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can I have it ready good evening my name is Doctor Bostick and I am the new director of race equity and Anna and inclusion at Anderson Elementary Anderson Community Schools and I want to thank you all for taking time out of your schedule to come to our second listening session and the purpose of this session is for Anderson Community Schools to gather information for our strategic plan for diversity equity and inclusion we will aim to create an F environment for Learning and service by honoring and respecting and embracing diversity within our district and our community by looking at the audience in a multi-generational of individual I just want to thank you all for taking time to come and in for order for district another word for BFF I say we we as the ministry leaders and staff and teachers and a few enemies we met whether you are speaking can be the best productive citizens that we can produce you so it's going to take all of us and you're going to do that yesterday some topics came up that's not right related to what we're going to be doing here at Anderson Community school so I'm just going to set some ground rules now in regards to some of those issues we're not going to be erase Siri here okay that's not what this is a plan for us as a community to get in put on some concerns of issues and things that you would like to see done at Anderson Community Schools so please be respectful we not going to be taking up all our time talking about critical race Theory alright so before we get started I would like to introduce our team at Anderson Community School first of all I'd leader of our team is a superintendent as a potentially tomorrow if you start the doctor from thank everyone for coming out and breathing the what time is open today what's the rating for together and and hosting this you know what I want everyone to know is to know diversity and inclusion start talking about equity I don't want anybody to figure this is all about open honest discussion to watch the interview yesterday so tonight we need to have closely and comfortable conversations because we don't know what we don't know and you will need to tell us what you'd like to see us feel included call your name can I ask you to send one of our assistant superintendent assistant superintendent of human mr. Lemon Brown as of tomorrow on Operating Officer. To Kelly Derby is that your daughter send email to be the chief operating officer art director of district and Community engagement with Brad metals are you director of curriculum and instruction missing Judy Schaefer art director at District mr. O'Neill new principal at Edgewood Elementary School mrs. Theresa I'm looking around now some of our school board members dr. Pat Hill this is Holly ranch or School Board secretary this is Gene Shalit assistant secretary this is Diane Earhart did I bring out anyone else and I have some special guests with me today yes not to be named today special guest services with me today and I'm very thankful for them to take notes for me this Missy Adams College and Career pathway specialist at District 26 for the past 15 years this is Tim Rogers Hatfield she's vice president of Engagement of the United Way of Madison County she's also in my pulse acrylic having her and justify any score to the Seahawks game and then I have a special guest that came from Indianapolis you know the help me as well and that's against dr. Quinn Kelly she's were currently works for the children's policy and law in Michigan Indiana and he's a pass research associate with an update I don't have anyone in University and keep taught in elementary school for 39 years at IPS and she's also a retired special service coordinator thank you if you do from come and get off Minneapolis to take notes if you need help Brown rules please keep comments to three minutes and order for everybody to have an opportunity I have okay and if your brother doesn't work I got detective Anderson over here and you know they help me all right I'll try to get respectful of the time please don't interrupt people when they're talking please don't verbally attack one another and it's pretty simple right okay in the next step is I'm going to be asking five questions was kind of a diet distance can come up to the mic they're going to let us in the center there please talk loudly into the mic last night of some of the participants and watching online had some challenges hearing if you talk to Costco please pick up a little bit once your time is up please. It down keep in mind this is a quest this is not a question and answer is just for feedback for you guys to give me input so if you phrase your question phrase it as a I made flipping by and do it as a statement okay because our note-takers they're just here looking on the take nose and we're not here to answer questions will will provide another form to do that also if you were here yesterday and you spoke please be mindful of others if you have something in the ad that's okay but please don't repeat the same things that you talked about yesterday we already had those in or no okay let's go ahead and get it started what are some of the initiatives program in or tell you that Anderson preschools are currently doing well please provide specific examples what are some initiative programs and activities at Anderson Community Schools are currently doing well please provide specific examples why don't you yes some of the people can hear you in mind on Facebook please Community Development into the mic on a couple project one project I felt was very Dynamic was the extra mile that we had an affair online program education program for students at Hampton Elementary and when you feel Ben has any disability sweetheart me to disability Social disability as well and we have a lot of success 101 + 9 whether it was told to me and we had so far also if a living wage anyone else okay we're going to move on to the next person what concerns do you have about student achievement what concerns do you have about student achievement so there's no concerns could you come to my post they linked together and graduated 1972 Madison Heights High School and when I left in your 1965 President Johnson sign in Executive Order 11246 history of it Morgantown Mall and they also allowed the opportunity to let the people go as we brought a lot of Executives from the black colleges around the country at that time I was in school with Anderson Madison Heights in 68 what I found when I got there is that we had a lot of people that were pushing although I don't have to help but we have other people that we're pushing them to make sure we can be the best and the high schools at that time we're really because we have solid administrator all the teachers that sounds pretty cool. but I thought I sent it to pretended I was here when the first black school board person with dementia and I knew that we had a lot of opportunity if you wanted to pursue that I don't see that now I don't know what what happened along the way but I think there has to be more inclusive Stan the ministration teachers principals Anderson was a basis for no black people mostly Madison County and the surrounding counties Madison County where is sundown so I didn't know where I know there was only one left I can make it to Tatum still with regard to I think that we need to identify restaurant policies and procedures that negativity did the plan it all those High student achievement as well so we can take a look at your policies and procedures closely any other concerns about doing this evening you have about Anderson Community Schools to increase Community involvement in buying from all segments of our community as it relates to community building in a sense of belonging what are some ideas that you have about Harrison Community Schools can increase Community involvement and by Adam all segments of our community I kind of think about the idea that one of the things that I mentioned last night was having a festival as like a cultural Festival a school Anderson High School but you know what having to be like in Oak Grove the Hispanic groups in the Asian group you know the all group are there kosher and didn't about you know themselves maybe within the school have something call like acknowledge your act of kindness records I'm married and I graduated from Union Community School not so very long ago how do I get a lot of the phases in the world but I was going to have to stay at is that the questions are more interconnected than they are separate because there are so many things that go into so when I think it's not just what they resent academically not just what's reflected on their assessments for on report cards but it is about how they connect to the School environment how they succeed what their personal success look like in the personal growth and I think that's all so tired of what we do and if it matters if you have Community involvement because the real set alarm for school I know when I was coming up we never had a black superintendent we did have tell him for me I did have a black pencil but I don't remember very many instructors but that goes to seeing your stop by person in your school environment so that how do we teach them are any extra books weren't right I hope that they're better I hope that the history books are more representative and I think all of those things go to whether or not we have an environment where the community feels like they wanted me to come because I don't know about the rest of you but caring what recently but I want to speak about the position. I come to this so what I did interested the communications on sale got to work because I realize it is, passion for teaching so they were too work with students from I think it was so important for ACS adjectives community and those efforts I realized as an educator you can't do everything I can academic face or what that the community is more at the end and I think I see that here and there there are different classes around ACS Staffing engagement that we will see that a lot of times we always see where the schools need to do more how can you do make a call. Make a list of some things your community and I work today also work for the barbecue community and one of these but I don't know what they're going to do a junkie after junior high level or the heist but you got to Liberty at all everybody got to work again I mean a lot of money what you going to do about $10,000 every week Cam Newton got wrong phone number can you guys go pick up a big deal we don't know who's picking them up. Some things you can talk about any churches or in your houses everybody said we have to work in the group and I'm going to take care of you say what makes us work together as a team and we need to know that you're safe popular feature talk to that person and make sure we know who you are I haven't talked to her. didn't charge us to come to Anderson there was a time when you're in bring I need it cancel what do you guys need to bring it so that's why we need more instead of blaming each other. good evening my name is Crystal Williams and I have high. I'm tired as a freshman in high school what are the things that I wanted to see what I look at the website was how's the volunteer and I didn't see any action or we're at the volunteer to my first how can I volunteer at was not very many opportunities to volunteer with my son so that leads me to believe that we need to do some if I can be inside of the school as a parent even though even though there isn't a lot of black administrators maybe they could get some tea different can come in and out and maybe we can offer some different types of guilty or different engage just kidding. Going to volunteer on the website so that we can have the real thing she's from thank you any others well then move on to our next question what concerns do you have related to diversity equity and inclusion in the Anderson Community School District what concerns do you have related to diversity equity and inclusion in the Anderson Community School District and I name is Kim town then I'm the executive director for the Anderson Housing Authority my precious answer to that question is that I have many concerns those three things I started Anderson Community Schools at Park Place Elementary School and at that time I was one of only about five black youth in the entire School and it wasn't until I send it to Tennessee State University which is a predominantly black college that I realized how much more blacks had a cheap other than Frederick Douglass Martin Luther King and Harriet Tubman that's all we were tired but we weren't entitled off part of the king's Nobel priest Peace Prize we want to talk to Todd about slavery I didn't really know how despair at the treatment was until I moved wave went away from Anderson and my eyes became open to what we lacked here in mareanie black people in their education entrepreneurship we having dinners poets artist so things don't get pie so that's why I believe are you don't really have a high bar to reach for when we're not presenting them blacks in the same image as we have with our counterparts but it wasn't poor we're asking for the sea creatures that songs in the hallway and had it on the back of you keep going and we can't keep making excuses why that doesn't exist because we've got everybody that has came up here so far tonight BB has been women of color except for one male and everybody had. Tell us something to say there's no reason why black any more represented in Anderson Community Schools we need to get the job done quit talking about it thank you my name is I don't know if any of you are aware that is another school district one of our support for lgbtq put student and administration at the flag of Benin there have been some discussion about whether or not that should be allowed in mind what I would like to see you your plan for teachers and staff to show support for to that student population research that city that is overwhelming that this population and symbol Pride Flags 45802 Lander that signifies I'm sick person I'm here for you you're seeing just knowing that somebody there is it's his life-saving for many individuals who don't have that support anywhere else so I would like to see something in your plan that would put a shirt that thank you speak up louder please talked about when we are kind about slavery and who will work on it is coming ancient historical halfway so long ago that no one lived in have better but when we speak about slavery we have to understand that we have Canada of these students who have happy hour love to be groomed by someone who it's not it's real and we teach our children those people are gone because they are part of our family the part of our history and we keep it alive and I can shoot the wind so I would like to see about slavery in a manner that brings bring in people who have lived apart that who knows what that looks like I didn't learn about his future guess what and the other thing and I was like four the school in season brings in more inclusivity who are working on it a lot of the students who had this background but guess what time it is and you're going to get kids who are they have diverse based on where they come humans are not one more thing so that we as a community policies and practices in the district but that it means everyone and I think it's really important because Equity is is at or what we're talking about are all students diversity and inclusion are a means to really bring in that balance so to the extent that we can being around do you want me to come play video number Elementary School NY Lottery do you know who my whole bottle is ever good at sports to talk or you by the airport so what you going to do with me and other people he is that's all we know is who in the school year we ate everybody I wasn't planning to get up but I guess photos of all ACS we got to do that we got in the poor representation of minorities I mean I kind of hear and I know school board members teachers over here we're all set we haven't got to come over and introduce ourselves to sitting over here you should be shaking hands everybody should know you represent this community we need to actively go after minority teachers Ministries it doesn't make sense with 30 40% minority and you look at the representation on the penetrated board it's all going to different we got to do better. The boss is T-Pain hold our feet to the fire because we need people just don't understand you got to have that to go forward we got to thank you and Crystal Williamson my number one daughter. dr. Fauci it's really critical at this stage That 80s step up their game because I thought I was coming through we didn't have similar to the Computing with a Alexander competing with Anderson lapel on TV with Anderson Anderson is the only place that would have been Madison County will most of the minority I'm looking to go outside I think I'm glad that I when I left the name of the country club we going to be watching soap box derby roll down the hill people laughing Madison Hunters Glen Indiana Central University find I was raised on the Maynard Jackson's Administration but you have to put black people in place and yes but it's critical that you week after that night talk about it let's go ahead and actually put some money resources whatever happened to the program people color around Anderson you want to meet me or what happened he pick my brother up at least let you know I mean overstating begun listen to come to the house wake this boy up there and pick him up and makes make him go to school and you graduated so things like that. The Graduate diversion I do want to pick up a little bit louder Edgewood and I know that there are several concerns here are a few guys are really in tune with those children with racism but they're walking in the hallways together we don't see what you're talking about I know that those are issues that come up but what we better know is that every challenging student most of them are not Aspen they come every day all those challenging kids that we call for they come to that Safe Haven of that school with those teachers who are feeding them or helping them I make sure black history in a pot I make sure that it's happening to her wonderful present for principals who have allowed me to do that what we need to be careful is that our children are now attacking each other the issues are not coming from how you look because they are now self-images really anything if they don't look good. They're jerking this by what they see. so they got to come in and have the best shoes they don't want any of those things to happen so address the issues with and maybe a again I love what you're doing. Goodbye because it's going to work the community yet but the children were passing through the hallway may not be what you're saying they just know that they're being forced to come to school and I think I may have them doing something they don't want to do if I want to go to let me know as a teacher and as an African American Pizza Pie but my job is when those kids stuff off those. I'm here to advise all children need to be embraced and I think we do a pretty good job can we do better but the kids don't see what we're seeing is being hot map of Whiteside they're coming in and seeing the racism is not as easily as his pitching today and tonight so I have to just get up and say something school board members in school there are a lot of things that are going on inside the school that would hamper and they even helped us you help us out why your child is talking about another child in the school anyone else this is your opportunity okay going forward or what type of activities would you like to see in order to support students teachers parents and staff what is going forward what type of activities would you like to see in order to support our students teachers parents and staff say it again that it's very important for training that hopeful conference maintenance crew Everybody Hate Chinese everybody hates that is posted by a train in inches oh well not this group wants to do it maybe this group doesn't want to do it you know to be mandatory for everybody is because we're trying to change and social sciences border to prom. Change someone has to get you out of it which again if it's mandatory that everybody has at least Behavior they have to come through education and so as far as activities and things of that nature definitely trying to drop the host maybe some more activities outside of school other than Sports I got a good jump. I want to play football or something like that like it said so at the dishwasher my TV signal mean what I went through Kansas when we look at our house in the way that we have not house together in Grease activity you're always missing the big picture enchanting them to success my name is Joe Carney and I'm an old ACS product I went to school when you want them Island Snow Hill I just want to touch briefly on the hill issue. I think when it comes to activities this is something where are you send out a meeting that we do that kind of pride flag hang in the entryway at Anderson High School exercise idelic or being bullied Hamilton would they want to come to a person if they saw activities included in school I think there's a real opportunity here to recheck and need to need that not just saying work Lucy but actually showing thank you others this is the opportunity because I have one more session with the rotary a service and I want to talk to some students as well as other get their input and buying as well and then after that I'll get with a team of ministrator Dad I just want to speak briefly doctor cost one of them jobs Fox 59 as part of that. The company and everyone else would I would hope that you would do as part of the initiative you're putting together a New York Lane and last 14 years I really wouldn't tell I'd like to assistant commissioner do all these referrals from the school remind me that it was superintendent of the schools in Philadelphia cabin Baptist his name and the program is working one way so I can do wonderful I would ask you please consider implementing a plan like that because if we can get these kids to school and we almost ready. That would be nice. I'm on my way thank you for doing this I've been up here once but I want to make sure it's go to keep some of that one of them is not going to help either they need support and just like we're staying at my niece in Puerto Rico immediately but you can't go around asking them either cuz I do work you have to go and they have stuff outside of school to keep saying everybody has to work you can't point the finger at everything you for not teaching like this you're not teaching about LGBT communities I don't understand that we are in a and I dropped don't stop it soon school closing or before school so all of us work all of the time I have been working I was going to talk to you is everyday bro it's not just Monday through Friday and it's not just until 3:30 so remember that when they are not doing what they need to do you still have to have too many teeth and hair and I can see if it's hated come from you guys don't get that the students cannot function for people they do not like so in order to train your teachers like you said everybody needs a friend but you have to practice exactly what you don't think you're not going to do it so it happens like everybody else's job so in the middle teachers just make sure you remember that I do want to acknowledge that I've been seeing and I've been the recipient of a lot of support from Anderson Community Schools Kelly she volunteered during our Thanksgiving dinner for a resident service now on the board the doctor Davis and the Paramount thing that I think happened was you and this web when you guys recognize the covid-19 packing your and you are a lot of students that had not registered yet racial came to my office and we set up out to one of our public housing development try to get more kids and maybe didn't have internet parents just didn't get the info didn't understand what needed to be done I'm so I can I see a lot of stride with the Anderson Community School administration get down the community volunteering and put them self what is where you know it furthers open your eyes to things but as administrator myself the way my agency functions and looks and starts with me they're not going to hold a reception responsible for the problem for the issues with the lack of diversity inclusion or or admitting they're going to hold me responsible for that we have to start looking at it from the top down I don't really think it's about holding down all the teachers Aquabats recognize we have some real problems with Anderson over several Devil's Pool boy several super 10 why you going to keep getting the same results I believe that we Begin work and ask ourselves are we doing the very best we can to make sure that we are serving the community at Large I thought you just leaving the parking lot faster than the bus and every kid and left stay behind in case somebody didn't get them done you know what I think about those old days when it was more Community with its cool full Moon closer together and everybody in the neighborhood went from elementary to Junior High to high school instead of you know what kind of spread out now but all right I really believe that we can better hoping that it will get better any other comments or Angela patient how is he job cuz they're bored. Regeneration, so there is going to happen because those kids are doing parents and grandparents and their passing the issues on down to the kids it is Village fix that other racial groups that have generational poverty also he just brings out a lot of issues and I hope that is loose the community and our government system Cannon it isn't can't just come there a lot of carrots need a lot of soap but I just want to keep everybody keep in mind when dealing with generational party don't have the tool somehow I'm not going off yet any others we had a common theme we really do have to work together so the next step here this isn't just for PR you know the next step is we're going to our team we're going to the develop a rough draft of a strategic plan All Those ads and the last will be contacted we want to go over that with the community and the parents and identify two things that we want to pee change your I really do want and Value Inn on the input given to do my all of you today and we want to include that and the key thing that everybody talked about you is going to take all of us to go to get this done in the main goal is for our students been there. Can be successful we have to work together a lot we talked about the parents and the community groups and other organizations you do to help us you know if we need to go to be consistent to do and helping us this is not a time that all of us are going to have to take Anderson we can be much better we know we have improvements you know to make but it's going to take all of us in order to do that and as you got to talk about we can't fast from here forward we got to work together. And we can get it done success last night we will get it done but we met go to be consistent and be there to help us cuz I'm going to be on these teachers are busting their butt out there you know even during cold but there was teachers going to homes knocking on doors as business of Townsend set housing communities as well trying to get people registered and now y'all know registration is going on right now to we need you to help us get these to the register and they can't do it on bring them to us and we will come to town just give me a call you know and if there's people that want to help me go get people register please just call me I'll come you know and we can get a team to come we have volunteer teachers from Erskine Elementary School they were helping me as well the resident's room but we will come to you if you can't come to us you know I'm here for you though that's broke again okay we can get it done so give us get this of a plan that going to be a rough draft is not going to be implemented yet okay cuz we want by inform everybody these don't work right so and young man YouTube because I'm up so I know you're mad at 3 I'm a really cool you to help me all right okay because you probably the youngest youngest person in here any of the Moon this is the first and it won't be the last okay then we're going to have lots of other and possession for you guys to come out and help us we want to keep engage we're going to be transparent it off so please come to us okay don't beat us down to come to us and work with thank you all

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