* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [00:00:09] AND AGENDA SETTING MEETING OF MAY 21, 2021 TO ORDER THIS MEETING IS BEING CONDUCTED VIA ZOOM, VIDEO CONFERENCING. AND I WILL HAVE TO ASK MOLLY, IS IT ALSO BEING LIVE STREAMED BY THE COUNTY CHANNEL? YES, COUNTY CHANNEL IS ON. OKAY. COUNTY CHANNEL IS ON. THANK YOU. SO WE NOW NEED A MOTION TO APPROVE THE AGENDA. OKAY. THANK YOU, MR. . MR. MEL CAMPBELL. NOW YOU'RE MUTED. GOOD BAD EYES AND BAD HANDS, BUT GOOD EARS. ALL RIGHT. ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, AYE. OKAY. THE AGENDA IS APPROVED. WE WILL NOW STAND FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO RIGHT ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY, PLEASE BE SEATED. THE MEDIA HAS BEEN PROPERLY NOTIFIED. DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE, UM, COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES OF MAY SEVEN 2021 AS PRESENTED HERE. MADAM CHAIR, I MOVE. WE APPROVE THE COMMITTEE MEETING, MAN, MAN. IT'S SO MAY 7TH, 2021. THANK YOU. OKAY. ANY DISCUSSION GENTLEMEN? ALL IN FAVOR. AYE. OKAY. WE UNANIMOUSLY APPROVE THE MINUTES NOW WE'LL MOVE TO SETTING THE JUNE 1ST, UH, BOARD MEETING. SO IF YOU CAN BRING THAT UP, MOLLY, THE DRAFT AGENDA. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, SO YOU CAN, CAN YOU SCROLL SO I CAN SEE THE VERY BEGINNING OF IT. THANK YOU. KEEP GOING, I GUESS. ALL RIGHT. UH, UM, ALL RIGHT. I GUESS NOTHING NEW AT THE VERY TOP THERE WITH ALL THE DISCLAIMERS ABOUT THE PUBLIC COMMENTS AND OKAY. NEXT DOWN TO CALL FOR THE EXECUTIVE SESSION. UM, ALAS, DR. RODRIGUEZ, SINCE HE IS ON OUR CALL HERE, WE HAVE THE EMPLOYMENT, THE PERSONNEL RATIFICATION AND ADULT EDUCATION HOMESCHOOL REPORT, AND THEN NINE AMENDMENTS. SO WE HAVE IT AT FOUR 30. IS THAT REASONABLE? YES. I HAVE TO ADD TWO OTHER ITEMS THERE. ONE IS A SCHOLASTIC READING CONTRACT AND THE OTHER ONE, UH, I THINK IS THE LOW COUNTRY CONSORTIUM, UH, FOR VIRTUAL PROGRAMMING. THAT'S A CONTRACT AS WELL. OKAY. IT SEEMS LIKE A LOT OF ITEMS. WOULD THERE BE ANYTHING THAT COULD WAIT UNTIL THE SECOND MEETING? UM, I THINK, UM, THOSE AMENDMENTS WERE ALL CONSTRUCTION-RELATED. UM, YEAH. UM, THINK THAT SCHOLASTIC CONTRACT, UH, NEEDS TO GET THESE TO GET MOVING AND, AND THE LOW COUNTRY CONSORTIUM CONTRACT, UH, THAT NEEDS TO GET MOVING AS WELL. UM, ALL RIGHT, WELL, UM, I DON'T KNOW. UM, MEL AND DAVID W START EARLIER. IT'S VERY HARD FOR ME TO GET THERE AT FOUR, BUT OR FOUR 15. WHAT DO YOU THINK THERE WAS QUITE A BIT OF DISCUSSION JUST WITH THREE AT THE LAST MEETING, THESE NINE WILL BE A LITTLE BIT MORE STRAIGHTFORWARD. [00:05:06] OKAY. YEAH. THAT'S A GOOD IDEA. YEAH. UM, I WILL DOUBLE CHECK IF ANY OF THOSE NINE, UH, ARE THINGS THAT COULD BE, UH, MOVE TO THE NEXT ONE OR IF THESE ARE THINGS TIMELY ONES THAT HAD THAT HAVE TO HAPPEN THIS THIS TIME. SO THAT SOUNDS GREAT. ALL RIGHT, SO WE'LL LEAVE THE TIME AT FOUR 30. YEAH. UM, THEN WE'RE ONTO OUR PUBLIC SESSION. WE HAVE A NUMBER OF, UH, STUDENT PERFORMANCE. IT LOOKS LIKE THAT'S BUFORD HIGH SCHOOL DRAMA, AND THEN A MULTIPLE POINTS OF CELEBRATION LISTED. I'M NOT SURE YOU HAVE TO TELL ME WHAT SOM IS. OH, OKAY. I WAS LIKE, WAIT A SECOND. OKAY. STUDENT OF THE MONTH, TEACHERS OF THE YEAR SUPPORT STAFF OF THE YEAR JUNIOR SCHOLARS AND SENIOR SCHOLARS. OKAY. VERY NICE. LOTS OF GOOD CELEBRATION THERE. YEAH. UM, ALL RIGHT, THEN WERE, UH, THE FIRST PUBLIC COMMENTS THAN THE CHAIRMAN'S REPORT? I WILL. I'M NOT SURE WHAT I WILL INCLUDE FOR THE CHAIRMAN'S REPORT AT THIS POINT. THE LEGISLATIVE PROPOSALS THAT WE'RE WORKING ON ARE, ARE GOING TO BE UNDER BOARD BUSINESS, SO THEY WON'T BE UNDER THE CHAIRMAN'S REPORT. UM, ALRIGHT THEN WE'RE TO THE COMMITTEE REPORTS, ACADEMICS, AND, AND, UH, THE AD HOC BLUFFTON GROWTH. THAT WILL BE IT MOLLY BY BETWEEN THE LAST MEETING AND THIS MEETING FOR THE COMMITTEES. UM, I BELIEVE SO BOTH OF THEM HAVEN'T MET YET, SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY WOULD BE REPORTING OUT ON. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. JUST SPEAK UP IF YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS TO WHERE YOU WANT TO SAY SOMETHING ELSE, I'LL HAVE A BRIEF REPORT. OKAY. THANKS, RACHEL. ALL RIGHT. AND WE'RE ON TO THE SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT, SO, OKAY. UM, MOLLY UNDER STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT, UM, I WOULD LIST THAT AS SUMMER PROGRAMMING, NOT, NOT JUST SUMMER READING, BUT I'LL CALL IT SUMMER PROGRAMMING. ALL RIGHT. THEN, UM, AN UPDATE UNDER FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY ON THE BOARD, UH, BOARD BUDGET, UM, BECAUSE BY THEN WE WILL HAVE MET WITH COUNTY COUNCIL. SO, UM, AND THEN, UH, UNDER OTHER MATTERS, UM, WE'LL LIST ON THERE. UH, I DUNNO IF I'M GOING TO SAY IT, BUT, BUT IF THERE'S A MORE CONCISE WAY TO SAY THIS HELP ME OUT, BUT THIS IS THE PROCESS FOR DEALING WITH UNDER ENROLLED SCHOOLS THAT, UH, MS. FIDRYCH HAD MADE A MOTION A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO AND IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BRING IT BACK IN JUNE. SO THAT'S HOW I HAVE IT TITLED THIS PROCESS FOR, UH, UNDER ENROLLED SCHOOLS. OKAY. DO YOU THINK THERE'LL BE ANOTHER THING? UM, DR. RODRIGUEZ WILL BE IMPACT FEES. UM, WE WERE NOTIFIED TODAY THAT THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE THE SECOND READING ON, UM, IMPACT SCHOOL IMPACT FEES WITH THE COUNTY COUNCIL, I BELIEVE MONDAY. UM, BUT WILL YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO REPORT OUT FROM THAT WE MIGHT? UM, SO MAYBE, MAYBE WE SHOULD LIST THAT UNDER FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY AS A, AS ANOTHER POSSIBILITY FOR NOW, AND THEN WE'LL WE'LL KNOW MORE BY BEFORE THE MEETING, WHETHER WE HAVE SOMETHING OR NOT. YEAH. AND YOU KNOW WHAT, UM, MOLLY, I WOULD PUT SCHOOL IMPACT FEE UPDATE, JUST SO PEOPLE ARE, YOU KNOW, IT'S VERY CLEAR. WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT EVERY YEP. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. DOCTOR WAS NEVSKY. [00:10:01] THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. UM, I KNOW THAT THERE HAD BEEN SOME DISCUSSION WHEN THERE'S BEEN THE PRESENTATION OF, UM, OLD PES OR WHATNOT IN, UM, OUR REGULAR BOARD MEETINGS. SO I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S SOMETHING THAT CAN GO UNDER POLICY DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION REGARDING HOW WE'RE GOING TO KIND OF CORRECT THAT MOVING FORWARD. I KNOW IT'S BEEN A CONCERN SOMETIMES FOR SOME BOARD MEMBERS. I'M NOT SURE IF WE HAVE A PLAN OF ACTION IN REGARD TO THAT. SO, OR IF DR. RODRIGUEZ MAYBE YOU CAN SPEAK TO IT. WELL, DO YOU WANT ME TO SPEAK TO IT NOW? OR ARE YOU UP? YEAH. UM, SO HOW ABOUT, WHY DON'T WE HAVE THAT UNDER GOAL FOUR, MAYBE WE CAN SAY, UH, DEVELOPMENT OF OPERATIONAL EXPECTATIONS. DOES THAT SOUND GOOD? DOCTOR WAS NEVSKY. YEAH. JUST AN UPDATE ON, ON WHAT, UM, MAYBE WHAT THE ADMINISTRATION IS PLANNING TO DO IN REGARD TO IMPLEMENTING THAT. UM, SO THAT MOVING FORWARD, IT'S MORE CLEAR. YEAH, I THINK THAT'S A REAL GOOD SUGGESTION. THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME. ANY OTHER, UM, COMMENTS WHILE WE'RE ON THAT REPORT? NOPE. NOBODY ELSE'S HAND IS UP. I HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU ALL. UM, ALL RIGHT. ARE YOU ALL STILL INTERESTED IN COVID-19 UPDATES OR NETWORK IT'S WAY OUT OR I JUST GOING TO SAY, I'VE BEEN GETTING QUESTIONS, UM, ABOUT WHAT'S IT GONNA LOOK LIKE FOR NEXT YEAR? SO I DON'T KNOW IF MAYBE THIS UPDATE COULD INCLUDE THAT OR WOULD INCLUDE THAT, BUT THEN PERHAPS IF THAT MAY BE THE LAST TIME YOU'D HAVE TO DO ONE. UM, IF THERE WAS AN ANNOUNCEMENT ON WHAT THEY WERE GOING TO LOOK LIKE, I KNOW YOU DON'T HAVE A CRYSTAL BALL THOUGH, SO, UM, BUT THAT HAS BEEN A QUESTION I'VE BEEN RECEIVING. YEAH. I HAVE, HAVE YOU ANNOUNCED THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE, UH, BASICALLY FULL TIME, FACE TO FACE NEXT YEAR WE'VE MADE A FORMAL ANNOUNCEMENT, BUT I DON'T INTEND TO MOVE THAT WORKS. WELL, THAT'S WHAT I MEAN. I MEAN, MAYBE, MAYBE WE STOPPED MAKING THOSE ANNOUNCEMENTS. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'RE DOWN AT, IN THE DISTRICT WITH THE PARTICULARS, THE PRINCIPALS, THE PROGRAMMERS AT THE SCHOOL, BUT THE SOONER, THE BETTER DON'T YOU THAT YOU THINK IN TERMS OF THEM KNOWING WHAT TO LOOK FORWARD TO NEXT YEAR. YES. I AGREE WITH THAT. YEAH. AND I, I, YOU KNOW, AND WHEN, WHEN WE TRAVELED LAST WEEK AROUND THE SCHOOLS, THAT WAS ONE OF THE ISSUES THAT WAS BROUGHT UP. WE DON'T KNOW WHAT WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING NEXT YEAR. WE DON'T KNOW. WE'D LIKE TO KNOW. WE LIKE TO KNOW. OKAY. YEAH. I'VE GOTTEN THE SAME KIND OF, UH, PEOPLE WANTING TO KNOW KIND OF WHAT TO EXPECT. AND IT'S TRUE AS HAS BEEN SAID, YOU KNOW, THE CRYSTAL BALL, WE DON'T, NONE OF US HAVE A CRYSTAL BALL, BUT WHAT YOU THINK IT'D BE GOOD TO JUST STATE WHAT YOU ARE HOPING TO DO AND, YOU KNOW, WITH THE CAVEAT THAT IT COULD CHANGE BASED ON, YOU KNOW, WHAT HAPPENS HERE LOCALLY OR NATIONALLY WITH, UH, THE PANDEMIC SOUNDS GOOD. ALL RIGHT. SO THAT CAN BE PART OF THE COVID-19. YEAH. ALL RIGHT. UNDER BOARD BUSINESS ACTION. UM, SO WE HAVE THREE ITEMS THERE. UH, THE TECHNOLOGY DEVICES, WHICH WAS POSTPONED FROM THE LAST MEETING BY THE MEMBERS REQUEST, THEN WE HAVE THE LEGISLATIVE PROPOSALS AND AGENDA. THAT'S COMING BACK TO US THAT WE'RE HAVING OUR LOBBYISTS WORK ON RIGHT NOW WITH A GROUP AND THEN THE BOND FOR THE 20 MILLION, FOR THE 8% PROJECTS. SO I ASSUME, UH, FRANNIE WOULD BE THERE FOR THAT BOND ISSUE. YES. SO, UM, I GUESS I ALWAYS FEEL LIKE IT'S NICER TO PUT THE PEOPLE THAT ARE, YOU KNOW, UH, JOINING US IF WE CAN NEAR THE BEGINNING OF THE MEETING, SO THEY DON'T HAVE TO HANG ON LONG. UM, DAVID, I THINK WHEN YOU POSTPONE IT TO THE NEXT MEETING, THAT TECHNOLOGY DEVICES, I THINK IT HAS TO BE THE [00:15:01] FIRST THING. YEAH, NO, I'M NOT TALKING TO, OH, YOU MEAN YOU GET NOT HAVE, UH, YOU'RE SAYING NOT HAVE, UM, WELL, I THOUGHT YOU WERE GOING TO MOVE FRANNIE AHEAD OF THAT. WELL, I THAT'S WHAT I WAS, I WAS CONSIDERING, BUT YOU'RE PROBABLY RIGHT. IS THAT, UM, I DO THINK IT'S WHATEVER WAS POSTPONED HAS TO COME FIRST OR YEAH, WELL, WE COULD HAVE, WELL, BOTH THE B THE LEGISLATIVE PROPOSALS OR OUTSIDE PEOPLE TOO, AND THE, AND THE BOND. SO I GUESS JUST LEAVE THEM LIKE THAT. WE COULD MOVE THE ENTIRE SEGMENT EARLIER IN THE MEETING, OR JUST LEAVE IT HERE. MR. DISTRIBUTOR, I GUESS YOU COULD MOVE IT UNDER, YOU CAN'T MOVE UNDER A SUPERINTENDENTS REPORT. I DON'T BELIEVE SO. NO. WELL, I GUESS JUST LEAVE IT HERE IS KIND OF THE WAY I'VE, WE'LL WORK WITH BRANDON AND, UH, YOU KNOW, I'M SURE WE CAN DO SOMETHING LIKE CONNECT WITH HER OR SOMETHING CAN SAY, YOU KNOW, 10 MINUTES OR YEAH. THAT'S THAT'S YEAH, I THINK THAT WOULD BE VERY, UM, A VERY GOOD THING TO DO. SO THEY'RE NOT HANGING ON THERE FOREVER. YEAH. GIVE HIM MORNING DAVID DANGLING HAND. OKAY. AND NOW IT'S DANGLING DOWN. ALL RIGHT. SO ANY OTHER COMMENTS FROM YOU, DAVID OR MEL? OKAY. SO THEN ON THE CONSENT AGENDA, WE HAVE THE, UM, MEETING MINUTES AND THOSE ARE LISTED HERE, OUR MAIN MEETINGS. ALL RIGHT. AND THEN THE REST OF THE AGENDA IS WHAT IT ALWAYS IS. THE FUTURE TOPICS, THE ANNOUNCEMENTS, THE SECOND PUBLIC COMMENTS THAN THE ADJOURNMENT, AND THEN THE CLIMBER THAT WE'LL RECONVENE THE NEXT DAY, IF WE HAVEN'T FINISHED THE MEETING. OKAY. AND THEN I SEE AT THE BOTTOM, THERE IS OUR NEXT, SO OUR, YEAH, THE NEXT SCHEDULED BOARD MEETING IN JUNE IS, IS WHAT, WHAT THE DATE WE JUST, UH, APPROVED AND THAT'S JUNE 29TH AND THAT'S AT THE BOTTOM. OKAY, CHRISTINA? YES. GO AHEAD. SO, UM, I'M STILL MISSING TWO RESPONSES FOR THE, UM, THE SELF EVALUATION QUIZ THAT WENT OUT. SO I'M NOT SURE IF YOU WANTED TO SPEAK TO THAT. I CAN'T, I DON'T KNOW WHO, WHOSE IS WHO, SO I DON'T KNOW WHO, UM, OKAY. SO WHY DON'T UM, SO MEL, WOULD YOU TO, UM, REPORT ON THOSE RESULTS? OR WHAT WERE YOU THINKING? UM, EACH MONTH? NO, WE WILL WAIT FOR QUARTERLY REPORTS ON THAT. SO MY, I WOULDN'T EVEN RESPOND TO THE FACT THAT YOU ARE, YOU KNOW, WE MIGHT COMMENT ABOUT IT DURING THE MEETING, BUT, UH, WAIT UNTIL THE NEXT, UH, SO IT, WHICH IS AT THE END OF THE MONTH, THE NEXT MEETING, AFTER MEETING, COMING UP AT 29 MEETING, THEY'LL DO THAT SURVEY AGAIN. AND AT THAT TIME WE WOULD POINT OUT THAT TWO MEMBERS DID NOT, UH, RESPOND LAST TIME. I CAN SEND OUT AN EMAIL JUST SAYING, IF YOU HADN'T DONE IT, JUST DO IT. YEAH. THAT'D BE, THAT'D BE GOOD. OKAY. I'LL DO THAT. YEAH. ALL RIGHT. SO, UM, I DON'T THINK WE HAVE ANY MORE COMMENTS ABOUT THIS AGENDA, THE JUNE ONE MEETING. SO ALSO, DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER, UM, MEETINGS WE NEED TO DISCUSS? I DON'T THINK SO. YEAH. NO. WE NEED TO LOOK AT THE SOLUTIONS. OH YEAH. LET'S LOOK AT THE LIST IS A GOOD IDEA. DO YOU HAVE THAT MAHLER? I'M PUTTING IT UP. THANK YOU. GIVE ME ONE SECOND, PLEASE. [00:20:04] CAN YOU GUYS SEE THAT? YEP. IT JUST CAME UP. THANK YOU. YES. UM, KEEP, MAYBE SCROLL DOWN A LITTLE BIT. YEAH. OKAY. SO THERE'S, YOU KNOW, CLOSE TO THE BOTTOM OF WHAT WE SEE IS THE COVID PROTOCOLS FOR NEXT YEAR. SO, UH, YOU KNOW WHAT SCHOOL LOOKED LIKE, DR. R'S GONNA START ADDRESSING THAT. UM, THE DISTRICT WIDE OVERVIEW OF PROGRAMS. YEAH. A WORK SESSION. I OBVIOUSLY WOULDN'T BE THIS BUSINESS MEETING. IS THAT IT? IS THERE A SECOND PAGE? OH, HERE WE GO. UM, YEAH, THE REVENUES WE'VE HEARD ABOUT DISCIPLINE MATRIX, A WORK SESSION, THE GRANT WRITERS. YEAH. THE UPDATE ON EARLY CHILDHOOD LEGISLATION, THE REVISIT POLICY CONCERNING THAT WAS, UH, DETERMINED, RIGHT BY POLICY TO NOT BRING IT BACK TO THE BOARD. OH, IS COMPLETION. WE JUST TALKED ABOUT THAT. UH, WE'RE LOOKING AT A NEW DATE FOR THE BOARD CULTURE MEETING THAT ALL THE BOARD MEMBERS CAN ATTEND AND THE BOARD TECHNOLOGY YEAH. THAT WAS MOVED. SO I THINK WE'VE COVERED THEM ALL. ANY, ANY, UH, COMMENTS OR DISAGREEMENT WITH THAT ASSESSMENT. ALL RIGHT. SO IF THERE'S NO, I ONLY COMMENT TINA WOULD BE, I THINK WE CAN TAKE SOME OF THOSE ITEMS OFF THE LIST BECAUSE WE'VE ALREADY TAKEN CARE OF, YOU KNOW, JUST A HOUSEKEEPING KIND OF THING. YEAH, THAT'S FINE. I, I GUESS MAYBE I MISUNDERSTOOD IT UNDERSTOOD. I THINK IT WOULD BE EASIER IF THEY WERE OFF. SO WE DON'T KEEP LOOKING AT THE SAME THINGS OVER AND OVER AGAIN THAT WE'VE ALREADY, YOU KNOW, HANDLED. I WAS UNDER THE IMPRESSION THAT SOME PEOPLE DIDN'T WANT THEM TAKEN OFF, BUT I THINK IT WOULD BE BETTER. I THINK IT WOULD BE A LOT EASIER TO LOOK AT IF, IF THEY WEREN'T ALL LISTED AGAIN. I THINK ROBIN SAID SHE WAS GOING TO MAINTAIN A CLOSED LIST AND THEN WE COULD JUST LOOK. YEAH, WHAT'S CLOSE. THAT SOUNDS GOOD. AND JUST HAVE THE OPEN ITEMS LISTED. DOES THAT SOUND GOOD TO YOU, MEL? YEAH. OKAY. YEAH. PERFECT. ALL RIGHT. IF WE DON'T HAVE ANY, UM, FOR THE, UH, MEETING AGENDAS TO, UH, SET, WHICH I DON'T THINK WE DO BY UNANIMOUS CONSENT, WE CAN ADJOURN ALL IN FAVOR. ALL RIGHT. WE'RE ADJOURNED AND THANK YOU TO EVERYBODY AND HAVE. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.