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So welcome,

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everybody, and call this meeting
to Curriculum Council to order

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402 on Monday, the 12th of November.

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We do have several new members
with us today,

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and so I wanted to take a moment
to do some introductions.

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My name is Stacey Winslow.

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I am the assistant to the superintendent
for Curriculum Instruction and Assessment.

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I co-chair this committee with Mrs.

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Seger, who is at the Red light.

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She will be here shortly.

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To my right is Missy Kunder.

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You place him

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as his name on a lot of things,
but you don't always get to see her face.

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I would be lost without her.

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She's on my right
because she's my right hand.

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It would be awful not to have her.

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And if we then move on to Nancy.

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My name is Trisha Steiner.

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I'm a school board member.

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I am Mary Dag.

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I'm a citizen advisor.

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Hi. Donna Cronin, School board member.

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Hi. Tracey Landry,

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director of Instructional Technology.

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And this is my first time

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service to the English Department Chair.

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Kip Shore, School Board member. Thank you.

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Their high school English teacher,
Eric Fountain, Middle School Principal.

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Thank you all very much.

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For those of you who are new, there's
a little button on your microphone.

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When you push it and it turns red,
it will be on.

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And when you're speaking as a part
of the committee, you'll want to use that.

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I usually remain on all the time
because we talk a lot,

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but you might not want to,
especially if you want to speak to

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your neighbor a little bit

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because it will be recorded.

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So so everybody knows
this is a recorded meeting, it is public,

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and people do occasionally
listen to the curriculum council meeting.

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So just so you're aware of that.

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So welcome to all of you.

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Appreciate our returning citizen advisors
and our new citizen advisor.

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And I didn't think to ask you raise my.

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Okay, I love her.

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He seems delightful.

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I've known her
since I was the middle school principal

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when she was in the middle school,
so it's known her for a while.

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She's so sweet.

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Welcome. Very nice to have you here.

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Welcome to our new high school
representatives.

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Also, we are missing some elementary
and middle school representatives today.

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They have other commitments
and a doctor's appointment.

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So they did let me know that they
weren't going to be here.

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And there's Mrs.

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Seger. We were just doing introductions,

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so we'll let her get settled real quick.

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Attached to your agenda, you will see
Summary notes from our last meeting,

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which was in September.

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We did not have an October meeting
because we did not have any agenda items.

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We are making up for that this month
when we have quite a few agenda items.

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Once your coat is off,
do you want to introduce yourself?

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I said When your code is off,
do you want to introduce yourself?

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Cathy Sikka Board member
Hey, sorry about that.

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I didn't want to

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put you on the spot at the door
but didn't want to ignore it either.

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So we do have notes there From September.

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I also attached our goals
for curriculum Council for our new

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members to be able to review.

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These are our goals that

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we set each year to look at

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what our council needs are

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right here.

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We were just doing introductions
and CC Winslow on policy

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and it's very nice to meet you and you're
one of our new city fundraisers.

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Wonderful. There's a microphone here.

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So when you're talking to me,
push this button

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and red right.

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If you have any questions. Okay.

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All right.

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Okay.

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So our goals for this year,
we have an ongoing goal to keep track

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of curriculum through Rubicon Atlas
and the work that we're doing there.

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We also have a goal
to monitor kindergarten

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because we have started
full day kindergarten this year.

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It's very exciting.

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So that is something that we are keeping
track of.

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We are also looking at
grading at the high school level,

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moving to a

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4.0 scale
as opposed to a percentage scale.

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And we will have an update
on that next month from Mr.

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Smith for

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just the process that's in place
and some of the work that has been done.

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And he is aware of that.

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I did speak with him about that.

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And just for the record as well,
it is here on Mr.

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Smith's behalf today.

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He is at a conference in Atlanta
looking at policies

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which I'll talk about later
at a board meeting.

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So that is attached there for your purview
and for you to read closely.

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If you if you in your own time,
if you would like.

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We also under informational items

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I have there's some new
legislation that has come out

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that does impact Rick Gillum.

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The first one is Pathways to Graduation,

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and I attached a visual

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for that for you to look at.

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As you are probably aware,
there's been a lot of discussion

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in the state about the testing that we do,
the amount of testing that we do,

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what that testing is for, what it means.

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And there's been a lot of

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postponement of the graduation

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requirement for the Keystone exams.

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So this is a new piece of legislation

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that was just recently signed
into law by Governor Wolf.

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And this

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I like this little detail, kind of
lays it out with the four options now are.

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So option one is a composite
score on Keystone assessments.

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And what this is saying
is that a student meets or exceeds a state

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specified composite score
across the three Keystone

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exams, and performance must include
at least one proficient and two basic.

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So instead of a student

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having to be proficient on all three exams

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and the six modules
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now they can have a composite score
and still meet graduation

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requirements.

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I do not have what that score is yet.

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I'm sure it exists somewhere,
but I haven't found this

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option two is a student meets or exceeds
locally established grade based

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requirements and the associated academic
content areas of the Keystone exams.

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And one of the follow ing either an AP

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or an eye exam in each keystone
content area.

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We could do that in the APS.

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We do not have international Baccalaureate
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so that would not work for us.

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But the AP would a SAT

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PSAT or ACT general test

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and the

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score will be recommended by PD
and the State Board of Education

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would have to approve that for the ASVAB,
which is the military

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test of admission to four year nonprofit.

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I age E with evidence to enroll.

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I don't know.

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I haven't had a chance to look that up yet
to see

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a successful completion
of a pre apprenticeship program

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passing grade in a credit bearing
dual enrollment or post-secondary course

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in math, science or English,
which we do have the options for that.

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And A.C.T.

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work certificate

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Option three our CTE

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concentrators
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This is not something that we would be
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but it is something that Dauphin County
Technical School of be very interested in

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and an option for is local grade
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and additional evidence of readiness.

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So a student meets or exceeds locally
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and associated academic content
areas of the Keystone exams and presents

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three pieces of evidence that reflects
the student's readiness for graduation

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and is related to students
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And then they give some examples of what

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those pieces of evidence might be.

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So this is something
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We have not had had the opportunity
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here in the district.

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I actually just have it on our grade level
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agenda for this Thursday
so that they are aware.

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So we will be having more discussion
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But I did want you to know
that this is new legislation

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that we are
now going to be working through.

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And did anybody have any questions
on that piece?

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Did you say this is for this graduation
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This begins with this year's sophomores.

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Oh, sophomores. Okay.

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And do do they have
a date of when they want to vote on it?

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It's it's law.

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So you have all four of these options,
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So it's not just picking one.
Any of those four options.

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I know if the option to where it says

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a an AP exam in the
in the course right now is in the math

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and algebra keystone
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would they accept a calculus
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they would have to as far as I know
there's not AP algebra right exactly.

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I think so.

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So in essence, it's a math.
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as a math assessment,
not necessarily the algebra keystone.

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So right now it's math, biology.

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I mean, algebra,

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biology and was the third Keystone
literature and English.

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Yes. Okay. So we could satisfy.

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Yeah, we could satisfy all three of those
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And then we don't know what the APIs,
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we don't know what the score is yet. And

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and then S.A.T. subject tests. Okay.

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Yeah, I'm.

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I am hoping to get a lot more guidance
on that next week.

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I have a curriculum advisory committee
meeting at the IU, and they usually do

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a very nice job of filling us in
on the extra details on there.

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So I'm hoping that's
going to be on our agenda for next week.

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And when I peruse the agenda
at the end of this week, it's

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if it's not on it, I'll be asking
if your please take a look at that

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and besides an option to seeing the door,
enrollment is another option.

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Is this fabulous?

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I think
right now we only have had two enrollment.

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We do. That's the only school
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Is there any way that we can investigate

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some of the other schools
that we've used to have that in the past?

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So what we've run into with other schools
right now is we're running into issues

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with them, not wanting to worry
about their clearances

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and hackers willing to have just
everybody on campus get their clearances.

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And so we're all good there.

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But if we have a student from our schools
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to one of the other universities,
we have no way of protecting them.

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Clearances And a lot of the schools
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we don't want to.

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So that's been somewhat of a
of a roadblock at the moment.

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But we have been working
through a bunch of those different pieces

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and we
did have we have a couple of students

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who are going to need that dual enrollment
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So we wanted to make sure
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and anticipation of that.

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So we think that was a year and a half ago
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the hack agreement in place.

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Can I ask why we have not considered
Harrisburg University?

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We actually are considering
Harrisburg University.

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That's
one of the ones that we are working with.

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I myself, my class
is that it is a dual enrollment.

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Yeah. Yeah. They are offering a lot.

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I just Brian Corn was just a retreat

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that I was
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and they're doing a lot more than what
they were even a year ago.

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And so that is a group
that we're going to be reaching back out

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to after hearing from him again,
I know our district has 54 credits

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at the high school available for doing
and that's awesome.

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So, yeah, cool.

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Thank you.

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Any other questions with this piece?

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And we'll continue to update it
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as we get more information and as we have
more solid ideas of how we're proceeding.

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I'm just going to ask questions,
ask for updates,

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but also so for now, you still foresee
having the Keystone exam?

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You have to have the Keystone exam
because that's a federal requirement.

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Okay.

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So the students still have to take that
exam.

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Okay. So also it's time to take the exam.

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But if they don't pass that, these are
other alternatives to meet graduate.

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Okay. Got me. Okay.

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Thank you. You're welcome.

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Any other questions?

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The other piece of legislation that

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would have impact for curriculum counselor
that you would want to know about is

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called Act 35.

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It was signed into law on June 19th, 2018,

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and this one has to do
with an assessment of civic knowledge.

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So I included a Google doc link here
for you to be able to read through.

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I'm not going to read
every single piece of it carefully,

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but essentially what this is requiring
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with the 2021 school year each Eola

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And that's us or I'm sorry, earlier

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I said Minister at least once
two students in grades seven through 12.

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A locally developed assessment of U.S.

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history, government and civics

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that includes these three points.

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We have to determine
the form of the assessment

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and the manner in which the assessment
shall be administered,

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and we can administer the assessment
at the conclusion

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of the required course of study.

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So we would probably look at doing that
at the end of the civics course.

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And we can use the United States

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citizenship and immigration Services test
to satisfy those requirements.

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I have been in communication with Mr.

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Mumma at the high school.

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He is the Social Studies
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I think what we're going to do is, is

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because it's not a requirement yet,
we are going to try this out this year

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with this group of students probably using

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the citizenship and immigration test

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just to see how that goes,
to see if that works for us

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or if we want to to move to a different

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locally developed assessment.

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So we're going to try that
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and see how that goes
and then decide where to go from there.

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And we'll do that at the end of the civics
course.

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Questions Do you since the civics course,

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to my understanding, was designed
in anticipation of of of maybe a keystone

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exam being provided for civics course,
which has not happened

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and doesn't look like
it's going to happen now.

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So do you

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do you foresee or have any
or that you have discussions about

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where you're going to place that in the
in the sequence of history?

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I don't see us moving it
out of ninth grade at this point.

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Okay.

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Did you have a question about that?

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No, I just because before there was a
it was just a more extensive

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review of world history, did they have
like world history in ninth grade and then

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like a part two wrote history
in 10th grade?

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Right. They are trying to teach
all of world history in one grade.

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Now. Right? So now it's really condensed.

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So that's why I was just wondering
if there is

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and it's sort of, you know, because it
starts, you know, in eighth grade and then

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the civics sort

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of interrupted that,
I think, to some degree.

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So I'm just wondering if
because that's no longer, you know,

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going to be a possibility
for having a keystone

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if there's room to look at where
the best places to have that

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and maybe even a younger grade,
maybe even sixth grade or oh, too young.

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Okay.

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I would actually move it to 11th grade
if I had my druthers on it,

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because 11th graders are almost ready to
vote and it's very, very relevant to them.

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Okay.

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But that is not a question or a

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or a topic that the department
has brought up at this point in time.

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And they are getting ready
to move in to revision.

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And at that point in time, maybe they will
want to talk about that a little bit.

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There was a lot of work done
to put that into place there.

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So I'm not sure that they're
ready to undo that work,

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to move it around in the schedule.

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But certainly it's

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it's things like that
are always up for discussion.

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It'd be great
if you could work it into a voting thing.

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Yes. You know, when you turn 18, here
you go and register everybody. Yes.

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That's what I said in my class.
It was awesome.

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It was very exciting
that we celebrated it.

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So but that is where we are.

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By August of 2019.

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There are some things that PD
has to put in place

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for for this to happen.

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But we're going to
we're going to give it a try this year

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just to see how that how that goes.

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Are there any other questions
about the civics portion?

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Act 35

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So sorry.

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Just to clarify,

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so this does this include sophomores
because they had civics last year.

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So will
they have to take the test as well?

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It begins with the year 2021.

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Not the class. Oh, not the class. Okay.

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Okay. Okay. Thank you. Sure. Absolutely.

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Yeah.

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I had to look at that one twice, too,
because I was like, Wait,

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it's the year.

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Okay.

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All right, Mrs.

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Seger, ask if we could have
a little update on full day

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kindergarten, lunch time staffing

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just because

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that is part of one of our goals
to kind of keep track of what's happening

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with full day kindergarten.

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And I did ask Mrs.

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Castleman if she would give you a quick
update on where we're at with that.

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So be happy to. Thanks.

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First of all, if you get the opportunity,
please stop by the s.e.c.

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Especially during lunch time.

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It's a crazy fun time.

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Currently with our 12 kindergarten

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classes and our 11 first grade classes.

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That's a total of 23 classes
going through lunch in our cafeteria.

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We have nine different waves happening
and it happens like this,

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and it's like clockwork.

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And kudos to our cafeteria
and recess aides

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and our food service workers right now
because they have it down to a science.

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Basically
what happens is there is a group of three

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no more than four classes
that come in at one time.

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So say it starts at like 1135.

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Three classes come in

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and they go in their line,
sit down, have lunch,

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and then they get about a five minute
warning

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when it's time to clean up
because they have to

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then be ready to transition
to the bathroom to go to their special.

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While that's all happening,

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three more classes are coming in,
but they're coming in one at a time.

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So it is totally manageable.

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Going again, getting their lunches by now.

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They're pros.

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Today I was in there and three
different kids raised their hand. Ms..

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Katzmann Look what I did all by myself.

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Got the milk carton opened,
you know, open the cauliflower sack.

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It was it was great.

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So we're seeing growth already.

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So this goes on from

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1135 to, I want to say 1245
constant transitions.

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So that was why we had asked to
for the board support

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and thankfully got it to hire
four more cafeteria recess aides,

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because not only are these women
in addition to

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we've had wonderful volunteers,
parent volunteers,

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but these women or men right now,
they're all women,

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help the kids open things,
but they also help them

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get organized
and get ready for their transition

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and then take them to the bathroom
and to their transition.

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So it is something that, as I said, is
going very, very well.

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Something that we just are
introducing is on our TV monitor.

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A it's right now it's bubbles,
but we're hoping to do different

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seasonal visuals for the voice level
because yes, it is loud and it's okay.

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They're not running around there.

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We want them to socialize.

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They're having fun,

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but we're trying to
get them to use the visual on the monitor

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like if the bubbles get going too crazy,
that means it's too loud.

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We can, you know, change
colors, things like that.

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Today, they were clear bubbles
because in the past they've been colored

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and all the kids were like,
What's going on with the bubbles? Mrs.

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Castleman
said, Well, let's try it out carefully.

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Okay.

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So it's definitely working.

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I don't know how we would do the schedule
without the waves,

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because built into that, making sure
the kids get nourished, making sure

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they get their specials, making sure
they have time for recess is also time

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then for the teachers to be able
to have their collaboration time.

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So these positions are also making sure
that teachers then aren't

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having to go and pick up their kiddos,
that we can help make those transitions.

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So please come by and see it in action.

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Does anybody have any questions?

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Thank you.

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The kids are doing great.

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Thank you for the support.

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It is really great
If you have the opportunity to stop in

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and even see the classrooms. It is.

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It's amazing
and it's a whole different atmosphere.

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It's just so much more

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relaxed.

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Isn't the right word
because they're busy learners.

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But it's calm.

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It's and it's and it's joyful.

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It's I love it.

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I love being in the UCC.

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It's it's wonderful.

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Okay.

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Any questions with any of the information
items before we move on to our discussion

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piece?

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Okay.

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All right.

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So Mrs.

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Decker shared that
there were some questions

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about what we're doing with sex
as a sex education in health class.

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So I wanted to do kind of a brief overview
for you

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and then open it up for any questions

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that you might have or any discussion
items that you might want to share.

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So if you'll forgive me,
I have multiple levels of notes

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that I would like to refer to to make sure
that I'm getting things right.

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The teachers were super helpful
in providing me information

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because while I can see the curriculum,
I don't.

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It doesn't have the depth of details
necessarily that maybe you're looking for.

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So I'm going to give an overview
and then questions that you have would be

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I would be very happy to answer.

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So I'll start with middle school.

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We do have a a boys and girls day
that we talk in fifth grade

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about reproductive organs
and some of the things that you can expect

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as you move into puberty.

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It is 40 minutes once,

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so I did not include it in this overview.

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And in sixth grade we do not address

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sexual health or sex ed in health class

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and seventh grade.

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We address mostly
anatomy in the forms of systems.

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So we talk about the reproductive system.

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And so

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through that, we talk about growth
and development, puberty

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in males, puberty in females,

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male reproductive organs,

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what the different parts of the body do,

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female reproductive organs

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and what they do

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and endocrine the endocrine system itself.

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So all the different glands
and their functions.

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And then there's a human sexuality survey
kind of at the end

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where students fill in the blanks
with the things that they learned.

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So it is very anatomy focused in that

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how often a week, how many times a week,
And is it a four year,

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seventh grade health? Help me.

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Mr. Rowland

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is thinking about the total number of.

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Let me just make sure that I think

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it runs with Jim.

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Right.

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Does it run on a C?

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Yes, I think it's every
other day for a semester,

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but the middle school schedule is

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two days a cycle

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for the whole year of thank you.

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So two days a cycle for the whole year
for seventh grade

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one six.

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Any other questions with seventh grade
before I move to eight?

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And you are reviewing a textbook
so all the students get that textbook.

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This is a packet.
They don't have a textbook.

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Oh, they get a packet.

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That's a packet generated. Okay.

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And do all the teachers
teach the same thing?

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There's only one.

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Yes, one teacher.

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One teacher teaches sixth grade.

490
00:25:26.258 --> 00:25:28.693
One teacher teaches seventh grade
and one teacher teaches eighth grade.

491
00:25:28.693 --> 00:25:30.462
Okay. And typically a health teacher.

492
00:25:30.462 --> 00:25:33.031
Is that somebody who's certified in
physical education?

493
00:25:33.031 --> 00:25:36.101
Yeah, it's it's a healthy certification.

494
00:25:36.101 --> 00:25:37.002
Okay. Thank you.

495
00:25:42.307 --> 00:25:44.809
It's okay if I'm okay.

496
00:25:44.809 --> 00:25:47.546
So eighth grade, then

497
00:25:47.546 --> 00:25:50.549
we get into a lot more

498
00:25:51.783 --> 00:25:54.753
about relationships, boundaries

499
00:25:56.154 --> 00:25:59.157
and decision making

500
00:25:59.824 --> 00:26:02.827
and so they begin with self

501
00:26:02.894 --> 00:26:05.897
and the impacts of social media
and health.

502
00:26:05.897 --> 00:26:08.900
They talk about social media
as a toxic mirror

503
00:26:09.100 --> 00:26:11.803
and and how it

504
00:26:11.803 --> 00:26:14.973
really reflects
something that's very untrue.

505
00:26:15.140 --> 00:26:18.143
Oftentimes

506
00:26:18.209 --> 00:26:21.446
they play a game called Relationship
Bingo,

507
00:26:22.581 --> 00:26:26.618
where they are to think of someone
they have a relationship with,

508
00:26:27.052 --> 00:26:30.121
and then a circle five traits

509
00:26:30.121 --> 00:26:33.124
that they think are important
for that person to have.

510
00:26:33.124 --> 00:26:36.728
And then they find five people in the room

511
00:26:36.728 --> 00:26:40.799
who have circled the same traits
and they sign in the box.

512
00:26:40.799 --> 00:26:42.634
And then

513
00:26:42.634 --> 00:26:45.403
once they have bingo, then they sit down
and they really talk about what

514
00:26:45.403 --> 00:26:46.705
these things mean.

515
00:26:46.705 --> 00:26:49.107
Because sometimes students
will circle things like

516
00:26:50.875 --> 00:26:53.878
they're rich, they're popular,

517
00:26:54.079 --> 00:26:57.682
so they like to have some discussions
about what does that really mean,

518
00:26:58.083 --> 00:27:00.952
and is that really a trait
that you want in a long term

519
00:27:00.952 --> 00:27:03.955
partner in your life?

520
00:27:04.255 --> 00:27:07.258
What are some other things
that might have a little bit more depth

521
00:27:09.060 --> 00:27:11.963
as they talk about
healthy relationship traits?

522
00:27:11.963 --> 00:27:15.266
And they also talk about
unhealthy relationship traits.

523
00:27:15.900 --> 00:27:19.771
They talk about communication a ton,
and that is a two way street.

524
00:27:21.606 --> 00:27:23.608
They talk about what

525
00:27:23.608 --> 00:27:26.611
unhealthy characteristics look like.

526
00:27:27.812 --> 00:27:31.016
They also give some scenarios
for boundaries.

527
00:27:31.883 --> 00:27:34.319
And one of the like, for example,
like when you go to the movies,

528
00:27:34.319 --> 00:27:37.322
if you go to the movies on a date
with somebody as an eighth grader

529
00:27:38.289 --> 00:27:42.027
and you're it's just the two of you,
and are you going to hold hands?

530
00:27:42.394 --> 00:27:46.131
Are you going to let the person
put their arm around you?

531
00:27:46.131 --> 00:27:48.333
Are you going like, what are
what are your boundaries?

532
00:27:48.333 --> 00:27:50.235
What's okay with you?
What's not okay with you?

533
00:27:52.203 --> 00:27:52.937
They talk about

534
00:27:52.937 --> 00:27:55.940
what to do if someone disrespects you,

535
00:27:56.041 --> 00:27:57.976
what are risk behaviors?

536
00:27:57.976 --> 00:28:01.513
And then they have a a boundaries activity

537
00:28:02.047 --> 00:28:04.282
where they talk about boundaries
in lots of different ways,

538
00:28:04.282 --> 00:28:06.451
like what is the boundary
we have in school?

539
00:28:06.451 --> 00:28:09.287
What boundaries
have your parents set for you

540
00:28:09.287 --> 00:28:12.323
where boundaries
kids cannot cross because of their age?

541
00:28:12.657 --> 00:28:15.660
What personal boundaries
do you have for yourself?

542
00:28:15.694 --> 00:28:18.763
How do you respond when someone crosses
your personal boundary?

543
00:28:19.197 --> 00:28:22.534
How do you know when you have crossed
someone else's personal boundary?

544
00:28:22.934 --> 00:28:26.137
And how do you let other people know
about what your boundaries are?

545
00:28:28.840 --> 00:28:31.843
They also have a great

546
00:28:34.813 --> 00:28:37.816
relationship circle activity that they do,

547
00:28:38.583 --> 00:28:40.952
where their name goes in the center

548
00:28:40.952 --> 00:28:45.156
and their closest relationships
go in kind of the outer edge.

549
00:28:45.156 --> 00:28:46.524
And then this one is

550
00:28:47.659 --> 00:28:48.793
I have a relationship, but

551
00:28:48.793 --> 00:28:51.796
I'm not close with these people out here.

552
00:28:53.131 --> 00:28:55.600
And one of the things
that the teacher shared

553
00:28:55.600 --> 00:28:58.703
that was surprising for her,

554
00:28:59.037 --> 00:29:02.040
but also made her very

555
00:29:02.774 --> 00:29:05.777
cognizant of how important
some of these discussions are

556
00:29:05.844 --> 00:29:09.414
is a lot of the especially the boys,
at least half of them,

557
00:29:09.414 --> 00:29:13.151
their closest relationships are people

558
00:29:13.151 --> 00:29:16.154
from Instagram or screen
names of people that they've never met.

559
00:29:17.622 --> 00:29:20.091
And they say that they're most comfortable
talking to those people

560
00:29:20.091 --> 00:29:23.161
because they don't see them
and can't judge them.

561
00:29:24.229 --> 00:29:27.198
And they think that that person
will be real with them

562
00:29:27.198 --> 00:29:30.368
because they don't have anything to lose
in telling them the truth.

563
00:29:30.835 --> 00:29:33.972
And a lot of times their parents
are out here in this outer circle.

564
00:29:35.640 --> 00:29:38.042
So that has sparked a ton of discussion

565
00:29:38.042 --> 00:29:42.280
as well about who are the people that you
really can and should trust

566
00:29:43.248 --> 00:29:45.049
and take advice from versus people

567
00:29:45.049 --> 00:29:48.052
that maybe you should not.

568
00:29:49.320 --> 00:29:53.658
So she also talked a lot
about the middle school dichotomy

569
00:29:53.658 --> 00:29:56.728
where there are, you know, in eighth grade
there's just this large

570
00:29:56.728 --> 00:29:59.731
range of maturity levels with students.

571
00:30:00.498 --> 00:30:02.700
If you've ever walked through a middle
school hallway,

572
00:30:02.700 --> 00:30:04.202
you can see it all over the place.

573
00:30:04.202 --> 00:30:07.372
It's it's very fun to look at all

574
00:30:07.372 --> 00:30:11.342
the different stages of growing up
that are represented in a middle school.

575
00:30:11.976 --> 00:30:15.446
But even in eighth grade,
she has some students who are dating,

576
00:30:16.714 --> 00:30:19.951
some who are like, you know, that's gross.

577
00:30:21.052 --> 00:30:23.721
And then some who have phone relationships

578
00:30:23.721 --> 00:30:26.591
where their whole relationship is really
not anything face to face,

579
00:30:26.591 --> 00:30:30.562
but they text each other, Snapchat
each other for their communication.

580
00:30:30.829 --> 00:30:32.497
So as you said, it's a huge mix.

581
00:30:36.000 --> 00:30:38.236
They talk about physical abstinence

582
00:30:38.236 --> 00:30:41.239
and how to say

583
00:30:41.973 --> 00:30:44.242
and how to

584
00:30:44.242 --> 00:30:46.211
stay safe,

585
00:30:46.211 --> 00:30:49.214
but in very plain and simple language.

586
00:30:49.914 --> 00:30:52.183
And then they finish it off

587
00:30:52.183 --> 00:30:57.555
with a vision board where they set goals.

588
00:30:57.555 --> 00:30:59.724
They talk about what their goals are.
They set goals.

589
00:30:59.724 --> 00:31:04.429
And the goals have to be health,
academic, personal or professional goals.

590
00:31:04.829 --> 00:31:08.600
And then they talk about
how all of those goals can go away

591
00:31:09.000 --> 00:31:13.838
If you don't use physical abstinence
and they include drug use and other risky

592
00:31:13.838 --> 00:31:17.609
behaviors in there, as well as things
that can get in the way of your goals.

593
00:31:18.443 --> 00:31:20.044
And then they do the vision board again

594
00:31:20.044 --> 00:31:23.047
and 11th grade
to see how their plans have changed.

595
00:31:23.615 --> 00:31:26.017
So they keep that in place.

596
00:31:26.017 --> 00:31:27.886
They do not specifically address

597
00:31:27.886 --> 00:31:30.989
sexual harassment,
but they do talk about disrespect.

598
00:31:32.590 --> 00:31:34.592
And the

599
00:31:34.592 --> 00:31:38.162
but the
teacher felt like she had a space where

600
00:31:38.162 --> 00:31:42.634
if if there is direction to do so,
she could very easily

601
00:31:42.634 --> 00:31:45.637
add the sexual harassment piece and

602
00:31:47.338 --> 00:31:49.941
questions about middle school.

603
00:31:49.941 --> 00:31:52.377
So are these
are they together, the boys and girls?

604
00:31:52.377 --> 00:31:53.244
Are they separated?

605
00:31:53.244 --> 00:31:56.381
So they're together in both seventh
and eighth grade?

606
00:31:56.381 --> 00:31:59.384
Yes, they are.

607
00:32:02.553 --> 00:32:05.590
And in seventh grade,
when they're learning about anatomy,

608
00:32:05.890 --> 00:32:08.793
Is the clitoris part of the sexual organ

609
00:32:08.793 --> 00:32:11.763
for a female?

610
00:32:14.465 --> 00:32:17.468
I have diagrams.

611
00:32:29.247 --> 00:32:32.850
I don't think so.

612
00:32:32.850 --> 00:32:36.421
I think we're looking strictly
at reproductive organs.

613
00:32:37.522 --> 00:32:40.625
Okay, so looking at reproductive organs

614
00:32:40.625 --> 00:32:45.163
for girls
and reproductive organs for boys.

615
00:32:45.363 --> 00:32:48.199
Yes. And the boys include a penis.

616
00:32:48.199 --> 00:32:51.102
But the girls do not include a clitoris.

617
00:32:51.102 --> 00:32:54.238
I do not see clitoris on the

618
00:32:56.307 --> 00:32:58.276
vocabulary list.

619
00:32:58.276 --> 00:33:01.279
Okay.

620
00:33:06.351 --> 00:33:09.954
It's a relatively new discovery

621
00:33:09.954 --> 00:33:13.458
that science has accepted
the anatomy of the clitoris.

622
00:33:14.659 --> 00:33:16.260
You know, we sent.

623
00:33:16.260 --> 00:33:17.729
We sent a man to the moon.

624
00:33:17.729 --> 00:33:20.698
We've done a lot of amazing things,

625
00:33:20.698 --> 00:33:23.501
but the discovery of

626
00:33:23.501 --> 00:33:26.571
the clitoris is not well known,

627
00:33:26.971 --> 00:33:30.308
and it's very similar to to the penis.

628
00:33:30.441 --> 00:33:31.409
So it.

629
00:33:31.409 --> 00:33:33.945
You know, it might be here. Sorry.

630
00:33:33.945 --> 00:33:36.948
It's a they have to fill it in it.

631
00:33:37.215 --> 00:33:40.218
But is it on the diagram?

632
00:33:40.551 --> 00:33:41.552
I don't think so.

633
00:33:41.552 --> 00:33:45.823
But it is in the discussion with the vulva

634
00:33:46.958 --> 00:33:47.759
labia majora.

635
00:33:47.759 --> 00:33:52.196
Olivia menorah
and then clitoris would be here.

636
00:33:52.196 --> 00:33:55.600
A small, highly sensitive organ
located in front of the urethra.

637
00:33:58.903 --> 00:34:01.339
So there is discussion about it,

638
00:34:01.339 --> 00:34:04.742
but it doesn't appear
as though there are diagrams

639
00:34:04.742 --> 00:34:08.513
in this pocket of the outer parts
of the female reproductive system.

640
00:34:12.784 --> 00:34:14.485
I'm sure
that's something that we could identify.

641
00:34:14.485 --> 00:34:15.319
There's direction to do.

642
00:34:15.319 --> 00:34:18.322
So yeah, I would
I would recommend everybody

643
00:34:19.023 --> 00:34:21.959
look at

644
00:34:21.959 --> 00:34:24.962
Sophia Wallis's work on illiteracy

645
00:34:27.932 --> 00:34:30.902
as something that every human
should learn about.

646
00:34:30.902 --> 00:34:34.439
Since half the population has this organ,

647
00:34:36.741 --> 00:34:38.643
I think it's something
that our kids should be learning about.

648
00:34:38.643 --> 00:34:41.612
And should it be a taboo to talk about.

649
00:34:44.582 --> 00:34:46.084
So they're definitely talking about it.

650
00:34:46.084 --> 00:34:47.552
I'm just not sure
they're looking at pictures.

651
00:34:47.552 --> 00:34:49.921
Okay.

652
00:34:49.921 --> 00:34:52.090
I think if we learned
about the organ, too,

653
00:34:52.090 --> 00:34:55.093
I think it would help
a lot of people understand,

654
00:34:55.626 --> 00:35:01.032
you know, just gender and gender
identity issues and all those things.

655
00:35:01.032 --> 00:35:04.035
If you could actually see
how similar it looks

656
00:35:04.335 --> 00:35:08.673
and how closely we are
developed as males and females,

657
00:35:09.107 --> 00:35:11.976
that it's you know,
we have more alike than we do different.

658
00:35:15.546 --> 00:35:18.549
Any other questions for middle school?

659
00:35:18.716 --> 00:35:20.985
I did just want to ask
about that abstinence too.

660
00:35:20.985 --> 00:35:22.653
Sure.

661
00:35:22.653 --> 00:35:25.656
So you said they have a vision board

662
00:35:26.023 --> 00:35:31.829
with goals and how those goals can go away
if they're not abstinent.

663
00:35:32.630 --> 00:35:34.499
They talk about physical abstinence.

664
00:35:34.499 --> 00:35:39.237
So that includes lots of risky behaviors,
not just sexual behavior.

665
00:35:39.537 --> 00:35:40.738
Okay.

666
00:35:40.738 --> 00:35:44.642
But in the Pennsylvania
standards, abstinence is technically

667
00:35:44.642 --> 00:35:47.879
the only thing we are allowed
to discuss outside of marriage.

668
00:35:48.913 --> 00:35:51.916
So there's no discussion about how

669
00:35:52.717 --> 00:35:56.854
human sexuality
is a normal function of human life.

670
00:35:56.854 --> 00:36:01.792
And yes, in the context of puberty
and growing up and the feelings

671
00:36:01.792 --> 00:36:07.465
that you might have, but not much
in intercourse or sexual behavior.

672
00:36:07.465 --> 00:36:11.502
So sex is only allowed in the context

673
00:36:11.502 --> 00:36:14.505
of a heterosexual marriage,

674
00:36:15.339 --> 00:36:17.608
not heterosexual, but marriage.

675
00:36:17.608 --> 00:36:18.176
Okay.

676
00:36:18.176 --> 00:36:20.044
Well, this is just eighth grade a week.

677
00:36:20.044 --> 00:36:21.746
You're still going to high school, right?

678
00:36:21.746 --> 00:36:25.416
I mean, I think most people would agree
that you would want to teach

679
00:36:25.416 --> 00:36:28.753
physical abstinence to eighth graders
because they're 13 and 14.

680
00:36:28.753 --> 00:36:31.189
So can we hear what you're going to do
in high school?

681
00:36:31.189 --> 00:36:33.791
Absolutely right. So that's okay.

682
00:36:33.791 --> 00:36:38.029
So at the high school level,
we have health in ninth grade

683
00:36:38.029 --> 00:36:42.066
and we have health in 11th grade
and they meet twice a week.

684
00:36:42.166 --> 00:36:42.967
First semester.

685
00:36:44.502 --> 00:36:46.404
And all the

686
00:36:46.404 --> 00:36:49.407
classes are taught by one teacher,

687
00:36:50.942 --> 00:36:51.309
correct?

688
00:36:51.309 --> 00:36:53.878
Is that right?

689
00:36:53.878 --> 00:36:56.414
It changes pretty regularly, but

690
00:36:56.414 --> 00:36:59.417
it's mostly one teacher.

691
00:36:59.717 --> 00:37:06.724
So the notes aren't as clearly defined
for this one.

692
00:37:06.724 --> 00:37:10.127
So in ninth grade,
they talk a lot about decision making

693
00:37:11.562 --> 00:37:14.899
and to minimize regrets
for the decisions that we make.

694
00:37:16.033 --> 00:37:20.137
So the idea that we want to think
first and act second,

695
00:37:20.304 --> 00:37:23.307
and that's the kind of people
that we want to be,

696
00:37:25.743 --> 00:37:28.346
that's what we

697
00:37:28.346 --> 00:37:29.714
they talk a lot about,

698
00:37:29.714 --> 00:37:32.483
internal and external pressure

699
00:37:32.483 --> 00:37:36.821
and the way that partners might pressure
one another,

700
00:37:36.821 --> 00:37:40.591
that boys tend to pressure
one another and their partners

701
00:37:42.693 --> 00:37:45.463
and they do talk about partners

702
00:37:45.463 --> 00:37:48.466
to try to be inclusive

703
00:37:48.532 --> 00:37:50.935
instead of saying male or female,

704
00:37:50.935 --> 00:37:53.938
they say partner,

705
00:37:55.273 --> 00:37:56.641
let's see, they do talk about that.

706
00:37:56.641 --> 00:37:59.410
If someone is in danger or needs
help, you have to tell.

707
00:37:59.410 --> 00:38:01.112
And it doesn't
matter if they get mad at you

708
00:38:02.680 --> 00:38:05.683
that that's something that comes up a lot.

709
00:38:07.418 --> 00:38:10.621
They do worry
a lot more at the high school level

710
00:38:10.621 --> 00:38:13.624
about how to teach this correctly
and not get in trouble

711
00:38:14.492 --> 00:38:14.825
either.

712
00:38:14.825 --> 00:38:17.762
With parents, students or community.

713
00:38:17.762 --> 00:38:19.764
So there's a
I just want to put that out there

714
00:38:19.764 --> 00:38:23.434
that they feel often
that they're walking a very fine line of

715
00:38:25.603 --> 00:38:27.071
what works and what doesn't work.

716
00:38:27.071 --> 00:38:29.874
They also worry about

717
00:38:29.874 --> 00:38:32.877
the difference
between educating and piquing interest,

718
00:38:33.511 --> 00:38:36.480
not just with sexual behavior,
but also with drug use

719
00:38:37.248 --> 00:38:40.284
and educating students
about what drugs can do to you.

720
00:38:40.951 --> 00:38:45.423
There has been a lot of research on drug
use that if you spent too much time

721
00:38:45.423 --> 00:38:49.527
educating,
you are creating interest versus

722
00:38:51.395 --> 00:38:54.398
stifling interest.

723
00:38:55.466 --> 00:38:58.469
So they do talk about consent,

724
00:38:59.270 --> 00:39:02.273
but within in recognition of family values
and mores.

725
00:39:02.840 --> 00:39:05.609
And even so much as with with little ones,

726
00:39:05.609 --> 00:39:09.647
the health teacher at the high school
also teaches kindergarten phys ed.

727
00:39:10.881 --> 00:39:13.918
And they talk about, you know,
you have to give a hug.

728
00:39:13.918 --> 00:39:15.353
Do you have to give a kiss?

729
00:39:15.353 --> 00:39:19.290
Like some families kind of insist
upon that with their little ones.

730
00:39:19.590 --> 00:39:22.193
And she

731
00:39:22.193 --> 00:39:25.196
worries that, you know, for in her family
she doesn't do that.

732
00:39:25.429 --> 00:39:27.732
So trying to be cognizant

733
00:39:27.732 --> 00:39:30.735
of what some families do versus
what other families don't.

734
00:39:31.502 --> 00:39:34.472
So you know, kind of being aware of that.

735
00:39:35.239 --> 00:39:36.207
We are aware

736
00:39:36.207 --> 00:39:39.610
that as far as our peers in the community,

737
00:39:40.378 --> 00:39:43.381
we're one of the

738
00:39:43.914 --> 00:39:44.882
more restrictive

739
00:39:44.882 --> 00:39:47.852
curriculums
that a teacher has to work from.

740
00:39:48.219 --> 00:39:50.521
And other schools go a little bit

741
00:39:50.521 --> 00:39:53.524
more in depth.

742
00:39:54.692 --> 00:39:57.561
She does talk a lot about boundaries

743
00:39:57.561 --> 00:40:00.564
that giving scenarios at the high school
level gets a little bit more difficult

744
00:40:01.966 --> 00:40:03.634
because you don't want to present students

745
00:40:03.634 --> 00:40:05.770
with something
that is going to upset somebody.

746
00:40:05.770 --> 00:40:06.670
Somewhere along the way.

747
00:40:08.272 --> 00:40:11.008
They do talk about refusal skills

748
00:40:11.008 --> 00:40:14.178
and they really talk a lot about
can anyone make you do something?

749
00:40:14.845 --> 00:40:18.783
Not in the terms of violence,
but in manipulation.

750
00:40:18.783 --> 00:40:21.018
What does that look like?

751
00:40:21.018 --> 00:40:22.653
And peer pressure.

752
00:40:22.653 --> 00:40:26.424
And so a lot of conversation
and talking points around that

753
00:40:26.957 --> 00:40:30.361
when they do start talking about sex ed
and she surveys

754
00:40:30.361 --> 00:40:33.731
the students about three kids
per class, raised their hand

755
00:40:33.831 --> 00:40:36.834
at adult in their
life, has talked to them about sex ed.

756
00:40:37.968 --> 00:40:41.238
So it appears as though a lot of people
are waiting for us to do this for them.

757
00:40:41.505 --> 00:40:44.975
Just say three, three in the whole class
and a whole class.

758
00:40:46.610 --> 00:40:48.879
Yeah.

759
00:40:48.879 --> 00:40:52.516
So one of the ways that they try
to think about this

760
00:40:52.516 --> 00:40:56.921
is that we are not necessarily in charge
of sex education for someone's child,

761
00:40:56.921 --> 00:41:01.158
but we can open the doors
to families having those conversations

762
00:41:03.461 --> 00:41:06.464
in 10th grade, which is not a health year.

763
00:41:06.464 --> 00:41:09.867
They do have a speaker
come into classes every year.

764
00:41:09.867 --> 00:41:14.972
Also during third marking period
from the YWCA who talks about violence,

765
00:41:14.972 --> 00:41:17.942
sexual harassment
and self-defense for both boys and girls.

766
00:41:18.809 --> 00:41:21.545
I know that's something that the students
really, really like

767
00:41:21.545 --> 00:41:24.548
and feel like they get a lot out of.

768
00:41:25.382 --> 00:41:26.050
When they do

769
00:41:26.050 --> 00:41:29.119
get to talking about birth control,

770
00:41:29.653 --> 00:41:33.057
they talk about options
in the context of family planning

771
00:41:33.424 --> 00:41:36.994
that someday when you are married
and you decide that you are

772
00:41:38.162 --> 00:41:40.564
not quite ready to have children yet
because you have other things

773
00:41:40.564 --> 00:41:42.533
that you want to do,

774
00:41:42.533 --> 00:41:43.801
they talk about birth control.

775
00:41:43.801 --> 00:41:46.804
And in that context of of a couple
who is married,

776
00:41:47.538 --> 00:41:50.941
they do talk about hormonal methods,
barrier methods, abstinence,

777
00:41:52.610 --> 00:41:55.579
the rhythm
cycle, and how it's ineffective.

778
00:41:55.579 --> 00:41:58.415
They also talk about the path of pregnancy
as part of anatomy.

779
00:41:58.415 --> 00:41:59.717
It turns out that even though

780
00:41:59.717 --> 00:42:02.987
kids learn about anatomy in seventh grade,
they really actually have no idea

781
00:42:03.487 --> 00:42:06.390
how a sperm fertilizes an egg

782
00:42:06.390 --> 00:42:09.393
and how that whole thing happens
and how the baby gets out.

783
00:42:10.127 --> 00:42:13.964
You know, all of those different pieces
are kind of floating around up there.

784
00:42:14.865 --> 00:42:17.868
So they do talk about
that part of pregnancy.

785
00:42:18.102 --> 00:42:21.105
They talk about STDs here,

786
00:42:21.238 --> 00:42:24.241
both bacterial and viral infections.

787
00:42:28.445 --> 00:42:28.712
Okay.

788
00:42:28.712 --> 00:42:31.348
So they do the vision board again,

789
00:42:31.348 --> 00:42:34.151
in 11th grade.

790
00:42:34.151 --> 00:42:38.789
I think that covers
most of it is doctorate.

791
00:42:38.822 --> 00:42:40.558
We have 15 more minutes for that.

792
00:42:40.558 --> 00:42:42.326
I know the courses.

793
00:42:42.326 --> 00:42:46.564
Do we want to continue this conversation
and discussion next?

794
00:42:46.564 --> 00:42:48.632
Sounds like a really good idea
because I hear

795
00:42:48.632 --> 00:42:51.368
the teachers are here for the courses, so

796
00:42:51.368 --> 00:42:54.204
I know you know,
we can get stuck on this for a long time.

797
00:42:54.204 --> 00:42:56.740
So is that okay with everybody else?

798
00:42:56.740 --> 00:42:58.175
Okay with the rest of the group?

799
00:42:58.175 --> 00:42:59.410
So well, okay.

800
00:42:59.410 --> 00:43:02.379
One month from now, thank you for finding
all that detailed information.

801
00:43:02.379 --> 00:43:03.080
I absolutely.

802
00:43:03.080 --> 00:43:06.584
If this has sparked additional questions
that you would like to have answered

803
00:43:06.584 --> 00:43:07.985
before next month,

804
00:43:07.985 --> 00:43:09.687
please
feel free to just go ahead and tell me

805
00:43:09.687 --> 00:43:11.488
and I'll continue to gather information.

806
00:43:11.488 --> 00:43:13.023
Thank you. Thank you. Sure.

807
00:43:13.023 --> 00:43:14.592
All right.
Thank you all for your patience.

808
00:43:14.592 --> 00:43:17.261
We don't usually make you stay here
for the whole entire meeting. Sorry.

809
00:43:18.429 --> 00:43:21.432
So we do have some course editions.

810
00:43:23.200 --> 00:43:25.469
We have actually quite a few

811
00:43:25.469 --> 00:43:27.638
digital production
to is, of course, that enables

812
00:43:27.638 --> 00:43:30.774
students who want another year
of digital video production to continue

813
00:43:30.774 --> 00:43:34.111
to refine and develop their skills
as well as to develop leadership skills.

814
00:43:35.012 --> 00:43:36.947
The course will challenge students
to acquire and advance

815
00:43:36.947 --> 00:43:39.750
skills in a4 critical areas of 21st
century learning,

816
00:43:39.750 --> 00:43:42.453
communication, creativity, critical
thinking and collaboration.

817
00:43:42.453 --> 00:43:46.457
There is an attachment there for you and
me where it is here to tell us about it.

818
00:43:47.191 --> 00:43:50.761
Really, it's just a continuation
of the course that we currently offer.

819
00:43:51.495 --> 00:43:52.796
The kids are really having fun.

820
00:43:52.796 --> 00:43:54.832
They're going deeper
into what they're doing.

821
00:43:54.832 --> 00:43:56.867
So right now we have them producing

822
00:43:56.867 --> 00:44:00.371
just the morning announcements,
but we think as they develop the skills

823
00:44:01.538 --> 00:44:02.873
to produce other notes,

824
00:44:02.873 --> 00:44:05.676
to produce other things, we can
we can get them to do. So.

825
00:44:05.676 --> 00:44:08.679
For example, we had a team working on

826
00:44:09.179 --> 00:44:10.748
the V presentation that we had.

827
00:44:10.748 --> 00:44:12.750
So they're going to do
a little video on that.

828
00:44:12.750 --> 00:44:14.785
So that's widely accessible to kids.

829
00:44:14.785 --> 00:44:17.755
It will run concurrently
with digital media production one.

830
00:44:17.755 --> 00:44:20.758
So we don't anticipate
any issues with staffing.

831
00:44:22.459 --> 00:44:25.462
Are there any questions?

832
00:44:25.963 --> 00:44:26.730
Okay.

833
00:44:26.730 --> 00:44:29.166
For our
for our folks who are new curriculum

834
00:44:29.166 --> 00:44:32.903
counsel is the only board subcommittee
where all of the members of curriculum

835
00:44:32.903 --> 00:44:36.106
counsel do get a vote,
but only board members may make a motion.

836
00:44:37.307 --> 00:44:39.076
So we wanted to make sure
that that was clear.

837
00:44:39.076 --> 00:44:41.111
And what we do with course
proposals and textbook

838
00:44:41.111 --> 00:44:44.381
proposals is we have a first read
in a second read at this point in time.

839
00:44:44.381 --> 00:44:46.383
We're looking at a first read

840
00:44:46.383 --> 00:44:50.454
which allows these to kind of sit
with us for a little bit, allows you

841
00:44:50.454 --> 00:44:53.824
to review them, allows any questions
that need to be asked to be generated.

842
00:44:54.391 --> 00:44:56.226
And then next month
we will do a second read.

843
00:44:56.226 --> 00:44:59.196
And if you approve them at that time,
they will go to the full board.

844
00:44:59.196 --> 00:45:02.433
Okay, So may I have a motion to approve

845
00:45:02.433 --> 00:45:05.502
the course edition of Digital production
two for first read.

846
00:45:05.502 --> 00:45:08.405
So moved. Thank you. Second.

847
00:45:08.405 --> 00:45:08.872
Thank you.

848
00:45:08.872 --> 00:45:11.709
All those in favor say hi post.

849
00:45:13.043 --> 00:45:14.078
Thank you very much.

850
00:45:14.078 --> 00:45:16.947
And we will move on to great books.

851
00:45:16.947 --> 00:45:19.950
Course number 139.

852
00:45:20.417 --> 00:45:21.952
And this is the ladies here.

853
00:45:21.952 --> 00:45:22.653
Good afternoon.

854
00:45:22.653 --> 00:45:25.556
Lisa Verlander. High School
English Department.

855
00:45:25.556 --> 00:45:30.928
And so I've not done this before,
but my colleague made us just is not here.

856
00:45:30.928 --> 00:45:36.900
Emily Reinhard is here and we're we're
proposing to change our current semester

857
00:45:36.900 --> 00:45:41.939
long English 11 courses to be year
round courses of the same title.

858
00:45:41.939 --> 00:45:44.942
So I see that I'm up there
for great books.

859
00:45:46.176 --> 00:45:48.545
Nathan Estes for Multicultural Lit

860
00:45:48.545 --> 00:45:51.548
and Emily Reiner
will speak about Hero's Journey.

861
00:45:51.615 --> 00:45:56.687
We feel, in order to really deepen
the skills that the students need.

862
00:45:57.054 --> 00:45:59.690
Meeting the standards
for the 11th grade band.

863
00:45:59.690 --> 00:46:04.795
We want to have that year round time
to be able to focus on the writing process

864
00:46:04.795 --> 00:46:08.899
and go deeper into the research skills
that we're trying to meet in semester

865
00:46:08.899 --> 00:46:10.901
long courses because we sort of

866
00:46:10.901 --> 00:46:14.838
have to break that continuity
when the semesters change in January.

867
00:46:14.838 --> 00:46:18.242
And though our colleagues who are teaching
those other courses are doing

868
00:46:18.242 --> 00:46:21.845
the same things,
it is in a different content area.

869
00:46:21.845 --> 00:46:24.915
So we feel very strongly
about developing rapport,

870
00:46:24.915 --> 00:46:29.052
staying with students, developing a path
for them to become writers.

871
00:46:29.052 --> 00:46:32.055
With us as writing coaches
or collaborators

872
00:46:32.422 --> 00:46:36.660
and teaching them these skills
in a very meaningful way

873
00:46:36.660 --> 00:46:39.830
where we can dig deeper
into the content of their choice.

874
00:46:40.430 --> 00:46:43.500
They do get to choose
which of these courses they would take

875
00:46:44.635 --> 00:46:47.638
to is any questions.

876
00:46:48.105 --> 00:46:51.041
Because I just have a question about

877
00:46:51.041 --> 00:46:53.944
because there's a few different
English courses.

878
00:46:53.944 --> 00:46:57.881
Do kids typically take two English classes
in 11th grade?

879
00:46:58.081 --> 00:47:01.852
So currently as it is now,
they are picking two of those

880
00:47:01.852 --> 00:47:04.888
semester courses
and that's how they fulfill it.

881
00:47:05.055 --> 00:47:07.724
They do have English all year, right?
Okay.

882
00:47:07.724 --> 00:47:11.628
So this would just allow them to get into
more depth with one focus area.

883
00:47:11.628 --> 00:47:12.863
Correct.

884
00:47:12.863 --> 00:47:14.598
Thank you so.

885
00:47:14.598 --> 00:47:16.767
I know I've heard
students talk about these courses

886
00:47:16.767 --> 00:47:20.437
because they're they're very creative in
and I love some of their titles.

887
00:47:20.437 --> 00:47:23.440
First of all, words
that change the world. Yes.

888
00:47:23.440 --> 00:47:25.309
But anyway,

889
00:47:25.309 --> 00:47:26.543
what are the downsides of this?

890
00:47:26.543 --> 00:47:29.780
Just I don't have any in mind,
but I'm just asking you from.

891
00:47:29.947 --> 00:47:32.950
So I was going to say, boy,
I don't know if I

892
00:47:33.183 --> 00:47:35.619
you're putting me on the spot
because I'm coming here proposing

893
00:47:36.820 --> 00:47:37.621
that we

894
00:47:37.621 --> 00:47:40.657
that we change to the full year
because we see the merit.

895
00:47:40.657 --> 00:47:44.027
And so in putting together a proposal
and in considering a proposal,

896
00:47:44.294 --> 00:47:47.130
we've certainly been thinking about
the merit.

897
00:47:47.130 --> 00:47:49.333
Would would somebody find a downside?

898
00:47:49.333 --> 00:47:52.502
I'm sure I'm on command right now.

899
00:47:52.936 --> 00:47:55.973
I'm not sure some some might say, well,
what about a student

900
00:47:56.273 --> 00:47:58.208
who is interested in both?

901
00:47:58.208 --> 00:48:00.110
And certainly that makes sense.

902
00:48:00.110 --> 00:48:03.280
That was part of our original intent
in providing student choice.

903
00:48:04.047 --> 00:48:07.317
I don't I don't have a solution for that
because I think that the benefits

904
00:48:07.317 --> 00:48:09.152
would outweigh that.

905
00:48:09.152 --> 00:48:13.857
For example, these three particular
courses and I don't want to speak Mrs.

906
00:48:13.857 --> 00:48:17.261
Ryan, but they,
they all require some literature.

907
00:48:17.261 --> 00:48:21.565
So what we're hoping for is that with
the ability to have the year round time,

908
00:48:21.798 --> 00:48:26.203
we could explore additional pieces
or going deeper into some of the pieces.

909
00:48:26.470 --> 00:48:30.407
And so therein lies
some of that additional work and content

910
00:48:30.407 --> 00:48:31.441
that they may not have had.

911
00:48:33.644 --> 00:48:34.044
So if

912
00:48:34.044 --> 00:48:37.915
someone takes obviously right now
they're taking to two master courses.

913
00:48:37.915 --> 00:48:41.151
So how does the in-depth writing change?

914
00:48:41.151 --> 00:48:45.022
And once again, I'm asking
because I'm not, you know, familiar with

915
00:48:45.422 --> 00:48:48.392
how how would it change in terms of

916
00:48:48.425 --> 00:48:51.261
if you're going from part
one of your spring semester?

917
00:48:51.261 --> 00:48:53.730
I would expect that the teachers know
that you're in the spring semester,

918
00:48:53.730 --> 00:48:56.700
that you would naturally go in depth
second semester.

919
00:48:57.401 --> 00:48:59.736
Well, I think that for me,

920
00:48:59.736 --> 00:49:03.774
and I think many of us feel this way,
one of the concepts

921
00:49:03.774 --> 00:49:07.077
I think one of the tenets of writing
is that we try to promote the idea

922
00:49:07.077 --> 00:49:10.180
that there really is no such thing
as a final draft.

923
00:49:10.447 --> 00:49:12.516
There's there's a submission date,

924
00:49:12.516 --> 00:49:15.185
there's a published date,
there's a presentation date.

925
00:49:15.185 --> 00:49:17.254
But we're trying to teach that idea
of any time

926
00:49:17.254 --> 00:49:20.424
you go back and look at a piece
of writing, you can improve it.

927
00:49:20.424 --> 00:49:23.427
And and so I think that

928
00:49:23.460 --> 00:49:28.098
if we truly want to engage students
in the merits of the writing process,

929
00:49:28.398 --> 00:49:31.401
then we have the time to

930
00:49:31.401 --> 00:49:34.204
do more than one rewrite, for example,

931
00:49:34.204 --> 00:49:39.109
in the obligatory perfunctory process
and have them do multiple rewrites

932
00:49:39.543 --> 00:49:42.546
in that given assignment
as opposed to saying, Well,

933
00:49:42.879 --> 00:49:44.815
tick tock, we have to get this done,

934
00:49:44.815 --> 00:49:48.518
And so here's your one and done
and then it's going to be assessed.

935
00:49:48.685 --> 00:49:49.486
I think this provides

936
00:49:49.486 --> 00:49:52.990
for a more authentic engagement
in the writing process, quite frankly.

937
00:49:53.724 --> 00:49:55.826
And one more question. Sorry.

938
00:49:55.826 --> 00:50:00.564
Have you surveyed students to find out
if they would prefer

939
00:50:00.564 --> 00:50:04.634
staying in a class all year
or if they prefer having two options?

940
00:50:04.634 --> 00:50:07.637
I'm just I would defer to Mrs. Stookey.

941
00:50:07.938 --> 00:50:09.239
Do you have information about that?

942
00:50:10.173 --> 00:50:13.677
Actually, we're not asked the kids this,

943
00:50:14.778 --> 00:50:17.781
so we wanted to come.

944
00:50:18.015 --> 00:50:18.982
I'm sorry.

945
00:50:18.982 --> 00:50:20.917
We wanted to come to the curriculum.

946
00:50:20.917 --> 00:50:24.021
Counsel, Ask what you thought

947
00:50:24.021 --> 00:50:27.024
first before we went to the kids.

948
00:50:27.124 --> 00:50:29.893
There is no sense in going to the kids.

949
00:50:29.893 --> 00:50:32.129
And I. And I love the kids,
don't get me wrong.

950
00:50:32.129 --> 00:50:36.700
But proposing something to them
that may not even come to fruition.

951
00:50:37.134 --> 00:50:41.571
So we one thing that the kids have said

952
00:50:41.838 --> 00:50:46.209
is that they feel
that they wish that a course

953
00:50:46.510 --> 00:50:49.513
could go in more depth.

954
00:50:49.880 --> 00:50:51.915
It is a cursory overview.

955
00:50:51.915 --> 00:50:54.151
That is what we typically do.

956
00:50:54.151 --> 00:50:58.655
And so the kids really to research things
and to analyze

957
00:50:58.655 --> 00:51:01.658
things at a deep, deep level,
we just don't have time to do that.

958
00:51:01.892 --> 00:51:05.462
And that is really a shame for those kids
who are very, very interested in

959
00:51:05.462 --> 00:51:06.363
the course itself

960
00:51:07.697 --> 00:51:08.432
and how many books.

961
00:51:08.432 --> 00:51:09.766
I like this. I have another question.

962
00:51:09.766 --> 00:51:13.203
How many books does each course
tend tend to have in the semester?

963
00:51:13.804 --> 00:51:16.139
So I'll speak two great books.

964
00:51:16.139 --> 00:51:19.142
We have three works.
We have four approved.

965
00:51:19.142 --> 00:51:23.613
When these were first originally created,
we had the one approved,

966
00:51:23.613 --> 00:51:27.651
but we have found that
in order to even study these classics

967
00:51:27.651 --> 00:51:32.022
in great books, to force a fourth
one would really negate the other three.

968
00:51:32.022 --> 00:51:34.758
So we have three works. Excellent.

969
00:51:34.758 --> 00:51:37.094
And are any of those classes blended

970
00:51:37.094 --> 00:51:40.097
these have semester
or have your classes blended?

971
00:51:40.997 --> 00:51:43.033
The one that I am going to propose

972
00:51:43.033 --> 00:51:46.269
to talk about is media studies
that is blended.

973
00:51:46.503 --> 00:51:49.673
We do have a creative nonfiction
that is blended.

974
00:51:49.673 --> 00:51:53.877
I believe Derek is that senior year
at the senior year as well.

975
00:51:54.611 --> 00:51:55.579
Thank you so. Sure.

976
00:51:57.481 --> 00:51:59.249
Any other questions?

977
00:51:59.249 --> 00:52:03.887
I think my question was right now
there are three courses

978
00:52:03.920 --> 00:52:07.491
and I would assume the kids are choosing
for each semester.

979
00:52:08.959 --> 00:52:12.362
What is the
you know, the thought if all of a sudden

980
00:52:12.362 --> 00:52:15.365
there's no interest in that third course
because now you're spreading,

981
00:52:15.899 --> 00:52:18.902
you're giving them
an option of one course now

982
00:52:18.935 --> 00:52:21.771
instead of two out of the three.

983
00:52:21.771 --> 00:52:23.673
You know, I'm just looking long term.

984
00:52:23.673 --> 00:52:28.512
What's the potential of not having
that third class that you were thinking?

985
00:52:29.012 --> 00:52:32.015
I was going to ask somebody help
with the numbers.

986
00:52:32.415 --> 00:52:35.418
I can address that once that happens now.

987
00:52:35.519 --> 00:52:37.120
So, yeah, I recognize that.

988
00:52:37.120 --> 00:52:39.122
Two students. Yes.

989
00:52:39.122 --> 00:52:42.092
If there aren't enough students who sign
up, we just don't run that course.

990
00:52:43.059 --> 00:52:46.296
So there is that potential
that you lose one of these, you know,

991
00:52:46.463 --> 00:52:49.966
in a given year, we wouldn't we wouldn't
take it out of the planning guide forever.

992
00:52:49.966 --> 00:52:53.103
But in a given year, we might not offer
one if not enough students sign up.

993
00:52:55.172 --> 00:52:57.007
I will say that both all

994
00:52:57.007 --> 00:53:01.178
three of these courses are very,
very popular with our kids.

995
00:53:02.012 --> 00:53:06.583
We have never I'm not even we've never,
never not run one of these. Yes.

996
00:53:06.750 --> 00:53:09.252
In the time
that we've had them as semester courses,

997
00:53:09.252 --> 00:53:12.422
all three of them have run each semester,
each semester.

998
00:53:12.455 --> 00:53:17.160
Some statistically of course, because
you're you're forcing them to take 2.3.

999
00:53:17.160 --> 00:53:19.596
Now you're only asking to take one,
of course.

1000
00:53:19.596 --> 00:53:21.631
And math is not my right.

1001
00:53:21.631 --> 00:53:24.634
Right.

1002
00:53:25.101 --> 00:53:25.669
Thank you.

1003
00:53:25.669 --> 00:53:26.736
Thanks.

1004
00:53:26.736 --> 00:53:31.408
Would a student be able to take one
like in 10th grade and 1/11 grade?

1005
00:53:31.508 --> 00:53:35.045
I mean, of these classes, are these
typically just taken at one grade level?

1006
00:53:35.045 --> 00:53:38.281
So these three we're proposing,
they are junior level courses.

1007
00:53:38.281 --> 00:53:43.353
I will say, though, that over the years
I have had a few seniors who have been

1008
00:53:43.920 --> 00:53:48.892
AP lit students, but also took great
books, for example, as an elective.

1009
00:53:48.925 --> 00:53:49.759
Perhaps Mrs.

1010
00:53:49.759 --> 00:53:52.562
Reiner could speak to any
who may have taken hero's journey.

1011
00:53:52.562 --> 00:53:53.964
Mr. West is not here.

1012
00:53:53.964 --> 00:53:57.067
They can take those as electives
in addition to their required English.

1013
00:53:57.067 --> 00:53:58.602
And as it has happened for me

1014
00:53:58.602 --> 00:54:03.139
several times over the past few years,
but not sophomores not sophomores.

1015
00:54:03.139 --> 00:54:03.506
Okay.

1016
00:54:07.177 --> 00:54:10.180
Any other questions?

1017
00:54:10.247 --> 00:54:10.780
Okay.

1018
00:54:10.780 --> 00:54:13.817
Would you like to hear all three of them
before taking a vote,

1019
00:54:13.817 --> 00:54:17.220
since it's
all this is kind of the same thing?

1020
00:54:17.220 --> 00:54:20.223
Or would you want to vote on each of them
separately?

1021
00:54:20.624 --> 00:54:23.226
I'm fine
with voting them all at the same time

1022
00:54:23.226 --> 00:54:25.362
because it's a similar situation
for all three.

1023
00:54:25.362 --> 00:54:28.365
But is everyone okay with that?

1024
00:54:28.431 --> 00:54:31.434
Okay, so I'm kind of watching the time to.

1025
00:54:32.569 --> 00:54:34.237
Yes. Yeah, those are the three.

1026
00:54:34.237 --> 00:54:37.607
Did you have any did
you want to ask any questions about Hero's

1027
00:54:37.607 --> 00:54:40.610
journey or multicultural literature?

1028
00:54:42.746 --> 00:54:43.313
They're not.

1029
00:54:43.313 --> 00:54:45.782
You only have credit course
English courses. There are.

1030
00:54:45.782 --> 00:54:47.484
There are others.

1031
00:54:47.484 --> 00:54:49.919
There are others, yes.

1032
00:54:49.919 --> 00:54:53.990
What if somebody takes one the courses
and then decides that they don't like it

1033
00:54:54.324 --> 00:54:57.527
and then it's just the four years,
so they have to stick with it

1034
00:54:57.527 --> 00:54:58.995
for the whole year?

1035
00:54:58.995 --> 00:55:01.097
Well,
I think I'm not sure Ms. is still here.

1036
00:55:01.097 --> 00:55:01.798
Ms.. Wade, help me.

1037
00:55:01.798 --> 00:55:03.667
If so, if they chose one

1038
00:55:03.667 --> 00:55:07.470
and within the schedule change period,
they have those two others.

1039
00:55:07.470 --> 00:55:09.272
If they found
perhaps it wasn't the right fit.

1040
00:55:09.272 --> 00:55:10.874
Isn't it the same thing

1041
00:55:11.875 --> 00:55:14.878
switching a course within that time frame?

1042
00:55:14.944 --> 00:55:17.414
So it would be putting in a schedule

1043
00:55:17.414 --> 00:55:22.252
change request
and perhaps choosing the hero's journey

1044
00:55:22.585 --> 00:55:25.588
if they realized
this one was not going to be for them.

1045
00:55:25.889 --> 00:55:30.360
So those three are all meeting the same
requirements for their junior year,

1046
00:55:31.227 --> 00:55:33.830
so the other two would still exist
as options.

1047
00:55:33.830 --> 00:55:36.666
Okay.

1048
00:55:36.666 --> 00:55:38.735
And I think typically the high school
schedule

1049
00:55:38.735 --> 00:55:40.970
isn't as easy to move things around.

1050
00:55:40.970 --> 00:55:42.272
I mean, it's a pretty tight schedule.

1051
00:55:42.272 --> 00:55:44.507
So and it's a pretty quick time frame.

1052
00:55:44.507 --> 00:55:46.710
It's not like college,
like I don't like this cosmetic change.

1053
00:55:46.710 --> 00:55:49.612
So another one on Thursdays, and

1054
00:55:49.612 --> 00:55:52.048
I don't know how likely that would happen
if you could.

1055
00:55:52.048 --> 00:55:53.917
If you just don't like it,
you could change, correct?

1056
00:55:53.917 --> 00:55:55.719
I don't think we can just change.

1057
00:55:55.719 --> 00:55:59.823
But there is a system in place
in the first two weeks

1058
00:55:59.823 --> 00:56:04.494
where students wait to change
if they feel at that point.

1059
00:56:04.494 --> 00:56:07.731
But you're right in
that I can have major ones, right?

1060
00:56:07.731 --> 00:56:08.965
All other classes to

1061
00:56:11.201 --> 00:56:13.203
depending on how many are being offered.

1062
00:56:13.203 --> 00:56:16.172
Are there any other questions?

1063
00:56:16.773 --> 00:56:17.540
Okay.

1064
00:56:17.540 --> 00:56:22.212
May I please have a motion for first read
on the course Revisions

1065
00:56:22.212 --> 00:56:26.349
of great books, multicultural literature,
and hero's Journey.

1066
00:56:26.583 --> 00:56:29.219
So moved on. Second, Second.

1067
00:56:29.219 --> 00:56:29.652
Thank you.

1068
00:56:29.652 --> 00:56:31.788
With any further questions or discussion?

1069
00:56:31.788 --> 00:56:33.423
Yes. I would love

1070
00:56:33.423 --> 00:56:36.726
if there was some way
that we could get student feedback on this

1071
00:56:36.960 --> 00:56:40.530
before in the meantime,
because that's going to be very critical

1072
00:56:40.830 --> 00:56:44.267
as students say, Oh my gosh, I blew
I wanted to take all four of these

1073
00:56:44.634 --> 00:56:46.503
have semester courses

1074
00:56:46.503 --> 00:56:49.773
or they or they might say, Gosh, I hated
having to take two separate courses.

1075
00:56:49.773 --> 00:56:51.107
I wish I could just have one.

1076
00:56:51.107 --> 00:56:52.876
I think their feedback
would mean a lot to me

1077
00:56:52.876 --> 00:56:55.945
because I don't know who's taking white,
but I've heard the names of all these

1078
00:56:55.945 --> 00:57:00.116
and I know they're all very popular,
so I want to make sure the students

1079
00:57:00.450 --> 00:57:04.053
have a little bit of say, Sure, thank you.

1080
00:57:09.692 --> 00:57:12.362
I'm going to skip down to the course
elimination.

1081
00:57:12.362 --> 00:57:15.331
I'm sorry,
we need to vote the votes. Sorry.

1082
00:57:15.398 --> 00:57:17.934
All those in favor of a first read say

1083
00:57:17.934 --> 00:57:20.937
I have those opposing sign.

1084
00:57:21.538 --> 00:57:22.405
Thank you.

1085
00:57:22.405 --> 00:57:24.407
We'll come back for a second
read. And Mrs.

1086
00:57:24.407 --> 00:57:26.709
Tuckey, if you need help with that,
I can help you do that.

1087
00:57:26.709 --> 00:57:28.411
Okay. All right.

1088
00:57:28.411 --> 00:57:31.381
I do want to jump down to media studies
just because it impacts

1089
00:57:32.182 --> 00:57:35.185
this whole decision making process
real quick.

1090
00:57:35.185 --> 00:57:35.852
Do I speak to that?

1091
00:57:35.852 --> 00:57:38.822
Mr. Stuckey

1092
00:57:42.358 --> 00:57:45.495
Currently, there are four English classes

1093
00:57:45.495 --> 00:57:49.199
at the 11th grade level,
three of which we have just discussed.

1094
00:57:49.265 --> 00:57:54.971
The fourth one is media studies,
and the English Department is requesting

1095
00:57:55.238 --> 00:57:59.676
that we remove that course
from our curriculum.

1096
00:58:00.043 --> 00:58:02.745
And there are several reasons why.

1097
00:58:02.745 --> 00:58:04.147
First of all,

1098
00:58:04.147 --> 00:58:07.784
we feel that these skills that are
taught in media studies need to be taught

1099
00:58:07.817 --> 00:58:10.920
to all students, not just those students

1100
00:58:10.920 --> 00:58:15.825
who take media studies
with our current political climate,

1101
00:58:15.825 --> 00:58:20.263
with our current world
climate, we are seeing that

1102
00:58:21.297 --> 00:58:22.832
and with the amount

1103
00:58:22.832 --> 00:58:26.202
of information
that our students are receiving

1104
00:58:26.703 --> 00:58:32.976
via the web, via all types of media,
that our students need to be critical

1105
00:58:33.376 --> 00:58:36.779
thinkers,
critical listeners, and critical consumers

1106
00:58:37.180 --> 00:58:40.550
of media and of the messages

1107
00:58:40.550 --> 00:58:44.420
that they are impacted by
and that they hear on a daily basis.

1108
00:58:45.154 --> 00:58:50.126
And we felt that just having students
who sign up for this course,

1109
00:58:50.360 --> 00:58:53.496
take this course, we think that is doing
a disservice to our students.

1110
00:58:54.030 --> 00:58:58.535
One of the things that we do in that class
is we do examine propaganda.

1111
00:58:58.868 --> 00:59:02.772
We do take a look at bias and recognizing
bias.

1112
00:59:03.106 --> 00:59:07.610
We do take a look at resource evaluation,
and we feel that

1113
00:59:07.610 --> 00:59:12.749
many of these skills are being taught
and will be taught in other classes.

1114
00:59:12.749 --> 00:59:15.919
And we feel that they should be taught
at the ninth grade, the 10th grade,

1115
00:59:15.919 --> 00:59:20.857
the 11th grade, and at the 12th grade
level, not in a mere semester course

1116
00:59:22.025 --> 00:59:23.493
for the first time as well.

1117
00:59:23.493 --> 00:59:27.297
The third point and it really threw me
last year we had a student

1118
00:59:27.297 --> 00:59:30.600
for the very first time
who applied to a college in California.

1119
00:59:30.900 --> 00:59:36.172
This young man was not going to play
Division one nor Division two sports,

1120
00:59:36.573 --> 00:59:39.576
and because it was not NCAA approved

1121
00:59:39.976 --> 00:59:42.812
and because they looked
at the course of study

1122
00:59:42.812 --> 00:59:45.481
and they said the college said, I'm sorry,

1123
00:59:45.481 --> 00:59:48.818
we cannot accept this
as an English credit for you.

1124
00:59:49.752 --> 00:59:52.755
And that was the very first time
that had happened.

1125
00:59:52.889 --> 00:59:55.892
And although I could make a case
for this course,

1126
00:59:56.025 --> 00:59:58.127
the college didn't want to hear that.

1127
00:59:58.127 --> 01:00:01.864
And so that young person
then had to take an additional

1128
01:00:01.864 --> 01:00:04.867
English course
to fulfill the English requirements

1129
01:00:05.335 --> 01:00:08.905
and since that is happening now,
and that is the very first time

1130
01:00:08.905 --> 01:00:13.276
that's happened, that has given us pause
in the English department, too,

1131
01:00:13.276 --> 01:00:18.748
that we are not serving our students
the best in the best capacity that we can.

1132
01:00:19.182 --> 01:00:25.021
So those are our main three reasons
why we feel that this really this

1133
01:00:25.021 --> 01:00:28.791
course needs to be incorporated
within all other courses.

1134
01:00:29.158 --> 01:00:32.829
Also, the just like I said,
with the political climate,

1135
01:00:32.829 --> 01:00:36.366
with our world climate
and with the deluge of information

1136
01:00:36.633 --> 01:00:39.102
that our students
are experiencing on a daily basis.

1137
01:00:40.770 --> 01:00:41.170
Thank you.

1138
01:00:41.170 --> 01:00:44.173
Do you have any questions?

1139
01:00:44.340 --> 01:00:45.208
Okay.

1140
01:00:45.208 --> 01:00:48.478
May I have a motion for a first read
to eliminate media studies

1141
01:00:48.478 --> 01:00:49.746
as an individual course?

1142
01:00:49.746 --> 01:00:52.749
So most second.

1143
01:00:52.749 --> 01:00:53.883
Thank you.

1144
01:00:53.883 --> 01:00:56.886
All those in favor
say hi and opposed them saying

1145
01:00:58.187 --> 01:00:58.921
okay, thank you.

1146
01:00:58.921 --> 01:01:01.891
And on speed dial

1147
01:01:03.059 --> 01:01:06.062
as fast as possible to read.

1148
01:01:06.362 --> 01:01:09.365
Take a look at the electronics course
proposal.

1149
01:01:10.933 --> 01:01:13.936
Mr. C
Rock is here to talk to us about this.

1150
01:01:14.370 --> 01:01:17.907
Hi, I'm Jason SEABROOK, one of the physics
teachers at the high school.

1151
01:01:17.907 --> 01:01:21.978
And the course we're proposing is Intro to
Electronics

1152
01:01:22.512 --> 01:01:26.082
would be a complement
to our existing physics curriculum.

1153
01:01:26.482 --> 01:01:29.719
And in the course,
what we'd like to do is really teach kids

1154
01:01:30.053 --> 01:01:35.491
about capacitors, resistors,
transistors, potentiometers, LEDs,

1155
01:01:36.192 --> 01:01:40.329
what they do and how they work together
in an electric circuit. So

1156
01:01:41.330 --> 01:01:44.300
one of the things kids would do in
the course is build

1157
01:01:44.300 --> 01:01:49.772
some different kits,
assemble kits to perform functions.

1158
01:01:49.772 --> 01:01:52.175
They be simplistic enough
that they could do them,

1159
01:01:52.175 --> 01:01:54.777
but complicated enough
that we could analyze

1160
01:01:54.777 --> 01:01:57.780
the different components
and what the role of each one is.

1161
01:01:58.247 --> 01:02:02.752
We were looking at this as a good course
for the student that's on a technical

1162
01:02:02.752 --> 01:02:07.523
path, looking at maybe repair
of appliances, things like that.

1163
01:02:07.523 --> 01:02:10.560
It could also be students
that have an interest in something

1164
01:02:10.560 --> 01:02:14.297
like electrical engineering
or that just have a general interest

1165
01:02:14.297 --> 01:02:17.333
in technology and electronics in general.

1166
01:02:17.533 --> 01:02:20.803
So kind of the whole gamut of
of our students

1167
01:02:20.803 --> 01:02:23.806
at the high school level.

1168
01:02:24.941 --> 01:02:26.642
I think it's a great idea.

1169
01:02:26.642 --> 01:02:32.315
I just wanted to ask about the ongoing
costs is at 20 $500 per year per semester.

1170
01:02:32.682 --> 01:02:35.485
The kits are roughly $100

1171
01:02:35.485 --> 01:02:39.021
If we have kids do maybe two projects
over the course of this semester.

1172
01:02:39.021 --> 01:02:41.958
So we'd be looking at about $100
a student.

1173
01:02:41.958 --> 01:02:46.062
If we're talking about
a class of 24, that's 2400.

1174
01:02:47.063 --> 01:02:49.732
You know, depending how
many students sign up, that could vary.

1175
01:02:49.732 --> 01:02:51.734
But but yeah, that was for the kits.

1176
01:02:51.734 --> 01:02:55.772
That would be student that the students
would take home with them

1177
01:02:55.772 --> 01:02:56.606
when they're done.

1178
01:02:56.606 --> 01:02:59.609
It's kind of something they made
in that class.

1179
01:02:59.675 --> 01:03:00.843
So that would be per semester.

1180
01:03:00.843 --> 01:03:03.913
Then we were thinking of running this

1181
01:03:03.913 --> 01:03:07.016
one semester, depending on either,

1182
01:03:07.650 --> 01:03:10.253
you know, depending on interest,
that could change over time.

1183
01:03:10.253 --> 01:03:14.490
But right now we have a are a course
that's co-taught

1184
01:03:14.490 --> 01:03:19.095
between the physics department
and the the tech department.

1185
01:03:19.095 --> 01:03:22.565
It's a survey of engineering
that runs for one semester.

1186
01:03:22.565 --> 01:03:25.868
So this would be a real nice compliment
for the opposite semester.

1187
01:03:27.537 --> 01:03:28.538
Thank you.

1188
01:03:28.538 --> 01:03:31.707
Oh, this question that I have about the

1189
01:03:31.707 --> 01:03:35.011
the electronic opponents and things
like that, will there be an extension

1190
01:03:35.011 --> 01:03:39.448
to any type of coding related to that
or is that is it strictly just,

1191
01:03:40.049 --> 01:03:43.953
you know, kind of pulling some things
together to get a light bulb to to light?

1192
01:03:44.320 --> 01:03:46.956
I mean,
it would be more than a light bulb, but

1193
01:03:46.956 --> 01:03:49.592
as far as coding,
I think that probably is more

1194
01:03:49.592 --> 01:03:52.695
in the computer area
and outside of our expertise.

1195
01:03:53.930 --> 01:03:56.032
I mean, certainly kids could take

1196
01:03:56.032 --> 01:04:00.736
take that to the next level and maybe,
you know, do something in that area.

1197
01:04:00.736 --> 01:04:03.806
But now we were looking more
at the electronic components.

1198
01:04:04.207 --> 01:04:08.311
So specifically, what would maybe
one of the kits then actually have

1199
01:04:08.311 --> 01:04:11.547
inside of it that that you're
looking at know, there's thing

1200
01:04:11.547 --> 01:04:15.751
there's strobe lights where you could set
a light to flash at a certain rate.

1201
01:04:16.152 --> 01:04:19.355
There's a electronic device
where the kids would push a button

1202
01:04:19.689 --> 01:04:23.926
and rather than roll the dice,
it would display using LED lights,

1203
01:04:24.493 --> 01:04:28.331
whatever that random number
would be for that particular role.

1204
01:04:28.865 --> 01:04:30.299
Things like that.

1205
01:04:30.299 --> 01:04:30.666
Okay.

1206
01:04:30.666 --> 01:04:34.470
I guess I'm thinking
then that could easily roll

1207
01:04:34.470 --> 01:04:38.474
into the idea of physical computing
and adding a coding component to that.

1208
01:04:38.474 --> 01:04:41.477
When you're talking about random,
you know, creating random numbers

1209
01:04:41.711 --> 01:04:44.947
and things like that and turn it
getting a strobe to turn on and off,

1210
01:04:45.448 --> 01:04:49.518
you know, having a coding component
that leads to that.

1211
01:04:49.518 --> 01:04:50.653
I guess my question is, is

1212
01:04:51.787 --> 01:04:53.089
what are you doing then to

1213
01:04:53.089 --> 01:04:57.193
to have them do that kind of thing
if that's not connected to it?

1214
01:04:57.426 --> 01:04:59.662
Yeah, we're looking more at the circuits.

1215
01:04:59.662 --> 01:05:01.631
So they would get the circuit diagram.

1216
01:05:01.631 --> 01:05:04.767
They learn, okay,
if I put a transistor in the circuit,

1217
01:05:04.767 --> 01:05:08.037
what does it do
if I, if I need it to double

1218
01:05:08.037 --> 01:05:11.641
the flash rate, what would I have to alter
to make that happen?

1219
01:05:11.908 --> 01:05:16.212
So more of the How did the components
of the circuitry work to make it function

1220
01:05:16.212 --> 01:05:18.614
the way it does? Okay,

1221
01:05:18.614 --> 01:05:21.751
I see that they're looking at soldering
skills, things like that.

1222
01:05:21.751 --> 01:05:24.720
Yeah,
we need some soldering iron spread boards

1223
01:05:24.720 --> 01:05:28.090
and then students would would have
to assemble the different components.

1224
01:05:29.325 --> 01:05:30.226
Okay. Thank you.

1225
01:05:30.226 --> 01:05:32.695
Sure.

1226
01:05:32.695 --> 01:05:35.665
Given it's soldering is involved,
has anybody confirmed

1227
01:05:35.665 --> 01:05:39.802
that no special ventilation
requirements are needed in the area?

1228
01:05:39.802 --> 01:05:41.337
We'll be working.

1229
01:05:41.337 --> 01:05:44.607
We do have vent hoods in the lab,
in the lab rooms, and.

1230
01:05:44.607 --> 01:05:46.742
Okay, there's a mentioned classroom.
And I was just wondering.

1231
01:05:46.742 --> 01:05:49.712
Yeah,
I think we say classroom or lab, our lab

1232
01:05:49.745 --> 01:05:54.083
within the lab and run the vents
to eliminate that from the room.

1233
01:05:56.886 --> 01:05:59.889
Any other questions?

1234
01:06:01.424 --> 01:06:04.593
You may have a motion for a first read

1235
01:06:04.593 --> 01:06:08.731
for the inclusion of an electronics course
in the science department.

1236
01:06:09.298 --> 01:06:10.833
So moved second.

1237
01:06:10.833 --> 01:06:11.667
Thank you very much.

1238
01:06:11.667 --> 01:06:14.670
All those in favor say I oppose him saying

1239
01:06:16.005 --> 01:06:17.106
Thank you all very much.

1240
01:06:17.106 --> 01:06:18.240
That's very lengthy agenda.

1241
01:06:18.240 --> 01:06:18.708
Thank you.

1242
01:06:18.708 --> 01:06:21.711
All the teachers for

1243
01:06:21.811 --> 01:06:23.379
working through that with us.

1244
01:06:23.379 --> 01:06:25.348
We do not have any old business.

1245
01:06:25.348 --> 01:06:30.219
We will come back to sex ed discussion
next month and we will adjourn at 509.

1246
01:06:31.020 --> 01:06:31.787
Thank you very much.

1247
01:06:31.787 --> 01:06:34.790
Thanks, everyone.

1248
01:06:43.499 --> 01:06:46.502
I think the title that

1249
01:06:50.873 --> 01:06:53.843
is a 3 to 1 or something

1250
01:06:53.843 --> 01:06:56.846
that's not.

1251
01:06:58.414 --> 01:06:58.981
Yeah.

1252
01:06:58.981 --> 01:07:01.751
Yeah,

1253
01:07:01.751 --> 01:07:04.086
yeah.

1254
01:07:04.086 --> 01:07:07.089
To my

1255
01:07:07.123 --> 01:07:07.723
staff as well.

1256
01:07:07.723 --> 01:07:10.626
Alise How is that?

1257
01:07:10.626 --> 01:07:13.629
I know.

1258
01:07:16.766 --> 01:07:17.566
Exciting.

1259
01:07:17.566 --> 01:07:19.068
6:00.

1260
01:07:19.068 --> 01:07:21.337
I didn't know you guys
were in your work as long as

1261
01:07:23.072 --> 01:07:25.441
we were at 4:00 the last time.

1262
01:07:25.441 --> 01:07:29.345
So I'll be

1263
01:07:29.345 --> 01:07:32.348
talking to you.

1264
01:07:36.185 --> 01:07:36.952
Yes, I meet.