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October 28, 2022

On Monday, I visited Green Hope High School and attended part of 3rd period and all of 4th period's Civic Classes. I, along with Representative Gale Adcock, spoke with students and answered questions related to their class campaign project. Monday evening was D9's Board Advisory Council Meeting (Please see below for more information). On Wednesday, I attended West Cary Middle School's Fall Orchestra Concert. Great job Beginner, Intermediate, and Advanced Orchestra students and Director-Dr. Nessim. It was great to be able to check out the Student Art Gallery after the concert. Thank you to Mr. Miller, Art Teacher, for showcasing the students' artwork. On Thursday, I attended Green Hope High School Chorus Program's Turning Over a New Leaf Fall Concert. Amazing job musicians, Director- Mr. Botwick, and Pianist- Ms. Myers. On Friday, I attended Cary High School's football game. On Saturday, I will be attending the 63rd Annual Cary Band Day! 

This week as a Board we had two meetings: Student Achievement Committee and Policy Committee.

At the Monday, October 24th Student Achievement Committee Meeting:

  • Brad McMillen, Assistant Superintendent, Data, Research and Accountability; provided an overview of  WCPSS' assessments results and graduation rates. Click here to access the presentation.

  • Drew Cook, Assistant Superintendent for Academics; Michele Woodson, Senior Director, K-12 Curriculum Development; Christina Zukowski, Director, K-12 Mathematics; presented information about the procurement process for district math curriculum, shared information about national, state, and local instructional resources, and facilitated small groups with Board Members to clarify our current and future desired state. Use this link to view their presentation. I did ask for the questions that Board Members had submitted since our September Meeting to be posted for public access. Here is the link to that document. To access the nine pictures of the sticky notes created in our Board Small Groups, click on this link, then click on the Math Curriculum item on the agenda, and scroll down to the bottom to see the attachments. 
Click here to watch the recording of the October 24th Student Achievement Committee Meeting.

At the Monday, October 24th District 9 Board Advisory Committee Meeting:
  • Susan Pullium, Senior Director, Office of Student Assignment; presented information about Draft 2 of the 2023-24 Enrollment Plan.

  • Susan Pullium and Glenn Carrozza, Assistant Superintendent for School Choice, Planning, and Assignment; answered questions regarding Draft 2 of the 2023-24 Enrollment Plan.

At the Tuesday, October 25th Policy Committee Meeting:
  • Dr. Chavis, Assistant Superintendent, Equity Affairs; Dr. Caswell, WCPSS Principal; Teresa Jones, WCPSS Parent; Jodie Damrauer, WCPSS Counselor; Christina Gordon, WCPSS Parent and Teacher; and Aaron Ng, WCPSS Student; presented information related to the Equity Policy. There were a few additional amendments made to the policy. The policy will be presented to the Board for first reading next week. Use this link to access the policy that was discussed. Click here to access the presentation. 

  • Mark Winters, Finance Officer, presented two policies for discussion. Both policies will be presented for first reading at a future Board Meeting. Use this link to access draft policy 6410. Click here to view draft policy 6430.
To watch the recording of the October 25th Policy Committee Meeting, use this link.

Next week as a Board, we have the following meetings (Please remember these meetings will be streamed live on the WCPSS YouTube Channel.):
  • Tuesday, November 1st at 3:30 pm- Work Session. The items on the agenda are proposed changes to the 2023-24 instructional Calendars, 2022 Summer Learning Update, and Board discussion of Policy 1710/4021/7230 Prohibition Against Discrimination, Harassment, and Bullying. Click here to view the agenda.

  • Tuesday, November 1st at 5:30 pm- Board Meeting*. Some of the items on the agenda are Board Policy 3420 and Board Policy 1150 and more. Use this link to access the agenda. 

*Full audio via phone is available for the Board Meeting. The phone number will be posted at this link the day of the Board Meeting. 

If you are interested, you can submit written or video public comments. The forms to submit comments will be live from 5 pm on Friday until noon on Tuesday.

If you are interested in making in-person public comments, please visit this page and scroll down to click on the appropriate form. The form will go live 48 hours prior to the start of the meeting (on Sunday) and close at 5 pm on Monday.

I will be hosting another D9 Connection Meeting on Sunday, October 30th at 7:30 pm. This is an informal meeting for me to listen to you. If you live in D9, have a student attending a D9 school, or work in a D9 school, please join us using this Google Meet link.

If you have any questions or comments, please email me at kcarter3@wcpss.net.


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