Board of Trustees Meeting, Jackson Public Schools Feb. 20, 2024

PLEASE STAND BY FOR REALTIME CAPTIONS. >> ARE YOU ALREADY? >> GOOD EVENING. THE JACKSON PUBLIC SCHOOL BOARD MEETING IS NOW CALLED TO ORDER. BOARD MEMBERS, WE HAVE FOUR

MEMBERS PRESENT. MR. FIGGERS WILL BE JOINING US SHORTLY , AND MRS. THOMPSON IT WILL NOT BE HERE THIS

EVENING. WE HAVE HAD TIME TO VIEW THE AGENDA. IS THERE A MOTION — MISS WILLIAMS, THE DISTRICT IS ON THEIR? IS THERE A MOTION TO

APPROVE THE AGENDA AS PRESENTED? >> I SO MOVED. >> SECOND. >> MS. HILLIARD HAS MOVED, MR. McGUFFEY HAS SECONDED. ALL IN FAVOR? >> AYE.

>> AYE. >> AYE. >> THAT IS UNANIMOUSLY. IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE FEBRUARY 6, 2024 MINUTES? >> SO MOVED. >> SECOND.

>> DR. HAIRSTON HAS MOVED, MR. McGUFFEY HAS SECONDED. ALL IN FAVOR? >> AYE. >> AYE. >> AYE. >> ALL APPROVED. >> THANK YOU. WE WILL BEGIN

WITH OUR VIDEO HIGHLIGHTS. >> WE WILL GET STARTED WITH OUR GROWTH MIND-SET AWARD. >> AS WE CELEBRATE NATIONAL SCHOOL COUNSELING WEEK 2024,

IT’S A JOYOUS OCCASION RAY HERE IN OUR OWN COMMUNITY. >> WE HONOR YOU, WE APPRECIATE YOU, AND THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> THIS IS A WONDERFUL

OPPORTUNITY TO COMMEND AND RECOGNIZE THE HARD WORK AND DEDICATION OF OUR GPS COUNSELORS. >> EVERYBODY NEED SUPPORT, INCLUDING ALL OF YOU. AS

YOU FOCUS ON STUDENTS, REMEMBER TO FOCUS ON YOURSELVES. >> THIS SERVED AS A OPPORTUNITY TO RECOGNIZE THE HARD WORK AND DEDICATION OF

OUR GPS COUNSELORS. >> FROM JIM HILL, DR. EDNA SMITH! >> AMONG THE DESERVING RECIPIENTS, ONE OUTSTANDING COUNSELOR WAS SINGLED OUT AS THE GPS COUNSELOR OF THE YEAR.

>> THANK YOU FOR ALL OF THE LONG HOURS YOU WORK TO SUPPORT ACADEMICALLY , AND MOST OF ALL, EMOTIONALLY.

>> THESE ARE NEAR PEERS FOR THE STUDENTS. BECAUSE THERE. IS, THESE STUDENTS WILL LISTEN MORE. THEY WERE ARE MORE RELATABLE. >> SCHOLARS TEAMED UP WITH

MILITARY CADETS FOR A SERIES OF ENLIGHTENING WORKSHOPS . >> WE ARE SUPER EXCITING TO TEACH THEM LIFE LESSONS, AND HOPEFULLY ONE DAY, WE WILL

SEE THEM AT WEST POINT. >> WE WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE VERY KEY FUNDAMENTALS OF PRINCIPLES. >> SO, NO MATTER WHAT POSITION IT IS YOU HAVE,

YOU WILL BE IN A POSITION OF LEADERSHIP. >> YOU SYLLABLE THESE VALUES, AND HE WAS CONSISTENT. >> YOU DON’T HAVE TO FOLLOW

SOMEONE IF THEY ARE NOT DOING WELL. JUST DO IS RIGHT. EVEN IF IT IS DIFFICULT. >> THE WORKSHOPS ALLOWED FOLLOWERS TO COLLABORATE IN

COMPETITIONS. >> IT IS ALL ABOUT EXPOSING OUR KIDS TO SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING, ARTS, AND MATHEMATICS. >> A SHOWCASE OF TALENT AND

INNOVATION AT THE JACKSON CONVENTION CENTER, WERE ALL TALENTS DISPLAYED THEIR SKILLS IN SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING, AND MATH AT THE 2020 FORCE WILL EXPO. THE EXPO

WAS A BUSTLING HUB OF CREATIVITY, FEATURING THE FIRST RANGE OF EXHIBITS WHERE SCHOLARS EQUALLY SHARED THE PURPOSE AND CREATIVITY BEHIND THEIR PROJECTS.

>> JACKSON PUBLIC SCHOOLS JOIN SCHOOL DISTRICTS ACROSS THE STATE IN RECOGNIZING THE VITAL CONTRIBUTIONS OF SCHOOL BOARDS DURING SCHOOL BOARD RECOGNITION WEEK,

FEBRUARY 18 THROUGH THE 24th. WE ARE EXCEEDINGLY GRATEFUL TO BE FAITHFUL MEMBERS OF THE GPS SCHOOL BOARD FOR THEIR DEVOTED SERVICE TO OUR COMMUNITY.

>> VISIT OUR WEBSITE , FOLLOW US ON FACEBOOK AT JACKSON PUBLIC SCHOOLS , ON TWITTER , COMCAST CHANNELS 18 AND 19, AND YOUTUBE .

>> AS ALWAYS, WE WANT TO THANK OUR TEAM FOR THEIR WORK IN BRINGING US THOSE HIGHLIGHTS, AND REMINDERS OF WHAT HAS BEEN HAPPENING IN JACKSON PUBLIC SCHOOLS.

I ALWAYS SIT HERE EACH AND EVERY BOARD MEETING. I SIT HERE WITH A GREAT AMOUNT OF PRIDE JUST REMEMBERING, IN

SOME CASES, AND EVEN SEEING , IN SOME CASES, SOME OTHER CASES WHERE I WAS NOT ABLE TO BE THERE. ALL OF THE WONDERFUL PROGRAMS AND EXPERIENCES AND OPPORTUNITIES

THAT OUR SCHOLARS RECEIVED THROUGHOUT THE SCHOOL YEAR. WE TAKE THEM TO HEART , THE IMPORTANCE OF CREATING MEMORABLE LEARNING EXPERIENCES FOR OUR SCHOLARS. SO, JUST

AGAIN, I WANT TO THANK ALL OF THOSE WHO HAVE HELPED TO MAKE SUCH WONDERFUL EXPERIENCES HAPPEN ON A DAILY BASIS FOR OUR SCHOLARS.

I THOUGHT I WOULD SHARE SOME IMPORTANT HISTORICAL EVENTS AS WE PAY SPECIAL ATTENTION — EXCUSE ME, THIS MONTH, THE BLACK HISTORY. ON MAY 17th , 1954

, THE SUPREME COURT IN A LANDMARK DECISION, THE U.S. SUPREME COURT MEDIALLY MARKED DECISION THAT WOULD FOREVER CHANGE THE COURSE OF AMERICAN EDUCATION.

THE JUSTICES RULED THAT THE SEPARATION OF SCHOOLS FOR BLACK AND WHITE STUDENTS IS A LEGAL . THIS MONUMENTAL

CASE FILED BY OLIVER BROWN ON BEHALF OF MS. STONER LINDA WAS COMBINED WITH SIMILAR CASES, AND BECAME KNOWN AS BROWN VERSUS BOARD OF EDUCATION OF TOPEKA

KANSAS. THE CASE WAS ARGUED BY A FORMIDABLE LEGAL TEAM LED BY THURGOOD MARSHALL ON BEHALF OF THE NAACP LEGAL DEFENSE AND EDUCATION

FUND. THE VERDICT OVERTURNED THE SEPARATE BUT EQUAL DOCTRINE IN THE 1896 PLESSY VERSUS FERGUSON CASE. IN THE BROWN CASE OF 1954

, THE COURTS DECLARED THAT THE PLAINTIFFS WHO WERE FORCED TO ATTEND SEPARATE EQUAL SCHOOLS WERE DEPRIVED OF THE EQUAL PROTECTION OF THE LAWS GUARANTEED BY THE

14th AMENDMENT. IN HONOR OF THE 1954 SUPREME COURT DECISION , NOW 70 YEARS LATER , THE NATIONAL COALITION ON EDUCATION EQUITY , NCO EE

, WILL CONVENE A CONFERENCE IN COLLABORATION WITH SEVERAL PARTNERS THIS YEAR. THIS GATHERING WILL UNITE EDUCATIONAL LEADERS , DIRECTORS OF COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS, ACADEMICS , AND POLICY MEMBERS NATIONWIDE

TO DELIBERATE ON VARIOUS CRITICAL ISSUES. I AM HONORED TO HAVE BEEN INVITED TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS HISTORICAL EVENT. IT AIMS TO ADDRESS SOME OF THE

CONTINUED CONCERNS THROUGH POLICY DEVELOPMENT AND PROGRAMMATIC CHANGES FOR THE BETTERMENT OF OUR SCHOLARS. EDUCATORS FROM ALL CORNERS OF THE COUNTRY

WILL SPEARHEAD RESEARCH RELATED TO THE 1954 DECISION , ITS INFLUENCE ON OUR SCHOLARS AND COMMUNITIES , AND THE PATH FORWARD. OUR

INSIGHTS WILL ALSO BE FEATURED IN A BOOK PUBLISHED POST CONFERENCE. THIS EVENT WILL BE HELD MAY THE 22nd

OF THIS YEAR. THAT IS IN WASHINGTON, D.C. I’M REALLY EXCITED TO BE PART OF THIS CONVENING MEETING. I AM SURE

TO LEARN A LOT ABOUT , YOU KNOW, WHAT WAS PROMISED , AND WHAT WAS INTENDED IN THE COURT CASE

, AND OF COURSE, HOW ALL OF THAT IS PLAYED OUT. AND OF COURSE, JUST SHARE OUR OWN EXPERIENCES ABOUT WHAT WE CONTINUE TO SPIRITS OF THE SCHOOL

DISTRICT ALL OF THESE YEARS LATER. SO, THAT WAS OUR BLACK HISTORY MOMENT. IT IS THAT TIME AGAIN, BOARD MEMBERS, COMMUNITY MEMBERS .

JPSD SEEKS INPUT FROM OUR STAKEHOLDERS ON THE CONFERENCE OF NEEDS ASSESSMENT SURVEY. THIS SURVEY GATHERS MULTIPLE DATA POINTS TO HELP IDENTIFY THE

PRIORITIZE NEEDS OF OUR DISTRICT , OUR SCHOOLS, AND OUR SCHOLARS . AND TEAM MEMBERS, ACTUALLY. THE DATA WILL ASSIST SCHOOLS AND MONITORING THE IMPACT OF PROGRAMS AND

INSTRUCTION ON SCHOLAR ACHIEVEMENT , AND AGAINST OUR STRATEGIC PLAN. IN ADDITION, DATA ANALYSIS WILL HELP TO REFINE SOME OF THE CURRENT INSTRUCTIONAL

PRACTICES WITHIN OUR SCHOOLS. THE SURVEY WILL GATHER DATA IN VARIOUS DIMENSIONS TO INCLUDE STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT, CURRICULUM AND INSTRUCTION , MENTAL WELLNESS , AND OTHER ASPECT OF

ILLNESS AND SAFETY , PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, AND FAMILY COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT. WE ENCOURAGE ALL GPS PARENTS, SCHOLARS, AND TEAM MEMBERS TO VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT

WWW.JACKSON.K12.MS.US, OR, SCAN THE QR CODE POSTED THERE TO TAKE THE SURVEY. THE SURVEY WILL CLOSE ON MONDAY, MARCH THE 11th , 2024. ONE OF THE THINGS

THAT WE HEARD NOT LONG AFTER I GOT HERE , AND I BELIEVE IT HAD BEEN LIFTED UP IN ONE OF

THE REPORTS OR A COUPLE OF THE REPORTS THAT WERE DONE IN JACKSON PUBLIC SCHOOLS IS THAT WE GATHER THIS INFORMATION, BUT IT WAS NOT ALWAYS CLEAR IN THEIR

PATHWAY FORWARD. WHAT DID YOU HEAR? WHAT DID THE SURVEY TELL US ? SO, WHAT PIVOTS WILL YOU MAKE? WHAT WILL BE FORTIFIED BECAUSE FOLKS SAID

THAT THIS WAS SOMETHING THAT THEY LIKED. SO, WE HAVE WORKED REALLY HARD OVER THE PAST TWO YEARS TO BE MUCH MORE TRANSPARENT ABOUT THE FEEDBACK THAT WE GOT

IN THE SHIFTS THAT WE HAVE MADE IN RESULTS OF SOME OF THE FEEDBACK AND INCREASED PROGRAMMING, INCREASED FOCUS

IN SEVERAL AREAS, AND I KNOW THERE IS MORE WORK TO BE DONE. WE DO JUST WANT TO KEEP ENCOURAGING

OUR VERY STAKEHOLDERS TO ENGAGE WITH US THROUGH THIS SURVEY , AND HELP WITH WHAT SEEMS TO BE WORKING, AND WHAT NEEDS CONTINUED ATTENTION. AND ESPECIALLY AS

WE ARE MOVING INTO THIS NEXT TWO PLAN DEVELOPMENT. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE THE MOST RECENT FEEDBACK FROM OUR VERY STAKEHOLDERS. HOT OFF OF THE

PRESS IS THE JACKSON PUBLIC SCHOOLS ANNUAL REPORT FOR SCHOOL YEAR 2022-2023. I BELIEVE IT IS LINKED ON OUR WEBSITE, IS IT NOT? NOT YET? IT

WILL BE. IT IS HAPPENING NOW. AFTER THE MEETING? YES, SIR. AFTER THE MEETING. I’M REALLY PROUD OF THIS ANNUAL

REPORT, ONE, BECAUSE WE DID SO MUCH REALLY GOOD WORK LAST YEAR , AND THERE IS SO MUCH TO TELL, AND SUCH A

WONDERFUL STORY TO TELL ABOUT OUR CONTINUED MARCH TOWARDS EXCELLENCE. SO, THERE IS DATA THERE, THERE ARE VARIOUS PROGRAMS THAT ARE HIGHLIGHTED . THIS IS

A LOT OF WONDERFUL INFORMATION. IN ADDITION, I HAVE TO SAY THIS IS, BY FAR, ONE OF OUR VERY BEST REPORTS. OUR PUBLIC RELATIONS TEAM, THEY

DID SUCH A WONDERFUL JOB IN WORKING WITH OUR PARTNERS , NOT ONLY TO SHARE SOME GOOD NEWS ABOUT JACKSON PUBLIC

SCHOOLS, BUT TO DO IT IN A WAY THAT I BELIEVE IS SLICK, IS EYE-CATCHING , THERE’S LOTS OF GRAPHICS .

IT’S JUST REALLY WELL DONE. I JUST WANT TO GIVE A PUBLIC RUN OF APPLAUSE FOR THEIR WORK. WE APPRECIATE

MR. JOHNSON AND HIS TEAM , AND AGAIN, OUR PARTNERS FOR THEIR WORK IN DOING THIS. WE BELIEVE WE WILL CONTINUE

TO CONTINUE TO IMPROVE ON WHAT WE SEE HERE. WHEN YOU GET A CHANCE, PLEASE TO TAKE A LOOK AT OUR ANNUAL

REPORT. YOU WILL BE REMINDED THAT SOME OF THE GREAT THINGS WE DID LAST YEAR AND WHAT WE HAVE GOT ON TOP OF

THIS YEAR. AND LASTLY, BOARD MEMBERS , OUR BOARD MEMBERS OF THE JACKSON PUBLIC SCHOOLS , I AM PLEASED TO JOIN DISTRICT ACROSS THE STATE IN

RECOGNIZING THE VITAL AND CRITICAL CONTRIBUTIONS OF OUR SCHOOL BOARD . DURING SCHOOL BOARD RECOGNITION WEEK, WHICH IS A VERY 18 THROUGH THE 24th OF THIS WEEK. ON A PERSONAL

NOTE, I’M GRATEFUL TO WORK WITH THIS BOARD ‘S DEVOTION AND PASSION HAVE SHOWN IN EVERY THOUGHTFUL DECISION MADE AT THE STABLE. MY TEAM AND I HAVE PRESENTED SEVERAL

ITEMS THAT WERE DIFFICULT , AND WITH THAT SIMPLE OR RIGHT ANSWERS . IN EVERY CHALLENGING SITUATION, THE BEST OF OUR SCHOLARS

AND TEAM MEMBERS OF A MAJOR TOP RARITY. WE WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIRELESS EFFORTS TO IMPROVE, TO PROMOTE, TO PROTECT

, AND TO JUST OVERALL DEMONSTRATE THE LOVE FOR JACKSON PUBLIC SCHOOLS , AND ALL OF THE MEMBERS OF THE SCHOOL COMMUNITY. SO, THANK YOU , SINCERELY, FOR

EVERYTHING YOU ALL HAVE DONE. PEOPLE CAN’T KNOW HOW MUCH TIME — THEY WILL NEVER KNOW HOW MUCH TIME

YOU DEVOTE TO JACKSON PUBLIC SCHOOLS. AND HOW MUCH YOU GIVE OF YOUR SMARTS, OF YOUR RESOURCES , SACRIFICING FROM YOUR FAMILIES, HOW MUCH YOU GIVE

FROM YOUR NETWORKS TO A PERSON. EACH OF YOU HAVE STENTED EXTENDED TO IMPROVE SERVICE TO OUR SCHOLARS AND COMMUNITIES. THANK YOU, SINCERELY. THANK YOU.

YES, INDEED. I TELL MY FRIENDS ACROSS THE COUNTRY THAT I AM SO GLAD THAT I AM WHERE I AM. BECAUSE WHEN

I SEE SOME OF THEIR SCHOOL BOARDS , THEIR VIDEOS ON TIKTOK AND WHAT’S NOT , YES, THANK YOU. I AM SO GLAD I AM NOT THERE. SINCERELY, THANK YOU

, AND DR., I WILL TURN IT BACK OVER TO YOU. >> THANK YOU, DR. GREEN. WHAT IS JIM SAY FROM THE

UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN? WHO HAS GOT IT BETTER THAN US? NOBODY. ALL RIGHT. I HAD TO TAKE A SET OF THE SOUTH FOR A SECOND THERE. THANK

YOU, DR. GREENE. SINCERELY. IT IS A PRIVILEGE TO SERVE ON THIS BOARD WITH YOU. SO, LET’S — YES, MA’AM? >> IT IS OUR DEDICATED PLEASURE

TO SERVE THIS GROUP. >> THANK YOU. >> AND WE APPRECIATE ALL THE THINGS THAT YOU AND

YOUR TEAM TO . IF THE GREAT JOB THAT YOU DO. SO, WE WANT TO CONGRATULATE YOU ALL ALSO ON ALL THE WORK THAT

YOU DO. >> IT IS A LOVE FEST UP HERE. >> THANK YOU , MS. HILLIARD. ALL RIGHT, BOARD MEMBERS, WE DO NOT

HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS TONIGHT , BUT I WOULD LIKE TO REMIND OUR VIEWERS AND OUR ATTENDEES, THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS OF THE LIKE TO MAKE PUBLIC COMMENTS SHOULD EMAIL

THE REQUEST TO MISS ROSLYN WILLIAMS NO LATER THAN 4:00 P.M. THE SAME DAY OF THE MEETING, OR APPEAR IN PERSON

NO LATER THAN 5:15 ON THE DAY OF THE MEETING. ALL RIGHT. SO, LET’S MOVE ON TO OUR INFORMATION ONLY ITEMS.

OUR FIRST UPDATE WILL COME FOR MR. BOWEN FROM TRIAGE COMMUNITY CONSULTANTS , AND WILL PROVIDE THE ESSAR THREE UPDATE. >> GOOD TO SEE YOU ALL THIS EVENING.

>> GOOD EVENING. >> GOOD EVENING. >> IS CERTAINLY A PLEASURE TO BE HERE WITH YOU ALL. I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE. I

HAVE HERE WITH ME MR. DEVON. >> GOOD EVENING. GREAT TO SEE YOU ALL AGAIN. ONCE AGAIN, OUR UPDATE IS FROM DECEMBER 16th

TO JANUARY 15th, 2024. SO, KEEP THAT IN MIND. OF COURSE, WE WILL HAVE PROJECT UPDATES, SCHEDULING, AS WELL AS ANY BUDGET UPDATES. OUR FIRST UPDATE IS POWELL

MIDDLE SCHOOL. ALL OF THE WINDOWS HAVE MADE IT ON SITES, AND HAVE BEEN INSTALLED . CURRENTLY, WE ARE

AT 67.3% AT THE TIME. YOU SEE THERE THAT THE CONTRACT COMPLETION DATE WAS JANUARY 20th. THAT WILL BE CHANGED. BASED ON THE CONVERSATION WITH THE ARCHITECTS AND THE

CONTRACTORS, WE ARE ACCEPTING THIS PROJECT TO BE COMPLETED ON MARCH 7th OF 2024. OUR NEXT PROJECT IS GOING TO BE McLEOD ELEMENTARY. IT IS CURRENTLY

50.49 COMPLETE. THE RESTROOMS AT ALL OF THE CLASSROOMS, YOU SEE HERE THE ROOF. WE HAVE A PARTIAL SUBSTANTIAL COMPLETION ON ALL OF THOSE RESTROOMS. THOSE ARE ACTUALLY

BEING USED AT THE SCHOOL. 49.6% COMPLETE . AGAIN, DUE TO SOME EQUIPMENT DELAYS AND WHETHER , PROJECTS SHOULD BE DONE BY MARCH 7th AS WELL. ALL RIGHT , PECAN PARK

. WE ARE EXCITED ABOUT PECAN PARK. YOU SEE THE WATERPROOF BUT COMPLETED AS WE PREPARE FOR THE EXTERIOR FINISHES AT THE SCHOOL. THIS PROJECT IS

MOVING ALONG . WE RECENTLY HAD A CHANGEOVER THAT WAS APPROVED AS WE SHARED CONTRACTORS READY FOR SCHOLARLY STAFF BY JULY

15th. ALL WORKS SHOULD BE DONE BY AUGUST 31st. WE ARE VERY HAPPY TO REPORT THIS PROJECT WAS COMPLETED AHEAD OF SCHEDULE. IT IS TO ESSENTIALLY ROOT

COMPLETE, AND THE REQUEST HAS BEEN TAKEN CARE OF. SO, THIS PROJECT HAS BEEN TURNED BACK OVER TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. WE ARE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THE

CONSTRUCTION HERE. THE CAREER DEVELOPMENT CENTER. 2%. WE HAVE ENCOUNTERED DEMOLITION OF THE STAIRWELL , AND THE ARCHITECTS ARE READY TO BRING IN THE NEXT PORTION

OF THIS PROJECT. THEY ARE ONLY A 2% OF WHAT THINGS ARE ROLLING ON VERY WELL AT CDC. WE ARE EXCITED ABOUT

WHAT THE PROJECT LOOK LIKE FOR OUR STUDENTS AND SCHOLARS. JIM HILL, WE REALLY EXCITED THAT THIS PROJECT IS ON SCHEDULE. WE HAVE NOT REALLY HAD ANY

PROBLEMS AT ALL. YOU SEE HERE , COPPER PIPES HAVE BEEN INSTALLED. LOOKING AT THE FAN CORE UNITS, THIS PROJECT IS GOING ON RATHER SMOOTHLY.

OUR BIG PROJECT, A $17,000,000.00 PROJECT. IS A LOT OF WORK HERE. WE ARE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THE PROGRESS WITH WHAT WE SEE GOING ON. INSTALLATIONS

DON’T WORK. HAVE CEILING TILES BEING INSTALLED, A NEW ROOF, WHICH IS REALLY, REALLY AFFORDED, AND 27.1% COMPLETION ON THIS PROJECT. LAST BUT NOT LEAST,

PACKAGE B. THAT’S KELLY, KIRKSEY, NORTH JACKSON, AND Mc WILLIE. WE ARE EXCITED ABOUT THE BEGINNING OF THE PROJECT HERE . WE ARE JUST WAITING ON SOME HVAC

EQUIPMENT, BUT SO FAR, EVERYTHING IS ON CASE TO BE COMPLETED ON TIME. WE ARE EXCITED TO ANNOUNCE A SUBSTANTIAL AND COMPLETED PROJECTS.

BOYD ELEMENTARY RESTROOMS , AND OUR WATER PROJECTS HAVE ALSO HAPPEN DOESN’T GENERATE 15th. SO, AT THIS TIME, WE WOULD BE HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS. >> THANK

YOU. BOARD MEMBERS, ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? >> THAT SOUNDS GOOD. >> WE LOVE TO HEAR THAT. >> I DID HAVE A QUESTION. IT IS ASSOCIATED WITH BOARD

ACTION LATER IN THE AGENDA. IT IS AROUND THE BID FOR WINDOWS AND RESTROOM RENOVATIONS OF $2,500,000.00. HOW DOES THAT AFFECT THE PROJECT COMPLETION?

>> IT WILL ACTUALLY NOT AFFECT THE PROJECT COMPLETION. WHAT WE FOUND OUT IS THAT THIS MAY NOT

BE AS BAD AS WE THOUGHT. SO, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE REALLY EFFICIENT AND MAKING SURE THAT THAT

PROJECT GOES PROPERLY. IN MOST CASES, PROJECTS LIKE THAT ON ONE SET OF RULES AT A TIME. YOU MAY USE THAT ROOM . >> CAN YOU GO

BACK TO JIM HILL PROJECT? >> YES. >> RIGHT, THIS BID , IT SEPARATE FROM THAT? >> YES. >> SO, YES, EXACTLY WHAT

YOU SAID , AND WE ARE STILL CONFIDENT THAT WE WILL BE ABLE TO OPEN SCHOOL AND ALL OF THOSE THINGS ? >> YES, SIR.

>> I’M SORRY, LET ME BACK UP. THIS PROJECT WITH THE WINDOWS WILL NOT IMPEDE US FROM OPENING SCHOOL. WE WILL

BE ABLE TO WORK AROUND SCHOLARS? WE ARE LOOKING AT SOME OTHER PROJECTS THAT WE MAY NEED TO DO, AND WE

WILL HAVE TO WORK YOUR TIMING THOSE, BUT I AM GLAD TO SEE THIS ONE IS ON SCHEDULE, BECAUSE THIS IS

HUGE , AND THESE ARE THE PROJECTS THAT WE WILL HAVE TO FIGURE OUT , AND WHEN THEY CAN WORK ON THOSE.

>> OKAY. THANK YOU FOR DISSING WISHING WITH BETWEEN THE TWO. I MAY HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION WHEN I GET TO THAT PART OF THE AGENDA.

>> YOU’VE GOT IT. JUST REALLY QUICK, ONE IS A QUESTION, ONE OF THE COMMENT. THE FIRST ONE IS

ON PECAN PARK. I’M ALWAYS INTERESTED IN OBSERVING AS THESE THINGS GO. DO WE HAVE ROUGH SCHEDULES FOR ONE THE

FACADE — WHEN THAT WORK IS ACTUALLY GOING TO BE DONE? DO WE KNOW THAT IS GOING TO START HAPPENING? >> GO AHEAD. >> ACCORDING TO THE CONTRACTORS

, THERE IS GOING TO BE THE LAST ASPECT OF CONSTRUCTION, BECAUSE OUR MAIN FOCUS IS GETTING SCHOLARS INSIDE, AND

THE STAFF READY. WE KNOW THAT THAT IS HUGE FOR JULY . THE FORMER EMPLOYER, I KNOW HOW THAT GOES. THESE

CONTRACTS, WE ARE VERY COMFORTABLE THAT THE SCHOOL IS READY FOR STUDENTS, AND THEY WILL BE ABLE TO DO

ALL OF THE EXTERIOR WORK, MAKE SURE IT IS SAFE, AND THERE WON’T BE ANY ISSUES FOR THE SCHOLARS. AND THAT

IS AUGUST 31st. >> THEY ARE MOVING AGGRESSIVELY. >> HAVE YOU BEEN BY THERE? >> YEAH, THEY ARE MOVING AGGRESSIVELY. >> JUST TO DISTINGUISH, THERE

IS CONTINUED EXTERIOR WORK ON THE SITE THAT WILL BE DONE , AND YOU’RE TALKING ABOUT THE BUILDING?

>> YES, I MEAN, I AM JUST VERY MINDFUL , GIVEN THE BENEFIT THAT I HAVE OF WORKING WITH OUR FACILITIES

GROUP PRIOR TO BEING ON THE BOARD , AND KNOWING HOW IMPORTANT IT IS FOR US TO COMMUNICATE TO THE WORK THAT

IS BEING DONE. I CAN TELL YOU, IT IS AMAZING WHEN WE GET TO PUT A NEW WORK, AND ALL OF THOSE THINGS.

AND, NO ONE NOTICES! I AM JUST ALWAYS INTERESTED IN THOSE PUBLIC FACING ASPECTS OF THOSE PROJECTS. THAT’S FOR THE QUESTION. THE SECOND

COMMENT I JUST WANTED TO MAKE , I JUST WANTED TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO MS. FRANKLIN AND MR. ROBINSON

FOR SHOWING ME AROUND. I WENT TO BAILEY DURING THE DAY , AND I THINK — WHEN YOU

GUYS SAY THERE IS A LOT OF WORK GOING ON, I GENUINELY THINK THERE IS ABOUT 70 WORKERS OUT THERE WHEN I

WAS THERE. WHO KNOWS, BUT THEY ARE TOUCHING EVERY PART OF THE BUILDING. SO, I JUST WANT TO SAY THANKS TO BOTH THE FACILITIES GROUP AND TO YOU ALL

. I KNOW HOW HARD IT IS TO KEEP ALL OF THAT STUFF ON TRACK. SO, I JUST REALLY APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT IS

GOING ON. THIS IS IMPORTANT FOR A LOT OF REASONS , BUT IT IS A REAL GEM. SO, THANK YOU.

>> TO MR. McGUFFEY’S POINT, I WILL ASK MISS ROBINSON AND MR. JOHNSON . WE SHOULD CIRCLE BACK AROUND TO HOW WE ARE COMMUNICATING THE PROGRESS, EVEN TODAY.

BECAUSE AGAIN, TO YOUR POINT, WHEN WE ARE DOING DUCTWORK, THAT IS ONE THING. FOLKS OFTEN DON’T SEE IT. EVEN THOUGH IT IS INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT.

>> INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT. >> TO ADD TO THAT, SEVERAL OF THESE BUILDINGS, WE ARE DOING WORK WITH THE SCHOLARS NOT THERE. JUST REDOUBLING OUR EFFORTS TO COMMUNICATE

AND SHOW A LOT OF THE PROGRESS THAT IS HAPPENING. THAT IS SOMETHING I WOULD LIKE TO CIRCLE BACK ON.

>> ARE YOU GOING TO SAY SOMETHING? THIS IS RELATED TO PECAN PARK. IT SIMILAR TO YOUR BOARD. YOU MAY EVEN

THINK OR CONSIDER PECAN PARK AND BAILEY COMMUNITY OPEN HOUSE . >> TO SOME OF THE CAPTURE THAT? DID SOMEBODY CAPTURE THAT? OKAY, THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. GREAT. ANY QUESTIONS?

>> I WAS JUST LEADING UP TO SAY THANK YOU. WE APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK AND CONTINUED UPDATES. >> THANK YOU ALL. >> ALL RIGHT. NEXT, BOARD

MEMBERS, WE HAVE OUR STUDENT BOARD PRESENTATION. AND TONIGHT , MRS. LAKISHA MARSHALL THOMAS, OUR SUPERINTENDENT FROM THE HIGH SCHOOL DIVISION, WILL INTRODUCE OUR SCHOLAR FROM

THE JACKSON TWO EARLY COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL. >> GOOD EVENING. GPS FAMILY AND FRIENDS, TODAY, WE HAVE OUR STUDENT SCHOOL BOARD REPRESENTATIVE POLICY PRESENTATION. IT IS

BY MR. JERRY PALMER. JERRY IS A SENIOR AT THE EARLY COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL. JERRY’S FUTURE ASPIRATIONS ARE TO OBTAIN THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI TO PURSUE A

CAREER IN CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY OR INDUSTRIAL AND ORGANIZATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY. HE SAYS THAT HE IS VERY EXCITED ABOUT BEING ON THE

BOARD, BECAUSE HE IS ABLE TO USE HIS PLATFORM TO LET THE STUDENTS VOICES BE HEARD BY THE BOARD. HE ALSO FEELS

THAT THIS IS A GREAT EXPERIENCE TO PUT ON HIS RESUME. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, MR. JERRY PALMER. >> GOOD EVENING. >> GOOD EVENING.

>> MY NAME IS JERRY PALMER, AND I’M A SENIOR IN THE EARLY COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL. THE POLICY I CHOSE WITH THE STAFF INVOLVEMENT POLICYMAKER.

CURRENTLY, THE POLICY STATES THAT ALL EMPLOYEES ARE ENCOURAGED TO PARTICIPATE IN A DEVELOPMENT POLICY FOR THE SCHOOL SYSTEM. EMPLOYEES ARE TOLD TO GIVE

— THE BOARD MAY, BUT IS NOT REQUIRED, TO ACCEPT SUCH SUGGESTIONS. MY PERSONAL THOUGHTS ABOUT THE POLICY NOW , I FEEL LIKE THE STAFF SHOULD HAVE A

DEFINITE SEAT AT THE TABLE, BECAUSE THEY ARE THE ONES IN THE CLASSROOM. THE POLICY, AND MOST TIMES, DIRECTLY AFFECT THEM AS EMPLOYERS. I FEEL LIKE IF

THEY HAD A SEAT AT THE TABLE, THIS WOULD IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF STUDENTS LEARNING. THESE ARE SOME

PROS AND CONS THAT I CAME UP WITH WHILE RESEARCHING THIS MATTER. I WILL START WITH CONS. FOR CONS, TEACHERS MAY HAVE LIMITED EXPERTISE IN ADMINISTRATION.

AREAS SUCH AS FINANCES AND RESOURCES, THEY MIGHT NOT HAVE MUCH EXPERIENCE , OR MAKING POLICIES ABOUT THESE THINGS. OR, THINGS SUCH AS CONFLICTS OF INTEREST. THEY

COULD HAVE PROBLEMS — I’M SORRY, LET ME SLOW DOWN. I AM SORRY. OKAY. OKAY, OR CONFLICTS OF INTEREST WERE TEACHERS COULD HAVE PROBLEMS IN MAKING POLICY

DECISIONS, OR, LIKE I SAID, PAY OR WORK CONDITIONS, THESE GET IN THE WAY OF THEIR DECISION-MAKING SKILLS. I PUT THE INSIDER PERSPECTIVE

. LIKE I SAID, TEACHERS ARE IN THE CLASSROOM, SO THEY WILL HAVE FIRSTHAND EXPERIENCE OF THESE POLICIES, AND SEEING IF THEY WILL BE EFFECTIVE IN THE CLASSROOM.

IT WILL BE VERY USEFUL FOR INDICATORS AS WELL. AND OVERALL, JOB SATISFACTION AND JOB MORALE. RA. OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICT TAKES.

THIS POLICY SAYS THAT ANY BOARD MEMBER OR INDIVIDUAL OR GROUP OF STUDENTS , CIVILIANS, OR EMPLOYEES MAY PROPOSE AND MIGHT POLICIES OR CHANGES TO THESE EXITING

POLICIES. POLICY PROPOSALS WILL BE CONFERRED TO THE SUPERINTENDENT FOR EXAMINATION PRIOR TO THE BOARD’S DISCUSSION. I DID NOT INTERVIEW THE HOST OF STUDENTS ACROSS THE DISTRICT.

THESE ARE THE QUESTIONS THAT I HAVE FOR THEM. THIS IS WHAT I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT WHERE IT SAYS I THINK THE POLICY DIVISION

— TEACHERS OF THE ONES DOING A HARD JOB ON THE GROUNDS OF THE STUDENTS. IF THEY HAD A VOICE WHEN IT

CAME TO MAKING DECISIONS, THIS COULD LEAD TO THE ENHANCEMENT OF EDUCATION. THIS ALSO MAKES YOU FEEL EMPOWERED OR APPRECIATED, AND THIS IS IMPORTANT WHEN

CONSIDERING ISSUES WITH PAYMENT FOR EMPLOYEE EDUCATORS. THEIR VOICES AREN’T BEING HEARD, AND THEY TEACH WITH A BETTER ATTITUDE WITH PROVING THE QUALITY OF

EDUCATION BASICALLY. AND THEN, ONE STUDENT ALSO SAID THAT IT SEEMED LIKE THE HIGHER-UPS OF THE BOARD NOT BEING HONEST WHEN IT CAME TO OBSERVING SCHOOLS.

WHEN LOOKING AT THE ACTUAL QUALITY OF THE TEACHERS, THEY FELT LIKE THIS WAS MOSTLY DETERMINED BASED ON — THINGS LIKE THAT. AND THIS WAS THE

LAST RESPONSE. ALL RIGHT. AND THEN, INTERVIEWED A HOST OF TEACHERS ACROSS THE DISTRICT. TO SUMMARIZE ENOUGH, THEY HAD MIXED EMOTIONS ABOUT

THIS. WE FELT LIKE THERE WERE POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE FIXES. FIRSTHAND, THEY THOUGHT THEY WOULD HAVE THE EXPERIENCE FOR THE POLICY. OTHER CONCERNS, LIKE

I SAID EARLIER WITH CONFLICT OF INTEREST, SUCH AS PRIORITIZING THEIR OWN INTEREST NEEDS IN THEIR OWN POLICY DECISION. BUT OPINIONS DO VARY. A LOT OF THEM

HAVE A CHANCE WITH TEACHERS TO GIVE FEEDBACK ON THE IMPACT POLICIES. ALL RIGHT. THIS IS A RECOMMENDED POLICY PROVISION

THAT I HAVE. I THINK TEACHERS SHOULD HAVE A SIMILAR SYSTEM. THE BOARD COULD SELECT AND INTERVIEW A FEW TEACHERS FROM THE PRINCIPLES RECOMMENDATIONS ,

AND GIVE THEM A PROVISIONAL SEAT THROUGHOUT THE SCHOOL YEAR. ALSO, TEACHERS SHOULD BE COMING WITH THE HOMAGES GOES OR GPS.

I WAS INFORMED THAT THERE ARE TEACHER AND MINISTRATIONS THAT ME WITH THE SUPERINTENDENT, BUT I AM NOT SURE IF THESE HAVE ANY EFFECT ON THE POLICIES. BUT

IF THEY DO , IT WOULD BE A GREAT IDEA TO SHARE WITH SCHOOLS POLICY CHANGES ARE BEING MET. THAT IS MY PRESENTATION. >> ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU,

MR. PALMER. BOARD MEMBERS? >> EXCUSE ME. HAVE YOU SERVED ON THE POLICY COMMITTEE ? I APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENTS . PERHAPS THERE IS A WAY THAT

WE COULD INTEGRATE AND WELCOME SOME OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT YOU MADE ? MIGHT BE A LITTLE HARDER TEACHERS , BECAUSE OUR POLICY COMMITTEE MEETINGS ARE

USUALLY DURING THE SCHOOL DAY , BUT THAT IS SOMETHING LEGITIMATE THAT WE NEED TO DISCUSS. EXCUSE ME. IF TEACHERS CANNOT ATTEND MEETINGS OR

COULD NOT FIND A TIME THAT WOULD BE ACCEPTABLE FOR ALL, I THINK THAT THERE MIGHT BE A WAY THAT WE COULD HAVE

TEACHER INPUT LIKE THE POLICY COMMITTEE OR WHATNOT. SO, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR COMMENTS. >> OTHER QUESTIONS? THANK YOU, MR. PALMER. THIS DEFINITELY GIVES US SOMETHING

TO THINK ABOUT. I WAS STRUCK BY THE COMMENT OF THE ADVISORY COMMITTEES. I WAS GLAD THAT YOU WENT THERE, BECAUSE THAT IS THE

FIRST ONE WHERE WE WILL SAY THAT WE HAVE ADVISORY COMMITTEES. SO, COULD YOU SPEAK A LITTLE MORE ABOUT THE POINT OF BASICALLY THEM NOT HAVING MUCH — WELL,

THERE ADVISORY VERSUS GOVERNANCE? THERE IS A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE TWO . ARE THEIR THOUGHTS ABOUT HOW WE CAN LEVERAGE THOSE MORE DEEPLY , PARTICULARLY WHEN IT

COMES TO POLICYMAKING? OR ARE THEY DIFFERENT FEEDBACK LOOPS? THE POLICY COMMITTEE WAS REFERENCED, WHICH IS A PUBLIC MEETING. I’M ALSO CURIOUS — THAT IS JUST ONE QUESTION.

IF YOU COULD JUST BEGIN LITTLE BIT MORE TO THE ACTUAL LEVELS OF INFLUENCE THAT THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE HAS AS WELL TO GOVERNANCE.

>> AS FAR AS THE ADVISORY TEAMS GO, I AM NOT SURE HOW THOSE WORK. BUT I AM SURE THAT — ARE THEY KNOWN

ABOUT THE POLICIES AND ADVISORY TEAMS? >> SAY THAT A GAME? I DO KNOW HOW THEIR MEETING THAT. >> THEY ARE, BUT THEY COULD ABSOLUTELY BE HIGHLIGHTED

MORE. THAT IS THE ANSWER. THEY COULD ABSOLUTELY BE HIGHLIGHTED MORE. >> LIKE I WAS SAYING FURTHER, MY OWN REVISION, THE COULD HAVE THEM

SIT IN ON THE MEETINGS AND THINGS OF THAT MATTER. LIKE, YOU DON’T HAVE TO CREATE A NEW SYSTEM. YOU CAN USE

YOUR ADVISORY TEAMS. YOU CAN HAVE THEM SIT IN AND HAVE A CHANCE TO VOICE THEIR OPINIONS AND POLICIES. >> THE ONLY THING WE WOULD HAVE TO CONSIDER

IS THAT POLICY COMMITTEES OFTEN MEETS DURING SCHOOL DAYS. SO, WE WOULD HAVE TO FIGURE OUT A WAY SO THAT

OUR STUDENTS AREN’T DEPRIVED OF THE RICHNESS OF THEIR SCHOOL DAY WHILE THE POLICY COMMITTEE IS MEETING. BUT OTHER THAN THAT , I MEAN, IT IS SOMETHING WE

COULD DISCUSS AND WORK THROUGH. >> DR. GREENE, I KNOW YOU MIGHT HAVE A QUESTION OR TWO. SO, BRING US HOME, DR. GREENE.

>> OKAY. ONE, I JUST WANT TO LIFT UP HOW AWESOME IT IS THAT WE HAVE A SCHOLAR STANDING HERE PRESENTING ON A POLICY

OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO INCREASE TEACHER VOICE IN OUR DISTRICT. I WANT TO JUST MAKE SURE THAT WE FULLY APPRECIATE THAT. I THINK THAT IS PRETTY

AWESOME. BECAUSE YOU COULD HAVE SAID MORE ABOUT THE SCHOLAR VOICE . HAVE MORE OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOUR VOICES

TO BE LIFTED UP , OR TO FIND THEIR WAY INTO ACTUAL POLICY OR THE STATE OF PROCEDURES. AND I AM SURE

THERE IS A NEED AND OPPORTUNITY THERE. SO, I JUST WANTED TO APPRECIATE THAT. THE SECOND THING I

WANT TO CALL OUT IS THAT I APPRECIATED YOU SHARING SOME OF THE FEEDBACK FROM SCHOLARS AND SOME TEACHERS. IT WAS INTERESTING

THAT SCHOLARS ARE REALLY CLEAR ON MAKING THAT HAPPEN , AND TEACHERS ARE LIKE, WELL, MAYBE. AND I THINK THAT’S JUST SURFACES THE NUANCES THAT THERE IS A

NEED IN THE PATHWAY FORWARD. THE HOUSE MATTERS. I KNOW THAT THAT IS LITTLE THROUGHOUT YOUR PRESENTATION HERE. I THINK IN TERMS OF A QUESTION, THOUGH

, YOU KNOW, AS YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TEACHERS , WE HAVE PRINCIPLES, WE HAVE CAFETERIA WORKERS, WE HAVE SCHOOL BUS DRIVERS, WE HAVE ACCOUNTANTS , HR

SPECIALISTS , WE HAVE AUTOMOTIVE SPECIALISTS . WE HAVE HVAC TECHNICIANS , ON AND ON AND ON. THIS IS A MAJOR BUSINESS OF SORTS. THERE IS PROBABLY EVERY ASPECT

OF OPERATING WITHOUT ATTORNEYS ON AND ON. SO, MY QUESTION TO YOU IS, WHILE I DON’T DISAGREE THAT WE SHOULD BE LOOKING AT OPPORTUNITIES FOR TEACHERS ,

ARE YOU NOT CONCERNED ABOUT THE LACK OF VOICE FOR OTHER TEAM MEMBERS? DIRECTLY INTO POLICYMAKING? >> AT THE MOMENT, MY CURRENT PASSION WAS TEACHERS.

LIKE I SAID, AT FIRST, I DID THINK ABOUT STUDENTS, BUT I FELT LIKE IT COULD BE MORE DONE . BUT NOW,

TEACHERS SHOULD TAKE A STAND. IF YOU LIKE I SHOULD TAKE THE STAND FOR THEM. AS FAR AS THE OTHER AREAS, I

FELT THAT SOMEBODY SHOULD COME AFTER ME, AND ADVOCATE FOR THEM AS WELL. >> HEARD! HEARD AND APPRECIATED! HEARD AND APPRECIATED.

YEAH, THIS IS COMPELLING TO ME. I DON’T KNOW WHAT THE WAY FORWARD IS, YOU KNOW, SO WE’LL HAVE TO HAVE

SOMEWHERE DISCUSSION ON THAT VERY THING. YEAH, YOU KNOW, I HAVE SOME THOUGHTS EVEN ABOUT THE SELECTION OF SCHOLARS , SO, WHAT WOULD THAT LOOK LIKE FOR TEACHERS?

BUT, THESE ARE THINGS THAT WE COULD FIGURE OUT. AND THEN, WHAT IS THE ROLE? BECAUSE HERE, YOU DON’T HAVE VOTING RIGHTS AS SKULL REPRESENTATIVES. IT DID NOT

HEAR YOU SAY IT , BUT ARE YOU CONTEMPLATING TEACHERS HAVING VOTING RIGHTS? ON THE BOARD? ALL RIGHT? SO, THOSE ARE ALL THINGS, YOU KNOW, SHOULD WE GO DOWN

THAT ROAD, WOULD REQUIRE SOME POLICY CHANGES AND WHATNOT. WAY TO BRING THE HEAT! YEAH, THANK YOU.

I WILL JUST END WITH I DO WANT TO LIFT UP. I THINK THERE IS A NEED ACROSS THE BOARD THERE TO LOOK AT HOW

OUR VOICES, ALL VOICES WITHIN JPS , IN AND AROUND JPS LIFTED UP . WHAT ARE THE MODELS THAT WE SEE IN OTHER PLACES? WE DON’T HAVE

TO RE-CREATE THE WHEEL ALL ON OUR OWN. THEY’RE ALL OTHER DISTRICTS , WHETHER IN THE STATE OR OUTSIDE OF THE

STATE, THAT HAVE OTHER MODELS THAT WE MIGHT LOOK AT AS WELL. WHERE SCHOLAR REPRESENTATIVES, TEACHER REPRESENTATIVES , STAFF REPRESENTATIVES , PARENT REPRESENTATIVES ARE ACTUALLY SEATED ON THE BOARD

AS REPRESENTATIVES. SO, THOSE ARE SOME OTHER THOUGHTS. BUT, I APPRECIATE THAT YOU BROUGHT THAT. IT’S VERY COMPELLING. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

I LOOK FORWARD TO THE THINGS THAT YOU WILL DO. >> THANK YOU, MR. PARK. ALL RIGHT. MR. PALMER, WE ACTUALLY HAVE A POLICY DISCUSSION COMING

UP ON OUR AGENDA RIGHT NOW. I WILL INVITE ATTORNEY HARRIS , WHO WILL TAKE US THROUGH REVIEW OF POLICIES FOR AMENDMENT AND

CREATION. ATTORNEY HARRIS? >> GOOD EVENING, BOARD PRESIDENT, SUPERINTENDENT, DR. GREENE, COMMUNITY , THE OFFICE OF THE GENERAL COUNSEL. IT IS RECOMMENDED

THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES REVIEW THE FOLLOWING AMENDMENTS. AND, THE CREATION OF POLICIES. THE FIRST AMENDMENT IS GACN, SEXUAL HARASSMENT PROCEDURES. THIS

POLICY WAS UPDATED TO CORRECT A FEW GRAMMATICAL ERRORS. THE SECOND POLICY IS GBEJ, LEAVING CONTRACT PRIOR TO FINAL DATE OF CONTRACT . THAT POLICY WAS UPDATED FOR

HER MEDICAL ERRORS. POLICY IDB, ACCREDITATION. WE HAVE TO DO THIS POLICY TO PROVIDE MORE CONTEXT OR OTHER PROCEDURES WERE YOU HAD AN ACTION PLAN AROUND

ACCREDITATION. THE NEXT POLICY THAT IS UP FROM THEM IS POLICY JCG, MEMBERSHIP IN FRATERNITIES, SORORITIES, AND SECRET SOCIETIES. OKAY? WE UPDATED THIS POLICY , CALL IT

A GRAMMATICAL CHANGE. WE WERE LISTED IN THIS POLICY AS THE JACKSON MUNICIPAL — A SEPARATE MUSICAL SCHOOL DISTRICT? SO, WE ARE NOT THAT ANYMORE. WE ARE THE

JACKSON PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT, SO WE UPDATED TO REFLECT THAT. BUT AS DR. GREENE WAS SPEAKING IN HIS SUPERINTENDENT’S REPORT, HIS REMARKS , HE TALKED ABOUT

BROWN VERSUS BOARD OF EDUCATION. I WAS THINKING ABOUT WHEN WE HAD A SEPARATE USABLE SCHOOL DISTRICTS. THAT WAS BROUGHT IN 1964 TO ADDRESS INEQUITIES OF

SEGREGATION THAT STILL EXISTED IN OUR DISTRICT. TO ANSWER SOME OF THE QUESTIONS THAT WERE PROBABLY PROPOSED, I WILL NOW SHARE THE BASIS FOR THE CREATION OF THIS

POLICY, BECAUSE THIS POLICY HAS EXISTED IN OUR DISTRICT SINCE 1980. BUT, WE DID WANT TO UPDATE IT TO

REFLECT THE NAME OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. AS WELL AS THIS IS BASED ON A LAW THAT IS STILL IN EFFECT. IT STATES ANY PUBLIC HIGH SCHOOL, FRATERNITY, AUTHORITY,

OR SECRET SOCIETY IS — TO PUBLIC FREE SCHOOLS, AND THEREFORE, UNLAWFUL. WE STILL HAVE THIS POLICY. FURTHER INFORMATION, WE HAD SOME RECENT ISSUES WITH SORORITY

LIKE ACTIVITIES PERPETRATED BY STAFF MEMBERS . SO, THIS POLICY IS STILL RELEVANT AND IMPORTANT TODAY. THE NEXT POLICY THAT IS UP FOR AMENDMENT IS POLICY KA.

THE POLICY IS WHERE WAS UPDATED TO CORRECT THE RADICAL AREAS WITHIN THE POLICY. AND THEN, WE HAVE A POLICY THAT WE ARE RECOMMENDING FOR CREATION.

THE CHIEF OPERATIONS OFFICER AND THE AUTHOR OF THE RECOMMENDED CREATION OF THE POLICY SURROUNDING GETTING INDIVIDUALS FROM DISTRICT PROPERTIES AND ACTIVITIES.

THERE ARE SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT US AS EXISTED IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. I AM NOT SURE THE SPECIFIC POLICY EXISTED IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, HOWEVER, IT DOES

— THE PRACTICE DOES EXIST. THE POLICY EXISTS ANOTHER DISTRICT AND OTHER STATES. AND SO, ALTHOUGH AN SBA WAS NOT

CONSULTED IN THE CREATION OF ITS POLICY, THEY ARE AWARE OF IT FOR THE BOARD POLICY SO THAT WE CAN PLACE IT ON OUR SITE. REGARDING THE TWO LEVELS

OF THE PUBLIC POLICY THAT WE HAVE SUGGESTED , WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THESE DECISIONS ARE FAIR AND EQUITABLE ACROSS THE ENTIRE DISTRICT.

THEY WILL NOT HAD A DEPARTMENT BY THEMSELVES . WE CAN OBVIOUSLY MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE TREATING EVERYBODY EQUITABLY ACROSS THE

DISTRICT. THAT IS WHY WE HAVE CERTAIN LEVELS. AS FAR AS ANY NOTIFICATION FOR THE CAN MEDICATIONS DEPARTMENT, I MEAN, IF AN ISSUE ARISES, I SUGGEST THAT

WE HANDLE IT ON A CASE-BY-CASE BASIS. THIS IS CERTAINLY NOT SOMETHING THAT WE WILL BE BROADCASTING. IT’S MORE OF AN IN-LINE PROCESS TO HAVE ANY ROTTING

SPECTATORS AND VISITORS THAT WE MIGHT HAVE TO ENSURE THE SAFETY OF THE DISTRICT ACROSS DISTRICT DOLLARS IN PERSONNEL. SO, THOSE ARE OUR RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE

AMENDMENTS OF THOSE AREAS POLICIES AND RECREATIONS OF THAT FOREIGN-POLICY. >> GREAT, THANK YOU, ATTORNEY HARRIS. BOARD MEMBERS, ANY QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU THROUGH RUNNING THROUGH ALL THE QUESTIONS AS WELL. >> PRESIDENT SIVAK JR.? >> YES, DR. HAIRSTON? >> I MAKE A COMMENT

REGARDING THE NAME OF THE JACKSON MINUTES TO PULL SEPARATE DISTRICT? >> PLEASE. >> IF I AM NOT MISTAKEN, THE SEPARATE WAS

IN OUR NAME BECAUSE WE WERE SEPARATE FROM HINDS COUNTY. AT THAT TIME, YOU KNOW, THE SCHOOLS WERE SEGREGATED , BUT THE SEPARATE REFERS TO BEING SEPARATE FROM HINDS COUNTY.

I WILL RESEARCH THAT AND LOOK THAT UP TO BE SURE , BUT I KNEW THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT BOTHERED ME AS A YOUNG PERSON COMING UP ,

AND I LEARNED AFTER RESEARCH THAT REFERS TO BEING SEPARATE FROM HINDS COUNTY. BUT THE SCHOOLS WERE SEGREGATED. BUT, THEY WERE SEPARATE FROM HINDS COUNTY.

>> OKAY. >> ANOTHER PIECE OF IT IS YOU HAVE COUNTYWIDE SCHOOL DISTRICTS , AND THEN, WHEN YOU HAVE SEPARATE SCHOOL DISTRICTS THAT WERE

CARVED OUT FOR CERTAIN MUNICIPALITIES , I MEAN, THERE IS A SECTION IN THE MISSISSIPPI CODE. THEY WERE CALLED MUSICAL SEPARATE SCHOOL DISTRICTS. SO,

CLINTON, FOR INSTANCE, WOULD BE A MUNICIPAL SEPARATE SCHOOL DISTRICT , BECAUSE IT IS A CITY WITHIN HINDS COUNTY, AND NOT PART OF THE COUNTYWIDE DISTRICT . SO, YOU

HAD THIS ACROSS ALL OF THE COUNTIES THAT DID NOT HAVE COUNTYWIDE SCHOOL DISTRICTS , OR CONSOLIDATED SCHOOL DISTRICTS. THERE WERE ALL SORTS OF CERTAIN KINDS OF

DISTRICT THAT WERE CREATED IN THE MISSISSIPPI CODE. SO, MUNICIPAL SEPARATE SCHOOL DISTRICT WERE JUST THOSE THAT WERE CONFINED WITHIN

THE GEOGRAPHICAL BOUNDARIES OF THE CITY, AND WEREN’T IN THE COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT. >> ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, DR. HAIRSTON, AND THANK YOU,

ATTORNEY TURNER. ALL RIGHT. NEXT, WE WILL MOVE ON TO A REVIEW OF SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT BENCHMARK RESULTS. OUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF SCHOOLS WILL PRESENT THE

INFORMATION. >> THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING, BOARD PRESIDENT PRESIDENT SIVAK JR., BOARD MEMBERS , DR. GREENE, AND COMMUNITY. THE OFFICE OF SCHOOL

SUPPORTS PROVIDE INFORMATION’S FOR PURPOSES ONLY FOR SCHOOL YEAR 2023-2024, SCHOOL AND PERMIT UPDATES FOR SCHOOL THAT ARE IDENTIFIED AS COPPERHEADS OF SUPPORT AND

IMPROVEMENT , TARGET SUPPORT AND IMPROVEMENT, AND ADDITIONAL TARGETED SUPPORT IMPROVEMENT. CAPTURED IN EACH REPORT , YOU WILL FIND A FOLLOW-UP. OVERALL, SCHOOL PROFICIENCY GOALS, BENCHMARKS

ONE AND TWO, ASSESSMENT PROVISION RESULTS , STUDENT ENROLLMENT AND ATTENDANCE DATA , AND DISCIPLINARY INFRACTIONS DATA. SCHOOLS WILL DETAIL NEXT

STEPS TO ADDRESS AREAS OF CHALLENGES PRESENTED BY THE DATA. DISTRICT SUPPORTS WILL ALSO BE SURE TO ASSIST THE SCHOOLS AND ADDRESSING SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT

NEEDS. NOW, I WILL GO INTO THE PRESENTATION. I HEARD A PEN ALREADY START CLICKING. SO, FOR THE WORK

THAT WE DO IN THE OFFICE OF SCHOOL SUPPORT THAT IS FOR OUR SCHOOLS , OUR CORE VALUES AND COMMITMENTS THAT

WE SUPPORT DIRECTLY OUR EQUITY , AND ENSURE THAT ALL STUDENTS HAVE ACCESS TO MEET THEIR UNIQUE NEEDS , ACCESS TO RESOURCES, AS WELL AS ENSURING THAT THERE ARE

RESOURCES AVAILABLE TO PROVIDE INNOVATIVE TEACHING AND LEARNING. OKAY, USER ERROR. I’VE GOT IT. THANK YOU. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. SO, MY PRESENTATION GOALS FOR TODAY

IS TO PROVIDE AN OVERVIEW OF THE SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT IDENTIFICATIONS , TO PROVIDE YOU WITH A LIST OF IDENTIFIED SCHOOLS FOR THE PAST FEW YEARS , TO DISCUSS

THE SUPPORT SERVICE RESPONSIBILITIES FOR OUR SCHOOLS , DISTRICT STAFF, AND THE MDE, AND TO PROVIDE YOU WITH A LIST OF

NEXT STEPS. SO, OUR SCHOOL AND PERMIT IDENTIFICATIONS , WHETHER STATE OR FEDERAL IDENTIFICATIONS , FOR FEDERAL, SCHOOLS CAN BE IDENTIFIED FOR CONFERENCE OF APPROVING,

WHICH WE CALL CSI , AND THERE IS AN ADDITIONAL LAYER FOR CSI SCHOOLS THAT HAVE BEEN RE-IDENTIFIED , AND THEY RECEIVE MORE RIGOROUS OPTIONS OR INTERVENTIONS. TARGET

SUPPORT AND A PERMIT SUPPORT , AND AN ADDITIONAL TARGETED SUPPORT AND APPROVE AND SUPPORT. FOR OUR STATE STATE IDENTIFICATIONS, SCHOOLS CAN BE IDENTIFIED AS A

SCHOOL AT RISK THEIR PERFORMANCE RATING IS A S. WHEN YOU’RE TALKING ABOUT THE FEDERAL EDIFICATION OF CSI, SCHOOLS CAN BE

IDENTIFIED IF THEY ARE A HIGH SCHOOL WITH A GRADUATION RATE OF 67% OR LESS . THAT IS JUST BASED ON THE PREVIOUS YEARS ACCOUNTABILITY DATA.

OR, IF HE SCHOOLS IN THE LOWEST 5% , AND THAT’S AN AVERAGE OF THEIR ACCOUNTABILITY SCORE FOR THAT SCHOOL. OR, IF SCHOOL CAN BE IDENTIFIED

IF THEY HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED FOR ADDITIONAL TARGETED SUPPORT AND IMPROVEMENT FOR THREE CONSECUTIVE YEARS. WAS THE SCHOOL HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED AS CSI, THEY

REMAIN FOR A THREE-YEAR CYCLE. SO, I MENTIONED THAT FOR THOSE SCHOOLS , UNDERNEATH CSI, THERE IS AN ADDITIONAL LAYER OF SUPPORT. YOU TALK ABOUT MORE RIGOROUS

OPTIONS , OR MRO. THESE ARE SCHOOLS THAT HAVE BEEN PREVIOUSLY IDENTIFIED FOR COPPERHEADS OF SUPPORT IMPROVEMENT , AND IT DID NOT COME OUT OF THE

IDENTIFICATION OF THE THREE-YEAR PERIOD. THERE ARE JUST TWO ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS AT THESE SCHOOLS HAVE TO MAKE. THE FIRST IS THEY HAVE TO UP ACTIVITIES TO MEET THE

HIGHEST TWO EVIDENCE, AND I WILL TALK ABOUT THAT IN JUST A MOMENT, AND THEY ALSO HAVE TO PROVIDE EVIDENCE THAT THEY HAVE ACTUALLY IMPLANTED THESE ACTIVITIES.

WE GET TO A POINT OF PLANNING, WHAT THEY’RE GOING TO UP LAMENT IN THOSE SCHOOLS, WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE ACTIVITIES ARE EVIDENCE-BASED, AND WE

CAN SHOW THAT THEY ACTUALLY DID THESE THINGS. THE NEXT AREA THAT THEY CAN BE EDIFIED IS TARGETED SUPPORT AND IMPROVEMENT. [ CAPTIONERS TRANSITIONING ]

A LOT HAS TO HAPPEN IN ORDER FOR STUDENTS , FOR SCHOOLS TO BE IDENTIFIED FOR SUPPORT AND IMPROVEMENT. ONE, THE SUBGROUP HAS TO PERFORM IN

THE 50% OR LOWER WHEN IT COMES TO THE OVERALL ACCOUNTABILITY INDEX. AND, THAT SCORE HAS TO BE IN THE LOWEST WHEN WE TALK ABOUT A THREE-YEAR AVERAGE

OF THEIR GAP TO GO, , THEY SET A GOAL ON WHERE STUDENTS SHOULD BE PERFORMING AND WERE OUR STUDENTS — THAT SUBGROUP ACTUALLY PERFORMS, THAT’S WHERE THEY

ARE PICKED THE GAP TO GO THAT DIFFERENCE. THEY ACTUALLY LOOK FOR A THREE-YEAR AVERAGE FOR THAT GAP TO GO. AND THE LOWEST QUARTILE OF THE THREE

YOUR IMPROVEMENT TOWARDS THAT GAP TO GO. ALL OF THESE THINGS HAVE TO HAPPEN FOR A SUBGROUP TO BE IDENTIFIED ,

AND ONCE ALL OF THESE SUBGROUPS , THESE SCHOOLS ARE LISTED, THEY ARE IN THE BOTTOM 5% OF ALL SUBGROUPS THAT ARE LOW PERFORMERS. TSI SCHOOLS ARE IDENTIFIED ANNUALLY.

WHEN WE TALK ABOUT ADDITIONAL TARGETED SUPPORT AND IMPROVEMENT, IT IS JUST A SUBSET OF THE TSI SCHOOLS I EXPLAINED. IT DEALS WITH THE SUBGROUP PERFORMANCE.

THIS IS BASED ON THREE-YEAR AVERAGE SUBGROUP PERFORMANCE, SO IT IS NOT JUST A PREVIOUS YEAR . AND, THIS IS THE THREE-YEAR AVERAGE OF THE

GROUP PERFORMANCE AT OR BELOW THAT OF ALL THE LOWEST 5% TITLE I SCHOOLS. THESE ARE ALSO IDENTIFIED ANNUALLY. WE HAVE A LOT TO CELEBRATE IN OUR DISTRICT

WHEN IT COMES TO OUR SCHOOLS AND THERE IS A LOT TO BE DONE IN OUR IDENTIFIED SCHOOLS. WHEN WE LOOK AT THE LIST OF PREVIOUSLY IDENTIFIED

SCHOOLS STARTING WITH SCHOOL YEAR 1920 , WE HAD 22 SCHOOLS IDENTIFIED FOR SUPPORT AND IMPROVEMENT. THAT DECREASED EACH YEAR DOWN TO 20 AND

2021 , 19 IN SCHOOL YOUR 21-22 , 13 FOR LAST SCHOOL YEAR AND THIS SCHOOL YEAR WE HAVE SEVEN SCHOOLS THAT WERE IDENTIFIED FOR SUPPORT AND

IMPROVEMENT. BECAUSE BRINKLEY IS CLOSE, THAT NUMBER IS ACTUALLY SIX . ALTHOUGH THE STUDENTS AT BRINKLEY WENT TO LINEAR WHEN THEY LOOK AT THE OVERALL

PERFORMANCE WITH THOSE STUDENTS COUNTED, IT IS NOT IN THE LOWEST 5% OF ALL TITLE I SCHOOLS FOR OTHER YOUR AVERAGE. LINEAR DID NOT TAKE ON THE CSI DESIGNATION

FOR BRINKLEY. WE WANT TO LOOK AT WHAT WAS DONE IN SOME OF OUR SCHOOLS. I THINK I WENT TWO SLIDES –. I DID. SO, THE

SCHOOLS THAT WERE EXITED THIS YEAR ARE FOR CSI CHASTAIN, JIM HILL, LANIER AND OAK FOREST AND THEN UNDER ATSI FOR SALE AND PEOPLE’S.

AND SO WE WANT TO LOOK AT WHAT THEY DID IN THOSE SCHOOLS SO WE CAN HOPEFULLY REPLICATE SOME OF THOSE

ACTIVITIES. SO THAT MORE OF OUR SCHOOLS WILL CONTINUE TO EXIT UNDER THE IDENTIFICATION . FOR CHASTAIN, THAT PRINCIPAL HIRED AN ADDITIONAL INTERVENTIONIST

TO IMPLEMENT THE EMPTY SS PROCESS AND SO THEY TARGETED THE LOWEST PERFORMING STUDENTS THERE. AT LANIER, A COUNSEL WAS HIRED FOR THE SAME PURPOSE, BUT

THEY CANCELED ALSO PROVIDED SOCIAL EMOTIONAL SUPPORT FOR THOSE STUDENTS. BOTH OF THESE SCHOOLS WERE CSI. THEY TARGETED THE MAJORITY OF THE STUDENTS , BUT SPECIFICALLY

THOSE LOW PERFORMING STUDENTS. AT FOREST HILL, THEY WERE IDENTIFIED FOR ATSI, FOR THEIR STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES AND THAT PRINCIPAL HIRED A GRADUATION

COACH AND THEY BEGAN TRACKING SCHOLARS AND MAKING SURE THERE WERE POSTSECONDARY PATHWAYS , BUT THEY MADE SURE TO PRIORITIZE THE STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES . THEY ALSO PROVIDED PROFESSIONAL

DEVELOPMENT TO THEIR TEACHERS TO ENSURE THEY WOULD MEET THE NEEDS OF THE STUDENTS. FOR THIS YEAR, OUR IDENTIFIED SCHOOLS ARE BLACKBURN. THEY

ARE RECEIVING THE ADDITIONAL OPTIONS . BRINKLEY, WHICH IS CLOSED, POWELL , CARDOZO, AND WITTEN, ARE ALL CSI MRO AS WELL. THEN WE HAVE WINGFIELD THAT HAS BEEN

IDENTIFIED AS CSI . WINGFIELD WAS IDENTIFIED AND LAST YEAR THEY WERE NOT. BUT THIS YEAR THEY HAVE COME ON, SO THAT’S WHY YOU SEE THEM AS WE

IDENTIFIED. AND THEN KIRKSEY HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED FOR THE STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES SUBGROUP SO THEY ARE TSI. WE DO HAVE TO PROVIDE SUPPORTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES

AT THE SCHOOL LEVEL, DISTRICT AND FROM THE MVE. THIS CHART GIVES YOU AN OVERVIEW OF THE DIFFERENT SUPPORTS AND WHO WOULD BE

PROVIDING THAT. ALL OF OUR SCHOOLS HAVE TO COMPLETE THE COMPREHENSIVE NEEDS ASSESSMENT. THAT’S WHERE WE IDENTIFY THE NEEDS OF THE STUDENTS, STAFF AND YOU THAT

INFORMATION AS WE DEVELOP THE PLAN IN M CAPS WHICH IS THE THIRD OVER. THE MDE CONDUCTS A PROCESS WHERE THEY INTERVIEW PRINCIPALS AND DISTRICT

LEADERS. THAT WAS FOR ALL MRO SCHOOLS . SO POWELL, WRITTEN, NUMBER AND CARDOZO HAD TO PARTICIPATE IN THAT.

WE DON’T HAVE ANY SAHR SCHOOLS BUT IF WE HAD ONE THEY WOULD’VE HAD TO GO THROUGH THE PROCESS AS WELL.

20% TITLE I RESERVATION, THAT IS A REQUIREMENT FOR ALL SCHOOLS . WHEN WE COMPLETE THE TITLE I, WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE IS SOME ACTIVITIES

IDENTIFIED THAT IS GOING TO MEET THE NEEDS OF THE STUDENTS OR THE SUBGROUPS THAT HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED FOR ADDITIONAL SUPPORT . FUNDING IS PROVIDED FOR

ALL CSI TSI AND ATSI SCHOOLS , PROFESSIONAL LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES ARE AVAILABLE. MDE PROVIDES COACHING SUPPORT, BUT ONLY TO THE MRO SCHOOLS. THOSE

FOUR SCHOOLS I LISTED, CARDOZO, WITTEN, BLACKBURN AND POWELL , THOSE ARE THE SCHOOLS GETTING ON-SITE COACHING SUPPORT FROM THE MDE. AND THEN VIRTUAL

CHECKPOINTS, THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE DO AT THE DISTRICT LEVEL WHERE WE PUT THE PLANS IN PLACE AND WE CHECK IN WITH THEM AT DIFFERENT POINTS THROUGHOUT

THE YEAR TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE ON TRACK TO IMPLEMENT THE ACTIVITIES AND IF NOT, WE LOOK AT WHERE

REVISIONS NEED TO BE MADE. HERE IS THE FUNDING METHODOLOGY THAT THE MDE EASES TO AWARD FUNDING. IF A SCHOOL IS IDENTIFIED AS CSI, THEY

WILL GET $100,000. ATSI AND YES I GET 40,000 AND THERE IS NO ADDITIONALLY FUNDING FOR SAR SCHOOLS. ALL STUDENTS OF ALL SCHOOLS THAT HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED,

THEY LOOK AT THE TOTAL NUMBER OF STUDENTS AND THEY COME UP WITH A PPA TO DISTRIBUTE THE REMAINING FUNDS. I SPOKE TO YOU ABOUT THE ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENT

FOR OUR MRO SCHOOLS. EVIDENCE, THERE ARE THREE LEVELS OF EVIDENCE THAT ALL OF OUR SCHOOLS HAVE TO MEET FOR THE ACTIVITIES THEY’RE IMPLEMENTING , BUT

THE MRO SCHOOLS HAVE TO IMPLEMENT THE TOP TWO LEVELS , STRONG AND MODERATE. THAT MEANS THESE ARE EVIDENCE WHERE THERE IS A WELL-DESIGNED STUDY OR A

PARTIAL STUDY THAT WAS DONE WHERE WE CAN ATTRIBUTE WHATEVER GROWTH WE HAVE SEEN IN STUDENT PERFORMANCE TO THAT INTERVENTION. STRONG AND MODERATE ARE THE TWO

LEVELS OF EVIDENCE THAT WE HAVE TO IMPLEMENT. THIS IS JUST A COPY OF THE BOARD UPDATES. YOU HAVE THE

ONE WHERE I PUT IN THE DATA , BUT THIS IS WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE AND THIS IS WHAT YOU WOULD GET FOR THIS

MONTH THROUGH THE END OF JUNE WHEN I BRING THE MONTHLY BOARD UPDATES . IT WILL JUST BE US UPDATING

YOU, WHETHER IT IS ON THE BENCHMARK ASSESSMENTS OR ANY DISCIPLINE OR ATTENDANCE DATA. WHATEVER IS NEW FOR THAT MONTH. THAT’S PAGE TWO. FOR OUR NEXT STEPS,

WE WILL HAVE TO COMPLETE THE COMPREHENSIVE NEEDS ASSESSMENT. WE LOOK AT WHAT THIS STUDENTS NEED STEPHANIE’S AND WE WILL MAKE DECISIONS ON

WHAT THEY WILL IMPLEMENT IN THEIR SCHOOLS USING THE ALLOCATIONS AND WE ACTUALLY GOT THEM ON FRIDAY AFTERNOON. WE KNOW HOW MUCH

FUNDING IS AVAILABLE FOR THOSE SCHOOLS, AND WE HAVE TO UTILIZE ALL OF THE INFORMATION GATHERED THROUGH OUR NEEDS ASSESSMENT TO DEVELOP A PLAN OF

IMPROVEMENT FOR EACH OF THOSE SCHOOLS. SO, WE DID GET A FEW QUESTIONS PRIOR TO THE MEETING AND I WILL

GO AHEAD AND READ THOSE AND THE RESPONSES. THE FIRST QUESTION ASKS, HOW DO THE PROFICIENCY TRENDS FROM BENCHMARK ONE TO BENCHMARK TWO CORRESPOND TO THE TRENDS

FOR SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT SCHOOLS FROM BENCHMARK ONE TO BENCHMARK TWO PROFICIENCY FROM LAST YEAR? LAST YEAR , WHEN LOOKING AT THE NUMBER OF SCHOOLS THAT

INCREASED FROM BENCHMARK ONE TO TWO IN READING AND MATH, LAST YEAR WE HAD THREE SCHOOLS TO INCREASE AND THREE SCHOOLS TO DECREASE IN THEIR PERFORMANCE IN READING

AND WE HAD NONE OF OUR SCHOOLS TO INCREASE IN MATH. THEY ALL DECREASE. THAT WAS LAST YEAR. BUT, FOR THIS

YEAR, FOR READING, FROM BENCHMARK ONE TO TWO, TWO OF OUR SCHOOLS INCREASED, FOUR DECREASE, AND THE SAME FOR MATH, TWO INCREASED AND FOUR DECREASED. THE SECOND

QUESTION WE GOT WAS, WHAT ADDITIONAL RESOURCES ARE NEEDED FROM THE BOARD TO MOVE THE FOUR MIDDLE SCHOOLS REPORTING SINGLE-DIGIT PROFICIENCY IN MATH TO

ACHIEVE THEIR GOALS IN THE CURRENT SCHOOL YEAR? THE BOARD HAS ALREADY GRACIOUSLY APPROVED RFP 20 2017 INSTRUCTIONAL COACHING SUPPORT AND MATH

TUTORING SUPPORT FOR MIDDLE SCHOOLS IN SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT . THIS WILL PROVIDE SUPPORT TO THE SCHOOL STUDENTS IN THE FORM OF SMALL GROUP TUTORIAL

SESSIONS . THE ADMINISTRATIVE — ADMINISTRATION IS LEVERAGING FUNDS TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF PARTNER SUPPORT DAYS AVAILABLE TO OUR TEACHERS. THE LAST

QUESTION WE RECEIVED, ARE THERE INVESTMENTS NEEDED IN THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS THAT FEED INTO MIDDLE SCHOOLS AND SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT TO MOVE THE SCHOOLS PERMANENTLY OUT OF THIS STATUS?

>> WHILE FEDERAL SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT FUNDING CANNOT BE USED TO SUPPORT THE ELEMENTARY FEEDER SCHOOLS, WE DO BELIEVE THAT OUR INVESTMENTS IN PROFESSIONAL

FOR MATH INSTRUCTION WILL HAVE A POSITIVE IMPACT ON THE TRANSITION OF STUDENTS FROM UPPER ELEMENTARY TO MIDDLE SCHOOL. BASED ON THE DATA, WE SEE SOME IMPACT ON

THE TRANSITION FROM UPPER ELEMENTARY TO MIDDLE SCHOOL — I’M SORRY, I READ THAT WRONG. WE SEE SOME CONSISTENT REGRESSION BETWEEN THE FIFTH AND SIXTH GRADES

. WE PLAN TO OFFER OUR MATH TEACHER INSTITUTE FOR 2nd YEAR THE SUMMER, AND THERE WILL BE EXPLICIT TIME TO WORK BETWEEN TRANSITIONAL GRADES. THIS TARGETED FOCUS

SHOULD PREPARE TEACHERS TO BETTER TACKLE THE TRANSITION TO MIDDLE SCHOOL. FINALLY, WE ARE WORKING TO ADDRESS THE SYSTEMIC CHALLENGES OF THE TEACHER SHORTAGE IN THIS

CRITICAL AREA. TWO PROMISING , LONG-TERM STRATEGIES INCLUDE THE INTRODUCTION OF OUR INTERNATIONAL EDUCATORS TO TEACH STEM COURSES AND OUR GOAL YOUR OWN INITIATIVE. FOR THE JACKSON

MIDDLE COLLEGE PROGRAM AT JACKSON STATE UNIVERSITY. ARE THERE ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS? >> BOARD MEMBERS? ARE THERE ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? I DO WANT TO

LIFT UP THE PROGRESS. I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU SHARING THE BAR CHART FROM 2019 TO TODAY. I CAN REMEMBER WHEN WE WOULD GET THE BOARD REPORTS WHERE

THERE WOULD BE 20+ SCHOOLS AND GETTING DOWN TO SIX IS A HUGE ACCOMPLISHMENT. I DEFINITELY WANT TO LIFT THAT

UP. I ALSO REMEMBER, I FEEL LIKE WE USED TO HAVE TO ATTEND BOARD MEETINGS — MEETINGS WITH MDE, IS THAT

NO LONGER A REQUIREMENT? >> WELL, THAT IS –. NOT A REQUIREMENT BUT THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE ON THE LIST THAT WOULD LIKE TO ATTEND THOSE MEETINGS AND

THE BOARD PRESIDENT IS ONE. >> OKAY. I LOOK FORWARD TO GETTING THE INVITATION. OKAY. BOARD MEMBERS, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? DR. GREEN? MR. McGUFFEY? >> IT’S SOMETHING THAT GOT

HIGHLIGHTED HERE. I JUST WANT TO LIFT IT UP AND GET A GENERAL IMPRESSION FROM YOU AND PEOPLE, IS JUST,

THE WORK THAT HAS BEEN DONE AND IS BEING DONE AND WHAT’S ARE THE NEW THOUGHTS ? I KNOW WE SAID , LOOKING

AT MIDDLE SCHOOLS IN PARTICULAR , IN SOME WAYS I FEEL LIKE I’M THE OUTSIDER WHO WHY’ALL HAVE BEEN

WORKING ON THIS AND LIKE YOU SAID, THAT IS AN IMMENSE PROGRESS OVER TIME AND DESERVES TO BE APPLAUDED

. AND YET WE HAVE TO DO THE HARD THINGS AND SAY, MIDDLE SCHOOLS CAN BE STUCK IN A RUT AT TIMES AND SO I’M JUST WONDERING ,

THE MATH TEACHER INITIATIVE OVER THE SUMMER , LIKE WHAT DID WE SEE OUT OF THAT? ARE WE OPTIMISTIC ABOUT THAT MOVING INTO THIS YEAR?

WHAT IS GOING ON? >> I WILL TAKE A STAB AND THEN I ASK DR. EVANS TO JOIN US AS THE

ASSISTANT SUPER MIDDLE SCHOOLS, MORE ABOUT WHAT SHE HAS BEEN SEEING AND COACHING AND SUPPORTING PRINCIPALS ON AND EVEN OTHER RESOURCES . I DON’T KNOW THAT

I CAN SPECIFICALLY — MAYBE DR. EVANS CAN PICK I DON’T KNOW IF I CAN SPECIFICALLY SPEAK TO THE LAST QUESTION,

WHAT ARE WE SING FROM THE SUMMER WORK WITH MATH TEACHERS? BUT, OUR MATH TEACHER SHORTAGE — I THINK WE STILL HAVE , DO WE STILL HAVE ANY?

MATH TEACHERS? VERY FEW. AT THE START OF THIS YEAR, OUR MATH TEACHER SHORTAGE WAS UNREAL — UNREAL. AND WE WERE WORKING THROUGH GETTING THE INTERNATIONAL TEACHERS

THAT TOOK A LITTLE LONGER THAN WE EXPECTED, BUT THANKFULLY WE HAVE GOTTEN ALMOST 50 OR RIGHT AT 50

OF THEM AND MANY OF THEM IN THE MATH AND SCIENCE CLASSES. MANY OF THEM GOING TO LOOPS IS MOSTLY GOING TO MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOLS. AND SO,

THAT IN AND OF ITSELF IS HUGE FOR — WE DIDN’T HAVE TEACHERS. AND SOME SCHOOLS WITH MULTIPLE MATH TEACHER SHORTAGES. SCHOOLS WERE DOING THEIR VERY BEST TO BACKFILL

AND STRETCHING MATH TEACHERS ACROSS GRADE LEVELS AND SUBJECTS TO TRY AND DO WHAT THEY COULD TO THAT. NOW

THAT WE HAVE GOT MATH TEACHERS IN PLACE , WE ARE VERY HELPFUL ABOUT EVEN OVER THE NEXT COUPLE FEW MONTHS

WHAT THEY WILL BE ABLE TO DO TO SUPPORT SCHOLARS. YOU MAY RECALL , OR PERHAPS NOT, OUR ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENTS TEAR , EACH OF THEM TEARS THE SCHOOL , THEY

TEAR THE SCHOOLS WITHIN THEIR DIVISION DEPENDING ON THE LEADERSHIP SUPPORT THAT IS NECESSARY OR JUST BEING REALLY HANDS-ON WITH RESOURCING AND ENSURING THAT — AND DAILY

INSTRUCTION IS IMPROVING, THAT TEACHERS ARE GETTING THE KIND OF COACHING THAT THEY NEED AND SO, THAT IS SOMETHING THAT I KNOW HAS BEEN AN IMPROVEMENT THIS

YEAR. I AM APPRECIATIVE OF DR. EVANS WORK IN THAT REGARD. I DON’T LET IT — I DON’T LOVE IT BUT WE REDIRECTED HIM AND THIS

IS THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT, BUT ESPECIALLY — THIS IS THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT. I THINK YOU PROBABLY SEE MORE OF IT IN ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE, BUT WE HAVE

REALLOCATED SOME OF THE TIME AND SUPPORT FROM OUR LEAD PARTNERS , FROM COACHING TEACHERS , TO WORKING DIRECTLY WITH SCHOLARS. MORE OF THEIR TIME, WHICH IS AT

A PREMIUM, BUT WE ARE PLAYING CATCH-UP FROM NOT HAVING THE STAFFING IN PLACE. IN A LOT OF CASES, WE HAVE REDIRECTED OUR LEAD PARTNERS TO SMALL GROUPS

OF SCHOLARS, TO WORK WITH THEM, TO PARTNER WITH TEACHERS, TO COTEACH . SO, WE ARE HOPEFUL THAT TOO WILL HASTEN THE IMPROVEMENT AND ACHIEVEMENT OF OUR

SCHOLARS, AND THEN DR. EVANS CAN CERTAINLY SPEAK TO THIS . FINALLY, WE HAVE GOTTEN SOME HIGH DOSAGE TUTORING FOR OUR SCHOLARS TO ALSO SUPPORT THEM. THESE ARE

THINGS THAT ARE DIFFERENT THIS YEAR AND OR GREATLY INCREASED OR IMPROVED PRACTICES. I’M HOPEFUL AS A RESULT OF THOSE. LET’S SEE WHAT ELSE YOU HAVE GOT TO SHARE

. >> GOOD EVENING. DR. GREENE, SCHOOL BOARD PRESIDENT. THIS I THINK WILL BE MY 18th YEAR WORKING WITH MIDDLE SCHOOLS. THE APPROACH THAT OUR TEAM TOOK WAS

TO DIAGNOSE WHY. I HEAR OVER THE YEARS, MIDDLE SCHOOL IS THE ONLY DIVISION WHERE YOU TEST 100% OF THE STUDENTS AND THAT’S

TRUE. BUT IT HAS BEEN STREW AND MIDDLE SCHOOLS HAVE NOT ALWAYS UNDERPERFORMED. OR HAVE NOT ALWAYS BEEN WHERE WE HAVE NOT RISEN TO BE AMONG THE BEST

ACROSS-THE-BOARD. WE REALLY SOUGHT TO UNDERSTAND WHY. AT THE BEGINNING OF THE SCHOOL YEAR , MY MOST RECENT WORK IN ADVANCED ACADEMICS, I UNDERSTOOD OUR DISTRICT

TYPICALLY HAS ABOUT 21 MATH VACANCIES ON THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL. MIDDLE SCHOOL DIVISION HAS 16 MATH VACANCIES ON THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL. EVERY SINGLE

MIDDLE SCHOOL WAS MISSING MATH TEACHERS. SOME SCHOOLS HAD NO TEACHERS AND A GRADE LEVEL. NO EIGHTH GRADE MATH TEACHERS. NO SEVENTH GRADE

MATH TEACHERS. WE STARTED THE YEAR WITH A PLAN OF, TO MEET WITH THE COACHES , EVERY SCHOOL HAS A MATH

COACH BUT THEY PULLED THOSE COACHES INTO THE CLASSROOM SO THAT MEANS THERE IS NOT A PERSON TO DO THE REST OF THE TEACHERS BECAUSE WE NEEDED EVERY AVAILABLE

CERTIFIED PERSON, ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL, HOWEVER, TO HELP WITH STUDENTS SO THEY COULD GET THAT INSTRUCTION THAT THEY NEEDED. AND CELT WE HAD VIRTUAL SCHOOLS WHERE

ONE TEACHER AT A SCHOOL WOULD TEACH. WE WOULD REALIGN CLASSES SO THAT THE TEACHER COULD HAVE SECTIONS ACROSS THE DISTRICT AND TEACH MORE THAN JUST THEIR

SCHOOL. WE ARE REALLY TRYING TO THINK OUTSIDE THE BOX ABOUT HOW TO ADDRESS THIS MATH SHORTAGE . I THINK THE HASKELL DIVISION FOR THE JACKSON MIDDLE COLLEGE AND

THOSE FUTURE TEACHERS THAT WE HAVE IN THE PIPELINE, WE HAVE A FEW MORE YEARS TO WAIT ON THEM. OUR QUESTION

IS, WHAT DO WE DO NOW? I APPRECIATE THIS BOARD FOR A LONG US TO INVEST IN OUR INTERNATIONAL TEACHERS . UNFORTUNATELY, THOSE TEACHERS WITH THE IMMIGRATION PROCESS

, THEY DID NOT ARRIVE UNTIL DECEMBER . SO, THIS IS THE FIRST SEMESTER THAT WE HAVE — WE

ONLY HAVE ONE MATH VACANCY IN OUR DIVISION AND THIS IS THE FIRST SEMESTER WHERE THERE HAS BEEN THAT CASE. THERE IS THE TRANSITION PERIOD FOR THOSE. WERE

WORKING WITH THE OFFICE OF OT L TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE TRAINING AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT FOR THOSE NEW

TEACHERS WHO JUST CAME TO THIS COUNTRY. AND TO BE TRAINED NOT ONLY IN THE JPS WEIGHT BUT JUST ABOUT

AMERICAN EDUCATION. THEY KNOW THE CONTENT , BUT THIS IS A CULTURAL SHIFT FOR THEM THAT THEY ARE MAKING, AND THEY

ARE DOING IT AND ARE DOING A PHENOMENAL JOB IN MANY PLACES. SO, WE HAVE WORK TO DO. WHEN I SAW THIS YEAR WAS ABOUT PROVIDING THE

FOUNDATION, REALLY AND TRULY BEING HONEST AND INTROSPECTIVELY ASKING WHY . HOLDING OURSELVES ACCOUNTABLE TO ACHIEVE AT HIGHER LEVELS. THAT MEANS OUR PRINCIPALS AND CURRICULUM LEADERS IN

THE BUILDING MUST BE SHARPER PRACTITIONERS. WE NEED TO GET THE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT. WE HAVE TO SAY, EVEN IF SCHOOLS WHERE THEY HAVE 20% OF THE STUDENTS

ACHIEVING PROFICIENT AND ADVANCED SCHOOL, WHAT ABOUT THE OTHER 80? THAT’S WHAT I’M ALWAYS ASKING. IF WE HAVE 80% , WHAT ABOUT THE OTHER 20? AND SO, WE

REALLY HAVE TO CONTINUOUSLY BE SOLVING PROBLEMS. I BELIEVE THE SUMMER BRIDGE PROGRAMS THAT WE MOVED AWAY FROM , WE ARE GETTING BACK

TO THOSE WITH SIXTH-GRADERS. THEY CAN BE TRANSITIONED PROPERLY INTO MIDDLE SCHOOL AND WE CAN FRONTLOAD SOME OF THOSE SUPPORTS, FIELD SOME GAPS IN THE SUMMER

THROUGH THE USE OF FEDERAL PROGRAM DOLLARS AND SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT DOLLARS SO THAT THEY CAN HAVE A STRONGER START TO COME TO MIDDLE SCHOOL. WE ARE ENGAGING

PARENTS MORE DEEPLY. WE MET LAST FRIDAY WITH PARTNERS IN EDUCATION TO TALK ABOUT, HOW CAN WE STRENGTHEN OUR PARENTS TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE SUPPORT AT HOME AND

WHAT THEY COULD LOOK LIKE. THERE IS A LAYERED APPROACH. I SEE AS GETTING STRONGER AND STRONGER EVERY DAY. IT’S KIND OF LIKE WHEN YOU GO

TO PHYSICAL THERAPY. YOU MIGHT NOT BE RUNNING INTO BUT YOU ARE WALKING BETTER THAN YOU WERE. I APPRECIATE

THE SUPPORT YOU HAVE GIVEN AND THAT MY COLLEAGUES HAVE GIVEN . DEFINITELY THE BOOTS ON THE GROUND IN THE CLASSROOMS. >> THANK YOU, DR. EDMONDS.

THAT IS A REALLY HELPFUL UPDATE. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, BOARD MEMBERS? THANK YOU, BOTH, FOR THE EXCELLENT PRESENTATION. ALL RIGHT, NEXT

WE WILL MOVE ON TO OUR DISCIPLINE DATA, JOYFUL LEARNING UPDATES. MISS AMANDA THOMAS, OUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF CLIMATE AND WELLNESS WILL PRESENT THE INFORMATION. >> GOOD EVENING.

MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, DR. GREENE, SUPERINTENDENT AND COMMITTEE MEMBERS WHO ARE STILL WITH US THIS EVENING . I DO HAVE THE PLEASURE

OF PROVIDING DISCIPLINE UPDATES AS WELL AS OUR UPDATES FOR COMMITMENT FOR JOYFUL LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS. I WANT TO HAVE A FOCUS ON OUR MISSION STATEMENT, JACKSON PUBLIC

SCHOOLS DEVELOPS SCHOLARS TO ACHIEVE EXCEPTIONAL KNOWLEDGE BASE ARTICLE AND RELEVANT SKILL SETS AND THE NECESSARY DISPOSITIONS WITH GREAT SUCCESS. AS WE GO

THROUGH THE DISCIPLINE DATA AND THE UPDATES FOR JOYFUL LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS, THESE WILL DESIGNATE. THE OBJECTIVES FOR THIS EVENING ARE TO ANALYZE AND COMPARE

THE BASELINE DISCIPLINE DATA, WHICH IS A FOUR SCHOOL YEAR 2018-2019 THROUGH THE YEARS OF 2019 – 2020 UP TO THIS CURRENT SCHOOL YEAR. ALSO TO REVIEW THE FIVE-YEAR

TIMELINE OF COMMITMENT FOUR KEY INITIATIVES AND PROVIDE THOSE UPDATES. AGAIN, OUR FOCUS AFTER REVIEWING THE FIVE-YEAR PLAN FOR EDUCATING JACKSON SCHOLARS, THE TARGET OUTCOMES EMPHASIZE

ARE SUSPENDING 10% OR FEWER SCHOLARS PER SCHOOL YEAR AS WELL AS HAVING OUR PARENTS AND FAMILIES EXPRESS OVERALL SATISFACTION WITH THEIR SCHOLARS. THE NEXT FEW

SLIDES WILL SHOW THE TRENDS IN OUR DISCIPLINE DATA FROM THE YEARS OF 2019 UP TO THE CURRENT YEAR . THIS FIRST SLIDE SHOWS THE YEARLY

NUMBER OF OUT OF SCHOOL SUSPENSIONS FOR THE YEARS OF 2018 19 THROUGH 23-24. THESE NUMBERS REFLECT AUGUST THROUGH MAY OF EACH YEAR,

SO THERE ARE NO NUMBERS LISTED FOR THIS CURRENT YEAR. THIS IS END OF THE YOUR DATA. THIS SLIDE SHOWS

COMPARISON OF THE NUMBER AND PERCENTAGES OF STUDENTS WHO RECEIVED OUT OF SCHOOL SUSPENSION FOR THE YEARS OF 2018-19 , 1920 , 2021, 21 -22, 22-23 AND THE

CURRENT YEAR WAS NO DATA BECAUSE IT IS FOR AUGUST THROUGH MAY. THERE WAS A SLIGHT INCREASE IN THE PERCENTAGE OF STUDENTS RECEIVING OUT OF SCHOOL

SUSPENSION AS A DISCIPLINE CONSEQUENCE FROM 22-23 TO 23-24 SCHOOL YEAR. I WANT TO NOTE THAT THE CUMULATIVE ENROLLMENT MAY

INCREASE AS DR. STRONG SO ELOQUENTLY EXPLAINED ON THE LAST EVENING, BOARD MEETING , THEY MAY INCREASE FROM JANUARY TO MAY. DURING THAT PARTICULAR YEAR FOR 22-23,

THE ENROLLMENT FOR ALL YOUR WAS 20,536 AND THEN IN 21-22, THE ENROLLMENT WAS 21,484 , SO THEREFORE USING THE SLIGHT DECREASE IN THE PERCENTAGE OF SCHOLARS. OVERALL,

DISTRICT COMPARISON OF THE NUMBER OF OUT OF SCHOOL SUSPENSION FOR THE YEARS OF 2018 AFTER THE CURRENT YEAR , 2023, FOR THE FIRST SEMESTER COMBINED . THESE ARE

FOR THE MONTHS OF AUGUST THROUGH DECEMBER. YOU DO SEE DATA FOR THIS CURRENT SCHOOL YEAR. THE NUMBER OF OUT OF SCHOOL SUSPENSIONS HAD STEADILY DECLINED FROM THE

BASELINE YEAR OF 18-19, HOWEVER THERE IS AN INCREASE FOR THE TOTAL OF AUGUST THROUGH DECEMBER FOR THIS YEAR BEING 2701. AGAIN, FIVE-YEAR COMPARISON WITH THE

NUMBER AND PERCENTAGE OF STUDENTS RECEIVING OUT OF SCHOOL SUSPENSION FOR AUGUST THROUGH DECEMBER. THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS RECEIVING OUT OF SCHOOL

SUSPENSIONS AS A DISCIPLINE CONSEQUENCE HAS INCREASED THIS YEAR, AGAIN IN COMPARISON TO LAST YEAR. IN KEEPING IN LINE WITH OUR ACADEMIC PRESENTATIONS, WE

ALSO WANTED TO SHARE THE BREAKDOWN OF OUT OF SCHOOL SUSPENSIONS FOR STUDENTS ENROLLED IN A PACK. OUR ENGLISH LEARNERS, AS WELL AS OUR SPED PROGRAMS.

THIS SHOWS THE PERCENTAGE OF SCHOOL IS — STUDENTS AS IT RELATES TO OUT OF SCHOOL SUSPENSIONS ISSUED FOR THE MONTHS OF AUGUST THROUGH DECEMBER. FOR

EXAMPLE, THE 76.9% OF THE 1794 SCHOLARS RECEIVING OUT OF SCHOOL SUSPENSION WERE ENROLLED IN NONSPECIAL PROGRAMS. AS AN ACADEMIC

TEAM, WE LOOK AT THE TRENDS AS IT RELATES TO THE SUBGROUPS OF STUDENTS AND STAFF MEMBERS FROM VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS. WE IDENTIFIED THOSE STAFF MEMBERS TO

PROVIDE ADDITIONAL SUPPORT FOR THE SCHOOLS. PLANS ARE DEVELOPED IEP AND 504 PLANS ARE REVIEWED AND REVISED IN ADDITION TO REFERRALS BEING MADE FOR THE

EVALUATION NEEDED. THIS SLIDE PROVIDES INFORMATION ABOUT THE TOP REASONS DISTRICTWIDE THAT OUR SCHOLARS HAVE BEEN SUSPENDED. HE WOULD NOTE THAT THE TOP CONSEQUENCES

ARE SIMILAR EACH YEAR . THE CODE OF CONTACT WAS PRIOR TO THE 1920S SCHOOL YEAR SO THE LANGUAGE DIFFERENCE IS SLIGHTLY.

THE NEXT SET OF SLIDES WILL PROVIDE A DEEPER LOOK AT THE DATA FOR THIS CURRENT SCHOOL YEAR . THIS SLIDE

DEPICTS DATA FOR THE ELEMENTARY DIVISION . DATA IS PROVIDED FOR SCHOOLS THAT HAVE A PERCENTAGE OF 2% OR HIGHER. ALL ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS ARE NOT LISTED. THE

NUMBER OF OUT OF SCHOOL SUSPENSIONS FOR EACH SCHOOL IS COMBINED TOTAL FOR THE SEMESTER. IF YOU LOOK AT REINS ELEMENTARY, SEVEN EQUAL AMOUNT OF OUT

OF SCHOOL SUSPENSIONS ISSUED AS WELL AS STUDENTS RECEIVING THIS CONSEQUENCE. THIS SUGGESTS STUDENTS THE HAVE YOUR IMPROVES WHEN THEY RETURN TO SCHOOL AFTER

RECEIVING AN OUT OF SCHOOL SUSPENSION CONSEQUENCE. FOR THESE STUDENTS, THE NEGATIVE BEHAVIOR DECREASED. FOR SCHOOLS THAT HAVE MORE OSS ISSUES THAN THE NUMBER OF

SCHOLARS WITH OUT OF SCHOOL SUSPENSION, THERE ARE SCHOLARS RECEIVING THIS CONSEQUENCE MULTIPLE TIMES. THIS SLIDE DISPLAYS DISCIPLINE DATA FOR THE

MIDDLE SCHOOL DIVISION . YOU WILL NOTE THAT BAILEY HAS THE SAME NUMBER OF OUT OF SCHOOL SUSPENSIONS AND STUDENTS RECEIVING THAT CONSEQUENCE. THIS SUGGESTS

THE STUDENTS BEHAVIOR WAS REDIRECTED . THE OTHER SCHOOLS HAVE HIGHER NUMBERS FOR OUT OF SCHOOL SUSPENSION THAN STUDENTS AND THAT DATA CONFIRMS SOME OF THE

STUDENTS ARE RECEIVING MULTIPLE OUT OF SCHOOL SUSPENSIONS. THIS SLIDE DISPLAYS THE DISCIPLINE DATA FOR THE HIGH SCHOOL DIVISION . AGAIN, FOR THE SCHOOLS THAT

HAVE HIGHER NUMBERS OF OUT OF SCHOOL SUSPENSION AND STUDENTS , THE DATA CONFIRMS THAT SOME SCHOLARS HAVE RECEIVED OUT OF SCHOOL SUSPENSION MORE THAN ONE

TIME DURING THIS TIME PERIOD. I DO WANT TO NOTE, AT EACH DIVISION LEVEL , SOME SCHOOLS HAVE LIMITED NUMBER OF OUT OF SCHOOL SUSPENSIONS AND MANY

OF THE STUDENTS RECEIVING OUT OF SCHOOL SUSPENSIONS AS A CONSEQUENCE, CORRECT THEIR BEHAVIOR AFTER BEING ISSUED THE CONSEQUENCE. PRINCIPALS ATTRIBUTE THIS TO HAVING A

FOCUS ON POSITIVE BEHAVIOR INTERVENTIONAL SUPPORTS WHERE THEY EMPHASIZE ROLES AND EXPECTATIONS AT THE BEGINNING OF THE SCHOOL YEAR AND CONSISTENTLY AFTER BREAKS. LATER IS ALSO

A TRIBUTE THE LOW SUSPENSION NUMBERS TO SUPPORTING TEACHERS WITH MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES, ALSO UTILIZING ALTERNATIVES TO OUT OF SCHOOL SUSPENSIONS SUCH AS

BEFORE AND AFTER SCHOOL DETENTION , IN SCHOOL DETENTION, AND IN SCHOOL SUSPENSION. THE DEAN OF STUDENTS WHO ARE IN THE HIGH SCHOOLS AND MIDDLE

SCHOOLS ANALYZE DATA AS WELL AND MEET WITH THE STUDENTS WHO ARE RECEIVING THIS CONSEQUENCE. CONFERENCES ARE HELD WITH THE SCHOLARS AND THEIR PARENTS UPON THE

RETURN TO DISCUSS PLANS AND EXPECTATIONS TO DECREASE THE NUMBER OF SCHOLARS RECEIVING THIS CONSEQUENCE. AS WE CONCLUDE THIS PORTION OF THE PRESENTATION, AS A

REMINDER, OUR GOAL IS TO HAVE 10% OR FEWER OF OUR SCHOLARS SUSPENDED BY THE END OF THE SCHOOL YEAR 2024. YOU WILL NOTE IN SPRING 18-19 ,

15% OF OUR SCHOLARS WERE SUSPENDED . IN THE SPRING OF 2022 -23, WE HAD 12.8% OF STUDENTS SUSPENDED AND AT

THE END OF THE SEMESTER , DECEMBER 2023 , WE HAD 9.5% OF OUR SCHOLARS SUSPENDED, WHICH MEANS, 90.5% OF OUR SCHOLARS HAVE NOT RECEIVED AN OUT OF

SCHOOL SUSPENSIONS AS A CONSEQUENCE. AGAIN, OUR GOAL FOR THE END OF THE YEAR, WHICH WILL BE THE END OF

OUR FIVE-YEAR PLAN IS TO HAVE 10% OR FEWER OF OUR SCHOLARS SUSPENDED. THE NEXT SLIDE PROVIDES VISUAL GRAPHICS AND SNIPPETS

OF THE WORK THAT WE HAVE DONE DISTRICTWIDE AS IT RELATES TO JACKSON PUBLIC SCHOOLS KEY INITIATIVES FOR COMMITMENT FOUR. THIS WORK FURTHER PROMOTES

POSITIVE DISCIPLINE AND IMPLEMENTATION OF JOYFUL LEARNING ENVIRONMENT. YOU WILL NOTE THAT THE SLIDES ARE FOR THE FIVE YEAR SPAN, SO YOU JUST TO SEE SOME OF

THE VISUALS. THEY ARE PROVIDING FREE SCREENING TO THE STUDENTS AT VARIOUS LOCATIONS. WE UTILIZE THE SAFE APP TO TRACK WOULD NUMBERS AND KEEP STUDENTS

SAFE DURING THE PANDEMIC. HEALTHY MEALS WERE PROVIDED TO OUR SCHOLARS AT SITES AS WELL AS THE USE OF TRANSPORTATION SERVICES. SEVERAL VACCINATION CLINICS WERE HELD

, EXTERNAL PARTNERS AND VARIOUS ORGANIZATION ASSISTING IN THE ORGANIZATION AND ADMINISTERING OF THESE VACCINES. TO FURTHER OUR SCHOLARS THERE WERE WORKSHOPS FOR OUR PARENTS AND SCHOLARS, AND

ALSO WE HAVE REVIVED THE WELLNESS WALK IN OCTOBER . STAFF AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS ENGAGE IN THE PHYSICAL ACTIVITY AS WELL AS BREAST CANCER SURVIVORS WERE

RECOGNIZED. JACKSON HEIGHT HAS A COMPREHENSIVE CENTER THAT ADDED TWO SCHOOL-BASED HEALTH CLINICS AND 21 ADDITIONAL SCHOOL TO THEIR AGREEMENT. WE ALSO ADDED

MISSISSIPPI SMILES AS A NEW PARTNER. JUST TO RECAP , ENGAGING FAMILIES TO SUPPORT SCHOLARS WELL-BEING AND DEVELOPMENT BEING OUR FIRST NARRATIVE, WE PARTNER

WITH AGENCIES, ENCOURAGE FAMILIES AND SCHOLARS AND STUDENTS TO ENGAGE IN PHYSICAL ACTIVITIES, AND OUR CHILD NUTRITION DEPARTMENT CONTINUES TO PREPARE HEALTHY LUNCHES AND SNACKS FOR OUR

SCHOLARS ARE IN PERSON AND VIRTUAL LEARNING. OUR SECOND KEY INITIATIVE IS DISTRICT ACCOUNTABILITY MODEL FOR CLIMATE AND WELLNESS. AS STATED IN THE

PLAN, WE WANT OUR PARENTS AND FAMILIES TO EXPRESS OVERALL SATISFACTION WITH THEIR CHILD’S SCHOOL. THE BASELINE DATA WAS GATHERED FROM THE COMPREHENSIVE

ASSESSMENT ADMINISTERED IN THE 19-20 SCHOOL YEAR. ACADEMIC TEAM REVIEWED THESE QUESTIONS. THEY IN TURN GAVE US OUR THRIVED SCHOOL CLIMATE REPORT CARD. AGAIN,

WE CONTINUE TO ADMINISTER THE COMPREHENSIVE NEEDS ASSESSMENT TO ALL STAKEHOLDERS . THE REPORT CARD HAS BEEN DEVELOPED AND WE NOW HAVE TWO YEARS OF

DATA FROM THAT THRIVE REPORT CARD. ONE EXAMPLE PART QUESTION NINE, I AM SATISFIED WITH THE WAY SCHOOL , STAFF MEMBERS AND ADMINISTRATORS, TEACHERS AND

STAFF TREAT STUDENTS AND THE LEVEL OF CONCERN THAT IS SHOWN FOR THE STUDENTS AT THE SCHOOL DURING THE 21-22 SCHOOL YEAR . PARENTS WERE 74.8% SATISFIED

AND LAST SCHOOL YEAR, WE HAD INCREASED WITH 80.9% BEING SATISFIED. THE THIRD INITIATIVE, FOSTERING RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN SCHOLARS AND ADULTS. WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT THE

PROBLEMS, WHICH IS CAP. WE STILL HAVE THAT MENTAL HEALTH WARM LINE . IT WAS LAUNCHED IN 2021 , AND NOW IT IS STILL

OPERABLE AND IS ON CALL 24 SEVEN. ALSO, 21-22, THIS WAS MEMBERS OF THE TRUCK CLUB, AND TEACHER CARE PACKAGES TO SEVERAL SCHOOLS. WE HELD A

SUMMIT IN FEBRUARY 2022 TITLED, A DADS HEALTH IS A SCHOOLS WEALTH AND IT WAS ATTENDED WITH OVER 300 FATHERS AND SONS. 22-23 , WE STILL HOLD

TECHNOLOGY AND LITERACY WORKSHOPS FOR OUR PARENTS AND SCHOLARS . ALSO, LOOKING AT 23-24, WE HAVE HAD SEVERAL OF OUR STAFF MEMBERS RECOGNIZE AND RECEIVE THE

ALICE CLARK EDUCATION AWARD , WHICH RECOGNIZES EXEMPLARY K-12 EDUCATORS IN THEIR REGION REFLECT EXCEPTIONAL TEACHING MYTHOLOGIES POSITIVELY IMPACT SCHOOL CULTURE AND ENGAGES WITH THEIR COMMUNITY. WE

SEE THOSE TEACHERS THERE AS WELL AS THE GPS SCHOOL SOCIAL WORKERS IN THEIR MENTAL HEALTH GRANT PROVIDING INDIVIDUAL COUNSELING SESSIONS TO SCHOLARS IN ADDITION TO

THE SESSIONS , THEY DISTRIBUTE FOOD BOXES TO FAMILIES , THEY RESPOND TO REFERRALS , AND THEY COLLABORATE WITH MAP, WHICH IS MAKING A PLAN. TEAM

MEMBERS PROVIDE SERVICES TO OUR FAMILIES. THESE SERVICES DO INCLUDE UTILITY PAYMENTS. THIS INITIATIVE, FOSTERING RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN SCHOLARS AND CARING ADULTS, WE CONTINUE TO HOST EVENTS

BICKLEY UTILIZE TALK ABOUT THE PROBLEM WHICH IS TAPPED TO MEDIATE CONFLICTS WITH PEERS. WE CONTINUE TO ENCOURAGE OUR STAFF TO BE SUCCESSFUL MENTORS FOR OUR

SCHOLARS. OUR NEXT INITIATIVE , RESEARCHING AND IMPLEMENT A DISTRICTWIDE FRAMEWORK TO ADDRESS SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING, THE DISTRICTS AND LIMITATION OF SOCIAL

EMOTIONAL LEARNING BEGAN IN 19-20 AND CONSISTS OF JPS ADOPTING THE CASTLE FRAMEWORK. WE CONTINUE TO UTILIZE THIS FRAMEWORK AND DURING

THE 21 -22 SCHOOL WORK , THE RETHINK CURRICULUM BEGAN AND THE SUPERINTENDENT INTRODUCED REPRESENTATIVES . THESE STUDENT VOICES HAVE CONTINUED TO BE LIFTED AT

THE LOCAL AND STATE LEVELS. AGAIN, JUST TO SUMMARIZE, STAFF MEMBERS CONTINUE TO USE THE SEL PRACTICES THROUGHOUT THEIR LESSONS . WE ARE IN YEAR

TWO OF THE LIMITATION CURRICULUM AND WE CONTINUE TO RECOGNIZE AND MONITOR THE USE OF THIS PLATFORM PICK YOUNG PEOPLE CONTINUE TO CONTRIBUTE

AND LEAD DISCUSSIONS, AS WE SAW THIS EVENING. THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES AS WELL AS A SCHOOLS PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES FOR SCHOLARS TO SHARE THEIR OPINIONS AND PLANS FOR

IMPROVING POLICIES , AS WELL AS THE OVERALL ORGANIZATION. THIS INITIATIVE FOSTERING LEARNING EXPENSES THAT ARE FUN AND DEEPLY ENGAGING. YOU WILL VIEW THE VISUALS OF

SOME OF THE SCHOLARS FUND LEARNING EXPERIENCES STARTING WITH JROTC , THE GLOBAL CITIZEN PROJECT, WHICH BEGAN IN 2021 . ALSO, JIM HILL CHEERLEADERS CONTINUING TO BE

COMPETITIVE WITH THEIR SKILLS. WE HAVE THE LEARNING GARDEN IN GALWAY ELEMENTARY. UNITED STATES SECRETARY OF EDUCATION VISITED CASEY ELEMENTARY IN THE ARTS

INITIATIVE AS ALL OF THE AFTERSCHOOL PROGRAMS. THE SUMMER READING PARADE AND BLOCK PARTY WAS A SUCCESS AT FOREST HILL HIGH SCHOOL , AND DURING THE SCHOOL YEAR

WE HAVE HAD OUR JPS SCHOLARS COMPETE IN SWIM MEETS AND RECEIVE AWARDS. JPS ROTC SCHOLARS RECEIVE SCHOLARSHIPS AND THE CDC CONTINUES TO RECEIVE RECOGNITION AND ACCOLADES FOR

THE APPS THAT THEY DEVELOP. AGAIN, THIS WAS OUR FINAL INITIATIVE FOSTERING LEARNING EXPERIENCES . THE GLOBAL CITIZEN PROJECT SPONSORED BY THE WK FOUNDATION ALLOWS JPS TO

LIVE TO ITS CORE VALUE OF RELEVANCE. SCHOLARS KENVUE EDUCATION WITH DIFFERENT COUNTRIES AROUND THE WORLD AND WE IN THE THIRD YEAR OF THIS PROJECT. OUR KEY

TAKEAWAYS , OVER THE LAST FIVE YEARS, THE NUMBER OF DISCIPLINARY INFRACTIONS RESULTING FROM OUT OF SCHOOL SUSPENSIONS HAS DECLINED. THE DISTRICTS AMENDMENT TO ENGAGING FAMILIES IN THE

SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT AND WELL-BEING OF THEIR SCHOLARS, AND PLUMMETING SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING, PROMOTING POSITIVE RELATIONSHIPS WITH SCHOLARS AND ADULTS WHILE ENGAGING IN FUN AND MEANINGFUL ACTIVITIES, AND

PROVIDING JOYFUL LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS CONTINUES TO PRODUCE POSITIVE RESULTS. WE WILL CONTINUE TO UTILIZE RESOURCES AND ALTERNATIVES TO REDUCE THE PERCENTAGE OF SCHOLARS RECEIVING OUT OF

SCHOOL SUSPENSION. THE WORK THAT HAS BEEN DONE AROUND THAT KEY INITIATIVES HAS PROVEN EFFECTIVE AS EVIDENCED BY THE DISCIPLINE DATA AND THE PARENTS SURVEY RESULTS.

THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS? >> THANK YOU, MISS THOMAS. BOARD MEMBERS, QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? >> IT’S A GREAT REPORT. >> IT WAS AN EXCELLENT

REPORT. I AGREE. I HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS. YOU KNEW I WASN’T GOING TO LET YOU GET AWAY WITHOUT SOME.

>> IT’S YOUR LOVE LANGUAGE. >> THAT’S RIGHT. THERE WERE SOME OF THESE THINGS, THE THINGS I SAW THAT I DIDN’T

SEE WHEN I REVIEWED IT SO I DIDN’T GET — PICK THE FIRST ONE WAS, A CLARIFICATION QUESTION . THE

SLIDES AREN’T NUMBERED BUT IT IS OUT OF SCHOOL SUSPENSION FIVE YEAR COMPARISONS AUGUST THROUGH DECEMBER. THERE IS TWO OF THEM.

>> WHEN IS THE STUDENT, WHEN IS ALL SUSPENSIONS AND ONE IS STUDENTS. AND THE DIFFERENCE IS, A STUDENT MAY HAVE BEEN SUSPENDED MORE THAN ONCE.

>> OH, I UNDERSTAND. SO THE LOWER NUMBER — IF YOU GO TO THE 17 94 , THAT IS LIKE A UNIQUE — OKAY.

>> I TRY TO EMPHASIZE, WHEN I STATED OF THE 1794 STUDENTS SUSPENDED, WHEN WE LOOK AT THE SUBGROUPS, THOSE

ARE THE NUMBERS OF SCHOLARS AND THAT 9.5% IS THE PERCENTAGE. >> THAT IS REALLY HELPFUL. AND THEN THE NEXT QUESTION IS –.

THIS IS RELATED TO THE PREVIOUS PRESENTATION AS WELL . SO, IF YOU LOOK, BLACKBURN, CARDOZO, WINGFIELD ALL HAVE OUT OF SCHOOL SUSPENSIONS OF OVER 20% AND THEY ARE

ALL SCROLL IMPROVEMENT COURTESY — THE NUMBERS ARE LOWER. I JUST WANTED TO ASK A QUESTION, ARE WE LOOKING AT THAT? IS THERE

CORRELATION? SHOULD WE BE MAKING INVESTMENTS AROUND LIMIT? MAYBE SOME OF THAT WAS — I KNOW A LOT OF THE INTERVENTIONS WERE SCHOOLS THAT MOVED OUT —

WE HAD HIRED PEOPLE SO MAYBE THAT RELATED . >> I’M GOING TO START BY SAYING, THERE IS DEFINITELY

— WE ARE LOOKING AT IT AND THERE IS A CORRELATION BUT I’M GOING TO LET DR. EVANS EXPOUND. >> THERE IS NO TEACHER

, THE DISCIPLINE IS A LITTLE DIFFERENT AND SO ONE OF THOSE SOLUTIONS WAS TO GET CERTIFIED TEACHERS IN THE CLASSROOM. THIS YEAR WITH THE IMPLEMENTATION OF

THAT DEANS OF STUDENTS, THEY ARE BEING TRAINED TO BE PROACTIVE AND DEVELOP THOSE RELATIONSHIPS SO THAT THE DISCIPLINE WON’T OCCUR. >> AND THE DEANS AREN’T —

THE DEANS AREN’T — THEY ARE SUPPORTIVE. THEY ARE NOT ADMINISTRATIVE, PER SE? NOT OFFICIALLY ADMINISTRATIVE. WHILE THEY DON’T GIVE A SUSPENSIONS ,

OUT OF SCHOOL SUSPENSIONS, THEY DO MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS. THEY ARE WORKING WITH SCHOOLS AROUND THAT. THAT IS CERTAINLY SOMETHING WE FLAG. WE HAVE THIS ADDITIONAL RESOURCE

IN ALL OF OUR SECONDARY SCHOOLS, MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL, BUT WE HAVE ALSO SEEN SOME UPTICK IN

SUSPENSIONS . ALSO, SOME OF THIS IS A NUMBER OF OUR PRINCIPALS , THEY ARE SEEKING TO SET A TONE. ADDRESSED SOME BEHAVIORS THAT JUST NEED TO BE ADDRESSED.

>> ONE MORE QUESTION, MISS THOMAS. THIS IS IN REFERENCE TO THE ON TRACK SLIDE , WHICH I BELIEVE IS RIGHT THERE. ARE WE ON TRACK

THIS YEAR? IF WE ARE AT 9 1/2% BY THE END OF THE FIRST TERM, WE HAVE SOME REALLY STRONG PERFORMANCE IN

THE SECOND SEMESTER. I JUST WANT — I WANT TO SEE IF YOU SHARE ANY MORE ON THAT PROJECTION. >> I CHANGED ONE

PART BUT DID NOT CHANGE — NO, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE — THE BASELINE YEAR AND YOU LOOK AT THIS PARTICULAR YEAR , NOT TO 10% ,

BUT DEFINITELY — AND I’M GOING TO HOLD TO THIS AND BE VERY HELPFUL THAT — MUCH FEWER THAN THE 15% DURING OUR BASELINE YEAR OF 2018-19.

>> OKAY, SO FEWER THAN OUR BASELINE YEAR, BUT IF WE END AT 13% , THAT WILL BE A TREND OF INCREASING THREE

YEARS IN A ROW. I KNOW WE LOOK AT TRENDS AS A SIGNAL OF WHETHER OR NOT INTERVENTIONS ARE WORKING. DO

YOU THINK WE WILL END BELOW THE — ARE WE GOING TO INCREASE THIS YEAR? THAT’S NOT INDICATED OF A TREND.

>> YOUR QUESTION, DO I THINK WE WILL INCREASE THIS YEAR? I THINK WE WILL LAND AROUND THE 12.6, 12.8 . >> SO, HOLDING, ROUGHLY? OKAY.

>> I HOPE TO REPORT THAT AT THE END OF THE SCHOOL YEAR. >> I HAVE A FOLLOW-UP QUESTION. THIS MIGHT BE

QUICK AND I’M NOT SURE IF THERE IS GOING TO BE A WAY TO ANSWER THIS. TWO OF THE MIDDLE SCHOOLS THAT ARE ON

THIS LIST FOR HAVING A HIGH PERCENTAGE OF STUDENTS — AND I TAKE IT THIS IS A FIRST SEMESTER OUT OF SCHOOL SUSPENSION ARE PEOPLE FROM WHITTEN

, AND THAT CATCHES MY EYE BASED OFF COMBINING THOSE TWO SCHOOLS . CONSOLIDATION OCCURRED FIRST SEMESTER. ARE THOSE LINKED? DO WE THINK THAT THERE IS

ANY SPILLOVER AS BETWEEN THE TWO ? I DON’T KNOW WHAT THEIR NUMBERS WERE THE YEAR BEFORE. HAVE WE SEEN

AN UPTICK ? THAT’S ONE OF THE THINGS I WANT TO KEEP AN EYE ON. >> PEOPLE IN WHITTEN, I CAN STATE THAT THESE ARE — AND THESE SUSPENSIONS

ARE JUST FOR THOSE PARTICULAR SIDES OF THE SCHOOL. THEY ARE SEPARATE. THEY ARE NOT CONSOLIDATED. I WOULD LOOK AT THE PREVIOUS SCHOOL YEAR IS A

BUT I DID LOOK AT THESE PARTICULAR ONES BECAUSE THIS IS SOMETHING THAT MISS THOMPSON HAD ASKED ABOUT AS WELL. THEY ARE PRETTY SIMILAR TO THE PREVIOUS

SCHOOL YEAR. THERE HAS NOT BEEN AN UPTICK. ALSO, AS IT RELATES TO THE TWO OF THEM BEING CONSOLIDATED, THERE IS ONLY ROUGHLY ONE INCIDENT WHERE THOSE PARTICULAR

SCHOLARS HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN AN INCIDENT TOGETHER. I KNOW THAT FROM THE ALTERNATIVE PLACEMENT SITE. >> THESE INCIDENTS ARE SEPARATE.

THEY JUST HAPPENED TO BE HOUSED IN THE SAME BUILDING. WE SEE THAT AS A WIN THAT IS NOT BECAUSE OF THE

MERGER , BUT WE HAVE WORK TO DO. >> I WILL ASK MS. WILLIAMS , IF YOU WILL TAKE A NOTE, LET’S GET THE DATA FROM

LAST YEAR FROM THOSE TWO SCHOOLS AND SHERROD OUT. WE CAN SHARE IT OUT BETWEEN NOW AND THE NEXT MEETING. >> THANK YOU, MISS EVANS.

EXCUSE ME, DR. EVANS AND MS. THOMAS. THANK YOU. I DO WANT TO LIFT UP, IT IS VERY CLEAR A LOT OF WORK

WENT INTO THIS PRESENTATION. THANK YOU FOR ALL THE EFFORT THAT GOES BEHIND GENERATING THE NUMBERS THAT LOOK REALLY PRETTY ON THE SLIDE. THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU. >> ALL RIGHT, WE WILL MOVE ON TO OUR INFORMATION AND ACTION ITEMS. I WILL

INVITE MR. BURKE OF WE HAVE THE REQUEST TO APPROVE A CONSULTING SERVICE AGREEMENT WITH THE RESULTS OF HIS FOR PROJECT MANAGEMENT SERVICES AND THEN WE HAVE THE

APPROVAL OF THE MONTH OF FINANCIAL REPORT FOR MONTH ENDING JANUARY 31st, 2024 . MR. BURKE, IF YOU COULD RUN THROUGH BOTH, WE WILL VOTE ON THEM

TOGETHER. >> GOOD EVENING, BOARD, SUPERINTENDENT GREENE , PRESIDENT SIVAK. FOLKS REMAINING IN THE EVIDENCE — AUDIENCE. THE ADMINISTRATION RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF A CONSULTING

SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH RESULTS BIZ TO FACILITATE PROJECT MANAGEMENT FOR THE ENTERPRISE RESOURCE PLANNING SYSTEM. THIS SERVICE AGREEMENT FORBIDS PROJECT MANAGEMENT SUPPORT SERVICES FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF

THE ERP AGREEMENT IS PIVOTAL TO THE ASSISTING STAFF TO ENSURE SUCCESSFUL AND TIMELY BUT MENTATION OF THE ERP SYSTEM. IT WILL SPEARHEAD THE PROJECT CORRELATING

CLOSELY WITH TYLER TECHNOLOGIES. THEIR SCOPE ENCOMPASSES HIS SUCCESSFUL IMPLEMENTATION AND A SEAMLESS EXPERIENCE ACROSS ALL MODULES INCLUDING FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT PAYROLL, REVENUE MANAGEMENT,

ASSET MANAGEMENT, CONTENT MANAGEMENT AND RECURRING SERVICES. THERE WERE SOME QUESTIONS AROUND , DID WE SPEAK TO REFERENCES? SIMPLY, YES. WE PREPARED A LIST OF 11 QUESTIONS

THAT ENCOMPASS AND TRY TO DELVE INTO THEIR CAPACITY , ABILITY TO STAY ON BUDGET, ABILITY TO MEET THE OBJECTIVES AND A MENTATION AND THE OVERALL

SENSE OF SUCCESS FROM OTHER CUSTOMERS. WE DID RECEIVE INTERACTIONS , THEY WERE VERY FAVORABLE RESULTS . ONE SAID , DESPITE THE CHALLENGES ,

BIZ QUICKLY INTEGRATED INTO THE PROJECT AND IMPLEMENTED THE TASKS. THEY PICKED UP FROM AN INTERNAL MEMBER THAT HAD PASSED AWAY AND THEY TOOK ON THE

IMPLEMENTATION . ANOTHER RESPONDENT , AND THIS WAS FROM THE CITY OF JACKSON AS A MATTER OF FACT. THE FIRST ONE WAS FROM ALEXANDRIA, LOUISIANA , CHIEF FINANCIAL

OFFICER OF THEIR SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT. THIS WAS THE CITY OF JACKSON . THEY WERE CRUCIAL AND PLAYED A CRUCIAL ROLE IN IMPLEMENTATION OF THE

ACT. THEY HAD RESPONSIBILITIES THAT EXTENDED TO ONGOING TRAINING AND TROUBLESHOOTING IN VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS. THEIR INITIATIVE MET THE INITIAL OBJECTIVES AND GOALS OF THE IMPLEMENTATION AND HEALTH

THEM CLEARLY DEFINED THOSE OBJECTIVES AND GOALS. THE SATISFACTION OF KEY STAKEHOLDERS PARTICULARLY THE CITY OF JACKSON EMPLOYEES IS GENERALLY POSITIVE AND ANY INSTANCES OF DISSATISFACTION

WERE QUICKLY ADDRESSED AND REMEDIED BY RESULTS BIZ. I WILL SAY THAT THERE WAS A COMMENT NOT INCLUDED IN YOUR NOTES FROM TYLER TECHNOLOGIES . THEY WERE

RECOMMENDED BY THEM. THERE ARE MANY TYLER TECHNOLOGY USERS IN MISSISSIPPI, NOT NECESSARILY SCHOOL DISTRICTS. THEY IMPLEMENTED SEVERAL OF THE SYSTEMS IN OUR SURROUNDINGS.

>> THANK YOU, MR. BURKE. ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU. NEXT, WE WILL MOVE ON TO THE REQUEST TO APPROVE THE MONTHLY FINANCIAL REPORT FOR

THE MONTH ENDING JANUARY 31st. >> YOU HAVE A COPY OF THE MONTHLY FINANCIAL REPORT WHICH INCLUDES A STATEMENT OF FUND BALANCE, BANK RECORDS, DISTRICT CASH FLOW.

SOME HIGHLIGHTS OF THAT REPORT FROM THE STATEMENT FUND BALANCE REFERENCING PAGE FOUR, FUNDING BALANCE FOR BEGINNING OF THE YEAR WAS 22.7 MILLION AT

JULY 1st. AS OF JANUARY 31st, IT HAS DIPPED TO 5.7. $7 MILLION LOWER THAN OUR JANUARY FUND BALANCE POSITION. THIS IS ATTRIBUTED TO , AGAIN,

CONTINUING TO CARRY SOME VERY HEAVY EXPENDITURES FOR OTHER FUNDS . RIGHT NOW THAT IS UP TO THE TUNE OF $17 MILLION , AND I WILL TALK

MORE ABOUT THAT IN A MINUTE. REVENUES, WE HAVE COLLECTED ALMOST 75% BEFORE WE BUDGETED. THAT’S A LITTLE UNDER $700,000 , WHICH IS A POSITIVE TREND .

REFERENCING PAGE EIGHT , CHILD NUTRITION FUNDS, AGAIN CONTINUING TO CARRY A SIGNIFICANT CASH BALANCE BUT CONTINUING TO SPEND THAT ON IMPROVING OUR CAFETERIA

EXPERIENCE FOR OUR SCHOLARS. TITLE FUNDS WHICH ARE OUR 2211 SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS , ALSO CORONAVIRUS FUNDS , AND OTHER SPECIAL REVENUES, THESE ARE

REFERENCED ON PAGE EIGHT THROUGH NINE. WE HAVE OUR EXPENSES ACROSS THOSE FUNDS AND BALANCES ARE CURRENTLY NEGATIVE 12.6 MILLION. WE HAVE COMPLETED DRAWDOWNS OF

ABOUT 7.8 , SO WE ARE CONSTANTLY MONITORING AND TRY TO GET THOSE EXPENDITURES SUBMITTED AND GETTING THOSE FUNDS BACK IN. THE STATUS REPORT SECTION AS OF

JULY 31st IN FUND 1120 WHICH IS OUR MAIN OPERATING FUND, WE ANTICIPATED RENOVATORS OF 200.7 MILLION . WE HAVE A LOOK AT YEAR-TO-DATE 76.6 MILLION

WHICH IS 38.2% OF WHAT WE BUDGET. WE ANTICIPATED EXPENDITURES EQUALING 200.7 MILLION AND WE HAVE EXPENDED 93.6 MILLION WHICH IS ROUGHLY 46

POINT 7% OF WHAT WE PLAN TO EXPAND. AND ALL OF OUR OTHER FUNDS WE BUDGETED REVENUES OF 284.3 MILLION . WE HAVE YEAR-TO-DATE COLLECTED 118.9 MILLION

ACROSS ALL OTHER FUNDS. WE ANTICIPATED REVENUES EXPENDITURES OF 269.9 MILLION WE HAVE ONLY EXPENDED 92.8 MILLION , WHICH IS ABOUT 34.3 . ALL IN ALL WE HAVE

TOTAL BUDGET FOR THE ENTIRE DISTRICT OF 185 POINT — 485 MILLION. WE HAVE COLLECTED ABOUT HUNDRED 95.5 MILLION WHICH IS 40.3% AND WE HAVE EXPENDED 186.4

MILLION, WHICH IS 39.6 PERCENT . BANK RECONCILIATIONS ARE COMPLETE THROUGH DECEMBER 31st. THEY ARE BEING HELD WITH APPROVED BOARD REPOSITORIES AND RECONCILED A PROPERLY. YOU

WILL SEE THAT ON PAGE 26 THROUGH 28. CASH FLOW REPORT AS OF JANUARY 31st, ENDING CASH BALANCE WAS 2.8 MILLION

IN OUR DISTRICT MAINTENANCE FUND COMPARED TO JANUARY OF 2023 WHICH WAS 7.4. THIS IS ROUGHLY A 61% DECREASE. SOME OTHER

KEY INDICATORS , HEADLINES FOR JANUARY 31st , TOTAL REVENUES COLLECTED IS ABOUT 3.6 MILLION LESS THAN LAST YEAR. THIS REFLECTS A $10.3 MILLION CHARTER SCHOOL

PAYMENT THAT WERE MADE IN JANUARY IT WAS MADE ON JANUARY 16th TO OUR CHARTER SCHOOL LOCATED IN JACKSON. EXPENDITURES, YEAR-TO-DATE, 3.7 MILLION IN THE LAST

YEAR. THIS IS MADE UP OF FROM EARLY PROPERTY LIABILITY INSURANCE INCREASES THAT WE TALKED ABOUT IN THE BUDGETARY PROCESS. WE DID ANTICIPATE THESE. CONTRACTED

SERVICES HAVE BEEN HIGHER OUR INABILITY TO HIGHER INTERNALLY , PLUMBING SERVICES , ARE CAUSING US TO HAVE TO GO OUTSIDE AND GET THOSE SERVICES, WHICH IS MAKING

CONTRACTED SERVICES HIGHER THAN NORMAL. 2.4% LESS THAN LAST YEAR. THIS COLLECTION IS A STILL LIKING BY 9% WITH SOME CONTINUING DRAG FROM THEIR SOFTWARE . WE DID

GET OUR CHECK TODAY FROM OF ALARM. IT’S 41 MILLION OR SO, WHICH IS HIGHER THAN WHAT IT WAS LAST YEAR BY

ABOUT $500,000 , SO WE ARE PRETTY ENCOURAGED THAT THEY ARE CATCHING UP. THAT WILL SHOW IN NEXT MONTH’S FINANCIAL REPORT TOTAL PURCHASE AND I’LL —

PERSONNEL , ONLY 879 THOUSAND DOLLARS GREATER, WHICH IS ABOUT 1.18%. WHICH IS REALLY GOOD, CONSIDERING , BUT WE ATTRIBUTE THIS TO THE FACT THAT WE STILL

CARRY IN THE BUDGET ABOUT 500 POSITIONS THAT HAVE GONE UNFILLED , 206 ARE CERTIFIED STAFF AND ABOUT 294 HAVE BEEN

CLASSIFIED. THAT IS YOUR FINANCIAL REPORT FOR THE MONTH OF JANUARY 31st . I WILL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, CRITICISMS AND OR WANDERINGS.

THANK YOU, MR. BURKE. >> BOARD MEMBERS, QUESTIONS? >> MR. BURKE, FOR 4 AND HALF MILLION IN LAST YEAR’S CASH POSITION, IS THAT ALSO RELATED

— IS IT TIMING WITH THE HEAVIER PROJECTS YOU MENTIONED EARLIER WITH THE FUND BALANCE? >> YES, SIR. IT’S A FUNCTION OF WHEN EXPENDITURES

SHOW UP. WE ARE TRYING TO PAY TIMELY. A LOT OF OUR VENDORS ARE SMALL BUSINESSES THAT RELY ON US TO MAKE

SURE WE GET THESE THINGS PAID. AS A REQUIREMENT WE PAY WITHIN 45 DAYS TO BE GOOD PARTNERS. IT JUST

DEPENDS ON THE FREQUENCY IN WHICH THOSE INVOICES COME IN. WE ARE REALLY PUMPING HARD TO GET THESE PROJECTS DONE AND GET THOSE PAGES SO WE CAN THOSE

DRAWDOWNS SUBMITTED BECAUSE WE ARE GETTING CLOSE TO THAT SEPTEMBER 30th DATE. >> GREAT. THANK YOU. BOARD MEMBERS, IF THERE IS NO OTHER QUESTIONS,

IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEMS A AND B, INFORMATION ACTION? >> I SO MOVE. >> SECOND. >> MS. HILLIARD HAS MOVED,

DR. HARRIS SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. THE MOTION CARRIES. NEXT WE HAVE CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS, FINANCE. MR. BURKE,

QUICK QUESTION, I DO HAVE A QUESTION ON THAT THIS IS THE QUESTION I RAISED EARLIER ABOUT THE $2.5

MILLION BID FOR JIM HILL THAT WE ARE REJECTING. SO, I DON’T NEED TO KNOW WHY. I UNDERSTAND WHY THE

MATERIALS –. MY QUESTION IS, ARE WE GOING TO BE ABLE TO SPEND THE DON’T HAVE MILLION ELSEWHERE? >> YES.

WE ARE AT THE POINT WHERE WE ARE MAKING DECISIONS ABOUT THOSE PROJECTS. WE ARE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO

GET COMPLETE BY THE DEADLINE. THOSE DOLLARS WILL BE MOVED TO OTHER EXPENDITURES. THE GOAL IS STILL NOT TO LEAVE ANY MONEY ON THE TABLE.

>> THAT WAS WHAT WAS BEHIND THE QUESTION. >> DR. BIRX, BURKE — ISN’T IT TRUE THAT WE HAVE NOT SO SHORT LIST ABOUT A LIST OF PROJECTS THAT

WE CAN, IF WE FIND OURSELVES IN A SIMILAR SITUATION, THAT WE CAN DIVERT THOSE DOLLARS TO FUND? >> YES. WE ARE LOOKING FOR

THOSE OPPORTUNITIES AS WELL. WE WANT TO DO THOSE THINGS THAT WE KNOW WE CAN GET DONE. YOU MAY SEE , I THINK IS ON THE PRESENTATION SOME

CONVERSATIONS ABOUT CHANGE ORDERS. THAT WILL BE HOW WE DO THAT SO WE DON’T HAVE TO GO BACK — THERE WILL

BE SMALLER PRICE THAT WE CAN GET IN THE WINDOW. >> THAT MAKES SENSE. THANK YOU. BOARD MEMBERS, SO, IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA

ITEMS FINANCE? >> MOTION. >> SECOND. >> ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. THE MOTION CARRIES. NEXT WE HAVE THE CONSENT AGENDA

ITEMS, GENERAL, ALL THE CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS WERE REVIEWED PREVIOUSLY. WE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO ASK THAT QUESTIONS. IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE?

>> SECOND. >> DR. HARRISON HAS MOVED. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. MOTION CARRIES. NEXT WE HAVE CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS PERSONNEL, ALL THE CONSENT

AGENDA ITEMS HAVE BEEN REVIEWED BY THE BOARD PREVIOUSLY AND HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO ASK ADMINISTERS AND QUESTIONS. ARE THERE ANY FURTHER

QUESTIONS? IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA PERSONNEL? >> SO MOVED. >> SECOND. >> ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. THE

MOTION CARRIES. WE DO HAVE AN EXECUTIVE SESSION AND SO IS THERE A MOTION TO CLOSE THE BOARD MEETING TO CONSIDER EXECUTIVE SESSION? DR. HARRISON HAS MOVED, MR.

FIGGERS HAS 70. THANK YOU, EVERYONE AND HAVE A GOOD NIGHT.

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