[B. Decision on Proposed Inclement Weather Plan, Dr. Eric Davis, Chief of Administration, and Ms. Heather Kutcher, Executive Director of Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment]

INCLEMENT WEATHER PLAN. DR DAVIS , CHIEF OF ADMINISTRATION AND MS COOPER, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF CURRICULUM AND INSTRUCTION WELCOME. THE COUNTY. HAPPY. THANK YOU FOR BEING TALKED ABOUT THE MUCH LOVED A INCLEMENT WEATHER PLAN 2324. UM AS YOU REMEMBER, WE WERE HERE AND DECEMBER DECEMBER 18TH TO GIVE YOU THE OVERVIEW OF THE BREATH. NOW, DURING THAT TIME WE TALKED ABOUT MSG ES REQUIREMENT TO SEND THE PLAN OUT FOR FEEDBACK. SO WE ACTUALLY SENT TO PLAN OUT THE DAY AFTER THE MEETING ON DECEMBER 19TH. AND IT STAYED ONLINE FOR PUBLIC FEEDBACK UNTIL JANUARY. THE THIRD CLOSE OF BUSINESS DAY. WE RECEIVED. UP TO 46 COMMENTS OUT OF THOSE 46 COMMENTS. 36 WERE IN FAVOR OF OUR ASYNCHRONOUS PLAN. SO AGAIN, WE'RE WE FEEL GOOD ABOUT THAT.

SO TONIGHT IS ABOUT APPROVAL. UM BUT BEFORE WE JUMP INTO THAT PROCESS, UM, WE DO WANT TO DISCUSS SOMETHING THAT DR POYNTON YOU BROUGHT UP AT THE LAST MEETING. YOU SAID OKAY BEFORE WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THE APPROVAL PROCESS YOU'D LIKE TO KNOW MORE ABOUT THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE CURRICULUM . AND SO WE HAVE HEATHER CULTURE HERE ARE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF CURRICULUM INSTRUCTION. TO SHARE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT PROCESS, AND THEN WE'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU AND THIS, COULD YOU GREAT, SO I HAVE THE FUN PART HERE TO SHARE WITH THE EXPERIENCE WILL BE FOR STUDENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES. ASYNCHRONOUS INCLEMENT WEATHER DAYS, SO JUST TO REVIEW AS YOU ALL HAVE HEARD, ALL LEARNING EXPERIENCES ON THESE DAYS WILL BE ASYNCHRONOUS. SO ESSENTIALLY, THAT MEANS THAT STUDENTS CAN ACCESS THEIR ASSIGNMENTS AND TASKS WHEN IT WORKS FOR THEM AND THEIR FAMILY WITHIN A 10 DAY WINDOW. SO TEACHERS HAVE BEEN ASKED TO POST THEIR MODULES MAKE THEM VISIBLE BY 9 A.M. OF THE DAY OF CLOSURE, AND SO STUDENTS COULD ESSENTIALLY ACCESS STARTING AT 9 A.M. START TO WORK THROUGH THOSE TASKS OR IF THEY NEED TO TAKE CARE OF SOMETHING ELSE. GO OUT AND PLAY IN THE SNOW. THEY HAVE 10 DAYS TO

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COMPLETE THAT LEARNING IT WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR THEM FOR THOSE FULL 10 DAYS. BUT STARTING AT NINE AM ON THAT MORNING, SO PRE KINDERGARTEN STUDENTS LIKE THEY DID LAST YEAR. ALTHOUGH HE DIDN'T USE IT, THEY DID RECEIVE A BACKPACK WITH MANIPULATIVE LESSONS TASKS TO DO FOR THESE DAYS. KINDERGARTEN THROUGH GRADE 12 STUDENTS, HOWEVER, WILL ACCESS THROUGH CAMPUS AND SO WHAT YOU SEE, PROJECTED ON THE SCREEN THAT IS, UM THIS IS KIND OF ALL PUT TOGETHER FOR THIS PRESENTATION, BUT STUDENTS WILL ACCESS ALL OF THESE ACTIVITIES THROUGH CANVAS. AND SO I'M GOING TO WALK YOU THROUGH WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE AND CLARIFY SOME OF THE EXPECTATIONS AND SO YOU CAN SEE WHAT IT WOULD LOOK LIKE FOR ELEMENTARY. MIDDLE SCHOOL AS WELL AS HIGH SCHOOL. SO WHEN A STUDENT LOGS ONTO CANVAS ON ONE OF THESE DAYS, THEY WILL SEE AN INCLEMENT WEATHER TILE. SO MOST OF THEM THESE ARE TILES CREATED IN HOUSE AND SO THEY HAVE SNOWFLAKES ON THEM. THEY HAVE SNOWMEN ON THEM, BUT THEY WILL CLICK ON THAT, AND THAT IS ESSENTIALLY THE DOORWAY FOR THEM TO ACCESS THEIR LEARNING. AND SO WHAT YOU SEE, HERE ARE MANY THINGS, INCLUDING THE SUPPORT THAT WE PROVIDED TO TEACHERS. THERE ARE INNOVATION AND LEARNING. OFFICE TO HELP CREATE THESE MODULES, AND SO I'M GOING TO START BY SHOWING YOU THE EXPECTATIONS FOR ELEMENTARY AND THEN I'LL SHOW YOU SOME EXAMPLES OF WHAT THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE. AND SO FOR ELEMENTARY WHAT WE SEE IN K THROUGH FIVE. THIS IS A LONG LIST OF EXPECTATIONS, BUT THE KEY PIECE HERE IS THAT STUDENTS CAN EXPECT TO SPEND ABOUT 20 MINUTES IN LITERACY PRACTICE, NUMERACY, PRACTICE AND PRACTICE AND WHATEVER UNIFIED ART THEY WOULD HAVE HAD ON THAT SNOW DAY. THEY'RE MISSING PHYSICAL EDUCATION. IF THEY'RE MISSING MUSIC IF THEY'RE MISSING ART. IF THEY'RE MISSING LIBRARY, THEY WOULD HAVE 20 MINUTES ON THAT AREA. SO THAT ADDS UP TO ABOUT 60 MINUTES OF WORK THAT THEY COULD DO AT 9 A.M. IF THEY WANTED TO, OR SOMETIME WITHIN THOSE 10 DAYS. SO LET ME SHOW YOU WHAT THAT MIGHT LOOK LIKE FOR A PRIMARY STUDENT. SO. THIS IS THE FULL MODULE IN CANVAS.

IT'S A LITTLE BIT MORE USER FRIENDLY. THIS IS NOT THE STUDENT VIEW. BUT YOU WILL SEE IN JUST A MOMENT WHAT THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE SO THEY WOULD SEE A SNOWFLAKE. THEY'LL HAVE AN ANNOUNCEMENT. UM AND THIS TEACHER, THIS IS MICHELLE STARE. ONE OF OUR FABULOUS TEACHERS STARTS HERS WITH A VIDEO OF SOME DIRECTIONS, SO I'LL JUST PLAY YOU A COUPLE OF SECONDS TO GET A SENSE OF WHAT THIS IS. HI FIRST GRADERS HAPPY SNOW DAY. I KNOW YOU'RE SUPER EXCITED TO GET OUTSIDE AND PLAY. I HAVE SOME SCHOOL WORK FOR YOU TO DO, THOUGH, SO TODAY YOU'RE GOING TO WORK THROUGH SOME READING, NOT IN EVEN GOING TO GO TO SPECIALS TODAY TO GET STARTED. YOU'RE GOING TO CLICK THIS SNOW DAY BUTTON. CLICK IT. IT'S GOING TO TAKE US TO OUR READING COURSE, AND YOU'LL NOTICE THAT IT SAYS MODULES. SO I WANT YOU TO CLICK MODULES JUST LIKE WE ALWAYS DO.

AND SCROLL DOWN AND YOU'RE GOING TO SEE SNOW DAY MODULE. CLICK READING DIRECTIONS. FOR YOUR READING DIRECTIONS. YOU ARE GOING TO SPEND 20 MINUTES ON YOUR READING. CHOOSE A BOOK ON EPIC THAT YOU SO I'LL POSIT THERE, BUT HOPEFULLY THAT GIVES YOU A SENSE. THIS IS JUST AN EXAMPLE THAT WAS CREATED TO HELP OUR TEACHERS BUILD THEIR OWN MODULES. BUT MANY OF OUR TEACHERS WILL AFTER HAVE OPTED TO CREATE VIDEOS SO THAT THERE IS A LITTLE FEELING OF INTERACTION WITH THE STUDENTS. AND THEY CAN WALK STUDENTS THROUGH WHAT TO DO AS MR MENTIONED IN HER VIDEO. THESE ARE THINGS THAT STUDENTS ARE ALREADY USED TO DOING EVEN IF THERE ARE YOUNGEST LEARNERS. THIS IS A PRIMARY EXAMPLE. SO K THROUGH TWO, SO IT'S NOT GOING TO BE SOMETHING THAT THEY'RE VERY UNFAMILIAR WITH. AND SO SHE'S GOING TO TAKING THEM THROUGH THE IDEA THAT IN HER PARTICULAR MODULE, THERE'S 20 MINUTES OF READING, AND THERE'S 20 MINUTES OF MATHEMATICS, DIRECTIONS AS WELL THAT SHE TAKES THEM THROUGH. AND THE PURPOSE IS REALLY TO PRACTICE KEY LITERACY AND NUMERACY SKILLS THAT ALIGN WITH WHEREVER THEY ARE IN THE SCOPE OF THAT YEAR, SO THIS IS JUST ESSENTIAL SKILLS PRACTICE FOR OUR ELEMENTARY LEARNERS. YOU DON'T SEE UP HERE 20 MINUTE MODULE FOR THEIR UNIFIED ART, BUT THEY WOULD ALSO HAVE THAT TO COMPLETE. ALRIGHT INTERMEDIATE IS VERY SIMILAR. BUT I'LL JUST SHOW YOU ONE OTHER EXAMPLE. THIS IS FROM EMILY CRACKER, ANOTHER ONE OF OUR WONDERFUL TEACHERS, AND YOU CAN SEE JUST WHAT THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE FOR THAT GRADE LEVEL. PAPERWORK GRADERS HAPPY SNOW DAY I'M GONNA GO AHEAD AND WALK YOU THROUGH YOUR DIRECTIONS FOR TODAY. REMEMBER TO MAKE SURE YOU ONLY SPENT 20 MINUTES ON EACH OF YOUR ACTIVITIES. THE FIRST THING YOU WANT TO DO IS TO CHECK OUR ANNOUNCEMENT HERE TO SEE WHAT YOUR TASKS AT CHRIS TODAY YOU HAVE THREE THINGS TO DO. YOU NEED TO COMPLETE YOUR READING ACTIVITY. WE DIDN'T MATH ACTIVITY AND MAKE SURE YOU GO TO SPECIALS TODAY. SO AGAIN SIMILAR TO THAT FIRST EXAMPLE BUT SOME INTRODUCTION AND JUST PRACTICE

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ON THOSE ESSENTIAL SKILLS THAT WILL JUST, YOU KNOW, ALLOW THEM TO HAVE A SNOW DAY BUT STILL KEEP WORKING TOWARDS THE SKILLS THAT THEY'RE UTILIZING IN THEIR CLASSROOM. ALRIGHT, SO MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOL ARE SET UP IN THE SAME WAY, BUT EXPECTATIONS ARE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT. UM SO I'M GOING TO SHOW YOU THAT AS WELL. AND SO AGAIN. WE'VE GOT ALL OF THESE KIND OF DIRECTIONS FOR OUR TEACHERS FOR SECONDARY MIDDLE SCHOOLERS CAN EXPECT TO SPEND IN LEARNING ACTIVITIES ABOUT 20 TO 30 MINUTES PER CLASS THAT THEY WOULD HAVE HAD, SO WHATEVER CLASSES THEY WOULD HAVE GONE TO ON THAT DAY OF CLOSURE WILL HAVE ACTIVITIES TO KEEP THEM LEARNING. ABOUT 20 TO 30 MINUTES HIGH SCHOOL. WE'RE LOOKING AT A LITTLE BIT LONGER. HE'S A 30 TO 60 MINUTES IN THOSE HIGH SCHOOL COURSES, AND WHILE THERE MAY BE SOME ESSENTIAL SKILL PRACTICE, THESE MODULES THAT TEACHERS ARE CREATING ARE MORE CLOSELY ALIGNED. THE EXPECTATION IS THERE MORE CLOSELY ALIGNED WITH WHAT STUDENTS WOULD BE LEARNING AT THAT PARTICULAR MOMENT, SO WHATEVER UNIT OR LESSONS THAT THEY'RE WORKING ON I'LL SHOW YOU TWO EXAMPLES OF THESE AS WELL.

THESE ARE BOTH GREAT MIDDLE SCHOOL EXAMPLES. AND SO THIS ONE COMES FROM MICHELLE HUEBEL, WHO'S ONE OF OUR SOCIAL SCIENCES TEACHERS. BUT AGAIN, YOU'LL SEE VERY SIMILAR SETUP. HMM. HI HAPPY SNOW DAY. I HOPE THAT YOU ALL ARE ENJOYING TODAY AND THEN YOU TAKE SOME TURN TO GO OUTSIDE AND PLAY IN THE SNOW WITH YOUR FRIENDS, YOUR FAMILY, YOUR PETS. I KNOW THAT I'M GONNA TAKE TIME.

YOU ALL KNOW ME. I'M GONNA BE OUTSIDE WITH MILES AND MAVERICK AND HAYDEN AND WYATT, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE LOTS OF FUN. TEACHERS JUST TRYING TO PERSONALIZE IT. EVEN THOUGH THIS IS VIRTUAL, AND SO SHE TALKS A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HER DOGS AND HER KIDS. BUT THEN SHE DOES TAKE THEM THROUGH SOME OF, UM, THEIR ASSIGNMENTS. AND SO AGAIN, THIS IS HER EXAMPLE THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN LINKED TO WHEREVER SHE WAS. SO THEY'RE GOING TO WATCH A LITTLE BIT OF INFORMATION ON SETTLEMENTS. AND THEN THEY'RE GOING TO PARTICIPATE IN A CLASSROOM ONLINE DISCUSSION BOARD AROUND THESE QUESTIONS. SHE ALSO HAS AS PART OF THEIR LEARNING AN INDIVIDUAL ASSIGNMENT. AND SO THEY WILL ANSWER. THERE'S A FEW PROPS HERE ABOUT THEIR LEARNING THAT THEY WILL ANSWER. THEY'LL SUBMIT THAT THROUGH TEXT OR THROUGH A MEDIA RECORDING THROUGH CANVAS SO THEY CAN SPEAK. OR THEY CAN TYPE THAT IN AND THEN SHE WILL BE ABLE TO ASSESS DID THEY GET THAT INFORMATION THAT THEY NEEDED ABOUT SETTLEMENTS TO KEEP THEM LEARNING AND KEEP THEM PROGRESSING THROUGH THAT UNIT? SO THAT'S THAT EXAMPLE. WE ALSO HAVE AN EXAMPLE FROM AMBER WILSON, WHO IS ONE OF OUR FRENCH TEACHERS, MIDDLE SCHOOL FRENCH TEACHER AS WELL. AND SO SHE'S GOT CLEARLY LIKE, WATCH THIS VIDEO FIRST. BONJOUR, LAMONT JORDAN HAD THERE'S NOT ALL IN FRENCH, BUT SHE DOES INCLUDE SOME OF THAT, SO THEY STILL ARE GETTING THOSE LISTENING SKILLS, EVEN THOUGH THEY'RE AT HOME, AND THEN THIS PARTICULAR MODULE THEY ARE LEARNING ABOUT THE EIFFEL TOWER. AND SO WE CAN JUST AGAIN. KIND OF SEE WHAT SHE'S HAVING THEM DO, WHICH IS A VIRTUAL VISIT TO THE EIFFEL TOWER. SO LOTS OF RESOURCES HERE. AND THEN SHE LIKED MISS HUEBEL HAS THEM PARTICIPATING IN AN ONLINE CLASS DISCUSSIONS, SO THERE'S OPPORTUNITIES TO DEMONSTRATE THEIR LEARNING AND STILL INTERACT WITH EACH OTHER. SO AGAIN, THIS WOULD BE A LESSON THAT IS ALIGNED WITH WHEREVER MISS WILSON IS IN THE PARTICULAR CURRICULUM CURRICULUM AT THAT TIME. SO THROUGH ALL OF THIS, WE DO UNDERSTAND THAT WE HAVE RECOMMENDED THAT STUDENTS HAVE 10 DAYS TO COMPLETE THIS AND SOME OF THAT IS BECAUSE WE KNOW THERE'S GOING TO BE CHILDREN WHO FORGET THEIR DEVICES. THERE'S GOING TO BE FAMILIES WHO DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO THE INTERNET BECAUSE OF ICE OR JUST BECAUSE THERE'S BANDWIDTH ISSUES ANYWAY. AND SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THEY HAVE TIME TO ACCESS IT THAT DAY IF THEY CAN, BUT IF THEY CANNOT TO GO INTO THEIR CLASSROOM, GO BACK TO SCHOOL, AND WE REOPEN, ASK QUESTIONS, GET DIRECTIONS AND HAVE SOME SUPPORT AND COMPLETING THAT SO THAT 10 DAYS ALLOWS THEM TO DO THAT. IT ALSO HELPS OUR TEACHERS WHO THEY THEMSELVES COULD BE OUT OF INTERNET. WHERE THEY THEMSELVES COULD HAVE, YOU KNOW A LACK OF ACCESS FROM THEIR HOME SPACE. AND SO THIS ALLOWS THEM THE TIME TO GO BACK INTO ONE OF OUR SCHOOL BUILDINGS, SEE THE QUESTIONS THAT THEIR STUDENTS HAVE, UM AND WORK WITH THEM AND ANSWER ALL OF THOSE QUESTIONS. NOW THE MSD GUIDANCE. WE CANNOT COUNT GRADES ON THIS WORK AGAINST A STUDENT SO WE CAN COUNT IT FOR A STUDENT. SO WORK ON HERE. THESE GRADES COULD HELP US STUDENTS OVERALL GRADE, BUT WE DO FEEL LIKE THE MODULES THAT ARE TEACHERS ARE CREATING. THE BEST BENEFIT IS THAT IT HELPS KIDS PRACTICE SKILLS, AND IT ALSO KEEPS THEM MOVING THROUGH THE SCOPE AND SEQUENCE OF THE CURRICULUM SO THAT THEY CAN KEEP MOVING FORWARD. NOW THIS WORK ON

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INCLEMENT WEATHER DOES HAPPEN TO COINCIDE WITH WHAT I KNOW YOU ALL HAVE HEARD ABOUT AND WHAT OUR COMMUNITY HAS HEARD ABOUT, WHICH IS THAT WE WILL BE RELEASING STARTING NEXT WEEK.

PARENT OBSERVER ACCESSING CANVAS , WHICH ESSENTIALLY MEANS THAT EVERY PARENT GUARDIAN IN THE COMMUNITY WILL BE ABLE TO OBSERVE WITH THEIR CHILDREN SEEING CANVAS. SO WHAT YOU JUST SAW FROM THESE TEACHERS IF YOUR CHILDREN HAD THEM YOU WOULD HAVE YOUR OWN CANVAS ACCOUNT AND YOU WOULD BE ABLE TO SEE AND FOLLOW ALONG AND SEE WHAT YOUR STUDENTS ARE DOING. SO A LOT MORE TO COME WITH. THIS REAL TALK WAS TAPED ON FRIDAY. THAT'S COMING OUT HERE CALLS FROM THIS LATER THERE'S DIRECTIONS COMING FROM THE SCHOOLS, BUT THERE'S A LOT OF WORK. SO THAT JUST NICELY COINCIDES THAT THE PARENTS WOULD ALSO BE ABLE TO SEE THIS. UM I DID JUST WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU AS WELL. JUST IN CASE EVERYONE OUT THERE IS NOT FAMILIAR WITH THIS. BUT WE DO HAVE ON HCPS DOT ORG. EVERY SINGLE ONE OF OUR CONTENT AREAS DID PUBLISH THEIR CURRICULUM MAPS AND SOME ADDITIONAL RESOURCES SO THEY COULD GO IN THIS. I JUST HAPPENED TO PULL UP A MATHEMATICS CURRICULUM FOR GRADE TWO. AND YOU CAN SEE THE TOPICS WHICH SOME CONTENT AREAS COLLEGE'S UNITS, YOU CAN SEE THAT ENDURING UNDERSTANDINGS THE ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS THAT THE TITLES OF THE LESSONS WHAT IS COVERED IN EACH OF THE LESSONS AND WE HAVE THIS FOR ALL GRADE LEVELS FOR ALL CONTENT, AND I'D LIKE TO SHOW THIS IN CONNECTION WITH THE CANVAS MODULES BECAUSE YOU CAN REALLY SEE THAT THIS IS KIND OF THE STARTING POINT FOR CURRICULUM. AND IT'S THE MAGIC OF OUR TEACHERS THAT ART AND SCIENCE OF TEACHING WHERE THEY TAKE THIS AND TURN IT INTO SOME OF WHAT YOU JUST SAW TONIGHT. THESE EXPERIENCES THAT ARE TAILORED TO THEIR STUDENTS AND THEIR STRENGTHS, UM, SO THAT THEY CAN LEARN THE INFORMATION. SO, UM WHAT THIS DOES ALSO MEAN IS EVEN IF A PARENT HAS TWINS IN THE SAME GRADE AT THE SAME SCHOOL, THEY MIGHT SEE SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT INCLEMENT WEATHER MODULES FROM THE TWO TEACHERS OR AS THEY'RE GOING THROUGH CANVAS AS AN OBSERVER. THEY MIGHT SEE SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT INFORMATION AND RESOURCES BECAUSE OUR TEACHERS TAKE THIS AND THEN, OF COURSE, THEY INDIVIDUALIZE THAT. TO THEIR CLASSROOM. I THINK IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER THAT WHILE WE ARE PUTTING ALL OF OUR INCLEMENT WEATHER RESOURCES FOR K TO 12 IN CANVAS CANVAS IS JUST ONE TOOL. SO THERE ARE MANY LESSONS THAT ARE TEACHERS GIVE TO STUDENTS THAT DON'T INVOLVE CANVAS AT ALL. THERE'S STILL MARKERS AND POST IT NOTES AND BOOKS AND NOTEBOOKS AND THOSE THINGS AS WELL. AND SO AS PARENTS ARE IN CANVAS, THEY MIGHT SEE THERE'S NOTHING FOR THE NEXT FEW DAYS. THAT'S BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF OTHER WAYS THAT ARE TEACHERS ARE LEARNING. THERE WILL BE AN F A Q. ONCE THE BOARD VOTES TONIGHT, WE'LL CLEAN THAT UP AND THERE'LL BE AN F A Q PUBLISHED ON OUR WEBSITE THAT HAS INFORMATION FOR PARENTS AND FOR FAMILIES AND FOR STUDENTS, JUST SOME REMINDERS ABOUT HOW TO ACCESS ALL OF THESE THINGS FOR IMPLEMENT WHETHER DAYS JUST SOME OTHER QUESTIONS THAT WE'VE GOT OUT THERE THAT WILL BE ON OUR WEBSITE AS WELL. SO I GOT TO TALK ABOUT THIS, BUT I WOULD BE REMISS IF I DIDN'T SAY THIS IS REALLY UNDER THE LEADERSHIP AND TEAMWORK OF DR MARTHA BARWICK. HER TEAM, INCLUDING MIKE GRIFFITH, ANDREA HEART HOUSE IN, UM JOHNSTONE, DON ZAPPEI AND MANY OTHERS WHO DESIGNED THIS AND DID A LOT OF THE GRAPHICS AND ALL OF THE WORK BEHIND THIS, TOO, THEN ROLL OUT TO OUR TEACHERS. WHO THEN DO YOU GET TO CUSTOMIZE IT FOR THEMSELVES? THANK YOU. HEATHER AGAIN. OVERVIEW OF THE CURRICULUM IN THE IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS, SO TO JUST KIND OF REFOCUS ON THE REQUEST TO UTILIZE AND CONVERT. THREE TRADITIONAL CLOTHES YOUR DAYS THAT ARE ALREADY IN THE CALENDAR TO VIRTUALLY YOU KNOW AS WE MOVE FORWARD, AND THAT WOULD BE PLACED IN OUR APPLICATION TO INVEST E SO THAT WILL OPEN UP FOR ANY QUESTIONS, AND THEN WE CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH. WELL YOU GUYS CLEARLY PUT A LOT OF WORK INTO THIS TECHNOLOGY IS AMAZING.

WE'VE COME A LONG WAY SINCE THE FIRST DAYS OF COVID. I'LL HOLD MY QUESTIONS TO THE END WILL OPEN IT UP TO FOR THE BORDER FOR QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS. JUST ONE QUESTION WHEN YOU SAY, MSD SAYS YOU CAN'T COUNT IT AGAINST THE STUDENT'S GRADE, BUT YOU CAN COUNT IT FOR THEM. TRYING TO GET MY BRAIN AROUND THAT WHAT WAS THE RATIONALE FOR THAT? DISTINCTION THERE. WE DON'T REALLY HAVE A RATIONALE. IT'S JUST PART OF THE SS STATIONS THAT THEY HAVE THAT IT CAN'T COUNT AGAINST. IF THEY DON'T DO IT. IN ANY GRADE. IT DOESN'T HURT A CHILD'S GRADE, BUT IT COULD HELP A CHILD'S GRACE. WE CAN HAVE A NEGATIVE IMPACT. I DO THINK SOME OF WHAT THE STATE'S PHILOSOPHY AROUND THAT WAS, WAS THAT BECAUSE THIS IS A SYNCHRONOUS AND OFF SITE THAT THERE ISN'T A GUARANTEE OF SUPPORT IN THE HOMER IN THE IN THE SCHOOL BUILDING AT THE TIME THAT IT WOULDN'T FEEL FAIR TO, UM PENALIZED CHILDREN WHO WERE UNABLE TO DO THIS WORK. AND

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THAT'S THAT'S ACROSS THE ENTIRE STATE, NOT JUST HARTFORD COUNTY. THAT'S WE HAD TO. THE TEST THAT WE WOULD NOT ALLOW IT TO COUNT IN ANY WAY THAT WOULD HARM A CHILD'S GRADE. SO IF I COULD ADD TO THAT MAYBE WE DON'T BROADCAST THAT TOO WIDELY. OH, THAT, YEAH. CENTER THAT ALBUM TOO LATE, HMM.

THE OTHER THING IS, STUDENTS DO NEED TO COMPLETE THE WORK TO MAINTAIN. BEING PRESENT, SO ALL STUDENTS ON HIS DAYS ARE MARKED PRESENT BY DEFAULT. HOWEVER IT'S BEEN 10 DAYS. THEY DO NOT TURN IN THE ASSIGNMENTS. UM THEN THERE THAT IS MARKED AS ABSENCE. SO THERE IS THAT AS WELL AS A PERHAPS A BIT OF AN INCENTIVE TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT WORK IS COMPLETED. JUST FOR CLARITY. YOU COULD HAVE ASKED FOR EIGHT DAYS. YOU'VE BEEN PRETTY MODERATE YOUR REQUEST. YOU'RE ASKING FOR THREE DAYS SO YOU COULD HAVE ASKED FOR EIGHT DAYS VIRTUAL, BUT ONLY THREE COULD BE A SYNCHRONOUS.

AND THERE WAS SOME CRITICISM FROM THE COMMUNITY ABOUT WHY WE DIDN'T START THIS EARLIER. UM BUT PART OF THIS PLAN IS ALSO NOT TO USE THESE DAYS RIGHT OUT OF THE GATE RIGHT? SO THEY WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN ANYWAY. SO IF TODAY WERE IN INCLEMENT WEATHER TODAY, EVEN IF THIS WOULD HAVE BEEN APPROVED, IT WAS NOT. IT WOULD HAVE BEEN A TRADITIONAL DATA. ALSO WHEN ARE THEY USED? THEN IS IT WELL AGAIN? WE IF THE PLAN IS APPROVED BY MSD, WE WOULD HAVE THE LATITUDE TO BE ABLE TO DECIDE AND WE WOULD COMMUNICATE THAT WELL IN ADVANCE . SO DID EVERYONE KNEW EXACTLY WHEN THOSE DAYS WITH HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE FOR APPROVAL. IT CAN, I THINK LAST WEEK AND A HALF BECAUSE YOU KNOW WE'RE IN THAT SEASON WERE THERE WILL THE OTHER FIVE DAYS, THEN BE SYNCHRONOUS. NO SO WE'RE JUST APPLYING FOR THE THREE SYNCHRONOUS DAYS. BASIC BASICS FOR THREE A SYNCHRONIZE, NOT A TOTAL. NOT A TOTAL JUST THREE A C EVERY OTHER INCLEMENT WEATHER DAY WILL JUST BE A TRADITIONAL LIKE A NORMAL YOU'RE OFTEN WE MAKE IT UP. SO UM, THIS IS GREAT . I THINK WE'RE PROBABLY READY TO TAKE A VOTE. JUST A COUPLE OF OR AT LEAST BRING EMOTION, A COUPLE OF THINGS SO I HAD I'M GENERALLY SKEPTICAL OF ASYNCHRONOUS LEARNING, AND I THINK THAT THEIR ACADEMIC SORT OF RESULTS FROM COVID HAVE SHOWN THAT I KNOW WE'VE COME A LONG WAY WITH THE TECHNOLOGY. FIRST. I WANTED TO ENSURE THAT THE INSTRUCTION WOULD BE MEANINGFUL AND THAT IT WASN'T A SNOW DAY IN DISGUISE. SO I THINK WHAT I'VE SEEN HERE SORT OF PASSES THAT TEST. HOW DO THE EDUCATORS GET TRAINED ON THIS? WILL THERE BE TRAINING ROLLED OUT FOR THEM ON WHAT TO DO? SO LAST YEAR WAS THE FIRST YEAR THIS WAS A POSSIBILITY. SO WHAT? YOU KIND OF SEE IN SOME OF THIS, UM, CANVAS MODULE? UM ARE YOU KNOW THE EXPECTATIONS FOR TEACHERS AND THEN DIRECTIONS ON LINKING THE INCLEMENT WEATHER BUTTON TO THEIR OWN COURSES, CREATING A MODULE? SO LAST YEAR, WE DID A LOT OF PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT. UM IN ORDER TO PREPARE TEACHERS TO DO THIS. WE ALSO HAD A PRACTICE DAY LAST YEAR. IT WAS JANUARY, THE NINTH WHERE EVERY CHILD IN THE DISTRICT TOOK THEIR COMPUTER HOME THAT NIGHT. PARENTS HAD A LOG ON AND HELP THEM LOG ON. AND IT WAS JUST A MATTER OF, YOU KNOW, PUTTING IN THEIR NAME AND SAYING, HEY, YES, I CAN DO THIS WITH GREAT SUCCESS WITH THAT. AND BECAUSE THIS WAS OUR SECOND YEAR DOING THIS. WE DID PUT SUPPORT OUT THROUGH OUR CANVAS NEWSLETTER AND THROUGH OUR INNOVATION AND LEARNING OFFICE. SO THAT IT REALLY WAS KIND OF RECREATING WHAT WE DID LAST YEAR, SO TEACHERS WHO ARE WITH US LAST YEAR HAVE ALL OF THIS. WE ALSO UTILIZE OUR LIBRARIANS AS THE INSTRUCTIONAL TECHNOLOGY LEADERS IN THEIR BUILDING, AND SO THEY'RE ALSO AVAILABLE TO SUPPORT TEACHERS IN THIS RIGHT, THANKS JUST FOR THE PUBLIC KNOWS WE SO THIS WAS PASSED LAST YEAR, BUT WE NEVER ACTUALLY DONE THIS. SO IF WE DO IT, YOU KNOW TOMORROW IT WOULD BE THE FIRST TIME BECAUSE I DO KNOW THERE WERE SOME QUESTIONS THAT CAME IN ON PUBLIC COMMENT FROM THE EDUCATORS ABOUT HOW WE WOULD IMPLEMENT THIS. SO, UM THE SECOND THING IS, YOU KNOW WHAT? WHETHER OR NOT THIS IS UP FOR APPROVAL NEXT YEAR, WE'LL BE LOOKING AT THE TRUANCY RATES AS WELL. YOU KNOW, JUST TO ENSURE THAT TRUANCY RATES AREN'T YOU KNOW MARKEDLY HIGHER THAN THEY WOULD BE ON A TRADITIONAL DAY.

UM IF SOMEONE REACHES THE EIGHT OR 10 DAY MARK, AND THEY HAVEN'T TURNED ANYTHING IN, WILL THEY GET A PHONE CALL HOME AS IF THEY SKIP SCHOOL. NOT. TALKED ABOUT THAT. JUST SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT. YOU KNOW, HOW ARE THE PARENTS NOTIFIED THAT THEY WERE NOT COUNTED PRESENT THAT DAY.

THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION. I THINK RIGHT NOW WE'RE LOOKING AT THE WORK AND JUST TEACHERS, YOU KNOW, AS THEY WOULD NORMALLY I THINK THE PARENTS WOULD APPRECIATE THE PHONE CALL IF THEIR IF THEIR SON OR DAUGHTER WAS MARKED NOT PRESENT THAT DAY, SO THAT WOULD BE MY ONLY ADDITIONAL ASK BUT I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING ELSE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. VERY GREAT PRESENTATION POINT. I JUST HAD 11 QUESTION FOR CLARIFICATION. UM SO ONCE THE BOARD APPROVES THIS, UM IT

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DOES ALSO HAVE TO GET APPROVED BY THE STATE AS WELL. OR CAN IT GO INTO EFFECT RIGHT AWAY. WE HAVE TO SEND IT TO THE STATE FOR APPROVAL. OKAY THANK YOU. THIS IS CAROL. BRUCE. I GUESS THE QUESTION THAT I'M HEARING FROM DR POYNTON IS REGARDING NOTIFICATION OF TO THE PARENTS.

THE STUDENTS HAVE 10 DAYS. CORRECT TO COMPLETE THE WORK OF SALMON SO I MEAN, IF IN WITHIN 10 DAYS, I'M SURE THE TEACHERS WOULD BE REACHING OUT. CHILD HASN'T DONE SOMETHING. I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE PHONE CALL, BUT WHATEVER THE PROCESSES, UM FOR THEM TO LET THEM KNOW THAT THERE'S MISSING WORK. YES YES. JUST LET US KNOW HOW YOU WANNA HANDLE. OKAY, QUESTION. MY QUESTION IS, I HEARD THAT OTHER COUNTIES LIKE BALTIMORE APPROVED THIS PLAN. YOU KNOW, THEY'RE ASYNCHRONOUS PLANS BACK IN JULY. WHY DO WE WAIT UNTIL DECEMBER TO DO THIS DIFFERENT JANUARY? EXCUSE ME FROM DIFFERENT DISTRICTS, AND CERTAINLY WE COULD APPROVE IT EARLIER, AND I THINK YOU KNOW AS SOME OF THE FEEDBACK THAT WE RECEIVED THAT WILL LOOK AT DOING THAT? I THINK WHEN WE HAD SENT SURVEY OUT FOR THE CALENDAR. WE DIDN'T WANT TO. HAVE THIS CONVERSATION AND HIS PRESENTATION AT THE SAME TIME THAT THE CALENDAR INFORMATION WAS HAPPENING. SO I DO THINK THAT YOU KNOW, PART OF THAT WAS YOU KNOW WE WERE LOOKING AT THE CALENDAR PROCESS, BUT AGAIN AS FAR AS WHEN WE UM, ACTUALLY MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS. WE DECIDE. I CAN UNDERSTAND WHY YOU MIGHT NOT WANT TO DO THE SAME TIME AS THE COUNTER. IT COULD BE CONFUSING, BUT I THINK WE COULD PROBABLY MOVE THIS BEFORE THE COUNTER. DO YOU HAVE TO DO IT EVERY YEAR? THERE HAS TO BE AN APPLICATION PROCESS. RIGHT. YOU HAVE TO PLAY THE STATE EVERY YEAR, BUT YOU HAVE TO RESERVE A NO, NO, I MEAN, WE CAN PRETTY MUCH DECIDE HOW WE WANT TO DO THAT. I MEAN, I FEEL LIKE IT'S JUST THE BEST PRACTICE TO PULL THE COMMUNITY. BUT AGAIN, THAT WOULD BE UP TO YEAH. I DO AGREE BECAUSE I DID HEAR ALSO THE SAME CONCERNS ABOUT WAITING UNTIL WE'RE IN THE PEAK OF WINTER WEATHER, UM TO YOU KNOW, PUSH THIS THROUGH. UM, I ALSO, UM HEARD THAT IN IN JULY SURROUNDING COUNTIES APPROVED LIKE THEY PUT IN THEIR APPLICATION, AND IT WAS APPROVED . SO IT WAS ALREADY ON THE BOOKS AND THEY KNEW HOW THEY WERE GOING TO TREAT THEIR INCLEMENT WEATHER DAYS. SO I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO SEE IT BROUGHT BEFORE THE BOARD MUCH SOONER THAN WINTER. AWESOME THERE ANY MORE QUESTIONS? OKAY I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE AS PRESENTED. THE DECISION ON INCLEMENT WEATHER PLAN. BRUCE. I MOVE THAT WE ARE OPPOSED IT. ATTENDANTS RECOMMENDATION FOR THE. INCLEMENT WEATHER PLAN. THANK YOU. IS THERE A SECOND? TERRY I SECOND. THANK YOU, MISS COKER. ALL IN FAVOR. PLEASE SAY YES. YES, YES. ANY OPPOSED. PLEASE SAY NO. THANK YOU AND PASSES. THANK YOU. OKAY MOVING ON TO ITEM C PRESENTATION OF SUPERINTENDENTS PROPOSED 2025.

WHAT'S THAT? OH WE DID SKIP THE WELCOME BACK. GOING TO MOVE ON TO ITEM C PRESENTATION OF

[C. Presentation of Superintendent's Proposed FY2025 Budget, Ms. Deborah Judd, Assistant Superintendent for Business Services, and Mr. Eric Clark, Director of Budget]

SUPERINTENDENTS PROPOSED 2025 BUDGET WELCOME, MISS DEBORAH JUDGE, ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT FOR BUSINESS SERVICES, AND MR ERIC CLARK, DIRECTOR OF BUDGET. THE COUNCIL PRESENTATION MEDICINE. MR CLARK IS GOING TO TAKE OVER TONIGHT BECAUSE AS YOU CAN SEE, I DON'T HAVE MUCH OF A VOICE PERFECT TIMING LIKE THIS WAY. FLUSHING YOU. GOOD EVENING. SO EACH YEAR THE SUPERINTENDENT REQUIRED TO PRESENT HIS OR HER PROPOSED BUDGET TO THE BOARD OF EDUCATION. UM WE DO SOME EXTENSIVE INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL DISCUSSIONS WITH INTERNAL EXTERNAL STAKEHOLDERS. UM. AND WE ARE GOING TO PRESENT REALLY THREE BUDGETS TONIGHT. THE UNRESTRICTED THE RESTRICTED AND THE FOOD SERVICE. AS YOU'RE AWARE, YOU'VE ALREADY, UM APPROVED THE CAPITAL BUDGET TO BE SENT OVER TO BOTH THE STATE AND ALSO OUR LOCAL GOVERNMENT. THE FIRST SLIDE SHOWS JUST REALLY FY 22 ACTUALS AND 23 ACTUALS FROM A REVENUE STANDPOINT, AND THEN THE BUDGET

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