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AND WELCOME TO THE BEAVER COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION, SPECIAL CALLS EXECUTIVE SESSION MEETING OF OCTOBER 28TH, 2021.
THE MEETING IS BEING CONDUCTED BY A HYBRID VIDEO CONFERENCING AND IT IS ALSO BEING LIVE STREAM BY THE COUNTY CHANNEL.
SO WHEN YOU MOTION TO APPROVE THE AGENDA, MR. ROBOT, I MOVE, WE APPROVE THE AGENDA.
UM, WOULD THERE BE ANY LEGAL ADVICE TODAY IN EXECUTIVE SESSION? I KNOW, SIR.
SO THE MOTION TO APPROVE THE AGENDA IS UNANIMOUS.
WE WILL NOW STAY UP TO THE SCENE.
THE MEDIA HAS BEEN PROPERLY NOT APPLIED.
SO WE'LL NOW GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION.
AND IF YOU WANT TO JUST WAIT A FEW MINUTES AND I'LL JUST EXPLAIN THE PROCESS.
CAUSE WE HAVE A COUPLE OF NEW BOARD MEMBERS.
WE GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION FOR DISCUSSION OF THE SYSTEM EVALUATION AND MS. FIDRYCH SECOND, THE MOTION MADE BY KATHY ROBOT.
DO WE HAVE ANY DISCUSSION THERE BEING NO HANDS UP VOTING IS OPEN.
DO YOU THINK THE BEAVER COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION SPECIAL CALLED EXECUTIVE SESSION FEEDING OF OCTOBER 28TH, 2021, THE BOARD HAS JUST COME OUT OF EXECUTIVE SESSION.
HAVING COMPLETED THE REPORT FOR THE 20 20, 20 21 SUPERINTENDENT EVALUATION AND TEST DISCUSSED THE EVALUATION WITH THE SUPERINTENDENT.
I WOULD LIKE TO READ THE REPORT INTO THE RECORD.
FRANK RODRIGUEZ BEGAN HIS TENURE AS A SUPERINTENDENT OF BEAVER COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT ON JULY 1ST, 2019, THE BUFORD COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION EMPLOYEES, AND EVALUATES THE PERFORMANCE OF THE SUPERINTENDENT AS SUCH THE BOARD OF EDUCATION JUST COMPLETED ITS SECOND ANNUAL EVALUATION OF DR.
RODRIGUEZ ON THE 20 20, 20 21 SCHOOL YEAR.
AND IS NOW SHARING THE RESULTS OF THE COMMUNITY.
THE 20 20, 20 21 SUPERINTENDENT ANNUAL VALUE EVALUATION INSTRUMENT WILL BE ATTACHED TO THIS REPORT.
IT WAS DEVELOPED AND THEN MODIFIED TO INCLUDE CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC RELATED ADJUSTMENTS BY THE BOARDS AD HOC RESULTS COMMITTEE.
AND IT WAS APPROVED BY THE SUPERINTENDENT AND THE BOARD IS A WHOLE EVALUATION INSTRUMENT FOR THIS YEAR INCLUDES 37 QUESTIONS IN THE FOLLOWING FIVE COMPONENTS OF PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE.
AND EACH COMPONENT WAS ASSIGNED A WAY TO VALUE GOVERNANCE OF BOARD RELATIONS, 20% COMMUNITY RELATIONS, 15% STAFF RELATIONS, 15% BUSINESS AND FINANCE, 20% INSTRUCTIONAL LEADERSHIP, 30% SCORING CHOICES FOR EACH QUESTION WERE ONE INEFFECTIVE TO MINIMALLY EFFECTIVE, THREE EFFECTIVE AND
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FOUR HIGHLY EFFECTIVE BOARD MEMBERS COMPLETED INDIVIDUAL EVALUATIONS, WHICH WERE COLLATED INTO A COMPOSITE SCORE AND SHARED WITH THE SUPERINTENDENT AND THE BOARD.THE AVERAGE SCORES FOR EACH COMPONENT WERE GOVERNANCE OF BOARD RELATIONS, 3.70 COMMUNITY RELATIONS 3.73 STAFF RELATIONS, 3.69 BUSINESS AND FINANCE 3.76 INSTRUCTIONAL LEADERSHIP, 3.73 TAKING INTO A CAP, THE WEIGHTED VALUE OF EACH COMPONENT, DR.
FRANK RODRIGUEZ AND A TOTAL COMPOSITE SCORE OF 3.72, WHICH EQUATES TO HIGHLY EFFECTIVE.
OVERALL, THERE WILL BE AN ATTACHED SUMMARY STORE SCORE EQUIVALENT.
ALSO WITH THIS REPORT, THE BOARD OF EDUCATION IS PROUD TO ANNOUNCE THAT DR.
FRANK RODRIGUEZ HAS IMPROVED HIS PERFORMANCE IN ALL FIVE COMPONENTS OF PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE.
WHEN COMPARED TO THE PRIOR YEAR'S EVALUATION, THE COMPONENT SCORES FOR THE CURRENT 20 20, 20 21 EVALUATION RANGE FROM 3.69 TO 3.76, WHEREAS THEY RANGE FROM 3.17 TO 3.5 THOUGH, ON THE 20 19 20 20 EVALUATION OVERALL DR.
RODRIGUEZ COMPOSITE SCORE INCREASE THE 3.72 THIS YEAR FROM 3.31 LAST YEAR.
THE BOARD OF EDUCATION KIRBY GRADUATES DR.
FRANK RODRIGUEZ ON HIS HIGHLY EFFECTIVE PERFORMANCE RATING LEADING THE BUFORD COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT AND THE 20 20, 20 21 SCHOOL YEAR, DESPITE THE UNPRECEDENTED CHALLENGE OF HAVING TO ACCOMMODATE FOR THE EFFECT OF THE CORONA VIRUS PANDEMIC IN NEARLY EVERY ASPECT OF RUNNING THE DISTRICT INSTRUCTION TO STUDENTS WAS DELIVERED SIMULTANEOUSLY IN MULTIPLE MODALITIES, VIRTUAL IN-PERSON AND HYBRID LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS, WHICH HAD NEVER BEEN PREVIOUSLY NECESSARY, HARD WORK, EFFECTIVE LEADERSHIP, FLEXIBILITY, AND INNOVATION BY OUR SUPERINTENDENT GUIDED THE DISTRICT THROUGH THIS ENORMOUS CHALLENGE.
RODRIGUEZ SUCCESSFULLY OVERSEEING THE CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS OF THE $344 BILLION REFERENDUM PASSED IN 2019, THE BOARD SINCERELY THANKS DR.
RODRIGUEZ FOR AS MANY EFFORTS AND FOR HIS DEDICATION AND COMMITMENT TO THE DISTRICT.
THIS CONCLUDES THE REPORT FOR THE SUPERINTENDENT EVALUATION.
DO WE HAVE A MOTION AS A NECESSARY, UH, COMING OUT OF EXECUTIVE SESSION? YES WE DO.
I THINK ROBIN'S PUT IT UP ON THE SCREEN HERE SO THAT I CAN READ IT FLAWLESSLY.
I MEAN, IF YOU GUYS HAVE IT THERE ON, I HAVE IT.
WANT ME TO JUST READ IT? IF YOU HAVE IT.
I THOUGHT WE WERE JUST WAITING FOR THE FINAL DRAFT.
I CAN'T DISPLAY IT FIRST IS SECOND.
YEAH, I HAVE IT IN FRONT OF ME.
SO I'LL PASS THE GAVEL TO NOW.
FRANK RODRIGUEZ RECEIVING A HIGHLY EFFECTIVE PERFORMANCE RATINGS LEADING THE BUFORD COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT IN A 20, 20, 20, 21 SCHOOL YEAR.
I MOVE THAT THE BOARD OF EDUCATION IMMEDIATELY DISCUSS WAYS TO BRING HIS EMPLOYMENT CONTRACT IN ALIGNMENT WITH HIS PERFORMANCE.
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ALL RIGHT.DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER BUSINESSES NECESSARILY COMING OUT OF EXECUTIVE SESSION? NO.
WE WILL ADJOURN BY UNANIMOUS CONSENT.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF A JOURNEY.