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JICHS Board of Directors Meeting

Monday, September 21⋅5:30 – 8:30pm

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Welcome and Call to Order

The meeting will be called to the order, beginning with the pledge of allegiance and a moment of silence.

Approval of Agenda

So that there is agreement between board members on the agenda, and the amount of time spent on the meeting, the board shall vote to approve an agenda for the meeting. To the best of its ability, it will follow that agenda, and allow for the chair to move the board through the agenda as specified.

Approval of Minutes from Aug 17, 2020

Public Comment

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**PLEASE NOTE: This meeting will be broadcast via Zoom webinar, and open sessions will begin at 5:30 p.m. with the public comment submission deadline occurring one-hour prior at 4:30 p.m. on September 21, 2020. After this time, the form will no longer be able to accept responses. The board may or may choose to read or respond to public comments.**

Prestige

Presenting JICHS monthly Financial Statement.

Update- increase the overall outdoor science classroom cost to $250k from $195k as that is the number the board approved at the last board meeting.

Leadership Report

Presented by Leadership Chair Sheli Ballard.

LEADERSHIP TEAM:

❏ The Leadership Team makes the following recommendations concerning the instructional and scheduling models as we work towards returning to a traditional instructional and scheduling model:

❏ JICHS will transition into a hybrid teaching and learning model, based on the breakdown articulated in the Hybrid Schedule Draft, to begin no sooner than 20 calendar days from the official approval of the JICHS Board of Directors.

LIBRARY:

❏ The library is expanding our remote learning services by offering curbside pickup for hard copy books and calculators, in addition to chromebooks and mifi devices. Many of our resources are already online along with explanatory videos. Ms Crumpton has been zooming into classes to talk about reading options: hard copy, online ebooks and audiobooks, and how to access them. We are preparing for students to return in person by adjusting seating, traffic patterns, and library rules in order to prioritize the safety of our JI community. PERFORMING ARTS:

❏ Please enjoy the Performing Arts Slide Presentation!

ROTC:

❏ JICHS' ROTC is adjusting to the COVID restrictions as much as possible and striving to keep as much "normalcy" in our program for our cadets as we are able to. As the board is aware, the ROTC program encompasses much more than just an academic curriculum which can be successfully taught virtually. The concepts of citizenship development at the heart of the ROTC mission, leadership, integrity, drill, PT, and the rest, are most definitely being diminished--not eliminated--as a consequence of our remote learning environment. An area of normal activity that the unit will be participating in soon is that our unit's Color Guard will be participating in the opening ceremonies of JICHS' scheduled home football games starting on September 25th. We will be bringing our other after school co-curricular activities (with restrictions) back in practice, with two new programs this year--an E-Sports program and a Marksmanship (air rifle) program. Both of these new programs are being met with great enthusiasm by our cadets! ❏ Additionally, in preparation for the return of the students to the school, the aesthetics of our ROTC spaces in the school were "re-branded" with more Air Force centric themes. The goal of our efforts are to enhance and/or instill a greater sense of pride and ownership among our cadets for the uniqueness of their spaces within the school and our program. The photos attached are of the ROTC hallway within the school, our classroom, and our cadet lounge. We are looking forward to the day when those spaces are filled with our cadets once again.

SCIENCE:

❏ Marine science students went on a virtual snorkel with The Marine Lab from Key Largo. The students watched a brief slide show to learn about corals and then they watched a prerecorded boat ride and snorkel. Throughout the virtual snorkel the students had a live guide from Marine Lab who talked them through what they were seeing at a coral reef and the students were able to ask questions throughout. It was a great introduction to the ocean.

SOCIAL STUDIES:

❏ Gregory Webster, Human Geography and IB Theory of Knowledge “I wanted to share the padlets my 2nd and 3rd period Human Geography students worked on today revolving around our class pillars.” ● 2nd Period - https://padlet.com/gregorywebster/fl5uulphi6n312a ● 3rd Period - https://padlet.com/gregorywebster/q87nr7a64kt07jlm

❏ Jennifer Wakefield, AP European History, IB Anthropology and US History “A little snippet of our Socratic Seminars in AP Euro, using a secondary source to help us answer the question, Why Study History?” AP Euro Snippet “IB Anthropology is beginning their Internal Assessment this week. They are being tasked with doing an hour of fieldwork, making observations of people out in society. This is a small part of the larger whole, in a few months they will once again do fieldwork, this time after having learned about Anthropology and the methods used. Their second attempt at fieldwork should be much more focused and use Anthropological methodologies. After which, they will critically assess and compare their two observations, highlighting the theories, anthropologists and methodology learned throughout the course.” “In US History Honors Virtual Academy, we spent some time getting to know each other and are now learning about the 13 colonies. We will begin discussing the Revolutionary war next week!” Meet Our Class - Slides

Athletic Report

Presented by Athletic Director Jeremy Holland.

Low money in U10 account because of Covid. Digital ticketing and people following social distancing will help keep the school and students safe.

Maintenance Report

Presented by Mr. Thorn

Sept. 21st, 2020

1. Assembled and installed Hepa air purification units in the clinic and aux. clinic (basketball

concessions)

2. Installed bottle filling stations on specified water fountains and secured all other free drinking

water fountains campus wide per CCSD’s covid-19 regulations.

3. JICHS Facilities Maint. Dept. has received and processed 112 work orders from Aug. 8th to the

present.

Marty Monette

Facilities Director, JICHS

School Leader Report

Presented by Mr. Thorn

Academics/School Update of Events

Remote Learning Model

Remote learning has gone well thus far. Teachers are teaching live, five days a week via video conferencing. The students have responded well. It is evident they realized the spring was the spring, but that cannot be the expectation going forward. Anecdotal feedback from the teachers and staff is that everyone is eager to get students back in the building and return to some type of normalcy.    

JICHS Virtual Academy

We have approximately 500 students in our virtual academy. I would like to thank the administrative team, the guidance department, and the Leadership team for making this happen. I would like to specifically thank Mr. Gilbert and Mr. Drake for their exhausting efforts in building the master schedule. They are also the reason why we were able to build a hybrid schedule in PowerSchool despite the many challenges. 

Canvas- Learning Management System (LMS)

So far the rollout of Canvas, the Learning Management System, has gone reasonably well.  There were some technical difficulties in the first couple of days, but those were issues caused by PowerSchool and not the Canvas platform. Ms. Ballard, Instructional Coach, and her team (Hilliary Brown and Jennifer Wakefield) have been a tremendous resource for our teachers. Ms. Ballard and CCSD continue to offer PD on Canvas and virtual teaching. 

Coffee Talk/Town Hall Meeting TBD

The Coffee Talk we held after the last board meeting was well received. The FAQ document from that meeting is posted on our website. We plan to schedule more of these events going forward.    

MAP Testing

We administered MAP testing to our 9th-grade students on September 14-15 in-person. There were technical issues on both days due to the NWEA platform. This was experienced state-wide. Regardless, our staff and students preserved. Students and parents that did not feel safe coming to school took the test virtually. 

Other Test Dates 

• Due to the school closure last spring, we are administering for seniors the ACT September 22, 2020, and SAT September 23, 2020.
• October 14 PSAT/NMSQT
• October 21&28 WIN Testing, make-up from last spring 

Board Elections

Once again the Public Charter School Alliance of South Carolina (PCSASC) is managing our board elections. The election timeline and applications are posted on our website and are available at the school. 

Enrollment Update 

JICHS Enrollment Data:

PowerSchool enrollment on 09/16/2020 1599

Program School Students     36

Students served at JICHS 1563

Technology Update

The Technology Department’s focus has been resolving PowerSchool issues and helping teachers with technology issues. The delay to roll over the master schedule by the district created issues with students’ schedules and gave us little time to resolve issues between PS and Canvas. 

650 Chromebooks (CB) and 100 MiFi devices have been issued. To keep up with the demand for both remote and in-person learning, they ordered an additional 240 CB, which will be available by early November.  Funds for the CB will come from the CARES Act ($381 K).  

Safety Update August 2020

• Assisted with fact and fee week.
• Assisted Officer Hamilton with a potential issue at a bus stop but determined no JICHS students were involved.
• Assisted Mrs. Farrell and CCSD attorneys with a possible attempted enrollment of two children abducted out of Texas.
• Met with Mr. Holland and Officer Hamilton to create an action plan for football games.
• Met with CCSD Security to program the entry keypads for first responders to have emergency access.
• Completed 8 hours of online Title IX training.
• COVID-19 related duties
• Ensuring faculty and staff compliance with CCSD and JICHS protocols.
• Reviewed the MUSC reopening checklist and addressed any relevant issues.
• Received and began posting signage related to social distancing and masks requirements.
• Received and began posting stickers for common areas and cafeteria designating safe seating locations.
• Plexiglass is installed in the media center, guidance, nurses station and offices.
• Plexiglass fabrication for classrooms is ongoing.
• Safe dividers for outside seating areas are being devised and plans for fabrication and installation are almost complete.
• Directional arrows have been ordered for all hallways.
• Ordered two additional temperature tablets. 
• Passed out masks, face shields, and hand sanitizer to teachers.
• Ordered and received classroom disinfectant supplies for every teacher.

Construction Update

The trailers are currently being relocated or removed. Unfortunately, this was supposed to occur at the end of the last school year.  One trailer houses the TMD program. That trailer will be available in early November. In the interim, the program has been moved into the building. The CTE project appears to be on schedule at this time. 

Medical Metrics for Charleston County

On the six point scale used by the District, Charleston County has 4 points (High = 0 pts, Medium = 1 pts, Low = 2 pts). 

DHEC Two-Week Incidence Rate for Charleston County from September 6, 2020 through September 19, 2020 is 133.4 per 100,000. During the interval, DHEC rates Charleston County as Moderate Incidence: 101-200.  

JICHS Instructional Model

1. Continue Remote Learning Instruction

JICHS will continue remote start with no more than 25% of the students attending school on any given day. The BOD will meet on October 12, 2020 to review DHEC medical data for Charleston County.

2. Hybrid model AA/BB

JICHS will begin hybrid model, AA/BB, on October 12,2020 with no more than 950 students attending school on any given day.

Hybrid AA/BB School Calendar

Wednesday

Second reading of the Title IX Policy

D3 Bus Lot

If we use the Band practice field instead of the athletic field. If we get the lot CCSD will give 750K towards a turf field. The mayors office is required buses be held on school campus.

Executive Session

Personnel Issue & Principal Review

Motions From Executive Session

~ No motions from Executive Session.

The Meeting was Adjourned

The meeting adjourned at approximately 7:33 pm