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CLOSED CAPTIONING PROVIDED BY BEAVER COUNTY.

HI, BOARD OF EDUCATION, SPECIAL CALL MEETING OF JANUARY SEVEN, 2021 TO ORDER THAT IS 6:00 PM.

THE MEETING IS BEING CONDUCTED BY A HYBRID VIDEO CONFERENCING AND IT'S BEING LIVE STREAMED BY THE COUNTY CHANNEL.

WE HAVE CAPACITY IN THE BEAVER COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT MEDIA CENTER LIMITED TO 30 INDIVIDUALS IN ORDER TO COMPLY WITH SOCIAL DISTANCING REQUIREMENTS, INDIVIDUALS MUST STAY AT LEAST SIX FEET APART AND MASKS ARE REQUIRED.

THE BEAVER COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT STAFF IS TAKING TEMPERATURES AND SCREENING.

ALL INDIVIDUALS ATTENDING THE MEETING SEATING FOR THE PUBLIC IS OUR FIRST COME FIRST SERVE BASIS.

REQUEST FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.

PARTICIPATION HAS BEEN ACCEPTED BETWEEN FIVE AND 5:30 PM THIS EVENING BY SENDING AN EMAIL WITH YOUR NAME, PHONE NUMBER AND TOPIC TO ROBIN DOCK, PUSHING BERRY COMPANY BACK K12 DOT S LAST, YOU WILL RECEIVE A PHONE CALL DURING PUBLIC COMMENTS WHERE YOU'LL BE ABLE TO SPEAK AND ADDRESS THE BOARD FROM 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 A MAXIMUM OF THREE MINUTES ON ISSUES WITHIN THE VOICE DOMAIN.

AND EACH SPEAKER MUST GO ON A PUBLIC COMMENT CARD AND CLERK TO SPEAK.

SO, FIRST OF ALL, HAPPY NEW YEAR.

AND I WOULD LIKE TO WELCOME OUR TWO NEW MEMBERS FROM DISTRICT SIX.

WE HAVE ANGELA MIDDLETON AND FROM DISTRICT 11, WE HAVE ANGERED BOAT.

RIGHT? WELCOME.

BOTH OF YOU.

WE'RE GLAD YOU'VE JOINED US.

I'D ALSO LIKE TO CONGRATULATE FIVE FEDERAL OFFICERS ON THE RECENT ELECTIONS.

THEY'LL CAMPBELL WAS OUR VICE CHAIR AND DAVID STRIVEN IS OUR SECRETARY.

WE NOW NEED A MOTION TO APPROVE THE AGENDA.

AND I'D ASK THAT YOU USE THE ELECTRONIC HANDS TO TRY IT, DAVID.

NO, ANY DISCUSSION.

OKAY.

NOW YOU HAVE TO GO INTO BOARD DOCS TO TRY TO VOTE.

WE'RE KIND OF DOING IT THIS WAY BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE THAT MANY ITEMS OF ACTION TONIGHT.

UM, I'LL REMIND YOU, MR. CAMPBELL, HOW ARE YOU VOTING? YES.

MR. EARL CAMPBELL.

HOW ARE YOU VOTING, MR. DRIVEN? JARED, HOW ARE YOU BUILDING? YES.

MR. SMITH.

HOW ARE YOU VOTING? OH YES.

SO KATHY HAS WRITTEN IN AND SHE'S.

OKAY.

SO I'LL JUST SAY TO THE, UM, THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE HERE IN PERSON AND THOSE THAT ARE WATCHING WORK, WE'RE HAVING, IT'S TAKEN US A LITTLE BIT LONGER, CAUSE IT'S A NEW SKILL SET FOR SOME OF US AND WE'RE HAVING SOME AUDIO DIFFICULTIES.

WE WANT TO

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BE SURE THAT EVERYONE IS ABLE TO HEAR, UM, THE MOTION TO APPROVE THE AGENDA CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.

WE WILL ATTACH THE ANSWER TO THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.

PLEASE BE SEATED.

OKAY.

THE MEDIA HAS BEEN PROPERLY NOTIFIED.

CAN YOU HEAR US? RANDY SAYS YES.

OKAY.

CAN YOU HEAR ME? I CAN NOW.

YES.

THANK YOU.

AND MR. SMITH, APRIL.

OKAY.

LET US KNOW IF THERE'S TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES PLEASE.

UM, NEXT WE WILL HAVE, UH, PUBLIC COMMENTS.

HELLO, UH, JEFFERY, YOU ARE ON PUBLIC COMMENTS NOW AND YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES.

PLEASE STATE YOUR FIRST NAME, PLEASE STATE YOUR FIRST AND YOUR LAST NAME.

UM, TEACHING ENGLISH FOR HIGH SCHOOLS AND ALSO, UM, , UH, WE, THE ENTIRE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA IS GREAT.

THIS IS THE HIGHEST OF A RETURN AS WELL.

THE , I WILL BE TEACHING CLASSES WITH MANY TO 20 BUCKS GAMES THAT ARE EVEN FREE TO TAKE APART AND EXPECT TO HEAR THIS FROM SEVEN DIFFERENT CLASSROOMS, EITHER EXPOSURE TO OVER 150 CIOS IN ONE DAY, WHICH NOT STAGE.

AND THEY DON'T AGREE WITH THE BEING SCHOOL AND THAT WILL NOT SPREAD WITH THEIR RESPONSIBLE RECORDS FOR THE SCHOOL BUDGET.

I'M STRAIN.

FIVE DAYS A WEEK TEACHING HAVE BEEN GIVEN SOME RELATION, BUT HOW MANY SPECIFIC PERCENT POSITIVELY AGREE SOMETIMES CAN BE IGNORED.

YOU BELIEVE IN THE CARRY OVER TO THE SCHOOLS.

NOW WE'RE HERE TO GO BACK.

IF WE CAN, ONE DAY BECOME, IF WE CAN GET A STAFF, UM, AND YOU KNOW, TEACHING SOMEONE TO SPEAK UP ABOUT, THEY LOVE THE KIDS AND

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OTHERS, THE JOBS, UM, YOU KNOW, THEY, UM, OFTEN FEEL THAT, UM, THEIR VOICES NOT BEING HEARD WHEN YOU WERE GIVEN A SURVEY RESULTS, UM, FELT THAT THE SURVEYS ARE SKEWED, BUT THEN NOT ENOUGH TO GET ANSWERS, UM, UM, WHAT WAS GOING ON IN THEIR CLASSROOMS. AND WE NEVER HEARD ANYTHING BACK FROM, SO, YOU KNOW, NOW IT WAS SCARY.

WE LOVE OUR KIDS, BUT IT'S NOT THE BOARD, JANUARY JELLY, PUBLIC COMMENTS TO SPEAK FOR THREE MINUTES.

OKAY.

PREPARED TO SPEAK, BUT I WROTE SOMETHING DOWN, BUT I'M JUST FROM MEMORY.

I'M GOING TO TRY TO REMEMBER WHAT I CAN SEND OVER TO ALL THE BOARD MEMBERS AND DR.

RODRIGUEZ AND DR.

BRADLEY.

UM, SO DR.

LINDA IS AT 34.2% POSITIVE, UH, COVID TESTING, UH, TODAY.

AND I LOOKED ONLINE AND IT SAID THAT OUR HOUSE, SO OCCUPANCY AND USE COUNTY WAS ALSO FULL AT THIS TIME.

UM, AND YET WE ARE BACK FULL TIME, FACE TO FACE WITH OUR STUDENTS IN OUR, UH, CRIMES THROUGH PEER REVIEW FOR COUNTY.

SO, UM, YOU KNOW, WE WERE TOLD THAT THE, UH, PERCENTAGE OF STUDENTS WHO ARE TESTING POSITIVE WAS QUITE LOW AND COMPARED TO THE REST OF THE COUNTY, AND THAT WAS STARTED THE JUSTIFICATION FOR GOING BACK FULL-TIME.

UM, BUT I WAS JUST WONDERING, YOU KNOW, NOW THAT WE HAVE SEEN EXCEEDED 30%, UH, POSITIVE FOR THE STATE, IS THERE A THRESHOLD AT WHICH WE'RE GOING TO DECIDE THAT THIS IS TOO MUCH FOR THE SCHOOL HERE? UM, WE ALSO KNOW THAT WE HAVE A LOT OF TEACHERS WHO ARE OUT RIGHT NOW, MANY TEACHERS ARE HAVING TO QUARANTINE.

SO I ALSO TEACH VIRTUALLY FROM HOMES WHILE AND ADULTS SUPERVISED VISIT CLASSROOMS IN THE BUILDING, WHETHER THAT'S A SUBSTITUTE OR ANOTHER STAFF MEMBER.

SO, I MEAN, JUST WONDERING IF PARENTS WERE AWARE THAT THAT'S WHAT FACE TO FACE INTERACTION COULD LOOK LIKE FOR THEIR KIDS.

UH, WE ALSO KNOW THAT WHILE I HAVE HEARD, I SHOULD SAY, AND MAYBE DR.

BRADLEY AND DR.

EVERY, YOU GUYS CAN CLARIFY IT, HEARD THAT SUBSTITUTES ARE BEING OFFERED ADDITIONAL PAY TO COME INTO THE CLASSROOM.

SO I WAS WONDERING IF THAT WAS BEING EXTENDED TO OUR TEACHERS WHO ARE WORKING OVERTIME TO CREATE THOSE LESSONS IN CLASSES FOR VIRTUAL INSTRUCTION, AND AS WELL AS IN-PERSON FACE TO FACE INTERACTIONS.

AND ALSO OUR NURSES, SO ARE WORKING OVERTIME TO DO CONTACT TRACING, CONTACT FAMILIES, MAKE SURE THEY UNDERSTAND QUARANTEE MAKE SURE THEY DON'T RETURN TO THE BUILDINGS.

UM, ALL OF THOSE ISSUES ARE THINGS THAT I'M HOPING THAT OUR BOARD MEMBERS WILL TONIGHT, UH, DURING THE PRESENTATION.

.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

HI, IS THIS TONY? YES, I HAVE YOU.

UH, I HAVE USED FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS.

YOU CAN BEGIN SPEAKING FOR THREE MINUTES.

THANK YOU.

GOOD EVENING BOARD.

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HAPPY NEW YEARS, EVERYONE.

WILL THERE BE NEW YEAR WHEN THERE'S HOPE, HOPE THAT THINGS WILL BE, AND OF COURSE BETTER.

WE MAKE MY LOVE FOR EATING HEALTHIER, GETTING MORE EXERCISE IN KINDER, WHAT PAIN OR HAPPENING CAN YOU START GENEROSITY? SO WHAT WE'LL BE DOING HERE FOR THE COUNTY FOR THE VEGETATION? WELL, IT'S OBVIOUS THAT WE HAVE TO, WE HAVE NEW OFFICERS, WE HAVE NEW GOALS.

WE HAVE TO REVIEW THAT STATED BY THE CHAIR.

UNFORTUNATELY, WE HAVE SOME OF THE SAME OLD, SAME OLD WITH THE FIRST MEETING OF THE NEW YEAR, LESS THAN TWO MINUTES AT THE SESSION ARE TO DO WITH BOARD MEMBERS WITH MS. THE SAME OLD BEHAVIOR MIDBRAIN POINT OF ORDER FOR THE PRESIDING HERE, THIS ROBOT, THE STATEMENT, IT WAS ONLY APPROPRIATE THE TIME ROLL BY AND REACTION TO THAT.

DAVID POINTED A BORDER, AND I QUOTE THE SNIP.

YOU ARE OUT OF WATER.

HE BLEW THAT PEACE WITHOUT YEARNING AT THIS POINT, HOW WOULD THAT ACTION PUTTING OUR BEST FOOT FORWARD, STARTING IN TWO YEARS, WOULD THAT NOT KNOWING HOW TO MANAGE A BUSINESS NEED, BUT THE PERSONAL , THE REQUEST WAS OPEN OPIATE TIMELY.

GIVEN THE ORDER OF THE NEED, THE GENTLEMAN WALKING BY IN THE CASTING OF TWO FORMER EMPLOYEES WAS THE RIGHT THING TO DO POINT OF ORDER.

THAT WILL BE A POKE ME, BUT NOT TO SAY IT'S A BOVINE REACTION TO BECOME MEMBERS.

WON'T BE CURIOUS TO HEAR VERY LONG, PERHAPS PERHAPS THE ACTIONS, WHAT HAPPENED 21 WILL BE TIMED FOR 84 POUNDS.

PERHAPS IT WILL BE GIVE YOUR TIME AGAIN.

THANK YOU.

THAT CONCLUDES OUR PUBLIC COMMENTS.

WE WILL NOW HAVE A BUDGET AND TAX ANTICIPATION NOTE.

DR.

RODRIGUEZ.

THANK YOU.

UM, THE CP , UM, THE TIMES ARE FROM OUR FINANCIAL TEAM WILL BE HERE TO SHARE THE INFORMATION.

YES.

IT'S TIME FOR HIM.

MR. CALLAN ARE ON ZOOM WITH SUCCEEDING.

SO WE'RE GOING TO BE SPEAKING JUST ONE AT A TIME.

I'LL GO FIRST AND THEN WE'LL FOLLOW UP WITH MS. HEIZER AND THEN MR. COWAN, AND WE'LL BE TAKING ANY QUESTIONS.

YOU HAVE THE GREATEST OFFICE IN THE MIDDLE, OR ARE AT THE END EITHER, EITHER WAY IS FINE.

SO I WOULD HOPE TO COME, UH, NOT QUITE SO EARLY WITH A HEAVY ISSUE FOR YOU THIS, THIS NEW YEAR, BUT UNFORTUNATELY, CIRCUMSTANCES, UM, DENDRITES REQUIRE US TO COME FORWARD.

TIME WAS OF THE ESSENCE TO, UM, DISCUSS AN IMPORTANT MATTER REGARDING THE TAX BILLS.

UH, CAN YOU HEAR ME OKAY, OR, OKAY, SO, UM, PROPERTY TAX BILLS, AS YOU ASKED, MOST OF EVERYONE IN THE COUNTY IS AWARE, UM, FOR REAL PROPERTY, I HAVE NOT BEEN MAILED IN THE NORMAL TIMEFRAME OF OCTOBER OR NOVEMBER.

WHEN ARE TYPICALLY MALE USUALLY MAILED AT THAT TIME AND OF PERIOD UNTIL JUNE, UH, JANUARY 15TH IS TYPICALLY THE DEADLINE.

UH, IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THOSE BILLS HAVE STILL NOT BEEN MAILED.

SO WE HAD OUR LAST DISCUSSION ON DECEMBER 8TH IS THE BOARD MEETING.

UM, AT THAT TIME IT WAS STILL RELATIVELY EARLY IN DECEMBER.

WE WERE ANTICIPATING THE BILLS GOING OUT ANY DAY.

AND AS IT TODAY,

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THEY HAVE STILL NOT GONE OUT AS OF JANUARY 7TH.

SO, UM, AT THE MOMENT IN INDIA, EARLY DECEMBER, IT WAS A FEELING THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, ONLY OPERATIONS WOULD BE AFFECTED AND THAT WE, THE COUNTY WOULD BE ABLE TO SCORE THE CASH FLOWS OF ALL OF THE ENTITIES IN THE COUNTY.

UH, IF, UH, TAX BILLS WENT OUT AND WE WERE ABLE TO SET A RELATIVELY CLOSE, UM, DEADLINE CLOSE TO THE JANUARY 15TH TIMEFRAMES, HOWEVER, AS THAT TIMEFRAME EXTENDED THROUGH THE MONTH OF DECEMBER AND NOW IN JANUARY, IT IS, UM, WE HAVE BEEN MADE AWARE THAT THE TAX DEADLINE, ONCE THOSE TAX BILLS GO OUT, THE PAYMENT DEADLINE WILL BE MARCH 31ST, AND THAT HAS CREATED CONCERN.

AND IT HAS RIDGE FROM JUST SUPPORTING, UH, JUST BEING, UM, UH, CONCERNED FOR OUR OPERATIONS, BUT NOW FOR OUR DEBT SERVICE AS WELL, WHICH IS A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT IS DUE ON MARCH 1ST.

SO, UM, THIS IS THE REASONING BEHIND AND THE URGENCY BEHIND TODAY'S CONVERSATION.

UM, THE SCHOOL DISTRICT MUST SUPPLEMENT ITS CASH FLOWS.

DURING THIS TIME WE CANNOT LEAVE THE CASH UNSUPPORTED, UM, AND OUR FUND BALANCE, UH, IN BOTH THE DEBT SERVICE FUND AND THE GENERAL FUND HAVE BEEN EXHAUSTED ALONG WITH THE TAX ANTICIPATION NOTE, A FOUR TERM LONG ACT TOOK OUT IN OCTOBER, WHICH WE DO ANNUALLY THAT HAS NOW BEEN EXHAUSTED AS WELL.

SO WE'RE, WE'RE AT A CRITICAL POINT WHERE WE WILL NEED TO BORROW ADDITIONAL FUNDS THROUGH THE FORM OF A TAX ANTICIPATION NOTE.

UM, IN MY 20 YEAR CAREER IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I HAVE EVER SEEN THIS HAPPEN.

SO IT IS SOMETHING THAT IS NOT A TYPICAL, UH, TYPICAL CIRCUMSTANCE, UH, BUT IT IS ONE THAT WE CAN MITIGATE BY SUPPORTING THE DISTRICTS CASH FLOWS ON A TEMPORARY BASIS.

UM, AS OF THE DAY, UM, UM, UH, OUR DOCUMENTS DUE TO THE BOARD, UM, WE DID NOT HAVE INFORMATION AVAILABLE OF TAX COLLECTIONS.

SO, UM, WHAT WE ARE RECOMMENDING IS, IS BASICALLY A WORST CASE SCENARIO AND THE PROJECTION IS HERE ON THE SCREEN.

UH, IT'S, IT'S SMALL, DIFFICULT, SEE THERE, BUT I'LL TALK THROUGH A COUPLE OF MAJOR POINTS I WANT TO MAKE.

UM, AS WE ARE HEAVILY RELIANT ON TAX REVENUES, THE SCHOOL DISTRICT HAS TWO SOURCES OF REVENUES, THE GENERAL FUND, WHICH SUPPORTS THE OPERATIONS, WHICH IS BASICALLY TEACHER SALARIES, ENERGY, ALL OF THE OPERATIONAL COSTS OF THE DISTRICT, AND THEN THE DEBT SERVICE FUND, WHICH IS JUST PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST PAYMENTS AND COSTS THAT GO ALONG WITH OUR BORROWINGS COMBINED TAX COLLECTIONS.

AND THOSE TWO POTS OF MONEY ARE $220 MILLION GAME, LIKE, UH, THAT IS ESTIMATED AT ALMOST HALF OF THE TOTAL TAX COLLECTIONS AND GIVE YOUR COUNTY ON AN ANNUAL BASIS.

SO IT'S A SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT OF MONEY ON THIS CASH FLOW.

THIS IS WHERE THOSE FOLKS THAT LIKE THE NUMBERS, I WANTED TO SHOW YOU EVIDENCE OF THE CALCULATIONS AND HOW WE CAME UP TO THAT AMOUNT, UH, AND NOT TO EXCEED AMOUNT OF $100 MILLION.

AND THAT IS BASICALLY IN THE TOP LEFT-HAND CORNER IN ORANGE, YOU HAVE A $61 MILLION BEGINNING BALANCE.

THAT IS THE TOTAL OF THE DEBT SERVICE FUND AND THE GENERAL FUND UNBALANCED RESERVE AT JUNE 30TH, 2020.

SO THAT IS THE BEGINNING POINT, EVERYTHING IN GREEN OR OUR REVENUES THAT COME IN ON A MONTHLY BASIS BY LOW LOCAL STATE, FEDERAL, EVERYTHING IN YELLOW IS OUR OUTGOING FUNDS ARE SALARIES AND BENEFITS OR SERVICES FYS.

AND, UH, AS YOU LOOK FURTHER DOWN INTO FEBRUARY, YOU'LL SEE, UH, DEBT PAYMENTS INCLUDED IN THERE AS WELL.

CAN THEN IN THE FAR RIGHT HAND COLUMN, YOU'LL SEE THE CUMULATIVE CASH BALANCE FIVE MONTH.

AND SO WHAT'S IMPORTANT IS THAT IT IN GRID, WHERE ARE WE IN DECEMBER, JANUARY, AND FEBRUARY GO INTO THE RED,

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UM, AND LIKE A LOW POINT OF A HUNDRED MILLION.

NOW KEEP IN MIND, THIS IS A WORST CASE SCENARIO, UH, DUE TO THE LACK OF DATA AND TAX COLLECTION INFORMATION THAT WE HAVE.

AND THAT'S WHY WE'RE ASKING FOR AND NOT TO EXCEED.

NOW, WE HAVE FULL INTENTIONS, UM, AS DATA COMES AVAILABLE ON A DAILY OR WEEKLY BASIS FROM THE COUNTY TREASURER'S OFFICE, WE INTEND BETWEEN NOW AND THE TIME WE ACTUALLY ISSUED A BOND TO LOWER THAT AMOUNT DOWN TO A LOWER LEVEL.

SO IT HAD REDUCED INTEREST COSTS, REDUCED OTHER FEES FOR THE DISTRICT.

SO, BUT AT THIS TIME THE AMOUNT IS VERY UNCERTAIN.

SO WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAD ENOUGH AND DID NOT FALL SHORT, UM, WITH OUR ESTIMATES.

SO, UH, AT THE NEXT SLIDE IS A VISUAL, IT'S A GRAPHICAL, UH, PREDICTION OF WHERE WE ARE.

THERE ARE, UM, THE ORANGE AND THE BLUE LINE ARE COMBINED IN THE FIRST, UM, FIRST LINE GRAPH THERE.

IT APPEARS TO BE ORANGE.

UH, BUT BASICALLY WE START OUT AT THE 61 MILLION TON BASS.

WE GO AND WE HAVE NO TAX COLLECTIONS IN THAT TIME OF THE YEAR, BUT WE HAVE LEVEL SPENDING.

WE SPEND ABOUT $20 MILLION A MONTH AND JUST THE GENERAL FUND.

SO AS WE HAVE NO COLLECTION COLLECTIONS, BUT WE HAVE SPENDING THAT UNBALANCED CONTINUES TO MEET UNTIL GET TO ZERO.

THE BLUE LINE INDICATES OUR ORIGINAL PROJECTION, WHERE WE PROJECTED THAT WE WOULD NEED THE HAND THAT WE APPROVED BACK IN JUNE OF 2020, WE BORROWED $14 MILLION.

SO THAT'S WHERE IT DIPS IN DECEMBER AND BELOW THE RED LINE ZEBRA.

SO WE'RE IN, AND SO THAT JUSTIFIES THE ORIGINAL TAN, BUT THE ORANGE LINE IS THE NEW PROJECTION, WHICH THE PICS, UH, INCLUDES WE HAVE, UM, IN OUR, INCLUDING THE TAN IN THAT CASH FLOW.

AND SO IT DOES BUY US SOME TIME, BUT THEN EVENTUALLY RUNNING, UH, IN THE WHOLE IN JANUARY.

AND SO, UH, AND THEN A LITTLE DEEPER, AND THEN IT JUST, AND IT'S LOW POINT IN MARCH WHEN THE BOND PAYMENTS ARE DUE.

AND SO AS SOON AS TAX REVENUES ARE ALL COLLECTED, UH, THEN WE WILL, UH, BE MADE WHOLE AND JOINED BACK WITH THE ORIGINAL PROJECTION.

SO AGAIN, THIS IS WORST CASE SCENARIO.

WE WANT TO MITIGATE THAT AND BALANCE THAT, THAT TIMEFRAME NOW.

SO, UM, REALLY THE, UH, SO THOSE HOPEFULLY GAVE YOU SORT OF A VISUAL EFFECT OF WHAT WE'RE FACING IN THE TIMEFRAME IN WHICH WE, UH, WE NEED THOSE REVENUES.

AND, UM, FOR ANY HAZARDOUS HERE, SHE IS OUR BOND ATTORNEY WITH BURKE WOMAN MCNAIR.

AND SHE'S GOING TO GO INTO SOME MORE DETAILS ABOUT WHAT A TAX ANTICIPATION NOTE IS, AND, AND, UH, SOME OF THE MAJOR AREAS OF CONCERN THAT WE HAVE WITH REGARD TO THIS.

SO, UM, FRIDAY, I'D LIKE TO TURN IT OVER TO YOU AT THIS POINT, BUT HAVE YOU PAUSE FOR A MINUTE? I PERSONALLY HAVE A QUESTION.

I DON'T KNOW IF ANY OTHER BOARD MEMBERS DO BEFORE WE GO AWAY FROM YOUR SLOTS.

CAN YOU GO BACK TO YOUR FIRST SLIDE? SURE.

SO YOUR CONSERVATIVE ASSUMPTIONS THAT ARE WRITTEN THERE, YES.

97% COLLECTION RATE SEEMS UNCONSERVATIVE TO ME WHERE, YOU KNOW, YOU JUST MENTIONED, THIS IS UNPRECEDENTED PRECEDENTED IN YOUR 20 YEARS OF BEING ON THE FINANCE STAFF HERE.

UM, AND WE KNOW THAT THE PANDEMIC HAS HAD A VERY SERIOUS NEGATIVE IMPACT ON A LOT OF SMALL BUSINESS, WHICH WE HAVE HERE IN BEAVER COUNTY.

SO I WAS JUST CURIOUS WHERE YOU GOT THAT NUMBER, UM, THAT WASN'T ESTIMATE, UH, IT REALLY IS AN UNCERTAIN PERCENTAGE AT THIS POINT FOR CASHFLOW PURPOSES THROUGH THIS DOCUMENT, IT WOULDN'T HAVE A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT BECAUSE THE AMOUNT WILL BE, WE WILL BE BROUGHT BACK HOME OR IN THE BLACK, UH, OUT OF THE, OUT OF THE NEGATIVE BALANCE.

UM, BY THE TIME THOSE TAX COLLECTIONS OF HER LETTER WERE SHORT, WHETHER THE COLLECTION RATE IS 92% OR 97%, THERE'LL BE, UM, OUT OF THE DANGER ZONE BY THAT TIME.

BUT YOU'RE CORRECT.

THERE COULD BE A MUCH LARGER SHORTFALL THAN THAT.

AND I THINK

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YOUR LAST STATEMENT WAS BECAUSE EARLIER YOU SAID THAT THE DISTRICT YEAH, IT'S ABOUT 50% OF WHAT BUFORD COUNTY COLLECTED PROPERTY TAXES.

RIGHT.

I THINK YOU'VE USED IT TO GIVEN A NUMBER OF 220 MILLION.

YES.

SO THAT WAS, YEAH.

SO I GUESS THAT DOESN'T MATTER AS MUCH, LIKE YOU JUST SAID, WHETHER IT'S 92% OR 97, IT'S GOING TO MATTER.

SO IT WILL MATTER IF THE END OF THE DAY, ONCE THE TOTAL COLLECTIONS ARE CALCULATED AND, UM, HOPEFULLY, UM, HOPEFULLY THEY'LL BE, IT WILL BE AN OKAY.

A GOOD COLLECTION RATE.

LIKE IT'S REALLY UNCERTAIN.

IT'S UNPRECEDENTED AND IT'S UNPREDICTABLE THEN WHY DON'T WE HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION? YES.

UM, I KNOW YOU SAID THE COUNTY, UH, WAS NOT FORTHCOMING OR WAS NOT ABLE TO TELL YOU HOW MANY, HOW MUCH TAXES HAS ALREADY BEEN COLLECTED.

UM, DOES THE MONEY FLOW TO US AUTOMATICALLY ONCE IT'S COLLECTED OR IS THERE A CERTAIN DATE THAT IT IS, UM, GIVEN TO US THIS YEAR WAS A UNIQUE SITUATION.

THE MIND FLOWS, UM, WHAT HA THERE HAVE BEEN COLLECTIONS AND WE HAVE, AS OF TODAY RECEIVED SOME REPORTS, UM, THEY ARE NOT FINAL.

THEY HAVE NOT HAD CHIP CALCULATIONS AND OTHER VERIFICATIONS DOWN.

UM, THEY CAN'T TREASURE RECEIVE THE FUNDS.

HOWEVER, THE TREASURER HAD TO WAIT ON THE COUNTY AUDITOR TO PROVIDE A TAX ROLL INFORMATION IN ORDER TO DETERMINE WHICH MUNICIPALITY RECEIVED, WHICH PORTION OF THE PANUS.

SO THAT'S A COORDINATION HAD TO OCCUR OR DATA VALIDATION OR HOW, WHATEVER THE TERMINOLOGY THERE IS IN ORDER FOR THEM TO POST THE PAYMENTS INTO THE GENERAL LEDGER SYSTEM.

AND THEN WE ARE GIVEN, UH, EMAIL REPORTS FROM THE TREASURER'S OFFICE INDICATING THE AMOUNTS THAT WE THAT ARE IN OUR ACCOUNTS.

WE HAVE SPECIFIC ACCOUNTS WITHIN THE TREASURES, UM, THAT ARE DESIGNATED FOR JUST THE SCHOOL DISTRICT GENERAL FUND AND THE SCHOOL DISTRICT DEBT SERVICE.

AND SO WE HAVE BEEN GIVEN REPORTS AS OF TODAY.

UH, AGAIN, THEY'RE NOT FINAL BECAUSE IT WAS FINAL CIF CALCULATIONS AND OTHER OTHER THINGS HAVEN'T BEEN WEIGHTED.

SO WE WILL RECEIVE MORE REPORTS ON JANUARY AFTER THE JANUARY 15TH DATE.

AND SO WE WILL PUT AGAIN TOO, AND, AND THAT WILL BE CRITICAL TO HELP US DECIDE WHAT AMOUNT WE WILL, WILL BE A FINAL BORROWING THE CHAN MR. SMITH, MR. SMITH.

OH, YEAH.

UM, JUST TO PIGGYBACK ON WHAT MRS. ROBOT ASKS, CAN YOU TELL ME WHAT IS THE PROCESS OF HOW WE RECEIVED THE MONEY FROM THE, FROM THE COUNTY? WHAT'S THE PROCESS? UM, WE'VE WE, WELL, IN ADDITION TO WHAT I JUST DESCRIBED, WE RECEIVED A REPORT STATING HOW MUCH IS IN OUR ACCOUNTS, BUT WHEN WE PAID BILLS, FOR EXAMPLE, MAKES ME DO PAYROLL BY THE WEEK.

UM, WE PAY THAT OUT OF OUR BANK ACCOUNT, AND THEN WE REQUEST REIMBURSEMENT THROUGH THE FORM OF WHAT WE CALL A WARRANT AND WE RE AND THE COUNTY BRIARS THE AMOUNT OF MONEY INTO OUR BANK ACCOUNT.

SO, UM, WE PAY THE BILL, THEY REIMBURSE US, UH, WITHIN THE SAME, UH, WITHIN A DAY OR SO.

SO IS THAT THE NORMAL PROCESS OF HOW, HOW NORMAL IT WILL TAKE PLAY ON THE RUBBER, WHEREVER WE HAVE THE PANDEMIC OR NOT? YES.

SO THAT IS CORRECT.

THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT.

THERE'LL BE NO FURTHER QUESTIONS.

WE'LL GO ONTO THIS PFIZER.

GRANNY TURNED OVER TO YOU.

WE NEED TO TURN YOUR BACK ON, OR WE NEED TO TURN IT ON FOR YOU.

I THINK I JUST, MADAM CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.

THANK YOU ALL FOR LETTING ME JOIN YOU ALL TONIGHT BY ZOOM.

AND LET ME ALSO THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING WILLING TO HAVE THE SPECIAL MEETING, BECAUSE THE TIMEFRAMES THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, UM, ARE, ARE SHORT AND, UM, IT'S A GREAT BENEFIT TO BE ABLE TO GET Y'ALL'S UP, UH, VIEW AND, AND GET YOUR POSITION ON HOW YOU WOULD LIKE THE SCHOOL DISTRICT TO RESPOND TO, UM, TO THE SITUATION.

I KNOW THAT THERE ARE A COUPLE OF NEW BOARD MEMBERS WOULD LIKE TO SAY HELLO TO THOSE FOLKS.

AND MAYBE TAKE JUST A COUPLE OF MINUTES TO EXPLAIN A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT WHAT A TAN IS, A TAX ANTICIPATION NOTE, AS TONYA MENTIONED,

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THE SCHOOL DISTRICT HAS FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS, 18 OR MORE YEARS THAT I KNOW OF HAS ISSUED A, UM, A NOTE OR BORROWED MONEY IN ANTICIPATION OF THE RECEIPT OF YOUR REAL PROPERTY TAXES.

SO HENCE THE NAME A TAX ANTICIPATION NOTE, GENERALLY TANS ARE ISSUED IN THE, IN THE SUMMER OR EARLY FALL, BECAUSE YOUR LOW POINTS, AS YOU SEE IN THE, THE GRAPH THAT, UM, THAT TANYA SHARED IS GENERALLY OCTOBER, NOVEMBER, UM, YOU'RE AT YOUR LOWEST CASH FLOW POINT, YOUR FUND ARE BEING USED, AND THEN THE REVENUE PICKS BACK UP IN DECEMBER AND JANUARY.

SO, SO THERE IS AN OUTSTANDING TAX.

IT'S JUST A PATIENT NOTE FOR THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.

AND I THINK THAT AMOUNT IS ABOUT $14.3 MILLION, YOU KNOW, IN, IN NORMAL, IN A NORMAL SITUATION.

THE, UM, THAT TAX ANTICIPATION NOTE WOULD BE THE ONLY ONE THE SCHOOL DISTRICT WOULD ISSUE DURING THE FISCAL YEAR, BUT BECAUSE OF THE DELAY IN THE, UH, TAX BILLS GOING OUT, UM, WE ARE RECOMMENDING THAT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT ISSUE A SECOND TAX ANTICIPATION NOTE THAT WE WILL CALL THE 2021 TAN VERSUS THE 2010, THE 2010 IS OUT THERE.

AND IT HAS TO BE REPAID.

THE 2021 TAN WILL BE THE NEW DEBT THAT WE WOULD ISSUE.

AND, UM, THAT NEW, UM, TAN ISSUANCE WOULD BE AVAILABLE TO ADDRESS, UM, THE THREE PRIMARY OP UH, ISSUES, UH, YOUR OPERATIONS, WHICH I KNOW IS MOST IMPORTANT TO, TO EVERYBODY THERE AT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT FOR YOUR BOND LAWYER, YOUR, YOUR TAN REPAYMENT AND YOUR DEBT SERVICE PAYMENTS ARE, ARE VERY, VERY IMPORTANT.

SO, UM, THE, THE SIGNIFICANCE OF HAVING THIS TEMPORARY CASH INFUSION THAT WILL ALLOW THE SCHOOL DISTRICT TO MEET ALL OF ITS NEEDS DURING THE WINTER AND INTO SPRING, IS WHY WE ARE RECOMMENDING THAT YOU ISSUED THE, UM, THE TAN.

WE HAVE BEEN ANTICIPATING THE NEED FOR A TAN, UM, SINCE WE LEARNED AROUND CHRISTMAS TIME, THAT TAX BILLS DID NOT GO OUT AND WE ARE ON TRACK WITH YOUR PERMISSION WITH YOUR VOTE TONIGHT, THAT WE COULD HAVE CASH FOR THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AS EARLY AS I WANT TO SAY, THE FIRST OR SECOND WEEK OF FEBRUARY, IT MIGHT BE EVEN EARLIER THAN THAT, BUT, UM, UH, MS. CROSBY, UH, MR. CALLAN AND I HAVE BEEN WORKING VERY CLOSELY TOGETHER TO, UH, BE IN A POSITION TO, UM, HAVE THE NEWTON MONIES AS SOON AS POSSIBLE IN TOMANEK WHEN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT WE'LL WE'LL NEED THE FUNDS.

HOW SOON CAN IT BE PAID BACK AS IS A QUESTION THAT THE TANDEM THAT WAS ISSUED IN 2020 IS, HAS TO BE PAID IN FULL BY APRIL THE 15TH.

ALTHOUGH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT REALLY IS REQUIRED TO MAKE THREE INSTALLMENT PAYMENTS.

AND THOSE PAYMENTS START IN JANUARY, FEBRUARY AND MARCH STATE LAW SAYS THAT A TAN HAS TO BE REPAID WITHIN 90 DAYS OF THE LAST DAY UPON WHICH TAXES CAN BE PAID OUT PENALTY.

THAT DATE IS NORMALLY JANUARY THE 15TH.

HENCE WE GET AN APRIL THE 15TH, UM, DUE DATE FOR REGULAR TALENT.

THIS TAN IS, IS, IS ATYPICAL.

AND THE, UH, THE NEW DUE DATE IN BUFORD COUNTY WILL BE MARCH THE 31ST.

AND SO 90 DAYS PAST MARCH, THE 31ST ACTUALLY TAKES YOU TO THE END END OF END OF JUNE.

I KNOW THAT AN ISSUE THAT, THAT TANYA AND CHATTED I HAVE DISCUSSED IS, UM, WHAT IS THE POTENTIAL IMPACT ON YOUR CREDIT RATING? UH, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE WORKED VERY HARD WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND THE SCHOOL DISTRICT JUST WORKED VERY HARD TO MAINTAIN, UM, THE VERY HIGH AA CREDIT RATINGS WITH BOTH MOODY'S AND STANDARD IMPORTS.

AND I THINK CHAD MAY HAVE A COMMENT ON THAT THIS AS WELL, BUT, UM, IT'S MOSTLY YOU THAT THE RATING AGENCY MOODY'S IS THE ONE THAT WE'LL WORK WITH IN, FOR THIS TRANSACTION, THAT THEY WILL UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS SOMETHING OUTSIDE OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS CONTROL.

IT IS NOT REFLECTIVE OF THE, UM, UH, REALLY CREDIT WORTHINESS OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT YOU ALL HAVE.

UM, ALTHOUGH WE, AND Y'ALL WOULD LIKE TO HAVE, UH, EVEN A LARGER GENERAL FUND FUND BALANCE, UM, THERE IS NO FUND BALANCE THAT YOU COULD HAVE THAT WOULD, UM, TAKE CARE OF THIS SITUATION.

SO, SO SOME BORROWING, UM, IS, IS DEFINITELY GOING TO BE NECESSARY.

AND WE COULD HAVE A CALL AS EARLY AS TOMORROW MORNING WITH MOODY'S AND WE WILL BE EXPLAINING ALL OF THAT TO THE REPRESENTATIVE, UM, OF MOODY'S

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IN THE, THE CHANDRA RESOLUTION THAT THAT IS BEFORE Y'ALL TONIGHT, AS TANYA MENTIONED, WE ARE USING A HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS AS THE NOT TO EXCEED NUMBER.

WE WOULD SAY THAT THAT NUMBER IS, WE HOPE IT'S JUST A PLACE HOLDER.

THEY, UM, THERE HAVE BEEN SOME TAX FOR RE RE TAX REVENUE THAT, THAT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT WILL RECEIVE, UM, BETWEEN NOW AND THE TIME DOES TAN IS ISSUED.

AND SO, UM, THERE OBVIOUSLY THERE WOULD, WE WOULD BE ABLE TO REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF THE TAN TO REFLECT THE AMOUNT OF TAX REVENUE THAT HAS, UM, HAS ALREADY BEEN RECEIVED.

WE'VE WE ALSO HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PERHAPS FINE TUNE THE CASH FLOWS, TO SOME EXTENT THE, UM, TOM YOU'RE MAKING PROJECTIONS.

IT'S HARD TO, TO BE, UM, HUGELY HUGELY SPECIFIC.

THE, UM, THIS RESOLUTION DELEGATES TO THE SUPERINTENDENT, THE AUTHORITY MAKE SPECIFIC DECISIONS ABOUT THE TAN, AND IT INCLUDES THE, UH, THE EXACT PAR AMOUNT OR THE SIZE OF THE AMOUNT OF THE TAN THAT WOULD BE ISSUED.

THE REPAYMENT DATE, THE MATURITY DATE, AND THE DETAILS OF THE SALE ARE ALL DELEGATED TO THE SUPERINTENDENT.

THIS DELEGATION IS CONSISTENT WITH THE WAY Y'ALL THE SCHOOL DISTRICT HAS HANDLED ITS DEBT OVER MANY, MANY YEARS.

AND, UM, I WOULD BE VERY COMFORTABLE.

THE, UM, HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS IS A GOOD PLACEHOLDER NUMBER, BUT THAT WE WOULD BE ABLE TO REDUCE THAT, UM, THAT BORROWED AMOUNT, UM, AS WE GET A LITTLE MORE INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT'S AVAILABLE FROM THE TREASURER'S OFFICE, AND I'D BE GLAD TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS OR ADDRESS ANY CONCERNS THAT Y'ALL MIGHT HAVE MR. BARON, THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR, UH, BRITTANY, WHAT'S YOUR, WHAT'S IT GOING TO COST US IN THE AMOUNT OF INTEREST AND THE FEES THAT WE WILL HAVE TO PAY A QUARTER MICHIGAN? UM, IF I CAN TOSS THAT OVER THAT QUESTION TO CHAD, CHAD HAS RUN SOME NUMBERS.

UM, I THINK THAT, UM, HE HAS USED, I THINK THE INTEREST RATE IS A 0.4%.

THAT IS RIGHT NOW A TAXABLE INTEREST RATE AND TAXABLE INTEREST RATES, UM, TEND TO BE A LITTLE BIT HIGHER THAN TAX EXEMPT INTEREST RATES.

WE ARE WORKING WITH MY TAX PARTNER TO SEE IF WE CAN GET COMFORTABLE ISSUING THIS TAX ANTICIPATION NOTE AS TAX EXEMPT DEBT VERSUS TAXABLE DEBT.

THE, UM, THE IRS DOES HAVE MANY REGULATIONS THAT WE HAVE TO MEET WHEN WE ISSUE, UM, A TAX EXEMPT TAN, AND WE WOULD BE WORKING WITH, UM, THE ADMINISTRATION TO SEE IF WE COULD ALL GET COMFORTABLE THAT THE IRS REGULATIONS WOULD BE MET.

I WOULD SAY THAT ONE SORT OF COMPLICATING FACTOR IS THAT THIS TAN WILL ACTUALLY BE USED TO PAY DEBT.

SO YOU WERE BORROWING DEBT, BORROWING MONEY TO PAY EXISTING DEBT.

THAT'S NOT ILLEGAL, IT'S NOT IMPOSSIBLE, BUT IT DOES GIVE US SOME ADDITIONAL, UM, UH, CONCERNS OR CONSIDERATIONS WE HAVE TO WORK THROUGH WITH, UM, WITH THE TAXABLE VERSUS TAX EXEMPT.

BUT, UM, CHAD, WOULD YOU WANT TO ADDRESS WHAT YOU THINK THE, UM, INTEREST RATES MIGHT LOOK LIKE? ABSOLUTELY.

A GOOD AFTERNOON, OR I GUESS A GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE, UH, COUNT WITH HILLTOP SECURITIES HERE.

UM, JUST QUICKLY, UH, AS FRANNY MENTIONED, UM, THE INTEREST RATE THAT WE HAVE BUILT IN CURRENTLY IS, UH, 0.4%.

UM, YOU KNOW, IN TERMS OF A TIME TO BORROW, UH, ON A TAX EXEMPT OR TAXABLE BASIS, VERY, UH, ON THE SHORT END OF THE YIELD CURVE, LESS THAN A YEAR, UM, A ONE-YEAR TREASURY RATE NOTE RIGHT NOW, UM, IS ABOUT 11.1%.

UM, AND WE'VE SEEN TANS SIMILAR TO THIS ISSUED, UM, AT, UH, AROUND 0.2, 5%.

SO WE THINK AND FEEL THAT, UH, IN THE CURRENT MARKET, THE 0.4% WOULD BE A NICE CONSERVATIVE NUMBER TO KIND OF PROVIDE, UM, THE KIND OF OUTSIDE AND MISSED EXPENSIVE COSTS.

UM, ASSUMING THAT WE CLOSED THE TAN TRANSACTION IN EARLY

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FEBRUARY AND REPAID IT, UH, AT THE END OF JUNE, THE ESTIMATED TOTAL INTEREST COSTS ON THAT TRANSACTION WOULD BE ABOUT $130,000 AGAIN, OR SORRY, $160,000 OF INTEREST ON A HUNDRED MILLION DOLLAR LOAN FOR, UH, ABOUT FOUR MONTHS, A LITTLE OVER FOUR MONTHS.

AGAIN, WE THINK THAT'S KIND OF A CONSERVATIVE NUMBER.

UM, THE COSTS AGAIN, UH, WILL VARY DEPENDING ON THE SIZE OF THE TRANSACTION.

UM, BUT ON THE TRANSACTION AT A HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS, THE COST OF ISSUANCE WOULD BE I THINK, A LITTLE UNDER $200,000.

SO THE TOTAL COST OF BORROWING WOULD BE ABOUT 300, $350,000 ALL IN, UM, INCLUDING ALL COSTS AND ALL INTEREST FROM THAT STANDPOINT, AS BRANDY MENTIONED, UM, WE'RE USING THE A HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS AS A, NOT TO EXCEED AMOUNT TO ENSURE THAT WE HAVE SUFFICIENT CAPACITY TO PLAN FOR, UM, A WORST-CASE SCENARIO.

UM, THE GOAL WOULD BE TO FINE TUNE AND DECREASE THAT PAR AMOUNT AS, YOU KNOW, AS AGGRESSIVELY AS WE CAN TO ENSURE THAT THE COST OF, UH, WORKING THROUGH THIS CASHFLOW SITUATION IS AS SMALL AS POSSIBLE FOR THE DISTRICT.

THANK YOU, CHAIR.

YOU HEAR ME? YES.

THANK YOU.

UM, TWO QUESTIONS.

ONE IS, COULD YOU REPEAT THAT TOTAL COST NUMBER? WAS IT $50,000? THIS SUSPEND OUR COST TAXPAYER? IS THAT WHAT YOU JUST SAID? RIGHT.

FOR EFFECT, SO, YOU KNOW, FIND YOUR BALLPARK THAT'S, THAT'S FINE.

RIGHT? THE INTEREST COSTS WOULD BE ABOUT $160,000.

UM, AND THEN THE COST OF ISSUANCE, UM, WOULD BE, I THINK, AROUND 175, $169,000.

AND THAT INCLUDES ESTIMATES FOR, SO AS PART OF THIS PROCESS, UH, THERE WOULD BE AN UNDERWRITER WHO WOULD PURCHASE THE BONDS.

UM, THEIR FEE, UH, IS TO BE DETERMINED, WHICH IS ABOUT A THIRD OF THAT COST.

AS FAR AS AN ESTIMATE GOES AGAIN HERE.

UM, I'VE USED WHAT I CONSIDER TO BE A RELATIVELY CONSERVATIVE NUMBER FOR THAT.

SO AS THOUGH WHEN WE GET TO THE END OF THIS PROCESS, UM, THE NUMBER AS FAR AS THE COSTS AND THE INTEREST WILL BE LOWER THAN WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT RIGHT NOW.

ALL RIGHT.

YEAH.

I JUST WANT TO SEND OUT, SO EVERYBODY HAS A BALLPARK IN YOUR, IN YOUR MIND HOW MUCH THIS COSTS.

UM, BUT MY ACTUAL QUESTION WAS LOOKING AT THE SPREADSHEET WHERE CHOSE GONNA RUN EXPENSES.

UM, THERE'S A BIG DEBT SERVICE HIT IN FEBRUARY 80 MILLION, WHICH IT'S LIKE 80% OF THE, OF THE A HUNDRED MILLION WE'RE GOING TO BE IN THE WHOLE CORE.

UM, CAN YOU TELL ME WHAT THAT IS? THAT 80 BILLION DEBT SERVICE? I CAN SPEAK TO THAT.

UM, THAT IS A COMBINATION OF THE REPAYMENT OF A TAN 14,300,000 PLUS THE $67 MILLION OF PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST PAYMENTS AND DEBT SERVICE.

THEY HAVE TO BE MADE AVAILABLE TWO WEEKS PRIOR TO THE MARCH 1ST DEADLINE.

SO THEY HAVE TO BE AVAILABLE BY FEBRUARY 15TH.

SO I PUT THEM IN THE FEBRUARY LINE.

OKAY.

THAT'S GREAT.

IT JUST JUMPS OUT.

SO I WOULDN'T KNOW.

IT'S A COMBINATION OF, YES, SIR.

MR. SMITH, THINK ABOUT SHERIFF.

UM, CAN YOU TELL ME WHAT THIS GRAPH WOULD LOOK LIKE FOR, FOR THE LAST, I MEAN, FOR THE LAST THREE YEARS, THAT'D BE ON THIS PROPERTY AND MR. CAMPBELL, HE WANTS TO KNOW WHAT THE GRAPH WOULD LOOK LIKE THIS LAST THREE YEARS.

UM, THE GRAPHS WOULD LOOK LIKE THE BLUE LINE IT'S BLUE, UH, AND THEN IT GETS COMBINED BLUE.

THE BLUE AND ORANGE ARE COMBINED AS ON AN ORANGE LINE ON THE GRAPHIC.

UM, BUT THEN CONTINUES ON

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DOWN IN OCTOBER, DOWN TO A LOW POINT IN DECEMBER.

AND THAT IS A TYPICAL YEAR FOR THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND THEN BACKED UP AND DECEMBER AND JANUARY, AND THEN GROWS HIGHER IN JANUARY.

SO THAT'S A TYPICAL YEAR W AND, AND, AND THAT, AND THAT WILL BE FOR THE LAST THREE YEARS.

THAT THAT'S, THAT IS HOW IT WOULD LOOK FOR THE LAST THREE YEARS.

NOT JUST THE LAST YEAR, THE LAST YES, SIR.

THAT WOULD PROBABLY LOOK THE SAME.

AND THEN THE LAST 20 YEARS, THE DOLLARS MAY NOT BE AS HIGH AS THAT, BUT THE GRAPHIC, THAT IS THE WAY THE CASH FLOW NEEDS OF THE DISTRICT OF HER, UH, AS, AS WE SPEND ON A LEVEL BASIS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, BUT TAX REVENUES COME IN AND BOLTED IN DECEMBER, JANUARY.

AND SO IMMEDIATELY PRIOR TO THE DECEMBER COLLECTIONS, WE ARE DIPPING DOWN BELOW ARE UNBALANCED AND THEREFORE THE NEED FOR A TAN.

UM, ALSO, WOULD YOU PLEASE TELL ME, OR TELL THE BOARD WHAT THE BALANCE IN THE DISTRICT RAINY DAY BUDGET LINE AS OF DECEMBER 31ST, 2020 20? WHAT THAT, WHAT THAT IS? I'M SORRY, CAN YOU REPEAT THAT? WOULD YOU PLEASE TELL THE BOARD WHAT IS THE BALANCE AND THE DISTRICT RAINY DAY BUDGET LINE AS OF DECEMBER 30, 31ST? OKAY.

AS OF DECEMBER 31ST, OUR FUNDS HAVE BEEN EXHAUSTED IN ANY FUND BALANCE RESERVES AND OUR TAX ANTICIPATION NOTE BORROWINGS FROM OCTOBER.

SO WE, WE ARE HAVING EXHAUSTED ALL OF OUR RESERVES AT THIS POINT.

SO ANYTHING AT THIS POINT IS ANY COLLECTIONS THAT MADE THEM COME IN IN DECEMBER, UH, OR ANY ARE BEING COVERED BY THE COUNTIES INVESTMENTS.

UH, ALSO, WOULD YOU PLEASE TELL, TELL US WHAT, WHAT, WHAT, WHAT WOULD BE THE DESIRED BALANCE AMOUNT IN THIS BUDGET LINE NORMALLY FOR THIS TIME OF THE YEAR? UM, I HAVE A MOUTH THAT'S A POSITIVE NUMBER.

OKAY.

WELL, LET ME ASK YOU THIS QUESTION.

OKAY.

WHAT COULD YOU LET ME REACT TO THIS QUESTION? LET ME ASK THE QUESTION.

COULD YOU TELL US WHAT WAS THE, WHAT WAS THE BALANCE AMOUNT AT THIS TIME? WHAT WAS THE BALANCE AMOUNT IN THE, IN THE BUDGET LINE THIS TIME LAST YEAR? UM, I THINK YOU MAYBE REFERRING TO SORT OF TWO DIFFERENT THINGS.

THERE'S A BUDGET, AND THEN THERE'S THE CASH.

UM, I'M TALKING ABOUT THE RAINY DAY BUDGET, THE RAINY DAY BUDGET LINE.

THAT WAS THE QUESTION ON BALANCE.

VINCE YOU'RE REFERRING TO, I BELIEVE IS YOUR BALANCE.

YOU'RE REFERRING TO, UH, FOR THE DEBT SERVICE AND DEBT SERVICE FUND ALONE AT DECEMBER 31ST.

IT IS TYPICALLY IT THIS PAST YEAR, IT WAS ABOUT $12 MILLION, BUT FUNDS ARE COMBINED HERE TOGETHER.

THE FUND OUT TO 61 MILLION IS BOTH THE GENERAL FUND, A $44 MILLION BALANCE AND EDU 30 AND $12 MILLION DEBT SERVICE FUND BALANCE AT JUNE 30.

AND THOSE FUNDS HAVE BOTH BEEN EXALTED.

THOSE FUND BALANCES HAVE BOTH BEEN EXHAUSTED AT THIS POINT.

SO THERE IS NO REMAINING RAINY DAY RESERVES IN EITHER FUND AT DECEMBER OR AT THIS POINT IN A YEAR.

WE HAVE OTHER PEOPLE WHO WOULD LIKE TO ASK QUESTIONS, YOU'VE ASKED SEVERAL.

SO WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON RIGHT NOW.

THANK YOU, SIR.

UM, MY QUESTION IS TO, UH, ACTUALLY FOUR PEOPLE FROM RODRIGUEZ .

IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE THAT THE BOARD REALLY NEEDS TO KNOW ABOUT THIS? UH, TAN SEEMS LIKE WE'VE COVERED PRETTY MUCH EVERYTHING.

I THINK WE'VE COVERED EVERYTHING QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE HAD DOCTOR WAS ASKING MASCARA.

CAN EVERYBODY HEAR ME? YES.

UM, I JUST HAD A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS AND I'M LOOKING AT THE CHART AND I WANT THOUGH I'M LOOKING AT THE MEMORANDUM THAT TALKS ABOUT, UM, IN A NORMAL YEAR.

WELL, WE WOULDN'T SELECT.

AND SO,

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UM, WHAT WOULD BE USEFUL FOR YOUR CONVENIENCE IS CUTE REPAIR THIS CASHFLOW PROJECTION, BUT WITH THE NUMBERS IN, IT COMES UP BECAUSE I DO LIKE DATA POINTED OUT THAT 80 MILLION THAT RIGHT THERE IN A NORMAL YEAR, I DON'T KNOW IF THESE LUCKY'S PACK BALANCES LOOK LIKE PHYSICALLY, WOULD THEY BE IN A, HOW CLOSE WOULD THEY BE? SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I JUST LIKE TO ASK THREE FOR HIGH.

UM, THE BOARD HAS SAID THAT WE HAVE AN IDEA, UH, YOU KNOW, TYPICALLY YOUR, WHAT WAS IT GOING TO LOOK LIKE? UM, AND THEN I KNOW YOU MENTIONED THAT WE HAVE RECEIVED YOUR FUNDS, BUT THAT HASN'T BEEN RECONCILED PER TAB.

I WAS GOING TO JUST GIVE US A GENERAL BALLPARK OR YOUR BEST GUESS OF WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE RIGHT NOW FOR THE WEEKEND.

I HAVE ESTIMATE APPROXIMATELY 30 MILLION IS WHAT WE'VE SEEN.

UM, SO I DO WANT TO VERIFY THAT INFORMATION AND, AND CONSIDER THE, JUST WANT WERE RECONCILED YET FOR THE LAST THREE MONTHS, ACTUALLY.

SO OCTOBER, NOVEMBER, AND DECEMBER.

SO I WANT TO BE SURE THAT I'M GETTING THE ACCURATE NUMBER, BUT THAT IS AN ESTIMATE OF WHAT WE SEE SO FAR.

AND THEN MY LAST COMMENT IS THAT'S A GENERAL COMMENT FOR, FOR THE PUBLIC THAT THEY'RE AWARE.

UM, OBVIOUSLY OUR BOARD HAS BEEN WORKING VERY TIRELESSLY ON OUR POLICY AT WATER THAT WE HAVE RECENTLY DISCUSSED.

I BELIEVE WE'RE AT SECOND READING UP IS OUR NEW POLICY.

OH, EAT FIVE, TWO, UM, WHICH SET THE GOAL FOR THE DISTRICT TO HAVE A WAY FOR THE PARENTS.

SO I GUESS LIKE TO EMPHASIZE, AGAIN, THE BOARD'S COMMITMENT TO, UM, THIS IS NOT A STANDARD PROCEDURE AND A COMMITMENT IN POLICY THAT WE'RE GOING TO PUT ANY BOARD MEMBERS WHO HAVE NOT SPOKEN LIKE THE SPEAK MR. SMITH.

UH, MY QUESTION IS FOR MRS. HEIZER, DO YOU, DOES YOUR FIRM REPRESENTS A BUFORD COUNTY COUNCIL AS WELL? I DID BOND WORK FOR BUFORD COUNTY.

YES, SIR.

SO YOU'RE SO, SO, OKAY.

SO YOUR FIRM DOES REPRESENT ME AS A COUNTY COUNSELOR AS WELL IN CONNECTION WITH BOND BOARD.

YES, SIR.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.

OKAY.

WE HAVE A MOTION.

UM, AND YEAH, AS SOON AS MORE DOCS, THERE'S A PROPOSED MOTION.

THEY CAN BE MODIFIED OR CHANGED OR WHATEVER.

THAT'S WHAT THE BOARD'S WITLESS.

YEAH.

I HEREBY MOVE THAT WE ADOPT THE RESOLUTION IS AT THIS MEETING AUTHORIZING ISSUANCE OF SALE, NOT TO EXCEED A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS.

THAT'S A DISSIPATION OF 20, 20 100 MILLION, A HUNDRED MILLION ON A THOUSAND.

THAT 400 MILLION.

THIS IS YOUR LAST SECOND.

I SECOND IT, THANK YOU.

SO WE HAVE THE MOTION MADE BY MR. CAMPBELL, EXCUSE ME.

DELMIA AND SECOND FLAG, MS. PATRICIA PIGGISH.

UM, I WAS JUST TRYING TO GET THE MOTION.

OKAY.

YEAH.

SO I'M TRYING TO GET MY HAND DOWN.

OKAY.

THAT IS FINE.

SO I HAVE A QUESTION, UM, FROM THE LAST COMMENT.

SO THE, THE, YOUR, YOUR GUESSTIMATE ON THE TIF WHAT'S GOING TO BE ASSIGNED TO US IS PROBABLY YOU SAID 30 MILLION.

UH, IT HAPPENED TO HIM, BUT THE TAX COLLECTION DECEMBER.

YES.

SO WOULD THAT BE SUBTRACTED FROM THE HUNDRED MILLION, WHATEVER WE DO NEED TO HAVE A COMFORTABLE AMOUNT, MAKE SURE WE HAVE AN ACCURATE NUMBER OF THAT.

WE WOULD BE SUBTRACTING SOME AMOUNT IN THAT BALLPARK TO, UM, REDUCE THE A HUNDRED MILLION, UM, GRANNY AND I W AND CHAD WILL WORK TOGETHER TO GET A NUMBER THAT WE'RE COMFORTABLE WITH.

AND I CAN INFORM DR.

RUBBERY S AND ALSO WILL, OR OF WHAT THE FINAL

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INFORMATION IS AS WELL.

UM, AND THEN BY THE INFORMATION HE HAS REQUESTED, SO I CAN UPDATE THE BOAR, UH, VIA AN EMAIL COMMUNICATION, AND THEN FOR OTHER SPORTS OR AT A FUTURE BOARD MEETING.

MR. GUYER, THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.

I WANT TO MAKE A COMMENT THAT THE REASON THE AMOUNT IS SO HIGH IS BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF UNKNOWNS.

WE DON'T KNOW WHAT KIND OF REVENUE WE'RE GOING TO GET.

AND AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, OUR BOND COUNSEL IS TELLING US ABOUT, UH, THE COST.

WE KNOW WE GET REVENUE TO TWO SOURCES.

WE GET OUR OPERATIONAL FUNDS FROM BUSINESSES AND SECOND HOMEOWNERS.

THAT'S WHERE WE GET OUR OPERATION.

SPONGE TAX BILLS WILL GO OUT.

SOME OF THOSE TAX BILLS WILL BE GOING TO COMPANIES THAT ARE NO LONGER THERE.

SOME OF THESE COMPANIES AREN'T DEEP FINANCIAL TROUBLE, SECOND HOMEOWNERS WHO HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO RENT THEIR HOUSE ARE GOING TO BEGIN FINANCIAL TROUBLE.

SO THE BIG UNKNOWN IS HOW MUCH REVENUE ARE WE ACTUALLY GOING TO GET? SO WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE ENOUGH BECAUSE WE, WE HAVE A KNOWN BIGGER, AND THEN WE KNOW WHAT IT'S GOING TO COST TO TURN THE LIGHTS ON AND PAY OURSELVES.

SO HAVING A HIGHER AMOUNT MAKES VERY GOOD SENSE IN THIS CASE, I PULL, IF WE DON'T HAVE TO LOOK AT ANOTHER ONE, BUT WE SHOULD BE PREPARED, WE HAVE TO UNDER ALSO UNDERSTAND THIS IS NOT OUR FAULT.

THIS IS NOT OUR FAULT THAT THIS TAX BILLS DID NOT GO OUT.

THIS IS SOMETHING THAT HAS TO DO WITH A CONFLICT BETWEEN THE AUDITOR AND THE COUNTY COUNCIL.

IT WON'T BE RESOLVED OR SOME TIME, BUT IT'S NOTHING THAT WE DID.

NOTHING THAT THE DISTRICT DID.

IT CAUSED THIS.

WE ARE NOW REACTING TO IT.

AND UNFORTUNATELY, DISFUNCTION AT THE COUNTY LEVEL, FRANKLY, AS COST.

AND THE COST TO US IS ABOUT $350 MILLION, $350,000 AND $350,000.

IT IS NOT IN OUR BUDGET.

WE HAD DIDN'T ANTICIPATE THIS AT ALL.

SO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO FIGURE OUT WHERE WE'RE GOING TO GET THE MONEY TO DO THIS.

AND AFTER THIS MOTION IS RESOLVED, I HAD ANOTHER EMOTION ABOUT WHAT I SHOULD PROPOSE.

SHOULD WE DO REIMBURSE US FOR THIS COST.

THANK YOU.

MADAM CHAIR WAS ASKING.

UM, YEAH, JUST BASED ON THAT CONVERSATION, ONE LAST THING I WOULD LIKE TO REQUEST THAT WE RECEIVE AN UPDATE REGARDING THIS MEETING.

UM, MADAM CHAIR SOUNDED LIKE MS. DR.

ONESKI IS, IS MUFFLED.

CAN'T HEAR WHAT SHE'S SAYING.

I'M SORRY.

I WAS JUST MAKING A REQUEST THAT YOU RECEIVED AN UPDATE REGARDING THIS MATTER AT OUR NEXT BOARD MEETING.

YOU HEAR THAT? MR. SMITH? YES.

MA'AM.

THANK YOU.

MA'AM YES, I DO HEAR THAT.

OKAY, MR. STEAD, UH, UNFORTUNATELY TODAY THERE'S A, A LOT OF UNANSWERED QUESTIONS THAT I HAVE REGARDING THIS.

SO I WILL NOT BE ABLE TO SUPPORT THIS MOTION, UH, UH, DUE TO THAT, THERE, THERE, THERE'S STILL A LOT OF QUESTIONNAIRES AND THEY HAVE TO, I THINK, WORK THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE.

SO, UNFORTUNATELY, TODAY I JUST WON'T BE ABLE TO SUPPORT THIS MOTION BECAUSE OF THAT.

ALL RIGHT.

THEY'RE BEING OFFERED THEIR HANDS UP THOUGH, TO USE OPEN.

SO WE GO INTO BOARD DOCS NOW TO VOTE ELECTRONICALLY.

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THE VOTING IS CLOSED AND EMOTION HERE.

WE SPEND ONE MOVE.

I THOUGHT MR. SMITH WAS GOING TO ABSTAIN, BUT YOU SAID NO, INSTEAD, EXCUSE ME.

SO THE MOTION CARRIED CARRIES TEN ONE.

THE WINDOW WAS MR. WILLIAMS, MR. DAVE DYER, MADAM CHAIR.

I MENTIONED THAT WE HAVE TO HAVE SOME WAY WE COVERED THE FUNDS THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO SPEND TO GET THIS TAN, APPROXIMATELY $350,000.

SO THERE, SORRY, I'M SORRY.

WHAT DID YOU SHOW ME? AND MAYBE PUT YOUR MAP YOUR MASK.

NO, YOU CAN LEAVE YOUR MASK UP, BUT PUT YOUR MASK MOUSE CLOSER TO THE MICROPHONE.

WE NEED TO HAVE A MEANS TO GET REIMBURSED FOR THE MONEY THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO SPEND AT THIS THROUGH NO FAULT OF OUR OWN.

AND SO THEREFORE I MOVE THAT UPON COMPLETION OF THE CURRENT LITIGATION BETWEEN BUFORD COUNTY COUNCIL AND THE VIEW BURKE COUNTY AUDITOR THAT THE BUFORD COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT CHIEF LEGAL ACTION TO RECOVER ALL THE COSTS THAT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT WILL BE FORCED TO PAY ON AN UNBUDGETED TAX ANTICIPATED NODE DUE TO THE INABILITY OF BUFORD COUNTY TO SEND OUT PROPERTY BILLS ON A TIMELY BASIS.

IT'S NOW LEGAL ACTION.

OKAY.

SO LEGAL ACTION.

CAMPBELL'S SECOND EMOTION.

SO LEGAL ACTION CAN BE NOTHING MORE THAN A DEMAND THING YOU OWE.

IT COULD BE A SUIT.

I DON'T THINK IT'S GOING TO COME TO THAT, BUT I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE COUNTY COUNCIL KNOWS THAT THEY OWE US THE MONEY TO TAKE CARE, TO PUT THIS TAN IN PLACE.

AND WHAT IF I WAS ON THE COUNTY COUNCIL? WHAT I WOULD DO IS I'D SAY, OKAY, ON YOUR NEXT MILLAGE RATE FOR THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR, WE'RE GOING TO BUMP IT UP A QUARTER MILL OR A HALF A MILL OR WHATEVER IT TAKES TO GENERATE THAT KIND OF MONEY.

AND THAT WOULD TAKE CARE OF, BUT WE CAN'T JUST ALLOW THIS TO NOT BE REIMBURSED AT COUNTY HAS TO UNDERSTAND THAT OUR FUNDING IS VERY CRITICAL BECAUSE WE HAVE TO TAKE YOUR KIDS.

WE HAVE TO TAKE CARE OF TEACHERS.

WE GOT TO TURN THE LIGHTS ON AND WE CANNOT HAVE A $350,000 VOGUING.

IT'S SPRUNG ON US AT THE LAST MINUTE AND REACT TO.

SO THIS MOTION IS TO SEND A SHOT ACROSS THE BOW.

IF YOU WILL, TO THE COUNTY COUNCIL THAT WE NEED TO HAVE THIS MONEY BACK.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, MADAM CARROTS.

UM, MY MAIN QUESTION IS IF, IF I SUPPORTED THIS MOTION, HOW CAN I BE SURE THAT ANY MONEY THAT IS REFUTE IS NOT GOING TO BE PLACED ONTO THE BACK THERE TOO, OR NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR THE DISAGREEMENTS THAT ARE GOING ON AT THE COUNTY LEVEL? MY BIGGEST CONCERN IS IF WE'RE DOING SOMETHING LIKE THAT, TAKING LEGAL ACTION AGAINST THE COUNTY, WHOEVER IT BE, MY CONCERN IS THAT THAT'S JUST AN FAIR, IT'S NOT HER.

IT'S NOT, YES.

IT'S PLANNING.

AND YOU WILL GET PEOPLE WHO WERE THE ACT.

YEAH.

SPAM RESPOND MANAGER, GO AHEAD.

THE TAXPAYER, YOU KNOW, LET'S, LET'S DO SOME FUN HYPOTHETICAL.

LET'S SAY THAT THE LITIGATION SAYS THE COUNTY YOUR FAULT, OR CONVERSELY AUTOTRADER AT FAULT.

NOW THEY'RE NOT GOING TO WRITE A CHECK.

THEY DON'T, THEY'VE GOT BUDGETS AS WELL.

IT'S GOING TO COME FROM THE TAX PAYER, RIGHT? ANY WAY YOU LOOK AT IT, IT'S GOING TO COME FROM THE TAXPAYER.

BUT THE COUNTY GIVES US OUR OPERATIONS BUDGET.

THEY'RE THE ONES THAT IMPROVE HOW MUCH MONEY THE TAXPAYERS ARE GOING TO HAVE TO DO, GIVE US.

AND THEY SET THE MILLAGE ACCORDINGLY.

WE GO INTO THE BUDGET NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE COUNTY COUNCIL AND WE NEED TO SAY TO THEM, HEY, WAIT A MINUTE.

DON'T FORGET

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BECAUSE YOU ALL COULDN'T GET THIS RESOLVED AND GET THE TAX BILLS OUT ON TIME.

WE HAD TO SPEND $350,000 ON AN ADDITIONAL OBTAIN ANY, YOU KNOW, THIS IS WHAT, WHEN YOU SQUEEZE HERE AND YOU KNOW, SOMEONE'S GOING TO PAY AND IT'S NOT GOING TO BE A, UH, A SUIT AGAINST STEVE RODMAN OR, OR TO MR. BECKERT OR ANYBODY ELSE.

THEY'RE NOT GOING TO PICK OUT OR OUT OF THEIR CHECKBOOK.

IT'S GOING TO COME FROM TEXAS.

AND THAT'S THE COST OF HAVING JUST FUNCTIONAL GOVERNMENT.

AND THAT'S WHAT IT IS.

IT'S DYSFUNCTIONAL.

THEY WEREN'T ABLE TO GET IT DONE ON TIME.

THERE'S A COST.

YES.

AND THEN I'M GOING TO HAVE GO TO MR. SMITH.

AND SO MY RESPONSE TO THAT IS RIGHT NOW, IT'S COMING FROM THE TAX PAYERS AND IT'S GOING TO COME FROM THE TAXPAYER AGAIN IN THAT CASE.

SO I CAN'T, I, I FEEL LIKE WE SHOULD ISSUE SOMETHING ELSE THAT I CAN'T SUPPORT PUTTING THAT ON TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC WHO ARE ON THE RIGHT NOW OR GOING THROUGH THIS BACK, ALONG WITH ETHANOL, IT FELT GOOD.

BUT IF WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO PAY IT NOW, AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO ASK FOR IT AND BE PAID AGAIN LATER, OR TWO WEEKS LATER, HAD AN EFFECT ON THAT LOCK.

SO HOLD, HOLD YOUR THOUGHT.

OKAY.

I'M GOING TO COME BACK TO YOU, MR. SMITH, AND THEN MR. LPN.

OH, I, UM, I WANT TO SAY, I ABSOLUTELY AGREE WITH DR.

ONESKI.

UM, ALONG WITH SOMETHING MORE, MY, MY, ONE OF MY COMMENTS WAS GONNA BE ALONG THE SAME LINE.

I DO BELIEVE STRONGLY THAT WE'RE PUTTING THE CART BEFORE THE HORSE.

UH, ONCE AGAIN, UH, W W W WITH THIS EMOTION, THAT'S ON THE FLOOR RIGHT NOW, BECAUSE TO ME, THERE ARE STILL, UH, SEVERAL QUESTIONS THAT ARE OUT THERE, YOU KNOW, FOR, FOR US TO ASK THEM, WE'RE FORCED TO MAKE THIS AN ASSUMPTION.

IT SEEMED LIKE WE W IT WOULD BE, WE COULD BE COMFORTABLE TO SAY THAT THAT, THAT, THAT OUR BOND COUNCIL, ALONG WITH OUR SUPERINTENDENT HAS SAT DOWN WITH THE AUDITOR AND THE TREASURER.

AND ALONG WITH OUR CFO, ALONG WITH OUR CFO, AND I'VE HAD OUR CONVERSATION AND, UH, TO, TO GET CLARITY, CLARITY ON THIS.

AND, AND RIGHT NOW, I'M NOT SURE IF, SO OF A COUPLE OF THOSE, UM, I'M NOT SURE I'M NOT SURE OF THAT.

AND, YOU KNOW, EVEN TONIGHT IN THE AGENDA SETTING, I ASKED HER WHY I ACTUALLY CHEER, UH, WHAT ARE WE GOING TO WIN? WHAT WE'RE GOING TO INVITE THE AUDITOR TO THIS MEETING TONIGHT.

THAT THAT WAS IN PLACE WHEN WE WENT, WE, WHEN WE, WHEN WE DISCUSS HAVING THE ADDITIONALLY, HAVING THIS MEETING, WHEN SHE SAID THAT MISS HAZARA WILL BE THERE.

SO ONCE AGAIN, I HAVE A LOT OF QUESTIONS.

AND, AND ALSO THEN I THINK THERE'S, THERE'S A LITTLE BIT MORE CLARITY AND THERE'S, THERE'S INFORMATION THAT I'M NOT SURE OF.

AND THAT'S STILL, UH, MAKES ME VERY UNCOMFORTABLE TO SUPPORT THIS MOTION.

SO, ALONG WITH WHAT I JUST SAID AND WHAT, WITHOUT THE WHAT'S NEXT YOU SAY, I CAN'T JUST, CAN'T JUST KEEP TAXING PEOPLE A DOUBLE, YOU KNOW, I JUST CAN'T KEEP MAKING TAX PAYERS PAY FOR PEOPLE'S MISTAKES.

SO I WON'T BE ABLE TO SUPPORT THIS MOTION TONIGHT, BECAUSE, BECAUSE OF, OF, OF, OF WHAT I JUST STATED.

THANK YOU, MR. EARL CAMPBELL AND WATCHING, SHOWING US MAYBE NEVER AGAIN.

SO WE STILL, RIGHT? YES.

CAN YOU HEAR ME? YEAH.

JUST PUT YOUR MASK WELL, CLOSE TO THE MICROPHONE.

THANK YOU.

SINCE MY DISTRICT PROBABLY REPRESENTS THE MOST SECOND HOMEOWNERS IN THE COUNTY, UM, MY QUESTION IS THIS, JUST UNDERSTAND IF WE DON'T GET THE MONEY DON'T WE HAVE TO CUT SEVEN TEACHERS OFFICE.

I MEAN, IT'S NOT LIKE I'M, SO I DON'T WANT, AND I'M SURE MY NEIGHBORS WOULD BE HERE WITH ME, ANYTIME ABOUT RAISING THEIR TAXES ON MY FIRST DAY.

UM, BUT I ALSO WONDER IF WE DON'T GET THE COUNTY TO REIMBURSE US.

I DON'T KNOW WHERE WE FIND TRACKING DOWN.

NOW SHE'S STARTING TO BUDGET AND WE'RE ALREADY OUT FOR KEY FII AND ALL THE ADDITIONAL SAFETY MANAGERS, ET CETERA.

SO, I MEAN, FIRST GLANCE, I WOULD DEFINITELY SUPPORT THIS MOTION BECAUSE I DON'T THINK WE CAN SUSTAIN IT FOR YOUR $2,000 CUT.

SO I'M GOING TO COME BACK TO DICK, BECAUSE I DID SAY I WAS COMING BACK TO YOU AND I THANK YOU THAT.

SURE.

YES.

I UNDERSTAND THE ISSUE THAT YOU, THAT YOU'D RAISED, RACHEL.

THE PROBLEM IS WHAT DO WE CUT? AND WE'LL HAVE TO CUT, YOU KNOW, WE ALWAYS DO

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HAVE SALARIES IF WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THAT'S 80% OF OUR BUDGET SALVAGE.

SO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, WE'RE GOING TO BE CUTTING THINGS LIKE SUPPLIES.

WE NEED TO BE CUTTING THINGS LIKE TRIPS FOR PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT.

I MEAN, THERE'S, THERE'S A PRICE TO PAY, OR, YOU KNOW, THAT ASSUMES, IF YOU SAY THAT WE SHOULD NOT DO THAT, THAT ASSUMES THAT WE HAVE $350,000 SYDNEY, WE ENDED UP SLUSH FUND SOMEPLACE THAT OH, THAT WE, WE COULD USE THAT FUNDING TO TAKE CARE OF.

WE DON'T, WE SIMPLY DON'T.

AND SO TO JUST LET THIS GO IS ONE BAD PRECEDENT.

AND AS MR. CAMPBELL SAID, YOU KNOW, LAST YEAR THE REVENUE WAS $2 MILLION SHORT FROM WHAT THE COUNTY SAID, THEY WERE GOING TO GIVE CAUSE YEAR BEFORE IT WAS $9 MILLION.

WHEN IS IT GOING TO, AND, AND, AND WE HAD TO START TAKING A STAIN.

THANK YOU, MR. .

YEAH.

ON THE SANDBAR SPOKE WRITER AND KIND OF GUY, SOMEHOW SOMEBODY HAD TO TAKE THE RESPONSIBILITY FOR EDUCATING.

UM, WE KEEP TAKING THE GUTS AND THEN THEY EXPECTING US TO DELIVER A PRODUCT THAT WE ARE GOING TO BE TOTALLY THE BAGS OF NOVICE.

SO SOMEBODY HAS TO TAKE THE RESPONSIBILITY FOR WHERE THE MONEY IS GOING AND HOW WE'RE UTILIZING THE BOAT.

SO THAT, TO ME, IT'S A, IT'S AN IDEAL DISCUSSION ON A PUBLIC DEBATE.

AND I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD, WE NATE ON IT BECAUSE WHERE DO WE FIND, YOU KNOW, $50,000 A LEAD AT FAT AND NO BUDGET.

AND WE DON'T AROUND THEM.

THE ARGUMENT OF EVERY YEAR WE AFFECT, AND WE GOT MONEY THAT THE COUNTY CAN SAY, OKAY, USE YOUR EXTRA MONEY TO PAY THE INTEREST ON TOWN LOANS.

SO IN MY MIND, WE HAVE TO BRING THAT DISCUSSION, COME TO THE FOREFRONT, MR. DAVIS, THANK YOU.

MADAM CHAIR.

YEAH.

THERE'S ONLY ONE PLACE.

ALL THE MONEY COMES FROM THERE ALL COMES FROM THE TAX PAYER.

IT'S JUST WHICH STORE COMES ON.

I GUESS WHAT MY QUESTION IS, IS THERE ANY, IS THERE A SHIFT HERE FROM, WE MAKE IT A DEBT? DOES THAT MEAN THAT IT'S SPRAYED ON ALL THE TAXPAYERS AND NOT JUST THE SIX PERCENTERS, WHICH ARE OPERATIONAL BUDGET? IT'S NOT OUR SHIFT ORDERS.

THE SAME GROUPS OF PEOPLE WOULD HAVE PAID IT EVEN.

DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? YEAH, MAYBE YOU REPEAT THAT.

I DIDN'T CATCH THE BEGINNING.

I JUST, I'M TRYING TO SEE IT.

IF THE TAX BURDEN IS BEING SHIFTED FROM SIX PERCENTERS BEFORE PERCENTERS, BECAUSE THIS A DEBT SERVICE THAT'S GOING TO USE THE COVER OPERATION.

I'M NOT SURE ON SMALL WHEN YOU USE, ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT THE 350,000? IN MY OPINION, IT'S AN OPERATIONS COST AND IT COULD NOT BE CHARGED TO DEBT SERVICE.

OKAY.

STAYS WHERE YES, SIR.

SO PEOPLE THAT ARE GOING TO BEAR THIS BURDEN UP 6%, IT'S A BUSINESS.

YES.

IT'S GOING TO BE FOR B.

THE COUNTY IS GOING TO ATTACK SOMETHING, GIVE IT TO US.

PERFECT COUNTIES FOR NOW.

LET US TAX.

OKAY.

THANK YOU.

I STILL CAN'T SUPPORT THE MOTION.

AND I DO UNDERSTAND THAT PEOPLE HAVE TO BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE.

AND I THINK THAT THERE ARE MAJOR PROBLEMS WITH THE PROCESS.

THERE WAS MENTIONING OF PREVIOUS, UM, SHORT BALLS AND, YOU KNOW, CALCULATION IF YOU USE AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

AND THAT'S STILL HASN'T BEEN ADDRESSED.

UM, I THINK THIS IS PREMATURE.

I DIDN'T GET READS, UM, SOME ASSUMPTIONS THAT WE WOULD HAVE TO MAKE CUTS SOMEWHERE AND KNOW THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO CUT TEACHERS OR CUT THIS OR CUT THAT.

I THINK THAT'S ALL ASSUMPTIONS AT THIS POINT.

UM, AND WE'RE VERY EARLY AND WE'RE DOING THIS IN A MANNER TO, UM, TAKE CARE OF OUR BUDGET AND MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE HEALTHY.

BUT I THINK THAT GOING FORWARD WITH SOMETHING LIKE THIS, A POTENTIAL LITIGATION, WHETHER IT BE A DEMAND LETTER, AN ACTUAL SUIT AGAINST ANOTHER GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION IS THAT I COME ACROSS.

UM, IT'S NOT REALLY BAD PRECEDENT FOR FIXING THOSE PROCESSES, THOSE PROBLEMS THAT ARE OCCURRING RIGHT NOW.

I DON'T THINK WE'RE DOING ANYTHING TO MAKE INTERIM GOVERNMENT PROCESSES WORK ANY BETTER, BUT

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MS. OKAY.

UM, ONE THING I WAS GOING TO SAY TOO, IS THAT, UH, MY, MY QUESTION WOULD BE RIGHT.

I'LL ALSO ANOTHER LINE ALONG THE LINES OF PUTTING THE CART BEFORE THE HORSE.

UM, HOW, HOW DOES, HOW DOES THIS IMPACT OPERATIONS THAT LESS THAN A THOUSAND STUDENTS AS WELL? YOU KNOW, THE, THE, ONE OF THE CRITICAL NEEDS THAT WE'VE HAD TO PASS MAY HAVE, MAY HAVE NOT BEEN AS CRITICAL OF, OF, OF THE FUNDING.

WHAT DOES LOSING THE A, I BELIEVE IT WAS A THOUSAND STUDENTS BEFORE BREAK WAS WHAT WE WOULD, WHAT WE WERE, UH, WE WERE TOLD, YOU KNOW, SO THE, THE FUNDING FUNDING MAY NOT BE EXACTLY WHAT WE'RE UNDERSTANDING THAT THEY DIDN'T THAT THE OCCURRENCES.

SO, LIKE I SAID, THERE'S A LOT OF, OF QUESTIONS THAT ARE STILL OUT THERE ALONG WITH EVEN, IT ALMOST SEEMS AS THOUGH WE'RE W W W W WE, UH, DON'T WELL, WE DON'T MIND DOUBLE, DOUBLE TAXING, SO THAT, THAT'S JUST, THAT'S, THAT'S JUST WHERE, WHERE, UH, THE POINT OF THAT I'M LOOKING FROM IT AS WELL.

SO ONCE AGAIN, I WILL NOT BE ABLE TO SUPPORT, BECAUSE LIKE I SAID, THERE'S A LOT OF QUESTIONS OUT.

THEN I FEEL THAT WE'RE PUTTING THE CART BEFORE THE HORSE IN THAT WAY, WHERE WE'RE MAKING A DECISION THAT THAT IS VERY CRITICAL, UM, OFF OF EMOTIONS.

AND THERE ARE A LOT OF QUESTIONS THAT NEEDS TO BE ANSWERED.

UM, I JUST LIKE TO SAY THAT, UM, WE ARE NOT DOUBLE TAXING.

WE, UH, ARE OWED THIS MONEY THROUGH TAXES.

THE TAXES HAVE NOT BEEN COLLECTED BECAUSE THE BILLS HAVE NOT BEEN SENT OUT.

UM, I DON'T KNOW, MAYBE THEY HAVE SOME INSURANCE THAT COULD COVER THIS, UH, YOU KNOW, PERSONNEL INSURANCE, WHERE THEY HAVE MADE, UH, ERRORS, BUT THIS IS NOT US DOUBLE TAXING.

I DON'T BELIEVE THAT.

I BELIEVE THAT, UM, WE ARE HOLDING THE COUNTY ACCOUNTABLE FOR DOING THEIR JOB.

IT WASN'T DONE, UH, NO FURTHER DISCUSSION.

THE MOTION CARRIES NINE TO THE TWO NAMES ARE DR.

AND MR. SMITH.

SO THE NEXT STEPS FOR THIS AND THE PRIOR MOTION REALLY ARE, THE ADMINISTRATION WILL COME BACK OUR NEXT BUSINESS MEETING, JULY, JULY, JANUARY, UPDATED FIGURES, FROM WHAT, YOU KNOW, AT THAT POINT, WE NOW ARE ON TODAY'S AGENDA ITEM OF AN UPDATE ON YOUR SCHOOL, OPENING FOR OUR SUPERINTENDENT.

AND THANK FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TONIGHT TO SHARE WITH YOU A BIT OF INFORMATION REGARDING FIRST COUPLE DAYS, THIS WEEK, AS YOU KNOW, WE BEGAN FIVE DAYS A WEEK FACE TO FACE INSTRUCTION.

WE CONTINUE TO OFFER THE VIRTUAL SCHOOL, THOSE FAMILIES THAT REQUESTED THEM.

I WANT TO FIRST RECOGNIZE AND ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THERE ARE TEACHERS THAT HAVE DEVELOPED ANXIOUS ABOUT AND CONCERNED ABOUT THE RETURN FIVE DAYS A WEEK.

I'D LIKE TO TAKE A MOMENT AND CLARIFY HOW WE ARRIVED AT THIS DECISION AND WHY IT IS DIFFERENT THAN AUGUST.

NOW, AUGUST NO ONE KNEW HOW THE VIRUS WOULD MANIFEST ITSELF WITHIN SCHOOL.

AND THE ONLY DATA AVAILABLE AT THAT TIME WAS COUNTY WIDE DATA AND STATE LEVEL DATA AS A RESULT.

THAT IS WHAT WE USED IN THE DECISION-MAKING PROCESS AT THAT TIME, SINCE THEN, WE'VE BEEN MONITORING SEVEN SCHOOL DISTRICTS THAT HAVE GONE FACE TO FACE SINCE THE BEGINNING.

SO MORE IN HIGH SPREAD AREAS.

AND THEY HAD BEEN SEEING VERY LOW INFECTION RATE

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IN THEIR SCHOOLS.

WE LOOKED AT OUR OWN INFECTION RATES AND POSITIVE HAS ALSO BEEN VERY LOW IN OUR SCHOOLS AFTER CHECKING IN WITH DISTRICTS AND ASKING QUESTIONS ABOUT THEIR PROTOCOLS.

WE FOUND THAT WE HAVE SIMILAR PROTOCOLS AND AT TIMES ARE MAYBE MORE STRINGENT.

FOR EXAMPLE, MASS ARE REQUIRED AT ALL TIMES WITHIN OUR BUILDINGS.

ADDITIONALLY, PRIOR TO BREAK, I SPOKE WITH AN INFECTIOUS DISEASE DOCTOR FROM WHO HAS BEEN MONITORING DATA AND WORKING WITH SEVERAL SCHOOL DISTRICTS ACROSS THE STATE.

THEY ARE FINDING THAT CLASSROOMS HAVE NOT BEEN THE SETTING FOR THE TRANSMISSION OF THE DISEASE.

THEY ARE FINDING THAT SCHOOL PROTOCOLS, INCLUDING FOREIGN GENES HAVE BEEN AFFECTED.

THEY'RE FINDING THAT PERSONAL BEHAVIORS AND DECISIONS ARE THE SOURCE OF THE TRANSMISSION IN THE COMMUNITY AND GOOD PRACTICES SUCH AS WEARING MASKS, GOOD HYGIENE, AND AS MUCH FACING AS POSSIBLE ARE IMPORTANT PIECE.

THEY UNDERSTAND THAT SIX FEET IS NOT ALWAYS POSSIBLE AND GOING FIVE DAYS A WEEK FACE TO FACE, BUT THEY FEEL THAT TO THE EXTENT POSSIBLE COMBINED WITH MASKS ARE AN IMPORTANT COMPONENT, AND IT HAS BEEN EFFECTIVE ALONG WITH MEETING LUNCHES WITHIN CLASSROOMS, RATHER THAN IN THE CAFETERIA PRACTICE THAT WE HAVE FURTHERMORE, ON A CONFERENCE CALL WITH SUPERINTENDENTS TODAY, DR.

BELL FROM DAN REITERATED THAT CLASSROOMS ARE NOT THE SETTING FOR THE TRANSMISSION.

AS THEY SEE IT.

SHE SAID THAT THE DATA DOES NOT SUPPORT CLASSROOMS BEING A SIGNIFICANT FORCE OF THE DRINK MACHINE STUDENTS, OR HAVING A CHALLENGING TIME ACADEMICALLY WITH THE INSTRUCTIONAL MODALITIES OF VIRTUAL HYBRID.

SOME STUDENTS HAVE DONE WELL, BUT MANY OF THE SCRUB MEDIA OUTLETS HAD A CHANCE TO SPEAK WITH SOUTHERN STUDENTS ON MONDAY TO MONDAY MORNING, WHO CLEARLY ARTICULATED TO THEM THAT THEY STRUGGLED IN THE OTHER MODALITIES AND COULD NOT EASILY ACCESS THE HELP THAT THEY NEEDED.

AS YOU KNOW, THIS IS AN IMPACT THAT EVERYONE ON A MENTAL HEALTH PERSPECTIVE OVER THE BREAK, I READ HER NOVEMBER ARTICLE ON THE IMPACT OF THE PANDEMIC ON CHILDREN AND YOUNG ADULTS.

ONE IN FOUR HAS STRUGGLED WITH SUICIDE WITH LOCKS SINCE THE CORONAVIRUS HIT ACCORDING TO THE CDC.

SO WHEN CONSIDERING THE DECISION TO RETURN TO FIVE DAYS A WEEK FACE TO FACE THE LOW TRANSMISSION RATE OF THE DISEASE IN CLASSROOMS, NOT ONLY IN OUR OWN SCHOOLS, BUT ALSO IN OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS, FOUR OR FIVE DAYS A WEEK FACE TO FACE SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR, THE PERSPECTIVE OF AN INFECTIOUS DISEASE DOCTOR AT MUFC DR.

BELL, DR.

FOWCHEE AND THE CDC, WHICH HAVE ALL SAID, THEY'RE NOT SEEING HIGH TRANSMISSION IN CLASSROOMS AND THINK FACE TO FACE INSTRUCTION AS POSSIBLE, AND CAN HAVE HER TROUBLED WITH STUDENTS AND CAN OCCUR THIS COUPLED WITH STUDENTS' ACADEMIC STRUGGLES, MENTAL HEALTH IMPACTS OF LAWS OR CONTINUED SUPPORT OF STAFF ACCOMMODATIONS WERE CRITICAL FACTORS IN THAT DECISION.

WE'RE ABLE TO CONTINUE PROVIDING CHILDCARE SUPPORT FOR OUR TEACHER AND OUR EMOTIONAL SUPPORT INITIATIVE FOR STAFF IS BEING BYLAWS.

THIS IS EMOTIONAL SUPPORT IS THAT, IS THAT AS A RESULT OF A REQUEST FROM TEACHERS THAT WE HAVE RECEIVED.

AND SO WE ARE PUTTING THAT IN PLACE AS WE BEGAN THE WEEK.

I'M WONDERING THEY WANT, I JUST FIRST SENIOR STAFF TO VISIT SCHOOLS ACROSS OUR COUNTY.

I PERSONALLY SPEND A DAY TEACHING AT BATTERY PRE-CRISIS WAS A PLEASURE CHIEF WITH BRITTANY BINGO AND OUTSTANDING SOCIAL STUDIES TEACHER.

THANK YOU, BRITTANY, FOR SHARING YOUR CLASSROOM AND YOUR STUDENTS WITH ME.

I TAUGHT THREE AMERICAN HISTORY CLASSES OVER IN THE CAUSES OF WORLD WAR TWO.

THE STUDENTS WERE ENGAGED AND HAPPY TO BE BACK IN SCHOOL.

AS I STOOD IN THE HALLWAY DURING CLASS CHANGES, I INTERACTED WITH STUDENTS AND WITH TEACHERS, THE MOST POPULATED CLASSES AND BARRIERS, OPEN DESKS, AND THE SMALLER CLASSES WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF PUTTING THEM ON HANDS-OFF FOR A TEAM, DID AN OUTSTANDING JOB IN THE MORNING AND IN THE AFTERNOON, THANK YOU TO OUR SCHOOL FOOD SERVICES FOR WORKING THROUGH THE INCREASE IN DEMAND FOR DAILY MEALS AT SCHOOL.

NOW I'D ALSO LIKE TO THANK OUR NURSES FOR THEIR CONSTANT DEDICATION TO PROTECTING OUR STUDENTS AND STAFF.

OUR NURSES ARE DOING AN AMAZING JOB CONTACT TRACING, WHICH AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, TAKES A GREAT DEAL OF TIME TO SUPPORT THIS.

WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF TRYING TO HIRE ADDITIONAL NURSES, TO ESTABLISH A DEDICATED CONTACT RACING TEAM DURING INDEPENDENT, THAT DEDICATED CONTACT TRACING TEAM WOULD OPERATE FROM THE DISTRICT OFFICE TO SUPPORT SCHOOLS IN THAT CONTACT TRACING, WHICH IS HELPFUL, AND ALSO SEEING TRENDS AND PATTERNS THAT YOU THINK ARE TEACHERS IN THE TRENCHES FOR YOUR OUTSTANDING DEDICATION AND YOUR COMMITMENT TO THE STUDENTS THAT YOU SERVE.

SO ALL OF OUR EMPLOYEES THANK

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YOU FOR WHAT YOU DO ON A DAILY BASIS.

I ADMIRE YOU TREMENDOUS.

THE REPORTS ARE RECEIVED FROM SENIOR STAFF ON THEIR VISITS.

THE SCHOOL WAS SIMILAR TO MY EXPERIENCE AT BEAR CREEK.

PLEASE UNDERSTAND THERE ARE CHALLENGES THAT EXIST.

EVERYTHING IS NOT PERFECT, RIGHT? SO THERE ARE CHALLENGES THAT EXIST WITH DAILY OPERATION, SUCH AS BARRIERS TEACHERS FIND THEM CUMBERSOME.

THEY FIND THE NUISANCE WHEN TEACHING STUDENTS AREN'T THRILLED WITH THEM, MEANING WE'RE LOOKING INTO OTHER BARRIER OPTIONS THAT MAY BE MORE SUITABLE FOR THEIR NEEDS AND STILL ACCOMPLISH THE SAME FUNCTION.

OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH NUSC WILL ASSIST IN THIS.

AS WE WORKED WITH THEM IN REVIEWING OUR PROTOCOL AND LOOKING AT WHAT WE HAVE IN PLACE AT OUR SCHOOL.

FURTHERMORE, I WAS ABLE TO MAKE ARRANGEMENT FOR OUR NURSES TO BEGIN RECEIVING THE VACCINE NEXT WEEK IN CHARLESTON, TO THIS PARTNERSHIP WITH THEM USC, WHERE WE WERE READY TO EXECUTE ON THIS AND BEGAN PLAN.

WHEN WE HEARD THAT LOCALLY, OUR SCHOOL NURSES COULD BEGIN RECEIVING THE VACCINE RIGHT HERE.

AND AS A RESULT, THE NISSAN ROUTE, OUR LEAD NURSE WAS ABLE TO COORDINATE TO GET THIS ACCOMPLISHED.

AND AS I UNDERSTAND IT, THEY HAVE ALREADY BEGUN RECEIVING FIRST DOSE OF THE VACCINE AND THEY'RE REGISTERING AND THERE'S SORT OF STANDARD OUT AS TO WHEN THEY GO AND RECEIVE IT.

BUT THAT CAUSED A SEVEN TUESDAY EVENING.

DOCTOR WAS NESTED.

HE CALLED ME AFTER THE BOARD MEETING TO SHARE THAT SHE HAD BEEN WORKING WITH SENATOR DAVIS AND OTHER LOCAL LEADERS TO FIND A PUSH FOR THE PHASE ONE B, WHICH IS WHERE OUR EDUCATION SECTOR WORKERS ARE IN THE VACCINATION PLAN.

THIS WOULD INCLUDE TEACHERS SUPPORT, STAFF, COUNSELORS, BUS DRIVERS, COACHES, AND THOSE MOST AT RISK FOR EXPOSURE IN OUR WEDNESDAY DOCTOR WAS NASTY.

AND I HAVE JOINED THE CALL AND SENATOR DAVIS, MR. PASSING, THAT HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATORS AND OTHER KEY HEALTH PROFESSIONALS, AS THEY ORGANIZE THE LOCAL TOWN WITHIN THE COMMUNITY TO SUPPORT THE VACCINATION PROCESS.

WE ADVOCATED FOR OUR PHASE ONE.

WE EMPLOYEES DOWN THE OPPORTUNITY AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

FINALLY, TODAY ARE PARTICIPATED IN A CONFERENCE CALL THE STATE SUPERINTENDENT SUPERINTENDENTS ACROSS THE STATE AND DR.

, AS SHE SHARED INFORMATION ABOUT THE VACCINES AND THAT THEY WOULD BE LOOKING TO DO PHASE ONE B THE PHASE ONE B AS SOON AS POSSIBLE, COMPLETE MY UPDATE.

TAKE ANY QUESTIONS.

YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS MR. MARK, UM, HOW MANY FACULTY MEMBERS DO WE HAVE TO GO WITH OUR TEAM? AND ARE THERE ANY SCHOOLS THAT HAVE A LARGE AMOUNT, A NOTE THAT THE PARENT CALLED PARENT TEACHER CALLED IN AND SAID THAT TEACHERS THAT ARE BEING QUARANTINE THOUGH, BEING SUBSTITUTED BY REGULAR TEACHERS, UH, SET UP AN ORIGINAL SETTING WHEN REGULAR TEACHERS TAKING OVER THE CLASSROOM, WHICH SHE'LL REPRESENT SOME KIND OF LOGISTICAL PROBLEM THAT THEY HAVE LOW, BUT I WOULDN'T KNOW HOW MANY TEACHERS WE HAVE DISTRICT WIDE.

THERE ARE POCKETS OF AREAS WHERE TEACHERS ARE OUT SIGNIFICANT INSIGNIFICANT NUMBERS CURRENTLY MORE THAN TWO.

SO CURRENTLY WE HAVE, UM, IN TERMS OF, OF, UH, OF, UH, CASES THIS WEEK, WE HAVE CURRENTLY 19 CASES THIS WEEK, BUT WE'RE ALSO DEALING WITH, UH, AND THESE ARE POSITIVE CASES ARE NOT GUARANTEED, OF COURSE, BUT THERE ARE OTHER FOREIGN GENES AS YOU, AS YOU WOULD IMAGINE FROM THE PREVIOUS WEEK, WHICH IS THE ACTIVE MINDELL TWO WEEK WINDOW, RIGHT? SO THE PREVIOUS WEEK, WHILE WE WERE ON BREAK, UH, THERE WAS STILL 62, UH, CASES, ACTIVE POSITIVE CASES.

NOW THAT INCLUDES MR. CAMPBELL, THAT INCLUDES YOUR STUDENTS.

THAT INCLUDES TEACHERS.

THAT INCLUDES EMPLOYEES.

THAT INCLUDES, UH, UH, EVERYBODY 24,000 PEOPLE,

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3000 POINTS.

HERE'S MY QUESTION.

THAT'S ANOTHER QUESTION.

OKAY.

UM, SINCE, YOU KNOW, YOU'VE MENTIONED THAT THE STUDENT POPULATION IS MANAGEABLE IN TERMS OF WHAT CAN HAPPEN IS MINIMIZED.

I REALLY WANT TO FOCUS ON THE ADULT POPULATION THAT YOU HAVE THOSE NUMBERS.

I MEAN, A GIVEN 81 CASES THE LAST TWO WEEKS, HOW MANY OF THOSE WERE ADULTS? WHAT I REALLY WANT TO KNOW, AND IF YOU HAVE THAT BREAKDOWN, WE CAN GET THAT TO CIVIC BREAKDOWNS.

THAT'S JUST THE LIMITED NUMBER, BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE THE STAFFERS AND THE STAFF WAS OFF.

SOME OF THEM ARE BETTER, YOU KNOW, I WOULD SAY, YOU KNOW, CONCERN ABOUT THE FACE AND THINGS SAID TO MAKE SURE OF THE NUMBERS.

SO I REALLY WANT TO KNOW WHAT THOSE NUMBERS LOOK LIKE.

SURE.

YOU KNOW, THEIR NUMBERS GOING TO BE LOW, BUT TO BE HERE, ALL THE EXPERTS FOR NOW A POINT OF WHERE MY CHAIR OKAY.

THE PROBLEM WITH THE PROCESS IN ONE SENTENCE, MR. SMITH, UM, FOR THE F FOR THE PEOPLE WHO ARE VIEWING THIS ON THE T ON, ON THE, UM, ON ZOOM, UH, IS THAT A RIGHT? LIKE THAT RODRIGUEZ IS AT THE PODIUM AND THE PERSON COULD ZOOM IN SO THAT WE CAN SEE, UH, SO THAT WE CAN SEE WHO WE'RE TALKING TO.

I'M SURE THAT PEOPLE AT HOME, UH, WOULD DEFINITELY APPRECIATE THAT BECAUSE RIGHT NOW HE'S VERY FAR IN THE ROOM.

THAT'S NOT POSSIBLE THE WAY IT'S PLEASE.

YES.

I'M DR.

RODRIGUEZ.

I HAVE A QUESTION I'VE RECEIVED A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS FROM PARENTS REGARDING THE QUARANTINE PROCESS.

UM, AND IF THEIR CHILDREN WERE TO BE QUARANTINED AND THERE, UM, HOW, HOW DOES THE INSTRUCTION CONTINUE SPECIFICALLY? THERE WERE CONCERNS ABOUT, UM, CHILDREN IN THE CHINESE IMMERSION PROGRAM.

UM, HOW WOULD THEY CONTINUE TO GET THAT INSTRUCTION WHILE THEY'RE ON QUARANTINE? SO THE CONTINUITY INSTRUCTIONAL PLAN THAT WE HAVE IN PLACE WITH OUR SCHOOLS IS FALLING FOR, UM, DO ONE OF TWO WAYS, RIGHT.

ONE WOULD BE FOR, UH, INSTRUCTION TO BE A LIVE STREAM AT THE SAME TIME, UH, WHILE, WHILE, UH, OTHER TEACHING A CLASS AT SCHOOL.

AND THEN, YEAH.

AND THEN THE OTHER, UH, THE TEACHER HAS THE OPTION TO CONTINUE TO PROVIDE THAT IS WHILE THEY'RE DO THAT, TEACHING, UH, REPORT THAT INSTRUCTION.

RIGHT.

AND THEN TELL US THAT INSTRUCTION, UH, UH, OR FOR STUDENTS MS. ANGELA MIDDLETON AND DR.

RODRIGUEZ, DO YOU THINK YOU COULD PUT THE MICROPHONE CLOSER TO YOUR ASK, PLEASE? THANK YOU MUCH.

OKAY.

THANK YOU.

MADAM CHAIR.

CAN EVERYONE HEAR ME? I'M SUPERINTENDENT RODRIGUEZ.

YOU SAID THAT THAT'S A NATION OF TEACHERS, FACULTY, STAFF, AND BUS DRIVERS WILL BE DONE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

IS THERE A TIMELINE, I GUESS THIS SITTING IN THE MEETING TODAY WITH ME, UH, ARE YOU GO TO BED? YOU MIGHT AS WELL, DOES THAT ALL THAT ALSO WAS MY QUESTION HERE.

HERE'S THE REQUIREMENT.

THEY HAVE TO GET THROUGH A CERTAIN LEVEL OF 100 VACCINATIONS BEFORE THEY CAN OPEN THE DOOR OR FOR A ONE B, WHICH IS, BUT, UH, WAS SHARED WITH US FROM, UH, UH, BY DR.

BELL FROM, FROM DAN.

BUT, UM, WHAT I'VE ALREADY DONE, UH, WHAT GOES TO FACILITATE THE VACCINATION PROCESS FOR OUR EMPLOYEES, UH, WHAT WE NEED TO DO, WHAT, WHAT HAS TO HAPPEN IS, UH, PEOPLE HAVE TO REGISTER THROUGH BANKS, RIGHT.

BUT IN ORDER FOR THAT TO HAPPEN, BANS HAS TO SEND THEM AN EMAIL SO THEY CAN CLICK ON THE LINK AND, UH, AND WRENCH.

SO WHAT WE HAVE DONE IS WE'VE PREPARED ALREADY A BATCH OF ALL OF OUR EMPLOYEES, UH, NAME EMAILS, AND, UM, UM, SCHOOL, UH, OR, OR LOCATION.

OKAY.

AND THEN, UH, WHAT WE ARE, WE'RE REVIEWING IT, AND THEN WE'RE GETTING READY TO SEND IT TO, UH, THE HOSPITALS RIGHT NOW, UH, BECAUSE WHAT THEY WILL TURN AROUND AND DO, UH, IS, IS SEND THAT, PUT THAT INTO THE BANK SYSTEM AND SEND THEM A LINK NOW.

SO WHAT I'M TRYING TO DO

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IS FACILITATE THAT PROCESS FOR ALL OF OUR EMPLOYEES TO ACCELERATE IT AND NOT HAVE NOT HAVE THAT PROCESS DRAGGED ON, RIGHT.

AND THEN OUR EMPLOYEE CAN MAKE THE DETERMINATION ON THAT LENGTH LINK, WHETHER THEY WANT TO GO INTO THAT ACCIDENT OR NOT.

BUT IF THEY DO CLICK ON THAT LINK, FILL OUT THE FORMS, BECAUSE WHAT THEY'RE FINDING IS THAT WHAT'S TAKING THE LENGTHIEST PART FROM THE PROCESS IS THE UPFRONT PIECE.

SO IF YOU THINK OF IT IN TWO PARTS REGISTRATION GOING OUT WITH THE FORM WORK AND ALL THAT STUFF TAKES PLACE WITHIN THAT MANNER OF SPEECH.

AND THEN, UH, UH, GOING TO GET THE VACCINATION, WHICH TAKES TWO MINUTES, FIVE SECONDS TO GET POPE.

RIGHT.

SO LOOK, WHAT, WHAT, WHAT MAKES THE PROCESS LENDING OR MY UNDERSTANDING FROM THE SESSIONS THAT I'VE BEEN ON THE LAST FEW DAYS AND DR.

WAS ON THAT AS WELL, UH, YESTERDAY, UM, THAT SEEMS TO BE, UH, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT TAKES THE LONGEST.

SO, SO WE WANT TO FACILITATE AS MUCH OF IT AS WE CAN, WHICH IS SENDING THAT BLANK AND THAT, THAT INFORMATION, THE HOSPITALS.

SO THEY INTERNED AND I SPOKEN WITH BOTH HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATORS, UH, UH, ALSO VACCINATE MORAL HOSPITAL.

AND I'VE SPOKEN WITH JEREMY PREY AT HILTON HEAD HIGHSPOT AND HILTON THAT HOSPITAL.

UH, TODAY WE MATTER OF FACT, UH, BOTH OF THEM ACKNOWLEDGED THAT THAT WOULD BE THE PROCESS, UH, AND THAT, THAT WOULD REALLY BE HELPFUL TO THEM.

AND THEN HE HAD RELEASES, UH, THE OPPORTUNITY TO MOVE INTO ONE VIEW, NEVER CHECK A BASKET.

ONE MORE QUESTION.

YES, GO AHEAD.

SO WHEN THEY CLICK ON THE LINK AND THEY REGISTER FOR THE FIRST ROUND FOR THE VACCINATION, WILL IT AUTOMATICALLY, UM, THEY CAN AUTOMATICALLY SCHEDULE THE SECOND ROUND BECAUSE THEY HAVE, I BELIEVE THAT THERE WAS A SPECIFIC TIMELINE THAT, THAT THEY SET NUMBER OF DAYS BETWEEN THE FIRST AND THE SECOND.

AND, UH, AND, AND I BELIEVE THAT HAPPENS AND I THINK THERE'S AN AUTOMATIC REMINDER OR SOMETHING THAT GOES OUT TO PEOPLE.

OKAY.

SO THEY WILL ONLY HAVE TO REGISTER ONCE THEY HAVE TO GO BACK IN.

I, I, I'M NOT COMFORTABLE VOTING NOW.

YOU'RE SHAKING YOUR HEADS.

YOU MIGHT NOT.

OKAY.

I KNOW BECAUSE I'VE ACTUALLY HAD THE VACCINE, I GOT MY SECOND SHOT TODAY.

I'M ONE OF THE FALL INTO THAT CATEGORY OF A ONE EIGHT PERSON WHO QUALIFIED.

AND, UM, YES, YOU, IF YOU REGISTER THE NATIONAL REGISTRATION, SO A LITTLE BIT KIND OF GOT ITS QUIRKS, SO TO SPEAK, AND YOU CAN, AND THEN THERE'S A TIME TIMEFRAME AT WHICH YOU MUST BE ABLE TO GET THE SECOND SHOT.

SO YOU CAN'T EVEN HAVE THE FIRST SHOT IF YOU'RE NOT ABLE TO COME BACK FOR THE SECOND SHOT WITHIN THAT SPECIFIC TIMEFRAME, I HAD THE PFIZER SHOT.

AND SO IT WAS A THREE WEEK INTERVAL.

AND, UM, YOU, YOU MAKE YOUR, THE PATIENT MAKES THEIR OWN APPOINTMENT FOR THE FOLLOWUP SHOT.

AND, UH, THE SECOND TIME YOU GO BACK, YOU HAVE TO ALSO REGISTERED, YOU KNOW, THE LACK OF CONSENT AND ALL THAT COUNTS, BUT IT'S, IT'S NOT ALL THAT BURDEN.

SOME REALLY, AND THE SHOT ITSELF IS, IS VERY QUICK.

AND I WOULD JUST PUBLICLY STATE THAT I WOULD REALLY ENCOURAGE EVERYONE WHO WAS, HAS AS IS OFFERED A SHOT, OFFERED THE, THE GROWN VIRUS VACCINE TO TAKE THE VACCINE, UNLESS YOU HAVE SOME MEDICAL REASON NOT TO THIS IS WHAT'S GOING TO REALLY CHANGE THE SPREAD OF INFECTION IN OUR COMMUNITY AND FEED PEOPLE.

WELL, SO DOES THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS? THERE'S MIDDLETON.

THANK YOU SO MUCH, PETER.

WELCOME MS. VICTOR, IF I MAY, JUST ONE SECOND, UH, MR. WE'LL JUST IN, IN, IN THINKING ABOUT YOUR QUESTION AS WELL, UH, ONE OF THE THINGS DIDN'T MENTION IS THAT, IS THAT THOSE NUMBERS THAT I SHARED WITH YOU OF THE POSITIVE CASES INCLUDES ALL VIRTUAL STAFF AND ALL VIRTUAL STUDENTS WHO, UH, HAVEN'T SET FOOT ON CAMPUS.

I'M SORRY.

I'M JUST SORRY.

OKAY.

THANK YOU.

UM, DR.

RODRIGUEZ, UH, I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THIS UPDATE.

UM, I BOUGHT, IT WAS ABSOLUTELY CRUCIAL THAT WE HAVE IT CLOSE TO THE NEW SCHOOL.

YOU HAVE CERTAINLY GIVEN US A WINDOW INTO YOUR THOUGHT PROCESS AND THE METRICS AND THE ANALYTICS YOU'VE GONE THROUGH TO COME TO THIS CONCLUSION.

I ALSO GREATLY APPRECIATE THE KNOWLEDGING THAT TEACHERS ARE SCARED.

TEACHERS ARE SCARED.

NOW THEY'VE HAD THEIR A DAY COHORT COMBINED WITH THEIR B DAY COAT WORKED FIVE DAYS A WEEK.

UM, I'M ENCOURAGE TO HEAR STORIES ABOUT TEACHERS AND PRINCIPALS THAT ARE THINKING OUTSIDE OF THE BOX THAT ARE CERTAINLY ALLOWING SOME OF THE LARGER CLASSES

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TO BE HELD AT THE MEDIA CENTER.

THEY BE HELD OUTSIDE TO BE HELD IN THE CAFETERIA SOMEWHERE WHERE THEY CAN SPREAD THE STUDENTS OUT.

UM, I THINK THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT FOR OUR COMMUNITY OF TEACHERS TO HEAR FROM YOU THAT THOSE TYPES OF THINGS, THING IS, UM, IS ENCOURAGED.

AND AGAIN, I WOULD JUST LIKE YOU TO PERHAPS SHARE WITH US A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT WHAT YOUR THOUGHT PROCESSES ON, ON WHAT A WHAT'S THAT LOOK LIKE THAT HELPS THOSE LARGER CLASSROOMS. I THINK ONE OF THE OTHER, UH, KEY PIECES IS THAT, UH, THE COURAGE THAT OUR ADMINISTRATORS LOOK FOR OPPORTUNITIES IN OUR SCHOOL-BASED BUILDINGS TO DO JUST THAT, RIGHT, UM, TO HAVE CLASS OUTSIDE, UH, IF A TEACHER WANTS TO TAKE A CLASS OUTSIDE OF CLASS, OUTSIDE, OUT THERE TO HAVE LUNCH OUTSIDE, UH, IF THEY WANT TO DO THAT, UM, THOSE THINGS ARE ALL ENCOURAGED BECAUSE IT GETS THEM OUTSIDE, UH, FRESH AIR AND THAT SORT OF THING.

SO, UH, SO WHEN POSSIBLE, UH, WE DO ENCOURAGE THAT, UH, AND, AND YOU KNOW, THAT THEY HAVE THE FLEXIBILITY, UH, TO MANAGE THOSE TYPES OF THINGS, UH, ON THE GROUND, UH, WHERE THEY'RE CLOSEST TO THE ISSUE.

UH, AND THAT'S REALLY AN IMPORTANT PIECE.

WE HAVE CERTAINLY DONE THAT AND, AND, UH, UH, SOME ARE ALREADY ENGAGED IN THAT AND USING LARGER SPACES, UH, FOR LARGER CLASSROOMS. SO, BUT THAT YES, TO YOUR POINT, MR. GOODRIDGE GIANT, ABSOLUTELY ACKNOWLEDGING.

WE KNOW THAT THERE'S ANXIETY AROUND.

UH, I KNEW I DON'T LIKE IT, YOU KNOW, BUT I UNDERSTAND IT.

AND AT THE SAME TIME, THAT IS WHAT DROVE ME ON MONDAY MORNING.

I ASKED THEM TO DO IT, MR. SMITH.

UH, ONE OF MY FIRST QUESTIONS IS, UH, UH, I WANT TO SHOT OUTSIDE ACTUALLY.

I WOULD LIKE TO THANK Y'ALL.

THANK YOU.

THAT THIS IS FOR YOU AND FOR YOUR STAFF.

WE'RE WORKING AS DILIGENTLY AS Y'ALL HAVE.

UH, WE'VE GONE BACK TO THIS, GOING BACK TO THE SCHOOL, AND I'M GOING TO SPEND A LOT OF WORK, TRYING TO GET ALL YOUR STAFF TOGETHER TO BE ABLE TO, UH, PUT TEACHERS IN THESE BUILDINGS.

UH, JUST APPRECIATE, I APPRECIATE WHAT Y'ALL HAVE DONE.

UM, BUT MY FIRST QUESTION IS, UM, HAVE WE THOUGHT, OH, HAVE WE SHUFFLED AWAY HOW WE'VE HAD THE THOUGHT CAME ACROSS ABOUT PAYING FACULTY AND STAFF HAZARDOUS PAID FOR THE STAFF THAT HAS RETURNED TO THE BUILDING FACULTY AND STAFF HAS, HAVE, HAVE WE ENTERTAINED, UH, PAYING THE PAYING THE STAFF HAS TO PAY? NO, WE HAVE NOT AT THIS JUNCTURE LOOKED INTO THAT.

UH, AND I WAS JUST, I WAS JUST CONCERNED.

AND W UH, WHAT, WHAT WOULD BE THE PROCESS IF WE GOT, IF THAT WAS DONE, THIS IS TINY CROSBY AGAIN, UM, THE PROCESS FOR HAZARD PAY, WELL, WE'D HAVE TO DEFINE, UM, WHAT HAZARD PAY WOULD BE, UH, WHICH EMPLOYEES WE WOULD WANT TO COMPENSATE, AND THEN THE DOLLAR AMOUNT, UH, THEN TO DETERMINE THE COST OF WHAT THAT WOULD ENTAIL, UH, AND THEN BRING, IDENTIFY FUNDING SOURCE AND BRING THAT TO THE BOARD FOR APPROVAL.

SO IT WOULD BE A SERIES OF ACTIONS, POTENTIALLY A FEW DIFFERENT OPTIONS.

AND, UH, THAT WOULD BE ULTIMATELY BROUGHT BACK TO THE BOARD, UH, COULD THE COVERT 19 FUNDING OR PPO, AND AGAIN, WELL, I GUESS THAT SPECIFIC, EXCUSE ME, THE, THE, THE STATE WOULD NOT BE PROVIDING WILL NOT BE PROVIDING THE ASSISTANCE ON THAT UNDER THE COVID OVER, UNDER THE COVERT FUNDING.

UM, I, AT THIS TIME I HAVE TO LOOK INTO THE DETAILS OF THAT AND, UH, PARTICULARLY I'D NEED TO KNOW THE DOLLAR AMOUNT AT, UH, AS WELL, SO WE CAN CERTAINLY LOOK INTO IT AND SEE WHAT OTHER DISTRICTS ARE GETTING SLAPPED.

RIGHT.

CAUSE I, AND I, AND, AND THE POINT OF ASKING THAT I'VE KNOW THAT OTHER GOVERNOR EX GOVERNMENT OVER GOVERNMENT AGENCIES

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HAVE BEEN PAYING THEIR STAFF, UH, UM, COVERT, UM, I MEAN, I'M HAZARDOUS PAY AND THAT'S WAS JUST SOMETHING I WAS WONDERING ABOUT THAT HAS THE DISTRICT.

AND, AND I'VE HAD QUESTIONS ASKED ME TO HAVE THE DISTRICT, UH, TOOK THAT INTO PERSPECTIVE OR CONSIDERATION, EXCUSE ME, MR. SMITH, IF YOU COULD SHARE WITH ME EITHER NOW OR A PAD AFTER THE MEETING AT SOME JUNCTURE, WHICH GOVERNMENT AGENCY THAT IS, UH, SO THAT WE COULD REACH OUT TO THEM AND, AND THE PORT THROUGH THE CENTRAL PROCESSES, OR, OR LOOK AT THAT, UH, THAT THEY HAVE GONE THROUGH.

I HAVE NO PROBLEM.

I'M SURE.

I'M SURE YOUR STAFF, IT PROBABLY WILL PROBABLY COME UP, BUT, UM, YEAH, I, UM, YEAH, I'LL CHECK IT OUT, CHECK INTO THAT.

LET ME KNOW WHICH ONE IT IS THAT YOU'RE SPEAKING OF.

UH, I'M NOT SPEAKING OF ANY, PARTICULARLY, I'VE JUST TALKED TO, UH, PEOPLE OUT IN THE COMMUNITY AND I'VE, UH, I'VE TALKED TO PEOPLE AT THE COMMUNITY AND I'VE BEEN GETTING A UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT SOME ARE SOME OF THEIR JOBS HAVE BEEN OFFERING.

OKAY.

YES, SIR.

YEAH.

BLAND, I'VE NOT TALKED TO ANYONE IN PARTICULARLY ABOUT THAT.

UM, AND ALSO, UM, TO DR.

RODRIGUEZ, I'M NOT SURE ABOUT THE OTHER BOARD MEMBERS, BUT I HAVEN'T GOTTEN A LOT OF ALSO, I'VE GOTTEN A LOT OF PHONE CALLS ABOUT GOING BACK TO SCHOOL, FACE TO FACE, AND I'M NOT SURE I HAVE OTHER BOARD MEMBERS HAVE GOTTEN THOSE EMAILS AND PHONE CALLS.

UH, BUT I'VE GOTTEN A LARGE AMOUNT OF PHONE CALLS AND PHONE CALLS AND FROM LOSING MY COMMUNITY ABOUT US GOING BACK TO FACE TO FACE.

UM, HAVE YOU, HAVE YOU ENTERTAINED US GIVING THE, GIVING THE, UH, COMMUNITY TIME TO QUARANTINE? OH, WELL WE MADE THE DECISION TO MOVE, UH, FIVE DAYS A WEEK.

FACE-TO-FACE AND THEN I SHARE WITH YOU TODAY, UH, HOW WE CAME TO THE BASIS OF THE DECISION.

UM, SO, OKAY.

WELL, YEAH, UH, I MEAN, I, I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, BUT I JUST KNOW THAT BUFORD COUNTY IS A DEFINITELY A HOTSPOT OVERALL, AND I'M NOT SURE OF ANY OF MY OTHER COLLEAGUES WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN GETTING EMAILS AND CALLS, BUT, UH, AS WELL, BUT THAT'S JUST, IT'S A VERY, IT'S A SERIOUS CONCERN, MY COMMUNITY, AND I'VE BEEN GETTING A LOT OF CALLS AND A LOT OF CONCERNS ABOUT THAT.

WE, WE, WE HAVE, UH, RECEIVED EMAILS AS WELL, AND, AND WE'VE BEEN RESPONDING TO THEM, UH, AS WELL THAT, BUT, UH, I THINK WHAT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE IS, IS, UH, WHEN I SPOKE WITH THE INFECTIOUS DISEASE DOCTOR, UH, WHAT THEY WERE VERY, VERY CLEAR ABOUT IS THAT THEY'RE NOT SEEING CLASSROOM AS THE TRANSMISSION FOR, UH, FOR COVID AND WHAT THEIR DATA IS SHOWING THEM AND WHAT THEIR DATA IS TELLING THEM.

AND THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, THEY, THEY CONTINUE TO REENACT ITERATE STRONGLY WAS THAT, UM, THAT WE NOW HAVE DATA ABOUT WHAT HAPPENS IN OUR SCHOOLS, WHICH WE DID NOT HAVE IN OURS.

I THINK THAT'S THE, UH, THE POINT THAT THEY MAKE.

AND THEY SAY THAT THAT IS WHAT THEY UTILIZE, I THINK SHOULD BE UTILIZED.

PLEASE, JUST STRIP HERE YOUR NEXT BACKGROUND.

SURE.

OR DIRECT THE SUPERINTENDENT TO WORK ON THE NUMBERS, A THOUSAND DOLLARS BONUS TO WORK FOR, GIVE US SOME SCALE OF WHAT'S AVAILABLE, WHAT WE COULD POSSIBLY DO.

UM, REMEMBER WE CAN LOOK PROPER DRIVE SECOND, TAKE ON THIS DISTRIBUTOR AND STEPHANIE FOUND DISTRICT HIRE WERE DIRECT IN NUMBERS OF A THOUSAND DOLLARS.

YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT'S A SPECIFIC CLASS AND SECOND PROMOTION.

YES.

.

I'D LIKE TO HAVE FOR DISTRICT STAFF, TEACHERS, STAFF IF I MAY, UM, ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT YOU JUST, YOU GO DOWN THAT ROAD, RIGHT.

YOU MIGHT WANT TO THINK ABOUT AS MORE ALSO WHETHER YOU'RE CONSIDERED

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BUS DRIVERS.

AND SO, SO THERE'S A .

OKAY, WELL, WE'LL, WE'LL WORK IT OUT.

WE'LL TELL YOU WHAT IT INCLUDES.

IF THE BOARD, IF THE BOARD IS SLOWER AND THEN WE'LL GO TO THE BRITISH WAR TO GET THE PROCESS.

SO NOW WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR SET OF COMMENTS HAVE TO BE GERMANE TO THIS NOTION.

UM, SO I WOULD JUST SAY TO THIS, THAT YOU'RE, YOU'RE GONNA BE LOOKING AT IT AND MAYBE IT'S GOING TO BE STRUCTURED OR SOMETHING BASED ON, YOU KNOW, UM, YOU KNOW, IN TERMS OF, UH, YOU KNOW, WHAT THE PERSON THE EMPLOYEE HAS AS OPPOSED TO OVER THE, OR WERE YOU THINKING, DOES EVERYBODY GETS THE SAME? OKAY.

YOUR PERSPECTIVE? JUST TO START, I UNDERSTAND MS. BELL, RIGHT? I HAVE A HARD TIME VOTING ON A MOTION.

NOT BECAUSE I DON'T AGREE, BUT BECAUSE IT'S SEEMS A LITTLE BIT, UNDER-PREPARED THIS ONE, I WAS WONDERING IF MAYBE WE COULD WAIT TO REMIT IT TO COMMITTEE EITHER OPERATIONS OR FINANCE, DO THE WORK OF AT THAT POINT AND THEN BRING IT TO COMMITTEE.

CAUSE I'M NOT EXACTLY SURE WHAT I'M VOTING ON.

I HATE TO HAVE LIKE AN OFFICIAL VOTE OF A THOUSAND DOLLARS AND THEN WE DECIDE 500.

IT MAKES ME A LITTLE HESITANT TO VOTE AT THIS STAGE.

SO I GUESS OFFICIALLY I'M MOVING TO OUR BUSINESS TO COMMITTEE, BUT I'M NOT SURE WHAT COMMITTEE, IT COULD BE MORE APPROPRIATE FINANCE OR OPERATIONS OR ACADEMICS OR POLICY.

UM, WELL THIS IS JUST OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, PROBABLY OPERATIONS, BECAUSE THAT IS HR.

I DON'T KNOW.

AS FAR AS ME, WHAT WOULD YOU CALL THAT? OR DR.

RODRIGUEZ, WHICH COMMITTEE? UM, UH, I WOULD SAY FINANCE, WE WILL WORK THROUGH, HAVE TO SUBSTITUTE PASSION, BUT I JUST, I JUST WANT TO DISTRICT SPEND A LOT MORE.

I THINK IT'S A GREAT IDEA.

I JUST FEEL LIKE BEFORE WE VOTE ON IT IN A BUSINESS MEETING, MAYBE YOU CAN GET IN COMMITTEE A LITTLE MORE IDEA OF WHAT OUR FINANCES ARE AND HOW MUCH WE'RE TALKING ABOUT WHO'S INVOLVED AND HOW MANY EMPLOYEES THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT.

I JUST FEEL LIKE IT'S NOT READY YET FOR ME TO VOTE ON TO BE ONE.

SO WHAT YOU COULD DO IN GREAT WOULD BE TO MAKE IT NOW A SUBSTITUTE MOTION FOR A MOTION TO REMIT TO THE FINANCE COMMITTEE.

I'M SORRY, LIKE ASSOCIATE YOUR EMOTIONS FOR A MINUTE.

TWO MINUTES COMMITTEE SHOWED AMENDMENT.

THAT'D BE FINE.

SO DO YOU WANT TO SAY THAT YES, I MOVE THAT WE, THIS MOTION BE REMITTED TO THE FINANCE COMMITTEE FOR FURTHER DISCUSSION.

OKAY.

SO MS. ANGELA MIDDLETON WAS SECOND, MS. FRANK WAS MADE THE PRIMARY MOTION.

SO THAT WILL BE THE MOTION.

WE'LL VOTE ON THAT ON NOW, I GUESS IT'S REALLY SORT OF AN EVENT IT'S ACTUALLY AN OFFICIAL, UM, QUESTION THAT THEY HAVE GOING ON AND IF IT GETS DEFEATED.

OKAY, THANK YOU.

THAT'S EXACTLY RIGHT.

UM, SO MS. BARRY, WE'LL PUT THAT UP ON SCREEN, EXPLAIN TO THE FINANCE AND JUST SO THE PUBLIC KNOWS TOO, IS IT GOES TO THE FINANCE COMMITTEE.

THEY WILL THEY'LL UH, UM, WHICH IS COMPRISED OF BOARD MEMBERS.

THEY'LL, UM, EVALUATED WITH STAFF AND THEN THEY'LL BRING A RECOMMENDATION FORWARD TO THE FULL BOARD, BUT THE, ULTIMATELY THE FULL BOARD WILL DECIDE ON, ON IT, BUT WE'LL HAVE MORE INFORMATION THAT WAY WHEN WE'RE DECIDING ANY FURTHER DISCRETION.

SO I GUESS EVERYBODY NEEDS TO PUT THEIR HAND DOWN RIGHT NOW, SO I CAN SAY, OKAY, MRS. JONES.

SHE'S GOT SOMETHING TO SAY.

GO AHEAD.

THANK YOU.

UM, MS. I AGREE WITH YOU, IS THIS WHAT I WAS THINKING AS WELL, BECAUSE WE STILL DON'T KNOW YET WHAT THE STATE IS GOING TO DO.

WE'RE UNDER A CONTINUING RESOLUTION.

UM, YOU KNOW, THIS IS, THIS IS HUGE.

I FULLY SUPPORT THE IDEA AND, UM, I THINK IT'S A GREAT IDEA, BUT TO FLUSH IT OUT A LITTLE BIT OUTSIDE OF THIS WAS, UM, I WILL DEFINITELY USE MR. OCAML OR WHATEVER YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT.

WELL, WELL, THAT'S KIND OF WHAT I ASKED, BUT I THINK IT COULD BE VETTED AT THE COMMITTEE LEVEL.

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RIGHT.

UNBELIEVABLE.

ALL RIGHT.

VOTING IS OPEN.

NOW, GO BACK TO YOUR BOARD DOCS, PLEASE.

SOMETIMES YOU HAVE TO, I HAVE TO GET CHANGED, VOTE TO SEE IF YOU KNOW, MICHELLE BAR THE MOTION IT SAYS TO REMIT THIS TO THE FINANCE COMMITTEE.

SHOULDN'T WE DEFINE THIS IN THE MOTION.

I MEAN, IT SEEMS SO, SO BROAD.

I MEAN, I KNOW WHAT ROBIN SAYS ONCE WE ALL, I BELIEVE I UNDERSTAND THAT IT'S, UH, THE MOTION THAT MR MADE AND ROBIN SAID SHE CAN ACTUALLY PUT THAT INTO THE, INTO THE WORDING.

ONCE WE VOTE, YOU HAVE TO DO IT RIGHT NOW, SCHOOL TITLE ON IT, OR DOCS UPDATE, BUT THEN THIS WILL BE WHAT YOU HAD PREVIOUSLY.

I'LL SAY YES.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED.

I THINK I SAID YES.

MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.

ALL RIGHT.

YES.

OKAY.

UH, FIRST I WHOLEHEARTEDLY SUPPORT THE IDEA, UM, THAT KIND OF AFTER EMOTION HERE, WE'LL GET THE WORDS ON THAT AND BRING IT BACK.

MR. KIM, IF I COULD COME BACK TO YOUR QUESTION, UH, WE HAVE CURRENTLY, AS OF YESTERDAY WE HAVE 29 STAFF CASES ACROSS THE DISTRICT.

AND, UM, WHAT, UH, THE OTHER, THE OTHER HALF WASHINGTON WE HAVE, WE'LL LOVE TO GET BACK TO YOU ON THAT, WHICH, WHICH WAS RELATED TO MULTIPLE AT ANY PARTICULAR SCHOOL.

I THINK THAT'S THE OTHER HALF OF WHAT WE WERE .

BUT IN ADDITION TO ALL OF THAT, WE ALSO HAVE, UH, STAFF HERE WITHIN THE DISTRICT OFFICE THAT WE HAVE SOME NEEDS LIKE THAT.

WE ALSO PUSH OUT INTO THE SCHOOLS, UH, AS WELL TO SUPPORT, UH, WITH THAT WORK AS NEEDED.

WHEN IS MAIN QUESTION HERE? CAN I ASK YOU ANOTHER QUESTION RELEVANT TO THIS UPDATE? DID YOU SAY, OR THAT I MISSED HERE? WHAT YOU SAID ABOUT THE NURSES, THE NURSES ALL THAT'S RESONATED ALREADY? NO, I DIDN'T SAY THEY'RE ALL VACCINATED ALREADY.

I SAID THAT THAT PROCESS HAS TO BE GONE AND SOME OF THEM, UH, UH, MY UNDERSTANDING IS HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED THEIR FIRST FLOWS OF THE VACCINE.

UH, BUT THEY HAVE ALREADY BEEN REGISTERING, UH, TO TAKE IT, SOME HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED.

IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING, UH, AND, AND, AND THE OTHERS ARE, UH, REGISTERED AND HAVE DATES, UH, FOR IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING.

SO THEY'RE THERE.

UH, AND, AND THAT'S TYPICALLY, DOES IT MEAN, YOU KNOW, TWO WEEKS OR THREE WEEKS FROM NOW, UH, FOR THEM RIGHT NOW? I MEAN, YOU KNOW, PROBABLY WITHIN A WEEK.

YEAH.

I WOULD SAY FOR THIS ONLINE, THAT WAS, WHO WERE NURSES.

SO I WOULD ASSUME THAT IT WAS THE FIRST IN LINE.

THEY'D BE SCHOOL NURSES THAT DO THE SCHOOL TOO WELL.

THEY WERE, I DON'T BELIEVE THAT'S THE WAY IT WAS LAID OUT ON THE, UH, ON THE PLAN, BUT THEY ARE, BUT THEY ARE NOT OUR PLAN ON THE PLAN, BUT, BUT THEY ARE NOW, UH, OPENED UP TO THEM IN THIS ONE, A BASE.

THAT'S GOOD.

SO I'D LIKE TO MAKE AN ADDITIONAL COMMENT REGARDING, UH, WHAT YOU WERE JUST TALKING ABOUT IN THAT.

UM, AS I ALREADY MENTIONED, I GOT HIRED THE SECOND DOSE OF VACCINE TODAY, AND THEN DIRECTLY, THIS MENTIONED IN HIS UPDATE THAT HE'S ALREADY COMPRISING THE LIST OF THE OTHER STAFF THAT WE'VE QUALIFIED, UM, FOR THE ONE B THINGS.

AND RIGHT NOW HE IS NOW ALLOWING THE BATHROOM TO BE VACCINATED UNTIL AFTER JANUARY 15TH.

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BUT THAT MAY EASILY CHANGE, ESPECIALLY IF, UH, THE, UM, UH, YOU KNOW, THE VACCINE DOSES THAT ARE RECEIVED LOCALLY.

I EAT BUFORD MEMORIAL, COASTAL CAROLINA HOSPITAL.

THAT HOSPITAL ARE NOT BEING, UH, USED UP QUICKLY, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A SHELF LIFE TO THEM BASICALLY.

AND I ALSO TRIED TO ADVOCATE ON BEHALF OF THE BEAVER COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT STAFF TODAY.

I HAD A PERSONAL FACE-TO-FACE CONVERSATION WITH THE CEO OF HILTON HOSPITAL, DOCTOR, MR. JEREMY CLARK, UH, ADVOCATING, UH, FOR OUR STAFF TO, UM, BE ABLE TO GET THEIR QUALIFIED AS ONE B AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

AND, UM, I, I REALLY THINK THAT'S SO VITALLY IMPORTANT AND HE REALIZES IT TOO.

AND DR.

RODRIGUEZ IS TAKING THE STEPS TO TRY TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN.

AND PERHAPS IT WILL HAPPEN SOONER THAN, THAN JANUARY 15TH.

THEY MAKE COME OUT IN A FEW DAYS AND SAY, OH, WE'VE GOT ALL THIS EXTRA VACCINE.

AND THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I REALLY STRESS IS WE DON'T WANT THE VACCINE TO GO TO WASTE.

LET'S BRING IN THE NEXT GROUP AND, AND MOVE ON.

UH, YES, UH, JUST TO, UH, I'D LIKE TO ANSWER THAT RODRIGUEZ QUESTIONS TOO.

I ALSO, UH, JASPER COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT HAS ALSO, UH, THERE ARE ONE DISTRICT THAT AS BETTER AT HAD THAT HAS ALREADY IMPLEMENTED STIPEND PAY HAZARDOUS PAY.

UM, I GUESS MAYBE THAT CAN BE A PLACE YOU CAN START, BUT THAT'S WHAT CONNIE HAS.

I BELIEVE IT HAS WENT FOR THEIR BOARD ALREADY.

SO YOU CAN POSSIBLY CHECK, CHECK WITH THEM.

I WILL DO THAT.

THANK YOU, SIR.

UM, NO PROBLEM.

TEAMWORK MAKES THE DREAM WORK.

I WOULDN'T DONE.

OH YEAH.

WHY SHOULD I, AT THIS TIME, I WOULD LIKE TO, UH, MAKE A MOTION THAT THE BOARD ASKED DR.

RODRIGUEZ TO RECONSIDER RETURNING TO VIRTUAL LEARNING DUE TO THE HIGH NUMBERS OF COVID-19 CASES IN BUFORD COUNTY.

I WOULD ASK THAT, UH, IF POSSIBLE, THAT IF THAT COULD BE MADE THAT, THAT LANGUAGE, THAT IT WOULD SHIFT TO REAP FROM RECONSIDER TO DIRECT DR.

RODRIGUEZ TO CHANGE.

NO PROBLEM.

UH, EVEN THOUGH ONE SECOND, UM, WE START DISCUSSING, BUT YEAH.

UH, NO PROBLEM.

I WOULD LIKE TO, I LIKE TO, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE ASKED DR.

I MEAN, WE DIRECT THE SUPERINTENDENT TO RETURN TO FACE-TO-FACE.

I MEAN, TO EXCUSE HIM TO A VIRTUAL LEARNING, UH, AS SOON AS, AS SOON AS POSSIBLE, DID WE HAVE A SECOND DISCUSSION? ALL RIGHT, MR. ROBINSON WILL SECOND.

AND THE REASON WHY I WILL SEND AS SOON AS POSSIBLE, BECAUSE I DIDN'T WANT TO SAY TONIGHT, THE MOTION PASSED AND THEY WOULD BE HAVING TO DO A LOT OF BACKTRACKING, OR THEY WOULD HAVE TO DO A LOT, A LOT OF WORK TO HAVE SCHOOL STOPPED ON TOMORROW.

HE MET, FOR INSTANCE, HE MAY NEED TWO OR THREE DAYS TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN, SO THAT, SO THAT THEY COULD GET THE PROCESS, UNDERSTANDING GETTING TEACHERS, UH, WHERE THEY, WHERE THEY MAY NEED TO BE IN GETTING A STAFF WHERE THEY NEED TO BE IN GETTING THEM THE MEALS AND DIFFERENT, DIFFERENT, UH, THINGS OF THAT MEASURE.

BUT, UM, I'VE BEEN CONTACTED BY A LOT OF PEOPLE ABOUT THE, ABOUT THE QUARANTINING.

AND, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE GIVE THE COMMUNITY AND THE STAFF AND STUDENTS TIMES TO QUARANTINE AND, UH, TO HAVE A LITTLE, HAVE A LITTLE TIME TO SEE IF THE NUMBERS CALMED DOWN TO REVISIT THIS, UH, EVEN AFTER THE SECOND SEMESTER, A LOT OF PARENTS HAVE BEEN CALLING ME.

SO, YOU KNOW, MY COMMUNITY IS IT'S BEEN A SERIOUS, VERY SERIOUS CONCERN ABOUT GOING TO FACE TO FACE, GOING TO FACE TO FACE LEARNING FIVE DAYS A WEEK.

I THINK SOME PEOPLE WERE WORDS WERE GENERALLY TRUST OR WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO TRUST.

THE, THE, THE, THE, THE FIRST ONE WOULD BE, UM, THE, THE, WHAT WAS IT? THE HYDRO, EXCUSE ME, THE BATTERY.

SO THE HYBRID MODEL, BUT THERE'VE BEEN A SERIOUS CONCERN.

I THOUGHT HOLLY WAS COMING BACK FACE-TO-FACE SO THAT'S WHY I'M MAKING THIS MOTION, MR. EARL CAMPBELL.

UM, I'M THE GERMAN SCHOOL ON GRAB

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YOUR CARE.

IT'S PRETTY OLD.

THANK YOU.

I AGREE WITH MR. CAMPBELL.

I WORK WITH BOYS GIRLS ON HILTON HEAD, AND THERE'S TREMENDOUS STRESS ON THESE FAMILIES WENT BACK IN AND OUT AND TRYING TO PLAN REARRANGE.

AND A LOT OF THESE PEOPLE HAVE BEEN DESIGNATED AS ESSENTIAL WORKERS.

AT ONE POINT I'LL MAKE IS, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE THE SINGLE HOSPITALS FULL.

WHAT THAT GENERALLY MEANS IS THAT THERE'S STAFFING ISSUES IN THE HOSPITAL.

UM, AND PART OF THE PROBLEM IS, IS THAT IF NURSES AND STAFF AND CUSTODIANS HAVE TO STAY HOME, BECAUSE THEIR KIDS AREN'T IN SCHOOL, THAT PUTS MORE OF OUR NON-HEALTHCARE SYSTEM.

SO I'M GOING TO GO ON THE RECORD.

IT'S A BIG FIRST DAY FOR ME AND SAY, I FULLY SUPPORT FACE-TO-FACE INSTRUCTION.

I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT.

I UNDERSTAND THAT IT STARTS BOTH.

MY PARENTS WERE TEACHERS.

UM, I THINK WE ASK A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF OUR TEACHERS.

UM, AND THAT'S WHY I THINK WE HAVE A MOTION NOW TO LOOK AT MAYBE IN A GIVEN HAZARD PAY, BUT AS A NEW MEMBER FIRST, YOU KNOW, IN ORIENTATION, Y'ALL GAVE YOU THIS BOOK, GOOD GOVERNANCE AND THE CHOICE.

AND I WANT YOU FREE TO QUOTE JEFFERSON, WHICH OPEN UP A BOOK, SURROUND YOURSELF WITH THE BEST PEOPLE YOU CAN FIND DELEGATE AUTHORITY, AND DON'T INTERFERE AS LONG AS THE POLICY DEFINED, DECIDED UPON AS BEING CARRIED OUT.

I THINK WE HAVE MADE A DECISION.

WE HAVE DELEGATED THAT TO DR.

RODRIGUEZ.

AND I THINK AT THIS POINT, IT GOES AGAINST WHAT THIS BOARD IS TRYING TO ACHIEVE TO GO BACK AND TRY TO CHANGE THAT OR MICROMANAGE, OR TO DIRECT HIM TO DO SOMETHING DIFFERENTLY.

SO AS SOMEONE WHO JUST READ THE AND GOOD GOVERNANCE AS A CHOICE, I DON'T THINK THIS LINES UP WITH OUR POLICY, ANDREW MIDDLETON.

I CAN'T SUPPORT THIS MOTION EITHER DUE TO THE FACT OF THE ACHIEVEMENT GAP, THE ACHIEVEMENT GAP HAS NOW TURNED INTO THE RANKING.

AND IF WE KEEP THERE ARE CHILDREN THAT DON'T HAVE THE SUPPORT LIKE OTHER CHILDREN DO A PARENTS THAT CAN BE AT HOME IN FRONT OF A COMPUTER, INTO VIRTUAL LEARNING.

AS THAT THE RODRIGUEZ SAID BEFORE, THERE ARE SOME ISSUES, MENTAL ISSUES, CHILDREN THAT HAVE HAD THE SAY AND MOST FOR SO LONG, THEY ARE HAPPY TO BE BACK IN THE CLASSROOM, EVEN IF THEY HAVE TO SIT AROUND THE CAR WITH A CARDBOARD BOX AROUND.

BUT THE ACHIEVEMENT GAP IS MY BIGGEST CONCERN.

AND OUR MINORITY STUDENTS ARE IMPACTED BY THE ACHIEVEMENT ALMOST.

SO WE HAVE TO TAKE A SAME TEAM AND WE HAVE TO CONTINUE AND MOVE FORWARD.

YOU KNOW, AT THIS POINT, THIS VIRUS HAS IMPACTED MONTH.

NO TIME IS A GOOD TIME.

IT JUST WON'T.

WE JUST NEED TO MAKE IT HAPPEN.

AND I WANT TO GO ON RECORD AS WELL AND SAYING THAT I JUST NEED TO STAY ON COURSE.

YOU NEED TO PAY TO CONTINUE FOR, THANK YOU, MR. BELL.

YEAH.

I FULLY SUPPORT CHARGING IT.

OBVIOUSLY HE'S WEDDED IT BLOCK FURTHER DETAIL THAN WE HAD A VISION FROM THE START.

WHAT I WILL ENCOURAGE IS A LITTLE BIT OF FLEXIBILITY IN TERMS OF STUDENTS OR PARENTS WHO MIGHT WANT TO MOVE THEIR CHILD FROM THE FACE TO FACE, UH, EXPERIENCE.

NOW, YOU KNOW, I DON'T WANT THEM TO SAY THEY ASKED TO BE REMOVED AND THEN THEY COULDN'T BE REMOVED.

I KNOW YOU HAD A DEADLINE IN PLACE FOR THAT NOVEMBER.

YEAH.

THE DEADLINE ON THAT NOVEMBER WAS FOR SECOND SEMESTER.

RIGHT.

UH, BUT, BUT, SO, SO THAT DISCUSSION WAS AROUND, UH, FEBRUARY 2ND AND SECOND SEMESTER.

BUT, UM, I KNOW THAT OUR SCHOOLS, UH, ARE WORKING WITH, UH, WITH PARENTS AS, AS ISSUES COME UP IN THE LIVES.

I JUST WANT THEM TO BE FLEXIBLE, RIGHT? YEAH.

WELL, ALL MY CHILD, SORRY.

I UNDERSTAND.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

MADAM CHAIR.

I CANNOT SUPPORT THIS MOTION.

I BELIEVE DR.

RODRIGUEZ HAS GIVEN US A VERY GOOD, VERY SCIENTIFIC ANALYSIS.

IT MIRRORS WHAT I HAVE DONE IN MY OWN RESEARCH AND NATIONWIDE.

THEY ARE FINDING EXACTLY THE SAME THING.

THIS IS CALIFORNIA.

THIS IS HOTSPOTS.

IN FACT, THE NEW SECRETARY OF EDUCATION DESIGNEE FOR THE ADMINISTRATION IS IN CHARGE OF THESE SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN THE STATE OF CONNECTICUT.

AND HE HAS STATED ALREADY THAT ONE OF THE MAIN PRIORITIES IS GETTING KIDS IN SCHOOL.

SO, UM, THAT DATA JUST DOES NOT SUPPORT GOING BACK TO FULL VIRTUAL.

IT JUST DOESN'T AND THE HARM

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IS NOW WE KNOW WHAT THE PERCENTAGE WE'VE GOT DATA ON THE HARM.

SO, UM, DR.

RODRIGUEZ, I SUPPORT CONTINUING IN THE FACE-TO-FACE CATEGORY.

YES.

I, I CAN'T SUPPORT THIS EITHER.

I THINK WE DO HAVE TO LOOK AT THE DATA AND ALTHOUGH, UM, YOU KNOW, OUR TOTAL NUMBERS OF STUDENTS THAT AND STAFF THAT HAVE HAD TO QUARANTINE OR BE OUT MAY, MAY HAVE HOVERED AROUND THE 300 MARK SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR.

AND MANY OF THESE STUDENTS ARE ONLY VIRTUAL TO BEGIN WITH, BUT WE'RE S WE'RE SERVING 21,000 STUDENTS.

SO 21,000, YOU KNOW, THAT MEANS WE HAVE A LOT MORE STUDENTS THAT ARE IN SCHOOL WHERE THEY NEED TO BE.

SO I CANNOT SUPPORT THIS MOTION.

I ALSO CANNOT SUPPORT THIS NOTION FOR ALL THE REASONS GIVEN BY MY COLLEAGUES.

AND, UM, MR. MEL CAMPBELL TOUCHED UPON, UH, WHAT I WAS GOING TO SAY, AND THAT IS WE HAVE A VIRTUAL OPTION FOR HER ONLY OPTION.

AND, UM, YOU KNOW, PARENTS HAVE TWO OPTIONS AND, UH, UM, UM, JUST THAT RODRIGUEZ POINTED OUT.

I THINK YOU DID A GREAT JOB, UH, GIVING US THE BACKGROUND ON HOW WE CAME TO THIS DECISION AND WE NEED TO GO INTO THE DATA.

WE NEED TO EDUCATE OUR CHILDREN, HAVING CHILDREN, UH, UH, SERIOUS MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES IS NOT SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO HAVE TO HAVE THAT AS A TRADE-OFF.

WE, WE NEED TO EDUCATE THEM AND NOT HAVE THEM CONTINUE TO FALL FURTHER AND FURTHER BEHIND.

SO LOOKS LIKE WE'RE READY TO VOTE.

OKAY.

UH, WE CALLED FOR THE VOTE, SIR, THE MOTION, UM, FAILS, UM, TO TWO DAYS AND TWO NOS AND THOSE ARE BROKEN, BUT CHRISTINA WAS THE DISTRIBUTOR KATHY.

YOU WANTED TO KNOW.

OKAY, WELL, ROBIN UPDATED AND WE'LL CORRECT.

THE VOTING VOTE HERE.

SO THE MOTION FAILED ONE 10, ONE JASPER, MR. SMITH, DOES THAT CONCLUDE YOUR REPORT? THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

MADAM CHAIR.

I WAS JUST GOING TO TRY TO GO BACK TO, UM, YOU KNOW, SOME COMMENTS THAT YOU HAD MADE ABOUT HAVING A CONVERSATION UM, AND I'VE BEEN TRYING TO HAVE AS MANY CONVERSATIONS AS I CAN IN DIFFERENT TIMES.

NOW LEGISLATORS ARE, AND PEOPLE ARE IN POWER, UM, AND THAT'D BE, AND I THINK THAT WHAT WOULD BE BENEFICIAL AT THIS POINT IN TIME IS PERHAPS A LETTER OF ENCOURAGEMENT OR SOMETHING.

I DO KNOW THAT SENATOR DAVIS IS LIKE TO BE SENDING A LETTER TO THE GOVERNOR.

UM, PERHAPS THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS, UM, JUST ENCOURAGING MORE OF A LOCAL ROLE IF YOU WILL, THAT THEY'RE THE VACCINATION.

UM, AND I THINK THAT A LETTER OF SUPPORT AND ADVOCATING FOR OUR EDUCATORS AND OUR STAFF, UM, TO BE PRIORITIZED IN THAT VACCINATION SCHEDULE, UM, WOULD BE REALLY BENEFICIAL.

I'M PUTTING THE FULL WEIGHT OF THE BOARD, UM, AND THE DISTRICT FORWARD AND INTO THE DOCTOR'S OFFICE.

UM, SO AT THIS TIME I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION FOR THAT.

UM, ROBERT, IF YOU'RE READY.

UM, CAN YOU TALK INTO THE MIC A LITTLE MORE SO I CAN HEAR YOU A LITTLE MORE CLEAR.

THANK YOU.

OKAY.

OKAY.

SO I KNEW THAT THE BOARD OF EDUCATIONS ISSUES WAS LETTER ADVOCATING FOR THE FURTHER PRIORITIZATION ON ADVOCATE FOR THE FURTHER PRIORITIZATION

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OF EDUCATORS AND BC FC STAFF, THE CSD STAFF ON THE, THE SOUTH CAROLINA COVID-19 VACCINATION SCHEDULE AND RESPECTFULLY RECLASS, ALL EFFORTS BEING MADE, YOU EXPEDITE THE VACCINATION PROCESS FOR THOSE THAT DESIRE TO RECEIVE IT, TO EXPEDITE THE VACCINATION PROCESS, OR IS THAT AN EXECUTIVE BUYER WHO RECEIVED THAT SECOND? AND IF I MAKE A THOUGHT A COMMENT, RIGHT? MY GOAL, ONCE I HAVE THIS LETTER TO IMPOSSIBLE AND PRESENTER DAVIS AND THE, ALL OF OUR LEGISLATIVE DELEGATION SO THAT THEY CAN GIVE NAMES FOR IT.

YEAH.

SORRY.

THERE'S A LOT MORE WORDS.

SO, UM, MAY I ASK YOU WHILE, WHILE WE'RE WAITING FOR ROBIN TO PUT UP THERE ON OUR BOARD ASKING HOW, I GUESS THE PROCESS, BECAUSE NORMALLY WHEN WE'VE HAD A BOARD, UH, LET A LETTER GO OUT BY THE BOARD THAT THE BOARD APPROVES THE BOARD HAS APPROVED THE LETTER.

SO WHO'S GONNA WRITE THE LETTER AND WHEN ARE WE GOING TO APPROVE THE LETTER OR DO YOU SEE A DIFFERENT PROCESS WITH THIS SINCE IT'S, UH, DOESN'T SEEM TO BE, WE'LL SEE, I GUESS, BASED ON THE VOTE, WHETHER THIS IS CONTENTIOUS OR NOT.

UM, YOU KNOW, I JUST, AND OBVIOUSLY TODD WAS ON THE ESSENCE WITH THIS AND WE CAN'T BE A VOTING BY EMAIL.

UM, SO I JUST, I GUESS THAT'S WHAT COMES TO MIND FOR ME RIGHT AWAY.

UM, IF I MAY, YES.

I AGREE WITH YOU THAT TIME.

IS THAT THE SMC? IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT SENATOR DAVIS IS GOING TO BE MOVING ON THIS VERY FRIENDLY AND VERY INVOLVED A LOT OF PEOPLE ON IT.

SO, UM, I DON'T BELIEVE THIS IS A CONTENTIOUS ISSUE, I BELIEVE, WITH THE TAKE VERBATIM THE LANGUAGE OF THE MOTION, UM, AND PACK THAT INTO THE LETTER AND, AND DEFINITELY NO MORE MEDICATIONS LIKE ACCURATE BACKSTAGE.

UM, IF THE ONLINE STATEMENTS TO LEGISLATORS, I DON'T THINK IT'S REALLY NEEDS TO BE VERY COMPLEX.

UM, ANYBODY HAS CERTAINLY, IF ANYBODY HAS ANY TYPE OF BOND WITH THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT SOUNDS REAL REASONABLE TO ME.

SO, UM, SO WE WANT THE EMOTION TO BE EXACTLY CORRECT, BECAUSE WHAT I WOULD DO THEN IS PERSONALLY PUT IT, YOU KNOW, OR ROBIN WE'LL PUT IT ON LETTERHEAD AND I'LL BE THE ONE ULTIMATELY SIGNING IT WITH TODAY'S DATE ON IT.

I THINK THAT SOUNDS FINE.

UM, IF IT PASSES, IT COULD SAY PRIORITIZATIONS.

WOW.

I WOULD, I WOULD MAKE A FEW SUGGESTIONS.

OKAY.

SO CAPITALIZED E FOR OF EDUCATION, I WOULD ALSO PUT BUFORD COUNTY BEFORE A BOARD OF EDUCATION AND ALSO WRITE OUT BCSB WOULD THAT IS OKAY.

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OKAY.

JUST SPELL OUT FOR COUNTY SCHOOL OR SCHOOL DISTRICT OR COUNTY BEFORE BOARD OF EDUCATION.

AN ISSUE SHOULD BE SINGULAR AS YES.

I JUST LIKE TO SAY THAT, UM, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE RESTATE THE PROCESS THAT WAS JUST DISCUSSED, THAT THIS WOULD BE PUT IN, UH, A BASIC LETTER FROM, BY YOU, THE CHAIR ON LETTERHEAD.

AND IT WOULD BE MAILED OUT WHEN WE VOTE.

YES.

ON THIS.

WE ARE SAYING THAT WE AGREE WITH THAT PROCESS, RIGHT.

SO I'M JUST ASK YOU ONE OR TO READ IT THROUGH CAREFULLY.

ONE MORE TIME.

YES, PLEASE.

AT THE COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION ISSUE, A WRITER ADVOCATING FOR THE FURTHER PRIORITIZATION OF EDUCATORS AND BEAVER COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT STAFF ON THE SD COVID-19 FASCINATION SCHEDULE.

I RESPECTFULLY REQUEST ALL EFFORTS, BE MADE TO EXPEDITE THE VACCINATION PROCESS FOR THOSE, THAT DESIRE TO RECEIVE IT.

SO I CAN MAKE ONE MORE SUGGESTION ISSUE, A LETTER TO WHO, UM, SENATOR DAVIS.

SO WE COULD GIVE TO THE GOVERNOR, GOVERNOR, MY MASTER, ET CETERA, DAVIS, WE CAN DO IT TO BOTH OF THEM.

DELEGATION.

YEAH.

MR. SHERNER PERHAPS A LOBBYING ARM.

IT'S EASY TO SHALL.

I JUST THINK THERE SHOULD BE IN THERE WHO ARE GONNA WHO'S IT GOING TO BE ADDRESSED TO THE LOBBY FOR A MINUTE OR JUST EAT ON THE LETTER? OKAY.

THANK YOU, MR. SMITH, THE DISTRICT FACULTY AND STAFF.

WHEN WE SAY STAFF, WHERE WOULD THEY BE? FACULTY AND STAFF, BECAUSE I DON'T WANT ME, I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T LEAVE ANYONE OUT.

I WOULD STAFF COVER MY, BY SAYING EDUCATORS AND STAFF WAS, DOES ANYBODY KNOW? LIKE BACK TO YOUR HIGH SCHOOL? OKAY.

RIGHT.

THANKS FOR CLARIFICATION.

THANK YOU.

BUT I THINK THAT'S TO THE GOVERNOR BACK THERE TOO.

ONE LAST QUESTION, RACHEL.

IT SHOULDN'T BE BEAVER COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT EDUCATORS AND STAFF.

SHOULD THAT EDUCATORS BE MOVED THERE? YEAH.

BEAVER COUNTY BEFORE EDUCATORS.

YEAH.

WHERE ARE WE? SO THE EDUCATORS FOR THE PRIORITIZATION OF BUFORD COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT EDUCATORS AND STAFF.

MR. CLARIFY THAT CONTRACT.

THAT WOULD BE AWESOME.

SO, SO THOSE, I MEAN, IF I TRY TO READ, THINK ABOUT THE SPIRIT AND

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THE INTENT OF THE PAGE ONE WEEK, IT'S THOSE THAT ARE MOST HIGHLY EXPOSED, BUT I THINK YOU'RE, YOU'RE, YOU'RE ENCOMPASSING.

UM, EMPLOYEES WOULD JUST BREAK RIGHT IN, IN THAT.

BUT I THINK THIS PANEL, WHICH IS THOSE CONTRACTS, I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY WE HAVE BUILDING EVERY SEAT THING WE HAVE FOR THAT THING ON THAT SITE.

YEAH.

I'M TRYING TO PULL UP FROM PHASE ONE B WHAT THING HAPPENED? LET'S LISTED THAT SO THAT WE CAN, SO PHASE ONE B IT STATES THAT PEOPLE WHO PLAY A CRUCIAL ROLE IN SUSTAINING ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS OF SOCIETY WRITING AND CANNOT DEFINITELY DISSONANCE IN A WORKPLACE HEALTHCARE PERSONNEL, AN AWFUL PUT IT ON THAT.

UM, AND THEN WHEN IT GETS TO LISTING OUT, SAYS TEACHERS SLASH SCHOOL STAFF AND CHILDCARE PROVIDERS.

, THAT'S WHY I HAD CHOSEN THAT LANGUAGE.

UM, THEY EDUCATORS AND STAFF, BECAUSE I'M LIVED HERE AS ONE THEME FIRST FUNCTION.

SO THE FUNCTION PERSONALITY, WHAT WERE YOU DRIVING TO GET DRUNK? SO THE ONE LAST THING THIS IS WHAT WE'RE SENDING OUT.

WE'VE GOT LOOK GOOD.

I'M SORRY.

OH, I'M SORRY.

GO AHEAD.

AND JUST SAY, I KNOW FROM, UM, THE ONE ANGER, WHAT YOU DO IS YOU GET TO DESIGNATE WHO FOUGHT.

SO DR.

RODRIGUEZ CAN PUT, I THINK WE'RE CASTING SUFFICIENTLY WIDE NET BECAUSE IT'S REALLY UP TO, SO IF YOU'RE A DOCTOR'S OFFICE, YOU GET TO LIST WHO YOU CONSIDER ESSENTIAL EMPLOYEES, YOU CAN PUT PART-TIME.

SO I WOULD THINK THAT NO MATTER HOW WE WORD THIS, WE'RE PRETTY WELL COVERED.

CAN PURPOSE.

I JUST DID IT FROM MY OFFICE.

RIGHT.

THAT'S EXACTLY.

WE CAN EVEN SAY, IF YOU WANT TO GET, YOU COULD JUST, YOU KNOW, WHOEVER THE DESIGNATED, OKAY.

OH, SORRY.

SO WHAT READ IT ONE LAST TIME, RACHEL, I MET THAT THE BEAVER COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION AND ISSUE A LETTER TO GOVERNOR MCMASTER AND THE BEEPER COUNTY DELEGATION ADVOCATING FOR THE OF SCHOOL DISTRICT EDUCATORS AND STAFF ON THE SE COVID-19 GRAPHENE AND RESPECT.

NEVER CLASS I'LL EVER CAME IN TO EXPEDITE THE VACCINATION PROCESS FOR THOSE ONES HIRED.

YEAH.

YEAH.

I WOULD JUST CHANGE THAT LAST YET TO THE VACCINATION, JUST TO MAKE IT MORE.

YEAH.

YOU SEE THE VACCINATION.

DO YOU WANT TO SAY SOMETHING ELSE?

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THERE IS UNANIMOUSLY.

SO THE NEXT STEPS WILL BE ROBIN AND I WILL GET THIS DONE AND THERE SHOULDN'T BE TOMORROW.

AND THEN, UM, AND JUST REMIND ME, WE'RE GOING TO CC.

OKAY.

THERE'LL BE NOT GOING TO HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN, MR. .

OKAY.

MR. YOU CAN SECOND THAT MR. SMITH THEN ALL IN FAVOR.

THANK YOU.

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