* 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. [00:00:07] GOOD AFTERNOON AND WELCOME TO THE BEAVER COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION AGENDA SETTING MEETING OF SEPTEMBER 27TH, 2021 AT 4:00 PM. WE ARE CONDUCTING THE MEETING VIA ZOOM CONFERENCING AND THE MEETING IS BEING, UH, LIVE STREAMED BY THE COUNTY CHANNEL. WE NEED A MOTION TO APPROVE THE AGENDA, MR. STRIVEN TO HER. CAUSE I DO NOT THINK MR. CAMPBELL IS ON HERE AS YET. I CAN'T HEAR YOU. SORRY. WE APPROVED THE AGENDA. THANK YOU. AND I'LL SECOND IT, SINCE WE DON'T HAVE A MALE AS YET ANY DISCUSSION, DAVID? OKAY. UM, ALL IN FAVOR. AYE. ARE YOU IN FAVOR, DAVID? OKAY. THANK YOU. UH, AGENDA IS APPROVED. PLEASE STAND FOR THE 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. ALL RIGHT. WE NEED A MOTION TO APPROVE THE AGENDA SETTING COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES OF SEPTEMBER 13TH, 2021. HERE COMES MELVIN NOW AS IN MELBOURNE WAS COMING ON NOW. OH GOOD. DAVID WAS APPROVING. OKAY. AND, UM, I DON'T THINK MEL IS CONNECTED YET VIA AUDIO. I WILL SECOND THE PEOPLE FOR THE MINUTES. HE IS STILL CONNECTING. OKAY. WE CAN WAIT 30 SECONDS OR WHATEVER. ARE YOU THERE, MELVIN? UM, IT'S TRYING TO CONNECT TO AUDIO. YEAH. AND WE SEE DR. RNL UNMUTE. THERE YOU GO. HI, WELCOME. GOOD. SO MEL, WE'VE GOT THE MOTION ON THE TABLE TO APPROVE THE COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES. ANY DISCUSSION GENTLEMEN? OKAY. ALL IN FAVOR. AYE. ALL RIGHT. THE MINUTES ARE APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY. OKAY. NEXT ON. OUR AGENDA IS THE OCTOBER 5TH BOARD MEETING AGENDA. SO WE'LL LET YOU PUT UP THE DRAFT ROBIN. UH, YES WE CAN. ALL RIGHT. ANY, ANY CHANGES TO THE, UM, BEGINNING HERE, ROBIN? UM, IF YOU, UH, THERE ARE ONE, THERE FOUR THINGS IN EXECUTIVE SESSION. SO WHAT TIME DO YOU WANT TO START EXECUTIVE SESSION? UH, DR. RODRIGUEZ, DO YOU HAVE A, UM, WANT TO WEIGH IN ON THAT? GIVEN THE WELL, THE PERSONNEL RATIFICATION REPORT, THE ADULT EDUCATION HOMESCHOOL REPORT, AND THEN WE HAVE TWO EXTRA THINGS, ARCHITECTURAL SELECTION REFERENDUM, AN 8% AND BUFORD ELEMENTARY AMENDMENT. WHAT'S YOUR, UH, THOUGHTS? DR. RODRIGUEZ. ALL RIGHT. ANY OBJECTIONS TO THAT? NO, THAT SOUNDS REASONABLE. OKAY. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. YEP. THANKS ROBIN. I SEE YOU'RE FIXING IT UP THERE TOO. ALL RIGHT. THEN OUR USUAL, BEGINNING OF THE MEETING WITH PUBLIC SESSION, UM, PERFORMANCE STUDENT PERFORMANCE IS THE DEMONSTRATION FROM THE, UM, [00:05:02] FROM THE CLASS THAT'S AT EIGHT. AWESOME. SO I ASSUME THAT'S GOING TO BE VIA VIDEO. YES. OKAY. THAT'D BE IT FOR ME. THAT'S INTERESTING. ALL RIGHT. THEN WE'RE ONTO THE POINTS OF CELEBRATION AND WE HAVE OUR, A STUDENT OF THE MONTH, UM, FROM NORTHERN AND SOUTHERN PART OF THE COUNTY. ALL RIGHT. THEN FIRST PUBLIC COMMENTS. OKAY. CHAIRMAN'S REPORT ROBIN. IT WOULD HELP. I THINK IF WE HAD THE, UM, SOME OF THE DATES HERE, UH, IF WE COULD FINALIZE THEM BY THEM FOR, UM, THE PROCESS FOR THE, UH, SUPERINTENDENTS EVALUATION, YOU KNOW, THE DATE THAT THE, UM, UM, INSTRUMENT WILL BE TO THE BOARD MEMBERS, THE DATE IT'S DUE BACK. OKAY. ET CETERA. OKAY. UM, CAN I ASK, ALSO ASK YOU UNDER CHAIRMAN'S REPORT, IF YOU CAN LISTEN, UM, WORK SESSION, AGENDA TOPICS, WOULD THAT BE, OR IS THAT FOR FUTURE TOPICS? YES, LET'S DO THAT UNDER FUTURE TOPICS. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. SO I'LL LET YOU, YOU DON'T HAVE TO FILL IN ALL THAT NOW, BUT YOU JUST, YOU KNOW, AS A PLACEHOLDER FOR MYSELF, EXACTLY. UH, MEL OR DAVID, ANY OTHER COMMENTS FOR THE, UH, WHAT TO INCLUDE IN THE CHAIRMAN'S REPORT? I STILL, I LOOK THIS AFTERNOON, LITERALLY ABOUT 30 MINUTES BEFORE, UM, THE AGENDA SETTING MEETING BEGAN AND TO SEE IF THE SUPREME COURT, SECOND CASE YET, AND THEY STILL HAVE NOT POSTED AN OPINION AS OF LIKE THREE 50. UM, SO WE'RE STILL WAITING FOR THAT. AND I GAVE AN UPDATE ON THAT, UH, AT THE LAST MEETING. ALL RIGHT. NEXT, I GUESS WE'LL HAVE THE CLOCK UPDATE, THE QUARTERLY CLOCK UPDATE, AND THE ONLY COMMITTEE WE HAVE REPORTING OUT WILL BE ACADEMICS. ROBYN, IS THAT CORRECT? CORRECT. OKAY. WILLIAM. ALL RIGHT. AND WE HAVE, UM, I'LL LET DR. RODRIGUEZ, YOU CAN'T SEE THIS, SO CAN YOU, UM, I CAN, I CAN GO THROUGH IT. I'VE GOT ON THE, UH, SUPERINTENDENTS REPORT. IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE? SO, SO I HAVE UNDERSTOOD THAT WE HAVE AN ESAU AUDIT, UH, UH, REVIEW TO SHARE WITH THE BOARD, UH, DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE GRANT THAT WE RECEIVED, UH, AND, UH, ON THEIR FISCAL THAT'S UNDERSTOOD AND THE, THOSE TWO THINGS. AND THEN UNDER FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY, UH, THE A HUNDRED K REPORT THAT I'M FINDING WASN'T ABLE TO DO LAST WEEK, UH, THEN UNDER OTHER MATTERS, WE HAVE A COVID 19 UPDATE. OKAY. SO I WOULD RECOMMEND ROBYN UNDER, UNDER THE, UM, STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT. WHY DON'T YOU WRITE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE RANT, HARD TO FOLLOW THERE? IS IT CALLED AN EA GRANT? YEAH. IT'S IT'S, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S ALL ACTUALLY ALL ONE WORD REALLY. IT'S LIKE, IT'S ALL DOD EA ALL IS ONE BIT, BUT YOU CAN JUST WRITE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION AND THEN I'LL. THANK YOU. LOVING YOU, GET ALL THE WORDS THERE. OKAY. UM, THAT LOOKS GOOD. JUST IF YOU HAVE SOMETHING YOU'D LIKE TO ADD ANYBODY THAT'S, UH, JOINING US TODAY, JUST, UH, RAISE YOUR ELECTRONIC HAND PLEASE. AND ALL RIGHT. BOARD BUSINESS ACTION. UM, WE DON'T HAVE ANY, UM, UH, DONATIONS, ROBYN OR NOT. YEAH. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. UM, THEN THE CONSENT AGENDA, WE HAVE THE MINUTES FROM [00:10:01] OUR, OUR LAST MEETING OF SEPTEMBER 21, AND THEN WHATEVER COMES OUT OF ACADEMICS. YEAH, THAT'S RIGHT ALSO. RIGHT. THANK YOU. SO UNDER FUTURE AGENDA TOPICS, MAYBE YOU COULD JUST PUT, UM, UH, SOMETHING ABOUT, UH, YOU KNOW, SOLICITING INPUT FOR, UM, WORK SESSION EXACTLY. LATER THIS MONTH OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. YEAH, THAT'S PERFECT. THAT'S GOOD. UM, ANNOUNCEMENTS WE'LL COVER. WILL YOU HAVE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS DR. RODRIGUEZ? UM, I DON'T HAVE ANY AT THE MOMENT, BUT DOWN THERE. OKAY. AND THEN WE HAVE THE SECOND PUBLIC COMMENTS AND ADJOURNMENT UNTIL THE NEXT BUSINESS DAY. IF WE DON'T FINISH THE AGENDA, CAN YOU SCROLL A LITTLE FURTHER? YEAH. THANK YOU. AND WE HAVE THE RIGHT, THE NEXT BOARD MEETING IN THE 19TH. YEP. AND THE LOCATION WE NEED, WE SHOULD PUT THE LOCATION THERE. RIGHT. UM, I HAVE IT AS A HYBRID. SO YOU WANT ME TO GO AHEAD AND INCLUDE HILTON HEAD? YEAH. OKAY. SO PEOPLE KNOW THAT IT'S, UH, OVER THERE. UM, DAVID AND MEL, ANY, ANYTHING ELSE YOU? I DIDN'T REALIZE THAT THIS WAS A HILTON HEAD OUT. THAT'S THE FIRST ONE IN THE MONTH. I THOUGHT THAT WAS THE SE. OH YEAH. YOU'RE RIGHT. THANK YOU. SEE, THAT'S WHY WE SHOULD HAVE IT ON THERE. YEAH. OH, IT IS. IS THAT IT SAYS THAT. NO, BUT I GUESS I'M TALKING ABOUT THE NEXT YOU'RE RIGHT? YEAH. BUT YOU'RE CORRECT. THIS ONE IS NOT. UM, SO THEN WE CAN GO ROBIN, AFTER YOU ADD THAT, UM, IS TO YOUR OUTSTANDING LIST. OKAY. LET ME SAY THIS RIGHT QUICK. UM, SPOKE WITH TANYA REGARDING THE PORT ROYAL TIF. AND SHE SAYS THEY HAVE NOT RESPONDED TO HER, BUT SHE WAS SUGGESTING THAT PERHAPS WE WOULD DO THE HILTON HEAD TIP AND HAVE THEM COME TO OUR MEETING WHEN WE'RE AT HILL. UM, OUR SECOND MEETING IN OCTOBER, BECAUSE SHE SAID THAT ONE IS ACTIVE OF RIGHT NOW. OKAY. THAT SOUNDS LIKE A GOOD IDEA. SO THAT WOULD BE FOR THE NET FOR THE NEXT AGENDA. IT WOULD BE CORRECT FOR THE 19TH. OKAY. SO IF YOU COULD, UM, I'D SAY LET'S, IF YOU COULD PUT THAT ON THE DRAFT, UM, YOU DON'T HAVE TO RIGHT NOW IN FRONT OF US, BUT SO WE HAVE, WE CAN, UM, DISCUSS THAT WHEN WE, UH, MEET FOR THAT AGENDA. THAT SOUNDS GOOD. DO YOU, UM, SO SHE SAYS I WILL, I'LL REACH OUT TO, TO, UM, I'LL REACH OUT TO, UH, TONYA AND SEE HOW WE CAN GET PORT ROYAL TO RESPOND, BUT THAT'S NOT FOR THE AGENDA DISCUSSIONS JUST TO GET THEM ON THE AGENDA. OKAY. UM, THAT'S IT, THAT'S IT. OKAY. IT DOESN'T REALLY, IT'S REALLY JUST THE, PRIMARILY THE TIFF THAT'S OUT THERE. UM, DID WE EVER GET TO, UM, RACHEL, SO, YEAH, SO WE'VE BEEN PLAYING, UH, UH, DR. WEISS, I THINK WITH HER, SO THEY HAVEN'T CONNECTED, BUT, UM, I WILL, UH, GIVE HER A CALL MYSELF WHEN WE, WHEN WE FINISH THIS MEETING AND THEN, [00:15:01] AND THEN I'LL CALL YOU BACK, BUT THERE'S BEEN SOME PHONE TAG GOING ON AROUND THAT. HI. YEAH, BECAUSE IF WE CAN'T RESOLVE IT, THEN WE SHOULD JUST PUT IT ON THE AGENDA. OKAY. YOU CAN, CAN YOU GET BACK, UH, DR. RODRIGUEZ IN JUST A FEW DAYS SO WE COULD HAVE IT HERE IF WE NEEDED IT? YES, YES. OKAY. ANY, UH, ANY, UH, ANYBODY ELSE WANT TO RAISE THEIR HAND? LET ME CALL ON WILLIAM. CAUSE I DON'T THINK HE CAN RAISE HIS HAND. MR. SMITH. DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING YOU'D LIKE TO SAY? YEAH. MR. SMITH. I NOTICED MAYBE HE IS NOT HERE YET EITHER. OKAY. HOW ABOUT ANYBODY? THAT'S THAT'S HERE WITH VIDEO. UH, CAN RAISE THEIR HAND. SO I GUESS OUR NEXT ORDER, BUT I DON'T SEE ANY HANDS UP. SO THE NEXT ORDER OF BUSINESS IS TO SET THE NEXT AGENDA SETTING MEETING. UM, DO YOU ALL WANT TO SET IT FOR, UM, YES. UH, DR. ART CAN'T DO IT THE SEVENTH. UM, CAN DO IT THE EIGHTH, FRIDAY, THE EIGHTH OR MONDAY? THE 11TH. I CAN DO IT ON THE 11TH, BUT NOT THE EIGHT. OKAY. YOU ALL WANT TO DO IT ON THE 11TH? SO THAT'S AGAIN A MONDAY AT FOUR O'CLOCK. IS THAT GOOD? LIKE WE'RE DOING NOW TODAY. OKAY. AND HOW ABOUT YOU, DAVID? I'VE GOT A SCAN AT BUFORD MEMORIAL THAT GOES, STARTS SUPPOSEDLY STARTS AT TWO 15, BUT YOU KNOW HOW THOSE GO? SO DO YOU WANT IT? WE COULD, WE COULD PUSH IT. UM, LATER, LATER YOU WANT TO DO FIVE O'CLOCK TO GIVE YOU PLENTY OF TIME? YEAH, THAT WOULD BE BETTER. OKAY. IS THAT GOOD WITH YOU NOW? YES, THAT'S FINE. OKAY. AND DR. RODRIGUEZ, WOULD THAT BE ALL RIGHT WITH YOU? OKAY, SO IT WILL BE. SO OUR NEXT AGENDA SEATING SETTING MEETING, UM, WILL BE OCTOBER 11TH, WHICH IS A MONDAY AT 5:00 PM. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. DO HAVE ANY OTHER BUSINESS FROM ANYONE? ALL RIGHT. WE CAN ADJOURN BY UNANIMOUS CONSENT. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR. AYE. ANY OPPOSED THERE BEING NONE. WE WILL ADJOURN. THANK YOU TO EVERYBODY THAT ATTENDED TODAY. HAVE A NICE EVENING. BYE. * 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.