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3 <br /> <br />Commissioner Dorosin said the schools need to be involved. He said school safety is <br />important, and getting to and from school is a critical issue. He asked if this could be added <br />to a school collaboration meeting agenda. <br />Chair Rich said the school collaboration team is meeting on Friday, and there has <br />been some confusion about these meetings. She said a facilitator is needed for these <br />meetings, and one has recently been found. She said the Clerk’s office is working on some <br />dates in January or February for the School Boards to meet, and this will be a topic of <br />discussion. <br />Chair Rich said that Commissioner Dorosin talked at a recent meeting about universal <br />pre-K, and made a petition to look into it. She said there is some information already <br />gathered, and staff is continuing to research this idea. <br />Chair Rich said that the Latina Center opened on UNC campus on October 4, which is <br />exciting. She said she went to an Ambassador Program meeting at the School of <br />Government, and applications to this program are available. She said they talked about <br />having civil conversations for four hours, including some conversation about charter schools, <br />with 95% of the room being on the same page about charter schools. <br />Chair Rich said she is making a petition to review taking Board meetings on the road. <br />She said smaller counties are doing this once or twice a year, and she would like to see how <br />difficult this would be for the BOCC to do. She said the meetings could not be broadcast, but <br />others have used Facebook Live or other ways to capture the meeting. She asked staff if this <br />is logistically possible to try in the northern and western parts of the County. <br />Chair Rich said Durham Councilwoman Javiera Caballero has been getting criticism <br />as being a non-legitimate person, which is untrue, and offered the Board’s support of her. <br /> <br />4. Proclamations/ Resolutions/ Special Presentations <br /> <br />a. Recognition of Cedar Ridge High School Students for Video Presented at the <br />United Nations <br /> <br />BACKGROUND: Digital Promise Global, the United Nations SDG Action Campaign, and <br />Oculus launched MY World 360°, supporting youth worldwide to create 360° media as a way to <br />share their perspectives and advance positive action toward the 17 Sustainable Development <br />Goals (SDGs) adopted by the United Nations in September 2015. <br /> <br />The program aims to drive youth engagement and agency, improve youth understanding about <br />global issues impacting communities around the world, build young people’s technical <br />production skills with new media, and spur public awareness and action. <br /> <br />Students, under the direction of Cedar Ridge Videography Instructor Andrea DeGette, wrote, <br />produced and edited a short film titled, “Around the Same Table.” Students from 24 nations <br />submitted 76 videos to MY World 360°. Nine were chosen to be screened at the summit. <br />Degette applied for an equipment grant through Digital Promise Global and Oculus in spring <br />2019. <br /> <br />Justus Alder, who graduated from Cedar Ridge in 2019, filmed and edited “Around the Same <br />Table." Former Cedar Ridge student Alexis Barnes, a graduate from UNC’s Hussman School of <br />Journalism and Media, taught students how to use the 360 virtual reality equipment. Alder and <br />Cedar Ridge senior Charles Bunker were featured in the video. <br /> <br />Todd McGee, Community Relations Director, introduced Andrea DeGette. He said this <br />was an international competition at the UN with 76 entrants from 24 countries, and Cedar Ridge <br />was one of nine to be chosen at the summit.