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DTSD Webinars: I'd like to call the December eleventh, 2,023 meeting of the Darrow Township School District Board of Directors to order and announce that this meeting is being both live, streamed, and audio recorded.

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DTSD Webinars: This meeting is being conducted both in person and virtually, and I would like to request for Board Members to please state your name when speaking. Mrs. Ag. Roll, call, please.

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DTSD Webinars: Mr. Bennett, present Dr. Persisic here, Miss Drew, here Dr. Mccaver.

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DTSD Webinars: here Mrs. Rens here, Mr. Rizzo, here, Miss Bromberger, here, Mrs. Rio here, Mrs. Schmidt, here 9 present.

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DTSD Webinars: Thank you. Please rise, if you're able, and join me for the pledge of allegiance.

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DTSD Webinars: which is a good policy for the distribution.

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DTSD Webinars: One nation about

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team just drop.

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DTSD Webinars: May I please have a motion to approve the December eleventh, 2,023 board of directors meeting agenda. So move Mike Rizzoff.

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DTSD Webinars: Erica Schmidt. Is there any discussion?

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DTSD Webinars: This is standard voice. Vote all those in favor, please say aye, aye, any opposed say no

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DTSD Webinars: agenda is approved moving on to

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DTSD Webinars: information and proposals up first this evening we will have welcome Mrs. Kirsten Shirak, Andrew Pershing and Jenna Gill from laurel life for a presentation on the Laura life services

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at the right is okay.

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DTSD Webinars: Sorry with the presentation. My first time using a clicker. I feel very official.

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DTSD Webinars:  Hi, I'm Kirsten Cherk and the Director of Special Education. Last year we had brought up

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DTSD Webinars: to this group

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DTSD Webinars: the laurel life classroom as a proposal, and we've had that in place now since the beginning of the school year, and we thought this would be a good time to provide you with an update on how things are going. So Andrew Prsing is our assistant director of Special education, and Jenna Gill is the supervisor director.

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DTSD Webinars: from laurel life. And so we're gonna just

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DTSD Webinars: go through some updates for you. And if you have any questions we're happy to answer those.

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DTSD Webinars: Good evening, everyone. I'm just gonna kind of give a back story for our transition transition classrooms and some information on that. And then Angie's gonna kind of touch base on where we are currently at Hershey elementary.

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DTSD Webinars: So our transition classrooms started back in 2,012. We partnered with Eastern York school district. They had a need that they had students that were out place, and they were looking for ways to bring them back into district and still meet their needs and the levels of support they needed. But in their home building, so kind of fast forward to today.

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DTSD Webinars: the challenges have have obviously changed over the years. So there's an increasing need for supports of mental health and trauma post pandemic education looks a little different than pre pandemic, and some of the behaviors that we're seeing come into our districts. There's an increase in costs of outside placements, with tuition and transportation associated with that

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DTSD Webinars: at times there can be poor results and difficulty returning students from those outside placements back to district, and also those academic gaps that can follow returning from placement and the frustrations that students naturally have when they do return, and they're kind of not where they need to be academically in the classroom.

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DTSD Webinars: the overall purpose of our programming is to work with students who exhibit exhibit behavioral difficulties and who and or who have experienced trauma. It is a regular education program, but we can serve both regular and special education students.

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DTSD Webinars: Our collaboration with our partnering districts can also lead to a reduction and administrative time focused on behaviors a lot of times. The students that are referred to us are kind of your frequent flyers to the office. We really like to handle as much as we can in house with our restorative practices, so that kind of takes the load off of your administrative staff.

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DTSD Webinars: The treatment approach that we use is the arc framework. So that is attachment, regulation and competency. This is an evidence-based treatment framework. It follows a trauma-informed model. The principles are rooted in brain science, and it's a treatment focus. It is very prescriptive, very intentional, and can be individualized for each student and family that we work with

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DTSD Webinars: our current transition classrooms across the State. We serve in 8 different counties, 13 school districts, and in Dauphin County. Specifically, we serve fairy township Middletown Area School District K. To 8 and Susquehanna Township School district K to 8.

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DTSD Webinars: This data, these data and outcome points. This is from April 2023. So our transition rate

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DTSD Webinars: was 61. That includes part time transitions back to their regularly assigned classrooms or full transition. So they're no longer receiving our services. Our special education rate was 35 graduation 85 recidivism rate was 3 10% of our students were sent a higher level of treatment. So sometimes students do need a higher level.

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DTSD Webinars: then we can provide. It doesn't mean they won't come back to us. But it does mean that they just kind of need another level of support. We also collect daily behavior data. And we do monthly meetings with our partnering districts where we give therapeutic, academic and behavioral updates on each student

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DTSD Webinars: additional benefits to our services are professional development. Our therapists can also serve as a consultant, so sometimes they will go and observe in other classrooms. If they're students who are struggling. they can give feedback different interventions, to try strategies, to try and offer that additional set of eyes on that situation.

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DTSD Webinars: We can provide additional counseling for students who are not enrolled in the classroom. So currently, we have 10 rostered spots in the program at Hershey elementary. We can also provide counseling to 5 additional like a handful of additional students that just receive counseling or check-in support from an additional therapist.

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DTSD Webinars: and if the student does transition, they still remain on our caseload for support. So there's times that we have students who fully transition out. They may have a hiccup or a bump in the road, or something happens at home once. You're a Laura life student, you kind of are always a laurelife student, and we're always happy to help or step back in to offer additional support.

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DTSD Webinars: Thanks, Jenna. So Jenna, give an overview of the program, and why we look to bring that here. And I'm just going to talk a little bit about what we've put in place this year. We, the grade bands for this program. You can do a 3 year grade band. So we had need primarily grades, 4 through 6. So we kind of took on a unique

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DTSD Webinars: spin to it and went with

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DTSD Webinars: having third, or I'm sorry, fourth, fifth, and sixth grade. So we actually have our classroom in our elementary school, but it spans into middle school as well. So we've worked through that this year, and I jumped ahead of myself. So let me just go back to the staffing in the classroom. So the classroom has a certified teacher, a behavior coach, a transition coordinator, which is someone who supports the students when they leave that

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DTSD Webinars: setting and go out into other parts of the school building. And then a master's level therapist who works with the classroom. So those 4 staff are assigned to this classroom and work

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DTSD Webinars: within the classroom each day.

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DTSD Webinars: So our grades are 4 through 6. Currently, as Jenna said, there are 10 spots within the program. We have 6 students currently in the program, those students this year. Just to give you some data, have received 80 individual therapy sessions have been conducted within the program, and 20 group therapy sessions to date.

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DTSD Webinars: Also, we have a few students who are receiving therapy from the laurel program that are not in the classroom based setting each day. So they're out in their Gen. Ed classroom or their special education classroom within the district, but they are able to access that therapy through the Laura life staff.

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DTSD Webinars: We do have some students who receive special education within this program. And so those students then still have a dairy township.

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DTSD Webinars: special education teacher who we call a case manager assigned to each student. So those teachers

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DTSD Webinars: still are involved in data collection for the Iep helping to write and present the Iep collaboration with the team. And we have 2 teachers in that role this year. Working with the different students in all our life class. So they go into the classroom each week to still connect with those students and work with them, so that when they are ready to start transitioning, they have another connection within our district.

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DTSD Webinars: The professional development supports. That's okay.

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DTSD Webinars: So some of the things that Laura life can offer that we have started to access this year is to provide professional development to our staff for whatever needs may arise. So one of our our professional development days, a month or 2 ago now we did have

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DTSD Webinars: Larlae have come to the high school and do a presentation on mental health topics. And so that is something that they're available to do. If there's a need within our district, whether it's all staff, or a certain building, or a certain cohort of staff. So we have that

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DTSD Webinars: available to us as well, and they are able to go out and support in the home. With families they are in close contact with families they have, they can go to their home, they can find time to meet with them outside of the school day. That's just another additional support that they offer through the program.

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DTSD Webinars: So this year, our highlights. There's a lot of really good things happening. I'm not gonna share some of those due to confident confidentiality and the students in the program. But I have been able to meet with our life staff on a regular basis, and hear about the successes of each student which has been wonderful to hear. And just see where some of these students have come from even a year ago. Now that we're

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DTSD Webinars: I don't even know, not quite halfway through the school year. So our attendance rate is 93. So students are coming to school and participating in the program. We are seeing improvements with social skills and emotional regulation which are big components of the program. Throughout each day

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DTSD Webinars: we have, we have a student who is starting to transition to their home room class. So we are starting to see that progression. And that's really on an individual basis. So it just varies based on the student.

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DTSD Webinars: And we do have students who are participating in activities and clubs outside of the school day or within the school day, depending on on their grade level and need.

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DTSD Webinars: So in looking ahead as we are, you know, approaching this time of year, where we are already planning for next year. We are looking at the grade band that we have, which is grades 4 through 6, and really thinking about those students and potentially what they may need for next school year. And really, looking at as you can imagine, we have needs that go beyond grades 4 through 6, we have needs

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DTSD Webinars: Mit, Ctl, and younger and older. So really, looking at, where do we feel that if we move forward with this program for next year. What are the 3 grade bans that we would like to cover.

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DTSD Webinars: and possibly looking to change that grades span and look at supports continuing into the secondary level.

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DTSD Webinars: Alright. So that is our information.

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DTSD Webinars: Yeah. No. Say they have any questions.

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DTSD Webinars: This is Tracy Royo. If you decided to change the grades. What would happen to the students currently involved?

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DTSD Webinars: That's part of what we are considering. And we talked about that even last year, when we knew we were going to implement the program because we want to be responsive to the students and what they're showing. And while they're showing success again, it's individualized. So we really have to look at each student. It's hard to predict from now to the end of the school year, you know, if they continue to have success where they'll be but that is something we've talked a lot with Laura life about in regards to, you know, taking that next step and what that means. So it's a continued conversation.

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DTSD Webinars: Other questions.

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DTSD Webinars: This is Erica Schmidt.

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DTSD Webinars: Just a couple of questions when you're talking about the therapist. Are you talking about the mental health therapist you talking about, you know, physical therapists speech. What? What

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DTSD Webinars: Yeah, I'll let you mental health therapist. But I'll let you go ahead. And so if you want to give a little more information, pastors, level therapists so she can provide individual counseling sessions, group sessions. She does daily social skills. She's really there on site for those students to access

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DTSD Webinars: all day every day in the school setting. So if a student is having an escalation, and during the De escalation process they're ready to process that out with a therapist. We're right there to be able to walk them through that. So it's really providing those students that mental health

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DTSD Webinars: intervention, so to speak. right away as soon as they kind of feed it.

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DTSD Webinars: And I'm we've talked about this several times, but I still

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DTSD Webinars: am not completely clear.

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DTSD Webinars: What is the criteria

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DTSD Webinars: So students who demonstrate

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DTSD Webinars: usually negative behaviors and or coupled with trauma. So we do have some students who may not be outwardly having behaviors, but they've been exposed to a lot of trauma. So sometimes this is a route they can go to receive those counseling pieces in a small group, setting to work on some of those pieces as well, so what would bring them? Okay.

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DTSD Webinars: I guess I'm not saying that because I know you said that. But versus some of the other students that you are.

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DTSD Webinars: treating in the school like. So you've got these other fourth through sixth graders. And is it

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DTSD Webinars: you know, that that you're talking about. Am I making sense? I think so. II

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DTSD Webinars: I would say that we looked last year at students who were unable to access their education because of the impact of

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DTSD Webinars: ongoing things throughout each day or many days of the school year. So students that have those barriers trying to break those down. And we do have certainly supports within our district, but this provides dedicated staff to them, like Jenna said, that are are there, you know, immediately

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DTSD Webinars: And dedicated to this small group of students so that they can really work through those pieces. So that would be different than just someone with an Iep and a para. Or

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DTSD Webinars: do you know what I mean?

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DTSD Webinars: Yeah, we're really looking at those learning, interfering behaviors. It's to the point where the students aren't able to access, much less progress within their educational programming. So essentially

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DTSD Webinars: their iep is not able to be fully implemented because these other pieces are that barrier that we need to work through. And when you look at, you know those 80 individual sessions and those 20 group sessions, even if you think about using like a school based outpatient therapy model, or the family is able to access that therapy. They're doing that at the rate of maybe once a week, once every other week. And that's if they're not sitting on a waiting list.

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DTSD Webinars: So we're able to really deliver those services so much faster and more intensively that we can get those kids back to their program. Got sure. Okay, thank you. Sure.

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Thank you. I just wanted to clarify. This is Lindsay Drew. Because I know there.

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DTSD Webinars: This has been difficult, like for some folks to understand the the implementation of this program, or maybe why, you know, we would choose to do this. And it's really multifaceted. So I just wanted to clarify and

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DTSD Webinars: maybe put it in

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DTSD Webinars: layman's terms that that I know some of us that are not, you know, involved on a day to day basis

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DTSD Webinars: in these programs with our own children, or, you know, in the school, could could better understand but the services that are being offered, and that our students are receiving from laurel life in District has a couple of different approaches, one of them being that intervention piece trying to offer. You know some of those services there to help

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DTSD Webinars: be able to deliver

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their programming, you know, whatever that would be to apply for that

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DTSD Webinars: for that child, so that they are able to continue to progress. With their peers, with, you know their community in their home district.

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DTSD Webinars: one of the other pieces of it being that outside placements are very difficult to secure, and that it could put

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DTSD Webinars: that it's sometimes the the ones that are able to be located and implemented, or maybe not always the most ideal or the best for the family for the child, but

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DTSD Webinars: the availability of them

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DTSD Webinars: are very limited out in the community right now. So this is somewhat of a bridge for that to be able to

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DTSD Webinars: to intervene early

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DTSD Webinars: provide that for those students. Is that correct? Yes.

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DTSD Webinars: Does anyone else have any other questions?

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DTSD Webinars: I think. Just to Piggyback a little bit on that, Lindsay. Sorry.

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DTSD Webinars:  you know, when we look at the opportunities with the outside placements, there's really only one that exists that has a strong therapeutic component. As you can imagine the waiting list for that program is very long. But you are also not getting the

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DTSD Webinars: robustness of services in that place that you're getting one social worker who supports that classroom and one mental health worker. So even within some of those types of programs, the 4 staff, the intensity of it, the responsiveness, the the going into the home. I mean, if that is, that program is in Lancaster. Those people are not gonna come to our G,

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DTSD Webinars: you know and support in the home, or make a home visit or transport to home? So we don't always necessarily think about some of those additional barriers with the program. And, as you said, transitioning back to their home district, you know, if it's a 45 min bus ride.

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DTSD Webinars: how do you figure out when to transition them, having to make that gradual and seamless so that it is successful. They're right there in our building. The transition is literally just out in the hallway. So those are some of the the benefits of having the program in house. In addition to what you said, those placements outside of the district are becoming fewer and further, between and the waiting lists are sometimes years.

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DTSD Webinars: So this is an easier way to get those services to students and understanding that special education, individualized programming, mental health services are not a one. Size fits all.

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Everything has to be specific and specialized to the individual child, but this is a way for us to be able to deliver

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DTSD Webinars: a piece of that sooner to try and provide benefit. Absolutely.

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DTSD Webinars: Thank you so much. Thank. Thank you. Okay.

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DTSD Webinars: I would like to announce that the Board met an executive session prior to this meeting to discuss consultation with attorney or other professional advisors, and also other informational items. The Board also met on Monday, December fourth, after our reorganization meeting and post executive session for information purposes.

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DTSD Webinars: Well, now, our first recognition of citizens for agenda items, session. This is an opportunity for residents and taxpayers to address the Board on matters related to the agenda citizens who wish to speak, if in person should please, complete the form or complete, and turn in the registration form to the Board secretary, Mrs. Ag.

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DTSD Webinars: Registration forms can be found on the sign in table adjacent to the boardroom entrance. When your name is announced, please come to the microphone. If you are online, you must have registered individually with your full name and addressed in order to be recognized, please raise your virtual hand for recognition, and once recognized or unmuted, it is only necessary that you identify yourself by providing your full name.

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DTSD Webinars: This is a reminder that public comment is not a forum for personal attacks, antagonistic behaviour or harassment.

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DTSD Webinars: and we ask you to please be advised that you're accountable for any legal ramifications or liability that may result from statements misrepresenting the truth, defaming individuals, or disclosing personal information that is not of public concern.

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DTSD Webinars: To provide other residents with an opportunity to speak each speaker during the public comment portion is limited to 5 min of speaking, once recognized and limited to one opportunity to address the board during each of the public comment periods, if necessary, the Board may set a maximum time for the public comment portion of any meeting, and I will ask board treasurer, Mr. Rizzo, to please keep time.

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DTSD Webinars: Mrs. Ag. Are there any residents or taxpayers who have registered to comment at this time? Not at this time.

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First one. Yes, okay. I didn't. Oh. second one.

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that's my to decide.

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DTSD Webinars: We have Dr. Sloppy.

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DTSD Webinars:  I want to thank the laurel life team for presenting tonight, and I have a lot of very positive things I would like to say about their program, and but I'm in the same situation as Angie that

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DTSD Webinars: you know we have to protect our children's privacy in in this form, you know I cannot really share what I would like to say to protect our kids and their families. Privacy.

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DTSD Webinars:  If anyone wants to talk to me outside of public form. You know I'm more than happy to give my input. I saw them present. They're looking at changing the grade span next year. I would really encourage us to think if we don't need to add another classroom, because these needs have always been there. They're always going to be there. They're not getting better.

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DTSD Webinars: There's always gonna be kids that need the service. And as Mrs. Shirk was saying, like. you used to just send these kids somewhere, and I don't know. You write a check, and where do they go? We don't know so much.

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DTSD Webinars: But those places are full now. And so now. like.

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DTSD Webinars: what do we do? Right? And I mean the laurelife program, I think, is really a great solution. I'm very supportive of it, but I think we need more of it, not changing the grade span. I think we need to add a grade grade span.

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DTSD Webinars: and then I just come here as a parent to try to give you my perspective. Like we parents, we need our children to have education.

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DTSD Webinars: it's free and appropriate public education. And this is what the Government says. You have to provide for our kids. It's not me saying this, this is the Federal and State laws.

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DTSD Webinars: if you don't have a placement appropriate for our children, what can we do like? We were be in the position where, like I can't afford. You know, to pay for private school, or something like this. So what am I going to do if I don't have a place to send my kid, I have to file lawsu. I have to use the due process system. I don't want to sue my school district

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DTSD Webinars: So I mean, the need is there? The need is always going to be there. Thank you.

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DTSD Webinars: Thank you. Dr. Sabi.

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DTSD Webinars: Mr. Ella, I don't see any. Yeah. At this time I don't see any virtual hands raised.

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DTSD Webinars: Yes, thanks. For the month of November the district received a community correspondence. Submission, comments, and questions from this month include feedback about an article in the Homestown Sun, 2 comments about the November School Board election, information about a High School club.

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DTSD Webinars: a question about food services, feedback from the November Board meeting and a question regarding a previous board member. That's what I have.

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DTSD Webinars: Thank you. Ms. Carpel.

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the Curriculum Council met today. Mr. Bennett, do you have a curriculum report.

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DTSD Webinars: presentation on student data. They're testing and graduation pathways which he's gonna present to the whole board, maybe in January, on the eighth, if he gets on the agenda, so I don't want to steal his thunder, and

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DTSD Webinars: next year? So we'll let him address that.

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DTSD Webinars: And then we also voted out of committee a course, revisal for accounting to move to

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DTSD Webinars: Give us students another opportunity opportunity to gain credits through hack. If they take an accounting class to them, it gives them another option for high school accounting, and that is what we covered, and the next meeting is on June eighth

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DTSD Webinars: January, January. Yes, way ahead of myself. I like the warmer weather of June, but thank you. Visit

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DTSD Webinars: moving on to student representatives, report representatives, Barto Coloratsi and sat. Would you please share your report with us. Yes, this is Natalie Colorassi, and I'll be speaking about the High School.

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DTSD Webinars: I just want to say congratulations to the Hershey competition sheer team who placed first in their traditional Co Ed routine and fifth in their game day routine.

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DTSD Webinars: They will be heading to Nationals in Florida for the second consecutive year in February, and this past weekend they also qualify for States and Hershey. So congratulations again.

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DTSD Webinars: Last week, 51 Dts. D musicians auditioned for the PMEA. District 7. Band and orchestra programs. Congratulations to all all who participated into the 30 students who qualified for these ensembles.

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DTSD Webinars: Hhs swim and dive will host their season opener against Mifflin County on Thursday, at 4 15, at the Dairy Township Community Center. and the following students are part of the Hershey High School's Trojan, 10 for the month of November.

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DTSD Webinars: to promote a sense of community and winter cheer in the High School. We are hosting the 12 days of winter cheer theme days and themes range from ugly sweater days to Turtledove twin day.

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DTSD Webinars: The High School Counseling office hosted an instant decision day with Millersville University congratulations to everybody who participated

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DTSD Webinars: over the past several weeks. Hershey High School students have had the opportunity to learn more about future career paths. Those interested in aircraft, engineering, and maintenance were given a tour of the Piedmont program in Harrisburg, where they were able to speak and learn from professionals. Similarly a group of HS. Students attended the Career Development luncheon for women in stem.

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DTSD Webinars: Good evening. I'm Lucy Barto, hershey High School's Mini thong also held their powder puff, flag football game. After our return from Thanksgiving break, the game was between the Hhs. Junior and senior girls, while the junior and senior boys cheered for their respective teams.

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DTSD Webinars: Senior girls play a strong game to win 180. And as a whole, the afternoon raised over $1,000 from Mini-thon. I was the last minute addition to the senior girls team, and it was a lot of fun we had Joey Osley, Mr. Rogers and Mr. Wallace, who are doing commentary throughout the whole game, which was a fun little twist, if you know their banter. It was quite entertaining this past week Hhs Music Department

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DTSD Webinars: Department held their winter concert in the Auditorium. It was very successful. Their next concert of the Winter Concert Series is in the middle for the middle school orchestra and choir tomorrow at 7 Pm.

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DTSD Webinars: Additionally, we'd like to invite, invite any board members to attend the winter concert that is put on through the district throughout the day. On the twenty-first we'll be happy. Be held for the high school, 7, 45 to 8 50, that's am, and the middle school 9 to 9 50, and then the elementary school, 10 to 1040, that's all.

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DTSD Webinars: Thank you. And I would just add on to that that if any board members are able to attend, it's always like the best way to start kind of winter recess and and the holidays. And

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DTSD Webinars: so thank you for that invitation.

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DTSD Webinars: hey? The items that will be appearing on the screen are listed

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DTSD Webinars: for the anticipated January eighth, 2,024 board of directors meeting agenda.

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DTSD Webinars: There is no unfinished business this evening, so we will move on to consent. Agenda. The consent agenda contains routinely adopted items and items which normally do not require public deliberation on the part of the board. A board member may pull items which will then be discussed and voted on separately.

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DTSD Webinars: May I please have a motion to approve the consent? Agenda items as listed so vanester, Armberger.

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DTSD Webinars: second Microsoft, is there any discussion?

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DTSD Webinars: This is a standard voice. Vote all those in favor, please say aye. Any opposed say no consent. Agenda is approved.

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DTSD Webinars: First item of new business this evening is interfund transfers Dr. Winslow. The Administration recommends the approval of the following interfund transfers as budgeted to close out the 2022, 2023 school year one transfer from general fund to capital reserve fund in the amount of 1 million dollars to transfer from general fund to Food Service Fund in the amount of $150,000.

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DTSD Webinars: Thank you. May I please have a motion to approve these interfund transfers? So move Microsoft.

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DTSD Webinars: Is there any discussion. This is a standard voice. Vote all those in favor, please say aye, aye, any opposed say no

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The next item is the accelerated. Budget opt out resolution. Dr. Winslow.

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DTSD Webinars: the administration recommends the Board approve the resolution to limit the increase of real estate taxes for the 2024, 2025 fiscal year to no more than the act one index of 5.3.

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DTSD Webinars: Thank you, Mayor, please have a motion to approve the accelerated Budget OP out resolution for the 2425 school year. Welcome. So moved Microsoft. Second Erica Schmidt.

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DTSD Webinars: Is there any discussion? Yes, Mr. This is Mike Rozell. So just for the the new board members. We get an act one index each year from the government or from the State.

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DTSD Webinars: and you know it, it limit. It tells us what we can have as far as as a tax increase.

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DTSD Webinars: And if we would happen to feel that we need to go over. Then we need to apply for that exception going forward. This is just the act one process of committing that we will stay underneath the 5.3

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DTSD Webinars: act one index, that is, that was proposed by the State.

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DTSD Webinars: Thank you. And just to tag on to that. Thank you for clarifying the 5.3. That is not a number that is any in any type of discussion, even at the Finance Committee. Level. For what a proposed tax increase would look like it's just the number that is set by the State, based on a variety of

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DTSD Webinars: factors that contribute to a formula. That's calculated. If you note any of the surrounding districts, some have varying rates for their act. One index. Ours is pretty much at the base level. Given the stability and the

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DTSD Webinars: the discussions as to what a potential tax increase would look like, or what budgetary needs are will take place in the early months of the year. As the budget process starts

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DTSD Webinars: Mrs. Ag. I believe we need a roll call. Vote for a budget, related. Item.

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DTSD Webinars: Mr. Bennett. Yes.

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DTSD Webinars: Mrs. Rens. Yes, Mr. Rizzo. Yes, Miss Ron Burger. Yes, Mrs. Royo. Yes, Mrs. Schmidt, yes.

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DTSD Webinars: the next item is the approval of the Utah State University Externship Agreement. Dr. Winslow. The Administration recommends the Board approve the externship agreement with Dairy Township School District and Utah State University. Effective. January 20, first, 2,024.

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DTSD Webinars: Thank you. May I please have a motion to approve the Utah State University externship agreement. So moved Jeff Sizzle. second, Mr. Umberger. Is there any discussion?

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DTSD Webinars: the HH. Cr crown Assessment Settlement Agreement. Dr. Mensa, the Administration recommends the approval of the stipulation of settlement recommended by Dauphin County and Review by the District Solicitor for Hh. Crown assessment.

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DTSD Webinars: Thank you. May I please have a motion to approve the HH. Crown assessment stipulation of settlement? So moved Stuart Mccarr.

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DTSD Webinars: is there any discussion? Yes, mister, I just wanted to make it clear that this is Stacey Winslow, that this stipulation is subject to a final review by our business manager and the solicitor. Thank you.

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DTSD Webinars: Personnel resignations. Dr. Winslow, the Administration recommends the approval of the personnel resignations. Thank you. May I please have a motion to approve personnel resignations.

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DTSD Webinars: said moved Microsoft. Second Tracy Royal. is there any discussion?

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DTSD Webinars: personnel resignations are approved. Personnel. General Dr. Winslow, the Administration recommends the approval of the list of personnel and recognition of any listed transfers. Thank you. May I please have a motion to approve the listed personnel and recognition of any listed transfers so moved to Nestor Ronberger.

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DTSD Webinars: That concludes our new business for this evening moving on to delegate reports. Both the Psba Report and the Cai U. Report are attached to the Agenda

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DTSD Webinars: Board. Member reports. Is there are there any Board members who would like to give a report this evening?

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DTSD Webinars: Dr. Windsor, do you have a superintendent's report? I do not have one this evening. The students always do such a good job. They do very good. President Board's President board President's report. I just wanted to say happy holidays to everyone. This will be our only business meeting in December. So for all of our students and staff and community members, whether you are celebrating Christmas or Kwanza, or Hanukkah, or you'll or any of the other celebrations.

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DTSD Webinars: That take place in the month of December. I hope that they are happy, and that we all return with a safe, happy, healthy New Year for our next meeting in January.

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DTSD Webinars: So we'll now move into the final recognition of citizens. This is an opportunity for residents and taxpayers to adjust the board on matters related to the agenda or matters of district governance that were not on the agenda this evening.

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DTSD Webinars: Those who speak are asked to follow the same guidelines that were outlined at the initial public comment portion of our meeting, and I will once again ask our board treasurer, Mr. Rizzo, to please keep time.

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DTSD Webinars: in person in the audience who have registered to speak. There are, we have Katherine Cirrus.

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DTSD Webinars: good evening. I'm Catherine serious. I'm the mom of 2 students in Derry Township school District 3 coming this fall one who receives special education services. On November thirtieth I had the opportunity to attend a conference organized by the Peel Center, where I learned of a way that we can address multiple issues that face our community, a way to reduce bullying a way to challenge kids who are academically advanced in a way to help those who need additional support.

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DTSD Webinars: All of these issues can be addressed by a topic that I'm sure many of you are aware. Inclusion.

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DTSD Webinars: The 2022, Us. Department of Education's Annual report to Congress on the implementation of Ida, ranked Pennsylvania as Thirty-ninth out of 50 States in the and then in in the Us. For inclusion, and forty-fourth for inclusion of students with intellectual disability.

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DTSD Webinars: Dairy township has the opportunity to pave the way for Pennsylvania, and set the example for how to do inclusion right. This does not require tons of additional resources or asking more of our already stretched teachers. It can be done by shifting responsibility and thinking smart about how we work.

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DTSD Webinars: Research shows again and again that inclusive settings lead to better academic, social, emotional, behavioral, and post-secondary outcomes for students with disabilities through inclusion. Students without disabilities see achievement, outcomes increase or stay the same. But most importantly, all students feel a greater sense of belonging, and are more likely to make friends in and out of school

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DTSD Webinars: educators, including our own. Doctor Winslow, see inclusion as being the future of education. I speak to you today to urge the Board to take on this challenge of being on the forefront of the next generation of public education, as you can make it happen, not just for my child, but really for all children in Dairy township. I implore you to learn about inclusion, and how it's better for everyone.

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DTSD Webinars: Also speak to Kirsten Shurek, our their director of special education, and learn more about special education and what's happening in our district. Lastly, I think all of your parents. And I think all of you actually have kids in dairy township school district. I asked, that you talk to your kids about disabilities about how kids with disabilities are unique and wonderful and can be amazing friends and classmates. I did bring some of the material that I got from the Peel center if I'm allowed to share.

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DTSD Webinars: Thank you. Thank you so much.

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DTSD Webinars: Is there anyone else in the audience who would like to speak for public comment. We also have Jennifer Sloppy.

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DTSD Webinars: I agree. I've never met Mrs. Sisters before, but I've been here talking about inclusion, too, in the past.

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DTSD Webinars: and you know I'm from always lived in Pennsylvania and our previous school. My son went K. To 2. He was pretty much fully included.

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DTSD Webinars: here in Derry Township. We started out in being included, and then we went to like half day inclusion. And now we're at like 0 inclusion.

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DTSD Webinars: I would like to see more inclusion also. And and as she was saying, it's a real problem with making friends and seeing each others as friends, and I've told this story before here that my kid, my younger son, who doesn't have any disabilities.

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DTSD Webinars: and that, like, I take that story to the principal. I take it to the director of Special education. I take it everywhere. I bring it here, and it doesn't feel like anybody really seems to feel that that's a problem like in my home. I have a big problem. My kid thinks this way.

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DTSD Webinars: But does nobody in my community feel this way, too? I don't know.

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DTSD Webinars: But that was just my reaction to what she had said, I actually have something else to say I came here for I want to thank very much everyone who ran for the school board and I don't know what all your motivations are. I'm very thankful we don't have like a central box type of situation, and I really am very, very appreciative.

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DTSD Webinars: and I know some of you have expressed like ideas of inclusion.

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DTSD Webinars: and we want our schools to be safe and welcoming to everybody. So what I brought with me today is my third grade son's class directory.

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DTSD Webinars: You know, the kids in his class, and some of these kids I personally know some. I know their families. Some I don't, and I know personally at least 4 of these kids speak English as second language. They speak a different language at home.

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DTSD Webinars: and I can see from here at least 3 of these kids have names that look to me to be Indian names.

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DTSD Webinars: and I see a Nepali name, and I see a name cause I used to work with a lot of graduate students in engineering. So I am familiar with a lot of different names. I see one name like this looks like it's a Chinese name, but from somebody who didn't come from China like Taiwan or Laos, or somewhere.

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DTSD Webinars: And then, in addition to that, you know, from this group of kids, we have a couple of these kids are going to be LDGT. Q. Right? We we can probably think that's true. Probably at least one or 2 of these kids has some type of maybe a DHD type tendencies.

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DTSD Webinars: Maybe some of them also have autism, neurodiversity. So that's the makeup of the class that we have like.

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DTSD Webinars: Even our diversity has diversity here. It doesn't matter. You want to have diversity school. You have diverse school, and I look at myself. I look at everybody here. I look at our administration. It doesn't look like the Directory right? And look II am so grateful for anybody who would do this, so I hope you don't take any offense to this, but

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DTSD Webinars:  and then also, another type of difference is our family structure, like, I think. And and again, I'm very grateful to anyone who serves. But if you're here tonight, like you don't worry about food, insecurity, housing, insecurity, you know. That's not the reality for some of our families. And just reading like what you guys all submit to the Hummel sound. I think

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DTSD Webinars: And you know, that's great. But a lot of families aren't structured that way. And this was really tough during the pandemic. It's felt like, you know, whoever's making decisions assumes that there's a parent who's just available at any time to do anything for the kids. And you know, we're we're working parents. We can't always be available to do that.

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DTSD Webinars: So I just, I wanna thank. I hope I don't say anything offensive, and I am very appreciative to everyone that would choose to serve

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DTSD Webinars: Is there anyone participating virtually who would like to speak? If so, please raise your virtual hand.

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DTSD Webinars: Ashley, you have been given permission to speak. Please state your name for the record.

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DTSD Webinars: Mrs. Manta. You have been given permission to speak. If you could. Please unmute your microphone.

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Ashley Mantheiy: Okay? Sorry I must a hit the mute button. Can you hear me now?

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Ashley Mantheiy: We can thank you. Okay. I have 2 kids that have a disability. I have hydrocephalus. I'm actually in Boston waiting for my son to have his 30 ninth brain surgery. And I'm here to discuss the importance of inclusion. My son has been going through shunt failure pretty much since September, and having all kinds of different symptoms, and with having blurry vision, trouble, seeing

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Ashley Mantheiy: headaches, chronic pain, and I was recently given an R. And R. And my son's iup is going to be taken from him despite him, having these extensive neurological needs and having, like, I said, his 30 ninth brain surgery tomorrow.

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Ashley Mantheiy: So I just wanna say that inclusion is important services are important and people need to think about what families go through having chronically sick kids. It's not easy, by any means. It's not easy for the student, and they're just trying to do the best they can in coexist in an educational system that doesn't have, you know, inclusive environments and not for kids with disabilities.

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Ashley Mantheiy: So I also wanted to add, since there was not an understanding of neurological decline, that my son has been experiencing if he can't do the work he gets 0. And something is wrong with that type of system, because, like, I said, he's having surgery tomorrow. So there is a need there, and there also has to be an understanding for unique situations and not

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Ashley Mantheiy: punish a student because they can't see. Well.

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So I just want to thank. Like I, said the first speaker, because inclusion is very important, and all kids deserve that not exclusion. And being punished because they can't see.

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Ashley Mantheiy: Thank you.

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DTSD Webinars: Thank you, Mrs. Samantha.

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DTSD Webinars: Is there anyone else participating virtually, who would like to participate in public comment

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DTSD Webinars: at this time? I don't see any other virtual hands raised.

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DTSD Webinars: Thank you, Mr. Ella.

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DTSD Webinars: Okay. Is there anything else for the good of the order? This evening?

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DTSD Webinars: The Board will meet on December eighteenth for a board workshop regarding the Elementary School project. This is the first in a series of monthly workshops that we are very appreciative to the Administration for putting together to assist in onboarding new members and educate the Board as a whole.

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DTSD Webinars: The next public board of Directors meeting will be held on January eighth, 2,024. Starting at 70'clock Pm. Please refer to the district website to register for virtual attendance. As the meeting draws closer. May I please have a motion to adjourn this meeting.

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So move Mike Rizzo.

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DTSD Webinars: second Erica Schmidt.

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DTSD Webinars: all those in favor, please say aye, aye, any opposed say no.

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DTSD Webinars: This meeting is adjourned at 7 53 PM. Thank you, and have a great evening.