Jul 13, 2021 Goochland County Public Schools - School Board Meeting 7/13/21

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>>> GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO THE 5:30 NEATING OF THE GOOCHLAND COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD.

THIS IS OUR POLICY SESSION. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME AND EXPERTISE OVER THERE.

WE ARE GOING TO BEGIN WITH POLICY UPDATES, FIRST READING, AND FOR OUR CITIZENS WHO HAD QUESTIONS THAT I RECEIVED REGARDING HIGHWAY WE DO POLICIES, RIGHT NOW POLICIES ARE PRESENTED AT FIRST READING AT 1 MONTH'S MEETING AND THE NEXT MEETING IS WHEN WE DO A SECOND READING AND APPROVAL SO DURING THAT TIME, YOU HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO COMMUNICATE WITH YOUR BOARD MEMBERS OR ANY BOARD MEMBER. WE ALSO CONTINUE TO LOOK AT THEM AND THEN AT THE NEXT MEETING WE APPROVE THEM. YOU WILL SEE TONIGHT THAT WE ARE GOING TO BE VOTING ON A POLICY COMMITTEE, WHICH WILL HELP. IT WON'T CHANGE THE DEPTH IN WHICH WE REVIEW THESE POLICIES AND THERE WILL BE TIME FOR CITIZENS TO MAKE COMMENTS.

THANK YOU FOR ALL WHO ARE HERE TO ENJOY THIS PART OF THE MEETING FOR US.

I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO MS. EAST. >> HELLO, LONG TIME NO SEE WE WILL START WITH JFCL AND JL AND PRESENT THOSE TWO TOGETHER, NONSUBSTANTIVE CHANGES, MERELY

CROSS. >> I HAVE A QUESTION ANT JFCL. IT SAYS THIS IS SHARED WITH OUR

STUDENTS, HOW IS THAT SHARED? >> IT'S ON OUR WEBSITE. THE STUDENT AND THE PARENT HANDBOOK. THE E-MAIL I SENT YOU HAS THE LINK TO IT SO YOU CAN GO RIGHT

TOO IT. >> THANK YOU. SO CITIZENS AND STUDENTS AND ADULTS KNOW THAT THAT WOULD BE -- THAT'S A VERY COMPREHENSIVE SITE ANYWAY SO THEY'RE GOING TO GO THERE FOR OTHER INFORMATION AND THIS WILL BE UPDATED, THIS INFORMATION IS

UPDATED THERE? >> YES. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

BOARD MEMBERS, ANY COMMENTS ON EITHER JFCL OR JL? >> MADAM CHAIR.

I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE JFCL AROUND JL TONIGHT ON FIRST READ >> I SECOND.

>> ALL RIGHT, ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. >> AYE.

>> OKAY, APPROVED. THANK YOU FOR TAKING THEM IN SMALLER CHUNKS SO YOU DON'T LOSE

THE CHAIR. >> THAT BEING SAID, WE'RE GOING TO DO A BUNCH TOGETHER.

>> OH, NO. [LAUGHTER] >> ARE YOU READY? YOU WILL SEE ALL THE POLICIES IN WHITE BEFORE THAT LAST GRAY ONE, IT'S JAB/IIBEA AND ITS SISTER AND IIBEA/JAB AND ITS SISTER. GAB-R/IIBEA-R AND ITS SR. AND IIBEA-R/GAB-R.

>> AGAIN, FOR OUR. FOR OUR AUDIENCE, NEXT TO THAT THERE ARE EXPLANATIONS AND IT EXPLAIN WHAT IS EACH POLICY IS AND WE LOOK AT QUESTIONS AND GRAMMAR FOR CLARIFICATION BEFORE

WE APPROVE SO, AGAIN, MS. EAST, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> SURE THING.

SO THE FIRST TWO ARE POLICY REVISIONS. THE POLICY AND THE CROSS REFERENCES WERE UPDATED, REVISION INCLUDES EXPLICIT DIRECTION TO REVIEW THE TECHNOLOGY USE GUIDELINES EVERY 2 YEARS. THAT WOULD BE THE FIRST TWO.

THE REST ARE NONSUBSTANTIVE. >> OKAY. >> MADAM CHAIR, I HAVE A

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QUESTION. >> YES, MA'AM. >> ON THE GAB THEY LEFT OUT WHETHER OR NOT THE BOARD APPROVES IT. THEY TOOK THAT OUT, IS THERE A

REASON BEHIND THAT? >> I DON'T KNOW WHY. I LOOKED UP THE CODE AND APPROVES IS IN THE LANGUAGE SO I'M GOING TO TALK TO ELIZABETH EWING ABOUT IT.

I CAN LET YOU KNOW BEFORE SECOND READING. >> OKAY.

I DON'T SEE THE NECESSITY OF TAKING IT OUT IF YOU'RE COMING TO US AND ASKING US TO APPROVE

IT. >> RIGHT. >> THAT WAS ONE OF MY QUESTIONS AS WELL SO I AGREE THAT OUR POLICY, WE ARE APPROVING THEM SO THAT LANGUAGE SHOULD BE IN THERE

AND CERTAINLY THE POLICY PROCESS IS A BSPA POLICY PROCESS. >> MY GUESS IS THAT IT'S A MISTAKE ON THEIR PART BUT I DON'T KNOW. I WOULD HAVE TO ASK ELIZABETH.

>> SO AS WE LOOK AT APPROVING THIS ON FIRST READ TONIGHT, WHAT WOULD YOU SUGGEST THAT WE DO? BECAUSE WE DON'T APPROVE OF THIS CHANGE, HOWEVER, THIS IS AN IMPORTANT POLICY TO HAVE IN

PLACE FOR SCHOOL. >> IF YOU MOVE FORWARD WITH THE APPROVES, WE CAN DO THAT BUT WE HAVE TO TAKE I HAVE A THE COPYRIGHT BUT I CAN ASK ELIZABETH AND WE CAN ADD THE

COPYRIGHT BACK ON IF IT WAS A MISTAKE. >> BOARD MEMBERS?

>> THAT WOULD BE MY PREFERENCE. >> MINE AS WELL. >> APPROVE IT WITH THE CHANGES?

>> PUTTING WITH SCHOOL BOARD APPROVAL BACK ON, APPROVING IT ON FIRST READING, HEARING BSPA'S THOUGHT PATTERN BEHIND THIS AND THEN POTENTIALLY MODIFYING IT BEFORE SECOND.

>> TAKING OFF THEIR APPROVAL OR WHATEVER. >> SHE SAYS OOO, GO AHAD HAD AND ADD IT ON THERE, YOU DON'T HAVE TO TAKE THE COPYRIGHT OFF, WE'LL FIX IT

>> YEAH, I'M NOT SURE THAT I WOULD GO WITH THEIR COPYRIGHT VERSION.

I WOULD RATHER KEEP THE WORDS THERE REGARDLESS, BUT. >> EXACTLY.

>> SO YOU WANT THE LAST PARAGRAPH TO SAY THE SCHOOL BOARD APPROVES AND AMENDS IF POLICY, THE WORD APPROVE NEEDS TO BE IN THE POLICY. .

>> EXACTLY. >> SO WHEN WE MAKE THIS MOTION WE WILL SAY APPROVE AS AMENDED.

>> YES, MA'AM. >> SO THAT TAKES CARE OF THE FIRST TWO AND THEN YOU ALSO HAVE

THE TECHNOLOGY USE GUIDELINES IN THIS BLOCK, CORRECT? >> YES.

>> ALL RIGHT. ANY QUESTIONS? I BELIEVE THAT YOU RESPONDED TO THE QUESTIONS I SENT YOU ON SOME VERBS IN THIS POLICY, BY I ALSO HAD I ALSO HADU I ALSO HADT I ALSO HAD QUESTIONS ABOUT WE HAVE USED A LOT OF OTHER TECHNOLOGY THIS YEAR. DO YOU KNOW IF THERE WILL BE

OTHER TECHNOLOGY ADDED HERE? >> THAT WOOLED DEFINITELY HAVE TO BE AULD DEFINITELY HAVE TO

BE A CONVERSATION I HAVE WITH MR. C AND PETER MARTIN. >> ALL RIGHT.

I FEEL LIKE WE DID DEFINITELY USE TECHNOLOGY THAT MAY NOT BE INCLUDED IN HERE AND THEN YOU LOOK AT NETWORK ETIQUETTE. I AM SURE THAT THERE WERE SOME AMAZING LESSONS LEARNED THIS YEAR ABOUT ETIQUETTE AND SECURITY THAT WE COULD PROBABLY ADD.

DO YOU HAVE ANY THOUGHTS ON THAT? >> I THINK YOUR QUESTION, MS. HORN, IT SAYS THE TERM COMPUTER SYSTEM INCLUDES BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO, SO IT'S WRITTEN IN A WAY THAT AS WE KNOW TECHNOLOGY WILL EVOLVE AND CHANGE OVER TIME.

THAT'S ONE OF THE CONVERSATIONS THE BOARD HAS HAD IN THE PAST. WE WANT TO BE CAREFUL NOT TO BE LANGUAGE IN THERE THAT COULD BE OUTDATED SO I THINK INCLUDES BUT NOT LIMITED TO GIVES US THAT

FREEDOM. >> AND ALSO REFERS TO YOU AS ADDING TO IT AS NECESSARY.

>> OKAY. SOUNDS GREAT. APPRECIATE THAT.

I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE INFORMING PEOPLE AS THEY USE OUR DEVICES OF ALL OF OUR NORMS AND EXPECTED BEHAVIORS. SO I THINK THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO BE THAT TRANSPARENT WITH THOSE. I WOULD IMAGINE ALSO PER GRADE LEVEL TEACHERS PRESENT ON THAT CHILD'S GRADE LEVEL LANGUAGE AND SPECIFIC, FOR EXAMPLE, THE APPLICATIONS THEY USE, SEESAW,

THAT WOULD BE A TEACHER STUDENT CONVERSATION THAT'S HELD. >> SURE, YEAH.

THE USE OF TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENTALLY APPROPRIATE AND WE USE THE TERMINOLOGY THAT'S

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RELEVANT FOR THE GRADE LEVEL. >> THAT POLICY AS WELL HAS APPROVE REMOVED.

>> ON WHAT NUMBER MRS. BAREFOOT-REID. >> IIBEA/GAB AT THE BOTTOM.

>> THAT'S THE SISTER POLICY. >> SO THEY GO HAND IN HAND? >> YES.

>> OKAY. >> WE'RE ON THE REGULATION FOR GAB.

OKAY, ANY OTHER COMMENTS? AWESOME. SO DID WE DO R-2? DID YOU INTRODUCE R2 YET? > 2? DID YOU INTRODUCE R2 YET?

>> R2 IS INCLUDED. MAKING SURE WE RESPOND TO ALL FORMS OF TECHNOLOGY AND YOU RESPONDED TO THAT. I DID SEE THE CROSS REFERENCE PAGE TWO.

WERE YOU ABLE TOO CHANGE THAT TIGHTING OF CHANGE THAT TIGHTITLE OF IIBEA/GAB?

THE ACCEPTABLE USE POLICY? >> YEAH, I DID. >> OKAY YOU GOT IT.

VERY GOOD. THANK YOU SO MUCH. IT WAS THE FIRST ONE THAT WAS WRONG. SHE'S GOT IT RIGHT NOW. AWESOME.

THANK YOU. AND DID YOU ALSO INTRODUCE IIBEA-P?

>> YES. >> OKAY, THIS ONE IS ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT LOAN POLICY.

BOARD MEMBERS, ANY COMMENTS ON THIS POLICY? I BELIEVE THE CHANGES WERE LIKE WILL BE TO IS AND JUST SOME VERB CHANGES. NO ADDITIONAL REFERENCES ARE HERE. THERE ARE NO LEGAL REFERENCES ON THIS ONE.

THE P REPRESENTS WHAT? >> IT USED TO BE E FOR EXHIBIT. THIS ONE IS OURS.

I THINK IT WAS CREATED BEFORE I WAS DOING POLICY SO I'M NOT REALLY SURE WHAT THE P IS.

THE ONLY THING I CAN THINK OF IS THAT IT MEANS POLICY, BUT I'M NOT SURE.

>> THAT'S WHAT I'M THINKING. WE HAVE REGULATIONS, WE HAVE POLICIES BUT EVERYTHING IS A

POLICY. PRACTICE? >> IS THERE ANOTHER IIBEA OF

SOME FORM? >> NO, NOT A STANDALONE. >> INTERESTING.

>> SO STRIKE THE P. >> THERE ARE BOARD MEMBERS, THERE IS IIBEA/GAB SO MY GUESS IS THEY WERE LOOKING FOR A NAMING STRUCTURE AND IT WAS JUST A NAMING STRUCTURE THAT THEY USED BECAUSE THERE WAS ALSO THAT ROOT, THERE WERE R AND R2 SO THEY ADDED A P BECAUSE THERE

WERE SO MANY LAYERS OF IIBEA. >> OKAY, MAKES SENSE. >> WHICH MAKES SENSE BECAUSE TECHNOLOGY IS VERY COMPLICATED SO THESE ARE ALL RELATED. ALL RIGHT.

GREAT. I THINK THAT COVERS THAT BLOCK. IS THAT CORRECT?

>> YES, MA'AM. >> ANY OTHER COMMENTS, BOARD MEMBERS?

IF NOT I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION. >> MADAM CHAIR, I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE GAB/IIBEA AND ITS INVERSE. GAB-R/IIBEA-R AND ITS INVERSE.

IIBEA-P EVEN THOUGH I DON'T LIKE THE P ON FIRST READING TONIGHT. >> A,, O, H, THE AMENDMENT.

>> AS AMENDED. . SECOND.

>> ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. >> AYE. ANY OPPOSED? ALL RIGHT.>ANY OPPOSED? ALL RIGHT. THA>ANY OPPOSED? ALL RIGHT. THA ANY OPPOSED? ALL RIGHT.

THAT WAS A BIG BLOCK. NOW THE BIGGIE. >> YEAH, THIS ONE, JFC WAS QUITE DIFFERENT FROM VSBA VERSIONS. THE INTENTION OF REVISIONS IS TO REFLECT MORE OF WHAT VSBA HAD IN THEIR POLICY AND LESS OF WHAT WE HAD. A LOT OF IT, THOUGH, THE LAST

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PARAGRAPH, IT'S JUST REORGANIZATION OF THE LANGUAGE. >> ON THE WEBSITE, I BELIEVE YOU MADE CHANGES AND MAYBE I JUST NEED TO REFRESH, BUT PAGE TWO, THE THIRD PARAGRAPH, THAT'S THE

MOST IMPORTANT PARAGRAPH ON THIS DOCUMENT SO IT'S SHOWING UP NOW? >> NO, MA'AM, IT DOES NOT, NOT IN THE VERSION I'M LOOKING AT BUT I BELIEVE IT WAS THE BOARD'S DESIRE TO KEEP THE THIRD PARAGRAPH ON PAGE TWO IN TACT AND MOVE IT TO THE SECTION TITLES GENERALLY.

I DON'T SEE THAT ON OUR VERSION, SO IT MAY HAVE BEEN NOT UPDATED BUT I KNOW THE BOARD'S INTENT IS

TO KEEP PARAGRAPH THREE ON PAGE TWO. >> THAT GUINNESS BEGINS ALL

PARENTS? >>>> NO, EACH STUDENT. >> THE ALL PARENTS IS INCLUDED

IN ANOTHER SECTION, I BELIEVE. >> YEAH, EACH STUDENT HAS BEEN UPDATED, IT'S JUST NOT UPDATED ON THE SITE. I DID ADD IT TO THE GENERALLY SECTION.

THE PARENTS IS KIND OF REWORDED ON PAGE THREE OF THE SECOND PARAGRAPH.

>> I REMEMBER LOOKING AND FINDING THAT. FOR THE CITIZENS, PARAGRAPH READS AS FOLLOWS. EACH STUDENT HAS A RIGHT TO EXPECT AN EDUCATIONAL ENVIRONMENT IN WHICH HE OR SHE IS STRIVE TO ACHIEVE HIS OR HER INTELLECTUAL POTENTIAL, BE DILIGENT IN HIS OR HER STUDIES AND CONDUCT HIMSELF OR HERSELF IN SUCH A WAY THAT THE RIGHTS AND PRIVILEGES OF OTHERS ARE NOT VIOLATED. THE STUDENT IS EXPECTED TO ACCEPT AND DEMONSTRATE THE OBLIGATION OF GOOD CITIZENSHIP TO HELP PREVENT PROBLEMS FROM HAPPENING AND HELP SOLVE PROBLEMS IF THEY OCCUR. THIS SPEAKS TO RESTORATIVE JUSTICE, OUR STANDARDS ON SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL LEARNING WHERE WE WANT STUDENTS TO LEARN TO HANDLE THEIR BEHAVIORS AND THEIR RESPONSES TO BEHAVIORS AND CERTAINLY ONE OF OUR MAJOR REASONS WE HAVE PUBLIC SCHOOL IS TO HELP DEVELOP GOOD CITIZENS SO THIS PARAGRAPH IS VERY IMPORTANT TO ME. THE SUGGESTION FROM THE ADMINISTRATORS, MS. EAST, WAS TO

PUT IT UNDER THE SECTION GENERALLY. >> IT NOW APPEARS ON YOUR SITE.

>> I'M GOING TO HIT REFRESH. >> MAGICAL. >> I WILL BE VERY EXCITED TO SEE THAT. REFRESH. I'M STILL NOT SEEING IT.

>> MINE IS NOT REFRESHING BUT I BELIEVE YOU. >> IT'S HERE.

>> WE'RE INCLUDING IT, HOW DOES THAT FLOW? SO WE TALK ABOUT STUDENT CONDUCT AND THEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE STUDENT, SO EACH STUDENT HAS THE RIGHT AND THEN WE MOVE INTO THE REGULATION, SO THAT SEEMS TO FLOW NICELY. BOARD MEMBERS, ANY THOUGHTS ON THAT AMENDMENT? IS THAT AN AMENDMENT OR REVISION?

>> IT'S BEING PRESENTED, I THINK, IF THE BOARD IS SATISFIED WITH WHAT YOU SEE ON THE SCREEN,

YOU CAN MAKE THE MOTION WITH WHAT YOU SEE ON THE SCREEN? >> AS READVISED?

>> AS PRESENTED AS IT'S NOW PART OF THE PUBLIC PACKET. >> FANTASTIC.

ALL RIGHT. AGAIN RES THIS IS A VERY, VERY IMPORTANT DOCUMENT AND JFC HAS AN REG, JFC-R WHICH WE WILL BE LOOKING AT IN SECOND READ THIS EVENING, SO VERY IMPORTANT POLICIES. THERE ARE A LOT OF STRIKETHROUGHS.

CAN YOU EXPLAIN TO US WHY THE INLAWFUL ACT HAVES THE STRIKETHROUGH?

>> SURE, THIS LANGUAGE IS DIRECTLY RELATED TO CODE BUT IT'S NOT LISTED IN THIS WAY.

A LOT OF TIMES, CODE WILL CHANGE AND BECAUSE THIS IS NOT, IF YOU CAN SEE, THERE'S NO COPYRIGHT ON THIS SO IN THE A VSPA REVISION. WE WOULDN'T GET THOSE REVISIONS THROUGH VSPA.

WE WOULD HAVE TO LOOK THROUGH POLICIES ALL THE TIME, WHICH WE DO, BUT NOT ALWAYS AT THIS

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CHANGES OR NOT. >> EXCELLENT. SO WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IS THIS INFORMATION IS STILL THERE AS A LEGAL REFERENCE AND IN ORDER TO KEEP THIS POLICY FRESH, ACCURATE, AND PRESENTING THE CORRECT INFORMATION TO OUR STUDENTS AND FAMILIES, THE LEGAL

REFERENCE WOULD BE THEIR GUIDE IF THERE WAS A QUESTION? >> YES, AND ALSO WITH THE CROSS REFERENCE JFCR, STANDARDS OF STUDENT CONDUCT, A LOT OF THAT LANGUAGE IS HERE AS WELL

>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT EXPLANATION. I APPRECIATE THAT.

ALL RIGHT. SO THAT'S JFC. ARE WE GOING TO -- BY ITSELF? ALL RIGHT. IF THERE ARE NO OTHER QUESTIONS, I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION ON

FIRST READING OF JFC. >> MADAM CHAIR, I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE POLICY JFC ON FIRST

READING TONIGHT AND THEN ONCE WE'RE DONE I HAVE A COMMENT. >> OKAY.

>> SECOND. >> ALL RIGHT. I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.

>> YES, MA'AM, THANK YOU. FIRST OFF, THIS IS A HUGE AMOUNT OF REVISION AND IT TAKES SOME TIME TO WRAP YOUR HEAD AROUND BUT I THINK WHAT YOU'VE DONE IS A GOOD THING FOR SOME OF THE REASONS THAT MRS. HORN BROUGHT UP EARLIER, WHICH IS CREATING SOMETHING THAT DOESN'T NEED TO BE TOUCHED NECESSARILY EVERY YEAR, EVERY 6 MONTHS OR WHATEVER THE CASE MAY BE, BY I THINK IT STILL PRESERVES ALL THE INTENT OF THE POLICY AND GIVES US THE TOOLS NECESSARY TO GET THAT DONE. ALTHOUGH IT'S DRAMATICALLY DIFFERENT THAN IT WAS HERE BEFORE AND I CAN RECALL PAINFUL HOURS OF CREATING WHAT WAS HERE BEFORE, I DO THINK THIS IS STILL

ACCOMPLISHING WHAT WE'RE AFTER. >> AND THE POINT IS WE WANT TO COMMUNICATE TO FAMILIES AND STUDENTS AND PROVIDE A WORKING DOCUMENT FOR ADMINISTRATION AND TEACHERS WHO ARE SUPPORTING STUDENTS AND THEIR BEHAVIOR AND CONDUCT, AND OUR SAFE, WELCOMING, AND INCLUSIVE ENVIRONMENT IS BASED ON THE INDIVIDUAL STUDENTS IN THE BUILDING IN THAT COMMUNITY.

IT'S AN IMPORTANT POLICY AND I APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT WAS DONE TO IMPROVE IT.

>> THANK YOU. >> SO WE HAVE A MOTION. WE HAD A SECOND.

WE HAD SOME ADDITIONAL COMMENTS. ARE WE READY TO VOTE? >> YES, MA'AM.

>> ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF APPROVING JFC AT FIRST READ, PLEASE RESPOND WITH AYE.

>> AYE. >> ANY OPPOSED? ALL RIGHT.

>> ALL RIGHT. AND OUR LAST ONE OF THE EVENING, JHH.

THIS POLICY IS READVISED TO INDICATE THAT THE SUPERINTENDENT IS RESPONSIBLE FOR DEVELOPING

PROCEDURES IN ACCORDANCE TO BOARD OF EDUCATION GUIDELINES. >> TALK ABOUT GUIDELINES THAT ARE CONSTANTLY CHANGING, CERTAINLY THIS IS A VERY CHALLENGING TOPIC I WOULD

IMAGINE DR. RALEY. >> YEAH, BOARD MEMBERS, WE'RE VERY PROUD OF THE WORK WE HAVE DONE TO SUPPORT STUDENTS. THIS COMMUNITY HAS SPORTED ADDITIONAL STAFF FOR US TO MEET THE NEEDS OF STUDENTS RELATED TO THEIR MENTAL HEALTH AND DR. JENNIFER WAGNER LEADS OUR MENTAL HEALTH TEAM TO SUPPORT STUDENTS AND I HAVE CONFIRMED WITH DR. WAGNER THAT THE PROCEDURES AS REFERENCED IN THIS REVISION HAVE FULLY COMMUNICATED TO ALL OUR STAFF SO THESE ARE VERY SENSITIVE CONVERSATIONS AND UNFORTUNATELY WE LOST ONE OF OUR FAMILY MEMBERS THIS YEAR AND SO IT'S CERTAINLY NEAR AND DEAR TO OUR HEART AND WE WANT TO DO EVERYTHING IN OUR POWER TO

PREVENT A TRAGEDY LIKE THAT IN THE FUTURE. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH.

APPRECIATE IT AND I APPRECIATE THE RECOGNITION OF OUR STUDENT AND THEIR FAMILY AS WELL.

>> YES, MA'AM. >> SO THIS CODE PROVIDES FOR EVER CHANGING SPECIFIC LANGUAGE

AND SUPPORT THAT'S AVAILABLE AS WELL, CORRECT? >> YES.

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>> OKAY, THANK YOU. >> ALL RIGHT, ANY COMMENTS ON THIS POLICY? ANY QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT. I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION IF

WE'RE READY. >> I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE POLICY JHH AS PRESENTED ON FIRST READ

TONIGHT. >> I SECOND. >> ALL RIGHT.

I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS? >> NOT THIS TIME.

>> ALL RIGHT. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR RESPOND WITH AYE.

>> AYE. >> OPPOSED? ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. >> THAT WAS A GREAT SET OF POLICIES. VERY, VERY IMPORTANT POLICIES TO OUR LEARNING COMMUNITY.

NOW, WE ARE, LOOK AT THAT, RIGHT ON TIME. MR. NEWMAN, OUR VICE CHAIR, WILL

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YOU PLEASE TAKE US INTO CLOSED SESSION? >> YES, MADAM CHAIR.

I MOVE THAT THE GOOCHLAND COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD CONVENE A CLOSED MEETING UNDER THE VIRGINIA FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT IN ORDER TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER TWO RELIGIOUS EXEMPTIONS AND PERSONNEL MATTERS INVOLVING THE ASSIGNMENT, APPOINTMENT, PROMOTION, PERFORMANCE, DEMOTION, SALARY, DISCIPLINE OR RESIGNATION OF EMPLOYEES OF GOOCHLAND COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS UNDER VIRGINIA CODE 2.2-372.2-37S2.2-37E2 2.2-3711(A)(1).

>> I HAVE A MOTION, IS THERE A SECOND? >> I WILL SECOND THAT.

>> ALL RIGHT. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? >> AYE.

>> ALL RIGHT. I THINK THAT'S EVERYONE. AND SO WE WILL BE GOING INTO CLOSED MEETING AND WE WILL RETURN APPROXIMATELY 6:30 P.M. AND LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU ALL STILL HERE.

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>>> GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. I'M GLAD WE HAD A FEW MINUTES TO SAY HELLO TO ONE ANOTHER.

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[5. CERTIFICATION]

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EACH BOARD MEMBER CALLS I SO CERTIFIED WHEN CALLED.

WE WILL HAVE A MOMENT OF SILENCE FOLLOWED BY THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.

IF YOU WILL JOIN ME IN A MOMENT OF SILENCE.

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[7. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE]

THIS IS THE FIRST REGULAR SCHOOL BOARD MEETING OF THE 21-22 SCHOOL YEAR.

[8. ADDITIONS/AMENDMENTS/ADOPTION]

AS OUR COUNTRY'S BETH ATHLETES PREPARE TO LEAVE FOR THE OLYMPIC NAMES IN JAPAN, I'M REMINDED OF SPANNING THE GLOVE TO BRING YOU THE CONSTANT VARIETY OF SPORT, THE THRILL OF VICTORY AND THE AGONY OF DEFEAT, THE HUMAN DRAMA OF ATHLETICS. ANYBODY REMEMBER THAT?

>> I DO. >> THERE ARE SO MANY AMAZING STORIES TO SHARE BUT I FOCUSED ON WILMER RUDOLPH THIS EVENING. IN 1956 AND IN 1960, WILMER RUDOLPH EXPERIENCED THEA RUDOLPH EXPERIENCED THE THRILL OF VICTORY. SHE WAS THE FIRST WOMAN TO WIN THREE TRACK AND FIELD GOLD MEDICALS. THERE ARE SOME GREAT INTERVIEWS OF HER AS SHE'S JUST A REALLY COURAGEOUS WOMAN AND, FIRST OF ALL, SHE WAS THE 20TH OF 22

SIBLINGS. DID YOU KNOW THAT? >> OH, GOSH.

>> THAT'S PRETTY AMAZING. BUT ALSO WIN OF THE THINGS THAT'S SO AMAZING ABOUT HER STORY IS THAT AS A YOUNG CHILD, SHE HAD BEEN STRICKEN WITH SCARLET FEVER, DOUBLE PNEUMONIA AND POLIO AS WELL. DOCTORS TOLD HER SHE WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO WALK.

BECAUSE OF THE DETERMINATION OF HER FAMILY AND HER MOTHER ENCOURAGING HER AND HER OWN DETERMINATION, WE KNOW THAT SHE PROVED THE DOCTORS WRONG. SO WHAT AN ENCOURAGING STORY.

THE OTHER PART OF THAT STORY I THINK THAT'S REALLY INTERESTING AND APPLIES TO US AS EDUCATORS AND AS MEMBERS OF FAMILY, AS SHE WAS RECEIVING THESE TREATMENTS, SHE WOULD HAVE TO RIDE A PUBLIC BUS AND ANY NUMBER OF HER FAMILY MEMBERS WOULD GO WITH HER AND THEY WOULD LEARN HOW TO DO THE LEG MASSAGES AND THE EXERCISES SO WHEN SHE WENT HOME, SHE HAD 20 SOMETHING PEOPLE TO HELP HER TO OVERCOME THAT WEAKNESS, SO I THINK THAT'S REALLY AN AMAZING STORY.

WHEN SHE TALKS ABOUT HER RACES, SHE SAID BECAUSE SHE WAS 6-FEET TALL, SHE WAS THE SLOWEST PERSON TO GET OUT OF THE BLOCKS SO SHE WAS SLOW TO START, BUT WHERE SHE REALLY RECOGNIZED HER STRENGTH IS SHE WAS ABLE TO SPEED UP. SHE SAW HER GOAL. THE GOAL WAS THE PERSON OUT IN FRONT. SHE WAS ABLE TO RUN FASTER AND FASTER AND FASTER TO ACHIEVE HER

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NEVER UNDER ESTIMATE THE POUR OF DREAMS AND THE INFLUENCEWUR OF DREAMS ANDEUR OF DREAMS AND THE INFLUENCE OF THE HUMAN SPIRIT. WE ARE ALL THE SAME IN THIS MOTION. THE POTENTIAL FOR GREATNESS LIVES IN EACH OF US.

I'M OPTIMISTIC THAT THE 21-22 SCHOOL YEAR WILL BE THRILLED WITH OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE THRILL OF VICTORY. STUDENTS AND ADULTS OVERCOMING WHATEVER ODDS ARE IN THEIR PAST AND GOLD MEDAL WINNING HUMAN PERFORMANCES OF CARE, COMPASSION, COMMON SENSE AND COURAGE AS WE WORK TO RECOGNIZE THE MANY VICES OF OUR COMMUNITY WHILE FINDING SOLUTIONS THAT BESTOICES OF OUR COMMUNITY WHILE FINDING SOLUTIONS THAT BEST SERVE OUR COMMUNITY.

I CHALLENGE EVERYONE TO MAXIMIZE YOUR POTENTIAL. GOOCHLAND SCHOOLS ARE RICH LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS FOR ALL AND ALL MEANS ALL. GO TEAM GOOCHLAND AND GO TEAM USA. TONIGHT WE'RE GOING TO BEGIN OUR RECOGNITIONS WITH SOME OF GOOCHLAND'S FINEST ATHLETES SO I'M GOING TO TURN THIS OVER TO DR. RALEY.

>> MADAM CHAIR? >> YES. >> WE NEED TO APPROVE OUR

AGENDA. >> YOU ARE RIGHT. SO I WAS EXCITED ABOUT WILMA RUDOLPH. ALL RIGHT, WE HAVE AN AGENDA AND I WANT TO KNOW IF THERE ARE ANY

ADDITIONS, AMENDMENTS, OR A MOTION TO ACCEPT THIS AGENDA? >> I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THE

PROPOSED AGENDA AS PRESENTED. >> THANK YOU. >> SECOND.

>> ALL RIGHT, I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND AND I WROTE A NOTE TO MYSELF AND WENT RIGHT OVER THAT NOTE. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE THE AGENDA AS PRESENTED.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. >> AYE. >> ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU. NOW, DR. RALEY? >> THANK YOU, MS. HORN AND AS

[9. RECOGNITIONS]

THAT'S AN ACCOMPLISHMENT AND WE'RE VERY, VERY PROUD OF CCHAS SO LET'S GIVE HIM A ROUND OF APPLAUSE. WE ALSO HAVE ANOTHER STATE CHAMPION, CHRIS WHITE, AND I'M GOING TO ASK HIS COACH TO COME AND TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT CHRIS.

>> GOOD EVENING -- [INAUDIBLE] CHRIS WITH AN IS MULTISPORT ATHLETE -- [INAUDIBLE]WHITE AN ATHLETE -- [INAUDIBLE]. THE NEXT EVENT WAS THE 300 HURDLES.

OUT OF THE GATE HE TOOK OFF AGGRESSIVELY AND ROUNDED THE FRONT STRETCH AND TOOK A COMMANDING LEAD TO THE FINISH LINE, MAKING HIM A STATE CHAMPION.

HE WAS NOT DONE YET, THOUSAND. HE WENT ONTO WIN THE 200-METER DASH [INAUDIBLE].

HE WENT ONTO WIN THE 200-METER DASH [INAUDIBLE]O. HE WENT ONTO WIN THE 200-METER DASH [INAUDIBLE]UG. HE WENT ONTO WIN THE 200-METER DASH [INAUDIBLE]H.

HE WENT ONTO WIN THE 200-METER DASH [INAUDIBLE]. I WANT TO CONGRATULATE CHRIS

WHITE. [APPLAUSE] >> GO BULLDOGS.

CHRIS, WE'RE REALLY PROUD OF YOU. I HAD THE PRESSURE OF WATCHING YOU ON THE FOOTBALL FIELD AND SEEN YOU PERFORM THERE FOR MANY YEARS AND YOU'RE AAL ENED YOUNG MAN. WISH YOU NOTHING BUT THE BEST IN YOUR FUTURE, CONGRATULATIONS.WIN YOUR FUTURE, CONGRATULATIONS.MA. WISH YOU NOTHING BUT THE BEST IN YOUR FUTURE, CONGRATULATIONS.

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ALL RIGHT, DR. RALEY, WE HAVE ANNOUNCEMENTS AND REMINDERS. >> THANK YOU, MS. HORN.

6 WEEKS FROM NOW, THIS WILL BE THE SECOND DAY OF SCHOOL IN THE 2022 SCHOOL YEAR.

WE ARE MAKING A LOT OF PREPARATIONS TO GET READY FOR THAT.

A LOT OF THINGS WILL HAPPEN BETWEEN NOW AND THEN. WE WELCOME OUR NEW TEACHERS BACK ON AUGUST 10TH SO THAT WILL BE A BUSY DAY FOR US ALL, DO TRAINING WITH THEM OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. WE WILL WELCOME ALL OUR EMPLOYEES BACK AND KICK OFF THE BEST YEAR EVER ON AUGUST 16TH IN THE GOOCHLAND HIGH SCHOOL AUDITORIUM.

WE WERE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT HAVING OUR STUDENTS AND FAMILIES WALK BACK IN OUR DOORS AND WELCOME THEM TO BACK TO SCHOOL NIGHT ON AUGUST 19TH. IT'S GOING TO BE GREAT TO SEE OUR COMMUNITY IN ONE PLACE AGAIN, HAVING OUR STUDENTS AND STAFF AND FAMILIES ALL PHYSICALLY PRESENT. WE'RE JUST REALLY EXCITED ABOUT WELCOMING EVERYBODY BACK AGAIN TO THE EXCITING SCHOOL YEAR. KINDERGARTEN ORIENTATION WILL TAKE PLACE THAT SAME DAY.

WE'LL HAVE OUR 9TH AND 10TH GRADERS FOR ORIENTATION ON THE 10TH AND THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL OF THE BEST YEAR EVER WILL BE AUG AUGUST 23RD.

WE'RE REALLY EXCITED TO AN AMAZING SCHOOL YEAR. >> I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THE EAGLE EVOLUTION. LIKE THE HIGH SCHOOL WHERE BOTH 9TH AND 10TH GRADERS COULD BE WEBING THROUGH THE DOORS A @ SAME TIME, WILL EAGLE EVOLUTION HAVE SOMETHING FOR THE 6TH AND

7 7TH GRADERS? >> YES, MA'AM.

>> THAT'S EXCITING. I KNOW EVERYBODY WILL BE HAPPY TO SEE THEM WALK THROUGH THOSE DOORS. ALL RIGHT. WE'RE AT THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD. AS WE PREPARE FOR THE PUBLIC COMMENT PORTION OF OUR MEETING, THE SCHOOL BOARD WELCOMES THE PERSPECTIVES OF OUR COMMUNITY. AS A COMMUNITY, I WOULD LIKE TOO

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AS WE OPEN PUBLIC COMMENT TONIGHT, WE ASK THAT YOU SUPPORT OUR BOARD'S GOAL IN OUR STRATEGIC PLAN THAT FOCUSES ON OUR ENTIRE TO CREATE AN ENGAGING AND RESPONSIVE EXPERIENCE WHERE EVERYONE FEELS INFORMED, INCLUDED, VALUED AND EMPOWERED. AS PARENTS, STUDENTS, EMPLOYEES AND COMMUNITY LEADERS, WE'RE AIL SETTING A LEVEL OF EXPECTATION IN GOOCHLAND COUNTY AND IN OUR SCHOOLS. SO THANK YOU. MS. BENNETT, DO WE HAVE ANYONE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK THIS EVENING? THANK YOU VERY MUCH. A, I RECOGNIZE THIS FINE GENTLEMAN. MR. VN FLEMMING PLEASE COME FORWARD.

WELCOME, SIR. >> GOOD EVENING. [INAUDIBLE] I JUST HAVE A FEW COMMENTS. I'M A PROUD PARENT OF STUDENTS IN THE GOOCHLAND COUNTY SCHOOL SYSTEM. I CAN'T THINK OF A BETTER SCHOOL DISTRICT I WANT THEM TO BE PART OF SO I'M HAPPY FOR ALL THE WORK YOU HAVE BEEN DOING. I DO WANT TO EMPHASIZE THE IMPORTANCE OF TEACHER AND ADMINISTRATION DIVERSITY. AS A PARENT OF BLACK CHILDREN, IT'S IMPORTANT THAT THEY SEE TEACHERS AND PEOPLE IN THE HEAD OFFICE WHO LOOK LIKE THEM.

I KNOW IT'S BEEN DISCUSSED AND WORKED ON AND I WOULD CHALLENGE YOU TO CONTINUE TO WORK ON THAT GOAL IN ORDER FOR CHILDREN TO SEE THOSE WHO LOOK LIKE THEM TO MAKE THEME REALIZE THEY CAN ACHIEVE REALIZE THEY CAN ACHIEVE HIGHER. ALSO I WANT TO COMMEND YOU ON THE TEACHING OF AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY IN THE CLASSROOM. WHEN I WAS IN SCHOOL, WE WERE TAUGHT COWBOYS AND INDIANS AND THE COWBOYS WERE THE GOOD GUYS AND THE NATIVE AMERICANS WERE THE BAD GIETHS AND THE CIVIL WAR WAS ABOUT STATE RIGHTS, NOT ABOUT SLAVERY.

IT'S NOT ABOUT THE REVISION OF HISTORY, IT'S ABOUT THE TRUTH OF HISTORY SO I WOULD ENCOURAGE THE SCHOOL DISTRICT TO DRIVE FORTH TRUTHFUL HISTORY TO ENSURE THAT OUR CHILDREN UNDERSTAND THE

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>> THANK YOU, SIR. ANYONE ELSE THAT WISHES TO SPEAK THAT DID NOT SIGN UP? ALL RIGHT. BACK ROW. I SAW THAT HAND COME UP.

YOU CAME EARLY, TOO. >> MY NAME IS PATRICK JACKSON. I HAVE A [INAUDIBLE] WHO ATTENDS GOOCHLAND COUNTY SCHOOLS. FIRST AND FOREMOST, WHAT HE WAS TALKING ABOUT DOESN'T SOUND LIKE ANYTHING I WANT MY KIDS TO LEARN ABOUT IN ANY WAY SHAPE OR FASHION.

I DON'T WANT PEOPLE LOOKING AT EVERYBODY ELSE DIFFERENTLY. I WANT THEM TO JUDGE CHARACTER, NOT HAVE TO SEE PEOPLE AS THOUGH THEY'RE NOT -- [INAUDIBLE] FOR EXAMPLE -- I'M SORRY.

TALKING ABOUT RACE AS THOUGH IT'S SOME SORT OF BLACK OR WHITE SCENARIO WHERE BLACK PEOPLE ARE TREATED AS IF THEY'RE SECOND CLASS CITIZENS EVERY TIME. THAT DOESN'T REFLECT REALITY.

IT'S NOT ABOUT RACE AND GENDER OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, YOU'RE ALL PEOPLE AND INDIVIDUALS AND I DON'T WANT KIDS TO BE TAUGHT THAT. WE END UP JUST LOOKING THROUGH THE EVERYTHING WITH RACE AND GENDER AND EVERYTHING ELSE AND GET LOST IN THAT AND THEY FIGHT AMONG EACH OTHER FOR SOME PETTY ARGUMENT LIKE THAT. THE OTHER ISSUE I WOULD LIKE TO TOUCH ON A BIT MORE IS THE CODE OF VIRGINIA SECTION 22.1-23.3 WHERE THEY ALLOW TRANSGENDER BATHROOMS IN HERE. WHAT ARE Y'ALL THINKING TRYING TO PASS THAT? I MEAN, SERIOUSLY. YOU WANT TO ALLOW MEN INTO WOMEN'S RESTROOMS? WHAT ARE Y'ALL THINKING? TO THINK THAT IT'S GOING TO WORK OUT JUST FINE THAT KIDS CAN JUST -- LIKE A BOY CAN JUST RUN INTO A WOMAN'S RESTROOM OR INTO THE LOCKER ROOM WHILE THEY'RE TRYING TO HAVE PRIVACY. THAT'S IDIOTIC. I DON'T APPROVE OF IT AND I HOPE

THAT YOU STRIKE IT DOWN AS IT SHOULD BE. >> THIS IS PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD

SO WE LISTEN TO YOU AT THIS TIME. >> I UNDERSTAND.

>> I DIDN'T WANT YOU WAITING FOR A RESPONSE. >> RIGHT, I'M JUST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT IN THE WORLD Y'ALL ARE THINKING TO MAKE THAT ANY SORT OF A POLICY IN ANY WAY, SHAPE, OR FASHION. THIS IS JUST ABSOLUTELY IDIOTIC TO LET KIDS INTO -- AND WOMEN

GOING INTO A MEN'S RESTROOM. >> WE WILL BE ADDRESSING THAT THIS EVENING, SIR, SO I HOPE WE

WILL BE ABLE TO GIVE YOU THE INFORMATION YOU NEED. >> PLEASE DO.

>> THANK YOU, SIR. YES, SIR IN THE FLOWER SHIRT. >> GOOD EVENING.

MY NAME IS RUDY AND I HAVE TWO LOVELY DAUGHTERS IN THE SCHOOL SYSTEM, STELLA RUGIO, A FIFTH GRADER AND MY DAUGHTER [INDISCERNIBLE] A SECOND GRADER. I WANT TO THANK ALL OF YOU AS PUBLIC SERVANTS IT CAN BE HARD MAKING. AS PUBLIC SERVANTS IT CAN BE HARD MAAS PUBLIC SERVANTS IT CAN BE HARD MAKING TOUGH DECISIONS. I WORK IN THE PUBLIC SECTOR SO I UNDERSTAND THAT SO I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THE HARD DECISIONS YOU MAKE.

SOMETIMES YOU HAVE TO MAKE DECISIONS THAT ARE UNDERAPPRECIATED SO THINK FIRST AND FOREMOST. I'M HEAR TONIGHT BECAUSE I WANT TO, LIKE YOU, I SHARE THE GOAL OF TRYING TO MAKE THIS SCHOOL YEAR THE BEST SCHOOL YEAR FOR ALL STUDENTS AND THERE'S ONE POLICY IN PARTICULAR THAT I WOULD LIKE THE BOARD TO THINK HARD ABOUT AND IT'S THE POLICY

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I UNDERSTAND THAT THE CDC HAS GUIDELINES AND THERE MIGHT BE GUIDELINES COMING OUT OF RICHMOND, BUT I DIDN'T VOTE FOR MIN AT THE CDC AND THE PEOPLE OF RICHMOND AREN'T IN THE BUILDING RIGHT NOW SO I WOULD TALK TO YOU. I WOULD ENCOURAGE EACH OF YOU TO STITHE DOWN AND STUDY THE POLICY FOR YOURSELF AND LOOK AT THE FACTS, NOT THE RHETORIC AND POLITICS BUT THE FACT THAT IS I'M LOOKING AT, FIRST THERE ARE STUDY THAT IS CAME OUT RECENTLY THAT SHOW THAT WEARING MASKS CAN BE DETRIMENTAL TO THE HEALTH OF THE CHILDREN.

THE MASK, WHEN THEY EXHALE AND IT'S CARBON DIOXIDE, THAT CAN STAIN THE STAY IN THE MASKS AND IMPACT THE BRAIN IFTHESTAY IN TE BRAIN IF THEY INHALE THAT. ANOTHER ISSUE, I HEARD THAT THEIR ORAL DEVELOPMENT, WHEN THEY WEAR A MASK, THEY BREATHE WITH THEIR MOUTH OPEN AND THAT CAN HAVE A NEGATIVE IMPACT ON THEIR ORAL DEVELOPMENT SO THERE ARE SOME STUDIES ABOUT THAT.

THOSE ARE JUST SOME OF THE HEALTH RISKS. NOW WE HAVE TO LOOK AT DO THE RISKS OUTWEIGH THE BENEFITS, RIGHT? WHAT ARE THE BENEFITS OF CHILDREN WEARING MASKS? SO THEY TELL US THAT, WELL, IT'S GOING TO PRESENT THE SPREAD OF COVE. I THINK THAT SCIENCE SHOWS NOW THAT CHILDREN REALLY ARE NOT AT GREAT RISK OF GETTING SICK FROM COVID BECAUSE THEY HAVE GOOD IMMUNE SYSTEMS. IT SEEMS LIKE THE 2% OF PEOPLE WHO DIE FROM COVID ARE PEOPLE WHO ARE AUTOIMMUNE OR HAVE A PREEXISTING CONDITION. THOSE ARE NOT THE MAJORITY OF THE CHILDREN.

SO I'M NOT SURE THE MASK IS REALLY MEANT TO PROTECT THEM. IT MIGHT BE MEANT TO PROTECT THE 2% OF FOLKS THAT REALLY STRUGGLE WITH COVID, BUT NOW WE HAVE A VACCINE AN THOSE PEOPLE THAT ARE AT THAT HIGH RISK, THEY HAVE A LESS INTRUSIVE METHOD TO PROTECT THEMSELVES.

THEY CAN GET THE VACCINE AND KIDS CAN BE FREE TO NOT WEAR THE MASKS AND THEY CAN INSTEAD NOT HAVE THOSE HEALTH RISKS THAT I TALKED ABOUT CLOSE TO THEM. THERE'S A MOUTHFUL THROUGH BUT THIS IS JUST MY INDEPENDENT ANALYSIS THAT I HAVE DONE. AGAIN, I ENCOURAGE YOU TO DO YOUR OWN ANALYSIS AND I VOTED FOR YOU, NOT THE C D C, DIDN'T VOTE FOR MOST OF THE PEOPLE IN RICHMOND SO IF YOU DO YOUR OWN ANALYSIS, I THINK THE FACTS WILL LEAD YOU TO DO WHAT'S RIGHT FOR CHILDREN SO I DON'T THINK REQUIRING STUDENTS TO WEAR MASKS IS IN THEIR BEST INTEREST.

>> THANK YOU, SIR. ANYONE ELSE? OH.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, ANGELA. >> GOOD EVENING.

MY NAME IS CHARLOTTE WHITMIRE AND IT LOOKS LIKE Y'ALL WILL BE VOTING ON SOME OF THOSE THINGS ON THE NEXT PAGE, SO I WANTED TO SPEAK UP ABOUT THIS TRANSGENDER POLICY.

WE KNOW THERE ARE TWO SEXES, MALE AND FEMALE AND SOME PEOPLE DO GET CONFUSED ABOUT THAT AND IF THEY'RE LEFT ALONE OR GET SOME TREATMENT WHICH HAS BEEN DENIED BY THE GOVERNMENT FOR THEM TO HAVE NOW BUT IF THEY GET SOME TREATMENT, 85% OR MORE, BY THE TIME THEY'RE 18, THEY

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IT'S A COMMUNIST WAY OF DESTROYING THIS COUNTRY. IT'S HATE SPEECH AND IT NEEDS TO NOT HAVE ANY PLACE IN ANY OF OUR SCHOOLS AND THE TEACHER'S UNIONS ARE REALLY PUSHING THIS AND ARE THREATENING TO SUPPORT TEACHERS THAT WANT TO TEACH IT IN THE CLASSROOM AND I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU CAN KEEP TRACK OF THAT UNLESS YOU HAVE A PERSON TO MONITOR THE THINGY.

>> THE CURRICULUM? >> YEAH, THROUGH THE 6 HOURS OF SCHOOL THAT THEY'RE IN AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU DO WITH A TEACHER IF YOU FIND OUT THEY HAVE MADE COMMENTS TOWARDS THIS.

ALSO I OPPOSE SOMETHING ELSE HERE. ANYWAY, THAT WILL BE -- OH, I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT THE MASKS, TOO, AND I DIDN'T KNOW IF YOU MADE UP A POLICY AND TO ADD TO THE GENTLEMAN'S REMARKS, THERE WAS ALSO A TEST DONE IN FLORIDA AND THERE WERE MULTIPLE, MULTIPLE DIFFERENT BACTERIA ON THESE MASKS. I BELIEVE IT WAS GOING TO BE LEFT UP TO THE LOCALITIES TO MAKE THAT DECISION, SO I DIDN'T KNOW IF YOU HAD MADE UP YOUR

MIND ON THAT OR NOT. >> THANK YOU. APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENTS.

OH, A COUPLE MORE PEOPLE. I WILL GO HERE AND THEN COME MARGIE.

YES, SIR? >> GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. >> GOOD EVENING.

>> I'M GEE AND I LIVE AT 203 HICKORY DRIVE. I MOVED HERE FROM CHICAGO ALMOST 30 YEARS NOW. I HAVE SEEN A HUGE DIFFERENCE OVER TIME IN THOSE 30 YEARS AS TO WHAT VIRGINIA, THE DIRECTION THAT VIRGINIA HAS HEADED. I'M NOT JUST SPEAKING POLITICALLY, I'M TALKING IN MANY WAYS. IT DIDN'T HAPPEN OVERNIGHT.

IT TOOK YEARS, IT TOOK DECADES. IF YOU HAVE EVER HEARD OF THE FROG IN THE WATER SYNDROME, YOU MIGHT KNOW WHAT I'M ABOUT TO SAY. IF YOU PUT A FROG IN A POT AND YOU TURN UP THAT HEAT SLOWLY, THAT FROG DOESN'T HAVE ANY SENSE ENOUGH TO GET OUT OF THE POT.

IT STAYS IN THERE AND WHAT HAPPENS? IT BOILS TO DEATH.

I WANT TO SAY MANY OF US BIBLE BELIEVING CHRISTIANS AS MYSELF WERE JUST LIKE THAT FROG.

WE DIDN'T REALIZE WHAT ELSE HAPPENING OVER TIME AND SUDDENLY WE SAY WHAT'S GOING ON? I CERTAINLY HOPE THAT GOOCHLAND PUBLIC SCHOOLS WILL CONTINUE TO TEACH HISTORY, THE HISTORICAL FACTS AS THEY WERE GIVEN TO US. ON THE SIDE, I DO VOLUNTEER, I HAVE BEEN DOING THIS FOR 2 YEARS. AMERICAN HERITAGE HISTORY. I DON'T BRAG ABOUT THAT.

MY WHOLE LIFE OF CAREER WAS INSURANCE CLAIMS. I AM LEARNING SO MANY FACTS ABOUT HISTORY HERE IN VIRGINIA IN PARTICULAR. I'M HERE TO SAY THAT WE STARTED OUT WITH CHRISTIAN FUNDAMENTALS. IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT WE SHOULD TURN INTO CHRISTIANS, BUT IT DOES MEAN THAT WE SHOULD NOT BE SILENCED. IN FACT, I WILL BORROW A PHRASE FROM A DR. IRWIN LUTZER, THE PAT TOR EMERITUS MOODY BIBLE CHURCH IN CHICAGO CALLED WE WILL NOTCHL NOIN CHICAGO CEMERITUS MOODY BI CHICAGO CALLEDCHURCH IN CHICAGOL NOT BE SILENCED.

HIS BOOK BROUGHT UP FACTS THAT I HAD NO IDEA OR MAYBE A LITTLE INCLINATION ABOUT WHAT MARXISM

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IT'S BEEN OVER 100 YEARS THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON. ALL I'M ASKING IS THAT THE SCHOOL BOARD HERE PLEASE, I PRAY AND I HOPE THAT YOU WOULD CONSIDER KEEPING OUR HISTORY THE WAY IT WAS. NO LEFT TURN. THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU, SIR. [APPLAUSE] >> THANK YOU, SIR.

JUST A REMINDER, WE ASK THAT WE HAVE NO APPLAUDS APPLAUSE OR COMMENTS AFTER SOMEONE SPEAKS SO

EVERYONE FEELFEELS SAFE IN THIS THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> MY NAME IS MIRANDA WARNINGS ARGIE DAREBERRY. I WOULD LIKE TO SAY I AGREE WITH CHARLOTTE AND THIS OTHER GENTLEMAN ABOUT PLEASE CONSIDER ALLOWING OUR CHILDREN TO COME BACK TO SCHOOL WITHOUT MASKS.

AS A GRANDPARENT, A TAXPAYER AND AND I HAVE A CHILD IN THIS SYSTEM, I ON THE TO TRANSGENDER AND GENDER IDENTITY POLICY THAT IS ALLOW BOYS TO GO INTO GIRLS' BATHROOMS AND VICE VERSA.

I THINK IT'S WRONG. I ALSO WANT THE RECORD TO REFLECT MY OPPOSITION TO CRITICAL RACE THEORY. I BELIEVE THAT IT CREATES DIVISION AND I BELIEVE THAT IT'S DISCRIMINATING. SO PLEASE TAKE THAT INTO CONSIDERATION.

THIS IS VERY PERSONAL TO ME BECAUSE I DO HAVE A CHILD IN THIS SYSTEM, SO THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU SO MUCH. ANYONE ELSE THAT WISHES TO SPEAK? YES, MA'AM? THANK YOU, EVERYONE, FOR YOUR VERY INTELLIGENT AND CALM

MANNER. WE REALLY APPRECIATE IT. >> GOOD EVENING, I'M DEBBIE BISHOP. I HAD TWO CHILDREN COME THROUGH THE GOOCHLAND SCHOOL SYSTEM AND TWO OF THEM TEACH. I WANT TO SPEAK TO YOU AS A PARENT EVEN THOUGH MINE A GROWN, I'M STILL A PARENT AND I STILL WORK WITH CHILDREN IN THIS COMMUNITY AND CHILDREN IN GOOCHLAND SCHOOLS AND THROUGH SUNDAY SCHOOL AND CHILDREN'S CHORE AND ALL THE VENN YOS WE HAVE TO LOVE ON OUR TEACHER. YOU SHALL LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF.

I TRULY BELIEF THAT THE CRITICAL RACE THEORY DOES NOT DO THAT. IT DIVIDES US, I JUST FINISHED MY 35TH YEAR OF TEACHING IN A PUBLIC SCHOOL AS AN ADMINISTRATOR.

IT'S OUR JOB TO LOVE EVERY CHILD. IT'S OUR JOB TO TEACH THEM TRUTH. HAS THERE BEEN TRUTH IN OUR HISTORY IN OUR SCHOOLS? HAVE WE TAUGHT THEM THINGS THAT ARE NOT TRUE? PROBABLY, BUT WE NEED TO VALIDATE WHAT THE TRUTH IS AND NOT JUST CHANGE WHATEVER THE TEXTBOOK COMPANIES THINK WE NEED TO BE TEACHING OUR STUDENTS. I'M NOT A PROPONENT OF TEXTBOOKS.

THEY ARE A SUPPLEMENT TO TEACHING AND NOT WHAT THE TEACHER SHOULD BE GOING BY.

WHAT WE TEACH THEM TO TEACH AS A SYSTEM IS WHAT THEY SHOULD BE TEACHING.

THERE'S A LOT OF INDEPENDENT CONTRACTS IN CLASSROOMS. THERE WERE SO MANY STUDENTS WHO LEARNED ABOUT A TEACHER AND THE VIDEO GAMES HER HUSBAND PLAYSED BECAUSE HE DIDN'T HAVE A JOB AND DIDN'T SUPPORT THE FAMILY. THOSE ARE THINGS MY STUDENTS SHOULDN'T HAVE KNOWN ABOUT THAT TEACHER. I ALSO HAD A TEACHER IN 7TH GRADE, A SCIENCE TEACHER AND HIS NAME WAS BILL QUARRELS. IT'S NOTED THAT IT'S IN HONOR OF HOWEVER YOU WORD IT FOR THAT, THE BILL QUARRELS I KNEW WOULD NOT SUPPORT DIVISION AMONG STURNTS.

HE TREATSSTUDENTS. HE TREATS U USE USD US ALL FAIR. THIS WAS RIGHT EACH REINTEGRATION. WE'RE HEADED TOWARD SEGREGATION AGAIN NOW WITH CRITICAL RACE

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I HOPE YOU THINK ABOUT THAT AND TRULY HAVE THE HEARTS AND MINDS AND SOULS OF OUR CHILDREN IN YOUR HEART AND NOT YOUR POLITICAL ADVANCEMENT, THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU. >> MY NAME IS SCOTT AND I REALLY HESITATED TO SPEAK BECAUSE THERE'S SO MUCH TO SAY ABOUT WHERE WE ARE. I WAS A TEACHER, I HAVE A MASTERS IN EDUCATION AND I'M A LAWYER NOW, SPENT A LOT OF TIME IN SCHOOL STUDYING EDUCATION.

I'M MOST CONCERNED ABOUT WHERE WE'RE GOING GENERALLY. WE LOST THE IDEA OF CRITICAL TEACHING, NOT CRITICAL RACE THEORY BUT CRITICAL THINKING. I'M MORE CONCERNED ABOUT THAT WHEN WE ACCEPT THINGS AND WE TEACH OUR KIDS TO JUST ACCEPT THINGS.

I'M EMOTIONAL BECAUSE THIS IS IMPORTANT TO ME BUT WE'RE TEACHING OUR KIDS TO JUST ACCEPT THINGS BECAUSE SOMEBODY ELSE SAYS SO. WHEN I WAS WORKING IN STEEL MILLS WHEN I WAS A KID, OSHA WOULD NEVER HAVE ALLOWED US TO WEAR A MASK MADE OF CLOTHE FOR ANY RUN BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T WORK AND EVERYBODY KNEW IT FOR ANY RUN BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T WORK AND EVERYBODY KNEW IT AND NOW WE SAY THESE THINGS WORK AND KIDS SAY DAD, IT'S CURITYS YOU TO WEAR THE MASK. OKAY. AM I BEING COURTEOUS BY SAYING SOMETHING WORKS THAT DOESN'T WORK? I'M NOT BEING COURTEOUS.

IN FACT, IF I'M WEARING A MASK AND I HAVE COVID AND YOU COME UP TO ME, THE LIKELIHOOD OF MY TRANSMITTING IS SUPER HIGH, BASED ON THE STUDIES. THE STUDIES ARE THERE, I READ THE STUDIES BUT WE JUST GO OKAY, WE'RE GOING TO DO THIS BECAUSE EVERYBODY ELSE IS DOING IT.

WE'RE GOING TO TEACH OUR KIDS TO DO IT BECAUSE EVERYBODY ELSE IS DOING IT AND WE END UP ERASING THE VERY FUNDAMENTAL THAT YOU STAND FOR, TO TEACH OUR KIDS TO THINK.

I WANT MY KIDS TO LEARN TO THINK FOR THEMSELVES. WHEN I WAS TEACHING SCHOOL, I TAUGHT CREATION AND EVOLUTION AS A SIXTH GREAT TEACHER FOR A REASON.

MY FAITH WAS IMPORTANT TO ME BUT I WANTED KIDS TO I UNDERSTAND BOTH POSITIONS BECAUSE IT'S A FOUNDATION TO EVERYTHING THAT THINK AND BELIEVE. SO I'M ASKING YOU ALL TO THINK THAT WAY AND SAYING HOW CAN WE EDUCATE OUR KIDS TO BE CRITICAL THINKERS IN LIGHT OF A PANDEMIC THAT WE'RE CALLING A PANDEMIC, IN LIGHT OF EVERYTHING WE'RE DOING, TRANSGENDERISM, EVERYTHING WE DO, HOW DO WE TEACH OUR KIDS TO BE CRITICAL THINKERS? NOT TO ACCEPT THE THOUGHT OF THE DAY, THE POLITICAL DIRECTION OF THE DAY, BY HOW DO WE TEACH THEM TO THINK? I WOULD MATCH RATHER HAVE MY KIDS ABLE TO EXPRESS THEIR OPINION AND BEABLE TO EXPRESS T AND BE VALIDATED IN THAT WHEN IT GOES AGAINST THE STREAM BECAUSE THEY'RE TRYING TO GET TO THE ANSWER. I DON'T FEEL LIKE WE'RE TRYING TO GET TO THE ANSWER OF ANYTHING. WE'RE JUST WALKING THROUGH AND ACCEPTING THINGS AND WE'RE JUST ACCEPTING WHAT THE NEWS MEDIA TELLS US, WHOEVER ELSE IS OUR VOICE OF REASON AND WE GET REALLY CAUGHT UP IN WE HAVE TO DO THIS BECAUSE EVERYBODY ELSE IS DOING IT. I DON'T BELIEVE MASKS ARE HEALTHY, I'VE STUDIED IT.

I DON'T BELIEVE THEY HELP AT ALL. ONE LADY TODAY SAID THE FLU IS DOWN BECAUSE PEOPLE WORE MASKS AND I SAID DO YOU REALIZE VIRUSES ARE THE SAME? THEY TRANSMIT THE SAME WAY? THEY'RE THE SAME SIZE. IF IT DIDN'T STOP COVID, IT DIDN'T STOP THE FLU. IF IT STOPPED THE FLU, IT STOPPED COVID.

THINGS LIKE THAT TO TEACH KIDS HOW TO THINK AND TEACH THEM. THIS IS CRITICAL, THEY'RE GOING THROUGH THE REST OF THEIR LIFE AND THEY WILL HAVE BIGGER THINGS TO DEAL WITH BUT IF THEY DON'T KNOW HOW TO THINK AND ALL THEY KNOW HOW TO DO IS JUST ACCEPT THE THOUGHT OF THE DAY, WE FAILED THEM MISERABLY AND EVERY YEAR I SEE A PUSH TOWARDS A GREATER FAILURE OF GETTING AWAY FROM TEACHING THINKING, TEACHING THEM HOW TO THINK. I MEAN, WHEN I WAS IN HIGH SCHOOL, WE TALKED ABOUT PROPAGANDA AND WE LOOKED AT PAPERS AND WATCHED HOW TO USE ADVERBS AND ADJECTIVES. I'M A LAWYER, I KNOW HOW TO USE PROPAGANDA TO GET WHAT I WANT BUT IT'S CRITICALLY IMPORTANT THE GUY ON THE OTHER SIDE KNOWS WHAT I'M DOING AND CAN THINK ABOUT THE WORDS I'M USING AND HOW I'M USING THEM AND PUTTING THEM TOGETHER.

WE DON'T TEACH THAT. WE WANT TO TEACH THAT YOU HAVE TO KNOW YOUR ADVERB AND

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WHEN WE MANDATE MASKS AND CRITICAL RACE THEORY AND TRANSGENDERISM, WE'RE SAYING YOU ACCEPT IT AND YOU SHUT UP AND THAT'S NOT OKAY. THESE KIDS HAVE TO GO THE REST OF THEIR LIFE. WE'RE ONE STAGE IN THE JOURNEY, THEY HAVE A LOT MORE LEFT.

THEY WILL GO TO COLLEGE, HAVE KIDS, THEY WILL BE THEIR OWN ADULTS, THEY HAVE TO THINK.

I'M SUPER CONCERNED WE'RE NOT EVEN WORRIED ABOUT THAT. WE'RE WOOERRID ABOUT MAKING PEOPLE HAPPY, MAKING PEOPLE FEE PEOPLE HAPPY, MAKING PEOPLE FEEL SAFE.

IT'S NOT MY JOB TO MAKE SOMEBODY FEEL I HAVE A. I CAN DO ALL I CAN AND THEY CAN STILL FEEL NOT SAFE. IT'S THEIR JOB TO BE STRONG ENOUGH TO KNOW THAT THEIR VOICE MATTERS AND THAT'S WHAT WE TEACH THEM. WE DON'T TEACH THEM TO BE SUBSERVIENT. THEY CAN'T DO THAT IF THEY CAN'T THINK ON THEIR OWN.

IF THEY'RE JUST ACCEPTING THE STORY OF THE DAY, THEY WILL BECOME THAT PERSON.

SORRY I WENT ON. THIS IS SUPER IMPORTANT TO ME. WE'RE BEING EXAMPLES TO OUR CHILDREN AND WE HAVE TO BE EXAMPLES OF THINKERS, ESPECIALLY AS A SCHOOL BOARD AND ADMINISTRATION. WE HAVE TO SHOW THEM THAT THINKING IS IMPORTANT.

FROM WHAT I HAVE READ, WE'RE DOING IT THIS WAY, GOING THIS ROAD AND DON'T BIBBING THE SUM BECAUSE IF YOU BUCK THE SYSTEM, YOU'RE NOT OKAYIF YOU BUCK THE NOT OBECAUSE IF YOU BUCK THE SY YOU'RE NOT OKAY AND THAT'S NOT OKAY. THE SYSTEM IS NOT ALWAYS RIGHT.

THE SYSTEM IS NOT ALWAYS OKAY. WE NEED TO BE THINKERS. EVERY ONE OF THEM, THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU, SIR. >> YES, MA'AM? >> GOOD EVENING.

MY NAME IS SARA, I'M A NATIVE OF THE COUNTY, I LIVE ON HAWKTOWN ROAD.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. I DID NOT PREPARE TO SPEAK THIS EVENING BUT I HAVE BEEN MOVED BY SEVERAL COMMENTS THAT PRECEDED ME. I ATTENDED GOOCHLAND SCHOOLS ALL THROUGH FROM 1ST TO 12TH. THERE WAS NO KINDERGARTEN AT THE TIME.

MY MOTHER SERVED ON THE BOARD FROM 1972 TO 1984 AND SHE SHARED IT BETWEEN 77 AND 84.

I SAY THAT BECAUSE I KNOW YOU ALL HAVE A VERY DIFFICULT JOB. MY MOTHER WOULD WAKE UP IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT WORRIED ABOUT THINGS GOING ON IN THE SCHOOL SYSTEM.

I CAN REMEMBER THE LAST DAY IN THIRD GRADE WHEN WE WERE GETTING READY TO GO TO LUNCH AND IT WAS THE TEACHER, MRS. GREEN IN RANDOLPH ELEMENTARY THAT SAID THIS IS THE LAST DAY THAT WE WILL BE ABLE TO SAY THE BLESSING PUBLICLY. AND IT WAS RODNEY SNEED, A BLACK GENTLEMAN, WHO HAPPENED TO BE OUR SALUTETORIAN AS THE FUTURE WOULD HOLD WHO SAID OUR FINAL BLESSING THAT WE EVER SAID FLIGHTY CONAL SCHOOL SYSTEM. MY MOTHER IS DECEASED.

SHE WOULD BE ROLLING OVER IN HER GRAVE RIGHT NOW IF SHE COULD SEE THE THINGS THAT THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY AND THE TRIAL ATTORNEYS, NO OFFENSE, SIR, BUT I WORK WITH ATTORNEYS ALL DAY.

SHE WOULD BE ROLLING OVER IF SHE KNEW WHAT WAS GOING ON IN OUR SCHOOL SYSTEMS. I EX-COSO MANY C SOO SO MANY CO HEARD BEFORE. I JUST WANT TO GO ON RECORD AS SAYING WE ARE ALL CREATED IN THE IMAGE OF OUR MAKER. WE ARE ONE RACE, THAT IS THE HUMAN RACE. WE MIGHT HAVE DIFFERENT TRADITIONS AND WE MIGHT HAVE A DIFFERENT LEVEL OF MELANIN IN OUR SKIN BUT WE ARE ALL CREATED BY ONE, THE ALMIGHTY.

AS A STUDENT IN GOOCHLAND HIGH SCHOOL, I KNOW I LEARNED ABOUT THE CIVIL WAR.

I HAD MANY TEACHERS OF COLOR. MY PRINCIPAL WAS OF COLOR. THE SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS WERE OF COLOR. I FEEL COMPASSION FOR ANYONE WHO FEELS THAT BECAUSE OF THEIR COLOR THEY HAVE BEEN DISENFRANCHISED, I TRULY DO, BUT WE NEED TO CREATE A SYSTEM OF

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CHRIST RECORDED IN LIKE 17. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU.

MA'AM. ANYONE ELSE? >> YES, MA'AM.

>> MY NAME IS LIZA HILL. SO MY CHILDREN CAME FROM THE CHESTERFIELD COUNTY SCHOOL SYSTEM AND WHEN MOVED HERE AND FIRST I WANT TO SAY JUST A BIG THANK YOU.

THE CUSTOMER SERVICE WE GOT THIS PAST YEAR WAS TRULY AMAZING. IT WAS A TOUGH YEAR BUT THE FACT THAT TEACHERS, ADMINISTRATORS, PEOPLE TOOK THE TIME TO CARE AND TO REACH OUT AND CHECK IN REALLY, REALLY MADE US FEEL WELCOME SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. I WILL SAY, THOUGH, THAT ONE OF THE REASONS IT WAS IMPORTANT FOR US TO MOVE TO GOOCHLAND IS THAT MY DAUGHTER HAS A VOICE AND SHE FELT LIKE HER VOICE WASN'T BEING HEARD IN THE SCHOOL SYSTEM. IT WAS NOT AS MUCH FROM THE STUDENTS, IT WAS TEACHERS AND FACULTY AND IF SHE SHARED AN OPINION OF CONSERVATIVE SLANT, SHE WAS BASICALLY CANCELED AND THAT'S A PROBLEM. I AGREE THAT WE NEED TO TEACH THINKING TO OUR CHILDREN SO THEY CAN COME UP WITH THEIR OWN CONCLUSIONS, BUT ONE OF THE THINGS I THINK ABOUT IS THE WAY THAT HISTORY IS TAUGHT AND I KNOW BECAUSE I HAVE BEEN A SCHOOLTEACHER THAT IT'S HARD TO GET THROUGH EVERYTHING IN THE COURSE OF A YEAR INEVITABLY WE SPEND -- AND I'M NATIVE AMERICAN AND JEWISH SO I WOULD LIKE REPRESENTATION SOMETIMES, TOO, FOR THOSE KINDS OF THINGS. IT'S NOT JUST ONE RACE OR ONE THING SO IF WE'RE GOING TO BE INCLUSIVE THEN WE HAVE TO BE INCLUSIVE. WHEN WE TALK ABOUT, WE SPEND SO MUCH TIME ON THE CIVIL WAR AND THAT'S AN IMPORTANT PART OF HISTORY.

BY THE TIME WE GET TO JUNE, WE HAVEN'T EVEN GOTTEN TO WORLD WAR II YET AND THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT, TOO. NEITHER OF MY CHILDREN CAN TELL ME MUCH AND MY DAUGHTER AS IN AP HISTORY AND AT THAT POINT THEY WERE LEARNING IT ON THEIR OWN BECAUSE THERE WAS NOT ENOUGH TIME. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO THINK ABOUT THE ISSUE OF TIME BECAUSE WE DO HAVE SO MUCH ON OUR PLATE. HOW DO WE KEEP ADDING MORE AND MORE THINGS INTO WHAT WE'RE TEACHING INSTEAD OF FOCUSING ON WHAT WE SHOULD DO AND DO IT REALLY WELL.

FOR INSTANCE, IN MATH, WHERE WE RANK AS A COUNTRY IN MATH IS REALLY KIND OF SAD AND THAT'S NOT A REFLECTION OF THE COUNTY, BUT A REFLECTION OF OUR COUNTRY AND WE NEED TO BE LOOKING AT

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I FEEL LIKE WITH CRITICAL RACE THEORY, WE CREATE A GROUP OF VICTIMS AND WE CREATE A GROUP OF VILLAINS AND THAT'S A PROBLEM BECAUSE I DON'T THINK THAT ANYBODY WHO IS ALIVE HERE TODAY IS EITHER ONE OF THOSE THINGS BUT IT CREATES THAT DES VICE I HAVENESS AND I THINKIVISIVENESS AND I THINK WHEN WE PERPETUATE THAT DISCUSSION, WE'RE SAYING THERE ARE GOOD PEOPLE AND BAD PEOPLE. THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO ARE ENTITLED TO THINGS BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T HAVE THEM IN THE PAST, BUT WOULDN'T THAT ALSO BE ME AS A NATIVE AMERICAN JEWISH PERSON? I DON'T EXPECT THAT. I DON'T. I'M AN AMERICAN AND I WANT TO KNOW ABOUT AMERICA. I UNDERSTAND THERE'S THE GOOD, THE BAD, AND THE UGLY AND IT'S IMPORTANT TO EXPLAIN ALL THAT AWE I ALSO THINK WHEN YOU LOOK AT WORLD HISTORY, WE DON'T DISCUSS SLAVERY IN TERMS OF WHAT HAPPENED IN EGYPT. WE COVER THOSE YEARS IN A DAY.

500 YEARS IN A DAY. WE DON'T GO INTO THE DETAILS ABOUT CLASSSYSTEMS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT WHEN SYSTEMS OR ANYTH LIKE THAT WHEN WE TALK ABOUT WORLD HISTORY.

IF OUR KISS ARE GETTING THIS CRITICAL RACE THEORY, THEY'RE SIGHING THEMSELVES, AS AMERICANS, AS BAD. WE'RE HOLDING PEOPLE TO A MORAL STANDARD THAT DIDN'T EXIST AT THAT TIME AND THAT'S BEEN TRUE THROUGHOUT HISTORY. THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF TERRIBLE THINGS THROUGHOUT HISTORY BY WHEN WE HOLD PEOPLE TO A MORAL STANDARD THAT DIDN'T EXIST AT THAT TIME ANDE HOLD PEOPLE TO A STANDARD THAT DIDN'T EXIST AT THAT TEN WE HOLD PEOPLE TO A MO STANDARD THAT DIDN'T EXIST AT THAT TIME AND ERASE HISTORY AND THERE ARE THINGS THAT WE KNOW NOW THAT WE DIDN'T KNOW BEFORE AND WE'RE ALLOWED TO EVOLVE OUR VIEWS BUT PLACING MORAL JUDGMENT ON THINGS LIKE THAT IS A PROBLEM BECAUSE IT'S IMPOSING THAT PEARL STANDARD THAT DIDN'T EXIST NOW ON TODAY. IF WE WERE TO BE GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF 2080.

WE WOULDN'T KNOW WHAT TO DO, EITHER, BECAUSE WE'RE EXPECTED TO HAVE A CODE OF CONDUCT PARTICULAR FOR THIS TIME AND THIS AGE WITH THE KNOWLEDGE AND INFORMATION THAT WE HAVE.

I THINK THAT WHEN WE TEACH HISTORY, WE NEED TO FOCUS ON THE FACTS AND NOT ON THE IDEAS THAT BASICALLY THAT ARE DEVICIVE AND, OF COURSE, IT'S IMPORTANT TO TALK ABOUT THE CIVIL WAR, IT'S IMPORTANT, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, WHEN THE AMOUNT OF TIME THAT'S SPENT ON THAT PERIOD OF HISTORY WHEN WE NEED TO BE LOOKING AT WORLD HISTORY AND HOW WE FIT INTO THREE PICTURE, THAT'S REALLY LACKING AND SO I WOULD ASK THAT YOU TAKE THAT INTO CONSIDERATION BECAUSE I THINK WE NEED A BIGGER WORLD VIEW THAT TAWORLD VIEW THAT TAKES EVERYTHG INTO CONSIDERATION.

AND NOT JUST THE PER SPECK SIEVE OF 100 YEARS OF HISTORY IN THE UNITED STATES.

>> OKAY, THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK? YES, MA'AM?

ROBIN, I HAVE NOT SEEN YOU IN A LONG TIME. >> HI, KAREN.

THANK YOU, ALL. MY NAME IS ROBIN WILLIAMS. I HAVE LIVED HERE FOR 40 SOMETHING YEARS AND MY DAUGHTER WENT TOO RANDOLPH RANDOLPH ELE WONDERFUL SCHOOL.

I WILL CUT SHORT SOME OF MY REMARKS BY SAYING I SECOND EVERYTHING I HAVE HEARD THE PREVIOUS SPEAKERS SAY. CERTAINLY WE SHOULD BE TEACHING A FULL AND ACCURATE HISTORY OF THE COUNTRY BUT NOT IN A NEGATIVE WAY. I THINK THE CONCERNS THAT I HEAR

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YES, COVER THE TULSA RACE MASSACRE WHICH WAS A TERRIBLE THING AND WAS NOT TAUGHT WHEN I WAS IN SCHOOL, ABSOLUTELY, BUT YOU ALSO HAVE TO TEACH ABOUT THE TREMENDOUS PROGRESS MADE SINCE THE CIVIL RIGHTS ERA OF THE 60S AND TEACH ABOUT THE TREMENDOUS SOARING PROMISE OF THE CONSTITUTION. AGAIN, MY CONCERN ABOUT THESE PROPOSALS OF THE CRITICAL RACE THEORY IS THAT THEY ARE DIVISIVE AND CHILDREN ARE VERY SUGGESTIBLE AS I'M SURE YOU ALL KNOW WHO ARE INVOLVED WITH THE EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM. IF YOU TELL A YOUNG BLACK CHILD YOU HAVE BEEN OPPRESSED FOR 400 YEARS BY WHITE PEOPLE AND YOU WILL NEVER BE ABLE TO ESCAPE RACISM IN THIS COUNTRY, LITTLE JOHNNY OVER HERE IS GOING TO OPPRESS YOU THE REST OF YOUR LIFE, YOU ARE DISCOURAGING THAT CHILD FROM WANTING TO WORK HARD AND STUDY AND GET AHEAD AND THEN IF YOU'RE TELLING THE WHITE CHILD, OKAY, YOU WERE BORN RACIST, YOU CAN'T ESCAPE THAT, AND YOU SHOULD FEEL GUILTY FOR ALL THESE THINGS THAT HAPPENED BEFORE YOU WERE BORN, THAT'S VERY DISCOURAGING TO THAT CHILD AND IT CREATES A SENSE OF HOSTILITY.

I MEAN, YOU'RE DIVIDING BLACK AND WHITE CHILDREN WHERE PREVIOUSLY YOU DIDN'T HAVE THE DOUBTS AND HOOS TI TILTO IT AMO CHILDREN. SHOULDN'T TEACHERS BE SPENDING MORE TIME TEACHING CHILDREN THE ACADEMIC SKILLS TO GET AHEAD ON THEIR OWN INSTEAD OF TELLING THEM THEY CAN'T ACHIEVE THING BECAUSE IT'S BEEN DECIDED BY THE COLOR OF YOUR SKIN? AND SO I THINK IT'S DANGEROUS TO OUR CHILDREN. YOU MAY THINK I'M GOING TOO FAR WITH MY ANALOGY, BUT LOOK AT SAUDI ARABIA. THE MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD HAS THESE SCHOOLS AND THEY RAISE ARAB CHILDREN, BOYS ONLY, TO BELIEVE THAT ALL OF THEIR PROBLEMS ARE DUE TO JEWS AND INFIDELS. THEY ARE INCULCATED WITH A RACIST IDEOLOGY FROM CHILDHOOD SO THEY GROW UP AND THEY'RE AL-QAEDA AND ISIS AND YOU MAY THINK THAT'S AN EXTREME EXAMPLE BUT IF YOU'RE GOING TO TEACH CHILDREN IN AMERICA THAT KIND OF RACISM, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE PROBLEMS IN YOUR SOCIETY. SURELY IT'S UNHEALTHY TO RAISE CHILDREN TO BELIEVE THEIR COUNTRY IS A BAD PLACE, BUT I THINK EVEN WORSE IS TO ROB CHILDREN OF THE HOPE OF THE AMERICAN DREAM. THAT IF YOU WORK HARD AND STUDY, YOU CAN GET AHEAD.

THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DOING WITH CRITICAL RACE THEORY. YOU ARE ROBBING CHILDREN OF THE AMERICAN DREAM. SO I HOPE YOU ALL WILL KEEP THAT IN MIND AS YOU ADOPT YOUR

POLICIES AND I THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. >> THANK YOU, MS. WILLIAMS.

ANYONE ELSE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK? >> YEAH, I'LL SPEAK. >> OKAY, STIR.

>> I'M MATTHEW ROTH, I LIVE IN GOOCHLAND. I HAVE BEEN HERE 30 YEARS.

I GREW UP IN ILLINOIS AND I WASN'T GOING TO SPEAK TONIGHT EITHER BUT I WANTED TO COME AND LISTEN. I WANTED TO SEE HIGHWAY THIS PROCESS WORKS.

I HAVE NEVER BEEN TO A SCHOOL BOARD MEETING IN MY ENTIRE LIFE. I SAW THINGS HAPPENING THAT WERE DISTURBING AND I WANTED TO KNOW MORE ABOUT IT SO EDUCATED MYSELF ON IT.

LIKE EVERYONE ELSE HERE, THEY HAVE DONE THEIR RESEARCH, LEFT, RIGHT, CENTER, THEY HAVE DONE THEIR RESEARCH. I HOPE YOU HAVE DONE YOUR RESEARCH WHEN IT COMES CRITICAL

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THE AMERICAN FLAG THAT SITS BEHIND YOU, YOU DID A PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO IT TONIGHT.

I DID IT, I JOINED THE MILITARY, I WAS A POLICE OFFICER FOR 15 YEARS.

I KNOW WHAT IT'S LIKE TO SIGN AN OATH OF ALLEGIANCE TO THAT FLAG. I KNOW WHAT IT'S LIKE TO STAND BEHIND THAT FLAG. IF WE ADOPT CRITICAL RACE THEORY, YOU WILL NOT HAVE THAT FLAG TO STAND BEHIND ANYMORE. WHAT CRITICAL RACE THEORY IS IS A MARXIST IDEOLOGY, IF YOU DO YOUR HOMEWORK. YOU GUYS ARE SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS.

I ASK YOU TO GO HOME TONIGHT AND SIT DOWN AND LOOK AT CRITICAL RACE THEORY AND SEE WHAT IT IS ABOUT. IT'S NOT ABOUT TRYING TO MAKE UP FOR LOST, IT'S ABOUT DIVISION.

IF YOU STUDY HISTORY, WHAT DECISION DOES IS IT CREATE IT IS SOVIET UNION, MODERN DAYS IT IS SOVIET UNI SOVIET UNION, MODERN DAY CHINA, I'M TRYING TO THINK OF THAT LATIN AMERICAN --. VENEZUELA. THEY DECIDED TO DIVIDE THEIR VI AND WHERE HAS IT LEAD THEM? TURMOIL. CUBA.

HOW MANY SOCIALIST MARXIST COUNTRIES IN THE WORLD THAT HAVE EVER BEEN SUCCESSFUL.

NAME ONE. NAME ONE. WE'RE HEADING DOWN THAT ROAD IF YOU START TO ADOPT THESE POLICIES. I HOPE YOU THINK LOUD AND CLEAR ABOUT WHAT YOU'RE DOING TONIGHT BECAUSE THE VOTERS WILL THINK LOUD AND CLEAR.

IF IT TAKES A RECALL, A RECALL WILL BE MADE. I STAND BEHIND THAT FLAG AND I STAND BEHIND MY THOUGHTS BECAUSE I'VE DONE MY RESEARCH AND I KNOW WHERE THIS LEADS.

I THANK EVERYBODY TONIGHT FOR THEIR OPINIONS AND THEIR INPUT IN THIS.

HAVE A GOOD NIGHT. >> THANK YOU, SIR. ANYONE ELSE? ALL RIGHT. OH, HEY. COME ON UP, JENNIFER.

>> HI, EVERYBODY. MY NAME IS JENNIFER MAZZA. I JUST WANTED TO SAY A COUPLE OF THINGS. I RECENTLY FOUND OUT THAT MY GRANDFATHER WHO FOUGHT IN WORLD WAR I AS A CAPTAIN OF THE ONLY AFRICAN AMERICAN REGIMENT, THE 371ST IN WORLD WAR I, HE RECEIVED THE SILVER STAR IN THAT BATTLE, IN THE WAR. HE WAS VICTORIOUS IN FIGHTING THE NAZI TROOPS. THEY WERE NOT NONAZIS THEN BY T GERMANS.

HE RECEIVED THE LUGER AND THE HELMET OF THE TROOPS THEY CAPTURED.

WHAT YOU DON'T HERE IS THAT HIS BATTALION WAS THE TOUGHEST, ONE OF THE TOUGHEST IN THE ENTIRE WAR. THEY WERE SHOOTING DOWN -- THESE ARE AFRICAN AMERICAN MEN AND THEY WERE SHOOTING DOWN AIRPLANES FROM THE GROUND, OKAY? AND AN AFRICAN AMERICAN MAN GOT A SILVER STAR AS WELL DURING THAT WAR. THEY FOUGHT TOGETHER FOR THE FREEDOM OF AMERICA, OKAY? I DON'T BELIEVE IN COLLECTIVE GUILT.

IF YOU LOOK AT ME, IF I DISAGREE WITH YOU AND YOU SEE SOMEONE WHO IS A RACIST, WELL, I'M SORRY, THAT'S JUST SLOPPY THINKING, OKAY? I BELIEVE IN INDIVIDUAL ACCOUNTABILITY. I DON'T BELIEVE THIS IS A RACIST NATION.

I BELIEVE THAT THERE ARE RACISTS AND AS INDIVIDUALS, YES, OF COURSE.

THEY'RE HELD ACCOUNTABLE IN THE SCHOOL SYSTEMS, RIGHT? I HAVE ONE OF THE MOST DIFFERENTIATED CLASSROOMS YOU WILL EVER SEE IN YOUR LIFE. THERE'S NO SEPARATION BETWEEN YOUR LEARNING ABILITY, THE COLOR OF YOUR SKIN, YOUR RELIGION, NONE OF THAT.

AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE ALL HAVE TO WORK TOGETHER. I TEACH A CTE COURSE.

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MY KIDS DON'T KNOW WHAT MY POLITICAL AFFILIATION IS WHICH IS HOW IT SHOULD BE IN THE CLASSROOM BUT I DID GIVE THEM A COUPLE OF CRITICAL THINKING LESSONS AND THEY WERE SIMPLE AND I WOULD SUGGEST THIS IS SOMETHING MAYBE YOU GUYS COULD ENCOURAGE YOUR TEACHERS TO IMPLEMENT IN THEIR CURRICULUM. NUMBER ONE, I ASKED THEM WHAT IS TRUTH? IF YOU ARE BUILDING YOUR WORLD VIEW ON SOMETHING THAT'S A LIE, MAYBE NOT TODAY, MAYBE NOT TOMORROW, BUT 1 DAY YOUR WORLD IS GOING TO COLLAPSE, OKAY? BECAUSE IT HURTS AND IT MESSES YOUR LIFE UP WHEN YOU LIVE YOUR LIFE BELIEVING A LIE. MY ANSWER TO THEM WAS SIMPLE.

I SAID TRUTH IS WHAT CORRESPONDS WITH REALITY. VERY IMPORTANT LESSON FOR CHILDREN TO LEARN. THE SECOND THING WAS WHAT IS FREEDOM? HOW DOES IT AFFECT YOU? WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO YOU ON A DAILY BASIS AND WHAT DOES IT MEAN IN REFERENCE TO YOUR COUNTRY? REGARDLESS OF YOUR SKIN, RELIGION, OUR CREED, WE'RE THE FREEST COUNTRY ON EARTH. THAT'S JUST A FACT.

THE THIRD THING I DID WAS I SHOWED THEM, ANYBODY CAN DO IT, WIKIPEDIA HAS THE NUMBER OF MERPS WHOAMERICANS WHO HAVE DIE FOR THE FREEDOMS WE ENJOY. I DID THAT RIGHT BEFORE MEMORIAL DAY. IT'S A LOT OF ALL SKIN COLORS, OF ALL RACES AND OF ALL CREEDS AND I THINK IT'S REALLY UNHEALTHY AND I THINK IT'S REALLY -- IF YOU SAY YOU'RE AN EDUCATOR WHO CARES ABOUT THESE CHILDREN AND YOU IMPLEMENT THE POLICIES THAT THE 1619 PROJECT IS PUTTING FORTH, YOU ARE NOT TELLING THE TRUTH. YOU ARE NOT TELLING THE TRUTH, YOU'RE NOT BEING HONEST WITH YOURSELVES AND YOU'RE NOT BEING HONEST WITH THESE KIDS AND SHAME

ON YOU FOR IT. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU.

IS THERE ANYONE ELSE? ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

SEEING NO MOVEMENT, WE WILL GO TO THE NEXT ITEM WHICH IS THE SUPERINTENDENT'S COMMENTS.

SIR? >> THANK YOU MS. HORN. WE HAVE SEVERAL ITEMS I WANT TO SHARE WITH OUR PUBLIC THIS EVENING AND A FEW THINGS BEFORE I DIVE INTO ITEMS 12A THROUGH 12I. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR OUR PUBLIC TO KNOW THE CURRICULUM WE TEACH ARE ALIGNED WITH THE VIRGINIA STANDARDS OF LEARNING. NOWHERE IN THE VIRGINIA STANDARDS OF LEARNING IS THERE CRITICAL RACE THEORY NOR IS THERE CRITICAL RACE THEORY IN OUR SCHOOL DIVISION CURRICULUM. A FEW MONTHS AGO WE RECEIVED QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW OUR SCHOOL DIVISION WAS GOING TO HANDLE SOME OF THE POTENTIAL CHANGES TO MATH PATHWAYS THAT WERE PROPOSED BY THE VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION. WE HAD THAT DISCUSSION PUBLICLY AND AT THAT TIME, WE ASSURED OUR PUBLIC THAT ALTHOUGH THERE MAY BE CHALLENGES FROM WASHINGTON, D.C. AND FROM RICHMOND, VIRGINIA, WE WERE GOING TO DO WHAT'S BEST FROM GOOCHLAND COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND THE COMMUNITY WE REPRESENT AND THAT'S NOT GOING TO CHANGE.

AS A SCHOOL DIVISION, OUR GOAL IS TO MAXIMIZE EACH AND EVERY LEARNER WHO WALKS IN OUR DOOR.

THAT'S BEEN A MISSION ADOPTED BY NUMEROUS SCHOOL BOARDS AND A MISSION THAT'S DRIVEN THIS SCHOOL DISTRICT FOR MANY, MANY YEARS, ALLOWING US TO BE RECOGNIZED BY ONE OF THE BEST SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN THIS COMMONWEALTH. AS WE GO FORWARD, DECISIONS THAT WILL IMPACT OUR DIVISION FOR YEARS TO COME WILL BE DRIVEN BY OUR MISSION.

WE'RE GOING TO DO WHAT'S BEST FOR STUDENTS AND WE'RE GOING TO DO WHAT'S BEST FOR GOOCHLAND COUNTY. I SHARED WITH TWO INDIVIDUALS OUT ON THE FRONT STEPS TODAY, THEY HAD QUESTIONS ABOUT SOME OF THE SAME COMMENTS MADE HERE TONIGHT AND I ASSURED THEM WE WILL DO WHAT'S BEST FOR GOOCHLAND COUNTY AS WE HAVE BEEN AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO DO.

CRITICAL RACE THEORY IS NOT IN THE VIRGINIA STANDARDS OF LEARNING NOR IS IT IN OUR

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WE'RE EXCITED AND THANKFUL FOR THE PARTNERSHIP WE HAVE WITH LOCAL YMCA.

[12. SUPERINTENDENT’S COMMENTS]

[14. INFORMATION ITEMS]

THAT'S SET TO EXPIRE ON JULY 25TH. WILL THAT BE EXTENDED? WE DON'T KNOW AT THIS POINT IN TIME. THANKFULLY SCHOOL STARTS ON AUGUST 23RD SO WE HAVE TIME TO SEE WHAT HAPPENS WITH THAT MANDATE.

WE ALSO HAVE GUIDANCE THAT'S COMING FROM THE CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL.

WE DISCUSSED THAT GUIDANCE AND WE TALKED ABOUT THE ORDER FROM THE CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL REGARDING PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION AND HOW THAT IMPACTS OUR PUBLIC SCHOOL BUSES AND SO THERE ARE MULTIPLE FACTORS AT PLAY THAT WE CONTINUE TO MONITOR. WE HAD A VERY GOOD DISCUSSION ABOUT SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT WERE ADDRESSED THIS EVENING, INCLUDING POTENTIAL GERMS ON MASKS AND WHAT'S THE IMPLICATIONS FOR THAT, TO AT THIS POINT IN TIME, NO DECISIONS HAVE BEEN MADE. WE WILL CONTINUE TO EVALUATE HEALTH METRICS, WE WILL CONTINUE TO EVALUATE WHAT IS HAPPENING WITH THE HEALTH ORDER AND OTHER ENTITIES THAT I ADDRESSED HERE THIS EVENING, BUT NO DECISIONS HAVE BEEN MADE. WE WILL CONTINUE TO COMMUNICATE WITH OUR COMMUNITY AS WE PROGRESS. WE CERTAINLY HAVE TIME TO FINALIZE THAT PRIOR TO STUDENTS WALKING IN THE DOOR ON AUGUST 23RD BUT I WANT TO END THAT AGENDA ITEM BY SAYING REGARDLESS OF WHAT HAPPENS, WE'RE EXCITED TO WELCOME OUR KIDS BACK. IT WILL BE GREAT TO HAVE COOL BUSES ROLLING AUGUST 23RD, HAVING OUR STUDENTS READY TO BOARD THOSE BUSES AND COME BACK TO SCHOOL.

WE'RE VERY, VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT AND WE'RE FULLY PREPARED TO HAVE AN AMAZING YEAR WHEN SCHOOL STARTS ON THE 23RD. AGAIN, I WANT TO CELEBRATE OUR HEROS IN THE FOOD SERVICE WHO CONTINUE TO PROVIDE HEALTHY, NUTRITI NUTRITIOUS MEALS.

WE HAVE THE BUSES PROVIDING FOOD AND I'M REALLY PROUD OF OUR FOOD SERVICE TEAM WHO CONTINUES TO SERVE OUR COMMUNITY. VERY PROUD OF THAT. WE ARE EXCITED ABOUT REDESIGNING OUR WEBSITE. ANYONE WHO HAS EVER BEEN ON OUR WEBSITE HAS HAD A REALLY HARD TIME FINDING THINGS. I CAN TALK TO ANYBODY IN THIS ROOM AND THEY WOULD SAY I'M SO GLAD YOU'RE REDESIGNING THAT WEBSITE. IT HAS NOT BEEN EASY TO NAVIGATE OR FIND THINGS SO WE STARTED WORK ON REDESIGNING OUR WEBSITE. WE HAVE CONTRACTED WITH THIRD

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WE HAVE WORKED WITH OUR COMMUNITY IN A VARIETY OF WAYS TO GAIN FEEDBACK.

YOU HAVE NOT ONLY THE APPLICATION BUT YOU HAVE LINKS TO THE WEB SIDE AND OUR PROPOSED SPENDING PLANS SO FOR TRANSPARENCY, AGAIN, WANTED TO PUT THIS ON OUR AGENDA AND MAKE SURE OUR PUBLIC IS AWARE OF HOW WE PROPOSE TO SPEND OUR FUNDS. AS THE NUMBER ONE SCHOOL DISTRICT IN THE RICHMOND DIVISION, WE'RE ONE OF ONLY 15 SCHOOL DIVISIONS IN THIS COMMONWEALTH RECOGNIZED AS A SCHOOL OF INNOVATION SO WE'RE REQUIRED TO PROVIDE A VIDEO THAT WE CAN CELEBRATE THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING. SO LINKED TO THE AGENDA IS THAT VIDEO AND I WANT TO THANK MATT AND OUR TEAM FROM OUR CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION AS WELL AS DR. FOULER. WE HAVE THE ONLY ACADEMY FOR SUSTAINABLE ENERGY IN THIS COMMONWEALTH SO THAT'S ANOTHER FEATHER IN OUR CAP OF THE GREAT WORK THAT'S HAPPENS.

THAT VIDEO CELEBRATES WHAT WE'RE DOING AND SO I JUST WANTED TO CELEBRATE THAT PUBLICLY THEVENING. WE HAVE ALSO APPLIED FOR A GRANT THAT WOULD EYE HOW ARE US TO HAVE AN ELECTRIC SCHOOL BUS IN OUR FLEET. THE BEAUTY OF THIS GRANT IS THAT OUR CAPITOL OUTSLAY NOT ONE PENNY HIGHER IF WE PURCHASED A DIESEL OR GASOLINE BUS BUT IT DOES ALLOW US TO INKNOWOR GASOL ALLOW US TDIESEL OR GASOLINE BU DOES ALLOW USOR GASOLINE BUS BU ALLOW US TO INKNOW NOVATE. WE'LL SEE WHERE THAT APPLICATION GOES.

ADDITIONALLY WITH OTHER FEDERAL FUNDS, THERE'S SOME ROW SOURCES RELATED TOO EMERGENCY CONNECTIVITY. IN YOUR PACKET, YOU HAVE A MEMO REGARDING OUR PROPOSED USES OF THOSE FUNDS INCLUDING PROVIDING KAJEETS TO OUR FAMILY WHO IS DO NOT HAVE ACCESS TO HIGH SPEED INTERNET. IT WOULD ALSO GO TO PURCHASING IPADS TO SPORT OUR ON GOING ISSUES RELATED TO TECHNOLOGY AS WELL AS PROVIDING WIFI SO WHEN STUDENTS ARE TRAVELING BACK AND FORTH TO GAMES THAT ARE FAR AWAY, THEY CAN ACCESS WIFI AND DO THEIR HOMEWORK AND IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE WILL BE PROVIDING AN ACTIVITY BUS ACROSS THE COMMUNITY NEXT YEAR SO STUDENTS RIDING HOME AFTER PRACTICE CAN HAVE ACCESS TO WIFI FOR DOING HOMEWORK ON THE BUS SO WE WOULD USE FEDERAL FUNDS TO ESTABLISH THAT. THE LAST ITEM I HAVE, MS. HORN, IS WE'RE WORK DOING TO COMMUNICATE WITH OUR COMMUNITY. WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH OUR GOOCHLAND COUNTY PLANNING COMMISSION TO REQUEST A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT FOR RANDOLPH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AS WELL AS THE SECONDARY COMPLEX AND WE NEED TO MAKE THAT ASK SO WE CAN IMPLEMENT DIGITAL SIGNAGE AND COMMUNICATE WITH OUR CITIZENS IN A MODERN WAY.

WE HAVE RESPECT EXEMPTIONS IN OUR PLANNING COMMITTEE. THEY WILL NOW BE CONSIDERED BY THE GOOCHLAND COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS TO DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT THOSE CONDITIONS ARE

APPROVED. A LOT HAPPENING, MS. HORN. >> THANK YOU FOR THAT.

AND AGAIN, THERE'S NOT LIKE THE COLOR AND SOMETIMES IT'S HARD TO TELL IF THERE'S AN ATTACHMENT OR NOT BY IF THE EYE TIM HAS AN UNDER LINE, THAT TELLS YOU THERE'S A LINK.

SO IF YOU LICK ON ANY OF THE ITEMS WITH AN UNDER LINE, YOU WILL FIND ANOTHER ATTACHMENT WITH FURTHER INFORMATION SO I HOPE THAT YOU WILL BE ABLE TO LOOK AT THESE ITEMS.

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BEFORE WE VOTE? >> SURE. >> MS. WHITE, MAY I PUT YOU ON THE SPOT? WE'RE TALKING A LOT ABOUT FEDERAL GRANTS AND THE DOLLARS WE'RE RECEIVING AND YOU HAVE AN ITEM E ON OUR SOON SENT AGENDA WITH THE FEDERAL GRANT

SUPPLEMENTS AND I THINK THERE'S SOME GOOD NEWS. >> RIGHT.

THANK YOU FOR CONTROLLING THAT UP. WHEN WE ADOPT A BUDGET, IT ALLOWS US TO SPEND A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF MONEY AND WE HAVE RECEIVE ADD LOT OF EXTRA FEDERAL MONEY THIS YEAR SO IN ORDER FOR US TO SPEND IT, WE HAVE TO GO BACK TO THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS

[13. CONSENT ITEMS]

ONE IS A GRANT FOR UNFINISHED LEARNING AND DR. RALEY TALKED ABOUT ACTIVITY BUSES.

THAT'S PART OF IT. THE ACTIVITY BUS WILLS ALLOW OUR STUDENTS TO STAY AFTER FOR TUTORING, WELLNESS CLUBS, AND SOME OTHER ACTIVITIES BESIDES THE SPORTS ACTIVITIES SO THAT'S OUR FIRST TIME DOING THAT. WE'RE GOING TO USE THIS FEDERAL MONEY FOR 2 YEARS TO SEE HOW THAT GOES OVER IN OUR COMMUNITY HAVING THESE ACTIVITIES EVERY DAY.

THERE'S ALSO MONEY IN THERE IN THAT UNFINISHED LEARNING GRANT FOR SOME OF THE ACTIVITIES THIS SUMMER TO GET SOME OF OUR STUDENT WHO THES HAD BEEN REMOTE LEARNERS ALL YEAR LEARNING MORE ABOUT, GETTING THEM ADAPTEDING THEM ADAERS ALL YEAR LEARNING M ABOUT, GETTING THEM ADAPTED BACK INTO THE SCHOOL, SOME SPECIAL ACTIVITIES COUNSELLORS WILL BE DOING WITH STUDENTS AND THEN WE HAVE A PROPOSED BALANCED CALENDAR INITIATIVE. DON'T SCROLL YET.

SORRY. [LAUGHTER] AND THAT'S FOR $604,000.

WE RECEIVED SOME MONEY FROM THE STATE TO HELP US PLAN AND IMPLEMENT THAT.

WE HAVE NOT FULLY -- WE ARE STILL IN THE EXPLORATORY STAGE FOR THAT BUT WE HAVE THE FUNDING IF WE WANT TO GO FORWARD. THAT WILL BE TO ACTUALLY IMPLEMENT IT FOR NEXT YEAR.

AND THEN THE BIG ONE IS WHAT WE SAW IN AN APPLICATION -- >> NOT THIS COMING SCHOOL YEAR

BY THE FOLLOWING. >> YES, SIR. AND THEN WE HAD PUT IN OUR BUDGET FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2022 BUDGET $1 MILLION BECAUSE WE DID NOT KNOW WHAT THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ALLOCATION WOULD BE AND NOW WE KNOW THAT WE RECEIVED $2.58 MILLION SO WE'RE ASKING FOR THE COUNTY TO LET US APPROPRIATE ALL THAT MONEY. THE NICE THING ABOUT THE FEDERAL MONEY IS IT DOESN'T HAVE TO ALL BE USED NEXT YEAR BUT WE'RE GOING TO ASK THE COUNTY TO RECOGNIZE THAT WE GOT THIS AWARD AND WE HAVE UNTIL SEPTEMBER OF 2024 TO USE THIS MONEY SO IN OUR PLAN, WE HAVE ACTUALLY 3 YEARS OF ACTIVITY TO USE THAT MONEY IN THE MOST EFFECTIVE AND EFFICIENT WAY WE CAN AND THAT IS WHAT WE'RE TAKING TO THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS TO ASK THEM TO APPROVE AND I'M SURE THEY WILL HAVE QUESTIONS THERE AS WELL. DO YOU HAVE ANYMORE QUESTIONS?

>> NO, I APPRECIATE YOU SHARING THAT BECAUSE OFTEN, CONSENT ITEMS, WE WE APPROVE AS A GROU.

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PUBLIC'S ATTENTION. >> YES, MA'AM. >> MADAM CHAIR, I MOVE THAT WE

APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS A SLATE AS PRESENTED. >> THANK YOU.

IS THERE A SECOND? >> I SECOND. >> ALL RIGHT.

I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE THE CONSENT ITEMS AS A SLATE.

ALL THOSE -- IS THERE ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? OKAY.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE RESPOND WITH AYE. >> AYE.

>> ANY OPPOSED? GREAT. THANK YOU.

SO WE ARE NOW TO ITEM 14 AND DR. RALEY IS GOING TO INTRODUCE YOUR ADVISORY COMMITTEE.

>> THANK YOU MS. HORN AND AS YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE IDENTIFIED ADVISORY COMMITTEES TO SERVE TRULY IN AN ADVISORY CAPACITY TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICT ON A VARIETY OF TOPICS.

SOME ARE MANDATED BY STATE LAW, OTHERS ACCOMPLISHED BY THE BOARD TO GAIN PERSPECTIVE AND UNDERSTAND ISSUES THAT AFFECT OUR SCHOOL DIVISION. THESE ARE MADE OF VOLUNTEERS, STAFF AS WELL AS SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS. STAFF AND SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS DO NOT HAVE VOTING AUTHORITY ON THESE COMMITTEES, HOWEVER, ULTIMATELY THESE COMMITTEES ARE ADVISORY IN NATURE AND ANY SORT OF DECISIONS MADE ON BEHALF OF THE SCHOOL DECISION ARE MADE BY THE FIVE BOARD MEMBERS HERE THIS EVEN LING. ON AN ANNUALING.

ON AN ANNUAL BASIS, THE SCHOOL BOARD RECEIVES REPORTS REGARDING THE WORK OF ADVISORY COMMITTEES.

THE FIRST REPORT COMES AND CHAIRMAN MICHAEL ALLEN IS HERE THIS EVENING.

>> GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. I WANT TO THANK EVERYONE FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE WITH THE BOARD WHAT THE COMMITTEE HAS BEEN UP TO FOR THE PAST YEAR. 2020-2021 WAS A VERY INTERESTING SCHOOL YEAR, ONE I HOPE WE NEVER SEE AGAIN. I'M VERY EXCITED TO HEAR ALL OUR STUDENTS WILL BE BACK IN SCHOOL AND HAPPY TO SEE THAT HAPPEN. I THINK IT'S A GREAT, GREAT THING THAT THE SCHOOL SYSTEM IS DOING. I ALSO WANT TO APPLAUD YOU FOR THE WORK AND THE DECISIONS YOU MADE OVER THE PAST SCHOOL YEAR TO TRY TO ANSWER ALL THE CONCERNS OF THE COMMUNITY WHILE KEEPING OUR STUDENTS SAFE. I THINK YOU DID AN EXCELLENT JOB AND YOU SHOULD BE APPLAUDED FOR THAT. I KNOW SOME OF YOU WERE BEAT UP FOR IT, BUT YOU SHOULD BE APPLAUDED. THE ACEE COMMITTEE WAS REBRANDED LAST YEAR. THIS COMMITTEE HAS BEEN IN EXISTENCE FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS.

WE WERE ORIGINALLY KNOWN AS THE MINORITY STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT ADVISORY COUNCIL.

WE UNDERWENT SOME NEW LEADERSHIP AND CHANGED THE NAME TO ACEE, THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOR EQUITY IN EDUCATION. THE PURPOSE OF THE COMMITTEE HAS REMAINED MUCH THE SAME.

WE ARE HERE TO WORK WITH THE COMMUNITY, TO BE A CONDUIT TO THE COMMUNITY, TO BRING THOSE VOICES TO THE SCHOOL BOARD TO LEAD TO A MORE EQUITABLE, A MORE INCLUSIVE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT FOR ALL STUDENTS IN GOOCHLAND COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS. TO DO THAT, WE CREATED FORUMS WHERE PARENTS, TEACHERS, CONCERNED CITIZENS THAT ARE INTERESTED IN THE SUCCESS OF MINORITY STUDENTS IN GOOCHLAND COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEMS HAVE A WAY TO SHARE IDEA AND CONCERNS NOT ONLY WITH THE TEACHERS BUT ALSO WITH SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION AND THE SCHOOL BOARD ITSELF. WE ENCOURAGE THOSE IDEAS BE BROUGHT FORWARD AND WE WANT TO SHARE THEM WITH YOU. AS DR. RALEY STATED, THIS IS SIMPLY AN ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND WE'RE BRINGING THE VOICE OF THE COMMUNITY AND WE ARE LOOKING FOR THE SCHOOL BOARD TO ENACT POLICIES THAT WILL WORK WITH THOSE CITIZENS. TO THAT END, AFTER MEETING WITH

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THIS IS NOT SAYING ANYBODY ON THIS COMMITTEE OR ANYBODY IN ANY OF THESE MEETINGS IS ASKING US TO TEACH CRITICAL RACE THEORY. THIS MEETING WOULD YOU DESCRIBE HELD IN JUNE OF LAST YEAR AND CRITICAL RACE THEORY WASN'T EVEN A THING, OKAY? SO LET'S MOVE ON.

SO LAST YEAR, 2020 WAS A VERY DIFFICULT YEAR SO WE HAD A HARD TIME CREATING A FORUM.

IT JUST SO HAPPENS THAT AS THE NEW CHAIRMAN OF THIS COMMITTEE, I WAS CONTACTED BY A NUMBER OF COMMUNITY CITIZENS, CONCERNED SEASONS AND A NUMBER OF PARENTS AND THEY ALL WANTED TO HAVE A VOICE AT ONE OF THE MEETINGS. THERE WERE SO MANY PEOPLE WHO WANTED A PLACE TO SPEAK, I SAID IT'S NOT GOING TO WORK TO HAVE EVERYONE SPEAK AT THE MEETING SO I ARRANGED A MEETING AT A PARK.

WE WERE ABLE TO SOCIAL DISTANCE, WHICH WAS THE CONCERN AT THE TIME, AND WE HAD AN HONEST CONVERSATION. THINGS THAT CAME OUT OF THAT MEETING ARE IN THE SLIDE, CREATE A POLICY OF NO RACIAL, POLITICAL OR DEVICIVE CLOTHING ON SCHOOL GROUNDS, HONOR AND GIFTED PROGRAMS, SEEK OUT MINORITY SPEAKERS TO OFFER A DES VEERS PERSPECTIVE FOR STUDENT PROGRAMS. I HAVE ACEE MEMBERS AND OTHER PARTNERS PARTICIPATE IN RECRUITING SESSIONS FOR TEACHERS AND WE WERE ASKINGS FOR A MENTORING AND ADVOCACY PROGRAM INCLUDING BUSINESS PROFESSIONALS AND HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS T IDEA THERE THAT LOCAL BUSINESS PROFESSIONALS WOULD WORK WITH SOME OF OUR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS TO GIVE THEM IDEAS OF CAREER PATHS AND ALSO REVIEW HISTORY THROUGH BIASES. I WILL GIVE YOU AN XAFRNL OF THIS. HOW MANYEXAMPLE OF THIS.

HOW MANY OF YOU HAVE HEARD OF LANGSTON HUGHES? HIS UNCLE WAS THE FIRST ELECTED AFRICAN AMERICAN SENATOR IN VIRGINIA. HIS NAME WAS JOHN MERCER LANGSTON, BORN IN LOUISA COUNTY. THAT'S A POSITIVE EXAMPLE OF HISTORY, LOCAL HISTORY THAT'S NOT TAUGHT IN OUR SCHOOLS. THESE ARE SOME OF THE THINGS WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE INCLUDED IN OUR PROGRAM. ALL RIGHT. SO WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WERE CREATING A CURRICULUM AND AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE EVERY STUDENT COULD BE SUCCESSFUL.

THESE ARE SOME OF THE THINGS WE ASKED THE SCHOOL BOARD TO LOOK AT.

NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. THIS YEAR SAW THAT THE SCHOOL BOARD HAS CREATED A NEW POSITION FOR DR. BETH FOULER AND SHE'S THE ADVANCED PROGRAM AND EQUITY SPECIALIST.

AFTER PRESENTING THESE REMARKS FROM THE COMMUNITY MEETING THERE WERE EQUITY GOALS PUT IN PLACE BY THE SCHOOL SYSTEM AND ONE OF THE THING WAS CREATE A WELCOMING AND INCLUSIVE ENVIRONMENT THAT FOSTER A SENSE OF BELONGING FOR ALL STUDENTS, ENGAGE IN ONGOING EDUCATION OF OUR WORK FORCE, AND THOSE THINGS ARE BEING WORKED ON. WE RECEIVE MONTHLY REPORTS FROM DR. FOULER EXPLAINING WHAT THE SCHOOL SYSTEM IS DOING TOWARDS THOSE EFFORTS.

I WANT TO SAY THAT WE WERE VERY ENCOURAGED BY SOME OF THE THINGS SHE WAS ABLE TO SHARE WITH US.

THE SCHOOL SYSTEM ITSELF, GOOCHLAND HIGH SCHOOL, FOR EXAMPLE, THROUGH THE PRINCIPAL HAS CREATED A BASE COMMITTEE AND IT'S LIKE THE JUNIOR VERSION ACEE COMMITTEE AND OUR STUDENTS ARE ABLE TO STITHE WITH SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS AND HAVE A VOICE. WE'RE VERY ENCOURAGED BY THAT.

THERE'S ALSO BEEN AN EFFORT TO CREATE GREATER TRANSPARENCY AROUND GIFTED AND ADVANCED

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I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF WORK BEING DONE BY THE STATE BUT WE ALSO ASK THAT THERE ARE POSITIVE EXAMPLES OUT THERE AND THAT WE UTILIZE THAT INFORMATION TO SUPPLEMENT WHAT'S BEING CAUGHT IN THE CLASSROOM. WE WERE ALSO CONCERNED ABOUT STUDENT CONDUCT AND THAT'S BEING ADDRESSED ISSUE BY THE SCHOOL SYSTEM. FINALLY, THIS COMMITTEE BEGAN WITH MR. CRAWLS AS THE CHAIRMAN. HE WAS THE CHAIRMAN OF MSAC. I WILL TELL YOU THAT HE IS GREATLY MISSED BY ME AND THE MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE. I HEARD A FEW PEOPLE TODAY MENTION HIS ANYMORE AND TO THAT END, WE WANT TO APPLAUD THE EFFORTS OF HIM AND THE WORK HE PUT IN PLACE TO MAKE MSAC A SUCCESSFUL OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS AND WE ALSO WANT TO THANK HIM FOR HIS HARD WORK ON THIS SCHOOL BOARD AND FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO DON'T KNOW, HE WAS ALSO A MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS FOR A FEW YEARS AND WANT TO THANK HIM FOR HIS HARD WORK THERE. TO THAT END, THE COMMITTEE HAS WORKED WITH THE CENTRAL OFFICE PERSONNEL IN HELPING CREATE THE QUARRELS FELLOWSHIP THAT WILL GO TO MINORITY STUDENTS WANTING TO BECOME A TEACHER IN GOOCHLAND COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS. ALL RIGHT.

ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS? I WILL SAY THIS, IN THE INTEREST OF TIME, I KNOW YOU HAVE OTHER COMMITTEES COMING UP AND I MIGHT HAVE WENT OVER MY 5 MINUTES BUT I WOULD ASK EVERYBODY ON THIS PANEL TO REACH OUT TO ME. I DESIRE YOUR FEEDBACK AND I WOULD LIKE TO TALK TO YOU ONE ON ONE AND JUST KIND OF HEAR WHAT THE BOARD IS THINKING OF THIS COMMITTEE AND SEE IF WE CAN WORK TOGETHER. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

>> YOU ASKED FOR FEEDBACK. >> YES, I DID. >> I'M SORRY.

FIRST, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR PRESENTATION AND ALL YOUR HARD WORK OVER THE PAST YEAR.

I KNOW THERE'S BEEN AN AWFUL LOT OF WORK DONE IN YOUR COMMITTEE AND TACKLED A LOT OF TOPICS ON THE WAY. WE HAVE HOPE AND WE HAVE A LOT OF WORK TO STILL DO TOGETHER BUT I REALLY APPRECIATE THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT YOU HAVE COME UP WITH AND, AGAIN, THE WORK OF THE COMMITTEE SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT AND I REALLY LOOK FORWARD TO THAT CONVERSATION WITH YOU. I THINK THERE'S PROBABLY A LOT OF ROOM FOR BETTER UNDERSTANDING ALL THE WAY AROUND. IF NOTHING ELSE, YOU CAN AT LEAST KNOW WHAT'S RUNNING

THROUGH THIS LITTLE PEA BRAIN UP HERE. >> LOOKING FORWARD TO IT.

>> THANK YOU. >> WILLIAM QUARRELS TOLD ME HE HELPED DESIGN THIS DIAS UP HERE WHEN HE WAS ON THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS SO THAT'S TO HIS CREDIT AS WELL.

>> THE BASE COMMITTEE AT THE HIGH SCHOOL, IT IS FOR SUPPORTING MINORITY STUDENTS BY THE FIRST GROUP OF STUDENTS IS NOT ALL MINORITY STUDENTS S THAT CORRECT?

>> THAT IS ABSOLUTELY CORRECT. FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND, THE CURRENT GROUP OF STUDENTS OR THE INITIAL GROUP OF STUDENTS WERE VERY DIVERSE. YOU HAD A NUMBER OF MINORITY STUDENTS BUT A NUMBER OF MAJORITY STUDENTS ON THAT COUNCIL.

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>> IT'S THEIR WORLD, RIGHT? >> IT IS. >> THANK YOU, SIR.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK, I KNOW HOW MUCH YOU WORK ON THIS. I APPRECIATE YOU, SIR.

>> ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> THANK YOU.

>> NEXT BOARD MEMBERS I'M GOING TO ASK DR. JENNIFER WAGNER TO COME FORWARD.

MS. DENORA IS CHAIR OF THE SPECIAL EDUCATION ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND SHE WAS NOT ABLE TO JOIN US BUT HERE TO PROVIDE A SUMMARY AND ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS, WE HAVE DR. WAGNER.

>> GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. DR. DENORA WAS UNABLE TO MAKE IT HERE THIS EVENING.

SHE SUBMITTED A WRITTEN REPORT BEFORE YOU IN YOUR BOARD PACKET. I'M SURE YOU'VE HAD A CHANCE TO READ IT BUT IT JUST OUTLINES WHAT OUR GOALS ARE FOR OUR SEAC AND TOWARDS THE BOTTOM OF THE DOCUMENT, SORRY, I THOUGHT I WOULD BE ABLE TO SCROLL OVER HERE, YOU WILL SEE THE SEAC'S RECOMMENDATIONS FOR NEXT YEAR AND THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS DEAL WITH US KEEPING TAT FOREFRONT OF OUR MINDS AS YOU KNOW WE ARE, HOW WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT OUR KIDS WITH DISABILITIES ARE ABLE TO RECOVER FROM THE PANDEMIC AS WE INCREASE THOSE IN-PERSON LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES FOR THEM.

ALSO, JUST MAKING THURE WE'RE ADDRESSING THE SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL CONCERNS FOR OUR KIDS.

THEY KNOW THE WORK WE'RE DOING AND WOULD LIKE FOR US TO ALSO REMEMBER THAT STUDENTS WITH DISABLES AREES ARES ARE ES ARE DISCUSSION AS WELL AS TRANSITION AND MAKING SURE THAT KIDS WITH DISABILITIES KNOW WHAT'S WAITING FOR THEM AFTER THEY GET THEIR DIPLOMA.

>> BOARD MEMBERS? I KNOW THE FAMILIES AND THE STUDENTS WHO ARE SERVED BY THIS COMMITTEE AND IN OUR SCHOOLS ARE DEFINITELY READY TO BE BACK AT SCHOOL AND I KNOW THAT THIS COMMITTEE SUPPORTS ALL THE WORK THAT'S BEING DONE BY OUR TEACHERS AND BY YOU AND YOUR OTHER LEADERSHIP STAFF MEMBERS, SO THANK YOU FOR THAT AND THANK YOU FOR THE INFORMATION THAT IS SHARED WITH SEAC AND THE LARGER UMBRELLA OF THIS GROUP. IT'S GREAT INFORMATION FOR

STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES AND FOR ALL STUDENTS SO THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU.

>> DR. WAGNER, DON'T GO TOO FAR. KIM DUFFEY, OUR LEAD SCHOOL NURSE, WAS NOT ABLE TO MAKE IT, EITHER. SOME FOLKS THAT PUBLICLY CELEBRATED WHAT OUR SCHOOL DIVISION DID EARLY IN THE FALL TO HAVE STUDENTS IN PERSON WAS A DIRECT RESULT OF KIM DUFFEY'S

LEADERSHIP, DR. WAGNER AND THE SCHOOL BOARD. >> SURE, BOAST OF MYT H OF MY C VAR V VERY INVOLVED.

I KNOW IT SEEMS MAYBE NOT BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT HERE AND I'M UP HERE BACK TO BACK BUT THEY DID REALLY WANT TO BE HERE. KIM DUFFEY CREATED A VERY COMPREHENSIVE LIST OF WHAT SHAB OR OUR SCHOOL HEALTH ADVISORY BOARD HAS BEEN UP TO IN WORKING WITH THE PROGRAM AND WHAT WE'RE DOING WELL AS A SCHOOL SIMILAR AND TOWARDS THE BOTTOM, LISA LANDROM, OUR NUTRITION ADVISOR, YOU ARE PARTICULAR WITH THE WELLNESS POLICY BUT PART OF IT IS RELATED TO A TRIANNUAL ASSESSMENT RELATED TO WELLNESS IF ANYONE WAS INTERESTED IN READING THAT BUT THOSE ARE OUR

TWO MAJOR POLICIES THIS YEAR. >> BUSY COMMITTEE THIS YEAR. WOW.

YEAH, I CAN'T HAVE ANY HARD FEELINGS TO KIM NOT BEING HERE TONIGHT WITH THE HOURS SHE'S PUT IN THIS YEAR AND THIS IS A VERY THOROUGH REPORT. GREAT LINKS FOR THE PUBLIC WHETHER YOU HAVE CHILDREN OR NOT TO LINK TO TO SEE WHAT'S HAPPENING AND THINK ABOUT THE WHOLE CHILD IS WHAT WE WANT TO DO AND I THINK WE HEARD THAT MESSAGE THIS EVENING A FEW

TIMES. >> JUST MY COMMENT WAS FOR THE LAST COMMITTEE.

I STILL THINK THE SEAC WAS MY FAVORITE COMMITTEE I WAS ON. BOTH OF THESE COMMITTEES HAD

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THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR BOTH OF THESE COMMITTEES. >> SPEAKING OF THAT, I WOULD BE REMISS IF I DID NOT ACKNOWLEDGE MS. BAREFOOT-REID WHO SERVES AS OUR SCHOOL BOARD REPRESENTATIVE IN BOTH OF THESE COMMITTEES AND WE VERY MUCH APPRECIATE YOUR INPUT.

WE ALSO APPRECIATED YOUR INPUT FOR YOUR MANY YEARS ON SEAC. >> IT PALES IN COMPARISON.

>> I NEVER THOUGHT WE WOULD BE ABLE TO REPLACE YOU BUT I THINK WE FOUND SOMEONE.

>> I'M BLUSHING. >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU DR. WAGNER.

WE HAVE A RUN RECORD FROM THE STEM AND CTE ADVISORY COMMITTEE. THE STEM ADVISORY COMMITTEE, THIS YEAR WE HAD A CONUNDRUM DAY THAT WAS VERY WELL ATTENDED. THERE ARE THINGS FROM OUR EXPERIENCES OVER THE COURSE OF THE PAST 16-MONTH THAT IS WE MAY WANT TO CONTINUE AND WE HAD GREAT PAR THEYS PASCHEN AMONG STUDENTS AND FAMILIES ABLE TOTI STUDENTS AND FAMILIES ABLE TO PARTICIPATE REMOTELY ON A SATURDAY GETTING THEIR FAMILY OUT OF BED AND BEING THERE FOR A COO NONE DRUM DAY SO WE FOUND THAT THE DELIVERY MODEL FOR CONUNDRUM DAY WAS HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL. THEN WE HAD STEM CAMP EARLIER IN JUNE AND THAT WAS VERY, VERY WELL ATTENDED. WE STUDENTS BUILDING AND CREATING AND DOING SOME REALLY AMAZING THINGS. WE DID ENRICHMENT FIELD TRIPS ASSOCIATED WITH THAT, BUILDING SOLAR CARS AND SOLAR OVENS AND ROLLER COASTERS IT WAS REALLY COOL TO SEE THE ENGAGEMENT AND THE THOUGHT GOING INTO THEIR WORK AND THE PRIDE IN THEIR WORK AND THE LEARNING HAPPENING IN THAT SET SOING WE WANT TO THANK THE VOLUNTEERS WHO PROVIDE THEIR EXPERTISE.

MS. BAREFOOT-REID ALSO REPRESENTS THE CTE ADVISORY COMMITTEE.

ONE WAS THE ACADEMY FOR SUSTAINABILITY AND WE CONTINUE TO LISTEN TO OUR BUSINESS PARTNERS TO UNDERSTAND WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE INDUSTRY TO WE CAN HELP OUR CURRICULUM MAKE THEIR DECISIONS SO OUR GRADUATES WILL BE FULLY READY FOR ANY JOB THEY MAY HAVE OUT OF GOOCHLAND HIGH SCHOOL. AGAIN, WE HAD PETTER PARTICIPATION THROUGH A REMOTE SETTING THAN WE HAVE HAD IN THE PAST IN PERSON SO HYBRID DELIVERY MAY BE THE WAY OF THE FUTURE WHEN IT COMES TO SOME OF THESE ADVISORY COMMITTEES. WE'LL HAVE TO FIND OUR NEW GROOVE AGAIN BUT WE'RE THANKFUL FOR THOSE INDIVIDUALS WHO VOLUNTEERED THEIR TIME.

THE LAST ADVISORY COMMITTEE IS OUR GIFTED ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND WE WANT TO THANK JOANNA

WENDSEL WHO IS HERE WITH HER REPORT. >> I HAVE TWO OF THEM.

TWO FOR THE PRICE OF ONE. GOOD EVENING, I'M THE OUTGOING CHAIRPERSON OF GAC.

DO YOU WANT DO INTRODUCE YOURSELF CRYSTAL. >> GOOD EVENING.

MY NAME IS CRYSTAL JOHNSON. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME THIS EVENING.

>> I SUBMITTED A REPORT SO I WILL LOOK AT THAT. WE HAD OUR MEETING THROUGH GOOGLE MEET AS MANY OF DID AND VALUED THE PRESENCE OF THE LATE MR. QUARRELS.

WE HAD SOME GOOD CONVERSATION AND WE STARTED THIS YEAR USING BASE CAMP AND BASE CAMP HELPED US PROVIDE ONE SITE SO WE COULD ALL BE ON ONE PAGE AND SHARE DOCUMENTS AND THAT'S BEEN VERY HELPFUL FOR OUR COMMITTEE. WE ALSO WANTED TO INCREASE COMMUNICATION OUT NOT JUST WITHIN THE COMMITTEE AND WE DID THAT IN VARIOUS WAYS. DR. FOULER UPDATED OUR GCPS

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I'M GOING TO SCROLL UP SO I CAN KEEP GOING HERE. ANOTHER CONCERN WAS A LACK OF APPLICATIONS FROM OUR STUDENTS, BENEFITTED AND NONGIFTED FOR THINGS LIKE BLUE RICH, MAGGIE WALKER, ACA, THAT WASD, MAGGIE WALKER, ACAG, MAGGIE WALKER, ACAE, MAGGIE WALKER, ACA, THAT WAS A CONCERN FOR US SO WE REACHED OUT TO MINORITY STUDENTS WHO WE THOUGHT WERE GOOD CANDIDATES FOR THESE PROGRAMS. MAYBE THEY DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT IT SO WE CONTACTED THEM TO GET THEM INVOLVED. ANOTHER ISSUE WAS SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL NEEDS AND WITH CRAVE THAT CARRIED OVER INTO THIS YEAR SO WE HAD A MEETING DEDICATED TO THIS. WE HAD A PANEL, EVERYONE WAS IN INVITED AND IT WAS FANTASTIC. WE COVERED THINGS LIKE PEER PRESSURE, ANXIETY, PER FICTIONISM, A LOT OF THINGS WE SEE IN OUR GIFTED AND HIGH ACHIEVING STUDENTS AND IT WAS OPEN TO ANY PARENT WHO WANTED TO ATTEND THAT NIGHT AND THAT WAS RECORDED IF ANYBODY WANTS TO GO BACK AND SEE THAT. EACH MEETING WE HIGHLIGHTED A GRT AND THAT'S ALIAS FUN TO SEE.

WE HAVE NEW GIFTED ADVISERS, FOUR OUT OF FIVE ARE NEW THIS YEAR.

WE LEARNED ABOUT GRIPS. WE HAD A SHOWCASE WEBSITE FROM MS. GIMMEL.

WE LEARNED ABOUT STEM AND WE HAD MINDFULNESS STRATEGIES FOR SUPPORTING GIFTED LEARNERS.

OUR GRTS CREATED AND SENT OUT E-MAILS AND POSTS. OPPORTUNITIES, THINGS GOING ON, THING OFFENSE THAT NATURE. THE GIFTED INSTRUCTIONAL TEAM CONTRIBUTED AND SUPPORTED INITIATIVES AND WERE TRANSPARENT WITH THINGS LIKE IDENTIFYING GIFTED STUDENTS AND WE APPRECIATE THEIR VISION AND THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS AND SUPPORT FOR THE THEMES THAT WE HAD THIS YEAR. WE HAD ADMINISTRATIVE ITEMS. THIS YEAR WAS NO DIFFERENT THAN THE USUAL YEARS. WE HAD DR. GRYER COME IN AND THERE WAS A MEETING TOO DISCUSS THE CARES ACT FUND. WE TALKED ABOUT THAT. SHE HAD HIGH CON MEN DIGS AND WE REVIEWED THAT PLAN. WE ALSO HAD OUR ELECTIONS THEY WERE CARRIED OUT AND WE HAVE OUR NEW CHAIRPERSON, CRYSTAL JOHNSON, SO WE'RE EXCITED TO HAVE HER LEADERSHIP.

AS I STEP BACK I WANTED TO SAY THATCH AND ESPECIALLY TO DR. FOULER.

SHE'S FANTASTIC, YOU KNOW THAT AND SHE'S ONE IN A MILLION. I APPRECIATE OUR ENTHUSIASM AND

HER KNOWLEDGE IN THIS COUNTY. >> LOOKING FORWARD TO NEXT YEAR, WE'RE VERY EXCITED BECAUSE WE HAVE A NEW AREA THAT WE'VE IDENTIFIED. WE'RE BEYOND THRILLED AND WE WANT TO PUT IN OUR REQUEST AGAIN FOR A FULL TIME POSITION FOR A PARENT OF A GIFTED CHILD AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL. YOU GO TO MIDDLE SCHOOL AND IT'S ALREADY AWKWARD AND THERE'S NO ONE THERE TO HOLD THEIR HAND A LITTLE BIT LIKE THEY HAD PREVIOUSLY.

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BACK TO WHAT MS. WETSEL SAID EARLIER, DR. FOULER WENT ABOVE AND BEYOND THIS YEAR WITH RECRUITING APPLICATIONS. MY DAUGHTER APPLIED BECAUSE I MADE HER -- [LAUGHTER] . JUST A LITTLE SIDE STORY, MY DAUGHTER WAS IDENTIFIED, SHE WAS MONITORED IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FOR GIFTED AND IT WAS DETERMINED WHEN SHE WENT TO MIDDLE SCHOOL SHE DID NOT MEET THE REQUIREMENTS.

BECAUSE THERE WAS NO FULL TIME PERSON THERE, I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT SUPPORT WAS THERE, I SAID THAT'S NO BIG DEAL, THAT'S FINE. THEN THERE ARE SOME DIFFERENT PROGRAMS THAT I DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT BUT THAT'S FINE. ONE OF HER TEACHERS SAID THIS GIRL HAS MADE STRAIGHT AS AND SHE'S IN GEOMETRY AND ALGEBRA II. SHE MAY NOT BE GIFTED GENERALLY BUT SHE'S GIFTED IN AREAS. SHE HAD MR. NEWFORD AND HE BELIEVED IN HER AND I'M EMOTIONAL BECAUSE THIS HAS BEEN A STRUGGLE. SAME YEAR, STRAIGHT AS, 98.

SHE'S GOING TO MAGGIE WALKER AND I COULDN'T BE PROUDER OF HER SO THE SUPPORT OF SOMEONE FOR THEM IS VERY IMPORTANT. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.

WE QUARTERBWELCOME ANY FEEDBACK QUESTIONS. >> THANK YOU.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE AS YOU RETIREMENT >> I'M

>> I'M. >> I'M SORRY. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

>> WE LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING MORE FROM YOU AS WELL. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

>> THAT'S NOT A SMALL JOB. THAT'S A VERY ACTIVE COMMITTEE. >> YES.

>> AND MS. JOHNSON, I REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR HIGHLIGHTING A CONNECTION BETWEEN A TEACHER AND STUDENT WHERE ONE TEACHER CAN HAVE SUCH AN IMPACT AND THAT KIND OF RELATIONSHIP IS EXACTLY

WHAT WE'RE HOPING FOR. >> THAT'S WHAT WE'RE HOPING FOR EVERY DAY.

HE RECOMMENDED HER FOR THE GIFTED PROGRAM AGAIN AND SHE WAS IDENTIFIED AND NOW SHE'S IN IT,

SO IT'S GREAT. THANK YOU. >> THE NEXT ITEM IS SOMETHING WE DO ANNUALLY AS WE ANTICIPATE THE START OF SCHOOL AND THAT'S AN ANNUAL REVIEW OF FEES.

YOU HAVE THE FEE THAT IS WERE ASKED OF FAMILIES DURING THE 2020-2021 SCHOOL YEAR YOU CAN SEE VERY MINIMAL PAGES. HOWEVER THERE ARE MINIMAL CHANGES AS WE GO FORWARD.

WE ARE NOT SEEKING THE BOARD'S APPROVAL OF THESE THIS EVENING. THEY'RE FOR PUBLIC CONSUMPTION

AND ARE INFORMATIONAL. >> A QUESTION ABOUT THE FEES. I REMEMBER BEING MY CHILD'S CHECKBOOK THE FIRST DAYS OF SCHOOL. IS THERE A FEE NIGHT?

SOME OF THEM ARE OPTIONAL, CORRECT? >> IT'S A CORRECT.

ONE OF THE THINGS THE SCHOOL CALLED BACK TO SCHOOL NIGHT BUSINESS NIGHT.

WE QUICKLY CHANGED THAT IN 2017 AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE FAMILIES FEEL WELCOME BACK TO SCHOOL NOT WE'RE GOING TO COLLECT YOUR MONEY NIGHT. WE'RE FORTUNATE NOW THAT WE HAVE ONLINE SCHOOL PAYMENTS AND FAMILIES THAT DON'T HAVE GO TO SCHOOL AND FILL OUT A CHECKBOOK.

WE TRANSFERRED TO AN ELECTRONIC ENVIRONMENT. BACK TO SCHOOL SHOULD BE FUN AND EXCITING. IT CEMENT BE A BURDEN ON FAMILIES.

AS A SCHOOL DIVISION, WE WORKED VERY HARD TO ELIMINATE FEES, REDUCE FEES BECAUSE AS

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>> ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU FOR THAT INFORMATION. TO REPEAT WHAT DR. RALEY SAID, SECTION 14, ALL THOSE ITEMS WERE INFORMATION ONLY. THERE'S NO VOTING ON ANY OF THOSE ITEMS AND I THANK ALL THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS, CHAIRS WHO HAVE DONE GREAT WORK ALL YEAR AND BRING US THE THOUGHT OFFENSE DIFFERENT GROUPS IN THE COMMUNITY, SO THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT. ACTION ITEMS. OUR FIRST IS CALLED A LEGISLATIVE AGENDA AND BOARD MEMBERS HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET WITH OUR LOCAL AND STATE REPRESENTATIVES ON A NUMBER OF BASES AND WE COMMUNITY CASE WITH THEM THE VIRGINIA SCHOOL BOARD ASSOCIATION KEEPS US IN A LOOP ON ALL THE FEDERAL AND STATE UPDATES SO WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO WRITE LETTERS TO OUR OFFICIALS ON SPECIFIC TOPICS AND WE ALSO HAVE A TIME WHERE WE ARE ALL IN THE SAME ROOM TOGETHER AND WE BRING SOME REQUESTS TO THAT GROUP.

WE TALK ABOUT THEM AND THEY TELL US ABOUT THE WORK THEY HOPE TO HAVE COMING IN THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION SO THIS IS A LIST OF 13 ITEMS PRESENTED AS INFORMATION LAST MONTH.

WHAT YOU WILL SEE IN ■THESE AND WHAT YOU WILL SEE FROM OUR PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATION IS THAT ANNUALLY WE HAVE A CONVENTION WHERE WE ALSO VOTE AS EACH DIVISION HAS A REPRESENTATIVE AND WE VOTE ON AN ASSOCIATION'S AGENDA. ITEMS WILL STAY ON THAT AGENDA IF THEY PERTAIN TO WHAT'S NEEDED IN OUR SCHOOLS. THEY WILL DROP FROM THE LIST IF OUR REQUESTS HAVE BEEN SUCCESSFUL, SO THIS LIST IS JUST ONE OF MANY ITEMS, BUT THIS IS A LIST THAT WE WILL PERSONALLY BE SHARING WITH OUR STATE AND LOCAL REPRESENTATIVES.

WE ARE GOING TO -- I'M GOING TO ASK FOR A MOTION ON THIS ITEM, PLEASE.

>> MADAM CHAIR, I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THE 2022 LEGISLATIVE AGENDA AS PRESENTED.

>> THANK YOU. I HAVE A MOTION. IS THERE A SECOND?

>> I SECOND. >> ALL RIGHT. A MOTION AND A SECOND.

BEFORE WE VOTE, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION FROM ANY OTHER BOARD MEMBER ON THESE ITEMS? OKAY. GREAT. ALL RIGHT.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE 2022 LEGISLATIVE AGENDA AS PRESENTED, PLEASE SAY AYE.

>> AYE. >> ANY OPPOSED? THANK YOU.

WE WILL PRESENT THIS AGENDA. WE ORIGINALLY HAD A DATE THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN WHAT?

LAST WEEK? . >> I BELIEVE SO.

>> IT WAS THE 7TH AND DUE TO -- I GUESS THEY HAD TO MEET. SEVERAL GOT CALLED BACK SO WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO SETTING A DATE THAT WILL WORK WITH EVERYONE'S SCHEDULE IN THE NEAR FUTURE. ALL RIGHT. ITEM B IS REALLY EXCITING AND I HOPE THAT DR. RALEY WILL SHARE INFORMATION BEFORE WE MAKE A VOTE ON THAT OR A MOTION.

>> THANK YOU, MS. HORN AND NOVEMBER, OUR COMMUNITY WILL BE FACED WITH MAKING A DECISION REGARDING THE FUTURE CAPITAL PROGRAM OF OUR SCHOOL DIVISION. AS VOTERS GO TO THE BALLOT BOX, THEY WILL BE ASKED TWO QUESTIONS, ONE WHETHER OR NOT THE COMMUNITY SHOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE DEBT FOR BUILDING A NEW COURTHOUSE AND A FIREFIGHTER AND AN ANY GOOCHLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, ROAD IMPROVEMENTS TO BULLDOG WELL AS WELL AS ACCESSORY BUILDINGS FOR OUR STUDENTS WHO WRESTLE, AN AUXILIARY GYMNASIUM AND AS THE VOCEERS CONSIDER, IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THESETERS CONSIDER TO NOTE THAT THESE PROJECTS CAN BE VOTED ON WITH NO TAX

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ONE OF THE THINGS WE NEED TO DO IS LINE UP THE ENGINEER THAT WOULD ALLOW US TO DESIGN THE PROJECT TO MODERNIZE AND PROVIDE A SAFER PARKING LOT AS WELL AS A PROPOSED NEW SCHOOL ON THAT CAMPUS SO WHAT YOU'RE ABOUT TO DECIDE ON IS FOR AN ENGINE TO DO THAT WORK.

MS. WHITE HAS DONE A LOT OF AMAZING WORK BEHIND THE SCENES. ANY OTHER HIGHLIGHTS YOU WANT TO

SHARE? >> THE MAIN HIGHLIGHT IS THAT EVEN WITHOUT THE BOND REFERENDUM, WE HAVE CASH ON HAND TO START THESE PROJECTS. THE $339,000 CONTRACT THAT WE ARE RECOMMEND THAT HAD YOU APPROVE FROM TIMMONS, THE FIRST, WE WILL WRITE A PURCHASE ORDER FIRST FOR $300,000 OF IT TO GET US THROUGH 100% DESIGN AND THE BALANCE OF THE PROJECT IS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION PROCUREMENT OF THE FIRM AND THE CONSTRUCTION ADMINISTRATION.

SO WE COULD STOP AT THE POINT OF DESIGN IF THE REFERENDUM DOES NOT GO THROUGH.

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FOR YOU TO APPROVE THAT CONTRACT. >> THANK YOU.

I APPRECIATE YOU PROVIDING THAT. >> DO I RECALL CORRECTLY WE OUR RETREAT EARLIER YOU SAID BY THE TIME WE VOTE IN NOVEMBER ON THIS REFERENDUM, WE WILL HAVE BEEN ROUGHLY 60% OF THE WAY THROUGH THIS PROCESS, SO WE'RE NOT NECESSARILY GOING TO FINISH THIS PROJECT FROM A PLANNING AND ENGINEERING STANDPOINT PRIOR TO KNOWING WHETHER YEAR GOING TO GET THIS, WE'RE JUST TRYING TO MAKE SURE WE CAN MEET THE TIME LINES WE HAVE OPEN THE SCHOOL IN THE FALL OF 2024.

>> RIGHT. >> AND WITHOUT DOING THIS WORK NOW, THAT WOULDN'T BE POSSIBLE

THEN. >> RIGHT. >> IS THAT CORRECT?

>> YES. TIMMONS INDICATED THEY COULD GET 60% THROUGH THE DESIGN BY NOVEMBER INCLUDING THE PARKING LOT ASPECT OF THE DESIGN. WE COULD STOP AT THAT POINT, BY AT THAT POINT, WE WILL HAVE SUBMITTED OUR DRAWINGS TO THE COUNTY.

THE COUNTY WILL ASK FOR FEEDBACK AND SO IT WOULD JUST BE GOOD TO GO AHEAD AND GET THROUGH WHOLE COUNTY BACK AND FORTH PROCESS. IT WOULD BE A WASTE OF THE COUNTY AND ENGINEER'S TIME TO

STOP >> YEAH, I DON'T THINK ANYBODY WAS PROPOSING THAT WE STOP.

>> RIGHT. >> FUNDING THIS CONSTRUCTION PROJECT IN THIS MANNER PLOW REFERENDUM, I'M JUST SAYING BECAUSE I SAW SEVERAL FACES BEHIND YOU GASP WHEN YOU MENTIONED THAT I WANTED TO MAKE SURE IT WAS CLEAR WITH ALL THE PLANNING AND THIS IS HOW THINGS

ARE DONE WITH THIS HUGE ENDEAVOR. >> RIGHT.

THIS PROJECT HAS BEEN -- WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THE TRAFFIC STUDIES AND THE ISSUES WITH THE TRAFFIC FLOW AT THE SECONDARY COMPLEX SINCE 2017. IT WOULD BE IN OUR BEST INTEREST TO GET THIS PROJECT DONE AHEAD OF THE NEW SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION, SO WE ARE TRYING TO HONOR THAT.

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THE OUTCOME OF THE REFERENDUM >> JUST FILLING IN SOME OF THE GAMS, THAT'S ALL.

>> THANK YOU. >> THAT BEING SAID, I MOVE THAT THE SCHOOL BOARD AUTHORIZE THE SUPERINTENDENT TO EXECUTE A CONTRACT FOR ENGINEERING SERVICES FOR THE ROAD IMPROVEMENTS ON BULLDOG WAY AND THE PARKING LOT EXPANSION IN FRONT OF GOOCHLAND MIDDLE SCHOOL

TO TIMMONS GROUP IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $339,000. >> I SECOND.

>> THINK, I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND AS PRESENTED. IS THERE ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? OF THE I JUST WANT TO MAKE ONE QUICK COMMENT TO ALL THOSE COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND PARENTS WHO HAVE EVER DRIVEN YOUR CHILDREN TO SCHOOL AND TRIED TO DROP THEM OFF AND GET OUT OF THAT PARKING LOT OR HAVE WORKED IN THAT COMPLEX, YOU KNOW THE NEED FOR WHAT THIS PLAN

DESCRIBES. >> THANK YOU. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL RIGHT. ALL THOSE OPPOSE PLEASE RESPOND WITH AYE.

>> IN FAVOR. >> WHAT DID I SAY? >> OPPOSE.

>> I SURE DID. ALL RIGHT. I'M GOING TO START OVER.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SAY AYE. >> AYE.

>> ANYBODY OPPOSED? OKAY. GREAT.

THANK YOU. SORRY ABOUT THAT. IT'S BEEN A LONG DAY, HASN'T IT?

>> A LOT OF GREAT WORK TODAY. >> EXCEPT FOR THAT. OKAY.

NOW WE'RE ON ANOTHER CONTRACT. MS. WHITE? >> SO WE HAVE, SEVERAL YEARS AGO WE PUT IN A GENERATOR AT BIRD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND WE FOUND THAT OUR TWO RURAL SCHOOLS SUFFER FROM PERIODIC ELECTRICAL OUTAGES. IT'S VERY DISRUPT I HAVE FOR INSTRUCTION AND WE HAVE HAD TO CLOSE DOWN SCHOOL FOR A DAY OR TWO AT JUST THOSE INDIVIDUAL FACILITIES BECAUSE OF THAT. SO WE ARE PROPOSING NOW TO ADD A GENERATOR TO RANDOLPH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. I HAVE SOME FAIRLY EXTENSIVE TECHNICAL DESCRIPTIONS HERE AND I'M NOT GOING TO PRETEND TO REPEAT THAT INFORMATION, BUT IN OUR PLANNING PROCESS, WE INDICATED WE THOUGHT IT WOULD COST ABOUT $500,000. WE SENT OUT THE BIDS AND GOT A LOW BID FROM A LOCAL CONTRACTOR, THAT'S DAVIS AND GREEN FOR ABOUT $535,000.

SO WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF LEFT OVER MONEY FROM THE PARKING LOT PROJECT THAT WILL ALLOW US TO PAY FOR THE FULL AMOUNT OF THAT $535,000. SO I'M RECOMMENDING THAT YOU ACCEPT THIS PROCUREMENT PROCESS AND APPROVE US SIGNING THE CONTRACT GETTING THIS WORK DONE.

WE HAVE GIVEN THEM A YEAR TO DO IT. IT'S VERY DIFFICULT TO GET MATERIALS NOW SO WE DIDN'T WANT TO PAY PREMIUM AT THIS POINT. HOPEFULLY A YEAR FROM NOW WE'LL

HAVE THAT GENERATOR IN. >> ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS BOARD MEMBERS? ONE QUESTION I HAVE IS THIS WAS NOT A SNAP DECISION. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S BEEN IN

A LONG RANGE PLAN, IS THAT CORRECT? >> YES, IT HAS.

>> OKAY, THINK FOR CONFIRMING THAT. I APPRECIATE IT.

>> MADAM CHAIR, I MOVE THAT THE SCHOOL BOARD AUTHORIZE THE SUPERINTENDENT TO EXKITE A CONTRACT FOR THE INSTALLATION OF A GENERATOR AT RANDOLPH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TO DAVIS AND

GREEN INCORPORATED FOR $534,857. >> SECOND. >> ALL RIGHT.

I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE THIS CONTRACT. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL RIGHT. I'M GOING TO GET IT RIGHT. ALREADY.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION PLEASE RESPOND BY SAYING AYE. >> AYE.

>> ARE THERE ANY OPPOSED? THERE WE GO. THANK YOU.

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>> THE NEXT ACTION ITEM IS ADOPTION OF SCIENCE INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS.

THERE'S A LINK THAT'S A REVIEW OF INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS FOR SCIENCE.

YOU HAVE INCLUDED IN YOUR PACKET THE LIST OF OUR STAFF WHO HAVE CONDUCTED THIS REVIEW.

YOU ALSO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY THAT THE PUBLIC HAS HAD TO PROVIDE FEEDBACK REGARDING THESE INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS. I BELIEVE WE HAD ONE CITIZEN WHO REVIEWED THOSE MATERIALS AND PROVIDED FEEDBACK, WHO HAS GONE THROUGH AN EXTENSIVE PUBLIC REVIEW PROCESS WHERE THE PUBLIC HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE FEEDBACK AS WELL AS INTERNAL REVIEW.

WE'RE ASKING FOR YOUR APPROVAL OF THESE RESOURCES THIS EVENING AS A PRIMARY RESOURCE AND PENDING YOUR APPROVAL, WE WILL CREATE THE PURCHASE ORDERS AND WORK TO GET THESE IN PLACE PRIOR

TO THE START OF SCHOOL. >> ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU. BOARD MEMBERS ANY COMMENTS? I REVIEWED THE MATERIALS. I DIDN'T WRITE UP NOTIES BUT I LOOKED FOR ITEMS LOOKING FOR CRITICAL THINKING INVESTIGATIONS AND REVIEW AND TEXTS RELATED TO THE FUTURE OF ENERGY AND OUR PLANET, SOME THINGS THAT CAN BE CONTROVERSIAL BUT I FELT LIKE THE MATERIALS, THE ONESED, DID A VERY GOOD JOB COVERING THOSE AND WE WILL BE TAKING ACTION IN OUR SCHOOL DIVISION ESPECIALLY WITH OUR NEW ACADEMY ON SUSTAINABLE ENERGY SO THIS WILL BE REENFORCED THROUGH OTHER PROGRAMS SUCH AS OUR CTE PROGRAM. ALSO THE ELEMENTARY CHOICE OF FIVE PONDS, THIS IS BASED ON VIRGINIA STANDARDS OF LEARNING SO THE STUDENTS AND THE INSTRUCTORS ARE ALIGNED SO THAT'S VERY HELPFUL. THERE ARE ALSO PAGES THAT THE PUBLISHER WROTE SPECIFICALLY WITH GOOCHLAND IN IT SO THAT WAS PRETTY AWESOME.

THANK YOU TO THE INSTRUCTIONAL PERSONNEL WHO TOOK TIME TO APPROVE THESE TEXTS.

THAT WAS QUITE A LIST AND COVERED ALL OUR SCHOOLS REPRESENTED IN MULTIPLE GRADES.

THIS ACTION REPRESENTS AN IMPORTANT MULTIYEAR INVESTMENT. WHEN WE MAKE A SELECTION OF TEXTBOOKS, IT'S NOT A 1 YEAR THING. THERE ARE ALSO DIGITAL RESOURCE THAT IS ALIGN WITH THAT. AS FAR AS THE DIGITAL RESOURCES, I KNOW I DID NOT GO INTO ALL THOSE. WHAT WOULD BE AN EXAMPLE OF A DIGITAL RESOURCE THAT A PARENT

OR STUDENT OR TEACHER CAN EXPECT? >> I'M GOING TO ASK DR. GUYER TO COME FORWARD. ONE OF THE THINGS WE HAVE BEEN ASKED ABOUT RECENTLY IS OUR DIGITAL RESOURCES AND IF WE ADOPT SOMETHING TODAY, WILL IT BE DIFFERENT IN 3 WEEKS WHEN THE

PUBLISHER CHANGES IT? I KNOW THESE ARE STATIC. >> THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR, SPECIFICALLY REGARDING THE DIGITAL RESOURCES, THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF A VARIETY BASED ON WHAT'S LISTED ON THE SCREEN, SPECIFICALLY THE FIVE PONDS RESOURCE.

THE DIGITAL COMPANION TO THE PRINT VERSION IS ESSENTIALLY A PDF OF THE TEXTBOOK.

NOT SUPER DYNAMIC OR INNOVATIVE BUT IT GIVES THE OPPORTUNITY FOR THAT STATIC TEXTBOOK TO BE ACCESSED ON AN IPAD SO THERE'S BENEFIT TO THAT ALONG WITH TRADITIONAL TEXTBOOK MATERIALS.

SOME OF THE OTHER RESOURCE HAVES DYNAMIC. ONE IS CALLED A TECH BOOK AND IT'S MUCH MORE INTERACTIVE, AS DR. RALEY SAID, NOT DYNAMIC IN TERMS OF WE APPROVE THE CONTENT AND THEN 6 MONTHS LATER THE CONTENT CHANGES, BY INTERACTIVE IN THAT STUDENTS CAN WATCH VIDEOS AND RESPOND TO QUESTIONS AND THINGS THAT A STATIC TEXTBOOK DOESN'T ALLOW THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO. LABSTER IS A DIGITAL VERSION OF LABS THAT WOULD HAVE COME IN HANDY THIS LAST YEAR BUT IT WILL BE A NICE SUPPLEMENT TO SCIENCE LABS AND ALLOW THEM TO DO THINGS THAT WE CAN'T REPLICATE IN THE CLASSROOM SO THOSE ARE EXAMPLES OF MORE DYNAMIC RESOURCES.

THE LAST TWO THAT ARE CORE SPECIFIC ARE MORE LIKE THE FIVE PONDS WHERE IT'S A DIGITAL VERSION OF A STATIC TEXTBOOK AND THAT'S PRETTY TYPICAL NOW. THERE WAS A TIME MAYBE 10 OR

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>> FOR PRINT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT STUDENTS HAVING ACCESS TO THE DIGITAL TEXTBOOKS ON THEIR IPAD OR COMPUTER SO WOULD THE PRINT BE A CLASSROOM SET OF THE TEXT AS OPPOSED TO EVERY CHILD

THE TEXT? >> YES, MA'AM. THAT'S THE THE WAY WE HAVE TRANSITIONED OVER THE LAST 10 YEARS OR SO IS TO MAKE USE OF THE INVESTMENT IN TECHNOLOGY SO STUDENTS ARE NOT HAVING TO CARRY EIGHT GIANT TEXTBOOKS IN THEIR B BACKPACKS. STUDENTS WILL ACCESS THE DEVICE BUT CLASSROOMS WILL HAVE A TRADITION SET OF TEXTS IN THE EVENT THAT A STUDENT DOESN'T HAVE THEIR DEVICE, ETC., AND TEACHERS HAVE DRIVEN A LOT OF THAT. THEY FEEL REALLY COMFORTABLE HAVING THAT TO FALL BACK ON, A TRADITIONAL SET OF TEXTBOOKS IN THE CLASSROOM SO EXACTLY WHAT

YOU DESCRIBED IS OUR TYPICAL PRACTICE. >> THANK YOU.

BOARD MEMBERS ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? >> ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU DR. GUYER. ALL RIGHT.

I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION. >> MADAM CHAIR, I MOVE THAT THE SCHOOL BOARD ADOPT THE SCIENCE TEXTBOOK AND DIGITAL RESOURCE AS PRESENTED IN THE MEMO AGENDA ITEM 15D.

>> I WILL SECOND THAT. >> THINK. I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.

ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL RIGHT. HEARING NONE, I WILL ASK FOR EACH BOARD MEMBER TO RESPOND WITH AYE IF YOU ARE APPROVING THIS ADOPTION.

>> NEW WORD YOU ENTERED. >> I KNOW. I DON'T KNOW WHERE THAT CAME FROM. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SAY AYE.

>> AYE. >> ANY OPPOSED? I JUST HAVE A RICH VOCABULARY, WHAT CAN I SAY? ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU. WE'RE ON TO THE NEXT ITEM.

>> THANK YOU MS. HORN. AS YOU DISCUSSED IN YOUR PUBLIC WORKS SESSION EARLIER TODAY, THERE WAS A CONVERSATION ABOUT OPPORTUNITIES TO ADD AN ADDITIONAL LAYER OF REVIEW WHEN IT COMES TO POLICIES UNDER CONSIDERATION BY THE BOARD AND SO THE RECOMMENDATION IN FRONT OF YOU THIS EVENING IS TO ESTABLISH ANOTHER ADVISORY COMMITTEE, THAT BEING YOUR POLICY COMMITTEE COMPRISED OF TWO SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS AND STAFF WHO WHEN RESTRINGSS ARE RECOMMENDED OR NEEDED ARE REVIEWED AND THE REVIEWS ARE SHARED PUBLICLY FOR FIRST READ.

THE SCHOOL BOARD WILL CONSIDER THOSE POLICIES AS THEY CURRENTLY DO FOR FIRST READ AND THEN PLACED AGAIN ON THE SUBSEQUENT MONTH SO THERE'S STILL OPPORTUNITY FOR PUBLIC REVIEW AT FIRST AND SECOND READING. THAT STRUCTURE DOES NOT CHANGE. THIS IS ANOTHER LAYER OF WORK THAT WILL CREATE A LEVEL OF EFFICIENCIES AND BETTER USE OF TIME IN A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT WAYS BUT THERE WILL BE TWO OPPORTUNITIES FOR PUBLIC REVIEW FOR EACH AND EVERY POLICY CONSIDERED BY THE SCHOOL BOARD. WE'RE SEEKING YOUR APPROVAL THIS EVENING FOR THE APPOINTMENT OF

TWO SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS ON YOUR PUBLIC ADVISORY COMMITTEE. >> THANK YOU FOR THAT EXCELLENCE

EXPLANATION. ALL RIGHT, DO I HAVE A MOTION? >> I MOVE THAT THE SCHOOL BOARD APPOINT KAREN HORN AND SANDRA BAREFOOT-REID TO SERVE IN A SUPERVISORY [INDISCERNIBLE]

REQUIRED IN THE SCHOOL BOARD POLICY. >> ALL RIGHT, I HAVE A MOTION,

IS THERE A SECOND? >> I WILL SECOND THAT. >> ANY COMMENT MS.

BAREFOOT-REID? >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, I THINK. >> I LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING TO WORK WITH YOU ON POLICY. BELIEF IT OR NOT, WE'RE BOTH REALLY GOOD WITH WORDS BUT IT'S BEEN A LONG DAY BUT REALLY POSITIVE DAY SO MUCH FOR EVERYBODY'S WORK AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT FOR US TO TAKE ON THIS NEW TASK, SO I HAVE A MOTION.

IS THERE A SECOND? >> I WILL SECOND. >> ALL RIGHT.

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>> AYE. >> ANY OPPOSED? SANDRA, HERE'S YOUR CHANCE.

OKAY. WE'RE GOOD. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

>> THANK YOU, NEXT ITEM IS YOUR CONSIDERATION OF APPROVAL FOR POLICIES ON SECOND READING.

THESE SAME POLICIES WERE PRESENTED TO YOU LAST MONTH FOR YOUR REVIEW.

THE BOARD MADE SOME REVISIONS AFTER FIRST READING WHICH ARE SHOWN HERE IN YOUR AGENDA.

WHAT YOU HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU IS AN EXAMPLE OF WHERE THIS SCHOOL DIVISION IS DOING WHAT'S BEST FOR GOOCHLAND COUNTY. SOME CONVERSATION THIS EVENING REGARDING THIS TOPIC AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR THE PUBLIC TO KNOW THAT THIS SCHOOL BOARD DID NOT APPROVE THE LAW THAT REQUIRES SCHOOL DIVISIONS TO HAVE POLICIES RELATED TO ISSUES THAT MAY IMPACT OUR SCHOOLS REGARDING TRANSGENDER STUDENTS. THE STATE OF VIRGINIA PASSED A LAW AND WE ARE REQUIRED BY LAW TO ACCOMPLISH POLICIES RELATED TO THAT TOPIC. SO WHAT OUR SCHOOL DIVISION DISCUSSED AT FIRST READING WAS IN ORDER TO COMPLY WITH THE LAW, NOTING THE LAY AS A CROSS REFERENCE AND THAT IT, THAT OUR WORK IN EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY AND NONDISANYMORE NATION AND PROTECTION AGAINST HARASSMENT AND RETALIATION, EDUCATIONAL PHILOSOPHY APPLY TO EVERY SINGLE STUDENT. THESE POLICIES ARE POLICIES REGARDLESS OF WHAT ISSUES ARE FACING US. THIS SCHOOL DISTRICT HAS BEEN SUCCESSFUL MAKING GREAT DECISIONS THAT BENEFIT OUR STUDENTS. WE ARE A SCHOOL DIVISION THAT BUILDS RELATIONSHIPS WITH STUDENTS AND FAMILIES AND WE RECOGNIZE WHAT WE NEED TO DO TO HELP EACH AND EVERY CHILD TO BE SUCCESSFUL. WE HAVE DONE THAT AND DONE THAT WELL. IT'S BEEN REFERENCED AND WE HAVE BEEN DOING THAT FOR YEARS AND THAT WILL NOT CHANGE. WE WILL CONTINUE TO WORK WITH STUDENTS AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO WORK WITH FAMILIES TO MEET THEIR NEEDS, WHETHER THEY HAVE A BREEN ARM OR A DISABILITY OR WHATEVER THEIR BACKGROUND OR EXPERIENCE MAY BE, THAT'S NOT GOING TO BE CHANGED.

YOUR POLICIES HAVE PROVIDED THAT GUIDANCE AND DIRECTION FOR OUR SCHOOL DIVISION.

WHAT WE'RE DOING THIS EVENING IS ONLY ADDING THE CROSS REFERENCE ADDING TO THAT LEGISLATION THAT WE'RE REQUIRED TO DO BY LAW. WE WILL CONTINUE TO WORK WITH STUDENTS AND FAMILIES AS WE HAVE

IN THE PAST TO MEET THEIR OWN INDIVIDUAL NEEDS. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT EXPLANATION, SIR. I APPRECIATE IT. SO THIS WAS OUR VERY LONG LIST OF POLICIES LAST MONTH. I WOULD LIKE TO PULL OUT JFC-R FOR A MOMENT.

THAT'S THE STANDARDS OF STUDENT CONDUCT. SINCE OUR FIRST READ, THERE WAS A WORD ADDED. MS. BENNETT, CAN YOU PULL THAT UP, PLEASE? SO SOME COMMUNITY FEEDBACK THAT I RECEIVED AND HAD A WONTFUL OPPORTUNITY WITH A HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT, TAMIA RAMIREZ AND KHALIA POWELL IS THE WAY THE DRESS WOED WAS READING TARGETED FEMALES SO WE WORKED REALLY HARD AND TOOK THEIR ADVICE AND CAME UP WITH A DRESS CODE SECTION THAT DID NOT TARGET FEMALES. WE TOOK OUT THE WORD MIDRIFF AND NOTED NO, PARENTS DON'T WANT STUDENTS COMING TO SCHOOL EXPOSING PARTS OF THEIR BODY. I'M NOT GOING TO SAY MR. WRIGHT,

DON'T SHE YOUR MIDRIFF. >> YOU SHOULD. YOU SHOULD SAY THAT, JUST TO BE

CLEAR. >> THAT TERM, WHEN YOU HEAR THAT, YOU THINK FEMALE SO WORKING WITH ADMINISTRATORS, WE PUT ABDOMEN SO STUDENTS SHOULD COVER THEIR ABDOMEN WHEN THEY

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AS WE LOOK AT ANY MOTION, TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION THAT ADDITION.

IS THERE ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ON THE POLICIES AS PRESENTED? >> NO, MA'AM.

MADAM CHAIR, I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THE SLATE OF POLICIES UNDER 15F ON SECOND READING

TONIGHT AND I WILL NOT LIST THEM INDIVIDUALLY. >> AND DOES THAT INCLUDE THE --

>> YES, AS PRESENTED. >> OKAY, VERY GOOD. THANK YOU.

SLATE WAS A GOOD IDEA. I HAVE A MOTION, IS THERE A SECOND?

>> I SECOND. >> ALL RIGHT, ANY OTHER FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND THANK YOU DR. RALEY DISCUSSING THAT POLICY AND KNOWING THAT WE WILL CONTINUE TO WORK WITH EVERY INDIVIDUAL FAMILY AS WE GET BACK INTO SCHOOL, SO THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT.

SO ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION AND THESE POLICIES SAY AYE.

>> AYE. >> ANY OPPOSED? ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU. THAT IS ALL OF OUR POLICY SECOND READING APPROVALS THIS EVENING.

WE'RE NOW TO ITEMS FOR BOARD REVIEW. >> BOARD MEMBERS YOU HAVE, AS

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WE HAVE ALTS AN ATTENDANCE AND ENROLLMENT UPDATE. WE FINISHED STRONG FOR THE YEAR.

A LOT OF GOOD INFORMATION THERE. WE ENCOURAGE THE PUBLIC TO TAKE A LOOK AT THOSE DOCUMENTS SO

THEY HAVE A GOOD UNDERSTANDING OF THESE ITEMS >> THE STRATEGIC AND TACTICAL PLAN REPORT, ONE OF THE THINGS WE DISCUSSED IN OUR RETREAT TODAY WAS POSSIBLE CHANGES TO THAT SO WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO WHAT STAFF BRINGS TO US IN THE FUTURE TO CONTINUE TO COMMUNICATE TO OUR COMMUNITY TO GREAT WORK THAT'S BEING DONE TO MEET OUR GOALS AND THIS REPORT, YOU WOULD BE AMAZED AT THE DETAIL THAT'S PRESENTED, REALLY POSITIVE AS WELL SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT. ALL RIGHT. COMMITTEE AND BOARD REPORTS IS

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>> NO, I DON'T. >> MR. NEWMAN DID ANY OF YOUR COMMITTEES MEET?

>> NO BUT ONE IS THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS ON JULY 6TH AND THE PLANNING COMMISSION ON JULY 8TH.

>> THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENDANCE TO THAT. MR. WRIGHT, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING

YOU WOULD LIKE TO REPORT? >> YEAH, MAGGIE WALKER SCHOOL BOARD, A COUPLE OF THINGS I THINK I MENTIONED EARLIER TODAY WE HAVE A POLICY COMMITTEE AT THE MAGGIE WALKER SCHOOL BOARD THAT HAS BEEN MEETING IN THAT FASHION FOR SEVERAL YEARS, SO EXCITED TO SEE WE ADDED THAT EXTRA RESOURCE FOR OURSELVES HERE IN GOOCHLAND. I SPENT TWO ENTIRE DAYS LAST WEEK WORKING ON THAT COMMITTEE AND THANKS TO OUR BOARD RETREAT TODAY, I WAS GIVEN AN EXCUSE TO NOT SPEND THE FULL DAY WITH THEM TODAY. IT WAS GREAT TO SIT WITH YOU GUYS, I'M JUST GOING TO SAY THAT, BUT THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF WORK, A LOT OF UPDATES THIS YEAR WHICH WE HEARD ABOUT TONIGHT, BUT THE POLICY, AS WE'RE ALL AWARE, COMING OUT TWICE A YEAR AND HUGE LIST AND SO WE'RE WORKING OUR WAY THROUGH THAT TO TRY TO TAKE CARE OF EVERYTHING FOR THE SCHOOL YEAR THERE. ANOTHER THING TO BRING UP ABOUT MAGGIE WALKER IS WE HAD OUR

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I THINK IT WAS NOT ONLY GOOD FOR THE STUDENTS THERE, BUT I WOULD SAY THAT IT'S PROBABLY GOOD FOR GOOCHLAND, TOO, BECAUSE WE SAW A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT THEY DID IN THEIR PROCESS THAT WERE NEAT AND THEY HAD RESOURCES FOR THINGS LIKE STAGES THAT WE HAD NOT DISCOVERED ON OUR OWN SO IT WILL SERVE US MOVING FORWARD. HOPEFULLY WE'LL HAVE GRADUATIONS AT SOME LOVELY INDOOR FACILITY BUT SHOULD THAT NOT OCCUR, WE'LL HAVE MORE RESOURCES AT OUR DISPOSAL.

>> THAT'S A GREAT THING ABOUT BEING ON THESE COMMITTEES, WE LEARN SOMETHING NEW.

MS. BAREFOOT-REID? >> ALL MY COMMITTEES PRESENTED TONIGHT.

>> MR. GUYER, NOT LETTING HIM OFF THE HOOK. >> [INAUDIBLE] THERE WAS A LOT OF DISCUSSION ABOUT THE FUTURE OF THE GOOCHLAND CAMPUS AND SO SHE SPECIFICALLY REACHED OUT TO GET FROM US SOME OF OUR CONTACT LISTS ARE THAT STAPLES IN OUR COMMITTEES AND SOME OF THE MORE RECENT WORK AROUND CALENDARS,PR COMMITTEE WORK THAT'S COMING UP, AND SO WE'RE ABLE TO SHARE SOME GRADE LEADS FOR CONTACTS OR STAKEHOLDER GROUPS SHE WANTS TO ENGAGE IN AND TALK ABOUT THE FUTURE OF THE GOOCHLAND CAMPUS. THAT'S NICE TO KNOW THAT THAT WORK IS MOVING FORWARD AND ON THE HEALS OF THAT CONVERSATION, I DID REACH OUT TO THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS CHAIR TO TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE DISCUSSIONS HAPPENING AT REYNOLDS, ENGAGING THE STAKEHOLDER GROUPS IN THE

COMMUNITY WILL BE BIG SO THAT'S THE ONLY UPDATE I HAVE. >> OKAY, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

IS DR. ARMSTRONG STILL HERE? >> NO, WE LOST HIM FOR. >> I WILL SUB FOR DR. ARMSTRONG.

I BELIEVE HE SENT AN INVITATION FOR THE FACILITIES AND DESIGN AND ENGINEERING SERVICES FOR THE GOOCHLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. MR. NEWMAN AND MS. LEABOUGH WILL EVALUATE THOSE BIDS THAT WE GET.

NEXT MEETING, AUGUST 11TH. >> OKAY. THANK YOU.

LIKE MS. BAREFOOT-REID, ONE OF MY COMMITTEES PRESENTED TONIGHT. WHEN IS OUR NEXT MEETING?

>> [INAUDIBLE] >> THAT'S WHAT I WAS THINKING. I WAS GOING TO SAY SEPTEMBER.

MY OTHER IS BLUE RIDGE GOVERNOR'S AND WE MEET QUARTERLY SO WE'LL MEET AGAIN THE FIRST WEEK OF SEPTEMBER. TOMORROW, THE BOOK MOBILE WILL BE AT JERUSALEM BAPTIST CHURCH AND THE SUNSHINE FOOD BUS WILL BE THERE FROM 11:30 TO 12:20 SO KIDS CAN GET A BOOK AND A WONDERFUL LUNCH IN THE SAME LOCATION. I THINK THAT'S ALL OUR COMMITTEE AND BOARD REPORTS. BOARD MEMBERS, DO YOU HAVE ANY NEW BUSINESS? ALL RIGHT. I WILL ENTER TAN A MOTION FOR NUMBER 19 ADJOURNMENT.

[18. NEW BUSINESS]

[19. ADJOURNMENT]

>> MADAM CHAIR, I MOVE THAT WE ADJOURN. >> SECOND.

>> I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ALL -- OH, ANY DISCUSSION? NO, I'M KIDDING.

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>> AYE. >> ALL RIGHT. WE ARE ADJOURNED UNTIL WE IMMEDIATE AGAIN. THANK YOU, EVERYONE, FOR YOUR

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