[1. Meeting Opening]
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>> ALL RIGHT, WE HAVE A QUORUM. WE WILL GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED. DR. ALBRIGHT WILL BE HERE SHORTLY. WE HAVE A SHORT TIME TOGETHER.
THANK YOU ALL FOR JOINING US IN THIS WORK SESSION.
PLEASE RISE FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
[2. Information Items]
>> SO THANK YOU ALL FOR JOINING US NOR WORK SESSION, DISCUSSING OUR SCHOOL LIBRARY PROCEDURES. I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO MR BRIAN TAYLOR. OR DR. KEGLEY.
>> WE HAVE BEEN WORKING TO ADDRESS THE NEW HEA-1447 LEGISLATION THAT TAKES EFFECT ON JANUARY 1.
WE FELT LIKE IN THIS PROCESS AND REVIEWING NOT ONLY OUR POLICY AROUND SELECTION OF MATERIALS BUT ALSO OUR PROCEDURES THAT OUR POLICY WAS STILL PRETTY ENCOMPASSING.
OUR PROCEDURES OR A NEW PROCEDURE NEEDED TO BE DEVELOPED TO ADDRESS THIS PARTICULAR LAW. SO MR. TAYLOR IS GOING TO START WITH MRS. THOMPSON AND REVIEW SOME TOOKUMNTS THAT I HAVE SENT TO YOU PREVIOUSLY. HE WILL GO OVER THOSE IN DEPTH AND WILL ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE.
IF WE WOULD, TOM, LET'S PULL UP THE GRAPHIC ORGANIZER.
WE CREATED THIS AS JUST A WAY TO WALK THROUGH AND UNPACK THE PROCEDURE THAT IS IN FRONT OF YOU.
IT CAN BE A LITTLE COMPLICATED. WE WANT TO KIND OF BREAK THIS DOWN LIKE A FRACTION, AND SO THE ENTIRE POLICY-- I SHOULD SAY THE PROCEDURE AND FLOW CHART FORM, JUST TO HELP, I KNOW IT IS TOUGH FOR ANYBODY WATCHING, TOO, TO TRY TO READ THE PROCEDURE AND DIFFERENT THINGS. FIRST OF ALL, THE BOOK REMOVAL PROCESS, WE KNOW AS DR. KEGLEY SAID IS GOING TO BE ACTIVE JANUARY 1. WE HAVE HAD IN EXISTENCE A MEANS IN WHICH ANY MATERIAL CAN BE CHALLENGED.
THAT HAS ALREADY BEEN IN EXISTENCE.
WE WERE DOING SOME-- JUST SOME INFORMAL ASSESSMENT.
WE HAVE ONLY HAD A COUPLE OF CHALLENGES OVER THE LAST YEAR.
AND SO WE KNOW THIS IS GOING TO TAKE ON A DIFFERENT LOOK HERE COMING UP. SO WHAT WE HAVE DONE IS FIRST OF ALL, IF THERE IS A BOOK THAT IS GOING TO BE REQUESTED FOR REMOVAL FROM A SCHOOL LIBRARY, THE PERSON THAT IS SUBMITTING THIS HAS TO MEET ONE OF TWO CONDITIONS.
THEY HAVE TO BE A DISTRICT PARENT, AND THEY ALSO COULD BE A COMMUNITY MEMBER. BUT THEY HAVE TO RESIDE WITHIN OUR BOUNDARIES. THOSE ARE THE TWO CONDITIONS THAT THE PROCEDURE STATES. AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THE FLOW CHART, IF THEY DON'T MEET ONE OF THOSE, THEY ARE NOT ELIGIBLE TO REQUEST A BOOK TO BE REMOVED. IF THEY ARE, WELL, THEN WE START OUR LITTLE PROCEDURE. SO OBVIOUSLY, WE WOULD LIKE THE CONVERSATION TO START IN THE BUILDING.
THAT IS FOR A NUMBER OF REASONS. DATA, AND THEY CAN LEARN SOME DIFFERENT THINGS FROM THAT JUST SPEAKING WITH THE TEACHER LIBRARIAN AND THE PRINCIPAL, THAT MIGHT HELP THE UNDERSTANDING. SO WE OBVIOUSLY WANT THIS TO START AT THE BUILDING LEVEL. FOLLOWING THAT, IF THEY DO WANT TO PURSUE A REVIEW OF THAT PARTICULAR BOOK, THEN THEY'VE GOT TO HAVE A COUPLE OF PRONGS HERE.
WE WILL HAVE A FORM AVAILABLE FOR THEM.
THE LAW IS VERY SPECIFIC. IT IS A TWO-PRONGED APPROACH HERE. IT HAS TO BE OBSCENE TO THE REASONABLE PERSON BASED ON THE MATERIAL IN THERE, AND IT ALSO HAS TO BE HARMFUL TO MINORS. IT IS KIND OF A TWO-PRONGED TEST THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT WHEN THIS GETS REVIEWED.
TO AVOID WHAT COULD BE-- THERE HAS TO BE ONE FORM PER BOOK.
WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WAS NOTED AS WELL.
JUST FROM A FLOW. THAT COULD BE SOMEONE PRESENTING TEN BOOKS, FOR INSTANCE. THAT COULD BE OVERWHELMING.
ONE BOOK, ONE FORM. IF THE PERSON NOW THAT IS REQUESTING-- THEY HAVE MET WITH THE BUILDING LEVEL.
THEY HAVE DECIDED THEY WANT TO MOVE FORWARD.
BECAUSE THEY FEEL LIKE IT MEETS ONE OF THOSE TWO PRONGS.
EITHER OBSCENE OR HARMFUL TO MINORS.
THEY WILL COMPLETE OUR FORM. THAT FORM IS ATTACHED AS WELL TO OUR PROCEDURES. AND IT DOES REQUIRE THEM TO BE VERY INSIGHTFUL? WHAT THEY ARE FILLING OUT.
THEY NEED TO HAVE REVIEWED IN ITS ENTIRETY, THAT BOOK.
THEY NEED TO KNOW THE CONTEXT. I MEAN, THAT IS THE GOAL.
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FOR THEM TO BE WELL-INFORMED ABOUT THAT REQUEST, TO HAVE THAT REMOVED FROM OUR LIBRARY. ONCE THEY HAVE COMPLETED THAT, THEY WILL SUBMIT THAT TO OUR BUILDING ADMINISTRATOR.TYPICALLY, IT WOULD BE THE PRINCIPAL.
THEN THAT PRINCIPAL IS GOING TO BE REVIEWING THAT ON THE FRONT END FOR US. KIND OF THE TIP OF THE SPEAR.
THEY WANT TO MAKE SURE, AT THAT POINT, THAT IT IS COMPLETED IN ITS ENTIRETY. IF NOT, THEY CAN GET THAT BACK SO THAT WE HAVE A COMPLETED FORM SO THAT OUR COMMITTEE, WHEN IT DOES GET TO THAT POINT, WILL BE ABLE TO MAKE A WELL-INFORMED DECISION BASED ON WHAT THEY HAVE PUT IN THE DOCUMENTATION.
THE PRINCIPAL THEN IS GOING TO MOVE ON DOWN THE LINE.
THEY ARE GOING TO HAND THAT FORM OVER TO OUR SUPERINTENDENT.
THAT STARTS A 0-DAY TIMELINE. NOW, THAT 30 DAYS, A DAY IS DEFINED AS A SCHOOL DAY. ESSENTIALLY, A WORK DAY.
SO WE PUT THE WORDS IN THE PROCEDURE USUALLY.
WE REALLY DON'T KNOW WHAT TO ANTICIPATE IN JANUARY, QUITE HONESTLY. SOME OF THESE BOOKS COULD BE COMPLEX MATERIALS. THEY COULD BE 400 OR 500-PAGE READINGS. THAT IS NOT SOMETHING YOU COULD TURN AROUND REAL QUICK IF WE ARE GIVING IT A REVIEW AT THE COMMITTEE LEVEL WHERE THEY ARE READING THE ENTIRE BOOK WORD FOR WORD, READING FOR CONTEXT, UNDERSTANDING.
YOU KNOW, I KNOW THAT SEEMS A LITTLE BIT OF A SQUIRRELLY WORD.
IF WE HAVE SEVERAL OF THESE PRESENTED TO US, THAT IS GOING TO BE PRETTY TAXING. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE GIVE ITE TIME IT DOES DESERVE AND NOT RUSH THROUGH IT.
SO THAT TIMELINE IS GOING TO BE IMPORTANT.
WHEN IT IS SUBMITTED, THAT IS GOING TO START THAT TIMELINE.
THE SUPERINTENDENT, THEN, IS GOING TO CONVENE A COMMITTEE REVIEW. THAT IS GOING TO INVOLVE SOMEONE FROM OUR TEACHING AND LEARNING. LIKELY, THE INDIVIDUAL TO MY RIGHT. AND HER TEAM.
SO SOMEONE FROM THAT DISTRICT LEVEL TEACHING AND LEARNING IS GOING TO BE PART OF THAT COMMITTEE, ALONG WITH A SCHOOL LIBRARIAN. WE THINK IT IS VERY IMPORTANT THAT THAT LIBRARIAN BE AT A DIFFERENT BUILDING.
SO THAT REMOVES ANY BIASNESS. WE WANT THAT TO BE AN IMPARTIAL PROCESS AS WELL. ALONG WITH THE SCHOOL ADMINISTRATOR. IF THAT IS THE PRINCIPAL OR ONE OF THEIR DESIGNEES FROM THAT BUILDING, THAT IS GOING TO ESSENTIALLY BE THREE MEMBERS. THERE IS SOME FLEXIBILITY IN THAT AS WELL. THERE NEEDS TO BE A TEACHER INVOLVED IN THAT. FOR INSTANCE, IF THAT IS A.P.
LITERATURE, AND THERE IS SOME-- THEY ARE GOING TO BE ABLE TO GIVE US THAT INSIGHT AS WELL. TYPICALLY, THE CORE IS GOING TO BE A THREE-MEMBER TEAM. POSSIBLY BEING ABLE TO FLEX THAT FOR CONTEXTUAL UNDERSTANDING. WITH A TEACHER THAT IS NEEDED.
THAT COMMITTEE IS CHARGED WITH FULLY REVIEWING THAT MATERIAL.
THAT MEANS READING IT IN ITS ENTIRETY AND THEN PUTTING THAT TWO-PRONGED TEST AGAINST THAT. THAT IS OUTLINED IN THE PROCEDURES. IT IS OUTLINED IN STATUTE AS WELL. IS IT HARMFUL TO MINORS? DOES IT CONTAIN OBSCENE MATERIAL, AGAIN? AS YOU HAVE SEEN THE PROCEDURE THAT COMMITTEE WILL CONVENE, FULLY REVIEW. THEN THEY ARE GOING TO SUBMIT THEIR WRITTEN COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION WHICH THEN WILL FLOW TO THE SUPERINTENDENT WITH THE RECOMMENDATION.
THAT RECOMMENDATION IS GOING TO BE ONE OF TWO THINGS.
IT IS GOING TO EITHER BE-- WE ARE GOING TO SAY THAT BOOK NEEDS TO BE PULLED. BECAUSE IT HAS MET ONE OF THOSE TWO CONDITIONS OR BOTH. OR THE RECOMMENDATION WILL BE THAT THE BOOK STAYS. SO THAT RECOMMENDATION GOES TO THE SUPERINTENDENT. BUT IT ALSO GOES TO THE REQUESTER. THAT REQUESTER WILL THEN HAVE A TEN-DAY, AGAIN, SCHOOL DAY IS HOW WE ARE DEFINING THOSE DAYS.
OPPORTUNITY TO THEN HAVE THAT APPEALED.
THAT APPEAL THEN WOULD BE SUBMITTED TO THE SUPERINTENDENT.
WE WOULD THEN MAKE THAT AVAILABLE FOR THE BOARD.
OKAY? YOU WILL END UP SEEING A RECOMMENDATION FROM THAT COMMITTEE THROUGH THE SUPERINTENDENT ON WHETHER THAT BOOK WOULD STAY ON THE SHELF OR BE REMOVED BECAUSE IT VIOLATES. THE GOAL HONESTLY, IF IT IS BEING REMOVED, THAT YOU WOULDN'T NECESSARILY HAVE TO SEE.
THAT YOU COULD SEE THE RESULTS. I THINK REALLY WHAT'S GOING TO BE HAPPENING HERE IS THAT IT IS GOING TO BE THOSE BOOKS THAT HAVE BEEN DEEMED TO STAY ON THE SHELF DURING THE REVIEW PROCESS, THAT YOU WILL BE PUTTING EYES ON PRIMARILY.
SO HOPEFULLY, I MEAN, THAT IS KIND OF TAKING IT THROUGH IN A FIVE-MINUTE, YOU KNOW, QUICK OVERVIEW OF THAT PROCESS.
BUT WE ALSO KNOW YOU MAY HAVE PLENTY OF QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE BEEN FIELDING. WE WANT TO TRY TO ADDRESS THOSE
AT THIS POINT. >> SO IF THE BOARD HAS A LIST OF BOOKS ALREADY, AND OBVIOUSLY, IN THIS FIRST BOX HERE, IT SAYS DISTRICT PARENT ONLY, COMMUNITY MEMBER, WE CAN GIVE YOU THAT
LIST TO BEGIN WITH? >> WE HAVE TO BE REALLY CAREFUL.
THAT WE FOLLOW A PROCEDURE. BECAUSE HERE IS THE REALITY.
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WE WILL HAVE GROUPS ON THE OTHER SIDE CONTESTING THIS AND WATCHING US VERY CAREFULLY, ABOUT ARE WE CENSORING.THE ACLU WILL BE LINED UP ASKING IF WE ARE NOT ALLOWING A PROCESS TO FOLLOW THROUGH. WE HAVE TO BE EXTREMELY GUARDED AND DILIGENT FOR THE PROCEDURE FOR EACH AND EVERY BOOK.
>> IF THE BOARD GIVES YOU A LIST, IT WILL GO THROUGH THIS PROCEDURE. THAT IS WHAT I'M ASKING.
>> WE SHOULD CLARIFY WOULD BIT A SPECIFIC BOARD MEMBER? NOT THE BOARD? THE BOARD HAS NOT HAD ANY OFFICIAL DISCUSSION ABOUT ANY BOOKS IN ANY OF OUR SCHOOL LIBRARIES. INDIVIDUAL BOARD MEMBERS MAY HAVE FEELINGS ABOUT BOOKS. THE BOARD AS AN ENTITY, HAS NOT REVIEWEDDED NOR COMPILED A LIST OF BOOKS THAT WE FEEL NEED TO BE
REVIEWED. >> IF I HAVE A LIST...
>> RIGHT. I WOULD CLARIFY, TOO.
MY THOUGHT WOULD BE THAT WE ARE IN ADDITION TO BEING BOARD MEMBERS, WE ARE COMMUNITY MEMBERS ALSO.
OR PARENTS. I WOULD ASSUME WE WOULD USE THE
THAT IS WHAT I'M ASSUMING. I'M JUST MAKING SURE.
>> IF YOU HAD SEVERAL BOOKS YOU WANTED CHALLENGED.
I WOULD IMAGINE BOARD MEMBERS OR ADMINISTRATORS COULD FILL OUT THE FORM AND TURN IT IN. YOU WOULD GO THROUGH THE SAME
PROCESS. >> THAT IS THE VISION.
>> GREAT. THEN IF YOU ARE BACKLOGGED, AND YOU HAVE SO MANY BOOKS THAT THE 30-DAY BUSINESS PROCESS DOESN'T ALLOW FOR YOU TO GET THROUGH, WHAT DOES THAT PLAN LOOK LIKE? IF I UNDERSTAND THIS CORRECTLY, YOU ONLY HAVE THREE TEAM MEMBERS OR COMMITTEE MEMBERS REVIEWING THOSE.
SO DO YOU ENVISION THAT BEING -- >> WE MET WITH THE TEAM OF LIBRARIANS YESTERDAY. THE RESPECTED LEADERS.
TO JUST KIND OF GET THEIR INPUT. HONESTLY.
AND HOW THIS IS GOING TO PLAY OUT.
DANIELLE, MYSELF, WE MET WITH THEM TO WALK THEM THROUGH THIS PROCESS. YEAH.
I THINK WE WILL HAVE TO KIND OF SIT BACK AND WAIT TO SEE.
AGAIN, THEY HAVE HAD-- THIS HAS ALWAYS BEEN A PROCESS AS FAR AS CHALLENGING MATERIAL. WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THE NEW YEAR
IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE. >> RIGHT.
>> TRYING TO USE THEIR RESPECTED KNOWLEDGE.
SOME OF THEM HAVE ALREADY READ THESE BOOKS.
HOPEFULLY, THEY ARE GOING TO BE CHALLENGED.
MAYBE NOT. I THINK IT IS GOING TO BE HONESTLY, SIT BACK AND WAIT A LITTLE BIT.
I THINK COMMUNICATION IS GOING TO BE THE CRITICAL PART.
IF WE ARE NOT GOING TO MEET THOSE DEADLINES, COMPLEES COMPLEES COMMUNICATE TO THOSE REQUESTERS.
AND GIVE THEM AN UNDERSTANDING OF WHY IT IS GOING TO TAKE THAT
LITTLE BIT LONGER. >> I THINK SOMETHING THAT COULD HELP AID IN THIS IS THIS FIRST STEP RIGHT HERE.
WHICH IS YOU ARE ENCOURAGED TO MEET WITH THE SCHOOL LIBRARIAN OR BUILDING ADMINISTRATOR. THAT CAN ALSO HELP SLOW DOWN THE IDEA OF THE MASS REQUEST. I MEAN, IN THEORY AND I KNOW FOR MYSELF, I WOULD HAVE AN EXTREMELY HIGH BAR TO MAKE A MOVE ON A BOOK. THAT IS GOING TO BE A VERY, VERY HIGH BAR FOR ME PERSONALLY. ASSUMING YOU FOLLOW THIS PROCEDURE. EVERY TIME YOU FILL OUT ONE OF THOSE FORMS, YOU WILL HAVE TO COORDINATE WITH THE BUILDING LIBRARIAN OR TEACHER, SET AN APPOINTMENT, GO IN AND HAVE A DISCUSSION. AFTER THAT, THEN YOU KIND OF FLOW THROUGH THE REST OF THIS. HOPEFULLY, THOSE MEETING REQUIREMENTS-- NOT REQUIREMENTS BUT RECOMMENDATIONS WOULD HELP SLOW DOWN ANY KIND OF A MASS LIST SCENARIO.
>> I THINK THE COMMUNICATION PIECE IS GOING TO BE HUGE.
SO IF THERE IS A BACKLOG THAT WE COMMUNICATE TO THOSE REQUESTERS THAT WE HAVE SEVERAL IN FRONT OF THEM.
OR WHAT HAVE YOU. I THINK IT IS ALSO IMPORTANT, WHEN WE MET WITH THE LIBRARY COORDINATORS ON FRIDAY, THAT THERE IS A FINITE NUMBER OF T THEM.
SO THEY WANT TO BE ABLE TO FOLLOW THROUGH WITH THIS PROCESS. APPROPRIATELY.
THEY ALSO HAVE OTHER RESPONSIBILITIES WITH THEIR JOB.
SO THEY WERE-- THEY FELT BETTER THAT IT WAS USUALLY 30 DAYS.
JUST KNOWING THAT THERE COULD BE A BACKLOG.
>> I THINK MY CONCERN-- I KNOW THERE IS LOTS MORE OF THEM THAN THERE ARE OF YOU. SO MR. TAYLOR INDICATED THAT IT WOULD MOST LIKELY BE YOU OR SOMEONE ELSE ON THE TEACHING-LEARNING TEAM. I THINK THAT IS WHERE THE CAPACITY CONCERN LIES FOR ME. THAT DISTRICT ADMINISTRATOR.
IN YOUR CAPACITY. THIS ISN'T SOMETHING YOU HAVE OBVIOUSLY REALLY BEEN DOING. IT SOUNDS LIKE AT LEAST SOME PEOPLE HAVE A LIST ALREADY. SO I HAVE SOME CONCERNS ABOUT
YOUR CASTTY CAPACITY TO DO THAT. >> I APPRECIATE YOUR CONCERN.
I THINK THE FACT THAT IT IS LEFT OPEN AS DISTRICT ADMINISTRATOR, THAT IF IT DOES GET TO A BACKLOG, WE ARE ALL EDUCATORS.
WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO BE A PART OF THAT COMMITTEE.
SO PERHAPS MR. TAYLOR WOULD BE A PART OF IT.
PERHAPS DR. KEGLEY WOULD BE A PART OF IT.
>> SO I HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS.
AS WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THIS, THIS IS FOR GOING FORWARD.
THIS IS FOR DISTRICT PEOPLE. WHETHER YOU ARE A PARENT, STAFF PERSON, COMMUNITY MEMBER. THIS IS SEEKING OUT OR IF YOU HAVE CONCERNS, GOING FORWARD. MY QUESTION TO US IS WHERE ARE
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WE NOW AS A DISTRICT? LIKE, ISN'T THERE A PROCESS FOR WHEN LIBRARIANS-- LET'S SAY, GET A BULK OF BOOKS THAT COME IN THAT, THEY REVIEW THOSE AND PUT THEM IN THE AGE-APPROPRIATE AREAS? I MEAN, WE HAVE A PROCESS IN PLACE THAT CURRENTLY SCREENS OUR BOOKS.YUP. IIT HAS ALWAYS BEEN THERE.
IT IS A PRACTICE THAT THEY ARE UTILIZING AS BOOKS ARE COMING IN. THAT THE LIBRARIES ARE CHECKING
AGAINST. >> AND I KNOW A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATORS WERE DOING WHAT WAS CALLED, LIKE, AN INTERNAL AUDIT, IF YOU WILL.
AND COMMUNICATING WITH OUR CURRENT LIBRARIANS.
HAS THAT-- DID THAT CONCLUDE OR IS THAT JUST AN ONGOING SITUATION TO REVIEW OUR LIBRARIES ON ALL LEVELS?
>> WELL, THE PROCESS THAT YOU JUST HIGHLIGHTED AND THAT MR. TAYLOR REITERATED THAT WE HAVE IS WHAT THEY WOULD BE USING SINCE THEY HAVE BEEN-- I MEAN, WE DIDN'T HAVE A LAW TO VET AGAINST. AND THAT IS WHAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT RIGHT NOW. THAT DOESN'T CHANGE THE FACT THAT THERE IS A SELECTION PROCESS.
SO THEY MAY HAVE DONE SOME REVIEWING IN THE PAST.
BUT IT WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN THE SAME LITMUS TEST THAT IS BEFORE
YOU NOW. >> SO ON A DAY-TO-DAY BASIS, I GUESS, THEY HAVE THEIR OWN RESPONSIBILITIES OF TAKING CARE OF THE DIFFERENT GRADES, WHEREVER THEY ARE.
THE LIBRARIANS ARE ALL GRADES OF WHICHEVER SCHOOL THEY ARE IN, CORRECT? THEY HAVE RESPONSIBILITIES PER CLASSROOM STUDIES AND THINGS THEY DO.
WHAT ON THE LEVEL OF REVIEWING-- HHMM, WE ARE GOING TO TAKE THESE BOOKS OUT, WE ARE GOING TO PUT NEW BOOKS IN.
DO THEY DO THAT YEAR, LIKE, IN THE SUMMERTIME, EVERY QUARTER?
WHEN IS THAT DONE? >> THEY CAN MAKE PURCHASES THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. THERE IS A BUDGET LINE ITEM THEY CAN DO THAT. THERE IS A PROCESS LIKE MR. TAYLOR SAID, THAT THEY GO THROUGH WHEN DECIDING WHICH BOOKS TO PUT IN THEIR COLLECTION.
THEY USE COMMON-SENSE MEDIA. THEY TALK IMMENSELY BETWEEN ALL OF THEM. I NOTICED THIS TITLE IS IN YOUR COLLECTION. CAN YOU TELL ME MORE ABOUT IT? WAS IT AGE-APPROPRIATE? THOSE TYPES OF THINGS.
THEY MEET MONTHLY. THEY GO THROUGH A SERIES OF LITMUS TESTS TO ENSURE THAT THE BOOKS THAT THEY ARE PURCHASING ARE APPROPRIATE FOR THAT GRADE LEVEL.
>> THEN I JUST HAVE ONE MORE QUESTION.
WHEN WE LOOK AT THE DIFFERENT SCHOOLS, BECAUSE WE ARE A LARGE DISTRICT, RIGHT? IS IT COMMONPLACE OR NOT NECESSARILY THAT EACH ELEMENTARY WILL HAVE THE SAME-- ANY GRADE.
DO THEY ALL HAVE THE SAME BOOK-- NOT NECESSARILY, SOME SCHOOLS MIGHT HAVE A SERIES THAT ANOTHER SCHOOL DIDN'T.
WHAT IS THE PROCESS IF, LET'S SAY, I WAS AT-- I'M GOING TO MAKE UP SCHOOLS RIGHT NOW. IF I'M AT HOOSIER ROAD ELEMENTARY AND WE MOVED AND I KNEW THAT THEY CARRIED CERTAIN BOOKS AND I DON'T SEE IT AT ANOTHER ELEMENTARY, WHAT IS THE PROCESS IF WE WANT TO ADD A CERTAIN AUTHOR OR BOOKS, DO WE
HAVE A PROCESS FOR THAT? >> YOU CAN CERTAINLY REQUEST THAT OF YOUR TEACHER OR THE LIBRARIAN OR EVEN THE PRINCIPAL.
OFTENTIMES, THE LIBRARIAN CAN REACH OUT TO THE OTHER LIBRARIAN AND SAY, "MAY WE BORROW THAT BOOK?" IF THAT GETS A LOT OF TRACTION, THEN THE TEACHER LIBRARIAN MAY CHOOSE TO PURR THAT IS THAT BOOK FOR THE LIBRARY.
>> IF I CAN ONE MORE. I KNOW-- I FEEL LIKE WE ARE STEPPING ON YOUR PRESENTATION. DOES THIS APPLY JUST TO PHYSICAL BOOKS OR IS THIS A PROCESS FOR ALL RESOURCES.
WITH SO MANY THINGS GOING ON-LINE NOW, IF THERE IS SOMETHING THAT SOMEONE WANTED TO LOOK AT AS FAR AS AN ARTICLE THAT WAS JUST SHARED WITH A LINK OR AN ON-LINE SITUATION, AN ON-LINE BOOK EVEN. DOES IT APPLY TO ALL THOSE THINGS? IS THIS PHYSICAL BOOKS IN SCHOOL
CLASSROOMS AND LIBRARIES? >> I THINK THE BROAD IS MATERIALS. I THINK THAT IS THE PIECE THAT WE ARE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT. I THINK THIS WOULD BE COVERING ALL OF THOSE THINGS THAT KIDS ARE EXPOSED TO.
>> THANK YOU. >> TO BUILD ON YOUR QUESTION.
IT WOULD COVER ALL MATERIALS, BUT IT WOULD BE MATERIALS THAT WE CURE RATE CURE RAITT. OUR STUDENTS HAVE ACCESS THROUGH A PORTAL TO THE PUBLIC LIBRARY. OKAY? SO THEY CAN HAVE ACCESS TO MATERIALS THAT ARE AT THE PUBLIC LIBRARY. WE ARE NOT TALKING ABOUT THOSE MATERIALS IN THIS PROCESS. BECAUSE WE DON'T OWN THOSE MATERIALS. WE DON'T CURATE THOSE MATERIALS.
I WANTED TO DRAW THAT DISTINCTION THERE.
>> TO YOUR POINT, WE KNOW THAT-- LIKE OUR PUBLIC LIBRARIES, THERE IS ACCESS, PORTALS, THERE IS PERMISSIONS THROUGH SKYWORD.
PARENTS CAN OPT OUT OR IN. IF THERE ARE THINGS IN A PUBLIC
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LIBRARY THAT A PARENT DOESN'T WANT THEIR KID SEEING AS A SELECTION, THEY CAN ACTUALLY REQUEST THAT BE TURNED OFF, SO TO SPEAK. SIMPLY PUT.AND WE HAVE SEVERAL DIFFERENT EPIC, I BELIEVE,-- EPIC OPERATES
IN THE SAME WAY. >> THAT IS A GREAT POINT TO STRESS, TOO. AT THE END OF THE DAY, PARENTS HAVE FINAL OVERSIGHT ON THIS. SO THAT PARENTS ARE DEFINITELY ENCOURAGED TO STAY UP TO SPEED ON WHAT THEIR CHILDREN ARE READING AND THEIR HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENTS SO THEY HAVE A SAY
IN ALL OF THIS, TOO. >> I WANT TO CLARIFY.
OH, GO AHEAD. >> TO YOUR POINT, A PARENT CAN ASK FOR THEIR CHILD NOT TO CHECK OUT A BOOK IN THE COLLECTION.
THAT WOULD HAPPEN. YOU CAN GET DOWN TO THAT VERY
MINUSCULE LEVEL. >> I WAS GOING TO SAY, PREVIOUS PROCESSES HAVEN'T BEEN MOVED OR CHANGED.
FOR EXAMPLE, UNFORTUNATELY, WE HAD A DEVASTATING TIME IN MY LIFE ALMOST 11 YEARS AGO. AND RIGHT IN THAT FALL, THAT SEMESTER, THE DISTRICT WAS READING A BOOK THAT, IN MY DAUGHTER'S ENGLISH CLASS,-- YOU KNOW, THE FATHER DIED OF A HEART ATTACK. WE CHOSE-- OH, I DON'T KNOW WHERE THAT CAME FROM. SORRY.
SHE WAS ABLE TO CHOOSE ANOTHER BOOK.
THE CLASS STILL DID WHAT THEY NEEDED TO DO.
SHE WAS ABLE TO CHOOSE ANOTHER TO DO HER STUDIES ON.
WE SILL R STILL HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY.
>> OKAY, THANK YOU. >> TO CLARIFY FROM SUZANNE'S QUESTION EARLIER. MULTIPLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS WILL HAVE DIFFERENT LIBRARY BOOKS IN THERE.
THERE IS NOT ONE FORMAT THAT SAYS THIS IS THE STANDARD LIBRARY BOOK LIST. FOR AN ELEMENTARY.
THANK YOU. >> OFTENTIMES, PARTICULARLY-- WELL, I SHOULDN'T SAY JUST IN THE UPPER GRADES, I SUPPOSE IT T IT COULD HAPPEN AT ANY LEVEL, OFTENTIMES, OUR TEACHER LIBRARIANS WILL CURATE THEIR COLLECTIONS AND BUILD COLLECTIONS OFF STUDENT VEST AND REQUESTS.
STUDENT INTERESTS AND REQUESTS. I REMEMBER WHEN THE HUNGER GAMES WAS REALLY POPULAR. YOU STARTED-- YOU KNOW, THEY ORDERED THOSE MULTIPLE COPIES OF THOSE BOOKS.
THEY WERE ALWAYS BEING CHECKED OUT.
THAT IS A VERY ORGANIC WAY THEY WILL OFTEN BUILD A COLLECTION.
WHICH WOULD SPEAK TO WHY THEY HAVE SOME BOOKS AND OTHER
SCHOOLS NOT. >> WE SAW THAT HIGHLIGHTED AT OUR LAST BOARD MEETING. WE SAW A CLASSROOM TEACHER AND THE STUDENTS DIGGING DEEP INTO SOME MATERIAL THAT VERY WELL COULD HAVE BEEN UNIQUE TO HER CLASSROOM.
SO WE DEFINITELY ENCOURAGE THAT. >> I THINK IT IS SAFE TO SAY THIS NEXT YEAR WILL BE THE FIRST TIME THAT WE ARE REALLY KIND OF IMPLEMENTING A FORMALIZED PROCESS FOR THIS.
NOT UNIQUE TO OUR DISTRICT. BUT I THINK DISTRICTS STATEWIDE AS WE LOOK TO COMPLY WITH THE STATE LAW THAT COMES INTO EFFECT JANUARY 1. I MEAN, THIS IS A PROCESS THAT IF WE DEEM IS NOT AS EFFECTIVE AS IT COULD BE OR THERE IS WAYS TO TIGHTEN IT UP, WE CAN CERTAINLY DO THAT AND EXAMINE
THIS AS WE GO THROUGH. >> ABSOLUTELY.
>> I HAVE A QUESTION. AND TELL ME IF I MISSED IT.
I COULD HAVE. IF IT'S FOUND TO VIOLATE THE STATUTE, AND IT IS REMOVED FROM THE SHELF, IS IT REMOVED FROM
SHELVES ACROSS THE DISTRICT? >> YES.
>> OR ONLY THAT COMPLAINING SCHOOL?
>> WE GET RID OF IT EVERYWHERE WHERE IT EXISTS.
>> IS THAT SOMEWHERE IN THE PROCEDURE?
DO WE STATE THAT? >> WE HAVE-- WE HAVEN'T EMPHATICALLY PLACED THAT. IF WE HAVE BEEN DETERMINED THAT WE HAVE A BOOK THAT IS STATUTORILY IMPROPER, WE AS A DISTRICT, HAVE TO FIND THAT BOOK WHEREVER IT EXISTS AND BE DILIGENT ABOUT IT. THAT MEANS IN TEACHER COLLECTIONS. THEY COULD HAVE THEM IN THEIR CLASSROOM, TOO. NOT EVERYTHING WOULD APPEAR IN OUR DIGITAL DESTINY. WE ALSO UNDERSTAND THAT OUR COMMUNICATIONS AND HOW WE-- ONCE A BOOK HAS BEEN DEEMED TO MEET ONE OF THOSE TWO PRONGS, WE HAVE TO WORK AS A TEAM WITH OUR PRINCIPALS, OUR LIBRARIANS AND TEACHERS TO COMMUNICATE THAT SO WE ARE MAKING SURE THAT IS OUT OF CIRCULATION.
>> AND TO PIGGYBACK ON THAT. WHAT ABOUT AGE? LIKE, LET'S SAY IT WAS BEING-- I DON'T KNOW.
I CAN'T GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE. I'M GOING TO TRY.
IF IT'S LET'S SAY, IN A FIFTH GRADE CLASSROOM OR FIFTH-GRADE LIBRARIES. IT IS JUST NOT APPROPRIATE THERE BUT MIGHT BE OKAY FOR HIGH SCHOOL, THAT WE DON'T REMOVE IT FROM THE DISTRICT BUT IT IS IN THE HIGH SCHOOL OR SOMETHING.
WOULD THAT BE A POSSIBILITY, TOO?
>> ABSOLUTELY. AS A MATTER OF FACT, THAT WAS ONE OF THE ITEMS WE TALKED WITH OUR LIBRARIANS YESTERDAY.
IT MAY NOT BE APPROPRIATE FOR AN ELEMENTARY BUT MAYBE IT IS FINE THAT THE JUNIOR HIGH OR, YOU KNOW, AS SUCH-- TO HIGH SCHOOL.
HAVING THAT FLEXIBILITY. OUR RECOMMENDATION FROM OUR
COMMITTEE MAY BE -- >> THEY CAN DO THAT THERE.
>> IT IS NOT AGE-APPROPRIATE BUT IT IS APPROPRIATE AND STILL HAVE EDUCATIONAL MERIT AT A HIGHER LEVEL.
>> OKAY. THANK YOU FOR THAT CLARITY.
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>> GOOD QUESTION. >> ONE MORE QUESTION.
I THINK I'M FOLLOWING THE CHART THE RIGHT WAY HERE.
SO IT ENDS UP, WHATEVER THE RECOMMENDATION IS, THERE IS THE COMMITTEE KIND OF SUGGESTION. THEN IT GOES TO A SUPERINTENDENT. THEN EVENTUALLY, IF IT-- I GUESS EITHER WAY, DITZ COME BACK TO THE BOARD? IN ANY CASE, IT COMES BACK TO THE BOARD.
I NOTICE IT SAYS "NEXT AVAILABLE REGULAR PUBLIC BOARD MEETING." MY ONLY CONCERN WAS THAT, WHAT IF THAT NEXT AVAILABLE MEETING IS THE NEXT DAY? AGAIN, AS I SAID, PERSONALLY, I'M GOING TO HAVE AN EXTREMELY HIGH STANDARD HERE.
I WOULD LIKE TIME TO READ THE BOOK.
DO WE HAVE ANY KIND OF LIMITATIONS AS FAR AS AT LEAST 484 HOURS, 72 HOURS? DOES THAT GET TO OUR AGENDA TYPE
STUFF? >> PART OF THE STATUTORY REQUIREMENT IS THAT THE APPEAL PROCESS FLOWS TO THE NEXT PUBLICLY AVAILABLE BOARD MEETING.
I THINK WHAT WE TRIED SETTING UP HERE WAS A SYSTEM THAT PROVIDED THAT APPEAL TO YOU IN SPIRIT OF THAT STATUTE.
NOW, I THINK THE INTENT WOULD BE THAT WE WOULD HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO GIVE THE BOARD A FULL REVIEW TIME.
IN THAT SNARE JOE,-- IN THAT SCENARIO, WE MIGHT BRING IT TO YOU TO MEET THE SPIRIT OF THE LAW, IF THE BOARD WOULD TABLE IT, TO REVIEW IT FURTHER, WE WOULD PROBABLY MAKE THAT RECOMMENDATION. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE ARE FOLLOWING THAT STATUTE AND FOLLOWING THE PROCESS TO BE
>> THANKS FOR THAT QUESTION. AND THAT CLARIFICATION.
>> SO WE WOULDN'T GET IT BACK ON, LET'S SAY-- I LETTERED THESE. WHERE IT SAYS "SUPERINTENDENT TO PROVIDE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION." THEN THERE IS A TEN-DAY TIMELINE.
WE WOULDN'T GET THE IDEA THAT THAT THERE WAS A BOOK CHALLENGE.
DAYS IN ADVANCE TO KNOW THAT THERE WAS EVEN ONE BEING CHALLENGED. DO YOU SEE WHAT I'M SAYING?
>> YEAH. I WOULD PROBABLY HAVE SOME COMMUNICATION WITH YOU ALONG THE WAY.
>> OKAY. >> SO IF WE HAVE SOME IN THE HOPPER, OR WE HAVE SOME THAT HAVE REACHED A CERTAIN POINT, THAT IT STARTS-- YOU KNOW, YEAH. I DON'T WANT TO MISS WHAT YOU WILL GET. IF IT COMES TO YOU BECAUSE OF APPEAL, YOU ARE GOING TO GET-- AND IT IS THE VERY LAST PARAGRAPH. YOU ARE GOING TO GET THE ORIGINAL FORM AS THE REQUESTER FILLED IT OUT.
YOU WILL GET THE COMMITTEE'S RECOMMENDATION, AND THAT WILL BE THE INFORMATION THAT YOU USE TO DETERMINE.
YOU WILL GET A COPY OF THE APPEAL.
WE IMAGINE THAT WILL BE A VERY SHORT-- YOU KNOW, I WISH TO APPEAL THIS TYPE OF EMAIL. BUT THAT WILL BE THE INFORMATION THAT YOU USE. YOU WON'T BE REQUIRED TO READ THE BOOK. OR BOOKS.
AS IT WERE. BUT YOU WILL HAVE INFORMATION
THAT WENT INTO THE DECISION. >> YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT THIS
FOUR-PAGE -- >> WELL, EVEN IN THE PROCEDURE.
YOU WOULD GET THAT. THAT THE REQUESTER COMPLETED.
AS WELL AS THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION.
>> MM-HMM. >> I THINK IF THERE IS NOTHING ELSE, I WANT TO MAKE A GENERAL COMMENT.
THIS IS A FAIRLY INTENSIVE PROCESS.
THERE IS INITIAL FORMS TO FILL OUT.
THAT IS A LONG, LABORIOUS FORM TO FILL OUT.
IT GOES THROUGH AN INITIAL REVIEW, A SECONDARY REVIEW, AN APPEAL, AND EVENTUALLY, TO THE BOARD.
I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THAT IS BY DESIGN.
I WOULD ASSUME. IT IS VERY IMPORTANT PERSONALLY.
TO SET SUCH A HIGH STANDARD WHEN WE START TALKING ABOUT MOVING RESOURCES, MOVING BOOKS. ANY OF THOSE KIND OF THINGS, THAT IT IS REVIEWED BY MULTIPLE PEOPLE.
AT THE END OF THE DAY, EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THESE DECISIONS WILL BE A SUBJECTIVE DECISION. THERE IS NO DEFINITION-- I THINK 64, THE SUPREME COURT COULDN'T COME UP WITH A DEFINITION OF IT.
I APPRECIATE THIS. I APPRECIATE THE STEPS THAT WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH. AND THE FINAL REVIEW TO WRING IT TO A GROUP OF-- BRING IT TO A GROUP OF PEOPLE.
SO THANK YOU. >> ALL I WOULD ADD IS THAT THE FORM WE REALLY USED OUR CURRENT CHALLENGE FORM AND KIND OF BUILT OFF OF THAT A LITTLE BIT. SO IT'S VERY SIMILAR.
IT MIRRORS ALMOST WHAT WE CURRENTLY USE.
EXCEPT FOR THE BAR IS DIFFERENT. BECAUSE OF THE STATUTE.
>> DO YOU HAVE THE PROCEDURE THAT YOU COULD PULL UP? FOR THE FORM? WHAT THE TWO STATUTORY-- WELL, EVERYBODY HAS THE STATUTE IN FRONT OF THEM.
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RIGHT? THE ONLY THING I WOULD POINT OUT WITH THESE STATUTES. IT IS GOING TO BE IMPORTANT FOR US TO REMEMBER AS WE ARE GOING THROUGH THIS PROCESS AND FOR THE COMMITTEE AND THE STAFF-- THESE TWO CRIMINAL STATUTES.BOTH OF THEM, OBSCENE MATTER OR PERFORMANCE, IS A THREE-PRONGED TEST. IN ORDER TO VIOLATE THAT STATUTE, YOU HAVE TO VIOLATE OR SATISFY ALL THREE ELEMENTS OF THAT. THOSE ARE LISTED IN THAT PROCEDURE. ONE, TWO, AND THREE.
35, 49, 22. THE DEFINITION HARMFUL TO MINORS. THAT IS A FOUR-PRONGED TEST.
AGAIN, YOU HAVE TO VIOLATE OR SATISFY EACH AND EVERY SINGLE PRONG OR ELEMENT OF THAT STATUTE.
TO FIND OFFENSE UNDER THIS STATUTE.
I THINK THAT IS IMPORTANT TO KEEP IN MIND.
AS WE ARE -- >> I WAS GOING TO ASK CLARITY.
IT IS NOT ONE. IT IS ALL FOUR OF THOSE OR ALL
>> IN ORDER FOR IT TO VIOLATE. >> CORRECT.
>> NOT JUST A PORTION OF IT. >> THE STATUTE SAYS AND."
>> I WANTED TO COMMEND THE WORK THAT YOU GUYS DID TO COMPLY WITH THE STATE STATUTES AND PUTTING ALL OF THIS TOGETHER.
SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR HARD WORK. >> WILL THESE DOCUMENTS BE AVAILABLE FOR PARENTS TO SEE OR ACCESS?
>> YOU WANT IT? >> THE PROCEDURES THAT ARE IN FRONT OF YOU, THE PLAN IS TO HAVE THOSE POSTED ON BOARD DDOCS AND ALSO IN PRINT AT THE BUILDING LEVEL.
PART OF THAT CONVERSATION PIECE IS HAVING THEM GOING BACK.
IF THEY DO WISH TO FILL OUT THE FORMS, WE WILL HAVE THEM IN
THANK YOU. >> DENISE SAYS THEY ARE ALREADY
THANK YOU GUYS. I APPRECIATE IT.
>> YEAH. IT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW THAT IT WILL NEED TO BE FILLED OUT IN A HARD COPY FORMAT, SO WE CAN HAVE THAT TO MOVE AROUND AND WORK FROM.
BUT IT WILL BE ATTACHED JUST LIKE OUR CURRENT, CURRENT PROCESS IS. NO DIFFERENT IN THAT REGARD.
I DO WANT TO TALK ABOUT REAL QUICK-- ABOUT-- THERE IS A PIECE OF THE STATUTE THAT REQUIRES A HARD COPY.
OBVIOUSLY, WE HAVE AN ELECTRONIC VERSION OF EACH SCHOOL'S LIBRARIES. THEIR CONTENT IS AVAILABLE.
HAS BEEN FOR YEARS IN OUR DISTRICT.
THAT WAS ON AN EASY LIFT FOR US. IT HAS ALREADY BEEN THERE.
THERE IS A PRINTOUT REQUIRED ALSO.
TO HAVE ONE HARD COPY OR AT LEAST A HARD COPY.
SO THE WAY WE ARE GOING TO WORK THROUGH THAT IS EVERY BUILDING, TEACHER LIBRARIAN WILL PRINT O OUT, WHEN THEY COME BACK FROM BREAK, THEY WILL PRINT OUT THEIR CURRENT INVENTORY.
IF THEY ADD TO THAT INVENTORY OVER SECOND SEMESTER, THEY WILL CREATE AN ADDENDUM. AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, THAT IS GOING TO BE SEVERAL PAGES IN LENGTH.
THEN AT THE START OF EACH SEMESTER, THEY WILL RUN A NEW VERSION THAT THEY WILL HAVE. THEY WILL KEEP THAT.
SO IF THEY DO GET ANYBODY WHO STOPS BY AND WANTS TO SEE A PHYSICAL COPY, THAT IS HOW WE WILL DO THAT.
>> THEN ONE LAST QUESTION. SORRY.
DOES THIS ALSO APPLY TO BOOKS THAT ARE IN INDIVIDUAL CLASSROOMS? IF THEY HAVE SEPARATE-- OKAY.
THANK YOU. >> WE WON'T ALLOW OUR WALK-UP CUSTOMERS TO WALK AWAY WITH THE 400-PAGE VOLUME OF PRINTOUT.
THAT WOULD BE A PRETTY HEFTY COST AND WORKLOAD.
THEY WILL BE AVAILABLE KIND OF LIKE IN A CONFERENCE ROOM.
WE WILL BRING IT TO YOU SO YOU CAN SIT DOWN AND GO THROUGH IT IF THAT IS THE CHOICE. THAT WOULD SATISFY-- YEAH.
WE ARE NOT GOING TO HAVE THOSE AVAILABLE IN BIG BINDERS FOR EVERYBODY TO WALK AWAY WITH. JUST AS A CLARIFICATION, TOO.
>> IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT CLASSROOM RESOURCES AND MATERIALS GO THROUGH A DIFFERENT PROCESS SLIGHTLY THAN THE SELECTION OF THE LIBRARY MATERIALS.
SO IF WE GET-- YOU WON'T FIND A LIST OF WHAT WE HAVE IN EVERY CLASSROOM. OKAY? I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE ALL UNDERSTAND THAT.
HOWEVER, IF THERE IS-- IF SOMEBODY GOES THROUGH THIS PROCESS AND WE DETERMINE THAT A BOOK IS GOING TO BE REMOVED, WE WILL MAKE SURE TO COMMUNICATE WITH THE ENTIRE STAFF SO THAT IF THAT BOOK HAPPENS TO BE PRESENT ANYWHERE ELSE IN THE BUILDING,
WE WILL GET THAT AS WELL. >> IS IT INDIVIDUAL OR DISTRICT PROCESSES FOR A TEACHER? FOR EXAMPLE, WE JUST HAD A VERY EXCELLENT SITUATION WHERE WE FOCUSED ON A TEACHER THAT HAD A BOOK. SHE GAVE IT TO-- THAT WENT VERY, VERY WELL. WHEN THAT HAPPENS, WHAT IS THAT PROCESS TO DO THAT? IS IT JUST THE TEACHER SAYING "I LIKE THIS, I'M GOING TO DO IT?" DO THEY HAVE TO COME STRAIGHT UP TO YOU? DO THEY GO TO THE BUILDING PRINCIPAL? IS IT A DISTRICT DECISION?
>> DEFINITELY CONVERSATIONS BETWEEN THE TEACHER AND THE
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>> TO SEE HOW THAT CAN MOVE FORWARD.
IF THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WITH, WE CAN TAKE IT TO DISTRICT
THANK YOU. >> ONE OF THE CHALLENGES FROM YEAR TO YEAR TO YEAR IS WE ARE GOING TO ARCHIVE THESE DECISIONS. RIGHT? THROUGH ATTRITION AND FOLKS ARE LEAVING, THAT WE HAVE THE LEGACY OF THE DECISIONS FROM THE PAST TO REFLECT ON.
SO WE KNOW WE WILL HAVE THAT ARCHIVED.
AND WHICH BOOKS DID PASS WITH THE BOARD SO THAT, YOU KNOW, FIVE YEARS FROM NOW, IF THERE IS DIFFERENT PEOPLE IN FRONT OF US AND SOMEONE IS PRESENTING, WE CAN SAY THIS BOOK WAS CHALLENGED. JUST SO YOU KNOW, THERE IS AN ARCHIVING PIECE OF ALL THE DECISIONS THAT WE WILL BE COMMUNICATING AND ARCHIVING AS WELL.
>> DENISE, I'M LOOKING TO YOU FOR FUTURE BOARDDOCS UPDATES.
ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS? COMMENTS? THANK YOU ALL
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.