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Regular City Council Meeting Monday,November 17, 2014 Page 11 a. ISD 623 Superintendent Dr.John Thein: State of the District Mayor Roe introduced and welcomed Dr. Thein to the meeting. In turn, Dr. Thein, as a Roseville citizen, expressed appreciation to individual City Councilmembers for their service, and congratulated those recently re-elected. Dr. Thein noted that, when moving to Roseville twenty-seven years ago, he was the youngest administrator in the District at that time, and now as he moved to- ward the end of his career, he considered himself the most experienced adminis- trator in the District, recognizing the many changes as the District had grown, along with the community and student body much different than when he arrived. Presentation Dr. Thein presented an updated Demographic Report for Roseville Area Schools dated October 2014,prepared by the Department of Teaching and Learning. At the request of Councilmember McGehee, Dr. Thein clarified that student popu- lation changes, particularly students of color, remained fluid and was driven by students, with students accepted from outside the district as space becomes avail- able, with residents served first, and open enrollment closed at many of the schools due to their being full. At the request of Mayor Roe, Dr. Thein defined "racially isolated" meaning that each could learn and grow from each so-designated school district other and the gift that diversity is for students as they compete against the world, not just local- ly, and run into various cultures and diversities. At the request of Councilmember Laliberte, and as he addressed in more detail later, Dr. Thein noted that the District currently had sixty different home lan- guages spoken. Dr. Thein noted that the immigrant population understood well that to be successful, education is the answers, and expressed his appreciation of those parents being very involved and interested in their students' education. Following his presentation, Dr. Thein reviewed individualized technology offer- ings at two sites for seventh and eighth graders (e.g. I-Pad Initiatives), and a pilot program training teachers first and integrating that into the classroom, providing an effective and positive return on that public money investment. Dr. Thein fur- ther reviewed the success of year-round classes, dual immersion classes and stu- dent interaction, and hopes to expand language offerings into the middle school in the future. Councilmember McGehee personally thanked the District for offering the immer- sion program; and asked for an update from Dr. Thein on implementing vocation- al training at the high school level.