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A
Just
like
a
classroom,
the
silence
of
the
room
is
signified,
we're
ready
to
start.
So
today
we
have
our
work
session
featuring
our
colleagues
from
Arlington
Public
Schools,
with
our
present
their
proposed
budget.
Before
we
begin
with
that,
we
were
going
to
have
some
presentations
and
discussion
with
the
team
Network
board,
as
well
as
the
partnership
for
children,
youth
and
families.
So,
as
most
people
know,
spring
break
has
officially
started
at
the
conclusion
of
the
school
day.
A
B
A
A
C
D
My
name
is
Mark
Maguire
I'm,
a
freshman
at
Wakefield,
high
school
and
I've
only
been
on
it
for
a
year,
but
so
far
it's
a
great
experience
and
I,
like
all
the
friends
I've
met
and
the
changes
we've
made.
So
since
the
last
time
we
went
before
either
board,
we
have
noticed
that
there
are
newly
elected
members
of
each,
so
we
will
just
share
a
little
bit
about
who
tnb
is
the
Teen.
Network
board
is
a
fully
functioning
Commission
in
the
counties.
D
Commission
structure,
the
Arlington
partnership
for
children,
youth
and
families
is
our
companion
organization
from
which
we
draw
our
information
and
data
sources.
We
work
closely
with
the
partnership
and
many
county
and
community
adult
led
organizations
by
providing
youth
liaisons
for
their
work.
We
also
have
many
partnerships
with
other
youth
serving
organizations
locally,
including
those
made
through
our
national
affiliations.
The
TMB
has
the
honor
of
developing
and
promoting
the
canoe,
the
community
youth
engagement
model
in
our
efforts
to
be
the
voice
for
youth
and
teens
in
our
community.
D
C
Arlington
T
Network
board
has
four
subcommittees
that
are
derived
from
the
school
report
cards
published
by
the
Arlington
partnership
for
children
and
youth
and
families
other
other
known
as
ap
cyf.
Based
on
the
results
of
the
surveys
we
use
to
put
together
the
2019
community
report
card
and
the
new
your
voice
matters,
data,
the
the
T
Network
board
chooses
which
issues
to
recommend
our
subcommittees
will
focus
on
the
four
committees
of
2018-2019,
our
communications,
drug
and
alcohol
prevention,
volunteer
internships,
community
service
and
employment,
other
known,
as
vice,
and
peer
to
peer
relationships.
C
D
Peer
to
peer
relationship
subcommittee,
which
I'm
actually
a
part
of
centers
around
creating
healthy
relationships
between
youth
and
educating
them
about
the
mental
health
and
the
impact
that
they
can
have
on
the
healthy
growth
and
development
through
prevention
campaigns.
This
committee
plays
an
active
role
in
the
annual
out-of-school
time
conference
and
have
prepared
several
presentations
for
the
conference,
starting
at
2015
and
continuing
to
do
so.
They
are
also
heavily
involved
in
the
conference
planning.
This
year
we
have
asked
to
incorporate
the
work
of
HRT
healthy
relationship
task
force
of
project
peace.
D
C
Next
committee
that
we
have
is
the
volunteer
internships,
community
service
and
employment.
The
subcommittee
serves
research
and
propose
and
implement
opportunities
in
those
four
areas.
In
particular,
these
response
we
are
responsible
for
the
annual
teen
teen
volunteer,
fair,
where
different
organizations
come
out
and
have
a
chance
to
speak
out
with
the
with
fellow
teens
in
the
community
and
give
them
an
opportunity
to
volunteer
another
project.
We
have
is
identifying
opportunity
employments,
we
have
a
project
that
is
known
as
beat,
which
is
businesses
that
employ
Arlington
teens,
that
currently
it's
on
the
second
year
and
happening.
D
Okay,
so
the
communications
subcommittee
has
extended
the
T
Network
boards
amount
of
community
outreach,
so
they're
kind
of
our
social
social
media
and
they
log
all
of
our
hours.
Our
statistics
this
year
has
shown
that
we
have
hit
a
new
high
of
one
hundred
forty
two
thousand
two
hundred
and
ninety
visits
to
the
Arlington
teens
comm
website.
Our
website
is
a
comprehensive
view
of
information
and
resources
for
our
peers.
We
also
are
active
on
Facebook
snapchat,
Twitter,
Instagram
and
YouTube.
The.
C
Drug
and
alcohol
prevention
subcommittee
has
increased
its
presence
in
the
middle
schools
in
Arlington
Arlington,
with
the
mythbusters'
event,
a
program
that
debunk
myths
about
high
school
to
middle
schoolers
during
their
transition
to
high
school.
We
also
had
a
record
amount
of
students
participate
in
an
annual
event.
That's
nationally
a
that's.
A
national
campaign
called
sticker
shock
where
we
go
into
stories
and
we
play
stickers
telling
stories
that
they
don't
participate
in
the
illegal
selling
legal
purchases
of
alcohol
for
minors.
The
members
of
these
committees
attend
to
national
substance,
substant
prevention
conferences
in
2018-2019
seasons.
C
D
D
In
reviewing
our
current
budget,
it
is
important
to
once
again
strongly
suggest
the
increase
of
psychologists
and
social
workers
not
to
be
postponed
and
to
be
fully
funded,
given
the
current
unrestrained,
detached
emotionally
charged
climate
of
our
nation,
our
peers
need
all
the
emotional
and
social
support
available.
Psychologists
have
become
an
important
outlet
that
others
cannot
fill.
Counselors
are
often
busy
with
schedules
and
other
meetings
and
the
need
and
the
need
for
other
options
available
for
help
is
crucial
for
the
well-being
of
youth.
D
C
The
county's
new
focus
on
equity
and
community
conditions,
it's
important
to
remain
the
work
that
is
contributed
with
the
equity
and
excellence
counselors
in
each
of
the
high
schools,
because
they're
very
important
in
our
lives
to
recognize
the
work
of
the
destination
20:27
committee
and
anticipate
incorporating
the
data
to
guide
the
work
of
T
Network
T
Network
board
in
the
future.
Our
new
data
has
provided
us
with
information
about
our
LGBTQ
peers
and
we'll
be
addressing
those
issues.
D
It
is
clear
that
many
programs
in
their
funding
have
decreased
over
the
last
two
years
or
will
be
in
the
future
and
will
affect
the
ability
to
privacy's
at
the
federal
level
that
impacts
us
on
the
local
level.
However,
given
that,
given
what
has
been
presented
by
the
partnership
and
the
team
Network
board,
we
ask
that
you
find
a
way
to
preserve
and
increase
our
local
funding
to
avoid
negative
impacts
to
our
youth.
We'd.
Also.
C
Like
to
acknowledge
our
appreciation
of
chair
Christian
Dorsey,
vice
chair
Libby
gravy
and
member
Katie
crystal
for
their
continued
support
and
interest
in
the
work
of
the
T
Network
board,
with
their
support,
we
have
thrived
in
promoting
our
mission
of
youth
leadership,
advocacy
and
community
service.
We
look
forward
to
working
with
the
entire
county
board
in
the
future.
We
anticipate
a
more
impactful
relationship
with
the
school
board
in
the
future
and
look
forward
to
working
with
them
as
well
again
on
behalf
of
the
entire
T
Network
board
and
our
youth
outreach
coordinator,
Siobhan
Grayson.
C
A
Thank
you
very
much,
miss
Melendez
and
mr.
McGuire
very,
very
effective
presentation,
and
we
very
much
appreciate
the
comments
that
you
made
about
the
budget
items
that
are
part
of
the
APS
budget,
which
will
be
a
part
of
our
discussion
a
little
bit
later.
So
while
we
have
you-
and
we
do
want
to
make
sure
we
get
you
out
as
quickly
as
possible,
but
we
do
have
some
time
for
conversation
from
members
of
the
respective
boards.
A
We
have
from
the
school
board
member
Van
Doren
member
Cannon
and
member
O'grady
attending
along
with
Vice
Chair
talento
and
chair
Goldstein,
and
for
the
County
Board.
We
have
members
the
Ferranti
and
guts
all
attending
in
person.
We
have
member
Katie
crystal
on
the
phone
and
vice
chair
Garvey
and
chair
Dorsey
and
person.
So
discussion
is
with
us
any
questions
for
our
teen
Network
board,
miss
Garvey,
so.
B
I
had
one
because
I'm
realizing
and
listening
to
you
all
years
ago,
one
of
the
big
issues
was
that
there
wasn't
a
place
for
like
kids
to
just
hang
teenagers.
You
know
they
could
be
at
school
or
home,
but
there
wasn't
a
place
to
just
kind
of
hang
and
we
kind
of
talked
about
that
and
worked
about
it.
We
didn't
get
very
far
I'm,
not
sure
there
is.
Is
that
still
a
need
that
you
all
feel
is
that
maybe,
with
these
devices
it's
different
needs
are
different.
I,
don't
know
I.
C
Feel
like
there's
different
factors
that
come
into
the
play,
with
electron
technology
being
such
a
big
factor
in
our
lives,
but
personally
I
feel
like
there's
new
career
centers
like
the
Arlington
Mill
I,
know
a
bunch
of
middle
schoolers
or
kids
who
live
on
Columbia
Pike,
go
there
and
hang
out
or
Walter
Reed
Community
Center
they
go
and
play
pool
there,
but
I
feel
like
there
should
be
updates
and
playgrounds,
sometimes
they're,
not
always
up-to-date,
sometimes
they're,
dirty
or
need
new
equipment,
especially
for
the
safety
of
the
little
young,
elementary
schoolers.
Okay,.
A
I
have
a
question
about
the
the
vaping
and
the
II
devices
that
deliver
nicotine
and
people.
My
age
remember
a
very
focused
effort
that
was
on
the
federal
level,
that
permeated
down
to
the
state
and
local
level
about
the
hazards
of
smoking
and
I'm,
wondering
if
you
see
from
your
perspective
that
there's
enough
public
information
out
there
about
the
hazards
of
vaping.
Since
you
cited
that
as
a
concern
well,.
D
There's
definitely
a
lot
of
information,
especially
throughout
schools
when
you
walk
through
on
the
walls
or
poster
boards,
but
I
think
there
could
be
a
little
bit
more
of
a
variety
of
it,
because
a
lot
of
the
information
is
a
lot
of
the
same
stuff
just
over
and
over
again.
So
a
lot
and
of
course
it
all
got
to
do
with
you
know
long
term
effects
or
short
term
effect,
but
not
a
lot
of
it
has
to
do
with
how
it
could
have
affected
relationship
or
how
it
could
affect
friendships.
D
E
A
E
C
C
Way
we
do
Instagram
snapchat
Twitter,
you
can
find
us
at.
You
can
ask
us
what
our
handles
are,
but
since
we
do
a
lot
of
in
school
tabling
events,
they
usually
come
and
pull
us
aside
or
ask
us:
usually
our
members
bring
their
own
friends,
so
it
grows
itself,
but
Arlington
to
network
board
does
allow
freshman
to
senior
year,
but
it
doesn't
if
a
middle
school
wants
to
help
us
out.
That
is
totally
welcome.
C
F
You
for
the
excellent
report
and
I
appreciated
hearing
about
all
the
work
that
you're
doing
and
I'm
grateful
that
you
are
addressing
some
of
the
issues
that
may
come
up
in
our
conversation.
They
did
this
afternoon
budget
discussions.
I
wanted
to
ask
you
about
your
focus
on
mental
health.
I
really
appreciate
that
work.
I
know
that
that
is
something
our
youth
really
need.
F
Support
with
and
I
was
curious
if
you
had
been
discussing
in
your
meetings
or
if
eating
disorders
had
come
about
their
southern
killer,
their
lifelong
disease,
and
it
is
a
mental
health
illness
and
a
lot
of
people
do
not
recognize
that
it's
a
mental
health
and
food
is
a
tool
versus
it
being
something
that
is
just
food
based
and
it's
hard
to
talk
about.
So
I
was
curious
if
you
had
had
any
work
on
that.
F
Is
it
something
that
you're
looking
in
in
the
work
that
you're
doing
I
noticed
that
focus
on
the
LGBTQ
peers,
which
is
excellent
because
I
know
they
are
a
vulnerable
demographic
group
and
we're
working
hard
to
make
sure
they're
welcome
in
our
community.
But
I
was
curious
about
the
other
mental
health.
D
So
not
from
what
I
know
of
we
haven't
spoke
of
it
exclusively,
but
we
do
especially
with
peer-to-peer,
have
a
lot
of.
We
do
have
a
few
events
coming
up
where
it,
basically,
it
helps
kids
be
able
to
not
be
so
afraid
to
talk
about
their
mental
health
issues
and
to
not
be
afraid
to
just
ask
for
help
like
seize
the
awkward.
D
C
G
Until
on
toes
point
and
I'm
gonna,
ask
you
guys,
but
I
think
the
partnership
chair
is
coming
up
to
present.
Next
just
is
that
correct?
They
may
have
the
answer,
but
I
want
to
ask
it
now,
which
is
to
confirm
I,
believe
it's
the
case
that
in
the
youth
risk
behavior
survey
or
some
of
our
newer
surveys,
we've
added
questions
about
LGBTQ
that
maybe
weren't
on
the
surveys
before
and
that
we're
now
able
to
notice
some
things
or
say
some
things
about
that
group
that
we
weren't
before
do
you
know
anything
about
that?
G
A
H
I'm
glad
you
the
statistic
about
8th
10th
and
12th
graders
and
46%
of
female
students
feeling
being
harassed.
That's
very
concerning
there
was
a
course
an
event
this
week
that
a
Washington
and
Lee's
students
spoke
at
I'm,
just
wondering
at
each
of
your
schools
and
with
what
you're
working
on
has
have
you
thought
at
all
about
how,
in
light
of
these
statistics,
there
might
be
ways
to
move
healthy
relationships,
and
this
concern
up
in
your
priorities,
because
this
is
just
such
such
a
critical
issue.
I
think
actually.
C
I
You
thank
you
for
your
wonderful
presentation
and
for
concentrating
on
so
many
things
that
our
students
are
dealing
with
and
and
being
their
voice
here
today.
One
of
the
things
that
we're
talking
about
doing
in
the
future
is
potentially
a
pilot
for
our
students.
Instead
of
riding
school
buses
to
school,
some
of
them
potentially
being
able
to
catch
the
art,
bus
to
school
and
I,
didn't
know
whether
or
not
you
feel
as
though
or
maybe
even
speak
about
with
your
students,
whether
or
not
that
is
something
that
would
be
of
interest
for
students
are.
C
We
talking
about
incorporating,
like
students,
have
to
pay
for
the
art
bus
to
go
to
school,
or
is
it
a
partnership
between
the
county
in
the
school
because
I
think
that
could
be
a
definite
like
layer
of
whether
or
not
some
students
can't
afford
the
bus
every
day.
I
know
in
some
I
went
to
Kenmore
and
I
know
there
wasn't
a
school
bus
around
along
Columbia,
Pike
or
yellow
Park
or
Tiger
Tyrol
Hill
and
students
would
take
the
art,
bus
and
I
feel
like
there's.
There
there's
a
community
of
students
that
are
interested
in
that.
C
They
live
in
Halloween
Yorktown
and
there
wakefield
or
they
live
in
vice
versa,
and
I
think
it
just
very
depends-
and
you
have
to
look
at
the
demographics
of
where
the
students
are
going
and
whether
or
not
the
art
bus
has
enough
buses
and
if
that's
gonna
have
an
effect
with
the
community
and
having
two
hundred
kids
going
on
bus
for
fourteen
and
not
a
lot
and
letting
a
person
who
needs
to
get
their
job
at
8:15.
So
there's
a
lot
of
factors
and
that's
my
opinion
than
that.
A
E
To
pick
my
job
first,
because
that
was
such
an
insightful
response,
you
have
no
idea,
you
do
have
idea.
I
don't
have
to
tell
you
have
no
idea
that
that
really
was
a
fantastic
response
and
it
gets
to
the
heart
of
all
the
issues
that
were
grappling
with.
And
yes,
if
you're
interested
in
further
committing
yourself
to
service
to
the
community,
we
will
certainly
find
out
find
a
role
for
for
you
or
a
designee.
Thank
you.
A
J
Thank
you
so
much.
Thank
you
so
much
for
a
Teen
Network
for
leaders
for
really
a
thoughtful
presentation,
as
well
as
first
min
of
your
comments
and
writings.
So
we
could
follow
up
on
them
really
delighted
to
see
the
good
work
of
the
tnb
this
year
and
appreciate
your
specific
recommendation.
I'd
like
to
follow
up
actually
on
a
line
of
questioning.
Mr.
J
differenty
was
starting
now
and
I
know
that
the
teen
network
board
is
only
just
now
formally
incorporating
the
work
of
the
healthy
relationships
task
force,
which
is
a
fantastic
move
or
the
structure
of
the
two
entities
and
I
know.
There's
been
a
lot
of
overlap
and
the
people
already
recognizing
that
you're
only
just
sort
of
at
the
beginning
of
that
effort.
J
I
wonder
if
I
representatives
might
be
able
to
share
with
us,
even
in
a
doodler
observational
comment
on
whether
our
students,
especially
our
secondary
students,
are
more
likely
in
your
experience
to
be
taking
advantage
of
resources
for
reporting
and
getting
some
after
incidents
of
sexual
assault
or
even
intimate
partner.
Violence.
I
ask
because
our
board
is
considering
request
from
our
provider
of
accompaniment
crisis,
accompaniment
services
and
counseling
services
after
having
seen
a
1400
percent
increase
in
accompaniment,
for
example,
after
sexual
assault.
J
C
With
the
data
we're
not
so
keen
on
that,
but
as
I
I,
my
opinions
on
HRT
I
feel
like
it's
a
great
way
as
being
a
part
since
we're
very
incorporated
in
Arlington,
not
only
with
high
schoolers
middle
schoolers.
Elementary
schoolers,
so
it'd
be
a
great
opportunity
to
tackle
those
issues.
Student
on
student
child
as
child
to
you
on
teen
on
a
more
personal
level.
C
B
D
I'm
gonna
have
to
go
with
probably
balancing
sports
and
school
also
having
to
balance
just
friendships
and
if
we
take
it
into
even
you
know
when
it
comes
to
drug
issues
that
within
schools
it
can
get
hard.
If
you
have
a
friend
who
happened
to
do
something
that
wasn't
necessarily
good,
it's
hard
to
kind
of
leave
them.
So
I
can
put
some
stress
on
you
be
like
hey.
D
You
know
this
is
a
good
guy,
but
he
did
something
that
I
don't
want
that
in
my
life,
that's
a
big
stress,
again
school
balancing
school
with
other
things
personally,
I'm
involved
in
Sea
Cadets,
with
a
team
over
a
division
down
at
the
Navy
Yard
I'm.
Also
in
T&B
I
play
varsity
lacrosse
and
currently
thankfully
I
somehow
have
always
so
it's
it
does
get
stressful.
So,
if
I
had
to
pick
one
specific
thing,
it
would
just
be
time
management
having
to
balance
out
different
activities.
I
have.
C
I
feel
like
I
feel
like
Arlington
County
has
such
great
statistics
for
kids
going
to
college
and
people
move
here
for
schools
personally,
as
a
kid
there's,
a
lot
more
stress
academically
and
being
the
top
of
your
class
being
on
being
pushed
for
AP
classes.
I
know
Washington
Lee
a
lot
of
students
transfer
for
eight
IB.
For
that
degree,
Wakefield
now
has
AP
has
an
AP
capstone
Yorktown
students
go
to
Ivy,
League's
I.
Think
that's
a
big
stress
now,
especially
with
social
media
and
a
mix
of
both,
whereas
Marshall
said
juggling
school
juggling.
B
So
on
that
one,
the
previous
two
come
from
sort
of
your
your
your
your
cohort
that
your
your
your
friends
but
the
other
maybe
comes
from
adults
in
your
lives.
Do
you
feel
a
lot
of
I
mean?
How
do
you
feel
adults
are
handling
this
pressure?
Do
you
think
you
feel
a
little
bit
to
push?
Do
you
think
it's
about
right?
What
do
you
think,
and
maybe
that's
just
person
by
person
and
not
a
general,
feel.
C
Like
as
you
get
older
as
a
high
schooler,
I,
don't
know
if
you
guys
remember
your
junior
year,
but
at
that
point
you're
kind
of
stressing
about
your
AP
exams.
Your
SATs
and
I
feel
like
I
think
that
there
needs
to
be
somewhere
or
a
counselor
in
the
school
to
help
the
transition
into
adulthood,
because
I
know
a
lot
of
kids
who
are
kind
of
lost,
who
don't
know
where
to
go
and
they
need
to
help
with
balancing
all
those
things.
That's.
A
A
K
K
K
We
want
to
thank
you
for
inviting
us
for
participating
in
the
various
work
sessions
throughout
this
process,
drawing
from
our
2019
community
report,
we
reflected
on
the
budget
and
will
be
drawing
a
lot
from
the
data
today
and
for
your
knowledge
LGB
to
is
page
38
rebecca,
is
here
with
me,
and
she
knows
everything
by
page,
it's
a
very
handy
but
anyways.
We
reflected
on
the
budget
with
our
three
priorities.
K
One
is
to
prioritize
mental
social,
emotional
well-being
of
our
youth
support
our
school
and
County's
role
in
developing
the
whole
child
and
to
promote
equity
by
addressing
disparities
and
health
and
community
conditions
identified
by
the
20
destination
2027
that
disproportionately
affect
at-risk
populations
in
our
school.
Our
letter
provides
a
little
bit
more
thorough
analysis
today,
I'll
just
highlight
some
main
concerns
or
recommendations
in
three
areas.
Our
first
area
is
echoed
from
the
T
Network
board
earlier
is
promoting
youth
mental
health
and
wellness.
The
partnership
consistently
advocates
for
student
services
addressing
mental
health.
K
Therefore,
we
have
concerns
about
postponing
the
additional
school
psychologists
and
social
workers.
As
explained
on
page
36
of
the
community
report,
one
in
three
students
in
Arlington,
High,
School,
reported
feeling
sad
or
hopeless
for
two
or
more
consecutive
weeks
during
the
prior
year.
Of
particular,
concern
is
six
percent
of
high
school
students
reported,
they
attempted
suicide
in
the
past
year.
Self-Reported
experiences
of
depression
and
thinking
about
suicide
were
higher
and
girls
in
middle
and
high
school.
K
Our
community
report
demonstrates
disparities
across
racial
groups
with
Latino
youth
reporting,
a
higher
in
of
depression
and
attempted
suicide
and
lgbtq+
youth
reporting,
higher
rates
of
depressant
symptoms,
similar
to
national
data.
Only
30%
of
Arlington
youth
report
who
are
reporting
depressive
symptoms,
said
they
received
any
help.
Black
and
Asian
students
reported
they
received
little
to
no
help.
Well,
efforts
have
been
undertaken
to
increase
staffing
ratios
for
student
services.
Our
current
ratio
of
high
schools,
school
psychologists
and
social
workers
to
students
is
1
to
1070
in
high
schools
and
1
to
1090
in
middle
schools.
K
It's
far
from
meeting
the
best
practices
or
national
recommendations
of
1
to
650
as
school
enrollment
increases
and
as
we
are
learning
more
about
the
mental
needs,
including
eating
disorders
of
our
increasingly
diverse
students.
Aps
should
be
addressing
these.
Adding
these
resources
more
aggressively,
not
less
so
another
concern
is
at-risk
populations
will
be
more
disproportionately
affected
if
the
following
positions
are
cut
elementary
school
library,
assistance,
diversity,
peer
training,
coordinators,
equity
and
excellence,
coordinators
and
special
education
coordination
time.
K
But
assessing
these
proposed
cuts
is
problematic
in
the
absence
of
performance
metrics
and
a
concrete
understanding
of
each
school's
ability
to
manage
the
workload
associated
with
these
cuts.
The
teen
network
board
strongly
advocated
for
these
coordinators
without
question,
as
explained
on
page
21,
and
as
you
guys
discussed
earlier,
our
adult
supports
are
key
factor
in
mitigating
negative
experiences
in
the
life
of
young
person.
So
we
need
to
ensure
investments
and
staff,
have
the
adequate
training,
time
and
capacity
to
build
positive,
supportive
relationships
with
our
young
people.
Over
the
last
year.
K
The
partnership
also
asks
the
county
in
the
school
to
consider
how
our
various
surveys
can
be
utilized
to
evaluate
increases
in
class
size,
particularly
among
high
risk
moving
to
our
second
area
providing
transportation
for
access
to
experience.
Your
learning
and
physical
activity.
The
following
proposed
cuts
appear
to
disproportionately
affect
at-risk
populations
and
do
not
provide
sufficient
data
nor
evidence
of
engagement
by
impacted
populations.
K
These
include
proposals
to
eliminate
summer
sports
practice,
transportation,
funding
for
discretionary
and
non-discretionary
of
field
trips,
transportation
for
middle
school
and
high
school
games
in
practice,
late
activity,
late
and
activity,
bus
service
activities
at
the
outdoor
LAN
outdoor
lab,
and
then
reductions
proposed
to
the
nature
of
center
hours
and
the
various
library
service
cuts.
Our
third
and
final
area
fostering
family
support
and
community
engagement.
We
advocate
for
continued
support
for
efforts
to
help
our
most
at-risk
families,
such
as
project
healthy
families.
K
Efforts
to
identify
best
practices
for
building
diversity
within
commissioned
membership
are
essential.
In
summary,
we
recognize
the
challenge
for
making
budget
decisions
and
addressing
a
range
of
pressing
needs.
We
encourage
both
the
county
and
school
boards
to
continue
collaborative
strategic
data,
informed
and
community
engagements
of
our
spending
cost
efficiencies
and
investments,
especially
areas
that
impact
our
children,
youth
and
families,
to
better
inform
fiscal
2021
budget
decision
making
processes.
K
We
do
recommend
that
the
school
and
county
adopt
an
overall
equity
policy
that
invests
and
also
invest
in
hiring
senior
level
equity
officers
that
are
charged
with
putting
equity
in
action
as
recommended
by
destination.
2027.
Thank
you
for
your
time
today
and
throughout
this
process
and
I
welcome
any
questions.
Dr.
A
B
Yeah
I,
you
know
I
found
I,
found
myself
fascinated
when
the
students
were
talking
about
fairfax
county,
putting
together
this
mental
health.
Alright,
are
you
doing
some?
You
know
cuz?
Are
you
doing
some
things
with
fair,
fair
or
at
least
aware
of
what's
going
on
in
fact,
cuz?
We
all
have
the
same
issues.
I
wonder
sometimes,
if
there
can
be,
I
hear.
B
K
B
K
And
Fairfax
I
mean
they're
doing
some
things
like
all
school
annual
assessments
of
mental
health.
So
there's
some
controversy
about
whether
or
not
that
should
be
done,
we're
doing
it
in
selected
grades,
not
continuing
annually,
so
I
think
you
know
bits
and
pieces
of
what
they're
doing
would
be
useful.
There
are
a
larger
system,
but
I
do
think.
Maybe
through
the
partnership
or
other
means,
we
should
invite
them
to
get
more
thorough
feedback
about
what
we
can
do.
You.
B
Know
that's
great,
thank
you
any
other
questions
or
no,
so
thank
you.
So
much
and
I'm
gonna
just
take
a
moment
of
personal
privilege
things.
You
stepped
away
from
the
mic
for
a
moment
mr.
chair,
to
recognize
Judy,
Haddon,
Judy,
Haddon
and
I
work
together
to
help
establish
the
partnership.
There
were
other
folks
too,
but
we
go
way
back
and
it's
delightful
to
see
her
here.
This
has
been
going
on
for
a
while
and
it's
kind
of
exciting
to
see
how
it
kind
of
keeps
growing
and
really
appreciate
you
coming.
B
F
F
K
Elaborate
on
the
trends
we
are
providing
new
information
on
that
it
has
it
expanded
on
the
transgender
in
particular,
but
one
thing
to
point
out,
particularly
for
our
LGBT
community,
is
they
report
adult
support
just
across
the
board,
with
our
other
teens,
so
I
think
again
when
you're
thinking
about
assets
with
that
community,
that's
a
particular
important
one,
and
then
you
had
a
question
particular
about
eating
disorders.
It's
not
picked
up
very
well
and
YRBS.
There
are
questions
than.
K
I
have
a
PhD
in
nutrition
science
I
just
know
generally
it's
a
small
community
but
an
important
community,
and
often
that
self-reported
really
well,
but
it
is
often
sometimes
the
inroads
for
that
is
thinking
through
I.
Don't
know,
Arlington
County,
but
particularly
within
within
high
schools
and
or
middle
school,
the
sports
program.
So
within
schools
and
County,
that's
often
a
good
way
to
address
it
in
terms
of
just
what's
healthy
eating
and
the
kind
of
identifying
disordered
eating
amongst
kids
well
but
yeah.
These
aren't
the
only
ones.
F
And
well,
that's
that's
a
challenge
that
we've
been
experiencing.
Is
that
a
lot
of
their
people
who
don't
have
weight
issues
grappling
with
this
and
people
who
may
not
be
athletes?
But
that
is
what
I,
what
I've
learned
and
studying
it,
because
I've
known
families
who
have
been
working
with
it
is
that
it's
something
that
goes
undetected
and
something
that
ends
up
causing
the
the
disability
of
mental
health
in
the
later
years
in
college
or
even
in
their
20s.
F
But
it's
starting
in
the
high
schools,
and
so
the
questions
on
the
youth
survey
were
not
questions.
That
would
invite
a
person
to
share
that,
and
so
that's,
how
is
asking
sometimes
youth
know
more
about
what's
happening
in
their
community
than
us
as
adults.
You
are
only
on
the
sidelines,
but
with
some
of
the
families
that
I
have
worked
with
they're
finding
out
about
this
in
ways
that
aren't
expected.
So
I
was
when
I
read
the
youth
risk
behavior
survey
last
year
and
saw
the
questions.
Those
questions
will
not
bring
that
about.
F
J
Thank
you.
No
I'm,
fine
charity
I
appreciate
it.
I
was
had
asked
a
little
bit
for
the
the
teeth
perspective
on
the
the
healthy
relationships
task
force
issue
of
whether
students
are
more
likely
to
be
availing
themselves
of
services
for
survivors
of
sexual
assault,
but
can
follow
up
separately
with
the
partnership
on
that
terrific.
A
Thank
you
very
much
all
right,
thank
you,
Sheila,
and
with
that
we
will
move
to
discussion
on
the
school
board,
which
has
had
a
very
busy
prior
24
hours
busy
week
and
finalizing
your
proposed
budget,
we're
anxious
to
hear
what
you've
come
up
with
and
I'll
turn
it
over
to
your
chair
of
the
school
board.
Reed
Goldstein
thank.
M
You
very
much
chair
Dorsey,
vice
chair,
Garvey
members
defer
on
tea
and
got
shawl
and
crystal
on
the
phone,
so
we're
delighted
to
be
here.
We've
been
looking
forward
to
this
for
even
more
than
24
hours
for
quite
a
while
to
bring
our
proposed
budget
to
you.
As
you
know,
we
just
adopted
that
proposed
budget
last
night
also
recognize
mr.
Schwartz,
the
county
manager
and
our
superintendent
dr.
Murphy.
M
Okay,
and
so
we
have
a
decent
sized
presentation,
but
I'm
gonna
try
and
run
through
it
quickly,
because
I
know
you
have
questions
and
we
also
don't
want
to.
As
you
say,
it's
the
beginning
of
spring
break,
we
don't
want
to
stay
here
all
night.
So
can
we
go
to
the
next
slide?
Please
so
first.
So
this
is
an
overview
of
the
agenda
and
then
the
next
slide,
please.
M
So
let
me
start
with
some
thank
you
is
in
first
I
want
to
thank
our
staff
and
our
community
and
our
board
member,
which
of
course,
is
all
of
our
community
and
our
board
members
who
provided
invaluable
input
to
this
budget,
all
the
way
through
the
budget
process
and
without
their
input.
This
budget
could
not
have
taken
the
shape
that
it
does.
So
it
really
is
important
to
say
that
all
of
these
inputs
from
different
people
have
a
critical
role
in
in
creating
this
budget.
M
So
next
slide
please-
and
we
want
to
say
thank
you
to
you
folks,
because
you
and
us
are
responsible
for
this
significant
situation.
We
find
ourselves
in
here
in
Arlington
County,
pretty
much
at
the
top
of
the
charts
in
almost
any
metric.
You
look
at
so
yes,
so
thank
you
for
the
focus
on
economic
development.
With
the
recent
acquisition
of
you
know,
these
commercial
entities
go
to
the
next
slide.
Please
thank
you
for
the
strong
support,
the
long
history
of
support
for
our
budgets.
M
As
you
can
see
in
this
graphic
budgets
have
been
growing,
you
will
all
been
supporting
them
over
the
years.
The
next
slide
please
and
we're
all
proud
to
be
living
in
the
best
place
in
America
and
according
to
niche,
and
also
according
to
niche
ApS
is
the
number
one
school
system
in
the
Commonwealth
of
Virginia.
So
we
want
to
say
thank
you
to
you,
folks
for
the
support
that
we've
received
as
a
result
that
results
in
you
know
some
of
these
high
rankings
for
you
and
for
us
and
going
to
the
next
slide.
M
It's
a
result
of
the
kind
of
collaboration
that
we
have
that
has
led
to
our
success
and
excellence.
Thank
you-
and
this
is
a
kind
of
a
short
list
of
the
kinds
of
collaboration
that
we
enjoy:
ApS
and
Arlington
County
government
in
a
bunch
of
different
areas.
Advisory
groups
in
the
working
collaboration,
of
course,
with
the
budget
and
the
results
of
our
joint
successes
are
that
you
know.
Arlington
County
is
a
very,
very
desirable
place
to
live.
M
Our
high
instructional
quality,
which
leads
to
high
success,
metrics
strong
community
support
for
school
funding,
for
which
we
are
profoundly
grateful
because,
as
you
know,
we
have
a
relatively
low
percentage
of
households
with
school-age
children.
Nevertheless,
they
all
have
been
strong
support
for
the
schools
and
moving
to
our
current
budget
challenges,
but
kind
of.
Paradoxically,
all
of
that
good
stuff
brings
challenges
because
people
want
to
move
here
and
they
want
to
move
here
a
little
bit
more
quickly
than
we
can
provide
permanent
seats
for
them.
M
So
our
the
recipe,
our
recipe
in
ApS
for
student
success,
is
that
we
have
low
class
sizes.
We
have
a
high
quality
staff
and
we
provide
robust
student
supports
and
we
take
great
pride
in
this,
and
the
kind
of
student
supports
that
we
have,
which
include
inclusive
opportunities
and
sorry,
inclusive
environments
and
choices
and
opportunities,
and
differentiation
in
the
classroom
and
these
this.
M
This
recipe
for
student
success
results
in
high
graduation
rates
and
low
dropout
rates
and
successful
outcomes
for
students,
whether
they
are
college
or
career,
bound
want
to
make
sure
everybody
knows
and
understands
this
and
sees
it.
And
it's
probably
not
the
last
time,
you're
going
to
see
this
in
this
presentation.
But
this
graph.
M
So
last
year
year
before
last,
in
2017
we
broke
the
record
for
the
most
ApS
students
ever,
which
includes
the
baby
boom
years
following
World
War
two
and
it's
just
been
going
up
relentlessly
since
then
and
interestingly,
our
cost
per
pupil
has
not
been
going
up
at
the
same
rate
that
our
enrollments
going
up
so
I
cost
per
pupil
line.
Is
you
know
relatively
flat
there
on
the
bottom,
the
black
line
on
the
bottom
and
that
red
line
on
top
is
the
enrollment.
M
Cost
per
pupil
adjusted
for
inflation
and
if
you
start
with
that
far
left
figure
in
FY,
oh
nine,
nineteen
thousand
five
hundred
thirty-eight
dollars
and
you
adjusted
it
for
inflation.
Then,
when
you
get
out
to
fiscal
2020
at
the
far
right,
you
would
expect
us
to
be
spending
twenty
three
thousand
seven
hundred
forty-seven
dollars
per
student,
but
in
fact
we're
spending.
M
I
also
want
to
point
out
that
we
tightened
the
belt.
Last
year
we
took
reductions
in
fees,
reductions
or
fee
increases
of
eleven
point:
four
million
that
included
changes
in
the
planning
factors.
We
partially
postponed
growth
initiatives
like
a
three-year
increase
of
psychologists
and
social
workers.
M
This
was
done
last
year
we
eliminated
some
benefits
like
parental
leave
and
the
live
where
you
work
program
and
cellular
services,
and
next
slide,
please
and
so
getting
on
the
budget
journey
that
has
brought
us
to
this
place.
Today
we
started
planning
this
budget
last
spring.
Probably
you
know.
Almost
the
day
after
the
last
budget
was
adopted,
we
started
with
initial
deficit
of
43
million
dollars.
We
pulled
together
our
team
of
senior
leaders
and
principals
who
work
to
find
reductions.
We
balanced,
we
did
a
very
robust
and
significant
balancing
act.
M
We
tried
to
look
for
items
to
reduce,
to
find
items
that
we
could
find
reductions
in
that
went
beyond
the
standards
of
quality
standards
of
quality.
Of
course,
you
know
require
you
know
that
there
be
a
teacher
in
front
of
a
classroom
and
things
like
that,
but
there
are
other
parts
of
the
school
systems
budget
and
that's
where
we
looked
to
find
reductions
and
the
superintendent's
proposed
budget
reflected
this
kind
of
work
and
the
shortfall
was
pared
down
to
just
under
20
million
dollars
before
we
then
took
some
reductions.
M
M
We
built
the
budget,
starting
with
expenditures
that
in
many
cases,
are
unique.
So
we
are
opening
five
new
schools
or
programs.
This
fall
to
brand
new
new
construction
buildings,
one
significant
addition
building
with
significant
additions
and
movement
of
program.
In
one
case
and
opening
of
a
new
neighborhood
school
in
the
5th
case,
we
are
projecting
an
additional
1,000
students
in
September.
This
is,
after
we
say
goodbye
to
approximately
1,800
seniors
in
June
this
year.
M
M
Moving
to
I
think
I
mentioned
this
tonight.
The
compensation
increase.
This
is
in
line
with
our
strategic
plan
goal
of
having
an
engaged
workforce.
We
need
to
recruit
and
retain
a
high
quality
staff.
This
is
instrumental
to
our
attractiveness
here
in
Arlington
Public
Schools.
There
is
a
national
teacher
shortage
and
we
had
been
largely
insulated
from
it
at
first,
but
now
we're
finding
that
it
is
affecting
us,
it's
probably
not
affecting
us
as
badly
as
some
other
jurisdictions
nationwide,
but
it
is
starting
to
affect
us.
M
So
I
heard
an
example
from
our
recent
recruitment
Fair,
which
was
about
three
weeks
ago,
and
we
were
looking
for
certain
specialty
skills
and
we
were
prepared
to
offer
early
contracts
for
those
specialty
skills
and
we
found
for
people
with
these
specialty
skills.
Two
of
them
were
bilingual
and
we
offered
them
early
contracts
and
all
four
of
them
turned
us
down,
because
the
salary
level
was
not
adequate.
Now
we're
not
just
in
this
case.
M
These
were
speech
and
language,
pathologists
and
we're
not
just
competing
with
surrounding
jurisdictions,
although
we
are
competing
with
surrounding
jurisdictions,
but
not
exclusively.
In
that
case,
we're
also
competing
with
the
healthcare
industry,
but
competition
is
competition
and
we
need
those
skills
also,
and
you
know,
surrounding
jurisdictions,
have
caught
up
to
and
surpassed
ApS
pay
steps.
M
In
many
cases
we
used
to
be
on
top
in
many
many
of
the
step
scale
steps
a
lot
of
the
surrounding
jurisdictions
have
figured
out
the
magic
formula
now
and
I
need
to
point
out
that
every
year
we
have
a
step
increase.
That
by
policy
is
built
into
the
superintendent's
proposed
budget,
but
we
don't
have
a
decision
yet
on
the
exact
configuration
of
the
compensation
package
and
we're
waiting
to
see
what
you
all
do
on
April
23rd
and
after
that,
we'll
make
that
final
decision.
M
We
used
reserves
our
strategic
use
of
reserves
to
help
bring
our
budget
into
line
to
a
point
where
we
have
now
this.
You
know
much
smaller
gap
that
we,
we
all
feel
we
can
stand
behind
and
use
of
our
reserves
was
critical
in
building
this
budget
and,
as
you
can
see,
we
started
51
million
dollars
in
total
set
of
reserves,
although
some
of
it
was
already
earmarked.
M
You
know
our
capital
reserve
was
earmarked
from
our
recent
CIP
and
after
we
use
these
reserves
were
down
to
4.8
million
and
typically
take
opportunities
of
closeout
and
things
like
that
to
refill
that.
But
without
those
reserves
we
would
be
in
a
different
place
right
now,
and
then
we
took
sorry
yeah.
Thank
you.
We
took
reductions
to
close
the
gap.
M
Reductions
were
built
into
the
superintendent's
proposed
budget
on
increase
in
class
size.
This
was
also
in
the
budget.
Last
year,
we
managed
to
postpone
that
increase
in
class
size
by
the
use
of
one-time
funds,
but
it
is
in
this
is
a
reduction
that
is
in
our
proposed
budget.
This
year,
benefits
changes,
efficiencies
and
Dept
of
teaching
and
learning,
and
all
of
these
things,
this
10.1
million
dollars
has
already
built
in
to
the
budget
that
that
you
will
see
that
we're
presenting
here
and
then
last
night.
M
M
M
This
is
part
of
our
strategic
plan
goal
partnerships,
strong,
a
mutually
supportive
partnerships
or
hiring
a
partnership
coordinator,
and
we've
also
invested
in
some
studies,
compensation
studies,
budget
studies
to
rationalize
and
reconfigure,
some
of
our
compensation,
potentially
and,
of
course,
the
art
bus
pilot
that
has
been
referred
to
earlier
this
evening
that
we
are
funding
in
order
to
try
and
get
that
up
and
running
at
the
beginning
of
the
next
school
year.
So,
in
short,
the
school
board's
proposed
budget
is
found
here
on
this
slide.
M
Superintendent's
proposed
budget
was
672
million.
Our
spring
update,
provided
some
savings
of
almost
two
million
school
board,
took
some
reductions
of
1.2
million
and
then
added
some
about
0.77
mm,
and
we
have
come
out
with
a
proposed
budget
of
six
hundred
and
sixty
nine
million
six.
Sixty
nine
point:
three
I
don't
have
the
exact
number
right
here,
which
includes
a
gap
of
six
point,
eight
million
that
we
are
going
to
ask
you
to
close.
M
So
finally,
we
want
to
maintain
our
tradition
of
excellence
and
when
I
say
our
I
mean
both
APs
and
Arlington
County
and
so
for
a
fully
funded
budget.
I
think
we
saw
this
slide
before
expenditures
of
almost
six
hundred
and
seventy
million
against
revenues
of
662
million
leaves
a
gap
of
six
point.
Eight,
so
we're
presenting
a
fully
funded
budget
that
represents
efficiencies
in
operations.
M
M
We
continue
to
invest
in
high
quality
employees,
and
maybe
the
most
significant
of
key
takeaways
is
that
a
strong
partnership
between
the
county
government
and
the
school
system
is
essential
for
all
of
our
continued
success
and
again
it's
nice
to
be
living
in
the
best
place
in
America
the
best
school
system
in
the
Commonwealth,
and
that
is
the
end
of
our
presentation.
I
shall
turn
it
back
over
to
you,
Jared
Dorsey
and
we're
happy
to
entertain
questions.
Terrific.
A
Thank
You,
chair
Goldstein,
and
in
the
spirit
of
the
gratitude
that
you
expressed,
let
us
express
our
gratitude
for
walking
us
through
it
I
think
that
was
very
helpful
in
helping
us
understand
what
you're
trying
to
accomplish
this
budget
and
how
it's
evolved
in
some
of
the
difficult
choices,
trade-offs
and
conversations
that
you've
had
to
make.
So
we
very
much
appreciate
that
this
is
always
an
interesting
construct.
A
You
all,
as
an
independent
autonomous
body,
have
the
ability
to
determine
what
to
do
with
whatever
transfer
this
board
constructs
as
far
as
what
we're
gonna
give
to
you.
However,
we
have
this
forum,
where
the
questions
that
we
ask,
may
you
know,
appear
to
encroach
on
your
turf.
We
don't
do
so
intentionally,
it's
just
a
further
and
better
our
understanding
about
what
what
you're
trying
to
accomplish
since
we
all
are
extremely
interested,
and
some
of
us
are
acutely
involved
in
the
work
that
you
do
on
a
daily
basis.
A
J
J
A
J
A
A
Now
you
know
and
I
appreciate
your
your
point
or
the
point
that
I
took
that
the
school
board
has
been
very
careful
to
control
the
growth
of
per-pupil
spending
over
the
years,
but
I
just
do
want
to
make
clear
at
least
my
own
perspective,
that
per
pupil
spending
shouldn't
ever
adjust.
Naturally
with
inflation.
That's
not
the
way.
A
We
would
expect
that
to
work
in
any
world,
so
I
think
your
point
is
well-taken
that
the
school
board
has
taken
steps
to
control
it,
but
that's
one
of
those
things
that
should
not
necessarily
have
a
direct
relationship
with
inflation.
More
to
my
point,
the
question
is
actually
something
about
the
other
factors
beyond
our
local
transfer.
A
That
influence
that
and
specifically
Arlington,
is
among
the
among
the
it's
probably
you
know
one
or
two
jurisdictions
at
most
in
the
Commonwealth
of
Virginia
that
receive
a
lower
state
allotment
in
per
pupil
spending
and
when
it
comes
to
federal
spending
as
well,
we're
certainly
not
in
a
favorable
percentile
as
well.
So
what
are
all
the
factors
that
influence
the
relative
low
numbers
and
per
pupil
spending
that
we
get
from
sources
outside
of
the
local
transfer.
M
Thank
you,
I'm
gonna
make
introduce
my
team
of
technical
experts
here,
who
are
probably
gonna,
be
answering
many
of
your
questions
so,
as
I
mentioned,
dr.
Murphy,
the
superintendent
but
also
assistant,
superintendent,
Leslie
Peterson
from
management
and
finance
and
I
think
that
question
could
probably
go
to
her
for
a
more
detailed
answer
than
I
could
give,
and
we
do
have
other
of
the
senior
staff
in
the
room
who
may
be
available
to
answer
your
questions.
So
let
me
ask
Leslie
if
she
can
shed
some
light
on
your
question.
Thank
you.
L
Allocations
for
funding
is
that
they
do
it
based
on
the
localities,
a
measure
of
the
localities
wealth
and
to
the
state.
Our
County
is
a
very
wealthy,
County
I
think
anybody
in
this
county
would
believe
that
so
they
cap
the
amount
of
money
that
they
they
allocate
to
school
divisions
that
they
find
have
large
measure
of
wealth.
L
A
You
Miss
Pearson,
that's
one
of
the
things.
I
always
thought
you
know
that
composite
index
and
Arlington's
relative
affluence.
But
then,
when
I
looked
at
the
data
and
relative
rankings
per
pupil,
I
saw
organizations
similarly
situated
in
a
unfavorable
position
like
Bath
County
and
Goochland
County,
and
while
those
are
great
counties
in
the
Commonwealth,
they
are
nowhere
near
Arlington's
level
of
affluence.
H
The
much
debated
topic
of
enrollment
growth
and
I
just
want
to
make
sure
I
understand.
Cuz
you
mentioned
a
thousand
students
is
the
projected
growth
for
next
year
and
I
know
there
are
both
the
county
and
ApS
staff
are
working
more
closely
together
than
ever
on
this,
but
am
I
right
that
were
the
past
year
we
saw
a
growth
of
about
four
hundred
and
about
five
hundred
students,
and
my
recollection
is
that
that
may
be
a
little
lower
than
we
had
thought.
H
M
N
So
the
number
is
accurate.
Your
your
caption
I
think
the
big
pieces
this
year
we've
been
working
really
hard
to
build
off
of
what
came
out
of
the
community
facility
study.
We
had
an
external
consultant
help
us
look
at
that
information
and
you
know
sort
of
point
out
some
areas
where
we
needed
to
improve
on
sort
of
our
data
sharing
and
what
we
were
doing
this
year.
We
really
double
down
on
how
we
went
through
the
process.
N
We
had
multiple
people
running
the
data
independently,
confirming
that
they
got
the
same
information
and
when
they
didn't,
we
actually
worked
with
the
consultant
to
make
sure
that
the
processes
were
using.
We
we
took
the
best
path.
We
did
multiple
scenarios
that
sort
of
looked
at
high
mediums
and
lows
based
on
the
long
term
projections
for
new
it
students
born
to
mothers.
You
know
our
heart
our
hardest.
To
estimate
portion
of
the
projections
is
our
kindergarten
population,
because
until
they
enroll
in
our
schools
we
don't
know
who
they
are
or
where
they
live.
N
You
know
so
sometimes
they're
off
by
one
or
two
kindergarten
classes
at
each
school,
but
in
working
with
the
county,
we're
using
their
their
projections
and
forecasts
for
mothers
of
childbearing
age
from
five
to
ten
years.
The
five
to
ten
year
projections
I
think
the
bigger
piece
too,
is
we're
also
really
closely
working
with
the
the
forecast
for
housing
which
we're
seeing
you
know,
I
think
we're
beginning
to
see
a
lot
more
on
things
happening
quicker
than
we
probably
were
a
couple
years
ago.
Great.
E
Thank
You
mr.
chair
I
have
a
quick
follow-up
to
this
line
and
it's
very
encouraging
to
know
that
our
staffs
are
collaborating
so
that
we
are
getting
hopefully
a
little
bit
more
fidelity
to
the
projections,
but
no
matter
what
we
do
in
terms
of
more
input
into
the
models.
There's
always
variability
that
nobody
at
this
table
we
can
influence,
but
we
cannot
control
what
what's
gonna
happen
precisely
in
the
future.
E
Who's
gonna
have
choose
to
have
kids
who's
gonna
choose
to
stay
where
in
the
county,
as
they
have
kids
who's
gonna
move
into
the
county,
so
there's
the
housing
that
comes
into
it,
of
course.
So
it's
good
that
we
are
collaborating
this,
but
I
would
just
encourage
and
I
think
this
goes
frankly
for
its.
This
is
more
of
a
comment
than
a
question
that
when
we're,
whenever
we
look
at
these
projections
into
the
out
years,
you
you
talk
to
miss
thing
about
running
the
high
medium
low.
That
I
would
prefer
to
actually
see
some
rain.
E
Some
high
medium
low
out
there
because
I
think
it's
important
that
anyone
else
who
might
come
across
this
data
understands
that
there
is
variability
here
and
that
we
need
to
were
planning
hopefully
to
make
sure
as
I
always
say,
I
hate
to
use
the
the
moniker.
You
know
hope
for
the
best
plan
for
the
worst,
because
to
me,
a
burgeoning
school
system
is
actually
not
a
worst-case
scenario.
That's
a
sign
of
a
great
healthy
community.
E
We
do
have
to
be
able
to
respond
for
that,
but
nonetheless,
I
would
say
that
we
want
to
make
sure
that
we
have
planning-
and
we
have
some
framework
in
place
to
make
sure
that
we
will
have
the
schools
and
the
seats
for.
However,
many
kids
we're
gonna
have
on
into
these
out
years,
and
the
interesting
thing
for
me
is
when
you
go
back
and
you
look
at
the
start
of
the
uptick
there
in
2007-2008.
E
If
you
really
graphed
that
out
now
it's
it
seems
to
the
naked
eye
here
at
this
resolution,
nearly
a
straight
to
a
you
know
a
straight
line
projection
on
out
and
if
we
were
to
continue
that
line,
we
would
be
looking
at
within
certainly
the
time
period
that
that
I
feel
responsible
for
planning.
Today,
we
would
be
looking
at
its
continued
significant
growth
in
the
school,
so
all
of
that
is
is
really
just
by
way
of
saying.
E
B
Thank
you.
There
was
a
great
presentation
read.
It
was
good
yeah.
It
was
very
thorough
and
kind
of
to
the
point
and
I
really
appreciate
it
and
wandering
thank
yous.
You
know
you
noted
you
thanked
us
for
bringing
you
know
Nestle
and
Amazon,
and
you
might
it
really
is
a
group
and
a
particular
in
Amazon
I
know
your
school
staff
worked
really
really
hard.
There
was
a
lot
of
effort
there
and
it
really
was
a
team
effort
which
really
succeeded
quite
a
bit
so
I
think
we've
we've
been
working
really
well
together.
B
Buildings
I
hear
people
saying
particularly
the
the
one
across
this
to
cross
on
Wilson
everybody's,
just
saying
how
gorgeous
that
is.
You
know
it's
a
it's
really
they're,
really
beautiful.
So
thank
you
for
that.
I
think
you
guys
are
doing
a
great
job.
I
want
to
check
something
on
the.
If
we,
if
we
fund
that
six
point
eight
gap,
that
will
mean
you
don't
have
to
take
the
tier
two
cuts
right.
We've
all
heard
a
lot
about
field
trips
and
minority
achievement.
B
M
There's
been
a
lot
of
confusion
about
the
the
tier
cuts.
They
are
not
officially
part
of
the
budget
in
that
they
do
not
affect
the
bottom
line.
They
are
recommendations
by
the
superintendent
that
if
we
don't
get
the
gap
closed
and
that
gap
originally
was
eight
point.
Nine
million
and
those
tier
two
cuts
total
eight
point:
nine
million.
If
we
don't
get
that
gap
closed,
those
were
his
suggestions
about
places
we
could
reduce
to.
You
know
close
that
gap
ourselves
we're
not
at
eight
point
nine
million
anymore,
but
to
your
question
that
is
correct.
A
Yes,
no
just
because
I
do
think
the
the
cuts,
as
you
have
outlined
them
that
were
negotiated
or
that
were
displayed
in
tears.
That's
one
option
that
you
all
as
a
board
could
could
follow.
You
could
also
make
adjustments
within
what's
described
in
those
tears,
so,
instead
of
taking
all
of
a
particular
cut,
you
could
take
some.
You
could
design
things
differently,
so
what
people
have
seen
listed
could,
in
fact,
regardless
of
the
transfer
amount,
be
different
than
what
you
all
eventually
adopt
in
May.
That's.
M
M
M
M
A
The
reason
we're
building
the
Socratic
questioning
is
you
just
want
to
make
clear
to
our
community.
Ultimately
authority
for
this
budget
rests
with
you.
You
could
determine,
regardless
of
what
level
of
funding
that
we
give
you
to
make
further
adjustments
in
program
and
service
delivery
that
could
reflect
what
people
are
viewing
as
tier
cuts.
That's
still
your
prerogative
right.
Thank.
B
You
thank
you
good
clarification,
because
I
think
it
is
important
cuz,
a
lot
of
people
are,
you
know,
obviously
focusing
on
this.
I
want
to
say,
I'm,
pleased
that
you've
left
in
a
number
of
studies
and
looking
to
the
future
and
needing
to
do
some
planning
that,
of
course,
I
think
studies
could
be
one-time
money.
We
always
get
into
this
one
time
and
ongoing.
So
that's
that's
great
and
I.
B
M
B
H
Being
that
honest,
but
I
do
think
it's
I
want
to
if
you,
if
any
of
you
have
particular
thoughts
on
that
I'd
love
to
hear.
Philosophically,
if
you
have
thoughts
on
that
on
miss
Garvey's
points,
so
that's
sort
of
one
thought
and
then
because
I
was
and
so
involved
in
the
schools.
I
want
to
stay
big
picture,
but
I
do
think
at
some
point.
H
O
A
Alright
I
think
I'm
next,
in
my
own,
perceived
line
of
who's
gonna
be
called
on.
So
a
couple
of
quick
questions
back
to
per-pupil
spending.
Do
we
ever
break
down
these
data
at
miss
Peterson
in
terms
of
per
pupil
spending
for
instruction
and
then
per
pupil
spending
for
support
services,
or
is
it
just
all
on
the
aggregate
there's.
L
D
A
You
made
reductions
further
1.2
million
additions
of
approximately
0.7,
so
we're
talking
about
net
half
a
million
dollars
in
savings
in
a
six
hundred
and
some-odd
million
dollar
budget.
The
abstract
that
doesn't
seem
like
a
lot
of
movement
but
I
know
that
you
all
went
through
a
lot
of
dynamics.
So
can
you
tell
us
about
some
of
the
some
of
the
issues
that
emerge
with
producing
that
bottom
line?.
O
Well,
I
think
when
we
started
out,
we
began
to
look
at
where
the
core
was
and
what
directly
impacted
the
classroom,
so
that
was
kind
of
the
decision
with
groups
that
we
worked
with.
I
know:
that's
what
the
board
looked
at
too
in
how
we
wanted
to
preserve
that,
because,
ultimately,
it's
about
students
learning.
We
also
then
looked
at
those
that
support
the
classroom
and
then
the
system's.
So
it's
kind
of
like
concentric
circles
that
we
built
out
from
I
think
that's
how
we
arrived
at
making
the
initial
reduction
of
the
10
million
dollars.
O
E
Shift
gears
just
a
little
bit,
no
pun
intended
and
talk
about
art,
buses
so
and
and
the
work
that
the
JCTC
has
been
doing
with
a
CTC
and
I
know.
Miss
Van
Dorn
has
been
taking
a
leadership
role
on
this
and
greatly
appreciate
that
so
I
have
to
say
it
was.
It
was
nice
to
me.
I
was
pleased
to
learn
I
just
heard
this,
and
in
your
presentation,
mr.
E
Goldstein,
that
there
is
some
you
guys
are,
including
in
your
proposed
budget,
now
some
funding
for
a
pilot
program
to
allow
for
more
students
to
be
able
to
use
art
buses
to
get
to
school
and
to
get
around.
Where
can
I
find
out
more
information
about
that?
Actually,
we
can
just
point
me
in
the
right
direction.
P
Take
that
the
stats
are
still
working
on
it,
the
there's
not
really
a
written
proposal,
it's
something
that's
being
discussed
in
a
CTC
and
Jason.
The
JCTC,
which
is
the
Joint
Staff.
Two
staffs
are
working
on
this
very,
very
hard.
It's
complicated
bottom
line,
the
grease
was
going
to
help
move.
It
was
some
money
because
it
came
down
to
funding.
P
Were
you
all
going
to
basically
provide
free
passes
or
were
we
going
to
fund
the
passes
for
the
kids
to
be
on
the
bus
money
had
to
be
put
on
the
table
for
a
variety
of
reasons
and
dr.
Murphy
thought
it
was
a
good
idea
for
us
to
at
this
point
as
the
pilot
to
fund
it.
So
the
detail,
there's
nothing
written
up.
The
detail
is
between
the
staff
still
and
they're.
Moving
on
that,
it's
at
the
staff
level
still.
P
O
Go
a
little
bit
further
with
some
of
the
staff
discussion,
we're
really
looking
at
around
the
career
center
of
serving
through
art
buses
about
200
students,
that's
kind
of
the
what
we've
got
in
the
catchment,
and
so
we
believe
that,
with
the
amount
of
money
that
we've
allocated,
we
can
serve
approximately
those
200
students
that
come
and
go
to
the
Career
Center.
So
that's
the
initial
idea,
the
art
bus.
You
know
routes
layout
very
nicely,
so
there's
potential
for
the
students
to
access
that
routes
and
the
buses
in
that
particular
area.
O
E
That
it's
probably
the
hope
of
all
of
us
that
eventually,
this
pilot
will
lead
to
in
the
long
run,
some
cost
savings,
presumably,
and
but
I
would
anticipate
that
this
is
right
now,
for
you
guys.
This
is
an
additional
hundred
K
outlay,
you're,
not
able
to
recoup
that
and
reduced
yellow
bus
service,
not.
O
Not
at
this
time,
because
the
the
reason
is
we're
growing,
so
this
will
probably,
if
anything,
slow
some
of
that
growth
with
bus
transportation,
but
the
fact
that
we're
growing
increasing
in
students
we're
gonna
continue
to
have
to
expand
the
fleet.
So
hopefully
we
can
learn
something
from
this
I
know
you
folks
are
going
through
some
things
with
the
art,
bus
system
and
I.
Think
we
are,
you
know
to
get
these
two
things
to
marry
together.
O
E
M
Something
very
quickly
to
that:
we're
all
very
excited
about
this
and
we
were
very
excited,
as
the
idea
began
to
snowball
I
think
starting
last
fall
about
art,
bus
and
art,
bus
pilot
for
us
and
I.
Won't
repeat
that
there's
been
you
know
a
few
hiccups
or
speed
bumps,
no
pun
intended
here
in
getting
this
to
happen.
So
when
the
idea
came
up
that
we
fund
it
and
put
it
in
the
budget,
we
were
all
on
that
idea.
M
B
B
Are
we
putting
on
extra
buses
because
I
think
we
have
some
capacity
and
if
we're
anyway,
I'd
like
to
know
what
it's
really
costing
us,
because
I'm
a
little
surprised,
I
thought
we
might
be
supporting
you
a
little
bit
more
in
this
I'm
really
pleased
that
we're
moving
forward
on
it,
but
I'd
like
a
little
more
information,
so
mr.
Mandor
I
think
I.
Don't
expect
you
to
know
that
right
now
off
the
top
of
your
head,
but
shorts.
H
Now
briefly,
if
you
want
to
I
want
to
make
sure
that
you
have
the
opportunity,
if
there's
any
things
standing
out
in
a
big
way
or
if
you
wanted
to
follow
up
afterwards.
I
just
be
curious.
If
you
have
sort
of
budget
related
thoughts
as
to
new
investments
or
continued
investments
or
areas
where
you
think
what
you're
doing
is
going
to
help
educational
equity,
because
of
course
nationally
we
have
a
challenge
with
addressing
opportunity
gaps,
and
you
know
you
don't
have
to
go
on.
M
Gonna
ask
Monica
Grady
to
address
your
question.
First
I
want
to
point
out
that
we
are
in
an
effort
to
define
equity
for
ourselves
and
mr.
Dorsey
and
I
are
appearing
before
the
superintendent's
Advisory
Committee
on
equity
and
excellence
in
about
ten
days
where
no
doubt
we
will
be
talking
more
about
this,
but
you
know
this
is
of
course
the
buzzword
of
the
moment
and.
M
I
You,
chair,
goldstein
I
would,
as
many
of
you
know,
we
are
a
majority-minority
school
district
and
we
want
to
ensure
that
all
of
our
students
are
meeting
all
of
the
educational
promise
that
ApS
offers,
and
so
we
have
seen
for
you
know
a
few
decades
that
we
have
been
focusing
on
on
achievement
for
all
of
our
students
in
previous
strategic
plans.
We
simply
we're
going
to
reduce
the
the
achievement
gap
on
the
strategic
plan.
I
Equity
has
been
woven
into
our
strategic
plan
and
a
way
to
ensure
across
the
board
that
everything
is
being
done
and
have
a
person
to
take
a
look
at
that
across
the
board.
I
think
that's
important.
A
year
ago,
I
attended
the
minority
student
achievement.
Network
conference
in
in
Madison,
Wisconsin
I
will
return
this
year
with
two
of
my
colleagues
will
be
leaving
on
Sunday
and
during
that
conference,
I
sought
out
people
who
have
similar
positions
at
other
public
school
districts
and
one
of
the
things
I
learned
was.
I
This
person
can
take
that
lens
and
ensure
that
every
dollar
we're
spending
we're
getting
the
most
effect
and
I
think
that
I'm
excited
about
us
moving
forward
to
do
that,
and
with
our
recent
report
that
we
had
that
took
a
look
at
our
diversity
and
what
we
can
do
to
to
make
sure
we're
maximizing
it.
It
was
suggested
that
we
move
in
this
direction,
so
I've
been
looking
at
this
for
a
year
when
we
go
back
to
Madison
next
week,
I'll
be
looking
at
more
to
move
us
forward.
Thank
you.
Thank.
H
I
If
I
could
add
there,
thank
you.
Mister
diferente
I
also
think
that
timing
is
especially
good,
because
that
is
a
focus
of
the
County
Board
right
now
as
well,
and
so
as
you're
working
on
that
having
a
person
in
place.
Who
can
work
collaboratively
to
ensure
that
we're
understanding
what
you're
doing
and
look
for
looking
for
efficiencies
in
ways
that
we
can
be
collaborative
as
well,
I
think
also
helps
with
the
timing
of
putting
this
position
for
it.
Thank
you.
So.
A
If
I
could
follow
up
in
this
conversation
and
I
know
mr.
de
fer
ranty
and
maybe
perhaps
others
have
met
with
members
from
Wakefield
High
School,
who
are
engaged
in
cohorts
or
otherwise
engaged
with
office
of
equity
and
excellence
staff
members
and
in
referring
to
your
slide
11
a
recipe
for
student
success
in
the
way
that
you
are
very
passionately
described
at
chair,
goldstein
I
was
struck
that
at
least
the
25
students
who
came
to
my
office
after
spring
break
this
afternoon.
A
Very
much
reflected
the
spirit
of
the
recipe
for
success
that
was
here
and
I'm
gonna
channel
them
in
something
that
doesn't
really
require
a
response
at
this
point,
but
in
recognizing
that
it's
fully
your
board
and
superintendents.
This
is
to
evaluate
the
effectiveness
of
that
office,
but
if,
in
fact,
it
does
meet
as
a
key
ingredient
as
part
of
the
recipe
for
success,
the
students
asked
the
question.
A
Why,
then,
was
it
considered
as
a
potential
restructuring
or
cut
when
other
things
are
not,
and
that's
a
question
that
I
think
somehow
at
some
point
as
part
of
this
ongoing
work
of
equity?
Is
the
responsibility
for
us
to
answer
in
this
case
I'm
putting
you
on
the
spot,
because
it's
something
that
popped
into
my
mind
but
rest
assured
it's
a
question
that
we're
asking
ourselves
with
the
lines
of
business
that
we
have
on
the
county
side
all
of
the
time.
A
If
something
is
integral
and
important,
then
why
is
it
as
opposed
to
other
things,
always
or
not,
always
but
sometimes
segmented
or
put
out
there
for
reduction
or
elimination
when
other
things
are
not
and
really
you're
welcome
to
respond
or
just
channeling?
The
students
who
spoke
to
me
this
afternoon,
mr.
lento.
F
That's
exactly
what
a
chief
diversity
officer
would
do
is
provide
that
lens
across
the
board
and
when
we
were
looking
at
cuts
and
other
policy
decisions,
they
would
be
able
to
reflect
what
sometimes
people
unintentionally
do
not
see
and,
as
you
notice,
class
sizes
are
in
Tier
one.
That
is
a
cut
that
it
affects
more
equitably
across
the
board.
Our
system
versus
some
of
the
minor
cuts
minor
in
cost
cuts
that
we
would
have
to
add
up
to
put
together
to
not
increase
class
sizes.
F
A
Don't
want
to
get
into
a
large.
You
know.
Conversation
about
equity,
I,
think
that
the
important
thing
that
I
took
away
from
what
the
students
talked
about
can't
necessarily
be
solved
by
a
person
has
to
be
solved
by
a
policy,
a
plan
and
a
culture,
and
that's
what
they
were
challenging
us
to
do
agreed.
F
And-
and
one
of
the
things
that
was
written
specifically
in
this
report
is
a
chief
diversity
officer
would
be
crucial
in
forging
a
shared
sense
of
responsibility
among
students,
staff
and
community
partners
and
leading
ApS
in
meeting
its
larger
diversity
goals.
And
so,
when
you
have
a
person
at
the
executive
leadership
level
that
can
work
with
his
or
her
counterparts
to
ensure
that
everything
that
we
are
doing
is
having
an
impact.
Isn't
that
does
not
have
a
greater
impact
on
certain
cohorts
of
students
than
others.
F
That
is
how
we're
going
to
meet
the
goal
and
start
to
eliminate
some
of
the
gaps
that
we
have,
not
just
with
groups
that
are
historically
underrepresented
groups
that
we
don't
even
think
about
in
our
diversity
work,
because
diversity
isn't
just
about
particular
groups.
It
is
about
the
whole
system
and
making
our
system
into
one
culture,
one
community,
one
understanding
in
one
future
for
success
of
student
as
an
individual
and
not
as
a
person
that
has
tags
on
them.
We.
A
All
agree,
and
as
we
do
this
work
together,
I
think
it
will
be
important
to
you
know
share
at
least
what
we're
attempting
to
do
when
the
county
side
is
to
recognize
that
part
of
the
way
that
we're
trying
to
ensure
that
this
just
doesn't
become
something
that
is
person
dependent
for
its
success.
And
longevity
is
how
to
integrate
it
throughout
the
organization
through
a
broad
section
of
personnel.
A
So
we're
actually
taking
an
approach
where
we're
not
going
to
task
a
singular
person
with
making
it
happen,
but
tasking
people
who
are
extant
in
the
organization
with
developing
the
competencies
so
that
we
can
have
a
plan
that
we
can
then
bring
in
the
expertise
as
needed
to
have
a
level
of
accountability
for
delivering.
So
I
look
forward
to
engaging
with
you
all
on
that
work.
Dr.
cannon.
G
If
we
weren't
able
to
close
our
gap
through
funds
and
I
think
that
particular
potential
reduction
in
Tier
three,
which
meant
if
we
don't
get
the
county
managers
proposal
for
a
tax
increase,
so
I
think
we
need
to
be
fair
about
what
that
list
is
and
what
it
represents.
And
you
know
by
identifying
one
piece
of
those
again
couple
of
hundred
I'm
sure
items.
G
Nobody
was
being
targeted
or
you
know
there
wasn't.
There's
there's
not
a
lump
of
you
know
a
certain
set
of
things
that
are
happening
to
certain
say
it's
a
wide
variety
of
ideas
and
then
the
whole
point
of
the
process
is
for
us
to
hear
from
the
community
learn
about
some
of
the
ideas
and,
as
you
noticed
that
wasn't
on
the
list
of
reductions
that
we
did
end
up
taking
you
know
we
we
have
to
entertain
ideas
to
balance
our
budget
and
we're
bringing
or
coming
to
you
with
a
gap.
M
M
A
J
Even
if
you
reach
different
conclusions
than
we
have.
What
I
wanted
to
raise
here
and
I
know
that
we're
not
spending
a
lot
of
time
today.
I
mean
it
is
called
County
side
of
the
ledger.
But
of
course
you
know,
as
we
seek
to
minimize
the
impacts
of
significant
tax
increases
on
our
community.
You
know
our
options
on
the
county
side
are
not
simply
tax
rate
increases,
but
also
looking
to
reduce
County
expenditures
to
be
able
to
create
more
revenue
and
resources
for
public
schools,
which
is
our
tack
that
we
took
last
year.
J
Some
of
those
more
valued
elements
is
a
staffing
function
around
scheduling.
This
is
a
bit
of
a
perennial
issue
in
a
one
that
we've
talked
about.
Often
you
know
currently
scheduling
of
school
theaters
which
are
community
performing
our
exclusive
access
to
after
schools
needs
in
those
theaters
are
met,
and
those
community
groups
of
course
include
a
great
many
that
serves
students
or
include
students
directly.
J
That
is
the
process
that
we've
talked
about.
Expense
is
labor-intensive,
is
inefficient,
is
relationship-based.
They
were
applied
on
permissions
from
individual
school
principal.
It
doesn't
provide
the
assurances
of
these
theater
groups,
including
again
many
of
these
do
serve.
Our
young
people
need
to
plan
for
their
work.
We've
had
a
really
terrific
individual
who
has
helps
kind
of
work
around
the
inefficiencies
in
this
process
through
his
relationship
and
brokering.
J
Twenty
nine
I'll
conclude
there
was
sort
of
my
setting
up
that
comment,
but
I
I
know
I'm
not
in
the
room
now
I'm
hoping
to
use
this
sort
of
high-stakes
budget
conversation
to
really
emphasize
that
this
is
a
non-monetary
ask
your,
but
one
that
will
allow
us.
We
think
people
to
the
most
efficient
efficiently
allocate
resources
between
onion
school
is
to
really
get
get.
J
Some
buy-in
from
the
central
office
facilities
seem
to
help
us
and
our
cultural
affairs
come
up
with
a
plan
so
that
we
don't
need
to
be
overcoming
the
kind
of
interpersonal
and
efficiencies
by
having
a
staff
person
dedicated
to
this,
so
I'm
hoping
we
can
use.
Today's
conversation
is
an
opportunity,
maybe
people
to
get
a
little
commitment
and
partnership
from
our
school
board.
Members
whom
I
know
value
the
our
community
as
well
as
an
idea
very
much
well.
J
A
O
M
Collaboration
part
of
my
briefing
I,
don't
want
to
give
that
short
shrift.
We
have
extensive
collaboration
with
Arlington
County
that
we're
happy
to
do
and
continue
and
expand.
So
as
I'm
sure
you
all
know,
you
know
every
one
of
our
schools,
our
joint
use
facilities.
We
are
happy
to
be
hosting
things
like
arts
venues
and,
of
course,
the
swimming
pools
and
the
soccer
fields
and
the
basketball
gyms
and-
and
this
is
yet
another
area
where
we
can
and
we're
happy
to
collaborate.
So,
let's
just
move
that
ball
forward.
It's
terrific
mr.
Getchell.
A
E
I
think
I,
don't
know
if
miss
crystal
had
something
else.
She
she
was
trying
to
chime
in
okay,
I
just
want
to
make
sure
that
it's
in
and
we've
talked
about
it
is.
This
is
a
perennial
conversation
and
we,
because
we've
also
talked
about
the
same
notion
of
collaboration
and
scheduling
with
respect
to
field
use.
You
just
referenced
that
Mr
Gold
sign
so
I
just
wanted
and
I
think
there
had
been
some
conversation
about
honing
in
on
that
topic,
specifically
and
and
and
I
had
in
my
notes
to
spring
19
timeframe.
E
Q
To
staff,
to
some
extent,
are
you
referring
to
field,
or
you
say,
okay,
so
on
that
and
I
think
the
superintendent
and
I
we've
been
briefing
the
chair,
Vice
Chair
conversation
every
month.
There's
conversations
are
ongoing.
They
we
haven't
reached
a
resolution,
so
there
we're
in
vigorous
discussions.
D
Q
E
Q
And
and
I
would
note
that,
to
the
extent
specific
questions
come
up,
for
example
with
the
opening
of
the
heights,
that
the
question
about
field
usage,
perhaps
at
Longbridge
or
other
fields,
we
work
through
those
issues
on
a
one-off
basis
and
we
make
progress
on
that.
The
conversations
you're
talking
about
are
to
redo
a
lot
of
memorandum,
memorandum,
understandings
and
sort
of
redoing,
the
total
policy
look
and
essentially
trying
to
divvy
up
a
resource
that
isn't
growing.
Q
E
Glad
you
mentioned
the
heights
because
the
Miss
Crystal's
point
about
the
cultural
affair.
Side
of
it
I
think
that
the
heights
actually
has
both
it's
got.
Its
gonna
have
a
field,
that's
got
I'm
sure
be
sought
after
and
it's
also
gonna
have
perhaps
some
performance
base
right.
That
will
also
be
sought
after
so
look
forward
to
progress
there.
Thank
you.
Deeds.
A
M
P
P
Our
budget
is
tight,
our
our
buildings
are
tight
and
the
conversation
we
just
had
now
about
collaboration
between
the
arts
and
the
and
the
sports.
People
is
exactly
an
example
of
fitting
things
into
the
same
size
shoe
and
it
is
going
to
cause
contention
about
resources
and
I.
Think
our
staffs
work
very
hard
to
work
that
out,
and
sometimes
it
helps
for
us
to
be
involved.
And
sometimes
we
just
have
to
deal
with.
P
But
our
shoes
are
too
tight,
we're
fitting
more
and
more
kids
into
the
existing
buildings,
and
we
are
not
adding
buildings
fast
enough
to
meet
that
growth.
But
we'll
do
it
and
we'll
be
fine.
As
a
businessperson,
I
have
to
tell
you
that,
as
I
said
last
year,
I'd
say
this
year:
can't
cut
your
way
to
growth.
We're
gonna
have
to
invest
and
grow,
we're
going
to
do
it
smartly.
P
Of
the
buildings
of
the
schools,
that
is
really
really
unique
and
it
adds
to
the
cost
of
the
buildings,
but
happily
because
we're
well
using
the
resources.
I
just
wanted
to
comment
also
as
a
businessperson
I've
been
in
two
businesses
that
brought
in
diversity
officers
as
well
as
had
diverse
diversity
initiatives.
Those
frameworks
work
when
you
have
somebody
leading
that
and
please
remember
and
I
think
miss
Garvey
you'll
can
speak
to
this.
P
When
I
moved
here
to
Arlington
and
we
were
B,
we
were
doing
courageous
conversations,
there's
a
long
history
of
focusing
on
this
issue
in
APs,
and
that
is
what
our
consultant
Julian
Williams
told
us.
You
have
the
bedrock
to
build
from,
and
this
is
the
moment
that
you
can
bring
all
these
desperate
efforts
together
and
really
focus
a
plan
in
Arlington,
because
all
those
pieces
are
there.
P
P
F
Want
to
thank
you
for
the
opportunity
to
be
here
today
and
to
share
our
budget
with
you.
I
will
echo
some
of
miss
Van
Doren's
remarks.
We
are
to
find
compromises
I
as
well.
I'm,
not
thrilled
about
the
cuts
that
we
are
taking.
I
do
think
that
the
cuts
and
tiers
two
and
three
not
only
do
they
have
direct
impact
to
our
instruction,
but
many
of
them
are
causing
us
to
enter
into
operational
risk.
F
I
wholeheartedly
believe
that
I
see
how
hard
our
staff
works
at
central
office,
our
support
staff,
our
teachers,
our
principals
and
I,
think
that
we
are
running
an
efficient
system.
I
also
respectfully
disagree
with
you,
chair,
add
or
C
on
the
inflation
table
that
was
presented.
Inflation
does
affect
the
school
system.
F
We
don't
get
a
discount
on
gas,
we
don't
get
a
discount
on
utilities,
we
don't
get
a
discount
on
food
and
perhaps
I
misunderstood
the
point
you
were
trying
to
make,
but
I
believe
that
the
investment
we
make
in
our
students
is
worthy
and
I
believe
we
should
be
investing
more
in
our
students
and
more
in
our
education.
We
are
in
the
top
100
counties
of
the
country,
I
believe
number
86
that
doesn't
come
because
we
have
not
invested.
It
does
not
come
because
we
are
making
cuts.
F
People
are
moving
to
Arlington
to
go
to
our
schools
because
we
invest
in
education.
Arlington
County
has
the
highest
percentage
of
educated
adults
with
college
degrees,
I
believe
in
in
the
country,
but
I
would
have
to
check
my
stats.
I
know
that
we
are
in
this
very
I,
think
was
62
70s
last
time,
I
checked
and
on
the
country
as
a
whole
only
has
about
40%
of
Americans,
who
have
a
call
a
four-year
college
degree.
F
Our
community
believes
in
education.
It
is
one
of
the
pieces
of
our
County
that
we
revolve
around
and
when
you
invest
in
children,
you're
investing
in
our
future
and
I
believe
that
I'm
grateful
that
you
have
funded
the
schools
and
I
am
grateful.
That
you're,
considering
closing
our
gap
and
I,
would
even
ask
for
more
to
help
us
give
our
teachers
not
only
a
Cola
or
a
step,
but
a
cola
and
a
step
and
be
able
to
provide
salary
increases
for
every
single
person
who
works
for
our
system.
F
I
would
love
to
postpone
class
size
increases,
even
if
it
were
only
at
the
high
school
level
any
additional
funding
you
would
provide
for
that.
However,
I
recognize
that
we
are
in
tight
budget
times
and
I
am
we're
here
coming
as
a
board
to
ask
you
to
fund
our
gap.
If
you
have
additional
closed
out
money,
we
would
use
it
wisely.
F
We
would
use
it
to
invest
in
our
teachers
and
in
our
students
and
I
think
we're
doing
a
good
job
in
making
a
wonderful
school
system
that
is
efficient
and
using
our
tax
dollars
very,
very
well.
I
believe
that
a
system
is
not
only
about
education
and
the
people
providing
that
education,
but
about
the
support
system
in
the
infrastructure
that
supports
that.
That
is
what
makes
this
whole,
and
that
is
what
is
making
us
great
today,
because
we
have
done
that.
Well.
So
thank
you
for
the
opportunity
today
to
speak
with
you.
F
Thank
you
for
caring
about
the
schools
for
all
the
support
that
you
have
provided
us.
I'm
very
excited
about
our
future
collaborations
on
transportation,
on
equity,
on
fields
and
facilities.
I
think
that
we
are
moving
in
in
a
wonderful
direction
as
a
school
board
and
a
County,
Board
and
I
am
looking
forward
to
our
future
work
and
excited
about
the
opportunities
that
will
be
brought
to
us
by
you
being
able
to
fund
our
gap
and
any
additional
money
you
may
have
found
in
your
budget
after
you
have
done
what
you
can
on
your
side.
G
So,
first,
obviously
to
echo
everyone
else.
Thank
you
very
much.
It's
great
to
see
you
thank
you
for
being
champions
for
the
school
says.
I
know
you
all
are
on
the
fly.
I
can't
change
the
two
bullet
points.
I
want
to
cover
and
I
know,
as
a
chair
Dorsey
pointed
out
that
you
know
that
we
will
have
discussions
about
our
budget
and
such
so.
G
G
You
expect
you
know
the
future
to
be
brighter
and
that
we
can
sort
of
bridge
ourselves
across,
but
I
want
to
remind
you
that
we
have
a
strategic
approach
to
how
we
use
our
reserves
in
one-time
funds
and
as
I
think
you
know,
we
get
our
one-time
from
you
at
this
time
of
year.
We
have
our
the
bond
sale
that
provides
some
reserves
and
in
our
own
closeout
of
course,
and
we'll
see
that
our
third
quarter
soon
and
December,
but
at
the
moment,
as
our
chair
showed
you
we're
running
low
every
year.
G
When
we
do
our
budget,
we
build
we're
able
to
provide
that
full
compensation
increase
and
we're
able
to
address
our
increase
in
debt
services
by
using
reserves
to
help
us
kind
of
spread
those
increases
over
over
the
years,
so
that
approach
and
Abby
Raphael
was
really
the
instigator
of
the
idea
of
the
compensation
reserve.
That
has
been
something
we've
used
every
year,
I've
been
on
the
board
and
we
need
you
know
six
million
dollars
in
it
at
least
every
year.
G
So
I
just
want
to
mention
to
you
as
you're
thinking
about
the
tax
rate
that
ongoing
funds
are
needed
to
support
our
gap,
because
we
really
need
to
pack
some
money
into
our
reserves
to
support
our
budget
next
year
and
again,
to
the
extent
that
we
might
be
saying
anything
different.
You
know
we
will
work
that
out,
but
there
is
an
important
difference.
I
believe,
in
terms
of
the
one-time,
an
on
going
to
support
this
year's
budget
and
then
the
other
piece
of
that
is
to
bear
in
mind.
G
We
had
a
really
really
tough
CIP
last
year,
because
we
couldn't
afford
what
we
needed
to
do
on
the
school
side.
Could
you
know
relative
to
our
enrollment
growth,
our
current
CIP?
Now
that
we're
opening
several
schools
really
only
has
high
school
seats
in
it,
the
one
that
we
adopted-
and
we
already
know
we're
behind
in
elementary
and
we're
already
gonna,
be
behind
in
middle
school,
the
year
after
we
opened
Dorothea
ham.
G
B
I
The
budget
that
we
brought
you
I
believe,
while
it
has
a
gap,
will
allow
us
to
continue
to
do
what
our
communities
asked
us
to
do.
They've
helped
set
our
strategic
plan
goals,
our
mission,
vision
and
core
values
and
I
think
we
brought
you
a
budget
that
allows
us
to
continue
to
do
that.
It's
going
to
allow
us
to
fully
fund
the
psychologists
and
social
workers
that
we
had
on
part
that
we
had
hoped
to
fund
last
year.
I
We
also
have
been
able
to
avoid
asking
PTAs
to
raise
money
to
cover
field
trips,
that
we
have
been
sending
our
kids
on
to
ensure
that
they
are
exposed
to
our
pool,
so
they
can
learn
how
to
swim.
I
mean
there's
a
lot
of
things
that
we're
doing
here
and
and
keeping
in
place,
even
though
we
were
originally
looking
at
potential
cuts.
If
we
couldn't
find
the
monies
to
cover
our
budget
now,
I
sure
hope
that
you
guys
can
find
a
way
to
fully
fund
our
budget.
I
And
even
if
you
do
there's
still
some
things
on
the
table,
most
talentos,
as
has
addressed
them
I,
was
saddened
to
find
and
look
at
some
of
the
charts
that
were
presented
to
us
regarding
the
compensation
for
our
our
staff
and
that
we
are
falling
behind
and-
and
we
do
know
that
in
a
time
of
teacher
shortage
that
could
potentially
have
an
impact
on
the
people
that
we're
able
to
bring
into
our
community
to
educate
our
students.
And
so
this
is
something
that
we're
you
have
to
we're
going
to
have
to
be
looking
at.
I
If
we
can't
look
at
it
this
year,
we'll
have
to
look
at
in
the
future,
because
we
want
to
ensure
that
we
can
bring
the
people
in
who
who
want
to
teach
our
students
and
can
do
so
in
the
best
possible
way,
so
that
all
of
our
students
can
continue
to
succeed
and
thrive.
And
we
have
been
able,
in
the
past
to
keep
our
our
student-teacher
ratio
low
this
year.
It
is
built
into
our
budget
that
we
are
gonna
have
to
raise
our
class
sizes
I.
I
Think
it's
being
done
and
proposed
to
be
done
as
minimally
as
possible
by
increasing
class
size
for
fourth
and
fifth
graders
by
one
student
by
increasing
our
middle
school
students
ratio
by
3/4
and
our
high
school
students
by
half.
But
that
is
something
that
we
don't
want
to
do
and
we'll
do
it
if
we
have
to,
but
just
trying
to
show
you
that,
as
we
continue
to
grow,
we're
looking
at
ways
to
be
efficient-
and
you
know
we'll
have
to
continue
to
to
look
at
those
things.
But
we
can
use
your
help.
I
M
All
of
the
thank-yous
that
everybody
else
has
expressed
to
you
all
for
your
historic,
strong
support
for
our
budgets
and
our
school
system
for
your
thoughtful
questions
today.
Thank
you
to
our
staff
and
our
board
members
for
the
hard
work
that
they
put
in
over
months
and
months
and
months
of
pulling
this
budget
together
and
also
to
the
community
for
an
educated
and
a
passionate
advocacy
from
which
we
learned
quite
a
bit
as
we
deliberated
in
the
budget
we
are
growing.
M
Aps
is
one
of
the
main
drivers
for
businesses
and
for
people
wanting
to
move
to
Arlington
and
ApS
is
growing
as
a
result
and
they're
moving
their
families
here
into
single-family
homes,
condos,
townhouses
apartments
and
they're.
Staying
and
for
years,
taxes
have
been
able
to
support
our
growth,
but
the
relentless
enrollment
growth
has
finally
caught
up
with
us,
and
we
have
to
cut
services
and
some
operations,
and
we
now
have
to
get
in
front
of
our
capacity
crunch
and
we
have
to
continue
to
responsibly
build
and
plan
for
the
future.
M
B
Just
gonna
be
really
short
because
I
mean
you
know,
we're
all
just
thank
you
all
around.
You
know
it's
not
easy
being
on
the
school
board.
I
know
that
more
than
most
it's
hard
work,
we've
got
a
really
good
school
system
and
you're
working
to
keep
it
that
way
and
keep
it
efficient
and
I
really
appreciate
our
collaboration.
We've
been
working
together
really
well,
the
best
is
the
best
I've
ever
seen
school
board,
County
Board
working
together.
So
thank
you
very
much
and
it's
gonna
be
an
exciting
year
coming
up.
Thank
you.
Thank.
A
J
J
To
evaluate
classifies
increases
in
what
the
body
of
research
tells
us
about
where
the
request
is
attacked
there
and
and
following
the
opportunities
where
we
can
still
achieve
terrific
and
exponentially
shopkins
per
student,
but
do
so
in
a
more
efficient
way
and
the
way
to
agree.
I
know
that
there
are
truly
many
smaller,
but
painful
cuts.
The
school
board
could
have
considered.
It
would
have
still
added
up
to
less
by
that.
J
A
A
But
you
know
I
also
see
that
as
a
blessing
for
our
wider
community,
because
when
things
are
too
tight,
it
forces
us
to
be
very
efficient.
It
forces
us
to
not
be
wasteful.
It
forces
us
to
do
the
hard
way
work
to
make
sure
things
happen.
Sorry,
dr.
Murphy,
okay
and
you
know-
that's
an
overall
benefit
to
our
community
because
it
challenges
us
to
do
our
best
work
to
make
sure
every
tax
dollar
is
used
efficiently.
A
But
then,
when
we
get
to
this
year,
we
realize
that
those
resources
are
not
limitless
and
unfortunately
it
puts
us
in
a
position
and
one
of
the
things
that
I
hate
about
this
job
is
that
we
have
to
engage
you
all
on
scrutinizing
your
budget.
But
it's
a
reality,
because
our
resources
do
have
a
limit
and
we
have
to
figure
out.
A
What's
the
right
mix
that
we're
gonna
then
present
to
the
wider
community
as
to
what's
what
are
the
proportional
investments,
we
are
going
to
make
that
we
can
afford
to
make
in
public
education
as
well
as
every
other
thing
that
we
have
to
do,
but
I
am
comforted
that
the
spirit
of
collaboration,
not
just
the
spirit.
The
actual
collaboration
that
we
engage
with
all
the
time
will
make
this
work
at
the
end
of
the
day.
A
A
Call
me
a
naive
optimist,
but
maybe
this
is
an
opportunity
to
figure
out
if
there
innovations
in
how
to
better
marry
the
planning
factors
that
you
design
with
utilization
in
the
classroom,
so
that
these
cuts,
maybe
don't
have
to
get
realized
in
a
way
that
actually
impact
students
in
a
way
that
you
fear
so
I,
don't
know
if
that's
possible.
That's
just
me
as
a
lay
person,
but
I
always
know
that,
when
forced
to
make
tough
choices,
we
end
up
coming
up
with
something
that
not
only
meets
the
challenge,
but
maybe
is
actually
even
better.