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I MOVE TO APPROVE THE AGENDA FOR THE AD HOC NORTH OF THE BROAD COMMUNITY FOR SEPTEMBER 16TH, 2021.
UM, THERE'S GOING TO BE A SHORT IN THE STRESS AND WE VISITED THREE SCHOOLS.
AND HOW WILL THE VETERAN PRESS RESPONSE FROM THE PRINCIPAL? AND THEN I SAW A LOT OF THINGS AND I NORMALLY THINK ABOUT WHEN I VISIT A SCHOOL WHO'S STILL AROUND ON THE SIDE.
IT'S NOT WHAT CALL IT A LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOUR YES, SIR.
I AGREE WITH YOU MR. CAMPBELL, THAT THEY WERE THREE VERY EXCELLENT SITE VISITS.
I THINK WE SPENT CLOSE TO TWO HOURS AT EACH SITE AND, UM, I WAS THANKFUL FOR, UM, THE FACT THAT THE PRODUCT MANAGER, MOST WITH US, WE HAD MR. FREDDY LOT MS. CAROL CRUTCHFIELD AND, UM, ROBERT WAS HERE FOR A BIT.
AND THEN, UM, I THOUGHT IT WAS REALLY HELPFUL THAT MS. JACKSON WAS THERE.
SHE ALSO, BECAUSE THOSE ARE, WERE HER SCHOOLS, UM, AT A SENIOR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR.
UM, SO, UM, AND THE PRINCIPALS EACH GAVE THAT AMOUNT OF TIME.
SO SOME OF THE QUESTIONS YOU ASKED WERE REALLY GREAT.
DO YOU WANT TO SHARE WHAT SOME OF THE THINGS YOU LIKE? SOME OF THE THINGS THAT I WAS THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS AND CAPACITY ON THE GO, I ALSO WANT TO KNOW A LITTLE BIT ABOUT DISCIPLINE.
UM, HOW WOULD WE EFFECT OR WHAT IS HAPPENING? AND I'M STILL NURSES IS THE BEST.
YOU ASKED A REALLY GREAT QUESTION OF EACH OF THE PRINCIPALS TOO, ABOUT THEIR COMMUNITY SUPPORT.
SO, UM,
THEY SAID THAT WAS AN AREA OF, THEY HAVE CNN PRESS.
AND, UM, SO HOW LONG HAVE YOU A SIX? YEAH, I DIDN'T WRITE DOWN ALL OF THEM, BUT, BUT I THOUGHT THAT WAS REALLY AN IMPORTANT THING TO, UM, TO BRING OUT.
UM, AND THEN LADIES ISLAND, MIDDLE SCHOOL, UM, THEY, THEY HAVE A COMMUNITY RESOURCE PROVIDER, MR.
UM, ONE OF THE QUESTIONS I DID ASK WAS EACH PRINCIPAL, WHAT THEIR VISION IS FOR THEIR SCHOOL AND HOW CAN WE SUPPORT THEM TO TAKE THAT VISION.
UM, SOME OF THE RESPONSES, UM, YOU KNOW, LATE AS ISLAND L IS, UH, YOU KNOW, THE VISION IS TO REINVIGORATE THEIR ARTS PROGRAM.
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SCHOOL TALKED ABOUT BEING PREMIER HAVE SEEN IN THE STATE AND THE NATION.I MEAN, UM, THERE ARE, THERE ARE SOME RATE GOALS, UM, AND LET'S SEE, UH, SAYING HOW WANNA, UM, JUST CONTINUE TO BUILD THAT PRIDE AND THEIR SCHOOLS ARE LEADER, I MEAN, PROGRAM, UM, THEIR AIMS ACADEMY AND, UM, JUST TO CONTINUE, YOU KNOW, THEIR UPWARD MOMENTUM THEN INCREASED STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT AND ALL THOSE WONDERFUL LOFTY, UM, SO HOW, HOW WE CAN, HOW WE CAN SUPPORT THEM RANGED FROM DIFFERENT THINGS FOR TEACHERS TO HAVE SMALLER CLASS SIZES, UM, UH, SOME ASSISTANCE MAYBE WITH A DEAN OF STUDENTS THAT ARE GOING TO SCHOOL, UM, BEEFING UP THE OUTSIDE AND LADY'S ISLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TO MAKE IT LOOK MORE ARTSY BECAUSE THAT'S THEIR SCHOOL OF CHOICE.
SO FOR OUR FIRST THREE SCHOOLS, I THOUGHT WE'D COVER THE GAMUT.
AND AS FAR AS THE PHYSICAL BUILDING ITSELF, WE GOT AN UPDATE ON THE GYM THAT ST.
HELENA, UM, WE'VE WALKED THE GROUNDS AND SAW, OH, MR. CAMPBELL WOULD IT, THEY SAY THERE, UM, CASEWORK MEANS THE CABINETS, EVERYTHING BEEN HERE SINCE WHAT ARE SOME OF THE SCHOOLS THAT WE NEED TO FOCUS MORE ON? THOSE, IT WAS INCREDIBLY HELPFUL SINCE I'M PART OF THE OPERATIONS COMMITTEE.
THIS WAS INCREDIBLY, INCREDIBLY HELPFUL BECAUSE I'VE BEEN TO THE SCHOOLS BEFORE, BUT THIS WAS A VERY IN-DEPTH LONG EXPERIENCE TO REALLY SEE, UM, THROUGH THE EYES OF A PRINCIPAL.
WE HAD ALSO THROUGH HER OWN EYES, WHAT, WHAT THE SCHOOL'S NEEDS.
MAC TALK ABOUT FURNITURE AT ALL? TALK ABOUT FURNITURE AND YES, SHE DID.
SHE SAID THAT SHE WANTED TO KNOW WHAT THEY HAVE DRAWN AND WHAT SHE DID.
SHE FELT SOMEONE GONE THROW IT AWAY BECAUSE IT WASN'T, WASN'T WHAT SHE REALLY WANTED.
SO CAN I ADD A LITTLE BIT TO THAT? SO WE DID ASK THAT QUESTION QUESTION SPECIFICALLY, MR.
AND, UM, AS I RECALL, THE RESPONSE WAS, UM, THE, THE BUFORD ELEMENTARY WAS RECEIVING FURNITURE THROUGH REFERENDUM MONEY.
IT WAS ALL PART OF THE REFERENDUM OVER THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS, MS. CAROL CRUTCHFIELD HAS BEEN WORKING WITH DR.
BACK ABOUT, UM, REPLACING FURNITURE AT ST.
HELENA WITH, UM, THE BETTER FURNITURE, UH, YOU KNOW, THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT, BECAUSE THEY ARE ON THE LIST FOR THEIR FURNITURE REPLACEMENT AND A FEW MORE YEARS.
UM, SO, UH, WE, WE TALKED ABOUT THE FACT THAT ST HELENA HAD GOTTEN BUFORD L'S FURNITURE, BUT THAT WAS BECAUSE YOU FOR DALLAS FURNITURE WAS INCLUDED IN THE REFERENDUM MONEY.
IT WASN'T, IT WASN'T A SEPARATE LINE ITEM, LIKE ON THE 8%.
MAC, UH, HAS WORKED VERY CLOSELY WITH MS. CRUTCHFIELD ABOUT WHICH FURNITURE SHE WILL ACCEPT.
SHE WILL ONLY ACCEPT FIVE QUALITY FURNITURE.
UM, AND SHE SAID, SHE'S, SHE SAYS, SHE'S VERY PLEASED WITH, WITH GETTING, UM, SOME OF THAT FURNITURE TO HELP HER UNTIL SUCH TIME THAT THE 8% LINE ITEM FOR ST.
I SEEN THIS QUESTION, WELL, NAS COULD, MAYBE SHE MIGHT WANT TO ADD SOMETHING TO THAT.
NO, I THINK YOU HAVE THAT EXACTLY RIGHT.
YOU KNOW, WE HAD WORKED OUT A FURNITURE WEEK PLACEMENT PET PLAN SEVERAL YEARS AGO, WE HAD PURCHASED SOME NEW FURNITURE THERE FOR THAT SCHOOL.
AND THEN, UM, THOSE 8% FUNDS JUST WEREN'T THERE FOR FURNITURE.
SO WHEN WE SAW THIS OPPORTUNITY AND WE HAD DONE THE SAME THING AT SEVERAL OTHER SCHOOLS, UM, WE SAW THIS OPPORTUNITY TO, YOU KNOW, USE SOME FURNITURE THAT STILL HAD VERY GOOD LIFE IN IT FROM BUFORD L.
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AND WE, YOU KNOW, WE MADE SURE TO TRY TO MARK AS MUCH MATCHING THINGS AS POSSIBLE, UM, SO THAT WE WEREN'T SENDING, UH, UH, DR.AND SO SHE DID APPROVE WHAT WE SENT, AND THERE WERE A FEW THINGS THAT GOT ON THE TRUCK.
IT PROBABLY SHOULD NOT HAVE GOTTEN ON THE TRUCK, BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, SHE WEEDED THOSE OUT AND THAT WAS, THAT WAS OKAY TOO.
SO, UM, WE ARE GOING TO CONTINUE TO WORK WITH HER AND HOPEFULLY WE'LL BE ABLE TO, UM, GET SOME FUNDING AT SOME POINT FOR FURNITURE REPLACEMENT, DISTRICT WIDE.
WE ALSO WENT ANNOUNCER NO, JUST THE EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER.
UM, UH, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, IT'S JUST SUCH A CHARMING, CHARMING BUILDING, UM, SO APPROPRIATE FOR THAT AGE GROUP.
AND SO THE ONLY THE TAKEAWAY I HAD FROM THE EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER IS THAT WE ARE STILL IN CONVERSATION WITH HEADSTART AS EXACTLY WHAT, LIKE, UH, OUR, OUR AGREEMENT IS GOING TO BE.
UM, SO, YOU KNOW, IT WOULD REALLY BE GREAT TO SEE SOME FORWARD MOVEMENT WITH HEADSTART TO SAY, OKAY, THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT IT'S GONNA LOOK LIKE.
IT'S BEEN, IT WAS GONNA LOOK LIKE AT JAMES DAVIS.
UM, AND JUST FOR INSTANCE, UH, YOU KNOW, CERTAIN REPAIRS THAT NEED TO BE DONE AT THE EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER, UM, WHOSE RESPONSIBILITY IS IT STARTS OR OURS, BUT HEADSTART, YOU KNOW, UNLESS THEY HAVE THAT LONG-TERM LEASE, THEY DON'T DO THE REPAIRS.
SO SOME OF THAT JUST NEEDS TO BE NAILED DOWN.
UM, AND YOU KNOW, I KNOW THAT THERE ARE A CONFLICT THAT THERE IS CONVERSATION OCCURRING BETWEEN THIS ANGELA HUTCHISON AND HAD STARTED.
UM, MR. CRUTCHFIELD, IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE REGARDING THAT, THAT YOU RECALL? NO, I THINK YOU'VE COVERED THAT.
MR. MARTIN, ANY COMMENTS? NO, SIR.
UM, WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT WHERE ARE WE VISITING TOMORROW? UM, CAN I ASK YOU THE QUESTION? OKAY, MS. CRUTCHFIELD? UM, I DON'T HAVE THE SCHEDULE IN FRONT OF ME, UM, BECAUSE I DON'T HAVE MY COMPUTER UP RIGHT NOW, BUT ARE WE VISITING THE ADULT ED CENTER ON KING STREET? UH, I HAVE NOT ADDED THAT TO THE SCHEDULE, BUT WE COULD ADD IT ON THE DAY.
WE GOT A BEEF HERD ELEMENTARY, UM, WHICH IS ON THAT AMENDED CALENDAR FOR SEPTEMBER 30TH.
SO IF YOU WANT TO VISIT KING STREET THAT DAY, THAT WOULD BE GREAT.
I HAVEN'T ACTUALLY BEEN THERE IN A WHILE, SO I THINK THAT WOULD BE GREAT TO ADD THAT INTO OUR, OUR TOUR OF THE NORTH OF THE BROAD EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES.
UM, TOPICS HAVE ANY, UM, SO THAT WAS PROBABLY A FUTURE, JUST TALKING ABOUT, UM, BEING ABLE TO VISIT HIM STRAIGHT AS WELL.
UM, I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, AS WE NOW GO TO TWO MORE SCHOOLS, ESPECIALLY READING WOULD BE THE FIRST HIGH SCHOOL WE'VE GONE TO THAT THAT MAYBE SOME MORE WILL BUBBLE UP, BUT I DON'T HAVE ANY AT THIS TIME.
UM, ESPECIALLY, UM, SO WHAT ABOUT AT OUR NEXT MEETING? SEE IF WE CAN HAVE PLANNING OR SYSTEM CITY OF USEFUL AND I WANT TO ASK
UM, WOULD YOU LIKE TO ALSO HAVE SOMEBODY FROM THE COUNTY OR DO YOU WANT TO HAVE BOTH OF THOSE AT THE SAME TIME? OKAY.
I'LL REACH OUT AND SEE, UH, IT MAY MAYBE EVEN POOR ROYAL, UH, PLANNING, I'LL REACH OUT TO THEM AND SEE IF THEY, WHO COULD, WHO COULD BE AT OUR NEXT MEETING.
UM, SO YOUR NEXT MEETING WOULD BE THE 21ST OF OCTOBER.
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NO, I'M SORRY.YOU ALL DECIDED TO MEET ON THE THIRD, SO IT'D BE THE 21ST.
THAT SHOULD INVOLVE NO PROBLEM.
UM, NO, I THINK THAT'LL BE FINE.
UM, IT SHOULD BE FINE FOR THEM.
ANY MORE COMMENTS? NO, I'VE SHOT.
YOUR VISIT SOUNDED REALLY GOOD, BUT I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, BUT THANK YOU.
I APPRECIATE THE HEARING WHAT YOU ALL SAW BECAUSE YOU SEE THINGS THAT YOU WOULD NEVER THINK TO ASK A QUESTION ABOUT.
UH, SO I WAS GLAD TO HEAR THIS UPDATE.
UM, I'VE BEEN SENT TO HIM, BUT HE NEVER WAS JUST A REMINDER EMAIL TO ME.