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Part 1 (Video ID: nLsMRJ_SNaI):
- 01:00:24: Student Perspective: Laptops Hindering Focus, Suggesting Alternatives
- 01:01:27: Physician Scientist: Boundaries Needed on Classroom Screen Time
- 01:03:33: Parent Requests: World Language Program Update, School Calendar
- 01:05:53: Immersion Parent: Include Parents in World Languages Overhaul
- 01:08:14: Parent Advocate: Expanding FLES Program Benefits Students Globally
- 01:10:16: Engineer Mom: Excessive Tech Use Decreases Skills, Boundaries Lacking
- 01:12:58: Mother of Autistic Son: Technology Alone Isn't Communication Solution
- 01:15:15: PTA President Disappointed: AI Panel Overwhelmingly Corporate
- 01:17:09: Teacher: Hybrid Telework Has Harmed Educational Mission
- 01:19:31: SEPTA: Speech and Language Pathologists Need Support, Funding
- 01:21:33: Parent: Screen Time Limits Needed Due to Distractions
- 01:24:01: PTA President: Generative AI Pushed Too Early, Concerns Raised
- 01:26:05: Parent Concerns: Transparency Needed For World Languages Changes
- 01:28:47: Parent Advocate: Reduce Digital Content, Support Analog Learning
- 01:30:48: Student Representative: Pausing Gradebook, AI Policy Implementation
- 01:34:54: Board Approves Disciplinary Decisions, Motion to Modify
- 01:40:46: Board Adopts FY2027 Budget: Discussions, Concerns Highlighted
- 01:44:35: FY2027 Budget: Discussion and Vote to Approve the Budget
- 01:53:02: Board Shares Personal Support, Acknowledges Challenges and Improvements
- 01:55:15: Board Budget Questions, Concerns and Revenue Trends are Discussed
- 01:59:05: Board Conversation and Collaboration is the Key to Student Futures
- 02:02:02: Board Discusses Crossing Guards, Baldrige Award and Financial Acumen
- 02:09:26: Board Highlights Community and Recognizes Students Future Development
- 02:11:16: Board Recognizes Budget Transparency and Appreciates State Funding
- 02:14:26: Follow-on Motion: Develop Sound Financial Management Principles
- 02:32:20: Academic Matters: Secondary Literacy Programs, Results and Improvements


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with other people and sometimes even salt on. Every time something gets blocked, students find other way around it. Some people might also say that teachers should just

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monitor our screens more, but that is not a real solution because teachers cannot watch every single screen every second while also teaching the class. So what is the

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solution? I think Fcps should take a break from using laptops so much we could use textbooks. Paper assignments or computer labs. We really

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need technology. This would help students stay focused, make school a better place to

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learn. Thank you. Minus the long. Good evening.

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>> Dr. Nardos King: Earlier this month, he I meant the co-founder of Play Lab argued for Fcps to try a thoughtful, responsible experimentation with safeguards. As a physician scientist, I share

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Mister on its love for the scientific process. In fact, over the past 5 to 10 years, I've waited with bated breath to see the results of Fcps is experiments with one to one personal devices and Internet

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access in schools. Given that I would urge the board to accept the results, step up and set some boundaries on screen time and Internet access in the classroom as

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mammals, we learn through play and the slow process of work increased screen time means less play time. Less low work unless learning this is evident in the recent

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downtrend in learning rates rising incidence of ADHD, an increase in socio, emotional dysregulation among children and young adults. My daughter this year alone in her 3rd

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grade classroom has seen over 10 full-length animated films and over a dozen episodes of animated TV shows up until today. I'm in Fcps align

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myself. And that's as much screen time as I've had in my entire elementary and middle school career combined. I propose that the board set

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some boundaries. We need to implement a data-driven age bay screen time limit in classrooms immediately. No school system in the world. That relies on a multi-layered blacklist approach could

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possibly keep up with the natural childhood curiosity or the speed of the Internet itself. Today. It's a chat bot tomorrow. It's 5 nights with Epstein rather than discourage

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and vilified curiosity, I propose that the board create a publicly transparent age based white list of approved sites. So that children may curiously explore the educational material around

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them. Younger generations have never had difficulty adapting to new technologies and quickly outpacing older ones. I'm not concerned that our children will not be able to

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keep up. I'm concerned that they won't be able Kirsten

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very close. >> Thank you so much for the opportunity to speak to you today. My name is Kristen requests. And I'd like to discuss 2 items, the well

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language program update and the school calendar. First on the were language program. And in particular, the immersion program as because the parent of a first grader in the German immersion program or in

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entry School understand that the school board is continuing to debate how it will update the what language program, including them or Jim Program. I'm concerned that parents are not being consultant the

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recently and now change that high school students can no longer request transfers for where language is a step in the wrong direction. How are your plans to support language development beyond high middle

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school with this change? We also asked parents have many ideas how we could make existing programs even better. And we would like to be involved in that discussion. And we would like to receive

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communication, timely and transparently. I would be happy to volunteer my time to be part of any working group. Our task force to update the What Want Language program. Second on the school calendar,

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the recent decision, tough school on Valentine's Day does not address the issue. Fairfax County students have a very high number of for 3 day weeks leading to a disjointed calendar, which impedes

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students learning heart hardship in particular for working parents while welcome and appreciate the days of various religious holidays that are off. I'm hoping that

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teacher work days can be consolidated, for example, the week of Thanksgiving or an additional week for spring break or fall break. These markets ala dated weeks, provide opportunity for camp

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coverage to rec center. For example. Again, thank you for allowing me to speak. And I'd be happy to volunteer any time as a parent to provide for the

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feedback. Thank you. Jeanne. Ashley Ammon.

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>> Good evening. My name is Janice Lee Min. Our 3 children are in the German immersion program in Orange Hunt Elementary. We have heard that the district is looking to overhaul the World languages

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program and may encourage you to include current immersion parents and the development of these changes these programs matter a lot to our communities. And we have direct experience. It is valid

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and helpful. Professionally. I'm an education strip. Strategic consultant. I specialize in new school development and school strategic improvement. the

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newly elected Orange Hunt PTA, president. I have professionally interacted with 5 to a language immersion schools and 3 immersion schools personally with my own

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children. Research shows that language students generally exceed the performance of their monolingual peers by 4th grade. This is because emerging creates broader

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neural networks essentially increasing our students, cognitive capabilities. Yes, students are successfully learning to read and write in 2 languages simultaneously.

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And kids in nearly all schools in Western Europe are learning in 2 languages from kindergarten. Nearly all the children nearly all our children's peers in Europe

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Canada are fully fluent in 2 languages. By the time they graduate and increasingly also have experience with a 3rd or 4th language. Language immersion programs. Are

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important to prepare children to compete for future jobs in international trade. It is vital to keep to strengthen and to multiply these programs to ensure students are

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prepared for what America needs in the future. I asked if the board give attention and support to leverage resources and set clear expectations for immersion

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programs and to protect world language pathways through high school for all immersion

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students. Thank you. Sarah are well. Hello and good evening.

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>> Current parent of 2 fcps students. I like to speak in favor of the Humble flex program and hopes that you will consider expanding it alongside a Marine language programming that you are now evaluating. It's not just that

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students who are enough less program get some exposure that will help later. Language classes or to build cognitive skills such as tuna just mentioned, we'll help them and other subjects like math. It's not just that they will get

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cultural awareness. It's fundamental to the jobs of the future and jobs of now. I want to briefly share my personal experience with you. When I was 12, I started learning Spanish once a week and a

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middle school language class in a public school system. I kept it up in high school. I decided to continue in college and I just kept it up after that today. I use it every single day in my job and that

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ability is getting huge advantage over my model and colleague's. I'm the only one who can lead certain client meetings because of the language I speak. I know I'm not alone in our area. According to the DC Language

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Immersion project, the most recent data I could find the DMV is home to 1000 global companies. 400 international organizations, 177 embassies, and of course, the federal

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government. 67,000 jobs in DC alone are tied to international trade like mine. In fact, a man for bilingual employees has doubled over the past decade and is growing faster than demand for jobs

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overall, some people think that technology will displace this. I've heard that we can put some AI agent under your that will help us translate automatically. It's true that tech tools have gotten better.

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And I use Google Translate all the time, but ultimately no machine can displace the ability of the human to do business with another human in their language of choice. As you consider what changes to

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make, I would hate for some students to lack the skills which will help them get equal access to tap international jobs in the region. Please consider expanding access to F

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less program for all students within SPS, TPS because they work. And also say, please keep parents involved in this

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process. Thank you. Shannon.

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Romulus. Shannon Romulus Adrienne, there. I'm an

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engineer and a mom to 4 kids in the school district. As an engineer, I'm concerned with the excessive use of technology that has become the norm for this generation. As we prepare for advanced

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technology and AI, we need to work force consisting of persistent problem solvers who are creative, adaptable and able to challenge results. We also need soft skills, emotional intelligence.

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Ethical decision makers and people that can work in teams and motivate others. Study after study confirms the children who spend just a few hours a day on screens have decreased academic

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performance, shorter attention spans and reduce connectedness. These 2 are clearly not aligned. And I'm also starting to see this decline in my own children. As

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a mom, I rules for time spent on electronic devices and what content is acceptable. School computers have no down time and a provide limitless act. Access to gaming sites and

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chat sites like discord. Healthy boundaries established have gone by the wayside uncontrolled and reckless access is causing compulsive behavior, including constant missed assignments. Lower test

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scores sneaking devices constantly switching tabs or desktops to make it appear as of home works being done when it's really not. I learned this when my weekly Lightspeed

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report showed block attempt to access discord. So I was pretty excited until my home router showed me that hours upon hours that week had been spent on discord, even though all of our personal

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electronics were locked away that week. I reached out to the school based technology specialist who confirmed that students indeed have found a way to get around using proxy servers to bypass the light

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speed filter. What does this mean? Teachers can't stop them. Parents can stop them. It can't stop them. So maybe

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you can stop them. I urge you to set limits on screen time usage by grade and block inappropriate content. For the

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well-being of our children. And for. Colleen Jones.

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Anything. >> My name is Colin Jones that I'm the mother of a son with nonverbal autism. When my son was in first grade, he was issued an AC device, a powerful tool and iPad that

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gave him access to communication. But having access to technology is not the same as being taught how to use it. For years. My son had the device, but he received very little direct

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instruction and how to communicate with it during the school day, he was expected to somehow learn a new language system and scattered moments while also navigating demands

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of school. Sensory needs social expectations and a world that often does not slow down for students who communicate differently. Technology is evolving rapidly as we all know, AC devices are

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more advanced than ever. They can give nonverbal student access to choices. Academic participation, friendships, some advocacy and independence

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for students like my son, communication technology with not optional. It was not supplemental. It was his voice. But technology alone is

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not enough. As smart as device inside the cannot replace expertise, consistency, creativity, and motivation that a trained teacher speech therapist provides. A child does not how to communicate

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simply because the device is placed in front of him. He learns because adults model language create opportunities, respond to attempts and believe that his communication matters. The current speech

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models, not enough for many. A senior 2 to 3 ounces speech support for month broken and a 15 minute weekly comments it's built on an outdated model

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service delivery. It does not reflect what we now understand about girls. Advice, diverse learners, brain development, communication, access for the intensity of support required to build new communication

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pathways. Students learning AC need meaningful and that its support across the school day. This includes the classroom at lunch on the playground during special and with tears. They

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need teachers and staff. Tamara O'Neal.

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>> Good evening. My name is Tamara O'Neal. The newly minted PTA president volunteer and Springfield District mom of 2 great kids. Well, I was heartened to hear that Fcps is forming a new technology

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review committee. I'm here tonight to share my disappointment with the May 5th school board work session on artificial intelligence at that meeting, the panel assembled to guide the discussion was blatantly and overwhelmingly corporate and

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opportunistic in nature. The for invited panelists included representatives tied directly to the in education technology industry whose aim is to sell educational products to

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schools, teachers and students the 4 panelists to or corporate, including the co-founder of Play Lab who showed up to the meeting wearing an advertisement for his company on his hat and the

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youth policy lead for OpenAI. company being sued by multiple parents claiming it Contra contributed to their children. Suicides. It was missing actual experts like independent child psychologists, classroom

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teachers are researchers focused on mental health. This is not balanced policy making when corporations that profit from AI tools are centered in the conversation. The public

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is right to question whether students well-being is truly the priority here. I'm here to remind members of the board that our children are not for sale. Some board members themselves expressed concerns during the session about the

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lack of diverse viewpoints on that panel. Yet others, including my own representative, celebrated the event on social media as a success without acknowledging the significant imbalance in perspectives presented to the

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public. If Fcps a serious about creating thoughtful AI and technology policy and future discussions must include independent non biased experts to speak honestly

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about developmental risks. Parents deserve transparency. Students deserve protection and this board deserves access to balance expertise before

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making decisions that will affect our children. Andrew

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Salmon. >> Good evening to the board. Dr Reid and everyone here in support of our mission

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tonight. Regarding that mission. This our educational mission is touch my entire life. I'm a product of the county K 12 K through 12. I now teach in the county. I raise my kids here. I care

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about what we're doing. Whether we're teachers, operational staff, principles, superintendent or the school board. It's important. Remember, we're just stewards for the schools and communities that we're taking

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care of. Our time is limited. Whether we get 5 years, 10 years, 30 years or in the case tonight, 40 years. It's our collective duty to make certain that we leave the

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school system in a better condition than we got here. For over 20 years. Hybrid tele work has been an important part of that mission. Success allowing staff to work a few

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hours a day or a couple days a week in order to best at home remotely or from an ocean location only to best. Maintain their mental health and their work life balance,

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countless projects throughout central office have been implemented in launched under that policy. And it. Despite the objections of numerous staff members and reams of

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evidence, state and research. The policy was pushed forward regardless I think it's fair to say after a year of this policy that we can track the

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data and it has harmed our mission, cost to renovate buildings have exploded. Staff don't feel nearly as hurt. Our morale is down. Productivity has been negatively impacted.

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Employee retention and hiring a suffered and personally I I and my kids missed my wife. We've lost hours a day. Days over the course of the past months. We miss her. This

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policy was not forward thinking it is not innovative and it does not build us up. We need to return to some form of the hybrid work model. We

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need to take care of our sense.

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>> Diane Cooper, gold. Good evening. >> I'm dying gold. Vice president of strategy Fairfax County SEPTA. And I'm here tonight to speak on behalf of our organization. May is

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speech language hearing month and we are so happy that the proclamation was sponsored in celebration of our wonderful fcps speech and language pathologist assistance and audiologist and others who are

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working tirelessly to support our fcps students with communication disorders. Communication is critical to human development is the foundation of all relationships, our ideas, culture and innovation are

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formed, transferred and evolved through communication. But when a given circumstance impedes our ability to communicate effectively, it can have a profound effect on our lives without remediation

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and support. We become isolated, frustrated and unable to thrive. Most of us understand that speech is communication. And so think of speech pathologist as people

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who help other people to speak. But this is only a fraction of the job. Most importantly, they facilitate communication in all forms whether that be through

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articulation, social, pragmatic spore, assist of communication. So SEPTA is happy to honor peas assistance and Audiologists. But we wouldn't be sept without an

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a**. So for years we have been receiving concerns from families of students using AC devices to communicate. Many of these students are being granted minimal or even No ES

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LP service hours at all, despite population with some of the highest communication needs and scps without appropriate modeling interventions and support. They continue to lag behind

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their peers over time. This result in diminished access to their education, friendships and community at large. So please hire more of these wonderful professionals and

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let them work their magic with our approximately 1400 AC students in Fcps. Thank you.

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On a fee on >> Good evening. Members of this going North. My name is ponds. Have nice and time

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recipient spot and twitch during the month school and with which in high school. First, I want to that some schools, including my children's school beginning to think and digital detox days

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and morning edition of the College of Practices. I appreciate the principals educators recognizing that this deserves attention. shop in statement. The CPS is beginning to thaw. That has

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some concerns about the coverage in the classrooms as well as mortars. Take 5th inning approaches. However, that item consent and the conversation is focused on the limit that school students.

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This is not just in event that a school issue. The Congress continue to me that in high school where the distractions become even more sophisticated. seen this first account, especially the as the

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students. The coast and spreading South Laptop's Ime to get music games and other sections creates an environment that is fundamentally crowd for the students to navigate. The

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students are disproportionately affected because that a motive and have it on countries like meditation and this a field at the kind of students the elite in May, each other during has

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enough. That's communications and the it is the seizure that actually with Fcps leadership and that don't these questions will be discussed by the DRC. I was still student, a student

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in may cause destruction value. But the every day all of could use to find out the way the educational benefit. If any. If communication

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through inspection of future flow through. It said that that sentence. She does want to. That think student a student in may during class hours. This kind physical

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chains that will to improve classroom, focus. Why do I appreciate that? CBS coach of most addictive and what startup just a discount I studied enough to convince

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seek independent evidence that the educational benefit your question technology the destruction. It's policing but didn't and other country to the dishes.

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>> Thank you. >> Please play the video testimony submitted by Deborah

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>> My name is Deborah Brody and the PTA president of Mosaic Elementary. I appreciate your decision to defer technology. Refresh us to help meet the current budget. This deferment looked like a hopeful beginning to

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walking back the excessive access to tech and our schools. However, the innovation and technology policy that you've been moving forward with is disheartening and disastrous. You're pushing a policy that gives full

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freedom to fcps shove generative AI on to our kids beginning as early as kindergarten. And it begs the question of just how much lobbying you've been listening to from commercial tech

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corporations sole goal is securing their own financial advantage. You should feel shame for turning a deaf ear to your community. Well, need to these corporations, all of are so acutely aware of the

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limitations and hazards of their own products. By the way, that their employees publicly admit to sending their own children to schools where technology is minimized, if not altogether. Absent.

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Reliance on tech has documented detrimental effects on brain activity learning and the development of curiosity and it forms addictive habits. You are all well educated. And, you know that there are

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no credible studies that point to the contrary, you are our civil servants and you all was the responsibility of recognizing all of this and acting accordingly in our

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students, best interests. Prioritizing development of curiosity and joy for learning and all students is stated as Fcps is goal. Number one in our current strategic plan

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ago. Also at odds with the push you are making an ungoverned AI policy and continued tucked into gration that it risks reading as contrived platitude. One or the other must give. Please

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listen to your constituents and the research. Prioritize your students, not the corporations lobbying for their financial advantage. Our children should not become the

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detritus of corporate experiment.

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>> Please play the video testimony submitted by car and

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name is death. >> Good evening. My name is Khan Mahoney and I am a parents to 3 children Fairfax County. Public schools too much that are going to an

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elementary in the German immersion program. And one even are almost kindergartner who can't wait to try her big brothers. I am here today to talk to you about the world languages program

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specifically. I urging that any of upcoming overhaul of the program's deflection Transparency, Community Partnership and commitment to preserving language pathways all the way through high

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school. The German immersion program at Orange Time has absolutely transformative for my 2 boys. The on learning to speak German language. They've

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cultural awareness, cognitive, flexibility and a broader understanding of the world. These are skills that will serve them well life. Our communities, beautifully divers and programs like the

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immersion program NFL. Yes, help our students connect across cultures. empathy and for fair, prepare for a global society. As Fcps considers

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changes to the world languages and FC NFL. Yes, I strongly believe that parent involvement must be a central part of the process. Families with children are directly impacted to bring valuable

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insight into what is working, what needs improvement and what outcome matter most. Transparent communication and opportunities. For meaningful feedback will help ensure that

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any redesign strengthen rather diminishes opportunities available to our students. I respect respectfully ask that you advocate for a thoughtful

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that informed approach to the world languages and FLDS over home, robust parent and community engagement throughout the process. Preservation of immersion and I fellas the programs as key

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components of a globally competitive education and the continuity of language instruction through high school says students can achieve to proficiency. Thank you all so much for your time.

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And I look forward to working with you on this. >> Please play the video

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testimony submitted by Amy. What

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>> Hello. My name is Amy watching and I'm in Fcps parent to a 3rd and 6th grader over the last several years. I have grown increasingly concerned about the amount of digital content, my children and all at CPS, children

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consume while at school and the amount of budget allocated to tech and AI. We have amazing teachers and administrators and fcps and my comments are not meant to blame or shame anyone. But the

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reliance on tech in the classroom is conditioning our kids to want ever more digital content. Research shows the digital content is addictive and we should not expect our

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children to exercise control and judgment about their digital content consumption. When many of us don't struggle with are on tech addictions.

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And many have CPS homes like mine. We have rules related to screen time and tech use. I commend school board for their recent action passing a resolution which encourage

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parents to delay getting smart phones to their children until high school. However, we need the school board to take direct action to place restrictions on daily and

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weekly screen time in schools, guardrails on the use of AI and reallocation of budget dollars from tech to analog. These are small changes. The school board can make to reduce the use of tech in the

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classroom and the amount of digital content. Our kids consume in our elementary schools. Children have the option to choose going on their computer during their

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free time when given a choice. It's not surprising that children choose their computer with games and videos providing near constant stimulation and dopamine. We

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should be encouraging our youngest children to read physical books and play games with their friends, not logged onto their computer and use game of 5 programs that do

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nothing to build sustained attention. Stamina. Thank you. Jerry Anderson. That was our last public speaker. Thank

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you. Madam Clerk. >> Agenda item. 6.0 one student representative matters that Congressman Condit. Good evening, everyone. I'm going

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to keep this a little bit shorter because what I'm saying is not new. And I've been sharing my thoughts on this matter with the board as a whole, as well as individual members. Almost since the start of my term last July.

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Imitation of the new gradebook System should be posture further review to ensure that it can work effectively and equitably across all schools in the division. The transition of the scale impacts teachers, students

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counters and families daily and one your preparation is not enough time to fully evaluate how the system will function in schools with different schedules course, structures, staffing capacities and techno

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resources. Before moving forward. Division-wide Fcps should expand pilot testing collect broader stakeholder feedback and provide clear guidance and training staff and families rushing

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implementation without adequate preparation or reason. Rick's risks, confusion and consistency and additional stress for both students and educators. We should go into a new gradebook with full confidence of its

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success across all schools and classes. This which to skill center to learning is not guaranteed equally effective across all schools in class types, such as API Bde honors regular classes. I want ensure

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the example eyes back in February. If a student has 5 schools in AP File takes you to 7 test does poorly on to the skills, then moves on to unity, which is widely considered the easiest unit.

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The student is not going to go back and correct. The contin gaps in 7 because there's no need this gradebook suggest that any gap in knowledge skills based while this gradebook would work well in English class where the same

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skills are being tested, which within each unit, let's say, writing skills and comprehension comprehension. I do not believe that this gradebook style would be universally effective across all fcps high school in

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classes, which is our main priority. And if we can't guarantee families staff and students that this change is indeed the best one in the last in a series of many great, changes. I don't see why we're being Heastie. I

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recommended the board paused the implementation of the new gradebook to ensure its effectiveness across all schools in classes. Additionally, the division's AI policy for the upcoming school year should already be

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publicly available students, teachers and families have sufficient time to understand expectations and adapt to changes before the school year begins. We do have a policy current draft proposals, including restrictions on

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school provided generative AI tools for students aged 12 or younger requirements for Islanders. The plants and guidance regarding staff AI usage are significant police policy decisions that deserve

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transparency and community engagement prior to implementation. Family should know how AI tools are being used in classrooms. How student data and privacy will be protected and what

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instructional standards will exist across schools. We should already have a comprehensive policy ready for viewing, but we only have drafts. Our community has mounting concerns about AI

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usage and technology and we can do more to address those concerns. Started with a policy. We are starting conversations with AI companies for publishing a policy which I believe out of order. There should also be

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stronger language addressing the use of AI detection tools in classrooms. Many students have shared with me concerns I detectors incorrectly flagged authentic writing as AI generated placing students in stressful situations. Where

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they feel pressure to prove their innocence. Some students described downloading browser extensions are providing typing history. Evidence to their teachers simply to defend their own original work. Given the document

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inaccuracies and inconsistency in consistencies of various AI software's fcps should ensure that no student is disciplined or academically penalized based on that. Any ai-related

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academic integrity process should unclear should include clear due process protections, opportunities for student explanation inconsistent division-wide standards to Brent and equitable treatment between classrooms and

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schools. Thank you for your time. Thank you. Miss McCown in. >> Agenda item. 7.0 1 action item certification of closed

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meeting compliance since the board has returned to its close meeting later tonight. We will return to this item after week conclude that that

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session agenda item. 7.0 2 confirmation of action taken in closed meeting. I call on

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Doctor Anderson for a motion. >> Just a point of order and getting we didn't. We're going back to closed. Yes, made

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several decisions that we're going to read into the record now, just as we always do.

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>> Dr. Anderson: 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, for the one. Is there a

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second? Thank you. Miss lady. All those in favor. That is. Marden or I'm sorry, Mr.

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Fresh, Mr. McDaniel Aaron Mr. McElveen Misty John-Cunning,

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Ms. Lady Dixit. Dr. Anderson. Mister Moon. And myself. Okay,

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we're going to do again. Hold on. All those in favor. Please. Mr. McDaniel Aaron Mr.

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McElveen St. John-Cunning. Ms. Lady Ms Dixit. Mr. Dr. Anderson and myself. All those

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opposed all those abstaining, Mr. Fresh, Mr. Cannon. With Mr. Dunne away from the diocese. Will the clerk please

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read to vote? 9, 0, 2, one. The motion carries. I call on

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Ms. Lady for a motion. >> I moved to modify the disciplinary decision of division superintendent regarding the school reassignment appeal of a student who possess multiple chichi vapes and quality consistent with distribution

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at school based on the discussion in a closed meeting. >> Is there a second by second, Miss Marion, all those in favor. Mr. Fresh Mister McDaniel, this mayor and Mr.

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McElveen. St. John-Cunning misleading Ms. Dixit. Dr. Anderson, Mr. Dunne. All those opposed, Mr. Moon and myself,

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all those abstaining. Mr. The clerk, please read the vote. 9 to one. The motion carries.

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Thank you. >> Madam Chair, I have a point of order with the previous phone. I heard the clerks say the boat was 9, 0, 2, 1, If we can get that clarified, we

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cannot have 4 numbers. The one is the not present. Know. You said 9, 0, 2, 2, Yeah. That one was away from the table.

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>> So 9 press at 9 Yeltsin's 0 knows 2 abstentions and one not present. Got Thank Economy. St. John-Cunning from

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Ocean. >> I move to deny the school reassignment appeal of a student who participated in a group assault of another student at school and to confirm the disciplinary decision of the superintendent. >> Is there a second second? Thank you, Mr. Moon, all those

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in favor. Mr. Fresh, Mr. McDaniel. Mr. McElveen. St. John-Cunning mislead Ms. Dixit Mr. Dan and Mr. Dunne, Mr.

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Moon Dr. Anderson and myself. All those opposed abstaining Aaron. Icahn, Mr. Fresh from Ocean.

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>> I move to deny the school reassignment appeal of a student who participated in a crime in the community and to confirm the disciplinary decision of the division superintendent. >> Is there a second by

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second? All those in favor, Mr. Fresh, Mr. McDaniel, Mr. Maccoll Mean St. John-Cunning. Ms. Lady Ms. Dixit Mr. Dan and Mr. Dunne, Mr. Moon Dr. Anderson. All those opposed

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all those abstaining, this mayor and myself. Well, the clerk, please read the vote.

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>> The vote for this one is 10 0 to the motion. Carries the vote for the last in which we didn't announce with 11, 0, 1, And that motion also case. >> Thank you, Madam Clerk, I appreciate you keeping me on track. I call on Miss Saint

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John Kind counting for a motion. >> Ms. St. John-Cunning: I move to expel the student who committed a serious offense in violation of school board policy engaging in conduct that constitutes sexual

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harassment of another student on FCPA spots. Both while the bus was in transit off school property. And while it was parked or in motion on school property. Is there a second

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second? Thank you, Mr. Danon all those in favor. Mr. Fresh. >> Ms. Anderson: Mister McDaniel mayor Mr. McElveen missing John-Cunning misleading Ms. Dixit Mr. Dan

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and Mr. Dunne, Mr. Moon Dr. Anderson, and myself. That is unanimous from board members. >> Agenda item. 7.0 3 action

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item fiscal year, 2027 approved budget icon Ms. Dixit from Ocean. >> make a motion that the

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school board adopt the Fy 2027 approved budget as detailed in Fy 2027 advertise budget modified. But adjustments. Adjustments included, indeed, agenda items. Is there a

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second? Thank you, Mr. McDaniel, Mr. Dixon, would you like to speak your motion? Yes, I would like to thank U.S. Open and a budget staff

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are fellow. My fellow board members and all the educators, families, students and community members will shed feedback throughout this budget process. I know how much time and effort goes into

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putting together a budget of this size, especially in the challenging financial environment. And I truly appreciate the collaboration and talk war that vent into recommendations. It would be

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the venue adjustments we have to make. I'm glad he would be a still able to protect and continue program. That so important to our students. I especially appreciate the

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funding for cement Hayne. Far middle school after school programs because the support really do make a difference for students both academically and socially. I also appreciate the mate, to look

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racial efficiency and on to Nick funding. Sources before making adoption that that would directly impact classrooms. That approach is reflects our shared commitment

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to keeping students at the center of these decisions. Overall, I think this budget strike an important Bannon's between fiscal responsibility in continuing to support the need to for students, staff

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and schools. Thank you again for everyone who helped guide this process and shared their voices throughout the way. Thank you. Thank you, Mr.

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McDaniel, would you like to speak to second? Yes. Here we are again. >> Another budget season in the books after this evening. my favorite time of the year.

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I also want to thank the superintendent we Matthew in Dallas for their work on this. I think when we went least in my mind when I started this journey and in January with all of us, which is the annual kickoff of the budget cycle, I

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had a lot of heartburn about where this end up today. Wouldn't it have been a very good spot and that's thanks in large part to the work of our staff, the community and of our funding partners, both

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here locally at the Board of Supervisors and those are still plugging away diligently in Richmond to deliver their budget by the end of June. This budget protected as mystics. It said the Middle

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special programs which we heard a lot about in the VIP camps, it protected the special education contract extension. It protected event. Second resource teachers for the second year in a row. We fully funded the collective

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bargaining agreements across the entire division. That was a Herculean effort. To get all of that accomplished under the significant financial strain

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circumstances that that we found ourselves and mystics of said what all of these items have in common. Is it protected the in classroom experience of our kids, which is why we're here protecting

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our teachers and our staff. Our administrators and the people to go to work every day to make this division. The fest addition in the country, if not the world. So if I will

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and the saying if anybody in Richmond the like pointers on how to adopt balanced budgets on time, got my phone number and and they're free to give me a shout. But I'm confident in our state partners will

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come to a very good decision here in the coming Thank you for your work again for staff and to the community watching at home. Thank you for all of the many e-mails and he's showing of the town holes and giving us your input because

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that input is invaluable throughout this process. Thank you. Mr. Fresh. Thank you.

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>> So it's been said already that tonight is the you when if this budget passes, it'll be the second year of the collective bargaining contract for our 2 first collective

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bargaining units. It will also be the first collectively bargained contract here for our principles, supervisors, et cetera. And that is a big

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deal but want to talk a little bit about the 28 0.9 million dollars I want to thank staff and thperintendent for

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ensuring that as we wait on our state partners to finish their work on the budget that the cuts that are required to

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do that. Are the least severe on our educators and our students as possible. But that's not to say that they do not have an impact. The other thing I would say is even f.

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We do get enough money from our state partners to fill this hole. We are still scraping by to some extent in terms of our ability to think

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even bigger to think even bolder Dr Reid and her team are doing a tremendous job to help close gaps to improve scores, to continue our status

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as the leading school division in the Commonwealth with, you know, leading the commonwealth and graduation rates so well passing rates and AP exam

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scores and passing taking in passing SAT scores every metric imaginable. And we could be doing even more. I

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hope as we mforward in the years ahead, we can have conversations not only about meeting these needs, but also about finding ways to meet other needs that our school division, whether it's closing

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gaps, whether it's our maintenance backlog or other priorities. I'm confident we can get there with our funding partners. I'm confident that the new leadership Richmond

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can make tremendous progress on the jailer recommendations that would net us another more than half a billion dollars in annual funding as a school division just to make us average with the rest of the

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country. And I look forward to continuing that collaboration to get us there. One day. Dr. Anderson. >> Yes, thank you. Just a

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couple of things to recognize. First of all, the budget staff and after read, this is not easy work. So your work is very much appreciated and miss, which intent is she

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here? >> Bouquets looking over here. She's waving. Thank you for all of your many years of service as this is our last budget with you, you'll be so

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sorely missed. >> And you are way too young to retire because you look like 35. >> Dr. Anderson: But I digress. Thank you for your service. And we will miss you dearly. I know burden will not

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know what to do come next year. But she'll figure it out. She always does. I do want to highlight a couple of things in the budget that I'm very glad for, because these

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are some of the things that were important. I'll community, which is the VIP camp. That was one of the most spoken about issues and the Mason District and the fact

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that is in this budget for us is a big win. We do have some more work to do because we still We've made some

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decisions here. >> That we're not really the decisions that we wanted to make, particularly given that last year there was a pause in the adoption of the social studies materials. And this

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year, a reduction in the map materials. And we just heard it tonight out. looking for a text and looking to move away from the screen. And so hopefully we'll have that be

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provided once the state budget comes in. However, I do want to ensure that as of late I've received and I think some of you as well. A number of communications from social

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workers and psychologists. So I would like Doctor Reed to provide some clarity because what I don't want to come to tomorrow morning is you voted for the budget without

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addressing our issues. So if you could offer, what is the plan regarding the psychologists which were concerned about their positions being cut or eliminated in as well as

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social workers and terms of funding. >> Yeah, thank you, Dr. Anderson. I think first of all, there were psychologist position know people that were

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not being funded. These were positions that were under discussion upon doing some research. They were positioned that it not been filled that

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under discussion for trades within the budget. However, after staff met regarding the social worker and psychologist positions. Things are going to

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remain as is it wasn't a budget decision as much as a communication and where the funding was coming from decisions. So I have it on good authority from our staff

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that those issues have been resolved in the communication amongst departments rectified of leaf that's already been addressed earlier today. >> Dr. Anderson: Wonderful.

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Thank you. I'm sure a vast school psychologists and social workers will be relieved to know that their concerns have not gone. Unheard. Again. This is not.

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As painful as it could differ it could have been. We I think have evidence of that because we did not have this auditorium filled during a public hearing, but it certainly not where we want to be. And I'm looking forward to

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next year's being a little bit more smooth. >> Thank you. good evening,

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everyone. Tonight, her board votes on a budget reflects both our deepest values and some incredibly difficult realities. As many of you know, that are fully funded.

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Needs-based budget faced a 40 million dollar cap. I'm extremely proud of our CFO, burden and her team, doctor Reed and leadership team for identifying ways we can save

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and figure out a path forward. Because the state has not yet passed. We are operating a landscape of uncertainty to present a balanced budget tonight. We have had to make some hard choices choices that

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include differing our Micro Credentialing fund, reducing our staffing and math curriculum reserves and scaling back the Superintendent Strategic Reserve. However, even a lean year, we fight hard to protect

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Vida Committee pillars, including the CBA and securing the much-needed funding for middle school after school programs. We talk about these reductions. We have to look at the bigger picture. Budgeting

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for public education is not an act of charity. It is our community's most vital economic engine. True. Long-term economic development isn't just about attracting

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businesses in a narrow sense. It's about building a community where people genuinely want to live work and raise families. The number one determinant of a

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household's economic success is its level of education, therefore, a thriving public school system is the literal foundation for a fiscally successful Fairfax County. If you want a robust economy, we

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must be serious about investing in the classroom. The producer, future workforce. This connection between funding and success was recently highlighted. But the state's jailer custody, which clearly indicated that

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Virginia public schools require more significant investment. We are so incredibly grateful that our partners on the Board of Supervisors agree with the findings of the study. They

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understand the vision. Right now. There's a hopeful anticipation that the state will step up to bridge both our current gap and the broader funding gaps identified by Jay Lark.

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However, as we navigate this transition, we must ensure that future state increases are viewed as a way to build upon our local investments rather than replace them. Our goal moving forward must be a

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collaborative partnership. We're both local and state funding, work hand in hand to fully honor this jailer recommendations. We will pass a budget tonight because we must. But her advocacy for

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students, our staff and the economic future, Fairfax County does not stop here. Aaron. First off, I want

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thank my colleagues for their statement support after the unfortunate communication I received from the chairman, the Board of Supervisors. It meant a lot to me personally during what was a difficult moment. And I appreciate the

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chairman's apology and conciliatory remarks. I think we can make progress towards one Fairfax. I envision environment we can passionately advocate for physicians openly in good faith with one another. We're

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on the same team and I'm committed to doing my part. I say that because this is all connected. What happens in Richmond and in Fairfax County directly impacts what happens in schools. We face painful

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cuts to high school crossing guards and student transportation this year. Our job as life-changing impacts on our constituents. I appreciate the superintendent and her staff and developing

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this budget which prioritizes the heart of education, small class sizes and support for our students. We are rightfully restoring positions for special education and advanced academic instruction.

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I like that. This budget finds 5.2 million dollars in savings by delaying digital device. Refreshes. It wasn't too long ago where we had fewer laptops in the classrooms. And I think this is a good place to

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rethink where we should invest our resources as parent after parent tonight told us as well. There will be great challenges for fcps employees of the division moves forward with an 8.7 million dollar cut

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to the staffing reserve. I understand the tremendous personal hardship that comes with reassigning positions across Fairfax County without a more of a staffing reserve, there's likely must much less

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flexibility for accommodating our dedicated employees. I'll be paying close attention to the strains on our workforce over the next year. And I trust that our board will be ready to articulate just how important is it is to fully

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fund our schools. For the superintendent, one area for improvement pleas for next year is the timeliness of budget. Questions being responded to. We are stewards of the public resources and we

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need to know how and why money is being spent. So we must do a better job of showing our work. And I ask for more time with us and answering these budget questions from my colleagues on the school board and the Board of Supervisors.

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I look forward to better days ahead. >> Mr. Moon: Thank you, Madam Chair. want to repeat what has

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been already stated by my comics. We know we all know that we need a budget no matter what the situation between a budget. to get the school system going. So I

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would be supporting the something about it. Having said let me ask a couple questions. The starting with the be even more difficult

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first superintendent talked to read. Probably you Macy's anybody's guess. When would you expect on us to have next

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round up discussion. The needy to additional funding from General Assembly. >> Thank you, Mr. Moon, I my

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understanding is we're likely I'm not going to get much news from the General Assembly till sometime in June. >> Mr. Moon: Perhaps later in June before we actually eat

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food takes over recess and east. We have an opportunity 2 discussed at is that Fiona Sumption. >> I believe we should have more information before the

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recess, but I. This is a an interesting experience, Cy. That's what I believe will happen. I can't guarantee that. >> Mr. Moon: You know, Richmond will have a decision

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for us not onshore to the hoping So that end of somebody. Providing edition or the education funding because enemy things. We have not been

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able to even to fund. In fact, we had to make cuts doing things that I was hoping that he could So I hope and can

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that we have conversation soon sooner than they are with on the me ask a question. But I'm sorry that I have not given us. That's not what I'm sure you are. But just stand. was

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Percent How new revenue trends given to us compared to the last 2. How is it for this time? >> Well, I know it's lower

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than last year, but I'm not sure right now Ms Byrd unlikely has that data on the tip of your time. Yeah, it went down this year to 51.1.

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51.1. What was it last year? If you want point to? Supporting one? That's how

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much is 0.1. Is that about 40 some million dollars? We were going to say 30 give or take

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you want to take that idea. I was hoping that there would about 40 some, but I'm glad to hear that it's not even it's not. It's not for you. Yeah, I

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feel most. It a I feel up board of supervisors partners and we have to maintain a good working relationship. that doesn't always mean that we have to be. Always the.

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Praising what they have done. Never plea now. You know, some of that efficiency say from the elections. So, you know,

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having to you know, having to deal with in a 44 million again. The funding gap is something that I take. It's

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paying for. With that, sir. We only need to so I would supporting this. Additional funding comes from General Assembly. I want to have a

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fresh round of the discussio for. That one to We Margin. >> Mr. Dannan: I think want to start by sharing a conversation that I had with

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neighbor over the winter just before I was elected he was in 70's, his and lived in the home that they've done for 30 years. And they several kids

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who graduate from CPS. you know, when the topic of schools budget came out, my presumption was that he would probably rather his tax dollars spent on something that he might use or maybe

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reduced. And I was shocked pleasantly when he said that every dollar possible as we go into our schools, that they are at the heart of our community, they're the heart of our economy. And they're the foundation of our kids.

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Futures. And my as my colleague Miss Lees said, you know, our our schools, our our competitive advantage economically speaking my wife and I moved here because of

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the schools. It was almost automatic will begin with Fairfax County. They've got amazing schools. And that is still true. And that's one of the reasons is position tonight because just strongly about that. You know, and that's a given the recent

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challenges. And I'm I'm really appreciate the work that the some 10 and her team did to make adjustments stay within the available funds and especially the don't has direct impact a classroom

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experience. You know, this budget represents a lot of work. A lot of late nights. A lot back and forth and consultation. And I know there's always ways we can

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improve. You I remain hopeful that additional funds will become available in the state finalizes its budget. You know, again, going from looking forward to hearing Everton these from prevent the come out of the the Baldrige

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report seeing some of those changes incorporated next year's budget. again, grateful for the work that you did. And I just want to point out that the dollars they were talking about Spain tonight are committed to our kids. Futures

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investment in our community I'm grateful for that. Thank you. Mr. Dunne. I want Doctor, eat

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>> there was a reduction funding from the Board of Supervisors for crossing guards for she ate my colleague freezing this issue and it's being done at the high school level CPS doing

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anything. 2 to replace the loss crossing guards. That's >> my understanding, Mr. Lambert's not here this

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evening, they're is certain crossing, ability to actually direct traffic that is connected to the county functioned around law enforcement's. I know. Mr.

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Lambert. It has been in contact with law enforcement. I can get an update when he's back in town and starters, graduating out of town. But we

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don't have anything in the budget currently to address the crossing guards that have been cut from the county. >> I think that budget decision reflects a certain expectation that student

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injuries, student safety will not threatened. Stunned interest will not increase. So just ask that fcps to the extent possible start to gather that data start to monitor that data because of assumption for to not be true.

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Then we need to revisit that in a conversation with the Board of Supervisors in the future. >> going to bring up the Baldrige Award. We've talked a little bit about the Gold Award and the unprecedented distinction that we've

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achieved. >> First time out. But for transparency for the public, I was wondering if you can talk about as as a practical matter, we talked about a

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trophy. But can you talk about some of the findings that were made and how threw the ball process we were able to save dollars, right, Dana, Fi

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inefficiencies and and you know, be fiscally responsible through this exercise. >> So that's a great question, Mr. Dunne and I think the

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ability for us to absolutely D laser focused on strategically. Monitoring our resources is one of the I think the largest benefits

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maintaining alignment. With position control documents at the time the budget is so tight right now. And as I mentioned, when I presented the budget. The reason we're

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able to have a budget adoption this evening with honestly, the community feeling relatively comfortable with this compared to where we've been perhaps last year is all

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of the work we did throughout this year. As I indicated before, signatures or even dry on last year's budget. We were already making plans to make sure that we were

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strategically aligned the deployment of staffing that we had 2, unfortunately freeze positions at certain times and really engage in position control, work to the degree we

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haven't had to do in a very long time in Fairfax County. And my thanks, of course, go out to all of our principles or directors, our program managers who had to make tough

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decisions because it's one thing to enact a aligned policy and it's another to have to meet directly with staff and have. Really hard conversations about perhaps

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where someone was going to need to teach the next week or weren't administrator was going to need to pick up an assignment the next week. And

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I don't want to think all of those staff who relocated and had to manage transitions within their professional and times personal plans to accommodate the tight

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alignment. We had to dear to in a very disciplined manner this year to be even be able to bring this budget to you this evening that while it has

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some serious cuts to it for sure has not been as you know, difficult because last year was so the Baldrige Framework provides us a framework for

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decision-making that keeps us organization. Ali focused. And I really thank Mr. Smith. And the leadership team. It's Neal

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Fowler who work so hard on that and we will continue to work through that framework. The 19 examiner's that visited that looked at that alignment.

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the position control really enabling us to surface those things that once the year gets moving right, that we can still manage and stay mission

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focused on what's best for students. >> That that's great. I mean, I appreciate the budget discipline. It would I think, helpful just for the public to be able understand. If you

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don't have available now, just in a future publication, some some examples, some kind of anecdotal examples of. Cost savings that were achieved deficiencies that were achieved just so there can be

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some sense of we've done a great job describing at the high level, but kind of a the concrete levels of individual can understand. >> Yes, and I think we had one

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slide, Mr. Bennett had over 200 million that we've actually carved out of the budget in the last 2 years, which is a budget carve for us

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in terms of fire, for sure. Is connects to our transfer. And I did have just one moment, Mr. Done if I could Byrd and wants to correct her response

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on the transfer percentages if we be and don'ts for just a moment. This burden. Matthew, stopping me. He's calculating

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quickly. >> But I can tell you that was 51.1 in fiscal 27, the budget that's under your consideration. It was 50

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point. 51.4 in the current year fiscal 26 and each one percent is valued at about 20 each. 41% is valued at about

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25 Million. So the difference is 75 million dollars. >> I wanted to follow the.

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200 million dollars you mentioned last year before you had mentioned the 100 million dollars. And there's Web page put up and I've gone through trying to do the math. And I I couldn't it didn't quite add

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up to 100 Million. So I look forward going back and looking at that fight for 200 million buys one. Make sure if we put out a figure. People can see the the math and had thinking

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things up so that actually people them out. In terms of class size last year, increased class sizes and I know this budget proposes to do that to some extent. But

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has there been any after the fact that analysis of the impact, the elementary school level or any conversations? Because just anecdotally, the conversations I've had with principles, especially the

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elementary school level is the impacts of been quite severe when combined with the elimination of classroom monitors.

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>> So the funding, of course, for classroom monitors were that funding was related to COVID relief funding which doesn't exist any longer. The class size. Escalation. I

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think, you entry in particular. But honestly, it was elementary middle and high school certainly is not instructional moving in the direction. We would hope. But

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we also recognize classes are irregularly sized, but we're going obviously be looking at RSA well day to very shortly to determine what type of

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impact potentially class sizes might have had on student achievement outcomes. So I think more to come on that topic, Mr. Dunne. >> It's great. And I do want to just echo my my colleagues

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comments that it's it's wonderful that after many years of working towards having all of our employees have an equal voice to the collective bargaining process. And we've now achieved that. And I think that's something

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definitely to celebrate so that we can not be a top-down system. But the partnership because truly, it does take a village to to provide a world-class education for

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every child. Thank you. This engine >> Ms. St. John-Cunning: So first of all, I'd like to thank the budget team for their hard work and actually

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really presenting the best budget possible in light of the shortfalls were facing. You guys make it look easy and I know it wasn't easy. So that makes it easy for Even though

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was not for you. I'm not gonna repeat a lot of what was said tonight because my colleagues did a great job repeating everything. I just want to remind our community that our success. And the success of

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our schools is really based on our our staff and our teachers, the people that are working with their kids. With our kids and with their children. If it really is our

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legacy to the community and to the country, we stand out because of that. The work that has been done and what this budget represents is that schools are not a cost.

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They're an investment in our children. That educators are not a line item. They are repositories of knowledge and community builders. And that

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students are not statistics. They are the promise of a strong future for our community. And that education is not an option. It is the cornerstone of our democracy.

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And the reason we show up. Budget and fight. This budget is a skate. This budget scaled back as it is. Represents our

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effort to keep that promise of education alive and what it represents to our entire community. And I really do commend our staff and our superintendent for their very

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careful and thoughtful work that went into making. Very difficult decisions and creating this budget. So thank you for everything you've done thank you to all the people that are working that are down

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in the trenches, making the magic happen for our children. Thank It. Take a quick turn. >> Ms. Anderson: I heard something recently. That is

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fascinating to me. That if we took from the day the Declaration of Independence was signed. $10,000 every day. Since then, you wouldn't have

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a billion dollars. It's just not enough time. And I trying to adjust my thinking when I think about just how much money our budget is, because

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that's one of those things that when the numbers get so large that sometimes you don't pay attention to what they mean and I never want to be in that circumstance, which is why I 100%. No whites

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significant. That the county increased didn't increase as significantly as we needed for sure. Our staff has and Dr Reid has done an amazing job of ensuring that we had a path

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forward that isn't perfect but it's a path forward and again, it is in indicative of the fact that the community. Is is

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with us at this moment in terms of of how are making the path? But the state aid. For Fairfax County Public Schools is 860.8 million dollars in

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this budget. And the county transfer is 2.8 billion dollars of our 4.1 billion dollar budget. And so just

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want us to keep in mind that tell people this all the time. I always feel like Oliver Twist that were standing out. Please, sir, can I have some more? Because it constantly feels like that is that we we

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have no ability to raise money on her own. So I we often times are looking to other people. And it's it's a hard position to be in every year. So I'm extremely grateful that

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we're where we are I have advocated strongly. We need textbooks. It's one of the reasons that I love what's happening with is that we're watching kiddos right we need

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those social studies textbooks. These are not optional things that were their decisions. And so we are having to make hard decisions. And I am looking forward for

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the state to come in and pick up their share. So I I n applauding our staff and what we've done this year and I'm grateful that we have such a clear path forward. And I'm

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really hoping that it's a happy ending at the end of this year. So seeing no others Mr. Jones do want to go back. Seeing no others were gonna go

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ahead and take a vote for the motion that is on the screen. All those in favor. Mr. Fresh, Mr. McDaniel Aaron Mr.

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McElveen missing John-Cunning mislead the mystic's. It Mr. Khan and Mr. Dunne, Mr. Moon Dr. Anderson, and myself. That

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is unanimous board members. Congratulations counts. Agenda

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item. 8.0 one academic matters. We have a follow-up. I am sorry I made a mistake.

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Too fast. I call on Mister McDaniel for Follow-on. Thank you. >> I moved direct superintendent develop a document outlining sound financial management principles, policies and practices for for discussion and consideration Budget

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Committee meeting of the hold take place by September of 2026. Is there a second? I second. Thank you, Dr.

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Anderson, Mr. McDaniel, would you like to speak to your fallen Quick, quick history lesson in 1975. Or supervisors adopted a document that became known as the 10 principles Sound financial management and

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they may not know at the time, but that document became the bedrock for the way the board continues to manage the budget today. And it also laid the foundation and pave the pathway for the county

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attaining the ever coveted AAA bond rating, which for those watching at home is a perfect credit score for governments across the country. And that rating has save the taxpayers over a billion dollars. I

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think what this motion does, 2 things. Number one, it asked staff come back to us with the recommendation on a similar document incorporating all of our policies and procedures

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and regulations and it sets that conversation up for a full budget committee of the whole meeting to take place by September of 2026. as I would note that this would something adopting something like this

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would bring us in alignment with what the county Board of supervisors there, 10 management principles. I think it shows taxpayers we're committed to being responsible stewards of public resources for education. It's been

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stated the size of the budget. This evening in a document like And I use the word document loosely because it could be a resolution that could be a policy is a much different place to kind of go

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about making this this come to fruition. But it's a message to the public. I think it's a message taxpayers. I think it's a message to our funding partners and our staff. And it

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shows a clear principle framework of what's going to guide for hopefully years and decades to come. The financial management of this school division. The motion doesn't adopt anything tonight. This

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is not a final policy decision that sets up a conversation. And I think especially as we've coming out of Aldridge process, there's opportunity to perhaps in green some of those findings if the long-term fiscal manager of

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the division. looking for the conversation tonight and hopefully in September. Dre. So we do speech or second. >> Dr. Anderson: Yes, briefly,

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I'm happy to support this because I believe it answers. Many questions that I've had since I've been on the board and others as well. You know, when we talk about budget transparency, when we talk

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about ensuring that our community understands how how our budget is built, I believe having such a document can support that. Every single year since I've been on the

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board, it's been. Tell me how you got to the budget that you've arrived, too. And then the conversation regarding how the conversation occurs each of the departments, if we can

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bed on of those practices and to a very clear document, it will remove some of the questions that show up year and year out. And this is not and asked to go change anything. This isn't asked to

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bring back some information so that we can have a fulsome discussion to increase transparency throughout public. So I am happy to support it because I think it will serve us. Particularly if

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this results in airing of some of the practices that the Board of Supervisors has started currently have started with the summary document which this year Dr Reid

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produced, I've been asking for for months. And when we had that document at the work session, I was very pleased to see that we are being intentional. And we have some details for the community, not

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just the words that we all speak in these meetings, but something tangible that folks who are interested can go and find and engage with. So I see

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this just taking back to scale. So we have a greater clarity in terms of how we arrive to the numbers that we all right, that that reflected

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in our budget. So thank you, Mr. McDaniel. Yeah, that was the most for bringing this

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forward and I'm glad to support it because I think it will be a great opportunity for us to to be clear about the process. Mr.

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>> Mr. Moon: Thank you. Thank you them adjust. Thank you. Mr. Accounted for. Reaching out to me again today and wanting to have a chat about this. So that we can. Having a

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real yet that opportunity was too high You my question to you is we have Em 5. Which

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region of discussion come a time frame. And of course, we can really change the kind. You know, when we discuss these in hours, find these a

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financial bind. an few documents, but he's staunchly the super intentional feel to going up. An annual budget and he Probably about a dozen

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items. know, and provide the board with them. you plan has one of those 6, 7, and provide Tanya the by mind, the boomed adequate time to consider

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information. And the information presented in 3 other things. Dealers number full, take all reasonable Poland to to the end

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practically actions. He security financial resources over the division and in the pre Amber at the top ensure that the power went out. It was a sense. In preparing the

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division. But it the super intentional to utilize practices for budgetary planning and financial reporting. So superintendent has been doing this for them. One of the year's end. I am

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trying to see how what we're trying to accomplish from this motion going to be to from from when we were discussing

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yen 5. That's when my question night and wanted to have that conversation with you. Mr. McDaniel. I sing the time has

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yielded. The time has yielded to me to answer. Absolutely Kicking it SEC. And I remember the day we could talk is it was 100, something degrees outside in. Everybody was kind

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of staying in the air-conditioning. But yeah, I think that's a good point. I mean, >> you know, for example, when I talk about, you know, I don't know that ends the magic number. Maybe it's a baby. It's 12. Maybe it's 10. But you know something like, you

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know, 5. And actually asked staff. addition to e-file your 106 financial regulations and policies across the division, that's a lot and he'll fight

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is another piece of that kind of that puzzle. So, you know, some a way that I could potentially for sea eel 5, which is how the board holds the superintendent accountable

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for budget is, you know, maybe one of the principles is how the superintendent is held accountable and that there's a reference to fine and that's it so that the public can understand that the

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superintendent from the framework of executive limitation is told to go forth and do great things with the budget. So that's one example of how we can call 305. And then my hope is that. As staff

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is is doing some homework on this in the coming weeks coming months, rather those other 106 policies and regulations can be boiled down into kind of a very simple

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public facing, you know, easily. Digestible docked. Another example. I hear all the time in the community. You not all the time, but sometimes as you guys don't want that budget. Let's not true. So I'm hoping that maybe

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one of the principles as regular routine budget on its where there's a reference to how often the budgets are audited started take up the

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time. This mayor mrna can put in to go back. >> Ms. Meren: I appreciate the willingness of my colleagues to be a good steward of taxpayer dollars. While I

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share the sentiments of fiscal prudence, I will not be supporting this motion. This work is too important to delegate to the superintendent and there isn't clarity on why it's required. He was just mentioned. We have something

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like 100 policies or regulations will before we implement more frameworks, we must hold the superintendent accountable to what's already in place. What my colleague

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also just mentions about our executive limitations. Again, I see a redundancy that I'm not sure why we would go ahead and start a new set of

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principles. The for what I understand of the county's 10 principles, a sound fiscal management. They're not regular reports on how the county's work meets those principles. I did do pretty

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deeply into the county's his principles of sound fiscal management. When I was on the Joint Committee for facility Savings earlier this year. And I looked back for years and

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could not find any reporting. So I am not willing to ask the superintendent to spend her limited staff time and resources looking into a new review review category when we

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have executive limitations. We have policies. We have a budget process. I think the work to explore how the 10 principles of some management could work. That's a great task for the budget Committee.

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That's exactly the kind of work that the Budget Committee could be doing. I would be happy to consider ideas for updates to our policy, our governance manual. We can develop a robust framework

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that reflects the intent of the school board as well as the county building measures for the superintendent. Mister

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Moon for Go back. >> Yes, you know, I am. I. Well that deep in thought about how Super Intendent would bring back to what

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supporting community that would bring that to us with the she's one of still Want you to just Practices and policies and Prince of Persia

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and just all communicate in one document, a show with a and 4 pulas discussion is not. What the mover the motion is

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envisioning to happening. ask the superintendent somehow come up with a completely different Senate, pretty supporters and best practices in the So if that's not Mister

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Mckenney shaky that that's not the keys. And then I I would. I am supporting the motion. I just want to make it clear to publicly what are doing? I

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would consider that. so on bans discussion of even 5 because we want to start the bloody conversation sooner later because we always soon

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we on the the budget, even though we don't have the number money from General Assembly. so we we go through that and we need just online

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only for the finally years. So with that. I welcome the opportunity. Have all your discussion about Howard. Consider of the sea and find a

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discussion. Then discussion to be found by you find a discussion a month later. >> Ms. Anderson: Mister Dunne,

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I missed him on the first time. So this is his first time around. >> I appreciate the intent and the motion. I'm just not sure

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what it achieves and it seems at odds with. Years now of studious praise of Mr. Burton and her office. And I think that's well deserved. believe

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Miss France won awards for the excellence of her work. I have no doubt that were already implementing sound financial management. If we weren't that I would be seriously

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concerned. I believe Dre does. Many of us have said is the best superintendent we've perhaps have in the history of any any doubts as to the

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financial rigour, especially after winning the Gold Award for the valders process. It just seems there's a dissonance here. I can fight I

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do appreciate the bond rating. We have nothing to do with the fundraising. We don't have taxing authority. We don't do anything in that regard. And I do believe we have established

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tools and there have been previous motions to do things like this, establish things outside of the regular process of policymaking in such it's been rejected by a majority of

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the school board saying like but use established processes. So I think just for the sake of consistency of like to support the idea that we

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should be fiscally responsible. We should the the epitome of good government. And I think all my advocacy for past 2 and half years is consistent with that. But I

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also believe we shouldn't just do feel good measures that as my colleague point out aren't even our forges on. If we're going to do a feel-good measure. Let's let's have a

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new reports. Let's have updates so much. We have academic batters and different superintendent reports every week. Let's get weekly report survive with their 4th term there for But just to put

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principles out there and not live up to them. It's like so many companies that say these are our values and then how do exemplify them? There's number 4 dingers. It's just words on

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the wall. So I have a bias towards action and the fires towards outcomes. I don't think this gets us to either.

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Dr. Anderson, for go back. >> Dr. Anderson: Thank you. I appreciate the conversation regarding the iOS and the way that I view this is that the eels, the board's expectation in terms of what the

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superintendent is going to produce? Could there be some overlap? Certainly. But what I see what I'm hoping that this would accomplish is to get

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staff to show the strategies they're employing would when they are developing a budget. Mike, what are the things that they're thinking about when they come up with what could

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be considered random numbers on a sheet of paper. I want to see that homework. I want to better understand how did you arrive too? The proposals that

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we then adopt as a board as our advertised budget. I see this as kind of opening up the curtain a little bit to the work itself, not just to the product, which is what I

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believe is reflected in the eels. The it's the process that staff employees. That's the piece that I'm hoping is achieved by this work. At

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least that's my understanding. So that is why I'm in support of this because it would offer greater transparency in terms of how they have achieved.

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What they put before us and not just that they have met the guardrails of what we have asked in the E L. pairing for

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go back. You know, I I'm not again, the 10 principles that the county uses. I'm not sure that the board has even received them. You know, they weren't linked in the email.

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So again, I know I looked into them deeply a few months ago. I've been asking for quite some time for the board to have regular on the on our work session agendas, regular

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time to talk about finances to even re freeze what we do as budget to finance and financial management. I think just adding one more system for the superintendent to

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report through does not make us more robust in our approach you know, we could have a more robust working budget committee. I'd rather the board spend its time

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discussing how we want to approach approach, budgeting and really identify what information we need rather than asked the superintendent to deliver one more thing. In addition to reports, in

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addition to the budget planning, in addition to strategic plan reports quarterly budget reports. It. I think that we could take the

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time and figure out what we want to do over the next year and say, what are we gonna talk about our financial assets and management? How could we even tied the steals? We've talked about the executive limitations being the time in which we and

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things like this. So it's not just floating off not related to something. And I think we've developed a not very good habit of just kind of putting things out there, not

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attached to things. I've done it myself, too, because I feel like it's kind of the only way to get things done at times. But that's a symptom of a problem and not the way that we should be doing. Our our public business should be more

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organized. So I think that we could wait on this and have discussions ourselves and our own homework before kicking it over to the superintendent to

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spend her time doing it. Margin go back. Okay. Seeing no others. We're going go ahead and take a vote for the follow-on motion. That's on

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screen. All those in favor. >> Ms. Anderson: Mr. Fresh, Mr. McDaniel, Mr. McElveen St. John-Cunning misleading Ms. Dixit Mr. Danon, Mr. Moon. Dr. Anderson, and myself. All

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those opposed this mayor and Mr. Dunne. Well, the clerk, please or the vote. Tend to

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the motion carries. Thank you. ready for. Agenda item. 8.0

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one academic matters. >> All right. chair and members of the board and public. This is

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>> exciting this evening to be able to talk about literacy. And I've actually been a number of classrooms recently, language arts class rooms,

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middle school, in particular, in elementary and just really excited about the amount of reading and writing that's going on recently. I was that throw middle school and

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visiting some language arts classes and looking at the literacy work that's happening throw and our Eagles have been working very hard of actually

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procured one of our middle school. believe it's our 7th grade 7th graders reading a book that we may make a community read here shortly.

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So and the depth of questioning interaction with Texans really, really pleased with. So this evening. It's my pleasure to talk about the secondary literacy work that's

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going on. We've spent a lot of time talking about our 3rd grade reading goals and not as much time talking about staff are doing at secondary. So as

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part of our equitable literacy work are equitable access to literacy, work. Schools have been implementing several important changes this year to both the core literacy and the

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intervention and the slide really captures both buckets of that work in the corner. We're really working to build staff knowledge of what we

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would characterize as evidence. Base, literacy instruction, which supports the implementation of the revised so wells for English language arts and using data

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to really work to guide instruction. On the intervention side, we're using diagnostic assessment data to develop individualized reading

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plans for students who need additional support. And this has been particularly valuable coming from elementary to middle school. And in those 6, 7, 8, grades at several

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schools and 78 and our remaining middle schools. So the real hope is to have earlier identification of concerns, better alignment of support and really stronger progress monitoring for

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students who need help. I think that one of the things that's been really challenging his meeting with families because as we began early literacy work with phonics,

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for example, in ct explicit instruction at kindergarten. First second, 3rd in our elementary grades. There's been I think you know, sincere concern about what

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about students who didn't have that direct explicit instruction. The early grades. so it's really incumbent on us to look for strategies to

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better support our students at secondary. So let's take a look at how these changes come together to better serve our students. Literacy needs a secondary. And if you wouldn't

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mind, please playing the video. Thank you. >> There been a lot of changes in the Virginia as well, which have increased for students

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and what's been really exciting to see is that they're able to meet that rigorous. So we don't necessarily want you to tell me what you read in the tax. We want to discuss it and go into those deeper comprehension strategies to

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better understand what we're reading and how we can apply it beyond the classroom. It's also getting a lot more at those higher level thinking skills, critical thinking. So

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instead of having students summarize attacks, which we do first, but then we want to take that next step further. >> And understand how is for doing this? How do we apply this to other stories and what

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is my own opinion about how might this impact my? And we're doing this with a lot more complex tax. Well, the tax that the students are interacting with on a daily basis in our classes, much

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higher level than they're used to seeing because of the shift and it's been exciting to see that they actually can do it right. A lot of them come into the air and they're like, oh, my gosh, this is really hard class like I can't do this and

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already by the end of quarter when they're like up, I'm a good rate or like I can do this. But it's because we've been pushing them in this new curriculum pushes that actually try to do hard

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things. If you walk into our classroom, you're going to see kids doing. They're writing, they're reading. They're talking this curriculum really lets us do all of those in the classroom every day. You're not going to see us at the

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front lecturing. You're going to see us working with small groups of students and in order to make a small groups work. We have to have more onus on the students doing independent work. And so that

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means with these really complex text, we are providing more tier one scaffold across the board so that students can access these complex tax on their own. While we are

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working with students who either need more support or who need a challenge, these things being linked together help so much because it takes so much time to plan to teach

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this way, right? Like if you're not really, we're not really teaching one lesson every day. We're teaching for 5 and the amount of outside time that is required to plan for that is is not feasible.

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So the fact that the county already lays out and says, hey, you're teaching this strategy 4, but the group one, you can do that for good to you can do this. That's already on the for me. Like

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all I have to do is open up and like digest it and know what I'm going to teach and be ready to go. >> So dare to instruction would be a very short >> intervention that happens a

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couple of times a week. So for example, I pool many of our multilingual students for 30 minutes at a time been able to identify or students by first using at the I ready screener,

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which has been brought up to the middle school level. We also have the vows testing that was designed by Virginia Department of Education. And what I like about the val's Tess is that it really breaks

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down for the teacher, the areas of strength in the areas of need for students. And it really is the most in-depth testing that we have had at the middle school level that

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really gets to his students decoding abilities, their fluency abilities that worth a graphic abilities. It really does highlight a student's areas of strength, but also

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their areas of need. And that's where we provide the intervention. Sometimes the students that we have, the more support than what we can offer in tier 2. So we call that tier 3 instruction and these are for students who

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tend to be at least 2 years below grade level. And so this gives me an opportunity to really work in small groups. Maybe 2, 3, students at a time. It's been so impactful

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to have these types of interventions because we are able to get to more students in a short amount of time. And we're really providing them

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science based Orton Gillingham based interventions, which is the best for all students, whether they're in special education or general education because all students or general education students

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first, our approach to intervention either tier 2 and tier 3 has grown dramatically in the last 5 years. I really

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enjoy my job. I feel like I make a difference in students lives. I feel like them teary ul's that I am provided with really let me be the reading

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specialists that I was trained to be prior to 5 years ago. I'm so excited to see that my students have grown in their oral communication skills. I see a significant increase in

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their writing skills. My goal is to give them everything they need so that they can find the joy in reading like I find the joy in reading. >> Our students because of this curriculum over the past

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2 years have become so much more resilient like. I keep so much more resilient. That is not hyperbole. The skills use in the classroom. I tell the students have way less to do

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with English and more to do with the people that they're working on becoming. And so they're learning those communication skills, those social skills, those self-management skills that we

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need as that old. And we're still practicing as adult. So that's really what it's about.

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>> You know, it's hard to watch that and not just the inspired our educators are amazing. They're working so very hard. And I I think I really want to thank our board

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for having the vision to make sure that we put the right tools in the hands of our educators. Because once our educators have the tools they need, they make magic and our

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young people are the beneficiaries. So I couldn't be prouder of our prouder of our educators. And I hope that this example from Robinson secondary go Rams helps bring

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this war to life. I know the reading specialists across the school division of the secondary schools are just they're so proud of the work they're doing. And I am proud

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of that as well. And I know are our team is I also want to share that. Why visited throw middle school recently? The amount of close reading and writing that's happening in

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our social studies. Classrooms is also significant. And so I just want I think there's staff across multiple content areas that continue to work

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really hard to deepen the understanding in deep in the work that's happening across our division. So let's take a look at some of the results that we're seeing in our

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secondary reading. And when I think about this is the growing green and these are not our jet goals. These get to green goals of this is

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rather students improving their academic achievement, which is meaning we're getting more students on grade level specifically for reading some of the greatest gains have

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been at the middle school level, which makes sense because students are benefiting from more time with programmatic changes that began in the elementary grades. So when I look at this

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data, I mean, we're so proud of what our staff are doing. And when you're out in schools to see the amount of writing what's occurring to see excitement in our students as

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they become readers. It's really exciting. I think the as the years roll forward, we're going to see that flywheel catch for more and more of our. Children in the

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data is just going to continue trending up the stronger core instruction. I really appreciated with the reading specialist was talking about that all students, our general

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Ed First, general education first, which means every child needs to have instruction at grade level and the data once we are shoring up our core

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instruction, this will enable more students to begin the year ready to access grade level programming and grade level learning. So let's look at the shrinking red because

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with the growing green, we have a shrinking read which growing green. I think the green, the King, Boston Red Sox. But that's a maybe I

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shouldn't say that now. Okay. All right. All right. But the shrinking this is meaning that similarly, as more students are getting into the green at

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grade level, the efforts of providing intervention and the reading plans are having a significant impact. And if you will shrinking the red are moving students out of the risk category and in some

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cases by double digits. Comparing results from last winter to this winter. We see that fewer students in every secondary grade level are demonstrating risk over a year

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ago. If we look diagonally across the columns and rows in the chart and you can see those, you see impressive risk reduction in each cohort

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because these are the same students, then year-over-year. So the largest improvement was in last year's 8th grade cohort. More than half of the students demonstrating risk last winter are no longer

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demonstrating risk in 9th grade. Board. You have to be proud of that. The amount of work that's happening across our language arts curriculum and our commitment to

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equitable access to literacy is showing results and I couldn't be prouder of our students are educators and the family supporting our students at home. So let's take a look

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for a moment at our high school data highlights. Our high school data also gives us reason for celebration this year. 12.8% fewer seniors who

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took the growth assessment performed below expectations again. Double digit growth as a reminder, only seniors who didn't pass or prior so well are required to take this

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assessment. So the number of students in this particular data set is relatively small. But these are students who already had experienced a lack of success are showing

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double-digit improvement. In addition, 26% of high school students who demonstrated risk in the fall achieved more than 100% of expected yearly growth in just one semester. That's a

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statement to sit with for a minute. That's the result of hard, intentional focused work. Finally, our inclusion efforts are yielding success

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as well with 100% pass rate for students with disabilities in the 10th Grade. AP Seminar course that folks is a huge win. I can't even tell you how

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many ways. These data points are. Strong signals that access support and high expectations actually result in moving student outcomes.

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And as we think about hitting that 2030, goal, the celebrations were going to be able to see in 2030 are delivering on the power and promise of public education.

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This school division is strong and getting stronger as we look ahead our strategies for continued secondary literacy improvement is on deepening

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and sustaining this work. One of the things that's critical, Mr. Dunne, I really appreciate you asking about the Baldrige word is we must stay disciplined with best practice. I think that as I

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look around the times, we try one thing one year the next We try a different thing in the fun. What we need to do is stay with research. Best practices, stay disciplined,

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and it's not glitzy to that. But it matters to our kids in the success of our school division. So our ability to deepen our work and stay relive mostly focused and

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disciplined on our work is going to be the key to our student success in current structure. That means continuing to build our educator capacity to scaffold complex grade level tax that

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are aligned to the swells, operational icing are for the first time our English language development, Basil resources strengthening explicit vocabulary

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instruction with high quality materials. In our intervention areas. It means continued guidance and professional learning for our staff. And honestly, when you listen to

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our staff, even this video, the excitement they have, it's contagious. Honestly across the division, our learning and working with a multilingual learners or students with

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disabilities and the stronger use of that, the English language development block the with targeted literacy support will continue to increase

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outcomes. We are seeing promising momentum and now the work scaling it making it consistent. Overall. We're encouraged by the progress, but we're not done yet. We're

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headed in the right direction. And as we gain momentum, that flight will catch and will continue to see stronger outcomes. I also want to thank our principles, our Central

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office staff who are relentless in their support, our region offices, our school support, staff chief of schools. It's a team effort

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when everybody gets a line. And we focused and stay disciplined, we can move mountains. So that tonight, Madam Chair is academic matters.

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>> Thank you, Dr. Reading, Mr. First going to kick us off. And thank you to staff to have anybody here from the team. >> I think they're all home reading.

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>> They work so hard. A hit to getting some rest you know, in June of 2021. Now Senator Pekarsky night brought topic

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too. Bring in experts from UVA and structured literacy in the science of reading to talk about what instructional services already beginning.

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And and how our board could support the work to transition the entire way we consider. This important work for

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students and that was almost a year before the General Assembly tackled literacy with the Virginia Literacy Act attending this Marin. It's advocacy work on. And it's

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heartening to see that the rollout that began primarily with our youngest learners that we are seeing impacts with right. Throughout that process. We had lots of

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questions about when are we going to start hearing about what's happening with our older learners who didn't have the benefit? A structured literacy when they were in our

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earliest years. K 3. It's great to see that the work that's being done, the value of the evidence based approach. Even if the student did not get that when they

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first began in Fairfax County Public Schools. And I'm not saying that they'd none of them did. Some of them certainly did that. It's having a by these numbers, a

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profound impact. And so I'll be grateful to see. Maybe some of this data disaggregated just that we can see where that impact is being felt. The most. But also, you know, as

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we see our learners who begin their time in fcps with our approach to structured literacy, the science of reading how that impacts their trajectory through our system

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and whether these needs for remediation later in our school system are less needed. Less severe because students began with something from the

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start. Dr. Anderson. >> Thank you. If you recall, not too long ago, I sat with you with a parent of a secondary student. While she

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was very encouraged by what was happening at the elementary level. Her question to you and I guess right, some extent to me in the room work. What about my son is already in the 11th grade. What are we

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going to do to capture help that he needs because we did not have a program for students at the secondary level. At that point. So this

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is definitely needed. And so thank you for bringing this and sharing one of the things that I'd be looking for is how are we seeing this translate into some of the other data that we collect such as an

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essay? Just great but other assessments such as so well. So and the grades in which they're administered, which I believe our 7th 8.10 for

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language as well as you know, impact graduation rates. Once we get there, I know we're a little bit ahead of that. And Mister Fresh also kind of hit one of the points that I

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wanted to talk we seeing these data results consistently across the across all of schools. We've seen that some schools are more effective or more successful than others. I

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wonder would you be able to provide that? Yes, Ma'm >> Ask the teams too, provide them. Okay. Thank you another

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thing that I want to share. And, you know, I taught 8th grade English. So this is kind of a passion, when I walk into high school, this was a couple of years ago and the city rose

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was taking me around. There was actually the teacher at a kidney table doing small group work. That is the impactful work that must happen. Some of

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the strategies that really effective and productive at the elementary level, some some reason they get dropped when students pivot into

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secondary and bringing back that small group intervention work. It is so key to ensuring that every child really gets what they need. And so hearing what the waiting specialist talked about. Really makes me

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feel comforted and assure that we're going to see that kind of growth. But I will also challenge you as you and in some of these documents, you talk about some of the

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specific strategies fight and ALS and foster with disabilities. You already know I'm going with this. We have other underperforming groups. So I want to make sure that they're also continue to be

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part of the conversation in an elevated way, not just. Kind of captured wholesale per se. And so I want to continue to to ask you to do that. But

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this is a very good start and I'm looking forward to seeing some of that data. Thank you.

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Thank you. Doctor, eat this was quite good and very promising information. And I really like to see the are seeing seniors and higher graders reading my both my boys, very avid readers Sen. I

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tend stays with them all their life, right? Like so understanding and I think but the more detect we are using and life in general, on

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computers and in. >> The writing and reading kind of slows down after become a does actual on this? You and both love are you have

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a passion to read. So this is a great way to start that I just had a couple of question and the presentation this light 4, I saw the improvement

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very much in the great 7 grade 8. >> And then kind of the map, girl. goes a little bit down in. The higher grade. So we

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speak to that. Yes, ma'am. I believe that there's not. >> The same amount of require testing in the upper grades. But I'm going to phone a

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friend after have Dr for Eliminate that for us. >> Well, that's a great question. Thank Sticks first of all, just a couple things to know. One of the things that Dr did mention of the

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presentation is that we are seeing greater growth of the 8th grade because some of the students are transitioning into middle school from elementary school where they had the benefit the enhanced

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instructional practices. What we refer to as evidence-based literacy instruction and additional intervention supports and services. So that's one of the factors. The other factor is you'll notice there are different

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assessments that are used at the different grade levels and we do less frequent assessment is Dr. Read said for students and high school that the high

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school level we have really good diagnostic data on students as they come to us from middle school and were able to screen less frequently. So it's a different assessment. It's a different scale. And the

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students have not had this much of a benefit from some of elementary interventions and supports the middle school students have received. >> Thank you for then, senator

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on the site 5, those the the dread reducing gushing King read. You're saying and again on this slide to the great 11 has negative of 13 13%. I

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guess. >> So. >> If it's negative, 13% on the and other slide even going going should kind of cool relate. I just felt that was a little.

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>> Off. >> So these were the students at risk versus I think all students in the Green charts.

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>> I'm going to have Dr Presidio clarify that. But it's a perhaps a different slice of the the same dynamic. >> Well, I'm not going to

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clarify too much. I'm just going to read state with Dr. Read said so mathematically we're looking at the students and the red reducing the risk. Those are just students that were already demonstrating rest. So it's the percentage

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reduction of that out of the hole. So you're not going to be able to total that up with students in the green. >> And the green is small

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percentage of the hole. Okay. All right. >> And then this is date of to 2025 to into 2026. Pierre Stern and Russell RV like predicting this because we are

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not in 2026. Yet winter. >> Dr. Presidio: No, this these are results from the winter. This winter of 2026. As compared to last winter. So

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winter So yeah. >> Kind and are not yesterday at the SUV. That's right. Not school year. Yes, night. Got to tell you. So you but it's really promising to see that, you know, the great design.

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And also obviously we're seeing more students. >> Taking AP and IB you know, X 3 good courses course working CBS, right? Dust. And

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I think it's a lot to do with great instruction. So thank you for this. we continue to I see great things happening in our schools. Thank you so

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Thank you, Margin. Good evening. You know, is. >> Mr. Dannan: You can cause to to you and certain services team for the work getting here. I really appreciate the

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sentiment about being focused and relentless and pursue the strategy. And I've heard from a lot of teachers around professional development and have another conversation at some point to understand the for landscape. But what I do I've heard from a lot of

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educators. Is around, you know, can make a lot of things work. But the challenges, if you change it every year, it's a lot more difficult to do

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that. And you know, I appreciate again, you will be focused and strategic that's appreciated fighting the think that's a 10 th-grade a piece of are those 100%. That's a lot. Can't get better than

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that. I did a couple questions just for my own edification. So can you talk a bit about how the screeners and assessments mentioned are administered the bows and I ready at a on a computer. And

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then how frequent are they getting? >> Yes, so we can the we can describe that. So Dr Presidio. >> Another great question. And somewhat complicated system

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because there's a variance. Obviously the across the grade level. So if the middle school level we're administering the I ready assessment as a screening assessment, which

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basically is a computer administered assessment as more efficient that way and reduces teacher work times. Also more reliable and valid that way. And it allows us to identify students that might

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be at risk of demonstrating literacy needs for additional support. Then the assessment is administered and that is

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not computer. That to that has actual teacher direct instruction and assessment interactions with the students. And that's the diagnostic assessment. So we're using that to actually

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identify what particular needs to students that are at risk. Half. Are they final logical needs phonics needs? Are they more fluency needs? Are they more comprehension? Needs? And that allows us to develop

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reading plans to target instruction and intervention support to the actual needs of those individual students. That's similar process to what we use at the high school level that we use a different

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assessment tool there. We as the measure of academic progress or the map assessment high school. >> Mr. Dannan: And I recognize there's a growing body of

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research around the benefits of time. Digital instruction, materials versus paper-based not ask about instruction materials but testing that as we are you aware of any research around how students

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perform, whether it's a digital we administered exam or paper base exam. >> So all of the assessments that administer do have an

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evidence base behind them. So I mean, it's really going to carry on the particular assessment instrument that we're using. But the general field of education looks at screening assessments again,

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really to yield a smaller amount of students that we need to perform. The more teacher directed and focused diagnostic assessments with because that's where we're going to spend a lot of time,

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effort and energy to collect that information. These individual assessment sometimes can take 30 minutes or more per student. And we give them multiple times across the course of the school year because we want to

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actually track and monitor the progress. So systematically we do need a combination of tools that provide that efficiency paired with those tools that are going to give us that

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really instructional information. >> Mr. Dannan: You talk a little bit about the you mentioned the frequency of exams being administered. What's rationale behind the

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frequency of those and down? start with rational be handed. The frequency of can speak to Mister get the kids that they are. >> Yeah, again, it's going to depend on the particular assessment, but typically

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we're looking at quarterly assessments because we want to actually have sufficient information to make sure that students are making progress so that we can adjust, supports if necessary. But at the same time, you don't want

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to over assess because you want to have enough time between assessments to actually adjust instruction and have students be able to benefit from that instruction. So it's a general kind of rule of thumb. We're really talking

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about quarterly assessment. >> And Princeton to gas fit. I recognize we're talking about secondary education and we can is I secondary teachers have time to to, you know, look at

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those results for the time primary. group is that? I've heard that benchmark, for example, credit for the teachers have a regular cadence. For doing that is in

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adapting as needed. Can you speak to that a little bit? What that looks like? >> Dr. Presidio: So the system is really the same in terms of the diagnostic and screening assessments at the elementary

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just in terms of the cadence. But benchmark has another type of assessment that we look at, which is more content based assessments are curriculum based measures and those are

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based on the contents teachers are teaching is part of the curriculum. So there are different assessments and we have what we refer to as a balanced assessment framework.

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So we look at skills based assessments. Do you have actually in this case, obviously in literacy, do have the core reading skills that you need to have phonics, the coding skills, comprehension skills, fluency skills. But

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then you also need to mention master the content that's being taught we as curriculum based measures what's referred to curriculum based measures for that in an elementary, those are through our our curriculum. And then at the

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secondary level there Cerrar secondary curriculum which is hmh or solace depending on the grade level. >> Mr. Dannan: And the teachers need time to review those regular cadence, the especially again at Dome entry

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level or with what's the risk it exam is administered in teacher doesn't have sufficient time to review. >> Dr. Presidio: Well, then they're not going to have much ability to respond

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appropriately, right. So again, that's one of the reasons for using computer-based assessments is for efficiency purposes because then teachers don't have to score all of those assessments actually sort

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through all of the data. They just get the report in terms of, you know, being able to actually get it entire class view and an individual student view in terms of how students

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progressing on skills-based assessments. >> Appreciate it. And then lessons you mentioned about the prevent for 8th graders. We're off. I mean, first thought it was pretty impressive to talk about the

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the infant's. You've mentioned about that. Why that was so different. And I think, you know the answer, but it at that. It's very helpful. I think for folks to hear, like I mentioned the top and importance of being relentlessly focused. And I

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think something we know is going to work. >> Right. So I think it's time to pursue mentioned earlier, 8th graders 7th and 8th graders actually have the benefit of a little bit more

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work at the elementary that's been more recent work given, I think Mr. Frisch's when that work around literacy began the equitable access to literacy

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work in Fairfax County and the school board at the time actually, I think had great foresight in thinking about moving to explicit direct

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instruction even before the Commonwealth did. So I think, you know, we really appreciate that level of advocacy. those are back in the early days. I

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think Mr. Fish mention as mayor and was one of the early advocates and we have many community partners. I know both locally here in Fairfax and across the country that

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have really expected us to get back to some of those really core building block steps of an early literacy program. So I think we're gonna as we see

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this wave of students are current 8th graders moving next year, the high school or in Robinson's case of lease I having a secondary school where they stay on campus and

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we continue. We expect to continue to see that progress. And as we see our youngest learners coming through elementary, we really expect

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to see sort of that flywheel really catch an I mean, it'll be exciting to have really strong readers. I think as we

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move through and strong writers, really proud of the amount of reading and writing are for young people are doing. >> all started with the topic.

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Launched. Martin. >> I can't tell you how excited I am about This program. I think if you went back and watched previous meetings, I've ask you 2 or 3

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times about what happens to the kids in middle school and high school. And this is perfect response. And can't

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tell you how important it is to to support the students. Some of whom have started in fcps others to arrive on our shores from other places where

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men that they might it might not have gotten any formal education or their schooling might not as robust as what we provide here in Fairfax County. But I can tell you, my

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sister being an English teacher and having spent enormous time helping one student learn to read and then able that's to graduate from high school. What a tremendous

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difference and makes not just in the lives of that one student in the lives of their family provides access and opportunity, economic and otherwise as well as just allowing, you know,

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intellectual exploration of all the amazing things that can find your local public library. So. We would do our local public libraries. I just want to I don't have any questions, but I'm just so

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excited about this. And that and the day that you've provided, which shows concrete progress. And I hope that. At

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high school level that we can accelerate that progress a little bit, especially for all kids who didn't have the benefits of science of reading

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approach. We've implement the elementary level. But I I do hope is, is this intended to just be a transitional program or is this intended to be a permanent feature of fcps going forward, given that we

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do get influx of students from outside the the county of Seminole High School level. >> So great question, Mr. Down, I think one of the things that we need to be

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thoughtful about is that. The real work in the school division happens in the classroom. And so we want to make sure that that iterative processes there that we hear

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from our educators as you did this evening. What tools they finding helpful and what I'm hearing and I think with that rope or city owes hearing is

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that the materials we have? Recently providing English language development and

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Literacy tools of the Orton Gillingham work and support workers intervention work. But those are working. They are important. We want to make sure those part of our

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instruction moving forward. I think, well, we don't want to do is start and stop and stop. If we find something that's research based at its best practice than it needs to

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become part of our tool kit. And that's why we're all so so excited that our educator retention rates are so strong because it's really expensive to provide professional development, for example, for

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art and killing him or plan strategies or sign up strategies are learning new curriculum like our English language development curriculum. So for example,

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the budget passed this evening provides, you know, consistent collective bargaining support, which is going keep our educators here who've had the training who we've invested

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in. So I'm excited both about that professional development side as well as the resources. We have to keep those moving along parallel tracks. If we're going to continue to

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support students. >> I think that's such important point you know, my understanding historically is that Fcps says relied on a lot of young teachers given a lot

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of great training and then they'll elsewhere and if we invest teachers we do have to keep right. Because just attracting it's it's

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retaining. And it's that retention, which is the key to developing world-class workforce, which we have thankfully reducing reliance on influx of new teachers, even though we have very large

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school system relying more on people dedicate their careers, their lives to living in Fairfax County and benefiting from the quality of life and continuing invest their time and effort and love and their

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students is so important. Thank Thank you. This turn, can. >> Ms. St. John-Cunning: So I don't have a question. I just want to, first of all, commend

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the team for all the work they did to make this happen. The teacher stand on the ground. I think the video showed the excitement of the teachers which obviously transfers to

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the kids. The conversation we had today, doctor, talking about, you know, budget investments. And I think that even though we had budget shortfall last year. You focus

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on what matters and by focusing on what matters that we get these results. And I think that. Your work and and

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the staff and the teachers stand on the ground. Seen the results and our students are benefiting. So I just want to thank everyone for the work that they did because we know

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this is hard work. But when you see that kind of enthusiasm from teachers, you know that the kids are getting that and they're picking up on it. And the fact that at the

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leadership level, the foresight was like, yes, we've had budget cuts, but let's focus on what really matters. And I really appreciate that. That. Yes, we would love to do

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more. But if we can't, because we don't have enough them, let's just put it where it really matters. And this is a great example of that. So thank you. Thank you. Doctor.

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E. >> Agenda item 9 consent agenda. >> Ms. Anderson: Are adopted rules of parliamentary procedure. Robert's rules provide for a consent agenda, missing several items for

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approval by the board. By the board by a single motion. Many items listed have gone through board review and documentation has been provided board members and the public in advance items may be removed

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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 objection to approving the consent agenda? Hearing and

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seeing no objection. The consent agenda is approved. Agenda item 10 new business the following are new business items. There will not be a vote on these items this evening, but action is

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scheduled at a future meeting. Agenda item. 11 Committee reports calling Mr. McElveen for Fort of the Audit Committee. >> Thank you. We had a very

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quick audit meeting this past week. We discussed audit plan as usual. Welcome to our new member, Mr. Khan and to the committee. >> Ms. Meren: Icon, Mr. Fresh

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for Fort of the Admin Committee. We had a very long meeting. That's going to take me a long time to report killing. We finished 2 things. I'm grateful to committee

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members for their assistance. >> One a actually we finish one thing, 2 things I was right. The first thing we will be discussing soon as a board

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and it was a closed matter. And the second we approved a slate of standard operating procedures for the school board office at the border. Be taking a look at so very much

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appreciate colleagues willingness to engage in that work and look forward to our next meeting. >> Ms. Anderson: Economists, mayor and for part of the governance committee. The

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governance committees May 19th meeting ends it up with the committee sending 2 the full board, the calendar policy. We made tremendous headway and

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resolve the lot of questions that have been brought up in the work sessions. So it is listed tonight is new business and action for June. 11th there handful of topics for members will likely be

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bringing some amendments. So stay tuned for that. And I did just see the final version. So it should be if it's not up tonight, believe it is. And

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then we a little bit at the artificial intelligence, innovation and technology policy. There was version that the committee had produced and

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we share 2 versions from another member. But there was not abundance of time to discuss this. So the committee is looking at having an additional meeting. We did try to schedule to this May, people weren't available. So

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we just had this one, which for their last scheduled one. But we are looking to add another one to go through that. So to be continued about

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the upcoming meeting. And we also sent to the committee did send policy 60 to 20 on data security back to the superintendent for final review. Thomas Drake to new

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for for the comprehensive planning. A comprehensive development and planning Committee. Thank you. >> We met 2 days ago. It's a second meeting where new

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community members Hennessy that Haley provide invaluable feedback on policies were discussing. We move forward 3 policies and will be sent the full school board leasing the school facility site planning

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and development wireless telecom facilities. And on the one policy, will we be little bit more work? The environmental policy we decided to use a tool that's in the governor's manual where

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committees can actually appoint small working group. So we're gonna get some of this community expert at the table and work with staff to put some final tweaks on that environmental policy. Hope to come back in June for final approval.

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>> Agenda item 12 Superintendent matters that conduct or eat. Thank you. Madam Chair. >> Couple things just says a

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shout outs. I'm really proud of our communications team. And they received to add to Capital Emmy Award nominations, one for their

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girls, flag football, be a trailblazer. Get in the which was nominated in the content shorts category. And that's not shorts is in uniform. I believe that's right. Says in

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short film and we're really excited about that video captured. How are new program builds confidence. Teamwork, leadership and connection for our student athletes and the

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second one was for touching history, which was nominated in the historical cultural news category, featuring the ribbon cutting for Louise Archer Elementary Schools, renovation project in

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detailing some of the history involved. So big props to our communications team. Also want to give a shout out to her in the Middle School's very own Fannie Salazar, Lasky who was

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honored at the Herndon 40th annual mayor's volunteer appreciation Reception with the Distinguished Service Award and she received the special recognition for Mayor

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Kevin Love on for her outstanding community service as part of the Heroes among U.S. initiative. So congratulations, F**** and thank you to all of our family

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liaisons who work so hard to support our students every one of our schools across the county Mount Vernon High School has a lot to celebrate as well with our orchestra

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director there over to Rodriguez, who recently been selected as one of 202 Korda finalists for the 2027 Grammy Music Educator Award. And this

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award is presented. The are over. 2100 applications nationwide. So, sir, my finals will be announced in September and I don't know about the rest of you, but Mr. Rodriguez

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is definitely my odds. A favorite. We're really proud of him and all of the work they've done. And Madam Chair, I visited a number of schools signed number of musicals. We have so many talented young

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people. It's just those educators theater support staff. Just magic in near able to have our young people

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create just incredible work. I also loved visiting Edison Academy. I 3 young men recently who are state champions and they were

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sporting large medals, H-back Internet working and T-shirt designs. And so just really proud of our state champion

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students who really shown what's possible in our skilled trades as well. The last thing I just want to comment on, I was really pleased coach D***

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Adams Mister Tom Horne's Office for District Activities and Athletics invited me out to the first annual in a long time. Anyhow football coaches

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showcase at Robinson Secondary School, which was held by our Northern Virginia Coaches Association. And I was really proud to see our coaches working together. There were

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over 250 student athletes from all over our county and more than 40 of our coaches that put this program on 2 help students understand a little bit about what a combine might

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feel like and look like. And there are college coaches from all of the various collegiate levels on hand to actually evaluate the talent showcased. And it was just a tremendous

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opportunity for young student athletes and our coaches. It's really a highlight that evening. So Madam Chair, I as

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we approach graduation season, just want to encourage our graduates to be our staff and our families to extend one another. A little grace these

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times could be stressful as well as joyful. So I just look forward to celebrating with all of our seniors here in the coming Thank you. Thank you.

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Dr Reid agenda item 13 board matters next on the agenda is board matters are calling each school board member to speak. >> Ms. Anderson: And we're going to kick things off and Mr. Gannon. >> I just learned tonight, I

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guess it's random. Gets the start. How a change? Because I need help. I think I started my morning over Elementary

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School. Got to welcome their new principal, Kathy weight. And she. >> Mr. Dannan: She came very highly recommended. And I know the folks at more of it, you're gonna miss dearly, but she's going to great things are looking forward to working

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with their. So congrats to spread also last night I got to make a couple stops to check out the first at team in a school's garden party of my

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colleague, Mr. Moon and and he is smarter than I before I got there and he got to go and actually enjoy some of the food that the kids grew at the school. And if you've never been to earning, it meant

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recently. And therein in there in our gardens, they have chickens. They've got a whole bunch of vegetables and stuff that they're growing and penny there to box turtles that somehow made their way there and are just roaming free

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around the school, which is so cool. And I the tour guides we're to 8th grade students and they were so proud of the work and it was such a beautiful, great thing to see. And congrats to them. We also

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got to stop by the once a fire at time for the boundary discussion. I recognize it's it's an emotional topic. It's actually the very first thing took some PT data got a little

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bit too involved in this could school. And now I find myself in the school board. But the thing that kick that off was boundaries in our schools where we had concerns about boundaries changing. And so I do want to share something

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that we take very seriously you know, we are looking for the best solution is not going to be solution. That's perfect. But we are going to work very hard to hear from

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everybody and the no stone unturned gather that feedback and balance everything in and do we can to to make our schools. Better for our kids. pretty folks enjoying that.

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Congrats to the 26 CPS. Students won first place awards at the 2026. Virginia. Future Business leaders of America State Leadership Conference and to the more than 90 students who place in the top 4 and their event, Reddick students represented

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well on the list, special shout out to Sea in a way Robinson who was awarded my Greek Remy scholarship and hopes. Make stuff dates newsroom. I'm again in one hour. who was awarded the

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market Crumley Scholarship and menace. Pierre of Lake Braddock who received the Frank Manning Peel Scholarship. Congratulations. Also to the Braddock winners of the Hispanic Leadership Alliance scholarships, Broken

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Aguilar from a frantic and Katie, my Liz Campos from ISIS, Springfield, High SchoSo congrats to all and I share with this. If got a few seconds, we graduation season coming upon fresher, get I do want to know to

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graduates that. Advice to catcher to me when I was about that same age life is not about find yourself. It's about to decide who you want to be, what you want to do and

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you have the choice and graduations. A great time reflect on that. congrats to all good luck with your finals.

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>> everyone, it's been a very busy month May. And I appreciate the opportunity to meet many community members throughout the various community meeting doing held during this process. Thanks to

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everyone has taken time Dan Shay feedback, ask questions and voice concerns, especially and on the Skyview boundary. They're listening to all a few

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making sure that we take the right decision and vote on it. There's a lot of excitement about the new high school and I'm happy to share. The Skyview High School has office

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should mascot is the Aviator. the school colors that black and white and huge. Congratulations to on our future aviators. I got a

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chance to visit Crossville Elementary School and one of the highlight was visit date with visit was watching kindergarten student Potts pending in the introduction to color cord stem activity using

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small programmable robots, student enthusiastically explored are core. concept teamwork problem solving and interactive learning activities encourage full of

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creativity and critical thinking. They were you doing? doing a favor activity, by the way, that the robot is not a computer. And I also appreciate learning more about

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how crossman the men support the Fcps will turn of the graduate vision. I also visited kind pollen elementary school, Mike Lee as Sandy Anderson and was impressed by

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the engagement to the as of stored in the Quarry and immersion program. emotion program to classrooms event too.The streamer writing learning signs, including

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language, also writing in English. There were no computer sunsites. So we do have a great things happening in a classroom. We just need to go there and see

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congratulations to Sunday's stored in deep Titus, or a senior at Shanty high school at the V at the 2026. VSP Board of director Regional scholarship recipient for the

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the SBA northeastern region. Congratulation to the 2026 shock tank Technology challenge when they're making on and up and up. Maney from Chantilly. High School for hardening projects, age for

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held, which is dedicated to promoting cognitive Van Ness and reducing social isolation among seniors. And this is really a very good topic.

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Congratulations to de la Parra from Centerville High School with a certain air of the school board characters scholarship award. I met read aloud this morning told her

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about are the she won this award. And she was very excited to that the rash least a cadet good. Julie will receive the A F G R O t c

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candid leadership of ward for region for some region. 5, God you that. God. Duly all was also named the winner of this award for all region. 4.

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Congratulations to culinary arts student at BP. And I'm going to stop does was going on. Thank you so much. Missing John. Coming. So good evening,

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everyone. I am. >> Ms. St. John-Cunning: It has been a long month. They've been to plays. I've been openings ribbon cuttings meetings, boundary meetings, but I did prepare remarks for

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our last meeting. For Teacher Appreciation Week. And so I'm going to do that leave because I think that it's more important than hearing about all the things I've been to.

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>> when we talk about teacher appreciation, we often think of the academic milestones. The test scores for the graduation rates. >> Ms. St. John-Cunning: But as someone who has spent years in our schools and neighborhoods, I see something

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much deeper. I see the heart of community. Teachers. You are more than structures. You are the first responders to children's needs and the steady hands that guide them through an increasingly

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complex world. Every person can remember a teacher who impacted their life. I know that in Fairfax County, some teachers have actually saved lives. In Fairfax County. We

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pride ourselves on excellence, but excellence isn't just a curriculum. It's a connection. It's the teacher who notices a student is unusually quiet and

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pulls him aside to check in on them. It's the educator who spends their own time and resources to ensure every child regardless of their zip code or background has what

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they need to succeed. You don't just teach subjects. teach resilience. You teach empathy. You teach our children that they be and that their voices matter. But

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let me be clear appreciation. people within a week of snacks in the breakroom kind email real appreciation means advocating for you as professionals. It means

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ensuring you have the livable wages, the mental health support and the manageable workloads you So you can continue to pour into our kids without pouring from an empty

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cup. To our educators. Thank you for your patience, your brilliance and your unwavering belief in the potential of every student who walks through your choice. You are

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the architects of our future. I see you. I value and I am so incredibly grateful for you. And I know that every student that you touch is just as

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grateful for you as I am. But it's not Mr. McKinley. Thank you. So for the past.

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>> We our community noted to to pass things folks that are very close to this board and our entire community. So Ryan

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Payne, who's been a prolific worker in the baseball community for many years and friend to many of us on the Athletic Council passed and then it will be honoring him in the next week or so.

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Yesterday we learned of the passing of Doug Martin, who was the longtime band director at mainly also touching educators around the county as

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well as We'll miss both of them. And will highlight that. We are coming into camp the season. Very much looking forward to that. Its new venue this year over the past few

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weeks like Doctor Eden, me, my colleagues have been able to get to number musicals has able to seek recent Langley, Anastasia, it T J 95 at South

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Lakes with several colleagues. Anything goes at open Midsummer Night's Dream at Annandale and something Rotten at Fairfax and they were all fabulous and look forward to seeing that. The students

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honored. And most importantly, I wish Mr. Men, best of luck. As we embark on our graduation

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competition this year. >> Good evening. I'm and head. I'm looking forward to March to a new event, an urban to its the geography Bee Marshall High School bringing a special

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guest. My husband, who is a geographer. So underneath that counts is date in high school. But that will be the most we've seen each other in days anyway. So I'm looking forward

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on the graduations trying stay physically healthy during that and yeah, just wishing everyone a great end of the school year where, you know, things can get a little hectic in the kids can get very excited. So thank you to our

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principals and teachers who are holding down the fort Bring us all home for the school year. Thank you. Marked in

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>> Thank you. This morning this afternoon, rather, I toured all entry inland left. The principal came in goodie bag in it were to moon pies high and there. And it hit

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Buzz Aldrin as a connoisseur of dad jokes. I love this. But that's in addition to tourism Mosaic, you know, crossfield

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ribbon cuttings and step towards and the FOX will not story all over the place these few. few weeks on a another

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note that Mister McElveen mentioned, I did want to pause for a moment to remember the life of Rob You know, Rob was a Langley high school graduates MS entire adult life getting back to the community

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that shaped him. He coached at Westfield the baseball team. They're winning a regional championship and finishing second in the state of his final season. And then he retired in 2023, however, in

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2024, when the Langley Baseball coach job came open, he took him out of retirement and took it saying. It was the only job he would consider taking his impact went far

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beyond any one school. He serves executive direction where travel, baseball league. Sure. The Fairfax County Baseball Council served on the board of the American Baseball Coaches Association,

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Representative Baseball on the Athletic Council. His impact a baseball and the sports community and Northern Virginia in Fairfax County cannot be over. Emphasized EU sports are always viewed you.

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Sports has always been that the kids first and the school board. Second and for thousands of young people who learned the game and something more about character, his watchers lasting legacies. So I would hope like my colleagues will join me

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tonight. It's going to our fault and prayers too. His family, the Westfield in Langley Communities. And in Order for Jimmy of a small community. Mr. Fresh. Thank

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Thank you, Mr. McElveen for mentioning Langley's production of Grease. Little known fact the last time Langley had a production of Grease 30 years ago. And it.

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Resulted in a cappy award nominee for the very first Kathy Awards 31 years ago. >> And that person is Evan, my

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Speaking of theater. The last time I was in this room was between this meeting and the last meeting and there was a yellow brick road going up the

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aisle there. And let me tell you. How talented our middle school theater students are it had everything you could possibly think of in

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production of the Wizard of Oz, Mr. Moon and I were there together. There was a marionette. like Toto. Thank you. I'm either going make a

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card I didn't know a character from The Wizard of Oz there was a marionette toto and these the student. I don't I

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puppeteer was insanely talented the acting was fantastic mistakes. He did a great job with the students who are helping with the set and with the production as well as the actors. She always

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does. It is if you've never been to a production you know, this room host, a lot of very talented students. In addition to the school board meetings. And it's just one more. One

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more reason why our middle school theater programs are so important. In addition this month recently, I had an opportunity to celebrate our union educators and staff at

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the Nova Labor, tribute to labor dinner. I attended the VSP a regional meeting where I saw one of our students when the $5,000 scholarship, which was exciting as well as one of

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our middle schoolers when the our contest also attended a boundary meeting with Dr. Anderson for the Graham Graham, Green, the Graham Road

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Elementary school boundary, specifically the Kings, the Commons greenway down Jefferson Village City Park Homes, communities visit the old Oaken schoolhouse and was

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delighted to have a historical presentation from a gold up and comer for from Edison High School. And meant a former

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supervisor, Linda Smith, along the way and a I think I will leave it there other than to say we have more community meetings coming up around the boundary conversations. I'm

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looking forward to those and connecting with and I'd like to for I knew that already encourage people to apply for Congressman James Walk

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interests first youth Leadership Council. It's a program for students in grades 9 to 12 for who live in Virginia's 11th Congressional district to help them build

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leadership, civic engagement skills, discuss community issues as well. It is a perfect bookend to our our ending school board student leadership program. So I hope

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the students have been joining us this past year. We'll take part in that as well to further grow their leadership skills. And I will leave it there. Thank you. Dr.

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Anderson. >> Dr. Anderson: Thank you. Miss fresh stole my thunder. I even had a picture of yellow brick road. It was really, really cute. And the dog that

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was this amazing, awesome. But I do want to start to by publicly for the first time saying congratulations to our new chief of schools making broman and also saying thank

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you to Dr Ponce for his service, even though I'm sure we'll have another opportunity. Also would like to welcome newest regional assistant superintendent for

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region 6 months trying to she will be supporting added a high school and the Mason District. Earlier this week, Mr. Mckelvie and I had the opportunity to hear from some very passionate falls church

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high school students as well as Mason residents who we're speaking about their advocacy for solar energy and they really were in arrested in terms of the boys continued

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commitment to that work there and rested and the progress to date and what the obstacles are and what they can do to be helpful and that when it was shared that we've had some

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delays in terms of losing certain grants this year from the federal government that have helped with our electric buses. So that was very informative. Also attended a

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number of shows from the play here to Midsummer Night's Dream at a high school. The and Adele Pyramid art show Beetlejuice at Glasgow Wizard

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of Oz. The Global Action showcase at Lake Braddock and which Mr. being was a speaker, which was wonderful to see all of all of the great things

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that all students are doing. As well as the boundary community meetings for Falls Church with missed the fresh. If CBS Retirement Ceremony at T J Lot has happened.

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>> As well as Bryant High School, I attended the >> Dr. Anderson: teacher Appreciation breakfast and I want to pause here to share

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that. Was not it was not cognizant to me that we have some schools that do not have PTA and therefore are not able to really support the teachers

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during these appreciation weeks. And Bryant is one of them and had it not been for someone else raising that to my attention. It's not something that came to mind at all. So I just want to kind of

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put a plug and to all of our consciousness because we do have a number of schools that don't have your traditional p tas. And so they are left out of the celebrations. And if

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there's a way to fill that gap, I'd like for us to be considered to be considerate of that. So I was very excited for Delta Sigma Theta sorority incorporated for coming

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forward and filling the gap for bride high school last week during teacher Appreciation Week. And thank you, too. Former assistant principal there, Marilyn Moore, who spearheaded that

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entire effort. I do want to share that. I had 2 opportunities very not. And on that note at Justice High School where I was interviewed by the students for the

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verdict who were roof. Listen, they're questioning there were no softballs. So I'm looking forward to that article as well as I had the opportunity to present to the theory

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theory of knowledge class with Missus Gunther. She invited me to speak and students had questions about all types of principles that are related to that, your knowledge. But as

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related to with what governance, approach to budget just essentially all of the decision-making that goes into the work of a school board member. So thank you, Missus, Gunther and I look forward to

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the article from the verdict. Everyone have a good night Marmon. >> Mr. Moon: Thank you. just as we have to get your crews need. And then I'm gonna make short and something that has

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not nation ease. Having tonight. And the for Jackson was you what I saw. are I and was suspending those showcase at Fairfax High School fix

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economy. You know, one of the things I too well. Or I'm going to can see. So that is why I love watching on And

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students at the accounting revisiting the attendance different types that site. Very, much. Enjoy it. Should You know, my district school

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member. So I'm gonna give you tip. If you follow me You get in single Because I'm Peggy

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real day, Good you could do fresh the years from schools are not going to be. I only

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have a 25 I can. And then I don't know how many you have if you have a blood. And 25 you let me know so that I can schedule more. Ms. Lady.

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>> Thank I want to offer congratulations to the announcement of this election, Mr. Trevor Williams as the next principle of Herndon, Middle school, Mr. Williams is an experienced educational leader with a decade of

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service and education with principal experience of both the middle and middle school and an elementary school levels guided by the belief in always doing what is best for kids. He is known for student

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Center leadership commitment, instructional excellence and success in school transformations. He will begin on my birthday June 10. So I will visit Herndon, middle hopefully that day to welcome

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him. Also have been busy. I won't repeat a lot of the things my colleagues have mention, but I have also enjoyed seeing the culmination

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of the yearlong work White House schools. It was exciting to watch that work. the include inclusion work that

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showcase was fantastic. Want to offer congratulations to Gigi Fernandez for representing Dranesville the student Leadership Development program. They had a fantastic

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mark work session a few nights ago. Stu Leadership Development program has been an inspiring example of what happens when young people are empowered to leave with purpose and vision also had a

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great conversation when McClain says association want to thank Doctor Reed and Mr. Gordon chief of facilities for joining me and that conversation. And

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congratulations to Dranesville winners of the international science. Ensuring fair, I will put your names and your projects in my newsletter and then just you know,

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congratulations actually not a crash. Lisa appreciation for what we are about to embark on Memorial Day. Very proud of the fact both my my brother and my father served in the

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Army I'm just grateful to live in a free country and thankful to the men and women who continue to fight for free and make that happen. Said wishing

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everybody a wonderful mardy weekend. For those who celebrate wish you and your family a blessing and joyous feet out a half. Thank you.

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>> Last week I sent a message to the board with 2 drafts of 2 policies with drops of 2 policies that were my personal policy. Thoughts related to the use of educational technologies in our division. Those first drafts are

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included in the recent governing committee agenda, which I the community, the wrong impression because this effort has followed a different path than our usual model or models that we've

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used in the past we haven't had exactly the same structured opportunities for individual board members to contribute their thinking through this process. Attending those governance

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meetings has been a priority for me, but it isn't always possible to be there at everyone. And there isn't always a natural opening to contribute meaningful in that format. And when I did send the draft's, I want I want to

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be clear that those were just my initial thoughts. Somehow it seems that I've been painted as the pro tech few point for board. And I can I actually understand why that's happened. Well, I was in

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academia. My scholarly focus was computers and writing. And I've always been extremely interest interested in the intersection of technology and education and honestly, a virus still in the classroom. I would be loving all the ways

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that I could use AI to help students improve their critical thinking skills by being critical of the tool. And he's a lifelong learner. I am thrilled to be learning as much so much of myself. But

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those were college students and I'm an adult. Even with those college students, I consistently considered every assignment and we the goal of technology in my classroom. I made sure we had tech free zones and we put away the

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computers a lot. Even when I taught and computer labs, I have no doubt that our teachers and doing the same things in our classrooms. As a parent, I have the same concerns that many of you do about the role technology

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plays in the lives of my children and how to simultaneously ensure that they are ready for the possible the possible world that they are going to encounter outside the walls of our schools. That is all to

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say. I want to reiterate to the community members who reached out that I understand your concerns. My initial thoughts. eager to work. We view along with my colleagues to continue working on those

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ideas to start that progress process. I will be having a technology town hall on June 4th were I hope to gather a plethora voices to share their thoughts. So please look for an upcoming invitation for

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more information on how to join me. And with that, the

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board will be recessed at 10.

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45 to head back to closed.

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