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CLOSED CAPTIONING PROVIDED BY BUFORD COUNTY, 30, 20, 21 TO BORDER.
THIS DG IS BEING CONDUCTED BY A HYBRID VIDEO CONFERENCING AND IS ALSO BEING LIVE STREAM BY THE COUNTY JAIL.
IT CAPACITY IN A JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL WITH VIEW YOUR CENTER IS LIMITED TO 60 INDIVIDUALS IN ORDER TO COMPLY WITH SOCIAL DISTANCING REQUIREMENTS
THIS IS MEETING THE BUDER BOARD OF EDUCATION AND POSTPONE VOTING BY MOTION AND THROUGH OUR ASKS IN THE SCHOOLS AND ITS LEGAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH ADVICE.
THE BOARD THAT HELD A SPECIAL CALL MEETING ON AUGUST 23RD TO RECEIVE THE REQUESTED ADVICE AND TO HEAR COMMENTS ON THE OTHER 66 PEOPLE UPDATED IN THE THREE AND A HALF HOUR PUBLIC COMMENTS SESSION.
AFTER THE CONCLUSION OF THIS MEETING, THE BOARD DECIDED THEY WANTED TO TABLE THE DISCUSSION ON AN ASK ME DATE.
YOU FIRST HIGH SCHOOL IS THERE UNTIL THE SOUTH CAROLINA SUPREME COURT REACHED AN OPINION ON THEIR CONSTITUTION.
ALLIE, UH, PROVIDES A ONE POINT WILEY'S OF THE 20 21 20 22 APPROPRIATIONS ACT PROVIDES THOSE STATE SCHOOLS CANNOT USE STATE BUDGET FUNDS TO ENFORCE MATH MANDATES.
THE SOUTH CAROLINA SUPREME COURT HAS NOW FROM TWICE IN THIS MONTH, INCLUDING TODAY THAT PROVIDES A 1.108 IS LEGAL TWO DAYS AGO.
LEWIS ISSUED A TEMPORARY RESTRAINING ORDER AND PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION PROHIBITING THE ENFORCEMENT OF PROADVISOR 1.8 IN HER ORDER.
SHE STATES THE PROVISOR DISCRIMINATES AGAINST CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES BY VIOLATING FEDERAL LAWS, TITLE TWO AND STATUTE AND BODY FOR ATTORNEY GENERAL WILSON AND GOVERNMENT MASTER OF APPEAL.
JUDGE LEWIS, HIS RULING PASTOR IS VALUE LOCATED ALL THE WAY TO THE US ATTORNEY FOR THE BOARD MEMBERS HAVE RECEIVED MANY EMAILS AND CALLS OVER THE LAST FIVE PLUS WEEKS, ESPECIALLY FROM PARENTS OF OUR STUDENTS.
AND THEY ARE HIGHLY DIVIDED ON THE ISSUE OF VOLUNTARY VERSUS MANDATORY, WHERE, I MEAN OUR SCHOOLS, WHATEVER DECISION IS REACHED TO THAT BIBLE WORDS WITH GREAT DISAPPOINTMENT BY MANY FAMILIES, PLEASE GIVE OTHERS WHOSE OPINION MAY BE DIFFERENT FROM YOURS AND MAINTAIN STABILITY AND APPROPRIATE DECORUM IN OUR MEETING.
WE NOW NEED A MOTION TO APPROVE THE AGENDA.
PUT YOUR, DO THE TRACKING TOOL.
UM, GIVEN THAT THIS IS A VERY COMPLEX MATTER, THAT'S GOING THROUGH MANY DIFFERENT LEGAL HURDLES, UM, AND THE CONVERSATION HAS CERTAINLY CHANGED NOW WITH THE, UH, FEDERAL RULING.
I THINK THAT IT'S ONLY APPROPRIATE THAT WE DO HAVE A PUBLIC COMMENT SESSION.
I REALIZED THAT THAT'S NOT ON THE AGENDA PRESENTLY.
SO I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE THAT WE ADD ON A PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD FOR THIS AGENDA.
UM, WELL, I ALSO WANTED TO TALK ON SOMETHING ELSE.
I THINK IF Y'ALL WAIT UNTIL AFTER THERE'S BEEN ANY DISCUSSION ON RAISING MY HAND FOR A QUESTION AND A RAISE.
SO NEXT IS MS. FIDRYCH MS. BOCCA,
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UM, WELL, PEOPLE THAT ARE ONLINE ALSO BE GIVEN AN OPPORTUNITY TO CALL IN SINCE WE'RE JUST PEOPLE HERE IN THE GOOD QUESTION.I MEAN, I GUESS THE BOARD NEEDS TO DECIDE THAT, YOU KNOW, AS TO WHETHER OR NOT THEY DON'T KNOW, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, IF THEY'RE WATCHING, THEY KNOW, I MEAN, I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE WATCHING, BUT I KNOW THAT GENERALLY SPEAKING, WE HAVE A TIME PERIOD THAT YOU NEED TO EMAIL ROBIN CHRISTIAN DURING, SO I'M NOT SURE, BUT I DON'T WANT THEM TO FEEL DISENFRANCHISED IF THIS MOTION PASSES.
AND IS THERE A UNLIMITED WE HAVE, YEAH.
UM, I'M HIM ABOUT THE TIME LIMITS? THERE'S THAT TIME IN THE MIDDLE OF THE USUAL 30 MINUTE PERIOD? I DON'T KNOW IF WE HAVE A 30 MINUTE PERIOD IF IT'S THREE MINUTES PER PERSON, BUT, UM, MY POINT IN THIS IS THAT TYPICALLY ON OTHER SPECIAL CALLED MEETINGS, WE HAVE HAD A PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD.
THAT'S BEEN OUR TYPICAL PRACTICE.
UM, I RECOGNIZE THAT WE'VE HEARD FROM PLENTY PEOPLE, UH, VIA EMAIL PHONE CALLS IN PERSON, BUT I THINK THAT THE FACTS HAVE CHANGED AND AS THEY PERTAIN TO THE PUBLIC STUDENTS, STAFF, PARENTS, UM, I THINK IT'S ONLY APPROPRIATE TO ALLOW THEM THAT TIME.
I'M NOT SURE WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE PROCEDURALLY, BUT I WOULD DEFER TO THE BOARD'S WILL ON THAT.
RUTH ASKED HE SAID IS WE'VE HAD A SPECIAL CALL MEETINGS, BOTH WAYS WITHIN, WITHOUT PUBLIC COMMENTS.
IT'S NOT ALWAYS, YOU HAVE OTHER CONS.
UM, I DO HAVE CONCERN WITH US HAVING COMMENTS TODAY, BEING THAT I'M NOT SURE EXACTLY HOW THE AGENDA WAS, UM, PUSHED OUT ON THERE.
UM, AND ALL OF THE BOOKS I'VE READ, I'VE NEVER I'VE HAD ANY, I DON'T RECALL READING THAT TALKED ABOUT PUBLIC COMMENTS, BUT I WILL SAY THAT WE'VE HAD ENOUGH TIME TO
AND UNFORTUNATELY, I THINK THAT WOULD THE, THE PROBLEM I'M HAVING A LOOK AT A DECK IF WE TOLD OTHER PEOPLE THAT, AND THEY SAID, WELL COUNT WAS HAVING A LITTLE BIT CAP AND I WILL SHOW THAT TO MAGGIE.
SO I ALMOST THINK THAT WE'RE PUTTING PEOPLE TO A DISADVANTAGE.
SO I'M CONCERNED ABOUT PUTTING PEOPLE THAT HAVE EXPERIENCE OF COMING IN, NOT COMING IN WHEN WE'RE ALREADY HAVING A FAMILY TIME THAT SO I FOUND OUT I'M DOWN FOR THAT BACK AND FORTH.
I'M NOT SURE WHAT I CAN SAY THESE.
UM, SO THE WAY THE MOTION IS, IS JUST ADD PUBLIC COMMENTS.
UM, IF PEOPLE CALL IN WHILE WE'RE HAVING THE COMMENTS OR EXCUSE ME, EMAIL IS PUSHING THEIR, THE WAY WE NORMALLY DO IT.
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UM, IF THEY'RE WITHIN THE TIME PERIOD THAT THE PUBLIC COMMENTS ARE TAKING PLACE, UH, THEY WILL, THEY WOULD BE INCLUDED.
I CONCUR WITH MR. SMITH THAT IT'S KIND OF A DISADVANTAGE TO SOME PEOPLE BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T COME HERE THINKING THEY WERE GOING TO BE, BUT PUBLIC COMMENTS.
UM, AND, UH, AND THEN OTHERS, YOU KNOW, MIGHT NOT BE WATCHING RIGHT NOW.
THEY MIGHT'VE BEEN LEANING ON WATCHING A VIDEO OR SOMETHING, NOT REALIZING IT.
SO MY OTHER CONCERN VERY HONESTLY, IS THAT, UM, I MEAN, AFTER YOU SEE A LOT OF, UH, A LOT OF COMMENTS OVER, UH, YOU KNOW, MORE THAN A MONTH, AND I THINK THE BOARD NEEDS TO HAVE TIME TO, UM, HAVE A GOOD DISCUSSION TONIGHT.
AND MY CONCERN IS THAT AS WE GO ON FOR THREE HOURS, THREE AND A HALF HOURS TO GET THEM TO PUBLIC COMMENTS, UH, THAT WE WILL, YOU KNOW, BE FATIGUED AND NOT COME TO A GOOD DECISION IS PRIMARILY BECAUSE OF FATIGUE.
UM, AND THAT CONCERNS ME THAT, YOU KNOW, THIS IS POINTED OUT IN MY INTRODUCTORY REMARKS.
THIS IS NOW THE THIRD TIME WE ARE MEETING ON THIS TOPIC.
AND I THINK THE PUBLIC DESERVES TO KNOW, YOU KNOW, FISHER COFFEE SORT OF SPEAK, YOU KNOW, MAKE A DECISION.
MY THOUGHTS WERE THAT THIS WAS REALLY A CONTINUATION TABLE, THAT MOTION FROM THE PREVIOUS BOARD MEETING WHEN WE DID HAVE FOUR AND HALF HOURS PUBLIC COMMENT.
SO THAT'S MY THOUGHT WAS THAT IN ADDITION TO THE FACT THAT IT'S NOT ON THE AGENDA, UM,
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AND THAT'D BE TO MR. SMITH'S POINT, DISENFRANCHISE SOME PEOPLE, I FEEL LIKE THIS IS JUST SORT OF THE COMING BACK TO IT.AFTER THE OTHER MEETING, WE ARE GOING TO, PEOPLE HAVE BEEN EMAILING ME AND I'M SURE MR. SMITH AS WELL, AND OTHERS SAY, IT SAYS, THERE WON'T BE FINAL PUBLIC COMMENTS.
AND SO I'VE HEARD FROM MANY, MANY, MANY, MANY PEOPLE TODAY THAT WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY WERE HURTING.
THEY'RE BEING KNOWN FOR THEIR HAND.
UM, UM, SHE, I DON'T THINK SHE IS.
UM, SO THE, I'M NOT SURE WHY IS IT SAYING THAT THESE TWO, BECAUSE HE WAS ONE ABSTENTION AND ONE ABSENT, I BELIEVE ALSO YOU HAVE TO HAVE A MAJORITY AND ABSTENTION COUNSELORS TO KNOW WHEN, WHEN, UH, YOU LOOK AT IT THAT WAY.
IN ADDITION TO WHICH, IF I THINK THAT ADDING SOMETHING TO AN AGENDA, BECAUSE EMPLOYMENT REQUIRES A TWO-THIRDS MAJORITY OF LOOKED THIS UP BEFORE TONIGHT, I KNEW THIS WOULD PROBABLY COME UP AND IT'S, UH, IT IS TWO THIRDS, MAJORITY.
IF IT'S GOING TO BE A FINAL ACTION ITEM AND IT'S ADDED TO THE AGENDA AFTER THE AGENDA.
AND, UM, OKAY, SO IT'S MOTION.
AND THEN, UM, THAT MOTION WAS TO APPROVE THE AGENDA WITH, UM, PUBLIC COMMENTS.
SO NOW WE NEED TO HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE AGENDA AS IT IS, OR WITH ANY OTHER MODIFICATION.
UM, I WANTED TO SAY BEFORE THIS, I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD, BUT I AM CONCERNED THAT WE DON'T HAVE LEGAL ADVICE ON THIS AGENDA BECAUSE WE'VE GOT A PENDING INJUNCTION, BUT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT'S INVOLVED, WE HAVE A STATE IT'S BEING APPEALED BY THE FOURTH CIRCUIT.
I HAVEN'T HAD TIME TO REALLY EVEN REVIEW THESE DOCUMENTS AND I'M CERTAINLY NOT A LAWYER.
SO I DO HAVE A LOT OF CONCERNS THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THIS DISCUSSION ABOUT, UM, GETTING LEGAL ADVICE.
SO COULD IT BE A MOTION MADE BY STUDENT PER SECOND BY SMITH IS FIFTH.
I JUST WANT IT TO MS. PEREZ BRIDES COMMENTS THAT I FEEL THEIR CONCERN, THAT WE DON'T HAVE AN AREA ON YOUR AGENDA WITHOUT LEGAL COUNSEL ON GIVEN THE NEW SCHEDULE.
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UH, THE AGENDA.I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE
WE'RE NOW DOWN TO FOUR BUSINESS.
AS I MENTIONED IN MY OPENING REMARKS, THE POSTPONE MOTION IS PRINTED ON THE AGENDA.
AND, UM, THAT IS FROM AUGUST 17TH, 2021.
IT WAS MADE BY MS. WILLIAMS NET AND SECONDED BY MR. NOEL CAMPBELL.
I MOVE TO AMEND THE MOTION TO ADD THE WORDS AT THE END OF THE CURRENT MOTION TO COMPLY WITH FEDERAL LAW.
AND I'D ALSO LIKE TO ADD A SECOND SENTENCE.
THIS MANDATE WILL EXTEND FOR 30 DAYS.
WE THAT, AND THEN THE AMENDMENT MADE BY MR. DAVID STRANGER.
SO IT'S WHAT WAS PRINTED ON THE EMOTIONALITY IS WHAT WAS PRINTED ON THE AGENDA.
AND THIS SECOND SENTENCE IS MADE ABLE TO EXTEND FOR 30 DAYS, 30 DAYS.
I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND WHAT MEL JUST SAID.
UM, AND I FIGURE, WE WANT TO INDICATE THAT WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE TO REVISIT THIS, UM, AS THE NUMBERS AND AS APPEALS ARE DECIDED UPON.
UM, SO, YOU KNOW, 30 DAYS JUST WAS A NUMBER OF THAT CAME.
WE COULD CHANGE THAT TO 60 DAYS, JUST 30 SEEMED REASONABLE.
WELL, MY MINDSET WOULD BE TELL HER THERE'S ANOTHER RULE THAT CHANGES THIS ONE 30 DAYS IS THAT KIND OF TIME PLANS, 30 DAYS, IT MIGHT BE 94.
DANG THAT'S THAT'S THAT'S MY, AND I'M JUST THINKING THAT WE ALWAYS HAVE THE OPTION TO MAKE ANOTHER MOTION AFTER 30 DAYS TO EXTEND IT ANOTHER 30 DAYS.
UM, I'M JUST TRYING TO SEND THE MESSAGE THAT THIS IS NOT A FOREVER THING.
THIS GOES BACK TO MY CONCERN TO YOUR REAL GUYS REGARDING LACK OF LEGAL COUNSEL.
I KNOW THIS PART RELIGIOUS ON THE LINE.
I DON'T THINK THIS IS A FEDERAL LAW.
THIS IS AN INJUNCTION, WHICH IS PREVENTING TEMPORARILY THE ENFORCEMENT OF THE PROVISION.
THAT'S A BIG DISTINCTION TO ME, BUT I'M NOT A HUNDRED PERCENT CERTAIN THAT THAT'S WHAT IT IS.
I, I, I DON'T REALLY UNDERSTAND, UH, EXACTLY WHAT THE JUDGE HERE IS TRYING TO DO BECAUSE I'M NOT AWARE.
SO IF SOMEONE COULD CLARIFY IT, I DON'T THINK THAT THIS IS 99.9%.
NO, NOT, WELL, MAYBE YOU'RE NOT WORKING.
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TO, CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? YES.CAN YOU PROVIDE ANY GUIDANCE, BOB? UH, THIS BOAT RIDE.
I I'M SUPPOSED TO PROVIDE LEGAL ADVICE AND EXECUTIVE SESSION ACCORDING TO THE FOYER, BUT WE'VE RECEIVED JUST SO EVERYBODY IS AWARE.
WE'VE RECEIVED, UM, NOTIFICATION FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION TODAY, THE SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT EDUCATION HAS SENT US A MEMO ABOUT THE, UM, RULING.
AND, UM, THE MEMO SAYS THAT, UM, THE COURT USED THE IMMEDIATE EFFECT OF THE COURT'S ORDER.
THIS IS FROM A MEMO FROM MOLLY SPEARMAN TO THE DISTRICT AND SOUPS SUPERINTENDENT, IMMEDIATE EFFECTS OF THE COURT'S ORDER IS AT BOTH THE STATE AND LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICTS ARE PROHIBITED FROM ENFORCING PROVIDER 1.1 OR EIGHT, AND SCHOOL DISTRICTS NOW HAVE DISCRETION OR DISCRETIONARY AUTHORITY TO REQUIRE MASKS.
AND WE ALSO PREVIOUSLY RECEIVED THIS.
THESE ARE ALL PUBLIC DOCUMENTS.
WE PREVIOUSLY RECEIVED A MEMORANDUM FROM BARBARA DRAYTON, THE DEPUTY GENERAL COUNSEL FROM THE SOUTH COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION.
THIS METHOD DATED AUGUST 18TH.
AND IT STATES IN HERE THAT UNDER FEDERAL LAW PUBLIC AGENCIES, INCLUDING LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES MUST MAKE REASONABLE MODIFICATIONS OF THEIR POLICIES, PROCEDURES, AND PRACTICES TO ACCOMMODATE STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES AND ENSURE EQUAL ACCESS TO, AND THE ABILITY TO BENEFIT FROM EDUCATION AND THE LEAST RESTRICTIVE ENVIRONMENT.
SO PLEASE REMEMBER THAT NOT ALL STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES HAVE IEP UNDER THE ADA AND SECTION 5 0 4.
IT DEFINES WHAT A DISABILITY IS.
MAJOR LIFE ACTIVITIES INCLUDE, FOR EXAMPLE, BREATHING AND CONCENTRATING AS WELL AS MAJOR BODILY FUNCTIONS, SUCH AS FUNCTIONS OF THE IMMUNE SYSTEMS. SO THIS MEMO SAYS WHEN CENTERING WHETHER A MASK MANDATE OR OTHER ACCOMMODATION IS NECESSARY TO MEET A STUDENT'S INDIVIDUAL AND UNIQUE NEEDS AND ENSURE EQUAL ACCESS TO, AND THE ABILITY TO BENEFIT FROM EDUCATION SUCH DECISIONS MUST BE BASED ON THE PARTICULAR STUDENT'S IMPAIRMENT AND CIRCUMSTANCES WE HAVE GOT, UH, YOU KNOW, FOR THESE STUDENTS ON A CASE BY CASE BASIS, ESPECIALLY OUR STUDENTS WHO HAVE SPECIAL NEEDS.
AND THEN THIS ORDER FROM THE JUDGE, UH, LEWIS THAT I HAVE UP HERE, IT'S, YOU KNOW, THIS IS A TEMPORARY STANDING ORDER AND THERE WILL BE, UH, THERE WILL BE A HEARING, UH, ON THE MERITS OF THIS CASE, WE HAVE BEEN INFORMED, I HAVE NOT SEEN THE DOCUMENTS, BUT GOVERNMENT MASTER, AND I UNDERSTAND THE ATTORNEY GENERAL ARE APPEALING IT, BUT AT THE PRESENT TIME, YOU KNOW, IN THIS RULING, IT SAYS IN HERE VERY CLEARLY THAT THERE ARE, THERE ARE CASES WHERE THERE MUST BE AN ASK MANDATE.
WE HAVE TO ENSURE THAT OUR STUDENTS ARE SAFE.
NOW WE ALSO RECEIVE, LET'S SEE HERE, HOLD ON.
WE'VE ALSO RECEIVED ANOTHER, UH, LEGAL ALERT ABOUT THE CASE, AS WELL AS THE WRITTEN TO CASE.
AND I'LL JUST READ TO UCL CAN HEAR IT.
UM, IT SAYS HERE, JUDGE LEWIS CONCLUDED THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COULD NOT ENFORCE PROVIDE.
SO 1.108 AND SHE DECLARED IT WAS IN VIOLATION OF FEDERALLY PROTECTED RIGHTS UNDER THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT IN SECTION FIVE.
LET ME JUST READ TO YOU, LET ME READ THIS BECAUSE IT'S FROM WHAT'S ILLEGAL ALERT.
WE RECEIVED IT'S A PUBLIC DOCUMENT AS IS THE CASE HERE.
WHEN A STATE AND FEDERAL COURT ARE DOGS, THERE EXISTS A COLORABLE ARGUMENT THAT FEDERAL LAW TAKES PRECEDENT, AND IT WAS HER RULING UPON FEDERAL STATUTE.
THE JUDGE LEWIS RELIED UPON AND MAKING HER DECISION TO GRANT THE INJECTION INJUNCTION PROHIBITING THE ENFORCEMENT OF PROVISOR 1.108.
SO THAT END SCHOOL DISTRICTS ARE NOT RESTRICTED FROM ENFORCING MASK MANDATES IN SOUTH CAROLINA, DESPITE THE RULING AND THE RIPS AND TO MATTER.
AND THE SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION,
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UM, HAS DIRECTED US AS FOLLOWS THE SOUTH COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION SENT OUT A STATEMENT TODAY AFTER THE STATE SUPREME COURT RULING, NOTING THAT IT HAS NO BEARING ON THE FEDERAL INJUNCTION.THIS IS FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF ED.
THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURTS ORDER IS NOT AFFECTED OR CONTROLLED BY THE SOUTH CAROLINA SUPREME COURT'S OPINION AND A DIFFERENT CASE BASED UPON A DIFFERENT CAUSE OF ACTION BECAUSE THE FEDERAL DISTRICT COURT FOUND THAT PROVIDES A 1.8 VIOLATES TITLE, TWO OF THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT AND SECTION 5 0 4 OF THE REHABILITATION ACT OF 1973, BOTH THE STATE AND LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICTS ARE PROHIBITED FROM ENFORCING PROVISOR 1.108 AND SCHOOL DISTRICTS MAINTAINING, MAINTAIN THE DISCRETION OR DISCRETIONARY AUTHORITY TO REQUIRE MASKS AND THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, UH, SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT EDUCATION, THE DISTRICT TO UPDATE ITS RETURN TO SCHOOL, UM, PLAN, UH, AND STATED IF THERE WAS A REFERENCE TO 1.1 AWAY THAT THE PLAN HAD TO BE UPDATED.
UM, WELL, AND THAT'S BECAUSE MY, WHY WAS JUST THAT, I DON'T THINK THAT THERE'S A FEDERAL LAW, THAT THIS WOULD BE A COMPLIANCE.
THAT WAS NOT YOUR POINT TO THEM AMENDMENT THAT MR. STRINGER IS ADDING.
SO I THINK AT THE VERY BEGINNING, SHE CONFIRMED THAT THERE IS THIS MR. VENDORS TO COMPLY WITH FEDERAL LAW.
THERE IS NOT, THIS INJUNCTION DOES NOT PROVIDE A FEDERAL LAW.
IT SAYS THAT THE PROVISOR WENDY CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG.
THE PROVISO IS IN CHIEF BELIEVES THAT THERE IS A CASE TO BE MADE THAT PROVIDES ALWAYS IN CONFLICT WITH THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES.
AND THE INJUNCTION IS JUST TO BASICALLY SAY UNTIL THIS CASE IS RESOLVED, WE CANNOT ENFORCE PROVIDES A 1.108.
IS IT TEMPORARY RESTRAINING ORDER? SHE SAYS IN HER CONCLUSION, IT IS A JUDGMENT OF THE COURT PLAINTIFF'S MOTION FOR A TEMPORARY RESTRAINING ORDER.
AND A PRELIMINARY JUNCTION ARE GRANTED AND DEFENDANTS ARE ENJOINED FROM ENFORCING PROVISOR 1.108, WHICH IS VIOLATIVE OF TITLE TWO AND SECTION 5 0 4.
AND THERE WILL BE, UH, YOU KNOW, THIS IS NOT THE END OF IT BECAUSE THE CASE IS BEING APPEALED.
AND THERE'S ALSO GOING TO BE A, HERE, THERE WILL BE A HEARING ON THIS.
SO, AND ALSO, I GUESS THE OTHER THING THAT YOU ALL WOULD WANT TO, UM, BE AWARE OF IS THAT SHE DOES SAY IN HER ORDER DONE HERE, HE SAYS AT THE BOTTOM OF PAGE NINE PLAINTIFF'S NOTE, HOWEVER, THEY HAVE NOT ASKED THE COURT TO ORDER UNIVERSAL MASKING FOR ALL STUDENTS, BUT RATHER HAVE MERELY INSISTED THAT THE COURT ENJOINED PROVIDES A ONE POINT 108 SO THAT THE SCHOOL BOARDS OF LEXINGTON AND LEXINGTON HAD SATISFIED THEIR BURDENS TO MAKE REASONABLE MODIFICATIONS UNDER TITLE TWO AND SECTION 5 0 4, IF YOU ALL WOULD LIKE, YOU KNOW, IF YOU WOULD LIKE ME TO GET THE AUTHORITY, UH, WHO IS MUCH MORE KNOWLEDGEABLE THAN ME, UH, MR. JOHN RICO, WHO WAS AN EXPERT IN THE CONSTITUTIONAL LAW, IF YOU WOULD LIKE ME TO TRY TO GET HIM ON THE PHONE TO SPEAK IN PUBLIC SESSION, I CAN DO THAT.
IF THAT IS THE WILL OF THE BOARD, IF YOU HAVE FURTHER QUESTIONS, I WILL, WE'LL GO.
WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO ANSWER UP AND WE'LL SEE WHAT HAPPENS.
UM, THE CLARIFY FOR MS. BOATWRIGHT, THE FEDERAL LAW THAT I'M TALKING ABOUT IS TITLE TWO AND S AND, UH, SECTION 5 0 4.
THOSE ARE THE FEDERAL LAWS THAT WE HAVE TO COMPLY WITH, WHICH, YOU KNOW, PART OF, PART OF THE AMERICAN WITH DISABILITIES ACT.
IT'S NOT THE INJUNCTION WE HAVE TO, WE HAVE TO COMPLY WITH, YOU HAVE TO COMPLY WITH THOSE LAWS.
AND THEY'RE IN FACT, OUR LAWS JUST ANSWERED MOSTLY COTTAGE.
AND I HAD ANOTHER QUESTION FROM HIS CAR ON THE, HE SAID, THERE'S GOING TO BE A HEARING ON THE MERITS OF THE, UM, THE INJUNCTION AND TEMPORARY RESTRAINING ORDER DATE.
BUT I HEAR HIM SAY, MS. MIDDLETON, I'M HERE.
I'M SORRY, I'M HAVING TROUBLE.
I'M HAVING TROUBLE HEARING YOU.
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THAT'S OKAY.CAN YOU HEAR ME BETTER NOW? YES.
LET ME, I'M TRYING TO HIT, SO THERE'S ONE NARRATIVE OF A DOME, JOSH IN A TEMPORARY RESTRAINING ORDER.
NO, BUT I, BUT WE KNOW NOW THAT THIS CASE IS BEING APPEALED, SO WE DON'T KNOW, YOU KNOW, WHEN THE APPEAL IS GOING TO BE HEARD.
I MEAN, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S, I DON'T KNOW WHEN THE, I DON'T KNOW THE ATTORNEY GENERAL AND GOVERNOR AND ESTHER HAVE FILED THEIR APPEAL YET.
SO, UM, I DON'T KNOW THE STATUS OF THAT AND WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN WITH THAT.
BUT AS MR STRIPPER SAID, MR. STRIVEN JURORS, RIGHT? THOSE ARE LAWS, FEDERAL LAWS TITLE.
WE HAVE TO COMPLY WITH THE ADA.
WE HAVE TO COMPLY WITH TITLE FOUR.
UM, SO THAT WAS A LOT OF INFORMATION FROM MS CARTLIDGE.
AND I THINK AS FIRSTLY, AS A MATTER OF PROCEDURE, THE FEDERAL RULING, UM, NOW DOES HAVE A NOTICE OF APPEAL ON IT.
UM, AND WE'VE ALREADY POSTPONED OR TABLED A MATTER OR A SIMILAR MOTION BECAUSE THE RICHLAND CASE WAS APPEALED.
UM, AND UNTIL THIS MORNING WAS PENDING WITH THE SOUTH CAROLINA SUPREME COURT.
SO, UM, I'M UNSURE NOW ON HOW THIS MATTER IS ANY DIFFERENT, GIVEN THAT THE SOUTH CAROLINA ATTORNEY GENERAL AND THE GOVERNOR HAVE GIVEN NOTICE OF THAT APPEAL AND STATED THEIR WILLINGNESS AND TAKE IT TO THE HIGHEST COURT IN THE LAND.
UM, SO WHEN WE'VE HELD BACK A PRIOR DECISION, UH, YOU KNOW, I DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE A DECISION NOW WHEN THIS IS PENDING APPEAL ALSO, UM, I BELIEVE THAT THERE ARE OTHER WAYS THAT WE HAVEN'T EVEN DISCUSSED YET THAT MAY MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OF FEDERAL DISABILITY LAWS WITHOUT REQUIRING, UM, A DISTRICT-WIDE ONE SIZE FITS ALL MASKED MANDATE.
I KNOW THAT THERE'S BEEN DISCUSSIONS AT LEAST, UM, WITH ONE OTHER BOARD MEMBER THAT MENTIONED THE CONCEPT OF HAVING DESIGNATED MASK CLASSROOMS OR LEARNING SPACES, UM, AS OPPOSED TO A BLANKET POLICY.
UM, UM, SECONDLY, YOU KNOW, AS I UNDERSTAND IT, THIS CONVERSATION HAS SPARKED BEEN SPARKED BY THE DEBATE SPECIFICALLY OVER THE STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES AND MEDICAL CONDITIONS.
SO I DEFINITELY WANT TO KEEP MY DIRECTION FOCUSED AND GERMANE TO THAT.
UM, WE'VE ALL RECEIVED COUNTLESS EMAILS AND TELEPHONE CALLS, UM, 70 PLUS PUBLIC COMMENTS RECENTLY.
UM, AND WITHIN THE RANGE OF THAT, AS YOU MENTIONED, MADAM CHAIR, THERE WAS, UM, SOME PRO MASKS AND THEN SOME THAT WERE APPROACHED CHOICE.
UM, BUT I KNOW THAT THERE WAS FEEDBACK IN THERE FROM PARENTS, WITH CHILDREN, WITH MEDICAL CONDITIONS OR DISABILITIES.
UM, PERSONALLY I KNOW THAT I DON'T KNOW ANY INDIVIDUAL CHILD'S MEDICAL HISTORY.
UM, I HAVEN'T BEEN WITH THEIR PARENTS TO THEIR PEDIATRICIAN OR THERAPIST APPOINTMENTS.
UM, BUT I KNOW THEIR PARENTS HAVE.
SO, UM, THERE ARE ALSO PARENTS RIGHT NOW THAT ARE NAVIGATING, TRYING TO GET DIAGNOSIS FOR THEIR CHILDREN.
SO I BELIEVE THAT THOSE PARENTS ARE, WHO IS BEST TO BE MAKING THOSE DECISIONS ON WHETHER IT'S A THERAPY, A MEDICINE, A MASK, A VACCINE.
UM, I KNOW THAT OUR DISTRICT HAS BEEN DILIGENT IN TAKING MEASURES TO, TO KEEP THE SCHOOL SAFE.
UM, AND THAT'S ALL OUTLINED IN OUR SAFETY PLAN.
UM, AND IT'S, IT'S REALLY CONCERNING THAT THIS CONVERSATION HAS DIVIDED PEOPLE SO MUCH AND ALIENATED PEOPLE AND PUT, UH, PUT PEOPLE AGAINST EACH OTHER.
BUT ANYWAYS, WITH ALL THAT SAID, THAT WAS SUPER LONG AND WINDED, BUT I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT I FOCUS IN GOT ALL THAT OUT.
UM, AND THAT IT'S FOCUSED ON THAT THE FEDERAL, UM, INJUNCTION IS SPECIFICALLY IN REGARD TO STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES.
AND I THINK THAT PARENTS ARE THE ONES THAT ARE BEST FOR MAKING THAT DECISION.
THEY'RE THE ONES THAT ARE MOST INFORMED ON THEIR SPECIFIC CHILD'S NEEDS.
UM, SO WITH ALL THAT SAID, I CAN'T VOTE YES.
ON ANY MASS MANDATE THAT DOESN'T PROVIDE A PARENTAL CHOICE OF OPT OUT, UM, EVEN WITH A 30 DAY PROVISION.
UM, I JUST CANNOT SUPPORT THAT.
SO THOSE ARE MY COMMENTS AND I HOPE THAT EVERYONE WILL CONSIDER THOSE AS WE CONTINUE TO DEBATE.
UM, YES, I'M HAVING CONNECTION ISSUES.
I KEEP GETTING, UM, IT KEEPS GOING IN AND OUT.
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A FEW THOUGHTS.UM, I USED TO BE A SPECIAL EDUCATION TEACHER, SO I'VE DEALT WITH LOTS OF STUDENTS THAT HAVE IEP, AND I KNOW THIS IS BROADER THAN JUST STUDENTS WITH IEP.
AND I'VE ALSO HEARD FROM THE PARENTS OF STUDENTS WITH IEP WHO SAY THAT MASKING IS NOT APPROPRIATE FOR THEIR CHILD.
AND I CAN THINK OF SEVERAL TYPES OF DISABILITIES STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES THAT ABSOLUTELY.
I CAN'T SEE THEM WEARING A, UM, AND IT BEING A VIABLE, UM, THING FOR THEM.
SO TO ME, YOU KNOW, STUDENTS WITH IEP WOULD HAVE THE ABILITY TO OPT OUT OF A MASK MANDATE BECAUSE IT CONFLICTS WITH THEIR DISABILITY, BUT STUDENTS THAT DON'T HAVE APS OR 5 0 4 PLANS WOULDN'T HAVE THAT SAME OPTION.
SO I JUST BRING THAT TO THE TABLE FOR PEOPLE TO THINK ABOUT, UM, YOU KNOW, THAT, THAT SPECTRUM OF STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES IS VERY LARGE.
AND, UM, I KNOW THAT I'VE GOTTEN EMAILS FROM PARENTS, WITH STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES, AND I'M SURE YOU HAVE TO.
AND FROM MY EXPERIENCE AS A TEACHER OF STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES, I FIRMLY BELIEVE THAT THERE ARE STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES THAT WOULD NOT BENEFIT FROM WEARING A MASK.
UH, I ALSO WAS WONDERING, SO MY QUESTION IS TO, THAT WAS MY COMMENT.
HAVE WE HAD PARENTS OF STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES, UM, COMPLAIN, COMPLAIN, OR QUESTION OUR, UH, PROGRAM HERE IN BUFORD COUNTY AND WHAT PROGRAM WE'RE OFFERING FOR THEIR STUDENTS.
UM, HOW DOES THIS AFFECT US RIGHT IN BURKE COUNTY WITH OUR STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES? THAT'S MY QUESTION.
WHAT KIND OF FEEDBACK HAVE WE GOTTEN FROM PARENTS? UH, DR.
SO REPEAT YOUR QUESTION SO I CAN MAKE SURE I ANSWER YOUR QUESTION.
CAN YOU REPEAT YOUR QUESTION? OKAY.
SO MY QUESTION IS, HAS YOUR DEPARTMENT THEN, UM, GOTTEN A LOT OF CONCERNS FROM PARENTS WITH STUDENTS OF DISABILITIES, UM, REGARDING THAT THEIR CLASSMATES OR OTHERS IN THEIR SCHOOLS MAY NOT BE MAST THE REQUEST AND THE CLASS, UM, WHERE THEIR STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES ARE BOTH FROM CITIZENS AND SEAMLESSLY BIBLE WAR PLANTS.
SO WE'VE GOTTEN, UH, IT, SO THE ANSWER TO THAT IS IT'S BEEN AN ISSUE AND WHAT HAVE WE OFFERED THEM TO HELP MITIGATE THAT FOR THEIR RIGHT.
SO, AS WE SAID,
AND WHAT DOES NOT MATTER ACCOMMODATION CAN REASONABLY IMPLEMENTED.
AND I THINK CANNOT BE REASONABLE FOR VARIOUS REASONS.
THEN WE'D HAVE TO DISCUSS WHAT OTHER PRECAUTIONS CAN SAY, SUCH AS ARE THERE OPTIONS WERE GOING TO BE BASED USE OR OTHER KINDS OF VISUAL CONFERENCE AND RESOLUTION PRACTICES, UNIVERSAL PRECAUTION, ALL THE STUDIES THAT HAVE BEEN, UM,
UM, AND, UM, I LIKE MS. ROWAN OBVIOUSLY INVOLVES SEVERAL MESSAGES FROM KANSAS STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES THAT CANNOT.
AND SO MY QUESTIONS WERE ANSWERED.
THERE WERE HOW WE HANDLED, WHAT ARE THE OPTIONS? HOW ARE WE HANDLING THOSE TWO PARTICULAR STUDENTS? I THINK ONE OF THEM STOOD OUT THE MOST
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TO ME, THERE WAS A PARENT WHO HAS THREE CHILDREN AND THREE CHILDREN HAVE DISABILITIES.ONE HAS AN ASPHALT AND SHE JUST, SHE HAS TO WEAR A MASK.
SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IF NEEDS, DECIDE ON MANDATING MASKS, THEY'RE ALL ACTIONS FOR THOSE STUDENTS THAT CANNOT PARENTS.
I THINK THAT BECAUSE THAT IS A PART OF THE REASONABLE ACCOMMODATIONS FOR STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE ECONOMY, UM, CHILD AIDS, TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE SAFE IN FASHION.
AND NOW WE'RE HERE, UM, ALONG THE SAME LINES ON THAT LAW, I'M NOT A SPECIAL NEEDS TEACHER, BUT I THINK THE STATUTE THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TEXAS CHAPTER ONE, ONE JOB HAS TO BE PROPERLY ACCOMMODATED TO ASSISTANT, WHICH DROP AWAY, JUST SAY TO THEM, IF WE CAN'T ACCOMMODATE THEIR LUNCH HOUR, BASKETING VIOLATION MITIGATING CIRCUMSTANCES.
YOU, IF SHE SAID THAT'S WHAT
THEN WE MUST DO THAT'S THAT'S THE WAY I UNDERSTAND THAT I'M WRONG, BUT I WANT TO TAKE ONE TOWEL.
THERE'S NO VIOLATION OF THAT LAW.
I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY CHILDREN WE HAVE THAT ARE SAYING THAT I DON'T KNOW, I'M TALKING ABOUT PERIOD.
I THINK WE DO NEED TO LOOK AT ALL OF THAT.
WE SEE THAT WE CAN KIND OF PICK AND CHOOSE WHO WE ACCOMMODATED MOVING OUT OF THE FAMILY WHO CANNOT WEAR A MASK, BUT BE ACCOMMODATED TO WHATEVER, WHATEVER IT TAKES TO ACCOMMODATE THAT.
THAT IS THE RULE AND THAT'S THE LAW.
AND I THINK THAT ONE THING IS ABOUT THAT FOR ONE CHILD THAT NEEDS EVERYBODY MASKS AROUND THEM.
OR CAN WE FLEX THAT TO ANOTHER EXAMPLE? QUESTION ABOUT THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE SAYING WHEN YOU'RE DOING IT IN THE HARMONY ONE, CHILDREN IS TALKING ABOUT IT, EVERY SCHOOL, UM, WHAT I'M GOING TO SAY, SOME OF WHO MAY NOT AGREE WITH WHAT I'M GOING TO SAY, MRS. FIGURES.
THIS IS 16 SCHOOL, THE PAST COUPLE OF WEEKS, EVERY SCHOOL, EVERY CLASSROOM, EVERY SCHOOL, AND THEY WILL NOT COMPLAIN.
UM, CARWASH APOLOGIZE, YOUR CHILD LACKS.
WELL, HE HAS A GOAL HERE TO EDUCATE CHILDREN AND MAKE SURE THAT YOU'RE SAFE NOW SCHOOL FROM WHATEVER LOGGING JOBS AND NO, MAYBE SOME HAVE BEEN INTIMIDATED BY SOME MAGIC.
NO ONE IS GUARANTEED TO SIT ON SCHOOL BOARDS.
I DON'T FARE ANY MAN HOME THEY'RE GONE.
AND SO WE CANNOT ATTEND THE PERIODS AND MY JOB IS MAKE SURE THAT YOUR CHILDREN CAN JUST COUNT ON SAY ALL THINGS.
AND I HOPE THAT WE WILL DRAG THIS OUT UP AND THAT'S IT BECAUSE YOU'RE NEVER SATISFIED.
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THAT'S GOOD.UM, SO THIS KIND OF GOES, MY POSITION HAS BEEN ON THIS IS THAT THE ELECTED OFFICIALS WE'VE GOT TO DO WHAT THE LAW TELLS US TO DO.
AND IT WAS CLEAR TO ME AND SOUTH CAROLINA SUPREME COURT SUPPORTED THE FACT THAT THE LEGISLATURE, WHICH DOES HAVE THESE AUTHORITY OVER EDUCATION, DID NOT WANT TO PUT AN ADVANCE.
AND THAT JUST KIND OF TIED OUR HANDS.
UM, MY THING IS NOW I DON'T REALLY UNDERSTAND CLEARLY WHAT THE LAWS ARE ASKING US TO DO.
SO MR.
THE ACTUAL LEGAL STANDARD IS WHATEVER REASONABLE ACCOMMODATIONS CAN BE MADE.
I'M NOT A PUBLIC HEALTH PERSON.
I'M JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND HOW TO IMPLEMENT POLICY HERE.
AND I, AGAIN, MOLLY SPEARMAN SETTLED OR AFTER THE INJUNCTION CAME DOWN AND SHE IS THE, UH, FOR THOSE WHO DON'T KNOW, SHE IS THE STATE SUPERINTENDENT OF EDUCATION.
SO SHE IS PROBABLY THE HIGHEST NON ELECTED, UH, AUTHORITY IN EDUCATION.
AND SHE SAID, AS OF RIGHT NOW, SCHOOL DISTRICTS CAN CHOOSE TO PUT IN A MASS MANDATE IF THEY WANT, THEY DON'T HAVE TO, BUT THEY CAN'T BECAUSE THE PROVIDER HAS AN INJUNCTION AGAINST IT AGAINST ENFORCEMENT.
THE SECOND THING SHE SAID WAS GET WITH YOUR LEGAL COUNSEL AND FIND OUT WHAT YOU NEED TO DO TO MAKE REASONABLE ACCOMMODATIONS.
AND I THINK TO RACHEL'S POINT AND TO EVERYTHING ELSE, WE CAN VOTE UP A MASS MINUTE UP OR DOWN, BUT IT IS A WHAT'S THE SCENARIO.
IF WE DECIDE THAT WE NEED TO PUT IN A MASS MANDATE TO COMPLY WITH THE PERCEIVED, UH, ADA RULING.
AND THEN HERE'S WHAT HAPPENED IN FLORIDA IN FLORIDA.
JUDGE PUT AN INJUNCTION AGAINST US, INTO, UH, GOVERNORS, UH, BAN ON MASS MANDATES.
TWO DAYS LATER, ANOTHER JUDGE LIFTED THAT INJUNCTION.
SO WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO? IF WE DON'T UNDERSTAND THE INJUNCTION, THERE'S ALREADY AN APPEAL AGAINST IT.
I FEEL LIKE BEFORE WE CAN MAKE DECISIONS ON THESE THINGS, WE HAVE TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THE LIE IS.
I DON'T WANT TO MESS AROUND WITH THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT.
THAT'S SOME SERIOUS FEDERAL LAW RIGHT THERE.
SO I AM REALLY UNCOMFORTABLE NOT HAVING AN EXECUTIVE SESSION, KNOCKING LEGAL ADVICE, NOT HAVING THIS STUFF EXPLAINING TO ME.
I UNDERSTAND PEOPLE THINK WE'RE KICKING THIS DOWN THE ROAD AND I'VE HEARD A LOT OF PEOPLE SAY, YOU NEED TO STAND UP, DO THIS BOLD ACTION.
IN MY OPINION, WE'RE NOT LEGISLATURES.
WE DON'T, WE DON'T HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO MAKE THE LAW.
WE DON'T HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO WORK AROUND THE LAW.
WE FIGURE OUT IF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS THE HIGHEST AUTHORITY AND THEY SAY THAT WE HAVE TO PUT ON MASKS, COMPLY WITH THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT.
BUT UNTIL WE UNDERSTAND WHAT WE'RE BEING ASKED TO DO, I AM VERY UNCOMFORTABLE.
I FEEL LIKE WE'RE IN KIND OF SOME VERY STRANGE WATERS AND I'M LOOKING AT WHAT'S GOING ON IN OTHER STATES.
AND ONE EXAMPLE IS IF A FEDERAL DISTRICT JUDGE IN TENNESSEE REQUIRED, SORRY, LIKE BASKETS LOOKING UP, UM, KNOX COUNTY SCHOOLS TO PUT THEM, ASK FOR A MANDATED.
AND, BUT HERE'S THE CRAZY THING ABOUT IT.
THEY SAID YOU, THE SCHOOL DISTRICT COME UP WITH WHAT MEDICAL EXEMPTIONS YOU WILL ACCEPT.
SO THE KNOX COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT PUT IN 60 MEDICAL CONDITIONS THAT WOULD COUNT AS A MEDICAL OPT-OUT, INCLUDING ANXIETY, INCLUDING ALLERGIES, INCLUDING ALL THESE OTHER THINGS.
IT IS JUST, WE'RE GETTING, WE'VE GOTTEN SO FAR AWAY FROM RATIONAL, COHERENT THOUGHT IN THIS WHOLE PROCESS.
THAT FOR ME, I WOULD REALLY LIKE THAT.
WE HAVE SOME SORT OF EXECUTIVE SESSION.
WE SIT DOWN WITH LAWYERS AND SOMEONE EXPLAINED TO US WHAT THE LAW IS TELLING US TO DO, BUT THAT'S, UM, SAYING THAT I CAN READ YOUR DANCE.
AND I READ ALL THROUGH KENYON AND NOT ONE OF THEM OVERTURN PROVIDER.
THEY SAID, UH, THE STATE CAN AND FORCE, BUT THEY DIDN'T TAKE OFF OR BOOKS OR SAY IT WAS THE PROVISOR WAS PROSTITUTION.
AND JANUARY OF 2019, I TOOK AN OATH ON THE BIBLE OR SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY WHO STAYED OFFICER AS WE ALL CAN I PUT THE PHONE THAT ALL STATES I DIDN'T SOLVE A SQUARE THAT I DO QUALIFY ACCORDING TO THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE TO EXERCISE THE DUTIES OF THE OFFICE, TO WHICH I HAVE DONE RECORD.
AND THEN I WILL DO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY, DISCHARGE THE DUTIES THERE AND PRESERVE, PROTECT, AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION OF THIS STATES AND THE UNITED STATES.
SO WE GOT, AND WE ALL SIGNED IT.
HOWEVER, YOU KNOW, I WISH TO PROVIDE SCOPE.
UH, AND I'VE BEEN IN HAND, I'M SURE
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THAT THE LEGISLATURE, WHEN THEY HAD 20, 20 HINDSIGHT TO SAY THE BOARD, WE SHOULD HAVE JUST TO KICK THIS OVER TO THE SCOPE FOR US, THAT THEY DIDN'T, THEY PASSED A WALL.THE LAW HAS NOT BEEN OVERTURNED.
CAN THERE BE ADDITIONAL ACCOMMODATIONS FOR THE DISABILITIES ACT? OF COURSE THERE CAN BE.
AND IF WE ON AN INJURY, BOTH INDIVIDUAL BASIS HAVE VIOLATED THAT YOU CAN CORRECT THAT.
SO UNTIL THE PROVISOR OVERTURNED, PROVISO IS THE LAW AND IS LEGALLY BINDING.
IT IS ALSO CLEAR TO ME THAT YOU OVER IN
IT'S JUST, THIS ISN'T A RALLY.
I'VE BEEN QUIET THUS FAR, JUST BECAUSE THERE ARE SO MANY VARYING OPINIONS AND WHAT IS THE RIGHT THING TO DO? WHO KNOWS EXACTLY WHAT THE RIGHT THING TO DO IS I TOO AM A SPECIAL EDUCATION TEACHER, RIGHT.
AND WE CERTAINLY EVERY IEP THAT WAS WRITTEN AND WHAT, WITH REASONABLE ACCOMMODATIONS, ANY STUDENTS, SO THEY TO ACCESS THE GENERAL EDUCATION CURRICULUM OR THE APPROPRIATE GROUP, HAVE YOU EVER BE INTERESTED IN HEARING A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT WHAT WE SAID, RIGHT.
I HEARD YOU SAY THAT YOUR PARENTS REQUESTING ACCOMMODATIONS, HOW MANY, AND WHAT TYPE OF ACCOMMODATIONS FOR BE ABLE TO ASK? UM, WHAT DOES A STUDENT TOO? I DON'T KNOW WHAT THOSE ARE.
I NEVER, I HAVEN'T THOUGHT IN THIS ENVIRONMENT.
SO COULD YOU EXPLAIN A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT NUMBERS? ARE WE TALKING HOW MANY STUDENTS WERE REQUESTING ACCOMMODATIONS OR EVER REQUIRE HAVING TO MAKE THE ENTIRE CLASSROOM WEAR A MASK OR CAN CLASS IT AS A STUDENT FOR ONE CLASS TO ANOTHER? I AGREED THE BLADDER WAS DESKY AS FAR AS THIS IS NOT A ONE SIZE FITS ALL.
SO IF WE WERE TO MANDATE NAPS, ARE WE LOOKING AT JUST ELEMENTARY SINCE DAY ONE TO TWELVES THAT YOU'RE NOT GOOD AT ASKING OR LOOKING AT HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS THAT HAD, HAD, HAVE SEEN, AND THEY DON'T EVEN HAVE A QUARANTINE PLUS CONTACT BECAUSE THEY'VE BEEN VACCINATED IS MY UNDERSTANDING.
SO THIS IS CERTAINLY NOT A ONE SIZE FITS ALL.
UM, AND ALSO TO EVERYTHING I'VE HEARD SO FAR FROM MOLLY SPIRITS WRITING TO SALON IS THAT YOU AND PAT ASKED ME HOW MY DAY IS MONDAY.
YOU MUST OTHERWISE YOU'RE CLIENTS WITH ADA 5 0 4.
AND I'M BEING HONEST WITH YOU ALL.
I AM NOT SURE, BUT I SURELY WISH, FIRST OF ALL, WE'RE AT 70% OF VACCINATION HERE AT BEAVER COUNTY FASCINATION.
WE KNOW THOSE FASCINATIONS ARE SAYING LOSS, RIGHT.
SO WHY DON'T WE DO, SHOULD WE DO IT A MASS FOR JUST OUR LITTLE ONES, BUT AS WELL? I MEAN, SO THAT WAY, DO YOU HAVE ANY NUMBERS, UM, SOME EXAMPLES WITHOUT USING ANY IDENTIFYING FACTORS.
SO WE'VE HAVE, UM, QUITE A FEW SMALL WATER CHAINS ON AROUND, BECAUSE WE COULD HAVE BEEN PROBABLY ONWARDS PAIRING MORE AND MORE FROM SCHOOLS LIKE WELD OR NUMBER OF STUDENTS.
UM, THERE ARE ABOUT 11 STUDENTS WHO HAVE SOME TYPE OF UNIVERSAL MESSAGE THAT LIKE I RECEIVED TWO MORE EMAILS
UM, WHY DON'T WE GO TO OTHER DISABILITIES THAT ARE DESCRIBED ON THE APA, A SESSIONS BIBLE, OR WHICH SAYS THAT IT SHOULDN'T SUCCESSION LIVING THE LIFE ACTIVITY THAT RUNS THE HORIZON
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OF THEM THAT I'M AWARE OF THAT NO ONE, SOME KIND OF MASSIVE, UM, ACCOMMODATION AND THE SCHOOL, BECAUSE WE RESERVE IT AND MONITOR DIFFERENT MODELS RIGHT NOW.UM, AS WELL AS THE LAWSUIT, OR SIT IN SOULS WITH EARN CAUTIONS THAT IT COULD SAY, UM, BRING THEIR OWN MASK
AND THERE COULD BE MORE WHEN YOU'RE HANDLING SCHOOL LEVEL MORE THAN INDIVIDUAL.
UM, I JUST THOUGHT I'D MAKE WHATEVER COMMENTS.
UM, YES, MR.
AND HE'S ABSOLUTELY RIGHT THERE, A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER, UM, ADULTS AND STUDENTS WERE NASS AND ARE DOING IT VOLUNTARILY BECAUSE RESILIENCY.
AND SO I, YOU KNOW, ASKED YOU, I LOOKED AT THAT A LITTLE DIFFERENT.
WHEN IS THAT? MR. PIANO? PROBABLY TODAY.
I HOPE TO HAVE A PERCENTAGE OF AT 95% SOULS.
THIS IS IT, YOU KNOW, WHERE I ASK STUDENTS WITHOUT MANDATE.
SO I THAT'S JUST ALL GOING INTO PART OF THE CALCULUS AND TRY AND HELP DECIDE, ALRIGHT, WE HAVE TO SPEAK IT.
UM, WE TALK ABOUT MASS MASS TOO LONG, SO THIS IS NOT TRUE.
UM, IT'S SIX O'CLOCK AND OUR
YES, BUT I HAVE, UM, ONLY MINUTES LEFT TO GIVE AND THEN I HAVE TO LEAVE THE MEETING.
I HAVE TO AGREE WITH WHAT WE'VE BEEN HEARING.
WE'VE BEEN HEARING HYSTERIA ON BOTH SIDES AND YOU'VE GOT TO LOOK AT DEATH,
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THE INTERNET AND GOOGLE SOMETHING AND TAKE ALL YOUR OPINIONS ON THE SHORES.AND THAT'S THE CDC, THE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL.
AND THE DATA IS VERY, VERY CLEAR THAT YOUNG CHILDREN DO NOT GET OPTIMIZED.
IT'S A WRAP TODAY AND SAID, WELL, WE DON'T HAVE ANY CHILDREN.
IT DIDN'T GO TO REALLY BAD UNTIL YOU LOOK AT THE NUMBERS, THE NUMBERS NINE, THAT'S NOT GOING TO DO FOR CHALLENGING ALL THE PEOPLE THAT GO TO SERVICE CHARLESTON, BUFORD POLITICS NINE.
SO, YOU KNOW, THE HYSTERIA IS ON BOTH SIDES.
I JUST KIND OF LOOKING AT THE FACTS AND TRY TO BE OBJECTIVE AND OUT OF EMOTION.
UM, AND, UM, UH, PRETTY SIGNIFICANT DECLINE LAST WEEK, UH, REPORTED THIS WEEK ON, UH, LIBERALS TO, TO, UH, BE HERE OVER THE LAST WEEK.
AND THE NUMBERS FOR LAST WEEK ARE 69 POSITIVE CASES OF STUDENTS AND 11 OF ALL OF THE CASES FOR STAFF.
WELL, THAT WOULD BE ELEVATING THIS BRICK WALL.
UM, AND PROBABLY THIS WEEK GOT MOMENT, RIGHT? UH, WE HAVE 22, UH, OR OTHER CASES FOR STUDENTS.
AND, UH, THREE OTHER CASES FOR STAFF, THAT NUMBER WAS STILL BROKEN A LITTLE BIT.
UM, SO IT'S BEEN, UH, FOR THREE MORE WEEKS
AND, UH, WELL, I GUESS I WAS GETTING TO OVER
I'D LIKE TO GET US TO, UM, REDIRECT OUR CONVERSATION TO THE AMENDMENT, UM, IF THE AMENDMENT PASSES, UM, AND THEN WE COULD CONTINUE THE DISCUSSION ON THE, ON THE BASE MOTION.
UM, YEAH, I THINK WE TALKED ABOUT THE AMENDMENT.
DO YOU WANT TO JUST ABOUT THE 30 DAYS, 30 DAYS, AND I BROUGHT UP THE QUESTION ABOUT A FEDERAL WILDLAND VISITATION, THE FACTS OR INFORMATION FOR THE STATE OF DISTRICT,
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HAVE YOU BEEN ABLE TO ACCOMMODATE THOSE STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES AND OUR REQUESTS AND OUR IEP TEAMS DETERMINATION AS TO THAT'S GREAT TOO.UM,
I KNOW WE DIDN'T HAVE HIGH HONEY.
SO IS THERE, UM, A MASS, UH, MANDATE IN PLACE? UH, I DON'T THINK IT'S SOMETHING WE SHOULD START TOMORROW.
I THINK BE THE COMMUNICATION WITH SCHOOLS.
I THINK WE THE RIGHT ROLLOUT AND THAT, THAT, THAT ASPECT OF TOPIC THERE'S THINGS OF WORK PAST IS DETERMINED STILL RIGHT IN THIS DISCUSSION, WHICH IS, UM, IF YOU CLOSE ONE IN FLIGHTS, RIGHT, THERE ARE REASONABLE ACCOMMODATIONS.
WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THAT, BUT, UH, ARE THERE EXEMPTIONS UNDER MEDICAL EXEMPTIONS? ARE THERE RELIGIOUS EXEMPTIONS? I BELIEVE THE, UH, I'M NOT IN THAT GAME, THE SCHOOL BOARDS ASSOCIATION, UH, AND HAD SOME DOCUMENTS RELATED TO, UH, EXEMPTIONS.
SO, UM, ALL THEY, UH, THE OTHER QUESTIONS THAT WE WOULD NEED ANSWERED IN ORDER TO, UM, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, UH, INDOOR ACTIVITIES DURING THE SCHOOL DAY, ARE YOU ALSO TALKING ABOUT AQUATIC EVENTS? UM, THOSE ARE ALL EVENTS, OTHER ASPECTS THAT I THINK WE WILL, YOU KNOW, INQUIRY ON, UH, IF YOU ARE MOVING FORWARD, RIGHT.
SO THAT WE CAN, AND, UM, WHAT WOULD IT LOOK LIKE? UH, SO IT WOULD LOOK LIKE THIS, RIGHT? YOUR ASSUMPTION IS THAT THE PRE-K TO 12.
SO THAT'S, THAT'S, THAT'S A COMPONENT SET YOU HAVEN'T TALKED ABOUT YET.
UM, WELL, WHAT WE WOULD DO THEN OBVIOUSLY IS CHECK FOR MASS.
THE, IF SOMEBODY WAS WITHOUT A MASK, UH, STUDENTS WOULD BE ASKED TO COMPLY WITH THE REQUIREMENT.
IF THEY STILL THERE WILL BE ASKED, THE STUDENTS WOULD BE GIVEN REMINDERS FOR A PERIOD OF TIME.
UH, OBVIOUSLY SCHOOLS WOULD ENGAGE THE PARENTS IN FOOTBALL AS PART OF THE PROGRESSIVE ASPECT IN TERMS OF, UM, UH, WE WOULD ASK OUR STAFF, WHICH TEACHERS, PEOPLE ALIGNED STUDENTS, UH, AND THEN ULTIMATELY THOUGH STUDENTS REFUSING TO WEAR A MASK WILL BE, AND WE'LL BE CONTACTING.
AND ULTIMATELY, UH, YOU'LL STAY AT HOME THAT'S UM, THE EXEMPTIONS WOULD BE PART OF THIS.
SO I LIKE TO SPEAK SINCE I HAVEN'T SPOKEN.
UM, I HAVE A POSITION ON YOUR NOSE AND THROAT SPECIALIST.
I'M NOT AN INFECTIOUS DISEASE SPECIALIST.
UM, I CANNOT SUPPORT THIS, UH, AMANDA, BECAUSE TO ME IT, IT IS BACK THE IMPLICATION THAT, UM, THE ONLY WAY TO COMPLY WITH THESE FEDERAL DISABILITY LAWS, MANDATE MASKS IN OUR SCHOOLS.
AND I DON'T THINK THAT'S A, I DON'T HAVE THAT.
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NOW.NO, I'M NOT A DISABILITY SPECIALIST, BUT AFTER HEARING YOUR DR.
WHITE SCOTT, UM, YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO ABSOLUTELY CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES NEED TO HAVE REASONABLE ACCOMMODATIONS.
AND I THINK, UM, PUTTING, YOU KNOW, REQUIRING EVERYONE TO PUT ON A MASK, OKAY, NOW, UH, THE, UH, YOU KNOW, HAVE THEM GET SOME
UM, WE'VE SPENT MORE THAN A LOT OF TIME TALKING ABOUT MASKS.
MASKS IS ONE MEDIATE STRATEGY FOR PREVENTING SPREAD OF DISEASE IN OUR SCHOOLS, BUT YOU KNOW, THERE'S OTHER ONES AND PROBABLY THE MOST IMPORTANT ONE IS VACCINATION, BIOLOGICAL INDIVIDUALS.
ALSO, WE, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE SOCIAL DISTANCING HAND WASHING SANITIZATION, HVAC SYSTEMS, ALL THAT KIND OF THING.
SO THIS IS JUST ONE PORTION THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE TODAY.
THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PEDIATRICS, THE CDC AND SOUTH CAROLINA D HAIR, ALL OF THEM RECOMMEND A UNIVERSAL OF, UH, WHATEVER YOU SCHOOLS, IF YOU'RE OLDER THAN TWO AND LESS ON MEDICAL OR DEVELOPMENTAL CONDITIONS,
IT SHOULD BE VOLUNTARY COMPLIANCE WITH IT.
UM, SO I WILL NOT BE, UH, SUPPORTING THIS ANNETTE, MR. NAKANO
SO, I MEAN, WE, WE, NONE OF US KNOW THE RESIDUAL, UH, SITUATION.
WHEN YOU, WHEN YOU CONTACT A BOAT, YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN TO THOSE CHILDREN 10 YEARS FROM NOW, 15 YEARS FROM NOW, THOSE NUMBERS AWESOME.
AS WE, AS WE WERE WATCHING IT GO DOWN, BUT HOW MANY STUDENTS ARE WE TALKING ABOUT ALL TOGETHER? WHAT DOES THAT PERCENTAGE LOOK LIKE? AND WHEN WE STARTED TALKING ABOUT MASS MANDATE, IT WASN'T ABOUT PROFESSIONALLY CHILDREN ALONE.
IT WASN'T ABOUT ALL THE OTHER CHILDREN AND HOW WE COULD POSSIBLY KEEP THEM SAFE.
AND IF, IF, IF THE CHAIR DOES STATED THAT, YOU KNOW, ALL OF THESE ORGANIZATIONS AGREE THAT IT IS A FACTOR FROM WHAT I READ ANOTHER STATUS, OTHER THAN VACCINATION IS THE NUMBER TWO BACK.
SO, I MEAN, I'M JUST LOOKING AT THE PRACTICAL PART OF THIS AS OPPOSED TO ANYTHING ELSE.
AND ESPECIALLY EACH OF THEM CAN BE DOMINATED EVERYTHING IF YOU PUT ALL THE EFFORT
AND I HEAR PEOPLE SAYING THAT THE STATS, THEY UNIVERSAL MASSEY.
THEN I LOOKED AT MY NUMBERS AND I WANT TO KNOW WHERE IT'S GOING.
UM, I CAN UNDERSTAND MOBILE ARGUMENTS, BUT I LIKED THE AIR ON THE SIDE OF SAFETY AND THE LONG TERM, BOTH OF OUR STUDENTS, UM, FROM THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR FOR STUDENTS AND FOR STAFF THIS SCHOOL YEAR, WE HAD 1,216 STUDENTS AND 125 STAFF, 22,000 THAT'S ABOUT, I WAS POPULATION.
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BUT THINKING ABOUT JOE OVERALL, THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
UM, I AGREE WITH YOUR LOGIC THAT VOLUNTARY UNIVERSAL MASKING WOULD BE, WOULD BE THE WAY TO GO IF EVERYBODY WAS BEHIND IT AND DOING IT.
WE'RE NOT, THAT'S NOT WORKING, UM, NORTH OF THE BROADEST WORKING BETTER, BUT SOUTH OF THE BROAD, IT'S NOT.
SO THAT'S WHY I THINK THE MANDATE IS NOW, UM, THE THING THAT WE NEED TO DO, UM, YOU KNOW, I FELT DIFFERENTLY BEFORE, BECAUSE I DIDN'T WANT TO BREAK THE LAW, BUT THE LAW I BELIEVE HAS CHANGED NOW, BUT I WOULD LIKE US TO GET BACK TO VOTING ON THIS AMENDMENT BECAUSE IF THE AMENDMENT FAILS, WE'RE DEALING WITH A DIFFERENT MOTION.
HOW MANY STAFF MEMBERS OR STUDENTS HAVE WE LOST? UM, I DON'T THINK THAT'S A QUESTION I CAN ANSWER HERE.
UH, IF I ANSWER THAT QUESTION, UM, YOU KNOW, OFTEN TO BE WILD, LIKE SOMEBODY, SO I'LL TAKE THAT AS THE LITTLE GUY.
UM, I WOULD SAY, YOU KNOW, I'M NOT AWARE OF ANY STUDENTS, THAT'D BE LOST, NOT AWARE OF ANY STUDENTS THAT YOU'VE OFTEN.
UM, SO
NOW I JUST THOUGHT, UM, THAT, THAT THAT'S FINE.
UM, I HAVEN'T SAID MUCH, BUT I'M SURE EVERYONE KNOWS MY STANCE ON THE MASS MANDATION.
AND I UNDERSTAND THAT IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT THIS PARENT, THAT WE DEFINITELY DON'T KEEP YOUR HAIR TONIGHT, THEN MAKE YOUR DECISION AND STAY IN VERMONT.
UH THERE'S NO, YOU KNOW, PEERS THAT WE, THAT WE MIGHT BE PLAYING T-BALL GAME.
PEOPLE LIKE MR.
WE DON'T LIVE IN THE POSITIVE ALSO THAT HAPPENED.
I KNOW HOW TO MAKE IT A POSITIVE, BUT I'M SAYING THAT WE'LL SIT DOWN THAT COMES TO THE BANK AND I SUPPORT THE MOTION BECAUSE MASS IS IMPORTANT.
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REALLY DISTRIBUTOR CALLED THE QUESTION ON THE AMENDMENT SO I CAN CALL THE QUESTION ON THE AMENDMENT.SO THEN JESSICA, THAT WE'LL HAVE TO HAVE A LINE TO VOTE.
CAUSE IT'S HARD TO HEAR OVER HERE.
ARE WE VOTING ON THE AMENDMENT OR CALLING IN QUESTION? UM, TALKING IT'S KATHY THERE KNOW SHE SAID SHE HAD TO GO, OKAY.
I HAVE TO LEAVE IN LIKE TWO MINUTES.
UM, I'M VOTING NO TO THE MOTION.
THE DNN HAD FAILED FIVE, SIX, AND THOSE THAT I USUALLY SAY IT ON THE WAY ON THE SIDE FOR NO SIDE PAR WAS GROW-BY DANDRIDGE.
SO NOW WE'LL GO BACK TO THE MAIN MOTION.
COULD YOU PUT THAT BACK UP ON THE SCREEN, WHICH IS PENNIES ON THE AGENDA.
YOU HAVE YOUR HIGH SCHOOL EDUCATION IN
IF I DIDN'T WANT TO RESPOND TO MR. SMITH, HE MADE A POINT THAT I THOUGHT WAS INTERESTING.
HE SAID WE SHOULD NOT PICK AND CHOOSE WHICH SCIENTIFIC MUCH SCIENCE WE SHOULD FALL.
SO I WANT TO READ TO YOU FROM THE CDC INFORMATION ON CHILDREN AND TEENS, SIMILAR TO ADULTS, CHILDREN WITH OBESITY, DIABETES, ASTHMA, CHRONIC LUNG DISEASE, SICKLE CELL DISEASE, OR IMMUNOSUPPRESSION CAN ALSO BE INCREASED PRICE FOR SEVERE HOMELESS.
AND IT'S THE ONLY ONE LISTED ONE WAY TO PROTECT THE HEALTH OF CHILDREN IS TO ENSURE THAT ALL ADULTS IN THE HOUSEHOLD ARE FULLY VACCINATED AGAINST COVID-19 IN ADDITION TO WISH TO SEE, BUT NOT TALKING ABOUT VACCINES.
I MEAN, THAT'S THE THOUGHT YOU SAID YOU WANT TO PROTECT A VULNERABLE POPULATION.
YOU SURROUND THEM WITH VACCINATED ADULTS.
UM, BUT FOR WHATEVER REASON, THAT'S NOT WHAT WE'RE FOCUSING ON RIGHT NOW.
THE OTHER THING IS, AND I'M NOT ADVOCATING FOR THIS, BUT IF WE'RE NOT GOING TO PICK AND CHOOSE, THE CDC HAS ALSO RECOMMENDED THAT IN AREAS WITH HIGH TRANSMISSION, THERE'S AN IMMEDIATE CESSATION OF ALL ORGANIZED SPORTS, FOOTBALL FIELDS, CROSS COUNTRY VOLLEYBALL.
SO IF WE'RE NOT GOING TO PICK AND CHOOSE, I, THIS IS ONE OF THE THINGS I THINK THAT IS PROBLEMATIC WITH THIS.
WE ARE PICKING, CHOOSING, WE'RE PICKING THIS ONE THING AND WE HAVE MADE IT.
I TALK TO PEOPLE THAT HAVE KIDS IN THE SCHOOL.
I HAVE KIDS IN SCHOOL, EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM HAVE COME UP TO ME THAT ARE PARENTS AND SAID, WHY ARE WE STILL TALKING ABOUT THIS? WE'VE GOT TO GET THE KIDS BACK IN SCHOOL.
WE'VE GOT LEARNING LOSS, LOOK AT THE NUMBERS THAT JUST CAME OUT FROM OUR SCORES AND TESTS.
SO I WILLING TO VOTE ON THIS MANDATE, BUT I WILL SAY A SEPARATE ISSUE.
IF WE'RE GOING TO SAY YES TO A MASS MANDATE, I DON'T THINK THAT'S THE APPROPRIATE THING WE SHOULD EVEN BE TALKING ABOUT BECAUSE WE'RE LOOKING FOR IT'S A MASKING POLICY, RIGHT? BECAUSE YOU CAN'T JUST LAY DOWN A MANDATE.
THE STATE DOES THIS, DO THIS ALL THE TIME, RIGHT.
LAYS DOWN A MANDATE, DOESN'T FUND IT.
SO TO YOUR POINT ABOUT DEPOSITS, YOU'VE GOT TO FUND MANDATE.
SO IF WE'RE GOING TO GET A MANDATE, WHO DOES IT APPLY TO? DOES IT APPLY TO HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS WHO ARE VACCINATED? AND BECAUSE ONE OF MY CONCERNS IS GIVES ME MAKE VACCINATED PEOPLE WEAR MASKS THAT WEAKENS THE MESSAGE ON VACCINATION.
UM, WHAT ARE WE GONNA DO FOR OCTETS KNOX COUNTY HAS OFFERED 60 DIFFERENT
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MEDICAL OPT-OUTS FOR EVERY SINGLE CONDITION.ARE WE GOING TO OFFER OPT-OUTS? HOW WOULD WE ENFORCE IT? IS THAT GERMANE TO THE SERGEANT? UH IT'S IN TERMS OF THE EMOTION AND IT, IN TERMS OF THE MASS MANDATION, BECAUSE YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT A FASCINATION THAT NOW
YOU KNOW, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE MASS MANDATE, THERE'S A BIGGER PICTURE, BUT, UM, I ASKED YOU QUESTIONS WERE THEM.
SO HOW ARE WE GOING TO ENFORCE IT? BECAUSE WHAT I'M SEEING IN CHARLESTON IS THAT THEY'RE HAVING TO CALL IN ADDITIONAL SECURITY.
THERE WAS INTERACTION WHERE SRO WAS TALKING ABOUT HOW IT'S CALLED PROTECTIVE SERVICES.
IT'S NOT GOING TO BE EASY TO ENFORCE.
UM, THE BIG QUESTION, THE PROVIDER WAS STILL INEFFECTIVE.
SO WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO IF THE INJUNCTION, IF THEY GET A STAY ON THE INJUNCTION FOR ME, THAT RIDE BACK AND I WILL SAY ALSO, UH, STUART JONES SAYS ON HIS FACEBOOK PAGE THAT A DISTRICT THAT GOES FORWARD WITH A MASS MAT, THEY WILL SUFFER MIGHTILY AND BUDGETED BECAUSE NEXT YEAR WE'RE OUT OF THAT TO WORK.
BUT THAT PROVIDES, I WAS STILL TECHNICALLY THAT'S FINALLY WHAT NUMBER? AND THIS ONE'S REALLY CRUCIAL.
WHAT WOULD ALLOW US TO SAY THAT WE DON'T NEED TO MASK ANY MORE, ONE POSITIVE CASE? WHAT PERCENTAGE IN THE COMMUNITY, WHAT PERCENTAGE OF THE SCHOOLS, WHAT WOULD DECIDE THAT? OKAY, FINALLY, YOU CAN NOW TAKE THE MASKS OFF.
ALL THESE THINGS HAVE TO BE CONSIDERED SUCH AS VOTING.
I THINK THAT DOESN'T JUST SERVICE.
SHE DIDN'T DO WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO HERE.
UM, BUT WE CANNOT CONTROL THE VACILLATION PART.
YOU DON'T HAVE ANY VACCINATION PUT THAT MOTION FOR A TABLE OF FASCINATING PEOPLE.
THAT THE NUMBER TWO THING IS MASSEY, AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.
AND THAT'S WHAT REALLY ASSESSING THE MERITS OF MASSEY.
I DON'T WANT TO GET PEOPLE
IF WE COULD CHANGE THE OUTSIDE COMMUNITY THE WAY WE WANT THEM TO DO THE HOMEWORK WITH THE CHILDREN THAT HAS TO DO ALL THE OTHER THINGS THAT NEEDED TO BE GOOD PARENTS, BUT WE HAVE GOOD TOO.
THAT'S WHAT WE ARE SUPPOSED TO KEEP SAFE.
AS WE EDUCATE, I THINK ALL ABOUT DECISION-MAKING TO BE IN THAT DIRECTION.
I HEAR ALL OF THOSE ABOVE THE LAW, BUT OBVIOUSLY THERE WAS A REASON WHY THERE WASN'T A JUNCTION THAT WAS DUE PROCESS AND MY SENSE OF AMERICAN LAW.
BUT WHEN THERE WASN'T A JUNCTURE IS NOW NO LONGER THE LAW UNTIL SOMEBODY OVERTURNS THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO FOLLOW IT AND SAYING UNDER THE SIZE THAT WE ARE FOLLOWING THE LAW, WE KEEPING ALL, THAT'S NO LONGER THE LAWS IN TERMS OF
WE HAVE THE DISCRETION TO ISSUE A MATH MANDATE.
SO THAT'S NOT THE LAW TO HIDE BEHIND THE SENSE YOU HAVE TO MAKE DECISION ACCORDING TO WHAT'S RECOMMENDED AND WHAT OUR NUMBERS ARE.
SO I LOOK AT THE NUMBERS WHERE WE ARE NOT JUST AS A COUNTY, AS THE STATE AND THE COUNTRY TURNS ALLOWS STUDENTS NUMBER THAT MR. DAVIS DRIVEN HERE.
THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR, A LOT OF EMOTIONS AROUND THESE ISSUES.
AND I KNOW THAT, BUT I WANTED TO FOLLOW UP ON SOMETHING THAT JUST HIT A NERVE WITH ME.
AND THAT WAS WHAT MS. BOATWRIGHT MENTIONED ABOUT.
WE HAVE A STATE REPRESENTATIVE WHO STATED PUBLICLY THAT THERE WOULD BE MASSIVE BUDGET CUTS FOR SCHOOL BOARDS THAT ENACTED A MASS MANDATORY MASKING.
I FIND THAT STATEMENT REPUGNANT.
I FIND IT DISGUSTING THAT WE HAVE A STATE REPRESENTATIVE WHO WOULD PUNISH THE STUDENTS BECAUSE HE DOESN'T LIKE WHAT THE SCHOOL BOARD DID.
HOPEFULLY, YOU KNOW, ONE OF HIS FOLKS IS WATCHING THIS AND WE'LL GET BACK TO HIM AND HAVE HIM RECONSIDER THAT POSITION.
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KNOW, AGAIN, THERE'S NO BETTER TIME TO ANSWER THIS, BUT I AM LOOKING AT THE NUMBERS AND DERIVE RABIES.I BELIEVE YOU SAID LAST HAD A TOTAL OF 80 STUDENTS WILL STACK THE TEST AND POSITIVE.
CAN I HAVE THE BEST NUMBERS MORE? RIGHT NOW, BUT THAT'S STILL AB.
SOMETHING IS WORKING AS MR. HALL CAMPBELL.
AND I HAVE SAID ANY DAY IN THE BUILDING WE'VE BUT BUILDING SMARTER AND LET ME SHARE WITH ALL OF YOU THAT NOT IN SCHOOL, THEY'RE NOT ALLOWED TODAY.
THERE ARE SANITIZER STATIONS THROUGH, OUT THE SCHOOLS, MR. PANEL, EVERY JUNCTION THAT WE WENT TO, THERE WAS A HAND SANITIZING STATION.
THERE ARE STUDENTS ARE BEING IN OUR CLASSROOMS. THEY'RE NOT GETTING IN A HABIT TIERS.
AND IF THEY ARE, THEY ARE SPREAD OUT.
AND THERE WERE JUST A SMALL PERCENTAGE OF STUDENTS.
THERE ARE DIVIDERS ON THE DESKS.
STUDENTS ARE WALKING SIX YEAR APART IN THE HALLWAYS, I'VE LEFT SIDE OF THE HALLWAY, AND THERE ARE MITIGATING STRATEGIES THAT NEVER STOPPED FROM LAST YEAR.
UM, SO SOMETHING IS FOR ME, SOMETHING THAT JUST STAYS WITH ME AS, I, I JUST DON'T THINK LIKE DR.
GUESS YOU CLOSE, WELL, BRACH, MIDDLE, OR I'LL BE CORRECT BECAUSE, BECAUSE OF THE POOR, OUR TEAM NUMBERS, BUT LONG ONES, THAT WAS AN ABSOLUTE APPROPRIATE ACTION.
AND SO I JUST AM WONDERING, IS THAT NOT THE MORE APPROPRIATE ACTION INSTEAD OF DISTRICT WIDE NAST MANDATE TO, TO DEVELOP THAT CONTINUE WITH THAT PLAN, UM, TO CONTINUE WITH ALL THE MITIGATION STRATEGIES THAT WE WITNESSED, MR. CAMPBELL AND EVERY SINGLE SCHOOL.
AND AGAIN, IT WAS INCREDIBLE TO SEE THE NUMBER OF STAFF AND STUDENTS THAT VOLUNTEER HERE ARE WEARING MASKS.
SO, SO I WAS FREAKING OUT JUST TO YOUR POINT, I AM LOOKING AT THE NUMBERS AND IT'S CERTAINLY AS CLEAR AS MUD NUMBERS TO YOU HERE.
THE ACADEMY OF PEDIATRICS PEDIATRICIAN OR PEDIATRICS IS IDENTIFY AS SOMETHING.
SOME PEOPLE SAY A ZERO TO 21 YEARS OLD, BUT MOST AGE, ZERO TO 18, ACCORDING TO THEM, AND THIS IS
THAT'S GOING TO ASK THE 0.4, TWO ADMISSIONS PER A HUNDRED THOUSAND.
SO HOSPITALIZATION CROSS COUNTRY IS FOR PEDIATRIC PATIENTS.
THAT'S 18 TO ZERO 18 YEARS IS VERY, VERY SMALL.
I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU SOME OTHER NUMBERS.
ACCORDING TO THE CDC, AS OF SEPTEMBER 1ST, 2021, THERE HAVE BEEN IN THIS NATION 470
I DON'T KNOW A POPULATION OF 74 MILLION.
NOW JUST TO PUT THIS IN CONTEXT, ACCORDING TO THE CDC AND THE FISCAL YEAR, 2019 THROUGH 2020, THERE ARE 434 DEATHS DUE TO THE FLU OR PEDIATRIC.
SO THAT'S 18 MONTHS WORTH OF DATA, SAYS 470 DEATHS.
AND THAT'S A TRASH, EVERYONE'S A TRAGEDY,
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YOU KNOW, BUT IN A FISCAL YEAR, ONE YEAR PERIOD, THERE WERE 434.SO ARE WE GOING TO START DOING MASKING FOR FLU SEASON? NOW, ACCORDING TO THE DATA WE COULD, SHOULD WE, UM, I MEAN, IS THIS LOOK AT ALL THE NUMBERS, LOOK AT THE NUMBERS THAT ARE HOSPITALIZED IN THE COUNTY AND YOU WANT TO STUDY IF THIS WAS A, THIS WAS HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OR THOUSANDS IN THIS DISTRICT, OR EVEN HUNDREDS OF THIS DISTRICT OVER PEDIATRIC HOSPITALIZATIONS.
I WOULDN'T BE VERY CONCERNED, BUT THEY'RE NOT, THERE'S NOT FILTERED NUMBERS.
AND I GAVE THEM THE REFERENCE FOR THE NUMBERS.
IS THAT EVERYBODY? SO THEN WE HAVE, UH, FOUR YESES, FIVE NOS, AND ONE IS THE ENGINE, THE
AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN, WHEN I'M SAYING, DO WE HAVE ANY LEFT LOSER FOR BUSINESS ITEMS? SO WE HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN, MS. WELL, I WANTED TO EXPLAIN MY EXTENSION THOUGH, BECAUSE I STILL GET, IT WAS IN JUNCTION.
AND I WOULD LIKE TO PROPOSE THAT MAYBE FOR THIS, THEN WE HAD A CLOSED SESSION BECAUSE I DO THINK ACCORDING TO MOLLY IS THING WE NEED TO HAVE LEGAL COUNSEL ON REASONABLE ACCOMMODATIONS FOR THE DISABILITY.
SO I DO, I'M HOPING THAT MAYBE WE CAN EITHER DOWNLOAD A STUFF MEETING, BUT MAYBE WE COULD ADD THAT TO TUESDAY'S MEETING OR OUR NEXT BOARD MEETING, BECAUSE THAT IS SOMETHING THAT SHE SPECIFICALLY REQUESTED WE DO.
AND I DON'T THINK THAT THIS MASS MANDATE COVERED IT
UM, HOW CAN I MAKE A MOTION THOUGH? THAT IS SAYING, GO AHEAD.
I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE NEED AN EXECUTIVE SESSION AND OBTAIN LEGAL COUNSEL REGARDING FEDERAL INJUNCTION FOR AN INJUNCTION AGAINST PROVIDES 1.108.
AND SHE STAYED AT ONE MORE TIME, PLEASE.
I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT THE BOARD OF EDUCATION, UM, THAT ITS NEXT PUBLIC MEETING RECEIVED LEGAL ADVICE AND EXECUTIVE SESSION REGARDING THE FEDERAL INJUNCTION AGAINST THE ENFORCEMENT OF PROVIDES A 1.108
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THE FEDERAL REGARDING WHAT'S THE ADA DISABILITY ACT.THIS IS SO AWKWARD, BUT THAT'S FRUITFUL THAT'S TO MAKE CONVERSATION OR SOMETHING.
MY KIDS WOULD BE LAUGHING AT ME FOR THE ONE THING.
SO THIS IS REGARDING THE FEDERAL RULING OF, UH, OF A JUDGE YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT RIGHT HERE.
I THINK WE NEED A FURTHER CONVERSATION.
SO MR. MELLON, UM, I DON'T WANT TO SOUND ACCOMMODATIONS IS THERE'S A LOT OF EDUCATION ON JUNCTION THEN
UH, WHAT LEVERAGE THEY JUNCTION THEN GIVE US A LEVERAGE TO BOOK OR THE MATHEMATIC.
YOU KNOW EXACTLY WHAT YOUR CLARIFICATION TO BE.
SO THE ADA THAT ACT IS, IS, HAS BEEN LAW SINCE WELL, ONE
I'M NOT A LAWYER, BUT I'M JUST SAYING, I DON'T KNOW WHAT EXECUTIVE SESSION WE WANT.
YOU KNOW, THE ADOPTION THAT'S ONE DAY.
I DON'T KNOW WHY WE DO IT NOW, BUT IF YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT ADA AGAIN, IT'S PEOPLE WHO UNDERSTAND THAT.
MY MAIN CONCERN IS THAT IN VOTING NO TO A MASS BANDAID, THAT WE STILL MANAGE TO GAIN CLIENTS WITH ADA.
SO I'M REFERENCING SPECIFICALLY MOLLY SPEARMAN'S LETTER TO SCHOOL DISTRICTS REQUESTING THE LEGAL COUNSEL.
AND I WAS TRYING TO FRANTICALLY PULL UP THE LANGUAGE.
SHE SAID THE DISTRICTS HAVE, NOW THE ABILITY, YOU KNOW, LEGALLY PUT, I'LL ASK THAT IT'S ACTUALLY IN OUR BACK UP.
SEE IF THE SECOND PARAGRAPH SOMEBODY READ THAT MAYBE EFFECT OF THE COURT ORDER IS THAT MOST SUSTAINABLE SCHOOL DISTRICTS ARE PROHIBITED FROM PROVIDED AT ONE POINT HIGHWAY AND SCHOOL DISTRICTS NOW HAVE A DISCRETIONARY AUTHORITY TO REQUIRE MASKS HERE.
AND THEN, UM, IN ONE OF HER LATER, SHE SAYS, UM, IN, INSTEAD OF EDIT, AS THE THIRD PARAGRAPH SAYS, THE COURT'S RULING WAS DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION SHOULD PROBABLY SUGGEST SCHOOLS AND DISTRICTS CONSULTING AND LEGAL COUNCILS ON ACTUAL STEPS THAT NEED TO BE TAKEN TO MAKE REASONABLE ACCOMMODATIONS FOR STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES, NEW STANDARD, A LOSS FOR US THAT WAS FOLLOWING HER GUIDES.
SO WHAT'D YOU SAY YOU SAYING, IF YOU WANT ADVICE ON, ON THE ADA OR
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YEAH, WELL, I MEAN, I'M BASICALLY BULLYING.I TRIED TO PULL VERBATIM WHAT THE STATE SUPERINTENDENT IS STRONGLY RECOMMENDING DISTRICTS DO, WHICH I DON'T THINK WE'VE DONE HERE.
UM, AND THAT'S WHAT A LOT OF DISTRICTS AROUND THE COUNTRY HAVE BEEN DOING OR ARE PLANNING TO DO SHORTLY.
I GUESS MY QUESTION IS I DON'T UNDERSTAND THE INJUNCTIONS.
UM, SO SOMEONE CAN EXPLAIN IT TO ME AND IF WE NEED TO BE DOING SOMETHING MORE THAN WE'RE DOING TO ACCOMMODATE, UH, STUDENTS AT AUB TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THAT IS, SORT OF ASK CANDIDATES, AS WE KNOW, ONCE WE TEND TO SPEND SOME MORE MONEY WASTING TIME.
THAT'S JUST, WE, WE EITHER HAVING ANOTHER MEETING, HAVING AN EXECUTIVE SESSION, IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE.
UH, THERE WEREN'T ANY FURTHER HANDS UP, SO
I ACTUALLY THOUGH MY QUESTION WAS COMING TO ME A MYSTERY BECAUSE I I'M CONCERNED THAT THEY ARE REVISITING THE SAME, ALMOST THE SAME EMOTION.
UM, AND IN TERMS OF
AND I THOUGHT THAT EVERYONE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO YOU TO ASK WHAT THEY NEEDED TO, BECAUSE NOW I'M GOING TO BE ASKED EVEN COUNSEL.
WE ALSO ASKED THE QUESTIONS AS WELL TONIGHT.
SO I THOUGHT THAT WE HAVE A, WE HAD ALL QUESTIONS ANSWERED TO MAKE DECISIONS AND VOTE MOSTLY WELL BACK UP AFTER THE VOTE WAS TAKEN, IT'S KIND OF, UM,
AND IT CONCERNS ME IF YOU CONTINUE ON ROOM TONE BEFORE ON A STRING OF HOPE THAT POSSIBLY I WAS AT ALL IN THE SPRING AND SPRING AND HOPE THAT WE REVISIT SOMETHING THAT WE WROTE THAT BACK TO THE DECISION WASN'T MADE TO THAT.
SO IT'D JUST BE JUST CONCERNED WITH, WAS TO KEEP OUR REVIEWED AS IN A SITUATION.
AND ALSO, UH, WE SAID EXECUTIVE SESSION, UH, YOU COULD, YOU, COULD YOU, UH, YOU, THAT MOTION, MY RECRUITER IS DOWN, UM, UM, KIKI, DOES IT SAY SOMETHING ABOUT EXECUTIVE TESTIMONY AT THE BEGINNING IF THIS MOVES FORWARD EXECUTIVE SESSION, BECAUSE JUST SAID, UH, ELEMENTARY, THAT WHAT TAX PAYER, YOU WENT OUT AND POSSIBLY OPENS AN OPEN SESSION BECAUSE MY NEXT QUESTION WOULD BE WHAT PART OF THIS INFORMATION AND THEN WHEN THEY WERE GETTING, UM,
SO MY FRUSTRATION WITH THIS PROCESS, WE DID GET LEGAL ADVICE, WHICH WAS TO WAIT BASICALLY AND SEE WHAT SPRINGBOARD THEY CLARIFICATION ON HOW
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CORE CHALLENGES TO THE PROVISO.THOSE TWO HAVE BEEN SETTLED MORE OR LESS, RIGHT? THIS FEDERAL BANKS DO THE SCHOOLWORK.
I DON'T LIKE BEING ON THE WRONG SIDE OF ADA LINE.
I NEED TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THEY'RE ASKING, WHAT THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT.
AND SO WHEN WE'D BEEN INTRODUCED TO ME, WHEN YOU GUYS WERE SAYING THAT BASICALLY WITH A PLAY IN THIS GAME, THE SAME INFORMATION ALL ALONG, AND I'D SAY THERE'S A WHOLE NEW TEAM ON THE FIELD NOW, AND I DON'T UNDERSTAND IT AND MAKES ME APPREHENSIVE.
I NEED TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THE INJUNCTION SAYING.
IF YOU LOOK AT WHAT, AND I'M NOT SAYING YOU REVISIT THE MASS MANDATE, WHAT THE, UH, SUPERINTENDENT OF STATE HAS SAID IS THAT WHETHER OR NOT WE APPLY AND ASK ME, WE NEED TO BE A LEGAL COUNSEL.
I CAN'T REMEMBER WHAT SHE SAID.
AND IF YOU SAID, UH, IN THE LIGHT OF THE COURT'S RULING AND AFTER, REGARDING, UM, THE, THE, UH, THE JUDGE, UH, LOOMIS, THE SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, STRONGLY SUGGEST SCHOOLS AND DISTRICTS ACCOUNT DISTRICTS, CONSULT WITH YOUR COUNSEL ON ACTIONABLE STEPS THAT NEED TO BE TAKEN TO MAKE REASONABLE ACCOMMODATIONS FOR STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES UNDER THESE FEDERAL LAWS.
I JUST WANT TO DO MY BUILDING.
THIS SHOULDN'T REALLY BE EXECUTIVE SESSION, I WILL SAY.
AND THE REASON IT WORKED, BUT THAT'S NOT IN THE MOTION.
UM, AND I, I SEE NO HARM IN GETTING ACTUAL LEGAL ADVICE THAT MAY CONTRADICT SOME INTERPRETATIONS BECAUSE A LOT OF MEMBERS TONIGHT ARE MAKING THEIR OWN INTERPRETATIONS OF THE LAW.
AND THAT'S PROBABLY NOT REALLY SMART CAUSE NONE OF US ARE ATTORNEYS.
SO I THINK THIS IS A SMART MOVE.
IT SEEMS AS THOUGH WE WERE
IT'S ALMOST LIKE WE FEEDING PEOPLE WITH, WELL, I, YEAH.
I MEAN, BECAUSE PEOPLE THAT I JUST
BUT TO MY POINT EARLIER, ONE OF THE FRUSTRATIONS IS WHATEVER THE DISTRICT IS DOING RIGHT NOW IS TAKING TIME WITH ATTORNEYS, UNDERSTANDING THE LAYOUT, LOOKING AT MCMASTER'S APPEAL.
FOR WHATEVER REASON WE DECIDED BECAUSE OF THE SUPREME COURT THING THAT HE HAD PLENTY OF FISH OR CUT BAIT TONIGHT.
UNDER THOSE CIRCUMSTANCES, THE INFORMATION I HAVE AVAILABLE RIGHT NOW, I DON'T THINK I'M ASKING IT IS THE RIGHT BOOK.
HOWEVER, THERE IS THIS THING FLOATING OUT THERE.
AND IF YOU READ, I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY PEOPLE HERE ACTUALLY READ THROUGH THE JUDGE'S OPINION.
MY ONLY CONCERN IS THEY TALK ABOUT BEING COMPLIANT WITH ADA.
SO I JUST WANT TO HEAR FROM A TRANSCEND.
IT IS UNFORTUNATE THAT WE'RE DOING IT AFTER THE BOAT, BUT THAT'S HOW IT IS.
I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE NOT DOING SOMETHING THAT PUTS THE DISTRICT IN LIABILITY FOR, AND I DO AGREE WITH FLUORIDE,
WHAT ARE WE DOING? BECAUSE IT SOUNDS LIKE THE, THE STRESS, THE SPENDING, TALKING TO IT'S ALREADY KIND OF THAT PART ON THE CONTROL IS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT WHEN WE ASKED HER, HEY, LISTEN, TONIGHT, SHE GOT US BACK, A LOT OF INFORMATION VERBATIM.
SO I SAW THE SPENDING PLANNER ALREADY.
THEY HAVE ALREADY BEEN TAKEN CARE OF AND
SO THAT'S WHERE I'M KIND OF WONDERING, I KNOW SOMETIMES THEY SAY THE OPERATIONAL PERFORMANCE OF IT.
I MEAN, WHAT, WHAT WERE, WHAT WOULD CHANGE OR HOW WOULD WE, THE WHOLE PROCESS OF PROCESSING INFORMATION? WHAT WILL WE DOING WITH THE INFORMATION THAT'S BEEN GIVEN TO US? I WILL GIVE YOU THAT KIND OF THE REASON WHY I USED TO GO TO DISTRIBUTOR POINT, ARE WE GETTING THE INFORMATION TO EDUCATORS TO UNDERSTAND THE PRICE OF THIS TOO, AS THE KIDS ARE BOARD MEMBERS, AND IT'S MORE WITH ONE OF MYSELF, I
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SAID, IT'D BE GOOD FOR US TO PUT IT OUT ALONG WITH EVERYONE ELSE.VERSUS WHEN WE GIVE THIS INFORMATION, WHAT IS IT, OUR INTENTION ON TRUST OR SOMETHING WITH IT ALL, WHAT WILL BE THE PRACTICE OF TAKING THEIR MISSION AND MAYBE THE NEXT STEPS VERSUS WHAT WE'RE CURRENTLY DOING, WHICH IS SOUND LIKE WE ASKED FOR AN ANSWER.
WE ASKED THEM A BUNCH OF INFORMATION TONIGHT WHEN WE WERE GETTING A LOT OF ANSWERS.
SO I'M JUST GOING TO SET YOU IN THE DIFFERENCE OF THE PROCESS THAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT, TAKING IN THE PRACTICE OF WHAT WE'RE DOING RIGHT NOW.
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