HAVE.
AND A LOT OF TIMES THOSE PARENTS DON'T HAVE A VERY PLEASANT VIEWPOINT IN SCHOOLS.
GRANDPARENTS, YOU TALKING ABOUT WHO'S STUDI IN YOUR CLASS AND THAT'S THE ONE YOU WANNA SEE EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE.
AND YOU HAVE TO BE CREATIVE IN TERMS OF GETTING THAT WORK FROM THERE.
AND WHEN I SEE THE LINKS AND WE THE ARE ABOUT OF THESE THINGS, BUT COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT MAY HAVE TO TAKE A DIFFERENT LOOK SO THAT YOU CAN EVENTUALLY GET THAT PARENT OR AN OF THAT KID INTO A MEETING TO TALK, YOU KNOW, WELFARE IN TERMS OF THAT KID.
AND THAT'S HARD TO DO IN A, IN A BIG SYSTEM LIKE WE'VE GOT, SO EVERYBODY'S GOT THEIR OWN POCKETS OF SCHOOLS, POCKETS OF INDIVIDUAL PARENTS.
AND YOU GOTTA DEAL WITH WHO ARE THE INFLUENCE IN THIS COMMUNITY? WHO ARE THE PEOPLE WHO CAN GET THE PEOPLE I WANT TO GET TO INVOLVED.
THOSE ARE THE PEOPLE YOU HAVE TO GO AT FOR YOUR S I C FOR YOUR PTS O FOR YOUR HALL MONITORS, FOR YOUR THEATER PROGRAMS. THOSE ARE THE PEOPLE WHO ARE GONNA GET THOSE PEOPLE THERE.
AND, AND THAT'S, YOU KNOW, AN INDIVIDUAL THING DEPENDING ON WHERE YOU ARE, THE SCHOOL THAT YOU AT.
BECAUSE THERE ARE PEOPLE IN THOSE AND THOSE COMMUNITIES, THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT HAVE BEEN THERE GENERATION AND HAVE THE INFLUENCE, THEY CAN MOVE THOSE NEEDLES A LOT MORE THAN WE KNOW.
BUT YOU KNOW, THEY THEMSELVES ARE, HEY, THAT'S COOL, I DON'T WANT TO GO, I DON'T CARE EXPERIENCE WHEN I WAS THERE WAS NOT GOOD THAT YOU NEED A WRAPAROUND PERSON, PERSON WHO'S GONNA WALK UP AND SAY, AH, COME ON YOUR JOB'S GREAT DOING GOOD.
AND MAY NOT BE THE TEACHER OF THAT JOB.
MAY SOMEONE WHO CAME TO FOOTBALL GAME AND YOU TALK TO THEM AS A TEACHER, SAY, HEY, TRYING TO GET S**T, YEAH THAT'S FINE THAT IT, WELL I NEED SOME MONEY UP HERE TO TALK TO, TO HIS PARENTS SO WE CAN GET A MEETING, WE CAN GET TO TALK.
CAUSE EVERYBODY TO, THEY'RE IMPORTANT.
AND ONE OF THE BIGGEST PROBLEMS WE HAD PROBLEM, IT'S NOT A PROBLEM THAT YOU JUST JUST END UP GETTING TO THIS POINT.
SCHOOLS HAVE NOT BEEN, YOU KNOW, FRIENDLY STUDENTS.
MANY TIMES PARENTS PERCEIVE IT COME THROUGH BLACK AND NOW YOU HAVE A LACK OF PARENTS.
AND WE HAVE CUT THROUGH SOME OF THAT BY DOING OLD FASHIONED THINGS.
WE HAD OLD, I KNEW PEOPLE WHO KNEW PEOPLE AND YOU GOT THE SAME, YOU GOT PEOPLE THAT YOU KNOW WHO THOSE PEOPLE THAT USE, YOU GOTTA USE THEM TO GET THE PEOPLE YOU WANT ENGAGED.
THEY'LL GET THE PEOPLE TO THAT DINNER, THEY'LL GET THE PEOPLE LISTENING.
YOU KNOW, RIGHT NOW IT'S, IT'S MORE ADVERSARIAL THAN THAN COMMUNAL.
ARNOLD UNDERSTANDS THAT WELL AND WE ARE WORKING TO DO SOME THINGS TO CHANGE THAT FROM OUR PERSPECTIVE HERE.
BUT IT IS, YOU KNOW, A GRASSROOT EFFORT.
THAT'S WHAT IT'S GOING TAKE, MAKE THE CHANGES THAT, YOU KNOW, WHEN I KNOW WHAT YOU, THE CHANGES THAT WE NEED GOTTA COME FROM GRASSROOTS.
IT'S GOTTA COME FROM THOSE PARENTS WHO MIGHT NOT EVER DO ANYTHING TO CALL THAT PARENT AND SAY, HEY, SOMETHING
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LEAVE COPY ARE THE KINDA THINGS WE NEED TO DO.AND THAT'S HOW I ENCOURAGE MORE INVOLVEMENT.
SOME OF THE THINGS YOU'RE MENTIONED DEFINITELY WORKS, WORKS BETTER THOUGH.
IF AUNT SUSAN IS MAKING THE SPAGHETTI AT THAT DINNER.
ALL RIGHT, YOU NOT MAKING THAT SPAGHETTI.
BUT SUSAN IS MAKING, SHE GONNA BRING SOME PEOPLES', HER BAR WAS SPAGHETTI DINNER AT MY, IT SEEMS LIKE, UH, YEAH I WOULD DEFINITELY, UM, AGREE WITH WHAT MR. CAMPBELL WILL SAY IN TERMS OF THAT.
ALSO, I THINK THAT IT, IT IS KEY TO GET PEOPLE WHO HAVE THAT GOOD RELATIONSHIP FOR THEM.
UH, BRINGING THEM IN AND STARTING THOSE PEOPLE.
LIKE I ALWAYS TALK ABOUT BORDERS OFTEN THAT SOMETIMES THAT WE HAVE MEMBERS WE HAVE TO GET, UH, IN A MIX CAUSE OF THE FACT THAT OBVIOUSLY PEOPLE BELIEVE US CAUSE THEY ELECTED US TO, BUT SOMETIMES WE HAVE TO HAVE SOME, SOME CONFLICT.
PARENTS ENGAGED OVER ADAM, MR WAS FIRST COMING IN, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE LIKE WHAT KINDA PERSON SHE WAS AND YOU KNOW WHAT BE, YOU KNOW, I HAD THIS, I AND SAID, LISTEN, NOT ONLY ALSO BUT PRINCIPAL ENGAGING PEOPLE SAY, HEY, I WANT YOU TO COME TO MY SCHOOL WAS WELCOMING.
WHAT CAN I DO TO SCHOOL? OTHER SOCIETY? I SHE WAS INVOLVED INVOLVED AND THEY REALIZE IT LIKE, YO, IT REALLY IS PRETTY GOOD.
THIS, WE REALLY LIKE WHAT WE SPEAK.
SO IT REALLY TAKES EVERYBODY, IT, IT TAKES EVERYBODY TO SPEAK IN THE SAME LANGUAGE.
IT TAKES EVERYBODY BEING ENGAGED, EVERYONE BEING ON ON ONE ON ONE ACCORD.
NOT FOR, UH, ADMINISTRATION, COMMUNITY KNOW ONE, WE HAVE TO BE ONE COMMUNITY, THE BOARD AND ADMINISTRATION.
THAT'S WHAT REALLY TOGETHER AS SO THAT, THAT'S JUST ONE THING I ADD ACTIVELY THAT WILL HELP.
UM, ITS ABOUT MY NINE WITHOUT MYSELF.
CAUSE THE ONE ACCORD WAS A BIG LESSON OF SUPPORT AND THE LADIES IN COMMUNITY AND WE WERE ABLE TO DO A LOT OF GREAT WORK AND TIMES ABOUT CALL AND SAY, HEY, I'M GETTING READY TO THIS AND YOU'LL GET THE COMMUNITY HERE BEFORE I EVEN SPOKE.
AND SO THAT ONE ACCORD HELPED TO BRIDGE THE GAP AND IT WAS ONLY ONE YEAR.
ONE QUARTER, WELL ONE YEAR, ONE QUARTER THEY COUNTRY.
BUT WE DID SOME AMAZING THINGS AND IT'S AWESOME TO SEE THE WORK DATE EVEN FROM FOR OLIVE IS CONTINUING BECAUSE OF ALL OF THE SUPPORT THAT WAS GATHERED IN THAT COMMUNITY.
SO I THANK ALL UM, WE'LL GO TO HIGH SCHOOL.
UM, MR AND I ATTENDED A STATE FORWARD ASSOCIATION JUST LAST WEEKEND THAT WAS, WERE LEGISLATED ISSUES, BUT THE TOPIC THAT CAME UP AND IT CAME UP REPEATEDLY WAS, UH, TELEPHONE USE DURING INSTRUCTION.
AND THAT IS UNDER THE HIGH WROTE THAT AND HERE UNDER HIGH SCHOOL.
SO I'D LOVE TO HEAR ANYTHING, UH, YOUR BOXING'S IMPRESSION.
AND I'M BACK AND I'M NOT SURE WHO, AS A MATH INSTRUCTOR, WE ARE HAVING A CHALLENGE WITH CELL PHONES, UM, USE AND THE IMPACT OF IT.
THE KIDS DON'T REALIZE THAT THEY CAN'T LOAD TASKS AND LISTEN TO AND LISTEN TO WHATEVER THEY GOTTA CAUSE
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THEY TAKE YOU THINK THAT YOU GOT, THAT HELPS US TO MONITOR THEIR SCREEN WHILE WE ARE DOING, UM, INSTRUCTION.BUT WHEN YOU MONITORING WALK IN THE RESTROOM, YOU GOT KIDS WITH CELL PHONES BEHIND THE SCREEN IMAGE DOING AND WATCHING WHATEVER THAT THEY WANNA WATCH.
BUT THEN END GAME IS THE TEST SCORE.
ACADEMICALLY THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND AND IMPACTED THEM AS WELL AS US BECAUSE OF ACADEMICS.
AND THAT'S WHY WE, I PUT THAT ON THERE TO ASK, YOU KNOW, WE NEED HELP FROM PARENTS AND WE NEED HELP WITH THE STUDENTS.
THEY HELP THEM TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND.
BUT THAT IS AN ISSUE IN SCHOOLS.
WHAT ARE YOUR, WHAT ARE YOUR SOLUTIONS? WELL, WE HAVE SUGGESTED THAT THEY PUT THEM IN THEIR BOOK BAGS WHEN THEY'RE IN OUR ROOMS, BUT THAT'S NOT HAPPENING.
UM, WE SUGGEST THAT THEY, UM, SEEK HELP FROM THE PARENTS.
PARENTS TELL US WHEN WE ALL CAN TAKE THE CELL PHONES.
BUT THEN WHEN WE TRY TO DO THAT, THESE KIDS ARE BELLIGERENT WHEN IT COMES TO THESE CELL PHONES.
THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT THEY NOT, THEIR HEARTS NOT GONNA STOP IF THEY DISCONNECT, BUT THEY DON'T WANT DISCONNECT.
LIKE THIS CONNECTION TO THESE KIDS IN THEY MIND.
THEY CANNOT DISCONNECT FROM THESE PHONES.
BUT THEY ARE NOT DOING THEMSELVES ANY JUSTICE.
I, PEOPLE IN MY DEPARTMENT HAVE PURCHASED CHILDCARE HOLDERS.
STUDENTS CHECK THEIR CELL PHONE IN INTO THAT OLDER, SO FROM, AND UH, THEY, UM, AND THEY HAVE SOME OF KIDS, THAT WAS ONE OF THE IDEAS THAT WAS VERY SIMILAR KIND OF, UH, SOLUTION.
AND THEY HAD LIKE THE OTHER OLD TWO BAGS THAT HANG FROM CLOSET, THE DORM THAT HAD MANY POCKETS FOR, YOU KNOW, YOUR SHOES.
WELL THEY HAD THOSE IN THE CLASSROOM SO THAT YOU HAVE, YOU KNOW, THEY WERE ASSIGN WHATEVER.
AND SO YOU LITERALLY, YOU KNOW, CHECKED YOUR, YOUR, UM, CELL PHONE INTO THAT, THAT FOR THE INSTRUCTION TIME.
AND THEN ANOTHER ONE I HAD WHERE IF THEY DID DO THAT, I BELIEVE THEY GOT SOME EXTRA CREDIT FOR HOMEOWNER COME LIKE THAT.
THEY, THEY MADE IT SOMEHOW, UH, LEAD TO INSTRUCTION.
I'M NOT SO SURE I'M AS A PARENT, I DON'T KNOW WHY I HAVE A DAUGHTER THAT'S IN THE MIDDLE SCHOOL.
THAT DAUGHTER IN THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, I GOT A GODDAUGHTER IN HIGH SCHOOL.
MY TWO YOUNG KIDS CAN'T TAKE THIS.
SO WHILE WHY WE GO SCHOOL THAT ALL THE KIDS NOT TAKE THE CELL PHONE AT ALL BECAUSE MY NINE YEARS OLD CAN'T TAKE IT AT HER SCHOOL.
MY 11 YEAR OLD CAN'T TAKE HER SCHOOL.
BUT MY 18 YEAR HER SCHOOL, SHE GOT, YEAH, SHE HAD SCHOOL.
CAUSE SHE, BUT MY NINE YEARS OLD CAN HAVE IT MY 18.
SO I, SO I WOULD KNOW WHETHER IS IT FOR HIM.
SO CAN I ASK ONE OF THE PRINCIPLES FOR MS? WHAT, SO WHAT IS THE RULE ON, I MEAN YOU HAVE BACKPACK FOR KIDS FOR ABSOLUTELY NOT SOMEBODY THOUSAND, YOU KNOW.
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SO MY FRIEND AUSTIN, I'M THE PRINCIPAL HILL HEAD AND UH, WE ALLOW STUDENTS TO HAVE CELL PHONES WITH THEM.WE HAVE GRADES SIX, SEVEN, AND EIGHT.
WHAT WE HAVE DONE SPECIFICALLY VISITED HERE, WE HAVE ASKED FOR STUDENTS TO LEAVE THEM IN THEIR BAGS AND AGAIN, CETERA MISSED.
SOMETIMES WE GET PAST THE BOARD AND UH, THAT COMPLIANCE SOMETIMES WE'RE FIGHTING IT.
UM, BUT WE HAVE ALLOWED THEM TO USE THESE PHONES BEFORE SCHOOL, AFTER SCHOOL AND DURING THEIR LUNCHTIME.
AND SO WE'VE TRIED TO WORK WITH THEM A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE WE ALSO KNOW THAT JUST LIKE ANYBODY IN HERE WHO HAS A PHONE, YOU'VE PROBABLY CHECKED IT AT LEAST ONCE ALREADY TONIGHT.
SO THERE ARE THINGS THAT WE DO THAT WE USE THESE PHONES FOR AND PARENTS ARE COMMUNICATING WITH THEIR CHILDREN, EVEN THE MIDDLE SCHOOL LEVEL ALL DAY LONG.
AND SO I WOULD CAUTION PARENTS AND I WOULD ASK FOR THEIR SUPPORT TO HELP US SO THAT THEY ARE MAYBE STREAMLINING SOME OF THIS COMMUNICATION.
BUT AT THE SAME TIME, I THINK WE DO HAVE TO, IT IS GOTTA BE A LITTLE BIT OF GIVE TO TAKE.
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IS GONNA BE PART OF OUR LIVES FOREVER AND UNTIL THEY COME UP WITH SOMETHING COOLER ANYWAY.
BUT AT LEAST FOR NOW, WE HAVE TO BE ABLE TO GIVE THEM THAT TIME, UTILIZE THESE AND TEACH THEM THE APPROPRIATE WAY TO USE THEM WHILE ALSO STILL HELPING THEM TO FOCUS ON INSTRUCTION WHEN IT'S TIME.
I, AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND MANY OF OUR HOME, UM, DO NOT HAVE HOME PHONES ANYMORE.
AND FOR AT ASSET ASPECT, STUDENTS HAVE THE PHONES TURNED OFF.
IF THEY STILL HAVE A PHONE, THEY DON'T HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE THEM OUT AT SCHOOL.
BUT IF THEY'RE POWERED OFF IN THEIR BACKPACK WHEN THEY GET OFF THE BUS, THEY STILL POWER THEM ON TO COMMUNICATE WITH THEIR PARENTS.
PARENTS ALSO USE PHONES TO TRACK STUDENTS IN NEIGHBORHOODS.
THERE'S SMART WATCHES, THERE'S MANY AIRBAGS THAT PARENTS IN THIS DAY AND AGE WANT THE ABILITY TO KNOW WHERE THEIR CHILDREN ARE.
SO THEY MAY HAVE PHONES IN THEIR BACKPACKS, SO WE EXPECT THEM TO BE SILENT AND POWERED OFF.
THE ONLY TIME THAT THEY'RE REMOVED IS DURING SAFE TESTING BECAUSE THAT IS NOT ON THE ALLOWABLE.
UM, AND SO THOSE PHONES ARE REMOVED AND PUT IN ANOTHER LOCATION.
UM, BUT PARENTS DO WANT TO BE ABLE TO COMMUNICATE AND SOME OF OUR STUDENTS DO GO HOME AS FIFTH GRADERS AND ARE AT HOME AND THEY NEED THE ABILITY TO BE ABLE TO CALL FOR ASSISTANCE.
YOU GUYS ARE GOING OUT, WE'RE GONNA TAKE IT, GET IT TO AN ADMINISTRATIVE TOGETHER DURING THE DAY, WHAT WE DID, WHY WE, THE, UH, POCKET SAYS, HEY, YOU'RE HAVING TROUBLE WITH YOUR PHONE, YOU GOT A CHOICE, PUT IT IN POCKET OR WE WILL.
SO THAT WAS TRYING CAUSE FOR CERTAIN STUDENT THAT WASTING INSTRUCTIONAL
THIS PUT, I'LL JUST ADD TO THE DIALOGUE.
YOU KNOW, THIS THIS THING RIGHT HERE IS LIKE AN APPENDANT POUND, RIGHT? YOU WANNA CALL.
UM, BUT SERIOUSLY, UH, THERE THERE ARE ALSO A LOT OF PARENTS THAT WE HEAR FROM THAT SAY, YOU KNOW WHAT, IN THE CASE OF AN EMERGENCY, I WANT TO KNOW AND CONNECT WITH MY CHILD.
RIGHT? AND, AND SO YOU, YOU CAN SEE WHEN THERE MIGHT BE SOMETHING HAPPENING IN THE COMMUNITY, UH, NEARBY, NEAR THE SCHOOL AND SCHOOL POLICE, BUT THE, THE PUT ON EMERGENCY LOCKDOWN FOR A LITTLE BIT.
PARENTS, AS SOON AS WE COMMUNICATE ABOUT THAT, THEY'RE VERY INSTINCT.
AND THEN I JUST WANT TO KNOW THAT MY CHILD'S OKAY NOW, RIGHT? SO THEY'RE GONNA GET A TEXT, THEY GET A CALL SOMETIMES, YOU KNOW, THOSE KIND OF THINGS IN ORDER TO ORDER TO CONNECT.
SOME KIDS DON'T GO HOME WHEN AFTER SCHOOL THEY'RE GOING HOME TO PLACES.
SO PARENTS, UH, WANT TO THINGS THEM WHEN THEY LEAVE.
UH, THE SCHOOL IS THE CHALLENGE THAT, UH, WE'RE ENCOUNTERING.
UH, AND AND I DON'T SEE IT GOING AWAY, YOU KNOW, ANYTIME SOON.
I THINK IT'S THE KIND OF THING THAT UH, I THINK, UH, MS. JOHNSON PUT WELL, WHICH IS, UH, PROBABLY THE BEST THING TO DO IN PARTNERSHIP AND CONSULTATION WITH PARENTS IS TEACH THEM APPROPRIATE TIMES TO USE IT, PROVIDE AN OPTION BY DR.
BENESKI SAID, LOOK, YOU, YOU'RE RESPONSIBLE, RIGHT? YOU MAKE THE RESPONSIBLE DECISION, BUT IF YOU CAN'T CONTROL YOURSELF AND YOU KNOW IT, PUT IT HERE.
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I HAVE TWO KIDS, ONE'S AN 18 YEAR OLD AND ONE ARE OUR HIGH SCHOOLS, THE OTHER ONE IS IN NINTH GRADE, RIGHT? AND, UM, YOU KNOW, MY NINTH GRADE DOESN'T HAVE AN ISSUE WITH IT.YOU KNOW, MY, YOU I'M ALL, WELL, WE, UH, NEED TO WRAP IT UP.
I THINK A COUPLE PEOPLE HIT IT ON THE HEAD.
THE DINOSAURS HAVE GO,
YOU KNOW, AND I'M THINKING OF WHERE IT TAKE WAS A MINIMAL PROBLEM TO WRITE IT UP AND, AND THEN HAVE THE PARENTS CLAIM IT AND THEN, YOU KNOW, KIDS SOMETIMES TO GET IT BACK.
HEY, NIGHTMARE, YOU KNOW, MOVING TOO FAST THE WEEK WE HAVE TO, AGAIN, THOSE STUDENTS BY PUTTING OLD CELL PHONE AS A PART OF THE PROCESS, TAKE YOURSELF PHONE OUT, PUT ON.
NOW GUYS HAVE, YOU CAN'T, WHEN YOU START FIGHTING, YOU LOST THAT, THAT TREND'S GOING KEEP GOING.
SO I THINK YEAH, IT IS, IT'S WAYS THAT YOU HAVE TO ENCOMPASS THAT USE, USE THAT.
AND, AND PART OF PROCESS CAN BE, I I WOULD JUST ADD ONE MORE.
THERE ARE SOME CLASSES THAT, UH, AND THINGS THAT STUDENTS ARE INVOLVED IN THAT HAVE, UH, FOR EXAMPLE, BAND APPS, RIGHT? AND, AND THEY COORDINATE, YOU KNOW, UH, FOR EXAMPLE, RTC PROGRAMS, RIGHT? COORDINATE, UH, OKAY, TOMORROW, UNIFORM IN UNIFORM, ANY UNIFORM AND THOSE SORTS OF THINGS.
AND THEY'RE SEND, THEY SEND THOSE OUT, YOU KNOW, IN THE EVENING SOMETIMES, RIGHT? BUT THEN DURING THE DAY THERE'S A CHANGE IN PLAN.
SO THERE'S ANOTHER BAND THAT GOES UP, UH, PRACTICES AFTER SCHOOLS.
UM, UH, SOME TYPE TEACHERS USE IT TO COMMUNICATE WITH KIDS THROUGH, UH, IN THEIR CLASSES.
SO, SO IT'S, IT IS A, IT'S A PART OF THE NEW WORLD.
BUT YOU KNOW, WE DO HAVE TO FIND A WAY TO NOT LET IT INTERFERE WITH INSTRUCTION.
ALL RIGHT, SO WE, UH, MENTIONED THAT BEGINNING OF TONIGHT MEETING THE POCKETS THAT WE HAVEN'T COVERED THAT, THAT THE S IIC GROUP, UH, BROUGHT FORWARD.
WE'RE GONNA BETTER WORK AND THEN BRING THEM BACK TO YOU IN THE MORE, UH, JOINT BOARD S I C MEETING.
AND WE REALLY APPRECIATE I SAID EARLIER, UH, FOR YOUR INPUT TONIGHT.
AND, UM, PLEASE LET US KNOW EITHER, YOU KNOW, VERBALLY OR UH, IN EMAIL OR WHATEVER YOU HAVE COMMENTS ABOUT THE, THE WAY THE FORMAT AT THE MEETING WAS TONIGHT, POSITIVE OR NEGATIVE.
ALSO, PLEASE DON'T FORGET, WE HAVE LOTS OF FOOD IN BACK.
AND ONE LAST THING WE ALL NEED TO SAY, HAPPY BIRTHDAY DR.
THANKS LOT AND ENJOY YOUR EVENING.