Jan 19, 2021 Board of Education

[Call to Order]

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JEAN 21. THE ORDER TO BE ON A SLIGHT DELAY THE START OF THE MEETING DUE TO SOME TECHNICAL ISSUES. THE MEETING IS BEING CONDUCTED BY A HYBRID VIDEO CONFERENCING AND IT'S BEING LIVESTREAM BY THE COUNTY CHANNEL. THE CAPACITY IN THE COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT MEDIA CENTER IS LIMITED TO 30 INDIVIDUALS IN ORDER TO COMPLY.

THE SOCIAL DISTANCING REQUIREMENTS INDIVIDUALS MUST STAY AT LEAST SIX FEET APART AND TASKS ARE REQUIRED BEFORE SCHOOL DISTRICT STAFF WILL TAKE TEMPERATURES AND SCREEN ALL INDIVIDUALS ATTENDING THE MEETING. SEATING WILL BE ON A FIRST COME FIRST SERVE BASIS. REQUESTS FOR PUBLIC COMMENT PARTICIPATION WILL BE ACCEPTED 3 5 5 3 P.M. BY SENDING AN E-MAIL WITH YOUR NAME, PHONE NUMBER AND TOPIC TO ROBBINS

WISHING VERY HAPPY FORGOT K12 DONE A SEAT ON US. >> YOU'LL RECEIVE A PHONE CALL DURING PUBLIC COMMENTS WHERE YOU'LL BE ABLE TO SPEAK AND ADDRESS THE BOARD FOR A MAXIMUM OF THREE MINUTES ON ISSUES WITHIN THE BOARD'S DOMAIN. THE FORUM WILL BE LIMITED TO 30 MINUTES. IF YOU ARE IN PERSON YOU MAY ADDRESS THE BOARD FOR MAXIMUM THREE MINUTES ON ISSUES WITHIN THE BOARD'S DOMAIN. EACH SPEAKER MUST FILL OUT A PUBLIC COMMENT CARD. PLEASE SEE PLUG OUR CARD REQUEST FOR THE SECOND PUBLIC COMMENTS WILL BE ACCEPTED BETWEEN SEVEN AND SEVEN THIRTY P.M. IN THE SAME MANNER AS ABOVE. THE SECOND COUPLE OF COMMENTS WILL TAKE PLACE PRIOR TO ADJOURNMENT NO LATER THAN 9 P.M.. THE SECOND FORUM WILL BE LIMITED TO 15 MINUTES IN THE EVENT THE BOARD HAS NOT FINISHED ADDRESSING ALL ITEMS LISTED IN THE JANUARY 19 21 AGENDA. THE BOARD WILL RECONVENE AT 6 P.M. TOMORROW FEB. 20 20 21 WHICH IS NEXT AS BUSINESS DAY TO FINISH THE AGENDA ITEMS.

[Executive Session]

SESSION. >> MR. CAMPBELL, CAN YOU TURN ON YOUR MIKE AND GET YOUR NOTES CLOSE TO IT? THANK YOU. THAT'S IT.

>> ONE SET BE GLAD TO GET AN ARGUMENT CLOSE TO YOUR LIPS. ALL RIGHT.

THERE AND EVERY NIGHT. YEAH, GREAT. I WILL.

MOVE TO EXECUTIVE SESSION FOR EMPLOYMENT READ PERSONNEL RATIFICATION REPORT.

EMPLOYMENT. WHITE METRO PROMOTION COMPENSATION.

REVIEW OF EVALUATION OF EXECUTIVE ADMINISTRATOR TO REPORT PURSUANT TO LINE OF CODE THIRTY DASH FOR GAS 0 A 1 ALSO FOR DISCUSSION OF POSSIBLE DISPOSITION OF THE OR PROPERTY SEWER. THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE ANNEX SECTION THIRTY FOUR SEVENTY EIGHT TO THIS CATEGORY. THANK YOU. SO THE NOTION HAS BEEN SECONDED TO GO INTO EXECUTIVE THIS SESSION. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION MR. STAFFORD MADAM CHAIR IS A LOCATION TO BE PUBLISHED AND THAT IS TO GIVE THE COMMUNITY THE PUBLIC MORE ANXIETY TO GIVE THEM AN IDEA OF WHAT PROPERTY WE'RE TALKING ABOUT EXACTLY.

>> I'LL DEFER TO THE DISTRICT'S LEGAL COUNSEL ESCARPMENT. >> MR. SMITH, ARE YOU ASKING

WITH BACK TO THE REVIEW OF THE VALUATION? >> NO.

MY QUESTION IS AGAIN IS IT TO MAKE IT MORE CLEAR TO THE PUBLIC? IS THERE AN ADDRESS THAT WE WILL BE DISCUSSING IN THE EXECUTIVE SESSION? AND I SAID IN GO APPROACH OUR PROPERTY IS AN ADDRESS ACTUALLY.

>> IT'S FINE TO DISCUSS PICO PROPERTY. IT'S A LA PICO LIBRARY PROPERTY

. I DON'T HAVE THE EXACT ADDRESS. >> THANK YOU.

YES SIR. >> THANK YOU. THERE BEING NO FURTHER HANDS UP FOR DISCUSSION VOTING IS NOW OPEN. JEFF MR. OBAMA.

SECOND THE MOTION. CORRECT? YES.

VOTING IS NOW OPEN.

RIGHT. HOW WOULD YOU WANT THE ELECTION CARRIES 10 0 0.

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[6:00 Public Session]

[Action as Necessary or Appropriate Regarding Matters Discussed in Executive Session]

EXECUTIVE SESSION, YES, MA'AM. >> CHAIR I MOVE THE BOARD APPROVED THE SUPERINTENDENT'S RECOMMENDATION FOR EMPLOYMENT LISTED ON THE DECEMBER 1ST TO DECEMBER 30 FIRST 20 20

PERSONNEL RATIFICATION. >> THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN. WE HAVE A SECOND.

AND THAT WAS MISS TRICIA FAIRBRIDGE. ANY DISCUSSION VOTING IS NOW OPEN. WENDY CARTLEDGE JOIN THE MEETING THE MOTION CARRIES

UNANIMOUSLY. >> DO WE HAVE ANY FURTHER ACTION IS NECESSARY OR

APPROPRIATE REGARDING MATTERS DISCUSSED IN EXECUTIVE SESSION? >> MADAM CHAIR, MR. CAMPBELL NO . EVEN THOUGH YOU BEGAN SPEAKING TO MY MICROPHONE, PLEASE.

NO, IT'S FINE. BUT CAN YOU JUST PUT THE MICROPHONE CLOSER TO YOUR MOUTH ? THANK YOU. WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE

[Approval of Agenda]

AGENDA. >> MR. VAN I MOVE MOVE MOVE THE AGENDA.

>> DO WE HAVE A SECOND AND I MUST ASK YOU IN MOTION TO APPROVE THE AGENDA, ANY DISCUSSION, MR. SMITH MADAM CHAIR AND THE PAST OTHER PAST PRACTICES DURING THE MOMENT OF SILENCE I KNOW WE WERE ABLE TO SAY AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MOMENT OF SILENCE THAT WE'VE HAD A STAFF MEMBER THAT HAVE PASSED IN THE DISTRICT I'M FINISHING IN THE MOVE FORWARD.

>> HOW WOULD WE LET HOW WOULD HOW HOW HOW WOULD THAT TAKE PLACE?

>> MY RECOMMENDATION IS THAT IF A BOARD MEMBER HAS NOTED A STAFF MEMBER THAT HAS PASSED A BILL THAT IS EMPLOYED BY THE DISTRICT THAT THEY SUBMIT AN INFORMATION TO OUR EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT ROBIN AT LEAST 24 HOURS IN ADVANCE. SO THERE IS NOT DISRUPTION DURING THE MEETING AND THE MOMENT OF SILENCE WILL BE SILENT THERE BEING COULD YOU PUT YOUR HAND DOWN AGAIN PLEASE, MR. SMITH? THANK.

SO THERE'LL BE NO FURTHER DISCUSSION. VOTING IS NOW OPEN AND THE

[Pledge of Allegiance, Moment of Silence, Statement of Media Notification]

MOTION IS APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY. >> WE WILL NOW STAND FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.

I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AS TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS ON A SHIP UNDER GOD INDIVISIBLE THE JUSTICE FOR OUR TEAM AND JUSTICE FOR ALL WILL

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>> I WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE A SOMEONE WHO IS A LAWYER THERE, I SAID.

>> POINT OF ORDER. I'M SURE YOU NEVER RECOGNIZE ME.

THANK YOU. THIS IS A POINT OF ORDER. THERE IS A PROCESS PROBLEM.

IT'S NOT FOR YOU TO INTERJECT YOUR IDEAS OR THOUGHTS OR STRATEGIES NOT AN IDEA.

>> IT IS NOT A THOUGHT. IT'S A SIMILAR ARGUMENT YOU RECOGNIZE.

>> PLEASE SUBMIT THE NAME TO THIS QUESTION. VERY.

WE CAN RECOGNIZE THE PERSON. WE HAVE ANOTHER MEETING ON FRIDAY AND WE'LL HAVE A MODERATOR THAT WILL GIVE HIM A MONTH LATER. NO SIR.

WE HAVE A MEETING ON FRIDAY IN JUST THREE DAYS. AND WE HAVE A SO PLEASE SUBMIT THE NAME SUZANNE STUDENTS SUBMIT NOW WE HAVE THE STUDENT PERFORMANCE THE MEDIUM TO THE

[Student Performance]

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. >> WELL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THAT'S OUR FIRST VIRTUAL MUSICAL PERFORMANCE AND WE VERY MUCH ENJOYED IT. DR. RODRIGUEZ, YOU CAN THANK ME YOUNG AND HER STUDENT FOR A ONE PRESENTATION AND WE HAVE MORE RECOGNITION AT THIS TIME.

[Board Recognition Month]

THIS IS THE START OF THE YEAR. WE SIGNED THE ETHICAL PRINCIPLES THAT ARE DISPLAYED HERE ON THIS ON THE EASEL THAT'S HERE IN THE DISTRICT OFFICE.

WE DO HAVE. AND WE SIGN IT AS INDIVIDUALS. IT'S A LITTLE DIFFERENT THIS YEAR SINCE WE HAVE THE SOCIAL DISTANCING OF 16 MASKS ON AND WE HAVE THREE SHARPIES HERE.

BUT I HAVE SOME WHITE HAT SO IF YOU TRY TO COME UP AND SIGN IT THAT WOULD BE GREAT.

AND THEN WE HAVE SEVERAL BOARD MEMBERS THAT ARE THAT ARE PARTICIPATING REMOTELY TODAY.

SO THEY'LL SIGN IT AT A LATER DATE. SO WE JUST START ON THE END THERE ON THIS BOAT, RIGHT? COME ON DOWN AND JUST SPREAD YOURSELF SIX FEET APART.

AND IF YOU GIVE ME YOUR USED SHARPIE, I'LL CLEAN IT. THAT'S A SHARPIE UNDER MY IT AND JUST SIGN IT ANYWHERE. LET ME KNOW ON THIS. DON'T THINK WE CAN SEE ANY SIGN OF IT

. >> HEAR ME REAL LOUD. I'M TRYING TO READ THESE TWO.

YES. TEMPORARY EVEN BETTER. ALL RIGHT.

[December Students of the Month]

UNDERSTAND THE PROPER ROLE OF THE BOARD TO STOP POLICIES GOVERNING THE DISTRICT AND TO HIRE THE CHIEF ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER TO CARRY OUT THESE POLICIES ENCOURAGE AN OPEN EXCHANGE OF IDEAS BY ALL BOARD MEMBERS DURING THE DECISION MAKING PROCESS.

SEEK REGULAR COMMUNICATIONS BETWEEN THE BOARD AND STUDENTS STAFF AND ALL SEGMENTS OF THE COMMUNITY ATTENDING OUR BOARD MEETINGS TO STUDY ISSUES FACING THE BOARD AND TO ENACT POLICIES AND OFFICIAL ACTIONS ONLY AFTER A FULL DISCUSSION AT SUCH MEETINGS.

>> WORK WITH OTHER BOARD MEMBERS AND INCLUDES CONSCIENTIOUS AND COURTEOUS

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SUPPORT EMPLOYMENT OF THE PERSONS BEST QUALIFIED FOR STAFF POSITIONS AND TO ENSURE A REGULAR AND IMPARTIAL EVALUATION OF ALL STAFF AVOID CONFLICTS OF INTEREST AND TO REFRAIN FROM USING OUR BOARD POSITIONS FOR PERSONAL OR PARTISAN GAIN.

>> ENCOURAGE RECOGNITION OF THE ACHIEVEMENTS OF STUDENTS AND STAFF AND OF THE INVOLVEMENT OF COMMUNITY RESIDENTS. SUPPORT LEGISLATION AND FUNDING WHICH WILL IMPROVE THE EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES AND ENVIRONMENT FOR STUDENTS AND STAFF.

TAKE NO INDIVIDUAL ACTION WHICH WOULD COMPROMISE THE INTEGRITY OF THE BOARD OR ADMINISTRATION AND RESPECT THE CONFIDENTIALITY OF INFORMATION THAT IS PRIVILEGED UNDER THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT STUDY. CURRENT EDUCATIONAL ISSUES AND TO PARTICIPATE IN TRAINING PROGRAMS SUCH AS THOSE OFFERED TO THE SOUTH CAROLINA SCHOOL BOARDS ASSOCIATION AND THE NATIONAL SCHOOL BOARDS ASSOCIATION AND MAKE OUR DISTRICTS EDUCATIONAL SETTING THE BEST POSSIBLE TO ENCOURAGE ALL STUDENTS TO ACHIEVE AND TO LOVE LEARNING.

THANK YOU. THANK THANK YOU ME ON THE THIS EVENING I'M PROUD AND HONORED

RELATED TO TWO OF OUR STUDENTS EVERYONE LATER. >> EIGHTH GRADER BRANDON MIDDLE SCHOOL IN MADISON. YOUR 12TH GRADE AT A MEMBER OF OUR HIGH SCHOOL OR A CHARACTER EDUCATION OF STUDENTS OF LOVE? OUR CHARACTER EDUCATION PROGRAM WAS FORMED TO SUPPORT PARENTS EFFORTS TO DEVELOP GOOD CHARACTER IN THEIR CHILDREN.

>> TONIGHT WE'RE CELEBRATING CHARACTER ED STUDENTS AND THIS TIME THE SENATOR'S CHARACTER TRAIT WAS COMPASSION. PASSION IS DEFINED AS THE FEELING OF WANTING TO HELP SOMEONE WAS SICK, HUNGRY AND TROUBLED OR. SYMPATHETIC SYMPATHETIC PITY AND CONCERN FOR THE SUFFERING OR MISFORTUNE DECEMBER'S STUDENT OF THE MONTH OR NORTH BROAD AS EVER AND LATER A GREAT STUDENT THAT WILL BRANCH MIDDLE SCHOOL IN HER NOMINATION FORM.

HER TEACHER SHARED THAT COMPASSION IS MORE THAN JUST AN EMOTION.

IT IS A WAY OF LIFE AND EVERYONE DEMONSTRATE DAILY TO HER CLASSMATES AND HER TEACHERS. SHE ENCOURAGES, RAISES AND EMBRACES THE HUMANITY OF OTHERS. SHE ACKNOWLEDGES THE VALUES OF ANOTHER PERSON.

SHE TRIES TO MAKE EVERY INTERACTION SHE HAS WITH OTHER THERAPIES PRESENT NOT JUST HERSELF. SHE HAS NO EXPECTATIONS OF BEING PAID BACK.

NO EXPECTATIONS OF PUBLIC ACKNOWLEDGEMENT FOR HER TRIP. THESE ARE ENCOURAGING WORDS.

SHE DOES WHAT SHE DOES SIMPLY BECAUSE IT IS THE RIGHT THING TO DO OR REWARD IS IN KNOWING

THAT SHE HELPED CHANGE SOMEONE LIKE HERSELF WITH ABROAD. >> THE DECEMBER STUDENT OF THE MONTH AT MADISON UNION A SENIOR MEMBER OF A HIGH SCHOOL MADISON'S TEACHERS SHARED THIS AND HER NOMINATION FOR STUDENT OBAMA ONE OF MADISON'S FORMER TEACHERS WHO RECENTLY REACHED HER FIFTH YEAR OF CANCER SURVIVORSHIP. KNOWING HOW IMPORTANT THIS DAY WAS TO HER TEACHER MADISON AROUND THE CELEBRATION TO HONOR THIS INCREDIBLE SON MADISON UNDERSTOOD THE LONG HAUL AND STRUGGLE HER TEACHER HAS ENDURED THESE PAST FEW YEARS AND WENT OUT OF HER WAY TO CELEBRATE THIS BIG MOMENT IN HER TEACHER LIFE.

MADISON IS SUCH A GOOD AND CARING PERSON SHE ALWAYS VOLUNTEERS HELP OUR TEACHERS AS WELL AS IN PLACE ANY TAX CUT TO KEEP PICKING UP TRASH. RING THE BELLS.

SHE SHOWS UP. MADISON KNOWS YOU NEED HELP. SHE ISN'T IF SHE IS A LOVING AND COMPASSIONATE YOUNG WOMAN. REGULATIONS AVALON AND MADISON WERE VERY PROUD OF CELEBRATION TEAM BUT WE DO NOT HAVE ANY OTHER COMMENTS SUBMITTED FOR THE SHORTEST SESSION SO WE WILL

[COVID-19 “Coronavirus” Update – Dr. Allison Eckard, MD, MUSC]

GO TO THE SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT THAT REVEALS. >> THANK YOU DR. BARNES AND BOARD MEMBERS THIS EVENING. WE HAVE THE SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT ON OCTOBER 19TH FOR OUR VIRUS UPDATE. SO WE WILL DO THIS SEGMENT FIRST SINCE THIS IS THE GUEST SPEAKER AND I WILL COME BACK TO THE REST OF THE COUNTRY AND I CAN REPORT WHERE IT FALLS ON THE AGENDA. AND THIS EVENING I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE TO YOU THAT'S HERE WITH US. DR. ALLISON ECKARD, A MEDICAL DOCTOR AT THE USC IN CHARLESTON. DR. ECKER, WELCOME AND THE FLOOR IS YOURS.

EVERYBODY HERE. WE CAN HEAR YOU BUT WE SEE YOU SEE ME MYSELF.

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>> I THINK WE NOBODY CAN SEE ME. >> OK, FINE.

>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR HAVING ME. IT REALLY IS A PRIVILEGE TO SHARE SOME OF MY EXPERTISE TONIGHT. I HAVE A PRESENTATION.

LET'S SEE HOW THE SHARING GOES . SOMETIMES IT WORKS.

SOMETIMES IT DOESN'T. CAN YOU SEE MY SLIDES? THANK YOU.

SO I'M GOING TO SHARE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT WE LEARNED SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THE PANDEMIC.

AND SHARE SOME SPECIFIC DATA THAT I HAVE PUT TOGETHER FROM CHARLESTON COUNTY AND A LITTLE BIT FROM BEAUFORT COUNTY AND TO HELP EVERYBODY UNDERSTAND A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON WITH COVERED IN SOUTH CAROLINA CURRENTLY. AND THEN I'M HAPPY TO TAKE QUESTIONS SO I AM THE DIVISION CHIEF FOR PEDIATRIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES AT USC AND I'M ALSO THE MEDICAL DIRECTOR FOR THE SCHOOL PART OF ULYSSES. BACK TO BUSINESS PROGRAM.

SO THESE ARE MY TWO LITTLE CHILDREN AND I SHOW THEIR PICTURES TO JUST LET EVERYBODY KNOW THAT I AM A MOM AND I UNDERSTAND A LOT OF WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE COMMUNITY BUT MY CHILDREN DON'T GO TO BEAUFORT COUNTY AND SO I FEEL PRETTY UNBIASED IN WHAT I'M GOING TO TELL YOU. I'M VERY DATA DRIVEN AND I HAVE WORKED VERY HARD SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THE PANDEMIC TO REALLY MAKE SURE THAT MY DECISIONS AND MY EXPERTISE ARE DRIVEN BY WHAT WE KNOW AND OF COURSE IT'S AN EVOLVING LANDSCAPE MANY OF THE THINGS THAT WE THOUGHT WERE TRUE. IN MARCH MAY NOT NECESSARILY STILL BE TRUE AND IT IS EVER CHANGING BUT WE ARE LEARNING AS WE GO. SO OFTENTIMES WHEN I GIVE THESE TALKS I GO THROUGH A LOT OF DATA. I'M GOING TO SKIP A LOT OF THAT AND JUST TELL YOU WHAT I ACCEPT AS FACTS. I CAN ALWAYS SHOW YOU THE DATA BEHIND IT IF ANYBODY IS A SKEPTIC. BUT FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS TALK I THINK THERE IS LITTLE DOUBT IN MOST PEOPLE'S MINDS THAT COVID 19 IS VERY SERIOUS IN THIS PANDEMIC HAS CAUSED UNPRECEDENTED MORBIDITY MORTALITY IN THE UNITED STATES AND WORLDWIDE. I HEAR MANY PEOPLE SAY THAT IT'S ONLY PEOPLE WHO DIE OR PEOPLE WHO ARE ALREADY SICK IN THEIR WOULD DIE ANY WAY. AND I'M HERE TO TELL YOU THAT THAT IS NOT ENTIRELY TRUE AND THAT MANY OF THESE UNDERLYING CONDITIONS ARE VERY COMMON LIKE OBESITY, ASTHMA, HYPERTENSION AND MANY PEOPLE WOULD HAVE LIVED MANY DECADES HAD THEY NOT ACQUIRED CODED. SOUTH CAROLINA HAS HIT VERY HARD BY CODE THAT ESPECIALLY IF YOU CONSIDER THAT PER CAPITA WE'RE NOT THE MOST POPULATED STATE.

AND IF YOU TAKE THAT INTO ACCOUNT, WE HAVE A VERY HIGH CASE RATE AND DEATH RATE AND ALSO KEEP IN MIND THAT SOUTH CAROLINA IS VERY RURAL AND WE'RE NOT NECESSARILY EQUIPPED

TO HANDLE WHAT IS GOING A LITTLE BIT HIGHER. >> YES, LET ME MOVE MY MICROPHONE A LITTLE BIT CLOSER. IS THAT BETTER? IF NOT, I CAN I CAN CHANGE TO A

DIFFERENT WAY THAT'S A LITTLE BETTER. >> OK.

SO HOSPITALS WERE AT OR ABOVE CAPACITY IN JULY AND WE APPROVE IMPROVED A LITTLE BIT IN SEPTEMBER OR OCTOBER BUT WE ARE BACK AT VERY HIGH LEVELS. I'LL SHOW YOU A LITTLE BIT MORE IN A MINUTE. SO THERE IS A LOT THAT WE STILL DON'T KNOW ABOUT COVERED IN CHILDREN BUT FOR THE MAJORITY OF WHAT WE DO NOW, WE KNOW THAT CHILDREN CAN GET COVERED AND THE NUMBERS CONTINUE TO RISE. THEY CAN TRANSMIT COVERED AS WELL EVEN IF THEY'RE ASYMPTOMATIC. THERE STILL IS SOME EVIDENCE THAT YOUNGER KIDS ARE NOT AS LIKELY TO GET INFECTED OR TRANSMIT THE VIRUS. BUT THIS IS NOT AN ABSOLUTE.

WE SEE PLENTY OF CASES WHERE THIS IS TRUE COVERED IN CHILDREN DOES TEND TO BE VERY MILD AND WE ONLY SEE SEVERE DISEASE RARELY BUT IT DOES HAPPEN AND PERHAPS MANY OF YOU

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CAN JOKE ABOUT IT MAYBE TO KEEP OUR SANITY. >> BUT IT IS VERY SERIOUS MATTER AND I PULLED SOME STATISTICS TODAY FROM SOME STUDIES THAT HAVE RECENTLY BEEN PUBLISHED AND WE KNOW PRETTY DEFINITIVELY NOW THAT EDUCATIONAL PERFORMANCE REALLY A SLIDING SINCE THE BEGINNING OF COVERED AND MANY REFER TO THIS CODED SLIDE.

THERE WAS A REPORT FROM SOUTH CAROLINA EDUCATION OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE THAT CAME OUT RECENTLY PROJECTING ABOUT 60 PARDON ME 70 PERCENT OF SOUTH CAROLINA STUDENTS IN GRADES THREE TO EIGHT MAY NOT MEET GRADE LEVEL PROFICIENCY. SO THIS IS A BIG DEAL.

IN ADDITION, WE HAVE SEEN AN INCREASE IN GUN VIOLENCE. WE'VE SEEN THIS EVEN AT USC AND THERE ARE SEVERAL REPORTS ABOUT INCREASED SUICIDE, SUICIDAL THOUGHTS AND SUICIDE ATTEMPTS AMONG YOUTHS AND ALARMINGLY WE DO NOT SEE AS MANY CHILDREN PRESENTING TO EMERGENCY DEPARTMENTS FOR CHILD ABUSE AND CHILD NEGLECT. BUT WHEN THEY DO COME THEY'RE MUCH MORE LIKELY TO BE HOSPITALIZED AND PEOPLE BELIEVE THAT THIS IS BECAUSE MANY OF THE REPORTING GOES OUT IN SCHOOL AND BECAUSE SCHOOLS ARE CLOSED.

THIS HAS NOT BEEN REPORTED TO THE SAME EXTENT. THERE'S MANY OTHER ISSUES POTENTIALLY WITH KEEPING KIDS OUT OF SCHOOL. AND I'M SURE MANY OF YOU HAVE SEEN SOME OF THIS MORE DIRECTLY THAN I HAVE. SO AGAIN, YOU KNOW, IT IS A VERY CHALLENGING TIME. NONE OF IT QUITE SEEMS RIGHT TO KEEP QUOTE SCHOOLS CLOSED BUT ALSO TO OPEN SCHOOLS. THAT'S SORT OF WHAT I CALL THE COVID 19 CONUNDRUM.

BUT WE HAVE TO MOVE FORWARD AND BUT I OFTEN SAY IS IF VIRUS CAN STAY OPEN AND THE SCHOOLS CAN STAY OPEN. AND SO THAT'S WHERE WE ARE AT THE MOMENT.

MAY I SHOW YOU SOME DATA FROM CHARLESTON COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT? I HAVE WORKED VERY CLOSELY WITH THEM SINCE THE SUMMER IS THE BACK TO BUSINESS DIRECTOR BUT ALSO AS A PEDIATRIC INFECTIOUS DISEASE SPECIALIST AND I AM VERY IMPRESSED WITH WHAT THEY'VE BEEN ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH AND I THINK IT IS A GOOD MODEL FOR OTHER COUNTIES TO FOLLOW.

SO AT THE TIME THAT CHARLESTON COUNTY OPENS THEY WERE IN WHAT WE CALL A MEDIUM DISEASE ACTIVITY LEVEL AND DEHART PUTS OUT SOME ACTIVITY LEVELS TO HELP SCHOOLS DETERMINE WHERE THEIR COUNTY IS. AND SO YOU CAN SEE BEAUFORT COUNTY WAS IN THE SAME LEVEL AS CHARLESTON COUNTY AT THE TIME THE CHARLESTON COUNTY OPENED FIVE DAYS A WEEK SCHOOL.

AND IF YOU LOOK IN THE BOTTOM LEFT THAT IS CHARLESTON COUNTY. SO THOSE ARE CONFIRMED CASES PER DAY. AND THEN THE GREEN LINE IS THE SEVEN DAY MOVING AVERAGE AND YOU CAN SEE THAT AT THE PEAK IN JULY WE WERE QUITE HIGH FOR CHARLESTON COUNTY.

WE HAVEN'T QUITE GOTTEN BACK THERE. BUT I'LL SHOW YOU BEFORE THE BEAUFORT COUNTY IN A MINUTE. SO WHEN THEY OPENED THEY HAD DEFINITELY SIGNS OF IMPROVING BUT STILL SOME OF THE NUMBERS WERE VERY ALARMING. AND SO CHARLESTON COUNTY CONTRACTED WITH BACK TO BUSINESS TO HELP IMPLEMENT MITIGATION STRATEGIES AND TO TRY TO OPEN SCHOOLS SAFELY. THEY ALSO HAD A VERY INTENSIVE COORDINATED CONTACT TRACING TEAM WHICH ALLOWED ME TO SHOW THESE DATA AND REALLY ALLOWED THEM TO HAVE A GOOD IDEA OF THE NUMBER OF CASES THAT OCCURRED DURING THE TIME THAT SCHOOL WAS OPEN.

THEY OPENED TO ABOUT 70 PERCENT TOTAL STUDENT POPULATION. YOU CAN SEE HERE THE NUMBER OF STAFF MEMBERS. THOSE ARE THOSE WHO ARE IN SCHOOLS OR DRIVING BUSES.

AND I'M GOING TO INCLUDE DATA FROM EARLY EDUCATION PROGRAM ALL THE WAY THROUGH 12TH GRADE . I DID NOT INCLUDE CHARTER SCHOOLS BECAUSE THEY OFTEN DID NOT FOLLOW EXACTLY WHAT THE REST CHARLESTON COUNTY DID. AND I DON'T HAVE DATA FOR THEM.

THERE WERE 76 SCHOOLS IN TOTAL. AND YOU CAN SEE HERE THE BREAKDOWN.

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IF YOU LOOK A LITTLE MORE CLOSELY JUST AT THE STUDENTS. TWO HUNDRED AND SEVENTY EIGHT CASES THE PERCENT OF CASES AMONG ALL OF THE STUDENTS DROPPED TWO POINT NINE PERCENT NINE OUT OF THOSE 76 SCHOOLS 18 DO NOT HAVE A SINGLE REPORTED CASE.

AND WHEN YOU LOOKED A LITTLE BIT FURTHER, THE MAJORITY OF THE CASES OF THE SCHOOLS RATHER HAD 10 OR LESS CASES. THERE WERE THREE SCHOOLS THAT HAD A BIT MORE BUT THOSE WERE ALL VERY LARGE HIGH SCHOOLS. AND YOU CAN SEE THAT AMONG THOSE WHO CHOSE TO STAY REMOTE ,THEIR PERCENTAGE OF CASES WAS PRETTY SIMILAR TO THE STUDENTS WHO WERE IN PERSON.

>> SO THIS IS A LITTLE BIT OF A BREAKDOWN OF WHAT I ENDED UP SEEING WHEN I LOOKED AT EVERY SINGLE CASE IN SOME OF THESE CASES I'M STILL TRYING TO TEASE OUT A LITTLE BIT.

>> BUT KEEP IN MIND THIS IS FIFTY THOUSAND PEOPLE OVER THREE AND A HALF MONTHS.

AND THIS IS ALL THAT I COULD COME UP WITH ABOUT TRANSMISSION INSIDE THE CLASSROOM AND DURING SCHOOL. SO THERE WERE THREE CASES OF PROBABLE TRANSMISSION FROM TEACHER TO STUDENT. AND I SAY PROBABLE OR IN SOME CASES POSSIBLE BECAUSE SOMETIMES IT'S VERY DIFFICULT TO TELL WHICH DIRECTION THE CASES GO IN OR SOMETIMES IT COULD JUST BE A COINCIDENCE THAT A TEACHER AND A STUDENT, FOR EXAMPLE ARE POSITIVE AT THE SAME TIME. THERE WERE THREE CASES BETWEEN TEACHERS AND OFTENTIMES THOSE WERE ATTRIBUTED TO EVENTS OUTSIDE OF THE CLASSROOM. THERE WERE TWO CASES FROM TWO TEACHERS THAT PERHAPS INFECTED SEVERAL STUDENTS. BUT AGAIN, SOMETIMES IT'S NOT EXACTLY HOW IT LOOKS. THERE WERE A NUMBER OF THOSE CHILDREN WHO WERE CLOSE FRIENDS AND HUNG OUT TOGETHER OUTSIDE OF THE CLASSROOM. WE CERTAINLY DO SEE SOME CLUSTERS OF STUDENT TO STUDENT TRANSMISSION BUT IN MOST CASES YOU CAN IDENTIFY TIMES THAT THEY SPENT OUTSIDE EITHER CARPOOLING OR AT PARTIES. AND SO IT'S HARD TO TELL IF THOSE TRANSMISSIONS ACTUALLY OCCURRED WITHIN THE CLASSROOM OR NOT.

AND ON OCCASION YOU CAN SEE THAT IN CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES SUCH AS THE MONTESSORI SCHOOLS WITH DIFFERENT EDUCATIONAL MODELS AND PHYSICAL DISTANCING IS NOT OPTIMIZED.

THERE WERE SOME CLUSTERS IN THAT SETTING AS WELL. BASKETBALL REALLY DID CAUSE QUITE A BIT OF PROBLEMS. WE SAW A LOT OF CASES THAT WERE FROM EITHER BASKETBALL PRACTICE OR CARPOOLING TO AND FROM SPORTS OR DURING THE GAME. AND THIS EVEN INCLUDES TRANSMISSIONS THAT WERE DOCUMENTED ACROSS THE DIFFERENT TEAMS THAT WERE PLAYING.

SO INTERESTINGLY ONE OF THESE CASES OCCURRED DURING NOVEMBER AND THE REST OF THEM IN DECEMBER AND NOTHING THAT I CAN SPOT EARLIER ON WHEN THEY WERE IN SCHOOL.

AND THIS REFLECTS AN INCREASE IN COMMUNITY NUMBERS AND PEOPLE BECOMING PERHAPS A LITTLE COMPLACENT WITH WHAT THEY DO. AND PARTICULARLY OVER THE HOLIDAYS WE'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THIS IN SOME CASES. I CAN'T TELL WHERE THE SOURCES CAME FROM. THERE WASN'T PERFECT DOCUMENTATION BUT IN MANY CASES

I CAN LINK THE TRANSMISSION TO A SOURCE OUTSIDE OF THE SCHOOL. >> SO I WAS ABLE TO ACQUIRE THE BEAUFORT COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT'S NUMBERS AND I DID A LITTLE BIT OF DATA ANALYSIS THIS AFTERNOON SO THAT YOU COULD SEE SOME OF THE COMPARISON BETWEEN THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS WHERE THERE IS A LITTLE CAVEAT HERE. IT'S A LITTLE BIT OF COMPARING APPLES TO ORANGES. BUT I THINK YOU CAN MAKE SOME ASSESSMENTS.

SO THESE ARE NOT REAL NUMBERS. THESE ARE ADJUSTED FOR THE SIZE OF THE DISTRICTS AND NORMALIZED

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AND THESE ARE CASES BY WEEK AND FOR BEAUFORT COUNTY THIS INCLUDED ALL OF THE STAFF AND ALL OF THE STUDENTS REGARDLESS OF WHETHER THEY WERE LEARNING VIRTUALLY OR WITHIN THE HYBRID MODEL. AND FOR CHARLESTON COUNTY IT WAS ONLY THE STAFF AND STUDENTS WHO WHO WERE IN PERSON. SO YOU CAN SEE THEY PARALLEL VERY WELL.

THEY INCREASE IN BOTH CASES AS THEY SAID. IT PARALLELS WHAT GOES ON IN THE COMMUNITY. SO AS OUR COMMUNITY NUMBERS INCREASE, WE'RE GOING TO SEE CASES IN THE SCHOOL. BUT YOU CAN SEE HERE FOR BEAUFORT COUNTY THAT THERE REALLY WAS NOT A BIG SPIKE OR ANY NOTICEABLE CHANGE WHEN THE DISTRICT SWITCHED FROM VIRTUAL TO HYBRID. AND AGAIN, THIS INCLUDES ALL THE CHILDREN, WHETHER THEY STAYED VIRTUAL OR SWITCH TO HYBRID. BUT IT JUST GIVES YOU A LITTLE INDICATION OF WHERE THE DISTRICT IS AT. SO THERE MANY THINGS TO CONSIDER WHEN YOU OPEN SCHOOLS AND MANY OF THESE THINGS. I KNOW THAT YOUR SCHOOL DISTRICT IS ALREADY DOING. BUT I'M GOING TO HIGHLIGHT A FEW OF THEM SO THAT PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THIS A LITTLE BIT BETTER. SO THIS IS NOT JUST OPEN UP THE SCHOOLS AND EVERYBODY GOES IN AND LIFE IS GREAT. THIS TAKES A VERY CONCERTED EFFORT ON THE PART OF THE SCHOOL AS A WHOLE AND INDIVIDUAL TEACHERS AND STUDENTS AND FAMILIES AS WELL. I REFER TO THIS AS THE SWISS CHEESE APPROACH.

I DO NOT COIN THIS TERM. THIS IS A VERY COMMON PRINCIPAL WITHIN FACTORIES AND OTHER PLACES WHERE THEIR OUR SAFETY CONCERNS AND THE MORE LAYERS OF SAFETY YOU PUT IN THE MORE LIKELY IT IS THAT YOU'RE GOING TO PREVENT HARM. AND THIS IS WHAT TRUXTON COUNTY HAS DONE. AND BEFORE COUNTY AS WELL AND YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THESE THINGS HERE AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT A FEW OF THESE IN MORE DETAIL.

SO ONE VERY, VERY IMPORTANT ELEMENT THAT SOMETIMES IS DISTORTED A LITTLE BIT BY THE PRESS OR INDIVIDUALS IS THE USE OF MASKS AND PERHAPS THE PANDEMIC GOT OFF TO A BAD START WITH WHAT WAS PORTRAYED ABOUT MASKS EARLY ON. BUT THERE IS NO DOUBT THAT MASKS WORKED VERY WELL EVEN FACE COVERINGS MADE OF CLOTH. THE MORE LAYERS THE BETTER.

WHICH IS PERFECTLY UNDERSTANDABLE. AND THE PICTURE THAT YOU SEE HERE IS A SIMULATION IN A CONTROLLED ENVIRONMENT OF VARIOUS KINDS OF MASKS AND YOU CAN SEE THAT THESE ARE NOT PERFECT. THESE ARE NOT MEANT TO BE PERFECT BUT THEY GREATLY DIMINISH THE AMOUNT OF DROPLETS SPREAD.

YOU CAN SEE THE PERSON SNEEZING THERE, EVERYBODY WHO SNEEZES. THAT'S REALLY WHAT THEY LOOK LIKE IF YOU SHINE THE LIGHT ON IT OR IF YOU HAVE A YOUNG KID LIKE I DO WHO HAS THESE DANIEL, IT IS VERY WET TO SAY THE LEAST. AND THOSE VIRAL DROPLETS GET IN THOSE THE VIRAL PARTICLES GETTING THE DROPLETS AND ARE THE PRIMARY MODE OF TRANSMISSION. AND YOU CAN SEE ON THIS LINK AND I'M HAPPY TO SHARE MY SLIDES. THE SIMULATION OF SOME OF THESE MASKS.

SO IN ADDITION TO MASKS, PHYSICAL DISTANCING REALLY PLAYS A BIG ROLE IN THIS.

SIX FEET IS NOT MADE UP. THIS IS BASED ON SIMULATION SCANS IN THE LAB AND ALL DATA THAT WE HAVE ON OTHER VIRUSES. HOW FAR THE DROPLETS SPREAD AND THE MAJORITY OF DROPLETS GO SIX FEET AND THEY DO GO FARTHER THAN THAT. BUT THE MAJORITY GOES SIX FEET WITH THE FIRST THREE FEET BEING THE MOST SIGNIFICANT. SO YOU CAN SEE HERE THAT THE MORE MITIGATION YOU HAVE BETWEEN PHYSICAL DISTANCING AND MASKS THE BETTER.

AND IF YOU HAVE MASKS ON BOTH INDIVIDUALS AT SIX FEET, THE RISK IS VIRTUALLY ZERO.

I NEVER SAY ZERO BECAUSE THERE ARE ALWAYS EXCEPTIONS BUT THAT IS A HUGE FACTOR IN DECREASING TRANSMISSION. I KNOW THAT THERE HAS BEEN ALONG THE WAY SOME ANGST ABOUT WEARING MASKS AND CHILDREN. THIS IS MY 3 YEAR OLD HERE ONLY TO DEMONSTRATE THAT EVEN THREE YEAR OLDS CAN WEAR MASKS AND WEAR THEM FAIRLY WELL WEARING THEM.

MOST OF THE TIME WELL IS BETTER THAN NOT WEARING THEM AT ALL AND I KNOW THERE BEEN SOME

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THEY DO NOT ACCUMULATE CARBON DIOXIDE AS SOME HAVE STATED. AND IF YOU THINK ABOUT THE SIMULATION WHERE THE MASKS WERE NOT PERFECT, THAT'S WHERE THE CARBON DIOXIDE IS GOING OUT THE SIDES. THEY'VE DONE QUITE A FEW STUDIES IN PEOPLE WHO HAVE SEVERE PULMONARY ISSUES AND EVEN IN THOSE CASES THERE HAS BEEN NO SAFETY ISSUE WHATSOEVER. SO I CAN TELL YOU AS A PEDIATRIC SKIN THAT WEARING MASKS EVEN FOR PROLONGED PERIODS OF TIME IS VERY SAFE. WE LOOK AT VARIOUS ACTIVITIES.

NOT EVERYTHING IS CREATED EQUAL . YOU CAN SEE HERE THOSE THAT ARE IN RED ARE MUCH HIGHER RISK THAN THOSE THAT ARE IN GREEN OR LIGHT GREEN.

AND THIS MATTERS FOR SCHOOLS, OF COURSE. THE ONES WHERE WE HAVE HAD THE MOST TROUBLE ARE THE BANDS CHOIR THINGS THAT PROPELLED DROPLETS MUCH FARTHER THAN IF YOU ARE JUST SITTING BEHIND A DESK. AND AS I MENTIONED WITH BASKETBALL CONTACT SPORTS HAVE BEEN PARTICULARLY PROBLEMATIC. SO WE'VE LEARNED A FEW ADDITIONAL THINGS OVER THESE THREE AND A HALF MONTHS FROM CHARLESTON COUNTY.

THEIR CONTACT TRACING TEAM REALLY MADE A HUGE DIFFERENCE IN BEING ABLE TO FIGURE OUT WHO WAS POSITIVE AND GET THEM OUT OF THE SCHOOLS AS FAST AS POSSIBLE AND THEN QUARANTINE THOSE CLOSE EXPOSURES. AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE DATA, THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO WERE QUARANTINES BECAUSE OF THOSE EARLY MITIGATION STRATEGIES WITH THE TRACING TEAM SENDING THEM HOME THAT LATER DID TEST POSITIVE. AND SO THE CONTACT TRACING TEAM REALLY DOES MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE. STUDENT COHORT BOARDING IS KEY SO THAT THOSE WHO ARE QUARANTINED ARE VERY SMALL VERSUS HAVING TO QUARANTINE A WHOLE GRADE OR EVEN A WHOLE SCHOOL BECAUSE YOU CAN'T QUITE FIGURE OUT WHERE EVERYBODY HAS BEEN AND THREE FEET BETWEEN STUDENTS WITH PLEXIGLASS AND MASKS.

DESPITE MY INITIAL CONCERNS THAT THIS WOULD NOT WORK NOT HAVE ANY INDICATION OF TRANSMISSIONS FROM THIS SETUP AGAIN CONTACT SPORTS HAVE BEEN VERY PROBLEMATIC.

WE'VE HAD SOME CASES WHERE PEOPLE FAIL TO RECOGNIZE VERY MILD SYMPTOMS. ONLY ABOUT 30 OR 40 PERCENT OF CHILDREN HAVE FEVER. SO IT IS NOT A GOOD MARKER OF COVERED. AND SOMETIMES EVEN THE THE HEALTH CARE PROVIDER SAYS OH YOU JUST HAVE A COLD BUT THERE'S NO WAY OF LOOKING AT SOMEBODY AND KNOWING IF THEY HAVE COVERED OR NOT. SO A LOT OF THESE CASES ARE IN SOME CASES HAVE TURNED OUT TO BE COVERED BECAUSE THEY WERE NOT TESTED. SO THAT'S CAUSED A LITTLE BIT OF PROBLEM. NOT EVERYBODY FOLLOWS THE RULES OR THEY GET A LITTLE BIT COMPLACENT. THAT HAS CAUSED SOME PROBLEMS. AND I'M GOING TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE SHORTENED QUARANTINE PERIODS AND HOW THEY PROBABLY ARE NOT THE BEST FOR SCHOOLS EVEN IF THEY MAY WORK. OK IN THE COMMUNITY. SO WE HAVE CHOSEN CLOSE CONTACT CLOSURES 15 MINUTES AT LESS THAN SIX FEET. THIS IS NOT ARBITRARY.

AS I TOLD YOU ON THE SIX FEET IS BASED ON DATA AND THE 16TH MINUTE A 15 MINUTES IS ALSO BASED ON DATA AND IT IS TRUE THE LONGER YOU ARE WITH SOMEBODY THE MORE LIKELY YOU ARE TO GET INFECTED WHICH IS WHY HOUSEHOLDS ARE NUMBER ONE RISK.

SO YOU CAN SEE HERE THAT THE LONGER YOU QUARANTINE THE MORE LIKELY YOU ARE TO NOT CONVERT TO HAVING COVERED . SO TO SAY THIS ANOTHER WAY THE SHORTER YOUR QUARANTINE PERIOD THE MORE LIKELY YOU ARE TO STILL GET COVERED FROM THAT INITIAL EXPOSURE.

AND SO HERE YOU CAN SEE THAT AT 14 DAYS THAT YOUR CHANCE OF ACQUIRING COVERED AFTER THE 14 DAY MARK IS ABOUT 1 PERCENT. SO WHEN PEOPLE SO WHAT'S 14 DAYS ARBITRARY? IT'S NOT ARBITRARY. IT IS BASED ON DATA SHOWING THAT MOST PEOPLE WILL BECOME POSITIVE AFTER EXPOSURE WITHIN 14 DAYS. AND SO YOU CAN SEE THAT THERE IS A PRETTY SIGNIFICANT DROP OFF IN THE GRAPH AROUND THE 7 IN THE 10 DAY MARK AS WELL.

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AND IF YOU GET TESTED THAT DROPS PRETTY SIGNIFICANTLY. STILL MORE OF A RISK THAN THE 14 DAY MARK WHERE YOU'RE ESSENTIALLY AT ZERO WITH TESTING AT DAY 14.

NOW SEVEN DAYS YOU CAN SEE WITH NO TESTING IS QUITE HIGH ABOUT 11 PERCENT CHANCE IT'S A PICTURE OF A BIGGER PLACE. PARDON ME. COULD YOU MAKE THAT PICTURE A LITTLE BIGGER PLEASE? BECAUSE IT'S HARD TO SEE FROM MY COMPUTER YET.

WELL, I CAN'T MAKE IT BIGGER BUT I'M HAPPY TO SHARE THE SLIDES WITH YOU SO THAT YOU CAN SEE THEM. SO AT SEVEN DAYS THERE'S PRETTY LARGE RESIDUAL RISK.

AND WHEN YOU'RE TALKING TENS OF THOUSANDS OF STUDENTS AND STAFF OVER MONTHS OF TIME, THIS WILL EVENTUALLY CATCH UP TO YOU. AND THREE AND A HALF MONTHS THAT CHARLESTON COUNTY DID THIS . THEY TRIED TO DO THE SEVEN DAYS. AND VERY QUICKLY HAD THREE CASES WHERE PEOPLE WENT BACK TO SCHOOL AND THEN DEVELOPED SYMPTOMS AND WERE TESTED POSITIVE.

SO THEY HAVE REVERTED BACK TO A 10 DAY POLICY WITH TESTING AT LEAST THE SEVEN DAY MARK WHICH IS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT THAN 14 DAYS. BUT MUCH STRICTER THAN THE CDC SEVEN DAY OR 10 DAY QUARANTINE. WHAT WE TELL PEOPLE IS THAT 14 DAYS IS BY FAR THE SAFEST.

AND THERE MANY PRIVATE SCHOOLS OUTSIDE CHARLESTON COUNTY WHO HAVE CHOSEN TO STAY WITH THE 14 DAY MARK BECAUSE IT IS THE SAFEST WAY TO PREVENT TRANSMISSION.

SO AS I MENTIONED AND IT'S JUST WORTH REPEATING WITH THE GREATEST RISK HAS BEEN HIGH RISK ACTIVITIES OUTSIDE OF SCHOOL CARPOOLING SPORTS JUST HANGING OUT TOGETHER.

PARTIES SLEEP OVER TRAVEL AND EXTENDED FAMILY EVENTS AND THIS IS TRUE FOR BOTH THE STUDENTS AND THE STAFF. PEOPLE ARE TIRED. I GET IT AND THEY ARE TIRED OF NOT SEEING THEIR FRIENDS AND THEIR FAMILIES. BUT THIS IS REALLY WHAT IS CAUSING THE PROBLEMS THAT WE SEE. THIS IS SMALL BUT IT HAS A LINK AND I'M HAPPY TO SHARE THIS WITH YOU. THIS SITE IS A VERY COOL ASSESSMENT TOOL AT GEORGIA TECH CREATED WHERE YOU CAN PLUG IN THE COUNTY PREVALENCE AND IT GIVES YOU THE CHANCE THAT SOMEBODY IN YOUR EVENT OR SMALL GROUP GATHERING HAS CONVEYED AND IT WILL SHOCK YOU BACK INTO REALITY BECAUSE COVE IT IS EVERYWHERE RIGHT NOW.

SO SOME OF THESE NUMBERS ARE SMALL ON THE LEFT BUT THIS IS THE SOUTH CAROLINA HOSPITAL REPORT THAT I GET EVERY DAY ALONG WITH MANY HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS.

AND THERE IS NO DOUBT THAT OUR COMMUNITY NUMBERS ARE INCREASING AND THERE THEY ARE VERY ALARMING AT THE MOMENT. I HEARD A TALK RIGHT BEFORE I CAME ON TODAY THAT SOUTH CAROLINA IS NUMBER TWO. I THINK RIGHT NOW IN THE RATE OF INCREASE AND IT JUST IS PART OF WHAT WE'RE SEEING. THEY ARE HAVING A HARDER TIME IN THE MIDLANDS IN THE UPSTATE AREA THAN WE ARE DOWN IN THE LOW COUNTRY. AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THE GRAPH ON THE UPPER RIGHT BUT WE STILL ARE INCREASING. YOU CAN SAY THAT SOME OF THIS IS DUE TO INCREASED TESTING AND SOME OF THAT IS TRUE. BUT WE ARE ALSO SEEING AN INCREASE NOW IN HOSPITALIZATIONS AND DEATHS WITH WHICH CLEARLY IS NOT RELATED TO TESTING IT. IT IS NOT JUST ABOUT THE NUMBER OF BEDS WE HAVE AVAILABLE.

IT'S ABOUT STAFFING AND OTHER POTENTIAL THINGS THAT ALLOW US TO PROVIDE GOOD CARE TO PEOPLE WHO HAVE COVERED AND WHO DON'T HAVE COVERED . AND RIGHT NOW SOUTH CAROLINA'S

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THIS IS NOT TO SAY THAT SCHOOLS SHOULD CONSIDER CLOSING. WE WE'RE DOING VERY WELL IN SCHOOL PROVIDED WE IMPLEMENT ALL OF THE NECESSARY MITIGATION STRATEGIES BUT IT IS A REMINDER THAT THE PANDEMIC IS STILL STRONG IN SOUTH CAROLINA AND THAT EVEN THOUGH WE ARE TIRED OF DOING ALL OF THESE THINGS, WE REALLY SHOULD NOT BE LETTING OUR CHILDREN GO SLEEPOVERS OR UP WITH OTHER KIDS OUTSIDE OF THE COHORT BECAUSE THAT WILL MAKE IT MORE DIFFICULT TO KEEP OUR SCHOOLS SAFE. SO I WILL JUST END WITH ANOTHER CARTOON.

THIS HAS BEEN A CHALLENGING TIME FOR ALL OF US AND I TOO HAVE HAD MY SHARE OF SLEEPLESS NIGHTS BUT I FEEL GOOD ABOUT WHAT WE'VE DONE IN CHARLESTON COUNTY AND I FEEL GOOD ABOUT WHAT WE CAN DO FOR BEAUFORT COUNTY AS WELL. AND I I'M GOING TO STOP THERE

AND I AM HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS RIBAUT RIGHT. >> AND I THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US. GOOD TO BE WITH YOU. I'M REALLY SUCH A GOOD TIME.

YOU SAID SOMETHING RIGHT IN THE BEGINNING THAT I THOUGHT WAS RESONATING WITH ME.

SO MANY THINGS WE THOUGHT WERE TRUE IN MARCH MAY NOT BE TRUE. AND WHAT I HAVE DONE IN THE COMMUNITY AND TALKED TO A LOT OF PARENTS, TEACHERS AND PRINCIPALS ABOUT THEIR EXPERIENCE NOW TWO WEEKS IN AND I GUESS THE BIGGEST OBJECTION THE BIGGEST PUSHBACK I HEAR FROM PEOPLE ON A COUPLE OF METRICS THAT I THINK WERE TRUE IN MARCH THAT MAY NOT BE TRUE YET IS THAT YOU COULD SPEAK TO THAT OR TELL ME IF I'M WRONG.

>> ONE THING I HEAR A LOT IS THAT DOCTORS CAN'T KEEPING KIDS HOME UNTIL WE ERADICATE THIS VIRUS, UNTIL IT GOES AWAY, UNTIL YOU KNOW THAT THAT TYPE OF THINKING STILL EXISTS OR NOT. AND THE SECOND THING I HEAR ALL THE TIME IS WELL, WE'VE GOT TO GET BACK 5 PERCENT POSITIVITY RATE THAT 5 PERCENT POSITIVITY NO MADE A BIG IMPACT ON PEOPLE.

AND THEN LIKE AT 20 PERCENT IT'S NOT SAFE. AND GIVEN WHERE WE ARE IN THE PANDEMIC NOW VERSUS WHERE WE WERE IN MARCH 20 20, I'M NOT SURE THAT THAT 5 PERCENT NUMBER IS A REALLY GOOD METRIC. YOU'RE LOOKING AT HER FACE TO FACE MEETING SOMETHING MAYBE

THAT'S THE SCIENCE BEHIND THAT . >> ABSOLUTELY.

SO I MEAN I AM AFRAID THAT IF WE ARE GOING TO WAIT TILL THE END OF THE PANDEMIC WE WILL NOT GET OUR CHILDREN BACK IN SCHOOL UNTIL 2022. NOT TO BE THE BEARER OF BAD NEWS BUT I KNOW THERE WERE MANY PEOPLE THAT THOUGHT SOMETHING MAGICAL WOULD HAPPEN ON JANUARY 1ST. BUT ALL OF US IN HEALTH CARE KNEW THAT THAT WOULD NOT CHANGE VERY MUCH. I DO THINK THAT OVER NEXT I'M HOPING SIX MONTHS THAT THINGS IN SOUTH CAROLINA WILL IMPROVE DRAMATICALLY PARTICULARLY AS WE ROLL THE VACCINE AND MORE AND MORE PEOPLE HAVE IMMUNITY. BUT IT IS HARD TO SAY EXACTLY WHEN THOSE NUMBERS ARE GOING TO CHANGE SIGNIFICANTLY. I DO UNDERSTAND PEOPLE'S FEAR ABOUT OPENING SCHOOLS.

BUT AND THERE ARE SOME PLACES THAT HAVE STRUGGLED BUT IT IS HARD SOMETIMES TO KNOW WHEN YOU JUST READ A MEDIA ARTICLE OR SEE SOMETHING ON THE NEWS WHAT THOSE SCHOOLS ARE DOING.

AND IF THEY'RE DOING EVERYTHING THE WAY THEY SHOULD BE OR IF THEY HAVE NOT BEEN AS CAREFUL.

AND SO AS I SAID, I'M VERY DATA DRIVEN. AND WHEN WE OPENED IN SEPTEMBER I WAS VERY NERVOUS ABOUT IT AND I THOUGHT WE'D BE OPEN FOR MAYBE THREE WEEKS AND WE HAVE HUGE AMOUNT OF CASES AND TRANSMISSIONS IN THE SCHOOLS AND WE'D HAVE TO CLOSE AND I AM HAPPY TO SAY THAT THAT HAS NOT BEEN TRUE. AND I HAVE THE DATA I HAVE SCOURED THE DATA FOR DAYS ON END AND FEEL VERY GOOD THAT THE KIDS AND THE STUDENT THAT THE STAFF AND THE TEACHERS ARE SAFE IN SCHOOL. IS IT 100 PERCENT SAFE? WELL, NO, OF COURSE NOT. I MEAN THAT'S HARD TO SAY ANYWHERE BUT THEY DO SEEM TO HAVE A LOWER CASE RATE AND A MUCH LOWER RATE OF TRANSMISSION IN THE SCHOOLS THAN THEY DO OUTSIDE OF THE SCHOOLS. AND WITH THAT I HAVE A HARD TIME KEEPING KIDS INDEFINITELY AT HOME, PARTICULARLY WHEN WE KNOW THAT THEY'RE AT RISK FOR ALL OF THESE OTHER THINGS IN

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THE SECOND QUESTION IS AN EXCELLENT ONE AND I AM TRULY NOT CERTAIN WHY PEOPLE IN MANY SCHOOL DISTRICTS ACROSS THE COUNTRY HAVE UTILIZE THE PERCENT POSITIVITY RATE AS THEIR MARKER. IT IS JUST ONE OF MANY METRICS THAT SHOULD BE USED COLLECTIVELY TO DECIDE A DISEASE ACTIVITY LEVEL IN THE COMMUNITY.

SO 5 PERCENT IS RELATIVELY ARBITRARY IF YOU LOOK AT OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS THEY USE 10 SOME. SPLIT THE DIFFERENCE AND USED EIGHT BUT THAT MARKER IS SUBJECT TO A LOT OF CAVEATS. AND IT IS NOT ALWAYS AN ACCURATE MEASURE OF DISEASE ACTIVITY. SO FOR EXAMPLE, IF YOU TAKE 100 PEOPLE AND YOU TEST 100 OF THEM. THAT IS IMPLYING THAT FIVE OF THOSE PEOPLE ARE POSITIVE RATE OR 5 PERCENT POSITIVITY RATE. BUT FOR THE MATH WIZARDS I'M NOT ONE OF THEM BUT I CAN DO SOME SIMPLE MATH WHEN YOUR DENOMINATOR CHANGES THAT 5 PERCENT CHANGES. SO IF YOU ARE ONLY TARGETING FOR EXAMPLE SYMPTOMATIC PATIENTS YOUR POSITIVITY RATE IS GOING TO BE MUCH HIGHER THAN 5 PERCENT AND THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT THAT IT IS A HIGHER COMMUNITY LEVEL. SO IT REALLY DEPENDS ON WHO YOU'RE TESTING, HOW OFTEN YOU'RE TESTING AND A LOT OF CAVEATS.

AND SO I DO THINK THAT THAT MARKER IS HELPFUL BUT SOME OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS OUTSIDE OF SOUTH CAROLINA THAT HAVE USED THAT AS THEIR ONLY MEASURE OF WHETHER SCHOOLS ARE SAFE OR NOT I THINK ARE REALLY DOING A DISSERVICE TO THE SCHOOLS. MR. WILLIAM SMITH, THE THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION TO US TO US. THANK YOU FOR YOUR DEDICATION AND EFFORT DEALING WITH THIS PANDEMIC. WOULD YOU PLEASE SHARE WITH US FROM WITH US FROM YOUR DATA WHICH PATCHES IMPACTS THIS VIRUS HAS HAD ON? AFRICAN-AMERICAN COMMUNITIES THROUGHOUT THEIR STATE AND MORE SPECIFICALLY IN BEAUFORT COUNTY IN COMPARISON TO OTHER DEMOGRAPHICS? THANK YOU YET.

>> SO THAT IS AN EXCELLENT QUESTION AND AND ONE THAT MANY OF US HAVE TALKED AND CONSIDERED AN MANY OCCASIONS. SO IN GENERAL WHEN YOU LOOK AT CASES OF COED AND SEVERITY OF CO BED AND DEATHS ASSOCIATED WITH COED, THERE IS LITTLE QUESTION THAT HISPANIC POPULATIONS AND AFRICAN-AMERICAN POPULATION ARE MORE LIKELY TO ACQUIRE CODED TO BE HOSPITALIZED AND TO DIE FROM COMBAT . AND THERE ARE MANY REASONS BEHIND THAT, SOME OF WHICH WE DON'T KNOW, SOME WE'RE STILL TRYING TO FIGURE OUT.

BUT THE OTHER PIECE TO THAT IS THAT WHAT WE HAVE SEEN IN CHARLESTON COUNTY AND I BELIEVE THAT THIS IS MIRRORED IN BEAUFORT COUNTY IS THAT MANY OF THE HISPANIC AND AFRICAN-AMERICAN FAMILIES HAVE CHOSEN TO DO A VIRTUAL ACTION RATHER THAN THE IN-PERSON OPTION. AND IN MANY OF THOSE CASES THOSE ARE CHILDREN WHO NEED TO BE IN SCHOOL AND ARE READY ARE AT A DISADVANTAGE IN TERMS OF EDUCATION.

AND SO THOSE CHILDREN HAVE SORT A DOUBLE WHAMMY, IF YOU WILL, IN TERMS OF THEIR FAMILIES BEING AFFECTED BY COVERED BUT THEN ALSO BEING AFFECTED EDUCATIONALLY IN THIS WAY WHICH AGAIN IS ANOTHER REASON THAT WE NEED TO OPEN UP SCHOOLS. ALSO I'M JUST TRYING TO HELP ALSO TO ALSO UNDERSTAND SOME OF SOME OF SOME OF SOME SOME OF THE DATA THAT YOU WILL BE SHARING WITH THIS. I MEAN I WAS OUT I WAS STUDYING THIS A WHILE BACK.

I WAS NOTING THAT THERE WERE CERTAIN SCHOOLS IN CHARLESTON COUNTY THAT MAY HAVE IT MAY BE

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>> WELL, I DON'T I DON'T KNOW IF I CAN SPEAK TO YOUR PERCENTAGES, BUT IT DOES SEEM LIKE THE SCHOOLS THAT HAVE A HIGHER PERCENTAGE OF AFRICAN-AMERICAN STUDENTS

ALSO HAVE A HIGHER PERCENTAGE OF CHILDREN IN VIRTUAL SCHOOL. >> I DON'T HAVE MORE DATA THAN THAT FOR CHARLESTON COUNTY. IT WAS IMPOSSIBLE TO GET MORE THAN NORMAL YEAR BREAKDOWNS FOR THEIR STUDENTS. SO I CAN'T TELL YOU TWO MORE EXTENTS THAN THAT.

PERHAPS THERE'S SOMEBODY ELSE ON THE WEBINAR TODAY. TODAY WHO CAN ANSWER THAT.

BUT ACROSS THE US THIS HAS BEEN TRUE THAT CHILDREN WHO COME FROM DISADVANTAGED BACKGROUNDS WHETHER THAT BE INCOME BASED OR WHATEVER YOUR MARKER IS GOING TO BE THAT THEY HAVE SUFFERED THE MOST. AND IT'S AN IMPORTANT THING TO APPRECIATE AND MORE REASON TO GET THEM BACK IN SCHOOL. THANK YOU, MR. CAMPBELL. YES.

THANK YOU, DR.. I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THE STATISTICS.

FOR EXAMPLE OF MAN 5 PERCENT. WOULD YOU DISCUSSED THAT GAP AS OPPOSED BY A RANDOM SAMPLE

OF PEOPLE WHO WERE TESTED AND THAT'S A JUDGMENT. >> THAT'S A GOOD NUMBER.

DO WE DO ANY RANDOM TESTING WITH THE STUDENT POPULATION A MAN OR DO WE LOOK AT ANY STATISTICS OF RANDOM TESTING OR ARE WE LOOKING AT SAMPLE SOME LATER RESULTS SOUTH OF OF REACTIONARY TESTING, YOU KNOW, I MEAN AND HOW THEY RELATE POPULATION LIVES FOR EXAMPLE I MEAN A POPULATION TEST IS UPTIGHT ALMOST 20 PERCENT OR 20 PERCENT.

>> YOU KNOW, POSITIVE THAT'S HALF THE TOTAL POPULATION WHAT THE STUDENT POPULATION OF THE SAME SEGMENT WOULD LOOK LIKE. ARE WE DOING ANYTHING LIKE THAT?

>> THAT'S AN EXCELLENT QUESTION. AND THAT HAS BEEN AN ISSUE ACROSS THE US SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THE PANDEMIC. ONE COULD ARGUE THAT WE ARE NOT DOING ENOUGH TESTING. THERE ARE LIMITATIONS OBVIOUSLY TO HOW MUCH TESTING YOU CAN DO IN THE US AT A GIVEN TIME WITH SUPPLY CHAIN ISSUES AND TRYING TO TARGET THOSE PERHAPS WHO ARE SYMPTOMATIC WHO DEFINITELY NEED A TEST VERSUS MORE OF WHAT YOU'RE DESCRIBING.

AND I WILL ALSO SAY THAT ALL TESTS ARE NOT CREATED EQUAL AND THAT ALSO CAUSES A LOT OF CONFUSION IN THE COMMUNITY AND DISTORTS SOME OF THE NUMBERS AS WELL.

SO TO YOUR POINT WE ARE TO MY KNOWLEDGE NOT REALLY DOING THAT MUCH AT ALL IN SOUTH CAROLINA.

UNFORTUNATELY WHERE YOU'RE JUST RANDOMLY SAMPLING PEOPLE MOSTLY BECAUSE JUST THE LIMITATIONS OF TESTING CAPABILITY AND SO RIGHT NOW I THINK WHAT WHAT YOU'RE PARTLY IMPLYING IS THAT THE PERCENT POSITIVITY RATE RIGHT NOW IN SOUTH CAROLINA IS REALLY, REALLY HIGH.

IT'S ON ITS WAY DOWN BUT IT'S THE HIGHEST IT'S BEEN SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THE PANDEMIC.

I THINK SOME OF THAT IS RELATED TO THAT THE NUMBERS ARE INCREASING BUT I THINK SOME OF IT IS RELATED TO THAT WHILE A LOT OF PEOPLE WOULD HAVE GOTTEN TESTED A FEW MONTHS AGO.

THERE'S REALLY BEEN JUST A DECREASE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE GETTING TESTED.

DO HAS TRIED HARD TO GET MORE PEOPLE TO TEST IN A RANDOM WAY AS YOU'RE DESCRIBING.

BUT KEEP IN MIND IF YOU'RE NEGATIVE ON A WEDNESDAY THAT DOES NOT MEAN THAT YOU'RE NEGATIVE ON A THURSDAY. AND SO YES, IT WOULD BE EXCELLENT IF WE COULD TEST EVEN THREE TIMES A WEEK, ONCE A WEEK, TWICE A WEEK WHATEVER YOUR INTERVAL IS IN THE SCHOOLS. BUT YOU KNOW, JUST RANDOM SAMPLING OR EVERYBODY.

AND WE ARE NOT IN A POSITION TO DO THAT. BUT I WILL TELL YOU THAT WHILE

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SO WE PUT A LOT OF EMPHASIS ON TESTING AND SOME OF IT IS CORRECT TO DO SO.

BUT THERE'S A LOT OF LIMITATIONS TO TESTING. AND SO YES, TO YOUR POINT IT WOULD BE GREAT IF WE HAD A BETTER IDEA OF SAY IN THE SCHOOLS HOW MANY ASYMPTOMATIC PATIENT PEOPLE WERE POSITIVE BECAUSE AS WE KNOW MANY CAN BE ASYMPTOMATIC OR WHAT WE SEE MORE COMMONLY IS THAT PEOPLE DO HAVE SYMPTOMS. THEY'RE JUST FEARING MILD AND THEY'RE NOT APPRECIATED AS CODED AS EXAMPLE ONE OF THOSE CASES OF THE TEACHER TRANSMISSION THAT TEACHER HAD A HEADACHE FOR TWO DAYS. THAT WAS JUST UNRECOGNIZED AS A CODED SYMPTOM. AND ANY OF US THAT COULD POTENTIALLY HAPPEN.

BUT SOMETIMES THE SYMPTOMS ARE SO MILD PARTICULARLY IN CHILDREN.

I'VE HAD MY CHILDREN WITH TEMPERATURES OF ONE OR THREE AND THEY'RE RUNNING AROUND.

RIGHT. SO WE HAVE TO BE VERY CAREFUL ABOUT TELLING OUR FAMILIES AND TELLING OUR STAFF IF YOU ARE SICK AT ALL. IF YOU HAVE A RUNNY NOSE, IF YOU'RE SORE THROAT, YOU KNOW ANYTHING THAT THEY NEED TO STAY HOME AND GET TESTED BECAUSE THAT IS WHERE WE OFTEN MISS SOME OF THESE CASES. JUST 400 OF YOU TO GO THROUGH AND BE FELT THAT POPULATION I MEAN THE RESULTS POSITIVE FINNISH DISEASES BUT OUR POPULATION ARE STILL POPULATION YOU KNOW THE MEDICINAL VALUE BY NOT LOOKING AT IT FROM A STATE PERSPECTIVE, YOU KNOW THEY'RE LOOKING I DON'T DISAGREE WITH YOU.

>> I ABSOLUTELY AGREE WITH WHAT YOU'RE SAYING. AND IN A WAY THE THE SCHOOLS HAVE GOTTEN THE SHORT END OF THIS PANDEMIC STACK RATE. AND IT'S VERY UNFORTUNATE WHAT I HAVE SAID FOR MANY MONTHS NOW IS IF THE SOUTH CAROLINA BARS ARE GOING TO STAY OPEN, THEN THE SCHOOLS NEED TO STAY OPEN BECAUSE I THINK THAT SHOULD BE A MUCH HIGHER PRIORITY.

AND UNFORTUNATELY AND IN MANY PARTS THE US SPORTS TAKE A FRONT SEAT.

HEY, I MEAN I'M A RIBAUT SPORTS AND WHAT I'VE BEEN TOLD JUST TO BRING IT BACK TO SCHOOLS IS FOR SOME OF THOSE STUDENTS THE REASON THEY GO TO SCHOOL IS BECAUSE THEY GET TO PLAY BASKETBALL. AND SO THERE THERE IS A LOT OF THINGS TO CONSIDER WHEN YOU CANCEL SPORTS. BUT THEY REALLY HAVE COST A LOT OF STUDENT TO STUDENT AND TEACHER TO STUDENT TRANSMISSION . PARTICULARLY BASKETBALL TO LOOK AT BASKETBALL WHICH WAS I SUPPOSE IF YOU LOOK AT THOSE NUMBERS SPORTS IS THE BIGGEST

UPTICK IN TERMS OF NUMBERS OF THE DISABILITY SPORTS. >> WE JUST FACE DIFFERENCE MORE

THAN WE COULD WE COULD DO SOME THINGS POSITIVE THERE. >> YEAH.

SO YOU KNOW, PART OF THE PROBLEM WITH CONTEXT SPORTS AND INQUIRE AND AND BAND IS THE SAME WAY IS THEY ARE SUPER SPREADER EVENTS. THEY'RE VERY CLOSE CONTACT OBVIOUSLY. BUT THE WAY THEY EXIST PARTICULARLY INDOOR SPORTS, THEY JUST HAVE A PROPENSITY FOR DROPLET SPREAD. AND IN CHARLESTON COUNTY THERE WAS ONE TEACHER WHO SPREAD IT TO MULTIPLE BASKETBALL PLAYERS ACROSS SEVERAL TEAMS AND REALLY JUST SHOWS HOW CONTAGIOUS IT IS IN AN ENVIRONMENT LIKE THAT IN CHARLESTON COUNTY DID END UP POSTPONING THEIR BASKETBALL SEASON BECAUSE I THINK MOST OF US AGREE THAT KEEPING THE KIDS IN THE CLASSROOM IS THE MOST IMPORTANT PART. AS MUCH AS I'D LIKE TO SEE THAT THE SPORTS CONTINUE SO I KNOW THE SPORTS TALK HAS GENERATED A LOT OF 8:00 IN IN CHARLESTON COUNTY AND PROBABLY OTHER PLACES AS WELL. BUT IF EDUCATION IS THE PRIMARY GOAL THEN THE SPORTS HAVE TO WAIT A LITTLE BIT LONGER. UNFORTUNATELY.

THANK YOU, DR. EDWARD FOR A VERY ENLIGHTENING, INFORMATIVE PRESENTATION.

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CORRECT? >> YES. SO ME JUST I'M CLARIFY ONE THING. PROBABLY MOST PEOPLE KNOW THIS BY NOW BUT IN CASE YOU DON'T.

SO THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ISOLATION AND QUARANTINE. SO ISOLATION IS IF SOMEBODY TESTS POSITIVE OR HAS SYMPTOMS COMPATIBLE WITH COVID . SO THOSE PEOPLE GO INTO ISOLATION AND YOU KNOW, EITHER THEY'RE CONFIRMED POSITIVE AND THEN THEY STAY IN IN ISOLATION OR THEY TEST NEGATIVE AND THEN THEY COME OUT OF ISOLATION. SO QUARANTINE IS THE TERM FOR COVID THAT WE USE FOR THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN EXPOSED TO OTHER PEOPLE WHO EITHER HAVE A CODED POSITIVE TEST OR A CLINICALLY COMPATIBLE ILLNESS. AND AS I MENTIONED, THE QUARANTINE PERIOD THE SAFEST QUARANTINE PERIOD IS 14 DAYS FROM THE LAST EXPOSURE OF THEIR POSITIVE CASE WHEREAS IN ISOLATION IT IS 10 DAYS FROM DAY ZERO.

SO IT GETS VERY COMPLICATED. BUT DAY ZERO IS EITHER THEIR DAY OF THEIR ONSET OF SYMPTOMS OR THEIR DAY OF THEIR POSITIVE TEST. SO IF YOU ARE IN A HOUSEHOLD WITH SOMEBODY AND YOU ARE EXPOSED TO THEM THE ENTIRE TIME THAT THAT PERSON IS IN ISOLATION, YOUR QUARANTINE PERIOD DOES NOT BEGIN UNTIL YOUR HOUSEHOLD MEMBERS ISOLATION ENDS. SO SOMETIMES IT CAN ACTUALLY BE .

THIS HAPPENED IN MY HOUSE AND FORTUNATELY MY CHILDREN WERE IN QUARANTINE FOR MANY, MANY VERY LONG WEEKS. SO THAT GETS VERY CONFUSING FOR PEOPLE.

SO FOR QUARANTINE. IT IS 14 DAYS STARTING AT THE DAY OF THE LAST EXPOSURE TO THE POSITIVE CASE AND THE SHORTENED PERIODS OF TIME. THE CDC HAS OFFERED THE SEVEN DAY QUARANTINE AND TESTING AT DAY FIVE WHICH I REALLY DO NOT RECOMMEND FOR SCHOOLS.

THE SECOND OPTION IS AT DAY 10. NOW THE CDC DOES NOT SPECIFY TESTING OR NOT TESTING BUT WHAT CHARLESTON COUNTY HAS NOW IMPLEMENTED AS HAVE SOME OTHER PRIVATE SCHOOLS IN MY AREA IS THAT THEY DO REQUIRE TESTING WITH THAT 10 DAY SHORTER QUARANTINE AND WE USE A 7 OR LATER. SO THE AVERAGE PERSON DEVELOPS SYMPTOMS AT DAY FIVE BUT THERE IS A WINDOW AND SO WE THINK THAT IN THE SEVEN DAY MARK IS WHAT DO YOU HAVE CASES AS WELL IF YOU'RE GOING TO TEST DON'T TEST SOONER THAN DAY SEVEN BECAUSE IF YOU TEST TOO SOON YOU'RE GOING TO GET A NEGATIVE TEST WHICH MAY NOT ACTUALLY BE ACCURATE.

AND THE REASON THAT CHARLESTON COUNTY AND BACK TO BUSINESS HAS REALLY PUSHED FOR THE TESTING NOW I PUSHED FOR THE TESTING NO MATTER IF YOU DO 10 DAYS OR 14 DAYS.

BUT YES, CHARLESTON COUNTY HAS DONE 10 DAYS PLUS TESTING. THE REASON THAT I PUSH STRONGLY TO HAVE EVERYBODY WHO'S IN QUARANTINE IN THE SCHOOL SETTING GET TESTED IS THAT WE HAVE SEEN MANY CHILDREN WHO ARE ASYMPTOMATIC. AND WHEN YOU TEST THEY ARE POSITIVE AND SO THEY WOULD ACTUALLY END STAYING OUT LONGER BECAUSE THEN THEY BECOME A POSITIVE CASE AND THEY'RE IN ISOLATION VERSUS IF YOU DIDN'T TEST THEM AT ALL.

NOW YOU COULD ARGUE THAT, YOU KNOW, IT'S A LITTLE BIT OF SEMANTICS THAT BY DAY 14 MANY OF THEM ESPECIALLY THE CHILDREN ARE NO LONGER CONTAGIOUS.

BUT MY GOAL IS TO KEEP AS MANY PEOPLE SAFE AS POSSIBLE AND EVERYBODY HAS A DIFFERENT AGENDA. DEEPAK BALANCES TRYING TO KEEP KIDS SAFE BUT ALSO KEEP KIDS IN SCHOOL AND SOMETIMES BACK TO BUSINESS AND WHAT I RECOMMEND CONFLICTS A LITTLE BIT WITH WHAT DO YOU HAVE WANTS TO DO? THEY'RE NOT WRONG. IT'S JUST THAT THEY ARE MITIGATING TO DIFFERENT THINGS. KEEPING KIDS IN SCHOOL VERSUS KEEPING EVERYBODY SAFE.

AND I JUST MY PENDULUMS MOVES A LITTLE BIT MORE TO TO KEEPING KIDS OUT BUT KEEPING MORE PEOPLE SAFE IF THAT MAKES SENSE. YES, THANK YOU FOR THE CLARIFICATION. I HAVE ONE OTHER QUESTION FOR YOU AND MAYBE YOU'RE GOING TO DEFER ON THIS SINCE YOUR PEDIATRIC INFECTIOUS DISEASE SPECIALIST.

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THEY'RE NOT APPROVED IN CHILDREN AT THIS POINT? >> YES.

SO I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS JUST SAD TO WHAT I'VE BEEN DOING BUT I HAVE READ ALL 92 PAGES OF THE PFIZER VACCINE REPORT AND AND HAVE LOOKED AT MOST OF THE MADONNA DATE DATA AS WELL.

I FEEL VERY STRONGLY THAT BOTH OF THESE VACCINES ARE EXTREMELY SAFE AND THEY'RE HIGHLY EFFECTIVE. AND I AM CERTAINLY HAPPY TO SHARE MORE DATA ON EFFICACY AND SAFETY. BUT I TELL YOU WHOLEHEARTEDLY I HAVE NO ISSUE AT ALL WITH THE MAJORITY OF PEOPLE GETTING EITHER OF THOSE VACCINES AND THEY DO WORK.

SO I MEAN A C AND D WE'VE WORKED VERY HARD TO ROLL OUT THE VACCINE.

IT'S A LITTLE BIT OF A SLOW PROCESS BUT I TELL YOU THAT WE ARE DOING BETTER THAN MOST STATES. SO EVEN THOUGH IT MAY SEEM LIKE THINGS ARE GOING MAYBE SLOWER THAN WE WOULD WANT, WE ARE REALLY IN AND ONE OF THE TOP STATES IN TERMS OF HOW WE'RE DOING. AND SO TEACHERS ARE GOING TO BE IN PHASE 1 BE WE ARE CURRENTLY IN PHASE 1 A AND I ANTICIPATE ONE BE COMING ANY TIME THE WEB SITE SAYS LATE WINTER BUT WE'RE IN CHARLESTON SOUTH TO THE YOU KNOW THAT IS PROBABLY FEBRUARY AND SEEMS TO BE KIND OF CHANGING. YES. QUITE FREQUENTLY AS THINGS EVOLVE AND SO IT MAY COME EVEN SOONER THAN THAT. THE SCHOOL NURSES ARE ALREADY ELIGIBLE. AND ANYBODY WHO HAS A STRICT PATIENT CONTACT BUT AND I'VE SPOKEN TO SUPERINTENDENT BEAUFORT COUNTY AND SOME OTHERS THAT WE SEE ARE GOING TO HELP ALL OF YOU AS MUCH AS WE CAN TO ROLL THAT OUT IN YOUR SCHOOLS. BUT I HIGHLY ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY WHO'S ELIGIBLE TO SIGN UP. I'VE HAD MY TWO.

THERE ARE, YOU KNOW, SOME MILD SIDE EFFECTS THAT SOME PEOPLE HAVE.

BUT IT REALLY MEANS THAT YOU'RE DEVELOPING ANTIBODIES AND AND THAT YOU'RE GOING TO BE

PROTECTED. >> THANK YOU, MR. WILLIAM SMITH ,IF YOU WOULD PLEASE SHARE WITH US FROM YOUR IDEA WHAT IMPACT THIS VIRUS HAD ON MOST ADULTS VERSUS STUDENTS ARE

CHILDREN. >> YOU MEAN IN TERMS OF WHAT IN PARTICULAR ARE YOU INTERESTED

IN HOW I READ THE QUESTION AGAIN. >> WOULD YOU WOULD YOU SHARE WITH US WITHIN THE THE BILL WOULD YOU SHARE WHAT YOU SHARE WITH US FROM YOUR DATA, WHAT IMPACT THIS VIRUS HAS ON DOUBTS VERSUS STUDENTS? AND I BELIEVE AS I SAW SOMEWHERE WHEN YOU WERE PUT WHEN YOU WERE GOING OVER YOUR SLIDES THE STAFF VERSUS THESE STUDENTS THE THE DIFFERENT EFFECT. BUT I'M ASKED WHAT I'M ASKING IS ADULTS VERSUS STUDENTS OR DID THE ADULTS VERSUS CHILDREN SCUSE ME SO IT ALLOWS WHAT WE SEE IN THE U.S. AND AROUND THE WORLD AND WHAT WE KNOW TO BE TRUE SO ADULTS ARE MORE LIKELY

TO HAVE SEVERE SYMPTOMS VERSUS CHILDREN. >> CHILDREN TEND TO BE MORE MILD AND IT IS TRUE THAT I THINK PEOPLE WHO HAVE SYMPTOMS ARE MORE LIKELY TO BE TESTED AND IT TOOK A LITTLE BIT OF TIME FOR PEOPLE TO EVEN RECOGNIZE THAT CHILDREN DO GET IT. AND CHILDREN NEED TO BE TESTED .

AND SO BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT CHILDREN ARE LESS LIKELY TO BE HOSPITALIZED AND DIE FROM COVE IT IN GENERAL THEY ARE LESS LIKELY TO BE TESTED. AND SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE NUMBERS THAT HAVE BEEN TESTED IN CHILDREN, THEY ARE MUCH LOWER THAN ADULTS BUT WE ARE WELL OVER THE 1 MILLION MARK OF CHILDREN WITH COVID . SO IT IS CERTAINLY POSSIBLE AND IT HAPPENS ALL THE TIME FOR THEM TO GET COVERED . BUT WHEN YOU LOOK AT DATA IN CHILDREN THEY ARE LESS LIKELY TO BE POSITIVE WHEN THEY'RE TESTED.

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TRANSMIT IT AND HAVE SEVERE ILLNESS. >> CAN YOU TALK ABOUT THE

ADULTS? >> YES. SO THE OLDER YOU ARE THE MORE LIKELY YOU ARE TO HAVE SEVERE COVERED . THERE IS A PRETTY CLEAR DEMARCATION AROUND THE 70 75 AND UP MARK WHICH IS WHY PHASE 1 A INCLUDE 17 UP AND THERE IS MORE LIKELIHOOD OF YOU HAVING SEVERE CONVEYED IF YOU HAVE AN UNDERLYING ILLNESS AS AN ADULT PARTICULARLY COMPARED TO CHILDREN EVEN WITH THE SAME UNDERLYING ILLNESS.

THERE'S A LOT OF REASONS AND A LOT OF HYPOTHESES BEHIND THIS BUT IT'S PROBABLY NO SURPRISE WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE DATA THAT PERCENTAGE WISE MORE ADULTS HAD COVERED THE CHILDREN BASED ON THAT. AND IT IS CERTAINLY POSSIBLE THAT THERE WERE CHILDREN WHO HAD A SYMPTOMATIC OR VERY MILD ILLNESS THAT WENT UNRECOGNIZED. I'M CERTAIN THAT THAT IS PROBABLY TRUE. BUT I HAVE NO EVIDENCE THAT THEY ACTUALLY TRANSMITTED THE SPORES. I DON'T SEE ANY CLUSTERS IN CLASSROOMS THAT WOULD LEAD ME TO BELIEVE THAT THEY DROVE SOME OF THOSE STAPH INFECTIONS. AND IN MANY CASES I THINK THAT ADULTS TEND TO GO MORE PLACES THAN CHILDREN, YOU KNOW, TO THE GROCERY STORES AND OTHER PLACES WHERE, YOU KNOW, THEY PUT THEMSELVES AT RISK BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO YOU KNOW, SOME OF THESE THINGS YOU HAVE TO DO AS ADULTS . AND THEN SOME OF THEM IN SOME CASES, YOU KNOW, THEY WENT TO PARTIES OR OTHER PLACES THAT ALSO PUT THEM AT RISK SO MUCH.

>> OK, YES. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH THERE BEING NO FURTHER QUESTIONS.

WE APPRECIATE THE TIME. LET'S TALK RECORD AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

MY PLEASURE. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND I'M HAPPY TO SHARE MY

SLIDES OR COME BACK AND TALK ANYTIME, DR. DREW. >> THANK YOU.

APPRECIATE YOUR TIME THIS EVENING. WANT TO SHARE WITH THE BOARD THAT OUR NURSES ARE DOING A GREAT JOB WITH THE CONTACT TRACING PIECE.

THEY'RE WORKING REALLY HARD AND THE EXTENSIVE HOURS BUT THEY'RE DOING AN OUTSTANDING JOB.

AND THANK YOU. YOU KNOW, WITH THE CONNECTION WITH DR. RECORD HERE, SHE'S HELPING US ALSO TO ENGAGE WITH MLSE TO POTENTIALLY BRING ON BOARD SOME OF THEM SOME OF THEIR NURSES THAT CAN HELP PROVIDE ASSISTANCE WITH CONTACT TRACING AND SUPPORT AROUND THAT AS WELL. SO THIS IS A PARTNERSHIP THAT I'M EXCITED THAT WE HAVE AND THAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO CONNECT LINKEDIN SINCE DOCTOR. LET ME GUESS YOU HAVE DR.

EDWARDS CONTACT INFORMATION, COULD YOU? I'M TAKING HER SIDE PRESENTATION AND THEN ROBIN CUSHING, MARY MURDOCH STORIES WERE DISTRIBUTED BY E-MAIL.

THE THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> WE ARE NOW ON TO THE

[Committee Assignments]

OF EDUCATION. >> I APPOINT THE BOARD COMMITTEES AFTER GETTING INPUT FROM OR SOLICITING INPUT FROM THE BOARD MEMBERS. I'M PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE THAT I RECEIVED INPUT FROM EVERY BOARD MEMBER WHICH WAS FANTASTIC. AND I THANK ALL OF YOU FOR RESPONDING TO MY TO MY E-MAIL. I WAS ABLE TO HONOR NEARLY ALL OF THE REQUESTS I COULD AND HONOR ABSOLUTELY ALL OF NEARLY ALL. SO I WAS VERY PLEASED THAT THAT COULD HAPPEN THIS YEAR. SO I'LL ANNOUNCE THE COMMITTEE'S TONIGHT.

AND THESE WILL BE STARTING AFTER TONIGHT BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THE COMMITTEE

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WE ALSO CURRENTLY HAVE THREE AD HOC COMMITTEES AND THEIR MEMBERSHIP IS AS FOLLOWS AD HOC BOARD SELF EVALUATION COMMITTEE. MEL CAMPBELL CHAIR TRICIA FREDERICK DAVID SCRIVENER AND ADMINISTRATIVE LIAISON ALICE WALTON AD HOC BLUFFTON GROWTH COMMITTEE. RACHEL WISNIEWSKI IS CHAIR GEIGER ANGEL MIDDLETON AND CO .

ADMINISTRATIVE LIAISONS CAROL CRUTCHFIELD AND ROBERT HARDING AD HOC RESULTS COMMITTEE.

>> KATHY ROWE VISE CHAIR. INGRID BOATWRIGHT. EARL CAMPBELL AND ADMINISTRATIVE LIAISON DANIEL FALLON. LEGISLATIVE LEADERS ARE EARL CAMPBELL AND THE BOARD AS A WHOLE SERVES FOR THE LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE WITH HELP FROM THE LOBBYIST. LYNN STOKES MURRAY AND UPPER FORMAN MCNAIR IN ADDITION THE V

[ACE Representatives]

THE MEMBERS ARE APPOINTED FROM THE CURRENT BEAUFORT COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD OF EDUCATION AND THE JASPER COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND SHALL SERVE TWO YEAR TERMS WHICH ARE CONCURRENT WITH THE TERMS ON THEIR RESPECTIVE BOARDS OF EDUCATION

. >> SO THE REPRESENTATIVES FROM BEAUFORT COUNTY TO THE B.J.

EXPORT SERVING A TWO YEAR TERM ARE INTEGRAL, RIGHT? DYER AND WILLIAM SMITH.

>> THAT CONCLUDES MY CHAIRMAN'S REPORT. >> NOW ONTO THE COMMITTEE

REPORTS AND AS I JUST MENTION A FURTHER YES, SIR. >> UP THE WITH YOU SAID THAT THE ACE COMMITTEE THE A'S BOARD IS THE COMMITTEE THE A'S THE A'S COMMITTEE THE ACE REPRESENTATION IS NOT A COMMITTEE. IT IS A A BOARD.

I MEAN I DIFFER BECAUSE WE ARE THE THE BOARD THE BOARD MUST BE DECIDING AND REPRESENT A REPRESENTATION OF ACE AND THIS THIS IS THIS IS NOT A COMMITTEE BECAUSE IT IS REGULATED BY BY LEGISLATES BY LEGISLATION AND NOT OUR BOARD POLICIES. THE BOARD THE POLICY SO THE AYES IT FROM FOR JASPER H. I DID NOT READ ANY POLICY FROM GUILFORD COUNTY PUT GOVERNANCE POLICY SO YES IT IS A IT'S A SEPARATE BOARD. THAT'S WHAT I READ, SIR.

BUT THE BOARD MUST COME TO AGREEMENT OF MEMBERS IN THAT COMMITTEE SHALL NOT BE APPOINTED BY BY THE CHAIR. IS WHAT I'M SAYING. BECAUSE THAT IS A THERE'S A THERE'S A BOARD THAT IS REGULATED BY LEGISLATION. SO THAT'S NOT A COMMITTEE.

AND YOU BROUGHT IT UP ON YOUR COMMITTEE REPORT. THAT IS NOT A CLASS THAT THAT IS KNOWLEDGE THAT THOSE MEMBERS ARE NOT UNDER A COMMITTEE. I DID NOT SAY THERE WERE ANY

COMMITTEE OKATIE. >> I THINK WE'VE COVERED THAT. SO NOW MOVING ON TO THE

[ACE]

OVERALL EVALUATION. BUT I GUESS SPEAKING DIRECTOR OF THE DAYS ONE AND EVERYTHING GOING TIME AT THIS ABSOLUTELY NO PROBLEM. RICHARD, THANK YOU.

[Academic Committee]

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THE ACADEMIC COMMITTEE WAS QUITE BUSY IN DECEMBER AND WE MET ON DECEMBER 10TH AND REVIEWED MANY ADMINISTRATIVE REGULATE SESSIONS. OUR LEGAL COUNSEL.

WENDY CARTLEDGE LED US THROUGH SOME OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE REGULATIONS AND WE ARE HERE TONIGHT TO SHARE SOME OF THE MORE POIGNANT OR SALIENT CHANGES OF THOSE A RS TO THE BOARD. AND MISS CARTLEDGE, I BELIEVE YOU'RE GOING TO PRESENT TONIGHT JUST FOR OUR EDIFICATION. SS TWENTY FIVE. SS THREE AND I GUESS FIFTY EIGHT. THAT WOULD BE DRUG AND ALCOHOL USE BY STUDENT ASSIGNMENT SCHOOLS AND FOREIGN EXCHANGE STUDENTS RESPECTIVELY. SO MS.

CARTLEDGE, I'M TURNING IT OVER TO YOU. >> YES THANK YOU.

CAN EVERYBODY THINK YEAH. CAN YOU ALL HERE? YES MA'AM.

I'M OK. THANK YOU. I'M HAVING TO USE MY PHONE BECAUSE INTERNET CONNECTION IS VERY UNSTABLE. THE FIRST ADMINISTRATIVE REGULATION DRUG AND ALCOHOL USE BY STUDENTS ADMINISTRATIVE RAG AS HIGH AS TWENTY FIVE.

WE HAVE UPDATED THIS REGULATION . THE MAIN CHANGE IN IT IS THAT OUR STUDENT CODE OF CONDUCT HAS BEEN UPDATED AND MISS COULD YOU BEAR IF YOU MOVE DOWN TO THE BOTTOM OF THAT PAGE? WE WANTED TO BE ENSURE THAT WE WERE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE STUDENT CODE OF CONDUCT AND ALSO TO ALLOW THAT PRINCIPALS, ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS OR PRINCIPALS DESIGNEE COULD COOPERATE WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT IN THE EVENT THAT THERE WAS A DRUG OR ALCOHOL VIOLATION. AND AS PART OF OUR DISTRICT'S PLAN TO HAVE INTERVENTIONS FOR ALL OF OUR STUDENTS, ALL STUDENTS WHO ARE FOUND TO HAVE COMMITTED A DRUG OR ALCOHOL OFFENSE SHALL BE REFERRED TO A DRUG AND ALCOHOL INTERVENTION PROGRAM.

WE WANT TO THESE STUDENTS GET THE HELP THAT THEY NEED THAT THEY CAN ADDRESS THESE ISSUES AND CAN REHABILITATE AND HOPEFULLY RETURN TO THE SCHOOL SETTING AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

AND THIS KUSHNER IF YOU'D GO ON TO THE NEXT ONE, PLEASE. THANK YOU.

I ALSO AT THE END HAVE ADDED OUR BEAUFORT COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION POLICIES AND WITH OUR REVISIONS TO THE POLICIES THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON AFTER OUR THIRD READING FOR POLICIES AND WE WILL UPDATE ALL THE ADMINISTRATIVE REGULATIONS THAT THOSE WITH THE CURRENT BOARD OF EDUCATION POLICIES THAT ARE INCLUDED. THANK YOU MR. CHRISTIAN BEAR.

IF YOU GO ON TO THE NEXT ONE, PLEASE. THE NEXT ADMINISTRATIVE REGULATION I CITE ASSIGNMENT OF STUDENTS TO SCHOOLS REGULATION SS 3 THE PURPOSE AND REVISING ADMINISTRATIVE REGULATION IS THAT WE NOW HAVE DR. BRADLEY AS DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS AND IN THIS ADMINISTRATION OF REGULATION THE SUPERINTENDENT OR HIS HER DESIGNEE WILL HAVE THE RESPONSIBILITY WITH ASSIGNMENT OF STUDENTS. SO WITH OUR COMMITTEE WE REVIEWED THIS ADMINISTRATIVE REGULATION AND DISCRETION YOU JUST KEEP MOVING DOWN. WE HAVE ADDED FOR HIS HER DESIGNEE IN EVERY AREA AND ADMINISTRATIVE REGULATION WHERE THE SUPERINTENDENT HAS AUTHORITY. SO THAT WAS THE MAIN PURPOSE IN REVISING THIS IS TO ALLOW DR.

RODRIGUEZ TO DESIGNEE DR. BRADLEY AS HIS DESIGNEE. WITH RESPECT TO ASSIGNMENT OF STUDENTS TO SCHOOLS AND THE OTHER CHANGE IN THIS IS THAT THERE IS NO LONGER NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND. THE NEW FEDERAL LEGISLATION IS THE EVERY STUDENT SHALL SUCCEED ACT. SO HE MADE REFERENCE TO THAT AND THIS ADMINISTRATIVE REGULATION. AND IF YOU MOVE DOWN THIS QUESTION, BERRY, YOU WILL SEE WE HAVE ADDED THE SITE AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS ADMINISTRATIVE REGULATION TO REFER TO THOSE CHANGES IN THE FEDERAL LAW. AND AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, KEEP MOVING DOWN PLEASE AND THANK YOU. YOU WILL SEE WE'VE AT WE HAVE THE BOARD POLICIES IN THERE AND WE'LL UPDATE THAT AGAIN WHEN WE CHANGE FOR OUR POLICIES. AND IF YOU PLEASE GO ON TO THE NEXT ONE THIS QUESTION BERRY AND WE'LL MISS CHRIS BARRY'S GOING TO THE NEXT ADMINISTRATIVE REGULATION. I JUST MENTIONED BRIEFLY THAT DURING OUR MEETING ON DECEMBER 10TH WE RECEIVED VERY VALUABLE INPUT FROM OUR BOARD MEMBERS AND DR. WHITE AND I ARE WORKING ON THE DISCIPLINE STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES AND WE'LL BE PRESENTING THAT TO YOU ALL NEXT MONTH IN THE FOREIGN EXCHANGE STUDENT ADMINISTRATIVE REGULATION ISC EIGHT BOARD MEMBERS AND FOR THE BENEFIT NEW MEMBERS LAST SUMMER WE MADE EXTENSIVE EXTENSIVE CHANGES TO

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SO WE MADE AN EXCEPTION TO HONOR PRIOR STUDENTS APPLIED TO BE PART OF OUR PROGRAM.

SO WE HAVE THE PROGRAM SUSPENDED FOR THIS YEAR WITH THE EXCEPTION STUDENTS PRIOR WE ADMITTED. AND THE OTHER ADDITIONS THAT WE MADE SINCE JULY WHEN WE MADE EXTENSIVE REVISIONS IS THAT A QUESTION HAD ARISEN ABOUT WHETHER A FOREIGN EXCHANGE STUDENT COULD BE THE SALUTATORIAN OR THE VALEDICTORIAN.

AND IF YOU'LL GO DOWN FARTHER NEAR THE END OF THIS MISS QUESTION BERRY WE DISCUSSED THE I AS 43 A UNIFORM GRADING POLICY AND THAT'S ALSO THE STATE REGS THAT A FOREIGN EXCHANGE STUDENT CAN ONLY BE PRESENT WITH US FOR NOT MORE THAN TWO ACADEMIC SEMESTERS IN AN ORDER TO BE A SALUTATORIAN OR A VALEDICTORIAN. YOU HAVE TO BE A STUDENT AT THE SCHOOL FOR A MINIMUM OF THREE CONSECUTIVE SEMESTERS. SO AT THE END OF THIS ADMINISTRATIVE REGULATIONS WE HAVE MADE A REFERENCE TO THAT. MISS ROBAN DID MENTIONED SHE'S HAD FOUR EXCHANGE STUDENTS BEFORE AND THAT QUESTION HAS ARISEN.

SO THAT IT'S ALL BEEN INCLUDED NOW. SO THOSE ARE THE CHANGES THAT WE MADE TO THE ADMINISTRATIVE REGULATIONS JUST TRYING TO KEEP OURSELVES UP TO DATE WITH THE LAWS. GREAT. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. I APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK YOU'VE PUT INTO THIS.

VERY MUCH SO. I DIDN'T SAY THAT THE ACADEMIC COMMUNITY WOULD LIKE TO BRING

FORWARD. >> THANK YOU. MS. CARTLEDGE OK. THE SECOND THING THAT THE ACADEMIC COMMITTEE WOULD LIKE TO BRING FORWARD TO FORWARD THE BOARD'S REVIEW AGAIN IS P E ONE POINT NINE AND IF THE BOARD MEMBERS WOULD REMEMBER BACK ON DECEMBER 8 WE BROUGHT THIS TO THE BOARD TO ACCEPT AND WE HAD SOME GREAT DISCUSSION ABOUT P ONE POINT NINE WHICH DEALS WITH GUIDANCE SERVICES SO MORE DUCKS FOUND THE ENTIRE DOCUMENT THAT WAS PRESENTED ON DECEMBER. AND TIME THE BOARD DID NOT ACCEPT THOSE WERE TWO AREAS THAT WE FELT NEEDED SUCH AS TWO AREAS.

I ASKED DR. STRATAS TO ADDRESS THIS EVENING IN THE PRESENTATION SO THEY HAD TO DO WITH THE STUDENT RATIO AND THEN DR. QUADS HAD MADE A COMMENT ASKING ABOUT SOME MAKING SURE THAT WE NOTED EXACTLY WHICH STUDENTS WERE TESTED FOR SOME HIGH STAKES TESTING.

SO DR. STRATOS, YOU TAKE THAT OVER, PLEASE. THANK YOU.

THIS IS REYKJAVIK, LORD MAYOR OF GOOD EVENING. IF YOU COULD REFER TO YOUR PACKAGE, THE FIGURE 2 ACADEMIC COMMITTEE IN REFERENCE CORPSMAN FIXED RATE STATION ONE POINT NINE IF WE COULD NOTE ON PAGE 9 INFORMATION REGARDING THE RATIO OF STUDIO USE.

>> THANK YOU ROB. >> WHEN YOU LOOK BACK UP ON THAT POWERPOINT THE SIMILAR REFERENCE POINT ONE SLIDE UP. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

>> CONFIRMATION OF THE ENROLLMENT STUDENTS AND THE RATIOS HAVE BEEN CONDUCTED.

>> I'D LIKE TO NOTE THAT YOU SEE THE FIRST TABLE IT IDENTIFIES NUMBER TO 1 RATIO.

THAT'S WHY YOU READ THAT EVEN 1 TO 1 RATIO IS IDENTIFIED. IT IS IDENTIFIED BY STATE LEGISLATION AND FUNDING. THE SECOND SLIDE THIS DISCUSSION PLEASE APPRECIATE APPRECIATED MA'AM. THIS IDENTIFIES A 300 TO 1 RATIO IDENTIFIED SECONDARY SCHOOLS. THE SENIOR FRIDAY SHOWS THE DIFFERENCE ON THE CURRENT FINDING THE CORRECTIONS HAVE BEEN MADE. DID WE MAKE REASONING FOR A TWO

PAGE THIRTY ONE IN THE DOCUMENT? >> MRS. KUSHNER I DO NOT HAVE THE REFERENCE POINT BUT A COWARD POINTED APOLOGIZE GAVE ME THE TABLE THAT STATES THE

S.A.T. TESTING. >> THERE WAS A REQUEST TO ENSURE THAT WE HAVE IDENTIFIED THAT THE METRICS IN THIS TABLE PAGE 31 REALLY QUITE REFLECT PUBLIC EDUCATION NOT PRIVATE.

>> I LIKED MRS. BUSH A VERY GOOD CATCHES UP. I BELIEVE THIS IS HENDERSON HAS

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THAT HELPS AT ALL. >> DR. STRATOS WHEN I WAS REVIEWING THIS I DID NOTICE THAT YOU DID INCLUDE THE TWO CHANGES THAT THE BOARD RECOMMENDED.

YES, MA'AM. AND WE GREATLY APPRECIATE THE GREAT WE APPRECIATE THAT.

>> THANK YOU, MA'AM. >> THERE WE GO. OKAY.

SO AT THIS TIME IT WAS NOT OUR INTENTION TO GO THROUGH THE ENTIRE P E.

SO ARE THERE ANY BOARD MEMBERS THAT HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? >> NO.

IN THAT CASE THEN I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE A MOTION I MAY HAVE AT THE BEAUFORT COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD OF EDUCATION EXCEPT P E ONE POINT NINE GUIDANCE SERVICES.

>> THAT WAS KATHY. >> THANK YOU KATHY RIBAUT. SO WE HAVE A MOTION BY FEBRUARY THE BY KATHY WORLDWIDE. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? SO JUST MISS VOTER CAN YOU BE SURE YOUR MOUTH IS CLOSE TO YOUR MICROPHONE? THANK FASCISTS.

YEAH, THAT'S FINE. GO AHEAD. SO WHEN YOU SAY THAT IS THE BEAUTY MUCH THEN I'M SORRY. EXCEPT THIS P WHAT ARE WE DOING? WE'RE VOTING ON IT FOR THE ADMINISTRATIVE REGULATIONS THAT MS. CARTLEDGE PRESENTED. THOSE WE JUST HAVE TO BE PRESENTED.

THERE'S NO VOTE BUT HIS PERFORMANCE EXPECTATION AND WE DO HAVE TO VOTE ON WHAT'S THE

DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THAT AND THE PROPOSAL. >> SO IT'S MISSPELT, RIGHT? IF IF I MAY. THE STREET REGULATIONS ARE BASICALLY THOSE REGULATIONS THAT PARENTS, TEACHERS, PRINCIPALS, EVERYBODY LOOKS AT AND SAYS HOW DOES THE DISTRICT RUN? WHAT ARE TYPICALLY THE RULES THE PERFORMANCE EXPECTATIONS OR WHAT WE HOLD DR. RODRIGUEZ TO? THESE ARE THINGS THAT WE'RE SAYING FROM YOU KNOW, WE'RE SAYING THESE ARE IMPORTANT TO US TO EDUCATE STUDENTS AND TO PROVE TO US THAT OUR GUIDANCE SERVICES ARE AT SUCH A LEVEL THAT WE FEEL OUR STUDENTS ARE BEING SERVED PROPERLY.

SO THAT EVIDENCE MUST BE PROVIDED IN THESE PS TO SUPPORT THAT ASSERTION.

BUT YOU ASKED ALSO SO THAT AND I HAVEN'T HAD THAT TRAINING ROBERT'S GOTTEN OFF OF THE 26 QUESTIONS MOVE BUT I JUST WANT ME DISTINGUISHING BECAUSE THERE'S THIS DOCUMENT WHICH SAYS PERFORMANCE EXPECTATION GUIDANCE AND THEN THERE'S THIS DOCUMENT WHICH IS A PROPOSAL

FOR COUNSELING AND SO FORTH. >> MAKE SURE THAT THEY WERE SEPARATE ENTITIES.

NO. YES. SEPARATE ENTITIES.

WHEN YOU'RE WHEN YOUR MOTIVES ARE IS THE KEY DOCUMENT ITSELF ONLY THAT IF THERE'S NOTHING

ELSE YOU GET. >> ALL RIGHT. WELL, GOOD QUESTION.

IF I MAY. DR. KLEIN TO QUANTIFYING MAY FINISH.

WE AT THE ACADEMIC COMMITTEE HAD JUST ASKED MISS HENDERSON AND DR. STRATOS IN IN YOUR YOUR DREAM WORLD IF THERE WERE NO BUDGET CONCERNS IF WE HAD NO CONCERNS AT ALL.

WHAT IS IT THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO PUT FORWARD? SO WE ARE NOT ASKING ANYONE TO VOTE ON THAT PROPOSAL TONIGHT. IT'S JUST VOTING ON THE P READING.

MS. RIBAUT? YES.

PREPARE ME FOR THE NEW PEOPLE AND FOR THE SO HE EITHER RIBAUT ME ON THIS IS ALL RIGHT SAYS ENSURE THAT EACH STUDENT HAS ACCESS PROVIDED SERVICES THAT INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT RELATED COUNSELING UPGRADES ALL IN REFERENCE BACK RESOLVE REMEMBER LIBERAL AND EDUCATIONAL IMPROVE YOUR PLANS SO THAT HE ONE POINT AND THIS IS WE STOP AS MISS FREDERICK SAID WE STARTED THIS BEFORE LOOKING AT EVIDENCE AND WE ASKED FOR SOME ADDITIONAL OR SOME REWORKING SOME OF THE

STUFF THAT WAS PRESENTED. >> THANK YOU DOCTOR HIS MAJESTY MADE THE ROUND CHAIR AND YET I WAS AFRAID I APPRECIATE THE QUESTION BECAUSE I WAS GOING ASKED IF THE PROPOSAL NOT

SIMPLY BE INCLUDED IN OUR BUDGET CONVERSATION. >> I KNOW THAT THERE ACTUALLY IS AN IMPACT TO THE BUDGET AND I KNOW THAT THIS WAS THERE WAS A LOT OF WORK AND GOT PUT INTO THAT AND THERE IS A LOT OF THINGS IN THIS REPORT THAT INDICATE THERE IS IMPROVEMENT NAMED IN THAT AREA DESPITE PERHAPS BEING EVERYTHING THAT WAS OUR INTENT.

>> DR. WISNIEWSKI IS TO BRING THIS BRING THIS FORWARD DURING OUR BUDGET DISCUSSIONS.

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CARDS. >> THANK YOU. >> SO THERE BEING NO FURTHER

QUESTIONS. >> VOTING IS OPEN AND THE MOTION CARRIES 10 0 1 THE 1 ABSTENTION MR. WILLIAM SMITH, THANK YOU.

>> THIS NOT MEAN THAT THE GODS IF I IF I MAY. BEFORE I CONCLUDE THE REPORT.

YES, GO AHEAD. FOR MORE. >> BY WAS JUST MR. SMITH IS

CLARIFIED THAT HE DID NOT ABSTAIN. >> HE VOTED YES IN WHICH CASE

THE MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY THIS VINTAGE PLEASE CONTINUE. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

CONSIDERING THAT THIS WAS MY LAST REPORT FOR THE ACADEMIC COMMITTEE THAT I'VE HAD THE HONOR TO CHAIR THE LAST TWO YEARS, I JUST WANTED TO REALLY SAY KATHY ROBOT AND GAMBLE FOR I THINK WE MADE A GREAT TEAM. THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK AND DR. STRATOS, IF YOU WOULD PLEASE EXTEND TO YOUR ENTIRE DIVISION HOW WONDERFUL IT WAS TO WORK WITH THEM.

WE PROVIDE FEEDBACK. IT WAS ACCEPTED. IT WAS WE HAD GREAT DISCUSSIONS. AND PLEASE THANK EVERY MEMBER OF INSTRUCTIONAL SERVICES FOR THEIR EFFORTS OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS FOR THE ACADEMIC COMMITTEE.

>> THANK YOU. THANK YOU, DR. GUA. THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT.

[Ad Hoc Bluffton Growth Committee]

THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THIS MIGHT BE A SLIGHTLY LENGTHIER REPORT THAN I'VE PREVIOUSLY GIVEN IN THE PAST IS BECAUSE THERE WAS A LOT OF GROUND COVERED OVER THE LAST FEW MONTHS WITH COLONEL WIRE AND I STARFLEET IS ON HIS TRAIL FRESH FIELD AS YOU CAN SEE HIM OR NOT. THERE ARE A FEW ITEMS THE INTERIM REPORT OVERVIEW AND ALSO THE AERIAL IMAGES IS DUE TO FLOAT THE AERIAL IMAGES FOR THE BOARD MEMBERS.

NOW I ACCEPT THIS REPORT INTO ALIGNMENT WITH OUR SCRUB OBJECTIVES AND I CAN WIN A FEW OF THEM TO COVER TONIGHT. THE FIRST STEP OBJECTIVE OF THAT.

LET THE ROAD COMMITTEE WAS TO RESERVE THE NEED RIBAUT SCHOOLS VERSUS ADDING ON TO EXISTING SCHOOL SITES AND BLUFF AND ADDRESS CAPACITY MEANS THE SOUTH IS THAT ALL? SCHOOLS HAVE BEEN INSPECTED BY A COMMITTEE AND I KNOW CREATED A FEW ITEMS RELATIVE TO EACH INDIVIDUAL SITE WITHIN THE REPORT. I'LL HIGHLIGHT THOSE OBVIOUSLY THAT THE 45 DAY NUMBERS ARE GOING TO BE DIFFERENT THAN WHAT YOU MAY SEE IN A PREVIOUS 10 YEAR PLAN THAT WE HAVE THE 40 BY BEING NUMBERS FOR C. RILEY ARE SEVEN HUNDRED AND ELEVEN STUDENTS AND MISCOUNT CRUTCHFIELD AND HER TEAM ARE GOING TO BE IN DOCTOR OR EVEN ROBERT AND ARE GOING TO BE PUTTING OUT THE UPDATED 10 YEAR PLAN SOON.

AND YOU'LL ALSO SEE AND HAVE TO HOLD IT IN THERE AS WELL. BUT IF THIS SITE THERE IS SPACE FOR FOUR POSSIBLE CLASSROOM ADDITIONS AS PER THE 20 10 YEAR PLAN BOOK AND YOU CAN SEE OF THE BLUFFTON ELEMENTARY POINTS ABOUT A NUMBER OF REASONS AND FIFTY THREE STUDENTS THERE ARE CURRENTLY MULTIPLE UNITS AT THE SITE THAT ARE USED FOR THE SOUTHERN ESL LOCAL CENTER AND FOR STORAGE. THEY ALSO RECENTLY HAVE SOME TECHNOLOGY UPGRADES COMPLETED AT THE SITE AND AT LOST SOME SPACE. IF THAT DIFFERENT AREAS THAT WE USED FOR MAKING SURE THAT THOSE ALL THE UPGRADES WENT THROUGH AS PLANNED THE SCHOOL HAS THIRTY SIX PERCENT OF THEIR UNITS ARE ESL AND IT IS ALSO BECAUSE A SPECIAL NEEDS CLUSTER SO THERE IS SPECIAL NEEDS FACILITIES THERE A BATHROOM SPACE THERE.

OKATIE ELEMENTARY. PRESENTLY THERE IS A BUILDING NEARBY THAT IS USED AS THEIR PLAY AREA AND THEY HAVE 563 STUDENTS IN THE 45 DAY MARK. THERE'S TWO NEW RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENTS THAT ARE BEING BUILT NEARBY AND THERE'S ALSO ONE THAT'S CURRENTLY IN PLANNING WHICH COULD HAVE AN IMPACT ON THE SCHOOL. WE NOTED THAT THERE IS AN EASY

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THIS SITE RED CEDAR ELEMENTARY HAS FIVE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY TWO STUDENTS A 45 DAY MARK PURSUANT TO A DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT AT THE SITE. THERE ARE NO LOGOS ALLOWED.

THIS IS ALSO MY CHOICE SCHOOL AND THIS IS THE SCHOOL THAT RECEIVED THE HIGHEST LOSS OF STUDENTS DUE TO COLGATE. SO IF SPORTING BY BEING NUMBERS OVERALL YOU WILL SEE THAT LOFTON WAS SLIGHTLY LESS IMPACTED THAN THIS ONE SCHOOL IN PARTICULAR JUST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN PARTICULAR. YOU NOTED THAT THEY HAD A HIGH LOSS OF STUDENTS PUT YOUR BILL ON ENTRY POINT BY DAY NUMBERS EIGHT HUNDRED AND EIGHTY ONE STUDENTS THERE AS MOBILE AND MODULAR BUILDINGS ALREADY ON THIS SITE. AND THERE WAS DISCUSSION ABOUT THE DESIRE TO EVENTUALLY PHASE OUT THESE MODELS AND MODELERS OVER TIME.

WE ALSO DISCUSSED THAT THERE REALLY IS NO ROOM AT THE SITE TO ADD MORE ROBLES AND EXISTING STRAIN ON THE COMMON AREAS IS HIGH. NOT SOMETHING THAT I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW. THROUGHOUT THIS ENTIRE REPORT IS THAT ADDING TO ANY OF THESE FACILITIES WILL PUT STRAIN ON THE COMMON AREA SUCH AS THE CAFETERIA SPACES WHERE MANY OF THEM ALREADY HAVE 4 5 LUNCH PERIODS FOR THEIR STUDENTS AND IT MAKES SCHEDULING EXTREMELY DIFFICULT AND SPACING OUT SO IS THE ISSUE. MOVING DOWN TO BEVERAGE ACADEMY, ONE OF OUR VIEWERS SITES POINT BY DAY NUMBER IS ONE THOUSAND AND NINETY.

THE ADDITIONS WERE RECENTLY COMPLETED HERE. THERE WAS A MODULAR BUILDING.

THERE ARE ALSO ALREADY ON THIS SITE AND WE DISCUSSED THE DESIRE TO PHASE OUT THE LOCALS AND MODULES IN TIME AND THEY MAY BE ABLE TO BE PHASED OUT BEFORE RICHARD M. H.

MCCRACKEN NINE HUNDRED AND THIRTY FIVE STUDENTS WE DISCUSSED THE POSSIBILITY OF EXTENDING THE CAFETERIA SPACE HERE AND THERE IS PRESENTLY AN OUTDOOR SEATING SPACE THAT THEY UTILIZE WHEN THERE IS IMPLEMENT WHETHER THEY'RE NOT ABLE TO USE THAT SPACE. SO WE DID DISCUSS THE POSSIBILITY OF ENCLOSED SPACE BY MOBILE UNITS ARE ALSO HERE AND ARE REACHING THEIR END OF THEIR LIFECYCLE.

THERE IS APPROXIMATELY FIVE YEARS LEFT. THEY ALSO RECENTLY REHAB THE FLOORS THERE AND THIS SCHOOL IS ALSO A SPECIAL NEEDS CLUSTER WITH SPECIAL FACILITIES CLUSTER MIDDLE SCHOOL EIGHT HUNDRED AND FORTY FOUR STUDENTS AT THE 45 DAY MARK.

WE DISCUSSED THE POSSIBILITY OF A BASEBALL BRAWL HERE. IF YOU LOOK AT THE AERIAL IMAGES FOR ANY OF THESE SITES, IT WAS INDICATED JUST AN. LOOKS LIKE THERE IS A LOT OF LAND SPACE. BUT SOME OF THE SPACES I'M NOT ABLE TO BE DEVELOPED DUE TO WETLANDS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. WE CAN TELL THAT BASED ON THE COLOR BEAT THE TREES IN THE AREA AGAINST BLOSSOM HIGH SCHOOL. THE 45 DAY MARK WAS 1200 90 STUDENTS DISCUSSION OF EXPANSION OF THE CASE OFFERINGS AT THIS SPACE AND USE EVERY AVAILABLE SPACE OR LAND TO SO MANY OF OUR HIGH SCHOOL 45 DAY MARKS 1000 179.

THEY HAD ADDITIONS IN THE LAST REFERENDUM THEFT EXTENSION OR CREATION OF AN ROTC PROGRAM.

THE SCHOOL CAFETERIAS THEY MENTION THERE IS ALSO ISSUES OF THIS THIS EACH WITH ROAD ACCESS. SO THERE ARE SOME PRIVATE ROADS.

IT IS ALSO POSSIBLE OTHER ROAD ACCESS THAT IS AVAILABLE BUT THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO BE CONCERNED ABOUT OR LOOKING AT. LIKE I MENTIONED AN OPTION TO BUILD UP AT ANY OF THESE SITES COULD CAUSE A FEW ISSUES. ONE IS THE STRAIN ON THE COMMON AREAS THAT ARE BEING RUN AN EXTREMELY TIGHT SCHEDULES AND ALSO IF WE WERE TO BUILD UP ANY OF THESE SITES THERE IS THE POSSIBILITY AND LIKELY CERTAINTY OF HAVING TO DISPLACE STUDENTS DURING THE CONSTRUCTION PERIOD. SO NOT IDEAL.

DURING THE WARS AND THAT TIME IT WAS FOUND THAT THE MOST URGENT NEED WAS IN THE ELEMENTARY GRADES COMING UP TO MIDDLE AND THEN HIGH. BUT DUE TO THE COVID NUMBERS THAT HAVE COME IN MAY SLIGHTLY SHIFT AND OF COURSE THAT'S KIND OF A FLUID SITUATION.

SO YOU HAVE SOME BLUFFTON AND CLUSTER PROJECTIONS THAT WERE PRETTY THEN AND THEN WE'LL SEE THE UPDATED NUMBERS COMING FROM MR. RIBAUT CRASH PHIL AND ROBERT ON THE NEXT ALIGNMENT WITH THE SCOPE OBJECTIVE IS THE RESEARCH TO A CASUAL COVID IMPACTS TO THE BLUFF AND HOUSING MARKET. WHAT YOU'LL SEE THERE IS JUST AN INDICATION THAT THE BLUFFTON AREA REALTORS ASSOCIATION AND BOARD OF DIRECTORS HAS TO APPROVE OUR SURVEY INSTRUMENT BEFORE THEY WILL DISTRIBUTE IT TO THEIR MEMBERSHIP AND THEY WILL BE MEETING AT THE END UP PAYING GRADE 20 21 AND WE ARE ON OUR OTHER SELF OBJECTIVE ABOUT THE POTENTIAL IMPACT IN DEVELOPMENT. THESE WERE AWAITING THROUGH MORE INFORMATION FROM FINANCE.

WE GOT SOME QUESTIONS AT ONE OF OUR MEETING THAT THEY WERE GATHERING INFORMATION ON.

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RICHARD BYRON MADE THE MOTION TO RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THE MOTION TO HAVE THE SUPERINTENDENT CONDUCT A SURVEY APPEARANCE. THESE CHILDREN HAVE LOVED THE DISTRICT AND THEIR PLANS FOR POSSIBLY RETURNING TO THE DISTRICT POST BACK SO AT THIS TIME THERE IS NO FURTHER DATA ON THAT FROM THE STAFF THAT I WOULD LIKE TO GO AHEAD TO MAKE THAT MOTION. AND ROBIN, YOU CAN COPY AND PIECE OF IT FOR THE BEST.

HOPEFULLY I BELIEVE ONLY THE SECOND PICTURE IS GOING TO GO AHEAD AND JUST STATE YOUR MOTION TONIGHT. SINCE IT'S GOING TO BE FULL BOARD SO THE APP BLOCK THEN INVOKES MANY RATHER ITEMS THAT THE BOARD IS DIRECTLY SUPERINTENDENT ABOUT THE SURVEY OF PARENTS THAT CHILDREN HAVE LEFT THE DISTRICT AND THEIR PLANS FOR POSSIBLY RETURNING TO

THE DISTRICT POSTCODE. >> AND SO JUST SAY I ADMIT THAT I THINK COULD I HOPE THAT THE BOARD RECKLESSLY BRING PARENTS BACK ENDS UP WITH THEIR PARENTS AND CHILDREN WHO HAVE LEFT THE DISTRICT AND PLANS MORE CLOSELY RESEMBLES THE DISTRICT POST. THANK YOU MR. MAYOR CAMPBELL SEGMENT EDITED BY KEN. YES, I KNOW IF I CAN PROVIDE ANY ANSWERS OR CLARITY TO THAT MOTION AND WHY THAT DATA IS IMPORTANT IT IS A GREAT ANY DESCRIPTION.

MR. SMITH, HOW DO YOU HOW ARE YOU PROPOSING THAT HE DO THIS IF YOU DON'T MIND ME ASKING?

>> I BELIEVE THEY'VE CONDUCTED A SURVEY OF THEIR PARENTS FOR THE PAST.

SO I KNOW THAT THERE IS AN EVIDENCE IS THERE I KNOW THAT I AS D ALSO HAVE BEEN PREVIOUSLY COLLECTING DATA ON THAT. BUT AT THE TIME OF AS MOVING FORWARD WITH THIS OUT OF COMMITTEE WELL WE DIDN'T HAVE ALL THAT. SO THAT'S WHY THE DIRECTIVE CAME FROM ME. DR. RODRIGUEZ, THANK YOU. JUST.

>> JUST REQUEST. WELL, WE'LL DO IT AS WELL. >> POINT OF ORDER, MA'AM.

SHELBY MUSTANG ON THE FLOOR. I WOULDN'T DUMP ASKING QUESTIONS ON THE FLOOR.

GO AHEAD. >> I'VE GOT DR. RODRIGUEZ WAS ADDRESSING WHAT WAS YOUR QUESTION? WAS HE. WASN'T YOUR QUESTION WAS HOW HE IS GOING TO DO IT? I THOUGHT HE WAS ANSWERING THAT FOR YOU.

>> I WONDER WHERE THAT BUT DOES THAT FIND OUT IF YOU THAT THAT DOES THAT'S FINE.

BUT I WONDER WHAT MY QUESTION EVEN TO THAT QUESTION WILL GO AHEAD.

>> GO AHEAD, DR. ROBBINS. OKAY. SO ONE OF THE THINGS I'D LIKE TO DO IS WILL GENERATE THE SURVEY QUESTIONS AND THEN MAYBE CIRCLE BACK WITH A LOT OF GROWTH COMMUNITY JUST TO MAKE SURE WE'RE HITTING THEM MORE ON THE INFORMATION THAT THE COMMUNITY IS LOOKING FOR. AND THEN WHAT WE'LL DO, MR. SMITH, IS WE'LL GO BACK INTO OUR DATA THAT WE HAVE CONTRACTED STUDENTS THAT MAY HAVE LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICT AND TRY TO REACH OUT TO THEIR PARENTS PROBABLY E-MAIL AROUND SURVEY AND THAT MIGHT BE THE

BEST WAY TO CONNECT WITH SOME. >> THANK YOU. I ASSUME THAT THE FOR BALANCE

EVERY TIME. >> YES, YOU MAY ASK ANOTHER QUESTION THAT WILL HELP YOUR SECOND QUESTION. AND WHILE THERE ARE OTHER HANDS UP WE'LL GO ON TO THE NEXT PERSON. SO GO AHEAD. AND ANOTHER QUESTION, MR. SNAKE OR PRODUCTS ARE GOING TO DIRECT THIS QUESTION TO DR. RODRIGUEZ ALSO HOW WILL MARK MY QUESTION WOULD THEN BE OUT OF THOSE THOUSAND STUDENTS THAT WOULD LOST THERE WERE THERE?

>> I BELIEVE THAT THERE WERE A LOT OF LARGE TOOLS THAT WE COULD NOT GET IN CONTACT WITH.

SO HOW WOULD WE GET THEM THIS INFORMATION? THE DEA IN THE FORMS OF QUESTIONING TO THEM IF WE CAN THAT WE CAN FIND WE CAN FIND THEM OUT IN THE YEAR I

WOULD HOW WOULD WE PROCEED TO PROBE YOUR PROCEDURES? >> WELL, FIRST OF ALL, I THINK THESE ARE INDIVIDUAL FAMILIES WHO MADE CHOICES BASED ON THEIR SPECIFIC NEEDS AT THE EARLY

ONSET OF THE YEAR. >> IT'S NOT NECESSARILY THAT THEY COULDN'T BE REACHED.

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>> ALL RIGHT. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE TO NUMBER MELVIN CAMPBELL, MIKE.

>> THAT'S. IT'S MOSTLY SIGNIFICANT IN THOSE NUMBERS.

YOU SAID AT THAT SCHOOL COMPARED TO OTHER SCHOOLS AT ANY TIME.

YES. I BELIEVE ESPECIALLY REGARD TO RED CEDAR WHERE THEY ARE.

RIGHT. THAT'S AN AWESOME STATEMENT. I WAS WONDERING HOW BIG THAT WAS A SAVAGE. THANK YOU VERY BETTER SCHOOLS. IT'S A LARGER PERCENTAGE AT

DON'T HAVE AN UPDATE. >> I MEAN USED TO SEE THINGS WITH THEIR DROP WAS THAT IT WAS SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER THAN THE OTHER SCHOOLS IN BLUFFTON. I DID TALK TO DR. CAWLEY FINALLY AND SHE HAD A DATA SPECIALIST LOOK AT SOME KIDS PRETTY MUCH JUST ONE FACTOR THAT REALLY SHORT IT MAYBE ISN'T NECESSARILY COGNITIVE RELATED OR DROP WAS ONE OF THE APARTMENT COMPLEXES. I ONYX THESE PEOPLE OPEN HOUSE THEY CHANGE THEIR RATE STRUCTURE AND THE PRESS DEPARTMENTS GET US. AND SO THEY DID LOSE QUITE A FEW STUDENTS TO THAT CHANGE JUST AT THAT THAT SHE DIDN'T HAVE BREAKDOWN FOR PERCENTAGES BUT I FELT THAT WAS SOMETHING NEW THAT WE HAD KIND OF NOT HEARD ABOUT THAT SIGNIFICANT OF FOR THE FIRST TIME THAT RED CEDAR HAD KILLED ABOUT MY I MEAN IF ANYBODY GOES TOWARD AFRICA THROUGH OUR LAST MEETING IT'S IN THERE AND READ HERE ON INJURIES DROP EIGHTEEN POINT THREE PERCENT WHICH WAS COMPARED TO OTHER SCHOOLS THAT WERE IN THE I THINK THE NEXT HIGHEST WOULD BE NEGATIVE NINE POINT THREE. SO IT'S ABOUT THANK YOU DR.

RODRIGUEZ. I THINK FOUR OR FIVE ALSO MISSED THAT, YOU KNOW FROM SCHOOL SCHOOL THERE AND THERE ARE DIFFERENT REASONS THAT PARENTS BETTER MAKE CHOICES.

YOU KNOW THAT THAT'S ONE EXAMPLE ONE RECENT AND THEN ANOTHER.

AND WE NEED TO IN TERMS OF CHOICE AND IMPACT YOUR VIRTUAL.

AND THAT KIND OF THING THAT HAD DIFFERENT IMPACTS ON DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES, INDIVIDUALS.

>> MR. SNAKE ALSO I WANT TO KNOW WHAT WOULD BE THE DRIVING FORCE OF THIS GOING OUT OF THE SERVICE? WHAT WAS THE DRIVING FORCE OF THIS SURVEY?

>> YEAR I SURE HAVE A WIDE SO. WELL WE HAD ORIGINALLY FOUND WHEN WE WERE CONDUCTING OUR REVIEW THAT THE SCHOOLS AND OVER THE FENCE AND IN OUR PROGRAM HAD MORE SIGNIFICANTLY AND WE ALSO SAW OUR 45 DAY NUMBERS WHEREAS THAT INITIALLY WE WERE DEEMED THAT THERE WAS GOING TO BE A NEED FOR AN ELEMENTARY, MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL AND THEN COPE AT NUMBERS . BUT THEIR NUMBERS HAVE SHOWN US A SLIGHT CHANGE IN THAT WHERE WE SAW AN UPTICK AT OUR HIGH SCHOOLS AND ENROLLMENT. AND ONE SIGNIFICANT DROP IN OUR ENTRY. SO WE KIND OF WANT TO TRY TO DO SOME PRELIMINARY LOOKING AT WHAT WILL THE NUMBERS LOOK LIKE IN THE FUTURE. WHAT ARE PARENTS PLANNING IF THEY'RE PLANNING ANYTHING, IF THEY GO TO PRIVATE SCHOOLS, ARE THEY PLANNING TO COME BACK TO THE DISTRICT OR ARE THEY ONE SCHOOL? JUST TO GIVE US A BETTER LENS INTO WHAT OUR ENROLLMENT COULD LOOK LIKE IN THE FUTURE AS WE TRY TO PLAN FOR THIS GROWTH AND

ALSO THE DISTRICT. >> THANK YOU. I'M JUST CONCERNED THAT SOME PARENTS MAY DO IN SOME PRESS MAY OR MAY NOT DO IT OR THEY MAY HAVE A CHANGE OF HEART.

I MEAN, YOU KNOW, I WOULD HATE TO BUILD A BUILDING OR START THE PROCESS OFF OF HALF OF WHAT PARENTS OFF OF THE OFF THE SURVEY VERSUS WHAT WE KNOW THAT WE WOULD THAT WE WILL CURRENTLY HAVE AT THAT TIME. SO I'M JUST A LITTLE A LITTLE HESITANT TO SUPPORT THIS MOTION

BECAUSE OF THAT NOTION. >> MR. SMITH IS JUST MERELY ASKING FOR A SURVEY DOESN'T SAY EXACTLY WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO WITH THAT INFORMATION AFTERWARDS.

SO IT'S BETTER IT'S UP TO YOU. HOW DO YOU VOTE? SO THEY'RE BEING IF YOU HAVE

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SO THE MOTION WELL NOW WE'RE ON THE MOTION. I KNOW THAT THE BOARD DIRECTOR'S SUPERINTENDENT TO CONDUCT A SURVEY OF PARENTS WHOSE CHILDREN HAVE LEFT THE DISTRICT AND THEIR PLANS FOR POSSIBLY RETURNING TO THE DISTRICT POSTCODE IN THE VOTING . THAT'S JUST A TEMPORARY VOTING. THANK YOU.

THE MOTION IS UNANIMOUSLY I THINK MY POINT IS THAT THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

[Policy Committee]

>> AND NEXT ROUND TWO POLICY COMMITTEE OF MR. DAVID SCRIBNER CHAIR THE DOCUMENT THAT IS OUT IN POOR DOC'S IS THE POLICY COMMITTEE'S WORK. WE'VE MET A COUPLE OF TIMES TO INCORPORATE ALL THE SUGGESTIONS AND CORRECTIONS FROM THE FIRST READING.

AND YOU'LL NOTE THAT THOSE CHANGES ARE HIGHLIGHTED IN BLUE SO HELP YOU FOCUS ON ON WHAT'S DIFFERENT FROM THE FIRST READING AND WE'LL GO THROUGH THAT ON FRIDAY.

AND AS I SAY IN THE INTRO WELL WE'D LIKE TO DO ON FRIDAY AS FOCUS ON THE CHANGES WE DID AS A RESULT OF THE FIRST READING AND THEN JUST OPENING IT UP TO ANY QUESTIONS INSTEAD OF JOINING US AS WE DID THE FIRST READING WE WENT LINE BY LINE THROUGH THE DOCUMENT.

I THINK WE NEED TO DO THAT AT THE SECOND READING WHICH IS WHY WE USE THOSE COLOR COLOR KEYS

FOR YOU. >> SO IT WOULD BE FAIRLY HELPFUL IF GOT A LOT OF FOCUS

SOMETIMES IS OUT AHEAD OF TIME. >> THAT'S THE END OF MY ROPE. >> DOES THAT INCLUDE YOUR

REPORT? >> YES, MA'AM. THANK POLICY TALKING TO MY

FATHER. >> OKAY. BUT THERE'LL BE IN BOY BOX.

>> YES, POINT. I KNOW THEY ARE IMPORTANT ASPECTS LIKE EXAM.

IF YOU WANT HARD COPIES LET ME KNOW WHEN WE WILL CALL HIM PRINT THEM OUT.

OKAY. SO ROBIN JUST SAID THAT FOR THE THE GOVERNANCE SO-CALLED MANUAL THAT WE'RE HAVING A SECOND READING ON IS IMPORT DOCS BUT IT'S NOT PRINTED INTO YOUR RED FOLDER HERE TONIGHT AT THE DISTRICT OFFICE. BUT IF YOU'D LIKE A HARD COPY LET HER KNOW AND SHE'LL BE HAPPY TO GIVE YOU A HARD COPY FOR FRIDAY.

SO I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO JUST THANK YOU FOR ALL THE BOARD MEMBERS OF THE STAFF FOR THE FOR THE GREAT COMMITTEES THAT WE HAD OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS .

>> I THINK THERE WAS A LOT OF WORK THAT WAS ACCOMPLISHED AND A LOT OF THOUGHT WENT INTO THE IDEAS THAT CAME OUT OF COMMITTEE AND THEN THE BOARD DISCUSSED AND THEN VOTED ON AND THANK YOU TO EVERYONE. EVERYONE REALLY HAD A LOT OF CONTRIBUTIONS TO THAT.

[MAP Data Presentation]

WHILE IT DID, SHE PRETENDED TO REPORT THE SHOOTING AND THE NATION RALLIED TO NUMBER ONE THE ACHIEVEMENT OF THE TWO QUALIFIED TEACHERS AND ADMINISTRATORS FOR NUMBER THREE FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY. AND UNDER OTHER MATTERS THE COMPLETION OF THE DATES.

WE'RE GOING TO BEGIN WITH OUR FOCUS ON STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT AND THE IMPACT OF NUMBER 19 ON

THIS MEASURE. >> LAST, THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION SHARED INFORMATION THAT STATEWIDE SEVEN OUT OF 10 STUDENTS NOW PROJECTED TO BE GRADE LEVEL STANDARD.

THIS IS THE ACADEMIC IMPACT BEING FELT AS A RESULT PANDEMIC OF SCRAMBLES MR. FALLON WILL

TAKE A CLOSER LOCAL IMPACT INTO NEXT STEP. >> EVEN GOOD EVENING.

>> DR. RODRIGUEZ WAS MENTIONED OTHER STATES AND HAPPEN HEARD EARLIER THAT EDUCATION OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE DIDN'T REALLY. LAST WEEK A RESEARCH SEGMENT BASED ON ANALYSIS OF SATELLITE DATA PRIMARILY NOT PEOPLE THAT DID THE PROJECTED PROFICIENCY

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SO ONE THING WE CAN SEE ON THIS SLIDE WE HAVE A WINNER 2019 WHEN IN 2020 21 WE HAVE THAT ARE WE? IN MATHEMATICS WE CAN SEE THAT OUR STUDENTS UNDERSTAND SO

CURRENT GRADE 1 STUDENTS AT SECOND ROW. >> NOW WE SEE IN 2020 KINDERGARTEN THAT'S WHERE WE WON FIFTY POINT ONE. WHEN IT COMES TO RE NOT READING AS FIRST GRADERS WE'RE THE ONES THAT CAN DO AS THEIR MEANS FOR US.

SO WHEN WE LOOK AT THIS DATA WE CAN MAKE SURE WE CAN MAKE ASSUMPTIONS OFF OF THE DATA THAT OUR SENIORS ARE CONTINUING TO GROW. SO EVEN WITH CLAUDETTE OUR KIDS ARE GROWING. NOW WHAT DOES THAT MEASURE GROWTH OVER TIME? HOW DOES THAT RELATE TO GROWTH HISTORICALLY? WHAT DOES THAT DO BESIDES GROWTH? WHAT IS THAT YOU PROJECTED PROFICIENCY WHICH IS AN ACHIEVEMENT FOR EXAMPLE, ANY GROWTH LOOKING AT THE OTHER SIDE OF AN ASSESSMENT MUST BE ACHIEVED. SO SLIDE THE SLIDE 10. WE CAN LOOK AT HOW OUR STUDENTS ARE PROJECTED TO PERFORM ON STATE ASSESSMENTS IN SPRING. THOSE FIRST LINE WE'RE GONNA

LOOK AT HIS READING IS THIS 20 AND THEN WE HAVE 20 21. >> WHY PUT THOSE TWO POINTS IN BESIDES WE DOESN'T SOMETHING TO KEEP MOST RECENTLY UNDER ASSESSMENT ONE IN 2020.

MATH IS THE LAST WHOLESALE ASSESSMENT THAT WE'VE DONE PRIOR TO THE SCHOOL CLOSURE.

GILBERT IT'S BEEN. MARTIN SO IF WE LOOK AT THIS EXAMPLE IN READING AFRICAN-AMERICAN STUDENTS NOW THIS IS A COMBINATION THAT IS THIS ACCURATE THIRD THROUGH EIGHTH GRADE 19 PERCENT. WE'RE PROJECTED TO BE MEET OR EXCEED ONE YEAR LATER AS THERE IS DECODED AND THEN FORTY FOUR POINT FOUR PERCENT OBVIOUSLY PROFICIENT BECAUSE A LOSS OF FOUR POINT SIX PERCENT. BECAUSE THESE HISPANIC STUDENTS ARE GOING TO BE A.

AND THEY'RE NOT GOING TO KEEP ROLLING ON THAT SAYS CHRONICALLY DISADVANTAGED KIDS.

BUT WHEN WE SEE THAT FINAL ROLL, IT SAYS ALL STUDENTS 20, 20 THIRTY FIVE POINT ONE PERCENT OF THOSE STUDENTS NOW IT'S THIRTY TWO POINT THREE EOC ARTICLE COMING FROM EDUCATION WHICH I MAKE ON ANALYSIS OF ROUGHLY 200 THOUSAND RESIDENTS THERE.

THIRTY PERCENT OF STUDENTS WERE PROJECTED IN SOUTH CAROLINA. WE MEET SHIRTSLEEVES ON SET ASSESSMENTS. WE SEE THAT. THANK YOU, CAPTAIN.

SIGN OVER TO SIGN ELEVEN FOR MATHEMATICS. >> WE LOOK AT THE BOTTOM ROW AGAIN FORTY SEVEN POINT ONE PERCENT OF THE THIRTY FIVE POINT THREE PER CENT PROJECTED PROFICIENCY AT THE END IS THREE FOLDED IN THE MIDDLE OF A GLOBAL PANDEMIC.

>> NOW WE'RE LOOKING AT PROJECTED RESIDENCY. WE SEE EVERY EVERY SUBGROUP HAD A ROUGH GO OF IT IS IMPACTING EVERYBODY. IT'S NOT JUST OUR HISTORIC UNDERPERFORMING SUBGROUPS. IT'S NOT JUST OUR YELLS ARE JUST ADVANCED CUBA'S ECONOMIC POLICY. IT'S ALSO SCENES LIKE THIS IS DR. ECKARD ALSO SAID THAT

EDUCATION PART IS PATIENT. SO SO WE CAREFULLY PLANNED 14. >> AND BEAR WITH ME IT'S GOING TO LOOK INSANE COMING FROM A NUMBER OF PERSON. IS IT TRUE? BUT IT'S JUST IT'S IMPORTANT IN IT HELPS SOMETIMES. EXPLAIN THE DIFFERENCE.

WE LOOKED AT SUPPORTERS OF THE PRESIDENCY SO WE'RE LOOKING AT THIS AND THEN LET'S THINK OF EDUCATION SOMEWHAT AS A FARMER LET'S SAY WHERE WE'RE GROWING TREES.

>> SO GROWTH IS A MEASURE BETWEEN TWO SETS ASSESSMENT ADMINISTRATIONS CHANGE PERFORMANCE MEASURES. SUPPLEMENTING THAT PROFICIENCY IS BUILT ON ACHIEVEMENT

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SO IF WE LOOK AT THAT AND THEN WE LOOK AT THE EXAMPLE AND THE BOTTOM OR BOTH TREES TREAT ANY

TREE THEY'RE BOTH GROWING. >> OUR STUDENTS AND PETER COUNTY ARE SHOWING THIS TYPE

OF GROWTH. >> NOW WE HAVE TO THINK OF THAT AS IN THE FARMER KNOWS THAT AT THE END OF THE GROWING SEASON HE NEEDS THE TREES TO BE INTEREST.

HE USES HIS FARM, HE NEEDS THE TREES AND WE HAVE A CERTAIN THRESHOLD.

THESE TREES ARE NOT FOR ONE REASON OR ANOTHER ONE OR TWO THE WATER TO SUPPORT THEY'RE NOT AT THE LEVEL OF ONE AND ASSESSMENT AND SAY ACHIEVEMENT OR REJECT.

SO WE HAVE TO LOOK AT IN FRONT OF YES. BUT ARE THERE GROWERS TO KEEP MEET THE MEETING? THAT'S WHAT YOU EXPECT ON STATE ASSESSMENT.

AND THAT'S SEEING THEY'LL BE SLIGHTLY AHEAD OF MY TEAM. >> IN ADDITION TO THIS FARM, THERE'S THE STAGED BEAUTY TO GROW. IT'S A VERY IMPRESSIVE LAUNCH TO BEHOLD. MOST DEFINITELY. YES.

I MEAN PROJECTED PROFESSION YET GROWTH HAS SLOWED. WE ARE STILL GROWING.

THE GROWTH HAS SLOWED. >> SO ONE THING TO TRANSITION THAT TO DOCTORS PRACTICES THAT COMPONENT OF THE PRESENTATION IS THE QUESTION PROBABLY UP RIGHT NOW WHAT DO WE DO? WHAT ARE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT ARE BEING DONE? SO THIS IS ONE EXAMPLE OUT OF THE POWERPOINT BUILDING REVIEW AND FAR GREATER DEPTH. THIS IS ONE REPORT THAT IS PART OF MANY THAT NWA AND NORTHWEST EVALUATION ASSOCIATION KNOW THEY'RE NOT THE SENTIMENT IT WAS OUR TEACHERS BASICALLY I THINK GAVE YOU THAT BECAUSE I'VE BEEN TO THIS IS KNOWN AS A LEARNING YOU. IF YOU HAVE TALKED BEFORE AND YOU'VE USED MAP THERE WAS A PATH THAT WAS FIRST ADOPTED MASK. NOW IT'S KNOWN AS CONTINUAL.

SO WHAT THIS DOES AND HOW DOES MATURITY OPENING NEW KANSAS IS THAT THIS OF DOCTORS THESE ALLOWS TEACHERS TO HAVE THESE ASSESSMENT READY NOT ONLY BY SOME DEGREE MAP BUT ALSO BY ROTE PERFORMS AREA. SO IT'S A MEASUREMENT WITH DATA THAT HELPS US SIDE OF THAT THEN SOUTH CAROLINA. AND THE VERY STANDARD THAT THEN IT BREAKS THAT STANDARD DOWN

THE ASSESSMENT RESULT TO THE SKILLS IS DUE TO NATURAL IN. >> SO IT GOES FROM DATA THE REPORT ALLOWS THE TEACHER TO BEEN LOOK AT THEIR CLASSES THE WHOLE SEE THEM GROUP BY HAVING YELLING THAT BY THE SUBDOMAINS OF THAT ASSESSMENT AND THEN BROKEN DOWN STEPS FURTHER AND DAFFODILS THINK THAT THEY KNOW IN THEIR CLASSROOM THE STANDARD THAT THEY ARE TEACHING IN THE SAME MANNER WHICH COMING UP IN THE FUTURE WHAT SKILLS STUDENTS NEED REPORTING INSTEAD OF BUILD ON THE WORK THAT YOU SPELL IT HAS FOUND THIS IS PUSHING VERY HARD.

I ASK YOU JUST TO HOLD WITH WITH AT THAT SLIDE NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT WITH REGARDS TO

LEARNING CONTAINMENT IS ME. >> STAFF HAS BEEN PUSHED OUT. DANIEL SHARP AS WELL AS NOT GOING OUT TO TEACHERS. NUMERACY COACHES. LITERACY COACHES MOST OF ALL PRINCIPALS AND ADMINISTRATORS. WE STRONGLY FEEL THAT IT IS UP TO OUR ADMINISTRATORS TO BE ABLE TO BE INSTRUCTIONAL LEADERS WITHIN THE SCHOOLS SUCH AS ONE WAS THERE FOR A QUICK MOMENT. THIS IS PUSHING PLEASE GO TO SLIDE 23.

>> THE REASON I BROUGHT THIS SLIDE IN IS BASICALLY WAS JUST A REVIEW OF SOMETHING THAT WE SAID WE WOULD DO A YEAR AGO A YEAR AGO WE HAD A CONVERSATION WITH REGARD TO LOOKING AT OUR STUDENTS AS A WHOLE CHILD AND I JUST WANT TO BRING THIS FORWARD TO WHERE WE ARE TODAY.

>> WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO BUILD OUR TEACHER VISION RESEARCH AND HIGHLY OF WARMING SCHOOLS OR HAVING MORE CLEAR STRIKES AND I WANT US TO NOTE THAT LATER I WILL GO TO THAT SLIDE OR THEY'LL BE REFERENCED DIRECTING YOUR PRESENTATION THAT YOU WILL HAVE.

WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO BRING IN TRAUMA AND TRAINING. SPOILER SPOILER TO OUR SCHOOLS.

WE THE NEIGHBOR NOW KNOW THAT PANORAMA WHICH HAS BEEN A SERVICE THAT'S BEEN UTILIZED TO GET THE FEELING FOR NOT ONLY ADULTS IN THE BUILDING BUT OUR CHILDREN.

BUT NOW THE LESSONS THAT OUR TEACHERS CAN BE USED SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING AND HAD THIS DISCUSSION VERY HELPFUL TO SLIDE 26 AS WE GO TO SLIDE 26, I WANT TO BRING FORWARD

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WE HAVE THEM FOR PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT. NOW I WANT TO SHARE THAT I'M READY HAS BEEN A GREAT PARTNER WITH US. THIS PROGRAM HAS BEEN UTILIZE IT AND OF COURSE WE HAVE ALSO AS A SCHOOL DISTRICT FOR ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT SUPPORT FOR OUR TEACHERS. WE'VE ALSO PUT INTO PLACE READING PLUS AGAIN WE SAW THIS HAPPENING EARLY, EARLY LAST SPRING. WE STARTED REACHING OUT FOR LITERACY AND THE NEED TO DEVELOP THESE BUILDS SKILLS IN OUR SCHOOLS.

WHAT A CURRICULUM PRACTICE. I WANT TO ALSO SHARE THAT WHEN WE RECOGNIZE THAT TO WHAT WE SAID WE WERE GOING TO DO WHAT WE DIDN'T HAVE A YEAR AGO WAS A CURRICULUM FOR ESL STUDENTS WHO ARE ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS. WE NOW HAVE INVENTED A WHOLE CAREER

. >> WE LOOK AT THE WORK OF UNPACKING THE STANDARDS.

>> TEACHERS ARE BEING TRAINED IN A PATTERN STATUS LATER IN THIS PRESENTATION.

THERE IS A PHENOMENAL RESOURCE THAT HAS BEEN SHARED BY MERCY COACHES THAT STAND THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN UNPACKED. SO WHEN WE'RE HAVING NATIONAL WORRY COMMUNITIES WE DON'T HAVE TO SIT ON GROUND ZERO BUT NOW STARTING AT THE SAME GAME BUT STARTING THE OPPORTUNITY FOR MONEY. MUCH MORE AHEAD OF THE GAME WHERE I'D LIKE US TO TAKE A LOOK AT WE'VE IMPROVED PACING GUIDES WITH A LINE OR A PACE INVITED TO BOOK ON COMPLETED UNITS OF STUDY IN MATH AND READING IN THE ELEMENTARY AND HAVE UPDATED OUR RUBICON WITH REGARD TO MIDDLE SCHOOL AND I PUT AN UPDATED UNIT IN IT AND INGENUITY THAT IS ALIGNED WITH OUR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. WE TALK ABOUT AN INSTRUCTIONAL MODEL AND NOT THE BRADLEY SEPARATE LITTLE MORE BACK TO THE TABLE WITH REGARD TO WHAT ARE WE DOING AS WE ARE DOING STANDARD BASED INSTRUCTION. WHAT ARE WE DOING FOR THOSE OTHER SUB SKILLS SMALL STUDENT LEARNING THOSE TYPE OF SKILL SETS GOING FORWARD AND WE'RE WORKING ON THAT WITH OUR TEACHERS. BUT AGAIN THAT DECIDES ALSO OUR SCHOOL LEADERS FANDOM MADE

EMPHASIS ON THE LONG ON SLIDE 19 TO FORMATIVE ASSESSMENTS. >> WE ARE NOW JUST STARTING THAT PROCESS. WHAT PERFORMANCE MATTERS? AGAIN, A YEAR THOUGH WE WERE JUST TALKING ABOUT THE NEED OF BEING ABLE TO HAVE BENCHMARK ASSESSMENTS IN OUR SCHOOL DISTRICTS SO I COULD KNOW WHERE WE ARE AS MYSELF AS AN EDUCATOR BUT ALSO HAVE KNOW WHERE WE

ARE. >> ONE SCHOOL, ONE CLASSROOM WITHIN THE SAME BUILDING, SAME GRADE LEVEL. WE ARE NOW TURNING THE PAGE ON THAT TYPE OF IMPLEMENTATION HERE IN THE DISTRICT. TWO KEY AREAS ARE REMEDIATION. THE QUESTION WHAT DO WE DO WHAT OUR KIDS DON'T KNOW WE'RE WORKING IDENTIFY WHERE OUR CHILDREN ARE FROM THE DATA FROM THE LEARNING CONTINUUM LOOKING AT THE SKILL SETS THAT ARE NECESSARY AND HELPING TO BUILD THE RESOURCES WE GIVE TO OUR TEACHERS BECAUSE THEY'RE UNBELIEVABLY RESOURCEFUL EVEN IN SUCH A TIME. COVID WHAT TEACHERS ARE DOING MULTIPLE JOBS? WELL, WE ALSO ARE LOOKING AT HOW WHAT DO WE DO TO ACCELERATE OUR STUDENTS? SO WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO BUILD AND WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO CONTINUE TO GROW.

I MADE A COMMITMENT TO USE BOARD MEMBERS A YEAR AGO THAT WE WERE K12 AND I INDICATED IN INDIVIDUALS IN MY DIVISION SAYING NO STRATOS WANT BIRTH THROUGH LIFE AND THAT IS WHAT WE'VE MADE THE DEDICATION AND WE CONTINUE WORKING AT THAT. IF WE COULD GO TO SLIDE 27 PLEASE. WELL, WHEN WE LOOK AT MATH, ONE OF THE THINGS WE'VE TAKEN ON THIS YEAR AND NEW ADOPTED TEXTBOOK ALL ELEMENTARY OR MIDDLE SCHOOLS TRADITIONALLY MATH HAS BEEN THAT ON THE MATH TEACHER I PRESENT THE INFORMATION TO USE.

>> GO AHEAD AND DO. AND THEN AFTER YOU GET THE RIGHT ANSWER OR NOT, THE TRAINING IS GOING TO BE READY MATH OR A TEACHER'S IF YOU GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE PLEASE TO GO FROM THE DIRECT MODEL OF US THE EDUCATORS NEED THE TEACHER PRESENTING IT TO YOU TO ROBERT ,TO ME THE MUST BEING ABLE TO TAKE OUR KIDS TO NOT ONLY GETTING THE RIGHT ANSWER BUT

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SO I WANTED TO BRING YOU JUST GET A SENSE OF WHERE WE'RE TRYING TO DRIVE AND WHERE WE HAVE LATELY LANDED, ESPECIALLY IN A TIME WE'RE FACING A PANDEMIC THAT CHILDREN DO AND DID NOT ASK FOR NO ONE IN OUR EDUCATORS AND THAT IS A JOY. HE WENT ON BETTER TO GO TO THE LAST LINE. JUST SLIDE RIGHT THROUGH REALLY QUICK.

OKAY. THIS IS GOOD. THANK YOU.

IF YOU GO BACK ON THIS DISCUSSION VERY THOSE ARE HYPERLINKS BASICALLY TO TO LAY OUT THAT SCHOOL DISTRICT WHERE ALL THE STANDARDS HAVE BEEN OUT ON PARENT.

>> THIS IS WHY THIS IS JUST AN F. WHY I'VE SENT THIS OUT TO LITERACY COACHES.

MELISSA MURRAY IN MY DIVISION HAS TRAINING WITH LOWERING OUR LITERACY COACHES.

AND IT'S NOT JUST IN THE LITERACY AREA BUT ALSO IN NUMERACY SOME OF MORE FOR ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY ONE PRESENT AT THIS TIME. THESE THANK YOU MR. MELVIN.

>> I'VE GOT A BUNCH OF QUESTIONS. YOU DON'T HAVE THAT MUCH TIME.

ONE OF THE THINGS THOUGH I WANT TO GO BACK TO SLIDE 13 AND I DON'T KNOW IF YOU DISCUSSED THAT WITHOUT THE DEMOGRAPHICS ARE YOU THIS WELL WAS READING THE TWELVE THIRTEEN PERKINS MANFRED. MY QUESTION, DANIEL, IS WHY DID YOU CHANGE THE METHOD OF REPORTING THOSE NUMBERS? I US TO THE OPPOSITE WORLDS SAMPLE I SEE BELOW THE WORD TO 2024 AFRICAN-AMERICAN. THAT'S NEGATIVE 16 ONE PERCENT AND A OR 2021 IS NEGATIVE SEVENTEEN POINT NINE. NOW YOU'RE SHOWING THAT QUOTED IN THE AND GET OUT RIGHT? YEAH. SO THIS ACTUALLY I DIDN'T PRESENT YOU.

I'M READY MATHEMATICALLY YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT I DID NOT OKATIE IS BASICALLY EQUAL AND THEIR TEETH ARE MATHEMATICAL DONE FOUR FIVE TEN AND ELEVEN. BUT IT'S LIKE WELL YOU ARE CORRECT. DO YOU THINK YOU WANTED TO SEE SEVENTEEN POINT NINE? THAT IS A MAP OF THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN GROUPS VISION THING THINK TO ALL STUDENTS PROJECTED PROFICIENCY. SO I BASICALLY JUST DID THE MATH WITH SLIDE TEN OR ELEVEN FOR YOU ON WHAT WAS STILL OUT TIME BUT YOU SORT OF GET POSITIVE.

YOU SAY IT'S GETTING BIGGER. YEAH. SO.

SO WHEN YOU SEE A NEGATIVE GAP THAT MEANS THAT SUBGROUP IS FOLLOWING ALL STUDENTS AND THEN WHAT CAN WE SEE FOR THE CAUCASIAN STUDENTS? WE SEE POSITIVE.

YEAH. NO STUDENTS WERE ABOVE THE ALL BUT WE DO SEE THAT THOSE STUDENTS WENT FROM NINETEEN POINT EIGHTEEN POINTS. SO EVEN CAUCASIAN STUDENTS INSIDE OF THAT DEMOGRAPHIC THEY LOST GROUND. SO.

SO IT'S THE SAME BASICALLY AS WHITE? NO EXCEPT FOR LOOKING AT THE STUDENT AGAIN THIS IS THE BEGINNING OF A VERY HIGH PERCENT BRACKET AS INTENDED OR IF THERE'S A LOT MORE VALUE IN THEM IN THAT A LOT OF WHAT WE DO DO MATH DIFFERENCE IS NOW ON SHIFT CHANGE. YOU GO FROM FROM THE YEAR WHERE YOU'RE AT TO THE YEAR WE WERE AT LIKE BLACK AGE. YOU KNOW WHAT I WANT TO FIND MY AGE I DO 20 21 TAKE AWAY.

SO YEAH THEY'RE A LOT MORE DOGMATIC AND REALLY INVERSE. YEAH THAT'S RIGHT.

THAT'S RIGHT. MARTIN NO I THINK I PRESENT TO YOU HAVE A NEGATIVE NUMBER ONE THEY HAVEN'T ACTUALLY GOTTEN THE MARKET AND THEN THEY GET OUT.

I WOULD I WOULD UNDERSTAND IT BETTER. WHO'S NAKED? YES. SO THE QUESTION DECADES. YEAH.

YEAH. >> TO WHEN I SEE THAT POSITIVE NUMBER.

THEY GET BETTER BUT THAT'S GETTING WORSE. YEAH.

YAP YAP. YEAH. LARGE PARTS NUMBERS AND COUNTER

PARTS. >> HE'S TALKING ABOUT I KNOW THESE ARE MULTIPLYING ITSELF

WE'RE TRAINING THE TEACHERS THE TEACHING JOBS ARE COMPETING. >> THIS MEANS THAT YOU DON'T

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NEW YORK STANDARD. >> RIGHT. AND IN EDUCATION KIDS MATH THAT REALLY HAS TAKEN EVERYBODY PARENTS ESPECIALLY FLIPPED INSIDE OUT FOR THEM.

>> RIGHT. I TOO CLOSE TO A SCORE. WAIT A MINUTE.

YOU KNOW IT'S JUST ABOUT TWO CLOSE TO BEING FOR BUT IT'S THINKING AND KNOWING WHAT HAPPENS WHEN TWO PLUS TWO EQUALS FOUR. RIGHT.

THAT'S MORE OF A THINKING CURRICULUM THAT IS THERE BUT REALLY TOO CLOSE TO IT BECAUSE IT'S SIMPLE NUMBERS TO GET A POINT ACROSS. BUT AS THINGS GET MORE COMPLEX . RIGHT. BECAUSE THAT IS THE MATH AND DIFFICULTY PARENTS HELPING THEIR KIDS. RIGHT.

SO TO YOUR POINT, THAT IS SOMETHING THAT IS REALLY AN IMPORTANT PIECE.

ONE THING WOULD BE WONDERFUL TO HAVE MATH LIGHTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

WHERE ARE COACHES WHERE OUR SCHOOLS CAN GET SUPPORT THAT WORK THAT MIGHT HAVE TO BE ZOOMED IN OR SOMETHING SOMETHING NOW TO YOUR POINT EXTRA I DON'T SPEAK DIRECTLY TO

THE MATH. >> THIS IS REALLY MEANINGFUL CHANGE FRANKLY IN LITERACY INITIATIVE THAT WE HAVE BILLY COMING FROM THIS IS DR. CAMPBELL AS WELL THAT WE SHOULD WORK IN ABOUT 12 BARBERSHOPS HERE IN THE COUNTY AND WE'VE INVESTED INTO A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF BOOKS AND WE ARE EXILING THE BOOKS WITH THE KHOBAR TOWERS AND THE GOAL IS TO THE MATERIAL THAT OUR CHILDREN AND GET THE BARBARISM RIBAUT AND HAVE LITERACY HAPPENING IN A PLACE WHERE LIKE MAKE CONNECTION WITHIN THE COMMUNITY.

SO THAT'S ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS THAT WE'RE ACTUALLY DOING THAT'S MAYBE A LITTLE MORE OUTSIDE THE BOX. WELL, WE HAVE A FEW OTHER IDEAS THAT WE'RE WORKING ON RIGHT NOW. WE'VE SHARED WITH YOU VERY YOUNG MEN OF DISTINCTION AND I HAVE WITHIN ONE OF THE I'VE WATCHED THE VIDEO EARLIER TODAY AND I WILL TAKE A LOT OF YOUR TIME THAT I WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU THAT THOSE WHO ARE SPEAKING FROM YOUNG MEN OF DISTINCTION LAST FRIDAY IT WAS PROBABLY ONE OF THE VIDEOS TO WATCH FOR YOU HERE YOUNG MEN TALKING ABOUT BASING THEIR EMOTION AND FAITH IN THE STRUGGLES FACING THAT. YOU KNOW WHAT I REALLY HAVE NOT EVERY STUDENT AND HOW I'M TRYING TO GET BETTER VERY TRUE AND HONEST IN THE VIDEO AND THAT SOMETIMES IS THAT OUT OF THE BOX THAT GETS OUR CHILDREN TO DO EXTRA STUFF BECAUSE THEY'RE PUTTING MORE MENTORING PROGRAMS IN PLACE AND WE HAVE A EXCHANGE WHEN WE HAVE A RIVER A LARGE RETIRED RETIREES WORKING REALLY JUST FINALIZE FINALIZED AND HAVE OUR REBOOTS COME BACK IN. BUT THE GOAL IS TO GET OUR KIDS TO HAVE SOMEONE TO SPEAK WITH HOW I FEEL AND THAT IS TO FOCUS HERE DIFFERENT TIMES BEFORE SOMEONE BRINGS UP A GOOD POINT AND DOG TRIALS IF WE CAN GET OUR TEAM TOGETHER TO WORK WITH SOME OF THE MATH LEADERSHIP AT OUR SCHOOLS. RIGHT THAT WE CAN BEGIN TO BUILD PARTICULARLY AT THE YOUNGER GRADE AND KIND OF RESUME SESSION AT NIGHT THAT OUR SCHOOLS MIGHT BE ABLE TO OFFER PATCH THAT INTO IT. THERE'S SOME SKILLS OR SOME JUST SOME KEY POINTERS TO HELP THEM HELP THEM HELP THEIR KIDS AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE GETTING AT AND THAT'S SOMETHING

THAT CERTAINLY WE CAN DO. >> YEAH, WE COULD DO SOME MATH TO JOIN PARENTS.

WE CAN'T IN AT THIS MR. SULLIVAN. IT'S DISTRIBUTED AROUND SHARE.

>> I THINK I'LL JUST MY QUESTION. I WAS GOING TO ASK WHY THE DEGRADATION IN MATH WAS SO MUCH MORE DRAMATIC THAN THE DEGRADATION IN READING.

>> AND I GUESS PARENTS CAN REALLY HELP WITH THE READING BUT THE MATH IS A LITTLE

DIFFERENT. >> YES, SIR. >> MRS. GOODMAN, YOU'RE IN IN THE REPORT IN REFERENCE SEVERAL TIMES TONIGHT FROM THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION. THEY SPECIFICALLY CALLED OUT AND HIGHLIGHTED IN THERE THAT THAT THE IMPACT ON MATH WAS SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER ACROSS SCHOOLS.

THAT IS SOMETHING THEY PARTICULARLY NOTED. >> I WOULD SHARE WITH I'VE BEEN HAVING BEEN THROUGH TAX CUTS GETTING THE TO GET USED TO WAITING.

SHE'S BEEN CHANCELLOR AND I DON'T BELIEVE THAT ADOPTION OF THE WRITING IN CAME IN WITH THE PANDEMIC. SO WE HAVE TO RECOGNIZE THAT AS WELL.

AND I WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU MY FOR EXAMPLE, MR. FALLIN YOUR SHARE FOR WORLD AS A MATH

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THERE ARE TWO REALLY GREAT PRACTICES THAT ARE ALREADY THERE THAT WE CAN MAKE SURE

WE'RE SHARING ACROSS THE GOSPEL. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE

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PRESENTATION. >> THANK YOU. NEXT IS ONE OF THE REQUESTS THAT WE HAVE SOME TEACHERS PARTICULARLY COMING OUT OF SURVEY WAS REGARDING THE SUPPORT THAT THEY MIGHT NEED. AND WAS IN RELATION TO SOME FORM OF SELF-HELP OR HRT THAT WOULD WORK ON THIS RIGHT AWAY. THIS WALTON AND HER TEAM ARE TO TAKE THIS INITIATIVE.

MISS WALTON, THANK YOU. >> DR. YES. BOARD MEMBERS ARE GOING TO START OUR PRESENTATION THIS EVENING WITH A QUESTION FOR YOU .

>> SEND THE LAST NINE MONTHS HOW MANY TIMES HAVE YOU SAID THIS TODAY WAS HEART? I'D SAY IT PROBABLY NINE TIMES 30 MAYBE TODAY AS HARD LIFE IS HARD AND OUR EXPECTATIONS FOR OUR STAFF HAS GOTTEN NO EASIER. WE EXPECT JUST WHAT WE EXPECTED OUT OF THEM BEFORE THE PANDEMIC AND WE MAYBE EXPECT A LITTLE BIT MORE NOW. SO ONE OF THE THINGS WE'RE GOING TO DO FOR YOU TONIGHT IS INTRODUCE A PROGRAM THAT WE'VE SET TO SUPPORT THE EMOTIONAL

AND MENTAL HEALTH OF OUR STAFF. >> SO THERE THAT BEING IT WE'RE INTRODUCING TO YOU HASHTAG YOU MATTER B.S. CSG AND THIS IS OUR PROGRAM THAT WE'VE PUT IN PLACE FOR ALL OF OUR EMPLOYEES A I'VE FOUND A GREAT QUOTE THAT SAID STUDENTS DESERVE GREAT TEACHERS AND TEACHERS DESERVE THE SUPPORT THEY NEED TO BE GREAT. BUT I'D LIKE TO CHANGE THAT A LITTLE BIT AND SAY STUDENTS DESERVE GREAT TEACHERS, GREAT ADMINISTRATORS AND GREAT SUPPORT STAFF AND TEACHERS, ADMINISTRATORS AND SUPPORT STAFF DESERVE THE SUPPORT THEY NEED TO BECOME GREAT.

SO HEREIN LIES OUR GOAL. >> TO SUPPORT OUR STAFF AS BEAUFORT COUNTY MOVES INTO THE FUTURE AND I HAVE TO TELL YOU THIS AND I'M EXCITED ABOUT THIS BEAUFORT COUNTY TO OUR KNOWLEDGE IS THE FIRST DISTRICT IN THE STATE TO SET UP SUCH A PROGRAM.

SO I'M GONNA INTRODUCE REGGIE D ,KIKI SWINTON, MATT HOT AND WE HAVE A GUEST WITH US TONIGHT JAMES, WHERE ARE YOU JAMES FROM HOT PERFORMANCE SYSTEMS. SO WHY ARE WE DOING THIS NOW?

>> WHY NOW AND WHY ARE WE DOING THIS? I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO

KIKI AND WE'RE GOING TO GET THE BALL ROLLING HERE. >> ALL RIGHT.

GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. SO AND HUMAN RESOURCES WE HAVE SEEN AN INCREASE IN THE AND JUST THE EMOTIONAL AND MENTAL HEALTH NEEDS OF OUR STAFF. MR. DEES CAN TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT HE'S SEEN FROM THE HUMAN RESOURCES PERSPECTIVE. BUT I WILL TELL YOU JUST DEALING WITH THE TRAUMA AND GRIEF THAT WE ALL HAVE EXPERIENCED EVERY DAY.

AND IT IS COMPOUNDED WITH OUR STAFF THAT ARE IN THE BUILDINGS THAT ARE WORKING DIRECTLY WITH OUR STUDENTS. SO WE HAVE PUT FORTH A NECESSARY EFFORTS TO MAKE TO TAKE THIS COLLABORATION TO ANOTHER LEVEL AND JUST DO WHAT IS NECESSARY TO HELP OUR STAFF UNDERSTAND THAT THEY ALL MATTER. SO I'LL TURN IT OVER TO MR. D AND MR. TO TALK ABOUT THEIR PERSPECTIVES BOTH FROM HUMAN RESOURCES AS WELL WORKING DIRECTLY WITH THE TEACHERS THROUGH A MENTORING PROGRAM. GOOD MORNING.

MY NAME IS REGGIE D ON THE DIRECTOR OF PERSONNEL FOR THE BEAUFORT COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT. I HAVE OVER THE YEARS HAVE RECEIVED NUMEROUS PHONE CALLS FROM TEACHERS ABOUT SOME OF THE ISSUES THEY MAY BE DEALING WITH AT HOME AND AT SCHOOL.

>> AND YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES IT'S REALLY GOOD TO TO DO WITH THEM FOR US TO BE ABLE TO PICK UP THE PHONE AND LISTEN TO SOME OF THEIR PROBLEMS AND AND SO THERE'S THIS THING THAT WE'RE PUTTING IN PLACE IS REALLY IS REALLY GOOD FOR THEM BECAUSE IT PROVIDES SUPPORT FOR ALL OF OUR TEACHERS ACROSS THE DISTRICT ADMINISTRATORS, TEACHERS OR ANY STAFF MEMBERS.

SO WE'VE GOTTEN SOME REALLY GOOD FEEDBACK FROM THE TEACHERS THUS FAR THAT WE'RE CAPABLE OF CAPABLE OF PROVIDING THIS SUPPORT. MATT THANK YOU MR. D AND FOR

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MEMBERS. >> WHAT CAN BE FOR COUNTY SO THROUGH THE LENS OF THE NEW TEACHERS AND THOSE EMPLOYEES THAT ARE PARTICULARLY NEW TO THE AREA? YOU MATTER IS JUST ANOTHER LAYER OF SUPPORT THAT THE DISTRICTS IN COOPERATION WITH THE WHOLE PERFORMANCE SYSTEMS IS MAKING AVAILABLE FOR THOSE EMPLOYEES EXPERIENCING ANXIETY AND STRESS DEPRESSION DURING THESE UNCERTAIN TIMES. SOMETIMES THESE NEW TEACHERS EXPERIENCE ANXIETY FROM JUST TRYING TO MANAGE THE WORKLOAD OR THE FAMILY TRYING TO SURVIVE THAT FIRST YEAR IN A CLASSROOM BECAUSE YOU KNOW LIKE WE USED TO CALL IT ABOUT SPINNING PLATES. BUT REALLY WHAT WE'VE LOOKED AT NOW IS WE USE THE ANALOGY OF JUGGLING GLASS AND PLASTIC . AND THE GOAL OF OUR NEW TEACHERS IS JUST KEEP THE GLASS IN THE AIR AND SOMETIMES THE PLASTIC ONES WE CAN ALWAYS PICK THOSE UP LATER FOR OTHER EMPLOYEES THAT ARE FAR FROM HOME.

>> SOMETIMES THEY'RE WORRIED ABOUT LOVED ONES THEY FEEL DEPRESSED OR ISOLATED OR THEY SIMPLY ARE JUST A LITTLE MORE THAN LIKE THE NORMAL HOMESICK. AND SO YOU MATTER MIGHT BE THE RIGHT OPTION FOR THOSE EMPLOYEES EXPERIENCING THAT. WE JUST WANT EVERYBODY TO KNOW THAT IT'S OK TO GET SUPPORT. WE WANT TO REMOVE THE STIGMA OF PEOPLE ASKING FOR HELP BECAUSE AS MISS WALTON MENTIONED BEFORE THAT WE WANT EVERYBODY TO BE GREAT AND IN ORDER TO BE GREAT. YOU HAVE TO TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF AND YOU KNOW, I THOUGHT IT WAS VERY APPROPRIATE THAT THE CREW SAW A VIRTUAL CHORUS OPENED THE EVENING WITH.

WE ALL NEED SOMEBODY TO LEAN ON. SO YOU MATTER IS AN INITIATIVE THAT WE CAN REALLY LEAN ON EACH OTHER. SWINTON AND JUST TO SHARE WITH YOU THIS IS JUST THE FIRST INITIATIVE UNDER THE HASHTAG YOU MAD ABC AS THE UMBRELLA THERE WILL BE MORE FORTHCOMING. BUT WE'RE EXCITED TO BRING HOPE PERFORMANCE ON AS OUR MENTAL HEALTH PARTNER TO BRING SUPPORT TO OUR STAFF. THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT.

SO I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO JAMES HESTER WHO IS THE CEO OF PERFORMANCE SYSTEMS

GRIEVANCE BOARD MEMBERS. >> THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME TO HAVE YOU TONIGHT.

JUST COME ON AND BRIEFLY INTRODUCE MYSELF AND OUR AND OUR ORGANIZATION HOPE PERFORMANCE SYSTEMS. WE ARE A COMMUNITY BASED INTEGRATED MENTAL HEALTH CARE COUNSELING CENTER. WE'VE BEEN HERE FOR ABOUT THREE YEARS NOW.

WE'VE GOT A STAFF OF ABOUT 15 COUNSELORS ON DECK. WE CAN DO EVERYTHING FROM TILMAN TO ON GROUND OVER THE LAST THREE YEARS BETWEEN MYSELF, ALICE REGGIE AND KIKI.

WE'VE REALLY SPENT A LOT OF TIME COLLABORATING AND REALLY CULTIVATING THE RELATIONSHIP, BEING ABLE TO INCREASE THE EFFICIENCY AND THE PROCESS OF GETTING TEACHERS AND STAFF SEEN ALMOST IMMEDIATELY AND GETTING A PAPERWORK TURNED AROUND.

SO THERE'S TREATMENT PLANNING AND THINGS LIKE THAT ALONG THAT NATURE.

SO THE PROCESS HAS GOTTEN REALLY WELL DEFINED AND IT CONTINUES TO GROW.

I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THIS PHASE OF OUR PROGRAM WITH YOU GUYS.

AND THE OTHER PIECE IS WHAT WE REALLY WANT TO TRY TO DO IS A THREE PRONGED APPROACH NOT JUST ONLY FOR THE STAFF AND THE FOLKS THAT ARE WITH MBC BUT ALSO THE OUTREACH TO THE COMMUNITY AND THE PARENTS OF WE TRULY BELIEVE THAT THE MENTAL HEALTH HAS A VERY BAD STIGMA AND DURING COVE IT WE'VE SEEN A HUGE INCREASE IN ANXIETY, DEPRESSION, SUBSTANCE ABUSE, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, EVERYTHING ACROSS THE BOARD. AND I THINK OUR SERVICES ARE NOW MORE NEED THAN EVER AND WE'RE REALLY EXCITED TO START GETTING THIS KICKED OFF AND START OFF WITH SOME PEER SUPPORT GROUPS AND DIFFERENT PROGRAMS AND THAT'S PRETTY MUCH

ALL I HAVE AT THIS POINT. >> THANK YOU, JAMES. SO I JUST WANT TO JUST SAY HOW EXCITED WE ARE AS A TEAM TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THIS NEW APPROACH TO SUPPORTING OUR STAFF AND JUST EXPANDING THE LEVEL OF SUPPORT THAT WE BRING. SO WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT HASHTAG YOU MATTER ABC AS THE AND WE'RE HOPING THAT EVERYONE WILL START TO USE THAT AND ALL OF THEIR SOCIAL MEDIA AND ALL OF YOUR COMMUNICATIONS IF YOU RECEIVE AN EMAIL FROM ME TOMORROW YOU'LL PROBABLY SEE THAT LOGO BECAUSE WE'RE JUST SO EXCITED ABOUT THE LEVEL OF SUPPORT THAT WE'RE ABLE TO PROVIDE NOW. SO THANK YOU TO MISS WALTON FOR GIVING US THE GO AHEAD WITH THIS INITIATIVE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ABLE TO INCREASE OUR LEVEL OF SUPPORT FOR STAFF AND WE'RE EXCITED FOR THE NEXT PHASE WHICH WILL INCLUDE OUR STUDENTS. SO INSTRUCTIONAL SERVICE TEAMS WE'RE HEADED OVER.

>> THANK YOU. THANK YOU. QUESTION MADAM CHAIR.

JUST ONE MORE THING. AFTER WE TAKE QUESTIONS, WE HAVE A SHORT VIDEO THAT WILL BE REVEALED TO ALL STAFF MEMBERS TOMORROW. THIS IS JUST OUR ROLLOUT.

WE AREN'T WE WILL HAVE IT ON THE WEB SITE SO THEY CAN ACCESS IT THERE.

AND ALSO EMAILS WILL GO OUT TO EACH INDIVIDUAL STAFF MEMBER WITH DIRECTIONS AND SERVICES SO THAT THEY CAN CONTACT US AND WE WILL BE BACK WITH YOU WITH MORE INFORMATION AS WE MOVE THROUGH OUR PROCESS. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU.

MR. CAMPBELL, ARE YOU JUST CERTAIN WHAT PERCENTAGE OF YOU SAY THAT YOU HAVE SEEN THE

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LAST SCHOOL YEAR. >> THANK YOU, MR. CAMPBELL. IF I CAN ADD TO THAT LIKE YOU SAID, WE DON'T HAVE NUMBERS BUT WE DO HAVE THE EMOTIONAL CONNECTION WITH STAFF MEMBERS.

WE DO KNOW THAT THERE ARE MORE PEOPLE REACHING OUT NOW YOU'RE FEELING A LITTLE BIT MORE COMFORTABLE AND AT EASE JUST GETTING RID OF THAT STIGMA AND SAYING LOOK, I NEED SOME HELP AND THAT'S REALLY WHAT WE WANT OUR STAFF TO FEEL. THERE'S NO STIGMA TO IT REACH OUT. WE ALL NEED HELP. WE ALL AT A POINT SOMETIMES WE WANT TO THROW OUR HANDS BUT IT HAS BEEN A LITTLE BIT EASIER THIS YEAR FOR A LOT MORE STAFF

MEMBERS TO SAY I NEED HELP. >> YOU MISS WALTON. A LOT HAS BEEN ON THE PHONE CALLS THAT I'VE RECEIVED THIS MANY STRESS AND ANXIETY WHEN DEALING WITH THIS PANDEMIC AND AND TEACHING VIRTUALLY SO THEY ABLE TO A LOT OF THE TEACHERS HAVE A LOT ON THEIR PLATE AND THEY'RE REACHING OUT. THEY JUST WANT SOMEBODY TO TALK.

THEY JUST WANT SOMEBODY TO BOUNCE IT OFF OF OTHER THAN PRINCIPAL BECAUSE THEY DON'T WANT TO APPROACH THE PRINCIPAL BECAUSE THEY NEED THE PRINCIPALS OVERWHELMED.

SO THEY'LL REACH OUT TO US AND AND REACH OUT TO ME AND I'LL CALL KIKI AND SHE'LL COME RUNNING DOWN AND WE'LL DO WHAT WE HAVE TO TO ASSIST THAT TEACHER OR THAT STAFF MEMBER.

>> AND THIS IS ALSO THE REASON WHY WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH MR. HESTER ON SCHEDULING PEER GROUP SESSIONS THAT WILL BE HOSTED IN EACH CLUSTER STARTING JANUARY 27.

AND WHAT THAT SCHEDULE GO OUT TO STAFF TOMORROW BUT WE'LL BE HOSTING PEER GROUP SESSIONS BOTH VIRTUALLY AND IN PERSON. SO ALLOW STAFF TO JUST HAVE COLLEAGUES OF YOUR OWN THAT YOU'RE ABLE TO SIT IN A GROUP AND JUST KIND OF TALK ABOUT WHAT YOU'RE FEELING THE ANXIETY, THE STRESS AND JUST YOU KNOW, JUST BEING IN THE ROOM WITH PEOPLE WHO ARE FEELING THE SAME EMOTIONS SOMETIMES AS IS BENEFICIAL IN ITSELF.

SO WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THIS AND WE THINK THAT IT'S GOING TO BE VERY IMPACTFUL FOR OUR STAFF.

>> THIS VILLAGE THANK YOU DR. GOD. MISS WALTON, YOU ANSWERED MY

QUESTION WHEN YOU SAID ROLL OUT OF STARTING TOMORROW. >> YES, OK.

>> I DO THINK THAT THIS IS WONDERFUL AND I APPRECIATE THE PROACTIVE NATURE OF DID I READ SOMEWHERE IN THE INFORMATION YOU PROVIDED THAT THE THE ON SITE LOCATION WOULD BE AT THE

DISTRICT OFFICE? >> THAT IS CORRECT. WE ARE WORKING TO SET UP OFFICE SPACE FOR STAFF TO BE ABLE TO MAKE APPOINTMENTS AND COME DIRECTLY TO THE DISTRICT OFFICE AND IT ALSO CUTS DOWN ON TRAVEL TIME FOR EMPLOYEES IF SOMEONE NEEDS SERVICE DIRECTLY RIGHT AWAY WE HAVE SOMEONE THERE ON SITE THAT WE CAN BRING TEACHERS IN AND THEY CAN GET SERVICE IMMEDIATELY. IS THERE IN ANTICIPATION OF HAVING A SATELLITE OFFICE

DOWN IN THE HILTON AREA BECAUSE THE TRAVEL DISTANCE. >> YES, IT IS.

>> THIS IS THIS WILL BE OUR FIRST ONE AND THEN WE'RE GOT TO MOVE TO BRANCH OUT HILTON HEAD AS WELL AS BLUFFTON. OK, BUT IN THE MEANTIME IN THE MEANTIME UNTIL WE'RE ABLE TO GET THOSE SATELLITE LOCATIONS HELP PERFORM ASSISTANT HAS LOCATIONS BOTH IN BLUFFTON AND HILTON HEAD THEY WERE ABLE TO USE THIS JUST ALLOWS US TO AVOID HAVING TO SEND STAFF.

>> SO IN THE PAST WE'VE HAD TO SEND STAFF TO BLUFFTON TO BE ASSESSED OR TO RECEIVE TREATMENT SERVICES. NOW THIS GIVES US AN OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE SOMEONE HOUSED AT THE DISTRICT OFFICE IN A PRIVATE LOCATION AS PRIVATE AS POSSIBLE IN THE DISTRICT OFFICE SO THAT THEY DON'T HAVE TO WALK THROUGH NECESSARILY, YOU KNOW, COLLEAGUES OR YOU KNOW, AND WE TALKED ABOUT REMOVING THE STIGMA.

BUT THIS ALSO TAKES AWAY THAT QUESTION OF OK, IS KIKI GOING DOWN TO SEE THE MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELOR? I SAW HER CHECK OUT DURING HER FOURTH PERIOD CLASS AND NOW SHE'S DEALING WITH THE MENTAL HEALTH COUNCIL. SO HAVING IT AT THE DISTRICT OFFICE IN A PRIVATE LOCATION I THINK IS ALSO GOING TO BE BENEFICIAL TO REMOVING THE

STIGMA. >> YEAH. KIKI, I THINK THAT THIS WILL BE THIS GREAT OUTREACH AND EVERYTHING BECAUSE AS MR. PREJUDICE SAID, THE TEACHERS ARE STRESSED THAT THEY ARE THERE STRESS THAT THERE IS A LOT ON THEIR PLATES AND AND HAVING GROUP SESSIONS GREAT IDEA AND GIVING THEM AN OPPORTUNITY TO JUST VENT AND TALK TO PEOPLE THAT ARE GOING THROUGH THE SAME THING. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR

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>> THANK YOU. I THINK PUSHING BACK BETTER WE'RE READY.

>> WE MIGHT READY FOR THE VIDEO AS WELL. >> HOLD ON PLEASE.

MR. DAVID SCRIVENER RIBAUT I'M SURE I HAVE A REALLY QUICK QUESTION.

>> WHAT DOES PAUL SALVATORE HEALTH HAVE TO DO WITH THIS? >> I THINK THAT'S THE WORD FROM

THE BUDGET. >> YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT YOUR PARTNER BUSINESS, MR. HESTER? YES, MA'AM. SO WE DO HAVE TWO BUSINESSES. WHEN WE SAY INTEGRATIVE APPROACH TO MENTAL HEALTH, WE TRULY BELIEVE IT'S A MIND BODY SPIRIT, NOT JUST THE MIND.

SO IT'S NOT COOKIE CUTTER THERAPY. IT'S NOT COOKIE CUTTER OR ANYTHING. SO WE HAVE AN ALTERNATE BUSINESS THAT HANDLES NUTRITION, PHYSICAL WELLNESS, EVERYTHING ELSE FROM THE BODY SIDE OF THE HOUSE SO WE CAN REFER WITHIN AND WE HAVE THE SAME THIS KIND OF RIGHT. SAME TYPE OF PROGRAM WE HAVE FOR THE MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELING AND IT'S THEY'RE BOTH COMPANIES THAT ARE OWNED BY ME. I AM A BUSINESS PARTNER. ALL THE STAFF WORK COLLABORATIVELY SO WE CAN ACTUALLY COLLABORATE WITH EACH OTHER SINCE WE GET TO HAVE A COMPLIANCE EVERYTHING TAKEN CARE OF SO THAT WE GIVE A WELL ROUNDED APPROACH TO WHAT THAT

PERSON NEEDS NOT JUST SOMETHING WE PULLED OFF THE SHELF. >> THANK YOU.

>> I'M GLAD I ASKED THE QUESTION NOW BECAUSE THAT FULL SPECTRUM APPROACH IS IS THE WAY YOU DO THINGS. THANKS JUST KIND OF THE SAME. I WAS THERE WITH THEM.

I'M I'M LOOKING AT IT FROM A DIFFERENT ANGLE. I'M TRYING TO THE ADMINISTRATORS OF THE PARTICULAR BUILDINGS. WHY? WHY WOULD YOU BE GAGED TO A LEVEL WHERE TEACHERS CAN GO TO AROUND AND YOU KNOW AND THEY CAN ALSO BE VIGILANT ABOUT LOOKING AT THE TEACHER'S JUDGMENT DAY TO DAY BASIS IN PICK UP SOME OF THE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT A PERSON MAY NOT NECESSARILY, YOU KNOW, COME FORWARD WITH. YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHERE THE. YEAH, THAT'S RIGHT THERE ON ON ON THE SITE. I THINK A LOT OF TIMES BY THE TIME A PERSON ACKNOWLEDGES IT THEMSELVES, OTHER PEOPLE HAVE SEEN IT AND CAN REACH OUT AND THAT'S CREATES CREATE OR BUILD THAT FAMILY SETTING IN WITHIN THE BUILDING THAT YOU KNOW, THERE WOULD BE SOME FORM OF SUPPORT. SO I DON'T KNOW MY MIND ABOUT THE DISTRICT LOCATION AND BEING SENSITIVE TO THE PERSON'S CONCERNS. IT'S IN MY MIND THE OLD WAY OF DOING THINGS AND IT'S GOT US WHERE WE KNOW AND I SAY SOMETIMES MR. CAMPBELL, THAT SOME OF THOSE TEACHERS NEED A MEDIATOR TO GO INTO MEETINGS WITH THEM WITH A PRINCIPAL.

>> AND I'VE DONE IT AND WE'VE USED THE DISTRICT MENTORS AND WE'VE USED THEIR THE BUILDING MENTORS TO GO IN AND SAY WITH THE PRINCIPALS SO THEY CAN EXPRESS THEMSELVES.

SO SOMETIMES THEY NEED JUST A LITTLE EXTRA SUPPORT GOING TO SPEAK WITH A PRESS ONE.

SOMETIMES OUR DISTRICT STAFF HAS MADE A GREAT CONNECTION WITH THE TEACHER AND THEY FEEL MORE COMFORTABLE TALKING TO US RATHER THAN GOING IN AND SPEAK WITH THE PRINCIPAL BEHIND THE STAND OUT FULLY. BUT MY POINT IS JUST THE OPPOSITE.

MY POINT IS THAT PRINCIPAL HAVE TO BE BE SENSITIVE ENOUGH SOMEHOW TO KNOW THAT THE LEAD IS THERE AT SITE AND THAT TEACHERS DON'T HAVE TO REACH OUT TO YOU TO COME INTO THE

SCHOOL TO BE THE MEDIATOR ABOUT. >> BUT YOU KNOW, I ACCEPT YOU KNOW YOUR LOGIC AND MR. CAMPBELL, I'D JUST LIKE TO ADD TO THAT THAT MR. HARRIS ALLUDED

TO IT EARLIER. >> WE HAVE BEEN DOING A LOT OF WORK WITH OUR PRINCIPALS ON TRAUMA INFORMED CARE TRAINING TO CREATE TRAUMA INFORM AND TRAUMA SENSITIVE FACILITIES WITHIN OUR BUILDINGS. A BIG PART OF THAT IS KNOWING AND UNDERSTANDING WHAT YOUR STAFF HAVE BEEN THROUGH BEING ABLE TO IDENTIFY THOSE NEEDS BUT SOMETIMES IT RISES ABOVE THAT LEVEL AND THAT'S WHERE HAVING HOPE PERFORMANCE SYSTEMS IN PLACE TO OFFER THAT MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELING BECAUSE WE'RE EDUCATORS AT THE END OF THE DAY AND HAVING THE PROFESSIONALS AS PARTNERS IN THIS IS GOING TO BE WHAT WE NEED TO SEE TO PROVIDE TO OUR STAFF.

I THINK WE'RE TRYING TO COME AT IT FROM EVERY ANGLE. WE'RE TRYING TO HELP OUR PRINCIPALS UNDERSTAND THE NEEDS OF THEIR STAFF. BUT THEN WE'RE ALSO ADDING THAT ADDITIONAL LEVEL OF CARE THROUGH THE MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT SERVICES WITH HELP PERFORMANCE SYSTEMS. AND I WILL TELL YOU, YOU DIFFICULT TO FIND A LOCATION TO BE ABLE TO HOUSE SOMEONE. SO IT IS EASY FOR US TO FIND A SPOT AT THE DISTRICT OFFICE AND THAT'S WHERE YOU KNOW, NOT EVERY SITUATION WILL COME TO THAT.

AND WE'RE LOOKING AT IT AT A COST TO APPROACH WITH MR. HESTER ON HOW WE CAN SUPPORT STAFF. SO WE DON'T HAVE THAT STIGMA THAT'S ASSOCIATED.

BUT SOMETIMES, YOU KNOW, THE REALITY OF IT IS THEY DO NEED TO BE AWAY FROM THEIR BUILDINGS

FOR THEIR SUPPORT. >> MUSICIAN WORSHIP. MR. CAMPBELL, HERE IN HOME ONE OF MY ONE ON MY LAST TOPIC JUST NOW. SO I GUESS I CAN LET THAT ONE

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>> I FIGURED THAT WOULD BE A NEUTRAL BUILDING SITE WHERE EVERY ONE OF YOU PEOPLE COULD GO THERE AND I THOUGHT THAT WOULD BE A NEUTRAL SITE THAT WOULD THAT WOULD THAT WOULD BE A GREAT OPTIONAL OPTION TOO AS WELL. WHERE THE OLDEST GOLFERS WERE NOT THERE. WHAT THAT IS IS BEING DONE THERE.

HAVE WE THOUGHT ABOUT THAT AND THIS IS BAD? NO, WE DID NOT PUT THAT IN OUR PLANNING TO INCLUDE THE ADL AND BUILDING BUT THAT IS CERTAINLY SOMETHING WE CAN TALK ABOUT LATER. OKAY. I JUST I STOPPED BECAUSE I KNOW SOME PEOPLE MAY STILL EVEN THOUGH THERE MAY BE CIGARET BUTTS, SOME PEOPLE MAY STILL BELOW TIMID BECAUSE I FEEL OBVIOUSLY SOME SURE PEOPLE KNOW WHAT THAT ROOM IS THAT.

AND YOU KNOW. SO THAT'S JUST THAT'S FOOD FOR THOUGHT.

>> AND THEN STAFF ALSO HAVE THE OPTION TO GO TO EITHER ONE OF THE WHOLE PERFORMANCE SYSTEMS OFFICES IF THEY'D RATHER DO THAT. THIS WAS JUST ANOTHER OPTION

FOR THEM. GOT YOU. >> AND ALSO HOW IS THIS WHAT IS THIS COSTING THE DISTRICT ANYTHING IT WILL COST THE DISTRICTS MONEY.

>> YES. DO WE KNOW? >> DO WE KNOW WHAT THE COST IS?

>> NO. IT WILL BE BASED ON SERVICES PROVIDED.

BUT WE DO KNOW THAT IT IS GOING TO BE TAKEN CARE OUT TAKING CARE OF OUT OF THE CARES FUNDS

,OK? >> WELL I SCHOOLS I DO KNOW OF TEACHERS WHO ARE BEING STRETCHED SO BADLY. THIS IS A IT WILL BE A GREAT THING IF IT WAS DONE CORRECTLY AND I JUST I'M GRATEFUL GARFIELD I'M GLAD THAT TEACHERS CAN GET HELP AS AS WELL.

AND MR. CLARK I SAID MR. CAMPBELL MARCUS AND ABOUT PRINCIPALS BECAUSE YOU KNOW, WE DO HAVE TO MAKE SURE STAFF MEMBERS ARE COMFORTABLE SO THAT WE CAN'T KEEP HIM HERE IN THE DISTRICT. AND WE DO VALUE THEM. THANK YOU.

>> I DO THINK THAT ONE THING WE NEED TO KEEP IN MIND WHEN WE TALK ABOUT STAFF AND COMMUNICATING WITH THEIR ADMINISTRATORS A LOT OF TIMES STAFF HAVE PERSONAL ISSUES THAT HAPPEN AT HOME WITH FAMILIES AND OUTSIDE OF SCHOOL AND THEY MIGHT NOT WANT TO SHARE THAT WITH AN ADMINISTRATOR. THEY WANT TO KEEP THAT LINE. THEY'RE SO WE HAVE TO BE AWARE OF THAT AS WELL. IT'S NOT THAT WE'RE SAYING TEACHERS HERE I'M NOT I'M NOT AFRAID TO TALK TO THEM ADMINISTRATORS OR IS THERE SOME SAYING THINGS THAT THEY NEED TO

KEEP THEM AS WELL? >> WE ARE THE FIRST LINE WE HIRE THESE PEOPLE.

OH, HOW ARE THESE TEACHERS? WE ARE THE FIRST PEOPLE THEY SEE SO WE DEVELOP A TRUST FROM THE BEGINNING AND THEY REALLY TRUST US AND WE TELL THEM WHEN THEY COME TO US THAT WE'RE GOING TO PROVIDE YOU WITH AS MUCH SUPPORT AS WE POSSIBLY CAN.

AND THE TEACHERS HOLD US TO THAT. SO THAT IS WHY THEY COME TO WE DON'T WE DON'T WANT TO TAKE ANYTHING AWAY FROM THE PRINCIPALS BUT WE ASKED THEM TO COME TO US IF YOU NEED ANYTHING, GIVE GIVE US AN OPPORTUNITY TO SUPPORT AND THAT THEY'LL REACH OUT AND WE WOULD MAKE THAT CONNECTION WITH THE PRINCIPAL.

WE DON'T JUST TRY TO HANDLE THAT. I SAY HANDLE IT OURSELVES.

WE GO BACK TO THE PRINCIPAL WITH THE TEACHER AND PROVIDE THAT EXTRA SUPPORT IN THIS TO THESE YOU KNOW, PRINCIPALS ARE IN AN INTERESTING POSITION TOO BECAUSE PRINCIPALS ARE ALSO THE

PRIME EVALUATORS. >> AND WHEN TEACHERS ARE EVALUATED, ONE OF THOSE DOMAINS THAT THEY'RE EVALUATED IN IS PROFESSIONAL. AND SO THERE IS THERE IS A VERY FINE LINE THERE THAT MISS WALTON IS TALKING ABOUT AND THAT'S PART OF THE REASON WHY WE TRAINED ALL THE ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS IS AS DISTRICT MENTORS AS WELL BECAUSE WE WANT YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY SHOULD HAVE SOMEBODY THEY CAN GO TO IN A BUILDING.

WE WANT EVERYBODY TO BE KNOWN BY SOMEBODY AND EVERYBODY TO KNOW SOMEBODY THEY CAN GO TO AND EVERYTHING BEGINS AND ENDS IN HUMAN RESOURCES. SO IN EFFECT WE REALLY HAVE TO BECOME THAT SOFT PLACE WHERE THEY CAN LAND CONSISTENTLY POINTS AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GOING TO MANAGING ANXIETY, DEPRESSION OR STRESS RELATED TO WORK OR HEALTH MATTERS CAN BE DAUNTING DURING THESE UNPRECEDENTED TIMES EVEN HARDER TO FACE IF YOU FEEL YOU ARE

ALONE. >> THAT'S WHY THE BEAUFORT COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT HAS TEAMED UP WITH HOPE PERFORMANCE SYSTEMS BECAUSE YOU MATTER OUR PARTNERSHIP WILL HELP THE PERFORMANCE SYSTEMS PROVIDE OPTIONS WITH THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF CARE FOR OUR STAFF AND THEIR

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FAMILIES. >> HEALTH PERFORMANCE SYSTEMS OFFERS MENTAL HEALTH WELLNESS PLANS TAILORED TO MEET YOUR NEEDS PEER GROUP INDIVIDUAL OR FAMILY COUNSELING CAN BE SET UP VIRTUALLY OR IN PERSON WITH OUR LICENSED COUNSELORS. PERFORMANCE SYSTEMS OFFERS VARIOUS TYPES OF ASSESSMENT TO DETERMINE THE RIGHT FIT FOR YOU.

OUR SYSTEM IS NOT A ONE SIZE FITS ALL PATH TO WELLNESS. WE WILL WORK WITH YOU TO FIND THE BEST PLAN FOR YOU AND YOUR FAMILY. THIS PARTNERSHIP IS MORE THAN JUST PEER INDIVIDUAL AND FAMILY COUNSELING. IF YOU OR YOUR LOVED ONES NEEDS HELP WITH SUBSTANCE ABUSE, HOPE PERFORMANCE SYSTEMS CAN PROVIDE THE HELP AND COUNSELING NEEDED.

FEES CAN BE PAID TO OUR INSURANCE OR THROUGH A SPECIAL DISCOUNTED CASH RATE AVAILABLE TO BSD EMPLOYEES AND WE HAVE BILINGUAL THERAPISTS AND INTERPRETERS IF NEEDED.

IT CAN BE HARD TO FIND COUNSELING IN OUR AREA HOPE PERFORMANCES STANDS HAS SOLUTIONS. WE STRIVE TO ENSURE OUR SERVICES ARE ATTUNED TO YOUR NEEDS. AFFORDABLE AND AS SUCCESSFUL AS POSSIBLE EDUCATORS WE HEAR YOU

AND WE SEE THE NEED FOR MORE MENTAL HEALTH WELLNESS SUPPORT. >> THIS INITIATIVE OFFERS FLEXIBLE SCHEDULING AND PAYMENT PLANS TAILORED ESPECIALLY FOR YOU AND YOUR FAMILIES.

>> TOGETHER WITH HELP PERFORMANCE SYSTEMS WE WILL GET THROUGH THESE DIFFICULT TIMES.

YOU ARE NOT ALONE. YOU MATTER. YOU MATTER.

YOU MATTER. >> THANK YOU, MISS WALTON AND YOUR STAFF.

THANK YOU. A COUPLE THINGS. >> FIRST OF ALL, THERE ARE NO SECOND PUBLIC COMMENTS. OUR BOARD POLICY IS THAT WE WILL END THE MEETING AT 9 15 AND BUZZERS EMOTION TO CONTINUE ON. SO WE NEED TO REMOVE EITHER A TO CONTINUE OR WE'RE GOING TO END IN ABOUT SEVEN MINUTES. IT'S RIBAUT.

>> I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE CONTINUE THIS MEETING. >> THAT WE CONTINUE TO MEET THE

AT LEAST 10 15 EXTEND OUR HIGH VOLUME POWER. >> WE HAVE A SECOND SPOKEN.

WE'RE GOING TO. WE'RE GOING TO. IF WE DON'T FINISH WE HAVE TO ACT SMART. RIGHT? CORRECT.

SO WHAT I'M THINKING IS HOW MUCH MORE ACTION WE CAN HERE TO SPEAK UNTIL MY MIND IS THAT HOW

MUCH TIME DO YOU THINK WE HAVE LEFT? >> BECAUSE I DON'T EXTEND IT TO 10 15 COME BACK FOR A 30 OR 45 MINUTE DEBATE. THANK YOU FOR THAT.

IT SOUNDS LIKE THERE'S A LOT LEFT. SO MAYBE WE SHOULD THANK MR. DECKER. I BELIEVE WE CAN. WE CAN COVER THIS WITHIN AN HOUR. YEAH. OK.

>> YOU KNOW, BUYING THE MOTION TICKET TO EXTEND THE MEETING AFTER ONE HOUR TO 10 15 P.M.

AND THE MOTION IS SECOND BY DR. NEVSKY. ANY DISCUSSIONS?

>> MR. CAMPBELL, WHAT ARE WE TO HAVE TO GO BACK AND THE EXECUTIVE SESSION ALSO AT SO AND DISCUSSING THAT ISSUE IS NOT WILL TAKE US ALONG WITH THE RIBAUT.

WELL, WE JUST GO TO 10 15 AND WE HAD LIKE YOU KNOW, WHAT WE THOUGHT WAS MAYBE 50 MINUTES.

LET'S MAKE ANOTHER MOTION TO ACCEPT THE ADDITIONAL TIME QUESTION.

THOSE ARE TWO. KEN, CAN THE KATHY RABBI RIGHT .

BUT YOU'RE SITTING DOWN IF YOU'RE AND STILL YOU WANT TO SPEAK.

WHAT ARE WE TALKING ABOUT? OK. BECAUSE WE HAVE ONE COPY RIGHT NOW THAT'S ON THE FLOOR AND IS JUST TALKING ABOUT EXTENDING TO 10 15.

ALL RIGHT. VOTING IS OPEN. >> MR. EARL CAMPBELL.

YES. THE MOTION IS 9 1. WE WANT TO KNOW IS THIS JUST GIVEN HERE THE WILL CONTINUE TO ATTEMPT TO GAIN THIS VOTE RIGHT.

CAN WE NOT POSTPONE THE SECOND HALF OF THE EXECUTIVE SESSION TO OUR FRIDAY?

WE COULD TAKE A VOTE ABOUT THAT MAYBE WHEN WE GET TO 10 15. >> HOW WOULD THAT BE OK IF NOT

[Monthly Transparency Report]

GOOD EVENING. I HAVE SIX MATTERS ON THE AGENDA.

I'LL BE BRIEF ON THESE FIRST THREE ARE REALLY STANDARD ITEMS THAT WE HAVE EVERY MONTH THAT WERE VOTED ON BY THE BOARD IN THE PAST TO INCLUDE IN EACH OF THESE SECOND BOARD MEETING OF THE MONTHS THAT ARE FINANCIAL MATTERS TO REALLY PROMOTE TRANSPARENCY.

>> SO THE FIRST DOWN IS NOT QUITE TRANSPARENCY REPORT. >> THAT'S A LISTING OF ALL THE

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AND I THINK GENERALLY IF THERE'S A LINK TO THE WEB SITE FROM MORE DOTS THAT THIS TIME THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH LINK, IT MAY HAVE BECAUSE OF INTERNET ISSUES.

THIS TIME I THINK IT'S A PDA. SO. ALSO THE SECOND DOCUMENT

[Monthly $100KReport]

[Board Monthly Budget]

ACTUALLY IF I CAN. >> YES. THANK YOU.

MY QUESTION IS IN NOVEMBER TRANSPARENCY REPORT. I NOTICED A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT THINGS AS I WAS GOING THROUGH IT. ONE OF THE MAIN THINGS THAT I WANTED TO ASK ABOUT WAS HOW PBT IS BEING ALLOCATED TO DIFFERENT FUNDS.

SO I NOTED JUST A COUPLE PAGE 12 THAT EMBASSY ROW. WE HAD SOME PEOPLE PURCHASES THAT CAME FROM THE GENERAL FUND ALSO ON PAGE 12. THERE AS DISTRICT PURCHASES FOR BP THOSE CAME FROM THE SPECIAL REVENUE FUND FEDERAL AND I JUST WANTED TO ASK HOW WE ARE ALLOCATING THAT SPENDING AND WHY SOME ARE COMING FROM GENERAL FUND AND THEN WHY SOME ARE COMING FROM THE SPECIAL REVENUES. RIGHT.

SO GENERALLY THE SCHOOLS ARE USING THEIR GENERAL FUNDS TO MAKE PURCHASES INITIALLY WITH THE PROJECT CODE 2 2 0 1 9 AND THAT'S THE CODED PROJECT CODE AND THEN ONCE A QUARTER WE

ARE WHEN WE CLAIM THE CODE HERE IS ACT FUNDS. >> WE ARE RECLASSIFYING THOSE INTO THE JV INTO THE CARES ACT FUNDS AND AND KEEPING THOSE DOCUMENTATION SEPARATE AND RELEASING THEIR GENERAL FUND BUDGET. SO FOR US IT'S AN EASIER METHODOLOGY TO HAVE THEM SPEND USING THAT CODE . SO WE HAVE A CONSISTENT AND THEN RECLASSIFY THAT AND SO WE HAVE AN ACCOUNTANT BRANCH ACCOUNTANT IS IN CHARGE OF DOING THAT FROM A DISTRICT LEVEL SPENDING IS TYPICALLY MADE STRAIGHT TO THE HEROES ACT FUNDING. SO WHEN WE'RE BUYING THESE SHIELD DEATH SHIELDS THINGS FROM THE DISTRICT LEVEL WE GO DIRECTLY TO FUND TO 20 AND THAT IS CARE'S ACT THE CURES ACT FUNDING THE NEW. AND I'LL BE TALKING A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE NEW POWERS ACT SHORTLY WHICH WILL PROBABLY BE ANOTHER WHOLE ANOTHER FUNDING SOURCE.

SO THAT'S THE RATIONALE BEHIND THAT. OK.

SO A FOLLOW UP QUESTION TO THAT BENEFIT DISTRICTS OR ANOTHER THE INDIVIDUAL SCHOOLS ARE MAKING THE PURCHASES AND THEN THERE'S BEEN THE REALLOCATION. HOW ARE WE ENSURING THOUGH THAT THERE IS THAT THE B CARES ACT'S BEING THERE WHEN YOU'VE TRIED TO MAKE THOSE CHANGES OR YOU

TRY TO MAKE THOSE REFERENCE? >> WE ARE GENERALLY THEY REQUEST APPROVAL BEFORE HAND TO USE THE FUNDS AND I HAVE BEEN RECOMMENDING PRIMARILY THE PRIMARY THING THAT I'VE BEEN SEEING IS DEATH SHIELDS IN THE HORSE LATELY. SO NOT AS MUCH HAND SANITIZER

AND FACE MASKS AND THAT SORT OF THING. >> IT'S MOSTLY JUST SHIELDS AND OTHER OTHER ITEMS LIKE THAT. AND I HAVE GOTTEN OVER E-MAILS TRADITIONALLY GET E-MAILS FROM PRINCIPALS REQUESTING I ASKED FOR THE ITEM NUMBER OF ITEMS THE PER UNIT PICTURE OF WHAT THEY'RE REQUESTING. SO I KNOW IN ADVANCE OF THE DOLLAR AMOUNT THE PROSPECT OF THE AMOUNT OF PURCHASES THEY'RE GOING TO BE OCCURRING AS WE GO FORWARD WE DO HAVE A SPECIAL AMOUNTS DESIGNATED FOR PPE BUDGETS DESIGNATED FOR PPE AND IN OUR CARES ACT ONE FUNDS AND SO THOSE ARE WE ARE NOT ALLOCATING SPECIFIC DOLLAR NOW WHERE WE'RE ACCEPTING THERE WHAT THEY NEED INSTEAD OF SAYING YOU GET FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS OR NOTHING BETTER THAN I HAD ANOTHER QUESTION THAT THAT WAS AN ODD EXPENSE ON PAGE 24 FIRST CHIEF FIRST.

>> BUT AGAIN THERE IS A PAY POWER OF STAFF SO IS THAT THIS WILL BE IS THAT MAYBE A CONTRACTED INDIVIDUAL AN WE'RE PAYING THAT WOULD BE A DEVICE THAT WAS ON I HAVE TO RESEARCH

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COMPREHEND LIVING WAGE HERE. >> TWENTY FIVE AND THAT IS ON THAT IS ON THE CONTRACT SYRIA OR THE RIBAUT RIBAUT WORKPLACE. NO I DON'T INDIVIDUAL CONTRACT POWER SCHOOL.

>> THE REASON I QUESTION WHY I GOT THIS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT WAS BECAUSE THERE'S THREE DIFFERENT PARTIES BUT THEY ALL SAY YOU'RE ONE OF THE AGREEMENTS, CORRECT? THAT IS A PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT MODULE THAT WE HAVE REGION RECENTLY PURCHASED VERSUS YOUR ONE OF A THREE YEAR AGREEMENT. IS THAT CORRECT?

NO, IT'S THIS BRANCH MORE OCCURRING ASSESSMENT. >> YOU'RE RIGHT.

WE TALKED SEVERAL TIMES AROUND WITH WAR AROUND THE LACK THEREOF OF PROPERTY MONITORING ASSESSMENT TO HELP INFORM INSTRUCTION ALONG THE WAY AND THAT CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT MODEL. AND SO THIS IS THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WILL HELP INFORM INSTRUCTION BASED ON STUDENT NEED TO COME UP WITH DIAGNOSTIC BANKS, THINGS LIKE ADD ON CHARGES OF YOU KNOW, I WENT THROUGH THREE DIFFERENT THREE DIFFERENT CRISES.

BUT THEN ALSO YOU'RE ONE OF THE AGREEMENTS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT YOUR FEET WE SHOULD SEE

THREE RIGHT NEXT TO THAT. >> THIS IS THE FIRST PAYMENT OF A THREE THREE X THANK.

AND THIS IS ON PAGE ONE OF NOVEMBER REPORT IF ANY OR YOU TRY AND FOLLOW MY LEAD THE NOVEMBER 18 PAYMENT IN THE PEAK HOUR IN SECTION 7 AND GET THAT I GET MOVING ALONG.

>> NO OTHER QUESTIONS IN THAT AREA. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ALONG TO

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BOARD. >> SO THIS IS GOING TO BE A VERBAL INFORMATION AND I'LL FOLLOW UP WITH ANY ANY PAPERWORK YOUR INTERESTED IN THE TEAM.

UPDATE OUR JANUARY 7TH MEETING IN A SPECIAL CALLED FORMING THE TAN WAS THE WORKER TO TAN AND A TAX ANTICIPATION NOTE A SHORT NOTE TO SUPPLEMENT CASH FLOWS IN THE DISTRICT AS A RESULT OF THE TAX BILL DELAY NOT TO EXCEED 100 MILLION DOLLARS SINCE THEN WE HAVE FINE TUNED THE NUMBERS WITH THE RECENT DECEMBER INFORMATION AS RECENT AS DECEMBER FROM THE TREASURER'S OFFICE AND BELIEVE THE AMOUNT A MILLION DOLLARS WILL ADEQUATELY SUPPORT THE CASH FLOWS IN THE DISTRICT UNTIL THE EARTH THE FIRST WEEK OF FEBRUARY WHICH WE ARE EXPECTED TO RECEIVE THE PAYMENT. MY BIGGEST CONCERN IS THAT IT WILL COVER THE SIXTY SEVEN MILLION DOLLARS OF DEBT PAYMENTS DUE THEY MUST BE IN THE BANK BY FEBRUARY 15TH AND THE REPAID PAYMENT OF THE TAN WHICH WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO INSTALLMENTS DUE BY THEN. SO MY OBJECTIVE THE TAN REPAYMENT.

THIS IS THE TWENTY TWENTY POINT TAN FOURTEEN POINT SIX MILLION THAT WE BORROWED IN OCTOBER .

WE HAVE TO REPAY THAT OVER THE COURSE BETWEEN THE END OF JANUARY AND THE END OF MARCH. SO IT'S IMPORTANT TO HAVE AT LEAST ENOUGH TO PAY THOSE TWO AMOUNTS. THIS IS RIGHT VERY CLOSE TO THAT AMOUNT.

AND SO MY OBJECTIVE WAS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN COVER THOSE AND THEN ANY INCOMING REVENUES OPERATING REVENUES WE'RE SEEING CAN COVER THE DAILY OPERATIONAL COSTS AND MONTHLY OPERATIONAL COSTS OF THE DISTRICT WHICH ARE ABOUT 30 TO 33 MILLION DOLLARS A MONTH.

SO IN DOING THIS WE DO HAVE A SCHEDULE. SO WE RECEIVED A CREDIT RATING FROM LOOTERS AND MOODY'S INVESTOR SERVICES. THAT'S THE CREDIT RATING OPINION HERE THAT WAS DELIVERED ON JANUARY 14TH AND IT HAD A GREAT RATING.

THIS IS A SHORT TERM RATING SO IT'S CALLED A BIG ONE. MOODY'S INVESTMENT GRADE RATING OF ONE AT ONE OUT OF FIVE IS THE HIGHEST RATING YOU CAN GET. THAT WOULD BE COMPARABLE TO A ONE THAT'S A LONG TERM RATING AND THEY'RE BOTH THE HIGHEST. THE DISTRICT IS ABLE TO ACHIEVE

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>> SO THAT MEANS CASH REQUIRED OF THE COUNTY TREASURER AT THAT TIME.

SO WE WILL HAVE THOSE FUNDS AND YOU CAN IN WITH COUNTY AND WE'RE LINED UP TO I'VE ALREADY INFORMED THEM THAT THAT WAS OUR EXPECTED DATE TO RECEIVE CASH. AND SO THE OBJECTIVE FEBRUARY 4TH IS TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE IT ON HAND BEFORE FEBRUARY 15TH REQUIREMENT FOR DEFINITE.

SO A COUPLE OF THINGS WE WANTED TO REDUCE DO MAKE EVERY EFFORT TO MINIMIZE INTEREST COSTS, REDUCE THE BOND AMOUNT. WE HAD A GREAT CREDIT RATING AND WE ISSUED TAX EXEMPT.

WE'RE GOING TO ISSUE TAX EXEMPT BONDS. SO TAX EXEMPT BONDS VERSUS TAXABLE BONDS WILL PROVIDE A FEW CHANCE OF A PERCENT INTEREST LOWER THAN WHAT A TAXABLE BOND WOULD DO. THERE'S A FEW MORE HOOPS WE HAVE TO JUMP THROUGH TO DO TAX EXEMPT BONDS, MORE PAPERWORK AND OUR BOND COUNSEL WILL HELP WITH THAT.

SO OUR OBJECTIVE OF COURSE IS TO MINIMIZE THE INTEREST COSTS WHICH COULD BE AS LOW AS TWO HUNDRED AND SEVENTY THOUSAND AS OPPOSED TO THE THREE HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND IT WAS ORIGINALLY QUOTED. SO THE WANT AN UPDATE ON THE 2021 BUDGET THIS GOES IN LINE

[Update on 2021 Budget]

REVENUE ARE 76 MILLION DOLLARS . >> WE'RE AT THIRTY FIVE.

SO IT'S NORMALLY WE'VE RECEIVED FIFTY ONE PERCENT. WE HAVE RECEIVED 24 PERCENT.

SO YOU CAN TELL WE'RE RECEIVING A QUARTER OF WHAT WE WOULD NORMALLY RECEIVE FOR THE ENTIRE YEAR. AND SO THAT IS NOT GOING TO BE SUFFICIENT TO COVER THE CASH FLOW MEANS GOING FORWARDS WITHOUT THE HELP OF THE TAX ANTICIPATION.

SO MOVE IN TO THE LEGISLATURE IN CHANGES THAT ARE WE'RE SEEING THERE.

THE SACRAMENTO LEGISLATURE IS WORKING HAS CONVENED SO THE HOUSE CONVENING ON JANUARY 12TH AND HAS BROUGHT FORWARD A SERIES OF BILLS. BUT THERE'S ONE PARTICULAR BILL THAT IS OF INTEREST TO US MOST INTEREST TO US AND THAT IS HOUSE 36 0 9 THAT IS THE TO RESTORE THE TEACHER STEP INCREASE THAT WAS ORIGINALLY SUSPENDED.

BUT IF FISCAL YEAR SO 2021 THAT VALUE TO THE DISTRICT IS CERTIFIED STEP INCREASES TWO AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS AND THE VALUE TO A TEACHER IS AT A 2 PERCENT PAY INCREASE.

SO WE ARE EXPECTING THAT TO MOVE THROUGH COMMITTEE. >> THERE IS A LONG SERIES OF THAT IF YOU FOLLOW THE COMMITTEES AND SUBCOMMITTEES AND THERE IS A LONG SERIES OF PROCESS THAT THEY WILL GO THROUGH THE BOARD OF ECONOMIC ADVISORS WILL WE WILL HAVE DATA FINANCIAL DATA THAT WILL BE DUE ON FEBRUARY 15TH. WELL, BILL WILL BE PRINTED ON FEBRUARY 29. THE HOUSE FLOOR DELIBERATE ON MARCH 12.

SO IT GOES ON AND ON AND THEN IT WILL MOVE TO THE SENATE AND THEN EVENTUALLY TO THE GOVERNOR. SO I BELIEVE THAT IT WILL BE LIKE LATE APRIL PERHAPS PROBABLY MAY AT BEST BEFORE WE HAVE ANY FINAL INFORMATION ON THIS.

BUT ONE THING THAT I UPDATE THAT I HAVE RECEIVED SHOWS THAT IT WOULD BE A RETROACTIVE PAYMENT IN A LUMP SUM SOMEWHERE NEAR THE END OF THE YEAR. AND SO WE WOULD RECEIVE ESTIMATES ON WHAT VALUE WHAT REVENUE AMOUNT WE WOULD RECEIVE TO HELP FUND THAT.

IT IS NOT OFTEN EVERY DOLLAR THAT WE WOULD RECEIVE IN ORDER TO FUND IT.

SO THAT WILL BE VERY I'LL BE WATCHING THAT VERY CLOSELY TO SEE WHAT REVENUES WHAT WE NEED TO MATCH TO SUPPORT THAT. I HAVE A GREAT LEGISLATIVE UPDATE FROM OUR SCHOOL BOARD ON OUR ASSOCIATION OF BUSINESS OFFICIALS SCHOOL BUSINESS OFFICIALS THAT I RECEIVED THIS WEEK AND I THINK THAT WILL BE REALLY IMPORTANT TO SEND OUT TO ALL OF YOU.

AND IT SPELLS OUT WHAT I JUST TOLD YOU. AND A LOT MORE BILLS THAT ARE OUT THERE BEING POST. SO I'M GOING TO FORWARD THAT TO ALL OF YOU AND DR. RODRIGUEZ AS WELL. ACTUALLY, MARY, TO SEND IT TO ME AGAIN TODAY AND I'M SURE

SHE'S INTERESTED IN IT AS WELL. >> SO SO I'M GOING TO ALSO ALTHOUGH IT'S NOT THE GENERAL

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SO I FEEL LIKE IT'S PART OF A BUDGET UPDATE. WE WERE NOTIFIED THURSDAY THAT YOU FOR COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT HAS BEEN ALLOCATED TWENTY TWO POINT SEVEN MILLION DOLLARS FOR ADDITIONAL RELIEF TO THE NINETEEN PANDEMIC PLANS PASSED BY THE US LEGISLATURE OR THROUGH TO US AND STATE DEPARTMENTS OF EDUCATION AND THEY'RE BASED ON TITLE 1

ALLOCATION FORMULA. >> SO THERE HAS SOME POVERTY WAITING TO BE ALLOWABLE USES OF FUNDS OF THE SAME TWELVE CATEGORIES AS THE ORIGINAL CARES ACT AND THE FUNDS.

THIS ONE FUNDS THREE ADDITIONAL CATEGORIES WHICH INCLUDE FACILITIES UPGRADES TO FOR EXAMPLE HPC UNITS TO IMPROVE INDOOR AIR QUALITY FOR ROOF REPAIRS KITS, DOORS AND WINDOWS TO MAKE THINGS MORE SECURE. INDOOR AIR QUALITY IS THE SECOND.

SO THEY'VE KIND OF GO IN LINE WITH EACH OTHER AND ADDRESSING STUDENT LEARNING LOSS.

SO THOSE THREE NEW CATEGORIES AND WE'LL BE I THINK IT WOULD BE INTERESTING TO GET SOME INFORMATION OUT I THINK IS NECESSARY TO GET SOME ADDITIONAL INFORMATION OUT TO YOU AS WE KNOW MORE. WE'RE HAVING A MEETING WITH STATE THE FIRST WEEK OF FEBRUARY TO GET THE SPECIFICS OF ALLOWABLE COSTS IN THOSE CATEGORIES.

DISTRICT STAFF ARE ACTIVELY WORKING TO IDENTIFY NEEDS. WE'VE COMMUNICATED WITH ALL SENIOR STAFF SINCE START DEVELOPING YOUR NEEDS. WHAT WE.

AND THEN WE'RE GONNA COME TOGETHER AND THEN PRIORITIZE THOSE NEEDS TO BUILD A PLAN WHICH IN TURN WILL HAVE AN APPLICATION PROCESS TO THE STATE DEPARTMENT AND THEN A

FINAL APPROVAL BEFORE WE BEGIN THAT WORK OF SPENDING. >> SO THE DEADLINE FOR THESE FUNDS ARE SEPTEMBER 23, SEPTEMBER 2023. SO WE DO HAVE AN ADDITIONAL YEAR BEYOND THE CARE THE CURRENT CARES ACT. SO THERE ARE THE HAIRS THAT WANT TO HEAR IS EXCUSE WHAT I'M GOING IT'S PROBABLY MORE LIKE BEING ESSER FUNDS ONE TO THE

ELEMENTARY SECONDARY SCHOOL EMERGENCY FUND. >> SO I WOULD PROBABLY BE USING

THOSE INTERCHANGEABLY. >> SO AS WE LEARN MORE WE WILL BRING THAT INFORMATION TO YOU IN THE DOCS. I GOT A LITTLE BIT AHEAD OF MYSELF AND PUT A 20 20 TO BUDGET CALENDAR THAT'S NOT REALLY ON CONNECTED TO THIS BUDGET ITEM BUT I'M HAPPY TO WHERE WE'VE BEEN SO BUSY WITH CASH IN THE CURRENT YEAR UPDATE OF THE NEW FUNDS THAT WE STAFF CONTINUE TO WORK TO BUT THAT MIGHT BE A PROJECT FOR FUTURE DISCUSSION.

>> AND FINALLY AND THIS GOES IN LINE WITH THE VERY NICELY WITH THE WHOLE DISCUSSION IS THE

[Update on Technology for K-2]

SO WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO TRY TO FIGURE OUT WHAT WE GOT START TAKING COM QUESTIONS BECAUSE I FEEL THAT WE'RE RUSSIAN, THERE'S A MEETING AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE ANOTHER DAY

THAT I'LL DO THAT. >> WE NEED TO RUSH THIS BECAUSE THIS IS A PART OF OUR FIDUCIARY RESPONSIBILITIES WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE TIME WE TALK ABOUT THE CASH FLOW ON THE BUDGET. I WOULD THINK THAT THESE ARE IDEAS THAT NEED TO BE RUSHED. SO I DO I AM VERY CONCERNED THAT WE'RE RUSHING THESE ITEMS RIGHT NOW. WELL, SIR, THERE'S NOBODY WITH THEIR HAND UP.

>> SO BEEN GOING TO LET THIS CROSBY FINISH AND IF YOU'D LIKE TO ASK QUESTIONS YOU COULD PUT UP YOUR HAND AS SHE WAS JUST CONTINUE TO GO HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT THE 10 BUT THAT WAS NEVER

GIVEN OPPORTUNITY TO ASK A QUESTION. >> PUT UP YOUR HAND AND LET'S

AT THIS CROSBY FINISH YOU CAN ASK YOUR QUESTION AHEAD. >> YES.

THIS ITEM DIRECTLY RELATES TO THE CARES OUTCOMES AND STANDARDS.

WELL, WE HAVE A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY TO PURCHASE DEVICES, LAPTOPS OR PADS THROUGH FOR GRADES, KINDERGARTEN THROUGH SECOND GRADE.

HERE'S ACT FUNDS. THESE WERE REMOVED FROM A TECHNOLOGY REFRESH DUE TO CONCERNS OVER THE HIGH AMOUNTS OF DEVICE USAGE OR ONLINE DEVICES OR OUR YOUNGEST LEARNERS. AND SO AS A RESULT OF THAT IT COULD COVID 19 BROUGHT DIRECT ME FOR THE ADDITION OR THE USAGE TO OCCUR SO THAT WE COULD SERVE AND INSTRUCT STUDENTS FROM VIRTUALLY AND IN OUR CLASSROOMS AS WE MOVE TO A HYBRID MODEL.

SO THIS COULD CAN BE A DIRECT USE OF ALL OF OUR CARES ACT. SO THE COST OF THE DEVICES FOR

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THE REASON WHY IT WAS DELAYED UNTIL THE NEXT BOARD MEETING OR TWO IS TWOFOLD.

ONE IS IF WE HAD USED THE CARES ACT FUNDS TO PURCHASE THESE PRIOR TO LAST WEEK WE WOULD HAVE EXHAUST ALL OF THE EXISTING CARES ACT FUNDS NOT ALLOWING FOR ANY ADDITIONAL PPE OR OTHER PROTECTIVE INFECTION CONTROL OR OTHER OTHER SUPPLIES OR SERVICES.

BUT NOW WE KNEW THAT POTENTIAL OR A LARGE SUM OF MONEY WITH THE NEW CARE'S TWO FUNDS BUT WEREN'T CERTAIN OF THE DOLLAR AMOUNT. NOW THAT WE KNOW THE DOLLAR IS SUFFICIENT TO COVER MUCH OF THE OTHER NEEDS AND WE WILL BE ABLE TO USE WE'RE GOING TO RECOMMEND USAGE OF THE CARE AS ONE FUNDS TO EXHAUST THE OLDER AND OLDER CARE'S FUNDS AND THEN TO THE BOARD WHICH IS REQUIRED BY THE STATE DEPARTMENT. AND THEN BEFORE THE NEW PAYERS FUNDS. SO NUMBER TWO IS MY CONCERNS WERE OVER CASH FLOWS AS WELL.

THIS IS A THREE MILLION DOLLAR PURCHASE CARES FUNDS ARE PAY IN ADVANCE AND IN THREE MONTHS REIMBURSE IT AND YOU'LL GET REIMBURSED TWO WEEKS LATER SO IT COULD BE THREE TO FOUR MONTHS AFTER TO PURCHASE THAT YOU ACTUALLY RECEIVE THE CASH TO PAY FOR THEM.

SO ONCE WE GET THE INFUSION OF CASH FROM THE TAX ANTICIPATION ON FEBRUARY 4TH I FEEL VERY COMFORTABLE AND NOW THAT WE HAVE THE CARES THAT TWO FUNDS I FEEL VERY COMFORTABLE

MOVING FORWARD WITH THAT. >> SO I'LL BE BRINGING THAT RECOMMENDATION FORWARD ON

FEBRUARY 2ND. >> SO THAT'S ALL I HAVE. THANK YOU.

DONNA WAS ASKING A MANAGER GOT A QUESTION GOES TO THAT TECHNOLOGY RADIOGRAPH AND BASICALLY WELL IT SEEMS LIKE THE CYCLE OF THINGS I'VE HEARD WITH THE ADS ARE NOW DOING THIS REFRESH. SO IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT WITH THE FIRST PAIR THAT IT'S SIMILAR TO HOW YOU GET TO THE SECOND LINE EACH OF A SURVEY FOR LACK OF A BETTER TERM OF ALL THE STATS AND THEIR NEEDS NEEDED. SO IS IT SAFE TO ASSUME OR SAY THAT THIS TECHNOLOGY FOR GRADES K THROUGH 2 WAS KIND OF BOTTOM OF THE TOTEM POLE FOR THAT BECAUSE OF THE COST OF IT AND HOW WHAT YOU JUST EXPLAIN AS I'M TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT WHAT THE SECOND ROUND OF FUNDING THAT'S COMING OUT TO THAT WE DEAL THAT WE PRIORITIZE THINGS APPROPRIATELY AND OBVIOUSLY THIS IS A MEAN THAT IS GREAT.

I KNOW THAT WE HAD SOME WONDERFUL COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT STEPPED UP TO HELP US IN THAT LITTLE BIT OF A CRUNCH. SO I JUST WANTED TO UNDERSTAND THAT A LITTLE BIT BETTER.

IT COSTS WAS PROHIBITIVE. A TWO POINT FOUR TO ONE PATIENT WAS FOUR POINT NINE.

THERE WERE SO MANY OTHER NEEDS YOU KNOW, SOCIAL EMOTIONAL TO DO DNC PURCHASES AND THINGS

LIKE THAT. >> WE WOULD NEED IN THE UPCOMING YOU KNOW, ONCE A YEAR THAT THAT THAT AS PRESIDENT THAT'S THE PRIORITY AND THEN COME BACK AROUND OUR US IN A

BETTER POSITION. >> MR. MALIKI SO THAT GRANTS ANSWERED MY QUESTION.

>> I THOUGHT WE HAD PRIOR TO THAT WITH THOSE K 1 THROUGH TO SECOND GRADE OR SOMETHING WAS NOT TO BE AT ALL. RELATIVE TO THAT WE HAD FUN NOT TAKING.

I THINK WHAT WE DID WAS WE SHIFTED LAPTOPS AND THINGS LIKE THAT DOWNWARD TO A LOWER GRADE TO MEET THAT NEED. BUT THOSE ARE OLDER DEVICES AND IN SOME CASES YOU KNOW THE YOUNGER YOUNGER GRADE WOULD BE BETTER THAN A LAPTOP PER SAY. SO THIS GIVES US AN OPPORTUNITY. I'M ASSUMING THAT THE STRATEGIES WERE WEIGHED IN ON THIS TO THE DEGREE OF THE NEEDS AND AND DESIRES WHICH HE SAID TO US GOVERNMENT IF WE DON'T PUT THAT KIND OF MONEY DOWN NEXT YEAR OR THE YEAR AFTER WE DECIDE TO DO CHILDREN SHOULD HAVE THE LAPTOPS OUT OF TOWN EVEN YOU KNOW THAT'S MONEY BEING YOU KNOW, XYZ THAT YOU NEED MONEY FOR NEXT YEARS WHO'S GOT AN EXPANDED THEY NOW RIGHT? IT'S TOTALLY DIFFERENT.

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AND IN ADDITION I CAN SHARE THAT WITH THERE ARE SEVERAL MEMBERS IN THE TEACHER FORUM THAT TEACH THE LOWER GRADE LEVEL DOMAIN SPECIFIC MENTIONED TO ME ABOUT IT.

>> SKEPTIC THANK YOU DR. RODRIGUEZ THAT'S WHAT I WAS GOING TO SAY.

>> IT'S THAT I KNOW THAT THERE ARE MANY TEACHERS THAT HAVE MENTIONED THAT SINCE WE'VE GONE TO ONLINE LEARNING FOR THE PAST YEAR THAT THE DEVICES THAT ARE K 2 ARE USING RIGHT NOW ARE JUST NOT COMPATIBLE WITH THE TYPE OF LEARNING THAT NEEDS TO GO ON.

FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND SOME OF THE I PAD YOU CAN'T ZOOM ON THE PAD AT THE SAME TIME THAT YOU ARE ALL MAYBE TAKING AN ASSESSMENT. I MEAN SO I THINK THAT THE NEED IS DEFINITELY THERE. I'M REALLY GLAD TO HEAR TONYA THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO SPEND THIS MONEY FOR THIS AND SO CAN YOU GIVE US A TIME FRAME? WHEN DO YOU THINK WE COULD EXPECT COMPUTERS NEW NEW IP IPADS OR LAPTOPS IN THE HANDS OF THE TEACHERS THAT WILL DEPEND ON THE VENDORS AND THEIR ABILITY TO PRODUCE DELIVER ON THE PURCHASE ORDERS THAT WE SPEND? APPLE PRODUCTS TEND TO COME MUCH SOONER. I THINK DELIVERY TO DISTRICT. I THINK IT WAS THREE TO FOUR WEEKS. SO AND THEN THE HP PRODUCTS ARE A LITTLE LONGER.

I DON'T RECALL THE EXACT NUMBER OF WEEKS OUT BUT THERE WERE I WANT TO SAY TWO TO THREE TIMES MORE THAN THE APPLE PRODUCTS. SO THEN THEY HAVE TO BE IMAGED AND THEN SENT DISTRIBUTED TO THE SCHOOLS AND PUT OUT. BUT I CAN CERTAINLY BRING THAT INFORMATION BACK TO OUR FEBRUARY 2ND MEETING AND HAVE THAT PREPARED TO DELIVER TO THE BOARD.

YEAH. SO MARK SHAKING HEAD THAT TIMELINE I THINK THAT WOULD BE

VERY HELPFUL. >> I KNOW THAT OUR TEACHERS ARE VERY INTERESTED AND SO I REALLY DO HOPE THAT BEFORE A DECISION IS MADE AS TO PADS OR TWO TABLETS THAT THERE IS SOME REAL CONVERSATION WITH THE TEACHER FORUM OR WITH THE TEACHERS BECAUSE WHAT I'M HEARING IS I PASS FOR KINDERGARDEN AND TABLETS FOR FIRST AND SECOND. SO I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S WHAT YOU ALL ARE HEARING JUST A LITTLE DIFFERENT KINDERGARTEN AND FIRST GRADE WITH IPADS AND THEN TRANSITIONING STARTING WITH THE SECOND GRADE STUDENTS TO GET THEM READY FOR THE

WRITING PART OF THEIR STATE ASSESSMENTS. >> SO IT WOULD BE A GOOD TRANSITION GRADE FROM FIRST FIRST OR SECOND SECOND GO INTO THE LAPTOPS.

OKAY. SO THAT'S WHAT THAT'S WHAT THE PLAN IS NOW IS K 1 IS IPADS AND

AND 2 IS TABLETS. >> YES IT'S OK. THANK YOU.

MR. SMITH, THE LAST TIME WE TALKED I WAS WAITING FOR THE E-MAIL THAT WOULD CONSIST OF THE LAST THREE MONTHS WHERE WE'RE WHERE WE WHERE WE WILL BE AT FINANCIALLY.

>> YOU SAID YOU WOULD EMAIL THAT TO ME AT THREE MONTHS OF WHERE WE WERE FINANCIALLY WITH LAST YEAR LATE LAST YEAR THIS TIME OF DECEMBER, JANUARY AND NOVEMBER OR REVENUES OR

EXPENDITURES. >> I'M JUST NOT WOULD THAT BE THE QUARTERLY REPORT?

>> I'M SORRY I'M NOT FOLLOWING YOU AS THREE MONTHS. THE LAST THREE MONTHS YOU TOLD ME ACTUALLY THAT LAST BOARD MEETING THAT YOU SENT ME THAT YOU WOULD SEND ME AND THE BOARD AN EMAIL I NEVER GOT I NEVER RECEIVED THAT EMAIL HAPPY IN REVIEW THE LAST FOUR MEETING

AND TRY TO FIND THAT AREA OF DISCUSSION. >> I DON'T RECALL IT.

I'M SORRY. THANK YOU, DR. WISNIEWSKI. >> ROUND HERE IS THE PURPOSE INCLUDING THAT THE CASES FOR THESE KINDS LITTLE ONES HERE AND THERE THAT I HAD WONDERING.

>> YES. I JUST SPOKE WITH ORTHODOXIES. YEAH, IT'S GREAT.

AND THEN MY OTHER QUESTION WAS IN REGARD TO LONG TERM PLANNING FOR THESE ADVISORY DRAFTS,

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WHAT WAS PART OF OUR VISION? THEY WOULD BE PUT INTO A REVERSE CYCLE AGAIN AND I WOULD ASSUME THAT WE WOULD BRING THEM FORWARD. THE NEXT 8 PERCENT ROUND 3 I BELIEVE IS MARCUS OF THREE YEARS OR FOUR YEARS FOUR YEARS FOR THE EYE PADS AND THE

LAPTOPS. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU.

[COVID – 19 “Coronavirus” Update continued]

RUN. >> THANK YOU, DR. RODRIGUEZ CHAIRS OF THE BOARD.

>> SO FOR PART TWO OF THIS WEEK'S CODA 19 UPDATE I WILL SUMMARIZE THE SOUTH CAROLINA EDUCATION OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE TO REVIEW LEARNING'S IMPACT ON STUDENTS.

>> ITS REPORT IS CONSTANTLY IN REFERENCE THROUGHOUT THE EVENING.

THE REPORT WAS BASED ON JANUARY 12TH TWO WEEKS WHEN ONE WEEK AGO TODAY.

THE SOLID SOUTH CAROLINA EDUCATION OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE CONSISTS OF 16 HOUSE AND SENATE MEMBERS OF THE SOUTH CAROLINA A GENERAL ASSEMBLY. THEY ARE CHARGED COLLECTIVELY WITH ENCOURAGING CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT IN THE STATE'S PUBLIC SCHOOLS, IMPROVING ACADEMIC CONTENT STANDARDS AND ASSESSMENTS AND ESTABLISHING THE STATE'S EDUCATIONAL ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEM. THE COMMITTEE RECENTLY PUBLISHED A REPORT THAT SOUGHT TO REVIEW REMOTE LEARNING AND EXAMINE ITS IMPACT ON SOUTH CAROLINA'S STUDENTS DURING THE COLD 19 PANDEMIC. WE BELIEVE THAT IT IS IMPORTANT TO SHARE A FEW OF THE SALIENT POINTS OF THIS REPORT IN HOPES OF CONTEXTUALIZING THE FOREGOING CHALLENGES THAT WE WILL FACE AS THE WORK BEGINS TO OFFSET THE IMPACT OF CUTTING WRITING ON OUR STUDENTS.

AMONG OTHER FINDINGS HIGHLIGHTED THE REPORT. THE COMMITTEE ALSO FOUND THAT SOUTH CAROLINA DECLINE IN PROJECTED PROFICIENCY AND IN THE MEDIUM PERCENTILE RANKING OF MATHEMATICS AND READING THOSE IT OUTWEIGHS THAT WE'VE ALREADY HEARD THIS EVENING MOST SIGNIFICANTLY. THE COMMITTEE ALSO FOUND THAT DUE TO THE CODE 19 PANDEMIC SEVEN OUT OF 10 STUDENTS ARE PROJECTED TO PERFORM BELOW GRADE LEVEL STANDARDS BY THE YEAR'S END. ALTHOUGH WE CONTINUE TO SEE GROWTH IN Q4 COUNTY SCHOOLS, SOME OF OUR STUDENTS, OUR DATA PROJECTS VERY MUCH LIKE THE STATE THAT WE'RE AT THE END 7 OUT OF 10 STUDENTS ARE PROJECTED TO PERFORM BELOW GRADE LEVEL STANDARDS BY YEAR'S END. WHILE THE ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT OF OUR STUDENTS REMAINS OUR PRIMARY AREA OF FOCUS. PLEASE KNOW THAT WE CAN BEGIN OUR MEDIATION PROCESS IN THE COMING WEEKS. THE FINDINGS OF THIS REPORT COUPLED WITH MUCH OF THE INTERNAL STUDENT DATA THAT WE HAVE GATHERED DATA THAT WE SHARED WITH YOU EARLIER BY DR.

SHADOWS AND MR. FALLIN AFFIRMS OUR DECISION TO RETURN STUDENTS TO CLASSROOMS FOR FIVE DAYS FACE TO FACE INSTRUCTION FOR THOSE WHO CHOOSE IT. OUR POSITION HAS ALWAYS BEEN THAT BAD INSTRUCTION IS BEST FOR CHILDREN AND OUR GOAL WAS TO MAKE THIS INSTRUCTIONAL MODALITY AVAILABLE WHILE OBSERVING SAFETY PROTOCOLS THAT WE HAVE IN PLACE.

>> SO I'M SURE THAT AS YOU HAVE HEARD OVER AND OVER AND OVER THIS EVENING THAT AGAIN SEVEN OUT OF OUR 10 STUDENTS ARE EXPECTED OR PROJECTED TO PERFORM BELOW GRADE LEVEL STANDARDS BY YEAR'S END. THE QUESTION THAT PROBABLY HAS HAVE IS WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO ABOUT IT? SO WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF DEVELOPING A FRAMEWORK FOR RECOVERY. THAT WORK WILL BE SUPPORTED BY DR. SHADOWS AND THE INSTRUCTIONAL SERVICES DIVISION. BUT GIVEN THE CHALLENGE FOR US THAT IS TO REMEDIATE OUR STUDENTS. OUR APPROACH CORRESPONDS WITH PRUDENT PRACTICES AND SKILLS REMEDIATION. SO USING A RECENT MAP DATA WE PLAN TO PRIORITIZE THE SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE FOR EACH SUBJECT AREA AND GRADE LEVEL.

WE PLAN TO FOCUS ON THE DELIVERY OF STANDARDS BASED DIRECT INSTRUCTION.

WE PLAN TO ADJUST THE SCOPE AND SEQUENCE AND PACING GUIDES TO REFLECT WHERE TEACHERS MIGHT NEED TO WITHOUT ADDITIONAL ACADEMIC SUPPORT. AND OF COURSE WE PLAN TO MONITOR ITS PROGRESS ON GRADE APPROPRIATE ASSIGNMENTS AND ADJUST FORMATIVE ASSESSMENTS TO CAPTURE STUDENT KNOWLEDGE ON STANDARDS THAT MOST RECENTLY BEEN TAUGHT.

IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT IN THESE REPORT THEY PROVIDE GUIDANCE AS WELL ON RECOMMENDATIONS AROUND REMEDIATION TO MAKE UP FOR LEARNING LOSS.

A COUPLE OF THOSE INCLUDE PROVIDING TUTORING SERVICES AND EXTRA INTERVENTIONS FOR AT RISK STUDENTS AND ALSO CREATING A PROCESS TO ALLOW DISTRICTS TO DEVELOP AND CREATE INNOVATIVE PROGRAMS OR COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS TO PROVIDE AFTERSCHOOL SUMMER OR SATURDAY

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>> I DISCUSSED IT ON THIS JUST YESTERDAY I BELIEVE WITH ANOTHER MEMBER OF THE BOARD AND TALKING ABOUT OF A LONG TERM PLAN OR ON RECAPTURING MEDIA MEDIATION, YOU KNOW I MEAN YOU

MENTIONED ON MR. PAGE THAT'S POSSIBLE. >> BUT SHOULD WE MEET AS A SPECIAL SESSION OF SOME SORT? TO REALLY LOOK AT WITH WHAT THE DESIGN OF THE COST.

SO REALLY THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT WE CAN DO RIGHT. AND ONE HAS A COST ASSOCIATED WITH AND ONE DOES NOT. THE FIRST THING THAT WE CAN DO IS ADJUST OUR ELITE INSTRUCTION. I MENTIONED A LITTLE BIT EARLIER ESSENTIAL REMOVING ALL OF THE FLUFF FROM OUR INSTRUCTION PRIORITIZING STANDARDS AND MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE DELIVERING STRONG DIRECT STANDARDS SPACE INSTRUCTION AND ELIMINATING THE THINGS THAT MAYBE STUDENTS DON'T NECESSARILY NEED. THE OTHER PIECE IS THIS IS SOME OF THE GUIDANCE THAT WE GOT FROM THE REPORT IS THAT TUTORING AND ADDITIONAL AFTER SCHOOL REMEDIATION THAT WILL THAT SHOULD PROBABLY BEGIN THIS SCHOOL YEAR AND EXTEND INTO THE SUMMER IS PROBABLY SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO LOOK INTO AND THEN OBVIOUSLY WE WOULD BE ASKING OUR TEACHERS TO FACILITATE REMEDIATION AND THAT WOULD OBVIOUSLY COME AT A COST THAT CAN BE OFFSET BY THE CARE ACT FUNDING THAT WE HAVE. SO I THINK AS CROSBIE MENTIONED THAT THE EXPECTATION IS FOR US TO SPEND THIS MONEY BY 2023. SO THAT GIVES YOU SOME IDEA OF HOW MUCH ADDITIONAL REMEDIATION THAT BEHAVIOR WILL BE NECESSARY FOR OUR YOUNG

PEOPLE TO FULLY SPEAK EFFECTIVE. >> ONE OF THE MORE COMMON STATEMENT AS SAYS THINGS HAVE CHANGED DRAMATICALLY. OVERALL, EDUCATIONALLY, SOCIALLY WITH THE CLIMATE AND THE POLITICS. HOW ARE WE LOOKING AT A FUTURISTIC SENSE OF WHERE EDUCATION HAS GONE TO GO? ARE WE DOING THE SAME? WELL, THERE THAT WE'VE DONE LAST 20 YEARS. WE KNOW WE DO THE SAME OLD THING. WE DON'T GET THE SAME RESULTS THAT WE CAN BE YEARS BEHIND.

I BELIEVE THAT WE STARTED TO HAVE SOME INITIAL DIALOG ABOUT THAT A LITTLE BIT EARLIER THIS EVENING WITH DR. STRAUSS WAS TALKING ABOUT HOW WE DELIVER OUR HISTORICALLY TAUGHT MATH.

>> RIGHT. >> AND SO NOW THERE ARE THINGS THAT WE'VE GOT TO DO WITH REGARD TO OUR INSTRUCTIONAL PRACTICES AND CORRESPONDING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT THAT NEEDS TO BE PROVIDED FOR OUR TEACHERS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE THINKING ABOUT SKILLS DEVELOPMENT AND TEACHING OUR SENIORS THROUGH A DIFFERENT FRAMEWORK.

SO THAT IS CERTAINLY SOMETHING THAT IS TOP OF MIND FOR INSTRUCTIONAL SERVICES.

>> THANK YOU, SIR. I WAS ASKING WELL I DON'T CARE AND TALK TO YOU MORE ABOUT THE PLAN WOULD DEVELOP THAT I'D BE. ABOUT PAYING FOR YOU KNOW, HOW WE ARE GOING TO MOVE FORWARD IN THIS DIFFERENT OPTIONS THAT WE HAVE. BUT MY QUESTION IS IN REGARD TO THE NDP UPCOMING ENDING OF THE SEMESTER AND THOSE STUDENTS THAT MAY BE IN.

IT'S RAISING VILLAGE LIKE THERE THEY HAVE MAPS. SO I'D LIKE TO RECEIVE THEM FROM NEVER RELATIVE TO HOW MANY OF OUR STUDENTS ARE FAILING AND PARTICULARLY MY CONCERN IS AT THE HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL FOR THOSE STUDENTS WHO ARE QUICKLY APPROACHING THE.

AND IF THERE WERE A YEAR THEY'VE SEEN IN YEARS MANY CREDITS TO GRADUATE.

SO I WAS JUST WONDERING IF WE COULD GET SOME DATA AND OTHER EXPORT INCOME ON WHAT OUR

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FAILURE RATE LOOKS LIKE. >> SURE. >> WHAT I WILL TELL YOU IS IF YOU ARE REMEDIATION PLAN CAN OBVIOUSLY COVER LEARNING LOSS FIRST FOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS YOU CAN PROBABLY ALSO INCLUDE A CREDIT RECOVERY AS WELL. SO YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE STUDENTS ARE OR ARE GIVEN ADDITIONAL ACADEMIC SUPPORT. WE ALSO WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE STILL ON TRACK FOR GRADUATION AS WELL. SO THERE ARE CHALLENGES AT THE SECONDARY LEVEL OR A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT THAN WHAT THE MYSTIFICATION DR. BRADLEY.

>> CAN YOU SPEAK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE INTERNET CONNECTIVITY AND HOW IT IS AFFECTING

INSTRUCTION, YOU KNOW? >> YES, AND THIS IS ALL I COULD PROBABLY JOIN ME IN THAT AS WELL. WE'VE HAD SEVERAL CONVERSATIONS WITH OUR SCHOOL LEADERS.

IN FACT, WE HAD A CONVERSATION A LITTLE BIT EARLIER TODAY AROUND GETTING SOME SENSE OF JUST HOW CHALLENGING THE INTERNET CONNECTIVITY PROBLEMS THAT WE'VE HAD ARE IMPACTING INSTRUCTION. THEY ARE COMMON AND THEY ARE CONSISTENT ACROSS ALL SCHOOLS.

AND SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE LEARNED IS THAT OUR SYSTEM IS SIMPLY BEING OVERWHELMED BY THE SHEER NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT ARE ON OUR SYSTEM THAT WE'VE NEVER HAD

BEFORE. >> FORTUNATELY, MR. SHANNON PROVIDED AN UPDATE.

WE'VE GOT A FIREWALL REFRESHES GETTING READY TO HAPPEN OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS.

EVEN RECENTLY WE'VE RECEIVED SINCE WE'VE GONE BACK FOR FIVE DAYS OF FACE TO FACE INSTRUCTION, WE'VE BEGUN TO SEE THE INTERNET CONNECTIVITY BEGIN TO STABILIZE A LITTLE BIT BUT IT'S NOT AT A LEVEL WE EXPECT TO BE AT AN OPTIMAL LEVEL WITHIN THE NEXT TWO OR THREE WEEKS. THERE ARE SOME TECHNICAL COMPONENTS TO THAT UPGRADE.

AND I'LL LET MR. SHAWN'S GO. >> YES. HOW BIG IS LIMITING COMPONENT RIGHT NOW IS OUR FIREWALL. OUR FIREWALL CAN ONLY HANDLE 500000 PACKETS PER SECOND RIGHT NOW DURING PEAK TIMES OF THE DAY WE ARE EXCEEDING THAT FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND PACKETS THE SECOND GREATLY. WE WERE SCHEDULED FOR OUR LIFECYCLE REFRESHED FOR A NEW FIREWALL AND WE STARTED OUR RFP PROCEEDINGS BACK IN SEPTEMBER TO UPGRADE THAT.

WE HAVE MET SOME DIFFICULTIES WITH SUPPLY CHAIN. THE GOOD NEWS IS WE WILL HAVE OUR NEW FIREWALL INSIDE THE DISTRICT ON THE TWENTY SEVENTH WITH THE ENGINEERS PROGRAMING AND HELPING US MAKE SURE WE HAVE A SEAMLESS TRANSITION. WE ARE HOPING TO GO LIVE BY FEBRUARY 1ST BUT THAT IS GOING TO DEPEND ON THE TESTING THAT WILL BE DONE THIS FOLLOWING

WEEK IN OK. >> YOU CAN IMAGINE WITH AS DIFFICULT IT IS FOR TEACHERS RIGHT NOW TO BE HANDLING FACE TO FACE AND VIRTUAL AND ALL OF THAT TO THEN HAVE THE ONE MODE WHERE YOU CAN REALLY REACH ALL YOUR STUDENTS SEE THAT YOU KNOW TO HAVE IT IN THIS STATE.

SO WE HAVE GLAD TO HEAR THAT THERE IS A SOLUTION COMING. BUT I KNOW THAT YOU UNDERSTAND

THE ABSOLUTE FRUSTRATION OF OUR TEACHERS. >> YES, MA'AM.

AND WE HAVE BEEN MAKING TWEAKS ON A DAILY BASIS. OUR ENGINEERS ARE CONSTANTLY WORKING WITH OUR SONIC WALL WHICH IS OUR FIREWALL VENDOR AND THEY ARE MAKING LITTLE TWEAKS IN THE BACKGROUND. THE DIFFICULT PART ABOUT IT BEING OUR FIREWALL IS IT IS OUR SAFETY NET BETWEEN US AND THE INTERNET. SO WE TRY TO MAKE CHANGES IN VERY SMALL INCREMENTS TO MAKE SURE. SO ONE OF THE THINGS WE HAVE DONE IS LIMIT THE AMOUNT OF DATA THAT WORKS HOLISTICALLY SCANNING FOR VIRUSES.

NOW THE FIRST THING YOU'RE GOING TO SAY IS OH MY GOD, WE NEED TO SCAN THAT DATA FOR VIRUSES BUT WE'RE SELECTIVELY CHOOSING WHICH DATA WE'RE NOT SCANNING.

SO WE'RE NOT SCANNING SOME OF OUR EYEBALLS DATA BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT DATA IS BEING GENERATED BY OUR DEVICE. SO INSTEAD OF DOUBLE SCANNING THAT DATA BECAUSE GETS SCANNED ONCE AS IT GOES THROUGH I BOSSES SERVERS, WE HAVE SLOWLY STARTED TO TRIM THIS BACK AND WE HAVE SEEN STABILIZATION IN THE NETWORK DURING OUR PEAK TIMES.

>> THAT'S GREAT. THANK YOU FOR THAT EXPLANATION .

I APPRECIATE IT. >> YOU'RE RIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH THIS HOUR.

SO THIS IS JUST KIND OF A CLARIFICATION. YOU SAID THERE'S TWO WAYS TO GO. ONE WOULD BE TO REDUCE THE FLOW.

AND ONE WOULD BE TO ADD SERVICES. ARE YOU LOOKING AT SHOOTING ONE OF THOSE WHEN YOU LOOK AT COMBINING THOSE TWO? I THINK YOU HAVE TO DO BOTH.

BUT I THINK THAT IN THE SHORT RUN WE'VE GOT TO LET ME MEET. WE HAVE DATA AT OUR DISPOSAL.

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SO WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY FAR? WHAT WOULD WORK THERE IS DEFINITELY LOOKING AT TRIMMING DOWN. SO IF YOU LOOK AT A STANDARD AND YOU WERE TO BREAK A STANDARD DOWN NOT EVERY STANDARD IS A PRIORITY STANDARD AND SO NOT EVERY ONE OF THOSE STANDARDS THAT ARE TAUGHT IN OUR SCHOOL SEQUENCE OR PROUDER TIMES OF OUR END OF YEAR STATE ASSESSMENT. SO WHAT WE HAVE TO DO IS WE EVALUATE ALL OF THE STANDARDS THAT ARE THAT ARE PRESCRIBED IN OUR SCOPE AND SEQUENCE AND THEN FOCUS ON THOSE THAT ARE OUGHT

TO BE TESTED. >> SO YOU'RE TALKING TRIMMING DOWN IN THE STANDARD TO MORE TESTS I GUESS TESTABLE SORT OF DEMONSTRABLE ELIMINATING ART MUSIC.

OH NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO. >> WE'RE NOT.

NO, NO, NO. I'M JUST GOT MY SENSE OF THESE KIDS NEED TO FLUFF NO MESSAGE.

>> NO, THAT'S NOT WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT WITH IN THE STANDARDS THAT ARE PRESCRIBED BY THE STATE. NOT EVERYONE IS IS A PROUD STANDARD AT IT.

THAT IS AN AREA OF FOCUS FOR THE END OF YOUR STATE EXAMINATION.

COURSE I'M THINKING MR. THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR. I'M HEARING A LOT OF SHORT TERM TALK. I'M HERE AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE CARE'S MONEY.

WE'RE GOING TO BUY TECHNOLOGY. WE'RE GOING TO LOOK FOR RE REMEDIATION TO TAKE CARE OF THIS PROBLEM. IT'S A RESULT OF THE COVE . IT.

THIS IS NOT GOING TO BE A SHORT TERM SOLUTION. THIS ACHIEVEMENT GAP IS GETTING GREATER. AND WE ARE NOT GOING TO OVERCOME WHAT WE LOST THIS YEAR

IN A YEAR'S TIME. >> WE HAVE GOT TO LOOK AT LONG TERM STRATEGY AND MY BELIEF THE KEY LONG TERM STRATEGY IS TO DECREASE CLASS SIZE IN OUR SCHOOLS WITH THE GREATEST

ACHIEVEMENT GAP. >> NOW THAT IS NOT SHORT TERM MONEY.

THAT'S LONG TERM MONEY BECAUSE ONCE YOU INCREASE STAFFING YOU DON'T DECREASE STAFFING RIGHT AWAY. THAT'S A LONG TERM BUDGET ISSUE AND I NEED TO SEE SOME LONG TERM STRATEGIC PLANNING OF HOW WE'RE GOING TO OVERCOME WHAT WE'RE DOING THE PLAY WE'VE BEEN

GIVEN BY THIS CODE . >> AND IT'S NOT BUSINESS AS USUAL.

SO THAT'S MY CONCERN. COVE IT CARES MONEY ISN'T GOING TO COME DAY OR YEAR AFTER YEAR AND WE'VE GOT A PLAN FOR WHAT HAPPENS WHEN CARES MONEY STOPS .

THANK YOU MR. SMITH ABSOLUTELY . >> I WAS THE GUY ACTUALLY HE JUST TOOK SKI WHERE HE TOOK THE WORD WORDS PRIOR TO MY MILE FARM.

ALONG WITH THAT I WAS GOING TO SAY, YOU KNOW, I HOPE THAT WE ARE MAXIMIZING HOW WE'RE SPINNING OUR KIDS MONEY TO HELP US OUT WITH THE ACHIEVEMENT GAP BECAUSE YOU KNOW, THIS IS NOT GOING TO CONTINUE TO KEEP COMING TO KEEP COMING TO SCHOOL DISTRICT.

YOU KNOW THAT WE'VE GOT WE HAVE A TREE THAT WE CAN GO AND CUT MONEY OFF OF .

SO I'M I'M MY MY CONCERN IS THAT WE'RE MAXIMIZING OUR FULL POTENTIAL AND THE SUPPORT THAT WE'RE GETTING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ACTUALLY MOVING THE MOVING THE NEEDLE IN A WAY WE'RE LESSENING THE ACHIEVEMENT GAP AND WE'RE WHERE WE'RE ACTUALLY NOT WHERE WE ASKED RASHLY GOING FORWARD AND NOT BACKWARDS AND I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THE LONG TERM LONG TERM PLAN. I DO AGREE, MR. GUY, WITH THESE SCHOOLS THAT ARE THAT THAT HAVE A HIGHER RATE OF STUDENTS THAT ARE HAVING A LARGER AMOUNT OF ACHIEVEMENT GAP.

I THINK THAT WE SHOULD START TO I SPEND AND IN USE SMALLER CLASS SIZES AS SOON AS POSSIBLE SO WE CAN START SEEING WHERE RACE WORKING IN AND HAND AND HOW CAN WE QUICKLY GET A JUMP JUMP START ON THIS ACHIEVEMENT GAP BECAUSE THE GAP IS DEFINITELY IS CONCERNING.

SO I MEAN I THINK THAT IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE GET A JUMPSTART SOMEONE'S MIND.

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THIS IS THIS. THIS IS NOT THIS SHOULD NOT BE COVERED UP.

IT IS IT IS FOR CLARIFICATION. >> YES, IT IS. ALSO THIS FULL COVER UP COURT

UPDATE ON OK. >> THANK YOU. >> SUPPORT IT IS HARD TO GET IT OUT HERE. YOU KNOW STUFF. STEPHANIE LEE, I HOPE THAT YOU'RE NOT IMPLYING TO POOR THAT THE CONFUSION THAT WE WERE GETTING THAT WE'RE GETTING THROUGH FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS INTENDED TO ADDRESS THE ACHIEVEMENT GAP THAT WE HAD IN

OUR DISTRICT. >> IT IS A SHOT IN THE ARM TO RESPOND TO THE THE THE COLD SLAB THAT WE'RE EXPERIENCING NOT JUST WITH YOU FOR COUNTY SCHOOLS STUDENTS BUT FOR STUDENTS THAT YOU'VE UP ALL ACROSS THE STATE AREAS. INDEED A LARGER OR MORE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN THAT WE HAVE PUT IN PLACE TO RESPOND TO THE ACHIEVEMENT GAP.

>> MR.. >> I WASN'T SURE I'D GET BETTER AT MR. SMITH.

WELL, JUST TO RESPOND TO THAT MICRO ASSERTION WAS THAT NOW THAT WE DO HAVE CLIPPED BUILDINGS THAT WE MAY HAVE CLASSES THAT WE MAY WHERE WE CAN EXPERIMENT ON AND AND IT ALSO WILL GIVE THE A GREAT CHANCE SOME MORE OF EVEN BE MORE SAFE WHEN IT COMES TO SOCIAL DISTANCE AND I THINK THAT NOW WILL BE A GREAT TIME TO START SEEING IF THE LIVES OF THOSE SPACES CAN HELP US THAT WE CAN HELP US TOWARDS THE ACHIEVEMENT GAP AND THAT THAT IS A THAT IS A CONCERN THAT I DO HAVE BECAUSE WE DO RIGHT AND CERTAIN BUILDS RIGHT NOW WE DO THAT IT HAS BEEN SAID THAT WE DO HAVE THE SPACE. SO WE HAVE A SPACE AND WHY NOT MAKE YOU UTILIZATION OF IT? AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I JUST WANT TO JUST BRING FOOD

FOR THOUGHT. WANT TO BRING THAT FORWARD? >> YES, SIR.

THANK YOU. RACE AND THE NEXT PORTION. I WANTED TO TAKE A MOMENT AND TOUCH BASE ON SOME OF THE NUMBERS. I BELIEVE MR. CAMPBELL WILL REQUESTING SOME OF THE NUMBERS THOUGH WITH RESPECT TO YOU. LAST WEEK WE HAD 75 CASES IN THE LAST WEEK. SO THAT WAS DOWN FROM THE WEEK BEFORE.

IN TERMS OF CASES THAT JUST TO BE CLEAR, YOU KNOW, MORALES WEDNESDAY D-DAY COULD SEND US INFORMATION ABOUT A CASE FROM LAST WEEK ON DOWN ON WEDNESDAY. OK.

AND WILL BE ATTRIBUTED TO LAST WEEK WHATEVER DATE THAT THAT TEST TOOK PLACE.

SO I WANT TO TOUCH BASE ADDITIONALLY ON VACCINE. WE HAVE SENT THE LOCAL HOSPITALS ARE WORKING WITH OUR HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATORS. WE HAVE SENT THEM INFORMATION ABOUT EVERY ONE OF OUR EMPLOYEES. THEY HAVE NAME.

THEY HAVE E-MAIL ORDERS AND THEY HAVE LOCATION SITE. THAT IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE THEY UTILIZE THAT TO PUT THAT INTO THE VAM SYSTEM WHICH GENERATES AND SENDS THEM AN E MAIL THAT WILL ALLOW THEM TO REGISTER AND DO THE PRE REGISTRATION AND EVERYTHING OR VACCINATIONS COURSE. YOU SAW THE ISSUE RECENTLY ABOUT VACCINE STATEWIDE.

>> AND SO SO THAT YOU KNOW WHEN DEAC ANNOUNCES THAT THEY'RE READY FOR A ONE B TO BEGIN, THEY WILL HAVE THEY ALREADY HAVE ALL OF OUR INFORMATION FOR OUR EMPLOYEES.

>> SO THAT'S WE'RE ALREADY AHEAD OF THE GAME THERE. >> ADDITIONALLY, I WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU THAT I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH SENATOR DAVIS AND WITH HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATORS LOCALLY. RUSSELL BAXLEY OVER AT BEAUFORT MEMORIAL AND JERRY CRAIG OVER AT THE NET HOSPITAL. I WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU THAT IN THAT WORD THERE IS THE POSSIBILITY OF INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGENCIES WORKING TOGETHER AND WE ARE CERTAINLY A PART OF THAT. AND AT THAT TABLE TO HELP FACILITATE VACCINATIONS FOR OUR COMMUNITY. AND SO WHAT I MEAN BY THAT IS THAT THE POSSIBILITY OF USING OUR FACILITIES AS BASSINET VACCINATION SITES IS SOMETHING THAT WE'RE BUILDING CURRENTLY

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AND WE'RE AWAITING WORD FROM PROBABLY FROM MEMORIAL HOSPITAL ON WHETHER THAT WILL TAKE EFFECT OR NOT. BUT BECAUSE AT BEAUFORT HIGH SCHOOL THERE IS THAT THERE THAT THE STADIUM SEPARATE FROM THE HIGH SCHOOL. IT'S A GOOD FACILITY WHERE IT DOESN'T REALLY INTERFERE WITH OUR DAY TO DAY OPERATION. AND WE CAN CONTRIBUTE TO THIS EFFORT AROUND VACCINES FOR THE COMMUNITY. AND SO OF ALL THE LOGISTICS.

ALL RIGHT. VACCINE AND ALL THAT WILL BE HANDLED BY BEAUFORT MEMORIAL HOSPITAL WHAT WE ARE PARTNER PROVIDING THE LOCATION AND SITE AND THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE IS ALSO SHERIFF TANNER IS ALSO A PART OF THE DIALOG AND THE DISCUSSION IS ABOUT SO WE'RE AWAITING WORD FROM THEM AT THIS JUNCTURE ABOUT ABOUT WHETHER THAT WILL MOVE FORWARD ON

THURSDAY. >> MYSTIC RIDGE. >> THANK YOU, DR. RODRIGUEZ.

ANYTHING YOU CAN DO TO FACILITATE THE DELIVERY OF VACCINES IS WONDERFUL.

BUT I I WANT ASK YOU ABOUT STUDENTS THAT ARE QUARANTINE. WHEN I LOOK AT THE DASHBOARD AND I SEE THE NUMBERS OF STUDENTS THAT HAVE TESTED POSITIVE.

>> OK, SO YOU SEE THOSE NUMBERS . BUT WHAT I'M NOT SAYING IS THE IMPACT THOSE NUMBERS HAVE THERE SURROUNDING FRIENDS. AND FROM IT WOULD BE VERY HELPFUL IF YOU COULD SPEAK TO THAT BECAUSE IT SOUNDS LIKE THE NUMBERS OF STUDENTS THAT ARE BEING QUARANTINED THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT IS IS RATHER HIGH .

AND AT WHAT POINT YOU HAD SAID EARLIER YOU MIGHT CLOSE A CLASSROOM OR A WING OR A SCHOOL? I MEAN CAN YOU SPEAK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THIS PLEASE?

>> YES, SO. SO WE HAVE CURRENTLY AT THE MOMENT WE HAVE 87 STAFF THAT ARE WORKING AND WE HAVE A THOUSAND BELOVED STUDENTS THAT ARE CALLED TEAM DISTRICT 1.

>> YES, THERE ARE A LOT OF HAUNTINGS BUT THEN ALSO TRANSLATES INTO 20000 STUDENTS THAT ARE GETTING FIVE DAYS A WEEK FACE TO FACE INSTRUCTION. RIGHT.

THAT OTHERWISE WOULD NOT HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY. AND IN A HYBRID WAR OR VIRTUAL.

SO SO ESSENTIALLY YOU SENSE THAT THOUSAND LOVING STUDENTS THAT ARE CURRENTLY CONFRONTING TO BE HONEST WHEN IT COMES DOWN TO THE DECISIONS AROUND CLOSING A CLASSROOM OR CLOSING A SCHOOL OR OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, IT COMES DOWN TO THE FOLLOWING ONE WE WOULD DO IT IF IT RELATED TO INFECTION WE WOULD DO THAT WITH WORKING CONJUNCTION WITH BE HEAD IF IT'S RELATED TO JUST LAUNCHING NUMBERS. RIGHT. IT COMES DOWN TO WHAT WAS THE INABILITY TO OPERATE OR FUNCTION. RIGHT.

SO YOU KNOW ONE THING IS A SCHOOL KID OR A CLASSROOM COULD SHUT DOWN BECAUSE YOU MAY HAVE A CERTAIN NUMBER OF INFECTIONS AND THEN YOU SHUT THAT DOWN. RIGHT.

>> YOU ALSO MIGHT HAVE TO SHUT DOWN JUST JUST BECAUSE LARGE QUARANTINE NUMBERS WERE SHUT WOULD SHUT DOWN THE ABILITY OF THE SCHOOL OPERATE BECAUSE IF WE HAD TOO MANY STAFF THAT NOT THERE WE HAVE ADDITIONAL STAFF HERE THAT WE HAVE AT THE READY TO DEPLOY TO SCHOOLS TO

HELP SUPPORT SUPPORT THAT. >> BUT YOU KNOW, THAT OUR PRINCIPLES TO MAKE THAT REQUEST WHEN THEY NEED IT AND THEY ARE UNABLE TO TO MANAGE OR OPERATE BECAUSE OF THE OKAY.

ALL RIGHT. WELL THAT'S THAT'S WHAT A LOT OF DISCUSSION IN THE COMMUNITY ABOUT THAT THE NUMBERS QUARANTINES. BUT I APPRECIATE YOU PUT IT IN

PERSPECTIVE OF THE WHOLE DISTRICT. >> I THINK THE REALITY IS THIS RIGHT? YES. THERE ARE GUARANTEES BUT WE'VE ALWAYS SAID FROM THE BEGINNING THAT ANY AND ANY, YOU KNOW, INFECTION RESULTS IN QUARANTINE TO CAST A WIDER NET IN ORDER TO PREVENT INFECTION FROM SPREADING WITHIN YOUR BUILDINGS. SO THE QUARANTINE I WILL SAY AGAIN IS NOT A A POSITIVE CASE.

A QUARANTINE IS A TOOL THAT WE USE TO MITIGATE THE SPREAD OF THE VIRUS.

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>> NOW IT NOW WITHOUT IMPACT IF YOU HAVE TO GET TO THE POINT WHERE YOU CAN'T FUNCTION

BUILDING BUT BUT IT'S NOT A POSITIVE CASE. >> RIGHT? RIGHT. AND IT'S JUST I IT'S AN ADDITIONAL STRESSOR TO TO TO SOME TEACHERS WHERE THERE ARE MULTIPLE GROUPS OF KIDS LIKE A REVOLVING DOOR GO YOU KNOW, YOUR QUARANTINE IN THE BACK AND THEN ANOTHER GROUP IS GONE. BUT I'M AN I'M ASSUMING THAT ALL THOSE CLASSES ARE BEING OFFERED VIRTUALLY. IS THAT CORRECT THAT IF A CHILD IS QUARANTINED FOR TWO WEEKS, 24 DAYS ARE THEY'RE ABLE TO STILL GET THEIR INSTRUCTION REBUILD THE CONTINUITY PLAN OF INSTRUCTION TO SUPPORT IN THOSE CASES AND THAT CONTINUITY PLAN ALLOWS FOR THE TEACHER TO TO BE ABLE TO ZOOM THE STUDENT IN FOR FOR INSTRUCTION ONGOING INSTRUCTION INVASIVE OR THE OPPORTUNITY FOR THE TEACHER TO DO TO REFORM THEIR INSTRUCTION AND THEN POST THAT TO THE GOOGLE CLASSROOM WHERE THE STUDENTS COULD THEN ACCESS THAT

DAY'S INSTRUCTION. >> OK. THANK YOU, DR. RODRIGUEZ.

YES. >> SO BEFORE WE CONTINUE, I GUESS ONE OF THE THE BOARD MEMBERS IS ABOUT 10 13 RIGHT NOW AND HOUR WHAT'S CURRENTLY IN EFFECT JUST A MOTION TO ADJOURN AT 10 15. SO LEADERS STICK WITH THAT OR WE NEED ANOTHER MOTION TO EXTEND FURTHER. THERE'S STILL PEOPLE WITH THEIR HANDS UP FOR COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS ON THE CALL 19 UPDATE AND THEN WE HAVE THE BOARD BUSINESS ACTION WHICH I DO NOT THINK WOULD BE LIKE THE CONSENT AGENDA. BUT THEN WE COULD DECIDE ON WHAT TO DO WITH THESE LEFTOVER ITEMS FROM THE EXECUTIVE SESSION.

SO IS THERE A MOTION TO DO ANYTHING DIFFERENT OR ARE WE GOING TO ADJOURN IN A MINUTE,

MAKE A MOTION TO ADJOURN YOU MAKE A MOTION TO ADJOURN NOW. >> I TOOK OFF TO WHAT WE

ALREADY HAVE. >> WE'VE ALREADY VOTED ON THAT. SO IS THERE A MOTION FOR SOMETHING DIFFERENT THAN THAT, MISS? GO RIGHT LIKE THAT.

WE STAY HERE UNTIL WE FINISH THIS. WE DON'T HAVE TOMORROW WE CAN MOVE THE OTHER STUFF TO THE EXECUTIVE SESSION TO FRIDAY. I DON'T THINK WE HAVE THAT MUCH LEFT TO GO RIGHT. PUSH SAID DOWN UNBIASED RIBAUT FROM HELPING OUT ALL SPEAKING

BUT I THINK WE CAN STICK IT OUT. >> OK SO YOUR MOTION I WILL SAY IT WITHOUT PREJUDICE. SO WITH THAT WE WHAT 10 FIVE POINT KIM YOU SAID YOU DON'T HAVE TO GIVE IT TIME TO GET TO KNOW THAT WE JUST STAY HERE UNTIL WE FINISH THE SUPERINTENDENTS UPDATE ON UNCOVERED AND THE MORE BUSINESS AND THE CONSENT AGENDA AND THEN THAT WE MOVE THE UNFINISHED BUSINESS FROM EXECUTIVE SESSION TO FRIDAY'S BUDGET MISSION.

>> SO IT MIGHT BE EASIER TO JUST SAY THAT WE FINISHED THE PUBLIC SESSION ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA. GO AHEAD AND MOVE THE REMAINING EXECUTIVE SESSION ITEM TO THE THE FRIDAY WHATEVER THE DAY TO THAT AND SO MUCH MONEY. EXACTLY.

SO THE SECOND MEETING IS OUR SECOND CHANCE. OK.

MISS MIDDLETON MADE THE SECOND MOTION TO STAY UNTIL WE FINISH THE PUBLIC SESSION.

ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA AND MOVE THE REMAINING ITEMS FOR EXECUTIVE SESSION TO THE

MEETING ON FRIDAY THE 22ND. >> RYAN, IS THAT CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT.

OK. SO EVERYBODY'S PUT THEIR HAND DOWN SO WE CAN SEE IF ANYBODY

NEEDS TO COMMENT ON THE NOTION THAT'S ON THE TABLE. >> MR. SMITH.

YEAH. HAVE ASSERTED THAT WE ARE THAT WE HAVE BEGUN TO RUSHED BOARD MEETING AND WE ARE RUSHING THESE DIFFERENT DISCUSSIONS THAT WE'RE HAVING.

SO I CAN'T SUPPORT THIS MOTION . YEAH, I'LL.

UNFORTUNATELY I GUESS WHAT IS MOST EXCELLENT IS WHAT IS WARMING IS BEING RUSHED AND THAT'S NOT WHY NOT WHY? I'M MARCUS SANCHEZ PUT ME SO I CAN'T SUPPORT THIS MOTION.

>> BUT IT IS A

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. >> YOU DIDN'T REGISTER. WHAT DID YOU KNOW? YES. YOU ASKED FOR EDUCATION TO REFRESH TO HEAR ABOUT TODAY ABOUT WHAT YOU WE WERE THE MOTION CARRIED 9 11 THE ONE NO .

>> IS MR. SMITH AND MR. STUPAK YOU DID NOT CAST A VOTE TO CONTINUE.

IF YOU WANT TO SPEAK ABOUT THE CORONA VIRUS UPDATE OR OUR QUESTIONS CONCERNS YOU CAN PUT

YOUR HAND BACK UP MY LIST. >> I THINK MR. CAMPBELL HAS NOT SPOKEN.

GO AHEAD. ALL RIGHT. THE FOLKS THAT ARE WRITING POETRY WHO WILL PROTESTED COMPETITORS PLACE THE PLACE FOR PASSION.

YEAH. SO HERE IN BEAUFORT COUNTY WHEN WHEN THE STUDENTS ARE DEEMED EITHER CLOSE CONTACTS OR THEY HAVE HAD A POSITIVE TAKE POSITIVE PASS TO THE NURSES WORK DILIGENTLY ON THAT CONTACT TRACING TO MOURN THE STUDENTS AND IF THEY ARE A IF THEY ARE A WORKING STUDENT THAT CLOSE CONTACT THEY ARE 14 FOR 14 DAYS.

WE'RE NOT WE'RE NOT DOING THE TEN DAY. YOU HEARD DR. RECORD TODAY TALK ABOUT THE THE CHANDRA SEVEN DAY AND EVEN WITH THE 10 DAY. SO WE'RE DOING THE 14 DAY 14.

SO THERE'S NOT A A TEST AT THE END OF THAT. MR. SMITH DOCTOR, I READ YOUR SCREEDS. WOULD YOU PLEASE SHARE WITH THE BOARD THE NUMBERS OF CASES THAT WERE QUARANTINED AFTER THE RETURN FROM WHAT'S A RECESSION IF YOU IF YOU WOULD INCLUDE BY AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAMS AND ATHLETIC ATHLETE TEAMS BY LEVEL AND GENDER ALSO THE NUMBER OF STAFF MEMBERS THAT NEED TO BE QUARANTINED BY CLUSTER BY ELEMENTARY MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL AS WELL AS K TO EIGHT IN DISTRICT DESERT OFF OFFICES MEMBERS MISSISSIPPI.

>> AND WHAT I HAVE READ AND I HEAR IS EIGHTY SEVEN CURRENTLY EIGHTY SEVEN IS THAT NUMBER 14 AND A THOUSAND STUDENTS HAVE. AND BASICALLY WHAT DOES THAT IS WHEN YOU GIVE ME THE YOU SAID YOU HAVE YOU SAY YOU HAVE HOW MUCH LIFE WOULD YOU HAVE NOW. I HAVE EIGHTY SEVEN STAFF MEMBERS. FOURTEEN THOUSAND BELOVED STUDENTS FORM THESE NUMBERS.

THAT'S IT. IT IS A WEEKLY NUMBER OR JUST THE WHOLE TIME THAT I ASKED

FOR. >> WE SHOULD LISTEN TO WHAT WHAT?

WELL, WHAT ARE THESE NUMBERS THAT YOU GIVE ME? >> WELL YEAH.

I MEAN WHAT YOU'RE ASKING ME FOR IS IS IS A WEEKS AND WEEKS LONG.

RIGHT NOW I DON'T HAVE THAT WITH ME BUT I HAVE TO REPORT TO YOU TODAY IS A SENTENCE THAT MEMBERS BRING YOU TWENTY THOUSAND ELEVEN WEREN'T YOU? YOU KNOW WE DIDN'T KNOW IF YOU START LOOKING AT WARREN JAMES IN SEPTEMBER OR OCTOBER OR NOVEMBER OR DECEMBER BOTH NOT INFECTION THEN WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT THE ACTIVE WINDOW HERE OF INFECTION RATES THAT IS THE 80 SOME STAFF MEMBERS THAT ARE CALLED INFECTION RATES, MAYBE SOME THAT COVERED THERE FOURTEEN THOUSAND LOVING STUDENTS THAT ARE WALKING RIGHT NOW AND I'M ALSO A CHILD MYSELF FOLLOWING PARTLY THE PROCESS THAT YOU STARTED OUT WITH WHAT IS SCIENCE AND I'M ALSO I'M

NOT. >> WELL, WHAT I'M WHAT I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT IS BASICALLY AT TO WHAT DEGREE ARE WE OR ARE WE RETHINKING DECISIONS VERSUS CLOSING OUR SCHOOLS, CLOSING OUR CLASSROOMS? YOU KNOW, BECAUSE I'VE I'VE BEEN CONTACTED BY THE P BY ALLOW PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY WITH GREAT CONCERNS AND SO I'M

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GENERALLY THAT THAT THIS HAS HAD. >> RIGHT.

AND SO SO WITH RESPECT TO THAT AS WELL YOU KNOW I KNOW WARD ADDRESSED THE ISSUE AT THE LAST MEETING ABOUT WHETHER THEY WOULD WANT TO GO BACK VIRTUAL OR NOT.

AND AND AND ON THAT LOAD IT WAS 10 TO 1 VOTE TO CONTINUE MOVING FORWARD WITH WHERE WE ARE.

YOU HEARD FROM DR. EDWARD TODAY TALK ABOUT ABOUT INFECTIONS THAT YOU KNOW WHAT YOU SEE IN

THE COMMUNITY IS ONE THING. >> WHAT YOU SEE IN SCHOOLS IS ANOTHER AND THAT ISN'T THAT IMPORTANT. THE IMPACT OF THE FIVE DAYS A WEEK CONSTRUCTION THOUGH.

WE'RE LOOKING AT IT AS CASE BY CASE IN SCHOOL BY SCHOOL. RIGHT.

AND THAT'S HOW THAT'S HOW WE'RE LOOKING WE'RE LOOKING AT IT. AND LIKE I SAID AND I DO AND I'M JUST I DO WANT TO STEP IN AND I HEARD WHAT SHE SAID BUT ALSO WHAT SHE WANTS SOME OF THIS STUFF, SOME OF THE NUMBERS THAT SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WERE EXPRESSED TODAY.

I DON'T THINK THAT IT NOW READILY COULD I DON'T BELIEVE THAT IT DIRECTLY RETAINED

PERTAINS TO OUR DISTRICT AND NOT IN OUR AREA BUT AS WELL. >> DR. MURRAY'S, WHAT DOES THE WHAT DOES BEFORE COUNTY MEDICAL DIRECTOR DR PATEL THINKS ABOUT WHAT WHAT DOES HE SAY NOW?

>> DR. DR. BECK YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT. YES, SIR.

I THINK DR. VAN GOGH HAD CONCERNS ABOUT REOPENING SCHOOLS AFTER THE AFTER THE HOLIDAY BREAK. AND NOW YOU AND I HAVE ALSO PLAYED VOLTAIRE.

BUT DR. MICHAEL, YOU KNOW, HE IS ONE OF THE DOCTORS ■WHO&-PWO, THIS PANDEMIC IS GOING TO GO ON

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YOU KNOW, IT'S GOING TO TAKE A WHILE FOR VACCINES AND EVERYTHING INFILTRATE THE

COMMUNITY TO THE DEGREE THAT IT WOULD BE NECESSARY. >> SO SO THIS IS AN ONGOING

ISSUE. >> WE SEE THE IMPACT ALREADY THAT IT'S HAD WITH SEVEN OUT OF 10 STUDENTS PROJECTED DID NOT REACH GRADE LEVEL SAYING WELL.

>> THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. >> LADY LADIES AND GENTLEMEN. THERE IS NO 100 PERCENT SOLUTION TO OUR COVE SITUATION . WE ARE NOT GOING TO PLEASE EVERYONE. WE MAY NOT EVEN PLEASE 50 PERCENT.

BUT IF WE SHUT THINGS DOWN WE'RE GOING. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE BACK OUTCRY. SO NO MATTER WHAT WE DO, IT'S GOING TO BE AWFUL.

AND WE JUST HAVE TO ACCEPT THAT. BUT FOR ME I'M GOING TO FOLLOW THE ADVICE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE EXPERTS. A LOCAL INFECTIOUS DISEASE EXPERT AND I'LL LIVE OR DIE ON THAT BECAUSE THAT'S THE BEST INFORMATION THAT WE HAVE.

AND WE HAVE TO HAVE THE MORAL COURAGE TO UNDERSTAND THAT WE ARE NOT GOING TO PLEASE EVERYONE AND LET'S NOT MAKE THIS THE LOUDEST VOICES MAKE THE DECISION.

IT'S LET'S PICK THE MOST INTELLIGENT, THE BEST BACKGROUND, THE BEST EXPERTISE AND FOLLOW THAT ADVICE AND IT'LL ALL WORK OUT. IT WILL WE'VE BEEN THROUGH WORSE. IT'LL WORK OUT BUT IT'S NOT GOING TO BE EASY.

IT'S NOT GOING TO BE FUN. WE'LL GET THERE. SO HAVE TO HAVE SOME CONFIDENCE AND LET'S STAY THE COURSE. THANK YOU, MR. NOW CAMPBELL RIBAUT OF GAIA.

>> WHAT WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE MORE OF IN MY MY THE SITUATION IS WAY DOWN AMONGST THE SCHOOLS AND GLOUCESTER. I MEAN YOU'RE TALKING 100 PEOPLE ATTENDED TO SCHOOLS THEN

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BUT THEN WHEN YOU TALK WHILE A TEAM LET'S NOT TALK INFECTION AT ALL.

SO I MEAN THOSE NUMBERS WOULD NOT BE AS OVERWHELMING AS 1000 AND WHEN A PERSON LOOKS AT THEIR PARTICULAR SCHOOL THEN THEY CAN FOCUS IN A LITTLE BIT MORE ON WHAT THE SITUATION IS.

AND I THINK YOU KNOW THAT WE COULD DO WE COULD DO A BETTER JOB OF DOING THAT TO EASE SOME CONCERNS. YOU'RE REFERRING TO THE BREAKDOWN FOR QUARANTINE, I'M

SURE. >> YEAH. RIBAUT PARLIAMENT DOESN'T HAVE A POSITIVE CASE IF YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT QUALITY. YOU'VE ALWAYS KNOWN POSITIVE

CASES. >> I MEAN DEVELOPED AND MEDIATED DASHBOARD BY LAW WAS A CASE WANTING AND NOT BEING TESTED OR BEING TESTED BUT QUARANTINE GIVES YOU A BALLPARK FIGURE. I MEAN STOOLS ARE BEING REMOVED FROM THE SITE FACE TO FACE AND STUDENTS. WHY ARE YOU FUNCTIONING AND HOW YOU'RE FUNCTIONING? THAT'S THAT'S MY POINT. IF YOU'RE FUNCTIONING 85 TO 90 PERCENT OF YOUR STUDENTS THEN IT'S EFFECTIVE IN THIS PANDEMIC SITUATION IF YOU ARE FUNCTIONING WITH LESS THAN YOU MIGHT NEED TO SIGN A CERTAIN POCKETS. THAT'S THAT'S THAT'S ALL I'M SAYING. YEAH. GIVE THE NUMBERS OUT THERE AND GIVE THEM SOMETHING THAT PEOPLE CAN BUY IN TO FROM A PARENTAL STANDPOINT BUT ALSO OTHER PEOPLE GET MIGHT DO THOSE NUMBERS WHEN THEY LOOK AT IT AND SAY HEY ANNUAL DINNER AND I SEE THAT THAT 70 PERCENT OF CHILDREN AND THEIR HIGH OF ONE 30 PERCENT OUT FOR SOME

REASON I'M CONCERNED. >> BUT IF IT'S EATING FIVE PERCENT IN A SITUATION WHERE 95 PERCENT IS A NORMAL IS ABOUT 85 PERCENT OF THE SITUATION, I'M NOT ALONE THIS MUCH OUT VICTIM TO THOSE NUMBERS. SO ALL RIGHT. EIGHTY FIVE THIRTY FIVE THERE WERE QUITE A TEAM THREE POSITIVE CASES, YOU KNOW THAT GRADED DEPLOYMENT GENE.

AND AS A DIFFERENT KIND OF THOUGHT PROCESS AS STRANGE AS IT PEOPLE NEED TO UNDERSTAND

WHAT THESE NUMBERS ARE FOR NOW. >> OK. AND I JUST WANT TO BE ABLE TO

ARTICULATE THAT WHEN WE DO THAT RIGHT. >> THAT I WANT TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY'S UNDERSTANDING IS CLEAR THAT ORANGE GENES ARE NOT POSITIVE GAINS.

RIGHT. BECAUSE WE FEEL ALL THE TIME THAT SAY, YOU KNOW, YOU'VE GOT OTHER CASES AND AND END AND I'M TALKING ABOUT 40. YES.

AND THEN YOU HAVE A CONVERSATION LIKE WELL THOSE ARE BORING.

YES. THOSE ARE NOT A PROBLEM. THOUGH THERE'S THERE'S A LOT YOU KNOW, WE FEEL THAT ALL THE TIME SO. SO WE JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE UNDERSTAND NEGATIVES OUT THERE IF THAT IS WARRANTED NOT CASE.

RIGHT. >> THAT'S WHERE I'M I GUESS JUST THE OPPOSITE.

YOU GET IT OUT THERE AND YOU'RE NOT GOING TO GET THE CALLS BECAUSE EVENTUALLY SOMEBODY IS GOING TO EXPLAIN IT TO THEM. YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE THE ONE PERSON THAT EXPLAINS IT ALL THE TIME AND SOMEONE'S CALL AGAIN BECAUSE THE INFORMATION GETS OUT THERE WHEN NUMBERS GETS OUT

THAT THEY'RE MISSPELLED. >> RIGHT. SORRY.

THAT'S FOLLOW UP BECAUSE I THINK BASED ON THAT DOCTOR RECORDS BEING TAKEN THEY'RE NOT SAYING THAT I'VE SEEN BIG NUMBERS OF TRANSMISSIONS IN THE SCHOOLS AND THEY'RE SEEING THAT THE PEOPLE THEY'RE STAYING HOME ARE HAVING RELATIVELY SIMILAR RATES OF TRANSMISSION.

AND SO WHAT I WHEN PEOPLE COUNTRIES SAY WELL THEIR TRANSMISSIONS OCCURRING IN THE SCHOOLS THAT ARE AFRAID OF THE TRANSMISSIONS OCCURRENCE WILL I THINK THAT ELEVEN HUNDRED FOURTEEN AND WHAT THE CLIP I THINK WE PUT IN PLACE SCHOOLS OVER TRANSMISSIONS ARE BEING STOPPED. AND I THINK THAT'S A REALLY IMPORTANT DISTINCTION FOR PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND. WE'RE DOING THE WORK WE ARE STOPPING THE TRANSMISSION.

WE'RE NOT CREATING TRANSMISSION. AND THAT'S WHY WE FACE TO FACE.

THERE'S JUST NO POWER. TO THE BECAUSE THAT WAS MY POINT.

THAT WAS MY ALONG THOSE LINES WAS THE SAME QUESTIONS I WAS ASKING DR..

YES. AND YOU YOU I GUESS YOU MAYBE EXPLAINED A LITTLE BELLOW BETTER THAN I DID. BUT I AGREE WITH THAT. EVERYTHING THAT YOU SAID DID OH I'M ALSO FIVE AGREEING WITH WITH WHAT MR. GUY JUST SAID FOLLOWING THE LOCAL SCIENCE.

SHE ALSO TOLD US THAT THAT IN EFFECT MINORITIES WOULD AFFECT MINORITIES VERY, VERY SERIOUSLY AND VERY DRASTICALLY AS WELL. SO WE WILL WHETHER WHAT THAT BEING SAID THAT YOU KNOW, TO ME

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BY SHOOTING IT LOCALLY SHE DID SHE JUST SAID THAT LIKE I WAS I SAID LISTEN TO LOCAL SCIENCE.

IT'S A LITTLE A LITTLE LOCO. DR.. BUT.

BUT AT THIS TIME I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE DIRECT DR. RODRIGUEZ TO GIVE THE FACULTY STAFF THE SAME OPPORTUNITIES I'VE FACE TO FACE THAT WE HAD THAT WE GIVE STUDENTS CREDIT AND WARM CLOTHING THAT WE HAVE ACCOMMODATIONS THAT THAT THAT I CAN FILL OUT AND WE'RE GOING OR

WE NEED A SECOND. >> IS ANYBODY SECOND THIS MOTION? SECOND I WOULD SPREADSHEET SO MUCH HAVE THE SAME OPPORTUNITIES AS STUDENTS I KNOW LEVEL. THE REASON WHY I'M MAKING THIS MOTION THIS AFTERNOON IS

BECAUSE YES YOU DO. >> BUT ALSO THERE'S THIS STUDENT DID THAT THERE IS A LEVEL OF I'VE GOTTEN SEVERAL PHONE CALLS SAYING THAT THE THERE'S A LARGE AMOUNT OF HOOPS THAT YOU HAVE TO GO TO AND THAT YOU HAVE YOU KNOW THAT THEY HAVE BEEN THAT THEY COULD POSSIBLY GET THE SAME OPPORTUNITY BUT THEY HAVE TO QUANTIFY THAT AND SAY AND SOME IF THEIR STAFF MEMBERS WHO DON'T FEEL SAFE OR WHO FEEL THAT THEY CAN TAKE IT TO THEIR PRAYERS ARE AT A DIFFERENT LEVEL, THEN THEY SHOULD HAVE THE SAME.

I WOULD THINK SHE HAD THE SAME OPPORTUNITY AS OTHER STAFF MEMBER STAFF, YOU KNOW, SO NO.

SO. SO SOME PEOPLE MAY MAY DIFFER WITH THAT.

BUT I THINK I THINK IT'D BE GREAT TO GIVE THE STAFF MEMBERS MAYBE THEY CAN TEACH VIRTUALLY FROM HOME OR WHEREVER THEY WANT TO TEACH. TEACH YOU FACE TO FACE IN PERSON WHEREVER THEY'RE MORE COMFORTABLE AT. I THINK THAT WE SHOULD GET AN OPPORTUNITY AND I DO UNDERSTAND IT THAT THEY'RE THERE THAT WE DO HAVE A PROCESS THAT GIVES THEM OPTIONS AN OPTION BUT ALSO THAT OPTION THE OPTION HAS NO OPTION IS TO APPLY, APPLY, APPLY FOR THE VIRTUAL OPTION BUT ALSO YOU MUST BE APPROVED OF IT.

MAKE A LONG STORY SHORT EVERYONE'S NOT APPROVED AND THAT'S WHERE THE PROBLEM LIES.

SO THAT'S THAT'S THE POINT OF ME MAKING THIS MOTION SO EVERYONE CAN BE GUARANTEED THAT . YES. SO CAN YOU SEE THAT SCREEN THAT JUST THAT THAT RODRIGUEZ TO GIVE THE STAFF VIRTUAL OPTIONS SAYING POVERTY MOTION TO DIRECT

THEM TO. >> RIGHT. REESE GIVE THE SNAP THE SAME VIRTUAL OPPORTUNITY SYSTEMS. IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE TRYING TO SAY?

YES VERSUS YES. >> REVERSE VIRTUAL YES. YES, YES, YES.

YES. WELL SO VIRTUALLY ALL THINGS TO BASE BECAUSE SOME TEACHERS MAY

MAKE SOME TEACHERS MAY WANT TO THEY MAY WANTED FACE TO FACE. >> SO BOTH GIVEN BOTH OPTIONS WE GIVE WE GIVE THEM TWO OPTIONS. SO LET ME LIST THEM BOTH.

>> CAN I ASK YOU A QUESTION? SO IF SO IS WHAT YOU'RE DRIVING AT IS YOU WANT TO DO AWAY WITH HAVING TO HAVE DOCUMENTATION I.E. ACCOMMODATIONS FOR THE THAT THE TEACHERS DON'T HAVE TO GIVE SUPPORTING DOCUMENTATION OR EVIDENCE WHY ALLOWED TO TEACH VIRTUALLY FOR EXAMPLE?

>> SURE. I MEAN I MADE MY MOTION WELL I'M ASKING YOU BECAUSE I DON'T

UNDERSTAND IT. >> THAT'S ALL I'M ASKING IS ASSESSED SIMPLY RIGHT THERE THAT THEY'VE DONE THE MOTION IS TO GIVE THE TEACHERS I MEAN TO GIVE A FACULTY AND STAFF THE

SAME OPTION VIRTUAL THAT WE GIVE STUDENTS. >> THAT'S THE MOTION ESTIMATE TO ME. THAT'S THAT'S OFFICE MONITORING MANAGER.

>> IT IS I MEAN ON THE AUBURN PART OF A DAY OF THAT DON'T YOU UNDERSTAND INSTEAD OF ACTUALLY BEING CATEGORIZED AS I CANNOT NOT SUPPORT THIS NOTION BECAUSE FACULTY, STAFF, TEACHERS THE OPPORTUNITY TO APPLY FOR VIRTUAL IS THAT A MATTER NECESSARY?

>> I WOULD YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO EDUCATE OUR STUDENTS. I THINK THE TEACHERS AND STAFF ARE GOING TO THE GROCERY STORES. I THINK THEY'RE DOING OTHER THINGS. AND I THINK WE NEED TO REALLY LOOK AT EVERYTHING WE CAN TO PROTECT THEM AND GIVE THEM ABOUT EASING. MAKE SURE THOSE TYPES OF THINGS

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WELL, I AGREE WITH MISS RUBY AND I'D LIKE TO SAY FROM THE OUTSET I THINK THAT EVERYONE ON THE FLOOR VERY MUCH UNDERSTANDS SOME OF THE FEARS AND CONCERNS OF THE TEACHERS I THINK AND FEARS AND CONCERNS EVERYONE IN THE COMMUNITY HAD AT DIFFERENT TIMES.

MY QUESTION IS MOTION. WELL, I COULDN'T SUPPORT IT AS IF A TEACHER DECIDES THAT SHE'D LIKE TO TEACH VIRTUALLY WHAT HAPPENS TO THE 17 STUDENTS IN HER CLASS WHO CHOSE TO EFFECTS.

HOW DO WE MATCH THAT THAT THE TEACHER HAVE ALONG WITH A PERSONAL TONIGHT 17 KIDS AT A SELECTIVE FACE TO FACE THEY SHOW UP IN THE CLASSROOM. WE ALREADY DON'T HAVE SONS.

WE ALREADY HAVE STAFFING SHORTAGES. SO WHAT WE DO WITH THOSE 17 KIDS IN ADDITION TO WHICH ONE OF THE CONCERNS BEING THE SIX FEET OF DISTANCE.

SO WE COMBINED CLASSES BECAUSE THE TEACHER DECIDED NOT TO SHOW UP NOT JUST TO TEACH VIRTUALLY AND NOT BE IN THE CLASSROOM. WE HAVE 34 KIDS PER CLASS. SO I UNDERSTAND EVEN TO BEGIN WITH HOW THE LOGISTICS OF GIVING THE STAFF THE SAME OPTIONS AS STUDENTS WOULD.

>> MAYBE MR. SMITH HAS A PROPOSAL AS FAR AS HOW THAT WOULD WORK IN TERMS OF MATCHING UP STUDENTS WHO ARE CHOOSING FACE TO FACE AND TEACHERS WHO ARE CHOOSING VIRTUAL CARES.

>> I'M INTERESTED IN SOME AS MS. ANGLE THAT WOULD BE UP TO THE SUPERINTENDENT AND THE STAFF TO DO THAT I WOULD CALL THE QUESTION VOTING IS OPEN OR WAITING FOR THE VOTE ON THIS BUT CAN YOU EVEN INCREASED KIM THE MOTION FAILS.

>> ONE YES AND NINE. MY NAME IS EARL CAMPBELL. CHRISTINA WANTS CAN YOU RODE ON? MELVIN CAMPBELL TRICIA FAVORITE .

RACHEL WISNIEWSKI. RICHARD DYER. ANGELA MIDDLETON.

INGRID BOATWRIGHT. DR. RODRIGUES. ZACH CONCLUDED YOUR UPDATE.

[Discussion of Extension of Legislative Monitoring Services]

MONITORING SERVICES. DO WE HAVE A MOTION PASSED? >> YES.

I KNOW THAT THE BOARD OF EDUCATION APPROVED THE EXTENSION OF THE BIRD FORMING THEIR ENGAGEMENT LETTERS TO PROVIDE LEGISLATIVE MONITORING SERVICES THROUGH DECEMBER 30 1ST 2021. RIGHT. IT'S BEEN FORTY ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS WITH MONTHLY PAYMENTS AND THE AMOUNT THREE THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED SIXTEEN DOLLARS AND SEVEN WE HAVE A SECOND. THAT WAS MR. CAMPBELL. YEP.

>> ANY DISCUSSION, MR. SMITH? I'M SURE IT WAS THIS BUSY LOBBYING FIRM, CORRECT? YES. WELL, MY QUESTIONS ARE WHAT BENEFITS HAVE OUR DISTRICT RECEIVED FROM ADVOCATING OF THIS LOBBYING FIRM FOR THEIR FOR THIS SCHOOL YEAR? YOUR QUESTION IS WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IN THE PAST YEAR? WHAT BENEFITS HAS OUR DISTRICT RECEIVED FROM THE ADVOCATE OF THIS LOBBYING FIRM FOR THIS SCHOOL YEAR WHILE THEIR DISTRICT STARTED THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION ON SUNDAY? I THINK THAT WOULD BE VERY HARD TO I DON'T THINK WE COULD POSSIBLY DETERMINE THAT AT THIS AT THIS TIME.

>> I HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION WHICH OF THESE BENEFITS WERE SOLELY DISTRIBUTED OR GUARANTEED FOR MY SCHOOL DISTRICT AS A DIRECT RESULT OF THEIR LOBBYING EFFORTS?

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>> REPEAT THE QUESTION. >> WHICH OF THESE BENEFITS WERE SOLELY DISPUTED? I MEAN THAT I SEEM TO BE DESCRIBING THIS OR GUARANTY TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AS A DIRECT

RESULT OF THEIR LOBBYING EFFORTS RUNNING INTO INTERNET. >> WHY ME WITH THE WISH I WAS SUPPORTING HIM SO I MEAN I'M JUST SAYING I'M JUST WONDERING I MEAN YOU KNOW, THIS IS A LOT

OF MONEY. >> I MEAN I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW CAN WE KNOW WHERE WE'RE BORROWING MONEY ON A TAN AND TO DO THIS OR DO THIS FORTY ONE THIS FORTY WENT DOWN WHERE WE'RE GONNA GET THIS BACK. I MEAN WE HAD THIS TO WHERE WHERE THEY SHOWED US ALL I CAN SAY ADDRESS A COUPLE OF THINGS . ONE IS THAT THIS LOBBYIST ONLY REPRESENTS COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT THAT REPRESENTS NO OTHER LOBBYIST NO OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICT IN THE STATE. SO THEY HAVE THEIR INTERESTS OUT FOR US AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN. I DON'T THINK OVERNIGHT IT HAPPENS GRADUALLY TO TRY TO OBTAIN FUNDING MORE FUNDING REALLY AT THE STATE LEVEL AND POTENTIALLY THE FEDERAL LEVEL BY THEIR EFFORTS. SO YOU KNOW, IT'S IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT I DON'T THINK YOU CAN SAY THAT YOU KNOW, THEY THEY THEY BROUGHT IN THREE DOLLARS AND FIFTY CENTS IN MARCH ON THE NIGHT BLAH BLAH BLAH. IT'S JUST IT'S NOT POSSIBLE TO BREAK IT DOWN LIKE THAT. I KNOW MISS STOKES MURRAY DID TELL US AT WONDERFUL PRESENTATIONS AND IT WAS PROBABLY ABOUT A YEAR SO I DO NOT REMEMBER THE NUMBERS OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD ABOUT HOW MUCH FUNDING THEY HAD BROUGHT INTO BEAUFORT COUNTY OVER A CERTAIN LENGTH OF TIME THAT I CANNOT CALL THAT MAYBE SOMEBODY ELSE HERE HAS A BETTER HANDLE

ON THAT. YEAH. >> ALL RIGHT, MR. VAN OF THE POSITIVE. AND I TOO AM LOOKING AT NOT IN THE ACTUAL AND SO I I'M NOT QUITE SURE ON THIS BUT I DO ONE OF THE POSITIVES IS THAT MISS MURRAY HAS BEEN VERY RESPONSIVE TO YES. AND HAS PROVIDED US WITH PRETTY COMPREHENSIVE REPORTS WHEN WE'VE ASKED HER MORE COMPREHENSIVE THAN IF I WERE TO INDIVIDUALLY READ THE REPORT OR

TRY AND FOLLOW MYSELF. >> SO I DO SEE VALUE IN THAT. I FEEL LIKE SHE'S HAVING NOT PRESENTED TO US ON A REGULAR BASIS OR WE HAVE A COUPLE OF TIMES.

I SEE VALUE IN I DO QUESTION THE MONEY. IT'S AT THIS TIME THAT WAS

ACTUALLY OBAMACARE. >> I WAS INSPIRED TO PROVIDE A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND INFORMATION IN REGARD TO THIS CONTRACT THAT WE HAVE WITH THE RFP WHEN NOW YOU KNOW BACK WELL OVER A YEAR AGO WE VETTED FIRMS FOR JUNE DETERMINES WHO WE WERE GOING TO MOVE FORWARD WITH AS A LOBBYING FIRM. AND I BELIEVE THAT THE MONEY IS ALLOCATED IN THE BUDGET ALREADY . I COULD BE INCORRECT ABOUT THAT.

I THINK I'M WRONG. BUT THIS FIRM WAS FULLY VETTED, YOU KNOW, JUST A LITTLE BIT OVER A YEAR AGO. THEIR REFERENCES WERE CHECKED AND ALSO IN THE PAST THEY HAD BROUGHT US A YOU KNOW, WHAT WE'D DONE FOR YOU PRESENTATION WHICH WE CERTAINLY CAN ASK FOR AGAIN. BUT I KNOW THAT OVER THE COURSE OF THE LAST YEAR LIKE THIS RIBAUT MENTIONED I'VE APPRECIATED THEIR WITH THE REPORT THAT THEIR COMMITTEE SUMMATIONS THAT THEY SENT TO US BECAUSE IT IS A LOT OF INFORMATION.

BUT YOU ARE IT IS A DURING WHICH THOSE MEETINGS YOU'D BE SITTING THERE ALL DAY.

IT'S A FULL DAY DROP TO KEEP UP WITH THESE. SO I THINK THAT THERE IS VALUE TO IT AND I CERTAINLY WOULD SUPPORT THEM COMING FORWARD AND DOING THAT SUMMATION OF WHAT THEIR LAST YEAR WHERE HAS LEANED FOR US. BUT IT IS FOR A LITTLE BIT MORE CONTEXT DO THE CONTRACT AND HOW ABOUT THEIR THANK YOU MS. MIDDLETON'S SO I GUESS I HAVE A QUESTION AND A COMMENT. WILL THIS FIRM ASSIST WITH LEGISLATION THAT WOULD HELP WITH TEACHING SALARIES IN INCREASING TEACHER PAY? I SEE THAT AS A BENEFIT A NET BENEFIT ON OUR BEHALF BECAUSE UNDER THIS LEGISLATION THERE TO MOVE STEP IN TO TEACHER PAY.

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AND THEY WERE PART OF THAT PLANS INFRASTRUCTURE AND THEY SPOKE ABOUT THAT AT ONE POINT

ABOUT IMPROVING THE INFRASTRUCTURE FOR TECHNOLOGY. >> WHAT WAS THAT SOME? YES, CERTAINLY. I WISH YOU ALL DID. YEAH, THAT DOES ACTUALLY SUGGESTION THROUGH OUR LOBBYIST THAT SHOULD THAT SHOULD BE ONE OF OUR LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES TO SUPPORT STATEWIDE EXPANSION OF BROADBAND. SO TO ALLOW FOR OBVIOUSLY REMOTE LEARNING FOR STUDENTS BECAUSE IN AT THE BEGINNING OF THE CHRONIC VIRUS PANDEMIC OR LAST SPRING THERE WERE 106 THOUSAND STUDENTS IN SOUTH CAROLINA THAT DID NOT HAVE ACCESS TO INTERNET, NO ACCESS. SO YES, THEY CAN. OH, YOU'RE VERY WELCOME.

SO MAYBE DR. RODRIGUEZ OR MS. CROSBY, I'D LIKE TO SPEAK. >> THIS IS PERSONAL INFORMATION THAT HAS AN INFORMATION ON THE FUNDING FOR THAT WAS ADVOCATED FOR BY OUR LEGISLATIVE LIAISON

AND OUR LEGISLATIVE DELEGATION DID WORK ON MATTER AS WELL. >> EFA IS EDUCATION FINANCE ACT . IT'S OUR PRIMARY STATE FUNDING FORMULA IN SOUTH CAROLINA IN 2011 BEFORE COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT RECEIVED ZERO FUNDS. TODAY WE RECEIVED 17 MILLION DOLLARS A YEAR ANNUALLY SO THAT HAS GRADUALLY RISEN EACH YEAR AND IT IS AS MISS STOKES MURRAY MENTIONED AND I BELIEVE HER LEFT WHATEVER LAST UPDATES TO ALL IS IN A BUDGET PROVISO ANNUALLY. SO THAT HAS TO BE ADVOCATED FOR ON AN ANNUAL BASIS THAT THAT AMOUNT AND THE FUNDING CALCULATION IS NOT REDUCED. SO IT IS SOMETHING THAT HAS TO BE KEPT IN THE FOREFRONT SO THAT WE DON'T RECEIVE A REDUCTION IN FUNDING.

SO I JUST WANTED TO MENTION THAT BARRING THE FINANCIAL CONVERSATION THANK YOU FOR REFRESHING EVERYONE'S MEMORY BECAUSE THAT IS EXACTLY THE PORTION I WAS TALKING ABOUT.

>> MR. BARR THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. >> I'M NOT A FAN OF LOBBYISTS, HOWEVER, IN A TIME OF UNCERTAINTY THE INFORMATION THAT THIS FIRM HAS PROVIDED US TO ALLOW US TO REACH OUT TO OUR LEGISLATIVE DELEGATION TO GIVE THEM FACTS AND FIGURES ABOUT

OUR NEEDS IS CRITICAL. >> MAYBE WHEN THINGS SETTLE DOWN AND WE'RE BACK TO NORMAL, MAYBE WE DON'T NEED TO SPEND AS MUCH MONEY ON IT. BUT RIGHT NOW WE WOULD BE PENNY WISE AND POUND FOOLISH NOT TO HAVE A LOBBYIST GIVING US INFORMATION FOR THE NEXT SIX MONTHS. JUST THE BUDGET IS SO UP IN THE AIR THAT WE NEED ALL THE INFORMATION THAT WE CAN GET AS SOON AS WE CAN GET IT. AND THAT'S WHAT THIS FIRM DOES . AND SO I I STRONGLY SUPPORT GIVING THEM THE CONTRACT FOR THIS YEAR. THANK YOU, MR. I I'M DEFINITELY WRESTLING WITH THIS BEING THAT YOU KNOW, I'M I'VE HEARD SOME OF OUR BOARD MEMBERS TONIGHT EVEN SAY THAT THAT THEY'VE BEEN IN CONTACT WITH SENATOR TOM DAVIS, INCLUDING THE SUPERINTENDENT AND THEY'VE BEEN IN CONTACT WITH DIFFERENT OTHER HOUSE MEMBERS AND LEGISLATORS WHO REPRESENT OUR AREA AND WE'RE IN CONTACT WITH IT. WE WOULD DEAL WITH THAT WITH THESE WITH LESS SENATORS WHO ARE WHO REPRESENT OUR AREA THAN I THINK THAT WE WE SHOULD BE IN A GOOD GOOD SPOT ENOUGH TO BE ABLE TO GATHER SOME THIS INFORMATION AND ALSO BE REMINDED THAT WE ALSO DO PAY THE SAME OF SCHOOL BOARD ASSOCIATION. I THAT'S AND THAT'S ABOUT THAT'S ANOTHER FIFTY THOUSAND MILES AS WELL. AND THEY THEY ALSO DO THE SAME

[04:55:02]

WE'VE ALSO HAVE SPENT MONEY ON THE SIDELINES SCHOOL BOARD ASSOCIATION WHERE THAT'S HAVE ANOTHER FIFTY GOING POT SO I WON'T BE ABLE TO DO TO THAT I WON'T BE SUPPORT THIS TONIGHT.

THIS MR. EARL CAMPBELL I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT SOME GOING TO SCHOOL OR ASSOCIATED SUPPORT EVERY SCHOOL DISTRICT IN THE STATE NOT JUST ONE SCHOOL DISTRICT.

>> WE HAVE A GROUP OF PEOPLE THAT ONLY SUPPORT US AND THEY HAVE BROUGHT MONEY TO THIS DISTRICT AND WE DIDN'T GET IT IN THE PAST. SO I WILL SUPPORT THE MEETING IS OPEN. MIKE

IS THE NOTION THAT CARRIES A 9 1. >> THE ONE THOUGH IS MR. SMITH

[Consent Agenda]

NEXT WE NEED A MOTION TO APPROVE THE ITEMS ON BLOCK OR CONSENT AGENDA MINUTES PRIMARIES. ARE WE IMPROVING THAT AGAIN? OK.

BETTER. ALL RIGHT. THE MOTION WAS MADE BY DR.

WISNIEWSKI AND SENATOR LIKE THIS BY YEAH. >> VOTING IS OPEN JUST LIKE THE

MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. >> ANY FUTURE AGENDA TOPICS AND FOR THE NEW MEMBERS MR.

[Future Agenda Topics]

SO WOULD ANYBODY ANY. YEAH, I KNOW IT'S GETTING LATE. DOES ANYBODY WANT TO RAISE THEIR HAND FOR FUTURE PROSPECTS ? WE HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN RIGHT SECOND SECTION OF THAT WAS MISSPELLED. MR. EARL CAMPBELL MADE A MOTION TO ADJOURN. IT'S NOT EXACTLY THE SECOND SESSION FROM FRIDAY.

>> RIGHT. YES. SO WHAT TIME ARE WE GOING TO.

HOW MUCH TIME DO WE DO THAT NOW? WELL, I'LL TALK WITH YOU ABOUT THAT. NO, I JUST WANT TO SAY TO THE PUBLIC BEFORE WE ADJOURN THAT THERE WILL NOT BE A CONTINUATION OF THIS MEETING TOMORROW NIGHT.

THERE IS. CAN WE FINISH THE PUBLIC SESSION? IT WILL BE. WE WILL RESUME THE UNFINISHED BUSINESS FROM THE EXECUTIVE SESSION ON THE AFTERNOONOF JANU. SO ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF RETURNING

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