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AFTERNOON.WE WILL NOW CALL THE BUFORD COUNTY
[1. 4:00 pm Call to Order]
BOARD OF EDUCATION AGENDA SETTING MEETING OF APRIL NINE, 2021.TO ORDER WE NEED, UH, WE HAVE A QUORUM.
[A. Approval of Agenda]
WE NEED A MOTION TO APPROVE THE AGENDA.COULD YOU HOLD ON? I MESSED UP.
SINCE MEL IS NOT HERE YET, WE JUST START.
CAN YOU HEAR US SMELL? ALL RIGHT.
SO DAVID JUST MADE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE AGENDA.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO SECOND IT, ANY DISCUSSION? ALL RIGHT.
THE AGENDA IS APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY.
[B. Pledge of Allegiance, Statement of Media Notification]
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.I PLEDGE 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.
THE MEDIA WAS PROPERLY NOTIFIED.
SO WE'RE GOING TO WORK ON OUR NEXT
[C. Setting April 20, 2021 Board Meeting]
SETTING, THE AGENDA FOR OUR NEXT BUSINESS MEETING, WHICH IS APRIL 20.SO I'LL LET YOU ROBIN, UH, BRING UP THE, UM, DRAFT AGENDA.
SO WE'LL, YOU MIGHT AS WELL SKIM DOWN TO EXECUTIVE SESSION.
SO I CURRENTLY HAVE IT AT FIVE 30, UM, FOR US TO CHANGE THE TIME TO WHAT IT NEEDS TO BE.
RODRIGUEZ, IT'S GOT THE EYE FOR EXECUTIVE SESSION, THE IP AMENDMENT FOR THE MCCRACKEN AND WHEEL BRANCH, MIDDLE AS PLACEHOLDERS.
DO YOU THINK 30 MINUTES IS, IS A GOOD ESTIMATE? UM, I WOULD, I WOULD, I THINK I WOULD DO AN HOUR.
WELL, UH, YOU KNOW, HERE'S, THESE ARE AMENDMENTS THAT, THAT, UH, ACTUALLY HAVE ALREADY BEEN, UH, IT'S THE ONES, THE BOARD ALREADY APPROVED SPENDING OF THE MONEY, BUT, BUT IT'S THE, UH, UH, IT'S THE ACTUAL CONTRACT.
SO I, I, I MEAN, I, 45 MINUTES, LET'S DO 45 PLUS.
UH, DAVID AND MEL WE'LL START AT FIVE 15.
AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO OUR REGULAR USUAL STUFF, STUFF.
UM, FILMS HIT HIGH SCHOOLS, THE STUDENT PERFORMANCE.
NOW WHAT SONG YET? AND IS IT A CHORUS OR A BAND? I GUESS YOU'LL PUT THAT IN WHEN YOU KNOW YES, MA'AM OKAY.
POINTS OF CELEBRATION FOR MARCH AND THE STUDENTS OF THE MONTH.
AND THEN WE HAVE THE HILTON HEAD DRAMA ASSOCIATION AND THESPIAN SOCIETY AWARDS.
AND THE RED CEDAR GUINNESS WORLD RECORD.
ALRIGHT, THEN PUBLIC COMMENTS, THE CHAIRMAN'S REPORT.
I HAVEN'T YET THOUGHT OF WHAT I WILL DO, SO I WILL LET YOU KNOW ROBIN.
AND FINANCE COMMITTEE MET THIS WEEK AND I DON'T THINK WE HAVE ANYBODY MEETING NEXT WEEK BECAUSE OF SPRING BREAK.
SO THOSE WOULD BE THE ONLY THESE TWO, RIGHT? YES.
JUST YOU GUYS, DAVID AND MEL, YOU KNOW, IF YOU WANT TO STOP ME OR ADD SOMETHING, LET ME KNOW.
YOU WILL, UH, YOU MIGHT BE MEETING NEXT FRIDAY, SO, OKAY.
AND I GUESS, MEL, IF YOU HAVE ACTION, UH, FOR THE BOARD COMING OUT OF THERE,
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IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO DO LIKE WHAT FINANCE HAS DONE, YOU KNOW, WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO BE RECOMMENDING FOR ACTION.UM, NEXT TO HER THEN DOWN INTO THE SUPERINTENDENTS REPORT.
SO DOCTOR ARE YOU'RE ON THE PHONE, SO YOU CAN'T SEE, RIGHT? OH, NO, YOU GOT IT.
SO WITH, ON THERE IS THE MONTHLY TRANSPARENCY REPORT, THE A HUNDRED CARE REPORT, THE BOARD, A MONTHLY BUDGET.
UH, AND THEN, UH, WE HAVE THE COVID, UH, PANTENE UPGRADE.
SO THAT'S, AND THEN THAT WOULD CONCLUDE THE, UH, SUPERINTENDENTS REPORT FOR, UH, FOR THIS MEETING.
AND FOR THE BOARD BUSINESS ACTION, WE HAVE THE, WHAT WE SAID, WE WERE GOING TO BRING BACK TO THIS, THE EMPLOYEE BONUSES AND THE EMPLOYEE STEP INCREASES THAT'S RIGHT.
SO OBVIOUSLY THAT'S GONNA, WE'RE GOING TO NEED A TANYA'S HELP ON, ON THE PRESENTATION FOR THAT.
AND GIVEN WHAT THEY'VE LEARNED ON, UH, REVENUE FROM THE BUDGET.
REVENUE FROM THE PROPERTY TAXES, EXCUSE ME.
I BELIEVE THAT TANYA IS GOING TO, UH, PROVIDE, UH, UH, DOCUMENT, UH, THE, THE DOCUMENTS TO THE BOARD ON THE BONUSES AGAIN.
AND I THINK SHE'LL PROVIDE A DOCUMENT ON STEPPING PREACHES.
AND THEN I THINK COMING OUT OF FINANCE, UH, COMMITTEE THAT IS EARLIER IN THE AGENDA, UH, THEY'LL PROBABLY BE SOME COMING OUT OF THAT ABOUT, UH, REVENUE COLLECTIONS.
SO, CAUSE I THINK THAT WAS THIS THAT MAY HAVE BEEN DISCUSSED AT THE FINANCE COMMITTEE.
DO YOU WANT TO LOOK AT THE FEATURE, UM, THE ITEMS THAT WE HAVE FOR FUTURE TOPICS TO LOOK AT EVERYTHING, TO SEE IF YOU WANT TO ADD ANYTHING TO THIS, BUT GENDA.
UM, I LOOKED AT IT BEFORE, BEFORE THE MEETING NOW AND ONE OF THE, IT DOES SAY ON THERE THAT WE HAD, WE'RE GOING TO PLAY HERE YOU GO.
THAT THE PERFORMING ARTS, UM, WAS GOING TO BE PUT ON THIS MEETING.
I'M NOT SURE WHAT WE'RE DISCUSSING PRETTY FOR PERFORMING ARTS IT'S EQUITY FOR PERFORMING ARTS.
I THINK THAT, AND I THINK AS IT'S QUITE RELEVANT TO THE PANDEMIC AND YOU KNOW, WHAT WAS ALLOWED AND, AND COMPARED TO, TO, TO ATHLETICS, THAT'S WHAT I, THAT'S WHAT I HEARD WHEN, UH, WILL BE.
SO IT WAS A SORE SPOT WITH ALL THE DAMN LEADERS.
SO WHERE DO YOU THINK IT SHOULD GO ON THE AGENDA? UM, OOPS.
IT'S REALLY A, AH, IT'S REALLY MORE OF A STAFF PRESENTATION.
DON'T YOU THINK THE SUPERINTENDENT REPORTS SOMEWHERE? I THINK IT SHOULD BE, YEAH.
AND COULD BE
I MEAN, IT COULD BE AN OTHER, UH, JUST AN, ANOTHER ITEM UNDER OTHER MATTERS, MORE SOMETHING THAT'S WRONG.
THAT SEEMS SO WHAT DO WE CALL IT? UPDATE ON PERFORMING ARTS PROGRAMS DISTRICT-WIDE YEAH.
WELL, I SUPPOSE YOU CAN DO THAT.
I MEAN, I LEARNED AS THEY KNOW BASICALLY WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR A FRANK, IT MIGHT BE HIM COMING BACK ON.
HE WAS ON THE IPHONE, I THINK.
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CAN YOU HEAR US FRANK STILL GOING IN AND OUT BACK? OKAY, GO AHEAD NOW.I WAS SAYING, UH, FOR THIS, UH, REPORT ON THE PERFORMING ARTS DISTRICT-WIDE PERFORMING, UH, THAT WILL SMITH ASKS ABOUT, I THINK HE WAS FOCUSED MORE ON HOW AND WHY AND HOW MANY, UH, ALLOWED TO CONTINUE TO PERFORM AND OPERATE DURING THE PANDEMIC VERSUS THE, THE LEVEL OF PARTICIPATION FOR, FOR THE ATHLETES.
AND THAT'S A REPORT THAT I THINK WE WILL PUT IT ON THEIR AGENDA.
SO WE ASKING IF YOU, IF YOU WERE CLEAR ON, ON WHAT THE DIRECTORS ARE, YOU'RE MUTED.
SO, SO IF THAT'S THE QUESTION THAT HE WANTS TO TALK ABOUT IS, IS, UM, YOU KNOW, ARE WE ALLOWING, UH, AND ARE WE ALLOWING, UH, PERFORMANCES AND, AND, UH, UH, CONTRAST BETWEEN PERFORMANCES AND, UH, AN ATHLETES OR WHAT HAVE YOU, WE, I MEAN, WE CAN CERTAINLY HAVE THAT CONVERSATION, UM, PRACTICE, TIME, PRACTICE NUMBERS, ET CETERA, ET CETERA.
I BELIEVE THAT'S WHAT, THAT'S, WHAT HE USED.
SO MAYBE, UM, MELON AND DAVID AND DR.
SO WE HAVE IT RIGHT NOW UNDER YOUR REPORT.
UH, OTHER MATTERS UNDER COVID AS A SEPARATE UPDATE ON PERFORMING ARTS DISTRICT WIDE.
SO MAYBE IT SHOULD BE DURING PANDEMIC BECAUSE THAT'S REALLY WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.
UNDER COVID-19 IT'S NOT UNDER COVID 19, BUT IT'S UNDER OTHER MATTERS.
NO, I WOULD LEAVE IT LIKE THIS.
SO THEN THE FIRST THING I WOULD DO WOULD BE TO ASK, WELL, WHAT IS, WHAT IS TARGETED IS A HERO.
SO DO I LEAVE IT AS UPDATE ON PERFORMING ARTS DISTRICT-WIDE OR DO YOU WANT SOMETHING ELSE? OKAY.
SO THEN, UM, YEAH, THIS WAS A, YEAH.
WE GET THAT, UM, IT ACTUALLY, ROBIN, ON THIS SECOND PAGE, I NOTICED THE UPDATE ON TIFF.
SO WE HA YOU HAVE AT THE TOP ALSO I DO, I JUST PUT, I WROTE DOWN WHAT CAME OUT OF THE MEETINGS ON TUESDAY.
SO, UM, THAT WAS, UM, AND THE SAME THING WITH IMPACT FEES ALREADY HAVE IMPACT FEES.
WE WERE WAITING FOR COUNTY COUNCIL, UM, TRICIA BROUGHT UP BOTH THE TIPS AND THE IMPACT FEES.
AND I DIDN'T KNOW IF WE WANTED TO ASSIGN A TIME OR SOMETHING ON THEM AGAIN, CAUSE IMPACT FEES.
WE'RE WAITING ON COUNTY COUNCIL TO RESPOND WELL.
AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THE, THE JOINT, UM, MEETING, MEETING WITH A FEW MEMBERS FROM EACH, UH, GROUP.
SO THAT'S ONE OF GOING TO BE ONE OF THE TOPICS.
I THINK IT WOULD BE BETTER TO HAVE IT AFTER THAT.
SO I CAN TAKE IT OFF OF DOWN HERE THEN.
UM, AND I THINK YOU COULD ALSO TAKE OFF TIFF'S DOWN THERE TOO.
AND, UH, ROBIN, UH, REACHED OUT TO LYNN STOKES, MARIE, THE LOBBYIST, AND THIS WAS, UM, RACHEL'S REQUEST AND, AND, UM, SHE'S GOING TO DO IT, THE, YOU KNOW, VIA ZOOM AT THE, THE MAY 4TH MEETING, WHICH I THINK IS REALLY GOOD BECAUSE THEN THE PUBLIC ALSO HEARS IT, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT JUST SENT TO US BY EMAIL.
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MATRIX WAS, UH, FROM RACHEL FROM TUESDAY NIGHT.FRANK RODRIGUEZ JOINED THE MEETING.
FRANK, CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? YES.
ALL I WAS SAYING WAS THAT, UH, THAT WAS PERFECT.
UH, WE'LL, WE'LL LEAVE IT LIKE THAT.
AND, AND I'LL CIRCLE BACK WITH HIM AND TRY TO TARGET AND ZERO IN ON, UH, ON WHAT HE'S LOOKING FOR, YOU KNOW, NEXT NEXT, UM, SO TODAY'S FRIDAY AND NORMALLY WE WOULD HAVE THIS MEETING ON MONDAY, BUT NEXT, NEXT WEEK, THE IS THE SPRING BREAK.
I WOULD BE INCLINED TO SAY, LET'S LEAVE THIS, UM, THIS AGENDA THE WAY IT IS, BECAUSE I IMAGINE SOME OF THE STAFF, ESPECIALLY SOME OF THE SENIOR STAFF WILL, UH, YOU KNOW, IS, IS, UH, LIKELY TAKING TIME OFF.
RODRIGUEZ NEXT WEEK? YEAH, I THINK IT'S PROBABLY WISE TO DO THAT BECAUSE WE HAVE, UH, UH, DIFFERENT MEMBERS TAKING, TAKING TIME AT DIFFERENT TIMES, UH, THROUGHOUT THE WEEKEND.
AND I THINK TO GET DOCUMENTS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, UM, ON TIME, UH, YOU KNOW, COULD BE CHALLENGING, UH, DAVID OR, OR A MALE.
UH, WHAT WE DECIDE TO DO WITH THE LAST NIGHT I'M GOING TO TALKING ABOUT THEM, WHICH ONE IS THE LAST TIME? UM, I'LL MAYBE THE NEXT PAGE.
THE LAST ITEM WAS THE EARLY CHILDHOOD, BUT THAT'S GOING TO GO ON TO THE, UH, BE AN ORAL PRESENTATION.
WE NEVER SEE THAT COMING, COMING LATER ON.
MAYBE IT'LL WORK SESSION, BUT THAT'S EXACTLY RIGHT.
CAUSE I THINK THAT'S GOING TO BE NOT A QUICK LITTLE, YOU KNOW, HERE'S THE INFORMATION, BUT WE COULD HAVE THE UPDATE ON THE GRAPH.
I DON'T KNOW HOW INVOLVED THAT IS.
I BELIEVE WHAT THEY'VE DONE OR WHATEVER.
THAT SEEMS LIKE IT WOULD BE FAIRLY, UM, SACRED, WHATEVER WAS IN PROGRESS OR WHATEVER WE HAVE IN THERE AND BRINGING ANYTHING TO US.
SO I CAN'T BE THAT INVOLVED MAYBE FOR THE MAY 4TH MEETING.
RODRIGUEZ, WAS THAT AN INVOLVED TOPIC OR MY ROLE? WELL, I DON'T THINK THE ACTUAL RESPONSE TO THE QUESTION IS, UH, LENGTHY AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S THE AFTERMATH OF THE RESPONSE TO THE QUESTION, RIGHT? I MEAN, SO, SO IT JUST DEPENDS.
I MEAN, THE, THE, THE, THE REALITY IS THAT THEY HAVE WORKED ON SOME GRANTS, BUT EVERY TIME WE SEND THEM OUT TO WORK ON A GRANT, THERE'S A COST TO THAT.
THERE'S A COST TO THEM WORKING ON A GRANT.
AND SO, SO, UH, WE HAD A BIG GRANT THAT WE WENT OUT FOR WITH THEM AND WE'RE WAITING, WE'VE MOVED THROUGH SEVERAL STEPS AND WE'RE WAITING TO HEAR, UH, UH, FINAL RESULTS ON THAT, UM, THAT HASN'T COME BACK YET.
BUT, BUT ESSENTIALLY I THINK THE RESPONSE WILL BE FAIRLY QUICK.
SO WHEN THAT SEEMS LIKE A REASONABLE THING TO ADD, AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A LOT, IT SEEMS LIKE ON MAY 4TH, THAT'S IT? YEAH.
AGREGIOUS JUST PRIMARILY ANSWERED ALL THE QUESTIONS THAT WE WOULD PROBABLY HAVE ON.
SO, I MEAN, IF, IF YOU WANT TO ADD IT TO THIS NEXT ONE, UM, UH, I, I THINK THAT'S FINE, YOU KNOW, AND THEN, AND THEN YOU CAN REMOVE THAT FROM, FROM, FROM THE, UH, FROM THE LIST, YOU KNOW, ONCE WE TAKE CARE OF IT, NOT REMOVE IT, BUT YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? AND IT'S DEALT WITH, SO WHAT DO WE CALL IT? UPDATE, UPDATE ON GRANT WRITER.
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US CALM DOWN AS WELL TO DO OKAY.YOU AGREEABLE TO THAT TOO, DAVID.
THAT LOOKS LIKE WE CAN DO IT IN ONE NIGHT.
WRITER JUST HAVE TO KEEP THE CONVERSATION FOCUSED ON THE UPDATE OF HAVING A GRANT WRITER.
SO I THINK WE'RE GOOD FOR THE DRAFT AGENDA FROM APRIL 20TH.
[D. Setting April 23, 2021 Board Work Session]
GO TO OUR NEXT, UM, THIS WOULD BE, THIS IS THE BOARD WORK SESSION.THAT'S ON OUR CALENDAR AS A, AS A BUDGET, UM, WORKSHOP.
AND SO THIS IS THE PRELIMINARY, UH, AGENDA.
THAT'S THE ONLY THING THAT'S ON IT THAT TIME OF DAY FOR ME.
SHE BELIEVES THAT WE CAN DO IT IN FOUR HOURS OR LESS OR WHATEVER.
THAT WAS, UM, TANYA'S ESTIMATE.
NOW, WILL SHE HAVE, UM, IS THERE ANY NEED TO HAVE OUR, UM, OUR FINANCIAL ADVISOR THERE? NO.
AND, AND I DON'T THINK THEN FRANNY HEIZER EITHER THE BOND COUNCIL.
WELL, THAT'S, WHAT'S PUT, I'M GOING TO SEE IF THERE'S ANYTHING ELSE TO ADD TO THAT.
ANY COMMENTS GENTLEMEN TO ONE O'CLOCK AND THEN NOT INCLUDING LUNCH.
SO, YEAH, SO I DID PUT A TIME ON THERE.
SO WHENEVER YOU END IT, YOU WOULD JUST END IT AS OPPOSED TO HAVING TO, IF THAT'S OKAY.
LIKE HE DID AT THE LAST WORK SESSION.
THAT'S WHY YOU PURPOSELY DON'T RIGHT.
AND I'M JUST LOOKING AT OUR, OKAY.
SO IT'S BUDGET WORK SESSIONS, BUDGET DISCUSSION.
UM, SO NEXT, SO WE'RE GOOD WITH THAT AGENDA.
[E. Setting April 29, 2021 Joint BOE/SIC Meeting]
ONTO THE, THE JOINT S I C A MEETING THAT'S GOING TO BE VIRTUAL ON THE 29TH, WHICH IS A THURSDAY AND IT STARTING AT SIX.AND SO, AS YOU SAW, I, I COPIED, UM, YOU GUYS THIS MORNING IN THAT EMAIL, I SENT JUST, YOU KNOW, WHAT IS, WHAT, WHAT ARE THE SIC, UH, HOW HAVE THEY RESPONDED TO, WHAT ARE THEY INTERESTED IN TONIGHT? AND I SEE, EXCUSE ME HERE.
SO THIS IS WHAT I GOT FROM KRISTIN.
RODRIGUEZ ARE YOU, YOU'RE STILL WHERE IT'S, YOU'RE NOT, YOU CAN'T SEE.
I CAN SEE, BUT I KNOW WHAT'S ON THERE.
SO, UM, THERE'S THREE, THERE'S THREE ITEMS ON THERE, CORRECT.
ONE IS HOW ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE SCHOOLS ARE HANDLING THE GRADUATION.
TO ME, THAT SOUNDS LIKE A, UM, ADMINISTRATIVE, YOU KNOW, LOCAL SCHOOL, UM, THING.
HOW THE SIC IS ENGAGING COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND SPONSORS, HOW ARE THEY RECRUITING NEW MEMBERS, THEN THEY WANT TO KNOW WHAT VIRTUAL LEARNING WILL LOOK LIKE IN THE 21, 22 SCHOOL YEAR.
TO ME, THAT LAST ONE SEEMS TO, UM, I HATE TO SAY PREMATURE, BUT, UM, ARE WE GOING TO HAVE VIRTUAL LEARNING? YOU KNOW, THAT'S UM, AND I THINK A LOT DEPENDS ON WHAT HAPPENS OVER THE NEXT FEW MONTHS IN TERMS OF THE PANDEMIC.
AND THEN THE OTHER ONES ARE REZONING.
UM, SUMMER PROJECT TIMELINES, WILL THEY BE COMPLETED IN TIME, LACK OF SUBSTITUTES AND LACK OF HOME BOUND TEACHERS SUPPORT.
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WHAT DO, SO DAVID AND MEL, DO YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS OR SUGGESTIONS OR HOW WE SHOULD ORGANIZE IT? I WAS NOT AT THE LAST MEETING CAUSE I WAS OUT OF TOWN AND I WAS SCRAMBLING THE LAST MEETING.WE WERE ENGAGED A BIT ON THE SIC COMMUNITY MEMBERS, UH, SPOUSES AND INVOLVEMENT.
WE ON THE AGENDA, WE LISTED THE THREE QUESTIONS AND THEN THEY BROKE OUT NORTH OF THE BROADEST SOUTH OF THE BROAD.
ONE OF THE SUGGESTIONS THIS TIME IS TO BREAK IT DOWN BY GRADE LEVELS, TO HAVE ELEMENTARY INSTEAD OF NORTH AND SOUTH OF ALL THE ELEMENTARY IN ONE GROUP, ALL MIDDLE SCHOOLS IN ONE GROUP, ALL HIGH SCHOOLS.
SO INSTEAD OF HAVING JUST TWO BREAKOUT GROUPS, WE WOULD HAVE THREE BREAKOUT GROUPS SO THAT, UM, GREAT.
THE ELEMENTARY, MIDDLE, AND HIGH WOULD JOIN TOGETHER.
THAT SOUNDS ACTUALLY KIND OF INTERESTING TO ME AS A FORMAT CHANGE THAT MIGHT CREATE A BIT MORE DIRECTED TOPIC DISCUSSION.
I WAS JUST ADDRESSING WITH THAT, WHAT I'M LOOKING AT IN TERMS OF, UH, QUESTIONS, QUESTIONS, WHERE WE CAN ADDRESS.
WELL, I THINK DEFINITELY THE SUMMER PROJECT TIMELINES.
I MEAN, I THINK THAT'S, THAT'S, UH, I MEAN, EASY THING TO, I SHOULDN'T SAY AN EASY THING TO ADDRESS, BUT CERTAINLY THAT'S WHAT THE ADMINISTRATION IS ADDRESSING AND THAT'S WHY WE, UH, CHANGED GRADUATION DATES, ET CETERA.
SO DO YOU, WHAT DO YOU HAVE YOU PUT OUT DR.
RODRIGUEZ IN TERMS OF THE SUMMER PROJECT TIMELINES TO THE PARENTS OF EACH SCHOOL OR TO THE SIC, OR IS THIS SOMETHING THAT COULD BE ALSO, THAT SOUNDS MORE LIKE AN ADMINISTRATIVE, UH, PRESENTATION, AS OPPOSED AS OPPOSED TO A BOARD DISCUSSION COMING? THAT'S JUST NOW JOINING TO JUST AN FYI.
IT, IT SOUNDS, YOU KNOW, SOUNDS LIKE IT TOO.
I MEAN, AND IT ALSO, IT ALSO, UH, I MEAN, IT'S A QUESTION, RIGHT? AND THE QUESTION IS, ARE THEY GOING TO BE DONE IN TIME? RIGHT.
AND SO SOME PROJECTS ARE, ARE DESIGNED TO GO BEYOND SUMMER AND THEY CONTINUE WORKING ON IT.
AND SOME, SOME PROJECTS ARE DESIGNED TO GET IT DONE BEFORE SCHOOL STARTS, YOU KNOW, IT JUST SORT OF, SO, UM, SO I THINK THAT'S REALLY, YOU KNOW, UH, IT, I'M NOT SURE HOW TO TACKLE THAT ONE OTHER THAN TO JUST PROVIDE A, UH, A PRESENTATION TO THEM ABOUT THE WORK THAT'S KIND OF GOING ON, BUT THAT, I DIDN'T THINK THAT WAS REALLY THE, THE IDEA BEHIND THESE THINGS.
I THOUGHT MY, MY UNDERSTANDING WAS THAT IT WAS A OPPORTUNITY TO, UH, PUT A TOPIC ON THE TABLE AND GET, GET THEIR THOUGHTS ON THINGS IS WHAT I SORT OF UNDERSTOOD THE THESE MEETINGS TO BE.
BUT, UH, SO I DON'T KNOW, JUST FOR YOUR INFORMATION, DAVID, UM, I UNDERSTAND WHAT FRANK'S SAYING, BUT WE HAVE TO KEEP ALL THESE QUESTIONS ALIVE BECAUSE WE ASKED FOR THEM, BUT THE FIRST THREE QUESTIONS ARE PROBABLY AMENABLE TO THOSE BREAKOUT GROUPS BY, YOU KNOW, BY GRADE LEVEL.
UM, THE ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR, FIVE, I THINK THE LAST FIVE QUESTIONS ARE FOR EVERYONE.
SO I WOULD SUGGEST THAT PERHAPS WE HANDLE THOSE FIRST THREE IN THE BREAKOUT GROUPS, BUT THEN THINGS THAT, WHERE THEY'RE ACTUALLY LIKE QUESTIONING FRANK, IF THINGS ARE GOING TO BE DONE ON YOUR TIME, THAT'S A YES, NO, YES.
HOPEFULLY, BUT THAT WOULD BE THE WHOLE GROUP, MY FIRST THOUGHT TOPICS, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE REZONING CAN'T REALLY, THIS THAT'S HOW I SEE IS CAN'T DISCUSS THAT IN SMALL GROUPS.
NO, THAT'S JUST, THAT'S JUST SUCH AN ENORMOUS TOPIC.
I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD TACKLE
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THAT.I D I JUST DON'T THINK THAT'S, I MEAN, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WHEN IT'S APPROPRIATE THE BOARD AS A WHOLE TACKLE WITH IT PUBLICLY, BUT I DON'T, I JUST DON'T THINK THAT'S INAPPROPRIATE, YOU KNOW, BREAKOUT SESSION WITH SIC.
I DON'T, WHAT DO YOU GUYS THINK? I AGREE.
IT'S NOT A BREAKOUT TO THOSE SMALLER GROUPS, BUT WE HAVE TO RESPOND TO IT.
WE HAVE TO SAY WHAT, YOU KNOW, WHAT ABOUT REZONING? IS IT THAT YOU'RE INTERESTED? BECAUSE IT COULD BE VERY COMPLICATED OR IT COULD BE VERY SIMPLE, YOU KNOW, ARE WE GOING TO RESOLVE, WE LOST A THOUSAND STUDENTS, SO WHY WOULD WE REASON, YOU KNOW, MAYBE THAT'S A SHORT ANSWER, YOU KNOW? YEAH.
YEAH, I WAS JUST GONNA SAY, UM, I THINK THAT, I, I THINK IT'S A COMPLICATED RESPONSE, NO MATTER WHAT, UH, I DON'T THINK THAT THEIR QUESTION IS A SIMPLE ONE.
I THINK WHAT THEY'RE PROBABLY GETTING AT IS, UH, IN A CERTAIN SECTION OF THE, OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT OR THE COUNTY, UH, THERE ARE, UH, PEOPLE THAT LIVE NEAR A SCHOOL, BUT ARE HAVING TO BYPASS THAT SCHOOL BECAUSE OF THE MEASURES THAT HAD TO BE TAKEN DUE TO THE EXISTING OVERCROWDING.
SO, SO THEY'RE LOOKING FOR THAT TO BE CORRECTED.
UH, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, THE BOARD IS ALSO TRYING TO THINK ABOUT WHAT IT'S GOING TO DO DOWN THE ROAD WITH, UM, WITH, WITH, YOU KNOW, THE GROWTH.
AND SO MY UNDERSTANDING WAS THAT THERE WAS AN INTEREST IN TACKLING ALL OF IT AT ONE TIME, WHENEVER THERE WAS A DETERMINATION MADE ON WHAT IF THERE WERE ANY, ANY ADDITIONS THAT NEED BUILDINGS THAT NEEDED TO BE BUILT OR WHATEVER.
UH, BUT, BUT THAT, THAT WAS GOING TO BE IDEA, WAS TO TACKLE THAT AT ONE TIME IS WHAT I UNDERSTOOD.
SO I THINK THAT'S, THAT'S, IT'S GOING TO BE COMPLICATED BECAUSE I THINK WHAT THEY'RE LOOKING FOR IS TO SAY, FIX IT NOW, YOU KNOW? YEAH.
UM, MY COMMENT ABOUT THIS WHOLE DEAL IS WHAT, WHAT, WHAT WAS THE PLAN? WHAT WAS THE, WHAT WAS THE IDEA WHEN THIS WAS CONCEIVED AND IN TERMS OF MEETING WITH THEIR SIDE CS, EXCEPT TO, TO PROBABLY GENERATE DISCUSSION ABOUT THERE WAS INDIVIDUAL NEEDS OF EACH SCHOOL, AS I SEE, AND I ONLY BECAME COMMON LEAD FOR ALL OF THEIR SIZES, BUT I DIDN'T, I DIDN'T SEE THAT AS TACKLING THINGS LIKE ZONING OR, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE THREE, SOME OF THE THINGS ARE HERE.
IT'S JUST NOT RELEVANT TO THE SIC RELATIONSHIP WITH THE, THE DISTRICT AND WHAT THEIR FUNCTIONS ARE.
THAT THAT'S, THAT'S MY TAKE ON IT.
SO I CAN SEE, UH, YOU KNOW, GRADUATION, THAT'S A SIMPLE ONE, BUT YOU KNOW, HOW ARE THEY RECRUITING NEW MEMBERS? THAT'S, THAT'S PROBABLY SOMETHING THAT WE ALL CAN LOOK AT AND WORK AT AND, AND MAKE THEM BETTER AND US BETTER.
AND I, AND THE ENGAGING COMMUNITY MEMBERS.
AND THEN THE OTHER THING THAT MIGHT BE AN IDEA THAT IMPROVES THE INDIVIDUAL SCHOOLS THROUGH THE SIC IS NOT, YOU KNOW, THERE'S SEAS OUTREACHING BEYOND THE LITTLE CALORIE OF THAT INDIVIDUAL SCHOOL THAT WHEN THEY STARTED REACHING OUT TO BIGGER TOPICS, THEY'RE GOING TO BE ON THERE.
AND MY SENSE OF WHAT AS FUNCTIONAL MIGHT BE A SUBSTITUTE MIGHT ALSO BE A REASONABLE DISCUSSION.
I MEAN, THE WHOLE IDEA OF SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT COUNCILS IS TO IMPROVE THE SCHOOL.
UM, IT'S NOT TO, UH, DEVELOP POLICY FOR THE DISTRICT OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
SO I THINK DAVID'S IDEA LET'S HOW ABOUT HAVING THESE TOP THREE, THESE FIRST THREE AS BREAKOUT QUESTIONS, BECAUSE THERE'S, THOSE WILL BE VERY WELL-SUITED AS DAVID POINTED OUT, UM, TO, UH, HAVING THE, THE GROUP DIVIDED INTO A GRADE LEVELS KINDERGARTEN OR NOT KINDERGARTEN, SORRY, ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOL.
I REALLY THINK LESSER, I ALREADY STATED VIRTUAL LEARNING.
I, I JUST DON'T THINK THAT'S A TOPIC AT THIS POINT THAT I JUST THINK IT'S NOT AN SIC CONCERN.
THERE'S GOING TO BE A DISTRICT DECISION ABOUT THAT, NOT WHAT THIS SCHOOL IS GOING TO, HOW THEY'RE GOING TO DO VIRTUAL LEARNING VERSUS THAT SCHOOL REZONING.
I AGREE WITH MEL THAT THAT'S, YOU KNOW, THAT'S KIND OF OUT OF THE REALM OF SIC
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IS NOW THE SUMMER PROJECT TIMELINES, PERHAPS DR.RODRIGUEZ COULD GIVE, UH, AN OVERVIEW OF, YOU KNOW, THIS IS WHAT'S HAPPENING.
I MEAN, I GUESS ONCE AGAIN, WE GET DOWN, YOU KNOW, PROBABLY DOES MATTER, LIKE, YOU KNOW, THESE SCHOOLS ARE HAVING, I'M JUST MAKING ANYTHING UP THE WALLS PAINTED IN THE CARPET REPLACED, UM, THIS SUMMER, AND THAT SHOULD BE COMPLETED.
THIS GROUP OF SCHOOLS IS THEY'RE DOING THE IT UPGRADES, AND IT'S GOING TO BE 75% COMPLETE ON DAY ONE OF SCHOOL NEXT YEAR.
I MEAN, THAT, I THINK YOU COULD KIND OF LUMP STUFF TOGETHER AND HAVE IT MORE OF AN INFORMATION, UM, PRESENTATION RATHER THAN A DISCUSSION SO THEY CAN HAVE LIMITS ON THEIR PLAN.
I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO THEM BECAUSE THEN THEY CAN TAKE THAT BACK ABOUT THEIR OWN PARTICULAR SCHOOL AND TALK WITH THE REST OF THE MEMBERSHIP ABOUT, ABOUT THAT.
AND SO HOW ABOUT, AND THEN THE LACK OF SUBSTITUTES, I MEAN, THAT'S, ONCE AGAIN, IT'S A DISTRICT-WIDE WIDE, UH, HOW ARE YOU GOING TO ADDRESS THAT? UM, OR I SEE THAT SORT OF BEING IN THE SAME CATEGORY AS WHAT'S VIRTUAL LEARNING GONNA LOOK LIKE NEXT YEAR.
I MEAN, THE SUBSTITUTE ISSUE IS, IS, IS LINKED VERY MUCH SO TO OUR PANDEMIC.
SO I'M NOT SURE THAT'S SOMETHING THAT INDIVIDUAL SCHOOL CAN IMPROVE.
IS THERE MORE ON THE NEXT PAGE, ROBIN? I COULDN'T TELL.
SO WHAT IF, WHAT IF, WHAT IF WE DO THIS, UM, HAVE DR.
RODRIGUEZ AND STAFF PRESENT THE SUMMER PROJECT TIMELINES, LIKE I SAID, KIND OF, SO THE, SO THAT THEY KNOW THEIR SCHOOL WHAT'S HAPPENING AND WHAT'S ANTICIPATED TO BE COMPLETED DURING THE SUMMER.
WE COULD START OUT WITH THAT AND I DON'T KNOW, MAYBE MAKE IT A 15 MINUTE THING AND THEN HAVE THE, UM, THE, UH, BREAKOUT GROUPS WHERE THEY ADDRESS THESE THREE QUESTIONS AND THEN WE COULD HAVE THEM, UM, COME BACK AND REPORT.
AND THEN THE NEXT THING WAS THE FUTURE TOPICS AND FORMAT.
DO THEY WANT TO STICK WITH THIS, YOU KNOW, IDEA OF DOING IT BY, BY AGE GROUPS, GRADE LEVELS? OR DO THEY WANT TO GO BACK TO DOING IT BY GEOGRAPHIC REGION? NORTH IS ABROAD.
SOUTH IS ABROAD WHAT DAVID AND MELANIE IDEAS.
I JUST FEEL STRONGLY THAT WE, IF WE TAKE SOMETHING OFF THIS AGENDA, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO EXPLAIN WHY WE DID, BECAUSE WE ASKED THEM, WE ASKED THEM FOR QUESTIONS.
IF WE DON'T THINK THEY'RE APPROPRIATE, WE HAVE A THIRD WHERE WE PUT THE HUBS TO STUFF LIKE THAT, BUT WE HAVE TO EXPLAIN TO THEM, WELL, I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY.
I HEAR WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, BUT I'M NOT SURE THAT'S THE WAY IT WAS.
UH, THEY WEREN'T ASKED ABOUT THIS.
SO JUST THE TOPICS AND WE'RE PICKING ALL OF THAT AS WELL AS BOARD.
THE ONES THAT WE FEEL ARE A BURDEN.
AND I MEAN, UH, EVEN IF THESE OTHERS ARE ON THE BACK BURNER OFF TO BE ANSWERED IN ANOTHER FORMAT, THAT'S FINE.
BUT THESE ARE THINGS THAT WE FEEL LIKE SHOULDN'T BE ANSWERED IN THIS FORUM.
UH, I CAN SEE THAT LAST ONE, EVEN BEING ADDRESSED THROUGH THE DEGREE, NOT FOR THEM, WE ARE, WHAT DO WE HAVE IN PLACE FOR THAT AND WHAT THE INDIVIDUAL SCHOOLS HAVE IN PLACE, WHERE IT WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING THAT COULD BE DISCUSSED.
BUT I THINK WE WERE JUST, WE'RE JUST ASKING FOR TOPICS.
SO WE COULD GET AN IDEA OF WHY THE BEST, YOU KNOW, FACILITATE THIS, THIS, THIS, UH, THIS MEETING AND JUST PUTTING ALL THE SUGGESTIONS IN, IN A MEETING FORM.
DOESN'T GET TO THAT ATTEMPT OF THIS, OF THIS RELATIONSHIP, THIS COLLABORATION IN MY MIND.
I GUESS I ALSO THOUGHT IT WAS JUST QUERYING THEM FOR SUGGESTIONS.
NOT THAT THESE WILL BE THE TELUS, THE AGENDA ITEMS, AND WE'LL HAVE THEM ON THE AGENDA.
I'M GOING TO DISAGREE WITH YOU GUYS.
YOU CAN ASK SOMEBODY FOR INPUT AND YOU DON'T HAVE TO TELL THEM WELL, LET'S SEE.
WHAT IS KRISTEN ON HERE? HOW IS SHE? CAN, UM, KRISTEN ADDRESS WHAT WE'RE DISCUSSING? UH, WELL, I CAN TELL YOU WHAT I SENT THEM IN THE EMAIL.
UM, SO I SENT AN ORIGINAL EMAIL AND A FOLLOW-UP AND THEY SIMPLY SAY, UM, TO PLEASE SUBMIT YOUR QUESTIONS SLASH CONCERNS
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AND THAT I WOULD FORWARD THE TOP THREE TO THE BOARD.UM, THAT'S HOW I HAVE DONE IT IN THE PAST.
SO THAT'S WHY I WENT THAT ROUTE AGAIN, THIS YEAR, I HAVE RECEIVED MORE RESPONSES IN THE PAST, THEN JUST WHAT YOU SEE HERE.
AND IT DOES USUALLY NEED TO GET WHITTLED DOWN TO THREE.
UM, BUT WITH WHAT WE HAVE, THIS IS, THIS IS IT SO FAR.
SO ARE THESE ORDERED BY, BY THE NUMBER OF REQUESTS FOR EACH OF THEM OR NO, NO.
THEY ARE, UM, IN ORDER OF HOW I RECEIVED THEM.
SO THE TOP ONE TO THREE ARE FOR ONE SCHOOL.
THE VIRTUAL LEARNING IS FROM ONE SCHOOL AND THEN THE BOTTOM FOUR ARE FROM ONE SCHOOL.
SO THAT'S ALL I'VE RECEIVED SO FAR.
RODRIGUEZ AND KRISTEN, YOUR INPUT.
WHAT, UM, DID YOU HEAR WHAT WE KIND OF, WE THOUGHT THAT TOP THREE QUESTIONS THERE FROM THE ONE SCHOOL WERE VERY AMENABLE TO, UH, BREAK OUT DISCUSSIONS.
WE ALSO THOUGHT THE SCHOOLS WERE VERY, WE'D BE INTERESTED IN THE SUMMER PROJECT TIMELINES, AT LEAST ONE SCHOOL IS.
AND I CAN'T IMAGINE THAT THAT WOULD NOT BE HELPFUL TO THE OTHER SCHOOLS AND HAVE THAT AS A PRESENTATION TO BEGIN WITH.
AND THEN I THINK ANOTHER TOPIC THAT WOULD BE EASY TO, UM, APPLY TO THE SCHOOLS WOULD BE AS WHAT YOU SAID, MEL, THE LAST TOPIC, THE HOMEBOUND TEACHER THING SUPPORT.
HOW IS, HOW ARE THE, I GUESS YOU'D SAY, HOW ARE THE SCHOOLS PROVIDING HOME BOUND SUPPORT, RIGHT.
I THINK THEY COULD HAVE IDEAS.
EACH SIC COULD HAVE IDEAS OF HOW THEY CAN ASSIST THEN WHATEVER THE DISTRICT HAVE IN PLACE FOR WHAT IT WAS HOME BOUND, SUPPORTED THEM AND FEED OFF EACH OTHER'S IDEAS OF HOW THE, YOU KNOW, TO HELP THE HOME BARN, HOME BOUND TEACHER.
AND I THINK THAT'S THE IDEA OF HAVING THEM TOGETHER SO THAT THEY CAN LOOK AT EACH OTHER AND SEE WHAT WE'RE DOING VERSUS WHAT THE OTHER SCHOOLS SIC IS DOING.
AND ALSO, YOU KNOW, IT'S POSSIBLE THAT WE COULD DO TO SOME OF THE SAME THINGS.
AND A DISTRICT ALSO IS SAY WHAT THE GENERAL SUPPORT IS.
I DON'T SEE THAT WE'RE GOING TO CHANGE OUR POLICY, THE GENERAL SUPPORT, UNLESS WE SEE THAT THAT'S, YOU KNOW, THAT'S A FUNCTIONABLE THING.
SO THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT I LOOK AT AND, AND WENT FROM WHERE KRISTEN SAID, I THINK WE'RE DOING EXACTLY WHAT, WHAT HAS BEEN DONE IN THE PAST, WHICH IS NARROW IT DOWN TO THE TOPICS THAT ARE, THAT ARE AMENABLE TO THE ENTIRE GROUP.
SO DO YOU THINK WE SHOULD HAVE THAT LAST ONE? UM, I CAN, YEAH, I CAN GO WITH THE LAST ONE BEING A PART THAT EACH GROUP WOULD BE, BUT HAVE SOME INTERESTING AND, AND, AND BY THEM HAVING SOME INTEREST IN IT, UH, IT CAN GENERATE DISCUSSION AMONGST THE INDIVIDUAL GROUPS.
AND THAT'S A LITTLE BIT LOOKING FOR, I, I DON'T SEE, YOU KNOW, FIRST ALL OF THEM BEING INTERESTED IN THE REZONING, I DON'T KNOW, YOU KNOW, BATTERY OKAY.
SO IT WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, IN THAT CONVERSATION.
I SEE, I SEE THEM IN THE CONVERSATION ABOUT HOME BOUND TEACHERS.
I, I THINK, UH, UM, WE CAN DEFINITELY HAVE, YOU KNOW, THAT, THAT CONVERSATION, I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WOULD BE IMPORTANT BEFORE WE JUMPED INTO THAT CONVERSATION WOULD BE A BIT OF AN EXPLANATION FOR PARENTS ABOUT THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN, UH, OR, OR AN EXPLANATION OF WHAT HOMEBOUND EDUCATION IS.
BECAUSE, BECAUSE IF THEY'RE THINKING THAT HOMEBOUND IS A KID THAT'S IN VIRTUAL AND THEY WANT TO KNOW WHAT, WHAT, WHAT, UH, WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE THAT VIRTUAL IS VIRTUAL SCHOOL, RIGHT.
UM, IT'S LIKE SCHOOL, BUT AT HOME, RIGHT THROUGH THE INTERNET, HOMEBOUND EDUCATION IS FOR KIDS WITH SPECIAL NEEDS.
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AND THAT'S A VERY CLEAR DISTINCTION, RIGHT? UH, WHEN SOMEBODY HAS TO RECEIVE HOMEBOUND SERVICES VERSUS SOMEBODY WHO'S TAKING VIRTUAL.AND I THINK SOMETIMES THEY MIX, THEY, THEY THEY'RE, THEY'RE CONFUSING SOME OF THAT.
SOMETIMES I'M NOT SAYING THAT'S WHAT THIS IS.
THIS MIGHT BE A PARENT WHO'S ON AN SIC WHO HAS A HOME BOUND CHILD AND HAS EXPERIENCED AN ISSUE.
AND IT WOULD BE VALUABLE TO BRING THAT OUT SO WE CAN, WE CAN SEE WHAT THAT IS, YOU KNOW, AND SORT THROUGH THAT.
BUT, BUT I THINK A DISTINCTION WOULD BE IMPORTANT.
SO THEY DON'T GO DOWN A RABBIT HOLE ABOUT A HOME SUPPORT FOR VIRTUAL SCHOOL.
I THINK, I THINK THE INTENT IS HOME BOUND.
AND FRANK, I THINK THAT IF THEY'RE THERE, THEY'RE ERECTING IT DIRECTLY AT HOME BOUND BECAUSE THAT IS A
AND THE HOME BOUND STUDENTS DO HAVE.
SO WE DO HAVE ISSUES WITH THE HOME BOUND TEACHER, STUDENT RELATIONSHIP.
AND, UH, THAT'S, I THINK THAT'S A LEGITIMATE ONE.
I DON'T KNOW WHERE HE CAME FROM.
CHRISTIAN WOULD KNOW BETTER ABOUT IT, BUT I THINK THAT'S, THAT'S, THAT'S A TOPIC THAT WOULD GARNER A BETTER DISCUSSION.
SO THEN THEY'D HAVE, IF WE ADD THAT TO THE GROUP DISCUSSIONS, THAT THERE'D BE FOUR TOPICS, I GUESS THEY COULD DO.
UM, I THINK THE FIRST ONE IS MAYBE WITH JEN, THE MOVING UP FOR GRADUATION CEREMONIES COULD, COULD BE A LENGTHY DISCUSSION AMONG THE GROUPS.
UM, I DON'T SEE THAT BEING SOMETHING QUICK.
AND, UM, NORMALLY THE, THE GROUP DISCUSSIONS ARE FOR ABOUT 45 MINUTES.
SO IF WE ADD A FOURTH ONE, THAT WOULD BE LIKE HAVING IT FOR AN HOUR.
UM, AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO HAVE, AT THE BEGINNING, WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE, THE SUMMER PROJECT TIMELINE, JUST WITH THE SCHOOLS OR SUMMER PROJECTS, I GUESS IS WHAT IT WOULD BE.
WELL, YOU KNOW, THE ONLY REASON I ADDED THAT ONE AND I GUESS THE SUMMER PROJECT WOULD, SHE SAID THE LAST FOUR, I THINK CAME FROM THE SAME SCHOOL.
SO I WANTED SOME OF THAT SCHOOL'S INPUT TO BE INVOLVED AND, YOU KNOW, OVERALL GENDER.
BUT I, YOU KNOW, I COULD GO EITHER WAY WITH THAT.
I THINK THE OTHER THING WE COULD DO IS LOOK AT NUMBER RIGHT NOW UNDER GROUP DISCUSSIONS, REALLY QUESTION TWO AND THREE COULD BE LUMPED TOGETHER HOW OUR SIC IS RECRUITING NEW MEMBERS AND ENGAGING COMMUNITY, ENGAGING THE COMMUNITY.
HOW'S THAT, AND THAT WOULD MAKE THAT BECAUSE THAT'S REALLY KIND OF ALL YEAH.
SO HOW ARE SIC MEMBERS? I WOULD SAY RECRUITING NEW MEMBERS AND ENGAGING THE COMMUNITY.
AND WE HAD A DISCUSSION ON APP ONE THE LAST TIME I DON'T CHRISTIAN REMEMBERS, BUT YEAH, WE, WE DID DISCUSS THAT THE LAST TIME A CERTAIN SCHOOLS HAD THAT GOOD IDEAS ABOUT HOW THEY'RE IMPROVING THAT NEEDS TO BE SHARED AGAIN.
THEN WHAT THE THIRD ONE SHOULD BE LABELED, UM, THIS DISCUSSION OR GROUP DISCUSSIONS UH HOME-BOUND OR YOU CAUSE DOESN'T THAT I WOULD THINK HOME-BOUND UM, HOW SHOULD I SAY THIS, THAT, UH, CHILDREN RECEIVING HOMEBOUND SERVICES? ISN'T THAT A SMALL, VERY SMALL PORTION OF THE DISTRICT.
I, I SMELL PORTION, BUT LIKE YOU SAID, IT'S PROBABLY A CERTAIN PERCENTAGE, A LARGER, MUCH LARGER PERCENTAGE OF SIC MEMBERS WHO ARE INTERESTED IN THIS TOPIC.
THAT WOULD BE ALL THERE NARROWLY.
SO THAT'S THE OTHER ASPECT OF IT THIS YEAR, IT'S VERY CONTROVERSIAL AND VERY POLITICAL IN TERMS OF HOW WE ASSIST THEM.
AND IT'S STILL A LEGITIMATE TOPIC.
I, IN MY MIND BEING, HAVING BEEN IN THE SCHOOLS WITH HOME BOUND STUDENTS AND I STILL HAVE DILEMMA TOPIC, NO, I WILL RECRUIT TEACHERS OR GET TEACHERS TO, TO ACCOMMODATE AND THEY'RE ACCOMMODATING.
I WAS AND, UH, YOU KNOW, THE INTEGRITY INVOLVED.
SO YEAH, AND I, I WOULD, UH, I, I SUSPECT DAVID WAS ABOUT TO SAY SOMETHING, BUT I, I THINK WHAT, WHAT, WHAT DAVID WAS PROBABLY ABOUT TO SAY IS THAT EVEN THOUGH IT IS A SMALL GROUP, UH, IT IS A HIGHLY INVOLVED, UH, GROUP OF
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PARENTS THAT ARE ENGAGED BECAUSE THEY, THEY, THEY NEED TO BE IN TERMS OF ADVOCATING AND THINGS LIKE THAT.SO THEY, THEY, UH, THEY MAY NOT, THEY MAY BE A SMALL GROUP, BUT, BUT, UM, BUT THEY, THEY ARE VERY, VERY INVOLVED TYPICALLY.
AND SO THAT WE'VE GOT SOMETHING FROM EACH OF THE SIC THAT, UM, SUBMITTED, UH, RESPONSES.
SO DOES THIS LOOK GOOD TO YOU GUYS, DAVID, AND NOW I'M COMFORTABLE WITH IT? SO I THINK IT MIGHT BE HELPFUL ROBIN, SINCE WE'RE GOING TO DO IT A LITTLE DIFFERENTLY, MAYBE UNDER GROUP DISCUSSIONS, WE SHOULD PUT THERE BREAKOUT, BREAKOUT GROUPS, ELEMENTARY, MIDDLE, AND HIGH SCHOOL.
JUST SO THEY KNOW THAT THAT'S THE WAY WE'RE GOING TO BREAK OUT INSTEAD OF DOING IT BY NORTH AND SOUTH.
AND I GUESS PEOPLE WILL SAY, WELL, WHAT IF I HAVE A CHILD IN ELEMENTARY AND HIGH SCHOOL, I GUESS THEY'LL HAVE TO JUST CHOOSE ONE OF THEM, BUT THE SIC PRESIDENT OR WHATEVER, AND WHAT PARTICULAR SCHOOL.
ANY, DO YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS ON, UH, CANDICE OR, OR, UM, KRISTEN REGARDING WHAT WE'VE COME UP WITH? I HAVE ONE MORE THING TO SAY, UH, IF IT IS POSSIBLE FOR US TO GET THEM TO, UH, TO RSVP AHEAD OF TIME AND TO SAY, THIS IS THE BREAKOUT GROUP THAT I WOULD LIKE TO GO INTO.
UM, WAS, I'M NOT, I'M NOT COMPLETELY SURE ON HOW DOING BREAKOUT GROUPS IN ZOOM, UH, PLAYS OUT, BUT IF WE NEED TO KNOW WHERE THEY WANT TO GO SO WE CAN MOVE THEM THERE.
UM, THEN RATHER THAN THEM, I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S POSSIBLE FOR THEM TO SELF-SELECT RIGHT.
I THINK WE HAVE TO SORT OF MOVE THEM THERE AND WE NEED TO KNOW WHO THEY ARE AND WHERE THEY WANT TO GO AHEAD OF THE MEETING.
THAT THE LAST TIME WE, WE ASKED PEOPLE TO RSVP AND THEY RSVP TO KRISTA, THERE WERE A COUPLE OF PEOPLE WHO DID NOT DO IT AT THE LAST MINUTE.
AND SO THAT'S WHY THEY ENDED UP IN A DIFFERENT GROUP, BUT THE INSTRUCTIONS WERE SENT OUT TO RSVP, GET THEIR NAME AND THE GRADE, WELL, NOT GRADE LEVEL, BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, NORTH OF THE FRAUD OR THE SOUTH OF THE FRAUD.
I ACTUALLY JUST PARTICIPATED A FEW WEEKS AGO IN A, IN A ZOOM THAT HAD, UM, LOTS OF PEOPLE, MAYBE ALMOST 200 PEOPLE ON THE MEETING AND THEY THERE'S SOME WAY TO DO IT.
WHERE, UH, AS THE PARTICIPANT THEY HAD MAYBE 10 BREAKOUT GROUPS, YOU COULD CHOOSE AT THE TIME OF THE, OF THE, UM, MEETING, YOU JUST CLICKED ON A LINK TO WHICH, WHICH BREAKOUT GROUP YOU WANTED.
SO THIS WOULD BE THREE LINKS WOULD BE OFFERED.
I, I, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW ALL THE MECHANICS OF IT, BUT, UM, YEAH, IT IS POSSIBLE TO DO SOMEBODY WHO, WHO KNOWS HOW TO DO ZOOM A LOT.
SO HOW ABOUT KRISTEN OR CANDICE? ANY, ANY INPUT? UM, I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD.
DO WE HAVE ANY, UM, AND DO YOU WANT IT SO ON HERE, SHOULD WE PUT THE TIMES TO, UH, GUYS OR DON'T HAVE TIMES ON HERE JUST THE SIX O'CLOCK I WOULD SUGGEST LEAVING IT AT THE SIX O'CLOCK NO, UNLESS YOU ALL WANT TO SAY SIX TO SEVEN OR SIX TO SEVEN 30 OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
I THINK IT, I THINK IT'S FINE TO NOT HAVE THE TIMES, BUT I ALSO THINK IT WOULD BE REALLY HELPFUL TO THE PARENTS TO SAY, HOW LONG AM I GOING TO BE THERE TONIGHT? ESPECIALLY GIVEN HOW GOD AWFUL LONG OUR MEETINGS HAVE BEEN.
SO I WOULD SAY, WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU JUST SAYING? UM, UH, I DUNNO, SIX TO SEVEN 30 OR BECAUSE I JUST DON'T WANT THEM TO THINK THAT THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO BE THERE ALL NIGHT.
THAT'S A REASONABLE TIME, I SUPPOSE.
AND THEN WE CAN SEE, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE GET TO THE GROUP DISCUSSIONS, WE CAN SAY WE WERE ANTICIPATING 15 MINUTES PER THE, EACH OF THE TOPICS.
AND THEN WE COME BACK AND WE REPORT FOR 15 MINUTES AND SO ON AND SO FORTH.
DO WE HAVE ANYTHING ELSE THAT WE NEED TO DISCUSS MEL, MEL,
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UM, DAVID OR, OR, UM, FRANK OR ROBIN OR MOLLY.FOR EITHER THIS CONSENT FOR ADJOURNMENT WE'RE ADJOURNED.