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Here
and
please
note
for
the
record
that
we
do
have
a
quorum
welcome
to
everyone
who
is
attending
online,
we're
going
to
go
over
a
few
housekeeping
things
if
you
haven't
done
so
already
make
sure
you
mute
yourself
on
your
microphone,
so
when
you're,
not
speaking
to
minimize
background
noise.
Additionally,
committee
members,
please
keep
your
cameras
on
for
the
duration
of
the
meeting
to
ensure
a
quorum
is
present.
A
As
I've
said
I
I
really
want
to
make
sure
the
public
has
all
the
information
that
the
legislators
are
looking
at
as
well.
Other
thing
that
I
wanted
to
bring
up
that
because
of
we're
doing
this
digital.
A
lot
of
us
have
multiple
monitors
going
on,
so
we
can
look
at
exhibits
as
well
as
the
camera
and
type.
So
if
it
looks
like
we're
not
paying
attention
or
something
they're
looking
away,
believe
me,
it's
we're
just
looking
at
another
monitor
such
as
2020
in
the
legislative
session.
A
Most
meetings
will
do
public
comment
at
both
the
beginning
and
end
of
the
meeting.
However,
today
we'll
only
have
public
comment
at
the
end
of
the
meeting
to
ensure
that
one
of
our
presenters
is
available
for
questions.
A
Before
we
get
begin,
I
did
not
introduce
my
attache
at
the
last
meeting
matthew
fonken.
He
has
been
my
in
the
last
legislative
session
and
I
don't
know
what
I
do
without
him.
A
So
if
you
call
my
office
or
or
email
me
and
when,
whenever
the
building
opens,
if
you
see
he
is
the
face
at
the
front
of
my
office
and
so
feel
free
to
reach
out
to
him
to
get
to
me
and
and
and
thank
you
matthew
for
for
everything,
you've
done
thus
far
and
will
continue
to
do
for
me.
A
H
Away,
oh
sorry,
I
was
talking
and
I
realized
I
was
on
mute,
you'd.
Think
in
10
months
we'd
have
it
figured
out
again
good
good
afternoon,
chairman
woman,
bilbray
axelrod
and
members
of
the
assembly
education
committee,
I'm
dr
summer
stevens,
I'm
the
superintendent
of
churchill
county
school
district
and
the
acting
vice
president
of
the
nevada
association
of
school
superintendents
and,
as
you
stated,
we
have
with
us
today,
dr
dave
jensen,
superintendent
of
humboldt
county
school
district
and
mr
wayne
workman
past
president
of
nass
and
superintendent
of
lyon
county.
H
I
wanted
to
take
a
couple
minutes
just
to
share
a
little
bit
more
about
nass
and
then
we'll
jump
into
our
document.
The
nevada
association
of
school
superintendents
is
a
statewide
organization
that
supports
our
17
school
districts
and
the
state
charter
school
authorities
leaders
impacting
over
720
schools
in
our
great
state.
H
H
H
H
I
I
Interestingly,
in
today's
world,
the
basic
human
need
now
includes
the
need
to
connect
through
electronic
means
such
as
we
are
doing
now,
and
this,
of
course
requires
devices
and
high-speed
internet.
The
pandemic
has
greatly
exposed
the
lack
of
access
to
these
services
in
our
nevada
communities,
but
even
more
so
in
our
rural
and
frontier
areas.
I
I
I
More
than
ever
before,
government
services
are
offered
electronically
and
require
devices
and
high-speed
internet
to
access
them.
Because
of
this,
it
can
be
easily
argued
that
high-speed
internet
connectivity
and
access
to
devices
should
be
treated
like
other
fundamental
utilities
such
as
water
and
electricity.
I
This
is
a
community
and
state
issue
that
needs
to
be
solved
holistically
so
that
all
nevada
citizens,
especially
our
youth,
can
meet
the
basic
human
need
of
connecting
nas
and
school
district
leaders
are
ready
to
assist
our
wonderful
state
leaders
in
solving
this
community
and
state
issue.
Thank
you.
J
J
We,
along
with
the
commission,
recognize
that
nevada
cannot
reach
optimal
funding
overnight.
As
you
will
hear
from
both
the
the
nevada
association
of
school
superintendents
and
the
commission.
We
encourage
the
legislature
to
address
this
need
through
a
three-pronged
approach
and,
as
I
indicated,
you
will
hear
this
again
from
the
education
funding.
Commission
number
one
is
to
restore.
J
J
This
reduction
is
greater
than
three
million
dollars
when
considered
with
assembly
bill
three
inflation,
enrollment
growth
and
associated
nevada
department
of
education
reductions.
This
would
be
a
one-time
cost
to
restore
and
we
would
recommend
that
the
legislature
enact
this
restoration
as
part
of
the
july
2021
biennium.
J
J
The
apa
study
conducted
in
fy
19,
along
with
fully
funded
targets,
weights
special
ed
percent,
increase
nde
at
adequate
level,
plus
inflation
plus
enrollment
growth,
would
require
approximately
one
point
billion
additional
funds
annually.
That
would
provide
approximately
two
thousand
more
or
per
each
child
per
year.
This
is
an
annual
amount.
We
recognize
again
that
that
cannot
happen
overnight,
and
we
would
recommend
to
the
legislature
that
we
develop
a
plan
to
reach
that
over
the
next
several
bienniums.
J
That
then
brings
me
to
that
final
target
for
all
of
us
and
that's
optimal
funding
for
all
of
nevada's
students.
Optimal
is
defined
as
sufficient
for
strategic
investment
and
practices
and
resources
aligned
with
nevada's
five-year
strategic
plan
that
supports
all
students
to
exemplary
student
achievement
on
par
with
the
nation's
best.
The
commission
is
currently
working
on
evaluating
the
fiscal
needs
to
support
this
target.
This.
This,
too,
would
require
ongoing
support
and
we
believe
that
this
can
be
accomplished
over
the
next
five
bienniums
and
beyond.
J
J
Key
considerations
that
the
commission
is
is
looking
at
include
the
following:
is
there
sufficiency,
can
it
be
stable
and
predictable?
Is
there
competitiveness
and
is
there
equity
and
two
examples
of
some
areas
that
we
are
investigating
at
this
time
include
modifications
to
property,
tax
and
modifications
to
the
sales
and
use
tax?
J
J
J
A
Thank
you
very
much.
Do
we
have
any
questions
from
our
members?
E
Thank
you,
madam
chair,
and
I
I
try
and
get
it
into
the
chat
first,
but
when
typing
fast
enough,
so
is
it
okay?
If
I
just
do
that,
raise
a
finger?
Oh,
absolutely!
Okay!
Thank
you
so
much
and
thank
you
for
that
presentation
and
thank
you
for
all
your
hard
work
over
particularly
over,
what's
been
an
unprecedentedly
demanding
time
period
for
our
educators
for
our
administrators,
for
our
students
for
families,
and
I
just
want
to
stop
first
and
just
acknowledge
and
thank
you
for
being
as
dedicated
as
ever.
E
Even
in
the
midst
of
all
these
challenges,
and
and
thank
you
for
not
just
addressing
the
immediate
needs,
but
also
just
continuing
to
come
back
to
the
the
long-term
needs
of
education
in
our
state
and
not
losing
focus
on
that,
and
one
in
particular
that
stood
out
to
me
was
streamlining,
because
that's
certainly
something
that
we've
been
having
conversations
about
for
some
time
and
in
particular,
elimination
and-
and
I
congratulate
you
on
these
bold
goals.
I
think
it's
good
to
have
continue
to
hold
the
high
standard
of
bold
goals.
E
Otherwise,
we
won't
make
any
progress
towards
any
of
them,
but
particularly
your
recommendation
to
eliminate
and
elimination
of,
and
prohibition
of
any
and
all
unfunded
mandates.
And
you
know
we
have
a
bookshelf
behind
us
of
all
the
nrs
and
we
we
could
all
spend
hours
and
hours
into
the
middle
of
the
night
going
through
those.
But
I
wonder
if
you
over
this
over
this
period
of
time,
working
together,
have
you
ever
come
up
with
a
list
of
what
all
those
unfunded
mandates
are
in?
H
Thank
you.
This
is
summer
stevens
for
the
record.
Thank
you
assembly
to
woman,
told
us
for
that,
and
I've
only
been
in
the
state
for
a
couple
of
years,
so
my
colleagues
may
have
some
additional
items
to
share,
so
I
would
turn
it
over
to
them
first,
because
I'm
not
aware
that
we
have
compiled
a
list,
but
that's
very
possible
that
it
does
exist
so
superintendent,
jensen
or
workmen,
either
of
you
know,
of
a
list
that
exists
or
any
examples
you
could
share.
H
J
Chair
this
is
dr
jensen
for
the
record
and
then
I'll.
Ask
I'll
ask
superintendent
workman
to
join
in
the
the
nas
group
actually
did
engage
in
this
work,
if
not
the
last
biennium
the
biennium
prior
to
that.
So
we
certainly
can
go
back
and
resurrect
that
from
our
prior
efforts
and
present
that
to
the
assembly
so
that
you
can
give
that
consideration.
But,
yes,
we
have
started
that
work.
A
Thank
you
and
if
you
could
get
that
to
my
office
or
our
committee
manager,
and
then
we
can
get
that
out
to
to
folks.
So
I
think
that
would
be
helpful.
I'm
under
from
what
I've
heard
it's
it's
a
pretty
large
amount.
So
if
we
could
get
that
and
at
least
be
able
to
to
move
on
and
and
help
you
all
from
there,
mr
workman
did
you
have
anything
else
to
add.
I
Thank
you,
madam
chair
wayne,
workman
for
the
record.
I
do
not
we,
we
did
compile
a
list
and
we
are
happy
to
get
that
to
all
of
you
as
soon
as
we
are
able,
so
that
you,
you
can
have
a
real
keen
eye
on
exactly
what
we're
talking
about
in
the
invest
document.
So
thank
you.
A
Thank
you,
assemblywoman
taurus.
Did
you
have
a
question.
F
I
guess
I
just
I
I,
and
this
is
at
the
discretion
of
the
chair.
I'm
not
sure
if
this
was
supposed
to
just
be
an
open
presentation
about
the
nevada
association
of
school
superintendents
or
if
this
is
a
good
opportunity
to
ask
questions
that,
maybe
you
don't
have
to
do
necessarily
with
covenanting.
A
F
Perfect
so
then
I
then
I
think
this
is
the
appropriate
time
for
me
to
ask
these
questions
and
so
in
your
presentations.
I
really
do
appreciate
all
the
work
that
school
superintendents
have
done
to
ensure
that
our
students
are
getting
quality
education
during
this
time,
and
I
understand
that
it's
been
challenging.
It's
taken
a
lot
of
flexibility
for
schools,
for
teachers
for
families,
so
I
really
do
appreciate
the
work
that
you
all
have
done,
and
so
I
just
wanted
to
know
if
we
have
any
information
about
how
this
has
impacted.
F
Specific
groups
specifically
looking
at
like
title
one
students,
students
of
color
and
in
our
english
language,
learners
and
students
with
disabilities,.
I
I
We
have
recently
completed,
as
you
know,
the
first
semester
of
the
school
year
and
many
of
our
districts
have
been
able
to
do
some
of
the
the
testing
required
like
maps
testing,
for
example,
and
from
that
we
we
do
have.
We
do
have
information.
Generally
speaking,
I
know
that
for
the
lion
county
school
district,
I
can
speak
to
the
fact
that
we
have
a
higher
failure
rate
now
than
we
have
had
before.
I
I
F
Thank
you
and
I
do
appreciate
that
a
follow-up.
If
I
made
sure
absolutely
thank
you
and
you
know
we,
we
didn't
talk
a
lot
about
like
the
success
for
students
with
disabilities
or
english
language
learners.
During
this
presentation,
I'm
particularly
interested
in
our
english
language
learners.
As
last
session,
we
passed
ab219
which
required
that
school
districts
do
some
work
around
our
english
language
learners.
So
I'm
wondering
if
you
have
any
information
or
follow-up
information.
H
This
is
superintendent
stevens
from
churchill,
I'll
just
share
about
our
perspective
and
then
certainly
any
others
can
can
can
share
because,
as
we
talked
about,
you
know,
we're
very
unique
17
different
districts
that
have
different
makeups
of
of
of
students
and
families.
So
here
in
churchill,
we
have
various
bright
spots
related
to
our
english
language,
learner,
learners
and
and
their
success.
H
We
have
a
lot
of
success
with
our
students
as
they
go
into
fourth
and
fifth
grade,
and
so
we're
working
hard
on
trying
to
replicate
what
those
successes
look
like
as
they
move
into
our
middle
level
and
our
high
school
level.
We've
had
a
disproportionate
number
of
students
in
middle
level
that
have
been
doubly
identified
as
an
english
language
learner
and
a
student
with
a
disability,
and
so
we
want
to
make
sure
that,
in
fact,
the
that
it
is
a
disability
and
that
we
haven't
created
circumstances
that
have
created
those
gaps.
H
So
we're
working
really
hard
on
that
and
working
with
the
regional
professional
development
resources
and
having
folks
in
they're
actually
doing
co-teaching
models
this
year
with
our
classroom
teachers
and
our
support
staff
that
work
closely
with
our
english
language
learners.
So
that's
been
really
successful.
It's
an
area
we
continue
to
to
still
work
in
and-
and
I
would
share
just
as
a
follow-up
to
to
superintendent
workman.
I
think
we
all
have
a
lot
of
challenges
and
we've
all
approached
the
reopening
very
differently.
H
We
have
had
very,
very
positive
success
in
our
reopening,
and
one
of
those
elements
is
that
we
do
have
our
students,
although
not
fully
back
in
our
in
our
district
of
about
3
200
students.
Our
students
who
come
in
person
do
come
every
day
and
we
actually
have
had
a
significant
reduction
in
failures
at
our
middle
school
level
and
across
our
district
we
have
had
a
significant
reduction
in
behaviors
and
an
increase
in
attendance,
which
we
found
very
interesting.
H
H
Many
many
of
our
families
chose
distance
learning
and
so
trying
to
make
sure
that
we
get
all
of
the
resources
and
supports
out
to
them
all
of
the
information
out
to
them
in
methods
that
that
we
know
that
they
will
understand
the
material
and
then
our
our
staff
helping
to
support
that.
So
definitely
some
work
to
do
our
full-time
online
kids.
H
We
went
from
having
60
middle
and
high
school
students
as
full-time
online
students
previously
to
almost
900
k12,
so
that
was
a
big
shift
for
us
as
well,
but
I
wanted
to
share
that
today,
so
letting
the
other
district
share
now.
Thank
you.
A
F
Thank
you
teren.
You
know.
School
districts
could
just
send
me
some
basic
information
about
the
implementation
of
the
corrective
action
plans
that
were
implemented
by
ab219
there.
F
It
did
require
for
underperforming
school
districts
to
create
corrective
action
plans,
and
that
was
from
the
2019
legislative
session,
and
so
I
just
wanted
some
information
about
what
that
looks
like
and
obviously
I
know
that
schools
and
school
districts
have
been
significantly
impacted
by
the
changing
nature
of
education
over
the
last
couple
months,
but
I
would
just
love
an
update
on
that,
as
many
of
us
will
be
looking
at
legislation
later
on
this
session
that
deals
with
english
language
learners.
A
And
thank
you
for
that,
and
actually,
if
you
guys,
can
get
that
to
our
our
committee
staff
and
we
will
once
again
get
that
out
to
our
our
folks,
so
I
think
miss
robusto
will
be
reaching
out
to
you
to
facilitate
that.
We
do
have
a
couple
more
questions.
First,
we'll
start
with
assemblywoman
wynn.
C
Thank
you
assemblywoman
when
assembly
district
10..
Thank
you
I
I
know
I
remember.
From
the
2019
session
there
was
assembly
bill
168
that
had
to
do
with
restorative
justice.
I
was
wondering
how
that
implementation
was
going
across
the
state,
and
I
was
wondering
if
you
had
any
kind
of
information
to
provide
about
the
training
that
the
schools
and
teachers
are
receiving
in
light
of
that
assembly
bill
from
2019.
I
Thank
you,
madam
sheriff.
I
may
again
wayne
workman
lyon
county
school
district.
I
In
regards
to
that
particular
bill
on
restorative
justice,
I
will
say
that
there
has
been
a
great
deal
of
training
across
districts,
just
in
my
conversations
with
other
superintendents,
specifically
to
the
lyon
county
school
district.
We've
had
a
number
of
trainings
that
have
been
implemented,
and
certainly
our
administrators
and
even
our
teachers
have
gone
a
long
way
in
implementing
the
the
strategies
and
the
practices
associated
with
restorative
justice
and
restorative
practices.
I
There
may
there
may
be
a
what
I'll
call
a
false
sense
of
of
success
in
the
data
simply
because
of
covet
19.
last
fall
or
excuse
me
last
spring.
Obviously
we
didn't
have
students
in
person
so
that
dramatically
reduced
any
discipline
or
or
need
for
restorative
practices.
I
However,
I
will
say
moving
forward
into
this
school
year
as
as
the
lion
county
school
district
in
particular,
has
been
able
to
invite
students
back.
We
have
still
maintained
a
significant
decrease
in
behaviors
and
also
in
the
need
for
discipline
and
also
those
restorative
practices.
I
It's
also
allowed
for
the
opportunity
to
implement
many
social,
emotional
learning
initiatives
or,
for
example,
pbis
positive
behavior
intervention
supports
into
our
schools
and
all
those
things
collectively,
I
believe,
are
having
a
huge
impact
on
the
reduction
of
any
types
of
suspensions
and
expulsions
and
such
so
coming
a
long
way
with
that,
although
the
bill
itself,
I
know
that
there's
some
information
coming
forward
on
possibly
cleaning
up
some
of
the
language
to
make
it
easier
to
implement
and
also
more
more
applicable
to
the
school,
sending
settings
and
some
of
the
requirements
there.
I
A
And
I
did
that
answer
your
question
assemblywoman
when
I
do.
C
Have
just
a
follow-up:
if
that's
okay,
sure
I
figured
you
might
which
I
I
don't
know
if
you
can
speak
to
the
other
district,
but
is
there,
do
you
have
information
about
the
training
that
you've
implemented
in
your
within
your
district?
Is
it
consistent
a
lot
amongst
the
state
in
your
conversations,
are
you
using
a
similar
type
of,
I
guess,
training
for
teachers
and
staff.
I
Again,
I
can
only
speak
to
the
lion
county
school
districts
and
I
don't
know
that
it
is
consistent
across
the
state
we
actually
reached
out
to
the
western
educational
equity
assistance
center
they're
out
of
denver,
colorado
and-
and
they
are
a
free
service
that
mostly
deals
with
compliance
related
issues
in
regards
to
civil
rights
and
they've,
been
absolutely
wonderful.
They
provided
us
not
only
restorative
practices,
training
but
also
trauma-informed
care
training.
I
All
of
our
administrators
and
counselors
have
been
through
that
training
with
then
supplemental
training
to
our
teachers
in
the
lyon
county
school
district.
So
I'm
I'm
not
aware
if,
if
any
other
or
all
other
school
districts
are
doing
that,
but
I
know
that
that
some
of
them
already
had
some
different
in-house
trainings
going
on.
If
I
may
speak
for
clark
and
washoe,
I
believe
that
was
the
case.
There.
C
Chairwoman,
if
it's
possible
for
the
other
people
on
the
call,
if
they
do
have
any
kind
of
written
documentation
about
those
policies
and
their
training
if
they
could
provide
it
to
the
committee,
I
think
I
know
that
would
be
appreciative
of
me,
especially
since
we're
going
to
be
potentially
looking
at
legislation
following
up
or
cleaning
up.
As
mr
workman
had
said,.
A
Absolutely
so
we
have
yet
another
thing
that
we're
going
to
follow
up
miss
robusto.
If
you
could
do
that
with
all
the
the
different
superintendents.
I
think
we,
the
committee,
would
appreciate
that
next
we
will
go
to
assemblywoman
hanson.
B
Thank
you
chair,
and
thank
you
all
for
being
here.
I
wanted
to
take
a
moment
I
do
have.
I
have
a
question
or
two,
but
I
wanted
to
take
a
moment
to
also
offer
our
gratitude
and
thanks
for
how
you've
navigated
this
difficult
time
as
if
it
wasn't
already
hard
to
be
a
superintendent
of
a
school
district
and
then
put
on
a
pandemic.
So
it's
not
lost
on
this,
how
hard
your
jobs
are
and
and
several
of
you
I've
worked
with.
B
My
district-
covers
seven
seven
school
to
seven
counties,
seven
school
districts,
and
so
I've
been
amazed
and
a
lot
of
you
in
the
rural
districts
having
to
have
an
added
pressure
between
distance
learning
with
connectivity
issues
and
so
again
want
you
to
know
how
grateful
we
are
for
how
you've
tried
your
best
to
serve
the
children
of
our
state.
A
couple
of
questions
when
I
I'm
just
curious
and
this
might
catch
off
guard
a
little
bit.
Can
you
give
us
an
idea?
B
Oh
and
the
the
surveys
were
very
helpful,
appreciate
the
responses
able
to
go
through
all
the
counties
in
particular
go
over
the
seven
counties
that
that
I
represent,
but
when
there
was,
you
know
the
initial
going
distance
learning
and
the
districts
that
did
that.
B
J
All
right
go
ahead,
go
ahead,
dave.
This
is
dr
jensen
for
the
record.
Thank
you,
assemblywoman
hanson.
J
Beyond
that
connectivity
we
have
connectivity
now
for
virtually
every
one
of
our
students.
If
they
choose
to
engage
in
distance
learning,
we
are
able
to
support
that
through
hotspot
or
some
other
we've
created
a
web
type
of
a
mechanism
off
of
our
facilities.
That's
still
in
progress
right
now
that
will
provide
wi-fi
connectivity,
that's
filtered
and
sipa
compliant
so,
and
I
connect
with
that.
I
know
every
district
in
the
state
has
done
absolutely
everything
they
can,
but
there
still
are
some
challenges.
I
think
of
our
friends
in
eureka.
J
County
eureka
county
just
by
the
nature
of
it
struggles
with
connectivity,
even
be
pre-covered
periods.
J
I'll
go
ahead
and
jump
in
real,
quick
and
then
I'll
turn
it
over
to
my
colleagues
in
humboldt
county.
It
is
the
reason
why
in
winnemucca
we're
on
a
hybrid
model,
because
I
cannot
transport
my
kids
to
school.
If
it
was
for
the
absence
of
restrictions
on
transportation,
we
would
be
fully
opened
in
my
remote
rural
sites,
my
four
remote
rurals
and
mcdermott.
We
are
fully
open
because
we
can
maintain
the
social
distancing
requirement
on
the
buses
in
those
locations.
A
And-
and
I
did
just
want
to
remind
folks
that
the
districts
will
be
presenting
on
their
coveted
responses
and
some
of
these
issues
on
our
next
presentation,
so
a
lot
of
them
were
overlapped,
but
if
I
don't
want
to
get
too
far
on
the
weeds,
when
we
have
the
next
presentation
coming
up,
I
believe
assembly.
When
gorlo,
you
had
a
question.
B
I
did
thank
you
chair,
and
this
might
actually
be
covered
in
the
next
presentation
with
the
covid,
but
I'm
concerned
with
the
high
number
of
failure
rates
that
we've
had
in
many
of
the
districts
and
wanted
to
know
what
kind
of
plans
were
in
place
to
help
these
kids
catch
up.
Is
it
going
to
be
a
summer
school?
Are
they
going
to
dual
classes
next
semester
again
that
might
be
covered
in
the
covid
response
as
well?
So
thank
you.
A
Yeah,
I
think
that
would
probably
be
better
addressed
in
our
next
presentation.
That's
okay,
assemblywoman!
Okay!
I
have
the
gallery
view
open,
so
I
can
see
all
my
members.
If
anybody
has
a
question,
can
you
just
raise
your
hand?
A
Okay,
no
scratching
of
the
face
superintendent,
jensen.
Okay,
then,
I
believe
we
are
going
to
move
on
to
our
next
presentation
and
thank
you
so
much
to
our
presenters.
A
I
really
appreciate
it
so
next
we
will
move
on
to
our
second
presentation,
where
we
will
hear
from
school
district
representatives
and
the
state
public
charter
school
authority
on
their
cobit
19
responses
and
school
reopening
plans
we'll
go
through
the
presentation
first,
obviously,
and
then
do
questions
after
we
have
superintendent
jara
from
the
clark
county
school
district
to
start
off
after
superintendent
jarrow,
we
have
superintendent
mcneil
from
washoe
county
school
district
superintendent,
fetch
from
persian
county
and
rebecca
fight.
In
from
the
state
public
charter
school
authority
go
ahead,
superintendent,
jara.
K
Thank
you,
madam
chair.
Thank
you,
the
committee
members
for
allowing
us
allowing
me
to
be
here
this
this
afternoon.
Am
I
presenting
or
somebody
presenting
the
or
do
you
have
the
presentation,
perfect.
K
You
thank
you,
dr
keating,
so
in
the
next
few
minutes
I
will
be
providing
an
update
up
on
the
work
and
the
assembly
on
really
what
we've
done
in
in
reopening
our
schools
august
24th
that
we've
been
into
business
education.
K
I
first
of
all
like
to
thank
you
for
allowing
me
to
be
here
and
really
I
want
to
kind
of
preface
in
the
conversation
here
that
the
42
000
employees
in
the
school
districts
have
done
an
amazing
job
of
really
turning
the
fourth,
the
fifth
largest
district
and
fourth
largest
rural
district
in
in
the
state
of
nevada
upside
down
to
distance
education.
Where
you
will
see
the
next
live
brand
for
me.
K
Well,
you'll
see
we
open
school
in
what
I
would
say
in
all
three
models
that
we
turned
into
the
state:
the
state
department
of
education
in
the
in
the
fall
we
opened
with
some
schools.
We
had
seven
schools
that
were
in
some
kind
of
face-to-face
instruction.
We
had
some
of
our
rural
community
schools,
one
elementary,
that
was
on
a
five-day
because
they
were
able
to
open
up
on
a
five-day
face-to-face
following
our
guidelines
following
the
cdc
guidelines
and
then
the
nevada's
path
forward.
We
do
have
a
couple
of
a
few.
K
That
are
on
a
hybrid
as
well,
and
but
the
majority
of
our
schools
are
on
distance
education
and
that's
due
to
following
our
guidelines
that
we
have
continue
to
report
here
locally
working
with
the
southern
nevada,
health
district
and
our
county
partners.
We.
C
K
Presented
to
the
school
board
of
trustees
in
january
14th,
we
presented
our
plan
to
move
into
a
what
I
would
say,
a
face-to-face
in
a
pre-k
model.
The
reason
that
we
did
that
looking
at
we
couldn't
continue
to
see
just
the
academic
and
I'm
going
to
share
a
little
bit
of
some
of
the
things
that
we
have
seen
as
a
district.
K
Our
covet
case
numbers
in
this
county,
as
you
all
have
seen,
continue
to
remain
high,
but
we
needed
to
look
at
more
than
just
the
the
covet
cases
we
had
to
look
at
the
mental
health
crisis
that
we
are
dealing
with
here
in
clark
county.
K
We
also
had
to
deal
with
our
academic
loss
and
academic
crisis,
so
we
moved
into
in
partnership
with
our
our
teachers
union,
our
exclusive
bargaining
partner,
ccea,
and
signed
an
mou
that
the
school
board
of
trustees
approved
to
move
into
a
hybrid
pre-k
through
three
grade
and
starting
to
look
and
see
how
we
can
get
into
some
type
of
face-to-face
instruction,
so
very
proud
of
the
work
that
we
have
done
as
an
urban
district
in
bringing
our
educators
in.
K
We
also
have
what
we
look
at
and
and
some
of
the
questions
that
were
asked
a
little
while
ago
around
our
our
volunteer.
What
are
we
doing
to
mitigate
some
of
the
academic
loss?
Some
of
the
failure
rate.
We
are
also
the
board.
The
board
of
trustees
of
january
14th
also
approved
unanimously
for
schools
to
start
bringing
small
group
into
our
schools
into
our
campuses
voluntary.
So
students
can
come
in
looking
at
what
the
teachers
also
bringing
in
our
students,
for
not
only
academics
for
social,
emotional
and
for
support
of
our
of
our
schools.
K
That
is
a
4
through
12
approach.
Looking
at
our
high
school
seniors,
graduation
and
also
some
of
the
transitions
that
will
be
something
that
we
it's
not
autonomous,
where
every
school
will
have
their
own
opportunity
to
do.
That
is
really
for
us
to
put
some
frameworks
in
place
to
to
bring
in
our
schools
our
students
into
into
our
into
our
classroom,
so
brad.
K
If
you
can
go
to
the
next
slide,
what
we
have
seen
not
like
some
some
of
the
very
very
similar,
as
my
colleagues
we
have
seen
in
our
first
first
semester-
analysis
an
increase
in
dnf
grades.
I
want
to
be
very
clear.
This
is
not
due
to
our
teachers,
not
working
hard,
our
students
just
not
doing
what
they
need
to
do.
This
is
just
what
we
are
dealing
with
in
distance
education.
The
challenges
that
we
are
facing,
so
the
immediate
academic
support,
has
been
provided.
K
We're
also
looking
at
how
we
can
provide
some
long-term
systems
and
structures
to
provide
our
learning
opportunity.
As
has
been
noted,
we
also
started
a
multi-uh
leadership
team
in
our
schools.
Every
school
has
one
to
really
address
the
need
not
only
of
our
students,
but
also
of
our
staff.
K
The
social
emotional
screener
partnership
with
nde
our
state
superintendent
and
my
colleagues
across
the
state
are
looking
at
a
universal
screener
for
us
to
be
able
to
identify
some
of
the
needs
of
our
students
and
staff
and
certainly,
as
I
said,
to
the
board
and
continue
to
say
that
this
community
distance
education
has
not
has
been
difficult,
has
been
a
challenge.
K
So
we
continue
to
provide
training
for
teachers
and
for
administrators
to
make
sure
that
we
improve
the
instruction
opportunity
for
our
students,
because,
as
you
heard
from
my
colleagues
that
just
presented
this
is
something
that
we
as
a
state
and
as
a
school
system
continue
need
to
continue
to
invest
moving
forward,
as
we
put
all
these
devices
in
our
kids
hands
and
our
teachers.
This
is
the
way
that
we're
going
to
come
back
when
we
come
back
to
school.
K
Whatever
that
looks
like
in
august,
we
have
to
make
sure
that
we
continue
the
investment
that
we're
doing
here
in
this
past
year.
So
if
you
can
go
to
the
next
slide,
brad,
so
small
group
academic
instruction
again,
as
our
team
put
the
plan
together,
has
already
sent
it
to
our
principals.
Our
principals
are
working
diligently.
It
will
be
revised
and
reviewed
social
emotional
world
being
support.
Academic
interventions,
academic
screening
transportation
may
be
available
depending
on
the
school,
depending
on
the
ability.
K
That
is
a
huge
equity
concern
for
me
as
a
superintendent,
but
we
need
to
find
a
way
and
it's,
dr
jensen,
my
colleague,
one
of
the
challenges
that
we're
facing
with
transportation
is
going
to
be
moving
from
73
passenger
bus
practicing
social
distancing.
We
can't
put
more
than
28
kids
in
our
buses,
so
that
is
a
concern
that
we
have,
but
we
need
to
find
a
way
to
accommodate
their
needs
for
our
our
children,
who
need
to
be
in
front
of
our
very
caring
and
dedicated
adults.
If
you
can
go
to
the
next
slide.
K
So
here's
what
our
model,
our
our
hybrid
model,
looks
like
so
cohort
a
and
again
this
is
also
by
choice.
Parents
will
get
to
select
it's
not
a
mandate,
so
parents-
I
I
spoke
to
an
elementary
school
principal
this
week
that
some
of
the
parents
in
their
survey,
submitted
that
only
180
kids
are
going
to
come
to
school
and
have
completed
the
survey.
K
I
also
spoke
to
another
elementary
school
principal
that
has
475,
so
it's
going
to
be
depending
on
the
choice
of
the
parents,
so
parents
will
select
the
cohort
a
which
would
be
monday
tuesday.
That
means
wednesday
thursday
friday
they
will
be
in
distance
education.
Cohort
b
will
be
the
opposite.
Our
wednesday
is
for
enhanced
cleaning
following
the
cdc
guidelines.
K
We
have
to
make
sure
that
we
maintain
are
our
cohorts
in
different
without,
I
would
say,
co-mingling
if
you
will
so
the
wednesday
is
is
for
students
to
all
be
doing
asynchronous
distance
education
and
our
educators
will
be
on
campus
and
will
be
doing
professional
learning
again.
This
starts
for
pre-k
three
will
start
march.
First,
if
you
can
go
to
the
next
slide,
and
I
would
like
to
say-
and
really
the
governor's
office
has
been
instrumental
the
last
the
last
couple
weeks
now
that
we
have
a
deadline.
K
We're
working
on
completing
our
mitigation
strategies
for
vaccination,
we're
working
on
our
our
testing,
our
contact
tracing
to
make
sure
that
we
have
what
we
need
for
march
first,
so,
in
collaboration
with
the
governor's
office
with
the
state
superintendent,
the
southern
nevada
health
district,
I
can
tell
you
that
we
will
be
ready
for
the
mar
march
1st
also
ongoing
conversations
right
now
with
our
cc
or
ccea,
with
kasapi,
which
is
the
administrators
union
to
make
sure
that
we're
successful
in
our
implementation.
K
So
then
we
can
start
finding
ways
to
bring
our
children
in
the
upper
grades
back
into
our
schools,
we're
the
only
district
that
is
fully
distance
education
at
this
time
in
the
state
of
nevada,
and
our
kids
need
to
be
in
front
of
our
very
caring
individual
teachers
and
support
staff
to
make
sure
that
we
address
not
only
the
academic
loss.
We
address
the
social,
emotional
challenges
and
crises
that
our
kids
are
facing
at
this
time.
L
A
I
apologize,
I
was
muted,
we're
actually
going
to
go
through
the
other
presentation.
So
if
you'll
stand
by,
if
that
is
okay,
so
we'll
go
ahead
with
superintendent
mcneil.
M
M
So
once
again,
just
thank
you
to
to
you
know
my
my
fellow
colleagues
as
a
as
a
new
superintendent
for
the
washoe
county
school
district,
but
obviously
not
new
to
education.
M
This
will
be
around
my
close
to
my
third
decade
in
in
education,
and
I
will
tell
you
without
a
doubt
dr
jarrah
and
I
are
on
a
council
of
great
city
schools
calls
we
were
on
there
this
morning.
M
Without
a
doubt,
this
is
one
of
the
heaviest
lifts
we
have
ever
done
as
superintendents,
but
all
for
the
unique
needs
of
our
students
and
our
staff
members
our
guiding
principles
in
the
washoe
county
school
district
from
day
one
when
we,
when
we
went
into
closure
last
last
year
in
march,
right
away,
we
started
to
put
together
our
principles
around
what
is
going
to
be
driving
us
and
all
decisions
made
in
order
to
make
sure
that
our
students
and
our
staff
have
what
they
need.
So
all
of
our
decisions
are
based
around
a
do.
M
No
harm
and
examples
that
I
use
are
around
attendance
and
grading,
and
you
know
I
we
could
not
be
where
we
are
today
in
the
washoe
county
school
district
without
all
of
the
help
and
support
of
our
8
000
dedicated
professionals
from
our
teachers
to
our
principals,
our
support
staff
every
single
day,
these
people,
they
they
show
up
and
they
do
what
they
need
to
do
all
for
for
our
children,
our
62
000
students,
ensuring
our
students
and
our
families
and
our
staff
basic
needs
are
met
around
food
stability,
housing
stability
and
mental
health
needs.
M
Ensuring
equitable
access
for
all
students
I'll
have
a
slide
in
in
later
in
the
presentation,
around
devices
and
hot
spots,
maintaining
high
academic
expectations
for
all
students,
and
that
means
meeting
essential
standards
and
work
around
professional
learning
communities
I'll
touch
a
little
bit.
I
know
that
there
was
a
question
on
course:
failure
rates
and
then,
obviously,
following
all
of
our
federal
state
and
local
health,
related
mandates
and
guidelines,
lindsay
if
you'd
advance
the
slide.
Please
thank
you.
M
So
our
current
models
in
the
washoe
county
school
district,
since
since
august
of
this
year
we
have
been
in
person
five
days
a
week
for
our
elementary
all
of
our
elementary
schools.
Every
day
have
in-person
instruction,
our
middle
and
our
high
schools,
similar
to
the
proposal
for
for
clark,
county
school
district.
We
have
a
hybrid
schedule
every
other
day
and
this
has
been
not
a
very
easy
schedule
there.
There
are
concerns.
There
are
issues
with
hybrid,
but
our
teachers
and
our
principals.
M
They
are
making
it
work
for
a
period
of
time.
We
did
go
full
distance
until
we
could
get
some
additional
resources,
but
now
all
of
our
middle
and
high
schools
are
back
in
into
the
hybrid
model.
Our
families
also
have
the
option
in
washoe
county
school
district
to
have
a
full
distance
learning.
So
every
single
one
of
our
schools,
our
104
campuses,
have
the
ability
to
have
full
distance
learning,
as
well
as
either
in
person
or
hybrid,
depending
on
the
level
of
elementary
middle
or
high
school.
M
We
do
also
have
for
our
our
english
language,
learners,
special
education,
gifted
and
talented,
and
our
foster
children
and
children
in
transition.
They
are
also
have
the
option
to
have
five
days
a
week.
So
currently
we
have
about
twenty
four
thousand
students
in
person
five
days
a
week
about
seventeen
thousand
nine
hundred
and
eighty
on
full
distance
learning
and
then
another
19
270
students
on
our
hybrid
model.
M
M
We
have
self
screening
every
day
before
our
students
and
our
staff
leave
home
continued
continuous
processes
around
cleaning
within
our
schools,
ventilation,
heating
and
ventilation,
our
hvac
systems,
social
distancing
in
our
elementaries.
That
is
at
three
feet
in
our
middle
in
our
high
schools,
that
is
still
at
six
feet
mandatory
face
coverings,
and
I
am
so
proud
of
of
all
of
our
students.
M
I
was
visiting
two
elementary
schools
today,
even
our
little
little
ones,
our
three
and
four-year-olds
full
face
coverings,
and
they
are
our
teachers
are
just
heroes
when
they,
when
we
are
walking
through
classrooms
and
and
what
our
students
are
able
to
do
and
then
obviously
continue
hygiene
efforts
around
cleaning
hands
nutrition
services.
Obviously,
food
security
around
our
school
district
is
a
top
priority.
All
of
our
meals,
as
in
all
of
our
districts,
are
free
of
charge
through
the
summer.
M
Over
2.9
million
meals
served
year
to
date
within
our
school
district
for
all
of
our
families.
So
just
a
huge,
huge
effort
on
our
nutrition
services
staff
for
what
they've
had
to
do
in
order
to
make
sure
that
our
our
families
have
food
and
then
for
our
digital
and
devices.
M
Over
17
276
devices
have
been
provided
to
our
families,
and
that
is
since
august
we've
purchased
3
000
hot
spots.
We've
received
an
additional
3,
000
hot
spots,
from
the
t-mobile
settlement
and
then
so
far
to
date,
we
have
about
3
500
of
our
hot
spots,
distributed
throughout
our
school
district,
and
that
includes
remote
areas
such
as
gurlac
and
natchez
as
well.
We
continue
to
distribute
those
hot
spots.
I
can't
say
enough
about
our
partners
in
education,
our
our
close
relationship
with
the
education
alliance.
M
M
I
was
out
of
school
this
morning
and
they
were
distributing
laptops
that
a
faith-based
community
group
provided
for
our
families
so
that
each
one
of
those
students
can
have
a
device
and
then
going
forward.
We
are
extremely
fortunate
here
in
washoe
county,
almost
all
of
our
staff
members
have
now
been
offered
an
appointment
for
a
vaccine.
M
Starting
about
two
months
ago.
We
put
some
plans
into
action.
Our
fire
departments
have
stepped
up
our
washoe
county.
Washoe
county
has
been
a
tremendous
partner
in
this
and
obviously
the
health
district.
Over
the
last
three
weeks,
almost
all
of
our
employees
will
have
received
their
first
shot
by
by
february
13th.
Almost
all
8
000
of
our
employees
will
have
received
their
first
dose
by
mid-march,
depending
on
supplies.
We
are
hopeful
that
all
of
our
employees
will
have
received
their
second
shot
depending
on
supplies.
M
We
have
regular
and
ongoing
monitoring
of
our
covid
data.
We
have
a
cobia
dashboard
on
our
website
that
is
continually
updated.
Our
testing
contact
tracing
efforts
that
has
been
such
a
huge
lift
contact
tracing
is
probably
one
of
the
most
complex
processes
we
have.
Our
principals
have
just
done
a
tremendous
effort.
We've
got
support
staff
and
central
services
staff.
We
talk
about
all
hands
on
deck.
We've
got
a
strike
force
in
in
place
right
now,
where
central
services
these
these
employees
have
regular
day
jobs.
M
Thanks
to
the
work
of
state
superintendent,
ebert
and
the
nevada
department
of
education,
we
have
been
able
to
offer
an
emergency
waiver
over
200
have
taken
advantage
of
that
for
guest
teachers,
which
helps
out
when
we
have
to
exclude
one
of
our
own
teachers
and
then
obviously,
our
federal
carers
act.
Funding
going
into
the
school
year
of
2122
will
be
used
for
academic
recovery,
mental
health
needs
and
then
other
areas,
such
as
summer
school
bridge,
extended
learning
opportunities.
M
This
past
friday,
we
had
a
work
session
with
our
board
of
trustees
around
instituting
a
two-year
strategic
plan
that
is
going
to
be
exclusively
built
around
academic
recovery
and
mental
health.
Support,
with
laser
focus
on
having
our
students
have
everything
that
they
need
in
order
to
gain
academic
momentum
over
the
next
two
years,
as
we
come
out
of
the
pandemic
and
with
that
able
to
answer
any
questions
after
the
last
presentation.
L
Thank
you
for
laying
such
the
foundation
for
me
to
try
and
tackle
probably
the
most
diverse
section
in
the
other
15
counties.
Our
challenges
are
very
similar.
I
think
the
thing
that
we
understand
with
covet
19
is
it
impacts
us
all
in
the
same
ways
it's
about
what
our
resources
and
our
abilities
to
play
by
the
rule
book
that's
been
given
to
us.
L
I
focus
on
the
fact
that
in
the
rurals
we
have
districts
that
have
had
to
be
remote.
You
heard
from
dr
jensen
earlier,
depending
on
location
busing,
those
things
it's
very
similar
to
what
you've
heard
across
the
board,
all
the
way
to
districts
such
as
myself
in
persian
county
eureka,
lincoln
that
have
been
able
to
have
in-person
instruction
since
day
one
and
that's
given
the
size
of
our
enrollments
and
facilities,
those
types
of
things.
L
L
Aging
facilities
has
caused
some
of
our
small
districts
issues
when
you
think
of
the
fact
that
many
of
our
rural
communities
haven't
been
built,
a
new
school
in
quite
some
time,
they're
they're,
designed
from
30
or
40
years
ago,
when
spaces
weren't
near
as
large
as
some
of
our
new
new
schools
have
been,
and
that
has
impacted
some
of
their
abilities
to
get
their
schools
open.
L
When
you
take
a
high
school,
such
as
elko
high
school,
their
their
classrooms
are
a
lot
smaller
than
ones
that
may
be
built
today
and,
and
that's
limited
their
ability
to
put
more
kids
in
I'm
trying
to
go
through
your
check
sheet
that
you
had
of
different
things
here
and
one
part
that
really
has
been
brought
up
by
a
number
of
our
our
districts.
And
it's
not
just
out
in
the
rurals.
I
know
my
counterparts
in
the
large
cities
have
experienced
it,
but
our
drop
in
enrollment
because
of
homeschooling.
L
You
know,
there's
many
of
us
that
have
five
six
seven
percent
that
we've
lost
to
home
school.
We're
never
going
to
be
able
to
make
our
facility
safe
enough
for
some
and
we're
never
going
to
be
able
to
to
meet
the
mandates
of
the
anti-mass
population
in
other
communities.
Talk
about
persian.
L
Is
it's
created
us
by
no
fault
of
our
own,
but
by
our
response
to
covid?
It's
required
us
to
lose
five
to
seven
percent
of
our
population,
and
we
don't
know
what
that's
going
to
mean
long
term.
We
know
what
it
means
short
term
with
financing.
It
means
we've
lost
five
to
seven
percent
of
our
our
dsa
funding.
That's
been
coming
in
and
all
unexpectedly,
and
so
I
I
didn't
hear
anybody
point
out
the
home
school
in
the
drop
in
enrollment
section.
L
That's
a
true
ongoing
concern
that
we
have
we've
mentioned
about
challenges
with
distance
learning,
access
to
devices
connectivity.
All
those
things
take
place
in
every
one
of
our
our
small
rural
communities
and
our
remote
areas
of
the
state.
We've
deployed
mobile
hotspots
where
we
can
we've
upgraded
wireless
wi-fi
units
within
communities,
as
dr
jensen
mentioned,
they're
trying
to
explore
different
options
with
pbs
they've
tried
to
put
things
that
connect
to
their
district.
B
L
You
heard
from
dr
jensen
already
when
he
answered
the
question
around
transportation
and
it
being
probably
the
biggest
hurdle
that
they
have
to
face
to
get
to
in-person
learning
within
his
community.
He's
not
alone
in
that.
If
you
were
to
pull
our
group
of
17,
I
think
transportation
is
going
to
be
a
resounding
issue
and
has
been,
and
one
thing
we've
pushed
to
get.
Some
relaxation
on
we've
been
transporting
kids
since
day,
one
we've
had
in-person
instruction.
We
haven't
knocked
on
wood,
experienced
community
spread
of
coven
19
within
our
school
system.
L
L
I
know
you're
you'll
be
free
to
ask
any
questions
of
us
as
you
go
forward.
So
let
me
just
make
sure
I've
touched
on
your
eight
or
nine
questions
here.
L
Yeah
I
just
wrap
up
and
say
that
we're
no
different
than
the
challenges
across
all
of
us:
the
17
public
school
districts
and
rebecca's
charter
schools,
association,
we've
all
fought
the
same
things
and
we're
lucky
to
have
a
group
that
can
work
together
and
share
information
and
be
a
team
as
we
try
to
challenge
tackle
these
challenges
we
face.
I
appreciate
your
time.
A
Thank
you
very
much
superintendent.
I
was
actually
thinking
that
we
would
do
some
questions.
Are
you
okay
with
that
miss
payton?
If
we
go,
if
we
have
questions
and
then
do
your
presentation,
are
you
okay
with
that?
Absolutely
okay,
all
right?
So
I
have
a
few
questions
and
I
have
a
question
myself,
but
I'll
I'm
gonna
turn
it
over
to
this
is
who
I
have.
I
have
assemblywoman
miller,
assemblywoman
taurus,
assemblywoman,
wynn,
assemblywoman
margolis.
Is
there
any
other?
You
can
raise
your
hand.
I've
got
assemblywoman
hardy.
A
G
G
How
has
it
been
with
maintaining
the
requirement
to
for
students
to
wear
a
mask,
because
I
know
that's
one
challenge
or
a
concern
that
I
hear
from
many
educators
about
returning
to
the
schools
is:
how
do
we
maintain
the
requirement
for
students
to
wear
their
mask
the
entire
time
and
that
you
know,
educators
and
admin
in
the
building
have
that
authority
to
enforce
it?
So
if
anyone
wanted
to
jump
in
and
speak
on,
that.
K
L
L
Okay,
so
simon
miller,
your
question-
I
know
dr
mcneil
mentioned
this
already
at
her
point
saying
about
touring
schools,
but
it
was
one
of
our
things
that
when
we
talked
about
our
reopening
plan
and
we've
been
open
since
day
one
and
I'm
so
thankful
for
it.
When
I
listen
to
the
challenges,
my
counterparts
have
had
one
of
the
biggest
concerns
and
pushbacks
we've
had
going
into
it
was
your
kids
will
never
wear
the
mask.
They'll,
never
do
it
and
we're.
L
L
The
reality
is,
is
our
kids
hit
the
ground
running
day,
one
the
the
naysayers
or
the
parent,
the
parents
that
were
the
biggest
naysayers
in
our
board
meeting
that
dropped
their
kid
off,
and
I
stood
out
there
on
day,
one
of
elementary
school
and
watched
the
little
kindergarteners
and
preschoolers
run
in
the
gate
to
head
to
meet
their
teacher
and
be
spread
out.
It
was
a
non-issue
and
it's
continued
to
be
a
non-issue.
L
We
have
our
few
outliers
of
a
middle
school
kid
or
a
high
school
kid.
That
brings
some.
You
know
I
said,
but
a
political
stance
or
agenda
and
they're
going
to
make
this
thing
about.
I'm
not
going
to
wear
my
mask
and
it's
my
constitutional
right.
You
know
you
have
those
those
pieces
that
come
and
you
remind
them
that
they
have
other
options
for
their
education
and
it
and
it
goes
away
it's
it's
really.
Our
kids
are
thankful
for
that
opportunity.
It's
a
non-it,
never
materialized
is
an
issue.
A
L
M
For
the
record,
kristen
mcneill
superintendent
of
washoe
county
and
that's
it-
and
that
that's
exactly
right
and
thank
you
so
much
for
that
question.
Assemblywoman
miller,
you
know
I
have.
I
have
a
bag
here
of
all
of
our
face
coverings
for
our
high
schools.
Right,
you
know,
and
and
every
time
we
go
into
a
school.
M
We
obviously
wear
our
face
coverings,
but
I
will
tell
you:
our
students
have
really
stepped
up
and
they
understand
the
seriousness
of
this.
They
understand
the
seriousness
of
this
not
only
for
themselves
but
for
their
families,
and
our
teachers
have
just
been
amazing.
Our
principals,
our
support
staff,
our
bus
drivers,
because
they're
the
first
ones
that
that
see
our
students-
and
you
know
I
know
there
was
a
lot
of
fear
when
we
opened
up
schools
as
we
were
coming
into
july
and
august.
M
A
F
I
have
too
many
screens,
so
I'm
trying
to
find
buttons
and
figure
out
which
screen
I'm
supposed
to
be
looking
at
at
what
time.
Thank
you
so
much
for
your
presentation.
I
really
do
appreciate
it
and
all
the
work
that
the
superintendents
have
done
to
make
sure
that
our
students
are
able
to
continue
receiving
a
quality
education
during
this
time.
F
F
Currently
there
has
been
like
they
were
encouraged
throughout
the
fall
semester
to
get
seniors
to
graduate
essentially
finish
their
credits,
but
they
weren't
graduating
early
they'd,
be
continuing
to
graduate
and
walk
in
the
summer
when
their
peers
walk,
and
I'm
just
wondering
what
the
what
support
has
been
provided
to
those
students
to
ensure
that
they
have
the
tools
that
they
need
to
go
back
to
college.
F
We
know
that
oftentimes,
when
students
are
encouraged
to
graduate
early,
especially
since
they
wouldn't
have
been
able
to
enroll
in
a
community
college
right
off
the
bat
like
what
supports
have
been
available
to
those
students
so
that
they
can
go
to
higher
education.
M
No,
I
appreciate
that
question.
Thank
you
so
much
assemblywoman
taurus,
so
within
washoe
county
school
district
we've
got
wonderful
relationships
with
both
tmcc
and
unr.
I
meet
on
a
monthly
basis
with
both
president
sanderval
and
hilgerson,
as
well
as
our
trio
programs,
so
gear
up
and
other
types
of
programs
to
make
sure
that
our
first
generation
students
have
those
opportunities
and
the
scholarships
available
to
them.
M
We
know
that
in
this
distance
learning
environment,
especially
in
the
hybrid,
the
fafsa
forms
and
making
sure
that
our
students
and
our
families
still
have
access
to
fafsa
forms
and
understanding
all
the
intricacies
of
understanding,
you
know
how
to
fill
out
those
forms.
So
we
will
continue
to
make
sure
that
we
offer
those
types
of
opportunities.
We
have
a
newsletter
that
goes
out
to
every
single
one
of
our
families.
M
So
when
we're
talking
about
scholarship
nights,
when
we're
talking
about
having
our
counselors
have
that
ability,
you
know
that
that
opportunity
to
engage
with
our
families,
especially
our
families
of
of
color
and
and
hard
to
reach
families
engaging
our
faith-based
community
and
making
sure
that
those
trusting
relationships
are
known
to
make
sure
that
that
our
families
have
that
information
and
then,
importantly,
in
different
languages,
and
not
just
not
just
in
spanish
but
multilingual
availability
of
information.
B
F
And
was
there
any
effort
to
ensure
that
students
had
access
to
like
the
tmcc?
I
think
it's
the
jump
start
program
and
programs
like
that
and
maybe
push
towards
getting
some
early
college
credits
that
could
be
paid
for
by
the
school
district
ap
classes.
Things
like
that
was
there
any
of
that
push,
because
I'm
just
concerned
that
we
know
that
that
gap
time
makes
it
significantly
less
likely
that
a
student
will
go
into
higher
education
at
all.
F
M
Actually,
I'm
really
proud
of
our
ap
rates
and
where
we
are
with
advanced
placement
courses
and
that
push
in
order
to
make
sure
that
we
have.
We
have
an
equitable
access
task
force
with
almost
every
single
one
of
our
high
schools,
represented
on
that
task
force
and
removing
barriers,
such
as
core
requirements,
classroom
requirements
as
far
as
prerequisite
requirements,
and
we
did
a
lot
of
that
work
last
year
around
that
but
ap
honors
courses,
career
technical
education
and
then,
like
I
said,
working
with
closely
with
tmcc.
M
A
Thank
you,
and
I
did
not
ask
my
vice
chair
miller
if
she
had
a
follow-up
question,
and
I
believe
that
was
my
problem
so
we'll
pop
back
to
you
vice
chair.
G
Chair,
I
I'm
waiting
to
let
everyone
else
go
and
now
I'll
go
at
the
end
of
that
one.
Okay,.
A
Sure
all
right
next,
we
will
go
to
assemblywoman
gorlow.
B
Thank
you
chair,
and
I
want
to
go
back
to
talking
about
the
students
that
received
the
d
and
f
grades
for
last
semester
and
I'm
still
really
concerned
about
both
the
short-term
and
long-term
ramifications
of
how
that's
going
to
be.
Yes,
we
can
do
some
credit
makeups,
but
what
about
gpas
how's
that
going
to
affect
those
students
getting
into
college
or
applying
for
scholarships?
B
So
I
still
have
questions
about
that
and
then
I'm
also
interested
if
superintendent
jar,
if
you
could
also
elaborate
a
little
bit
more
about
what
those
immediate
academic
supports
that
are
in
place
and
how
they
are
different
per
level
from
elementary
through
middle
to
high
school
and
different
demographics.
So
sorry,
it's
kind
of
a
long
question.
K
A
K
A
K
Are
good
to
go?
Thank
you.
I
apologize
great
question.
Assemblywoman
garlow.
What
we're
looking
at
right
now
is
with
our
individual
principles,
looking
at
their
academic
data
up
and
that's
part
of
the
plan
that
we
are
asking
them
to
bring
in
small
groups
of
educators
on
a
voluntary
basis.
That
is
a
that
is
a
fourth
through
twelfth
because
we
are
extremely
concerned
as
well.
For
our
I
mean
for
all
students,
but
especially
our
seniors,
our
juniors
for
gpa
perspective,
so
they're
working
right
now
we
sent
them.
K
I
would
tell
we
send
a
guide
this
week
and
that's
what
the
principals
are
working
on
to
bring
back
their
students,
so
once
we
can,
we
can
get
that
to
this
body
once
we
have
them,
you
know,
so
you
can
see
more
strategic
what
schools
are
doing,
because
every
school
is
going
to
be
individual
for
the
needs
of
the
community.
A
Okay,
thank
you.
Next,
we
will
go
to
assemblywoman
win.
C
Thank
you,
assemblywoman
rochelle
nguyen
this
message.
This
question
and
kind
of
comment
is
for
superintendent
jara,
I'm
new
to
the
education
committee,
but
I'm
obviously
not
new
to
education.
I
am
a
parent
and
I
have
two
children
that
are
currently
in
the
clark
county
school
district,
and
I
recognize
that
this
year
has
been
a
challenge
and
the
decisions
that
you
all
have
to
make
are
unimaginable.
C
You
know-
and
I
grew
up
with
a
bipolar
mother,
and
so
it
breaks
my
heart
to
hear
these
issues,
these
tragic
suicides
with
our
nevada
children-
and
I
think
everyone
does
that.
But
I
also
think
you
probably
appreciate
that
this
is
not
a
new
issue
in
our
state
and
it's
not
something
it's
something
that
we
do
need
to
do
better.
So
I
just
wanted
to
start
off.
I
know
that
you
guys
introduced
some
telemental
health
services,
at
least
in
the
court
county
school
district.
C
That
seem
to
be
showing
some
initial
success
since
they
were
introduced
in
the
fall.
So
I
appreciate
some
of
those
programs
that
you
guys
have
chose
and
have
been
able
to
implement
so
I'll
just
start
there.
This
kind
of
gives
to
my
question,
though
I
see
you
know
we're
here
meeting
virtually
because
it
is
unsafe.
We
are
in
the
middle
of
a
global
pandemic.
C
Our
governor
has
made
a
pause
order.
I
know
many
school
boards,
most
of
them
are
still
meeting
virtually
and
I
recognize
that
we're
not
going
to
have
something
that
makes
everyone
happy
but,
and
we
all
want
to
get
back
to
a
normal
or
even
like-
I
guess-
a
hybrid
modified
normal
at
this
point,
but
having
just
recovered
my
entire
family
from
covid
and
we
masked,
and
we
did
all
the
appropriate
things
the
kids
haven't
left
our
house
in
probably
12
months.
C
You
know
I
I
do
have
a
fear
and
hearing
that
we
have
educators
who
are
so
adaptable,
and
I
know
that
my
sister
is
a
teacher.
My
mother-in-law
was
a
teacher
they're
always
going
to
put
their
students
before
themselves.
We
see
them
in
tragic
shootings.
We
see
them
in
the
decisions
that
they
make
and
the
money
they
spend
and
the
time
that
they
do
outside
of
their
salaries
and
their
like
personal
life.
C
Like
you
know,
dashboard,
that's
now
collecting
the
desks.
You
know
related
to
families
within
the
school
district,
so
I
was
wondering
you
know
why
there
is
a
rush
to
do
this.
I
think
of
this.
You
know
if
someone
tests,
positive
you're,
shutting
down
the
classroom
for
two
weeks,
and
that
seems
to
be
even
more
disruptive
for
the
learning
process
and
for
these
teachers.
So
I'm
just
wondering
you
know
what
are
the
contingency
plans
to
deal
with
this
moving
into
this
hybrid
model.
K
Sorry
thanks.
Thank
you,
superintendent
jar
for
the
record
assembly
woman,
one
of
the
things
that
and
and
and
not-
and
I'm
going
to
go
back
into
my
opening
or
presentation.
I
I
didn't
forget
because
I
can't
forget
our
esea
partners,
because
they
have
been
from
day
one
when
we
closed
down
our
food
service
department
delivered
and
they
go
close
to
10
million
meals,
9.8
million
meals
to
this
community.
The
heartbeat
of
of
our
traditional
schools
have
been
as
part
of
this
community.
One.
K
Have
put
in
place
is
the
I
would
tell
you
in
our
partnership
with
all
unions
is
really
looking
at.
The
testing
has
won
the
kova
testing
as
a
mitigating
strategy
and
then
also
now
partnering
with
the
southern
nevada
health
district
partnered,
with
the
governor's
office
meeting
twice
a
week
to
try
to
get
our
adults
back,
go
through
the
vaccine
to
make
sure
that
we
are
safe.
That
is
number
one.
Priority
is
to
make
sure
that
the
adults
are
safe
and
the
agreements
that
we
haven't
set.
There
is
a
voluntary.
K
If
there
is
some
mitigating
strata,
I'm
not
mitigating
strategies,
there's
some.
If
you're
success
susceptible
population,
then
you
can
prove
up
and
show
not
only
through
the
ada
compliance,
but
then
also
there
is
that
opportunity
in
that
choice,
when,
when
the
data
that
we
have
seen
to
date,
obviously
practicing
social
distancing,
we
are
still
at
the
six
foot,
because
dr
lagann,
where
the
chief
health
officer
here
locally,
has
been
very
clear,
six
feet,
foot
six
feet
social
distance.
He
won't
move
on
that
which
is
the
right
thing.
I
trust
obviously
he's
the
expert.
K
I'm
not.
I
can
teach
kids,
but
I'm
not
the
health
expert,
so
we're
partnering
very
closely
with
our
health
experts
to
make
sure
that
we
are
safe
when
we
come
back.
So
we
are
part
of
our
agreements
and,
with
all
unions,
have
been
that
that
there's
that
they
can
demonstrate
with
their
success
susceptible
to
some
health
factors
that
then,
then
we
you
know
obviously
have
that
possib.
You
know
that
choice
to
stay
home,
so
we're
working
through
that
right
now
to
make
sure
that
the
adults
are
safe
for
our
children.
C
You
know
I
I
I
appreciate
that
we're
trying
to
find
solutions.
You
know
I
I
just
have
concerns
like
if
you
don't
have
underlying
health
conditions
like
having
gone
through
the
covid
situation
in
my
household,
I
don't
have
any
underlying
health
conditions,
but
I
can
tell
you
it
was
a
hellish
two
weeks.
C
My
father
who
lives
with
us
has
some
underlying
health
conditions
and
I
wouldn't
wish
watching
a
family
member
struggle
to
breathe
like
I
had
to
go
through,
and
I
will
tell
you
that
I
also
struggled
because
my
eight-year-old
daughter
had
symptoms
and
struggled
with
her
covet,
so
you
know
and
she
can't
get
a
vaccination
so
why?
I
also
think
that
there
needs
to
be
an
appreciation
that
even
people
without
underlying
health
conditions
can
really
suffer
from
this
disease
if
they
contract
it.
So
I
I
think
you
bet.
B
A
And
thank
you
and
I'll
just
piggyback
on
assemblyman,
when
I
personally
don't
have
underlying
health
issues,
but
my
husband
sure
does,
and
so
that's
another
thing
you
come
home
as
a
as
a
carrier.
So
I
I
think
this
is
an
important
conversation
that
needs
to
be
had
and
you
know
to
call
it
a
a
personal
decision,
but
you
know
it's.
It's
affects
many
families
in
many
different
ways.
So
thank
you
for
sharing,
and
I
know
that
you
are
being
thoughtful
of
that.
A
But
I
just
we
really
want
to
make
sure
that
that
teachers
feel
safe.
We
will
move
on
to
assemblywoman
marzola.
B
Thank
you,
madam
chair
assemblywomany,
la
marzella
assembly,
district
21..
This
is
a
question
for
superintendent
jarrah
in
clark
county.
What
efforts
has
been
made
to
make
the
reopening
plans
for
non-english
speaking
families.
K
When
you,
madam
chair
assembly,
marzola,
can
you
repeat
the
question.
K
So
superintendent
jarrah
for
the
record
we
have,
we
are
actually
in
the
process.
We
just
released
our
latest
this
week.
We
are
in
the
process
of
translating
into
spanish
the
first,
the
first
few.
A
K
Obviously,
when
we
released
them,
it
takes
them
some
time
to
translate
them
in
spanish,
which
is
the
dominant
language.
Here
in
this
community
we
have
made
that
available
for
their
families.
I
have
gone
and
I
I
am
bilingual,
so
I
have
done
some
town
hall
meetings
in
spanish.
I
would
say
virtual
meetings,
not
not
town
hall,
face
to
face,
but
I
have
done
some
teletown
home
meetings
in
spanish
to
explain
to
our
spanish
speaking
community
about
about
our
reopening
plan.
B
When
was
the
plan
sent
out
for
families
in
english.
K
B
Okay,
do
you
know
so
for
the
spanish
speaking
families,
do
you
have
a
date
when
that's
going
to
be
sent.
K
B
B
And
available
to
our
spanish-speaking
parents
and
families,
and
so
as
dr
jarrah
mentioned,
we
are
in
the
process
right
now
of
translating
that
and
will
be
out
as
soon
as
it
can
be
available
for
our
families.
You
don't
have
a
date
as
of
yet
I'm
happy
to
follow
up
with
you
on
a
date.
Can
you
and
then
would
you
be
able
to?
Would
you
okay
also
be
able
to
sim.
A
I
was
just
gonna
say
everything
should
go
through
the
committee,
so
but
I
believe
you
were
going
to
ask
for
something
additional
assembly:
woman,
yeah.
B
Just
when
it's
ready,
if
it
can
be
sent
to
the
committee.
A
Yeah
so
once
again,
we'll
have
our
mr
robista
we'll
follow
up
with
you,
so
we
can
get
that
and
we'll
get
that
out
to
the
committee
and
I
apologize.
I
still
have
several
questions,
but
we
I
just
don't
want
to
run
out
of
of
time.
I
know
some
people
have
other
committees
after
so
I'm
gonna
have
go
ahead
and
have
do
the
charter
school
authority
presentation
quickly
and
then
we'll
follow
up
with
the
last
few
questions
as
well.
All
right
so
go
ahead.
Miss
fighting.
D
Thank
you.
I
am
bringing
this
up
on
my
screen,
so
hopefully
you
can
confirm
when
you're
able
to
see
that
my
name
is
rebecca
fiden
for
the
record
executive
director
of
the
state
public
charter
school
authority
and
if
you
could
just
confirm
you're
you're,
seeing
that,
on
your
end,.
D
Perfect.
Okay,
thank
you.
So
much.
Thank
you
for
the
opportunity
to
share
today
before
I
get
into
discussing
the
covet
19
pandemic
and
the
charter
schools
response,
since
this
is
the
first
time
that
I'm
presenting
to
this
committee,
I
do
want
to
briefly
provide
some
context
about
charter
schools
and
the
charter
authority.
D
Some
of
you
may
be
familiar
with
charter
schools
and
our
agency
and
others.
This
may
be
the
first
time
you're
having
the
chance
to
hear
from
us.
So
as
you're
likely
aware.
D
Here
we
go
as
you
are
likely
aware:
charter
public
charter.
Schools
are
tuition
free,
they
are
open
to
all
students
and
enroll
students
through
a
lottery
process,
they're
required
to
take
all
state
assessments,
they're
governed
by
volunteer
boards
of
directors.
D
Sponsoring
here
are
just
some
quick
facts
about
our
agency
and
I'll
breeze
forward
to
talking
more
about
our
schools.
Here
we
have
currently
67
charter
school
campuses.
They
are
located
across
five
counties.
The
majority
of
our
schools
are
located
in
clark
county
and
for
context.
We
charter
schools,
state
public
charter,
school
authorities,
sponsored
charter
schools,
serve
approximately
11
of
the
state's
total
enrollment.
D
So
now
I
will
get
into
the
coven
19
response,
and
hopefully
that
gives
you
a
sense
of
our
role,
which
is
a
little
bit
different
from
a
traditional
school
district.
D
The
state
public
charter
school
authority
throughout
the
2020
2021
school
year
has
provided
guardrails
and
oversight
regarding
in-person
learning.
Ultimately,
our
schools
were
able
to
make
decisions
about
their
instructional
models
within
the
guardrails
that
we
set,
and
we
did
see
a
wide
range
of
approaches
which
I
will
talk
through
on
the
next
slide.
D
To
give
some
background
on
these
guardrails
and
oversight.
In
august,
the
authority
put
in
place
coven
19
in-person
learning
guidance
that
limited
in-person
instruction
to
up
to
25
percent
of
the
school's
enrollment
if
they
were
in
a
county
that
was
flagged
by
the
coven
19
task
force.
Most
of
our
schools
in
those
flagged
counties
did
in
fact
open
the
school
year,
either
fully
virtual
or
with
a
very
limited
in-person
instruction.
D
As
we
got
into
september
and
october,
those
schools
started
bringing
small
groups
of
students
back
into
their
buildings.
Oftentimes
prioritizing
student
groups
such
as
special
education,
students,
english
learners
or
young
learners,
in
particular,
and
with
this
gradual
increase,
they
had
the
opportunity
to
refine
their
processes
and
let
staff
and
students
adjust
to
this
new
normal
as
we
as
we
now
like
to
call
it.
As
we
got
into
september
and
october,
our
agency
continued
to
monitor
what
was
going
on
in
schools.
D
Just
at
the
beginning
of
the
month,
we
did
increase
the
limit
from
25
up
to
40,
and
I
want
to
note
two
things
here:
keep
in
mind
that
throughout
this
period,
all
of
our
schools
were
subject
to
all
of
the
emergency
directives,
just
like
other
public
schools
in
the
state.
As
I
mentioned
earlier,
schools
had
the
option
to
provide
in-person
learning.
D
So
with
that
in
mind,
our
next
board
meeting
is
at
the
end
of
february,
in
our
monthly
board
meetings,
we
regularly
discuss
the
coven
19
in
person,
learning
guidance
and
continue
to
watch
the
numbers
across
the
state
very
closely,
and
so
we'll
continue
to
to
do
so
and
talk
to
our
schools
as
we
contemplate
potential
changes
going
into
the
springtime
in
terms
of
oversight.
D
We
have
also
significantly
changed
our
communication
practices
with
schools
first,
to
ensure
that
we
are
well
informed
about
what
is
happening
on
our
school
sites
every
week
and,
second,
to
ensure
that
we
have
make
sure
that
our
schools
have
access
to
critical
information
and
answers
to
questions
that
they
may
have
challenges.
They
may
face
issues
that
may
arise
at
the
beginning
of
this.
The
communication
was
multiple
times
per
week.
D
We
actually
split
the
schools
up
across
liaisons
and
across
our
entire
agency,
and
those
liaisons
were
talking
to
our
schools
twice
a
week
at
the
beginning,
and
and
now
we've
scaled
back
significantly,
largely
because
things
have
become
changes
happen
a
little
bit
less
frequency
frequently
than
they
did
at
the
beginning,
but
we
do
maintain
very
regular
communication
with
our
schools
to
this
day,
and
I
expect,
throughout
the
remainder
of
this
year,
in
terms
of
methods
of
instruction.
D
So
again,
our
schools
did
have
do
have
a
lot
of
flexibility
in
this
in
this
front,
and
this
slide
shows
the
method
for
each
school.
This
data
is
as
of
january
18th,
and
I
believe
there
may
be
some
changes
that
will
be
implemented
in
the
next
couple
of
weeks,
but
this
data
should
be
pretty
darn
close
to
accurate.
As
of
today,
the
vast
majority,
as
you
can
see,
are
operating
under
a
hybrid
model,
and
that
can
look
a
lot
of
different
ways.
D
In
some
cases
it's
alternating
stays
like
superintendent,
jarrod
talked
about
one
cohort
comes
in
on
mondays
and
tuesdays.
One
comes
in
on
thursdays
and
fridays.
There
are
some
schools
doing
a
half
day
model
and
then
some
are
are
certain
grade
levels
are
coming
into
the
school
building,
while
other
grade
levels
are
fully
virtual.
So
there
are
a
wide
variety
of
hybrid
models
being
used
right
now.
D
To
provide
some
details
about
how
schools
have
been
supporting
students
and
families.
First
I'll
talk
about
safe
reopening
our
schools
and,
and
now
our
agency
have,
over
the
last
10
months,
become
deeply
familiar
with
the
federal
state
and
local
guidance.
D
In
fact,
we
have
on
multiple
occasions,
have
local
health
officials
join
our
calls
with
schools
to
help
share
information,
answer
questions
talk
through
scenarios
and
and
challenges.
We've
worked
in
close
coordination
with
our
local
health
authorities,
as
they
have
developed
their
school
response
plans
and
ensure
that
their
smooth
communication
and
processes
for
coordinating
when
there
are
potential
issues
and
in
addition,
we
have
like
all
the
other
school
districts.
D
Our
schools
have
have
benefited
greatly
through
the
task
force
and
department
of
emergency
management
to
have
access
to
a
significant
amount
of
ppe
to
help
to
keep
students
and
teachers
safe
in
terms
of
learning
loss.
We
know
that
this
is
a
real
concern,
as
we
think
about
short
and
long-term
impacts.
D
Last
summer,
anticipating
the
need
for
this
work,
we
initiated
a
three-part
training
on
instructional
recovery
so
that,
even
at
that
point
back
in
the
summer,
we
were
starting
to
think
about
what
this
was.
The
impacts
that
this
would
have
and
and
how
we
could
proactively
address
this.
Our
many
of
our
schools
have
continued
some
of
that
professional
learning
through
some
of
the
esser
funds
that
were
made
available
through
the
federal
government,
and
we
expect
this
will
continue
certainly
into
the
this
coming
summer
and
perhaps
longer
as
well.
D
Our
schools
continue
to
use
school-based
assessments
that
provide
them
with
local
data,
to
assess
student
learning
and
figure
out
where
they
need
to
dig
in
and
provide
additional
supports
to
students,
and
then
we're
also
gearing
up
for
state
assessments
and
anticipate
that
these
will
provide
really
a
broader
view
on
the
overall
impact
of
the
pandemic
on
student
learning.
D
D
Many
have
with
safety
precautions
conducted
home
visits
to
check
in
on
families
that
they
have
had
a
hard
time
getting
in
touch
with,
and
then
also
supporting
our
students
with
internet
and
devices.
With
regard
to
technology,
we
have
been
able
to
work
with
our
schools
as
well
as
partners
such
as
the
office
of
the
governor's
office
of
science,
innovation
and
technology,
to
help
to
get
devices
and
internet
access
to
our
students
and
then
briefly
I'll
I'll
talk
about
funding.
At
this
point,
the
spcsa
has
seen
an
additional
approximately
9.3
million
dollars
in
federal
funds.
D
You'll
see
the
major
uses
highlighted
here
and-
and
I
don't
think
any
of
these
are
surprising-
probably
in
line
with
many
of
the
ways
that
school
districts
are
using.
These
funds,
as
well
in
terms
of
budget
impacts,
our
agency
reviews
budget
to
actual
reports
for
schools
on
a
quarterly
basis.
We've
seen
mixed
results
on
this
front
and
I
think
we'll
continue
to
monitor.
D
We
have
seen
some
schools
with
noticeably
lower
enrollment
than
they
had
originally
projected,
but
that
is
limited
to
a
subset
of
schools,
not
necessarily
a
trend
across
the
entire
entire
67
charter,
school
campuses
that
we
we
oversee
and
then
finally,
here's
just
a
quick
summary
of
the
supports
that
we've
provided
to
our
schools
during
the
pandemic.
D
D
A
And
I
was
saying
really
amazing
stuff,
I'm
so
sorry
you
guys
missed
it.
Okay,
I
think
we'll
just
go
ahead
and
go
down
the
queue.
So
next
is
assemblywoman.
Hardy.
E
Thank
you
chair,
and
I
just
wanted
to
start
off
by
thanking
all
of
the
presenters
you've
had
such
a
monumental
undertaking
since
last
march,
when
schools,
you
know
this
pandemic
kid
and
we
had
to
close
schools
and
and
all
of
that-
and
so
you
know,
I
commend
you
on
everything
that
you
have
done,
that
you
did,
that
you
have
done
that.
You
continue
to
do
to
to
help
our
students
and
our
teachers.
E
E
I
think
we
all
are
aware
that
march
1st
they're
going
to
open
the
pre-k
through
third
grade
and
on
these
different.
The
cohorts
like
you
explained
here
so
is:
is
there
any
timeline
like
once
that's
done?
Is
there
any
timeline
or
maybe
then
opening
up
higher
grades
and
what
would
that
be
based
on
or
is
it
like?
We
see
how
it
goes
for
two
weeks
or
a
month
and
then
we'll
you
know
open
some
other
grades
or
is
there
any
like
definitive
timeline
or
decisions?
K
K
K
Internally
and
starting
to
work
with
our
bargaining
units
to
see
how
that
happens,
you
know,
ideally,
if
I,
if
I
give
you
a
timeline
now
I
mean
you
know,
we
look
and
see
a
couple.
Two
three
weeks
don't
hold
me
to
it.
You
know
see
how
that
goes:
keeping
the
mitigation
strategies,
keeping
our
kids
and
our
staff
safe
and
then
potentially
maybe
my
thinking
right
now
is
fourth
and
fifth,
and
then
you
know
seeing
what
my
other
colleagues
across
the
state
are
doing
and
across
the
country
as
superintendent
mcneil
mentioned
every
thursday.
B
E
I
appreciate
that
and
I
you
know
I
was
encouraged
by
some
of
the
other
presenters
and
and
the
way
that
they
have
been
opening
and
handling
their
districts.
So
I
think
that's
encouraging
information,
because
you
know
I
can
appreciate.
We
all
have
our
families,
we
have
our
situations,
we
want
people
to
be
safe
and
you
know,
but
we
also
want
our
kids
to
to
learn.
We
want
for.
E
K
Superintendent
jar
for
the
record
assemblywoman
hardy:
yes,
parents
have
a
choice
to
keep
their
kids
to
distance
education
and
that's
something
that
we're
looking
at
for
next
year
as
well.
Parents
are
going
to
want
to
have
that
opportunity,
so
we're
strengthening
our
distance
education
program
as
well.
A
E
Thank
you,
madam
chair,
and
I
echo
the
sentiments
of
others.
Thank
you
for
all
the
heavy
lifting
that
you've
been
doing,
and
we
we
do
appreciate
you.
This
committee,
in
the
2019
session,
considered
a
bill
on
distance
learning
and
the
time
the
discussion
was
around
weather
snow
days.
E
You
know
other
kinds
of
hazards,
breakdowns
of
even
equipment,
hvac
units
and
so
forth.
That
would
lead
to
circumstances
that
wouldn't
be
healthy
for
students
to
to
operate
in
until
they
got
fixed
at
the
time.
We
never
predicted
that
there
would
be
a
pandemic,
but
it
certainly
begs
the
question
you
know
hindsight
being
20
20
wish.
We
could
have
gone
further
with
that
bill,
but
we're
under
the
governor's
executive
orders
right
now
and
I
declared
emergency.
E
That's
given
you
the
flexibility
you
needed
to
be
able
to
implement
all
this
distance
learning.
I
guess
my
question
is:
there's
something
that
this
body
needs
to
consider
in
the
long
run
for
future,
once
we
are
no
longer
in
a
declared
emergency.
That
would
give
you
the
statutory
requirements
that
you
need
to
be
able
to
be
flexible
in
addressing
distance
learning
needs
down
the
road.
K
And
if
I
may
go
first-
and
I
know
my
colleagues
who
are
also
superintendent
jar
for
the
record,
I
know
my
colleagues
who
are
also
here
with
with
us
this
afternoon
and
I'm.
N
K
Put
a
plug
in,
for
I
know
what
the
state
superintendent
is
working
on
on
with
the
blue
ribbon
commission.
I
think
one
of
the
things
that
in
expanding
our
our
competency
base
that
we
already
have
as
a
state,
I
know
that
she
will
be
bringing
in
this
department
will
be
bringing
in
some
of
those
recommendations
that
I
would
encourage
this
body
to
look
at,
because
I
think
the
flexibility
is
going
to
be
the
key.
M
Mcneill
superintendent
of
washoe
county
school
district,
so
within
washoe.
Obviously,
we've
had
just
recently
snow
days,
and
you
know
I
know
that
we
have
worked
very
closely
with
the
nevada
department
of
education,
because
this
is
this
is
a
huge
concern.
It
would
be
very
nice
to
be
able
to
turn
those
days
instead
of
using
our
contingency
days
at
the
end
of
the
year
to
be
able
to
have
a
full
distance
learning
type
model,
and
so
I
appreciate
that
question
and
I
think
it's.
M
This
is
part
of
what
the
silver
lining,
if
you
will,
as
far
as
everything
that
we
are
learning
in
this
global
pandemic,
as
we
move
forward
with
with
education
and
down
this
pathway
and
competency-based
education
is
going
to
be
one
of
those
areas
and
being
able
to
have
a
child
complete
a
course
at
mastery
level
and
then
move
into
to
the
next
course,
and
so
having
that
that
opportunity.
M
You
know
that
we
don't
have
to
use
contingency
days
that
we
can
just
kind
of
keep
moving
down.
This
pathway,
I
think,
is
you
know
one
of
the
areas
that
we
need
to
be
looking
at
and-
and
I
appreciate
that
the
blue
ribbon
committee-
we
have
a
representative
on
there
as
well
too,
so
just
just
the
the
opportunity
to
look
at
education,
not
within
seat
time
and
not
in
the
structure
in
the
confines
of
180
instructional
days.
A
G
It
was,
it
was
because
you
moved
us
to
the
to
the
next
item.
I
I
honestly
think
I
think
all
of
the
questions
have
have
have
really
already
been
addressed,
although
I,
I
suppose
I
could
ask
one
just
for
a
little
more
clarification.
G
We
just
one
of
our
colleagues
just
asked
a
question
about
the
choices
for
the
students
and
families
to
be
able
to
make
those
choices.
And
again
I
I
feel
like
not
to
it's
about
ccsd,
but
because
this
is
the
district
that
is
actually
transitioning
right
now,
while
the
others
already
have
about
giving
the
the
parents
and
that
are
concerned,
choices
on
whether
or
not
they
want
to
physically
send
their
students
back
to
school
or
keep
them
at
home
and
and
continue
virtu
their
virtual,
their
education
virtually.
G
But
how
does
that
look
when
it
comes
to
staffing,
because
again,
there's
been
discussion
and
communication
about
educators
having
having
the
choice
and
who's
able
to,
and
so
how
will
what
will
happen
if
there's
a
a
difference
in
between
the
number
of
students
that
want
to
return
versus
the
number
of
teachers
that
are
able
to
return
physically.
K
Superintendent
jar
for
the
record
assembly,
one
assemblywoman
miller,
great
question,
something
that
early
data
that
we
have
just
received,
looking
at
it
now
and
you're
right
and
more
kids
than
teachers
right
and
that's
a
conversation
and
that's
where
we're
looking
at
the
partnership
between
our
our
administrators
and
our
our
teachers
to
look
and
see
where
we
can,
where
we
can
make
sure
that
we
have
enough
adults.
One
of
the
things
that
we're
going
to
continue
we
have
in
our
agreement
is
that
emerging
issues
come
up.
K
We
have
to
then
come
to
the
table
together
and
find
a
solution,
so
I
don't
have
total
numbers
in
totality
right
now
across
all
schools.
The
principles
that
I've
had
conversations
anecdotally
again
have
been
that
we
have
seen
that
we
have
a
lot
enough
teachers
for
the
pre-k
right
now.
The
challenge
and
I'll.
Just
you
know.
One
of
one
of
the
concerns
that
we
have
right
now
is
that
especially
for
graduation
requirement
is
act.
K
That
is
a
regraduation
requirement
and
there
is
somewhat
some
concern
that
we
may
not
have
enough
proctors.
So
that's
one
of
the
things
that
we
have
to
come
to
the
table
and
have
some
conversations
around,
because
it
is
a
graduation
requirement.
We
have
to
offer
it
that's
where
we
have
to
do
what's
best
for
the
children
and
that's
what
we
will
do.
G
Follow-Up
chair
sure
thank
you
and
dr
jara
again,
as
we've
been
speaking,
even
as
you
mentioned,
act
testing.
Obviously
these
are
extraordinary
times
so
extraordinary
measures
and
exceptions
and
requests,
and
you
know
whatever
we
can
do
to
make
sure
that
our
students
graduate.
G
But
I
I
want
to
follow
up
on
a
question
that
was
asked
earlier
as
well,
which
was
what,
if
you
know
when
students
do
return
physically
and
if
there
is
another
outbreak
and
it
I
just
it
didn't,
seem
that
there
was
a
clear
protocol
yet
on
how
it
would
it
would
be
handled.
What
is
the
protocol
if
there
is
an
outbreak,
especially
I
I
think
one
of
the
things
that's
unique
to
ccsd,
more
so
than
any
of
our
other
districts.
G
Is
that
and
I
don't
want
to
say
because
I
know
in
the
rules
we
have
students
that
travel
long
distances
to
get
to
their
schools,
but
in
ccsd
itself,
especially
if
you're
looking
at
the
majority
of
the
valley,
our
students,
don't
necessarily
attend
school,
just
their
neighborhood
kind
of
zone
schools.
We
have
students
and
magnets
all
over
the
district.
We
have
students
that
go
from
summerlin
to
green
valley;
they
they
drive.
You
know
they
bus
all
the
way
down
to
rancho
there.
G
There
there's
choice,
so
they
you
know,
one
household
could
have
their
their
three
or
four
kids
in
you
know:
schools
all
across
the
valley
which
again
becomes
a
concern.
If
there
is
an
outbreak,
because
now
it's
not
just
trying
to
contain
in
our
community,
I
have
to
consider
that
how
many
of
my
students
actually
are
living
20
20
miles
away,
and
then
you
know
where
a
fan
out
of
this
one
household
could
have
one
kid
going
to
school
at
in
green
valley
area,
another
in
the
summerlin
area.
Another
in
you
know
west
las
vegas.
G
K
Superintendent
job
for
the
record:
yes,
we
we
do
have
our
plans
on
our
protocols
following
our
contact
racing
following
the
southern
nevada
health
district
guidelines.
We
are.
This
is
part
of
where
I
really
appreciate
the
governor's
leadership
and
and
the
state
superintendent.
K
Where
we're
meeting
we
met
yesterday,
we
met
monday
we're
meeting
again
tomorrow
to
make
sure
that
our
plans,
the
good
thing
is
that
I
know
that
superintendent,
mcneil
and
my
colleagues
have
been
doing
this,
and
this
is
where
we're
learning
from
them,
because
they
have
been
doing
the
contact,
tracing
and
and
some
of
those
measures
that
obviously
a
little
bit
unique
for
clark
but
they're
the
same
thing.
K
So
what
I
would
tell
you
is
that
the
partnership,
not
only
from
the
state's
emergency
team
but
then
also
the
southern
nevada
and
in
lining
up
ours,
is
going
to
be
able
to
address
that.
So
we
do
have
to
get
into
obviously
the
conversation
about
we're
going
to
need
more
contact
tracing
than
my
colleague
in
the
north,
because
we
have
a
little
bit
more
schools
up
and
down.
It
goes
back
to
what
assemblywoman
hardy
mentioned.
K
A
Thank
you.
I
do
have
a
few
questions.
I
was
going
to
look
around
and
see
if
other
folks
had
a
question.
It
looks
like.
I
just
got
a
message
from
assemblywomanhansen:
can
you
just
raise
hands
if
there's
anybody
else
and
if
not,
then
I'm
going
to
go
after
somebody
hansen
and
ask
my
questions.
Anybody
else
all
right
go
for
it.
B
Thank
you
chair,
and
I
appreciate
this
second
chance
in
the
right
segment.
I
was
curious
and
this
is
a
question
for
the
the
charter
school
authority.
B
We
heard
from
superintendent
effect
with
pershing
county
that
they
had
a
drop.
You
know
an
enrollment
because
of
the
homeschooling
choice,
five
to
seven
percent.
I'm
curious
if
you've
seen
a
drop
or
an
increase
in
your
enrollment
in
the
charter.
Schools.
D
Thank
you
for
the
question
rebecca
fiden
for
the
record.
You
know
it's
honestly
been
varied
from
school
to
school.
In
some
cases
we
have
seen,
I
think
five
campuses
we've
noted
that
they
are
eight
less
than
80
of
their
projection
for
the
year,
whereas
we
have
some
schools
that
have
been
right
on
track
with
their
projection
or
within
range
and
slightly
over.
Some
of
it
has
to
do
with
local
circumstances.
D
For
example,
some
of
our
schools
up
in
washoe
county,
where
elementary
school
has
been
largely
in
person
this
year,
have
smaller
campuses,
and
we
have
had
some
some
guard
rails
in
place
that
they
have
felt
like
they've,
had
families
saying
well,
we
want
to
go
to
the
washoe
county
school
district
because
our
kid
can
go
every
day,
and
so
we've
actually
seen
it
go
in
both
directions
and
I
think
it's
a
reflection
of
the
reality.
D
I
think
that
many
of
you
have
shared
today
that
many
of
these
decisions
are
personal
for
many
people,
and
I
think
you
know
I've
said
repeatedly
to
my
board
like
I
wish
there
was
a
good
one,
single
right
answer
and
unfortunately,
for
every
family
every
person
many
times
these
are
just
personal
personal
decisions,
and-
and
we
see
that
reflected
in
the
data
that
we
see
where
our
schools
are
varied
from
campus
to
campus
and
county
to
county.
A
I
will
actually
keep
you
misfited.
So
I'll
start
my
questions
with
you.
Since
your
charter
schools
have
such
a
diverse
plans.
I
know
some
of
them
down
south
began
the
beginning
of
the
year
fully
in
person
from
what
I
understand,
maybe
not
even
fully
socially
distancing,
but
just
kind
of
you
know
went
full
bore.
Then
we
have
others
that
have
incrementally
opened
in
some
ways.
Have
you
seen?
Has
there
been
an
issue
with
with
spikes
in
covid
and
what
is
your
protocol
when
that
does
happen?
A
D
D
Thank
you
for
the
question
rebecca
feiden
again
for
the
record,
so
the
beginning
of
the
year
we
limited
in
person
enrollment
to
25,
which
was,
for
example,
the
state's
directives,
have
tended
to
be
at
50
capacity
of
every
space.
So
we
we
actually
have
more
significant
limitations
in
place
than
the
state
directives
at
the
beginning
of
the
year
and
continue
to
to
this
day
with
a
couple
of
exemptions
that
have
been
granted
beyond
that.
D
In
unique
circumstances
to
your
question
around
protocols
and
spikes
that
we've
seen
you
know,
we
have
worked
very
closely
with
the
southern
nevada
health
district,
as
well
as
the
washoe
county
health
district,
both
of
them
published
school
response
guidance
documents,
and
we
were
part
of
the
development
of
those
documents,
as
well
as
brought
experts
from
their
agencies
to
to
talk
to
our
schools
about
those
response
plans,
and
so
those
go
into
very
high
levels
of
detail
about.
You
know
if
there's
a
case.
What
is
the
protocol?
D
How
does
the
contact
tracing
work
and
then
we
also
ensure
that
schools
report
to
us
when
there
is
a
case
at
one
of
their
campuses
and
we
keep
track
of
those
as
well
and
ensure
that
they've
contacted
the
health
district.
So
we're
really
that
oversight
piece,
I
think,
on
our
end,
has
been
we've.
D
We've
made
sure
to
keep
very
close
communication
with
our
schools
to
make
sure
we
know
what's
going
on
in
terms
of
your
question
spikes,
you
know
we
have
not
seen
huge
spikes
in
any
campuses,
and
I
will
tell
you
one
of
the
things
that
gives
me.
D
We
saw
schools
that
saw
you
know
they
had
been
seeing
one
case
every
couple
weeks
and
all
of
a
sudden
saw
two
cases
in
the
same
week
and
said
we're
not
going
to
risk
it,
and
so
I
think
our
schools
have
been
really
thoughtful
and
cautious
in
the
ways
that
they've
responded
and
we
appreciate,
I
can't
say
enough
for
the
work
of
our
health
districts.
We
would
be
really
really
in
tough
shape
without
all
the
all
the
support
that
they've
provided
us
and
they've
been
available
around
the
clock
to
help
really.
A
Thank
you
for
that,
and,
and
just
to
follow
up
on
that,
how
do
you
deal
with
teachers
who
might
not
feel
comfortable
going
back
to
like
my
colleague,
something
when
miller
brought
up?
I
believe
it
was
you
assemblyman
miller
or
might
have
been
win
about
not
wanting
to
go
into
the
classroom.
Is
that
a
is
that
a
decision
that
they
are
able
to
make
themselves,
or
are
you
in
that
position.
D
Rebecca
fund
for
the
for
the
record.
Thank
you
again
for
the
question.
Ultimately,
each
of
our
schools
volunteer
governing
boards
make
the
decision
about
the
instructional
model
for
their
campus
within
our
guardrails,
and
so
many
of
those
decisions
are
made
locally.
We've
said
really
repeatedly
from
the
beginning
that
schools
should
be
doing
this
work
of
reopening
in
partnership
with
their
teachers,
their
families,
their
school
communities,
and
so
really
encourage
that.
D
I
I
have
gotten
a
couple
of
phone
calls
and
we've
been
made
aware
of
a
couple
of
situations
where
there
have
been
some
concerns
by
a
teacher
and,
and
by
and
large
you
know,
I
don't
think
there
are
any
ups
at
this
point.
We've
been
able
to
work
through
all
of
those,
and
I
do
think
our
schools
have
been
very
responsive
to
their
their
families
and
their
teachers.
D
D
I
can
certainly
identify
a
couple
of
schools
that
the
driving
force
behind
them
staying
so
limited
in
person
or
or
staying
virtual
is
they
have
a
lot
of
teachers
who
aren't
comfortable
and
they
have
decided
that
you
know
they
really
want
to
make
sure
that
teachers
are
part
of
that
decision
point,
and
so
you
know
that
that's
one
of
the
challenges
that
our
schools
have
had
to
face
when
they've
thought
about
increasing
in
personal
instruction
is:
do
we
have
enough
staff
that
feel
like
they
want
to
come
back
at
this
point.
A
Appreciate
that
my
last
question
is,
I
think
we
sort
of
talked
about
how
students
have
moved
on.
Sometimes
we
see
them
going
to
private
schools
that
are
that
are
meeting
every
day,
but
as
the
as
the
virtual
learning
starts
to
go
away,
we
start
to
see
more
in
person.
Are
we
anticipating
that
we're
going
to
then
have
a
matriculation
back
into
public
schools?
Are
we?
Are
we
capturing
those
folks?
D
Dr
jar,
I
don't
know
if
you
want
to
speak
to
what
you've
seen
in
clark
county,
but
certainly
we,
I
think
it's
I
think
it's
quite
possible
we'll
see
some
changes
and
I
know
some
of
our
schools
have
expressed
concern
about
well,
this
school
down
the
street
is
going
to
go
hybrid
and
we're
worried
they're
going
to
draw
our
kids
away,
and
you
know
we
haven't
actually
seen
that
play
out.
Necessarily,
I
think
a
lot
of
our
school.
D
Our
families
are
confident
with
the
community
and
the
school
community
they're
part
of,
but
I
think
you
know,
certainly
it's
something
that
that
we're
all
worried
about
and
dr
jarrod
and
I
have
done
our
best
to
stay
in
close
communication
to
help
to
avoid
any
issues
between
between
our
schools.
K
Madam
chair
superintendent,
jar
for
the
record.
As
miss
feider
mentioned
the
club.
Their
constant
communication
is
is
critical.
One
of
the
things
that
we're
having
conversations
around
is
the
potential
of
an
increase
with
our
current
student
population.
K
Actually,
learning
from
my
colleagues
is
that
parents
may
decide
well.
Is
it
safe
yet
with
distance
ed,
but
as
they
start
seeing
that
it
is
safe,
we're
going
to
potentially
see
an
increase
of
our
current
students,
so
we
we're
taking
all
of
that
into
account
now
and
and
have
to
be.
You
know,
I
said
it
from
day.
K
One
flexibility,
patience
and
grace
are
going
to
be
critical
as
we
close
out
the
year
and
get
ready
to
open
up
in
august,
but
we
are
paying
attention
and
and
making
sure
that
we
stay
flexible
for
those
issues
so
you're
addressing.
A
I
apologize,
I'm
gonna,
ask
one
more
question
and,
and
then
I
that's
it,
you
had
in
the
very
beginning
of
your
presentation,
the
issue
of
busing
came
up
and
how
it's,
I
think
it
went
from
76
to
28..
A
There
shouldn't
be
a
lack
of
buses
correct,
because
we
have
buses
that
aren't
active
for
junior
highs
and
high
schools.
The
like
is
where,
where
what's
the
where's
the
disconnect
is
it
is
it
money
because
we
have
to
have
more?
K
Me
no,
madam
chair,
I'm
superintendent
jar
for
the
record.
I'm
seeing
is,
as
we
grow
to
a
full
when
we
get
to
a
k-12,
eventually,
okay,
because.
A
Okay,
that
that
was
my-
that
was
my
confusion,
all
right.
Okay,
thank
you
all
right.
We
are
at
3
47.
I
know
most
of
us
have
four
o'clock
committee
meetings,
so
I'm
just
gonna
do
a
real
quick
check
to
see
if
anybody
else
has
a
question
that
they're
just
burning
and
I
don't
see
any
hands,
so
I
think
I'm
going
to
thank
you
all
for
your
presentations
very
informative.
A
I
know
almost
everyone
has
thanked
you
for
your
hard
work,
but
believe
it.
We
all
realize
that
this
is
a
unprecedented
time
for
for
all
of
us,
and
we
appreciate
your
hard
work
and
flexibility
and
being
nimble,
and
so
thank
you
for
your
presentations
today
and
thank
you
for
getting
the
information
that
my
committee
members
have
to
ask
for
and
and
we
look
forward
to
working
together
this
legislative
session.
A
Okay,
all
right
and
with
that
we
are
going
to
move
on
to
public
comment.
Please
remember
to
clearly
state
and
spell
your
name
and
limit
your
comments
to
two
minutes.
Staff
will
be
timing.
Each
speaker
during
public
comment
to
make
sure
everyone
is
given
a
fair
opportunity
to
speak
staff
in
our
broadcast
and
production
services.
Please
add
the
first
caller
with
public
comments
to
the
meeting.
B
B
N
We
appreciate
the
work
of
this
committee
in
the
legislature
during
this
time
of
crisis
after
school
buildings
were
ordered
closed
last
spring
nfca
members
quickly
responded
with
classroom
teachers,
engaging
their
students
in
distance
learning
and
food
service
workers
on
the
front
lines
providing
meals
to
families
in
our
districts
this
semester,
our
members,
are
responding
in
a
diversity,
their
district
and
the
status
of
the
clover
19
crisis
in
their
community.
Some
educators
are
back
at
their
school
building,
offering
in-person
instruction.
Others
are
working,
hybrid
models,
juggling
in-person
learning
with
distance
learning
opportunities.
N
Many
others,
including,
as
you
heard
in
clark
county,
are
working
to
create
meaningful
education
experiences
through
full-time
distance
learning.
Last
summer,
nsca
supported
the
work
of
the
department
of
education
to
develop
nevada's
path
forward,
a
framework
for
safe,
efficient
and
equitable
return
to
school
buildings.
We
felt
this
was
the
proper
framework,
along
with
consultation
with
local
health
districts
to
safely
reopen
and
operate
school
buildings
this
school
year,
educators
as
much
as
anyone
else
appreciate
the
importance
of
returning
to
school
for
in-person
learning
distance
education
is
not
an
ideal
replacement
for
most
for
classroom.
N
Learning
for
most
educators
and
students
and
educators
are
concerned
about
the
impact
of
covet
19
crisis
is
having
on
education.
Equity.
Top
concerns
with
full
distance
learning
include
providing
the
same
level
of
education
for
all
students.
The
complexity
of
teaching,
students
with
disabilities
and
absenteeism
also,
most
educators,
find
distance
learning
and
especially
hybrid
models
more
difficult
with
more
time
required
to
teach
the
same
lessons.
However,
educators
have
also
been
very
concerned
about
their
health
and
the
health
and
well-being
of
their
students.
N
Nfca
has
consistently
raised
concerns
that
districts
lack
the
resources
needed
to
follow
the
recommendations
to
safely
open
and
operate
school
buildings
during
this
pandemic,
and
we
continue
to
ask.
N
Okay,
that's
fine.
I
submitted
my
comments
in
writing.
We
look
forward
to
working
with
the
committee
on
all
of
the
challenges
ahead.
A
Thank
you,
mr
daly.
I
appreciate
it.
Okay,
and
with
that
I
am
going
to
give
a
shout
out
to
our
counselors.
Once
again,
I
know
we
did
on
tuesday,
but
this
is
counselor
week
and
assemblywoman.