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Pinned Reports on: Closing referral disparities (resolution agreement with Office of Civil Rights)
RPS Board Study Session video recording; Proposed Equity Policy; PB Reporting
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According to the district’s data, suspensions increased from 1,224 in 2021-22 to 1,523 in 2022-23, representing a jump of 24.4%."
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2019 and 2020 RPS Data : July 14, 2020 School Board Meeting, 2019-2020 First Semester, Achievement and Integration Plan Updates 2020
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2018-2019 Report presented to RPS school board and comparison with 2018 reporting.
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August updating the 2017-06-27 RPS Board Study of discipline data with school breakdown.
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Great Lakes Equity Center has identified 6 barriers for equity progress.
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The Rochester Public School District is taking the first steps to address a disproportionate disciplinary rate for black and Hispanic students. A community engagement session to get input and solicit involvement from community members will be held at 5:30 p.m. Jan. 7 at Riverside Elementary School. I believe that conversation is necessary but not sufficient. We need to follow up with actions. Here is a 5+1 action plan.
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Diversity and Inclusion Related Event(s) => LINK
Reports on: Closing referral disparities (resolution agreement with Office of Civil Rights)
RPS Board Study Session video recording; Proposed Equity Policy; PB Reporting
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According to the district’s data, suspensions increased from 1,224 in 2021-22 to 1,523 in 2022-23, representing a jump of 24.4%."
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2019 and 2020 RPS Data : July 14, 2020 School Board Meeting, 2019-2020 First Semester, Achievement and Integration Plan Updates 2020
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2018-2019 Report presented to RPS school board and comparison with 2018 reporting.
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RPS, ISD 535, entered into collaboration agreement with MDHR.
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August 16, 2018 RPS study group on Equity Efforts and Referral Data.
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July 18, 2018 Commissioner Lindsey of the MN Department of Human Rights Forum with Rochester Community.
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At the 6/19/2018 school board meeting, the following discipline data was presented.
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September, August, July, June and May, 2017 Community Focus Team news and meeting notes.
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"The district is at various points of implementing PBIS at each school, but having more consistency will better allow the district to evaluate efforts, including its latest employee training in ENVoY, a nonverbal communication technique to influence students in the classroom."
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August updating the 2017-06-27 RPS Board Study of discipline data with school breakdown.
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June 19, 2017, Letter from US Department of Eduction, OCR Division to Superindtendent Muroz regarding its review of RPS's May 17, 2017 action plan submission.
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At 2017-04-19 RPS School Board Meeting the following decision was made to enhance the effectiveness of School Board's Community Engagement Committee and RPS's Community Focus Team: deploy a design team (steering committee) to co-facilitate going forward.
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VIDEO
In August 2016, the Community Focus Team brought forward a set of recommendations. Questions from the community: What has happened since then and how do we get engaged?
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4 main areas to make progress toward education equity.
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Great RPS: Equity in Family Engagement Meeting. Following are some notes.
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Great Lakes Equity Center has identified 6 barriers for equity progress.
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After attending the January 7 2016 RPS community meeting, I took the time to review the slide deck handed out by RPS at the meeting and found myself asking a number of questions.
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The Rochester Public School District is taking the first steps to address a disproportionate disciplinary rate for black and Hispanic students. A community engagement session to get input and solicit involvement from community members will be held at 5:30 p.m. Jan. 7 at Riverside Elementary School. I believe that conversation is necessary but not sufficient. We need to follow up with actions. Here is a 5+1 action plan.
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A couple of days ago, Post Bulletin reports that: "Rochester Public Schools is making changes required by the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Civil Rights after a five-year compliance review revealed that black students were being disproportionately disciplined."
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Other Community News and Reports having impacts on:
Children & Youth, Diversity and Inclusion, Education
 
The visioning effort calls for soliciting broad community input to help propose desired strategic initiatives based on desired outcomes through 2050.
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The Rochester Public Library in Rochester, Minnesota, is seeking proposals from consultants and groups with experience working with libraries to engage in a robust, community co-design and collaborative process for a Facilities and Operations Master Plan.
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Cradle 2 Career (C2C), Rochester Public Schools (RPS), and Arch to Philanthropy are launching a College Coordinator Pilot to provide College Based Organizations (CBOs) resources for College Readiness.
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1. Part of Feb 26, 2024 City Council Study Session on DEI: Presentation Slides include actions and measures to City Council Study Session and Link to City Council video
2. Career Opportunities for Women of Color
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Grant Opportunities:
Due April 17, 2024 Community Asset Building and Health and Wellness Priorities Grants
Due March 5, 2024 Southern Minnesota Initiative Foundation seeking applications for Early Literacy Grants
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City Council Approved Requests for City Council Approval of two DEI Contracts:
Contract 1: 2024: Professional Development: Cultural Humility Series $41.3K;
Contact 2 : Critical Justice, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (JEDI) Audit ($30K); Cultural Humility Professional Development Series: Digging Deeper $13.5K ;
Video clip of council discussions and voting and related info about GoodEnough.
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We invite community organizations and partners who expressed interest in the Community Partnerships to Advance Science for Society (ComPASS) initiative to participate at no cost in several opportunities hosted by CEACR.
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Comment at the 3/18/2024 City Council Meeting:
To act on September 21, 2020 council resolutions for the city staff to develop a Intercultural City action plan.
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Funding Opportunities: DEI for Small Employers, Targeted Populations Capacity Building
Employer subsidies: 1. The state of Minnesota Job Skills Partnership (MJSP) program offers grants to help train or retrain your workforce.; .2. New Minnesota Fund Reimburses Employers for Costs of Reasonable Accommodations
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DMCC Board November 17, 2023 Meeting UMR Update
Presentation Slides
Video Recording
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DEI Presentation Topics: Language Access and Accessibility; Equity in the Built Environment; 2024 Initiatives
Economic Development Incentives for Housing
Mayor Updates: Black History Month, Luther College: Mutable City; International Relations Committee
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Reorganization: Olmsted County announces changes to advisory boards for human services and human rights.
“This new model positions us to better learn from our residents and address community needs.”
Open Beam Comments : Accountability of actions and results
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1Q 2024:
Feb 2024 - Admin Message, TBE Report
Jan 2024: Admin Message, TBE Report
Special callouts
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DMCC Board Updates:
1. Feb 2024 DMCC Board Meeting: Video Clip of Discussion at Feb 1 2024 DMCC Board - DMC part of MedTech 3.0; Memo to DMCC
2. Nov. 2023 Video Clip of Discussion at DMCC Board Meeting about MN MedTech 3.0 Description and Webinar
References: US DEA Tech Hub Awardees
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Luther College Rochester Immersion internship placements and coursework information:
2023, 2022, 2021 programming information
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