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update uh good evening uh tonight uh we

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have Eric velt from velt Construction

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Services who uh has prepared a

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presentation on the status of major s

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where we're at uh where we've been where

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well to talk about uh briefly key

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analytics as our bond tracking software

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program uh moving forward so with that I

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screen there we go thank you uh good

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evening board good evening uh staff

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superintendent and public I thank you

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for the introduction Rick um I

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appreciate that so we're going to run

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going to see here here at uh Redwood um

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what progress we've made since we've

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last meet the bond Financial uh system

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educating our community Through The

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Master planning process and the next

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steps we can go to the next slide

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please awesome so my name as I stated

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I'm the vice president of velt

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Construction Services um our firm has

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management almost exclusively for K12

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team as we get more construction

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projects going the team will e and flow

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so since we've last met we put in some

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other members of the district um we had

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our a kickoff meeting for the bond where

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plans for how we're going to kick the

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bond off and get projects moving um

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we're having bi-weekly meetings um where

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we're reviewing with the team mainly uh

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discussing all of these items as well um

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additionally uh we reviewed the finan

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system which we'll be presenting tonight

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as well and we talked about quick start

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projects um we are currently walking all

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the sites in your District looking at

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Energy Efficiency projects related to

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lighting with Martin and his team um as

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potentially one of the quick start

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projects we've also issued an RFP um we

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received over 23 uh responses to that

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RFP uh from architectural firms around

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the state and um we've narrowed that

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down and at the next board meeting you

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will see the pool for those Architects

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uh coming to coming in front of you for

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approval we also have had a procedures

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workshop with Rick and his team where

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we've talked about different Bond

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procedures to make sure that we stay on

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track and make sure that we stay uh in

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line with current laws and regul

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regulations related to the bond program

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reviews with Martin and his team where

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we've reviewed the good work that been

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done with T already and what the status

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of the current campuses are and then

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our First Citizens Bond oversight

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committee meeting um where we met with

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the committee there and discuss

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processes going forward for measure s

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slide so I'm going to talk a little bit

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about the financial system and process

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the selection of the financial software

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um that we are presenting to the board

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for approval tonight is Keystone systems

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um that Financial software is a it's a

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robust piece of software that manages

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Bond programs um that that helps manage

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the financial side of bond programs also

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the document control and workflow

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systems um so not only will this manage

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the finance and and the key thing one of

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the key things about key analytics um

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which is the product that Keystone makes

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that they do extremely well is their

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integration with your existing Financial

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Software System so your financial

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Software System um Financial 2000 right

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now it does not necessarily provide all

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the information that you need in a

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construction or a bond program

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environment so what this system does is

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it integrates that with that and it

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pulls the information from that and

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translate it translates it into this

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multi-year Bond program and allows us to

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see that track provide different

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reporting mechanisms and also the

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biggest thing is it's a risk reduction

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um for the team and for the district

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because making this automated reduces

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risk of double input data entry all

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those things that happen when you work

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off spreadsheets that are tough when you

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have a bond of this size if you were to

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if you were to do something manually

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like that you would have issues the

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software is it also has some great

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workflow uh workflow pieces where we can

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can put in different documents do

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approvals through the software it will

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house all the documents for your bond

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program so when audit time comes around

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we'll have them all easily accessible

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for the auditor um also when we go for

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State funding money um and we need to

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submit financials and backgrounds for

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all of those projects it'll also house

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all that information we'll also be able

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to do cash flow projections to know when

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the next sale of bonds is going to be

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required and when we as a team are going

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to start initiating that

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process um that those were the key

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factors in the selection of Keystone um

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they have there's several different

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softwares out there that that do this

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has the automated process that doesn't

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require the double input that was one of

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the big selling points to uh to the

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group that reviewed the different

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options um that risk reduction piece is

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is really huge for the group um they

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also do a at the end of each month they

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do Recon ilation process too and that

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that's another key piece yes that that

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does reduce risk to do do it automated

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data when it transfers from program to

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program so Keystone they go through it

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manually their firm does line item by

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line item and confirms that the data

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transferred over com properly and

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completely so that's really a really

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important piece for compliance related

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to the Audits and our state funding

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submissions when that time comes

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um so the next piece is we're going to

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we're going to talk about where we're

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going so really a lot of the talk over

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the next month is going to be about

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Community engagement um we're bringing

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the firm the the uh the firms for the

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architecture pool to you at the next

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board meeting for approval from that

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pool we'll be also selecting a architect

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to perform the master plan um update

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your uh your district has not had a

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that that interval um because things

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change with your facilities things

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change with not only your facilities but

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things change with laws um and

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regulations so when those laws and

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regulations come sometimes your master

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plan process needs sometimes your

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facilities needs to morph with those

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regulations sometimes the changes in

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your facilities require different

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facilities projects so part of that this

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is going to be a huge effort over the ne

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the coming months to get out and engage

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the community engage the staff make sure

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that everybody's voice is heard so we

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can develop a facilities master plan

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that is helpful to the district um in in

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uh e executing their educational process

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what we've done at other districts and

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about the projects that were performing

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meetings that we're holding where we're

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doing presentations on it and that is

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actually a master planning process where

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we engaged uh Community public staff

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students even to get input from all of

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those staff members and what we really

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let Data Drive the decisions we can go

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staff we can go get it from

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administrators we can go get it from

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anybody in the community and then we'll

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have data to help provide

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decision-making processes for the

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board um and also we're we're going to

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will you will see some consistent

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messaging and some active out Outreach

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so what that means is we want to stay on

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task as a team and make sure that that

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messaging for the master plan is

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consistent throughout the entire uh the

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entire district one of the things that

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always causes problems is school X

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School y they hear different things in

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their meeting then we got then we create

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some kind of panic and some differ of

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opinions we want to make sure

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everybody's hearing the same thing and

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that's why in that previous side when

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you saw those different communication

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tools that we're going to use we're

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going to Blitz people with communication

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we're going to let people know what

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we're doing where we're at at all times

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be available to talk through this

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process with our architectural

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Partners next slide

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rck again these are just some examples

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of the the community engagement you'll

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see even when we get into the

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construction process we'll also be

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engaging with the community you'll see

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in the bottom left and in the upper

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right those are some examples of some

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implementation plans and what an

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implementation plan is undoubtedly when

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we do the master plan there will be more

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needs in the district than there will be

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money available in the bond that's that

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every school district in the state of

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California has that problem but we will

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then take the master plan and develop

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what's called an implementation plan and

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we will use the implementation plan to

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prioritize

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the projects in the master plan to the

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funding that is available with the bond

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measure go the next slide Rick thank you

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so next steps um like I said tonight

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we're asking for approval of the

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financial system for the bond program

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and there's also without diving too deep

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into an agenda item that you guys have

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had in front of you but there were some

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pretty significant discounts of about

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$40,000 that we were able to work work

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with the team and negotiate

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throughout the life of this software

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package so we were asking for approval

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of that tonight and that will allow us

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to start the foundation for the

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financial recordkeeping for the bond

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program at the May 8th board meeting we

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will bring forward the pool of

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Architects and we will also bring

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forward the proposal for the master plan

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um for The Architects to um uh perform

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the master plan and alongside with our

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team um we're also working with the

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citizens Bond oversight committee one of

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the items that they asked us in the

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first meeting that we attended was to

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bring some best P best practices from

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other districts that we work in forward

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to the team so we will be doing that and

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then we're going to do some summer uh

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summer we've got the summer that's going

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to come up it's going to be big so we

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will be doing Master planning all

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through the summer and then engaging

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that Comm engaging the community that

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way and before the summer because we'll

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get a little bit in prior to the summer

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ending and then we'll also be executing

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any quick started projects that the

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board approves as we continue working

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with Martin and

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Rick next

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slide so with that I know I gave a lot

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of questions in a short amount of time

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but I was trying to be concise for you

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um and if you have any questions please

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feel

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free thanks Eric for coming tonight and

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also for you're you and your team being

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at the bond oversight committee uh

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meeting that was really really

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informative there um

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so yeah just on the accounting program

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since that's the one that we're the

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financial System since that's the one

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we're actually looking to approve Rick

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you were involved in the selection

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process for this can you just like how

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how is it an upgrade from accountability

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and maybe what's the um how does it

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compare in cost and functionality I

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guess yeah yeah cost uh roughly probably

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the same over the period of time uh

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maybe a little less expensive uh

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compared to the last couple of contracts

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with accountability uh really and Eric

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touched on it there's a lot of Double

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Entry between accountability and then

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our own system where our financial

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system now will continue to be the

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authority uh funneling data into uh key

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analytics for um slicing and dicing and

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being able to provide uh accurate uh

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information for what we'll need on the

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district and and bond program side as

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well as what goes to the cboc and to uh

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the Board of Trustees

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uh another thing uh with accountability

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is it was uh for lack of a better ter it

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was very archaic it was an old system

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built on uh Excel 97 I believe and then

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just on top on top on top on top uh and

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it wasn't fully integrated with other

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platforms um Dr Baker can certainly

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attest to getting emails with uh you

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know five to 40 attachments for

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Signature because there was no automated

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process

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um and the reason why I know he got

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those because I got them as well um and

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having to go through that where we can

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uh facilitate a different way of doing

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business in order to streamline process

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and procedure uh and key analytics uh

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will allow us to do that uh right now uh

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it doesn't talk as well as we would like

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it to with financial

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2000 um the others certainly didn't talk

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at all with it uh the county as you may

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or may not know sicilly you probably

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know is moving to um Escape or the

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Frontline Erp Solution on July 1 125

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where this product will integrate even

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more with that uh in a more automated

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fashion than we can do now so we're

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really looking at this as a key tracking

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component of the bond program but also

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trying to alleviate some of the strain

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on different departments within the

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district who have had to manually enter

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uh and reconcile through uh the other

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system yeah that's really helpful um

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just to have that frame of reference of

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like is this a fair contract price and

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things like that is great cool great

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thanks I'm really looking forward Eric

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to uh working with Van pal and seeing

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the community engagement and sort of the

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facility master plan being Revisited and

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and getting these construction projects

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underway

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thanks hello Eric thank you for being

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here how you doing um yeah thanks for

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the additional information on key

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analytics and I would say also I mean

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you sort of said this but it's worth

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saying again it sounds like there'll be

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a lot of cost savings just from our

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staff right and then they can be using

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that time on higher priority items so

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that's awesome because you know looking

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for those wins um I did have a question

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have have Eric have you used the key

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analytics or the you were calling it

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Keystone and you're calling it key and

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it's

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keyan yeah okay the name Chang

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you actually used the system yes ma'am

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we're using it I believe we're in 28

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districts right now and I believe we're

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using it in nine of our 28 districts so

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we we and members of the actual team

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that are working at Redwood uh do have

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experience with the software and we uh

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it's it's one of the top ones that we

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like to use in around for exactly the

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reasons that Rick and I said great great

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thank you and then um my other kind of

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comments are around the facility master

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plan it sounds s like a great process

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it's kind of similar to what we

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did I was trying to remember what year

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that was was it 2013

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2014 because we did a we did a very big

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facility but it even sounds like you

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have more Community involvement which is

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great I really feel like particularly

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the neighbors around our school sites

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they have a lot to say about what's

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going on there so I think it is

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important to get the community input not

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just the parents and students and staff

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which is also really important so that's

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great anyway I really like the way you

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talked about and I agree I think it's

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time to fully update it because we kind

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of did a minor update five years ago we

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certainly did you know a look at it

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prior to going forward with the bond but

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it's time to sort of do more details

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particularly with all the new you know

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everything going on so absolutely so

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that'll be money well spent I think and

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time will spent I did have a question

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just about do you have an completion

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time frame you have a start time frame I

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think in the or working through the

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summer but so uh when we come to you

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with the uh proposal from the architect

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it's one of the things we work hand in

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hand with the architect in okay so I I I

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hesitate to give you an exact date right

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here um until we've been able to work

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with them and chat with them and put

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together a schedule but we will

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definitely bring that with the item that

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we bring for their selection at the next

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board item Bo board meeting excuse me

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great and then my only other comment is

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on quick start projects I'm curious if

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um you know a couple of our schools got

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some outdoor classrooms right towards

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the end because we had the reserve money

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and then of course some of our schools

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got the bigger nice outdoor

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amphitheaters and other things through

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the LA last spa measure so I only bring

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that up if there's opportunities for

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some of these smaller outdoor classrooms

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that may be good right for quick starts

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because I the big issue of course is the

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uh California DSA D yeah DSA yeah DSA um

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and so you know anything that's physical

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that's just going to take a longer time

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we know that so because you have to get

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all these approvals so anyway I just

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bring that up I don't know if there's

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some things like you know whether it's

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the foundation for the gardens or the

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outdoor classrooms or things like that

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okay we will take a look at those thank

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you ma' yeah sure a little bit of a

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random question but I noticed that the

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contract is with c financial investment

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Incorporated uh which is DBA key

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analytics and I could find precious

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little online about c financial

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investment Incorporated um could you

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tell me a little bit more about the

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entity that's behind key

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analytics I cannot I mean I can tell you

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that I've worked with key analytics and

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Keystone the product for for a while but

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the c financial cor I did know that they

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that was their their name but I do not

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know too much more about them I I I

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could not give you any any great

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information about them Rick can yeah I

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was gonna say Rick Rick probably can

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yeah and just so I I have worked with

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key analytics

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previously uh although some of the some

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of the stuff they have now was not

554
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available when I worked with them

555
00:21:20,400 --> 00:21:25,480
especially the document management and

556
00:21:22,080 --> 00:21:29,080
the automation so that's new uh that I'm

557
00:21:25,480 --> 00:21:31,720
eager to use with them uh c financial is

558
00:21:29,080 --> 00:21:34,120
California Financial Services uh that

559
00:21:31,720 --> 00:21:38,000
does uh a lot of bond

560
00:21:34,120 --> 00:21:41,159
consultation uh and Municipal M

561
00:21:38,000 --> 00:21:43,000
Municipal work and they're based out of

562
00:21:41,159 --> 00:21:45,039
Northern California it's part of the

563
00:21:43,000 --> 00:21:46,400
reason why I ask is just like if I I

564
00:21:45,039 --> 00:21:47,960
could imagine if we get like halfway

565
00:21:46,400 --> 00:21:49,640
through this program and then the vendor

566
00:21:47,960 --> 00:21:50,840
evaporates in a puff of smoke like that

567
00:21:49,640 --> 00:21:52,799
could leave us in a very awkward

568
00:21:50,840 --> 00:21:55,080
position so do we have any like

569
00:21:52,799 --> 00:21:58,039
assurances are there escrow procedures

570
00:21:55,080 --> 00:21:59,559
like if they go if they were to go under

571
00:21:58,039 --> 00:22:02,039
that we have some way of going forward

572
00:21:59,559 --> 00:22:04,279
and just don't end up holding the bag in

573
00:22:02,039 --> 00:22:07,039
terms of just the financial software

574
00:22:04,279 --> 00:22:09,520
yeah that's right uh no I think uh I

575
00:22:07,039 --> 00:22:11,039
think California Financial Services uh I

576
00:22:09,520 --> 00:22:16,200
think they've been around since the late

577
00:22:11,039 --> 00:22:19,000
70s yeah um and certainly uh knowing the

578
00:22:16,200 --> 00:22:21,080
company I know them somewhat not uh

579
00:22:19,000 --> 00:22:22,400
extensively uh I don't think they'd

580
00:22:21,080 --> 00:22:24,760
leave us hanging

581
00:22:22,400 --> 00:22:27,000
if they they they've been around this is

582
00:22:24,760 --> 00:22:28,320
not like some random it's not a random

583
00:22:27,000 --> 00:22:29,520
okay great I was just curious because I

584
00:22:28,320 --> 00:22:31,159
was looking at the corporate entity I

585
00:22:29,520 --> 00:22:33,320
could find so little so appreciate that

586
00:22:31,159 --> 00:22:33,320
thank

587
00:22:34,159 --> 00:22:37,960
you cilia did you have any comments or

588
00:22:36,720 --> 00:22:40,440
questions I don't have any questions

589
00:22:37,960 --> 00:22:43,159
just a comment um same as Mike and and

590
00:22:40,440 --> 00:22:45,400
Alysa mentioned um communication is a

591
00:22:43,159 --> 00:22:47,159
big thing so I do really uh feel

592
00:22:45,400 --> 00:22:49,480
confident that you guys are do you know

593
00:22:47,159 --> 00:22:51,039
starting with the right foot so I really

594
00:22:49,480 --> 00:22:54,080
appreciate it so looking forward to

595
00:22:51,039 --> 00:22:56,440
doing business with you thank you man

596
00:22:54,080 --> 00:22:57,720
thank you for being here Eric um I think

597
00:22:56,440 --> 00:22:58,960
I mean we talking about the software

598
00:22:57,720 --> 00:23:00,559
alone it's

599
00:22:58,960 --> 00:23:02,679
thank you for the information on it it

600
00:23:00,559 --> 00:23:05,039
sounds like it's the same price or

601
00:23:02,679 --> 00:23:07,320
cheaper it's modernized it's timesaving

602
00:23:05,039 --> 00:23:10,080
for the staff so it's like a no-brainer

603
00:23:07,320 --> 00:23:12,039
um and I appreciate the the work on that

604
00:23:10,080 --> 00:23:13,279
um regarding the facilities Master Plan

605
00:23:12,039 --> 00:23:14,520
Eric you were talking about some of the

606
00:23:13,279 --> 00:23:17,080
things that have changed over time and

607
00:23:14,520 --> 00:23:19,960
you talked about laws and whatnot you

608
00:23:17,080 --> 00:23:22,240
didn't mention climate um and I that's a

609
00:23:19,960 --> 00:23:24,600
huge one from when the facilities master

610
00:23:22,240 --> 00:23:25,960
plan was done in 2014 I wasn't on the

611
00:23:24,600 --> 00:23:27,720
board at the time but I was a parent and

612
00:23:25,960 --> 00:23:30,360
I did go to those meetings and I know

613
00:23:27,720 --> 00:23:32,559
safety was number one every parent said

614
00:23:30,360 --> 00:23:34,960
we want Gates around our schools we want

615
00:23:32,559 --> 00:23:38,520
locks on the doors that lock from the

616
00:23:34,960 --> 00:23:40,120
inside that was the whole Focus climate

617
00:23:38,520 --> 00:23:41,960
wasn't really talked about at all and I

618
00:23:40,120 --> 00:23:43,360
know that that's a huge issue now for

619
00:23:41,960 --> 00:23:46,360
parents and so that's going to come up a

620
00:23:43,360 --> 00:23:49,559
lot absolutely especially in this region

621
00:23:46,360 --> 00:23:51,679
um we've we had there was this uh this

622
00:23:49,559 --> 00:23:53,400
saying warm safe and dry that's that's

623
00:23:51,679 --> 00:23:55,279
the first thing that we want it's now

624
00:23:53,400 --> 00:23:56,760
changed to cool warm safe and dry

625
00:23:55,279 --> 00:23:58,520
because of the times that we live in

626
00:23:56,760 --> 00:24:00,080
right now so I absolutely agree with

627
00:23:58,520 --> 00:24:01,600
with you and and that we'll make sure

628
00:24:00,080 --> 00:24:04,919
that that's part of the discussion

629
00:24:01,600 --> 00:24:06,640
whenever we meet yeah um go ahead you

630
00:24:04,919 --> 00:24:07,840
know just real quick on that I don't

631
00:24:06,640 --> 00:24:10,840
know if you want to speak to it because

632
00:24:07,840 --> 00:24:13,600
I know it's something that parents and

633
00:24:10,840 --> 00:24:15,840
students and teachers well all our staff

634
00:24:13,600 --> 00:24:16,919
have gotten to us about cooling because

635
00:24:15,840 --> 00:24:18,400
you know we are going to come up to the

636
00:24:16,919 --> 00:24:20,840
hotter time frame and I think we had

637
00:24:18,400 --> 00:24:23,279
hoped to do some more quick start around

638
00:24:20,840 --> 00:24:25,039
that but I think in talking to you it

639
00:24:23,279 --> 00:24:26,039
may not happen as quickly as we want so

640
00:24:25,039 --> 00:24:28,000
I don't know if you want to speak to

641
00:24:26,039 --> 00:24:29,600
that because I'm sure the public will be

642
00:24:28,000 --> 00:24:32,640
interested particularly the people in

643
00:24:29,600 --> 00:24:34,399
the classrooms because come May we're

644
00:24:32,640 --> 00:24:36,080
going to be hearing from everybody and

645
00:24:34,399 --> 00:24:37,919
and we had hoped to maybe have done

646
00:24:36,080 --> 00:24:39,360
something by now but I know it was more

647
00:24:37,919 --> 00:24:40,559
complicated than we thought it it

648
00:24:39,360 --> 00:24:42,960
definitely is and you touched a little

649
00:24:40,559 --> 00:24:44,960
bit on it with the DSA portion yeah

650
00:24:42,960 --> 00:24:46,200
adding cooling to class rooms into

651
00:24:44,960 --> 00:24:48,240
buildings throughout your district is

652
00:24:46,200 --> 00:24:50,440
going to require DSA approval and that

653
00:24:48,240 --> 00:24:52,360
that is a process so that is a process

654
00:24:50,440 --> 00:24:54,399
that um that's kind of what prevents you

655
00:24:52,360 --> 00:24:56,320
from doing that really quickly and and

656
00:24:54,399 --> 00:24:57,840
getting that out in front but like I

657
00:24:56,320 --> 00:25:00,240
said it's this isn't the end of the

658
00:24:57,840 --> 00:25:01,720
Quick Start discussion the master plan I

659
00:25:00,240 --> 00:25:03,760
I told you I didn't have a hard time

660
00:25:01,720 --> 00:25:05,919
frame but it's going to take months but

661
00:25:03,760 --> 00:25:07,480
as we discuss it there's going to be

662
00:25:05,919 --> 00:25:09,440
these ideas that cultivate their way to

663
00:25:07,480 --> 00:25:11,039
the top of the list and it's just like

664
00:25:09,440 --> 00:25:12,279
there's going to be ideas like cooling

665
00:25:11,039 --> 00:25:13,360
that are going to be like that's

666
00:25:12,279 --> 00:25:15,480
definitely going to be a part of this

667
00:25:13,360 --> 00:25:16,760
Bond program let's start designing it

668
00:25:15,480 --> 00:25:18,520
let's start getting ready to get into

669
00:25:16,760 --> 00:25:21,080
DSA and let's start moving moving it

670
00:25:18,520 --> 00:25:22,279
forward so those type of ideas that

671
00:25:21,080 --> 00:25:25,120
they're definitely going to cultivate to

672
00:25:22,279 --> 00:25:27,480
the top of that process and I I think

673
00:25:25,120 --> 00:25:28,880
it's going to be I think it'll it'll be

674
00:25:27,480 --> 00:25:31,600
good and we'll be able to rolled out as

675
00:25:28,880 --> 00:25:34,080
fast as possible um to get to get that

676
00:25:31,600 --> 00:25:36,720
out okay sorry it was just on the same

677
00:25:34,080 --> 00:25:39,919
idea um that was all I had so okay yeah

678
00:25:36,720 --> 00:25:44,159
thank you for bringing that up

679
00:25:39,919 --> 00:25:46,760
good thank you Eric um my question as

680
00:25:44,159 --> 00:25:50,760
you move forward with the Architects um

681
00:25:46,760 --> 00:25:54,960
you know all school districts I I should

682
00:25:50,760 --> 00:25:57,440
say 3K well now it's TK through 8th

683
00:25:54,960 --> 00:26:00,039
grade we're all worri not worried but

684
00:25:57,440 --> 00:26:03,200
we're working with with preschool kids

685
00:26:00,039 --> 00:26:05,440
now absolutely and it's a mandate and

686
00:26:03,200 --> 00:26:10,320
many of our class and we are increasing

687
00:26:05,440 --> 00:26:12,360
in TK and I do not we do not have

688
00:26:10,320 --> 00:26:15,720
classrooms with bathrooms so I'm sure

689
00:26:12,360 --> 00:26:18,559
you're going to hear a lot about that um

690
00:26:15,720 --> 00:26:20,720
as far as with our staff they have been

691
00:26:18,559 --> 00:26:23,399
saying aren't we supposed to be in a

692
00:26:20,720 --> 00:26:25,360
classroom with the bathroom yeah

693
00:26:23,399 --> 00:26:27,679
eventually yes but right now we're not

694
00:26:25,360 --> 00:26:31,480
able to do that so we're getting you to

695
00:26:27,679 --> 00:26:33,399
a close proximity um to a bathroom so

696
00:26:31,480 --> 00:26:35,440
just keep that in your mind because I

697
00:26:33,399 --> 00:26:37,360
know you're going to hear about it ABS

698
00:26:35,440 --> 00:26:39,520
absolutely and when I when I mentioned

699
00:26:37,360 --> 00:26:41,600
laws and regulations that was the one

700
00:26:39,520 --> 00:26:45,000
that was in my head was the that TK

701
00:26:41,600 --> 00:26:47,720
mandate so um and it's not you're you're

702
00:26:45,000 --> 00:26:49,039
not in a different position than all 29

703
00:26:47,720 --> 00:26:51,159
of the other school districts that we

704
00:26:49,039 --> 00:26:52,840
work in it's a major part of everybody's

705
00:26:51,159 --> 00:26:55,720
master plan it's a major discussion

706
00:26:52,840 --> 00:26:58,240
that's happening on all levels 2K AC

707
00:26:55,720 --> 00:27:00,520
solar batteries and I'm happy absolutely

708
00:26:58,240 --> 00:27:00,520
you got

709
00:27:01,120 --> 00:27:05,960
it if there's no other comments or

710
00:27:03,360 --> 00:27:09,520
questions this is an action item

711
00:27:05,960 --> 00:27:12,320
so we would need a motion to

712
00:27:09,520 --> 00:27:15,440
approve I move to

713
00:27:12,320 --> 00:27:17,720
approve I'll second all those in favor I

714
00:27:15,440 --> 00:27:21,240
I thank you Eric thank you very much for

715
00:27:17,720 --> 00:27:21,240
being here thank you very much the

716
00:27:21,919 --> 00:27:28,480
work on to item 7.1 special education

717
00:27:25,399 --> 00:27:32,080
study report presentation

718
00:27:28,480 --> 00:27:34,480
very good come on up an Miss anginette

719
00:27:32,080 --> 00:27:36,360
petzer we're fortunate to have angenette

720
00:27:34,480 --> 00:27:38,600
Pelzer with us tonight and you know she

721
00:27:36,360 --> 00:27:41,120
has now she used to be the director of

722
00:27:38,600 --> 00:27:44,600
Salpa for the Sano County of education

723
00:27:41,120 --> 00:27:47,480
for many years and then she left us uh

724
00:27:44,600 --> 00:27:50,039
for better bigger and better things and

725
00:27:47,480 --> 00:27:51,919
uh different things okay different

726
00:27:50,039 --> 00:27:55,360
things microphone's off if you can press

727
00:27:51,919 --> 00:28:00,120
the button on the okay and she is going

728
00:27:55,360 --> 00:28:03,080
to present us with a study that she

729
00:28:00,120 --> 00:28:05,799
did in during the fall early fall I

730
00:28:03,080 --> 00:28:07,840
would say during the early fall and so

731
00:28:05,799 --> 00:28:10,799
andette thank you so much again for

732
00:28:07,840 --> 00:28:13,519
coming this evening and also preparing

733
00:28:10,799 --> 00:28:16,279
the study and meeting with us uh after

734
00:28:13,519 --> 00:28:18,840
you had meetings with special ed of

735
00:28:16,279 --> 00:28:21,919
course with our cabinet and us moving

736
00:28:18,840 --> 00:28:24,679
forward now with our next steps so thank

737
00:28:21,919 --> 00:28:27,120
you Dr Baker I'm really happy to be here

738
00:28:24,679 --> 00:28:28,919
I I got a invitation to join as a

739
00:28:27,120 --> 00:28:31,120
panelist and I was like I'm going in

740
00:28:28,919 --> 00:28:33,600
person I hope that's

741
00:28:31,120 --> 00:28:35,679
okay so I'm glad to be here in person

742
00:28:33,600 --> 00:28:38,799
it's an honor to be here with you today

743
00:28:35,679 --> 00:28:41,200
nice to see you all hello trustees um

744
00:28:38,799 --> 00:28:43,480
thank you for having me uh today I'm

745
00:28:41,200 --> 00:28:46,240
here representing uh myself and my

746
00:28:43,480 --> 00:28:48,760
colleague lenet Hodson we were here to

747
00:28:46,240 --> 00:28:52,399
do the special education study with um

748
00:28:48,760 --> 00:28:54,840
your staff as Dr Baker noted and uh we

749
00:28:52,399 --> 00:28:57,240
really really enjoyed being here not

750
00:28:54,840 --> 00:28:59,600
only because I had been to many so many

751
00:28:57,240 --> 00:29:02,960
of your schools before for the pandemic

752
00:28:59,600 --> 00:29:05,320
um but also because it is just lovely to

753
00:29:02,960 --> 00:29:08,159
to see the great work continuing and so

754
00:29:05,320 --> 00:29:10,200
so many of the initiatives that you had

755
00:29:08,159 --> 00:29:11,720
started when I was here and was aware of

756
00:29:10,200 --> 00:29:14,080
what you're doing and how they they're

757
00:29:11,720 --> 00:29:16,559
continuing and starting to show results

758
00:29:14,080 --> 00:29:19,080
so um thank you for the invit uh

759
00:29:16,559 --> 00:29:20,960
invitation and introduction I am Anette

760
00:29:19,080 --> 00:29:24,080
pelleter and I'm working at school

761
00:29:20,960 --> 00:29:28,200
Services of California now and uh we

762
00:29:24,080 --> 00:29:30,679
were invited to come to the district to

763
00:29:28,200 --> 00:29:33,360
do a special education study uh first um

764
00:29:30,679 --> 00:29:35,159
Mr Ed Edson contacted us and and talked

765
00:29:33,360 --> 00:29:37,200
with us about that and then we quickly

766
00:29:35,159 --> 00:29:39,440
spoke with um cabinet members and with

767
00:29:37,200 --> 00:29:41,600
your Special Education team about what

768
00:29:39,440 --> 00:29:43,840
were your goals and what were your areas

769
00:29:41,600 --> 00:29:45,159
of of interest for that special

770
00:29:43,840 --> 00:29:48,440
education

771
00:29:45,159 --> 00:29:50,760
study and like all leas you all have

772
00:29:48,440 --> 00:29:52,880
been faced with the fiscal challenges of

773
00:29:50,760 --> 00:29:54,840
operating high quality special education

774
00:29:52,880 --> 00:29:57,200
programs along with the people

775
00:29:54,840 --> 00:30:00,000
challenges of operating highquality

776
00:29:57,200 --> 00:30:02,120
special education programs and for many

777
00:30:00,000 --> 00:30:03,919
of us those are going hand inand it's

778
00:30:02,120 --> 00:30:08,039
been very challenging to find staff to

779
00:30:03,919 --> 00:30:10,519
keep staff um and uh the costs of hiring

780
00:30:08,039 --> 00:30:12,519
um staff outside of employees contracted

781
00:30:10,519 --> 00:30:15,039
and service providers has become

782
00:30:12,519 --> 00:30:19,080
necessary across the state and it's

783
00:30:15,039 --> 00:30:21,880
quite costly so uh we were here to um

784
00:30:19,080 --> 00:30:23,919
look with your with your team at where

785
00:30:21,880 --> 00:30:25,159
they're headed where they want to be and

786
00:30:23,919 --> 00:30:28,799
what might be some of the

787
00:30:25,159 --> 00:30:31,320
recommendations along that Journey

788
00:30:28,799 --> 00:30:33,399
in terms of uh the scope and methodology

789
00:30:31,320 --> 00:30:35,080
we gathered uh more data than I think

790
00:30:33,399 --> 00:30:38,320
your District realized that they could

791
00:30:35,080 --> 00:30:40,720
generate about um their program and uh

792
00:30:38,320 --> 00:30:43,960
costs and expenditures and activities

793
00:30:40,720 --> 00:30:47,600
and people um and then we also looked at

794
00:30:43,960 --> 00:30:50,559
Statewide comparative data to a uh group

795
00:30:47,600 --> 00:30:54,279
of districts that were like yours um so

796
00:30:50,559 --> 00:30:57,080
basic Aid districts uh with similar up

797
00:30:54,279 --> 00:30:59,960
similar um enrollment so I'm sorry I

798
00:30:57,080 --> 00:31:03,080
said up similar unduplicated pupil

799
00:30:59,960 --> 00:31:06,600
population percentage um and Sim similar

800
00:31:03,080 --> 00:31:09,240
enrollment size um so that we could have

801
00:31:06,600 --> 00:31:12,120
comparable closer to comparing Apples to

802
00:31:09,240 --> 00:31:14,600
Apples and then we also engaged um in

803
00:31:12,120 --> 00:31:17,360
both site visits and interviews with a

804
00:31:14,600 --> 00:31:20,000
broad variety of Interest holders from

805
00:31:17,360 --> 00:31:22,919
um the staff on sites in the classrooms

806
00:31:20,000 --> 00:31:25,960
with your students um to members of your

807
00:31:22,919 --> 00:31:28,919
septar so your special education parent

808
00:31:25,960 --> 00:31:30,919
teacher um group for for uh for the

809
00:31:28,919 --> 00:31:33,120
district so we're really happy to have

810
00:31:30,919 --> 00:31:36,240
so much um excellent

811
00:31:33,120 --> 00:31:38,960
input we organize our report um in these

812
00:31:36,240 --> 00:31:41,679
five areas uh sort of looking at um

813
00:31:38,960 --> 00:31:43,440
organization and Effectiveness and how

814
00:31:41,679 --> 00:31:45,760
all aspects of the district um

815
00:31:43,440 --> 00:31:47,240
leadership and culture lead into how

816
00:31:45,760 --> 00:31:50,279
your special education department

817
00:31:47,240 --> 00:31:52,440
leaders can support the program and then

818
00:31:50,279 --> 00:31:54,120
we also look at uh revenues and

819
00:31:52,440 --> 00:31:56,519
expenditures because that's usually one

820
00:31:54,120 --> 00:31:58,639
of the drivers for why we're here and

821
00:31:56,519 --> 00:32:01,519
then we look at Cost drivers for special

822
00:31:58,639 --> 00:32:03,360
education expenditure because often here

823
00:32:01,519 --> 00:32:05,679
is where we find that our work is not

824
00:32:03,360 --> 00:32:08,760
just solely focused on special ed

825
00:32:05,679 --> 00:32:10,799
because of the systemic nature of our

826
00:32:08,760 --> 00:32:12,960
educational programs that means we need

827
00:32:10,799 --> 00:32:15,679
to look at pre-referral early

828
00:32:12,960 --> 00:32:17,000
intervention uh your best teaching

829
00:32:15,679 --> 00:32:18,559
that's going on in your in your

830
00:32:17,000 --> 00:32:20,320
classrooms implementation of the

831
00:32:18,559 --> 00:32:23,159
curriculum that you've selected your

832
00:32:20,320 --> 00:32:25,039
multi-tiered system of support um and

833
00:32:23,159 --> 00:32:26,919
all the way through the variety of

834
00:32:25,039 --> 00:32:28,639
supports and resources that could be

835
00:32:26,919 --> 00:32:31,720
available to students as they exit

836
00:32:28,639 --> 00:32:33,639
special education so we ended up not

837
00:32:31,720 --> 00:32:36,480
just looking at special ed but also what

838
00:32:33,639 --> 00:32:38,399
happens before how students are referred

839
00:32:36,480 --> 00:32:41,200
um and also what other resources are

840
00:32:38,399 --> 00:32:43,320
available on campuses and then we look

841
00:32:41,200 --> 00:32:45,159
at um opportunities for alignment as

842
00:32:43,320 --> 00:32:47,639
well because we're all doing so much

843
00:32:45,159 --> 00:32:50,200
work we no longer can be doing all those

844
00:32:47,639 --> 00:32:53,240
Works in isolation we need to really be

845
00:32:50,200 --> 00:32:55,240
having our lcap Drive um our and our

846
00:32:53,240 --> 00:32:57,480
lcap and and which is also your

847
00:32:55,240 --> 00:33:00,159
strategic plan sort of drive all of the

848
00:32:57,480 --> 00:33:02,080
work and or monitoring that must occur

849
00:33:00,159 --> 00:33:04,519
for a district and then we look at

850
00:33:02,080 --> 00:33:07,519
special education Staffing as

851
00:33:04,519 --> 00:33:08,760
well um so for us I'm just gonna tilt

852
00:33:07,519 --> 00:33:11,120
this way a little bit because my I've

853
00:33:08,760 --> 00:33:12,399
got my glasses on and this is like a

854
00:33:11,120 --> 00:33:16,279
weird

855
00:33:12,399 --> 00:33:18,639
angle um so for us we really um took a

856
00:33:16,279 --> 00:33:20,480
look at your lcap and all of the

857
00:33:18,639 --> 00:33:23,000
different compliance monitoring that you

858
00:33:20,480 --> 00:33:25,320
have been participants in to see where

859
00:33:23,000 --> 00:33:28,320
those opportunities for alignment exist

860
00:33:25,320 --> 00:33:31,639
or where they're already in um evidence

861
00:33:28,320 --> 00:33:35,080
and we know that you have um you know

862
00:33:31,639 --> 00:33:38,159
the the these Mission and core values um

863
00:33:35,080 --> 00:33:40,480
language as a deeply embedded part of

864
00:33:38,159 --> 00:33:43,880
what your staff um believe and what you

865
00:33:40,480 --> 00:33:46,760
as a board support and what we really

866
00:33:43,880 --> 00:33:48,960
really wanted to start with as a as an

867
00:33:46,760 --> 00:33:52,440
acknowledgement or a kudos to the

868
00:33:48,960 --> 00:33:55,279
district is you really are farther along

869
00:33:52,440 --> 00:33:58,559
in many ways in many components of those

870
00:33:55,279 --> 00:34:01,240
various aspects of insuring Equitable

871
00:33:58,559 --> 00:34:03,679
access to educational opportunities in

872
00:34:01,240 --> 00:34:06,480
in really a commitment to your

873
00:34:03,679 --> 00:34:08,960
multi-tier systems of support you have

874
00:34:06,480 --> 00:34:10,599
made um efforts to make those

875
00:34:08,960 --> 00:34:12,560
commitments to social emotional learning

876
00:34:10,599 --> 00:34:14,679
and Behavioral Health within your

877
00:34:12,560 --> 00:34:16,879
systems for all students which includes

878
00:34:14,679 --> 00:34:19,159
your students with disabilities um and

879
00:34:16,879 --> 00:34:22,240
we it was really clear to us that

880
00:34:19,159 --> 00:34:24,240
everyone even as everyone said Co has

881
00:34:22,240 --> 00:34:26,040
put us behind there are some things we

882
00:34:24,240 --> 00:34:28,679
need to redo some things we might need

883
00:34:26,040 --> 00:34:31,919
to re-engage with or because of Staff

884
00:34:28,679 --> 00:34:35,560
we've lost we need to um have a have a

885
00:34:31,919 --> 00:34:38,399
ramp up with new staff um even though we

886
00:34:35,560 --> 00:34:40,119
had all of those things there still was

887
00:34:38,399 --> 00:34:42,599
evidence that that the that your

888
00:34:40,119 --> 00:34:45,520
students are receiving high quality

889
00:34:42,599 --> 00:34:47,919
instruction and that there are lots of

890
00:34:45,520 --> 00:34:50,679
initiatives underway uh in many ways we

891
00:34:47,919 --> 00:34:52,440
were sort of worried that the special ed

892
00:34:50,679 --> 00:34:53,800
te might not have enough hands to keep

893
00:34:52,440 --> 00:34:56,800
all those balls in the air because

894
00:34:53,800 --> 00:35:00,079
there's a lot of things going on and the

895
00:34:56,800 --> 00:35:01,920
um amount of of systemic focus and

896
00:35:00,079 --> 00:35:04,520
agreement that we focus on students

897
00:35:01,920 --> 00:35:06,320
first we do what needs to be done we are

898
00:35:04,520 --> 00:35:08,359
here to make sure that they get those

899
00:35:06,320 --> 00:35:11,599
supplemental supports and services was

900
00:35:08,359 --> 00:35:13,400
was a was a constant theme um and one of

901
00:35:11,599 --> 00:35:15,200
the things that we heard over and over

902
00:35:13,400 --> 00:35:17,560
was oh we're so busy there's so much to

903
00:35:15,200 --> 00:35:19,599
do like I'm having to prioritize and

904
00:35:17,560 --> 00:35:22,520
sometimes things get left behind but we

905
00:35:19,599 --> 00:35:24,760
never heard anybody say we can't do this

906
00:35:22,520 --> 00:35:28,320
it can't be done and so that was um

907
00:35:24,760 --> 00:35:31,280
really uh lovely to be here

908
00:35:28,320 --> 00:35:33,920
um in terms of special education program

909
00:35:31,280 --> 00:35:36,839
strengths I I it's a light bulb so it's

910
00:35:33,920 --> 00:35:39,720
yellow it's kind of hard to read but um

911
00:35:36,839 --> 00:35:42,880
in that light bulb are words that your

912
00:35:39,720 --> 00:35:45,240
parents your staff your principes um

913
00:35:42,880 --> 00:35:48,119
people within your system used to

914
00:35:45,240 --> 00:35:51,119
describe your special education program

915
00:35:48,119 --> 00:35:53,640
so the the system itself is reflecting

916
00:35:51,119 --> 00:35:56,280
and grateful for those within the

917
00:35:53,640 --> 00:35:58,200
special education department and the uh

918
00:35:56,280 --> 00:35:59,920
implementers of that program

919
00:35:58,200 --> 00:36:03,359
that they are coming to that with so

920
00:35:59,920 --> 00:36:06,240
many positive qualities there was many

921
00:36:03,359 --> 00:36:09,480
strengths and assets um noted you you

922
00:36:06,240 --> 00:36:11,920
have veteran staff who are really

923
00:36:09,480 --> 00:36:14,160
committed to being supports to others

924
00:36:11,920 --> 00:36:17,359
you have a tremendous amount of

925
00:36:14,160 --> 00:36:20,599
collegiality and um people who love

926
00:36:17,359 --> 00:36:22,000
working together um and there was really

927
00:36:20,599 --> 00:36:26,160
just a lot of

928
00:36:22,000 --> 00:36:28,920
um uh e excellence and um and uh

929
00:36:26,160 --> 00:36:30,880
thankfulness for the the skills of your

930
00:36:28,920 --> 00:36:32,720
leaders um that people were like you

931
00:36:30,880 --> 00:36:36,079
know we know that they at the time we

932
00:36:32,720 --> 00:36:38,839
were here some of them were very new um

933
00:36:36,079 --> 00:36:41,480
and um there was just a lot of of

934
00:36:38,839 --> 00:36:43,480
noticing that people were here being in

935
00:36:41,480 --> 00:36:45,040
trying their best working with us coming

936
00:36:43,480 --> 00:36:47,720
to our sites getting to know our

937
00:36:45,040 --> 00:36:49,760
students um so that's really great we

938
00:36:47,720 --> 00:36:52,119
also noticed that many of the sites have

939
00:36:49,760 --> 00:36:54,920
very strong inclusive practices in their

940
00:36:52,119 --> 00:36:57,079
system um and that they have many of the

941
00:36:54,920 --> 00:36:58,599
sites where you have history we have

942
00:36:57,079 --> 00:37:00,040
people who been around they say you know

943
00:36:58,599 --> 00:37:02,319
I know where to get what I want and how

944
00:37:00,040 --> 00:37:05,920
to get and I know who to contact and so

945
00:37:02,319 --> 00:37:05,920
um your system has really strong

946
00:37:06,560 --> 00:37:13,119
foundations so a little bit backwards to

947
00:37:10,000 --> 00:37:15,599
the district data um a as we get into

948
00:37:13,119 --> 00:37:18,200
areas where we um did some analysis and

949
00:37:15,599 --> 00:37:20,040
and things we found um your District as

950
00:37:18,200 --> 00:37:22,680
you know has been experiencing some

951
00:37:20,040 --> 00:37:25,040
declining enrollment over the past 11

952
00:37:22,680 --> 00:37:27,720
years and it's hasn't been precipitous

953
00:37:25,040 --> 00:37:30,079
but it's definitely impacted you um in

954
00:37:27,720 --> 00:37:34,599
terms of the number of students you have

955
00:37:30,079 --> 00:37:36,359
um and um what is uh interesting about

956
00:37:34,599 --> 00:37:38,720
that is your enrollment with students

957
00:37:36,359 --> 00:37:41,480
with disabilities count has also

958
00:37:38,720 --> 00:37:44,000
actually inched down during that time

959
00:37:41,480 --> 00:37:46,119
not as dramatic of a decrease as your

960
00:37:44,000 --> 00:37:47,599
enrollment but in many places where

961
00:37:46,119 --> 00:37:50,440
we're going we are seeing the number of

962
00:37:47,599 --> 00:37:52,520
students with disabilities count rise as

963
00:37:50,440 --> 00:37:54,240
your enrollment declin I can't do it

964
00:37:52,520 --> 00:37:56,240
from here but we're seeing the

965
00:37:54,240 --> 00:37:58,560
enrollment Decline and a rise in

966
00:37:56,240 --> 00:38:02,079
students with disabilities and so um

967
00:37:58,560 --> 00:38:03,960
there are many things that there are um

968
00:38:02,079 --> 00:38:06,000
positives about your referrals and your

969
00:38:03,960 --> 00:38:07,880
assessments that mean that your your

970
00:38:06,000 --> 00:38:09,480
staff are ensuring that they're only

971
00:38:07,880 --> 00:38:11,960
making eligible those students who

972
00:38:09,480 --> 00:38:14,440
really truly need to be eligible for

973
00:38:11,960 --> 00:38:16,440
special education and you have resources

974
00:38:14,440 --> 00:38:18,480
available to support Learners who need

975
00:38:16,440 --> 00:38:19,920
additional things outside of special ed

976
00:38:18,480 --> 00:38:21,720
and that's one of the main things we're

977
00:38:19,920 --> 00:38:25,000
often looking

978
00:38:21,720 --> 00:38:28,319
for um as you can see here your percent

979
00:38:25,000 --> 00:38:31,319
of enrollment um is higher than the

980
00:38:28,319 --> 00:38:34,760
Statewide average and for 2122 that was

981
00:38:31,319 --> 00:38:36,599
13.44% was the average percentage of

982
00:38:34,760 --> 00:38:39,000
enrollment um were students with

983
00:38:36,599 --> 00:38:43,119
disabilities and your district has been

984
00:38:39,000 --> 00:38:45,400
outpacing that average um since 1718 but

985
00:38:43,119 --> 00:38:49,040
again as you can see your percentage

986
00:38:45,400 --> 00:38:51,079
actually has declined some from 1920 and

987
00:38:49,040 --> 00:38:53,599
it's you know it's not um it's not

988
00:38:51,079 --> 00:38:55,319
growing exponentially so it's something

989
00:38:53,599 --> 00:38:57,839
we want to Monitor and keep an eye on

990
00:38:55,319 --> 00:39:00,319
but it it is um doesn't seem to be out

991
00:38:57,839 --> 00:39:02,599
of control in terms of comparative to

992
00:39:00,319 --> 00:39:02,599
other

993
00:39:03,000 --> 00:39:07,520
districts so here is uh for I'm not

994
00:39:05,960 --> 00:39:08,760
going to read all these words but we

995
00:39:07,520 --> 00:39:10,440
start these we have on these

996
00:39:08,760 --> 00:39:11,680
presentations sort of the standard of

997
00:39:10,440 --> 00:39:14,560
what we're looking for when we're

998
00:39:11,680 --> 00:39:17,119
looking in each um area of of study and

999
00:39:14,560 --> 00:39:18,760
assessment and so for organizational

1000
00:39:17,119 --> 00:39:21,400
Effectiveness we're really looking for

1001
00:39:18,760 --> 00:39:23,119
all those things that must be true so

1002
00:39:21,400 --> 00:39:25,440
the program can do their job and do

1003
00:39:23,119 --> 00:39:27,880
their job well and that is the

1004
00:39:25,440 --> 00:39:30,160
curriculum and materials and supplies

1005
00:39:27,880 --> 00:39:32,880
um and it's the staff members themselves

1006
00:39:30,160 --> 00:39:35,480
and support at the site it's also the

1007
00:39:32,880 --> 00:39:37,720
support from the Department um to and

1008
00:39:35,480 --> 00:39:39,160
the program leaders but it also includes

1009
00:39:37,720 --> 00:39:41,839
the support they get from the other

1010
00:39:39,160 --> 00:39:44,000
members of your departments your HR

1011
00:39:41,839 --> 00:39:47,280
department's partnership your um the

1012
00:39:44,000 --> 00:39:49,640
business services Transportation Ed um

1013
00:39:47,280 --> 00:39:51,680
curriculum and instruction ed services

1014
00:39:49,640 --> 00:39:53,599
all of those components must be

1015
00:39:51,680 --> 00:39:55,000
available and within your and and

1016
00:39:53,599 --> 00:39:57,560
everyone has to be kind of pointed in

1017
00:39:55,000 --> 00:39:59,839
the same direction to really implement

1018
00:39:57,560 --> 00:40:01,480
um what we call a culture of inclusion

1019
00:39:59,839 --> 00:40:02,839
and so these are the things that we're

1020
00:40:01,480 --> 00:40:06,720
we're really looking

1021
00:40:02,839 --> 00:40:08,880
for and so when we um looked into and

1022
00:40:06,720 --> 00:40:11,839
interviewed so many people within your

1023
00:40:08,880 --> 00:40:14,720
system we did find that there's a lot of

1024
00:40:11,839 --> 00:40:17,400
um student focused student centered um

1025
00:40:14,720 --> 00:40:19,800
work going on there were are a lot of

1026
00:40:17,400 --> 00:40:21,480
new staff this year especially you had

1027
00:40:19,800 --> 00:40:23,359
um you know you achieved what many

1028
00:40:21,480 --> 00:40:25,560
districts were jealous of you were fully

1029
00:40:23,359 --> 00:40:28,960
staffed um but many of them were new to

1030
00:40:25,560 --> 00:40:31,000
the country or new to California and so

1031
00:40:28,960 --> 00:40:34,200
therefore had some learning to do about

1032
00:40:31,000 --> 00:40:37,280
IEPs or the safe system or your um you

1033
00:40:34,200 --> 00:40:39,240
know requirements for um educating but

1034
00:40:37,280 --> 00:40:41,280
in terms of you know filling vacancies

1035
00:40:39,240 --> 00:40:44,400
you had many many many of your vacancies

1036
00:40:41,280 --> 00:40:47,240
filled quite early um so th those are

1037
00:40:44,400 --> 00:40:49,599
both opportunities and challenges I

1038
00:40:47,240 --> 00:40:52,040
think way better than having tons of

1039
00:40:49,599 --> 00:40:53,880
classrooms with with 20-day Subs right

1040
00:40:52,040 --> 00:40:57,400
we don't want substitutes you had

1041
00:40:53,880 --> 00:40:59,839
consistent Educators um so what we noted

1042
00:40:57,400 --> 00:41:02,520
really was that um with so many new

1043
00:40:59,839 --> 00:41:04,920
people and you had new leadership that

1044
00:41:02,520 --> 00:41:06,440
people were saying I'm not really sure

1045
00:41:04,920 --> 00:41:07,920
where where to get information about

1046
00:41:06,440 --> 00:41:09,960
what I'm supposed to do policies and

1047
00:41:07,920 --> 00:41:11,839
procedures were things that people said

1048
00:41:09,960 --> 00:41:14,680
they they wish they knew where to find

1049
00:41:11,839 --> 00:41:16,520
them sooner and with more clarity um

1050
00:41:14,680 --> 00:41:19,160
there also was um although there have

1051
00:41:16,520 --> 00:41:20,880
been efforts to increase communication

1052
00:41:19,160 --> 00:41:22,800
many people by the when we were here

1053
00:41:20,880 --> 00:41:24,079
were sort of like I still haven't heard

1054
00:41:22,800 --> 00:41:26,000
what I'm supposed to be doing so people

1055
00:41:24,079 --> 00:41:27,720
were clamoring for some of that

1056
00:41:26,000 --> 00:41:30,359
communication that I know your Special

1057
00:41:27,720 --> 00:41:33,560
Education team um had put into place and

1058
00:41:30,359 --> 00:41:35,599
had planned um everyone at the time we

1059
00:41:33,560 --> 00:41:38,119
were here and I believe up until the

1060
00:41:35,599 --> 00:41:40,480
time we wrote the report um everyone was

1061
00:41:38,119 --> 00:41:42,920
saying that there was just so many

1062
00:41:40,480 --> 00:41:45,280
behavioral um and Behavioral Health and

1063
00:41:42,920 --> 00:41:47,280
social emotional needs not just within

1064
00:41:45,280 --> 00:41:49,160
special education but within your system

1065
00:41:47,280 --> 00:41:51,920
and in special education they were

1066
00:41:49,160 --> 00:41:53,839
especially um at at a crisis level so

1067
00:41:51,920 --> 00:41:57,079
those were the the things that people

1068
00:41:53,839 --> 00:41:58,680
really were asking for um they noted

1069
00:41:57,079 --> 00:42:00,440
that that there was so much work being

1070
00:41:58,680 --> 00:42:02,800
done to give them curriculum to give

1071
00:42:00,440 --> 00:42:04,960
them resources to give them strategies

1072
00:42:02,800 --> 00:42:06,160
and that they really just needed time um

1073
00:42:04,960 --> 00:42:09,000
for

1074
00:42:06,160 --> 00:42:12,160
implementation um so what we recommended

1075
00:42:09,000 --> 00:42:14,160
was um you know you had had a a set of

1076
00:42:12,160 --> 00:42:16,240
District policies in the in that were in

1077
00:42:14,160 --> 00:42:17,520
the process of being updated and just

1078
00:42:16,240 --> 00:42:18,920
really making sure that people know

1079
00:42:17,520 --> 00:42:21,960
where to get them and that they're

1080
00:42:18,920 --> 00:42:24,520
implemented um consistently especially

1081
00:42:21,960 --> 00:42:26,720
around getting individualized behavioral

1082
00:42:24,520 --> 00:42:28,319
support at the time we were here you you

1083
00:42:26,720 --> 00:42:30,839
were in a little bit of a crisis

1084
00:42:28,319 --> 00:42:33,319
situation with new new Educators

1085
00:42:30,839 --> 00:42:36,359
students coming back to school a really

1086
00:42:33,319 --> 00:42:39,880
consistent repetitive demand for new

1087
00:42:36,359 --> 00:42:42,359
AIDS but they were asking HR to generate

1088
00:42:39,880 --> 00:42:45,400
people we need more more staff in the

1089
00:42:42,359 --> 00:42:47,480
classroom but it it um it it does seem

1090
00:42:45,400 --> 00:42:50,800
that there needs to really be a really

1091
00:42:47,480 --> 00:42:52,319
clear policy and practice around that

1092
00:42:50,800 --> 00:42:54,359
and then making sure that everyone has

1093
00:42:52,319 --> 00:42:56,040
good training we want everybody to be

1094
00:42:54,359 --> 00:42:59,119
able to support the behavioral needs of

1095
00:42:56,040 --> 00:43:02,359
students not just an aid or a

1096
00:42:59,119 --> 00:43:04,559
contractor um again in in the area of

1097
00:43:02,359 --> 00:43:07,960
Revenue and expenditure we really are

1098
00:43:04,559 --> 00:43:10,720
sort of um looking big picture about how

1099
00:43:07,960 --> 00:43:13,599
um lcff has changed the landscape in in

1100
00:43:10,720 --> 00:43:15,599
in education the way special education

1101
00:43:13,599 --> 00:43:18,319
is being funded has shifted in the last

1102
00:43:15,599 --> 00:43:20,280
five years uh you are a you know a basic

1103
00:43:18,319 --> 00:43:22,319
Aid District so you have you know your

1104
00:43:20,280 --> 00:43:24,559
your level of funding but you still

1105
00:43:22,319 --> 00:43:27,319
receive special education funding based

1106
00:43:24,559 --> 00:43:30,440
on your total funded Ada Your Average

1107
00:43:27,319 --> 00:43:32,520
daily attendance and so um th those

1108
00:43:30,440 --> 00:43:35,480
revenues have increased but have not

1109
00:43:32,520 --> 00:43:38,240
kept pace with costs and so how do we

1110
00:43:35,480 --> 00:43:39,839
make sure that you are being the most um

1111
00:43:38,240 --> 00:43:41,720
efficient effective and fiscally

1112
00:43:39,839 --> 00:43:44,240
responsible and ensuring you have a

1113
00:43:41,720 --> 00:43:47,359
sustainable program and so when we

1114
00:43:44,240 --> 00:43:49,119
looked at your revenue and expenditure

1115
00:43:47,359 --> 00:43:51,800
we see that you were the second highest

1116
00:43:49,119 --> 00:43:54,280
in program Revenue um in with your

1117
00:43:51,800 --> 00:43:56,599
comparable group um so you can see here

1118
00:43:54,280 --> 00:43:58,720
that we um use some Regional districts

1119
00:43:56,599 --> 00:44:01,119
and some a little bit farther away we

1120
00:43:58,720 --> 00:44:03,000
also did all elementary districts in the

1121
00:44:01,119 --> 00:44:04,960
state just so that you could see there

1122
00:44:03,000 --> 00:44:08,200
that's the all Elementary District um

1123
00:44:04,960 --> 00:44:11,280
line and so overall your um Revenue

1124
00:44:08,200 --> 00:44:13,680
which is that um that blue dark blue bar

1125
00:44:11,280 --> 00:44:15,960
is this is was the second in the comp

1126
00:44:13,680 --> 00:44:18,920
second highest in the comparable group

1127
00:44:15,960 --> 00:44:20,760
um but then your contribution was also

1128
00:44:18,920 --> 00:44:23,119
the second highest and so that we

1129
00:44:20,760 --> 00:44:25,960
believe is likely due to the fact that

1130
00:44:23,119 --> 00:44:29,280
your contracted cost ended up being so

1131
00:44:25,960 --> 00:44:31,520
high if you had been able to function at

1132
00:44:29,280 --> 00:44:34,680
the budgeted amount of staff and had

1133
00:44:31,520 --> 00:44:36,839
employees instead of contractors then

1134
00:44:34,680 --> 00:44:38,839
you your contribution would likely have

1135
00:44:36,839 --> 00:44:42,640
been lower contractors are much more

1136
00:44:38,839 --> 00:44:44,680
costly than employees um and your HR

1137
00:44:42,640 --> 00:44:46,440
department just like many others was

1138
00:44:44,680 --> 00:44:48,920
just not able to find some of those

1139
00:44:46,440 --> 00:44:51,480
critical positions as employees

1140
00:44:48,920 --> 00:44:54,559
psychologist a speech Specialists

1141
00:44:51,480 --> 00:44:56,359
Behavior AIDS um so and those those are

1142
00:44:54,559 --> 00:44:59,040
costs that um increased your

1143
00:44:56,359 --> 00:44:59,040
contribution

1144
00:44:59,319 --> 00:45:04,760
in terms of expenditure um you can see

1145
00:45:01,880 --> 00:45:07,359
here that you know comparatively you're

1146
00:45:04,760 --> 00:45:10,280
right around the Statewide average for

1147
00:45:07,359 --> 00:45:12,559
certificated salaries um spending you're

1148
00:45:10,280 --> 00:45:14,760
a little bit higher um than the

1149
00:45:12,559 --> 00:45:17,720
comparative district and the Statewide

1150
00:45:14,760 --> 00:45:19,680
average for classified salaries you have

1151
00:45:17,720 --> 00:45:22,440
more AIDS than many of the other

1152
00:45:19,680 --> 00:45:25,160
comparable districts um there definitely

1153
00:45:22,440 --> 00:45:28,040
is something we worked with um this the

1154
00:45:25,160 --> 00:45:31,119
leadership team on a a perception of I

1155
00:45:28,040 --> 00:45:32,760
need more adults in my room um even

1156
00:45:31,119 --> 00:45:35,359
though maybe all those adults aren't

1157
00:45:32,760 --> 00:45:38,480
getting the results that we want for our

1158
00:45:35,359 --> 00:45:40,720
students and so um we we we talked with

1159
00:45:38,480 --> 00:45:43,160
the team about some ways to really think

1160
00:45:40,720 --> 00:45:45,200
about mitigating that that sense of

1161
00:45:43,160 --> 00:45:49,640
scarcity or demand even when there's

1162
00:45:45,200 --> 00:45:51,800
five people in that room um so um you

1163
00:45:49,640 --> 00:45:53,319
know what we noted is that um you like

1164
00:45:51,800 --> 00:45:55,839
everyone else spend the majority of your

1165
00:45:53,319 --> 00:45:58,119
money on people um in your District you

1166
00:45:55,839 --> 00:46:01,280
are spending a lot of of money on people

1167
00:45:58,119 --> 00:46:04,520
who are not your employees Services is

1168
00:46:01,280 --> 00:46:07,440
contracted service providers um and so

1169
00:46:04,520 --> 00:46:09,880
it's much higher than um your

1170
00:46:07,440 --> 00:46:13,200
comparative group and the Statewide

1171
00:46:09,880 --> 00:46:16,160
average um and it it is something that

1172
00:46:13,200 --> 00:46:18,920
um definitely needs uh close attention

1173
00:46:16,160 --> 00:46:22,079
and hopefully building capacity of your

1174
00:46:18,920 --> 00:46:23,880
employees so that you don't rely on um

1175
00:46:22,079 --> 00:46:27,119
on contractors and one of the things

1176
00:46:23,880 --> 00:46:28,920
that appears to be happening is your

1177
00:46:27,119 --> 00:46:30,960
parents and maybe even your site

1178
00:46:28,920 --> 00:46:32,920
principles and your and your classroom

1179
00:46:30,960 --> 00:46:35,280
teachers are like well I need a I need

1180
00:46:32,920 --> 00:46:36,800
an aid who's trained and so then you're

1181
00:46:35,280 --> 00:46:39,839
paying

1182
00:46:36,800 --> 00:46:41,680
6070 for an aid who's trained but what

1183
00:46:39,839 --> 00:46:46,200
we're realizing is that training is not

1184
00:46:41,680 --> 00:46:49,040
worth 70 or 60 60 or $70 and you could

1185
00:46:46,200 --> 00:46:51,079
do that training and so I've seen uh

1186
00:46:49,040 --> 00:46:53,720
mave and the team talking about how we

1187
00:46:51,079 --> 00:46:56,240
can train the people that we that we

1188
00:46:53,720 --> 00:46:57,800
hire so that we can be that Excellence

1189
00:46:56,240 --> 00:47:00,200
so that when a par parent says I need a

1190
00:46:57,800 --> 00:47:02,160
trained Aid with my child you can say

1191
00:47:00,200 --> 00:47:04,319
everyone in your classroom has that

1192
00:47:02,160 --> 00:47:07,440
specialty training and we believe that

1193
00:47:04,319 --> 00:47:09,480
that will help reduce that feeling of um

1194
00:47:07,440 --> 00:47:13,920
that feeling and

1195
00:47:09,480 --> 00:47:16,319
demand um in terms of outcomes um as we

1196
00:47:13,920 --> 00:47:18,520
see you are spending more at the time we

1197
00:47:16,319 --> 00:47:20,559
were here though it didn't feel like it

1198
00:47:18,520 --> 00:47:22,240
was out of control and that there were

1199
00:47:20,559 --> 00:47:24,720
not extra people

1200
00:47:22,240 --> 00:47:27,440
everywhere every person that you have

1201
00:47:24,720 --> 00:47:29,000
was was busy working with students and

1202
00:47:27,440 --> 00:47:31,880
so it just really felt like it was a

1203
00:47:29,000 --> 00:47:33,680
little bit of a of a pivot point for you

1204
00:47:31,880 --> 00:47:35,559
and then again as you put some plans

1205
00:47:33,680 --> 00:47:37,760
into place you hopefully we'll be able

1206
00:47:35,559 --> 00:47:40,319
to reduce some of that demand and

1207
00:47:37,760 --> 00:47:43,160
release some of those contractors and

1208
00:47:40,319 --> 00:47:45,640
return to having um excellent employees

1209
00:47:43,160 --> 00:47:49,119
with enough training to fill that need

1210
00:47:45,640 --> 00:47:51,079
um we um know that HR and the dep and

1211
00:47:49,119 --> 00:47:53,040
the department have a lot of meetings to

1212
00:47:51,079 --> 00:47:55,880
Monitor and and figure out where all

1213
00:47:53,040 --> 00:47:57,920
those people are um and so we want to

1214
00:47:55,880 --> 00:48:00,440
encourage that to continue and also with

1215
00:47:57,920 --> 00:48:02,240
the business department um as most new

1216
00:48:00,440 --> 00:48:03,880
leaders we don't get a lot of training

1217
00:48:02,240 --> 00:48:06,920
before we become special education

1218
00:48:03,880 --> 00:48:09,599
leaders about budget and so um it's a

1219
00:48:06,920 --> 00:48:11,280
great idea for your team to sort of

1220
00:48:09,599 --> 00:48:12,839
understand and learn not just how much

1221
00:48:11,280 --> 00:48:15,160
things cost and where Revenue comes from

1222
00:48:12,839 --> 00:48:18,520
but also understand every aspect of that

1223
00:48:15,160 --> 00:48:21,720
process knowing that as a board if you

1224
00:48:18,520 --> 00:48:24,280
approve a $500,000 amount of spending

1225
00:48:21,720 --> 00:48:26,400
for a vendor doesn't mean that if I am

1226
00:48:24,280 --> 00:48:29,160
spending $300,000 that I have approval

1227
00:48:26,400 --> 00:48:30,520
for $100,000 worth of positions right

1228
00:48:29,160 --> 00:48:32,599
that's an approval so we have to have to

1229
00:48:30,520 --> 00:48:34,280
come keep coming back but we need to

1230
00:48:32,599 --> 00:48:37,319
make sure those positions are also

1231
00:48:34,280 --> 00:48:40,480
appropriately um threaded through the

1232
00:48:37,319 --> 00:48:42,480
process uh every step of the way um so

1233
00:48:40,480 --> 00:48:44,920
making sure that that um communication

1234
00:48:42,480 --> 00:48:47,119
is really tight and we recommend regular

1235
00:48:44,920 --> 00:48:49,799
meetings for that um because it's really

1236
00:48:47,119 --> 00:48:51,240
easy to lose track of time and not not

1237
00:48:49,799 --> 00:48:53,960
make that time and then all of a sudden

1238
00:48:51,240 --> 00:48:55,599
three months has gone by and and um some

1239
00:48:53,960 --> 00:48:57,440
things have happened at the program side

1240
00:48:55,599 --> 00:48:59,160
that other departments don't know about

1241
00:48:57,440 --> 00:49:01,040
so we recommend that to be really

1242
00:48:59,160 --> 00:49:03,920
regular regular

1243
00:49:01,040 --> 00:49:08,040
practice and then um we know it's really

1244
00:49:03,920 --> 00:49:10,440
challenging to recommend but um we

1245
00:49:08,040 --> 00:49:12,839
really appreciate the work that you you

1246
00:49:10,440 --> 00:49:14,880
seem to be doing and looking at how do

1247
00:49:12,839 --> 00:49:16,280
we keep the people we're training so if

1248
00:49:14,880 --> 00:49:18,520
we're going to invest in them and train

1249
00:49:16,280 --> 00:49:20,440
them then we might need to be ensuring

1250
00:49:18,520 --> 00:49:21,880
that we make our jobs attractive by

1251
00:49:20,440 --> 00:49:24,119
having the right kind of pay and the

1252
00:49:21,880 --> 00:49:26,480
right kind of benefits um and that can

1253
00:49:24,119 --> 00:49:28,799
be a little costly but we think that if

1254
00:49:26,480 --> 00:49:31,440
you if when we know when we do the math

1255
00:49:28,799 --> 00:49:33,400
and we see that big huge Services column

1256
00:49:31,440 --> 00:49:34,839
if we invest some of that in our people

1257
00:49:33,400 --> 00:49:36,240
maybe pay them a little bit more but

1258
00:49:34,839 --> 00:49:38,079
then we keep them and they're highly

1259
00:49:36,240 --> 00:49:40,760
trained that that will be a really good

1260
00:49:38,079 --> 00:49:40,760
trade-off for

1261
00:49:41,960 --> 00:49:47,960
you um in terms of cost drivers again

1262
00:49:45,480 --> 00:49:49,960
our standards of Investigation what we

1263
00:49:47,960 --> 00:49:52,000
find is that if you don't have really

1264
00:49:49,960 --> 00:49:54,520
good pre-referral intervention and

1265
00:49:52,000 --> 00:49:57,280
pre-referral prevention then you end up

1266
00:49:54,520 --> 00:50:00,559
with everyone who has something unique

1267
00:49:57,280 --> 00:50:03,079
in special education and that is not um

1268
00:50:00,559 --> 00:50:04,960
costeffective way to work and not every

1269
00:50:03,079 --> 00:50:07,760
child who has a need is a student with

1270
00:50:04,960 --> 00:50:10,839
disability so um I know that your system

1271
00:50:07,760 --> 00:50:13,160
has been very sensitive to the um issues

1272
00:50:10,839 --> 00:50:15,280
of ensuring that um you know English

1273
00:50:13,160 --> 00:50:18,160
multilanguage Learners English Learners

1274
00:50:15,280 --> 00:50:21,040
are are carefully assessed that um you

1275
00:50:18,160 --> 00:50:22,440
know you have a high in some areas high

1276
00:50:21,040 --> 00:50:24,079
percentage of poverty and that we're

1277
00:50:22,440 --> 00:50:26,920
making sure that we're not um

1278
00:50:24,079 --> 00:50:29,240
identifying educational experience or

1279
00:50:26,920 --> 00:50:30,839
poverty as as a disability that we're

1280
00:50:29,240 --> 00:50:34,680
making sure we're providing those

1281
00:50:30,839 --> 00:50:37,680
interventions across our system um and

1282
00:50:34,680 --> 00:50:41,359
you know you do have components of an

1283
00:50:37,680 --> 00:50:43,880
mtss and um what we what we believe for

1284
00:50:41,359 --> 00:50:46,119
you is that as you continually ensure

1285
00:50:43,880 --> 00:50:48,079
that you're implementing monitoring

1286
00:50:46,119 --> 00:50:49,319
progress and really making sure that

1287
00:50:48,079 --> 00:50:51,200
you're doing the right thing for the

1288
00:50:49,319 --> 00:50:53,720
groups of children you're serving that

1289
00:50:51,200 --> 00:50:56,440
you will probably see more and more um

1290
00:50:53,720 --> 00:50:58,520
positive impact there uh one of the

1291
00:50:56,440 --> 00:51:00,280
things things again to highlight that

1292
00:50:58,520 --> 00:51:03,079
you have already invested in Reading

1293
00:51:00,280 --> 00:51:04,960
specialist literally literacy support uh

1294
00:51:03,079 --> 00:51:08,480
curriculum across the board for students

1295
00:51:04,960 --> 00:51:11,000
with literacy challenges and ongoing PD

1296
00:51:08,480 --> 00:51:13,839
to be sure to reinforce the importance

1297
00:51:11,000 --> 00:51:16,520
of Universal Design for Learning and um

1298
00:51:13,839 --> 00:51:18,559
and uh things related to challenges for

1299
00:51:16,520 --> 00:51:20,720
students with reading difficulties and

1300
00:51:18,559 --> 00:51:22,720
those are all excellent uh building

1301
00:51:20,720 --> 00:51:24,440
blocks that sometimes are our

1302
00:51:22,720 --> 00:51:27,200
recommendation and so you're already

1303
00:51:24,440 --> 00:51:29,000
there um poising you to continue to get

1304
00:51:27,200 --> 00:51:32,280
good good um

1305
00:51:29,000 --> 00:51:35,359
outcomes we also know that you have um

1306
00:51:32,280 --> 00:51:39,359
some uh some behavioral supports built

1307
00:51:35,359 --> 00:51:40,960
into your lcap that um are still being a

1308
00:51:39,359 --> 00:51:42,599
little overwhelmed by the needs of your

1309
00:51:40,960 --> 00:51:45,880
system and that's on the special ed side

1310
00:51:42,599 --> 00:51:47,839
and the General Ed side and so again in

1311
00:51:45,880 --> 00:51:49,960
the in the concept of looking at that

1312
00:51:47,839 --> 00:51:52,480
big high Services bar and thinking about

1313
00:51:49,960 --> 00:51:53,960
how can we bring those Services into our

1314
00:51:52,480 --> 00:51:55,839
district and be available for the

1315
00:51:53,960 --> 00:51:58,160
support of our all students instead of

1316
00:51:55,839 --> 00:51:59,680
just being a special ed cost is the

1317
00:51:58,160 --> 00:52:02,599
direction that we think would be really

1318
00:51:59,680 --> 00:52:05,160
really helpful so um you can read the

1319
00:52:02,599 --> 00:52:07,520
recommendations here but the the the two

1320
00:52:05,160 --> 00:52:10,480
that I'll highlight are really thinking

1321
00:52:07,520 --> 00:52:11,920
about how to um Implement um something

1322
00:52:10,480 --> 00:52:14,599
that the department has already started

1323
00:52:11,920 --> 00:52:16,760
working with HR and business about is to

1324
00:52:14,599 --> 00:52:19,319
think about how do we hire and retain

1325
00:52:16,760 --> 00:52:21,880
more staff who have behavioral

1326
00:52:19,319 --> 00:52:24,480
specialization um since everyone says

1327
00:52:21,880 --> 00:52:26,559
that they need that and then making sure

1328
00:52:24,480 --> 00:52:28,160
that um the curriculum you've purchased

1329
00:52:26,559 --> 00:52:30,599
and the training you provided are being

1330
00:52:28,160 --> 00:52:33,599
implemented across the board not just

1331
00:52:30,599 --> 00:52:37,040
special ed for general education as

1332
00:52:33,599 --> 00:52:40,160
well oops went one too far um in terms

1333
00:52:37,040 --> 00:52:43,000
of comparative analysis for Staffing um

1334
00:52:40,160 --> 00:52:46,000
these are the Staffing numbers you had

1335
00:52:43,000 --> 00:52:48,880
um in the data set that we use which is

1336
00:52:46,000 --> 00:52:53,160
um which is a a fall earlier than the

1337
00:52:48,880 --> 00:52:54,880
year we were here um but it um this is

1338
00:52:53,160 --> 00:52:57,200
these are the numbers of Specialists

1339
00:52:54,880 --> 00:52:59,559
that you had supporting your program

1340
00:52:57,200 --> 00:53:01,319
and really um our thoughts were given

1341
00:52:59,559 --> 00:53:04,040
the needs of your program at the time we

1342
00:53:01,319 --> 00:53:05,599
were here this did not feel overstaffed

1343
00:53:04,040 --> 00:53:08,160
some of these are driven by case load

1344
00:53:05,599 --> 00:53:10,359
speech Specialists have a mandated case

1345
00:53:08,160 --> 00:53:12,760
load um but in terms of the

1346
00:53:10,359 --> 00:53:15,160
psychologists and behavior technicians

1347
00:53:12,760 --> 00:53:17,799
it seemed as if most of them were being

1348
00:53:15,160 --> 00:53:20,040
very well utilized what we would be

1349
00:53:17,799 --> 00:53:22,119
interested to see is possibly again

1350
00:53:20,040 --> 00:53:24,200
bringing those inhouse rather than

1351
00:53:22,119 --> 00:53:26,920
having them be contractors and then in

1352
00:53:24,200 --> 00:53:28,359
terms of your department staff you were

1353
00:53:26,920 --> 00:53:30,079
undergoing some changes with the

1354
00:53:28,359 --> 00:53:32,480
Department leadership and so you had

1355
00:53:30,079 --> 00:53:34,400
currently four people that really um

1356
00:53:32,480 --> 00:53:38,520
were department leaders for the and then

1357
00:53:34,400 --> 00:53:40,240
one Behavior program specialist and um

1358
00:53:38,520 --> 00:53:42,559
really we would say that the one thing

1359
00:53:40,240 --> 00:53:44,400
we did did note is that because you had

1360
00:53:42,559 --> 00:53:45,760
some vacancies at the time we really

1361
00:53:44,400 --> 00:53:47,799
look forward to what it will look like

1362
00:53:45,760 --> 00:53:50,200
when you have those vacancies filled

1363
00:53:47,799 --> 00:53:52,839
because the staff were like we need this

1364
00:53:50,200 --> 00:53:55,000
back we need Rob can't do this himself

1365
00:53:52,839 --> 00:53:57,640
so so Rob never said anything like that

1366
00:53:55,000 --> 00:53:59,720
but there your team is what is stretched

1367
00:53:57,640 --> 00:54:02,280
then um and at the time we were here I

1368
00:53:59,720 --> 00:54:05,240
think there were three vacancies um so

1369
00:54:02,280 --> 00:54:07,880
um I know that there um are are were

1370
00:54:05,240 --> 00:54:08,920
plans to you know to to backfill some of

1371
00:54:07,880 --> 00:54:11,240
those

1372
00:54:08,920 --> 00:54:13,839
positions in terms of your teaching

1373
00:54:11,240 --> 00:54:15,400
staff um when we looked at your FTE

1374
00:54:13,839 --> 00:54:17,599
compared to the number of students with

1375
00:54:15,400 --> 00:54:20,559
disabilities um and we looked at your

1376
00:54:17,599 --> 00:54:22,480
class size um averages um they were

1377
00:54:20,559 --> 00:54:25,200
reasonable and within the average for

1378
00:54:22,480 --> 00:54:27,040
the comparable group um and believe it

1379
00:54:25,200 --> 00:54:29,520
or not even though it does seem like you

1380
00:54:27,040 --> 00:54:31,680
have a lot of peras when we compared to

1381
00:54:29,520 --> 00:54:33,680
some of the other districts you were

1382
00:54:31,680 --> 00:54:36,280
with you were within you were not the

1383
00:54:33,680 --> 00:54:38,839
highest um and so you know within the

1384
00:54:36,280 --> 00:54:42,079
average range for those um classroom

1385
00:54:38,839 --> 00:54:44,599
instructional staff um where you had

1386
00:54:42,079 --> 00:54:46,119
many more was behavioral contractors

1387
00:54:44,599 --> 00:54:49,079
again that's something that your system

1388
00:54:46,119 --> 00:54:51,599
has really been clamoring for um and so

1389
00:54:49,079 --> 00:54:53,799
we definitely would would um continue to

1390
00:54:51,599 --> 00:54:56,079
highlight that as as a need for your

1391
00:54:53,799 --> 00:54:59,119
system and then the the last thing I'll

1392
00:54:56,079 --> 00:55:02,359
say about about um things we heard was

1393
00:54:59,119 --> 00:55:05,640
that every single person we talked to

1394
00:55:02,359 --> 00:55:08,400
said the onboarding process needs to be

1395
00:55:05,640 --> 00:55:10,000
more coordinated that they sometimes get

1396
00:55:08,400 --> 00:55:11,480
um some information from here

1397
00:55:10,000 --> 00:55:13,200
information from there but there's no

1398
00:55:11,480 --> 00:55:16,040
like and then but then if I come on

1399
00:55:13,200 --> 00:55:17,960
board two two weeks later my onboarding

1400
00:55:16,040 --> 00:55:19,640
experience could be different and if I'm

1401
00:55:17,960 --> 00:55:21,480
a contractor my onboarding experience

1402
00:55:19,640 --> 00:55:24,839
could be a lot different and if I you

1403
00:55:21,480 --> 00:55:26,720
know so um some consistency of Staff who

1404
00:55:24,839 --> 00:55:28,520
are going to be with your children

1405
00:55:26,720 --> 00:55:30,359
understanding here's our standard here's

1406
00:55:28,520 --> 00:55:31,799
where you get information here's what we

1407
00:55:30,359 --> 00:55:36,079
expect of you here's what you should

1408
00:55:31,799 --> 00:55:38,079
expect of us to to a site every um site

1409
00:55:36,079 --> 00:55:40,599
principal and every teacher we talked to

1410
00:55:38,079 --> 00:55:43,680
who did get an extra Aid whether it was

1411
00:55:40,599 --> 00:55:46,520
an employee or a contracted um person

1412
00:55:43,680 --> 00:55:49,039
said I would prefer to have them be an

1413
00:55:46,520 --> 00:55:51,000
observer for a whole week to get some

1414
00:55:49,039 --> 00:55:53,160
training to work with the behaviorist

1415
00:55:51,000 --> 00:55:54,720
specialist to work with a psychologist

1416
00:55:53,160 --> 00:55:56,880
to maybe go see someone who's really

1417
00:55:54,720 --> 00:55:59,000
good at their job before they just come

1418
00:55:56,880 --> 00:56:00,960
here and get dropped in which I know is

1419
00:55:59,000 --> 00:56:03,760
not the message that they were um

1420
00:56:00,960 --> 00:56:05,480
reporting when they asked for those AIDS

1421
00:56:03,760 --> 00:56:07,839
but when we ask them to really reflect

1422
00:56:05,480 --> 00:56:10,240
on that the power of capacity and

1423
00:56:07,839 --> 00:56:12,799
trained skills Rose to the surface is

1424
00:56:10,240 --> 00:56:12,799
something they would

1425
00:56:13,119 --> 00:56:19,640
prioritize um I did look at about I

1426
00:56:16,400 --> 00:56:21,559
would say maybe 40 IEPs um I looked at a

1427
00:56:19,640 --> 00:56:23,640
couple extra ones because I followed a

1428
00:56:21,559 --> 00:56:25,319
couple of rabbit holes for how students

1429
00:56:23,640 --> 00:56:27,880
got some of those instructional

1430
00:56:25,319 --> 00:56:31,079
assistance and so I didn't do all of the

1431
00:56:27,880 --> 00:56:33,200
compliance items for every IEP I did but

1432
00:56:31,079 --> 00:56:36,680
what I did find was that the IEPs are

1433
00:56:33,200 --> 00:56:39,160
largely um looking really great timely

1434
00:56:36,680 --> 00:56:42,160
complete um develop to ensure meaningful

1435
00:56:39,160 --> 00:56:45,079
educational benefit goals tied to grade

1436
00:56:42,160 --> 00:56:47,039
instructional um standards lots of

1437
00:56:45,079 --> 00:56:49,839
evidence of Parental engagement and

1438
00:56:47,039 --> 00:56:52,680
parent input uh all the right people and

1439
00:56:49,839 --> 00:56:54,559
all the right places um the one thing

1440
00:56:52,680 --> 00:56:56,240
that we didn't really see is there's not

1441
00:56:54,559 --> 00:56:59,160
really anybody whose job it is to make

1442
00:56:56,240 --> 00:57:01,559
make sure of all that stuff except for

1443
00:56:59,160 --> 00:57:04,599
one of your classified um administrative

1444
00:57:01,559 --> 00:57:06,760
support staff and so we would like to

1445
00:57:04,599 --> 00:57:09,559
encourage the staff to sort of inch that

1446
00:57:06,760 --> 00:57:11,599
closer to the IEP table and instead of

1447
00:57:09,559 --> 00:57:13,920
having it be the secretary who's

1448
00:57:11,599 --> 00:57:17,240
checking for data entry and finalizing

1449
00:57:13,920 --> 00:57:19,559
those documents have the sites do it

1450
00:57:17,240 --> 00:57:21,680
give it a a a run through before they

1451
00:57:19,559 --> 00:57:23,079
say it's finished have the psychologist

1452
00:57:21,680 --> 00:57:26,480
check some things while they're at the

1453
00:57:23,079 --> 00:57:29,119
table um make sure that um the the

1454
00:57:26,480 --> 00:57:31,520
classroom teachers are are checking for

1455
00:57:29,119 --> 00:57:34,160
um standard or common compliance

1456
00:57:31,520 --> 00:57:36,160
challenges um and then the other thing

1457
00:57:34,160 --> 00:57:37,839
that we really recommended was at the

1458
00:57:36,160 --> 00:57:40,200
time we were here which was early in the

1459
00:57:37,839 --> 00:57:42,160
year um there still was a lot of

1460
00:57:40,200 --> 00:57:44,559
inconsistency in the use of something

1461
00:57:42,160 --> 00:57:46,839
called service tracker which tracks the

1462
00:57:44,559 --> 00:57:48,359
delivery of your services so students

1463
00:57:46,839 --> 00:57:49,839
have goals and then there's a number of

1464
00:57:48,359 --> 00:57:51,280
minutes that need to be met and then the

1465
00:57:49,839 --> 00:57:53,240
teachers need to go in and say I

1466
00:57:51,280 --> 00:57:56,559
delivered those minutes I was with them

1467
00:57:53,240 --> 00:57:57,960
for these these this time period um and

1468
00:57:56,559 --> 00:58:01,920
that is going to be really critically

1469
00:57:57,960 --> 00:58:03,799
important in two weeks because um the

1470
00:58:01,920 --> 00:58:06,319
state of California has started

1471
00:58:03,799 --> 00:58:09,000
monitoring uh Service delivery um

1472
00:58:06,319 --> 00:58:10,920
minutes and so we did share these

1473
00:58:09,000 --> 00:58:12,200
recommendations a little earlier so they

1474
00:58:10,920 --> 00:58:13,920
could make sure that they were really

1475
00:58:12,200 --> 00:58:15,520
talking to staff about the importance of

1476
00:58:13,920 --> 00:58:18,680
that because that monitoring window

1477
00:58:15,520 --> 00:58:22,079
opens I think it's on May

1478
00:58:18,680 --> 00:58:25,200
1st um so really you have a lot of

1479
00:58:22,079 --> 00:58:27,559
strengths there's a lot of um things

1480
00:58:25,200 --> 00:58:30,920
underway a a lot of things that have

1481
00:58:27,559 --> 00:58:32,039
show a lot of promise or that are really

1482
00:58:30,920 --> 00:58:33,599
consistent with the kinds of

1483
00:58:32,039 --> 00:58:35,480
recommendations we normally would make

1484
00:58:33,599 --> 00:58:38,480
for a special education program those

1485
00:58:35,480 --> 00:58:41,599
are all excellent excellent things um

1486
00:58:38,480 --> 00:58:44,799
and you also have a department that's

1487
00:58:41,599 --> 00:58:47,160
still a little bit in transition and a a

1488
00:58:44,799 --> 00:58:50,160
department that's working with an mtss

1489
00:58:47,160 --> 00:58:52,839
that's still um under you know growth

1490
00:58:50,160 --> 00:58:55,400
and and implementation and so we what we

1491
00:58:52,839 --> 00:58:57,720
really hope for you is that as you move

1492
00:58:55,400 --> 00:59:00,559
forward and have your implementation and

1493
00:58:57,720 --> 00:59:03,039
improve communication and improve um

1494
00:59:00,559 --> 00:59:05,359
skills and capacity of staff that all of

1495
00:59:03,039 --> 00:59:07,280
the outcomes that you're hoping for uh

1496
00:59:05,359 --> 00:59:09,240
better programs better communication

1497
00:59:07,280 --> 00:59:11,319
lower Services costs that all of those

1498
00:59:09,240 --> 00:59:14,960
things will really um come come into

1499
00:59:11,319 --> 00:59:17,400
being um at the same time so that's

1500
00:59:14,960 --> 00:59:17,400
that's what we

1501
00:59:18,079 --> 00:59:22,079
found I'd be happy to answer any

1502
00:59:20,440 --> 00:59:26,200
questions if you have any and I'm also

1503
00:59:22,079 --> 00:59:27,720
going to stay for the second next report

1504
00:59:26,200 --> 00:59:31,000
great information thank you very much

1505
00:59:27,720 --> 00:59:34,400
I'll open it up for questions or

1506
00:59:31,000 --> 00:59:36,440
comments I mean did we I'll leave it up

1507
00:59:34,400 --> 00:59:37,960
to you but do we want to hear Maven

1508
00:59:36,440 --> 00:59:39,760
Jude's presentation first because I

1509
00:59:37,960 --> 00:59:41,400
think that they actually if I read the

1510
00:59:39,760 --> 00:59:44,680
slides right you're addressing a lot of

1511
00:59:41,400 --> 00:59:47,880
the recommendations that are in there so

1512
00:59:44,680 --> 00:59:47,880
it's up to everybody else

1513
00:59:48,920 --> 00:59:54,319
question yeah okay I'm happy to stay

1514
00:59:52,160 --> 00:59:56,079
around and I agree the the the

1515
00:59:54,319 --> 00:59:58,119
presentation they've put together really

1516
00:59:56,079 --> 01:00:01,400
addresses so many of the recommendations

1517
00:59:58,119 --> 01:00:04,400
we made so I'll just wait

1518
01:00:01,400 --> 01:00:04,400
here

1519
01:00:05,880 --> 01:00:11,280
thanks okay thanks Anette um good

1520
01:00:08,880 --> 01:00:13,119
evening I'm Dr Ma mhal and I'm the

1521
01:00:11,280 --> 01:00:14,720
director of special education services

1522
01:00:13,119 --> 01:00:18,000
in the school district and I have with

1523
01:00:14,720 --> 01:00:19,960
me this evening my colleague hi I'm Jude

1524
01:00:18,000 --> 01:00:22,200
noise associate director of special

1525
01:00:19,960 --> 01:00:26,079
education so um thank you for the

1526
01:00:22,200 --> 01:00:28,160
opportunity to present to um the board

1527
01:00:26,079 --> 01:00:31,200
trustees this evening and to

1528
01:00:28,160 --> 01:00:33,480
superintendent Dr Baker um we're really

1529
01:00:31,200 --> 01:00:36,079
really pleased to be here and we feel

1530
01:00:33,480 --> 01:00:38,079
it's a privilege um and fairly unusual

1531
01:00:36,079 --> 01:00:40,839
for a department to have an opportunity

1532
01:00:38,079 --> 01:00:43,960
in the course of work to pause and take

1533
01:00:40,839 --> 01:00:46,280
stock and we're incredibly grateful to

1534
01:00:43,960 --> 01:00:49,400
Anjanette and the Cal California school

1535
01:00:46,280 --> 01:00:52,079
Services team for their work and um for

1536
01:00:49,400 --> 01:00:54,720
the specific recommendations that um

1537
01:00:52,079 --> 01:00:57,839
they've made our presentation today is

1538
01:00:54,720 --> 01:01:00,839
focused on providing some proposed next

1539
01:00:57,839 --> 01:01:03,119
steps based on the

1540
01:01:00,839 --> 01:01:04,520
recommendations let's see oh how do I

1541
01:01:03,119 --> 01:01:07,839
get the sorry I'm waiting for the

1542
01:01:04,520 --> 01:01:10,039
presentation yeah I start I preempted

1543
01:01:07,839 --> 01:01:10,039
the

1544
01:01:17,079 --> 01:01:24,160
presentation okay go ahead

1545
01:01:20,520 --> 01:01:26,359
Jude thank you Ma good evening president

1546
01:01:24,160 --> 01:01:28,400
Lawson members of the board

1547
01:01:26,359 --> 01:01:31,000
superintendent Dr Baker and members of

1548
01:01:28,400 --> 01:01:32,559
the community my name is Jude noise and

1549
01:01:31,000 --> 01:01:35,039
I serve as the associate director of

1550
01:01:32,559 --> 01:01:37,520
special education I'm very grateful for

1551
01:01:35,039 --> 01:01:40,319
this opportunity to work with you all

1552
01:01:37,520 --> 01:01:42,400
and with Anjanette and mave um and I'm

1553
01:01:40,319 --> 01:01:45,280
excited to talk tonight about um our

1554
01:01:42,400 --> 01:01:48,119
findings and our support of this

1555
01:01:45,280 --> 01:01:52,440
study the study recommendation areas are

1556
01:01:48,119 --> 01:01:55,000
vital for aligning to our mission um and

1557
01:01:52,440 --> 01:01:57,000
promoting continuous Improvement for

1558
01:01:55,000 --> 01:01:59,200
tonight's presentation we have organized

1559
01:01:57,000 --> 01:02:02,640
all the recomend recommendation areas

1560
01:01:59,200 --> 01:02:04,200
into four key areas for clarity um to

1561
01:02:02,640 --> 01:02:06,440
clearly demonstrate our planned

1562
01:02:04,200 --> 01:02:09,240
initiatives and

1563
01:02:06,440 --> 01:02:12,079
objectives please refer to the legend

1564
01:02:09,240 --> 01:02:13,960
there on the bottom corner um and you'll

1565
01:02:12,079 --> 01:02:17,480
see the classification recommendations

1566
01:02:13,960 --> 01:02:20,359
of shortterm is one year longterm up to

1567
01:02:17,480 --> 01:02:21,960
three years um and the green check mark

1568
01:02:20,359 --> 01:02:25,520
indicates recommendations that are

1569
01:02:21,960 --> 01:02:28,160
implemented or ready to be implemented

1570
01:02:25,520 --> 01:02:30,559
and there is a circular Arrow signifies

1571
01:02:28,160 --> 01:02:32,520
improvements as they as there are many

1572
01:02:30,559 --> 01:02:35,079
items that will be part of a continuous

1573
01:02:32,520 --> 01:02:35,079
cycle of

1574
01:02:38,720 --> 01:02:43,279
improvement so this section of the study

1575
01:02:41,119 --> 01:02:44,160
recommendation is a focus on policies

1576
01:02:43,279 --> 01:02:46,240
and

1577
01:02:44,160 --> 01:02:48,079
procedures um here you can see our

1578
01:02:46,240 --> 01:02:51,039
department has a special education

1579
01:02:48,079 --> 01:02:53,319
manual that is active and continually

1580
01:02:51,039 --> 01:02:55,119
updated it serves as an internal

1581
01:02:53,319 --> 01:02:56,640
document for the Arts Redwood City

1582
01:02:55,119 --> 01:02:58,880
School District staff staff and

1583
01:02:56,640 --> 01:03:01,760
administrators um for all our internal

1584
01:02:58,880 --> 01:03:04,039
red city employees um and the manual

1585
01:03:01,760 --> 01:03:06,480
serves as a direct outcome of the recent

1586
01:03:04,039 --> 01:03:08,039
study recommendation um and it's fully

1587
01:03:06,480 --> 01:03:09,079
operational and we'll be happy to share

1588
01:03:08,039 --> 01:03:12,319
it with

1589
01:03:09,079 --> 01:03:14,440
you in the area of Behavioral support

1590
01:03:12,319 --> 01:03:15,760
that was mentioned um a few times in

1591
01:03:14,440 --> 01:03:18,640
anette's

1592
01:03:15,760 --> 01:03:20,960
presentation um we are refining our

1593
01:03:18,640 --> 01:03:23,480
practices and policies to better Define

1594
01:03:20,960 --> 01:03:26,279
eligibility criteria and create

1595
01:03:23,480 --> 01:03:28,839
effective goals for students this effort

1596
01:03:26,279 --> 01:03:31,640
is aimed at supporting their Journey um

1597
01:03:28,839 --> 01:03:33,599
toward Independence and

1598
01:03:31,640 --> 01:03:36,319
self-determination specifically we have

1599
01:03:33,599 --> 01:03:38,319
developed a fading goal which is a

1600
01:03:36,319 --> 01:03:41,319
strategy that's designed to increase

1601
01:03:38,319 --> 01:03:43,319
students dependence on adults and to

1602
01:03:41,319 --> 01:03:46,119
increase their self-determination as

1603
01:03:43,319 --> 01:03:48,400
that is a a need for their growth and

1604
01:03:46,119 --> 01:03:50,279
continued in um development as young

1605
01:03:48,400 --> 01:03:52,880
people in our

1606
01:03:50,279 --> 01:03:55,559
world the final bullet point is in

1607
01:03:52,880 --> 01:03:57,240
regards to the transportation plan we

1608
01:03:55,559 --> 01:03:59,240
have have a developed comprehensive

1609
01:03:57,240 --> 01:04:02,000
Transportation plan that includes clear

1610
01:03:59,240 --> 01:04:04,480
guidelines for eligibility and detailed

1611
01:04:02,000 --> 01:04:06,760
policies and procedures uh for this

1612
01:04:04,480 --> 01:04:11,000
service we plan to have this completed

1613
01:04:06,760 --> 01:04:11,000
for your review on June 1st

1614
01:04:11,039 --> 01:04:16,319
2024 in the next area we have

1615
01:04:14,359 --> 01:04:18,720
communication we are committed to

1616
01:04:16,319 --> 01:04:21,079
ongoing communication that's something I

1617
01:04:18,720 --> 01:04:24,160
think our department does really well

1618
01:04:21,079 --> 01:04:26,039
we're good communicators um and that

1619
01:04:24,160 --> 01:04:27,960
updates the policies and procedures that

1620
01:04:26,039 --> 01:04:31,440
are consistently conveyed and discussed

1621
01:04:27,960 --> 01:04:31,440
among all staff members and

1622
01:04:31,720 --> 01:04:36,480
administrators additionally we recently

1623
01:04:33,839 --> 01:04:38,640
organized an internal transition fair

1624
01:04:36,480 --> 01:04:40,559
that was very exciting and um it was

1625
01:04:38,640 --> 01:04:42,640
great to see teachers connected and

1626
01:04:40,559 --> 01:04:44,640
communicating and talking about the

1627
01:04:42,640 --> 01:04:46,640
things they love um when they work with

1628
01:04:44,640 --> 01:04:49,720
students and so we pulled them together

1629
01:04:46,640 --> 01:04:51,559
at Hoover School um to meet and discuss

1630
01:04:49,720 --> 01:04:54,160
students that are going to be in

1631
01:04:51,559 --> 01:04:55,880
transition from preschool to elementary

1632
01:04:54,160 --> 01:04:57,799
elementary to middle and so on so so

1633
01:04:55,880 --> 01:04:59,640
forth and it really gave them an

1634
01:04:57,799 --> 01:05:01,160
opportunity to talk to each other about

1635
01:04:59,640 --> 01:05:02,599
the kids and get some really good

1636
01:05:01,160 --> 01:05:05,119
information about preparing the

1637
01:05:02,599 --> 01:05:07,279
transition for these students um it was

1638
01:05:05,119 --> 01:05:08,960
super successful and based on the

1639
01:05:07,279 --> 01:05:11,559
feedback that after we met with them

1640
01:05:08,960 --> 01:05:14,319
they really appreciated that opportunity

1641
01:05:11,559 --> 01:05:16,839
um to have that time to work with each

1642
01:05:14,319 --> 01:05:19,279
other um and it helps us proactively

1643
01:05:16,839 --> 01:05:22,240
plan for students as they move

1644
01:05:19,279 --> 01:05:25,079
forward additionally um we worked with

1645
01:05:22,240 --> 01:05:26,839
our special education PTA um we

1646
01:05:25,079 --> 01:05:29,039
appreciate that so much as they inform

1647
01:05:26,839 --> 01:05:30,760
us as much as we inform them and we help

1648
01:05:29,039 --> 01:05:32,559
guide each other through their

1649
01:05:30,760 --> 01:05:34,839
children's process because you know we

1650
01:05:32,559 --> 01:05:38,200
share the love of their kids as much as

1651
01:05:34,839 --> 01:05:39,839
we love them um our some of our special

1652
01:05:38,200 --> 01:05:41,279
ed teachers in Redwood City had the

1653
01:05:39,839 --> 01:05:44,039
opportunity to provide a learning

1654
01:05:41,279 --> 01:05:45,599
session for our families um with a focus

1655
01:05:44,039 --> 01:05:48,440
on the process of

1656
01:05:45,599 --> 01:05:51,039
transitions um from like again preschool

1657
01:05:48,440 --> 01:05:54,039
to elementary elementary to middle and

1658
01:05:51,039 --> 01:05:56,559
middle to high school um our teachers

1659
01:05:54,039 --> 01:05:58,680
did an amazing job presed slideshows and

1660
01:05:56,559 --> 01:06:01,559
were able to really discuss the

1661
01:05:58,680 --> 01:06:03,279
transition process and get feedback from

1662
01:06:01,559 --> 01:06:05,119
the parents around you know some of the

1663
01:06:03,279 --> 01:06:07,200
things they didn't know and and answer

1664
01:06:05,119 --> 01:06:09,720
some of their questions um the

1665
01:06:07,200 --> 01:06:11,799
partnership with septar has been crucial

1666
01:06:09,720 --> 01:06:13,520
um in refining and enhancing our

1667
01:06:11,799 --> 01:06:15,920
transition strategies with their

1668
01:06:13,520 --> 01:06:17,559
feedback while also providing um

1669
01:06:15,920 --> 01:06:19,200
valuable insights and support to

1670
01:06:17,559 --> 01:06:22,640
families who are navigating some of

1671
01:06:19,200 --> 01:06:24,520
these very difficult transitions um from

1672
01:06:22,640 --> 01:06:26,440
especially from middle school to high

1673
01:06:24,520 --> 01:06:27,480
school um it's a whole world of

1674
01:06:26,440 --> 01:06:30,039
difference we're not a high school

1675
01:06:27,480 --> 01:06:33,640
district so that's diving into a big

1676
01:06:30,039 --> 01:06:33,640
unknown so that's been really

1677
01:06:35,520 --> 01:06:40,799
helpful all right so in this area of

1678
01:06:38,480 --> 01:06:43,240
recommendation we have a focus on IEP

1679
01:06:40,799 --> 01:06:44,839
compliance as well as formalized and

1680
01:06:43,240 --> 01:06:47,599
collaborative budget

1681
01:06:44,839 --> 01:06:50,039
planning we are focused on strengthening

1682
01:06:47,599 --> 01:06:52,119
our internal capacity um to ensure

1683
01:06:50,039 --> 01:06:54,880
consistent regular monitoring for

1684
01:06:52,119 --> 01:06:57,240
compliance um we recognize that I

1685
01:06:54,880 --> 01:07:00,200
compliance is is an area of growth for

1686
01:06:57,240 --> 01:07:02,920
us so service tracking was mentioned

1687
01:07:00,200 --> 01:07:06,760
earlier by an Janette and that's sort of

1688
01:07:02,920 --> 01:07:09,480
my my uh my area of work particularly in

1689
01:07:06,760 --> 01:07:11,400
in doing this um I conduct quarterly

1690
01:07:09,480 --> 01:07:12,640
reviews aligning with the state

1691
01:07:11,400 --> 01:07:14,640
requirements that measure our

1692
01:07:12,640 --> 01:07:16,319
performance and the state provides a

1693
01:07:14,640 --> 01:07:18,000
list of students to us so they want to

1694
01:07:16,319 --> 01:07:19,920
pull data from to ensure that we're

1695
01:07:18,000 --> 01:07:22,480
providing the services that are in the

1696
01:07:19,920 --> 01:07:24,880
IEP um so what I'm doing is I'm going

1697
01:07:22,480 --> 01:07:26,680
through sa which is our database looking

1698
01:07:24,880 --> 01:07:29,440
at the deliver able services to make

1699
01:07:26,680 --> 01:07:31,400
sure that students are getting the

1700
01:07:29,440 --> 01:07:33,119
services inputed into the service

1701
01:07:31,400 --> 01:07:34,799
tractor tracker so that they're

1702
01:07:33,119 --> 01:07:36,760
compliant and we're ensuring that

1703
01:07:34,799 --> 01:07:38,319
they're getting the services and so I

1704
01:07:36,760 --> 01:07:40,920
monitor that work with the teachers and

1705
01:07:38,319 --> 01:07:43,079
help them you know get the time to do

1706
01:07:40,920 --> 01:07:46,200
that work and answer their questions

1707
01:07:43,079 --> 01:07:46,200
because it is new for a lot of our

1708
01:07:48,000 --> 01:07:53,960
teachers um in this area um we we as we

1709
01:07:52,319 --> 01:07:56,640
pursue long-term planning and

1710
01:07:53,960 --> 01:07:58,520
sustainable change in our Department Ma

1711
01:07:56,640 --> 01:08:00,400
and I engage in weekly meetings with the

1712
01:07:58,520 --> 01:08:03,839
human resources department our weekly

1713
01:08:00,400 --> 01:08:05,680
meeting with Wendy and Patricia our comp

1714
01:08:03,839 --> 01:08:08,319
our collaboration is geared toward

1715
01:08:05,680 --> 01:08:10,319
enhancing and hiring and um recruiting

1716
01:08:08,319 --> 01:08:12,680
and training teachers or special

1717
01:08:10,319 --> 01:08:14,319
education teachers and a key focus of

1718
01:08:12,680 --> 01:08:16,120
this is to transition away from

1719
01:08:14,319 --> 01:08:18,839
contractors and to build capacity of

1720
01:08:16,120 --> 01:08:21,239
Redwood City staff it's really important

1721
01:08:18,839 --> 01:08:23,279
part so I'm I'm pleased to report a

1722
01:08:21,239 --> 01:08:25,520
significant progress in this area

1723
01:08:23,279 --> 01:08:27,520
actually among the 12 school

1724
01:08:25,520 --> 01:08:28,920
psychologist that we have only one is a

1725
01:08:27,520 --> 01:08:31,359
contractor of the rest ofor District

1726
01:08:28,920 --> 01:08:35,000
employees which is great additionally in

1727
01:08:31,359 --> 01:08:37,719
the 2223 school year um we had six

1728
01:08:35,000 --> 01:08:42,199
contracted teachers and by the start of

1729
01:08:37,719 --> 01:08:44,880
the 23 24 we had five and then as we

1730
01:08:42,199 --> 01:08:46,920
approach 2425 I am so excited to tell

1731
01:08:44,880 --> 01:08:48,920
you that we are in a position to be

1732
01:08:46,920 --> 01:08:51,759
fully filled by District employees which

1733
01:08:48,920 --> 01:08:51,759
is

1734
01:08:52,279 --> 01:08:58,120
amazing um our commitment to enhancing

1735
01:08:55,600 --> 01:09:00,600
quality IEPs continues to be the central

1736
01:08:58,120 --> 01:09:02,319
Focus um of our ongoing professional

1737
01:09:00,600 --> 01:09:04,719
development and may we speak a little

1738
01:09:02,319 --> 01:09:08,279
bit to this in a little

1739
01:09:04,719 --> 01:09:11,040
bit you go M yeah thank you okay see

1740
01:09:08,279 --> 01:09:13,920
multi multi-tiered systems of support

1741
01:09:11,040 --> 01:09:17,159
and um was a little surprising to see

1742
01:09:13,920 --> 01:09:19,520
the focus on this in the um special ed

1743
01:09:17,159 --> 01:09:22,319
study report because one would think

1744
01:09:19,520 --> 01:09:25,719
that it might be more focused on um

1745
01:09:22,319 --> 01:09:28,239
specialed alone an mtss is typically a

1746
01:09:25,719 --> 01:09:31,120
function of the General Ed side of the

1747
01:09:28,239 --> 01:09:33,440
house however it does relate to our work

1748
01:09:31,120 --> 01:09:34,759
very very greatly and reminds us that

1749
01:09:33,440 --> 01:09:37,319
all of our students are general

1750
01:09:34,759 --> 01:09:39,199
education students first although some

1751
01:09:37,319 --> 01:09:43,159
of them receive special education

1752
01:09:39,199 --> 01:09:46,080
services so building a robust mtss

1753
01:09:43,159 --> 01:09:47,920
system really supports success for all

1754
01:09:46,080 --> 01:09:50,880
of our students so that's one of the

1755
01:09:47,920 --> 01:09:54,159
really strong connections between the

1756
01:09:50,880 --> 01:09:56,440
mtss work in the district and special

1757
01:09:54,159 --> 01:09:59,880
education services

1758
01:09:56,440 --> 01:10:03,080
um the second part is when we have a

1759
01:09:59,880 --> 01:10:05,320
robust mtss system children get what

1760
01:10:03,080 --> 01:10:08,520
they need in general education and are

1761
01:10:05,320 --> 01:10:11,000
not needing to go to special education

1762
01:10:08,520 --> 01:10:13,120
to get additional Services I want to

1763
01:10:11,000 --> 01:10:16,360
emphasize that this doesn't imply a

1764
01:10:13,120 --> 01:10:18,800
reduction in Services it really um

1765
01:10:16,360 --> 01:10:22,560
supports providing children what they

1766
01:10:18,800 --> 01:10:25,719
need um earlier and in a more efficient

1767
01:10:22,560 --> 01:10:28,840
manner so and there's a very very strong

1768
01:10:25,719 --> 01:10:31,280
connection and tie between mtss general

1769
01:10:28,840 --> 01:10:33,360
education and special education I'm

1770
01:10:31,280 --> 01:10:35,800
really pleased to report that Jude and I

1771
01:10:33,360 --> 01:10:39,159
and special ed leaders participate in

1772
01:10:35,800 --> 01:10:41,600
all of the Mt mtss leadership work

1773
01:10:39,159 --> 01:10:44,040
including extensive training on udl

1774
01:10:41,600 --> 01:10:46,560
practices this year and thank assistant

1775
01:10:44,040 --> 01:10:49,480
superintendent

1776
01:10:46,560 --> 01:10:52,719
Herrera um two other ways that we'd like

1777
01:10:49,480 --> 01:10:54,920
to suggest um where we can partnership

1778
01:10:52,719 --> 01:10:57,040
more closely in this work and in this

1779
01:10:54,920 --> 01:11:00,760
area and follow up on the

1780
01:10:57,040 --> 01:11:04,480
recommendations are with regard to um

1781
01:11:00,760 --> 01:11:06,400
tracking um and identifying um how we

1782
01:11:04,480 --> 01:11:09,400
can best serve our students across the

1783
01:11:06,400 --> 01:11:11,480
tiers before they get referred so we

1784
01:11:09,400 --> 01:11:14,120
feel we're in a strong position to do a

1785
01:11:11,480 --> 01:11:16,440
deep dive on data at each site we

1786
01:11:14,120 --> 01:11:18,239
propose to do this at the beginning of

1787
01:11:16,440 --> 01:11:20,159
next school year over the summer

1788
01:11:18,239 --> 01:11:23,080
probably in preparation for next school

1789
01:11:20,159 --> 01:11:26,360
year so that we can identify if there

1790
01:11:23,080 --> 01:11:28,840
are any Trends or areas for Focus so

1791
01:11:26,360 --> 01:11:31,080
we're seeing the resultss but what we're

1792
01:11:28,840 --> 01:11:32,640
hoping to is we can get to the I feel

1793
01:11:31,080 --> 01:11:35,400
like I'm cutting in and out am I cutting

1794
01:11:32,640 --> 01:11:38,679
in and out no thank you thank you

1795
01:11:35,400 --> 01:11:41,199
Crystal Clear um so that we can get to

1796
01:11:38,679 --> 01:11:44,280
some of those pre-referral

1797
01:11:41,199 --> 01:11:46,520
um uh challenges so I'll give a specific

1798
01:11:44,280 --> 01:11:48,719
example and this is not this is just not

1799
01:11:46,520 --> 01:11:51,760
related to any school in our district

1800
01:11:48,719 --> 01:11:54,239
but it's very common for young children

1801
01:11:51,760 --> 01:11:56,080
who are English Learners to be referred

1802
01:11:54,239 --> 01:11:58,280
to be evaluated

1803
01:11:56,080 --> 01:12:00,719
uh to determine if they're eligible for

1804
01:11:58,280 --> 01:12:01,480
speech language impairment um category

1805
01:12:00,719 --> 01:12:04,639
of

1806
01:12:01,480 --> 01:12:07,400
disability um we know that dual language

1807
01:12:04,639 --> 01:12:10,080
Learners have a different language

1808
01:12:07,400 --> 01:12:12,679
progression than English only Learners

1809
01:12:10,080 --> 01:12:14,280
so if we saw that in our data we'd be

1810
01:12:12,679 --> 01:12:16,480
able to ask our speech language

1811
01:12:14,280 --> 01:12:18,840
pathologist to provide some professional

1812
01:12:16,480 --> 01:12:21,480
development to the staff all staff are

1813
01:12:18,840 --> 01:12:23,400
doing their best to support students so

1814
01:12:21,480 --> 01:12:24,920
maybe a knowledge deficit would result

1815
01:12:23,400 --> 01:12:28,000
in over referral that's what we're

1816
01:12:24,920 --> 01:12:30,560
hoping oping to um unpack a little bit

1817
01:12:28,000 --> 01:12:33,560
with looking at the data more closely a

1818
01:12:30,560 --> 01:12:36,199
second way we hope we can support mtss

1819
01:12:33,560 --> 01:12:38,840
is with the SST process at sites so I

1820
01:12:36,199 --> 01:12:42,080
want to pause and acknowledge that the

1821
01:12:38,840 --> 01:12:45,199
sites are expert on their mtss um

1822
01:12:42,080 --> 01:12:48,679
process and on the SST process we have

1823
01:12:45,199 --> 01:12:51,239
mtss tosis as each site um Michelle

1824
01:12:48,679 --> 01:12:52,960
Griffith um in collaboration with Erica

1825
01:12:51,239 --> 01:12:55,639
ing from the county office have done

1826
01:12:52,960 --> 01:12:57,360
tremendous work in this area this year

1827
01:12:55,639 --> 01:13:00,040
what we're thinking about is if you

1828
01:12:57,360 --> 01:13:03,440
think of children moving um through the

1829
01:13:00,040 --> 01:13:05,080
mtss process towards assessment that we

1830
01:13:03,440 --> 01:13:07,080
can look at that from the special

1831
01:13:05,080 --> 01:13:10,719
education side of the house and from our

1832
01:13:07,080 --> 01:13:15,320
lens to give some feedback about um

1833
01:13:10,719 --> 01:13:19,320
criteria that we' like to see met to um

1834
01:13:15,320 --> 01:13:22,760
uh increase um efficiency and increase

1835
01:13:19,320 --> 01:13:24,800
um consistency consistency across sites

1836
01:13:22,760 --> 01:13:27,120
um we see our instructional leaders at

1837
01:13:24,800 --> 01:13:29,560
each it principles and our school

1838
01:13:27,120 --> 01:13:31,199
psychologists as being really key in

1839
01:13:29,560 --> 01:13:34,360
this work and I have again another

1840
01:13:31,199 --> 01:13:37,159
specific example so if a child is

1841
01:13:34,360 --> 01:13:40,800
missing a substantial amount of school

1842
01:13:37,159 --> 01:13:45,280
and anything close to 5 to 10% that

1843
01:13:40,800 --> 01:13:48,400
would kind of be a um indicator that

1844
01:13:45,280 --> 01:13:50,480
learning challenges may be a result of

1845
01:13:48,400 --> 01:13:53,120
missed opportunity rather than a

1846
01:13:50,480 --> 01:13:55,480
suspected disability so just making sure

1847
01:13:53,120 --> 01:13:57,920
that this information is really widely

1848
01:13:55,480 --> 01:13:59,600
distributed and understood as a norm

1849
01:13:57,920 --> 01:14:01,880
when we look at children moving through

1850
01:13:59,600 --> 01:14:01,880
our

1851
01:14:04,760 --> 01:14:10,360
system okay here's my very very favorite

1852
01:14:07,760 --> 01:14:12,560
infective instructional programs so we

1853
01:14:10,360 --> 01:14:15,360
know that the goal of special education

1854
01:14:12,560 --> 01:14:17,639
services is to support students to make

1855
01:14:15,360 --> 01:14:19,960
progress on IEP goals and to receive

1856
01:14:17,639 --> 01:14:21,440
educational benefit and this aligns with

1857
01:14:19,960 --> 01:14:24,120
the goal of all of the work in the

1858
01:14:21,440 --> 01:14:26,000
district we want to support Student

1859
01:14:24,120 --> 01:14:29,120
Success um social emotionally

1860
01:14:26,000 --> 01:14:31,199
behaviorally and academically um across

1861
01:14:29,120 --> 01:14:35,760
their educational career at Redwood City

1862
01:14:31,199 --> 01:14:38,040
School District so um we have been

1863
01:14:35,760 --> 01:14:40,639
working on two areas this year anet

1864
01:14:38,040 --> 01:14:44,639
refer to this and part of this has been

1865
01:14:40,639 --> 01:14:48,600
um uh really supported or pointed out by

1866
01:14:44,639 --> 01:14:50,440
um uh Wendy Kelly um our Deputy

1867
01:14:48,600 --> 01:14:53,560
superintendent in terms of what are we

1868
01:14:50,440 --> 01:14:55,920
doing to build a more robust onboarding

1869
01:14:53,560 --> 01:14:57,679
system for our power educators so we do

1870
01:14:55,920 --> 01:14:59,679
have some stuff in place what we're

1871
01:14:57,679 --> 01:15:02,239
learning is it's not consistently in

1872
01:14:59,679 --> 01:15:04,679
place and so it's an area for continuous

1873
01:15:02,239 --> 01:15:08,199
Improvement and the second area is for

1874
01:15:04,679 --> 01:15:11,679
our teachers and having what we see we

1875
01:15:08,199 --> 01:15:14,320
we get teachers um from uh they're all

1876
01:15:11,679 --> 01:15:18,000
in different places um but we know that

1877
01:15:14,320 --> 01:15:19,320
there's a core kit of skills a core kit

1878
01:15:18,000 --> 01:15:21,239
of tools that we want to ensure

1879
01:15:19,320 --> 01:15:23,159
everybody has before they walk into one

1880
01:15:21,239 --> 01:15:25,440
of our classrooms so that's what the

1881
01:15:23,159 --> 01:15:26,800
second bullet point really relates to

1882
01:15:25,440 --> 01:15:29,239
again this will be an area for

1883
01:15:26,800 --> 01:15:32,400
continuous Improvement because as we

1884
01:15:29,239 --> 01:15:35,360
build internal um skill sets this core

1885
01:15:32,400 --> 01:15:35,360
kit will also

1886
01:15:37,080 --> 01:15:42,000
increase so um in the long term Jude had

1887
01:15:40,719 --> 01:15:45,600
said we're looking at kind of a

1888
01:15:42,000 --> 01:15:47,560
three-year plan for our par Educators we

1889
01:15:45,600 --> 01:15:50,679
identify we know that we do want to

1890
01:15:47,560 --> 01:15:53,480
focus on building capacity for positive

1891
01:15:50,679 --> 01:15:55,000
behavior interventions and supports we

1892
01:15:53,480 --> 01:15:57,000
do want to come up with a more longterm

1893
01:15:55,000 --> 01:15:59,040
term plan but we want a little bit of

1894
01:15:57,000 --> 01:16:01,800
time to develop that we want to get

1895
01:15:59,040 --> 01:16:03,440
feedback from our par Educators because

1896
01:16:01,800 --> 01:16:05,679
they can also really provide a lot of

1897
01:16:03,440 --> 01:16:08,199
guidance in this area and we just didn't

1898
01:16:05,679 --> 01:16:10,400
have that ready for this evening for our

1899
01:16:08,199 --> 01:16:12,199
teachers we have conducted surveys over

1900
01:16:10,400 --> 01:16:15,400
the last couple of years and we feel we

1901
01:16:12,199 --> 01:16:18,280
have a um a a better understanding of

1902
01:16:15,400 --> 01:16:19,480
what is needed in terms of a three-year

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01:16:18,280 --> 01:16:21,880
plan for

1904
01:16:19,480 --> 01:16:24,040
instruction um for professional

1905
01:16:21,880 --> 01:16:26,120
development so this year our Focus was

1906
01:16:24,040 --> 01:16:28,440
on the science of reading um we

1907
01:16:26,120 --> 01:16:32,880
implemented sips read 180 and Linda

1908
01:16:28,440 --> 01:16:35,120
moodbell strategies we propose um that

1909
01:16:32,880 --> 01:16:37,199
next year we would focus on math

1910
01:16:35,120 --> 01:16:39,040
instruction we're always going to have a

1911
01:16:37,199 --> 01:16:43,199
secondary Focus or maybe several

1912
01:16:39,040 --> 01:16:46,360
secondary focuses and based on the uh

1913
01:16:43,199 --> 01:16:49,159
results from the study and we believe

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01:16:46,360 --> 01:16:52,639
that IP compliance is going to always be

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01:16:49,159 --> 01:16:56,800
an ongoing um area that we need to keep

1916
01:16:52,639 --> 01:17:01,480
continually focusing on and then um we

1917
01:16:56,800 --> 01:17:03,080
talk about um typically a spiral focus

1918
01:17:01,480 --> 01:17:05,280
and this is very popular term in

1919
01:17:03,080 --> 01:17:07,480
California about the last 10 years so we

1920
01:17:05,280 --> 01:17:11,080
want to continue our spiral Focus

1921
01:17:07,480 --> 01:17:14,679
returning to the science of reading um

1922
01:17:11,080 --> 01:17:16,679
this is uh the three-year plan um I

1923
01:17:14,679 --> 01:17:18,920
would say is tentative right now because

1924
01:17:16,679 --> 01:17:21,800
we want to be aware of changing um

1925
01:17:18,920 --> 01:17:24,080
priorities as we move through it but um

1926
01:17:21,800 --> 01:17:26,760
we're feeling pretty confident and that

1927
01:17:24,080 --> 01:17:29,760
this is the direction we want to head a

1928
01:17:26,760 --> 01:17:32,880
kind of balance of academics but an

1929
01:17:29,760 --> 01:17:35,159
increasing focus on um inclusive

1930
01:17:32,880 --> 01:17:37,120
practices Jude will speak a little bit

1931
01:17:35,159 --> 01:17:39,880
later to that we know that's very

1932
01:17:37,120 --> 01:17:42,639
important to our family community our

1933
01:17:39,880 --> 01:17:45,199
our families and um we heard from

1934
01:17:42,639 --> 01:17:46,800
Anjanette that our principles and many

1935
01:17:45,199 --> 01:17:49,480
of our School site staff are also

1936
01:17:46,800 --> 01:17:52,320
committed to

1937
01:17:49,480 --> 01:17:54,600
that you know I I realized that I I

1938
01:17:52,320 --> 01:17:56,920
forgot one thing um I had been talking

1939
01:17:54,600 --> 01:17:58,880
to Dr Baker about this earlier just so

1940
01:17:56,920 --> 01:18:00,199
the board and the public and everybody

1941
01:17:58,880 --> 01:18:02,080
understands a little bit more about

1942
01:18:00,199 --> 01:18:04,920
professional development and special

1943
01:18:02,080 --> 01:18:07,920
education we're serving over 1,000

1944
01:18:04,920 --> 01:18:11,960
students well over 1,000 students across

1945
01:18:07,920 --> 01:18:14,639
11 grade levels because um we have K8 we

1946
01:18:11,960 --> 01:18:17,239
also have TK and prek right now and

1947
01:18:14,639 --> 01:18:18,440
we're serving a real diversity of

1948
01:18:17,239 --> 01:18:24,800
learner

1949
01:18:18,440 --> 01:18:26,679
profiles um we have 50 teachers um 175

1950
01:18:24,800 --> 01:18:28,440
our Educators we have a team of school

1951
01:18:26,679 --> 01:18:30,560
psychologists speech language

1952
01:18:28,440 --> 01:18:33,000
Pathologists occupational therapists and

1953
01:18:30,560 --> 01:18:35,960
other uh adaptive physical

1954
01:18:33,000 --> 01:18:38,520
Educators um these teams work

1955
01:18:35,960 --> 01:18:40,520
collaboratively across multiple

1956
01:18:38,520 --> 01:18:42,719
environments so it could be general

1957
01:18:40,520 --> 01:18:44,679
education A specialized Learning Center

1958
01:18:42,719 --> 01:18:47,320
resource Learning Center therapeutic

1959
01:18:44,679 --> 01:18:50,719
Learning Center a prek inclusion

1960
01:18:47,320 --> 01:18:52,760
classroom so um this complicates the

1961
01:18:50,719 --> 01:18:54,040
puzzle that is professional development

1962
01:18:52,760 --> 01:18:56,400
we're really confident that we're going

1963
01:18:54,040 --> 01:18:59,280
to be able to do do it but I felt it

1964
01:18:56,400 --> 01:19:03,560
important to share um that this is a

1965
01:18:59,280 --> 01:19:05,840
very Dynamic big big task um and and I

1966
01:19:03,560 --> 01:19:08,000
feel very excited about what we're going

1967
01:19:05,840 --> 01:19:08,000
to

1968
01:19:08,719 --> 01:19:15,280
do um two final points that Anette also

1969
01:19:13,159 --> 01:19:19,679
highlighted um a little bit also

1970
01:19:15,280 --> 01:19:21,880
relating to this shifting from um what

1971
01:19:19,679 --> 01:19:24,080
we might think of of services to

1972
01:19:21,880 --> 01:19:25,760
district and building capacity building

1973
01:19:24,080 --> 01:19:28,600
capacity so so all of our professional

1974
01:19:25,760 --> 01:19:32,760
development is around building capacity

1975
01:19:28,600 --> 01:19:35,560
we have spent the last uh year um

1976
01:19:32,760 --> 01:19:37,760
articulating our Mental Health Services

1977
01:19:35,560 --> 01:19:39,440
for students with IPS so these are

1978
01:19:37,760 --> 01:19:41,639
called educationally related Mental

1979
01:19:39,440 --> 01:19:43,880
Health Services we acknowledge that the

1980
01:19:41,639 --> 01:19:47,000
district especially since Co has made a

1981
01:19:43,880 --> 01:19:49,600
huge commitment to supporting students

1982
01:19:47,000 --> 01:19:52,679
um social and emotional well-being and

1983
01:19:49,600 --> 01:19:54,920
returning to the mtss system all of our

1984
01:19:52,679 --> 01:19:56,679
students with IEPs have access to the

1985
01:19:54,920 --> 01:19:59,320
school counselors right the school

1986
01:19:56,679 --> 01:20:03,159
counselors are serving everybody not

1987
01:19:59,320 --> 01:20:05,920
just um General Ed only students for

1988
01:20:03,159 --> 01:20:09,960
students who qualify for IR Services

1989
01:20:05,920 --> 01:20:12,080
through their IEP these services are um

1990
01:20:09,960 --> 01:20:15,000
maybe a little I don't want to say more

1991
01:20:12,080 --> 01:20:16,840
specialized um but more integrated into

1992
01:20:15,000 --> 01:20:18,800
the IEP and really necessary for the

1993
01:20:16,840 --> 01:20:21,719
child to make progress on their IEP

1994
01:20:18,800 --> 01:20:24,760
goals we have different tiers and we

1995
01:20:21,719 --> 01:20:26,560
feel many of them are successful however

1996
01:20:24,760 --> 01:20:29,600
the highest level of services which

1997
01:20:26,560 --> 01:20:32,800
includes individual group and family

1998
01:20:29,600 --> 01:20:35,480
counseling is currently provided by uh

1999
01:20:32,800 --> 01:20:37,400
contractors and we would love to bring

2000
01:20:35,480 --> 01:20:39,760
that back inh housee and build our

2001
01:20:37,400 --> 01:20:43,360
internal capacity so we are working on a

2002
01:20:39,760 --> 01:20:45,840
proposal for that to give to you um we

2003
01:20:43,360 --> 01:20:49,040
anticipate um not a change in the

2004
01:20:45,840 --> 01:20:51,800
quality of services but more ownership

2005
01:20:49,040 --> 01:20:53,719
um of our services and um maybe a little

2006
01:20:51,800 --> 01:20:55,600
bit more flexibility in what that looks

2007
01:20:53,719 --> 01:20:58,440
like when we have inter internal service

2008
01:20:55,600 --> 01:21:00,320
providers um in terms of the inhouse

2009
01:20:58,440 --> 01:21:02,360
behavioral support part of me feels this

2010
01:21:00,320 --> 01:21:05,120
is the biggest theme of the evening I'm

2011
01:21:02,360 --> 01:21:06,760
not sure if that was intentional um I

2012
01:21:05,120 --> 01:21:09,000
want to pause and say all of our

2013
01:21:06,760 --> 01:21:11,040
teachers and Par educators are doing

2014
01:21:09,000 --> 01:21:14,120
amazing work with complicated students

2015
01:21:11,040 --> 01:21:16,520
we're incredibly grateful um many of our

2016
01:21:14,120 --> 01:21:18,400
students are present with levels of

2017
01:21:16,520 --> 01:21:21,960
disregulation that really impede their

2018
01:21:18,400 --> 01:21:24,880
ability to access instruction sometimes

2019
01:21:21,960 --> 01:21:28,040
and interrupt the instruction of others

2020
01:21:24,880 --> 01:21:30,800
so we do um identify the need agree with

2021
01:21:28,040 --> 01:21:34,159
the need recommended in the report um to

2022
01:21:30,800 --> 01:21:36,960
build internal capacity in this area we

2023
01:21:34,159 --> 01:21:39,560
have a board-certified behavior analyst

2024
01:21:36,960 --> 01:21:41,960
in our special education department um

2025
01:21:39,560 --> 01:21:44,120
who who's a phenomenal resource we'd

2026
01:21:41,960 --> 01:21:46,679
like to leverage her skills to direct

2027
01:21:44,120 --> 01:21:50,239
and support building internal capacity

2028
01:21:46,679 --> 01:21:53,320
and eventually our vision is a an

2029
01:21:50,239 --> 01:21:55,120
itinerant team of EMP power Educators

2030
01:21:53,320 --> 01:21:58,880
who can really support

2031
01:21:55,120 --> 01:22:02,719
Behavior crises um I would note here

2032
01:21:58,880 --> 01:22:04,639
that a primary role often of a par

2033
01:22:02,719 --> 01:22:06,639
educator supporting a child with

2034
01:22:04,639 --> 01:22:09,199
behavioral challenges is to implement a

2035
01:22:06,639 --> 01:22:11,840
behavior intervention plan so what

2036
01:22:09,199 --> 01:22:14,400
you'll notice with our slideshow here

2037
01:22:11,840 --> 01:22:17,080
there's many overlapping themes and if

2038
01:22:14,400 --> 01:22:20,120
we think of the earlier referral process

2039
01:22:17,080 --> 01:22:21,600
for Behavior Support and the emphasis

2040
01:22:20,120 --> 01:22:23,920
that we feel we've been missing on

2041
01:22:21,600 --> 01:22:26,000
Fading that support increasing

2042
01:22:23,920 --> 01:22:29,120
Independence increasing pro-social

2043
01:22:26,000 --> 01:22:31,120
behaviors we feel that having a team a

2044
01:22:29,120 --> 01:22:34,159
more dedicated focused team will be able

2045
01:22:31,120 --> 01:22:36,639
to accomplish that and eventually um

2046
01:22:34,159 --> 01:22:39,080
reduce um the need for some of these

2047
01:22:36,639 --> 01:22:41,639
Services again it's not a reduction in

2048
01:22:39,080 --> 01:22:44,560
Services it's a measure of efficiency

2049
01:22:41,639 --> 01:22:44,560
and student

2050
01:22:47,199 --> 01:22:53,360
agency okay I think we're on to just

2051
01:22:49,679 --> 01:22:53,360
about our last slide

2052
01:22:55,880 --> 01:23:02,320
thank you ma um so culture of inclusion

2053
01:23:00,080 --> 01:23:05,320
which is another um one of our

2054
01:23:02,320 --> 01:23:08,520
recommendation areas of growth this is a

2055
01:23:05,320 --> 01:23:11,080
long-term goal and as we all know in

2056
01:23:08,520 --> 01:23:13,400
education education evolves over time

2057
01:23:11,080 --> 01:23:17,120
always and so it will always be an

2058
01:23:13,400 --> 01:23:21,600
ongoing progress um towards you know the

2059
01:23:17,120 --> 01:23:24,560
best best outcomes um but in we are

2060
01:23:21,600 --> 01:23:26,600
reinforcing a collective um

2061
01:23:24,560 --> 01:23:29,159
responsibility for all of our students

2062
01:23:26,600 --> 01:23:32,040
and it's not that that students theirs

2063
01:23:29,159 --> 01:23:34,520
and those students belong there it's

2064
01:23:32,040 --> 01:23:36,760
these students are all of our students

2065
01:23:34,520 --> 01:23:39,440
um and to build capacity which involves

2066
01:23:36,760 --> 01:23:41,280
a collective responsibility all of us

2067
01:23:39,440 --> 01:23:42,159
are accountable for the success of all

2068
01:23:41,280 --> 01:23:45,440
of our

2069
01:23:42,159 --> 01:23:48,760
students so this work really requires a

2070
01:23:45,440 --> 01:23:50,719
belief and mindset shift um and as a

2071
01:23:48,760 --> 01:23:53,920
former inclusion teacher I taught for

2072
01:23:50,719 --> 01:23:56,719
two years in fourth and fifth grade

2073
01:23:53,920 --> 01:23:58,080
legit co- teing in a general education

2074
01:23:56,719 --> 01:24:00,520
classroom with students who would have

2075
01:23:58,080 --> 01:24:03,560
otherwise been in a special day class

2076
01:24:00,520 --> 01:24:06,480
segregated um so I have experience as an

2077
01:24:03,560 --> 01:24:08,480
inclusion teacher and a principal of a

2078
01:24:06,480 --> 01:24:10,199
school here in Redwood City that

2079
01:24:08,480 --> 01:24:12,920
championed inclusion

2080
01:24:10,199 --> 01:24:14,880
practices so I've witnessed firsthand

2081
01:24:12,920 --> 01:24:18,480
positive outcomes and impact that

2082
01:24:14,880 --> 01:24:20,159
inclusion has on our students um and I

2083
01:24:18,480 --> 01:24:22,040
actually did a cycle of inquiry at San

2084
01:24:20,159 --> 01:24:25,080
Francisco State and with the district

2085
01:24:22,040 --> 01:24:26,080
around the data around um the success of

2086
01:24:25,080 --> 01:24:28,159
that

2087
01:24:26,080 --> 01:24:30,480
implementation so this is not just a

2088
01:24:28,159 --> 01:24:33,159
shift for special ed but it's really a

2089
01:24:30,480 --> 01:24:37,280
shift for the district um it's an Lea

2090
01:24:33,159 --> 01:24:39,760
wide mind shift um of incl to change to

2091
01:24:37,280 --> 01:24:42,040
towards inclusive practices inclusion is

2092
01:24:39,760 --> 01:24:44,560
not just about doing the right thing but

2093
01:24:42,040 --> 01:24:47,199
it's it's effective and benefits all

2094
01:24:44,560 --> 01:24:49,880
students good teaching goes beyond the

2095
01:24:47,199 --> 01:24:52,360
classroom um and it doesn't mean

2096
01:24:49,880 --> 01:24:55,800
separate programs or separate classrooms

2097
01:24:52,360 --> 01:24:58,119
and this movement is ongoing and vital

2098
01:24:55,800 --> 01:25:00,520
on a personal note I am a parent of a

2099
01:24:58,119 --> 01:25:03,080
child with a disability he's 26 years

2100
01:25:00,520 --> 01:25:05,840
old right now um and so I bring a

2101
01:25:03,080 --> 01:25:08,760
personal perspective to this table um

2102
01:25:05,840 --> 01:25:10,400
and to really be able to understand

2103
01:25:08,760 --> 01:25:12,920
those strategies and understand the

2104
01:25:10,400 --> 01:25:16,080
importance of inclusive education with

2105
01:25:12,920 --> 01:25:17,239
my um personal experience having a child

2106
01:25:16,080 --> 01:25:20,239
with a

2107
01:25:17,239 --> 01:25:22,239
disability um in the other area we have

2108
01:25:20,239 --> 01:25:24,760
technical skills which is a three-year

2109
01:25:22,239 --> 01:25:26,960
plan um we are concentrating ating on

2110
01:25:24,760 --> 01:25:29,239
advancing professional development as ma

2111
01:25:26,960 --> 01:25:31,679
was referencing earlier specifically in

2112
01:25:29,239 --> 01:25:33,320
promoting inclusive practices this

2113
01:25:31,679 --> 01:25:35,679
effort corresponds with reports

2114
01:25:33,320 --> 01:25:38,760
observations and many of our principles

2115
01:25:35,679 --> 01:25:41,280
right now and staff already Embrace um

2116
01:25:38,760 --> 01:25:42,880
inclusive practices and are already

2117
01:25:41,280 --> 01:25:44,360
they're really trying many of them are

2118
01:25:42,880 --> 01:25:47,360
already attempting to do some of this

2119
01:25:44,360 --> 01:25:49,840
work right now um so we're really in a

2120
01:25:47,360 --> 01:25:53,639
good place to refine this practice and

2121
01:25:49,840 --> 01:25:55,840
get bigger bigger work done um so if you

2122
01:25:53,639 --> 01:25:57,800
think about a student um just a random

2123
01:25:55,840 --> 01:25:59,360
student who's a fourth grader who reads

2124
01:25:57,800 --> 01:26:02,000
at a first grade level and they're in a

2125
01:25:59,360 --> 01:26:03,400
general education classroom you know

2126
01:26:02,000 --> 01:26:05,639
what would what would English language

2127
01:26:03,400 --> 01:26:08,639
arts look like for that student how what

2128
01:26:05,639 --> 01:26:11,280
do we need to do instructionally ped

2129
01:26:08,639 --> 01:26:13,560
pedagogically and systematically to make

2130
01:26:11,280 --> 01:26:15,040
sure that the student is able to make

2131
01:26:13,560 --> 01:26:17,639
progress and access the general

2132
01:26:15,040 --> 01:26:19,840
education curriculum um but providing

2133
01:26:17,639 --> 01:26:21,480
the training and skills and technical

2134
01:26:19,840 --> 01:26:23,679
skills and the strategies to the

2135
01:26:21,480 --> 01:26:25,360
teachers will really help effectively

2136
01:26:23,679 --> 01:26:28,360
equip them you know to meet these

2137
01:26:25,360 --> 01:26:30,880
students needs so again we are committed

2138
01:26:28,360 --> 01:26:33,320
to ensuring that our practices meet the

2139
01:26:30,880 --> 01:26:35,000
required monitoring criteria and by

2140
01:26:33,320 --> 01:26:37,639
aligning our efforts across these

2141
01:26:35,000 --> 01:26:39,360
various Dimensions we are dedicated to

2142
01:26:37,639 --> 01:26:41,119
fostering an educational environment

2143
01:26:39,360 --> 01:26:42,840
where every student drives and that

2144
01:26:41,119 --> 01:26:45,360
directly aligns with the district's

2145
01:26:42,840 --> 01:26:45,360
vision and

2146
01:26:47,630 --> 01:26:52,480
[Music]

2147
01:26:49,480 --> 01:26:54,040
Mission can I say on inclusion 12 just

2148
01:26:52,480 --> 01:26:55,760
very quickly I want to highlight that we

2149
01:26:54,040 --> 01:26:57,480
do do have a wonderful Inclusive

2150
01:26:55,760 --> 01:26:59,960
Preschool program in partnership with

2151
01:26:57,480 --> 01:27:02,560
our Child Development Centers and that

2152
01:26:59,960 --> 01:27:06,880
the district is a recipient of the

2153
01:27:02,560 --> 01:27:10,800
special no the asip

2154
01:27:06,880 --> 01:27:13,280
uh supporting inclusive practices um so

2155
01:27:10,800 --> 01:27:15,840
this is uh under the offices of CDE the

2156
01:27:13,280 --> 01:27:18,920
district has been awarded a $25,000

2157
01:27:15,840 --> 01:27:20,639
Grant um to support the implementation

2158
01:27:18,920 --> 01:27:23,080
of inclusive practices and we've been

2159
01:27:20,639 --> 01:27:25,119
recognized by the Sip for uh for our

2160
01:27:23,080 --> 01:27:27,760
work so far

2161
01:27:25,119 --> 01:27:29,719
thank you for bringing that up um I

2162
01:27:27,760 --> 01:27:33,119
specifically oversee preschool in

2163
01:27:29,719 --> 01:27:35,840
general um in my department and I have

2164
01:27:33,119 --> 01:27:37,679
been a part of planning meetings and you

2165
01:27:35,840 --> 01:27:40,199
know the tough times and the great times

2166
01:27:37,679 --> 01:27:41,880
and we're really in a nice space where

2167
01:27:40,199 --> 01:27:43,760
you know everybody in the inclusion

2168
01:27:41,880 --> 01:27:45,320
preschools are really excited about you

2169
01:27:43,760 --> 01:27:47,920
know learning more and doing more of

2170
01:27:45,320 --> 01:27:50,520
this work so it's been really

2171
01:27:47,920 --> 01:27:53,080
exciting so let me switch the slides

2172
01:27:50,520 --> 01:27:53,080
okay go ahead thank

2173
01:27:53,119 --> 01:27:56,920
you we're stuck on

2174
01:27:57,920 --> 01:28:03,760
inclusion there we go all right so in

2175
01:28:01,360 --> 01:28:05,719
closing here's a recap of the four areas

2176
01:28:03,760 --> 01:28:08,159
of recommendation that we discussed this

2177
01:28:05,719 --> 01:28:10,800
evening um but most specifically we want

2178
01:28:08,159 --> 01:28:13,719
to sincerely thank our teachers our

2179
01:28:10,800 --> 01:28:16,960
students our families our

2180
01:28:13,719 --> 01:28:19,920
administrators um our community

2181
01:28:16,960 --> 01:28:22,679
and everybody that works um with our

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01:28:19,920 --> 01:28:24,239
students um in any way um we want to

2183
01:28:22,679 --> 01:28:27,440
thank you so much for supporting our our

2184
01:28:24,239 --> 01:28:30,159
work and collaboration and um sincerely

2185
01:28:27,440 --> 01:28:31,800
appreciate you know the work I sincerely

2186
01:28:30,159 --> 01:28:34,080
appreciate your support and the work me

2187
01:28:31,800 --> 01:28:35,159
moving forward so thank you so much

2188
01:28:34,080 --> 01:28:41,159
appreciate

2189
01:28:35,159 --> 01:28:41,159
it yeah that that it

2190
01:28:45,520 --> 01:28:51,520
questions yeah our

2191
01:28:48,520 --> 01:28:55,159
friend that's very

2192
01:28:51,520 --> 01:28:57,560
nice thank you guys um I really don't

2193
01:28:55,159 --> 01:29:00,159
have questions um more you know an

2194
01:28:57,560 --> 01:29:02,400
overall comment of course just like the

2195
01:29:00,159 --> 01:29:04,360
report said I applaud you guys the

2196
01:29:02,400 --> 01:29:06,719
entire department and obviously the

2197
01:29:04,360 --> 01:29:10,560
entire District um I want to say you

2198
01:29:06,719 --> 01:29:13,000
know thank you to um the district for

2199
01:29:10,560 --> 01:29:15,719
reaching out to doing this study because

2200
01:29:13,000 --> 01:29:18,480
obviously we are moving the needle right

2201
01:29:15,719 --> 01:29:20,840
and so the entire um special a

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01:29:18,480 --> 01:29:22,520
department from the leadership support

2203
01:29:20,840 --> 01:29:23,920
staff teachers and of course a pair of

2204
01:29:22,520 --> 01:29:27,360
professionals that work day in and day

2205
01:29:23,920 --> 01:29:28,920
out with our students um we do see um

2206
01:29:27,360 --> 01:29:31,719
even on the report that we have

2207
01:29:28,920 --> 01:29:34,760
hardworking and dedicated uh Department

2208
01:29:31,719 --> 01:29:38,040
staff and so just like May Ma just said

2209
01:29:34,760 --> 01:29:41,600
she's very excited notice she do say

2210
01:29:38,040 --> 01:29:44,560
other words so um I I just want to say

2211
01:29:41,600 --> 01:29:46,040
I'm I'm just really um honored to be uh

2212
01:29:44,560 --> 01:29:48,280
part of the RIT City School District

2213
01:29:46,040 --> 01:29:50,960
because again I've said it many times

2214
01:29:48,280 --> 01:29:55,239
you guys work wear so many hats are and

2215
01:29:50,960 --> 01:29:57,239
always so um enthusias itic about moving

2216
01:29:55,239 --> 01:29:59,760
forward and helping our students so I

2217
01:29:57,239 --> 01:30:02,360
really really appreciate it so um those

2218
01:29:59,760 --> 01:30:04,159
are my only comments um again I know

2219
01:30:02,360 --> 01:30:06,960
just like every other District special

2220
01:30:04,159 --> 01:30:09,159
ed is always you know

2221
01:30:06,960 --> 01:30:11,480
um you really have to work with the

2222
01:30:09,159 --> 01:30:13,840
students moving them forward and I think

2223
01:30:11,480 --> 01:30:15,800
again little by little but the needle is

2224
01:30:13,840 --> 01:30:17,679
moving and so that that's what matters

2225
01:30:15,800 --> 01:30:21,880
the progress so I really want to thank

2226
01:30:17,679 --> 01:30:21,880
you guys thank you

2227
01:30:24,080 --> 01:30:27,600
thanks so much obviously lots of work

2228
01:30:25,719 --> 01:30:29,199
represented here both by a third party

2229
01:30:27,600 --> 01:30:31,480
coming in to go and take a look at and

2230
01:30:29,199 --> 01:30:33,040
effectively audit our program and then a

2231
01:30:31,480 --> 01:30:34,560
chance for the program to respond and I

2232
01:30:33,040 --> 01:30:36,199
think just even having this kind of

2233
01:30:34,560 --> 01:30:37,560
level of dialogue is helpful for us to

2234
01:30:36,199 --> 01:30:40,280
see like what's working what's not

2235
01:30:37,560 --> 01:30:42,760
working how are we refining our plans um

2236
01:30:40,280 --> 01:30:44,960
which I think is terrific um on the on

2237
01:30:42,760 --> 01:30:48,199
the report really appreciated having the

2238
01:30:44,960 --> 01:30:49,840
comparable districts in particular um I

2239
01:30:48,199 --> 01:30:51,760
made a note of what those comparable

2240
01:30:49,840 --> 01:30:54,320
districts are like if a fair amount of

2241
01:30:51,760 --> 01:30:56,040
research was done is to like this is the

2242
01:30:54,320 --> 01:30:58,440
but to which we' be we should be holding

2243
01:30:56,040 --> 01:31:00,639
ourselves the pelaton in which we exist

2244
01:30:58,440 --> 01:31:02,400
there may be other areas than just

2245
01:31:00,639 --> 01:31:03,840
special ed where we want to go and see

2246
01:31:02,400 --> 01:31:05,639
like how are we stacking up against

2247
01:31:03,840 --> 01:31:07,560
these in which ways are our practices

2248
01:31:05,639 --> 01:31:09,719
different so highlighting for instance

2249
01:31:07,560 --> 01:31:12,360
that Services was wildly different than

2250
01:31:09,719 --> 01:31:13,920
our peers really helpful to go and like

2251
01:31:12,360 --> 01:31:15,639
Focus the discussion look what are we

2252
01:31:13,920 --> 01:31:17,159
going to go and do there and then

2253
01:31:15,639 --> 01:31:19,520
produce the action items that we're

2254
01:31:17,159 --> 01:31:22,159
seeing coming out of the district um so

2255
01:31:19,520 --> 01:31:23,600
just like I I really enjoyed that you

2256
01:31:22,159 --> 01:31:24,600
know everyone knows I'm sort of the data

2257
01:31:23,600 --> 01:31:26,480
driven

2258
01:31:24,600 --> 01:31:27,800
guy here and just if that's a lens we

2259
01:31:26,480 --> 01:31:30,040
can bring to other discussions that

2260
01:31:27,800 --> 01:31:31,920
we're having of like where are we off

2261
01:31:30,040 --> 01:31:33,199
AIS from some of these pure districts

2262
01:31:31,920 --> 01:31:35,119
the specific districts that were

2263
01:31:33,199 --> 01:31:36,320
identified here super interesting to

2264
01:31:35,119 --> 01:31:38,719
look at so thank you I really

2265
01:31:36,320 --> 01:31:41,360
appreciated that um overall I'm here we

2266
01:31:38,719 --> 01:31:43,440
we got a third-party review very

2267
01:31:41,360 --> 01:31:45,280
detailed like audit audits are lots of

2268
01:31:43,440 --> 01:31:47,360
fun everyone knows U around the

2269
01:31:45,280 --> 01:31:49,719
compliance uh of our program it sounds

2270
01:31:47,360 --> 01:31:51,400
like basically our program is compliant

2271
01:31:49,719 --> 01:31:53,040
uh with lots and lots of hard work by

2272
01:31:51,400 --> 01:31:55,520
all the people who are in the department

2273
01:31:53,040 --> 01:31:57,440
which is awesome modulo is spending way

2274
01:31:55,520 --> 01:31:59,080
way way too much on contractors but

2275
01:31:57,440 --> 01:32:01,880
that's addressed and we're focusing on

2276
01:31:59,080 --> 01:32:04,719
moving that towards employees awesome

2277
01:32:01,880 --> 01:32:06,600
but what I'm struggling with still after

2278
01:32:04,719 --> 01:32:08,239
that is kind of what what Jude said the

2279
01:32:06,600 --> 01:32:11,280
PLL quotes all of us are accountable for

2280
01:32:08,239 --> 01:32:14,360
the success of our students right and

2281
01:32:11,280 --> 01:32:17,480
how are we measuring Student Success and

2282
01:32:14,360 --> 01:32:19,440
having them Thrive merely H versus I I

2283
01:32:17,480 --> 01:32:20,880
say merely that's way too glip having a

2284
01:32:19,440 --> 01:32:22,320
program that's compliant now I want to

2285
01:32:20,880 --> 01:32:23,600
acknowledge the incredible amount of

2286
01:32:22,320 --> 01:32:26,159
effort that it takes to have a program

2287
01:32:23,600 --> 01:32:29,239
this be compliant um it's great that we

2288
01:32:26,159 --> 01:32:32,600
have a compliant program is it a good

2289
01:32:29,239 --> 01:32:34,480
program um are we serving our students

2290
01:32:32,600 --> 01:32:36,280
none of the numbers that I saw here

2291
01:32:34,480 --> 01:32:38,560
maybe I miss them I not wearing my

2292
01:32:36,280 --> 01:32:40,400
proper glasses tonight but I really had

2293
01:32:38,560 --> 01:32:43,480
a benchmark for us to look at in terms

2294
01:32:40,400 --> 01:32:46,440
of uh thriving academic attainment

2295
01:32:43,480 --> 01:32:49,480
graduation from special ed into General

2296
01:32:46,440 --> 01:32:51,719
Ed um and I really would love to to see

2297
01:32:49,480 --> 01:32:53,920
us take a look at that to evaluate the

2298
01:32:51,719 --> 01:32:54,800
success of our programs and then what

2299
01:32:53,920 --> 01:32:57,400
are some of the things that we're going

2300
01:32:54,800 --> 01:32:59,560
to be trying to go and drive that up so

2301
01:32:57,400 --> 01:33:01,080
that we know that these programs are

2302
01:32:59,560 --> 01:33:03,199
doing a good job serving these students

2303
01:33:01,080 --> 01:33:05,000
and that we're continuing to iterate on

2304
01:33:03,199 --> 01:33:06,199
that to to better serve these students

2305
01:33:05,000 --> 01:33:08,639
that's a lot of me talking so I just

2306
01:33:06,199 --> 01:33:11,119
love the response I'm sure may may have

2307
01:33:08,639 --> 01:33:13,239
something to say as well but um I think

2308
01:33:11,119 --> 01:33:15,719
what we hope to see is the outcome of

2309
01:33:13,239 --> 01:33:18,040
these efforts in a measurable way we

2310
01:33:15,719 --> 01:33:19,199
haven't really done that deep dive yet

2311
01:33:18,040 --> 01:33:22,440
but I think may have had mentioned

2312
01:33:19,199 --> 01:33:24,199
earlier that we plan to um look at what

2313
01:33:22,440 --> 01:33:26,199
those measurable outcomes are to

2314
01:33:24,199 --> 01:33:29,520
determine if those students are making

2315
01:33:26,199 --> 01:33:30,560
success and thriving um that's one area

2316
01:33:29,520 --> 01:33:32,360
so that'll be part of the June

2317
01:33:30,560 --> 01:33:33,960
presentation is like setting the yard

2318
01:33:32,360 --> 01:33:35,920
stick for what success looks like we

2319
01:33:33,960 --> 01:33:38,080
could develop a baseline around those

2320
01:33:35,920 --> 01:33:41,000
and then monitor as we go I mean I think

2321
01:33:38,080 --> 01:33:43,400
it's helpful to have some Metric to use

2322
01:33:41,000 --> 01:33:46,719
to discuss our work and determine

2323
01:33:43,400 --> 01:33:48,920
progress or not um and I think that it's

2324
01:33:46,719 --> 01:33:50,800
important for us to do that work the

2325
01:33:48,920 --> 01:33:53,440
other the other is that we our district

2326
01:33:50,800 --> 01:33:55,360
per does surveys of students um that's

2327
01:33:53,440 --> 01:33:56,719
another measure to look at of how our

2328
01:33:55,360 --> 01:33:58,560
students with disabilities may be

2329
01:33:56,719 --> 01:34:00,600
feeling and and sensing of their own

2330
01:33:58,560 --> 01:34:02,119
identities as students and how that may

2331
01:34:00,600 --> 01:34:04,719
be evolving and changing with more

2332
01:34:02,119 --> 01:34:06,840
inclusive practices um and you know

2333
01:34:04,719 --> 01:34:08,600
surveying the staff around those so we

2334
01:34:06,840 --> 01:34:09,920
have to decide what the specific work

2335
01:34:08,600 --> 01:34:12,480
we're going to be doing and what we'll

2336
01:34:09,920 --> 01:34:14,480
be measuring and what we hope to see of

2337
01:34:12,480 --> 01:34:16,560
those outcomes I think that we need to

2338
01:34:14,480 --> 01:34:18,119
set a precedent for it for sure awesome

2339
01:34:16,560 --> 01:34:21,119
I I'd be very eager to see that and my

2340
01:34:18,119 --> 01:34:23,159
hope would be things like seeing regular

2341
01:34:21,119 --> 01:34:25,719
Ford academic progress being able to

2342
01:34:23,159 --> 01:34:28,080
Mainline these students into a classroom

2343
01:34:25,719 --> 01:34:30,480
successfully reduce referrals reduce

2344
01:34:28,080 --> 01:34:32,040
referrals absolutely yeah so those all

2345
01:34:30,480 --> 01:34:33,480
seem like nice yard sticks I'd love to

2346
01:34:32,040 --> 01:34:34,760
see those so if that if that becomes

2347
01:34:33,480 --> 01:34:37,560
part of the June presentation I'll be

2348
01:34:34,760 --> 01:34:38,800
very happy I'll let me yeah so the

2349
01:34:37,560 --> 01:34:41,800
metrics that we're going to use to

2350
01:34:38,800 --> 01:34:44,280
measure were included in the slideshow

2351
01:34:41,800 --> 01:34:46,119
um like all students um in the district

2352
01:34:44,280 --> 01:34:48,520
we do use the state standardized

2353
01:34:46,119 --> 01:34:52,679
assessments many of the metrics will be

2354
01:34:48,520 --> 01:34:55,840
reported as part of the lcap goals um so

2355
01:34:52,679 --> 01:34:59,360
that's where really the the um where we

2356
01:34:55,840 --> 01:35:00,960
see that the lcap um is is developed to

2357
01:34:59,360 --> 01:35:03,880
support all of our students including

2358
01:35:00,960 --> 01:35:06,080
students with IEPs so for example some

2359
01:35:03,880 --> 01:35:07,440
of the metrics that we referenced I

2360
01:35:06,080 --> 01:35:09,840
didn't actually reference them they were

2361
01:35:07,440 --> 01:35:11,800
they were on the presentation would be

2362
01:35:09,840 --> 01:35:13,840
reclassification of English language

2363
01:35:11,800 --> 01:35:17,159
Learners to fluent English

2364
01:35:13,840 --> 01:35:19,320
proficiency um would be um elcap goal

2365
01:35:17,159 --> 01:35:21,880
number three we're committed to all of

2366
01:35:19,320 --> 01:35:24,800
our students making one year's academic

2367
01:35:21,880 --> 01:35:26,920
progress every year in LA and math so

2368
01:35:24,800 --> 01:35:28,600
when we measure those goals we have a

2369
01:35:26,920 --> 01:35:30,719
subset always for students with

2370
01:35:28,600 --> 01:35:34,000
disabilities so my preference would

2371
01:35:30,719 --> 01:35:36,639
probably be to not create a new metric

2372
01:35:34,000 --> 01:35:38,400
but maybe take a snapshot of our current

2373
01:35:36,639 --> 01:35:40,080
metrics I think that's probably what

2374
01:35:38,400 --> 01:35:42,719
you're asking for because we we didn't

2375
01:35:40,080 --> 01:35:46,159
have that in the report this evening yep

2376
01:35:42,719 --> 01:35:49,719
um I thought of um anyhow that that's

2377
01:35:46,159 --> 01:35:53,360
all I'll say but we agree um that we

2378
01:35:49,719 --> 01:35:55,000
have to have a measurement um besides um

2379
01:35:53,360 --> 01:35:56,800
uh oh I know the other measurement will

2380
01:35:55,000 --> 01:35:59,600
be the number of referrals to special

2381
01:35:56,800 --> 01:36:01,440
education um so that's a really really

2382
01:35:59,600 --> 01:36:04,639
big metric in terms of measuring a

2383
01:36:01,440 --> 01:36:08,360
sister systems efficacy fantastic thank

2384
01:36:04,639 --> 01:36:10,800
you um I I noticed one of the one of the

2385
01:36:08,360 --> 01:36:13,719
themes also in the report uh featured

2386
01:36:10,800 --> 01:36:15,360
the secular growth rate of sped

2387
01:36:13,719 --> 01:36:18,040
referrals now obviously this would be

2388
01:36:15,360 --> 01:36:19,560
partially mitigated as the thesis here

2389
01:36:18,040 --> 01:36:21,639
with with better teacher education and

2390
01:36:19,560 --> 01:36:23,800
the like which is great um but but it

2391
01:36:21,639 --> 01:36:26,239
seems like there's more than that going

2392
01:36:23,800 --> 01:36:28,080
on um so we can mitigate it somewhat but

2393
01:36:26,239 --> 01:36:29,840
we're seeing this sort of like overall

2394
01:36:28,080 --> 01:36:32,199
rise like across the state it's not

2395
01:36:29,840 --> 01:36:34,000
particular to our district um and part

2396
01:36:32,199 --> 01:36:35,639
of our job is to take a Long View so

2397
01:36:34,000 --> 01:36:37,880
like what is the district becoming how

2398
01:36:35,639 --> 01:36:39,360
do we do a good job serving our students

2399
01:36:37,880 --> 01:36:40,639
not just this year next year you know

2400
01:36:39,360 --> 01:36:42,840
Rick with the three-year budget plans

2401
01:36:40,639 --> 01:36:46,600
but like 10 years 20 years down the line

2402
01:36:42,840 --> 01:36:48,119
um do we see the the face of special ed

2403
01:36:46,600 --> 01:36:49,760
changing do we see these dotted line

2404
01:36:48,119 --> 01:36:52,520
numbers continuing to the point where

2405
01:36:49,760 --> 01:36:54,639
maybe we have 20% of our students in in

2406
01:36:52,520 --> 01:36:57,119
special ed like what's driving this

2407
01:36:54,639 --> 01:37:00,320
where do we think things are going gon

2408
01:36:57,119 --> 01:37:04,560
to ask Anette to comment on that okay

2409
01:37:00,320 --> 01:37:07,520
thanks I got the easy question um um so

2410
01:37:04,560 --> 01:37:09,840
I would say that um in the educational

2411
01:37:07,520 --> 01:37:11,960
field I think we're of two minds we do

2412
01:37:09,840 --> 01:37:13,639
unfortunately sort of if you want to

2413
01:37:11,960 --> 01:37:16,760
prognosticate and sort of look at trend

2414
01:37:13,639 --> 01:37:18,920
lines do see Statewide the percentage of

2415
01:37:16,760 --> 01:37:20,800
students with disabilities um students

2416
01:37:18,920 --> 01:37:22,760
identified with disabilities as as

2417
01:37:20,800 --> 01:37:25,840
increasing um there are districts that

2418
01:37:22,760 --> 01:37:30,040
I'm working with that are up to 25% rate

2419
01:37:25,840 --> 01:37:32,119
um and um if we don't shift our practice

2420
01:37:30,040 --> 01:37:33,520
in education then we are going to keep

2421
01:37:32,119 --> 01:37:35,360
getting more of what we've been getting

2422
01:37:33,520 --> 01:37:37,239
and right now what we're getting is a a

2423
01:37:35,360 --> 01:37:40,480
upward trend

2424
01:37:37,239 --> 01:37:43,320
of parents especially and especially

2425
01:37:40,480 --> 01:37:45,400
right now in this um don't I hate to say

2426
01:37:43,320 --> 01:37:49,119
post-pandemic but as we move through

2427
01:37:45,400 --> 01:37:51,080
pandemic um you know existance um that

2428
01:37:49,119 --> 01:37:54,400
so many of the children that we have

2429
01:37:51,080 --> 01:37:56,880
right now that are um needing

2430
01:37:54,400 --> 01:37:59,599
service are needing service for things

2431
01:37:56,880 --> 01:38:04,080
that may not necessarily be disability

2432
01:37:59,599 --> 01:38:05,520
specific so it does appear that many of

2433
01:38:04,080 --> 01:38:07,960
the things that are in this report that

2434
01:38:05,520 --> 01:38:09,880
your team has identified for um

2435
01:38:07,960 --> 01:38:12,960
addressing um things that are part of

2436
01:38:09,880 --> 01:38:15,159
your lcap for service of all students

2437
01:38:12,960 --> 01:38:17,920
are the things that could again like I

2438
01:38:15,159 --> 01:38:21,400
said we're up two minds could prevent

2439
01:38:17,920 --> 01:38:23,000
that continuous Strat aeric rise if we

2440
01:38:21,400 --> 01:38:25,360
focus on science of reading and have

2441
01:38:23,000 --> 01:38:28,280
better earlier literacy programming

2442
01:38:25,360 --> 01:38:31,119
focus on quality instruction and you

2443
01:38:28,280 --> 01:38:33,280
know for all students using your

2444
01:38:31,119 --> 01:38:35,800
curriculum with Fidelity and monitoring

2445
01:38:33,280 --> 01:38:37,760
implementation using the data you you

2446
01:38:35,800 --> 01:38:39,199
were talking about metrics and data

2447
01:38:37,760 --> 01:38:41,159
every single one of the new programs

2448
01:38:39,199 --> 01:38:43,040
your team is rolled out has a

2449
01:38:41,159 --> 01:38:44,880
benchmarking and then progress

2450
01:38:43,040 --> 01:38:48,560
monitoring component it's a major part

2451
01:38:44,880 --> 01:38:51,119
of mtss and where we see systems

2452
01:38:48,560 --> 01:38:54,920
preventing that stratospheric rise they

2453
01:38:51,119 --> 01:38:57,360
are having systematic consistent

2454
01:38:54,920 --> 01:38:59,239
continuous Improvement conversations

2455
01:38:57,360 --> 01:39:00,679
about what the data is telling them and

2456
01:38:59,239 --> 01:39:02,199
when the data is telling them that

2457
01:39:00,679 --> 01:39:04,239
they're not doing the right thing they

2458
01:39:02,199 --> 01:39:05,880
change what they're doing and that

2459
01:39:04,239 --> 01:39:08,239
really is the big difference is that if

2460
01:39:05,880 --> 01:39:10,400
we just say well we bought all this

2461
01:39:08,239 --> 01:39:12,840
curriculum and we trained everybody and

2462
01:39:10,400 --> 01:39:14,880
then we it's open I like I see there's

2463
01:39:12,840 --> 01:39:17,000
some books open like if we just assume

2464
01:39:14,880 --> 01:39:19,199
it's happening then we might not get the

2465
01:39:17,000 --> 01:39:22,080
results we want but if we continually

2466
01:39:19,199 --> 01:39:24,800
reinforce and reinvest in making sure

2467
01:39:22,080 --> 01:39:27,520
that we're implementing that and

2468
01:39:24,800 --> 01:39:29,800
that accountability all people and

2469
01:39:27,520 --> 01:39:33,960
accountable for all students then our

2470
01:39:29,800 --> 01:39:36,520
assumption is that you will also see um

2471
01:39:33,960 --> 01:39:39,520
if not a continuing flattened pattern

2472
01:39:36,520 --> 01:39:41,800
but possibly uh A A reduced

2473
01:39:39,520 --> 01:39:44,199
identification for Disabilities because

2474
01:39:41,800 --> 01:39:46,440
you will be serving students earlier in

2475
01:39:44,199 --> 01:39:47,920
pre-referral intervention more of the

2476
01:39:46,440 --> 01:39:50,239
services for all students will be part

2477
01:39:47,920 --> 01:39:52,159
of your lcap rather than just in special

2478
01:39:50,239 --> 01:39:53,840
education and so you'll be effectively

2479
01:39:52,159 --> 01:39:56,880
meeting your students needs

2480
01:39:53,840 --> 01:39:58,239
without having to also meet all the

2481
01:39:56,880 --> 01:40:01,400
compliance

2482
01:39:58,239 --> 01:40:01,400
requirements thank

2483
01:40:04,400 --> 01:40:11,239
you all right um thank you so much for

2484
01:40:08,199 --> 01:40:14,679
um having the survey I know that you had

2485
01:40:11,239 --> 01:40:16,400
conversations with others um and I'm I'm

2486
01:40:14,679 --> 01:40:18,159
proud that our district is one that's

2487
01:40:16,400 --> 01:40:20,119
willing to take a hard look at what

2488
01:40:18,159 --> 01:40:22,400
we're doing and to not get defensive

2489
01:40:20,119 --> 01:40:24,440
about it and just to say that we're all

2490
01:40:22,400 --> 01:40:26,119
about continuous learning and we want to

2491
01:40:24,440 --> 01:40:29,159
do a better job right so I really

2492
01:40:26,119 --> 01:40:30,880
appreciate the openness from our staff

2493
01:40:29,159 --> 01:40:33,119
um you know our leadership and all of

2494
01:40:30,880 --> 01:40:35,199
the staff to really you know taking a

2495
01:40:33,119 --> 01:40:37,040
good look at that and really uh coming

2496
01:40:35,199 --> 01:40:38,599
up with the plan I mean the a lot of the

2497
01:40:37,040 --> 01:40:41,440
plan you already had but kind of

2498
01:40:38,599 --> 01:40:43,599
refining it some I would imagine from

2499
01:40:41,440 --> 01:40:46,679
the study and and Janette it was great

2500
01:40:43,599 --> 01:40:48,320
to see you again always um I love that

2501
01:40:46,679 --> 01:40:50,320
you know you supported us through the

2502
01:40:48,320 --> 01:40:52,520
county work that you did and then took a

2503
01:40:50,320 --> 01:40:54,880
little Hiatus from looking at us and

2504
01:40:52,520 --> 01:40:56,199
really truly kind of a third party with

2505
01:40:54,880 --> 01:40:57,920
probably a little more internal

2506
01:40:56,199 --> 01:40:59,719
knowledge of kind of where we had been

2507
01:40:57,920 --> 01:41:02,960
and where we are now and where we want

2508
01:40:59,719 --> 01:41:05,400
to go right so I just I I appreciate it

2509
01:41:02,960 --> 01:41:08,000
the the positive kind of criticism the

2510
01:41:05,400 --> 01:41:10,719
positive nature of what we're looking at

2511
01:41:08,000 --> 01:41:12,599
and um I'm really happy to see that

2512
01:41:10,719 --> 01:41:16,000
we're talking about the service of all

2513
01:41:12,599 --> 01:41:18,639
students and the better consistent job

2514
01:41:16,000 --> 01:41:20,840
we do there helps all students including

2515
01:41:18,639 --> 01:41:22,199
our special ed and then maybe even just

2516
01:41:20,840 --> 01:41:24,199
helps with some of the needs of the

2517
01:41:22,199 --> 01:41:26,440
special ed in the program right if we're

2518
01:41:24,199 --> 01:41:28,840
doing a better job with mtss and

2519
01:41:26,440 --> 01:41:31,159
onboarding and you know just classroom

2520
01:41:28,840 --> 01:41:32,440
management um all the mental health and

2521
01:41:31,159 --> 01:41:33,679
behavioral stuff we're doing so anyway

2522
01:41:32,440 --> 01:41:35,400
it was great to kind of see the

2523
01:41:33,679 --> 01:41:37,320
reinforcement of what we've been talking

2524
01:41:35,400 --> 01:41:39,000
about as a board and I think the

2525
01:41:37,320 --> 01:41:41,360
prioritization that we've made as a

2526
01:41:39,000 --> 01:41:42,719
district um in many of these areas is

2527
01:41:41,360 --> 01:41:46,280
really helping and we just need to

2528
01:41:42,719 --> 01:41:48,080
continue to do um you know more of it

2529
01:41:46,280 --> 01:41:52,520
and and deepen our work particularly in

2530
01:41:48,080 --> 01:41:54,280
some of the mtss and other areas and I

2531
01:41:52,520 --> 01:41:56,280
just wanted to give a special shout out

2532
01:41:54,280 --> 01:42:00,320
because I see a number of our septar

2533
01:41:56,280 --> 01:42:02,119
leaders and parents in the audience um

2534
01:42:00,320 --> 01:42:03,679
virtually thank you so much for being

2535
01:42:02,119 --> 01:42:05,360
here and just you know thank you for the

2536
01:42:03,679 --> 01:42:08,280
collaboration that we have with septar I

2537
01:42:05,360 --> 01:42:10,400
mean I don't you you can't really see um

2538
01:42:08,280 --> 01:42:14,960
Ma and Jude and Anette but they were all

2539
01:42:10,400 --> 01:42:16,239
giving a nice wave um of thank you and

2540
01:42:14,960 --> 01:42:18,920
really we you know we couldn't do the

2541
01:42:16,239 --> 01:42:21,080
work without our parents um as well and

2542
01:42:18,920 --> 01:42:22,440
our students and then I just want to say

2543
01:42:21,080 --> 01:42:23,639
thank you so much to our leadership

2544
01:42:22,440 --> 01:42:26,480
really appreciate all the work that

2545
01:42:23,639 --> 01:42:30,599
you're doing you guys are a great um uh

2546
01:42:26,480 --> 01:42:32,360
collaborative leadership team and um and

2547
01:42:30,599 --> 01:42:34,280
then thank you to all the staff who both

2548
01:42:32,360 --> 01:42:36,719
in General Ed and and special ed who are

2549
01:42:34,280 --> 01:42:40,080
working hard every day for our

2550
01:42:36,719 --> 01:42:42,840
kids thank you yeah thanks I'm I'm

2551
01:42:40,080 --> 01:42:44,520
really glad that the um that this report

2552
01:42:42,840 --> 01:42:46,760
was requested this this audit and the

2553
01:42:44,520 --> 01:42:48,199
look for it um it really demonstrates a

2554
01:42:46,760 --> 01:42:51,000
commitment as you said to continuous

2555
01:42:48,199 --> 01:42:53,880
learning um and I really appreciated the

2556
01:42:51,000 --> 01:42:56,199
followup um and the ownership of the

2557
01:42:53,880 --> 01:42:58,159
recommendations that Jude and ma that

2558
01:42:56,199 --> 01:43:00,159
you presented here both with these are

2559
01:42:58,159 --> 01:43:01,920
the completed items or these are the

2560
01:43:00,159 --> 01:43:04,000
dates by which we expect to have a plan

2561
01:43:01,920 --> 01:43:06,199
in place um it just shows a real

2562
01:43:04,000 --> 01:43:07,840
ownership of you know of that

2563
01:43:06,199 --> 01:43:09,360
Improvement of trying to put it in there

2564
01:43:07,840 --> 01:43:11,480
that I thought you know I think we can

2565
01:43:09,360 --> 01:43:15,920
all strive for those kind of things um

2566
01:43:11,480 --> 01:43:18,199
in our lives um I fully on board with

2567
01:43:15,920 --> 01:43:20,159
supporting the inclusive um inclusive

2568
01:43:18,199 --> 01:43:21,840
behaviors and really expanding that here

2569
01:43:20,159 --> 01:43:24,679
I think that's a really really important

2570
01:43:21,840 --> 01:43:27,639
direction that educ has been going not

2571
01:43:24,679 --> 01:43:29,320
you know for quite some time now um and

2572
01:43:27,639 --> 01:43:32,119
the concept of like sort of Shifting the

2573
01:43:29,320 --> 01:43:33,800
practice uh moving things into tier one

2574
01:43:32,119 --> 01:43:36,119
and so I guess what I was wondering is

2575
01:43:33,800 --> 01:43:38,080
where do we as the board look for those

2576
01:43:36,119 --> 01:43:39,760
kind of plans coming in it doesn't seem

2577
01:43:38,080 --> 01:43:41,040
like it's special education should be

2578
01:43:39,760 --> 01:43:42,679
the one talking about what are these

2579
01:43:41,040 --> 01:43:44,599
general education things are we looking

2580
01:43:42,679 --> 01:43:46,360
for those in the in like the LC cap is

2581
01:43:44,599 --> 01:43:47,639
that the right right place for us to see

2582
01:43:46,360 --> 01:43:49,639
it like what's the place that we should

2583
01:43:47,639 --> 01:43:51,560
be poking at to say hey are we building

2584
01:43:49,639 --> 01:43:53,920
out inclusive practices in there are we

2585
01:43:51,560 --> 01:43:56,960
doing the the right thing to help

2586
01:43:53,920 --> 01:43:59,199
um you know make make all education

2587
01:43:56,960 --> 01:44:01,280
universally accessible for students no

2588
01:43:59,199 --> 01:44:04,000
matter what they're um learning

2589
01:44:01,280 --> 01:44:04,000
diversions might

2590
01:44:04,239 --> 01:44:09,719
be you want to give some guidance I have

2591
01:44:07,679 --> 01:44:11,520
some ideas to good good and well I guess

2592
01:44:09,719 --> 01:44:13,960
what I'll say is in in most of the

2593
01:44:11,520 --> 01:44:16,080
places you're you you do have a a

2594
01:44:13,960 --> 01:44:18,719
cabinet level leadership team that

2595
01:44:16,080 --> 01:44:20,400
includes um you know the leadership for

2596
01:44:18,719 --> 01:44:23,199
Educational Services instructional

2597
01:44:20,400 --> 01:44:25,560
practices curriculum and instruction um

2598
01:44:23,199 --> 01:44:29,040
and and so those those team members

2599
01:44:25,560 --> 01:44:31,080
together often are um you know aligning

2600
01:44:29,040 --> 01:44:32,360
with your lcap and as your strategic

2601
01:44:31,080 --> 01:44:35,760
initiatives around what they're going to

2602
01:44:32,360 --> 01:44:39,080
focus on and so sometimes it does

2603
01:44:35,760 --> 01:44:41,440
require a mave to um really just say

2604
01:44:39,080 --> 01:44:43,800
don't forget that one of our one of our

2605
01:44:41,440 --> 01:44:45,440
one of our new goals is to make sure

2606
01:44:43,800 --> 01:44:47,159
that we're also saying you know

2607
01:44:45,440 --> 01:44:50,679
including students with disabilities at

2608
01:44:47,159 --> 01:44:53,400
every turn um it's not that your team is

2609
01:44:50,679 --> 01:44:55,400
not in the mindset of including them but

2610
01:44:53,400 --> 01:44:56,960
explicitly calling that out makes it

2611
01:44:55,400 --> 01:44:58,880
really clear to all of your interest

2612
01:44:56,960 --> 01:45:01,920
holders in your community and your in

2613
01:44:58,880 --> 01:45:05,239
your general education staff um and you

2614
01:45:01,920 --> 01:45:07,000
know every district is faced with the

2615
01:45:05,239 --> 01:45:09,000
broad variety of things that need to be

2616
01:45:07,000 --> 01:45:10,280
done every year and so you know as they

2617
01:45:09,000 --> 01:45:11,639
said like this year we're focusing on

2618
01:45:10,280 --> 01:45:13,080
science of reading and next year we're

2619
01:45:11,639 --> 01:45:14,960
going to focus on math but we're still

2620
01:45:13,080 --> 01:45:17,000
gonna it's going to be a secondary focus

2621
01:45:14,960 --> 01:45:18,159
and that same is true for your District

2622
01:45:17,000 --> 01:45:20,599
you know last year you were really

2623
01:45:18,159 --> 01:45:22,560
invested in the issues um related to

2624
01:45:20,599 --> 01:45:24,560
multilanguage Learners right so you have

2625
01:45:22,560 --> 01:45:27,080
you have things that are on your fire

2626
01:45:24,560 --> 01:45:29,880
hose of activities um and I think that

2627
01:45:27,080 --> 01:45:32,199
it just will be your teams through these

2628
01:45:29,880 --> 01:45:34,040
meetings and and collaboration really

2629
01:45:32,199 --> 01:45:36,199
realizing that that they just have to

2630
01:45:34,040 --> 01:45:39,000
explicitly say that it's really

2631
01:45:36,199 --> 01:45:41,040
important for us to prioritize um you

2632
01:45:39,000 --> 01:45:43,960
know students with disabilities and see

2633
01:45:41,040 --> 01:45:46,320
them as general education Learners first

2634
01:45:43,960 --> 01:45:48,239
and how we add a service rather than a

2635
01:45:46,320 --> 01:45:51,000
place where they go or a person that

2636
01:45:48,239 --> 01:45:51,000
they receive that

2637
01:45:51,440 --> 01:45:57,400
from just a second note I I find it a

2638
01:45:54,520 --> 01:46:00,080
very honorable seat in the lcap um with

2639
01:45:57,400 --> 01:46:02,159
Ma and so we're both double teamed in

2640
01:46:00,080 --> 01:46:04,639
that lcap meeting and we definitely

2641
01:46:02,159 --> 01:46:06,320
share our feedback recommendations and

2642
01:46:04,639 --> 01:46:09,040
to collaborate with General Ed and

2643
01:46:06,320 --> 01:46:11,119
parents and really ensure that we are

2644
01:46:09,040 --> 01:46:13,400
keeping that language active and you

2645
01:46:11,119 --> 01:46:16,159
know really intentional around our plans

2646
01:46:13,400 --> 01:46:17,480
and thoughts and ideas and and seeing if

2647
01:46:16,159 --> 01:46:19,280
those things can happen and then when we

2648
01:46:17,480 --> 01:46:21,400
meet again as elcap we review our

2649
01:46:19,280 --> 01:46:23,719
progress again and looking for those

2650
01:46:21,400 --> 01:46:26,840
measures to report out on and

2651
01:46:23,719 --> 01:46:30,119
change if we need to Pivot some way

2652
01:46:26,840 --> 01:46:32,000
so thank you I just say finally um

2653
01:46:30,119 --> 01:46:34,280
nothing really happens in our department

2654
01:46:32,000 --> 01:46:36,800
in isolation on unlike other systems

2655
01:46:34,280 --> 01:46:39,360
where I worked so for example even when

2656
01:46:36,800 --> 01:46:40,639
we um we we we meet with Anna constantly

2657
01:46:39,360 --> 01:46:44,239
and we talk to her constantly about all

2658
01:46:40,639 --> 01:46:46,440
our professional development um our um

2659
01:46:44,239 --> 01:46:50,199
likewise human resources and increasing

2660
01:46:46,440 --> 01:46:53,080
connections with um fiscal services so

2661
01:46:50,199 --> 01:46:55,840
we have a pretty integrated team as

2662
01:46:53,080 --> 01:46:59,280
compared to other systems I've worked in

2663
01:46:55,840 --> 01:47:02,920
and um Dr Baker is

2664
01:46:59,280 --> 01:47:05,320
specifically um I feel um pays attention

2665
01:47:02,920 --> 01:47:08,080
to our diverse Learners and how they're

2666
01:47:05,320 --> 01:47:10,199
doing and checks in on a very personal

2667
01:47:08,080 --> 01:47:13,480
level about how things are going how can

2668
01:47:10,199 --> 01:47:15,239
our organization support the work so

2669
01:47:13,480 --> 01:47:19,760
that everybody can increase their

2670
01:47:15,239 --> 01:47:21,960
efficacy and their success so um maybe

2671
01:47:19,760 --> 01:47:23,520
as part of our lcap work we can take a

2672
01:47:21,960 --> 01:47:26,199
closer look at the language but

2673
01:47:23,520 --> 01:47:28,719
certainly the um systems are in place

2674
01:47:26,199 --> 01:47:30,679
and a lot of the intentions are in place

2675
01:47:28,719 --> 01:47:32,159
um to to respond to your question and

2676
01:47:30,679 --> 01:47:34,080
maybe were're just looking at more some

2677
01:47:32,159 --> 01:47:36,159
some more explicit

2678
01:47:34,080 --> 01:47:38,320
language got it thanks thanks for the

2679
01:47:36,159 --> 01:47:39,679
answer um Jude you mentioned two things

2680
01:47:38,320 --> 01:47:41,320
that I just wanted to get a little bit

2681
01:47:39,679 --> 01:47:43,880
more details about one was you you

2682
01:47:41,320 --> 01:47:46,480
mentioned the transition Fair um and was

2683
01:47:43,880 --> 01:47:48,679
that kids in Redwood City moving from

2684
01:47:46,480 --> 01:47:50,320
one grade to the next I'm asking this

2685
01:47:48,679 --> 01:47:51,520
because at the septar meeting last night

2686
01:47:50,320 --> 01:47:53,920
one of the parents had asked I think it

2687
01:47:51,520 --> 01:47:55,960
was a parent asked a question about how

2688
01:47:53,920 --> 01:47:58,400
does um knowledge about their child

2689
01:47:55,960 --> 01:48:01,040
transition from one grade to the next um

2690
01:47:58,400 --> 01:48:03,440
or was this really transition like into

2691
01:48:01,040 --> 01:48:04,520
the school district or out like what

2692
01:48:03,440 --> 01:48:07,040
maybe a little more details about the

2693
01:48:04,520 --> 01:48:10,440
transition Fair yeah of course so the

2694
01:48:07,040 --> 01:48:12,320
intention behind it was to get teachers

2695
01:48:10,440 --> 01:48:16,440
together to talk about students who may

2696
01:48:12,320 --> 01:48:17,840
be moving from site or to program um and

2697
01:48:16,440 --> 01:48:20,080
you know bringing that knowledge about

2698
01:48:17,840 --> 01:48:22,960
those students just in preparation for a

2699
01:48:20,080 --> 01:48:24,760
transition meeting so after know

2700
01:48:22,960 --> 01:48:26,040
teachers plan and and there's a lot of

2701
01:48:24,760 --> 01:48:27,320
background work going on around

2702
01:48:26,040 --> 01:48:30,000
transition there's like eight

2703
01:48:27,320 --> 01:48:31,679
spreadsheets and tons of meetings um but

2704
01:48:30,000 --> 01:48:33,320
in the end what is happening is

2705
01:48:31,679 --> 01:48:35,920
hopefully the teachers have had a chance

2706
01:48:33,320 --> 01:48:37,679
to um really talk about a student and

2707
01:48:35,920 --> 01:48:39,280
their needs what triggers them what do

2708
01:48:37,679 --> 01:48:41,599
they love like what do they need to

2709
01:48:39,280 --> 01:48:43,239
learn um getting this those organic

2710
01:48:41,599 --> 01:48:44,920
conversations going and so then that

2711
01:48:43,239 --> 01:48:47,239
teacher knows the student that they're

2712
01:48:44,920 --> 01:48:49,920
getting um and then in the meeting you

2713
01:48:47,239 --> 01:48:51,639
know there's this opportunity to say

2714
01:48:49,920 --> 01:48:53,520
like I I learned that your student

2715
01:48:51,639 --> 01:48:55,719
really loves butterfly and so I really

2716
01:48:53,520 --> 01:48:57,360
want to make sure that I highlight that

2717
01:48:55,719 --> 01:48:59,199
in my classroom so they feel welcome

2718
01:48:57,360 --> 01:49:01,880
like just small things like that really

2719
01:48:59,199 --> 01:49:03,800
I think um make a parent feel you know

2720
01:49:01,880 --> 01:49:05,400
safer and comfortable that they know

2721
01:49:03,800 --> 01:49:07,920
that their student has already been

2722
01:49:05,400 --> 01:49:09,280
discussed and like there's like if

2723
01:49:07,920 --> 01:49:11,280
they're coming and they're going to be

2724
01:49:09,280 --> 01:49:13,360
your fun little kiddo in your class next

2725
01:49:11,280 --> 01:49:15,400
year and um I think the teachers really

2726
01:49:13,360 --> 01:49:17,560
love to get that feedback too from their

2727
01:49:15,400 --> 01:49:19,400
current teacher like what do they need

2728
01:49:17,560 --> 01:49:21,840
what worked what didn't work what have

2729
01:49:19,400 --> 01:49:24,599
you tried like to really understand

2730
01:49:21,840 --> 01:49:26,920
where the student has come from and so

2731
01:49:24,599 --> 01:49:28,760
the transition meeting is that important

2732
01:49:26,920 --> 01:49:31,840
time where parents meet with all of the

2733
01:49:28,760 --> 01:49:33,360
different groups from both sides and um

2734
01:49:31,840 --> 01:49:35,239
just discuss the student and set up a

2735
01:49:33,360 --> 01:49:36,800
good plan for them starting so it was

2736
01:49:35,239 --> 01:49:38,719
just teachers and there were some

2737
01:49:36,800 --> 01:49:40,800
service providers there as well School

2738
01:49:38,719 --> 01:49:43,159
psychologists um and they all met at

2739
01:49:40,800 --> 01:49:44,880
tables and moved around and it was they

2740
01:49:43,159 --> 01:49:46,840
loved it they really appreciated the

2741
01:49:44,880 --> 01:49:48,639
time in order to do that a really

2742
01:49:46,840 --> 01:49:49,960
important work hope that answers your

2743
01:49:48,639 --> 01:49:51,960
question yeah I know it sounds super

2744
01:49:49,960 --> 01:49:53,800
valuable and like students go through

2745
01:49:51,960 --> 01:49:56,080
lots of transition I could imagine that

2746
01:49:53,800 --> 01:49:57,920
being applicable in a bunch of different

2747
01:49:56,080 --> 01:50:00,040
situations um the other one that you

2748
01:49:57,920 --> 01:50:01,800
mentioned were fading strategies um and

2749
01:50:00,040 --> 01:50:05,040
I remember that the report was talking

2750
01:50:01,800 --> 01:50:06,920
about how um the district should be

2751
01:50:05,040 --> 01:50:09,360
focusing I think fading strategies and

2752
01:50:06,920 --> 01:50:11,080
exiting strategies are the yeah synonyms

2753
01:50:09,360 --> 01:50:13,800
there is that right um and that part of

2754
01:50:11,080 --> 01:50:15,199
it was the um capacity that you know

2755
01:50:13,800 --> 01:50:16,920
everyone was just so busy that nobody

2756
01:50:15,199 --> 01:50:18,280
could actually at least that's the way I

2757
01:50:16,920 --> 01:50:20,760
kind of interpreted from the report and

2758
01:50:18,280 --> 01:50:21,840
I wasn't sure if that was right so how

2759
01:50:20,760 --> 01:50:23,480
is that going to develop what are you

2760
01:50:21,840 --> 01:50:25,560
looking at that cu I think it's it's

2761
01:50:23,480 --> 01:50:27,119
great to get people back out you know

2762
01:50:25,560 --> 01:50:30,960
all the kids into the least restrictive

2763
01:50:27,119 --> 01:50:33,199
environment possible so um children

2764
01:50:30,960 --> 01:50:37,480
generally or students generally have

2765
01:50:33,199 --> 01:50:38,960
dedicated support um to um so that a

2766
01:50:37,480 --> 01:50:40,639
behavior intervention if they have

2767
01:50:38,960 --> 01:50:43,440
support for Behavior so that a behavior

2768
01:50:40,639 --> 01:50:45,159
intervention plan can be implemented and

2769
01:50:43,440 --> 01:50:48,239
the purpose of a behavior intervention

2770
01:50:45,159 --> 01:50:51,079
plan is generally three-fold one is to

2771
01:50:48,239 --> 01:50:53,239
reduce challenging behaviors and the

2772
01:50:51,079 --> 01:50:55,119
second is to increase increase

2773
01:50:53,239 --> 01:50:57,400
replacement behaviors pro-social

2774
01:50:55,119 --> 01:50:59,880
behaviors appropriate behaviors and the

2775
01:50:57,400 --> 01:51:02,639
third is to increase student

2776
01:50:59,880 --> 01:51:03,920
Independence and student agency around

2777
01:51:02,639 --> 01:51:05,280
getting what they need because the

2778
01:51:03,920 --> 01:51:06,560
function of the behavior is going to be

2779
01:51:05,280 --> 01:51:10,520
some level of

2780
01:51:06,560 --> 01:51:12,400
communication so we have um we we have

2781
01:51:10,520 --> 01:51:14,639
our Behavior plans in place we have our

2782
01:51:12,400 --> 01:51:18,239
referral processes to get additional

2783
01:51:14,639 --> 01:51:21,159
support what we need to focus more on is

2784
01:51:18,239 --> 01:51:23,360
fading the support this requires a level

2785
01:51:21,159 --> 01:51:25,440
of skill in terms of understanding how

2786
01:51:23,360 --> 01:51:28,400
Behavior works and managing and tracking

2787
01:51:25,440 --> 01:51:30,800
data that we feel and we get from some

2788
01:51:28,400 --> 01:51:33,040
outside service providers but not

2789
01:51:30,800 --> 01:51:35,520
completely we want to build that um

2790
01:51:33,040 --> 01:51:37,599
internal capacity because the true

2791
01:51:35,520 --> 01:51:40,480
measure of success in implementation of

2792
01:51:37,599 --> 01:51:42,880
a behavior plan is the increase of

2793
01:51:40,480 --> 01:51:44,960
Independence and the decrease of adult

2794
01:51:42,880 --> 01:51:48,119
dependence so that's really what we're

2795
01:51:44,960 --> 01:51:49,880
looking at at a micro level and then um

2796
01:51:48,119 --> 01:51:51,560
we we can measure it for individual

2797
01:51:49,880 --> 01:51:53,320
students that's a very detailed

2798
01:51:51,560 --> 01:51:56,119
measurement and then we can also measure

2799
01:51:53,320 --> 01:51:58,920
it in terms of our staff having a more

2800
01:51:56,119 --> 01:52:00,679
flexible Dynamic Staffing model so that

2801
01:51:58,920 --> 01:52:02,880
services are there when they're needed

2802
01:52:00,679 --> 01:52:06,239
and then they're faded when they're not

2803
01:52:02,880 --> 01:52:09,480
needed just I just want to say just a

2804
01:52:06,239 --> 01:52:12,119
personal note um I had a student that

2805
01:52:09,480 --> 01:52:14,599
was so dependent on an adult that they

2806
01:52:12,119 --> 01:52:16,199
wouldn't pick up their own pencil like

2807
01:52:14,599 --> 01:52:19,159
and that's just a legitimately true

2808
01:52:16,199 --> 01:52:21,520
story um and that concerned me to no end

2809
01:52:19,159 --> 01:52:23,679
um that's so unfair to that child to not

2810
01:52:21,520 --> 01:52:26,040
be given the opportunity to take risks

2811
01:52:23,679 --> 01:52:28,560
to you know extend who they are out in

2812
01:52:26,040 --> 01:52:31,040
the world as their own as as their own

2813
01:52:28,560 --> 01:52:33,840
person um and so that sticks with me

2814
01:52:31,040 --> 01:52:35,760
forever is ensuring that students um

2815
01:52:33,840 --> 01:52:37,520
really want to be independent and they

2816
01:52:35,760 --> 01:52:38,880
have self-determination about what they

2817
01:52:37,520 --> 01:52:40,639
want to know and what they want to do

2818
01:52:38,880 --> 01:52:43,079
when they grow up and and they want to

2819
01:52:40,639 --> 01:52:45,800
be a learner it's so important in their

2820
01:52:43,079 --> 01:52:47,400
development so just yeah thanks for

2821
01:52:45,800 --> 01:52:50,040
sharing that that makes it really much

2822
01:52:47,400 --> 01:52:52,560
more concrete um I really appreciate

2823
01:52:50,040 --> 01:52:54,000
that um the last thing and B I I know

2824
01:52:52,560 --> 01:52:55,639
you just talked about this but I'm just

2825
01:52:54,000 --> 01:52:57,520
going to ask for clarity again um in the

2826
01:52:55,639 --> 01:52:59,679
report it talked about the multilanguage

2827
01:52:57,520 --> 01:53:02,079
Learners um and maybe that many

2828
01:52:59,679 --> 01:53:04,960
districts areer many districts over

2829
01:53:02,079 --> 01:53:06,520
identify or over refer uh and that

2830
01:53:04,960 --> 01:53:08,480
Redwood City School District was also

2831
01:53:06,520 --> 01:53:10,599
doing the same sort of thing I think you

2832
01:53:08,480 --> 01:53:12,280
said that uh that's being looked at and

2833
01:53:10,599 --> 01:53:14,239
sort of a plan is being put in place I

2834
01:53:12,280 --> 01:53:15,480
wasn't sure is what's what's kind of the

2835
01:53:14,239 --> 01:53:16,880
state of that in the action item because

2836
01:53:15,480 --> 01:53:19,000
I didn't really get that out of the

2837
01:53:16,880 --> 01:53:21,880
report what was happening there yeah I

2838
01:53:19,000 --> 01:53:25,760
used that as an example for how we can

2839
01:53:21,880 --> 01:53:28,119
use data that to um change practice and

2840
01:53:25,760 --> 01:53:30,560
pre-referral practice so I can't um

2841
01:53:28,119 --> 01:53:33,920
speak to specifics across a site or a

2842
01:53:30,560 --> 01:53:36,480
grade level but that's our intention

2843
01:53:33,920 --> 01:53:38,000
that um over the summer we'll do the

2844
01:53:36,480 --> 01:53:40,679
Deep data dive we'll meet with

2845
01:53:38,000 --> 01:53:43,239
principles and site leadership teams to

2846
01:53:40,679 --> 01:53:45,880
discuss patterns that we see so that we

2847
01:53:43,239 --> 01:53:50,560
can make sure um we're we're giving

2848
01:53:45,880 --> 01:53:53,040
sites what they need um to to kind of

2849
01:53:50,560 --> 01:53:55,239
understand where children are so that we

2850
01:53:53,040 --> 01:53:58,199
can reduce our referrals and increase

2851
01:53:55,239 --> 01:54:00,880
our efficiency in general

2852
01:53:58,199 --> 01:54:02,920
education and here's where my historical

2853
01:54:00,880 --> 01:54:06,159
knowledge is going to come into

2854
01:54:02,920 --> 01:54:08,679
play when I was the selfa leader here we

2855
01:54:06,159 --> 01:54:11,400
had um there's 33 districts in sateo

2856
01:54:08,679 --> 01:54:13,760
county and we had 23 of them um

2857
01:54:11,400 --> 01:54:15,599
suffering from this challenge um we had

2858
01:54:13,760 --> 01:54:17,320
a lot of children who were multilanguage

2859
01:54:15,599 --> 01:54:20,360
Learners being referred and identified

2860
01:54:17,320 --> 01:54:23,840
for special education and um so we

2861
01:54:20,360 --> 01:54:26,320
undertook a a two-year training cycle

2862
01:54:23,840 --> 01:54:30,159
for every single speech pathologist in

2863
01:54:26,320 --> 01:54:32,719
the county to um both um increase their

2864
01:54:30,159 --> 01:54:34,920
own knowledge about language acquisition

2865
01:54:32,719 --> 01:54:37,280
and differentiating language um

2866
01:54:34,920 --> 01:54:40,639
difference from a disability really high

2867
01:54:37,280 --> 01:54:43,040
quality assessment practices also um

2868
01:54:40,639 --> 01:54:44,320
consultation and supporting the general

2869
01:54:43,040 --> 01:54:45,920
Educators to make sure that those

2870
01:54:44,320 --> 01:54:48,639
students can use their language skills

2871
01:54:45,920 --> 01:54:50,840
and this county has a very robust um

2872
01:54:48,639 --> 01:54:52,400
English language development cohort at

2873
01:54:50,840 --> 01:54:55,400
the County office that works with your

2874
01:54:52,400 --> 01:54:57,800
local people as well and um after that

2875
01:54:55,400 --> 01:54:59,320
training series across our entire County

2876
01:54:57,800 --> 01:55:01,280
the number of English language Learners

2877
01:54:59,320 --> 01:55:03,920
who were overidentified drop

2878
01:55:01,280 --> 01:55:05,079
dramatically um and so um I'm still

2879
01:55:03,920 --> 01:55:07,320
close with the selfa leader the

2880
01:55:05,079 --> 01:55:09,280
numberers in inching up again and so

2881
01:55:07,320 --> 01:55:10,800
they've been talking about re-engaging

2882
01:55:09,280 --> 01:55:12,880
with that because what's different so

2883
01:55:10,800 --> 01:55:15,000
many people so many people who have now

2884
01:55:12,880 --> 01:55:17,000
joined us who did not get that training

2885
01:55:15,000 --> 01:55:20,280
so many teachers who were not part of

2886
01:55:17,000 --> 01:55:22,599
the consultation um so it is the kind of

2887
01:55:20,280 --> 01:55:24,480
data where you can see a challenge

2888
01:55:22,599 --> 01:55:25,920
identify a solution implement it and

2889
01:55:24,480 --> 01:55:28,040
then Monitor and actually see a

2890
01:55:25,920 --> 01:55:30,320
difference and I believe that you'll see

2891
01:55:28,040 --> 01:55:31,679
that that impact again with many of your

2892
01:55:30,320 --> 01:55:33,560
other programs as well it's just you're

2893
01:55:31,679 --> 01:55:38,960
so early in the implementation cycle

2894
01:55:33,560 --> 01:55:38,960
that the impact data is is um still

2895
01:55:39,280 --> 01:55:43,480
Brewing great thanks um that's that's

2896
01:55:41,599 --> 01:55:45,199
great great to hear the um past

2897
01:55:43,480 --> 01:55:47,119
experience and looking forward to seeing

2898
01:55:45,199 --> 01:55:48,679
that kind of repeated really appreciate

2899
01:55:47,119 --> 01:55:50,960
the report I'm really grateful that this

2900
01:55:48,679 --> 01:55:52,719
was done and and the engagement with it

2901
01:55:50,960 --> 01:55:56,000
and staying here late and ing our

2902
01:55:52,719 --> 01:55:59,119
questions I I super appreciate it I I

2903
01:55:56,000 --> 01:55:59,119
live in Freemont it's not that

2904
01:55:59,800 --> 01:56:04,520
far um I thank you very much everyone

2905
01:56:02,840 --> 01:56:06,599
for both of your presentations I really

2906
01:56:04,520 --> 01:56:09,280
appreciate the way um you presented

2907
01:56:06,599 --> 01:56:10,599
together um both the audit and then the

2908
01:56:09,280 --> 01:56:12,000
this is what we're going to do moving

2909
01:56:10,599 --> 01:56:13,800
forward and Dr Baker thank you for

2910
01:56:12,000 --> 01:56:16,079
supporting that the survey the audit I

2911
01:56:13,800 --> 01:56:17,400
think that's really important to do I

2912
01:56:16,079 --> 01:56:18,800
know leis already mentioned this but I

2913
01:56:17,400 --> 01:56:22,079
just want to acknowledge there's a lot

2914
01:56:18,800 --> 01:56:24,000
of um special ed staff and parents um

2915
01:56:22,079 --> 01:56:25,480
that are attending via Zoom so thank you

2916
01:56:24,000 --> 01:56:27,400
for being here and the support from

2917
01:56:25,480 --> 01:56:29,599
septar as

2918
01:56:27,400 --> 01:56:31,360
well basically everything I took notes

2919
01:56:29,599 --> 01:56:32,719
on and had questions on has already been

2920
01:56:31,360 --> 01:56:36,000
talked about so I'm going to just kind

2921
01:56:32,719 --> 01:56:37,840
of briefly run through all this I did um

2922
01:56:36,000 --> 01:56:40,599
have one question on the special

2923
01:56:37,840 --> 01:56:42,880
education manual I I know you said it

2924
01:56:40,599 --> 01:56:44,320
but I missed what the answer was that's

2925
01:56:42,880 --> 01:56:47,320
available just for special ed or does

2926
01:56:44,320 --> 01:56:49,840
that go to General Ed staff as well so

2927
01:56:47,320 --> 01:56:52,480
it's just for all internal red City

2928
01:56:49,840 --> 01:56:55,400
staff so it'll be it's it's it'll be a

2929
01:56:52,480 --> 01:56:57,079
live Google handbook um that it will be

2930
01:56:55,400 --> 01:56:59,599
in the administrator's handbook and then

2931
01:56:57,079 --> 01:57:01,239
also shared with teachers and pair

2932
01:56:59,599 --> 01:57:03,199
professionals it'll be like an

2933
01:57:01,239 --> 01:57:07,440
all-inclusive manual that's available to

2934
01:57:03,199 --> 01:57:10,360
all staff thank you

2935
01:57:07,440 --> 01:57:12,719
um super excited I I love the fading

2936
01:57:10,360 --> 01:57:15,960
goal um I think that's really important

2937
01:57:12,719 --> 01:57:18,320
um I love the uh transition fair that

2938
01:57:15,960 --> 01:57:21,440
you had um I think

2939
01:57:18,320 --> 01:57:25,239
it's so important for the student to be

2940
01:57:21,440 --> 01:57:26,239
handed off L to the next to the next um

2941
01:57:25,239 --> 01:57:28,119
teacher

2942
01:57:26,239 --> 01:57:29,679
because their current teacher has

2943
01:57:28,119 --> 01:57:31,000
learned so much about them right what

2944
01:57:29,679 --> 01:57:34,440
does and what doesn't

2945
01:57:31,000 --> 01:57:37,800
work don't have the next teacher have to

2946
01:57:34,440 --> 01:57:41,239
start over um as a parent I know what

2947
01:57:37,800 --> 01:57:43,880
that is like and it is so difficult to

2948
01:57:41,239 --> 01:57:46,840
have feel like you're having the same

2949
01:57:43,880 --> 01:57:48,679
conversation again like why isn't why

2950
01:57:46,840 --> 01:57:51,639
why am I not being heard why are you not

2951
01:57:48,679 --> 01:57:54,920
learning about my student how come this

2952
01:57:51,639 --> 01:57:57,760
information didn't get passed on and my

2953
01:57:54,920 --> 01:58:01,159
student having to start over trying to

2954
01:57:57,760 --> 01:58:03,599
advocate for themselves um but being set

2955
01:58:01,159 --> 01:58:07,800
back because they didn't get handed off

2956
01:58:03,599 --> 01:58:10,880
properly so I I love that thank you

2957
01:58:07,800 --> 01:58:13,239
um I yes we had a running theme of

2958
01:58:10,880 --> 01:58:15,400
building internal capacity and I I love

2959
01:58:13,239 --> 01:58:17,480
that you guys are focusing on that um

2960
01:58:15,400 --> 01:58:19,520
especially the counseling services to

2961
01:58:17,480 --> 01:58:22,360
become internal um I know we were really

2962
01:58:19,520 --> 01:58:23,880
excited when we had those the the family

2963
01:58:22,360 --> 01:58:26,040
counseling and the individual counseling

2964
01:58:23,880 --> 01:58:28,360
come via contract because we didn't have

2965
01:58:26,040 --> 01:58:30,679
it right um but if we can build the

2966
01:58:28,360 --> 01:58:33,440
capacity within our district I think

2967
01:58:30,679 --> 01:58:36,440
that um would be

2968
01:58:33,440 --> 01:58:36,440
huge

2969
01:58:38,400 --> 01:58:45,560
um okay I can do this without crying

2970
01:58:41,560 --> 01:58:47,679
problems um Jude you and I have had

2971
01:58:45,560 --> 01:58:49,239
hours and hours of conversation just

2972
01:58:47,679 --> 01:58:52,760
around the culture of

2973
01:58:49,239 --> 01:58:56,040
inclusion um MTS

2974
01:58:52,760 --> 01:58:59,239
supports um you know I too have a

2975
01:58:56,040 --> 01:59:02,320
student with a disability and um I think

2976
01:58:59,239 --> 01:59:03,800
that if those had been in place at the

2977
01:59:02,320 --> 01:59:05,760
beginning of his journey things would

2978
01:59:03,800 --> 01:59:09,520
have been very very different and I know

2979
01:59:05,760 --> 01:59:12,560
that you know that Jude yes um it was

2980
01:59:09,520 --> 01:59:15,239
and still continues to be very difficult

2981
01:59:12,560 --> 01:59:17,639
um but if

2982
01:59:15,239 --> 01:59:22,440
if those supports had been in place

2983
01:59:17,639 --> 01:59:23,639
early on um you know his early years uh

2984
01:59:22,440 --> 01:59:26,679
in

2985
01:59:23,639 --> 01:59:30,880
education we wouldn't have gone

2986
01:59:26,679 --> 01:59:36,679
through seven School placements I know

2987
01:59:30,880 --> 01:59:38,320
um in a matter of nine years you know um

2988
01:59:36,679 --> 01:59:42,800
and so

2989
01:59:38,320 --> 01:59:44,760
personally I am so supportive of um

2990
01:59:42,800 --> 01:59:47,040
building that culture of inclusion in

2991
01:59:44,760 --> 01:59:52,280
this District um it's it is like you

2992
01:59:47,040 --> 01:59:53,800
said an uh Lea mind shift um not just in

2993
01:59:52,280 --> 01:59:57,880
I but as a

2994
01:59:53,800 --> 02:00:00,800
whole um and I just applaud the work

2995
01:59:57,880 --> 02:00:04,760
that you guys are working on and are

2996
02:00:00,800 --> 02:00:07,560
looking forward to doing um I think it

2997
02:00:04,760 --> 02:00:10,719
will positively impact our students

2998
02:00:07,560 --> 02:00:13,199
going forward so thank you thank you

2999
02:00:10,719 --> 02:00:15,400
Janet I cherish our times together that

3000
02:00:13,199 --> 02:00:17,280
we've had in conversation I was actually

3001
02:00:15,400 --> 02:00:18,960
just thinking about your son today while

3002
02:00:17,280 --> 02:00:23,960
I was driving

3003
02:00:18,960 --> 02:00:23,960
a thank you you

3004
02:00:24,079 --> 02:00:28,239
number one Anette thank you so much for

3005
02:00:26,119 --> 02:00:31,639
coming and doing the study thank you for

3006
02:00:28,239 --> 02:00:33,480
having appreciate it um when I had

3007
02:00:31,639 --> 02:00:35,960
talked to Rick and he had some

3008
02:00:33,480 --> 02:00:39,400
experience with school Services I said

3009
02:00:35,960 --> 02:00:43,520
School services and then we talked to

3010
02:00:39,400 --> 02:00:45,960
school services and said and she oh I

3011
02:00:43,520 --> 02:00:48,400
know her yes we're gonna go with school

3012
02:00:45,960 --> 02:00:52,239
services but thank you so much it was

3013
02:00:48,400 --> 02:00:54,800
very much um detailed it showed what we

3014
02:00:52,239 --> 02:00:57,119
have been doing where we definitely have

3015
02:00:54,800 --> 02:00:59,719
a positive impact and where some things

3016
02:00:57,119 --> 02:01:05,320
need to move forward and do them better

3017
02:00:59,719 --> 02:01:08,880
and smarter I want to thank Ma and Jude

3018
02:01:05,320 --> 02:01:11,320
for moving forward with this study and

3019
02:01:08,880 --> 02:01:12,560
having the short-term and the long-term

3020
02:01:11,320 --> 02:01:15,800
goals that's something that this

3021
02:01:12,560 --> 02:01:19,119
district has needed in for a while the

3022
02:01:15,800 --> 02:01:22,079
pieces in regard to the fading of

3023
02:01:19,119 --> 02:01:24,280
services is definitely something that we

3024
02:01:22,079 --> 02:01:25,960
have talked about a lot and may have

3025
02:01:24,280 --> 02:01:28,000
you've embraced and you have had

3026
02:01:25,960 --> 02:01:30,520
experience with that and to see that

3027
02:01:28,000 --> 02:01:33,880
moving forward will be wonderful the

3028
02:01:30,520 --> 02:01:36,159
piece about the whole mind shift has got

3029
02:01:33,880 --> 02:01:38,520
to take place in this District as we all

3030
02:01:36,159 --> 02:01:40,679
know um we all have gone through the

3031
02:01:38,520 --> 02:01:44,719
mtss training and we continue to go

3032
02:01:40,679 --> 02:01:48,079
through the MTS training uh right now

3033
02:01:44,719 --> 02:01:50,800
continuing on um but it's a true mind

3034
02:01:48,079 --> 02:01:53,520
shift that we have to somehow embed that

3035
02:01:50,800 --> 02:01:55,800
that these kids belong to all of us uh

3036
02:01:53,520 --> 02:01:59,119
they deserve the best education that we

3037
02:01:55,800 --> 02:02:01,440
can provide them and we are there to

3038
02:01:59,119 --> 02:02:04,239
support but at the same time we want

3039
02:02:01,440 --> 02:02:05,760
them to progress and move on the other

3040
02:02:04,239 --> 02:02:07,520
piece that's really outstanding in this

3041
02:02:05,760 --> 02:02:10,320
report is about the Dual Lane our dual

3042
02:02:07,520 --> 02:02:12,840
Lang which Learners which I know for

3043
02:02:10,320 --> 02:02:15,960
years has been a piece where why is it

3044
02:02:12,840 --> 02:02:19,520
that I see so many Latino kids receiving

3045
02:02:15,960 --> 02:02:23,320
speech has nothing to do with a a speech

3046
02:02:19,520 --> 02:02:25,199
impediment they need to be time in the

3047
02:02:23,320 --> 02:02:27,560
this country they need to be listening

3048
02:02:25,199 --> 02:02:29,920
to English they need to be taught the

3049
02:02:27,560 --> 02:02:31,320
right way and manner speaking English

3050
02:02:29,920 --> 02:02:33,040
has nothing to do with the second

3051
02:02:31,320 --> 02:02:35,920
language the first language that they're

3052
02:02:33,040 --> 02:02:38,159
coming to this country with so I'm glad

3053
02:02:35,920 --> 02:02:40,599
that we so glad that we're going to put

3054
02:02:38,159 --> 02:02:44,719
in place something to really look at

3055
02:02:40,599 --> 02:02:46,639
that so kudos to all of you and I'm so

3056
02:02:44,719 --> 02:02:48,880
looking forward to us moving forward in

3057
02:02:46,639 --> 02:02:51,159
this direction

3058
02:02:48,880 --> 02:02:52,880
yeah thank you very much for having me

3059
02:02:51,159 --> 02:02:54,960
and thank you for for being a champion

3060
02:02:52,880 --> 02:02:56,880
of equity and inclusion your teams can't

3061
02:02:54,960 --> 02:02:59,560
do it without your leadership making

3062
02:02:56,880 --> 02:03:01,320
that possible and your support um you

3063
02:02:59,560 --> 02:03:04,480
know all the support they get from the

3064
02:03:01,320 --> 02:03:06,119
rest of the um cabinet leaders so that's

3065
02:03:04,480 --> 02:03:09,360
really critically important and it

3066
02:03:06,119 --> 02:03:11,199
doesn't exist everywhere um and so um so

3067
02:03:09,360 --> 02:03:13,480
you're fortunate to have this team so

3068
02:03:11,199 --> 02:03:16,560
thank you very

3069
02:03:13,480 --> 02:03:19,199
much thank you for the opportunity thank

3070
02:03:16,560 --> 02:03:19,199
you everybody good

3071
02:03:19,840 --> 02:03:25,880
night um okay I just want to I want to

3072
02:03:22,159 --> 02:03:27,679
recognize that we're after 9: um I think

3073
02:03:25,880 --> 02:03:28,400
we're how do we feel do we need a break

3074
02:03:27,679 --> 02:03:31,400
we want

3075
02:03:28,400 --> 02:03:33,199
to go grab that bottle of water yeah

3076
02:03:31,400 --> 02:03:34,639
should be correct yeah I think so too

3077
02:03:33,199 --> 02:03:39,960
but I just wanted to check yeah good

3078
02:03:34,639 --> 02:03:44,000
idea um where are we so we are on uh

3079
02:03:39,960 --> 02:03:44,000
8.1 discussion on graduation

3080
02:03:45,320 --> 02:03:49,920
promotion my assignments work for

3081
02:03:47,880 --> 02:03:51,360
me I just wanted to make sure that I

3082
02:03:49,920 --> 02:03:53,639
could actually get from point A to point

3083
02:03:51,360 --> 02:03:55,679
B is was in back tobs yeah some

3084
02:03:53,639 --> 02:03:59,320
sometimes they don't work and I know I I

3085
02:03:55,679 --> 02:04:01,520
am not able to do June 7th um I actually

3086
02:03:59,320 --> 02:04:03,199
have a wedding that I good friends are

3087
02:04:01,520 --> 02:04:06,119
getting married that afternoon so is

3088
02:04:03,199 --> 02:04:08,400
there one s there is there's it's just

3089
02:04:06,119 --> 02:04:10,599
it's a eighth grade

3090
02:04:08,400 --> 02:04:13,840
Roosevelt actually and there's there's

3091
02:04:10,599 --> 02:04:16,440
there's also an Orion one that Janet has

3092
02:04:13,840 --> 02:04:18,040
oh I was I'm happy about to say I can

3093
02:04:16,440 --> 02:04:22,320
take that one for you but no I can't no

3094
02:04:18,040 --> 02:04:24,400
and I'm happy to take another one if uh

3095
02:04:22,320 --> 02:04:25,800
but like on June 11th or you know I can

3096
02:04:24,400 --> 02:04:28,199
swap if

3097
02:04:25,800 --> 02:04:29,679
somebody so and I'm bumped because I

3098
02:04:28,199 --> 02:04:31,440
love going to Roosevelt well I like to

3099
02:04:29,679 --> 02:04:32,920
go going to them all but for some reason

3100
02:04:31,440 --> 02:04:35,840
I've gone to Roosevelts a number of

3101
02:04:32,920 --> 02:04:38,159
times I think I've switched with

3102
02:04:35,840 --> 02:04:41,280
others so you you're gone that whole day

3103
02:04:38,159 --> 02:04:44,000
on the 7th just in the afternoon I think

3104
02:04:41,280 --> 02:04:47,520
the wedding starts um yeah four or

3105
02:04:44,000 --> 02:04:49,440
something I think I can do June 7th 5m

3106
02:04:47,520 --> 02:04:51,840
yeah I could pick that up okay that'd be

3107
02:04:49,440 --> 02:04:54,599
great yeah sure okay so that's uh Dave

3108
02:04:51,840 --> 02:04:57,000
did is that Ros

3109
02:04:54,599 --> 02:04:58,559
yeah does anybody want to give me one of

3110
02:04:57,000 --> 02:05:00,599
theirs do they David do you have too

3111
02:04:58,559 --> 02:05:03,360
many oh no you have two and you only

3112
02:05:00,599 --> 02:05:07,280
have three and I have two

3113
02:05:03,360 --> 02:05:09,960
so rest work for everybody yep mine work

3114
02:05:07,280 --> 02:05:11,360
cilia are you good okay okay great

3115
02:05:09,960 --> 02:05:13,520
that's why I needed to agendize it

3116
02:05:11,360 --> 02:05:17,599
because I told Evelyn I can't make that

3117
02:05:13,520 --> 02:05:17,599
okay great all right thank you David all

3118
02:05:19,159 --> 02:05:23,400
right it feels like a real family

3119
02:05:21,239 --> 02:05:25,119
community well Roosevelt is special too

3120
02:05:23,400 --> 02:05:27,639
because it's their last eth grade class

3121
02:05:25,119 --> 02:05:30,000
oh that's a good point yeah oh yeah

3122
02:05:27,639 --> 02:05:32,119
can't be to pleas my friends

3123
02:05:30,000 --> 02:05:33,800
are you need to go to the wedding you

3124
02:05:32,119 --> 02:05:36,800
need to go to the

3125
02:05:33,800 --> 02:05:39,520
wedding okay um we're all get on that

3126
02:05:36,800 --> 02:05:40,960
yeah okay we can move on to consent I'll

3127
02:05:39,520 --> 02:05:44,880
make a motion to

3128
02:05:40,960 --> 02:05:48,320
approve seconded all those in favor I

3129
02:05:44,880 --> 02:05:49,960
thank you uh 10.1 adoption of resolution

3130
02:05:48,320 --> 02:05:52,239
number 10 resolution to approve

3131
02:05:49,960 --> 02:05:54,400
standards for local CER ification of

3132
02:05:52,239 --> 02:05:57,159
universal TK

3133
02:05:54,400 --> 02:05:59,079
teachers thank you um similar to other

3134
02:05:57,159 --> 02:06:02,000
waivers that we've brought to the board

3135
02:05:59,079 --> 02:06:05,360
this is an opportunity uh as we move

3136
02:06:02,000 --> 02:06:09,760
into the last year actually uh there was

3137
02:06:05,360 --> 02:06:12,440
a essentially a 10-year window to change

3138
02:06:09,760 --> 02:06:14,639
into credentialing components so forth

3139
02:06:12,440 --> 02:06:17,360
regarding TK new credentials that came

3140
02:06:14,639 --> 02:06:19,840
to be so in working with assistant

3141
02:06:17,360 --> 02:06:23,040
superintendent Anor Herrera uh we

3142
02:06:19,840 --> 02:06:24,000
discussed the opportunity if needed in

3143
02:06:23,040 --> 02:06:26,920
the

3144
02:06:24,000 --> 02:06:30,440
future uh for recruitment purposes and

3145
02:06:26,920 --> 02:06:32,400
really retainment purposes to allow for

3146
02:06:30,440 --> 02:06:33,920
uh another option many districts have

3147
02:06:32,400 --> 02:06:38,920
done this around the county which is how

3148
02:06:33,920 --> 02:06:42,520
I got the idea to be honest uh to allow

3149
02:06:38,920 --> 02:06:46,000
for uh those that still hold appropriate

3150
02:06:42,520 --> 02:06:47,760
credentials to serve onee working with

3151
02:06:46,000 --> 02:06:50,880
third and three and four yearold

3152
02:06:47,760 --> 02:06:52,280
children and 12 units of trly uh Early

3153
02:06:50,880 --> 02:06:55,639
Childhood Ed

3154
02:06:52,280 --> 02:06:59,320
ucation uh which would be different than

3155
02:06:55,639 --> 02:07:02,719
as as a waiver the current practice

3156
02:06:59,320 --> 02:07:05,599
which must be in place by August 1 2025

3157
02:07:02,719 --> 02:07:08,880
we still have one more year uh in which

3158
02:07:05,599 --> 02:07:12,079
all of our TK teachers need to have 24

3159
02:07:08,880 --> 02:07:15,199
units um or the equivalent which usually

3160
02:07:12,079 --> 02:07:17,920
can run about two years so here's a good

3161
02:07:15,199 --> 02:07:21,840
example I have a Kinder teacher that may

3162
02:07:17,920 --> 02:07:22,920
have some TK age kids from the past in

3163
02:07:21,840 --> 02:07:26,599
their

3164
02:07:22,920 --> 02:07:29,559
experience uh like a TK Kinder combo for

3165
02:07:26,599 --> 02:07:32,559
example but actually after 2025 would

3166
02:07:29,559 --> 02:07:34,360
not be eligible to teach TK so that

3167
02:07:32,559 --> 02:07:36,320
would be a good example of a waiver that

3168
02:07:34,360 --> 02:07:38,840
might come and so then HR would have the

3169
02:07:36,320 --> 02:07:42,159
authority after should this resolution

3170
02:07:38,840 --> 02:07:43,920
be approved to allow that to occur so

3171
02:07:42,159 --> 02:07:45,719
it'd be a case-by casee basis I'm not

3172
02:07:43,920 --> 02:07:48,119
sure how often I'd even use it but if we

3173
02:07:45,719 --> 02:07:53,440
need it in our back pocket it would be

3174
02:07:48,119 --> 02:07:53,440
helpful y any questions on this

3175
02:07:56,159 --> 02:08:04,119
one thank you it is an action item so

3176
02:08:00,440 --> 02:08:04,119
I'll make a motion to approve

3177
02:08:04,320 --> 02:08:13,559
it I'll second thank you all those in

3178
02:08:09,520 --> 02:08:16,000
favor great on to uh reports from board

3179
02:08:13,559 --> 02:08:16,000
members and

3180
02:08:18,679 --> 02:08:22,280
superintendent uh I attended the septar

3181
02:08:21,000 --> 02:08:25,199
meeting last night where they had a

3182
02:08:22,280 --> 02:08:29,199
presentation from uh the county office

3183
02:08:25,199 --> 02:08:32,400
on uh udl uh super inform really good um

3184
02:08:29,199 --> 02:08:34,760
and then the l cap was on Monday um and

3185
02:08:32,400 --> 02:08:36,480
I will say uh Sarah presented like this

3186
02:08:34,760 --> 02:08:38,199
great student voice component it was

3187
02:08:36,480 --> 02:08:41,000
super it was awesome to hear about it

3188
02:08:38,199 --> 02:08:43,280
and like all the I mean the kids were

3189
02:08:41,000 --> 02:08:45,520
there was meetings at each site um I

3190
02:08:43,280 --> 02:08:46,920
think at each site might have been

3191
02:08:45,520 --> 02:08:48,440
definitely in person I think they might

3192
02:08:46,920 --> 02:08:49,800
have done a virtual one then too and

3193
02:08:48,440 --> 02:08:51,239
then they did an all district meeting

3194
02:08:49,800 --> 02:08:52,599
where the sites got to like nominate

3195
02:08:51,239 --> 02:08:54,400
some some kids that would came in it it

3196
02:08:52,599 --> 02:08:56,320
was just lots of good information that

3197
02:08:54,400 --> 02:08:59,280
came out of it it wasn't all about pizza

3198
02:08:56,320 --> 02:09:01,480
which was good um so I'm sorry was that

3199
02:08:59,280 --> 02:09:03,280
was that elcap elcap yeah student

3200
02:09:01,480 --> 02:09:07,159
student voice yeah student voice is a

3201
02:09:03,280 --> 02:09:08,840
requirement forood which program yeah

3202
02:09:07,159 --> 02:09:10,320
yeah s Sarah was the one who presented

3203
02:09:08,840 --> 02:09:12,119
on it but I want to acknowledge Whitney

3204
02:09:10,320 --> 02:09:13,719
was Whitney aen was definitely involved

3205
02:09:12,119 --> 02:09:15,880
in the putting that whole program

3206
02:09:13,719 --> 02:09:19,320
together

3207
02:09:15,880 --> 02:09:22,520
awesome I was at the same lcap

3208
02:09:19,320 --> 02:09:24,000
me yeah the lcap committee is a good one

3209
02:09:22,520 --> 02:09:25,480
right I mean I've always enjoyed being

3210
02:09:24,000 --> 02:09:28,360
on it because you learn a lot about

3211
02:09:25,480 --> 02:09:31,719
what's going on um I I was wondering do

3212
02:09:28,360 --> 02:09:33,679
you know on the the udl was that um is

3213
02:09:31,719 --> 02:09:35,520
there a PowerPoint available or did they

3214
02:09:33,679 --> 02:09:38,239
record that because I couldn't make it

3215
02:09:35,520 --> 02:09:40,480
last night but I believe yes I believe

3216
02:09:38,239 --> 02:09:42,159
yes there was definitely a PowerPoint um

3217
02:09:40,480 --> 02:09:43,719
and I believe they recorded it as well

3218
02:09:42,159 --> 02:09:46,040
session okay all right I'll just follow

3219
02:09:43,719 --> 02:09:49,920
up with them on that so thank you so uh

3220
02:09:46,040 --> 02:09:52,639
let's see my couple reports are that I

3221
02:09:49,920 --> 02:09:56,079
did attend uh the C SBA board meeting

3222
02:09:52,639 --> 02:09:58,400
which was March 23rd and 24th up in

3223
02:09:56,079 --> 02:10:00,840
Sacramento and we had a lot on the

3224
02:09:58,400 --> 02:10:02,400
budget on legislative advocacy because

3225
02:10:00,840 --> 02:10:05,320
we're getting ready for a whole another

3226
02:10:02,400 --> 02:10:07,960
legislative session um there's a lot of

3227
02:10:05,320 --> 02:10:09,480
good stuff on there for schools um

3228
02:10:07,960 --> 02:10:12,360
there's also going to be some bills that

3229
02:10:09,480 --> 02:10:14,559
we'll be needing to Advocate against I'm

3230
02:10:12,360 --> 02:10:17,040
sure um but there's some really good

3231
02:10:14,559 --> 02:10:19,159
ones including um you know our own Diane

3232
02:10:17,040 --> 02:10:20,920
papen is running um a couple of things

3233
02:10:19,159 --> 02:10:23,719
that'll be good for education so that's

3234
02:10:20,920 --> 02:10:27,440
great and then I also had a csba uh

3235
02:10:23,719 --> 02:10:31,880
Pacer meeting I meet with uh Rita who's

3236
02:10:27,440 --> 02:10:33,520
our um public affairs person for csba

3237
02:10:31,880 --> 02:10:35,719
and we just talk a lot about again

3238
02:10:33,520 --> 02:10:37,480
legislative issues and other things so I

3239
02:10:35,719 --> 02:10:41,559
meet with her about every other well

3240
02:10:37,480 --> 02:10:44,079
about every month I guess that's

3241
02:10:41,559 --> 02:10:46,320
it and the only thing I have to report

3242
02:10:44,079 --> 02:10:48,719
is um I attended the rity together

3243
02:10:46,320 --> 02:10:52,840
Community impact and celebration at

3244
02:10:48,719 --> 02:10:55,000
sequa mu so that was really nice um lots

3245
02:10:52,840 --> 02:10:57,119
of people it was a full house and so

3246
02:10:55,000 --> 02:10:58,880
awesome um it was great as always I mean

3247
02:10:57,119 --> 02:11:01,199
this was my second time going actually

3248
02:10:58,880 --> 02:11:05,639
but um it's really you know great to see

3249
02:11:01,199 --> 02:11:08,960
there yeah everyone there that's it um

3250
02:11:05,639 --> 02:11:11,320
the only thing I did was um some of us

3251
02:11:08,960 --> 02:11:13,880
attended the uh memorial service for

3252
02:11:11,320 --> 02:11:16,599
Lupe tours at Garfield and it was really

3253
02:11:13,880 --> 02:11:18,400
really nice um and I think they had

3254
02:11:16,599 --> 02:11:21,520
three student speakers they all did a

3255
02:11:18,400 --> 02:11:22,920
wonderful job um and the pastor from the

3256
02:11:21,520 --> 02:11:26,639
local church announced that they would

3257
02:11:22,920 --> 02:11:27,480
be donating $225,000 to Garfield next

3258
02:11:26,639 --> 02:11:32,639
school

3259
02:11:27,480 --> 02:11:32,639
year so and I brought uh the program

3260
02:11:34,920 --> 02:11:40,840
forever I'll cap already did

3261
02:11:37,960 --> 02:11:44,440
that also went to the memorial for Loop

3262
02:11:40,840 --> 02:11:47,360
bit um the other thing I attended was um

3263
02:11:44,440 --> 02:11:49,719
rcef and Rick did a great report to them

3264
02:11:47,360 --> 02:11:51,920
regarding our budget uh so that we can

3265
02:11:49,719 --> 02:11:54,679
work more collaboratively together and

3266
02:11:51,920 --> 02:11:56,280
how they can support yes our basite well

3267
02:11:54,679 --> 02:11:58,280
actually the three basite schools but

3268
02:11:56,280 --> 02:12:00,760
now we have another two priority and

3269
02:11:58,280 --> 02:12:03,920
also the rest of the school districts so

3270
02:12:00,760 --> 02:12:03,920
there is

3271
02:12:04,639 --> 02:12:09,760
a is it a Wine Walk coming up anyway I'm

3272
02:12:08,239 --> 02:12:12,520
going to send you all the information

3273
02:12:09,760 --> 02:12:15,440
regarding it I'm going to ask a lot of

3274
02:12:12,520 --> 02:12:18,360
my colleagues to join me on that evening

3275
02:12:15,440 --> 02:12:21,360
as we support uh this event it's going

3276
02:12:18,360 --> 02:12:24,320
to give um it's going to be here in

3277
02:12:21,360 --> 02:12:26,440
Redwood City and you start out you pay

3278
02:12:24,320 --> 02:12:28,119
and I need to find out more about it

3279
02:12:26,440 --> 02:12:31,280
because they didn't have the cost but

3280
02:12:28,119 --> 02:12:33,280
the cost is when you sign up for uh this

3281
02:12:31,280 --> 02:12:37,280
Wine Walk at different restaurants in

3282
02:12:33,280 --> 02:12:41,199
Redwood City and portions of the profits

3283
02:12:37,280 --> 02:12:44,800
go to RCF so I'm going to put it in the

3284
02:12:41,199 --> 02:12:47,920
communic out to all of our parents all

3285
02:12:44,800 --> 02:12:50,920
of our staff members and I believe it's

3286
02:12:47,920 --> 02:12:57,280
on is it thank you may 15th I think it

3287
02:12:50,920 --> 02:13:00,000
is May yeah yeah so uh it'll be in the

3288
02:12:57,280 --> 02:13:04,159
communic I get I did get all the

3289
02:13:00,000 --> 02:13:08,760
information from the group and Sarah

3290
02:13:04,159 --> 02:13:11,440
sent me the um

3291
02:13:08,760 --> 02:13:13,800
the what I want to say the little piece

3292
02:13:11,440 --> 02:13:16,280
that they put together that's very

3293
02:13:13,800 --> 02:13:18,360
prominent it's I forget I think it was

3294
02:13:16,280 --> 02:13:22,679
I'm not sure who made that I think Anna

3295
02:13:18,360 --> 02:13:25,119
H at Lea her last name hich

3296
02:13:22,679 --> 02:13:26,719
yeah she she made the flyer that's gonna

3297
02:13:25,119 --> 02:13:28,760
that's going out so I'm not going to

3298
02:13:26,719 --> 02:13:29,760
send it to our own Community but I'm G

3299
02:13:28,760 --> 02:13:32,040
give it to my colleagues the

3300
02:13:29,760 --> 02:13:36,320
superintendent too

3301
02:13:32,040 --> 02:13:38,719
to yeah so that was it was a good

3302
02:13:36,320 --> 02:13:40,679
meeting I think the library Foundation

3303
02:13:38,719 --> 02:13:44,040
did something similar to that before or

3304
02:13:40,679 --> 02:13:45,840
just a restaurant walk around yeah um

3305
02:13:44,040 --> 02:13:48,800
that's

3306
02:13:45,840 --> 02:13:50,760
fun let's see 12.1 contract update

3307
02:13:48,800 --> 02:13:53,040
information and credit card summary any

3308
02:13:50,760 --> 02:13:53,040
questions

3309
02:13:53,199 --> 02:13:58,760
uh 12.2 quarterly Williams

3310
02:13:56,880 --> 02:14:02,679
report no

3311
02:13:58,760 --> 02:14:02,679
complaints uh 13.1

3312
02:14:05,079 --> 02:14:10,440
correspondence emails from commanding

3313
02:14:08,000 --> 02:14:13,320
members who are unhappy just a couple oh

3314
02:14:10,440 --> 02:14:16,079
your mic's not on it's

3315
02:14:13,320 --> 02:14:18,920
okay I got a pretty cool email from

3316
02:14:16,079 --> 02:14:21,159
Megan O'Reilly Green who pointed out uh

3317
02:14:18,920 --> 02:14:23,960
a couple different things one was some

3318
02:14:21,159 --> 02:14:25,840
data that their team had gathered about

3319
02:14:23,960 --> 02:14:28,719
uh the number of families who had moved

3320
02:14:25,840 --> 02:14:31,880
to Redwood City uh for the programs that

3321
02:14:28,719 --> 02:14:34,719
we have here which is pretty awesome um

3322
02:14:31,880 --> 02:14:38,119
also there was a speech competition at

3323
02:14:34,719 --> 02:14:41,840
which a number of different Redwood City

3324
02:14:38,119 --> 02:14:44,559
uh children uh pupils uh placed pretty

3325
02:14:41,840 --> 02:14:47,760
well actually so that was pretty cool to

3326
02:14:44,559 --> 02:14:50,400
see our award-winning students kicking

3327
02:14:47,760 --> 02:14:53,040
some butt so bunch of them uh from

3328
02:14:50,400 --> 02:14:53,040
Kennedy Middle

3329
02:14:54,679 --> 02:14:59,679
uh 141 possible other business suggested

3330
02:14:58,079 --> 02:15:01,679
items for

3331
02:14:59,679 --> 02:15:03,400
future we actually do have a speaker

3332
02:15:01,679 --> 02:15:06,840
card on this so I don't know if you guys

3333
02:15:03,400 --> 02:15:10,280
have anything to input okay um so we

3334
02:15:06,840 --> 02:15:12,000
have Mike s's got his hand raised um hi

3335
02:15:10,280 --> 02:15:14,960
Mike you have three

3336
02:15:12,000 --> 02:15:19,079
minutes yeah hi can you hear

3337
02:15:14,960 --> 02:15:21,719
me hello yeah go ahead B clear awesome

3338
02:15:19,079 --> 02:15:23,040
yeah thank you members of the uh City uh

3339
02:15:21,719 --> 02:15:24,800
School District Board of Trustees for

3340
02:15:23,040 --> 02:15:27,040
your service to the educational needs of

3341
02:15:24,800 --> 02:15:29,440
students in Redwood City I rise tonight

3342
02:15:27,040 --> 02:15:31,320
to ask the uh School District board

3343
02:15:29,440 --> 02:15:33,320
immediate to immediately agendize

3344
02:15:31,320 --> 02:15:35,639
removing the name Henry Ford from said

3345
02:15:33,320 --> 02:15:37,320
name School per your website the mission

3346
02:15:35,639 --> 02:15:39,520
of the Redwood City School District is

3347
02:15:37,320 --> 02:15:41,800
quote to create a safe and supportive

3348
02:15:39,520 --> 02:15:44,199
inspirational and rigorous joyful and

3349
02:15:41,800 --> 02:15:46,119
inclusive environment for all Learners

3350
02:15:44,199 --> 02:15:47,559
this is a laudable mission and I'm sure

3351
02:15:46,119 --> 02:15:49,400
that the board administrators and

3352
02:15:47,559 --> 02:15:51,480
Educators attempt to incorporate these

3353
02:15:49,400 --> 02:15:53,199
goals into the daily curriculum we

3354
02:15:51,480 --> 02:15:55,040
cannot simply teach our kidss these

3355
02:15:53,199 --> 02:15:57,079
principles however we need to walk the

3356
02:15:55,040 --> 02:15:59,400
talk and incorporate these principles

3357
02:15:57,079 --> 02:16:01,199
into our daily actions sadly we're

3358
02:15:59,400 --> 02:16:03,239
failing in this Respect by naming one of

3359
02:16:01,199 --> 02:16:05,639
the district schools after an individual

3360
02:16:03,239 --> 02:16:07,520
who without question advocated for a

3361
02:16:05,639 --> 02:16:09,719
world that was the opposite of inclusive

3362
02:16:07,520 --> 02:16:11,559
safe and as supportive for Jewish

3363
02:16:09,719 --> 02:16:13,599
Americans I hope that you had a chance

3364
02:16:11,559 --> 02:16:15,599
to read Mark Simon's excellent oped in

3365
02:16:13,599 --> 02:16:18,440
the April 4th edition of our local

3366
02:16:15,599 --> 02:16:20,199
newspaper the Sano darly Journal Mr

3367
02:16:18,440 --> 02:16:21,760
Simon criticizes the school district for

3368
02:16:20,199 --> 02:16:23,920
naming the school after a known

3369
02:16:21,760 --> 02:16:26,400
anti-semite and maintaining the name for

3370
02:16:23,920 --> 02:16:28,239
70 years he recounts several well

3371
02:16:26,400 --> 02:16:31,079
documented and anti-semitic actions

3372
02:16:28,239 --> 02:16:33,200
taken by Henry Ford by blaming Jewish

3373
02:16:31,079 --> 02:16:35,479
Bankers for World War I calling Jews

3374
02:16:33,200 --> 02:16:37,519
quote evil and Publishing articles based

3375
02:16:35,479 --> 02:16:40,160
on the protocols of the Elders of Zion a

3376
02:16:37,519 --> 02:16:42,639
fabricated text reporting to detail a

3377
02:16:40,160 --> 02:16:44,439
Jewish plot for global domination Ford's

3378
02:16:42,639 --> 02:16:46,040
anti-Semitism was so well known at the

3379
02:16:44,439 --> 02:16:49,000
time that even Adolf Hitler praised

3380
02:16:46,040 --> 02:16:50,359
Ford's quote anti-jewish policy I'm

3381
02:16:49,000 --> 02:16:52,000
disappointed that the district and board

3382
02:16:50,359 --> 02:16:54,160
have taken actions to change the

3383
02:16:52,000 --> 02:16:56,559
school's name a year ago I reached out

3384
02:16:54,160 --> 02:16:58,599
to then board president Cecilia Marquez

3385
02:16:56,559 --> 02:17:00,160
asking whether the district considered

3386
02:16:58,599 --> 02:17:02,120
changing the school's name to one that

3387
02:17:00,160 --> 02:17:04,880
better aligns with its values Miss

3388
02:17:02,120 --> 02:17:07,519
Marquez responded with a copy of policy

3389
02:17:04,880 --> 02:17:09,840
7310 and recommended that I reach out to

3390
02:17:07,519 --> 02:17:11,679
the board to the school principal while

3391
02:17:09,840 --> 02:17:13,319
the policy might push the burden onto

3392
02:17:11,679 --> 02:17:15,319
the school I had hoped that the board or

3393
02:17:13,319 --> 02:17:17,240
its president elected by the people of

3394
02:17:15,319 --> 02:17:18,880
Redwood City would have shown some

3395
02:17:17,240 --> 02:17:21,479
interest in no longer naming one of its

3396
02:17:18,880 --> 02:17:23,280
schools after a Nazi collaboration

3397
02:17:21,479 --> 02:17:25,880
in his article Mark Simon details a

3398
02:17:23,280 --> 02:17:27,840
similar quote blowoff and unwillingness

3399
02:17:25,880 --> 02:17:29,719
of the board to initiate action to cease

3400
02:17:27,840 --> 02:17:32,000
naming one of its elect elementary

3401
02:17:29,719 --> 02:17:34,040
schools after one of the most famous Jew

3402
02:17:32,000 --> 02:17:36,280
haters in American history why the

3403
02:17:34,040 --> 02:17:37,800
inaction if our elected officials and

3404
02:17:36,280 --> 02:17:39,439
educational leaders aren't willing to

3405
02:17:37,800 --> 02:17:42,080
speak up against the rising tide of

3406
02:17:39,439 --> 02:17:43,880
anti-Semitism in our area who will a

3407
02:17:42,080 --> 02:17:45,920
Redwood City teenager recently spoke to

3408
02:17:43,880 --> 02:17:48,679
the city council about the anti-Semitism

3409
02:17:45,920 --> 02:17:50,559
that she's faced mayor Jeff G recently

3410
02:17:48,679 --> 02:17:52,679
addressed anti-semitic Zoom bombings at

3411
02:17:50,559 --> 02:17:55,359
City Council meetings and surveys

3412
02:17:52,679 --> 02:17:58,080
suggest that 61% of area Jews feel less

3413
02:17:55,359 --> 02:18:00,559
safe in recent months and 36% of

3414
02:17:58,080 --> 02:18:02,120
personally experienced anti-Semitism the

3415
02:18:00,559 --> 02:18:04,040
school district and Board of Trustees

3416
02:18:02,120 --> 02:18:06,319
silence and inaction to date on this

3417
02:18:04,040 --> 02:18:08,519
issue are akin to complicity with those

3418
02:18:06,319 --> 02:18:10,000
who attack others who are empowered by

3419
02:18:08,519 --> 02:18:12,080
the belief that no one will stick their

3420
02:18:10,000 --> 02:18:13,519
necks out for them I hope that you'll

3421
02:18:12,080 --> 02:18:15,800
think about the Jewish members of your

3422
02:18:13,519 --> 02:18:18,399
communities and immediately remove the

3423
02:18:15,800 --> 02:18:22,439
anti-semite and Nazi collaborator Henry

3424
02:18:18,399 --> 02:18:23,880
Ford's name from the school thank you

3425
02:18:22,439 --> 02:18:26,639
thank you

3426
02:18:23,880 --> 02:18:28,880
Mike

3427
02:18:26,639 --> 02:18:32,399
um were there any

3428
02:18:28,880 --> 02:18:32,399
other items to

3429
02:18:32,519 --> 02:18:39,479
add uh 15.1 changes to the board meeting

3430
02:18:36,599 --> 02:18:42,080
calendar no no changes okay that brings

3431
02:18:39,479 --> 02:18:46,319
us to the end of our meeting we have a

3432
02:18:42,080 --> 02:18:49,000
motion to adjourn I move we

3433
02:18:46,319 --> 02:18:53,880
adjourn second thank you all those in

3434
02:18:49,000 --> 02:18:53,880
favor I thank you you