BCPS December 2021 Virtual Town Hall on Safe and Supportive Environments- West Zone

good evening and welcome to our virtual town hall meeting for west zone schools my name is mike zarchin and i serve as the chief of school climate and safety thank you for joining us tonight at this time i would like to introduce to you our presenters miss patricia mustafer coordinator of school social work services miss april lewis executive director of school safety captain brown and lieutenant askew baltimore county police department dr adrian morrow executive director division of school support and achievement ms caria joseph executive director division of school support and achievement miss melissa de donato executive director division of school support and achievement and dr michael ford safety manager in addition to my role as chief of school climate and safety i have the honor of serving as the moderator for our town hall meeting tonight we plan this meeting to be an opportunity for staff to respond to questions provide information and learn from our parents and community we greatly appreciate you joining us i would now like to turn it over to our superintendent of schools dr daryl williams to share some welcoming remarks good evening team bcps i am pleased to join you for this very important conversation about safe and supportive environments for our staff and students i would like to begin with the campus our pathway to excellence our eight-year strategic plan adopted in july of 2020. the compass provides the clarity we need to support the academic and social emotional wellness of each of our children next slide the compass identifies five priorities first one is learning accountability and results the second one is safe and supportive environment the third is high-performing workforce and alignment of human capital the fourth is community engagement and partnerships and the fifth is operational excellence this evening we will focus on two key areas safe and supportive environment and community engagement and partnerships safe and supportive environments set the foundation for high quality teaching and learning we also know we need our communities as partners for this very important work next slide we will continue with our efforts to recover rebuild and heal while many would like it to be business as usual this year presents unprecedented challenges the washington post recently reported that this was supposed to be the back to normal school year however shortages in staff are creating chaos at a time when educators are already struggling with public health imperatives the reality is that while we remain steadfast and our focus on recovery the rebuild relies on tools and resources that are in short supply requiring us to do things differently to meet the emerging needs of our students pandemic related trauma experiences continue to manifest in an uptick of disruptive behaviors in schools school systems across the nation are facing similar challenges as students engage in a prolonged adjustment period i remain concerned about the safety of our students added stress and exhaustion for our staff and additional worries for families we have taken several steps to mitigate these areas and we want to support our leaders as they continue to adjust to the changing landscape every student deserves to be in a physical and emotionally safe and supportive environment baltimore county public schools is committed to providing access to a free education for all students from day one our school staff have been diligently implementing practices that promote social emotional wellness with a focus on fostering relationships inclusivity and wellness we want all students to feel good about themselves their school environments and their ability to learn this means all students chronic disruption and actions that cause imminent harm are not acceptable next slide so on december 3rd i shared with team bcps a list of actions and opportunities to help schools focus on teaching and learning those recommendations fall into three categories community resources and accountability community this town hall is a good step in building the community understanding and purpose we need to protect school safety tonight builds on this system-wide conversations in october and leads to ongoing and upcoming work with our ptsa leadership student leaders school staff and colleagues across the state to problem solve this is not just talk it is the expectation that as a result of these conversations we must take action terms of resources we are committed to deploying resources to proactively manage student behavior through lessons that equip students with social emotional skills parent tools through parent university and a new staffing model that reassigns staff to high need areas and accountability lastly when our best efforts to ensure or restore community are unsuccessful we encourage and trust our school leaders to take steps to preserve teaching and learning principals have the authority to use all tools including bus suspensions short-term suspensions long-term referrals for board suspension virtual and in-person learning alternatives to ensure a safe environment for all students additionally school support teams will hold staff focus groups to address identified barriers there are no easy answers however we remain committed to working with all members of team dcps to tackle these issues so thank you for your presence this evening and at this time i turn it back over to dr zurchin thank you dr williams staff from the division of school climate and safety work to foster safe secure and supportive learning and working environments for all students and staff throughout baltimore county public schools we work to coordinate multiple system-wide initiatives that support health and safety as well as the social emotional and academic growth of our students staff responsible for re leading the efforts in our division include school counselors pupil personnel workers school nurses school psychologists school safety managers and school social workers additionally bcps enjoys a strong partnership with the baltimore county police department through which 83 school resource officers or sros are funded and assigned the key initiatives that drive the work of our division include student and staff supports positive work and school environments and workplace climates safe and supportive environments for learning and working as well as emergency preparedness for tonight's town hall meeting we are pleased to have executive directors from the division of school support and achievement as well as our safety manager who supports the west zone i would now like to welcome dr morrow mrs joseph mrs d donato and dr miller executive directors for school support and achievement to share information on their role in supporting schools and fostering safe and positive learning environments hello everyone my name is kyrie joseph and i am over the west zone secondary school so our middle and high schools and one of the things that we do is we do review our school safety plans uh we look for ways to make sure that our building structure um our exit plans are in place and we work very closely with our school manager our safety manager dr ford we also help with the school-wide positive behavior intervention plans uh so that they are in place and they meet this the specific need of each school melissa thank you ms joseph i'm melissa de donato i'm one of the executive directors for west zone elementary schools i support 16 of our western elementary schools and dr morrow supports the other 17. one of the other things that we work to do is try to coordinate resources from various bcps offices to support our schools more efficiently we often use a tiered system of support where we look at different resources from the offices at different levels of support so does a school need ongoing support where resources might be deployed to that school on a daily basis for an extended period of time do they need additional professional development or coaching at their school so what we work to do is coordinate those supports and resources and differentiate them based on the schools that we serve we also find that there are times we have to use our community partners especially when there are issues in the community uh we have resources such as the community conferencing we use this when there are families within our school who have issues outside of school and they bring those issues inside of school and so we try to work with these partners to resolve those issues so that we have a safe and orderly environment there are times where we need to use our mental health partnerships uh and so each school has a partnership that they use and that families can actually use those resources adrian and finally we as former principals each of us both miss denied mr donato and ms joseph all were former principals either in elementary school or the high school environment and so we know how important it is for us to meet with our principals or administrative teams weekly or bi-weekly to check in we want to make sure everything is going smoothly when it comes to the work and the support at the elementary and the secondary level we also identify needed supports and evaluate the efficacy of provided supports and so we expect that our principals share with us what's needed at the school level for our students to be successful we also use the suspension data we as of as well as the attendance data and the biggest thing we want to share is we believe in the partnership between our community and our schools and that's so important as we begin to develop and support our students at the elementary in the secondary level it is so important to to build a partnership with our parents our community partners and the school next slide thank you dr marl social emotional learning is the commitment as part of the vision of the compass or pathway forward that was referenced by both dr williams and dr zarchin that within every bcps learning space students and adults will acquire and apply social emotional skills this ultimately contributes to the resiliency of a safe and supportive community the information in front of you identifies how sel is part of a tiered system of supports to the left the social and emotional learning framework centers equity within three core competencies of relationships awareness and decision making these are all essential to understanding and managing our emotions listening feeling and showing empathy for others as well as making thoughtful responsible decisions all of which we all seek in our communities in the center is the multi-tiered system of supports framework the mtss framework that consists of three tiers with each tier adding an additional layer of support tier one offers universal supports for all students where sel is embedded through classroom lessons engagement of the three sel signature practices perhaps you would see it in circling up to establish community as part of the continuum of restorative practices all to the greater good of promoting connection towards a sense of belonging as we talked about earlier tier two offers early intervention supports to provide short-term interventions to support the needs that consist of perhaps it's small groups like mentoring consultation maybe referrals to community-based providers perhaps a check-in or a check-out impromptu conversations it may be problem-solving circles at tier 3 the intensive supports are typically individualized interventions to address specific needs that include individual services provided by a member of the student support team and can include a crisis response the document to your far right connecting it as a collective community is bcps's social emotional plan in alignment with the priorities and whole child approaches this focuses on the well-being of the entire school community to explicitly incorporate sel into academics this resource along with all of the information referenced in this slide can be located on the department of social emotional supports webpage also there you'll find the virtual coming room that offers space for all ages and stages to put pause and calm in oneself there's also a link to the mind over matters campaign that highlights the importance of social emotional and mental health awareness sel for all of us is the opportunity to increase individual resilience by learning and developing skills that engage and support the identification and regulation or coping of really strong emotions to facilitate ultimately positive interactions so let me share a little bit about what's happening in the west zone that speaks to seo at lions mill elementary school the lmes explorers have focused on their structures and processes so that students and adults they know what to expect when they come to lions mill elementary school as well as they're incorporating conscious discipline into instruction and in all staff meetings the three signature practices are embedded to bring about that intentional connection towards a sense of belonging for students and adults at southwest academy they have engaged in explicit teaching of social emotional lessons during resource time to elevate individual skills as well as utilizing restorative practices as part of mediations this is complemented by their mentoring programs black boy joy and genius lastly i want to talk about the high school level students at randallstown high they're engaged in connecting to the mind over matters campaign by establishing active minds group that supports mental health awareness and educating young adults towards building stronger families and communities by opening up the conversation about mental health and creating lasting change in the way mental health is talked about cared for and valued we so greatly appreciate you taking the time to be with us tonight and we invite you to join us in nurturing our children's social and emotional selves by doing a couple things model the way model empathy kindness and let's be helpful find ways to get back to your community we know this increases our own happiness use i statements like i feel to label those feelings versus they made me feel what we know is it's okay to have feelings and even strong feelings it's how we express them and then what we do with them through our actions ask questions get curious with your child support looking at the pros and cons because that's how we determine how decisions are making what i will offer in conclusion is while sel loan can't mitigate all stressors that impact us impact our children what we know is that it can mitigate the harmful effects of toxic stress and trauma when implemented across an instructional environment if you think your child is experiencing stronger emotions that are making it challenging to learn reach out to a member of your student support team an administrator school counselor school social worker psychologist these individuals can help you to secure information and access supports for your child in the learning environment now we will hear from miss april lewis executive director of school safety and dr michael ford safety manager thank you miss mustafa and good evening west zone in addition to some of the documents already mentioned by others the documents on this slide are foundational to the work of school safety and discipline across the system state law provides guidance under comar which we are legally bound to follow board policies and superintendents rules must align with komar these policies and rules include a range of activities across a continuum of prevention intervention and logical consequences some of them dr williams has already described each situation is handled on a case-by-case basis zero tolerance policies which tend to handle every case of a behavior the same were banned during the 2014-2015 school year and bcps made changes to its policies and rules in alignment with msde mandates and komar additionally permanent removal from school is generally not permitted the only mandatory removal is for possession of a gun the comprehensive safety plan provides the foundation for safety the first three volumes are available on the bcps website for public viewing while the last five volumes are only available to staff for safety and security reasons the first volume provides an overview of the rest of the document assuring stakeholders that bcps is prepared to address a variety of emergencies often in partnership with other county agencies such as the baltimore county police department and the baltimore county fire department the student handbook which students and families receive annually is a guide for parents and students to assure their understanding of student behavioral expectations interventions and consequences as well as their rights and responsibilities december is a perfect time for school staff and parents to review the handbook with students you will hear from one of our safe schools facilitators shortly as he highlights the partnership between baltimore county public schools and the baltimore county police department to implement the school resource officer program as well as other supports the guide to safe schools for school resource officers and school administrators describes the responsibilities of each agency including how they relate to discipline and criminal behaviors some staff have specific responsibilities for working in schools and or with staff to support students volume three of the comprehensive safety plan identifies a number of individuals who have roles in school safety you've already heard about some school and central office based staff from dr zarchin school safety managers are on call 24 7 to support schools dr ford the school safety manager for the west zone is well known for his hands-on support to schools he will share some of his responsibilities and of course we have many community partnerships that support the physical social emotional and behavioral health of our students dr ford thank you april uh once again i'm dr ford i'm the school safety manager for the west zone uh just to give you a little snippet of what my job entails i provide support to principals and administrators on all things that encompasses school safety some of those things preventive measures would be making sure school safety plans are up to date if you're not familiar with them those are the plans that our students and staff use uh they're the roadblock to um the roadmap to how they respond to emergencies and in real time um one of the ways as a parent that you can assist us is following the procedures in place for parents during those emergencies we all know we're parents too you want to rush to the school but sometimes that actually delays or takes away resources we have dealing with the emergency also provide professional development uh to administrators on subjects such as handling threats updating protocols best practices for investigations how to handle bullying harassment or intimidation issues um and also in collaboration with our police partnership we do assessments of all our buildings and schools and resolve any issues of concern some of the other interventions that i'm a part of um is the development of safety plans for kids that um might be involved in bullying harassment or intimidation or they might had a conflict and i'll sit down with the school administrator the counselor the students and sometimes the parents and we'll build this safety plan in place just so the child has this tool this reminder of how to navigate the school uh until this issue is fully resolved sometimes we help with kids that are transitioning to a comprehensive school um trying to build their self-esteem and getting used to that larger environment and sometimes i'm just called upon to do impartial investigations and report back to our administrative structure um safety managers pretty much work 24 7. we respond to things that's posted on the maryland state tip line respond to emergencies in real time with either our fire or police partners and we try to provide that 24-hour support to principals and the system itself i'll ask my ask is that we work collaborate uh collaboratively and just resolving some of the issues that our children are facing in schools a lot of these issues actually start at home and in the community the school just happens to be the meeting place for kids um so we need your help we need that partnership and uh working through some of those issues um you know we're parents too you know we care about the safety of the kids we care about the safety of our family members and loved ones that work in the school system as well so we're all in this together um we just need that collaborative effort um call your counselor call your school call your sro if you get a tip um so we can work this thing out together um thank you for your time uh i believe uh captain brown and lieutenant askew are up next thank you good evening i'm captain brown i was going to go over our sro program sro program is its 24th year now it's one of the most robust and successful programs in the country and as was said earlier we have 83 sros which includes one at each high school some high schools have more than one we also have an sro to every middle school in addition we have an sro in each of the ten precincts to oversee and float between the elementary schools within that precinct the safe to learn act of 2018 requires adequate law enforcement coverage for all schools our program goes above and beyond that sros work with the school staff in helping to maintain a safe and secure learning environment for stand students and staff and role the sro is three-tier it's teaching mentoring and law enforcement teaching they teach law related classes middle school sros teach dare which is drug abuse resistance education also great which is gang resistance education and training high school sros are oftentimes guest speakers they teach law related classes a street law curriculum consequences of crimes child abuse co-teach and student government classes social media concerns they also co-teach with teachers on various other topics second tier is mentoring our sros mentor students they assist with jobs youth academy recruiting cadet programs and other resources of course the third tier is law enforcement law enforcement in the schools in the community building security participate in emergency scenarios and drills and to serve as liaisons with the schools and the precincts now the safe schools facilitator which is my total and also the assistance safe schools facilitator which is a sergeant we serve as a member of the steering committee the critical incident management team as well as the behavioral threat assessment team assists with drafting safety policies and protocols we manage the sro program and its professional development we respond to emergency incidents in schools we use liaison with the police department and the school system to keep the information flowing uh move on to training for the sros in addition to what is required of every sro i'm sorry every police officer in the state by the um maryland police training commission our sros also received 40 hours of basic sro state mandated training as required by the safe to learn act of 2018 in addition our sros attend the national association for school resource officers conference to receive additional training each year sros also participate in active shooter training de-escalation training respond to critical incident training working with persons with mental illness and other school-based training sros are also required to attend the annual safe schools conference sros also received training around equity implicit bias diversity and inclusion candid conversations fair and impartial policing and active bystander for law enforcement some other activities via sros is they serve as coaches often times after school in their own time they sponsor other activities and involved in many special interest groups now we're moving on to after hours incidents and incidents that occur during school safe schools facilitator and assistant works with the department of school safety to mitigate and investigate threats during and after school to ensure the safety and security of staff and students oftentimes the baltimore county police department detectives patrol sros all work together in concert to investigate these incidents the investigative investigations take an inordinate amount of time and threats can cause a disruption to the education environment and cause fear and anxiety amongst the school community in addition charges such as threats of mass violence disturbing school activities misuse of electronic mail and threats on students and staff can be filed against those who are making threats during school hours sros work the administrative team to maintain safety and security throughout the building parents are encouraged to report any incidents to police by calling 911 or to contact the sro if school is still in session moving on to school crossing guards school costing guards are hired and managed by the police department we have 275 morning and afternoon separate details in the uh entire county wendy's school crossing guard is not able to be at a stop a uniform police officer from that precinct fills in i'm going to pass it on now to doctors archen thank you captain brown we greatly appreciate your partnership and support every day and now we're going to move to our question and answer portion of tonight's town hall as a reminder members of the bcps community had an opportunity to submit questions in advance and we have received over 180 questions we're going to answer as many of the questions as we can some of those questions will be in time as they come up in the chat box we'll do our best to get to as many questions as possible for those questions that were unable to answer we'll provide answers in an faq document that will be posted on the website in the coming weeks and now to our first question our first question comes from youtube and is for miss lewis and captain brown several viewers want to know are children in danger if they come to school tomorrow so i believe this is in reference to an anonymous tick tock threat that targeted all schools across the united states okay i'll guess i'll start um the um the threat uh came from somewhere outside of maryland we have investigated it uh various other jurisdictions also investigated it and at this time we found no merit to the threat whatsoever um so the answer is yes i do encourage uh students and staff to uh come to school tomorrow and unfortunately it's it's uh it's another threat that we are dealing with but this is a larger one unfortunately and it's getting a lot of attention and thank you for that uh captain brown and so we have uh provided information to our administrators and to our families um to uh support what captain brown has said that we do not believe that there is a threat for our students to be in school tomorrow so we're looking forward to all of our students and staff attending school as they normally would tomorrow thank you next up is a question again for miss lewis and captain brown a parent asks due to recent gun violence events in u.s schools what measures can bcps take to prevent such tragedies for example can extra security such as metal detection be installed at the school gates what does the school system do to ensure something like that doesn't happen here so thank you for that question dr zarchin and from time to time the question about metal detectors does come up our approach to school safety is a comprehensive one that has to balance various hardening strategies with creating educationally friendly learning environments and so a metal detector only provides some control over the entrance at which it is placed our buildings have multiple entrances and so each metal detector requires multiple staff sometimes up to four people to participate in screening and searching and so these are four people who can no longer actively monitor other parts of the building including outside or other doors or leave their posts if something happens elsewhere in the building or outside there are also some studies that have shown high fail rates of metal detectors even at airports and we don't want people to to develop a false sense of security even in having them and become less vigilant about other safety on protocols using metal detectors also has the potential to create a significant delay in getting our students into buildings the size of our high schools and middle schools and so you would have students standing in long lines for long periods of time and there are some concerns that they would then be vulnerable to threats on the outside of the building and there are also some studies that have shown that students feel less safe when metal detectors are in place because their perception of danger increases all of our high schools as serge as our captain uh brown shared with you have at least one sro our middle schools have at least one and they're working in partnership with the administrative team along with the continuum of prevention and intervention procedures and so when there is a reasonable suspicion that a student has a weapon a search is conducted and much of the work i think if you've heard before is about establishing relationships with students and encouraging them to report any concerns they have with safety but we do continue to consider all options for keeping our students safe captain brown would you like to add to that yes um fortunately in baltimore county we have a unique relationship that uh our police are police officers first and foremost so they were all police officers on the street they work in the prospective precinct where they're assigned so the relationship with detectives with everyone else who supports uh the school is is seamless so what happens is our relationship is such that if something happens in the community and it affects the schools we're on top of it right away after school if there's someone involved and it could spill over we are on top of it if it's an incident where uh we find out if they're students you know could there be a problem tomorrow should we keep people separated should we send someone else someone not go to school you know depending on whether somebody's charged or not and at some point someone will get out of school of uh you know if they're incarcerated so we're gonna have to make sure that measures are taking place to ensure that there's it's safe once they do return to school if that happens and part of that threat assessment is does involve our sros does involves various people in the vcps system so fortunately we have a unique system where where we have police officers that have been doing this for so long that it works so well so uh i'm confident that we're in very good shape as compared to some other jurisdictions thank you for that response the next question is for miss lewis dr ford and our executive directors why are students and parents that repeatedly are not following handbook policy and disrupt the learning environment and bcps not held accountable for their actions so i i can start with that one i believe they are held accountable uh one of the things that we do is we issue warning letters and no trespass letters to parents who simply don't want to follow bcps policies um it's not an immediate go-to you know we we try to talk to them and work with them first but we do have those measures in place so that school house is not disrupted and it remains safe and i'll just start with for the student aspect we have done the warnings uh we've done the restorative practice that was first quarter now we're in second quarter and we have moved um to the school suspension side um those are local we have some for board suspensions especially for these threats that are coming through and we have evidence that the students are are posting these threats so we have implemented those things um and we have had some instances where we have had to move to something that is long term and so it has been very specific but now that we are into the second quarter uh one thing that i will say for parents um and the parents that um are listening uh we're we're really past that warning stage um i know that we've talked a lot about um you know just the community conference and those pieces but what we are dealing with and just in the past 24 hours we are putting um those structures in place but it definitely takes the community effort everything that has been successful has been those situations where parents have let us know things use the tip line called the administrator where students have gone to the sros directly and so it is going to be a community approach um as we navigate through these times i don't have anything additional to add to that one i think dr ford and mr joseph have covered that great thank you very much so miss joseph and dr ford can you please address this next question how is the school system prepared to provide a safe environment for those students wanting to learn when there seemed to be no control in reference to outburst classroom disruptions bullying of younger students vandalism of school property that affects all students lack of resources to allow students to safely change classes and be dismissed without physical and verbal harassment and i i would go first um the first thing that we are doing and i want to make sure i'm clear with this the um behaviors that we're seeing is not coming from all students typically we see it from about eight to ten percent of our students this year is coming from about 20 to 25 percent of the students uh so what we are doing with making sure that those students who are coming prepared to learn is number one we are not removing privileges and removing some of our after-school activities because we believe that engagement is important either through athletics again all of our our after-school events so that they're able to do that multiple schools celebrated our honor roll um activities uh this week so we're continuing to do that we are addressing each of the individual students on really how they're bringing their behavior to us uh we have to differentiate our approach sometimes it's just the student but quite honestly sometimes the approach is um the behave the behaviors of adults uh who are encouraging who are encouraging the behavior along with the student which becomes a community event and that's where we have to use that where we're using our community partners um that's there and so we are dealing with um some of those extreme behaviors there for some of those specific students and then some of some of the behaviors that we're seeing is just uh students who are following and so we're trying to get those students to be leaders and actually engage them in other ways uh through our activities in schools and i would encourage parents for you to get your students if they are not involved in the school activities some type of engagement activity after school is very important dr ford so this last year has been been a strain on everyone um and we're seeing behaviors out of kids that miss that year of that natural development that happens when they are in person um and with their peers so they've had that whole year where their communication was nothing else but social media social media is tearing our kids apart we don't control social media social media starts in your home when you give that child that cell phone and you're not monitoring as much as you think you you are what they're involved in so all of that behavior that's happening on social media they bring that energy to school so if if the 7011 was the meeting place if the church was the meeting place if the skating rink was the meeting place where kids gather that's where that behavior is going to come out it just so happens to be the schoolhouse so we need your help your assistance in monitoring your child at home sharing that information with the school staff the counselors myself the sros so we can prevent some of those issues from boiling over in school um you you hear about uh a third you know at five percent of the things that happen in school you never hear about the things that were prevented because we had parents so kids come in and share that information so we got to it before it happens um it's just the way our society is working right now it's like everything news media it's just negative right so you hear about the negative but you never hear about the positive things like the uh you can go on youtube now and see the clip of the story that was done about the mentoring of the sros from woodlawn high school you know when we had the civil unrest we had over 30 students from milford mill high school asked for a meeting with miss joseph who was the principal then if they could sit down and meet privately with the sros about how to interact with patrol officers on the street it was a tear-jerking moment because they trusted the sros enough to have that private and candid conversation so it in a lot of places we have these beautiful relationships where we're working together a parent and an employee an employee and parent that you just don't get to hear about but it's happening every day but we need your help in dealing with that five percent that 25 that we're seeing this year uh to to get back to where we were and then blossom from there and i'll just i will also add um and i've been in the community a long time i'm a bcps parent we encourage you to join the ptsa and i know that a lot of the parents on the call are there are ones who are fully engaged we need your continued engagement we are not going to have all of the answers we can only get through this by coming together as a community coming together as a community and so as i've been around i've been talking with students like just themselves and so a lot of them you know are saying that they want some of the focus on some of those other things that that we discuss because right now our children's attention are being pulled like dr ford said with that social media we have to pull it back and some other positive things and that's why again our schools are working hard to make sure that we implement it all of those after-school activities back in whatever your child is interested in you've got to get them engaged in something to divert that attention for that negative behavior thank you thank you for that so we have another question from youtube and i'd like to uh call miss lewis back for this question a viewer wants to know what actions is bcps taking to change their policies to address behavior issues in school they specifically want us to discuss bcps actions not the role of parents so just in terms of the policies um that are in place it's not necessarily that any policies need to be changed but we do need to look at how those policies are implemented in the school especially at the level of the schoolhouse and i think ms joseph just referenced the fact that you know we've had some time now for students to get acclimated to school i think there's been a great deal of grace given but and as dr williams said earlier our principals have the options now of looking at a variety of consequences to address behavior and so we continue with that communication of expectations and that's something that we do holding students accountable with the logical consequences and then also looking at ways to create community because again in most cases those students are coming back and so how do we reintegrate them into schools and what are the protections that we put in place for students as other students are experiencing the challenging behaviors and dr um ford referenced the safety plans that we have developed for students in in some cases so there aren't necessarily new policies and rules but we're looking at how we're supporting schools and making sure that they're able to implement whatever the consequences are that need to be implemented to make sure that there are changes in student behaviors and i don't know if one of some of the eds might want to add to that as they're working directly in schools on a daily basis with our principals so as as as you're coming back we we have a follow-up to that as well that i i'd like our eds to to respond to a viewer on youtube says i understand we need community help but the families that need to hear this are not the ones watching what are we doing to increase their involvement just i can start with from the elementary perspective because i do think there's different things that we do with elementary school parents that are a little bit different than our secondary parents however similarly when we talk about engaging parents through mechanisms that are preferred by their students so for example a lot of our elementary schools were hosting very modified but winter concerts ever parents enjoy seeing their children perform that is a great way for us to get parents to participate and engage with the school in something that's positive where we then can also have those face-to-face conversations with parents as school administrators a lot is being done in some of our schools with required parent conferences if parents aren't responsive to them then the pupil personnel workers are often working with our school administrators in order to facilitate those meetings virtual has provided some benefits with allowing us to have additional conferences and meeting structures with parents but schools were work very individually to provide and engage specific parents um within the schools i also want to follow up with something uh miss joseph said the involvement of the pta and just being a part for us in the elementary level is the parent-teacher association we don't have the students involved but having the teachers involved with the with the parents and the community really helps to foster some of those relationships and so the more we can get people to come to those events here and support the schools i believe that's a good opportunity we also know there are events in your communities things that happen in your own communities where you might go at your church your local church or even at the 7-eleven if wherever you see people that congregate that may go and be a part of your school community i think it's important that we share the information that we say you know the school's here to support how can the support the school support you what do you need from this to the school we have a lot of resources at the school level that can support parents students community members and so really helping and having that support and reaching out to the schools will really be important as we continue to build their relationships and i would just um like to add uh some of some of the off the record things that are happening our principles are going to our faith-based organizations to talk with parents sometimes a lot of our principals and staff live in the area and so some parents aren't comfortable and they have a direct a direct relationship i also want to put out there that um some of our students are not living with parents um they're living with grandparents um they are agency place and so we work with social workers and and we have to change our dynamic um and our approach on what participation means some of our parents are working and so we we you we're using all of those different um strategies and we know that we're we're in um a difficult time and so we are just trying to be creative and out of the box for making sure that we engage them but we have again i know um the youtube comment is that i keep saying that because that's what i believe you you don't do this isolated you don't do this with just one action on the school side without a community support and without the parent support there's no there's not been any successful community that has not engaged that way and so if i keep saying that it is because that's what i believe and a lot of communities also have one or two people that they go to and so that might be an advocate that may be able to speak on your behalf and a lot of our families that are coming from different countries feel comfortable going to one or two people in the community to advocate for them and so that's another thing we want to encourage if a person does not have the wherewithal if they may not feel comfortable going to the school then there's an advocate that somebody in your community your church someone in your community center that can actually speak on your behalf that can then go back to the school and then work with the school and then get some resources to support you as well thank you for your responses miss mustafer we have a question that was submitted by a staff member it states as an elementary school teacher i have called for mental health support for students engaging in disturbing behavior and or conversation and the students were returned to my class less than an hour later this is a concerning practice given what just happened with the school shooting in michigan what changes can be made to the current policy can a mental health evaluation be required before the student can return to school especially if this is a chronic issue so i'll reiterate um a little bit of what miss lewis highlighted which is um the policies as as they're written have processes and procedures that we flow through throughout our school day in managing student behavior so i i applaud teachers staff anyone who's recognizing there's a student that needs support one of the things to recognize is that a lot of times for our students and especially now as we have been out of practice with school in the routines of school is that behavior a lot of time is its communication long before that student enters your classroom as a matter of fact right before that student enters your classroom it's making those connections you just heard our executive director speak to that community outreach piece it's really important to have that communication with the parents it's really important to know your students as well and that through that communication welcoming students in creating that sense of connection and that belonging elevating student voice sometimes you can mitigate um extreme behaviors before they occur um the other thing that that i will elevate and say is that you know stressing relationships it's super important but talking about challenging um or or strong emotions during times that are low stress no stress are also really important hence why sel and social emotional learning embedding it into the instructional environment is super important and if you're if you're wondering how to do that make sure you're extending to your student support team that can really support you in bringing in if it's elementary schools increasing your conscious discipline practices at the secondary schools the continuum of restorative practices um the other thing is in speaking to what assessments can occur or do occur so there's a range of student behavior and sometimes student behavior increases and students come out of the classroom we're called for support we meet with the student we talk with the student the student de-escalates when we support the student in returning um and and come into the push into the classroom sometimes however there are times that students express themselves in ways that are potentially harmful to themselves or others um and that can result in an assessment uh with a mental health professional who's in your building to really consider um what is happening what's the intent and and what's the means to um any access or any any weapons or anything of that nature where they could potentially do harm and that takes a different pathway when there is a finding that their serious threat of harm where we work to have the student scene and work with families work with the community so just in summation it's starting with relationships and then recognizing the signs and symptoms but also working with our student support teams to support us in structures and resources as well thank you don't go anywhere just yet as follow-up to that question a viewer on youtube wants to know if we have social workers and counselors at all bcps schools we would like that and i'm i'm really excited to say that um you know we would like that and dr williams has put forward a budget to ask for increased staffing in that area at all bcps schools we do have school counselors we do not have school social workers at all schools but we are working towards that sometimes if a student is in need of that intensive level of service from a school social worker schools will reach out to our office and we will we will explore the need for services and work with the school work with the parent and work with the school team to identify resources that meet the students needs thank you very much miss lewis and any one of our ed's this next question is for you a parent asks not only are student behaviors a concern in schools but also on the buses there's a real safety concern while transporting students will students and parents be held more accountable to help change the rising culture of violent and disruptive behavior both in schools and on the school buses so i'll start by saying school buses are an extension of school and so as we look at our expectations for student behavior it's not just about what happens in the schoolhouse but also what happens on school buses and what happens as students are participating in school activities so there's really no difference in holding students accountable for those behaviors that occur on the buses now schools have some different kinds of things at their discretion in terms of dealing with behavior on student buses and some of the eds can elaborate on what those are but the expectation is that students behave appropriately on school buses as well as in the school building i think one thing that um ms joseph spoke of before was really looking at the first quarter of school year was really providing a lot of instruction and support to students and then there's an expectation of learning certain behaviors and adhering to them and following them that doesn't mean that we're not going to continue to teach and support students with them however at the same time there is an expectation so some of our elementary schools did had a bus out of the school during the school day students practiced boarding the bus sitting in assigned seats boarding the bus lining up going back into school some of our schools had um parents come and get on the bus to see the structure of the bus to see the expectation of assigned seats of how students are expected to board a bus and to get off of us we have schools that are using bus contracts to again reiterate the expectations for bus behavior with students and when necessary and things are deemed if things are dangerous and unsafe students will be suspended from the bus that does not mean they're necessarily suspended from school the expectation is that the parent or guardian family member is transporting them to or from school we understand that this creates a challenge for families however we also know that the transportation to and from school for all of our students to arrive safely and go home safely is of the utmost importance of every single parent and so we will and have instituted bus suspensions um as warranted thank you and a question is for follow-up is do we have cameras on our buses yes we do one of the things i wanted to say uh just recently i had an incident that was brought to my attention as the ed and i worked very closely with a principal to go look at some camera footage to see exactly what happened so i do know that that's something that they do use if there are incidents on the bus that they need to follow up on they work very closely with the bus driver and the bus the transportation department so if those are things that need to happen cameras can be reviewed and footage can be looked at as well thank you appreciate the response our next question is for captain brown a parent wants to know what can be done for school resource officers as they try to build relationships with all students in our schools okay um well one of the um important things our sros do is mentor so that's about building relationships it's about you know some of the sros are sometimes father figures from other figures to some of the students um that's not uncommon unfortunately the last year was challenging because the sros weren't necessarily with the students they have been back with the students but of course unfortunately there's a lot going on that's distracting our sros at times as well the things we do that i mentioned earlier the srs do is coach they also um a lot of students rely on them for private conversations things that they don't feel comfortable telling others to be the intermediary in certain issues and also the sros um attend you know some type of uh like assemblies things like of that nature which i believe are starting up in some schools so unfortunately you know some of the sros are distracted but our sros are special people that that really have a knack for connecting and i um i will say any of the students who want to approach the sro should do so because these sros are in these schools for a reason because they're they they're good at their jobs so um it's going to get more and more um easier as things open up more and more with assemblies and some of this uh you know the threats and some other things calm down so um that's my answer thank you very much for that answer miss muster for we have another question for you from youtube what evidence exists that seo works on kids that don't care and continue to exhibit persistent behavior problems so there's a great deal of work um that comes if you look at castle the collaborative for academic social and emotional learning as well as you look at dr mark brackett out of yale university when you talk about students and their motivation it's really about us drilling down on what's getting in the way and so sometimes as we talked about earlier in the tiered system of supports when you think about students who we perceive that aren't motivated we really have to drill down and we really have to examine and get curious about why a student may or may not be engaging may why they we perceive that they may or may not be motivated there are many reasons that students display the behaviors and communicate in the way that they do um and so spending time with the student trying to figure that out elevates in that tiered system of support so we talked about earlier um sel is tiered um and at that universal skill tier tier one there's that building of skills really trying to build that awareness build those connections um which we you know ultimately um we want students to feel safe we want them to feel connected and we want them to have a predictable environment and so at that level we're building skills we're working directly with students and then we go to tier 2 which is small group and sometimes that's additional skill training referrals as we talked about small group mentoring and when students are responsive there we move to that tier three and that's at times can be individualized intervention um it's it when you talk about students and their lack of motivation it's really drilling down on the root cause of that motivation and then working through that within a tiered system of support to find out what are the students needs and how can we best meet those with the resources that we have and if we don't have those resources what can we do to extend our community partners to wrap around students so that they can increase their access and connect with their motivating factors i heard many of us talk earlier about the fact of find out what your children like get them to explore get them to be curious one of the things i will offer to you as a parent myself many times our children they don't want to fail they want to be super successful they want us to celebrate them and we do and we are we're always looking for that opportunity um but one of the things that we have to uh really share with our students is that level of awareness and and the fact that in our relationships as parents as as teachers as staff as executive directors and sros we're going to be there success or failure and so we want students to continue to be motivated but sometimes that doesn't happen and so we have to drill down find the root cause and figure out which supports would best serve to to support a student in finding their passion um in their learning thank you miss masterfur captain brown and dr ford i would like you to address this next question what is the protocol for bcps to handle social media threats please be specific in your answer as it's expected there's a standard operating procedure so so cap i can start a little bit um when we get a hold of social media threats and and um we get them from all different ways um and usually it's children that share because they're concerned which we we applaud them for for that um sometimes the tips come from parents or it comes from the tip line so as um one of the school safety managers let's say a principal gives me a call and shares that a tip was shared from a student i gather that information i shared with the bcopd liaison the sros are usually already beginning the investigation from from the school level we collaborate and put all that information together and then our police partners do their things behind the magic window uh and and we search this out until we find out um where that source comes come came from um here's the thing here's the important part of this you really need to have conversations with your kids uh because some kids think it's it's funny it's lighthearted to post these things i'm shooting up to school tomorrow and they laugh it off um but they don't realize that regardless of what time this information was posted uh the school side the police side we're working this information through the wee hours of the night in the morning and our police partners will come knock on your door at two three and four in the morning to um question you and your kids about that particular post sometimes it might be mobile crisis coming there could be school consequences and also police charges that come along with that jokingly let me post this so once again this is where we need u.s parents to monitor their social media and have those those conversations about how this will follow them you you hear now about kids that are applying for for for colleges and jobs and employers are now looking at their social media history these things kind of stick with you they don't go away so this false narrative that kids have thinking i can use this app to spoof my image or my ip address it doesn't work kevin brown you want that uh yes because the relationship is such a lot of times things happen after hours so it's not uncommon to have something happen seven o'clock at night you know one in the morning and we do our part to try to get it solved and run down whatever we can before school is open to see what we can um we can get to unfortunately this year we're up to over 75 of these so we're unfortunately you know we we we are very very good at these investigations because we we deal with them so often unfortunately this year especially but um we handle the investigation it's a police investigation we will interview um we will you know get photos of people we will bring in detectives to do some checking through um ip addresses if it's where it's coming from we will interview people it it it houses at night we will conduct searches at times and just this week alone we have charged a few people with um with this crime related to these uh these incidents in addition to someone else for false reporting something so we are on top of these we um we have 10 precincts working together and everybody's on the same page we also get intelligence involved sometimes to run down things for us but um in addition part of this is we we you know when it starts up to when it ends there is some type of threat assessment that's conducted by the schools with our assistance to see what what has to be done right now while we're running this down and what has to be done now that we've solved it or we have someone responsible and then of course we figure out you know should this person be brought back to school how are they held accountable you know not only is there a charge that can be assessed from us but also some type of school sanction as well so we are um we're very good at this and we have counselors as well that assist with with this if there's some other issues going on that come to come out of the investigation that we didn't attend one thank you dr ford and captain brown speaking of uh social media miss joseph we are receiving a number of questions on youtube about an incident that occurred at one of our middle schools uh sudbrook middle school involving threats that were posted on social media can you talk through how executive directors support school leaders in response to such incidents where a school has to go into lockout and dismissal may be delayed doing due to an ongoing investigation do we know if this situation has been fully uh resolved is is what a parent is asking actually we've got several questions about this yes thank you for the question there are some details i cannot go over but what i can go over is that we did have a social media threat we immediately contacted our sro was there and the police department took over of the matter we did use our safety protocol and because of the outstanding work of our police department they were able to ensure that the area was clear and we all went home safely of that day and so for that matter it is still ongoing um investigation there were individuals um who have been arrested and the police um are taking over and so again that coordinated effort are is one example um of how it works to make sure that the building our students and our staff our staff are safe thank you and captain brown can you talk about one of the questions we often get is you know why isn't information out sooner and i know that there are times where we have to withhold information can you speak to a perceived delay or why there is that delay uh when we have serious situations captain brown yes um well okay the um we we do get the information out and sometimes the schools does schools do um i believe maybe we can be a little more consistent that is fair to say um we have quite a few um incidents that rise to the level where i can see that a lot of people do want to know what's going on um so um a lot of times we really can't give information we don't have it you know we're in the middle of the investigation and you know sometimes it's not applicable to stop what we're doing to give what little if any information we have fortunately you know these oftentimes do get solved you know in an hour sometimes sometimes it takes a day or two so um we do communicate some of the incidents that are larger but it's important to note that we have so many incidents that do not make the news to do not make sure you know other than social media and we run them down and we kind of move on and we we charge where appropriate so um like i said we can maybe be more consistent and in some of the larger incidents and i believe yesterday there was a social media or a uh media post from our department regarding the sud rook that did communicate what was going on so i'm happy to say that that was at least sent out thank you very much miss mustafer we have a parent questioning what school-wide programs have been put in place to help students reintegrate into group settings after a year of being isolated the parent asks i feel that the aggression i'm seeing in our halls due to students not coping well being back in school and i'd like to see large-scale programs to address this need can you respond to the parents question sure thank you for the question um what it will offer is that when students returned we actually offered a document i referenced earlier which was connecting as a collective community and that document you can access on the department of social emotional supports website that document included ways that we transition back into the environment it's critically important that we make sure that we're explicitly teaching our routines and structures but also what are our expectations and what is that going to look like through this communication we offer students that sense of connection but we also offer that safety and predictability that they can anticipate what's coming next um so that is one element that we put into place we also offered um information around the three signature practices three sel signature practices that we have embedded into the instructional environment so that also can be referenced and found there in addition for our elementary school children we have conscious discipline that's embedded in the curriculum and actually partnered with um health education as well um and that at the secondary level we're really engaging with the three signature practices but also building out with the continuum of restorative practices i you know there are many behaviors that we do see and i think the biggest thing is we are out of practice so continuing to reinforce um even continuing to refresh draw out those expectations at every corner is really something that we we do encourage um on an ongoing basis we have to keep in mind we have been out of school for two years essentially roughly two years and so getting students to practice and grow into the development as to how they navigate the structures of their schools is really important thank you very much and for the next question i'm i'm going to ask that our executive directors come back but as they're coming on i i think uh miss joseph i may have cut you off before you had an opportunity to share about sudbrook so i want to get back to you and apologize for that oh no worries i just wanted to add that our families also received a communication from the principal um on the sub brook um incident and there were additional supports for staff and students today thank you for that and while we've got our executive directors up a parent wants to know if baltimore county public schools has considered expanding its alternative school options including increased capacity at its alternative schools such as rosedale to accommodate students who would benefit from extra supports they believe there is an increased need for alternative school seats and students identified as possibly benefiting from an alternative school setting are often unable to attend due to lack of seats i can take that um for our alternative schools our alternative schools on the west side would be meadowwood and catonsville alternative and we have been using them um when we are looking at other ways to use them not just for um disciplinary reasons but we have we actually use them for times where students could benefit from a smaller setting and more resources and they have been doing an outstanding job and so we are constantly looking for ways on how we can expand that support on the west zone so yes absolutely and those schools and those school leaders and teachers are doing a phenomenal job in their work with their supports that they're offering for our zone and we know that at the elementary level we do not have an alternate school alternative school environment we are working with administrators as well as cross division through the school system to ensure that students who need a different level of support within the school setting are provided that in a different type of environment it may not be in an alternate school but an alternate environment or learning situation we do understand that there are students who need additional levels of support and while we're working to put those in place we also know that other students deserve you know a safe and secure learning environment so we are working with our administrators in those circumstances at the elementary level as well as across divisions within the school system to ensure those supports thank you so our next question is for captain brown captain brown a viewer on youtube is asking what are are sros in baltimore county police department doing to address potential gang recruitment in schools okay um first of all and i guess i'm going to talk about relationships again knowing who's in your school knowing who is uh who's walking the hallways and having um an understanding of what's going on in the school is is key um understanding what gang activity looks like also they teach the gang gang um classes in the middle school so um some of the students already understand that and many are comfortable coming to the sros and but again when gang activity is seen it's something that we investigate we have gang um detectives we have local detectives because we did have it at one of our schools where we were suspecting some gang activity on the west side about a year or so ago and we were able to have some detectives move in to uh calm some of the efforts because it was some recruiting going on and it was uh or possibly recruiting and also um some criminal behavior as well so we have a lot of things in place but at the end of the day it's about relationships with the students and also that the administrators telling us what they're seeing as well so we can all work together to see that it doesn't happen in our schools thank you very much so we have another question that i'd like to pose to our executive directors a parent wants to know if we can enforce uniforms at county schools i'll take i'll take a little bit of it for elementary school um one of the i do have at least one of my schools that i support that has uniforms and they went through a whole process where they really did an outreach to the community and they felt as though that's something that would really benefit their community um they were they're a title one school so some of the funding comes from the federal government and so they really did an outstanding job of going into the community surveying the community and then coming back to see exactly what that looks like so i know that there are schools i know i support one and i'm sure i'm not sure um anyone else does but i do know that there are some middle schools that also do that making the mandate that's something that we would have to look into but i do know that there is a process and some of the schools have gone through their process so far as to what that looks like and it has worked for for the schools in particular and i think they really enjoy and know that that's one less thing they have to worry about when it's time to come back to school would be a selection of clothes they just need to get one type of pants or top um so the students can use mr mrinado or miss um joseph yeah and i'll just say for the secondaries really on my middle school level none of none of the high schools um have that um and it's and we followed a similar process there was a kind of a survey done with the community and the parents um and they really chose the colors working with the school and so that is the process that's there when we were coming back in several of the schools kind of sent something back out to make sure that this was something that this schoolhouse and community still wanted to do and that is in place so that is the process that we have followed thank you very much so our next question comes from youtube a viewer says we have witnessed an unprecedented increase in mental health issues in our students over the past year how can bcps confidently say the recent tick tock will not influence a struggling student to act miss mustafer or dr ford would you like to get us started sure i'll start i don't think we can say that it won't influence them um we're just hoping that between the school resources and the family resources that we can work with that student to prevent that student from acting on these tick tock challenges that's why i go back to the importance of of of family members monitoring their social media having those conversations about what their child is viewing and what they're into um if the school's not made aware of things we don't know until those things happen so the earlier we can find out about them the earlier we can work in collaboration with you to help your child miss mustafa yes the one the one thing i would add to that dr ford is that i think we have to create space for these conversations so we have to make sure that our students recognize who their resources are and offer that space so that when things like this prevail um we talked about earlier low stress no stress during those times of making connections we need to make sure that we offer those resources so when there is stress when there is challenge when there is a concern they know who to go to and they know who to speak with that's critically important may i just add just from the executive director of you when we see these increases that are needed we deploy staff out um so like tomorrow uh we plan to be out in our school um and so not just in the office we help with lunch duty bus duty those types of things to make sure that students see more adult presence that's there and so that's another support that we put in place when we see an increase in these types of threats that are coming through miss lewis thank you i'm sorry um i'd like to add in addition encouraging students to talk and talk to the right people because what we've seen in many cases of school shootings students have talked but they've talked to other students who then either just stayed away from the area or kept it to themselves or talked to the student themselves rather than going to adults who are able to provide the intervention that is needed so it's important that we're hearing this that parents are asking their children have you heard anything and if they have about a student who might be intending to carry out a behavior such as was described in the tick tock challenge that they're bringing that information to school staff to the sro not to another student thank you miss lewis so we're on to our last question and i want to open this one up to any one of our presenters dr williams email on december 3rd listed numerous ideas that were reliant on bcps current resources and staffing to improve safety what are we doing to leverage community resources external to bcps this problem is much bigger than the school house and i think we've heard a lot tonight about our partnership with the the baltimore county police department so that's one area and so they are external to us and that is one of the resources that we use in terms of supporting our students prior to the school year we met with our sros we talked to them about how we thought our students might be different coming back to us helping them to understand what the expected behaviors might be and how they can support students in getting re-acclimated to being in school so that's one partner you've heard a lot from tonight that we use through our department of school safety with respect to social emotional wellness and mental health resources we've expanded our partnerships with our community partners and serve in partnership with behavioral health so continuing to cultivate those relationships but expanding using our funding sources to make sure that students are getting their needs met with respect to the range of mental health needs thank you so before we wrap up i want to provide dr williams with an opportunity to to share any closing remarks dr williams so thank you dr zarchin i just want to circle back to that last question um just today i've had conversations with our county executive because he too as a former educator has been looking at what's been happening throughout the county throughout the state as well as what's happening in the school system and so as we come together the county government and the baltimore county public schools come together we're collaborating about how we're looking at needs of our community and looking at how we can partner and provide additional supports not only with our within our community but into our in our schools today we sent out another message to team bcps as it was shared about that partnership with our baltimore county police as well as conversations with our board we are going to continue to uh explore ways in which to help our students but also address any inappropriate behavior and next month we're hoping to get together with other systems because this is happening across school systems to talk about additional relevant practices that we may be able to bring into our school and in january i will be presenting my fy 23 budget proposal to the board regarding what we may need in terms of staffing to support our students as well as our staff so this is not the last conversation we look forward to continue to partner with our schools the leaders of our schools and our communities as we try to support our students as it was shared earlier we're now in second quarter there's the expectations that we move to to get re-acclimated back to school and making some better choices and again the social media is becoming a little out of hand and we appreciate the the parents participating tonight and that our parent our principals will be reaching out and working with their ptsa leadership to communicate with additional families and communities to really get folks to know it is a partnership so with that i'll turn it back over to you dr sargent thank you dr williams and we want to thank you for your leadership i also want to thank our presenters some of whom have been with us three nights this week we hope that you found this informative and useful we appreciate you joining us as a reminder these virtual town hall conversations are just one step in our ongoing efforts as dr williams shared in his december third message to the community there are a number of actions and opportunities that we're taking to partner with the bcps community to ensure that our schools can focus on teaching and learning just to name a few deployment of central office staff to schools to address identified needs provide enhanced adult presence to help ensure safe and supportive environments the use of alternative education options for students in need of additional support school staff will work with families to create responsive solutions to meet the needs of each and every one of our students the bcps student council is launching a system-wide mental health awareness campaign that's happening this month and they will be partnering with the maryland center for school safety for a seat hear it and report it campaign that will begin in january the parent teacher association council of baltimore county will be meeting in january to share resources with all local pta presidents focused on the important role of community in the working with school districts to build safe and supportive learning environments local ptsas will host school specific meetings that focus on safety we will bring together leaders as dr williams mentioned teachers support professionals community partners for a multi-district roundtable session participants will collaborate and work together in january to identify innovative solutions we invite you to participate in as many of the upcoming activities as possible please continue to work directly with your school leadership teams to collaborate on positive solutions for the school community our partnership is critical during these challenging times thank you once again for your ongoing support have a great evening you

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