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CLOSED CAPTIONING PROVIDED BY BEAVER COUNTY.
[Call to Order]
NOVEMBER 2ND,THE BIRD HEADS YOU ARE IN PERFECTLY DAY OF THE BOARD AND THE BATHROOM.
IF YOU MAY COMPLETE ALL THE TIME, YOU CAN SEE THE BOARD REPORT FROM ONE OF THESE FARMS REQUEST FOR THE
IS THAT IN PUBLIC COMMENT?
IS THAT IMPORTANT IS LIMITED TO 15 MINUTES AND THEN THE BOARD IS NOT PROGRESSING ALL ITEMS LISTED IN NOVEMBER TO AGENDA.
THE BOARD WILL LEAVE THAT ON THE THIRD ONE, THE AGENDA ITEMS. NOW YOU
[Executive Session]
A MOTION TO GO INTO THEIT'S BEEN A RICH, THANK YOU DR.
I'M GOING TO GET ME INTO A SANDRA SESSION FOR PURPOSES OF DISCUSSING THEM NEGOTIATIONS INCIDENT, POST
BEFORE WE PULL IN TO VOTE, COULD YOU PLEASE CLARIFY FOR EVERYONE WHO WILL BE ADVISING THE BOARD ON, ON ITEM C, D AS WELL AS G UH, SEE THAT'S THE PROPOSAL, UH, DISTRICT STAFF AND, UH, WHICH ITEM FOR ITEM D YOU SOUND KINDA, KINDA JUMBLED UP MADAM CHAIR.
UM, I WAS ASKING YOU WHAT ITEM HE WAS HE AND WHO WAS HE SAYING THAT IT WASN'T, IT WASN'T PRETTY CLEAR WHO HE SAID AND WHO IS, AND WHO WILL BE, WHO WILL BE ADVISING US ON ITEM C
HOW ABOUT ITEM C AND D WHO WILL BE ADVISING US ON THAT? YEAH.
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OKAY.I ALSO WOULD ALSO ITEM D OUR CLIENT ATTORNEY APPROACHES, PURSUANT TO SACRAMENTO CODES.
ALL DOMESTIC ANIMALS AND BEAVER COUNTY.
OVER THREE MONTHS OF AGE MUST BE LICENSED.
THIS REQUIRES A RABIES VACCINATION AND A FEE OF $5 FOR ONE YEAR OR $15 FOR THREE YEARS.
AVOID FINES AND PENALTIES FROM BUFORD COUNTY ANIMAL SHELTER AND CONTROL.
THE SHELTER IS ALWAYS HAPPY TO ACCEPT DONATIONS OF OLD BLANKETS, TOWELS, OR PET TOYS.
THAT PAUL WAS WAY BACK GONE GO LANG.
SO YOU FIRST COUNTY SHOT OVER THE RIGHT FIELD.
[6:00 Public Session]
[Action as Necessary or Appropriate Regarding Matters Discussed in Executive Session]
WHETHER THAT BE TODAY OR TOMORROW.[Approval of Agenda]
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ALL RIGHT.[Pledge of Allegiance, Moment of Silence, Statement of Media Notification]
I PLAYED[Student Performance]
THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING US TO SHARE OUR STUDENTS WITH YOU TONIGHT.
IN THE MONTH OF OCTOBER, OUR STUDENTS AT PORT ROYAL HAVE BEEN LEARNING HOW TO BE A BUDDY AND NOT A BULLY.
AND THIS GROUP OF FOURTH GRADERS, HOW TO PROMOTE FRIENDSHIP.
YOU'LL NOTICE THAT SEVERAL ARE WEARING CAMOUFLAGE DURING THE RED RIBBON WEEK TO REPRESENT THEIR WAR AGAINST DRUGS.
SO PLEASE ENJOY THEIR FIRST TRY AT A VIRTUAL PERFORMANCE.
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WONDERFUL PERFORMANCE.[First Public Comments]
FOLLOW THE COMMENTS, WE HAVE SOMEI'LL JUST REMIND EVERYBODY THAT I'M SPEAKING, THAT YOUR CLIENTS MUST BE CONFINED TO THE ISSUE OF THE BOARD, BUT YOU JUST MADE COMMENTS WITH RESPECT AND CIVILITY OTHERS.
IT WILL BE, YOU WILL HAVE THREE MINUTES TO MAKE YOUR
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I MEAN,
THAT HAS, I MEAN
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WE NEED
WE NEED TO
WHAT IS, WHAT IS A BANK TO PAY TO GET THEM? I THINK THE QUESTION, THE QUESTION SHOULD BE WHAT HAPPENED, WHAT HAPPENED? AND I THINK WHEN I, YOU, WHAT HAPPENED?
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[Chairman’s Report]
TODAY, EVERY ONE OF THE BOARD MEMBERS IS A PACKET AND THIS PACKET CONTAINS THE EVALUATION FORM AND JOB DESCRIPTION OF THE BOARD'S EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT OR BOARD SECRETARY, AND THE ANNUAL PERFORMANCE EVALUATION IS CONDUCTED TYPICALLY AT THE END OF THE CALENDAR YEAR.SO YOU FLIP TODAY'S AGENDA OVER, YOU'LL SEE THAT IT STATES THAT THE EVALUATION INSTRUMENT AND JOB DESCRIPTION HAS GIVEN THE BOARD MEMBER SAID, I, ONE WEEK, ONE WEEK ON NOVEMBER NINE, THE BOARD MEMBERS WILL RETURN WILL HAVE RETURNED THEIR COMPLETED EVALUATION INSTRUMENT TO THE BOARD OFFICE NO LATER THAN 5:00 PM ON TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 9TH, THAT WAS PRINTED HERE ON THE AGENDA.
AFTER THAT THE BOARD OFFICERS WILL SCHEDULE A TIME TO MEET WITH THE BOARD SECRETARY.
SO DISCUSS THE RESULTS AND THE EVALUATION.
[Committee Reports]
REPORTS.OUR FIRST REPORT IS OPERATING FOR THEM AND THE COMMITTEE CHAIR THERE SHOULD HAVE BEEN RICH AND ABOUT PODS, AND WE HAVE SEVERAL ITEMS TO BRING FORWARD TO THE BOARD.
THE SEASONING THE OPERATIONS COMMITTEE MET FOR THE SECOND TIME, UH, IN OCTOBER ON OCTOBER 22ND AT ONE O'CLOCK AND WE MET FOR OVER THREE HOURS.
SO WE'RE GOING TO TRY AND CONDENSE IT DOWN FOR EVERYBODY TO HAVE CLASS 3, 3, 4.
THE FIRST TWO THINGS WE BRING FORWARD THIS EVENING WILL BE A RSS 27.
THE INDIVIDUAL HEALTH PLANS ARE 27 PUBLIC INFORMATION AND LOCATION ASSESS 47 IS THE SECOND TIME THAT THE OPS COMMITTEE HAS PROVIDED FEEDBACK REGARDING THIS AR AND SOME OF THIS CARTILAGE, WE'LL JUST GO OVER THE MAJOR POINTS OF RETENTION OR ILLUSION, GREATLY APPRECIATE WORK OF ART COORDINATOR OR SCHOOL NURSES, DENISE UNRUH, AND KAREN STODDARD WITH THEIR HELP WITH THAT ON A R E SEVEN, WHEN MS. CARLA GETS TO THAT, UM, THIS AR HAD NOT BEEN UPDATED AND WE APPRECIATE ATTORNEY CARTRIDGE AND DR.
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WORK ON THAT MS. CARTILAGE.I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO GIVE FOR YOU TO SEE.
I WOULD LIKE TO START BY THANKING THE SUNROOM AND THE NURSES FOR THEIR ASSISTANCE AND UPDATING AND ADMINISTRATIVE SS 47 PURPOSE FOR REVISING THIS ADMINISTRATIVE REGULATION.
THAT IS THAT THE INDIVIDUAL HEALTH CARE PLAN IS NOW ALSO REFERRED TO AS INDIVIDUAL TREATMENT PLAN AND WHAT WE HAVE DONE IN THIS ARS.
WE HAVE CITED THE SOUTH CAROLINA LAW WITH RESPECT TO THE DEFINITIONS OF MEDICATION MONITORING DEVICE, INDIVIDUAL HEALTHCARE PLAN, INDIVIDUAL TREATMENT PLAN.
WE'VE ALSO IN SECTION NUMBER FOUR, SELF ADMINISTRATION OF MEDICATION AUTHORIZED UNDER SUBSECTION DAY.
THE PERMISSION FOR SELF-MONITORING OR SELF-MEDICATING IS EFFECTIVE FOR THE SCHOOL YEAR, FOR WHICH IT IS GRANTED AND MUST BE RENEWED EACH SCHOOL YEAR UPON FULFILLING THE REQUIREMENTS PROVIDED IN THIS ADMINISTRATION REGULATION AND ASSESSMENT FOR ELEMENTARY STUDENTS BE COMPLETED BY THE SCHOOL NURSE TO DETERMINE WHETHER THAT STUDENT IS ABLE TO SELF MONITOR.
WE NOW REFER TO HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS AS HEALTHCARE PRACTITIONERS AND ANY MEDICATIONS AUTHORIZED TO BE CARRIED BY STUDENT MUST BE MAINTAINED IN A CONTAINER APPROPRIATELY LABELED BY THE PHARMACIST WHO FILLED THAT PRESCRIPTION.
AND THE NURSING STAFF IS VERY DILIGENT, BEEN DILIGENT ABOUT KEEPING THE REQUIRED PERMISSIONS IN THE OFFICE OF THE SCHOOL NURSE.
AND WE DISCUSSED IN OUR MEETINGS, OUR FORMS THAT THE NURSES USE THEIR PRESCRIPTION FOR MEDICATION PERMISSION FOR SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION.
AND WE ALSO HAVE OUR FORMS IN SPANISH FOR OUR ESL POPULATION, THE PARENT AND LEGAL GUARDIAN, AND THE STUDENT SHALL AUTHORIZE THE SCHOOL TO SHARE THE STUDENT'S IHP ITP SCHOOL STAFF WHO HAVE A LEGITIMATE NEED TO OBTAIN THIS INFORMATION.
WE ALSO ADDED A SECTION WITH RESPECT TO SECTION SEVEN, AND THAT INVOLVES A SECTION 5 0 4 MEDICAL ACCOMMODATIONS PLAN.
AND THIS PLAN MUST CONTAIN BOTTLENECKS OF THE IHP ITP AND ADDITION, THE INFORMATION PROVIDED BY THE STUDENT'S HEALTH PRACTITIONER, THE STUDENT'S PARENTS AND THE STUDENT, IF APPROPRIATE AS WELL AS DESIGNATED SCHOOL STAFF MEMBERS AND THE SCHOOL NURSE MUST BE INVOLVED IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF APPROVAL OF THIS PLAN, BECAUSE WE WANT TO PROTECT THE HEALTH, SAFETY AND WELFARE OF OUR CHILDREN HAVE A COORDINATED EFFORT FOR THE DELIVERY OF CARE DISTRICT SCHOOLS.
AND LAST WE ADDED THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF REGULATIONS THAT ADDRESS INDIVIDUAL HEALTHCARE PLANS AND IPP IS, AND B DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION HAS PRINTED A PUBLICATION FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS ABOUT THE INDIVIDUAL HEALTH CARE PLANS.
AND WE ARE WORKING NOW ON UPDATING, SINCE Y'ALL UPDATED YOUR BOARD POLICIES IN FEBRUARY THIS YEAR, WE NEED TO REDO OUR CROSSWALKS BECAUSE WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR ADMINISTRATIVE REGULATIONS ARE IN ALIGNMENT WITH THE WAR POLICY.
SO THAT IS A PROCESS THAT WE'RE, THAT WE'RE WORKING ON.
I WORK WITH RESPECT TO THE SECOND.
UM, I WANT TO THANK MS. FEELER FOR HER EXCELLENT HELP, WHERE PROCESS RIGHT NOW OF REVIEWING ALL THE COMMUNICATION ADMINISTRATIVE REGULATIONS, BECAUSE IT'S BEEN MANY YEARS SINCE THEY'VE BEEN AMENDED OR REVISED.
AND AS YOU ALL ARE WAY ALREADY TO NAME CHANGES AND TECHNOLOGY, SOCIAL MEDIA, AND WHAT HAVE YOU IN THE CURRENT TIME, UM, YOU ALL HAVE AN O E THAT REFERENCES ONLY NUMBER 16 HAS TO DO WITH FOYA.
AND WE WANT TO BE IN COMPLIANCE WITH AWARDS POLICIES.
AND SO THIS ADMINISTRATIVE REGULATION HAS BEEN AMENDED.
WHAT IS IN YOUR BOARD POLICY? IT ALSO REFLECTS WHAT IS IN THE LAW WITH RESPECT TO OUR PUBLIC MAKING REQUESTS AND WHAT THE PROCEDURE IS FOR THAT.
AND IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE HAVE ADDED SECTION TO SEE THE BOARD HAS THE ENVIRONMENT ABOUT THE DISTRICT POSTING ALL OF OUR FOIA RESPONSES ON THE INTERNET.
AND THAT INFORMATION THAT IS REQUIRED IS LISTED THERE.
RODRIGUEZ IS TO ENSURE THAT OUR REQUESTS AND RESPONSES ARE TRACKED BY THE CALENDAR YEAR AND THAT WE REPORT ALL OF YOU.
AND THAT WE HAVE AN ANNUAL REPORT THAT WE PRESENT IN JANUARY OF THE YEAR.
AND MS. BRUEGGER'S STAFF HAVE BEEN WORKING VERY HARD TO COMPLY WITH THEIR ROE AS FAR AS PREPARING AN ANNUAL PROGRESS BEFORE FOR YOU, WHICH I BELIEVE SHOULD BE PRESENTING MAYBE IN NOVEMBER TO ALL OF YOU.
UM, AND SHE, MS. BERGER, AS DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS WILL IMPLEMENT, COORDINATE AND SUPERVISE THE OFFICE OF COMMUNICATION.
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MEMBERS.WE ALSO ADDED UNDER SECTION B FROM THE BEAVER COUNTY SCHOOLS, COHERENT GOVERNANCE MANUAL, THE GOVERNANCE OPERATIONAL EXPECTATIONS ON YOUR BOARD POLICIES TO BE IN CONGRUENCE FOR THAT, I ANSWERED ANY QUESTIONS.
AND, UM, I BELIEVE MS. MERCADO WAS MAKING COPIES.
SO UNDER B THREE BEING UNDER SS 47, MONITORING DEVICE IS DEFINED AS IMPLEMENTS PRESCRIBED BY A HEALTHCARE PROVIDER FOR MONITORING ON CHRONIC HEALTH CONDITION IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE STATUTE.
MA'AM ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON US? I KNOW WHAT I'M GOING TO DROP.
THANK YOU TO THE COMMITTEE FOR YOUR INPUT AND FEEDBACK.
UM, THE NEXT TWO ITEMS ARE EARLIER THAT YOU'RE BRINGING FORWARD TO THE BOARD.
NOW THE OPERATIONS COMMITTEE, WHICH IS COMPRISED OF MS.
IF YOU PUT ON THAT, WHO SAYS AGENDA AGENDA, HOWEVER EVENING, OH, 8.6 HAD BEEN PULLED OFF THE CONSENT AGENDA.
SO, UM, I PLAN TO GO INTO SOME CONVERSATION ABOUT IT.
I'M NOT EXACTLY SURE HOW YOU WANT ME TO PROCEED WHEN IT COMES OFF A BIT.
DOES IT MEAN TO GO TO A CONTROL ROOM, CAN BE VOTED ON AS PART OF THE FULL CONSENT AGENDA SO YOU CAN ADDRESS IT NOW.
SO ONLY 8.6, UM, WAS A MONITORING REPORT FOR, FOR CLEANING AND MAINTENANCE AND SO ON.
AND, UM, MR.
SO I HOPE YOU'VE ALL HAD A CHANCE TO LOOK AT IT.
THERE WERE A COUPLE OF AREAS IN THE E THAT, UM, WE HAD SOME GREAT DISCUSSION ABOUT, FIRST OF ALL, I'D LIKE TO, UM, DISCUSS WHAT THE FUNCTIONING WORK ORDER SYSTEM, WHAT SOME OF THE CONVERSATION WE'VE HAD ABOUT THAT.
UM, MAJOR CONCERN ABOUT THAT WAS THE FEEDBACK LOOP THAT CONCERN WAS RAISED ABOUT WHO SIGNS OFF ON A WORK ORDER INDICATING THE JOB IS COMPLETED.
THIS CONCERN SURFACE WHILE MR. GIRL CAMP, WE'RE DOING OUR SITE VISITS AS PART OF THE NORTHERN ABROAD AD HOC COMMUNITY.
WE'VE ALREADY MET THE PERSON COMPLETING THE WORK ORDER SIGNED OFF ON WORK ORDER INSTEAD OF SCHOOL PERSONNEL.
WE ALSO LEARNED THAT OFTEN A NEW WORK ORDER WOULD HAVE TO BE INITIATED TO FIX THE ORIGINAL PROBLEM.
SO THIS WAS A PERFECT WAY TO TALK ABOUT THIS WORK ORDERS CONCERNED, UH, AT OUR MEETING, MR. AUDITING ENSURE THAT MR. ED MILLER, WHO WAS A DIRECTOR OF MAINTENANCE FOR ABM AND MISS BRANDY MAJOR, THE FACILITY SERVICE MANAGER FOR MAINTENANCE CUSTODIAL GRANT ROUNDS JOINED OUR MEETING AFTER VOICING.
THIS COMES TO HER ABOUT THE FEEDBACK LOOP, THE REWORK ORDERS.
WE LEARNED THAT MS. MAJOR HAS SOME NEW RESPONSIBILITIES AND THEY LEFT LOAD BEING A POINT PERSON FOR SCHOOLS TO CONTACT REGARDING REPORTERS.
WE ALSO LEARNED THAT MR. MILLER HAS IMPLEMENTED THREE NEW STRATEGIES TO INCREASE THE COMMUNICATION BETWEEN MAINTENANCE AND SCHOOLS.
ONE, THERE WILL BE SITE SURVEYS THAT RESOLVE AND WORK ORDERS IN PLACE TO WORK ORDERS, RESPONSE CARD FOR PERSON IN ERROR, AND VERY, YOU HAD TO FILL OUT, UH, WHERE THE WORK IS BEING PERFORMED.
AND THREE MANAGERS WILL REACH OUT TO SCHOOL SITES TO MEET WEEKLY OR BI-WEEKLY ON ANY OPEN.
HER FOR HER ARE THE CONVERSATION THAT WE HAD, UM, WAS ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT A SCHOOL PERSONNEL SHOULD BE
UM, MR. AUDIO SUGGESTED THAT MAY PLACE A BURDEN ON SCHOOL PERSONNEL AND MAYBE SPLIT DOWN THE PROCESS OF VANS, PERSONNEL WAKING UP SIGNATURE.
SO THE CONVERSATION WENT ON AND IN ORDER TO BRING TO SOME TYPE OF CONCLUSION, AND I SUGGESTED THAT WE BRING IT TO THE WHOLE BOARD TONIGHT, OR A DISCUSSION ON WHETHER OR NOT THERE WAS PRACTICE OR THAT THERE SHOULD BE, UM, UH, SIGNATURES ON SITE SCHOOL SIGNATURE ON THE WORK ORDER.
I'M GOING TO SHARE WITH YOU THAT I BELIEVE THAT THE STRATEGIES THAT WERE IMPLEMENTED RECENTLY TO TRY TO ADDRESS THIS CONCERN IS THE REASON WHY I VOTED THAT WE, UH, RECOMMEND ACCEPTANCE
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OF THIS ZOE, BECAUSE I FEEL THAT I'M GOOD WITH WHEN THERE'S A PROBLEM THAT'S BEEN BRAISED AND THERE ARE WAYS TO ADDRESS IT.AND WE SEE THAT CONTINUOUS GROWTH, BUT, UM, FISBO, RIGHT? MR. SNOW, DO YOU LIKE TO ADD ANYTHING TO THAT PREFACE AND TURTLE TERM? SO WHAT'S WHAT YOU JUST SAID.
UM, YES, I'VE LIVED RINGING THEM.
I BELIEVE THEM LET'S DO A SCRIPTURE ON GAMES INFLUENCE WELL AS TO HOW THAT CAN BE, UM, POSSIBLY THAT AS WELL AT THE SCHOOL LEVEL, RATHER THAN IF THEY DO ON THE TEACHER LEVEL, THE ROBOT AND
SO I GUESS I SUMMED THAT SEPARATE.
WE WILL NEED TO INCLUDE THE PERSON WHO DID THE WORK ON.
I THINK THAT WILL TAKE TWO SECONDS FOR THE TEACHER TO REALIZE IF THE ACTUAL EXHIBITION IS WORKING AND DEREK COME ON AND BASICALLY COOL, OR THEY ASK FOR SOMETHING AND THEY HAVE ROOM TO GET THE TOP ONE TO GET FOCUS ON THAT.
BECAUSE A LOT OF TIMES WHEN WE'RE HAVING TEACHERS TO REACH OUT TO CENTER, UH, THE PROCESSES THAT FROM ONSET THAT THE ROBOT TO THE OFFICE AND THE OFFICE SENDS IT TO THE MAINTENANCE AND THE MAINTENANCE COMES, COMES OUT THERE.
AND THEN I SHOWED HER WHEREVER WAVING IS FLAGGED AT, BUT IT TAKES OUT VERY EXCEPTIONAL A WHILE ON THAT.
AND SO HAVING SOME OF THE ROOMS AND THEY'RE PUTTING IN PLACE, IT CONCERNS ME BECAUSE NOW WE WERE TAKING SOMEONE FROM ONE POSITION AND PUT THEM IN ANOTHER POSITION.
AND SO IF I'M OUT OF CONCERN THAT I'M NOT SURE IF THAT WILL BE THE ACTUAL ANSWER TO
AND I THINK THAT THE ACCOUNTABILITY PIECE OF YOUR PIECE THAT WILL IDENTIFY WHERE EXACTLY IS TO WHAT SITUATION, WHAT SITUATION IT WAS TAKING US ALONG.
WHAT'S ACTUALLY THE SITUATION AT HAND.
VERSUS JUST SPENDING MORE MONEY.
AND JUST TO ADDRESS THAT ONE CONCERN, UM, THE SECOND STRATEGY THAT MR. MILLER SHARED WITH US IS THAT A WORK ORDER RESPONSE CARD FOR THE PERSON IN THE AREA WHERE WORK IS BEING PERFORMED WILL BE FILLED OUT.
SO MS. BARBARA, WOULD YOU LIKE TO ADD SOME PICTURE? I WOULD TO SAY THAT, UM, THIS CONVERSATION CAME ABOUT BECAUSE WE DID FIND DIP IN A PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT OF THE MAINTENANCE AND THE GENERAL CONSENSUS WAS A COVID IS ADDED STRAIN, AND WE HAVE NOT ADDED STAFF AND RESOURCES.
SO THAT HAD TO BE FACTORED IN.
AND THAT GENERALLY SPEAKING, UM, PEOPLE WERE SATISFIED WITH THE CUSTOMER SERVICE AND THE MAINTENANCE PERSON.
IT WAS JUST BEING STRETCHED IN.
AND SO WE DID WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IF WE'RE WHORES WORKING DONE PROPERLY, THAT THERE WAS A WAY TO RUN IT YET, WHICH I THINK, UH, MR. MILLER SPOKE TO, UM, I'M FAIRLY AGAINST HAVING A SCHOOL PERSONNEL SIGN OFF BECAUSE I DON'T THINK, I THINK IN ADDITION TO CREATING TIME, I DON'T THINK THAT EVERY PERSON SHOULD HAVE THE AUTHORITY OR THE LIABILITY OF, UH, RESPONDING TO WHETHER OR NOT SOMEBODY HAS BEEN PREPARED CORRECTLY.
I THINK THAT SHOULD FALL SQUARELY ON THE MAINTENANCE CONTRACTOR.
SO I CAME DOWN ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THIS DEBATE.
I DO THINK THERE NEEDS TO BE A PROCESS WHERE WE MAKE SURE THAT WORKERS ARE DONE TO OUR SATISFACTION.
I THINK MR. MILLER HEARD OUR CONCERNS.
THERE WERE SEVEN BOARD MEMBERS IN THAT MEETING.
WE TALKED FOR OVER AN HOUR AND A HALF.
I THINK HE HEARD OUR CONCERNS.
AND, UM, I THOUGHT HIS PROPOSALS WERE REALLY GOOD AND WE'LL JUST HAVE TO SEE IT OUR NEXT.
SO WE REPORT IF, UM, THERE'S BEEN AN IMPROVEMENT IN THAT AREA.
I WOULD JUST SAY THAT, UH, SO, SO HEARING, UM, THE DISCUSSION ENDS UP INSURANCE THAT ARE BROUGHT UP A BANK, UM, OPERATIONALIZING A PLAN TO, UM, TO ADDRESS THAT FEEDBACK LOOP AND MAKING SURE THAT, UH, THERE IS A CLOSURE ON WORK ORDERS AND, AND, UH, AND IMPORTANT
I THINK THAT THAT PLAN LIES IN AND PROCESS LIES IN THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE ADMINISTRATION AROUND THIS.
AND SO I THINK THAT'S, OUR JOB IS TO GO DEVELOP A PROCESS AND DEVELOPMENT PLAN.
UH, AND, AND ULTIMATELY WE WANT TO SEE IMPROVEMENTS ON THAT, UH, ON THAT FEEDBACK PIECE.
SO, UM, YES, I ALSO ATTENDED THAT OPERATIONS COMMITTEE MEETING.
UM, I THINK WHAT HAS BEEN PROPOSED THOSE THREE NEW COMPONENTS I'M OF THE MINDSET THAT, UM, WE LET IT, LET THOSE WORK, SEE IF THEY WORK, WE'LL HAVE NEW DATA, WE'LL HAVE NEW, UH, THINGS AFTER WE LET THAT COURSE OF ACTION TAKES
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PLACE.SO I, I WILL THAT, UM, THEY WERE RESPONSIVE AND LISTENED AND CAME UP WITH SOME VIABLE, UM, PLANS TO ADDRESS IT.
UH, MR. EARL CAMPBELL, UM, WE VISITED THE SCHOOL.
NO, AND IT WAS THE SAME COMPLAINT THAT WE GOT HONEST.
SO HE WAS IN TOWN BECAUSE THE LEAK IN THE ROOF THERE'S CONDENSATION ON THE AIR CONDITION, WHAT THEY'RE COMING TO REPLACE, BUT A FEW DAYS LATER, OR A MONTH LATER, YOU STILL GOT THE SAME, SAME PROBLEM.
AND MY SUGGESTION IS GIVE, WE DON'T HAVE THE PERSONNEL.
WE HAVE MANY, UH, COMPANIES OUTSIDE THAT COULD COME IN AND FIX THIS PROBLEM.
I THINK THAT THOSE ARE SOME OF THE THINGS WE NEED TO, TO LOOK AT, UH, TILES ON THE FLOOR.
UM,
SO THOSE ARE SOME ARE THINGS THAT I SAW.
UM, YEAH, I, I AGREE THAT WE'LL HAVE THIS PROCESS WORK, BUT WHEN WE ASK IF IT'S WORKING OR WE'RE NOT GOING TO ASK PEOPLE ARE MAKING PRESENTATIONS, HOW FAST THE TEACHERS, BECAUSE I WENT TO A COUPLE OF FUTURE FORUMS, ONE OF THEIR BIG ISSUES WAS THEY SUBMIT AN ISSUE.
THEY HAVE A PROBLEM IN THEIR CLASSROOM.
ONE, THEY DIDN'T KNOW WHAT THE STATUS WAS.
AND TWO, THEY DON'T NEVER ASK IF IT WAS OKAY IF IT WAS FIXED THE WAY THEY, THEY NEEDED A BENCH.
SO THOSE WERE THE TWO THINGS I LEARNED THE TEACHER FORM.
SO THOSE ARE TWO THINGS WHERE YOU HAVE TO MAKE SURE TEACHER SAYS, THERE'S A LEAK IN THE BANK.
THAT TEACHER SAY, IS IT OKAY? AND JUST TOUCH BASE WITH THEM SO THEY KNOW, AND THEY KNOW THAT I'M TAKING THEIR COMPLAINT SERIOUS ANYMORE.
SO I THINK THAT BASED ON WHAT I HEARD IN HER EVENT, MAYBE THAT THE RESPONSE CARDS WILL BE BY THE TEACHERS THAT THEY FILL THAT.
SO THAT'S THE POWER OF THE TEACHER FEEDBACK LOOP.
SO THAT'S PART OF THE PROCESS AND THE MANAGERS MEETING DEEPLY IN THE BUILDING SHOULD ALSO HELP WITH THAT.
I DON'T RECALL IF THAT, SO THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR, RIGHT? WELL, ACTUALLY, I, I HEAR THAT, BUT ONCE AGAIN, UM, JUST TO GO BACK OFF WHAT, SOMETHING THAT WAS SAID TODAY ABOUT, UM, TEACH ASYLUM HOFLAND I DON'T REALLY TAKE, TAKE IT OUTSIDE AND OFF.
WHEN I THINK THAT THE EYE INITIATIVE THEY ARE INITIALLY, THEY ARE INITIALLY SOME DOCUMENT THAT SAYS, YES, THE MAINTENANCE SERVER MADE THIS.
HE OR SHE WAS HERE AND THAT THEY'RE GIVING AGE LEVEL OF, OH, I HAVE TO SHED PRESSURE.
SO NOW YOU KNEW THAT SOMEBODY WAS OUT THERE ROUGHLY THE SAME TO THE TENANT.
AND THEY WERE ALSO TALKING ABOUT DEALING WITH COMMON AND SUPERVISING AND DIFFERENT THINGS AND PROBABLY HAVING TOO MUCH OF AN AREA.
BUT I MEAN, SO I THINK, UH, TO SPEAK TO WHAT IT WAS DISTRIBUTED TO SAID, I HADN'T BELIEVE THAT THERE'S A LEVEL, THERE'S A LEVEL OF LIBBY THAT TEACHERS SHOULD BE ACTIVELY ENGAGED IN THAT BECAUSE THEY ARE CAR BECAUSE IT'S DIFFERENTLY WHEN I CAN JUST TELL YOU FIVE MINUTES, IT'S OPPOSITE.
I APPRECIATE IT OVERALL VERSUS SIGN OFF REGARDLESS.
AND NO ONE WILL KNOW WHERE TO PARK BECAUSE WE HAD THE SAME CONVERSATION ABOUT SURVEYS.
IT SEEMS ON THE SURFACE BECAUSE SOME TEACHERS DO THAT IN SURVEYS THEN MEAN THAT WE DIDN'T THINK SO WHILE THE TEACHERS, AT LEAST THE, UH, THE DISPLAY ARTS, THE SQUARE CLASS, WE ACTUALLY HAD
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A CONVERSATION TOO ABOUT THE SERVANTS ABOUT SEEING HOW THEY GO ABOUT THE TIME THIS CAME ALONG.SO TO ME, TO ME, THAT CAR IS IN THE SAME BRACKET AS ALL, SORRY, THAT THE TEACHERS DID NOT DO BECAUSE SOMETHING TO FEEL THAT SORT OF SOUFFLE THAT ON SERVICE, IT WAS A WASTE OF TIME BECAUSE NOTHING GOING TO BE DONE.
I JUST WANT TO REITERATE THAT AND PUT THAT OUT THERE.
THANK YOU, MR. NO, I WAS MEETING HIM.
I HAD VICTIM SIZE, BUT I HAD MORE INFORMATION ABOUT SURVEYS THAT WAS THE
YOU KNOW, I STILL CONTEST THAT NOTION.
THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO ARE RESPONDING
UH, ALMOST EVERY TEACHER HAS TO APPLY REPLIED WITH BEEN 600 PEOPLE ARE ADEQUATE SAPLING, MR. SMITH.
UH, WELL, WE'LL ASK HIM POINT AND I'D SAY ALSO, THIS ALSO GOES TO ME AND MY MIND IS BONES IN THE LINE OF RETAINING TEACHERS.
IT'S ALSO AS WELL BECAUSE SOME WENT OUT IN OUR WORK IN THE SPACE WHERE THEY MAY NOT HAVE AC OR THEY MAY FEEL THAT THEY'RE BEING IGNORED AND WHICH THEY MAY NOT.
SO THAT'S WHAT WE PUT OUT THERE ABOUT THAT.
YOU KNOW, THIS, TO ME, THIS IS A POVERTY RETAINING OR TEACHER RETENTION AS WELL, BUT THANK YOU.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE SEGUE INTO MY NEXT COMMENT.
AND THAT WAS, WE HAD A CONVERSATION ALSO WITH THIS REPORT ABOUT THE RESPONSE RATE, UM, FOR THE AUDIENCES EDIFICATION, UH, RESPONSE RATE FROM ADMINISTRATORS WAS 63%.
UM, THE CLEANLINESS OF THEY WERE BUILDING, UM, THERE WERE A COUPLE OF BOARD MEMBERS, MR. CAMPBELL AND MYSELF THAT FELT THAT 63%, HEY, IF I'M A PRINCIPAL AND I'M IN CHARGE OF MY BUILDING, I NEED TO REPORT HOW I FEEL ABOUT THE PLAN LAMENESS OR THE MAINTENANCE OF IT.
UM, AND SO WE BOTH WANT TO SEE THAT 63%, MUCH HIGHER, I GUESS, THIS, UM, MITIGATING CIRCUMSTANCES THE SURVEY WAS SENT OUT IN AUGUST.
WE KNOW THAT THERE WERE AT LEAST NINE NEW PRINCIPAL POSITIONS, MAYBE NOT NEW TO THE DISTRICT, BUT NEW IN A BUILDING.
SO I THINK THAT AGAIN, ONCE ALL OF THESE THINGS ARE TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION, THE NEXT ONE, WILL WE, UM, A MUCH BETTER BASELINE FOR US TO, TO SEE HOW THINGS ARE MOVING ON.
AND THEN THE LAST THING I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE UNDERSTANDS ABOUT
WITH THE ONSET OF COVID AND THE NECESSITY FOR ALL THE PTE, FOR ALL THE PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT, THE ANT SANITIZER, EVERYTHING LIKE THAT.
UM, IT HAS PUT A, AN EXTRA BURDEN ON THOSE ALREADY FINITE NUMBER OF MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL THAT WE HAVE, RIGHT? THE NUMBER OF STUDENT DIDN'T CONTINUE TO GROW.
UM, AND MR. AUDITOR REPORTED TO US, UM, AND HIS ANALYSIS OF IT THAT THE AMOUNT OF WORK THAT SOME, UH, MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL ARE DOING IS EQUIVALENT TO 82 FULL TIME FTES TO FULL-TIME EQUIVALENT NEEDFUL THAT WOULD TAKE TO MAINTAIN WHAT HAS TO BE DONE TO THE PVDS.
SO THAT, THAT TOO IS A MITIGATING CIRCUMSTANCE, ALL IN ALL, TO SAY, THE PEOPLE THAT ARE SPEAKING IN THE AUDIENCE, PLEASE REFRAIN FROM VOCALIZING IT, THINGS ARE VERY HARD TO HEAR WHETHER THE PERSON IS SAYING YOU HAVE YOUR OFF, YOU HAVE YOUR OPTION TO GIVE YOUR OPINION DURING PUBLIC COMMENTS, THERE IS A SECOND PUBLIC COMMENTS TODAY.
SO REQUEST THAT YOU DO NOT COMMENT AS A BOARD IS DISCUSSING THINGS.
SO, SO I JUST THINK THAT THERE ARE MANY FACTORS TO TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION WHEN YOU DETERMINING WHETHER OR NOT TO ACCEPT THIS O E UM, I BELIEVE THAT THERE ARE STRATEGIES IMPLEMENTED THAT WE'RE GOING TO SEE.
AND AGAIN, LIKE I SAID, A COUPLE OF MITIGATION FACTORS.
SO AT THAT SENSE, IT WAS PULLED OFF THE CONSENT AGENDA.
UM, WE NEED TO HAVE A MOTION BOARD, UM, EXCEPT, OH, E 8.6.
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I NOTE THAT, THAT, THAT THE BOARD ACCEPT, OH, 8, 8 1 6, MRS. ROBOT.ANY DISCUSSION THAT JUST, WE HAVE ANOTHER BOARD BUSINESS, BUT WE, BUT IT'S FINE BECAUSE WE TALKED ABOUT AN UNDER OPERATIONS AND UNDER OPERATIONS, IT SAYS A VOTE ON ANY FINANCIAL RECOMMENDATIONS EVENING WAS THAT IT WASN'T INCLUDED AS PART OF THE WEEKEND.
SO IT SEEMS LIKE THIS WOULD BE THE LOGICAL PLACE SINCE THIS IS WHERE WE JUST DISCUSSED IT, THE HABIT, BECAUSE THERE'S NOW THE BOAT, THE BOAT AS WELL, PRINTED OFF ON THE AGENDA.
NO, ONE'S GOT MOTION IS APPROVED.
THE SECOND, I BELIEVE THAT WE DISCUSSED WAS THAT WHERE YOUR TEAM STATION SECURITY AND THAT IS ON THE CONSENT.
THE LAST THING THAT WE DISCUSSED IN OPERATION COMMITTEE WAS, UM, UH, IT WAS ACTUALLY JUST A DISCUSSION AND IT WAS ON USE OF FACILITIES.
UM, MR. SMITH REQUESTED THIS ITEM AND WE HAD A CONVERSATION ABOUT THE USE OF FACILITIES.
AND SO I WANTED TO ASK HIM TO, UH, THE, AS PART OF THE, UM, WELL, DID YOU WANT THEM TO BE BACK LEVEL THAT'S UP TO YOU IF YOU WANT IT, I WOULD SAY THAT YOU, YOU KNOW, IF YOU COULD, UM, OKAY.
WELL, THE REASON WHY I BROUGHT THIS UP TO THE COMMUNITY, BECAUSE I WAS IN THE PROCESS OF A BOARD MEMBER MEETING, UH,
AND SO THAT'S WITH THAT BEING SAID, UM, I HAD ASKED HER THAT CONTRACTED, UH, WE WON'T BE ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR AND ASK THE PROCESS OF, UH, CERTAIN DAYS WHERE WE'RE SENDING SOMEONE TO HELP OUT.
AND I WANTED TO UNDERSTAND, UM, HOW THE BOARD FELL AND CMC GET THE, GET THEIR UNDERSTANDING.
THE INTERPRETATION THAT I GOT WAS A PERSONAL INTERPRETATION.
AND I ASKED HIM, WHERE CAN I FIND THE EXACT ANSWER TO SO MANY EXACTLY WHAT THEY WERE SAYING, WHAT THEY WERE SAYING? AND SO IN THE PROCESS OF ME TRYING TO UNDERSTAND THAT THEY SAID, NO.
UM, UM, WELL, IT SEEMS LIKE YOU WENT TO HAVE A, UH, YOU ONLY, BUT ALSO I WAS TRYING TO ADD A COMMUNITY NEED FOR THE DISTRICT THREE, UH, FOR, FOR THE DISTRICT
AND SO I START TO JUST THEM AND JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND AND MAKE A BUMP.
AND THEN I JUST BOUGHT ONE AND BRING IT TO THE FULL BOARD, SEE WHAT THE WHOLE BOARD THOUGHT ABOUT.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO ADD ANYTHING TO YOU ALSO? UM, I THINK WHAT WE CAN CLIP WHAT WE END UP TALKING ABOUT, AND I THINK WHAT MR. SMITH'S REFERENCING, AS FAR AS OUR AR UNDER FACILITIES, ONE IS WHAT RIGHTS DO BOARD MEMBERS HAVE AS INDIVIDUALS IN TERMS OF USE OF FACILITIES, VERSUS WHAT RIGHTS DO BOARD MEMBERS HAVE IF WE'RE PART OF A BOARD FUNCTION? SO I, AS A PERSONAL BOARD MEMBER WANT TO DO SOMETHING AT A SCHOOL, UM, THERE'S FEES INVOLVED, WHICH I KNOW THAT THEY WILL OFTEN WAVE IF IT'S LIKE A COMMUNITY TYPE EVENT.
UM, YOU ALSO REQUIRED TO HAVE A MILLION DOLLARS
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IN INSURANCE.UM, AND THAT TYPE OF THING, UM, THOSE PROVISIONS ARE WAIVED IF IT IS A SCHOOL SPONSORED OR A BOARD SPONSORED EVENT, BUT THAT THOSE PROVISIONS ARE NOT ALWAYS WAIVED IF IT'S JUST AN INDIVIDUAL BOARD MEMBER WHO WISHES TO DO SO THAT I BELIEVE IS KIND OF A DISCUSSION THAT WE WERE LOOKING TO HAVE.
UM, WE'RE IN, WHEN I STARTED WITH WHAT MR. SMITH SAID, AND THEN THAT WAS PART OF THE CONVERSATION.
ANYBODY ELSE WANTS TO MR. SMITH? WHAT DID YOU WANT A RESOLUTION TO COME OUT OF? TONIGHT'S I DEFINITELY THINK THAT'S OUR WORK MAKES SENSE TO ME ALSO, THERE WAS A GREEN LOUNGE IS ALSO HOW MANY WILL SAY THE ONE THAT YOU'RE ASKED THE QUESTION, WHAT WAS PAUL'S WELL, PROBABLY LET YOU HAVE THAT OR THAT YOU'RE NOT TRYING TO HAVE MEETINGS BECAUSE YOU'RE RUNNING FOR YOU RUN FOR REELECTION AND USE THE BUILDING FOR THAT, FOR THAT TYPE OF USAGE.
SO, YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHY IT'S IMPORTANT THAT I, THAT WE SEE IN THAT SETTING EXACTLY WHAT IT IS, WHAT IT ENTAILS.
AND SO I DID, I ALSO ASKED, WELL, WHAT WOULD BE THE DIFFERENCE OF A GARMENT REUSING THE SCHOOL TO HAVING A REALTY DISTRICT THREE MEETING OR ANY DISTRICT MEETING VERSUS THE LIEUTENANT THAT MET THE TERMS OF, OR WHAT TEACHER OR ANY MAGNITUDE, YOU KNOW, WHAT WAS IT, THERE WAS AN IMPROVEMENT IN THE PROCESS BECAUSE IT IS, IT IS ABOUT, THIS IS ABOUT SCHOOLS BUSINESS AND ITS USE OF THE SCHOOL'S FACILITIES.
AND I KNOW WE HAVE, WE HAVE DONE IN THE PAST, HOW I'M AWARE OF THAT IS, HAS BEEN DONE IS FROM IN THE PAST FROM SEVERAL BOARD ROOMS. AND ALSO THEY WERE JUST BEING RECENTLY, UH, ON, ON TRACKS AND MY DISTRICTS.
SO AS YOU WANT, I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHAT'S THE PROCESS, SOME CONSISTENCY IN WHAT, WHERE THIS GROWTH WE'VE GOT ALREADY USED TO THIS DOCTOR'S OFFICE OUT THERE, AND YOU SPEAK TO A PRACTICE AROUND THAT.
AND BEFORE MR. ROTTING DOES, I JUST WANT TO SAY, I DON'T RECALL ANYONE SAYING, HOW DO WE KNOW YOU'RE NOT GOING TO USE IT OR CAMPAIGNING.
I'VE BEEN KIND OF, WE WERE REMINDED, UM, THAT WE ARE NOT ALLOWED TO USE ANY DISTRICT SUPPORTED FACILITIES, FUNDS, ANY TYPE OF DISTRICT RESOURCES, THE WORD I'M STRUGGLING FOR WHEN I'M RUNNING OR CAMPAIGN.
SO, AND THEN I WOULD ADD TO THAT THEN THAT'S WHEN HE WOULD ASK, WHAT DOES IT MEAN IN PERTAINING? AND THEN I BELIEVE THAT THERE, THAT CLARITY WILL BE THERE.
IF THE QUESTION IS ASKED, UH, FOR INSTANCE, UM, MR. CAMPBELL, WHAT DO YOU INTEND TO USE IN THE MEETING THOUGH? MOSTLY FOR WHEN HE SAID HE'S GONNA USE IT FOR INITIAL THREE COMMUNITY MEETINGS, THEN DECLARING THAT QUEER, HOW DO THEY CARRY WHEN PETE IT, SO, UM, I DIDN'T BELIEVE THAT THAT WAS POSSIBLY CLOSED AND YOU KNOW, THAT, THAT, THAT, THAT WEREN'T MAYBE ALL ALONG UNCOMFORTABLE, BUT THAT WAS THE VERSE OF THE LITTLE BROKERS THAT WAS USED.
AND SO THAT'S WHAT MADE ME WANT TO HAVE IT CLEARLY SPELLED OUT.
SO THEREFORE WE DON'T WANT IN THE FUTURE, WE DON'T RUN INTO THERE INTO THAT PROJECT PARTICULAR PROBLEM.
SO THE NEXT POINT WOULD BE BRINGING IT FORWARD.
SO, UM, AS FAR AS THE PROCESS Y'ALL HAVE DONE A PRETTY GOOD JOB OF DESCRIBING IT, I WOULD SAY, UM, THE ONLY THING I WOULD ADD THAT, UH, I, MY INTERPRETATION OF THE RULE, AND THEN THE WAY I INTERPRETED IS THAT IF A SINGLE BOARD MEMBER WANTS TO USE THE FACILITY, UM, I, MY INTERPRETATION IS THAT THE BOARD WOULD NEED TO SPONSOR THAT EVENT SO THAT BOARD MEMBER WOULD NEED TO COME TO THE BOARD AND THE BOARD WOULD THEN NEED TO SAY, THIS IS A BOARD SPONSORED EVENT FOR WHATEVER, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER PURPOSE AND WE SUPPORT IT.
AND WITH THAT, THAT WOULD WAIVE ANY FEES OR, UH, OR INSURANCE OR ANYTHING.
CAUSE NOW IT'S A BOARD SPONSOR THEN, BUT IF AN INDIVIDUAL COMES AND INDIVIDUAL BOARD MEMBER COMES AND ASKS FOR THE USE OF A FACILITY, THAT'S NOT BEEN ENDORSED BY THE BOARD, THEN THAT'S AS EQUAL TO ANY OTHER PERSON IN THE PUBLIC COMING AND ASKING FOR THE USE OF THE FACILITY.
SO YOU WOULD HAVE TO FOLLOW THOSE SAME GUIDELINES.
UM, AND AS MS, BOTH RYAN MENTIONED, YOU KNOW, IF IT'S A PUBLIC MEETING LIKE THAT, A LOT OF TIMES WE'LL WE'LL WAIVE THE FEES.
UM, BUT WE DID WOULD STILL REQUIRE THE PROOF OF INSURANCE.
SO THAT'S, UM, HOW I'VE INTERPRETED IT.
AND IF THE BOARD WOULD LIKE TO BE, TO, UM, UH, INTERPRETED IT A DIFFERENT WAY, OR GIVE ME SOME GUIDANCE ON THAT, IT'D BE MORE THAN WELCOME.
I'D LOVE TO HEAR YOUR RESPONSE ON, UM, WE'RE GONNA LET PEOPLE, HAVE YOU SPOKEN SPEAK MR. EARL CAMEL? YES.
UM, IN THE PAST, THE REASON WHY I'M
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THAT WAS THE, UM, MYSELF AND AN OFFICER.SO THAT'S, UM, WE HAVE NEVER HAD A MEETING AT A SCHOOL THAT WAS CONTEMPLATING THE BILL THE MOST, REALLY.
SO I THINK, YES, IF THAT'S WHAT WE WANT, THEN THE WHOLE, TO ME, ROBERT, YOUR INTERPRETATION SOUNDS VERY LOGICAL BECAUSE AN INDIVIDUAL BOARD MEMBER ONLY HAS POWER AND AUTHORITY.
WHEN THE BOARD IS CONDUCTING BUSINESS, I E BETWEEN THE GAVEL, THE START THE, OF THE EVENING AT THE END OF THE MEETING, OUTSIDE OF A MEETING OF BOARD MEMBERS, JUST LIKE ANY MEMBER OF THE COMMUNITY.
AND WHEN THEY, I HAVE THE, WHATEVER THE CITIZENS HAVE TO DO TO, YOU KNOW, HAVE THE, THE WHATEVER SPACE THEY WANTED, THE AT THE SCHOOL THEY'D HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE SAME CHANNEL, AN EXCELLENT PLACE TO HAVE MEETINGS THAT, UH, UH, WORKS WELL OR HAS WORKED WELL, CERTAINLY FOR ME.
AND I KNOW OTHER BOARD MEMBERS IS YOUR BRANCH LIBRARY.
UM, YOU CAN SET UP AN APPOINTMENT OR TO RESERVE THE ROOM THERE AS YOU END UP HAVING A MEETING WITH CONSTITUENTS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
BUT JUST TO SPEAK TO THE POINT OF HAVING A MEETING AT A PUBLIC LIBRARY, EVERY ZONE, EVERY AREA IS DIFFERENT.
SOME LIBRARY CLOSE TO SIX O'CLOCK CONSTITUENT MUDRA, BLAH, BLAH.
IT'S GETTING TO THE NEXT, THE PUBLIC LIBRARY IS CLOSED, THEN THAT'S DIFFERENT.
BUT ALSO AS A BOARD MEMBER, YOU ARE IN DISTRICT REPRESENTATIVE, IT'S YOUR TASK TO REALTY OTHER STITCHES.
IF WE UPDATE THEM, THAT'S TAKING UPON SCHOOL BUSINESS TWO WEEKS DUMPED INTO HANDLING SCHOOL, BUILDING WHERE THE TEXTILES ARE NOT PAID FOR BY THE TAX CREATORS.
AND THAT'S NO DIFFERENT WITH YOU.
IF YOU'RE DOING YOUR SCHOOL WITH, AS ALL THESE SCHOOLS, TECHNOLOGY, ELECTRONICS, THAT'S WHY WE GET THEM.
WE GET THAT CHARGE BECAUSE WE CONDUCTED ON ONE ON THE HEAD AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE SAFE, AND IT HAS TO DO WITH THEM AND SAFE.
SO I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND THE PROCESS OF THINKING IN TERMS OF DOING IT IN DIFFERENT PLACES.
WHEN YOU'RE HOLDING A SCAPE, A AREA MEETING IN A SMALL BUILDING WHERE WE HAVE LOANS THAT YOU HAVE NOW.
AND I BELIEVE THAT IT WAS
YOU KNOW, THAT WE HAD THAT WE HAD THAT SITUATION.
AND FOR CERTAIN ERRORS, WE MAY NOT HAVE ALL THE OPTIONS.
LIKE SOME AREAS MAY HAVE SOME AREAS MAY HAVE DIFFERENT PLACES IN DIFFERENT BUILDINGS OR DIFFERENT CHURCHES THAT CERTAINLY HAVE COME DOWN TO, OR WE WILL HAVE OBSERVERS OF PEOPLE'S PEOPLES.
SO, YOU KNOW, UH, I THINK THIS IS SOMETHING THAT EVERYONE IS ATTACHED TO THEIR OPINION, BUT WHEN YOU TAKE A DIVE AND A CANDIDATE TO ME IS ABOUT ACCOUNTABILITY, MY, YOUR STATEMENTS AND THE, THE POINT OF PAYING ME A THOUSAND DOLLARS.
AND I WOULD ASK YOU WHEN THE SUPERINTENDENT HAD A TOWN HALL MEETINGS, DO HE, THE SUPERINTENDENT HE'S PRODUCTIVELY, THE FIFTH DISTRICT, IS THE DISTRICT ALREADY CHARGED WITH RONALD RONALD? OR DO THEY HAVE INSURANCE FOR HIM, FOR HIM DOING THE GOVERNOR BOY'S BUSINESS AT THAT TIME? BECAUSE, I MEAN, I SAY HE'S A SUPERINTENDENT AT THAT TIME, BUT AT THE TIME
SO THERE'S SOME THINGS AND I'M JUST GOING TO LEAVE IT.
LIKE I SAID, IT'S BEEN DONE NOW, I'LL SAY, CAN I SAY HELLO TO THE GYM? AND IF IT WAS DONE, THEN, THEN WHAT'S DIFFERENT TO HUNDRED BEING DONE NOW.
AND WHAT WAS THE PROCESS OF DEALING WITH THE PROCESS NOW? AND HE SAID, I THINK ALSO THE PROBLEM IS TO BRING IT CLOSER IS THAT HE SAID IT WAS DOING ALL OF THIS STUFF.
AND I SAID, HIS INTERPRETATION, I THINK THAT WE SHOULD SEND US TO THE POLICY.
THEN IT CAN BE AGAIN, ASK THE POLICY CAN TO CLARIFY, BECAUSE IT SHOULD NOT BE BUNKERED ON PERSONAL, HOW THEY PROCEEDED.
IT SHOULD BE SPELLED OUT IN POLICY.
SO THIS SHOULD BE THE ROOM FOR INTERPRETATION.
IT SHOULD BE WHAT THE BOARD, WHAT THE BOARD, ALL OF THE POLICY STATES.
THERE'S NOT BECAUSE THIS IS THE POSITION CHANGE ALMOST WOULD COME UP AND SAY, HI, THE SEAT IS A BOARD MEMBER.
SO THEREFORE
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FOR US TO USE THE SCHOOL FACILITIES, UH, TO PARTICULAR PEOPLE'S BRAINS, BUT WE CAN BOTH TAKE SOME PHOTOS, USE TECHNOLOGY, AND OTHER MEANS TO VERSUS, HEY, MOM CAME OUTSIDE ONE MORE, PLEASE DON'T PASS JUDGMENT ON THE OTHER BOY.DO YOU HAVE A LOCATION? YOU HAVE ENOUGH HERE? SURE.
MY MOTION WILL BE TO SEND THIS TO ME, TO THE, UM, THE I'M HAVING A CHANCE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE SEND THIS TO THE
MR.
AND I THINK THAT, UM, WE'RE LOOKING FOR CLARITY.
WE COULD ASK, UM, MR. AUDI TO, LIKE HE SAID, VERBALLY IN WRITING AND PRESENTS THAT AS IT PRESENTS A CLEAR OUTLINE.
UH, MY SECOND COMMENT IS I FEEL CERTAIN THAT A WORD MEMBER AT THE INVITATION OF THE PTO OR THE SIC CAN ATTEND, UM, AT ANY TIME AND HAVE A FORUM THAT WAY.
I CAN'T SUPPORT THIS MOTION BECAUSE IT'S AN AR, IS THAT A POLICY? UM, BUT I WILL SAY I WANT IT TO READ INTO THE RECORD, WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT, UM, WHAT WE HAVE ON ITS AR NUMBER IT'S ON OUR WEBSITE, AR ALL S 29 WITH USE OF FACILITIES.
UM, AND THEN IT IS THE RELEVANT PASSAGES.
IN MY OPINION, ARE BG UNDER USAGE FEES.
UM, LET'S SEE, WAIT, HOLD ON, CITIZEN.
NUMBER ONE ON THE WRONG THING.
SHOW ME ANY CIVIC SERVICE, POLITICAL PATERNAL GOVERNMENT RELIGIOUS, ANY CITIZEN.
WELL, I'M GOING TO BRING THE WRONG THING HERE.
UM, LET ME GO TO THE RIGHT, THE ONE FOR, UH, THE GROUP.
CAUSE I THINK WHAT MR. SMITH IS ASKING FOR IS TO CREATE A THIRD CATEGORY.
UM, AND I JUST WANT TO FIND THE RIGHT THING.
SPECIAL USE PROVISIONS, ANY FEDERAL STATE OR LOCAL UNIT OF GOVERNMENT OR GOVERNMENT AGENCY, WHICH WOULD BE THE SCHOOL BOARD MAY USE A SCHOOL FACILITY FOR CONTACTING THE PUBLIC MEDIA METEORIC HEARING WITHOUT CHARGE, EXCEPT FOR ADDITIONAL SUPERVISION AND OUR CUSTODIAL SERVICES AS NEEDED.
THEN WE HAVE A PROVISION IN HERE THAT SAYS ANY CITIZEN CAN ESSENTIALLY USE IT.
THE, IT IS A POLICY TO BE FOR HIGH SCHOOL BOARD TO ALLOW CITIZENS TO USE SCHOOL BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES FOR CIVIC, CULTURAL, EDUCATIONAL, RECREATIONAL, OTHER, SUCH ACTIVITIES.
SO LONG AS SUCH USE DOES NOT CONFLICT WITH THE USE OF PUBLIC SCHOOL BUILDINGS AND GROUND FOR PUBLIC SCHOOL PURPOSES AND ACTIVITIES WITH STATE LAWS, WITH LOCAL ORDINANCES OR WITH THE PROPER CARE AND MAINTENANCE OF SCHOOL FACILITIES.
SO CITIZENS ARE ALLOWED TO USE IT IN GOVERNMENT ARE ALLOWED TO USE IT.
I THINK WHAT MR. SMITH IS ASKING IS THAT SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS, AS INDIVIDUALS ARE NOT COUNTED AS CITIZENS OF THIS, BUT ARE COUNTED AS GOVERNMENT ENTITIES.
AND I THINK THAT, UM, THAT, THAT IS IN DIRECT CONTRADICTION WITH WHAT I UNDERSTAND OUR CHARTER AS A SCHOOL BOARD DISPLAY, THE MOTION HAS BEEN, THANK YOU.
UM, I AM GOING TO SUPPORT THIS MOTION BECAUSE THIS WAS, UH, THE RESOLUTION THAT I THOUGHT WHERE IT SHOULD GO, THE ARS AND THE POLICIES HAVE TO ALIGN.
UM, MS. CARTILAGE SAID THAT SEVERAL TIMES THE CROSSWALK BETWEEN POLICIES AND ANY OF OURS, I THINK THAT THE POLICY COMMITTEE WOULD BE A GREAT PLACE TO, TO LOOK AT THIS AND
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EITHER BRING FORWARD TO THE BOARD AND A POLICY THAT ADDRESSES THIS, OR THEY SAY THAT THIS WOULD BE IN CONFLICT OF STATE ETHICS BECAUSE YOU, AFTER THAT, IF YOU LET YOU KNOW THAT A SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER DO DOING DURING THIS TIME, YOU HAVE TO LIVE AT ANOTHER.I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW, BUT I THINK THAT IT WOULD BE A GOOD PLACE FOR IT TO MOVE OUT OF THIS, TO THE POLICY COMMITTEE WHERE THEY CAN DISCUSS IT.
SO I'M DEFINITELY GOING TO SUPPORT THIS MOTION IS NOT MR. MILLER.
I AGREE WITH THAT POLICY POLICY, BUT WHAT THEY ARE RESPONDING TO THAT IF THERE ARE, AS FAR AS BONDING AND WE HAVE WHAT WE THINK IS FINE, PRO COMEDIES THE POLICY, THEN WE KIND OF SET SEPARATE THE POSITIVE WAY.
THAT'S THE WAY I LOOKED AT THE PROCESS AND I'LL JUST SPEAK AS ROBOTS.
AND I THINK THERE IS A PROCESS IN PLACE THAT CAN ACCOMMODATE IT WAS WHAT MS. SMITH IS ASKING FOR.
I'M IN THE AUDIENCE, IN THE SCHOOL.
NOW YOU MAY NOT BE THE PERSON THAT I NEED
YOU NEED TO GET, YOU KNOW, GET PAST THIS INSTRUMENT ON THE CHAIR AS A MEMBER OF THE POLICY COMMITTEE.
I REALLY LIKE TO KNOW WHAT THIS IS THAT WE'RE SENDING TO THE POLICY.
I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE KNOW WHAT IT IS THAT YOU WANT THE POLICY COMMITTEE TO LOOK AT, TO REVIEW THE AR.
UM, NOT REALLY, BUT ALSO TO HAVE IT SPELLED OUT.
SO THERE'S NO ROOM FOR INTERPRETATION, SO YOU CAN GO READ EXACTLY WHERE IT POLICY IS AND YOU DON'T HAVE X QUESTIONS.
IT'S CLEAR THAT ONE PERSON, IT'S NOT ABOUT HOW THEY, HOW THEY HAVE AN INTERPRETIVE IT'S ABOUT AVERY SPELLED OUT EXACTLY WHAT HE OR SHE, OR HOW YOU WILL BE ABLE TO HAVE ACCESS TO THE BUILDING AND TO, TO, TO WHAT, AROUND THE UNDERSTANDING THAT ONE NICE THING ABOUT HOW ABOUT THE INSURANCE POLICY INSURANCE, ALL THAT IS FILLED OUT.
AND THEN THERE'S, THERE'S BOTH PARTS AS A RIDER AND OKAY.
WHAT ELSE? BUT I JUST WANT TO JUST MAKE SURE THAT AT THE CHART, SO WE DON'T DRIFT ALL AROUND.
THIS IS ANOTHER ONE ON THE TARGETS THAT YOU WANT TO TRASH BOARD MEMBERS, RESERVATION OF SCHOOL.
AND THAT'S NOT CLEAR, ALTHOUGH I SOUNDED PRETTY CLEAR, BUT OKAY.
IF THERE'S MORE THAN SEND THEM EMAILS TO US SO THAT WE MAKE SURE THAT WE DO WHAT, YOU'RE, WHAT YOU'RE ASKING AS FAR AS SURE WE'RE GOING TO WASTE A LOT OF TIME TRYING TO SAY THAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR
THE MOTION CARRIES SIX FOR THE PREVAILING SIDE IS MR. EARL CAMPBELL, MELVIN
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CAMPBELL, PRITCHARD DENDRITES, WILLIAM SMITH, RICHARD GUYER, AN ANNUAL AND YOUR DIALOGUES.AND LASTLY, UM, JUST LIKE AS CHAIR OF THE OPERATIONS COMMITTEE TO ASK DR.
RODRIGUEZ TO PLEASE THANK THE STAFF MEMBERS AT WORK SO DILIGENTLY.
HAVING AN OPERATIONS COMMITTEE WORKS WITH OPERATIONS, HUMAN RESOURCES, STUDENT SERVICES, COMMUNICATIONS, AND LIKES TO TELL YOUR STAFF, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR ALL THEIR HARD WORK.
I THINK THAT CONCLUDES THE OPERATIONS WITH ONE.
WE HAVE THE HOLOLENS REPORT WITH, UH, MR. DAVID'S DRIVEN YOU'RE RECORDING.
UM, ALSO COMMITTEE MET ON APRIL 25TH.
ONE OF THE ISSUES WE DISCUSSED WAS WORK MEMBERS LOGGING IN WITH ONE-TO-ONE DEVICE SOLUTION.
THERE WAS NO POLICY NEEDED ON THAT.
SO SELDOM ASK ME TO SPEAK LOUD ALL THE TIME WE DISCUSSED THE MATTER.
REMEMBER, SOCIETY DECIDED THAT THERE IS NO POLICY NEEDED OR THERE WERE EXISTING POLICIES AND ALSO PROHIBITED THAT IT WOULD BE GONE IN THE COURSE OF ONE PROBABLY APPROVAL.
THERE ARE INSTANCES, WHENEVER YOU'D MENTIONED, WE HAD A RECOMMENDED MOTION FROM FINANCE SPREADING THE WORD PAST, AND IT WAS JUST A MATTER OF PLACEMENT THAT WE SIX NUMBER 19, YOU HAD THAT LIST OF FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITIES, BELONGING.
WE WEREN'T GOING TO DEAL WITH THE PRIORITY FOR MS. WALTON, BUT I'M JUST WALKING.
AND WE SPENT SOME TIME KIND OF SPECULATING WHAT SHE WANTED, AND THAT WAS FINE.
SO THE NEXT MEETING WE'RE GOING TO MEET WITH THE SWAMP, FIND OUT WHAT EXACTLY THE CLARIFICATIONS ARE THAT SHE NEEDS.
AND MS.
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BURDEN, THE SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT AFTER EVERYTHING.UM, WE BEGAN TO UNDERSTAND THE TEABAG WAS THE PRESENTATION ON COMMUNITY PARTNERS.
CAMPBELL, UH, GOOD EVENING BOARD MEMBERS AND THAT OF CHAIR THIS EVENING, DR.
NIKIA CAMPBELL, WHERE SHARE A BRIEF PRESENTATION ON THE EXTENDED WORK THAT THE INSTRUCTIONAL SERVICES DIVISION IS DEVELOPING IN COLLABORATION WITH LOCAL COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS.
OUR FIRST INITIATIVE WAS GENERATED BY AN EXTENDED PARTNERSHIP WITH THE HELPING HEAD BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB, AND READILY PROVIDED TO A BRIEF INFORMATION.
WE GO TO THEM IN OUR PRIOR MEETING.
OUR NEXT PHASE IS TONG TARGETING NORTH AND ABROAD AREAS OF ST.
HELENA AND LADIES ISLAND, MIDDLE SCHOOL AND LADIES ISLAND ELEMENTARY.
THE NEXT THREE PHASES WILL ADDRESS THE WHALE BRANCH AREA, LONDON AREA, AS WELL AS THE ONBOARDING OF OUR PRODUCT DIRECTOR TO MANAGE AND MANAGE THE EXTENDED LEARNING AND GROW CONTINUED COMMUNITY RELATIONS AND GROWTH WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY.
WITH THAT MAY INTRODUCE, SO SHARE WITH YOU DR.
SHE HAS BEEN WORKING WITH NINE ORGANIZATIONS, ROY, AND I BET THIS TIME THAT, THAT CAMPBELL PLEASE GOOD EVENING.
I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE CAN HEAR ME.
SO I'M HERE TODAY TO PROVIDE AN UPDATE FOR, UM, THE ST HELENA AND LADIES ISLAND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT INITIATIVE.
AND I LIKE TO START WITH THE QUOTE FROM HELEN KELLER AND SHE SAID IT BEST ALONE.
SO I HAVE THE PLEASURE OF WORKING WITH THE ST HELENA AND LADIES ISLAND, COMMUNITY MEMBERS, AS WELL AS SCHOOL LEADERS AND, UM, OTHER OFFICIALS TO INCLUDE OUR BOARD MEMBER FOR, FOR DISTRICT THREE.
UM, MR. WILLIAM SMITH ON AN EXTENDED LEARNING OPPORTUNITY,
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IF YOU CAN GO TO SLIDE TWO, UM, THIS INITIATIVE IS TO PROVIDE EXTENDED LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR STUDENTS IN THE ST.HELENA AND LADIES, OUR COMMUNITIES.
WE MET WITH COMMUNITY MEMBERS FROM BOTH AREAS, LADIES ALLEN, AS WELL AS ST.
UH, WE MET SEVERAL TIMES VIRTUALLY TO DISCUSS THIS OPPORTUNITY.
UM, UH, PART OF OUR DISCUSSION IS THAT WE WANTED TO PROVIDE EXTENDED LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES BEYOND THE SCHOOL DAY FOR STUDENTS AND IN THE COMMUNITIES.
A PART OF THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT WERE PRESENT DURING OUR VIRTUAL MEETINGS WERE COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT WERE RETIRED, TEACHERS, SCHOOL COUNSELORS, AND EVEN A RETIRED PRINCIPAL AND VESTED IN, UM, THIS OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR STUDENTS SLIDE THREE, THROUGH THE COLLABORATIVE DISCUSSION, WE WERE ABLE TO TARGET 200 STUDENTS, APPROXIMATELY 25 STUDENTS THAT WE CAN SERVE PER SITE.
SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THIS OPPORTUNITY.
THE ST HELENA LADY'S ISLAND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT INITIATIVE INVOLVES, UH, COMMUNITY AGENCIES, AS WELL AS OUR, UH, LOCAL CHURCHES, FOR EXAMPLE, UM, PENN CENTER, THE SCOTT COMMUNITY CENTER, UH, THE GALLOWAY, UH, TUTORIAL PROGRAMS, THE ST.
HELENA PUBLIC LIBRARY, GRACE AME THE NEW LIFE DELIVERANCE TEMPLE TUTORIAL CENTER, BUT THAT'S THE CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP AND THE CHURCH OF THE HARVEST, AS WELL AS THE METAL BROOKE BAPTIST CHURCH.
AND ALL OF THESE LOCATIONS ARE LOCATED EITHER IN THE ST HELENA COMMUNITY OR THE LADY'S ISLAND COMMUNITY.
THE PURPOSE BEHIND SELECTING THE LOCATIONS WAS TO MAKE SURE THAT PARENTS ACCESSIBILITY TO THE LOCATIONS WE DIDN'T.
WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAD LOCATIONS, UM, THROUGHOUT BOTH COMMUNITIES.
THE PROPOSED SCHEDULE FOR THE EXTENDED LEARNING OPPORTUNITY WAS MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY, THREE O'CLOCK TO SIX O'CLOCK, UM, MAKING SURE THAT OUR STUDENTS ARE FED, UM, THAT STUDENTS WOULD UTILIZE AT LEAST ONE OF THE THREE HOURS IN SKILLED SKILL BUILDING AND REMEDIATION ANOTHER HOUR AND A HALF FOR RE UM, ENRICHMENT OR PHYSICAL ACTIVITIES.
WE ALSO HAD A CONVERSATION AROUND, UM, MAKING SURE THAT KIDS STAY ENGAGED.
SO WE WANTED TO EMBED ATTENDANCE, GRADES, AND, AND BEHAVIOR AS A FACTOR FOR OUR SATURDAY ENRICHMENT OPPORTUNITIES.
SO I WANT TO TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT NOT ONLY AN AFTERSCHOOL COMPONENT, BUT A, AN ENRICHMENT OR AN EXTENSION TO LEARNING OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR STUDENTS.
TWO SATURDAYS OF THE MONTH, WE WILL DEDICATE TO ENRICHMENT AND EDUCATIONAL FIELD TRIPS, WHICH WILL BE ALIGNED TO OUR GRADE LEVEL STANDARDS.
UM, UNANIMOUSLY THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS AGREED THAT EXPOSURE WAS AN ESSENTIAL COMPONENT TO THE EXTENDED LEARNING MODEL.
UM, FOR THIS INITIATIVE, WE REALIZED THROUGH THAT THE MEETINGS THAT STUDENTS NEED TO BE EXPOSED LIST LISTED HERE WAS BASICALLY A BRAINSTORM OF ORGANIZATIONS AND COMMUNITY GROUPS THAT COULD ASSIST WITH PROVIDING THIS RICH EXPERIENCE FOR OUR STUDENTS.
IN ADDITION, INCLUDING AN EMPHASIZING A PARENTAL COMPONENT ON SATURDAYS SO THAT WE CAN EXTEND THE LEARNING, NOT ONLY IN THE AFTERSCHOOL PROGRAM, BUT ALSO AT HOME.
WE KNOW THAT IT IS A THREE-PRONGED APPROACH TO SUCCESS.
UM, FOR THIS MODEL AT SCHOOL COMMUNITY AND OUR FAMILIES, WE RECOGNIZE THAT PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND TRAINING IS GOING TO BE AN ESSENTIAL COMPONENT OF THIS MODEL.
WE WILL BUILD IN PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND TRAINING FOR EXTENDED LEARNING COMMUNITY FACILITATORS.
THE TRAINING WILL COVER SOME OF OUR EDUCATIONAL SOFTWARE AS LISTED THAT WE UTILIZE IN OUR SCHOOL.
AND, UM, THIS IS JUST ANOTHER WAY THAT WE CAN ALIGN OUR RESOURCES.
WE ARE EXCITED ABOUT THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE OUR STUDENTS ON ST.
WE KNOW THAT COMING TOGETHER IS THE BEGINNING, BUT KEEPING TOGETHER AS THE PROGRESS WORKING TOGETHER IS THE SUCCESS.
THIS IS A SHINING EXAMPLE OF HOW OUR SCHOOL
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COMMUNITY AND FAMILIES ARE WORKING TOGETHER FOR THE BETTERMENT OF OUR CHILDREN IN OUR COMMUNITIES.OUR KICKOFF DAY FOR THIS INITIATIVE IS JANUARY 22ND, 2022.
UM, WE HAVE A LOT OF, UH, WE'VE ACCOMPLISHED A LOT, BUT WE STILL HAVE A LOT THAT WE HAVE TO FINALIZE.
UM, AND AT THAT MEETING, WE'LL DISCUSS THE INTERESTS OF PARENTS,
UM, I'M JUST EXCITED TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH COMMUNITY.
I FEEL THAT THAT IS ONE ASPECT THAT WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO BRIDGE, UM, GREAT IDEAS.
UH, THEY'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT, UH, MOVING FORWARD.
AND, UM, I'M JUST GLAD I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK AND CONTINUE TO WORK.
THAT CAMPBELL, UM, AFTER STRATOS THANK YOU FOR THIS EFFORT, THIS IS SOMEBODY'S COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT.
COMMUNITY OUTREACH IS SOMETHING THAT WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT SINCE I CAME ON THE BOARD.
SO I'M HAPPY TO SEE THAT IT'S COMING TO FRUITION.
UM, WHAT WE OFFER BUS TRANSPORTATION TO THE SITES FOR OUR STUDENTS, OR HOW WILL THAT WORK, SO WHERE WE ARE STILL IN THE PLANNING STAGES, BUT THE RATIONALE BEHIND IDENTIFYING LOCATIONS WITHIN THE STUDENT OF THE SCHOOL ATTENDANCE ZONE IS THAT WE COULD PROVIDE TRANSPORTATION TO THE FACILITIES.
AND THEN AT SIX O'CLOCK PARENTS CAN PICK THEM UP.
I WAS REALLY EXCITING TO SEE, UM, IF YOU KNOW, CODE HAS BEEN SUCH A BURDEN ON SCHOOLS, BUT IF IT CAN BRING US TO BRINGING THE COMMUNITY INTO THE SCHOOLS AND THE SCHOOLS IN THE COMMUNITY, I'M JUST A HUNDRED PERCENT FOR IT.
UM, AS I UNDERSTAND THIS, THIS IS KIND OF A, LONG-TERM LOOK THAT WE'RE IN THE VERY BEGINNING STAGES OF THAT.
THIS IS THE FIRST OF OTHER PARTNERSHIPS AND OPPORTUNITIES THAT WILL PRESENT ITSELF.
SO I DON'T HAVE QUESTIONS, BUT AS THIS PROMISE, THINKING ABOUT THIS, UM, AS THIS PROCESS IS EVOLVING, I HAVE THREE THINGS THAT I THINK AS A BOARD MEMBER, I'D LIKE TO HEAR A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT OVER THE COURSE OF THE YEAR.
ONE IS MAKING SURE THAT EVERY COMMUNITY GROUP HAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO AT LEAST HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH THE DISTRICT SO THAT THERE ISN'T THIS IDEA THAT ONLY CERTAIN GROUPS, OR IF YOU KNOW SOMEBODY, OR, YOU KNOW, IF YOU'RE ANYONE WHO HAS AN IDEA THAT WOULD LIKE TO PART OF THE SCHOOL.
AND I DON'T KNOW, I HAD TALKED ABOUT MAYBE LIKE A VIRTUAL FAIR, LIKE WE DO FOR JOBS OR SOMETHING WHERE EVERYBODY AT LEAST HAD A SEAT AT THE TABLE.
IT DOESN'T MEAN WE WERE GOING TO PARTNER WITH THEM, BUT THEY HAD THE RIGHT TO COME TO US AND BE HEARD.
SO IF WE COULD FOCUS ON THAT AND THE TWO CONCERNS I HAVE A LITTLE BIT IS JUST MAKING SURE, AS WE START TO PULL IN ALL THESE GROUPS, THAT WE ARE EVALUATING THESE GROUPS TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY ALIGN WITH THE SCHOOL VALUES.
ANY KID CAN GO FOR ANY REASON, IT'S A BASIS OF RACE, RELIGION, LANGUAGE, LGBTQ, ANYBODY WHO WANTS TO PARTICIPATE CAN, UM, AND THEN THE SECOND THING IS, UH, AS A SAFETY PERSPECTIVE, MAKING SURE THAT IT'S, THESE ADULTS ARE GOING TO BE WORKING WITH OUR CHILDREN UNDER SORT OF OUR UMBRELLA, THAT THEY DO ALL THE NECESSARY BACKGROUND CHECKS, UM, AND NEVER MAKING SURE THAT THERE IS A PROCESS IN PLACE THAT IS, UM, EASY TO UNDERSTAND AS OUTLINED.
AND THEN WE CAN KIND OF FOLLOW AND MAKE SURE THAT, UM, ALL OF THESE DIFFERENT, AND WE HAVE NINE GROUPS HERE, ALL THE PEOPLE KNOW BECAUSE I DON'T LIKE THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB.
WE ALREADY DO THAT AT BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS.
BUT I KNOW SOME OF THESE OTHER GROUPS, THEY MAY NOT BE FAMILIAR WITH THAT PROCESS, BUT I THINK THAT'S,
AND IT'S BEEN A DISCUSSION AT THE TABLE THAT WE WILL HAVE THOSE ADULTS WORKING WITH OUR STUDENTS TO HAVE BACKGROUND CHECKS BECAUSE ACTUALLY OUR PROFESSION SENTENCES, THAT'S NUMBER ONE.
UM, NUMBER TWO, TO RECOGNIZING THAT, YOU KNOW, SCHOOL REFORM, WE CANNOT DO IT WITHOUT COMMUNITY, RIGHT? IT'S NOT THE GENIUS OF MODELS AND ALL THIS COLLECTIVE MODEL THAT WE USE TOGETHER.
SO THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT FOR US AS WELL, AND THEN COMES AS FACING OUT.
SO ONE OF THE ENTITIES WOULD BE EXEMPT.
THEN WE'D BRING ONBOARD A DIRECTOR FOR THE INITIATIVE.
THE GOAL IS THAT THEIR JOB WILL BE HOW TO BRING ON MORE, HOW TO MONITOR EXTENDED LEARNING.
HOW DO WE ALSO THEN DETERMINE WHEN WE'RE HAVING THOSE CONVERSATIONS? HOW DO WE BOTTLE ACTUALLY PUT IN, YOU KNOW, MONITORING PROBABLY BEING SUCCESSFUL OR NOT, AND HELP ME WITH THE ACADEMICS ON POINT TO THE COMMUNITY, RIGHT? SO THAT WE THINK GIVE TO THE COMMUNITY MEMBERSHIP, WHAT DOES MIRA NEED IN ORDER TO BE SUCCESSFUL? SO THAT'S PART OF THE MLA AS WELL.
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JUST ANSWER WHAT I AM CONCERNED WITH, UH, OH, FOR APPROACH AND THIS AND THAT, BECAUSE YOU KNOW WHAT WE PRESENTED TO THEM WHEN A PATIENT PRESENTS TO US AS A PARTNERSHIP, I HAVE PRESENTED, WE ALL, WE HAVE ADEQUATE INPUT OF ALL VANS, BUT THEY ALSO HAVE CERTAIN AMOUNT OF INDEPENDENCEAND WHAT WE'VE BEEN INVOLVED WITH INSIDE THE INITIATIVE IS MYSELF.
AND A LOT OF RUNNING, A LOT OF, A LOT OF VETTING PERSONALITIES TO HAVE ONE WELL BOX.
AND, UM, I WANT THEM TO BE SUPPORTING, THEY HAVE PEOPLE THAT ARE FINANCIAL SUPPORT THAT'S NEEDED BECAUSE RIGHT NOW, EDUCATION LOAN PRODUCTS, NOT WITHIN THE CHURCH AND THIS IS WHAT WE ARE USING.
I WANT THEM TO FEEL THAT THAT IS A WELL PLAN SODA.
SO THEY'RE NOT GETTING SOMETHING.
AND WE DIDN'T MONITORING THOSE CHILDREN THAT SHE MENTIONED THAT ONE PARTICULAR SITE AS POSSIBLE.
WHAT HAPPENS AROUND TWO YEARS REALLY IS I WANT TO KNOW, BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW, IT'S NOT GOING, I SUPPOSE,
SO FIND OUT TO EASILY BUILD SOMETHING THAT'S GOING TO HELP YOU TO, BECAUSE YOU KNOW, THIS MODEL WORKS.
ALMOST EVERYBODY KNOW THAT MODEL.
WE'VE GOT TO BE DEDICATED TO THAT MODEL.
THAT'S WHAT I, I ASKED MARK AND STATE.
SO ONE OF THE THINGS MR. CAMPBELL ARE PUTTING INTO PLACE IS A IMPORTANT PART FOR YOUR CHILDREN.
SO IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO FIRST ATTENDANCE AS CREDIBLE WITH THAT GPA OF THE STUDENTS, BUT THEN ALSO THE BEHAVIOR.
CAMPBELL BROUGHT BOTH OF THOSE THREE ELEMENTS.
THOSE THREE ELEMENTS ARE MOSTLY GOING TO BE PART OF THE REPORT CARD, PATRICK FOR THE STUDENT.
SO WE COULD HAVE THAT GOING BACK AND FORTH.
WHAT IS MARY DOING? PARTICIPATING? WHAT IS MARRIED, DOING ATTENDANCE, PAT HALL, TO HAVE OUR HOMESCHOOL AND ADD THE PROGRAM.
AND THEN THAT COMBINATION GPA, THEN BRINGING THAT OVER TO THE COLLABORATIVE GROUP.
SO THAT COMMUNICATION PROCESS HAS TO GO.
WE NEED TO ANSWER THAT IN ORDER TO HAVE A LONGTERM SUSTAINABILITY.
SO LIKE HAS FUNDS PHASE OUT, HOW DO WE THEN TURN AROUND TO OTHER COMMUNITY PARTNERS TO TRY TO HELP FUND AND GROW AND LOOK AT OTHER SOURCES FOR MONEY? SO WE'RE LUGGING YES, GROWING A RIPPLE EFFECT OF PROGRAMS, BUT ALSO THINKING MORE OF LONG-TERM INTO THE FUTURE.
THE GOAL IS TO HAVE AN EFFECTIVE MODEL AND ALL OUR MAJOR COMMUNITIES THAT HAD, I MEAN THAT SINCERELY, SIR, THAT IS, UH, THOSE INDIVIDUALS IN THE COMMUNITY.
IT CAN BECOME SONGS FOR A LONG TERM PROCESS.
WELL, FIVE YEARS DOWN THE ROAD, WE KNOW CAN GIVE US INFORMATION ON WHERE AND HOW WILL WE NEED TO GO TO A JOB FOR IT'S A WIN-WIN WE DO IT, RIGHT? YES, SIR.
AND I, I DO WANT TO PAY CREDENCE TO DOUBT THE CAMPBELL'S WORK AND THE WORK OF THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND BOARD MEMBERS PARTICIPATING IN MAKING STAFFING.
AND IT HAS BEEN BI-WEEKLY MEETINGS.
IT HAS BEEN NOT HEAVY LIFTING BECAUSE NOW WE'RE GETTING INTO IT.
AS WE DEVELOP THE MOA, WE'VE DEVELOPED A FINANCIAL MODEL WORKING WITH OUR CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER AS WELL.
WE HAVE YET TO SIT WITH A TRUCK AND HAVE ANY BACKGROUND, BUT WHAT WE'RE GETTING THERE AND WE'RE DOING IT KIND OF RAPIDLY, BUT RIPPING IT APART AS WE GO FORWARD.
SO I'M SAYING, OKAY, SO THEN THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
I THINK THIS IS A WONDERFUL MODEL.
I THINK THE MOST IMPORTANT PIECE FOR ME HERE IS THE FACT THAT MORE PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY WILL KNOW THE PROGRAMS THAT STUDENTS ARE USING IN THE CLASS.
SO WHEN MARY GOES HOME, THEN MOM WILL UNDERSTAND BECAUSE MOM'S PROBABLY SPENT SOME TIME AT THAT SCHOOL PROGRAM ON SATURDAY TO VOLUNTEERING, INSTEAD OF GOING TO UNDERSTAND HOW TO USE
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CHILDREN'S MINISTER IS GOING GONNA KNOW TOO, CAUSE THIS IS RIGHT THERE IN THE CHURCH.AND THEN THAT'S THE EXTRA HANDS ON THAT WE NEED BECAUSE THEN THERE BEING A CHILD WILL BE MORE PROLONGED TO GET THEIR WORK DONE IN THE LAST MODULES IN THE CLASSROOM.
BUT WHILE THEY'RE AT CHURCH OR THEY'RE ON A BASEBALL FIELD, THEY'RE ALL THE VOLUNTEERS THERE AS A GROUP AT THE TRIBE TO HELP THIS CHILD PROGRESS.
AND THIS IS HOW TO CLOSE THE LEARNING AND IT'S GOING TO TAKE SOME TIME AND I'M GRATEFUL FOR THIS.
UM, HOW MANY OF THOSE SCHOOLS, BUT ONCE WE SAID WEEK, GET THIS GOING A LITTLE DEEPER, MR. CAMERON, WE ARE GOING TO BE LIVING IN THE WHALE RANCH AREA.
I HAD MY IDEAS OF THE CAMPBELL AND I BOTH HAVE IDEAS ABOUT WHAT WE'D LIKE TO HAVE.
I'LL PUT IT OUT TO THE UNIVERSE.
I WISH WE HAD A CHILD CENTER AT LEAST TO HEAR THAT NAUSEATED BROUGHT FOR STUDENTS.
I MIGHT AS WELL PUT IT OUT THE ASS, MAYBE UNIVERSAL, MAKE IT HAPPEN FOR A CEREMONY, BUT I REALLY THAT'S WHERE OUR BRAIN, OUR BRAIN IS BE VERY DIRECT.
AND THEN WE'LL BE OPEN FOR OUR CHILDREN AND CHANGE THE BROAD RIVER.
AND THEN OBVIOUSLY AS I SHARED WITH
WE'RE JUST PUTTING TOGETHER THE PERSONNEL TO HELP TO ASK, BUT TO FORMALIZE IT AS WELL.
SO, YOU KNOW, SIR, MR. SMITH, UM, I WOULD LIKE TO THANK DR.
I SAID, I SAID, I'M NOT SURE HERE.
I SAID, WHY DON'T YOU
THIS IS
AND I'M ALSO, YOU KNOW, UM, YOU'VE ALSO WANTING IN TERM OF BACKGROUND CHECKS.
AND UM, HE SAID THAT, UH, WHEN HE SAID, WHEN HE SAID THAT CONVERSATION WAS ON ME, HE SAID, UM, HE'S PRETTY, DID HE TELL HIM MY JOB? I SAID, NO.
I SAID, YOU CAN TELL HIM, UM, HE, HE WAS ON THERE AND HE DID HEAR THAT.
AND THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT RESONATED WITH HIM WHEN HE WAS EXCITED TO HEAR THAT IT WAS POSSIBLE.
AND IT WAS CORE VALUES, UH, AMONGST TWO, IN TERMS OF HOW THE PROCESS OF THE HOUSE IS GONNA GO ALONG AND, AND, AND THEN WHAT THE NEXT STEPS WERE.
SO I JUST SAY HATS HAD TO, Y'ALL GOT OUT OF THAT CALIBER, WORKING ON A JOB AND THEY CALLED ME, THEY ASKED ME ABOUT HER AND TO ME.
SO I KNOW THAT THEY'RE WORKING IN, YOU KNOW, AND SHE KEEPS ME INFORMED AND I HIRE THEM TO GET A CIGARETTE, BUT BE ASKING REQUESTS QUESTIONS.
I ASK HER QUESTIONS, BUT I'VE DEFINITELY APPRECIATED HER.
I DEFINITELY PUSHED YOU GUYS, GUYS THAT ARE REALLY GOOD FOR THINKING ABOUT BRINGING TO YOU, UH, TO SET THE PILOT TO HOPEFULLY THAT WE CAN START CLOSING THIS ACHIEVEMENT GAP, BUT ALSO THE ONE WE GOT ONE MOST IMPORTANT THAT SHE EVEN GOT MEMORY FOR JOHNNY.
WATTS, THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA WAS A REQUEST, UH, BRONX.
UM, I THINK THAT WAS ONE OF THE AGREEMENTS TRACKING UPDATE US IN GRIEVANCES.
SO, UH, WALTON, UH, ARE YOU ON? YES, I AM.
THANK YOU, MS. WATSON, WILL YOU TAKE US THROUGH THAT? YES, I WILL.
UM, GOOD AFTERNOON BOARD, MADAM CHAIR, UH, MATT HAN, AND I ARE GOING TO JUST DO A BRIEF UPDATE ON WHERE WE ARE, WHERE IT BEGAN AND WHERE WE ARE NOW WITH THE GRIEVANCE PROCESS, AS YOU KNOW, OR AS YOU CAN RECALL, WE STARTED THIS DISCUSSION BACK IN JULY OF 2020 IN THE OPERATIONS COMMITTEE MEETING.
WE STARTED THE PROCESS, WE WENT THROUGH SOME SWITCHES, SOME CHANGES.
WE HAD A BACKUP TURN AROUND, BUT WE'RE, WE HAVE GOTTEN ON A RIGHT TRACK AND I'M HAPPY TO REPORT IT.
THE SYSTEM IS IN PLACE AND I'M GOING TO LET WE HAVE ONE LAST ITEM TO FINALIZE AND TWEAK SO THAT WE CAN GET IT ON A WEBSITE.
AND THAT IS OUR OPERATIONS MANUAL FOR
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THE PROGRAM ITSELF THAT WILL GUIDE EMPLOYEES THROUGH EVERY STEP AS TO HOW TO WHAT WE DO WITH IT, HOW THEY USE IT, HOW THEY CAN ACCESS IT, EVEN THOUGH IT'S UP AND RUNNING, WE'RE GOING TO OFFICIALLY PUT THAT ONLINE FOR THEM.SINCE MATT HAS BEEN THE ONE TO SHEPHERD THIS THROUGH FROM THE BEGINNING TO THE END, I'M GOING TO LET HIM RUN THROUGH THAT PROCESS REAL QUICKLY FOR YOU.
SO YOU CAN GET AN OVERVIEW OF HOW THAT SYSTEM ACTUALLY WORKS.
MATT, I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO YOU NOW.
A GOOD EVEN THE MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.
UM, SO THE EYESIGHT, UH, IS THE PLATFORM THAT WE ELECTED TO GO WITH, UM, AS A DISTRICT, BASED ON AN RF, UH, QUEUE THAT WAS AWARDED IN DECEMBER OF 2020.
UM, IF YOU REMEMBER, WHEN WE WENT INITIALLY FOR THE RFP, A, UM, WE ENDED UP GETTING BIDS ANYWHERE FROM 100 TO $500,000 TO DEVELOP A, UH, A PROGRAM.
AND WE KNEW THAT THAT WAS NOT NECESSARY.
SO WE DISCONTINUED THAT AND OPENED THE RFQ PROCESS IN DECEMBER OF 2020.
UM, WE AWARDED THAT TO EYESIGHT AND IT TOOK A FEW MONTHS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GOT THE WHAT'S CALLED THE USER ACCEPTANCE TRAINING.
AND WHAT THAT REALLY IS, IS AS THEY BUILD THE PLATFORM WE GET TO TEST AND PILOT IT.
UM, THERE WAS A GROUP OF SCHOOL PRINCIPALS AND ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS THAT WE HAD TO RUN THROUGH THE, UM, THE TEST PLATFORM AND GIVE US FEEDBACK.
AND ONCE THAT FEEDBACK WAS RECEIVED, UH, WE WORKED WITH EYESIGHT TO, UM, MAKE SURE THAT THE SYSTEM WAS VALIDATED IN MAY OF 2021.
AND THEN IN JUNE, THIS SUMMER, THE PRODUCTION WENT LIVE AND WE ADDED THE WEB LINKS FOR, UM, OUR TEACHERS AND EMPLOYEES AND, UH, CLASSIFIED STAFF MEMBERS, ANYBODY WHO'S AN EMPLOYEE IN BUFORD COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT, UM, HAS ACCESS NOW TO WEB LINK, UM, FOR CERTIFIED EDUCATORS WHO HAVE ACCESS TO WHAT'S CALLED CLASS LENGTH.
THAT'S KIND OF WHERE ALL THE EDUCATION APPS GO.
UM, THERE'S A, UM, AN APP BUTTON ON THERE FOR EYESIGHT.
AND THEN FOR EVERYBODY THAT IS AN EMPLOYEE WE HAVE ON THE QUICK LINKS PAGE ON OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT'S WEBSITE, UM, A WEB FORM THAT USERS CAN GO IN AND CAN COMPLETE AND FILL OUT.
UM, ONE OF THE ADVANTAGES OF THE USERS BEING ABLE TO FILL OUT THE FORM ONLINE IS THAT THEY CAN FILL IT OUT, UM, ANONYMOUSLY.
WE WOULD ENCOURAGE USERS TO PUT NAMES AND PUT NAMES OF WITNESSES, BUT THEY CAN FILL OUT A FORM ANONYMOUSLY, WHICH, UM, I THINK WILL HELP.
UM, IF PEOPLE ARE MAYBE SKEPTICAL ABOUT HOW WE HANDLE THE PROCESS, WHAT WE DO IN THE SYSTEM, UM, UM, I AM THE SUPER USER ALONG WITH, UM, ASHLEY CROWLEY, WHO IS OUR SYSTEMS MANAGER AND HUMAN RESOURCES AND WHEN A, UM, A GRIEVANCE OR A HARASSMENT OR A COMPLAINT COMES THROUGH A CASE IS WHAT WE CALL IT.
UM, THAT CASE COMES TO ME AND THEN I'M ABLE TO ASSIGN THE CASE TO WHOEVER THE INVESTIGATIVE PERSON AT THE LOWEST ADMINISTRATIVE LEVEL IS.
UM, I'M HAPPY TO REPORT THAT WE HAVE NOT HAD VERY MANY CASES AT THIS POINT IN TIME.
AND SO, AND THOSE ARE NOT ALL EVEN GRIEVANCES.
UM, BUT WITH THAT BEING SAID, IT'S EASY BECAUSE WE WANT TO SOLVE ALL PROBLEMS AT THE LOWEST ADMINISTRATIVE LEVEL POSSIBLE.
AND THAT'S RIGHT IN LINE WITH HRS 15, UM, UNDER EMPLOYEE GRIEVANCES.
SO THE PROGRAM ALLOWS US TO UPDATE AND UPLOAD ANY KIND OF DOCUMENTS.
IT ALLOWS US TO UPLOAD EMAILS, UM, SHORT VIDEO CLIPS UP TO 500 MEGABYTES AND OTHER TYPES OF EVIDENCE THAT WILL HELP AS WE INVESTIGATE, UM, CLAIMS. AND SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, UM, WE ALSO ARE ABLE TO PULL REPORTS BASED ON PARAMETERS THAT WE MIGHT NEED.
SO WE COULD LOOK AT REPORTS BASED ON SCHOOL SITE, UM, BASED ON PEOPLE THAT MAYBE HAVE COMPLAINTS FILED AGAINST THEM AND SO FORTH.
I THINK MADAM CHAIR, UM, MATT, ARE YOU HAVE YOU? YES.
MA'AM, THAT'S THAT'S, I MEAN, THAT'S WHERE WE ARE AT THIS POINT IN TIME.
NOW WE WILL ENTERTAIN ANY QUESTIONS.
UM, MATT'S VICKY MADE A STATEMENT.
UM, BUT MY QUESTION IS, UM, DO WE ADD A PHASE IT, BUT INSTRUCTIONAL LEADER AND THE SUPERINTENDENTS TRANSLATE WHAT'S REALLY HAPPENING
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AT JEFFERSON SCHOOL CLIMATE, THAT INDIVIDUAL SCHOOL CLIMATE, HOW DO WE, HOW DO WE TAKE THE INFORMATION THAT YOU'RE GETTING OR NOT GETTING AND HOW LU CROSS REFERENCES, BUT REALLY HAPPENING IN THE SCHOOLS? UM, WELL, THE INFORMATION THAT WE'RE NOT GETTING, THAT'S, I DON'T, THERE'S NOTHING YOU CAN DO ABOUT INFORMATION THAT YOU DON'T HAVE.SO WE JUST HAVE TO TAKE WHAT INFORMATION WE DO GET, UM, INVOLVED PARTIES THAT ANYBODY, ANYBODY THAT HAS A NEED TO KNOW THEY'RE INVOLVED IN THOSE CONVERSATIONS.
I DON'T REALLY TURN TO THAT QUESTION TO MATT GAVE ME NO INFORMATION THAT JULIAN GET A LOT OF INFORMATION.
AM I PRESSING IS REALLY DIRECTED TO THE SUPERINTENDENT AND HIS LIEUTENANTS, WHICH IS HOW DO WE USE WHAT WE GET VERSUS WHAT YOU GOT.
I SAY, YOU DON'T HAVE THIS AT ALL.
ALL, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE LEAVING PEOPLE DISGRUNTLED A BUNCH OF OTHER THINGS THAT'S GONE ON IN THE SCHOOLS.
AND I MEAN, I'M SURE YOU'VE GOT THEM PROBABLY LISTED 1 32.
THIS WAS THE MOST DISGRUNTLED EMPLOYEES AND WHICH ONE IS NOT.
AND IF THIS INFORMATION ISN'T SHOWING IT, THEN, THEN WHEN YOU HAVE A CONCERN AND THAT'S WHY I WANT TO KNOW, HOW DO WE CROSS REFERENCE THIS INFORMATION WITH THE INFORMATION YOU HAVE? AND IS THERE A WAY TO CROSS REFERENCE IT? YOU KNOW, DOES DR.
STRATIS KNOW WHERE THE COMPLAINT IS COMING FROM? UH, DOES IT RELATE TO WHAT SHE SEES WHEN SHE'S AT THE SCHOOL? THAT'S, THAT'S MY QUESTION.
YOU WANT TO TAKE A FIRST PART OF THAT? JOANNE, UH, MR. CAMPBELL, WHAT WE DO IS WHAT, THE INFORMATION THAT WE GET, WE LOOK FOR TRENDS AND PATTERNS.
SO IF WE GET RESPONSES, WE GROUP THEM BY NATURE.
WHAT'S THE NATURE OF THE COMPLAINT.
WHAT'S THE NATURE OF THE GRIEVANCE.
SO WHEN WE DO THAT, WE LOOK AT, WE LOOK AT, UM, RESPONSES AND PATTERNS.
SO THOSE PATTERNS TELL US WHAT THE ISSUES MIGHT BE.
ONCE WE GET THAT GROUP INFLAMMATION, OF COURSE, WE PASS IT ON TO THE SUPERINTENDENT AND ANY OTHER SENIOR STAFF THAT MIGHT NEED TO KNOW THAT INFORMATION.
WE DON'T DIVULGE WHERE IT'S COMING FROM.
OTHER THAN IT MIGHT BE LUMPED IN ONE SCHOOL, IT MIGHT BE LUMPED IN ONE CLUSTER, BUT WE JUST PASS ON WHAT THOSE PATTERNS ARE AND WHAT THOSE COMPLAINTS ARE SO THAT THEY CAN USE FOR THEIR PURPOSES IN TERMS OF INSTRUCTION.
I THINK IN ADDITION, MR. CAMPBELL.
SO, SO THIS IS ESSENTIALLY A DATA POINT, RIGHT? YOU HAVE, UH, UPBEAT AS ADDITIONAL, UH, INFORMATION, DATA POINTS ON, UH, YOU REFERENCED CLIMATE AND THOSE TYPES OF THINGS.
UH, IN ADDITION, WE HAVE, UH, EXECUTIVE OR EXCUSE ME, EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS THAT, UH, WE'LL PUT IN PLACE THAT FALLS FROM FREQUENT SCHOOLS ON A REGULAR BASIS, UH, AND ALSO HAVE A CONTINUED SENSE, UM, UH, UH, FINANCE CULTURE, UH, WITHIN BUILDINGS AS WELL.
UM, I ALSO HAVE, UH, I FREQUENT, UH, ALL THE TIME.
I HAVE, UH, PEOPLE WHO REACH OUT TO ME, UH, FROM INDIVIDUAL SCHOOL TRACK.
SO, UH, SO IT'S, IT'S, UH, UH, WHEN ALL SIGNALS RIGHT, BEGIN TO POINT AND SOMETHING, YOU NEED TO TAKE A WELL, AND THAT'S HOW IT ALL PLAYS OUT.
I THINK THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE ASKING.
I'M ASKING KIND OF THAT, I'M ALSO ASKING YOU TO LOOK AT THE SITUATION THAT YOU SEE AND WHICH MAY NOT BE REPORTED AND CERTAIN REASONS THAT MAY NOT BE UNDER THE CONTROL OF ANYONE BUT NOT BEING BLOATED AND IT'S HAPPENING.
AND THAT'S, WE ALSO HAVE PARABEN CULTURE.
AND WE, AND, AND WE DO TAKE, UH, TAKE A DIVE INTO THINGS THAT ARE NOT REWARDED, UH, UH, AND WHEN IT'S NOT REPORTED, THAT PARTICULAR DATA PAINT IS IF IT'S OUT OF THE WAY, RIGHT.
CAUSE IT'S NOT IMPORTANT, BUT IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT, THAT WE MIGHT NOT SEE THINGS AS WE, EXCUSE ME, AS WE VISIT SCHOOLS, RIGHT.
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PLANES AND IT WAS JUST THIS DATA POINTS HERE.IF THAT'S OVERRIDING IT, OR THIS IS MINIMIZED, AND WE NEED TO FIND A WAY THAT THIS GROWS, BECAUSE THIS IS A PRODUCT THAT WE PUT IN PLACE TO HANDLE THAT IT'S NOT HOUNDING, THAT FOX SPIN IS INEFFECTIVE.
THE GROUP WAS TO CAMPBELL HALL, BASICALLY MY QUESTION, BUT ALSO I WAS LOOKING FOR SOMETHING IN A RIGHTY.
UM, WHEN GIVEN THIS REPORT TO WE GET IT, WE MAY GET IT AGAIN, BECAUSE MY QUESTION IS, WHAT'S THE LEVEL OF ALMOST GOING TO VOLUME, UM, HOW MANY, HOW MANY, IT'S MORE IMPORTANT WHERE HE WAS LIKE, LIKE TO WHAT DEGREE ARE THEY BEING REPORTED? YOU KNOW, BECAUSE I KNOW FROM TIME TO TIME, PEOPLE WOULD CALL ME AND TELL ME DIFFERENT THINGS.
AND I'VE BEEN TRYING TO GO TO THE CHAIR.
I DON'T TELL THEM, YOU KNOW, UM, GO THROUGH FROM STARTING A BUILDING.
AND THEN WHEN WORKING AWAY ON, YOU KNOW, JUST DON'T COME TO ME AND I TRY TO REDIRECT THEM.
AND SO, UM, ALSO I WAS TRYING TO ALSO SEE, BECAUSE
AND ALSO WHEN THEY'RE TAKING ATTENDANCE AT SCHOOL LEVELS AT THE DISTRICT LEVEL, WHEN IT GOES THROUGH THIS PROGRAM, IS IT A PROGRAM THAT CALCULATES FROM THE DISTRICT LEVEL, THE SCHOOL THAT WHEN IT COMES TO AT THIS LEVEL, LIKE MOST OF THE PROCESS
SO MR. SMITH DATE, WHEN THE, UM, WHEN THE EMPLOYEES FILE A CLAIM, NOT ALL CLAIMS ARE HARASSMENT, NOT ALL CLAIMS ARE GRIEVANCES, BUT THEY FILE A CLAIM.
THE CLAIM COMES TO A DASHBOARD OF A USER DOWNTOWN AND THAT'S GOING TO BE USUALLY MYSELF.
UM, REGGIE DS ALSO RECEIVES CLAIMS CLAIM NOTIFICATIONS.
WE TAKE A LOOK AT THE CLAIM AND WE FOLLOW THE DISTRICT POLICY, WHICH IS, WE DETERMINE IF IT'S A LEVEL ONE OR A LEVEL, TWO TYPE OF A COMPLAINT.
AND IF IT IS LIKE A LEVEL, ONE COMPLAINT, WE HAVE PROCESSES IN PLACE FOR ADMINISTRATORS TO BE ABLE TO HANDLE THOSE TYPES OF COMPLAINTS AT THE LOWEST LEVEL, WHICH MEANS NOT IN THE HUMAN RESOURCES DEPARTMENT.
UM, THE ONLY TIME WE REALLY TAKE ON, UM, ANY TYPE OF COMPLAINT IN HUMAN RESOURCES IS IF AN EMPLOYEE HAS A CLAIM AGAINST THEIR DIRECT SUPERVISOR AND THAT DIRECT SUPERVISOR IS EITHER A DEPARTMENT HEAD OR THE PRINCIPAL OF THE BUILDING.
SO THEN, SO THEN, AND ALSO, SO I ANSWERED SEVEN PROCESS.
SO BASICALLY YOU AND MR. DEEDS, BASICALLY THE SIZE AND WHAT LEVEL OF THE LEVEL B VIOLATION IS? YES, THAT'S CORRECT.
SO AT WHAT DEGREE WOULD YOU TAKE IT TO SOMEONE HIGHER THAN MAYBE SOMEONE HIGHER THAN SOMEONE HIGHER THAN US? SO WE HAVE LEAD INVESTIGATORS AND THE LEAD INVESTIGATOR TAKES AND GATHERS THE INFORMATION.
UM, ONCE A DETERMINATION IS MADE OR A RESOLUTION IS, IS, HAS COME TO, UM, IF THE PERSON ON EITHER SIDE, IF EITHER THE RESPONDENT OR THE CLAIMANT, UM, DOESN'T AGREE WITH THE FINDINGS IN THE, UM, RESOLUTION, THEN THEY CAN APPEAL THAT UP TO WHOEVER THE SUPERINTENDENTS DESIGNEE IS.
CAN YOU REPEAT THAT? I, IT'S KIND OF HARD TO HEAR YOU I'M ON, UH, HOW MANY DOES, DID THE DISTRICT OR THESE COMPLAINTS? DOES THE DISTRICT RECEIVE THEM OFF? WELL, YEAH, AT THIS, AT THIS POINT IN TIME, SIR, WE'VE ONLY RECEIVED 3 CENTS.
UM, WE LAUNCHED IN AUGUST AND THOSE ARE THREE CLAIMS. THOSE ARE NOT THREE.
THOSE ARE NOT THREE GRIEVANCES.
THOSE ARE JUST THREE CLAIMS. THANK YOU.
IS THERE SOME OBSTACLES OR THINGS? THE SWITCH NEXT TIME I TOLD THEM YOU COULD HAVE SOMETHING IN WRITING TO US WAS A WEEKEND.
I HIT IF I COULD GET TO OR WRITE MY NOTES OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT AND JUST HAVE SOMETHING WACKY.
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WAS IT AT WHEN IT COMES TO WHAT NEXT TIME? THANK YOU.UM, I WILL, UM, SEND, UH, MR. SMITH AND ALL BOARD MEMBERS A COPY OF THE HANDBOOK.
ONCE IT IS FINALIZED, IT TALKS ABOUT THE PROCESS, TALKS ABOUT THE STEPS AND IT TALKS ABOUT LEVELS.
SO IT'S VERY CLEAR AND HOW THAT PROCESS WORKS.
AND ONCE WE ARE, WE HAVE FINALIZED THAT AND STAMPED IT.
I WILL MAKE SURE EACH BOARD MEMBER GETS A COPY OF IT.
UH, NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS ON UNIVERSAL SCREENERS AND SHOWS OR REQUEST, UH, ALSO FROM A BOARD MEMBER, IT TALKS ABOUT SO UNIVERSAL SCREENERS.
SO OFF, I'LL BEGIN WITH THIS ON MAY 18TH, 2018 ACT TWO 13 WAS SIGNED INTO LAW AND THEN DIRECTED SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO IMPLEMENT MULTI-TIERED SYSTEMS OF SUPPORT AND THE 20 19 20 20 SCHOOL YEAR MULTI-TIERED SYSTEMS OF SUPPORT OR MTSS THAT'S COMMONLY REFERRED TO AS A SYSTEM OF SUPPORT DESIGNED TO ADDRESS THE NEEDS OF THE WHOLE CHILD, ACADEMICALLY, BEHAVIORALLY, SOCIALLY, AND EMOTIONALLY MTSS DATA IS COLLECTED AT THE END OF EVERY YEAR BY THE SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION.
THIS YEAR, ALL DISTRICTS AND CHARTER SCHOOLS ARE REQUIRED TO SCREEN ALL KINDERGARTEN AND FIRST GRADE STUDENTS THREE TIMES DURING THE YEAR FOR POTENTIAL READING DIFFICULT.
THE STATE PROVIDES A LIST OF APPROVED LITERACY, NUMERACY AND SOCIAL, EMOTIONAL SCREENERS.
THESE ARE UNIVERSAL SCREENERS, WHICH ARE A SYSTEMATIC PROCESS FOR IDENTIFYING THE STUDENTS WHO MAY BE AT RISK FOR POOR LEARNING OUTCOMES, INCLUDING ACADEMIC, BEHAVIORAL, SOCIAL, EMOTIONAL SCHOOL COMPLETION, AND COLLEGE AND CAREER READINESS OUTCOMES.
WE HAVE SELECTED SCREENERS THAT WE USE FROM THE STATE APPROVED LIST OF SCREENERS.
THIS INCLUDES HIGH READY FOR LITERACY.
I READY FOR NUMERACY, AS WELL AS THE PANORAMA SCREENER FOR SOCIAL AND EMOTION.
UH, I THINK I ANSWERED THE QUESTIONS THAT WERE POSED TO US, UH, AT A TIME, UM, REGARDING THE UNIVERSAL SCREENERS.
I'M STILL PLAYING THE NEW BOARD MEMBER CARD, BUT AS A PARENT, YOU KNOW, I THINK PEOPLE GET COMFORTABLE WITH MTSS AND THEY KIND OF ASSUME THAT ALL THE PARENTS ARE ON BOARD WITH THE PROCESS.
SO IT WAS KIND OF JARRING, I THINK JUST SOME PEOPLE WHEN YOU GET THESE SURVEYS.
SO I THINK IT'S GOOD FOR THE PUBLIC TO KNOW THAT IT'S A STATE MANDATED REQUIREMENT, INSTALL, STATE APPROVED.
IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT WE WENT OUT AND DID ON OUR OWN OR TOOK A PARTICULAR INTEREST IN, BUT THIS IS JUST ALL PART OF THE PROCESS AND COMPLYING STATE LAW.
SO I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT EXPLANATION BECAUSE Y'ALL HAVE BEEN SAYING MTSS A BUNCH AND I WAS LIKE, IT IS MTSS.
ARI IS, UM, PANORAMAS THE SCREENER THAT CREATED SOME ACHES AMONG PARENTS BECAUSE OF SOME OTHER QUESTIONS.
UM, IS IT AN OPTION FOR STUDENTS OR PARENTS TO OPT OUT? UM, SO THAT'S, THAT'S AN EXCELLENT QUESTION.
AND, AND YEAH, WE, WE DO PROVIDE AN OPTION FOR THAT.
I THINK WHAT I WOULD TELL YOU IS THAT I WILL, UH, BECAUSE OF THAT, BECAUSE IT'S, THESE SURVEYS ARE DONE A COUPLE OF TIMES AGAIN, RIGHT? AND SO WHAT I WILL DO IS I WILL ENSURE THAT THE NEXT SURVEY, ALL OF OUR PRINCIPALS AND OUR SCHOOL LEADERS ARE CRYSTAL CLEAR ABOUT MAKING SURE THAT, UH, INFORMATION THAT SURVEY WILL BE TAKING PLACE, UH, HAPPENS AHEAD OF TIME AND THAT THEY PROVIDE THAT, UH, THAT OPTION, UM, OR PARENTS.
JUST SHARE HOW, HOW ARE SOME OF THEIR RESULTS OF THE PANORAMA SURVEY USED? UM, THE RESULTS ON PANORAMA SURVEYS ARE USED TO REALLY IDENTIFY STUDENTS THAT MIGHT BE STEINLE ACTIVITY, EITHER SOME SOCIAL, EMOTIONAL TRAUMA OR SOME, UH, SOME SOCIAL EMOTIONAL NEEDS THAT, UM, THAT COULD BE ASSISTED WITH EITHER
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SOCIAL WORKERS OR, UM, YOU KNOW, DIFFERENTLY.UH THERE'S ANYTHING RELATED TO THAT.
AND YOU WOULDN'T HAVE CONTACT WITH, UH, WITH PARENTS, YOU'D SAY, HEY, THIS IS THAT THIS TYPE OF SERVICE MIGHT HELP.
UM, MS. SWINTON, ARE YOU ON? YES, SIR.
CAN YOU SPEAK A LITTLE BIT ALSO TO, TO THAT ASPECT OF IT IN TERMS OF, UM, YOU KNOW, SUPPORT FOR, FOR STUDENTS AND COMMUNICATION WITH PARENTS ABOUT THAT POTENTIAL SUPPORT IF THEY, THEY NEEDED? SO THE GOAL OF THE PANORAMA SURVEY IS TO BE ALIGNED WITH THE MTSS SUPPORT THAT'S PROVIDED TO STUDENTS.
AND OUR FOCUS IS TO ENSURE THAT IF A STUDENT DOES HAVE AN AREA WHERE THEY NEED SUPPORT, AND I WANT TO MAKE IT, UM, ALSO KNOWN THAT THIS CAN BE LOOKED AT AT THE INDIVIDUAL STUDENT LEVEL, AT THE CLASSROOM LEVEL, AS WELL AS THE SCHOOL AND DISTRICT LEVEL.
SO THIS GIVES OPPORTUNITY AND, AND KIND OF SHINES A LIGHT ON AREAS THAT WE MAY NEED TO FOCUS ON.
SO IF THERE ARE STRATEGIES THAT NEED TO BE UTILIZED EITHER FOR AN INDIVIDUAL STUDENT OR FOR A PARTICULAR CLASS OR SCHOOL, WITH REGARDS TO THE AREAS OF THE FIVE CORE COMPETENCIES, THEN THAT'S WHERE WE WANT TO FOCUS OUR ATTENTION.
SO WE'LL UTILIZE THIS DATA TO HELP SCHOOL TEAMS IDENTIFY AREAS WHERE IT NEEDS SUPPORT, WHETHER IT BE THROUGH ADDITIONAL, BRINGING IN ADDITIONAL WRAPAROUND SERVICES OR WITH, UM, CONNECTING TO STAFF THAT ARE WITHIN THE BUILDING.
UM, SO IT'S REALLY A TOOL THAT WE'RE UTILIZING TO ENSURE THAT OUR STUDENTS HAVE THE BEST EXPERIENCE AT SCHOOL IS YOUR NAME.
UM, AGAIN, JUST BY LIKE AT THE END OF THE YEAR, UH, SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION COLLECTS DATA REGARDING THE UNIVERSAL SCREENERS.
UM, I WANT US TO, UH, THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS UPDATE, WHICHEVER SAYS.
AND SO, UM, MS. CROSBY, ARE YOU AVAILABLE? GOOD EVENING? THE LAST TWO YEARS HAVE BEEN PARTICULARLY CHALLENGING IN THE FOOD SERVICE INDUSTRY.
UM, DUE TO THE PANDEMIC, UH, OUR DAILY LIVES HAVE REALLY BEEN ALTERED BY LACK OF STAFF THAT OUR FAVORITE RESTAURANTS AND EMPTY SHELVES AT GROCERY STORE, UH, LONGER LINES, UNAVAILABLE MENU ITEMS ARE TWO OF THE MAJOR THINGS THAT WE PERSONALLY EXPERIENCED.
I KNOW I HAVE, UM, IN MANY CASES OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS AND OUR FOOD SERVICE PROGRAM IN OUR SCHOOLS IS NOT IMMUNE FROM THOSE CHALLENGES AS WELL.
SO SCHOOL FLUTES OVERS PROGRAMS ACROSS THE NATION ARE PROVIDING MEALS A HUNDRED PERCENT OF MEALS FREE TO STUDENTS AND PARENTS.
UH, OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS, WE'LL CONTINUE TO DO SO THROUGH JUNE 30TH, 2022, UH, THOSE THAT THOSE FREE LUNCHES ALSO INCREASE THE NUMBERS OF MEALS, UH, SERVE FREE PACKAGING AS WELL, AND ENHANCE THE CHALLENGES, UH, THAT WE'RE ALREADY FACING.
UM, SO WE'RE NOT, IT'S NOT AN IDEAL SITUATION.
UM, BUT OUR GOAL TODAY IS TO INFORM YOU ABOUT SOME OF THOSE CHALLENGES, WHAT WE'RE FACING AND WHAT WE'RE DOING TO ADDRESS THOSE CHALLENGES.
AND I HAVE A COUPLE OF TEAM MEMBERS FROM SEDEXO HERE TODAY WITH ME THAT I'M GOING TO BEGIN A PRESENTATION, AND I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO MR. GREEN.
UH, HE'S THE REGIONAL DISTRICT MANAGER WITH DECK.
SO, UH, TIM GREEN, THE RESIDENT DISTRICT MANAGER, YOU'RE ONSITE IN OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT AND WORKING EVERY DAY IN OUR SCHOOLS.
AND ROBERTA EDWARDS IS UNABLE TO BE WITH US THIS EVENING, BUT SHE'S ALSO THE OPERATIONS MANAGER WHO HELPS TO ENSURE THAT THINGS RUN AS SMOOTHLY AS POSSIBLE AND OUR SCHOOLS AS WELL.
SO, UM, JUST A FEW POINTS I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE, AND LET'S START WITH THE FIRST SLIDE WE COULD, UH, ROBIN, UH, SO THERE ARE THREE, I CALL IT THE PERFECT STORM RIGHT NOW.
UH, WE HAVE A LABOR SHORTAGE IN OUR INDUSTRY.
UM, WE HAVE, UH, A UNIQUE SERVING AND DINING EXPERIENCE THAT WE HAVEN'T ENCOUNTERED IN YEARS PAST, AND WE HAVE A SUPPLY CHAIN PROBLEM.
SO THOSE THREE THINGS ARE ALL COMING TOGETHER AT ONE TIME AND CREATING THE SITUATION THAT WE HAVE WITH, UH, BEFORE US TODAY.
UM, WE'RE DEFINITELY, UM, SO TO START WITH A SUPPLY, UH, SERVING A DINING EXPERIENCE, UH, I'VE PROVIDED SLIDES THROUGHOUT TO SHOW YOU PICTURES OF OUR SMILING
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WORKERS AND, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE WORKING SO HARD, UH, DESPITE THE CHALLENGES AND, AND ALSO I'M, I SPECIFICALLY POINTED OUT PICTURES THAT THE SPECS TEAM PROVIDED.IT SHOWS THE AMOUNT OF CRAPPY GENE THAT'S REQUIRED OF THE MEALS AS WELL.
SO I THINK THAT THOSE ARE SPECIFICALLY DESIGNED TO, UM, SHOW YOU THAT THE DIFFERENCES AND WHAT WE'VE EXPERIENCED FROM THE PAST.
UM, SO A YEAR AGO WE WERE SERVING MEALS IN CLASSROOMS. THEY WERE BEING DELIVERED WITH CARDS, UM, WENT TO SCHOOLS AND WATCHED, UH, STAFF MEMBERS, CAFETERIA STAFF, ACTUALLY PACKING THEM, PACKING THE MEALS, PUTTING THEM ON CARTS AND ROLLING THEM DOWN THE HALLWAYS WITH THEIR OWN SYSTEMS OF, UH, RECORDING THE MEALS.
AND THEN TODAY WE HAVE LIMITED STUDENTS IN CAFETERIAS WHERE SOME STUDENTS ARE ATTENDING, UM, THAT, UH, DINING IN THE CAFETERIAS AND THEY MAY DIE ON A ROTATING BASIS.
THEY MAY, YOU EVERY OTHER DAY OR EVERY OTHER WEEK.
AND THAT SORT OF THING, AND MANY OF THE ITEMS ARE GRAB AND GO KIND OF BIG BASIS, SIMILAR TO OUR FAST FOOD INDUSTRY MEALS REQUIRED TO BE PACKAGED AND THEY CONTINUE TO BE DELIVERED IN CLASSROOMS TODAY, UM, OR ON, IN CENTRAL AREAS OF BILLING YOU PICKED UP.
AND OF COURSE, ALL OF THESE REQUIRE ADDITIONAL PAPER SUPPLIES, WHICH ARE, UH, AT A PREMIUM RIGHT NOW, HARD TO FIND.
AND, UM, WE'RE DAILY HAVING A BATTLE, TRYING TO FIND WHICH VENDOR IS ABLE TO PROVIDE THE SERVICES THAT WE NEED AND WHERE ARE WE GOING TO STORE THEM WHEN WE GET THOSE SUPPLIES? UM, SO ONE OF THE MAIN LEVELS, MAIN THINGS I WANT TO TALK ABOUT IS THEIR STAFFING LEVELS.
SO TRADITIONALLY, UH, STAFFING AND SEDEXO EMPLOYEES, MAJORITY OF OUR EMPLOYEES ARE
SO EMPLOYEES, WE HAVE ABOUT SEVEN DIFFERENT COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT EMPLOYEES THAT HAVE BEEN GRANDFATHERED IN FROM MANY YEARS AGO WHEN WE ORIGINALLY, UM, BEGAN WITH, UH, OUTSOURCING OUR FOOD SERVICE PROGRAM.
AND SO ABOUT 200 IS ABOUT THE NORM AT THE MAXIMUM STAFF THAT WE WOULD HAVE AT THIS POINT.
SO THIS GRAPHIC, I KNOW YOU CAN'T SEE THE DETAILS BEHIND IT, BUT THE FIRST GRAY AREAS, THE DROP OFF, AND THAT IS VIRTUAL.
WHEN THE GOVERNOR ISSUED A NATIONWIDE CLOSURE OF, UH, EXCUSE ME, OUT OF STATEWIDE CLOSURE OF OUR SCHOOLS.
AND SO THOSE STAFFING LEVELS WENT DOWN SIGNIFICANTLY, BUT WE DID MAINTAIN ENOUGH TO DO THE MEAL DISTRIBUTIONS IN THE COMMUNITY.
AND, UH, SO WE DID SOME BUS STOP, UH, DELIVERIES, AS WELL AS LOCAL DELIVERIES AND OTHER, UM, CENTRALIZED CENTERS.
UM, I THINK IT'S WORTH NOTING THAT, UH, DURING, UH, SPRACH SEDEXO, UM, UH, IN CONJUNCTION WITH OUR TRANSPORTATION TEAM, UH, OR CLOSELY TOGETHER TO MAKE SURE THAT EVEN THOUGH THE PANDEMIC KID, THAT, THAT, UH, WE WERE STILL GETTING MEALS DELIVERED TO STUDENTS AT BUS STOPS.
I THINK IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, UM, THERE MAY HAVE BEEN WELL OVER A MILLION MEALS OR SO, UM, UM, YEAH, SO, SO, UM, THAT IS, UH, A COMPONENT, PARTICULARLY IN THOSE INITIAL, UH, SPAN, UM, WHILE WE WERE, UM, VIRTUAL OR A HYBRID, UH, WHERE A LOT OF, A LOT OF THINGS WERE PUT IN PLACE THAT CONTINUED, UM, MEALS DISTRIBUTION.
SO THEN, UH, IN THE OCTOBER, 2020 TIMEFRAME, YOU'LL SEE THAT SPIKE BACK UP WHERE OUR STUDENTS RETURN BACK IN A HYBRID STATUS.
UM, SO, UH, UH, WE RECOVERED NOT COMPLETELY, FULLY, UM, PROBABLY TWO THIRDS OF THE STAFF RETURNED AT THAT TIME, SINCE THAT TIME AND THROUGH ABOUT JUNE, 2021, UM, THEY WERE RELATIVELY STABLE AT THAT LEVEL.
AND THEN THE DROP-OFF YOU SEE AGAIN, IS SUMMER OF 2021.
SO OF COURSE, UH, WE HAVE A LIMITED STAFF THAT ARE CONTINUING TO DO THE MEAL DISTRIBUTIONS, UM, AT VARIOUS LOCATIONS THROUGH MEAL TRUCKS OR, UH, CERTAIN BOYS GIRLS OR YMCAS CENTERS THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY THAT WE TYPICALLY DO IN THE SUMMER.
UM, BUT THEN WE'VE STRUGGLED QUITE A BIT SINCE, SINCE THE SUMMER OF 2021.
SO WE RECOVERED TO A LEVEL ABOUT 129 STAFF WAS ABOUT TWO-THIRDS OF WHAT WE TYPICALLY DO SEE.
AND SO, UM, WE ARE STILL WORKING ON THAT.
AND AS I THINK MS. WALTON COULD ATTEST TO, AND OTHER AREAS WE'RE SEEING, UM, WE ARE ACTIVELY HIRING, BUT THERE ARE ALSO ACTIVE RESIGNATIONS OCCURRING.
AND SO RESTORATIVE HOLDING STEADY, BUT WITH SOME SLIGHT INCREASES, SO DOES THE XO TEAM AND I,
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UH, THEY BROUGHT FORWARD SOME IDEAS.AND SO THESE ARE A FEW OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE DO DOING WITH REGARD TO RECRUITING.
SO YOU'LL SEE A COUPLE OF IMAGES THERE THAT ARE REAL LIFE IMAGES OF THINGS, UM, COMMUNICATIONS THAT HAVE GONE OUT, UM, UH, TO THROUGH, THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA, BUT ALSO WE CONNECTED OUR HUMAN RESOURCES STAFF WOULD BE FOR COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT AND SEDEXO TO BETTER CONNECT OUR POTENTIAL FOOD SERVICE CANDIDATES ON OUR WEBSITE TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE CONNECTED TO SEDEXO WEBSITES AND CONNECT SEDEXO CONTACTS, SO THAT THEN WE CAN MAKE THOSE CONNECTIONS.
SO WE'RE HELPING ASSIST THEM WITH, UM, ANY OPPORTUNITIES FOLKS THAT MAY COME TO US FOR, UM, INTERESTED IN, UM, IN BEING A WORKER IN OUR CAFETERIAS.
SO ALSO SEX HAS INCREASED THE STARTING WAGE AND IS, AND IS NOW PROVIDING INCENTIVES FOR NEW EMPLOYEES.
ALSO, WE'RE DOING REFERRALS FOR EXISTING EMPLOYEES.
SO IF YOU REFER SOMEONE, YOU WILL RECEIVE AN INCENTIVE AND THOSE NEW HIRES WOULD ALSO RECEIVE THAT.
AND ANOTHER INITIATIVE WE BROUGHT FORWARD WAS, UH, THAT SEDEXO AND THE, UM, TRANSPORTATION PARTNERS, OUR TRANSPORTATION TEAM.
AND I BELIEVE THAT WAS, UM, IDEAS THAT WERE CONNECTED WHEN WE WERE TALKING ABOUT, UM, ROBERT AUDITING AND OUR FACILITIES FOLKS IS TO CONNECT THE TWO.
SO TRANSPORTATION HAD A PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT DAY, UH, AND THE CXO TEAM TALKED TO THE WORKERS AND OFFER JOB OPPORTUNITIES THAT WERE OUTSIDE OF THEIR BUS ROUTES.
SO BEFORE ON ROUTE IN BETWEEN THE ROUNDS AT LUNCHTIME, THAT SORT OF THING, AND WE WERE SUCCESSFUL IN GETTING SEVERAL WORKERS FROM THERE AS WELL.
AND, UH, THERE'S BEEN SOME TALK ABOUT POTENTIAL YARD SIGNS AND THAT SORT OF THING AT SCHOOLS.
SO THAT'S GONNA BE SOMETHING THAT WE'LL BE SEEING IN THE NEAR FUTURE TOO, UH, IN OUR COMMUNITIES AND OUR SCHOOLS TO BE POSTING AND TRYING TO GET, AND MEN HAVE A QR CODE, THEY CAN STAND WITH THEIR PHONES AND IT'LL TAKE THEM DIRECTLY TO THE, TO A WEBSITE FOR HIRING.
SO, UM, ON THE 10, WE'RE GONNA, AT THIS POINT, I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO TIM GREEN, UM, TALK ABOUT THE SUPPLY CHAIN ISSUES AND OTHER AREAS.
SO WITH THAT, LET'S SEE IF THOSE WORK UP HERE.
SO SUPPLY SUPPLY CHAIN HAS BEEN REALLY ONE OF THE MOST DIFFICULT THINGS THAT WE'VE SEEN.
AND AGAIN, TO REITERATE, YOU KNOW, YOU SEE IT AT THE GROCERY STORE, YOU GO THERE, THERE'S, THERE'S A LOT OF FOOD MISSING.
UM, WE ALL SEE THIS, YOU KNOW, CHICK-FIL-A IS STILL SERVING THROUGH THE DRIVE THROUGH, AND THAT'S PART OF THE LABOR SHORTAGE THAT'S HAPPENING.
UM, SO THAT, UH, CISCO AND SOME OF THE OTHER FOOD DELIVERS DON'T HAVE DRIVERS.
UM, LARRY WAS TALKING ABOUT, UH, ONE OF, ONE OF THE LOCATIONS THAT THEY HAD, WHERE THEY ACTUALLY HAD TO TAKE ALL OF THE STAFF THAT WAS INSIDE OF THE FACILITY AND GO TO THE CISCO WAREHOUSE AND HELP LOAD THE TRUCKS.
SO IT IS, IT IS, IT'S NOT A, IT'S NOT A NEW PROBLEM.
UM, BUT IT'S A NEW PROBLEM FOR US BECAUSE OF THE PANDEMIC.
UH, AND IT'S NOT GETTING ANY BETTER.
UM, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE, WE'VE KINDA GOT AHEAD OF THE, UH, THE CURVE HERE ON A COUPLE OF THINGS.
SO RIGHT WHEN WE STARTED TO SEE THINGS HAPPENING, UH, WE GOT WITH TANYA AND OUR TEAM AND STARTED TO LOOK FOR WAYS THAT WE COULD PROCURE, UM, THE PACKAGING THAT WE NEEDED, BECAUSE WE SERVE A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF MEALS AND, YOU KNOW, UM, HOW DO YOU CONTINUE TO FEED KIDS IN THE CLASSROOM IF YOU'VE GOT NOTHING TO PUT THE FOOD IN? YOU KNOW? UM, SO THAT WAS PART OF A PART OF THE THING.
SO WE HAVE DELAYS IN DELIVERIES.
UM, OUR, OUR TRUCKS USUALLY GET THERE AT SIX O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING TO NINE O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING.
SOME OF OUR TRUCKS AREN'T COMING IN UNTIL AFTER SCHOOL, UM, WHICH KEEPS OUR PEOPLE THERE.
UM, OUR, OUR PEOPLE ARE WORKING INCREDIBLY HARD.
THEY'RE VERY, THEY'RE VERY FRUSTRATED IN THE, IN THE FACT THAT IT IS SO HARD THAT THE PANDEMIC HAS MADE THIS VERY HARD.
YOU KNOW, THIS IS SOMETHING WHERE YOU WOULD ASK SOMEBODY, UM, TO GO TO WORK AND TO PROVIDE A SERVICE FOR SOMEONE.
UM, AND THEY HAVE THE PASSION FOR THESE KIDS TO FEED IT.
AND THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS WHY WE CONTINUE TO, OR THEY CONTINUE TO DO THIS.
UM, MY DAY STARTED AT THREE 30 THIS YEAR.
SO I'M AT BUILD IN THE MORNING TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT BREAKFAST IS OUT BECAUSE WE'RE SHORT STAFFED.
THERE'S NOT ONE PERSON LEFT IN THE SEDEXO OFFICE IN THE MORNING TIME OR THROUGH THE MEAL PERIOD, BECAUSE WE ARE ALL AT A SCHOOL TO TRY AND TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR KIDS ARE BEING FED.
SO WE TAKE THIS VERY SERIOUSLY.
AND OUR MISSION IS TO MAKE SURE THAT THESE KIDS GET FED.
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JUST OUR ISSUE.AND WE'RE SEEING THIS ALL, UH, ALL OVER THE PLACE.
I KNOW THAT, UH, SOMEONE HAD SHARED A, UM, UH, CNN, UH, NEWSCAST WITH US THAT TALKED ABOUT THE, UH, THE FACT THAT IT WAS NO PACKAGING TO PUT FOOD IN, OR THE FOOD SERVED SHORTAGES, WHERE WE'RE HAVING TO TAKE, UM, YOU CHANGE THE MENU ON A DAILY BASIS BASED ON WHAT COMES ON THE TRUCK.
WHEN YOU NORMALLY WOULD RECEIVE A FULL TRUCK, YOU MIGHT GET HALF OF A TRUCK.
SO IT'S, IT'S A VERY CHALLENGING THING FOR US.
AND, AND, AND I APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT THERE'S A LOT OF PASSION FROM PEOPLE THAT TALK ABOUT THE FOOD AND THE FOOD PROGRAM, UM, AND SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, THERE'S SOME SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS ON A BARBECUE SANDWICH, BARBECUE SANDWICHES, AREN'T SEXY.
GUACAMOLE IS NOT SEXY AND RIBS ARE NOT SEXY, BUT THEY TASTE GOOD.
SO TAKING A PICTURE OF SOMETHING AND POSTING ON SOCIAL MEDIA, WHEN I'M IN THE SCHOOL EVERY DAY, WATCHING OUR PEOPLES, PUT THE MEALS TOGETHER, WHICH ARE, UM, FULLY COMPLIANT ON WHAT WE'RE DOING, YOU KNOW, WE MAY NOT SERVE, UH, THE VEGETABLE THAT THEY WANTED THAT DAY, BUT IT IS WHAT THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO GET.
AND SO WE ARE MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE FOLLOWING THE REQUIREMENTS THAT ARE SET FORTH TO MAKE SURE THAT THESE KIDS ARE GETTING THE PROPER NUTRITION THAT THEY, THAT THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO.
UM, AND ALSO THAT THEIR CALORIE COUNTS ARE WHAT THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO BE.
THOSE ARE THINGS THAT ARE MANDATED THAT WE WATCH ON A, ON A DAILY BASIS AND THE MEALS THAT WE ARE SERVING THE KIDS ARE, UM, ARE THAT THERE ARE SOME FRUSTRATING PROBLEMS THAT WE FACE EACH AND EVERY DAY, BUT OUR TEAM IS WORKING EXTREMELY HARD.
UM, I WOULD INVITE ANY OF YOU GUYS TO COME OUT TO ONE OF OUR SCHOOLS WILL LET ME KNOW, AND I WILL, YOU KNOW, I'D BE GLAD TO MEET YOU THERE AND LET YOU SEE THESE, THE TEAMS THAT ARE NOT FULLY STAFFED GOING THROUGH THE MOTION OF PUTTING OUT SOMETHING THAT IS TWICE AS HARD, BECAUSE IT'S ALL PACKAGED AND THEY'VE GOT TO MAKE DELIVERIES OR FEED KIDS A HALF IN THE DINING ROOM AND HALF IN THE CLASSROOMS. IT'S VERY, VERY DAUNTING.
CAN I JUST INVITE TANYA FOR A SECOND TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE PROCESS WHEN ME AND I HEAR ABOUT SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS OR WHEN WE HAVE BUYING, UH, THAT WE GET AN INTRO.
UM, CAN YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE PROCESS ABOUT HOW YOU BEGIN TO ADDRESS THAT WHEN SEDEXO AND THE TYPE OF RESPONSE THAT, THAT PLAYS OUT AS A RESULT OF IT? SO, UM, WHEN I, UH, I HAVE, AFTER RECENTLY HEARING OF THE SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS, I CONTACTED, UH, CANDACE BROODER AND I ARE VERY IN TUNE.
UM, WITH THAT PARTICULAR TOPIC, I'VE ASKED THAT IF SHE SEES ANYTHING THAT'S COMING ACROSS FACEBOOK OR ANY OTHER DISTRICT PAGES THAT SHE INFORMS ME OF, OF WHAT SHE'S SEEING.
UM, AND SO ALSO WE CONNECTED RECENTLY THE FOOD SERVICE THAT FOOD SERVICE PAGE, WOULD IT BE FOR COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT PAGE? SO IF THERE IS A POST OR A COMMENT, THAT'S, WE MAY POST SOMETHING ON ONE OF THESE PICTURES, FOR EXAMPLE, THAT YOU'VE SEEN IN THIS PRESENTATION MAY HAVE BEEN POSTED, UH, OR INFORMATION ABOUT FOOD SHORTAGES AND THAT SORT OF THING WE'VE BEEN POSTING IN SOCIAL MEDIA.
UM, SO SHE WILL INFORM ME, OR I'LL HEAR FROM THE TEAMMATES, OR I MAY HEAR IT FROM ON THE STREET, UM, YOU KNOW, VERY ACTIVE IN, ON THE BALL FIELD AND, UH, IN SCHOOLS.
SO IF I HEAR SOMETHING, UH, I'M, I'M MADE AWARE OF IT, THEN I IMMEDIATELY CONTACT, UH, THE TEAM HERE WITH LARRY AND TIM, AND WE DISCUSSED THE POST.
UM, WE DISCUSSED, IF IT'S A PICTURE, WE DISCUSSED THE EXACT, THE MEAL CONTENTS, AND DID IT MEET USDA REQUIREMENTS? WAS IT EVEN, EVEN THOUGH IT MAY BE THE MEAL CONTENT REQUIREMENTS, IT MAY NOT HAVE, UH, AN APPEAL THAT I, AS A PARENT WOULD WANT MY CHILD TO BE EATING OR SOMETHING TO THAT NATURE.
IF THAT WERE THE CASE, THEN I WOULD INFORM THEM.
AND THEY WOULD SAY WE WE'VE REMOVED THAT ITEM FROM THE, FROM THE MEAL FROM THE MENUS.
SO, UM, ARMENIAN MENUS ARE OFTEN BUILT, ARE ALWAYS BUILT WITH STUDENTS' OPINIONS.
WE ASKED, WE SURVEY STUDENTS WHAT THEIR LIKES AND DISLIKES ARE, AND OFTENTIMES SOME OF THE ITEMS THAT THEY CAN MAKE THEIR WAY ONTO THE MENU MAY NOT LOOK AS APPEALING TO A PARENT AS IT DOES TO A CHILD.
UM, SO IN THOSE CASES, WE WOULD REMOVE THE ITEMS OFF THE MENU AND SUBSTITUTE IT WITH SOMETHING ELSE THAT WOULD, WOULD BE, UM, YOU KNOW, MORE APPEALING TO THE EYE OR, OR, OR, OR SIMPLER TO PREPARE.
AND IN SOME CASES IT MAY HAVE BEEN, UM, THE SUPPLY OF, FOR EXAMPLE, WALKING TACOS, UM, THERE WAS A PICTURE OF A DORITOS
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AND A, A MEAT SAUCE, UM, BUT NOT NECESSARILY ALL OF THE OTHER ELEMENTS OF WHAT YOU ARE A CHILD WITH BOND ON THEM WAS NOT PRESENT BECAUSE THEY WEREN'T AVAILABLE LETTUCE, TOMATO, CHEESE, SOUR, CREAM, THAT SORT OF THING.SO, UM, SO WE SAID, WELL, IF WE CAN'T PROVIDE THAT ADDITIONAL, UH, THE TIME AND, AND SUPPLY TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THAT, THEN LET'S TAKE THAT OFF THE MENU AND REPLACE IT WITH A PIECE OF CHICKEN OR SOMETHING TO THAT EFFECT WITH A SIDE OF CORN OR WHATEVER, SOMETHING THAT'S SIMPLER AND EASIER, AND YET STILL MEETS USDA REQUIREMENTS.
AND IT IS APPEALING TO THE EYE.
I THINK THE POINT THAT I WANTED TO CLARIFY AND BRING OUT FOR YOU AND THE PUBLIC IS THAT WHEN THERE IS AN ISSUE THAT THERE'S A RESPONSE TO THAT ISSUE, RIGHT? THEN THERE'S A COLLABORATION OF COMMUNICATION AND ENGAGEMENT, WHICH XO, UM, WITH THE INFORMATION WE HAVE SUCH DISCUSSION AND OUR RESPONSE TO THE ITEMS, THAT'S THE ISSUE.
SO WE DO SERVE A HOT MEAL IN A COLD MEAL, AND THEY GET TO HAVE A CHOICE OF THAT.
UM, BUT WE'VE HAD TO MAKE THOSE A LITTLE BIT SIMPLER AS FAR AS, UH, NOT HAVING, UH, YOU KNOW, 15 ITEMS TO CHOOSE FROM ONE, WE CAN'T GET 15 ITEMS, BUT TO MAKE THE MENUS APPEALING TO WHAT THE KIDS ARE ASKING US FOR WALKING TACOS IS VERY POPULAR THE KIDS.
BUT IF YOU TAKE A PICTURE AGAIN, IT'S REALLY NOT APPEALING TO ADULTS, BUT, YOU KNOW, GENERALLY WHEN WE SERVE A WALKING TACO TO SCHOOL, THERE'S A COMPANY THAT HAS ALL OF THE TOPPINGS ON.
SO KIDS CAN CHOOSE TO PUT THE TOPPINGS ON OR NOT.
WE DON'T HAVE, WE'RE NOT AFFORDED THAT OPPORTUNITY BECAUSE PACKAGING LETTUCE, TOMATO, YOU KNOW, ALL THAT AND PUTTING IT ON THERE NOT ONLY IS, UH, IS A VERY TIME CONSUMING.
AND IT CONTAINS A LOT OF, UH, STEPS OF, UM, MS. UM, TRANSPORTING THE FOOD ALSO REDUCES THE QUALITY OF THE FOOD.
SO, YOU KNOW, WE ARE PREPARING 600 MEALS, UM, AT A, AT A SCHOOL AND YOU PUT THEM IN THE PACKAGE AND THEN YOU PUT THEM IN, IN A HOTBOX.
UH, I ALWAYS EQUATE THAT TO GO INTO MCDONALD'S AND YOU EAT THE FRIES RIGHT OUT OF THE BAG.
BUT IF YOU PUT THEM AND TAKE THEM HOME AND YOU LET THEM SIT, THE FRIES DON'T TEND TO LIKE TO MCDONALD'S FRIES.
SO THERE IS PART OF THAT AS FAR AS THE AMOUNT OF THE DELIVERY, AND WE ALL EXPERIENCED THAT.
UM, THAT IS, UH, AGAIN, COMMUNICATION.
UM, DID YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT, AND I JUST WANT TO DUCKTAIL ON SOMETHING HE JUST SAID, I'M SORRY, CAN YOU BE OKAY? I JUST WANTED TO DO THAT TILL SOMETHING THAT TIM JUST SAID.
THE NUMBERS YOU SAW EARLIER ON THE STAFFING, UM, THERE IS A BASELINE OF ABOUT 120 CAFETERIA WORKERS THAT HAVE BEEN HERE FOR A VERY, VERY LONG TIME.
A LOT OF THE CAFETERIA WORKERS SERVE SOME, YOUR CHILDREN YOU'D SPOKE.
I'M SORRY, CAN YOU HEAR ME BETTER? NOW, THE, THE, THE BASELINE OF THE CAFETERIA IS THAT I JUST WANT YOU TO DISTRIBUTE RE REITERATING WHAT TIM SAID.
WE HAVE SOME VERY, VERY HARDWORKING CAFETERIA STAFF OUT THERE.
AND THE, THE FRUSTRATIONS THAT WE'RE SHARING HERE TONIGHT ARE SO FRUSTRATING TO THEM.
THEY TAKE SO MUCH PRIDE IN WHAT THEY DO, AND WHEN WE DO HAVE A MENU ITEM MENUED, AND WE KNOW THE KIDS LOVE IT, AND THE SUPPLIER JUST CAN'T BRING IT.
UM, IT, IT IS, IT IS JUST AS IT'S MORE FRUSTRATING FOR THEM.
AND I THINK IT IS FOR ANY OF US.
SO I JUST WANTED TO SHARE THAT WITH YOU, BECAUSE WE HAVE SOME HARD HARDWORKING LADIES OUT THERE ON THE COMMUNICATION PIECE.
OF COURSE, WE'RE CONTINUING TO WORK WITH SOCIAL MEDIA, UM, AND INVITING PARENTS FOR FEEDBACK.
UM, YOU KNOW, W WE, WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF CALLS THAT PEOPLE PICK UP THE PHONE AND SAY, HEY, LUNCH WAS GREAT TODAY, BUT WE DO HAVE A LOT OF PARENTS THAT HAVE ACKNOWLEDGED THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA.
WE KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON WITH IT.
WE KNOW HOW HARD IT IS FOR YOU.
WE APPRECIATE EVERYTHING YOU'RE DOING.
SO, UM, AND THEN, UM, ON THE FIELD DISTRIBUTION, IF I COULD SEE AN ASLAN, JUST KIND OF FOLLOWING UP ON SOMETHING WE TALKED ABOUT EARLIER TODAY WAS IMPORTANT TO US THAT YOU ALL KNOW WHAT THE TEAM WAS ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH DURING THE SUMMER AND THE ONSET OF COVID.
UM, THE TEAM, THE OPERATIONS TEAM CAME TO US AS THE LEADERSHIP TEAM THAT SUNDAY MORNING, WHEN THE GOVERNOR CLOSED THE SCHOOLS TO SAY, WE'RE IN THE SCHOOLS, WE'RE PACKAGING FOOD, AND GET HER READY TO GET OUT TO THE KIDS TOMORROW.
WE'RE NOT REALLY SURE HOW WE'RE GOING TO DO IT, BUT WE'RE GOING TO BE READY FOR THEM.
RODRIGUEZ POINTED OUT OVER THE COURSE OF THE COVID, WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO SERVE RIGHT AT 3 MILLION MEALS.
AND I JUST THINK THAT'S MIRACULOUS ON THE FACT OF
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THAT ON THE PART OF THE FRONTLINE STAFF THAT TAKE WHAT THEY DO SO VERY SERIOUSLY.SO THE LAST SLIDE WHERE YOU PROVIDE A LIST OF ACCOMPLISHMENTS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, AND, YOU KNOW, I THINK WE'VE TALKED ABOUT MANY OF THEM ALREADY.
SO WITH THAT, WE'LL JUST TAKE ANY QUESTIONS.
YOU MAY HAVE A CV, I'LL HAVE A QUESTION.
I JUST WANT TO SAY I'M AS A BOARD MEMBER, I'M VERY GRATEFUL FOR WHAT YOU DO IN THE SCHOOLS AND THE FREE LUNCHES YOU PROVIDE.
I'VE MET, YOU GUYS HAD AN OPERATIONS COMMUNITY.
SIGNATORY, IS THAT HER NAME? I'M SO BAD WITH NAMES, BUT WAS WORKING IN PROVIDING LUNCHES ON OUR OWN TIME.
I MEAN, YOU KNOW, THERE'S CLEARLY DEDICATION.
I HAVE TO SAY, I FIND THE SOCIAL MEDIA TAKING PICTURES AND POSTED IT, BUT CHEAP SHOT.
AND I THINK THAT WHERE THERE'S AN EXPRESSION NOW THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT THE GREAT RESIGNATION AND THE, YOU KNOW, THE GRAVE RETIREMENT, THE GREAT RUDENESS.
I MEAN, WE ARE ALL IN THIS PANDEMIC TOGETHER, HEALTHCARE WORKERS NOW THEY'VE GOT, UM, THERE WAS THE CEO OF PRISMA WAS TALKING.
HE SIT DOWN, PEOPLE ARE COMING INTO THE HOSPITAL AND SPITTING ON DOCTORS.
LIKE PEOPLE HAVE LOST THEIR SENSE OF PERSPECTIVE.
SO I THINK, UM, AS SOMEONE, YOU KNOW, IN AN ELECTED MEMBER OF THE BOARD, I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SAY, I APPRECIATE WHAT YOU DO.
I DON'T PUT A LOT OF STOCK IN TEENAGERS, POSTING PICTURES NEXT TO THE PICTURES OF THE BATHROOM.
THEY DESTROYED FROM THE TIK TOK DEVIOUS.
LIK THAT TO ME HAS VERY LITTLE VALUE.
UM, I KNOW FROM TALKING TO YOU GUYS OF YOU, YOU GUYS, THAT YOU GUYS ARE DOING AN AMAZING SERVICE, AND I JUST HOPE THAT YOU GET THE RECOGNITION FROM OTHER MEMBERS OF THE BOARD IN TERMS OF THE FACT THAT YOU'RE PROVIDING MEALS FOR FREE TO THESE KIDS, LEXA TAKES HIS LUNCH.
SHE DOESN'T JUST FOR A LOT OF REASONS, HE'S PICKY AND HE DOESN'T WANT TO GO AND GET IT.
IF YOU'RE, IF YOU DON'T LIKE THE FOOD, YOU HAVE THE OPTION OF BRINGING YOUR OWN LUNCH.
IF YOU WOULD LIKE THE FREE LUNCH THAT IS PROVIDED BY THE SCHOOL DISTRICT DURING A PANDEMIC, AND YOU HAVE A CONCERN, WE HAVE A PROCESS, RIGHT? SO IT'S NOT LIKE YOUR GUYS ARE NOT BEING RESPONSIVE.
THIS IDEA OF TAKING PICTURES AND POSTING ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND MAKING JOKES AND RUDE COMMENTS.
I FIND, TO BE HONEST, I'M GETTING A LITTLE WORKED UP HERE, BUT I FIND IT OFFENSIVE.
SO I JUST WANT TO SAY, DON'T HAVE A QUESTION.
UM, BUT THANK YOU VERY MUCH IF I CAN.
I JUST WANNA, I JUST WANT TO TELL YOU THAT I SPEND A GOOD PORTION OF MY DAY, UM, WHEN A SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS COME OUT, UM, PUTTING OUT A FIRE IN THE SCHOOL THAT IT COMES FROM, FROM THE LADIES THAT ARE DEVASTATED BY THE WORK THAT THEY'RE DOING, THEY'RE PUTTING OUT A GOOD MEAL, YOU CAN TAKE A PICTURE OF A BARBECUE SANDWICH, AND IT'S JUST A BARBECUE SANDWICH, BUT THEY'RE, DON'T TAKE THE PICTURE OF THE APPLE OR THE CARROTS OR THE SALARY, OR THE OTHER ITEMS THAT ARE PART OF THAT MEAL THAT, THAT MAKE THAT, THAT COMPLETE MEAL THAT IS VERY NUTRITIOUS FOR THEM.
SO IT IS, IT IS EASY FOR THAT, BUT WHEN YOU'VE GOT A TEAM THAT'S ALREADY FRUSTRATED BECAUSE OF THE LONG HOURS IN THE WORK THAT THEY'RE DOING AND HOW HARD IT ACTUALLY IS.
I SPEND A LOT OF MY TIME TRYING TO TALK SOME OF THE PEOPLE OFF THE LEDGE AND THE BAD THING IS AS WE SEE OUR NUMBERS COMING UP AND COMING DOWN WITH EMPLOYEES, AND IT'S HARD TO KEEP EMPLOYEES WHEN WE'RE DEALING WITH THAT, BECAUSE THEY TAKE IT VERY PERSONAL AND THEY'VE BEEN WORKING THERE FOREVER.
I'VE GOT ONE LADY THAT'S BEEN WORKING FOR US FOR 19 YEARS.
AND SHE TOLD ME TODAY, BECAUSE OF THE WAY THINGS ARE, SHE'S GONNA, SHE'S, SHE'S GONNA LEAVE IN JANUARY.
THAT WAS PART OF ONE OF HER REASONS WHY.
SO, UM, THE PLAYS, THE LUNCHROOM AND THE SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS, WE DID FORM A CLUB.
I'M GONNA BE ROASTED ON SOCIAL MEDIA TO SORT OF FORM A SUPPORT GROUP.
YOU KNOW, EACH OTHER THROUGH THIS HARD TIME.
I JUST WANT TO SAY
YOU'RE RIDING THE SHELVES AROUND ME.
AND I CAN'T EVEN IMAGINE KNOWING THAT AND SAYING, BUT I STILL HAVE TO FEED 20,000 GIFTS.
I THINK THAT HAS AN ATTENTION IS THE COST OF EVERYTHING IN TERMS OF FOOD.
IT'S NOT PACKAGING ON TOP OF THE STYLES ON THE CHARTS, AND IT'S NOT GOING TO GET ANY BETTER ANYTIME SOON FOR TOURISM, FOR THE INDUSTRY PROFESSIONALS, MR. UM, I LET HIM DO HEAR WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.
I DEFINITELY APPRECIATE ALL THE HARD WORK THAT YOU'RE, THAT YOU'RE DOING.
AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST CONCERNING.
WHEN YOU GET ALL YOU GO FROM ONE PLACE AND YOU JUST GO MORE.
WHEN SOMEONE COMES TO YOU AND TELL YOU AND SHOW YOU
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A PICTURE OF THE FOOD, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES ALSO FOOD COMES FROM HOW YOU BRING YOU AS HUMANS ARE LOVING IT.SO YOU CAN STILL READ THE COLLABORATIVE SANDWICH AND STILL WITH THE PRESENTATION LOOK GOOD.
I THINK PRESENTATION IS EVERYTHING BECAUSE
SO JUST KEEP A MODEL AND SAID, YOU NOTICE OF GREAT ASSISTANCE, BORROWING CENTER WORDS THAT YOU KNOW, TO SOME, SOME KID THAT MAYBE THE ONLY MEALS, AND THAT'S SOME OF THE COMMITTEE THAT I SERVE.
SOME OF THE SCHOOL LUNCHES ARE THE ONLY MEAL.
SO THEY GO THERE, THEY GET THAT.
THEY FOUND A DIFFERENTLY, AND THEY MAY, THEY MAY NOT WANT TO SAY THAT I CAN'T AFFORD THOSE SCHOOLS.
THIS IS WHAT HELPED TAUGHT ME MY BATTLE, MY MOFFITT, I'M GOING TO DO THIS.
SO YOU GUYS WANT TO FILL IT OUT.
IF WE'RE TELLING YOU THAT WE ARE FOR THEM TO DO APPRECIATE YOUR SERVICES, BUT, YOU KNOW, UH, YOU KNOW, BE MINDFUL THAT EVERYONE HAS THEIR DIFFERENT WAYS OF LIFE.
HOBBY HAS A BIG IMPENDING TO BE TAKEN PARTS OF THOSE
WE DIDN'T FORCE HER TO CHURCH.
WHEN THE VOICES HEARD EVENTS ON SOCIAL MEDIA, THEY MAY GO TO THEIR FRIENDS.
SO UNFORTUNATELY, SOME PEOPLE RUNNING
I MEAN, I'M SURE THERE'S NO, UH,
THAT'S HOW THEY EXPRESS THEIR CONCERN.
SO THERE'S REALLY A REAL BEAR, BUT I HAVE, HAVE TO HAVE THAT TAB.
AND THEN I HAVE NOT MOST HAVE NOT KNOWN ABOUT THE SHORTAGE AND THE SERVICES, BUT, UM,
SO YOU'D HAPPEN, OR I DON'T WANT TO NOT HAVE
AND THAT'S A REAL LOOK AT THAT THING.
DO YOU KNOW WHAT THAT COULD BE THE CHILD WHEN THOSE ARE, THAT THAT COULD BE THEIR FIRST WAY.
THE TYPES OF, I CAN TAKE A PERSON ON ACCIDENT, READ A LOT.
ONE TIME I HAD TO CALL HER
AND
YOU CAN HAVE SOME ARE HOMELESS.
IF YOU TELL SOMEONE
AND THE INCENTIVE FOR REFERRAL IS AS FAR AS THE
I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY WHATEVER WE SAY HERE.
SO, SO MY UNDERSTANDING MR. SMITH ON NEW HIRE, IT'S A $400 BONES.
WELL, IF SOMEBODY REFERRED, WHEN YOU HIRE AND THEN THEY GET HIRED, THE PERSON WHO REFERRED THAT INDIVIDUAL GETS A HUNDRED DOLLARS
I JUST WANT TO SAY ONE MORE THING IF THAT'S OKAY.
SO WHEN YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT THE KIDS, NOW, THIS IS THE ONLY MEAL THEY GET.
SO I'VE BEEN IN THE RESTAURANT BUSINESS 43 YEARS.
NOW IT STARTED WHEN I WAS 12 AND A HALF HERE WOULD BE FOR SOUTH CAROLINA IN THE WESTERN SYSTEM STEAKHOUSE.
YOU KNOW, THE REASON WHY I WAS ONE OF THOSE KIDS.
SO I JUST WANT TO KNOW YOU THAT IT'S A PASSION.
AND THE REASON WHY I GOT INTO THIS BUSINESS WAS BECAUSE I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT I DIDN'T GO HUNGRY AGAIN.
AND THEN THAT OTHER KIDS DID NOT.
SO I HAVE A, A HEART FOR THIS AND I HAVE THE PASSION FOR IT.
AND SO THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS WHY I ACTUALLY CAME TO BUFORD BACK TO BUFORD IS BECAUSE I WANTED TO BE PART OF THIS TEAM AND PROVIDE FOOD TO THE KIDS.
THEN NOW, UH, NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS THE
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COVID OFF DAYS.AND ON THE COVID UPDATE WITH RESPECT TO LAST WEEK, OR WE WANT TO KNOW OUR NUMBERS REMAIN LOW, WHICH IS OBVIOUSLY GOOD, UM, OR DID, UH, LAST WEEK, UM, AND OUR SCHOOL SYSTEM AND THE ZERO POSITIVE STAFF MEMBERS, BOND POURING TEAM STAFF MEMBERS, THREE POSITIVE STUDENTS, 67 FOREIGN EXCHANGE STUDENTS, UH, CONCLUSION BY THE PRESENTATION FOR TODAY.
I HAD ANOTHER ITEM THAT I DID WANT TO SPEAK THAT IS NOT ON THE AGENDA AS WELL.
I WILL ADD IT TO THE CENTER FOR THE NEXT MEETING.
AND, UH, AND I THINK IT'LL BE A GREAT STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT.
[Board Business Action]
YOU NEED A MOTION MANAGER.IF WE ACCEPT THE DONATION FROM THE BATTERY CREEK HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETIC BOOSTER CLUBS FOR THE VALUE, APPROXIMATE VALUE OF $304,000 TO PURCHASE A VIDEO SCORM OR KELTON STACEY'S MS. MIDDLETON THIS SPRING, I THOUGHT THIS WAS GOING TO BE A TIME.
WELL, I'M GOING TO ASK, UM, UM, UH, SPECIAL EVENTS ON, UM, AS WELL TO SPEAK ABOUT, UH, HIS WORK AROUND THAT.
WHAT'S THE QUESTION OR COME TO THIS QUESTION WAS AROUND THOUGHT THAT THIS THAT'D BE TIED TO WHALE BRANCH.
I SAID, WHAT'S THE CONVERSATION.
SO I ASKED YOU TO SPEAK ABOUT YOUR WORK.
OUR, OUR PARTNERSHIP ON THE VIDEO SCOREBOARDS, OR WE WOULD EVEN CALL THEM THE JUMBO TRON, UM, IS, IS DIRECTLY LINKED WITH WELL RANCH.
UM, OUR FUNDRAISING EFFORTS HAVE JUST ESCALATED IN BATTLE CREEK.
WE HAD ALREADY INVESTED PROBABLY THE LAST THREE OR FOUR YEARS, UM, PREPARING IT AND DREAMING ABOUT THIS POTENTIALLY HAPPENING.
SO WE ALREADY HAD COMMUNITY PARTNERS.
WE HAD ALUMNI, WE HAD JUST THE NUMBER OF SPONSORS AND PARTNERS, STUDENTS.
THERE'S A SCHOOL WAITING FOR THE DECISION OF THE BOARD, I GUESS, A LITTLE OVER EIGHT WEEKS AGO, NOW THAT YOU GAVE US THE GO-AHEAD TO GO OUT AND RAISE FUNDS AND THAT IT CREATES FUNDS.
SO THE WELL WAS ALREADY PRIMED AT SOME STAGE.
THE FUNDS CAME IN AND WE'VE REACHED OUR GOAL TO PURCHASE THE LATEST WELL BRANCH.
WE'RE JUST REALLY BEGINNING TO GET THAT EFFORT MOVING.
WE HAVE ABOUT 20% RAISED OR WELL RANCH, BUT WE ARE COMMITTED TO IT.
WE'RE ONE TEAM, WE'RE ONE FAMILY WHO'S GOING TO ACHIEVE THAT GOAL AS WELL.
THEIR TIMELINE IS JUST GOING TO TAKE A LITTLE BIT LONGER, BUT WE'RE COMMITTED TO MAKING THAT HAPPEN OF THAT CAN ANSWER.
UM, HOW WAS THIS RELATED TO THE ORIGINAL NUMBERS? WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO GO TO THAT? WELL, THAT'S, UM, I WAS HOPING THAT WOULD BE IN THAT BALLPARK AS WELL, SIR.
UM, BUT ONCE WE GOT THE QUOTATIONS AND ONCE THE REALITY SET IN WITH THE DISTRICT OVERSEEING THE PROJECT, A NUMBER OF COSTS IN AREAS WENT UP.
UM, AND THAT'S JUST THE NATURE OF THE BUSINESS.
UM, I WAS LOOKING AT PURELY FROM AN OUTSIDE KIND OF INDEPENDENT GROUP PURCHASING THE SCOREBOARD, BUT ONCE, UM, WE HAVE TO KIND OF WEAVE IT INTO OUR REFERENDUM CONSTRUCTION PROJECT, WHICH IS REALLY SMART.
UM, AND THAT'S WHY WE CHOSE THE TIMING OF
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THIS.IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN AS OUR FIELDS AND OUR ATHLETIC COMPLEXES ARE GOING TO BE REBUILT, BUT WE, WE KNOW IT'S WISE TO USE THE CONTRACTOR THAT WORKS FOR, UH, CON THE ELECTRICAL CONTRACTOR.
WE WEREN'T PLANNING ON THE COST TO BE THAT HIGH, BUT IT'S STILL WISE TO USE THEM.
THEY'RE ALREADY THERE AND THEY'RE WORKING ON THE INFRASTRUCTURE NOW.
SO FOR INSTANCE, I WAS PLANTING 30,000 FOR THE UNDERGROUND ELECTRICAL CONDUIT.
IT ACTUALLY IS 78,000 BECAUSE WE'RE USUALLY THE DISTRICT'S ELECTRICAL CONTRACTOR, WHICH WE NEED TO, BUT I WASN'T PREPARED FOR THAT COST.
AND THAT HAPPENED IN A FEW OTHER AREAS.
SO IT DROVE THE COST UP AND WE HAD TO GET BUSIER RAISING FUNDS BECAUSE WE WEREN'T PLANNING TO BE 340,000.
UH, MR. ALDEAN WAS SUPPOSED TO LOOK AT WHAT IT COST US AS A DISTRICT.
UM, I KNOW MR. RONNIE AND HIS PAIN MAN AND WORK WITH CONTRAVENT WELL BEFORE MR. OUTING SPACE, I WILL SAY THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION, BUT THIS DOESN'T COST THE DISTRICT.
ANYTHING WE'VE RAISED THE FUNDS, UH, THE DISTRICT JUST HELP US COME UP WITH THE PROPER QUOTATIONS AND TO BE ABLE TO USE THE DISTRICT CONTRACTORS FOR ALL THE RIGHT REASONS.
IT IS JUST THE REQUIREMENTS THAT WE'RE UNDER, UM, FROM OSF AND OTHER THING, WHAT OUR STANDARDS ARE A LITTLE BIT HIGHER THAN WHAT YOU MIGHT FIND IT IN LOCATIONS AND THE STANDARDS THAT WE'RE REQUIRED TO FOLLOW.
IT'S A PUBLIC CAUSE IT'S A PUBLIC, WE'RE A PUBLIC USE AS TO JUST A COMMERCIAL, OTHER STATE REGULATIONS.
THAT'S QUITE AN IMPRESSIVE FUNDRAISING ACHIEVEMENT.
UM, AND IF THIS IS NOT APPROPRIATE, THEN A CHAIR, YOU COULD EMAIL ME, BUT HOW, IF PEOPLE WANT TO MAKE A CONTRIBUTION TO YOUR ONGOING EFFORTS OR WHALE BRANCH, IS THERE A WEBSITE, A FACEBOOK PAGE, A PERSON TO CONTACT BECAUSE AFTER Y'ALL LEFT LAST TIME, I DIDN'T KNOW HOW TO GET AHOLD OF ANYBODY.
SO WOULD IT BE APPROPRIATE OR SHOULD YOU EMAIL IT TO ME? WELL, AND I'M HERE REPRESENTING THE BATTERY CREEK BOOSTER CLUB.
NOW AT WELL BRANCH, IT WOULD BE COACH K WOULD BE THE ONE TO CONTACT THE ATHLETIC DIRECTOR AT WEST BRANCH.
SO THE OTHER QUESTION THAT THE PUBLIC NEEDS TO HEAR THE ANSWER TO IS THE MAINTENANCE WHO IS DOING THE MAINTENANCE AND WHO IS PAYING FOR THE MAINTENANCE.
SO, UM, WE KNEW THAT IT WAS A QUESTION OR CONCERN OF THE BOARD FROM LAST TIME.
I LIKED A LOT OF QUESTIONS ABOUT ELECTRICAL COSTS AND, UM, THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
WE DID LOOK INTO THE ELECTRICAL COSTS AND THEY'RE ACTUALLY NEGLIGIBLE, UM, THE COST OF AN ELE BECAUSE THIS IS AN LED SCOREBOARD.
SCOREBOARD IS ADD VERY SIMILAR TO THE COST OF OUR EXISTING SCHOOL.
QUITE HONESTLY, IF THERE'S REALLY NO DIFFERENCE IN COSTS MAINTENANCE WISE, THERE IS AN INSPECTION DONE.
UM, I BELIEVE, UH, ONCE A YEAR THAT'S REQUIRED, IT'S ABOUT 400, $500 AND THAT'S GOING TO COST ITSELF.
AND THEN I'VE NEVER, YOU MENTIONED BEFORE, PLEASE SAY IT AGAIN.
HOW LONG DOES THE SCOREBOARD TYPICALLY WHAT'S THE LIFESPAN OF THIS WORLD? I BELIEVE I'LL LET YOU, I THINK IT'S 10 ON THE ATHLETIC DIRECTOR AT EVERY HIGH SCHOOL.
UM, SO IT WILL RUN, THE LIFESPAN WILL BE ABOUT 10 YEARS, 10 TO 13 YEARS.
UM, ONE SCHOOL THAT WE HAVE LIKE TO PUT UP.
JUST TO ADD A LITTLE BIT MORE INFORMATION, UM, BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT THIS TO COST THE DISTRICT ANYTHING.
UM, NOW THE MAINTENANCE, OUR FUTURE REPLACEMENT.
SO OUR PLAN WITH OUR FUNDRAISING TEAM AND, UH, THE, OUR TEAM FROM THE, THE SCHOOL WE, WE HAVE CURRENTLY RAISED, UM, $20,500 TOWARDS A MAINTENANCE PLAN.
NOW, GRANTED THE FIRST FIVE YEARS IS UNDER WARRANTY.
SO AFTER THAT IS WHEN WE WOULD EXPECT SOME KIND OF MAINTENANCE, UM, COST TO INCUR.
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SOLD A NUMBER OF MARKETING AND PACKAGES FROM BUSINESS SPONSORS, LOCAL BUSINESSES, COMMUNITY PARTNERS, ALUMNI, UM, AND FUTURE, NOW THAT WE'VE GOT THE MONEY TO PURCHASE IT, ANY FUTURE PACKAGES, WE ARE PUTTING 10% OF ANY FUTURE AD PACKAGES SOLD INTO A SEPARATE SAVINGS ACCOUNT FOR REPLACEMENT.SO I THINK WE'RE GOING TO BE IN A GOOD POSITION TO REPLACE IT IN 10 TO 12 YEARS.
AND WE HAVE A MAINTENANCE PLAN IN PLACE AS WELL.
AND I HAVE COPIES OF, OF THOSE PACKAGES THAT WE HAVE BEEN OUT PRESENTING TO BUSINESS OWNERS AND COMMUNITY PARTNERS THAT YOU'D LIKE TO SEE IT.
THIS IS PUT TOGETHER FROM THAT TRONICS.
THEY GIVE US A MARKETING PROFESSIONAL PRESENTATION TO GIVE TO FOLKS AND, AND, AND OUR PARTNERS HAVE REALLY JUMPED ON BOARD.
AS YOU CAN SEE, WE, WE GOT THERE AT ABOUT EIGHT WEEKS AND FOUR DAYS.
THANK YOU, MR. AND COMMEND YOU FOR DOING THIS, BUT THEN IN THE SAME BREATH, I'M JUST A LITTLE CONCERNED THAT WHEN YOU FIRST WALKED IN THIS
UM, THE BEST WAY I CAN ANSWER YOU IS IT HAS ALWAYS BEEN A PARTNERSHIP FROM THE BEGINNING.
I THINK WITH OUR REFERENDUM CONSTRUCTION, IT MOVED US, IT MOTIVATED US TO MOVE A LITTLE QUICKER KNOWING WE WERE WE'RE WE'RE UNDER CONSTRUCTION NOW AND WE NEEDED TO BE READY AND PURCHASE IT ACTUALLY BEFORE THANKSGIVING TO HAVE IT IN BEFORE NEXT SCHOOL YEAR.
SO THERE WAS AN INCENTIVE FOR US NOT TO DIMINISH.
THEY HAVE THE SAME INCENTIVE, BUT I THINK WITH THEIR NEW FIELD RECENTLY, IT WILL BE IN BEING PUT IN OR OTHER SCOREBOARD THAT THEY HAVE NOW.
UM, AND I THINK THEY WANTED TO SEE HOW WE DID THIS AND KIND OF FOLLOW OUR MODEL.
AND I WILL, YOU WE'RE, WE'RE COMMITTED TO ACHIEVING IT TOGETHER.
I WOULD JUST ASK THAT THE PROOF THAT WE DID THIS HERE, THAT YOU WOULD TRUST THAT BETWEEN BATTERED CREEK AND WELL BRANCH, WE'RE GOING TO ACHIEVE THIS GOAL FOR THEM AS WELL.
WE HAVE ABOUT $50,000 OF THEIR SUPPORT.
THEY HAVEN'T DECIDED ON WHICH BOARD THEY WANT.
IT COULD BE SOMETHING CHEAPER AND SMALLER.
I DON'T KNOW, THAT'S THAT'S BETWEEN COACH CAVE AND THE PRINCIPAL AND THEIR, THEIR BOOST OF CLUB, BUT WE'RE COMMITTED TO WHATEVER NUMBER THEY GET TO.
WE'RE GOING TO, WE'RE GOING TO RAISE IT TOGETHER.
AND I FEEL LIKE WE CAN ACHIEVE THE GOAL.
WE HAVE BOTH INCREDIBLE COMMUNITIES THAT SUPPORT THEIR SCHOOLS.
I HOPE THAT HELPS THAT'S IT? WASN'T IT, DID IT EVOLVE A LITTLE BIT AS WE, WE REALLY FELT LIKE IT WAS GOING TO BECOME A REALITY FOR US.
IT JUST HAPPENED QUICKER OR IS THAT CORRECT? YES.
THE MONEY WE ARE, UM, GIVING TO THE DISTRICT, THE PURCHASE, THE BOARD IS FROM THE BATTERY BOOSTER CLUB AND THE DONATIONS ARE GIVEN BY LOCAL BUSINESSES, COMMUNITY PARTNERS, AND AT LEAST SEVEN CLASSES OF THAT INGREDIENT, GRADUATES HOLD MONEY THROUGH FACEBOOK AND OTHER WAYS AND GAVE THE MONEY.
IF YOU SEE ON THE SCREEN OR ON YOUR COMPUTER, YOU'D SEE OUR BOARDS.
WE HAVE ALL FOUR ANCHOR PARTNERS, UM, TAKING CARE OF AND AN ANCHOR PARTNER HAS TO PAY $50,000.
SO THOSE FOUR FULL THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.
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OH, RIGHT.WELL CONGRATULATE AND THE BOARD OF EDUCATION.
UM, IF ALL OF YOUR DONOR, HOWEVER, SMALL, OR HOW WONDERFUL THAT YOU WERE ABLE TO RAISE THIS MONEY TOPIC BEFORE BUYING THE PIE, CONGRATULATIONS, YOU COMING BACK TO THE PATIENT.
AND
SO IF ANYBODY WANTS TO COME AND VIEW A DEMO TRAILER OF WHAT THE PORT IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE, YOU'RE DEFINITELY NEXT.
[Consent Agenda]
WE HAVE THE CONSENT CONSENT AGENDA CONTAINS THE APPROVAL OF THE MEETING MINUTES.THE THREE LISTED THERE AS WELL AS THE WEEK 15, DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE MR. SMITH? HOW ARE YOU GOING TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS? THAT'S FINE.
AND THEN I MOVED UP THE MENSTRUAL, THE OCTOBER 19TH, OCTOBER 19TH, 2001, UM, THAT WE STARTED THE WORK SESSION, UH, THE WORK SESSION.
THAT'S A LOT TO OVERCOME TO ME EXCEPT FOR THE FIRST
AND I RULED THAT A WEEK, SIX MONTHS, LIKE YOU SAID, THE CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS, BECAUSE THEY DON'T CONTAIN ANY POINTS
YOU DID GET THE CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS.
AND THEN ALSO YES, YES, YES, YES, YES, YES.
ALSO I CAN SEND YOU, THE ITEMS ARE APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY
[Future Agenda Topics]
TOPICS.I'D LIKE TO REQUEST THAT WE REVISIT OUR MEETING FORMAT POLICY, UM, OPERATING ON A, UH, LOTION THAT WAS MADE THAT WE WOULD MIMIC OUR SCHOOLS AND WE'RE NOW IN FACE-TO-FACE ONLY.
SO I LIKE TO REVISIT THAT, OH WAIT, CAN I MAKE THEM BAD? I JUST WOULD LIKE TO HAVE AN AGENDA AND A TOUGH PROCESS FOR BETTING VOLUNTEERS IN SCHOOLS BECAUSE THERE'S
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OH, I'M SORRY.DO YOU HAVE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS? WE DO HAVE A SECOND
[Second Public Comments]
PUBLIC COMMENT.WE'LL TAKE A FIVE MINUTE DISASTER PLANNING CONSISTS OF THREE SIMPLE STEPS.
EVERY FAMILY SHOULD HAVE A PLAN FOR HOW THEY WILL COMMUNICATE DURING AN EMERGENCY AND WHERE THEY WILL MEET IF SEPARATELY, HAVING BASIC EMERGENCY SUPPLIES ON HAND, WHEN KEEPING YOU ALIVE, GOING THROUGH A DISASTER MONITORED LOCAL RADIO STATIONS FOR IMPORTANT INFORMATION AND UPDATES, VISIT ECSO.NET.
FOR MORE INFORMATION CARS, ALL OVER BUFORD COUNTY ARE BEING TARGETED BY THESE.
WE WANT TO REMIND YOU NOT LEAVE VALUABLES IN YOUR CAR AND TO KEEP YOUR DOORS LOCKED.
IF YOU HAVE ANY INFORMATION ABOUT RECENT DEATHS, PLEASE CONTACT THE BEAVER COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE OR CRIME STOP YOU EVER HAVING ONE OF THE EDUCATION BUSINESS MEETING OF NOVEMBER, 2021 WAR JUST CAME OUT OF THE EXECUTIVE SESSION AND WE ARE NOW BACK IN PUBLIC SESSION.
AND DO WE HAD ANY ACTIONISTS NECESSARY OR APPROPRIATE REGARDING MATTERS? DISCUSSED IN GOT PERCEPTIONS.
WE APPROVE THE SUPER CATASTROPHIC FOUNDATIONS FROM FIRST TO THE OCTOBER 31ST, 2020 LAUNCH PERSONNEL RAMIFICATION OR OKAY.
MR.
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EVERYONE.SO THE PERSONNEL RATIFICATION RECORDED OCTOBER, 2021 IS APPROVED 91.
NO ONE KNOWS I DON'T HAVE ANY FURTHER ACTIONS NECESSARY, APPROPRIATE COMING OUT OF EXECUTIVE SESSION.
I MOVE, WE APPROVE THE SUPERINTENDENT'S RECOMMENDATION FOR THE MONTHLY ADMINISTRATION HOMESCHOOL REPORT FOR OCTOBER, 2021, MISS BOAT RIDES PAST MY HAND UP AND THERE BEING NO HANDS UP BUDDIES OPEN, RIGHT? YES.
THE SUPERINTENDENT'S RECOMMENDATION FOR THE ADULT EDUCATION HOMESCHOOL REPORT FOR OCTOBER, 2021 AND POSSIBLY APPROVED AGAIN.
SO WE'VE GOT THE MOTION TO ADJOURN.
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EARLY SETTLERS FROM ENGLAND BROUGHT THE TRADITION OF COUNTY GOVERNMENT TO AMERICA.
TODAY MORE THAN 3000 COUNTY GOVERNMENTS PROVIDE SERVICES THAT AFFECT ALMOST EVERY CITIZENS LIFE.
SOUTH CAROLINA'S 46 COUNTIES ARE VERY REPRESENTATIVE OF HOW COUNTY GOVERNMENT HAS EVOLVED.
THE COUNTY UNIT IN SOUTH CAROLINA WAS REGARDED AS A LOCAL EXTENSION OF STATE GOVERNMENT, BUT A STATE CONSTITUTIONAL REFORM MOVEMENT IN THE EARLY 1970S LED TO THE SOUTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY PASSING THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT LAW.
ALSO KNOWN AS THE HOME RULE ACT IN 1975, THE HOME RELAX GREATLY EXPANDED COUNTY AUTHORITY AND CHANGED THE NATURE OF COUNTY ORGANIZATION AND ADMINISTRATION.
TO WHAT WE KNOW TODAY, BE FOR COUNTY, WENT FROM HAVING A BOARD OF DIRECTORS TO A COUNTY COUNCIL MEMBERS OF THE 1975 COUNCIL INCLUDED CHAIRMAN ARTHUR HORN, VICE CHAIRMAN, GRADY THEMES, LEROY BROWN, GARY FORDHAM, WILLIAM GRANT, HARRIET KAISER LING, DAVID JONES, BILL MCBRIDE AND BOOKER WASHINGTON.
AS THE NEW COUNSEL SOUGHT TO DISTINGUISH ITSELF.
COUNCIL MEMBERS DESIRED AN OFFICIAL SYMBOL THAT WOULD REPRESENT THE JURISDICTIONS IDENTITY AND UNIQUE CHARACTER COUNCIL APPOINTED AN AD HOC COMMITTEE TO UNDERTAKE THE TASK AND CARRY OUT A CONTEST FOR THE BEST COUNTY SEAL DESIGN KIND OF SLIM WAS A MEMBER OF KIND OF COUNSEL.
AND IT WAS HER IDEA BECAUSE WE DIDN'T HAVE ANYTHING THAT COULD SIGNIFICANTLY IDENTIFY OUR BEAUTIFUL, BEAUTIFUL COUNTY.
WE MET THEN UP AT, UH, I THINK IT WAS A CAROLINA BANK AND SOME YEARS AGO BACK THERE ON WEST STREET, AND THEN WE'D PUT THEM IN PILES, YOU KNOW, LIKE GOOD, BAD, MAYBE UNTIL WE FINALLY GOT IT DOWN
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TO THE ONE THAT WE NOW USE COUNTY COUNCIL APPROVED THE SALE COMMITTEE'S RECOMMENDATION, WHICH REFLECTED THE COUNTY'S HISTORY, TRADITIONS AND NATURAL BEAUTY.THE SEALS COLORS OF BLUE AND GREEN REPRESENT THE COLORS OF THE COUNTY'S OUTDOOR ENVIRONMENT WITH ITS MANY WATERWAYS MARSHLANDS AND MARITIME FOREST.
THE FIVE IMAGES WITHIN THE SEAL, THE PIGS, SOME OF THE COUNTIES DISTINGUISHING FEATURES, ANCIENT LIVE OAK TREES, THE SEAFOOD INDUSTRY, RICH NATURAL RESOURCES AND RARE MARINE ECOLOGY, LOW COUNTRY ARCHITECTURE AND MILES OF RIVERS, CREEKS, AND INLANDS.
I THOUGHT IT ENCOMPASS WHAT WE AS A BODY, WE'RE LOOKING FOR A SEAL.
IT WOULD WHEN LOOKED AT IT AND JUST THOUGHT ABOUT IT A LITTLE BIT.
IT REALLY COVERS THE ASPECTS OF BUFORD COUNTY.
SO HE DID A GOOD JOB OF BRINGING TOGETHER THE THINGS THAT WE HOLD.
SO DEAR, AND WHAT WE REALLY LIKE ABOUT BUFORD COUNTY AND BILL MCBRIDE WAS AN OFFICE WHEN THE CONTEST WAS HELD AND WAS PRESENT WHEN THE COMMITTEE REVEALED THE WINNING DESIGN, I THINK COUNCIL AND STATIC ABOUT IT.
IF WE THOUGHT THAT THE, THE STEM WAS ON THE SEAL REPRESENTED, UM, ASPECTS OF LIFE IN BUFORD COUNTY, THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANGE IN THE ORIGINAL ON DRAFT THAT WAS PRESENTED TO US WHERE YOU HAVE THE FLINT BOAT TODAY.
INITIALLY, THAT WAS A PLEASURE CRAFT, A SAILBOAT YACHT TYPE BOAT.
AND, UH, IT WAS CHANGED BY COUNTY COUNCIL BECAUSE WE FELT THAT THE SHRIMP BOAT WAS A BETTER REPRESENTATION, UM, OF A MORE COMPREHENSIVE, UH, ASPECTS OF YOUTH AND KIND OF LAUGH BECAUSE YOU HAD OTHER THINGS ON THE SEAL THAT REPRESENT THE PLAYERS IN RECREATION, THE FISHING AND THE BEACH.
SO THEY THOUGHT THE SHRIMP BOAT, WHICH WAS A VERY IMPORTANT PART OF YOUTH COUNTER CULTURE SHRIMPING, ESPECIALLY AT THAT TIME WOULD BE REFLECTED ON THE SEAL.
THE WINNER OF THE CONTEST WAS AN ARTIST FROM HILTON HEAD ISLAND.
THE LATE LEE PAIN, HIS DESIGN WAS SELECTED FROM MORE THAN 126 CENTURIES SUBMITTED FROM AS FAR AWAY AS INDIANA AND TENNESSEE, HE WAS AWARDED $250 FOR HIS DESIGN, BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, HE CAPTURED THE LEGACY OF OUTDOOR BEAUTY CULTURE AND HISTORY THAT HELPED TO DEFINE IMPORTANT ASPECTS OF LIFE IN BUFORD COUNTY.
UM, TO SEE MORE BUFORD COUNTY MOMENTS, GO TO THE BUFORD COUNTY LIBRARY HOMEPAGE AND CLICK ON THE LOCAL HISTORY TAB, SPREADING SCHOOL SPIRIT, OR EXCELLING IN THE CLASSROOM, HILTON HEAD ISLAND, HIGH SCHOOLS, CAROLINE MAYORS IS NOT ALLOWING DOWN SYNDROME TO STAND IN HER WAY.
THE STUDENT ATHLETE WAS RECENTLY INDUCTED INTO THE SCHOOL'S NATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY.
I FEEL, UH COMPLISH BUT I'M DOING A HIGH GRADES.
I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE, AND IT FEELS LIKE MORE HAPPY.
AND THAT DOES MAKES AMPING WELL, BATTLE CAROLINE'S TEACHERS AND FAMILY ARE PROUD OF HER ACADEMIC ACCOMPLISHMENTS FROM THE DAY SHE WAS BORN, HER FATHER.
AND I DECIDED WE'RE GOING TO TREAT HER NO DIFFERENTLY.
WE'RE GOING TO SET THE BAR THE SAME LEVEL THAT WE DO FOR OUR OTHER CHILDREN, FOR HER.
AND IF WE HAVE TO ADJUST IT FOR SOME REASON OR THE OTHER, WE'LL ADJUST IT, BUT WE'RE NOT GOING TO START LOW AND TRY TO WORK HIGH.
WE'RE GOING TO AIM HIGH AND THEN ADJUST ACCORDINGLY.
AND SO ALL OUR OTHER CHILDREN HAVE A FOUR YEAR EDUCATION.
WE FELT CAROLINE SHOULD HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY TO, AND, AND IF WE HAD TO ADJUST, WE WOULD, BUT WE WANTED HER TO START OFF WITH THE IDEA SHE WAS GOING TO HAVE A FOUR YEAR EDUCATION.
SHE CARES ABOUT SCHOOL SPIRIT.
SHE CARES ABOUT OTHER STUDENTS.
SHE ASKS THINGS ABOUT MY LIFE.
SHE IS JUST A VERY GENUINE PERSON AND IT'S VERY RARE TO ME.
SO CAROLINE, WHEN CAROLINE'S NOT STUDYING, SHE'S CHEERING AT ATHLETIC EVENTS OR COMPETING IN CHEER COMPETITIONS,
AND TO SUPPORT THE TEALIUM GIRLS ON THE FIELD AND ON THE MAP.
SO AT FIRST I PUT HER ON THE JV SIDELINE TEAM, AND THEN I REALIZED AS SHE WAS DOING MORE, SHE IS SO CAPABLE OF SO MUCH MORE HER ABILITY OVER A DISABILITY.
SHE STARTED PICKING UP ON CHOREOGRAPHY, LEARNING HOW TO STUNT.
SO WE PLACED HER ON THE JV COMPETITION, CAROLINE PLANS TO GO TO COLLEGE.
BUT FOR NOW SHE'S ENJOYING BEING A MEMBER OF SEAHAWK NATION.
I KNOW, AND I AM GLAD TO BE IN THE SCHOOL TO BE IN SEAHAWK AND PUT ON THE SCHOOL OUT THERE BECAUSE GO SPIRIT IT THAT LIKE DO ALL AWFUL BOSSES CONFERENCE, WHATEVER CAROLINE DECIDES TO DO IN THE FUTURE, HER TEACHERS AND FAMILY KNOW SHE'LL BE SUCCESSFUL.
SHE HAS GIVEN ME AND GIVEN TO THE PEOPLE AROUND HER ARE THESE IMMEASURABLE GIFTS THAT WE'LL SPEND
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THE REST OF OUR LIVES REAPING THE BENEFITS FROM, I THINK SHE'S A TREMENDOUS INDIVIDUAL WHO HAS NOT YET BEGUN TO SHOW US.YOU REALLY CAN'T JUST SAY THAT SOMEONE HAS THIS MUCH POTENTIAL.
AND I DON'T WANT TO BE THE PERSON TO SAY, THIS IS ALL SHE CAN DO.
I WANT TO BE THE PERSON BEHIND HER.
THEY BELIEVED IN HER CAROLINE'S FAMILY ALSO HAS A WEBSITE, CAROLINE AND FRIENDS.COM.
IT HELPS EDUCATE THE PUBLIC ABOUT DOWN SYNDROME AT HILTON HEAD ISLAND, HIGH SCHOOL, RON LOPES, YOU FOR COMING TO SCHOOL.
THIS, BUT PEOPLE THINK ABOUT THE HILTON HEAD COMMAND ASSOCIATION IS VERY INTERESTING BECAUSE IF YOU ASK THEM, TELL ME WHAT YOU DO.
MOST OF THEM WILL SAY, WELL, YOU TAKE IN DOGS AND CATS AND ADOPT THEM OUT.
WELL, I DEFINITELY SEE US AS WE ARE, WHICH IS A SAFE HAVEN FOR THE STRAIN, ABANDONED AND ABUSED DOGS AND CATS OF THE LOW COUNTRY UNTIL 2012, THEY WOULD'VE BEEN SPOT ON AS YOU LOOK AT US.
IN 2012, WE HAVE THREE DISTINCT ELEMENTS TO OUR ORGANIZATION.
WE HAVE THE CORE, OUR SHELTER.
WE HAVE OUR SPAY-NEUTER CLINIC.
CAN WE HAVE OUR LITTER BOX THROUGH COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, OUR BOARD GOT TOGETHER, LOOKED AT THE FUTURE OF THE HUMANE ASSOCIATION AND SAID THAT THERE'S ALWAYS GOING TO BE A NEVER ENDING SUPPLY OF DOGS.
AND UNLESS WE ACTIVELY DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT.
SO WE INSERTED INTO OUR STRATEGY, THE IDEA OF BECOMING PROACTIVE AND SPAY NEUTER WITH THE MERGER WITH SNACK AT THE END OF 2011, IT PUT US INTO A GREAT POSITION TO PUT OUR MISSION INTO ACTION.
IN JANUARY OF 2012, WE WERE FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO BECOME FOLDED INTO THE HILTON HEAD HUMANE ASSOCIATION.
FAMILY OF WE ARE NOW PART OF BECOME HECK HUMANE ASSOCIATION.
AND COULDN'T BE HAPPIER WHEN, WHEN YOU LOOK AT WHAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO, TO LEARN AND ACCOMPLISH AT SNACK, LET'S JUST LOOK AT THE PAST MONTH, SPAY NEUTER, APPROXIMATELY 600 DOGS AND CAMP.
BUT ALONG WITH THAT, WE HELP ALMOST A HUNDRED PEOPLE THAT COULDN'T AFFORD TO GET IT DONE.
I THINK THAT'S A VERY IMPORTANT CONTRIBUTION.
WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO MAKE THANKS TO PEOPLE THAT SUPPORT US.
EVERYBODY LOVES THE LETTER BOX AND PEOPLE WHO'VE NOT BEEN TO THE LITTER BOX NEED TO GO AND FALL IN LOVE WITH IT BECAUSE IT IS A HIGH ENERGY, VERY FUN, UM, ALWAYS WELCOMING ENVIRONMENT OF WONDERFUL PRODUCTS, WONDERFUL PEOPLE SERVING YOU THERE.
I LOVE THE POLICE ARE COMING HERE AND GET GOODBYE.
YOU FIND ALL SORTS OF GOODIES HERE.
ANYTHING THAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR FOR YOUR HOUSE OR FOR YOUR FAMILY.
WE STARTED THE LITTER BOX A FEW YEARS AGO AS A VERY SMALL THRIFT STORE, PRIMARILY TO HELP WITH OUR FERAL CAT PROGRAM.
IT HAS GROWN TO OVER 15,000 SQUARE FEET.
IT'S LOCATION ON OLD WILD HORSE ROAD.
WE HAVE A GREAT TEAM OF VOLUNTEERS.
WE LOVE JUST SEE THE LITTLE KIDS COME IN AND WE'D LOVE TO SEE THE FAMILIES COMING IN AND BUY THINGS.
AND, UM, WE APPRECIATE ALL OF THE WONDERFUL DONATIONS THAT WE GET REALLY POSITIVE REACTIONS.
PEOPLE ARE USUALLY IMPRESSED BY HOW BIG THE STORE IS.
THEY DON'T EXPECT IT TO BE THIS SIZE.
AND, AND THE BEAUTY OF THE LITTER BOX TRULY IS THAT IT'S ALSO A NETWORK FOR THE ANIMALS.
SO THEY DISPLAY PICTURES OF THE ANIMALS.
THEY TALK ABOUT THE ANIMALS, THEY PROMOTE THE ANIMALS.
SO THE LITTER BOX NOT ONLY HELPS US ASSIST THE ANIMALS OVER AT THE SHELTER AND THE FAMILIES IN NEED AND ALL OF OUR PROGRAMS THAT WE RELY ON THE LITTER BOX FOR, BUT THEY ALSO NOW ARE BECOMING GREAT ADOPTION FACILITATORS.
SO THERE'S NOT A BETTER PLACE TO SPEND MONEY, BUT AT THE LITTER BOX, BECAUSE WAY MORE FOR YOUR INVESTMENT WITH ONLY YOU WALK OUT WITH SOMETHING THAT'S FABULOUS, BUT YOU'VE JUST SAVED THE LIFE AS WELL.
EVEN THOUGH THINGS HAVE CHANGED OVER THE YEARS, THE ONE THING THAT STAYS THE SAME
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IS THE END RESULT OF OUR PROVIDING HOMES AND CARE FOR THE ANIMALS IS FINDING THE RIGHT HOME FOR THEM TO END UP IN.HE'S LIKE HAVING ANOTHER CHILD IN THE HOUSE AND HE'S VERY, HE'S VERY CALMING FOR JOE KEEPS ME VERY BUSY.
HE'S VERY LOVABLE AND HE'S ABSOLUTELY GRATEFUL FOR EVERYTHING YOU DO FOR HIM.
YOU BRING THEM A BOWL OF KIBBLE FOOD IN THE MORNING, STANDS UP IN HIS HIGH LAZY DANCES FOR JOY.
UNLIKE KIDS, WE HAVE CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN EIGHT.
I SAY HE IS THE MOST GRATEFUL UNCONDITIONAL FRIEND YOU CAN HAVE.
HE JUST HE'S SO HAPPY FOR EVERYTHING.
SHE SAID, OH, THE ONE THAT CALLED ABOVE THE DOOR.
AND I SAID, YOU HAVE A DOBERMAN.
SO, UM, SHE WENT AND SHE GOT IT.
AND THE MINUTE HE WALKED OUT THE DOOR, SEE, I LOVED HIM.
BUT HE CAME AND HONESTLY STOOD BESIDE ME AND LEANED AGAINST ME AND LOOKED AT ME WITH THOSE BIG BROWN EYES AND MADE ME THE HAPPIEST WOMAN AROUND, YOU KNOW, I'M, I'M LONELY.
NOT THAT I DON'T HAVE CHILDREN AND THEY DO COME SEE ME.
THEY'RE WONDERFUL TO ME, FIVE CHILDREN AND 14 GRANDCHILDREN.
AND THEY LIKED TO COME SEE ME TOO, BUT THAT'S NOT FOR EVERY DAY.
THIS GUY SLEEPS WITH ME AND HE IS SUCH A, HE'S JUST MY BEST FRIEND.
I TALKED TO HIM AND HE REALLY UNDERSTANDS ALMOST EVERYTHING I SAY.
THERE WASN'T ANY THAT I WAS INTERESTED AFTER I SAW HIM.
WHAT COULD I DO TAKE HIM, RIGHT? THAT'S WHAT WE CAN DO WITH THE MERGER WITH SNACK.
AT THE END OF 2011, IT PUT US INTO A GREAT POSITION TO PUT OUR MISSION INTO ACTION.
TWO PARTS, ONE, NEVER FORGET TO TAKE CARE OF HOMELESS DOGS AND CATS TREAT THEM MEDICALLY AND FIND THEM GREAT HOMES AT THE SAME TIME.
MAKE CERTAIN THAT WE CUT DOWN ON THE NUMBER OF UNWANTED ANIMALS.
ONE THING THAT I LIKE TO EMPHASIZE IS WE, AS AN ASSOCIATION, GET ABSOLUTELY NO PUBLIC FUNDING.
ALL OUR REVENUE COMES FROM THE GENEROSITY OF THE COMMUNITY AND THE LITTER BOX.
SO WITHOUT THOSE TWO ELEMENTS, WE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO DO ANYTHING.