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CLOSED CAPTIONING PROVIDED BY BEAVER COUNTY DUNE AND WELCOME TO THE BUFORD
[Call to Order]
COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION BUSINESS MEETING OF NOVEMBER 16TH, 2021.THIS MEETING IS BEING CONDUCTED BY A HYBRID VIDEO CONFERENCING AND IS ALSO BEING LIVE STREAMED BY THE COUNTY CHANNEL.
THE CAPACITY HERE IN THE HILTON HEAD ISLAND, CREATIVE ARTS MULTIPURPOSE GYM IS LIMITED TO 60 INDIVIDUALS IN ORDER TO COMPLY WITH SOCIAL DISTANCING REQUIREMENTS, THE INDIVIDUALS MUST STAY AT LEAST THREE FEET APART AND SEEDING IS ON A FIRST-COME BASIS.
PARTICIPATION WILL BE, WILL BE ACCEPTED THIS EVENING BETWEEN FIVE AND FIVE 30.
BY SENDING AN EMAIL WITH YOUR NAME, PHONE NUMBER AND TOPIC TO ROBIN AND THAT'S ROBYN WITH A Y DOT CUSHINGBERRY@BUFORDDOTK12.SC.US.
YOU'LL RECEIVE A PHONE CALL DURING PUBLIC COMMENTS WHERE YOU'LL BE ABLE TO SPEAK AND ADDRESS THE BOARD FOR A MAXIMUM OF THREE MINUTES ON ISSUES WITHIN THE BOARD'S DOMAIN.
THE FORUM IS LIMITED TO 30 MINUTES.
IF YOU ARE IN PERSON, YOU MAY ADDRESS THE BOARD ALSO FOR A MAXIMUM OF THREE MINUTES ON ISSUES WITHIN THE BOARD'S DOMAIN.
EACH SPEAKER MUST FILL OUT A PUBLIC COMMENT CARD AND YOU'LL RECEIVE YOUR CARD FROM THE BOARD CLERK REQUEST FOR THE SECOND PUBLIC COMMENTS WILL BE ACCEPTED BETWEEN SEVEN AND SEVEN 30 THIS EVENING IN THE SAME MANNER AS DESCRIBED FOR THE FIRST PUBLIC COMMENTS.
THE SECOND PUBLIC COMMENTS WILL TAKE PLACE PRIOR TO A GERMAN NO LATER THAN 9:00 PM.
AND THE SECOND FORM IS LIMITED TO 15 MINUTES.
[Executive Session]
INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION AND WHOEVER MAKES THE MOTION, COULD YOU PLEASE READ THE ITEMS LISTED AND I'LL LOOK FOR YOUR ELECTRONIC HAND.I MOVE THAT THE BOARD GOES INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION FOR RECEIPT OF LEGAL ADVICE TO DEFENDANTS RELATED TO TWO PENDING CLAIMS COVERED BY THE ATTORNEY CLIENT PRIVILEGE PURSUANT TO SOUTH CAROLINA CODE ANNOTATED, SECTION 30 DASH FOUR DASH 70, SECTION 82 DISCUSSION OF NEGOTIATIONS, INCIDENTS, OR PROPOSED CBR E HEARING CONTRACT AMENDMENT FOUR FOR A FACILITY CONDITION ASSESSMENT PURSUANT TO SOUTH CAROLINA CODE ANNOTATED, SECTION 30 DASH FOUR DASH 70 SECTION EIGHT TO RECEIPT OF LEGAL ADVICE RELATED TO A CONTRACTUAL MATTER COVERED BY THE ATTORNEY CLIENT PRIVILEGE PURSUANT TO SOUTH CAROLINA CODE ANNOTATED, SECTION 30 DASH FOUR DASH 70, SECTION EIGHT, TWO RECEIPT OF LEGAL ADVICE REGARDING AMENDMENT OF CHARTER SCHOOL, BYLAWS AND AMENDMENT TO APPENDIX ONE OF THE CHARTER SCHOOL CONTRACT PURSUANT TO SOUTH CAROLINA CODE ANNOTATED, SECTION 30 DASH FOUR DASH 70, SECTION 82.
AND IF YOU COULD LOWER YOUR ELECTRONIC HANDS AND THANK YOU THERE BEING NEW.
CAN YOU RAISE YOUR ELECTRONIC CANCER? CAN WE HAVE SOME HELP OVER HERE PLEASE? SO WE CAN GET AN ELECTRONIC HAND.
OKAY, GO AHEAD, MR. SMITH, UH, IN THE MEANTIME, UH, BEFORE MOVE ON MADAM CHAIR, BEFORE WE MOVE, WE VOTE, COULD YOU PLEASE CLARIFY FOR EVERYONE WHO WILL BE ADVISING THE BOARD ON, ON, ON, ON ALL THESE BALLS BULLETS, WHEN IT COMES TO THE LEGAL MATTERS, WHO WILL BE ADVISING THE BOARD OR ATTORNEYS? UH, THE FIRST ONE IS SCHOOL BOARDS, INSURANCE TRUST, THE THIRD BULLET WHITENED STORY.
AND THE FOURTH ONE IS I BELIEVE, UH, THE SCHOOL BOARD, EXCUSE ME, THE SCHOOL DISTRICT'S GENERAL COUNSEL.
SO THE FIRST ONE YOU SAID SCHOOL BOARDS, INSURANCE TRUST.
WHO'S THAT WHO'S ATTORNEY REPRESENTATIVE, THAT ATTORNEY REPRESENTING THAT I DECLINED TO ANSWER.
THERE'S NO REASON FOR FOYER THAT I NEED TO ANSWER.
AND THEN THE SECOND ONE SECOND ONE DOESN'T HAVE ANY THINK ABOUT LEGAL MATTER OF THE THIRD ONE, WHITE AND STORY LLC, OR PA OR WHATEVER THEY ARE, LLC, I THINK.
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AND THE LAST ONE YOU SAID AT THE, UH, THE, THE SCHOOL BOARD'S ATTORNEY WILL BE ABOUT, UM, NOT SCHOOL BOARD SCHOOL, DISTRICT ATTORNEY GENERAL CONSOLE.BE NO FURTHER HANDS UP, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE.
SO WE'LL GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION THAT VOTE WAS UNANIMOUS.
SO BOARD MEMBERS CAN LEAVE THEIR, UH, DEVICES HERE, UM, TO GO INTO THE OTHER CONFERENCE ROOM DOWN THE HALL.
[6:00 p.m. Call to Order]
THIS IS THE BUFORD COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION BUSINESS MEETING OF NOVEMBER 16TH, 2021.THE BOARD HAS BEEN IN EXECUTIVE SESSION AND WE ARE NOW COMING BACK OUT TO PUBLIC SESSION.
WE HAVE NOT COMPLETED ALL ITEMS UNDER EXECUTIVE SESSION, SO WE WILL GO BACK INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION AT THE END OF END OF THE MEETING.
[Action as Necessary or Appropriate Regarding Matters Discussed in Executive Session]
WE HAVE ANY ACTION AS NECESSARY OR APPROPRIATE REGARDING MATTERS DISCUSSED IN EXECUTIVE SESSION, MR.UM, I MOVE THAT THE BOARD AMEND THE EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE BOARD AND OUR SUPERINTENDENT TO PROVIDE FOR THE FOLLOWING CHANGES, INCREASING THE CONTRACT TERM BY FOUR YEARS, TO INCREASING THE SALARY BY 10%, THREE INCREASE THE ANNUAL ANNUITY CONTRIBUTION BY 5%, FOUR INCREASE THE MONTHLY TRAVEL ALLOWS US TO $1,200.
I FURTHER BOOTH THAT THE BOARD AUTHORIZED OUR CHAIRPERSON TO EXECUTE AN AMENDMENT TO THE AGREEMENT WHICH REFLECTS THESE CHANGES.
DO WE HAVE A SECOND, PLEASE RAISE YOUR ELECTRONIC HAND IF POSSIBLE, MS. BOATWRIGHT.
AT THIS TIME, NOT COMFORTABLE WITH THIS.
I WILL NOT SUPPORT THIS PROJECT AT THIS TIME.
SO THERE ARE NO FURTHER HANDS UP VOTING IS OPEN GOODRICH.
THE ONE, ONE, UH, NAME IS MR. WILLIAM SMITH.
I WOULD LIKE TO REMIND THE PUBLIC THAT THE BOARD DID
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THEIR ANNUAL EVALUATION ON THE SUPERINTENDENT'S PERFORMANCE, UH, LAST MONTH.RODRIGUEZ EARNED A TOTAL SCORE OF BEING HIGHLY EFFECTIVE OVERALL AND THE BOARD SINCERELY.
RODRIGUEZ FOR AS MANY EFFORTS AND FOR HIS DEDICATION AND COMMITMENT TO THE DISTRICT.
RODRIGUEZ WE HAVE ANY FURTHER ACTION IS NECESSARY, APPROPRIATE REGARDING MATTERS, DISCUSSED IN EXECUTIVE SESSION.
AS TO THE MATTER AT ISSUE IN THE LAWSUIT, CAPTION WILLIAM C. SMITH VERSUS BCSD AT ALL.
CA NUMBER 2021 DASH CP DASH ZERO SEVEN DASH 0 1 0 4 7.
THE BOARD WILL WAIVE PRIVILEGE FOR COMMUNICATIONS WITH ATTORNEY ANDREA WHITE.
DO WE HAVE A SECOND, PLEASE RAISE YOUR ELECTRONIC HAND IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SECOND, THE MOTION MS. MIDDLETON, MADAM CHAIR.
UH, ANY, ANY DISCUSSION? ALL RIGHT.
VOTING IS OPEN MR. SMITH, EXCUSE ME.
IT'S THAT THE BOARD WILL WAVE.
WELL, I'LL LET MR.
AS TO THE MATTER AT ISSUE IN THE LAWSUIT CAPTION, WE'VE SEE SMITH VERSUS BCSD AT ALL.
CA NUMBER 2021 DASH CP DASH ZERO SEVEN DASH 0 1 0 4 7.
THE BOARD WILL WAIVE PRIVILEGE AS TO ITS COMMUNICATIONS WITH ATTORNEY ANDREA WHITE.
AND I WILL WAVE MY, UM, I WILL, UM, I RECUSE MYSELF BECAUSE AS THE ATTORNEY BACKS ME TO RECUSE MYSELF EARLIER, SO I WOULD DO SO AGAIN.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL RIGHT.
THE MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY WITH, UH, MR. SMITH ABSENT OR RECUSING HIMSELF FROM THE, FROM THE VOTE.
DO WE HAVE ANY FURTHER ACTION AS NECESSARY OR APPROPRIATE, UH, REGARDING MATTERS, DISCUSSED IN EXECUTIVE SESSION, MR. STRIVEN JER.
I MOVED AT THE BUKE COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION AND AUTHORIZED FRANK RODRIGUEZ TO SIGN THE AMENDMENT TO THE CHARTER SCHOOL CONTRACT, REMOVING THE OLD BYLAWS, ADDING THE REVISED RIVERVIEW CHARTER BYLAWS AS APPENDIX ONE TO THE CONTRACT AND CONFORMING THE GOVERNANCE SECTION OF THE CHARTER TO BE CONSISTENT WITH REVISED BYLAWS.
ANY DISCUSSION THERE BEING NO, MS. FIDRYCH.
I FEEL THAT WE DID NOT HAVE ENOUGH TIME TO DISCUSS THIS MOTION AND EXECUTIVE SESSION AND WOULD REQUEST THAT WE, SINCE WE'RE MEETING AFTERWARDS, ANYWAY, THAT WE PUT THIS OFF UNTIL WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME TO DISCUSS IT.
SO YOU NEED TO MAKE A MOTION TO POSTPONE THIS UNTIL WE COMPLETE EXECUTIVE.
THAT'S LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE POSTPONE THIS UNTIL WE COMPLETE EXECUTIVE EXCEPT.
SO WE HAVE AN AMENDMENT TO THE MOTION AND THAT IS THAT WE POSTPONE THE VOTE ON THIS MATTER, NOT THE ONE THAT'S UP THERE, BUT THE ONE THAT MR. STRIMMER JUST READ UNTIL AFTER WE COMPLETE OUR EXECUTIVE SESSION AND THAT MOTION WAS MADE BY MS. FIDRYCH AND BY WILLIAM SMITH, ANY DISCUSSION, OKAY.
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THE MOTION TO POSTPONE THIS VOTE UNTIL AFTER WE COMPLETE EXECUTIVE SESSION IS APPROVED.UNANIMOUSLY, DO WE HAVE ANY FURTHER ACTION AS APPROPRIATE OR NECESSARY COMING OUT OF EXECUTIVE SESSION? ALL RIGHT.
[Approval of Agenda]
TO APPROVE THE AGENDA.ANY DISCUSSION THERE BEING YO HANDS UP.
THE VOTING IS OPEN THE AGENDA IS APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY.
[Pledge of Allegiance, Moment of Silence, Statement of Media Notification]
FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL, PLEASE BE SEATED.
WE WILL HAVE A MOMENT OF SILENCE.
THE MEDIA HAS BEEN PROPERLY NOTIFIED TONIGHT.
[Student Performance]
SHANKLIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, FOURTH GRADE STUDENTS PERFORMING WATER.I UNDER THE DIRECTION OF MUSIC TEACHER, KAREN JORDAN, HERE WITH US TONIGHT VIA ZOOM IS THE JOSEPH SHANKLIN ELEMENTARY PRINCIPAL, LIZ RIVERA.
I AM SO EXCITED TO COME ON TONIGHT AND SHARE WITH YOU SOME OF MY AMAZING STUDENTS FROM JOSEPH SHANKLIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND THE AMAZING WORK THAT THEY ARE DOING HERE.
WE HAVE A VERY TALENTED MUSIC TEACHER, MS. PERRIN, JORDAN, UM, WHO MAKES LEARNING MUSIC FUN AND EDUCATIONAL FOR THE STUDENTS.
I HOPE THAT YOU ENJOY THEIR PERFORMANCE TONIGHT.
THIS IS ONE OF MY FOURTH GRADE AMAZING CLASSES, MS. MILLER'S CLASS, AND THEY WILL BE PERFORMING A JAMAICAN FOLK SONG.
AND ENJOY MS. MILLER'S FOURTH GRADE CLASS ON JOSEPH
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THANK YOU TO THE JOSEPH SHANKLIN FOURTH-GRADE GRADE STUDENTS.AND THANK YOU, PRINCIPAL RIVERA NEXT WEEK
[Points of Celebration]
TO THE POINTS OF CELEBRATION, DR.UH, MR. RIVERA AND ROB ROBERT R AND JOSEPH SHANKLIN STUDENTS TODAY IN THEIR CHARACTER EDUCATION.
A STUDENT OF THE MONTH OF OCTOBER, THIS PROGRAM WAS FORMED TO SUPPORT PARENTS EFFORTS TO DEVELOP GOOD CHARACTER IN THEIR CHILDREN.
TONIGHT WE'RE CELEBRATING THE CHARACTER ED STUDENT OF THE MONTH OF OCTOBER, OCTOBER CHARACTER TRAIT WAS COURAGE.
COURAGE IS DEFINED AS DOING THE RIGHT THING IN THE FACE OF DIFFICULTY OR FOLLOWING YOUR CONSCIENCE.
INSTEAD OF THE CROWD, TOLERANCE IS DEFINED AS REALIZING THAT EVERYONE IS AT VARYING LEVELS OF CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT.
OCTOBER STUDENT OF THE MONTH FOR NORTH OF THE BROAD IS CHRISTOPHER WASHINGTON, A SIXTH GRADER AT ROBERT SMALLS INTERNATIONAL ACADEMY.
CHRISTOPHER'S NOMINATING TEACHERS SHARED THAT COURAGE IS OFTEN DEFINED AS HAVING THE ABILITY TO ACCOMPLISH SOMETHING IN THE FACE OF FEAR AND ADVERSITY.
AND THAT CHRISTOPHER INDEED DEMONSTRATES TREMENDOUS COURAGE.
HE IS A FUN LOVING YOUNG MAN AND OFTEN FINDS HIMSELF FACED WITH SITUATIONS THAT HE HAS NEVER EXPERIENCED BEFORE HIS TEACHER SAW HIM BECOME SO AFRAID THAT HE STRUGGLED TO SEE HOW TO TACKLE A PROBLEM.
HOWEVER, AFTER THEY TALKED ABOUT THE SITUATION AND IDENTIFIED HIS STRATEGIES, HE WAS READY TO TAKE IT ON AND OVERCAME HIS FEAR.
CHRIS NEVER ALLOWS OBSTACLES TO STOP HIM FROM DOING THE THINGS THAT HE DESIRES TO DO.
HE LOVES TO SHARE STORIES ABOUT HIS ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND HE CONTINUES GOING, UH, EVEN WHEN THERE IS NO ONE ELSE AROUND TO CHEER HIM ON, HE IS A TRUE EXAMPLE OF WHAT COURAGE IS ALL ABOUT FOR SOUTH OF THE BROAD.
THE OCTOBER STUDENT OF THE MONTH IS MADISON SNYDER, A SENIOR AT MAY RIVER HIGH SCHOOL.
DURING THE SPRING OF HER JUNIOR YEAR, MADISON APPROACHED THE MAY RIVER HIGH SCHOOL GOLF COACH ABOUT POSSIBLY JOINING THE TEAM, HAVING PLAYED SOME OVER THE YEARS, AND SHE HAD THE COURAGE TO JOIN THE TEAM AND BE PART OF THE MIGHTY EIGHT THIS YEAR, WHO, BY THE WAY, WE'RE STATE CHAMPIONS LAST YEAR, SHE ACCEPTED WHERE SHE WOULD PLAY IN THE LINEUP WITHOUT HESITATION WITH A SMILE ON HER FACE, A FIERCE DRIVE AND JOY IN HER HEART.
WHEN, ON THE COURSE WITH OTHER PLAYERS, IF YOU HAVE EVER PLAYED GOLF ON ANY LEVEL, YOU UNDERSTAND THIS STEP OF FAITH AS GOLF IS VERY HUMBLING.
RECENTLY, MADISON VOLUNTEERED TO SPEAK WITH THE NINTH GRADERS IN THE AUDITORIUM AT THE REQUEST OF ADMINISTRATION AND GUIDANCE, EVEN THOUGH PUBLIC SPEAKING IN A GROUP OF YOUR PEERS IS THE NUMBER ONE RATED FEAR OF MOST PEOPLE.
MADISON DID AN INCREDIBLE JOB AND ENCOURAGED THE FRESHMEN STUDENTS TO PERFORM AT THEIR BEST IN SCHOOL OR GOLF COACH HAS WATCHED MADISON DEVELOP AS A STUDENT ATHLETE AND A YOUNG LADY SHE'S VERY INSPIRING.
AND HER COACH ADMIRES MADISON'S COURAGE TO REACH OUT, MEET NEW PEOPLE AND TRY NEW THINGS IN THE HEALTHIEST OF WAYS.
CONGRATULATIONS, CHRISTOPHER AND MADISON.
WE ARE NOW DOWN TO THE FIRST PUBLIC
[First Public Comments - See information above]
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YEAH, YOU WILL HAVE THREE MINUTES TO DELIVER YOUR REMARKS AND THEY HAVE TO BE REMARKS THAT ARE WITHIN THE BOARD'S DOMAIN AND PLEASE BE CIVIL AND RESPECTFUL.AND I KNOW YOU WILL BE BECAUSE I KNOW YOU, AND, UH, THERE IS A TIMING DEVICE THAT IS, UH, VISIBLE TO YOU.
AND, UH, WHEN THE THREE MINUTES IS UP, THAT WILL BE THE END OF YOUR COMMENT PERIOD.
THANK YOU, MS. SWEETER CAMPER.
SO I'VE JUST BEEN GIVEN THREE MINUTES AND I'M COMING FROM A, FROM A FUNDRAISER.
UM, JUST SO THAT THOSE OF YOU THAT WHO MAY OR MAY NOT KNOW ME, MY NAME IS MRS. WIDA CAMPER.
I AM BOTH A PARENT OF STUDENTS THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT, AND I'M ALSO A TEACHER HERE IN DISTRICT AND A TEACHER FOR A MEMBER OF THE PAST.
I COME TO YOU TODAY REPRESENTING THE HILTON HEAD CREW TEAM, UM, WITH A FEW REQUESTS ON THE STUDENT'S BEHALF.
AND THAT IS BEING THAT THESE STUDENTS ARE WORKING TOWARDS NCA RECOGNITION.
THEY'RE PART OF THIS DISTRICT.
WE'RE TRYING TO FIND JUST A FINE LINE THAT USED TO BE PART OF THE SCHOOL SYSTEM SPORTING PROGRAM.
AND IT NO LONGER IS, BUT AS AN NCA RECOGNIZED SPORT ACROSS THE COUNTRY, SOME THINGS THAT WE'RE ASKING FOR FROM THE DISTRICT ONE, IS THERE A WAY THAT THESE TEAMMATES CAN EARN A VARSITY LETTER AND BE RECOGNIZED? SO THAT FOR COLLEGE APPLICATIONS, THEY'RE NOT JUST PUTTING DOWN THE CLUB TEAM, BUT THEY'RE HONESTLY LEGITIMATELY PUTTING DOWN THE FACT THAT THEY'VE PARTICIPATED THROUGHOUT THEIR HIGH SCHOOL TIME.
I AM AWARE HERE'S WHERE IT BECOMES MOTHER VERSUS TEACHER.
AND I HAVE BE CAREFUL WITH A FINE LINE ON THAT.
I'M AWARE THAT THEN THEY SHOULD BE CONSIDERED FOR THEIR ACADEMICS, WHICH I CAN ASSURE YOU THAT THEY ALL MAINTAIN.
I CAN OFFER FROM MY POSITION IF THE BOARD OR THE DISTRICT WERE TO RECOGNIZE TO STEP UP TO THE PLATE AND SAY, I COULD BE A DISTRICT LIAISON SINCE THIS TEAM HAS MADE UP OF BOBCAT'S STINGRAYS, SEA HAWKS, THE WHOLE GAMUT, BECAUSE THEY COME THROUGHOUT OUR DISTRICT YET THEY'RE HOSTED ON THE ISLAND.
IT DOES SAY HILTON HEAD ISLAND, BUT THE ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF THE FACT OF RECOGNITION, NOT JUST FOR COLLEGE APPLICATIONS, BUT ALSO SAY ON A SWEATSHIRT, WHEN THEY'RE ALLOWED TO WEAR THEIR LOGO, WE CAN POST ALL THOSE LOGOS DOWN ASLEEP TO SHOW THAT DISTRICT REPRESENTATION.
WE'D ALSO LIKE TO ASK IF AS A HIGH SCHOOL SPORT THEY COULD THROUGH THEIR PRINCIPAL, POTENTIALLY GET THREE EXCUSED ABSENCE SPORT, BECAUSE IT DOES TAKE PLACE TO SET THAT REGATA UP ON A THIRD ON A FRIDAY.
AND IT WOULD BE A MINIMUM OF THREE, UNLIKE OTHER SPORTS TEAMS, WHICH NOW I WEAR MY COACH'S HAT IS USUALLY EXCUSED WHEN WE HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY.
AND THEN THE LAST REQUEST OUT OF THIS, BECAUSE IT COULD OPEN A BIGGER CAN OF WORMS, BUT REALLY FOCUSED AND STREAMLINED ON THREE REQUESTS.
ASIDE FROM THAT VARSITY LETTER AND RECOGNITION ASIDE FROM THREE EXCUSED ABSENCES, THAT WOULD BE PRE-PLANNED IN.
AND GIVEN IS THAT AT THE AWARDS BANQUET, THAT'S WHERE THEY RECEIVED THEIR LETTER.
THAT'S WHERE THEY RECEIVED THEIR RECOGNITION, NOT JUST WHEN A STUDENT SIGNS WITH A D TWO SCHOOL.
AND WE HAVE TO ASK FOR THAT PERMISSION TO SHOW UP FOR THAT VR INSTEAD BE RECOGNIZED BY THE WHOLE SCHOOL.
THERE'S PROBABLY A LOT OF QUESTIONS THAT COULD COME FROM THAT, BUT THOSE I THINK WOULD BE THREE STRONG FOCUSES FOR THESE ATHLETES THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT.
SO WE DO NOT HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS, UH, UH, VIRTUALLY NO, NOT TONIGHT.
SO NEXT, THE CHAIRMAN'S REPORT.
[Chairman’s Report]
AND I JUST WANTED TO BE SURE THAT THE PUBLIC IS AWARE THAT THEY'RE INVITED TO REVIEW TEXTBOOKS AND INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS THAT HAVE BEEN PROPOSED FOR USE IN SOUTH CAROLINA, PUBLIC SCHOOLS, STATE SUPERINTENDENT OF EDUCATION.MOLLY SPEARMAN SAID SOUTH CAROLINA STUDENTS, FAMILIES, EDUCATORS, AND COMMUNITIES ARE INVITED AND STRONGLY ENCOURAGED TO REVIEW AND PROVIDE FEEDBACK ON THE MATERIALS PROPOSED FOR USING CLASSROOMS ACROSS OUR STATE.
IT IS IMPERATIVE THAT SOUTH CAROLINIANS MAKE THEIR VOTES HEARD IN THIS IMPORTANT PROCESS.
THESE INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS ARE ON DISPLAY AT 15 LOCATIONS THROUGHOUT THE STATE, INCLUDING AT UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA.
BUFORT THROUGH DECEMBER 9TH, THEY ARE ALSO AVAILABLE ONLINE THE BUFORD COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT WEBSITE, WHICH IS BUFORD SCHOOLS.NET.
THE FRONT PAGE HAS NEWS UPDATE KIND OF ON THE LOWER RIGHT OF THE FRONT PAGE.
AND AS OF THIS AFTERNOON, THE TOP ARTICLE, THERE WAS SPECIFICALLY INFORMATION ABOUT THIS INSTRUCTIONAL REVIEW AND
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IT TELLS YOU HOW TO DO IT VIRTUALLY AND HOW TO SUBMIT YOUR PUBLIC COMMENTS.I WOULD ENCOURAGE EVERYONE, UH, TO, UH, ENGAGE THEMSELVES IN THIS PROCESS, UH, AND, AND EXPRESS THEIR VIEWS, UH, TO THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION.
THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION WILL RECEIVE THE PUBLIC COMMENTS BEFORE A FINAL DECISION IS MADE ON ADOPTING THE EDGY INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS.
AND THE MATERIALS WILL BE RECOMMENDED TO THE STATE BOARD FOR ADOPTION ON DECEMBER 14TH, BY THE INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS REVIEW PANELS, APPOINTED BY THE BOARD.
SO THIS WINDOW FOR COMMENTING AND EXPRESSING YOUR, UH, YOUR VIEWS IS OPEN THROUGH DECEMBER 9TH.
THAT CONCLUDES THE CHAIRMAN'S REPORT FOR TONIGHT.
NEXT UP WE HAVE THE COMMITTEE REPORTS
[Committee Reports: (A vote may take place on any potential recommendation)]
WITH ACADEMICS, UH, REPORTING FIRST, UH, KATHY ROBOT AND CHAIR.BLOODS, UM, HAD OUR MOST RECENT ACADEMIC COMMITTEE MEETING, WHICH WAS HELD NOVEMBER 3RD.
UM, WE DISCUSSED AND HEARD PRESENTATIONS ON OH E 1217 GUIDANCE SERVICES AND ON O E 13.2 TO 13.6 DISCIPLINE.
THOSE EAS ARE INCLUDED IN OUR CONSENT AGENDA TONIGHT.
UM, WE ALSO TALKED ABOUT, UH, TEXTBOOK ADOPTION AND THE TEXTBOOK ADOPTION THAT I WILL READ EMOTION IN A MINUTE IS OUTSIDE OF THE NORMAL ADOPTION CYCLE.
UM, DUE TO INCREASED FUNDING THROUGH THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY, ADDITIONAL INSTRUCTION MATERIALS WERE APPROVED FOR THE 2122 SCHOOL YEAR.
THESE TEXTBOOKS IN THE AREA OF ACADEMIC HATE CHINESE IMMERSION, HOW K TO FIVE SPANISH, K TO FIVE VISUAL AND PERFORMING ARTS K-12 AND VISUAL PERFORMING MUSIC AND PERFORMANCE K-12.
STRATUS THAT WE'VE NOT HAD, UM, SOME OF THESE, UH, TEXTBOOKS BEFORE IN THESE AREAS AND THE TEACHERS ARE VERY EXCITED TO GET THEM.
UM, THESE WERE PLACED ON THE STATE LIST, UM, AND THEY WERE GONE THROUGH THE SAME VETTING AS BEFORE.
MANY OF THEM ARE JUST NEWER ADDITIONS OF WHAT WE'VE BEEN USING BEFORE THESE TEXTBOOKS.
THE GOOD NEWS IS FOR THIS CYCLE.
THEY ARE, UM, AT NO CHARGE TO US IT'S BECAUSE THERE WAS EXTRA FUNDING IN THE BUDGET.
SO AT THIS TIME I'D LIKE TO MAKE THE MOTION.
UM, I MOVE THAT THE BOARD OF EDUCATION APPROVED THE SPECIAL TEXTBOOK ADOPTION LIST PRESENTED AT THE NOVEMBER 3RD, 2021 ACADEMIC COMMITTEE INCLUDED IN BOARD DOCS AND PROPOSED BY THE SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION FOR RECEIPT DURING THE 20 21, 20 22 ACADEMIC SCHOOL YEAR AT NO COST TO THE BUFORD COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT AND AUTHORIZED DR.
FRANK RODRIGUEZ TO EXECUTE THE REQUEST TO THE SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION.
UH, YOU HAVE A COMMENT ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THE TEXTBOOK, YOU CAN SEND AN EMAIL TO THE STATE DEPARTMENT THAT, DO YOU WANT ME TO RESPOND TO THAT? CAN YOU REPEAT YOUR QUESTION AGAIN? I DIDN'T QUITE HEAR THAT YOU HAVE A COMMENT ABOUT THE TEXTBOOKS TO SEND IT TO THE STATE DEPARTMENT THAT'S FOR THE ADOPTION THAT'S BEING LOOKED AT FOR THE 20 22 23 SCHOOL YEAR.
SO ADDING THOSE UPS, NOW, THE VETERANS ALREADY HAPPENED FOR THESE BOOKS FOR THE SPECIAL ADOPTION.
WHAT IS, WHAT IS THE DEADLINE? SO DR.
SO, SO WE'RE, WE'RE TALKING, UH, TWO DIFFERENT THINGS.
I THINK SHE'S BRINGING A MOTION FORWARD ON, ON THESE THAT RIGHT.
THAT WE'RE ALREADY A STATE BOARD APPROVED.
STRATOS, UH, IS IT DECEMBER NINE? YEAH.
DECEMBER 9TH IS THE FINAL DATE FOR, FOR THOSE NEW MATERIALS FOR THE, THE, THE NEW MATERIALS FOR 2223.
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I WAS, I WOULD JUST RESPOND TO, I WILL SEND AN EMAIL TO THE STATE DEPARTMENT BECAUSE I HAVE CONCERN ABOUT RURAL, UM, INGRID, BUT RIGHT.UM, I, CAN YOU CLICK CLARIFY WHAT FAMILY LIFE EDUCATION OR CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION IS THERE? DO WE HAVE, IS THAT SOMEONE CAN ANSWER WHAT THAT IS OR CLARIFY FOR THE PUBLIC? WHAT THAT MEANS? SAY YOUR QUESTION AGAIN.
SHE WANTS TO CLARIFY CLARIFICATION UNDER, UNDER CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION.
THERE'S A BULLET POINT CALLED FAMILY LIFE EDUCATION.
CAN WE GET CLARIFICATION ON WHAT THAT IS? DR.
I HAVE MRS. GILBERT AVAILABLE THIS EVENING.
SHE'S OUR DIRECTOR OF CAREER TECHNICAL EDUCATION.
SHE'S AVAILABLE ON ZOOM ON ZOOM FOR US, MRS. GILBERT, ARE YOU ABLE TO ASSIST WITH THE QUESTION FROM MRS. BOATWRIGHT? YES.
STRATUS AND MS. ROBOT AND MS. I THANK YOU FOR THAT COMMENT.
UH, FAMILY LIFE EDUCATION IS A COURSE, ONE COURSE.
THAT'S PART OF THE FAMILY CONSUMER SCIENCE PATHWAY.
UH, IT IS ONLY OFFERED AT BUFORD HIGH SCHOOL AT THIS TIME.
UH, TYPICALLY STUDENTS WHO TAKE FOOD AND NUTRITION ONE AND TWO, THIS IS AN INTRODUCTORY COURSE, BASICALLY THEY'RE INTRODUCING THE STUDENTS TO SOME LIFE SKILLS.
UM, HEALTHY NUTRITION, UH, IS LEADING INTO THOSE TWO COURSES FOR FOODS AND NUTRITION.
SO IT'S LIKE AN INTRODUCTION TO WHAT TYPES OF CAREERS WOULD BE AVAILABLE UNDER THE HUMAN SERVICES PATHWAY.
SO JUST TO KIND OF, SO IT SOUNDS LIKE, IT SOUNDS LIKE IT'S MORE OF A HOME ECONOMICS TYPE.
THAT WOULD BE THE, UM, THE, UM, OLDER TERM TERMINOLOGY, BUT THAT'S CORRECT.
UM, MY QUESTION IS, HOW MUCH IS THIS COSTING? HOW MUCH IS THIS COSTING? IS THIS DISTRICT IT'S AT NO COST TO THE DISTRICT? NO COST TO THE DISTRICT AT ALL? NONE.
I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE I HEARD YOU CORRECT.
I THOUGHT I WAS WHEN YOU SAID THANKS FOR CLARITY.
THE MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.
MS. ROBIN, DO YOU HAVE ANY FURTHER, UH, REPORT? UM, I JUST LIKE TO SAY THAT OUR NEXT MEETING IS ON MONDAY, NOVEMBER 29TH AT FOUR 30, WHERE WE WILL CONTINUE TO REVIEW.
WE HAVE THE OPERATIONS COMMITTEE REPORT, UH, AND I'M NOT SURE WHO'S REPORTING THE CHAIR.
UH, PATRICIA FIDRYCH OR THE VICE CHAIR.
I WAS UNABLE TO ATTEND THIS MEETING, SO THE VICE CHAIR, MR. SMITH WILL GIVE THE REPORT.
UM, AND THE OPERATIONS COMMITTEE MEETING, WHAT WE DISCUSSED WAS THE CHERRY POINT EASEMENT FOR YOU FOR BEEF JASPER WATER, A THIRD AUTHORITY AND SU AUTHORITY.
AND I BELIEVE MR.
UM, THIS WAS A REQUEST FROM THE DEVELOPER BEHIND, UH, WHAT'S THE EXISTING OAK T ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
UM, IT'S A TIE INTO THE WATER AND SEWER SYSTEM THAT IT'S RIGHT AT THE INTERSECTION OF THE DRIVE THAT GOES FROM CHERRY POINT INTO THE DRIVE THAT GOES INTO OTT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
UM, THEY HAVE SAID THIS WORK WILL TAKE APPROXIMATELY TWO HOURS OF THE ROAD BEING CUT UP AND MAKE THE CONNECTION AND PUT BACK.
AND THEY'VE, UH, PROMISED US THAT THAT WILL BE DONE ON THE WEEKENDS OR TIME IN THE SCHOOL'S NOT IN SESSION.
SO THERE WILL NOT BE ANY IMPACT ON, UM, THE SCHOOL.
SO THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION WOULD BE TO APPROVE THIS EASEMENT AND
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IT WOULD JUST BE A MOTION TO AUTHORIZE A SUPERINTENDENT TO, UM, SIGN THE, THE EASEMENT, UM, AS, AS LISTED ANY QUESTIONS, UM, EARL YOUR HAND IS UP, BUT THAT MIGHT'VE BEEN FROM YOUR LAST QUESTION.SO MY QUESTION IS, AND MAYBE, UM, I DON'T KNOW IF MS CARTLOADS NEEDS TO WEIGH IN, SO, UH, THIS GRANTS THEM TO GET THE, YOU KNOW, THE HOOKUP THAT THEY NEED AND HOW WILL THIS AFFECT THE WHAT'S THE RESULT ON THE PROPERTY AFTER THAT? LIKE, DOES IT CHANGE THE PROPERTY IN ANY WAY? YEAH.
AND ONE OF THE THINGS THERE'S ACTUALLY TWO EASEMENTS, ONE IS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION AND THE INSTALLATION.
THE SECTION SECOND IS FOR BEEF, FOR JASPER TO HAVE, UM, AUTHORIZATION TO COME WORK ON IT.
SO ANY REPAIRS OR ANYTHING THAT'S NEEDED IN THE FUTURE WOULD BE DONE BY BUFORD, JASPER, WATER AND SEWER, BECAUSE THEY TAKE RESPONSIBILITY.
SO AFTER IT'S DUG AND PUT IN PLACE, YOU WOULDN'T SEE ANYTHING.
AND I NOTICED THAT THE, THE, THE, UM, PAYMENT TO THE DEVELOPER OR THE DEVELOPER PAYS, I GATHER THE DISTRICT A DOLLAR WHAT'S, YOU KNOW, WHAT IS THAT ABOUT? THAT'S ILLEGAL.
I KNOW IN ALL EASEMENTS, THEY USUALLY CHARGE A DOLLAR.
CAUSE I BELIEVE THERE HAS TO BE SOME AMOUNT OF MONEY, CHANGE HANDS FOR IT TO BE LEGITIMATE.
BUT WENDY, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING YOU'D ADD ON WHY THEY SHOULD BE CHARGED A DOLLAR? YOU NEED A MICROPHONE PLEASE.
IT'S CONSIDERATION FOR THE EASEMENT.
AND IN THIS CASE, THE DISTRICT'S NOT CHARGING IT REQUIRING ANY PAYMENT, BECAUSE THIS IS A BENEFIT FOR THE SURROUNDING PROPERTY.
THEY'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL MAINTENANCE REPAIRS.
AND WE DON'T HAVE ANY OBLIGATION TO DO ANYTHING HERE.
I WAS JUST GOING TO MAKE AN EASEMENT AND LIST.
MR. SMITH, DO YOU WANT ME TO GO AHEAD AND MAKE THAT EASEMENT OR A MOTION? THE EASTMAN? UM, SO I MOVED THAT THE BUFORD COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION AUTHORIZED THE SUPERINTENDENT TO GRANT THE REQUESTED EASEMENT AT CHERRY POINT AND MR. SMITH.
YEAH, I DID HAVE ONE MORE QUESTION.
MY QUESTION WAS JUST TO MR. OLAND, THAT WE, HE DID, HE DID, HE DID STATE IN THE MEETING THAT WE WILL NOT BE A RESPONSIBLE, RELIABLE FOR ANY ENTAIL PREVENTING OF THAT AREA THAT THEY WILL MAINTAIN.
THEY WILL TAKE FULL RESPONSIBILITY.
IT THAT'S BEEN MORE TIME IN THE CONTRACT, RIGHT? THAT IS CORRECT.
AND YOU JUST ALSO SAID THAT MS. COLLEGE HAS DOUBLE, HAS DOUBLE CHECK.
THOSE THINGS WERE GOOD FOR THE BULK OF THINGS.
SO PUSH AT YOU ALL VOTING IS OPEN.
MA'AM CHAD IS ALL WE HAVE FOR MY FORCES COMMITTEE.
THE MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY, MR. SMITH.
LOTS OF THAT IS ALL WE HAVE FROM OPERATIONS COMMITTEE.
[Superintendent’s Report]
THE SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT.GWADAR TONIGHT IN THE SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT, I WANT TO REVIEW WITH A BOARD OF PROCESS THAT I HAVE INITIATED IN, UM, IN SCHOOLS UTILIZING OUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS, UTILIZING OUR HIGHEST D UH, TEAMS AND, UH, COLLABORATIVE WORK WITH SCHOOL-BASED LEADERSHIP TEAMS, UH, AS WELL AS PART OF THE PROCESS, THE DESIGN OF INSTRUCTIONAL REVIEWS IS BASED AROUND, UH, TEAMS COMING TOGETHER, WORKING COLLABORATIVELY, UH, DISTRICT TEAMS, SCHOOL-BASED LEADERSHIP TEAM, WORKING COLLABORATIVELY, UH, TO, TO, UH, VISIT SCHOOLS, UH, GATHERED PRESENTATION AND REVIEW, UM, UM, INSTRUCTIONAL, UH, OPPORTUNITIES FOR GROWTH FOR ALL OF OUR SCHOOLS.
WE WANT TO, THROUGH THAT PROCESS, WE WANT TO CALL OUT THE THINGS THAT
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ARE GOING REALLY WELL.UH, AND THEN WE WANT TO IDENTIFY THREE, FOUR, WHAT I CALL BIG ROCKS OR THREE PROBLEMS OF PRACTICE THAT COLLABORATIVELY WE IDENTIFY THAT WE BELIEVE ARE HIGH LEVERAGE STRATEGIES OR HIGH LEVER ITEMS THAT WILL HAVE A HIGH RETURN ON INVESTMENT, UH, IN TERMS OF STUDENT OUTCOMES.
AND SO, UH, FROM CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE.
UH, THERE'S THREE PHASES WITHIN, WITHIN THE PROCESS, RIGHT? I ASKED THE SCHOOLS TO, UH, PULL THEIR LEADERSHIP TEAM TOGETHER.
UH, LEADERSHIP TEAMS, UH, DEVELOP WHAT WE CALL SWAT ANALYSIS, WHICH IS LOOKING AT STRENGTHS, WEAKNESSES, OPPORTUNITIES, THREATS, AND, AND DOING ANALYSIS, UTILIZING DATA, UTILIZING AN ANECDOTAL DATA, OBSERVATION DATA, ANYTHING AT THEIR DISPOSAL AROUND, UH, THINGS THAT ARE IMPACTING, UH, INSTRUCTION AND POSSIBLY ACADEMIC OUTCOMES.
WE THEN, UH, IDENTIFY THE STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES.
THAT'S WHAT THEY DO THROUGH THEIR, UH, SWAT ANALYSIS.
UH, THEY LOOK AT BASELINE DATA, THEY LOOK AT, UH, DIAGNOSTIC DATA AND THEY SHARE OUT WHAT ARE SOME OF THE, UH, KEY ACTION ITEMS THAT EXIST, UH, FROM THEIR SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT PLANS THAT THEY'VE ALREADY BUILT AND GOALS THAT THEY'VE ALREADY BUILT.
UM, THAT IS, UH, A PRESENTATION THAT PRINCIPAL DELIVERS TO, UH, THE DISTRICT TEAM AND THE LEADERSHIP TEAM THAT'S THERE AT THE SCHOOL AT THAT TIME.
AND THAT'S THE VERY FIRST THING WE DO BECAUSE BUILT INTO THAT, THERE'S A BRAG SLIDE.
THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE SCHOOL TO TELL US WHAT THEY'RE MOST PROUD OF ABOUT THE WORK THAT THEY'RE DOING.
WHAT ARE SOME LOOK-FORS AND ITEMS THAT THEY'VE BEEN ASKING THAT EVERYBODY IN THAT SCHOOL WORK, RIGHT? THERE'S SOME SPECIFIC THINGS SOMETIMES AT SCHOOLS ASK FOR THAT ADMINISTRATORS ASKED FOR THAT THE SCHOOL'S COLLABORATIVELY DEVELOPED.
SO WE WANT TO VALUE AND HONOR WHAT THOSE LOOK FOR ARE.
AND WE WANT TO BE A PART OF, UH, TAKING A REVIEW TO SEE IF THOSE THINGS ARE PLAYING OUT, THEY'VE BEEN WORKING AT IT, RIGHT.
AND THEN WE WANT TO TAKE A LOOK AT, UH, WHAT ARE SOME SPECIFIC ITEMS THAT YOU'LL SEE, I BELIEVE IN YOUR HANDOUT.
UH, IF YOU GO DOWN ABOUT A FOUR OR, UH, LET'S SEE, IT'S ACTUALLY THE SECOND TO LAST PAGE, UH, WHERE IT'S CLASSROOM OBSERVATIONS.
CAUSE AFTER THE PRESENTATION, WE BREAK UP INTO TEAMS, BUT THOSE TEAMS ARE JOINT TEAMS. THOSE ARE DISTRICT PERSONNEL PARTNERED UP WITH SCHOOL-BASED LEADERSHIP TEAM PERSONNEL, AND TOGETHER WE VISIT CLASSROOMS FOCUSING ON, UH, WHETHER IT'S, UH, LITERACY OR WHETHER IT'S MATH OR WHETHER IT'S SCIENCE.
WE LOOK AT, UH, MULTIPLE GRADE LEVELS ACROSS THE SCHOOL AND, AND THROUGH THE PROCESS, UH, SOME OF THE ITEMS THAT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE LOOKING AT IS, ARE THERE LEARNING TARGETS IN PLACE, RIGHT? SO IS IT CLEAR TO STUDENTS WHAT THE LEARNING IS AND THAT LEARNING TARGET IS FOR THAT DAY? WE WANT TO TAKE A LOOK AT, UH, TO SEE IF THERE'S EVIDENCE OF TEXT TALK AND TASKS THAT IS APPROPRIATE FOR THE GRADE LEVEL THAT ALIGNS WITH THE STANDARDS THAT SET THE EXPECTATIONS FOR STUDENT MASTERY AT, AT EACH GRADE LEVEL, IN EACH CONTENT AREA.
AND SO WE WANT TO IDENTIFY WHETHER WE'RE HITTING THE MARK IN TERMS OF THE INSTRUCTIONAL DELIVERY, UH, THAT MEETS THE FORM TENT AND RIGOR OF THE STANDARD BECAUSE THE STATE HAS DETERMINED WHAT THOSE STANDARDS ARE.
THE STATE HAS DETERMINED HOW THEY'RE GOING TO ASSESS THOSE STANDARDS AND AT WHAT RIGOR AND AT WHAT LEVEL, AND IF WE'RE NOT HITTING THAT MARK, IF WE'RE UNDERCUTTING THAT MARK RIGHT, THEN IT'S VERY DIFFICULT FOR STUDENTS TO SUCCEED AT THE EXPECTED LEVEL, UH, THAT THE ASSESSMENT IS GOING TO EXPECT THEM TO, TO SUCCEED AT.
SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE TAKING A LOOK AT AT THAT INSTRUCTIONAL DELIVERY TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S ALIGNED, RIGHT.
AND SO WE PROCEED FORWARD WHEN WE WALK INTO CLASSROOMS, WE WANT TO SEE, UH, WHO'S DOING THE TALKING, WHO'S DOING THE THINKING, WHO'S DOING THE LEARNING AS PART OF THAT INSTRUCTION AND INSTRUCTIONAL DELIVERY ARE OUR TEACHERS, UH, DOING ALL OF IT, ARE OUR STUDENTS DOING ALL OF IT ARE, IS THERE A COMBINATION THERE, RIGHT? AND THOSE ARE THE KINDS OF THINGS THAT, THAT WE'RE, WE'RE LOOKING FOR.
UH, WE'RE LOOKING TO IDENTIFY, UH, IF STUDENTS HAVE A CHANCE TO, UH, GET EXPOSED TO ONE GRADE LEVEL, TEXT,
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NUMBER TWO, HAVE A CHANCE TO TALK AND PROCESS THEIR THINKING ABOUT THEIR LEARNING.AND NUMBER THREE, DO OUR STUDENTS HAVE A CHANCE TO OPERATE AND FUNCTION AT THOSE HIGHER DOK.
AND THIS IS EDUCATORS IN THE ROOM ARE SHAKING THEIR HEAD LIKE THIS, AND SOMEBODY ELSE MIGHT BE SHAKING IT.
AND ANOTHER TIME WE CALLED THE BLOOM'S TAXONOMY, RIGHT.
WHERE IS THE INSTRUCTION AT A KNOWLEDGE LEVEL WHERE WE'RE ASKING STUDENTS TO JUST RECALL INFORMATION OR DOES HE GET INSTRUCTION AT THE COMPREHENSION LEVEL WHERE IT'S REQUIRING AN UNDERSTANDING, OR IS THE INSTRUCTION AT AN ANALYSIS LEVEL WHERE STUDENTS ARE ASKED TO ANALYZE INFORMATION AS PART OF THEIR THINKING, OR IS THE INSTRUCTION AT SYNTHESIS LEVEL WHERE WE'RE ASKING STUDENTS TO PULL FROM MULTIPLE DOCUMENTS AND BRING TOGETHER AS AN EXAMPLE AND SYNTHESIZE THEIR WORK? OR IS IT AT ANY VALUE AT THE LEVEL WHERE STUDENTS ARE PASSING JUDGMENT BASED ON DATA, FACTS AND INFORMATION, RIGHT.
AND THAT'S HOW IT RATCHETS UP INSTRUCTION AND DIFFERENT STANDARDS ARE ASSESSED AT DIFFERENT LEVELS.
AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR STUDENTS ARE GETTING EXPOSED TO THOSE VARIOUS LEVELS OF THINKING.
UH, BECAUSE SOONER OR LATER THEY'RE GOING TO GET, THEY'RE GOING TO BE ASKED TO DO THAT, RIGHT.
AND WE DON'T WANT THE STATE ASSESSMENT TO BE THE FIRST EXPOSURE TO THEM.
UM, THEN WE, WE LOOK AT, UH, HOW WE'RE MONITORING FOR LEARNING, UH, IN, IN, IN CLASSROOMS AS WELL.
AND SO THIS IS PART OF THE INSTRUCTIONAL REVIEW PROCESS, BUT THEN IF YOU CAN GO ON TO, UH, KEEP GOING FORWARD THIS DOCUMENT, JUST AS WHERE WE ASKED TO FIND OUT A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE LEADERSHIP TEAM AT THE SCHOOL TO SEE HOW MANY YEARS THERE AT THAT SCHOOL.
UH, AND WE JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S AN AWARENESS LEVEL AT THE SCHOOL THAT EVERYBODY UNDERSTANDS.
HOW MANY WHAT'S THE LONGEVITY THERE? UH, UH, WHAT IS THE EXPERIENCE IN THE SCHOOL THAT'S REALLY RELEVANT? WE'LL GO ON TO THE NEXT ONE.
THIS IS A SLIDE WHERE WE LOOK AT VARIOUS, UH, INDICATORS THAT THE SCHOOL, UH, SHARES OUT AND PROVIDES ON SUCH AS POVERTY INDEX, HOW MANY, MULTI PERCENT OF MULTILINGUAL STUDENTS, PERCENT OF SPECIAL ED STUDENTS THAT ARE IN THE SCHOOL, UH, KEEP GOING, KEEP GOING.
THIS IS OUR SWAT ANALYSIS TEMPLATE.
KEY DATA POINTS, UH, THAT WE ASKED FOR.
GO AHEAD DOWN TO THE, IF YOU WORK YOUR WAY TO THE LAST SLIDE FOR A MINUTE, ONE MORE.
SO, SO ONCE WE COME BACK FROM THE CLASSROOM OBSERVATIONS, THE NEXT STEP IS TO DEBRIEF ON WHAT DIFFERENT GROUPS SAW IN DIFFERENT PLACES, RIGHT IN DIFFERENT CLASSROOMS. WE'LL CALL THAT OUR GLOWS AND GROWS.
AND WE WANT TO HEAR ABOUT AND THINGS THAT ARE GOING REALLY WELL, THAT WE WERE LOOKING FOR IN CLASSROOMS LOOK FOR IS THAT THE SCHOOL ASKED US TO LOOK FOR AND LOOK FOR US THAT ARE IN THAT WALKTHROUGH SHEET THAT I JUST WENT THROUGH WITH.
AND WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO TALK ABOUT THAT.
AND WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO HIGHLIGHT THE GLOWS AND GROWS THAT WE SEE THE GROWS ARE THE OPPORTUNITIES FOR GROWTH, THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE SEE THAT WE CAN IMPROVE UPON AND BUILD UPON IN ORDER TO, UH, TO IMPROVE OUTCOMES FOR STUDENTS.
ONCE WE GO THROUGH GLOWS AND GROWS, UH, WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY THEN WHERE I, IT IT'S A CONSULTANCY APPROACH WHERE I BRING THE SCHOOL PERSONNEL AT A TABLE IN THE MIDDLE AND AROUND THE SCHOOL PERSONNEL.
SO IT'S THE DISTRICT PERSONNEL, RIGHT? IT'S IT'S, AND IT'S SEVERAL PURPOSES.
NUMBER ONE, I WANT THE DIALOGUE AMONGST THE SCHOOL PERSONNEL AT THE TABLE TO BE ABOUT IDENTIFYING WHAT ARE THE THREE BIG ROCKS THAT IF THEY MOVE, THESE ARE HIGH LEVERAGE ITEMS THAT IF THEY MOVE AND IMPROVE, RIGHT, THAT, THAT WE BELIEVE COLLABORATIVELY, THAT IT WILL MOVE OUTCOMES FOR KIDS, RIGHT? THE SYMBOLISM WITH DISTRICT STAFF ON THE OUTSIDE IS AN IMPORTANT PIECE BECAUSE IT'S A MESSAGE THAT YOU'RE NOT ON YOUR OWN.
AND WE'RE ALL HERE TO SUPPORT BECAUSE AS A RESULT OF IDENTIFYING WHAT THE BIG ROCKS ARE OR WHAT THE PROBLEMS OF PRACTICE ARE, WE NOW HAVE TO BUILD AN ACTION PLAN TOGETHER.
AND THIS IS WHAT'S AT THE END OF MY EXPECTATION, IS THAT IN THE ACTION PLAN OF 72 HOURS TO BUILD THE ACTION PLAN
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AFTER THE INSTRUCTIONAL REVIEW, SO THAT WE CLEARLY IDENTIFY IN THAT ACTION PLAN, WHAT'S THE PROBLEM WITH PRACTICE OR THE BIG ROCK THAT WE WANT TO MOVE? WHAT ARE THE STRATEGIES THAT WE NEED TO MAKE THAT BIG ROCK MOVE? WHAT'S THE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT THAT'S NEEDED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN MOVE THAT BIG ROCK.HOW DO WE UTILIZE OUR PLCS OR PROFESSIONAL LEARNING COMMUNITIES? BECAUSE THIS IS A STRONG INITIATIVE OF OURS AND WE, HOW DO WE UTILIZE THIS WITHIN ITS EXISTING STRUCTURE TO HELP MOVE THAT BIG ROCK? AND THAT BIG ROCK IS CENTERED AROUND INSTRUCTION.
AND THEN WHAT'S THE SUPPORT THAT'S NEEDED TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS BIG ROCK MOVES ONCE THEY BUILD THOSE THREE PROBLEMS OF PRACTICE AND THEIR ACTION PLAN.
AND THIS IS ACTUAL PLAN IS BUILT OUT.
WE THEN ASK FOR OUR, UH, SCHOOL STAFF AND, UH, AT SCHOOL PERSONNEL, UH, TO MAKE SURE AT THE END OF THOSE 72 HOURS, THAT I GET A COPY OF IT, THAT DR.
BRADLEY GETS A COPY OF IT, THAT THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS GET A COPY OF IT, THAT OUR ISD TEAM HAS A COPY OF IT BECAUSE WE'RE ALL CHARGED AND TASKED WITH MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE GREATER OUTCOMES FOR STUDENTS.
THEN AT THE END OF THE DAY, IF YOU PUT YOURSELF IN THE TEACHER'S SHOES AND YOU'VE HAD A VISIT IN INSTRUCTIONAL REVIEW, WHAT DO YOU WANT TO KNOW AT THE END OF THE DAY? HOW DID WE DO RIGHT? BECAUSE EVERYBODY WANTS TO BE SUCCESSFUL.
AND SO I WANT TO, I WANT TO STRESS, THIS IS ENTIRELY A COLLABORATIVE PROCESS, ENTIRELY A COLLABORATIVE PROCESS.
SO AT THE END OF THE DAY, IF I'M LEADING THE INSTRUCTIONAL REVIEW OR WHICHEVER EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR IS LEADING THE INSTRUCTIONAL REVIEW, WE WILL STAY THERE UNTIL THE END OF THE DAY WHERE WE WILL HAVE A FACULTY MEETING.
AND AT THAT FACULTY MEETING, WE WILL SHARE OUT WITH THE PRINCIPAL ALONGSIDE OF THE PRINCIPAL, BECAUSE IT'S A COLLABORATIVE EFFORT OF SORT OF THE BIG IDEAS AND THE GENERAL IDEA OF THE OVERALL VISIT OF THE DAY.
AND THEN, UH, WE LET THEM KNOW THAT THESE ARE THE THREE, UH, UH, ITEMS AND BIG ROCKS THAT WE WANT TO LIFT.
UM, WE HAVE A CONVERSATION AROUND THAT ANSWER, ANY QUESTIONS, MAKE SURE THAT, UH, THEY'RE AT EASE WITH THAT PROCESS AND UNDERSTAND THE COLLABORATIVE NATURE AROUND IT.
AND THEN OFF WE GO, OKAY, I'D LIKE TO INVITE, UH, MR. COX.
COX IS HERE, UH, TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT, UM, THE VALUE WITHIN THE PROCESS THAT THEY SEE AND THE EXPERIENCE, THEN THE FEEDBACK THEY'RE GETTING FROM PRINCIPALS AROUND THE INSTRUCTIONAL REVIEW PROCESS.
AND SO WE'VE HAD THE PLEASURE OF NOT JUST LEADING WITH OUR OWN PORTFOLIOS, BUT WE PARTICIPATE IN THE OTHER STARS VIEWS.
UM, SO FOR EXAMPLE, UH, THE FIRST ONE WE DID, UM, ALL THREE EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS WERE THERE AS WELL.
SO WE PARTICIPATED IN LEADING THEM.
AND THEN WE PARTICIPATE IN ONCE THE PRINCIPAL, UM, IN THE PREPARATION PROCESS FOR THE INSTRUCTIONAL REVIEW.
UM, I BELIEVE THAT THERE'S IMMENSE VALUE IN THE PRINCIPAL GOING BACK AND REVIEWING ALL THESE THINGS TO GO BACK BECAUSE OF THE TIMING IS YOU'VE GOTTEN SCHOOL STARTED, YOU KNOW, EVERYONE'S ENTRENCHED IN THEIR PRACTICE, BUT NOW YOU'RE PREPPING, YOU'RE, YOU'RE KIND OF PAUSING IN THE MIDDLE TO BRING IN A TEAM COLLABORATIVELY.
SO THE PRINCIPAL PREPARES THAT AND IT KIND OF MAKES THEM SELF REFLECT AND EVALUATE ON WHAT'S GOING ON IN THEIR SCHOOLS.
UM, THE FEEDBACK FROM THE PRINCIPALS THAT I'VE GOTTEN, IT'S BEEN VERY VALIDATING FOR THE PRINCIPALS.
AND I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT TO, BECAUSE THEY GET TO PRESENT OUT THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR IS LEADING THE STRUCTURAL REVIEW, BUT SIDE-BY-SIDE WITH THE PRINCIPAL.
SO WE'RE THERE TO HELP PREPARE THEM FOR THE VISIT.
UM, BUT THEY GET A LOT OF COLLABORATION WITH US ON PAIRING THE TEAMS INTENTIONALLY WHAT WE'RE GOING TO SEND THE TEAMS. BUT IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE'VE GOTTEN QUITE A BIT OF FEEDBACK FROM THE SCHOOL LEVEL STAFF THAT THEY APPRECIATE THAT LEVEL OF COLLABORATION, BECAUSE IT'S NOT JUST THAT IT'S A JOINT VENTURE BECAUSE WHEN YOU
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GO INTO THE CLASSROOMS AND THE TEAMS YOU'RE COMING BACK SIDE-BY-SIDE AND YOU'RE CREATING A LIST.AND THEN FROM THERE, WE SHARE OUT FOR ONE FULL LIST OF GLOWS AND GROWS.
AND THEN WHEN SEVERAL TIMES THAT I'VE ATTENDED, WE'VE MET WITH THE FACULTY, YOU KNOW, THEY ACTUALLY, THEY CLAP WHEN WE GO OVER THE GLOWS BECAUSE IT IS ABOUT IT IS VALIDATED HE'S VALIDATION.
SO I THINK THIS IS A RESEARCH BASED PRACTICE, BUT IT'S WRAPPED IN HOW WE, HOW WE'VE ROLLED IT OUT, HOW IT'S BEEN EXPLAINED, HOW IT'S BEEN BROUGHT TO THE SCHOOLS IS THIS IS WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT PRACTICE.
WE'RE GOING TO, THROUGH THE TOOLS THAT WE HAVE, FOR EXAMPLE, THE SE 4.0 RUBRIC THAT IS ROOTED IN RESEARCH, WE'RE GOING TO VALIDATE WHAT IS GOING WELL IN SOME PLACES, THE GROWS, IT'S NOT AS IF IT'S GOING POORLY, IT'S JUST, NOW THIS IS GOING WELL.
WE'RE GOING TO TAKE IT TO A DEEPER LEVEL.
UM, AND THAT'S BEEN THE EXPERIENCE THAT WE'VE HAD.
AND SO IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE GO AND RE REVIEW SOME OF THEIR, THEIR EXTENSIONS THAT COME OFF OF THESE INSTRUCTIONAL REVIEWS.
LIKE WE GO REVIEW THEIR PROFESSIONAL LEARNER COMMUNITIES AND GET THE FEEDBACK, AND THAT'S AN EXTENSION OF THE PROCESS, BUT AM WE WERE COMING BACK.
SO WE CYCLE BACK THROUGH AND THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS ARE THERE IN BETWEEN TO HELP CONTINUE THAT WORK, BUT IT ALSO HELPS THEM FOCUS ON THOSE HIGH LEVERAGE THINGS THAT ARE GOING TO INCREASE THE OUTCOMES FOR THEIR STUDENTS.
AND SO I'M LEARNING THROUGH THE PROCESS AND IT, IT HELPS ME IN MY ROLE AS THE EXECUTIVE RECORD GO BACK AND SERVE BECAUSE YOU KNOW, WE'RE IN CLASSROOMS EVERY DAY.
UM, AND SO THAT IS ANOTHER, WE'VE GOTTEN THAT FEEDBACK AND GET TO INTERACT WITH THE KIDS.
WE GET TO INTERACT WITH THE TEACHERS AND WE'RE COMING TO THROUGH IN A VERY POSITIVE APPROACH.
I DO WANT TO VERY MUCH STRESS THAT WHEN WE GET DOWN TO THE FACULTY SHARE OUT AND WE GET DOWN TO THE PROBLEMS OF PRACTICE, THAT'S WHAT WE CALL IT.
THE END OF THOSE, THOSE GROWS.
WE LOOK FOR THEMES TO DEVELOP INTO PROBLEMS WITH.
SO WE HAVE EMOTIONAL FEEDBACK THAT WE GIVE TO THE STAFF.
UM, BUT THEN WHEN WE GET TO THE GROWS, THAT'S ACADEMIC FEEDBACK, THOSE ARE VERY INSTRUCTIONAL INSTRUCTIONALLY SOUND RESEARCH BASED ITEMS THAT THEY'RE PRACTICING THAT WE'RE SAYING, THIS IS WHAT WE'RE SEEING CONSISTENTLY IN YOUR SCHOOL.
THAT'S VERY DIFFERENT THAN SAYING YOU GUYS DID A GREAT JOB.
UM, AND WHEN WE GO TO THE GROVES, IT'S THE SAME THING.
IT'S ONE THING TO TELL FOLKS, HEY, YOU'RE NOT DOING THIS.
THAT THAT'S NOT THE APPROACH THAT WE'RE TAKING IS VERY RESEARCH ORIENTED TO THE, THIS IS WHERE WE WANT THE NEXT STEPS TO BE.
SO IT'S NOT ONLY OUR LANGUAGE, BUT WE CAN REFER BACK TO THE RUBRIC THAT SOUTH CAROLINA GIVES US.
AND THERE'S ACTIONABLE ITEMS WAS THAT'S HOW ALL OF OUR TEACHERS ARE OBSERVED AND GIVEN FEEDBACK ON BECAUSE THAT, AT THAT POINT, IT'S NOT SOMEONE'S OPINION, THE FEEDBACK AND THE STRATEGIES WE'VE GIVEN TO SCHOOLS ARE GROUNDED IN RESEARCH.
I'VE ENJOYED THE PROCESS THAT YOUR CELL PHONE.
I THINK ONE OF THE, UH, UH, I THINK CRITICALLY IMPORTANT ITEMS THAT EMERGED FROM THIS IS THE DIALOGUE THAT TAKES PLACE, UH, AFTER OBSERVATIONS AND WALKTHROUGHS AND THE LEVEL AT WHICH THAT DIALOGUE IS TAKING PLACE AROUND, UM, AROUND WHAT OUR OPPORTUNITIES ARE FOR PROBLEMS IN PRACTICE, YOU KNOW, UH, WHAT OUR OPPORTUNITIES ARE TO FIND THOSE HIGH LEVERAGE ITEMS. AND SOMETIMES WE FIND THINGS AND WE'RE IN THERE WORKING AT IT.
AND THE TEAM IS IDENTIFYING THINGS THAT ARE AT A LOW LEVEL STRATEGY, THAT IF YOU BRING IT UP ABOUT 10,000 FEET, RIGHT, YOU CAN, IT'S EMBEDDED IN THE BIG ROCK, RIGHT? BUT THAT'S NOT THE BIG ROCK.
THE BIG ROCK IS A LITTLE HIGHER AND YOU, AND YOU DIG TO THAT POINT.
I WILL ASK THIS SOMETIMES MIGHT GET A LITTLE UNCOMFORTABLE, BUT I WILL ASK THEM WHEN THEY IDENTIFY THE THREE PROBLEMS OF PRACTICE, WHY, AND ONCE THEY ANSWER THE WHY I COME BACK WITH WHY, AND THEN WHEN THEY ANSWER THAT I COME BACK WITH WHY I DO IT ABOUT FIVE TIMES, BECAUSE THAT'S HOW YOU GET TO A ROOT CAUSE ANALYSIS OF, OF, OF THAT PROBLEM WITH PRACTICE.
AND THAT HELPS THEM THEN BUILD THEIR STRATEGIES IN THE REST OF THEIR ACTION PLAN.
UH, AND THAT'S REALLY, UH, IT'S ALSO AN IMPORTANT PART.
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AND DR.LEVANN, UH, ON IF, IF, UH, THEY HAVE ANYTHING THEY WANT TO SHARE, THIS DIXON IS ON.
CAN YOU SHARE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOUR, UH, UH, WHAT YOU'RE HEARING ABOUT THE VALUE IN THE PROCESS FROM, FROM YOUR PRINCIPALS? WELL, FIRST AND FOREMOST, THANK YOU.
MADAM CHAIR AND BOARD MEMBERS FOR HAVING US HERE.
COX, UM, I COULD JUST REITERATE WHAT HE SAID, BUT THE FIRST AND FOREMOST THING THAT, UM, WE'VE FORGOT TO SAY IS THAT THE PERSON WHO LED THE FIRST, UM, INSTRUCTIONAL REVIEW WAS OUR VERY OWN DR.
FRANK RODRIGUEZ, OUR SUPERINTENDENT.
SO WE HAD A GREAT, UH, LEADER TO LEAD US IN THIS PROCESS AND SHOW US HOW THE PROCESS SHOULD BE DONE.
UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I CAN SAY THAT ALL OF MY PRINCIPALS THAT HAVE GONE THROUGH THIS PROCESS ARE GREATLY FOR THE FEEDBACK.
THEY KNOW THAT ACADEMIC FEEDBACK IS A GIFT, BUT THE MORE SO IT IS AN INSTRUCTIONAL, IT IS FOCUSED ON THE INSTRUCTIONAL CORE, WHICH IS LIKE DR.
RODRIGUEZ HAS SAID ABOUT THE TALK, BUT, UM, TASKS AND THE TEXT, UM, THAT IS ALSO ALIGNED WITH THE STANDARDS.
UM, THEY APPRECIATE THE SUPPORT COMING FROM THE DISTRICT OFFICE.
AND THEY'VE SAID THAT THEY'VE SEEN, UM, ALL OF US COME IN AS A TEAM TO SUPPORT THEM THROUGH THIS PROCESS.
AND THE BIGGEST PIECE OF IT IS THE COLLABORATION THAT IS NOT LIKE SOME, UH, I THINK SOME BOARD MEMBERS THAT HAVE BEEN IN AND IT REVIEWS PRIOR TO, UM, THE DIFFERENCES IS THAT, UH, THERE ARE STRUCTURAL REVIEWS THAT I'VE BEEN A PART OF.
YOU WOULD HAVE A TEAM AND OUTSIDE TEAM THAT WOULD COME IN, UM, GIVE YOU YOUR ACCOMMODATIONS AND GIVE YOU YOUR RECOMMENDATIONS AND LEAVE YOU WITH A THICK BINDER.
IT IS A COLLABORATIVE WORK WITH THE SCHOOL'S LEADERSHIP TEAM AND ALSO THE DISTRICT LEADERSHIP TEAM.
AND I THINK A LOT OF THEM REALLY APPRECIATE.
OBAN WOULD SAY THE SAME THING IS THAT THEY APPRECIATE THE SUPPORT AND THE WORK.
RODRIGUEZ SAYS DOING THE ROOT CAUSE ANALYSIS TO GET TO DIG REALLY DEEP, TO GET THOSE HIGH LEVERAGE, UM, PROBLEM OF PRACTICE THAT, THAT ARE BASICALLY INSTRUCTIONAL THAT WE COULD DO TO SEE A BIG DIFFERENCE, BUT THEN THEY INSTRUCT THEM WHEN IT GOES TO THE STUDENTS WITH THE STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT.
BRADLEY, WE WERE THERE TODAY AT WILLOW BRANCH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
AND WE CAN SAY THAT THEIR LEADERSHIP TEAM REALLY DOVE DEEP IN THE DIALOGUE.
RODRIGUEZ SAYS, WHEN WE ASKED THEM, WHY, WHY? AND THEY KEEP LOOKING AT YOU, LIKE, ARE YOU ASKING ME WHY ONE MORE TIME? YES.
WE'RE GOING TO ASK YOU WHY AGAIN, BECAUSE WE WANT TO GET DOWN TO THE ROOT CLOCK CAUSE THAT IS STOPPING, UM, STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT.
SO I THINK IT'S BEEN A GREAT PROCESS.
UM, AND IT IS BASICALLY TYING BACK TO OUR DISTRICT INITIATIVES THAT WE'VE SPOKEN WITH OUR PRINCIPALS ABOUT PROFESSIONAL LEARNING COMMUNITIES, UM, THE INSTRUCTIONAL PLANNING, OUR INSTRUCTIONAL FRAMEWORK AND HOW PRINCIPALS ARE TO MONITOR BOOKS THAT WE WANT THEM TO DO.
AND IF YOU GUYS JUST HANG AROUND, BECAUSE I'M GOING TO OPEN IT UP FOR QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD AT THIS TIME, BUT, UM, BUT, UM, I KNOW, UH, COLONEL GEIER HAS HAD A CHANCE TO, UH, EXPERIENCE AN INSTRUCTIONAL REVIEW.
AND SO IF THERE'S ANYTHING YOU'D LIKE TO SHARE, UH, UH, I'LL GO START THERE AND THEN WE CAN GO TO QUESTIONS.
MR. GUY, I HAD THE GREAT PLEASURE TO ATTEND THE FIRST ONE AT BROAD RIVER ELEMENTARY.
AND I ATTENDED THE ONE TODAY AT ROBERT SMALLS INTERNATIONAL ACADEMY.
UH, IT WAS KIND OF DEJA VU FOR ME BECAUSE THIS IS EXACTLY THE TYPE OF PROCESS THAT THE ARMY PUT IN PLACE 20 YEARS BEFORE I RETIRED.
AND IT'S, I THINK DAVID HAS SEEN THINGS LIKE THIS TOTAL PRAGUE, TOTAL, UH, QUALITY MANAGEMENT, UH, IMPROVEMENT, UH, CONTINUED PROCESS IMPROVEMENT, HIGH-PERFORMANCE ORGANIZATIONS, AND THOSE WERE PROCESSES AND SYSTEMS
SOMEONE WROTE A BOOK, PEOPLE DID THEM FOR ABOUT A YEAR OR TWO, AND THEN THEY FELL OFF AND SOMEBODY ELSE CAME UP THE ARMY TRAINING MANAGEMENT SYSTEM THAT WAS IN PLACE FOR 20 YEARS, REVOLUTIONIZED TRAINING IN THE UNITED STATES ARMY, BECAUSE LIKE THIS SYSTEM, IF YOU CONTINUE IT, THE PRO IT'S A CONTINUOUS PROCESS.
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EFFECTS FROM DOING THE SAME THING, SAME PROCESS, SAME PEOPLE OVER TIME, WHERE YOU HAVE YOUR STRENGTHS THAT YOU SUSTAIN AND YOUR WEAKNESSES THAT YOU IMPROVE.UH, THIS PROCESS, I BELIEVE VERY STRONGLY WILL EVENTUALLY, IF, AS LONG AS WE KEEP DOING IT, WE'LL SOLVE THE ACHIEVEMENT GAP WITHOUT A DOUBT.
IT'S A, IT'S A MATTER OF WILL AND SUSTAINMENT.
UH, I STRONGLY ENCOURAGE BOARD MEMBERS TO ATTEND AT LEAST ONE OF THESE, UH, SESSIONS IN YOUR DISTRICT.
I PLAN TO ATTEND ALL THE ONES IN MY DISTRICT, ESPECIALLY GO TO THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS BECAUSE YOU WILL GET KINDERGARTEN, HER HUGS AND THAT'S WORTH THAT'S WORTH, YOU KNOW, BUT DEFINITELY, UH, I APPLAUD THIS EFFORT.
I ALSO APPLAUD THE EFFORT AND LOOK LIKE WE'RE GOING TO DO SOMETHING THAT'S SUSTAINABLE AND CONSISTENT THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT.
MY ONE QUESTION IS, UH, AND HOW DO YOU MOVE THE PROVERBIAL ROCK? AND THAT IS THE ROCK THAT'S BEEN THERE FOR 12 YEARS.
AND HERE YOU COME AGAIN WITH SOMETHING NEW, SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE TO DO DIFFERENTLY, BUT WE HAVE BEEN DOING IT.
AND IN REALITY, WE DON'T SEE ANYTHING WRONG WITH OUR SYSTEM.
I THINK ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS THAT'S IMPORTANT, UH, IN THE CONVERSATION, UM, MR. CAMPBELL IS WE'VE BEEN DOING IT FOR 12 YEARS, BUT ARE WE HAPPY WITH THE RESULTS WE HAVE? IF THE ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION IS NO, WE BELIEVE WE CAN DO BETTER.
RIGHT? AND YOU'RE GOING TO LIKE THIS PROCESS, BECAUSE THIS IS CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT, RIGHT? AND THIS ISN'T, THIS ISN'T, YOU DIDN'T DO IT, RIGHT.
THIS IS, HEY, THIS ORGANICALLY CAME TO THE TOP AS BIG ROCKS THROUGH OUR DISCUSSION, DIALOGUE AND OBSERVATIONS TODAY.
WE'RE INVESTED IN THE RESULTS THAT WE WANT TO GET.
AND SO THE SUPPORT IS GOING TO BE HERE, WHETHER IT'S PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, WHATEVER IT IS.
SO THAT'S, UH, THAT'S HOW I WOULD ASK, ANSWER THAT QUESTION.
I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY CLASSROOMS YOU GO INTO, BUT HOW CAN YOU DETERMINE THAT WHAT YOU SEE IN A CLASSROOM? HOW CAN YOU EXTRAPOLATE THAT ACROSS TO THE WHOLE SCHOOL? LIKE, DO YOU SEE ENOUGH CLASSROOMS AND TEACHERS AND STUDENTS WITH THEIR LEARNING TO BE ABLE TO EXTRAPOLATE IT ACROSS? IT'S A PHENOMENAL QUESTION.
THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS I WANT TO GO BACK TO THE LEVEL OF TRANSPARENCY IN THE BEGINNING OF THE PROCESS, WHICH I THINK WAS CRITICAL.
SO PRIOR TO COMING TO THE SCHOOL, THE WALKTHROUGH INSTRUMENT THAT WE'RE GOING TO USE WAS GIVEN TO THE PRINCIPALS, GIVEN TO THE SCHOOLS, GIVEN TO THE TEACHERS.
SO THEY KNEW, AND THAT WAS SOMETHING WE'RE DEVELOPING WITH THE PRINCIPAL TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GET ENOUGH OBSERVATIONS.
DID WE GET ENOUGH TIME IN THOSE CLASSROOMS TO ESTABLISH SPRINT WITHIN THE SCHOOL? SO THERE ARE TIMES THAT WE WILL GET VERY STRATEGIC FEEDBACK.
WE WOULD SAY, LIKE, WE SAW ELEMENTS OF THIS DURING THE OBSERVATION, WHICH YOU WILL, RIGHT.
WE CANNOT PREDICT OR SAY THIS WAS GOING TO HAPPEN.
WE ONLY HAVE REFLECT WHAT WE OBSERVED DURING THAT BLOCK OF TIME, BUT WHAT ENDS UP OCCURRING IS THAT BECAUSE WE'RE IN TEAMS, LIKE FOR EXAMPLE, TODAY WE HAD 17 TEAMS. AND SO WE WERE OBSERVING FOR ALMOST TWO HOURS AND WE'D GO INTO 10 TO 15 MINUTE BLOCKS AROUND THE BUILDING.
AND SO YOU'RE COLLECTING 50 TO 60 OBSERVATIONS OF SCHOOL-WIDE.
NOW, DEPENDING ON THE SIZE OF THE SCHOOL AND THE GRAY BAND AT SCHOOL, YOU MAY GET MORE DEPENDING ON, LIKE, FOR EXAMPLE, ROBERT SMALLS IS PRE-K THROUGH EIGHT.
SO OUR, OUR STRETCH WAS LONG, A LITTLE MINUTE INTERVIEW FOR MIDDLE, FOR EXAMPLE, YOU KNOW, WE WERE OBSERVING SIX THROUGH EIGHT, BUT WE HAD SIX TEAMS. SO YOU'RE GETTING A CROSS SECTION ACROSS GRADE LEVEL,
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PRIMARILY IN THE CONTENT FOR CONTENT AREAS, WE ARE GOING INTO ALL CLASSROOMS. UM, SO WHEN I SAY ALL CLASSROOMS, I MEAN, ALL TYPES OF CLASSROOMS, WE NOW MAY NOT VISIT EVERY SINGLE TEACHER THERE.BUT ONE OF THE THINGS I WANT TO POINT OUT IS THAT THE FEEDBACK IS NOT BACK TO THIS PARTICULAR TEACHER.
IT'S ABOUT TRENDS AND PRACTICES WITHIN THE SCHOOL THAT WE'RE OBSERVING.
SO THERE IS NO FEEDBACK ABOUT MS. SO-AND-SO DOWN THE HALLWAY.
IT'S ABOUT WHAT WE'VE COLLECTED.
AND SO I WAS VERY TECHNICAL IN SCOPE AND SEQUENCE OF WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO.
THE INDIVIDUAL FEEDBACK, THE TEACHERS, THOSE ARE THINGS THAT PRINCIPALS AND ADMINISTRATORS SHOULD BE DOING ON AN ONGOING BASIS, UH, AS A RESULT OF OBSERVATIONS AND EVALUATIONS, THIS IS, THIS IS LOOKING AT, UH, UH, BIGGER PICTURE, UH, UH, SYSTEMIC, UH, UH, APPROACH TO DRIVING INSTRUCTION.
SO I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, INSTRUCTIONAL REVIEWS ARE, ARE NOT A NEW THING THAT I'M, YOU KNOW, PUTTING IN PLACE TODAY, RIGHT? I MEAN, UH, WHEN I ROLLED THIS OUT TO PRINCIPALS TO LET THEM KNOW THAT, UM, THAT THIS IS WHAT WE WOULD BE DOING, AND THIS IS WHAT THE PROCESS WOULD LOOK LIKE.
UM, OUR ONE PRINCIPAL, THEIR COMMENT WAS, YOU KNOW, WE'VE HAD INSTRUCTIONAL REVIEWS AND BEFORE, BUT NEVER THIS WELL THOUGHT OUT.
WE HAVE, THIS IS THE THIRD ROUND OF INSTRUCTIONAL REVIEWS THAT I PARTICIPATED IN SINCE 2003.
UM, THE DIFFERENCE THIS TIME IS IT, WE DID IT OURSELVES WITH A LONG-TERM PLAN FOR SUSTAINMENT.
UM, AND SO THE COLLABORATION WAS, WAS WE DID THE WORK TOGETHER WITH THE SCHOOL LEVEL TEAMS. THERE WAS A LEVEL OF TRANSPARENCY THAT WAS THERE WITH THE SCHOOLS, AND WE'RE DOING, IT'S THE LITTLE THINGS LIKE STAYING WITH THE PRINCIPAL WHEN YOU PRESENT TO THE FACULTY AND STAFF.
SO THEY HAVE QUESTIONS, CONCERNS, COMMENTS, WE'RE THERE, WE'RE COMING BACK AND, AND, AND HAVING AS PART OF THOSE T A PART OF THOSE PLANS THAT WE'RE DEVELOPING THE IT'S NOT THE DISTRICT IN THE SCHOOL, IT'S THE WHEAT.
AND SO THERE ARE, WE'RE IN SOME OF THESE PLANS AS WELL, TO CONTINUE TO ASSIST AND PROVIDE SUPPORT.
AND I THINK IN MS. DIXON ALLUDED TO THAT EARLIER, THAT LEVEL OF COLLABORATION IS WHAT I SEE DIFFERENTLY IN COMPARISON TO THE FIRST TWO TIMES WE'VE DONE THIS.
SO THIS ISN'T REALLY SOMETHING NEW.
WE JUST DID IT IN A, IN A DIFFERENT WAY.
IT'S BEEN AN INTEGRAL PART OF ANY TRANSFORMATION WORK THAT I'VE EVER BEEN APART.
UH, INSTRUCTIONAL REVIEWS ARE A CRITICAL COMPONENT AS TO DR.
LEVANN, IF YOU HAVE ANYTHING YOU WANT TO ADD ABOUT THE PROCESS OR THE PROCEDURE AND THE VALUE IN IT THAT YOU'RE HEARING FROM YOUR PRINCIPALS.
I WAS WRAPPING UP A CLASS ON LANGUAGE ARTS, BUT I'M SURE MY COLLEAGUES SAID EVERYTHING THAT I WOULD SAY I WOULD JUST LIKE TO ADD TO THE QUESTION THAT WAS JUST POSED ABOUT THE NUMBER OF CLASSROOMS WE SEE AND HOW WE COLLECT EVIDENCE.
I WILL SAY WITHIN A, AROUND YOU WILL COLLECT ABOUT TWO TO 300 PIECES OF EVIDENCE THAT YOU SEE IN THE CLASSROOM.
AND FROM THAT YOU DESIGNED, UM, BASED YOU IDENTIFY TRENDS FROM THAT.
AND SO IT'S NOT REALLY SUBJECTIVE.
AND YOU ONLY MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS OR THE PROBLEM OF PRACTICE BASED ON WHAT YOU SAW DURING YOUR COURSE IN THE ROUND.
SO AGAIN, IT'S VERY EVIDENCE-BASED.
WE TAKE EVERYTHING WE SEE AND WE PLOT IT OUT.
WE TALK TO EACH OTHER WITHIN GROUPS AND THAT OTHER GROUPS OUTSIDE GROUPS FROM FOLKS WHO VISITED DIFFERENT CLASSROOMS TO VERIFY THAT WHAT WE SAW IN THE SIX OR SEVEN CLASSROOMS IS ISOLATED, BUT THE OTHER TEAMS SAW THAT AS WELL.
AND SO ONCE WE CONFIRM ALL OF THAT, THEN WE DECIDE THAT IT IS AN ACTUAL TREND IN THE POSITIVE OR, UM, AN AREA OF GROWTH ACROSS THE SCHOOL.
IT'S NOT ISOLATED TO A PARTICULAR GRADE LEVEL OR A TEACHER, BUT WE'RE LOOKING FOR COMMON PRACTICES ACROSS THE ENTIRE SCHOOL.
I'M SURE IF I CAN JUST FINISH.
THAT WAS GOING TO BE MY VERY NEXT QUESTION IS SOME OF US KNOW THAT WE'VE DONE THESE INSTRUCTIONAL REVIEWS BEFORE 10, 12 YEARS AGO.
AND I WAS GOING TO ASK YOU, HOW IS THIS DIFFERENT? SO WHAT I'M HEARING IS MUCH MORE OF A COLLABORATIVE, NOT A SCHOOL VERSUS DISTRICT SWEEP IN TELL YOU WHAT YOU DO, RIGHT? TELL YOU I DO WRONG AND THEN LEAVE.
UM, I THINK YOUR NEW POSITION, MS. DIXON, DR.
LEVON, YOUR NEW POSITIONS ARE GOING TO HELP WITH THAT CONTINUITY AND THAT LIAISON BETWEEN DISTRICTS AND SCHOOLS, AND THIS PLAN
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WILL THEN BE REVIEWED REPEATEDLY.MULTIPLE TIMES WE'LL BE BACK AT ALL THESE SCHOOLS AGAIN THIS YEAR.
BECAUSE WE WANT TO SEE, WELL, HERE'S WHAT I WANT TO SEE.
I WANT TO SEE, WE SAID WE NEEDED TO DO THIS PARTICULAR PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT IN ORDER TO MAKE SURE THAT WE COULD BE EFFECTIVE IN THIS PARTICULAR STRATEGY TO MOVE THIS BIG ROCK.
DID WE DO THIS PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT? HOW LONG HAS IT BEEN IN PLAY? UH, UM, WHAT OTHER SUPPORTS ARE THERE? AND THEN ARE WE MOVING THE ROCK? RIGHT? ARE WE, ARE WE GETTING BETTER AT, AS AN EXAMPLE, ALIGNING OUR, UH, STANDARDS ON INSTRUCTION, RIGHT.
IS THAT ALIGNED TO THE FULL INTENT AND RIGOR OF THOSE STANDARDS? UH, THAT MIGHT BE A BIG ROLE AS AN EXAMPLE, MR. WILLIAM SMITH.
ONE OF MY QUESTIONS IS, UM, HOW IS IT MEASURED? AND WHAT'S THE PROCESS OF THE, UM, OF THIS BEING SUCCESSFUL.
WHAT'S THE PROCESS OF, OF MEASURING IT TO SEE THE SUCCESS IN IT OR WHEREVER IT'S, IT'LL BE HELPING THE DISTRICT MAP, HOW THEY MEASURED WHAT'S I THINK, UM, THAT, UH, COLONEL GEIER DID A GOOD JOB, UH, POINTING OUT THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THESE THINGS AND MEASURING IT.
IT'S A SUSTAINABLE AND OVER TIME CUMULATIVE EFFECT AND IMPACT ON, UM, ACADEMIC INSTRUCTION AND WHAT'S HAPPENING WITHIN SCHOOLS.
SO, YOU KNOW, IF YOU'RE LOOKING TO DO THIS AND EXPECTING THAT YOU'RE GOING TO SEE A RE UH, UH, UH, SIGNIFICANT RESULT IN A WEEK, THAT'S NOT HOW THIS WORKS, RIGHT? THIS IS, UH, WE'RE IDENTIFYING THE BIG PICTURE ITEMS THAT, UH, WE BELIEVE ARE HIGH LEVERAGE STRATEGIES, HIGH LEVERAGE, THINGS THAT WILL IMPACT, UH, OUTCOMES FOR KIDS.
AND THEN WE WANT TO KEEP DOING IT, FINE, TUNING IT, CHECKING IT ON A REGULAR BASIS.
AND SO, SO, UM, YOU KNOW, OVER TIME, WE'RE GOING TO SEE RESULTS OF THIS.
AS LONG AS IN THAT COLLABORATIVE CONVERSATION, WE'RE HITTING ON BIG ROCKS THAT WILL ACTUALLY MOVE THE LAB.
BUT I'M ALSO TRYING TO UNDERSTAND AT WHAT POINT IN, HOW WILL WE KNOW THAT, THAT THIS PROCESS IS WORKING IN, AND NOT ONLY WHAT WILL BE THE, THE, THE DIFFERENT THINGS TO EVALUATE THIS PROCESS ON HOW WILL WE KNOW THAT THE PROCESS HAS WORKED? SO, SO PRINCIPALS, ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS, LEADERSHIP TEAMS AT SCHOOLS ARE CONSTANTLY IN AND OUT OF CLASSROOMS. RIGHT.
AND SO THEY SHOULD BE SEEING OVER TIME AND IMPACT ON THAT DISTRICT PERSONNEL IS SUPPORTING SCHOOLS.
WE'RE COMING BACK FOR ANOTHER INSTRUCTIONAL REVIEW RIGHT LATER ON AFTER A COUPLE OF MONTHS.
SO WE CAN SEE PROGRESS THAT ARE COLLABORATIVELY MADE ON THESE BIG ITEMS, RIGHT.
AND THEN, YOU KNOW, ULTIMATELY WHAT WE WANT TO SEE ULTIMATELY IS AN IMPACT ON STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT.
AND WE BELIEVE THAT INSTRUCTION IS THE CRITICAL LEVER IN MOVING STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT.
AND SO IF WE CAN, UH, CAN IDENTIFY THE RIGHT BIG ROCKS OR PROBLEMS OF PRACTICE TO MOVE THAT, THEN WE SHOULD SEE RESULTS.
UH, ALSO I SEE THE SCHOOL CLIMATE SURVEYS, HOW WHAT'S THE PROCESS IN DOING, DOING THAT WELL, AND WHAT ARE WE KIND OF LOOKING TO WARDS TO? YEP.
SO IT'S PART OF THE CONVERSATION, RIGHT? IT COULD BE PART OF THE DIALOGUE IN, IN LOOKING AT DATA DURING THE UPFRONT PRESENTATION.
BUT THERE ARE SCHOOL CLIMATE SURVEYS THAT, THAT, YOU KNOW, CAN TAKE PLACE.
SO, AND THAT, THAT'S JUST PART OF DATA POINTS THAT, YOU KNOW, COULD BE AVAILABLE.
W WELL, AFTER THE END, BASICALLY WE'RE SITTING OUT THESE SURVEYS, WHAT'S THE PROCESS.
DOES THE, DOES THE SURVEY COME FROM THE DISTRICT OR DOES THE SURVEY COME FROM THE PRINCIPAL? HOW DOES THAT SURVEY, HOW DOES THAT, HOW DOES THAT SURVEY GO OUT AND WHERE EXACTLY DOES IT GO WITH, WHO CAN SEE, WHO IS RESPONDING? YEAH.
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CAN SEE, UH, UM, DISTRICT, UH, SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION CAN SEE RESULTS, UH, OF, OF SURVEYS, UM, AND UTILIZE DATA POINTS.I MEAN, JUST VARIOUS DATA POINTS, YOU KNOW, THE DATA POINT ITSELF, ISN'T GOING TO, UH, MAKE THE DIFFERENCE.
BUT IT'S PART OF VARIOUS DATA POINTS THAT TELL A STORY.
SO, SO ONE OF THE BIGGEST MISTAKES ANYBODY COULD EVER MAKE IS TO TAKE ONE DATA POINT, UH, ONE PARTICULAR MOMENT IN TIME, WHETHER IT'S AN ASSESSMENT OR WHATEVER IT IS RIGHT.
AND SAY, YOU KNOW, UH, THAT, THAT'S IT, RIGHT? THAT'S THE ONE YOU'RE MUCH BETTER OFF HAVING VARIOUS MULTIPLE DATA POINTS, ANECDOTAL CLASSROOM OBSERVATION, UH, WALK-THROUGHS UH, DIALOGUES, UH, PROFESSIONAL LEARNING COMMUNITY, UH, CONVERSATIONS AND DATA POINTS, ANECDOTAL, UH, UH, AND TRYING TO PULL ALL OF THAT TOGETHER INTO A PICTURE.
MY QUESTION THAT MY GUESS WHAT MY QUESTION IS, CAN THEY SEE, WHO'S RESPONDING TO THESE SURVEYS? SO THE TOKEN THEY SAY, UH, WILLIAM SMITH SAID THIS, RIGHT? NO, THANK YOU.
I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE GETTING.
UH, NEXT ITEM ONTO THE NEXT SIDE.
THANK YOU, MS. DICKSON AND DR.
UH, OUR NEXT ITEM IS FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY AND MS. CROSBY IS ONLINE.
UM, I AM AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE IN THESE CATEGORIES.
WE HAVE THE TRANSPARENCY REPORT, UH, THE SEPTEMBER CONSOLIDATED AND DETAILED A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS REPORT.
UH, ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE, UH, I'M OPEN TO RESPONDING AT THIS TIME.
UM, TANYA, I JUST HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS AND THEY RELATE TO THE TRANSPARENCY REPORT AND ALSO TO THE CONSOLIDATED REPORT, UM, WHEN I WAS GOING THROUGH IT.
AND, AND FREQUENTLY WE SEE THIS ON THE TRANSPARENCY REPORTS IS THAT THERE'S A LOT OF ITEMS PURCHASED VIA AMAZON, UM, WHICH I UNDERSTAND IS EXTREMELY CONVENIENT, UM, FOR OUR STAFF TO BE ABLE TO USE, BUT IT DOES RAISE QUITE A FEW QUESTIONS, UM, FOR ME OVER TIME.
UM, SO FIRST QUESTION IS, IS ON A MONTHLY BASIS.
OUR, OUR, OUR AMAZON PURCHASES REACHING THE $100,000 THRESHOLD TO GO ON THE CONSOLIDATED REPORT.
CAUSE I RECOGNIZE THAT THEY COME FROM DIFFERENT FUNDS, BUT, UM, IT'S ABOUT 14 PAGES.
DOES THIS MEANT THE LOAN? I THINK WE'RE GOING BY THE INDIVIDUAL VENDORS.
UM, I WILL CERTAINLY POSE THAT BACK TO OUR PROCUREMENT OFFICE.
I THINK IT PROBABLY IS SOMETHING THAT WOULD EXCEED THAT THRESHOLD.
UM, AND THAT IS NOT SOMETHING THAT WE'VE REALLY RECOGNIZED, UH, BEFORE, BUT, UH, WE'LL CERTAINLY POSE THAT BACK TO THEM AND IT LOOKS AS IF THAT MAY BE SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD INCLUDE IN THE FUTURE.
AND YEAH, I'D JUST BE INTERESTED IN KNOWING HOW LONG WE'VE BEEN REACHING THAT THRESHOLD TO FROM A HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE.
UM, I NOTED THAT THERE WAS QUITE A FEW BIG TICKET KIND OF ITEMS, FURNITURE TECHNOLOGY, AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
AND WHAT I DO JUST PERSONALLY AS AN INDIVIDUAL BOARD MEMBER IS THAT IT COULD MAKE IT DIFFICULT FOR US TO ASSESS, UM, WHERE OUR NEEDS LIE OR WHERE OUR DEFICIENCIES ARE IN DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS, WHETHER THAT BE, UM, YOU KNOW, MAINTENANCE SUPPLIES, THE TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT.
AND I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS THE MOST RESOURCEFUL, UM, AVENUE, UH, TO PURCHASE THOSE THINGS FROM THERE.
WE MIGHT NOT BE GETTING THE BEST PRICE.
I DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER TO THAT, BUT IT DOES DEFINITELY RAISE A LOT OF QUESTIONS TYPICALLY LESS THAN $2,500.
SO THEY WOULDN'T MEET THE PROCUREMENT THRESHOLD OF, UH, THREE QUOTES OR THAT SORT.
SO THEY'RE TYPICALLY SMALL, BUT I CAN UNDERSTAND, UH, CONSOLIDATED THE NUMBER WILL BE LARGE.
RIGHT? WELL, AND, AND THEN ALSO WE DON'T HAVE AN ABILITY AS A BOARD TO LOOK AT IT AND SAY, OKAY, OUR NURSING SUPPLIES, THERE WAS PPE FOR CHILDREN PURCHASED ON AMAZON.
I DON'T KNOW IF THE QUALITY IS, UM, THE SAME
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AS IF WE WERE PURCHASING IT THROUGH A MEDICAL SUPPLIER.SO JUST A LOT OF QUESTIONS THAT COME FROM THOSE PURCHASES AND I'D LIKE US TO MAYBE DO A DIVE INTO THAT.
AND I CERTAINLY CAN BRING THAT UP ON THE FINANCE COMMITTEE FOR FURTHER REVIEW.
BUT, UM, LAST QUESTION IN REGARD TO AMAZON IS, IS OUR ACCOUNT, UM, WHERE WE'RE PURCHASING FROM AMAZON.
IS IT LINKED TO THE FOUNDATION FOR EDUCATIONAL EXCELLENCE THROUGH AMAZON SMILE? THEY DO A 0.5%, UM, KIND OF DONATE BACK.
AND IF WE COULD, SINCE WE'RE PURCHASING SO MUCH FROM AMAZON, IF WE COULD BENEFIT FROM, OR THE FOUNDATION COULD BENEFIT FROM THAT DONATION, WE NEED TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF IT.
I'M NOT AWARE OF IT BEING LINKED TO THE EDGE FOUNDATION, BUT I CAN, WE WILL LOOK INTO IT AND SEE IF THERE'S A WAY THAT WE CAN CONNECT THEM.
AND, UH, THAT WAY THERE'S A AVENUE FOR, UM, REIMBURSEMENT OR DONATION BACK TO THE DISTRICT.
APPRECIATE YOU ENTERTAINING ME.
UM, BUT MY QUESTION, I SEE SOME OF THESE GCA MONTHLY SERVICES, MAINTENANCE, UM, CUSTODIALS, ARE WE KEEPING TRACK OF WHEN CUSTODIAL IS OUT BECAUSE THEY'RE OFTENTIMES I'VE GOTTEN CALLS THAT SOMETIME THAT CUSTODIANS HAVE, HAVE NOT BEEN IN THE BUILDINGS AND I WAS JUST PAYING A FLAT RATE FOR THAT CONTRACT PER MONTH, OR HOW, HOW LONG, HOW ARE WE DOING THAT? YES, SIR.
IF THERE'S ANY MORE DETAILS, I'M GOING TO TURN THAT OVER TO MR. ODDING, BUT THE CONTRACT FOR CUSTODIAL IS A FLAT RATE BY SQUARE FOOTAGE OF THE BUILDING, AND THAT IS OUR, UH, DESIGNATED CONTRACT AMOUNT.
UH, AND IT IS A TYPICAL CONTRACT FOR THE CUSTODIAL SERVICE IN ADDITION TO, UM, UH, AND CURRENTLY OUR CUSTODIAL IS WITH H E S M ABM, FORMERLY GCA IS ACTUALLY OUR MAINTENANCE CONTRACT.
SO I MAY BE GETTING THE TWO OF THOSE CONFUSED WITH, UH, WITH YOU, BUT, UH, I BELIEVE THAT BOTH ARE, UH, ACTUALLY BASED ON A, UM, PER SQUARE FOOT CONTRACT PER SQUARE FOOT COST.
AND I WOULD DEFINITELY ASK ABOUT THE SAME THING WITH SEDEXO BEING OUT.
AND I LASTED ME, THEY WERE SAYING THAT, UM, THEY WERE TRYING TO FIND WORKERS.
SO ARE WE PAYING FOR, ARE WE PAYING A FLAT RATE AT EVERY CITY THAT EVER SAID DEXA, UH, CENTER AS WELL, OR BUILDING, OR HOW IS THAT WORKING? ARE WE PAYING THEM PER WORKER? SEDEXO IS PAID MUCH DIFFERENTLY.
UM, THEY ARE PAID BASED ON A PER MEAL PRICE.
AND SO WE'RE GOING TO BE HAVING IN AN UPCOMING MEETING, UH, WITHIN THE NEXT FEW MONTHS, HAVING A DEEP DIVE INTO FOOD SERVICE CAUSE WE HAVE AN OPERATIONAL EXPECTATION THAT WE'LL BE COMING FORWARD TO THE FINANCE COMMITTEE WITHIN THE NEXT FEW MONTHS.
UH, AND THAT WILL GIVE A LOT OF DETAILS ABOUT MEAL PRICES AND THE CONTRACT AMOUNTS, UH, BUT THEY ARE, UM, THEY ARE PAID ON A PER MEAL BASIS, A FLAT RATE.
THANK YOU, MS. CROSBY, THERE DO NOT SEEM TO BE ANY FURTHER HANDS UP.
THANK YOU, MR. CROSBY, DO YOU WANT TO, UH, INTRODUCE, UH, MS. MATTSON OR MS. MS. MATTSON IS THERE WITH YOU THIS EVENING, UM, TO PROVIDE THE MONTHLY ESTHER UPDATE AND I'M HERE FOR SUPPORTIVE, IF ANY, UH, ANY QUESTIONS COME UP THAT NEED MY HELP.
GOOD MORNING, CHAIRMAN GODSON BOARD.
THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO COME AGAIN TONIGHT.
JUST TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON THE SR UH, GRANTS THAT WE'VE, UM, HAD, UM, OF COURSE OUR S OR OUR FIRST CORONA, UH, RELIEF FUNDS WITH WHY'D YOU TAKE IT OFF THE REPORT OR JUST NOT REPORT ON IT CAUSE THEY'RE FINISHED AT THAT POINT.
THAT FIRST PAGE, THERE WE ARE, UM, IN OUR EXTRA ONE THIS PAST MONTH, IT'S THE SAME REPORT.
WE DID NOT HAVE ANY EXPENDITURES ADDED EXPENDITURES TO, UM, THIS TO REPORT BY THE 31ST, BUT WE HAVE SOME THINGS THAT ARE ALREADY HITTING THERE AND WE SHOULD, UM, WE ONLY HAVE 7% OF THE GRAND LAUGHED AND IT SHOULD BE EXPENDED, UM, SOON.
UM, WE HAVE UNTIL NEXT SEPTEMBER TO EXPAND THAT GRANT SO THAT ONE WILL BE, UM, EXPENDED QUICKLY THEN WE'VE, UM, HAVE ESTHER TOO, AND
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WE'VE HAD SOME EXPENDITURES MOVING THERE.WE, UH, WE SEE EXPENDITURES ON S TWO MORE THAN SR THREE BECAUSE WE'RE SPENDING THOSE FUNDS.
UH, FIRST WE HAVE, UM, SOME AREAS LIKE NURSING SUPPORT.
YOU'RE GOING TO SEE CONSTANTLY AND THAT'S ADDITIONAL, UM, SUPPORT FOR CONTRACT CONTACT, TRACING ACTIVITIES THAT NURSES ARE DOING.
AND I KNOW THAT THEY'RE WORKING ON HIRING SOME, THE ADDITIONAL NURSES FOR THIS CONTRACT.
WE ALSO WILL SEE EVERY MONTH, UM, ON PAGE SIX, UH, PPE, UM, THE SANITATION, WE DO PAY ADDITIONAL CUSTODIAL COSTS ABOUT PART OF THAT CONTRACT.
UM, THAT'S ONGOING MONTHLY WHEN THEY HAVE THAT INCREASE THERE, WE ALSO PAY ZOOM MONTHLY.
AND SO, BECAUSE THAT'S SUCH AN IMPORTANT ASPECT OF WHAT WE'RE DOING THESE DAYS, YOU ALSO SEE ON LINE 15, WE DID HAVE EXPENDITURES A LITTLE OVER 17,000 IN OUR MENTAL HEALTH CONTRACTS THERE.
AND THESE ARE EXPENDITURES SOMETIMES LAG JUST BECAUSE OF WHEN IT GETS PAID.
AND WHEN IT GETS POSTED, I GIVE YOU ONLY POSTED NUMBERS THERE, BUT THESE NUMBERS ARE CHANGING AS WE MOVE THROUGH.
THERE ARE, UM, ONE THING, OUR AFTERSCHOOL PROGRAMS WHERE OUR SCHOOLS HAVE DESIGNED THE EXTRA TIME OR THE, UH, THAT THEY'RE DOING, WE'RE SEEING ABOUT 40 TO 45,000, THE LAST COUPLE MONTHS, AVERAGE MOVING THROUGH THEM, SPENDING THAT WE ARE GIVING UPDATES TO THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS ON HOW BOTH SCHOOLS ARE WORKING THEIR PLANS.
AND THEY GOT AN UPDATE YESTERDAY.
AND I KNOW THAT THEY'VE TALKED TO SCHOOLS ABOUT HOW MUCH MONEY'S GOING THROUGH BECAUSE I'VE GIVEN THEM QUESTIONS FROM THE SCHOOLS ON, ON THOSE KINDS OF THINGS.
SO WE HAVE AN EXCELLENT PROCESS FOR THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS AND DR.
STRATUS TO REALLY MONITOR THE SCHOOLS AND ENSURE THAT THEY ARE PROVIDING ADDITIONAL TIME.
THAT'S BECAUSE IT'S A PART OF THEIR, THEIR PLANS THERE.
UM, AND THEN IN ESTHER THREE, WE'VE HAD A FEW EXPENDITURES THERE.
UM, ONE OF THE EXPENDITURES WE HAVE IS, AND Y'ALL TALKED ABOUT INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS EARLIER FOR HIS TEXTBOOKS, BUT THERE'S ALSO INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS THAT WE HAD PLANNED FOR OUR MULTI-LINGUAL CURRICULUM, WHICH IS OUR CHINESE SUPPORTING THE SCHOOLS THAT ARE, UH, SUPPORTING THAT LANGUAGE OR TEACHING THAT LANGUAGE.
AND SO THEY WERE ABLE TO, UM, GET A, UH, SOME ONLINE SERVICES AND DIGITAL, UM, SUPPORTS THERE THIS PAST MONTH.
UM, WE ALSO HAVE ONGOING THERE, WE SEE SOME PD, UM, MOVING THROUGH OUR S OR FOR BREE.
SO YOU'LL SEE THAT THAT'S NOT MOVING QUITE AS FAST, UM, EVERY MONTH ONLY BECAUSE WE ARE TRYING TO SPEND THE FIRST BRAND AS WE'RE MOVING THROUGH THERE.
UH, SO OVERALL WE STILL ARE ON TRACK TO MEET THE OVERALL, UM, FINISHING BY EACH OF THESE GRANTS.
WE WERE BEHIND A LITTLE BIT ON THIS MONTHLY, MY TARGET SPE EXPENDITURE THERE.
BUT, UM, AS I LOOK AT THE BUDGETS AGAIN, WE WERE SEEING THEM HIT AND GET PAID AND, AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO, UM, WE'LL BE BRINGING THAT INFORMATION TO YOU AS WE, AS WE MOVE FORWARD.
THE OTHER THING I DID WANT TO KNOW THAT WE SHOULD BE SEEING ON THESE REPORTS AND AS SIR THREE, AND IT'S ON PAGE 10, PAGE NINE IS WE DO HAVE A BIG INITIATIVE IN HERE AND IT'S THE MIDDLE SCHOOL, UM, DEVICE REFRESH THAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE UTILIZING, UH, FOR MIDDLE SCHOOL, WITH THESE FUNDS PART OF THAT.
AND I KNOW THAT QUOTES HAVE ALREADY BEEN RECEIVED.
UM, THEY WILL BE PUTTING ORDER IN FOR THAT, AND THEN PROBABLY WAITING FOR THEM TO GET HERE BECAUSE TECHNOLOGY IS TAKING A LONG TIME TO GET TO US.
SO WE'RE TRYING TO GET THAT DONE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE SO WE CAN GET IT ORDERED AND SO THEY CAN GET IT HERE AND READY TO GO FOR IT.
UM, AS SOON AS POSSIBLE, PROBABLY WE'VE WAITED FOR SOME ITEMS BOUT THREE MONTHS COMING IN THAT WERE SMALL ITEMS OF, OF LAPTOPS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO I KNOW THE TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT IS WORKING ON THAT RIGHT NOW, SO THAT WILL BE A LARGER EXPENDITURE WE SHOULD SEE AND ENCUMBRANCE, UM, AS WE MOVE FORWARD.
SO I TAKE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS THAT YOU'D LIKE TO HAVE, OR
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THAT YES.UM, THANK YOU, MS. BOATWRIGHT.
THE FIRST ONE IS REGARDING ZOOM CLOUD STORAGE.
WE HAVE TWO LINE ITEMS AND TWO DIFFERENT FUNDS, BOTH FOR 390,000.
THE FIRST ONE, WE ARE ONES 309,000 AND ONE'S 390,000.
UM, IN THE S OR TWO, WE'VE SPENT SO FAR 143,000.
IT SEEMS LIKE WE DON'T NEED THAT ADDITIONAL 390,000 BECAUSE HOPEFULLY THE ERA OF ZOOM RECORDINGS IS, IS TAPERING HERE.
AT THIS POINT, WE'RE GOING TO PROBABLY SEE THOSE KINDS OF THINGS AS WE START EVALUATING AND THINKING AS IT GOES DOWN THERE, BECAUSE THAT WAS WHEN WE DID PUT UNKNOWN.
AND THIS IS WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO THERE.
THAT'S WHAT OUR AMENDMENTS ARE FOR SAYS, WE'RE MONITORING THAT SPENDING.
I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE WE DIDN'T HAVE A BIG ZOOM CURRICULUM PLAN.
UM, AND I'M NOW GOING TO SEGUE INTO MY SECOND QUESTION, IF THAT'S OKAY.
UH, SO I WAS GOING TO TRY AND DO A CLEVER SEGUE ABOUT ROLLING IT OVER INTO MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES.
UM, THIS IS A BIG ISSUE FOR ME AND WE HAD A PRESENTATION.
WE WERE TALKING, WE HAVE, I GUESS, PARTNERSHIPS, I DON'T KNOW IF WE HAVE FORMAL PARTNERSHIPS OR INFORMAL PARTNERSHIPS.
AND WE HAD TALKED ABOUT SPEND, UH, AUTHOR OF ALLOCATING EIGHT WEEKS OF MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT FOR ANY STUDENT WHO NEEDED IT, UM, TO DATE, WE HAVEN'T SPENT ANY MONEY ON IT.
AND THEN WE WERE AT A STUDENT ADVISORY COUNCIL AND THE QUESTION CAME UP AND NOT A SINGLE STUDENT HAD HEARD OF IT.
UM, THIS IS GETTING OUTSIDE OF, YOU KNOW, YOUR REPORT A LITTLE BIT, BUT I'LL BRING IT BACK HOME.
UM, AND SO TO BE HONEST WITH YOU, THERE WAS TALK OF MARKETING IT.
UM, AND THAT WAS I THINK, SIX WEEKS AGO.
AND I'M REALLY DISAPPOINTED THAT HERE WE ARE, WE HAVEN'T SPENT ANY MONEY.
WE HAVE IT AS FAR AS I CAN TELL, UH, WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING THAT'S GOING OUT TO PARENTS.
WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING THAT IS OFFICIAL.
NONE OF THE MARKETING MATERIALS HAVE BEEN PREPARED.
AND OUT OF CURIOSITY TODAY, I WENT TO SEE, WE HAD BEEN GIVEN BY, I BELIEVE MS. HENDERSON, UM, A VERY, UH, ATTRACTIVE FLYER OUTLINING OUR, OUR, UH, PROGRESS.
I KIND OF AS AN EXPERIMENT, WE TRIED TO FIND IT ON OUR WEBSITE FOR A PARENT.
I LOOKED UNDER COMMUNITY, I LOOKED UNDER PARENTS, I LOOKED UNDER STUDENTS.
SO DEPARTMENTS INSTRUCTIONAL SERVICES, SCHOOL, COUNSELOR, VIRTUAL CALMING ROOM LINK EMBEDDED.
AND I'M FAMILIAR WITH THIS WEBSITE.
IT TOOK ME 10 MINUTES AND I COULD NOT FIND IT.
SO WHAT I'M GETTING AT HERE IN THIS QUESTION IS WE SHOULD BE SPENDING THAT MONEY.
OTHER DISTRICTS HAVE HIRED MENTAL HEALTH DIRECTORS.
THEY ARE PARTNERING WITH GROUPS, THEY'RE SPENDING MONEY, THEY'RE FORMING PARENT ADVISORY COMMITTEES.
THEY'VE GOT STUDENT ADVOCACY GROUPS.
AND SO THIS IS YOUR YOU'RE GETTING THIS QUESTION, BUT I THINK OTHER PEOPLE KNOW WHO IT'S MEANT FOR WHERE ARE WE AT AND WHY DO WE NOT HAVE MORE OF A SENSE OF URGENCY ON TERMS OF HOW WE'RE SPENDING THIS MENTAL HEALTH ALLOCATION? CAN YOU HEAR ME? OKAY.
SO I THINK, UH, IN TERMS OF THE CONVERSATION THAT WE HAD WITH THE BOARD, THAT WAS PROBABLY ABOUT THAT TIMEFRAME, BUT IN TERMS OF WHAT WE HEARD FROM STUDENTS, UM, THAT WAS ABOUT A WEEK AGO, RIGHT? SO, UM, OBVIOUSLY THAT'S A PLACE THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO RAMP UP ANY KIND OF MARKETING OR ANY ISSUE LIKE THAT, BECAUSE WE HEARD FROM STUDENTS THAT THEY, THEY PARTICULARLY DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT IT, RIGHT? SO, SO IT'S AVAILABLE, RIGHT? AND WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S EASILY ACCESSIBLE.
SO IT IS AVAILABLE RIGHT NOW IF A PARENT'S LISTENING AND THEY HAVE A CHILD IN THEIR HOUSE THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO ACCESS THOSE SERVICES, WHAT DO THEY DO? WHO DO THEY TALK TO? SO IF THEY REACH OUT TO, UH, WELL, THE QUICKEST WAYS TO REACH OUT TO THE SCHOOL AND, AND TO THE SCHOOL COUNSELORS, WHICH CONNECT WITH, UH, UH, MS. HENDERSON AND CONNECT WITH, UH, MS. SWINTON AND, AND WITH WHOLE PERFORMANCES, AS MANY SCHOOLS, WE HAVE ALL PERFORMANCE, UH, UH, AND WE HAVE DIFFERENT MENTAL HEALTH ALREADY AVAILABLE IN SCHOOL.
SO IT MAY NOT REQUIRE ANY KIND OF ADDITIONAL CONNECTION, BUT, BUT THAT IS AVAILABLE IN, IN, IN MANY SCHOOLS BECAUSE SOME OF THEM EVEN HAVE OFFICE SPACE IN SOME OF OUR SCHOOLS, UH, TO HELP MEET THE NEED, MEET THE NEEDS OF KIDS.
IT'S A SMALL NUMBER OF SCHOOLS THAT HAVE THE IN-OFFICE.
SO FROM THE PARENTS I'M TALKING TO, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE I UNDERSTAND IT.
IF SOMEONE COMES TO ME AND ASK WHAT WE'RE DOING FOR MENTAL HEALTH, I CAN TELL THEM WE WILL PAY FOR UP TO EIGHT WEEKS.
IF YOU NEED IT, YOU NEED TO GET IN CONTACT WITH THE SCHOOL COUNSELORS.
THAT'S SEPARATE FROM THE GUIDANCE COUNSELOR.
YEAH, NO, I, I THINK THEY SHOULD MAKE CONTACT WITH THE SCHOOL.
WE COULD START WITH YOUR SCHOOL COUNTER CAUSE THAT'S WHO, YOU KNOW, RIGHT.
AND, AND, AND CONNECT, AND THEY CAN CONNECT THEM WITH, WITH THE, UH, WITH THE SUPPORT SERVICES.
IS MS. SWINTON ON THE LINE? I DIDN'T SEE HER.
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WHAT I WILL DO IS I WILL, UH, HAVE OUR TEAM PREPARE A FLYER FOR YOU, UH, THAT, THAT THEY CAN SHARE WITH A ONE PAGE DOCUMENT WITH EACH OF THE BOARD MEMBERS.SO THAT AS, AND THAT CAN BE A ONE-PAGE DOCUMENT THAT WE CAN EVEN POST.
SO THAT, SO THAT, UH, AS YOU GET ASKED QUESTIONS, YOU CAN, YOU CAN HELP CONNECT PEOPLE WITH THE SERVICES THAT WE OFFER.
UM, I RECENTLY, UM, HAVE HAD THE FORTUNATE OPPORTUNITY TO, UH, PARTICIPATE IN GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY CERTIFICATE AND EDUCATION FINANCE COURSE.
AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE JUST SPOKE ABOUT, UH, AT OUR FIRST RESIDENCY WAS A LOT ABOUT ESSER, UM, FEDERAL RELIEF FUNDS, UM, AND HOW, WHEN THEY RUN OUT, THEY CAN CREATE A DISRUPTIVE FISCAL CLIFF FOR DISTRICTS.
AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I'M EXTREMELY CONCERNED ABOUT.
UM, ESPECIALLY GIVEN THAT WE HAVE A LARGE INVESTMENT FROM OUR SR FUNDS GOING TOWARDS HUMAN CAPITAL, UM, AND HIRES.
SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I WANTED TO ASK IS, UM, ALSO GIVEN, YOU KNOW, THE CLIMATE OF HIRING RIGHT NOW, AND THE DIFFICULTY IN OBTAINING STAFF, ESPECIALLY IN SOME OF THESE POSITIONS, UM, WHEN WILL WE REASSESS OUR S OR PLAN, UM, IN REGARD TO THOSE POSITIONS THAT WE'VE BEEN PLANNING TO HIRE, BECAUSE IF THEY DON'T GET FILLED IN SIX MONTHS TIME, UM, DO WE PIVOT, DO WE ASSIGN THOSE FUNDS ELSEWHERE? UM, I GUESS MY QUESTION IS WHEN ARE WE GOING TO REASSESS THE PLAN, UH, FOR THOSE POTENTIAL OF DEFICIENCIES? SO THAT'S AN EXCELLENT QUESTION.
AND ONE THAT ACTUALLY, WE HAD A CONVERSATION ABOUT JUST THIS WEEK.
AND SO WE'RE BEGINNING TO PLAN TOWARDS A REASSESSMENT STRATEGY FOR, UH, FOR OUR FUNDS AS WELL.
SO WE'RE GOING TO BEGIN THE PROCESS AROUND REASSESSING, TAKING A DEEPER DIVE INTO EACH OF THESE CATEGORIES.
UH, AND, AND JUST REMEMBER ANY, ANY SUBSTANTIVE CHANGE TO ANY OF THESE CATEGORIES REQUIRES, UH, UH, UH, PUBLIC INPUT SESSION.
IT REQUIRES, UH, NOT SESSION, BUT A PUBLIC INPUT OPPORTUNITY.
UH, UH, AND ULTIMATELY I THINK REQUIRES A BOARD APPROVAL ON THAT SHIFT AS WELL.
IS THAT RIGHT? MS. CROSBY? UH, I'M NOT SURE IF IT REQUIRES BOARD APPROVAL NECESSARILY, BUT IT IS DEFINITELY SOMETHING WE WOULD BRING FOR INFORMATION TO THE BOARD, UM, AND, AND MAKE, MAKE IT READILY AVAILABLE TO YOU FOR INPUT AS WELL.
AND, UM, IN REGARD TO THE PUBLIC INPUT PERIOD, THAT WAS A QUESTION THAT ACTUALLY SOMEONE IN THE AUDIENCE ASKS WHAT'S, YOU KNOW, DO WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH THAT WHOLE THING AGAIN, OF, OF SOLICITING PUBLIC INPUT? UM, AND WE WERE TOLD THAT THAT SHOULD BE SOMETHING THAT WE GET CLARIFICATION ON FROM, YOU KNOW, STATE DOE, BUT THAT MIGHT NOT ACTUALLY BE THE CASE.
SO, UM, WHAT, WHAT, UH, UH, WE'VE BEEN TOLD THAT THIS JUNCTURE AND WE'LL GET CLARIFICATION TOO, IS THAT A SUBSTANTIVE CHANGE REQUIRES, UH, UH, YOU KNOW, UH, UH, AN INPUT SESSION RIGHT NOW, YOU KNOW, THE CLARITY PART COMES IN DEFINE SUBSTANTIVE.
SO THAT'S THE KIND OF CLARITY, THAT'S WHAT WE NEED, UH, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE OPERATING APPROPRIATELY WITH THE SPIRIT AND INTENT OF THESE DOLLARS.
AND IF THERE'S ANY WAY YOU COULD, UM, LET US KNOW THE OUTCOME OR WHAT YOUR TIMELINE LOOKS LIKE, UH, FOR THAT, UH, REASSESSMENT, UM, I'D JUST BE INTERESTED IN THAT SO THAT I CAN ALSO ASK MY CONSTITUENTS WHAT THEIR INPUT IS ON THAT.
MY FIRST QUESTION IS ON PAGE NUMBER SIX, QUESTION NUMBER 14.
UM, HOW ARE WE USING, IF SO, WHAT WOULD BE THE PROCESS OF THIS PAGE SIX? DID YOU SAY IT'S NOT PAGE SIX.
UM, MS. CROSBY, THIS PARTICULAR ITEM IS ABOUT AN ONLINE RECEIPT SYSTEM FOR ATHLETIC EVENTS.
UM, WE OBTAINED AS WE ENTERED INTO A FULL, UH, VIRTUAL, UH, SCENARIO SEVERAL MONTHS BACK, UM, OR A YEAR AGO, I GUESS AT THIS POINT, OUR, UH, WE HAVE A CURRENT
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ONLINE SCHOOL PAYMENT SYSTEM THAT ALLOWS PARENTS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO PAY, UM, VIA OUR, UH, COMPUTER, UH, AND WITH A CREDIT CARD.AND WHAT WE DID NOT HAVE IS A SYSTEM TO ACCEPT, UH, GATE TICKETS, UH, TICKETS FOR, UH, ADMISSION TO CERTAIN ATHLETIC EVENTS.
AND SO WE OBTAINED A DIFF A SEPARATE MODULE OF OUR ONLINE SCHOOL PAYMENT SYSTEM THAT ALLOWED US TO DO ONLINE TICKETING AND, UH, ALL OF OUR BOOKKEEPERS AND, UH, UH, GATEKEEPERS WERE, ARE TRAINED, UH, AT OUR MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOL EVENTS.
SO THIS WAS A PURCHASE ONE TIME PURCHASE, UM, THAT WILL NOT OCCUR ANY, ANY, ANY LONGER OR IN, AND ALSO WHAT WILL THEY TAKE TO MAINTAIN THIS SYSTEM? HOW MUCH WOULD IT COST THE DISTRICT? UM, I DON'T HAVE WITH ME THE, UH, ANNUAL RENEWAL COSTS, ACTUALLY, THERE IS NO ANNUAL RENEWAL COST, I'M SORRY.
UM, THE TICKET, UH, SYSTEM, UH, IT GENERATES A FEE FOR THE PERSON, THE PURCHASER.
SO IF YOU WANT TO BUY A $5 TICKET, THERE IS A 4%, UH, COST OR FEE TO THE PERSON BUYING THE TICKET.
UH, SO YOUR TICKET PRICE WOULD BE $5 AND 20 CENTS FOR EXAMPLE.
SO THERE IS NO COST TO THE DISTRICT MOVING FORWARD.
IT IS, UH, TWO, IT IS, UH, TRAN THAT COST IS TRANSFERRED TO THOSE FOLKS THAT ARE BUYING THE TICKETS.
UM, MY NEXT QUESTION WILL BE ON PAGE 23.
I MEAN, I'M ASSUMING PAGE 11, QUESTION NUMBER 23 APOLOGIZE PARENT CONNECTIONS PROGRAM.
UM, THAT, AND THAT ALSO INCLUDES THE TRAVELING SCHOOL BUS AND THAT WHOLE THING ABOUT PARENTING AND, UM, OUR PAIR CONNECTIONS PROGRAM FROM THE COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT IS UP AND GOING IF CANDICE WANTS TO, UM, I CAN, I CAN SPEAK TO, WE, WE HELD AN INITIAL PARENT CONNECTION NIGHT ALREADY, UM, AND WHICH WE, WE HAD TWO OF THEM ACTUALLY, WE HAD ONE FOR, UM, ELEMENTARY AND WE HAD ONE FOR SECONDARY.
UM, AND, AND SO, UM, WE HAD ENGAGED WITH PARENTS WOULD BE A SURVEY ON HOW THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE SOME OF THAT PLAY OUT FIRST, UH, AT THE BEGINNING.
AND SO AT THE TIME WHEN THOSE, UH, SURVEY REQUESTS OR INFORMATION WENT OUT, UH, THEY HAD REQUESTS FOR, UH, THE FIRST ONE TO, UH, FACE-TO-FACE, I'M SORRY, UH, TO BE A VIRTUAL.
UH, AND SO WE HELD IT THAT WAY.
UM, AND THEN THE NEXT ONES, UH, WE'RE LOOKING TO, TO, UH, I THINK MOVE INTO MORE OF A FACE-TO-FACE FORMAT.
UM, BUT IT'S NOT JUST THAT PIECE.
I THINK THERE'S, THERE'S ALSO, YOU MENTIONED THE BUS AND, UH, OTHER, UH, PARENT ENGAGEMENT AND FAMILY ENGAGEMENT TYPE INITIATIVES THAT, THAT OUR TEAM, YOU KNOW, LOOKS TO BUILD AND DEVELOP ON A REGULAR BASIS.
WE WANT PARENT ENGAGEMENT INVOLVED, YOU KNOW, WE KNOW THAT'S AN ESSENTIAL PART, CORRECT.
BUT MY CONCERN IS JUST WITH THIS AMOUNT OF MONEY, I'M JUST WONDERING HOW ARE WE INVOLVING THE PARENTS IN TERMS OF HOW WE GET IN GETTING THEM IN, BUT INVOLVING IN, ARE WE SPENDING SOME OF THIS ON THE BUS? LIKE, HOW'S THAT, HOW'S THAT BREAK DOWN? WHAT'S THAT LOOK LIKE? UM, MS. HUTCHINSON IS PLANNING ON, UH, SHE'S WORKING ON RIGHT NOW GETTING, UH, TWO PARENT EDUCATORS HIRED ADDITIONAL THAN WHAT SHE HAS AS WELL AS A EARLY CHILDHOOD TEACHER, SO THAT THEY CAN BE OUT IN THE COMMUNITY, WORKING FROM THE BUS FOUR TO FIVE DAYS A WEEK, VERSUS JUST WHEN THEY CAN WORK IT IN THEIR SCHEDULE FOR THE PARENT EDUCATOR.
SO YES, THEIR STAFF COSTS IN THEIR MESS, WIVES HIGH FOR THAT.
SO SHE'S REALLY TRYING TO INCREASE THE AMOUNT OF TIMES THAT SHE IS GOING OUT IN THE COMMUNITIES.
HE'S TALKING ABOUT FUNDS RUNNING OUT OF MENTAL HEALTH.
THAT'S WHAT SHE WAS DISCUSSING.
THAT WAS INGRID BELT, RIGHT? DOCTOR.
UM, DO WE KNOW HOW MANY STUDENTS NEED THIS HELP? UM, WHAT I CAN TELL YOU IS ONE IN FIVE ADOLESCENTS REPORTS HAVING A SIGNIFICANT MENTAL HEALTH EVENT IN THEIR LIFE.
AND THAT IN SAY SOUTH CAROLINA, CURRENTLY 43% OF ACCORDING
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TO THE MOST RECENT SURVEY OF MENTAL HEALTH STUDENTS RECEIVE THE SUPPORT THEY NEEDED.UM, THE OTHER THING IS 80% AND I'LL HAVE TO DOUBLE CHECK MY NUMBERS ON THAT ONE, BUT IT'S AROUND 80% OF PEOPLE WHO SUFFER FROM MENTAL ILLNESS AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE LATER IN LIFE ATTRIBUTE THE POINT AT WHICH THEY STARTED TO DEVELOP THE SYMPTOMS WHEN THEY WERE TEENAGERS.
AND THAT EARLY INTERVENTION ON THESE PROGRAMS WOULD HAVE A SIGNIFICANT EFFECT.
THE OTHER THING THAT I THINK IS IMPORTANT HERE IS THAT MOST ADOLESCENTS ALSO DEVELOP MENTAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE ISSUES AS A RESULT OF WHAT THEY CALL ACE, WHICH IS A FORGET THE ACE COGNITIVE EVENT, A TRAUMA IN THEIR LIFE.
AND SOMETIMES IT'S AS SIMPLE AS, UM, YOU KNOW, A DIVORCE CAN BE, IT COULD BE A TRAUMA, BUT IT COULD ALSO BE A LOSS OF A PARENT OR SIGNIFICANT BULLYING.
THE THING THAT A LOT OF PEDIATRICIANS AND MENTAL HEALTH EXPERTS ARE SEEN AS A RESULT OF THIS PANDEMIC IS THAT CLOSE TO A HUNDRED PERCENT OF OUR STUDENTS HAVE NOW EXPERIENCED A COGNITIVE EVENT.
SO AS A RESULT OF THIS TRAUMA OF THE PANDEMIC, WE ARE SEEING TREMENDOUS INCREASES IN SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED SUICIDES CALLED THE SUICIDE HOTLINES, UH, SUBSTANCE ABUSE.
SO TO ME, IF I'M LOOKING AT IT FROM A PEDIATRIC PERSPECTIVE AND FROM TAKING CARE OF OUR KIDS, IT'S SOMETHING THAT, UM, IS AT A CRITICAL POINT.
AND I THINK THAT WE COULD DO A LOT OF GOOD WITH THAT MILLION DOLLARS THAT WE HAVE SET ASIDE FOR MENTAL HEALTH.
SO THOSE ARE SOME OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD STATISTICS, BUT I'D BE HAPPY TO, I HAVE A WHOLE BUNCH OF ARTICLES IF YOU WANT ME TO SEND THEM.
SO THE FEDERAL DOLLARS RUNS OUT.
DO THESE PARENTS HAVE ANY TYPE OF INSURANCE THAT CAN HELP WITH MEDICAID DOES COVER A LOT OF THAT, BUT MY THOUGHTS ON IT ARE LET'S DO IT AND SEE WHAT THE BENEFITS ARE BECAUSE THERE'S A TREMENDOUS CORRELATION AND SOME EXCELLENT STUDIES THAT HAVE BEEN DONE ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH AND THE ACHIEVEMENT GAP ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH AND IMPROVING ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE.
SO I WOULD LOVE TO SEE US IMPLEMENT SOMETHING SIGNIFICANT, GET THE METRICS, EVALUATE IT.
AND I DON'T THINK WE WOULD HAVE A PROBLEM IN THE WORLD.
IF WE WENT TO THE TAXPAYERS AND SAID, WE NEED TO KEEP FUNDING THIS BECAUSE IT'S GETTING RESULTS.
SO I THINK YOU TAKE THIS THREE-YEAR GIFT FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT FUND, SOME OF THESE PROGRAMS AND THE ONES THAT WORK WE TAKE BACK TO THE TAXPAYERS AND SAY, LET'S KEEP FUNDING IT.
WELL, THE REASON I ASKED, I ATTENDED A TOWN HALL LAST WEEK, REPRESENTATIVE EVER, EVER SAID, LIKE THIS AREA, AND SHE WILL NOT VOTE FOR ANYTHING THAT MR. BAG IS PUTTING UP.
AND FROM THE CROWD WAS IN THAT ROOM WAS VERY DISGUSTED.
SO I THINK MAYBE WE NEED TO TALK TO OUR REPRESENTATIVE BECAUSE ONLY ONE REPRESENTATIVE VOTED FOR THE INFRASTRUCTURE.
SO, YOU KNOW, THAT'S, THAT'S, THAT'S THE REASON WHY I ACTUALLY THANK YOU, MR. MEL CAMPBELL.
UM, I AM CONCERNED WITH THE, YOU KNOW, MONEY NOT BEING SPENT AND NASA THREE WITH SUCH A LIMITED TIME TO, TO GET THE MONEY SPENT.
THEN IF WE DO HAVE HOLES IN OUR PLAN, AND I THINK WE NEED TO ADDRESS IT YESTERDAY SO THAT WE CAN, UH, SO THAT WE CAN SPEND THIS MONEY AND KNOW WHERE WE WILL STAND AFTER THIS MONEY IS SPENT BECAUSE MENTAL HEALTH HEALTH IS JUST ONE AVENUE IN WHICH WE ARE PROBABLY GOING TO HAVE SOME, SOME RESIDUAL COSTS AND IN THE LONG-TERM, IF IT WORKS, WE'RE GOING TO SUPPORT IT.
WE NEED TO KNOW WHERE WE GOING TO STAND WITH THAT.
BUT A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF THINGS THAT I SEE IS IT'S EITHER NOT BEING SPENT.
I'M SURE WE HAVE PLANS, BUT I, YOU KNOW, I'M NOT COMFORTABLE WITH NOTHING BEING SPENT TOWARDS EARLY CHILDHOOD INITIATIVE.
THAT'S TWO YEARS AS LONG TIME, EARLY CHILDHOOD, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE TALKING TWO YEARS, THEY JUMPED FROM PRE-KINDERGARTEN TO THE FIRST GRADE.
AND I, YOU KNOW, THESE ARE, THESE ARE THINGS THAT I THINK WE, WE REALLY NEED TO VET OUT AND DECIDE AND, AND GO PRESS THE BUTTON GO BECAUSE THIS MONEY IS GOING TO GO AWAY.
AND WE GOING TO BE LEFT WITH THE RESIDUAL FACT OF NOT SPENDING THIS MONEY, BECAUSE THEN OUR SYSTEM GOING TO LOOK LIKE IT'S IN DISREPAIR, WE GOING TO HAVE TO REPAIR IT WITH OUR FUNDS.
THANK YOU, MS. MATTSON, THERE DON'T SEEM TO BE ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS.
UM, OTHER ITEMS, JUST AN ANNOUNCEMENT.
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WE HAVE A GROUNDBREAKING SCHEDULE FOR ROBERT SMALLS ON DECEMBER 7TH.UM, AND IT WILL BE, UH, IN THE AFTERNOON.
UH, WE'LL, WE'LL CONFIRM A TIME WITH YOU, BUT IT'LL BE, UH, LATER IN THE AFTERNOON.
UM, AND THEN ON THE COVID UPDATE, UH, FOR LAST WEEK, OUR NUMBERS STILL REMAIN LOW LAST WEEK.
UH, WE REPORTED THE D HAG ONE POSITIVE STAFF MEMBER, UH, THREE QUARANTINE STAFF MEMBERS, SIX POSITIVE STUDENTS AND 32 QUARANTINE STUDENTS.
SO OUR NUMBERS REMAINED LEVEL, UH, AND THAT CONCLUDES SUPERINTENDENTS REPORT.
WE HAVE SOME HANDS UP, UM, MR. EARL CAMPBELL GOING DOWN.
UM, SO THE PFIZER VACCINE FOR FIVE TO 11 YEAR OLDS WAS AUTHORIZED ON OCTOBER 29TH.
THE FIRST SHOTS WERE AVAILABLE NOVEMBER 3RD, 21 DAYS.
YOU'RE ELIGIBLE FOR YOUR SECOND SHOT, WHICH WOULD MAKE IT NOVEMBER 24TH, THE WEDNESDAY BEFORE THANKSGIVING, WHEN, AND I WOULD PROPOSE DECEMBER 1ST, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE, I MEAN, JUST AS A, YOU KNOW, WHEN CAN WE STOP QUARANTINE, NOT ISOLATING.
WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO ISOLATE OBVIOUSLY, BUT THIS CLOSE KWAN CONTACT QUARANTINE NOW THAT EVERY CHILD IS ELIGIBLE FOR A VACCINE AND HAS HAD THE OPPORTUNITY BECAUSE I'VE TALKED TO PEOPLE AND THERE'S, THERE'S NO SHORTAGES, IT'S NOT DIFFICULT GETTING THIS VACCINE AND WE'RE COMING INTO FINALS FOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS.
AND CAN WE DROP THE QUARANTINE EITHER THAT, OR WE CAN LOOK AT, UH, UH, YOU KNOW, UH, UH, I'VE BEEN READING ABOUT DIFFERENT, A FEW LOCATIONS ACROSS THE COUNTRY THAT HAVE HAD, UM, IN PILOTING TESTS.
IT'S A STAY, UH, APPROACH, UH, ON THAT.
UH, SO, UH, THAT'S ANOTHER POSSIBILITY, BUT I'M INTERESTED IN HEARING WHAT THE BOARD THINKS.
SO YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TRAVEL.
YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE COLLEGE KIDS COMING HOME.
YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE SOME POSITIVE CASES GOING INTO DECEMBER AND ESPECIALLY, YOU KNOW, FOR KIDS THAT ARE DOING LIKE HIGH SCHOOL COURSES OR GRADUATING, I WOULD HATE TO HAVE, NOW THAT EVERYONE CAN BE VACCINATED, I DON'T SEE THE BENEFIT OF QUARANTINING, WHICH I WANT TO MAKE CLEAR, STILL HAVE TO ISOLATE IF YOU'RE POSITIVE, YOU GOT TO STAY HOME.
BUT IF YOU'RE JUST IN CONTACT WITH SOMEONE WHO'S POSITIVE AND YOU'VE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE VACCINATED, THAT YOU DON'T HAVE TO SEND EVERYONE HOME OR SEND TEACHERS HOME, I'M INTERESTED IN PEOPLE'S THOUGHTS ON THAT.
AS WE, AS WE MOVE FROM, I CAN TELL YOU AS A PHYSICIAN, I WILL NOT COMMENT ABOUT THAT.
IT'S NOT MY AREA OF SPECIALTY.
UM, YEAH, I THINK, UH, SOME MORE, UH, RESEARCH NEEDS TO BE, BE DONE TO DETERMINE WHAT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE.
MS. FIDGET, UH, MS. FIDRYCH, UM, DR.
RODRIGUEZ, I'M NOT PREPARED TO MAKE A COMMENT ABOUT THAT.
SO, UM, MY QUESTION WAS JUST SOMETHING VERY SIMPLE, OUR, UM, SCHOOLS HAVING FIELD TRIPS YET.
AND ARE THEY ALLOWING VOLUNTEERS? YEAH.
ARE ALREADY ENGAGED IN FIELD THAT HAS BEEN OPENED FOR A COUPLE OF MONTHS, DR.
STRADDLES, A COUPLE OF MONTHS ON FIELD TRIPS RIGHT ALREADY.
SO WE'VE HAD, WE'VE HAD FIELD TRIPS OPPORTUNITIES FOR, FOR A COUPLE OF MONTHS.
I THINK, UH, SCHOOLS, SOME SCHOOLS, I KNOW FOR A FACT I'VE TAKEN FIELD TRIPS, UH, SOME, YOU KNOW, AND VOLUNTEERS AND VOLUNTEERS, UM, AT, AT THE MOMENT, I DON'T THINK WE'VE, UH, OPENED THAT, UH, THAT WAY, BUT I AM COMFORTABLE AT THAT JUNCTURE BECAUSE I DO THINK WE NEED, UH, OUR VOLUNTEERS BACK IN OUR BUILDINGS.
UH, AND SO I AM COMFORTABLE, UH, WITH, WITH, UH, OPENING THE DOOR ON, UH, ON THE VOLUNTEERS.
SO AN OPINION ON THAT I WOULD BE PREPARED TO SAY, BUT I AGREE.
I THINK THAT IT IS TIME TO OPEN OUR DOORS TO VOLUNTEERS.
UM, ESPECIALLY IF THEY, YOU KNOW, CAN PROVE THEY'VE BEEN VACCINATED OR SOMETHING ALONG THOSE LINES, BUT GOOD.
UM, MY QUESTIONS ALONG THE LINES OF ROBINSON WAS GROUNDBREAKING.
UM, I WAS ASKED THE QUESTION WAS POSED TO ME THAT WERE, UM, THAT THEY WERE, THAT THERE WAS SOMETHING RECENTLY SET OUT THAT, UM, THAT THE, THE MATERIAL WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO COME FROM ROBERT SMALLS.
IS THAT, IS THERE ANY, UH, UM, ARE YOU, ARE YOU, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT LIKE CONSTRUCTION MATERIAL, RIGHT? THE CONSTRUCTION, RIGHT? MR. RONNIE, THERE WAS, YEAH.
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UM, WE, WE ARE MOVING FORWARD AS PLANNED.UM, WHAT YOU MAY BE REFERRING TO MR. SMITH IS WE DID DELAY THE START FROM, UH, BACK.
WE WERE WANTING TO START IN JULY TILL THIS TIME PERIOD DUE TO THE STEEL.
THE STEEL IS NOW ON SCHEDULE, AND OUR TIMING IS SUCH NOW THAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO HANDLE THAT.
SO AS OF RIGHT NOW, WE DO NOT HAVE ANY DELAYS AT ROBERT SMITH.
SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, UH, IT'S IT'S, IT'S, UH, IT'S CORRECT TO SAY THAT THE CONSTRUCTION WILL TAKE, WILL TAKE PLACE ON A DATABASE AND UNTIL IT'S COMPLETED, THEY'VE ALREADY MOVED ON SITE.
THEY'RE STARTING SOME EROSION CONTROL DEVICES AND, UH, IN DECEMBER AND JANUARY THE, SO YOU START SOME OF THE SITE WORK, SO IT'S ABOUT TO GET STARTED.
SO IT'S PERFECT TIMING FOR THE GROUNDBREAKING.
THANK YOU FOR, UH, GIVEN THAT QUESTION SOME ATTENTION, BECAUSE I RECEIVED THOSE QUESTIONS FROM SEVERAL PEOPLE ASKING ME WHAT I HEARD THAT Y'ALL WILL HAVING A GROUNDBREAKING, BUT THE MATERIALS WERE NOT THERE.
SO THANK YOU FOR THAT CORRECTION.
THANK YOU FOR THE SUPERINTENDENTS REPORT, DR.
UH, THAT WAS FROM BEFORE I THINK.
EARL, DID YOU WANT TO SPEAK AGAIN? YEAH.
SO NEXT, UH, WE'RE DOWN TO BOARD
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BUSINESS ACTION AND WE HAVE, UH, UH, TWO, UH, AGENDA ITEMS THERE.THE FIRST IS, UH, PROPOSED OPPORTUNITY TO MEET WITH, UH, PEGGY TORI AND AN A PROPOSED DATE IS, UH, DECEMBER 9TH FOR A HALF-DAY FOLLOWUP TO COHERENT GOVERNANCE.
AND TO GIVE A LITTLE BACKGROUND TO THE PUBLIC, THE, UH, BEAVER COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION HAS USED A COHERENT GOVERNANCE MODEL, UH, FOR WELL OVER A DECADE, BUT WE FELT THAT THE, WE WERE NOT USING IT, UH, IMPLEMENTING IT FULLY AND, UH, WITH FIDELITY.
SO WE HAD, UH, MARGARET TORI, PEGGY TORI, UH, WHO IS KNOWLEDGEABLE IN THIS AREA AND CONSULTANT, UH, COME, UH, ALMOST TWO YEARS AGO.
NOW SHE CAME WELL JUST BEFORE THE, UH, PANDEMIC.
AND SHE, SHE CAME IN NOVEMBER OF 2019 AND HELPED US.
AND THEN SHE CAME BACK IN JANUARY OF 2020.
SO THE BOARD ADOPTED THE, UH, COHERENT GOVERNANCE MANUAL, THE NEW ONE, AND WE WORKED VERY HARD ON THESE POLICIES IN FEBRUARY OF THIS YEAR, 2021.
AND, UM, THE DISTRICT IS, UH, DEVELOPING THE OPERATIONAL EXPECTATIONS.
RODRIGUEZ, UH, RESPONSIBILITY TO DEVELOP THOSE BASED ON, ON, UM, PARAMETERS THAT ARE DETERMINED BY THE, THE BOARD OF EDUCATION.
SO THIS IS LIKELY A GOOD TIME FOR US TO, UH, BRING PEGGY TORY BACK AND, YOU KNOW, WORK OUT MORE KINKS OR WHATEVER YOU WANT TO SAY TO SEE IF WE CONTINUE TO IMPROVE OUR IMPLEMENTATION OF THE, UH, OF THE COHERENT GOVERNANCE STRUCTURE IN OUR DISTRICT.
AND THAT'S WHY, UM, IT'S ON THE AGENDA.
THE BOARD WOULD HAVE TO, YOU KNOW, THAT WOULD HAVE TO BE, UH, THE BOARDS WILL TO CONTINUE TO, UM, CONSULT WITH, WITH PEGGY TORI IN YOUR PACKET TONIGHT.
UH, THERE'S A, A, A CORRESPONDENCE FROM PEGGY, UH, TO ROBIN, AND IT EXPLAINS WHAT, UH, SHE WOULD, UH, INTEND TO DO.
AND THE, AND THE, AND THE COST AND THE COST ESTIMATES WOULD BE APPROXIMATELY $4,000.
AND THIS WOULD INCLUDE A DAY OF PREPARATION, TWO DAYS OF INTERVIEWS, AND ONE DAY FACILITATING THE BOARD WORK, CHEST WORK SESSION, AND THEN DIRECTLY RELATED AND REASONABLE EXPENSES, INCLUDING LIKE COPYING MILEAGE AND OVERNIGHT LODGING A DOCUMENTED WITH RECEIPTS.
SO IF SOMEBODY WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE PROCEED, OR, AND THEN WE CAN HAVE THE DISCUSSION OR WHATEVER THE BOARDS WILL IS MR. EARL CAMPBELL.
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BOARD.I WAS MAKING A LOT OF NOISE WITH MY MICROPHONE, SO EXCUSE ME.
WELL, LET'S, LET'S KEEP THE DATE OUT OF IT FOR A MINUTE, CAUSE I'M NOT SURE THAT'S A GOOD DATE FOR PEOPLE.
SO, UM, SO THE MOTION IS JUST REPEAT YOUR MOTION FOR ROBIN, OR DID YOU GET THAT ROBIN MRS. TORI TO, UH, WORK WITH THE BOARD TO DISCUSS OUR GOVERNANCE POLICY AND MS. ROGAN, I SECOND IT, OKAY.
WHAT WOULD BE THE FULL ALL-IN COST FOR THIS? THEY SEE $4,000 FOR MS. TORI.
UM, BUT WHAT ABOUT THE BOARD OR ANY STAFF PARTICIPATION? WHAT'S THE ALL-IN COP? UH, I DON'T KNOW.
UM, I GUESS I'LL DEFER TO THE STAFF COSTS TO DR.
I'M NOT SURE, UH, HOW YOU WOULD CALCULATE THAT.
I DON'T KNOW THAT THERE, I MEAN, STAFF WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, AVAILABLE AND PRESENT AS, AS A PARTICIPANT.
I THINK SHE'S ASKING ABOUT BOARD COSTS.
CAUSE I, I MEAN, I THINK SHE'S ASKING ABOUT WHAT WOULD IT COST, UH, UH, TO PAY FOR THE BOARD TO ATTEND? IS THAT THE QUESTION MORE SO, YEAH, I ANTICIPATE THAT TO BE THE LARGER PORTION THERE.
SO YOUR QUESTION IS, SO THIS WOULD BE ONSITE AT THE DISTRICT OFFICE.
SO YOU'RE ASKING HOW MUCH IS IT GOING TO COST FOR THE BOARD MEMBERS TO COME TO THIS? YES, MA'AM.
SHE LISTS OUT THE TWO DAYS OF INTERVIEWS, UM, WHICH I ASSUME EACH BOARD MEMBER WOULD NEED TO JUST DO ONE DAY INTERVIEWS OR ONE INTERVIEW.
AND THEN THE ONE DAY OF FACILITATING THE BOARD WORK SESSION.
SO I WAS JUST TRYING TO GET A TOTAL AMOUNT OF HOW MUCH IT WOULD COST, BECAUSE I DON'T THINK IT'S JUST LIMITED TO THE 4,000.
I THINK HE'LL BE MORE THAN THAT.
WELL, I SHOW THE, I MEAN, I THINK THE COSTS WOULD BE, UM, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY THE TRAVEL EXPENSES TO COME TO THE DISTRICT OFFICE.
I, UM, JUST MS. TORI, SHE MAY JUST, UH, I'M NOT SURE IF SHE WANTS TO GO TO THE BOARD MEMBERS WHERE THEY ARE TO MEET THEM OR HAVE A SPECIAL, YOU KNOW, LOCATION AT, AT THE DISTRICT OFFICE OR IF SHE WANTS TO DO IT BY PHONE PERHAPS, OR I DON'T KNOW THE DETAILS OF HOW SHE WOULD LIKE TO INTERACT ONE-ON-ONE WITH, UH, WITH THE BOARD MEMBERS.
AND THEN OF COURSE THE WORK SESSION, IF IT'S, YOU KNOW, FOUR HOURS THAT WOULD BE A HUNDRED DOLLARS REIMBURSEMENT OR STIPEND FOR THE, FOR THE EACH BOARD MEMBER.
I THINK THAT WOULD BE SO, SO, SO WE'RE THINKING IT WOULD BE JUST A FOUR HOUR SESSION.
SO WE HAVE ON HERE THAT IT WOULD BE A HALF DAY, BUT IN HER, HER, UM, PROPOSAL, SHE HAS A ONE DAY.
SO THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT WE COULD DECIDE.
SO LIKE 1100 CLASS AND THEN TRAVEL.
I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT IF WE DID DO THE INTERVIEWS THAT THEY BE DONE BY ZOOM OR WHATNOT, TRY TO KEEP THE COSTS DOWN.
UM, BUT OTHER THAN THAT, I JUST WAS TRYING TO GET A BETTER GRIP ON HOW MUCH IT WAS TOTAL LOOKING AT COST.
OKAY, MS. GOODRICH, THANK YOU, DR.
UM, MY, MY CONCERN ABOUT THIS IS THE SCOPE, BECAUSE I THINK IT WOULD BE CRITICAL TO ALSO HAVE, UM, MS. TORI SPEAK WITH SENIOR STAFF, ESPECIALLY THOSE THAT ARE BRINGING FORWARD ALWAYS, YOU KNOW, AND FOR DR.
RODRIGUEZ, I'M LOOKING SURROUND ABOUT, AS I'M READING THIS, THAT THE SCOPE DOES NOT INCLUDE MORE, UM, AS TO HOW SENIOR STAFF, DR.
RODRIGUEZ, EVERYONE FEELS ABOUT HOW IT'S GOING, BECAUSE WE'VE GOT TO HAVE THAT MUTUAL UNDERSTANDING.
SO I'M A LITTLE CONCERNED ABOUT THE SCOPE.
UH, I THINK THAT'S A GOOD, VERY GOOD VALID POINT.
RODRIGUEZ CAN, UM, UH, ADDRESS THAT TO SOME DEGREE BECAUSE THE DISTRICT DID WITH PEGGY, I HAVE, UM, ENGAGED WITH PEGGY TORI IN TERMS OF OUR WORK AROUND, UH, WHEEZE AND, AND, UH, FACILITATING KIND OF OUR, OUR PROCESS AROUND, OH, EASE FOR US AS WE,
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AS WE, YOU KNOW, HAVE BEEN BUILDING THEM.UH, AND THAT SORT OF THING TO, TO GAIN A BETTER UNDERSTANDING AS TO, IN TERMS OF THE SPIRIT AND INTENT OF COHERENT GOVERNANCE, OR ARE WE, HOW ARE WE DOING IN THAT PROCESS? AND SO WE'VE CONTINUED, UH, TO ENGAGE AROUND THAT, UH, UH, ON OUR END IN TERMS OF THAT.
SO MS. BELT, RIGHT, THANK YOU.
UM, YOU KNOW, AS A RELATIVELY NEW BOARD MEMBER, I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF STRUCTURAL ISSUES THAT THIS BOARD CAN WORK ON, UM, TO MAKE OUR MEETINGS MORE EFFICIENT, TO MAKE BETTER USE OF STAFF TIME, TO MAKE BETTER USE OF OUR TIME TO ENGAGE THE PARENTS BEFORE I WOULD FEEL COMFORTABLE SPENDING THIS KIND OF MONEY.
I'M NOT SURE COHERENT GOVERNANCE FIDELITY IS OUR BIGGEST ISSUE.
UM, AND SO I, I'M NOT AGAINST DOING THIS.
WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IS IF WE'RE GOING TO DO, YOU KNOW, MAYBE WE HAVE A WORK SESSION WHERE WE TALK ABOUT ALL THE DIFFERENT, HOW WE STRUCTURE OUR MEETINGS, HOW WE USE COMMITTEES, HOW, YOU KNOW, GET INPUT FROM STAFF MEMBERS AS TO WHAT THEY THINK, UM, WE COULD BE DOING DIFFERENTLY.
TALK TO OTHER DISTRICTS BEFORE WE SPEND $4,000 AND JUST LOOK AT THE COHERENCE GOVERNANCE PIECE.
UM, BECAUSE I THINK THERE'S SOME OTHER THINGS THAT WE COULD DO THAT MIGHT EVEN BE MORE IMPACTFUL.
SO THERE DON'T APPEAR TO BE ANY OTHER HANDS UP.
OH, MR. STRIVEN JER, CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES.
UH, COHERENT GOVERNANCE COVER SEVERAL THINGS.
YOU'VE JUST MENTIONED THE EFFECTIVE USE OF COMMITTEES AND HOW TO STRUCTURE AN AGENDA.
SO I THINK THERE'S VALUE IN IT AND MUCH LIKE WHAT FRANK WAS TALKING ABOUT EARLIER ABOUT RE REVISITING TO GET BETTER AND BETTER.
I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO DO THIS.
I KNOW THERE WAS AN ONLINE COURSE ALSO, I THINK I SENT AROUND EVERYBODY, BUT THAT'S NOT THE SAME, UH, CAUSE YOU CAN'T, YOU CAN'T ASK QUESTIONS.
YOU CAN'T GET REAL SPECIFIC IN THAT.
SO I JUST THINK, UM, CONSTANT IMPROVEMENT KIND OF REQUIRES US TO DO THIS.
UM, AND I DON'T THINK, UM, $6,000 AS A WHOLE LOT TO SPEND, TO TRY TO GET THIS RIGHT.
SO I THINK, UH, YOU KNOW, I BELIEVE STRONGLY IN CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT.
I MEAN, IF YOU LOOK AT DIFFERENT THINGS THAT I'M TRYING TO PUT IN PLACE WITHIN OUR SYSTEM IS REGULARLY REVISITING REGULARLY LOOKING AT IMPROVEMENT AND THAT SORT OF PIECE.
SO FROM TIME TO TIME, THE GENERAL NATURE RIGHT.
OF, OF A BOARD SOMETIMES IS, IS TO, UH, IN PARTICULAR, UH, OR IN DIFFERENT AREAS TO, TO DIVE IN WAY DOWN, FOR EXAMPLE, INTO OPERATIONAL MATTERS SOMETIMES.
CAUSE IT'S THE NATURAL INSTINCT, RIGHT? AS PEOPLE WE SEE THINGS AND WE WANT TO DIVE IN AND MAKE IT BETTER, RIGHT.
SO, SO A MOMENT IN TIME OF REFLECTION, UH, AS WELL, UH, YOU KNOW, CAN BE A VALUABLE PIECE IN SORT OF, UH, CONTINUING TO ADJUST AND REFINE OUR WORK IN COHERENT GOVERNANCE.
UM, I DO HAVE SOME CONCERNS OF SOMETHING THAT MRS
I REMEMBER WHEN WE FIRST VOTED FOR COHERENT GOVERNANCE THAT AT SOME POINT WE WOULD COME BACK AND EVEN BEFORE WE EVEN SPEND THE TIME TO SEE THAT, AND THAT'S WHAT WE WERE, WE WOULD LIKE TO CONTINUE IS COHAIN GOVERNANCE.
SO I STILL HAVE SOME CONCERNS, UH, MAYBE, YOU KNOW, MAYBE COHERE GOVERNMENT MIGHT NOT BE THE WAY WE WANT TO GO.
YOU KNOW, WE MIGHT WANT TO DISCUSS SOMETHING, UH, ALONG THE WAY OF, UH, DIFFERENT GOVERNANCE BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, UM, OUT OF ALL THESE DISTRICTS IN SOUTH CAROLINA, I BELIEVE THEY HAD THERE NOT MANY DISTRICTS THAT ACTUALLY, UH, USE GLARE AND GOVERNANCE, BUT WE ARE ONE OF THEM.
SO THAT'S JUST SOMETHING THAT, UM, I REMEMBER THAT AT FIRST I DID, UH, DID OPPOSE IT.
AND AFTER WE SAID THAT WE WOULD COME BACK AND POSSIBLY LOOK AND SEE, THIS WAS A GOVERNANCE THAT WE WOULD WANT TO STAY WITH IT.
AND I DID REMEMBER I DID, I DID SUPPORT THIS MOVING FORWARD, UH, THE FIRST TIME.
SO THAT'S JUST SOMETHING I EVEN WANTED TO TOLD ME AROUND SOMETIMES IF THIS IS WHERE WE EVEN WANT TO STAY.
SO LET'S BRING SOME CONCERNS AND WE SAW, I THINK THOSE ARE SOME OF THOSE DISCUSSIONS THAT IMMUNE THAT MRS. WHERE I WAS
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TALKING ABOUT IS VERY MUCH RELEVANT.UM, I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD PUT THIS OFF.
AS LONG AS I'VE BEEN ON THE BOARD, IT HELPS ME.
UM, AND, AND THE LAST TIME SHE WAS HERE, SHE BOUGHT HER A LOT OF GOOD POINTS, NOT ONLY THE GOVERNMENT, BUT I'LL BEHAVE WHEN THIS BOWL, YOU KNOW, UM, THE OLYMPICS JUST, WE HAVE FOLKS COME FROM COLORADO AND IT COSTS US $4,000.
IN FACT, WE, IN FACT, WE RENT THE CARLISLE ONCE KAYDEN JUST BECAUSE SOME OTHER COMPANY IS NOT DOING IT.
THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT WE SHOULD NOT DO WE NEED THIS, WE NEED THE TRAINING.
HOW DID GOVERNANCE WORK? YOU KNOW, IF WE REALLY GET DOWN TO IT AND, AND, AND GET INTO GOVERNANCE, WE WILL SEE WHAT WE ARE DOING.
SO THAT'S, THAT'S THE SMILING TAKE MS. ROBOT.
UM, I CONCUR WITH, WITH MR. EARL CAMPBELL, I THINK THAT, UM, WE'VE LISTENED TONIGHT TO DR.
RODRIGUEZ TALK ABOUT THE INSTRUCTIONAL REVIEW PROCESS AND HOW THAT'S A CONTINUAL PROCESS THAT'S BEING INITIATED AGAIN AND HOW IT WILL BE COMING BACK.
AND THE KEY TO THAT IS THAT YOU DO IT AGAIN AND AGAIN AND AGAIN, UM, FOR US TO GROW AS A BOARD, WE NEED TO COME BACK, REVISIT THIS TALK, LOOK AT WHERE WE'VE BEEN SUCCESSFUL, LOOK AT WHERE WE NEED TO GROW, LOOK AT OUR GROWS AND GLOWS.
AND I, I THINK THAT THIS IS WHAT WE NEED TO DO.
AND, UM, AS FAR AS THE MONEY'S CONCERNED, YOU KNOW, WE'VE CUT BACK SOME OF OUR WORK SESSIONS THAT WERE SUPPOSED TO BE TWO DAYS TO ONE DAY.
UM, WE'VE SAVED A LOT OF TRAVEL MONEY THIS YEAR IN OUR BUDGET BECAUSE WE WERE DOING OUR MEETINGS VIRTUALLY.
SO I SUPPORT THIS AND THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE, WE DO THIS, MR. MEL CAMPBELL.
I, I, YOU KNOW, I THOUGHT WE HAD THIS DISCUSSION IN ORDER TO GET TO THIS POINT THAT WE NEEDED IT.
AND THAT THE POINT OF THE COHERENCE GOVERNANCE WHEN WE DECIDED WAS BOARD AND SUPERINTENDENT RELATIONSHIP WAS ONE OF THE MAJOR ITEMS. I DON'T KNOW IF WE NEED TO DIG DOWN TO THE STAFF BECAUSE THE SUPERINTENDENTS CAN BRING THEIR CONCERNS, BUT HOW WE DEAL WITH THE SUPERINTENDENT.
AND THEN HE CAN DECIDE HOW WE WERE GOING THE STAFF IN OUR CONVERSATION.
BUT I DON'T THINK THAT'S PART OF THIS DISCUSSION.
THIS DISCUSSION SHOULD BE WHETHER WE, AS A BOARD, DECIDE THAT WE NEED TO LOOK AT WHERE WE ARE WITH CLAIRE GOVERNORS AND WITH THE SUPERINTENDENT PRESENT, HE CAN DISCUSS WHERE HE THINKS WE ARE.
AND WE COME TO SOME CONCLUSION ON WHAT WE NEEDED TO DO BETTER WITH PEGGY'S GUIDANCE.
I DON'T SEE WHY THIS SHOULD HAVE ANY STUMBLING BLOCK.
I WOULD ALSO ECHO, UH, WHAT, UH, SEVERAL OF MY COLLEAGUES HAVE ALREADY SAID.
I, I DEFINITELY THINK THIS IS A, UH, A GOOD IDEA.
WE WANT TO CONTINUALLY IMPROVE AND GET BETTER AS A BOARD, AS IT'S ALREADY BEEN MENTIONED.
AND IT REQUIRES THIS KIND OF THING, UH, TO DO THAT.
AND, AND I REALLY FEEL THAT, UH, SHE WAS, UH, AS EARL ALREADY MENTIONED A FEW MINUTES AGO, SHE WAS AN EXCELLENT FACILITATOR CONSULTANT, UM, AND INTERACTED WELL WITH EVERYONE, UH, ALL PERSONALITIES.
AND, UH, I THINK WE'RE, IT WILL, UH, UM, HELP US AND HELP US MOVE FORWARD AND, AND ULTIMATELY IMPROVE STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT.
AND THAT'S WHAT WE WANT TO DO.
SO THERE BEING NO FURTHER HANDS UP, WE'LL HAVE THE, UH, YEAH, THE QUESTION CALLED, SO VOTING IS OPEN.
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YES.SO THE MOTION IS APPROVED, UM, AND IT IS IMPROVED, UH, TEN ONE AND THE ONE, NO.
SO I WOULD SAY THE NEXT STEP ROBYN IS TO, I THINK WE, I DON'T THINK, UH, DECEMBER, I KNOW DECEMBER NINE DOES NOT WORK FOR ALL THE BOARD MEMBERS BECAUSE I'VE HEARD FROM ONE OR MORE BOARD MEMBERS SINCE IT WAS PUT ON THE AGENDA.
SO CAN YOU, UM, GET WITH MS. STORY WITH ME, DR.
R SO WE CAN DETERMINE WHEN THE BEST DATE IS FOR IT.
THE SECOND ITEM TONIGHT ON BOARD BUSINESS ACTION IS TO REVISIT A MOTION THAT WAS MADE BACK ON AUGUST 4TH, 2020.
AND I WILL, UM, REVIEW THAT MOTION.
IT WAS THAT THE BOARD THAT THE BOARD MEETINGS FORMAT, MIRROR, THE OPTIONS PRESENTED FOR THE SCHOOL'S INSTRUCTED UNQUOTE, AND THAT MOTION DID PASS AT THAT TIME SIX, FOUR.
AND, UM, SOME OF THE, THE, UH, THOSE THAT VOTED IN FAVOR ARE NO LONGER ON THE BOARD, ACTUALLY, ALL THOSE THAT DISSENTED ARE STILL ON THE BOARD.
AND MS. UM, KATHY ROBOT WAS THE ONE THAT ASKED TO BRING THAT FORWARD.
SO I WILL LET HER SPEAK ABOUT IT.
I JUST THINK THAT IF WE ARE FOLLOWING THIS MOTION, UM, WE ARE ALL BACK IN SCHOOL FACE TO FACE.
AND, UM, THAT IF OUR MEETINGS ARE GOING TO MIRROR THE OPTIONS PRESENTED FOR SCHOOL INSTRUCTION, THAT, THAT WE SHOULD ATTEND FACE TO FACE, UM, I PERSONALLY FEEL THAT ATTENDING FACE TO FACE IS, UM, ALTHOUGH IT'S SOMETIMES LESS CONVENIENT THAN ATTENDING VIRTUALLY.
I DO THINK IT IS MORE, UM, COLLABORATIVE, YOU KNOW, I, I FEEL LIKE IT, FOR ME, BEING ABLE TO SEE MY OTHER BOARD MEMBERS BEING ABLE TO, UH, LISTEN AND WATCH AT THE SAME TIME AS THEY SPEAK IS IMPORTANT.
UM, MS. MIDDLETON, THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
UM, MY QUESTION IS, WILL THIS INCLUDE OUR, UM, COMMITTEE MEETINGS AS WELL, OR WILL IT JUST INCLUDE OUR BOARD WORK SESSIONS AND OUR BOARD BUSINESS SESSIONS, OR WILL IT INCLUDE THE COMMITTEE MEETINGS? MY ANSWER WOULD BE THE MOTION THE WAY IT WAS PASSED.
IT DIDN'T SPECIFY JUST SAID BOARD MEETINGS.
IT DIDN'T SAY WHETHER IT WAS JUST A BUSINESS MEETINGS TWICE MONTHLY, OR IT WAS ALL MEETINGS.
UM, UH, SO I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THE BOARD HAS TO DECIDE, UH, WHETHER WE WANT IT THE WAY A THREATENED IT REALLY, I THINK, APPLIES TO ALL MEETINGS.
YOU KNOW, IT DIDN'T SPECIFY SPECIFICALLY, UH, JUST THE BUSINESS MEETINGS, BUT OTHER BOARD MEMBERS MAY HAVE, UM, CERTAIN THOUGHTS, DAVID.
UM, I UNDERSTAND YOUR 0.5, BUT GIVEN TONIGHT WE WOULDN'T ELIMINATE RACHEL, AND THEN THERE ARE MEDICAL EXCEPTIONS.
CAN YOU, I DON'T THINK YOUR MIKE'S ON, YOU KNOW, IT PUT THE, IT HELPS IF IT'S PUT IT UP.
UM, I'M NOT SURE HOW FAR WE WANT TO TAKE THIS BECAUSE IT IS A VALUABLE OPTION.
IT'S SEARCH IS VALUABLE FOR COMMITTEE MEETINGS I KNOW THAT, UM, BECAUSE OF PEOPLE'S SCHEDULES, WE HAVE SO MANY COMMITTEE AND TONIGHT, YOU KNOW, RACHEL WOULDN'T HAVE, WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN ABLE TO ATTEND AND THERE ARE PEOPLE WITH MEDICAL EXCEPTIONS.
UM, SO I UNDERSTAND THAT WE SHOULD MAKE EVERY EFFORT TO COME HERE PERSONALLY, BECAUSE IT MAKES A BIG DIFFERENCE.
I AGREE WITH YOU ON THAT, BUT I'M NOT SURE THAT WE WANT TO PUT STRICT LIMITS ON THINGS, BECAUSE IF ANYTHING, COVID TAUGHT US THAT THIS IS A BAG OF OPTIONS.
IT'S A GOOD SKILL THAT WE HAVE THE JOB.
I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU HELP, YOU KNOW, HOW WE CAN SAY THAT.
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I JUST, MY RESPONSE TO THAT IS WE DO HAVE POLICY THAT ALLOWS PEOPLE TO PARTICIPATE IN OUR MEETINGS BY PHONE.SO THEY WOULD S RACHEL WOULD STILL BE ALLOWED TO PARTICIPATE.
AND I GUESS MY, MY QUESTION IS, YOU KNOW, HOW EXPENSIVE IS ZOO? DO WE, DO WE KEEP THIS ON FOREVER? I MEAN, I, I AGREE, YOU KNOW, IT DOES HAVE SOME, SOME ADVANTAGES AND I, YOU KNOW, I STAYED WITH THAT UPFRONT.
I DON'T KNOW, IS THERE AN ECONOMIC, I KNOW THERE'S A COST IS, UM, SO THAT'S, THAT'S ANOTHER QUESTION, BUT OUR BOARD POLICY, WHEN WE REDID, IT DOES STATE THAT, UM, WARD MEMBERS MAY ATTEND VIA PHONE, UM, BOARD MEETINGS AND, UM, YOU KNOW, THE, UH, COMMITTEE OR, AND EXECUTIVE AND EXECUTIVE SESSION.
SO IT WOULDN'T CUT ANYTHING OUT AND REALLY I'M JUST BRINGING IT TO THE TABLE FOR US TO DISCUSS DARKER WAS NAVIGATING.
UM, YEAH, IT WAS JUST GOING TO MAKE SOME COMMENTS.
I AGREE WITH KATHY THAT THIS, THIS IS A MOTION THAT WE MADE.
AND SO I THINK THAT WE DO NEED TO REVISIT IT AND EITHER DO AWAY WITH IT OR MODIFY.
UM, AND IN REGARD TO THE COST FOR ZOOM, I ALSO HAVE BEEN LOOKING AT THE BOARD, UM, MONTHLY EXPENDITURES, AND WE'VE BEEN SAVING, UM, A GOOD BIT BY DOING OUR COMMITTEE MEETINGS VIA ZOOM AND NOT HAVING TO PAY FOR THE TRAVEL OF ALL THE BOARD MEMBERS THERE.
SO I THINK THERE'S A SAVING THAT IS OCCURRING DUE TO ZOOM.
UM, I, I DEFINITELY TONIGHT WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN ABLE TO BE THERE IN PERSON BECAUSE I HAD A LAST MINUTE, UH, CHANGE IN MY HUSBAND'S SCHEDULE, BUT, UM, I AM ABLE TO PARTICIPATE ELECTRONICALLY AND I FEEL LIKE DEFINITELY PARTICIPATING VIA ZOOM.
AT LEAST THERE IS THE ABILITY FOR, UM, YOU ALL TO SEE MY, UH, FACIAL EXPRESSIONS, WHETHER YOU WANT TO OR NOT.
UM, AND, UH, I THINK THAT ZOOM IS BENEFICIAL.
I THINK IT'S, UH, OPENED UP AND GOVERNMENT, UH, IN A WAY TO THE PUBLIC THAT IS WAY MORE TRANSPARENT AND WAY MORE BENEFICIAL FOR ENGAGEMENT.
UM, SO I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IT CONTINUE.
UM, BUT I DO AGREE WE NEED TO REVISIT THIS AND EITHER DO AWAY WITH IT AND MAKE ZOOM, BE OUR PREFERRED PLATFORM FOR, YOU KNOW, UH, PARTICIPATION.
UM, BUT THANK YOU FOR LISTENING.
YEAH, I, IT'S A TRICKY ISSUE BECAUSE I DO THINK, YOU KNOW, NOW WHEN I'M TALKING TO PEOPLE, EVERYONE'S LIKE ZOOMED OUT IS EXPRESSION.
UM, AND I THINK A LOT OF BUSINESSES ARE DEALING WITH THIS, TRYING TO GET PEOPLE BACK INTO THE OFFICE AND AS A SOCIETY, WE'RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW MUCH DO WE VALUE PEOPLE BEING IN THE OFFICE? HOW MUCH DO WE VALUE PHYSICAL FACE-TO-FACE CONVERSATION? I GUESS ONE OF MY THOUGHTS ABOUT IT TOO, IS I DO I UNDERSTAND THE CONVENIENCE OF ZOOM, BUT PUBLIC SERVICE SHOULD BE CONVENIENT, RIGHT? IT SHOULD BE A COMMITMENT.
AND I DO THINK THAT THERE IS, IT'S A REDUCTION IN QUALITY WHEN YOU'RE MEETING ELECTRONICALLY, YOU'RE TRYING TO TALK TO A SCREEN.
YOU'RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHO'S IN THE ROOM.
UM, IN MY PERSONAL, IF IT WAS JUST MY PERSONAL PREFERENCE, I WOULD PREFER TO HAVE TO NOT HAVE THE ZOOM OPTION, BECAUSE I DO THINK THAT THERE'S A LOT OF BENEFIT.
AND I THINK IT'S WHAT WAS INTENDED WHEN WE TALK ABOUT HAVING COMMITTEE MEETINGS, UM, WAS FOR EVERYONE TO GET TOGETHER FACE TO FACE AND HAVE THESE CONVERSATIONS.
I'M NOT STRONGLY PUTTING MY FOOT DOWN SAYING THIS IS WHAT I THINK NEEDS TO HAPPEN.
IT'S JUST, IF IT WAS UP TO ME, IF IT WAS MY PREFERENCE, I WOULD NOT.
I DO FIND IT CONVENIENT, BUT THEN EVERY TIME I USE IT, I THINK IT IS ALMOST TOO CONVENIENT.
YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S NOT THE SAME THING AS, AS MAKING THAT COMMITMENT, GOING IN, FINDING A TIME TO MEET, SITTING DOWN IN PERSON AND HAVING THOSE FACE-TO-FACE CONVERSATIONS.
I WONDER WHAT IT'S GOING TO DO TO, TO CHILDREN AND, AND, AND COLLEGE STUDENTS THAT HAVE BEEN IN THIS MODALITY FOR SO LONG.
CAUSE I EVEN FIND RIGHT THIS SECOND, I'M NOT MAKING AS MUCH EYE CONTACT AS I USED TO.
LIKE THERE ARE SKILLS OF MEETING IN PERSON FACE-TO-FACE SO YOU LOOK AT THIS, I CAN'T EVEN TALK NOW.
UM, PRESENTATIONS GIVING A PRESENTATION THAT I THINK SOME OF THOSE SKILLS ARE BEING LOST.
SO AGAIN, I DON'T HAVE A STRONG PREFERENCE HOW WE DO IT, MY, BUT MY PREFERENCE WOULD BE, I THINK IT WOULD BE WORTHWHILE TO CONSIDER RECOMMITTING TO IN-PERSON MEETINGS.
UM, I THINK THAT ONE OF THE COGENT POINTS HERE IS THAT OUR POLICY SAYS ONE THING ABOUT PARTICIPATING VIA TELEPHONE.
AND THEN WE HAVE THIS OTHER MOTION THAT SAYS TO MIRROR THE SCHOOLS WITH WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH THE SCHOOL.
SO, UM, I BELIEVE THAT IF THIS WERE SENT TO THE POLICY COMMITTEE FOR THEM TO FLUSH IT OUT, WE'RE INFORMATIVE RECOMMENDATION, UH, THAT WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO, UM, COME UP WITH AN AGREEMENT HERE.
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SO I CAN MAKE A MOTION THAT THIS TOPIC AS TO THE USE OF ZOO DURING BOARD AND COMMITTEE MEETINGS BE, UH, REVIEWED BY THE POLICY COMMITTEE.DO WE HAVE A SECOND? OKAY, LET ME GO.
THEY LIKE TO ON THE CAN NOT FAST ENOUGH.
I SECOND THAT ALL RIGHT, MR. SMITH.
WELL, UM, MY QUESTION IS, UM, YOU KNOW, I GUESS, YOU KNOW, WITH THE, UH, WITH THE PHONE, WITH THE PHONE ORDEAL, UH, IN TERMS OF SENDING IT TO POT THE POLICY, YOU KNOW, UH, MY QUESTION IS ABOUT WHY NOW, YOU KNOW, UH, OUT OF ALL THE TIMES, WHAT MADE THIS COME UP RIGHT NOW, YOU KNOW, UH, NOW I WANT TO KNOW FROM A ROBOT, YOU KNOW, OR IN TERMS OF, OF, UH, EVEN HAVING THIS DISCUSSION TO SEND IT TO THE POLICY COMMITTEE, WHY NOT? WELL, I BROUGHT IT UP BEFORE TOO.
I JUST THINK BECAUSE THE SCHOOLS ARE, ARE ALL IN PERSON.
I, I JUST, I BROUGHT, I DID MENTION, I DID MENTION IT BEFORE AND IT'S MY PREROGATIVE TO BRING IT UP.
I THINK WE HAVE TO HAVE THE DISCUSSION.
WELL, MY QUESTION IS, I WAS JUST WONDERING IF THERE WAS, IF THERE WAS A CERTAIN TIME OR WAS IT, YOU KNOW, UH, YOU KNOW, WHAT WAS THE, THE TIME OF BRINGING, BRINGING IT UP OVER, YOU KNOW, ALL OF A SUDDEN I JUST DID THAT, UH, LIKE I SAID, I HADN'T HEARD ABOUT IT BEFORE, BUT IT DIDN'T KINDA, DIDN'T GO TO HIM.
AND I WAS WONDERING WHY NOT? YOU KNOW, I HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH IT.
I'M JUST WONDERING, YOU KNOW WHAT WE'LL, WE'LL, WE'LL BLESS AT THIS POINT TODAY.
THAT'S ALL, I'M TRYING TO GET A LITTLE UNDERSTANDING.
I DON'T HAVE ANY RESPONSE TO THAT.
AND THANK YOU, MS. GOODRICH FOR, UH, THIS MOTION.
I'D, I'D BE HAPPY TO REVIEW IT IN THE POLICY COMMITTEE WITH MY FELLOW MEMBERS.
UM, I WAS JUST GOING TO MAKE A COMMENT THAT OUR CURRENT BOARD POLICY DOES SAY THAT BOARD MEMBERS MAY PARTICIPATE IN MEETINGS BY ELECTRONIC OR OTHER MEANS OF COMMUNICATIONS SUCH AS TELEPHONE OR VIDEO TELECONFERENCING.
SO PRESENTLY OUR POLICY COVERS MORE THAN JUST TELEPHONE.
UM, MR. EARL CAMPBELL, I WAS GOING TO SAY, THIS IS THAT SOMETIME AND A BOARD MEMBER MAY NOT BE ABLE TO ATTEND A MEETING IN PERSON.
SO WHY NOT JUST LEAVE IT THE WAY IT IS IF YOU WANT, YOU KNOW, I DON'T SEE WHY WE SHOULD CHANGE ANYTHING.
JUST LEAVE IT TO IT IS IF THE PERSON IS GOING TO USE ZOOM, ZOOM, ORIGINALLY, THIS WAS PUT IN PLACE BECAUSE ONE BOARD MEMBER WAS ILL.
HE HAD AN ILL AND THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED.
THAT'S HOW ALL THIS STARTED BECAUSE I SAW IT.
AND SOMETIME AMMONIA MIGHT NOT FEEL GOOD TO COME TO A WHOLE, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE GOING TO USE, UM, MR. MEL CAMPBELL.
I, WE, AS BOARD CANNOT LEGISLATE PUBLIC SERVICE AND PARTICIPANTS THEY'RE VOTED ON BY CERTAIN CONSTITUENCY AND THEY, THEY OBLIGATED TO, TO DO THE PLEASURES OF THAT GROUP AND THE PUBLIC.
AND IF THEY DON'T PERFORM EFFECTIVELY, WE HAVE A POLICY AND WE KNOW WE CAN SHOW UP IN PERSON OR IF WE CAN'T MAKE IT, WE CAN SUE THEM IN.
AND I THINK THE PUBLIC WILL REFLECT ON THE VOTES, WHETHER THAT PERSON WAS ADDED WAS AN ADEQUATE SERVANT OR NOT.
I DON'T KNOW WHY WE WOULDN'T HAVE TO TOUCH IT.
AND HE GOT, HE GOT BOTH ENDS COVERED AND OUR POLICY PERSON IS ABSENT.
THEY CAN CALL IN OR DO IT ELECTRONICALLY IF THEY ARE PRESENT AND THEY'VE GOT THE RIGHT TO COME PRESENT.
SO, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW IF WE NEED TO DO ANYTHING WITH THIS.
I MEAN, WE CAN REVISIT IT AS THE MOTION SUGGESTING, I'M SURE WE COULD COME BACK AND VOTE WHATEVER THE POLICY COMMITTEE DECIDES, BUT I DON'T, YOU KNOW, I DON'T THINK THE CHANGES NECESSARY IN THE POLICY.
UM, SINCE I HAVEN'T SPOKEN, I'LL SPEAK, I CONCUR
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EXACTLY WITH YOU WHAT YOU JUST SAID.NO, I DON'T THINK WE NEED TO REVISIT, REVISIT IT, UM, IN POLICY, BECAUSE IT HAS ALREADY ALLOWED FOR, UM, ELECTRONIC PER PARTICIPATION, WHETHER IT'S VIDEO CONFERENCING OR PHONE OR WHATEVER MEANS IT IS.
UM, I THINK IT'S, IT WAS AN EXCELLENT THAT I CONCUR THAT I REALLY THINK IT DID NEED TO BE ON THE AGENDA BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WE HAD THIS MOTION THAT WAS APPROVED BY THE BOARD THAT WOULD BE FORMATTING OUR, OUR MEETINGS, THE WAY THE SCHOOLS WERE BEING INSTRUCTED.
SO, AND AS, UH, SEVERAL OF THE BOARD MEMBERS HAVE POINTED OUT, I THINK, UH, BEING IN PERSON IS PREFERABLE, BUT IT'S NOT GOING TO ALWAYS BE, UM, POSSIBLE FOR, FOR BOARD MEMBERS TO BE IN PERSON.
AND, YOU KNOW, NO, I DON'T THINK ANY OF US CAN DICTATE WHAT ANOTHER BOARD MEMBER DOES, BUT THAT'S ULTIMATELY, AS MR. CAMPBELL SAID FOR THE PUBLIC TO DECIDE WHEN, UH, THAT BOARD MEMBER, IF THAT BOARD MEMBER RUNS FOR REELECTION, WHETHER THEY, UH, VOTE THAT PERSON IN OR OUT.
SO I'M NOT GOING TO SUPPORT IT BECAUSE I THINK WE ALREADY HAVE APPROPRIATE POLICY.
I THINK WE'VE HAD A GOOD DISCUSSION TONIGHT AND I WOULD SAY LET'S MOVE ON, BUT OTHERS MAY FEEL DIFFERENTLY.
WISCHNEWSKI I GUESS I WAS THINKING ABOUT THE OLD POLICY OR DO YOU JUST SAY TELEPHONE? SO I'D LIKE TO WITHDRAW THIS MOTION.
ALL RIGHT, MS. ROBIN, THAT WAS MY COMMENT.
I DIDN'T REALIZE, UM, THAT WE HAD THE ELECTRONIC PART IN THERE, RACHEL, SO I THOUGHT IT WAS JUST THE PHONE.
SO I, YOU KNOW, I, I CONCUR, I DON'T, UM, I, I DON'T THINK THAT WE REALLY NEED TO TAKE IT BACK TO COMMITTEE AND, AND ACT ON IT, BUT I DID FEEL LIKE IT WAS IMPORTANT THAT WE DISCUSS IT BECAUSE IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE ACTED ON BEFORE.
SO I THOUGHT IT WAS IMPORTANT TO BRING IT UP SO LET'S, UH, LET'S VOTE.
BUT IF SHE HAS DRY ROBERT'S RULES, IF YOU CAN'T WITHDRAW IT, CAUSE IT'S BEEN SECONDED.
SO WE, WE HAVE, UH, WE HAVE TO HAVE A MO UM, EXCUSE ME.
UH, WE WOULD HAVE TO HAVE A MAJORITY VOTE TO WITHDRAW IT.
SO WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE OF JUST VOTED UP OR DOWN? I WOULD JUST SAY VOTED UP OR DOWN.
ALL RIGHT, NEXT, WE NEED A MOTION
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TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA.WE APPROVED THE ITEMS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA AND THEN SOMEBODY OKAY.
YES SO, UM, THE CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS ARE APPROVED.
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AGENDA TOPICS.UH, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND, UH, TO GIVE THESE MS. ROBOT.
I DON'T THINK YOU'VE PUT YOURS DOWN.
I'D LIKE TO PROPOSE THAT WE HAVE A BRIEFING ON MEDIA CENTERS.
I'VE BEEN IN THE SCHOOLS, MEDIA CENTERS LOOK NICE.
I DON'T THINK THEY GET USED MUCH.
UH, I'D LIKE TO HAVE A DISCUSSION ABOUT WHAT BOOKS ARE SOLD, WHAT, UH, HOW, HOW MANY TIMES THE BOOKS ARE CHECKED OUT.
ANY VIDEOS? I LIKE TO KNOW IF WE
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HAVE PERIODICALS, I DON'T NOTICE ANY PERIODICALS.PERHAPS WE HAVE ONLINE PERIODICALS THAT, UH, THE STUDENTS CAN ACCESS, BUT I JUST LIKE TO KNOW ABOUT THE FUTURE OF MEDIA CENTERS, THE WAY THEY ARE DESIGNED NOW.
AND IF THAT'S THE WAY WE'RE GOING TO GO FORWARD.
SO, ALRIGHT, MR. SMITH, UH, I WOULD LIKE TO DISCUSS THE, THE EVALUATION, A BOOK THAT THE SUPERINTENDENT ISSUES OUT, ALL IT DISCUSSED THAT, I'M SORRY, WHAT IS HERE? I WOULD LIKE TO DISCUSS THE BOOK THAT THE SUPERINTENDENT GIVES UP FOR, FOR, THANK YOU.
UM, I WOULD LIKE TO GET MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE CREW TEAM FROM OUR, UM, PUBLIC COMMENTS AND ABOUT THE CREW TEAM BECOMING AN ATHLETIC SPORT WITHIN THE DISTRICT.
AND HOW QUICKLY WE CAN MOVE ON THAT AND EVERYTHING THAT THEY'RE GOING TO MEET AND NEXT UP ARE THE ANNOUNCEMENTS.
UM, SO OUR NEXT SCHEDULED BOARD MEETING, UM, AS PRINTED HERE ON THE AGENDA, THE BUSINESS MEETING IS ON DECEMBER 14TH, OVER AT THE DISTRICT OFFICE TOMORROW NIGHT AT STARTING AT FOUR O'CLOCK.
THE BOARD HAS A SPECIAL CALLED MEETING THAT WILL BE, UH, ALMOST EXCLUSIVELY IN EXECUTIVE SESSION AS IT IS AN APPEAL OF A STUDENT DISCIPLINARY MATTER.
RODRIGUEZ, DO YOU HAVE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS?
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NO FURTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS.I ANNOUNCED EARLIER, UH, THE ROBERT SMALLS, UH, GROUNDBREAKING, UH, YES.
IT'S ENOUGH THAT WE DON'T HAVE.
WE DO HAVE AN ACE BOARD MEETING ON THURSDAY, OVER AT EAST.
WE HAVE A BOARD MEETING ON THURSDAY.
AND ALSO, UM, WE HAVE OVER THE WEEKEND, WE HAD A, I'M NOT SURE IF MR. GUYER OR MRS. DR.
WINCHESTER WOULD LIKE TO, UH, SPEAK ABOUT THAT.
WE HA WE HAD A FEAR FOR THE COMMUNITY I'M TALKING ABOUT.
IT WAS A UNBELIEVABLE TURNOUT.
I MEAN, THERE WAS A LOT OF PEOPLE THERE.
A LOT OF PEOPLE CAME THERE, EVEN PEOPLE WHO HAVE KIDS IN MIDDLE SCHOOL TO COME AND LET THEIR KIDS SEE WHAT ACE HAD TO OFFER, THAT THERE WAS A, A 18 WHEELER THAT THEY BOUGHT THAT ALLOW YOU TO EVEN, UH, UH, EXPERIENCED DRIVING THE 18 WHEELER.
I MEAN, THERE WAS SO MANY, IT WAS SO MANY PEOPLE THERE.
IT WAS A LARGE TURNOUT, UM, COOLEST TO ACE AND THAT STAFFER.
I, I THINK THAT IT WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS VALUED BY THE, BY THE COMMUNITY.
SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE THAT ANNOUNCEMENTS AND ALSO PUBLICLY THANK THEM FOR, FOR WHAT, FOR WHAT THEY'VE DONE WITH THAT, WITH THAT INITIATIVE LAST AND WHAT LED TO THAT AND TO TAKE PLACE OVER A WEEKEND.
AND IT WAS VERY NICE AND WE GOT A GREAT TURNOUT.
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UM, ON OUR SECOND PUBLIC COMMENTS AND WE HAVE DAVID COOK, UH, PRESENT, AND I'M SURE HE'S COMMENTED NUMEROUS TIMES IN THE PAST.SO HE KNOWS THERE'S A THREE MINUTE LIMIT TO KEEP YOUR COMMENTS WITHIN THE DOMAIN OF THE BOARD AND TO BE CIVIL AND RESPECTFUL.
UM, GOOD EVENING, MADAM CHAIR AND BOARD MEMBERS, DR.
THANK YOU FOR GIVING ME THE TIME TO SPEAK THIS EVENING.
I THINK IT WAS SPELLED RIGHT FOR MENTIONING THE PARENTAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
I THINK IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD BE LOOKING INTO.
UM, A FEW MINUTES AGO, I EMAILED AN IMAGE TO EVERYONE ON THE BOARD, UH, INCLUDING DR.
AND IF YOU COULD OPEN THAT EMAIL, THAT WOULD BE GREAT.
UM, OUR PANORAMA EDUCATION SURVEYS, WHICH I'VE STARTED TO DIG INTO, IT'S A COMPANY FOUNDED BY THE SON-IN-LAW OF UNITED STATES, ATTORNEY AMERICA, GARLAND.
THIS IS THE MAN THAT ISSUED A DIRECTIVE THAT PARENTS NEEDED TO BE WATCHED BY A COUNTER-TERRORISM UNIT OF THE FBI ASKING QUESTIONS OF OUR CHILDREN.
THESE SERVERS ARE ASKING ME QUESTIONS OF OUR CHILDREN THAT MAY BE ABOVE THEIR LEVEL OF COMPREHENSION.
THAT SURVEYS GOES BACK TO PANORAMA EDUCATION AND IS USED FOR THEIR BENEFIT.
I THINK THESE SURVEYS, WHILE THEY'RE MEANT TO SUPPORT SOCIAL, EMOTIONAL LEARNING, UM, THEY'RE DOING QUITE THE OPPOSITE AND THERE ARE OTHER SERVICES THAT CAN BE USED.
UM, ON ANOTHER NOTE, I'D LIKE SOMEONE TO EXPLAIN TO ME HOW A THIRD GRADE TEACHER CAN GET AWAY WITH REFERRING TO RUSSIAN ROULETTE IN THE CLASSROOM.
AND WHEN A CHILD ASKS WHAT IT IS, THEY THEN EXPLAIN TO THE ULTIMATE DETAIL TO INNOCENT EIGHT YEAR OLDS, HOW YOU PLAY RUSSIAN ROULETTE.
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TEACHER IS NOT REFERRED FOR COUNSELING NOR ANY FITNESS OF DUTY EVALUATION.I'D LIKE IT TO BE LOOKED INTO BECAUSE THIS WEEK I PLAN TO FILE A COMPLAINT WITH THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION.
MY SON WAS IN THE CLASSROOM AND CLEARLY THIS PERSON NEEDS TO BE EVALUATED FOR THIS.
AND IT'S UNNECESSARY FOR THE SIMPLE REFERENCE OF TAKING A CHANCE ON SOMETHING.
AND SHOOT WENT TO RUSSIAN ROULETTE, SOMETHING NOT QUITE RIGHT THERE.
UH, THE IMAGE THAT I EMAILED TO YOU, UH, I'VE GOT TO ASK, IS THERE ANY REASON WHY A SECOND GRADER THIS HAPPENED LAST YEAR WOULD BE ASKED TO CHANGE THE APPEARANCE OF AN IMAGE OF A LITTLE BOY TO LOOK LIKE A LITTLE GIRL IN CLASS? I'M NOT SURE IF I CAN GET ANYTHING ON CAMERA OR IF I'M ALLOWED, BUT I DID EMAIL THE IMAGE FOR YOU TO REVIEW.
UM, LAST THING, UH, IN JULY, UM, HILTON HEAD ISLAND, MIDDLE SCHOOL PRINCIPAL WAS HIRED, UM, AND UPON DOING A GOOGLE SEARCH, I FOUND OUT ALONG WITH THE ISLAND PACKET THAT, UH, SHE WAS NAMED IN A WRONGFUL DEATH LAWSUIT.
MY QUESTION AT THIS POINT HAS ANYTHING DIFFERENT THAN DONE REGARDING THE REVIEW OF APPLICANTS.
ARE WE LOOKING AT SOCIAL MEDIA? ARE WE DOING A GOOGLE SEARCH? UH, I WAS LED TO BELIEVE THAT, UM, NO ONE ON THE BOARD OF EDUCATION WAS MADE AWARE OF THIS AND I'D JUST LIKE TO KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON.
UM, AS FAR AS, UH, THE ADMINISTRATION IS CONCERNED, THANKS HAVE A GOOD NIGHT.
OH, THE BOARD NEEDS TO GO BACK INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION TO FINISH THE ITEMS. SO WE ALREADY HAD THE MOTION TO GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION.
SO I DON'T THINK WE NEED TO THE MOTION AGAIN.
WHAT CAN YOU DO TO KEEP YOUR FAMILY AND FRIENDS SAFE? DON'T PROVIDE EASY ACCESS, ESPECIALLY TO NARCOTIC MEDICATIONS, INVENTORY, YOUR MEDICINE CABINETS, ESPECIALLY CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES, SAFELY DISCARD, OUTDATED, OR UNUSED MEDICATIONS PROPERLY.
DID YOU KNOW, BUFORD COUNTY HAS MANY LOCATIONS FOR YOU TO DISPOSE YOU ARE OUTDATED OR UNUSED MEDICATIONS.
DIFFERENT COUNTY IS CONSTANTLY CHANGING AND WE'LL KEEP YOU INFORMED THE COUNTY CHANNEL YOUR SOURCE FOR WHAT'S HAPPENING IN BUFORD COUNTY, FROM COUNTY COUNCIL AND MUNICIPALITIES SCHOOL, BOARD, AND LOCAL EVENTS.
WE'LL KEEP YOU UP TODAY FOR A COMPLETE LISTING OF THE COUNTY CHANNEL SCHEDULE.
GO TO BUBER COUNTY, SC.GOV, SCROLL DOWN AND CLICK ON WATCH NOW AND CHOOSE YOUR SELECTION FOR LIVE COVERAGE OF MEETINGS, BOARDS, AND COMMISSIONS.
IT'S THE COUNTY CHANNEL GOOD EVENING, AND WELCOME TO THE BUFORD COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION BUSINESS MEETING OF NOVEMBER 16TH, 2021.
THE BOARD WAS JUST AN EXECUTIVE SESSION IS NOW BACK OUT IN PUBLIC SESSION.
AND DO WE HAVE ANY ACTION IS NECESSARY OR APPROPRIATE COMING OUT OF EXECUTIVE SESSION? YES, MADAM CHAIR, UH, I MOVED TO BUFORD COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION AUTHORIZED FRANK RODRIGUEZ TO SIGN THE AMENDMENT TO THE CHARTER SCHOOL CONTRACT FOR MOVING THE OLD BYLAWS, ADDING THE REVISED RIVERVIEW CHARTER BYLAWS AS APPENDIX ONE TO THE CONTRACT AND CONFORMING THE GOVERNANCE SECTION OF THE CHARTER TO BE CONSISTENT WITH THE REVISED BYLAWS, UH, MS. ROBOT.
OKAY, MR. SMITH, UM, DUE TO THE WAY AND SET UP AND THEN BYLAWS.
UM, I WILL NOT BE SUPPORTING THIS TODAY.
UM, I THINK THAT IT NEEDS TO, I JUST SAID, I, I, THE WAY IT'S CURRENTLY WRITTEN WITHIN A CERTAIN PERCENTAGE OF THE APPOINTED BOARD MEMBERS, I CAN'T SUPPORT THIS MOTION.
THE MOTION CARRIES, UH, TEN ONE, THE ONE.
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DO WE HAVE ANY FURTHER, IS NECESSARY OR APPROPRIATE COMING OUT OF EXECUTIVE SESSION? YES.MADAM CHAIR, I'M ALWAYS AT THE BOARD OF EDUCATION APPROVE AMENDMENT NUMBER THREE FOR A FACILITY CONDITION ASSESSMENT COMPLETED BY CVS C D R E ERIE AUTHORIZING A NOT TO EXCEED THE LIMIT OF $629,972 FOR THE 3,195,321 SQUARE FEET OF FACILITIES LISTED FUNDING FOR THIS AMENDMENT SHALL BE PROVIDED BY THE REVENUE PRODUCED FROM THE SALE OF THE BOROUGHS AVENUE BUILDING.
SO THERE BEING NO HANDS UP, THE, UH, VOTING IS OPEN, BUT RIGHT NOW, OH, OH, OKAY.
UM, I AM CONCERNED ABOUT, UM, SPENDING THIS MONEY, THIS AMOUNT OF MONEY.
AND I WAS HOPING THAT WE WOULD HAVE STAFF TO DO, TO DO SOME OF THIS STUFF.
UM, I'M DEFINITELY CONCERNED ABOUT SPLITTING THE SPENDING THIS AMOUNT OF MONEY ON WHAT WE'RE SPENDING IT ON.
SO I, I CAN NOT, UM, SUPPORT US.
AND ALSO ONE OF MY COLLEAGUES HAS ASKED TO HAVE AN AREA ADDED AND WE HAVE NOT DONE THAT.
SO THAT'S ANOTHER REASON WHY I CAN'T SUPPORT THIS MOTION.
THE MOTION CARRIES SIX, FOUR, AND ONE ABSTENTION.
THE FOUR NOS ARE A GWADAR MELVIN CAMPBELL, WILLIAM SMITH, AND INGRID BOATWRIGHT.
AND THE ONE ABSTENTION HIS DOCTOR WAS NEVSKY, BUT THE MOTION IS APPROVED.
DO WE HAVE ANY FURTHER ACTION IS NECESSARY OR APPROPRIATE COMING OUT OF EXECUTIVE SESSION? ALL RIGHT.
WE CAN, UH, UH, ADJOURN BY UNANIMOUS CONSENT ALL IN FAVOR.