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hearing of the Fairfax County School board is called to order Mystic's. It submitted a written request. It ends tonight or this evening's meeting virtually due to personal conflict as she is
out of the >> country and is attending tonight's meeting from use on India, which I probably didn't pronounce correctly. >> All of those in favor of
approving mystics its request. Please. All those in favor. Mr. Freshen, Mr. McDaniel. Miss Saint John coming. This
lady. And myself. All those opposed Miss Mayor and Mister McElveen Mr. Dunn, Mr. Moon and Doctor Anderson. Well, the
clerk, please read the vote. >> That vote is 5, 5, since it is a tie. Technically weld defer under 22.1 dash 7, 5, to the next meeting. But given that this is related to virtual participation for
tonight, the motion would fail. Thank you. >> Good evening and welcome to the second public hearing of the naming of the new high school, the western Fairfax
County. In the in western Fairfax County, on behalf of the school board. I would like to thank you for sharing your comments with us. Tonight's hearing is being broadcast on channel 99 and live streamed
on YouTube and on our website at fcps study to you. Backslash live stream. The board received a list of recommendations for names from previous public comment for
the debate from the Division superintendent at the December 4th 2025 regular meeting of the Fairfax County School Board. Tonight, we continue taking public comment on naming recommendations in
preparation for the upcoming vote. If you are not able to attend tonight's public hearing but are interested in providing comments on the naming of the new Western High School. You may contact the board by sending your comments
too. Community participation at Fcps Edu. We have one pre-registered speaker who will address the board at the public hearing this evening. Speakers are allotted 2 minutes and we ask that you
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to share it with the board, please email it to community participation at FCPS DOT edu. Madam Clerk, please call our first Speaker.
>> Kathy Samper. Kathy Samper. Kathy Samper. Katie Hermann.
>> High School board members. My name is Katie Hermann. I am the chair of pack this evening. I'm here ask for you all to follow the community
input that you've received from the public, from residents, from parents on the naming for this high school a representative and a percent on F pack we play. excuse me,
pay very close attention to all things, facilities and facilities planning. And so we want to just I wanted to come and offer my support for the day making and how you move forward through the process in
just. Continue to encourage you to utilize community residents as a voice for all things facilities. As you move forward. In the Western high
school planning as well as as you consider other items on the agenda this evening. thank
you very much. That's it. Madam Chair, that our last Speaker. Thank you for sharing your comments with us. The
board is scheduled to vote on any school name at our 2/12/2026. regular meeting. >> Thank you. To be those of you who've joined us and have a nice evening. The public hearing on the Western High school naming is adjourned as
of 07:00:06PM. We will take a brief re 5 minute recess before the regular meeting starts.
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welcome City of Fairfax board members. Carolyn pitches chair and Christine Cessar E vice chair to that tonight's meeting. So thank you guys so much for joining us. If you
would like to receive a copy of the meeting agenda, please see the back of the auditorium to obtain copies of any items. We're supporting materials being presented tonight. Please reference the QR code
on the agenda or visit WWW Dot Fcps Backslash board docs. Tonight's meeting is being broadcast on channel on Cox Channel. 99, Verizon fires Channel 11 and live streamed
on YouTube. And on our website at WWW Dot Fcps study due back slash live stream MYSTIC'S. It has submitted a written request to attend this evening's meeting virtually due to a personal conflict.
Issues out of the country and is attending tonight's meeting from you. John India. All those in favor of approving mystics, its request, Mr.
Fresh, Mr. McDaniel Misty John, cutting Miss lady and myself, all those opposed Miss Mayor and Mr. McElveen. >> Mr. Dunn, Mr. Moon Dr Anderson. Madam Clerk, please
read vote. >> The vote is 5. I know that during the public hearing we would normally defer when there's a tie. But since this is related to tonight, the motion fails. Thank you so
much. >> I call on Mr. Fresh for a motion.
>> Excuse me. I move to suspend the rules to allow for a proclamation to honor of going board member Russian Sizemore Heizer the suspension of the rules cover only the proclamation for Miss Sizemore
Heizer. Is there a second second. Thank you, Mr. I will call on call for a vote. All those in favor, Mr. Fresh, Mr. McDaniel.
>> Ms mayor and Mr. Maccoll mean MS size. Misty Jen counting this lady as one last time, Mr. Dunn, Mr. Moon Dr,
Anderson and myself, that unanimous. I call on. And just so everybody understands the way that this is going to go as we are going to have our proclamation. We are also going to have the mover in the
second or speak to the proclamation as was customary at the last board meeting or at when the last departed. And then we will offer an opportunity for Miss Sizemore Heizer to address the board.
So I call on Mr. Freshener Proclamation. Thank you. >> Whereas Russian Sizemore Heizer served her first term 2022. 2023 on the Fairfax County school board as an
at-large representative and her second term 2024. 2, 2027 representing the Braddock District where she has resided since 2001. She served with distinction as the school
board's chair in 2022. 23 and vice chair 2021. 22. And whereas she has served as chair of the budget governance and public engagement committees bringing to the
board a breath of skills, experience and knowledge is a college professor and lawyer with a degree from the University of California at Berkeley using her background in employment in contract law
to help oversee our complex. A school division. And whereas Miss Sizemore Heizer a child of immigrants and disability justice advocate his champion access to advanced academics,
strong math education and mental health services and actively worked with the superintendent on revamping literacy instruction. Developing a new strategic plan and creating a public accountability reporting
system. And whereas she helped coordinate key hires, including the 2021 National Superintendent of the Year. The nation's first K 12 near diversity specialist and
Virginia's First K 12 twice exceptional coordinator. And sought to prioritize student safety through the acceleration of enhancements, including secure vestibules substance abuse prevention bus
stop arm cameras and weapons detection systems. And whereas MS Sizemore Heizer prioritize the needs of staff by helping to recruit and retain the best educators through a historic collective bargaining
agreement which resulted in pay raises while simultaneously advocating for music, arts, civics and steam programming to ensure all students can find their path to success. Now, therefore, be
it resolved that the Fairfax County School board extends its highest commendation and deepest appreciation. 2 Russian Sizemore Heizer for her outstanding service and dedication to the Fairfax County School board and our
students, staff, families and community members. Is there a second? Thank you, Mr. Moon. I will call for a vote. All those are.
>> Mr. Fresh. Would you like to speak to your proclamation? Briefly? I just want to lift up. Miss Sizemore Heizer for a
moment. Serving with Ms Sizemore Heizer and the other 3 members who joined in 2023 has been quite an experience. I don't think any of us and
barked on this >> trip thinking that it would take us through a national pandemic and all sorts of other things. But when I think about Miss Sizemore high-res
service on the school board has resulted in I smile because there are lots of kids in the system who, you know, we used to say by by name and
by need and they just weren't feeling that. And today things are quite different with lots of room still for improvement because of Miss Sizemore,
high-res, dogged determination to improve life for all students in our school system. So while we are losing her to the Board of Supervisors, I
hope that we continue to have an advocate for schools on the board with our other advocates, knowing the incredible work that happens in the school system has reverberations across everything that the Board of
Supervisors and the state Legislature touch as well. Thank you, Mr. Fresh, Mr. Men, would you like to speak to second? >> Thank you, Chair. I only had a couple years to work
with. Now. Super Sizemore Heizer. She's my district districts crew with And always so shes become the first Asian
American to sir. And the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors. Having been the first one on this board decades ago. I know what Im
these. soon enough. Responsibility. You carry on for the entire community. station, Asian community. We have a high expectation from
you, especially heavy has 60 injured score with the expedience. You know, sometimes when scored with a membership of the sport and go
on to other side. The other side. Tend to argue for. >> he. >> Economic uncertainty.
Modest revenue growth. But to not only behind scores. You saw numbers, then we and can find many 193 million And I do
fully expect the supervisor a nicer, too, getting back to school system and thank you. >> Thank you, Mr. Moon, I will call for the vote. All those
in favor, Mr. Fresh, Mr. McDaniel, Miss Mayor and Mr. McElveen missing John cutting Miss lady, Mr. Dunn, Mr. Moon Dr, Anderson and myself. That is unanimous for all board members. I would like to
welcome signs highs are in her family. To all of that and all those here to support the proclamation honoring Russia Sizemore Heizer to please join
the board for a photo in front
of the diocese.
>> I'd like to say thank you to Miss Sizemore Heizer and her family for joining us tonight since the election for Braddock District Board of Supervisors seat occurred between our December regular meetings. Miss Sizemore Heizer
did not get a chance to provide brief departing remarks as when she before she resigned from the school board. Best in keeping with our custom to allow departing school board members to provide brief remarks. I now
would like to invite Miss Sizemore Heizer to address the board from the podium. It's kind of weird to be on the side.
>> Thank you for that. I know, right? Thank Actually minds got my start. Actually, I got my start on this side. >> Lobbying the school board for years and years and years.
>> I'm sure, Mr. Moon, Mr. McLean, remember. >> Talking about students with disabilities. Talking about all the students be left behind. Talking about all the
students who strengths we never saw. Years. I met Laura Jane Cohen, who is my colleague my delegate was actually a night. I was testifying here. All the
strengths. We seen people with autism. And how are school system has left them behind? And she flagged me down the parking lot and said you should run for school board actually says that you shouldn't run for school
board, but and so it is my honor. has spent the last 6 years. Working on many things. And thank you, Mr. listing many of the great things we
did together. Is my honor to help hire the national superintendent of the year and all the great work she has done. You are the first superintendent. I started lobbying. Where I actually
believed the work of inclusion. Seeing students with disabilities as humans. First. For all their strengths. First. You are the
first superintendent I've seen actually understand that. It's just lean on Israel speech because I feel like I need to do that. Thank you. My
colleagues to surge in COVID. None of anticipated showing up January 2023 months later dealing What would we all hate now? Unprecedented times. And
it was hard and more often than not. faced with situations. Very high stakes and very little information was not, but none of us wanted
to do. But I'm glad I was here. Because at the core of what I care about, our kids. And I would implore you all as you move forward to keep our
kids at the center. Instead of yourselves instead of each other. The kids. Because that is what and together you guys
can serve them so much better. Then a part. employee to keep that in mind. I employ to keep in mind the students we don't see when you walk into a
classroom. Ask yourself. Ask yourself. Does that child had agency? Does that child have
the ability to say no? Does the child have the ability to say this is what I like to do and as their adult in the room saying let me help you get there. Ask yourself that,
please. Ask yourself. What are we doing? Those who the worst outcomes to leave us. And how do we make that outcome a
little better every minute. Every day. Ask yourself that. And then remind yourself of those. We were at my swearing-in and thank you for coming that the child with
adult that you saw play the national anthem on his electric guitar. Many of you notice that a string broke in the middle of it and he finished anyway. And ask
yourself why that child was not allowed to perform in a sport. Streaks rings concert. And why I have to fight for that adult to do music. And
then ask yourself how many more of those students to you having fun, if you? And I'm grateful that you're still there. Carry on that voice and to ask yourself those
questions to carry on that work because at the core of what you do. As for those who most need it. I'm honored to serve on the board. I will say
that this is the greatest work that you can do is to educate our future. And I implore you guys to do it together with a strong voice. I implore you when somebody stands here and
I'll be back. That you really understand what it takes for somebody to come here and implore you and you have the power to make that world better. I am proud. I am proud
of the work and inclusion we're doing because at the end of the day, every single child is human. And every single child deserves to belong. And I'm proud of all the other
work we did collective bargaining and this new strategic plan and serving as chair Janet lead this board out of COVID into a new reality. The new superintendent. But I am both proud to stand here and tell
you that. There was people whose doors I not to said they would not vote for me for supervisor because he wanted me to stay on the school board to champion our students with disabilities. And I ask Take
that mantle on. I implore you to take that mantle on. Because when you do. If you do. You will find such amazing
rock stars. Thank you for the opportunity. The champion, those who most need it. Thank you for the opportunity to serve as your leader to serve as your budget chair for the hard work that you do. Thank
you, Dr Reid for being the first superintendent. 2 moved the needle forward on this work. And on many, many other things. Thank you for the
honor of my lifetime and thank you for continuing the work of educating our future. Thank you, Mr. Moon for already started lobby me. I will continue to be a strong public
education advocate. And a strong advocate for our students. And I'll leave you with this. When you walk down those corridors in the
schools, when you talk to our teachers. And when you make your policy. Ask yourself. Does this work for everybody?
Ask yourself. Is this acting? For every child? My name. And by strength. For all you do.
Thank you for the honor of a lifetime. We're serving on the school board and thank you for educating our future of
protecting our democracy. Thank you. Miss Sizemore Heizer. We wish you the best of luck in your new role as the Braddock District. >> Supervisor and we look forward to working with you in
the future. We look forward to harassing you in the future. Agenda item. 5.0 one community participation. The next order of business is community participation. We welcome all
community members who are here and those who it signed up to speak this evening. Additional information about signing up to provide comments at the school board, regular meetings and public hearing can be found at the school were Webb
the school board's web site at Www Dot Fcps Edu Backslash School board. During the sign-up process. Community members acknowledge that they were informed of the school board's expectations for
proper decorum when providing comments, these expectations are also available online and with the printed agenda and meeting materials in the back of the room, we ask audience members to be respectful of one. Another shouting outburst
will not be tolerated. Please hold your applause until the conclusion. The speaker's remarks, audience members may not join speakers at the podium and should remain at their seats, including one
recording or taking videos. Recording video are taking photos. We are grateful to all of those who have come to speak to us. Thank you for your cooperation. School board members will be listening but
not responding. Madam Clerk, call the first speaker. Megan
Durst. Thank you for this opportunity. >> My name is Meg Anderson. I
have a 75 year-old. And if the you know every school. For years now I've received feedback about my kids. Great imagination, creativity and
social emotional awareness which gives me hope for the future of the leaders that we are raising in guiding in our schools. I credit a lot of this to the relationships built between some pretty
remarkable teachers and my kids. The intentional intuitive human connection in the classrooms is irreplaceable. Yeah. I now find myself concerned about
the apparent rash to launch the chatgpt for teachers pilot. It seems we're prematurely opening the door to the generative AI world with uncertainty pertaining to
its potential efficacy and proven risk. What's the rush? What's the result that only this path? And pace will
provide? We to our children, teachers and families to exercise due diligence by suspending use of generative AI tools such as chatgpt for
teachers in fcps classrooms until independent evidence fields clear safety. Proven efficacy. Appropriate developmental application. And
transparent public reporting. Neither I nor my fellow parents feel informed more prepared to take this step at this time. In order to be comfortable with the future
phased and limited reintroduction such tools. We are looking for concrete evidence based upon verified and reputable independent research. To ensure our staff
and students don't experience preventable negative impacts. Including but not limited to lack of critical thinking creativity, imagination and social emotional development.
Let's better prepare before we proceed.
>> Murray Moran. >> My name is around a concerned parent of an elementary school student. I'm
here tonight to urge you to pause the Chatgpt for teachers program. Fcps join this program without public hearings, parent notification or teacher input and without the safeguards, that should
come before implementation. Not after our teachers and children are being turned into beta testers for corporate product with unknown risks. Let's talk about privacy.
OpenAI says it is secure in for a compliant but where the detailed auditable policies and non biased studies. What happens to our children's data. We deserve answers before any information is
uploaded on their platform, not promises after the fact. OpenAI a for-profit company would gain insight into Fcps curriculum teaching methods and student performance for
their own opaque use and it undermines teachers who lose the chance to develop critical curriculum design methods, making them dependent on a corporation that will charge
whatever they want after 2027 and what does free until June 2027 really need Fcps will face pressure to pay whatever OpenAI charges diverting funds from actual classroom needs
such as human educators, counselors and special educators, the latter of which were first on the budget chopping block. I can't replace the human connection. Educators make with students
or keep confidential information safe from corporate prying eyes. Most troubling fcps spent enormous time and energy on naming a new school. But as Russian blindly into a decision
affecting every teacher and child in this district, our teachers and children deserve education, grounded in human interaction, not data conception by tech companies pursuing corporate profit
pauses, pilot create real safeguards. Let parents and teachers have a voice. Thank
you. >> Benjamin van, every.
>> Thanks for your attention and patients. I'm grateful for your investment and making our schools some of the best in the country. I'm the CTO of a multinational company and spent 3 decades working in tech. My children attend open
elementary school. So why the children attend school? They go to learn foundational knowledge and how to think and learn how to function in society that they may develop into balance contributing
members and lead meaningful lives. Which in turn contribute to the evolving and improving of society. computers have to do with us.
Technology is an accelerator. It's enabled us to achieve what we're with dream smear 40 years ago. However, our unrestrained zeal to accelerate has come with costs. School shootings. Teen
suicides, social isolation and radicalism. Despite technological advances available to them, the use of past decade have grown up less equipped to thrive. over-reliance on technology
has starved them from developing readiness to solve problems from scratch. Social fluency comfort with discomfort patients and 2020
vision. Do we have options? Our kids are in school for less than 30 for hours on a good week. More than half of that is spent with computers. Their top math by a 2 dimensional penguin reading by
up to somebody's computer voice. How to ask questions or think through their own. I propose that we please cause
to question if the academic and life skills they develop from these apps are greater than those that they would derive from an education, more founded on human interaction and instruction. And that we
do that. For we shift even further by rashly injecting a I. I've spent my career in tech startups, innovating and taking risks. I can confidently tell you that the
early adoption of AI Fcps did not demonstrate. Innovation. It demonstrates the recklessness with the future
of my children. >> Dale Van Wagner.
>> Good evening, chair and members of the school board. My name is Dale Van Wagner and I'm here with Fcps parents for intentional tech in the Open Balance project. The years 2030, the commanders are
defending Super Bowl champions. Fcps has just released an updated budget plan with good news. Significant cost savings less teachers. More low-cost rolls
focus primarily on managing a I. All right. That's just a hypothetical. But it illustrates something important. Powerful tech enters education without
guardrails, transparency and public oversight. We aren't just updating tools. We are changing the system. And once those changes are made, they're very hard to unwind.
Hey, it's already happening. Get with the program. Teachers should have access to any tool that helps them save time. Teachers and students are already using chatgpt anyways.
I get it. None of those are reasons to rush. We agree. Teachers deserve tools that help them. But that shape instruction, judgment and learning deserve public
review. Any tech implementation worth moving forward with should be able to stand up to public discourse. Fcps moved forward chatgpt for
teachers without a school board vote without public work. Sessions without community input and without a clear path plan for training data, privacy or accountability. We're asking
for 3 simple steps. One pause the implementation so the board can conduct a thorough review to open public discussion with parents, teachers and the community and 3, if the decision is made to
proceed, released a full implement it implementation plan with safeguards of training and accountability. Slowing it down is not being anti tech. It's being responsible stewards for our children's education. Please
pause, invite the community in and get this right. Thank you.
>> Nadia, not do it. >> Hey, everybody. My name is not national. I D and on behalf. I'm here on behalf of
the Muslim community. This morning, I was looking at my kitchen window and notice 6 total Jays playing together. >> One of them was keeping
watch to was searching for food. And the others are helping protect the group. Blue Jays don't usually work like that. Pack animals. But in that moment, they were
working together so they could all be safe. In a world that feels increasingly divided. Schools are where children learn how to live together. And school safety isn't about physical protection. It's
about whether adults in systems respond calmly and thoughtfully when situations feel tense. Fcps teacher teaches students about leadership. Real leadership
shows up under pressure when clear night here. Non fear-based protocols Guidice is it just just decisions instead of assumptions? Our
students come from every background culture and faith that diversity shouldn't complicate decisions. It should strengthen the care and clarity behind it. With
relationships with families and community stakeholders. On tonight's agenda, I'll say this plainly when policies are clear, staff are prepared and families are treated like
partners here doesn't drive decisions. Sound process dies and students feel safe being themselves with families want isn't a reaction. Its
prevention, not isolation, but connection now more division, but a sense of belonging when schools work together like this little Barry to this morning, each part doing its role and looking out for one
another. Kids are safer and a connection replaces division that's the kind of school environment families are
hoping for. Thank you. Please play the video testimony submitted by Neil Prakash.
>> My name is Neil Prakash and the PTA president of Cunningham Park Elementary School. But also come to you as a father of 2 students. I'm concerned that chatgpt for
teachers. We'll bring air approval harm to our students and teachers. I remember one is considered accomplishment that Fcps was able to issue
every student, a laptop understood it was about equity and access to education resources. Do we think it is a good idea that students are spending so much of their learning time computers as
opposed to receiving instructions from their teachers. The board approved through performance metrics to their significant upside gains and learning upside that outweigh the downside risks
screen it. Lack of student teacher interaction and distractions for students who are getting around the fire wall to access, unauthorized and inappropriate websites.
We're having these debates right now and it raises serious questions about the wisdom of a laptop for every student. Now, if CPS was introduced chatgpt for teachers without evidence-based conclusions and
it is in the best interest to both the teachers or the student. The most important part of education is the interface between the teacher and the student learning and assessment or entered as
process ease that require participation by the student and the teacher. It is unclear to me how exactly chatgpt will be implemented. What detrimental effects it might
have on our country counties, education system. My biggest fear would be OpenAI or any tech company creating a dependency on their tools to c****** capacity to produce
educators. We are requesting immediate hold what you heard of AI tools and fcps classrooms, including but not limited to the chat gpt for teachers pilot until
independent evidence demonstrates a clear safety. Proven efficacy developmentally appropriate use cases in transparent, transparent accountability
structures. >> Please play the video testimony submitted by Jennifer Hudson.
>> Good evening. My name is back to Jennifer Hudson and I'm the fcps paired with serious concerns about how AI is being introduced to our schools right now. Districts across the country are rushing
to it that they are tools in the name of innovation and efficiency tools like evt for teachers often described as free and low risk. But as parents, we know that nothing that touches our children is
ever truly free. If we're not paying with money, maybe paint with something far more valuable. Our children's day to their attention in a digital footprint when technology moves faster than
governance risk follows worse to children whose data and warning workers may be stored or we use without family's consent risks to teachers who are encouraged to rely system that can put these confident
sounding the incorrect answers all done without being trained to recognize which counsels errors Andris to districts who are responsible when something goes was asking a basic
question that deserves clear answers. When students information is entered into AI tools who checks for personally identifiable data. Where is the stored and who could access it now or in the future without guardrail,
small notes can quietly become permanent data trails tied to a child's name. Researchers are already backing the harms that AI tools while many schools still clear policies training or response plans and
no issues were buys parts, it's closure to content and the risk is no longer have that that a cull it is foreseeable. So here's our question. One sentence require governments before large-scale
use that teachers and classrooms. This means clear rules for use transparent data policies, independent review, human oversight and accountability. Respect for teacher Jasmine, ongoing
monitoring. This is an anti technology is pro children, pro teachers and pro responsible leadership. Let us to stewardship over speed and put do no harm before rollout
because if we don't insist on government's first, we risk handing the classroom to software before we fully understand the costs. Thank you.
>> Please play the video testimony submitted by Jennifer Chang. Evening. My name is Jennifer Chang and I'm P s parent of 3.
>> I and other parents were shocked to read about that. CPS is agreement to pilot open as change for teachers. Our district has over 183,000 students and how teachers
followed this policy affects each one of those students. We do not know what the risks are because you have not provided us with any details. I have seen 10 e-mails from Fcps about naming the new Western
high school 0 communication on how we will use AI in our schools. How do plan to manage all the concerns and potential risks associated with OpenAI Chatgpt for teachers product
and why is there a kindergarten to 6th grade AI curriculum ready months in development, but no communication around this request for community feedback. My kids love going
to school because of their teacher who was phenomenal and always challenging them think creatively and work on exciting projects. She inspires students to achieve and push themselves not because of differentiated
worksheets, but because of their daily interactions, dialogue and experiences that they share together. I'm curious how you envision AI improving on this relationship. Supposedly I can
reduce teacher workload so they have more time to spend with their students. >> Will teachers, my child story into Chatgpt. So I can tell her how great it. Will teachers be using chatgpt to
come up with worksheets. Explain to us how you're going to do this. Don't nation on the teachers and our students without proper planning training in open conversations
with the families. For this reason. I am requesting an immediate pause on the chat gpt for teachers pilot and requesting more open communication from Fcps. We outlined other requests in our
petition titled Responsible AI Use in Fcps on Change Dot org. I encourage you to read it has over. 200 parents have signed it already.
>> Chair Anderson, that was our last public speaker. Thank you. Madam Clerk, agenda item. 6.0 one student representative
matters icon. This mckown in. >> Thank you. Good afternoon. Good night to the board. I would like I want to get my return to the conversation about the great book and standards based grading
students understand then combine the shift for it to better mask to better reflect mastery, reduce inequities and provide more meaningful feedback, however, and town loans, not chairman impact implementation. Does when
students and families what students and families are experiencing right now is inconsistency and some classroom since basically degrading which pilot it is clear, transparent and aligned
to learning objectives in others. It is confusing with different different interpretations of proficiency reassessment policies and weighing assignments. The same course look fundamentally different depending on the teacher, the great books tapping into for clarity,
income source of stress training must go beyond how to put in put into system. It should focus efficiency. Actually looks like in practice how to communicate progress. Students and
families. Hi reassessment. Late work and retakes are handled consistently. How great aligned with learning rather compliance without the shared understanding, students are left second guessing. What grades mean and family show of
support their children effectively. Students also raise concerns about how state standards based grading interact with accountability, motivation when expectations are unclear, students may not understand how to improve or why they're great change.
Clear, consistent feedback and transparent assessment policies are critical to ensuring greeting means rigorous also being supported. Undergo. One student's
emphasize the need for enhanced communication across parents, schools, particularly between elementary, middle and high schools. Communication breakdown. Students talked about feeling the impact most are in transitions since also
raise concerns about middle school math pathways. There's a clear need for earlier and more transparent communication. So students and families understand what pathways exist doors that open or closed and how decisions are made. Decisions made a
middle school affect future opportunities. Introducing this information earlier, empower students make informed choices rather than reactive ones. Students discuss how artificial intelligence artificial intelligence is
increasingly being used in ways. It was never intended. I should be a tool for critical thinking learning productivity, not a replacement for emotional support, mental health care. This reason in questions. We should be asking 2 students
eyes mental health resource, our families aware of the risks associated with that. How come the district better guide students towards appropriate supports students suggest student suggested that
these questions can be included in student can surveys district can better understand current beaver in gaps. Additionally, there's strong interest in family facing education, such abuse to such as YouTube. A stress prevention, webinars, we
should be asking has has your family taking advantage of resources they utilized pet resource center. Understanding usage helps ensure the supports are not just available but accessible and
visible. Undergo for students emphasize the need for more streamlined and effective internal communication within schools. Communication is unclear. Fragmented effects, everything from academic expectations to student
support services, improving internal systems helps ensure the information reaches suited to families consistently and accurately. Undergo. 5 students discussed in the context of college and career readiness. Many college
students are already entering a job market next next. And I flew and see if they feel unprepared. This means middle and high school students should be should begin building a Islanders. Islanders she's not about
turning every student, a computer scientists. It's my understanding how how AI works at a basic level with output is reliable or biased and how to use responsibly and effectively. This is in
separate from digital literacy, but a continuation of Internet literacy and rapidly evolving world in closing soon. asking the district to move fast possible. But they're asking us to be intentional with clear training, strong
communication family facing resources improperly. I connection Fcps can ensure and your students are prepared to not just graduate but not get the world beyond a craft. Classrooms. The clerk squeeze
play the video from this year's Fcps big show. >> What are you trying know
it's a joke. It's like Nacho average. Like not your average. It should be able to get the job chicken sandwich.
I got to ride. Jalapeno Chicken sandwich. >> It is something you guys will be excited to see in your school lunch next year. >> from him. They're out in
which run it. We're on course probably all across the board. Everyone loves the ramen noodles, which is nice. You guys grow up watching jobs. Yeah. Same here. When I heard Mister Vesco like, my
goodness. What could use like walking through Like I'm not sure all. I know that there's winners. So we got a mistery basket with like maybe 7 ingredients and everything had to use 2 to 3 of them. >> So we chose he's humble,
tortilla chips. We did the fake meat that was in there and we put that all together. And like a super surprise. kept you on your toes and everybody's like different parts of it. So it was really
cool. I thought that experience and just like having that Monsieur boxing like competing with like cooking, that is just a new experience. And it's like very interesting be part of. >> Why do you guys create the
TSA Crenshaw Kyree like the name? Well, my biggest inspiration was Ivan vegetarian for 4 years now. And so it was really important to to get a vegetarian dish on the menu that people can eat.
But it still tasted like means that even better. So I'm back here filling out yet another response I tried talk. Oh, I really like it. >> I loved it. once again, not being biased. It was really flavorful. This is sounds like
something that I would like order at a restaurant and like, really like finished the play everything I would love to seize the Jets school. Any additional comments. It's really flavorful. Without being too spicy. So
>> submitted. was your main goal when you guys are putting on the food show? >> Whether its focus groups with sings whether its culinary competitions is just to make sure that the students are always in the center every
decisions that we make. And today is just a way for this to elevate Pat. >> I think there's also about exposure, right? I think exposed students to what school food of can also look
like right in being able to show them all these different dishes is an amazing opportunity to be able to provide all these different types of foods and unique food that they may not seen before.
So to be even to just expand the possibilities of what they think school food is. I think also, too, just gathering different recipe. Ideas. always doing innovation and having new many cycles come
out as well as different concepts and seeing what's students want to see on the menu is really exciting. Year after year with different students coming in, there was a student. She ate about one of our soups that we had a century. said that it reminded
her of her grandma soup. And I just think that's so lovely to like see the connection between food and home and how we can really bring that together. Even in the cafeteria. Thank you guys so
much. >> Thank you for that. >> That concludes in red
matters. Thank you. Miss McCown in. Agenda item. 7.0 one action item. >> Certification and closed meeting compliance since the board needs to return to the
closed meeting towards the end of the regular meeting. We'll return to this item later today after we conclude conclude the closed meeting. Item 7.0 2 confirmation of
action taken in close icon Dr Anderson, for a motion. >> I move to excused from attendance at school. Certain students identified and closed meeting pursuant to Virginia Code section. TWENTY-TWO 0.1,
dash 2, 5, 4, the one. Is there a second second, Mr. McElveen. All those in favor. >> Mr. Fresh, Mr. McDaniel,
this mayor Mr. McElveen Miss Saint John, Cutting this lady. Mr. Moon. Dr Anderson and myself. All those opposed all
those and saying Mr. Dunn. I call on Dr, Anderson for a motion. >> I move that the school board authorized legal counsel to settle the matter, discussed in closed session, according to the terms and
conditions discuss their end. Is there a second? Miss Marion, all those in favor. Mr. Fresh, Mr. McDaniel, Miss
Mayor and Mr. McElveen missing John cutting Miss Levy. Mr. Moon Dr Anderson. Mr. Dunn and myself, that's unanimous. Raw
Board members. I call on Miss Maren for Motion. I move to deny the school reassignment appeal of a student who was charged with one count of distribution of marijuana and intent to sell. >> And one count of possession
of a handgun or rifle by a person under the age of 18 and to confirm the disciplinary decision of the decision Division Superintendent. Is there a second second, this
lady? All those in favor, Mr. Fresh Mister McDaniel, Miss Mayor and Mr. McElveen. >> Miss Saint John, Cutting this lady Mr. Dunn, Mr. Moon Dr, Anderson and myself. That
is unanimous. Raw Board members icon missing John coming from ocean. >> I move to deny the school reassignment appeal of a student who assaulted another student at school and to confirm the disciplinary
decision of that superintendent. >> Is there a second by second Aaron. All those in favor, Mr. Fresh Mister McDaniel, Miss Mayor and Mr. McElveen missing
John cutting misleading, Mr Dr, Anderson and myself. That is unanimous from board members. Call on Miss Saint John coming from Ocean.
>> I move to deny the school reassignment appeal of a student engaged in bullying behavior and to confirm the disciplinary decision of the division superintendent, is there a second second? >> This lady. All those in
favor. Mr. Fresh, Mr. McDaniel, Mister Miss Mayor and MS. Miss Saint John counting. Misleading, Mr.
Dunn, Mr. Moon Dr, Anderson and myself. That is unanimous. Parole board members. Agenda item. 7.0 3 resolution directing Division Council to file a petition with the
Circuit Court of Fairfax County for issuance of a writ election to authorize a special election. On 12/9/2025. Our colleague
missing Sizemore Heizer was elected to the Braddock District member for on the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors on 12/16/2025. I received Miss Sizemore. Heizer is resignation as the Braddock
as the Braddock District School board. Representative effective 04:00PM on 12/16/2025. That's the Braddock District seat on the Fairfax County school board is
now vacant. We congratulate our colleague on her election. Wish her well in her role as as the Braddock District supervisor in accordance.
Buck. 28 4.2 dash, 2, 2, 6, of the code of Virginia. We now consider at we will now consider action directing the Division Council to file petition requesting the
circuit court to schedule a special election for the now vacancy for the Braddock District School board. Representative, of course, until that seat is filled. Braddock school board member
Chris Kyle Air school board member members comic Daniel Ryan McElveen an alien Moon will continue to represent Braddock District residents and their capacity as their elected at-large. Representatives. I call on Mr.
Fresh for Resolution. Thank you. >> Whereas effective 12/16/2025, a vacancy occurred on the school board due to the resignation of a member of the board. And whereas the school
board is required by Virginia law to petition the Fairfax County Circuit Court to issue a writ of election to fill the vacancy. And whereas Virginia law provides that the special
election for the for this purpose shall be held, not fewer than 45 days, nor more than 90 days after the occurrence of the vacancy. And whereas the 90th Day is March
16th 2026. based on the rules and of statutory construction set forth in the code of Virginia. And whereas Virginia law requires that there be a
special election by March 16, 2026. now, therefore be it resolved here by move that the school board direct legal counsel to file a petition with the Circuit Court of
Fairfax County for issuance of a writ of election to authorize a special election to be held Tuesday March 3rd, 2026 for the purpose filling the vacancy on the Fairfax
County school board. Is there a second? Mr? Moon, Mr. Fisher do like to Speak. Your motion know. Stick straight forward. Thank you, Mr. Men would be
like speech or second. >> No, ma'am. Thank you. I will call for a vote on the motion which is on the screen. All those in favor, Mr. Fresh, Mr. Miss Mayor and Mr.
McElveen missing John Cutting this lady Mr. Dunn, Mr. Man, Dr Anderson and myself. That is unanimous from board members. Agenda item. 7.0 4
action item strategic plan goal report leading for tomorrow's innovation. I will call on Dr Reid. For a
presentation on the strategic plan plan goal. 5 report leading for tomorrow's innovation.
>> All right. Thank you, Madam Chair. It's my pleasure. This evening to do reprisal really of our conversation. We recently had a board meeting.
>> Recall, if you're watching from home that the board >> has already spent a significant amount of time reviewing our goal. 5 data and this comprehensive work session occurred on December.
2nd, where we were able to review and discuss data related to the school. Also want to remind those watching that there's a full report posted to FOX. If you want to
follow along or read in more detail. I want to share that goal. 5 is leading for tomorrow's innovation and it focuses on the strong finish we want for all students,
which is really and opportunity for a new beginning as students leave S may want to prepare our young people for this world, which
is yet to be a match. And in many ways want to begin by talking a little bit about how Fairfax County public schools monitors or graduation rates. We did discuss excuse me, 2
ways that the Virginia Department of Education reports graduation rates. The rate includes students who earn any one of the 3 Virginia
board recognized diplomas and provides additional time for students with disabilities and multilingual learners who are legally permitted to extend time to graduation until age.
22. However, there is a second rate, which is the four-year federal graduation indicator, which is now used in Virginia Department of Education School
Performance and Support Framework. Unlike the on-time graduation rate, this particular indicator does not include the applied studies diploma or students to extend
time be on for years to graduate. So when we think about this during the worst session, we discuss the impact of state flexibility which has
provided for students enrolled in high schools during the 2019, 20 and 2021 school years to meet graduation requirements. This pandemic related flexibility allowed students to earn verified
credit without the typical test score requirements. This class of 2025. The most recent graduating classes, the first cohort since the pandemic where the majority of students
could not benefit from this flexibility. As you can see during and immediately following the pandemic, graduation rates have increased in fcps and while in
2025 they have declined slightly. The state flexibility is one key reason as it is no longer in place. However, we're still pleased that the rates are higher than
pre-pandemic rates. In the next slide. I want to make sure we see on-time graduation rates by different student groups and want to note all
groups made some progress from the baseline or continue to make progress from the baseline. As we think about our 4 year, what's now called
the federal fg irate again without flexibility and without the ability. Our students with disabilities or a multilingual learners to have we're be recognized for
any time after a four-year graduation determination. Just as a reminder, this measure does not include students who have exercised their right to extend this time to graduation
or those students who received the applied studies diploma. In Virginia. Students can graduate with an advanced studies standard oapplied studies. And last year, the
majority of our graduates earn advanced studies diploma in the state's recent data released. They also reported that the Northern Virginia region has the highest per cent of students graduating
with an advanced studies diploma. The slide looks of the percent of students who have dropped out of the graduating cohort. This is not just a student outcome as we know, but also a system signal
that points us to areas where we can better identify and respond to student needs during the work session. We discussed a continued need to focus on supports that address barriers to student
graduation. Another key aspect of goal. 5. Looks at how we prepare students for college and career readiness. And when we think about this overall,
most of our students feel prepared and confident about their post-secondary futures. This table shows the percent of high school students who agreed with statements about college and career readiness
on the RECENTLY-LAUNCHED Student Experience survey. The high levels of self-reported readiness likely reflect a positive school experience and a strong culture around college and career that
manifests itself not just in our schools and classrooms, but really across her community. There's some variation by student group. Excuse me, particularly when students were asked if they
were taking courses needed for college and career, which is the focus of our goal for work. Nearly all of our graduates health also have plans for college and career
based on their responses to the senior survey. These plans include attending a two-year or four-year college employment alese enlistment or other training and education.
Our overall rates of college going or higher when compared to the state and other northern Virginia divisions. fact, for the class of 2024,
87% of our graduates reported that they plan to attend college on the senior survey and 75% enrolled the following fall based on National Student
Clearinghouse data. And we want to focus on closing the gap between intention and outcome for students, even as we recognize that for many of our students, financial aid is
also becoming more challenge, challenging in our current economy and affordability. Challenges. For each of our 3 steps strategies. I want to highlight a few of our
actions. I know the board has talked a little bit about. It's, you know, wanting to get very clear about what the action is that is connected to our strategy. So our first
strategy focuses on providing students with multiple options earn credits toward graduation and monitoring progress. This year, we launched a new feature parent you in student
view to help high school students and their families monitor their progress toward completing graduation requirements. We've also standardize the graduation plan process for identifying
and providing pathways to students at risk of not graduating, including through no cost credit a cruel and recovery options. Our second strategy recognizes the
importance of ongoing school engagement and post-secondary momentum this year. We continue to staff on-time graduation resource teachers at schools with higher rates of dropping out. In addition,
we're working with an external consultants with this through our abl worked a shift academic, advising and enrollment practices so that all students are completing course work. The best prepares
them for post-secondary success. Finally, our 3rd strategy is focused on graduation success for students with additional educational needs. Our Office
of Research Program Evaluation is conducting an analysis of evidence-based practices to better serve students at greater risk of dropping out and for our students with disabilities. I want to take
some time to discuss our career and transition services on the next slides. Transition plans for students with disabilities are included in
every individualized education program, known as an IEP beginning at age 14, ordering 8th grade. These plans serve as the foundation for instruction and coursework in
high school. They include information about graduation requirements, diploma types, transition goals, assessment, data programming options and information about community agency opportunities. Every
student with an IEP has dedicated staff to support this planning, along with access to work based learning embedded in coursework post-secondary planning events and the 18 to 20 year 2
year-old programming. This slide provides a summary of those services. And as you can see by review, there are a number of services and we are
continuing to review our program design in contemplating really how we can best serve even more students in this program and the clearance transit
addition, supports as we look at post-secondary planning and transition supports. College transition specialists program
staff provide access for fcps students to explore college and trade technical school opportunities such as job shadowing Field troops joined events with the Northern
Virginia Community College and multiple career fairs. As we continue to expand and improve our transition programming last year. Just wanted to
provide a couple details as how this work is evolving. Last year we had all of our etr and which are employment transition resource staff in our special education
Department. Shares receive professional development around the use of consistent transition language and guidance for documenting and delivering CTS related services. We provided special
Education Department shares of guidance and resources on meaningful tasks for staff and families to support post-secondary activities and planning in school teams
implemented enhanced resources for academic and career planning for middle and high school students this year. What's been added as we're developing a new high school standard course offering for
our students with disabilities called Workforce Connections. This course will replace the current optional ESC course next year. Finally, we're revising informational materials from family IEP
meetings to include information on our fcps 18 to 22 year-old programming options. Adult and community services, higher education applications and accommodations as well as
employment and training. As we think about skews me, our innovation and future ready skills. I want to share a couple things that continue to be of critical importance for
our students here in Fairfax County. Want to remind our community about our porch of a graduate skills. These skills were developed in 2014. these
are. our students have opportunities to develop these attributes through core instructions as part of our learning model students continue to deepen their
understanding through extended learning experiences such as the Global Classroom Project. The Global Awareness Technology Project IV Middle Years project academic competitions, student
leadership organizations as well as clubs and activities. Another event that we're bringing on board this year is a I innovation challenge,
which is and example about another way in which our students can gain portrait of a graduate skills while also focusing on innovation this fall, we've partnered with play labs to provide students
with an opportunity to foster and showcase all of these portrait of a graduate core attributes as part of this innovative work. Currently over 1100 high schools or
excuse me over 1100 high school students from every fcps high school are competing and participating in a guided self-paced AI curriculum in
terms of building AI-powered apps and designing creative solutions in teams for real world problems. This is an elective opportunity for students and it's an
opportunity where the common aiding event, which is going to be in fcps AI and innovation night is scheduled for this upcoming Friday. Excuse me, this upcoming
February. One of the things that's really exciting is that there are many high schools around the country are participating. And I believe the final rounds will be at the national level here in
Washington, D.C.. Is that correct? Mister Sethi. Wanting to take a look at the wide range of opportunities for students to develop portrait of a graduate attributes S are
reflected in our student experience. Survey data overall around 80% of high school students who responded felt that their school gave them chances to develop creativity and supported them
and trying out new ideas to solve problems. We're continuing to explore additional data collection methods to account accurately for the number of students gaining portrait of a graduate
and new life. Innovation skills through completion of activities that demonstrate key attributes. So to
summarize last year we saw small decline in on-time graduation, although with new standards to be responsive to and a corresponding uptick in the dropout rate. We're going to continue to monitor, adjust
our strategies to achieve our 2030 goals and the overwhelming majority of high school students are confident there, college and or career ready when they leave us and feel like they're learning in
school. But they need to be prepared for the future. And finally, we're going to continue to develop and monitor student innovation, fortunate graduate skills and preparation for life. After
high school. Madam Chair, this concludes the presentation of highlights from the Gulf. I've report, which is posted in its entirety board docks. Thank
you, Doctor. E icon, Mr. Fresh promotion.
>> school board except the goal. 5 Strategic plan report for school year 2025. 26 is their second. Mr. Fisher do like to Speak your motion. No
ice, plenty at the work session. Thank you. >> Mr. Lady, would you like to speak? I didn't expect that
from my colleague. Actually. I don't have a lot to say other than I'm very excited about sort of a lot of things that are centrally have been organized to help. Students. A
crew credits I feel like there's a long time word. Individual schools are trying to figure that out. And some of the work to one of those schools were triage in kids and trying be creative to get
the graduation, extremely grateful for the creative ways and the thinking that come from staff and then working with school staff to help those kids accrue the credits they need. And again, the only
thing I want to just, you know, it's it's unfortunate that Fed does not allow for what law allows, which is that
students who have an IEP or a multi language, learners actually can attend until the 23rd birthday. But yet they want them to finish in 4 years. So it's kind of a
contradiction that that's the graduation rate. Ironically enough, all the published federal graduation rates and college or 6 years which means you have to pay 2 extra years. So it's kind of odd that it's
done that way. But I just want make sure the community so understands that. >> We all know and all of our data has for throughout the years indicates that when our multi language learners
actually exit our programming, their scores their graduation rates, everything is actually higher than our the average student in our system. So they just see the time. Most of all, though, just appreciate
the work, appreciate the work that's happening with able and thank you, Dr Reid and your team for your leadership in this work. Thank you. Miss
Lady Dr Anderson. Thank you. I will speak too long because we had a very long and robust work session. But I just want to take this opportunity to
raise a couple of things. We are in this space. We're in this space where the new state accountability has definitely knocked us a little bit. And
we see this across the board. But I continue to have the concern of how our various subgroups up before me. The achievement gaps are still very, very, very much
persistent. And this shows up not only graduation rates, but also and our students with advanced diplomas. I'm concerned about again, the gaps within subgroups. And I'm
also concerned about the gaps within schools. >> So those are the 2 big concerns that I wanted to raise here again, because there are they are the things that I think we need to work
on because Fairfax County's great for a lot of our kids just needs to be great for all about kids. Thank you, Doctor Anderson. >> Seeing no call for a vote
on the motion, which is on the screen. All those in favor. Mr. Fresh Mister McDaniel, Miss Mayor and Mr. McElveen
Saint John putting this lady. Mr. Moon and myself, all those opposed Dr, Anderson. All those abstaining. Mr. Dunn
would be in favor. The clerk. Please read the vote, Mr. Denton. Yes, yes. Okay. So then the vote is 9, One. The motion carries. >> Thank you.
>> Action item. 7.0 5. >> Fy 26 mid-year budget review. I call on Miss Saint John coming from Ocean. >> I move that the school
board approved revenue and expenditure charges reflected in the fy 2026. mid-year budget review as detailed in the agenda item. >> Is there a second second Miss Levy? Miss Saint John
coming, would you like to speak? Your motion know? This lady? Would you like to speak to yours? Know? Seeing no
members wishing to call for a vote on the motion which is on the screen. All those in favor, Mr. Fresh Mister McDaniel, Miss Mayor and Mr.
McElveen missing John cutting lady Mr. Dunn. Mr. Moon Dr, Anderson and myself. That is unanimous for all board members. Action item. 7.0 6
boundary change phasing in transportation decision calling this lady for a motion. >> I move that the school board approved providing transportation based only on new boundary adjustments. Is
there a second second, Mr. Fresh this lady. Would you like to speak your motion? I'll speak briefly motion. There's been a lot of
conversation around the cost. We were provided it sits on board docks that currently just talk about can't gardens, which is in Dranesville, which is in my district. We're
spending close to a million dollars to phase those students were rebound read 2 years ago. That's a lot of money for one schools facing.
We look at this broader boundary work that we're doing that we're going to do in perpetuity every 5 years. It's not something we can fund so I'll leave it at that. And because I will also be
speaking to a follow-on in a bit. Thank you. Mr. Pressure do like to speak to your second. No. Thank you. Thank
you. Dr. Anderson. Yes, thank you. I she moved. I will share what I last time when we discuss this. I'm really concerned.
>> That this will allow only our students with means to be able to access the facing. It's becoming an opportunity for the privilege. So that is one of my concerns. And I do
realize that Dr Reid had shared some data with us last time that this would cost 10 million dollars. And my concern is where I got my position is that I think that's premature because one,
we don't know what the boundaries are yet. To. We don't know which students will elect to not participate and their new boundaries. So I feel that there's another number out there to be had.
And I wish we would have an opportunity to make this decision with that number in mind, I feel like we're in a vacuum and I understand the tensions. I I definitely understand that the tensions
of a tight budget year, but I do feel like we're a little bit premature in making this decision. We're in a vacuum space where we are not working with real numbers. 3,000 kids
is a 10 million dollars is its 2000 kids. Is it still 10 million dollars? So those of the concerns that I wanted to raise regarding this motion and I'm just very concerned that we're going to put some
kids in the position where they are not going to be be able to take advantage because their families cannot transport them or they cannot transport themselves. And I worry about what that might mean. Even for kids who are
becoming seniors. Mr. McDaniel. Sorry, lots of buttons up here. >> I agree. Drs and I had a
conversation earlier today at length about this issue. And want to echo my previous comments that I am concerned. This is an equity issue. The parents that can make it happen will make it happen and
take advantage of that. And those that cannot cannot. I do. You know, estimating costs as challenge. do think staff for their efforts to do that as we continue down this
process, we're going to be able to cost estimates of lots of things get dialed and eventually when more data becomes a parent, I do have a question staff. It's been said
in the context of the Western Highschool conversation, which I believe this would also relate to kids have the ability to get to a bus, stop. Where there are seats available on a bus and the bus
is already going to the school. Potentially. Could you take advantage of that? So I guess my question is, would that be the case in this situation?
>> I think if they you're asking if they can get to a bus, stop. >> Right. So just looking at some of the boundary proposal on the table and were most of these are within
neighborhoods. We're not talking large geographical distance is between a boundary changes. So if you have a boss that's, you know, a couple of blocks down the road or I was so down the road. It's already
picking up to take a group of kids, too. You know, high but the neighborhood in question is going to high school be, but they previously went to high school lane are still in high school. A should the phasing could they if they can
get to the bus going to high and that bus going to high has seats on it. Could they just ride that >> So there's a process for that. it's not a guaranteed
seat church is there may not be room. So there's a process I believe that begins at the beginning of October. where students were the buses
finalize their capacity per route and requests would be honored them You Inc to clarify that because I think you probably better understand the process must be like.
>> Yes, ma'am, thanks. And you didn't get that corrected itself. Formally the exception to ride policy, which we have today, which a family can choose at any time during the year. But it's exactly what Dr
Read said. You know, based on those October head counts, we look at capacity. And if the capacity there is there, Mister McDaniel, yes, they could and get their way to that bus stop they can right. We'll never let that capacity
going used to somebody need to. >> Yeah, I just first I believe the board should have received a presentation of this prior to the presentation
of the motion and the discussion because the document for tonight in board docs is a power point file with presentation slides dated for tonight. This has occurred in the recent past where there
was some confusion about whether materials are presented. We're not regular meeting. So I do think we need to really nail that down. I think especially voting. We should be refreshing. What we're voting on. Dr Reid, can
you share what policies and regulations informs your recommendation? We have to go back and look at those transportation policy and
regulation numbers. I don't have those this evening. >> You do happen to have the policy. The transportation policy and regulation numbers.
your team utilized. >> The main one that we utilize in this is regulation. 86 17, which is student transportation. My glasses back on here. Eligibility
routes and schedules that and then just 81 30. Boundary instruction regulation that we have right now.
>> Thank you. Well, regulation, 86 17 is actually cited in policy. 86 10. Which says that we will provide transportation to students we
transport shoes from elementary school, middle school, according to the distance, is listed a mile for elementary 1.5 for high school. There aren't stated exceptions for phasing or
otherwise. There's nothing about secondary schools. Early childhood programs the only students that will not receive transportation is if actually
that's incorrect. It actually says that students can be perceived received transportation if space is available on a bus serving that area, which my colleagues just raise. additionally regulation 20 to 30 the
transfer process and regulation. 86 18 school bus routes and schedules. Those are all a clickable and I do not see them reflected in your recommendation. Where is input
from the chief equity officer about this recommendation? have to ask Mr. Music since it came from our Transportation Department.
>> We did not run it by. Dr King. >> I think that's a major absence and reason on its face to not proceed with this. That's this 10 million dollar
estimate is not clearly defined as to what it's capturing it, showing what would happen if all nearly 3,000 students opted to stay at their school. However, we know that some people who
would be redistricted agree with the decision such as my current will entry school residents who would be boundary from killer into the role and Marshall into Madison. That's hundreds of families. Further. Not all
students would even be a great level that would require them to be bused to a new school. For example, the first or 3rd grader who has redistricted would not have a different school from which to choose and that's not have a
different bus assignment. Given some relatively small number of these students. Less than 3,000, it seems some simple data sorting could be done to get a more particular count of how many. Would likely or even be able to
choose to remain at their assigned school. Why not do the analysis this way? >> We do the boundary change, Transportation budget estimate. This is really a
budget exercise that the board requested. So what we want to do is we're trying to be fiscally responsible in a very conservative budget year. So
we took the prior phasing examples and costed those prior examples out to have real real-time data, if you will, because those were real
situations that we've been funding and then looked at the. Possible numbers of students that could choose facing and what that would
cost to make. What we thought was the most conservative fiscal recommendation given are extraordinarily tight budget times this year. >> Well, indeed, this board is
very aware of the financial constraints of our county and commonwealth. And we are not interested in racking up costs as such as an incomplete recommendation to provide the board with the cost, but not the tradeoffs. What could be
reduced elsewhere in the operating budget to identify the 10 million projected to provide transportation. So that I can make an informed decision where specifically
would reductions be made to obtain the 10 million dollars? >> We really want to hear from the board you would consider having us costing. It's for a
10.4 million dollar gap. really be. Size of the gap is going involve people. So it would be which positions we would want to cut our
programs. We would want to impact and I would want to have a deeper conversation with our word. And as you've indicated, wanting more input into that process, what we
provided at our last board meeting when we made this presentation, was really the budget estimate, which is the 10.4 million that it would cost. At this point. A
conservative estimate that we believe it would cost to. Provide transportation for all of the phasing because there are a large number of schools that are impacted versus just
the 3 and the examples previously provided. >> What does data shows about her full? Our school buses are is ridership capacity, not only assignment, but as ridership over buses at
capacity. So you like I know we have probably varying degrees of capacity depending on the routes. Time of year after school activities and those types of things.
>> You are getting ready to get back to the border that date and perhaps you have sort of a ballpark figure this evening. >> Ma'am, you you kind of hit it right there with your answer that, you know, some buses are at MAX capacity, no
room for anything. Others, you know. Hold 58 high schoolers, but they only have 35 on him, but they still need to go those routes. And how do you feel those other seats when the people are in that area
are in those routes? So you're going to have some that are some buses maxed 100%. Some that are at, you know, 60%. >> It seems like a coreper to nutty for family engagement
because we know we have issues with kiss and ride and safe routes. What does to show us about the understanding of any delta between bus assignment and bus ridership. Perhaps you
already spoke to that. I'm sorry. The delta between. Bus, perhaps that was just answered between assigned buses and how we know what mode of transportation students are
actually using. I think if they're on the bus, we know there. Using the bus 8, the walkers and kiss and ride probably are less likely for
us to be able to distinguish because we wouldn't necessarily always know who's walking versus being, you know, transported by a parent or family member or friend.
>> But the transportation, those children riding the buses. We certainly with no. And I think You do want to just again. Be responsive to
that. Please. >> So at setting up the routes in the summer before the school year starts, right? We look and we can see for elementary school who are all the students for that school
that are greater than a mile away. So we set up the routes and the bus stops to make sure that they all have a way to get to school and the way our bus transportation work says it's not a it's an opt out. So
if you don't go in to assist and say you don't want transportation, we make the assumption you're going to need it and we build capacity for that. In October 4 per video. We have to take 2 weeks
to do the official ridership headcounts and then that's where we get that out of. We planned for a bus to have, you know, 40 riders on it. And when we do, the county
consistently comes up. It's a 33 where, though, that Delta, how they're getting to school, whether they're kiss and ride, whether they're just outside of Milan, maybe they decide to
walk or bike and we don't know the answer to that. We just know that all the kids that we thought would need a ride a portion of more on the bus and the others are getting the school some way on their own.
We don't do survey to figure that part out. Does that answer your question? >> I'd like go back. Thank you
sparing. Mr. Dunn. >> 10 million dollars or these buses, diesel or electric.
>> I believe that was in the presentation. Mr. Me with you can probably answer before you can find it. an electric. >> How much would these will be?
>> The few it would be a difference of about 2.7 5. So would be about 7.2, 5 million.
>> Why electric? Because my understanding is canceled recently. Federal grants that we run certainly would receive to purchase electric buses. And I'm not aware of ongoing
initiatives to purchase electric buses and there's the issue of charging infrastructure, which I know we have very limited locations. I think only 2 in the entire county, including
one and the Lorton Station area. >> Well, sir, just the the goal, you know, the jet goal was always to get electric. So we built this and getting
electric buses. If we could do diesel. And as I said, it would be 7.2, 5 of think of of getting that right. All instead of the 10. >> thought it was less than 7
based on information I received. But regardless I'm trying to understand have there been a policy decision are not buying diesel buses. And Marcus, I think we just but quite a few diesel buses
from Campbell Academy, the owners of that, former school. >> So we did by the 10 from King That was, you know, they
wanted them to selling for 450,000 and we were able to get the deal down to 300,000. So it's a deal that we couldn't pass up. And that just goes to help some of our
aging fleet. And it was something that an opportunity that presented itself. I don't think that was a strategy to say that we're shifting back to buying all diesels. We would definitely get more diesels for our for our money
going forward. But I think that's that a decision that Dr Reid the board need to make in terms of whether we're going electric fleet for the jet goals or not. >> I understood I'm just trying to figure out why we're
using the higher figure when there hasn't been. I don't think there's been any decision or discussion of the school board or the superintendent to proceed with electric buses going forward from this point. So it seems
more reasonable to use the lower figure because it seems are going in the direction of the zone. Now. >> I will say that last year, one of the decisions we made
to bring our budget into line was not ordered budget, not her new buses of any kind the solar electric and to continue to run buses a little longer.
Traditionally, we do some type of an annual bus purchase. And just like with our social studies curricula materials, we just pause dead again to come into our budget. And meet
our budget last year. So that's if we're going to add buses to me, the phasing. Which is then we're going to need obviously to purchase
more buses. And I think that the team felt like there still, the jackals are still on the books, both from the county side and the school division side, which is why I believe they picked the
electric buses. Certainly costing out diesel buses. I think Mr. Munich's share that that would be in the 78 million dollar range rather than the 10.4 million dollar
range. >> To do we have any update on greater availability of charging infrastructure in other parts of the county that would lead us to think that electric buses might work in more locations than the 2
current locations. >> Mr. Munich, any update charging facilities? >> I would have to asked Paul, you have an update on that.
>> the charging stations that we've been getting were complimentary are funded by Dominion in Association with those federal grants that we had one. So if we move forward
with our own money to get electric buses, we would have to figure out where to put that infrastructure. We have some infrastructure audit Stone Cross right now on their Westfield there, some charging
stations that. Pause, spreads center. At Sprague Center and Lord. So we've in the 3 locations. >> My understanding from
previous conversations and again, it's been a while since we talked hurting infrastructure. Was that all of those? Parking spots essentially one per charter. It says locations was fully
occupied by electric buses. Are there empty spots or have new spots been added to enable us to expand our bus fleet and and if not, have we costed out how much it would be to add
charging infrastructure to support electric process. >> Nothing new has been at it and 40 to $50,000 per charging station and are charging
stations. Our dual charging stations. If I'm not mistaken ball that they go to to one. >> Are all of the spots for electric buses currently occupied or are there empty
spots that we could fill new purchases? >> All you want to jump in on that. Yes, currently, we do have all the while that your
boss is having have slots for the 17 that we have on order. We do have a met with to be new to expand to grow facility. So we do have the
ability expansion. That expansion was tied a lot into the EPA grant. >> And those EPA grants for
rescinded. Is correct? I'm sorry. Yes. Okay. I'd like to understand just in the in the sequencing, Dr Reid, the urgency of deciding now on
providing transportation versus later because what I see with the elimination of attendance islands and some of the split feeders is that some of our boot bus routes will be
shorter or maybe not exist at all anymore. And and so there will be some eliminated and then facing will add some 4, 8, temporary period of time. So is there the option
available to school board to decide on busing once the final school board vote is taken end of January. >> I think the timing is really and to enable us to
order more buses. >> Right. The often item the on-ramp to ordering You if you Mr. Andretti is. Generally I think by around January we
want to be ordering buses for the coming fall, I think. But >> it's about a 10 to 12 month delivery So we're kind of, you know, running tight if we're going to need to order a significant number of buses.
So I think that was part of the timing in terms of wanting to make a decision sooner than later. Because if we are going to provide busing, we need to
actually be able to do that and have enough buses to do it. >> There are aircraft world, you know, most aircraft are now least they're not leasing
options. If not going to buy brand new buses. do. But I'll defer to Mister me like I in terms of the cycle for purchase and lease.
your purchase lease to own that. >> Are there not also leasing options where we would not be leasing towards ownership.
>> I'm sure there are. I don't know that we've Costa that Miss Byrd and perhaps the you have either. But we knew Mr. Me like a response in terms of what that would look like for us. I'm not sure that's been a
practice, but >> what would that look like? Yes, ma'am, financially, I don't know what that would look like allegedly jumping in a second. But you know, if you look at Montgomery County,
they tried to do a leasing option with Highland with the company and it didn't go well because they kind of gave up control of their fleet in terms of maintenance,
replenishment of the Fleet Day to day stuff. Just didn't work well, because you lose a little bit. I don't I can't explain how maybe park and what you lose some control of
your fleet and the ability to manage it properly. Paul, you want to jump in because that's one of the big reasons why we do. We would prefer not to the lease. The Lee Stone is
definitely favored for us. >> And typically that's not the business model that the event vendors have when they so buses. Typically it's outright purchases or kind of
the lease to own purchases that you see where you do see that as a business services through the Highland Electric, so different companies with
the able to utilize the buses for revenue generation, which is not the case for purchases that were making at this time. >> Thank you. Or we could
purchase used school buses as we did with ability. true. Manufacturer from scratch. >> I know that was a practice
on the West Don't know we've purchased used buses as a matter, of course. But I think we could look into that Mr. Dunn. >> Okay. that's just reaffirms that. I think there are options available other than
purchasing brand new buses for least and. Deferring this until a later point in time. Thank you. Miss Saint John.
Coming. >> First of all, I'd like to thank staff for the presentation they gave us at the last board meeting. That answer a lot of these questions. And for the subsequent memo that was
provided to us with more in-depth questions that was provided to us. I'm certainly
very aware. Of the issues concerning equity. Across or county in every aspect of everything because that's what
I worked in the most. Took on the issue boundaries, which is very important for this entire word. We understood that it was going to be difficult.
I've lived through boundary changes that were specific to a specific area. And there were no bus. There was no bus service providing provided and there was no facing. When you
start talking about phasing, then you have to start talking about transportation and these are the issues that we're getting involved in right now. We're trying to be responsive to the community. We're trying
to listen to what everybody needs, but we're also strapped. Financially. I hate to be that person that says that back in my day when there was a boundary change, there
was a boundary change. There was no facing. There was no bus service. >> But that's the way it was. Is optimal probably not. But
we also don't the necessary funds that we need. For just the regular stuff we need to do to run our school system. I think that we have to be
creative and thoughtful about this. This motion says that you get buses if you are in your boundary, which is what
we do right now. That's all it's when we introduce then we're introducing some other issues that make it more difficult for us. And I know we're trying to be responsive
and I respect that. But again, as I have said, these decisions are hard. They're not easy. We are not talking
about a boundary change for one area. We're talking about a comprehensive boundary change, which is what? Adds to the expense of this. And this is what we have to look at. So
if there if there was a time which I know that there was a time in specific situations where maybe phasing and LeSean was allowed. It was because we
may have had more funding available. I know that there's a second motion that's coming up that he's trying to address this issue. But we have to be
careful about saying if we provide. For all facing that means that if one student wants to ride that bus, we have to provide a service to
that student. You got to think about that. Mr. Moon.
>> Thank you. first one thing. Doctor Reed missed a meal for and Sony. Yes, I sent in about 12 questions lead. I want. A
community a state as a petitioner options for to consider. And I appreciate you providing Houston says which I got a couple days ago. I not
be able to and allies or responses I do have a couple questions. I'm not going repeat what the don't has already asked about the places
electric. Not 5 year lease with the purchase one East feed or more. Sychar. brand
new school bus. comes to us. Sir. Could you repeat that again? What's the normal? >> Next time, 15 years is the
normal lifetime is 15 years. 2,200 1000 miles. It's a guidance that's where you but it really depends on if it's still safe and passes and spank you. So you thought not have to be justified in these
right. We could consider. >> You know I'm please. I'm asking you with that. We could consider. Whether we can I did
quite get the question that time. Whether we could consider it you at your numbers of the stuff on 5
Lease to purchase. Oh, I gotcha. Ms Byrne is saying probably not because that's
set by the less or so. It's not a choice that we have to do a 5 year least alone we could ask, but she doesn't think we would be able to.
sure that we can. If you we wouldn't purchase if you, you know, if you. >> You know, put out a purchase a little for 57 buses be an odd of winning Sunday's
who could accommodate these 2 have a term lease done. And then the 5 in the Such a high amount payment on annual
basis. The second question that have is. We have a What 1600 process? 7, 21600 buses. So I assume that we do Reagan
million annually. Purchase or lease new buses, correct? Yes, sir. We try to how many? How many do we do? >> How many do we replenish each year?
>> Each on the average. >> Well, we would like usually we have had 10.3 million dollars in the budget to do Fleet Replenishment where we
would. Look and get and replace the oldest highest maintenance requirement, buses that we have. But I don't know that we have done a replenishment. We have not
done one since. I've been here because the push has been for the chief in the Jekyll. >> In addition my recollection over the purity and be the
case when I had to be certain that school board the The number of show but it will pass us. 2 least one purchase will depend upon. Which is not
to society. And to second meeting in May. So sometimes we are simply put a brutal fire. Sometimes you want people acquire. So when you
say we do need about 10 months is the time. To lease these buses. I find the video difficult to understand. It
was bold economic. Final adoption of the budget. And to me time frame, maybe. >> And that was the lead time to manufacture a new bus was
10 to 12 months. >> And we'll and the boss on the 57 routes with a 57. You try Burris with a full-time pay. Do you expect for each of
those huge drivers? 57 new drivers, one bus route. Would it be the full-time work?
>> Yes, sir. 1, 1, driver in our driving team is doing, you know, are out in the morning means they're doing a middle school high school and at
least one, if not 2 elementary schools, and then their shift is split during the middle of the day and then they come back and they do that same route in reverse. So they're getting a 8 hour day. And with
that split shift in the middle. >> So when you say 57 bus routes and he's than just one book to Preschool wants. Yes,
Sir. Per driver. Yes, sir. So I so I'm trying to understand when you say 57 bus routes. Is
that 57 routes. With each while. One school or preschoolers, different schools. So when the routing
team puts their transportation routing together. >> That one bus driver and one bus. It's going to go at 7.30 and get a middle school. They then use that same bus driver
and bus to go hit a high schooler secondary school and then that same bus driver and bus hit one or 2 elementary schools break and then redo the whole thing in the afternoon. So when the writing
team looked at that boundary adjustment, they looked and said if that universe of people, 2800 was going to choose to go back to their old school or go to the new school. That's how many
additional routes that would create, which led to the 57. >> Okay. I think I have a better understanding enough. You know how those work. Thank you. Appreciate it, sir. The
last one these. In a 54 offer suggestions from the community members do it. They were like 5. 5 P options for to
consider. And I think response was when I did ask with the feasibility and cost on an ISIS, all of those options, your response was that's not possible for the upcoming
school with a meeting somebody to you. If you had one time, would you be able to give us? Visibility and the cost
analysis of those 5 options. >> Yes, sir. We have more time. We would. He's a lot of unknowns as Mr. McCAnn us
saying, right? As you get closer to the time of that boundary decisions and families make a decision, it makes it easier. So but if we had more time, we could look at some of the do the feasibility and cost on death
and that is your time. Thank you. Thank you. >> Thank you. >> Just a question. I understand can appreciate the questions around diesel versus
electric buses the time takes to acquire buses is great concern. It was that. Estimate either between 7 and 8 for diesel or tend to whatever for
electric was a per year or just the first year. The facing. >> That is for the first 5 years in the lease to own period. Okay. So includes the
cumulative effect of hiring those new bus drivers and them having to pay for 5 years. Yes, ma'am. Thank you the other thing I want to just say it's because I didn't say it
in my opening remarks for the motion was, you know, I've said this before, you know, we are in it very difficult budget situation. We are going to be cutting. I may be the
only person when I shared budget priorities with. The superintendent included areas where I would. But if we have to cut I talk about that now. But I definitely have been
thinking along those lines. I don't want to do it. I also of of talked about the fact that if we're going to say we're for healthy start times. We can't be adding. Buses and bus routes because that work will
never get done. And if we're going to do this work every 5 years, very concerning to me. I also want to mention again that connector buses are free for middle and high school
students. And so that is an option for connector buses would be an option for some kids. >> I also want to say this is for first county public schools. One of the best
school systems in the country. We're going to kids to a fantastic school no matter what happens in this boundary adjustment and that it's also our fiscal responsibility to
be a fiduciary of taxpayer money >> and these are all reasons why I you know, support this motion. Having said that, I still live there. I certainly
can understand appetite for some more information. Cypress, appreciate the questions of my colleagues. It's giving me some more things to think about and
appreciate staff for your hard work and all of the questions that you answered up until now. sounds like perhaps, you know, folks have some more so. But again, the healthy start
time thing for me. All our schools they're fantastic. If we're gonna do this every 5 years, we can't keep adding budgetary layers to it about
All-Star. Thanks. Dr. Anderson. Thank you. I have to say that I appreciate the questions that were asked.
>> Earlier, I was particularly surprised that. >> The cost the with the 10 million was made regard with electric buses and not with the services, which is the majority by saying. The
only other thing I really want to underscore is we are a division that pride ourselves on equity. We say this again and again and yet we don't put that at the forefront when it becomes difficult. We can
apply equity when it's convenient. And I fully agree with what MS Marin also had raise, which this is a statement that we're making. We're not transporting AOC.
It's outside of all of the MS alignments with policies, regulations, cetera. But we are making a statement and there other things that we
could not do in order to achieve this? This is just talk about getting our kids to school. I do see a scenario where children because of their relationships that they
have built in their schools that we've that we've been saying you need to have 3 accounts. Let's put that on our desks. Not too long ago. That they will say I'm going to stay at my school because I have the right to do that as
per the boundary. But then we're going chronic absenteeism and parties because they're going to scrounge to get the places where they need to be. We need
more information. Doctor Reed. I'm unclear about so many things and I would like for us to take the opportunity. To have that information. It I don't believe tonight is the
night to do that. And I know that Mister Fresh number of years ago. I'm glad that you're racist. Miss them. You are because he visited Montgomery and their bus programs. I think we could get ourselves a little bit more
space to get this right. I've heard this beast be said earlier. We can take a little bit more time to get this right instead of just making this fast. And we also have to acknowledge and be very clear,
can't believe I'm doing this. But in terms of what Miss Sizemore Heizer said earlier, who are we impacting with this
decision? Mr. McDaniel. So the making sure it can clear on this. The still focal 10.5, 10 point. >> 4, 4, 3, to be exact versus
the 7 and a quarter that for flat. That is the difference between a diesel electric. Is that accurate? Yes, sir. Okay. And the reason that if I'm understanding correctly, the reason you priced at electric
is because jet goals. Yes, sir, which is board policy.
>> That's a good question, I have to get back to you on the answer that I just know. That's been the whole focus since I've been here that we have. don't know if it was a moratorium or the guidance from the county with the jet
goals, but from day one of me being here was we only buy an electric and that's probably my fault for not doing more. >> Well, I know, and I don't I don't agree that your fault. I
would say that if the if the culture, if the expectation has been jet goals. Uber following the culture in the expectations of the division. So we want to peel back or
clarify those expectations as a board. That's a conversation worth having. But I don't want anybody in the public to think that, you know, staff which is making something up for convenience purposes. That's not the case here. That being
said, I was very torn on this vote coming into it. I'm still torn eye to eye. agree with some of the questions that have been raised. So I'll be
abstaining on this vote and yeah, that's ram. The jackals were adopted 2020, I believe.
Is that right? Dre? >> They were they predate me and I think by but not by a lot. So I think it was former board, but they are Jack
doubles. That certainly were a commitment made the Port Angeles for the The forward. Fairfax School >> So it was stated his board policy. So have we purchased.
And the diesel buses since 2020. >> We did the used buses from. Camp Doulas Academy and we
believe it was 10 buses for $300,000. So it was and the buses are very low mileage. Is that right? 10 for 300,000? >> Yes, ma'am, it was about 30,000 a bus and very low
mileage. >> Besides the buses from King Abdullah, have we purchase? No new buses since 2020 since the jet rules were adopted time
and no new diesel to do so. I would have to go back to the number Mr. Andreotti do we have the number of diesel versus electric buses we've purchased either through grant or otherwise. >> You got the last buses that
the county purchase was in 2023. It was approximately 80 buses and a lot of guidance that was given from the jet goals were after Twenty-twenty
forward to but purchase any additional diesel buses and the electric buses. We purchase since the jackals we're tied in with the EPA
grants and those are the approached is. 22 23 also. >> But the estimate those provided did not include any costs for installing charging
infrastructure that would be necessary to support these electric buses. Is that true? >> I thought that some of those were provided by grant. But I with Dominion, but You
incur Mister and to have a different recollection. >> This man, the if you get the electric buses with the grants. Dominion provides the
Chargers. If we fund it with our own fcps funding. We have to come up with the Chargers. >> And you made reference to the to the Highland leasing by Montgomery County. I'm very
familiar with that. That was an electric bus contract rate, not the usual. know that last
year for budget reasons. We delay the purchase of some new buses. We're the buses that were planning to purchase last year and delayed for budget
reasons. Diesel or electric. >> I'm just trying to remember which buses, only ones that. That I've been that I remember dealing with was the ones
related to the grants. And when the grants were getting, you know, kind of pulled back by the administration. So we were waiting for that to get cleared, to see if the
drawdowns would work. I don't know of any bus purchases that we have done. And pulled back
in the last 2 years. right. The same coming. >> I would like ask burden in
terms of I know we're going to have the budget presentation and that. But no, I'm sorry. Excuse me. Didn't mean that. Do you know right now with our projected shortfall might be due to the lack of funding
that we're getting right now from the federal government. I know it's it's a what I'm trying to figure out is with
the 10 million dollar impact would be on our budget. doable. It's not doable. What you would foresee that would have to be cut.
>> We would need to provide you a written response to that. Okay. >> I think that there have been some good points brought up. I think that there's we
have conflicting. Google's when we talk about tickles that we want to fulfill versus diesel. >> Persons with the cost
implications would be. I just think that maybe we might need a little bit more time to try to figure this out, Mr. Me how much lead time do you need to purchase a Boston to get it
here and running? doesn't matter whether it's electric or not. >> think the good rules about
10 to 12 months. >> So I just want to confirm my understanding, is correct that on slide 4 of this presentation that 57 buses would be required. This is a
proposal for 57 electric buses. Dre. Well, I would think that we would be celebrating that. And we have been talking about electric
buses for years. just shocked that we wouldn't be elevating that because that's a major movement forward. You know our policy, though, 85 42 was last updated in 2013 and it does
speak about transportation. Now, the motion from the 23 Cip vote to revamp our cip policies were so close to review it and governance, unfortunately had to cancel
last week. But that policy, 85 42, which is 12 years older, it should have been reviewed every 5 years. That's where it would say that we have made the jet goal. So it certainly
wouldn't be directed that the Super would have to buy electric school buses. But nonetheless, that would be amazing. But I don't support it here. You know, I every January I get contacted by families in the Herndon
Pyramid who students want to go to South Lakes because they're middle schoolers have been at Langston Hughes doing the AP program, which also happens to be an IB school. And in January, they call me see why can't my student get
the school bus? >> From my part in her, my area heard and pyramid. >> 2 South Lakes, they said, well, we don't do it now. Again, according to our policies, it doesn't stipulate anything about that. Why we
don't provide transportation. But here's what I did 2 years ago, I contacted my partner on the Board of Hey, what can or connector buses do? And at first the connector step didn't think it was possible
because it was an hour to go from North Reston, Herndon area to Celtics. It was an hour with a school bus which and I knew my parents were not going to be okay with that. Like 7 in the morning. But the connector staff was able to
review their routes and car about 3 minutes somewhere. Turns out it's only 30 minutes. So I went ahead and did that just because it was the right thing to do. So they're certainly are some
solutions to be found that don't cost 10 million dollars. I'm gonna take a really fast turn I agree that there are
lots of options that don't cost 10 million, 2 million dollars. And I appreciate staff. You brought forward what the possible high end people are high and number could be because I think that
this board particularly has always asked for the highest. Possible expenditures so that when we're making decisions, we can be informed as to what the possible outcome of those
decisions that are Dr. Reid, can you speak to whether or not you've actually? Spoken about this with different boundary meetings as we because I have seen you do that. So I just want you to
speak to what what you've been telling communities. >> At the boundary meetings often the phasing question comes up and I was able to point back to the policy and
also the follow-on motions to indicate where the board has directed. The phasing will occur and I've had to follow that each time with since it
is across really all of our schools right? Elementary, 5th, 6 middle school and high school as well as secondary schools that the board will need to approve budget
capacity to pay for the transportation. So while the phasing is guaranteed, the transportation may not be, but that will be determined by a board vote based on budget
decisions. Thank you, Dr. I am in support of getting our parents the information as quickly as humanly possible. So that. >> When they are making real in a little bit of a chicken
and the egg conversation because our parents need the information in order to make the decision as to whether or not they're going to faze their children. And we also need to know which kids are going to phase in order for us
to understand how much it's going to cost. And one of those things has to come first. So I'm going to privilege. The parents being able to make a decision. I am not ready to make a decision
on this tonight. However, I am supportive of the recommendation that you put forward. So I look forward 2 to how we can come about that
successful conclusion. And look in maybe more time will give us some time to figure out what other options could be. So seeing no other lights
were going to go ahead and call for a motion which will be on the screen in just
seconds. All those in favor of the motion on the screen. All
those opposed. Miss Mayor and Mister Machen mean Mr. Dunn, Mr. Moon and Dr Anderson. All those abstaining, Mr. Fresh, Mr. McDaniel Miss Saint John,
cutting Miss Levy and myself. When do we want to order? a point when >> I believe per Robert's rules, the motion maker has to
affirmative for the motion. Is that correct? >> That is incorrect. The motion maker can't speak against the motion but is love to vote against it or let's
think you. Madam Clerk, can you please read the vote? I just want to confirm that. I have them the vote's correct
from Mr. Fresh. I haven't abstain from Mr. McDaniel. I haven't abstain first. Miss Mayor and I have a note from Mr. Mckelvie and I have a note from a Saint. John County Niven abstain. >> For misleading Ivan abstain
Miss Anderson. I've an obscene from Mr. Dunne, Mister Men and Dr. Anderson, I have knows, am I correct? the 0, 5, 5, the
motion fails. Thank you. >> Moving on to agenda. 7.0 7 action item, Centerville, High School lease agreement. We are
going to take a brief 5 minute
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>> I move the school board authorizes superintendent and negotiate and execute a lease agreement to extend the lease on the Fairfax County School Board's property at 46, 30 Stone Croft Boulevard, Chantilly, Virginia, 2, 0, 1,
5, 1, for an additional 5 years in exchange for a lease or purchase a property rights from the Fairfax County Park Authority for an area of land at Braddock Park. 13,000
Braddock Road. Clifton, Virginia, 2, 0, 1, 2, 4, sufficient to enable the school division to satisfy the county's floor area ratio, far zoning requirements for Centerville High school,
including far requirements associated with the division's planned renovation expansion of that facility, this authorization shall include the negotiation of all
necessary terms conditions and documentation necessary to finalize and execute the above referenced transactions provided they are in the best interest of the Fairfax County school board and comply with
all applicable laws. Rules and regulations as determined by the superintendent with legal advice of counsel. Thank you. Is there a second second, Mr. McDaniel, vice chair Miss Miss
Anderson. Would you like to speak your motion? Absolutely. This is a very simple motion that just officially gets the board moving toward us. A
resolution of an issue. That was one of the first things I spoke to anyone about. When I first came on the board, which is that we We had a lease that
expired on. The density requirements for Centerville High School and so what this does is it just starts the ball rolling with certain
amount of information I fully expect that some of the motion language is not acceptable to some of the parties. I explain that to some my colleagues who requested additional language
be included. However. This is where we are. Dr Reid, if it turns out that there is movement. Towards the least. But we aren't able to actually
secure everything has outlined here. You would bring that back to the board. Correct? Yes, minimum OK, so this really just gets the ball rolling in. The most important part of this motion is the
second portion of it, which talks about the fact that this is in the best interest of the Fairfax County school board. Right now. What I can say is that I am 100% want to ensure
that the Fairfax County Park Authority retains there are rec center. At the address. That was is the initial property that's owned by the
school board. And so I very much would be interested coming up with some sort of plan that would allow for us to work with both the Board of Supervisors and the Park Authority to ensure that
everybody can get what they need here. So that's the reason that I brought this forward tonight. Thank you, Mr. Tan you would like to speak to second with a wake or the chair said, I mean, this
is a >> for those of the public who are not experts or or have never had to do with land use or permitting zoning problems is a very Waukee goofy, unique
situation in which we have found ourselves and it is the motion language here and what were effectively doing is authorizing the superintendent to officially be able to have
negotiations with the Park Authority trying at this issue, put to bed once and for all. So happy to second in support. I call him Mister
Dunn for an amendment. >> I move to amend the main motion by striking the language in its entirety and then starting the following
language in its place. I move that the school board directed superintendent to seek to achieve a global resolution of floor area ratio, issues affecting any and all fcps
schools. >> Is there a second? Mr. Macri, Mr. Damage like to speak your Amendment. Yes,
please. >> Appreciate the time. And energy spent by the chair and our colleagues and staff as well as representative of the
Park Authority Board and county staff as well. we have a situation where several of our schools across the county.
located NRC resource conservation zones. Centerville High School is certainly affected by But there are other schools, including bull run elementary Centerville, High school Frost, Middle School, Liberty,
middle school, South County, Middle School, South County High School, Virginia Run Elementary, Westfield High School Will Springs Elementary and Woodson high school, South County Middle School in South
County, High School or both and the Mount Vernon District and as such, I want to make sure that as we approach the Centerville high school issue
that we treat this on a global basis. You can global resolution because we have to be efficient with our time. We have to be making sure that we are looking not just at the
president, but at the future because some of the schools will be affected when their renovations come up in the current or future renovation. Que. And we should try to work collaboratively with our
colleagues on the county and on the park authority to see if we can work out a deal, whether it's monetary payments, least Wright's property, property rights.
There are many methods of compensation consideration that can be exchanged and achieving this global resolution. Well, help not just resolve the immediate issue in front of us, but
issues that will confront fcps in the coming years. >> Thank you, Mr. Ek they would like to speak. No. Okay. Thank you. All Colin board
members who have turned their lights on as Mayor. >> Yeah. So I have certainly been supportive of trying to get the renovation of Centeral moved along and it's it's really terrible that it hasn't
been able to move, you know, the work that our board is doing myself Mr. McDaniel has the committee members of the Joint Facility River. You Review Committee with the Board of Supervisors. You have
said this before. We need all the parties at the table to deal with land management. It's us. It's the county and its the parks. And as I reflect on this problem we find ourselves in that is wasting taxpayer dollars and
denying our residents, the new facilities that they voted on and are expecting. Our board has the least amount of fiscal authority. The county Board of supervisors set the tax rate
and they collect the revenue. I recently in the Park Authority they are collecting user fees. So we are really the most junior and so by sending something out here
today, we're trying to show that solution oriented, but we don't hold all the cards. So I really appreciate that. This amended motion speaks to directing the superintendent
to work on all of the issues and certainly work with all of the parties involved, including the county executive and the director of the Park Authority. So I do support the
amended language and I appreciate that. It covers the entire county. I think we get to help Centerville as well as other schools. So it's a real big Thank you. Thank you. As
mayor and Dr, Anderson. Mismatch recovered what I wanted to share. Thank enough my light. Ms Anderson.
Apologies, Mr. Men. Thank you, Madam. I shared. In a first alone a week and half along with chairman and the Sun. >> And I participate in a
meeting with principal majors to talk about issue. I don't think I change for advocacy. Made at the time on behalf of
the scoreboard. Unfortunately, it is my understanding that. He's come up only has rejected it. push to consider 5 bodies. So with that, I think I prefer
to substitute for doing the for the motion. Miss Anderson. I'd like to propose a
secondary amendment. >> Utilizing than the amended language I would like to add the second paragraph of the Russian are original language
back in. In order to ensure. Let me just leave it there for
now. Is there a second? Mr? McDaniel. We'd like to speak
your amendment. original language was created by with legal counsel. So I think it's extremely important that we utilize as much of the original language is possible.
So this is a simple add to ensure that the best interest of the of the school board and Fairfax County Public Schools is included in the motion language because I think that that's an important aspect of
this. Thank you, Mr. Daniel, which I speak your second. No. You know, when I first read this amend this motion,
believe it was Sunday when I first saw it. I my question immediately was hold on. Are we committing to a lease agreement? Because immediately I want to know what's the
potential costs. And so that was a concern of mine. So I do prefer that and amended language that's just been proposed. I prefer non.
Including the original language because I would want to know a dollar amount. That's with that. So I and I also don't know that it really applies because the amended
language directs the superintendent to go get a resolution. And that's different than whether it's Alice could be anything. And I certainly would want the super tend come back to the board
and tell us and because we have so many conversations going with facilities. I do think it's important for the board to understand more. I'd love to have more conversations and presentations to understand
it. So I'm more comfortable with the simpler language that just directs the superintendent to get a global resolution and be a partner
with the board on to whether that includes negotiation and terms and agreements and certainly costs because I just want to know more about the costs. So I I prefer the and
amended language. Thank you, Mr. Dunn. I just wanted to ask Doctor, Ater, Mr. Foster, if >> the secondary amendment
language that second paragraph does that do you understand that to authorize the superintendent to proceed all the way to execution of any
agreements or instead simply to prepare final documentation and the agreements would then come back to the board for 8 further vote before any
documents are actually executed. >> So I'm clear. Mister Dunn, second paragraph you're referring to. It starts this
authorization show include a negotiation. >> That's correct. And the question again, under this second paragraph. Do you
understand that as our legal council to authorize the superintendent to actually execute the agreement without any further vote of the board or with the superintendent have to bring draft agreements
back to the board for approval. Before the agreements can be executed. >> think the >> final agreement would be
brought back to the board. you know, having worked with the superintendent now for 3 and a half years that is are standard practice. You certainly notifies the board to what is going to be signed before side.
>> I just want to make sure not just as a standard practice that the to pretend has has her discretion. My understanding about language issue would have to bring it back to the board because all
it authorize or to do Mr. Prepare documents for execution. It doesn't actually authorized her to execute Dr. >> And I read that the same way that we have to come back to the board. I just want to
make sure that clarified for the board. Thank you. Thank you, Mr. Dunn >> Dr Anderson. Thank you. I'm
actually a little bit more confused because typically when we have a motion that says that we see 2 superintendent or does it need to execute, they go forward
and they make it happen with that necessarily coming back without coming back to the board. I don't think I understand why the part of the
says and documentation necessary to finalize and execute. The above referenced transactions. Which is also not quite fitting. This to me
says there will be an execution. So I I'm unclear as to why that means come back to the board because that's not what execution typically means. And I also think it's a
little bit awkward in terms of the reference above transaction when we're not necessarily referencing a specific transaction because it's more brought its go forward and find a solution. I
think I'm not seeing how these 2 work. Well together. I think there needs to be a little bit more massaging of the language in order for it to emerge. To
merge? Well, and I would be. I would feel much better if the term execute was removed and was replaced with, you know, returning information back to
the board. Let's be clear about what we're looking for. Mr. Fresh, thank Language is funny.
>> Let's look at the replacement motion which I'm probably inclined to support. I move that the school board direct the superintendent to seek to achieve a global
resolution of far issues affecting any and CPS schools that doesn't say she's bringing it back to the board. So seek to achieve is the modifier. Seek to rather so
she's going to seek to come up with way to achieve the goal in the same way that the word prepare them are done. Pointed out the word prepares the modifier, the other verbs in that sentence. She's going to
prepare for the execution of. Last. I checked all of our contracts are prepared for the execution of all of our agreements are prepared for the execution of. If we want
to look at the language, both of them have modifiers that attempt to make it clear that this is coming back to the board, seek to prepare. Mr.
McAfee. >> Yes, like to propose an amendment to the amendment to the amendment. >> Scientist Michael being
weak. You cannot go to amendments.
Miss Anderson, for go back. I have a question for Dre. In your time with us as
board members do we generally? I'm going ask this carefully. Do we generally? Create language that actually is more specific or less specific in
terms of when we're asking you and when we're directing you to do something. I think that it depends on the topic. There
are times it's very specific and times it's less specific. The phasing, for example, is very specific. But there other
perhaps are less specific. The proposed. Language that's original amended language. And the reason that I added the second portion of it is it's what we wanted to do. You
know, Mr. McDaniel and I spent a lot of time talking about this and trying to figure out a path forward that would work for a lot of different circumstances because there are ton of different parties involved with this. And we
have worked really hard to try to come up with language that the board would accept as we move forward. And we made sure that everybody had this language very early and have been talking about this. A
great deal and so. It's frustrating to me that all of a sudden now we're going back to very loose language that allows for all the things. And it's a motion that doesn't even if impact doesn't even
say Centerville, high school. And so that's fine. I think that I can absolutely lived with the amended. The second amended language that I have proposed here. And I think
that it will get us to where we need to go. So I am going to support all of it. Because I do desperately think that this community needs to understand that we are working
towards getting a solution for them. That isn't is about getting their school renovated because they are significantly overcapacity, which is part of the reason that the Western highschool purchase was so
important. This man for go back. I do think this provides an opportunity for the board to consider creating a bank of.
>> Standard motion language because this is another time in recent weeks where we've been our work because there was questions about emotion. I'm there were questions. I'm
looking at consent agenda for tonight. Item 9 point '04, a consultant services amendment and it's mostly similar to what was crafted on the original motion tonight. But just a little bit different. And so I've asked about how
our emotions are created and we could certainly. Cut a lot of, you know, back and forth. If we know that when we approve a contract, this is going to be the standard language and maybe it changes. But just like we recently did
with our report cards where we you know, asked that their be certain language that that parents about there. He's pushing graduate development. We can do that too. So I
really don't know if this is something our administrative committee can do or maybe legal can draft some things because in the last 4 legal did used to. Usually review our motions. Some heartened that it was in this case. But
I really don't know who's making the motions whose drafting them. And that's not OK. We should know who on our staff is doing this and or does involved in making our
motions. So I'd love to come back to that. Maybe it's a governance matter. So I still supports Mr. Matos Dunn's proposal. I think it's the
clearest okay. Seeing no other lights on for a go back. I will call on the vote. For the vote on the Second Amendment
was on the screen. please. I there's lots of things on the screen. >> I'll read it to make sure we're on the same page. Thank you. I want to make sure that we have so I adopted Ms
Anderson's just a little sore clear. So the amendment is to include the following language to the amendment. This authorization shall include the negotiation of all necessary terms comment
conditions, comma and documentation necessary to finalize and execute the above referenced transactions, comma provided they are in the best interest of the Fairfax County school board and comply with
applicable laws. Comma rules, comma and regulations, comma, all as determined by the superintendent with the advice of legal com Council period.
>> So I will call for the vote. All those in favor. >> Mr. Fresh. McDaniel. The
Saints are coming. Miss Anderson, Mr. Dunn. Mr. Moon and myself, all those opposed this Mayor, Mr. Macri. Dr
Anderson. A new sanctions. I think every vote. You re-read the vote. >> The event is 7, 3. The
motion carries. So the amendment is now amended that >> So I'm not seeing any light. So now calling the vote for the entire motion. That's
on this group. I'm sorry. >> Mr. Coming up now that we're back to the primary amendment, I want amend the primary amendment.
>> To strike and execute. It's like to have a second second. Second. Thank you, Mr. Records like Speak your motion.
>> I think we've spoken a lot about. >> You miss marriage, like speech or second. I agree I would come. The clerk only
show the things that we're talking about. The please. I
would really be helpful. Thank you.
>> Well, the first preparing that to Dr Anderson. Give you your turn to speak to this. >> I'm happy to support that
because I think it makes it look clear that there this is going to come back to the board with that. The term execution. It means that we need to have an additional discussion and decision making. So thank you some
Apple being for that. >> Not seeing any of the lights will call for the vote. Do I need to read it? Are we clear with what's on them? The
motion on the screen. Okay. We're going to call for the vote. A motion screen all those in favor. Mr. Fresh must read. Daniel Miss mayor and the smack Mr. Mascarenas Side.
It's a giant cutting. Miss Anderson. Mister Dunn, Mr. Moody, our Anderson, myself, its unanimous for board
members present. >> Now will return since we did a secondary secondary amendment will return back to
the primary amendment. >> At this point, call for the vote the primary amendment as amended which is on the
screen. All those in favor. Martinez. >> So the amended amended, amended, whatever on now says.
Global resolution of are issues affecting any all fcps school. I guess my question is for the maker of the amended motion. Because you only spoke
to R C. agree with is the intent only for the RC schools or are across 198 schools.
>> For my remarks as focused on the our C schools. The ones I listed list was provided by chief of facilities. Eric Gordon. So that's the intent
to school. >> unfortunately, we're going to have to bring amendment to clarify because that's not what the motion says. Let me
do this. If we can do this without him. I would like to clarify that. Instead of
saying as is a resolution, if they are issues affecting any and all fcps schools. Simply saying after all, if CPS school strike adding in after
Fcps schools. With in lands
owned our C. Without
objection. Without objection.
that's fine. if we want to spell out RC, which is recreational hyphen com Accusing residential hyphen. Conservation.
>> It's a vegetation cons of the residential compositions.
Yes. And you can hide the apprentices. budget.
>> All right. Senior lights. I will call for the vote primary amendment as amended, which is on the screen. All those in favor. Mr. Fresh, Mr. Daniel Miss Mayor, Mr. McQueen. Saint
John coming miss Anderson, MR. From noon, Anderson, myself, that unanimous report members at the table. Please read
about. Okay, seeing and this. Thank you. Now has become. So
the 2, lifetime. So now this has become the main motion. Didn't this replace the main
motion? in doing so. We just except one final Amendment. No objection. And then we just voted on that amended language and pass the motion. So should
to motion. He's on the mend. We've already We just voted on the subs us now. has become a motion. Yes. Know that.
>> I believe that point of order was should be well taken. That. Vote was on whether to make the to adopt the amendment, whether to make
it the main motion that pass, therefore, to finalize that you would have to actually a motion as amended. >> Okay. now we will adopt the
main motion has as indicated on the screen. All those in favor. Mr. Fresh, Mr. McDaniel, Miss Mayor and Mr. McElveen Misty join cunning is
Anderson Mr. Dunn, Mr. Moon Dr, Anderson, myself, that unanimous for board members present. >> Agenda item 7 points.
Action item, advanced Academics, AP Center Annandale permit icon Dr Anderson for a motion. >> Thank you. I move that the school board approved opening a new full-time AP center at
Poe Middle School to begin with great 6 and the school year. 26 27 facing option for impacted students currently attending Canterbury Woods
Elementary in grades 3 to 6 Bay School being an adult Harris Braddock Elementary in North Springfield to allow them to complete elementary through grade 6 at Canterbury
Woods see a facing option for the Falls Church pyramid based Mason Crest students who are currently attending Belvedere Elementary for AP Center Services and grades 3 to 5.
This action would allow impacted students to choose to attend either Glasgow, Middle school and or the current. The current AP. Middle School center, a sign or pole middle
school and D to direct staff to begin community engagement on the staff proposal to open a new full-time AP center at North Springfield, Elementary
to begin with grade 3 and the school year. 26 27. Is there a second? Thank you, Mr. Dr Industry like to Speak Your Motion. Oh, absolutely. I
would love to do that. And I want to start by saying thank you to the principle that Dre gaps who's here. So thank you for being here. I want to say
thank you. First of all, to staff, this has been a huge lift and I appreciate all of the community assessment. I'm
sorry, community engagement, the presentations, the facilities work. It's been a lot of work in a very short period of time for which I'm very grateful, particularly
the second the 4th piece I know I've spoken with. >> Just about all of you about this at length. So I won't be repeating all of that here.
But part D I really want to lift that up because I think that's been the most aggressive component of work for staff because we needed to find a solution for those
Canterbury Woods, parents whose caught in the middle. Because asking them to go to Canterbury Woods and returning back to pole middle school at,
you know, leaving potentially leaving Canterbury Woods and 5th grade to come back to poll for 6 great is not in the plan, asking them to remain at
Canterbury Woods through 6th grade and come back at the middle school while cohorts have already begun is also not a good plan. And so Dr for
Doctor Reid and also all of the facilities. Thank you for all of this work. I think this is a very elegant solution to not only address the issue that has been going on at Poe
Middle School in the Annandale pyramid where if we vote in the affirmative here, they will be able to have a middle school center. It is the only region without one, but we've
also stop the gap of concern. for our and they'll based students who attend Canterbury Woods for a P so I will pause here, but I'm very excited. And looking forward to an
affirmative vote and hopefully we can have your support. Mr. Men, would you like to speak your second? >> Thank. Thank you. Madam repeat what has been already
sent. are you someone who worked idea for almost a full years. It was just something
that and yet free to nice to Thank you, Mr. >> Seeing no others. I'm just going take a brief turn here. I am the only concern I'm going to be supportive of this
tonight. But the only concern that I have that I think is something that we're going to have to address at some point is that the kiddos that are being left at Canterbury Woods
right now with the phasing option. Those kids are going to have to have same decision. That is what the final, what the what the creating. The AP
center at the elementary level meant to avoid so I am concerned about whether or not those kids are going to be able to. I don't I from what I
understand, they don't necessarily always go to frost because Frost isn't always open for student transfers. And so you have the same situation with those kids that are in the that are in a K
through 6. >> Now and that would be moving back to his 6 through 8 middle school. So at some point, I think that we're talking about a small cohort of kids. I do understand that
there's a significant number of kids at Canterbury Woods that would move on to Frost because that's their base school. And so I just want to put marker out there that we do have some kiddos that maybe
in a in a unique circumstance that we should probably at least consider. us. Seeing no
other lights. I'll go ahead and call for a vote on the motion which is on the screen. All those in favor. Mr. Fresh, Mr. McDaniel Aaron Mr.
McElveen Saint John cutting Miss Levy, Mr. Dunn, Mr. Moon Dr, Anderson and myself. That is unanimous. Action item. 7.0
9. Board members present present. Action items. 7.0 9 motion to rescind that calling Mr. Mckelvie in for a motion.
>> Thank you, Madam Chair. I move to rescind the decision taken by the school board at its meeting on December 4th 2025. to mend the structure of the comprehensive Planning and
Development Committee and to Sunset the school board's facilities planning advisory committee. So CPD CNN Pack may continue to perform their essential mission for Fcps. Is their second second. Thank
you, Mr. Dunn, Mr. McCAbe, would you like to speak your motion? Yes. Thank you, Madam Chair. So I come tonight, not just with the motion, but with a plea to reconsider decision
that was made at the last meeting to eliminate facilities, Planning Advisory Council. Think about what we're facing is a system. As we've heard tonight, a county wide boundary study, a new
Western high school project costs spiraling years of deferred maintenance. And amid all this, we voted at our last meeting to silence the voices who can help us navigate these waters. From the years I
served is at packet is until today. I've been by the caliber of the committee members and the seriousness with which they approach their work. For years, I've watched pack members get their time,
their expertise, their passion, asking nothing in return. Their architects engineers, urban planners and parents who care deeply about our schools. They produced and
sites are overworked. Staff simply cannot. They have caught what we might have missed. They've been our think tank, our safety net. Our partners. And we've had the privilege of their wisdom at
no cost. But what breaks my heart is this isn't the first time we've dismantled an advisory committee. Over the past 2 years. We dismantled the Human Resources Advisory Committee. Then the Family Life Education Advisory
Committee. Now F back. One by one. We're closing doors and we're saying to our community that their voice doesn't matter. And then we told Pat members they could join the
board committee. We won't even give them a full vote. When times get tough. Leaders don't retreat into isolation. They open doors wider. They invite more voices, more perspectives and where we stand into the
room. Yeah, we're doing the opposite. RF Pack members deserve an apology. Just as I've apologized to a jury, see members and flee cast members
before them good people who gave their time and expertise only to be dismissed. I'm sorry. And we should be sorry. But tonight we have a choice. We continue can continue down
the path of shutting out our community or we can restore it back. We can say that we were wrong, that we value the voices of our community. I urge my colleagues to support this motion. The show, the
community that we are listening. They were humble enough to correct our mistakes and that we believe democracy is stronger when more voices
are heard. Margin. Would you like to speak your second? Yes, briefly I think to incorporate by reference all
of my remarks at the lab. >> meeting. On reflection, the discussions that I've had with my constituents. Reflect grave
concern about the future of facilities. Management, the construction and renovation of schools. The facility's condition assessment, another
priorities. Because we were no longer have the exceptional expertise 13 citizens from across the county representing every corner of our county.
Being their time, their selfless public service. Dedicating their world-class expertise and their precious hours away from family away
from job away from personally sure. To advise this school division on what we don't know because we don't know what we don't know, but I can say it's
a lot because there are rapid developments in the industry. Both construction techniques, construction management approaches and a variety of other things that can be used to reduce our costs by 10's of
millions of dollars. Tens of millions of dollars. But if we were close that method that provided reliable common sense
industry expertise. Advice for decades. Then we will have to hire consultants. Inevitably don't provide the same level of service. Same level of
commitment. And we'll also lose the chance to achieve. That's possible. Cause trouble cost savings that can then be used to expedite the
renovation of other public schools and achieve other projects at a time when we have a 42 year. Renovation cycle for our public schools.
And when we have nearly a half billion dollars and combined infrastructure backlog and deferred maintenance. That's an overwhelming challenge. And we had a presentation just
last year saying it would cost 14 billion dollars for us to reduce or renovation cycle from 42 years down to the school board policy of 20 to 25. So I think my colleagues
to please reconsider and support this motion. So we have at a minimum more time to consider potential reforms to AF Pak if that is desired by
the school board and have a full some compromise where we can vote unanimously as colleagues as a school board, which we've done several times tonight. Thank you.
>> Icahn Dr, Anderson, for an amendment.
Thank you. I apologize. I have it now. I move to insert the phrase and to revert back to the previous language and the strategic
Governance Manual policy. 17, 10 and the Community Advisory Committee Operating Committee operating Manual after the phrase Council. Is there a
second? Thank you, Mr. Dr Andrew do like to speak your motion. Yes, absolutely. I think Mister McElveen and a sudden really said much of
what I would want to share and this is just such an invaluable committee. I'm not going to repeat what they've so elegantly shared, but I do want to point out one concern
that I have heard regarding staff time. We can. We have the latitude of weaken student week. Kunst reconstituting this committee in order to be
mindful of staff time. Maybe they go every other month because this is a committee that is very self-driven. They have put up retreats that they have and highly put together
outside of just getting the space from us. They don't need us to lead them in every meeting they need for some information to get their work done. But I do not believe
that they require staff time at every single one of their meetings, maybe its quarterly, maybe every of the month. We have got to find a way to take advantage of the expertise
that this group provides. And I'm really hoping you all can reconsider this evening. Mr. Diamond, you like to speak your second. This mayor. I
remain supportive of my comments made at the record October 30 CPD see meeting of the board. >> That it's time to look at Sunsetting Pack. And I said that the conversation should be done with the utmost tone
gratitude and respect. So while the steps that followed helped move the effort forward, I mean, I wasn't aware that it was going on such a fast time line and I needed to be absent for a
meeting. And I certainly wanted to be able to thank fact members. So, you know, regarding this particular committee, I want to again draw that. I dare say we're in
a capital facilities. I don't crisis, but we have we have a lot problems. Okay. And they're not going to get resolved by cutting things here and there and again, the work of the Joint committee,
even the Fairfax County Athletic Council, that use of our facilities. I also think we facilities office that is doing really strong work. And the staff need to, you know,
lead it. And we're already seeing more data than ever this past year. That has changed how we're doing the work. So I do want to ensure that we're empowering the superintendent and her staff to do that important
facilities work. I talked facilities packed committee member today who, you know, ask that the committee be reinstituted and even if it's just to get. A closure and
talk about how the committee could be helpful in the waning hours or, you know, they they want to help. I said was, oh, gosh, you just let switch I
was talking to this committee member you know, there's so much work to do, but really it comes down to educating people about the state of our facilities that we have a 0.7
billion dollars and we get about $8 per square foot where other divisions are getting 12 up to $40 per square foot. So no matter what amazing recommendations we get from committee members or the
public, we can't do it without money. So what fact becomes this amplifier for us to get that communication out? I just want to end by saying, you know, since this board began, we've tried to examine how we
can most effectively and respectfully engage. Residents in committee appointed as our committee appointees and our Public Engagement Committee of the board spent much time crafting a manual for
committee members. And that's the approach we can look to on how to improve the experience of all involved. But we haven't gotten it right yet. And having seen aboard really get it right since I served
myself on a COVID Visor E committee regular resident, a man 2018. So we need to have a clear process to sunset committees. This one didn't go very well. We had a previous
one with human resources when we transition to collective bargaining that probably could have been smoother or so. I think it's OK to show that we made a mistake and we want to
correct it. And we want to support involving our our constituents in a way that's meaningful. So I will support this motion an amendment. Thank you. Miss Perrin, seeing
no others are call for a vote on the amendment. That is on the screen. All those in favor. Miss Mayor and Mr. McElveen Mr. Dunn. Mr. Moon
and Doctor Anderson. All those opposed. Mr. Fresh, Mr. McDaniel, Missy John, cutting Miss Lady and myself. Madam
Clerk, Lee, read the vote. So the >> a vote is 5, 5, that causes the. causes a tie under
Virginia code. 22.1 dash 7, 5, that when there is a tie, that means in the full board is not present. We deferred to the next meeting since this is a tie on the amendment. The entire thing defers to the
next meeting. So this entire thing will come back, including the amendment at the next meeting. Thank you. Madam Clerk.
>> Agenda item, 8 academic matters.
>> Thank you, Madam Chair for this evening's academic matters. We're going to review some highlights from the recent release of the school performance and support framework results.
>> So as a reminder to our community, the new school performance and support Framework uses a point system to measure the performance of schools across each level, according to their academic
mastery growth, graduation and readiness outcomes. Schools total points earned is used to assign a performance category of distinguished on track off track or needs intensive
support. What's cool is federally identified for targeted support improvement. Their initial assigned performance. Is lowered by one level, for example, if a
school points put them in the on-track range. But the school's identified for targeted support, an improvement in even one single student group. Then their categories lowered to off
track. With that context in mind, I want to celebrate some of the many accomplishments of Fcps stream this first year of the new Accountability System. First and foremost, all of
Fairfax County Public Schools are fully accredited and we're very proud of the work of all of our educators. Our students, our families, our
support staff. Everybody in this division, they gives a bit of themselves every single day to make sure that our students have the best teaching and learning environment, whether it's
driving our buses, our mechanics for buses are grounds are security folks that nutrition as we learned at the last meeting, our warehouse team. It's a team
effort here in Fcps and have all schools fully accredited. We're very proud of that. Also want to state that all of our comprehensive high schools and 3 quarters of our schools overall were identified as
distinguished. We're on track and all of our schools that were federally identified last year in the federal status for this year, based on the hard work of their schools and teams are no longer
identified. The Virginia Department of Education's Web page. Also represents a snapshot of excellence from within each of the superintendent's regions
across the Commonwealth. Within our state region. We actually dominated nearly every one of the featured leaderboards. I'm not sure who came up with those or why they
were propose. But they were circulated recently. And so for overall points in this particular area, we were proud to be home to 4 of the top 5 ranked elementary schools. 3
of the top ranked Middle schools and for science, 5 of 5 of the top ranked high schools. I think 5 of the high school's Henry or 5 of the
elementary schools in reading and math ministry as well were all Fairfax County for Fairfax County Elementary schools. One of the notes I just want to call out. And then we don't
always do a call out that were exceedingly proud of Whitman Middle school principal John Flowers and his educator team who left behind federal status
after 3 years of being identified for additional targeted support and improvement. And that's really significant accomplishment. We're very proud of our with
men. Well, cat's OK, Whitman Wildcats and the principal John Flowers and his team. That's a phenomenal amount of work and really focused effort on the part of our Wildcats
and their families as well. This week, graphics recap some of the celebrations for school accreditation as well as the performance framework categories. And you can see we
do have schools are identified as needing additional support and improvement. And let's look at some of the factors that may account for that. More than three-quarters of the schools designated for
targeted support and improvement or 28. Out of 36 were identified based on the performance of a single student group after the school's designated it for improvement which are 2 out of
4, right? Dana fight solely based on the four-year federal graduation indicator, which is mentioned earlier is new. Our teams are already taking actions to address the data
and potential needs a number of changes in the accountability framework impact of the outcomes for some of the schools, particularly those that had been maybe previously
identified federally these factors warrant additional attention and And I'm very proud of our team that continues to look at the data work with our schools and especially our educators in
the classroom. The work that goes on in Fairfax County, Public schools, his amazing each and every day. The widest reaching impacts for schools appear to come from the change
to minimum group size and the inclusion of science in the federal criteria as well as giving 0 points when we have test refusal and other non participation. And that was
not the case in prior years. As one example for the first time this year, our parent refusals, another non participations, the 0 points
were actually included in the school calculations, which obviously lower the performance scores for those students who actually did take the assessment. We also continue to navigate recent
tightening of the criteria for students with disabilities to access the Virginia Alternative Assessment Program or of app over the past 3 years, we've seen a 23%
reduction in VAT tests in reading a 24% reduction in math 18% reduction in science. And as our students move to a Nestle, well track, we're
continuing to work on ways to bridge the performance and support achievements for students to in some cases very suddenly have been moved from
one track to another. Our teams continue to work hard and dig into individual school and student data to better understand these drivers. Performance outcomes and the
federal identification as we support our schools, our students and our educators in the achievement of a world-class education. I will
say also just want have a moment about what's next for state accountability. And as we reflect on the outcomes released this year, we want to keep our focus forward as we want to be proactive in our
advocacy, in our support for schools. The Virginia Department of Education is still expected to post their proposed revisions shortly and accept public comment before
the state board votes and revisions most likely at their March. 26th business meeting. We are working with our region and our building leaders to address any areas with
opportunities for improvement within the state accountability results. And we know our students and community expect and deserve the very best. And that's the same bar we hold for ourselves
each and every day. I will say that. I must also repeat, though, with high expectations must come high support. So Madam Chair, that concludes
tonight's presentation of Academic Matters. Thank you, Doctor. E. >> Agenda item 9. Consent
agenda. IDOT are adopted rules of parliamentary procedure. Robert's rules provide for consent agenda listing several items for approval by the board by a single motion. Many
of the items. >> Have gone through board review and documentation has been provided to all board members and the public in advance. I'm sorry, doctor
interest near like wasn't on when Dr Reid. And when I moved on to that agenda item. >> No Thank doctor. Eat. I do want to say a couple of
things. First of all, thank you for explaining what this is because I think the public needs to have some clarity in terms of what this means. And I just want to say I am so so very excited to be able to
share in some of the celebrations that you've highlighted, particularly all of our schools being fully accredited, especially so many of our schools being
distinguished and I have to give a shout out to high school as the dust in which high school. So yea, them as well as so many of of the other schools. Louis High school, I believe and would
send that I have a small part of we are in a tight spot with this accreditation. Circumstance. But I do want to
highlight that all schools are coming through making it happen. And that's the effort of every single person that works without kids at the building as well with the supplied with all of you that
are sitting here in the gallery, I could not pass the opportunity to really highlight how I do believe CPS has risen to the challenge when it comes to this new
system. It doesn't have to be this way. It's one key. It's incomplete. It has a lot of flaws. Given all of that. We are still here. So I think that's really worth noting. So
thank you for ensuring that we have this report today. Thank you, Doctor Anderson. >> Agenda item 9 consent agenda are adopted rules of parliamentary procedure.
Robert's rules provide for consent agenda listing several items for approval by the board of the board by a single motion. Many items have listed have gone through Border review and documentation has
been provided to all board members and the public in advance items may be removed from the consent agenda at the request of any board member prior to the meeting, the consent agenda items are on the screen. Is there any
agenda or any objection to approving the consent agenda? >> I object to item 9.6 revisions to the strategic governments manual update. 2 public hearings. >> Item 9.0 6 is removed from
the consent agenda hearing and seeing no other objections. The remainder of the consent agenda is approved calling this lady from Ocean. >> I move that the board approved the revisions to the
strategic government's mandate was indicated attachment a board docs is there a second? Thank you. Miss engine coming. Miss Levy, would you like to
speak your motion? This turn coming? Would you like to speak your second? Mr. Dunn.
>> Yes, I remove this item from the consent agenda because it would require people who wish to speak at school board meetings to register at least 2 business
days in advance. And I just want to review a shared advocacy history with my colleague, Miss Mayor and that when I began my advocacy 12
years ago. Now, we were often able to register the same day to speak both at the school board and the Board of Supervisors. However, over over time in this region that
speaking about Fcps specifically, there have been increasing limitations put on people's ability to speak at public hearings. And I think that's concerning. And I think
paired with other discussions we've had this evening, there can be a sense provided to the public that we don't care about their voices that we don't want to hear from them.
And I think we heard just tonight you know, significant concern about one of the major initiatives that we've launched recently, which is providing chatgpt to all teachers. I think we heard
serious and significant concerns and I think that's something that is worth discussing and debating. But when we close off public voices do it. We don't just
lose cost savings right? We also lose the opportunity to to hear from the community who elect us. And I think we ought to hear from them more than once every 4 years. I really
believe that there's no 12 years ago we could register on the same day as a school board meeting to speak. Now, 12 years later and a time of AI
much more advanced. It tools and countless third-party service vendors who offer various, you know, public speaking registration systems are similar. You can even
create a Google form yourself without paying any one time. Surely there's an administrative solution that Or low-cost, no-cost and can
enable the school board to manage the people who are registering to speak. I just don't believe that this is the solution. There are other
solutions that are out there that I'm aware of. In my experience, professionally. And so I I don't support limiting the ability of people to speak, especially what we saw last year, which is
last-minute budget cuts. Announced on a Thursday telling people on a Friday that they might be losing their jobs. And this is like school year passed the transfer window. We need to allow people to speak,
especially on short notice because that's when things become people become aware of things. When word spread in the community. So I do not support this motion. I hope my
colleagues will not support this motion. I think this is worthy of further discussion by the school board and we should promote democracy, not
not limited. Dr. Anderson. >> Thank you. Just a couple of clarifying questions that I have. This is only this would only be applicable to public
hearings. Not our regular community participation. And my second question at public hearings, do we have the same
practice of having a few slots that are open for walk ups. >> Yes, we have 5 available slots that are mandated mandated by the government's man yelled that we have to
keep open for individuals. That's actually more than what it is for community participation for community participation. They can sign up and individuals did
tonight. However, if it community participation, we have filled up all the slots. Individuals are not taken off the waitlist with public hearings. If those 5 individuals signed up, they
must be heard. We cannot. And so with public hearings, generally, anybody who signs up is able to participate so it is a little bit actually
more inclusive with public hearings. >> Thank you. He also speak to the timetable for registration because we have these meetings every 2 weeks. I know the time is explain that in 4 public hearings, what is the
timeframe that we allow for registration? >> Public hearings for the government's manual where space to open it up at least 10 days, not 10 business days,
but 10 just regular days. Given that we've got some public hearings that are coming out that are going to be happening right after. We're coming back from winter break. I have instructed my
staff to actually open things up starting on 12. 22 for both the one 10 boundary hearing and the one 13 cip slash overflow boundary hearing to ensure that individuals have
more than 10 days. We don't want have them get caught up and the holidays. So we're actually opening sooner. We're working to get the notice into the newspaper right now that
we normally would do to make sure that we have that in terms of the sign-ups and the registration, what we normally have is when we are doing things for community
participation, it does close 48 hours advance of the regular meeting for public hearings right now, it is closing at 4.30, the day before the public hearing. But
that's causing. We've heard complaints from individuals because we can't get notification to them until the day of the hearing that they are actually able to participate. And because the
governance manual indicates the individuals have to be allowed to participate either virtually or in person if they're participating. Virtually we have to send them to a tech check to ensure that
we're being efficient with our time, which leads to individuals not necessarily getting the tech check notification on time when we had the budget hearing for and
cents, we were literally having to beg tech to get on at 11, 30 at night because we didn't want to preclude and anybody from being able to speak. So our our wonderful
tech staff was more than gracious and got on to run checks at 11, 30 at night. But that's rather difficult. We are trying to avoid that scenario with such a potentially large hearings
coming up. >> I thank you for that very robust answer. Just a couple of things for consideration. Not offering any amendments. I wonder just to kind of soften
some of these changes that are being proposed and it does not unreasonable because we do need a little bit of time to get all the things ready. And I'm glad that this is not going to be impacting our regular community
participation as just public hearing. But I wonder if we should be considering our public hearing period to be 10 business days, labor rather than 10 regular days because
that affords a little bit more time if we have a weekend and there. So I'd like to propose that and >> kind of unrelated but related the advertising in the
newspaper. I have never once seen any public hearings advertised in newspapers. Is that out? Only outreach? I obviously we send it out to our community for those with 4
home. We have contact information. But what newspapers do we advertise in? >> So we are required by the Virginia code to advertise in
the newspaper. So we have chosen to do The Washington Post and The Washington Times to ensure that we have the most coverage for the region. We also advertised online. We
asked that board members advertise you if we have and try to the best of our ability. Also send out a newsletter or notification
vigils who have subscribed to a school board newsletter which we run. That's not got the greatest. So that's why we asked board members to help us. But by code, we actually
have to do the newspaper notifications. >> Thank you. I read lots of papers. I've just never seen any of these public hearings and the 6 years that I've been on the board. So thank you for
that. I do want to say I am concerned and I I'm not and I a sudden statements because we do not want to send the message that we don't like for folks to speak to us. Given
what we just talked about with that Pat and other things. That's not the optic that we want to portray. But we do have to have some time for administrative work. And again, I'm just wondering if
we could split the baby here. Maybe it's not today's maybe one day. Just so we have time for staff to do what they need
to do. Thank you. Mr. >> Thank you. Madam Chair. I went to attend item on the Boondocks, I understand. But for the public, he what I'm
trying to. What are you? What? Problems? I'm trying to serve. Because of specific. >> what we are trying to do so
currently the way for public hearings, it reads, and the government's manual is that it closes at 4.30, the day before a hearing. So what we are asking is for to close 2 business days before the
hearing for if the hearing occurs on a weekday if a hearing occurs on a weekend right now, what it says is that it will close 4.30, on Thursday. The great examples
are upcoming boundary hearing on one 10, one, 10 right now under the current governance manual. We would have to close the list at 04:30PM, on
January 8th. January 8th is a regular meeting day, which means that most of my staff is going to be over here in either in close meeting with the board or prepping with
technology and communications to get ready for the regular meeting order for us to stick to what we have. If that there is no change, I'm going to
have to ask 2 of my staff to work overtime and we will have to pay them overtime in order to fill to get things out. I've also already met with the tech team. They are greatly
concerned about the ability to do tax checks. The morning of the regular meeting, our site the morning of the public hearing on January 10th. If that public starting at
10:00AM that means that we're asking individuals that theoretically get up at 6 or 07:00AM to Ron, a tactic in order to avoid that. What we were hoping is that if it can
close at 4.30, on Wednesday, then we have Thursday to excuse me Thursday to do the notifications and the tech team has graciously agreed to take time out of their Friday. They would assign 2
individuals in order to run the tax checks all day on Friday. We would also to avoid individuals just being stuck in waiting for the tech team while they're running the
state tax, the tech team would be doing the tech checks and one hour increments just giving us that one extra day would allow us to do all those things. So the changes to
change from 4.30, on a Thursday to 4.30, on a Wednesday for weekend here. And and it's to ask for 2 business days, which is I can to what we do for regular meeting, community
participation as opposed to a closing the night before public hearing. So how often have we had a we can public hearings? >> I've only been with the
board for about 2 and a half years. And this is going to be the first time we are doing it, which is actually why we didn't catch this issue until we started to get ready for
the upcoming Saturday hearing. >> You know how often that we limit number of speakers. We don't limit the number of speakers. So with that, I'm trying to understand, you
doing a fine. The papers signed up. If they sign if there's an order limits and the entire to speak. >> They are the bigger issue.
That road wins in 2 is the request for virtual the king because we can't limit and because the government's manual doesn't allow us to tell individuals that they can't virtually speak, if that's what they're
requesting, the biggest issue we're trying to get that is letting them no. And and then making sure that they have appropriate notification to get what we don't want to
happen is that an individual says, well, I didn't get the tech check email. So I didn't know that I had to go through a tech check. If you don't have not spoken before the board in the last year in order to make sure that your
equipment works, that we can hear you to do all of those things. We've put you through a tech check. If you come to the tech check, you don't get your leak via zoom to actually
speak. And so we want to ensure that nobody's precluded from being able to speak. So that's why we do detect checks. And that's why we want to make sure we have enough
time get everything set up. People even though people are not precluded individuals have said, well, I wasn't because we do have different rules between community participation and a regular
meeting and a public hearing. They have said I wasn't aware that I just get to. So they're waiting for those e-mails. We have gotten e-mails from individual saying why haven't you notify sooner we have to
respond back and say, well, we can't notify you until closes and they come back and say, well, I would like earlier notification.
>> I am willing to support the request from Trump's office and they see with our you know, we complaints from public. This mayor. Okay.
Jokes so cash is so interesting how we can talk some of these administrative items, but they really do have meaning behind them. You know, we. >> The prior board, we did a lot of thoughtful thinking
thinking about how do ensure people have access but also how to make it a and effective efficient process, how to ensure that residents and not people outside the system who
were here for different reasons other than supporting our students were getting access. You know, we do a lottery to ensure that on the regular meetings there, people speaking and not people just
trying again jam up the the works when other people don't have a chance. So I really appreciate the motion makers interest ensuring access to
residents. I see this more as an operational thing and I actually think the motion is appropriate because we don't want people not knowing what their schedule is going to be.
We know how we are in this area. We like our schedules. So if this helps people plan better, I'm all for it all. So people can still show up a new signing up to register is just an early, you know, advantage.
But people can show up. It happens this evening. So I think it's fine the way it is. I I did recall a heads up from our chair and clerk. I believe so I appreciate I think the
big message for tonight is the board cares about public input and how can we focus more on on elevating that in doing it better and that could be woven into a lot of our practices
and approaches. So I hope we can take that up another time. Thank you. Thank you. I'd like to take a quick turn, seeing no other lights when was the
madam clerk? When was the board initially notified that we were trying to make this change? >> I believe we sent out notification on December. 11th
as part of the weekly update myself in that chair and the vice-chair due to the board, I believe we included included a note as part of that. >> Could you also explain why we have scheduled? Hearing on
a Saturday? >> It was recommended that we do it on a Saturday to ensure that we have and the ability to hear from residents the most that they have the
ability. We don't want it to be that individuals, particularly because the topic that is going to be heard is such an important topic for the community. We wanted to make sure that the board had
the time and that and when we were doing the budget hearing, some of the complaints we got from individuals is that it was midnight. And so that kept some people who had to work the next day from wanting to
speak. So the hope is is that we can get a vast majority of individuals who want to be heard on a Saturday when they may not have to work when hopefully it's a 10 o'clock
with no in time that we can get as many individuals with the understanding that if we do not, if it gets to the point where we were running
long, that we can do an overflow on the cip as part of it because we're going to notice to ensure that individuals know that that is an overflow, which not a past
practice of the board. Thank you, Madam Clerk. So I think that it's probably pretty clear to everybody at this point. >> Every intention here was made to ensure that we have
more public comment, not less. So I am 100% in support of the work the clerk and her team did to ensure that this was correct in that in the
governance manual. And I appreciate the fact that it was brought to us in such a time that we could actually make sure that it was correct in the hearing listing. So that before it went out, we
actually caught it to ensure that the public would absolutely know what the rules were. So that way that we could ensure maximum participation. So seeing no others. I'll go ahead and call
for a vote on the motion which will shortly be on the screen.
All those in favor, Mr. Fresh, Mr. McDaniel, Miss Mayor and Mr. McElveen siege on cutting this Lady, Mr. Moon Dr Anderson and myself. All those
opposed Mr. Dunn. Will the clerk please read the vote? >> The vote is 9 when the motion carries. Thank you agenda item 10 new business
the following are new business agenda items. There will not be a vote on these items tonight. >> For this evening, but action is scheduled at a future meeting. Agenda item
11. committee reports calling Saint John coming for Port on the Public Engagement Committee. >> So we were able to meet
this week. Which is a great meeting. We did discuss proclamations and where they fit into the different months and how some would become annual. Not annual. We're
going to continue that conversation and look into some. How they line with the months there celebrated will
also look at the strategic governance manual and discuss some of what we're discussing today about how the operational portion of having our public speak is important
so that our clerks can make sure everyone is notified in a timely manner. We discussed advisory committees and not it, I think has identified the
platform that can be outward-facing for the tool kit. We're gonna start to create. That was on hold. Because it was looking into the different platforms that
would be workable. And then we also discussed and will be looking into consideration for a second student school board representative, which is something that we've been exploring. And I think we want to start getting a little bit
firmer on that. That was brought up by. To preview it. Not thus 2 previous school board representatives ago with Dr Anderson. So we kinda want
to get some closure. Thank you, Mr. coming. >> Icahn, Mr. McDaniel for 4 from a comprehensive development and planning Committee. >> Thank you in that last week
I'll be quick because it's getting late. We met last week MS nearing gave an update on the joint facilities has what she and I serve on the Board Supervisors on the work going on there. We also have a robust conversation on the
integration of pack work on to see PDC. So that's report. Thank you, Mr. McDaniel. >> Agenda item 12 Superintendent matters icon Dr Reid for Superintendent
Matters. Thank you, Madam Chair, given the hour and our return, the closed session. I will pass this evening and just wish everyone and abundantly joyful winter holiday. Thank you, doctor.
Eat agenda item. 13 board matters. The next next item on the agenda as board matters. Our call each board member on each board member to speak. Mr. McElveen.
>> Sorry, not a voted against this, no, thanks. Aaron. say aloha and share about a once in a lifetime experience. I got to have I joined constituents from South Lakes
High and Marshall High School. >> In their participation in Pearl Harbor, Morial events in Hawaii in Honolulu. I paid for myself to join this epic trip
and our students are incredible ambassadors. The were just poised and nice just it was trip filled with culture and history. American history. World history music.
There was a Marine biology at some point. Just really incredible. We're the largest band and the parade of about 15 different high school bands. And we just was so exceptional. So I really
appreciate our teachers, Mr, for Mr. Vessel in for braving this trip together and combining the 2 bands and all of the parents who helped end. We have such a fabulous students and I'm just so proud
and grateful to have been able to spend the time with them and their families and our staff. Aloha and have a wonderful holiday break. Mr.
McDaniel. Mr. Fresh. Thank you. It's been a busy couple weeks in Providence District when we last left off on my
tour shadowing Fcps employees. >> Who are keeping our schools running a previously had the pleasure of volunteering at the Library of Men to elementary school, wear red to students and check out books
week or so later I got to shadow Mr. Spalding one of our bus drivers on the Pine Spring Bus route, which was great because we're mostly well
behaved. And then last week I had an opportunity to work with the custodial team Shreveport, Elementary school, cleaning classrooms, cleaning bathrooms, and seeing their hard work up close and
personal. All of these employees deserve our gratitude this holiday season there. The reasons that our schools continue operate and continue to run. So that are
educators can educate. Also was able to attend the man to U.S. Citizens Association holiday Party last weekend and supervisor Sizemore Heizer
swearing-in earlier this week and present to the Ace Committee about marketing strategies for our programs with Mr. Moon as Ace Committee
representative liaison on the committee. And finally, I want to give a plug for Supervisor Palchik Providence District Winter Gear drive. Not everybody is fortunate at this time of year to be able to
stay warm and they're collecting coats and winter year new or lightly used. So please consider dropping off please take part in the Fairfax County Department of
Transportation, Community feedback for Route. 29 active transportation study, a segment which runs through Providence District and directly impacts our community. The study focuses on improving safety and
accessibility for everyone whether walking biking taking transit or driving. The online survey is open through the close of business state tomorrow and you can find a
link on the supervisor's website. Dr Anderson. >> Thank you. First and foremost, I do want to say thank you to all of the
parents in the audience who have come not just today, while not today, in previous days in previous years, rather, to also advocate for
the AP Center at Poe, it is finally here and I thank you for being steadfast and that advocacy on a lighter note, it was really lovely to visit
Senator Warner's office for the second year in a row. This time with Woodburn Elementary to do a tree tree trimming and being a very tall person. He helped all those younger kids
hang the ornaments on very high branches. So it was very lovely and there was cookies and milk. It was. And they sang carols. It was a wonderful opportunity. I also
want to say thank you to Miss Nevins at Columbia who invited me to speak to her second grade students about local government as well as principal at an adult Harris
invited me to speak to second through 5th grade. Also about local government and where I was joined by other local government and our area. I do
want to say again, another congratulations to the false Start Academy for the $200,000 Grant that they just received from the club more charitable
Foundation and Mr. McElveen as well as Mister McDaniel where they are in order to receive that check. It is going to go a long way. And of course, Dre was also there. My G's and and
of course, that donations going to go a long way to expanding the programming for our students and really providing them with the real world experience that we know will help them get into a
career, essentially almost right out of high school. I do want to say to the Glasgow and Park lawn parents and those
who feed into those pyramids. Please be sure to review the >> proposals for those schools reduced capacity there. And please join us at the public hearing on January 10.
>> In order to share your feedback. And that's it. And also happy holidays to everyone. And we'll see in the New Year. Mr. Moon.
>> Thank You know, you know what I'm doing tomorrow. We have 7 ambassador. She chargers visiting me for dinner. And and I am happy.
Stressed out. Almost grocery shopping except for God Brad. I'm going keep eating spaghetti. But if any of my comics wants be out, you know,
we've come to join. With that. Had him days. >> I'd like to offer congratulations to West Potomac High School senior Yousif Abdul-Rahman who is
selected to represent Sudan at the inaugural 2025. World Taekwondo under 21 championships in Nairobi, Kenya, December 4th. I'd also like to offer congratulations to Brian High School Principal
Karen Hurdle who is retiring after 31 years of service at Fcps. Karen, we thank you for your dedication. Enjoy your retirement. I'm also pleased to welcome 3 new principals to
Mount Vernon District Schools, Principal Jessica Peterson of Fort Belvoir, upper school principal Adrian Williams of Quander Road School in principle, Cindy Conley, the incoming principal of Fright
High School. I look forward to working with each of us. We strive to provide a world-class education for all students. Thank you to the Fairfax Federation. Education can be in the realtors group for inviting me to present at
their recent meetings. Appreciate the opportunity to provide an update in to talk about the daily excellence happening in Mount Vernon District, schools and communities also attended 2
recent community boundary meetings at Annandale High School in Lorton Station Elementary. I really appreciated everyone who came out to make sure that their voice was heard. And I know that superintendent is
actively considering your input. She formulate your final recommendation to the school board. Along with Mount Vernon District Supervisor Dan Storck. My office delivered
100 bags of groceries and gift cards to Mount Vernon High School to help food, insecure families over winter break. I'd like to thank educate Fairfax and Girl Scout troop
5, 0, 2, 5, 8, for their support in this critical effort. I hope everyone this holiday season. Well, remember the less fortunate and strive to either provide food, canned
goods, especially or money to help out those in need. What a fantastic way to honor the spirit of the season. Happy holidays to everyone. The siege and counting.
>> So it was also busy couple of weeks for Yesterday I had the opportunity to be at Lindbergh Elementary at the cuts with cop cops event. Ware County Police officer is a partner with between Salon of
Springfield to provide free haircuts to 30 students councilor Vanessa P****** need at this effort and principal practice lead, by example, cutting his hair cut. tell you
those kids looked fabulous. Supervisor Lusk joined us to support our students. at Lynbrook yesterday, also I was able to go to the Lin Berg family literacy, winter
celebration where parents, students and staff came together for a wonderful afternoon celebrating and it was pot luck with homemade food. That was absolutely did
delicious. I along with board members, Moon and McElveen were able to go to the Beachy AHL out round table meeting. We also had some leadership,
Tampa team members there. We have very robust discussions on how we can improve the fcps experience for all Hispanic students and staff members as a long time member of HGH.
Ellie, I am so proud to see how for this organization has come in to see the impact of its continued advocacy. Also, like many of my colleagues, I was at the 3rd annual future
Fcps student show also fabulous. Fabulous. Finally this past week we have again seen some senseless gun violence at Brown University
and Bondi Beach in Australia. And my heart goes out to the families impacted. Both of these are very dark moments. But I'd like to reflect that. We remember that is not by accident that many religious
and nonreligious celebrations occurred during the winter. The Darke a season of the year. Many of those celebrations center around light like to remind us that
kindness love and peace are quick to find the best of humanity throughout my time on this board. And my travels in the Franconia District in this division, I have been
fortunate to see the light that our teachers staff and for students particularly show us every day as this poor takes winter break. I hope that all of us remember that
each of us can be a light carrier in the darkness that remember that we remember that one tiny life can be amplified if it is really reflected with that said, I wish all of you a
joyous and like Phil holiday season and to my Hispanic constituents out there and Nevada.
>> Thank say John coming. It's been a difficult week in terms of violence in our hearts and prayers go out to all the victims. And continue to pray for. Reform when it comes to
guns in this country and elsewhere, also want to highlight a few things that took place with me in Dranesville like of legislators to be biermann
delegates. Sullivan to Cooper Middle School to see their after school program. It's very robust delegates. Sullivan was in incredibly impressed with the level of engagement, especially related
to Coker Eclair academic endeavors that are taking place after school I also attended McLean High School students Services advisory
board to their community. It was great. We had a robust conversation about the programming coming out of their student services department under counts are and brainstormed additional ideas.
>> Certainly enjoyed attending the swearing-in for my colleague, Russia Sizemore Heizer very happy for her and issue will be fantastic on the Board Supervisors. Very excited tomorrow night to
attend the naming of George Sea Marshals gymnasium after Joe Swarm my dear friend and colleague of over 30 years at this point. And that will be a special event. That is also tomorrow evening as the
Langley versus McLean, Girls and Boys, basketball rivalry at McLane High School, encourage folks. It won't be at the Marshall Madison game to check that out. And then I really just want to wish
everyone the best holiday season. Happy Hanukkah, Happy Kwanzaa. And I also want to say to those who celebrate the Christmas season, remember that first precious present
all those years ago and I say o come o come Emmanuel. And wish everyone a Merry Christmas. Thank you. >> Says the board has to return to closed session. The
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