Apr 21, 2022 Policy Management Committee Meeting

[1. Call to Order - 3:00 p.m.]

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OKAY SO GOOD AFTERNOON. UM WELCOME TO THE POLICY MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE MEETING. APRIL 21ST.

I'M REBECCA SMONDROWSKI THE CHAIR AND WE'LL START OFF WITH INTRODUCTIONS. UM TO MY COLLEAGUES, DR DOCCA. STUDENT DOCCA BILL. GOOD AFTERNOON. UH MISS EVANS SURE IS GREAT TO SEE EVERYONE. GOOD AFTERNOON.

ALLY EMMS O'LOONEY. GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE. SO THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE. WE'VE GOT LOTS OF STUFF HERE AS WELL.

WHICH I VERY MUCH APPRECIATE. UM AND I WILL LET YOU ALL INTRODUCE YOURSELVES AS YOU GO AHEAD THROUGH. UM, YOUR INDIVIDUALIZED

[2. Informational Summary]

JUST WANT TO CLARIFY WITH MY COLLEAGUES THAT NO ONE HAS ANY QUESTIONS, CHANGES OR CONCERNS.

[3. Discussion of Policy FFA, Naming School Facilities]

THIS POLICY HAS BEEN AMENDED TO OBTAIN THE CRITERIA USED FOR EVALUATING NAMES FROM THE GOVERNMENT, COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND THEIR FACILITY AND OUR FACILITIES THAT CRITERIA STRIVES TO ENSURE THAT NAMING FACILITIES FOR INDIVIDUALS SHOULD ALIGN WITH IDEALS, CORE VALUES AND COMMITMENTS EXPRESSED IN OUR BOARD POLICIES. THE COMMITTEE REVIEWED THE DRAFT POLICY FOR A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND FAA AT OUR DECEMBER NIGHTS MEETING, UM THEULL BOARD REVIEWED THE DRAFT POLICY TOOK TENTATIVE ACTION ON FEBRUARY 8TH AND WE SENT IT OUT FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. SO TODAY WE ARE HERE TO REVIEW THE COMMENTS AND DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT WE NEED TO MOVE IT FORWARD FOR APPROVAL BY THE FULL BOARD. UM SO WITH THAT I WILL TURN IT OVER TO STAFF AND THAT YOU WILL TAKE IT FROM ME. THANK YOU, MRS SMONDROWSKI. CAN EVERYONE HEAR ME? YES GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE . LESLIE TURNER, FIRST OF ALL, LEGAL DIRECTOR IN THE OFFICE OF GENERAL COUNSEL. WE ARE HERE TODAY TO DISCUSS PUBLIC COMMENTS RECEIVED ON POLICY F F A AND CONSIDER MOVING TO GO BOARD FOR FINAL ACTION. MRS FRANCIS FROST IS JOINING US FROM STUDENTS AND FAMILY SUPPORT AND ENGAGEMENT.

AND I'M JUST GOING TO REVIEW OF CHRONOLOGY FOR YOU. IN A MOMENT , MRS PROBABLY VIEW PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT ACTIVITIES BEGINNING LAST FALL, BUT I'LL SUMMARIZE PUBLIC COMMENTS SINCE THE BOARD TOOK ACTION. TENTATIVE ACTION ON FEBRUARY 2022. THE POLICY WAS T FOR PUBLIC COMMENT FROM FEBRUARY EAST TO APRIL. 7TH 2022 WE HAVE PROVIDED PROVIDED A SUMMARY OF COMMENTS RECEIVED THERE WERE 12 COMMENTS TOTAL RECEIVED THROUGH THE PUBLIC COMMENT WEBSITE. BUT ITS POLICY SOME COMMENTERS EXPRESSED GENERAL CONCERN ABOUT RACISM AND A DESIRE TO SEE INDIVIDUALS HONORED FLECKED MONTGOMERY COUNTY ASPIRATIONS AND A MORE COMPLETE REPRESENTATION OF ITS HISTORY. THERE WERE FEW COMMENTS THAT ADDRESS THE CONCERN THAT NAMING SCHOOLS AFTER INDIVIDUALS IS PROBLEMATIC AND SUGGESTED GEOGRAPHIC NAMES INSTEAD. AND YOU WILL NOTE A COMMENT FROM A PARTICIPANT IN A RECENT NAMING PROCESS WHO SHARED HER REFLECTIONS, INCLUDING HER COMMENT ABOUT THE FORMULA BY WHICH THE BOARD NOMINATES FOR NAMES AND THE SCHOOL COMMUNITY NOMINATES TWO WITH THIS ALTERNATE OVER TO MRS FROST.

THANK YOU, MR PRINCIPAL, SO I WANTED TO GO OVER SOME OF THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT ACTIVITIES IN DRAFTING THIS OR POLICY, AS MR PERCIVAL SAID THAT IT WAS OUT FOR PUBLIC COMMENT FROM FEBRUARY 8TH TO APRIL 7TH, BUT WE STARTED ENGAGING WITH THE COMMUNITY AROUND THIS. POLICY AS EARLY AS LAST SEPTEMBER. 2021 WE WORKED WITH SOME OF OUR STAKEHOLDER GROUPS SUCH AS LISTED ON YOUR DOCUMENT, UM, THE LATINO STUDENT ACTION ACHIEVEMENT GROUP, THE AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT ACTION GROUP, THE PARENTS COUNCIL AND MCC P T. A.

WE MET WITH THEM AT THEIR ORGANIZAONALEETI. TO PRESENT, UM, THE POLICY. UH AND AN OVERVIEW OF IT, AND THEN WE ALSO PROVIDED A SURVEY THAT THEY COULD GIVE US SOME FEEDBACK ON WHAT THEY THOUGHT ABOUT THAT.

AND THEN WE HAD SOME OF THE REPRESENTATIVES FROM THOSE ORGANIZATIONS. ALONG WITH, UM REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE MONTGOMERY COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY IN A SMALL FOCUS GROUP.

WE HAD TWO MEETINGS WHERE THEY COULD JOIN US SO WE COULD JUST HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE IN DEPTH

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AS MR PERCIVAL MENTIONED THAT CAME UP IN THE PUBLIC COMMENTS.

UM THERE WAS GENERAL APPROVAL FOR THE BORDER BED, KEEPING A LIST OF NAMES THAT WOULD BE CONSIDERED FOR SCHOOL NAMES. UM THERE WAS GENERAL APPROVAL FOR NAMING SCHOOLS FOR GEOGRAPHIC LOCATIONS, MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE ENGAGING IN DIVERSE. UM STAKEHOLDERS BEING ENGAGED IN THE NAMING OR RENAMING EFFORTS, AND THEY REALLY APPRECIATE PROVIDING THE CRITERIA FOR NOT ONLY WHY'S FOR NAMING A SCHOOL BUT FOR RENAMING A SCHOOL, UM, AGAIN AS MENTIONED WITH THE PUBLIC COMMENTS, THERE WAS RECOMMENDATIONS. SOME FOLKS THOUGHT THAT NAMING SCHOOLS AFTER PEOPLE WERE PROBLEMATIC.

OR CONCERNING AND THEN UM, THERE WAS SEVERAL COMMENTS ABOUT REQUIRING SOME TYPE OF QUANTITY . QUANTIFIABLE UM, LIMIT ON THE PETITIONS. WHAT? WHAT IS THAT? LOOK LIKE? UM TO CONSIDER RENAMING SCHOOLS AND THEN KEEPING THE NAME OF REOPEN SCHOOLS, FOR EXAMPLE, WHAT WE'RE HIGH SCHOOL, UM S THAT WAS THE VARIOUS COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT ACTIVITIES THAT WE. REACHED OUT SINCE SEPTEMBER THROUGH THE OFFICIAL OPEN PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD, WHICH ENDED ON APRIL 7TH IN HIS PERSONAL. THANK YOU, MRS FROST. I'M GONNA TURN IT OVER TO SALLY, UM, TO SHARE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. GOOD AFTERNOON. I'M SALLY DAVIS. I'M A POLICY SPECIALIST IN THE OFFICE OF THE GENERAL COUNSEL AND HAV ALLERGIES. SO I WILL ABOUT JUST FOR THAT, SO WE WILL BEGIN BY PROVIDING YOU JUST POINTING OUT THE SUMMARY OF PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT , WHICH FRANCIS REFERRED TO WERE HOPING THIS IS A USEFUL UPGRADE IN THE IN THE INFORMATION WE PROVIDE TO YOU WHEN WE BRING YOU PUBLIC COMMENTS. IT GIVES YOU AN OPPORTUNITY TO SEE NOT ONLY THE GROUPS, UM, THE INDIVIDUALS WE'VE DISCUSSED WE'VE TALKED WITH, UM YOU KNOW WHICH, IN THIS CASE, IT'S OVER 100 AND 50. BUT IT ALSO GIVES YOU AHANCE TO SEE THE PRESS OUTREACH EFFORTS THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA, THE BULLETIN QUICK NOTES, UM, PRINCIPAL NEWSLETTER CONTENT THAT WE DISTRIBUTE ALONG WITH A WAY TO ACCESS THE PUBLIC COMMENT PAGE, AND WE'VE ALSO WORKED WITH PUBLIC WITH COMMUNICATIONS. I'M SORRY TO CREATE SOME MORE ACCESSIBLE WAYS FOR THE PUBLIC TO GET TO THE PUBLIC COMMENT PAGE. WE CREATED A Q R CODE THAT WE CAN USE IN PRESENTATIONS SO PARTICIPANTS CAN JUST PULL THAT OFF, AND IT'LL TAKE THEM STRAIGHT TO THE PUBLIC COMMENT PAGE. WE ALSO WORK WITH COMMUNICATIONS TO, UH, TO UPDATE OUR ALGORITHMS SO THAT JUST TYPING PUBLIC COMMENT IN THE SEARCH ENGINE TAKES YOU RIGHT THERE. UM SO I DID WANT TO POINT OUT THAT SUMMARY, WE WILL BE PROVIDING THIS TO YOU IN THE FUTURE, AND WE HOPE IT'S USEFUL FOR YOUR REFLECTION AND UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING IN THE PROCESS OF GETTING THESE COMMENTS TO YOU. YEAH I HAVE TO SAY I DON'T MEAN TO CUT YOU OFF, BUT I VERY MUCH APPRECIATED THAT. UM UM I'M SURE MY COLLEAGUES DID AS WELL, BUT IT WAS REALLY NICE TO BE ABLE TO SEE EXACTLY THE EFFORTS THAT WERE MADE IN REACHING OUT TO PEOPLE. SO THANK YOU. TERRIFIC.

I'M GLAD I'M GLAD. OKAY UM, LET'S TURN TO THE DRAFT. WE DID MAKE SOME UPDATES IN RESPONSE TO PUBLIC COMMENTS, SO I DO WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THOSE I'M GOING TO GO TO PAGE SIX LINES 1 64 AND 1 65.

SO IN RESPONSE TO FEEDBACK FROM YOU KNOW THIS WAS A DISCUSSION WITH STAKEHOLDERS. WE ADDED LANGUAGE AT 1, 64 AND 1 65. IT

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TO TRY TO CLARIFY A LITTLE BIT MORE PROVIDED, UM BUT BASED BY COMMITTEE MEMBERS, UH SO SUBJECT TO YOUR DISCUSSION TODAY. I JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF HOW THIS MIGHT MOVE FORWARD IN TIME. SO WE'VE TENTATIVELY HELD TIME ON THE JUNE 7TH FORD MEETING FOR FINAL ACTION. AT WHICH POINT THEN WE'LL HAVE THE FINAL LANGUAGE AND REGULATION DEVELOPMENT CAN BEGIN OVER THE SUMMER. AND, UM. THAT WRAPS UP OUR PRESENTATION, SO WE ARE READY FOR YOUR QUESTIONS AND DISCUSSION. OKAY THANK YOU.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I DO APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT YOU ALL, UM YOU KNOW, TAKE THE PUBLIC COMMENTS AND INCORPORATED INTO WHAT YOU BRING BACK TO US.

UM I'M GONNA START WITH MY COLLEAGUES AND SEE IF THEY HAVE ANYTHING BEFORE I GO ON WITH WHAT I MIGHT HAVE TO MENTION. SO UM, DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? OKAY? MS SMONDROWSKI. MY COMMENTS WERE, UM IN THEM. YEAH MY COMMENTS ARE VERY SIMILAR TO WHAT YOU MADE EARLIER. I LOVE THE SUMMARY OF ENGAGEMENT. IT WAS VERY HELPFUL TO SEE. UM WHO WE DID OUTREACH TO A AND, UM, HOW MANY PARTICIPATED AS WELL AS OUR FOR YOUR EFFORTS TO WORK WITH COMMUNICATIONS. THE Q R CODE IS A REALLY GREAT AISA, RIGHT IN ORDER TO ALLOW PEOPLE TO, UM, BE ABLE TO ACCESS MY WEBSITE OR JUST GET TO THE INFORMATION. I NEED TO GET TO VERY QUICKLY. I JUST WANTED TO STATE THAT SO THAT WAS REALLY IT HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS. I FELT LIKE, UM, THE RESPONSES THAT WERE MADE INDIVIDUALS THAT, UM PUTTING THE COMNTS RE SUFFICIENT SO THANK YOU, DOCTOR DOCCA. ALONG 1 37 CONSULT WITH.

I THINK IT'S EXCELLENT WORD WORDING THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE CONSULTING WITH THE COMMUNITY ON DECIDING AND LINE 1 64. THE PRIORITIZED LIST, AND I HOPE I'M UNDERSTANDING THIS RIGHT WOULD BE THE BOARD AND THE COMMUNITIES LIST THAT IS PUT TOGETHER AT THE END. SUBMARINES. THE NAMING PROCESS THE BOARD WHEN THERE'S A NEW SCHOOL TO NAMED OR WHEN THERE'S A DECISION FOR RENAMING BY THE BOARD, THE BOARD WILL FROM ITS LIST OF ALL THE ALL THE POSSIBLE LIST THAT THE BOARD MAINTAINS OF POSSIBLE NAMES.

THEY WILL SELECT FOUR AND GIVE THAT TO THE SCHOOL COMMUNITY GROUP THAT IS WORKING ON SELECTING THE NAME AND THEN THE THAT GROUP AND THIS IS NOT A CHANGE IN LANGUAGE. THIS HAS BEEN THE EXISTING PROCEDURE, UM THAN THAT GROUP WILL DEBATE AND THEY CAN ADD TWO MORE OR THEY CAN JUST CHOOSE FROM WHAT? WHAT THEY'RE GIVEN, BUT THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO PUT THOSE THEN IN PRIORITY ORDER OF THEIR STRONGEST PREFERENCE TO THEIR LEAST PREFERENCE. OKAY. I UNDERSTAND THAT. BUT THE LANGUAGE. A PRIORITIZED LIST. IT SOUNDS LIKE IT'S ONE LIST. NOW EACH ONE HAS A LIST. I UNDERSTAND THAT. AND WE PUT TOGETHER WHAT THEY HAVE AND WHAT WE HAVE. AND THEN WHAT? NO I THINK WHAT THEY'RE REFERENCING DOCTOR DOCCA IS THE YOU KNOW WHEN WE PROVIDE THEM WITH OUR FORCE SUGGESTED NAMES. THE LIST THAT THEY GIVE BACK TO US FROM THE COMMUNITY MEETING SHOULD BE PRIORITIZED BY THEIR FIRST CHOICE. OH, OKAY, GUYS LIST IS THEIR LIST THAT WE'RE SAYING WE NEED TO HAVE YOUR PRIORITIZE.

OKAY JUST WANTED DOES IT HELP IF WE BACK UP A LITTLE BIT ON PAGE FIVE AT THE BOTTOM? THERE IS A LANGUAGE STARTING AT UM 1 34.

THOSE SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS DESIGNATION USER COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PROCESS, UM, WITH PRIMARY FOCUS ON THATAR BACK, I THINK WARNING HERE WAS WHAT BOTHERED ME. IS THAT A PRIORITIZED LIST THAT INCLUDES BOTH SUGGESTIONS, AND I THINK YOU SAID THAT IT DOES. THANK YOU, OKAY? UM MAZZOLENI, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING OR YOU GOOD OKAY, THE ONLY THING THAT I JUST WANT TO KIND OF SPOTLIGHT A LITTLE BIT IS BECAUSE I KNOW THAT THERE WAS SOME CONVERSATION OUT IN THE COMMUNITY IN TERMS OF YOU KNOW WHAT IS, UM YOU KNOW WHAT WILL

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ALRIGHT IF NOBODY HAS ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS, WE WILL MOVE THIS FORWARD TO THE FULL BOARD FOR FINAL ACTION. OKAY? THANK YOU ALL RIGHT WITH THAT, THEN WE WILL MOVE ON CRUISING

[4. Discussion of Policy ECA, Energy Conservation]

SKI I WILL LEAD OFF AS YOU MENTIONED. WE'RE HERE TODAY TO DISCUSS PUBLIC COMMENTS ON E. C A AND CONSIDER MOVING TO THE FULL BOARD AND FINAL ACTION.

WITH US ARE MRS FROM THE DIVISION OF SUSTAINABILITY AND MR ADAMS DEPARTMENT OF FACILITIES MANAGEMENT, ALSO THE AUDIENCE. I BELIEVE I SAW LAURIE JENKINS, UM FROM OUTDOOR ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM. MM HMM. IN A MOMENT, MRS GARRITY WILL REVIEW PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT ACTIVITIES BEGINNING LAST FALL, BUT I'LL BRIEFLY SUMMARIZE PUBLIC COMMENTS SINCE THE BOARD TOOK TENTATIVE ACTION ON FEBRUARY 2022. UH POLICY. EC A WAS OUT FOR PUBLIC COMMENT FROM FEBRUARY 8TH APRIL 7TH. AND WHILE MRS DOROTHY WILL GIVE YOU SOME MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE ENGAGEMENT WORK, WE PROVIDED A SUMMARY OF COMMENTS AND OUR REVIEW. A FEW OF THOSE WE RECEIVED 80 99 COMMENTS WERE RECEIVED FROM OUR PUBLIC COMMENT WEBSITE. UM AND WE. GAINED GENERAL APPROVAL OF THE POLICY.

UM IT WAS WELL RECEIVED. TURN IT OVER TO MRS DORIS TO SHARE MORE INFORMATION REGARDING, UM, PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT. THANK YOU. SO IN TERMS OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT , LAURIE JENKINS FROM THE OFFICE OF CURRICULUM AND INSTRUCTION, AND I SOUGHT OUT MEETINGS WITH MANY OF THE STAKEHOLDERS THAT WE KNEW WLD BE IMPACTED BY THIS POLICY AND TOTAL. WE HAD MORE THAN 30 MEETINGS WITH MORE THAN 1000 PEOPLE, AND WE REALLY WANTED TO CONNECT WITH THE LEADERS THAT WE KNEW THAT WERE OUT THERE, AS WELL AS TO BEGIN BUILDING THAT NETWORK OF COMMUNITY COLLABORATORS. THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO WORK WITH TO MAKE THIS POLITICS SUCCESSFUL MOVING FORWARD, SHOULD IT BE APPROVED? WE BEGAN HAVING THESE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT A YEAR AGO, UM PRIOR TO THE OFFICIAL STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT, BUT WE FELT IT WAS VERY IMPORTANT TO REACH A BROAD SPECTRUM OF BOTH THE COMMUNITY WHETHER IT BE STUDENTS, STAFF ADMINISTRATORS, PRINCIPALS, TEACHERS, WE REALLY SOUGHT TO SEEK OUT THOSE DIFFERENT TYPES OF GROUPS AND MAKE SURE THAT WE GOT THEIR FEEDBACK AND INPUT ON THIS. WE FOUND THAT THERE WAS A HIGH LEVEL APPROVAL FOR THE POLICY AND VERY STRONG APPROVAL FOR ADOPTING THE COUNTY CLIMATE ACTION PLAN GREENHOUSE GAS REDUCTION GOALS SO WE ALSO WE'RE REALLY PROUD OF THE STUDENTS THEY ACTUALLY HELPED COORDINATE AND ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY STUDENT TOWN HALL THAT ACTUALLY RESULTED IN 31 OF THE COMMENTS.

YOU CAN SEE FROM THE TIME STAMP ON THE COMMENTS THAT THE

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ENGAGEMENT WAS THE BIG TAKEAWAY WAS THAT MANY OF THE STAFF AND THE STUDENTS IN THE PUBLIC OR EVEN UNAWARE OF EXISTING EFFORTS THAT M.C.P.S. HAS TAKEN AND SO WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE AWARE OF AND CONTINUE TO ADDRESS THE NEED FOR BETTER PUBLICITY OF WHAT M.C.P.S. IS DOING OVERALL, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE SHARE WITH INDIVIDUAL SCHOOLS ARE DOING THAT INDIVIDUALS DIDN'T GET RECOGNITION FOR THEIR ADMIRABLE EFFORTS IN MANY AREAS. AS WELL AS THE TEACHERS THAT ARE WORKING REALLY HARD IN THE PUBLIC THAT THE PUBLIC CAN HELP ADVOCATE AND SUPPORT THOSE VARIOUS EFFORTS.

IRD THERE WAS ONE COMMENT WHERE THEY ASKED, YOU KNOW, WHY WAS THE TITLE NOT ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY INSTEAD OF SUSTAINABILITY, AND WE THOUGHT THAT THE POLICY REALLY SHOULD SHOULD KEEP THE NAME SUSTAINABILITY. IT'S REALLY MORE THAN JUST ENVIRONMENTALISM AND INCLUDES ELEMENTS ABOUT STUDENT AND STAFF. EDUCATION INCLUDES ELEMENTS ABOUT SHORT TERM AND LONG TERM ACTIONS THAT REALLY CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THE EDUCATIONAL MISSION OF M.C.P.S.

BOTH NOW AND INTO THE FUTURE, AND IT REALLY CENTERED AROUND EQUITABLE AND RESPONSIBILITY.

FOURTH THERE WAS A QUESTION ABOUT HOW WELL OUR VEHICLE FLEETS BE PHASED OUT AND CONVERTED TO MORE CLEAN ENERGY, AND WE JUST WANT THE PUBLIC TO KNOW THAT M.C.P.S. WILL BE RESPONSIBLE STEWARDS OF OUR BOTH FINANCIAL RESOURCES IN OUR VEHICLE RESOURCES, AND OUR POLICY REALLY IS TO HAVE A VEHICLE REPLACED WITH A MORE EFFICIENT VEHICLE WHEN IT'S AT THE END OF ITS USEFUL SERVICE LIFE. COME AND I WANTED TO TURN IT OVER TO SETH FOR SOME COMMENTS ABOUT THE FISCAL ASPECTS HERE. YES THERE WAS SOME SOME COMMENTS ABOUT THE FEASIBILITY OF THIS WORK. AND I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO STRESS THAT YOU KNOW, AS PART OF THIS POLICY, YOU KNOW IT IS LOOKING TO PRIORITIZE, UM EVERYTHING WITHIN BOTH OPERATING AND CAPITAL BUDGETS AROUND SUSTAINABLE EFFORTS. THERE ARE OBVIOUSLY GOING TO BE CONSTRAINTS AS THERE ALWAYS ARE WITH WITH, YOU KNOW, OUR OUR FISCAL UM, YOU KNOW, AVAILABILITY, BUT YOU KNOW THE PRIVATIZATION OF THE HIGHEST IMPACT ELEMENTS OBVIOUSLY WILL BE WILL BE A BIG PART OF THIS, SO I KNOW THAT'S AN ONGOING QUESTION. COMMENT, BUT YOU KNOW, HAVING SUSTAINABILITY AS A PRIORITY AS A GUIDING LIGHT FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF BOTH, YOU KNOW, THE CAPITAL AND OPERATING BUDGET, YOU KNO WIL ABSOLUTELY BE PART OF THE PROCESS IS MOVING FORWARD. OKAY.

I APPRECIATE THAT. UM TO MY COLLEAGUES. DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING YOU WANT TO UM. COMMENT ON OR OR MAY HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT YEAH, I DO. OKAY. YEAH. THE GREEN TREES , IF WE HAVE TO REACH DOWN IS THAT PART OF THIS POLICY OR SOMEWHERE ELSE? YOU KNOW THAT WE HAVE TO REPLACE BUT, YOU KW AM I MAKING SENSE? NO, NO, IT'S IT IS IT'S IT IS PART OF THIS POLICY IS PART OF, YOU KNOW OTHER STANDARDS. IT'S PART OF HEAT ISLAND EFFECT. IT'S PART OF , YOU KNOW A LOT OF THE ELEMENTS THAT TIE TOGETHER. SO YOU KNOW, ONE OF ONE OF THE PRIORITIES. I THINK WE SHARED IT. PREVIOUS BOARD MEETINGS AND POLICY MEETINGS. UM YOU KNOW, WE'RE THESE IDEAS OF FOCUS AREAS AND UM, YOU KNOW, IN TREE CANOPY BEING ONE OF THOSE AREAS ALONG WITH, YOU KNOW, WATERSHED AND OTHER FUNCTIONS, BUT YES, TREE CANOPY, UM, EXPANDING THAT TREE CANOPY AND THE POSITIVES THAT BRING WITH IT ARE ARE A PRIORITY. ASSOCIATED WITH THIS POLICY. OKAY I JUST DIDN'T SEE THAT. I WANT TO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR EMPHASIZING SUSTAINABILITY AT THE LAST BOARD MEETING BECAUSE WE USUALLY LOOK AT THE DESIGN OF THE BUILDING AND THE COLORS AND YOU KNOW ALL THE CONVENIENCES WHERE WE DON'T SPEND AS MUCH TIME ON SUSTAINABILITY AND I THINK THAT'S WHY STUDENTS IN THE PUBLIC DIDN'T KNOW HOW MUCH YOU WERE DOING IN THAT AREA. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT. I WILL. ASSOCIATE MYSELF WITH MY COLLEAGUE'S COMMENTS. THERE WERE VERY MUCH APPRECIATE THE WORK AND THE EFFORT THAT YOU ALL ARE PUTTING INTO, UM, BOTH THIS POLICY AND THE OVERALL EFFORT FOR MORE SUSTAINABLE UM, SOLUTIONS, SO WITH THAT I WILL ASK. OH MR O'LOONEY HAPPEN IN THERE? YEAH REAL QUICK, NOTHING TO DO WITH THE ACTUAL CONTENT OF THE POLICY. BUT AT OUR LAST POLICY MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE MEETING, I KNOW WE REVIEWED POLICY A B, A COMMUNITY

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OKAY WELL, THEN WE WILL MOVE ON

[5. Discussion of Policy JPH, School Food and Nutrition Services Programs]

AND THE COMMITTEE THEN REVIEWED THOSE COMMENTS BACK IN FEBRUARY OF 2021. TODAY WE'RE GOING TO PICK UP WHERE WE LEFT OFF. AND, UM GO AHEAD AND REVIEW THE PUBLIC COMMENTS AGAIN AND HEAR FROM OUR STAFF WITH THEIR RECOMMENDATIONS ON HOW WE SHOULD PROCEED BASED ON ALL OF THAT, SO I WILL TURN IT OVER TO STAFF.

THANK YOU. WE ARE HERE TODAY TO DISCUSS PUBLIC COMMENTS YOU SEE TOHE FULL BOARD INTERACTIONOVING WITH WITH US OR MISS DAWSON FROM THE OFFICE OF FINANCE AND OPERATIONS. YES FROM THE DIVISION OF FOOD AND NUTRITION SERVICES. MISS PRUITT FROM M.C.P.S. EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION . AND IN A MOMENT, MRS HARRAL PRESENT, UM WHY THIS NEW POLICY IS NEEDED AND THE CONTEXT AND MAGNITUDE OF UNPAID SCHOOL MILK CHANGES PRIOR TO THE PANDEMIC.

WORK BEGAN THIS POLICY IN RESPONSE TO A FEDERAL REQUIREMENT THAT ALL SCHOOL SYSTEMS HAVE A POLICY FOR HOWO HANDLE UNTIL REAL CHARGES. THIS WAS WELL BEFORE THE PANDEMIC WHEN WE WERE OPERATING, YOU KNOW, VERY DIFFERENT PUBLIC CONGRESS SITUATION. WORK PROGRESSED AND FOLLOWING TENTATIVE ACTION IN THE FALL OF 2020. THE POLICY WAS SENT OUT FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. THIS COMMITTEE REVIEWED PUBLIC COMMENTS IN FEBRUARY 2021 BECAUSE WE WERE FEDERALLY REQUIRED TO HAVE A POLICY WITH THE MINI FORWARDED IT TO THE FULL BOARD FOR FINAL ACTION.

BACK IN MAY 11TH OF 2021. AT THAT TIME, THE BOARD DIDED TO TABLE THE POLICY UNTIL MORE INFORMATION WAS AVAILABLE ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF STATE FUNDING. TODAY'S MEETING IS A RE REVIEW OF PUBLIC COMMENTS AND YOU ARE BEING ASKED TO CONSIDER MOVING THIS TO FINAL ACTION SO THAT M.C.P.S. CAN BE IN COMPLIANCE WITH FEDERAL LAW. TO HAVE AN UNPAID MEAL CHARGE POLICY. SO IN TERMS OF THE COMMENTS WERE RECEIVED, UM, RECEIVED 10 COMMENTS THROUGH OUR WEBSITE PREVIOUSLY STATED AND.

AGAIN WE'RE LOOKING TO DISCUSS THOSE COMMENTS, AND I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO MRS HARRAL. AND CAN WE GET THE SLIDE SHOW? PERFECT THANK YOU. CAN WE HAVE THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE? OH GOOD AFTERNOON. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR GIVING ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT TO THE POLICY COMMITTEE . THIS POLICY THAT IS CURRENTLY IN DRAFT FORM, SOH, I'LL START WITH A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR CORE VALUES THAT WE HAVE IN THE DIVISION OF FOOD NUTRITION SERVICES, AND I'LL SHORTEN THAT TO D F AND S FOR THE REST OF THE SLIDESHOW. SO WE'LL GET DONE BEFORE MIDNIGHT. UM SO WE ARE COMMITTED TO ALWAYS TO NUTRITIONALLY WHOLESOME TWO MENUS THAT REFLECT OUR ETHNIC, CULTURAL AND RELIGIOUS DIVERSITY . WE'RE ALSO COMMITTED TO SUSTAINABILITY. SO THIS IS PERFECT TIMING TO FOLLOW OUR COLLEAGUES FROM D. M O WHEN WE

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THESE ARE OUT OF ORDER, BUT THAT'S OKAY. UM THAT WE MUST STAY ECONOMICALLY VIABLE, SO WE HAVE TO MAINTAIN THE FINANCIAL INTEGRITY OF ALL OUR PROGRAM. I BUDGET INCLUDES OUR LABOR, OUR SALARIES ALL ABOUT BENEFITS, FOOD EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES.

NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. SO I WANT TO MAKE A COUPLE OF COMMENTS ABOUT WHAT THE ACTUAL TERMINOLOGY IS THAT USDA USES AND ONE OF THEM IS DELINQUENT DEBT. SO DELINQUENT DEBT IS ANY DEBT THAT'S REALLY OLD, BUT THAT IT MAY BE COLLECTIBLE AND EFFORTS WILL BE MADE TO COLLECT IT. THE DEBT BEEN REMAINS ON THE ACCOUNTING DOCUMENTS UNTIL IT IS HERE THAT COLLECTED OR DETERMINED TO BE UNCOLLECTIBLE AND WRITTEN OFF ONCE IT'S DETERMINED TO BE UNCOLLECTIBLE AND THEREFORE WRITTEN OFF, IT BECOMES WHAT THEY CALL BAD DEBT.

SO BAD DEBT HAS TO BE WRITTEN OFF AS AN OPERATING LOSS.

FEDERAL RESOURCES, WHICH INCLUDE THE ENTERPRISE FUND FOR D, F AND S MAY NOT BE USED TO COVER THE BED DEBT SO BAD DEBT MUST BE RESTORED USING NON FEDERAL SOURCES. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. SO GOING BACK A LITTLE BIT IN HISTORY FOR 15, 16, 16, 17 AND 17 18 SCHOOL YEARS WE HAD IN PLACE. A SCHOOL MEALS. UM PROCESS WHERE WE HAD A THRESHOLD AMOUNT OF $10.20, AND THAT WAS ABOUT FIVE DAYS WORTH OF LUNCHES . WE DID HAVE AN ALTERNATE MEAL THAT IF YOU WENT OVER YOUR ALTERNATE OVER THE THRESHOLD AMOUNT YOU RECEIVED A COLD SANDWICH. THERE WAS NO DELINQUENT DEBT TO BAD DEBT BECAUSE WE DIDN'T ACCRUE ANYTHING OVER 10 20. AND THE IMPACT ON THE DISTRICT WAS THERE WAS NO FINANCIAL IMPACT. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. SO UH IN, UH 18 19 AND THEN 1920 PART OF 1920, OBVIOUSLY, BECAUSE THAT WAS THE YEAR THAT COVID HIT, WE BEGAN TO ACCRUE OTHER DEBT. WE BEGAN DOING, UM WE HAD A THRESHOLD THERE WAS NO THRESHOLD. AND THEN THERE WAS NO ALTERNATE MEAL OFFERED TO STUDENTS. SO IF A STUDENT CAME THROUGH, REGARDLESS OF WHAT THEIR NEGATIVE BALANCE WAS, THEY STILL RECEIVED THE MEAL OF THEIR CHOICE FOR THE FIRST YEAR THAT WE HAD THIS, UM , PROCESS IN PLACE THE DELINQUENT DEBT. WAS97,5. WE WERE ABLE TO RECOVER 31,000 IN EXCESS OF THAT THROUGH DUE DILIGENCE, AND THAT INCLUDED UM , OUTREACH BY INDIVIDUAL SCHOOLS OR PRINCIPLES, AND IT ALSO INCLUDED MAILINGS THAT WE DID FROM OUR CENTRAL OFFICE FROM D, F AND S. AND THEN IF YOU SEE THE LAST LINE THIS IS WHERE OUR COLLEAGUE YOLANDA PRUITT AND THE ED FOUNDATION COME INTO PLAY BECAUSE YOLANDA'S FOUNDATION ACTUALLY PICKED UP 100,000. IN TERMS OF DEBT THAT WAS ACCRUED.

MUCH OF THIS STEP WAS FOR STUDENTS THAT THEN BECAME QUALIFIED FOR FREE AND REDUCED MEALS BUT HAD ACCRUED DEBT PRIOR TO THAT, SO WE WOULD BE UNABLE TO GO BACK. IF YOU DID NOT SUBMIT AN APPLICATION, I'LL SAY FOR FREE AND REDUCED PRICE MEALS TILL I'LL SEND NOVEMBER 1ST. BUT YOU WERE EATING ALL OF THE FALL WITH US, AND YOU THEN WERE ACCRUING DEBT. ONCE YOU BECOME ELIGIBLE FOR FREE OR REDUCED PRICE MEALS, WE WOULD STOP ALL ACTION IN TERMS OF COLLECTING ANY DEBT FROM YOU. AND SO THEN, UMHE END EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION STEPS IN THEN UNDER BAD DEBT THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE FOR THAT YEAR. IT'S A STILL AT ABOUT $165,000. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. AND I BELIEVE IF DR DAWSON HAS BEEN ABLE TO JOIN US, SHE WANTED TO I ADDRESS THESE SLIDES. YES SO THANK YOU, MR HAROLD. GREAT TO SEE EVERYBODY TODAY. AH IN LOOKING AT THE DATA THAT WE'VE COLLECTED, SO THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS WITH THE NEGATIVE BALANCE WHEN WE BEGAN THIS IN SEPTEMBER OF 2018, YOU CAN SEE THAT REALLY ELEMENTARY, WHICH IS THE BLUE LINE REALLY GREW IN THAT FIRST SESSION THROUGH JUNE OF 19. SO UH, THAT THAT WAS THE GROUP THAT REALLY, UM WORK, CONSUMING MORE OF THE MEALS AND ALSO AND IN THE DEBT, BUT AS WE MOVED INTO THE NEXT

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AND THEN THIS SHOWS THE AMOUNT UH AS AS WE MOVE THROUGH, AND THAT'S WHAT BARBARA HAD ACTUALLY TALKED ABOUT AT THE END OF THAT FIRST YEAR AND THEN AS WE GOT INTO, UM SEPTEMBER 19 ENDED JANUARY 20. WHAT YOU CAN SEE IS IN THE SECOND YEAR THAT THIS IMPLEMENTATION WENT JUST AND WHEN IT SPPED, UH, AT THE BEGINNING OF COVID ON MARCH 13TH 2020 THAT YEAR YOU CAN SEE THAT THE AMOUNT WE'RE GROWING MUCH, MUCH MORE RAPIDLY INTO MEAL DEBT BY JANUARY, AS OPPOSED TO THE SPRING OF THE NEXT YEAR. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. SO THE FISCAL IMPACT WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE PARTIAL YEAR DEBT ACCRUED TO THAT 2019 20 YEAR WE BEGAN REALLY THE SECOND HALF OF THE YEAR. UM YOU KNOW, AND WE MOVED INTO THE FULL IMPLEMENTATION ON 1920 BY, UH, THE MARCH 20TH 2020 TIME WE HAD ACCRUED 416,150.

DOLLARS AND IT WAS SPECIFICALLY AROUND 16 JUST OVER 16,000 STUDENTS, UH, FIVE, SO ONE THIRD OF THOSE STUDENTS WERE STUDENTS THAT WERE, UM, RECEIVING FREE AND REDUCED PRICE MEALS. TWO THIRDS OF THE STUDENTS WERE CONSIDERED STUDENTS THAT THAT WE'RE NOT RECEIVING FREE AND REDUCED PRICE MEALS. NEXT SLIDE.

SO WHEN WE LOOK AT THIS OF THE DEBT TO CREATE FOR 2018 TO 19, IT WAS JUST UNDER 16,000 IS MORE ABOUT 15,000 AGAIN. WE WERE STILL LOOKING AT THE SAME, UM, AMOUNTS REALLY A THIRD OF STUDENTS THAT QUALIFY FOR FREE AND REDUCED PRICE MEALS AND THE TWO THIRDS OF THAT DEBT FOR THAT PARTICULAR YEAR AGAIN. WE'RE NON QUALIFIED STUDENTS FOR FREE AND REDUCED PRICE MEALS, AND I THINK AT THIS POINT I'LL BE TURNING IT OVER TO MY COLLEAGUE, MR PRUITT.

THANK YOU, JEANNIE. UH THE M.C.P.S. EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION . WHAT'S UP, REALLY PLEASED PARTNER ON THIS ISSUE, AND WE'VE BEEN EXTREMELY APPRECIATIVE OF THE DATA. THAT HAS BEEN PROVIDED BY BARBARA HAROLD GENIE AND THEIR COLLEAGUES AT THAT'S WHAT'S ENABLED US TO MAKE THE APPEALS INTO THE COMMUNITY. AND RAISE THE FUNDS THAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO, UH, USED FOR SETTLEMENT OF DEBT AS REPRESENTED IN THIS SLIDE, AS STATED IN 2018 2019.

WE SETTLED THE DEBT AT ABOUT $100,792. AND WE WERE ABLE TO COVER 20% OF THE DEAD OF STUDENTS WHO WERE FULL PAY STUDENTS. THEY WERE NOT PARTICIPATING IN THE FREE AND REDUCED PRICE MEAL. PROGRAM. AS TIME WENT ON, WE SAW THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS THAT WE COULD HELP THAT WE'RE NOT PARTICIPATING IN THE FREE AND REDUCED PRICE MEALS PROGRAM. DIMINISHED BECAUSE THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PARTICIPATING DUE TO THAT PERIOD OF TIME BETWEEN WHEN THEY QUALIFY AND ACTUALLY GET ACCEPTED INTO THE PROGRAM. AND WHEN THEY ARE CONSUMING LUNCH AND ACCRUING DEBT, WE HAD A HIGHER BILL TO PAY. FOUR STUDENTS PARTICIPATING IN FARMS. WE ALSO BELIEVE THAT THE STAFF UH, WAS HAVING MORE SUCCESS IN CONVINCING FAMILIES TO GO AHEAD AND PARTICIPATE IN THAT PROGRAM OR TO PURSUE APPROVAL FOR THE PROGRAM. SO AS WE MOVED FORWARD FROM 28 1920 18 2019, OUR FARMS BILLETS INCREASING AND OUR ABILITY TO HELP OTHER STUDENTS WITH DECREASING NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

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NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. UM WHEN WE DIDN'T ANALYSIS OF THE, UM, USING THE LATEST DATA BEFORE RIGHT BEFORE GOING INTO COVID.

UM WE SAW THAT ROUGHLY HALF THE SCHOOL'S ACCRUE A DEAD OF LESS THAN $1000 PER YEAR. WE ARE HAVING SUCCESS WITH GETTING INDIVIDUALS TO ST FORWARD AND SPONSOR THOSE SCHOOLS AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO DO TARGETED REQUESTS. WE WILL ALSO REACH OUT TO THE P T. A IS TO SEE IF THAT'S SOMETHING THEY MAY WANT TO PARTNER WITH US ON SINCE WE WERE PARTNERING ON A, UM GIFT CARD CAMPAIGN THAT IS NO LONGER IN PROCESS. 81 OF THE SCHOOLS.

40% WERE ACCRUING DEBT BETWEEN 1000 AND 5000. WE THINK THAT TIER OF DEAD PROBAY. REQUIRES MORE ORGANIZED SUPPORT. UH SUPPORT FROM ORGANIZATIONS THAT MIGHT BE THE SMALL CIVIC GROUPS, FRATERNAL GROUPS. UM JUST INDIVIDUALS AND GIVING CIRCLES THAT HAVE ANY INTEREST IN THIS ISSUE. UH THE MOST IMPACTED SCHOOLS. NUMBER 22 ACCOUNT FOR ABOUT 10% OF ALL M.C.P.S.

SCHOOLS. THEY HAVE ACUTE DEAD.

IT'S AT LEAST 5000. SIX OF THE SCHOOLS HAVE EXTREME DEATH.

THAT'S ABOVE 10,000, AND WE ARE REACHING OUT TO SIGNIFICANT SIZE FAMILY FOUNDATIONS AND OTHER PHILANTHROPIC ORGANIZATIONS. TO PURSUE SUPPORT TO ALLEVIATE THOSE, UH, ACCRUED DEBT BALANCES . SO THAT IS WE'VE WE'VE DECIDED WE HAVE TO UH, APPROACH RAISING FUNDSN POCKETS AND IN DIFFERENT STRATEGIES IN ORDER TO MEET THE NEEDS OF ALL OF OUR SCHOOLS. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. UM REALLY PUTTING A FOCUS ON THAT 10% I THINK THAT'S THE MOST ACUTE OUR DESIRE IN IN OUR ANALYSIS OF THE GIVING COMMUNITY. THAT HAS ORGANIZED ITS PHILANTHROPY. WE ARE FINDING THAT WE'RE VERY FORTUNATE TO BE LOCATED IN A COMMUNITY THAT HAS HUNDREDS OF SUCH ORGANIZATIONS.

MY DESIRE WOULD BE TO GET THEM TO TAKE TURNS ON SPONSORING PARTICULAR SCHOOLS. SO THAT NO ONE ORGANIZATION IS OVERLY BURDENED OR HAS THE EXPECTATION THAT EVERY YEAR THEY WOULD HAVE TO SPONSOR A PARTICULAR SCHOOL IN THIS HIGH DEBT CATEGORY. AND WITH THAT, I'LL TURN IT BACK OVER TO JEANNIE. THANK YOU, YOLANDA. NEXT FIVE, PLEASE. SO, WITH ALLHAT SAID, AND CERTAINLY THE WONDERFUL SUPPORT FROM THE EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION AND WORKING WITH OUR SCHOOLS, UM , WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING IN THE POLICY IS TO MEET THE FEDERAL REQUIREMENT. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

SO WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING IS THAT THERE IS NOT AN ALTERNATIVE MEAL USED IN ANY WAY, SHAPE OR FORM THAT THERE IS A THRESHOLD BUT NOT FOR STUDENTS WHO QUALIFY FOR FREE AND REDUCED MEALS. THERE'S NO THRESHOLD AND WE WOULD WORK WITH THE EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION , WHICH YOU'VE HEARD TFOLLOW THROUGH. ONCE THAT SUPPORT THROUGHOUT EACH YEAR. WE ARE SAYING THAT THERE WOULD BE A $35 THRESHOLD FIRST FULL PACE STUDENTS OR STUDENTS WITH UNPAID MEAL CHARGES THAT DO NOT QUALIFY FOR FREE AND REDUCED PRICE MEALS. THIS IS AN EQUIVALENT OF 8 TO 9 BREAKFAST AND LUNCH IS COMBINED. THAT'S WHAT THAT $35 REPRESENTS. WHEN WE TALK ABOUT DELINQUENT AND BAD DEBT, SO ALL DEBT ACCRUED BY STUDENTS QUALIFIED FOR FREE AND REDUCED PRICE MEALS WILL BE PAID THROUGH THE FOUNDATION. DYING WITH DIGNITY IS WHAT WE HAD STATED AND THAT ALL DEBT ACCRUED BY FOUR PAGE STUDENTS WILL BE PAID WITH NON FEDERAL FUNDS IN M.C.P.S. SO WE WOULD WORK FIRST OF ALL WITH SCHOOLS. TO, UM. YOU KNOW, WORK WITH OUR STUDENTS THAT MAY BE STRUGGLING TO PAY.

LET'S SAY THERE ARE $25 AND WE WANT TO WORK TO SEE ARE THESE

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AND WORNG WITH OUR SCHOOLS AND FAMILIES TO ENSURE THAT THEIR NEEDS ARE MET AND THAT THEY ARE , UM RECEIVING NUTRITIOUS MEALS AND THAT THEY HAVE THESE OPTIONS. THE COST IMPACT WOULD BE DEBT FOR THE FULL PAY STUDENTS. SO THIS MAY BE SOMETHING YOU KNOW THAT IN ADDITION TO NON FEDERAL FUNDS IF WE NEED TO COME UP WITH THAT, THEN WE NEED TO BE THINKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WHERE IS THAT FUNDING WITHIN OUR BUDGET? NEXT LINE, PLEASE. AND I THINK AT THIS POINT I TURN IT BACK TO MISS DAVIS. UH ACTUALLY, I'M SORRY, MISS MISS HAROLD. HAROLD.

THANK YOU, MHM. I WAS SHUFFLING MY SLIDE DECK AGAIN THINKING I HAD MISSED SOMETHING. BUT NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. SO WHAT WE WANT TO THINK ABOUT IS THAT OUR RATIONALE IS THAT WE PROVIDE EVERY CHILD OBVIOUSLY WHETHER NUTRITIONALLY WHOLESOME, CULTURALLY DIVERSE MEAL THAT HELPS THEM TO FOCUS ON LEARNING AND ACHIEVING. WE WANT TO MINIMIZE ANY PRACTICES THAT IDENTIFY CHILDREN WITH INSUFFICIENT FUNDS. WE NEVER WANT A CHILD IN LINE TO BE TOLD YOU. OH OR OR YOU DON'T HAVE ANY MONEY IN YOUR ACCOUNT. WE ALSO HAVE TO MAINTAIN THE FINANCIAL INTEGRITY OR ENTERPRISE FUND.

AND SO OUR PLAN IS THAT WE WILL IMPLEMENT A CONSISTENT POLICY OF DEBT. CONSISTENT POLICY SORRY REGARDING THE COLLECTION OF DELINQUENT DEBT. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. AND NOW WE TURN IBACK OVER TO MISTAKES. THANK YOU. WE HAVE COMPLETED OUR PRESENTATION AND WE ARE READY FOR YOUR DISCUSSION AND QUESTIONS. UM THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION. I HAVE A COUPLE OF THINGS, BUT I'M GOING TO ASK MY COLLEAGUES FIRST. UM ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON THIS BEFORE WE MOVED TO THE FULL BOARD? YES, MISS EVANS. YES UM, THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.

UM SO MY FIRST QUESTION I DON'T EVEN KNOW IF IT A QSTIO THAT WE ALL CAN ANSWER. I JUST TO KNOW. DO WE THINK THAT AT SOME POINT, UM THAT THERE WILL BE SOME CONSIDERATION OR THE ABILITY TO HAVE OUR PARENTS THAT ARE ON SNAP THAT WHEN THEY REGISTER FOR THAT THEY AUTOMATICALLY SOMEHOW GET REGISTERED FOR FREE REDUCED PRICE MEALS. DO WE? HAVE WE EVER HEARD THAT CONVERSATION? COME UP. SO WHERE IT MAKES IT, IT'S A LITTLE BIT MORE EASE, BECAUSE IF THEY'RE APPLYING FOR SNAP, WE CAN MAKE THE ASSUMPTION THAT THEY SHOULD BE RECEIVING FREE REDUCED PRICE MEALS, SO THAT'S E PART IN THE SECOND PART IS DO WE GIVE THE, UM OUR APPLICATION TO DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES SO AS FAMILIES ARE COMING IN TO REGISTER FOR THE SNAP PROGRAM THAT THEY'RE ABLE TO GET OUR APPLICATION DO WE PARTNER LIKE THAT? UM SO I'LL TAKE THAT QUESTION. SO FIRST PART IF YOU ARE ELIGIBLE FOR SNAP AND YOU WERE APPROVED FOR SNAP, THEN YOU ARE WHAT WE CALL A DIRECTLY CERTIFIED STUDENT. SO DIRECTLY CERTIFIED STUDENTS. WE DO A MATCH WITH THE STATE AND OUR I T PERSON DOES THAT EVERY SINGLE DAY. AND SO IF YOU WERE APPROVED FOR SNAP, I'LL SAY LAST FRIDAY YOU WOULD AND ONCE THAT'S IN THEIR SYSTEM IN D A TRADE SHIPS FOR THE STATE. ONCE YOU'RE IN THAT SYSTEM, THEN YOU WOULD THEN DIRECTLY DIRECTLY CERTIFIED WITH US AND AUTOMATICALLY QUALIFY FOR FREE MEALS. SO WE DO NOT SHARE THE APPLICATION WITH DHHS BECAUSE AGAIN IF YOU QUALIFY PER SNAP, YOU WILL THEN BE DIRECTLY CERTIFIED WITH US. OKAY, PERFECT . I DIDN'T KNOW THAT. THANK YOU.

OKAY SO I WILL ADD ON ONE MORE PIECE, SO USDA HAS INITIATED A PILOT PROGRAM. THAT'S UM STUDENTS WHO QUALIFY FOR MEDICAID. UM CAN BE ADDED AND MATCHED TO INCREASE THE NUMBERS OF DIRECT CERTIFICATION STUDENTS , SO IT IS NOT A NATIONAL PROGRAM, BUT MARYLAND WAS CHOSEN TO DO A PILOT PROGRAM FORWARD AND WE VOLUNTEERED TO BE ONE OF THE COUNTIES THAT WILL PARTICIPATE IN THIS SO NEXT YEAR. WILL BE ELIGIBLE, AND WE'LL START THAT WITH THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL, SO WE WILL GET A LIST OF DICAID STUDENTS THAT WE WILL THEN BE ABLE TO MATCH WITH OUR STUDENT DATABASE. AND IF YOU WERE ON MEDICAID, THEN YOU WILL AUTOMATICALLY BE CONSIDERED ALSO A DIRECT DIRECTLY CERTIFIED. THE OTHER GOOD NEWS. IS IT BETTER IF THERE ARE MULTIPLE CHILDREN WITHIN A HOME? AND THEY'RE NOT ALL ON MEDICAID. ALL OF THE STUDENTS THAT ARE CONSIDERED DIRECTLY SORT OF NOT DIRECTLY CERTIFIED, BUT THEY AUTOMATICALLY QUALIFY FOR FREE MEALS. BUT IT'S SO PERFECT. THANK YOU FOR SHARING

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WE HAVE TO PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES . UM FOR THE FAMILY TO PROVIDE PAYMENT OR A PAYMENT FOR AND ONCE THE SCHOOL YEAR IS OVER. WE STILL CONTINUE TO DO OUTREACH AND WORK WITH OUR COMMUTIES AND FAMILIES TO CONTINUE TO DILIGENCE ONCE WE BELIEVE WE HAVE TRIED EVERYTHING POSSIBLE.

WE'VE WE'VE REACHED YOU KNOW, EVEN JUST A PARTIAL PAYMENT. UM WHEN WE HAVE EXHAUSTED ALL RESOURCES, THAT'S WHEN IT BECOMES A BAD DEBT. OKAY SO THERE'S NOT ONE SPECIFIC THEME, BUT WE DID WE MAKE A DETERMINATION OURSELVES IF I DIDN'T HEAR IF I HEARD YOU CORRECTLY, YES, AND WE ALSO HAVE TO SHOW THROUGH DOCUMENTATION THAT WE HAVE DONE. THE THIS LEVEL OF OUTREACH AND, UM AND YOU KNOW, EXHAUSTION OF ALL RESOURCES THAT WE COULD BEFORE IT BECOMES BAD DEBT, AND ONCE IT'S BAD THAT THEN IT IS REMOVED FROM, UM, THE D F S SYSTEM SO THAT IT DOES NOT CARRY OVER WITHIN A STUDENT ACCOUNT FROM YEAR TO YEAR. IT CARRIES OVER WITHIN THE M.C.P.S. ACCOUNT.

OKAY SO TWO MORE QUICK THINGS, MISS PRUITT, PART OF A REALLY GREAT POINT ABOUT PARTNERING WITH P T A S WHAT I HOPE IF IT'S NOT TOO MUCH THAT PTS COULD GIVE SOME CONSIDERATION TO ON THEIR MEMBERSHIP FORM, BUT I RECALL IS THEY ASK YOU SOMETIMES HOW YOU WANT TO ALLOCATE YOUR DONATION, AND THEN WE COULD PUT ON THAT FORM LUNCH DEBT AND THEN DETERMINE AND THEN IN FOR SOME REASON OR ANOTHER. THAT PARTICULAR SCHOOL THAT THEY'RE AT DOESN'T NEED THE MONEY. THEN THEY CAN RE ALLOCATED TO THE LARGE FUND. THAT WOULD BE GREAT , SO I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S A THOUGHT OR WHATEVER, BUT ALSO MEI DON'T KNOW WHO WOULDONOR ANSWER THIS. IS THERE A WAY FOR OUR PARENTS TO, UM, NOTIFIED THEIR SCHOOLS, THEIR INDIVIDUAL SCHOOLS OR SCHOOL IN THEIR CLUSTER, LIKE, SAY, FRIENDS THAT HAVE A I HAD A SENIOR WHO IS NOT A FRESHMAN IN COLLEGE. I BELIEVE SHE HAS MONEY ON HER LUNCH ACCOUNT IF I WANT TO SAY TAKE THAT MONEY AND PUT IT TOWARDS LUNCH DEBT COULD DO WE ALLOW PARENTS TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT AT OUR SCHOOLS. YES. OKAY BUT COULD MM. BUT YOU HAVE TO. SO IS IT DO WE HAVE TO ASK TO IS THERE A WAY THAT WE CAN OPT IN TO DO THAT, AS OPPOSED TO? YOU NEED TO KNOW THAT YOU CAN DO THAT? I DON'T KNOW IF PEOPLE KNOW THAT. OR IF , AFTER A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF TIME IT COULD JUST AUTOMATICALLY BE DONATED TO NEVER COLLECTED AND MY KIDS HAVE BEEN OUT OF SCHOOL FOR WILSON HAS BEEN OUT FOR ALMOST FOUR YEARS NOW, AND I NEVER THOUGHT TO GET MONEY BACK FROM WHAT WAS ON HER ACCOUNT, SO I WOULD HOPE IT'S JUST BEEN DONATED. BUT MAYBE IT'S JUST WE CANNOT DONATE, ACTUALLY. SO AS LONG AS IT'S UM, A POSITIVE BALAEWE CANNOT. WE CANNOT TAKE YOUR MONEY. IT'S NOT LIKE YOU KNOW IF YOU HAVE A BANK ACCOUNT THAT IS INACTIVE FOR FIVE YEARS, IT GOES INTO THE STATE FUND. THERE IS NOT THAT TYPE OF LEGISLATION THAT COVERS THIS. WE HAVE TO MAINTAIN THAT IN THE STUDENT'S NAME. OBVIOUSLY IT'S AN AN AN ACTIVE FILE. UM IF PARENTS CONTACT US ABOUT DONATING THE BALANCE, WE ASKED THEM TO PUT IT IN WRITING. AND THEN WE, UM WE DO DONATE THAT INTO THE INTO THE ACCOUNT. UM FOR ALL STUDENTS. THANK YOU FOR THAT. THEY WANTED TO GO TO THEIR SCHOOL, AND WE'LL PUT IT WILL PUT IT TOWARDS THE NEGATIVE DEBT AT THEIR SCHOOL. THERE HAVE ALSO BEEN HAVE REQUESTS FROM PARENTS . THEY WANT THE OPPORTUNITY AS THEY'RE SETTING UP. THEIR CHILD'S LUNCH ACCOUNT TO SET UP TO DONATE MONEY TO A GUEST ACCOUNT. OR, UM, YOU KNOW WHAT? ANOTHER STUDENT ACCOUNT AT THEIR SCHOOL? WHERE WE EVER ABLE TO GET THAT SYSTEM IN PLACE. SO WE

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WE DID ASK FOR THAT. AND I BELIEVE THAT WAS A PRE COVID REQUEST. UM THAT WE WANTED THERE TO BE A BUTTON. YOU KNOW THE SAME WAY WHEN YOU PAY DUES FOR MANY OTHER THINGS YOU CAN DONATE TO ANY OF THE PACT COMMITTEES THAT PARENTS COULD DO THAT. AND WE KNOW WE HAVE PARENTS THAT WOULD WE HAVE NOT HAD SUCCESS GETTING THAT BUT I WILL. I WILL HAVE OUR I T WILL WILL CIRCLE BACK WITH HEARTLAND ABOUT THAT BECAUSE THAT'S IMPORTANT TO US.

OKAY THANK YOU, MR MISS MRS SMONDROWSKI, AND MY HOPE IS THAT BEFORE I GET OFF THE BOARD THAT THIS WON'T EVEN BE A QUESTION THAT EVERYBODY IN OUR SCHOOL SYSTEM WILL GET. UM, THREE LUNCH AND BREAKFAST. YEAH SO, UM, THANK YOU FOR THOSE QUESTIONS.

UM, I HAVE TO FOLLOW UPS TO MISS EVANS QUESTIONS. UM WE DON'T HOLD AND I KNOW THAT AT ONE TIME , AT LEAST, I'M NOT SURE IF IT'S STILL THIS WAY. UM IF YOU IF A STUDENT HAD LIKE A BOOK THAT WASN'T RETURNED OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, THEN EITHER, LIKE GRADES WERE WITHHELD OR YOUR GRADUATION. YOU KNOW, YOU WERE TOLD YOU MIGHT NOT BE ABLE TO WALK FOR GRADUATION, WHICH SUPER EXTREME, BUT WE DON'T DO ANYTHING LIKE THAT FOR MEALS, CORRECT. NO, WE DO NOT. OKAY AND THEN MY OTHER FOLLOW UP QUESTION TO MS EVANS POINT ABOUT AUTUMN STUDENTS AUTOMATICALLY BEING FROM THE SNAP PROGRAM SIGNED UP MY KIND OF OVERALL QUESTION IS HOW MUCH WOULD IT COST US TO OFFER FREE TO BE ABLE TO OFFER FREE MEALS FOR US STUDENTS? AND IF WE WERE ABLE TO DO THAT COULD THE MANY STUDENTS WHO QUALIFY FOR FREE AND REDUCED MEALS OR ANY OTHER TYPE OF PROGRAM. COULD THAT BE PUT IN TO KIND OF REDUCED THE AMOUNT THAT IT WOULD COST US TWO OVERALL AND THAT SURE I'M SAYING IT THE RIGHT WAY. BUT HOPEFULLY SOMEBODY KNOWS ABOUT KNOWS WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT, BUT TO CONTRIBUTE TOWARDS WHAT IT WOULD COST US IF WE WANTED TO PAY FOR EVERYBODY.

SO WE WOULD, EVEN EVEN IF WE WENT TO UNIVERSAL FREE MEALS, WHICH IS I THINK WHAT WE'RE ALL HOPING FOR. WE WOULD WE WOULD CONTINUE TO HAVE STUDENTS THAT WOULD BE IN THE DIFFERENT BUCKETS. WE WOULD HAVE STUDENTS THAT ARE ELIGIBLE FOR FREE AND REDUCED PRICE MEALS SO WE WOULD GET REIMBURSEMENTS. EXCUSE ME FROM, BUT. THE STATE AND USDA.

FOR THAT WE WOULD ALSO CONTINUED TO GET MUCH SMALLER REIMBURSEMENTS, BUT REIMBURSEMENTS FOR THE FULL PAID STUDENTS FOR BREAKFAST AND LUNCH AS WELL, SO IT WOULDN'T BE THAT SOMEONE WOULD HAVE TO PICK UP THE ENTIRE TAB FOR ALL OF THE MEALS. BUT THEY THEY WOULD NEED TO PICK UP THE TAB AND WE'VE COME UP WITH THOSE COST ESTIMATES. UM I'M GOING TO SAY IN THE LOW 20 MILLION UM, WHAT WERE WE CAN PUT A YEAR. YEAH.

YEAH I BELIEVE IT IS CLOSE TO THAT. BUT WE CAN CERTAINLY BRING THAT BACK TO YOU CIRCLE IT BACK WOULD BE GREAT. OKAY WE'RE ASKING THIS QUESTION. DOCTOR DOCCA. YEAH WHEN YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT OBLIGATIONS THAT STUDENTS HAVE NOT JUST THE LUNCH DEBT, ANOTHER DEBT. I THINK WE WERE TOLD THAT WE'RE NOT ALLOWED TO DO THAT. I'M GONNA PUT THAT TO DR DAWSON BECAUSE SHE WAS MOST RECENTLY IN A SCHOOL, BUT I THOUGHT WE WEREN'T ALLOWED TO KEEP PEOPLE FROM GRADUATING OR GETTING THEIR REPORT CARDS.

YOU'RE CORRECT. YOU'RE CORRECT, DOCTOR DOCCA. THAT IS CHANGED.

YEAH OBLIGATIONS CAN'T BE THE WAY OF, UM NOT YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO FIGURE OUT A BETTER WAY TO DO THAT. SO, YES, YES. BELLINI ASKED ABOUT THAT AT A BUDGET HEARING, SO DID YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE? DOCTOR DOCCA? YES I DO. GO AHEAD MENU. NOW I'M BRINGING THIS UP BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A LOT OF STUDENTS . THEY'RE GOING TO BE ON THE COMMITTEE TO TALK ABOUT LUNCHES.

MAE 4 OF THEM. I DON'T KNOW.

UM AND IT'S A NEW THING. BUT THE ISSUE IS MENUS. THEY NEED TO UNDERSTAND WHY THERE ARE CERTAIN FOODS THAT ARE. ON THE MENU AND WHY WE CAN'T HAVE SOME OF THE OTHERS. OR MAYBE WE CAN HAVE SOME OF THE OTHERS WITH THEIR INPUT BECAUSE TO BE IN THE CAFETERIA AND SEE KIDS JUST DUMPED THE FOOD. THAT THEY'RE SERVED IS HEARTBREAKING AND ESPECIALLY SO FUNDING. UH IT'S IMPORTANT TO FUNDING THE STUDENTS WHO YOU KNOW SO THAT THEY ALL CAN EAT. S I'M JUST SAYING, I HOPE THAT YOU WILL BE ABLE TO WORK WITH STUDENTS AND WITH THE KINGS ABOUT THE MENU AND WHY CERTAIN THINGS ARE ALLOWED AND WHERE THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT COMES INTO THIS AND I START HANDS SO BUT ANYHOW, THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. THANK YOU. YES AND DR DOCCA. JUST TO KIND OF ADD INTO THAT. UM AND CERTAINLY YOU KNOW, WE'RE ACTUALLY REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THE RESOLUTION THEN CAME OUT BECAUSE WE LOVE WORKING WITH OUR

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BARBARA HERSELF AS A DIETITIAN, SO WE HAVE THE RIGHT PEOPLE DOING THIS. IT'S A MATTER OF REALLY GETTING BACK TO NOW THAT WE'VE COME OUT OF COVID AND WE'VE BEEN WORKING THROUGHOUT THE YEAR TO NOT HAVE INDIVIDUALLY WRAPPED THINGS ALL THE TIME. BUT YOU KNOW TO REALLY MAKE UM, POWER BOWLS AND SMOOTHIES AND HAVE ALL THESE DIFFERENT OPTIONS FOR OUR DIVERSE STUDENT BODY. SO THAT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT, UM YOU KNOW, WE'RE WE'VE GOTTEN BACK TO WE'RE STILL WORKING ON, BUT WE DO WANT TO HAVE OUR STUDENTS AS PART OF OUR TASTE TESTING PROCESS. OUR FOCUS GROUPS. ALL OF THESE THINGS HAVE STARTED UP AGAIN. UH AND WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT. AND I AM PUTTING IN A PLUG THAT WE DO HAVE A, UH TASTE TEST FOR THE BOARD AND THE SUPERINTENDENT COMING UP IN MAY, AND WE'RE REALLY EXCITED TO HAVE YOU GUYS OUT THERE FOR THAT AND ACTUALLY SHOW YOU THE OPERATION. BECAUSE IT IS COMPLEX AND IT'S AND IT'S MANY, MANY DIFFERENT. CAPACITIE BETWEEN SUPPLY CHAIN AND ALL THESE DIFFERENT THINGS. WE'RE EXCITED, AND WE WILL ALSO, UM, I'LL PUT IN ONE LAST PLUG IN JUNE, WE WILL BE PRESENTING UH, ON THE DIVISION OF FEEDING NUTRITION AND FUTURISM WITH YOU AND REALLY PROVIDING SOME MORE DETAILED INFORMATION, SO WE'RE EXCITED. WE'RE VERY EXCITED. SO MAY 16TH 11 30 TO 1. IN THE THICKET AS WE AFFECTIONATELY CALLED, UM, BUILDING. IT'S ON TURKEY THICKET. I DON'T. I'M NOT SURE WHO NAMED IT, B THAT'S OKAY. WE CALL IT IN THE THICKET.

THE LAST THE LAST PLUG. I KNOW I'M TOTALLY OFF TOPIC, MISS SMONDROWSKI, BUT YOU'VE BEEN SAID TO ME. THE LAST PLUG I'M GONNA SAY IS I LOVE IT RIDE. WE WILL FEATURE AN ELECTRIC BUS.

WOW THAT'S FABULOUS. I LIKE TO HEAR THAT AS WE JUST TALKED ABOUT OUR SUSTAINABILITY POLICY . UM SO, YEAH, THANK YOU. THAT'S GREAT TO KNOW. UM, I MISS O'LOONEY. I'M SURE YOU'VE GOT QUITE A FEW COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS. SO Y GO RIGHT AHEAD . YEAH I HAVE A FEW THOUGHTS. UM OUR SUPERINTENDENT, DR MCKNIGHT HAD HER FIRST COMMUNITY CONVERSATION. ONE OF MANY. I'M SURE LAST NIGHT AND I STARTED A TABLE. THE QUESTION WAS POSED IF WE COULD CHANGE ONE THING ABOUT THE SCHOOL SYSTEM THAT WOULD TRANSFORM OUR OPERATIONS AND OUR PERFORMANCE. WHAT WOULD IT BE? AND I WAS WITH A GROUP OF BOYS FROM GAITHERSBURG HIGH SCHOOL.

THE CALLS WERE UNANIMOUS, UH, FOR TRANSFORMING OUR SCHOOL MEALS AND YES, WE CAN LAUGH. WE CAN JOKE ABOUT MEALS AND HOW CONCERNED STUDENTS ARE ABOUT WHAT THEY EAT, BUT I REALLY THINK IT'S VALID. UH WE ALL KNOW THAT WHAT YOU EAT AND IMPACTS YOUR PERFORMANCE. IF YOU DON'T EAT, YOU WON'T PERFORM WELL. AND I THINK THAT'S A REALLY IMPORTANT THING TO BE THINKING ABOUT WHAT THEIR STUDENTS I'M ESPECIALLY REALLY, REALLY EXCITED TO SEE IN THIS POLICY.

UM THE STRIKING OF THE ALTERNATIVE MEALS PROGRAM. IT WASN'T REALLY DISCUSSED TODAY.

BUT UM, TALKING WITH A LOT OF COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND A LOT OF STUDENTS, UM, THAT THAT SYSTEM OF GIVING A COL SANICH INSTEAD OF THE HOT MEAL OF THE DAY REALLY WAS NOT CONSTRUCTIVE.

TWO STUDENTS, STOMACHS OR THEIR SOCIAL, EMOTIONAL LEARNING OR THEIR RELATIONSHIP WITH THE SCHOOL SYSTEM. SO THE FACT THAT WE'RE NOT HOLDING STUDENTS HARMLESS FOR THEIR PARENTS FINANCIAL SITUATION, I THINK IS A REALLY, REALLY HUGE STEP FORWARD THAT I WANT TO MAKE SURE IT'S HIGHLIGHTED IN THIS NEW POLICY. I THINK THAT'S ABSOLUTELY HUGE. UM THE ONE QUESTION I DID HAVE AND I ASKED THE STEERING BUDGET SEASON BUT DIDN'T REALLY GET AN ANSWER. SO I'LL ASK IT TODAY. I DON'T KNOW IF I CAN GET AN ANSWER. AND IS ETHE OR NOT WE'VE CONSIDERED WE HAVE A GUESSPILOT, A MINOR PROGRAM OF UNIVERSAL SCHOOL MEALS THAT WILL CONTINUE INTO NEXT SCHOOL YEAR. I JUST SELECT FEW OF I BELIEVE OUR TITLE ONE SCHOOLS. BUT I'M ALWAYS THINKING ABOUT THE FACT THAT SO MANY OF OUR FAMILIES WHO QUALIFY FOR FREE AND REDUCED MEALS OR WHO ARE WAY EVEN BELOW THE INCOME THRESHOLD OFTEN DON'T SIGN UP, ESPECIALLY IN OUR UM, UNDOCUMENTED COMMUNITY. SO UM, I

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THAT UM, UH, SENATOR SEP STAB IN AWE. UM HAS PROPOSED, BUT SHE ONLY HAS 52 IN FAVOR AND SHE NEEDS 60. SO AT THIS POINT, OUR BELIEF IS THAT WE ARE PROBABLY DEAD IN THE WATER. FOR UNIVERSAL MEALS FOR NEXT SCHOOL YEAR. SO IF THIS IS SO UP UNTIL A FEW WEEKS AGO, QUITE HONESTLY, WE WERE HOPEFUL THAT WE WOULD NOT EVEN HAVE TO, UM, WALK THAT WALK. AT THIS POINT, WE DO KNOW THAT WE ARE PLANNING. WE HAVE TO PLAN THAT WE WILL WALK THAT WALK . SO WE KNOW THAT WE HAVE OUR COLA AND NEXT, WHICH ARE TWO INNOVATIVE SCHOOLS, AND THEY BEGIN JULY 6TH. SO UM, WE KNOW FOR SURE THAT WE WILL STRIKE THEM OFF AS UNIVERSAL SCHOOLS.

ONE OF OUR CHALLENGES AT THIS POINT IS THAT WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT WHAT OUR COSTS ACTUALLY ARE THIS YEAR. SO OUR COSTS HAVE ESCALATED OUT OF CONTROL. WE WON'T KNOW OUR REIMBURSEMENT RATE UNTIL AFTER JULY 1ST AND SO ARE CHALLENGES THAT WE, YOU KNOW , IT'S SORT OF LIKE KNOWING I DON'T KNOW WHAT MY PAYCHECK IS GOING TO BE. UNTIL AFTER JULY, 1ST AND I'M GONNA TRYND, UM, BUY A NEW HOME IN SEPTEMBER, SO WE DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH HOUSE WE CAN AFFORD YET. OUR HOPE IS THAT WE WILL CERTAINLY BE ABLE TO CONTINUE THE UNIVERSAL SCHOOLS THAT WE HAD IN PLACE PRE COVID, AND THEY WERE, FOR THE MOST PART ALL TITLE ONE SCHOOLS. WE WOULD LIKE TO, UM IF EVERYTHING ALIGNS , UM, WE'D LIKE TO BE ABLE TO ADD SCHOOLS NEXT FALL OR POSSIBLY ACTED THE BREAK IF WE CAN DO IT TO BRING IT UP TO BE ALL OF THEITLEONE HOOLS CAN I ASK? WOULD OUR COLA AND NEXT BE ADDITIONS TO THE UNIVERSAL SCHOOL MEALS, SCHOOLS OR WHERE THEY ALREADY PART OF THAT COVERED? THEY WERE ALREADY PART. OKAY. PUT THEM WERE ALREADY PART OF THAT. YEAH. OKAY IF WE DO EXPAND, AND I REALLY, REALLY HOPE THAT WE CAN THAT IS CALLED FOR A PRESS RELEASE NOT JUST TO GET LIKE THE COMMUNITY AWARE OF THAT PROGRAM, BUT ALSO , UM, THAT'S THAT'S A HUGE STEP FOR A SCHOOL SYSTEM. WE REALLY HOPE THAT THE MEDICARE PILOT IS GOING TO BE OF GREAT BENEFIT TO US. HARTFORD CONNECTICUT HAS BEEN DOING THIS MICARE PILOT FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS NOW, AND THEY SAW WHAT THEY DESCRIBED AS DRAMATIC INCREASES IN THEIR, UM STUDENTS THAT ARE DIRECTLY CERTIFIED. SO WE ARE VERY HOPEFUL THAT NEXT YEAR WE WILL SEE THAT AS WELL. WHICH ONCE WE HAVE THOSE STUDENTS THAT THEN MAKES IT EVEN MORE AFFORDABLE FOR US TO BE ABLE TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF UNIVERSAL MEALS.

AND UH, ONE LAST QUESTION. UM I'VE HEARD FROM SOME STUDENTS.

THERE SEEMS TO BE THIS IDEA THAT SINCE WE SWITCHED OVER TO UNIVERSALLY FREE MEALS BAUSE OF RICK REIMBURSEMENTS FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT THAT THE QUALITY HAS DECLINED, AND I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANY CORRELATION THERE. MAYBE THERE'S CORRELATION TO OUR STAFF SHORTAGES OR SOMETHING ELSE, BUT JUST WANTED YOU TO CONFIRM THAT THERE IS NOT A CORRELATION BETWEEN GETTING REIMBURSEMENTS AND OUR ACTUAL VENDORS. THANK YOU. SO, ACTUALLY, WE ARE GETTING HIGHER REIMBURSEMENTS DURING COVID. AND SO FOR THE MOST PART, WE ALREADY HAD BIDS IN PLACE. SO ALL OF OUR FOOD, ALL OF OUR FOOD PURCHASES ARE BIT OUT COMPETITIVELY. AND SO WE HAVE MAINTAINED THOSE SAME PRODUC AS LONG AS THEY'RE AVAILABLE. SO IN PREVIOUS YEARS , WE WOULD HAVE ONLY HAD, SAY 11 VENDOR FOR A PRODUCT. SO FOR THIS YEAR IN DECEMBER ALONE, WE HAD TO ADD 28 COMPANION PRODUCTS BECAUSE WE COULD NOT GET THE PRODUCT OF CHOICE. WE DID NOT.

WE NEVER WENT FOR A CHEAPER ITEM. NONE OF THESE WERE CHEAPER ITEMS AND MOST OF THEM WERE MET WERE MORE EXPENSIVE. FRIGHTENED AND WITH THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHY WE BROUGHT, UM EVEN THIS YEAR TO THE BOARD. UM, UH, BROUGHT BACK FOR EXTRA FUNDING BECAUSE OF THE INCREASES THAT WE'VE HAD TO PAY FOR THESE EXTRA PRODUCTS AND FOR PAYING FOR JUST HIGHER QUALITY. YOU KNOW HIGHER AMOUNTS BECAUSE THAT SUPPLY CHAIN HAS BEEN A BEAR AND YOU KNOW AGAIN, IT'S NOT JUST M.C.P.S. IT'S ACROSS THE UNITED STATES, UH, BUT IT HAS BEEN HARD

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GREAT. THANK YOU. SO I JUST HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS AS WELL.

AND UM, THE FIRST ONE BEING, UM , YOU KNOW, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF LINE 1 18 THROUGH AIRLINES 1 18 THROUGH 1 21. I DIDN'T REALLY SEE A LOT IN THE POLICY IN TERMS OF, UM.UR EFFORTS TO, UH, IN THE FOOD THAT WE PROVIDE. SO A FEW YEARS SEVERAL YEARS AGO, I GUESS NOW IT'S PROBABLY BEEN ALMOST FIVE YEARS, MAYBE FOUR, BUT I HAD MET WITH WE KIND OF FORMED A LITTLE BIT OF A GROUP.

UM OF LOCAL FARMERS AND COALITIONS FROM COMMUNITY OR COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS LIKE HEALTHY MONTGOMERY AND GROUPS YOU KNOW THAT ARE OUT THERE FOR STRONG FOOD ADVOCACY EFFORTS.

AND YOU KNOW, WE WERE REALLY COERSAONS OR PEOPLE FROMD M.C.P.S. THERE AS WELL ABOUT YOU KNOW WHAT WE WHAT IT COULD LOOK LIKE IF WE WERE ABLE TO, UM, CONTRACT WITH LOCAL FARMERS TO PROVIDE ALL OF OUR FRESH PRODUCE . WE TALKED A LOT ABOUT SOME OF THE BARRIERS BEING THE FACT THAT NO ONE FARM COULD NECESSARILY SUPPLY OR ENTIRE SYSTEM. BUT. TO ME. THAT'S NOT A BARRIER. THAT JUST MEANS WE SPREAD THAT SPREAD THE WEALTH IF YOU WILL, UM AND I DON'T KNOW THAT IT NECESSARILY NEEDS TO BE A POLICY CONSIDERATION. BUT I'M CURIOUS AS TO YOU KNOW. IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD BE LOOKING AT. I KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, RIGHT NOW WE'RE TRYING TO GET INTO COMPLIANCE WITH OUR POLICY. BUT I WILL SAY THAT I WOULD PERSONALLY LOVE TO BE ABLE TO SEE SOME SORT OF LANGUAGE THAT INDICATED THAT WE WERE GOING TO BE MAKING EFFORTS TO BE PROVIDING FRESH AND LOCAL, UM FRUITS, VEGETABLES OR WHATEVER ELSE AND EVEN YOU KNOW, EVEN IF IT HAD IN THERE SOMEWHERE ABOUT THE FACT THAT W WILL REGULARLY REVIEW WHAT THE MENUS ARE, AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO UM, TALK TO EVEN OTHER COMPANIES THAT DO THIS FOOD SERVICE. YOU KNOW, THAT'S ALL THEY DO IS THE FOOD SERVICE FOR COMPANIES OR FOR SCHOOL SYSTEMS. UM WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING ALONG THOSE LINES AT ALL IN HERE IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD PUT INTO THE REGULATIONS? IS IT SOMETHING THAT WE JUST CONTINUE TO TALK ABOUT KIND OF OFF TO THE SIDE OR WHAT? WHAT WAS? I THINK SO THIS POLICY IS STRICTLY THE FOR THE MEAL DEBT. SO I THINK WHERE WE ADDRESS THIS, MUCH BETTER IS IN OUR WELLNESS POLICY AND IN OUR WELLNESS PRACTICES FOR THE DISTRICT. SO THOSE REALLY ADDRESS UM SORT OF. I TOTALLY DIFFERENT SORT OF VIEW OF FOOD SERVICE. SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE ARE WORKING ON RIGHT NOW IS THAT WE ARE WORKING WITH SOME OF OUR LOCAL FARMERS THAT WE ARE

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WE CANNOT. NONE OF OUR LOCAL FARMERS EVEN AS A CONSORTIUM CAN PRODUCE ENOUGH TO SUPPLY OUR NEEDS. UM BUT WHAT WE CAN DO AND WHAT WERE, UM, WORKING ON FOR NEXT YEAR. WE'RE GOING TO DO SOME LOCAL PURCHASES FOR SUMMER BECAUSE IT'S A SMALLER PROGRAM AND THEY CAN SUPPLY WHAT WE NEED. BUT WE ARE GOING TO WORK WITH INDIVIDUAL FARMERS AND WE'VE GOT MEETINGS SET UP WITH THESE FARMERS AGAIN IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS WHERE WE CAN WE HAVE WHAT WE CALL FRESH FRUIT AND VEGETABLE PILOT SCHOOLS. THIS YEAR WE GOT 17. THAT'S THE MOST WE'VE EVER GOTTEN. USUALLY WE HAVE IT IN THE AREA OF 6 TO 9 SCHOOLS, AND THEY USUALLY ARE TITLE ONE ELEMEARY SCHOOLS. SO AT THOSE SCHOOLS, THERE'S NO REQUIREMENT THAT THEY ALL GET THE SAME ITEM. IS NOT A SERVING SIZE REQUIREMENT. IT JUST HAS TO BE A FRESH FRUIT AND VEGETABLE, SO OUR PLAN FOR NEXT YEAR IS THAT WE CAN INCORPORATE AS THEY'RE AVAILABLE, UM, FRESH FRUITS AND VEGETABLES FROM OUR LOCAL FARMERS, SO THAT WILL BE GREAT FOR US. YEAH I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT. BECAUSE YOU KNOW, I'VE EVEN SPOKEN TO A COUPLE OF THE FARMERS WHO SAID TELL US WHAT YOU NEED, AND WE'LL PLANT IT. YOU KNOW, YOU WILL WILL GROW IT, BUT, UM, IT THEY CAN'T HAVE IT JUST GOING TO WASTE. SO YOU KNOW IF WE CAN, OF COURSE, PUT IT QUEST, YOU KNOW, AND THINGS LIKE THAT, SO I DO. I WOULD LOVE TO SEE US CONTINUE WITH THAT. AND I APPRECIATE THAT. YOU'RE DOING THAT. MY OTHER QUESTION THAT I HAD IS UM , I GUESS TO MISS PRUITT IF, UM IF SOMEONE WAS INTERESTED IN SPONSORING A SCHOOL, UM YOU KNOW, HOW DO THEY GO ABOUT DOING THAT? DO THEY? BECAUSE I'M NOT SURE IF THEY WENT TO THEIR LOCAL PRINCIPAL, OR, YOU KNOW, THEY MAY NOT EVEN HAVE KIDS IN SCHOOL , BUT ARE INTERESTED IN DONATING , UM, FOR LIKE SPONSORING SCHOOL LUNCHES FOR EVERYONE I A PARTICULAR SCHOOL OR SOMETHING.

HOW WOULD SOMEONE GO ABOUT DOING THAT? IF THEY GO TO OUR WEBSITE , UH AND NAVIGATE TO DINE WITH DIGNITY. WE HAVE ALL THE SPONSORSHIP LEVELS UP. WITH SELECTION OPTION NEXT TO EACH ONE, AND I'M HAPPY TO STAY. A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE BEEN SELECTING SCHOOLS EVEN DURING THIS COVID PERIOD. AND WE'RE VERY, VERY GREAT. THAT'S GOOD.

THAT'S GOOD. THAT MAKES ME HAPPY TO HEAR. YEAH I WASN'T SURE IF WE SHOULD PUT SOMETHING ON EACH SCHOOL'S WSITEHAT WOULD DIRECTLY LINKED TO THE ADVANCED . YEAH, BUT YEAH, SO OKAY, DOCTOR DOCCA. I THOUGHT I SAW THAT YOU HAD TAKEN YOUR LIGHT OFF. I HAD IT ON MR ROONEY BROUGHT UP THE UNDOCUMENTED PERSONS. MHM THEY ARE REALLY RELUCTANT TO FILL OUT ANY FEDERAL FORMS. SO WE NEED TO EMPHASIZE AND I KNOW THAT SOME SCHOOLS DO THIS ALL ALREADY THAT WE HAVE NOT REPORTING ANYTHING TO ICE AND THAT THEY ARE SAFE FROM US FROM DOING THAT. BUT I THINK WE NEED TO DO MORE OUTREACH. SO THE PARENTS REALLY KNOW THAT, UM, THAT WE WILL NOT BE REPORTING ANYTHING THAT WE GET IN TERMS OF VERY GOOD SUGGESTION. VERY GOOD. I APPRECIATE THAT, TOO. YEAH. SO UNLESS ANYBODY HAS ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS, UM, I AM GOING TO A SOON THAT YOU'RE RECOMMENDATION HERE IS FOR US TO MOVE IT FORWARD TO THE FULL BOARD FOR FINAL ACTION. AT THE MAIN MEETING. YES. UM ALL IN FAVOR OF THAT. OKAY LETS UNANIMOUSO WE WILL MOVE IT ONTO THE FULL BOARD. UM THANK YOU VERY MUCH. EVERYONE FOR YOUR WORK ON THAT. UM, HOPEFULLY WE YOU KNOW, WE CAN GET IN

[6. Discussion of Policy IJA, School Counseling Programs and Services]

STAFF AND COMMUNITY PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS. SUCH AS THE MONTGOMERY COUNTY HEALTH, IMPLEMENT SERVICES AND DIFFERENT GROUPS LIKE THAT, UM, SO WITH THAT I WILL TURN IT OVER TO STUFF. THANK YOU. TODAY WE ARE HERE TO DISCUSS A FRAMEWORK FOR REVISION OF POLICY. I J. A WITH US OR DR CRUZ FROM SCHOOL HOUSING SERVICES AND MRS DURANTE FROM STUDENT ENGAGEMENT BEHAVIOR HEALTH AND ACADEMICS. I'M GONNA TURN OVER TO MISS DAVIS, WHO WILL PROVIDE AN OVERVIEW OF THE FRAMEWORK. HI OKAY, SO WHEN WE DRAFT A NEW POLICY OR SUBSTANTIALLY REVISED AND EXISTING POLICY, THE COMMITTEE OFTEN REVIEWS A FRAMEWORK BEFORE WE BEGIN DRAFTING THE LANGUAGE, AND WE'RE WE WANT THIS OPPORTUNITY FOR STAFF TO PROVIDE A RATIONALE FOR YOU THE GUIDING QUESTIONS WE'RE GOING TO USE IN THE GENERAL APPROACH TO HOW THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE POLICY WILL PROCEED. SO THIS CONVERSATION IS REALLY AN IMPORTANT OPPORTUNITY FOR STAFF TO HEAR COMMITTEE

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WHAT'S THE ROLE OF SCHOOL COUNSELOR? MR ROLLINS? SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGISTS? WHAT'S THE WORLD OF THE SOCIAL WORKER? SO WE WANT TO USE THIS REVISION TO REALLY LAY OUT? WHAT ARE THE COMMONALITIES? OF ALL THREE PROFESSIONS, BUT THEN ALSO TO SHARE. WHAT ARE THOSE DIFFERENCES IN TERMS OF THE WORK THAT ALL THREE OF THOSE PROFESSIONS, UM, PROVIDING THE SERVICES THAT ARE PROVIDED IN THE SCHOOLS AND THEN, LASTLY, REALLY LOOKING AT THOSE LEGAL REQUIREMENTS, RIGHT? LIKE WHEN WE TALK AUT WHAT, UM, ALL THREE OF THOSE PROFESSIONS DO IN TERMS OF DIRECT SERVICES. THERE ARE SPECIFIC LEGAL REQUIREMENTS AROUND STUDENT RECORDS. AND FOR PA, UM THAT WHOLE NOTION OF DUTY TO WARN AND WHAT THAT MEANS FOR ALL THREE AND CONFIDENTIALITY, AND SO WE WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THOSE THINGS WITHIN THIS NEW REVISION OR THIS. THIS REVISION.

NEXT SLOT. SO WE CREATED, UM, KIND OF A VISUAL TO HELP WITH PEOPLE UERSTDING THE ROLES OF THE SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGIST, THE SCHOOL COUNSELOR AND THE SOCIAL WORKER AND IN THE MIDDLE OF THIS DIAGRAM, YOU CAN SEE THAT THERE ARE SPECIFIC THINGS THAT ALL THREE AREAS SHARE IN COMMON. SO ALL THREE PROFESSIONS PROVIDE INDIVIDUAL COUNSELING. THEY DO GROUP COUNSELING. THEY ARE DOING STUFF PROMOTIONAL LEARNING. THEY ARE REFERRING TO OUTSIDE RESOURCES FOR THOSE STUDENTS THAT ARE WHAT WE CONSIDER TIER THREE. UM, AND THEY'RE ALSO PROVIDING CRISIS INTERVENTION.

BUT WHEN WE LOOK AT EACH INDIVIDUAL PROFESSION WHEN WE TAKE A LOOK AT THE SCHOOL COUNSELOR, THE SCHOOL COUNSELOR IS RESPONSIBLE FOR PROVIDING A COMPREHENSIVE SCHOOL COUNSELING PROGRAM FOR ALL STUDENTS, AND THEY HAVE THREE DOMAINS.

OFTENTIMES PEOPLE FORGET THAT THERE ARE THREE ACTUAL DOMAINS THAT THE AMERICAN SCHOOL COUNSELOR ASSOCIATION AND ALL OF OUR GRADUATE PROGRAMS TEACH, AND THAT IS THE ACADEMIC COMPONENT OF THE WORK. THE COLLEGE AND CAREER COMPONENT OF THE WORK AND THE PERSONAL SOCIAL COMPONENT OF THE WORK. AND SO OUR SCHOOL COUNSELORS ARE DEVELOPING A PROGRAM THAT HAS ALL THREE OF THOSE AREAS ARE SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGIST. ARE DOING A LOT OF WORK. IN ADDITION TO WHAT WE HAVE IN THE MIDDLE HERE, THEY'RE ALSO DOING A LOT OF WORK AROUND , UM, CONDUCTING FIVE OR 40 VALUATIONS AND HELPING WITH ACADEMIC AND BEHAVIORAL CONSULTATION THAT SUPPORTING STAFF AND THEY'RE DOING A LOT OF THE ASSESSMENTS THAT ARE TAKING

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UM AND WE WANT TO INCLUDE MORE INFORMATION IN THIS NEW REVISED POLICY REGULATION. NEXT SLIDE.

AND SO. NOT ONLY DO WE WANT TO SHOW THAT THE DIFFERENCES AND THE COMMONALITIES BUT WE ALSO WANT TO REALLY EXPRESS WHAT EACH ONE OF THESE MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONS DO NOT DO SO THAT WE'RE BEING VERY CLEAR ABOUT YOU KNOW, AS A SCHOOL COUNSELOR, THE SCHOOL COUNSELORS DO NOT PROVIDE LONG TERM THERAPY. THEY'RE NOT, YOU KNOW, DESIGNING TREATMENT PLANS AND DIAGNOSING DISORDERS.

UM, AND THOSE SORTSF THGS, BUT THEY DO AS I SHARE BEFORE PROVIDE THAT COMPREHENSIVE PROGRAM. THEY'RE DOING MENTAL HEALTH AND WELLNESS SUPPORTS.

THEY'RE DOING ACADEMIC ADVISING AND COLLEGE AND CAREER PLANNING AND ALL OF THOSE THINGS, SO WE WANT TO EMPHASIZE WHAT EACH OF THOSE PROFESSIONS DO NOT DO AND WHAT EACH OF THOSE PROFESSIONS DO. AS A PART OF THEIR SCOPE OF WORK. NEXT SLIDE. AND THEN HERE WE HAVE OUR SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGISTS WERE INDICATING HERE WHAT THEY DO NOT DO. THEY'RE NOT DOING THE COLLEGE AND CAREER PLANNING PIECE. THEY'RE NOT PRESCRIBING MEDICATION. HOWEVER THEY ARE DOING ASSESSMENTS. THEY ARE DIAGNOSING MENTAL HEALTH CONDITIONS, YOU KNOW, TO HELP SCHOOLS WITH EDUCATIONAL PLANNING, THEY ARE DOING CRISIS INTERVENTION SUPPORT. THEY'RE DOING REFERRALS FOR OUTSIDE AGENCIES SO THAT WE'RE MAKING SURE THAT STUDENTS THAT NEED ADDITIONAL WRAPAROUND SERVICES ARE RECEIVING THAT. AND THEN OUR NEXT SLIDE. I WILL TURN THIS OVER TO MY COLLEAGUE, MRS DURANT L SOCIAL WORKERS AND SO MUCH LIKE OUR PSYCHOLOGISTS AND OUR SCHOOL COUNSELORS ARE SOCIAL WORKERS.

ARE PROVIDING COUNSELING SERVICES TO STUDENTS DIRECTLY SOME OF THE THINGS THAT THEY DO , UM, ARE CONDUCTING SOCIAL INTERVIEWS, RISK ASSESSMENTS AND BIO SOCIAL, UM, FIND PSYCHOSOCIAL ASSESSMENTS. THEY ARE PROVIDING, UM, COUNSELING SERVICES TO STUDENTS WHO MAY NEED MENTAL HEALTH AND WELLNESS SUPPORT. THEY ARE CASE MANAGING STUDENTS WHO MIGHT NEED OTHER DIVEIONSUPPOS. DUE TO COURT INVOLVEMENT OR SUBSTANCE ABUSE OR TRANSITION FROM JUVENILE PLACEMENTS. THEY ARE PROVIDING, UH, CRISIS SUPPORT AND INTERVENTION. AND THEY'RE WORKING WITH OUR STAFF AND OUR PARENTS IN ORDER TO PROVIDE THEM WITH INFORMATION TRAINING AND SUPPORT, ALONG WITH REFERRALS TO OUTSIDE AGENCIES AS NEEDED. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THEY DO NOT DO, OR SOME OF THE THINGS THEY DO NOT DO IS TYPICALLY THEY DO NOT PROVIDE COMPREHENSIVE ACADEMIC IN CAREER COUNSELING SERVICES. AH THEY ALSO DO NOT PRESCRIBE MEDICATION TO STUDENTS AS A PART OF THE CREATION OF THEIR TREATMENT PLANS, INTERVENTION PLANS THAT HE COULD WIN. AND TYPICALLY, THEY DO NOT CONDUCT THE FORMALIZED TESTING FOR I SEE SCREENINGS AND EVALUATIONS. SO WE HOPE THAT BY SHARING TODAY UM SOME OF THE WAYS THAT, UH, ALL OF THESE, UH DIFFERENT AREAS WORK TOGETHER AND ARE SIMILAR, BUT ALSO WAYS THAT THEY'RE DIFFERENT. WILL HELP USO HILIGH. UM HOW ALL THESE POSITIONS ARE COLLABORATIVE IN THEIR WORK, BUT YET ALSO UNIQUE. AND I BELIEVE THAT'S THE END OF OUR PETITION.

TURN IT OVER TO YOU GUYS FOR DISCUSSION. RIGHT THANK YOU SO MUCH. UM, I WILL START OFF WITH OPENING IT UP TO MY COLLEAGUES.

ANYONE KNOW? YEAH I JUST WANT TO SAY WE COMPARE OURSELVES TO SYSTEMS ALL OVER THE COUNTRY.

BUT THEY SAY THAT THEY'RE PSYCHOLOGISTS OR THEIR COUNCILS HAVE A LOWER CASE FLOATS. BUT THEY MAY NOT HAVE SOCIAL WORKERS . THEY MAY NOT HAVE A PARENT OUTREACH PERSONS, SO WE HAVE A LARGER TEAM TO STOP BEATING OURSELVES UP. BUT WE KNOW THAT WE NEED MORE PEOPLE. WE ABSOLUTELY KNOW THAT. YES YES, WE DO. UM I HAVE A QUICK

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ASIDE FROM THE ONES THAT I'VE SIED. TO OUR HIGH SCHOOLS THAT WILL SUPPORT SCHOOLS AS NEEDED.

AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT HAPPENS NOW, SO WE DO GET CALLS FOR SPECIALIZED CIRCUMSTANCES OR SOMETHING THAT MIGHT BE PARTICULARLY TIME SENSITIVE, UM , WE'RE, UM, JUST ANYTHING IN THE SCHOOL MIGHT NEED SUPPORT WITH THEY CONTACT OUR OFFICE NOW, AND WE DO REFERRALS OUT CONSULTATION. AND SUPPORT ON A KIDS BY KIDS SPACES SO ABSOLUTELY, AND EVEN IF YOUR SCHOOL DOES HAVE A SOCIAL WORKER, THEY DO WORK TOGETHER SO THEY CAN SOMETIMES TAG TEAM. I KNOW ANITA GETS CALLED IN A LOT IN TERMS OF PRESENTATIONS WHEN WE'RE DOING DUAL PRESENTATIONS IN ENGLISH AND SPANISH, UM, AND TO CONSULT ON SOME OF THOSE ITEMS WHERE THEY CAN WORK TOGETHER TO FULFILLING ME. SO THE SHORT ANSWER TO THAT IS YES.

BUT BUT THAT'S BIGGER THAN JUST IN A CRISIS MANAGEMENT SITUATION . CORRECT YES. SO THIS IS OUTSIDE OF CRISIS MANAGEMENT.

IT'S JUST SEPARATE PROTOCOL FOR THAT. ALTOGETHER THERE ARE SIX CENTRAL OFFICE BASED SOCIAL WORKERS THAT, UM, SCHOOLS CAN CALL UPON AS NEEDED. OKAY, THAT'S GOOD TO KNOW BECAUSE AND I WAS RECENTLY CHATTING WITH SOMEBODY, UM, FROM ONE OF OUR, UM, SCHOOLS THAT HAS, YOU KNOW, A LARGER, HIGHER DROPOUT RATE.

THEN UM, WE WOULD CERTAINLY LIKE TO SEE. UM WHICH WOULD BE ZERO OF COURSE, BUT, UM, BUT AND THE QUESTION CAME TO ME ABOUT YOU KNOW, WHY CAN'T WE HAVE MORE SOCIAL EMOTIONAL SUPPORT? BECAUSE THERE'S OBVIOUSLY SOMETHING YOU KNOW THAT IS LEADING THESE. THIS GROUP OF CHILDREN NOT TO, YOU KNOW, GO PAST MIDDLE SCHOOL PER SE. UM AND I KNOW LIKE I SAID, IT'S HARD, SO I'M NOT SURE I WASN'T SURE IF ALL OF THE PRINCIPLES ARE AWARE THAT THEY CAN CALL CENTRAL OFFICE IF YOU NEED ADDITIONAL SUPPORTS OR HOW THAT WORKS. YEAH AND I WILL. JUST IF I MAY HAVE. I WILL ALSO JUST ADD THAT WHEN IT COMES TO, UM, SOCIAL, EMOTIONAL SUPPORT IT. WE RECEIVE QUESTIONS AND, YOU KNOWT DAILY. SO YOU KNOW, WE ABSOLUTELY YOU KNOW, WILL CONSULT WITH THE PRINCIPLE WE CONSULT WITH COUNSELORS WE PROVIDE. WE COME OUT A PRODE THEM WITH SUPPORT IF THERE ARE SPECIFIC SITUATIONS THAT ARE HAPPENING WITH A SPECIFIC STUDENT, SO THAT'S A THAT'S AN ONGOING REGULAR THING THAT THAT WE DO. UM, FROM CENTRAL ON THESE PROVIDE THOSE TYPES OF SUPPORTS AS WELL. OKAY GREAT. THANK YOU.

I APPRECIATE THAT. IT KIND OF ALL JUST GOES TO THE THERE ARE GUIDING QUESTIONS OF YOU KNOW WHAT OUR PRIORITIES ARE AND WHAT THE CHALLENGES? UM ARE, UM SO YOU KNOW IT. WITH THESE SERVICES, SO I'M SORRY ABOUT THAT. UM SO FROM HERE THEN UNLESS MY COLLEAGUES HAVE ANYTHING ELSE THAT THEY WANTED TO ADD, AND YOU ARE GOING TO TAKE, UM, THE OUTLINE, UM, PROVIDED TO US HERE AND BRING SOMETHING BACK TO US THAT WHERE WE'RE AT NOW. WE WILL. WE WILL WORK OUT WITH THIS TEAM. WE WILL PUT TOGETHER SOME STAKEHOLDERS AND DO OUR BENCHMARKING AND DO OUR DUE DILIGENCE, OUR RESEARCH AND WE HOPE TO BE BACK IN THE IN THE IN THE LATER FALL WITH A POLICY DRAFT FOR YOU TO LOOK AT RIGHT. D I DO WANT TO ALSO JUST SAY THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR HAVING PUT TOGETHER YOU KNOW, I KNOW I HAD ASKED YOU TO KIND OF DEFINE WHAT SOME OF THESE ROLES LOOK LIKE, SO I VERY MUCH APPRECIATE THE SLIDE PRESENTATION AND THE EXPLANATION . UM YOU KNOW, I STILL THINK WE NEED TO DO MORE WORK IN THE SCHOOLS. TO KIND OF MAKE SURE THAT OUR CHILDREN KNOW OUR STUDENTS KNOW WHAT EACH PERSON'S ROLE ARE AND HOW YOU KNOW HOW THEY CAN CONNECT WITH THAT PERSON AND ALL OF THAT, BUT THIS IS A GREAT START. AND SO I VERY MUCH APPRECIATE SS OOONE OKAY? YEAH JUST SOME THOUGHTS, MAYBE NOT DIRECTLY RELATED TO THIS POLICY, BUT JUST MORE BROADLY FOR DISCUSSION ON MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT. I THINK WE OFTEN SAY AS A SYSTEM AS M.C.P.S. THAT WE OFTEN WAIT TOO MUCH FOR STUDENTS AND FAMILIES TO COME TO US WHEN WE SHOULD BE COMING TO THEM. AND REACHING OUT TO THEM, AND I THINK A SIMILAR THOUGHT PROCESS SHOULD BE USED WITH OUR

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TOTALLY AGREE. SO UM ALRIGHT, WELL, IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU HAVE A LITTLE WORK TO DO ON THIS SO WE WILL LET YOU GO AHEAD AND MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT. AND UM, WE'LL LOOK FORWARD TO HAVING THAT COME BACK TO US SOMETIMEN THE NEXT, UH YES, TIMELINE. UM AS THERE ANYTHING THAT ANYONE ELSE HAS THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO ASK ABOUT DISCUSS, OR, UM CONCERNS OVER. NO OKAY, WELL, THEN I GUESS I THINK WE ARE UP TO THE END OF THE AGENDA FOR TODAY, AND WE CAN ADJOURN. UM I DON'T KNOW IF ALL IN FAVOR IS NECESSARY, BUT I WILL SAY ANYTHING. OKAY YES. ALL IN FAVOR. OKAY HAVE A VERY GOOD, UM, UPCOMING WEEKEND

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