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People why don't you work with. The lawyer
next to you at like to call to order the

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Feb 26th 2018 meeting of the Highland
Park Board of Education the New Year New

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Jersey open public meetings Act was enacted
to ensure the right of the public to

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have advance notice of and to attend the
meetings of the public bodies at which any

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business affecting their interest is discussed
or acted upon in compliance with the

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open public meetings act the Highland Park
Board of Education is cause notice of

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this meeting setting forth the time
date and location to be submitted for

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publication to the Home News Tribune and
Star Ledger and most on the boards website

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at least 48 hours in advance of this
meeting members of the public who wish to

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address the board will be given the opportunity
to do so before the board adjourns

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for the evening Linda could we please have

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a roll call. Misfire.
With us or the top not

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sorry Midsomer us to hear. Miss
call and. Miss gallant dear.

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Mr Craker here Mr Magaziner
here Miss McFadden here this

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picture of Ana here Mr as leverage. Be
resolved pursuant to the Sunshine Act and J

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S A 10 for dash 12 and 13 the Board of
Education will now meet in closed session to

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discuss HIV reports and discipline matters
these exemptions are permitted to be

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discussed in closed session in accordance
with N J S A 14 dash 13 information

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recording regarding the board's close
session discussion will be disclosed to the

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public as soon as the need for
confidentiality no longer exists can I get

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a motion to recess to close
so moved could I get

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a 2nd section all in favor I. Say

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Well why don't you we're. Going to go over
next. I'd like to call to order the Feb

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26th 2018 meeting of the Highland Park
Board of Education the New Year New Jersey

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open public meetings Act was enacted to
ensure the right of the public to have

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advance notice of and to attend the
meetings of the public bodies at which any

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business affecting their interest is discussed
or acted upon in compliance with the

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open public meetings act the Highland Park
Board of Education is cause notice of

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this meeting setting forth the time
date and location to be submitted for

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publication to the Home News Tribune and
Star Ledger most on the board's website at

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least 48 hours in advance of this meeting
members of the public who wish to address

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the board will be given the opportunity to
do so before the board adjourns for the

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evening Linda could we please have

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a roll call misfire. Both of us are so not

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sorry Midsomer us to hear
Mr Coleman. Miscount.

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Mr Craker here Mr Magaziner
here. This McFadden here this

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picture Bono here Mr as leverage. Be resolved
pursuant to the Sunshine Act and J S

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A 10 for dash 12 and 13 the Board of
Education will now meet in closed session to

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discuss HIV reports and discipline matters
these exceptions are permitted to be

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discussed in closed session in accordance
with N J S A 14 dash 13 information

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recording regarding the board's close
session discussion will be disclosed to the

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public as soon as the need for
confidentiality no longer exists can I get

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a motion to recess to close
so moved could I get

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a 2nd 2nd all in favor I. Could

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say. Can I get

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a motion to reconvene to public
session so moved can I get

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a 2nd 2nd all in favor right and those
Please stand for the Pledge of Allegiance.

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I was ages 56. 000 which is

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a nation under God
indivisible liberties you.

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Can before we get started today I didn't
kind of run this by any of my fellow board

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members I did mention that to
Scott I just wanted to take

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a quick moment in light of.
Everything that's happened. In our

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country in the last week and

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a half since the shooting
in an apartment Florida. I

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know that there is some work that's under
way to have the students to put something

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together for Able to 20 people 20th as one
of the dates that students have chosen I

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think that's what March 14th March 24th and
April 20th. Students have been engaging

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in all kinds of. Protests of all
kinds. Since that shooting and I

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just as a board wanted to take

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a moment to. To recognize everything
that's been going on in the last week and

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a half and actually have

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a moment of silence and. Both obviously in
honor of the students that were lost and

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also but also in the author of the students
who are just kind of rising right on up

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and taking control of this conversation
which I greatly appreciate so we could all

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just take

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a moment. To

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. Thank you very much and I'm sure we'll
be hearing more between now and April 20th

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which is I think the date that the students
here in Highland Park of have chosen

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and I know you guys are in conversation
with Mr Lester who's in conversation with

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Dr Taylor and. You know I have great
faith that we can all come together as

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a community and figure out ways that we
can engage in this conversation I just

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don't just correction It's now March 14th
OK so just it's been solidified March

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14th will be

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a. Walkout but then walk like we're not
but we're not walking out for the entire

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school day and then the plan is to get

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a Highland Park delegation to attend one
of the rallies on the 24th either in New

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York or New York City with the possible
plans for April 20th to be decided in

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a later date OK sounds good you'll keep
us you'll keep us apprised as time moves

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forward. OK we don't have any communications
on the agenda and anything else

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so anything else you know OK so number 8
on the agenda we have corrections to the

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minutes and this is our voting session
so we will be taking action tonight and

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voting on the items on our agenda so
number 18 we have that correction to our

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December 18th minutes Did anybody have
any concerns with that. Number and then

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the approval of the
Minutes number 9 in just

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a minute those both together for the
regular public it's public and executive

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session from January 22nd and the public
workshop in executive session from

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February 12th 2018 anybody have any questions
or concerns with those no so I can

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somebody. Let's see move numbers 8 and 9.

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On the agenda if I can do the right sort
of look to move. The board to accept the

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recommendation of the superintendent
approved the correction of the minutes as

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follows and approve the minutes of the
regular public and executive session January

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22nd in the public workshop an executive
session of February 12th 2018 can get

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a 2nd 2nd and this question. Will sing
on the deck are we going to roll call.

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This summer a C.

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Yes this Coleman Yes This
gallon Yes Mr Krieger Yes

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Mr Magaziner Yes Miss McFadden Gina
Kolata Yes Mr Boehner Yes Mr Ross Levitt

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just. OK brings us to our student
representative the point. Hello

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everyone so for Bang we have there the
students took part in the magic of Science

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Program at the P.T.O.

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Provided for us on Monday on Monday the
kids learn concepts in science including

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chemistry light magnetism optical illusions
physics and mathematics that were

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demonstrated in an energetic performance
perfect for children everything performed

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had

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a scientific principle behind it and each
of the topics appeared to the audience and

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as

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a challenging and astonishing magic trick.
The kindergarten and 1st grade teachers

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will be taking part in professional
development with George Street Playhouse this

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week through George Street Playhouse
creative dramatics theater arts integration

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residencies the Irving staff looks forward
to exploring how theatre arts education

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positively impacts students social and
emotional growth in the early grades these

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opportunities will provide imaginative
different differentiated learning

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experiences for children to about to to
develop artistic expression expand language

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acquisition and collaborate with others
this experience the schedules to the weeks

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of April 9th through May 21st and is funded
through the generous support of the of

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the Providence Bank Foundation. And they
are extremely excited and thankful to have

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been awarded 2 grants from the Highland
Park and foundation one will provide for

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a sensory room which will foster academic
social emotional and motor development

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and enhance the nurturing environment in
Irving the other Grant will provide staff

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with books and C.D.'s as part of the
building school for introducing the teaching

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staff to culturally diverse materials and
finally this Friday will begin their Read

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Across America week Valley's will have
the opportunity to join Irving for

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a whole school reading period next Monday.
OK so from Bartel Bartels international

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visiting students program has its 2nd round
of students visiting this week students

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receive

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a certificate of attendance and appreciation
at the conclusion of their experience

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of vital vital held at 2nd worst part
responsive epic community meeting in February

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students recommitted themselves to the core
values and vision of leading leading by

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learning empowering others appreciating
individual differences and doing right by

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others Bartle acknowledged and celebrated
the 1st 100 days of schools with school

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wide and classroom learning activities and
teachers and students alike dressed up

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in character and created artwork to hang
on walls and then to go home. Bartle is

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engaging in the 3rd annual pennies for
patients initiatives where students have

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raised over $2000.00 for the Leukemia and
Lymphoma Society this event is being

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spearheaded by bible teacher Brooke. L.

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Does Oni her famous fountain. Acknowledge
the Chinese Lunar Lunar New Year. And the

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halls of vinyl are decorated with students
Red live turning artwork and other

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displays to celebrate the Year of the dog
Bardot held its 1st ever fuse Open House

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hosted by trees the Dolan and Dr. Student
Council meeting was held today they still

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a record number of 50 student representatives
that continually attend student council

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meetings on

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a regular basis Bartle students were happy
to enter the Human Relations Commission

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of Highland Park poster contest and provide
the artwork that represents the All are

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welcome here decals the Bible student
book club has started to research and

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incorporate more books that represent
diverse authors that speak so that the

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diversity within Highland Park and finally
BARDA will be holding its 2nd annual

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Read Across America prayed and parent read
in with staff and students the praise

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will follow Bartels hollowing parade route
and the reading will occur in the Bible

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gymnasium. So as for the middle school
the middle school held its Black History

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Month celebration on Feb 20th
promoter and producer each H.S.

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Alumni David Rush was the guest speaker
and presented his inspirational story to

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all the students the middle school band
choir and orchestra all gave gave great

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performances with songs all written by
African-American artists the middle school

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young gents introduced the celebrations
and both teachers are to geezers and

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students presented works Sojourner Truth
and Langston Hughes the middle school

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diversity called was honored for their
work in promoting diversity and acceptance

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and working towards change in the
middle school. The Middle School also

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participated in the N.J.

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Regionals of the National Middle School
Science Bowl at the Princeton Plasma

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Physics Lab and placed 5th
out of 16 teams it was

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a great experience for the students to meet
watching compete against the best rated

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teams all over New Jersey and

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a total of 16 schools participated in the
competition Highland Park Middle School

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represented by 2 teams team

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a Isaac Wu Jacob Marsh Jason Lou
Joe Horn you and Richard zoo Team

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Christine Chun Elliott Li Noah Shapiro Patrick
saying and. I'm sorry if I mispronounced

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any of those names. The team a dance around
7 and placed 5th overall where we lost

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a close match with Witherspoon $10.00 for
the $94.00 who then went on to be the

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finalists. The Middle School Mandarin
classes celebrated the Chinese New Year by

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making delicious dumplings in the middle
school cafeteria the students are also

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hard at work on their new rap songs
in Chinese that they share with

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a cooperating school in China we have
the middle school students. Here

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rapping in Chinese place. All of the middle
school creative writing classes wrote

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letters to the survivors of the Stoneman
high school in Parkland Florida students

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expressed but not only not only their
sadness for the occurrences but also gave

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compassionate words of hope and solidarity
to the floor to the Florida students.

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The middle school students enjoyed their
Valentine's Day dance the venue included

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a D.J. Refreshments and meal and

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a candy bar both students and staff staff
relished the music and festivities and

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finally the 8th grade students had

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a chance to discover the electives offered
by the high school during the selective

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fair on February 12th 2018 in the high
school gym the 8th graders were greeted by

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high school students who explained the
various options for music technology

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business art and other programs for anything
there anything 9th grade get guidance

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counselor missed an email or will be meeting
with 8th graders individually in March

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in order to discuss their course requests
for next year. And then finally wrap with

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the high school the Deca club will be
attending the annual state competition this

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week and they actually all left school today
right at the end of the day they'll be

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over 40 Highland Park students competing
the Model UN in Congress team will be

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sending 20 students to Mexico City
this week for a 4 day conference and

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a cultural immersion experience we leave
for 4 15 am tomorrow morning 110 of the

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most delegates are very much looking
forward to meeting their partners at the

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sisters' schools were visiting 3 this year
instead of 2 like last year visiting.

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Pyramids that are just outside the city
the Frida Kahlo museum practicing Spanish

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language skills and trying lots and lots
of amazing food Student Congress just gave

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out their February fund raising grants to
several different organizations within

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the school so $500.00 went towards
funding a school bus. Not actually not

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a school bus funding public transportation
tickets for The Globe program to take

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a trip to New York City so they can
practice their real world skills and both

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within the city of getting their 200 $50.00
were awarded to global awareness group

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for help in finding their bracelet fundraiser
that advocates for an end to child

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slave trafficking and $50.00
went to the. Saga club for

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a for several pride flags that were to
be hung around the school kind of in

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connection with the various fights
nationalities you see in center hall the girls

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want to see what saga is
just in case anyone is

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a know they are out of him so many acronyms
that we often get. Straight and this.

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The girls' winter track team won the group
one state championship title on February

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18th and finally Congratulations to the
science team that tie for 5th place this

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past weekend the team was made up of Kevin
Marques Elizabeth John Kerry lead no

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hard work and Eric Chan who made it all
the way to the 9th round. Excellent thank

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you so much you guys how many kids going
to Mexico 20 of us. Including these 2.

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Whenever you need to go. All right
thank you both so much. So.

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a shout as. You can ask if the most
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fantastic well so. What outside of park
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shout out to John Carter Hi John Thanks for
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videographer for the rest
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a recommendation to the ports
of March that So tonight we are

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honoring for our high school or high
school's favorite sides. And we're

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also going to be hearing about the U.S.

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History too with

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a lot of option programs So 1st off
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you Dr Tiller and thank you to the Board
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here tonight to make one quick. Correction
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actually the sexuality and gender
Alliance Oh they changed their name

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a while back and it's not well known to be
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you go and that's why when you go national
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this point. How do I call up
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aren't supposed to have favorites but I
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guess it's OK to call it

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a favorite. Daughter of our school you
check she Oticon way I want to speak about

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her as our superintendent spotlight
1st coming up here. Thank

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you. I don't need any prepared
statements for you Chechen

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and you Chad she's And she was
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a long way last year she was actually our
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and one that on our last year but she
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impressive way that I need to just
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of our Renaissance students she
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a football player not too many
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a basketball season and well that's going
on she's juggling Model UN She is one of

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the 4 students in this room going to Mexico
tomorrow so I'm glad she's here tonight

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because she just finished her drama
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a star last year and I'm looking forward
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most of all the timing of celebrating your
churchy is perfect because she is one of

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our students that took on the US to honors
option this year and is thriving with it

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so she does deserve
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But most of all you check
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a lot of students do
when you check she wrote

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a thank you letter to the entire Highland
Park High School staff that I told her I

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was going to share with the faculty and
we did it right on. The meeting right

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before Valentine's Day and it was softened
everybody's heart and just reminded us

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just how great you churchy really is. I
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a whole ready when I was young I never
really thought I would do anything in my

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life where I was just taking up space
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a 9th grader many of my teachers previous
teachers and current teachers were very

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nice to me passed on their wisdom to me
this school was not only being kind to me

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but let me have the opportunity to make
friends get out of my come. Her tone give

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me good memories but most of all maybe feel
like I matter I can't even fit all the

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things I want to write down but for now
thank you love you treasure. And that's the

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same reaction we got Thank you. So
without further ado. I think we

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need to recognize you chatty
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But. Oh. Thank you OK very good.

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It was right for our part.

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To continue to help us feel like you
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YOU

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THANK YOU THANK YOU You made
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And so I think at this point I'm going to
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take over take government to let me get
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going to recommend that we
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a project but. So.

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Know if you look at the. Book you can
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the people. You.

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Need to take. At least
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the stare and this is. Going to sleep.

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a. Simple executive what's. He.

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Going to do. With. The question.

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Q OK We did send out

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a letter inviting parents to come
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a similar presentation on
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a promise that we would
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a year later. I sometimes
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a lot of people come out to these meetings
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so. I'm. Going to begin with Dr
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comes in link with our district

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a teaching plan we were going to have some
teachers here tonight both Mr Gold who

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is leaving at 4 o'clock tomorrow for Mexico
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the deck a trip as

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a chaperone these are 2 teachers that
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and this honors option but they're doing
other things for students tonight.

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Dr Taylor to do want to speak at all about
the strategic plan for you and me just

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got it so we all know that the pathways
to excellence is our strategic plan

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always to relish the fact that we have

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a strategic plan been here for 25 years
and not until Dr Taylor did I ever even

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hear the word strategic plan so it's great
that we are really trying to focus on

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things we've needed to
do in our district for

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a long time I've always believed
in mixed ability classes being

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a middle school teacher and having mixed
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and implementing instruction assessment
strategies that help differentiate the

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instruction for each learner is

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a goal that all of us have in the SR. So
how does it look at the high school level

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well students are all given the opportunity
for success at all levels and an open

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policy to students and parents to wave
students into higher level courses exists so

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if a student is not recommended
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Course they still have the right with their
parents' support to help wave in choose

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to take

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a higher level course in the recommended
however students are encouraged to recommend

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it take the most challenging courses
possible and then the teachers would

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differentiate to their needs. Sometimes
that isn't always in alignment but we

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always try to work very hard to give the
students the options. So how's this

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looked in junior history and what
has been our. History in these

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courses and so way back when
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administration us to honors and A.P.

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US history were about the same and you
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a gradual movement to
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US history than taking us to honors so
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to change things up a bit to set up an on
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a C.P. Because for some reason
college prep has gotten

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a bad stigma with the
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They think God that's the low level course
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going to challenge me. C.P.

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Means college preparatory So I've taken
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planning guide I've asked all the
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a college preparatory high school OK And
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US history and for us too we gave the
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not need to pre-select before coming into
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course they could make that decision once
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encourage the A.P.

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Option heavily through guidance through
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recruiting kids and telling them that A.P.

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Is a good thing and we're doing this more
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Courses at the high school
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a school our side we're also on the A.P.

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Honor roll and do very well with
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Courses they score 3 days
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a lot of attention for not only the
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Courses but how well they do in them.
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a number of students because we've only
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US history but just couldn't because it
wasn't offered enough sections and they've

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been not have been able to fit it in their
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section of A.P.

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And honors was offered this year as

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a result of increased involvement and the
honors option flexibility us to so you'll

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see we've always usually have 2 sections
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both and look at the numbers now we may
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significantly more A.P. Students in U.S.

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History and what I did is break down for
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so there are 3 sections one
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a one with 13 and I'll talk to
why there's an imbalance in

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a moment and you can see in the 16 section
it's perfectly balanced 8 students

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Anonymous 8 students and regular the $22.00
student section. Which you chose she is

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and has 5 students and honors 17 that are
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Our section meaning it's an inclusion class
so the numbers are higher and there are

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2 teachers in the room. Which also
means that I see our students had

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a chance to take an honors U.S.

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History course. And our class of
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imbalance there but will speak
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Pretty well balanced 3 sections. And so
how do the students make their choice

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and the numbers don't quite add up to the
numbers we have because we do have some

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seniors in the mix sometimes when it
comes to us too and it comes to maybe US

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history because their junior year they
might be overloading on science they might

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be overloading on math and they can't fit
that history in and they're only require

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3 years of history anyway so these numbers
are lower and don't quite match because

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of those reasons the number of 10th grade
us one students who end its elected us to

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35 standard number a 10th grade U.S.

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One students was selected
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a level 8 of those students moved up
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One students who selected US A.P.

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And we have 4 students that
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And some heard of Usually
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One honors students who selected us to
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One honors students selected A.P.

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. Now I want to talk to you

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a little bit about diversity because clearly
our goal is to create mixed ability

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classes and that is going to involve
increasing the diversity as well and doing

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everything we can to try to change the way
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junior class last year in the junior class
this year the percentages are slightly

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different but pretty much the norm and
now there are more students this year in

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11th grade 128 but as you can see the
diversity was pretty much the same.

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And us 2 honors you can see is now
quite different than it was last

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year OK now the numbers might be less but
what does that mean when the numbers are

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more diverse and it makes all the difference
and it really changed the way that

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2 honors and those students that are
taking the honors option. Look and act

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and now are challenging in ways they may
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Not that much different but there is

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a difference OK And you can see the numbers
any additional student taking an A.P.

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Class is again might only be for students
but it's for students of color that may

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not have taken A.P.

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In the past. How they doing
well for the most part are

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doing fine OK When we look at the students
it began in US one and shows us 2 honors

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option and remember they're going up to
an honors level look at their grades in

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their current averages A's and B.'s their
midterm projects A's and B.'s mostly A's

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. Those are beginning us one
in shows us history A.P.

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Look at their overall grades before you
look at their midterms OK their overall

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grades are fine maybe and
even a C. In the A.P.

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Course from someone that
came from US one is not

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a bad thing OK It really isn't an A.P.

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Is a tough course it's

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a college level course other midterms
Please look at the phrase after it in line

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with the A.P.

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Exam the teacher has to create an exam that
will give them practice before they're

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going to take the A.P.
Exam so they're taking

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a college level exam and still passing
OK They're still passing it OK.

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Now let's look at those I began in the
honors class and what say are doing OK You

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can see all the honors us one students
in us 2 honors are getting A's mid term

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project. Still A's and B.'s the exempt
medical issue don't need to go into it

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those are began in US one honors and shows
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your students not passing it it's

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a more significant reason. But
everyone mid year might not be doing.

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Well for various reasons however when you
look at the majority of students they're

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right in line with success OK. And they're
all passing even if they didn't do well

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on

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a midterm. So you might meet one might

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think well the course isn't as hard in
you as 2 honors and maybe there's some

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reason the kids are just getting grades
that they're getting and so Mr Broadfoot

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conducted a survey for

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a couple of his students who aren't available
for they were absent when he did this

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but when asked if students like the idea
of an honors option for classes 8 said yes

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one said no and 3 didn't have an opinion
probably because they had never been in

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honors class before when asked if they
think the honors option is as rigorous as

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separate on his classes 6 said yes 3 said
no and 3 said they didn't know again

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probably because they hadn't been in honors
class before when asked if they would

430
00:34:14.132 --> 00:34:14.602
rather be in

431
00:34:14.612 --> 00:34:20.452
a separate honors class for said yes 7 said
no and one really didn't matter to that

432
00:34:20.792 --> 00:34:24.952
particular student so this is an
informal survey so I decided to do

433
00:34:24.962 --> 00:34:30.032
a formal survey. And so
I called all 16 U.S.

434
00:34:30.042 --> 00:34:33.862
History to honor students
to the library. Missed

435
00:34:33.872 --> 00:34:39.903
a couple they were absent OK and I got 13
that were there and talk to them about

436
00:34:40.893 --> 00:34:41.893
the rigor I gave them

437
00:34:41.903 --> 00:34:46.453
a real specific question reason they selected
the course they and they could select

438
00:34:46.463 --> 00:34:51.325
more than one so 9 of them said they wanted
to challenge and rigor 8 of them chose

439
00:34:51.335 --> 00:34:54.845
US history to honors for the G.P.A.

440
00:34:54.855 --> 00:34:59.806
Considerations for which had been an us
want honors teacher assigned the course 3

441
00:34:59.816 --> 00:35:03.486
of them chose the course because they knew
the teacher was going to be other one

442
00:35:03.496 --> 00:35:06.596
was worried about public speaking in A.P.
And said You know I don't go to A.P.

443
00:35:06.606 --> 00:35:08.696
I'd rather be and U.S.

444
00:35:08.856 --> 00:35:14.111
History to honors. And so I asked them to
other questions that were more an adult

445
00:35:14.121 --> 00:35:14.941
when they could provide

446
00:35:14.951 --> 00:35:19.591
a lengthy or response the students were
also asked if the course was challenging

447
00:35:19.601 --> 00:35:23.241
a rigorous why or why not and do you
believe you chose the best course for your

448
00:35:23.251 --> 00:35:30.181
needs why or why not. And so I looked
at all the responses and counted

449
00:35:30.191 --> 00:35:35.951
up the number of positive the number might
had concerns 8 students said yes to.

450
00:35:37.201 --> 00:35:41.211
That the challenge it was the course was
challenging the rigorous and described the

451
00:35:41.221 --> 00:35:44.641
course as being challenging enough and
more work than they had done in C.P.

452
00:35:44.651 --> 00:35:48.971
In the past 5 students study no
describe the courses not having

453
00:35:48.981 --> 00:35:52.671
a lot of homework which And honestly
we've been told not to give

454
00:35:52.681 --> 00:35:57.431
a lot of homework to the students this
year and not as many essays OK so some of

455
00:35:57.441 --> 00:36:00.861
the students actually asked for more
writing which Mr Broadfoot will get that

456
00:36:00.911 --> 00:36:06.001
feedback student said they should have
taken or 2 students said they should have

457
00:36:06.011 --> 00:36:08.421
taken A.P. . Which is

458
00:36:08.431 --> 00:36:12.731
a good thing I know take on that challenge
you believe you chose the best course

459
00:36:12.741 --> 00:36:17.041
for your needs why or why not 10 students
suggests and explain that they feel like

460
00:36:17.051 --> 00:36:20.351
the extra work helps them is
a good middle ground I have

461
00:36:20.361 --> 00:36:22.301
a challenge just enough and I'm

462
00:36:22.311 --> 00:36:27.741
a little upset that I didn't try honors
before I like the challenge I thought that

463
00:36:27.751 --> 00:36:32.281
one would be particularly touching and
I felt the same way when I read that 3

464
00:36:32.291 --> 00:36:36.091
students said The course was too
easy and one of those said A.P.

465
00:36:36.101 --> 00:36:41.511
Would be too hard so really only 2 courses
or 2 students thought it was too easy

466
00:36:41.631 --> 00:36:47.911
one wasn't really sure OK.
So what do we do next.

467
00:36:49.301 --> 00:36:54.241
Obviously we're going to see how the kids
do throughout the full year 2nd half of

468
00:36:54.251 --> 00:36:55.391
the year does tend to be

469
00:36:55.401 --> 00:36:59.761
a little bit more challenging than the 1st
half of the year particularly in A.P.

470
00:36:59.771 --> 00:37:01.081
Has are getting ready for the A.P.

471
00:37:01.091 --> 00:37:06.661
Exam. It's 2 honors now they've
gotten all the basics down Mr Bruff

472
00:37:06.671 --> 00:37:11.501
a can do more differentiation with the
students and take some of this feedback and

473
00:37:11.511 --> 00:37:16.531
given some extra essays as well. But
will continue counseling for students to

474
00:37:16.541 --> 00:37:22.531
choose challenging classes that's been my
montra with the guidance counselors OK

475
00:37:22.541 --> 00:37:27.101
teacher recommendations are our guide but
the waivers do allow is for changes based

476
00:37:27.111 --> 00:37:32.551
on student parent guardian input and the
students may be trying hard now by their

477
00:37:32.561 --> 00:37:35.621
junior year sometimes they
really step it up and so

478
00:37:35.631 --> 00:37:40.851
a recommendation from freshman sophomore
year doesn't mean as much when you're

479
00:37:40.861 --> 00:37:44.161
going into junior year and you might want
to take on that additional challenge.

480
00:37:45.641 --> 00:37:46.471
Continue the A.P.

481
00:37:46.481 --> 00:37:51.551
Expansion go for all students interested
in an honest to 15 courses where we're

482
00:37:51.751 --> 00:37:56.511
getting pretty much to our Max but some
of those courses aren't as rolled as high

483
00:37:56.521 --> 00:37:59.371
as they could be and many of our A.P.

484
00:37:59.381 --> 00:38:02.341
Courses we do have 2 sections there's only

485
00:38:02.351 --> 00:38:04.971
a few courses where we only
have one section of the A.P.

486
00:38:04.981 --> 00:38:11.761
Course like music theory
or. Computer science

487
00:38:11.771 --> 00:38:17.232
just began this year but I wouldn't be
surprised if we have to expand it and we

488
00:38:17.272 --> 00:38:23.362
really would like to consider strongly
adding more honors option classes and so on

489
00:38:23.372 --> 00:38:24.742
this note I asked

490
00:38:24.752 --> 00:38:30.332
a few teachers would you like to try
this and my world history teacher almost

491
00:38:30.342 --> 00:38:34.862
knocked me down with the excitement OK
because we've never had an honors option at

492
00:38:34.872 --> 00:38:38.862
the 9th grade level in world history and
having that option within the World

493
00:38:38.872 --> 00:38:42.072
History class might challenge some
of our 9th graders to step it up

494
00:38:42.082 --> 00:38:45.893
a little sooner OK my
English 11 teacher is also

495
00:38:45.903 --> 00:38:51.963
a credibly excited about the possibility
and kind of already does it on the

496
00:38:51.973 --> 00:38:57.133
curriculum that they're doing in English
11 and initial 11 honors is the same all

497
00:38:57.143 --> 00:39:00.933
he doesn't differentiate his lesson plan
based on the students and what they

498
00:39:00.943 --> 00:39:06.583
actually might need in the honors course
and if the English 11 course has an

499
00:39:06.593 --> 00:39:11.883
English 11 honors option I might
be able to balance those U.S.

500
00:39:11.893 --> 00:39:17.083
2 honors option courses out a bit
more not to mention our A.P.

501
00:39:17.093 --> 00:39:21.403
Lang and comp class which
is a junior level A.P.

502
00:39:21.413 --> 00:39:27.664
Course is maxed at 60 students in 2
sections they literally overflow out of the

503
00:39:27.674 --> 00:39:31.184
classroom on certain days so they can
work with their laptops in the hallway

504
00:39:31.194 --> 00:39:36.114
because the access point won't hold all
their Chrome books and their devices

505
00:39:36.124 --> 00:39:42.987
probably at the same time so. Yes we
really want to expand this and in

506
00:39:42.997 --> 00:39:49.630
fact in Spanish and French We've been doing
this for years levels 3 through 5 are

507
00:39:49.640 --> 00:39:55.530
almost always a level 33 honors
a level 4 for honors and

508
00:39:55.540 --> 00:40:00.330
a level 55 honors in the same class anyway
so saying that the kids at the beginning

509
00:40:00.340 --> 00:40:05.760
of the Year know what. Maybe you want to
choose Honors now would be better than

510
00:40:05.820 --> 00:40:10.540
than having to make that decision last year
going into their junior year or senior

511
00:40:10.550 --> 00:40:17.441
year. So. We like what we see so far
and we really would like to expand

512
00:40:17.451 --> 00:40:19.631
the opportunity to all students.

513
00:40:28.861 --> 00:40:34.561
As I was actually get our program and that
we ask questions at face seats in case

514
00:40:34.571 --> 00:40:40.782
you want to go back to the slots. And use
my mind like I want very Mike I have

515
00:40:40.792 --> 00:40:46.726
a question for Mr Glasser Well but his
research where yes. He said on the spot

516
00:40:47.046 --> 00:40:51.988
question that I have and we have discussed
this before OK. Terrific presentation by

517
00:40:51.998 --> 00:40:55.888
the way thank you for the research that
you did Mr Lester and working very hard

518
00:40:55.958 --> 00:40:59.758
with Mr Broad but for the last 2 I say it
was 2 weeks but the step back to we thank

519
00:40:59.768 --> 00:41:06.318
him is to go. You and I have discussed
the will posture perception

520
00:41:06.598 --> 00:41:13.348
that we're getting from staff about the
hours option idea. Can we be even more of

521
00:41:13.358 --> 00:41:19.908
queso than what we're seeing here in
our expansion plans. I tried with

522
00:41:19.918 --> 00:41:25.368
a few other teachers and I'm going to be
honest I'm only focused on humanities 1st

523
00:41:26.218 --> 00:41:26.908
and some teachers

524
00:41:26.918 --> 00:41:32.198
a little wary in regards to what that
might look like. Senior year it's

525
00:41:32.208 --> 00:41:38.458
a little bit harder I think for students
to be honest I focused on senior level

526
00:41:38.468 --> 00:41:43.858
teachers after I focus on some of the
junior humanities teachers and if they

527
00:41:43.868 --> 00:41:47.608
haven't done this before all the sudden
seen senior year you want to opt to do an

528
00:41:47.618 --> 00:41:54.488
honors section. Not likely as successful.
On some of the other grade levels.

529
00:41:55.840 --> 00:42:01.260
Conversations need to be had. Science and
math there's still some strong hesitancy

530
00:42:02.020 --> 00:42:07.820
about trying to do something like this
because differentiating in those in the math

531
00:42:07.830 --> 00:42:12.970
particularly is one of the challenges
that we do have perhaps some of the work

532
00:42:12.980 --> 00:42:15.170
we're doing at the end that will
school in the area bath can be

533
00:42:15.180 --> 00:42:18.330
a model for what you might want to see
and students coming in with that kind of

534
00:42:18.340 --> 00:42:24.860
experience will definitely benefit greatly
in regards to trying it out. So here

535
00:42:24.900 --> 00:42:29.611
I've got them like what was it. So the
question I had as you were going through the

536
00:42:29.621 --> 00:42:33.621
slides and again thank you so much for
posting my pleasure appreciate it

537
00:42:33.631 --> 00:42:40.561
tremendously it's so helpful. Is
there at the thought it was really

538
00:42:41.361 --> 00:42:46.221
it seemed really striking the difference
between the classroom grades and the term

539
00:42:46.231 --> 00:42:52.161
grades and it made me think that some of
these students may just not be accustomed

540
00:42:52.171 --> 00:42:58.841
to taking that kinds of an examination and
is their thought maybe then that for the

541
00:42:58.851 --> 00:43:03.771
students who are stepping up to one of
these classes maybe build in some sort of

542
00:43:03.781 --> 00:43:07.301
study skills and some sort
of how do you prepare for

543
00:43:07.311 --> 00:43:11.451
a test like this especially before me now
we can see with their midterms like the

544
00:43:11.771 --> 00:43:16.021
they weren't completely able to show what
they know on that midterm show you know

545
00:43:16.031 --> 00:43:21.801
it's too elementary school but. You know
to give them that additional assistance

546
00:43:21.811 --> 00:43:25.771
within the classroom framework before they
get to their final So let me speak to

547
00:43:25.781 --> 00:43:30.851
that for a 2nd. This midterm
grade for an A.P. U.S.

548
00:43:30.861 --> 00:43:35.361
History definitely needs. To have a
little bit more training that goes into

549
00:43:35.371 --> 00:43:35.871
a dark U.S.

550
00:43:35.881 --> 00:43:41.321
One honors course though there midterm is
very rigorous in regards to the types of

551
00:43:41.331 --> 00:43:42.841
things that they're expected to do

552
00:43:43.201 --> 00:43:46.181
a lot of document based
questions there's always

553
00:43:46.191 --> 00:43:50.541
a sizeable Multiple Choice section
but when you take the A.P. U.S.

554
00:43:50.551 --> 00:43:57.201
History. Midterm you're trying
to cover all of us history. In

555
00:43:57.241 --> 00:44:02.561
one course in so that is one of the challenges
and we've even talked about the U.S.

556
00:44:02.571 --> 00:44:06.351
One honors as almost seen
as A.P. One. For U.S.

557
00:44:06.361 --> 00:44:11.931
History and so there's definitely some
some conversations on how to best address

558
00:44:11.941 --> 00:44:17.071
the kids' needs get them ready for this but
I want to caution that this midterm is

559
00:44:17.081 --> 00:44:22.451
so different than others this is their 1st
real chance to get real exposure to the

560
00:44:22.461 --> 00:44:27.311
test and then they learn from their mistakes
because the midterms only worth 7. A

561
00:44:27.321 --> 00:44:32.471
half percent of their overall final
grade so it doesn't impact them in

562
00:44:32.481 --> 00:44:37.471
a way as you can see with their overall
averages they're doing fine right and I

563
00:44:37.481 --> 00:44:41.621
guess some of my concern also would be
though just if this is your 1st big

564
00:44:41.891 --> 00:44:47.091
examination when you're moving up and you
bomb it like how does that make you feel

565
00:44:47.101 --> 00:44:50.841
about your your ability to do
this again the teachers do

566
00:44:50.851 --> 00:44:56.251
a real good job of going over the exam
talking about what they could do differently

567
00:44:56.291 --> 00:45:00.681
how they should study what they need to
study and moving forward and we have

568
00:45:00.691 --> 00:45:05.741
a couple of students here and I'm not going
to put them on the spot but they they

569
00:45:05.901 --> 00:45:08.911
experience and I don't know how
they have done on the A.P.

570
00:45:09.351 --> 00:45:14.731
Midterm I'm just curious and like how we
did on so we are GREAT see how you feel

571
00:45:14.741 --> 00:45:18.781
about their term in general I mean why do
you feel about that particular midterm

572
00:45:18.791 --> 00:45:25.383
because I know you've both taken it. I
think I think because I have friends in

573
00:45:25.683 --> 00:45:28.113
a push this year the
midterm is a little was

574
00:45:28.123 --> 00:45:32.383
a little different for us last year than
it was this year and I think there is more

575
00:45:32.433 --> 00:45:36.393
there's more heavy on writing
I think I think ours is just

576
00:45:36.403 --> 00:45:42.833
a multiple choice test last year so I don't
really think I can attest to that but

577
00:45:42.843 --> 00:45:48.423
in terms of the class I felt prepared
for. Them from last entirely so.

578
00:45:50.101 --> 00:45:55.951
Speak to that I actually brought these
numbers here after Julia. Yeah I think that

579
00:45:55.951 --> 00:45:58.081
. I don't remember having

580
00:45:58.091 --> 00:46:01.331
a problem with the midterm last year
so it's possible that it was slightly

581
00:46:01.341 --> 00:46:04.561
different it's absolutely
true that this class requires

582
00:46:04.571 --> 00:46:09.051
a lot of outside investment because you
have to review an entire year's worth of

583
00:46:09.061 --> 00:46:13.271
history at the end of the year of taking
the test and so that can be really

584
00:46:13.281 --> 00:46:17.781
challenging for students and then but I
also think that most insist aren't used to

585
00:46:17.791 --> 00:46:19.511
taking a test like these A.P.

586
00:46:19.551 --> 00:46:24.041
Tests are and so the midterm is sort of
this wake up call and then you spend so

587
00:46:24.051 --> 00:46:28.951
much of any in any A.P. Course
not just push. Doing T.V.

588
00:46:28.961 --> 00:46:32.911
Queues and doing all this stuff so that
it actually becomes much much easier so I

589
00:46:32.921 --> 00:46:37.233
think that like you know up until this
point you haven't done as much in the

590
00:46:37.243 --> 00:46:38.193
midterm it is like

591
00:46:38.203 --> 00:46:42.473
a wake up call but I don't think it has
that kind of I think if if you I think the

592
00:46:42.483 --> 00:46:44.043
idea of bringing A.P.

593
00:46:44.053 --> 00:46:46.413
For 2 years possibly having a push one in

594
00:46:46.423 --> 00:46:50.673
a push to would actually be really
beneficial to this because if you're seeing

595
00:46:51.153 --> 00:46:55.343
these scores could be better I would think
we would all feel better if the scores

596
00:46:55.353 --> 00:46:56.423
were in the U.S.

597
00:46:56.473 --> 00:47:00.763
You push one like it in sophomore year
midterms and therefore that was their 1st

598
00:47:00.773 --> 00:47:04.633
time being exposed to an exam like
this and so they were at the A.P.

599
00:47:04.643 --> 00:47:09.783
Level for the 2 hole to have 2 years instead
of just one and then so they have more

600
00:47:09.793 --> 00:47:13.333
practice with the test and so by the time
they actually take the exam it's like 2nd

601
00:47:13.343 --> 00:47:19.591
nature. So that's what I would.
Appreciate both of your feedback on that.

602
00:47:20.741 --> 00:47:27.191
We talked to you how this might measure
up in regards to a people Foreman's. U.S.

603
00:47:27.201 --> 00:47:32.271
History the Peace Corps last year
36 out of $42.00 students got

604
00:47:32.281 --> 00:47:36.171
a 3 or higher that's 86 percent of
the students that took the A.P.

605
00:47:36.181 --> 00:47:39.101
Exam and 50 percent of those students got

606
00:47:39.181 --> 00:47:43.211
a 4 iron and so the scores

607
00:47:43.221 --> 00:47:47.461
a really been good and one
of the main goals of A.P.

608
00:47:47.471 --> 00:47:51.901
As we all know is you get the kids if they
take the exam because we don't require

609
00:47:51.911 --> 00:47:57.701
it. And they get to 3 or higher then they
can save some money in college and so we

610
00:47:57.711 --> 00:48:03.761
really try to push the kids to take the
exam train them to take the exam so and and

611
00:48:04.321 --> 00:48:04.461
I'm

612
00:48:04.471 --> 00:48:08.811
a big believer and you learn from your mistakes
and it really helps the kids to understand

613
00:48:08.821 --> 00:48:11.201
this is a serious test I've got to work

614
00:48:11.211 --> 00:48:15.841
a little bit harder than I did in the
past if you want to have it since this is

615
00:48:15.851 --> 00:48:19.921
really a junior level
focus. Even with our A.P.

616
00:48:19.931 --> 00:48:25.911
Expansion in lang it's been great $45.00
out of $49.00 of those juniors got

617
00:48:26.101 --> 00:48:28.191
a 3 or higher on the A.P.

618
00:48:28.201 --> 00:48:32.421
Lang test that's a 92 percent
rate of students getting

619
00:48:32.431 --> 00:48:37.271
a 3 or higher in that particular exam as
well and so our students do good in A.P.

620
00:48:37.281 --> 00:48:43.811
Like last year we'll look again to see did
all this help or or potentially impact

621
00:48:43.821 --> 00:48:50.391
the scores another way but we don't evaluate
our teachers by the scores I'm giving

622
00:48:50.401 --> 00:48:54.741
you those numbers the numbers speak for
themselves the teachers don't get the

623
00:48:54.751 --> 00:48:58.091
pressure that they have to get the scores
because our students don't have to take

624
00:48:58.101 --> 00:49:03.441
the test they take it voluntarily and we
just subsidize for the students I can't

625
00:49:03.451 --> 00:49:10.071
afford to take. Looking at scores for
next year so obviously we don't have

626
00:49:10.081 --> 00:49:14.041
scores but we did just there the
deadline for registering for A.P.

627
00:49:14.041 --> 00:49:19.581
. At least for the $94.00 test and some
$100.00 or whatever just and like finished

628
00:49:19.591 --> 00:49:21.901
so do we know how many
students we expect to take

629
00:49:21.941 --> 00:49:26.561
a push exam relative to last
year because. Like our D.S.

630
00:49:26.571 --> 00:49:30.641
Grades or whatever disk or having to jump
the course and that already being too

631
00:49:30.651 --> 00:49:33.501
much is that discouraging people from
taking the exam are we saying the same kind

632
00:49:33.511 --> 00:49:37.171
of enrollment I can answer that question
you definite put me on the spot so that

633
00:49:37.281 --> 00:49:44.271
the registration just close literally
on Friday I don't know off time. And we

634
00:49:44.281 --> 00:49:45.441
have a new A.P.

635
00:49:45.741 --> 00:49:49.841
Coordinator who have to ask her to figure
out how she can get all that information

636
00:49:49.851 --> 00:49:53.821
together but I promise. You'll have that
for the next board meeting that you can

637
00:49:53.831 --> 00:49:59.151
bring about this is just kind of out of
curiosity but how many of the students in

638
00:49:59.161 --> 00:50:03.301
us in the normal us one or
us 2 are likely to take A.P.

639
00:50:03.311 --> 00:50:09.871
Government are they at all likely or.
Possibility that the great question again can

640
00:50:09.881 --> 00:50:15.071
answer we haven't even begun really just
barely scheduling the students for their

641
00:50:15.081 --> 00:50:20.221
senior year and having them choose the gov
course our gov course no traditionally

642
00:50:20.231 --> 00:50:25.931
runs 2 sections because I need to with
about 50 total students taking A.P.

643
00:50:26.211 --> 00:50:31.901
Of again that's completely elective now
because they only require the 3 years of

644
00:50:31.911 --> 00:50:38.651
history and that doesn't count towards
one of the state requirements. I have

645
00:50:38.661 --> 00:50:44.241
a question so thank you and this is
fantastic news very very exciting I think.

646
00:50:45.561 --> 00:50:52.081
Particularly as we are talking about this
last year and now knowing the level of

647
00:50:52.091 --> 00:50:58.981
this success and participation
levels. With especially with regard

648
00:50:58.991 --> 00:51:05.501
to the honors option and could
you describe for us the so what

649
00:51:05.731 --> 00:51:10.421
additional Are the kids doing who are doing
the who have chosen that honors option

650
00:51:10.421 --> 00:51:17.191
. And how does it work today at the beginning
of the year say I want honors option

651
00:51:17.201 --> 00:51:22.491
can they move in and out of it. OK so the
honors option was offered to them in

652
00:51:22.501 --> 00:51:27.421
September Mr Prophet myself and Dr Taylor
actually kind of coordinated on the

653
00:51:27.431 --> 00:51:32.261
letter that we would give the students and
the parents to consider it by the middle

654
00:51:32.271 --> 00:51:33.921
of 1st marking period they had to make

655
00:51:33.931 --> 00:51:36.801
a decision and select the
honors option so they had

656
00:51:36.811 --> 00:51:41.031
a chance to kind of see what the different
assignments might be what some of the

657
00:51:41.041 --> 00:51:43.891
expectations might be and
it also gave the teacher

658
00:51:43.901 --> 00:51:47.181
a little bit of time to recruit as well
some students that might have been on the

659
00:51:47.191 --> 00:51:53.621
fence when they selected that option
assignments were differentiated in regards to

660
00:51:53.661 --> 00:51:54.841
a Save you have

661
00:51:54.851 --> 00:51:58.671
a group project now you're the honors student
you're the group leader OK and you're

662
00:51:58.681 --> 00:52:03.921
working with your shark tank or your team
to come up with whatever presentation

663
00:52:03.931 --> 00:52:08.151
whatever project that you're doing in
courting all that and being the spokes person

664
00:52:08.161 --> 00:52:12.281
for your group so those I wanted to avoid
the public speaking it might have been

665
00:52:12.291 --> 00:52:19.131
a P didn't avoid the public speaking and
us to Otter's option additionally. Any

666
00:52:19.171 --> 00:52:22.591
assignments any projects that
were given out there was

667
00:52:22.601 --> 00:52:26.831
a different level of rigor expected in
regards to results whether it be more pages

668
00:52:27.081 --> 00:52:33.261
whether it be. More sources that you had
to use and how you had to vet those

669
00:52:33.271 --> 00:52:39.371
sources the expectation deferred. And the
teacher again this is our 1st year so you

670
00:52:39.381 --> 00:52:43.291
still full on around with
it. Oscillated between

671
00:52:43.301 --> 00:52:45.451
a chronological approach to history and

672
00:52:45.461 --> 00:52:51.491
a thematically approach he had traditionally
taken the chronological approach but

673
00:52:51.531 --> 00:52:55.701
felt that that was going to work
especially as he tried to pick up the pace

674
00:52:55.711 --> 00:52:59.971
a little bit. He realized going to leave
some of the students behind so I had to

675
00:52:59.981 --> 00:53:04.951
slow down the pace and that's when he
started more toward some of the themes that

676
00:53:04.961 --> 00:53:10.361
he was looking at with those students of
course are mid term project because I did

677
00:53:10.701 --> 00:53:15.211
stress to the teachers or want you to try
to do project based IF you can always an

678
00:53:15.221 --> 00:53:16.971
A.P. Teacher now you need to give them

679
00:53:16.981 --> 00:53:22.891
a practice test and do something in that
regard to get them ready. And so all his

680
00:53:22.901 --> 00:53:27.431
students had projects and of course the
honors students had significantly more

681
00:53:27.441 --> 00:53:34.391
expectations and his results were
off the charts in regards to now

682
00:53:34.561 --> 00:53:34.751
as

683
00:53:34.761 --> 00:53:40.341
a teacher the best practice is to take some
of your best products and use them as models

684
00:53:40.351 --> 00:53:43.334
for the next year is course he didn't have

685
00:53:43.344 --> 00:53:48.914
a lot of those strong models to hold up
to the students that were in regular U.S.

686
00:53:48.924 --> 00:53:54.914
History now in that same class students who
you know I could have done that I could

687
00:53:54.924 --> 00:54:01.604
have done that right and so and so going
forward. I guess my question is to do it

688
00:54:01.694 --> 00:54:04.954
2 ways One is how can we back it up

689
00:54:05.526 --> 00:54:11.639
a year or 2 years so that the kids who
are in 9th grade. And 10th grade.

690
00:54:13.330 --> 00:54:20.140
Can start thinking of themselves as
honors level ability students who can

691
00:54:20.150 --> 00:54:26.650
do that work as well as to have more
kids who put their hand up which is so

692
00:54:26.660 --> 00:54:32.340
exciting to me and say I want to I want to
try that I saw these kids do it last you

693
00:54:32.350 --> 00:54:37.030
know this year 1st time and maybe have
more of them do it and really I think some

694
00:54:37.040 --> 00:54:40.150
of that is going to come from what Scott
is talking about right like now we're not

695
00:54:40.160 --> 00:54:45.260
talking at all in Bartolo where historically
we have now we're looking at. The

696
00:54:45.270 --> 00:54:49.070
middle school right now the only thing
that's tracked in the middle school is math

697
00:54:49.280 --> 00:54:53.320
and we're looking at doing so I mean I'm
Mike's at this as well if you're sending

698
00:54:53.330 --> 00:54:57.630
me kids who don't already have the
stratification system in their D.N.A.

699
00:54:57.710 --> 00:55:03.700
Basically then he can do way more starting
in 98 so that's kind of that's the goal

700
00:55:03.710 --> 00:55:06.320
right is that we just
we start him for pre-K.

701
00:55:06.360 --> 00:55:10.210
And they're just they're all used to be in
together they don't they don't hit that

702
00:55:10.220 --> 00:55:15.060
part where they that point in school where
they go into the stratification system

703
00:55:15.100 --> 00:55:21.040
right. And I just want to make sure miss
you and I did address your question to OK

704
00:55:21.970 --> 00:55:25.440
I just want to go back. OK I am

705
00:55:25.450 --> 00:55:31.210
a little upset that I didn't try on as
before I like the challenge and so I got to

706
00:55:31.220 --> 00:55:36.010
harp on that because it I don't know which
kid wrote that I can imagine because I

707
00:55:36.020 --> 00:55:40.920
know which kids were in that room in front
of me filling this out but that speaks

708
00:55:41.000 --> 00:55:46.510
volumes and so when I asked again my 9th
grade world history teacher do you want to

709
00:55:46.520 --> 00:55:52.360
do this and she about knocked me down with
excitement that speaks volumes to being

710
00:55:52.370 --> 00:55:57.590
able to start those kids with this right
away our long standing beliefs and those

711
00:55:57.600 --> 00:56:01.660
are Gnome enormous social studies teacher
by background has always been in the

712
00:56:01.670 --> 00:56:07.040
social studies department we need to keep
our kids as mixed as much as possible and

713
00:56:07.050 --> 00:56:12.951
so that's why I WILL history when we had
been a world history honors class. I was

714
00:56:12.961 --> 00:56:16.961
a teacher then so I can say this we all
undermined the heck out of this so that it

715
00:56:16.971 --> 00:56:21.970
would fail. Because we knew it was bad for
kids the book that we were forced to use

716
00:56:21.980 --> 00:56:28.510
was ridiculous and the course didn't last
as soon as the teacher who got hired that

717
00:56:28.520 --> 00:56:33.180
year to teach it decided he didn't want to
necessary stay and he left we just took

718
00:56:33.190 --> 00:56:36.260
that opportunity to say well maybe we
shouldn't offer the world history honors

719
00:56:36.270 --> 00:56:42.310
anymore and we got rid of it and so that
opportunity in the 9th grade will will

720
00:56:42.320 --> 00:56:47.220
spread like wildfire by expanding in our
11th grade to show the teachers hey if we

721
00:56:47.230 --> 00:56:51.000
do this you know what classes are going to
be more balanced you're not going to be

722
00:56:51.010 --> 00:56:52.790
packed at the seams in some of your A.P.

723
00:56:52.800 --> 00:56:57.120
Courses because we'll be able to spread
them out with more sections and that's what

724
00:56:57.130 --> 00:57:01.640
happened in US history it was 2 sections
that were packed to the brim this year

725
00:57:01.820 --> 00:57:07.780
it's 3 sections well balanced and so it
will really help in that regard and that

726
00:57:07.790 --> 00:57:12.600
should help fuel the fire to move forward
and give those kids those opportunities

727
00:57:12.860 --> 00:57:19.790
to get that challenge. Just in terms
of college transcripts so it's like

728
00:57:19.800 --> 00:57:22.180
a there's a big there's a river there's

729
00:57:22.190 --> 00:57:25.410
a big emphasis put on making sure
that you have honors and A.P.

730
00:57:25.420 --> 00:57:29.850
Classes on your college transcripts what
is this cost going to look like it says US

731
00:57:29.860 --> 00:57:34.590
2 honors on the transcript I just wonder
OK And so if they take the initial Lemon

732
00:57:34.600 --> 00:57:38.550
honors if we offer it with an honors
option they will get English 11 honors on

733
00:57:38.560 --> 00:57:44.320
their transcript and in fact the waiting
goes right along with it OK. I had

734
00:57:44.330 --> 00:57:48.700
a oh I'm sorry it's actually
really I mean that's

735
00:57:48.710 --> 00:57:55.650
a question I'm not sure.
If they're. Honest option

736
00:57:55.900 --> 00:58:00.490
that's regulated. During the
course Thank You know I that was

737
00:58:00.500 --> 00:58:07.230
a good question and I did kind of I talked
about how they choose it so if there are

738
00:58:07.560 --> 00:58:10.730
missed the deadline. It kind of makes it

739
00:58:10.740 --> 00:58:14.310
a little bit difficult to then because
they would have missed all that challenge

740
00:58:14.320 --> 00:58:20.760
going into the 2nd marking period and 3rd.
So we really try to stress once you make

741
00:58:20.770 --> 00:58:24.060
that decision you can stay there
they do have a little bit of

742
00:58:24.070 --> 00:58:28.330
a window to say you know what I don't want
to do this now and to back off of it but

743
00:58:28.340 --> 00:58:35.210
no student has done. OK. But where
you set it up that's what that's

744
00:58:35.220 --> 00:58:39.210
what we talked about last year right and
you're following those guidelines which I

745
00:58:39.220 --> 00:58:45.700
absolutely fabulous fab so great I'm so
grateful for this presentation Thank you my

746
00:58:45.710 --> 00:58:51.562
pleasure. And my question is I guess more
about the faculty because you said that

747
00:58:51.572 --> 00:58:58.332
they were like super excited about it
and I guess specifically the English

748
00:58:58.342 --> 00:59:03.872
faculty is what I was I wanted to know
more about because when I decided on

749
00:59:03.882 --> 00:59:07.872
a major in college for myself I chose
comparative literature because I loved

750
00:59:07.952 --> 00:59:11.672
history and I loved
literature and so that was

751
00:59:11.682 --> 00:59:16.322
a good way to bridge those 2 things so
what you were saying about wanting to have

752
00:59:16.572 --> 00:59:21.402
as much diversity in the classroom and
history class for me that translates also to

753
00:59:21.442 --> 00:59:28.203
English and you know having more.
Diverse things to read and more

754
00:59:28.213 --> 00:59:32.763
diverse perspectives on that reading to
me that makes sense so I just wanted to

755
00:59:32.773 --> 00:59:37.983
know what you and perhaps the faculty had
to say about that especially for the 9th

756
00:59:37.993 --> 00:59:43.241
graders coming in. I can't speak to that
just yet OK I'm still working with the

757
00:59:43.251 --> 00:59:47.871
faculty trying to make sure they can
get everyone on board and we also have

758
00:59:47.881 --> 00:59:53.521
a new humanity supervisor so we have to
have that conversation. And the last thing

759
00:59:53.531 --> 00:59:57.991
I want to do is force it and
so I'd rather pilot it showed

760
00:59:58.001 --> 01:00:03.291
a success and then demonstrate that this
success is going to have an impact on your

761
01:00:03.301 --> 01:00:09.021
class and let the teachers kind of buy in
that way and I guess that was if nobody

762
01:00:09.031 --> 01:00:09.281
else has

763
01:00:09.291 --> 01:00:14.501
a question maybe I'll wrap it up and I will
add one thing just remember English 11

764
01:00:14.511 --> 01:00:20.561
honors on board already OK So we have the
chance next year to potentially set some

765
01:00:20.571 --> 01:00:27.311
ground work for really spreading spreading
the fire. I'm wondering if you have any

766
01:00:27.611 --> 01:00:32.481
sense for what the dynamics are like in the
classroom you know we had some students

767
01:00:32.491 --> 01:00:37.401
last year who were sort of very resistant
to the idea of how to genius class others

768
01:00:37.411 --> 01:00:43.971
were up you know excited about it. And I
use it to try to teach or try to sort of

769
01:00:43.981 --> 01:00:48.631
because people up in groups of honors kids
and not honest kids. Like the kids are

770
01:00:48.641 --> 01:00:55.271
sort of getting along and so in August you
know the students responded out of all

771
01:00:55.281 --> 01:01:00.171
the students I formally asked did say that
they didn't like the 2 teachers were in

772
01:01:00.181 --> 01:01:02.891
the room and then they would
have preferred to be in an A.P.

773
01:01:02.901 --> 01:01:08.381
Course OK so I didn't like the 2 teachers
and the was one student but out of all

774
01:01:08.391 --> 01:01:13.591
the students there we asked put that out
there and I know what that means and we

775
01:01:13.601 --> 01:01:19.821
all know what that means and so. I just
go back to now this is I'm telling Mr

776
01:01:19.831 --> 01:01:26.751
Broadfoot directly. Like this most
of them said yes OK Is it as hard

777
01:01:26.761 --> 01:01:32.471
as you expected. And some of them may have
been those students who had never taken

778
01:01:32.481 --> 01:01:35.021
on his person and said wow you
know what I could have done this

779
01:01:35.031 --> 01:01:41.631
a long time ago it's not as hard as I
expected OK and if they wanted to separate 7

780
01:01:41.641 --> 01:01:47.500
of them said no. I think I just totally
missing it there's 2 teachers in the class

781
01:01:47.510 --> 01:01:51.860
or for the one who wants to know why
section when I see on the one section with

782
01:01:51.990 --> 01:01:53.640
C.R. I see that now has

783
01:01:53.650 --> 01:01:59.580
a reputation as being sort of. Not
supposed to be all say is that some of the

784
01:01:59.590 --> 01:02:05.110
students that stepped up in that room again
were students that were classified and

785
01:02:05.120 --> 01:02:09.990
they now had an honors option because we
can't I'm sorry we just don't have the

786
01:02:10.000 --> 01:02:11.430
manpower to run an I.C.

787
01:02:11.440 --> 01:02:16.490
Our honors right right section OK when you
split it up in honors available in all

788
01:02:16.500 --> 01:02:23.370
the classes now we do. It's. So anybody

789
01:02:23.380 --> 01:02:29.190
else you know OK so then the last thing
I'll ask is Is there do you have plans to

790
01:02:29.730 --> 01:02:33.000
take your presentation on the road
with the staff to just kind of put

791
01:02:33.010 --> 01:02:38.300
a bug in every half seriously going to
share it with everybody. The teachers that

792
01:02:38.310 --> 01:02:42.620
were involved with it know it well I
haven't shared it with the whole faculty I

793
01:02:42.630 --> 01:02:47.190
wanted to work with Dr Taylor make sure the
board is behind it and then absolutely

794
01:02:47.200 --> 01:02:51.140
will take it on the road because spectrum
more parents here tonight invited

795
01:02:51.150 --> 01:02:55.570
a whole bunch of them but this will be
available on our website and I will

796
01:02:55.580 --> 01:02:59.670
encourage the parents of my next letter
to look at it and if I get the sanction

797
01:02:59.680 --> 01:03:01.900
from the board like I said all it takes is

798
01:03:01.910 --> 01:03:06.380
a course proposal to say next year will
be offering in this 11 with an honors

799
01:03:06.390 --> 01:03:12.000
option and world history with an honors
option I don't I can't see any objection

800
01:03:12.010 --> 01:03:17.210
sitting around so I
don't think. The P.D.F.

801
01:03:17.220 --> 01:03:22.370
Version of the slides is in the port drive
in the super tense it's folder so you

802
01:03:22.380 --> 01:03:27.520
can pass to ship it if you'd like Mr
Laster Thanks again I just sections of my

803
01:03:27.530 --> 01:03:34.230
thanks. And that includes my

804
01:03:34.240 --> 01:03:40.920
report All right. All right
again thank you so much

805
01:03:41.390 --> 01:03:48.200
really appreciate it. Create all the effort
and appease intention. OK so we'll move

806
01:03:48.210 --> 01:03:54.890
on to our board committee
report. Shall we go 1st

807
01:03:55.640 --> 01:04:00.470
so the 1st item is usually ladies you're
leaving us just start Oh yes it was

808
01:04:00.480 --> 01:04:06.530
a big head is there somewhere that you
like things get posted on social media for

809
01:04:06.540 --> 01:04:13.010
the whole class that we can follow you guys
or your event should. Stick Graham and

810
01:04:13.010 --> 01:04:20.010
. The club can you tell everybody
what it is we can try it. We

811
01:04:20.020 --> 01:04:26.470
can try to post as much as at
age 80 when P M U R U N C OK So

812
01:04:26.480 --> 01:04:31.550
anybody at home who wants to follow are
fabulous students while they're in we also

813
01:04:31.560 --> 01:04:32.690
last year brought

814
01:04:32.730 --> 01:04:36.660
a presentation to the board so either way
I don't know if I was going to I would be

815
01:04:36.670 --> 01:04:41.960
also excited you know like to like see
where you guys are well have no pressure

816
01:04:41.970 --> 01:04:47.930
truckers pressure I'm home it's kind of
well not that we're not that extreme you

817
01:04:47.940 --> 01:04:48.070
know

818
01:04:48.080 --> 01:04:58.020
a little picture now and again would be
fun. All right how wonderful time. OK

819
01:04:58.060 --> 01:05:02.870
sorry no no no not at all thank
you so 1st I will is a cripple

820
01:05:02.880 --> 01:05:08.790
a field trip requests and we've gone through
that before last time we met so if you

821
01:05:08.800 --> 01:05:15.430
have any questions. I'll just keep moving
on and over to is the approval of the

822
01:05:15.740 --> 01:05:21.610
incident report for November and. I'll just
mention now we're going to great we're

823
01:05:21.620 --> 01:05:23.350
going to change the language in that

824
01:05:23.410 --> 01:05:27.780
a little bit for number 2 for the November
reports we're going to change the

825
01:05:27.790 --> 01:05:28.320
language to

826
01:05:28.330 --> 01:05:32.390
a move that the Board of Education accept
the recommendation of the superintendent

827
01:05:32.780 --> 01:05:38.850
to accept the findings of our special
counsel David Reuben regarding the HIV be

828
01:05:38.860 --> 01:05:44.991
incident report. Thank you so that's how
that will busy read. The number to.

829
01:05:47.621 --> 01:05:52.772
Give you the yes I absolutely
can OK No not at all.

830
01:05:56.242 --> 01:06:01.272
Moving on to Item number 3 is the
approval approval of the J.B.

831
01:06:01.282 --> 01:06:07.722
Incident report for December. Because
nothing is changing on that one number 4 is

832
01:06:07.732 --> 01:06:13.592
approval of the university graduate
students. With one addition from the last

833
01:06:13.992 --> 01:06:18.392
agenda we have Gabrielle
edge of an empty. As

834
01:06:18.402 --> 01:06:25.272
a nursing student being placed with
our nurse Jeannie maser and now we

835
01:06:25.282 --> 01:06:27.332
have Emily Tenenbaum a Ph D.

836
01:06:27.342 --> 01:06:33.823
Student placed at the high school
with my opinion. For science.

837
01:06:34.953 --> 01:06:40.703
And for 5 is the approval of new courses
at the high school starting were the

838
01:06:40.713 --> 01:06:46.213
2802001000 school year and those 2
classes are Mandarin one and 2.

839
01:06:48.053 --> 01:06:54.543
For 5 credits apiece number 6 is the
approval of the 201819 district

840
01:06:54.553 --> 01:06:59.283
calendar and I know that we had lots of
discussion last times our Mensa spading

841
01:06:59.293 --> 01:07:03.693
more discussion number 6
number 7 is approval of

842
01:07:03.703 --> 01:07:10.233
a full day of Handle with care free
certification training. For the

843
01:07:10.243 --> 01:07:17.120
following. Staff. On February
22nd which I guess this is

844
01:07:17.130 --> 01:07:23.460
retroactive and number 8 is approval of the
teen center director absent observation

845
01:07:23.470 --> 01:07:30.420
rubric. Which I don't know that we
have any information on the templates

846
01:07:30.430 --> 01:07:35.320
in the portrait OK this standard
operating procedure we've been using

847
01:07:35.330 --> 01:07:40.530
a template and we haven't had the board
up to actually approve it we we really

848
01:07:40.540 --> 01:07:43.022
should so I'm back pedaling

849
01:07:43.032 --> 01:07:49.452
a little bit make sure that we closer
to us. All the valuation tools are.

850
01:07:50.472 --> 01:07:55.502
Approved by me all the after I've collaborated
with whoever's have packed it in the

851
01:07:55.512 --> 01:07:59.352
case of pardoning units of which
our team center director is not

852
01:07:59.362 --> 01:08:04.852
a part of we actually have to get the parking
unit A officially approved among its

853
01:08:04.862 --> 01:08:11.385
constituents the if I wish to so anything
that you get by the time it got to use

854
01:08:11.395 --> 01:08:15.145
been vetted what classification I want to
talk to actually I want to make about the

855
01:08:15.155 --> 01:08:21.277
calendar we. I actually took
the boards and put out the

856
01:08:21.287 --> 01:08:27.839
calendar specifically to make
the cop air conferences. At

857
01:08:27.849 --> 01:08:34.059
a certain Tilbury course. We would see
if you could look at the calendar.

858
01:08:35.609 --> 01:08:42.429
And upload it now just to clarify
specifically. What it shows.

859
01:08:45.689 --> 01:08:52.001
We. Will actually be there was the board's

860
01:08:52.011 --> 01:08:57.451
recommendation that we go to the end of
October I do need I hope by now the board

861
01:08:57.461 --> 01:08:57.681
has had

862
01:08:57.691 --> 01:09:03.911
a chance to look at what we are finally
recommend tick and it is to maintain their

863
01:09:03.921 --> 01:09:09.351
conferences during the week of teachers
break teachers' convention week. The

864
01:09:09.781 --> 01:09:14.911
teachers' professional relations committee
met and felt that it was still the best

865
01:09:14.921 --> 01:09:20.591
week for us to have conferences. So the
so be the I'm sorry the week of the

866
01:09:20.601 --> 01:09:25.761
teacher's convention and that was which is
the 5 or 5th 6th 7th and I thought that

867
01:09:25.771 --> 01:09:32.747
was the board's ultimate If I recall.
Decision because it felt that

868
01:09:33.587 --> 01:09:40.447
that because already spent. On Election
Day and teachers' convention OK.

869
01:09:42.037 --> 01:09:45.287
The other note I need to make is
something Mr Magaziner caught which is

870
01:09:45.297 --> 01:09:52.219
a typo we fixed it. So
that it be updated. Before

871
01:09:52.229 --> 01:09:59.179
close out to distribution.
OK. So we could make

872
01:09:59.189 --> 01:10:05.989
a dent in October. But.
OK. So hang in there in

873
01:10:05.999 --> 01:10:11.579
October. And February 5th
is Chinese New Year.

874
01:10:13.669 --> 01:10:17.079
Yes and that's Can we just indicate that
on the calendar Yeah sure I think they're

875
01:10:17.479 --> 01:10:24.399
right for that covered. So it's and
there's days in March that our

876
01:10:24.409 --> 01:10:30.869
parent conferences but those are not.
Detailed under the month of March

877
01:10:31.499 --> 01:10:36.649
maybe we should label those you know it's
very very fine print Oh maybe it's very

878
01:10:36.659 --> 01:10:41.239
very very funny I can't take this inductive
is that it's the bridge are different

879
01:10:41.709 --> 01:10:47.939
Ok so what I'd like to make sure is that
we label every cell that's but shaded or

880
01:10:48.309 --> 01:10:51.799
still do so so I. Know it's a P.D.F.

881
01:10:51.809 --> 01:10:58.309
I'm just doing OK See under more. Yeah
it's the right clicked on is that I put it

882
01:10:58.319 --> 01:11:02.459
distribute the calendar
this week. Board prove.

883
01:11:05.939 --> 01:11:10.969
That you are going to lead us to the table
this is in the drive through this week.

884
01:11:24.949 --> 01:11:29.639
So we're not doing blackout days we're
just doing individualized just.

885
01:11:32.239 --> 01:11:37.929
You know students there getting you know
the mission to not take exams or do

886
01:11:37.939 --> 01:11:41.309
homework on those days that my choir
we haven't done those in a while in

887
01:11:41.319 --> 01:11:47.219
a while yeah. I pride to direct the teachers
not to aside hope work on holidays.

888
01:11:48.679 --> 01:11:51.459
And I need to remind
everybody that I got a K.

889
01:11:51.459 --> 01:11:57.829
. Right you catch my drift right I
was thinking because. Hanukkah is

890
01:11:57.839 --> 01:12:03.539
December 2nd I think that begins in the
summer 2nd this year so I don't know if

891
01:12:03.549 --> 01:12:09.419
that requires the reminder or if you know
the full Jewish holidays require any kind

892
01:12:09.429 --> 01:12:15.089
of labeling on our calendar just to remind
our staff. Well I'll work with you that

893
01:12:15.139 --> 01:12:16.369
September this is

894
01:12:16.379 --> 01:12:20.961
a matter of course so would you have 3
days off school for the Jewish holidays

895
01:12:20.971 --> 01:12:25.911
before also the in September yes we should
definitely be abided by that directive

896
01:12:26.251 --> 01:12:29.411
OK yeah I know that. I think it should be

897
01:12:29.421 --> 01:12:35.451
a problem but it's. So far from
Christmas this year. Yeah.

898
01:12:37.041 --> 01:12:41.891
But how does it get take for them to I
practice from Georgia to talk to conflicts

899
01:12:41.901 --> 01:12:46.221
about the best defense that they want to
space out you're getting or else you have

900
01:12:46.261 --> 01:12:50.001
families with mixed religions pray and
then that's the headline of those December

901
01:12:50.851 --> 01:12:57.401
a month long certainly all those. Parents
who are going on the counter could you

902
01:12:57.411 --> 01:13:04.371
know. Where are we I'm sorry I'm in

903
01:13:04.381 --> 01:13:07.931
the circular I'm don't think you are you're
done with curriculum OK Does anybody

904
01:13:07.941 --> 01:13:13.591
have any additional questions for Shell.
Mostly from show because we talked about

905
01:13:13.601 --> 01:13:20.231
this tour and even. Going back to
Mandarin one in Mandarin to. The school

906
01:13:20.621 --> 01:13:24.591
did we have any community input on
whether or not we wanted to have

907
01:13:24.781 --> 01:13:29.951
a mentor and one in 2 in the
high school. No I don't you get

908
01:13:29.961 --> 01:13:32.521
a really sort of me we
decided last year would make

909
01:13:32.531 --> 01:13:38.651
a commitment for going to do this as
pending trust we had 50 students in middle

910
01:13:38.661 --> 01:13:41.111
school taking the course
so I feel like we have

911
01:13:41.251 --> 01:13:45.901
a 12 likely for 8th graders that
we do. Which you always to have

912
01:13:45.911 --> 01:13:51.761
a fall of course. And at this point we're
not losing the we're not for high school

913
01:13:51.771 --> 01:13:57.591
we still have French. Those who are role
today will continue their studies but up

914
01:13:57.661 --> 01:14:01.591
to their graduation if they want to that's
right they can switch out the I mean

915
01:14:01.601 --> 01:14:08.361
there's only the requirement to 2 years
so I mean. I think most of them.

916
01:14:09.611 --> 01:14:15.361
Yeah usually it was 3 for college
bound students. But you could have

917
01:14:15.371 --> 01:14:18.651
a statistic tears French sides you know
what I want to mix it up took 2 years

918
01:14:18.661 --> 01:14:24.711
Spanish or Mandarin. Very. Very.

919
01:14:26.801 --> 01:14:33.471
Probably get you. OK So we will move
on to finance Mark Yes thank you

920
01:14:34.261 --> 01:14:36.871
before we go through the A
list of agenda items I had

921
01:14:36.881 --> 01:14:42.021
a few small things to report on I think
they're not small in terms of scope but

922
01:14:42.031 --> 01:14:48.031
they won't take much time the 1st is the
budget so we've had 3 of our 4 budget

923
01:14:48.101 --> 01:14:54.601
meetings the state did put off
when our preliminary budgets are

924
01:14:54.611 --> 01:15:01.471
due until March 29th and so. With

925
01:15:01.481 --> 01:15:08.451
Scots and Linda's guidance we've put
off our 4th meeting and possibly 5th

926
01:15:08.621 --> 01:15:14.651
budget meeting until March 29th March
19th excuse me and then again on March

927
01:15:14.661 --> 01:15:19.991
21st and by then we'll have still we should
have stayed 8 figures so we'll be able

928
01:15:20.001 --> 01:15:24.951
actually work with the numbers that we
will get as opposed to trying to put

929
01:15:24.961 --> 01:15:30.391
a budget together. This week or next or
even the week after without knowing what

930
01:15:30.401 --> 01:15:35.311
the state figures will be. And the board
meaning I don't know if you're going to

931
01:15:35.321 --> 01:15:40.461
bring this up but Dorsey the board meeting
needs to be changed or original schedule

932
01:15:40.971 --> 01:15:47.431
from March 19th to March 26th so
that the board can vote on the 26.

933
01:15:48.551 --> 01:15:54.231
So that we can then hand the preliminary
budget into the state on the 29th so that

934
01:15:54.241 --> 01:15:56.041
March will look like February did we have

935
01:15:56.051 --> 01:16:01.001
a tree break in between our meetings instead
of one week one week break right I do

936
01:16:01.011 --> 01:16:07.341
want to say this is my 3rd year in this
position of talking about budgets.

937
01:16:08.741 --> 01:16:14.131
And we've always talked about how hard the
budget is and we've got to make it we've

938
01:16:14.141 --> 01:16:14.551
got to make

939
01:16:14.561 --> 01:16:21.131
a budget that works and we've got it
balance it and and so on this year is.

940
01:16:22.181 --> 01:16:24.901
More than extra hard I want to give

941
01:16:24.911 --> 01:16:29.801
a couple of examples one is that the
state has told us that to plan for

942
01:16:29.811 --> 01:16:36.541
a 16 percent increase in medical
insurance costs and that's that's by

943
01:16:36.581 --> 01:16:43.531
both contract and by just the
state. Providing the health

944
01:16:43.541 --> 01:16:48.341
plan the health insurance plan for the vast
majority of the districts in the state

945
01:16:49.101 --> 01:16:55.731
that's the number we have to live with
and that 16 percent is an increase

946
01:16:55.771 --> 01:17:02.171
on about 5th of our serious 6th of our
budget so 6 of our budget is going to go up

947
01:17:02.181 --> 01:17:08.741
by 6 and in effect virtually all of
our 2 percent cap just that one item

948
01:17:09.091 --> 01:17:14.061
and it's not at all under our control. In
addition you look at there's going to be

949
01:17:14.071 --> 01:17:20.941
4 or 5 items today where in finance and
in 111-213-1415 right around there where

950
01:17:20.951 --> 01:17:27.311
we talk about students going into special
ed placements with costs in some cases in

951
01:17:27.321 --> 01:17:32.031
excess of 100000 we also have no
control of that the one thing we do.

952
01:17:34.391 --> 01:17:40.311
And we don't also have control but we have
to match or follow is these 2 percent

953
01:17:40.321 --> 01:17:45.321
increase in the in the
budget. Which has a little

954
01:17:45.441 --> 01:17:50.751
a little leeway but we we it's very hard
for us is what I'm getting at it's very

955
01:17:50.761 --> 01:17:57.431
very hard for us to stay within
budget. I would call this. A an

956
01:17:57.441 --> 01:18:04.161
austerity budget we've been meeting
and while the committee and the

957
01:18:04.171 --> 01:18:10.231
administration and I'm sure the board
is looking to hold class sizes to where

958
01:18:10.241 --> 01:18:16.761
they've been which is one of the kind of
last places that we can get some money

959
01:18:16.771 --> 01:18:21.071
from. Everything is on
the table this is just

960
01:18:21.081 --> 01:18:27.321
a very very bad year and of the
budget is going to have to be

961
01:18:28.151 --> 01:18:33.791
much more severe and austere than it has
in the past I just want to alert everyone

962
01:18:33.791 --> 01:18:40.241
. Perhaps the state aid figures will help
us the state aid in real numbers have

963
01:18:40.251 --> 01:18:43.911
gone down over the last 10 years so I don't
know I don't know of that they're going

964
01:18:43.921 --> 01:18:50.611
to help we'll know soon. But we're
trying our best to keep the

965
01:18:50.621 --> 01:18:56.251
educational programs and and that's
the that's the best we're going to do

966
01:18:57.652 --> 01:18:58.492
it's not not

967
01:18:58.502 --> 01:19:05.352
a good time. OK On to more
cheerful I don't. Demographics

968
01:19:05.622 --> 01:19:09.452
this is the one year anniversary also the
demographics report and I did email the

969
01:19:09.462 --> 01:19:12.282
board of report I put together it's

970
01:19:12.532 --> 01:19:16.792
a little technical but it's interesting it
was interesting for me to work on it and

971
01:19:16.802 --> 01:19:21.142
I discussed with the Finance Committee which
has been very very concerned with the

972
01:19:21.152 --> 01:19:25.432
numbers that we got last year at that
demographic from the demographer which showed

973
01:19:25.442 --> 01:19:32.372
as many as 2000 students and
district in 20212022 would be

974
01:19:32.382 --> 01:19:37.142
really pushing the space that we had in the
buildings not to mention the financial

975
01:19:38.062 --> 01:19:44.853
impact in ramifications of that so I went
back to the report I found some problems

976
01:19:44.863 --> 01:19:51.761
with the report you can see it in the.
Followup that I worked on and presented the

977
01:19:51.801 --> 01:19:57.431
biggest problem was some double counting
of students who had already started in the

978
01:19:57.441 --> 01:20:04.441
district because at least one of the one
of the one of the the new developments has

979
01:20:04.451 --> 01:20:11.131
been in place and started shaking.
New new people into units in

980
01:20:11.141 --> 01:20:15.081
2011 in 2012 those were counted as just

981
01:20:15.091 --> 01:20:20.771
a basic increase by the demographer as
opposed to an increase due to new building

982
01:20:21.561 --> 01:20:22.691
and comprised

983
01:20:22.731 --> 01:20:29.661
a good percentage of the increase we've
seen over the past 4 or 5 years so. Again

984
01:20:29.671 --> 01:20:34.091
read it I don't want to go into it in great
depth but I concluded that we should

985
01:20:34.101 --> 01:20:40.051
expect an increase of between 120
in 180 students to the current of

986
01:20:40.061 --> 01:20:46.781
proximately 1620 so we're talking
numbers that are much much lower in the

987
01:20:47.031 --> 01:20:53.541
172-1800 students from
the 1620. Supposed to as

988
01:20:53.671 --> 01:20:58.271
many as close to 2000 students
and it is a big difference is

989
01:20:58.281 --> 01:21:00.601
a big difference in expenses and it's also

990
01:21:00.611 --> 01:21:06.631
a big difference in. What do we do with the
configuration of our classrooms to fit

991
01:21:06.641 --> 01:21:13.510
that many students. The 3rd item is
much more mundane and that is there's

992
01:21:13.520 --> 01:21:16.390
been had been reports of

993
01:21:16.430 --> 01:21:23.410
a recall of some products from sprite
company they make chicken products that are

994
01:21:23.420 --> 01:21:30.210
used in. Cafeterias school settings and
so on Linda gave me the information

995
01:21:30.470 --> 01:21:37.230
that Tony in which is us food service
provider uses Pilgrim's Pride and that

996
01:21:37.270 --> 01:21:43.540
this recall done by Pilgrim's Pride might
have affected us in fact it didn't we

997
01:21:43.550 --> 01:21:48.980
have a letter from the company
the plant that produced

998
01:21:48.990 --> 01:21:55.740
a small round of of
potentially. Bad food was not

999
01:21:56.040 --> 01:21:58.960
sent to any of the punch from Tony.

1000
01:22:03.760 --> 01:22:09.000
And has and would not affect our students
or our cafeterias So I just wanted to

1001
01:22:09.010 --> 01:22:11.740
report that out before going on so that's

1002
01:22:11.750 --> 01:22:17.470
a short report try to keep it short
before going into the agenda items.

1003
01:22:18.740 --> 01:22:25.520
So on the agenda one which is our
bill list has been in edit we have to

1004
01:22:25.530 --> 01:22:32.050
add which is the bill list from January
16th of January 2031st if legit

1005
01:22:32.060 --> 01:22:38.050
Bilis the same 3 was in a.
Workshop meeting and 4 isn't

1006
01:22:38.090 --> 01:22:43.230
a new list from the end of beginning
middle of February to the end of February.

1007
01:22:44.300 --> 01:22:51.140
Item $5.00 and $6.00 are the same
that's the cafeteria bill list. The

1008
01:22:51.390 --> 01:22:56.881
travel reimbursement was in the
shop session number 7. The

1009
01:22:57.751 --> 01:23:04.741
$8910.11 are all going to call them

1010
01:23:04.751 --> 01:23:10.331
boilerplate Treasurer's Report board
secretaries report no no budgetary align items

1011
01:23:10.341 --> 01:23:16.281
from an overextended sufficient funds are
available to me direct obligations to the

1012
01:23:16.291 --> 01:23:21.771
rest of the year. And budget transfers
from one line to the other.

1013
01:23:23.841 --> 01:23:30.561
Item 12 is contractors we discussed
2 weeks ago the 1st 2 the 3rd

1014
01:23:30.571 --> 01:23:37.291
item the is the pay for the musicians for
the spring musical for the next item is

1015
01:23:37.531 --> 01:23:40.612
educational valuations from

1016
01:23:40.622 --> 01:23:46.122
a psychoeducational Consulting Group next
item is nursing services during the Decca

1017
01:23:46.132 --> 01:23:50.142
trip and the last item
is is the approval for

1018
01:23:50.152 --> 01:23:54.222
a occupational therapist. Items

1019
01:23:54.232 --> 01:24:00.854
131415 but I was referring to

1020
01:24:01.024 --> 01:24:08.014
before are new or change special
education placements. One of them which

1021
01:24:08.024 --> 01:24:15.024
is 13 A At the rate of $17130.40 is

1022
01:24:15.034 --> 01:24:17.034
actually move and it's a it's

1023
01:24:17.044 --> 01:24:22.274
a decrease believe it or not of approximately
$50000.00 so even though the numbers

1024
01:24:22.284 --> 01:24:27.694
very high were actually saving money and
that's an example of how high the special

1025
01:24:27.704 --> 01:24:31.804
it placements are and really
nothing we can control very well.

1026
01:24:34.921 --> 01:24:41.801
15 is a settlement on a special
ed. Special ed agreement to for

1027
01:24:41.811 --> 01:24:42.981
a child to go to

1028
01:24:43.261 --> 01:24:50.241
a another school. Item
16 and 17 or acceptance

1029
01:24:50.251 --> 01:24:56.911
of grants. The item 18 we discussed

1030
01:24:57.141 --> 01:24:58.821
or went over less time was

1031
01:24:58.831 --> 01:25:04.461
a. Submission of an an update of our 3
year preschool program to the state.

1032
01:25:06.053 --> 01:25:12.463
Item 19 is the request for proposals that
we have to do this year for grounds and

1033
01:25:12.473 --> 01:25:17.344
management services. 20 S A Stein E.

1034
01:25:17.354 --> 01:25:23.944
Increase of 2.3 percent not 3
percent at the point 3 percent in

1035
01:25:24.244 --> 01:25:31.134
some school bussing for. The
handicapped and item 21

1036
01:25:31.144 --> 01:25:37.904
is grants from the Highland Park Education
Foundation educational foundation

1037
01:25:38.704 --> 01:25:44.624
in the amount listed below to 4 different
programs in our school for which we are

1038
01:25:44.634 --> 01:25:50.580
very very thankful. And that's. OK
Wonderful thank you so much Mark.

1039
01:25:51.980 --> 01:25:57.590
ZANDI any questions for Mark on. Getting
you reporting or anything on the agenda no

1040
01:25:58.230 --> 01:26:02.660
question about the occupational therapist
is that someone who's providing services

1041
01:26:02.670 --> 01:26:05.780
during the school day you have historically
had to outsource because we've acted

1042
01:26:05.790 --> 01:26:12.760
out our current ploy services I
see OK thanks. OK if nobody else

1043
01:26:12.770 --> 01:26:14.920
has anything for Mark I just want to say

1044
01:26:14.930 --> 01:26:18.660
a quick thank you for taking that deep
dive into the demographers study I haven't

1045
01:26:18.670 --> 01:26:18.800
had

1046
01:26:18.810 --> 01:26:23.270
a chance to read everything that you provided
to us but I look forward to doing so

1047
01:26:23.280 --> 01:26:26.820
and we will do so because this is something
as you know that I've been gravely.

1048
01:26:28.220 --> 01:26:33.400
Concerned about and it seems like the
direction that we're going in taking our dive

1049
01:26:33.410 --> 01:26:36.730
into this is maybe things aren't going to
be looking as bad as we thought that they

1050
01:26:36.740 --> 01:26:41.830
were going to be looking which is extremely
hopeful because. As I see it we don't

1051
01:26:41.840 --> 01:26:47.560
need another massive issue want our plate
right now. What I wanted to say is they

1052
01:26:47.570 --> 01:26:53.720
were not only some errors in the report
and double counting but we also have the

1053
01:26:53.730 --> 01:27:00.530
year behind us so we can actually count
what actually happened last year and so

1054
01:27:01.260 --> 01:27:08.250
the report talked to an increase from
1640 or 1650 at the time number students

1055
01:27:08.760 --> 01:27:15.460
to. Downed of like 16821720
but we've actually seen

1056
01:27:15.470 --> 01:27:19.960
a decrease in straightens that's the thing
that tipped me off something just didn't

1057
01:27:19.970 --> 01:27:26.631
make sense and and that was. There was
an ability to count the number of

1058
01:27:26.641 --> 01:27:31.591
students that were getting from these from
these developments and you can at you

1059
01:27:31.601 --> 01:27:32.761
know you could I got

1060
01:27:32.771 --> 01:27:38.841
a to Linda help very much the redacted
list of just addresses so I could you know

1061
01:27:38.851 --> 01:27:42.941
process that on the computer and get
how many students are coming from the

1062
01:27:42.951 --> 01:27:49.251
developments and the numbers are there if
we hadn't had the development our numbers

1063
01:27:49.261 --> 01:27:56.051
would be down probably by close to 100
students now so and then you they had birth

1064
01:27:56.061 --> 01:28:00.351
rates in the reports you could look at
birth rates over the years and our largest

1065
01:28:00.361 --> 01:28:07.281
grades right now are 2 of our 3 largest
great by far our 11th and 12th current

1066
01:28:07.291 --> 01:28:13.511
$11.12 but the early grades are much lower
so you can see this pattern of kind of

1067
01:28:13.521 --> 01:28:19.721
a wave motion of children through the
district is I believe will be much less bad

1068
01:28:19.731 --> 01:28:24.041
than we thought Right I mean you know it's
good for us to get some good news and

1069
01:28:24.051 --> 01:28:28.581
more stable for us in the good thing is
that we've put these kind of like methods

1070
01:28:28.591 --> 01:28:30.631
in place for lack of a better word to get

1071
01:28:30.641 --> 01:28:33.891
a look at this year by year you know we've
already been collecting the data so we

1072
01:28:33.901 --> 01:28:37.961
can keep an eye on it and if it's you know
if we start seeing this huge upper trend

1073
01:28:37.971 --> 01:28:42.841
then we can you know panic but right now
it seems like we don't need to panic and

1074
01:28:42.851 --> 01:28:47.211
my conclusion my last conclusion report
is that the Finance Committee should be

1075
01:28:47.221 --> 01:28:51.621
doing this everywhere Yeah absolutely I
mean in outside demographers fine once in

1076
01:28:51.631 --> 01:28:56.061
a while we can do it ourselves it's not
very hard we know where the kids are coming

1077
01:28:56.071 --> 01:29:02.631
from so it's something I hope to be able
to do next year at this time as well great

1078
01:29:03.161 --> 01:29:07.381
All right thanks so much Mark the local
thank you so let's move on to personnel

1079
01:29:07.391 --> 01:29:09.751
Judy. We have a few

1080
01:29:10.151 --> 01:29:14.471
a few new things from last meeting but
I'll just run through the agenda and

1081
01:29:14.481 --> 01:29:19.351
highlight those as we go along. Number
one acceptance of the resignation of

1082
01:29:19.361 --> 01:29:26.240
a para. Nori as Molina. Number 2 is in

1083
01:29:26.400 --> 01:29:31.170
is new it's and another resignation at
the middle school it's a Schedule B.

1084
01:29:31.210 --> 01:29:37.640
Position the girls from track coach.
Approval of the change of the

1085
01:29:37.650 --> 01:29:42.880
videographer rish talking
about that. We have

1086
01:29:42.890 --> 01:29:48.670
a replacement teacher over at the middle
school for special ed we have approval of

1087
01:29:48.680 --> 01:29:55.600
a swim competition chaperone number 5. Full
time pair at the middle school number 6

1088
01:29:55.600 --> 01:30:00.450
. This is also new the next one
number 7 approved approval of

1089
01:30:00.460 --> 01:30:02.560
a power at Irving school in

1090
01:30:02.570 --> 01:30:06.750
a move that we accept the recommendation
of the superintendent to approve

1091
01:30:06.760 --> 01:30:13.580
a full time para ASCII
at step one and number

1092
01:30:13.620 --> 01:30:18.930
8 is also the approval of the
maternity replacement para. As

1093
01:30:18.940 --> 01:30:25.580
a Doughty. Is on the agenda.
Number 9 we went over

1094
01:30:26.400 --> 01:30:33.120
last time we just have the
addition of one. Other afterschool

1095
01:30:33.130 --> 01:30:34.330
program assistant F.R.

1096
01:30:34.340 --> 01:30:37.460
To a mere right number 10 I'll give

1097
01:30:37.470 --> 01:30:41.640
a little explanation. Great we had

1098
01:30:41.650 --> 01:30:48.180
a substitute at the. Middle school
for the orchestra and strings and

1099
01:30:48.190 --> 01:30:53.350
because the position is was
open we had to actually it was

1100
01:30:53.360 --> 01:30:59.470
a certified music teacher so we have decided
to hire him to finish up the school

1101
01:30:59.480 --> 01:31:04.380
year. The personnel committee
felt like because we couldn't do

1102
01:31:04.390 --> 01:31:08.950
a full search made year the contract will
just be through June and then we're going

1103
01:31:08.960 --> 01:31:09.660
to advertise

1104
01:31:09.670 --> 01:31:15.020
a position to see what kind of pool of
candidates we get Scott's also going out to

1105
01:31:15.030 --> 01:31:17.810
do a job there are both T.C. And J.

1106
01:31:17.870 --> 01:31:22.910
And Montclair which are both you know known
for their music at program so so we'll

1107
01:31:22.920 --> 01:31:27.560
see what happens with that but we are covered
through the end of the school year so

1108
01:31:27.570 --> 01:31:31.470
that's good news. Prove a couple
of approval of Schedule B.

1109
01:31:31.480 --> 01:31:32.090
Positions

1110
01:31:32.100 --> 01:31:38.900
a number 11. 12 let's see
oh yeah Mr Gold has moved

1111
01:31:38.910 --> 01:31:39.180
up

1112
01:31:39.730 --> 01:31:46.490
a step because of his master's degree so
that is on their. More source for teachers

1113
01:31:47.250 --> 01:31:53.670
that's pretty standard and then I think
everything. Else is I don't think they have

1114
01:31:53.680 --> 01:31:59.530
anything else new. Profile of Paris
for the conversation cafe or

1115
01:31:59.660 --> 01:32:06.600
dragons. Approval of
staff or writing lesson

1116
01:32:06.610 --> 01:32:13.480
plans more drag and that's the. Thing
We only different from what we

1117
01:32:13.490 --> 01:32:17.970
talked about last time let me just glance
through the I think everything else is.

1118
01:32:19.110 --> 01:32:23.260
Is the same that I reviewed last time so
I'm going to be more efficient OK Great

1119
01:32:24.000 --> 01:32:29.920
question just when everything. Was going
to ask about the square chaperoned

1120
01:32:30.740 --> 01:32:32.390
because over

1121
01:32:32.400 --> 01:32:37.860
a lot of years we have not paid the
those who have been volunteer.

1122
01:32:39.210 --> 01:32:43.560
Parent positions I'm
wondering. Did we not have

1123
01:32:43.570 --> 01:32:50.321
a parent. Available to
volunteer. Did we ask for

1124
01:32:50.911 --> 01:32:55.431
this case and the post and create

1125
01:32:55.441 --> 01:33:00.681
a background to this with coach so it'll
be the ideal person to part with the

1126
01:33:00.691 --> 01:33:03.501
students in this case. OK.

1127
01:33:08.531 --> 01:33:15.281
I think. The number 10 music
teacher orchestra and strings was

1128
01:33:15.691 --> 01:33:20.311
also done with the student
involvement it was we had

1129
01:33:20.321 --> 01:33:26.751
a parent student. Several teachers
supervisor of humanities. OK now that I

1130
01:33:26.761 --> 01:33:28.031
attribute to catch

1131
01:33:28.041 --> 01:33:33.221
a flight of rock and by the way it was very
funny the cat about my position pointed

1132
01:33:33.231 --> 01:33:38.661
out that he may be they'll be in the barracks
for the next round but because we had

1133
01:33:39.001 --> 01:33:44.461
conducted the search somewhat
mid-year I wanted to go out give it

1134
01:33:44.471 --> 01:33:49.831
a go. OK Because yes yes
so he can reapply for the.

1135
01:33:52.391 --> 01:33:59.381
Let me know. And then.
Going along with that

1136
01:33:59.811 --> 01:34:02.961
is there a movement at this point to have

1137
01:34:03.001 --> 01:34:09.651
a placement for the. Fall concert that
was cancelled happening this spring I

1138
01:34:09.661 --> 01:34:14.321
believe the concert was already held OK
if it wasn't it's coming up I talk to my

1139
01:34:14.331 --> 01:34:19.391
son that. Actually will tell us. Sir.

1140
01:34:24.731 --> 01:34:31.731
OK So anybody else Tony think for Judy now
OK So am I going to walk this is policy

1141
01:34:31.731 --> 01:34:38.651
. Yet not too many changes for 1st
reading I'm recommending that we have

1142
01:34:38.661 --> 01:34:45.511
proved 30 to 81 inappropriate stuff
conduct risk you know what. When you know

1143
01:34:45.521 --> 01:34:52.391
policies are coming. Coming up that impacts
the teachers you know how we can loop

1144
01:34:52.401 --> 01:34:58.541
Keith in. Early in the process you know
like last time he had the feedback for us

1145
01:34:58.551 --> 01:35:03.241
about well to 68 years don't email with
you know so we did fix that but yeah

1146
01:35:03.281 --> 01:35:09.481
there's I mean probably and right yeah but
just moving forward as we're looking to

1147
01:35:09.491 --> 01:35:12.401
work on or if we know that our policies
are going to be working on that have

1148
01:35:12.411 --> 01:35:19.192
a direct impact on on staff absolutely
you get that OK All right does

1149
01:35:19.202 --> 01:35:23.772
anybody have any questions about the
policies that were moving tonight for 1st or

1150
01:35:23.782 --> 01:35:29.862
2nd reading No No OK thank
you and you're planning

1151
01:35:29.872 --> 01:35:36.610
a new another meeting soon as yes
very soon. So we'll move on to equity

1152
01:35:36.650 --> 01:35:43.510
and next month's money. OK we didn't
meet finally 1st time meeting

1153
01:35:43.520 --> 01:35:49.570
with equity necklace on
Valentine's Day 14th. So we

1154
01:35:50.310 --> 01:35:55.660
got out in time to enjoy Valentine's
afternoon for our family. And really the 1st

1155
01:35:55.670 --> 01:35:58.690
item on our agenda was for
the benefit of myself being

1156
01:35:58.700 --> 01:36:02.830
a new member and that was looking at the
comprehensive equity plan review process

1157
01:36:02.840 --> 01:36:06.220
which I know all of you all are already
familiar with but I wasn't and I just

1158
01:36:06.230 --> 01:36:10.990
wanted to get some you know information as
to where we are in the process and so it

1159
01:36:11.000 --> 01:36:17.440
was helpful to hear from Gen that in terms
of what the areas are that we are were

1160
01:36:17.450 --> 01:36:21.940
found not in the clients and what it's being
done in those areas so I'll just share

1161
01:36:21.950 --> 01:36:24.800
kind of the update the gent gave I
don't need to get into the background

1162
01:36:24.810 --> 01:36:29.840
necessarily on the planets that correct
I can leave that part in move on to the

1163
01:36:29.850 --> 01:36:35.370
areas that you and that discuss that are
in review currently. The 1st area is

1164
01:36:35.380 --> 01:36:40.520
equity and discipline which was as Jennifer
said and initially an issue in the high

1165
01:36:40.530 --> 01:36:43.510
school primarily but is
now sort of spilled over

1166
01:36:43.520 --> 01:36:47.460
a little bit more into the middle school
as well so it's the 1st area in which we

1167
01:36:47.470 --> 01:36:51.240
are under review and are taking corrective
actions and the 2nd area is under

1168
01:36:51.250 --> 01:36:56.260
representation of girls and racial minorities
students in gifted and talented and

1169
01:36:56.270 --> 01:37:02.611
or advanced classes. So Jones said the
district basically is needs to show progress

1170
01:37:02.621 --> 01:37:07.261
towards improvement in each of those 2
compliance areas and she will be updating

1171
01:37:07.271 --> 01:37:12.251
the equity plan with current information
on what's being done in the district in

1172
01:37:12.261 --> 01:37:15.321
terms of those action
areas so she did share

1173
01:37:15.331 --> 01:37:19.941
a couple of updates she said again actions
are ongoing but in looking at equity and

1174
01:37:19.951 --> 01:37:24.221
discipline we talked about the professional
development and training opportunities

1175
01:37:24.231 --> 01:37:29.581
that are ongoing for the leadership team
and the teaching staff Dr Taylor did share

1176
01:37:29.591 --> 01:37:33.651
some pictures I think at the last board
meeting showing some of the sessions that

1177
01:37:33.661 --> 01:37:38.221
are have already occurred and some of the
really deep dive discussions that are

1178
01:37:38.231 --> 01:37:43.741
happening amongst the staff there and the
leadership team she also talked and also

1179
01:37:43.751 --> 01:37:47.191
talks about the work being done by
committee of students teachers and

1180
01:37:47.201 --> 01:37:53.601
administrators and board members as well
as review the disciplinary code and that's

1181
01:37:53.611 --> 01:37:58.431
ongoing and also to make sure
the disciplinary code reflects

1182
01:37:58.441 --> 01:38:01.611
a restart of Justice centered model
that the school district taking as

1183
01:38:01.621 --> 01:38:03.681
a whole so again not

1184
01:38:03.691 --> 01:38:09.461
a whole report in terms of. Results
necessarily in these areas but the work is

1185
01:38:09.471 --> 01:38:14.721
ongoing and we really are in the initial
stages on the 2nd corrective action area

1186
01:38:14.731 --> 01:38:19.001
we discussed access to higher level classes
which I mean Mr last year really just

1187
01:38:19.011 --> 01:38:24.631
spoke to and just really went into complete
depth of in that area we only skimmed

1188
01:38:24.641 --> 01:38:29.651
the surface in our discussion in terms
of. Dr Taylor sharing with us the U.S.

1189
01:38:29.661 --> 01:38:34.291
History honors options and what was happening
in terms of in terms of our concern

1190
01:38:34.301 --> 01:38:39.051
and that is how how are minorities and
underrepresented groups taking advantage of

1191
01:38:39.061 --> 01:38:44.161
the additional classes and we were very
encouraged to see the numbers and to know

1192
01:38:44.171 --> 01:38:49.291
that there is growth there you know we did
express concerns about making sure the

1193
01:38:49.301 --> 01:38:52.611
students who were taking that
class and who it may have been

1194
01:38:52.621 --> 01:38:57.161
a stretch for whether it was the honors
or the kind of spoke to this what kind of

1195
01:38:57.171 --> 01:39:01.391
support. You know what they need to help
them sort of adjust during the transition

1196
01:39:01.431 --> 01:39:04.581
but I mean even looking at the
presentation it was nice to see that as

1197
01:39:04.591 --> 01:39:08.421
a whole thing all the students were really
sort of clustered together and doing

1198
01:39:08.431 --> 01:39:13.071
well we didn't see any outliers per se and
I think the main area of concern was the

1199
01:39:13.081 --> 01:39:19.591
midterm exams I will say that we talked
about the importance of still being able to

1200
01:39:19.751 --> 01:39:23.621
figure out how to provide support and I
know Dr Taylor did say that obviously

1201
01:39:23.631 --> 01:39:23.801
there's

1202
01:39:23.811 --> 01:39:28.281
a budget there's budgetary constraints and
so there really aren't the funds to be

1203
01:39:28.291 --> 01:39:29.131
able to do

1204
01:39:29.141 --> 01:39:32.761
a whole lot where that's concerned but
one thing we want do want to consider is

1205
01:39:32.911 --> 01:39:38.211
possibly grants and get to get support for
some initiatives because as we do expand

1206
01:39:38.221 --> 01:39:41.351
and make these courses these higher level
courses available to more students and

1207
01:39:41.361 --> 01:39:44.871
particularly again with this committee's
concern in opening up access for

1208
01:39:44.881 --> 01:39:49.531
under-represented groups I think we probably
will finally talk about that some kids

1209
01:39:49.541 --> 01:39:52.941
who are going to need more support we just
want to be prepared in the district to

1210
01:39:52.951 --> 01:39:59.771
see what we can do to help those students.
So that in conclusion just advise us on

1211
01:39:59.781 --> 01:40:05.231
the timeline and she says the state of
assurance will be due in September and it

1212
01:40:05.241 --> 01:40:09.101
must show that the district is continually
reviewing its progress in the corrective

1213
01:40:09.111 --> 01:40:13.921
action areas the next full comprehensive
equity plan must be written and submitted

1214
01:40:13.961 --> 01:40:19.951
in 210-2020 is that correct
yeah OK. So the 2nd.

1215
01:40:20.820 --> 01:40:25.950
Discussion item was the cultural competency
audit Dr Taylor shared with us the

1216
01:40:25.960 --> 01:40:31.120
report findings from last year for committee
members review and he didn't really

1217
01:40:31.130 --> 01:40:34.480
get into the meat of it but he did share
it with us and will follow up on that

1218
01:40:34.490 --> 01:40:38.060
discussion our next meeting he highlighted
some of the affectional development

1219
01:40:38.070 --> 01:40:43.560
opportunities around cultural competency
which is really cool to see including

1220
01:40:43.570 --> 01:40:47.390
a tooth including most recently
of panel discussion and a Q.

1221
01:40:47.400 --> 01:40:52.300
And A at the high school on cultural
competency in the classroom and this panel

1222
01:40:52.310 --> 01:40:56.370
which myself and a few other board members
were able to be there for was really

1223
01:40:56.380 --> 01:41:00.320
a coming together of local educators
on the community activist there was an

1224
01:41:00.330 --> 01:41:05.080
educator from the Perth Amboy
schools we had our own. There

1225
01:41:05.510 --> 01:41:12.310
a rabbi. Forgot his name from Rutgers
University who is also a local. Or

1226
01:41:12.320 --> 01:41:14.910
a nearby resident and we had.

1227
01:41:19.130 --> 01:41:24.570
Yes I mean there so really I
was impressed with just the

1228
01:41:25.390 --> 01:41:29.400
perspective and the exchange of ideas and
information that all of the panelists

1229
01:41:29.410 --> 01:41:36.240
gave and what happened was as they all
did kind of an opening discussion of

1230
01:41:36.280 --> 01:41:39.650
bringing their perspective from whatever
their cultural background was and also

1231
01:41:39.660 --> 01:41:43.350
pairing it with their experience
as a student either growing up in

1232
01:41:43.390 --> 01:41:48.190
a. Not so diverse school
setting and transitioning to

1233
01:41:48.330 --> 01:41:55.020
a predominately white institution which
was what was shared by. Many of the

1234
01:41:55.030 --> 01:41:59.520
participants and it was really just
interesting to hear their perspective and to

1235
01:41:59.530 --> 01:42:05.980
share some little need for bits from each
cultural background rice so we heard

1236
01:42:05.990 --> 01:42:09.890
a little bit of the Chinese background and
how the teachers can take into account

1237
01:42:10.620 --> 01:42:15.070
the Chinese cultural and ways of relation
in terms of how they interact with their

1238
01:42:15.080 --> 01:42:18.820
students and their parents and I didn't
stay for the full discussion but I do know

1239
01:42:18.830 --> 01:42:22.360
that there was an extensive question.
Answer period so the students and the

1240
01:42:22.370 --> 01:42:25.070
teachers and staff there were there were
able to really have an exchange with all

1241
01:42:25.080 --> 01:42:29.910
the panelists So again I think it was it
was very productive and it really did I

1242
01:42:29.920 --> 01:42:34.890
think helped push that work forward doctors
tailored to talk about the leadership

1243
01:42:34.900 --> 01:42:39.010
team also leading. Beginning to read

1244
01:42:39.020 --> 01:42:43.690
a book called cultural response of
teaching and the brain so that's also

1245
01:42:43.700 --> 01:42:50.480
incorporated into their work around
cultural competency. And then another topic

1246
01:42:50.490 --> 01:42:55.800
they came up in our meeting was if there
are any culturally competent curriculum

1247
01:42:55.840 --> 01:43:00.510
for Black History Month the question was
raised and doctors chiller did state that

1248
01:43:00.520 --> 01:43:04.920
there is no specialized Black History
Month curriculum nor is there one for the

1249
01:43:04.930 --> 01:43:09.600
Holocaust she did mention that as well but
aside from the segments that are kind of

1250
01:43:09.610 --> 01:43:13.940
embedded into the broader scope of the
curriculum the really is no less dedicated

1251
01:43:13.950 --> 01:43:17.570
curriculum in those areas so Dr Taylor
did mention that since high school

1252
01:43:17.580 --> 01:43:22.480
curriculum is Ford does decide it's time
you consider ways to implement those

1253
01:43:22.490 --> 01:43:29.110
specific curricula and diversified for
different learners. And the last either

1254
01:43:29.490 --> 01:43:34.510
or 2nd the last time they came up was
grading. We discussed grading inequities such

1255
01:43:34.520 --> 01:43:39.060
as vast differences in the number of tests
or Simonds given by different teachers

1256
01:43:39.640 --> 01:43:43.210
Dr Tiller's in the process of getting
feedback I know from staff and teachers on

1257
01:43:43.220 --> 01:43:45.430
that but this did lead to also

1258
01:43:45.440 --> 01:43:49.290
a discussion on the dependence of Internet
access for homework assignments and how

1259
01:43:49.300 --> 01:43:53.130
in some classes will see that more so than
in others I mean just the impact that

1260
01:43:53.140 --> 01:43:57.010
has on students who may not have that
access at home I know that's something that

1261
01:43:57.020 --> 01:44:03.540
will be followed up on as well with the
staff. And we also touched on Minority

1262
01:44:03.550 --> 01:44:08.711
Recruitment. Which is something that I know
we talked about briefly in the previous

1263
01:44:08.721 --> 01:44:13.761
board meeting but one area we did talk
about tapping into is just the Greek

1264
01:44:13.771 --> 01:44:19.841
organizations and possibly using their
vast networks to you know address reaching

1265
01:44:19.911 --> 01:44:26.241
more minority potential teaching staff
here. Challenging area and we acknowledge

1266
01:44:26.251 --> 01:44:31.091
that but I know Dr Tiller's are working
some of the various networking

1267
01:44:31.101 --> 01:44:35.761
opportunities and just trying to again hit
the H B C U's that you know the Greek

1268
01:44:35.771 --> 01:44:42.661
organizations and visits as much as many
of the various. Panel discussions that

1269
01:44:42.671 --> 01:44:47.161
may go on to as well rockers to try to
just be as aggressive as possible with it

1270
01:44:47.171 --> 01:44:48.441
but it is a it's an issue that

1271
01:44:48.451 --> 01:44:53.421
a lot of history struggle with and we
recognize that and then the last topic I

1272
01:44:53.431 --> 01:44:59.221
wanted to which is really exciting is the.
Anniversary of desegregation in Highland

1273
01:44:59.231 --> 01:45:03.151
Park just this week
actually the website has

1274
01:45:03.161 --> 01:45:09.761
a dedicated page to the wall 2800
does mark the 40th anniversary of the

1275
01:45:09.771 --> 01:45:13.371
segregation of Highland Park only back up
and say that and if you go to the home

1276
01:45:13.381 --> 01:45:20.031
page of each piece on the right
handle there the 1st bullet point

1277
01:45:20.041 --> 01:45:24.321
actually is where you can get to
the dedicated page which provides

1278
01:45:24.361 --> 01:45:30.941
a link to. A whole host of newspaper
articles from the time period

1279
01:45:31.111 --> 01:45:37.621
documenting the process of the state
mandate for desegregation the town's

1280
01:45:37.631 --> 01:45:44.361
response to it and you know the ultimate.
Decision in that was approved by the

1281
01:45:44.371 --> 01:45:50.481
state to actually close one of them elementary
schools so that all of the students

1282
01:45:50.491 --> 01:45:53.961
to be able to go would go to all of the
schools and the 3 elementary schools would

1283
01:45:53.971 --> 01:46:00.391
not be segregated based on. Where
students lived hence lived led to

1284
01:46:00.891 --> 01:46:05.941
the gross imbalance in terms of the racial
representation. In each of the schools

1285
01:46:06.571 --> 01:46:11.811
also on that site is a link to a powerpoint
presentation I believe it is that is

1286
01:46:11.821 --> 01:46:18.801
a timeline. And historical review of the
circulation of Highland Park so very

1287
01:46:18.841 --> 01:46:19.081
just

1288
01:46:19.091 --> 01:46:23.720
a good wealth of information I think we
talked about. You know how do we hear it as

1289
01:46:23.730 --> 01:46:29.820
a town and we're grappling with you know
all of our initiatives to expand access

1290
01:46:29.830 --> 01:46:34.130
and you know really talk about equity and
the discipline and balances and I don't

1291
01:46:34.140 --> 01:46:34.630
know if we all had

1292
01:46:34.640 --> 01:46:37.310
a chance to blacks at least skim
through the articles but there are

1293
01:46:37.320 --> 01:46:42.900
a few things that really struck me and
you know one of them really was the fact

1294
01:46:42.910 --> 01:46:48.940
that if we I think the percentages were
the racial balances were obvious but what

1295
01:46:48.950 --> 01:46:55.100
also occurred after the racial imbalances
were fixed right by desegregation was

1296
01:46:55.110 --> 01:47:01.230
that the classes became you know racially
imbalanced with tracking so you know and

1297
01:47:01.240 --> 01:47:06.000
that kind of mixed ability or not mixed
ability grouping so I you know I just and

1298
01:47:06.010 --> 01:47:09.350
that was brought out in one of the articles
and I just thought well here we are now

1299
01:47:09.410 --> 01:47:14.580
you know on the 40th anniversary and
really taking this issue head on which is

1300
01:47:14.590 --> 01:47:18.630
a huge testament to how far we've come
because you know there's one thing to say we

1301
01:47:19.090 --> 01:47:23.080
get it but what's happening within the
classrooms so I don't know if anyone else

1302
01:47:23.120 --> 01:47:29.480
you know picked up on some of the ways that
what happened was my oh what you all in

1303
01:47:29.490 --> 01:47:34.460
your post it's I went through the other
thing I what I would say to that just if

1304
01:47:34.470 --> 01:47:35.750
you looked at some of
the articles that were

1305
01:47:35.760 --> 01:47:41.210
a little later too after desegregation
and after the schools were actually

1306
01:47:41.770 --> 01:47:44.640
reorganized I notice there was

1307
01:47:44.650 --> 01:47:49.670
a period of racial discord as well in the
high school I believe it was primarily

1308
01:47:50.500 --> 01:47:53.460
and you know it just goes to show that
was also the time where there was

1309
01:47:53.470 --> 01:47:59.160
a huge amount of like everything was tracked
you know everyone was grouped by you

1310
01:47:59.170 --> 01:48:04.110
know quote unquote ability so I could imagine
the racial imbalances in terms of the

1311
01:48:04.120 --> 01:48:09.360
classes did not help in terms of the peers
right relating to each other and so

1312
01:48:09.370 --> 01:48:12.940
tonight we talked about well what's happening
in these classes where we have mixed

1313
01:48:12.950 --> 01:48:16.770
ability grouping and how does that help you
know the students feel about themselves

1314
01:48:16.780 --> 01:48:21.130
and I think it's awesome to see this
progression that we're making and I was

1315
01:48:21.190 --> 01:48:27.460
fascinated. To read all of the articles.
I just sat down I made myself all in one

1316
01:48:27.470 --> 01:48:32.380
go just to kind of like try to get the
entire overview and one of the things that

1317
01:48:32.390 --> 01:48:36.510
struck up stuck out to me is so much is
exactly what you just said and I pulled it

1318
01:48:36.520 --> 01:48:43.390
out it was an article from actually 1988
yes. In 1908 to 10 years after the actual

1319
01:48:43.400 --> 01:48:45.640
desegregation occurred there was

1320
01:48:45.650 --> 01:48:50.010
a task force to this is what that name
of the task force was the task force on

1321
01:48:50.020 --> 01:48:56.982
concerns about racial balance in achievement
and in 1908 the people who sat down on

1322
01:48:56.992 --> 01:49:02.272
that task force all agreed on the statement
all children if given equal access to

1323
01:49:02.282 --> 01:49:09.014
knowledge can learn and here
we are in 2018 another 30

1324
01:49:09.024 --> 01:49:14.804
years later still trying to figure that
out so people in this same community 30

1325
01:49:14.814 --> 01:49:16.774
years ago sat down and formed

1326
01:49:16.784 --> 01:49:20.144
a task force to try to deal with it deal
with us with that agreement the same

1327
01:49:20.154 --> 01:49:24.454
agreement that I think we all sit around
this table and chair who haven't tackled

1328
01:49:24.464 --> 01:49:28.604
the 30 years so I can't think of

1329
01:49:28.614 --> 01:49:34.114
a better time to do it. Than right now
already and the other thing that I thought

1330
01:49:34.124 --> 01:49:37.154
was really interesting there was
a one of the other articles was

1331
01:49:37.164 --> 01:49:40.294
a really long at the other thing the one
thing that really struck me is how much

1332
01:49:40.304 --> 01:49:44.264
reporting there was like holy moly Wouldn't
it be amazing if any people were at.

1333
01:49:45.071 --> 01:49:48.871
Right it just made me realize how far we
have fallen in terms of journalism but

1334
01:49:48.881 --> 01:49:54.261
that's another whole story. But the gentleman
who was the president of the board in

1335
01:49:54.271 --> 01:49:55.781
1948 says he wrote

1336
01:49:55.791 --> 01:49:59.571
a history of the Highland Park Park
School the school the public schools of

1337
01:49:59.581 --> 01:50:05.281
Highland Park from 88521940
and he actually wrote There's

1338
01:50:05.291 --> 01:50:09.051
a sentence that says that he found that the
children were able to attend schools in

1339
01:50:09.061 --> 01:50:13.061
their respective neighborhoods and the
parents could confine their school interests

1340
01:50:13.101 --> 01:50:19.851
among people of their own the surroundings
in whose home so that's where we were

1341
01:50:19.861 --> 01:50:24.691
940 like that's that's right I mean but
that's where how the schools were built

1342
01:50:24.741 --> 01:50:28.731
right I mean the schools were built the
kids were placed and that was the attitude

1343
01:50:28.741 --> 01:50:30.531
like we're just going to keep ourselves

1344
01:50:30.541 --> 01:50:34.461
a nice little pockets of people who look
like us and we're very comfortable that

1345
01:50:34.471 --> 01:50:38.631
way that that's how we like it and then
we want to 78 where the state came in and

1346
01:50:38.641 --> 01:50:42.171
said you know it's interesting because I
think all the times that I've heard about

1347
01:50:42.181 --> 01:50:45.711
home parks the segregation until we really
started diving into it it made it sound

1348
01:50:45.721 --> 01:50:49.961
like this was something Highland Park did
ourselves we didn't do it ourselves like

1349
01:50:49.971 --> 01:50:53.631
the state came in and said Hey guess what
guys guess what you're going to do like

1350
01:50:54.041 --> 01:50:54.811
this always even have

1351
01:50:54.821 --> 01:51:01.101
a civil rights act until my 964 you know
I mean the guy in 1940 I mean I was 25

1352
01:51:01.151 --> 01:51:01.411
there was

1353
01:51:01.421 --> 01:51:07.791
a quarter century before that and not not
to excuse it because there's no excuse

1354
01:51:07.801 --> 01:51:10.851
but if you I mean over over
time there has been a lot of

1355
01:51:11.441 --> 01:51:15.551
a lot of the Falun eating trajectory to
look at in our town like I mean it's

1356
01:51:15.591 --> 01:51:22.250
interesting to see that kind of played out
in all of these articles. And. That it

1357
01:51:22.260 --> 01:51:25.600
took that long any one thing that I was
kind of heartened by is that even though it

1358
01:51:25.610 --> 01:51:29.770
took the state coming in to do it it seemed
from the articles like it was happening

1359
01:51:29.780 --> 01:51:32.690
in lots of local districts in the time
because the state was doing this all over

1360
01:51:32.700 --> 01:51:35.570
the state that the
resistance here seem to be

1361
01:51:35.730 --> 01:51:40.660
a lot less you know like in other communities
there was like real backlash and in

1362
01:51:40.670 --> 01:51:43.740
Highland Park it seemed like that the
town really just kind of came together to

1363
01:51:43.750 --> 01:51:47.840
figure out how to do it but then I said
we we may have done it but then we just

1364
01:51:47.850 --> 01:51:50.960
kind of recreated in this
different did it did

1365
01:51:50.970 --> 01:51:56.780
a. Pretty good job compared to many I
wasn't I mean I lived through that and it

1366
01:51:56.790 --> 01:52:02.830
wasn't perfect Yes The problem is only
with 3 community schools and everyone want

1367
01:52:02.840 --> 01:52:09.190
to share their school not trendy clothes
right. And in fact close 2 of the 3

1368
01:52:09.490 --> 01:52:16.300
elementary schools but it was I would say
it wasn't perfect but it went better than

1369
01:52:16.510 --> 01:52:22.130
most places. And one of my big takeaways
Mark was on the big takeaways one of the

1370
01:52:22.140 --> 01:52:25.540
things I noticed was they were one of the
big fights about transportation you know

1371
01:52:25.550 --> 01:52:27.670
like you know we're kind of proponents
of like well let's just take

1372
01:52:27.680 --> 01:52:31.310
a few kids from each of the schools and
move them around let's not like completely

1373
01:52:31.320 --> 01:52:34.740
put everybody you know it's interesting to
look at the different options that they

1374
01:52:34.750 --> 01:52:37.720
had available to them right I mean that
would have been the kind of like in my

1375
01:52:37.730 --> 01:52:39.910
opinion obviously working
on it is just take

1376
01:52:39.920 --> 01:52:42.950
a few kids in Boston from here over there
and then we don't have to spend as much

1377
01:52:42.960 --> 01:52:48.760
money you can then keep in mind even in
the in the ninety's we had in this tiny

1378
01:52:48.770 --> 01:52:54.550
little town school buses taking your kids
that we were sort of this I mean that was

1379
01:52:54.560 --> 01:52:59.650
a that was you know the outcome of you know
having done it the way that it was done

1380
01:52:59.660 --> 01:53:04.570
which you know I agree with I mean that was
the only way to go so the budget for 11

1381
01:53:04.580 --> 01:53:08.510
up you but what I'm sorry but what I was
getting at was at that point the the

1382
01:53:08.550 --> 01:53:12.030
amount that we paid for it in lieu which
now we were just talking about this in

1383
01:53:12.040 --> 01:53:15.150
a budget meeting were paid
almost a $1000.00 or it is like

1384
01:53:15.160 --> 01:53:20.190
a $1000.00 now that we just pay right we
don't get anything back from the state for

1385
01:53:20.200 --> 01:53:27.082
that at. Right how much of
that attorney person little

1386
01:53:27.092 --> 01:53:33.312
bit. At that point it was 250
dollars and 90 percent of it

1387
01:53:33.912 --> 01:53:40.022
was refunded but it was yes. We got from
the state and so I can I'm sure it's not

1388
01:53:40.032 --> 01:53:45.582
90 percent that we get the amazing things
when I said it went OK and better than

1389
01:53:45.592 --> 01:53:51.432
most amazing thing was that if you
had looked around this town and

1390
01:53:52.362 --> 01:53:58.990
where them let's say the money and where
the board lived. And so on in those

1391
01:53:59.080 --> 01:54:05.300
times the school that you would have thought
had the least chance of being. Ready

1392
01:54:05.310 --> 01:54:10.420
one school would have been in Irving and
Irving was the school that was was left

1393
01:54:10.470 --> 01:54:17.340
right and Hamilton. On the
north side was sold and

1394
01:54:17.350 --> 01:54:20.030
Laffy it was sold and there were

1395
01:54:20.040 --> 01:54:25.190
a lot of unhappy people but it happened it
made it through and it's something to be

1396
01:54:25.230 --> 01:54:30.700
proud of here that this community 40 years
ago could do that and by the way I just

1397
01:54:30.710 --> 01:54:36.340
want to say well we're on the topic that
988 statement that you read I was on the

1398
01:54:36.350 --> 01:54:43.240
board that made that made that
statement and had that. Commitment

1399
01:54:43.320 --> 01:54:50.080
market here at the. Very little very
little oh no you did very little of it

1400
01:54:50.450 --> 01:54:53.100
but but. I was

1401
01:54:53.110 --> 01:54:58.450
a software college Well look look at my
Facebook page and see some pictures but.

1402
01:54:59.530 --> 01:55:05.850
That board was on was very very very
committed to that phrase all children can

1403
01:55:05.860 --> 01:55:11.040
learn and what happens and it's a
lesson for this board and it's

1404
01:55:11.050 --> 01:55:16.890
a lesson to the community people who
steam and there's turnover and change

1405
01:55:16.900 --> 01:55:22.590
administration boards and focus goes to
something else and it completely loses

1406
01:55:22.600 --> 01:55:27.960
steam and you go back to the old days and
that's not to blame anyone but that's

1407
01:55:27.970 --> 01:55:32.980
what happened over the years just so you
think that would have they given even then

1408
01:55:33.020 --> 01:55:38.971
you would have thought that was not. As
much as people wanted to change it they

1409
01:55:38.981 --> 01:55:45.731
would just do it the resistance is resistance
forces for that. We've done it in the

1410
01:55:45.741 --> 01:55:51.921
past let's keep doing it this way so that
was forces to keep it moving forward in

1411
01:55:51.961 --> 01:55:55.021
directions which one good some of
the things that we're doing can be

1412
01:55:55.031 --> 01:56:00.271
institutionalized like the work that last
year is doing work or firing and so that

1413
01:56:00.281 --> 01:56:02.251
should stick around

1414
01:56:02.261 --> 01:56:06.631
a lot study body comes interests 1st but
it's the profession development that we're

1415
01:56:06.641 --> 01:56:11.121
doing to change the mindset that's the pipe
concern that through lack of continuity

1416
01:56:12.011 --> 01:56:18.831
you could easily I was about to lose
steam there are no. You have to be you

1417
01:56:18.841 --> 01:56:24.711
really have to be willing to put the
energy into it like this this this honors

1418
01:56:24.721 --> 01:56:31.511
option that took that took so much energy
for the board in the administration to

1419
01:56:31.521 --> 01:56:37.511
put this one class in motion to do that
actually do it and it's just hard to be

1420
01:56:37.591 --> 01:56:41.821
constantly there's other things happening
you know you don't get state aid in this

1421
01:56:41.831 --> 01:56:47.201
happens and that happens you just have to
keep the constant pressure on to improve

1422
01:56:47.211 --> 01:56:51.371
it because it will just fall back to the
old ways and the other thing I really my

1423
01:56:51.381 --> 01:56:56.011
other takeaway from this was at these
different junctures where things were

1424
01:56:56.021 --> 01:57:01.771
happening the amount of community involvement
that was brought to bear to make

1425
01:57:01.781 --> 01:57:05.191
these things happen and I think we really
I mean I think that's why I'm glad we're

1426
01:57:05.201 --> 01:57:09.151
having this conversation now at the beginning
of 28 I think we really need to look

1427
01:57:09.161 --> 01:57:13.671
at the different ways that we can get that
level of community involvement again and

1428
01:57:13.711 --> 01:57:14.611
yes you know I'm

1429
01:57:14.651 --> 01:57:18.981
a little disheartened I have to say to see
that no one turned out tonight because I

1430
01:57:18.991 --> 01:57:20.391
know Mr Lassiter did send out

1431
01:57:20.401 --> 01:57:26.341
a letter to every high school students
parents you know so I don't know if we take

1432
01:57:26.351 --> 01:57:29.351
that as a good sign or a bad sign. Or

1433
01:57:29.361 --> 01:57:32.931
a sign I don't know but I think it means
we need to put our thinking caps on about

1434
01:57:32.941 --> 01:57:39.211
how we're going to get people to engage
on their. This topic. And some of the you

1435
01:57:39.221 --> 01:57:42.841
know some of the things that I knew it in
in here you know was you know back then

1436
01:57:42.851 --> 01:57:44.161
the Engage the P.T.O.

1437
01:57:44.171 --> 01:57:47.891
So you know they had P.T.O.'s and board
members actually went out into the

1438
01:57:47.901 --> 01:57:51.311
community had meetings in people's homes
you know almost like teas you know like

1439
01:57:51.321 --> 01:57:56.111
when you're campaigning you know we may
need to do stuff like that to just get out

1440
01:57:56.121 --> 01:57:59.221
and have the conversations of people are
going to come to us then maybe we need to

1441
01:57:59.231 --> 01:58:02.901
figure out ways to go to them and and
have these conversations do it through

1442
01:58:02.911 --> 01:58:05.471
different organizations do it
through do it through the P.T.O.

1443
01:58:05.481 --> 01:58:08.761
Do it through where you know however
we can reach parents to have these

1444
01:58:08.771 --> 01:58:12.681
conversations we need to sit down and have
the conversations and I mean I know I'm

1445
01:58:12.691 --> 01:58:15.521
willing to go and do it
but it's a good sign it's

1446
01:58:15.531 --> 01:58:21.383
a good sign and say that that people
weren't cheered to complain about.

1447
01:58:22.643 --> 01:58:24.653
Do have to remember this all started with

1448
01:58:24.973 --> 01:58:30.403
a lot of very unhappy parents when the
audience. Yeah I just want to say I think

1449
01:58:30.413 --> 01:58:33.663
they were going out into the halls because
they had to write you know they had to

1450
01:58:33.673 --> 01:58:38.093
get this some plan approved so they had to
get it by in the fact that we don't lose

1451
01:58:38.103 --> 01:58:42.633
that have sort of you know
public presence here is

1452
01:58:42.643 --> 01:58:45.193
a good sign which for all acknowledging
but I'm just wondering are we in

1453
01:58:45.203 --> 01:58:48.213
a place now we feel like
that just the community as

1454
01:58:48.223 --> 01:58:52.363
a whole is pretty much behind this is do
you do you think that's the case or no I

1455
01:58:52.373 --> 01:58:54.803
don't I don't get it is I think this is

1456
01:58:54.813 --> 01:59:00.093
a community it's going to be divided
Yeah so it took time. But it seems like

1457
01:59:00.103 --> 01:59:05.603
a this is the to the 1st community is so
many ways including Scruff thought might

1458
01:59:05.613 --> 01:59:10.980
be wrong about that. I'm just wondering why
we're you know I'm not looking for any

1459
01:59:10.990 --> 01:59:14.290
issues but I'm just wondering why you're
not seeing that just yet or maybe you are

1460
01:59:14.300 --> 01:59:20.030
in other ways this resistless Yeah. I
think we will see it we've got some other

1461
01:59:20.040 --> 01:59:24.640
bold ideas could go right yeah we have
to continue to hear stuff about trucking

1462
01:59:24.680 --> 01:59:31.600
concerns about that. Specially
with math. Right you know parents

1463
01:59:31.610 --> 01:59:38.450
concerned about their 1st concern is
math but. I'm afraid to say that you

1464
01:59:38.460 --> 01:59:45.050
know the silence is deafening you
know meaning like parents are

1465
01:59:46.020 --> 01:59:52.220
maybe happy with what they're seen us do
over the past few years and unfortunately

1466
01:59:52.490 --> 01:59:57.140
you know when that happens in the world of
I'm going to call it politics is because

1467
01:59:57.150 --> 02:00:03.740
complacency sets in. And then you know when
something arises that irritates people

1468
02:00:03.750 --> 02:00:08.350
or upsets people that's when they get
reinvigorated more involved so those can be

1469
02:00:08.360 --> 02:00:14.230
kind of like the silver linings but it would
be good to go out to the community and

1470
02:00:14.240 --> 02:00:19.580
I know that when we ran the 1st time we had
said that we would hold you know things

1471
02:00:19.590 --> 02:00:24.350
like campaign tees but it's
not so easy to do and it's

1472
02:00:24.960 --> 02:00:30.280
a struggle you know sometimes just to do
the work for this meeting. And to not you

1473
02:00:30.290 --> 02:00:35.751
know to to schedule other meetings outside
of outside of this but. One of the

1474
02:00:35.761 --> 02:00:40.981
things that you read actually made me
think that maybe it's not as different as

1475
02:00:40.991 --> 02:00:46.381
we'd like to think because I know I have
family that recently moved to New Jersey

1476
02:00:46.391 --> 02:00:49.981
from Sam Maryland and
they were looking for

1477
02:00:50.441 --> 02:00:55.121
a neighborhood that they would fit in
and it wasn't about race it was about

1478
02:00:55.131 --> 02:01:01.171
politics they wanted the kind of neighborhood
where you know people took care of

1479
02:01:01.181 --> 02:01:07.871
their lawns and people had the flag flying
outside and they just had this image and

1480
02:01:07.881 --> 02:01:12.061
it turned out that you know what they
were looking for was you know kind of

1481
02:01:12.371 --> 02:01:19.271
politically conservative. Type town
where they wouldn't feel like outcasts

1482
02:01:20.281 --> 02:01:27.091
and so I think that people do tend to live
amongst like minded people you know and

1483
02:01:27.101 --> 02:01:33.071
that's not what segregation is that's quite
the opposite so I mean that's that is

1484
02:01:33.081 --> 02:01:39.691
what segregation is of. What I meant
to say so. Yeah it seems like we

1485
02:01:39.701 --> 02:01:45.821
always find ways to organize
ourselves into groups. And that

1486
02:01:46.743 --> 02:01:51.773
idea of being ostracized is really you
know if you don't want to feel fearful in

1487
02:01:51.783 --> 02:01:58.711
your community. I unfortunately see
more of that. As I get older not

1488
02:01:58.721 --> 02:02:05.161
less. I don't know if that's one of the
reasons why people you know might not be

1489
02:02:06.101 --> 02:02:10.661
coming to the meetings you know they feel
like. My opinion is going to matter you

1490
02:02:10.671 --> 02:02:17.521
know this board is 11 mind and I'm not
going to disagree I'm not going to have

1491
02:02:17.531 --> 02:02:24.261
any chance of being heard. Right so Mike's
invitation was to the to the students

1492
02:02:24.341 --> 02:02:30.431
and their parents to come and listen and
share their experiences and we would like

1493
02:02:30.441 --> 02:02:34.191
to hear people's experiences
and so maybe that's opening up

1494
02:02:34.201 --> 02:02:38.551
a can of worms and you know maybe there
would be some negativity to it like worms

1495
02:02:38.561 --> 02:02:44.141
that's fine there I would like to hear it
so. Well I think as you said I say it's

1496
02:02:44.151 --> 02:02:48.131
about being proactive really expects the
going as we go through the process right

1497
02:02:48.141 --> 02:02:52.601
and knowing that there will be kinks and
bumps and but really knowing contextualize

1498
02:02:52.611 --> 02:02:55.751
what are our king some bumps you know we
can do the research and see what happens

1499
02:02:55.761 --> 02:02:59.741
when schools and districts the track and
how to try to avoid some of the pitfalls

1500
02:02:59.751 --> 02:03:00.631
but I guess

1501
02:03:00.641 --> 02:03:03.931
a lot of the issues will be very specific
here even to Highland Park in terms of

1502
02:03:03.941 --> 02:03:07.421
what we may see yeah and you know from the
research I've done and I'm sure from the

1503
02:03:07.431 --> 02:03:11.751
research you've done like this is what
happens in districts desegregate I mean you

1504
02:03:11.761 --> 02:03:16.001
know we segregate inside the school it's
not this is not we're not new We're not

1505
02:03:16.011 --> 02:03:20.741
special we did we didn't create this you
know this is going to find people are

1506
02:03:20.751 --> 02:03:21.501
always going to find

1507
02:03:21.511 --> 02:03:27.351
a way to reorganize right around like
minded people. So we have a lot to work

1508
02:03:27.361 --> 02:03:33.761
a lot of work to do this year that is worth
doing. The bill so that's it there at

1509
02:03:33.771 --> 02:03:38.341
the last really our meeting agenda was
just scheduling and we talked about aiming

1510
02:03:38.351 --> 02:03:44.271
to have 5 monthly meetings I will be sending
out an e-mail on that soon to have one

1511
02:03:44.501 --> 02:03:45.001
followed by

1512
02:03:45.011 --> 02:03:51.001
a brand new OK take it back off the. Point
you may have had staff trying to fight

1513
02:03:51.321 --> 02:03:57.471
which is costs for folks to get on the
Internet because so she did finally hit

1514
02:03:58.343 --> 02:04:01.773
something out out-I Ses which is

1515
02:04:01.783 --> 02:04:06.763
a company believe she's just
purchased optimum. Name and has

1516
02:04:06.773 --> 02:04:13.593
a an offer and Miss Knapp is
distributing letters tomorrow

1517
02:04:14.013 --> 02:04:19.523
to those who qualify for free or reduced
lunch the letter will read it's just very

1518
02:04:19.533 --> 02:04:23.243
short I'll read it aloud accompanied
by the name of Al TS is offering

1519
02:04:23.253 --> 02:04:26.753
a great opportunity to our families who
qualify for the national school lunch

1520
02:04:26.763 --> 02:04:32.633
program you can receive usas high
speed Internet service for $1499.00

1521
02:04:32.643 --> 02:04:39.353
a month and then included in the
letter will be the press release. A

1522
02:04:39.363 --> 02:04:44.583
copy of the launch terminations letter that
has to be presented and instructions on

1523
02:04:44.593 --> 02:04:46.483
how to apply so it's

1524
02:04:46.493 --> 02:04:52.890
a small start. So I mean high speed
Internet by itself might what. 50 dollars

1525
02:04:53.490 --> 02:05:00.300
80 dollars I don't even know what would
be the company. Wow So that's pretty good

1526
02:05:00.310 --> 02:05:00.990
discovery that's

1527
02:05:01.000 --> 02:05:09.760
a big discount. It's
something. For me. Right

1528
02:05:10.160 --> 02:05:16.150
thank you so much. So that brings
us to public comment 1st. So

1529
02:05:17.130 --> 02:05:19.790
you know what to do so I'm not going to
go through my whole rigamarole I don't

1530
02:05:19.800 --> 02:05:22.020
think anybody is going to tackle
you on your way to the podium

1531
02:05:29.530 --> 02:05:36.300
ready. But. Hi

1532
02:05:36.310 --> 02:05:40.660
everybody thank you Keith prestige Highland
Park Education Association president.

1533
02:05:41.900 --> 02:05:48.280
Couple quick things I just wanted to.
Go back to the calendar and just

1534
02:05:48.330 --> 02:05:53.830
offer just where we were coming from in
fact I think I heard the board say that

1535
02:05:54.310 --> 02:06:00.800
they didn't want to have additional weeks
of impact. With the conferences and the

1536
02:06:01.310 --> 02:06:06.390
Thanksgiving all this up so we felt like
to just impact one week completely was

1537
02:06:06.400 --> 02:06:13.030
better than 3 weeks so. That's why
most people recommended to go back to

1538
02:06:13.070 --> 02:06:18.710
attaching it to the teacher's
convention. As far as the.

1539
02:06:20.120 --> 02:06:27.110
Policy electronic communication thank you
for hearing what I said has time I would

1540
02:06:27.120 --> 02:06:33.901
just. In the in that same section
where you're talking about e-mails.

1541
02:06:35.541 --> 02:06:41.281
As students district email address if the
student has one so then the question is

1542
02:06:41.291 --> 02:06:47.201
What if they don't have one I guess. She
could be helpful to specify then the other

1543
02:06:47.211 --> 02:06:49.991
email address maybe you could start then
the student's personal email address may

1544
02:06:50.001 --> 02:06:54.351
be used Yeah yeah yeah I mean that would
be the question I guess people would have

1545
02:06:54.361 --> 02:06:59.601
is like Should I just not do it and then
you're just not email or another means of

1546
02:06:59.611 --> 02:07:03.221
communication with that student
very good point so maybe that was

1547
02:07:03.231 --> 02:07:04.961
a 1st reading one so I will propose

1548
02:07:04.971 --> 02:07:11.761
a change to that want to make that clear
OK that's I mean the board can actually

1549
02:07:11.821 --> 02:07:16.942
say Yeah I mean you can change your 2nd
reading problem so if you if you come up

1550
02:07:16.952 --> 02:07:17.042
with

1551
02:07:17.052 --> 02:07:23.022
a sig like suggested changed language or
whatever send it to him. And then the other

1552
02:07:23.032 --> 02:07:29.482
thing that. Some of the members brought
up. When they reviewed the policy

1553
02:07:29.492 --> 02:07:36.202
was the policy is not specific
to apps that staff and

1554
02:07:36.212 --> 02:07:42.092
students use for different communication
like there's the Remind there is ban

1555
02:07:42.102 --> 02:07:46.012
there's that Moto there are all these
different things that people use.

1556
02:07:48.683 --> 02:07:52.343
So because they're not
really social media there's

1557
02:07:52.353 --> 02:07:57.383
a social media section so I don't know where
the board is on that or what and used

1558
02:07:57.393 --> 02:08:02.063
to be I thought it was being used like
other approved teacher yes you approve of

1559
02:08:02.073 --> 02:08:05.255
those with their talking points to come if

1560
02:08:05.265 --> 02:08:11.986
a teacher wants you to invite Mr Westerwelle
prove it likely. Just that it was

1561
02:08:11.996 --> 02:08:17.181
forward. You know I think I tried to
suggest that be covered in that texting

1562
02:08:17.191 --> 02:08:22.381
section about whether but you know it
applies to texting whether it's by

1563
02:08:22.631 --> 02:08:25.541
a native texting application
on the phone or

1564
02:08:25.551 --> 02:08:27.851
a 3rd party application but maybe you have

1565
02:08:27.861 --> 02:08:29.931
a suggestion for making
it more clear what is

1566
02:08:29.941 --> 02:08:35.081
a 3rd party texting application and remind
I know you know Bloom's isn't exactly

1567
02:08:35.091 --> 02:08:40.331
a testing that you probably can trouble
like listing them out so quickly or but is

1568
02:08:40.341 --> 02:08:40.421
there

1569
02:08:40.431 --> 02:08:46.391
a better way to describe it like. Communications
apps or something like blooms isn't

1570
02:08:46.401 --> 02:08:48.501
actually texting it's you know it's

1571
02:08:48.511 --> 02:08:51.691
a little app you get on your phone and
teacher sends around photographs or whatever

1572
02:08:51.701 --> 02:08:57.461
and yeah I mean these are great things for
us to think about but between now and

1573
02:08:57.621 --> 02:09:03.181
yes I guess 2nd reading is that So
potentially it could be addressed in the.

1574
02:09:04.732 --> 02:09:09.492
Cellular telephone section except it's not
specific to you know it can be on the

1575
02:09:09.502 --> 02:09:15.752
phone it can be on it or it can
be on your computer so and then.

1576
02:09:16.882 --> 02:09:23.792
Something else that I just thought of when
oh. Because I'm primarily the the policy

1577
02:09:23.802 --> 02:09:30.712
is about. You know specifying
what type of direct contact

1578
02:09:30.722 --> 02:09:33.902
a staff member can have with the student
and under what circumstances and what

1579
02:09:33.942 --> 02:09:40.521
under what programs and so like that so.
You know it's very specific about personal

1580
02:09:40.561 --> 02:09:47.211
social media but and I think I might have
said listen the staff has social media

1581
02:09:47.221 --> 02:09:49.411
accounts for their
classrooms whether it be

1582
02:09:49.421 --> 02:09:54.221
a Facebook or an Instagram or Twitter and
you know and we have been encouraged to

1583
02:09:54.231 --> 02:09:56.591
use them in the district which I think is

1584
02:09:56.601 --> 02:10:02.221
a great thing because that's where our
students are right now so so obviously we're

1585
02:10:02.231 --> 02:10:06.651
using one that's specific to the classroom
I'm assuming that that coin you know is

1586
02:10:06.661 --> 02:10:12.881
OK with the policy however every
thing now has some form of direct

1587
02:10:12.891 --> 02:10:13.741
messaging

1588
02:10:13.961 --> 02:10:20.683
a letter to hatch to it right So
ready OK there's that possibility of

1589
02:10:20.693 --> 02:10:24.263
a direct message between
a staff member and

1590
02:10:24.273 --> 02:10:28.213
a student so all kinds of room for
misinterpretation here I mean we certainly

1591
02:10:28.223 --> 02:10:31.893
didn't mean to rule that out I
think we we took out the there is

1592
02:10:31.903 --> 02:10:36.293
a proposal to have texting only be allowed
to groups of students but that it was

1593
02:10:36.303 --> 02:10:39.733
thought that that was just going to be too
cumbersome if somebody said like the bus

1594
02:10:39.743 --> 02:10:43.883
is leaving Where are you. So you know we
need to deal with the direct messaging

1595
02:10:43.893 --> 02:10:44.273
think that's

1596
02:10:44.283 --> 02:10:49.884
a lot of language to think about thank you
sure. But I wonder if you want to email

1597
02:10:49.894 --> 02:10:53.504
me any suggestions you have I will also
come up try to come up with my own and

1598
02:10:53.514 --> 02:10:57.414
circulate those but I'd love to hear your
suggestions if you have any sure you know

1599
02:10:57.804 --> 02:11:01.504
I was just some of the stuff that was coming
up as I was talking to staff about it

1600
02:11:01.734 --> 02:11:04.254
so I mean I wonder if next time we have

1601
02:11:04.264 --> 02:11:07.644
a policy meeting we decide that
we're going to propose changes to

1602
02:11:07.654 --> 02:11:08.604
a person over that

1603
02:11:08.614 --> 02:11:13.681
a policy we should just you know hitch up
in email. At that turn now would that be

1604
02:11:13.691 --> 02:11:20.201
like one way of getting in touch with you
really yeah OK to remind I use my mind

1605
02:11:20.831 --> 02:11:27.191
to direct message you. Personally
would be fine thank you and then

1606
02:11:28.211 --> 02:11:34.141
more serious no I just would like to say
that you know people were very can you

1607
02:11:34.151 --> 02:11:37.951
know obviously as everybody was concerned
with the incidents that happened in

1608
02:11:37.961 --> 02:11:40.411
Florida and you know there's been

1609
02:11:40.421 --> 02:11:46.351
a lot of from the people I've spoken to
concern in the buildings between you know

1610
02:11:46.361 --> 02:11:52.991
among staff members about you know security
and some concerns that have come up so

1611
02:11:52.991 --> 02:11:59.541
. So I just want the board aware of that
and also that you know we would like to be

1612
02:11:59.551 --> 02:12:06.431
in the conversation of anything
that we might see potential we you

1613
02:12:06.441 --> 02:12:06.671
know

1614
02:12:07.211 --> 02:12:13.271
a problem or recommend I'm sure there are
people on committees of different kinds

1615
02:12:13.281 --> 02:12:16.171
but. Just saying that I have heard

1616
02:12:16.181 --> 02:12:22.351
a lot of concern in the
buildings so. Yet so we have

1617
02:12:22.361 --> 02:12:29.221
a safety committee and I that meeting
from March 20 and I think it's. 3050

1618
02:12:29.231 --> 02:12:34.331
thought to look at my counterparts couple
of weeks at that time. PH representatives

1619
02:12:34.331 --> 02:12:39.381
. On the committee had Cheney
bashers what I can give you

1620
02:12:39.391 --> 02:12:42.411
a list yeah you can give me the names
that are on that committee I think

1621
02:12:42.421 --> 02:12:48.951
a be helpful if they can relate US concerns
to the committee. Great and then on

1622
02:12:48.961 --> 02:12:55.851
a kind of positive note with
that. In the Cole Rizzo who

1623
02:12:55.861 --> 02:13:01.571
is our assistant director for the musical
saw on one of her Facebook page I guess

1624
02:13:01.581 --> 02:13:02.481
about from

1625
02:13:02.491 --> 02:13:09.291
a. Alum from Stillman Douglas
school who is an actor who

1626
02:13:09.541 --> 02:13:15.111
was reaching out to people and said that
the drama club is very important in that

1627
02:13:15.121 --> 02:13:19.841
school and that they were they would love
to see some support and encouragement

1628
02:13:19.851 --> 02:13:26.171
from different actors school drama
clubs theaters and stuff like that

1629
02:13:26.811 --> 02:13:33.491
so ready the idea that has come up in
the drama club is to dedicate. A full

1630
02:13:33.501 --> 02:13:36.091
page in the playbill with

1631
02:13:36.101 --> 02:13:40.161
a picture of our cast with an inspirational
quote and have all the cast members

1632
02:13:40.171 --> 02:13:44.011
sign it and they were going to send it
to the drama club there so I thought I'd

1633
02:13:44.021 --> 02:13:50.880
like to do that. Thank
you all thanks. We're

1634
02:13:50.890 --> 02:13:55.620
always so glad when you're here we're alone
when you're lonely when you're not. But

1635
02:13:55.840 --> 02:14:00.820
I said we're always so glad when you're
here when lonely when you're not. OK So we

1636
02:14:00.830 --> 02:14:05.550
will move on to our board action items
Michel could you move the curriculum for we

1637
02:14:05.560 --> 02:14:12.490
get it sorry to interrupt I noticed
an error on the agenda we did not

1638
02:14:12.530 --> 02:14:17.470
copy the resolution to
approve the deal we do P.R.

1639
02:14:17.510 --> 02:14:24.430
File from the past board gender to
this one so I'd like to. Write it

1640
02:14:24.440 --> 02:14:28.620
in to old business. OK it's about

1641
02:14:28.630 --> 02:14:33.710
a new item in that the port discussed
this last week or Charlie last meeting we

1642
02:14:33.720 --> 02:14:39.230
just flat top the agenda. Where
was it last time it was under by

1643
02:14:39.240 --> 02:14:45.530
a report. Super tennis
report said we're 12. OK.

1644
02:14:47.430 --> 02:14:52.340
So we're out of this republic are recommending
we place it under old business. It's

1645
02:14:52.340 --> 02:14:58.911
. Already. OK So Michel could you

1646
02:14:58.951 --> 02:15:05.351
move the curriculum instruction items yes
I would like to move items one through

1647
02:15:05.971 --> 02:15:11.681
8 and with the change to number 2 as
previously noted I will get plenty of that and

1648
02:15:11.691 --> 02:15:18.591
I would say that we've been in the ISIL
some of the action. From last. Night is

1649
02:15:18.601 --> 02:15:24.492
there a 2nd 2nd is there any
discussion now OK let's have

1650
02:15:24.502 --> 02:15:31.082
a roll call. This one. Has been like.

1651
02:15:35.762 --> 02:15:42.522
This summer us take yes this comment
yes this gallant Yes Mr Creator yes.

1652
02:15:43.591 --> 02:15:50.411
Mr Magaziner So yes for
$1.00 and $2.00 and $3.00 A

1653
02:15:50.501 --> 02:15:53.971
and B. And D. And E. And abstain from 3 C.

1654
02:15:53.971 --> 02:15:59.681
. And yes to the rest. Of.

1655
02:16:01.611 --> 02:16:07.791
His fat into Nicola Yes Mr
Boehner Yes Mr as leverage.

1656
02:16:09.821 --> 02:16:16.791
Yes the remainder. OK fine and

1657
02:16:16.911 --> 02:16:22.531
so is Mark could you do that for us yeah
I'd like to move items one through 21. Is

1658
02:16:22.541 --> 02:16:28.513
there a 2nd 2nd and a discussion about
the right thing none and because we have

1659
02:16:28.523 --> 02:16:34.753
a rule called the summer us take
yes it's common Yes miscount Yes

1660
02:16:35.583 --> 02:16:41.805
Mr Krieger Yes Mr Magaziner Yes the
spec pattern do you know cola Yes

1661
02:16:42.816 --> 02:16:49.636
this Peter Bono Yes Mr Ross
leverage. OK personnel Judy

1662
02:16:50.026 --> 02:16:56.016
I'd like to move items one through
23 OK Is there a 2nd 2nd and

1663
02:16:56.026 --> 02:17:02.676
a discussion. Nothing
Linda Midsomer Yes Miss

1664
02:17:02.686 --> 02:17:09.196
Coleman Yes Ms gallon
Yes Mr creek or yes Mr

1665
02:17:09.206 --> 02:17:11.966
Magaziner Yes this big fat it in

1666
02:17:11.976 --> 02:17:17.756
a coal lock Yes. Miss Peter
Bona Yes Mr Ross Levitt Yes.

1667
02:17:19.509 --> 02:17:26.269
And and policies yes I'd like
to move items one and 2. Their

1668
02:17:26.279 --> 02:17:32.449
2nd 2nd and this question. Again see no

1669
02:17:33.019 --> 02:17:39.699
indicative Midsomer Yes this
comment yes. Miss gallant Yes

1670
02:17:40.559 --> 02:17:46.389
Mr Krieger Yes Mr Magaziner Yes
Miss McFadden Gina Kolata Yes

1671
02:17:47.428 --> 02:17:54.098
Mr Boehner Yes Mr as leverage
yes. OK So that brings

1672
02:17:54.378 --> 02:17:58.628
us to our board liaison reports
get a little late to think were

1673
02:17:58.638 --> 02:18:04.428
a little tired so we'll just kind of
cruise through these. Got to have anything

1674
02:18:04.438 --> 02:18:09.468
from Joshua meetings tomorrow Josh reacted
very well we'll hear something next

1675
02:18:09.478 --> 02:18:13.638
month show any action with. A few T.V.

1676
02:18:13.648 --> 02:18:19.408
Folks or the crusie there's nothing not on
for either one of them. Although we did

1677
02:18:19.418 --> 02:18:26.318
get any interesting e-mail from Gary
did you get access to I did yeah. That

1678
02:18:26.328 --> 02:18:32.458
find it and I couldn't. See
and. Yeah he e-mailed us about.

1679
02:18:34.668 --> 02:18:34.848
Like

1680
02:18:34.858 --> 02:18:41.148
a possible collaboration with the folks
who did the backpack full of cash movie.

1681
02:18:42.390 --> 02:18:44.330
Right but then it seemed like
maybe things fell through

1682
02:18:44.340 --> 02:18:49.670
a little bit but then he would get back
get back Yeah so yeah so hopefully put

1683
02:18:49.680 --> 02:18:52.810
together something yeah it sounds like
Gary's got something up his sleeve so I was

1684
02:18:52.820 --> 02:18:59.210
waiting for it was the kind of cool
material. But that sounds. Exciting Yeah

1685
02:18:59.950 --> 02:19:04.570
all right. Rob H.B.F.

1686
02:19:04.570 --> 02:19:11.360
. Yes So we did approve. For

1687
02:19:11.370 --> 02:19:18.090
grants from the Foundation thank you they're
also planning their spring fundraiser

1688
02:19:18.100 --> 02:19:21.630
which is going to be in May I don't think
it's been announced yet so I'm not going

1689
02:19:21.640 --> 02:19:28.220
to steal their thunder but it should
be exciting. Judy anything from the

1690
02:19:28.410 --> 02:19:33.240
commission for universal Yes so I'll last
week and I just wanted to follow up on

1691
02:19:33.250 --> 02:19:39.810
something I discussed last time but failed
to follow up on so I remember us talking

1692
02:19:39.820 --> 02:19:46.621
about. The fact that the
commission was open to. People who

1693
02:19:46.661 --> 02:19:52.061
want to apply for grants teachers I want
to apply for grants. And so basically one

1694
02:19:52.071 --> 02:19:56.691
of the functions of the commission is
department or with the schools to facilitate

1695
02:19:56.841 --> 02:20:02.351
physical and social inclusion of individuals
with disabilities so basically they're

1696
02:20:02.361 --> 02:20:08.792
open to hearing any requests from
teachers that fit that So if it's

1697
02:20:08.802 --> 02:20:15.370
a. A program or something that they need
for their classroom or something that

1698
02:20:15.380 --> 02:20:21.690
would. Enhance physical and social and the
clues and they're open to that so they

1699
02:20:21.700 --> 02:20:23.700
meet normally if it's not

1700
02:20:23.710 --> 02:20:30.590
a holiday the 3rd Monday of the month
at $730.00 in Borough Hall and anyone

1701
02:20:31.500 --> 02:20:36.040
that wants to bring something to them
should comes to the meeting now Monique did

1702
02:20:36.050 --> 02:20:37.790
that last year with

1703
02:20:38.090 --> 02:20:43.430
a summer summer arts camp and presented
in the commission was able to help fund

1704
02:20:43.440 --> 02:20:45.110
that So it's really

1705
02:20:45.120 --> 02:20:51.130
a great opportunity if there is something
that the teacher has an idea about I

1706
02:20:51.140 --> 02:20:56.660
looked on their website they do have an
e-mail which is universal access H.P. At G.

1707
02:20:56.670 --> 02:21:03.550
Mail dot com The terror kind
of is the chairperson so you

1708
02:21:03.560 --> 02:21:07.980
can also reach out to her but you would
need to anyone that's interested when he

1709
02:21:07.990 --> 02:21:09.010
need to come in just

1710
02:21:09.020 --> 02:21:12.880
a short little breeze and patient so
his discuss how that information to

1711
02:21:12.890 --> 02:21:17.020
disseminate to the principals to disseminate
to the teachers and I but you get to

1712
02:21:17.030 --> 02:21:23.880
it I will tell you that I would agree
that's great but. I think thanks Judy to

1713
02:21:23.890 --> 02:21:28.950
this Rebecca have anything for us from the.
Files in the port drive so please take

1714
02:21:28.960 --> 02:21:35.710
a look back I do believe that
attending library leaks. Anything you

1715
02:21:35.720 --> 02:21:39.760
remember that you can share with also you
know about I think I go that there were

1716
02:21:39.770 --> 02:21:46.740
the throes of discussing relocation of
the library but others but decided. I

1717
02:21:46.750 --> 02:21:49.840
don't have anything for shared services
although saying this did make me remember

1718
02:21:49.850 --> 02:21:50.180
that I got

1719
02:21:50.190 --> 02:21:53.640
a letter from the mayor saying you've been
appointed to this thing come and sign

1720
02:21:53.650 --> 02:21:57.600
your letter or something and I haven't
done it so maybe I should do that if I can

1721
02:21:57.610 --> 02:22:00.880
sign my letter maybe we'll have
a meeting could I pop in with

1722
02:22:00.890 --> 02:22:04.890
a question about the library is that the
district taking any kind of position on

1723
02:22:04.900 --> 02:22:09.400
the relocation of the library. That you
speak of myself personally it seems like

1724
02:22:09.410 --> 02:22:13.190
it's well located now right next to the.
A school where you know lots of kids go

1725
02:22:13.200 --> 02:22:18.520
there after school. I was just wondering
if we will be piping up in any of those

1726
02:22:18.530 --> 02:22:21.150
discussions. If there is

1727
02:22:21.340 --> 02:22:26.280
a poor place for them to be you know if
this is the library's going to be relocated

1728
02:22:26.290 --> 02:22:30.100
I mean you know we've heard about some
of the possible relocation spots one in

1729
02:22:30.110 --> 02:22:32.820
particular and I'm wondering if
the district is going to express

1730
02:22:32.830 --> 02:22:37.530
a view or take part in discussions about
the wisdom of the relocation Oh look I

1731
02:22:37.540 --> 02:22:42.820
have an opinion but I have no knowledge of
where they are thinking of relocating if

1732
02:22:42.830 --> 02:22:46.650
it's something I think it's on Main Street
and worth considering Yeah I mean I

1733
02:22:46.660 --> 02:22:51.100
could look into it that's not all that star
different now well it's the meeting was

1734
02:22:51.140 --> 02:22:55.420
the meeting was tonight and my
wife attends the meeting She's

1735
02:22:55.430 --> 02:22:58.800
a member very board I've
heard nothing from her

1736
02:22:58.810 --> 02:23:04.420
a better relocation She's been at all of
the last dozen meetings so perhaps they're

1737
02:23:04.430 --> 02:23:11.080
having I should say they don't. So perhaps
there's some discussion going on that's

1738
02:23:11.090 --> 02:23:17.780
not being done at the Library Board
Oh we were assured. By various

1739
02:23:18.891 --> 02:23:24.582
people in town on their
other boards. That the

1740
02:23:25.512 --> 02:23:32.452
potential of moving the library to
to Raritan between 2nd and 3rd kind

1741
02:23:32.462 --> 02:23:33.972
of gone away because for

1742
02:23:33.982 --> 02:23:40.422
a variety of reasons I don't know if that's
true but I. I'm going to check when I

1743
02:23:40.432 --> 02:23:47.430
get home tonight. Any movement of the
library from that building that would

1744
02:23:47.580 --> 02:23:52.630
cause the building to get turned it to
condos which was the plan of that developer

1745
02:23:53.340 --> 02:23:58.870
is against the laws of the state of
New Jersey that that building is on

1746
02:23:58.880 --> 02:24:03.860
a residential a lot right condos
aren't allowed there and there's

1747
02:24:03.870 --> 02:24:09.860
a number of neighbors around that building
including me who would plan to take

1748
02:24:09.870 --> 02:24:15.650
legal action if the town tried to do that
but who knows I mean anything's possible

1749
02:24:16.040 --> 02:24:17.090
I just wonder if we as

1750
02:24:17.100 --> 02:24:21.450
a district want to express any sort of
view about that I mean I do I know this is

1751
02:24:21.460 --> 02:24:26.140
a ton of kids who go to library after school
and you know although between 2nd and

1752
02:24:26.150 --> 02:24:30.320
3rd Avenue on whether or not that's still
under consideration it's not far from the

1753
02:24:30.330 --> 02:24:30.850
perspective of

1754
02:24:30.860 --> 02:24:34.250
a normal human adult you know we know that
little schoolers don't always want to

1755
02:24:34.260 --> 02:24:39.740
walk and if it's not convenient they might
not go so or bad weather or you know

1756
02:24:39.750 --> 02:24:44.420
whatever that middle school we know what
they're like because we were them I think

1757
02:24:44.430 --> 02:24:48.710
we have to wait till we you know I mean I
think everything is so nebulous right now

1758
02:24:48.720 --> 02:24:54.370
would be impossible but I don't know if
this is what Mark and I have been and Rob

1759
02:24:54.580 --> 02:24:58.950
Scott even talking trying to talk to Susie
and gal about is the idea of getting

1760
02:24:58.960 --> 02:25:03.540
better information about these things you
know so the idea would be that hopefully

1761
02:25:03.550 --> 02:25:03.700
there's

1762
02:25:03.710 --> 02:25:08.630
a better flow of information and if you
know some proposal came up that you know we

1763
02:25:08.640 --> 02:25:12.390
wanted to weigh in on we'd have the
opportunity to weigh in on it so wonderful

1764
02:25:12.400 --> 02:25:17.221
thank you for making sure that happens I
know you're trying to I don't think kids

1765
02:25:17.231 --> 02:25:18.261
are would want to warp

1766
02:25:19.041 --> 02:25:24.250
a greater distance for the same library.
Oh right you would have to have something

1767
02:25:24.430 --> 02:25:28.740
ready to respect right maybe they would
all right so let's Yes So let's discuss

1768
02:25:28.750 --> 02:25:34.730
what they're saying we get to know the dog
walker better glee. I just wanted to add

1769
02:25:34.860 --> 02:25:41.420
that you know there is a building
being built around the south. That is

1770
02:25:41.430 --> 02:25:46.010
a team recreation center I believe that's
right so I don't think that that would

1771
02:25:46.020 --> 02:25:47.100
have anything to do with

1772
02:25:47.110 --> 02:25:54.250
a future library. Yeah right OK. Not

1773
02:25:54.260 --> 02:25:56.200
here to talk to us about C.P.R.

1774
02:25:56.200 --> 02:26:00.980
. Oh we still have series is going on there
for a fair distance of color there's

1775
02:26:00.990 --> 02:26:06.310
a bit of an oversight to make sure that
the answer is I just I definitely will be

1776
02:26:06.370 --> 02:26:11.300
yeah they'll be meeting Wednesday saw
have an update the next meeting OK And

1777
02:26:11.310 --> 02:26:17.210
anything from here not too much they met
last Wednesday I was not present but I

1778
02:26:17.220 --> 02:26:21.710
have the minutes here. As we've discussed
before they're running an occasional book

1779
02:26:21.720 --> 02:26:26.620
club series the next one will be on March
29th and realizing here that I don't know

1780
02:26:26.630 --> 02:26:30.850
where it is possibly the library possibly
borough hall but if anyone is interested

1781
02:26:30.860 --> 02:26:34.620
you can go to the Facebook page for the
search for Go to Facebook and search for

1782
02:26:34.630 --> 02:26:36.990
Highland Park Human Relations
Commission you get

1783
02:26:37.000 --> 02:26:41.640
a page of the commission it'll have all the
details but anyway on March 29th at the

1784
02:26:41.650 --> 02:26:48.250
location that I not sure about
They'll be discussing white rage and

1785
02:26:48.260 --> 02:26:53.770
Lucinda Holt is going to be I think leading
the discussion. Let me see there is

1786
02:26:53.780 --> 02:26:59.750
another. I realize my notes here are not
as clear as it could be. There is another

1787
02:26:59.990 --> 02:27:03.930
interesting event happening on April
15th at the library the Human Relations

1788
02:27:03.940 --> 02:27:07.510
Commission I guess is I'm not sure
what their role is to be they're just

1789
02:27:07.520 --> 02:27:13.070
advertising it maybe they're co-sponsoring
it but an author named Jerry zagging is

1790
02:27:13.080 --> 02:27:14.220
going to be there reading

1791
02:27:14.540 --> 02:27:20.680
a new children's book. Which although it
is not Mr Assange says it's not about

1792
02:27:20.690 --> 02:27:22.280
Asian culture it does. Feature

1793
02:27:22.290 --> 02:27:27.850
a strong Asian American heroine. That might
be of interest to people I of course

1794
02:27:27.860 --> 02:27:33.700
realize I'm saying this I don't know what
the age group is for this book. But if

1795
02:27:33.710 --> 02:27:40.670
you're just an April 15th Sunday at
the library $130.00 check it out. And

1796
02:27:40.900 --> 02:27:47.830
I believe that yeah that's it for directly
school relevant items Thanks thank you

1797
02:27:48.770 --> 02:27:53.200
Mark anything from board to health yeah we
met that February 8th I'll give you the

1798
02:27:53.480 --> 02:27:56.700
short version the the student reps and

1799
02:27:57.090 --> 02:28:01.070
a number of the members of the Board of
Health very interested in the middle school

1800
02:28:01.080 --> 02:28:07.980
and high school health Sex-Ed and mental
health curriculums and action and I

1801
02:28:08.170 --> 02:28:14.420
discussed with Scott and. Just to be
brief about it we are rewriting the.

1802
02:28:15.450 --> 02:28:20.730
Writing the curriculum health curriculum
middle school and high school and the

1803
02:28:20.990 --> 02:28:26.320
these students and some of the members who
had students in the high school years

1804
02:28:27.020 --> 02:28:33.260
past talked very highly of this team
had pretty team kept program which is

1805
02:28:33.270 --> 02:28:40.050
a curriculum for high school health and
strongly urged us to be looking at that as

1806
02:28:40.060 --> 02:28:46.100
a model curriculum to be used around the
state which died as many other things did

1807
02:28:46.110 --> 02:28:50.980
around here about 5 years
ago you get the drift and.

1808
02:28:52.640 --> 02:28:59.480
So we. Again talked to Scott
about it and hopefully will

1809
02:28:59.490 --> 02:29:05.120
take that up and be looking at that
as an appropriate appropriate storage

1810
02:29:05.130 --> 02:29:11.070
curriculum for the high school so the
good news is. We are scheduled to right

1811
02:29:11.080 --> 02:29:14.570
middle and high school health 3 right
health curriculum Monday then my teeth of

1812
02:29:14.580 --> 02:29:20.150
March Thursday the 22nd front of the 23rd
and it 1 o'clock of this but as MOA who

1813
02:29:20.160 --> 02:29:26.060
ran the team to program is going to be
sitting in with those writers from $1.00 to

1814
02:29:26.070 --> 02:29:30.190
$230.00 to see how we might be able to
integrate it formally into the curriculum

1815
02:29:31.040 --> 02:29:34.150
but I just want to add to
what it takes related to

1816
02:29:34.490 --> 02:29:41.162
a family of 6 that. I've tasked Susie put
dying to Besides direct with the E.S.L.

1817
02:29:41.172 --> 02:29:47.952
Program and our special needs. Program
also works the nurses and she

1818
02:29:47.962 --> 02:29:52.812
is speaking with them about distributing
condoms to students at the middle of high

1819
02:29:52.822 --> 02:29:59.152
school who might. Be interested she got
feedback from the nurses who recommended

1820
02:29:59.162 --> 02:30:05.621
that the teen center take
responsibility for that. Approach that

1821
02:30:05.871 --> 02:30:11.991
matter and they are now talking amongst
each other but how they would proceed to do

1822
02:30:12.001 --> 02:30:16.971
that I recognize that this you know at
10 o'clock we did throw that out there I

1823
02:30:16.981 --> 02:30:19.781
didn't want to bring it up I'd like
to be your version but there's

1824
02:30:19.791 --> 02:30:26.741
a tremendous amount of of interest. By
those reps and by the members of the

1825
02:30:26.751 --> 02:30:33.451
Board of Health in much better sex sex
sex education through the nurses and or

1826
02:30:33.461 --> 02:30:40.031
through the King Center and
particularly particularly condoms are

1827
02:30:40.951 --> 02:30:46.841
more education so I be very happy to report
that back to them that at least we're

1828
02:30:47.301 --> 02:30:50.471
taking that very serious and I'll
get back to the board when I have

1829
02:30:50.481 --> 02:30:53.981
a better handle on the direction the centers
think it is going and my question be

1830
02:30:53.991 --> 02:30:57.781
why wouldn't the nurses in the teeth center
have them available to play exactly why

1831
02:30:57.791 --> 02:31:01.441
does it have to be an either or are this
is what the nurses are giving us in terms

1832
02:31:01.451 --> 02:31:07.081
of feedback be could be a comfort
level could be. What they feel is

1833
02:31:07.091 --> 02:31:13.441
a lack of education about how to guide or
coach which the scene setter folks might

1834
02:31:13.451 --> 02:31:19.951
have based on their experiences with the
team pepper Graham. Is it possible to.

1835
02:31:20.971 --> 02:31:25.611
Continue the conversation with
health education control staff.

1836
02:31:27.861 --> 02:31:32.141
That's the process unfold but I agree I
agree again we have to have other people

1837
02:31:32.151 --> 02:31:36.271
involved before look at the
Hard quite sit on. That is that

1838
02:31:36.281 --> 02:31:41.731
a 10 o'clock at night. I think that the
people who brought this up repeatedly at

1839
02:31:41.741 --> 02:31:46.581
those meetings would be would be pleased
if there were some place in our school

1840
02:31:46.591 --> 02:31:53.550
system where education and materials were
available to them. That's right that's

1841
02:31:53.560 --> 02:31:57.690
really the point but so much more to the
book both of those shouldn't be that show

1842
02:31:57.700 --> 02:32:00.850
3 percent shouldn't be. Used to run

1843
02:32:00.860 --> 02:32:07.820
a 0 period so kids used to come in
the race with what time was that 7

1844
02:32:08.130 --> 02:32:12.160
was so much so I just did it
because they did it was we did

1845
02:32:12.170 --> 02:32:15.370
a 00 like they did to the subject of

1846
02:32:15.380 --> 02:32:22.010
a good show that you know so
and so skip Yes. All right

1847
02:32:22.020 --> 02:32:28.810
moving on to see the. After hours
of the sort after. You have

1848
02:32:28.820 --> 02:32:33.520
anything for us or the Green do you get on
I'm sorry Mark are you done I'm going to

1849
02:32:33.770 --> 02:32:38.200
OK. Good finish. Through I don't have

1850
02:32:38.210 --> 02:32:43.670
a chance 1st meeting everyone behaved come
on. That's new in the green team but I

1851
02:32:43.710 --> 02:32:49.730
still look. Good Richard OK so I'm still
waiting for the minutes from the last

1852
02:32:49.740 --> 02:32:53.080
being sent different OK so
nothing new to report there.

1853
02:32:57.150 --> 02:32:58.770
So we'll be talking obviously

1854
02:32:59.060 --> 02:33:05.420
a little later about the delegate Assembly
resolution so I'll get my. My little

1855
02:33:05.430 --> 02:33:08.910
presentation there since it will be covered
in all business until it breaks my team

1856
02:33:08.920 --> 02:33:15.070
for our. Last meeting was February 13th I
wasn't able to attend that was part of my

1857
02:33:15.080 --> 02:33:20.210
job and Bush is right management the next
meeting is the March 7th one that you

1858
02:33:20.220 --> 02:33:20.780
sent will be

1859
02:33:20.790 --> 02:33:25.910
a reminder about what will be there so
if you want to see if you had actually

1860
02:33:25.920 --> 02:33:29.060
expressed interest in going also but
then I realized that we probably have to

1861
02:33:29.160 --> 02:33:29.850
R.S.V.P.

1862
02:33:29.860 --> 02:33:35.790
For me and Ruth or do we just have enough
spotters for all of us. SCOTT So sorry

1863
02:33:35.850 --> 02:33:42.830
that's OK. Guy. Rob just
brought up the. Words Yes

1864
02:33:42.840 --> 02:33:49.290
thank you March 7th. On student
recognition thing. It's just me and Ruth

1865
02:33:49.790 --> 02:33:55.010
that were available to go do we need to.
When we need to do all our street peeves

1866
02:33:55.020 --> 02:33:58.880
all as you can give me those names OK they
just mean right Bill Yeah all right I'll

1867
02:33:58.890 --> 02:34:04.770
just you know I'll just show you 1st OK
take care of it all there's no nurse OK

1868
02:34:05.640 --> 02:34:11.640
so I don't have anything in particular
tonight for my president's report so the

1869
02:34:11.650 --> 02:34:16.730
only we have on the agenda. The delegate
Assembly resolution and then we're adding

1870
02:34:16.730 --> 02:34:18.340
. The P.R.

1871
02:34:18.340 --> 02:34:20.080
. But I couldn't write

1872
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a frown right. So what language
do you want to. Do you.

1873
02:34:29.530 --> 02:34:32.860
Good so I move that the Board of Education
except the recommendation of the

1874
02:34:32.870 --> 02:34:37.750
superintendent to approve the submission
of the Q sack district performance report

1875
02:34:37.760 --> 02:34:44.430
to the New Jersey Department of Education.
Already And that was on our agenda last

1876
02:34:44.440 --> 02:34:48.950
time just didn't get moved forward so
this isn't something new it was just an

1877
02:34:48.990 --> 02:34:55.060
oversight not putting it on there. Is this
the deep your report that had. Warning

1878
02:34:55.070 --> 02:35:00.370
about the one called Morris we looked like
we scored 82 out of 164 and now we're

1879
02:35:00.460 --> 02:35:01.720
really scoring like 83 out of

1880
02:35:01.730 --> 02:35:08.000
a 100 yes OK all the control great. OK
Does anybody have any questions about the

1881
02:35:08.010 --> 02:35:12.420
delegate Assembly resolution we went over
it in-depth last week we don't need to do

1882
02:35:12.430 --> 02:35:17.111
it again at 10 o'clock at night if
everybody's OK with it OK No no nagging

1883
02:35:17.121 --> 02:35:22.644
questions have come up in the last 2 weeks
OK good. And then we have the D.P. R.

1884
02:35:22.684 --> 02:35:29.664
So. We just can I just move both of those
at once. OK so I'm just going to do it

1885
02:35:29.674 --> 02:35:32.364
myself we're going to move A and B.

1886
02:35:32.404 --> 02:35:38.004
Under old business. So you
know you see what Ross.

1887
02:35:40.824 --> 02:35:47.670
Is there any discussion. Now seeing
done politically have. Midsomer

1888
02:35:48.210 --> 02:35:54.871
Yes. Yes this cow and yes

1889
02:35:55.681 --> 02:36:02.361
Mr Krieger Yes Mr Magaziner Yes Miss
McFadden to Nicola Yes Mr Bono Yes

1890
02:36:02.691 --> 02:36:02.791
in

1891
02:36:02.801 --> 02:36:08.461
a service of edge yes. Anybody have anything
they want to add for new business I just

1892
02:36:08.471 --> 02:36:08.571
have

1893
02:36:08.581 --> 02:36:14.281
a question. So after the safety committee
meets will you be reporting back to us.

1894
02:36:16.351 --> 02:36:22.293
Anything that any change that will
be happening with the screw. Up I

1895
02:36:22.893 --> 02:36:26.313
don't anticipate any major changes I had

1896
02:36:26.323 --> 02:36:33.233
a chance to meet with the leadership team
right after the event. A lot of what we

1897
02:36:33.243 --> 02:36:39.603
have to do is to be board consistent
you're putting the things we have are

1898
02:36:39.613 --> 02:36:46.360
partners OK. But ultimately
report back. Right anybody

1899
02:36:46.370 --> 02:36:51.600
else I think you know this is new business
we're in yes OK the business side of the

1900
02:36:51.610 --> 02:36:57.370
really quick. I went to the open house for
the fuse fuse program at Bartle it was

1901
02:36:57.440 --> 02:37:03.450
it was fantastic there is discussion it
was Dr cosier bunch and several other

1902
02:37:03.460 --> 02:37:07.080
people teachers teachers and
community members there's

1903
02:37:07.090 --> 02:37:10.890
a lot of discussion about how to sort of
retain and strengthen our middle school

1904
02:37:11.680 --> 02:37:13.340
space program now that we have

1905
02:37:13.350 --> 02:37:17.270
a really good thing going at
Bartle So I would anticipate that

1906
02:37:17.280 --> 02:37:22.420
a lot of suggestions coming in about that
and recommendations. Somebody who is

1907
02:37:22.780 --> 02:37:23.670
there is a professor there

1908
02:37:23.680 --> 02:37:27.700
a physics professor from wreckers I'm so
sorry I don't have his name here and I

1909
02:37:28.090 --> 02:37:32.120
have just forgotten that he expressed some
concern or some interest in seeing if

1910
02:37:32.130 --> 02:37:36.520
Highland Park wanted to get involved in
the. I'm not sure it's the Westinghouse

1911
02:37:36.530 --> 02:37:40.130
science fair now with the Intel Science
Fair the national one and there is

1912
02:37:40.140 --> 02:37:46.650
a New Jersey regional competition
March 10th Saturday at wrecker's

1913
02:37:47.420 --> 02:37:50.580
he suggested that maybe some board members
would want to go see what it's all about

1914
02:37:50.590 --> 02:37:57.470
it sounds like you have some input OK yes
again till. Now OK sponsoring part of

1915
02:37:57.480 --> 02:37:59.810
the New Jersey regional
contest it's just there's

1916
02:37:59.820 --> 02:38:04.980
a whole lot of corporate sponsors. But
it was the impression of this physics

1917
02:38:04.990 --> 02:38:10.530
professor that how and park typically
does not. Least because this is the only

1918
02:38:10.540 --> 02:38:11.010
route for

1919
02:38:11.020 --> 02:38:15.660
a student to get to the Intel competition
we're starting to coach there for that

1920
02:38:15.670 --> 02:38:20.020
car oh yeah she was there over that yes
so she. Sure but if any board members are

1921
02:38:20.030 --> 02:38:24.160
interested I was thinking about trying
to go on March 10th and. Taking

1922
02:38:24.170 --> 02:38:28.690
a look around at the College of Jim and I
can forward information to you guys in

1923
02:38:28.700 --> 02:38:34.490
written form. Yeah it sounded pretty
exciting. I looked at some of the exhibit

1924
02:38:34.500 --> 02:38:38.350
listings and they're incredibly complicated
but this professor is assuring me that

1925
02:38:38.360 --> 02:38:41.670
this is stuff that our students can do
they definitely can get there so that's

1926
02:38:41.680 --> 02:38:47.270
exciting. OK so I don't want to overwhelm.
Talk about this now but remind me to

1927
02:38:47.760 --> 02:38:52.480
talk about this next time the yoga
mindfulness program Scott you and I had

1928
02:38:52.490 --> 02:38:54.410
a brief aside conference

1929
02:38:54.450 --> 02:39:00.350
a conversation about it the other day and
maybe next meeting we can begin to talk

1930
02:39:00.360 --> 02:39:04.280
about that there are there are some
efforts that are going on the neighboring

1931
02:39:04.290 --> 02:39:10.050
school districts and. I think there are
some good opportunities for us to put

1932
02:39:10.060 --> 02:39:15.030
something together there were students
students particularly kids that may have.

1933
02:39:16.800 --> 02:39:21.880
Stress stress and anxiety discipline
issues I mean could could be good for

1934
02:39:21.890 --> 02:39:25.800
everybody actually but yeah I just
got to just go for the best for

1935
02:39:25.810 --> 02:39:32.720
a lot right. Joy we were hook
it up to talk about this

1936
02:39:32.730 --> 02:39:38.170
yes so I thought maybe you'd already
measures up to hurt no just no not reached

1937
02:39:38.180 --> 02:39:44.240
Yeah yeah. I know the chief is
running a program at discount

1938
02:39:44.250 --> 02:39:49.210
a way high school she talks about that
very night so I said I get some dates to

1939
02:39:49.270 --> 02:39:54.390
come by actually come to her place I
pass it on my rugs every morning so.

1940
02:39:56.660 --> 02:39:59.920
Let's listen now you don't have to remind
me to talk about it next time we talk but

1941
02:39:59.930 --> 02:40:06.890
I don't lose you really so when I started
get stuff like anybody else you know all

1942
02:40:06.900 --> 02:40:11.580
right we have no public for public.
That brings us to a German and I get

1943
02:40:11.590 --> 02:40:18.380
a motion to adjourn so 2nd sorry.
All in favor. And then everybody.