• ACCESS College Foundation -- Bonnie Sutton, President and CEO
• United Way of South Hampton Roads -- Carol McCormick, President and CEO and Adrienne Phelps, Key Accounts Manager

PRESENTATION OF COLORS

• Lake Taylor High NJROTC

• NPS Highlights

OBSERVANCE(S)

• Disability History and Awareness Month (Oct) -- The Virginia General Assembly has designated the month of October as Disability History and Awareness Month.  The purpose of this designation is to create public awareness, knowledge, and understanding of disabilities, and to promote full participation by students with disabilities into school and community activities.  Youth with disabilities, parents, teachers, and staff from the Virginia Department of Education (VDOE), the Virginia Board for People with Disabilities, and the Virginia Commonwealth University Partnership for People with Disabilities have developed a variety of resources that can be used to promote and highlight Disability History and Awareness Month in Virginia during October.

• VSBA Bullying Prevention Month (Oct) -- In an effort to promote awareness of school bullying, the VSBA Board of Directors has designated the month of October as VSBA Bullying Prevention Month. Childhood bullying is a significant problem nationwide. It can cause school absenteeism, mental and physical stress, poor school performance, poor self-esteem, and in some cases, school violence. Statistics show that 160,000 children in the United States miss school each day as a result of being bullied. School board members, superintendents, teachers, and parents play a critical role in creating a climate where bullying is not tolerated. It has been proven when adults and children stand together, bullying ends.

• National Principal Appreciation Month (Oct) -- We honor the hard work and dedication of our principals during the month of October. National Principals Month is our opportunity to say “thank you” to principals and to share with the community all the great things that principals do.  The key to student success is a great school, and the key to a great school is a great principal.

• National School Lunch Week (10/10-14) -- National School Lunch Week (NSLW) is October 10-14, 2016.  The 2016 NSLW theme, “School Lunch: Show Your Spirit” challenges students, staff, and school officials to come together to show just how much school spirit they have for school lunch.  This week recognizes the importance of a healthy school lunch on a child’s life both inside and outside of the classroom.

• America’s Safe Schools Week (10/17-21) -- America’s Safe Schools Week, occurs annually during the third full week in October.  Activities conducted during America’s Safe Schools Week will draw attention to the continuing problem of school violence and educate everyone about how schools can be made safer and more secure.  America’s Safe Schools Week offers an opportunity to address this very important issue and to take steps to ensure that schools offer students and teachers an environment in which they can perform to the best of their abilities.

• National School Bus Safety Week (10/17-21) -- National School Bus Safety Week is an active and evolving public education program and an excellent way for parents, students, teachers, motorists, school bus operators, school administrators, and other interested parties - to join forces and address the importance of school bus safety. The week is designed to promote school bus safety, school districts throughout the country observe School Bus Safety Week - held during the third week in October each year.  This year’s theme: “Bully Free Zone!”

• American Education Week (11/13-19) -- The National Education Association was one of the creators and original sponsors of American Education Week.

  Distressed that 25 percent of the country's World War I draftees were illiterate and 9 percent were physically unfit, representatives of the NEA and the American Legion met in 1919 to seek ways to generate public support for education.  The conventions of both organizations subsequently adopted resolutions of support for a national effort to raise public awareness of the importance of education. In 1921, the NEA Representative Assembly in Des Moines, Iowa, called  for designation of one week each year to spotlight education. In its resolution, the NEA called for: "An educational week ... observed in all communities annually for the purpose of informing the public of the accomplishments and needs of the public schools and to secure the cooperation and support of the public in meeting those needs." The first observance of American Education Week occurred December 4-10, 1921, with the NEA and American Legion as the cosponsors. A year later, the then U.S. Office of Education joined the effort as a cosponsor, and the PTA followed in 1938.  American Education Week is always celebrated the week prior to the week of Thanksgiving.

• School Psychology Awareness Week (11/14-18) -- School Psychology Awareness Week (SPAW) is November 14-18, 2016. The theme is Small Steps Change Lives. Our goal is to highlight how taking small steps can build greater successes and develops the academic and social-emotional skills students need to promote personal achievement, growth, and resilience, as well as a sense of belonging and wellbeing. Resources and messaging can be adapted to students and adults, different age groups, and multiple contexts. The program involves a series of resources and suggested activities to help school staff, students and parents understand the variety of factors that contribute to thriving students and school communities. 

ELECTIONS

1. Ms. Meredith Hobson -- Senior Coordinator of Foreign Language/ESL
2. Ms. Johnay Brown -- Human Resources Generalist
3. Mr. Branden Matthews -- General Accounting Manager
4. Ms. Jacqueline Chavis -- Executive Director of Elementary Schools
5. Ms. Phyllis Drake – Senior Coordinator, Budget and Finance Department
6. Mr. Erskine Morgan – Assistant Principal, Southside STEM at Campostella 

PROMOTIONS

1. Ms. Georgeanna Fellio -- promoted from Teacher, Norview HS to Senior Coordinator of Art
2. Dr. Lynnell Gibson -- promoted from Principal, AOIS Rosemont to Principal, Granby HS
3. Ms. Nicole Griffin -- promoted from Interventionist, Bay View ES to Assistant Principal, James Monroe ES
4. Ms. Rhonda Harris -- promoted from Interventionist Early Learning/Title I to Assistant Principal, Tanners Creek ES
5. Ms. Keeysha James -- promoted from Teacher Specialist English to Assistant Principal, Fairlawn ES
6. Ms. Andrea Jennings -- promoted from Interventionist of Little Creek ES to Assistant Principal, Richard Bowling ES
7. Mr. Darrick Person -- promoted from Assistant Principal, Granby HS to Senior Coordinator of Health, Safety, and Physical Education
8. Dr. Margie Stallings -- promoted from Principal, NTC Evening School to Principal, Booker T. Washington HS
9. Dr. Kimberly Gray -- promoted from Principal, Little Creek Elementary to Executive Director of Elementary Schools
10. Ms. Rhonda Ingram -- promoted from Executive Director of Budget and Finance to Chief Financial and Operations Officer
11. Mr. Michael Jackson -- promoted from Interventionist, Coleman Place Elementary to Assistant Principal, Norview Elementary
12. Dr. James Kirk -- promoted from Assistant Principal, Ruffner Academy to Principal, Lake Taylor Middle
13. Ms. Latesha Wade-Jenkins -- promoted from Assistant Principal, Booker T. Washington High to Principal, Lake Taylor High
14. Ms. Lavonya Blowe – promoted from Dean of Student at Ruffner Middle to Assistant Site Coordinator at Madison Alternative
15. Ms. Brandi Melvin – promoted from Teacher at Booker T. Washington High to Assistant Principal at Lake Taylor Middle
16. Ms. Deborah Self – promoted from Dean of Students at Blair Middle to Assistant Principal at Granby High
17. Mr. Curtis Young – promoted from Dean of Students at Blair Middle to Assistant Principal at Booker T. Washington High

WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK AT THE NEXT SCHOOL BOARD MEETING?

Citizens and delegations are welcome to speak at each regular School Board meeting and public hearing. Remarks are limited to three minutes per person. Requests to address the Board may be made by signing up to speak at the meeting. A sign-up sheet will be available in the Board room by the entryway, or you may contact the Clerk of the Board for further assistance at (757) 628-3994 or schoolboardclerk@npsk12.com.

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PROCEDURES TO ADDRESS THE SCHOOL BOARD

When your name is called, please follow these steps:

1. Come forward to the speaker’s podium.  The podium may be adjusted to suit your height.
2. State your name and whether you have a child in Norfolk Public Schools or if you are employed by the system.
3. State your position and give facts and other relevant data.
4. If you represent a group or organization, ask the others to rise and be recognized.
5. Please give any written statements or supporting materials to the Clerk for the record.

Speakers are limited to one appearance of three (3) minutes.  When the Clerk signals that your time is up, please quickly end your comments and be seated.  The School Board does not respond to citizen remarks at the time they are given.
 

Additional team members:

Citizen Rep - Mr. Rameen Jackson

Business Rep - Mr. Perry Miles

Urban Expert - Dr. Robert Perkins

• Legislative Priorities Update
  • November is "Take Legislator to School" Month
  • Committee Reports
    • Norfolk Public Library Board of Trustees (Minutes 08/16/2016, Agenda 10/18/2016)
    • Facilities Committee Minutes (10/13/2016)
• Upcoming Events
  • Oct. 19-23 -- Council of Great City Schools (CGCS) 2016 Annual Conference
  • Nov. 1 -- Norfolk Education Foundation T.I.E. Awards (10th Anniversary)
  • Nov. 2 -- School Board Workshop/ Business Meeting
  • Nov. 15 -- School Board Annual Legislative Breakfast
  • Nov. 16-18 -- Virginia School Boards Association (VSBA) 2016 Annual Conference

REPORT ACCESS

1. go to the LIBRARY tab
2. select GENERAL
3. select BOARD REPORTS