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          CLOSED CAPTIONING PROVIDED BY BEAVER COUNTY. 
          THIS IS MEETING OF NOVEMBER, 2020 TO ORDER THIS MEETING IS BEING CONDUCTED BY HYBRID VIDEO COMPENSATE THAT IS GETTING LIVE STREAM BY THE COUNTY CHANNEL IN THE EVENT. 
          THE POINT IS NOT FINISHED ADDRESSING IN THE NOVEMBER 10 2020 AGENDA. 
          THE BOARD DOES RECONVENE AT 8:30 AM ON NOVEMBER 3RD. 
           ANY OF THAT? THE BOARD IS NOT FINISHED. 
          ADDRESSING ALL ITEMS LISTED IN THE NOVEMBER 10 2020 AGENDA. 
          THE BOARD WILL RECONVENE AT 8:30 AM ON NOVEMBER 13, 2020. 
          TO FINISH THE AGENDA ITEMS REQUEST FOR THE FIRST PUBLIC COMMENTS, PARTICIPATION WILL BE ACCEPTED BETWEEN FIVE AND 5:30 PM TONIGHT BY SENDING AN EMAIL WITH YOUR NAME, PHONE NUMBER AND TOPIC TO ROBYN, DR. 
          SHIN BERRY AT BUFORD DOT K12 DOT FC DOCUMENTS. 
          YOU WILL RECEIVE A PHONE CALL DURING PUBLIC COMMENTS WHERE YOU WILL BE ABLE TO SPEAK AND AGGRESSIVE BOARD FOR MAXIMUM THREE MINUTES ON ISSUES WITHIN THE BOARD'S DOMAIN. 
          THE FORM WILL BE LIMITED TO 30 MINUTES REQUEST FOR THE SECOND PUBLIC COMMENT WILL BE ACCEPTED BETWEEN SEVEN AND 7:30 PM TONIGHT IN THE SAME MANNER AS ABOVE THE SECOND PUBLIC COMMENTS WILL TAKE PLACE PRIOR TO ADJOURNMENT NO LATER THAN NINE. 
          YEAH, THE SECOND ONE WILL BE LIMITED TO 15 MINUTES. 
          WE NOW HAVE THE MEETING TO GO TO EXECUTIVE SESSION. 
          SO DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION? AND COULD YOU PLEASE READ THE REASONS THERE I MOVE? WE PROCEED INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION TO DEAL WITH MATTERS IN PERSONNEL RATIFICATIONS BEFORE PURSUING SOUTH CAROLINA, 30 DASH FOUR DASH 70 A ONES DISCUSSIONS OF PROPOSED AND JOSHI INCIDENT PROPOSED AMENDMENT NUMBER TWO TO AGREEMENT DATED FEBRUARY 20, 20 ECS AND C V R V. 
          HEARING CORPORATED 30 DASH FOUR DASH 78. 
          DISCUSSION THAT'S CLOSED NEGOTIATIONS INCIDENT, PAUSE, CONTACT WITH MELLOW. 
          HOW MANY GROUP ADDITIONAL SCOPE OF WORK PURSUANT TO THE SOUTH COAST? 30 DASH FOUR DASH 78 TO MS. FEB. 
          I MADE THE MOTION MR. EARL CAMPBELL SECONDED THE MOTION, ANY DISCUSSION MR. DISTRIBUTOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          MADAM CHAIR. 
          UM, I DON'T THINK ITEM D AND E REALLY QUALIFY FOR EXECUTIVE SESSION, UH, AMENDMENTS OR CHANGES AND SCOPE. 
          I THINK THAT SHOULD BE DISCUSSED IN PUBLIC SESSION. 
          I THINK THE, THE ORDER OF THINGS WOULD BE THE BOARD, UNDERSTAND WHAT THE ISSUE IS WITH THE BOARD, THEN TO AGREE THAT THEY WANT TO PURSUE THAT ISSUE AND DEVELOP THE SCOPE ON IT. 
          AND THEN THIRD TO DECIDE WHETHER THEY WANT AN AMENDMENT TO THE AGREEMENT OR WHETHER THAT SHOULD WORK. 
          SO I'D SUGGEST THAT WE MOVE DNA TO BOARD BUSINESS. 
          AND WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY DUTY? UM, I'M LOOKING AT A DIFFERENT, I'M LOOKING AT THIS. 
          OKAY. 
          DAVID IS PRESENT EMOTION. 
          DAVID, I'M GOING TO ASK YOU SECOND SECOND. 
          I SEE YOUR MOTION IS TO POSTPONE VNH TO MOVE TO ANY TRUE BUSINESS. 
          UH, MR. DALAI SECOND. 
          SO NOW WE NEED ROBIN AN AMENDED MOTION ORISHA. 
          UM, SO DAVID, I, I, I THINK YOUR, UM, MOTION MAKES SENSE. 
          UH, I GUESS I JUST HAVE A PROCESS QUESTIONS TO THAT WHEN WE DO DISCUSS THEM, UM, IN OPEN SESSION UNDER BOARD BUSINESS, SHOULD THERE BE A NEED TO GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION IN REGARD TO, UM, EITHER AMENDED CONTRACT OR ENTERTAINING NEW TERMS FOR A NEW CONTRACT, UM, AS A RESULT OF THAT DISCUSSION, HOW 
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SHELL, HOW SHALL WE WORK THIS? WOULD WE THEN, UM, AT THAT JUNCTURE HOP THE MEETING AND GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION. 
          WOULD WE WAIT TILL THE END OF THIS EVENING AT NINE 15? SO, UM, MADAM CHAIR, WHAT WOULD THE PROCESS FOR THAT BE WELL IN THE PAST? UM, IF WE'VE HAD TO EXTEND THE EXECUTIVE SECRETARY HAS BEEN AT THE END OF THE MEETING, AS OPPOSED TO IN THE MIDST OF THE MEETING, BUT THE BOARD CAN DECIDE THAT. 
          THANK YOU, MR. DOLLY. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          MADAM CHAIR. 
          I'D LIKE TO ALSO REMIND MY COLLEAGUES THAT, UM, THE LAW SAYS THAT WE MAY GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION FOR THOSE PURPOSES. 
          WE DON'T HAVE TO. 
          SO I WANT EVERYBODY TO UNDERSTAND THAT THEY HAVE TO, IF WHEN WE GET THE BOARD'S BUSINESS, THEY WANT TO DISCUSS IT ALL IN, IN PUBLIC SESSION. 
          THEY'RE PERFECTLY FREE TO, SO ROBIN, CAN YOU POST THE AMENDED MOTION ON THE SCREEN, MR. SMITH, BUT ALSO IF MY MEMORY SERVES ME CORRECT, THERE WAS, THEY WERE MAKE MENTIONED ABOUT, UH, ABOUT POSSIBLY MAKING SOME CHANGES TO EIGHT TO EIGHT CONTRACT. 
          AND I BELIEVE THAT THE DISCUSSING OF A CONTRACT HAS TO BE TAKING PLACE IN EXECUTIVE SESSION. 
          IS THAT CORRECT? IF YOU'RE NEGOTIATING A CONTRACT, BUT IF IT'S AN ESTABLISHED CONTRACT THAT'S ALREADY BEEN MADE PUBLIC, YOU WOULD SPEAK IN PUBLIC SESSION WOULD BE MY UNDERSTANDING. 
          SO IS THERE A, IS THERE A NEGOTIATED PUBLIC CONTRACT THAT HAS BEEN NEGOTIATED FROM BASICALLY R R W I'LL LEAVE THAT ALONE ALL ALSO? UH, WELL, THAT'S FINE. 
          GOOD, MR. DALEN, YOU MR. SMITH, CAN YOU LOWER YOUR HANDS, MISS ORISHA? SO ACCORDING TO THE MOTIONS, UM, WE ARE AMENDING A CONTRACT OR, UM, SO WE'RE, SO WE'RE NOT DEALING WITH THE EXISTING CONTRACT PER SE. 
          WE ARE ENTERTAINING THE IDEA OF CHANGES TO IT AND, OR A NEW CONTRACT. 
          UM, SO I'M NOT SURE HOW THAT CHANGES ANYTHING. 
          I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY WE CAN'T DISCUSS AN ALREADY EXISTING CONTRACT BEHIND CLOSED DOORS. 
          WE'VE DEALT WITH THAT BEFORE. 
          UM, BUT THESE ARE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS. 
          UM, SO I DON'T KNOW, HAVE THE AMENDMENT, OH YES. 
          NOW WE DOING OKAY. 
          SO, UH, ALSO MADAM CHAIR IS MRS.  IN THE BUILDING OR IS HE ON THE PHONE? NO, HE'S HERE WITH US IN THE, IN THE BUILDING. 
          OKAY. 
          I WAS, I WAS WONDERING, WAS THERE A REASON WHY, UH, HE DID NOT HAVE HIS, UM, MOBILE DEVICE UP OR ANYTHING? YOU'LL HAVE TO ASK HIM. 
          I THINK HE JUST ARRIVED WHEN AT THIS TIME. 
          YEAH. 
          OKAY. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU MOMENT. 
          SO THIS IS THE AMENDED MOTION TO MOVE THE DISCUSSION OF ITEMS. D THE PROPOSAL PROPOSED NEGOTIATIONS INCIDENT TO PROPOSE THE AMENDMENT NUMBER ZERO ZERO TWO TWO AGREEMENT DATED FEBRUARY, 1920 20, BETWEEN THAT'S SUPPOSED TO BE BCSD  FIRST, TOO MUCH. 
          THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE, 34 78 TO AND E THE DISCUSSION OF THE PROPOSED NEGOTIATIONS INCIDENTS PROPOSED CONTRACT COUNTY GROUP, TRADITIONAL SCOPE OF WORK PURSUANT TO SOUTH CAROLINA, CODE 34 78 TO E TWO BOARD BUSINESS CHAIR, MR. DARLING'S HANDS UP AND DOWN. 
          SO MR. GAL, ARE YOU I'LL BEGIN OR DID YOU NEVER PUT IT DOWN? MR. GALLI OKAY. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          YOU GOT ME NOW. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          THIS CONVERSATION IS NOT RELATED TO DAVID'S MOTION, BECAUSE IF YOU READ 
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FOR YOU, IT SAYS THAT THEY THERE'S NOTHING THAT SAYS WE HAVE TO GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION EVEN TO NEGOTIATE A CONTRACT. 
          IT SAYS WE MAY. 
          SO THE MOTION IS TO MOVE IT TO BOARD BUSINESS, AND THEN WE CAN DECIDE THEN WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO, WHETHER WE'RE GOING TO EXECUTIVE SESSION OR NOT. 
          BUT I WANT TO REMIND THE BOARD BECAUSE MR. SMITH SAID, WELL, THAT NEGOTIATING THE CONTRACT HAS TO TAKE PLACE IN EXECUTIVE SESSION. 
          IT DOES NOT. 
          SO THAT IS UP TO US AT THE TIME THAT WE DEAL WITH THE MATTER. 
          SO I'M, I'M VOTING JSR ON DAVID'S MOTION BECAUSE THE MOTION IS SIMPLY TO PUT IT INTO BOARD. 
          BUSINESS VOTING IS OPEN CHECK. 
          IS YOUR HAND UP? IT WAS THAT'S FINE. 
          THAT'S OKAY. 
          THE GIRL CAMPBELL, THE MOTION CARRIES 10. 
          ONE. 
          ONE IS MR. WILLIAM SMITH. 
          SO GIVEN THAT THIS TASKS, OUR ORIGINAL MOTION FALLS AWAY. 
          SO WE ARE NOW READY TO GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION FOR THE FIRST TIME. 
          I GUESS WE SHOULD REALLY VOTE AGAIN. 
          YEAH, I AGREE. 
          IT SAYS WE HAVEN'T REALLY SAID THAT. 
          IT'S JUST FOR THAT ONE ITEM NOW. 
          OKAY. 
          SO CAN SOMEBODY MAKE A MOTION? OKAY. 
          UH, I BELIEVE, UH, SOMEONE THAT WE HAVE HERE WAS ANDREA WAS ASKING FOR ATTENTION, MADAM CHAIR, ANDREA AUDREY. 
          I THINK HE'S OKAY, BUT WE NEED TO FINISH TO GO RIGHT NOW, WE'RE IN PUBLIC SESSION AND WE NEED TO FINISH THE MOTION ABOUT GOING INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION BECAUSE WE'VE MOVED THESE TWO ITEMS TOWARD BUSINESS, BUT THAT STILL MEANS THERE'S ONE ITEM LEFT THAT WE'D LIKE TO DISCUSS IN, IN, UH, UH, EXECUTIVE SESSION, IF WE HAVE, UH, A MOTION TO DO SO AND BOARD APPROVAL AND I'M CHAIR, IF I MAY, UM, WE, WE ARE NOT SURE, UH, MS. JARAMILLO, UH, AVAILABILITY FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE EVENING, THE BOARD IS MAKING THE ASSUMPTION AT THIS POINT IN TIME THAT SHOULD WE DECIDE TO ENTER EXECUTIVE SESSION LATER ON THE MEETING THAT MS. MS. JARAMILLO WILL BE WITH US. 
          SO I'D LIKE TO HEAR FROM HER IF WE COULD BRIEFLY BEFORE WE PROCEED. 
          YEAH. 
          SHE'S ON YOUR BOARD. 
          SHE KNOWS THAT SHE'S, SHE'S ON THE AGENDA. 
          IT'S CORRECT THAT I'M REFERRING TO A POTENTIAL EXECUTIVE SESSION THAT MAY, UH, AND SUE AS A RESULT OF THE, UH, BOARD BUSINESS DISCUSSION. 
          WE ALREADY VOTED TO MOVE THE, THE, UH, THOSE TWO ITEMS, BUT WE HAVE ALSO LEFT OPEN THE POSSIBILITY THAT THERE MAY BE AN EXECUTIVE SESSION AS A RESULT OF THOSE CONVERSATIONS. 
          SO THAT'S MY ONLY, UM, SUGGESTION HERE IS THAT WE UNDERSTAND MS. JARAMILLO IS AVAILABILITY THIS EVENING. 
          THANK YOU. 
          BOARD OF EDUCATION AND MADAM CHAIR. 
          I JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW WE ARE AVAILABLE, BUT I DID HAVE A QUESTION AS TO, IS THERE A DIFFERENT LINK THAT I NEED TO, UM, CONNECT IN CARE FOR THE REGULAR MEETING? BECAUSE I, SINCE I WON'T BE ATTENDING THIS EXECUTIVE SESSION, NO, YOU DON'T COME HE'LL, HE'LL COME INTO A WAITING ROOM WHILE THE EXECUTIVE SESSION IS, IF IT'S STILL GOING ON, YOU'LL BE IN A WAITING ROOM. 
          SO IT'S THE SAME, LIKE, OKAY, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          I WILL, JUSTIN AND I WILL LEAVE AND WE WILL SEE YOU, UM, AFTER, RIGHT AFTER 6:00 PM. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          OKAY. 
          MADAM CHAIR THAT WE ENTER INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION TO DISCUSS EMPLOYMENT MATTERS REGARDING PERSONNEL GRATIFICATION, SOUTH CAROLINA, 30 DASH FOUR DASH 78. 
          ONE. 
          WE HAVE THE SECOND. 
          OKAY. 
          MR. EARL CAMPBELL, 
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IS THERE. 
          OKAY. 
          NO, YOUR HAND IS UP. 
          CAN YOU, SO CAN YOU PUT IT DOWN, PLEASE? ANY, ANY DISTRESS, FURTHER DISCUSSION? OKAY. 
          VOTING IS OPEN. 
          OKAY. 
          YES. 
          IT'S THROUGH JOHN DALLY. 
          HE SAID, YES. 
          OKAY. 
          ALREADY PUBLICLY MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. 
          SO WE WILL NOW GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION. 
          AND SO THE BEAVER COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION BUSINESS MEETING OF NOVEMBER BEING CONDUCTED BY HYBRIDS, VIDEO CONFERENCE, SAYING WE WERE COMING OUT OF EXECUTIVE SESSION AND NOW ARE BACK IN PUBLIC SESSION. 
          DO WE HAVE ANY ACTION IS NECESSARY OR APPROPRIATE REGARDING MATTERS, DISCUSSED IN EXECUTIVE SESSION, MR. SMITH, WOULD YOU LIKE TO TAKE HERE? YES. 
          MADAM CHAIR, WE DO CHAIR. 
          I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THE SUPERINTENDENTS, RECOMMEND THEIR RECOMMENDATION FOR EMPLOYMENT LISTED ON THERE. 
          OCTOBER 1ST, 2022, OCTOBER 31ST, 2020 PERSONAL RATIFICATION REPORT. 
          WE HAVE A SECOND. 
          I'LL SECOND ISRAEL BY SECOND. 
          DO YOU HAVE ANY DISCUSSION VOTING IS NOW OPEN? I DON'T SEE THE MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. 
          DO WE HAVE ANY FURTHER ACTION AS NECESSARY OR APPROPRIATE REGARDING MATTERS DISCUSSED IN EXECUTIVE SESSION? NO, MA'AM NOT AT THIS TIME, MR. SMITH. 
          NO, MA'AM AT THIS POINT AT TIME. 
          I HAVE, I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING EITHER. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          I'M GOING TO PULL THE AGENDA. 
          I SECOND THE MOTION. 
          OKAY. 
          MR. EARL CAMPBELL MADE THE MOTION TO APPROVE THE AGENDA. 
          SECOND MADE BY DICK GUYER. 
          ANY DISCUSSION VOTING IS NOW OPEN. 
          YES, YES. 
          YES. 
          MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. 
          NOW STANFORD ALLEGIANCE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES. 
          I'D LIKE TO HAVE A MOMENT OF SILENCE TODAY. 
          I HAVE SOME VETERANS THAT ARE SITTING ON THE BUFORD COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION. 
          THESE ARE EARL CAMPBELL, JOHN DALLY, DICK GUYER, AND DAVID'S DRIVEN JUROR. 
          I'D ALSO LIKE TO RECOGNIZE THE VETERANS IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. 
          THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          PLEASE BE SEATED. 
          THE MEDIA WAS PROPERLY NOTIFIED. 
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YOU'RE HAVE TO THE POINTS OF CELEBRATIONS, DR. 
          RODRIGUEZ. 
          THANK YOU, DR. 
          BULLET POINTS OF CELEBRATION TODAY. 
          UH, WE WANT TO RECOGNIZE OUR SEPTEMBER STUDENT OF THE MONTH, OUR OCTOBER STUDENT OF THE MONTH. 
          UH, WE HAVE OUR SEPTEMBER, UH, STUDENT OF THE MONTH. 
          UM, OUR CHARACTER EDUCATION PROGRAM WAS FORMED TO SUPPORT PARENTS EFFORTS TO DEVELOP GOOD CHARACTER IN YOUR CHILDREN. 
          TONIGHT. 
          WE'RE CELEBRATING THE CHARACTER EDUCATION THE MONTH FOR SEPTEMBER AND OCTOBER SEPTEMBER'S CHARACTER TRAIT WAS ACCEPTED. 
          HE'S FINE AS THE ACTION BEING RECEIVED AS ADEQUATE OR SUITABLE, TYPICALLY TO BE ADMITTED INTO A GROUP OR RECEIVED BY SEPTEMBER STUDENT OF THE MONTH FOR NORTH ABROAD IS SHAKIRA FIFTH GRADE STUDENT AT COOSA ELEMENTARY SECURES TEACHER, MR. BRIAN SHARED THIS AND HER NOMINATION. 
          THIS YOUNG LADY HAS BEEN SUCKED, AN IMPORTANT PART OF OUR VIRTUAL LEARNING CLASS. 
          SHE HAS BEEN SO HELPFUL AND ACCEPTING ALL THE STUDENTS WHO ARE IN OUR COMMUNITY. 
          WE HAVE HAD DAYS WHERE, UM, TECHNOLOGY CHALLENGES MAY HAVE EXISTED, BUT SECURE A PATIENT LEAD NAVIGATE FOR A WAY THROUGH THE OBSTACLES, DETERMINED TO SUCCEED AND THEN ASSIST OTHERS. 
          SHAKIRA HAS WELCOMED THE CHALLENGE THAT ONLINE LEARNING OFFERS AND EMBRACES INTO THE FULLEST. 
          SHAKIRA HAS NEVER MISSED AN ASSIGNMENT AND IT'S EVEN STAYED AFTER CLASS WHEN OUR ACTIVITIES WERE NOT ABLE TO BE COMPLETED. 
          IT IS MY ABSOLUTE PLEASURE TO NOMINATE SHAKIRA FOR THE CHARACTER TRAIT, BUT ACCEPT, CONGRATULATIONS TO SECURE KILSTEN UH, YEAH, COOL. 
          FOUR. 
          I WAS ABROAD. 
          THE SEPTEMBER STUDENT OF THE MONTH IS KATHRYN CROSBY, A JUNIOR TO HILTON HEAD ISLAND HIGH SCHOOL CATHERINE'S TEACHER SAYS THE APA DICTIONARY OF PSYCHOLOGY DEFINES THE WORD ACCEPTANCE AS A FAVORABLE ATTITUDE, TOWARDS AN IDEAL SITUATION PERSON OR GROUP WITH A NON-JUDGMENT ATTITUDE AND A WILLINGNESS TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE VALIDITY OF A PERSON'S CIRCUMSTANCE. 
          BASED ON THIS DEFINITION, I NOMINATE CATHERINE CROSBY FOR THE, EXCEPT EXCEPT THIS CHARACTER, UM, THE NEW STUDENT, HE HAD DEMONSTRATED COURAGE BY NOT ALLOWING EMOTIONS TO GET THE BEST OF YOU DUE TO REPEATING, UH, UM, A YEAR AND RUNNING INTO HIS SEVENTH GRADE FRENCH. 
          HE HAS PUSHED PASSAGE, FRUSTRATION, UM, CATHERINE, CATHERINE, AND YEAH, SORRY. 
          THIS CHARACTER EDUCATION AWARD, CATHERINE AND BODIES, PEELS OF ACCEPTANCE IN EVERY ASPECT OF HER LIFE. 
          SHE WORKS AS ONE OF THE EXECUTIVES IN PROJECT RAINBOW AND SUPPORTS EQUALITY FOR ALL STUDENTS AND ACCEPTANCE OF EVERYONE IN OUR SCHOOL COMMUNITY. 
          SHE NOW MODELS THE ACCEPTANCE, BUT EDUCATES ON THE IMPORTANCE OF ACCEPTING EVERY STUDENT AS THEY OWN TWO LEADS AS THE SECRETARY OF THE HILTON HEAD ISLAND, HIGH SCHOOL, INTERNATIONAL THESPIAN TROUPE. 
          SHE NOT ONLY MANAGES TO KEEP ALL THE RECORDS OF ALL OF OUR MEMBERS TO BE THE BEST THEY CAN BE. 
          SHE IS AN AMAZING YOUNG WOMAN AND SHE WILL ALWAYS BE THERE FOR HER COMMUNITY, KATHERINE SHARPS OR COMMUNITY. 
          AND I'M PROUD TO RECOMMEND ART FOR THIS CONGRATULATIONS TO SECURE AND CATH TOKEN STUDENT OF THE MONTH FOR NORTH AND ABROAD IS JAMIE ON HOLMES SIMMONS, A SIXTH GRADER, AND LADY'S ON HIM IN HIS NOMINATION FORM. 
          JVMS TEACHER SHARED THAT JVR HAS EXHIBITED THE COURAGE TO HORIZON OBSTACLES PLACED IN FRONT OF HIM AND TURN HIS OPPORTUNITIES, HIS DISTRACTION, UH, TO ADVOCATING FOR ASSISTANCE. 
          AND 100% FOR HARMONIZATION. 
          HE'S A YOUNG MAN THAT YOU CANNOT WAIT TO SEE WHAT AMAZING THINGS HE WILL ACCOMPLISH. 
          HE COULD HAVE LET HIMSELF SINK INTO A LEVEL OF, OF NONCHALANCE THAT WOULD HAVE LED TO INCOMPLETE WORK OR MAYBE FAILING GRADES. 
          BUT INSTEAD HE HAS TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF OPPORTUNITIES AND BE COURAGEOUS ENOUGH TO TRY HIS POWER OF YET WHY AND TRY ARE STRONG. 
          AND HE IS LINING HIMSELF UP TO BE AVAILABLE FOR MANY SUCCESSFUL OUTCOMES IN HIS FUTURE. 
          DAMIEN HAS DEMONSTRATED GREAT COURAGE THIS SCHOOL YEAR, UH, AS, AS HE MOVES THROUGH THE SIXTH GRADE, HE HAS TURNED TO LADIES ON THE MIDDLE AS A NEW STUDENT. 
          HE HAS DEMONSTRATED COURAGE AND HE HAS PUSHED PAST HIS FRUSTRATIONS AND HAS ALL HIS WORK ON TIME OR EARLIER, HE HAS ACHIEVED GREAT SCORES AND HIS ASSIGNMENTS AND ASSESSMENT SLOW TO ANGER HAS POSITIVE REMARKS FROM HIS CLASSMATES AND IS EVEN HELPFUL WITH TEACHERS ONLINE. 
          IT TRULY SEEMS AS IF HE LIKES TO COME TO SCHOOL EVERYDAY. 
          NOW WE ARE VERY PROUD, BUT THIS YOUNG MAN THIS YEAR AND WE HAVE, AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO ENCOURAGE HIM TO CONTINUE THIS THROUGHOUT HIS ACADEMIC CAREER FOR SOUTH OF THE BROAD OCTOBER STUDENT OF THE MONTH 
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IS KYLIE CATHERINE JUNIOR AT MAY RIVER HIGH SCHOOL. 
          FINALLY, HIS TEACHERS SHARED THAT KYLIE IS A STUDENT WHO DOES NOT FOLLOW THE CROWD. 
          CONNIE IS CONSTANTLY SPEAKING UP AGAINST INJUSTICES AND FREQUENTLY ADVOCATES FOR ETHICAL SOLUTIONS. 
          SHE FREQUENTLY REACHES OUT TO OTHERS TO MAKE THEM FEEL WELCOMED AND SAFE, NO MATTER WHO THEY ARE. 
          HOLLY IS MORE INTERESTED IN GETTING TO KNOW THE INDIVIDUAL RATHER THAN WORRY ABOUT WHAT OTHERS MAY THINK OF KYLIE FOR REFRAME FOR BEFRIENDING. 
          HOLLY DOES NOT APPEAR TO BE PERSUADED BY POPULARITY AND RATHER LOOKS TO MAKE EVERYONE COMFORTABLE WHILE THAT MAY RIVER HIGH CARLY EXEMPLIFIES COURAGE AND STANDING UP FOR WHAT SHE BELIEVES AND BELIEVES IN AND TOLERANCE FOR ACCEPTING OTHERS. 
          WE ARE VERY PROUD OF KYLIE. 
          CONGRATULATIONS TO JV ON AND CUT. 
          WE HAVE ONE MORE, UH, UM, ONE OF CELEBRATION TODAY, THE MARINE CORPS, 245TH BIRTHDAY AND VETERANS NAVY TODAY. 
          AND TODAY MARKS 245TH YEAR WITH THE MARINE CORPS, PROTECTING BOTH THE PEOPLE AND THE LAND OF THE UNITED STATES. 
          TODAY, WE HONOR CELEBRATE AND VALUE THE SACRIFICES AND CONTRIBUTIONS OF EVERY MARINE CAN SAILOR AS WELL AS THEIR FAMILY, AS YOU KNOW, THE MORROW IS VETERANS TODAY. 
          SO I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO RECOGNIZE ALL OF OUR VETERANS WHO HAVE SERVED IN THE ARMED SERVICES AND ALSO LIKE TO RECOGNIZE THEIR SPOUSES AND CHILDREN WHO HAVE FOLLOWED AND SUPPORTED THEM ALL AROUND THE WORLD AND ALSO SHARE IN SACRIFICES AS WELL. 
          ON BEHALF OF THE BUFORD COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT, I OFFER YOU OUR SINCERE THANKS FOR YOUR SERVICE AND TOGETHER, WE WILL ALWAYS BE BUFORD COUNTY, SHERIFF  COMMENTS. 
          NO, I OPT FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS STATE YOUR FIRST AND LAST NAME, PLEASE. 
          OKAY, GOOD EVENING. 
          AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. 
          THIS PANDEMIC HAS CREATED CHALLENGES AS THE STUDENT RECORDS, YOU ARE PUT IN A TOUGH POSITION, IN MY OPINION, AND FOR COUNTING YOUR SURPRISE TO BE RESPECTFUL AND COGNIZANT OF THE HIGHER RISK POPULATION AS WE NAVIGATE THROUGH THESE UNCHARTERED WATERS AND OUR PURSUIT OF TRYING TO PROTECT THE MORE VULNERABLE WE HAVE CREATED A CULTURE THAT HAS DEEPLY DISCOUNTED OUR EDUCATION FOR OUR FUTURE GENERATIONS. 
          MY TWO GIRLS CLARENCE FILLING ARE EIGHT AND SIX. 
          AND AS WITH MOST KIDS, THEY DO NOT THRIVE IN A SIT IN FRONT OF A COMPUTER FOR SIX HOURS A DAY ENVIRONMENT. 
          IN OUR HOUSEHOLD, WE FOCUS ON KEY PILLARS THAT DRIVE OUR FAMILY IN THE PURSUIT OF THE BEST LIVES THAT WE CAN LIVE. 
          ONE, WE FOCUS ON RELATIONSHIPS. 
          PEOPLE YOU SURROUND YOURSELF AROUND MATTERS. 
          MAYBE THIS AREA AS SO MANY ARE VIRTUAL LEARNING, MAKE THIS IMPOSSIBLE. 
          I WANT MY GIRLS TO ESTABLISH AND BUILD FRIENDSHIPS TO HELP DURING THESE CHALLENGING TIMES, WHICH CAN ONLY BE FOUND THROUGH SHARED EXPERIENCES. 
          I ALSO WANT THEM TO ENCOUNTER THE HARDSHIPS THAT COME WITH BEING AROUND PEOPLE THAT THEY DISAGREE WITH TO HELP SOCIALIZING THE STAYING ACTIVE, WHICH IS BEST DONE WITH PEERS THAT HAVE THE SAME IMAGINATION AND ENERGY AS A EIGHT AND SIX YEAR OLD WOULD HAVE IN THIS CURRENT ENVIRONMENT, THE OPPOSITE OF HEALTH IS OCCURRING. 
          I'VE SEEN AN UPTICK IN ANXIETY, FRUSTRATION PRESSURE THROUGHOUT THE VIRTUAL DESK. 
          FOR EXAMPLE, ZOOM LINKS, AREN'T WORKING, THEY FEAR THEY'RE MESSING UP EDUCATION, LEARNING IN AN ENVIRONMENT THAT FOSTERS AND FROM WHICH TO SHARE IN ABOUT GIFTS AND OUR EXPERIENCE IN TALKING WITH OTHER NEIGHBORS, THIS DOES NOT HAPPEN VIA ZOOM. 
          I MAKE, I MAKE MY PLATE TO THE BOARD FROM MY HOME WHERE I AM POINTING FOR 14 DAYS DUE TO SOMEONE IN MY DAUGHTER'S CLASS, TESTED POSITIVE FOR THE VIRUS. 
          I STILL WITHOUT HESITATION BELIEVE WHAT IS BEST FOR MY CHILDREN IS TO HAVE THE OPTION TO SEND MY GIRLS TO SCHOOL FIVE DAYS A WEEK. 
          IT SHOULD NOT BE A POLITICAL, HOWEVER, IT SHOULD BE VIEWED AS WHAT IS THE BEST WAY TO EDUCATE OUR CHILDREN. 
          AND UNEQUIVOCALLY IT IS JUST SEND OUR CHILDREN TO SCHOOL. 
          FIVE DAYS A WEEK. 
          THERE WAS A FIELD SENDING OUR KIDS TO SCHOOL IS TOO RISKY, AND THEY HAVE THE CHOICE. 
          IF VIRTUAL ONLINE, VIA ZOOM IS TOO RISKY. 
          GIVE US THE CHOICE 
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FOR FIVE DAYS A WEEK. 
          INSURED BY OPTIONS ARE TO STAY IN THE CURRENT ENVIRONMENT, WHICH IN MY OPINION IS NOT AN OPTION. 
          MY CHILDREN PUT THEM, I CAN MOVE ON AND GO TO HOMESCHOOL OR SPEND THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS ON PRIVATE SCHOOLS, WHICH IS MOSTLY FULL OR GET THE BOARDS TO DO WHAT IS RIGHT. 
          AND SO MANY LOCAL FANS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME. 
          THANK YOU. 
          HELLO? YEAH. 
          FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS, WOULD YOU PLEASE STATE YOUR FIRST AND YOUR LAST NAME PLEASE? MY NAME IS . 
          YOU MIGHT GO AHEAD AND DO AGAIN. 
          UM, AGAIN, MY NAME IS  AND I AM YOU FOR COMING SCHOOL BUS DRIVER. 
          AND HI, I AM CALLING, I AM ADDRESSING YOU GUYS TO FEED ME, UH, BASED ON MY CONCERNS. 
          I'VE SENT AN EMAIL OUT ON, I THINK IT WAS ABOUT THE 27TH OF OCTOBER, UM, TRYING TO DISCUSS MY CONCERNS ABOUT THE UPCOMING, UM, NEXT PHASE OF THE KIDS GOING BACK TO SCHOOL. 
          MY CONCERN IS, IS THAT EVERYONE HAS BEEN ISSUED PROTOCOLS FOR AND SAFETY MEASURES FOR THE CHILDREN COMING BACK TO SCHOOL. 
          BUT MY CONCERN IS, IS THAT BUS DRIVERS HAS, HAS NOT BEEN GIVEN THAT PRIVILEGE WHERE THE FIRST PEOPLE THAT CHILDREN SEE IN THE MORNING AND THE LAST PEOPLE THAT CHILDREN SEE IN THE EVENINGS BEFORE THEY GO HOME. 
          SO MY CONCERN IS, IS THAT WHEN I CAME TO HER WITH THIS MAGICAL OFFICE, I HAVE TO HAVE A TEMPERATURE CHECK. 
          I CANNOT GET TO MY BUS UNTIL MY TEMPERATURE IS CHECKED, BUT I HAD CHILDREN THAT GET TO MY BUS EVERY SINGLE DAY. 
          AND I DON'T KNOW IF THEY'RE EFFECTIVE OR NOT. 
          I DON'T KNOW IF THEY HAVE A FEVER OR NOT. 
          AND I'M CONCERNED BECAUSE I GO HOME. 
          I COME HOME TO MY HUSBAND WILL HAVE JUST COMPLETED RADIATION TREATMENTS. 
          I HAVE A FATHER WHO, 83 YEARS OLD THAT I DEAL WITH ON A REGULAR BASIS. 
          SO MY CONCERN IS HOW, HOW ARE WE GOING TO BE PROTECTED? THEY HAVE BETWEEN US AND THE DISPATCHERS AND WE CAN'T, WE DO NO FACE-TO-FACE CONTACT WITHOUT DISPATCHES, EXCEPT FOR BETWEEN THE PLEXIGLASS, ALL TEACHERS, BEFORE THEY GO INTO THE SCHOOL, THEY TAKE THEIR TEMPERATURE. 
          EVERYBODY IS TAKEN CARE OF, BUT I FEEL LIKE I SAID, THE BUCK SHOP IS NOT BEING TAKEN CARE OF. 
          I PICK UP CHILDREN EVERY SINGLE DAY. 
          UH, LAST WEEK I PICKED UP SOME KIDS AND THE FIRST THING THEY DID WHEN THEY GOT OUT OF SCHOOL WAS TAKE OFF THEIR MASKS AND I'M TELLING THEM, YOU HAVE TO KEEP YOUR MASK ON THESE CHILDREN THAT HAVE BEEN IN THIS MASK ALL DAY LONG. 
          AND THE FIRST THING THEY WANT TO DO IS COME OUT OF THEIR LAND. 
          I DON'T KNOW HOW ELSE TO EXPLAIN IT TO YOU GUYS, BECAUSE I'M FEARFUL THAT WHEN THESE CHILDREN GET ON THE BUS, THEY'RE GOING TO CONTACT WITH OTHER KIDS. 
          AND IT'S EASY NOW BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE A BUS FULL OF KIDS, BUT COME THE NEXT PHASE OF THIS, UM, CHILDREN GOING BACK TO SCHOOL, WE DON'T HAVE AT LEAST 40 KIDS ON A BUS. 
          THERE'S NO WAY THAT ONE BUS FIBERS CAN TAKE CARE OF 40 KIDS, ESPECIALLY ELEMENTARY KIDS WHO HAVEN'T SEEN THEIR FRIENDS SINCE MARCH OF THIS YEAR, WHO WANT TO BE IN CONTACT, WHO LIKED TO TOUCH WALL, KEEP THEIR MASK ON. 
          SO I'M JUST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW ARE WE GOING TO PROTECT THE FUN FIBERS AS WELL AS WE'RE PROTECTING EVERYONE ELSE. 
          WHEN IT COMES TO THESE CHILDREN, GOING BACK TO SCHOOL, EVERYTHING THAT WE DO TELL ME THAT I HAVE THE OPEN HATCHES. 
          OKAY. 
          I THANK YOU. 
          I APPRECIATE YOU GUYS LISTENING TO ME AND I PRAY THAT WE CAN GET THIS SOLVED. 
          THANK YOU. 
          HELLO, MR. GLEASON, 
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THANK YOU. 
          BOARD MEMBERS REGARDING DEALING FORENSIC COMMENTS. 
          THIS IS A FORENSIC AUDIT, WHICH IS ENTIRELY THE SENSORS. 
          SO YOU FINISHED 18 CONDUCTED ON EXAMINATION, WHICH WOULD BE THE EXPRESSION OF AN OPINION. 
          I MEAN, ACCOUNTING STANDARDS ACCORDINGLY PROVIDE NO OPINION AT TEST OR OTHER FORMS. I WAS SHARING THIS WITH RESPECT TO OUR WORK. 
          WE'RE GETTING INFORMATION UPON WHICH YOUR WORK IS BASED AND QUOTE, PLEASE STOP INDICATING THIS. 
          THE FORENSIC AUDITS ARE SEVERAL DISTURBING FINDINGS AMONGST QUOTES IN THE REPORT. 
          THERE WERE SEVERAL QUOTES. 
          THERE WERE SEVERAL INSTANCES OF MISCOMMUNICATION OF INFORMATION TO THE COUNTY AUDITOR. 
          THEY CALLED ANY QUESTION, THE COMPLETENESS AND ACCURACY OF IT. 
          THAT'S THE CORRESPOND BALANCE. 
          THE DISTRICT HAS ADMITTED ERROR AND THE 9.8 BILLION FIGURE PROVIDED TO THE COUNTY DOUBLE POSTING ERRORS CAN NOT BE TOLERATED BACK TO THE REPORT. 
          CONDITIONED BUZZARD BUDGET REVENUES EXCEEDED ACTUAL REVENUE BY APPROXIMATELY 3.2 MILLION 6.1 MILLION AND 1.7 MILLION IN FISCAL YEAR, 2018, 19 AND 20 RESPECTABLE BUDGET EXPENDITURES EXCEEDED ACTUAL EXPENDITURES BY APPROXIMATELY 2.5 MILLION 0.6 MILLION TO 3 MILLION IN 2018, 19 AND 20 BUDGET. 
          SAME WITH BED. 
          DATA IS A TERRIBLE PRACTICE. 
          THE OBVIOUS QUESTION IS WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO WITH THIS? THROW IT ON THE SHELF TO COLLECT DUST AND ACCOUNTABILITY, MAKE IT A POLICY TO CONDUCT A FAMED REVIEW EVERY YEAR. 
          IS IT COVERED IN THE SUPERINTENDENTS EVALUATION? WHAT ABOUT THE OPERATIONS FUND IN THE MILITARY? FROM OTHER RESULTS YOU CAN COUNT ON THE COUNTY TO CHECK THE RESULTS. 
          THIS HAS BEEN OVER $488 MILLION ENTERPRISE WITH INDEPENDENT AUDITS. 
          STAFF LAUNCHES THAT REPORT TO YOU. 
          WHERE ARE THE CHECKS AND BALANCES? WHY IS THIS IMPORTANT INCORRECT TAX RATES AFFECT THE LOCAL ECONOMY, THE COST OF GOODS AND SERVICES AND INDIVIDUAL TEXTBOOKS. 
          WE'RE THE LARGEST  IN THE COUNTY. 
          IT DESERVES CHECKS AND BALANCES, WHICH CAN BE EASILY OBTAINED BY RESTRUCTURING BUDGET RESOURCES. 
          THANK YOU FOR LISTENING AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE. 
          I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING THE REST OF THE MEETING. 
          THANK YOU. 
          HELLO, LORI, CALLING YOU FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS, PLEASE STATE YOUR FIRST AND LAST NAME. 
          PLEASE STATE YOUR FIRST AND LAST NAME. 
          YOU MAY BEGIN. 
          LET ME START BY SAYING THAT BOTH THE SCHOOL AND DISTRICT STAFF ARE DOING THE BEST THAT THEY CAN TO ADAPT TARGHEE CIRCUMSTANCES. 
          AND I JUST DON'T WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THAT. 
          I WANTED TO MAKE, TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF THE STUDENTS AND WHY I FEEL IT IS CRITICAL THAT THEY GET BACK INTO THE CLASSROOM FULL TIME. 
          WHAT OUR KIDS ARE, BOYS ARE NOT HOMESCHOOLING, AND IT'S NOT EVEN WHAT MANY ARE EXPERIENCING AND FULL YEAR VIRTUAL SCHOOLS. 
          WELL, OKAY. 
          YEAH. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, WE HAVE FLEXIBLE SCHEDULES. 
          I'M REFERRING TO THIS CLASS THAT WE'RE HOME OF OUR NAMES. 
          IT'S NOT OUR CHOICE. 
          I WOULD BE REMISS NOT TO MENTION THE STRUGGLE OF WORKING PARENTS, HOW IMPOSSIBLE IT MUST BE FOR HOUSEHOLDS. 
          SO SHE WORKED WITH PARENTS TO MANAGE THE SCHEDULES AND HANDLE THE FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS. 
          IT'S ALMOST LIKE DRAMA IS THE ONE WORKING PARENT HOME. 
          I CAN'T IMAGINE THEIR STRUGGLES. 
          AND ADDITION WAS AWESOME AS WELL. 
          FIRSTLY, AT THE CRITICAL IMPACTS TO THE STUDENT'S MENTAL HEALTH AND WELLBEING, KIDS NEED TO LEARN TO NAVIGATE RELATIONSHIPS WITH PEERS AND FEATURES, MAINTAIN EMOTIONAL WELLBEING. 
          WE ARE NOT SEEKING HIM. 
          WE ARE SEEING UNHEALTHY RELATIONSHIPS. 
           TEACHER, THAT'S STRUGGLING WITH TECHNOLOGY AND IMPLEMENTING TECHNOLOGY TO STUDENTS WHO ARE NOT FAMILIAR WITH A LOT OF THE APPLICATIONS OVER ZOOM. 
          I UNDERSTAND THAT SOME SETTING THAT FRUSTRATION APART IN THE INTERACTIONS OF BOTH STUDENTS AND TEACHERS. 
          SO WE ARE NOW 
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ASKING STUDENTS TO ATTEMPT TO MANAGE RELATIONSHIPS ON FLIGHT IN WAYS THAT WILL NOT A FULL . 
          THIS IS NOT HAPPENING CONSISTENTLY ON SCHOOLS, WATCHING CENTER GARDENERS ON THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL, EXCITED TO LEARN THEY SINGING OR DANCING WITH THEIR FRIENDS. 
           ZOOM MEETINGS. 
           THEY'RE GOING FOR YOU. 
          WHAT WAS SHAPED THEIR FEATURES. 
          THEY'D GET THEM UP FOR A FULL FOUR YEARS TO COME. 
          I THINK IT'S JUST THE SAME DAY-TO-DAY PATTERNS OF LEARNING AND SEEING HOW THE SCHOOL IS ADOPTING YOUNG BODIES AND MINDS. 
          WELL, THEY GET ALONG WELL. 
          WE DON'T THINK IT'S LIKE PERMISSION FOR THAT SCHEDULE. 
          IT'S LIKE THE FIRST WEEK OF SCHOOL, I PERSONALLY AM SEEN PRETTY SPRINT DOWN TO THE MELTDOWNS AND CHILDREN WHO TYPICALLY EASILY THAT, AND I OWN HOME. 
          MY DAUGHTER'S HAVING NIGHTMARE. 
          WE'LL WORK THE DISTANCE  OUR CHILDREN DO NOT LOCAL CARRY THIS TYPE OF STRESS AND A LOT OF TO DO SO ALL OF THIS LABELS IS DECREASED  AND LASTLY, TOO MUCH SCREEN TIME, OUR STUDENTS, THEIR , THEIR VIRTUAL PLUS WHAT THEY DO IN THE CLASSROOM WHILE TEACHERS ARE ASKED TO JUGGLE THEIR IN HOME AND FACE TO FACE, EVEN THAT'S THE THING TOO MUCH. 
          I DON'T NEED TO TELL YOU THAT OUR TEACHERS ARE EXTREMELY GIFTED AT WHAT THEY DO, AND I'M NOT ATTEMPTING IN ANY WAY TO DOWNSIZE. 
          SO THE 19TH, OR TO SAY THAT I DON'T WORK, THAT THAT PEOPLE ARE FRIGHTENED. 
          SOMEONE WOULD LOOK AT THE THING THAT, AND THEN MINIMAL SYSTEMS THAT ARE LIVING. 
          WE'LL BE IN FULL SUPPORT OF OUR STUDENTS FULL TIME. 
          THE REST OF THE WORLD IS FIGURING OUT HOW TO GET THAT TO LIFE. 
          I'M SORRY. 
          THANK YOU. 
           HELLO, SHANNON. 
          YOU'RE ON PUBLIC COMMENTS, PLEASE STATE YOUR FIRST AND YOUR LAST NAME. 
          SHANNON BADEN BOX. 
          YOU MAY BEGIN. 
          OKAY. 
          GOOD EVENING, DR. 
          RODRIGUEZ. 
          MY NAME IS SHANNA. 
          THE BEATBOX SINCE MARCH OF 2020, OUR FAMILY WITH THREE CHILDREN AND PUBLIC SCHOOL HAS SUPPORTED THE LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICTS THROUGH THIS VERY TOUGH PANDEMIC. 
          WE CAME INTO THE SCHOOL YEAR, SUPPORTING A STAGGERED APPROACH TO RE-ENTRY AND WE NOW DESPERATELY HOPE YOU WILL CONSIDER DISCUSSING WORKING TOWARDS FIVE DAYS A WEEK. 
          RE-ENTRY WITH A FULLY VIRTUAL OPTION REMAINING. 
          I CAME ACROSS A QUOTE THAT REALLY HIT HOME THIS WEEK. 
          THERE CAN BE NO CANER REVELATION OF A SOCIETY SOUL THAN THE WAY IN WHICH IT TREATS ITS CHILDREN NELSON MANDELA. 
          I ASKED AS A DISTRICT, HOW ARE WE CURRENTLY TREATING OUR CHILDREN? THIS IS STRESSFUL FOR ALL. 
          AND I AM NOT TRYING TO MINIMIZE THAT. 
          BUT TO REMIND WHEN WE NEED TO REMIND OURSELVES THAT CHILDREN ARE NOT YET EQUIPPED WITH THE TOOLS WE ARE AS ADULTS TO COPE WITH THESE LONG-TERM PERIODS OF ISOLATION. 
          OVER THE PAST FEW WEEKS, THERE ARE MANY THINGS THAT OUR CHILDREN HAVE PERSONALLY EXPERIENCED, AND I KNOW MANY OTHER CHILDREN HAVE AS WELL. 
          I AM NOT HERE TONIGHT TRYING TO BLAME OR POINT FINGERS, BUT TO EXPRESS CONCERN AND A HOPE TO SEE THINGS BEGIN TO MOVE FORWARD. 
          THIS PANDEMIC ARE IN IS MULTIFACETED. 
          IT NEEDS TO BE TREATED THAT WAY. 
          THERE WAS AN ABSOLUTE NEED FOR A LOCKDOWN, BUT AFTER EIGHT AND A HALF MONTHS, WE HAVE TO START EVALUATING WHAT THE NEXT PHASE IS. 
          THESE PUBLIC SCHOOLS, CHILDREN ARE IN A HORRIBLE LIMBO. 
          THIS IS NOT HOMESCHOOL WITH THE FLEXIBILITY. 
          AND THIS IS NOT A PRIVATE SCHOOL WHERE KIDS ARE ABLE TO RETURN TO NORMAL. 
          IT IS SEVEN HOURS A DAY IN FRONT OF HER COMPUTER. 
          TWO DAYS IN CLASS WITH VERY LITTLE HUMAN CONNECTION. 
          STUDENTS DON'T KNOW THEIR TEACHERS. 
          THEY ARE STRUGGLING WITH CONTENT AND THERE'S VERY LITTLE CONSISTENCY OR FLEXIBILITY. 
          I HAVE PERSONALLY WITNESSED MANY A CHILD OVER THE PAST FEW MONTHS, BREAK DOWN IN TEARS OVER ZOOM. 
          YES, WE NEED TO WORRY ABOUT OUR VULNERABLE POPULATIONS BECAUSE OF COVID. 
          BUT WE NEED TO BEGIN BECOMING AWARE THAT ALL CHILDREN ARE NOW BECOMING THE POPULATION VULNERABLE TO MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES, ISOLATION, STRESS, ANXIETY, BECOMING DISENFRANCHISED WITH SCHOOL ALTOGETHER, AND MANY OTHER HEAVY OBSTACLES DUE TO COMMUNITY ISOLATION. 
          WE HAVE TO STOP ONLY LOOKING AT THE OBSTACLES OF WHY WE CAN'T RETURN AND START LOOKING INTO THE SOLUTIONS OF HOW WE CAN RETURN TO OUR DATABASE SPACE. 
          OTHER SCHOOLS IN THE STATE ARE BEGINNING OF STANDARD APPROACH BY GREEN AND A LOCAL SCHOOL OFFICIAL IN ROCK HILL STATED IF YOU FAIL TO PLAN, YOU PLAN TO FAIL. 
          SO WE HAVE TO START SOMEWHERE. 
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WHY CAN'T YOU FOR A COUNTY START SOMEWHERE? HOW ABOUT WITH THE MOST VULNERABLE SOCIALLY AND EDUCATIONALLY PRE-K AND KINDERGARTEN AND WORK? OUR WAY UP STORES AND RESTAURANTS ARE OPEN. 
          ADULTS ARE TRAVELING TO SEE FAMILY MEMBERS ALL OVER THE COUNTRY. 
          COLLEGE FOOTBALL GAMES ARE ATTENDED, AND YET WE KEEP TELLING KIDS THEY CAN'T GO BACK TO SCHOOL FOR GOODNESS SAKES. 
          THE CDC ANNOUNCED A PLAN TO GET CHRISTIANS OPERATIONAL AGAINST THE, WE NEED THE HUMAN ASPECT TO BE RETURNED TO THE CLASSROOM AND THE CHILDREN'S DAILY LIVES PRO CHILD AND PRO MENTAL HEALTH IS NOT ANTI SCHOOL, ANTI TEACHER OR ANTI COVID SAFETY. 
          I WOULD LOVE TO SEE DISTRICT LED COVID COMMUNITY GROUPS COME TOGETHER TO SUPPORT THE SCHOOL OR ANY AT ALL THE NEEDS ARISE ARE BROUGHT TO THEM. 
          YES. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          HAVE A GREAT NIGHT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          SORRY. 
          YOU'RE CALLED. 
          HELLO, KIMBERLY. 
          YES. 
          YOUR PUBLIC COMMENTS, PLEASE STATE YOUR FIRST AND YOUR LAST NAME. 
          HI, I'M KIMBERLY HALL. 
          YOU MAY BEGIN. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, EVERYONE SAID THIS SO MUCH MORE ELOQUENTLY THAN I AM, BUT, UM, AS A LOCAL PUBLIC LEADER MYSELF, I UNDERSTAND, UM, THE TOUGH DECISIONS THAT YOU DR. 
          RODRIGUEZ AND THE GORD ARE MAKING IN REGARDS TO THE SAFETY OF OUR CHILDREN. 
          SO, FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU AS SOMEONE WHO MOVED MY CHILD FROM PRIVATE TO PUBLIC SCHOOL, BECAUSE I HAD AN ACADEMICALLY ADVANCED CHILD, I KNEW SHE WOULD GET THE BENEFITS, THE STIMULATION, AND THE CHALLENGE THAT SHE NEEDED IN A PUBLIC SCHOOL ENVIRONMENT, BUT MOVING FORWARD, UM, SHE HAS EXPERIENCED SOCIAL AND ACADEMIC DISTRESS AND SHE HAS REGRESSED. 
          AND SHE'S STRUGGLING WITH THE TWO DAY A WEEK. 
          I URGE YOU TO PLEASE CONSIDER MOVING TO A FIVE DAY A WEEK SCHEDULE WHERE, UM, OR PLAN THAT CONTINUES TO PUT THE SAFETY OF YOUR STAFF AND THE CHILDREN FIRST, WHICH IS SO, UM, WONDERFUL THAT YOU'VE DONE. 
          SO, BUT THIS IS A VERY SMART GROUP OF PEOPLE. 
          AND I KNOW THERE'S A WAY, AND WE KNOW THERE'S A WAY TO CONTINUE TO CHALLENGE OUR CHILDREN THIS WEEK ALONE. 
          I FOUND OUT THAT MY DAUGHTER TODAY ZOOM DAYS ARE NOW GOING TO DAY INDEPENDENT DAYS. 
          UM, THIS WILL CRUSH HER. 
          SHE DOES NOT KNOW THIS YET BECAUSE I'M HOPEFUL THAT THERE WILL BE A PLAN MOVING FORWARD AND WHAT SHE CAN ENGAGE WITH CHILDREN IN HER CLASSROOM. 
          AGAIN, UM, I ENCOURAGE THE USE OF OUTDOOR CLASSROOM SPACE. 
          WE HAVE THE BLESSING OF AMAZING WEATHER HERE IN SOUTH CAROLINA AND COULD JUST FOLLOW AND OTHER AREAS AND OTHER PRIVATE SCHOOLS AND WHAT THEY'RE DOING FOR THE USE OF OUTDOOR CLASSROOM SPACE. 
          WE MOVED OUR CHILDREN THERE FOR THE RESOURCES, FOR THE SUPPORT, FOR THE BENEFITS. 
          AND UNFORTUNATELY, I'M STRUGGLING WITH THAT DECISION RIGHT NOW. 
          I HOPE YOU WILL CONSIDER, UM, YOU KNOW, PROVIDING THE TOOLS AND RESOURCES, NOT JUST IN TERMS OF PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT, BUT IN TERMS OF CREATIVITY TO THE TEACHERS TO SHOW THEM HOW TO USE THEIR SPACE. 
          EFFECTIVELY. 
          ALSO, I'D LIKE TO CONSIDERATION FOR WHEN THE CHILDREN ARE ASKED OUTDOORS WORD FOR THEM TO BE ABLE TO TAKE THEIR MAPS FOR MORE STANDARD MATH BREAKS FOR THEM IN SCHOOLS. 
          UM, BUT THIS CAN BE DONE. 
          WE KNOW THERE ARE SCHOOL DISTRICTS AROUND THE COUNTRY THAT ARE MAKING IT WORK WITHOUT SEEING A RISE IN CASES. 
          AND I'M CONFIDENT THAT THIS GROUP OF PEOPLE, THE BOARD, UM, THE SUPERINTENDENT AND THAT THIS COMMUNITY WILL SUPPORT THE DECISION THAT YOU MAKE. 
          UM, IT'S MY HOPE AND MY PRAYER THAT, UM, WE CAN MAKE DECISIONS TOGETHER AND, UM, THAT WE CAN SUPPORT THE ACADEMICS AND THE SOCIAL WELLBEING OF OUR KIDS, OF OUR CHILDREN AND OUR KIDS. 
          SO, UM, THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THE FIRST PUBLIC COMMENT SECTION. 
          SO NOW WE'RE DOWN TO FOURTH BUSINESS AND OUR FIRST REPORTS TONIGHT IS THE FORENSIC AUDIT REPORT, WHICH WAS COMPLETED LAST MONTH. 
          AND THIS IS THE PRESENTATION NOW TO THE BOARD AND TO THE PUBLIC WITH THE FINDINGS AND RESULTS. 
          SO THE ACCOUNTING GROUP GOING BY THE NAME OF JACK WILL GIVE THE PRESENTATION. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          HELLO, 
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BOARD MEMBERS. 
          UH, MY NAME IS JUSTIN MEANER. 
          I AM SUPERVISOR AT HARVEY, ALL ACCOUNTING GROUP. 
          I'LL BE PRESENTING OUR FORENSIC AUDIT REPORT DATED OCTOBER 21ST. 
          AND, UH, IS IT ACTUALLY POSSIBLE FOR ME TO SHARE MY SCREEN AND, UH, TO DRIVE? YES. 
          OKAY. 
          I'M GOING TO DO SO. 
          CAN YOU GIVE ME PERMISSION? GO AHEAD. 
          OKAY. 
          YOU SHOULD BE SEEING THAT. 
          SO TABLE OF CONTENTS, I'M GETTING THE FEEDBACK. 
          I'M SORRY. 
          UH, WE START WITH THE EXECUTIVE SUMMARY, UH, TALK ABOUT THE CONSULTING PROCEDURES YOU PERFORMED AND THE DETAILED PROCEDURES. 
          AND THEN WE GO INTO THEIR RESULTS OF THE PROCEDURES AND OUR CONDITIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WE NOTED DURING THE COURSE OF THE FORENSIC, THE FIRST PAGE OF THEIR REPORT. 
          UH, WE HAVE THE EXECUTIVE SUMMARY. 
          UH, WE STAYED THAT, THAT REALLY THE IMPETUS FOR THE FORENSIC, UH, ARISE WHEN THE COUNTY AUDITOR IN A PRESENTATION TO THE BOARD, UH, BROUGHT UP SOME CERTAIN CONCERNS. 
          HE HAD BEEN PRESENTED WITH MULTIPLE DIFFERENT FUND BALANCES FOR THE DEBT SERVICE FUND AND, UH, AMONG THOSE CONCERNS. 
          AND THESE ARE DIRECT QUOTES. 
          UH, HE WAS CONCERNED, CONCERNED ABOUT UNSCHEDULED OVERPAYMENTS OF DEBT AND UNACCOUNTED FOR CHANGES IN FUND BALANCE, AND YET OTHER CONCERNS RELATED TO CASH FLOW AND A DEBT SERVICE FUND. 
          AS A RESULT, THE BOARD ENGAGED US TO PERFORM A FORENSIC AUDIT AND TO INVESTIGATE THOSE CONCERNS, OUR BOTTOM LINE CONCLUSION RIGHT UP FRONT, WE STATE THAT, UH, WE BELIEVE WE DID NOT FIND ANY EVIDENCE OF FRAUD AND THAT ALL OF THE DIFFERENCES IN FUND BALANCE WERE ACCOUNTED FOR BY, UH, MISCOMMUNICATIONS, TIMING, DIFFERENCES, AND ERRORS. 
          AND WE WILL GO FURTHER INTO THOSE SPECIFIC ITEMS. YEAH. 
          AS PART OF THE ENGAGEMENT LETTER, UH, WE WERE ASKED YOUR VIEW ALL THE TRANSACTIONS, THE REVENUE AND EXPENSE ACCOUNTS WITHIN THE DEBT SERVICE FUNDS, AND ALSO TO YOUR ACCOUNT FOR ALL THE TAX REVENUE FROM STATE REIMBURSEMENTS DURING THE PERIOD, WHICH IS JULY 1ST, 2017 THROUGH JUNE 30, 20, 23 YEAR PERIODS. 
          WE OUTLINED MANAGEMENT'S RESPONSIBILITIES. 
          UH, THIS ENGAGEMENT WAS DESIGNED TO ADDRESS FRAUD RISKS. 
          WHEREAS MANAGEMENT STILL HAS RESPONSIBILITY TO HAVE EFFECTIVE INTERNAL CONTROL OVER THOSE STAFF SERVICE FUNDS. 
          IN THIS SECTION OF THE REPORT, WE GO INTO DETAIL AS TO HOW WE ADDRESSED, UH, THEIR REQUIREMENTS TO YOUR REVIEW OF THAT SURVEY RESPONSE. 
          AND I'LL GO OVER THOSE, UH, HERE BRIEFLY, UH, WE STARTED WITH HIGH LEVEL PROCEDURES AND WORKED OUR WAY TO MORE DETAIL PROCEDURES. 
          UH, WE GOT A BASE OF KNOWLEDGE BY INTERVIEWING CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS, INCLUDING CFO BOND, COUNSEL, FINANCIAL ADVISORS, AS WELL AS THE COUNTY AUDITOR. 
          UH, WE GOT AN UNDERSTANDING OF ALL THE POLICIES AND PROCEDURES RELATED TO THAT SERVICE FUND. 
          UH, ALL THE MAJOR TRANSACTION CYCLES, INCLUDING RECEIPTS AND DISBURSEMENTS, AS WELL AS JOURNAL ENTRIES MADE, UH, TO THE GENERAL LEDGER THAT ACCOUNT, UH, WE'VE LOOKED AT, UH, CHANGES AT THE FUND BALANCE AND COMPARED IT TO BUDGET AND OTHER EXPECTATIONS. 
          WE LOOKED AT THE RUNNING BALANCE WITHIN A FUND BALANCE AND LOOK FOR ANY UNUSUAL ACTIVITY OR TRENDS. 
          WE ALSO PREPARED A THREE-YEAR ROLL FORWARD, LOOKING AT ALL ADDITIONS AND RETIREMENTS TO THE LONGEST SHORT-TERM DEBT AND COMPARED THOSE TO, UH, FILINGS WITH EMMA, WHICH IS A PUBLIC FILE LIENS FILED BY THE UNDERWRITER, AS WELL AS, UH, WE ALSO OBTAINED SCARGO OFFICIAL STATEMENTS FROM BOND COUNSEL. 
          WE COMPARED THOSE STATEMENTS TO THOSE RECEIVED BY THE DISTRICT AS WELL, AND USE THOSE TO PREPARE A ROLL FORWARD OF THE ACCOUNTS AND COMPARE THE ACTUAL TRANSACTIONS TO THOSE DEATHS SERVICE SCHEDULES. 
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THEN WE LOOKED AT THE SPECIFIC CONCERNS, UH, BROUGHT UP BY THE COUNTY AUDITOR AND THOSE DIFFERENT FUND BALANCES THAT WERE PRESENTED TO THEM AT VARIOUS MOMENTS AND TIMES. 
          AND THEN, UH, TRIED TO EXPLAIN THOSE DIFFERENCES AS BEST WE COULD. 
          WE ALSO OBTAINED THAT GENERAL LEDGER FROM THE COUNTY, UH, BUT THAT SERVICE FUNDS ARE AN AGENCY FUND, UH, THAT RELIES ON THE CONTROLS OF THE COUNTY FOR RECEIPTS OF PROPERTY TAX REVENUES AND ALL DISBURSEMENTS OUT FOR PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST PAYMENTS FOR THAT SERVICE PAYMENTS ALSO FLOW THROUGH THE COUNTY. 
          SO WE OBTAIN THEIR GENERAL LEDGER AS WELL, AND PERFORMED A CERTAIN RECONCILIATIONS BETWEEN THE COUNTY BOOKS AND THE DISTRICTS BOOKS, AND ACCOUNTED FOR ANY DIFFERENCES THAT WE NOTED. 
          AND WE TESTED 100% OF ALL THE TRANSACTIONS OF ALL REVENUES AND EXPENDITURES AND JOURNAL ENTRIES IN THAT ACCOUNT. 
          AND THEN WE ALSO LOOKED AT SPECIFICALLY THE HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION. 
          THERE WERE SOME QUESTIONS AS TO, UH, WHETHER IT WAS BEING PROPERLY ALLOCATED BETWEEN THE GENERAL FUND AND THE DEBT SERVICE FUND. 
          SO WE LOOKED STATUTE AND OTHER GUIDANCE, UH, RELATING TO THAT AS WELL. 
          I'M GOING TO BRIEFLY GO OVER EACH OF THE, UH, DETAILED PROCEDURES AND TALK ABOUT OUR RESULTS. 
          UH, FIRST WE REVIEWED THE BUDGET, UH, AND HERE WE HAVE A SCREENSHOT OF THE BUDGET BOOK AND, UH, SHOWS A THREE-YEAR PERIOD HERE, HONORED ACTUAL FOR FYS, UH, 18 APPROVED BUDGET FOR 19, AND THEN THE PROPOSED BUDGET FOR . 
          AND THERE WERE REALLY PERTINENT PART HERE IS HERE AT THE BOTTOM LINE OF SHOWS, A BUDGETED DEFICIT OF 4.8 MILLION. 
          APPROXIMATELY COULD YOU SPEAK UP A LITTLE BIT MORE? YES, SIR. 
          CAUSE WE HAVEN'T, THIS IS A LITTLE HARD TO HEAR YOU A LITTLE BIT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          ALL RIGHT HERE. 
          AND THE TOTAL EXPENDITURES, LOOKING AT THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN F BY 19 AND , THERE IS AN INCREASE OF ABOUT 10 MILLION JUST DUE TO ACCELERATED, UH, THAT SERVICE PAYMENTS BETWEEN FYI 19 AND NEPHITES PLENTY. 
          AND THAT IS ONE OF THE LEADING CAUSES FOR THAT BUDGET DEFICIT. 
          AND THAT REALLY PLAYED INTO OUR DEVELOPING EXPECTATIONS OR THE ACTUAL RESULTS, WHICH ARE SHOWN ON THIS NEXT PAGE HERE IS THAT THE DEFICIT WAS 2.8 MILLION, WHICH IS A FAVORABLE IN COMPARISON TO THE BUDGET AMOUNT. 
          AND MUCH OF THAT HAS TO DO WITH A CONSERVATIVE ESTIMATE FOR REVENUE IN THAT ACCOUNT. 
          AND ALSO THE FACT THAT THERE IS NO BUDGETED TRANSFER TO THE EFC FUND, WHICH, UH, WAS ONE OF OUR COMMENTS AT THE END OF THEIR REPORT. 
          AND THIS SHOWS BUDGET TO ACTUAL FOR ALL THREE YEARS. 
          AND IT SHOWS FAVORABLE FOR BOTH REVENUES AND EXPENSES FOR ALL THREE YEARS IN THE PERIOD THAT WE LOOKED AT. 
          UH, NEXT, WE LOOKED AT, UH, RUNNING FUND BALANCE. 
          THERE'S A LOT OF SEASONALITY IN THOSE ACCOUNTS. 
          UH, MAJORITY OF PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST PAYMENTS, UH, OCCURRED IN MARCH WITH INTEREST ONLY PAYMENTS IN SEPTEMBER. 
          THERE'S ALSO A IP OR B PAYMENTS THAT OCCUR IN DECEMBER AND AGAIN IN JUNE, UH, PROPERTY TAX. 
          AND MAJORITY OF THOSE, UH, PROPERTY TAX COLLECTIONS OR SEATS ARE COLLECTED IN DECEMBER IN JANUARY WITH SOME TRAILING AND COLLECTIONS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. 
          AND THIS GRAPHS, UH, THAT RUNNING FUND BALANCE, UH, THE ACTIVITY IN THAT FOUR YEAR PERIOD, AND WE DIDN'T KNOW ANY, ANYTHING UNUSUAL IN THIS ACTIVITY, YOU HAVE POPPED OUT TO US A THIRD STEP HERE. 
          THERE'S, UH, THE LONG AND SHORT TERM, THAT ROLE FOR SCHEDULES, WHICH ARE PRESENTED AT THE END OF THEIR REPORT. 
          I'M JUST GOING TO SKIP AHEAD NOW AND SHOW YOU WHAT THOSE LOOKED LIKE. 
          THERE'S THREE OF THESE SCHEDULES. 
          I SHOW THE BEGINNING BALANCE FOR THE YEAR, WHICH TIES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. 
          UH, THERE'S $97 MILLION IN ADDITIONS IN FY 20 AND $59 MILLION IN RETIREMENTS, WHICH COME THROUGH AN ENDING BALANCE OF 314 MILLION WITH AN ADDITIONAL 11.8, APPROXIMATELY IN INTEREST PAYMENTS AND ALL 
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OF THESE AMOUNTS. 
          UH, ONE BY ONE, THEY ALL TIE TO THAT. 
          THAT'S SERVICE PAYMENTS ON THE DEBT SERVICE SCHEDULES ALREADY HAVE CAME FROM THIRD PARTIES. 
          AND FROM THE DISTRICT  ON STEP FOUR, HERE WE INDIVIDUALLY LOOKED AT, UH, SOME OF THE SPECIFIC CONCERNS OF THE COUNTY AUDITOR HAD, UH, HE WAS QUOTED DIFFERENT FUND BALANCES AT CERTAIN POINTS OF THE YEAR. 
          THIS FIRST ONE HERE ON JUNE 2ND, UH, SOME, UH, FINANCIAL ADVISOR HAS STATED THERE WAS A 9.8 MILLION PROJECTED YEAR END BALANCE KEEPING IN MIND THAT THIS IS A PROJECTION, UH, AT A MOMENT IN TIME AND NOT NECESSARILY AN ACTUAL FIGURE. 
          UH, 10 DAYS LATER IT WAS IDENTIFIED THAT A PART OF THAT, UH, PART OF THE DISCREPANCY THERE WAS, THERE ARE TWO DIFFERENT FUNDS SPAWN, 404 AND FOUR OH ONE OR FOUR OH ONE INCLUDES IMPACT FEES, HISTORICAL IMPACT FEES FROM THE NINETIES THAT ARE RESTRICTED IN NATURE. 
          UH, AND THAT BRINGS THE TRUE BALANCE IN THE COMBINED DEBT SERVICE FUNDS HERE ABOUT, UH, JUST UNDER $13 MILLION. 
          AND THE REMAINDER OF THE VARIOUS, UM, IS RELATES TO A RULES. 
          THERE ARE VARIOUS RULES AT YEAR END, UH, ADDING ONTO THE CASH BASIS AMOUNT, INCLUDING RECORDING TAXES, RECEIVABLE, NET OF UNAVAILABLE MOUNTS, UH, OFFSET BY THE CAPITALIZATION OF SHORT-TERM OBLIGATION THAT AN ADDITION OF HOMESTEAD EXEMPTIONS, WHICH ARE TYPICALLY ACCRUE AT YEAR END AN ESTIMATE FOR INTEREST INCOME AND A LEASE PAYMENT, UH, GEO BOND PROCEEDS AND IRS REBATES MAKE UP A YEAR IN TRANSFERS OF ABOUT 883,000 EACH YEAR. 
          , UH, ITEM B HERE. 
          HE WAS QUOTED 13.5 ON JUNE 12TH, AND IT'S, HE'S HELD THE SAME RECONCILE ITEMS FOR YEAR END ACCRUALS AS OUR, AS STAFF A ITEM, SEE HERE, FINANCIAL ADVISOR PROVIDER, AND AN ESTIMATED BALANCE OF 16.7 MILLION ON AUGUST 19TH. 
          NOW THAT'S AFTER YEAR END. 
          AND WE DIDN'T KNOW IF THERE WAS A DOUBLE POSTING ERROR, UH, THAT WE NOTED OF 319,000. 
          AND ONCE YOU BACK THAT OUT, IT IS, UH, CLOSE TO THE ACTUAL YEAR END AMOUNT ITEM D HERE, UH, RELATED TO THE COUNTY TREASURER, PROVIDING A BALANCE OF 18.35 MILLION, UH, VIA, UH, JUNE 17TH EMAIL. 
          AND OUR RESPONSE TO THAT IS THAT WE WERE NOT ENGAGED TO LOOK AT THE COUNTY RECORDS. 
          HOWEVER, WE DID OBTAIN THE COUNTY GENERAL LEDGER AND NOWHERE IN THERE. 
          DO WE SEE, UH, WHERE THAT FIGURE WOULD HAVE BEEN A BALANCE AT ANY MOMENT IN TIME THROUGHOUT THE FISCAL YEAR? UH, BUT AGAIN, WE DIDN'T LOOK AT THAT IN ANY SORT OF DETAIL, BUT IT DOES APPEAR HOT. 
          UH, THE COUNTY'S ACTUAL YEAR-END BALANCE, UH, ON THE GL PROVIDED TO US WAS JUST SHORT OF 15 MILLION, UH, WHICH IS SHORT OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS BALANCE DUE TO THE FACT THAT THEY HAD NOT YET RECORDED THAT 883,000 THAT RELATES TO THE, UH, LEASE ACQUISITION, UH, PAYMENT THAT GEO BOND PROCEEDS IN A RELATION TO THAT, AS WELL AS THE IRS REBATES AS A TRANSFER THAT TYPICALLY OCCURS AFTER YEAR END, WHICH GETS BACK DATED AT JUNE 30TH. 
          UH, STEP FIVE WAS PROBABLY THE MOST TECHNICAL STEP IN OUR PROCEDURES. 
          UH, I'M NOT GOING TO GO INTO AN EXTREME AMOUNT OF DEPTH ON THIS ONE, OTHER THAN TO SAY THAT WE, WE ROLLED FORWARD FUND BALANCE FROM YEAR TO YEAR AND NOTED THAT ON THE DISTRICT SIDE OF THAT PROPERLY ROLE, AS WELL AS THE COUNTY JUDGE GENERAL LEDGER, UH, DID NOT INITIALLY ROLL, HOWEVER, SUBSEQUENTLY WE WERE PROVIDED WITH THE 183,000 LEAKS ACQUISITION PAYMENT AND IRS REBATES, UH, WHICH, WHICH RECONCILED THOSE, UH, ROLL FORWARD ISSUES. 
          UM, JUST TO KNOW WHEN JUSTIN SAYS ROLL FORWARD, HE MEANS WHAT THE YEAR ENDS WITH IS THEN WHAT THE GENERAL LEDGERS STARTS WITHIN THE NEXT YEAR. 
          SO THAT'S WHAT THAT TERM MEANS. 
          OKAY. 
          AND JUST TO GIVE AN EXAMPLE OF THAT 16.063 
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IS THE ENDING HERE, AND IT'S THE BEGINNING HERE. 
          AND WE ALSO LOOKED IN DETAIL AT ALL REVENUES AND EXPENSES AS THEY ARE RECORDED AND A DISTRICT VERSUS THE COUNTY. 
          THERE WERE VARIOUS TIMING DIFFERENCES WITH THEIR, UH, RECORDING OF REVENUE AND TRANSFERS BETWEEN THE COUNTY AND THE DISTRICT. 
          AND WE'RE ABLE TO ACCOUNT FOR ALL OF THOSE DIFFERENCES. 
          AND THIS, THIS SECTION, LIKE I SAID, IT GOES INTO A LOT OF DETAIL. 
          UH, FOR EXAMPLE, HERE WE SHOW TIMING RECOGNITION. 
          UH, YOU CAN SEE THAT THOSE ZERO OUT YEAR TO YEAR. 
          SO EVENTUALLY THE, THE RECORDS DO, UH, MATCH, BUT, UH, JUST DUE TO THE FACT THAT THAT THE COUNTY IS NOT ALWAYS PROVIDING TIMELY, UH, INFORMATION TO THE DISTRICT OR RECORDING OUR REQUESTED TRANSFERS ON A TIMELY BASIS THAT, THAT CAUSES THESE, THESE DIFFERENCES IN DALLAS AT ANY SPECIFIC MOMENT IN TIME. 
          YEAH. 
          LAST SECTION HERE, I WANT TO TALK BRIEFLY ABOUT THE SKOG EFC CORPORATE EXPENSE ACCOUNTS. 
          THAT IS A RECONCILING DIFFERENCE IN FEES AS THOSE DO NOT GO, UH, THOSE TRANSACTIONS DO NOT FLOW THROUGH THE CAMERA. 
           SOME OF THOSE AMOUNTS HERE AS RECONCILING DIFFERENCES, STEP SIX, HERE, TRANSACTION TESTING. 
          THIS IS REALLY THE CORE OF THE WORK THAT WE PERFORMED. 
          WE REVIEWED 100% OF ALL REVENUE TRANSACTIONS AND 100% OF EXPENSE TRANSACTIONS. 
          AND WE DETAIL JUST THE NUMBER OF, OF, UH, LINE ITEMS, UH, IN THE GENERAL LEDGER THAT THAT CONSISTS OF, AND THE AMOUNT OF THOSE TRANSACTIONS, 94 MILLION IN REVENUES, AND 328 TRANSACTIONS AND 193 MILLION IN EXPENSES AND 120 TRANSACTIONS. 
          AND WE DID NOT KNOW ANY EXCEPTIONS AS WE LOOKED AT THOSE. 
          UH, WE COMPARED ALL TRANSACTIONS TO SUPPORTING DOCUMENTATION OF OFFICIAL BOND STATEMENTS, UM, STATEMENTS FROM THE FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS, UH, INVOICES. 
          AND, UH, YEAH, LIKE I SAID, THERE WERE NO EXCEPTIONS NOTED IN THAT TEST FOR IT. 
          STEP SEVEN, WE LOOKED AT, UH, THE HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION. 
          THERE WAS SOME QUESTION AS TO WHETHER, UH, CURRENTLY IT'S BEING ALLOCATED APPROXIMATELY 1 MILLION TO DEBT SERVICE AND 2 MILLION TO THE GENERAL FUND. 
          AND WE'VE JUST GONE A LITTLE BIT INTO THE HISTORY OF THE HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION. 
          IT'S SPLIT INTO CERTAIN TIERS. 
          AND, UH, ONE OF THOSE TIERS IS FOR OPERATIONAL PURPOSES, UH, THAT IS REALLY IN THE NAME OF THAT TIER. 
          UH, AND WE REVIEWED BOTH STATUTE, JUST THE PLAIN LANGUAGE INTERPRETATION OF STATUTE. 
          UH, OTHER GUIDANCE PROVIDED BY STD DLR AND EMAIL CORRESPONDENCE WITH S C DOR AS WELL. 
          AND WE ALSO LOOKED AT HISTORICAL USAGE WITHIN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS WITHOUT THE STATE AND NOTHING IN ANY OF THAT RESEARCH SUGGESTED THAT THE DISTRICT IS, UH, TREATING THAT INCORRECTLY. 
          IT DOES APPEAR THAT THE TEAM MAILINGS SHOULD GO TO OPERATIONAL AND ONE BOEING SHOULD GO INTO THAT SERVICE AND WE DON'T SEE ANYTHING TO SUGGEST OTHERWISE. 
          ALL RIGHT, THAT CONCLUDES THE DETAILED PROCEDURES. 
          WE HAVE SOME CONDITIONS THAT WE NOTED AND RECOMMENDATIONS ARE RELATED TO THOSE CONDITIONS. 
          THE FIRST ONE HERE IS THE RECONCILIATION TAB COUNTY REPORTS. 
          UM, MANY OF THOSE, UH, TIMING DIFFERENCES AND, AND OTHER, UH, RECONCILING DIFFERENCES, WE BELIEVE THAT A MORE THOROUGH PROCESS WOULD HELP ACCOUNT FOR SOME OF THOSE, UH, JUST MAKING KNOWN DIFFERENCES. 
          PART OF THE RECONCILIATION PROCESS AT THE DISTRICT PERFORMS AT YEAR END, WOULD IT BE, WOULD BE VERY HELPFUL. 
          AND ALSO, UH, HERE IN THE NEXT STEP, UH, I THINK THERE'S LITTLE DISPUTE THAT THERE WERE MANY COMMUNICATION, UH, ISSUES THAT OCCURRED THAT REALLY LED TO THIS IN THE FIRST PLACE. 
          AND OUR 
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RECOMMENDATION IS, UH, WHENEVER COMMUNICATING WITH AN EXTERNAL PARTY TO BE VERY CLEAR ABOUT THE ASSUMPTIONS THAT GO INTO THE FIGURES BEING PRESENTED AND TO ENSURE THAT A PROPER REVIEW OF ANY INFORMATION GOING OUT TO EXTERNAL PARTIES IS OCCURRING WELL, THIS CONDITIONER RELATES TO, UH, BANK ACCOUNTS FOR SCARGO BFC. 
          UH, WE DID SAY WE DID, UH, OBSERVE THAT DURING THE PERIOD UNDER, UH, OUR VIEW THAT THERE USED TO BE MULTIPLE BANK ACCOUNTS, HOWEVER, THEY WERE CONSOLIDATED, UH, IN MARCH, 2019, AND THEREFORE THAT THAT'S ALREADY BEEN RESOLVED. 
          HOWEVER, WE DO NOTE THAT AS PART OF THEIR REPORT AT ANY TIME, THERE ARE MULTIPLE BANK ACCOUNTS LIKE THAT. 
          IT PRESENTS ADDITIONAL RISK AND THIS, UH, CONDITION HERE, LICENSEE BUDGET, UH, THE MORE CONCERNING PORTION OF THIS AS, UH, AS PART OF THE BUDGET PRINCIPLE AND INTEREST PAYMENTS ARE KNOWN IN ADVANCE, UH, WITH, WITH CERTAINTY, THERE, THERE REALLY SHOULDN'T BE ANY, UH, VARIANCE FOR PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST EXPENDITURES AND FEE EXPENDITURE SHOULD ONLY HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF LEEWAY IN THEIR REVENUES. 
          THAT'S MORE TYPICAL. 
          DO YOU, UH, BE CONSERVATIVE FOR THOSE? HOWEVER, BEING WITHIN SOME DEGREE OF ACCURACY AS, AS CALLED FOR IN, UH, FYI 19 IN PARTICULAR, WAS, WAS SEVERAL MILLION DOLLARS OFF TARGET. 
          UM, BUDGET CONTROLS ARE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR THE BOARD TO REDUCE RISK AND ALSO THE TRANSFERS WERE NOT BUDGETED, UH, AND  WHEREAS A BETTER MOUSE SHOULD BE KNOWN IN ADVANCE AS WELL. 
          RIGHT. 
          UH, THIS JUST RELATES TO THE FACT, UH, TALKS ABOUT THE SCOTT. 
          YOU HAVE SEE IT'S A BLENDED COMPONENT UNIT OF THE DISTRICT, AND THAT DISTRICT DOES HAVE, UM, MEMBERS OF MANAGEMENT THAT ARE ALSO MEMBERS OF THAT BOARD, WHICH IS FAIRLY COMMON. 
          AND WE JUST RECOMMEND THAT THE BOARD HAVE A FORMAL POLICY ANY TIME THAT IT IS SHARED MANAGEMENT LIKE THAT, THE DISTRICT, UM, THIS TALKS ABOUT CORRECTIVE ACTIONS THAT HAVE ALREADY OCCURRED. 
          UH, THEY DID NOTE TO THE COUNTY AUDITOR, UH, THAT FUND FOUR OH ONE INCLUDED THAT THAT $3 MILLION IN RESTRICTED FUNDS, THE COMMUNICATED THAT TO HIM, UH, THEY DID RECONCILE, UH, AF AFTER YEAR END, UH, TO ACCOUNT FOR THE DIFFERENCES FOR THE LEASE ACQUISITION PAYMENT AND IRS REBATES. 
          AND ALSO THE BOARD TOOK CORRECTIVE ACTION AND ENGAGING WITH US THE, UH, HARVEY ACCOUNTING GROUP. 
          AUDREY, DO YOU HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS YOU WANT TO ADD? UM, I JUST, RIGHT NOW, MAYBE WE COULD PAUSE FOR QUESTIONS AND THEN I DO HAVE SOME OVERARCHING, UH, SUMMARY, UM, COMMENTS. 
          OKAY. 
          I'LL BE HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME THAT YOU MAY HAVE. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, I REALIZED THAT SOME OF THE CHALLENGES YOU RAN INTO, UM, WERE YOU SHORTCOMINGS FOR LACK OF A BETTER WORD AT THE COUNTY LEVEL, AND YOU MENTIONED IN THE REPORT HERE, UM, THAT YOU MADE SOME FOR OUR STAFF IN, IN HOW TO MITIGATE, UM, GOING FORWARD, UM, SOME OF THOSE ISSUES, HOW THEY WOULD DEAL WITH HAT, UH, YOU KNOW, UM, CAN YOU SPEAK TO THAT A LITTLE BIT? WHAT SORTS OF SUGGESTIONS YOU PROVIDED PER STAFF? YES. 
          UH, SO SPECIFICALLY I UNDERSTAND THAT THE COUNTY, A LOT OF THOSE CONTROLS ARE OUTSIDE THE DISTRICTS CONTROL. 
          HOWEVER, UH, THERE ARE SOME KNOWN ISSUES SUCH AS THE RECORDING OF THE TRANSFERS FOR THE LEASE ACQUISITION AND IRS REBATES THAT THE COUNTY HAS IN THE PAST TAKEN A VERY LONG TIME TO PROPERLY RECORD. 
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UH, I BELIEVE THAT SHOULD BE SOMETHING THAT'S FOLLOWED UP ON, ON A MORE TIMELY AND REGULAR BASIS. 
          UM, I WOULD SUGGEST MONTHLY, UH, YOU JUST REALLY HAVE TO BE THE SQUEAKY WHEEL IN ORDER TO GET THEM TO ACT. 
          I KNOW THEY'RE, UH, THEY'VE STATED IN THE PAST THAT THEY'RE UNDERSTAFFED AND, UH, ET CETERA, BUT, AND ALSO IN THE RECONCILIATION PROCESS, INCLUDING THOSE ITEMS, UH, THAT ARE JUST KNOWN DIFFERENCES AND MAKING, I MEAN, IDEALLY THE END GOAL IS TO HAVE THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, THE AUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OF THE COUNTY, UH, THE AGENCY FUND OR FOR THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS, FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, OR THERE SHOULDN'T BE ANY DIFFERENCES IN THE PERFECT WORLD BETWEEN THOSE STATEMENTS. 
          AND I KNOW IN THE PAST THE COUNTY WAS NOT ABLE TO ISSUE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS UNTIL JANUARY, WHICH IS VERY LATE. 
          UH, BUT BY THAT TIME, HOPEFULLY ALL THOSE DIFFERENCES COULD BE HAMMERED OUT THINGS LIKE INTEREST INCOME. 
          I SHOULD NOT IDEALLY BE AN ESTIMATE, UH, BUT THAT'S REALLY JUST OUTSIDE THE DISTRICT'S CONTROL. 
          THEY JUST HAVE TO KEEP ASKING AS OFTEN AS, UH, AS IS PROPER MADAM CHAIR, I HAVE SEVERAL QUESTIONS. 
          HOW WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO PROCEED? WOULD YOU LIKE TO GO AROUND AND THAT'D BE ONE IN TURN WHAT'S THE EARL CAMPBELL. 
          YES. 
          MY QUESTION IS, DO YOU FEEL THAT DISTRICTS SHOULD SIT DOWN WITH THE COUNTY COUNCIL AND AUDIT? AND I KNOW IT'S DIFFERENCES BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE THE HAVING PROBLEM DIDN'T HAPPEN YET, AND WE CANNOT KEEP GOING ON LIKE THE BIGGEST SUBTYPES LATE. 
          THAT'S NOT OUR FAULT. 
          AND WE ACCUSE YOU OF BEING ACCUSED OF DOING SOMETHING WRONG. 
          THAT IS NOT TRUE. 
          SO WHAT WOULD BE YOUR RECOMMENDATION? THANK YOU, BOARD MEMBER CAMPBELL. 
          UM, I, THIS GOES TO SOME OF MY OVERARCHING COMMENTS THAT I HAVE. 
          SO I WILL ANSWER NOW, UM, WITH THOSE, I THINK, UH, AS EVERYONE CAN SEE HERE FROM THIS REPORT, THESE ACCOUNTING TRANSACTIONS ARE EXTREMELY COMPLEX. 
          THERE THEY ARE NOT EASY TO DO. 
          THEY TAKE, UM, THE DISTRICT FROM A CASH OR MODIFIED ACCRUAL BASIS TO FULL CRUEL BASIS. 
          AND THERE'S TIMING DIFFERENCES AND ALL KINDS OF DIFFERENT RECONCILIATIONS THAT HAVE TO OCCUR. 
          AND SO IT'S NOT EASY, UM, FOR THE COUNTY AUDITOR, I THINK BOTH SIDES WOULD AGREE THAT, YOU KNOW, WHEN HE'S RECEIVING CONFLICTING INFORMATION, NO MATTER WHO IT'S FROM, THERE'S GOING TO BE CONFUSION. 
          UM, AND YOU KNOW, THOSE WHO ARE NOT NECESSARILY GOVERNMENTAL ACCOUNTANTS HAVE A HARD TIME FOLLOWING THAT. 
          I MEAN, YOU CAN SEE FROM OUR REPORT THAT IT'S VERY COMPLEX. 
          SO WE DIDN'T. 
          UM, I GUESS WHAT I SEE WITH THIS REPORT IS IT IS A FANTASTIC ROADMAP FOR THE DISTRICT. 
          IT IS GREAT IN THAT, YOU KNOW, UH, YOUR CFO NOW HAS A ROADMAP FOR EXACTLY, YOU KNOW, WHAT TO SHOW THE COUNTY AUDITOR, THE RECONCILING DIFFERENCES ARE. 
          UM, AND THAT, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T GIVE ANY OPINION ABOUT THE COUNTY ITSELF OTHER THAN JUST OUR OBSERVATIONS FROM THE DISTRICT SIDE AND JUST KNOW THAT, OF COURSE WE, THEY WEREN'T IN OUR SCOPE AT ALL. 
          SO THEY MAY HAVE REASONS FOR WHAT THEY'RE DOING. 
          UM, IT'S PROBABLY WORTH THE QUESTION, I WOULD SAY, JUST TO, HOW CAN WE MANAGE THIS TOGETHER A LITTLE MORE EFFICIENTLY, PERHAPS, UM, IN TIMELY. 
          UM, BUT I THINK THIS REPORT GIVES YOU THE ANSWERS ALREADY THAT YOU NEED, UH, AND THAT THERE'S THE, YOU DON'T REALLY NEED TO DO FURTHER RESEARCH OR HAVE FURTHER TROUBLES AS FAR AS THE DEBT SERVICE ACCOUNTS THEMSELVES AND THOSE TIMING DIFFERENCES. 
          SO MR GALLEY, PLEASE, JOHN. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          MADAM CHAIR. 
          I'M GOING TO READ A VERY SHORT PARAGRAPH IN ORDER TO MAKE SURE THAT THE PUBLIC WHO MAY NOT BE SHARING SCREEN OR ANYTHING IS AWARE OF IT. 
          AND THEN I HAVE A QUESTION TO ASK YOU ABOUT IT. 
          OKAY. 
          UH, DURING THE COURSE OF OUR ENGAGEMENT, WE WERE PROVIDED INFORMATION WHICH RAISED ADDITIONAL RISKS TO BE ADDRESSED BY THE BOARD OF EDUCATION. 
          SINCE THIS ADDITIONAL INFORMATION WAS NOT WITHIN OUR ORIGINAL SCOPE OF WORK, WE WILL PROPOSE AN AMENDMENT TO OUR ENGAGEMENT 
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IN A FUTURE EXECUTIVE MEETING TO ADDRESS THESE RISKS. 
          THAT'S THE PARAGRAPH IN WHOLE, UM, AT ANY TIME BETWEEN YOUR INTERVIEW OR RECEIVING OUR REQUEST FOR, UH, A QUOTE, DID THE SCOPE, WAS, DID THE SCOPE EVOLVE OR CHANGE, OR IS THE SCOPE THAT YOU WORKED ON THE VERY FIRST SCOPE THAT YOU RECEIVED FOUR MONTHS? THANK YOU, BOARD MEMBER DELVING. 
          UH, I, IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT ALL OF OUR WORK, UM, FIT WELL INTO OUR ORIGINAL SCOPE THAT WE WERE HIRED TO DO, AND WE COMPLETED THAT, AND THAT PARAGRAPH, THERE IS SOMETHING THAT, UH, JUST DUE TO THE INVESTIGATORY NATURE OF IT AND THE POTENTIAL OF, UM, EXPANDING THE SCOPE TO ADDRESS THESE RISKS I PUT IN THERE THAT WE WOULD BE WILLING TO MEET WITH THE BOARD AS YOU SEE FIT. 
          UM, I THOUGHT MAYBE AN EXECUTIVE CLOSED SESSION WOULD BE APPROPRIATE, UH, DUE TO, UM, JUST, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE LOOK AT. 
          OKAY. 
          I UNDERSTAND, I UNDERSTAND THAT. 
          I'M JUST TRYING TO SAY, DID THE, WERE THERE ANY MODIFICATIONS TO THE SCOPE, HOWEVER, SLIGHT DURING THE PROCESS, AS IT UNFOLDED, YOU KNOW, WE DO HAVE TO, UM, FOLLOW THE AUDIT TRAIL IS A TERM COMMONLY THAT WE USE IN THE FACT THAT, YOU KNOW, IF, IF THERE'S SOMETHING WE SEE THAT, OH, THERE'S THESE ADDITIONAL ACCOUNTS WE WEREN'T AWARE OF AT FIRST, THEN WE HAVE TO ADDRESS THOSE BECAUSE THEY RELATED TO DEBT SERVICE, FOR EXAMPLE. 
          SO THAT'S A GOOD EXAMPLE OF WHERE, YOU KNOW, OUR SCOPE IS THERE AND MAYBE SOMETHING UNEXPECTED COMES UP THAT FALLS WITHIN THE DEBT SERVICE TRANSACTIONS THAT WE HAVE TO TEST. 
          AND WE DO, UH, YOU KNOW, DUE DILIGENCE IN OUR WORK TO, TO ADDRESS THOSE. 
          OKAY, LAST, LAST QUESTION. 
          AND THEN I'LL YIELD THE FLOOR TO MY COLLEAGUES, UM, IN THE BOARD BUSINESS SECTION, WE'RE GOING TO ADDRESS THE QUESTION OF, UH, NEGOTIATING WITH YOU AROUND AN AMENDMENT, BUT IT, THERE WILL BE CONSIDERABLE QUESTIONS AROUND WHETHER OR NOT THE RISKS THAT YOU IDENTIFIED COULD BE DISCUSSED IN EXECUTIVE SESSION. 
          AND I THINK NOT, ARE YOU PREPARED TO BE ABLE TO DISCUSS THEM IN PUBLIC ONCE, IF THEN WHEN AN AMENDMENT IS REACHED, WHERE YOU BE WILLING AND ABLE TO DISCUSS THEM IN PUBLIC, WE ARE DEFINITELY WILLING AND ABLE TO DO WHAT THE BOARD DETERMINES IS BEST. 
          WE'RE NOT ATTORNEYS THOUGH. 
          UM, I CAN JUST TELL YOU OUR RECOMMENDATION WHEN THERE ARE, UM, SENSITIVE AREAS TO BE INVESTIGATED IS TO, UM, NOT PUBLICIZE EVERY SINGLE AUDIT STEP BEFORE IT HAPPENS. 
          OKAY. 
          WELL, WE'LL HAVE TO DEAL. 
          WE'LL HAVE TO DEAL WITH THAT WHEN WE GET TO IT, I GUESS MR. SMITH, I'M CHAIR. 
          UM, COULD YOU PLEASE READ THE THIRD PARAGRAPH AND THE LAST TWO SENTENCES ON PAGE 18, JUSTIN, DO YOU HAVE THAT THIS PARAGRAPH HERE IS YOUR REPORT IS INTENDED SOLELY FOR THE INFORMATION OF THE PARTY SPECIFIED ABOVE DISTRICT MANAGEMENT AND PARTIES IDENTIFY, SIR? NO, SIR. 
          AND THE PARAGRAPH, WOULD WE START WITH THE WORD DUST? THE LAST TWO WERE THE LAST TWO SENTENCES. 
          OKAY. 
          UH, PROCEDURES FOR FORM DO NOT CONSTITUTE AN EXAMINATION. 
          ACCORDING IN ACCORDANCE WITH GENERALLY ACCEPTED AUDITING OR ATTESTATION STANDARDS, HAVE WE PERFORMED ADDITIONAL PROCEDURES, OTHER MATTERS THAT MIGHT HAVE COME TO OUR ATTENTION THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN REPORTED TO YOU? COULD YOU EXPLAIN THAT AUDREY I'LL LET YOU READ THAT QUESTION. 
          SURE, DEFINITELY. 
          SO THIS IS, UH, THIS IS STANDARD LANGUAGE, UM, THAT CPAS USUALLY PUT IN THEIR REPORTS, BUT WHAT THAT IS IS JUST A DISCLAIMER SAYING, YOU KNOW, IF WE HAD LOOKED AT OTHER ITEMS, THERE COULD 
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BE OTHER THINGS THAT WE WOULD BRING TO YOUR ATTENTION, RIGHT? SO, UM, WHAT WE DID COME ACROSS, WE HAVE REPORTED TO YOU. 
          UM, BUT WE DID NOT DO A FULL EXTERNAL AUDIT. 
          UM, FORENSIC ENGAGEMENTS CAN BE DONE IN A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT WAYS. 
          AND ONE OF THEM IS IN CONSULTING PROCEDURES UNDER STILL UNDER THE ICPA STANDARDS, BUT NOT, UM, AND NOT AN EXACT LIKE AUDITING OR ATTESTATION THAT'S CALLED. 
          SO THERE'S DIFFERENT WAYS TO FORM THE ENGAGEMENTS. 
          AND THIS IS JUST ONE OF THEM THAT WE CHOSE. 
          THE REASON THAT WE CHOSE THE CONSULTING, UH, UM, PROCEDURES IS SO THAT WE COULD, UM, HAVE SOME FLEXIBILITY IN PROVIDING RECOMMENDATIONS TO YOU AND FOLLOWING THE AUDIT TRAIL, SOME OF THE AUDITING OR ATTESTATION STANDARDS WORK IN OTHER ENGAGEMENTS ARE VERY, VERY RESTRICTIVE WHERE YOU, YOU TEST THIS AND THAT'S ALL YOU DO. 
          AND THEN YOU ARE NOT ABLE TO GIVE MORE OF, YOU KNOW, CONSULTING AND THAT ROADMAP THAT I TALKED ABOUT EARLIER, THAT'S IT RIGHT NOW. 
          THANK YOU. 
          I'M GOING TO GIVE THE FLOOR TO SOMEONE ELSE RIGHT NOW. 
          THANK YOU. 
          GOOD CALL ON BOARD MEMBERS WHO HAVE NOT SPOKEN YET. 
          DR. 
          WAS NASTY. 
          THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. 
          UM, MY QUESTION IS NOT NECESSARILY TO THE FIRM, BUT MORE TO THE BOARD AND WHAT IS OUR DIRECTION MOVING FORWARD WITH THIS INFORMATION? SO, UM, MY OPINION IS THAT THIS INFORMATION ON THIS REPORT SHOULD BE SNAPPED WITH A COVER LETTER TO COUNTY COUNCIL. 
          UH, THE AUDITOR, I ASSUME, HAS ALREADY SEEN IT, BUT ALSO THE AUDITOR AS WELL AS THE COUNTY TREASURER. 
          UM, I THINK WE'RE, THERE ARE RESPECTFULLY REQUESTING THEIR ASSISTANCE AND COMING UP WITH SOME CONTROLS OR REPORTING CONSISTENCY, UM, THAT CAN BENEFIT THE HISTORY DEPARTMENTS, THE ANALYSTS. 
          SO THAT WAS KIND OF THIS, IF YOU DON'T THINK I CAN MAKE A MOTION TO THAT, THAT, UM, BUT I DIDN'T KNOW IF THERE HAD BEEN ANY DISCUSSION ABOUT THAT. 
          I GUESS WE SHOULD LET DR. 
          RODRIGUEZ ANSWER THAT QUESTION. 
          UM, SO THE QUESTION I BELIEVE WAS WHAT SHOULD WE DO GOING FORWARD? HOW WOULD WE HANDLE, UM, PROVIDING THE INFORMATION, UM, TO THE COUNTY IS THAT POINT OF ORDER, UH, JACK IS HERE TONIGHT TO GIVE US THE REPORT. 
          UH, IT'S, THERE'S NOTHING ON THE AGENDA INDICATE THAT THERE'D BE RESPONSES FROM THE ADMINISTRATION OR A DEBATE ABOUT CERTAIN ITEMS IN THE REPORT. 
          AND I WOULD STRONGLY URGE THAT WE BE GIVEN THAT ALL OF US BE GIVEN TIME TO DIGEST THESE 18 PAGES AND THAT IF THERE ARE QUESTIONS FOR DR. 
          RODRIGUEZ THAT WE GIVE HIM THE FIRST AVAILABLE AGENDA, WRITE THEM TO DO IT. 
          BUT I THINK TONIGHT THE FOCUS SHOULD BE ON WHAT JAKE HAS TO SAY TO US. 
          YES. 
          UM, SO THE MAIN REASON WHY IT MAY SEEM A LITTLE BIT HASTY TO PROVIDE THE REPORT TO COUNTY COUNSEL. 
          I UNDERSTAND, YOU KNOW, JANUARY IS RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER AND IF THEY'RE REPORTING, I CAN'T, I CAN'T UNDERSTAND YOU. 
          SORRY. 
          I CAN PULL THIS JUST A LITTLE LOUDER. 
          OKAY. 
          SORRY. 
          UM, THE REASON WHY I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE PROVIDE THIS INFORMATION SOONER RATHER THAN LATER, IS THAT JANUARY'S RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER AND THAT'S CLEARLY, UM, A TIME OF YEAR. 
          THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT IN THESE REPORTS AND GETTING APPROPRIATE INFORMATION AND MAKING SURE EVERYBODY'S ON THE SAME PAGE. 
          SO, UM, I KNOW THAT THERE'S POTENTIAL FOR THERE TO BE OTHER WORK DONE AND OTHER THINGS, BUT I THINK THE REPORT STANDS AS IT IS WHAT THE FINDINGS WERE SO FAR. 
          AND I THINK THAT INFORMATION SHOULD YOU GO TO COUNTY COUNCIL THAT'S RIGHT FOR HER. 
          SO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE REPORT AND THAT SEEMS LIKE THE MAIN ISSUE IS COMMUNICATIONS. 
          UM, I WOULDN'T, I THINK IT'S VERY APPROPRIATE THAT WE HEAR FROM ADMINISTRATION BECAUSE SOME OF THESE THINGS ALREADY BEEN, THEY APPEAL, I APPEAL YOUR RULING AND I APPEAL IT BECAUSE THE INTENT OF THE AGENDA IS TO GET A REPORT FROM JPEG, NOT TO DISCUSS IT INTERNALLY WITHIN THE DISTRICT MEETING BETWEEN THE BOARD AND THE ADMINISTRATION. 
          WE GET A LOT OF, A LOT OF THINGS THAT WE HAVE TO TALK 
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ABOUT IN THE NEXT THREE DAYS. 
          SO I RESPECTFULLY REQUEST THAT WE PUT ON ANY DISCUSSION ABOUT WITH DR. 
          RODRIGUEZ OR HIS PEOPLE ABOUT THIS REPORT UNTIL JAKE HAS FINISHED TALKING TO US ABOUT IT, AND THAT WE'VE HAD A CHANCE TO DIGEST WHAT JACK SAYS, THEN WE CAN TALK TO THE ADMINISTRATION. 
          I THINK THAT IS MORE FAITHFUL TO THE AGENDA. 
          I THINK THAT IS MORE COMMON SENSE AND WILL EVERYBODY WILL BE BETTER OFF FOR IT. 
          SO I APPEAL YOUR RULING AND I ASKED FOR A BOARD VOTE TO STICK TO JAKE'S REPORT. 
          LET'S TAKE THE VOTE. 
          SO STATE YOUR STATE, YOUR MOTION. 
          NO, I'M JUST APPEALING YOUR RULING THAT CLIMATE'S FROM DR. 
          RODRIGUEZ AT THIS POINT, OR TO REMAINDER OF THE DISCUSSION. 
          AND I'M SAYING NOT BECAUSE THE AGENDA IS A REPORT FROM JAG. 
          I DON'T NEED TO MAKE A MOTION. 
          I'M APPEALING YOUR RULING. 
          WELL, THE BOARD HAS TO VOTE. 
          MR. ALLEY, YOU HAVE TO FALL WOULD BE, YOU HAVE TO, THIS IS, THIS IS PARLIAMENTARY PROCEDURE. 
          ONE-ON-ONE MADAM CHAIR. 
          YOU HAVE TO VOTE ON WHETHER TO ACCEPT MY APPEAL OR TO ACCEPT YOUR RULING, THAT THE ADMINISTRATION CAN SORT OF CRASH THE PARTY AND START TALKING IN THE MIDDLE OF JUDGE REPORT. 
          OKAY. 
          SO THE, SO, SO WE CAN HAVE THE MOTION BE DAWN'S APPEAL TO GATHERINGS APPEAL THAT WE NOT HAVE ANY DISCUSSION FROM ADMINISTRATION FOR THIS REFORM. 
          ALTHOUGH IS THERE A DISCUSSION WELL WITH, IF TANYA'S IS GOING TO GET UP AND TALK IT'S DISCUSSION ONE QUICK THERE. 
          WELL, WE'RE JUST, WE'RE REALLY JUST SO COULD EVERYONE PUT THEIR HAND DOWN BECAUSE HIS HANDS WERE UP PREVIOUSLY. 
          SO HUNTER, WHAT APPLIES TO WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT AND WHAT DOESN'T APPLY AND MRS.  HAS HER HAND BACK UP JUST A MINUTE, PLEASE. 
          SO WE NEED IT. 
          SO WE'RE, SO MR. DARLING HAS APPEAL, WHICH DOES REQUIRE A MOTION, MR. DARLING, BUT IT DOES RE CORRECT THAT IT DOESN'T REQUIRE THAT I ASKED YOU FOR A MOTION. 
          SO STATE YOUR MOTION. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          MY EMOTION IS THAT INTERNAL DISCUSSION WITHIN THE DISTRICT BETWEEN THE BOARD AND THE DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION TAKE PLACE AT ANOTHER SECTION. 
          AND THAT COULD NIGHT'S CONVERSATION BE SOLELY FOCUSED ON THE DIALOGUE BETWEEN THE BOARD AND JAY SO THAT THEY CAN GIVE THEIR REPORT. 
          I KNOW THAT'S LONG, BUT I WANT TO MAKE SURE IT'S COMPLETE. 
          CAN YOU PLEASE STATE IT AGAIN? MOTION THAT INTERNAL DISCUSSION WITHIN THE ADMINISTRATION. 
          ALL RIGHT, I'LL SIMPLIFY IT NOW. 
          FORGET THAT. 
          JUST SAY MY MOTION IS THAT TONIGHT'S CONVERSATION BE SOLELY BETWEEN JAG AND THE BOARD OF EDUCATION REGARDING THEIR REPORT, AND THEN ANY OTHER DISCUSSION BE FITTED IN FIT TO AGENDA AT A LATER DATE. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          MR. MILKY EMO IS ORISHA. 
          I WAS JUST GOING TO ASK IF DISCUSSION IS PERMITTED ON, UM, YES IT IS. 
          OKAY. 
          THEN I HAVE A COMPANY I HATE TO SEE THIS GET CONTENTIOUS HITS IT. 
          IT'S A SIMPLE MATTER. 
          I WOULD JUST, I'M GOING TO SUPPORT IT, UH, ONLY BECAUSE I'D LIKE TO MAKE THE BEST USE OF, OF, UM, UH, THE FIRM'S PRESENCE THIS EVENING AND, AND FOR ALL OF US TO GET OUR MANY QUESTIONS IN ABOUT THE AUDIT ITSELF. 
          SO WE HAVE THE MOTION, UH, DISPLAYED ON THE SCREEN THAT TONIGHT'S CONVERSATION BE LIMITED OR EXCUSE ME, MOTION THAT TONIGHT'S CONVERSATION BETWEEN JACK AND THE BOARD CONCERNING THE REPORT MOTION BY MR. DALAI. 
          SECOND TIME, MELVIN CAMPBELL. 
          DO WE HAVE, UH, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? I DON'T SEE ANYONE'S HAND UP. 
          SO VOTING IS OPEN. 
          YES, NO 
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PUSHING, NO. 
          THE MOTION FAILS. 
          UH, FOUR, SEVEN, THE SEVEN NOS ARE EARL CAMPBELL, CHRISTINA WADS, DAVID STRIVEN, JER, CATHY ROWE, VINE FISHER RIDGE. 
          RACHEL WAS NAVIGATE AND RICHARD GUYER. 
          SO WE MAY CONTINUE DR. 
          RODRIGUEZ AND MS. CROSBY. 
          YES. 
          THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SEE EVENING TO SPEAK ON THIS TOPIC. 
          UM, IN MY OPINION, THIS IS A VERY FAVORABLE, UH, RESULT. 
          THERE WERE A HUNDRED PERCENT OF THE TRANSACTIONS IN THE DEBT SERVICE FUND WERE AUDITED. 
          THEY WERE TESTED AND THERE WERE NO FINDINGS. 
          I THINK THAT'S REALLY, REALLY IMPORTANT TO POINT OUT IN THIS CASE. 
          UH, THERE WERE NO EXCEPTIONS NOTED IN ANY OF THE TRANSACTIONS THAT WERE TESTED, WHICH WAS A HUNDRED PERCENT. 
          UM, THIS IS WATER, PUT A WHORE TAKE OVER THE PROCESS. 
          MADAM CHAIR, EXCUSE ME. 
          I SAID, PLEASE, MY QUESTION IS, WHAT EXACTLY ARE WE ASKING DR. 
          RODRIGUEZ TO PRESENT TO US THIS AFTERNOON? WE JUST MISSED DR. 
          WAS NATZKE RAISED THE QUESTION. 
          I'LL LET YOU STATE YOUR QUESTION AGAIN BECAUSE IT ADDRESS THE, THE, WHAT THE DISTRICT THUS FAR HAS DONE IN TERMS OF MATERIALS. 
          MY ONLY QUESTION IS WHAT, WHAT DID WE ADD? WHAT ARE WE ASKING DR. 
          RODRIGUEZ STAFF TO STATE TO US TO THIS DAY? BECAUSE I HAVE SOME CONCERNS. 
          THANK PLEASE. 
          STATE HER QUESTION AGAIN. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, SO MY QUESTION WAS IN REGARD TO WHAT THE BOARD'S NEXT ACTION WAS GONNA BE WITH THE RESULTS AND FINDINGS IN THIS REPORT. 
          HOWEVER, I DO UNDERSTAND THAT THAT REQUIRES US TO KNOW WHAT THE DISTRICT HAS ALREADY DONE. 
          SETTLE. 
          I BELIEVE THAT'S WHY THE LINE OF QUESTIONING HAS MOVED TOWARDS TONYA, BECAUSE WE NEED TO KNOW WHAT MEASURES AND COMMUNICATION HAS OCCURRED WITH COUNTY COUNCIL OR THE COUNTY AUDITOR PRIOR TO MOVING FORWARD WITH ALL DUE RESPECT. 
          SHE ASKS, WHAT WERE, WHAT WAS THE BOARD ACTION? NOT, NOT, NOT, NOT THE SUPERINTENDENT AND THE STAFF AND WHAT MRS. CROSBY IS. 
          UH, I BELIEVE THAT SHE'S, THAT SHE'S MAKING HER OWN OPINION IN WHAT SHE READ. 
          AND I DON'T THINK THAT THAT'S NOT, THAT IS NOT WITHIN WHAT THE, WHAT RESPONSE THAT WE'RE ASKING FOR TODAY THIS AFTERNOON WAS, OR WHAT MRS ONESKI IS ASKING FOR. 
          SO I THINK THAT AS WELL, I WILL ORDER BECAUSE IT'S, UH, WE HAVE, UH, WE HAVE JACK HERE AND WE'RE STILL TRYING TO DIGEST THE REPORT. 
          SO I DON'T, I DON'T THINK THAT THAT HER OPINION RIGHT NOW SHOULD BE POSSIBLY, UH, HER, HER OPINION, HER OPINION SHOULD BE, IT SHOULD BE, IT SHOULD BE BROUGHT UP BECAUSE WE'RE STILL TRYING TO DIGEST TO DIGEST THE REPORT AND UNDERSTAND IT. 
          AND THAT'S NOT WHAT, WHAT THAT WOULDN'T, , THAT'S NOT THE QUESTION THAT SHE ASKED. 
          I THINK SHE WANTED TO KNOW WHICH WAY IS THE BOARD MOVING FORWARD. 
          SO I THINK THERE'S, I THINK IT'S OUT OF ORDER. 
          SO, NO, MA'AM WHAT I JUST STATED. 
          MADAM CHAIR, IS THAT THE QUESTION, UH, DR. 
           ASKED IS WHAT DIRECTION SHOULD THE BOARD MOVE IN HER QUESTIONING? IF MY MEMORY SERVES ME, CORRECT. 
          SHE NEVER SAID THE SUPERINTENDENT AND HIS STAFF UNTIL PROBABLY THE SECOND GO AROUND WHEN I, WHEN I POSE THE QUESTION. 
          SO WHEN, AND YOU SAID YOU WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHAT THE DR. 
          REGUS AND HIS STAFF, UH, WOULD LIKE TO DO MOVING FORWARD. 
          THAT'S WHAT YOU PUT IN THERE. 
          THAT'S NOT THE QUESTION THAT DR. 
          RON WASN'T ESKY ASK. 
          SO WHAT I'M SAYING IS, IF WE'RE GOING BY THE QUESTION AT HAND, WHAT SHE SAID, WHAT, WHAT MRS. CROSBY IS SAYING, ALL DUE RESPECT IS OUT OF ORDER. 
          SHE IS TELLING US HOW SHE PROCEEDS THE REPORT. 
          DR. 
          WAS NESSIE ASKED, HOW, HOW ARE WE GOING TO MOVE FORWARD AS A BOARD? OR IS IT ANYBODY TO GO PUT A MOTION ON THE FLOOR, FOR EXAMPLE. 
          SO THAT, SO, SO, SO, SO THAT IS WHAT I'M SAYING IS, THAT'S WHY I'M SAYING THAT IT IS OUT OF ORDER. 
          THANK YOU. 
          MA'AM I RULE THAT I DISAGREE THAT IT'S OUT OF ORDER AND I RESPECTFULLY DISAGREE WITH YOUR ANALYSIS. 
          DR. 
          WAS NOW ASKING, WE'D LIKE TO SAY SOMETHING AGAIN, IN THIS REGARD, I WAS JUST GOING TO ASK TANYA IF SHE COULD REPLY SPECIFICALLY RELATING TO THE COMMUNICATIONS THAT SHE'S HAD, BUT AT THE COUNTY LEVEL YES. 
          TED GUIDE, 
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OR THAT PART OF THE CONVERSATION. 
          DID YOU HEAR THAT MS. CROSBY DID. 
          UM, SO SPECIFICALLY TO THE QUESTION, UM, THERE ARE, IS AN EFFORT TO IDENTIFY IN FUND FOUR OH ONE, A SPECIFIC BOND ISSUES THAT WILL BE UTILIZED, UM, EXHAUST THOSE FUNDS IN THE CURRENT FISCAL YEAR, THE $2.9 MILLION. 
          THEREFORE THE FUND BALANCE WILL BE ZERO BY THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR. 
          SO THAT'S THE FIRST, UH, THING, UM, INITIATIVE THAT WE HAVE PLANNED IN PLACE THAT HAS NOT BEEN DONE YET BECAUSE THE AUDIT HAS NOT BEEN COMPLETED. 
          AND WE WANTED TO WAIT UNTIL THAT WAS COMPLETE SECOND, UM, MONTHLY RECONCILIATIONS AND KEEP IN MIND, UM, I NOT HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK WITH THE, UH, WITH THE JAG GROUP REGARDING THESE RECOMMENDATIONS. 
          SO I WOULD LIKE AT SOME POINT, UM, UH, BE ABLE TO HAVE A CONVERSATION TO UNDERSTAND THEIR RECOMMENDATIONS A LITTLE BETTER. 
          UM, BUT BASED ON MY, THE INFORMATION THAT I SEE HERE, UM, WE DO THE MONTHLY RECONCILIATIONS WITH THE COUNTY, UM, THAT WERE RECOMMENDED IN THIS. 
          AND WE DO COMMUNICATE THEM WITH THEIR FINANCE DEPARTMENTS ON A REGULAR BASIS REGARDING RECONCILING ITEMS. BUT I THINK THERE WERE A COUPLE OF SPECIFIC RECONCILING ITEMS THAT COULD BE DONE, UM, WHICH ARE THOSE COMPLEX IP, UH, INSTALLMENT PURCHASE AND THE, UH, LEASE ACQUISITION PAYMENT THAT ARE SPECIFICALLY NEED TO, WE NEED THE WIRING INSTRUCTIONS TO BE GOING IN THE PROPER ACCOUNTS TO HELP US ELIMINATE, UH, ANY YEAR END WIRE TRANSFERS OR JOURNAL ENTRIES THAT NEED TO BE DONE. 
          SO I CAN WORK FINANCIAL ADVISOR AND ACCOUNT AND THE, UM, AND THE BOND COUNCIL TO MAKE ENSURE THAT THE REVENUES AND EXPENSES ARE COMING INTO AND GOING OUT OF THE SAME ACCOUNTS TO HELP ELIMINATE SOME OF THOSE YEAR END RECONCILIATIONS, UM, THAT WOULD BE NEEDED. 
          SO THAT'S ANOTHER THING THAT WE'LL BE MOVING FORWARD WITH AS WELL. 
          UM, AND THEN, UM, AS STATED IN THE ACCOUNT, UM, A FEW YEARS AGO, WELLS FARGO ON THE SCALE OF EFC ACCOUNTS, THERE WERE MULTIPLE BANK ACCOUNTS. 
          THERE WAS A MERGER WITH ANOTHER BANK SUNTRUST OR SOME OTHER BANK AT THAT TIME, WELLS FARGO MERGED AND THE ACCOUNTS WERE THEN NOT ONLY CHANGING ACCOUNT NUMBERS, BUT ALSO THAT WAS TAKEN AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO CONSOLIDATE THEM DOWN TO, UM, JUST A COUPLE OF ACCOUNTS SO THAT THEREFORE MAKING THE CON VERY COMPLEX TRANSACTIONS, MUCH EASIER TO RECONCILE ON A REGULAR BASIS. 
          AND SO THAT IS ANOTHER, UM, ONE OF THE THIRD, UM, ITEMS THAT WE HAVE TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION IN THE LAST FEW YEARS. 
          SO, SO THE DOCTOR WAS ASKING, WOULD YOU LIKE TO MAKE THE MOTION FALLING THAT, OR WOULD YOU LIKE TO HAVE THE OTHERS CONTINUE DESCRIPTION? UM, OTHERS CAN BE MR. MELVIN CAMPBELL. 
          YEAH. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UH, YOU KNOW, OF COURSE I VOTED AGAINST GOING THROUGH THIS DISCUSSION BECAUSE I DON'T THINK WE'VE ALL HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO DIGEST THE FINDINGS FROM MY HIGHER MEAL, UH, GROUP. 
          I REALLY THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO LOOK AT WHAT THEIR FINDINGS WERE AND WHAT THE SUGGESTED, UH, UH, APPLICATION IS FOR FURTHER INVESTIGATION. 
          AND I, YOU KNOW, I'M NOT, UH, DISSIPATING BECAUSE SHE DID PUT UP, BUT YEAH, THEY SAID THAT THAT'S JUST GENERAL LANGUAGE ABOUT FURTHER, UH, COMPONENTS OF, OF THE INVESTIGATION OF, OF AUDITING IN MY MIND THOUGH, I'M SAYING WE SHOULD ACCEPT THIS REPORT FROM, FROM THEM AND LOOK AT WHERE WE NEED TO GO FURTHER BEFORE WE DISCUSS WHAT OUR DIRECTOR'S GOING TO BE TO THE SUPERINTENDENT. 
          AND TANYA, AS THEY ALSO DIGEST THE FINDINGS AND DECIDE WHAT, WHERE THEY'RE GOING TO DISCUSS IT ALL THE SAME TIME, JUST CREATES, UH, A BIT OF CONFUSION. 
          AND IT PUTS ME IN POSITION WHERE THEY HAVE TO MAKE COMMENTS OR DECISIONS THAT MAY BE INAPPROPRIATE AT THIS TIME, OR MAYBE INFRINGING ON THEIR CONTRACTUAL AGREEMENT. 
          THAT'S WHAT I'M THINKING. 
          I MAY BE TOTALLY OFF BASE WITH THAT, BUT THANK YOU FOR LISTENING. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          SO DO YOU HAVE ANY, ANY, UH, ANY OTHER MEMBERS WHO HAVE NOT SPOKEN, WHO WOULD LIKE YOU TO SPEAK ALL RIGHT. 
          THIS ORISHA? UM, I KNOW I'M GOING TO HAVE FEW OPPORTUNITIES TO RAISE MY QUESTIONS. 
          I'M TRYING TO PRIORITIZE, WHICH ONE IS MOST IMPORTANT NOW. 
          UM, 
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UM, FIRST OF ALL, AUDREY, HAVE YOU COMPLETED YOUR PRESENTATION YET? WOULD YOU LIKE TO COMPLETE YOUR PRESENTATION BEFORE I, OR OTHER BOARD MEMBERS RAISE ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS? WHAT IS YOUR PREFERENCE? UM, I WOULD LIKE TO CONTINUE TO STAND FOR QUESTIONS AND THEN JUST HAVE SOME CLOSING COMMENTS ABOUT THE REPORT. 
          OKAY. 
          OKAY. 
          THEN I THINK I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS. 
          UM, YOU'VE TACKLED ALREADY SOME OF THE SKATO ACCOUNT QUESTIONS. 
          UM, DO WE KNOW WHO ESTABLISHED OR SET UP THOSE ACCOUNTS? WAS THAT INFORMATION READILY AVAILABLE TO YOU AS FAR AS THE, WHICH ACCOUNTS THE SCAN AGO? UM, EXPENSE AGAIN, MUSKEGO ACCOUNTS. 
          YES. 
          I'M NOT SURE THAT WE KNOW WHO EXACTLY WENT TO THE FINANCIAL INSTITUTION TO SET THOSE UP. 
          UM, NORMALLY, UH, THAT TO SET UP NEW ACCOUNTS, UH, REQUIRES BOARD PERMISSION, BUT I DON'T KNOW THAT THAT OCCURRED. 
          AND I DON'T EVEN KNOW IF THAT'S THE RULE FOR YOU ALL. 
          TYPICALLY. 
          THAT'S HOW IT HAPPENS TYPICALLY. 
          OKAY. 
          INTERESTING. 
          UM, I'M GONNA, I'M GOING TO GO BACK ONCE AGAIN TO THAT PARAGRAPH ON PAGE 18. 
          UM, IT'S VERY PLAIN, YOU SAY THAT W YOU KNOW, THROUGH, UH, THROUGH YOUR INVESTIGATION, UM, UH, OTHER RISKS WERE RAISED AND TO BE ADDRESSED BY THE BOARD. 
          YOU'RE, YOU'RE VERY PLAIN ABOUT THAT. 
          UM, CAN YOU GIVE US SOME INDICATION TONIGHT WHAT THE, OF THOSE RISKS ARE? BECAUSE I DON'T THINK THE BOARD WILL COMMENCE, UM, AN AMENDED CONTRACT WITH YOU OR A NEW CONTRACT WITH YOU, UNLESS WE HAVE SOME INKLING OF THE NATURE OF THOSE RISKS. 
          NOW I CAN'T SPEAK FOR THE BOARD, BUT IT'S ONE OF THE REASONS WHY IT WAS ACTUALLY REMOVED, UM, AT THE START OF OUR MEETING FROM EXECUTIVE SESSION. 
          UM, I THINK THE BOARD WANTS SOME DEGREE OF TRANSPARENCY THERE BEFORE EMOTION COULD BE MADE TO GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION AS WAS, UM, EARLIER INTENDED, UH, ON THE AGENDA. 
          OKAY. 
          YES. 
          SO, UM, WITH RESPECT TO THE ADDITIONAL RISKS, UH, THIS WAS SOMETHING THAT CAME TO OUR ATTENTION DURING THE COURSE OF OUR PROCEDURES AND INQUIRIES, AND, UM, DID NOT FALL WITHIN THE SCOPE AS I'VE ALREADY MENTIONED OF OUR ORIGINAL, UM, ENGAGEMENT LETTER. 
          I THINK, UH, THE INFORMATION THAT WAS PROVIDED TO US IS PUBLIC INFORMATION. 
          SO I DON'T SEE, YOU KNOW, UH, TOO MUCH OF A PROBLEM GOING OVER THAT, UM, IT RELATES TO, UM, COURT CASE WITH, UH, BERKELEY COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT AND SOME OF THE, UM, SOME OF THE ACTIONS THAT THEY ARE TAKING AGAINST THE FINANCIAL ADVISORS AND BOUND BOND COUNSEL ADVISORS, UM, COUNSEL, LEGAL COUNSEL, AND THEN MEMBERS OF SKY GO AS WELL. 
          SO IN LOOKING THROUGH THAT COURT CASE, AND THEY DID FIND FRAUD AND CORRUPTION AND ILLEGAL ACTIVITIES OF WHICH THEY ARE PURSUING, UM, JUST ON A CURSORY LEVEL, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO KNOW ABOUT RISKS AND ANYTHING THAT COULD IMPACT THE DEBT SERVICE FUNDS. 
          RIGHT? SO WITH THAT, WE TOOK A LOOK AT, OKAY, DOES THIS DISTRICT HAVE ANY RISKS, UM, BASED ON THIS, THIS OTHER CASE, UM, AND IN OUR PROFESSIONAL OPINION, YOU DO, AND IT IS SOMETHING THAT WHILE YOU CAN SEE THIS FIRST ENGAGEMENT, UM, EVERYBODY CAN HAVE LIKE A BIG SIGH OF RELIEF. 
          I FEEL LIKE THE BOARD SHOULD BE VERY RELIEVED, THE COUNTY AUDITOR, I THINK. 
          AND JUST A NOTE ON THAT. 
          UM, WE HAVE BEEN IN CONTACT WITH THE COUNTY AUDITOR, AND SO WE THINK, AND HOPE WE HAVE ANSWERED HIS QUESTIONS SUFFICIENTLY, AND, UM, I BELIEVE IT WOULD BE HELPFUL HIM AS WELL FOR ANY OTHER ENTITIES THAT HE HAS TO SET MILLS FOR. 
          SO ANYWAY, UM, WHILE THAT WENT VERY WELL AND WE'RE ALL THANKFUL, AND IT'S, IT'S, IT'S GREAT FORENSICS, DON'T ALWAYS 
          [01:50:01]
GO THAT DIRECTION. 
          IT IS IMPORTANT TO FISCALLY ADDRESS. 
          UM, I BELIEVE, UH, ANY OTHER RISKS THAT COULD IMPACT THE DISTRICT HAVE BROADER ILLEGAL ACTIVITIES, AND THIS RELATES TO DIFFERENT AREAS OF THE DISTRICTS, ACCOUNTING RECORDS AND THE DISTRICTS TRANSACTIONS AND THE DISTRICTS PERSONNEL THAT, YOU KNOW, MAY OR MAY NOT STILL BE WITH THE DISTRICT. 
          SO, UM, THAT IS WHY WE COULDN'T ADDRESS IT IN THIS ENGAGEMENT, BUT IT'S MY STRONG RECOMMENDATION THAT THE BOARD OF EDUCATION, UM, DOES ADDRESS IT VERY CLEAR. 
          AND WITH SOME OF THAT HAVE TO DO WITH THE BLENDED, UM, THE BLENDED INTO T I FORGET THE EXACT VERBIAGE THAT IS REFERENCED IN THE REPORT REGARDING SCAPEGOAT. 
          WE DID INDEED AT ONE JUNCTURE, UM, HAVE A STAFF OR A HIGH LEVEL STAFFER WHO WAS SERVING ON SCAPEGOAT AS WELL AS IN OUR, UM, FINANCE STAFF. 
          ONE OF YOUR RECOMMENDATIONS IS TO PERHAPS DEVELOP SOME SORT OF POLICY IF YOU WILL, TO, TO PREVENT, UH, UH, BACK AND THE APPEARANCE OF ANY, UM, YOU KNOW, SORT OF A CONFLICT, UM, THROUGHOUT THE DOCUMENT, YOU DO RECOMMEND THE DEVELOPMENT OF A, OF A FEW POLICIES. 
          UM, AND, UM, AS LUCK WOULD HAVE IT, OUR FINANCE COMMITTEE IS MEETING THURSDAY AND WE POSSIBLY COULD LOOK YET, UH, DEVELOPING AND BRINGING FORWARD TO THE BOARD OF A POLICY OR TWO THAT ADDRESSES SOME OF YOUR SUGGESTIONS IN, IN THE REPORT. 
          UM, THANK YOU FOR CLARIFYING WHERE THOSE RISKS MIGHT BE, CLEARLY IT'S BEYOND THE SCOPE. 
          UM, BUT IT IS YOUR, UH, IN YOUR PROFESSIONAL JUDGMENT, UM, UH, WOULD BE BENEFICIAL TO THE BOARD AND DISTRICT TO INVESTIGATE FURTHER TO ENSURE THAT THOSE RISKS, UM, ON FACT, JUST THAT AND, AND, AND DON'T AMOUNT TO ANYTHING MORE CORRECT. 
          CORRECT. 
          AND I THINK THAT IT'S IMPORTANT TO JUST THOROUGHLY CHECK THE BEST THAT WE CAN, THAT THE DISTRICT ON THE REVENUE SIDE RECEIVED WHAT THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO RECEIVE AND ON THE EXPENSE SIDE OR OVERCHARGED, FOR SOME REASON. 
          AND THERE ARE A LOT OF FEEDS, AS YOU ALL KNOW THAT GO ALONG WITH THOSE AGREEMENTS WITH YOUR FINANCIAL ADVISORS AND BOND COUNCIL AND WITH GET-GO AS WELL. 
          SO, UM, I THINK IT'S JUST SOMETHING, EVEN IF IT'S NOT US, SOMETHING FOR YOU GUYS TO FOLLOW UP ON, SO THANK YOU. 
          I UNDERSTAND. 
          YES. 
          I JUST WANTED TO TURN TO THE SCOPE OF THE WORK THAT WE HIRED YOU TO DO. 
          AND I DID HEAR YOU SAY IT RIGHT. 
          UM, ANDREW'S WRITTEN SEVERAL TIMES IN THIS REPORT, WE DID NOT IDENTIFY ANY FRAUDULENT BEHAVIOR TRANSACTIONS. 
          UM, THAT'S REPEATED SEVERAL TIMES THROUGHOUT, IS THAT CORRECT? YES, THAT IS CORRECT. 
          AND THAT WAS SOME OF MY OVERARCHING COMMENT AT THE END HERE THAT I, YOU KNOW, SO I'LL, I'LL JUST STATE AGAIN, UM, W IT IS A SIGH OF RELIEF, YOU KNOW, WE DID NOT RUN INTO ANY FRAUDULENT ACTIVITY OR ACTIVITIES OR TRANSACTIONS THAT APPEARED TO BE ILLEGAL TO US. 
          UM, WE DID A THOROUGH, UM, TESTING, MANY DOCUMENTS WERE, WERE EXAMINED. 
          UM, AND SO, YOU KNOW, THERE WEREN'T, WE DIDN'T HAVE RISKS IN WHAT WE LOOKED AT OF ANY FRAUD OR ILLEGAL ACTIVITIES. 
          AND SO, LIKE I SAID, THAT IS A VERY BIG SIGH OF RELIEF. 
          IT'S JUST THAT THERE'S, THERE'S A LOT OF COMPLEX ACCOUNTING THAT GOES ALONG WITH GOVERNMENTAL FUNDS AND, AND IT'S NOT AS EASY AS, AS SOME PEOPLE THINK. 
          AND SO, AS YOU CAN SEE THE RECONCILIATIONS, UM, CAN BE VERY DIFFICULT WITH ALL THE TIMING DIFFERENCES, AND THAT'S BASICALLY WHAT OUR RECOMMENDATIONS, OUR OBSERVATIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS ADDRESS IS JUST SOME THINGS, UM, YOU KNOW, WE LIKE TO ALWAYS GIVE YOU VALUE FOR YOUR ENGAGEMENT AND GIVE YOU THAT ROADMAP AND OBSERVATIONS. 
          AND SO JUST, UM, KNOW THAT THEY ARE NOT SIGNIFICANT FINDINGS OR, OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT JUST RECOMMENDATIONS AND THAT WE DID NOT KNOW FRAUD OR ILLEGAL ACTIVITIES. 
          SO THAT'S VERY GOOD NEWS. 
          VERY GOOD. 
          I DO WANT TO SAY ALSO THAT, UM, THE ADMINISTRATION WAS JUST A VERY, VERY GOOD TO WORK WITH. 
          UM, I MIGHT'VE MENTIONED THAT BEFORE 
          [01:55:01]
IN AN EMAIL, BUT, YOU KNOW, THEY WERE SO RESPONSIVE AND I DO KNOW THAT THE BOARD GAVE US THE ONLY THE 30 DAYS, WHICH IS VERY, VERY SHORT TIMEFRAME. 
          AND WE ACCOMPLISHED THAT ONLY BY WORKING TOGETHER REALLY WELL WITH THE ADMINISTRATION. 
          SO, TANYA, THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR HARD WORK. 
          UM, YOU AND JUSTIN WERE JUST GETTING THROUGH A LOT OF DOCUMENTS, ROBYN FOR, FOR BEING OUR MAIN CONTACT, MS. CUSHING BARRY, AND LETTING US, YOU KNOW, GET THE INFORMATION JUST AS SOON AS POSSIBLE, UM, BOARD MEMBERS AS WELL FROM MY INTERACTIONS WITH YOU. 
          EVERYONE HAS BEEN REALLY, REALLY GREAT. 
          SO I JUST THANK YOU ALL FOR THAT TOO. 
          IT'S ORISHA. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, UH, FOLKS FRAUD IS NOT THE END GAME HERE. 
          THE END GAME IS TO EVALUATE ANY AREAS OF WEAKNESS THAT LEAVE US VULNERABLE. 
          AND THAT'S WHAT THE PROPOSED CONTINUANCE OR AMENDMENT IS ALL ABOUT. 
          FINDING POCKETS, WHERE WE'RE VULNERABLE BLIND SPOTS, IF YOU WILL, OKAY, WHERE FRAUD COULD OCCUR. 
          THIS IS THE MOST INFORMATION I RECEIVED FROM AN AUDIT TO DATE, AND IT WAS EXTREMELY LIMITED IN SCOPE. 
          EXTREMELY. 
          I KNOW I MADE THE MOTION. 
          IT WAS A TEENY TINY PINPOINT IN OUR OVERALL FINANCES AND WEAKNESSES. 
          WHY SEEMING THEY WERE NOT WITH HIM, THAT THEY, THE CONFINES OF THE SCOPE, BUT THEY WERE IDENTIFIED. 
          WHAT WOULD WE BE SAYING TO THE PUBLIC THAT WHEN IT, WHEN A PROFESSIONAL FIRM COMES TO US AND SAYS, YOU MAY HAVE SOME RESTS, MAY HAVE SOME VULNERABILITIES. 
          AND ALL WE WANT TO FOCUS ON IS THE GOOD NEWS THAT WE DIDN'T FIND FRAUD FROM THIS REPORT. 
          THAT IS WONDERFUL. 
          I FRANKLY DIDN'T ANTICIPATE FRAUD, BUT I KNEW THAT WHEN SOMEBODY, UM, TOOK A CLOSER LOOK, THEY MAY FIND SOME WEAKNESSES TO MARY AS WE NEED TO FORTIFY AND STRENGTHEN. 
          SO, UM, MS. JOHN MELLO HAS MADE IT CLEAR THE NATURE OF THE RISKS. 
          I MOVE THAT THE BOARD, UM, GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION. 
          ROBIN, I'LL SPEAK CLOSE SLOWLY AT THE END OF THIS EVENING'S MEETING AT NINE 15. 
          I'M NOT DONE. 
          OKAY. 
          HOLD ON THERE, MR. UM, UM, TO, UM, SEEK AN AMENDMENT TO THE ENGAGEMENT LETTER, JARAMILLO ACCOUNTING GROUP, THE BOARD GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION AT THE END OF THIS EVENING'S MEETING AT NINE 15 TO SEEK AN AMENDMENT TO THE ENGAGEMENT LETTER, GERALD JARAMILLO ACCOUNTING GROUP. 
          THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. 
          UM, I DON'T THINK WE'RE AT THE STAGE WHERE WE WOULD DO UNDER MEN. 
          I THINK WE WOULD DEVELOP A SPOKE AND THEN DECIDE WHETHER WE SHOULD PUT IT OUT TO BID. 
          I'M NOT SURE WE WANT THE SAME COMPANY PURSUING IT AND WE DON'T, WE DON'T HAVE A SCULPEY YET. 
          SO I THINK WE HAVE TO GO UP AND SPOKE WITH, THEN DECIDE WHETHER TO PUT IT OUT TO BID. 
          AND SO I THINK IT'S PREMATURE TO GO ON EVERY SECTION SESSION, TALK ABOUT AMENDMENT WE'VE HAD AND PAID A COMPANY TO COME UP WITH THESE ISSUES THAT THEY NEED TO ADDRESS. 
          WE HAVE RISK MANAGERS. 
          WE'RE SUPPOSED TO BE STEWARDS OF COUNT. 
          KEISHA, MY MONEY WE'VE BEEN WE'VE BEEN MOURNED THAT THERE IS RISK. 
          IT IS COLOSSALLY GAMUT. 
          IF WE JUST PUT IT ON, PUT IT ON A SIDEBAR AND PUT OUT ANOTHER QUOTE AND HAVE A COMPANY REPLICATE THE WORK THAT JAG DID. 
          OKAY. 
          THIS IS JUST A REFUSAL 
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TO GET THE INFORMATION DEALT WITH AN ON THE TABLE AND TO THE PUBLIC. 
          I STRONGLY SUPPORT TAKING ACTION TONIGHT WITH JAG. 
          THEY'VE DONE A GOOD JOB. 
          THANK YOU. 
          ISN'T IT. 
          UH, HAVE SOME THAT'S FEEDBACK, THANK YOU. 
          THAT WE WOULD NOT CONSIDER TAKING ACTION ON THIS TODAY. 
          BEING THAT JACKASS RAY CAME BEFORE US AND SAID THAT WE CAN POSSIBLY BE VULNERABLE AND THAT THERE WERE CONCERNS BECAUSE THE SAME CAUSE WHEN, WHEN, WHEN WE HIRED THE COMPANY FOR THE BORROWER, FOR HIM TO COME THE, COME TO US AND BRING US THE SAFETY AND THE SAFETY AND CONCERNS, AND THEY TOLD US THAT WE WERE BORN VULNERABLE. 
          I BELIEVE THAT AT THAT POINT IN TIME, WHEN THEY PRESENTED WHAT THEY CAME UP WITH THAT AT THAT TIME WE MOVED ON IT BECAUSE WE THOUGHT THAT IT WAS OUR JOBS TO BE GOOD STEWARDS OF THE COMMUNITY TO, TO, TO BE GOOD STEWARDS OF PEOPLE'S MONEY OF THE SAFETY OF OUR DISTRICT. 
          AND SO HERE WE ARE, AGAIN WITH JAG BRINGS SOME CONCERNS. 
          THAT ONE, OUR FIDUCIARY RESPONSIBILITIES IS, IS, IS ACTUALLY FINANCES THAT WE'VE BEEN BOUGHT SOME INFORMATION. 
          AND WE'RE SAYING, WELL, WE CAN PUT ON THE BACK BURNER UNTIL WE SEND IT TO SOMEONE ELSE. 
          I DON'T THINK IT'S ABOUT SENDING IT TO SOMEONE ELSE. 
          JAG HAS TOOK THEIR TIME AND THEY HAVE, THEY HAVE BOUGHT SOME INFORMATION. 
          AND IT SEEMS AS THOUGH THEY HAVE ALREADY DONE SOME WORK ON IT, OR THEY THEY'VE ALREADY EVA DONE ALL THE WORK ON IT AND THEY KNOW EXACTLY WHAT IS GOING ON. 
          WHY WERE WE DELAYED TODAY? WHY ARE WE LATE TODAY? WHAT WE GO OUT FOR TOMORROW, WHAT WE CAN PICK, TAKE CARE OF TODAY. 
          AND YOU KNOW, THAT'S A SERIOUS CONCERN OF MINE IN THE PAL PAST PRACTICE HAVE NOT BEEN DELAYING IT. 
          SO MY QUESTIONS TO MY COLLEAGUE WOULD BE TODAY. 
          WHY WOULD WE DELAY IT MOVING FORWARD? PERVERT WHEN THE WORK IS SOON, LIKE IT'S ALREADY BEEN DONE AND IT'S ALREADY, IT'S ALREADY BEEN PUT TO US ON THE TABLE THAT THERE'S THERE. 
          THERE'S AN ISSUE HERE THAT NEEDS TO BE TAKEN CARE OF SERIOUS ISSUES. 
          I'LL FINANCIALLY RESPONSIBILITIES. 
          I DO THIS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          NO, IT'S NOT. 
          I'M SURE MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, IF IT WOULD HELP YOU, I COULD GIVE YOU A, UM, BROAD, A SCOPE OF WORK THAT DOESN'T HAVE EVERY SINGLE AUDIT STEP WITHIN IT. 
          UM, BUT MAYBE THAT WOULD, WOULD HELP YOU AS FAR AS YOUR CONSIDERATION, BUT I CAN READ THAT OFF TO YOU OR NOT DEPENDING WHAT YOU WOULD LIKE ME TO DO. 
          WE STILL HAVE SOMEBODY. 
          I'M GOING TO QUESTION MR. DYER. 
          THANK YOU. 
          MADAM CHAIR. 
          I CONCUR WITH MR. . 
          THIS IS PREMATURE. 
          THIS IS ABOUT SCALE. 
          IT'S GET DOWN TO, THIS IS ABOUT THE LAWSUIT. 
          THIS IS ABOUT THE BERKELEY COUNTY ISSUE, THE BERKELEY COUNTY, BUT WAS FOUND WITH FRAUD AND ABUSE BY HIS STAFF MEMBER. 
          THEY WEREN'T PROSECUTED AND FOUND GUILTY. 
          AND NOW BERKELEY COUNTY WANTS TO GO AFTER THE OTHER FOLKS THAT MIGHT'VE HAD SOMETHING TO DO WITH IT GO WAS NOT INDICTED. 
           WAS NOT PROSECUTED. 
          OBVIOUSLY THERE WASN'T PROBABLE CAUSE TO DO SO. 
          NOW SCAPEGOAT IS BEING HAULED INTO COURT ON A CIVIL SUIT. 
          CIVIL TUTES ARE OFTEN DONE. 
          PROOF OF, UH, GUILT IS LESSER THAN IT IS IN FEDERAL COURT. 
          THAT'S TRUE, BUT IT'S STILL UNDER ADJUDICATION. 
          WHAT'S BEEN CHARGED BY THE PLAINTIFF DO SCANGOS HAS NOT BEEN PROVEN IN A COURT OF LAW. 
          AND UNTIL IT DOES, IT IS NOTHING MORE THAN AN ASSUMPTION. 
          IF SKATE GO IS FOUND GUILTY OR FOUND, UH, OR THE DEFENSE, THEN WE WOULD HAVE RISKS THAT WE WOULD HAVE TO DO SOMETHING IT, BUT IT'S NOT JUST US. 
          IT'S EVERYBODY ELSE IN THIS STATE THAT USES A SCALE AND THERE WILL BE A CLASS ACTION. 
          SO THIS IS PREMATURE. 
          IT'S PREMATURE. 
          LET'S WAIT, AND LET'S SEE WHAT HAPPENS IN BERKELEY COUNTY. 
          NOTHING WILL BE DONE. 
          THAT PUTS US AT RISK BETWEEN NOW AND WHEN THAT 
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VERDICT COMES OUT. 
          LET'S WAIT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          MA'AM UM, I BEG TO DIFFER. 
          THE AUDITING FIRM ARE EXPERTS IN THIS. 
          MR. GUYER IS NOT AN AUDITOR. 
          MR. GAIA IS A, UH, GIVING US A LAYMAN'S AMATEUR CON UH, BRIEFING ON WHAT THE SUIT IS ALL ABOUT. 
          UH, THE AUDITOR IS SAID THEY CONSIDER IT A RISK. 
          THAT IS WHAT WE PAID THE AUDITOR TO DO IS TO IDENTIFY RISK. 
          THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH PURSUING AND TOOK, BECOME KNOWLEDGEABLE ABOUT THAT RISK. 
          INSTEAD OF WAITING THREE YEARS FOR THE BERKELEY COUNTY SUIT TO WIND ITS WAY THROUGH THE COURTS, HOW MUCH RISK ARE WE WILLING TO ACCEPT? WE HAVE GIVEN AWAY TOO MUCH OF OUR RESPONSIBILITY AS IT IS. 
          WE STILL HAVE THE RESPONSIBILITY TO BE GOOD STEWARDS OF THE PUBLIC MONEY. 
          AND WHEN IN ORDER TO TELLS ME THAT THERE IS RISK TO BE AT THE VILLA BOARD, POTENTIAL RISK TO THE BOARD, TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT, WE HAVE A FIDUCIARY RESPONSIBILITY TO EXAMINE THAT FIDUCIARY RESPONSIBILITY. 
          WE'RE NOT A SUPER-SIZED SIC. 
          WE, OUR BOARD OF GOVERNORS WITH A FIDUCIARY RESPONSIBILITY. 
          SO WHAT IS THE HARM IN PURSUING THIS? I DO NOT UNDERSTAND MR. GEIER HIS PASSION FOR DEFENDING BERKELEY. 
          HOWDY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          OH, I AGREE WITH JOHN THAT THE BERKELEY SUIT IS GOING TO TAKE SOME TIME. 
          I FOLLOWED THOSE COURT DOCUMENTS. 
          IT'S LIKE PULLING TEETH, TRYING TO GET ANSWERS OUT OF SOME OF THE DEFENDANTS. 
          SO YEAH, THAT'S GONNA, THAT'S GONNA TAKE AWHILE. 
          UM, BUT THIS INVESTIGATION, OUR AUDIT TO REVEAL ANY POTENTIAL RISKS WE MIGHT HAVE, UM, CAN TAKE PLACE. 
          NOW IT DOES NOT NEED A PENDING RESULT OUT OF, OUT OF BERKELEY. 
          UM, AND, AND THE BERKELEY CASES IS HEADED UP BY A VERY CREDIBLE, UM, GROUP OF INDIVIDUALS, INCLUDING THE, UM, SOUTH CAROLINA AND US ATTORNEY, UM, HAS BEEN WITH, WITH THEIR, UH, WITH THE BERKELEY SCHOOL DISTRICT ON THEIR CASE FOR SOME TIME. 
          SO IT'S ALL VERY CREDIBLE. 
          IT CAN'T, YOU KNOW, NONE OF US KNOW THE OUTCOME AND NOT REALLY DOESN'T MATTER AT THIS JUNCTION, BUT THERE'S CREDIBLE RISK HERE THAT THIS BOARD SHOULD INVESTIGATE. 
          THERE'S NO HARM IN INVESTIGATING RISK. 
          I WENT TO VOTE IN SUPPORT OF THIS. 
          UM, IT'S NOT ABOUT FINDING FRAUD. 
          IT'S MORE ABOUT FINDING RISK. 
          UM, IF COST IS AN ISSUE, LOOK, WE BLEW 16 GRAND LAST YEAR, UH, INVESTIGATING ONE OF OUR OWN BOARD MEMBERS. 
          THE BOARD DIDN'T THINK TWICE ABOUT THAT. 
          SO, CAUSE FADE DOWN COST IS REALLY THE FACTOR HERE. 
          AND MS. JARAMILLO SAID SHE COULD HACK OUT THE SCOPE FOR US TONIGHT, UH, ASSIST US WITH THAT, UM, BASED ON, YOU KNOW, WHERE THEY BELIEVE THE RISKS TO BE. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, I'M CONCERNED WITH ONE, WHERE ARE WE GOING WITH THIS? DO WE PASS WORK ALL THE WAY THROUGH TO A FULL FORENSIC AUDIT OR WE, YOU KNOW, WE DECIDE NOW THAT THE COST IS IMPORTANT ENOUGH TO LOOK AT THE TOTAL PACKAGE OR AS HER MEAL PRESENT ONE PARTICULAR INCIDENCE, WHICH WAS GET-GO AS SOME OF THEY ALREADY SAID THAT. 
          AND IF I HEARD HER CORRECTLY, SHE CANNOT GUARANTEE THAT THAT WAS A RISK, BUT IT'S A POTENTIAL RISK AS, AS JOHN SAYS. 
          SO I THINK AS A BOARD AND I, AND I AGREE, I GO BACK TO WHAT WE SAID EARLIER. 
          I THINK THIS DISCUSSION SHOULD BE A BOARD DISCUSSION WITHOUT HAVING ME HIS PRESENCE, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, HOW FAR DO WE NEED TO GO? YOU KNOW, THEY MIGHT ASSIST US IN WHERE WE NEED TO GO WITH THE SCOPE, BUT, UH, UM, YOU KNOW, I'M VERY CONFUSED ON WHERE WE ARE, WHERE WE NEED TO BE GOING WITH FORENSIC AUDITS. 
          THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. 
          UM, SORRY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, WHY AM I CONCERNED? I AM TWO YEARS ON THIS BOARD. 
          I'VE LEARNED SOMETHING I'VE LEARNED THAT WE JUMPED INTO THINGS BASED ON ASSUMPTION. 
          WE MADE AN ASSUMPTION, I SHOULD SAY SOME OF OUR CONSTITUENTS MADE 
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US ASSUMPTION THAT WE'VE HAD FRAUD WASTE AND ABUSE IN OUR P-CARD ACCOUNTS. 
          SO WHEN WE DID AN AUDIT FOR $63,000, IT FOUND NOTHING OTHER THAN OUR CONTROLS WERE VERY GOOD. 
          SAY FOUND A CASE OF EMBEZZLEMENT AND IT WAS FOUND QUICKLY AND DEALT WITH APPROPRIATELY, BUT THAT WASN'T GOOD ENOUGH BECAUSE WE DID IT AGAIN FOR ANOTHER $25,000. 
          YOU FIND EXACTLY THE SAME THING. 
          NOW WE SPENT $15,000 AND I HAVE TO ADMIT THAT THERE WERE SOME REALLY GOOD STUFF THAT CAME OUT OF THIS ALL REALLY GOOD STUFF. 
          WE'VE SPENT $103,363 ON DIFFERENT AUDITS BASED ON ASSUMPTION, ASSUMPTIONS OF FRAUD, WASTE, AND ABUSE AND P-CARD AND ASSUMPTIONS, FRANKLY, BY THE COUNTY AUDITOR THAT THERE WAS MONEY MISSING. 
          THERE IS NOT MONEY MISSING. 
          THEY'RE GOING TO SAY FINANCIAL STATEMENT DIFFERENCE IN FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ARE A SNAPSHOT. 
          THEY CHANGE DAILY BASED ON REVENUES AND EXPENDITURES AND SO ON. 
          SO THAT RECONCILIATION AND THE M THE THINGS THAT THE AUDITOR JAY HAS RECOMMENDED ARE GOOD THINGS, BUT TO GO ON ANOTHER WITCH HUNT. 
          AND I HATE TO USE THAT WORD BECAUSE IT'S BEEN USED TOO MUCH WITH ANOTHER WITCH HUNT ON SCHEDULE TO ME IS IRRESPONSIBLE AS FIDUCIARY RESPONSIBLE BOARD MEMBERS. 
          WE'VE ALREADY SPENT $103,000 ON AUDITS, AND TO GO ON FURTHER AT THIS TIME WITH THE KNOWLEDGE THAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW FAILS TO MEET MY FIDUCIARY RESPONSIBILITY TO PROPERLY USE DISTRICT FUNDS. 
          THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. 
          THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. 
          UM, SO MY QUESTION IS FOR, UM, AUDREY IS I WANT TO UNDERSTAND THE RISK AND, AND WHAT YOU ARE DETAILING OUT TO US. 
          UM, IS IT BEYOND A REPUTATIONAL RISK AND MORE SO BASED ON WHAT YOU KNOW OF FROM THAT CASE, UM, THAT MAY INDICATE THAT THERE ARE ACCOUNTING PRACTICES OR, UM, OPERATIONAL PROCEDURES THAT ARE BEING WERE DONE IN THAT CASE. 
          UM, THAT SHOULD PROBABLY BE LOOKED AT HERE. 
          I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND IF IT'S A REPUTATIONAL RISK OR IF IT HAS TO DO WITH SOMETHING THAT'S DETAILED IN THAT CASE, UM, THAT WOULD GIVE YOU GUIDANCE AND LOOKING AT THE RISK HERE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          BOARD MEMBER WAS NEVSKY. 
          I, I AM GLAD THAT YOU ASKED THAT QUESTION BECAUSE I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT TO DELINEATE BETWEEN THE TWO. 
          UM, THIS WASN'T SOMETHING THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, AS YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT INVOLVED IN THE POLITICS, WE'RE COMPLETELY INDEPENDENT. 
          SO THIS WASN'T ANYTHING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, SOMEONE'S REPUTATION OR, UM, EVEN ABOUT, UH, WHO'S GOING TO WIN IN A CIVIL SUIT JUST FROM REVIEWING THE CASE, THOUGH, YOU CAN SEE WHAT HAS ALREADY BEEN DETERMINED IN THE CASE, THE FACTS THAT ARE IN THERE, THERE ARE PARALLELS, UM, THAT WE SEE WITH YOUR DISTRICT AND MAYBE MANY OTHER DISTRICTS IN THE STATE HAS AS HAS BEEN POINTED OUT. 
          RIGHT. 
          UM, BUT I DO THINK THAT THERE ARE AREAS THAT COULD BE LOCKED OUT JUST TO GIVE YOU A SENSE OF, OKAY, DO WE HAVE A PROBLEM HERE AS WELL IN OUR DISTRICT OR NOT? AND I BELIEVE THAT THAT'S A COVERED TO KNOW JUST LIKE THIS, THIS FIRST PART OF THE ENGAGEMENT WAS A RELIEF. 
          UM, SO THERE ARE SPECIFIC, UM, TRANSACTIONS THAT WE WOULD TEST, AND WE WOULD LOOK AT THE AGREEMENTS AND LOOK AT THE REVENUE AND EXPENSE SIDE FOR THE DISTRICT IN REGARDS TO THOSE, THOSE TRANSACTIONS IN THOSE AREAS. 
          DOES THAT ANSWER? YES. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UH, PATRICIA FIDRYCH. 
          THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. 
          UM, IT WAS STATED EARLIER THAT THE SCOPE OF THE, UH, MOTION NEVER USED FOR THIS PARTICULAR AUDIT WAS VERY NARROW. 
          SO I AM INCLINED TO NOT SUPPORT THIS MOTION AT THIS TIME. 
          AND I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO 
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SEE THE FINANCE COMMITTEE WORK ON A SCOPE AND BRING US SUGGESTED. 
          SO TO THE FULL BOARD, UM, INSTEAD OF RUSHING INTO TONIGHT, THE MOTION SAYS TO SEEK AN AMENDMENT TO ENGAGEMENT LETTER, I WOULD MUCH RATHER SEE THAT A FULLY DEFINED SCOPE IS NEEDED OUT IN THE FINANCE COMMITTEE AND THEN BROUGHT FORWARD TO THE FULL BOARD. 
          SO I WILL NOT BE SUPPORTING THIS MOTION, MR. EARL CAMPBELL. 
          YES, NO TALKING ABOUT STABLE. 
          HOW LONG IN TALKING ABOUT IT? I ASKED ACTUALLY PASSED TWO YEARS. 
          GENTLEMEN, DAD, THAT DID WRONG IN BERKELEY COUNTY. 
          HE'S IN JAIL. 
          HE'S BEEN THERE. 
          SO FOR US TO KEEP BRINGING THAT UP OVER AND OVER AND OVER, IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE. 
          JAY HAVE GIVEN SOME RECOMMENDATION WE NEED TO DO SO WE KNOW WHAT WE NEED TO DO. 
          STOP ALL THIS BULLSHIT. 
          IT'S A WASTE OF TIME. 
          CAN WE TALK, BUT WE WANT TO SAVE THE TAXPAYER DOLLARS. 
          HOW CAN WE SAY THAT? IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE. 
          HERE'S AN AGENDA. 
          LET'S HAVE SOME COMMON SENSE AND STOP ALL THIS FOOLISHNESS. 
          YOU KNOW, DELL FOLKS ARE THERE. 
          DON'T, I DON'T CARE HOW MANY OF US WE DO. 
          THEY WILL NOT BELIEVE THAT THINGS ARE RIGHT IN THIS DISTRICT, YOU KNOW, UNTIL THEY CAN GET PEOPLE TO GO ALONG WITH EVERYTHING THEY, RAVEN, NOTHING'S GOING TO CHANGE. 
          THANK YOU, MR. JOHN DALLY. 
          I WOULD JUST, I WOULD JUST LIKE TO CLARIFY SOMETHING TOO, THAT I HOPE WOULD BE CONSIDERED, AS YOU ALL DECIDE HOW TO VOTE SINCE DICK WAS GOOD ENOUGH TO BRING A PREVIOUS AUDITS. 
          FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO WEREN'T AROUND FOR THE TIME LEADING UP TO THOSE AUDITS, THEY WOULD NOT BASED ON ASSUMPTIONS. 
          THEY WERE BASED ON QUESTIONS. 
          AND THE QUESTIONS THAT WERE ASKED THE ADMINISTRATION COULD NOT ANSWER IN A FORM THAT THE, OF THE PUBLIC ACCEPTED OR THAT THE BOARD ACCEPTED. 
          SO THAT'S WHY THERE WERE OTHER AUDITS. 
          WE HAVE QUESTIONS NOW COMING OUT OF AN AUDITOR. 
          WE HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY TO LOOK AT IT, NOT TO SHELVE IT TO COMMITTEE, NOT TO SEND OUT ANOTHER HOUR OF QUEUE. 
          WHAT MORE DO WE NEED TO CHEST ASK QUESTIONS AND HAVE THE AUDITOR ANSWER THEM? IS IT FEAR THAT IT WILL LOOK BAD FOR THE DISTRICT? IT LOOKS WORSE IF WE DON'T ADDRESS IT. 
          AND I WOULD ADD THAT THOSE PRIOR AUDITS, THE GOOD RESULTS OF THOSE AUDITS HAD A LOT TO DO WITH THE LAST REFERENDUM BEING PASSED AS WELL AS IT DID. 
          AND IF YOU WANT TO START SPENDING SOME OF THAT CAPITAL THAT YOU GAINED OUT OF THAT BY STALLING, AN INQUIRY INTO THIS, THESE RE POTENTIAL RISKS, IF YOU WANT TO DILUTE THAT GOODWILL AND CLIENT FINANCE, THAT YOU'VE GAINED, HAVE THAT BE MY GUEST. 
          I WON'T BE HERE, BUT I REALLY THINK THAT YOU ALL WERE TO THE PUBLIC THAT YOU REPRESENT. 
          YOU DON'T REPRESENT THE DISTRICT. 
          YOU REPRESENT THE PUBLIC AS FAR AS HOW THE DISTRICT IS OPERATING. 
          AND I WOULD STRONGLY SUGGEST THAT IF YOU WANT TO BE AROUND FOR AWHILE, THAT YOU PAY ATTENTION TO THIS PROBLEM AND DEAL WITH IT. 
          NOW, THANK YOU, MR. WILLIAMS. UH, FIRST, LET ME START OFF BY SAYING THAT I DON'T THINK THAT WE SHOULD BE DRAWING ANY NARRATIVE TO WHAT THE MOTION OR WHAT THE MOTION IS GETTING AT. 
          I THINK WHAT THE MOTION IS SAYING IS THAT THERE'S SOME QUESTIONS OR ARE THERE SOME THINGS THAT, THAT, THAT THERE'S A BARRIER? I THINK THERE ARE SOME CONCERNS. 
          THE DISTRICT IS VULNERABLE. 
          WE NEED TO TAKE ACTION AND NOT BE LAYING, LAYING DUCKS. 
          UH, MY QUESTION TO, TO, UH, TO, TO, UH, I FORGOT WHAT HER NAME IS. 
          MRS. WAS IT TO MRS. JMR? WAS IT NOW I CAN HEAR YOU SHE'S MUTED. 
          OH 
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YES. 
          MRS. AUDREY, CAN YOU HELP ME? DID YOU SAY THAT YOU FOUND THREE DIFFERENT ACCOUNTS? IS THAT CORRECT? WOULD THAT BE CORRECT TO SAY YES, WE DID. 
          OKAY. 
          YOU FOUND THREE DIFFERENT ACCOUNTS, RIGHT? IF YOU WOULD, IF HE WAS WALKING, BEAR WITH ME FOR A SECOND, UH, YOU SAID YOU FOUND THREE DIFFERENT. 
          HE SAID NORMALLY THAT A BOARD, THE BOARD WOULD NORMALLY SET THESE MISSES ALL SHACK. 
          I BELIEVE ACTUALLY THE QUESTION THEY DID, YOU KNOW, WHO SET THESE ACCOUNTS UP? CORRECT? YOU DID ASK ME THAT. 
          YES, BUT THAT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT WAS PROVIDED TO US FROM THE PAST, PAST. 
          YEAH, CORRECT? CORRECT. 
          RIGHT. 
          MY POINT IS, IS, AND, AND, AND, AND, AND YOU ALSO ANSWERED IT TOO, AS YOU SAID THAT THE, NORMALLY THE BOARD WAS SET THESE ACCOUNTS COUNCIL, CORRECT? WELL, TYPICALLY GOVERNMENTS NEED APPROVALS, UM, FROM GOVERNANCE TO, UH, OPEN ACCOUNTS AND CLOSE ACCOUNTS, BUT IT'S NOT ACROSS THE BOARD. 
          SO I THINK, I MEAN, IT'S NOT EVERY GOVERNMENTAL ENTITY THAT OPERATES THAT WAY, SO YOURS COULD BE DIFFERENT. 
          RIGHT. 
          OKAY. 
          AND DID YOU ALSO SAY THAT YOU WOULD HELP US POSSIBLY DRAFTING RFQ TONIGHT? YOU KNOW, I, I'M NOT SURE, UH, IF THAT'S APPROPRIATE OR NOT, BUT I DID HAVE, AS FAR AS JUST, YOU KNOW, A STATEMENT OF WHAT I THOUGHT NEEDED TO BE LOOKED AT IN GENERAL. 
          SO, UM, I DO HAVE THAT. 
          AND WHAT ABOUT WOMAN WAS MY REASON OF ASKING IS, IS BECAUSE IF MY MEMORY SERVES ME CORRECTLY IN THE OPERATIONS COMMITTEE, I REMEMBER THERE WAS A TIME WHERE WE WERE LOOKING THROUGH MONEY AND, AND BOND REFERENDUM, OR EVEN 8%. 
          I'M NOT SURE TO BE CORRECT. 
          I REMEMBER THAT WE FOUND AN ACCOUNT WITH SOME MONEY IN IT. 
          SO THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME THAT THIS HAS TRANSPIRED. 
          AND SO SOMEONE IS, IS, IS, IS, IS AN AFFIRM THAT WE HAVE HIRED TO DO SOME WORK FOR US, HAVE CAME TO US AND WAS TOLD AND TOLD US TONIGHT THAT THEY'RE WILLING TO HELP US POSSIBLY PUT SOME MEASUREMENTS IN SO THAT WE CAN STOP THIS FROM HAPPENING. 
          AND WE OWE IT TO OUR CONSTITUENTS TO BE GOOD STEWARDS OF THE, OF THE MONEY OF THEIR, UH, THEIR MONEY. 
          SO I'M JUST BAFFLED THAT IN ONE HAND, WE'RE BRINGING IT ABOUT SCHEDULE AND EVERYONE ELSE IT'S NOT ABOUT THAT. 
          LET'S NOT PAINT THAT NARRATIVE. 
          IT'S ABOUT US DOING OUR JOBS, BECAUSE THERE ARE OTHER THINGS THAT HIS BOARD HAS BEEN DOING, AND THAT'S NOT OUR JOB, BUT THIS OUT OF THEM ALL IS OUR JOB. 
          SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, I JUST WANT TO REMIND BOARD MEMBERS THAT THIS IS A, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT HAS, THAT HAS BEEN GOING ON. 
          NOT, THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME. 
          THIS IS THE SECOND TIME. 
          AND I THINK THAT IS VERY IMPORTANT AND IMPERATIVE THAT WE TAKE ACTION AND START UNDERSTANDING WHERE WE ARE AS A DISTRICT. 
          THANK YOU, PUNTING THIS I, PATRICIA, I KNOW YOU'RE WELL, MEANING THERE, BUT HUNTING THIS TO THE FINANCE COMMITTEE IS NOT THE SOLUTION. 
          AUDREY, I'M GOING TO ASK YOU WHAT YOU BELIEVE BASED UPON ALL OF THE WORK YOUR FIRM HAS DONE THUS FAR, WHAT THE SCOPE WOULD BE AND WHERE YOU BELIEVE THE RISKS ARE. 
          AND THEN I'M GOING TO SEEK, UH, A BOARD MEMBER TO AMEND MY MOTION, TO INCLUDE THAT SCOPE IF WE WOULD IN THE MOMENT. 
          OKAY. 
          SO I JUST HAVE PROVIDE FORENSIC AUDIT CONSULTING PROCEDURES, UM, ON THE DISTRICT'S TAX ANTICIPATION NOTES, THE TAMS AND SCAFFOLD TRANSACTIONS AND THE RELATED ACCOUNTS THAT'D BE, THIS IS BECAUSE THE RISKS THAT WE SEE WITH THESE ACCOUNTS AND THESE TRANSACTIONS, THESE FEES, THESE REVENUES THAT ARE, THAT MAY, MAY OR MAY NOT HAVE COME PROPERLY TO THE DISTRICT OR OUT OF THE DISTRICT, WE'RE IN ACCOUNTS AND FUNDS, WHICH ARE NOT IN OUR SCOPE ARE CURRENT. 
          SO UNDERSTOOD. 
          I AMEND THE MOTION TO SAY THAT. 
          WHAT, WHAT, WHAT MRS. ABRA JUST SAID, COULD YOU REPEAT YOURSELF ONE MORE TIME? YES, SIR. 
          UM, PROVIDE FORENSIC AUDIT CONSULTING PROCEDURES ON THE DISTRICTS, TAX ANTICIPATION NOTES AND GIGGLED TRANSACTIONS AND REMITTED ACCOUNTS, A LITTLE TOO FAST  AUDIT PROCEDURES, SOMETHING ABOUT TAX ANTICIPATION NOTES ON 
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THE DISTRICTS TAX ANTICIPATION NOTES, OR SOMETIMES THEY'RE CALLED TANS. 
          SO T A N S AND  TRANSACTIONS AND REBATED ACCOUNT. 
          NOW I WANT TO ADD THAT WE SHOULD HAVE A TIMEFRAME IN THERE. 
          UM, AND MY RECOMMENDATION WAS GOING TO BE TO PICK UP A COUPLE OF YEARS PRIOR TO OUR SCOPE THAT WE JUST LOOKED AT DUE TO THE PERSONNEL, UM, THAT WERE THERE AT THE TIME. 
          SO THAT'S MY RECOMMENDATION. 
          UM, JUSTIN, WHAT IS OUR EXACT DATES OF OUR SCOPE RIGHT NOW? IT'S A THREE YEAR PERIOD BEGINNING JULY 1ST, 2017 TO JUNE 30, 2020. 
          RIGHT. 
          SO I WOULD RECOMMEND PICKING UP THE TWO PREVIOUS YEARS SO THAT WE HAVE FIVE YEARS TOTAL. 
          CAN YOU NAME THE FISCAL YEARS? THAT WOULD BE 16 THROUGH 20 JUNE, JULY. 
          OH, UH, JULY 1ST, 2015, 2015 THROUGH JUNE 30, 2020. 
          DEFINITELY THE MOTION MR. DOWLING. 
          THAT'S AN AMENDED MOTION TO PROVIDE FORENSIC AUDIT PROCEDURES ON THE DISTRICT'S TEXT TEXTS, ANTICIPATION NOTE, AND DJANGO TRANSACTIONS RELATED ACCOUNTS FROM JULY 1ST, 2017 THROUGH JUNE 30TH, 2015, 2015. 
          AND SO YOUR, UM, IT WAS, UH, MR. SNITCH. 
          SO THIS IS PART OF THIS MOTION IN ADDITION TO IT. 
          OKAY. 
          YEAH. 
          SO QUESTION, UM, AMENDMENT WOULD BE ADDED TO MY MOTION. 
          YEAH, EXACTLY. 
          CLARIFY. 
          WELL, WE'RE JUST TO HAVE THAT PRESENTED ON THE SCREEN. 
          MADAM CHAIR. 
          YES. 
          OKAY. 
          I'M JUST TRYING TO FOLLOW WHAT'S GOING ON. 
          THAT'S ALL JUST TOOK THE OTHER PART THAT YOU HAD THERE ORIGINALLY. 
          SO I KNOW IT'S OKAY. 
          IT'S HARD BECAUSE I'M TRYING TO DO THE AMENDMENTS ONE MINUTE MOTION. 
          YEAH. 
          YEAH, WE CAN. 
          WE CAN BECAUSE, BUT IT'S REALLY AS RELATED TO THE ORIGINAL ONE, WE'LL ON THE AMENDMENT. 
          THAT'S FINE. 
          I MEAN, WE GOT IT UP THERE, I THINK NOW, RIGHT? YEAH. 
          THIS IS WHAT MR. SMITH STATED. 
          RIGHT. 
          YOU WANT IT ALL AS ONE AND THAT LOOKS CORRECT. 
          THE READING, EVERYBODY READ IT OVER. 
          YEAH, THAT LOOKS RIGHT. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          DO WE HAVE, UM, ACTUALLY A FEW HANDS ARE STILL UP. 
          UM, MR. GOODRICH. 
          YES. 
          UM, YES, YOU CAN. 
          I'D LIKE TO MAKE A SUBSTITUTE FUNCTION AND THAT SUBSTITUTE MOTION WOULD BE, 
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I MOVE THAT THE BOARD DIRECT THE FINANCE COMMUNITY TO DEVELOP A SCOPE OF WORK. 
          I MEANT THAT THE BOARD DIRECTED THE FINANCE COMMITTEE TO DEVELOP A SCOPE OF WORK AROUND THE ADDITIONAL RISK FACTORS AS THE JAB REPORTS, RAISE DISCUSSION. 
          AUDREY, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR INPUT. 
          I GREATLY APPRECIATE IT. 
          THIS IS NOT ANYTHING AGAINST YOUR FIRM. 
          I JUST FEEL THAT THEY SHOULD BE IN THE LORD'S HANDS TO DETERMINE THAT'S A WORK. 
          YES, MA'AM. 
          I, I DID HAVE IN MY ORIGINAL SUGGESTION THAT I WOULD MEET WITH YOU AT YOUR NEXT BOARD MEETING, BECAUSE I ANTICIPATED THAT IT, IT COULD TAKE SOME TIME TO MULL IT OVER INTO DEVELOP WHAT IT IS EXACTLY THAT THE BOARD WANTED, HOW YOU WANTED TO APPROACH THIS. 
          RIGHT. 
          AND I KNOW YOU WILL DO YOUR FIDUCIARY DUTY. 
          UM, I KNOW EVERYONE PROBABLY JUST NEEDS TO GET COMFORTABLE WITH SCOPE AND PRICE AND ALL OF THAT. 
          SO THANK YOU FOR COMMENT MUCH FOR THAT. 
          HE WAS ALSO HAS HER HAND. 
          YEAH, THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT. 
          YEAH. 
          I THINK, WELL, SHE, SHE DID THAT, UM, QUESTION JUST A MINUTE, PLEASE. 
          YEAH. 
          OKAY. 
          AS THE CHAIR OF THE FINANCE COMMITTEE MEETING, WE HAVE NOT YET SET OUR AGENDA FOR THURSDAY. 
          UM, AUDREY, WOULD YOU BE AVAILABLE TO ATTEND THAT MEETING? WE CAN TACKLE IT AS, AS EARLY AS THURSDAY. 
          WE HAVE A, WHAT TIME IS THE MEETING? ROBIN FATHER CLOCK. 
          YES. 
          YEAH. 
          FIVE O'CLOCK AND BRING A RECOMMENDATION TO THE BOARD AT IT'S ONLY DECEMBER BOARD MEETING. 
          YES, I AM AVAILABLE. 
          WONDERFUL. 
          UM, I AM IN THE PROCESS OF IT SETTING THE AGENDA WITH MRS. CUSHING BERRY, UM, AND, UM, MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE. 
          AND, UM, WE CAN VERY EASILY ADD THIS, UH, DEVELOP A SCOPE AND, AND BRING IT FORWARD TO THE BOARD. 
          I APPRECIATE YOUR FLEXIBILITY. 
          UM, WE'VE ALIGNED THIS TO THE AGENDA AND, UM, MRS. CUSHING BARRY, IF YOU COULD, UH, COORDINATE, UH, AS SOON AS WE SET OUR AGENDA WITH MS. AUDREY, FORGIVE ME IF I'M MISPRONOUNCING YOUR LAST NAME, COULD YOU PRONOUNCE IT FOR ME? IT'S A HARD ONE. 
          JUST AN AGE. 
          SO IT'S REALLY BUDGETED. 
          UM, SO YEAH, UH, SOUNDS GOOD. 
          OUR FINANCE COMMITTEE, UM, JUST SO YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY, THIS IS OUR LAST MEETING. 
          UM, DECEMBER, UH, WE ARE SIMPLY GOING TO CONVENE AS A COMMITTEE TO APPROVAL MINUTES AND THAT'S IT COME JANUARY, A NEW, UM, FINANCE COMMITTEE WILL BE CREATED. 
          SO WE'VE GOT TO WORK VERY QUICKLY ON THIS. 
          I HAVEN'T SPOKEN AND, UM, I, I WILL NOT BE SUPPORTING THIS. 
          I ALSO DO NOT THINK THAT IT'S PROPER TO HAVE A POTENTIAL VENDOR WHO MAY BE BIDDING ON THIS TO BE INVOLVED IN, IN, UH, DEVELOPING THE SCOPE. 
          SO I WILL NOT SUPPORT THIS MOTION. 
          UM, CAN YOU TAKE YOUR FEET DOWN MR. GALLEY? UH, MADAM CHAIR. 
          UM, I DON'T SEE WHERE THE BIDDING IS. 
          UH, AUDREY IS GOING TO HELP THE FINANCE COMMITTEE DEVELOP A SCOPE AND SHE'S THEN GONNA SUBMIT, UH, AN AMENDMENT PROPOSAL TO US. 
          THERE'S NOTHING ABOUT IT COMING OUT FOR ANOTHER HOUR. 
          FQ SO SHE'S NOT GOING TO BE BIDDING ON IT. 
          I DON'T SEE. 
          I DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW YOU CAME UP WITH THAT. 
          WELL, I DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW YOU THINK THAT IT'S, THAT THE SHEDS AUTOMATICALLY SHE'S GOING TO BE THE ONE THAT GETS THE CONTRACT, NOT FROM THAT MOTION. 
          WELL, SHE'S, SHE'S SUBMITTING A PROPOSAL 
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FOR AN AMENDMENT TO US, THAT, TO ME. 
          SO SHE'LL EITHER GET IT OR SHE WON'T CORRECT, BUT THERE'S RIGHT NOW, NO PLANS FOR ANY BIDDING TO TAKE PLACE BECAUSE IT'S NOT GOING OUT IN AN RFQ. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          I THINK WE'VE ALL HAD OUR CHANCE TO PROVIDE INPUT. 
          SO LET'S VOTE ON THE SUBSTITUTE MOTION. 
           EXCUSE ME. 
          I HAVE A QUESTION. 
          I HAVE A QUESTION. 
          YEAH, WE ALREADY CALLED FOR VOTING, SO PLEASE MAKE IT SUCCINCT. 
          OKAY. 
          OH YEAH. 
          IT'S QUICK, MAN. 
          I'M SURE YOU BRING A PLAY POINT THAT, AH, MAYBE LOOK AT, MAYBE THINK ABOUT IT AGAIN. 
          SOME OF THEM ASK A QUESTION. 
          I SHARE. 
          WHO WOULD YOU PROPOSE TO POSSIBLY IF SHE'S NOT, IF, UH, IF MRS. AUBREY DIDN'T COME, WHO WOULD YOU SAY I'M SUPPOSED TO HELP OUT THE FINANCE COMMITTEE WITH A SCOPE OF, OF THIS, UH, A SCOPE OF THIS, UH, UH, SCOPE OF THIS I'LL JUST WORK. 
          WHO WOULD YOU PROPOSE TO, UH, HELP OUT THE FINANCE COMMITTEE? I'M NOT PROPOSING ANYBODY AT THIS POINT. 
          I, I DON'T, UH, I HAVE NO COMMENT ON THAT, SIR. 
          OKAY. 
          I WAS JUST, SINCE YOU MADE THIS, MADE THAT, UH, TOUCH, UH, TOUCHING POINT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          YOU'RE WELCOME. 
          YES. 
          I'M JUST CURIOUS HOW IT IS THAT YOUR CONTRACTS ARE NORMALLY AMENDED. 
          HOW DO YOU NORMALLY GO THROUGH THAT PROCESS? WELL, WE HAVE ANOTHER ONE ON THE, ON THE SCHEDULE FOR TONIGHT. 
          IT'S GOING TO BE, UH, UH, COMING UP, UH, LATER IN THE MEETING IS ALREADY FAULT. 
          THAT WAS THE IT'S, UH, THE HEARING ONE THAT WAS ALSO REMOVED FROM, FROM THE EXECUTIVE SESSION. 
          OH, I'M SORRY. 
          IT'S AN OPEN. 
          YES. 
          YOU ALL STARTED TALKING AND SO, OKAY. 
          SORRY. 
          SO YOU HAVE TO THIS, NOT THINKING I HAVE TO, I HAVE TO REOPEN IT AND MADE A CORRECTION IS SO THEREFORE, BECAUSE I MADE THE CORRECTION IN CLOSING VOTE. 
          OKAY. 
          SO VOTING IS OPEN AGAIN. 
          SOAR SHACK, UH, ROBIN NOT, I VOTED, YES. 
          THANK YOU, MS. JAM, NOT MILA. 
          JOIN US IN THE MOTION. 
          CARRIES EIGHT THREE, THE THREE NO'S WERE, UM, EARL CAMPBELL, CHRISTINA QUADS AND RICHARD GUYER. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          SO THAT WAS THE SUBSTITUTE MOTION. 
          SO THEREFORE WE ARE IN AGREEMENT THAT THE AMENDED MOTION KIND OF FALLS AWAY. 
          YES. 
          CAUSE THE AMENDED MOTION WAS TO GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION, BUT THIS TONIGHT, AND THIS WOULD REPLACE THAT. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          AND THEN THE ORIGINAL MOTION WAS OFTEN GOING INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION TONIGHT, BUT THIS REPLACES THAT. 
          OKAY. 
          WE'RE GOOD. 
          ALL RIGHT, MR. NALLY, I APOLOGIZE. 
          I TOOK MY HAND DOWN NOW. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          MADAM CHAIR. 
          I'D LIKE TO BACK TO THE, UH, THE REPORT ITSELF AND, UM, I AM, I'M VERY INTERESTED IN HEAR WHAT OUR CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER, UH, HAS TO SAY ABOUT, ABOUT THIS REPORT. 
          SHE STARTED TO GIVE US HER IDEAS AND THOUGHTS ABOUT IT. 
          UM, SHE IS MY GO-TO PERSON WHEN IT COMES TO FINANCE. 
          SO I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW HER THOUGHTS ON IT. 
          ONCE AGAIN, I BELIEVE THAT THAT IS OUT OF THE ORDER. 
          THAT'S OUT OF THE ORDER AT THIS TIME, BECAUSE THIS HAS KIND OF THIS SPACE THAT HAVE BEEN PASSED TO A, THE FINANCE COMMITTEE, THE FINANCE COMMITTEE AND IT'S REPORTING. 
          AND THIS PART OF THIS REPORT IS STILL AN ONGOING INVESTIGATION. 
          AND SO I DON'T THINK THAT IT WOULD BE HEALTHY FOR US TO 
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DISCUSS THAT THIS EVENING. 
          I THINK IT COULD BE TOXIC TO WHAT WE ARE FOREVER MOVING ON TO THE WORK, THAT, TO TAKE THE WORK THAT WILL TAKE PLACE IN THE DISTRICT. 
          SO I DON'T THINK THAT'S JUST HOW WE, UNFORTUNATELY, ALL DUE RESPECT MRS. PIGEONS FOR THAT TOO, FOR THAT TO TAKE PLACE. 
          UM, ONCE AGAIN, I RULED AGAINST, UH, MR. SMITH'S OPINION, BECAUSE I DO THINK THAT THE REPORT IS WHAT'S ON THE AGENDA AND CERTAINLY THE REPORT INVOLVES THE, UH, CFO OF BEAVER COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT. 
          SO TO MUZZLE HER OR WHATEVER WORD YOU WANT TO USE, I DON'T THINK IT'S REALLY FAIR. 
          SHE DOESN'T GO INTO A LOT MR. SMITH IF SHE DOESN'T HAVE TO GO INTO A LONG DISSERTATION RIGHT NOW. 
          BUT I DO THINK IT'S APPROPRIATE TO ASK HER A BASIC SUMMARY AS MS. FISHER. 
          JUST ASKING, GO AHEAD, MS. CROSBY. 
          YES. 
          UH, I'LL MAKE IT BRIEF. 
          AND, UM, I GETTING SOME FEEDBACK THERE. 
          UM, I MAY PROVIDE SOMETHING IN WRITING TO THE BOARD SINCE THERE IS A DESIRE FOR, UM, ME TO LIMIT MY, UH, SPEAKING THIS EVENING. 
          SO, UH, I'LL BE VERY BRIEF. 
          UM, I THOUGHT THE AUDIT WAS VERY GOOD. 
          I THOUGHT IT WAS VERY FAVORABLE. 
          THERE WERE NO FINDINGS. 
          UM, I THINK THAT CAN'T BE SAID ENOUGH TO SAVE OWNING THERE'S SOME IMPLICATION OF SOME WRONGDOING. 
          AND I THINK THAT THAT IS, IS, UM, INACCURATE IN THIS CASE. 
          UM, I BELIEVE THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A VERY REPUTABLE STAFF, VERY COMFORTABLE STAFF AND VERY QUALIFIED, AND IT IS VERY UNUSUAL FOR SCHOOL DISTRICTS, OUR SIZE TO HAVE SO MANY YEARS OF, UH, ACCEPTABLE, UH, NO AUDIT FINDINGS AND, AND GOOD AUDITS AND VERY LOW RISK IN THIS, UH, IN THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA. 
          SO, UM, IT IS IT'S CONCERNING THAT, UM, WE CONTINUE TO ENGAGE ON MULTIPLE AUDITS. 
          UM, ALTHOUGH THAT RISK IS VERY LOW, UM, WE WILL CONTINUE TO, UH, WORK WITH ANY, ANY AUDITORS THAT, THAT WE MAY HAVE. 
          UH, I DO HAVE SOME CONCERNS THOUGH OF, UH, OUR PROCUREMENT RULES DO PREVENT US FROM, UM, HAVING A POTENTIAL VENDOR CREATE THE SCOPE OF WORK FOR BID. 
          UH, AND SO THAT DOES HAVE SOME IMPLICATIONS. 
          I DO NEED TO RESEARCH THAT MORE. 
          UH, I, AND I WOULD LIKE TO, UM, SPEAK WITH OUR ATTORNEY ONSITE, UH, LEGAL COUNSEL ABOUT HOW WE, UH, DO AMENDMENTS TO CONTRACTS SPECIFICALLY BEFORE WE GET TO THURSDAY'S FINANCE COMMITTEE MEETINGS. 
          SO, UM, WE'RE GOING TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WE BELIEVE ARE NECESSARY AND IN PLACE. 
          AND WE WILL DO THAT WITHOUT ANY EXCEPTION. 
          UM, AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO WORK WITH THE COUNTIES FINANCE STAFF ON, IN OUR, IN THE RECONCILIATIONS. 
          UH, WE WORK VERY WELL WITH THEM AND THEY ARE VERY UNDERSTAFFED. 
          UM, SO IT IS, IT IS, UM, IT IS A CHALLENGE EACH YEAR. 
          UM, AGAIN, I'D LOVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO TALK WITH OUR AUDITORS, WITH DAG, THE JAG GROUP, UH, ABOUT SOME OF THE COMMENTS. 
          AND, UM, AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE THIS EVENING. 
          THIS IS CROSBY. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          UH, THERE WAS NEVER ANY ATTEMPT FROM THIS BOARD MEMBER, FOR SURE. 
          SO EVER CYCLE, WHAT YOU HAD TO SAY, YOU ARE A CFO IS VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE HEAR WHAT YOU'VE HAD TO SAY. 
          SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          THANK YOU, MR. STRIPPING. 
          THANK YOU. 
          MADAM CHAIR. 
          JUST A QUESTION. 
          HOW DO WE CLOSE THE SEC? DO WE HAVE TO ACCEPT THIS REPORT? WE NEED TO VOTE ON THAT. 
          I'M JUST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE POSE A SLIGHT AMOUNT OR CAN WE POSE IT OUT IF THERE WAS AN AMENDMENT TO REPORT? SO I DON'T THINK ANY ACTION HAS TO BE TAKEN. 
          IT'S A REPORT, BUT A SUBCONTRACT IS THE END OF OUR CONTRACT, BUT IT SAYS THEY'VE COMPLETED THEIR WORK. 
          SO WHAT'S THAT? I DON'T THINK THERE'S HOUSEKEEPING. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, IT POSSIBLY WON'T HURT FOR US TO, IF YOU DO NOT HAVE THE FLOOR, I NEED TO PAUL ON PEOPLE. 
          YOU'RE, YOU'RE, YOU'RE NOT GONNA WELL WITH ALL DUE RESPECT PORN OF WAR. 
          IT SEEMED LIKE YOU WERE MOVING ON. 
          AND I THOUGHT THIS WAS A VERY CRITICAL TIME JUST TO SAY THAT I THINK YOU WOULD NOT HURT US TO TAKE A VOTE 
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SO THAT WE'RE MAKING SO THAT WE'RE STILL, WE'RE STILL IN THE SAFE ZONE. 
          THAT'S ALL I WANT TO SAY. 
          THANK YOU, MR. DOWLING HAS THE FLOOR NEXT AND I'M CALLING ON MR. DALLAS. 
          THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. 
          UM, ONCE AGAIN, UH, THE BOARD HAS NOT ADDRESSED THE ISSUE OF WHETHER THIS IS GOING OUT TO BED. 
          SO I ASK EVERYONE TO, UH, DISREGARD THE CFO'S COMMENT ABOUT THAT. 
          THE CHAIR, DR. 
           HAS SAID REPEATEDLY THAT THE DISTRICT FINANCE DEPARTMENT WILL BE OUT OF THE LOOP ON AUDIT ACTIVITIES. 
          SO I HAVE AN ISSUE WITH THE CFO BEING INVOLVED IN ANY WAY WITH THIS. 
          IN ADDITION, I DON'T HAVE A GO-TO FINANCE PERSON. 
          I DON'T HAVE A GO-TO ANYBODY EXCEPT THE SUPERINTENDENT. 
          SO I'M NOT TOO CONCERNED WITH WHAT THE CFO IS GOING TO SAY. 
          I'M ASKING DR. 
          RODRIGUEZ TO TELL ME WHAT HE THINKS ABOUT THE AUDIT, BECAUSE HE IS THE ONE WHO'S ACCOUNTABLE TO US. 
          DR. 
          RODRIGUEZ, WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THE REPORT? CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES, MY INTERPRETATION. 
          IS THAT BETTER? CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? YES, THAT'S MUCH BETTER. 
          ALL RIGHT, GOOD. 
          SO, UM, MY, FROM THE INFORMATION SHARED AND THE INFORMATION PRESENTED HERE IN THIS REPORT, UM, YOU KNOW, MY PERSPECTIVE IS VERY SIMILAR TO, UH, MS. CROSBY, RIGHT? YOU, YOU HAVE AFFIRM THAT THE BOARD CONTRACTED WITH, TO LOOK AT, UH, UH, AT, UH, MISSOULA TO ME TO DO THE FORENSIC AUDIT, AND ESSENTIALLY THEY CAME BACK SAYING THAT WHAT THE BOARD WAS INTERESTED IN FINDING OUT IF THERE WERE ANY FRAUD OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, UH, THAT THEY WERE ABLE TO DISCOUNT THAT IF THAT IS NOT THE CASE. 
          AND THEN IN ADDITION, THEY MADE RECOMMENDATIONS TO IMPROVE UPON ANY OUR, OF OUR INTERNAL CONTROLS. 
          AND AS OUR CFO ALREADY STATED, THOSE ARE THINGS THAT WE'LL, UH, GET TO WORK ON IN ORDER TO EMPLOY. 
          WHAT'S THE PURPOSE OF THE RECOMMENDATION. 
          SO THAT'S, THAT'S HOW I SEE IT. 
          UM, AUDREY, YOU ASKED THE QUESTION THAT THE CHAIR, I DON'T THINK YOU GOT AN ANSWER. 
          HOW DO WE NORMALLY HANDLE AMENDMENTS TO CONTRACTS? WE ARE GOING TO HAVE THE ONE TONIGHT UNDER FORD BUSINESS ACTION. 
          IT WAS MOVED EARLIER FROM EXECUTIVE SESSION TO BOARD BUSINESS ACTIONS. 
          SO YOU WILL GET TO SEE, UM, HOW THAT AMENDMENT TOOK PLACE, WHO CRAFTED IT, HOW IT WAS DRAWN UP. 
          SO WE ARE GOING TO TACKLE THAT THIS EVENING AS, AS ANOTHER EXAMPLE. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          ALL RIGHT, MR. DOWLING, CAN YOU PLEASE PUT DOWN YOUR, THANK YOU. 
          I THINK WE'RE READY TO AMANDA. 
          OH, OKAY. 
          I JUST PUT IT UP. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, SO, SO MY QUESTION IS WHAT ARE WE TO DO WITH THE RECOMMENDATIONS IN THE REPORT? ARE WE STILL WAITING ON BOARD MEMBERS TO DIGEST WHAT'S THE RECOMMENDATIONS ARE, OR ARE WE GOING TO, UM, PUT MANAGERS IN PLACE TO ADDRESS EACH RECOMMENDATION? UM, I THINK THERE'S SOME VERY GOOD SUGGESTIONS WITHIN THE REPORT. 
          AND I'D LIKE TO KNOW HOW THE BOARD HANDLES THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS. 
          I'M GOING TO ASK THE CFO TO COME BACK TO US AND LET US KNOW HOW THEY HAVE BEEN ADDRESSED, OR ARE WE GOING TO HE'S SOMETHING ELSE? UM, I WOULD SUGGEST THAT SEEMS LIKE THE CONSENSUS THUS FAR IS THAT PEOPLE WEREN'T READY TO, TO ACT ON THE RECOMMENDATIONS FROM WHAT THE COMMENTS HAVE BEEN THUS FAR TONIGHT. 
          DR. 
          RODRIGUEZ WITH HIS STAFF, I E THE CFO, BUT, UH, PERHAPS COME BACK TO THE BOARD AND IT'S SOMETHING IN WRITING IS, IT SOUNDS LIKE MS. CROSBY IS INTERESTED, IS DOING ANYWAYS WITH, YOU KNOW, HOW HAVE THEY, I MEAN, THEY HAVE THE SAME REPORT. 
          LET'S SEE HOW TO COME UP WITH A PLAN AND THEN WE CAN, UM, YOU KNOW, ON HOW TO, HOW TO ADDRESS THESE THINGS. 
          WE HAD AN OUTLINE FOR THAT, THE NEXT, UH, OUR NEXT, UM, YEAH. 
          DO YOU WANT TO COMMENT, DOCTOR MS. CROSBY WITH THE CURRENT, UH, 
          [02:50:02]
WORK IN YOUR DIVISION IS YOU BELIEVE THAT, UH, THE RECOMMENDATION COMING BACK WITH A RECOMMENDATION OR A PLAN OF ACTION AROUND THESE RECOMMENDATION IS DOABLE BY DECEMBER EIGHT. 
          YES, SIR. 
          THANK YOU, MS.  NEXT. 
          UH, SO I THINK THANK YOU, AUDREY AND JUSTIN FOR COMING TO THE MEETING TONIGHT AND PRESENTING YOUR REPORT AND FOR DOING YOUR WORK. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          THANK YOU. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          NEXT ON OUR AGENDA IS THE, UM, SUPERINTENDENT'S EVALUATION, THE BOARD AND THE SUPERINTENDENTS ANNUAL EVALUATION A FEW WEEKS AGO, AND WE HAVE A DRAFT LETTER SUMMARIZING THE RESULTS, AND THAT IS WHAT WE'LL BE DISCUSSING NOW. 
          AND MR. STRIVEN HERE, THANK YOU. 
          MADAM CHAIR. 
          UM, I MOVED AT THE BOARD EXCEPT THEM APPROVE THE DRAFT LETTER AS WRITTEN WITH THE ATTACHMENT OF THE EVALUATION AND THE ATTACHMENT OF THE WRITE-UP ON SUMMARY SCORE. 
          THAT EXPLAINS HOW EACH CATEGORY FITS NUMERICALLY, THE PATCH THAT AND THE, AND THE TOLL TO THE, TO THE TRACK. 
          AND I THINK THAT ADDRESSES MOST OF THE QUESTIONS. 
          I'M SORRY, CAN YOU OKAY, MR. GUY. 
          SO DID YOU GET GOOD WHEN YOU STATE THAT THE BOARD, EXCEPT THE DRAFT LETTER WITH THE TOOL, WHAT'S IT PATCHED WITH THE TOOL ATTACHED AND THE SUMMARY SCORE EQUIVALENTS, RIGHT. 
          AND THE SECOND PERSON WITH THE GUN, ANY DISCUSSION, UH, MADAM CHAIR, I MOVED TO AMEND THE MOTION TO ALSO INCLUDE, UM, MY PROPOSED ADDITION TO THE SUMMARY IN THE, UH, PROPOSED CHANGES DOCUMENT SECOND. 
          UM, MAY I READ IT SO THAT THE PUBLIC KNOWS WHAT IT IS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT? YEAH, I WAS GOING TO HAVE ROBIN, CAN YOU SAY YOUR, YOU JUST SAY YOUR EMOTION AGAIN SO SHE CAN GET THAT AS AN AMENDMENT. 
          THAT'S I MOVE TO AMEND THE MOTION TO INCLUDE, UM, MY PROPOSED ADDITION, UM, UM, THE PROPOSED CHANGES DOCUMENT AS IT STAND. 
          UM, DAVID AND I WERE THE ONLY TWO WHO SUBMITTED ADDITIONS AND DAVID ONLY MOVED TO ADD HIS I'M SIMPLY ADDING MINE AS WELL. 
          OKAY. 
           TO YOUR AMENDMENT. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, SO, UM, AT THE BOARD, SEPTEMBER ONE, 2020 MEETING, THE BOARD VOTED UNANIMOUSLY TO SUSPEND FOR ONE YEAR, THE INCLUSION OF STUDENT TESTING, EVALUATION METRICS IN THE BOARD'S 
          [02:55:01]
EVALUATION OF THE SUPERINTENDENT DUE TO COVID 19. 
          AND IF I MAY, THE REASON WHY I WANTED THAT ADDED, OBVIOUSLY NOT FOR THE BOARD, BECAUSE WE KNOW WE TOOK THAT ACTION. 
          IT'S JUST FOR THE PUBLIC, UH, BECAUSE THE, THE INSTRUMENT THAT THE BOARD APPROVED, UM, UM, SEVERAL MONTHS BACK HAD STUDENT METRICS AM I JUST WANTED TO UPDATE THE PUBLIC THAT WE HAD TAKEN ACTION. 
          WE FOLLOWED THE, UM, UH, EVALUATION COMMITTEE'S RECOMMENDATION AND VOTED TO REMOVE THAT SPECIFIC COMPONENT. 
          AND SO THAT'S JUST FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC. 
          SO THEY UNDERSTAND YES, THAT AMENDMENT, BECAUSE I THINK IT'S DUMPING THE BOTTOM OF THE DRAFT LETTER AND ALREADY STATES, SOUTH CAROLINA, STUDENT ASSESSMENTS, STANDARDIZED TEST WERE SUSPENDED IN THE SPRING OF 2020 DURING THE CORONAVIRUS DAMMIT. 
          SO STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT METRICS ARE NOT PERFORMANCE EVALUATION. 
          THE ASSESSMENTS WERE SUSPENDED BY THE STATE SUPERINTENDENT. 
          SO I JUST THINK IT'S REDUNDANT IN THAT IT'S NOT NECESSARY. 
          I THINK THIS STATEMENT MAKES IT SOUND LIKE WE WENT BEYOND THE PALE, BEYOND WHAT WAS OUT THERE AND DECIDED TO GO, AND WE'RE NOT GOING TO HOLD THE SUPERINTENDENT ACCOUNTABLE FOR THIS DATA. 
          AND THAT'S NOT TRUE. 
          WE COULDN'T HOLD THEM ACCOUNTABLE TO WORK BECAUSE IT DOESN'T EXIST. 
          I ALSO WILL NOT SUPPORT THIS AMENDMENT BECAUSE I THINK IT IS MISLEADING FOR THE REASONS THAT MS. ROBOT AND ALREADY STATED, I NEED TO GO BACK IN HERE. 
          AND THAT WAS NOT THE MOTION AND THE MOTION REGARDING THE 2019 2020, THE EVALUATION THAT PASSED AT THE SEPTEMBER ONE 2020 MEETING WAS JACKIE ROBOT MADE THE MOTION TO ACCEPT THE AD HOC RESULTS. 
          COMMITTEE'S RECOMMENDATION TO EXECUTE. 
          THE 2019 20 EVALUATION IS PRESENTED AND THE, THAT MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. 
          AND, UH, I, I THINK THERE'S, YES, THERE'S REDUNDANT. 
          IT IMPLIES THAT WE'RE DOING AWAY WITH THE METRICS. 
          IT WAS THE STATE SUPERINTENDENT AFTER SHE GOT PERMISSION FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO DO AWAY WITH, UH, US DEPARTMENT, EXCUSE ME, OF EDUCATION. 
          AND, UH, IT ALSO SAYS AT THE BEGINNING OF THE DRAFT LETTER THAT THE BOARD APPROVED THE EVALUATION INSTRUMENT, ALL THIS IS IN THERE. 
          SO I WILL NOT SUPPORT THIS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          MY INTENTION IS NOT TO MISLEAD ANYONE AND PERHAPS IS A LITTLE REDUNDANT. 
          UM, BUT THE COMMITTEE BROUGHT THE BOARD A RECOMMENDATION THAT NIGHT ON SEPTEMBER 1ST, AND THE COMMITTEE'S RECOMMENDATION WAS PLEASE ACCEPT THIS INSTRUMENT MINUS THE METRICS, THE, UM, TESTING METRICS. 
          OKAY. 
          AND THAT WAS KATHY'S MOTION. 
          KATHY'S MOTION WAS TO ACCEPT THE COMMITTEE'S RECOMMENDATION TO ACCEPT THE REPORT MINUS THAT ONE COMPONENT. 
          SO THE DUNDAS, PERHAPS I'M NOT EVEN SURE WHY THE BOARD HAD TO VOTE ON IT. 
          WHY THERE WAS A RECOMMENDATION OUT OF COMMITTEE. 
          IF THE STATE HAD ALREADY DETERMINED, IT WOULD BE NO TESTING, BUT INDEED THERE WAS. 
          AND I THINK THAT ONE BOARD ACTION, SEVERAL MONTHS AGO TO ADOPT THE FULL INSTRUMENT AND THEN ANOTHER BOARD ACTION, SEVERAL MONTHS LATER TO REMOVE A PIECE OF IT IS WORTH DOCUMENTING FOR THE PUBLIC. 
          THAT'S ALL. 
          UM, I'M NOT TRYING TO CONFUSE ANYONE. 
          I'M NOT TRYING TO DO THAT INDEED. 
          TO THE CONTRARY. 
          I'M JUST TRYING TO PROVIDE CLARITY THAT THE POOR TOOK FORMAL ACTION ON THIS. 
          UM, BUT YOU KNOW, THE BOARD COULD HAVE CHOSEN, UH, NOT TO REMOVE IT AND ADD ADDITIONAL TESTING. 
          I DON'T KNOW, LOOK AT MAP SCORES OR SENDING, UM, I DON'T KNOW, BUT THERE WAS A RECOMMENDATION AND, UM, IT WAS PROBABLY A GOOD REASON. 
          THE COMMITTEE GAVE US THE RECOMMENDATION. 
          MR. GALLI, I CAN'T BELIEVE THE AMOUNT OF DISCUSSION THIS IS GENERATING. 
          UH, WE'RE MAKING A MOUNTAIN OUT OF A MOLE HILL. 
          IT MAY BE A LITTLE REDUNDANT, BUT IT DOES NO HARM TO HAVE IT IN DEFER THE DRIVE, THE POINT HOME TO THE PUBLIC. 
          OKAY. 
          MAYBE IF WE HAD SOMEONE ELSE MAKE THE MOTION AND IT STAND A BETTER CHANCE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          I JUST HAVE TO CLARIFY 
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THAT MOTION THAT WAS MADE. 
          UM, THERE WAS TWO OTHER SECTIONS OF YOUR EVALUATION THAT WERE ALSO RECOMMENDED. 
          IT WASN'T JUST THAT IT WAS TEACHER RETENTION AND FINANCIAL OVERSIGHT METRICS. 
          SO IT WASN'T ONLY CONTAINED THAT LOTION READY TO VOTE ON THE AMENDMENT. 
          MR. DALEN, PLEASE PUT DOWN YOUR PANTS. 
          YES. 
          AND MRS. ROY, EXCUSE ME, MRS. ROBOT. 
          I HAVE HER HANDS UP. 
          NO. 
          OKAY. 
          CAUSE IT IS UP ON MY SCREEN. 
          YES. 
          THAT'S WHY. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          HOW ARE YOU BUILDING? YES, ROBIN, GO AHEAD AND PUT ME DOWN FOR, YES. 
          THE MOTION FAILS FOR YES. 
          SEVEN NOSE, THE NOSE OR EARL CAMPBELL, CHRISTINA BLOGS, DAVID STRIVEN ATTACK. 
          AND BY MELVIN CAMPBELL, RACHEL WAS NASTY RICHARD DYER. 
          SO NOW WE GO BACK TO THE ORIGINAL MOTION, WHICH WAS MR. STRANGERS. 
          COULD YOU PLEASE, UM, PUT THAT ON THE SCREEN? YES. 
          I CALLED ON YOU MS. ORISHA. 
          YES. 
          I HAVE AN AMENDMENT TO THE MOTION. 
          GO AHEAD. 
          WE CAN AMEND TO INCLUDE THE THREE AREAS THAT WERE BEING MOVED AT THE SEPTEMBER 1ST MEETING. 
          JUST TO CLARIFY FOR THE PUBLIC, WHAT WE'VE TAKEN OUT THIS TIME AROUND THAT'S ALL THREE ITEMS. IF YOU COULD JUST REPEAT THEM, I'M TRYING TO FIND THEM IN BOARD DOCS. 
          THE THREE AREAS OF MS. ROW LINE. 
          YEAH. 
          WHAT WE NEED TO NAME THEM. 
          ROBIN S AS KATHY HAS IT AT HER FINGERTIPS THERE. 
          OKAY. 
          I CAN SAY THAT WE'RE ATTACHING THIS DOCUMENT TO THE LADDER. 
          IT'S ALL I'M GOING TO BE THERE FOR THE PUBLIC TO SEE, BUT I WILL REPEAT THEM. 
          FINANCIAL OVERSIGHT, UM, AND TEACHER RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION. 
          SO CAN YOU PUT UP THIS SECOND EVENT SECOND, THE MOTION IT, MR. DALLAS. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          I, I'M NOT GOING TO BE SUPPORTING THIS EITHER. 
          I THINK IT'S GETTING WAY MORE COMPLICATED AND MUCH HARDER FOR THE PUBLIC TO UNDERSTAND. 
          WE'VE GOTTEN THIS LETTER ALREADY, THAT THE BOARD APPROVED THE DOCUMENT. 
          WE HAVE THE DOCUMENT ATTACH. 
          WE HAVE THE SCORING. 
          IF THEY WANT DETAILS ABOUT HOW WE ARRIVED AT THIS DOCUMENT, THEY CAN GO BACK AND, UH, REVIEW MINUTES AND OR VIDEOS OF PRIOR MEETINGS. 
          I THINK IT'S GETTING TOO COMPLICATED. 
          THAT'S MY OPINION. 
          UM, ANYBODY ELSE? ALL RIGHT, LET'S GO. 
          NO 
          [03:05:14]
MOTION FAILS. 
          FOUR, SEVEN NO'S OR EARL CAMPBELL. 
          CHRISTINA QUADS, JACKIE ROBOT, MEL CAMPBELL, TRISHA. 
          BEDRICK RICHARD GUYER. 
          SO NOW WE'RE READY TO VOTE ON THE ORIGINAL MOTION. 
          MADAM CHAIR. 
          WE'RE GOING TO DISCUSS THE ORIGINAL MOTION YOU HAVE TO HOLD ON, PLEASE. 
          WE'LL LET ROBIN DISPLAY IT. 
          MR. DALLY. 
          OKAY. 
          I'M GOING TO VOTE NO ON THIS, BECAUSE I BELIEVE THAT THE ENTIRE PROCESS WAS COMPLETE AND THAT CERTAIN AREAS THAT NORMALLY ARE INCLUDED IN EACH AND EVERY EVALUATION, UH, WERE NOT TOUCHED, UH, SPECIFICALLY AREAS OF IMPROVEMENT THAT ARE NEEDED. 
          WE'RE NOT MENTIONED AT ALL. 
          UH, NO ONE HAS WALKED ON WATER WELL FOR A LITTLE OVER 2000 YEARS. 
          SO, UH, I THINK THE EVALUATION WAS INCOMPLETE AND I'LL VOTE. 
          NO, ON A SUMMARY. 
          YEAH. 
          OKAY. 
          ANYBODY ELSE WANT TO SPEAK? ALL RIGHT. 
          VOTING IS OPEN. 
          I CAN'T GET MY HAND UP. 
          HOLD UP. 
          SORRY. 
          UM, I THINK THAT, I THINK DR. 
          ED, HIS SCORE SPEAKS FOR ITSELF AND THE SUMMARY SHEET AS WELL, BUT THERE REALLY WERE NO SUBSTANTIVE, UH, SUGGESTED AREAS OF IMPROVEMENT FOR OUR SUPERINTENDENT. 
          AND I THINK ANY WELL-BALANCED EVALUATION HAS A COMBINATION OF BOTH IN ALL FAIRNESS. 
          UM, SO UNFORTUNATELY, UM, WHILE THE DOCUMENT MAY BE TRUE, IT DOES NOT TOUCH ON THAT VERY, VERY RELEVANT POINT. 
          UM, AND SO I HAVE TO, UM, I HAVE TO ABSTAIN ACTUALLY. 
          UH, I, I, I WILL INTEND TO AGREE WITH WHAT MRS. OR SHAQ JUST SAID. 
          AND ALSO TOO, I THINK THAT WHEN WE MADE THE MOTION TO TAKE OUT THOSE THREE AMENDMENTS, HOW DID WE DO OURSELVES UNJUST AS WELL AS THE COMMUNITY? BECAUSE WHAT I WELL LEARNED IN THE LAND, THE LAST BOARD MEETING, UH, SOME YOU REMEMBER RECALL ME ASKING  AND HIS STAFF WERE TEACHERS STILL BEING EVALUATED. 
          IT BRINGS ME GREAT CONCERN THAT WE CAN FULLY EVALUATE TEACHERS ON THEIR METRICS, ON THE ACHIEVEMENT GAP AND EVERYTHING ELSE, AND THEM DOING THEIR WHOLE JOB, NOT HALF OF THEIR JOB, BUT BECAUSE THE STATE TOLD US THAT IT WAS OKAY FOR US NOT TO DO IT FOR THE SUPERINTENDENT AND THEY DIDN'T, THEY DIDN'T PUT ANY IN, THEY DIDN'T HAVE OUR HANDS TIED BEHIND OUR BACK FOR US TO DO THAT. 
          AND W AND W STILL YET EVALUATE TEACHERS. 
          I THINK THAT LEADERSHIP STARTS FROM THE TOP. 
          AND I THINK THAT WE'VE DONE A DISSERVICE TO THE STUDENTS AND THE PEOPLE IN THIS COMMUNITY BY NOT HOLDING HIM ACCOUNTABLE. 
          AND IF THEY'RE, THE TEACHERS CAN BE MEASURED AT A TIME AND IT'S PANDEMIC, THEN THE QUESTION ASKS ME TO AS A SUPERVISOR, I MEAN, AS A BOARD MEMBER, WHY CAN'T THE SUPERINTENDENT BE MEASURED? AND IT DOESN'T SAY ANYTHING ABOUT HIM BECAUSE HE DIDN'T MAKE THE MEASUREMENT, THE BOARD DID. 
          SO TO ME, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE, AS THE BOARD, WE HAVE TO TAKE OWNERSHIP BECAUSE I THINK THAT THIS WAS A TIME WHERE WE POSSIBLY DROPPED THE BALL WHERE WE SHOULD HAVE DID MORE HOMEWORK OR MORE TIME. 
          WOULD'VE GIVEN US A LITTLE MORE, A LITTLE MORE CLARITY ON, ON WHAT OUR TEACHERS AND OUR TEACHERS WOULD BE, WHAT WE WERE BEING, UH, WE'RE BEING GRADED ON. 
          SO I'M A LITTLE DISHEARTENED DISHEARTENED, AND I'M A LITTLE CONCERNED THAT NEXT TIME, IF A PANDEMIC OR SOMETHING HAPPENED, THAT WE AS BOARD MEMBERS MAY NEED TO DIG A LITTLE DEEPER AND GET A LOOK AND GIVE, GIVE SOME MORE, GET SOME MORE INFORMATION. 
          SO AT THIS TIME, AND THIS IS THE ONCE AGAIN, LET ME SAY THIS AND MAKE THIS CLEARLY THERE'S DENIM REFLECT ON DR. 
          RODRIGUEZ, THIS REFLECTS DIRECTLY ON THE BOARD AND INCLUDING MYSELF. 
          SO I'M A GREAT CONCERN. 
          SO I TOO DON'T KNOW HOW, UM, UM, IF I CAN SUPPORT THIS MOTION TODAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, MATT. 
          I'M SURE THE TOPIC WE'RE DISCUSSING IS THE SUMMARY LETTER OF THE VALUATION THAT'S ALREADY BEEN COMPLETED. 
          I THINK WE'RE OVERLAPPING INTO THE NEXT TOPIC, WHICH IS FUTURE EVALUATIONS FOR THAT. 
          SO I'M THINKING YOU NEED TO DISPOSE IT. 
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ALL RIGHT. 
          CAR SHACK, MR. STEVEN DID, THIS IS A SUMMARY OF THIS YEAR'S EVALUATION, NOT SUBSEQUENT YEARS. 
          AND SO THE POINTS THAT MR. DALLIN, MR. SMITH AND I MADE ARE VALID AS THEY ARE IN REFERENCE TO THIS YEAR'S EVALUATION. 
          MR. DAL, IN YOUR HAND, CAN YOU PLEASE PUT IT DOWN? THERE ARE NO HANDS UP. 
          YES. 
          OH, THANK YOU FOR SAYING NO. 
          THE MOTION CARRIES, UM, EIGHT TWO, ONE, THE TWO NOS ARE DOWLING AND SMITH AND THE EXTENSION IS OR SHUTS. 
          SO SINCE THE BOARD HAS APPROVED THIS LETTER AND I WILL SIGN IT A DIFFERENT POSITION OF THIS MEETING, AND IT WILL BE POSTED ON THE WEBSITE LIKE THE 90 DAY ONE WAS, I WILL READ THE LETTER NOW INTO THE RECORD, THE BEAVER COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION, THE 2019 2020 SUPERINTENDENT, THE ANNUAL EVALUATION WAS DONE ON OCTOBER 29, 2020, DR. 
          FRANK RODRIGUEZ BEGAN HIS TENURE AS A SUPERINTENDENT OF BEAVER COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT ON JULY ONE, 2019, THE BUFORD COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION EMPLOYEES, AND EVALUATES THE PERFORMANCE OF THE SUPERINTENDENT AS SUCH THE BOARD OF EDUCATION JUST COMPLETED ITS FIRST ANNUAL EVALUATION OF DR. 
          RODRIGUEZ ON THE 2019 TO 2020 SCHOOL YEAR. 
          AND IS NOW SHARING THE RESULTS WITH THE COMMUNITY. 
          THE 2019 2020 SUPERINTENDENT ANNUAL EVALUATION INSTRUMENT ATTACHED, AND THE WHAT DAVID'S PART WAS CALLED. 
          THE SOME EQUIVALENTS EQUIVALENTS WILL BE ATTACHED. 
          LET ME START THAT PARAGRAPH AGAIN. 
          EXCUSE ME. 
          THE 2019 2020 SUPERINTENDENT ANNUAL EVALUATION INSTRUMENT ATTACHED WAS DEVELOPED BY THE BOARDS AD HOC RESULTS COMMITTEE AND WAS APPROVED BY THE SUPERINTENDENT AND THE BOARD AS A WHOLE EVALUATION INSTRUMENT INCLUDED 32 QUESTIONS IN THE FOLLOWING FIVE COMPONENTS OF PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE. 
          AND EACH COMPONENT WAS ASSIGNED AND WEIGHTED VALUE. 
          THE FIVE COMPONENTS ARE ONE GOVERNANCE AND BOARD RELATIONS WAY TO 20% COMMUNITY RELATIONS WAY TO 15% STAFF RELATIONS, WAY, 15% BUSINESS AND FINANCE RATE WEIGHTED 20% AND INSTRUCTIONAL LEADERSHIP. 
          THE SCORING CHOICES FOR EACH QUESTION WERE ONE INEFFECTIVE TO MINIMALLY EFFECTIVE, THREE EFFECTIVE AND FOUR HIGHLY EFFECTIVE BOARD MEMBERS COMPLETED INDIVIDUAL EVALUATIONS, WHICH WE'RE PULLING IT INTO A COMPOSITE SCORE AND SHARED WITH THE SUPERINTENDENT AND THE BOARD, THE AVERAGE SCORES FOR EACH COMPONENT WHERE GOVERNANCE OF BOARD RELATIONS 3.17 COMMUNITY RELATIONS 3.50 STAFF RELATIONS 3.41. 
          THIS IS IN FINANCE 3.20 INSTRUCTIONAL LEADERSHIP, 3.34, TAKING INTO ACCOUNT THE WEIGHTED VALUE OF EACH COMPONENT, DR. 
          FRANK RODRIGUEZ EARNED A TOTAL COMPOSITE SCORE OF 3.3, ONE EFFECTIVE TO HIGHLY EFFECTIVE FOR ALL CAROLINA'S STUDENT ASSESSMENTS. 
          STANDARDIZED TESTS WERE SUSPENDED IN THE SPRING OF 2020 DURING THE CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC. 
          SO STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT METRICS ARE NOT INCLUDED IN THIS ANNUAL PERFORMANCE EVALUATION, THE BOARD OF EDUCATION CONGRATULATES DR. 
          FRANK RODRIGUEZ ON OVERALL HIGH PERFORMANCE LEADING THE BEAVER COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT IN THE 2000, 19 2020 SCHOOL YEAR, DESPITE SIGNIFICANT CHALLENGES, MANY OF WHICH WERE COVID-19 RELATED. 
          WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR HARD WORK, YOUR LEADERSHIP AND YOUR DEDICATION AND COMMITMENT TO THE DISTRICT SUBMITTED BY CHRISTINA FLOGS MD BOARD CHAIR. 
          AND THERE'LL BE THE TWO ATTACHMENTS WE ALREADY SPOKE OF THE EVALUATION INSTRUMENTS AND THE SCORING 
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RUBRIC. 
          THANK YOU, DR. 
          RODRIGUEZ. 
           YOU JUST SAY THAT IN ORDER TO KNOW THAT THOSE THINGS ARE NOT RESOLVED, THE RESULTS OF SYSTEM, I APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENTS. 
          SO END UP AT THIS TIME, I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO MOVE THAT WE, TO HIS BOOK TO BE PUBLIC SO THAT PEOPLE CAN KNOW THE GOOD THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON IN THE DISTRICT. 
          I THINK THAT THAT, THAT, THAT, THAT IS A, UH, THAT, THAT REFLECTS THE WORK THAT HAS BEEN DONE IN THE DISTRICT. 
          AND I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE AT THIS TIME THAT WE MAKE THIS BOOK, IS THIS THE BOOK THAT HE PRESENTED TO THE BOARD PUBLIC? BECAUSE I BELIEVE THAT, UH, WE PRINTED OUT, WE PRINT OUT A COUPLE OF COPIES AND I BELIEVE THAT WE CAN OPEN THOSE OUT TO THE PUBLIC. 
          SO LET'S HAVE, SO YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE SELF EVALUATION BOOK THAT DR. 
          RODRIGUEZ PREPARE. 
          YES MA'AM. 
          OKAY. 
          SO LET'S HOLD JUST A MINUTE. 
          CAUSE IT'S NINE O'CLOCK AND WE HAVE ONE PUBLIC COMMENT AND THEN WE'LL COME BACK TO THAT. 
          CAUSE WE JUST PICKED IT WOULD DO THE PUBLIC COMMENTS STARTING AT NINE. 
          YES MA'AM. 
          YES MA'AM. 
          THANK YOU. 
          HELLO, THIS IS DAN BUCKLEY. 
          HELLO. 
          AND THIS IS ROTTEN YOU'RE ON PUBLIC COMMENTS. 
          CAN YOU GIVE STATE YOUR FIRST AND YOUR LAST NAME PLEASE? AND BUCKLEY. 
          OKAY. 
          IT'S A TIMER. 
          I SOMETIMES THEY WON'T SEE IT THOUGH, ON A SCREEN. 
          YEAH. 
          HE WENT UP TO HIM AND STARTED. 
          YEAH. 
          OH, PERFECT. 
          OKAY. 
          OKAY. 
          HELLO. 
          THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. 
          AND THANK YOU FOR CALLING ME. 
          UM, I HAVE TWO QUESTIONS. 
          UM, ONE IS, UM, REGARDING THE, UM, COVID-19 ISSUE AND THEN, UH, REGARDING FINANCIALS AND THEN ALSO WITH OUR TEACHER MORALE, I'LL MAKE SURE THE QUESTION IS HAVING TO DO WITH, UM, BECAUSE THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT POSSIBLY EVENTUALLY BRINGING US BACK FOR FIVE DAYS. 
          IS THERE A COST, UM, THE DISTRICT THAT IS IF IT COSTS MORE, IF STUDENTS ARE IN SCHOOL FIVE DAYS A WEEK VERSUS THE HYBRID MODEL. 
          AND, UM, IF SO, IS THERE, UM, THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT MONEY THAT WE HAVE BEEN GIVEN THAT, UM, COVER THAT? AND MY SECOND QUESTION HAS TO DO WITH, UM, STAFF MORALE, UM, AND WONDERING IF THAT IS BEING CONSIDERED, UM, FOR THIS POSSIBLY FIVE DAYS A WEEK EVENTUALLY. 
          UM, I KNOW MYSELF AND OTHER PEOPLE IN THE BUILDING ON MAY FIND THAT WEDNESDAY BEING THE VIRTUAL, UM, THAT, THAT IS HELPFUL ON FOR TEACHERS. 
          UM, BECAUSE WHAT WE ARE HAVING TO DO THIS YEAR IS, UH, VERY MENTALLY EXHAUSTING. 
          AND, UM, MANY PEOPLE ARE ON ZOOM AND DOING FACE TO FACE AT THE SAME TIME AND MANY HAVE EXPRESSED. 
          AND, UM, I FEEL AS WELL THAT WEDNESDAYS ARE HELPFUL, UM, TO HAVE ALL VIRTUAL SO THAT WE CAN, UM, YOU KNOW, TO RECOUP IT AND PREPARE OURSELVES AGAIN FOR, UM, YOU KNOW, HAVING STUDENTS, UM, IN THE BUILDING. 
          UM, SO THOSE ARE MY TWO. 
          UM, OH, AND THEN LIKE MY OTHER QUESTION IS WHAT DATA ARE THEY LOOKING AT IF THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT THESE FIVE DAYS A WEEK FOR STUDENTS WHO ARE FACE TO FACE, ALL RIGHT. 
          IS THAT IT IS THAT IT ANSWERS. 
          YEAH. 
          SO WE DON'T THE, THE WAY PUBLIC COMMENTS WORKS FOR THE BOARD IS WE HEAR YOUR 
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COMMENTS, BUT WE DO NOT RESPOND AT THIS TIME, BUT WE HEARD YOUR QUESTION ON WHAT NOT AT THIS TIME. 
          I'M SORRY. 
          THERE IS NOT A INTERACTION OR A DIALOGUE BETWEEN THE PUBLIC COMMENT OR IN THE BOARD DURING THE PUBLIC COMMENTS, COMMENTS, SECTION. 
          WE HEARD YOUR QUESTIONS. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          YOU'RE WELCOME. 
          THANK YOU. 
          YEP. 
          I DO WE HAVE ANY FURTHER PUBLIC COMMENTS? SO NOW MR. SMITH, WE'LL COME BACK TO YOU. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, SO, SO, UH, UH, I WOULDN'T MAKE MY MOTION, MY MOTION AT THIS TIME, I MOVED THAT WE PUT ALL DR. 
          RODRIGUEZ BOOKS IN THE PUBLIC LIBRARIES IN EVERY CLUSTER SO THAT IT NEVER CLUSTER. 
          DID YOU HEAR THAT ROBIN MOTION TO INCLUDE ALL SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS? NO. 
          I MOVED THAT. 
          WE PUT, I MOVED THAT WE PUT DR. 
          RODRIGUEZ BOOK IN EVERY  EVERY LINE AND EVERY LIBRARY, AT LEAST IN EVERY CLUSTER, WE HAVE A METRIC THAT ELABORATE THAT, UM, THE REASON WHY I'M DOING THIS IS BECAUSE THAT SHOWS DR. 
          RODRIGUEZ, HIS WORK AND HIS JOB IS OUR TRANSPARENCY AND HIS, SO HIS SUCCESS AND HIS FIRST YEAR HERE AS PART OF A PUBLIC BOOK, IT WAS, IT WAS, IT WAS MAINLY WITH PUBLIC FUNDS, UH, WHAT A BEAR WAY TO ADVERTISE AND TO LET PEOPLE SEE THE GREAT WORK THAT WAS BEING DONE IN THIS DISTRICT. 
          SO WHY, WHY NOT PUT THOSE BOOKS? THOSE BOOKS ALREADY PRINTED. 
          THEY ALREADY MADE THAT THEY HAVE NO, UH, NO PERSONAL STAFF HAVE PERMISSION TO THEM. 
          THEY ALL GOOD STUFF. 
          WHY, WHY, WHY, WHY, WHY JUST KEEP THEM ON THE SHUFFLE? WHY THROW THEM AWAY? THANK YOU, MR. . 
          ARE WE SAYING THAT THE SUPERINTENDENT SELF EVALUATION SHOULD BE MADE WITH EXACTLY WHAT WE'RE SAYING? THAT'S MY UNDERSTANDING AND EVERY LIBRARY AND EVERY CLUSTER. 
          YEAH. 
          THAT'S THE MOTION. 
          NOT SURE. 
          I'M NOT SURE. 
          THAT'S THE WAY THINGS ARE. 
          NORMALLY WE DON'T RESPOND TO THAT. 
          WE GET, NOT YET. 
          WE HAD SOME OTHER PEOPLE HAVE THEIR HANDS UP. 
          YES, MA'AM. 
          THANK YOU, MR. DARLING. 
          OKAY. 
          OKAY. 
          I'M GOING TO SUPPORT THIS MOTION BECAUSE I THINK THE SUPERINTENDENT DID A GREAT JOB ON THE BOOK. 
          IT'S A SORROW VOLUMINOUS. 
          LOOK AT ALL THAT HE'S DONE. 
          UH, THERE'S NOT ONE OUNCE OF CONFIDENTIAL MATERIAL IN IT. 
          IT WAS BEAUTIFULLY DONE. 
          I THINK IT SHOULD BE ON A DISTRICT WEBSITE AND DISTRIBUTED LIGHTLY. 
          I DON'T THINK WE COULD HAVE DONE A BETTER TRIP AND HATED THEM THEN. 
          THANK YOU. 
          I MEAN, I DIDN'T INTERPRET WILLIAMS MOTION AT ALL TO BE DR. 
          RODRIGUEZ IS SELF EVALUATION WHERE HE'S SCORING EACH OF THE AREAS FOR EVALUATION JUST AS THE BOARD. 
          DID I AM WILLIAM, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, BUT YOU'RE SAYING THAT THE BOOK THAT DR. 
          RODRIGUEZ PRODUCED TO SHOW ALL OF HIS EFFORTS AND SUCCESSES THIS YEAR SHOULD BE AVAILABLE TO THE DISTRICT. 
          DISTRICT-WIDE CORRECT. 
          NOT HIS ACTUAL SELF-EVALUATION IN SCORES. 
          CORRECT. 
          GOOD. 
          THANK YOU FOR CLARIFYING. 
          I LOOK AT THIS DIFFERENTLY. 
          I SEE THIS BOOK AS HIS SELF EVALUATION, THE SCORE SHEET WAS TWO SEPARATE OR THREE SEPARATE, WHATEVER, HOWEVER MANY PIECES OF PAPER, IT WAS LIKE PIECES, BUT THIS BOOKLET THAT DR. 
          RODRIGUEZ PREPARED HAS THE ENTIRE EVALUATION INSTRUMENT IN IT. 
          AND HE DID HIS, UH, UH, SPECIFICALLY SAYS IN THIS BOOKLET, LIKE THE, YOU KNOW, SUPPORTING DOCUMENTATION, I THINK THEY CALL IT ARTIFACTS AND ALL THAT ON THE, ON THE INSTRUMENT. 
          SO I, I THINK THAT THE BOOK IS, IS, UH, IS HIS SELF EVALUATION AS IS THE SCORING SHEET HE SUBMITTED, I THINK BOTH THINGS ARE HIS SELF 
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EVALUATION. 
          SO I DO NOT. 
          AND ALSO I, THE BOARD IS THE ONE THAT'S RESPONSIBLE FOR DOING IS AN EVALUATION, NOT THE PUBLIC. 
          AND WE REPRESENT THE PUBLIC, SHOWING HIS EVALUATION, AND WE'RE OBVIOUSLY PRIVY TO, UH, INFORMATION, A LOT OF INFORMATION, NOT NECESSARILY THE PUBLIC, YOU KNOW, CAUSE HEARD. 
          UM, SO I THINK THE BOOK WOULD BELONG IN THE LIBRARY OR IN THE CLUSTERS. 
          I THINK THE BOOK WOULD BELONG IN HIS PERSONNEL FILE PERSONALLY. 
          THAT'S MY OPINION. 
          WOULD ANYBODY ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK THAT HAS NOT SPOKEN MR. STREET? UH, YOU ALREADY SPOKEN TO HIM ABOUT MR. DO YOU WANT TO SPEAK TO SORRY, DR. 
          RODRIGUEZ, DO YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS? IT IS MY SELF EVALUATION. 
          YOU WOULD CONCUR WITH THAT MS. ROBOT. 
          I'M CONCERNED THAT BY, BY DOING THAT, I'M GOING DOWN A SLIPPERY SLOPE. 
          I THINK IT IS PART OF THIS EVALUATION. 
          AND, UM, I THINK THAT OTHER RACE FOR, UH, THE INFORMATION COULD GET OUT OF IT OFF THE GOOD WORK HE'S DONE. 
          UM, AND I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, WE, THERE'S A DISTRICT, UH, REPORT CARD DONE EVERY YEAR THAT WOULD HIGHLIGHT THAT TYPE OF INFORMATION THAT'S SHARED WITH EVERYONE. 
          SO I, I, UM, CAN NOT SUPPORT THIS. 
          IS THERE ANYBODY ELSE WHO HAS NOT SPOKEN YOU ALREADY SPEAK? I CAN'T REMEMBER. 
          OKAY. 
          I SPOKE AND BURNED AGAIN. 
          YEAH. 
          OKAY. 
          WELL, WE'LL START AROUND TWO LET'S BECAUSE I JUST WANT TO QUICKLY POINT OUT THAT I DON'T THINK IT'S FAIR TO HAVE DR. 
          RODRIGUEZ PREPARE A DOCUMENT THAT HE THINKS IS FOR THE BOARD, UM, AND THEN CHANGE AND MAKE IT PUBLIC. 
          WE WANT TO MAKE A FOLLOW-UP NEXT YEAR AND SHE TELL HIM THAT AHEAD OF TIME. 
          MR. YOU MAY DO IT DIFFERENTLY IF HE THINKS THIS WILL BE INTERESTING. 
          UH, MR. SCRIMMAGE, UH, ALL DUE RESPECT, I WOULD SAY I WOULD DISAGREE JUST BECAUSE THE FACT THAT HE GAVE US TWO BOOKS, HE GAVE US A BOOK LAST TIME. 
          AND THAT ONE WE SAID WAS, WAS IT WAS A PRIVATE, IT HAD DIFFERENT PEOPLE'S NAME IN IT. 
          AND IT HAD DIFFERENT INFORMATION ABOUT STAFF AND PARTICULARLY IN THAT BOOK. 
          SO I WOULD NOT SUGGEST THAT THAT BOOK BE MADE PUBLIC TO THE COMMUNITY, BUT IF MY MEMORY SERVES ME CORRECTLY, HE DID HAVE A SHEET WHERE HE SELF EVALUATED HIMSELF ON THAT WE SAW, WE WERE ABLE TO SEE NOT PRIOR TO, BUT RIGHT IN EXECUTIVE SESSION. 
          SO WITH, WITH THAT BEING SAID, I WILL TAKE THAT, TAKE THAT TO BE THE SELF EVALUATION, UH, PIECE. 
          SO THIS BOOK IS ALSO BEEN, THIS BOOK HAS ALSO BEEN MADE, UH, AND ALSO, UH, UH, PAID FOR, I BELIEVE BY TAXPAYERS' DOLLARS IS TRANSPARENT. 
          IT SHOWS THE POSITIVE. 
          I DON'T REMEMBER NOTHING READING, ANYTHING NEGATIVE IN THAT BOOK. 
          AND THERE ARE THINGS THAT PARTICULARLY THAT ARE, THAT WE FEEL THAT ARE, THAT, THAT SHOWS EXACTLY, UH, WHY THAT, THAT ARE PERSONAL. 
          THEN THOSE THINGS COULD POSSIBLY BE, UH, BB EDITED, BUT LO AND BEHOLD, AND WE'RE PUTTING A POT, I'LL POP BY A PART OF THE ACTUAL, A CLEAR RANK EVALUATION IN THERE. 
          THEN PEOPLE OBVIOUSLY KNOW WHAT HE'S BEING EVALUATED ON, SO THAT THAT'S TRANSPARENT. 
          BUT TO NOT TO PUT THE BOOK OUT THERE, I DON'T SEE WHERE HE HURTING ANYTHING. 
          I JUST THINK THAT THERE IS FREE AS FREE ADVERTISING AND PEOPLE SEE THAT WE'RE HOLDING THE SUPERINTENDENT ACCOUNTABLE. 
          AND IT ALSO HE'S ON GOOD JOB IN EYES ON SOME OF THE THINGS THAT HAVE HIGHLIGHT SOME OF HIS, HIS GREATEST ACCOMPLISHMENT THAT HE SEE THAT WAS DONE THIS YEAR, THIS FAR IN THE DISTRICT BEST. 
          I MEAN, AND I'M NOT, I'M GOING TO LEAVE ALONE, BUT THAT'S, THAT'S, THAT'S MY TAKE ON IT. 
          I THOUGHT IT WAS NO HARM. 
          IT WAS, I WOULDN'T ASK FOR US TO HAVE TO BEAT HIM, BUT HIS MOTION, UH, BE PASSED TONIGHT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          PROBABLY THE PROBLEM I FIND WITH THAT IS WE DIDN'T TELL DR. 
          RODRIGUEZ BEFOREHAND THAT WE WERE GONNA MAKE WHAT HE, WHAT HE SUBMITTED TO THE BULLET PUBLISH. 
          BUT ON THE OTHER HAND, IF THE BOARD SEES MERIT IN THAT, THAT PRODUCTION THEN MAYBE REACH OR PUBLICATION, THEN WE SHOULD LOOK INTO IT. 
          I WOULD SALES AS A BOARD AND DECIDE WHAT WE WANT TO DO TO PROMOTE THE GOOD WORK THAT'S BEING DONE IN THE DISTRICT, UH, ON, UH, ANOTHER, ANOTHER LEVEL AND BREAK DOWN THE COMPONENTS THAT HE HAVE HIGHLIGHTED HIMSELF. 
          AND WE CAN LOOK AT IT EXACTLY AS A CROSS REFERENCE FOR WHY WE GREETED HIM OR EVALUATED HIM IN A CERTAIN MANNER. 
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BUT, UH, YOU KNOW, I'M NOT GOING TO BE, IT WILL SUPPORT PUTTING THAT BOOK OUT THERE BECAUSE HE DIDN'T, HE DIDN'T INTEND FOR THAT TO BE HAPPENING. 
          WHEN HE, WHEN HE SUBMITTED IT, I WOULD SUBMIT THAT DISTRICT RESOURCES, DISTRICT PERSON. 
          NOW, UH, WHEN YOU USE TO PRODUCE THESE BOOKS, THE DISTRICT OWNS THEM. 
          THE PEOPLE OF THE DISTRICT OWNED THEM. 
          LOOK THAT WAS A COMPILATION OF EVIDENCE FROM DR. 
          RODRIGUEZ, THAT HE SUPPLIED HIS EMPLOYER, THE BOARD TO BAN REFINE THAT HE HAS MET. 
          ALL OF THE REQUIREMENTS ASKED OF HIM. 
          AND BASED UPON THAT BOOK AND THE OTHER ANECDOTAL OBSERVATIONS, THE BOARD HAS, WE HAVE EVALUATED HIM ON THAT. 
          EVERY DEFINITION OF THAT BOOK, AND THERE'S NOTHING PROPRIETARY OR PRIVATE IN THERE, THERE'S NO EMPLOYEE MATTERS OR, YOU KNOW, UH, STUFF THAT NEEDS TO BE PROTECTED BY LAW. 
          THE PUBLIC SHOULD SEE IT. 
          I DON'T UNDER WHY CAN'T THEY VERIFY? WHY CAN'T THEY LOOK AT THAT BOOK AND SAY, YES, I SAW THE SUPERINTENDENT DOING A, B AND C, YOU KNOW, THAT'S, THIS IS A, THIS IS A TRIBUTE TO DR. 
          RODRIGUEZ. 
          THIS BOOK DOESN'T, UM, IS MEANT TO HIGHLIGHT THE GOOD THINGS HE'S DONE. 
          AND I WANT TO BE CLEAR ON MY BOAT TO MIKE, TO ABSTAIN FROM THAT VOTE. 
          IT HAD NO BEARING ON DR. 
          RODRIGUEZ OR HIS PERFORMANCE THAT WAS INTENDED TOWARD THE BOARD AND ITS PERFORMANCE IN EVALUATING THE SUPERINTENDENT. 
          DR. 
          RODRIGUEZ. 
          I HOPE YOU'RE CLEAR OR MIKE THAT TONIGHT, BECAUSE THAT WAS PRECISELY WHY MY ABSTENTION TOOK PLACE. 
          I WOULD HAVE AGREED WITH DAVID UNTIL I READ THE BOOK. 
          UM, NOWHERE IN THAT BOOK, JUST DR. 
          RODRIGUEZ RAISED HIMSELF. 
          HE SIMPLY TELLS US WHAT HE'S DONE. 
          WHAT HE'S DONE IS PUBLIC KNOWLEDGE. 
          THERE'S NO, TO ME, THERE'S VERY LITTLE CHANCE OF CONSIDERING THAT TO BE PRIVATE NOW, BECAUSE HE DIDN'T KNOW WHEN HE CREATED IT, THAT IT, THAT SOMEBODY MIGHT WANT, IT TOOK A WHILE. 
          PERHAPS HE COULD, WE COULD, UM, LET HIM EDIT THAT OVER, GET SOME THINGS OUT OF THERE THAT HE DOESN'T WANT IN THERE. 
          BUT THE POINT IS, I THINK IT'D BE AN UNCHARACTERISTIC ACT OF TRANSPARENCY FOR THE BOARD TO LET THAT THING GO AND SHOW THE PEOPLE WHAT THEY WERE GIVEN AS A EVIDENCE TO DRAW THAT, TO HELP THEM DRAW THEIR CONCLUSIONS AROUND, UH, HOW DR. 
          RODRIGUEZ DID. 
          AND IT'S SUCH A SPLENDID EFFORT. 
          I CAN'T HELP, BUT THINK THAT WE'RE BACK IN A SITUATION WHERE WE'RE JUDGING THIS SUGGESTION BASED ON WHO MADE IT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          OKAY. 
          YES. 
          THE MOTION FAILS A THREE EIGHT, THE EIGHT NO'S OR EARL CAMPBELL, CHRISTINA WADS, DAVID JUPITER, KHAKI ROBOT, AND MELVIN CAMPBELL, TRISHA FENDER. 
          AND RACHEL RACHEL WAS ASKING HIM RICHARD DYER. 
          SO, UH, IT'S NOT, IT'S JUST NINE 18, AND THERE'S QUITE A FEW ITEMS LEFT ON THE AGENDA. 
          SO WE EITHER ADJOURN, WE NEED A MOTION, OR WE'VE SAID FOR A PERIOD OF TIME OR ONE 12, MR. SHERMAN, DARE I CALL THOSE IN FAVOR. 
          AYE. 
          ANYBODY OPPOSED TO MR. SMITH? OPPOSED? SO WE'RE AUDIO FOR SOME REASON. 
          CAN YOU HEAR US NOW? WE CAN HEAR YOU WITH A SIGNIFICANT ECO CLUB. 
          COMPUTER NEEDS STUDENT WE'RE ON THE AGENDA THAT SUPERINTENDENT EVALUATION, THE SECOND ARROW HAD THEIR 
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20, 20, 20, 21 EVALUATE. 
          AND TO SUMMARIZE THE, UM, MR.  A LITTLE INTRODUCTION THAT, YOU KNOW, THE METRICS, WE'RE NOT CERTAIN ABOUT IT BECAUSE ASPECTS ARE GOING TO CHANGE THIS YEAR. 
          THAT IT'S A LITTLE PREMATURE ON THEIR SIDE, ON, ON MODIFYING THE INSTRUMENT. 
          AND DR. 
          RODRIGUEZ ALSO HAS NOT YET BEEN INFORMED BY THE STATE SUPERINTENDENT, WHAT THE METRICS ARE GOING TO BE. 
          WOULD ANYBODY LIKE TO COMMENT MS. ROBOT? YEAH, IT SEEMS TO ME, UM, THAT THERE ARE TOO MANY UNKNOWNS AT THIS TIME AND THAT I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT THIS BE SENT TO COMMITTEE. 
          AND BECAUSE IF WE DON'T HAVE STATE VECTORWORKS, I THINK WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO COME UP WITH SOME LOCAL. 
          UM, BUT I THINK THAT IT SHOULD BE ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE AGAIN, WHETHER IT'S A NEW COMMITTEE OR THE SAME COMMITTEE TO GO BACK AND REWORK SOME TYPES OF METRICS. 
          AND IT'S EXACT TO THE BOARD. 
          THAT WOULD BE MY RECOMMENDATION. 
          HOW ABOUT THE TIMING OF THE COMMITTEE? WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A CHANGEOVER AND TWO BOARD MEMBERS, IF IT WAS ASSIGNED IN JANUARY, THAT WOULD ALLOW THE NEW MEMBERS TO EXPRESS INTEREST OF THEM. 
          AND, UM, I DON'T PERSONALLY DON'T SEE THAT WAITING FROM NOW TILL JANUARY WOULD BE A PROBLEMATIC CAUSE ANYBODY HAVE ANY COMMENTS REGARDING TO THAT? CAN YOU HEAR ME OKAY. 
          YOU'RE NOT VERY WELL. 
          YEAH. 
          I KNOW. 
          I'M, I'M HEARING AN ECHO ON, UH, OTHER END THERE AT THE D E S C AS WELL. 
          UM, SO JUST A HEADS UP THERE. 
          UH, I WOULD JUST SUGGEST THAT WHEN THE COMMITTEE DOES TAKE IT UP, THAT THERE SHOULD BE, UM, INCLUDED, UH, SOME STUDENT LEARNING OBJECTIVES OR SLS, UM, ATTACHED TO THE SUPERINTENDENTS EVALUATION. 
          THAT'S ALL. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          SO ANY MR.  I'M HAVING TROUBLE HEARING YOU MIND REPEATING WHAT YOU SAID, DAVID, A LITTLE LOUDER. 
          IT'S A GOOD IDEA TO WAIT UNTIL JANUARY SORT OF REMEMBERS TO PARTICIPATE IF THERE. 
          RIGHT? SO THE NEXT, UH, ITEM AGENDA DONATION FROM LOSSY, PTO, FIFTH GRADE FUNDRAISING AND THE AMOUNT OF $7,700. 
          SO WE HAVE SOMEBODY WHO WOULD BE WILLING TO MAKE THE MOTION, MR. GRINCH, THAT THAT'D BE FOR COUNTY SCHOOL BOARDS OF EDUCATION, EXCEPT THE LOSSY YOLKS FOUNDATION, UM, 7,700 VALVES. 
          AND DO WE HAVE A SECOND BY SECOND, MS. KATHY ROBOT AND SECOND, ANY DISCUSSION, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, YOU CAN GO INTO YOUR BOARD DOCS. 
          THAT'S NOT OPEN YET. 
          UM, THIS ROBOT, WAIT A SECOND. 
          THE MOTION. 
          YES. 
          RIGHT. 
          BUT I'LL BE IN, UH, ORALLY TODAY OR SHACK YET AT YOU. 
          WE HAVE TO OUT AND COME BACK AND YOU'RE NOT YET. 
          OH YEAH, THAT'S GOOD. 
          OKAY. 
          WELL I'M HERE MR. SMITH ON, I DON'T SEE HIM. 
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OKAY. 
          UM, MS. PIGEON, SHE SAID, YES, THE MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY NINE ZERO TWO VOTES, NOT CAST. 
          UH, WE'RE NOT CURRENTLY PRESENT EARL CAMPBELL AND WILLIAM SMITH. 
          AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE GENEROUS DONATION. 
          NEXT ON THE AGENDA IS THE CHAIRMAN'S REPORT. 
          SOUTH CAROLINA SCHOOL BOARD ASSOCIATION. 
          WE HAVE THE DISCUSSION OF THE PROPOSED . 
          YEAH. 
          SO I DON'T HAVE THAT. 
           THANK YOU. 
          YEAH. 
           SO THE NEXT TIME THE AGENDA IS DISCRETION OF THE PROPOSED NEGOTIATIONS INCIDENT PER PROPOSED AMENDMENT NUMBER TWO TO AGREEMENT DATED FEBRUARY, 1920 20, BETWEEN HAZEL COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT AND CVRE HEARING INCORPORATED, OR TOO MUCH OF SOUTH CAROLINA CODE 34 78 TO MR. ROBERT . 
          YES. 
          MA'AM. 
          THANK YOU, CHAIRMAN. 
          UH, ROBIN ARE THE TWO DOCUMENTS ON BOARD NOT AVAILABLE. 
          YEP. 
          SO FROM THE, WHAT YOU SEE IN FRONT OF YOU IS A MEMO. 
          I'M NOT GOING TO GO INTO DETAIL ON THIS, BUT WHAT THIS DOES IS SUMMARIZES, UM, WHY WE HAD A NEED FOR SERVICES, UM, AND HOW THOSE SERVICES WERE PROCURED THAT ALL DEVELOPED THE CONTRACT THAT, UM, WAS USED TO GO INTO A CONTRACT WITH CPRE ERIE. 
          SO THE MEMO SUMMARIZES A LOT OF THE BASIS THAT HAD US COME TO AMENDMENT ONE. 
          UM, AND WHAT AMENDMENT ONE DID WAS GIVE US A, NOT TO EXCEED AMOUNT OF 6 MILLION, 600, $1, 600, $1,422 FOR THE LIFE OF THE REFERENDUM TO BE SPENT ON PROJECT MANAGEMENT SERVICES. 
          IT ALSO SET UP AN AMOUNT OF 1 MILLION, 100 AND 164,571 UNDER AMENDMENT ONE TO BE SPENT IN YEAR 2020. 
          SO WHAT AMENDMENT TWO IS DONE IS SET UP THE AMOUNT TO BE SPENT IN YEAR 2021, BUT THAT'S THE WAY THIS WAS SET UP. 
          UH, AS FAR AS THE AMENDMENT ONE WAS THAT EACH YEAR WE WOULD COME TO THE BOARD, PRESENT A STAFFING PLAN AND PRESENT A BUDGET. 
          SO, UM, IF YOU WOULD GO TO, UH, THAT OTHER, UM, AMENDMENT TO DOCUMENT ROBIN THAT SHOWS THE BUDGET AND THE STAFFING PLAN. 
          SO I WOULD JUST LIKE TO COMMENT THAT AS OF RIGHT NOW, WE'RE NOT FINISHED WITH WHEN IT'S NOT ON THERE. 
          WOW. 
          BRINGING THAT UP. 
          I JUST SAY THAT, UH, SO WE'RE NOT FINISHED WITH YEAR 2020, OBVIOUSLY, BUT AS OF RIGHT NOW, JUST SO YOU KNOW, THAT WE ARE TRACKING TO BE APPROXIMATELY 73,000, WE'RE ALMOST $74,000 UNDER BUDGET. 
          SO THAT'S HOW YOUR 2020 IS TRACKING. 
          UM, SO WHAT WE ARE NOW COMING TO THE BOARD IS THE STAFFING PLAN AND A REQUEST FOR BUDGET FOR A ONE MILLION SEVEN HUNDRED THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED AND NINETEEN THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED AND SEVENTEEN DOLLARS FOR YEAR 2020. 
          I WOULD JUST SAY THIS IS SLIGHTLY UNDER THE AMOUNT THAT WAS OKAY. 
          LET ME FIND IT. 
          YES. 
          UM, SO WHAT WE'RE ASKING IS FOR THAT AMOUNT TO BE SPENT, WHICH IS A SLIGHTLY UNDER WHAT WE BUDGETED OVER THE FOUR YEARS, BRING IN PRO 
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DRAINING THIS UP. 
          IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS ON HOW THOSE MEMOS AND WHAT I'M GOING TO BRING UP AND JUST GOING TO SHOW THE, UH, STAFFING PLAN? UM, SO OUTSIDE OF THAT, ANY QUESTIONS ON THE AMENDMENT THEMSELVES AND HOW THEY'RE STRUCTURED, MR. DALLY, DID YOU SAY ME? YES, I DID. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          YOU STILL HAVE AN ECHO, DR. 
          GWARTZ. 
          I KNOW IT'S NOT YOUR FAULT, BUT YOU'RE STILL HAVING AN ECHO. 
          IF YOU COULD SPEAK A LITTLE SLOWER, IT MIGHT REDUCE IT. 
          DR. 
          RODRIGUEZ, MY QUESTION IS TO YOU, UH, I FEEL REALLY UNCOMFORTABLE BEING ASKED TO VOTE FOR OVER A MILLION DOLLARS WITHOUT SEEING THE ACTUAL CONTRACT. 
          UM, I, I SEE THE JUSTIFICATION HERE, BUT THIS REMINDS ME OF JUST A COUPLE MOMENTS AGO WHEN WE VOTED TO, UH, ON A K-12 CONTRACT WITHOUT EVEN SEEING IT. 
          AND WE ALL KNOW WHAT THE RESULTS THERE WERE. 
          UM, I, I BELIEVE THAT WE SHOULD BE SHOWN A CONTRACT THAT HAS BEEN SIGNED OFF BY ALL AFFECTED DEPARTMENTS, BE IT OPERATIONS, LEGAL, UH, AND ANY OTHER DEPARTMENT THAT YOU SEE FIT TO EXAMINE AND APPROVES THE VERACITY OF THE, OF THE DOCUMENT. 
          SO I MOVED, I MOVED AT THE BOARD DIRECTOR SUPERINTENDENT TO, UH, PROVIDE THE OPERATIONS COMMITTEE WITH AN ACTUAL CONTRACT FOR THE AMENDMENT, SO THAT, UH, OR THE ORIGINAL CONTRACT WITH THE AMENDMENT TO IT, UM, FOR THE OPERATIONS COMMITTEE TO REVIEW AND THEN MAKE A RE RECOMMENDATION TO THE BOARD. 
          WE HAVE A SECOND I'LL SECOND FOR DISCUSSION. 
          SO THE MOTION AGAIN WAS TO, FOR IT TO GO TO OPERATIONS COMMITTEE. 
          YEAH. 
          RESTATE YOUR MOTION, MR. GALLEY. 
          UM, I WOULD LIKE TO BE SHOWN, I MOVED AT THE SUPERINTENDENT THAT THE BOARD DIRECTOR SUPERINTENDENT TO FURNISHED THE OPERATIONS COMMITTEE WITH THE CONTRACT, INCLUDING THE AMENDMENT, SO THAT THE, UH, FOR OPERATIONS CONSIDER CONSIDERATION AND JACK WAS IN THE SECOND. 
          UM, MR. , UM, YEAH. 
          SO ON FEBRUARY 18TH, THE BOARD APPROVED THE CONTRACT WITH CVRE ERIE. 
          SO THAT HAS ALREADY BEEN REVIEWED AND APPROVED BY THE BOARD. 
          UH, MAY I RESPOND MADAM CHAIR? WELL, WE'RE GOING IN ORDER. 
          THE NEXT PERSON IS . 
          THANK YOU. 
          I BELIEVE THEY, I BELIEVE FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND ARE GLEANED FROM MR. DARLING'S STATEMENT, THAT HIS QUESTION IS THE AMENDMENT ITSELF. 
          HE WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE CONTRACT WITH THE ACTUAL WRITTEN AMENDMENT IN THERE. 
          UM, NOT JUST THE ORIGINAL CONTRACT, UH, THAT MR. AUDITING WORKED FIRST TOO, BUT MY QUESTION REFERS TO THE AMENDMENT AND I'M NOT WHO CAN ANSWER THIS, WHETHER IT'S MR. AUDITING OR WHETHER IT'S DR. 
          RODRIGUEZ, BUT WHO WROTE THE ACTUAL AMENDMENT? WAS IT DONE BY AN ATTORNEY? WAS IT DONE BY THE VENDOR? WAS IT DONE BY OUR PROCUREMENT DEPARTMENT WHO WROTE THE AMENDMENT? IF I MAY, I WROTE THE AMENDMENT, IT WAS WRITTEN REVIEWED BY PROCUREMENT AND IT WAS REVIEWED BY LEGAL. 
          OKAY. 
          SO YOU CAN POST IT BASED ON, UM, DISCUSSIONS WITH THE VENDOR, CORRECT? YES. 
          BASED ON DISCUSSIONS WITH THE VENDORS. 
          OKAY. 
          THANKS ROBERT. 
          THAT CLARIFIES SHE'S ROBOT. 
          I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT I'M UNDERSTANDING THIS CORRECTLY. 
          UM, IN FACT, IN THE WAY THAT I SEE THAT WE HAD ALREADY ESTABLISHED AND APPROVED AN AMOUNT, NOT TO EXCEED 6 MILLION, 600, $1,422 FOR PROJECT MANAGEMENT FEES, THAT THEY'VE ALREADY AGREED TO THAT. 
          AND THAT THIS AMENDMENT JUST SAYS, THIS IS HOW WE'RE FOR THAT FOR THE YEAR COMING UP, WE'RE GOING TO SPEND 1,000,719 OF THAT $6 MILLION. 
          SO WE'RE NOT APPROVING ANY ADDITIONAL MONEY. 
          WE ARE JUST TAKING THE MONEY FROM THAT 6 MILLION AND SAYING HOW MUCH WE ARE GOING 
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TO USE IN 2021 TO SET. 
          CORRECT. 
          DO I HAVE THE CORRECT UNDERSTANDING? CORRECT. 
          THANK YOU, MR. DALEN. 
          K-12 WE SHOULD NOT APPROVE A CONTRACT UNTIL WE'VE SEEN THE ACTUAL LANGUAGE. 
          IF WE APPROVE THIS CHANGE, I HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH THE MONEY. 
          HOWEVER, IT HAS BEEN SHOWN THAT IN BETWEEN BOARD APPROVAL AND THE OPERATIONAL ASPECT OF IT, CERTAIN UNDERSTANDING IS, CAN BE REACHED THAT THE BOARD WAS NOT PRIVY TO WHEN IT'S SIGNED OFF ON. 
          AND WHEN YOU APPLY FOR A MORTGAGE, YOU DON'T SIGN A CONTRACT FOR A MORTGAGE, UNLESS YOU READ THE THING, YOU DON'T GO ON GENERALITIES OR, OR, UH, OR PR OR FACTS THAT WHY YOU NEED IT. 
          YOU GO AND READ THE ACTUAL DOCUMENT, AND WE SHOULD NOT BE SPENDING MILLIONS OF DOLLARS WITHOUT SEEKING DAY DOCUMENT, WHAT IT CONSTRAINS AND WHAT IT ALLOWS. 
          THAT'S ALL, IT'S JUST BASIC DUE DILIGENCE, BASIC HOUSEKEEPING, BASIC FIDUCIARY RESPONSIBILITY. 
          MR. NELSON, ROBERT, CAN I ASK YOU A QUESTION RIGHT? THERE? IS IT ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY THAT WE TRAIN THEM ON THE BUDGET LEADS YOU THAT ARE WRITTEN IN THE CONTRACTS? WE DETERMINE A BUDGET EACH YEAR. 
          THEY, YOU KNOW, SO WHEN THE CONTRACT WAS APPROVED IN FEBRUARY, UM, THAT WAS A RECOMMENDATION FROM THE CLOCK. 
          AND THEN IT WAS TAKEN BY THE WAR AND THE BOARD HAS MANDATED ME TO BRING IT TO YOU EVERY YEAR FOR A ROOM. 
          SO I'D SAY UNDER THE MANDATE FROM THE BOARD, I AM REQUIRED TO BRING YOU A BUDGET AND STAFFING PLAN EVERY YEAR FOR APPROVAL. 
          IF WE WANT TO APPROVE FROM THE BOARD LEVEL, THAT CONTRACT READY TO GO, THEY WANT TO BE SUPPORTIVE, DO WHAT THEY'RE DOING. 
          THAT'S THE BIT, YOU KNOW, THE WAY THE CONTRACT IS WRITTEN, THEY HAVE A BUDGET FOR 20, 20. 
          THAT'S RIGHT. 
          YOU'VE APPROVED THE BUDGET FOR THE REFERENDUM, BUT WE'VE ONLY APPROVED FOR HEARING A BUDGET FOR 2020. 
          THEY DO NOT APPROVE THIS. 
          THEY STOPPED, EVEN THOUGH YOU'VE ALREADY APPROVED ALL THE MONEY FOR THE REFERENDUM FOR FOUR YEARS. 
          SO YOU'VE HEARD FROM YOUR BUDGET. 
          I JUST TO MAKE SURE THIS PART IS, WHAT DO YOU MEAN YOU HAVE TO APPROVE? YEAH. 
          YEAH. 
          YOU, YOU HAVE TO APPROVE A YEARLY STAFFING PLAN AND BUDGET EVERY YEAR. 
          THAT'S THE WAY THE BOARD REQUESTED AMENDMENT ONE TO BE WRITTEN. 
          ALL WE NEED TO DO IS FOLLOW THROUGH, REPRESENT NOT TO REVIEW ALL OF THE THINGS THAT DOESN'T CONTRACT. 
          CORRECT. 
          WHAT, AFTER THE CONTRACT HAS NOT CHANGED SINCE SHE ORIGINALLY APPROVED IT. 
          SO THE CONTRACT AND NOTHING HAS CHANGED WITH THE CONTRACT ITSELF. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, ROBIN, THIS IS A QUESTION FOR ROBIN IN OUR PACKETS THAT WE CAME TO REVIEW AT THE DISTRICT OFFICE FOR, UH, THIS VOTE. 
          UM, I SAW ROBERT'S RATIONALE AND IT WAS VERY DETAILED PER END, THE MOTION, THE BOARD MOTION THAT WOULD BE PROPOSED, BUT I DIDN'T SEE THE ACTUAL WRITTEN AMENDMENT THAT WAS GOING TO BE ATTACHED TO THE CONTRACT. 
          DID I MISS IT? OR WAS IT NOT IN THERE? UM, I GAVE YOU THE TWO DOCUMENTS THAT, UH, ROBERT PROVIDED THAT WAS WASN'T WASN'T ATTACKING. 
          SO, BUT WHICH WERE THEY? CAN YOU JUST DEFINE THAT? I THINK THAT'S, THIS IS THE CRUX OF THE MATTER. 
          WE JUST WANT TO SEE THE ACTUAL AMENDMENT, NOT ROBERT'S JUSTIFICATIONS FOR THE AMENDMENT. 
          AND, UM, THE FACT THAT WE'VE SIGNED THE ORIGINAL CONTRACT, THE WRITTEN AMENDMENT THAT MIGO SIGNED OFF ON AND OUR PROCUREMENT CODE SIGNED OFF ON THAT IS WHAT, UM, I'D LIKE TO SEE IN IT. 
          AND IT SOUNDS LIKE WHAT MR. DALLIN WOULD LIKE TO SEE. 
          THAT'S ALL, IT'S IT. 
          I JUST DIDN'T SEE IT IN THE PACKET. 
          WAS IT IN THERE, ROBERT? YOU PROBABLY ANSWER THAT IT WAS THE ACTUAL AMENDMENT. 
          CAN YOU PUT IT UP ON THE SCREEN FOR US? AND THEN I WILL DO THAT. 
          THANK YOU. 
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DOING THAT WITH ANY BOARD MEMBERS THAT HAVE NOT SPOKEN, LIKE TO SPEAK, AND YOU SAY THAT JOANNE, AND I'M LOOKING THROUGH MY PACKET, ROBIN, AND THIS WASN'T IN THE EXECUTIVE SESSION FOLDER THAT YOU CAME AND REVIEWED ON MONDAY ON TUESDAY IN THEIR EXECUTIVE SESSION. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, IT WAS A TWO DOCUMENT. 
          OKAY. 
          SECOND BASE. 
          THERE'S THE ACTUAL STAFF. 
          GOTCHA. 
          OKAY. 
          SO, UM, WHY, WHY WAS IT IN EXECUTIVE SESSION? WE'RE LOOKING AT IT HERE. 
          UM, WE, WHEN WE APPROVED THE BOARD BUSINESS ACTIONS, I'M SORRY. 
          DURING OUR PUBLIC VISIT, WHEN WE IMPROVED THE AGENDA ITEM OUT OF EXECUTIVE SESSION TO GORGEOUS VISION, THAT'S WHY IT'S OKAY. 
          NO, I WAS JUST, I JUST WASN'T SURE WHY IT WAS IN EXECUTIVE SESSION TO BEGIN WITH. 
          UM, BUT UNDERSTOOD. 
          ALL RIGHT, MR. DOLLY. 
          OKAY. 
          UH, WELL THAT ANSWERS MY QUESTION ABOUT THE AMENDMENT ACTUALLY ACCEPTED. 
          I HAVEN'T HAD TIME TO LOOK AT IT. 
          UH, SO I WOULD, UH, UH, I'M IN MY OWN ORIGINAL MOTION TO SAY THAT, UH, I MOVE THAT WE POSTPONE A VOTE ON THIS UNTIL THE NEXT REGULARLY SCHEDULED BUSINESS MEETING SO THAT WE CAN DIGEST THE PARTICULARS OF THE AMENDMENT THAT WE ARE JUST NOW BEING PRESENTED WITH AND MAKE AN INFORMED DECISION. 
          YOU'RE CHANGING YOUR MOTION TO THE MOTION THAT YOU AMEND THAT YOU'RE CHANGING IT TO SAY WHAT AGAIN? I'M SORRY. 
          SORRY. 
          I DIDN'T HEAR YOU. 
          OKAY. 
          I MOVED MY AMENDMENT IS THAT I MOVE THAT WE POSTPONE OF BOAT ON THIS UNTIL THE NEXT BUSINESS MEETING HARRY THAT'S. 
          MY JUSTIFICATION IS THAT WE'RE JUST SEEING IT. 
          WE NEED TO LOOK IT OVER. 
          IT'S GETTING, GETTING IT AN AMENDMENT LIKE THIS FOR MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IS, UH, INCOMPLETE. 
          IT'S NOT, IT'S AN ASSUMPTION THAT WE'LL GO AHEAD AND DO IT. 
          SO, UM, I BELIEVE STRONGLY THAT WE SHOULD HAVE TIME TO LOOK IT OVER. 
          MILLIONS OF TAXPAYER DOLLARS ARE GOING HERE, EVEN THOUGH THEY'RE ACCOUNTED AND FUNDED BY THE REFERENDUM, THEY GOT SHIELD, TAXPAYERS DO ALL THIS. 
          WE'RE STILL RESPONSIBLE FOR THE PRUDENT. 
          AND SO MR. GALA, YOU'RE WITHDRAWING YOUR ORIGINAL MOTION. 
          I'M MAKING AN AMENDMENT TO, IT SOUNDS LIKE IT'S A SUBSTITUTE. 
          WELL, LET'S JUST CALL IT WHAT IT IS. 
          IT'S AN AMENDMENT SOMEONE SECOND. 
          IT, I THINK I DID NOT, BUT LET'S GO WITH THAT ASSUMPTION AND I'LL GO AHEAD AND SECOND IT. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, YES. 
          I, I CAN'T SUPPORT THIS BECAUSE I THINK YOU'RE MISLEADING THE PUBLIC. 
          UM, THIS WAS IN AN EXECUTIVE SESSION DOCUMENTS. 
          WHEN WE CAME TO LOOK AT IT, THIS WASN'T CHANGED OUT OF EXECUTIVE SESSION UNTIL WE STARTED OUR MEETING. 
          SO I WANT THE PUBLIC TO KNOW WE DID HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK AT IT PRIOR TO THE MEETING. 
          MR. EARL CAMPBELL. 
          I CANNOT HEAR MR. CAMPBELL. 
          YOU CAN'T HEAR YOU. 
          MY QUESTION IS, IS THERE A PROBLEM? I DON'T SEE YOUR PROBLEM. 
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NO, YOU'RE CAMPBELL. 
          HE CAN'T HEAR YOU. 
          OKAY. 
          YES. 
          WHAT SHE'S SAYING IS THAT YOU HAVE TO SPEAK A LITTLE LOUDER. 
          COOL. 
          UM, I KNOW WE TOOK IT OUT OF THE SESSION. 
          NOW WE'RE BACK DISCUSSING THIS AGAIN, CONFUSED BECAUSE YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT THE HELL WILL YOU DO? UM, YOU KNOW, SOME OF US MAKE STATEMENTS THAT GOES THROUGH THE PUBLIC IT ALRIGHT, MR. RICHARD GUYER. 
          THANK YOU. 
          MADAM CHAIR. 
          I CAN'T SUPPORT THIS EITHER ONE OF THESE MOTIONS, BECAUSE I'VE HAD SUFFICIENT TIME TO READ TWO PAGES OF INFORMATION AND I CAN MAKE AN INFORMED DECISION AND I DON'T NEED TO WAIT AND DO THE WORK BE MR. GALLEY. 
          THE REQUIREMENT IS THAT THE INFORMATION GET TO BOARD MEMBERS. 
          IF BOARD MEMBERS FOR ANY REASON ARE UNABLE OR UNWILLING TO DRIVE IN THE MIDDLE OF A PANDEMIC TO COME UP AND LOOK AT INFORMATION THAT THE DISTRICT SHOULD BE STRIVING TO MAKE SURE THEY RECEIVE THAT IS NOT THE MEMBER'S FAULT. 
          SO I, FOR ONE WAS UNABLE TO COME UP AND LOOK AT IT. 
          THAT DOES NOT MEAN THAT I DON'T HAVE THE RIGHT TO SEE IT BEFORE WE VOTE TO GIVE ADMINISTRATION HAS THE RESPONSIBILITY TO MAKE SURE THAT I GET TO SEE IT BEFORE I VOTE, NOT JUST GIVE ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO DRIVE IN A PANDEMIC UP TO SIG IT. 
          NOW, AS FAR AS MISLEADING, THE PUBLIC GOES, THAT IS AN ERRONEOUS STATEMENT AND DESIGNED TO DEFLECT FROM THE ISSUE AT HAND. 
          THE ISSUE AT HAND IS THAT WE HAVE SHOTTY INCOMPLETE WORK HERE, AND IT'S AN INSULT TO THE INTEGRITY OF THE BOARD TO ASSUME THAT WE WILL JUST BLINDLY TAKE A RECOMMENDATION AND SIGN IT OFF SIGHT UNSEEN FOR MILLIONS OF DOLLARS. 
          SO I GUESS THE VERNACULAR IS ALL DUMB IT DOWN A LITTLE. 
          GIVE ME A BREAK. 
          OH, I APOLOGIZE. 
          MY HAND STILL UP, MR.  ALL RIGHT. 
          WE'RE GOING TO BE VOTING NOW ON THE MOTION BEFORE YOU, I MEANT THE MOTION TO MOVE THAT THE PROBLEM, THE VOTE UNTIL THE NEXT BUSINESS MEETING. 
          NO, NO ROBIN OR SHACK ABSTAIN. 
          MR. SMITH. 
          I WAIT UNTIL YOU, UNTIL YOU GET DONE READING THE MOTION. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          THE MOTION FAILS. 
          TWO SEVEN B SEVEN. 
          NOS ARE WAT ARE EARL CAMPBELL, CHRISTINA QUADS, DAVID STRATEGER, KATHY ROBOT, MELVIN CAMPBELL, TRISHA FIDRYCH AND RICHARD GUYER. 
          TWO ABSTENTIONS ARE JOANNE WORSHACK AND RACHEL WAS NASTY. 
          SO NOW WE NEED THE ORIGINAL MODEL. 
          WE HAVE TO DOWN VOTE ON THE ORIGINAL MOTION SINCE IT'S REALLY DIDN'T. 
          THAT'S WHY. 
          WELL, WE REALLY, IF WE'RE GOING TO DISPOSE OF THIS MOTION, WE REALLY HAVE TO HAVE A MAJORITY VOTE TO DISPOSE OF IT. 
          THAT'S WHAT I WAS GETTING AT. 
          WHEN I ASKED HIM, WAS HE SUBSTITUTED OR WITHDRAWING? WHAT WAS HE DOING FOR THAT? SO WE DO NEED TO BUILD ON THIS TO GET RID OF HIM MR. SMITH. 
          SO THE ORIGINAL MOTIONS THAT I MOVED FOR THE BOARD TO TAKE THIS TO THE, UH, TO THE OPERATIONS COMMITTEE, THAT WAS THE ORIGINAL MOTION. 
          OKAY. 
          AND I DO AGREE WITH THAT BECAUSE 
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THIS IS SOMETHING THAT SHOULD HAVE CAME BEFORE THE OPERATIONS COMMITTEE, SOMETHING, UH, SOMETHING AS SIGNIFICANT AS THIS I SHOULD HAVE. 
          SHOULD'VE BEEN BOUGHT TO THE OPERATIONS COMMITTEE. 
          I'M, I'M A LITTLE BAFFLED TO SEE IN SHOCK. 
          WHEN I GOT THERE TO SEE THAT THIS WAS NOT WHAT TO THE OPERATIONS COMMITTEE. 
          SO, UH, I, I WOULD DEFINITELY SUPPORT THIS MOTION TO BE MORE TO OPERATIONS, BECAUSE THAT IS EXACTLY WHERE THIS, WHERE THIS MOTION SHOULD BE HEARD AT FIRST. 
          THAT'S THE POINT OF HOW THE, OF HAVING THE, UH, HAVING COMMITTEE LEVEL. 
          THANK YOU, MR. GALLEY. 
          UH, DR. 
          RODRIGUEZ, MR. AUDEN SAID THAT, UH, LEGAL AND PROCUREMENT HAD SIGNED OFF ON THAT. 
          ARE THERE ANY INITIALS OR SIGNATURES TO VERIFY THAT? YES, SIR. 
          OH, ARE THEY ON THE AMENDMENT? THEY'RE NOT ON THE AMENDMENT ITSELF. 
          NO. 
          WELL, ARE THEY GOING TO SOMETHING THAT WE SEE? NO, SIR. 
          THEY'RE ON THE ROUTING SHEET THAT WE HAVE INTERNALLY. 
          OH, OKAY. 
          SO INTERNAL STAYS INTERNAL THAT DOESN'T GET TO THE BOARD TO HELP THE BOARD MAKE A DECISION. 
          IS THAT WHAT I'M HEARING? IF YOU'D LIKE TO ASK LEGAL, IF THEY REVIEWED IT AND THEY'RE HERE IN THE BUILDING AND YOU CAN ASK K-12 ALL OVER AGAIN. 
          YES. 
          BOARD MEMBERS. 
          I DID REVIEW THE AMENDMENT AND I ALSO BRIEFLY SPOKE WITH MR. HALE AGAIN ABOUT IT. 
          AND HE CONCURRED MAYBE AGAIN, I JUST POINT OUT I SOLICITED ITEMS FOR THE OPERATIONS COMMITTEE. 
          THERE WERE NO, NO RESPONSES. 
          SO DOESN'T LOOK LIKE OPERATIONS COMMITTEE MEETING ON TUESDAY IS THIS , UH, POINT OF WATER MAN CHECK. 
          AND I HEAR HIM AS A SCRIMMAGE AND I SEE HIM RMR. AND I REMEMBER, UH, WHEN, UH, MRS. AL SHACK WAS USING MY DEVICE AND THERE WAS, THERE WAS A PROBLEM. 
          I WAS LOOKING FORWARD TO MR. DISCOVERED, MRS. SCRIMMAGE ON A DEVICE. 
          I DIDN'T SEE, I DON'T SEE THE DEVICE. 
          NO. 
          CAN I HEAR HIM? AND I REMEMBER I WAS TOLD THAT, THAT WE, THAT WE DON'T HAVE THE RIGHT TO SHARE DEVICES. 
          SO, UH, CAN YOU HELP ME UNDERSTAND WHY CAN'T I HEAR HIM OR NOR SEE HIM IS A POINT OF PRIVILEGE. 
          IF YOU DON'T HEAR IT, YOU CAN REPEAT IT. 
          REPEAT WHAT YOU SAID. 
          YES. 
          CAN YOU HEAR ME? SORRY. 
          UM, I JUST POINTING OUT THAT THE OPERATIONS COMMITTEE HAS NO AGENDA ITEMS FOR NEXT MEETING ON TUESDAY. 
          SO WE PROBABLY WON'T HAVE THAT MEETING TO HAVE SOMEONE VERY DIFFERENT WITH THOSE OFFICER WOULD BE THE NEXT MEETING. 
          THE OPERATIONS COMMITTEE AGENDA HAS NOT BEEN POSTED YET. 
          IT IS STILL OPEN AND THE MEETING HAS NOT BEEN OFFICIALLY CANCELED. 
          SO, UH, AND IN THE REQUEST FOR AGENDA ITEMS, THERE WAS NO DATE IN WHICH WE WERE ASKED TO RESPOND BY THE CANCELLATION OF AN OPERATIONS COMMITTEE RIGHT NOW IS TOTALLY PREMATURE. 
          AND I AGREE WITH MR. DANIEL, THE VICE CHAIR, I AM NOT AWARE OF THE OPERATION, MEANING, UH, BEING CANCELED. 
          I SEE, UH, WHERE MR. SCRIMMAGE A FEW MINUTES AGO SENT OUT A, SEND OUT AN EMAIL PERTAINING TO THAT. 
          AND I SAW A BOY, A MEMBER OF THE OPERATING COMMITTEE TOLD HIM THAT NOT NOW, NOT YET, THAT THAT IS THE MEETING HAS NOT BEEN CANCELED FOR THE INFORMAL DISCRIMINATORS, JUST ONE VOTE ON THE, ON THE COMMITTEE. 
          SO THERE'S, TO MY KNOWLEDGE, THE MEETING, THEY OPERAS COMMITTEE MEETING HAS NOT BEEN CANCELED YET. 
          SO, UH, I'M IN AGREEANCE WITH WHAT MR. DARREN JUST SAID. 
          AND, UH, AND, AND POINT IN PORT OF WATER, MADAM CHAIR, I HAVE A QUESTION. 
          MY QUESTION IS, UM, MR.  DOES NOT HAVE A DEVICE. 
          AND I WAS TOLD WHEN MRS. OR SHACK HAVE ARGUED. 
          IF I RECALL MY MEMORY, CORRECT. 
          WHEN IT'S HARD TO ADVISE WIND DOWN THAT WE COULD NOT SHARE THE VICES. 
          AND I NOTICED THAT MR IS IN THE ELLIOT, THE, UM, THE BEAVER COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION MEETING MEETING, AND HE DOES NOT HAVE HIS DEVICE UP AND RUNNING. 
          SO IF YOU WANT US TO PARTICIPATE AND RAISE OUR HANDS AND BE FAIR, THEN WE CAN'T SEE WHEN OTHER MEMBERS RAISED THEIR HAND. 
          AND W BECAUSE HE DOESN'T HAVE US TO HAVE HIS DEVICE. 
          AND APPARENTLY HE'S SHARING THE VICES WITH OTHER PEOPLE AND THE DISTRICT OFFICE, NOT IN THE ACCORDING TO YOU THAT WAS NOT ALLOWED. 
          SO CAN YOU HELP ME UNDERSTAND HOW, HOW, HOW WA HOW WE'RE, HOW WE'RE DOING THIS, AND THIS IS THE THIRD MEETING THAT HE'S DOING THIS, UM, MR. SMITH, CERTAINLY YOU AND MISS ORA SRAP WERE, WERE PARTICIPATING REMOTELY. 
          I, I WOULD CALL THAT WAS WHEN WE WERE DOING THE CONFERENCE COMPLETELY VIA A VIRTUAL USE ZOOM CONFERENCING, MR. DISTRIBUTOR IS IN THE ROOM AND HE DOES HAVE A DEVICE. 
          AND 
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AS THE CHAIR PRESIDING OVER THIS MEETING, I'M PAYING ATTENTION TO WHO'S IN THE ROOM AND RAISING THEIR HAND. 
          AND WHO'S IN THE QUEUE WITH THE ELECTRONIC HAND. 
          AND I'M DOING MY BEST TO KEEP THE ORDER. 
          IN FACT, MR.  HAD HIS HAND UP WHEN YOU HAD YOUR HAND UP ALREADY AND MR. BATTLING, I BELIEVE, AND I CALLED ON BOTH OF YOU, AND NOW IT'S MR. STRANGER'S TURN. 
          I'M TRYING MY BEST TO RUN A MEETING. 
          SO LET'S CONTINUE, MR. STRATEGER. 
          I'M NOT FINISHED MR. SMITH. 
          I CALLED ON MR. . 
          HE HAS THE FLOOR I'M ASKING MY QUESTION IS YOU TOLD US THAT WE MUST USE THIS DEVICE, AND WE MUST USE OUR HAND. 
          I REMEMBER CALLING IN THE PHONE WHEN I WAS AT A FUNERAL, AND YOU TOLD ME YOU WOULD PREFER ME TO USE THE DEVICE. 
          SO I HAD TO ADD TO JUMP ON THE CELL PHONE AND DOWNLOAD ZOOM, AND THEN I IN THE MIDDLE OF MY FAMILY FUNERAL, SO THAT YOU COULD SEE ME USE MY HAND DEVICE. 
          AND I COULD PUT MY HAND UP. 
          I'M JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHY, HOW, WHY YOU ARE ALLOWING OTHER BOARD MEMBERS TO DO THINGS THAT I'VE NOT BEEN ALLOWED TO DO. 
          THAT'S ALL I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND ABOUT AND SHARE. 
          AND I WILL NOT LET YOU GO ON UNTIL I GET A CLEAR ANSWER, BECAUSE THE FACT THAT I WAS AT MY FAMILY'S FUNERAL AND GRIEVING, AND YOU DID NOT ALLOW ME TO HAVE THE SAME OPPORTUNITY MR. SCRIPTURE HAD, I CAN SEND MADAM CHAIRMAN. 
          CAN I SPEAK, OKAY. 
          I GIVE HIM A CUE. 
          YOU DID NOT ALLOW ME TO DO THAT. 
          THAT'S ALL I WANT TO KNOW. 
          I RESPECTFULLY DISAGREE WITH YOUR ANALYSIS, MR. , PLEASE PROCEED. 
          THANK YOU. 
          MA'AM SHARON. 
          UM, YEAH, I WAS MERELY POINTING OUT ON THE OPERATIONS COMMITTEE THAT I SOLICITED AGENDA ITEMS. MR. DOWNEY, MR. SMITH, TO VOTE ON THAT COMMITTEE. 
          I GOT NO RESPONSE. 
          SO IT'S MORNING. 
          I SIT. 
          THERE'S NO NEED TO HAVE ME THAT CAN CERTAINLY CHANGE FROM SOMEWHAT SURPRISED THAT THIS BECOMES AN ISSUE. 
          NOW, WHEN I'VE SOLICITED AGENDA ITEMS AND IT'S FRUSTRATING. 
          UM, WELL, DAVID, I'M SORRY THAT YOU'RE FRUSTRATED. 
          UH, I BELIEVE THERE'S A POLICY THAT THE CHAIR HAS TO SHINE ON THE CANCELLATION OF COMMITTEE MEETING ANYWAY, SO THAT THE CHAIR OF THE BOARD HAS TO SIGN OFF ON THE CANCELLATION OF ANY COMMITTEE MEETING. 
          THAT'S CORRECT. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          ALL RIGHT, SHAQ? YES. 
          ALVIN CAMPBELL MOTION FAILS THREE SEVEN ONE SEVEN. 
          NO'S ARE EARL CAMPBELL. 
          CHRISTINA  KATHY ROSEIN, MELVIN CAMPBELL, KRISHA DANDRIDGE, AND RICHARD GUYER. 
          STANTION IS DR. 
          . 
          CAN WE HAVE A MOTION? UM, MR. GUYER, MADAM CHAIR. 
          I HOPE THAT THE BOARD ACCEPT THAT AREA. 
          AMENDMENT NUMBER TWO, AUTHORIZES. 
          OKAY. 
          YES, IT WAS MR. GUYER MAKE A MOTION, MR. EARL CAMPBELL SECOND, INSTEAD OF OKAY. 
          IF I GO AHEAD AND PUT IN THE LIMITS INTO THAT MOTION. 
          THANK YOU. 
          ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION SINCE THE COMMITTEE, THE OPERATIONS COMMITTEE, WON'T BE ASKING THOSE QUESTIONS. 
          UM, HOW DID WE COME TO THAT DOLLAR AMOUNT? NOW MY QUESTIONS ARE JUST SPECIFIC TO THE AMENDMENT ITSELF. 
          YEAH. 
          SO IS YOUR QUESTION ABOUT THE FOUR YEAR AMOUNT OR THE AMOUNT FOR 2021? ROBERT, IF YOU COULD BREAK IT DOWN FOR ALL OF US, TYPICALLY SOMETHING LIKE THIS IS HASHED DOWN, PRESENTED AT THE COMMITTEE LEVEL FIRST. 
          SO NOW IS OUR OPPORTUNITY TO HEAR THAT LEVEL OF DETAIL AT THE BOARD LEVEL. 
          THANK YOU. 
          LIMIT TO THE 2021. 
          SINCE WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR THAT ONLY HAS THAT YEAR NOW. 
          OKAY. 
          SO ROBIN, IF YOU COULD PUT A SHOW UP, PULL UP THE CVRE ERIE STAGE, THAT'S THE SECOND PAGE OF AMENDMENT TWO. 
          SO 
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THE AMOUNT IS BASED ON A STAFFING PLAN SUBMITTED BY CVRD HERE, WHERE THEY LIST THE POSITIONS AND THE AVERAGE, UH, HOURS PER MONTH THAT WILL BE SPENT BY THAT POSITION AND THEN THEIR HOURLY RATE. 
          AND THAT IS THE PLAN THAT YOU SEE THAT ROBIN HAS IN FRONT OF YOU. 
          AND, UM, THE POSITIONS ARE LISTED ON, UM, THEY'RE ACTUALLY KIND OF IN THE MIDDLE OF THE PAGE. 
          UM, YOU HAVE A PROGRAM DIRECTOR OF A PROGRAM MANAGER OF TWO PROJECT MANAGERS. 
          UH, TWO IT PROJECT MANAGERS, A SCHEDULER AND ACCOUNTING, UH, INDIVIDUAL, AN ESTIMATOR AND ADMIN AND DOCUMENT CONTROL PERSON, FINANCE AND PROCUREMENT PERSON AND A DATABASE SPECIALIST. 
          SO THEY'VE ESTIMATED THEIR HOURS THAT WILL BE SPENT PER MONTH FOR THE YEAR, UH, THEIR HOURLY RATE. 
          AND THAT IS HOW THEY CAME UP WITH THE AMOUNT MR. STRIPPER. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          MA'AM SURE. 
          I JUST WANT TO GO BACK TO ONE THING, SOMETHING THAT I WANT TO MAKE SURE THE ORIGINAL CONTRACT REQUIRES THEM TO DO THIS AMENDMENT EACH YEAR TO BE A BOSS IT'S IN THE ORIGINAL CONTRACT. 
          THAT IS CORRECT. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          AND I WILL JUST SAY THAT THE AMOUNT THAT'S PROPOSED FOR 2021 IS SLIGHTLY UNDER THE ORIGINAL PROJECTION THAT WE MADE FOR THE FOUR YEARS. 
          IT'S $3,000 ON, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IT WAS CONTRACT REQUIRES THIS EACH YEAR. 
          YES. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          YES. 
          THE CONTRACT DOES REQUIRE THIS AMENDMENT EACH YEAR, BUT AN AUTOMATIC APPROVAL BY THE BOARD IS NOT NECESSARILY DEEMED. 
          SO THAT'S WHY IT'S PROBABLY POOR THE BOARD FOR REVIEW. 
          UM, AT LEAST THAT'S MY UNDERSTANDING. 
          OTHERWISE, WHY VOTE AT ALL? JUST PUSH IT ON THROUGH. 
          UM, SO WHAT WOULD IT COUNT FOR THAT BEING THE, UH, UH, UNDERAGE, UH, THIS TIME AROUND THAT'S GOOD NEWS? WELL, WE, WE JUST HAD SOME, UH, DIFFERENT POSITIONS AFTER BEING ONE YEAR. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, AFTER BEING WITH THEM AND WORKING FOR A YEAR, WE FOUND THAT WE USE SOME PHYSICIANS A LITTLE MORE THAN OTHERS. 
          AND SO THAT ADJUSTMENT ACTUALLY CAME UNDER THE ORIGINAL BUDGET. 
          AND IF YOU HAVE, I DO HAVE DAVID WAGNER WITH CVRE HEARINGS AVAILABLE. 
          IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR HIM, UM, THERE ARE NO HANDS UP. 
          SO COULD YOU PLEASE JUST LAY THE MOTION AGAIN IN BUILDING MR.  PUT YOUR HAND UP, BUT AS I SAID THAT, YES, MA'AM. 
          I WANT YOU TO KNOW, IS THIS GOING TO BE A, THIS IS GOING TO BE THE NEW PRACTICE NOW THAT WE CAN JUST BRING THESE KINDS OF MOTIONS TO THE BOARD AND NOT GO TO COMMITTEES. 
          IS THIS A PRACTICE OF THE BOARD IS, IS WHAT I WANT TO KNOW BEFORE I WOULD BE NO PRIOR TO VOTING ON THIS MOTION BECAUSE I, I STILL HAVE QUESTIONS OUT THERE ABOUT THIS MOTION. 
          WELL, THE, THE MOTION TO MOVE IT TO OPERATIONS FAILED. 
          SO WE'RE DONE WITH THAT MOTION. 
          WE'RE ON THIS MOTION. 
          I SEE NOTHING ABOUT COMMITTEES MENTIONED IN THIS MOTION. 
          THIS WAS THE MOTION ON THE TABLE, SIR. 
          OKAY. 
          WELL, MY QUESTION IS, HOW DID THIS MOTION GET MOVED TO THE AGENDA NON CHAIR? WHEN THE AGENDA WAS APPROVED ON NOVEMBER 10, THAT'S ALREADY BEEN DISCUSSED THIS MEETING ON NOVEMBER 13TH. 
          VOTING IS OPEN PLEASE. 
          YES. 
          OR SHAQ. 
          HOW ARE YOU VOTING NOW? UM, I'M GROWING MR. MELVIN CAMPBELL. 
          YES. 
          THE MOTION CARRIES SEVEN. 
          YES. 
          TWO NOTE TO ABSTENTION. 
          THE YESES ARE EARL CAMPBELL, CHRISTINA , 
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KATHY ROBOT, MELVIN CAMPBELL, TRICIA GOODRICH, AND RICHARD GUYER, THE ABSTENTIONS OR SHACK AND WITH SOUNDSCAPE. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          SO THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA WAS, UH, THE DISCRETION OF THE PROPOSED NEGOTIATIONS INCIDENT TO THE PROPOSED CONTRACT WITH AUTOMILE ACCOUNTING GROUP FOR ADDITIONAL SCOPE OF WORK PURSUANT TO SOUTH CAROLINA, CODE 34 78, TWO AND PRECIOUS MOTION ON THE 10TH, TOOK THAT TO FINANCE COMMITTEE. 
          UM, AND I ATTENDED FINANCE COMMITTEE YESTERDAY. 
          AND AS I RECALL, THE DISCUSSION WAS THIS WOULD NOW GO ONTO THE EIGHTH, DECEMBER EIGHT. 
          YES. 
          THERE'S YOUR CHEF. 
          THANK YOU. 
          I AM NOT PREPARED DO A REPORT THIS MORNING AS IT WAS OUR INTENTION YESTERDAY AT THE FINANCE COMMITTEE MEETING, UH, ON THE FOLLOWUP REPORT ACTION TO DISCUSS IT THERE UNTIL DECEMBER OR DECEMBER BOARD MEETING. 
          I FELT DISPOSED OF THIS MATTER, UM, AT OUR TUESDAY BOARD MEETING. 
          AND WE'LL REVISIT AGAIN ON DECEMBER 8TH, AT LEAST THAT WAS MY UNDERSTANDING. 
          I WOULD ASK DR. 
          WISNIEWSKI AND, UH, DICK, UM, IF YOU COULD EXPAND ON THAT. 
          YES. 
          SO YES, IT'S EIGHT. 
          OKAY. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. 
          RIGHT NOW, WE'RE DOWN TO THE CHERRY COURT ON THE SOUTH CAROLINA SCHOOL BOARD ASSOCIATION HAS A REGIONAL ADVOCACY MEETINGS, UH, IN THE FALL. 
          AND I BELIEVE THEY HAVE THREE. 
          THEY DIVIDE THE STATE INTO GEOGRAPHIC LOCATIONS AND OUR LOCATION OF COURSE, IS THE LOW COUNTRY. 
          NORMALLY EACH MEETINGS ARE HELD AT A SCHOOL, PROBABLY WITHIN A HUNDRED MILES OF YOU FIRST, THAT WEEK, SOMEWHERE AROUND THERE. 
          AND THIS YEAR, THE MEETING WAS HELD IN SOMMERVILLE AT A CONFERENCE CENTER. 
          AND, UH, MR. EARL CAMPBELL ATTENDED THE MEETING AND IT WAS ON OCTOBER 28TH. 
          WE SHARED WITH THE BOARD AND THIS IS DISPLAYED ON THE SCREEN NOW, UM, THEY HAD FIVE DISCUSSION TOPICS AND, UH, AND THEN THE ANSWER IS HERE ARE THE INPUT FROM DIFFERENT DUFF'S BOARD MEMBERS FROM DIFFERENT SCHOOL DISTRICTS. 
          AND THERE WERE ABOUT 25. 
          UM, I WOULD SAY MEMBERS ATTENDING AND MR. EARL CAMPBELL IS PROPONENT TO DO THE REPORT. 
          UM, ONCE SPRING, THEY WANT YOU TO GO STAY WITH SHERIFF POSITIVE ABOUT YOUR RESPONSE TO COVID-19 AND TO HEAR MR. CAMPBELL'S REPORT. 
          AND, UM, WE TALKED ABOUT THE MIDDLE THAT WE ARE DELIBERATE STUDENTS. 
          UM, WE ALSO TALK ABOUT THE SHIFT FROM THE CHILDCARE 400 EMPLOYEES OF OTHER DISTRICTS HAD SOME CONCERN. 
          IN FACT, ONE DISTRICT WAS CONCERNED BECAUSE A LOT OF OUR STUDENTS WENT TO PRIVATE SCHOOL AND THEY DON'T THINK THEY WON'T BE COMING BACK. 
          AND THE SECOND ONE WAS WE'VE TAUGHT CHALLENGING, CHALLENGING BLOCKS, A NEW AREA, KEEPING CHILDREN ATTENTION CLASSES, AND SPECIAL NEEDS STUDENTS INSTRUCTION. 
          THIRD ONE WAS, HAVE YOUR TEACHERS ESTABLISH THE DISTRICT WITH TEACHERS AND STAFF AT ONE OF THE DISTRICT  AND , UM, IT TALKS ABOUT NUMBER FOUR. 
          TALK ABOUT DOING THE PRICES  AND THE MAJORITY OF THE MEMBERS THAT WERE THERE SAID NO. 
          UM, AND THE FIRST ONE WAS, UM, WHAT CAN A SCHOOL LOOK LIKE IN 21, 22  ANY QUESTIONS AND DISCUSSIONS? THANK YOU, MR. CAMPBELL. 
          I WOULD SAY FROM THAT MEETING, WE ALL HAVE THE SAME PROBLEMS, THE SAME ISSUES. 
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WE'RE ALL DEALING WITH SIMILAR ISSUES. 
          UM, WE ARE NOW DOWN TO THE APPROVAL OF MINUTES, THE OCTOBER 20, UM, AT 21 2020 BOARD MEETING, WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE. 
          HI, THERE'S A GIRL BACK. 
          OKAY. 
          MS. ROBOT. 
          HI. 
          I'M THAT? WE APPROVE THE MINUTES FROM OCTOBER 20TH, 2020, MR. RICHARD GUYER. 
          SECOND, THE MOTION, ANY DISCRETION? THE LEAGUE IS OPEN. 
          HOLD ON A SECOND. 
          SORRY. 
          ORANGE BUILDING IS NOW OPEN. 
          MR. MELVIN CAMPBELL. 
          YES. 
          THE MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. 
          WE NEED A MOTION TO APPROVE THE SPECIAL CALL BOARD MEETING MINUTES OF OCTOBER 29, 2020, MR. FREDERICK ACTUALLY APPROVED THE OCTOBER 29, 2020 SPECIAL FALL BOARD MEETING MINUTES. 
          SECOND THERE'S CATHERINE ROBOT. 
          SECOND. 
          ANY DISCUSSION? YES. 
          YES. 
          MR. NALLY. 
          . 
          IS THAT A YES. 
          I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN HEAR HIM, MR. DALEN, PLEASE SAY YOUR VERBALLY OR BOTH. 
          MY VOTE MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. 
          WE'RE NOW DOWN TO THE ACADEMIC COMMITTEE REPORT BY CHAIR DENDRITE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          MADAM CHAIR. 
          UH, TODAY THE ACADEMIC COMMITTEE BRINGS BEFORE THE SCHOOL BOARD, PE 1.2 PROFESSIONAL LEARNING, WHICH STEAKS TEACHERS WILL PARTICIPATE IN COLLABORATIVE LEARNING COMMUNITIES OF COLOR, PROFESSIONAL LEARNING TO IMPROVE INSTRUCTION AND STUDENT LEARNING THE APP. 
          AGAIN, THAT COMMITTEE BRINGS US TO THE BOARD WITH A UNANIMOUS REQUEST FOR, UH, IT, YOU NEVER MISS OUT. 
          THE, EVERY MEMBER OF ACADEMIC COMMITTEE AGREED THAT THIS WOULD BE RECOMMEND THAT THE BOARD ACCEPTED, UM, A LITTLE BACKGROUND, YES. 
          THAT WE WERE FIRST PRESENTED THIS IN SEPTEMBER AND THE ACADEMIC COMMUNITY, UH, REQUESTED OF ISD THAT ADDITIONAL DATA TO SUPPORT COMPLIANCE BE PROVIDED, UM, THAT WAS DONE IN OCTOBER. 
          AND I WOULD LIKE DR. 
          CAMPBELL THAT SHE'S, UM, WITH US TO PRESENT THIS TO THE FULL BOARD. 
          UM, SHE'S NOT GOING TO GO THROUGH THE ENTIRE THING BECAUSE THAT WAS AVAILABLE FOR EVERYONE TO LOOK AT. 
          HOWEVER, THERE'S A SUMMARY, WHICH WE THINK AS YOU HAVE TO HAVE COMMITTEE WAS BEING VERY IMPORTANT FOR THE ENTIRE BOARD TO HEAR. 
          SO, DR. 
          PHENOL, GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE. 
          GOOD MORNING. 
          MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. 
          GOOD MORNING, MADAM CHAIR. 
          I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE CAN HEAR ME BEFORE I GET STARTED. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          AWESOME. 
          WHAT WAS THAT? WE CAN HEAR YOU WELL, FOR THOSE OF US THAT ARE IN PERSON. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          AWESOME. 
          SO I JUST WANT TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO, UM, THANK YOU FOR GIVING ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT THE 1.2 PROFESSIONAL LEARNING, UM, OPPORTUNITY PE AND LIKE MS. FREDRICKS MENTIONED THE PURPOSE OF THIS PROFESSIONAL, UM, LEARNING OPPORTUNITY IS REALLY TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF TEACHING AND LEARNING. 
          UM, MAKING SURE THAT OUR TEACHERS HAVE SUBSTANTIAL PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT IN ORDER TO CRAFT, UM, IN ORDER TO REMAIN CURRENT AND, UM, MEET THE NEEDS THAT THEY NEED IN THE CLASSROOM. 
          SO AS STATED IN SEPTEMBER, SEPTEMBER 30TH, WE MET WITH THE ACADEMIC COMMITTEE. 
          UM, I WANT TO PUBLICLY SAY THAT THE ACADEMIC COMMITTEE DID PROVIDE, UM, A LOT OF ACADEMIC FEEDBACK FOR ME TO TAKE BACK SO THAT I INCLUDED THAT IN, IN THE SUMMER REPORT THAT I'M PRESENTING ON TODAY. 
          AND SOME OF THE, THE FEEDBACK FROM INITIAL REPORT 
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WAS THAT WE PROVIDE MORE DATA TO SUPPORT OUR PROFESSIONAL LEARNING. 
          UM, PE 1.2, UM, PROVIDING ADDITIONAL EVIDENCE FOR OUR ALGEBRA ONE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT. 
          UM, WE EMPHASIZE THIS TIME IN OUR DOCUMENT THAT WE WILL ALIGN OUR PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT OFFERINGS TO OUR APPROVED STRATEGIC PLAN THAT WAS APPROVED AND SET THE BEGINNING PART OF SEPTEMBER. 
          AND SO WE'RE GOING TO ALIGN OUR, OUR PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENTS TO OUR INTERIM GOALS FOR THIS SCHOOL YEAR. 
          SO WE DID THAT A LITTLE DIFFERENTLY IN ADDITION, UM, IDENTIFYING WAYS THAT WE HAVE ELIMINATED BARRIERS FOR OUR TEACHERS TO PROVIDE, TO RECEIVE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT. 
          AND ALSO THE ACHIEVEMENT GAP ALSO WAS ONE OF OUR, UM, INTERIM GOALS. 
          HOW CAN WE REDUCE OUR ACHIEVEMENT GAP? SO WE HAD OUR PRINCIPALS DIG A LITTLE DEEPER THIS YEAR, NOT JUST SUBMIT PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PLANS, BUT REALLY LOOK AT THE ROOT CAUSES. 
          SO EACH PRINCIPAL WAS TASKED WITH DOING A ROOT CAUSE ANALYSIS DOCUMENT BEFORE SUBMITTING THEIR, UH, PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN. 
          UM, I HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT, UM, THE PROCESS FOR THAT FOR OUR PRINCIPALS, UM, UH, SEVERAL WEEKS AGO. 
          SO I FEEL THAT WE ARE MOVING IN A MORE STRATEGIC AND DATA DRIVEN, UM, APPROACH TO OUR PROFESSIONAL LEARNING. 
          AND I ATTRIBUTE THAT TO THE FEEDBACK THAT WE RECEIVED FROM THE ACADEMIC COMMITTEE. 
          SO IN MARCH OF 2020, WHEN OUR SCHOOLS CLOSED BECAUSE OF THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC, UM, THE EDUCATORS IN BEAVER COUNTY HAD TO MAKE, UM, A DRASTIC SHIFT ON HOW OUR TEACHERS DELIVERED INSTRUCTION. 
          AND SO WE FOCUS PRIMARILY ON, UM, PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT THAT LEND ITSELF TO TECHNOLOGY RESOURCES AND TECHNOLOGY INTEGRATION, AND, UH, JUST SUPPORT FOR OUR TEACHERS TO PROVIDE, CONTINUE TO PROVIDE HIGH QUALITY INSTRUCTION. 
          DESPITE OUR CHALLENGES. 
          UM, THE DISTRICT DID PROVIDE, UH, NEARLY 400 PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES BETWEEN THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY, 2020 TO FEBRUARY 1ST, 2020 UNTIL SEPTEMBER 30TH. 
          AND THE REASON WHY THE DATE OF THE SPAN FROM SEPTEMBER, I'M SORRY, FEBRUARY 1ST TO SEPTEMBER 30TH WAS THE LAST TIME THAT WE PRESENTED, UM, OUR PE 1.2 TO THE BOARD. 
          SO AS OF AUGUST 1ST, UM, BUFORD COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT HAD 1,789 CERTIFIED EMPLOYEES. 
          THIS INCLUDES OUR TEACHERS, INSTRUCTIONAL COACHES AND SCHOOL COUNSELORS WITH 89 ADMINISTRATORS. 
          SO THE SECOND PART OF THE DOCUMENT, UM, REALLY OUTLINES THE PROFESSIONAL LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE'VE PROVIDED FOR OUR TEACHERS AND ADMINISTRATORS FROM THE TIME PERIOD THAT WAS LISTED. 
          SO WE WILL START WITH PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, UM, OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR NEW HIRES, WHICH BEGAN, UM, IN THE LATTER PART OF MAY, UH, WITH A C A CYCLE EVERY MONDAY DURING THE SUMMER, WE PROVIDED THE TRAINING FOR OUR NEW HIRES. 
          THIS TRAINING WAS CONDUCTED, CONDUCTED IN THE HR DEPARTMENT. 
          UM, WE HAD 304 TEACHERS, OUR NEW HIRES COME THROUGH THAT. 
          AND 100% OF THOSE WERE TRAINED THROUGH HR. 
          UM, SOME OF THE TRAINING INCLUDED, UH, THE UTILIZATION OF OUR GOOGLE SUITE ZOOM AND OTHER PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT TOOLS. 
          ALL OF OUR TEACHERS WERE ISSUED LAPTOPS TRAINED ON THE ESSENTIAL SETUP FOR HARM FOR THE HARDWARE, AND BEGAN TO LEARN ABOUT, UH, CORE SOFTWARE TO GET THEM STARTED FOR THEIR INTEREST PROFESSIONAL PLANNING IN JULY, OUR PRINCIPAL PER SORRY, ANGELA, ALL OF OUR PRINCIPALS PARTICIPATED IN A BOOK STUDY. 
          THE BOOK STUDY WAS CENTERED AROUND CULTURAL RELEVANCE. 
          UM, THE TWO BOOKS THAT WE ARE READING, WHICH IS THE FRAMEWORK FOR THE TOPICS ARE ONWARD, UM, CULTIVATING EMOTIONAL RESILIENCE AND EDUCATORS, AND ALSO, UM, LEVERAGE LEADERSHIP 2.0, WE STARTED THE THREE DAY SERIES IN JULY. 
          WE CONTINUED AFTER THIS REPORT WAS SENT TO THE ACADEMIC COMMITTEE. 
          WE'VE CONTINUED. 
          UM, WE HAD A SECOND SERIES TO THIS, UM, UH, SEVERAL WEEKS AGO AND ALL OF OUR PRINCIPALS, UM, PARTICIPATED. 
          THIS WILL BE ONGOING THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. 
          WE'RE EXCITED FOR THE OPPORTUNITY. 
          WE DIVIDED OUR PRINCIPALS INTO SIX GROUPS. 
          SO THERE'S APPROXIMATELY FIVE TO SIX PRINCIPALS IN EACH GROUP. 
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AND, UM, WE HAVE AWESOME CONVERSATIONS, UM, AROUND THE INFORMATION SHARED DURING THE BOOK STUDY. 
          UM, WE'RE SEEING SOME CORRELATION AND CONNECTIONS WITH WHAT WE ARE DISCUSSING, WHAT WE DISCUSSED IN JULY IN THE BOOK STUDY ABOUT THE CULTURAL RELEVANCE IN OUR PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN. 
          THAT WAS, UM, SUBMITTED. 
          UM, AT THE END OF OCTOBER, IF YOU LOOK AT THE DOCUMENT, IT TALKS ABOUT THE DATES THAT WE HAD. 
          THE BOOK STUDY, THAT THERE WERE 33 PARTICIPANTS TO INCLUDE OUR DIRECTOR OF ACE AND DIRECTOR OF RACHEL CHOICES PROGRAM. 
          FOLLOWING THAT DOCUMENT. 
          I MEAN THAT, UM, DOCUMENTATION IS OUR LEAP TRAINING AND LEAP WAS OUR LEARN, EVALUATE, ANALYZE PREPARED, WHICH WAS, UH, REQUIRED BY THE SOUTH CAROLINA LEGISLATOR BECAUSE OF THE COVID 19 PANDEMIC WANTED TO GIVE OPPORTUNITIES FOR US TO CLOSE SOME GAPS WITH OUR TEACHERS, AS WELL AS OUR STUDENTS. 
          THIS WAS OFFERED FOR OUR PRE-K THROUGH EIGHTH GRADE TEACHERS. 
          UM, OUR AVERAGE, IT WAS VOLUNTEER IN ORDER FOR TEACHERS TO BE, UH, REIMBURSED. 
          THIS TRAINING HAD TO BE, UM, AN ON SCHOOL SITE. 
          AND, UH, WE HAD A DAILY AVERAGE OF 705 PRE-K THROUGH EIGHTH GRADE TEACHERS AND SUPPORT STAFF, UM, PARTICIPATE IN OUR LEAP WEEK. 
          UM, THERE IS ON, BASED ON THE DATA FROM OUR HR DEPARTMENT, THERE'S 1,175 PRE-K THROUGH EIGHTH GRADE TEACHERS, 753 OF THEM PARTICIPATED IN LEAP WEEK. 
          UM, THESE, THIS WEEK WAS NOT A PART OF THE TEACHER'S CONTRACT, SO IT WAS UP TO THEM UP TO THE TEACHERS TO PARTICIPATE IN THAT. 
          SO WE HAD 64% OF OUR TEACHERS PARTICIPATE. 
          THE NEXT IS OUR TECH ALGAE, UM, NEW TEACHER TECHNOLOGY TRAINING, ALL OF OUR NEW TEACHERS, WHICH WE HAD 238, UM, PARTICIPATED IN THEIR TECHNOLOGY TRAINING WITH OUR INSTRUCTIONAL TECHNOLOGY COACHES. 
          UH, PART OF THAT TRAINING WAS A SAFE LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS, UH, CYBERSECURITY, CYBER, CITIZENSHIP, AND COMMUNICATION. 
          ALL OF OUR NEW TEACHERS PARTICIPATED IN THAT TRAINING. 
          AND I DO WANT TO EMPHASIZE THE NUMBER THAT I GAVE AT THE BEGINNING OF THE REPORT IS A COMBINATION OF TEACHERS AND SUPPORT STAFF THAT TOTAL THE 304, BUT ACTUAL NEW TEACHERS. 
          IT WAS 238. 
          SO I WANT TO EMPHASIZE THE DIFFERENCE IN THE NUMBERS. 
          UM, UM, ALL OF OUR TEACHERS HAVE GONE THROUGH, UH, THE CYBER SAFETY CITIZENSHIP IN ORDER TO OBTAIN THEIR DEVICES. 
          UM, AND YOU'LL SEE THAT NUMBER THERE 1,551, 100% TRAINED. 
          IN ADDITION TO THE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT THAT I SPOKE ABOUT PRINCIPALS ALSO, UH, SUBMITTED PRE-SERVICE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AGENDAS THAT OUTLINED THE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT THAT WAS OFFERED AT THEIR SCHOOL SCHOOL-BASED PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES. 
          UM, SOME OF THE TRAININGS INCLUDED, I DIDN'T LIST ALL, UM, THAT WERE, UM, PULLED FROM THE AGENDAS, STRENGTHENING ONLINE INSTRUCTION, SLS, WHICH IS OUR STUDENT LEARNING OBJECTIVES, GETTING DEEPER INTO THAT RESPONSE TO INTERVENTION AND OUR MULTI-TIERED STUDENT SUPPORT, UH, PROCESS. 
          AND I'M NOT GOING TO READ ALL OF IT. 
          WE ALSO HAD, UH, BUILDING COMMUNITIES VIRTUALLY, WHICH IS REALLY IMPORTANT IN THIS, THIS, THIS TIME PERIOD THAT WE'RE IN. 
          SO SCHOOL-BASED PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, WHICH WAS OFFERED AUGUST 31ST THROUGH SEPTEMBER 4TH. 
          AGAIN, THE NUMBER OF CERTIFIED TEACHERS THAT WE HAVE 1789, UM, BASED ON OUR MIND LEARNING PLAN DOCUMENTATION, THAT'S THE PORTAL THAT HOW'S THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT PARTICIPATE IN PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, UM, WAS ONE THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED AND ONE THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED SEVENTEEN, WHICH WAS 96% OF THE TEACHER POPULATION. 
          IN ADDITION, WE HAD OUR PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT THAT WEEK AS WELL. 
          WE REALLY ALLOW OUR PRINCIPALS TO HAVE THE FIRST AND THE LAST DAY OF THE WEEK TO FOCUS IN THEIR BUILDINGS. 
          HOWEVER, WE DID HAVE TRAINING, UM, SOME OF OUR TRAINING THAT WE, UM, PROVIDED IS LISTED BELOW WHERE WE HAD OUR SOUTH CAROLINA VIRTUAL PLATFORM, WHICH WAS FOR OUR HIGH SCHOOL TEACHERS. 
          UM, AND THEY FOCUSED ON SPECIFIC 
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CONTENT AREAS. 
          IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE HAVE OTHER LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES ON, LIKE I MENTIONED ON OUR SITE SITES FOR CONTINUED PROFESSIONAL DEGREES. 
          SO ON SEPTEMBER 30TH, ALL STAFF WERE REQUIRED TO COMPLETE THE SAFE SCHOOLS TRAINING MODULE, WHICH IS ALL DONE VIRTUALLY, UM, UM, BROKE THAT DATA DOWN A LITTLE DIFFERENTLY, UM, BECAUSE THE REPORTS WERE GIVEN BASED ON COMPLETION AT EACH SCHOOL. 
          SO WE HAVE THREE 31 SCHOOLS OF THE 31 SCHOOLS, 23 SCHOOLS HAD 95 TO 100% COMPLETION. 
          TWO SCHOOLS HAD 90 TO 94% COMPLETION. 
          AND SIX SCHOOLS WERE, UH, 89% COMPLETION ARE LESS. 
          I DO WANT TO EMPHASIZE THAT THIS REPORT WAS SUBMITTED, UM, IN THAT SEPTEMBER IS WHAT I PULLED THE DATA, BUT SINCE THEN THE NUMBERS HAVE INCREASED SINCE THEN. 
          SO I DO WANT TO EMPHASIZE THAT, UM, ALSO IT, FOR OUR PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT TRAINING, OUR TEACHERS HAVE SHIFTED THEIR DELIVERY INSTRUCTION, UM, TO OUR, UH, ZOOM PLATFORMS. UM, THIS TRAINING ACTUALLY STARTED IN MARCH AND I WANT TO REALLY CELEBRATE OUR INSTRUCTIONAL COACHES AND THE TECHNOLOGY TEAM. 
          UM, WE HAD ALL OF OUR TEACHERS TRAINED TO INCLUDE OUR SUPPORT STAFF WITHIN A WEEK, LIKE A WEEK OR SO. 
          UM, ALL OF OUR STAFF WERE TRAINED, UM, VIA ZOOM MAKING THAT SHIFT FROM, YOU KNOW, THE INSTRUCTION THAT WE WERE ACCUSTOMED TO, TO VIRTUAL IN ADDITION TO OUR, THAT WE HAD IN OUR PRE-SERVICE. 
          SO THESE ARE THE DATES PRIOR TO STUDENTS BEGINNING AS WELL AS ADDITIONAL DATES. 
          UM, DURING OUR LEAP WEEK, OUR SPECIAL EDUCATION TRAINING, UM, INCLUDED ATTAINMENT, TRAINING, IREADY TRAINING, STETSON, TEACH, UM, TOWN. 
          AND, UM, WE HAVE 167 SPECIAL EDUCATION TEACHERS OF THOSE 158 OF THEM PARTICIPATED DURING THAT WEEK. 
          I DO WANT TO EMPHASIZE THAT I'VE HAD MULTIPLE CONVERSATIONS WITH OUR DIRECTOR OF SPECIAL EDUCATION, AND SHE CONTINUED TO PROVIDE, UH, PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT TO TEACHERS THAT MAY HAVE MISSED SESSIONS. 
          AND THAT CONTINUED AFTER, UM, OUR, UH, OUR PRE-SERVICE DATES. 
          THERE IS AN EFFORT FOR US TO, UM, TO OFFER, READ, TO SUCCEED COURSES FOR OUR SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION. 
          THAT IS A REQUIREMENT CURRENTLY WE HAVE 299 CERTIFIED STAFF WHOSE TEACHING CERTIFICATES EXPIRE JUNE OF 2021. 
          SO THESE TEACHERS AND ADMINISTRATORS HAVE UNTIL JUNE TO COMPLETE THIS. 
          SO BASED ON THE NUMBERS THAT WERE PULLED AGAIN IN SEPTEMBER, WE HAVE 141 OF THE TWO 99 HAVE ALREADY, UH, RECEIVED THE REQUIRED, UH, COURSEWORK FOR OUR READ TO SUCCEED, UH, LEGISLATION, THE, THE, THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THAT. 
          SO THE COURSES ARE ONLINE THROUGH THE USE OF OUR SOFTLINE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION LEARNING MANAGEMENT, AND ALL OF OUR COURSES ARE AT LEAST SEVEN WEEKS. 
          UM, EACH PARTICIPANT WILL BE AWARDED, UH, 60 RENEWAL CREDITS, AS WELL AS GETTING THEIR, UH, ENDORSEMENT ON THEIR CERTIFICATE ON THEIR CERTIFICATE. 
          UM, I DO ALSO WANT TO EMPHASIZE IN THIS, THAT THERE IS MULTIPLE OPPORTUNITIES FOR, UH, SESSIONS, UM, FOR TEACHERS TO JOIN THE REDIS SUCCEED SESSIONS. 
          UM, THEY'RE OFFERED LIKE EVERY MONTH YOU CAN GET INTO A COHORT AND, UM, WHERE WE HOPE TO SEE AN INCREASE IN THIS NUMBER BY BEFORE JUNE 20TH, 2020 21. 
          IN ADDITION OF OUR DISTRICT GOALS, UM, IS TO REALLY PROVIDE THE FRAMEWORK FOR OUR SHELTERED INSTRUCTION, OPPOSITES, OPERA, OPERA, OPERA, UM, CYA PROTOCOL TRAINING FOR OUR, FOR OUR DISTRICT. 
          WE HAD TWO ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AT THE BEGINNING OF THE 20 1920 SCHOOL YEAR WHO COMPLETED THE TRAINING, UM, WHERE PROVIDING MULTIPLE OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR TEACHERS AND SUPPORT STAFF TO BECOME TRAINED IN OUR SCI-OP MODEL DURING THE DISTRICT PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT DAYS, 
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OUR SCI-OP SESSIONS, WE OFFERED SIGNUP SESSIONS. 
          WE HAD 56 TEACHERS AND SUPPORT STAFF THAT TOOK PART IN THE TRAINING. 
          UM, OUR GOAL IS THAT WE WANT ALL TEACHERS PSYOP TRAINING. 
          CURRENTLY WE HAVE SHY OF A THOUSAND TEACHERS IN OUR DISTRICT THAT ARE PSYOP TRAIN. 
          I'VE HAD A CONVERSATION WITH, UM, OUR COORDINATOR OF, UH, ESAU, AND SHE IS WORKING WITH INDIVIDUAL SCHOOLS ABOUT, UM, PROVIDING SCHOOL-BASED PSYOP TRAINING. 
          I KNOW THAT THERE'S ONE IN THE MAKING AND THERE'S OTHER OPPORTUNITIES FOR TEACHERS TO PARTICIPATE IN PSYCHIATRY. 
          SO A PART OF THE FEEDBACK THAT WAS GIVEN TO US FROM THE ACADEMIC COMMITTEE WAS TO PROVIDE, UM, THE ALIGNMENT OF OUR INTERIM, UH, STRATEGIC GOALS. 
          WHAT PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT ARE ALIGNED TO SUPPORT THAT GOAL. 
          AND IN OUR FIRST PRESENTATION WITH THE ACADEMIC COMMITTEE, WE DID NOT MENTION, UM, WAYS THAT WE WERE PROVIDING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT FOR OUR ALGEBRA ONE CURRICULUM. 
          SO WE ADDED THAT IN OUR OCTOBER PRESENTATION THAT WE PROVIDED A TRAINING TO OUR HIGH SCHOOL TEACHERS FOR OUR ALGEBRA ONE BOOTCAMP TRAINING THAT WAS OFFERED IN JULY. 
          THE DATES ARE JULY 15TH AND 60. 
          ALSO A PART OF OUR STRATEGIC GOALS, INTERIM GOALS IS THAT WE WANT TO REALLY INCREASE, UM, THE NUMBER OF DIVERSE LEARNERS IN GIFTED, IN GIFTED AND TALENTED. 
          UM, A PART OF THAT IS THAT OUR DEPARTMENT OFFERS THE COURSEWORK FOR A GT ENDORSEMENT. 
          THE TWO COURSES THAT ARE OFFERED TO PROVIDE THAT ENDORSEMENT OR THE INTRODUCTION TO CURRICULUM FOR GIFTED AND TALENTED STUDENTS, AS WELL AS NATURE AND NEEDS FOR GIFTED AND TALENTED STUDENTS. 
          UM, CURRENTLY WE ARE, WE HAVE A COHORT, WE HAVE A WAITING LIST FOR OUR SPRING COHORT, WHICH IS A GREAT SIGN. 
          THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR GENERAL ED TEACHERS TO UNDERSTAND GIFTED NEWNESS AND THE CURRICULUM THAT THE CURRICULUM IS GOOD FOR ALL KIDS. 
          AND WE WANT THEM TO BE TRAINED, UM, TO HAVE AS MANY OPPORTUNITIES FOR THEM TO BE TRAINED. 
          THIS IS, UM, ONE OPPORTUNITY THAT WE FEEL THAT WE ELIMINATE BARRIERS FOR OUR TEACHERS IN THAT WE PAY FOR THE COURSES AS WELL AS, UM, THE MATERIALS, SO THAT THAT'S NOT A BARRIER IN GETTING WHAT WE NEED FOR OUR TEACHERS, SO THAT THEY CAN ADDRESS THE NEEDS IN THE CLASSROOM. 
          THIS YEAR, WE TRY TO PROVIDE AS MANY OPPORTUNITIES FOR VIRTUAL PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, JUST BECAUSE OF THE SITUATION THAT WE'RE IN WITH THE COVID-19. 
          SO MANY OF OUR TRAININGS THIS YEAR WERE VIRTUAL TO GIVE TEACHERS THE OPPORTUNITY TO, UM, NOT HAVE TO, YOU KNOW, FACE ANY KIND OF, UH, CHALLENGES WITH THAT. 
          ALSO, UM, A LOT OF OUR TRAININGS ARE RECORDED. 
          SO IF TEACHERS MISS A TRAINING, WE CAN SEND THE RECORDINGS BACK OUT TO THEM SO THAT THEY CAN USE THAT AS A SET SELF PAYS FOR PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT. 
          THAT'S ANOTHER WAY THAT WE'VE SHIFTED TO ELIMINATE BARRIERS FOR TEACHERS. 
          ANOTHER POINT THAT I WANT TO BRING IS THAT WE HAVE INSTRUCTIONAL COACHES IN ALL OF OUR ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE SCHOOL. 
          SO WITH OUR NEW TEACHERS, THERE'S THAT LEVEL OF SUPPORT FROM THE INSTRUCTIONAL COACHES. 
          SO FOR EXAMPLE, IF THERE'S PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT TRAINING, AND MAYBE THEY DIDN'T REALLY GET A GRASP OF THE UNDERSTANDING, WE HAVE THAT LAYER OF SUPPORT FROM OUR INSTRUCTIONAL COACHES IN EACH BUILDING. 
          UM, I ALSO WANT TO EMPHASIZE THAT TEACHER TEACHERS WHO PARTICIPATED IN OUR LEAP WEEK, UM, FACE-TO-FACE DID RECEIVE A STIPING. 
          I ALSO TALKED TO YOU BRIEFLY ABOUT, UH, THE PURPOSE OF OUR CORE, OUR ROOT CAUSES ANALYSIS. 
          UM, I THINK EVERY YEAR, AND I SHARED THIS WITH THE PRINCIPALS, THEY SUBMIT A PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN, BUT EVERY YEAR WE ARE STILL ADDRESSING SOME OF THE SAME ISSUES. 
          SO THE GOAL THIS YEAR WAS REALLY TO DIG DEEP, NOT JUST PROVIDE A SOLUTION, BUT REALLY ANALYZE AND FIND OUT WHAT ARE SOME OF THE ROOT CAUSES OF WHY WE HAVE SOME, SOME OUTCOMES. 
          SO THIS WAS AN EXERCISE THAT I FELT REALLY STRETCHED OUR PRINCIPALS A LITTLE BIT, YOU KNOW, IT, WASN'T JUST, OKAY, HERE'S OUR DATA. 
          THIS IS WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO, BUT LET'S REALLY GET TO THE ROOT CAUSES OF WHY WE HAVE SUCH SOME SIMILAR NEEDS. 
          SO I PROVIDED FOR THE ACADEMIC COMMITTEE, UM, THREE EXAMPLES. 
          I DIDN'T GO INTO A LOT OF DETAIL 
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BECAUSE THIS WAS REALLY A SUMMARY OF THE, OF THE PRESENTATION, BUT THREE EXAMPLES. 
          AND THESE ARE EXAMPLES FROM SPECIFIC SCHOOLS THAT THESE ARE THEIR KEY, THEIR KEY CHALLENGES, UM, AND THEIR PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT CAUSES, WHICH THEY IDENTIFIED. 
          AND SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, WHEN THE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN WAS SUBMITTED AT THE END OF OCTOBER, THESE WERE MY LOOK FOURS. 
          LIKE WE LOOKED IN OUR PLAN FOR THIS. 
          SO WE WANTED TO SEE IN ALIGNMENT WITH THE STRATEGIC PLAN. 
          SO THESE ARE OUR SEVEN, UM, INTERIM INSTRUCTIONAL GOALS THAT HAS TO BE ALIGNED TO WHAT THE PRINCIPALS SUBMIT TO ME HAS TO BE ALIGNED TO OUR STRATEGIC GOALS. 
          SO THIS YEAR WAS MORE ABOUT ALIGNMENT OF OUR GOALS, MAKING SURE THAT OUR PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT FITS INTO THE STRATEGIC GOALS AND THAT WE'RE DIGGING DEEPER INTO THE ROOT CAUSES OF WHY WE'RE HERE. 
          THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION SUMMARY OF PE 1.2. 
          THANK YOU, DR. 
          CAMPBELL, UM, ON BEHALF OF THE ACADEMIC COMMUNITY, WE WOULD LIKE TO THANK YOU OR TAKING THE FEEDBACK THAT BE PRESENTED. 
          AND REALLY WITH THAT, UH, WE SEE THE ALIGNMENT HERE TO THE STRATEGIC PLAN. 
          WE SEE THAT NEEDS ARE IDENTIFIED AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT TO INCREASE THE CAPACITY OF OUR TEACHERS IS ALIGNED WITH THAT. 
          AND WE GREATLY APPRECIATE THAT AT THIS TIME. 
          I'D LIKE TO GIVE THE OTHER MEMBERS OF THE ACADEMIC COMMUNITY, A CHANCE TO SAY ANYTHING REGARDING THIS PE ARE SO INCLINED. 
          YEAH, IT'S RELATIVE ABOUT, I'D LIKE TO ADDRESS THE PART WITH THE ADMINISTRATORS AND HAVE THE BOOK STUDY, AND I WOULD COMMEND IT, THE EFFORT OF THE ADMINISTRATORS TO LOOK INTO THE STUDY EFFECTIVE, I SUPPOSE, CULTURE TRIM. 
          SO WHERE ARE WE GOING? I MIGHT, MY QUESTION OR COMMENT WOULD BE, I HOPE THAT THERE IS AN END GOAL TO THAT INITIATIVE. 
          I MEAN, JUST TO HAVE THEM DO A BOOK STUDY, YOU KNOW, SOME TYPE OF DIRECTIVE OR, OR EXPECTATION, I SHOULD SAY AT THE END OF THE BOOK STUDY AND AT THE END OF, UH, AS THEIR PROFESSIONAL GOALS AS WE MOVE FORWARD AS ADMINISTRATORS, BECAUSE I THINK THAT'S VERY RELATIVE TO TELL YOU, HONESTLY, THAT'S BASICALLY JUST A COMMENT. 
          NO, I DON'T. 
          I REALLY JUST WOULD REITERATE, LIKE, UM,  SAY THAT I APPRECIATE YOUR WORK THAT WAS DONE AFTER WE RAISED QUESTIONS FOR THE, FOR DATA SET. 
          SORRY, MR. SMITH. 
          CAN'T HEAR YOU. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, BASICALLY I'M JUST REITERATING WHAT MS. FREDERICK SAID WITH THE ADDITIONAL THOUGHT THAT, UM, I DO WANNA THINK THE, UH, UM, THINK THAT THE DISTRICT FOR GOING BACK AND LOOKING AT SPECIFICS TO INCLUDE DATA TO SUPPORT. 
          SO WE, WEREN'T JUST TALKING IN GENERALITIES THAT WE OFFERED THIS TRAINING AND THIS TRAINING, BUT TO DELINEATE HOW MANY OF OUR TEACHERS ACTUALLY IN STAFF MEMBERS ACTUALLY PARTICIPATED IN BENEFITED FROM THAT, THE FACT THAT IT'S ALIGNED IS IT IS EXCELLENT. 
          I SEEN THE ROOT CAUSE ANALYSIS AS A BEGINNING POINT AND HOPE THAT THAT CAN WE CONTINUE WITH THAT AND FOLLOW UP. 
          AND AS, UM, MR. MELVIN CAMPBELL SAID, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE LEARNINGS THAT COME OUT OF BOOK STUDIES AND, UM, IT'S IMPORTANT TO GO TO WHEN IT'S COMPLETED. 
          WHAT'S THE NEXT STEP. 
          AND I, I THINK THAT, NO, IT WAS FINE. 
          DR. 
          RODRIGUEZ, THANK YOU. 
          UH, FOR, FOR THE COMMENTS I'D LIKE, UH, AT THIS TIME, I THINK TO, TO JUST SHARE A LITTLE BIT, BECAUSE I AGREE WITH YOU THAT PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, JUST FOR THE SAKE OF PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, DOESN'T GET YOU TO AN END POINT, BUT A TARGETED AND STRATEGIC PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT LEADING DOWN A PATH AND LEADING DOWN A ROAD FOR CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT IS VERY RELEVANT AND VERY IMPORTANT. 
          ONE OF THE BOOKS, UH, THAT THAT WAS PART OF THIS BOOK STUDY IS LEVERAGED LEADERSHIP 2.0, UH, BY PAUL BAMBRICK SENT TOILETS. 
          AND 
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I'VE MENTIONED HIS NAME BEFORE. 
          I MENTIONED THIS BOOK BEFORE AT A PREVIOUS BOARD MEETING, BUT LATER ON THIS AFTERNOON, UH, I WILL SHARE WITH YOU HOW THAT FITS IN TO A LONGER AND LARGER PLAN ABOUT IMPROVING STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT AND GETTING AT, UH, CLOSING ACHIEVEMENT GAPS. 
          SO THERE IS, UH, THERE IS A METHOD HERE AND IT IS AN INTEGRAL FOUNDATIONAL PART OF THOSE NEXT STEPS, THE WORKSHOP. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND THANK YOU NIKIA. 
          YOU DID AN EXCELLENT JOB OF SHOWING AMPLE EVIDENCE, UM, THAT WE ARE IN FACT ALIGNED WITH THE STRATEGIC PLAN AND OF OUR OFFERINGS FOR TEACHERS. 
          I KNOW THAT THIS HAS ALSO ONE OF THE MULTI-PRONGED FACETS OF THE, UM, STATE MANDATED TEACHER EVALUATION THAT THEY PARTICIPATE IN PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT. 
          AND IT LOOKS AS THOUGH WE'VE GONE BEYOND WHAT THE STATE REQUIRES, UM, IN REGARD TO PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, CORRECT? YES, MA'AM, THAT'S OBVIOUS. 
          SO I HAVE NO MORE QUESTIONS FOR YOU. 
          UM, AND IT WAS VERY THOROUGH. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, MY QUESTION IS JUST FOR THE COMMITTEE TRICIA, UM, THE, THE PERFORMANCE EXPECTATION, THE EXPECTATION, UM, UH, THAT WE, AS A, AS A BOARD HAVE TO VOTE ON THAT HAS BEEN MET, IS DETAILED IN THE DOCUMENT HERE. 
          TEACHERS WILL PARTICIPATE IN COLLABORATIVE LEARNING COMMUNITIES AND OTHER PROFESSIONAL LEARNING TO IMPROVE INSTRUCTION AND LEARNING, AND CLEARLY THEY HAVE PARTICIPATED. 
          BUT MY QUESTION TO THE COMMITTEE IS HAVE YOU, OR ARE YOU WORKING ON YOUR PERFORMANCE EXPECTATIONS ASSIGNED TO YOUR COMMITTEE AND SETTING A SPECIFIC EXPECTATION? UM, UH, SUCH AS YOU KNOW, SUCH AND SUCH A PERCENTAGE OF TEACHERS HAVE MET, THE DISTRICTS SAID, UM, UH, OR EXPRESSED, UH, PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, HAS YOUR COMMITTEE LOOKED AT THAT? I KNOW EACH OF OUR COMMITTEES IS TASKED WITH BRINGING, UM, THESE PERFORMANCE OR TRANSFORMING THESE PERFORMANCE EXPECTATIONS INTO OPERATIONAL EXPECTATIONS. 
          UM, IF NOT AT THE COMMITTEE LEVEL, THEN CERTAINLY AT THE POLICY COMMITTEE LEVEL, UM, MS. ORISHA, I'M SORRY. 
          COULD YOU RESTATE THE QUESTION PART OF THAT? I'M NOT SURE WHAT YOU'RE ASKING. 
          OKAY. 
          SO DID YOUR COMMITTEE, UM, LOOK AT THE ACTUAL EXPECTATION? ABSOLUTELY. 
          OKAY. 
          DID YOU DISCUSS THE POTENTIAL FOR A VERY SPECIFIC TARGET, FOR EXAMPLE, UH, SUCH AND SUCH A PERCENT OF TEACHERS HAVE MET, UM, THE DISTRICTS, UM, PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT GOALS, SOMETHING OF THAT NATURE. 
          I'M, I'M THROWING THAT OUT RANDOMLY BECAUSE RIGHT NOW THE EXPECTATION SIMPLY SAYS TEACHERS WILL PARTICIPATE AND THEN IT GOES ON TO EXPRESS. 
          I'M ASKING IF YOU ENTERTAIN THE IDEA OF MAKING IT MORE SPECIFIC AS AN EXPECTATION, WE START ONLY ENTERTAIN MAKING IT MORE SPECIFIC BY SUNDAY IT BACK TO DR. 
          AND CAMPBELL AND ASKING HER TO PROVIDE US WITH DATA. 
          AND SO THAT DATA WAS PROVIDED AGAIN, AND SHE HAD GREAT DISCUSSION WITHIN THE COMMITTEE MEETING ABOUT THE LEVELS OF THOSE COMPLETED PD, SUCH AS THE RATE OF 60. 
          WE TEND TO EXPRESS, UM, BLOCKS ABOUT THE PSYOP. 
          UH, WE CAN DISCUSS HAVING ALL OF OUR COACHES PRAYING AND CYA. 
          AND SO THERE WERE SOME, UH, VERY DETAILED CONVERSATIONS ABOUT EXPECTATIONS. 
          OKAY. 
          SO LET, LET ME REPHRASE MY QUESTION. 
          I DON'T THINK I PUT IT CLEARLY ENOUGH. 
          I KNOW THAT YOU ASKED FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FROM MS. CAMPBELL. 
          I GET THAT, BUT DID YOU, AS A COMMITTEE DETERMINE THAT YOU WANTED TO MAKE THE EXPECTATION MORE SPECIFIC? THE EXPECTATION THAT IS TO SAY THE BOARD CAN EXPECT THAT A CERTAIN NUMBER OF TEACHERS OR PERCENTAGE OF TEACHERS DISTRICT-WIDE PARTICIPATE, UH, AT A CERTAIN LEVEL, DOES THAT MAKE SENSE ABOUT, HAVE SOMETHING TO ADD TO, UM, WHEN WE GET TO THE OLD WAYS? I THINK THAT MIGHT HAVE SOME VALIDITY, BUT NO, WE DID NOT ADD THOSE TO THE SPEED. 
          OKAY. 
          OKAY. 
          AND NO DISCUSSION. 
          YES. 
          OH, LOTS OF DISCUSSION, ABSOLUTELY SPECTACULAR TOPIC. 
          IT'S CLEAR YOU VETTED THIS, UM, 
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VERY WELL, UM, ZIP ERA REPORT, YOU KNOW, ABOUT THE PERCENTAGES AND THE DATA AND WHAT WAS NEEDED. 
          AND I ENDED UP PLAN AND THEY, IT IS VERY HARD TO HEAR WHAT SHE, WHAT SHE SAID, MAYBE BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S BECAUSE SHE'S TURNED AWAY FROM THE MIC OR WHERE THE MIC IS AT IN THE ROOM, BUT IT'S VERY HARD. 
          AND I KNOW IT'S HARD FOR ME TO HEAR HOW I GOT, I'M SURE THAT THERE IS EVEN HARDER FOR PEOPLE WHO MAY HAVE, WHO MAY BE HEARING IMPAIRED OR WHO ARE AT HOME IN HAND AND NOT IN THE ROOM WITH YOU GUYS. 
          I UNDERSTAND THAT MAY BE A SEMI SOUND CLEAR TO THE PEOPLE WHO ARE IN THE ROOM, BUT I'M, I'M TALKING FROM THE P OF THE PROM PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT IN THE ROOM. 
          AND IT'S VERY HARD TO HEAR. 
          I APOLOGIZE. 
          BUT MOST OF MY, IT MUST BE SAID, HI ANSWERS. 
          UM, MR. CAMPBELL, NO, I'D LIKE TO COMMENT ON JOANNE'S, UH, JOE AZURE, UH, QUESTION AND THAT, I THINK WE AS PES, WE WANT THEM, BUT I'LL KEEP IT, UH, OPEN-ENDED JOANNE, SO THAT WE CAN PUT MEAT ON IT WHEN IT, WHEN IT COMES TO THE BORDER AND HAVE DISCUSSION OF WHAT THEY'RE PRESENTING IN A, BECAUSE THEIR INTERPRETATION OF WHAT WE WANT, I DON'T THINK SHOULD BE FINE. 
          200 JOE ITSELF ORIENTED A NUMBER, BUT DRIVEN DRIVING THEM TOWARDS, UH, OR RESOLVE. 
          THIS IS I THINK WHAT WE INTEND WITH THIS PE THAT'S WHY WE ASKED, UH, ALSO 40 EVIDENCE WHEN SHE SAID THAT WHEN, WHEN THEY CAME IN AND SAID THAT THERE WAS, YOU KNOW, A JUSTIFICATION FOR APPROVAL, YOU ASKED WHAT SUPPORTING EVIDENCE. 
          THAT'S WHAT I THINK WE SHOULD BE DOING AS WE GO FORWARD, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, SUSPECTS OF GOING TO JAIL OVER AND OVER AND OVER. 
          AND WE PUT SOMETHING IN THERE THAT'S, THAT'S A DEFINITE OFF OR FAIR NIGHT. 
          AND THAT LEAVES, THAT LEAVES UP JAZZ WITH FLEXIBILITY. 
          THAT'S LESS, THAT STAYS TOO LONG. 
          BUT SO, YEAH, I UNDERSTAND, YOU KNOW, WHERE YOU'RE GOING WITH IT, BUT I ALSO SEE THE REASON FOR LEAVING IT. 
          OPEN-ENDED THANKS, MEL. 
          UM, MY QUESTION IS, UM, EITHER TO THAT OR TO DR. 
          CAMPBELL, IN REGARD TO YOU TIE UP AT THE HIGH SCHOOL AND TRAINING FOR THAT, WHAT IS THE, WHAT KIND OF REQUIREMENTS AS A DISTRICT HAVE IN PLACE FOR HIGH SCHOOL? BECAUSE LOOKING AT THIS ROOT CAUSES ANALYSIS, I SEE THAT THAT SEEMS TO BE A STRUGGLE. 
          AND SO I'M WONDERING WHAT HALF WE'RE ON TO KIND OF ADDRESS THAT WHAT'S CURRENTLY BEING DONE OR, OR RETIRED SISTER. 
          SO, UM, I WOULD SAY ABOUT THREE YEARS AGO, WE HAD A, UH, INSTRUCTIONAL SERVICES GOAL THAT 100% OF ALL SOUTHERN SCHOOLS WOULD BE PSYOP TRAIN. 
          AND WE SHIFTED A LITTLE BIT AWAY FROM THAT BECAUSE WE FELT THAT IT WAS THE PSYOP TRAINING WAS GOOD FOR ALL SCHOOLS. 
          IT WAS JUST GOOD PRACTICE. 
          SO I THINK NOW THAT WE HAVE A APPROVED STRATEGIC PLAN, WE HAVE IDENTIFIED AREAS THAT WE NEED TO FOCUS. 
          I THINK WE'RE IN THAT PROCESS OF ESTABLISHING WHAT OUR INTERNAL GOALS ARE FOR EACH SCHOOL. 
          AND I WOULD LEAN TO SAY THAT WE WILL, WE EXPECT THAT FOR ALL SCHOOLS, WE ARE ABOVE AS A DISTRICT. 
          UM, WE'RE AT 55%, ALL, ALL TEACHERS, UM, PSYOP TRAIN, BUT I DO WANT TO EMPHASIZE THAT WE HAVE OUR HIGHER PERCENTAGES ON THE SOUTHERN SIDE. 
          WE ACTUALLY HAVE ONE SCHOOL THAT HAS 100% OF THEIR TEACHERS PSYCHIATRY. 
          WE HAVE ADDITIONAL SCHOOLS ON THE SOUTHERN SIDE THAT HAVE 90% PSYOPS RATE AND KEEP IN MIND, WE HAVE NEW TEACHERS THAT COME IN EVERY YEAR. 
          SO WHEN EXPERIENCED TEACHERS OR TEACHERS LEAVE, WE HAVE TO BUILD THAT INTO OUR PROFESSIONAL PLANS. 
          SO OUR GOAL IS, UM, TO PROVIDE THE BEST PRACTICES FOR ALL SCHOOLS. 
          WE THINK RESEARCH TELLS US THAT PSYOP IS GOOD FOR ALL KIDS. 
          AND SO WE'RE GOING TO SHIFT RATHER THAN TARGETING WHAT SCHOOL SHOULD HAVE THE TRAINING WE WANT TO LEND THAT TO ALL SCHOOLS. 
          SO WE'RE, WE'RE IN THAT TRANSITION OF, UM, ADJUSTING OUR GOALS. 
          UM, I GUESS YOU WANT TO SAY A COUPLE OF THINGS SINCE I HAVEN'T SPOKEN ABOUT THIS IS, UM, I WANT TO COMMEND THE ACADEMICS COMMITTEE AND THE INSTRUCTIONAL STAFF ALREADY REMEMBER THE FIRST DRAFT OF 
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THIS QUITE A FEW MONTHS AGO. 
          AND THIS IS FABULOUS. 
          THE DETAIL YOU HAVE IN HERE IS REALLY GOOD. 
          AND I WOULD PIGGYBACK ON WHAT MR. MILL CAMPBELL SAID, AND MS. FIDRYCH, UH, IN REGARDS TO MS. ORISHA, NEXT QUESTION. 
          I THINK IT'S, I THINK A TEACHER IT'S IMPERATIVE, THEY HAVE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT. 
          I DON'T THINK IT'S OPTIONAL. 
          WHAT PERCENTAGE HAS IT OR WHATEVER. 
          AND I DO THINK AS TIME EVOLVES, IT'S GONNA POTENTIALLY CHANGE WITH TIME. 
          UM, UH, AN EXAMPLE MIGHT BE, UM, YOU KNOW, UNFORTUNATELY WE HAVE TO HAVE MORE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT ON, UH, SAFETY IN OUR SCHOOLS NOW THAN WE PROBABLY DID HAVE TO HAVE 10 YEARS AGO, OR JUST SOMETHING LIKE THAT. 
          AND, UM, UH, I JUST THINK, UH, THIS IS, UH, A GREAT PRESENTATION, UM, DR. 
          CAMPBELL AND, UM, ANY, ANY PROFESSIONAL, WHETHER YOU'RE A TEACHER OR A PHYSICIAN OR AN ATTORNEY, YOU'VE GOT TO HAVE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND IT INVOLVES WITH TIME. 
          IT'S NOT ALL THE SAME, BUT IT'S NOT A CERTAIN PERCENTAGE OF A CERTAIN, YOU KNOW, RIGOROUS OR, OR CERTAIN ON SET, UH, PROGRAM EACH TIME. 
          I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT IT DOES CHANGE AND THAT IT DOES EVOLVE. 
          UM, THOSE ARE MY COMMENTS, UM, VALID, UH, I'M VERY HAPPY TO HEAR  THAT WE'RE DOING MORE THAN IS REQUIRED AS TERRIFIC. 
          AND I LOVE TO HEAR THAT YOU'RE TAKING GAPER AND THERE IS CERTAINLY AMPLE EVIDENCE THAT THE REQUIREMENT OF THE PE, WHICH IS PARTICIPATION WAS MET. 
          BUT MY QUESTION IS WHAT IS THE PATH TO A QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS ABOUT WHAT THE, WHAT THE RESULTS, WHAT THE BENEFITS OF ALL OF THIS MASSIVE INVESTMENT ON THE PART OF THE DISTRICT AND ON THE PAT OF THE TEACHERS TO GET ALL THIS TRAINING, HOW DO WE KNOW WHAT TRAINING IS ACHIEVING AN EFFECTIVE RESULTS? HOW DO WE KNOW WHAT DEGREE THOSE RESULTS ARE AND HOW DO WE KNOW WHAT'S NOT WORKING? WHAT'S, WHAT'S THE PATH TO LEARNING THAT OR TO P E EXAMINES THAT, TO SEE WHAT THE PAY OFF TO ALL THAT PARTICIPATION IS? I DON'T THINK WE CAN REST ON THE ASSUMPTION THAT THE PARTICIPATION EQUALS THE RESULTS WE'RE LOOKING FOR. 
          WE HAVE TO PROVE THE RESULTS, I BELIEVE SO. 
          WHAT'S THE PAST, UH, DOC, UM, PATRICIA. 
          HI, MR. DARLING, THANK YOU FOR THAT CLARIFYING QUESTION, BECAUSE I BELIEVE THAT MY SHAQ WAS GROWING WITH THAT QUESTION, AND I APOLOGIZE IF YOU CAN'T HEAR ME VERY WELL THROUGH THIS. 
          UM, BUT, UH, IT IS, IT IS MY OPINION. 
          YEAH. 
          I CAN MAKE A POINT ABOUT THAT. 
          TRICIA, IF WE COULD HEAR MIL CLEARLY, BECAUSE HE TOOK HIS MASK OFF, UH, WHEN, WHEN PEOPLE TALK WITH A MASK ON, THEY HAVE TO EXAGGERATE THE ADDICTION AND THEY HAVE TO SLOW THEIR SPEECH DOWN. 
          OKAY. 
          I WILL DO THAT, BUT I WILL TRY TO SPEAK VERY WITHIN THE CONFINES OF MY AREA HERE. 
          UM, MR. TYLER, THANK YOU FOR THAT CLARIFYING QUESTION, BECAUSE I BELIEVE THAT THAT PROBABLY IS WHERE MS. HORSHACK WAS DRIVING WITH HER QUESTION, AND I UNDERSTAND HOW MUCH BETTER I AM GOING TO, AND FROM MY PERSONAL POINT OF VIEW, SAY THAT THE RESULTS WILL BE WHEN WE PRESENT THE PE 1.3, I BELIEVE IT IS WHICH OF STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT. 
          UM, BUT I'M GOING TO PASS THAT OVER TO DR. 
          STRATUS RIGHT NOW, BECAUSE THOSE ARE THE RESULTS. 
          ALL THE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT SHOULD RESULT IN PRE STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT. 
          THOSE RESULTS ARE PRESENTED TO THE BOARD THROUGHOUT DIFFERENT PEA BASED ON THE VARIOUS METRICS THAT ARE USED, SUCH AS MAP SUCH AS GRADUATION RATES AND SO ON AND SO FORTH. 
          SO, DR. 
          STRATOSE, AM I ON THE RIGHT PATHWAY THERE? THANK YOU, MRS. FREDRICK. 
          AND JUST TO EXPAND THE MOMENT AS DR. 
          CAMPBELL PUT FORWARD, WHERE YOU WERE FREAKING ON THE STARTING OF DIGGING DEEPER INTO THE CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT ON MODEL, BY UTILIZING THE ROOF, CO-OPS, WE'RE NOT ABLE TO GIVE SPECIFIC ALIGNMENT IN OUR PD IS THE OUTCOME OF JOHNNY OR MARY, BECAUSE WE'RE LOOKING AT QUANTITATIVE RESULTS, WHICH IS THE METRIC OR STANDARDIZED TESTING AND, OR ASKING FOR A QUALITATIVE INPUT, OR REALLY A QUALITATIVE OUTPUT OF WHAT REALLY MADE THE DIFFERENCE FOR MARY'S ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE. 
          BUT WE DO STRONGLY RECOGNIZE BY PUTTING IN A SYSTEM THAT DIGS INTO A ROOT CAUSE, PUTTING IN MONITORING AND OUR MONITORING HISTORY, THE STATE'S 4.0 RUBRIC TO US TO BE ABLE TO IDENTIFY OUR TEACHERS EFFECTIVELY USING 
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THE INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGIES TO MEET WHAT TIED TO THE STANDARD. 
          THAT'S ALSO SUPPORTED WITH DEEPENING OF PROFESSIONAL LEARNING COMMUNITIES. 
          UM, OUR PATH IS FOR A HIGHER OUTCOME, TO BE ABLE TO SAY WHAT EXACTLY IS POINTED TO THAT OUTCOME. 
          IT'S GOING TO BE RATHER TRICKY BECAUSE WE DON'T KNOW IF THE DAY ON TESTING, I WAS IN A GOOD MOOD. 
          WE DON'T REALLY THE DAY ON TESTING. 
          I WASN'T IN A GOOD MOOD. 
          SO THERE'S A LARGER AMOUNT OF VARIABLES TO BE VERY SPECIFIC, MR. DALEN. 
          BUT I DO WANT TO SHARE THAT WE ARE BEING MUCH MORE STRATEGIC WHEN ALIGNING WHAT OUR STRATEGIC PLAN SAYS, MAKING SURE THAT WHAT WE DO ALIGNS TO THAT PLAN, BUT THAT PLAN NEEDS TO BE READJUSTED. 
          AND WE ARE VISITING THAT. 
          FOR EXAMPLE, ON TUESDAY, WE HAVE A DIVISION MEETING TO LOOK AT OUR INTERIM GOALS, MAKE SURE THAT OUR, THE VISION AND OUR SUB DEPARTMENTS ARE ALIGNED THAT WAY AND PROVIDING SERVICES TO OUR SCHOOLS. 
          SO WE'RE PUTTING IN A STRONG LEVEL OF MONITORING AS WATSON, DR. 
          STRATUS MAN ATTITUDE. 
          THAT IS CERTAINLY MY UNDERSTANDING THAT, UM, ALL THE STRATEGIES AND THE PD THAT IS AUTHORED REALLY ARE PEER REVIEWED EVIDENCE-BASED INSTRUCTION STRATEGIES. 
          SO EVEN THOUGH YOU MIGHT NOT BE ABLE TO DRAW A LINE FROM THIS PARTICULAR PD TO THE ACADEMIC RESULTS OF JOHNNY OR MARY, YOU CERTAINLY CAN SAY THAT THESE STRATEGIES AND THIS INSTRUCTION HAS BEEN PEER REVIEWED EVIDENCE-BASED SO ON THAT OVER, UH, PEOPLE THAT DO THIS FOR A LIVING, UM, GET THEIR DOCTORATES IN SEEING HOW THE RESULTS ARE THIS PARTICULAR INSTRUCTION. 
          THOSE ARE THE TYPES OF THINGS THAT THIS DISTRICT IS USING. 
          NOT JUST SOME OFF THE WALL INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGY OR PJ. 
          YES, WE HAVE ALREADY IN PLACE. 
          WE SHOULD HAVE UPON THE STATE REQUIRING A BBI EVIDENCE-BASED INTERVENTIONS. 
          BUT I DO WANT TO ADD GIVEN TO THE BOOK STUDY FOOTBALL BAND, RICK, THE FACILITATOR WAS ACTUALLY A STUDENT OF WELL FAMILY. 
          WE'RE TRYING OUR HARDEST TO TRY TO GET ARTS TEACHERS AND OUR ADMINISTRATORS THE BEST WE CAN, AND WE'RE IMPLEMENTING ON THE PD. 
          OKAY. 
          WELL, THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR, UM, UH, FOR THE RECORD, MR. UH, FOR THE RECORD DR. 
          CAMPBELL, CAN YOU TELL THE COMMUNITY WHAT PSYOP TRAINING IS EXACTLY WHAT THAT STANDS FOR SMITH? I CAN IT'S SHELTERED INSTRUCTION, OBSERVATION PROTOCOL. 
          I'M SORRY, MY COMPUTER, I WAS TRYING TO SHELTERED INSTRUCTION, OBSERVATION PROTOCOL. 
          THAT'S WHAT THE ACCURATE, OH, GO AHEAD. 
          THAT'S IT. 
          CAN YOU TAKE, CAN YOU TELL US WHAT THAT MEANS AND BREAK IT DOWN TO SO THAT THESE, THE AVERAGE ORDINARY PERSON CAN UNDERSTAND EXACTLY WHAT, WHAT THAT, WHAT THAT MEANS? SO IT IS A PROTOCOL THAT REALLY, UM, PROVIDES LIKE CONCRETE WAYS TO, UM, BREAK WORDS DOWN FOR, UH, NOT JUST CHILDREN THAT ARE FROM, UM, THAT HAVE, UH, THAT ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE, BUT IT'S, IT'S A LANGUAGE OF FRAMEWORK SO THAT YOU CAN BREAK WORDS DOWN THROUGH VISUAL REPRESENTATIONS. 
          SO KIDS UNDERSTAND, UM, CONTENT A LITTLE BIT BETTER. 
          SO WE FOUND THAT WHEN WE PROVIDED THE PSYOP TRAINING FOR OUR, UH, ELL STUDENTS, WE SAW IMPROVEMENT AND THE RESEARCH TELLS US THAT IT'S JUST NOT FOR THAT SEGMENT IS FOR ALL KIDS. 
          SO IT'S JUST A FRAMEWORK TO, UH, REALLY, UM, BREAK DOWN VOCABULARY THROUGH VISUAL REPRESENTATION OR PICTURES, UM, AND TO GIVE KIDS A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF, YOU KNOW, WHAT THEY'RE READING. 
          I DON'T KNOW IF THAT HELPS. 
          I'M TRYING NOT TO USE THE EDUCATOR, NO JARGON, NO, THAT DOESN'T TRUST ME. 
          YOU DID IT. 
          YOU DID A GREAT JOB. 
          I JUST WANTED TO BRING YOU DOWN. 
          SO PEOPLE WHO MIGHT NOT KNOW WHAT IT IS SO THAT THEY CAN UNDERSTAND AND PROCESS IT, BECAUSE THIS IS, UH, THIS IS, UH, THIS IS SOME GOOD INFORMATION, UH, AND IT'S, IT'S JUST, IT MAKES YOU WANT TO LEARN, WANT TO LEARN MORE AND UNDERSTAND EXACTLY WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT IN GENERAL. 
          AND I WANT TO EMPHASIZE, I WANT TO MR. SMITH, UM, THIS IS A TEAM EFFORT. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, I COORDINATE THE INFORMATION, BUT THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT ARE MAJOR PLAYERS IN THE PROFESSIONAL LEARNING FOR OUR TEACHERS. 
          UM, SO, YOU KNOW, YOU ASK QUESTIONS ABOUT CYA. 
          I'M NOT THE EXPERT. 
          I JUST BRING ALL THE INFORMATION IN, UM, TO REPORT TO THE BOARD, BUT WE HAVE A LOT OF, UM, KEY PLAYERS IN PROVIDING THE TRAINING FOR OUR TEACHERS. 
          SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE I'M NOT GOING TO CALL ANY NAMES CAUSE I'LL MISS SOMEBODY, BUT I WANT TO 
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EMPHASIZE THAT IT'S NOT JUST ME. 
          THAT'S PROVIDING THE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT FOR OUR TEACHERS. 
          UH, WE HAVE A PLETHORA OF PEOPLE IN OUR DEPARTMENT, OUTSIDE OF OUR DEPARTMENT. 
          LIKE I EMPHASIZED EARLIER, HR PROVIDES PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT. 
          WE ALL PROVIDE THE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT. 
          AND LIKE MANY OF OUR BOARD MEMBERS MENTIONED IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO GROW. 
          WE CAN'T GET STAGNANT IN THE WORK THAT WE DO. 
          AND, UM, YOU KNOW, GROWTH IS A PART OF, YOU KNOW, WHERE WE WANT, WHERE WE WANT TO GO. 
          SO I JUST WANT TO LET YOU KNOW THAT IT IS A TEAM EFFORT. 
          IT IS NOT ME. 
          IT IS OTHER PEOPLE IN OUR DEPARTMENT AND OUTSIDE OF OUR DEPARTMENT THAT PROVIDE THE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT FOR OUR TEACHERS. 
          THANK YOU ALL. 
          I'LL GO ALONG WITH THAT. 
          YOU SEE, I NOTICED THAT YOU SAID THAT THERE WAS A SCHOOL THAT HAD A HUNDRED PERCENT, UH, TO JUST TEACHERS THAT ARE TRAINED. 
          WHAT SCHOOL WAS THAT? OH, MR. SMITH. 
          YOU WANT ME TO GIVE THAT NAME OUT? THE NAME OF THE SCHOOL? ALL RIGHT. 
          SO HILTON HEAD EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER, 100, MATTER OF FACT, THERE ARE OVER 100% KNOW, HOW DO YOU GET OVER A HUNDRED PERCENT? SO THEY NOT ONLY HAVE THEIR TEACHERS TRAINED, BUT THEY ALSO HAVE SUPPORT STAFF THAT ARE TRAINED. 
          OKAY. 
          WHO WAS THE 90%? I DON'T HAVE THAT IN FRONT OF ME, BUT I DID REMEMBER THE OVER 100%. 
          W W WHAT WAS THAT ON THE SAME WITH EDIBLE THAT ON THE SAME SIDE, WAS THAT, YEAH, LIKE I MENTIONED BEFORE AGAIN, AND I WANT TO TELL YOU WHY WE GOT HERE MR. SMITH THREE YEARS AGO. 
          UM, WE THREE OR FOUR YEARS AGO, I, I MAY BE OFF A LITTLE BIT. 
          WE HAD AN INTERNAL GOAL THAT 100% OF OUR SOUTHERN SCHOOLS WOULD BE SIGH UP TRAIN BECAUSE WE HAD A LOT OF OUR GROWTH WITH OUR ESL ELL LEARNERS ON THAT SIDE. 
          AND SO WE HAD A RESEARCH PRACTICE THAT WE THOUGHT WAS EFFECTIVE. 
          AND SO WE PUT THE, THE, UH, THE ENERGY THERE. 
          AND WHEN WE STARTED SEEING SOME OF THE RESULTS OF GROWTH, WE'RE LIKE, HEY, THIS ISN'T JUST GOOD FOR THE SOUTHERN SIDE. 
          THIS IS GOOD FOR EVERYONE. 
          SO OUR SOUTHERN TEACHERS ARE OUR SCHOOLS. 
          UM, THE EMPHASIS WAS THERE ABOUT THREE OR FOUR YEARS AGO. 
          SO THAT'S WHY YOU SEE HIGHER PERCENTAGES ON THE SOUTHERN SIDE. 
          RIGHT. 
          SO, SO, UH, IS IT FAIR TO ASSUME? WOULD IT BE FAIR TO SAY THAT NEXT YEAR WE'LL BE LOOKING, WE WILL, WE WE'D BE LOOKING FOR MORE CHEESES ON THE NORTH SIDE TO BE, UM, TRAINED IN THAT AS WELL, BECAUSE KNOW, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE SPREADING OUT OUR WEALTH ACROSS THE DISTRICT. 
          YES, SIR. 
          MATTER OF FACT, I DIDN'T MENTION THE NAME, BUT THERE ARE A COUPLE OF OUR NORTHERN SCHOOLS ON THIS SIDE THAT WE ARE WORKING ON SCHOOL-BASED PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT. 
          SO THAT TRAINING WILL BE FOR THEIR TEACHERS IN THEIR BUILDINGS. 
          SO, UH, YES, UH, WHEN I REPORT AGAIN TO THE BOARD, I DEFINITELY WANT TO SEE AN INCREASE OF 50, MORE THAN 55%, CORRECT. 
          WELL, AND I TOLD HER TO GIVE THE FORM TO SOMEONE ELSE AND SAY, BUT IN MY CLOSURE, I WOULD SAY KUDOS TO YOU, THE STAFF, THE, THE ACADEMIC COMMITTEE AND EVERYONE WHO'S BEEN INVOLVED BECAUSE, UH, I, ME TOO, I AM VERY CONCERNED THAT ACHIEVEMENT GAP AND ESPECIALLY UNDER COVID-19 IN THIS PLAN, DEBBIE, SO LISTEN THERE, I I'M LOOKING FORWARD AND EXCITED TO SEE WHAT TO SEE WHERE Y'ALL WANT TO GO WITH THIS AND TO LISTEN TO THIS BECAUSE WE ARE THE NUMBER ONE DISTRICT IN THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA. 
          THANK YOU, MRS. SMITH, MR. DALLY, MY HANDS DOWN. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU, MS. PORTIA. 
          YES. 
          GOALS ARE GOOD. 
          UM, AND THE KEY, I REALLY SORT OF ILLUSTRATED MY POINT EARLIER. 
          WE COULD BUILD SPECIFIC GOALS LIKE THAT INTO THE EXPECTATION. 
          SO GIVEN THE WAY THE EXPECTATION IS CURRENTLY WRITTEN, IT'S CLEAR THAT DR. 
          RODRIGUEZ IN HIS STAFF HAVE MET IT. 
          UM, TEACHERS WILL PARTICIPATE IS THE WORDING. 
          AND INDEED WE HAD TO TRISHA, DOES YOUR COMMITTEE HAVE A RECOMMENDATION FOR THE BOARD TODAY? IT'S NOT A CHAIR. 
          OKAY. 
          OKAY. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          UM, CHAIR OF THE BOARD, THE ACADEMIC, UH, RECOMMENDS THAT THE BOARD APPROVE PE ONE POINT TO PROFESSIONAL LEARNING. 
          I MOVED THAT THE BOARD OF EDUCATION APPROVED PE 1.2 PROFESSIONAL LEARNING. 
          YOU DON'T CARE A WHOLE SECOND ON THAT. 
          NO, I WAS GONNA COMMENT ON MR. SMITH COMMENT ABOUT SIDE OFF ORIGINALLY, WHEN SILO WAS CONCEIVED ABOUT 
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DISTRICT, IT WAS TENDERED TO HELP IN YOUR SECOND LANGUAGE STUDENTS. 
          SO IT'S VERY MUCH BASED ON ONWARD RELATING TO A PICTORIAL AND HOW THEY UNDERSTAND THE COMMUNICATION OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, STUPID INCHES. 
          IT BECAME KNOWN THAT IT WAS EFFECTIVE TO DO OTHER STUDENTS IN THE DISTRICT. 
          AND, AND THAT POINTS OUT TO MR. SMITH'S COMMENT ABOUT NORTH OF THE ROAD, BECAUSE A LOT OF THE STUDENTS NOT ABROAD DOES HAVE A LANGUAGE PROBLEM. 
          IF PEOPLE DO NOT UNDERSTAND, THEY HAVE A LANGUAGE PROBLEM, UNDERSTANDING THE ENGLISH WORDS AND USING, YOU KNOW, GULLAH, GEECHEE WORDS, AND STEM, AND THE PICTURES BEGAN TO MAKE A LITTLE BIT MORE SENSE IN TERMS OF WHAT IS THE CORRECT WORD, WHAT WORD ARE WE USING? AND THAT, THAT, THAT WILL EVENTUALLY BECOME A PART. 
          AND TO JOANNE'S POINT, THAT'S AN EXAMPLE OF HOW SAYA, WELL, THE DYNAMICS CHANGE IN TERMS OF PERCENTAGE IS USED. 
          WE WROTE SOMETHING ABOUT THAT ABROAD. 
          THEY WILL HAVE TO MOVE IT TO NORTH OR ABROAD AFTER A PERIOD OF TIME, BUT IT'S NOT WRITTEN IN THAT WAY. 
          AND THAT'S THE WAY I THINK WE ARE OUT OF THIS B THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          MADAM CHAIR. 
          I WANTED TO MOVE TO AT THE DATE THAT THIS III, WHICH IS OCTOBER 21ST, 2020 COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS THAT THE BOARD, EXCEPT THE 1.2 PROFESSIONAL LEARNING DATED OCTOBER 21ST. 
          ABSOLUTELY. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          THERE BEING NO FURTHER DISCUSSION VOTING IS OPEN SHAQ. 
          YES. 
          MR. JOHN GALLEY MOTION CARRIES A 10 ZERO ZERO ONE VOTE NOT CAST MR. JOHN, UM, MS. GOODRICH CONCLUDE THE ACADEMIC COMMITTEE REPORT. 
          YES, IT DOES. 
          OKAY. 
          SO RIGHT NOW WE HAVE A TITLE OF 10 21, AND I WOULD SUGGEST WE TAKE A BATHROOM BREAK UNTIL 10 30 AND RESUME THAT, AND WE'LL BE ON TO THE SUPERINTENDENTS REPORT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          SOMEBODY HAS, IT MIGHT BE TOO CLOSE TO THE BAR. 
          DO IT EARLIER. 
          YOU WERE FINE EARLIER. 
          CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? THAT'S IT. 
          YEP. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UH, MADAM CHAIRMAN BOARD MEMBERS, UH, TODAY IN THE COVID-19 UPDATE, WE WANT TO FIRST BEGIN BY SHARING A LITTLE BIT OF INFORMATION REGARDING HYBRID, AND THEN WE WANT TO THEN BEGIN, UH, SHARING THE INFORMATION ABOUT, UH, NEXT STEPS IN TERMS OF INSTRUCTIONAL MODELS. 
          SO DR. 
          BRADLEY, WILL YOU LEAD US IN THE FIRST PORTION HERE? 
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IT, UH, I WANT TO FIRST BEGIN BY CONGRATULATING, UH, ALL OF OUR PRINCIPALS AND TEACHERS WHO PARTICIPATED IN LEAP YOU'LL RECALL IT'S A LEAP WAS THINGS, UM, UH, THAT WE IMPLEMENTED BACK IN AUGUST REMOTELY IS HAVING A LOT OF, UH, CONVERSATIONS LEVEL. 
          I THINK IT'S MR. DARLING OR MR. SNAPS. 
          NO, IT'S NOT MRS. SMITH BECAUSE MRS. SMITH IS ON MUTE. 
          IT'S NOT ME. 
          THANK YOU, CORRECTION. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THE NOISE IS DOWN GONE. 
          GO AHEAD. 
          YEAH. 
          I JUST WANTED TO CELEBRATE AND CONGRATULATE OUR, OUR PRINCIPALS AND ALL THE TEACHERS WHO PARTICIPATED IN LEADING JUST GOT WORD OF COFFEE WEEKS AGO, UH, FROM THE STATE THAT WE DID RECEIVE A FULL $1.2 MILLION REIMBURSEMENT FROM OUR PARTICIPATION IN LEAD. 
          I THINK THAT THAT REALLY SPEAKS TO THE WONDERFUL WORK AND EFFORTS OF OUR BUILDING LEADERS TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT PROGRAM WAS IMPLEMENTED WELL AND SERVICE TO KIDS. 
          UH, AND I JUST WANTED TO THOUGHT IT WAS REALLY IMPORTANT FOR THE BOARD TO BE AWARE OF THAT. 
          UH, BEFORE WE GOT STARTED WITH REGARDS, OUR HYBRID UP DAY, UM, FUN WAS FITTING, UH, THIS MORNING, UH, JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT THE BOARD WAS AWARE OF, UH, THE STATE OF OUR CURRENT HYBRID INSTRUCTIONAL MODEL. 
          AS YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN OPERATING UNDER HYBRID SINCE SEPTEMBER 5TH. 
          UH, AND FROM THAT POINT UNTIL NOW, WE'VE HAD THE CHANCE TO EXAMINE ITS IMPACT ON OUR STUDENTS AND OUR TEACHERS WHILE SAFETY, SANITATION, AND MODEL IMPLEMENTATION HAVE BEEN OUR TOP PRIORITIES UNDER HYBRID. 
          THEY'VE BEEN SO WITH AN EXPECTATION THAT WE FULLY RETURNED STUDENTS TO BUILDINGS AS SOON AS IT WAS REASONABLE WELL TO DO SO. 
          LET ME BEGIN BY SAYING DANG, THAT HYBRID HAS PROVIDED SEVERAL MEANINGFUL BENEFITS TO OUR DISTRICT. 
          THE MOST APPARENT HAS BEEN THE AVAILABILITY OF FACELIFT OF A FACE-TO-FACE OPTION FOR PARENTS, WHICH IN TURN HELPS TO CREATE SOME SENSE OF NORMALCY FOR DISSIPATING STUDENTS. 
          SECOND HYBRID HAS HELPED TEACHERS TO DEVELOP ENHANCED SKILLS, ESPECIALLY WITH REGARD TO THE USE OF A VARIETY OF WEB BASED INSTRUCTION. 
           CURRENT DEMANDS OF TEACHING AND LEARNING REQUIRES THAT TEACHERS SCALED IN THE DELIVERY OF BOTH LIVE AND VIRTUAL INSTRUCTION. 
          AND OUR DISTRICT HAS RESPONDED WELL TO THAT EXPECTATION HYBRID IS ALSO WELL PROVIDED SEVERAL PROOF POINTS THAT IT CAN BE AN EFFECTIVE INSTRUCTIONAL MODEL. 
          WE'VE RECEIVED NUMEROUS PERSONAL TESTIMONIES FROM PARENTS INDICATING THAT WHEN THE TECHNOLOGY IS RELIABLE, WHEN INTERNET CONNECTIVITY IS STRONG, AND WHEN TEACHERS ARE PROFICIENT IN THE USE OF THE CHOSEN INSTRUCTIONAL PLATFORM, THE STUDENT EXPERIENCE CAN BE THE POSITIVE. 
          HAVING CONSIDERED THESE THINGS. 
          THE HYBRID MODEL IS FUNCTIONING ABOUT AS WE EXPECT THEM, DESPITE OUR BEST EFFORTS TO DEPLOY HYBRID. 
          THE EXTENT TO WHICH YOU GET IS PRODUCING POSITIVE RESULTS FOR STUDENTS REMAINS INCONCLUSIVE. 
          MY PLAIN ASSESSMENT IS THAT DISTRICT-WIDE, SOME OF OUR STUDENTS ARE DOING WELL AND SOME ARE LIKELY STRUGGLING, AND IT'S WORTH NOTING THAT THIS WOULD BE TRUE EVEN WITHIN A TRADITIONAL MODEL. 
          THIS OF COURSE IS THE STATE OF PLAY WITH TRYING TO MEET THE ACADEMIC NEEDS OF STUDENTS WHILE NAVIGATING THE MANY BARRIERS PRESENTED BY COPING. 
          ON THE OTHER HAND, HYBRID INSTRUCTION RAISES SOME PERSISTENT AND REASONABLE CONCERNS WHERE TEACHERS RECENT CONVERSATIONS WITH THE DISTRICT'S TEACHER FORUM AND PRINCIPALS HAVE INDICATED THAT THERE ARE NO WORTHY STRESSES ASSOCIATED WITH PLANNING AND DELIVERING INSTRUCTION. 
          UNDER HYBRID EXPRESSED CONCERNS HAVE BEEN MOSTLY ABOUT THE DEMAND AND COMPLEXITY OF SIMULTANEOUS INSTRUCTION AND THE WORRY OF REACHING ALL STUDENTS EQUALLY, REGARDLESS OF THEIR CHOSEN INSTRUCTIONAL MODE. 
          ON THAT NOTE, THE RESULTING FALLOUT FROM THESE KINDS OF STRESSES SEEM TO CORRESPOND WITH ANOTHER EMERGING CHALLENGE THAT WE'VE KNOWN, OH, THIS TEACHER ABSENCES, FOR EXAMPLE, WE'VE REACHED RECENTLY DISCUSSED TEACHER ABSENCES AND THE AVAILABILITY OF SUBSTITUTE TEACHERS DATA TELLS US QUITE FRANKLY, THAT TEACHER ABSENCES SHOW OCCASIONAL SPIKES. 
          AND WHEN THEY DO SOMETIMES EXCEED THE TOTAL NUMBER OF AVAILABLE SUBSTITUTES QUESTION IS WHY TEACHERS HAVE ASKED THAT WE CONSIDER THE PROFESSIONAL DEMANDS PLACED ON THEM DURING HYBRID AS A POSSIBLE CONTRIBUTING FACTOR PRINCIPALS TO HAVE SPOKEN ABOUT THE UNTENABLE NATURE OF LEADING TO SCHOOLS, BOTH A VIRTUAL SCHOOL AND A LAB SCHOOL CAN EFFECT OUR TEACHERS AND LEADERS HAVE BEEN ABUNDANTLY CLEAR ABOUT THE RELATIVE SUCCESSES OF HYBRID, BUT HAVE ALSO SPOKEN CLEARLY ABOUT THE DIFFICULTY OF SUSTAINING THIS MODEL FOR AN INDEFINITE PERIOD OF TIME. 
          HAVING TAKEN THESE THINGS UNDER CONSIDERATION, WE BELIEVE IT IS APPROPRIATE TO NOW CONSIDER OUR RETURNS WITH FIVE DAY FACE-TO-FACE INSTRUCTIONAL 
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MODEL TO THAT END. 
          SOME STRONG TRANSITIONAL PREPARATIONS HAVE ALREADY BEGUN. 
          HOWEVER, I WILL LET DR. 
          RODRIGUEZ FILL YOU IN ON SOME OF OUR TEAM'S MOST RECENT THINKING. 
          DR. 
          RODRIGUEZ, THANK YOU, DR. 
          BRADLEY. 
          I WANT TO EXPOUND UPON DR. 
          BRADLEY'S COMMENTS REGARDING RETURNING TO FIVE DAYS A WEEK FACE-TO-FACE INSTRUCTION. 
          WE'VE BEEN MONITORING SCHOOL DISTRICTS METRICS, NOT ONLY FOR OUR SCHOOLS, BUT ALSO FOR SOME OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS THAT HAVE BEEN FIVE DAYS A WEEK FACE TO FACE FOR SOME TIME, ESSENTIALLY WE ARE FINDING THAT THESE SCHOOL DISTRICTS HAVE A RELATIVELY LOW PERCENTAGE OF STAFF AND STUDENTS TESTING POSITIVE, EVEN IF THEY ARE IN A COUNTY WITH HIGH SPREAD OR EXAMPLE, SOME OF THE METRICS INDICATE POINT 42% OF, UH, OF THE STUDENT STAFF, UH, TOTAL POPULATION POINT 28% POINT 16% 0.05% ON A WEEKLY BASIS. 
          OUR OWN WEEKLY PERCENTAGE OF STUDENTS, STAFF AND EMPLOYEES TESTING POSITIVE IT'S AROUND 0.05%. 
          UH, AND THAT PRETTY STEADY ACROSS FOUR WEEKS THIS LAST WEEK, UH, SEEMS TO BE ABOUT 0.02% AT THE MOMENT. 
          WELL WE AND OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS ARE FINDING IS THAT MOST COVID 19 CASES I'M LIKE STUDENTS AND STAFF ARE RESULTING FROM ENGAGEMENT IN OUTSIDE EVENTS AND ACTIVITIES OUTSIDE OF THE SCHOOL. 
          I WANT TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO ALSO URGE OUR CITIZENS AND OUR COMMUNITY TO CONTINUE TO TAKE THE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS AGAINST THE COVID-19 VIRUS THROUGHOUT THIS ENTIRE COVID PANDEMIC. 
          WE HAVE OPERATED CAUTIOUSLY TO PROTECT EMPLOYEES AND STUDENTS WITHIN OUR BUILDINGS. 
          I KNOW THAT AS WE MOVE FORWARD, WE WILL CONTINUE TO ENGAGE OUR TEACHERS AND OUR ADMINISTRATORS IN SUPPORTING THEIR EDUCATIONAL ENVIRONMENT. 
          OUR NURSES ALSO A CRITICAL PART OF THIS, UH, OF THIS WORK. 
          I WANT TO THANK THEM PERSONALLY FOR NOT ONLY, UH, MAKING SURE THAT THEY ARE, UH, TAKING CARE OF THE GENERAL TYPES OF NURSING DUTIES WITH STUDENTS AND AT SCHOOLS, BUT ADDITIONALLY, ENGAGING IN THE WORK OF CONTACT TRACING. 
          I WILL BE WORKING WITH OUR HR DEPARTMENT, BUT DENSIFY SUPPORT, UH, THAT THEY CAN HAVE, UH, FOR OUR NURSES IN ORDER TO, UH, TO CONTINUE THAT GREAT WORK OF THE CONTACT TRACING THAT THEY DO. 
          WE WILL CONTINUE TO OFFER AN ALL VIRTUAL MODE OF INSTRUCTION FOR THOSE THAT HAVE SELECTED IT. 
          AND WE WILL TRANSITION FROM OUR HYBRID MODEL, THE FULL FACE-TO-FACE ON JANUARY 4TH, 2021. 
          AT THIS TIME, AS WE CONTINUE THIS DIALOGUE, I WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT TO WELCOME MR. CHAD COX, OUR PRINCIPAL AT BATTERY CREEK HIGH SCHOOL FOR A FEW REMARKS, MR. COX, THANK YOU, DR. 
          RODRIGUEZ. 
          UM, I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT THROUGHOUT COVID AND ALL THIS IT'S, UH, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE LEARNED IS IT'S ABOUT PERSPECTIVE AND IT'S ABOUT ATTITUDE. 
          AND SO WE HAVE ALWAYS LOOKED AT, UM, OUR MODES OF INSTRUCTION THIS YEAR AS A PROGRESSION TO GET BACK TO FIVE DAYS A WEEK. 
          UM, WE NEVER LOOKED AT ALL VIRTUAL AS SOMETHING THAT WE WERE PERMANENTLY GOING TO DO. 
          WE NEVER THOUGHT THAT HYBRID WAS GOING TO BE SOMETHING, BUT THE TRANSITION TO HYBRID IT ALLOW US TO DO MORE. 
          IT ALLOWED US TO HAVE KIDS FACE-TO-FACE TO SERVE KIDS, ADD DIFFERENT NEEDS, AND THEN, BUT IT ALSO SHOWED US THAT WE DO NEED KIDS IN THE BUILDING FIVE DAYS A WEEK HYBRID IS BETTER THAN NOT HAVING THE ABILITY TO HAVE KIDS IN THE BUILDING AT ALL. 
          BUT NOW THAT WE DID THIS PROGRESSION, IT DOES STRETCH THE SYSTEM OF SCHOOL, UM, TO OUR CAPACITY IN SOME CASES. 
          AND, BUT IT DOES STRENGTHEN THE NEED. 
          I'VE HAD MORE STUDENTS COME TO ME AND SAY, I WANT TO COME TO SCHOOL NOW. 
          UM, AND THAT WASN'T ALWAYS THE CASE. 
          AND IN TURN, YOU KNOW, TEACHERS SAYING, WE GOTTA HAVE THESE KIDS HERE. 
          UM, AND WHILE THEY RECOGNIZE THE BALANCE OF SAFETY CONCERNS, WE JUST FEEL LIKE, UM, THAT THIS IS A AT MY SCHOOL SPECIFICALLY, THAT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO DO TO PROGRESS TOWARDS FOR THE BENEFIT AND SAKE OF OUR KIDS. 
          HEY, MR. COX, UH, I WANT TO STRESS THAT AS A GENERAL RULE, AS WE TRANSITION TO THE FIVE DAYS A WEEK ON JANUARY 4TH, UH, WE WILL NOT BE HAVING ANY INSTRUCTIONAL MODE CHANGES FOR STUDENTS, UH, FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE, OF THE SEMESTER. 
          UH, IF PARENTS WOULD LIKE TO CHANGE THEIR STUDENT'S INSTRUCTIONAL LOAD FOR SECOND SEMESTER, WHICH STARTS ON FEBRUARY 2ND, 2021, UH, THEY CAN MAKE THIS REQUEST THROUGH THEIR CHILD'S SCHOOL, DOING A REGISTRATION WINDOW, WHICH 
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WILL BEGIN ON NOVEMBER 16 AND CLOSE ON NOVEMBER 24TH. 
          THIS WILL AFFORD A CONSISTENT LEARNING ENVIRONMENT FOR THE STUDENTS AND APPLE TIME FOR SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS AND EDUCATORS, TO BE ABLE TO PLAN ACCORDINGLY FOR THAT SECOND SEMESTER, UM, AT THIS JUNCTURE, UH, PROBABLY, UH, FOR ANY QUESTIONS. 
          YES, SIR. 
          MR. BROWN, JUST SPEAK MY QUESTION, TEACHER FEEDBACK, GET YOUR AND STAFF. 
          WE BEGAN THIS, UH, FIRST OF ALL, I WOULD SAY THAT, UM, WHEN WE BEGAN LOOKING AT A FIVE DAY WEEK, FACE TO FACE, WE BEGAN WITH AN EXPLORATORY DATE OF NOVEMBER 30TH THAT WE PUSHING FOR. 
          UH, IT WAS CLEAR THAT, UH, THAT, UH, OUR TEACHERS, UH, SOME WERE, WERE READY TO GO, AS YOU WOULD IMAGINE. 
          AND, AND SOME STILL, UH, EXPRESSED CONCERN BELIEVE THAT THE JANUARY 4TH DATE ALLOWS, UH, TIME FOR, UH, SURE, NO, THOSE PARENTS, TEACHERS, STUDENTS WHO ARE LOOKING TO GET BACK FIVE DAYS A WEEK FACE TO FACE, UH, THE LIGHT AT THE END OF THE TONGUE AND FOR, UH, FOR, FOR STAFF AND, AND, UH, ANYONE AND PARENT OR TEACHER WHO, WHO, UH, MIGHT STILL FEEL, UH, CONCERNED ABOUT IT, UH, SORT OF A LONG RUNWAY HERE WAS TIME FOR THEM TO, TO BEGIN TO ADJUST AND, AND RECOGNIZE THE NEED FOR, UH, FIVE DAYS A WEEK OF INSTRUCTION. 
          AND, AND, UH, UH, UH, COMING TO TERMS WITH, WITH MR. STRIPPER, I WOULD ALSO ADD THAT, YOU KNOW, WAS THERE ANY BIG DECISION THAT WE LATE, WE ALWAYS ENGAGE OUR TEACHER FORUM. 
          WE HAD A COUPLE OF CONVERSATIONS WITH THEM SINCE WE FIRST BEGAN TO THINK ABOUT WHEN WOULD IT BE APPROPRIATE, UH, FOR US TO TRANSITION BACK TO A FIVE DAY FACE-TO-FACE LOAD AND MUCH LIKE ANY OTHER ISSUE THAT EMERGES UNDER COVID. 
          UH, MANY OF OUR, OUR TEACHERS ARE SPLIT ON THE ISSUE OF THE VAST MAJORITY, PARTICULARLY OF OUR ELEMENTARY. 
          UM, UH, TEACHERS FELT THAT IT WAS REALLY IMPORTANT TO GET BACK AS SOON AS WE POSSIBLY COULD. 
          SO LONG AS WE HAD, UH, CERTAIN SAFETY MEASURES IN PLACE, WE WERE EXECUTING ON ALL OF THE SAFETY PROTOCOLS RECOMMENDED TO THE EXTENT POSSIBLE. 
          AND THEN, YOU KNOW, WE HAD A SMALLER FACTION, UH, THAT, UM, WE'RE NOT AS EXCITED ABOUT IT, BUT THE VAST MAJORITY OF THE TEACHERS, BASED ON THE FEEDBACK THAT WE'VE GOTTEN FROM THE TEACHER FOR, UH, OR, OR FEELING OPTIMISTIC AND POSITIVE ABOUT THE CLASS, THAT'S A TRANSITIONING WITH DIFFERENT MODE. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          YEAH. 
          OKAY. 
          THERE WE GO. 
          DR. 
          RODRIGUEZ, JUST SO WE'RE CLEAR, YOU ARE GOING TO CONTINUE WITH, UH, A VIRTUAL ALTERNATIVE AFTER THE FOURTH, RIGHT. 
          JENNY, WITH A BUNCH OF ALTERNATIVES THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. 
          OKAY. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          GOOD, GOOD. 
          NOW THIS IS JUST ONE BOARD MEMBER'S OPINION. 
          I KNOW WHAT YOUR DECISION. 
          OKAY. 
          BUT I JUST WANT TO TELL YOU WHAT I THINK OF IT. 
          UM, I'M PLEASED THAT, YOU KNOW, THE RUMOR MILL WAS ALIVE AND WELL, UH, AND THERE HAD YOU COMING IN HERE THIS MORNING TO TELL US THAT YOU WERE GOING BACK TO FIVE, UH, RIGHT AFTER THANKSGIVING, I THINK YOU'VE MADE THE RIGHT CHOICE. 
          I HOPE. 
          WELL, I THINK ONE OF THE BENEFITS OF THIS IS THAT IT DOES GIVE THE DISTRICT A LITTLE BIT OF TIME TO GAUGE WHETHER OR NOT THE, UM, SPIKE THAT THE REST OF THE COUNTRY SEEMS TO BE ENDURING RIGHT NOW DOES NOT MAKE ITS WAY INTO THIS COUNTY. 
          BUT I DO HOPE THAT THE SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE THAT THE DISTRICT WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR AND BE RECEPTIVE TO THE STATISTICS THAT ARE PUT OUT BY D HECK THE STATE AGENCY, BECAUSE THE DISTRICTS, I THINK THAT THE STATISTICS FROM DISTRICT TO DISTRICT IMPLIES THAT, UH, WE LIVE IN A BUBBLE AND YES, KIDS ARE GETTING INFECTED OUTSIDE, BUT THEY CAN STILL BRING IT INTO SCHOOL. 
          SO I THINK YOU MADE THE RIGHT CHOICE. 
          I HOPE THAT SCIENCE CONTINUES TO RULE. 
          I HAVE GREAT EMPATHY FOR THOSE WITH PANDEMIC FATIGUE. 
          I THINK WE ALL FEEL IT, BUT FATIGUE AND IMPATIENCE CANNOT RULE THE DAY BECAUSE WE CAN NOT ORDER THIS VIRUS AROUND. 
          IT'S GOING TO GO AWAY WHEN IT GOES 
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AWAY WHEN WE PROVIDE A VACCINE, BUT IT'S NOT GOING TO GO BECAUSE WE WISH IT TO GO. 
          SO I THINK HE MADE THE RIGHT MOVE. 
          AND, UM, THAT'S JUST MY OPINION. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          YES. 
          UM, I'M WONDERING IF YOU COULD STATE PUBLICLY, UM, SOME OF THE PPE MEASURES THAT WILL BE USED. 
          I, IN MY VISITS TO THE HILTON HEAD SCHOOLS AND TALKING TO THE PRINCIPALS, UM, I WAS RAISED HERE, UM, THINGS THAT THEY'VE ALREADY PLANNED FOR IN TERMS OF, UM, FOR THEIR CLASS SIZES THAT MAYBE MORE THAN MAKING DISTANCE IN THAT CLASSROOM, THEY'VE ALREADY IDENTIFIED AREAS THAT THEY CAN HOLD THOSE CLASSES IN. 
          SO THE STUDENTS CAN STILL BE DISTANCED. 
          I SAW PLASTIC DIVIDERS, UM, IN ONE OF THE SCHOOLS. 
          SO I JUST THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR THE PUBLIC TO KNOW WHAT IS BEING DONE BY OUR STAFF, BY OUR SCHOOLS TO MAKE THIS AS SAFE AS POSSIBLE. 
          FIRST OF ALL, I THINK, UH, ONE OF THE, PROBABLY THE GREATEST, UH, UH, STEP THAT WE'VE TAKEN AND WE'VE DONE IT FROM THE BEGINNING, RIGHT. 
          AND SOME MAY NOT AGREE WITH IT, BUT I DO BELIEVE, UH, THE USE OF MASKS, UH, ALL DAY IS AN IMPORTANT COMPONENT. 
          UM, I DO IT HERE MYSELF. 
          UH, I AM INCREDIBLY IMPRESSED. 
          I DON'T KNOW IF, WHY YOU WERE THERE, YOU GOT A CHANCE TO VISIT ANY KINDERGARTEN CLASSROOMS. RIGHT. 
          BUT OUR KINDERGARTENERS HAVE BEEN ABSOLUTELY AMAZING. 
          I THOUGHT THAT WOULD BE, UH, THE GREATEST CHALLENGES WITH THE LITTLE ONES RIGHT AROUND THAT PIECE. 
          BUT, BUT, UH, REQUIREMENT OF MASK IS, IS CERTAINLY, UH, A CRITICAL KEY COMPONENT THAT IS REALLY, REALLY IMPORTANT. 
          UH, ADDITIONALLY WE HAVE, UH, FOUR TABLES. 
          WE HAVE SHIELDS THAT SEPARATE, UH, THE TABLE SO THAT STUDENTS SIT, SIT ON OPPOSITE SIDES, UH, AND STILL BE, UH, TO THE EXTENT POSSIBLE SEPARATED. 
          WE HAVE A, UH, A SHIELD THAT EXISTS, UH, THERE, THERE, THEIR SHIELDS. 
          UH, AS AN EXAMPLE, IF YOU VISITED ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS IN THE PAST, TEACHERS USUALLY HAVE WHAT WE CALL A KIDNEY CASE. 
          IT'S CALLED THE KIDNEY TABLE BECAUSE IT'S IN THE SHAPE OF A KIDNEY. 
          RIGHT. 
          UM, BUT ESSENTIALLY THAT IS WHERE THEY DO SOME OF THAT SMALL GROUP INSTRUCTION THAT IS SO CRITICAL, UH, IN HELPING STUDENTS, UH, LEARN TO READ AND, UH, AND, AND, UM, INTERVENTION, YOU KNOW, MOMENTS WITH, WITH STUDENTS AND TABLES AS WELL. 
          SO, SO THOSE ARE, ARE EQUIPPED WITH, UH, SHIELDS THAT WE HAVE. 
          UH, ADDITIONALLY, UH, WE WILL ALSO BE ORDERING, UH, UH, NOT, NOT BEING ORDERED. 
          WE HAVE ORDERED WHO WILL BE PLACED IN, UH, ON, ON ALL THE DESKS AS YOU GET OLDER, UH, YOU DON'T HAVE, UH, KIDNEY TABLES AND YOU DON'T HAVE, UH, THOSE SORTS OF THOSE SORTS OF THINGS. 
          YOU HAVE INDIVIDUAL STUDENT DESKS, RIGHT? AND SO, UH, SO FOR OUR STUDENT DESKS, UH, WE WILL HAVE A SHIELD, A CLEAR SHIELD ON THOSE DESKS, AS WELL AS AN ADDED MEASURE OF PROTECTION FOR STUDENTS AND FOR TEACHERS AS WELL. 
          UH, OUR SCHOOLS HAVE, UH, TAKEN INITIATIVES, UH, AS WELL TO, UH, TO STAGGER, UH, CLASS CHANGE TIMES, UH, MINIMIZING THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS, UH, IN HALLWAYS TO THE EXTENT POSSIBLE AS WELL, THAT'S ALREADY IN PLACE. 
          THAT'S, THAT WILL, THAT THOSE TYPES OF THINGS WILL CONTINUE, UH, IN PLACE AS WELL. 
          UM, THOSE ARE, THOSE ARE JUST SOME TO NAME A FEW. 
          UH, BUT, UM, WE HAVE, UH, IN ADDITION, AS PART OF OUR CLEANING, UH, THAT, THAT WE, THAT WE USE, WE HAVE, UH, FARMER MACHINES THAT HELPED YOU TO CLEAN, UH, THE CLEAN AREAS THAT, UH, UH, IT'S AN IMPORTANT ADDITION TO IT. 
          UH, SO WE'RE, WE'RE CONTINUING, UH, THE WORK OF, OF CLEANING THE HIGH TOUCH AREAS THAT WE'RE NOT. 
          AND OTHER THINGS LIKE THAT AS EXAMPLES, UH, THAT I BELIEVE ARE, ARE IMPORTANT, UM, OBVIOUSLY TO CONTINUE. 
          AND, UM, WHEN I VISIT SCHOOLS, I CHECK IN WITH, UH, CUSTODIAL STAFF CHECK IN WITH TEACHERS, CHECKING WITH PRINCIPALS, UH, AND I WILL CONTINUE TO DO THAT. 
          AND I EXPECT THAT MY STAFF, MY SENIOR STAFF DOES THAT AS WELL. 
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SO THE PROTECTORS THAT THE PLASTIC PROTECTORS WILL THEY BE AVAILABLE TO ALL SCHOOLS. 
          UM, UM, I KNOW THAT TEACHERS AND PARENTS WILL BE VERY HAPPY TO HAVE A DEFINITIVE DATE MOVING FORWARD SO THAT YOU A PLAN. 
          UM, AND SO I HAVE JUST A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS, UM, BECAUSE WHEN THIS HYBRID ALL WAS, UM, BROUGHT TO THE DISTRICT AND, AND MOVED FORWARD, I KNOW THAT LARGELY THE DISTRICT DIRECTIVE WAS THE, WHAT NOT THE HOW OR AMPLIFICATION. 
          AND SO WHAT I'VE BEEN HEARING FROM, UM, EDUCATORS AND TEACHERS IS THAT THAT'S CREATED A BIT OF, UM, INEQUITY ACROSS THE DISTRICT WITH HOW THAT'S BEING DONE, UM, EVEN DOWN TO DIFFERENT CLASSROOM LEVELS WITHIN SPECIFIC SITES. 
          SO I'M WONDERING IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT'S BEING DONE PRIOR TO BEGINNING GRADE FOURS FOR THOSE STUDENTS THAT ARE MOST IN NEED. 
          ARE WE CONTINUING TO IDENTIFY STUDENTS? I CAN COME IN, UH, FOUR DAYS A WEEK, PARTICULARLY THOSE WITH, UM, IES, VITAL FLOORS AND THOSE STUDENTS. 
          YES. 
          MA'AM. 
          WE WILL, UH, WORK WITH OUR PRINCIPALS, UH, TO LOOK AT AND, UH, THOSE SPECIFIC CASES AND, UH, AND WORK WITH PARENTS. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, JUST CAUSE IT'S BASICALLY MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THE, THAT THAT'S VERY MUCH DETERMINED AT THE INDIVIDUAL CLASSROOM LEVEL RIGHT NOW THAT THE STUDENTS THAT HAVE AN IEP OR NOT NECESSARILY ALL OF THEM, IT'S JUST SELF IDENTIFIED BY THE TEACHER. 
          SO, UM, I ALSO WANTED TO LOOK AT THOSE THAT ARE MAYBE EXPERIENCING, WE'VE BEEN SEEING CHRONIC ABSENTEEISM. 
          DO WE HAVE ANY NUMBERS OR DATA ON THAT? I DON'T HAVE THAT WITH ME. 
          DR. 
           I DIDN'T HEAR ANY QUESTION. 
          I THINK WE'LL FOLLOW JOE'S CHRONIC ABSENTEEISM. 
          I DON'T HAVE THAT WITH ME. 
          WHEN HE ACCEPTED THAT WE GOT A COMMUNICATION FROM THE BEGINNING, THE ACADEMIC SCHOOL YEAR, WE WERE RECOMMENDING A BOOK FOR CHILDREN WHO HAVE BEEN OBVIOUS LANGUAGE DISENGAGE. 
          THAT WAS APPROXIMATELY 32 TO 36 STUDENTS. 
          I DON'T HAVE THE FULL ATTENDANCE LISTING WITH ME, BUT I COULD ACCESS THAT DURING THIS MEETING, DOC WAS MEXICAN. 
          THE PLAN FOR THOSE STUDENTS WAS TO BRING THEM BACK EARLIER TO TRY TO, WELL, ACTUALLY WE HAVE A FEW ITEMS IN PLACE RIGHT NOW. 
          ONE ITEM IS THAT WE JUST OBTAINED STATE APPROVAL FOR PARTICIPATION IN A PROGRAM CALLED ENGAGE WITH THE STATE IS GOING TO BE PAYING FOR 515 OF OUR STUDENTS IN ORDER TO HAVE THE LANGUAGE OF THE STATE AND ACADEMIC COACH, OR I AM GOING TO BE ACTUALLY PERSONALIZING WORKING WITH HIM. 
          I'VE PUT INTO PLACE TO PROBABLY ENGAGE OUR SOCIAL WORKERS HAVE BEEN WORKING VERY CLOSELY WITH THE TRUANCY REPORTS FALLING THROUGH WHEN FAMILIES FALL INTO THREE WITH THE DOCUMENTATION AND GIVING THAT COMMUNICATION TO MISSES WITHIN OUR DIRECTOR OF STUDENT SERVICES. 
          SO WE HAVE BEEN A LOT CLOSER ON THEIR RELATIONSHIP AT WORK, WORKING WITH OUR SOCIAL WORKERS, THEY'RE REACHING OUT TO FAMILIES AND TRYING TO PULL FAMILIES IN FOR CONFIRMING OR DISEMPOWERING THEIR WHEREABOUTS. 
          I HAVE TO SHARE THAT SUBBING TO COVID. 
          UM, WE DO HAVE SOME FAMILIES THAT HAVE GONE THROUGH SOME CHALLENGES AND HIGH. 
          MAYBE I 90 THIS WITH THE GREATEST RESPECT, UH, ON A RIG, AN 18 WHEELER, AND I AM THE SOLE PROPRIETOR AND OUR PRINCIPALS ARE WORKING WITH FAMILIES ON THAT AS CONTEXT TO SAY THAT YOU ARE STILL OUR CHILDREN, YOUR PRIMARY RESIDENCE IS X, Y, Z. 
          SO WE'RE, WE'RE TRYING TO WORK AS HARD AS WE CAN FOR FAMILIES WHO ARE BEING IDENTIFIED. 
          WE ACTUALLY WORKED FOR ME TO PLAY, ESPECIALLY AT THE ELEMENTARY LEVEL OF OUR ATTENDANCE, UM, PRACTICES AND LINES TO HELP OUR KIDS WITH GRADING. 
          THANK YOU FOR THAT. 
          YES, MA'AM. 
          UM, MY LAST QUESTION IS, UM, IS THERE ANY METRIC OR EVENT THAT WOULD PUSH BACK THE JANUARY 4TH DATE? IS THERE ANYTHING THAT COULD OCCUR THAT WOULD CAUSE YOU TO CHANGE THAT THING? CAN YOU SPEAK A LITTLE LOUDER BECAUSE I CAN'T HEAR YOUR QUESTION AND I'M THERE IN MY COMPUTERS. 
          I THINK YOUR QUESTION IS VALID. 
          SO CAN YOU PLEASE SPEAK A LITTLE LOUDER SO I CAN HEAR YOU, SORRY, I'LL REPEAT THE QUESTION. 
          UM, MY QUESTION WAS, IS THERE ANY METRIC OR EVENT THAT WOULD CAUSE THE DISTRICT TO CHANGE OR PUSH BACK THE JANUARY 4TH DATE? LET ME JUST SHARE THAT. 
          I HAVE, UH, IN MY TEAM AND I WE'VE BEEN MONITORING THESE, THESE METRICS AGAIN, NOT JUST FOR OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT, BUT FOR SCHOOL DISTRICTS ACROSS, UH, SOUTH CAROLINA AS WELL. 
          I SPENT, WE'VE SPENT MONTHS, DAYS, MONTHS, UH, DOING THIS. 
          WE LOOKED AT CLOSELY AT, UH, YOU KNOW, OUR OWN CURRENT SITUATION FOR OUR STUDENTS. 
          UH, WE'VE AGONIZED OVER MAKING THE RIGHT CALL ON THESE THINGS, RIGHT? I MEAN, 
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THIS IS, UH, UH, REALLY, YOU KNOW, UH, TO USE A TERM THAT IS OVERUSED AND WHEN COVID GOES AWAY, DON'T EVER WANT TO USE IT AGAIN, BUT UNPRECEDENTED TIRED OF IT. 
          RIGHT. 
          OKAY. 
          THE, IT IS IT'S UNPRECEDENTED, RIGHT? AND IT IS THIS, ISN'T A STATEMENT AROUND, UH, IT'S A PLEASE DON'T, DON'T MISUNDERSTAND. 
          THIS IS NOT A STATEMENT AROUND, YOU KNOW, PITY ABOUT HOW DIFFICULT THIS IS, RIGHT? THIS IS CHALLENGING. 
          IT IS DIFFICULT. 
          AND, UH, AND THE REALITY IS THAT, YOU KNOW, IT IS DIFFICULT FOR PARENTS TO, IT'S DIFFICULT FOR STUDENTS TO, IT IS DIFFICULT FOR TEACHERS AS WELL. 
          AND I A FULLY, FULLY COMPREHEND AND UNDERSTAND ALL OF THAT AND TRYING TO THROW ALL OF THIS INFORMATION AND ALL OF THIS DATA INTO, INTO A, UH, A POT AND THE PLACE WHERE WE CAN LOOK AT IT, THINK IT THROUGH AND MAKE, UH, YOU KNOW, THE DECISIONS ALONG THE WAY. 
          YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES, UH, SOMEBODY MIGHT SAY THAT, UH, I MAY HAVE BEEN OVERLY CAUTIOUS WITH THE APPROACH. 
          AND, UM, MAYBE SO, BUT I DON'T THINK ANYBODY WILL EVER KNOW THAT, BUT IF I HAVE NOT BEEN CAUTIOUS ENOUGH, I THINK EVERYBODY WOULD KNOW THAT. 
          AND, UM, AFTER LOOKING AT THIS AND STUDYING THIS, I BELIEVE IN IT'S THE RIGHT TIME TO GET OUR STUDENTS BACK IN SCHOOL AND WE NEED TO, WE NEED TO MOVE FORWARD BECAUSE I LOOK AT THE METRICS AND OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS THAT HAVE BEEN FIVE DAYS A WEEK, NOT JUST FOR A WEEK OR TWO WEEKS BEFORE SOME OF THEM SINCE AUGUST, SOME OF THEM SINCE SEPTEMBER. 
          OKAY. 
          AND WHAT THAT IS SHOWING ME IS THAT THEIR INFECTION RATES ARE VERY SIMILAR TO OURS WITHIN SCHOOLS, EVEN IF THEY'RE IN A HIGH SPREAD AREA. 
          RIGHT. 
          UM, SO I THINK WE MOVE FORWARD CAUTIOUSLY, BUT I THINK WE NEED TO MOVE FORWARD AND BRING OUR KIDS BACK AND GO, MR. SINGH. 
          UH, I HAVE SEVERAL QUESTIONS. 
          UM, MY QUESTIONS IS WHAT ARE THE METRICS THAT WE'RE USING AT THIS TIME TO BRING STUDENTS BACK? WE'RE LOOKING AT MR. SMITH, UH, AND OUR OWN, UH, INFECTION SITUATION WITHIN OUR DISTRICT AND OUR SCHOOLS, UH, NOT JUST, UH, OVERALL COMMUNITY. 
          UH, WE ARE LOOKING AT HOW OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS, UH, WHO ARE FIVE DAYS A WEEK, UH, HAVE, UH, HAVE BEEN, UH, I GUESS, AFFECTED BY INFECTION IN THEIR SCHOOLS. 
          UH, AND, AND THOSE ARE, THOSE ARE THE THINGS WE'RE LOOKING AT ALSO. 
          UH, WHAT ARE THE, WHAT ARE THE METRICS THAT WE USE TO CANCEL GRADUATION, MR. SMITH? BACK IN MARCH, NOBODY KNEW A WHOLE HECK OF A LOT ABOUT, UH, COVID-19. 
          YOU KNOW, WHEN WE WENT OUT IN MARCH, MOST PEOPLE THOUGHT WE'D BE BACK IN TWO OR THREE WEEKS. 
          HERE WE ARE. 
          AND JUST ALL DUE RESPECT. 
          IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU MAY NEED A MOMENT. 
          DO YOU NEED A MOMENT? I DON'T NEED A MOMENT, SIR. 
          NO, THANK YOU. 
          OKAY. 
          WELL, I, MY QUESTION WAS IS AS SIMPLE AS I ASKED, WHAT METRICS DID WE USE TO CANCEL GRADUATION LAST YEAR? I MEAN, IN, IN ME, SO I WANT TO JUST CORRECT SOMETHING, RIGHT. 
          WE DID NOT. 
          RIGHT. 
          WE JUST HAD IT IN A DIFFERENT FORMAT THAN WE WERE USED TO HAVING IT IN THE PAST. 
          SO WE DID HAVE GRADUATION. 
          UH, SECONDLY, I THINK WHAT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE, WE USE THE DATA THAT WAS AVAILABLE AT THAT TIME. 
          AND THAT DATA WAS, UH, WAS INFORMATION FROM, UH, UH, THE HECK AS WELL AS WHAT WE WERE HEARING OR SEEING, UH, AND, UH, AND THINKING IT THROUGH AND MAKING THE DECISION AROUND A GLOBAL PANDEMIC THAT NOBODY KNEW A WHOLE LOT ABOUT. 
          SO THAT'S HOW WE MADE THOSE DECISIONS. 
          OKAY. 
          THAT IS ALSO WHEN WE WERE BEGINNING TO COME TO SCHOOL THIS YEAR AND WE, AND YOU, AND YOU MADE THE DECISION TO COME HYBRID. 
          I MEAN, NOT HYBRID WHERE WE CAN, WE CAME VIRTUAL, WHAT METRICS WERE USED AT THAT TIME. 
          AT THAT TIME, WE USE THE SAME METRICS THAT WE HAD AVAILABLE TO US THEN, WHICH WAS, UH, COMMUNITY, UH, METRICS FROM THE HECK. 
          AT THAT TIME, THEY DID NOT HAVE INDIVIDUAL SCHOOL METRICS AT THAT TIME. 
          SO ALL WE HAD AVAILABLE TO US, WE'RE COMMUNITY METRICS, UH, UH, AROUND, UH, VIRUS. 
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AND ALSO, CAN YOU TELL ME, UH, CAN YOU WALK ME THROUGH THE PROCESS OF HOW WILL THE CLEANING OF OUR SCHOOLS, HOW WOULD THAT, HOW WOULD THAT HELP? WHAT WOULD THAT LOOK LIKE MR. RONNIE? SO I TAKE IT YOUR QUESTIONS ABOUT FIVE DAYS A WEEK. 
          UH, YES, YES, SIR. 
          MY QUESTION IS IF WE, IF WE GO BACK FACE TO FACE ON JANUARY 4TH, WHAT WILL THE CLEANING OF OUR SCHOOL BUILDINGS LOOK LIKE? SO WE HAVE BEEN PREPPING FOR THIS, I WOULD SAY, UM, SINCE THE BEGINNING, UM, YOU KNOW, WE'VE PROVIDED AS DR. RODRIGUEZ SAID, UH, INDIVIDUAL STUDENT DESKS, UH, DIVIDERS ON TOP OF THAT IN EACH CLASSROOM. 
          SO THAT THROUGHOUT THE DAY THEY DO HAVE SANITIZING SPRAY THERE, OUR CUSTODIAL STAFF, UM, ON A FIVE DAY, WEEK, UH, MODEL, UM, AS DUNN RODRIGUEZ SAID EARLIER, WE DID PURCHASE THE FOGGERS THAT WE'RE USING TO SANITIZE. 
          WE WILL CONTINUE TO USE THOSE ON A FIVE DAY, A WEEK MODEL. 
          UM, BUT THEN PURPOSE WILL BECOME A LITTLE DIFFERENT, UH, THEY WILL BE USED AT ANY AREA OF CONCERN, AND THEN WE WILL ROTATE THEM THROUGHOUT THE BUILDING DURING THAT WEEK TO MAKE SURE WE CAN COVER THE BUILDING DURING THE WEEK. 
          UM, OUTSIDE OF THAT, WE WILL CONTINUE WITH THE CUSTODIANS DOING, UM, THE SANITATION OF ALL TOUCHPOINTS. 
          UM, THAT INCLUDES STUDENT DEATHS IN THE EVENING THAT ON DOOR KNOBS DOOR HANDLES DURING THE DAY. 
          UM, WE WILL CONTINUE WITH OUR WATER FOUNTAINS, UH, BEING SHUT OFF OR USE OTHER THAN FOR BOTTLE SELLERS. 
          UM, LET'S JUST SEE, UH, AGAIN, THE RESTROOMS ARE BEING HIT MORE OFTEN DURING THE DAY. 
          I MEAN, WE ARE DOING THAT NOW. 
          IT JUST WILL HAVE TO CONTINUE MORE INTENSELY. 
          UM, AS WE MOVED TO FIVE DAYS A WEEK AND, UH, DR. 
          RODRIGUEZ ALSO AT THIS POINT IN TIME, HAVE ANY OF OUR CUSTODIANS, UH, POSSIBLY HAVE, UH, COVID-19 INDICATE INDICATIONS OF THAT, NOT DISTRICT. 
          SO, UH, SO LET, LET ME, LET ME JUST SAY, UH, MS. ROTTING WILL RESPOND, BUT MR. RONNIE, IF, IF THIS RESPONSE PROVIDES ANY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION, WE CANNOT MAKE, I MEAN, I WOULD SAY WHAT I WAS GOING TO SAY IS OUR CUSTODIANS HAVE NOT BEEN MUCH DIFFERENT THAN OUR GENERAL SCHOOL STAFF AND THAT THERE ARE CASES THAT HAVE OCCURRED THROUGHOUT, AND I'M NOT AWARE OF A CASE FROM A CUSTODIAN THAT HAS OCCURRED IN WHERE IT'S BEEN CAUGHT IN THE SCHOOL BUILDING. 
          UM, WHEN WE, UH, LOOK INTO THESE CASES, THEY'RE ALMOST ALL TYPICALLY, UH, HAVEN'T BEEN, UH, SPREAD OUTSIDE OF THE SCHOOL BUILDING. 
          SO, UM, YES, THERE HAVE BEEN CUSTODIANS JUST AS WE'VE HAD STUDENTS AND TEACHERS AND OTHERS THAT HAVE CAUGHT THE VIRUS. 
          BUT AS FAR AS WE'RE AWARE, IT'S BEEN OUTSIDE OF THE SCHOOL FACILITY, IT'S COME FROM THE COMMUNITY. 
          MR. SMITH. 
          YOU'VE ASKED QUITE A FEW QUESTIONS. 
          I WOULD LIKE TO COME BACK TO YOU. 
          SO OTHER BOARD MEMBERS COULD ASK QUESTIONS TOO. 
          I WILL COME BACK TO YOU ALL. 
          GOOD. 
          THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          YES, MA'AM. 
          UM, NEXT IS THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. 
          UM, DR. 
          RADIUS. 
          I KNOW THAT YOU HAVE PERSEVERATED ON THIS. 
          I KNOW YOU HAVE ANALYZED THIS FROM EVERY ASPECT, AND I AGREE WITH MR. DEL LINK THAT YOU HAVE MADE THE RIGHT CALL ON THIS, ESPECIALLY WITH, UH, THANKSGIVING AROUND THE CORNER. 
          UM, MOST OF MY QUESTIONS HAVE ALREADY BEEN ASKED, SO IT REALLY, IT'S MORE OF A COMMENT. 
          I KNOW HOW DIFFICULT THIS DECISION HAS BEEN WHEN I VISITED A SCHOOL. 
          UM, THIS WEEK, HER MANY TEACHERS CONCERNS, CONCERNS ABOUT SAFETY CONCERNS ABOUT WHEN, IF WE GO BACK, FACE-TO-FACE FULL TIME, THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE A CLASS SO FILLED THAT THEY WON'T BE ABLE TO DISTANCE. 
          I KNOW SCHOOLS ARE WORKING ON ALTERNATIVE ALTERNATIVE AREAS AS MS. ROBOT HAS MENTIONED FOR THOSE LARGER CLASSES TO GO TO CAFETERIAS OR MEDIA CENTERS OR MULTIPURPOSE ROOMS. UM, SO I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT THERE IS SOME REAL CONCERN BY TEACHERS, AND I KNOW YOU'VE TAKEN THAT INTO ACCOUNT. 
          ON THE OTHER HAND, UM, I MEET MANY WEDNESDAY MORNINGS WITH A GROUP IN MY DISTRICT AND MY CONSTITUENTS ARE SAYING, GET THESE KIDS BACK IN SCHOOL, WE'VE RECEIVED MANY EMAILS, HAVE SAID, GET THESE KIDS BACK IN SCHOOL. 
          UM, SO, SO YOU'RE GETTING IT FROM ALL SIDES. 
          UM, I AGREE THAT HAVING A JANUARY 4TH DATE GIVES EVERYBODY TIME TO PREPARE, GIVES EVERYBODY TIME TO PLAN MORE. 
          UM, 
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AND SO I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT I KNOW HOW DIFFICULT, UM, THIS HAS BEEN. 
          I DO HAVE ONE QUESTION AND IT INVOLVES MORE OF BETWEEN NOW AND JANUARY 4TH. 
          DR. 
          BRADLEY MENTIONED A BIT ABOUT SUBSTITUTES AND HOW TEACHERS ARE, YOU KNOW, THE NEED FOR SUBSTITUTES. 
          SO MY QUESTION FOR YOU, DR. 
          RODRIGUEZ, HOW ARE WE INSTITUTING BEST PRACTICES WITH OUR ELECTRONIC DELIVERY OF CLASSES TO HELP US WHEN SUBSTITUTES ARE NOT AVAILABLE? FOR EXAMPLE, ARE OUR COACHES PERHAPS TAPING, TAPING WOULD AN ANTIQUATED WORD, UM, ARE THEY, THEY VIDEO RECORDING THEMSELVES SO THAT WHEN THERE IS A TEACHER THAT IS OUT, LET'S SAY AN ALGEBRA ONE, SINCE THAT'S AN AREA OF CONCERN FOR US, UM, IT'S BEING PLAYED, CAN THOSE, CAN THOSE LESSONS BE USED? SO WE DON'T HAVE TO HAVE THE CERTIFIED MATH TEACHER IN THERE IN PERSON BECAUSE THAT PERSON IS OUT. 
          SO YOU, YOU UNDERSTAND THAT? JUST TO MY QUESTION, MY CONCERN IS THE INSTRUCTION NOW, BETWEEN NOW AND JANUARY 4TH, I BELIEVE THERE ARE SOME FABULOUS INSTRUCTION OCCURRING. 
          I BELIEVE THERE ARE SOME AREAS THAT COULD BE IMPROVED. 
          SO CAN YOU ADDRESS THIS TIME PERIOD FOR US? YEAH, I THINK THAT IS OUR WORK BETWEEN NOW AND THEN IS THE CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT OF THE CURRENT DELIVERY MODEL, UH, FOR, FOR STUDENTS. 
          AND SO, UM, SO THAT IS SOMETHING I KNOW DR. 
           AND THEIR TEAM ARE WORKING ON DR. 
          BRADLEY, UH, YOU AND YOUR TEAM. 
          YOU ARE, YOU ARE WORKING ON WITH, UH, WITH PRINCIPALS AS WELL. 
          UH, BUT ESSENTIALLY, UH, THE IMPROVEMENT UPON UPON THE CURRENT MODEL IS OUR WORK. 
          AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO DO THAT AND WORK BETWEEN NOW AND THEN. 
          UM, WE WON'T MIND JUST, UM, IT IS WHAT IT IS UNTIL JANUARY. 
          SO, UM, DO YOU BROWNIE OR STRADDLES IF YOU WANT TO TALK AT ALL ABOUT, UH, SOME OF YOUR WORK IN THAT AREA, JUST TO BUILD ON THAT THIS IS TRIVIA AS WELL. 
          MANY OF OUR INSTRUCTIONAL COACHES ARE ACTUALLY IN THE CLASSROOMS. YOU HAD WEREN'T AT THE RUBRIC. 
          I WANT TO SHARE THEM. 
          WE HAVE INSTRUCTIONAL PRACTICES HAPPENING IN SOME SCHOOLS THAT PHOTO, BUT I WILL MENTION ONE SCHOOL, BUT MANY SCHOOLS ARE DOING, BUT LADIES ALL IN ELEMENTARY OR TEACHER IN SPECIFIC LESSONS OF DELIVERY WAS SO UNDERSTANDING THAT ONE OF OUR ADMISSIONS COORDINATORS CAME BACK. 
          AND I WANT YOU TO DO WAS KEEP BRAG ON THE MORMONS OUT. 
          AN EDUCATED IS GOING FROM FACE TO FACE CLASS, AND THEN BEING ABLE TO MANAGE THE VIRTUAL CLASS WITHIN AN IMPACT, A SHIFT. 
          AND YOU'VE ASKED A PRINCIPAL, WE CAN MAKE COPIES OF HER DELIVERY, NOT THE LESSON. 
          IT IS THAT MINDSET LIKE MR. COX SHARED WITH US FOR MINDSET AND HER ENERGY IN ORDER TO SHARE THEM WITH OTHER EDUCATORS THAT I CAN DO A MENTALITY. 
          SO WE ARE WORKING CLOSELY WITH BIT SCHOOLS KEEPING UP FALSE. 
          DR. 
          BRADLEY, PLEASE. 
          DR. 
          BRADLEY'S BEEN VERY CLOSE WITH ME WORKING WITH THE PRINCIPALS AND WE KEEP PROVIDING SUPPORT, SUPPORT OUR INSTRUCTIONAL COACHES AS WELL AS OUR DISTRICT EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY TO THE SCHOOL SITES, BUT THE TEAM THAT ISN'T OFTEN, UH, TALKED ABOUT. 
          BUT, UH, BUT I THINK THAT THEY DO A FABULOUS JOB IS, UH, WE HAVE A TEAM, UH, FOR PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT HERE WHO WORKED CLOSELY WITH OUR MENTORS, UH, AND OUR MENTORS ARE ALSO THERE, UH, TO SUPPORT PARTICULARLY OUR NEW EDUCATORS IN THE SYSTEM. 
          UH, AND I KNOW THEY JUST HAD A COUPLE DAYS OF EXPENSIVE TRAININGS OR MENTORING. 
          UH, THOSE ARE ALSO SOME HAVE DONE IT FOR YEARS. 
          SOME ARE, ARE INVADING IN IT. 
          NOW THAT'S ALSO AN IMPORTANT ON RIGHT, AS I JUST SAID. 
          YEAH. 
          I JUST SAY VERY QUICKLY THAT REFINING AND IMPROVING INSTRUCTIONAL PRACTICES IS OUR WORK AS A GENERAL MATTER, REGARDLESS OF THE INSTRUCTIONAL MODE THAT WE'RE IN. 
          AND THE GOOD THING THAT WE HAVE GOING FOR US IS THAT WE ACTUALLY NOW HAVE SIX WEEKS OF DATA ABOUT WHAT'S WORKING AND ABOUT WHAT'S NOT WORKING. 
          SO THEN WE CAN REDIRECT OUR PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT TO THOSE AREAS OF WHAT, FRANKLY, THOSE EFFORTS WILL HAVE TO PERSIST FOR THE BALANCE OF THE YEAR, BECAUSE WE WILL CERTAINLY WE'LL HAVE STUDENTS THAT WILL REMAIN IN A VIRTUAL MODE UNTIL, UNTIL THE YEARS. 
          AND SO, UM, THIS WORK IS, UM, CONTINUOUS. 
          IT IS ONGOING. 
          UH, AND I THINK THE GOOD THING, AND LIKE I MENTIONED BEFORE, IS THAT THE FACT THAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO DO HYBRID WITH RELATIVE SUCCESS OVER THE PAST SIX WEEKS TELLS US, ESPECIALLY WHEN WE GET INTO CLASSROOMS, THESE ARE THE AREAS THAT WE NEED TO FOCUS ON PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND SUPPORT AND TRAINING FOR OUR TEACHERS ON THOSE. 
          UM, IT'S, 
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UH, UM, UH, UH, DEVELOPMENT ASPECTS ARE, ARE CLEAR AND KNOWN TO OUR PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT, OUR INSTRUCTIONAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT, AND THEY WILL BECOME A PROMINENT FEATURE OF EVERYTHING THAT WE DID WITH REGARDS TO OUR PRINCIPALS AND TEACHERS GOING FORWARD. 
          UM, THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. 
          I DO HAVE TO ASK THEM, UH, AND DR. 
          RODRIGUEZ, DR. 
          STRATUMS, DR. 
          BRADLEY, UM, ARE WE MISSING AN OPPORTUNITY TO HEAR ABOUT, I MEAN, YOU, YOU MENTIONED THAT THERE WAS A TEACHER THAT DID SUCH A FABULOUS JOB IN HER PRESENTATION, HER MOTIVATION AND ENGAGING STUDENTS, BUT THE, BUT THE LESSON WAS NOT GOING TO BE IF I UNDERSTOOD YOU CORRECTLY. 
          SO ARE WE MISSING A HUGE OPPORTUNITY HERE WHERE SOME OF THESE LESSONS ACTUALLY CAN BE, BE SHARED WITHIN THE DISTRICT? SO A LADY'S ISLAND EL LESSON MIGHT, AH, I HAVE NO IDEA, YOU KNOW, ON, ON THEME, YOU KNOW, COULD BE SHARED ELECTRONICALLY WITH A SCHOOL THAT MIGHT BE MISSING A CERTIFIED TEACHER FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME, A CLEARING HOUSE OF THESE LESSONS, SO THAT WE CAN MAXIMIZE OUR, OUR DIGITAL STATE, IF THAT'S SUCH A WORD DIGITIZATION OF TEACHING. 
          SO JUST ON THE FIRST CREDIT CLARIFICATION WE GOT IN THE INSTRUCTOR LISTED ON LADIES ISLAND. 
          NOW 30 STRATEGIES, JUST TALK A LITTLE BIT LOUDER, PLEASE. 
          UM, JUST A POINT OF CLARIFICATION, THAT LESSON WAS FOR THE DELIVERY OF MOTIVATIONAL PURPOSES, BUT IT FEELS IN ALIGNMENT FOR THE STANDARD. 
          ABSOLUTELY CAN BE UTILIZED. 
          MAJORITY OF OUR INSTRUCTIONAL LESSONS ARE BEING RECORDED, BEING PUT TOGETHER INTO A REPOSITORY TO BE DIGITAL DATA OR DIGITAL LESSON HOUSE TODAY. 
          YES. 
          IF I'M OUT, IF THERE'S A SUBSTITUTE, CAN YOU SHARE AND GET TO THAT? I BELIEVE WE, AND I'M GOING TO SAY THIS AGAIN, BACK TO CULTURE AND PRACTICE AS A DISTRICT, WE ARE GETTING TO THAT LEVEL TO MOVE THAT. 
          NOW WE SEE THE OPPORTUNITIES AT, OF COVID WHITE AND KNOW WE'RE ABLE TO PULL THIS TYPE OF INFORMATION AND PRINCIPALS AT THE SCHOOL SITE, THEY ALREADY SEE IT AND YOU'RE ABLE TO ENGAGE THAT LEVEL. 
          SO I'M A SUBSTITUTE. 
          I MAY NOT BE AS SKILLED AS YOURSELF. 
          AND CAN WE PULL LESSONS THAT MAY HAVE PERFORMED EARLIER? YES. 
          I SAID, I SEE WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH OUR SCHOOL LEVEL LEADERSHIP. 
          NOW WE CAN PROBABLY WORK. 
          AND I HEAR YOU BROUGHT HIM TO, TO WORK WITH COLLEEN OR DIRECTOR OF EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY TO HELP IT HOUSING WORK PERFORMANCE, POSITORY ALIGNMENT AT SOMETHING WE CAN MAYBE LOOK INTO. 
          I THINK THAT IF WE DON'T, WE'VE MISSED AN OPPORTUNITY SHARE BEST PRACTICES. 
          AND, AND YOU KNOW, THIS IS NOT AN ORIGINAL IDEA FROM ME. 
          FERTILE DRYER, YOU KNOW, HAS, HAS VOICED THIS IDEA. 
          UM, ONE OF OUR CALLERS HAD VOICED HIS IDEA, AND I DO THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, MAKING LEMONADE OUT OF LEMONS, YOU KNOW, THIS WOULD BE A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY FOR MANY, MANY AREAS TO PROVIDE TEACHER FEEDBACK, TO, TO DO MODEL LESSONS THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE DISTRICT. 
          YOU CAN, UM, SOMEHOW UTILIZE THESE RECORDED LESSONS TO OUR ADVANTAGE, NOT JUST AS A STOP GAP MEASURE. 
          SO I AGREE WITH YOU. 
          UM, THERE IS, UH, THERE IS A BOOK THAT IS, UM, COMMONLY KNOWN THROUGHOUT THE PROFESSIONAL CALLED TEACH LIKE A CHAMPION AND COMES FROM THE UNCOMMON SCHOOLS NETWORK THAT PAUL BEVERAGE CENTRAL YOU CAME FROM. 
          AND IT ESSENTIALLY DOES EXACTLY WHAT IT IS THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT. 
          IDIOT IS GOING INTO CLASSROOMS, CATALOGING BEST INSTRUCTIONAL PRACTICES AND SHARING THOSE BEST PRACTICES ACROSS THE NETWORK. 
          ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE NOTICED THAT WE HAD EXEMPLARY TEACHING HEAD HAPPENING IN EVERY SCHOOL AT EVERY LEVEL, MAYBE NOT NECESSARILY ACROSS EVERY CLASSROOM, BUT THE EXTENT TO WHICH WE CAN CAPTURE STRONG INSTRUCTIONAL PRACTICES AND REPLICATE THEM WITHIN BUILDINGS AND ACROSS THE DISTRICT ACROSS GRADE LEVELS. 
          I DO THINK THAT THAT'S VERY MUCH LOW HANGING FRUIT THAT CAN HELP TO IMPROVE PRACTICES. 
          RIGHT. 
          AND I TOTALLY AGREE WITH THE PRACTICE. 
          IF I ALSO THINK IT'S AN EVENT, THERE'S AN AREA OF WHERE WE HAVE A SUBSTITUTE THAT YOU COULD PROVIDE FABULOUS INSTRUCTION TO THESE CHILDREN, THESE STUDENTS DURING A TIME WHEN THERE IS NOT A CERTIFIED TEACHER IN FRONT OF THE ESCALATOR. 
          AND SO THERE ARE MANY REASONS THAT THIS COULD BE USED. 
          SO THANK YOU. 
          SO I'M GOING TO BE FALLING ON THE BOARD MEMBERS THAT HAVEN'T SPOKEN YET ON MR. MELVIN CANNIBAL KNOW, I, YOU KNOW, TRISHA. 
          SO MOST OF MY THUMB, BECAUSE I WAS CONCERNED WITH ARCHIVING ALL OF THE LESSONS ACROSS THE DISTRICT AND MAKING IT ACCESSIBLE, PARTICULARLY TO THE SUBSTITUTES. 
          BUT I ALSO WANT TO ENCOURAGE THAT WE REALLY DEVELOPED WELL 
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TYPE OF SYSTEM WHERE WE HAVE PERMANENT SUBS AT THESE PARTICULAR SCHOOLS WHERE THEY CAN, YOU KNOW, ACCLIMATE THEMSELVES TO THE TEACHERS AND THEIR PRACTICES AND MAKE, MAKE SURE THESE ARCHIVES ARE EASILY ACCESSIBLE AND DISCUSSED AS OPPOSED TO SUB COMING IN. 
          AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN THIS LESSON, WE TALKED ABOUT THIS LESSON YESTERDAY, I KNOW THAT YOU HAD DUMPED ME OUT. 
          AND THEN THAT KIND OF GIVES US A LITTLE BIT MORE CONTINUITY AS WE GO ALONG, BUT IT IS A TRIAL, UH, TIME PERIOD. 
          UH, QUESTION NUMBER, NUMBER TWO, I THINK IS, UH, COMMENT NUMBER TWO, I THINK IS ALREADY BEEN DISGUSTED THREE, HOW MUCH MORE IN TERMS OF OUR SECURITY MEASURES. 
          AND WHEN I SAY SECURITY MEASURES, I'M TALKING COVID 19 PROTECTIVE MEASURES, UH, MOBILE UNCLE BIRD. 
          DOES THAT PLACE ON, ON THE TEACHERS? UH, WHAT I'M ASKING IS THAT TEACHERS NOW HAVE THE COMEDY 20 STUDENTS IN THE CLASSROOM. 
          THEY STILL ADI AT ALL TEACHING VIRTUAL AT THE SAME TIME. 
          YEAH. 
          SO, SO, UM, WE'LL HAVE, UH, TEACHERS WITH THE STUDENTS IN THE CLASSROOM CAN TURN TO THE SAFETY PRECAUTIONS, I GUESS. 
          LET ME TRY AND TAKE THIS ONE AT A TIME. 
          UH WE'RE WE ARE ADDING, UH, TO THOSE INDIVIDUAL SHIELDS, FOR EXAMPLE, ON THE STUDENT DESKS AS A, AS AN ADDITIONAL MEASURE ON IT. 
          I DIDN'T MENTION EARLIER, BUT WE ARE, UH, UH, CONTINUING TO TAKE A TEMPERATURE STUDENT TEMPERATURES. 
          UM, SO, SO WE ARE, UH, CONTINUING TO DO THOSE THINGS THAT THE STUDENTS WILL BE IN THE BUILDING, RIGHT? SO, SO, UM, IF YOU HAVE A QUARANTINE SITUATION OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, AND WE WILL PROVIDE, CONTINUE TO PROVIDE WORK AND SUPPORT OF STUDENT ENGAGEMENT AND STUDENT LEARNING DURING THAT PERIOD OF TIME. 
          UM, BUT, BUT ESSENTIALLY, UH, IF YOU WON'T HAVE HALF OF THE CLASS AWAY, UH, UM, HAVING  IN THE VIRTUAL METHOD RIGHT. 
          WHILE THE OTHER HALF IS HERE. 
          YEAH. 
          THAT'S MY QUESTION. 
          PRIMARILY, I'M A TEACHER THAT'S TEACHING THE 20 STUDENTS HERE. 
          AM I OBLIGATED TO BE ENGAGED WITH 20 STUDENTS ELSEWHERE? SAME TIME. 
          YEP. 
          IT'S IT'S, IT'S NOT LIKELY, I THINK THERE ARE SOME ONE-OFF CIRCUMSTANCES WHERE THAT MAY HAVE TO BE THE CASE. 
          I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS, ONE OF WE'VE WE'VE GIVEN SOME THOUGHT TO THAT, AND THAT'S PRIMARILY THE REASON WHY DR. 
          RODRIGUEZ IS DECIDED WHAT WE'VE COLLECTIVELY DECIDED THAT NUMBER ONE, WE WON'T HAVE ANY MOLD CHANGES DURING FOR THE REMAINDER OF THIS SEMESTER. 
          AND THEN WE'VE ALSO GOTTEN A TIGHT WINDOW FOR PARENTS TO DETERMINE WHICH MODE THAT THEY ACTUALLY WANT, BECAUSE THERE'S A STAFFING COMPONENT THAT PRINCIPALS HAVE TO PLAN FOR IN THEIR BUILDINGS TO DETERMINE WHO ARE MY VIRTUAL TEACHERS AND THEN WHO ARE MY TEACHERS THAT ARE GOING TO BE TEACHING FACE-TO-FACE. 
          AND WHEN WE KNOW EXACTLY WHAT, WHAT STUDENTS WE HAVE, THEN WE CAN MAKE ASSIGNMENTS SO THAT WE, UH, LIMIT OR HOPEFULLY, UM, ELIMINATE THE POSSIBILITY OF TEACHERS HAVING TO TEACH HYBRID OR WHAT WE CALL SIMULTANEOUS INSTRUCTOR. 
          OKAY. 
          I'M SURE THAT'S A CHALLENGE AS WE GO FORWARD. 
          SO YOU COME BACK BASICALLY FACE OTHER SEATED, BIG REALLY NEGOTIATING THESES FOR ACCESS. 
          YOU GO HAVE THE INFLUX OF STUDENTS NEXT SEMESTER, WANTING TO GO FACE TO FACE. 
          YEAH. 
          STAFFERS WHO DON'T WANT THEM TO GO FACE TO FACE. 
          THEN YOU'VE GOT TO ENVY. 
          OKAY. 
          AS WE GO FORWARD, I SEE WE GET TO THAT POINT. 
          ADDITIONAL STAFF IS THAT AT ALL IN THEM, THE GLASS, IF WE NEED TO BRING IN ADDITIONAL STAFF, WE HAVE THE FUNDING TO BRING IN ADDITIONAL STAFF, THEN THAT'S NOT NECESSARILY A BAD THING. 
          RIGHT. 
          THAT WOULD BE A GOOD THING. 
          I THINK THE, THE CATCH, UH, WELL, WOULDN'T BE CATCHED. 
          IT'S JUST, UH, RETHINKING, UM, HOW, HOW, UH, CLASSES ARE ORGANIZED THEY UP SO THAT YOU GET, I'M JUST, I JUST WANT EVERYONE TO BE COMFORTABLE THAT WE CAN GO FLOAT AND OUR NUMBERS AT THE END OF THE YEAR ARE RELATIVE. 
          YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING? YEAH. 
          I WANT TO MAKE SURE WHEN WE LOOKED AT 
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THE OUTCOME OF ALL OF THIS INITIATIVE, EVERYBODY'S HAD AN EQUITABLE CHANCE TO ACCESS AN EDUCATION. 
          SO THANK YOU ALL FOR, FOR THE EFFORT AND I'M ENCOURAGING JANUARY AND WE REOPENING IF YOU MIGHT CALL IT THAT THOUGH. 
          THANK YOU, MR. GEIER. 
          THANK YOU. 
          MADAM CHAIR, DR. 
          RODRIGUEZ, I HAVE A CONTACT TRACING AND QUARANTINE PROTOCOL QUESTION, AND I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU A HYPOTHETICAL THAT WE HAVE A STUDENT AND MIDDLE SCHOOL OR HIGH SCHOOL THAT IS IN FOUR DIFFERENT CLASSES AND HE SHOWS UP POSITIVE FOR COVID. 
          WHAT IS THE CONTRACT TRACING PROTOCOL AND THE QUARANTINE PROTOCOL AS A RESULT OF THAT, WE'RE REQUIRING THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION. 
          WE ARE REQUIRING AND HAVE BEEN REQUIRING FEEDING CHARTS IN EVERY CLASSROOM, UH, THEREFORE, UH, THAT HELPS, UH, SIGNIFICANTLY WITH CONTACT TRACING. 
          AND SO, UH, ESSENTIALLY WHAT, WHAT OUR, UH, UH, NURSES AND AND ADMINISTRATORS DO AT SCHOOLS IS THEY LOOK AT, UH, THOSE CITY CHARGE, IDENTIFY WHICH STUDENTS ARE WITHIN THE RADIUS, UH, FROM A POTENTIAL EXPOSURE. 
          AND THEN THAT ALLOWS YOU TO MINIMIZE THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS THAT, UH, HAVE TO BE WARRANTING. 
          IF YOU DON'T HAVE THE SEATING CHART, THEN UH, THEN YOU HAVE TO THE DAY POINTING THE WHOLE CLASS. 
          RIGHT? SO, SO THAT, THAT HAS HAPPENED, UH, IN, IN, YOU KNOW, IN OTHER PLACES THEY'VE HAD TO QUARANTINE, BOTH CLASSES, OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. 
          SO, UH, YOU KNOW, THOSE ARE, THOSE ARE THINGS THAT HAPPEN OR HAVE HAPPENED ALONG THE WAY, BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT THE QUARANTINE IT'S A POSITIVE CASE, RIGHT. 
          THAT'S AN IMPORTANT NOTE. 
          SO, SO QUARANTINE DOESN'T EQUAL A POSITIVE CASE. 
          IT'S A PRECAUTIONARY MODE THAT'S INSTITUTED, UH, IN ORDER TO KEEP, UH, UH, STUDENTS, STAFF AND OTHERS, UH, SAFE, UH, AROUND IT. 
          SO, SO THAT'S ESSENTIALLY HOW IT BEGINS. 
          THEY FOLLOW THE CONTACT TRACING THEN, UH, AND BEYOND, BEYOND THE, UH, THE SCHOOL IN TERMS OF WHAT REMINDS ME POSITIVE. 
          RIGHT. 
          UH, IF YOU, THE CONTACT TRACING THERE, THE, THE RADIUS AROUND IT, UH, AT THIS POINT 14, 14 DAYS IS WHAT IS A QUARANTINE PERIOD. 
          YES, SIR. 
          MR. EARL CAMPBELL. 
          YES. 
          UM, I HAVE TWO QUESTIONS. 
          ONE IS, DO WE HAVE SUBSTITUTES IN PLACE, MS. WALTON? ARE YOU ON? SO WHILE SHE JUMPS ON, IF SHE'S ON, WHILE SHE, WHILE SHE JUMPS ON BELIEVE THIS YEAR, MS. WALTON, UH, AS IDENTIFIED A PERMANENT SUBSTITUTE FOR EACH BUILDING, UM, ALREADY, I BELIEVE SHE IS ALSO WORKING WITH, UH, MS. WALTON, ARE YOU ON? YES, I AM. 
          UH, YOU WERE WORKING WITH, UH, WITH, UH, THE SUBSTITUTE FOR, FOR, UH, ADDITIONALLY SUBSTITUTES, EVEN FROM, UH, SAVANNAH POSSIBLY. 
          RIGHT? THAT IS CORRECT. 
          MR. CAMPBELL. 
          OKAY, GO AHEAD, MS. WALTON, GO AHEAD, MR. CAMPBELL. 
          YES, WE HAVE IDENTIFIED, UH, PERMANENT SUBSTITUTES FOR EACH BUILDING. 
          WE ORIGINALLY STARTED WITH TWO WE'RE TRYING TO WORK ON GETTING THREE, AND THOSE WOULD BE THE SUBS THAT ARE THERE EVERY DAY TO COVER VACANCIES WITHIN THAT BUILDING THAT KEEPS CONSISTENCY FOR THE TEACHERS, AS WELL AS ADMINISTRATION. 
          WE HAVE SINCE OPENED UP THE WINDOW FOR DAY SUBS TO COME IN. 
          WHEN THE PERMANENT BUILDING SUBS CANNOT MEET THE NEED OF THE ABSENCES OR DAY, WE HAVE PICKED UP THE ABILITY FOR TEACHERS TO REQUEST A DAY SUB OUR SUB POOL WAS CURRENTLY AT 436 TEACHERS. 
          AND JUST LIKE TEACHERS, SUBSTITUTE TEACHERS HAVE THE FEAR OF RETURNING TO THE BUILDING. 
          SO WE'VE BEEN DEALING WITH THAT A BIT IN CONJUNCTION WITH ESS. 
          THEY ALSO PROVIDE SUBS FOR THE SAVANNAH SYSTEM. 
          THE SAVANNAH SYSTEM NORMALLY PROVIDES ABOUT 400 SUBS 
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A DAY AND THEY'VE BEEN DOWN BECAUSE THEY HAVE NOT BEEN IN THE BUILDING, UM, AS HEAVILY AS WE HAVE. 
          SO WE PARTNERED WITH THEM AND WE ARE BEGINNING TO USE SOME SUBS FROM SAVANNAH TO COME AND SUB IN THE BLUFFTON AREA FOR US. 
          SO THAT SEEMS TO BE WORKING A LITTLE BIT BETTER, BUT WE'D STILL HAVE THE NEED TO BE VERY CAREFUL ABOUT, UM, FILLING POSITIONS ON A DAILY BASIS WHEN TEACHERS ARE ABSENT. 
          UM, ONE SEC THE TRANSPORTATION DIRECTOR MEETING DISCUSS WITH HIS, WITH SOME OF THE MOST TRAVEL KIND OF SOME CONCERNS, PARENTS. 
          OKAY. 
          MR. RON. 
          YEAH. 
          I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE SPECIFIC ITEMS ARE, BUT YES, IF YOU'LL SEND US ANY OF THE CONCERNED OR HAVE THEM GIVE ME THE INFORMATION, WE'LL MAKE SURE THOSE ARE ADDRESSED. 
          ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT CLEANING OR YOUR BIGGEST CONCERN WAS ABOUT STUDENTS TAKE TEMPS WITH THE STUDENTS. 
          SO YOU WANT TO TELL YOU THIS, BUT THIS HAS BEEN KIND OF WE'VE, WE'VE HAD A LOT OF CONVERSATION ABOUT IT. 
          UM, ONE OF THE THINGS IS THAT I DO WANT ALL THE BUS DRIVERS TO KNOW THAT THEY'RE, THEY'RE EXTREMELY IMPORTANT, JUST, JUST AS MUCH AS TEACHERS OR ANYONE ELSE. 
          UM, SO BECAUSE OF THAT, WE'VE IMPLEMENTED, YOU KNOW, THE, UM, UM, THE SPRAYING AND THE BUSES TWICE A DAY, GIVING THEM SANITATION, UH, WE'RE REQUIRED STANDARD TASTY, SPRAY, OR REQUIRING MASK OF ALL STUDENTS MASK OF THE DRIVERS WILL PROVIDE FACE YIELDS IF NEEDED. 
          WE ARE CURRENTLY WORKING WITH THE STATE TO PROVIDE, UM, PLASTIC BARRIERS BEHIND THE DRIVER OR LEAVING THE SEAT BEHIND THE DRIVER EMPTY SO THAT THEY'RE SPACING BETWEEN THE DRIVER. 
          SO WE'RE DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN TO KEEP THE DRIVERS SAFE. 
          AND THAT'S EXTREMELY IMPORTANT TO US. 
          WE DO HAVE A CONCERN WITH THE TEMPERATURE CHECK. 
          UM, NUMBER ONE, I'VE CHECKED WITH EVERY DISTRICT IN SOUTH CAROLINA. 
          AND AS FAR AS I CAN FIND, THERE'S ONLY ONE DISTRICT IN SOUTH CAROLINA, WHICH IS JUST DOING TEMPERATURE CHECKS AT THE BUS. 
          THERE'S NO OTHER DISTRICT IN SOUTH CAROLINA. 
          THAT'S DOING THAT. 
          THE PROBLEM IS WHEN A STUDENT COMES TO THE STOP, WE'RE RESPONSIBLE FROM THAT STUDENT AND THAT TIME ON IF THEY HAVE A HIGH TEMPERATURE, WE'RE RESPONSIBLE TO SEEING THEM GET HOME OR DEFINE MEDICAL TREATMENT OR WHATEVER, WE CANNOT LEAVE THEM ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. 
          SO THAT'S OUR, OUR ISSUE. 
          THERE IS IF YOU DID HAVE A HIGH TEMPERATURE, WHAT WOULD YOU DO THAT, THAT IS WHY WE'RE PROVIDING THIS SPACING ON THE BUS AND PROVIDING PROTECTION FOR THE DRIVER AND BRINGING THAT STUDENT TO SCHOOL, NO TEMPERATURE TO BE CHECKED AT SCHOOL. 
          AND THE NURSE WOULD THEN BE A MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL THAT COULD EVALUATE THAT SITUATION TO FIND OUT IF THERE'S A NEED AND WHAT THE NEXT STEPS WOULD BE. 
          I WOULD ADD IT AS A ADDITIONAL, UH, INFORMATION THOUGH, IT'S THAT IT'S THIS AND THIS, THIS IS A CRITICALLY, UH, UNBELIEVABLY IMPORTANT COMPONENT. 
          OKAY. 
          FIRST OF ALL, UH, WE ARE CHECKING TEMPERATURES AT OUR SCHOOLS. 
          UM, BUT, UM, AS YOU'VE READ, UH, NATIONWIDE THE TEMPERATURE CHECKS, UH, MORE OFTEN THAN NOT, UM, TECH ANYTHING BECAUSE BECAUSE OF ASYMPTOMATIC CASES. 
          OKAY. 
          SO, SO, BUT IT DOES PROVIDE THE OPPORTUNITY THAT IF IT HAPPENS, THAT YOU CAN FIND SOME, FIND A, UH, UH, POTENTIAL, UH, CASE ALONG THE WAY AND GET THEM, GET THEM TO, TO, TO THE NURSE. 
          BUT ADDITIONALLY, THIS IS WHERE WE REALLY, REALLY, REALLY, REALLY, REALLY NEED, UH, THE SUPPORT, THE ENGAGEMENT, THE COOPERATION OF OUR PARENTS AND COMMUNITY. 
          IF YOUR CHILD HAS A TEMPERATURE, ALL RIGHT, PLEASE DON'T SEND THEM TO SCHOOL, PLEASE. 
          DON'T UM, BECAUSE MORE OFTEN THAN NOT, WE'LL GET THE TEMPERATURE WHILE THE TEMPERATURE AT SCHOOL AND I'LL HAVE TO GO SEE THE NURSE AND THEN THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO GO HOME ANYWAY. 
          RIGHT. 
          UH, SO, SO PLEASE, THAT IS, THAT IS OUR REQUEST. 
          WE WANT TO OPEN SCHOOLS AND WE WANT TO KEEP THEM OPEN. 
          UH, AND SO IT IS AN IMPORTANT PART, UH, AND YOUR, YOUR SUPPORT AND PARTICIPATION IN THIS, UH, IS REALLY ESSENTIAL. 
          I HAVEN'T SPOKEN. 
          SO I JUST WANT TO, A LOT OF WHAT I, UM, HAVE TO SAY, MAYBE HAS 
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ALREADY BEEN COVERED, BUT JUST A FEW THINGS I WOULD LIKE TO BRING UP. 
          UH, FIRST OF ALL, UM, YOU, DR. 
          RODRIGUEZ, AS THE SUPERINTENDENT OF OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT, YOUR NUMBER ONE JOB IS TO EDUCATE OUR CHILDREN THAT ARE IN OUR SCREENINGS. 
          UNFORTUNATELY, WE HAVE THIS PUBLIC HEALTH CRISIS THROWN INTO THIS MIX. 
          AND SO THERE'S GOT TO BE SOME KIND OF UMBRELLA OF SAFETY OVER THAT, UH, RESPONSIBILITY OF EDUCATING OUR CHILDREN. 
          AND THERE'S NO ROADMAP. 
          AND I KNOW MYSELF AND I KNOW MY COLLEAGUES HAVE RECEIVED NUMEROUS EMAILS FROM PARENTS AND TEACHERS AND CITIZENS. 
          THE VAST MAJORITY, ESPECIALLY THE PARENTS OF YOUNG CHILDREN ARE VERY MUCH PUSHING FOR GO TO FIVE DAYS A WEEK, INSTRUCTION ASAP. 
          NOW WE HAVE TO WEIGH THAT BECAUSE THOSE CHILDREN, IF THEY ARE EXPOSED TO THE ILLNESS ARE LESS LIKELY TO BE SEVERELY AFFECTED BY THE ILLNESS. 
          AND THOSE PARENTS TYPICALLY NEED TO BE AT THEIR JOB. 
          AND IT'S VERY DIFFICULT FOR THEM. 
          AND I UNDERSTAND THAT LEGALLY WHERE THEY'RE HAVING SUPERVISE THE VIRTUAL INSTRUCTION, THEIR HOME, IF THEY'RE ALSO EXPECTED TO REPORT TO A JOB OR, OR BE, UH, YOU KNOW, PRODUCTIVE AT THEIR JOB, IF THEY'RE HAVE THE ABILITY TO DO IT FROM HOME, UM, VIRTUALLY THAT HAS TO BE WEIGHED AGAINST THE TEACHERS, THE STAFF THEY'RE ADULTS, THEY'RE NOT CHILDREN, THEY'RE ADULTS, AND THEY ARE HA ARE, ARE RIGHTFULLY SO MORE FRIGHTENED ABOUT BEING IN THE SCHOOLS POTENTIALLY WITH MORE EXPOSURE TO THE ILLNESS. 
          SO, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S A DICHOTOMY. 
          IT'S NOT SIMPLE TO SAY, YEAH, GO RIGHT BACK TO SCHOOL. 
          IT'S JUST NOT. 
          AND SO I THINK YOU'VE, UH, DONE A GREAT JOB WITH YOUR STAFF TAKING THAT INTO CONSIDERATION. 
          AND I THINK YOUR DECISION OF JANUARY 4TH, THERE'S A VERY GOOD ONE. 
          IT'S NOT, IT'S, IT'S NOT AN EASY DECISION. 
          AND I REALLY THINK HE WAS, YOU PUT A LOT OF THOUGHT INTO IT AND STUDIED A LOT AND YOUR STAFF YOU'VE DONE A GREAT JOB. 
          SO I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT, UM, THE SECOND THING I'D LIKE TO SAY IS THAT YOUR, YOUR STATEMENT AT THE BEGINNING, UH, IS VERY IMPORTANT FOR THE PARENTS TO HEAR THAT, UH, THERE'S QUOTE, OPEN ENROLLMENT, IF YOU WILL, FOR A CHANGE IN THE PROGRAM OF LEARNING THAT YOUR CHILD IS CURRENTLY ENROLLED, I E VIRTUAL VERSUS IN-PERSON, WHICH WILL NO LONGER BE HYBRID AS OF JANUARY 4TH. 
          AND THAT OPEN ENROLLMENT DATES ARE NOVEMBER 16 TO 24. 
          AND I THINK THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT FOR US. 
          IT NEEDS TO BE EMPHASIZED TO PARENTS AND THEY WORK THROUGH THEIR SCHOOL FOR THAT. 
          THAT'S JUST WHAT I WAS GOING TO ASK. 
          OKAY, DID THE SCHOOL, AND THEN I WOULD ASSUME THAT SINCE, AS A PHYSICIAN IT'S, IF STUDENTS OR THEIR FAMILY SITUATION CHANGES OR WHATEVER, AND THEY BECOME AT A HIGHER RISK, FOR EXAMPLE, LET'S SAY THEY HAVE SOMEHOW UNCOMPROMISED IMMUNE SYSTEM AS, AS THE, AS THE YEAR GOES ON. 
          I DON'T IN THE MIDDLE OF THE SEMESTER, THEY HAVE A HEALTH PROBLEM. 
          IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT THEY, THEY, UH, YOU KNOW, UH, WITH THEIR DOCTOR, GET THAT INFORMATION TO THE SCHOOL TO POSSIBLY MAKE ANOTHER CHANGE IF NECESSARY. 
          IT'S NOT ONLY RESTRICTED TO THAT WINDOW. 
          YES, MA'AM THIS WINDOW IS REALLY IMPORTANT FOR US FOR PLANNING PURPOSES, RIGHT. 
          WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO UNDERSTAND THAT MR. CAMPBELL WAS, WAS POINTING OUT, UH, UH, THE STAFFING COMPONENT ON HOW WE, HOW WE ORGANIZE, UH, WHAT THE REQUEST COURSE REQUESTS ARE. 
          ALL OF THAT IS REALLY IMPORTANT IN TERMS OF, UH, FINALIZING AND LAYING OUT MASTER BOARDS. 
          AND IT TAKES TIME. 
          IT'S NOT, UH, IT'S NOT EASILY DONE AND IT'S NOT DONE QUICKLY. 
          SO, SO WE, WE WANT THAT INFORMATION NOW, UH, DURING THAT WINDOW, STARTING ON NOVEMBER 16TH GIVES, UH, PEOPLE A FEW DAYS TO BEGIN THINKING ABOUT IT, RIGHT, ENDING ON NOVEMBER 24TH. 
          IT GIVES THEM, UH, ENOUGH TIME TO, TO MAKE A DECISION, UH, AND THAT THEN GIVES OUR SCHOOLS, UH, STAFF ENOUGH TIME, OUR ADMINISTRATORS TO LAYOUT THOSE MASTER BOARDS, UH, UH, TO MEET THAT NEED AND, UH, AND RESPOND TO THAT. 
          SO, SO YES, IF ANYTHING, UH, UH, YOU KNOW, CHANGES, UH, IN, UM, MAKE IT UP IN MARCH ON SOMEBODY'S PERSONAL CIRCUMSTANCES, LIKE, LIKE ALL THE WAYS THEY'LL ENGAGE THEIR SCHOOL, OUR PARENTS WILL ENGAGE THEIR SCHOOL AND, UH, AND OUR PRINCIPALS WILL WORK. 
          UM, THE LAST, MY LAST QUESTION OR COMMENT REALLY IS THE BUSES WE'VE TOUCHED UPON THAT ALREADY IN OUR CONVERSATION HERE. 
          SO, UM, I GUESS I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW, 
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OBVIOUSLY PART OF IT'S GOING TO DEPEND ON WHAT KIND OF OPEN ENROLLMENT YOU HAVE FOR FIVE TO FIVE, FIVE DAYS A WEEK, THE LEARNING THAT'S GOING TO START HIM. 
          WELL, THAT WOULD BE EFFECTIVE STARTING IN FEBRUARY FOR THE PEOPLE THAT POTENTIALLY WANT TO SWITCH TO THAT LEARNING. 
          SO WHAT DO YOU ANTICIPATE THE BUSES OR THE BUSES GOING TO BE? I SUSPECT YOU'LL HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO WILL WANT FIVE DAYS A WEEK LEARNING. 
          AND SO WILL, WHAT, WHAT WILL THE BUS ROUTES LOOK LIKE? ARE WE GOING TO HAVE MORE STUDENTS ON THE BUS? LIKE RIGHT NOW WE HAVE ABOUT 50%. 
          I UNDERSTAND THAT. 
          SO, SO, UH, IF I CAN, FIRST OF ALL, JUST SAYING, UH, BEFORE I KICK THIS OVER TO MR. HOTTIE, I WOULD ALSO, THIS IS ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY, UH, UH, TO ENGAGE OUR, OUR PARENTS AS WELL, IF YOUR CHILD RIDES THE BUS. 
          BUT IF IT IS AT ALL POSSIBLE FOR YOU TO PROVIDE TRANSPORTATION FOR YOUR CHILD, A COMMUNITY-WIDE EFFORT AROUND THAT WOULD BE REALLY, REALLY HELPFUL, UH, TO THE SCHOOLS IN, AND THEN MINIMIZING THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS THAT MIGHT NEED THE BUS TRANSPORTATION, RIGHT. 
          OBVIOUSLY WE'LL PROVIDE THE BUS TRANSPORTATION, BUT IF IT IS AT ALL POSSIBLE IN ANY WAY, UH, THAT'S OBVIOUSLY, UH, UH, A PREFERENCE AND, AND A GOOD THING TOWARDS A COMMUNITY-WIDE EFFORT IN, UH, SUPPORTING THAT INITIATIVE. 
          MR. RONNIE. 
          SO AGAIN, JUST LIKE A STUDIO WITH TRANSPORTATION, WE'VE BEEN PREPARING FIVE DAYS A WEEK. 
          UM, THE GOOD, A HYBRID MODEL IS IT'S GIVEN US A CHANCE TO RUN OUR ROUTES, YOU KNOW, IN THE CURRENT PPE SITUATION AND EVERYTHING LIKE THAT. 
          SO WE'RE PREPARED FOR IT. 
          UM, OUR RIDERSHIP HAS BEEN DOWN NOW, WHICH HAS ALLOWED US TO, UH, CONDENSE ROUTES, EVEN THOUGH WE WERE RUNNING PRETTY MUCH THE SAME ROUTES. 
          WE'RE GOING TO RUN IN FIVE DAYS A WEEK. 
          UM, WE DON'T NEED AS MANY BUSES TO RUN THOSE ROUTES RIGHT NOW. 
          NOW THAT'S WHEN WE GO FIVE DAYS A WEEK, WE'RE GOING TO MOVE AND HAVE TO, UH, RUN THE ROUTES, UH, YOU KNOW, AS WE WOULD DURING THE REGULAR SCHOOL YEAR, FOR THE MOST PART, UM, THE RIDERSHIP, YOU KNOW, WE'RE ALLOWED TO FILL THE BUSES, YOU KNOW, UP TO 67%. 
          THAT'S KIND OF WHAT THE STATES, WE DO HAVE REDUCED CAPACITY IN OUR BUSES. 
          UM, BUT THAT IS STILL, YOU KNOW, LESS THAN THE PERCENTAGE OF KIDS THAT ARE RIGHT NOW FACE TO FACE, YOU KNOW, ON AVERAGE WE'RE 62%. 
          SO IT IS WORKING OUT, UM, WE'LL BE ABLE TO RUN THOSE ROUTES WITH THE LOWER CAPACITY BUSES. 
          UM, AND WE'VE BEEN DOING IT SUCCESSFUL IN THE HYBRID. 
          AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO A SUCCESSFUL FIVE DAYS A WEEK. 
          MR. DAVID'S FITTING HERE. 
          YOU ALREADY ASKED THE QUESTION. 
          I WAS TRYING TO ASK MR. JOHN DALLY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, DR. 
          RODRIGUEZ, I AM RUNNING UNDER THE ASSUMPTION THAT YOU HAVE MADE THIS DECISION BASED ON WHAT YOU KNOW TODAY. 
          NOW SOMEBODY TEXTED ME, WHY ARE YOU ASKING SO MANY QUESTIONS? I JUST WANT EVERYBODY TO KNOW THAT, TO REALIZE THAT IT'S YOUR DECISION AND YOU'RE ACCOUNTABLE TO THE BOARD FOR THE QUALITY THAT IS POSITIONS, BUT THE BOARD IS THE ONE THAT ARE ACCOUNTABLE TO THE COMMUNITY FOR THE QUALITY AND CORRECTNESS OF YOUR DECISIONS. 
          SO THAT'S WHY IT'S, IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE ASK AS MANY QUESTIONS AS WE CAN, UH, BECAUSE YOU DON'T HAVE TO DO IT, THE RANCH THAT THE COMMUNITY, IF YOU'RE WRONG, WE DO. 
          NOW, I'D LIKE TO GO BACK TO DOCTOR WISCHNEWSKI QUESTION BECAUSE I DON'T THINK IT WAS ANSWERED AT ALL. 
          UH, SO I'LL ASK IT A SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT, EXCUSE ME, I'LL, UH, I'LL ASK IT A SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT WAY. 
          WHAT IF THINGS GET WORSE? WILL YOU CHANGE YOUR MIND? AND IF THINGS GET WORSE, HOW WORSE DO THEY HAVE TO BE? HOW WILL YOU KNOW THAT THERE WERE SET UP FOR YOU TO CHANGE YOUR MIND? SO I GUESS THE FIRST THING I WOULD SAY, UH, MR. DOWLING IS THAT, UM, I WOULD DISAGREE THAT I DON'T ENDURE THE WRATH OF THE COMMUNITY. 
          EXCUSE ME, EXCUSE ME, SIR. 
          THAT IS A STATEMENT, NOT A QUESTION TO YOU. 
          UH, YOU'RE NOT ACCOUNTABLE TO THE COMMUNITY WE ARE. 
          SO LET'S JUST DEAL WITH, UH, DECISION-MAKING YOU CAN SAY WHATEVER YOU WOULD LIKE, KNOW MR. DONNELLY. 
          I, I WOULD, UH, DISAGREE. 
          I THINK I AM ACCOUNTABLE. 
          AND, AND, UH, ASIDE FROM BEING ACCOUNTABLE TO THE COMMUNITY, I, I DO AT TIMES ENDURE NOT ONLY THE WELL-WISHES WHEN, 
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WHEN, UH, DECISIONS ARE POPULAR WITH THE WRATH, WHEN SOMETIMES DECISIONS ARE NOT, IT COMES WITH THE WORLD, UH, IN TERMS OF THE METRICS, WE ARE LOOKING AT COMMUNITY METRICS, BUT WE ARE LOOKING SPECIFICALLY AT METRICS WITHIN SCHOOLS, WITHIN SCHOOLS, BUT FOR THE INFECTION RATE WITHIN SCHOOLS IS WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. 
          AND SO WE WILL CONTINUE TO LOOK AT HOW SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN, UH, ACROSS THE STATE ARE DEALING WITH, UH, WITH THEIR INFECTION RATES AND TO SEE, UH, WHAT IMPACT THAT IS HAVING. 
          AND IN ADDITION, WE WILL LOOK AT OUR OWN, UH, AND SEE WHAT IMPACT IS HAPPENING WITHIN OUR SCHOOL. 
          IT IS POSSIBLE THROUGHOUT THIS, THAT WE WOULD HAVE TO CLOSE A CLASSROOM. 
          IT IS POSSIBLE THROUGHOUT THIS, THAT WE WOULD HAVE TO CLOSE A GRADE LEVEL. 
          IT IS POSSIBLE THROUGHOUT THIS, THAT WE MIGHT HAVE TO CLOSE A SCHOOL AND THEN REOPENED TWO WEEKS LATER. 
          RIGHT? ALL THOSE THINGS ARE POSSIBILITIES, BUT WE BELIEVE THAT AT THIS JUNCTURE, IT IS IMPERATIVE AND IMPORTANT THAT WE HAVE OUR STUDENTS WITH US IN ORDER TO, UH, UH, PROVIDE THE BEST POSSIBLE INSTRUCTION THAT WE CAN. 
          WELL, THAT'S WHY I AGREE WITH YOU AND THIS DECISION. 
          OKAY. 
          BUT I JUST WANT TO SEE HOW MUCH YOU'VE DUMPED YOUR YIELDS. 
          AND I'M SORRY THAT YOU DISAGREE ABOUT THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE BOARD TO THE COMMUNITY, BUT YOU'RE NOT GOING TO SHAKE MY BELIEF IN THAT. 
          MY SECOND QUESTION, MY SECOND QUESTION IS AROUND THE BUS DRIVERS BEING THE FIRST ONES TO ENCOUNTER STUDENTS, PARTICULARLY BEFORE THEY'VE HAD THEIR TEMPERATURE TAKEN. 
          MY QUESTION IS THIS HAS BEEN KNOWN FOR A WHILE NOW. 
          AND IF PUBLIC'S KROGER'S FOOD LYING AND IN PARKERS CAN MANAGE TO GET PLASTIC UP IN FRONT OF ALL THEIR CASHIERS, WHAT IS THE DELAY IN GETTING PLASTIC UP BETWEEN OUR BUS DRIVERS AND THE STUDENTS COMING ON THE BUS? WHAT ARE THOSE THINGS? AND I'LL LET MR RODDICK TALK ABOUT IT, BUT IT HAS THE POTENTIAL TO BE A PROBABLY, UH, UH, AN ISSUE WITH THE FIRE DEPARTMENT OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. 
          WOULD YOU SAY MR. RODNEY? YES. 
          IF I CAN JUST ADD TO THAT, ONE OF THE COMPLICATIONS IS PLEASE KNOW THAT THE MAJORITY OF OUR BUSES ARE OWNED BY THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA AND THEY ARE UNDER STATE CONTROL. 
          UM, THE STATE HAS TOLD US THAT ARE LOOKING TO PROVIDE THESE BARRIERS AND MAKE SURE THAT THEY PROVIDE THEM IN A SAFE AND AS DUD RODRIGUEZ MENTIONED, YEAH, JUST A SAFE FASHION THAT THEY'RE NOT A HAZARD IN ANY WAY. 
          AND SO WE ARE LOOKING FOR THE STATE TO INSTALL AND ALSO TO INSTALL ANYTHING LIKE THAT ON A STATE BUS HAS TO BE DONE UNDER THE STATE'S AUTHORITY GUIDANCE. 
          SO IN THAT CASE, WE ARE UNDER, WE HAVE TO WAIT FOR THE STATE NOW ON OUR OWN BUSES, WE CAN DO THAT, BUT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DO OUR BUSES THE SAME WAY THE STATE DOES IT. 
          THE STATE'S DOING THE RESEARCH, THEY'RE PROVIDING THE MATERIALS, WE'RE GOING TO PROVIDE THE SAME MATERIALS AND THE SAME FASHION THAT THE STATE DOES IT. 
          BUT AT THIS TIME WE ARE WAITING ON THE STATE BECAUSE THEY ARE THEIR BUSTS. 
          SO THERE'S NO INTERMEDIATE MEASURE THAT WE CAN TAKE. 
          WE ARE NOT ALLOWED TO INSTALL ANYTHING ON A STATE BUS PRIOR TO IT WITHOUT STATE APPROVAL. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          I GUESS. 
          IT'S YOU TAKE YOUR CHANCES, HUH? OKAY. 
          I'M FINISHED. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, A LOT OF OUR PARENTS ARE WORKING AND THEY'RE UNABLE TO WATCH, UM, THIS MUCH ANTICIPATED PORTION OF OUR MEETING THIS MORNING. 
          WE CAN PUT UP THE PRESS RELEASE FOR EVERYONE TO VIEW. 
          I HAVE JUST A QUESTION REGARDING, UM, THE PRESS RELEASE AND WHAT'S GOING OUT TO PARENTS AND, AND EVERYONE DISTRICT-WIDE, IS THERE A COMPONENT IN THERE IF I'M A PARENT AND I WANT MY CHILD TO CONTINUE ALL VIRTUAL, UM, IS THERE A COMPONENT IN THAT PRESS RELEASE THAT COMMUNICATES THAT, YOU KNOW, UM, I HAVE THE ABILITY TO DO THAT. 
          I KNOW WE TALKED THIS MORNING ABOUT THE ABILITY TO TRANSITION BACK AND FORTH, BUT IF I WANT TO REMAIN ALL OF OUR CHORES, THERE'S SOMETHING IN THE PRESS RELEASE THAT ADDRESSES THAT. 
          AND IF OKAY. 
          YES. 
          NOT IN THE WELL IN THE PRESS RELEASE. 
          I'M SORRY. 
          I'M HAVING TROUBLE HEARING. 
          I APOLOGIZE. 
          WE HAVE PARENT SAY, 
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MADAM CHAIR, PUT A WATER. 
          SHE'S GOING TO HAVE TO MOVE SOMEWHERE CLOSER TO THE ROOM OR SOMETHING. 
          I'LL TURN ON HER MIC. 
          THEN WHAT ELSE? WHAT CANDACE SAID IS THAT SHE HAS A, UH, A FRESH RELEASE THAT'S READY TO GO. 
          THEN SHE, UH, HAS BEEN WORKING ON AND I BELIEVE SHE SAID SHE IS INCLUDING THAT IN THERE IS THAT RIGHT. 
          IS A PARENT COMMUNICATION OUTSIDE. 
          IT'S A PARENT COMMUNITY. 
          IT WILL BE IN THE PARENT COMMUNICATION. 
          EXCELLENT. 
          THAT'S ALL I WANTED TO KNOW. 
          AND I'M, I'M JUST MOSTLY CONCERNED WITH OUR COMMUNICATION WITH THE PUBLIC DR. 
          RODRIGUEZ, DO YOU HAVE ANY, UM, Q AND A PARENT FORUMS SCHEDULED DISTRICT WIDE? I KNOW THAT'S, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE, I KNOW THAT YOU MEET WITH TEACHERS REGULARLY, AND I KNOW YOU HAVE AN OPEN LINE OF COMMUNICATION THERE. 
          UM, BUT IS THERE, AND FORGIVE ME IF THIS WAS MENTIONED EARLIER TODAY, DO YOU HAVE ANY FORMS SCHEDULED? I DON'T PROBABLY HAVE ANY FOR ANY FORUMS SCHEDULED AROUND THAT, UH, AT THE MOMENT. 
          OKAY. 
          AND I KNOW WE ARE THE VEHICLE, YOU KNOW, FROM OUR CONSTITUENTS, AS MR. DALLAS SAID TO YOU, UM, TO BRING THEIR QUESTIONS AND, AND CONCERNS, BUT I KNOW THAT THEY WOULD LOVE TO HAVE A DIRECT Q AND A WITH YOU, I THINK, UM, GIVEN THE MAGNITUDE OF, OF YOUR DECISION HERE. 
          I KNOW THERE'LL BE LOTS OF QUESTIONS. 
          THANK YOU, MR. WILLIAMSON. 
          ALL. 
          THANK YOU. 
          MA'AM HELLO. 
          OKAY. 
          NOW START TO HEAR AN ECHO IN THE BACKGROUND, BUT, UM, JUST TO GET BACK TO WHAT MY QUESTION ABOUT THE METRICS, CAN I, UH, I JUST, WHAT WAS THE METRICS THAT WE USE TO GO TO HYBRID TO THE HYBRID MODEL? AND AGAIN, THE METRICS THAT WE USE TO GO FORWARD TO THE HYBRID MODEL. 
          HI, SORRY. 
          WE WERE USING THE METRICS WE HAD, WHICH WERE, WHICH WERE IN THE, UM, COMMUNITY METRICS FROM THE, WHEN YOU, WHEN YOU SAY COMMUNITY METRICS, CAN YOU ELABORATE ON THAT FROM DA PUTS OUT A METRIC, UH, REGARDING, UH, COUNTY DATA FOR EACH, FOR EACH COUNTY AND, UH, IN THE SPACE, TH TH THANK YOU FOR THAT. 
          I, I WAS A LITTLE LOST AND I DIDN'T DIDN'T UNDERSTAND THAT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          OH, JUST TO GET BACK TO THE BUS DRIVERS, HAVE WE ASKED THE BUS DRIVERS THEIR AVAILABILITY AND HAVE WE SEEN, WHICH BUS DRIVERS ARE, HOW WILLING TO POSSIBLY COME BACK TO WORK? BECAUSE I'VE HEARD US TALK ABOUT TEACHERS, BUT HAVE WE HAD A CONVERSATION WITH THE BUS DRIVERS? WELL, WE WE'VE BEEN USING YES. 
          THE SUPERVISORS TALK WITH THEIR BUS DRIVERS ON A WEEKLY BASIS. 
          YOU KNOW, THE BUS DRIVERS HAVE BEEN ACTIVE LEE DRIVING BUSES NOW SINCE THE START OF THE SCHOOL. 
          SO I WOULD SAY, THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          YOU GUYS SHOULD THAT YES. 
          UM, ALL ALSO, WHO'S RESPONSIBLE FOR CLEANING THE BUSES, MR. RODDICK. 
          SO, UH, THE DRIVERS THEMSELVES, UH, BUT EACH PARK OUT DOES HAVE INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE ASSIGNED TO SANITIZING THE BUSES. 
          SO JUST LIKE IN A NORMAL SITUATION, EACH DRIVER'S RESPONSIBLE AT THE END OF THE ROUTE TO CLEAN OUT THEIR BUS, BUT THEN WE ASK SPECIAL, UH, PERSONNEL THAT HAVE BEEN ASSIGNED TO SANITIZE THE BUS AT THE END OF EACH DAY. 
          WELL, THEY ACTUALLY IN BETWEEN ROUTES AS WELL. 
          SO CAN YOU, CAN YOU WALK ME THROUGH THE CLEANING OF A BUS AFTER A, AFTER A ROUTE? YES OR SO. 
          UM, IN BETWEEN OUR, DURING A ROUTE, A DRIVER HAS SANITIZING SPRAY THAT CAN HIT ALL THE TOUCH POINTS, BUT AT THE END OF A ROUTE, EVERY DRIVER IS REQUIRED TO SWEEP THEIR BUS OUT AND MAKE SURE THERE IS NO TRASH OR DEBRIS OR ANYTHING OF THAT NATURE, UH, LEFT ON THE BUS. 
          UM, AFTER THAT IS DONE, THE PERSON RESPONSIBLE FOR SANITIZING, THE BUS WOULD USE A, UM, UM, ELECTROSTATIC SPRAYER TO SPRAY DOWN THE INTERIOR OF THE BUS. 
          AND THAT'S FRAY IS ALLOWED TO SIT AND AFTER FIVE, 10 MINUTES, UM, IT THEN HAS SANITIZED OR KILLED 80 GERMS OR VIRUS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT THAT WAS LEFT AT ANY PART OF THE BUS, IF THAT HAPPENS TO BE THERE. 
          AND THAT PERSON WHO IS USING THAT SPRAYER, THEY WORKED FOR THE DISTRICT, OR IS THAT CONTRACTED OUT? THEY WORKED FOR THE DISTRICT. 
          SO THAT PERSON WOULD BE A MAINTENANCE GUY, OR WOULD THAT BE A BUS DRIVER AS WELL? THAT IS SOMEONE THAT IS PART OF THE TRANSPORTATION 
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DEPARTMENT. 
          THANK YOU ALL. 
          ALSO, HAVE WE LOOKED UP FOR, HAVE WE LOOKED FOR SUBSTITUTE BUS DRIVERS AS WELL? MR. SMITH? UM, ONE OF THE THINGS WE ARE CONSTANTLY HIRING BUS DRIVERS, WE ARE HIRING BUS DRIVERS RIGHT NOW. 
          IF WE CAN HIRE ENOUGH BUS DRIVERS TO HAVE ADDITIONAL SUBSTITUTES WE WHITTLED. 
          SO IF YOU KNOW ANYONE, THIS WILL BE MY PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT, ANYONE INTERESTED IN DRIVING A BUS, PLEASE SEND THEM TO, UH, THE WEBSITE, UH, SO THEY CAN PUT IN AN APPLICATION WE WILL TAKE, UM, AND TRAIN ANYONE THAT IS INTERESTED IN DRIVING THE BUS. 
          AND WE WILL TAKE, YOU KNOW, DRIVERS SO WE CAN HAVE AS MANY SUBSTITUTES AS POSSIBLE. 
          MR. ROTTING, IF THEY CAN'T CONTACT THROUGH THE WEBSITE AND GET ACCESS TO THAT, PLEASE CALL THEM DISTRICT GOLF. 
          YES, SIR. 
          CALL YES. 
          ASK FOR THE HR DEPARTMENT. 
          OKAY, GREAT. 
          AND ALSO, ARE WE GETTING MORE BUSES? BECAUSE WHEN WE TALKING ABOUT GOING FACE-TO-FACE, I WAS CONCERNED ABOUT HOW WE'RE GOING TO PUT THE STUDENTS ON THE BUSES, UH, AND, AND RELATIVELY TO HAVING MORE STUDENTS VERSUS THE BEING SPACED OUT ON THE BUSES. 
          HOW WILL THAT LOOK AND HOW WOULD THAT WORK OUT? WE ARE NOT PURCHASING ADDITIONAL BUSES. 
          WE ACTUALLY A, UH, BUSES ON STANDBY. 
          UH, SO WE HAVE ENOUGH BUSES THAT IS NOT A CONCERN. 
          UM, WE, WELL, WE ARE STRESSING IS HIRING MORE BUS DRIVERS. 
          SO IT'S NOT AN ISSUE OF NUMBER OF BUSES. 
          UM, IF THERE IS A STRESS POINT, IT WOULD BE THE NUMBER OF DRIVERS. 
          IS THERE A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF NUMBER OF STUDENTS THAT WILL BE ON EACH BUS? DO WE KNOW WHAT THAT NUMBER IS YET? SO IT DEPENDS ON THE SIZE OF THE BUS. 
          THE STATE HAS A SET 67% AS THE MAC MAXIMUM OCCUPANCY OF A BUS AT THIS TIME. 
          AND HOW MUCH STUDENTS WOULD THAT BE ON THE BUS? IT DEPENDS ON THE BUS. 
          WE HAVE DIFFERENT SIZE BUSES. 
          OKAY. 
          FOR THE, FOR THE CLASSROOMS, QUIT CLEANING. 
          YOU SAID, UH, YOU SAID THAT THERE'S THEIR MACHINE THAT WE USE. 
          WELL, I BELIEVE WHAT YOU'RE ASKING ABOUT IS THE FOGGER. 
          SO WE DO HAVE A MACHINE THAT IS CAPABLE OF FOGGING OF PORTIONS OF THE BUILDING. 
          SO YES, WE DO THAT SENDS OUT A SANITIZING SPRAY THAT CAN, UM, BE SPREAD THROUGHOUT THE BUILDING. 
          WE USE THAT IN THE EVENINGS, UH, TO SANITIZE AREAS OF THE BUILDING. 
          AND DO WE GO IN EVERY ROOM AND USE THE END, USE THESE, THESE ARE, THESE ARE THESE FOLDERS, EVERY SINGLE ROOM, EVERY SINGLE ROOM IN THE BUILDING. 
          WE KNOW OUR PLAN IS, IS DURING A WEEK TO COVER EVERY ROOM IN THE MIDDLE. 
          OH, HOLD ON, HOLD ON THE QUESTION. 
          UM, MR.  IS, DO WE USE THESE MACHINES IN EVERY ROOM WHEN W WHEN, WHEN CLEANING THE BUILDINGS EVERY DAY? THAT'S THE QUESTION IS, AND I JUST NEED TO KNOW A YES. 
          ANSWER ON THAT, PLEASE. 
          YES. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU, MR. MR. SMITH. 
          YOU'VE ASKED QUITE A FEW QUESTIONS. 
          SO I'M GOING TO GO ONTO THE NEXT PERSON. 
          I'LL WE'LL COME BACK TO YOU. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          YES, MA'AM OKAY. 
          MR. MELVIN CAMPBELL, NO QUESTION. 
          BOTH BUSES, PARTICULARLY WITH DR. 
          RODRIGUEZ STATED ABOUT AS THE PARENTS TO SUPPORT THE BUS SYSTEM BY BRINGING HIM TO JAIL SCHOOL, THAT THEY CAN. 
          MY QUESTION WOULD BE WHAT KIND OF CREATED A DYNAMIC THAT MAYBE WE OUGHT TO CONSIDER IN TERMS OF WEALTH PLANNING, BECAUSE A LOT OF TIMES PARENTS BRING THEM TO SCHOOL IN THE MORNING, BUT DURING THE AFTERNOON, THEY'LL DRIVE THE BUS BACK. 
          UH, I WANT TO BE ASSURED THAT THIS CD ALLOCATED TO THOSE CHILDREN, ALTHOUGH THEY MAY NOT BE WRITING IN THE MORNING. 
          AND THE OTHER PART OF THAT IS THE, THE CD 67%, ET CETERA. 
          HOW WOULD THAT MAKE US ABLE TO ACCOMMODATE DURING THE SECOND SEMESTER, IF WE HAVE A 67% OF THE CHILDREN DECIDED TO COME TO SCHOOL, 70% OF THE CHILDREN DECIDED TO COME TO SCHOOL, 
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I WOULD NEED TO BE ABLE TO ACCOMMODATE RESPOND MESSAGES, OR WILL WE BE ABLE TO HAVE MORE THAN ONE ROUTE? NOPE. 
          SO, UH, I GUESS THE FIRST THING I WOULD SAY IS THAT, UH, I, I UNDERSTAND YOUR POINT. 
          WHAT WE'RE ASKING, UH, I THINK IS THAT IF PARENTS CAN DO IT AND PROVIDE TRANSPORTATION TO PROM. 
          GREAT. 
          RIGHT. 
          AND IF NOT, THEN OBVIOUSLY WE, WE DID MOVE ON. 
          MS. SEAN, CAN YOU TAKE ON THE RIDE? YEAH. 
          I'M LOOKING FOR YOUR FIRST QUESTION. 
          UM, AS FAR AS IF THEY RIDE IN THE AFTERNOON AND NOT IN THE MORNING. 
          SO WE DO ASK PARENTS WHEN THEY SIGN UP TO GIVE US A SCHEDULE OF WHEN THEIR CHILD PLANS TO RIDE, SO THAT WE'LL KNOW, AND BE ABLE TO COMPARE FOR THOSE THAT DON'T RIDE IN THE AFTERNOON. 
          UM, AND THEN, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO ADJUST IF THERE'S CHANGES, BUT YES, WE DO DEVELOP OUR ROUTES AND EVERYTHING BASED ON THE SCHEDULE THAT THE PARENTS GIVE THEM AND SEE, KNOW THAT IF THEY WANT TO BRING THEIR KID TO SCHOOL IN THE MORNING, BUT NOT IN THE AFTERNOON, WE DEVELOP OUR ROUTES TO HANDLE THAT. 
          IN ADDITION, UH, THEY'LL HAVE SEATING CHARTS. 
          YEAH. 
          THE BUS. 
          YEAH. 
          THAT'S WHERE I WAS GOING TO GO NEXT. 
          SO, YOU KNOW, THE BUS IS ACTUALLY JUST LIKE A CLASSROOM. 
          UM, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE A SEATING CHART JUST LIKE YOU DO IN A CLASSROOM. 
          SO WE KNOW KIND OF, IF THERE'S A CASE KIND OF WHAT THE IMPACT IS AND IN WHAT AREAS THERE WOULD BE AN IMPACT. 
          AND WE TRY TO SPREAD THE CHILDREN OUT AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE, JUST LIKE IN A CLASSROOM, WE HAVE THEM WEAR MASKS JUST LIKE IN A CLASSROOM. 
          SO I WOULD SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, WE TREAT A BUS JUST EXACTLY LIKE A CLASSROOM. 
          THAT'S THE CONCEPT ROCK, BUT I KNOW THAT THAT'S A CONCEPT AND I, THAT, THAT WOULD, YOU KNOW, BE ABLE TO SEWAGE ANY PROBLEM THAT COMES UP AND YOU CAN PULL UP THAT QUESTION, JOHN, AND SAY, THESE ARE WHERE THESE STUDENTS ARE SUPPOSED TO BE SITTING ON MY QUESTION LIST TO PARENTS WHO DON'T FILL OUT THAT CHART, OR DON'T, UH, DON'T FEEL OBLIGATED TO SAY THAT CHILD'S GONNA RIDE THE BUS, BUT SINCE THEY HAVE THE STATE RIGHT, DRIVE THE BUS, WHEN THE OCCASION ARISES, THEY'RE NOT GOING TO PICK UP THEIR CHILD AND THAT CHILD HAS TO RIDE THE BUS. 
          WHAT ARE YOU DOING THERE THAT HAPPENS MORE OFTEN THAN YOU'D THINK WELL, IN THE AFTERNOONS? UM, SO ONE OF THE THINGS YOU'VE STRESSED IS THAT, YOU KNOW, WE CAN'T GO OVER THAT ASSAY AND THAT JUST CAN'T HAPPEN IN THE AFTERNOONS. 
          WE'D HAVE THE ABILITY TO, IF WE NEEDED TO BRING ON ANOTHER BUS OR ADD THAT ONTO ANOTHER ROUTE TO MAKE SURE WE DON'T HAVE YOU GOT THAT CAPACITY. 
          NOW, I WANT YOU TO THINK FORWARD THOUGH. 
          AND DRIVE, LOOK, THAT'S GOING TO BECOME EVEN MORE URGENT AND WATCH IF, IF THOSE, YOU KNOW, SCRAPE TIME OR CHILDREN GOING WANT TO COME TO SCHOOL, THAT'S JUST A, THAT'S JUST GOING TO BE AN AUTOMATIC THING THAT YOU NEED TO LOOK FORWARD TO. 
          AS THEY NOTICE THE SUCCESS OF THE FACE TO FACE, THEY DON'T WANT TO COME TO SCHOOL AND IT'S GOING TO BE THAT PROCESS. 
          PERHAPS DON'T BRING THEM AND YOU'RE GOING TO NEED TO TAKE THEM HOME. 
          THEREFORE YOU NEED TO GO VET IN TERMS OF THE MAXIMUM NUMBER, THE GREATER NUMBER, AS WELL AS A MINIMUM NUMBER. 
          IF WE'VE GONE WITH 10 HOUR VIGILANCE TOWARDS THE COVID 19, YOU KNOW, THAT'S, THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING. 
          AND I KNOW WE DON'T HAVE BUS DRIVERS, BUT YOU MAY NEED TO DESIGN BUS ROUTES OR DIFFERENT, YOU KNOW, SCHEDULING. 
          AND THAT THAT'S, THAT'S ALL I'M CONCERNED ABOUT. 
          I KNOW YOU DON'T HAVE THE ANSWERS TO THAT NOW, BECAUSE THERE'S NO QUESTION NOW, BUT THERE WILL BE NO, I MEAN, I, I THINK YOU MAKE A VERY GOOD POINT. 
          I'M GONNA GO BACK TO, THAT'S WHY WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE HIRING MORE DRIVERS. 
          YEAH. 
          THE OTHER POINT I'M TRYING TO, I WANT TO MAKE, TO PIGGY BACK ON WILL'S QUESTION ABOUT CLEANING OF THE BUSES. 
          I'VE BEEN HEARING RUMORS THAT WE WERE RUNNING OUT OF CLEANING SUPPLIES TO CONTINUALLY CLEAN THE BUSES. 
          SO THE ANSWER TO THAT IS WE'VE GOT LOTS OF CLEANING SUPPLIES. 
          OKAY. 
          YOU'VE MADE THEM ACCESSIBLE TO THE BUS ROUTES. 
          YES. 
          SO THEY CAN DO IT. 
          YES. 
          WE WILL MAKE SURE THOSE ARE AVAILABLE. 
          MR. DALLY, MR. GALLEY, MR. SMITH, YOU KNOW, UM, JUST TO GO BACK TO WHAT MR. CAMPBELL JUST SPOKE UPON, YOU KNOW, I HAVE TO BE CLEAR WHEN I STAYED THIS, YOU KNOW, AS, AS AN ELECTED 
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OFFICIAL TO DO THE PEOPLE'S WORK IS, IS VERY IMPORTANT TO ME. 
          YOU'RE NOT, I'VE HEARD SEVERAL THINGS AS MR. CAMPBELL JUST SAID, BUT I'LL BE REFRAMING FROM, FROM SAYING THOSE DAYS AND ASK THEM QUESTIONS. 
          BUT, YOU KNOW, I JUST FIND IT RATHER DISAPPOINTING WHEN WE HEAR LIKE WHAT MR. CAMPBELL JUST RECEIVED AFTER HE MADE A STATEMENT, VERY RESPECTFULLY, YOU KNOW, AS IN THE MATERIALS, ARE THERE, IF THE MATERIALS ARE THERE, LET'S JUST GET THEM THERE AND NOT COME UP WITH EXCUSES. 
          OH, THEY'RE THERE. 
          BECAUSE IF PEOPLE ARE TELLING PEOPLE ARE TELLING THEIR REPRESENTATIVES THINGS AND, AND, AND SOMEONE FINDS SOMEONE BOUGHT IT OUT, THEN JUST RESPECTFULLY LET'S WE SAY, WE WANT TO WORK AS A TEAM EFFORT, THE LAST, GET IT DONE AS A TEAM EFFORT. 
          AND I SAY, OKAY, I GOT YOU, COACH. 
          I GET IT DONE. 
          YOU KNOW, AS A BOARD MEMBER IS STRESSFUL. 
          WHEN WE CONTINUE TO HEAR THINGS THAT WE GOT TO ANSWER FOR YOU, MAN, WE GOTTA ANSWER, LISTEN, LET'S GET IT DONE AND BE TRUTHFUL AND GETTING THINGS DONE. 
          YOU KNOW, LIKE I SAID, IT'S QUITE A SQUISHY, IT'S QUITE STRESSFUL JUST TO HEAR WHAT THE FORCE IS, JUST GIVE ANSWERS. 
          AND THEN WE WAIT TO, WE CONTINUE TO HAVE THE AT SHOWN ASHTON SHOWS PROGRESS. 
          WHEN WE, WHEN WE STOPPED HEARING THINGS THAT WE KNOW, HEY, THINGS ARE GETTING DONE. 
          SOMETIMES ACTIONS, OUR ACTIONS SPEAK LOUDER THAN WORDS, AND I'LL LEAVE IT AT THAT, UM, TO MOVE, TO MOVE FORWARD, TO MOVE FORWARD. 
          DR. 
          RODRIGUEZ, CAN YOU TELL ME IN THE FUTURE, HOW WOULD BOARD MEMBERS KNOW THERE'LL BE INFORMED OF COVID-19 OUTBREAKS IN SCHOOLS? HOW, HOW, HOW WILL YOU, HOW WILL YOU COMMUNICATE BACK TO BOARD MEMBERS? UM, MOVING FORWARD, MR. SMITH, I KNOW THAT YOU REGULARLY GET DAILY OR HOWEVER NECESSARY, UH, UPDATE FROM OUR COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT, UH, ABOUT ANY CASES OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. 
          WE'VE BEEN DOING THAT SINCE THE BEGINNING. 
          WE'VE BEEN HONEST, WE'VE BEEN OPEN, WE'VE BEEN REPORTING TO THE BOARD, ALL THE INFORMATION ON A DAILY BASIS AS WE GET IT, AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO DO THAT. 
          AND TO WHAT DEGREE WILL WE GET INFORMATION ON OUTBREAKS IN SCHOOLS? UH, UM, WHAT THE GREEN, WHERE WE CAN ONLY, WE WILL, WILL WE GET THE BREAKDOWN? AND THE INFORMATION OF SCHOOLS IS MY QUESTION. 
          I'M NOT SURE WE, WE SEND IT TO YOU RIGHT NOW. 
          WHEN THERE A CASE AT A SCHOOL, YOU GET THAT RIGHT NOW. 
          SO, SO HERE, SO I CAN, I CAN, I CAN RESPECTFULLY SAY THAT IF YOU DON'T SEND IT, THEN THAT MEANS NINE TIMES OUT OF 10, THAT, THAT THERE'S NOT A CASE AT THAT SCHOOL. 
          IT'S ON THE DASHBOARD AS WELL. 
          UH, AND IT'S ASH, ASHLEY MARTIN CHAIR. 
          I'M ASKING DR. 
          REGUS BECAUSE HE'S, THIS IS THAT THIS PART OF IT IS COME FROM HIS OFFICE, NOT THE BOARD'S OFFICE. 
          SO I'M HIM TRYING TO GET CLARIFICATION FROM HIM TO UNDERSTAND THIS. 
          SO WHAT MY QUESTION IS, DR. 
          RODRIGUEZ, IT'D BE, IF YOU DON'T SEND IT OUT, THEN IT DOES NOT EXIST. 
          NO, THERE IS A WORD THAT, THAT RECORD, UH, CASES FOR YOU TO MAINTAIN, BUT ADDITIONALLY, YOU GET AN UPDATE, UH, AS WELL FROM MY WIFE. 
          I CAN TAKE IT. 
          SO SUPPOSE MR. SMITH, I'M GOING TO JUMP IN QUICKLY IF YOU DON'T MIND. 
          SURE. 
          YEAH. 
          SO I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY QUICKLY AS, UM, CHIEF OF SCHOOLS, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE FELT WAS REALLY IMPORTANT, ESPECIALLY AS WE TRANSITION FROM VIRTUAL TO HYBRID, IS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WERE TRANSPARENT WITH OUR COMMUNITY ABOUT OUTBREAKS THAT HAPPENED WITHIN OUR SCHOOLS. 
          THERE WERE TWO PARTICULAR METHODS THAT WE FELT WE NEEDED TO BE, UH, DISCIPLINED AND CONSISTENT ABOUT. 
          ONE WAS WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE WERE DAILY COMMUNICATIONS ABOUT, UM, I'M SO SORRY, ECHO, I'M SORRY. 
          SO I'M SORRY. 
          IS IT MR. CAMPBELL'S LET'S MEET. 
          I'LL NEED IT. 
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YEAH. 
          YES, SIR. 
          IS THAT BETTER, DUDE? YEAH, THAT'S BETTER. 
          YES, SIR. 
          QUICKLY TWO THINGS IS THAT WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WERE TRANSPARENT ABOUT OUR, WITH OUR COMMUNITY ABOUT OUTBREAKS THAT HAPPENED IN OUR SCHOOLS. 
          AND WE ALSO WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE WAS A COMMUNICATIONS INFRASTRUCTURE THAT ENABLED US TO DO THAT. 
          THE FIRST PIECE WAS TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT WAS SENDING DAILY UPDATES TO OUR BOARD ABOUT INFORMATION THAT WE RECEIVED. 
          AND I THINK THAT THOSE ARE HAPPENING, UM, FROM, UH, MS. CANDICE ROOT OR WHO WAS OUR DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS. 
          AND THEN WE DECIDED TO BUILD OUT, UM, OUR, UH, PLATFORM, UH, ON OUR WEBSITE THAT ACTUALLY HAD SCHOOL BY SCHOOL, ALL OF THE OUTBREAKS THAT WERE, THAT WE HAD BEEN MADE AWARE OF. 
          UM, AND SO THOSE ARE THE TWO PLATFORMS, THE VEHICLES AND THE COMMUNICATIONS INFRASTRUCTURE THAT WE HAVE DEPLOYED TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE ARE, UH, THAT OUR COMMUNITY AND OUR CITIZENS AND OUR BOARD ARE UP TO DATE ABOUT, UM, COVID, UH, TRANSMISSIONS WITH AN APPEAL PLAN, MR. SMITH YOU'RE MUTED. 
          WELL, THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UH, AND THEY'RE ACTUALLY THE REASON WHY I'VE ASKED SOME OF THOSE QUESTIONS IS TO UNDERSTAND, BECAUSE, UM, I'VE GOTTEN SEVERAL PHONE CALLS FROM CONSTITUENTS OR AS CONSTITUENTS OUT AND ABOUT. 
          THEY'VE SAID THAT THE DIFFERENT THINGS WERE GOING ON POSSIBLY IN DIFFERENT BUILDINGS. 
          AND, YOU KNOW, I TELL THEM TO REFER TO THE SUPERINTENDENT AND, YOU KNOW, AT SOME POINT AS A BOARD MEMBER, YOU JUST BEGIN TO WONDER AND KIND OF WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU'RE, THAT, THAT YOU ARE STILL, WE ARE STILL DOING OUR JOB AND THAT WE STILL DO HAVE AN IDEA OF WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE DISTRICT TO KNOW THAT, THAT WE DON'T RUN DAY-TO-DAY OPERATIONS, BUT WE DO HAVE SOME TYPE OF UNDERSTANDING AND PROSTATE AND CAN PROCESS OF SOME THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON TO ASSURE PEOPLE THAT THE DISTRICT DOES HAVE IT UNDER CONTROL. 
          SO, UH, THAT WAS MY POINT OF KIND OF ALSO ASKING TO UNDERSTAND EXACTLY HOW, HOW IT'S BEING DONE AND, AND WHAT INFORMATION AND BASED OFF OF THE SCHOOL SYSTEM, WHAT, WHAT INFORMATION IS BEING GIVEN TO BOARD MEMBERS AND HOW REGULARLY IS BECAUSE SOMEONE I, SOMEONE TO KILL, IT CAN BE HONEST AND WHERE SOMEONE CAN TELL ME, HEY, THIS JUST HAPPENED AT OUR SCHOOL. 
          I'M GOING TO, HEY, JUST HAVING A HIGH SCHOOL AND IT COULD JUST HAPPEN, BUT THEN THEY DIDN'T TELL ME THAT THIS JUST HAPPENED, OR WE JUST EXPECT IT. 
          AND SO, YOU KNOW, NOW IT'S SPREAD LIKE WILDFIRE, BUT YOU KNOW, IF, IF THAT SITS THE WORD OUT WHILE I WAS COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR, SEND IT OUT AND THEN, YOU KNOW, LISTEN, THE DISTRICT IS TAKING CARE OF IT IS THEY, THEY, THEY, THEY KNOW THAT I DID NOTIFY THEM. 
          IT, IT GIVES US MORE ASSURANCE AS, AS REPRESENTATIVES TO MAKE OUR, MAKE OUR CONSTITUENTS MORE EASE, TO KNOW THAT THE DISTRICT HAS A HANDLE ON IT AND THEY ARE WORKING ON IT AND THEY ARE, THEY ARE KNOWLEDGEABLE OF WHAT'S TAKING PLACE. 
          SO THAT, THAT'S A, THAT'S A TWO-STEP RELATIONSHIP HERE BECAUSE AT THE, AT THE END OF THE DAY, YOU KNOW, I TELL, I TELL MY CONSTITUENTS THAT THE SUPERINTENDENT DOES MAKE THAT THE OPPOSITE DAY-TO-DAY OPERATIONAL DECISIONS. 
          AND SO SOME OF THEM UNDERSTAND THAT SOME OF THEM ARE, ARE BEGINNING TO LEARN TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THAT ENTAIL UNDER OUR CURRENT GOVERNANCE. 
          SO THAT'S WHY THIS INFORMATION IS VERY IMPORTANT THAT, THAT, THAT WE ARE INFORMING THAT, THAT WE INFORM EACH OTHER OR THAT THE DISTRICT IS INFORMING US THAT, THAT THEY HAVE A CONTROL ON WHAT'S GOING ON IN HOUSE. 
          SO, UM, UM, MOVING FORWARD, LIKE I SAID, I JUST WANT TO GET A CLARIFICATION OF UNDERSTANDING OF HOW, IF, HOW AS BOARD MEMBERS WE ARE INFORMED OF WHAT IS GOING ON WHEN IT COMES THROUGH THE COVID-19 UPDATE, OR WHAT'S TAKING PLACES IN THE BUILDING AND HOW THE THINGS ARE BEING DONE, BECAUSE IT IS A CONTINUOUS, SORRY. 
          IT IS A CONTINUOUS, UH, CONCERN. 
          YEAH. 
          MR. SMITH, WE HAVE ABOUT THREE MINUTES BEFORE WE WERE GOING TO, UH, ADJOURN FOR LUNCH BECAUSE WE HAVE A 45 MINUTE LUNCH. 
          AND THEN AT ONE O'CLOCK WE START OUR WORK SESSION. 
          SO I THINK WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO, UH, AT THIS POINT, ASK IF YOU HAVE ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS FOR DR. 
          RODRIGUEZ AND HIS STAFF THAT YOU, UH, EMAIL HIM OR CALL HIM OR, OR WHATEVER. 
          UH, NO PROBLEM, MAX HERE. 
          I WOULD JUST LIKE TO FINISH UP MY LAST DAY IF I COULD IN A QUICK SECOND. 
          UM, I JUST LIKED FOR POOR PEOPLE FOR THE COMMUNITY TO UNDERSTAND THAT UNDER THE COHERENT, UNDER THE CLEAR GOVERNANCE THAT WE DO NOT MAKE THE DECISION OF RIVER 
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SCHOOL OPENS A CLOSE, THAT IS THE SUPERINTENDENT'S DECISION AND HIS SOLELY ALONE. 
          SO CONSTITUENTS ARE, OR SOME OF THEM ARE WRITING OR SOME OF THEM ARE EMAILING US. 
          AND THEY'RE FRUSTRATING THAT THE DECISION COMES FROM SOLELY THE SUPERINTENDENT, BECAUSE HE'S OVER THE DAY TO DAY OF OPERATION. 
          AND IF PEOPLE HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THAT, THEN YOU MAY NEED TO ACTUALLY ASK YOUR REPRESENTATIVE WHILE WE ARE UNDER THE CURRENT GOVERNANCE OR TO BETTER TEACH YOU ABOUT, ABOUT IT. 
          BUT THAT IS HOW THAT IS HOW IT WORKS. 
          WE DO NOT HAVE THE AUTHORITY RIGHT NOW. 
          WE HAVE GIVEN THAT AUTHORITY TO THE SUPERINTENDENT IS 95 FIVE. 
          THAT'S JUST MY OPINION. 
          THANK YOU. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          UM, WE'RE, WE'RE, UH, THAT CONCLUDES YOUR REPORT. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR REPORT. 
          AND, UH, THE REST OF THESE THINGS. 
          WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING THAT'S, WE'RE GONNA ADJOURN THIS MEETING AND JUST THE ABOUT 50 SECONDS. 
          AND WE'RE GOING TO COME BACK FOR OUR WORK SESSION, WHICH IS A SEPARATE MEETING STARTING AT ONE O'CLOCK BOARD MEMBERS FOR THAT WORK SESSION MEETINGS. 
          OKAY. 
          YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE A SEPARATE, A SEPARATE EMAIL WITH A SEPARATE LINK TO THE WORK SESSION BEGINNING AT ONE O'CLOCK. 
          OKAY. 
          FUTURE AGENDA TOPICS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THEY'RE BEING DONE. 
          DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN, PUBLIC COMMENTS, POINT OF WATER? ARE THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS? NO, THOSE WERE ACTUALLY COVERED AT THE FIRST ON THE SECOND. 
          IT'S ON THE AGENDA. 
          IT'S ON THE AGENDA. 
          COULD YOU PLEASE LISTEN TO MY RESPONSE AND GIVE ME THE COURTESY OF GIVING YOUR RESPONSE, SIR, IF YOU READ THE AGENDA, THOSE, THE SECOND PUBLIC COMMENTS WAS COVERED THE WAY IT ALWAYS IS. 
          IT WAS COVERED THE FIRST DAY OF THE MEETING, EXCUSE ME, AT NINE O'CLOCK. 
          AND THERE, I THINK THERE WERE ANY, WELL, THERE WAS ONE, THERE WAS ONE, THERE WAS ONE THAT WE TOOK AT NINE O'CLOCK ON TUESDAY NIGHT. 
          SO WE'VE COVERED THAT. 
          LOOK AT THE BEGINNING OF THE AGENDA THAT'S POSTED. 
          YEAH, I UNDERSTAND THAT DOCTOR, BUT THE AGENDA I'M LOOKING AT ON MY SCREEN SAYS FUTURE AGENDA, TOPICS, ANNOUNCEMENT, AND PUBLIC COMMENTS, AND THAT WAS COVERED ON NOVEMBER. 
          CAN YOU PLANT COVER IT AND LEAVE IT ON THE AGENDA OR AT THE BEGINNING, PLEASE? THANK YOU, MR. GUYER. 
          SECOND. 
          ALL IN FAVOR  COUNTY JAIL IS ALSO AVAILABLE ON VIDEO ON DEMAND.GOV, SCROLL DOWN TO PUBLIC MEETINGS, WHICH WATCH NOW CLICK THE VIDEO ON DEMAND BUTTON AND SELECT YOUR PROGRAM. 
          IF YOU'D LIKE A DVD OF THIS PROGRAM. 
          THANK YOU FOR WATCHING THE COUNTY CHANNEL. 
          HELLO, I'M GRACE CORDIAL BUFORD COUNTY LIBRARY. 
          AND THIS IS YOUR BUFORD COUNTY MOMENT. 
          POPULATION CHANGES IN HISTORIC EVENTS OFTEN CAUSE PLACE NAMES AND LOCATION BOUNDARIES TO CHANGE OVER TIME. 
          HOOVER COUNTY IS NO EXCEPTION. 
          COUNTIES HAVE EXISTED IN SOUTH CAROLINA IN ONE FORM OR ANOTHER SINCE COLONIAL DAYS, THE LORDS PROPRIETORS SET UP THREE COUNTIES, CRAVEN COLLINGTON AND BERKELEY IN 1682, THE FOURTH COUNTY GRANVILLE COUNTY WAS FORMED IN 1685 IN TERRITORY NOW COVERED BY BUFORD HAMPTON AND JASPER COUNTIES. 
          AS THE POPULATION OF OUR AREA, GREW PARISHES WERE SET UP WITHIN GRANVILLE COUNTY ST. 
          HELENA PARISH WAS CREATED IN 1712 PRINCE WILLIAM'S PARISH, 1745 ST. 
          PETER'S PARISH IN 
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1747 AND ST. 
          LUKE'S PARISH IN 1767. 
          POLITICALLY PARISHES SERVED AS ELECTION DISTRICT AND OUTLINED MILITIA UNIT BOUNDARIES. 
          SOUTH CAROLINA GREW, AND ITS POPULATION SHIFTED INLAND BACK COUNTRY. 
          SETTLERS BECAME INCREASINGLY ANNOYED THAT MOST GOVERNMENT FUNCTIONS REMAINED IN CHARLESTON. 
          IT WAS HARD TO GET TO COURT IN CHARLESTON, PARTICULARLY FROM THE BACK COUNTRY, AFTER ALMOST 50 YEARS OF PETITIONS AND SOME VIOLENCE, THE ASSEMBLY SET UP SEVEN JUDICIAL DISTRICTS WITHIN THE COLONY TO ADDRESS THE COMPLAINTS. 
          BUFORD DISTRICT WAS ONE OF THE NEW JUDICIAL DISTRICTS CREATED IN 1769. 
          THIS IS THE SOURCE OF THE DATE, 1769 ON THE PRESENT BUFORD COUNTY SEAL TO MAKE MATTERS EVEN MORE CONFUSING IN 1785, THE SEVEN JUDICIAL DISTRICTS WERE SUBDIVIDED INTO COUNTIES B FOR DISTRICT CONTAINED FOUR COUNTIES, HILTON COUNTY, SHREWSBURY COUNTY, LINCOLN COUNTY, AND A RECONFIGURED VERY MUCH SMALLER GRANVILLE COUNTY HERE IN BUFORD DISTRICT THOUGH, WE PREFERRED OUR PARISH SYSTEM AND THE LOCATION NAMES OF ST. 
          HELENA PRINCE WILLIAM ST. 
          PETER AND ST. 
          LUKE'S CONTINUED TO BE USED BUFORD DISTRICT. 
          WE WERE FOR 99 YEARS UNTIL THE STATE'S CONSTITUTION OF 1868. 
          RENAMED THE JUDICIAL DISTRICTS COUNTIES, THUS BUFORD DISTRICT BECAME BUFORD COUNTY FOR THE FIRST TIME IN THE HISTORICAL RECORD IN 1868, STILL MORE CHANGES WERE IN STORE FOR BUFORD COUNTY. 
          10 YEARS LATER IN 1878, BUFORD COUNTY WAS DIVIDED INTO BUFORD COUNTY IN HAMPTON COUNTY. 
          THE COUNTY LINE FOLLOWED AT THE SAVANNAH CHARLESTON RAILROAD TRACK IN 1912, BOTH BUFORD COUNTY AND HAMPTON COUNTY GAVE UP TERRITORY TO CREATE JASPER COUNTY. 
          THE LAST ADJUSTMENT TO THE BOUNDARIES OF BUFORD COUNTY OCCURRED IN 1951 WHEN AREAS NEAR HARDY MILL AND THE LEVY LIMA HILLS AREA VOTED TO JOIN JASPER COUNTY, THUS THE NAMES AND BOUNDARIES OF WHAT WE KNOW AS BEAVER COUNTY HAVE VARIED THROUGH TIME. 
          MY NAME IS GRACE CORDIAL. 
          I WORK AT BUFORD COUNTY LIBRARY, AND THIS HAS BEEN YOUR BUFORD COUNTY MOMENT. 
          MORE BUFORD COUNTY MOMENTS GO TO THE BUFORD COUNTY LIBRARY HOMEPAGE AND CLICK ON THE LOCAL HISTORY. 
          YEAH,  WHAT CAN YOU DO TO KEEP YOUR FAMILY AND FRIENDS SAFE? DON'T PROVIDE EASY ACCESS, ESPECIALLY TO NARCOTIC MEDICATIONS, INVENTORY, YOUR MEDICINE CABINETS, ESPECIALLY CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES, SAFELY DISCARD OUTDATED, OR UNUSED MEDICATIONS PROPERLY. 
          DID YOU KNOW, BUFORD COUNTY HAS MANY LOCATIONS FOR YOU TO DISPOSE YOU WERE OUTDATED OR UNUSED MEDICATIONS, JUST OVER 2 MILLION LAWYERS IN HERE. 
          SO ACTUALLY, UH, STARTED MARICULTURE IN OH SEVEN. 
          KNOW THEY LOVE THE BUFORD SINGLE EISTER. 
          THE MOTHER NATURE ONLY GIVES YOU A FEW OF THEM, BUT WE KNEW WE HAD TO ACTUALLY START GROWING THEM TO MEET DEMAND. 
          AND THAT'S WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING EVER SINCE. 
          WE'RE ACTUALLY FROM MARYLAND VIRGINIA AREA, THE CHESAPEAKE BAY, AS A KID, MESS AROUND WITH OYSTERS ALL THE TIME. 
          IT'S JUST SOMETHING THAT YOU DO PROBABLY 40, 50,000 OYSTERS. 
          UM, THIS YEAR WE SHOULD BE UP AROUND QUARTER MILLION, GET A LITTLE SHOW AND TELL HERE, WE'RE PULLING THESE BIGGER ONES OUT AND THEY'LL GO INTO A BIGGER MESH BAG IN ABOUT SIX MONTHS. 
          THESE ARE THE THREE INCHES AND THEN A ROLL BAR IN TULSA OR BUFORD, RIGHT? LET ME HAND YOU THESE BACK, MAN. 
          YOU DON'T WANT TO DROP THAT THE FINAL PRODUCT, A THREE AND JOISTER WHICH WE'RE ABOUT TO GO GET HERE IN A LITTLE BIT. 
          WE GOT ACCOLADES ALL DAY LONG. 
          IF THE PEOPLE IN BUFORD LOVE THEM, CAUSE A LITTLE NEW FOR PEOPLE, NO OYSTERS. 
          AND THEY SAY, THEY'RE GOOD. 
          THEY'RE GOOD. 
          UH, FRANK BRUNEI FROM THE NEW YORK TIMES HAD OYSTERS OUT OF THE ORDINARY, WHICH IS A FINE RESTAURANT. 
          JAMES BEARD AWARD-WINNING CHEF. 
          THEY HAD EIGHT OYSTERS ON THE MENU. 
          HE ATE, ATE ONE OF EACH. 
          THEN HE CALLED CHEF LOD OVER AND UH, POINTED TO ROE AND SAID, THIS WAS THE BEST CHOICE I'VE EVER EATEN. 
          AND HE WENT 
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AND ATE THREE DOZEN MORE AND THEN WENT ON TWITTER, 300,000 FOLLOWERS AND SAID, CONNIE, THESE OYSTERS ARE THEY'RE REALLY, REALLY GOOD. 
          A LOT OF THE PHONE CALLS CAME FROM OUT OF STATE AND WE'RE JUST NOT SET UP TO SHIP OUT OF STATE YET. 
          WE'RE WORKING ON IT. 
          UH WE'RE WE'VE GOT TO SATISFY THE NEEDS OF SOUTH CAROLINA. 
          FIRST WE'LL DROP THE TAX AND THE WATER WILL PASS THROUGH THIS SHIFT, BUT THE RV IS GOING TO BE AROUND 70 A MICRON. 
          SO THERE'LL BE CAPTURED ON THE SHIP. 
          IT LOOKS LIKE COFFEE GROUNDS IN HERE. 
          THEN WE'LL TAKE THIS. 
          THAT'S CAPTURED HERE, PUT THEM IN THESE CUPS WITH FILTERED SEAWATER. 
          THEN WE'LL TAKE A SAMPLE OF THAT AND PUT IT UNDER THE MICROSCOPE, THE SIZE AND HOW MANY WE HAVE DETERMINES HOW MUCH FOOD THEY GET BACK IN THE TANK. 
          WHEN WE RELOAD THE TANKS WITH FILTERED WATER, SEVEN DAYS A WEEK FOR AT LEAST 21 TO 25 DAYS CYCLE. 
          IT'S LIKE HAVING A LOT OF LITTLE PUPPIES. 
          I LEARNED PRETTY QUICKLY THAT I HAD TO LEARN HOW TO DO THIS BECAUSE WE RAN OF OYSTERS IN THE WILD. 
          IT TAKES TOO LONG FOR OUR MARKET DEMANDS. 
          YOU GET A SINGLE WILD OYSTER. 
          SO I WENT TO UP HATCHERIES AROUND THE EAST COAST, LEARNING FROM THEM, HOW THEY DO IT. 
          AND EACH HATCHERY HAS ITS OWN LITTLE WAYS OF DOING IT. 
          WHAT WORKS IN A HATCHERY SAY IN NORTH CAROLINA MAY NOT WORK IN A HASH FOR A YEAR. 
          THE WATER BODY'S DIFFERENT. 
          WHAT WE DO HERE MAY NOT WORK SOMEPLACE ELSE. 
          SO YOU HAVE TO FIND YOUR OWN LITTLE NICHE. 
          PURPOSE OF THE SINGLE GRAIN IS A SINGLE OYSTER. 
          UH, IF THE, IF THE GRAIN OF, IF THE CRUSHED SHELL IS TOO BIG, WE'LL GET MULTIPLE SETS ON IT. 
          THEN WE'LL GET A CLUSTERED OYSTER. 
          WELL, WE GET THOSE IN THE WILD ALREADY. 
          SO WE'RE NOT TRYING TO GROW A CLUSTERED OYSTER. 
          ONCE THEY SET, THEY CAN ONLY DO IT ONE TIME. 
          SO THEY, THEY SUBMIT THEMSELVES TO THAT PIECE OF SH A CRUSHED SHELL. 
          AND THEN THEY START GROWING THEIR OWN SHELL. 
          WE DO A LOT OF RESEARCH WITH DNR, UH, D HECK, UH, FDA, UH, OVER IN CONSTANT COMMUNICATION WITH THE OTHER HATCHERIES, UH, WEATHER CHANGES THINGS. 
          WE JUST HAD A COLD SNAP THE OTHER DAY. 
          UH, IT SLOWED DOWN OUR GROWTH. 
          OUR OYSTERS WENT THE NEXT, OR WE STILL RFA WANT AN EXTRA FIVE DAYS BECAUSE OF THE DROP IN TEMPERATURE. 
          THIS IS A REFRACTIVE METER AND I'M MEASURING THE SALINITY IN THE WATER. 
          LOOK UP INTO THE SUN. 
          AQUACULTURE IS FROM OUR DEFINITION IS IMPOUNDMENTS ON LAND SHRIMP FARMS, CATFISH FARMS, THAT'S AGRICULTURE. 
          THIS IS MARICULTURE, WHICH IS IMPOUNDMENTS AT SEA, WHICH IS WHAT WE'RE DOING. 
          THAT'S THE DIFFERENCE? THERE'S ABOUT, THERE'S ABOUT 1800 OYSTERS IN HERE. 
          THESE ARE READY FOR MARKET. 
          WE'VE GOT WATER COMING IN FROM ST. 
          HELENA SOUND. 
          THAT'S GOOD OCEAN WATER. 
          AND SO THAT'S WHERE YOU GET THAT NICE BRINY, BRIGHT FLAVOR THAT TASTED OF THE OCEAN TASTED THE SEAT. 
          THAT'S WHAT WE WANT. 
          NICE CUP, GOOD FAN. 
          THESE ARE GOING TO BE PROCESSED TONIGHT TOMORROW MORNING. 
          AND BY MID MORNING, THEY'LL BE ON THEIR WAY TO CHARLESTON  AND THE ROLL BARS. 
          THEY TYPICALLY CALL THIS THE SINGLE LADY. 
          THAT'S WHAT YOU WANT. 
          YOU WANT TO SEE THAT NICE CHINA, WHITE KIND OF BODY. 
          AND YOU WANT TO SEE THAT LIQUOR IN THERE, AND YOU JUST WANT TO, SOMEBODY CUT THE BOTTOM OF THAT MUSCLE AND THIS WASTER IS READY TO BE EATEN. 
          I LOVE HIM. 
          I LOVE HIM RAW COOKED, STEAMED ANY WHICH WAY I CAN GET THEM. 
          UH, SOMETIMES I PUT A LITTLE BIT OF LEMON ON THEM OR A MINION NET, A LITTLE BIT OF HOT SAUCE, AND I JUMP AROUND, BUT I'LL TAKE HIM ANY WHICH WAY I CAN GET THEM. 
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BUFORD COUNTY IS REALLY UNIQUE AND IT'S WATER. 
          WELL, THEY CALL OUR RIVERS RIVERS, BUT THEY'RE NOT REALLY RIVERS. 
          THEY'RE ACTUALLY TITLED EXTRA WORRIES THAT HAVE FLOW IN AND FLOW OUT FROM THE OCEAN. 
          THEY'RE NOT FROM WAY UP IN COLUMBIA PASSING BY ALL KINDS OF RIVERS AND TOWNS AND, AND WATER TREATMENT PLANTS. 
          UH, BUFORD COUNTY GETS IT. 
          THEY UNDERSTAND THE UNIQUENESS OF OUR WATER QUALITY AND THEY, THEY PUT A LOT OF EFFORT INTO ENSURING THAT OUR WATER STAYS CLEAN. 
          CLEAN WATER IS EXTREMELY VALUABLE AND DIRTY. 
          WATER IS EXTREMELY EXPENSIVE. 
          OUR CONNECTION WITH THE WATER BODY WITH THE MARSH IS, IS DEFINES WHO WE ARE. 
          AND, UH, AND THEY'RE REALLY, UH, REALLY GOOD AT PROTECTING IT. 
          WHEN THE WAVES SWELL, THE WIND BLOWS AND RAIN STARTS TO POUR. 
          YOU'LL ASK YOURSELF HOW PREPARED OR UNPREPARED ARE YOU? DID YOU BOARD YOUR WINDOWS PROTECT YOUR HOME SECURE, LOOSE OBJECTS SO THEY WON'T BLOW AWAY, BRING LARGE ITEMS IN AND LOW ITEMS UP. 
          IF YOU'RE PROPERLY PREPARED, IT WILL HELP IN A BIG WAY. 
          DOES YOUR FAMILY HAVE A PLAN? DO THEY KNOW WHAT TO DO? IS YOUR EMERGENCY KIT PACKED, WAITING BY THE DOOR FOR YOU? JUST BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT ON THE COAST. 
          DOESN'T MEAN YOU'RE OKAY. 
          HEAVY WINDS AND FLOODING CAN WASH THINGS AWAY. 
          WHEN A HURRICANE IS NEAR, YOU NEED TO STAY SAFE. 
          TURN ON THE RADIO, WAIT FOR UPDATES. 
          ONLY LEAVE YOUR HOME OF TOLD. 
          SO GRAB YOUR BAG AND GO, GO GO. 
          NOW IF YOU'RE HOME AND THE HEAVY WIND BLOWS, GET AWAY FROM THE WINDOWS, WATCH OUT FOR FLOODING AND PROTECT YOURSELF. 
          YOU MAY BE WITHOUT POWER FOR A COUPLE OF DAYS, BUT YOUR EMERGENCY KITS SHOULD HELP YOU TO STAY. 
          ONCE THE STORM HAS GONE AND IT'S SAFE TO GO HOME, BE CAUTIOUS OF WHAT'S GOING ON. 
          IF WATER'S IN YOUR PATH, YOU HAVE TO TURN BACK DANGEROUS, ELECTRICITY AND THINGS YOU CAN'T SEE CAN HURT YOU VERY BADLY. 
          SO BEFORE THE WAVES SWELL, THE WIND BLOWS AND RAIN STARTS TO POUR, GET PREPARED, MAKE A PLAN AND PROTECT YOURSELF EACH AND EVERY WAY AMERICA'S, PREPAREATHON BE SMART. 
          TAKE PART, PREPARE. 
          GET STARTED TODAY, GO TO READY.GOV/PREPARE ALL OVER BEEF COUNTY ARE BEING TARGETED BY THESE. 
          WE WANT TO REMIND YOU NOT LEAVE VALUABLES IN YOUR CAR TO KEEP YOUR DOORS LOCKED. 
          DO YOU HAVE ANY INFORMATION ABOUT RECENT DEATHS, PLEASE CONTACT THE BEAVER COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE OR CRIME STUFF. 
          HELLO. 
          MY NAME IS EBONY SANDERS. 
          I AM THE BUFORD COUNTY ASSESSMENT, OUR GOAL, BUT THE BUFORD COUNTY ASSESSOR'S OFFICE IS TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC IN THE AREAS OF REAL PROPERTY TAXATION IN AN EFFORT TO MEET THAT GOAL. 
          WE ARE HERE TODAY TO SHOW YOU A SERIES OF VIDEOS, STARTING WITH THIS ONE CONCERNING THE BUFORD COUNTY ASSESSOR'S OFFICE. 
          WAIT, START BY GOING TO THE BUFORD COUNTY WEBSITE, WWW DOT BUFORD COUNTY, ETSY.GOV, AND YOU CAN GO THERE TO LOCATE OUR WEBPAGE TO BEGIN. 
          WHEN YOU'RE AT THE WEB PAGE, YOU WILL START BY GOING TO THE GOVERNMENT TAB ON YOUR PAGE. 
          THEN YOU WILL FIND THE APARTMENT UNDER ASSESSOR. 
          WHEN YOU SELECT ASSESSOR, THE PAGE WILL DIRECT YOU TO OUR WEBPAGE. 
          WANDA ASSESSES WEBPAGE. 
          YOU WILL FIND OUT IT'S POSTED INFORMATION THAT YOU CAN DO RESEARCH ON. 
          YOU CAN FIND INFORMATION ABOUT YOUR PARTICULAR PROPERTY, BUT YOU CAN ALSO ACTUALLY FIND ONLINE APPLICATIONS WHERE YOU CAN APPLY FOR LEGAL RESIDENCY APPLICATIONS AS WELL AS AG USE. 
          SO LET'S LOOK AT THE LEGAL RESIDENCY APPLICATIONS AGAIN, YOU'LL SEE, THERE'S A LINK THAT YOU CAN APPLY FOR THE LEGAL RESIDENCY APPLICATIONS. 
          WE STILL LIKE DARLING. 
          AND HERE THE APPLICATION IS PROVIDED FOR YOU. 
          MY SUGGESTION WOULD BE TO READ THE ENTIRE APPLICATION THOROUGHLY BEFORE YOU BEGIN, AS YOU WILL NEED CERTAIN DOCUMENTS TO SUBMIT WITH YOUR APPLICATION. 
          IF YOU CHOOSE NOT TO APPLY ONLINE, YOU CAN ALSO APPLY IT IN PAPER FORM, GO BACK TO THE ASSESSOR'S OFFICE WEB PAGE, GO TO FORMS. AND HERE YOU'LL SEE A LIST OF ALL THE FORMS THAT OUR OFFICE OF SUPPLY OUR TAXPAYERS. 
          YOU CAN ACTUALLY DOWNLOAD THESE FORMS AND PRINT THEM OFF AND SUBMIT THEM IN WRITING 
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YOUR APPLICATION CAN BE MAILED INTO OUR OFFICE AS WELL. 
          YOU CAN MAIL THEM BY USING OUR MAILING ADDRESS, WHICH IS LOCATED IN OUR CONTACT INFORMATION ON OUR WEB PAGE. 
          YOU CAN ALSO FACTUAL APPLICATION ALONG WITH YOUR DOCUMENTS TO THE FAX NUMBER THAT'S LISTED ON OUR WEBPAGE. 
          AGAIN, THE FORM SECTION OF OUR WEBPAGE DOES HAVE A LOT OF INFORMATION THERE YOU CAN BROWSE. 
          YOU CAN NAVIGATE THROUGH THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF APPLICATIONS AND SELECT THE ONE THAT'S MOST APPROPRIATE FOR YOUR SITUATION. 
          ADDITIONALLY, ON OUR WEBPAGE, YOU WILL FIND INFORMATION ABOUT WHO WE ARE AND WHAT WE DO. 
          IT'S A SHORT VIDEO BLAINE'S ASSESSOR'S OFFICE ROLE IN THE TAXATION PROCESS. 
          ANOTHER PART OF OUR ONLINE WEB PAGES, THAT WOULD BE VERY INTERESTING TO BE BENEFICIAL IS TO DOWNLOAD THE 2018 REASSESSMENT GUIDE BY SELECTING THE REASSESSMENT GUIDE. 
          YOU CAN ACTUALLY DOWNLOAD THIS PARTICULAR BROCHURE AND READ IT AT YOUR CONVENIENCE OR READ IT WHILE YOU'RE ONLINE. 
          IT WILL GIVE YOU MORE DETAILED INFORMATION ABOUT OUR OFFICE AND WHAT WE DO AND HOW WE CAN HELP YOU AS A TAXPAYER WITH REGARDS TO YOUR REAL PROPERTY VALUATION, WE TURN INTO THE ASSESSOR'S OFFICE WEB PAGE. 
          YOU WILL SEE THAT YOU CAN CONTACT US BY REACHING US AT (843) 255-2400. 
          OUR LOCATION IS LISTED ON OUR WEBPAGE AS WELL. 
          WE HAVE THREE DIFFERENT OFFICES. 
          WE HAVE TWO SATELLITE OFFICES, ONE LOCATED IN BLUFFTON, ONE LOCATED IN HILTON HEAD. 
          AND OUR MAIN CAMPUS IS HERE IN BUFORD, DR. 
          LINE. 
          IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO KNOW THE ADDRESSES FOR THOSE LOCATIONS AND FIND THE ONES CLOSEST NEAR TO YOU, YOU CAN GO, GO BACK TO OUR PAGE TO RESOURCES, SELECT OFFICE LOCATION. 
          AND THE ADDRESS IS TO OUR BUILDINGS. 
          OUR LOCATIONS ARE LISTED THERE. 
          ADDITIONALLY, WHAT WILL BE VERY HELPFUL TO A LOT OF OUR TAXPAYERS? THEY WOULD LIKE TO FIND OUT MORE ABOUT THEIR PROPERTY VALUE OR PROPERTIES IN THEIR SURROUNDING AREAS. 
          YOU CAN USE OUR PROPERTY MAPS FEATURE UNDER RESOURCES TO SEARCH FOR REAL PROPERTY BY YOUR PERSONAL PIN NUMBER, YOUR AIN NUMBER OR YOUR NAME AND YOUR SITUS ADDRESS IS HELPFUL TO HAVE AS WELL. 
          IF YOU WANT TO SEARCH FOR A PARTICULAR ONE BY YOUR SIDE EFFECTS IN THE NEAR FUTURE, WE'RE GOING TO DO SERIES OF VIDEOS THAT WILL GIVE YOU MORE DETAILED INFORMATION WHEN THE PROPERTY MAX PORTION OF OUR WEBSITE, ANOTHER FEATURE THAT YOU MAY FIND VERY, VERY INTERESTING. 
          CAN YOU FOLLOW US ON TWITTER? OUR TWITTER ADDRESS IS LOCATED HERE ON OUR WEB PAGE AND YOU CAN ACTUALLY LINK TO OUR TWITTER ACCOUNT AND YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE ANY NEW UPDATED EVENTS THAT ARE OCCURRING WITH THE ASSESSOR'S OFFICE. 
          THAT'S IMPORTANT TO YOU AS A TAXPAYER OR THIS INFORMATION THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO SHARE. 
          THANK YOU FOR JOINING US AND ALLOWING ME TO INTRODUCE MYSELF. 
          YOU CAN GAIN ADDITIONAL INFORMATION BY GOING TO WWW.BUFORDCOUNTYFC.GOV. 
          YOU CAN CONTACT US BY CALLING US AT (843) 255-2400. 
          AND YOU CAN ALWAYS SEND A MESSAGE TO US USING OUR CITIZEN GRANTS AS LISTED ON OUR WEB PAGE. 
          AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR JOINING US. 
          SHOULD YOUNG PEOPLE CARE ABOUT THE SPREAD OF CORONA? WELL, WE KNOW THAT PEOPLE WITH UNDERLYING MEDICAL CONDITIONS OVER THE AGE OF 60 ARE AT HIGHEST RISK, BUT THEY'VE GOT TO GET IT FROM SOMEBODY. 
          SO WE'RE ASKING EVERYONE TO BE SELFLESS FOR OTHERS SO THAT WE CAN PROTECT THOSE WHO ARE MOST SUSCEPTIBLE, NOT GOING TO BARS, NOT GOING TO RESTAURANTS. 
          IT ALL JUST MEANS PHYSICAL SEPARATION SO THAT YOU HAVE A SPACE BETWEEN YOU AND OTHERS. 
          FOR MORE INFORMATION ON HOW YOU CAN SOCIAL DISTANCE, PLEASE GO TO CORONAVIRUS.GOV. 
           DID YOU KNOW DRAGGING CHAINS IN SPARK A WILDFIRE CAN PREVENT .
* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.