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DTSD Webinars: I'd like to call the January eighth, 2,024. Meeting of the Dairy Township School District Board of Directors to order and announce that this meeting is being live, streamed, and audio recorded. This meeting is being conducted both in person and virtually, and I'd like to request for Board members to please state your name when speaking. Mrs. Ag. Could you please do a roll call.

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DTSD Webinars: Mr. Bennett?

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DTSD Webinars: Dr. Cisco. Here.

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DTSD Webinars: Miss Drew, here

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DTSD Webinars: Dr. Mcarver, here, Mrs. Renz here, Mr. Rizzo, here, Ms. Romberger, here, Mrs. Royale, here, Mrs. Schmidt, here 8 present, one absent.

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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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Speak up

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DTSD Webinars: United States of America

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DTSD Webinars: into the republic for which it stands. One nation, under that indivisible

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DTSD Webinars: that are keeping justice done.

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DTSD Webinars: Thank you, Mayor, please have a motion to approve. The January 8, 2,024 board of directors meeting agenda.

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DTSD Webinars: So moved Erica Schmidt, second Mike Brazil. Is there any discussion?

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

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Beginning this evening. We will have a presentation by Dr. Schumann on district data. Dr. Schumann.

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DTSD Webinars: Good evening, everybody, and Happy New Year. I must say I'm I'm a little discouraged. I thought we'd have a full house tonight for a data presentation. But we will roll with it, anyway. So Phil is gonna work my presentation this evening. So thank you, Phil. And th, what I'm gonna do today is just provide a a data snapshot. It's just an overview of how we're doing district wide with some of the the standardized assessment data.

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DTSD Webinars: that that were required. The assessments the students are required to take each year. And I included this year graduation Pathways data cause. This was the first year that act 1 58 really went into effect where seniors had to complete one of many pathways in order to graduate. So I have some numbers just to share with you about where we were at with that. So, Phil.

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DTSD Webinars: so what I'm gonna start with is pssa assessment data, and our kids are assessed in grades 3 through 8 and a math, and Ela, and in science grades 4 and 8 each year. And what you're looking at here is the percentage of our students who were proficient in advance district wide on those assessments.

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DTSD Webinars: And it's spanning back to the 2,017 assessment year. I'd left out the 2020 year cause there. There were no assessments due to covid and in 2021 we had sort of sporadic participation. With lots of parents opting for their kids not to be assessed during that year. But you can see there with our results from 2023 that

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DTSD Webinars: with with math, we're back to where we were pre covid with Ela same thing. Actually, math is a little better than that. Even we were in 2019. And science has improved just a little bit over Pre covid numbers. So very solid performance on the Pss district wide.

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DTSD Webinars: So, Phil.

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DTSD Webinars: this slide has got a lot of data on it. And what you're looking at here are by grade level, the percent of students that were proficient in advanced. There's a column there for math in grades 3 through 8,

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DTSD Webinars: one for Ela, and then you see numbers for science represented in grade 4, and grade 8

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DTSD Webinars: on the right side of the chart. You can see the State averages for those different assessments by grade level. Which gives you, just a little bit of a comparison data to how we're doing versus the State wide average. So again, you know, pretty solid data when you look at like eighth grade at 57% proficient and advanced on math. You might have some questions about well.

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DTSD Webinars: how does that compare to the rest of the State? And then you, you look at the state average is is 26% proficient in advance. So 57%. Yeah, we would like to do a little bit better, but we're still well well above

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DTSD Webinars: where most of the rest of the state is doing. So. Yeah.

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DTSD Webinars: And this is just a breakdown again, spanning back to 2,016. So you can see you know where we've been at over the years percent of students proficient and advanced in math

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DTSD Webinars: starting at the top in grade 8 and going down to grade 3. And II will point out here almost every grade level improved a little bit over last year. And third grade was the own, the loan exception to that. But they still were a little bit better than we were pre covid. So really, really pretty good result results in math

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DTSD Webinars: Ela, same same basic breakdown here looking by grade level. And you can see kind of historically where we've been throughout the years.

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DTSD Webinars: Here we were a little bit more sporadic. Some, some grades are up, some grades are down. That's kind of typically what we see. But overall trending pretty consistently with our Ela scores.

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DTSD Webinars: So another comparison I like to do, because when you look at that data and you talk about state averages. And you look at our numbers. And you just wonder like, well, what does that like? What does that really look like across the State? So with Dr. Rife Snyder's help, I pulled some data

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DTSD Webinars: that just

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DTSD Webinars: listed how every school across the state performed with percent of students proficient in advanced. And I rank those schools.

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DTSD Webinars: and then did a percentile ranking to see kind of where dairy township was at. So what this chart is showing you? For instance, across the the first row there in grade 3 for math. We were 75% proficient in advance that had us ranked 270 seventh out of all the third grades across the State. All schools that have third grades.

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DTSD Webinars: 1,560 of them which would put us at the eighty-second percent dial. So

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DTSD Webinars: And that's just the way I broke that down for each of the grades in math. And again, you can see that 57%

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DTSD Webinars: proficient in advance for eighth grade doesn't look that great. But it's at the 96 percentile for the State. So It brings the question, what might be going on statewide with the math assessment? But

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DTSD Webinars: that's a topic for another day.

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DTSD Webinars: And here's the same

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DTSD Webinars: same breakdown for Ela. So you can kind of see how we compare across the state.

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DTSD Webinars: Which again, just another way to look at the data.

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And the same thing for a science science just calculating the percentile rings for fourth grades across the State and

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DTSD Webinars: eighth grades.

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DTSD Webinars: Dr. Sherman, this is Lindsay Drew. Could you just can we go back? One? And is there anything that stands? Or maybe it's 2 anything that stands out with the grade. 5

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DTSD Webinars: just being significantly lower overall. No, I mean some years. It's up a little bit. Other years. It's down Fifth grade is a traditionally hard year. Assessment scores wise in mathematics. But but it's

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DTSD Webinars: it's a little lower than some other years.

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DTSD Webinars: One more fill.

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DTSD Webinars: So we're gonna shift gears a little bit now and talk about keystones and the keystone assessment is an end, of course, assessment that's given to students when they complete ninth grade, biology, algebra, one or

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DTSD Webinars: the literature assessment, or for us, it's English. 10 is the course that is associated with the literature. Exam, so kids taking an end, of course. Exam, and this is just a a breakdown of how we did. These are the kids that tested last spring. So you can see, in biology, we had 277 kids tested.

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DTSD Webinars: alright, we were 70%, 76% proficient and advanced. The statewide average was 39%. And you, I actually included the breakdown. So you can see how many kids we had scoring in the advanced category proficient category, basic and below basic. Just to give you an idea of of how they're doing with the individual performance levels.

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DTSD Webinars: The algebra. One data is the bottom chart.

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DTSD Webinars: We actually have students that test as early as sixth grade. We have some sixth graders who take algebra into middle school. Actually, in the past we we've even well, II think we may have had one or 2 fifth graders at 1 point, maybe. Take that in my time at the middle school, but that's a real rarity. But we frequently have some sixth graders who a handful of them who take

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DTSD Webinars: the algebra assessment. But kids in grades 6 through 11. Whenever they complete the course they sit for the exam. We were 70% proficient in advanced as a district in the spring, and 29% was the state average. So

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DTSD Webinars: and then this is the literature results that that you for for our students, that's grade 10 in English 10 in the spring we had 250 students tests

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DTSD Webinars: 85% of them were proficient or proficient or advanced. And then the State average for the literature exam is 53.

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DTSD Webinars: So this just is just a little bit of the historical trend dating back to 2,018 for the keystone exams

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DTSD Webinars: again, leaving out 20 and 21 because of the Covid impact years. And you can see that we still haven't quite bounced back in algebra and biology. Literature, however, is bounced back to to where it was.

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Pre covid. So still doing very, very well, but

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DTSD Webinars: A linear course like mathematics. If, when you experience some disruptions in that or a lab based course like a science is a little bit harder to do virtually I think that may partially explain some of the impacts there. But we still have a little bit of work to do there. But it it's still relative to the rest of the State. We're doing very, very well

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DTSD Webinars: this slide is again the percentile ranking for for the keystone assessment. Now, the numbers here look different, because this is taken from the data that's reported to the future. Ready index. Which is kind of how we're held accountable each year at the state level. And what happens with keystone scores is those scores are banked whenever a kid takes a keystone assessment, whether it's sixth grade

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DTSD Webinars: through eleventh grade. Those scores are banked until their eleventh grade year, and that's when they're reported out and count for our accountability. So in this case, you see, 58% proficient in advance for the algebra assessment. But that's because many of our eleventh graders. Which is where this date is reported from took that test during, or we're in those that the algebra course in middle school

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DTSD Webinars: during covid time.

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DTSD Webinars: So there is no score for a lot of them. So.

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DTSD Webinars: it's just interesting how that's done. But the scores that, as far as how the district is held accountable, is always for the eleventh graders, regardless of when they take the test. Even if they took the test in sixth grade, the score is banked until they're an eleventh grader in high school.

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DTSD Webinars: This slide shows just another measure that we look at Pvas measures growth.

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DTSD Webinars: And what you want to see here is the different grade levels being indicated in blue or green, showing at least one year's worth of growth.

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DTSD Webinars: Again, you see, most of our grade levels and subject areas are in the green or blue. We do have a couple of areas where we might wanna ask some questions. But it's just another indicator indicator that we look at to see how we're doing

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DTSD Webinars: in terms of, are we moving our kiddos?

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DTSD Webinars: And this is the growth measure from pvas for the keystone assessment.

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DTSD Webinars: and it's blue in all 3 areas. Actually, when you see that little bubble at the end of the chart, it means it's off the scale in blue. So in terms of how our kiddos are doing with growth on their keystone assessments.

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DTSD Webinars: It's very, very good. So we're very happy about that

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DTSD Webinars: and want to take just a minute and talk about graduation pathways in order for our students to graduate. Starting last year, they had to meet one of 6 different pathways, and you can see

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DTSD Webinars: the first one. There is keystone proficiency meaning they pass all the keystone assessments.

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DTSD Webinars: 69% of our our seniors. Last year, 196 of them passed all 3 tests. Which is

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DTSD Webinars: that's one of the benefits of having the assessment scores that we've just spent some time looking at.

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DTSD Webinars: because the kiddos are held accountable for graduation pathways to either pass those tests or meet one of the other criteria.

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DTSD Webinars: So when you have 69% of the students hitting the mark on the assessment. You're off to a good start. We had 11 kiddos meet the keystone composite score, and that's when they may not have passed all 3 tests. But the 3 scores together add up to a cut score that the State determines.

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DTSD Webinars: So we had 11 kids make that mark 24 kiddos check the alternate assessment, alternate assessment pathway.

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DTSD Webinars: Those are just different tests like ap exams, the Psat. There's a minimum cut score for that. The Asvab. If kids make one of those assessments, they can check a pathways. Box

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DTSD Webinars: 34 kiddos graduated on completing their Iep goals. We had 7 students who did not complete a pathway.

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DTSD Webinars: and 6 who did, who were eligible to graduate, but did not graduate. So they're back with us again this year.

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DTSD Webinars: all in all, for the 284 kiddos.

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DTSD Webinars: we did a pretty solid job. if you have more than 5% of the kids.

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DTSD Webinars: We're eligible. We're graduating and not completing a pathway. You have to complete an improvement plan. So we we were not in that category. For the first year we had 4%. So that data will actually be public.

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DTSD Webinars: I believe on the fifteenth, if my memory serves me correctly. So it's going to be interesting to see Statewide how everybody did with that when that comes out. But

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DTSD Webinars: but again, a lot of hard work there by our counselors, our teachers, and our students, to really make sure they attended to those elements

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DTSD Webinars: because that was a big change for this year. So what are we doing?

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DTSD Webinars: As far as curriculum goes, we're focusing on things like essential learning targets, aligning our assessments to the standards. We have new math programs at elementary and middle school.

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DTSD Webinars: we just added an intervention period at the middle school.

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DTSD Webinars: We are in our second year of math. When at the elementary school, we have Ela and math intervention in both the elementary and middle levels at this point. So there's there's lots of things going on to focus in on those essential standards and make sure we're giving kids what they need. As far as professional learning. We've utilized on site coaching through Carnegie, learning for our new math program at the middle school.

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DTSD Webinars: We've had professional learning and ongoing support from our coaches around the new math program. Eureka squared at the elementary.

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DTSD Webinars: There's a ton of professional learning going on, based on the requirements for Act 55, which you'll probably be hearing more from me about either at at one of these meetings or at curriculum council.

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DTSD Webinars: We are continuing to work on developing our Plc process and and having a full implementation of that and we're focused on job embedded professional learning guided by our instructional coaches. Who support our staff in this work. So there's a lot going on, both on the curriculum side and the learning side. And then, finally.

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DTSD Webinars: what are we? What are we really working towards this may seem like an oversimplification, but this is really what our teachers collaborate around every every time they're in a collaborative meeting, working with each other. It's one of these 4 questions, what do we want students to know and be able to do? That's what are those essential standards?

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DTSD Webinars: How do we know if they've learned it. That's our common assessments that we work to develop and look at the data.

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DTSD Webinars: How do we respond when they don't? That's those intervention periods that I was mentioning and how we structure that and identify kids based on their need. And then how do we respond when students have already learned it or already know it. And that's a piece we're continuing to work on. And those are enrichment opportunities.

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DTSD Webinars: And that's part of the whole process as well, so it really does come down to those 4 areas of what we try to focus on

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DTSD Webinars: really, every day.

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DTSD Webinars: So and with that, that's about as quick as I can do a data snapshot. I know it's it's a lot of stuff, and and we certainly could dig into a lot of it a lot deeper.

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DTSD Webinars: But I will open it up for any questions that anybody has. This is Erica Schmidt. Have you ever.

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DTSD Webinars: when you looking statewide. And if you look at the schools that are. you know.

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DTSD Webinars: at the highest level, have we ever looked at and said, Hey, what are you doing in fifth grade for math.

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DTSD Webinars: You know we're having trouble. You know, with our fifth grade math. What? What do you do? Do we go? And we look at other.

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DTSD Webinars: Yeah, yeah, we have visited other schools. One of the things that it's important to to just keep in mind when you look at that data, is it? I just ranked all of the districts in the State. So and just one example is, when I was looking at seventh grade math, one of the districts jumped off the page to me. Which is Austin Area School district, because that's where our cabin is at up in Cameron County.

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DTSD Webinars: and they have like 12 kids in their graduating class, and they were 100 proficient. So they. So there's also school districts in there that are charter schools that are magnet schools for things like science, only so so there's those elements, too. But to answer your question, yeah, we're always interested to learn what other people are doing and how they're doing it. I was just

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DTSD Webinars: talking with the reading specialist today at West Shore school district about some research she's doing. And

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DTSD Webinars: and yeah, just exchanging ideas and and learning from each other.

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DTSD Webinars: Yeah, I mean, cause I'm from outside of Philadelphia. And you've got Conastoga and Radner and Union Bill, and they're always ranked

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DTSD Webinars: pretty high.

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DTSD Webinars: And that's why I was curious, you know, going outside just here. Oh, yeah, yeah.

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DTSD Webinars: yeah, no. III taught at Hep Bro. Horsham, when when in my previous life. So yeah, we do reach out and work with other people.

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DTSD Webinars: And we're always interested in learning

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DTSD Webinars: what we can from others.

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DTSD Webinars: Thank you. Dr. Chairman, and this is Lindsay Drew. I know it is always a challenge with standardized testing, because we with the pathways.

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DTSD Webinars: For graduation. There is a requirement, you know, part of that that we have to make sure we're meeting those, but that it is also taking it sometimes with a grain of salt, because our curriculum and instruction is not geared solely towards standardized tests

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DTSD Webinars: proficiency. But making sure our students are, you know, global, ready citizens and able, for you know, whatever post secondary looks like for them, it's encouraging to me that while there is certainly some temperatures that stand out.

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DTSD Webinars: you know, on here as areas that we need to focus on that by and large. When you look at our peer group, of how we, as a district, are ranked across the State. And you know, schools like Radner and some of those are are right there within our peer group. You know, up or down a couple on that top 20 list of districts. To be able to say that we're

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DTSD Webinars: in the high mid to high 90 s. Statewide on that, I think, is impressive.

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DTSD Webinars:  and I think, especially when you compared some of the proficiencies on those Pss. To the statewide when we are in the 70 80 90%, and we're seeing 30%

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DTSD Webinars: with all data, yeah, without digging into it completely. But

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DTSD Webinars: I think what I'm hearing is that there's a good finger on the pulse of it, and that

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DTSD Webinars: there's certainly things that have been set backs as a result of the change of instructional model that some you know our students experience during times of the pandemic, but that we have rebounded well, compared to what we hear about at a national level which I think is encouraging. So

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DTSD Webinars: thank you for the work that you and all of our teachers do, because it's very evident when we have

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DTSD Webinars: almost 70% of a graduating class

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DTSD Webinars: checking that first box and and not having to find the alternative ways to meet that pathways requirement

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DTSD Webinars: that that we're on the right track. So

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DTSD Webinars: appreciate you. Well, thank you. And I would just echo that that's really

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DTSD Webinars: has a lot to do with the hard work our kiddos do and and our teachers and and our administrators, and all of that work that they did through covid when you know we didn't just shut down. You know we were doing it wasn't ideal, but we were doing a hybrid and virtual learning, and by the end of it we were trying to figure out how to do it better. And the kids were engaging in the parents for making sure they were and supporting them. So

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DTSD Webinars: yeah, do we still need to bounce back a little bit? Yeah, yeah. I mean that that was a huge impact. But there was a lot of good work done during that time. And

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DTSD Webinars: and you know, the the data is just one thing that shows it. So thank you.

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DTSD Webinars: Anyone. Have anything else.

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DTSD Webinars: someone from Pd. To evaluate. You know how you're doing that. You have all your your things in place, and and all the procedures are being followed. And today, at the high school we were audited on our first day of our winter keystone assessments. And I've been through a few during my time in the district as middle school assistant principal. And then today, in this role.

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DTSD Webinars: to how well our teachers were prepared and our administrators had everything set up? Everyone he talked to knew exactly what they were supposed to do, and and answered all the questions. And it's just part of it all to to create that environment for the kids. No one likes to take a test. But you want the environment to be

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DTSD Webinars: Thanks, Dr. Schuman. Thank you.

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DTSD Webinars: I would like to announce that the Board met in the executive session prior to this meeting to discuss matters of personnel consultation with attorney or professional advisors and informational items.

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DTSD Webinars: We'll now have our first recognition of citizens period, which is an opportunity for residents and taxpayers to address the Board on matters related to the agenda.

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DTSD Webinars: Citizens wishing to speak if in person should complete and turn in a registration form to the Board Secretary. Mrs. Ag. Registration forms can be found on the sign in table adjacent to the boardroom entrance.

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DTSD Webinars: When your name is announced, please come to the microphone. If you are online, you must have registered individually with your full name and address 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 behavior, or harassment. And please be advised that you are accountable for any legal ramifications and liability resulting from statements that misrepresent the truth, defame individuals, or disclose personal information, 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, time once recognized, and 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.

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DTSD Webinars: and I will ask board treasurer, Mr. Rizzo to keep time, please.

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DTSD Webinars: There are no attendees in person in our audience this evening, so I'll open it up to our online participants. If you wish to participate. Please raise your virtual hand.

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DTSD Webinars: And, Mr. Aiela, if you'll let us know if anyone does.

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DTSD Webinars: Okay, thank you. Then with that we will close the first public comment period and move on to community correspondents. Report. Ms. Carpel is not able to be with us this evening, but did share that there were no submissions at all for the month of December, and therefore would not have had a report.

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DTSD Webinars: Next, we have our student representatives report, and we have Representatives Barto, Colorassi, and Saad with us, if you would please share your report.

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DTSD Webinars: Thank you. This is Natalie Kolarasi, and I'll be speaking about the High School on December twelfth. Hershey High School student. Madeline visited Playful Puff's Dog Retreat in Elizabethtown for a Job Shadow experience with lead trainer, Maria Stauffer, Missus Stopper gave a tour of the facility and answered any questions about dog training and the services that they provide.

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DTSD Webinars: Similarly, Babe's grill owner, Kylie Deimler, guided our students through a cooking activity and gave them firsthand experience. Working in a restaurant kitchen. These job shadow opportunities are available to all high school students and are specifically encouraged for internship students.

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DTSD Webinars: On December fifteenth the Church and Buddies Club held their holiday events with high school and middle school students. They washed elf, wrapped gifts and sipped hot chocolate with their buddy.

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DTSD Webinars: On December sixteenth, Hershey's Try and Music Honor society hosted a holiday celebration with a French toast feast. These festivities included live performances by Hershey's talented musicians.

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DTSD Webinars: The science for all club held an event of festive science. Experiments in the Hershey Public Library on Wednesday, December twelfth, from 4 to 5 Pm. For all Hershey community students, grades K. To 3

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DTSD Webinars: congratulations to the Hershey High School Music department for putting forth a very successful season of performances. We are so proud of each student for all of their hard work. Lastly, eighth to eleventh grade, students have began the course selection process for the high school. They'll be learning about various courses and choosing over the list

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DTSD Webinars: over the next few weeks for the 2024, 2025 school year.

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DTSD Webinars: This is just a thought, and I have some more information about the High school, the Hershey High school swimming and diving team is competing against State College and Carlisle this week, and both are away. Meets good luck to our Trojans.

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DTSD Webinars: The Hershey High School basketball teams face off against Mifflin County tomorrow night. Both boys are away and the girls are at home. Come out to support our Hershey Trojans.

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DTSD Webinars: Dairy Township school district is part of the giant feeding school kids initiative from January first, through March 30. First, you can round up at the register to support our school district's efforts, working to eliminate childhood hunger. These funds can be used to expand food distribution programs, create on campus food pantries and gardens and supply extra weekend meals

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DTSD Webinars: during the eighth grade career affair. On December fifteenth Hershey's eighth graders had a chance to connect, interview and learn about a wide range of professions. A diverse variety of careers were represented, including sensory scientists, author, pediatrician business owner, school nurse, sports psychologists, and many more. Thank you.

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DTSD Webinars: Good evening. I'm Lucy Bartow

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DTSD Webinars: Elementary School steam class, which is science, technology, arts, and math created a zoo full of different robotic animals equipped with movement and lights. Made from fifth graders, imaginations. On December thirteenth these students were able to show their creations to kindergarten students, and I'm in a fifth grade classroom this year, and the students were so excited to come in and show me what they created. So that was definitely something that they looked forward to and had fun with.

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DTSD Webinars: On December fifteenth, select orchestra students from Hershey Elementary School traveled to Harmony at Hershey retirement home. The students pushed themselves to learn new music and sacrifice some recess time to perform.

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DTSD Webinars: Prior to winter break, the kindergartners worked with the chef, Mr. Scott, to make a gingerbread man. The gingerbread man was then brought to life by Mr. Scott, and he dropped notes and clues around the school to try to have the students try and find the sneaky gingerbread man.

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DTSD Webinars: Hershey elementary schools. Pvis community is hosting their second annual community fun night on January eleventh.

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DTSD Webinars: from 6 to 7 30 at the Hershey Elementary School there will be games, snacks and crafts, that's all.

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DTSD Webinars: Thank you, ladies.

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DTSD Webinars: Okay. The items on the screen that are listed are on the anticipated January 20, s, 2,024 board of directors meeting agenda. There is no unfinished business this evening, so we'll move on to Consent agenda, which contains routinely adopted items and items which normally do not require public deliberation on part of the board. 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 they are listed, so moved justice.

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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, aye, any opposed say no

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DTSD Webinars: moving on to new business. Our first item is the approval of Hea early retirement incentive. Dr. Winslow. The Administration recommends the district offer a $5,000 early retirement incentive to individuals within the Hea bargaining unit. This offer applies to employees who retire between the conclusion of the 2023, 2024, school year, and the end of the 2024 calendar year. To be eligible employees must submit a written notice of retirement.

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DTSD Webinars: Thank you. May I have a motion to approve the Hea early retirement incentive? So move Microsoft.

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DTSD Webinars: Second, Stuart Macarthur.

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DTSD Webinars: There any discussion?

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DTSD Webinars: I just wanna add, because I think that each year when we we do this annually and don't ever really explain and thinking about if I were listening as the public. This is something that the Board does.

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DTSD Webinars: It is not a way to hurry along any of our teachers who have worked and and been so committed to the district and public education throughout their career. But it is a way for the district to be able to plan and anticipate.

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DTSD Webinars: Those individuals who may be taking advantage of retirement and wanting to move on and allow us to be able to prepare for when those vacancies are created and ensure that those replacements

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DTSD Webinars: do the best they can in filling the big shoes that are left behind. So I think it's important just to clarify that. So if there is no other discussion. This is a standard voice. Vote all those in favor, please say aye, aye, any opposed say no.

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DTSD Webinars: Next we have the 2024 committee and delegate assignments for the Board. May I please have a motion to approve these 2024 committee and delegate assignments?

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DTSD Webinars: So moved Eric Schmidt. second Microsoft any discussion

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DTSD Webinars: again. I just want to say Thank you. To all the Board members for your willingness to serve on the standing committees, and also all of the outside

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DTSD Webinars: responsibilities and delegate assignments throughout the community throughout the education community and all of the various. You know, business organizations that we have those relationships with. I know that it adds a lot of additional time onto everyone's plate above and beyond, when we're sitting around this room, so thank you for your commitment to that to represent the Board and the district.

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

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DTSD Webinars: Next item, personnel resignations. Dr. Winslow. The Administration recommends the approval of the personnel resignations. May I please have a motion to approve personal resignations. So moved Justin

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DTSD Webinars: Second and Esther Hamburger, 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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DTSD Webinars: and personnel general Dr. Winslow, the Administration recommends the approval of the listed 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.

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DTSD Webinars: That concludes our new business for the evening. So, moving on to delegate reports, the Cai U report is attached. Do you have anything that you would like to add nothing specific. We had our first first meeting, I attended, and they did a really good job of going through all the different departments and what everybody does. In the minutes is the All in Newsletter which I encourage you to read as

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DTSD Webinars: Yes, this is Microsoft. So just a follow up on delegate reports. There was a a communication that came out from the Dauphin County Tax Collection Committee that was too late to be put on the agenda, so we'll have it on the agenda for next meeting. But there is a vote on the seventeenth for

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DTSD Webinars: Okay, thank you. Thank you for continuing to serve on that, and you're welcome. And the second piece is the Dauphin County Tech School will be coming up with their budget proposals shortly. We do have a meeting on Wednesday. I have not seen that budget report coming through as we talked about last year, we, instead of going with the joint committee, where everybody it brings it back to the full vote.

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DTSD Webinars: this Board will go and be the the voting members for the Board at Dolphin County tech instead of everyone submitting. Correct it. Just streamlines. People don't respond in this way. We can vote on it here and then take it back to Dolphin County Tech.

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DTSD Webinars: Great. Thank you for that.

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DTSD Webinars: I do first of all, I wanted to thank buildings and ground staff for all the work yesterday morning to get campus ready for the rest of us today they were out bright and early.

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DTSD Webinars: making sure that the the church folks upstairs were able to access their entrance and and get into the building as well as all of our parking lots and clearing everything. I personally love snow on the weekend, because I did not have to decide whether or not we were having school, but there was a whole group of our employees who were out working yesterday because there was snow on the weekend. So they did a great job, and and I very much appreciate them, making sure the rest of us are safe.

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DTSD Webinars: I know our student representatives did mention it. But I did want to emphasize that Thursday night is Pbs community night at the elementary school. It's gonna be a very fun night. We have all kinds of activities, everything from rock painting to steam lab activities, to games and puzzles, to library book reading like just you name it. There are all kinds of things that will be happening. Last year we had over 1,100 people attend, and we would love to see that kind of attendance again this year.

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DTSD Webinars: It was. It was a great night last year, and super excited about it again this year, and that does begin at 60'clock

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DTSD Webinars: and again, as the students shared, our winter sports season is well underway. I don't. I'm not gonna repeat all the things that they said, because they always do a great job with it. But I did want to say that last Friday's basketball game was super exciting. We tried hard to lose it for a minute.

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DTSD Webinars: And it's against Palmyra. So you always want to come to your against Palmyra.

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DTSD Webinars: That was my report. Thank you.

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DTSD Webinars: Thank you. I do not have a board President report this evening, so we will move to the final recognition of citizens.

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DTSD Webinars: This is another opportunity for residents and taxpayers to address the Board on matters related to the agenda or matters of district governance that were not on the agenda. 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 Board treasurer, Mr. Rizzo, to please keep time.

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DTSD Webinars: Mr. Ayella, is there anyone online who wishes to comment.

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DTSD Webinars: or anyone online? If that now is the time to raise your hand

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DTSD Webinars: Okay, is there anything else for the good of the order.

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DTSD Webinars: The next public board of Directors meeting will be held on January 20, s, 2,024, beginning 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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DTSD Webinars: So move Microsoft, second Jennifer Rehn.

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DTSD Webinars: all in favor, say, aye, aye, any opposed? Say no.

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DTSD Webinars: This meeting is adjourned at 7, 46 PM. Have a great night.