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Minutes of the Regular Meeting of Council <br />Monday, September 19, 2022 <br />Page 6 <br />met the standard, are below the standard or exceed the standard. It's at that time the teacher then <br />personalizes the experience for each student to make sure he/or she grows. Personalization is <br />taking all students and moving them, breaking it down by their name, by their ability. <br />Mr. Williams stated, thank you. Also, I brought this up with Dr. Kelly, vocational education — <br />how do you address that? <br />Dr. Barnes stated, Mr. Snyder and I are both on the board of two consortiums, ExcelTech. We <br />offer programming from CAD to construction trades to culinary arts. It's a very popular program. <br />Our students apply. It's a very valuable experience for students. We also have the workforce <br />development career program in CEVEC for students with disabilities so they can become <br />independent as a graduate from Mayfield High School. <br />Mr. Williams stated, that's great to hear. Thank you. <br />A member of the audience asked with regard to personalization — both of her children who are at <br />Center went through the 3`d grade classroom where they combined it into one and they are doing <br />the co -teaching module. For my kids, that's been really successful, but there's a space limitation. <br />I am curious what the developments for that program might be. Was it just a pilot? Are you <br />looking to expand that? <br />Dr. Barnes replied, that's personalization at is finest. That was a great description. Whenever <br />there's space limitations — Center is growing as well. We are going to try to address some of those <br />things. <br />Another member of the audience asked about whether or not they would be bringing back the open <br />school concept at Center School. It was so successful with my kids. They got a college education <br />before they even went to high school. <br />Mr. Snyder stated, personalized learning might address some of that. We have a blend of that. <br />Open school concept was back in the 1970's. Some of the pluses of that are still being applied <br />today. We are doing it with personalized learning. <br />Another question from an audience member — do you have problems hiring teachers? <br />Dr. Barnes stated, fortunately not. If we post a job we get 150 applicants. We are struggling with <br />substitutes and staff challenges in our operations. <br />Mrs. Jurcisek stated, you mentioned CEVEC is moving up to the Innovation Center with the <br />expansion. What will you be doing with the CEVEC building at the Middle School right now? <br />Mr. Snyder replied, we are going to repurpose it. Right now, we are looking at traffic pattern <br />improvement by moving it out. It backs up right now. We need the traffic to flow better. <br />