[Call to Order]
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THIS MEETING, JOINED THE MEETING CHANNEL, BUT IN FACT, THE IN ORDER TO COMPLY WITH REQUEST FOR POWER CONDUCT, THE VISITATION WILL BE EXPECTED BECAUSE HE KNEW BETWEEN FIVE AND FIVE 30 BY SENDING AN EMAIL TO AMELIA PARDOT.
AND IF YOU'VE HEARD ABOUT AND HER EMAIL ADDRESS IS NOW, UH, DISPLAYED ON A SCREEN, UH, FIRSTHAND AND AND DOCKS.
NORMALLY TO RECEIVE THESE EMAIL AS WELL, BECAUSE IF YOU SIT HERE OR REQUEST FOR PUBLIC COMMENT, YOU WILL RECEIVE A PHONE CALL DURING ALL THE COMMENTS, BE ABLE TO SPEAK AND ADDRESS THE BOARD FOR A MAXIMUM OF THREE MINUTES OFF ISSUES WITH THEIR LAWYERS, THE WAY THE BOARD THAT WE WERE GOING TO DO THE VERY MINUTE.
IF YOU ARE IN PERSON, OR YOU MAY HAVE ADDRESSED THE BOARD FOR A MAXIMUM OF THREE MINUTES ON EACH SPEAKER, REQUEST FOR THE SECOND, EXCEPT FOR BETWEEN SEVEN AND SEVEN 30 IN THE SAME MANNER.
THE SECOND POLITICS WILL TAKE PLACE PRIOR TO GERMANY, NO LATER THAN 9:00 PM.
THE SECOND FORUM IS LIMITED TO 15 MINUTES AND THE, THAT THE BOARD IS NOT FINISHED ADDRESSING ALL ITEMS. THE BORDER.
WE CAN BE AT 6:00 PM WHEN WE STARTED WITH 15 COMING FROM THE ONE, WHICH IS THE .
[Executive Session]
TO GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION.YES, I'M BARELY GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION TO DISCUSS THE REPORT PURSUANT TO SOUTH CAROLINA CODE SECTION 34 78.
ONE IS ALL INTENSIFICATION HOMESCHOOL WHO SEE LIKE THIS AFTER AFTERLIFE, SECTION 30 OR 40 A DISCUSSION PROPOSED AMENDMENT AND OF SIX C E R E URI HAD DRAFT PURSUING LIKE THIS AFTERLIFE STATUTE AUTHORITY OR DASH 78 2.
AND BY WEEK YOU SEE A VIDEO ADVICE TO DEFENDANTS YOUR NAME HANGING PLACE PETRIFIED BY THE ATTORNEY CLIENT PRIVILEGE, PURSUANT TO SOUTH CAROLINA, HE'S ACTUALLY 30 OR 78 TO MR. ALTO.
UH WILL YOU PLEASE CLARIFY WHAT WILL BE ADVISING THE BOARD OF THE AVOIDING MATTERS AND PERSONAL APPLICATION REPORT AS WELL AS RECEIVE LEGAL ADVICE TO BE DEFINITIVELY COVERED BY ATTORNEY CLIENT PRIVILEGE, PURSUANT TO LABOR CODE SECTION 30 DASH FOUR DASH 18.
THE LAST ITEM IS A BOARD IS BURGER INDIVISIBLE, BUT THE PRESIDENT AND GO TO DISTRICT YES.
UH, CAN YOU HEAR ME AS IS ALWAYS THE CASE IN THE DISTRICT STAFF
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ALSO, ALSO THAT I'M SURE, UH, UM, FOR AND IN TERMS OF FLORIDA, UM, NEXT TIME WE WILL, THE LEGAL ARM, UM, THE ATTORNEY CLIENT PRIVILEGE SHOULD BE MORE SPECIFIC AND NOT WRITTEN THE WAY IT IS THERE NO INFORMATION GOING INTO TALKING ABOUT THE RIGHT THING.I THINK THAT GO IN THERE FOR A MONASTERY.
THE ATTORNEY AT THE TIME DOES NOT YES, YES, YES SHE DOES.
SHE, UM, THE, UH, THE EXECUTIVE SESSION FOR THE MATTER IS LISTED AND MOTION CARRIES EIGHT ONE MR. SMITH, AND TWO PEOPLE ARE TO SAY YES, SO Y'ALL CAN HEAR ME.
SO THE MOTION CARRIES NOW ONE THOUGH IS SMITH.
AND WHEN I ASKED AND IT IS NOW EXECUTIVE SESSIONS, UM, IS ALWAYS AVAILABLE.
THERE'S A SMASH TO RIGHT FIELD.
THAT BALL IS WAY BACK GONE, GO LANG.
SO BUFORD FIELD MOST SNAKES THAT WE ENCOUNTER ARE JUST LIKE THIS EASTERN KING SNAKE, BEAUTIFUL AND COMPLETELY HARMLESS.
IN FACT, MOST SNAKES ARE BENEFICIAL AND THEY'RE GOOD INDICATORS OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH.
ALL ANIMALS NEED GOOD QUALITY HABITAT LIKE THIS GORGEOUS FOREST.
JOIN US FOR COASTAL KINGDOM, A FIELD TRIP THROUGH THE LOW COUNTRY AND A CHANCE TO MEET SOME OF THE ANIMALS THAT LIVE HERE.
VIDEO CONFERENCES AND ALSO BE LIVE BY ACADEMY TALE.
[6:00 p.m. Public Session]
YOU'RE AN ALCOHOL IS PUBLIC SESSION FOR ORDER[Action as Necessary or Appropriate Regarding Matters Discussed in Executive Session]
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PERSONNEL.YOU'D HAVE THAT LOOKS A LITTLE STRANGE MOM.
SO THE MOTION IS APPROVED, ANGRY ABOUT THAT.
IS THAT, IS THAT NECESSARY OR APPROPRIATE? IT'S COMING OUT OF EXECUTIVE SESSION.
NUMBER SIX ARE THE VALERIE PROGRAM.
UM, I'LL, I'LL PULL A REPORT FIRST CONCERNS THAT, UH, WE'LL HAVE LESS STUDENTS THAT ARE IN CHARGE FOR, FROM OUR SCHOOLS A TWO YEAR PROGRAM OVER THERE.
WE CAN RETAIN OUR STUDENTS SCHOOL, UH, SESSION OFFICE AND
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.IF YOU'RE ALL LISTENING FROM HOME OR REMOTE, THEY WANT TO CLASS TODAY.
THE OTHER COMMENT DURING OUR SEVEN SECOND, THESE, UH, THE REQUEST, WHICH HAS TO INCLUDE AN EMAIL TO THE BOARD, THAT HE'S THREE EMAILS, AND I DO A YOGA, A M E L I A DOT DOT K12 DOT SCI US.
AND YOU EMAIL AMELIA WITH YOUR NAME, PHONE NUMBER AND TALK IN BETWEEN SEVEN AND SEVEN 30 IS EVENING.
YOU WILL BE CONTACTED DURING THE SECOND PUBLIC COMMENTS TO GIVE YOUR COMMENTS.
AND THE SECOND CALL, THE PRODUCT WILL TAKE PLACE PRIOR TO A GERMAN.
AND THE SECOND FORUM, IF YOU ARE TO FILL OUT A COMMENT CARD, UH, TO PARTICIPATE IN OUR, ALL THE COMMENTS,
[Approval of Agenda]
UH, THE AGENDA, MADAM CHAIR, I MOVED IT WITH THE AGENDA IN YOUR BILL.[Pledge of Allegiance, Moment of Silence, Statement of Media Notification]
UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY.WE'VE PROCEEDED FOR A MOMENT OF SILENCE.
[Student Performance – HHIB Theater Performance]
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HI, MY NAME IS MICHELLE HOMO.I'M THE MUSIC DIRECTOR HERE AT HILTON HEAD ISLAND, ELEMENTARY, IB, AND THESE ARE OUR SINGING OTTERS.
THEY'RE GOING TO BE SINGING A CHRISTMAS MEDLEY AND CRAY CRAY CHRISTMAS.
[Points of Celebration]
THANK YOU.AND, UM, CAN YOU TELL WHAT THOSE THOUGHTS WERE FOR OUR FAVORITE, UH, CELEBRATION TODAY? UH, TALKING ABOUT OUR DOCTORATE EDUCATION STUDENT FOR THE MONTH OR NOVEMBER IN OUR CHARACTER EDUCATION PROGRAM WAS FORMED TO
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SUPPORT PARENTS EFFORTS TO DEVELOP GOOD CHARACTER IN THEIR CHILDREN.AND TONIGHT WE'RE CELEBRATING THE CHARACTER ED STUDENTS OF THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER WHOEVER'S CHARACTER TRAITS WERE RESPECT.
RESPECT IS DEFINED AS SHOWING HOW OUR REGARD FOR AUTHORITY, OTHER PEOPLE, SELF, AND COUNTRY, AND UNDERSTANDING THAT ALL PEOPLE ARE VALUED AS HUMAN BEINGS IN GRATITUDE.
IF YOU FIND THIS SHOWING THAT YOU ARE THANKFUL FOR WHAT OTHERS HAVE DONE NOVEMBER STUDENT OF THE MONTH FOR NORTHERN BUFORD COUNTY IS EMILY HORARIUM VENTURA.
A FIRST GRADE STUDENT AT COOSA ELEMENT SHOWING RESPECT IS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT TRAITS THAT EACH ONE OF US PRACTICE HAVING RESPECT FOR YOURSELF AND FOR YOUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT.
BEING RESPECTFUL, INCLUDE BEING KIND TO OTHERS, SEEING SITUATIONS THROUGH THEIR EYES, HAVING EMPATHY, COMMUNICATING IN INAPPROPRIATE WAY, CONSIDERING THE FEELINGS OF OTHERS WHEN MAKING DECISIONS REGARDING WHAT YOU DO AND SAY, AND BEING AN ACTIVE LISTENER AND SO MUCH MORE EMILY DISPLAYS THIS CHARACTER TRAIT DAILY OFTEN WHEN WE THINK OF GRATITUDE, WE THINK OF BEING THANKFUL FOR WHAT WE HAVE.
THIS IS ONE ART IS HAVING GRATITUDE, THAT THERE IS MUCH MORE TO IT AS WELL.
IT ALSO INVOLVES BEING GENEROUS TOWARDS THOSE AROUND US.
IT IS THE REALIZATION THAT EACH AND EVERY ONE OF US CAN HAVE A POSITIVE IMPACT ON THOSE AROUND US AND THE WORLD.
SHE IS POLITE AND UNDERSTANDING OF THOSE AROUND HER.
WHEN PEOPLE ARE KIND TO HER, SHE REALLY THINKS ABOUT HOW THOUGHTFUL THOSE ACTIONS WORK AND HOW SHE MAY THEN PASS THAT FEELING TO OTHERS.
EMILY, TRULY DISPLAYS AND EMBRACES THIS MONTH STRAIGHT OF RESPECTING FOR SOUTHERN BUFORD COUNTY.
THE NOVEMBER STUDENT OF THE MALL IS PRESENTLY SANTOS, MALDONADO AN EIGHTH GRADER AT BLUFFTON MIDDLE SCHOOL.
WE OFTEN REMEMBER THE QUALITIES OF GRATITUDE.
GRATITUDE IS A FEELING OF APPRECIATION ARE THINGS.
FIRSTLY, ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS TEACHER SHARED THAT ONE EIGHTH GRADER IN PARTICULAR IS AN EXEMPLARY STUDENT WHO EXHIBITS THE QUALITIES OF GRATITUDE AND RESPECT EACH DAY.
SHE NOT ONLY SHOWS GRATITUDE TOWARD TEACHERS, BUT THE OTHER STUDENTS AS WELL, THEIR TEACHER SHARED THAT PRINCIPALLY IS ONE OF THE MOST GRATEFUL, RESPECTFUL, AND GENUINELY KIND STUDENTS THAT SHE HAS EVER TAUGHT AT LUFKIN CHRISLEY ALWAYS REMEMBERS TO SAY, PLEASE, AND THINGS, WHEN OTHERS FORGET SHE VOLUNTEERS TO HELP WITHOUT BEING ASKED TO DO SOMETHING.
WHEN MOST STUDENTS MY HESITANCY AND SHE TRANSLATES FOR OTHER STUDENTS WHO NEED SUPPORT DURING BLOCKS, AS WE WALKED INTO SCHOOL WITH A SMILE AND MAKE SURE THAT OTHERS ARE HAVING A GOOD DAY AFTER SPEAKING WITH KRISTEN PEOPLE WALK AWAY FEELING VALUED AND IMPORTANT.
GENERALLY THE NEXT ITEM TO THE CELEBRATION IS BUFORD HIGH SCHOOL IS TALKING ABOUT ME FOR HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS WHO ARE IN THE 60TH ANNUAL UNITED STATES SENATE DUTY PROGRAM RECOGNITION THIS MONTH STATE SUPERINTENDENT OF EDUCATION MODEL EXPERIMENT.
AND NOW THAT VIEW FOR HIGH SENIOR EMMETT O'BRIEN HAS BEEN SELECTED AS ONE OF TWO DELEGATES TO THE 60TH ANNUAL UNITED STATES SENATE YOUTH PROGRAM.
THIS UPCOMING MARCH UNITED STATES SENATE YOUTH PROGRAM WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1962 BY U S SENATE RESOLUTION IN A UNIQUE EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCE FOR OUTSTANDING HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS INTERESTED IN PURSUING CAREERS IN PUBLIC SERVICE AS A STUDENT DELEGATE.
AND THEN WE'LL HEAR MAJOR POLICY ADDRESSES BY SENATORS HAD A NUMBER OF OFFICIALS FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE AND DEFENSE AND DIRECTORS OF OTHER FEDERAL AGENTS.
YOU WON'T EVEN HEAR FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES AND THE JUSTICE, THE U S IN ADDITION, AND THEN ALSO RECEIVED THAT THOUSAND DOLLARS COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIP FOR UNDERGRADUATE STUDIES, LIVING ARRANGEMENT TO PURSUE COURSEWORK IN HISTORY AND POLITICAL SCIENCE.
UM, THE UNITED STATES SENATE PROGRAM AND SEEKING A SURPRISE PHONE CALL, SOUTH CAROLINA STATE SUPERINTENDENT, MOLLY SPEARMAN, CALL TO CONGRATULATE BUFORD HIGH SCHOOL'S EMMETT O'BRIEN FOR BEING AWARDED THE US SENATE YOUTH PROGRAM SCHOLARSHIP.
AND IT IS ONE OF ONLY TWO STUDENTS IN THE STATE TO EARN THE $10,000 COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIP, ALL THE GREAT THINGS YOU'VE BEEN DOING THERE IN YOUR SOUL.
I'M JUST HONORED TO BE ABLE TO REPRESENT THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA MONITOR THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION AND ALL THE JUDGES HAD THE CONFIDENCE IN ME TO KNOW THAT THAT I CAN BE THE MESSENGER FOR THIS STATE ON THE NATIONAL SCALE.
LAST MONTH, YOU THINK GOVERNMENT CONFERENCE IN COLUMBIA, AND IT WAS RECOGNIZED BY THE STATE SUPERINTENDENT FOR ADVANCING
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TO THE TOP 10 IN THE SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM.SO THE, AS PART OF THIS WAS EACH HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPAL CAN NOMINATE SOMEONE.
SO I HAD TO TALK TO MS. SUMMERS.
THE SECOND PART OF THIS IS YOU TAKE A ONLINE CIVICS EXAM ADMINISTERED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION.
THE 30 HIGHEST SCORES ON THAT BECOME THE SEMIFINALISTS IN NOVEMBER.
I WROTE AN ESSAY FOR THE COMPETITION AND THE 10 HIGHEST SCORES ON THE ESSAY AND DIGITAL PRESENTATION WHERE THE FINALISTS.
THE SCHOLARSHIP IS AWARDED TO STUDENTS INTERESTED IN PURSUING CAREERS IN PUBLIC SERVICE AND M IT'S PLANNING TO GO TO COLLEGE, TO STUDY POLITICAL SCIENCE.
I THINK THAT THE MOST VALUE IN PUBLIC SERVICE IN CIVICS, THAT THE SCHOLARSHIP REPRESENTS IS THE VALUE OF SERVING A COMMUNITY.
IT GIVES YOU AN OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE THE PEOPLE YOU CAME FROM, AND THAT'S, WHAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO ME ABOUT THIS.
AN OUTSTANDING STUDENT IS INVOLVED IN MANY CLUBS AND ORGANIZATIONS.
HE JUST HAS A HEART FOR PEOPLE.
HE HAS A HEART FOR HIS COMMUNITY.
UH, HE IS DEFINITELY A LEADER, A COMPASSIONATE, VISIONARY LEADER THAT DESCRIBES TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN OUR SCHOOL.
HE'S BEEN AN ASSET TO OUR SCHOOL SINCE HIS FRESHMAN YEAR AND SERVED ON STUDENT COUNCIL SINCE HIS FRESHMAN YEAR.
SO ALWAYS ENGAGED, ALWAYS INVOLVED, ALWAYS FRIENDLY AND ALWAYS KIND.
AND THEN ON TOP OF THAT, HIS ACADEMICS ARE THROUGH THE ROOF.
HE HAS JUST GREAT IN MARCH, AND IT HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO ATTEND A CONFERENCE IN WASHINGTON, DC, WITH A SCHOLARSHIP WINNERS FROM EACH STATE TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AT BUFORD HIGH SCHOOL, RON LOPES, BUFORD COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT.
I'M HONORED BY THIS, THIS OPPORTUNITY AND I'LL REPRESENT YOU ALL WELL KNOW YOU WILL, IF YOU'VE EVER, UH, HAS A CHANCE TO MEET, YOU KNOW, WHAT, WHAT AN IMPRESSIVE YOUNG MAN IS.
NEXT ITEM IN POINTS OF CELEBRATION.
UH, WE HAVE MEMBERS FROM THE DIFFERENT COUNTY YOUTH CONFERENCE STEERING COMMITTEE, AND YOU, UH, PLANNER HERE WITH US TODAY.
WE'RE SO GLAD TO BE HERE AND THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING US TO MAKE THIS PLEASE AND PATIENT I'M CARRIE MAJOR FOUNDER AND CHAIRPERSON OF THE VISA COUNTY YOUTH CONFERENCE.
AND WE ARE UNDER THE UMBRELLA OF CABARETS AND WE ARE 5 0 1, 3 C ORGANIZATION REPRESENTED HERE TONIGHT.
UM, 71, UH, STEERING COMMITTEE MEMBERS.
YOU WANT EVERYONE TO SEE ALL THIS? THEY'RE VERY IMPORTANT TO US.
UM, WE PUT A LOT INTO OUR YOUTH BECAUSE WE WANT THEM TO BE BETTER CITIZENS AS WELL.
AND, BUT YOU FIND GOD FOR IT TO BE, UM, VOLUNTEERS WHO SERVES ON OUR STEERING COMMITTEE.
THIS IS OUR 29TH YEAR, AND THAT'S HOW LONG WE HAVE BEEN GOING FOR EVERYONE.
THE 29TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE WAS HELD SEPTEMBER 25TH, 2021.
THIS WAS OUR SECOND VIRTUAL CONFERENCE, BUT THOSE THAT ARE NOT FAMILIAR WITH THESE CONTRACTS, HIS PRIMARY GOAL IS TO PROVIDE MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS WITH THE INFORMATION, KNOWLEDGE, AND MATERIAL DESIGNED TO HELP THEM LEARN HOW TO MAKE HEALTHY CHOICES AND DECISIONS.
ADDITIONALLY, TO HELP STUDENTS DEVELOP SKILLS THAT FOSTER SUCCESSFUL OUTCOMES DURING THIS SCHOOL YEARS AND ENTER THEIR ADULT LIVES.
THE REASON FOR US TONIGHT SAYING ATTENDED DR.
FRANK, EXCUSE ME, BUT IT'S IMPORTANT THAT DR.
ROGER GETS HIS MESSAGE IS VERY HERE.
SUPPORT AND ADVICE SERVICES AT SAN FRANCISCO.
AWESOME, AWESOME TEACHER DESIGNED BY THE CLIENT.
THIS IS UNFAIR AS YOU CAN SEE, YOU ALL HAVE OUR T-SHIRTS AND WHO, WHO DESIGNED IT ARE YOU,
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THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH AGAIN FOR ALLOWING US TO SHARE THIS WITH YOU.THIS ORGANIZATION IS IN THE CONFERENCE IS VERY IMPORTANT TO US.
IT'S GIVING BACK TO THE COMMUNITY AND WE WANT TO THANK YOU DR.
RODRIGUEZ, AGAIN, FOR THE SUPPORT THAT YOU HAVE PROVIDED.
AND WE WANT TO STRENGTHEN, HOPEFULLY AT 22, THE PARTNERSHIP THAT WE HAVE WITH THE BUFORD COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT, ALSO WITH, UM, ALL OF THE ORGANIZATIONS IN THE COMMUNITY THAT SUPPORT AND HELP US OUT.
UM, WE HAVE COLLABORATE TWO PARTNERS FROM A LOT OF THE SOCIAL ORGANIZATIONS AND CIVIC ORGANIZATIONS, A LOT OF THE SORORITIES AND FRATERNITIES, THE INSURANCE ORGANIZATIONS, UM, ALL HAVE SUPPORTED US THROUGHOUT THE YEARS.
UM, AND ARE YOU PLANNING SESSION WILL BE MARCH 26TH, 2022 FOR THIS YEAR? UM, THE COMING YEAR, I'M SORRY.
THE CONFERENCE ITSELF WILL BE ON SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 24TH.
IT'S ALWAYS THE FOURTH SATURDAY OF SEPTEMBER.
SO PLEASE LOOK FOR THE ADVERTISING INSTITUTE, PROMOTE IT.
UM, WE'RE TRYING TO INCREASE THE DIVERSITY ASPECT OF IT.
UM, WE REACH OUT TO COMMUNITIES, UM, FOR ALL PEOPLE, DIFFERENT WALKS, DIFFERENT RACES.
UM, WE'VE HAD SOME DIVERSITY, BUT WE'RE PUSHING THAT MORE.
UM, WE WANT TO COME INTO THE SCHOOL SYSTEM.
WE HEAR AND SEE SOME OF THE THINGS GOING ON IN THE SCHOOLS, AND WE WANT TO BE A PART OF THE SOLUTION FOR THAT.
UM, SO WE'RE NOT SURE YET IF AND THE PLATFORM WILL BE HYBRID AS IT WILL BE FACE-TO-FACE OR VIRTUAL OR COMBINATION, BUT WE LISTENING OUT FOR THAT AND WE'LL LET YOU KNOW.
UM, AND NOT A JOB BOARD MEMBER WILL SMITH LEAVES US A PHOTO OF OUR ORGANIZATION ALSO.
SO THANKFUL, ALWAYS I'M WORKING WITH THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
YOU COME UNCONSCIOUS PRICE AND THE NEXT ITEM.
UM, CAN YOU HEAR ME? THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA FOR WINTER CELEBRATION IS GAME LAW PRESENTATION.
AND I, THIS IS, UH, AN INITIATIVE THAT I STARTED THIS YEAR AND IT WAS, UM, I'M PARTICULARLY PROUD OF WHAT WE DO HERE IS WE RECOGNIZED, UH, TYPICALLY OUR EMPLOYEES WHO HAVE REALLY, UH, DEMONSTRATED, UM, OUTSTANDING LEADERSHIP AND OUTSTANDING QUALITIES AND SUPPORT AND SERVICE TO THE STUDENTS THAT WE SERVE EVERY DAY.
AND SO, UH, THIS EVENING, I'VE GOT TWO EMPLOYEES THAT DON'T WANT TO RECOGNIZE THAT THE DATA DOESN'T JUST HAVE TO BE EMPLOYEES.
NOW WE CAN RECOGNIZE KIDS AND OTHERS THAT DO GREAT THINGS, BUT I WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU TWO OUTSTANDING EXAMPLES TODAY.
SO THE FIRST ONE THAT I WANT TO RECOGNIZE IS MISS MONIQUE THOMAS MONIQUE, IF YOU'RE HERE, , THIS IS AN OUTSTANDING MEMBER OF OUR TRANSPORTATION TEAM.
SHE ALWAYS GOES ABOVE AND BEYOND TO ENSURE THE SAFETY OF EACH TIME YOU, SOMEONE THAT YOU CAN ALWAYS COUNT ON TO HELP AND BE PROFESSIONAL DURING ANY SITUATION.
AS MOST OF, YOU KNOW, THERE HAVE BEEN SHORTAGES IN THE TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT, NOT ONLY IN OUR DISTRICT, BUT IN DISTRICTS ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
AND SHE HAS BEEN INSTRUMENTAL IN THE LAWSON TRANSPORTATION OFFICE ONLY FILLS IN AS A DISPATCHER ON FIELD TRIPS AND SPECIAL ED AND OTHER HOMES FOR SCHOOL ROUTES.
AS WE HAVE HEARD FROM MANY PEOPLE THAT SHE IS WONDERFUL TO WORK WITH, AND IT'S HIGHLY RESPECTED BY HER PEERS, SCHOOL OFFICIALS AND HER IMMEDIATE SUPERVISOR, A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO,
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DURING A ROUTE BOSTON WAS REAR-ENDED BY A TRUCK, PRINCIPAL BROWN.IF YOU CAN JOIN ME HERE AS WELL, BUT A SMALL BROWN WENT TO THE SCENE TO ENSURE EVERYONE WAS FINE WHEN SHE ARRIVED, NOT ONLY WERE STUDENTS SAFE, BUT THERE WERE ALSO CALM.
THIS WAS ALL DUE TO THE AMAZING BUS RATHER THAN THE STUDENTS WILL GIVE US GREAT, SURE.
THAT THEY WOULD CALM WHILE KEEPING THEM HAPPY AND CP, THANK YOU.
THIS IS ALMOST THANK YOU FOR TAKING SUCH GOOD CARE OF OUR STUDENTS.
YOU'RE YOUR CALM PROFESSIONAL CAN KIND OF APPROACH IN THAT MOMENT MAYBE, AND ALSO HAVE WHILE YOU'RE AT SUPPORT AND RECOGNITION TO GAIN MALLS.
NEXT GAME BALL IS SCARY IF YOU WOULD JOIN ME UP HERE.
MS. GARY KERN IS A TRUE CHAMPIONS FOR KIDS IN THE COMMUNITY WAS A SOUTHERN RESIGNATION, OR OF COURSE, TEACHER KAREN SAID, THEN WITH THE SHOW MUST GO ON AND ON OFFER INDUCTION.
THAT WAS A MERE TWO WEEKS AWAY.
SHE TOOK THE REINS OF A GROUP THAT HAD LITTLE BREAD PLAN TODAY.
SHE DEDICATED COUNTLESS HOURS OF HER PLANNING TIME AND AFTER SCHOOL TO WORKING WITH THE STUDENTS IN PREPARATION FOR SHOW THAT IN MANY CIRCUMSTANCES WOULD HAVE JUST BEEN CANCER AT WORK.
SHE SHARED THE STRESS OF THE LOAD STATING THAT SEVERAL STUDENTS AT VALLEY, WHY IN, FROM ACROSS THE SHOW WAS A DEFINITE HIGHLIGHT TO THE COMMUNITY NEEDING TO LEFT.
WHEN THE SHOW ENDED, SHE SHARED THE NEXT STEP WAS TO THE WINTER OR JUST TWO WEEKS AGO.
AGAIN, SHE PERFORMED HER MAGIC AND THE SHOW DEFINITELY WENT ON AS A SIDE CHARACTER TO TEACH ANY SUBJECT OF HER CHOOSING AS A MAN.
SHE CHOSE US YET AS HER WORK THAT HAS HER WORKING ALL YEAR WITH HIGH SCHOOL ALGEBRA, ONE STUDENTS.
THESE ARE THE STUDENTS THAT SHE FELT MOST NEEDED.
SO CARRIE, I GOT A CHANCE TO ATTEND THAT PERFORMANCE ITSELF.
AND YOU AS A KID DID AN AMAZING JOB AND I TRULY APPRECIATE YOUR DEDICATION AND YOUR I HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY, AND WE DID NOT HAVE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC PARTICIPATED IN OUR FIRST FASHION.
[Chairman’s Report]
FIVE MORE NURSES, CANADA, AND HILLS OUT OF CAROLINA IN SCHOOL, OR , YOU'VE HEARD FROM STATE LEGISLATORS, THE BUDGET DIRECTOR OF THE SOUTH CAROLINA AND ANY UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF LAW, OR BASKAR YOU THEN VOTED ON THE 2022 FACTOR ON HIS SCHOOLWORK ASSOCIATION.WEBSITE IS RESOLUTIONS THAT WILL BE BROUGHT FORWARD TO THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY.
THIS FRIDAY ONE NEW RESOLUTION ON MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES WAS REFERRED TO THE SOUTH CAROLINA SCHOOL BOARD ASSOCIATION, BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR WORDSMITHING AND FINALITY.
I PERSONALLY HAD ATTENDED SEVERAL OF THESE LETTERS LATER CONFERENCES IN THE PAST ABOUT THE PROGRAM THIS YEAR
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LAST WEEK, THE BOARD AND SUPERINTENDENT PARTICIPATED AFTER THEY WORKED OUT FACILITATED BY THE TAKING TORI AND USING DECODER JOHN ON HIS MODEL WITH FINALITY, YOU DISCUSSED WAYS TO IMPROVE OUR USE OF BOARD COMMITTEES, OUR OPERATIONAL EXPECTATIONS, OUR RESULTS MONITORS, AND OUR LEVY OVER THE RANK AND FILE HAD SEVERAL PARTICIPANTS WHO HAD STARTED TO BE BALL IN THE WORKSHOP AND EXPRESS HOW BENEFICIAL THE SESSION WAS FOR THE BOARD AND DEVELOPMENT.AND FINALLY, THE BOARD OF EDUCATION, WHICH IS OUR STUDENTS, THEIR FAMILIES, AND ENTIRE SCHOOL DISTRICT STAFF SAY ADDING AND TO GO TO THE WHOLE HOLIDAYS.
[Committee Reports]
YOU'RE NOW DOWN TO THE COMMITTEE REPORTS.FIRST REPORT WOULD BE YOUR GUARDIANS , , A NEW CHAIR OF THE, UH, FOUR H IS MS. JOYCE GERALD, UM, JEN AND WE HAD A MEETING, UH, SHE HAD AN F LAST WEEK AND SHE WANTS TO START HIS BOOK SESSION WHO TALKED ABOUT OUR ACE POLICY.
AND I ASKED HER TO, UH, TALK TAX CARTILAGE AND, UH, LOOK AT THINKING THEY WANT TO HAVE THEIR POLICY MANUAL, THE SOMEWHAT SIMILAR TO THE COUNTY POLICY .
AND SO SHE SHOULD BE CONTACTING MS. CARTILAGE.
UH, VERY SOON TODAY WE HAVE A TUBE OR PLEAD OR CHEVRONS.
WE HAD A LEADER, SHARON ORANGE FOR THE AUTOMOTIVE TECHNOLOGY AND BODYWORK.
AND INSTEAD OF THIS MORNING, WE HAD A CEREMONY FOR COSMETOLOGY, ANAL POACH.
AND I HAVE TO TELL YOU THAT THAT WAS VERY, VERY IMPRESSIVE TO SEE THOSE YOUNG PEOPLE COME OUT TO GET IT, TO RECORD ALL OF THE PARENTS WERE THERE AND IT GAVE OUT AWARDS FOR THE TOP STUDENTS IN EACH OF THE, EACH OF THIS LAST WAS A VERY EXCITING TIME AND I HAVE MORE TOMORROW OR OTHER DIFFERENT CLASSES.
SO VERY WELL TODAY, UM, UH, COMMITTEE REPORT TO BE HAVE, UH, THANK YOU.
SO, UM, THE ACADEMIC COMMUNITY HAS MET TWICE SINCE OUR LAST BOARD MEETING NOVEMBER 9TH AND YESTERDAY, UM, DECEMBER 13, THIS EVENING, THAT IS GOING TO GO OVER A FEW DAYS FROM THE NOVEMBER 29 MEETING.
UM, WE UNANIMOUSLY VOTED TO MOVE THE FAMILY.
12.8, WHICH IS TO ENSURE ALL STRUCTURAL PROGRAMS OF CONTENT AND PRACTICES, UM, REGULARLY EVALUATED AND MODIFY EACH ONE TO IS RUSSIA ON ACADEMIC STANDARDS.
AND HE WORKS THE STATE AND WE'RE NATIONAL RECOGNIZED STANDARDS.
SO WE 13.7 STRATEGIES TO IMPROVE DISCIPLINE AND INCENTIVES AND GO EAT 14.3 ENSURE ALL CONVENTIONAL STUDENT IN THOUGH IS PROPERLY USED.
AND DOES THAT, UM, THOSE ARE ON DAY AND I HOPE THAT YOU HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO OUR NEXT MEETING WILL BE THE LAST WEDNESDAY IN JANUARY.
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UH, MADAM CHAIR, UM, REMIND REPORT.WE HAD A MEETING ON NOVEMBER 22ND.
WE WENT OVER OUR POINT BY GETTING OUR FIRST, WHEN WE HAD OUR REPORTING AVAILABLE, UM, FOR ALL BOARD MEMBERS ON THOSE NUMBERS SPREAD THE LOVE THROUGH THE BUSTERS.
UM, IT WAS, UH, TOLD US THAT THE CURRENT ENROLLMENT CRITICAL ENGAGEMENT BACK IN BASE SPEEDS, 100% BUILDING CAPACITY.
SO THAT DOES TRIGGER ONE OF OUR OTS IN THE WHERE THERE'S RECOMMENDATIONS.
UM, AND THAT WAS DISCUSSED AT THE VA.
UM, AND THERE ARE CHARTS AVAILABLE WITHIN THAT, UH, DOCUMENT.
SO YOU CAN SEE THAT 85% AND THE OTHER REACTIONS AND SEEMED RIGHT TO OTHER BOARD MEMBERS TO TAKE A LOOK AT THAT BECAUSE THAT WILL LET NATURE OR IN A DISCUSSION.
UM, OUR NEXT MEETING WILL BE IN JANUARY.
UM, WE'RE NOT MEETING AT THE END OF THIS MONTH.
UM, AND YOU'RE GOING TO BE RECEIVING SOME INFORMATION FROM THE COUNTY, TREVOR.
UH, SHE SHOULD HAVE SOME INFORMATION AND VOLTAGE, UM, NUMBER'S GOING TO BE ASSESSED.
SO, UM, THAT IS MY TEAM BEING READY.
IT'S TYPICALLY THE THIRD THURSDAY IN THE .
MA'AM YOUR FINANCE COMMITTEE MET ON NOVEMBER 18TH AND THE SUPER MIND AT THAT TIME YOU HAD RECOMMENDED OR ORDERED APPROVAL ONLY SIX DASH SIX FIRST QUARTER FINANCIAL REPORT.
THAT MOTION WAS PASSED UNANIMOUSLY BY THE COMMITTEE, BUT WEEK 6.1 0.8 FINANCIAL ADMINISTRATION WISHES PRIMARILY THE AUDIT AND YOU WILL BE RECEIVING THE AUDIT BRIEFING LATER IN THE MEETING TODAY.
IT WAS ALSO RECOMMENDED FOR APPROVAL BY UNANIMOUS.
AND LASTLY, NUTRITION SERVICES, UH, THAT WAS ALSO A GROUP OF RECOMMENDATIONS FOR TELEMEDICINE AGENDA.
UH, UM, MR. REQUEST, NOT TRUE.
ONE OF OUR NEXT STEP FINANCE BDS.
I DON'T, I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW WHAT, UH, WE'LL GET BACK WITH HIM.
THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO REPORT MA'AM SO LET'S COVER THE SERVICES.
I BRING THIS UP BECAUSE I HAD TO TALK TO A LOT OF STUDENTS AND THEY HAVE BEEN SAYING THAT COULD BE, DO CHOICES THAT THEY WOULD NORMALLY HAVE.
THEY DON'T HAVE A CHOICE NOW THAT NOT ONLY THAT I DIDN'T WANT TO NUMBER TWO, THE CHOICES WERE EQUAL OR JUST THIS AND THAT.
AND PATTY, REMEMBER THE STAFF COMING IN FOR, THEY WILL SHOW SOME EMPLOYEE GET AT TIMES.
SO WE'LL LOOK TO LOOK BACK WITH THAT BEING SAID, I KNOW THAT YOUR THINGS, A, A CERTAIN VARIETY IN TERMS OF HOW I'M DOING WITH THE AND MY WORKERS, , , UH, CHOICES IN HOW WE GET IN AND HOW WE, HOW WE MONITOR THAT, BECAUSE THAT'S A CONCERN,
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WHETHER THAT BE FOOD, IT IS BASICALLY JUST A ONE ON ONE PARTICULAR, A HUNDRED THAT YOU CAN GET VERSUS .UM, THE MEAL CONTRACT, UH, THE FOOD AND NUTRITION CONTRACT THAT THE DISTRICT, UM, IT FOLLOWS FROM THE STATE NUTRITION OFFICE IS REQUIRED TO BE ON A PER MEAL BASIS, UH, AT S AT A STANDARD RATE.
AND I BELIEVE THAT RATE IS $3 AND 18 CENTS PER MEAL.
UH, WE TYPICALLY, UM, SERVE ABOUT, UH, 3 MILLION MEALS PER YEAR.
UM, AND SO THAT RATE DOES NOT FLUCTUATE BASED ON THE NUMBER OF THE AMOUNT OF OPTIONS AVAILABLE FOR STUDENTS.
UM, IT'S SOMETHING WE'VE BEEN BATTLING, UM, MOST OF THIS YEAR, AND THAT IS THE LABOR AND SUPPLY CHAIN SHORTAGES.
UM, I THINK WE WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS A COUPLE OF TIMES RECENTLY, AND, BUT, UH, THE, THE AVAILABILITY OF OUR FOOD, THE MENU OPTIONS THAT WE'RE SEEING OUT IN THE COMMUNITY, OR ARE AFFECTING OUR FOOD SERVICE PROGRAM AS WELL.
UM, SO CONTINUE TO, UM, WORK WITH OUR VENDORS TO GET THE BEST, UH, THE AVAILABILITY OF CERTAIN ITEMS THAT OUR STUDENTS LIKE TO HAVE AND HAVE RECOMMENDED OR HAVE REQUESTED.
AND SO WE'LL CONTINUE WORK ON THAT THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, BUT, UH, WE, AND, UM, WE'LL CONTINUE TO WORK, UM, UH, HEAVILY ON THAT THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, BUT JUST IN DESCRIBING, BUT THAT'S STILL THAT ALSO ANSWERING AS WELL IN TERMS OF WHAT SCHOOLS ARE ACTUALLY GIVING OUT VERSUS WHERE THEY'RE NOT GETTING NOW, BECAUSE A COUPLE OF LOOSE VALVES CALL THIS, HOW ARE WE ? I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY YOU SAID WE PAID FOR THEN HOW WAS THE PROCESS? OKAY.
UM, TIM GREEN IS JOINING US NOW IS CONNECTING TO THE AUDIO, BUT I KNOW WE DIDN'T HEAR THE QUESTION THAT YOU'VE POSED TO, UM, TO THE GROUP, SO TO, UH, OR TO ME, UM, SO I'LL FILL HIM IN AS HE'S IS HE'S LOGGING IN.
UM, BUT, AND MS. UH, EDWARDS WILL BE JOINING US AS WELL.
SO, UM, WE, UH, MONITORING THE COSTS AS WE MAKE PURCHASES, UM, FOR FOOD WE'RE CONSTANTLY COMPARING, UM, MAJOR VENDORS THAT WE'RE USING.
AND SO COSTS ARE COMPARED, AND THE AVAILABILITY IS A BIG, UM, FACTOR IN THAT.
UM, MR. GREEN, UH, YOU'RE JOINING US HERE AND I HATE TO PUT YOU ON THE SPOT, BUT, UH, WE HAVE SOME QUESTIONS JOIN THE MEETING.
UM, MR. SMITH HAS REQUESTED INFORMATION ABOUT THE PROCESS OF MONITORING COSTS OF THE PROGRAM, UH, RELATING TO THE SUPPLY OF FOOD, THE LABOR COSTS AS WELL.
UM, ARE YOU ON AND AVAILABLE TO RESPOND? YES.
UH, HE'S NOT QUITE FULLY LOGGED IN HERE THIS EVENING, SO, UM, WE WILL PROVIDE A RESPONSE.
UM, I CERTAINLY, UM, CAN WE CAN RESEARCH THE INFORMATION YOU'RE YOU'RE REQUESTING AND WE CAN FOLLOW UP, UH, WITH THAT AT A FUTURE MEETING, TANYA I'M ON, HE IS NOW RESPOND.
CAN YOU HEAR ME OKAY, SORRY ABOUT THAT GUYS.
SO, TANYA, I JUST CAUGHT THE VERY END OF THAT.
UH, MR. GREEN, I BELIEVE, UH, MR. SMITH'S QUESTION IS IN RELATION TO, UH,
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TO IF MEALS ARE UNAVAILABLE OR ON PROVIDED, UH, IS, IS, UH, REALLY WHAT HE'S ASKING ABOUT.UM, AND HE'S ASKING ABOUT THE CONTRACT, UH, WITH RESPECT TO, UH, REQUIREMENTS FOR PROVIDING FOOD MEALS ARE NOT AVAILABLE.
UH, HOW DO WE KIND OF WORK THROUGH THAT? I THINK THAT'S WHAT MR. SMITH ASKED ME, UH, MS. BROWN, HOW DO WE MONITOR THAT? THAT'S WHAT HE'S ASKED IS HOW WE MONITOR, UH, THAT OUR MEALS ON WHEELS.
SO, UM, MEALS OR MEALS ARE PROVIDED BASED ON, UH, YOU KNOW, PROJECTIONS OF THE AMOUNT OF STUDENTS THAT COME THROUGH, OR AT THIS POINT IN TIME, TEACHERS, UH, IN SCHOOLS GIVE US THE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE THAT WE ARE PREPARING FOR.
UM, THEN AS THEY COME THROUGH THE LINE, WE CHECK THEM OFF, OR IF THE MEALS ARE BEING DELIVERED, THEY ARE CHECKED OFF AND MONITORED THAT WAY THROUGH THE USDA PROGRAM.
UM, THIS QUESTIONING, I THINK, WAS ALSO A RELATION TO A PARTICULAR TOOL THAT A CONSTITUENT REACHED OUT TO HIM AND SAID THAT THEY HAD RUN OUT OF, OKAY, WHAT SCHOOL WOULD THAT BE? UM, BEING HONEST WITH THE, I JUST WAS WITH THE MANAGER THERE, AND I HAVE NOT HEARD OF, UH, US RUNNING OUT OF MEALS THERE.
I KNOW THAT WE HAD A ONE DAY, WE HAD A, UH, AN ISSUE AT BATTERY CREEK.
UM, AND I CAN SPEAK TO THAT, BUT, UH, THE TEACHERS, UH, I GUESS MR. JACKSON WAS SUPPOSED TO BE, UH, IN CHARGE OF THAT.
AND HE HAD MOVED TO A DIFFERENT SCHOOL.
AND NORMALLY WHAT WE DO IS THEY GIVE US, UH, UH, AN AMOUNT OF MEALS TO PREPARE BECAUSE THOSE ARE BEING DELIVERED TO THE SCHOOLS, I MEAN, TO THE CLASSROOMS. AND THEY ENDED UP HAVING, UH, UH, WHEN THEY PASS THE MEALS OUT, THERE WERE MORE, UM, MORE STUDENTS, UH, HAD GOTTEN MEALS THEN WHAT WAS REQUESTED.
SO, YOU KNOW, WE WERE PREPARING THE AMOUNT OF MEALS THAT WE HAVE GENERALLY DO ABOUT 5% OVER TO ACCOUNT FOR THAT.
BUT THIS PARTICULAR DAY, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE SITUATION WAS AND HOW THAT HAPPENED.
UM, BUT YOU KNOW, THERE WERE MORE KIDS THAT ATE THEN REQUESTED THE MEALS.
WHAT I UNDERSTAND YOU'RE SAYING IS THAT AS YOU WORK, WHEN YOU HAVE AN ISSUE LIKE THAT, THAT YOU TAKE THAT INTO ACCOUNT AND THEN YOU ADJUST MOVING FORWARD.
EVERY TIME THAT WE, UH, HAVE A SITUATION, WE KEEP RECORDS OF WHAT MEAL, WHAT DAY.
AND THEN, UH, WE ADJUST THE NUMBERS.
SO WHEN WE FIRST STARTED, WE WERE SOMEWHERE RIGHT AROUND 500 MEALS AT BATTERY CREEK.
I'M JUST GOING TO USE THAT AS THE EXAMPLE.
UM, AND WE'VE, UH, WE'RE UP TO 580 MEALS, WHICH WE KNOW WHERE WE PREPARE ABOUT FIVE 60 IS WHAT THE MEAL IS, BUT WE DO 5 82 TO ACCOUNT FOR THE OVERAGE.
UM, AND IN TERMS OF WHAT BACKYARD, UH, I'M STILL CONCERNED ARE .
SO WHEN WE HAVE THOSE SITUATIONS, LIKE HOW DO, HOW DO, HOW DO WE, HOW DO WE TAKE CARE OF WHAT WHAT'S THOSE ARE PROCESS THEN WHO WOULD PUT THE APPROVAL OF THE MEALS? WELL, IN THE SITUATION WHERE WE WERE SHORT, I THINK WE WERE SHORT FIVE MEALS.
WE, BECAUSE WE'RE ACTUALLY ARE PREPARING THOSE MEALS AT ROBERT SMALLS BECAUSE THAT KITCHEN IS UNAVAILABLE, UM, AT BATTERY CREEK.
UM, YOU KNOW, AS SOON AS THERE'S A REQUEST THAT, YOU KNOW, THERE WERE MORE MEALS TAKEN THAT THEN WERE REQUESTED, UM, THEN THE TEAM SCURRIES BACK AND MAKES FIVE MORE MEALS AND BRINGS THEM BACK.
SO THE MEALS MAY BE LATE, BUT AGAIN, THE MEALS ARE BEING REQUESTED AT THIS POINT IN TIME.
SO WE ARE PREPARING THE AMOUNT AND A FEW OVER.
UM, BUT THERE ARE THOSE DAYS WHERE, YOU KNOW, OR A DAY OR SO THAT THE KIDS WILL, YOU KNOW, TEND TO EAT MORE OR, YOU KNOW, WHETHER OR NOT THEY'RE PASSED OUT CORRECTLY, OR SOMEBODY IN A CLASSROOM SAY A CLASSROOM ASKS FOR 10, BUT THEY TAKE 15 MEALS WHEN WE GET TO THE DOOR.
UM, BECAUSE YOU KNOW, IT COULD BE FOR THE MEAL OR SOMEBODY JUST DECIDED THAT THEY WANTED ONE.
UM, YOU KNOW, WE, WE DO THE BEST WE CAN.
WE W ON THE OTHER HAND OF THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU'VE GOT FOOD WASTE.
UM, SO IF WE PREPARE, IF WE'RE PREPARING FOR, UM, YOU KNOW, 400 KIDS AND A HUNDRED KIDS DO NOT EAT, UM, THAT WOULD NOT BE,
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YOU KNOW, ADVANTAGEOUS TO THE SCHOOL OR TO, UM, YOU KNOW, HOW WE, HOW WE ACTUALLY ARE FEEDING THE KIDS.SO, YOU KNOW, THE GOAL IS FOR US TO FORECAST AND PREPARE A FEW MEALS EXTRA.
UM, AND THEN IF WE GET TO THE SITUATION THAT WE NEED MEALS, WE GO AHEAD AND PREPARE THOSE.
MOST OF THE SCHOOLS DO HAVE THEIR KITCHENS THAT ARE UP AND RUNNING.
SO IF THERE IS A SHORTAGE FOR THE MOST PART, IF THEY GO BACK AND TO THE, TO THE, UM, THE MANAGER AND SAY WHERE 10 MEALS SHORT, UM, WE PREPARE THOSE MEALS.
UH, WE, WE, DON'T NOT PREPARE THOSE MEALS.
UM, BUT THE COMMUNICATION HAS TO BE GIVEN TO US THAT THEY NEED MORE MEALS, BUT IF SOMEBODY IS NOT GETTING TO US AND JUST SAID, WELL, WE RAN OUT OR, OR, YOU KNOW, THEY PASSED OUT ALL THE MEALS, UM, AND THEY DON'T REQUEST THEM FOR US TO PREPARE MORE THAN, YOU KNOW, W THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD FIND OUT AFTER THE FACT.
I THINK THAT, UM, TO, TO THAT POINT, ONE OF THE MOST EFFECTIVE WAY TO BE AS RESPONSIVE TO THE SCENARIO, HER SITUATION AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE, UH, IS, UH, WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION IS NOTIFIED WHEN WE SAW YOU'RE HEARING FROM A PARENT THAT'S FOLLOWING YOU.
WE NEED TO ASK THAT PARENT TO CONNECT WITH OUR SCHOOL PRINCIPAL IMMEDIATELY SO THAT WE CAN TAKE ACTION TO CORRECT THAT AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE, IF YOU'RE HEARING IT, UH, YOU KNOW, I WOULD REQUEST THAT YOU LET ME KNOW WHEN YOU HEAR SO THAT, SO THAT WAY WE CAN TAKE ACTION AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE, BUT IF YOU HEAR IT AND WE DON'T KNOW, YOU KNOW, THEN, THEN IT'S DIFFICULT FOR, FOR THEM TO RESPOND TO, UH, IF THEY'RE, YEAH.
AND ANYTIME WE DO HAVE A SITUATION, MOST OF THE TIMES WE DO GET COMMUNICATION THROUGH THE PRINCIPALS.
IF THERE IS ANY SORT OF NEED, UM, THAT THEY MAY SEE WHETHER, YOU KNOW, A PORTION SIZE, THEY WANT TO SEE A BIGGER PORTION OF SIZE, OR THERE'S A QUESTION ABOUT, YOU KNOW, UM, THE NUTRITION THROUGH THE NURSES OR WHATEVER, ALL OF THAT GENERALLY COMES TO THE SCHOOL.
AND WE'RE VERY REACTIVE WHETHER TO GET THE NUTRITIONALISTS OUT THERE, OR EVEN HAVE A COMMUNICATION OR A VISIT BY MYSELF OR SOMEONE ELSE IN THE TEAM TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE PREPARING AND FEEDING THE KIDS, THE PROPER MEALS THAT THEY NEED.
UM, ACTUALLY IT WAS ALL ALSO ON SOCIAL MEDIA.
PARENTS WILL SAY, THEY WILL CALL THEM UP THERE CALLED THE DISTRICT OFFICE.
UM, SO I'M SURE THAT THE PARENT WILL CALL THAT NUMBER.
, CALLED ME AND I READ YOUR RECORDS.
MY PARENTS, YOU DIRECTLY CALL ME, PROBABLY THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
AND, UH, KNOW THE PERSONAL OF THE SCHOOL WAS CALLED .
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT PARENTS OF PEOPLE, OF DIVINITY GOING TO BE ON SOCIAL MEDIA ABOUT BACTERIA OR FOOD.
SO I DO WANT TO SAY THAT AS WELL, LOOKING AT SOCIAL MEDIA, AND I UNDERSTAND, SO I JUST WANT TO WORK OR A CONTRACTOR DUE TO THIS IS JUST ASK IF YOU, UH, IF YOU HAVE PERSONAL KNOWLEDGE, I IMMEDIATELY CONNECT WITH MS. CROSBY WHO WILL MEET MR. GREEN, AND WE GET THE BALL, UH, OB, UM, YOU GUYS TO, FOR ENTERTAINMENT, THAT'D BE BOARD OF EDUCATION MONITORING REPORT FOR ONLY 18.
UM, ALSO, OBVIOUSLY THE SCHOOLS ON FRIDAY, THERE WAS .
I WAS I WAS SAYING THAT HE HAD THAT HE OPENED TO SEVERAL SCHOOLS.
THERE'S A DOCTOR ALREADY BUSINESSES TALKING ABOUT THE POOL THAT IS , UM, ALL , UM, PARENT, THESE KIDS TALK ABOUT THE COMMUNITY, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO SAY YES OR NO.
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IN TERMS OF GETTING FOOD AT THE SAME TIME, THE, UH, THE HUMAN PARTNER.SO I DON'T EVEN KNOW HOW TO SAY , YOU KNOW, AT SOME POINT IN TIME, SO THERE'S TWO OF THEM AND WE'LL WALK AT THE SAME TIME.
THESE KIDS CAN NOW, SO WE CAN EAT A KIDS MEAL THAT AC THAT IS SOMETHING THAT THEY WILL WANT TO NEED, YOU KNOW, UH, SO YOU TO PUT IT OUT THERE, UM, IS THAT RIGHT? AND IF YOUR YOUR DAUGHTER GIVE YOU YOUR REPORT.
UH, WE HAVE A CHAIR, THE ALTERATION IS ALSO PART OF THE AUTHOR OF THE OPERATOR, BUT IT WILL PULL IN YOURS PEOPLE.
UM, THE OPERATIONS COMMUNITY NET THREE TIMES, UH, IN DECEMBER 1ST TO SET UP AND ONLINE, IT WAS MESSY.
SO, UM, THE FIRST PAGE, UM, YES, UH, WE HAD A FABULOUS BY THE PRINCIPAL OF ROCKS FALLS, INTERNATIONAL ACADEMY.
YOU SEE AN OCEAN RIGHT HERE ON THE AGENDA AND, UH, THIS MOTION COMMITTEE.
AND I ASKED THE PRINCIPALS TO BE HERE AND EXPLAIN THE REASONING BEHIND ROSWELL'S INTERNATIONAL ACADEMY, SEEKING TO CHANGE THEIR NAME TO ROBERT SMALLS.
ONCE YOU CAN HEAR THE REASONS SO ON THAT YOU WILL SEE HOW APPROPRIATE THIS IS.
SO MR. HARRIS, WOULD YOU MIND GIVING US A LITTLE BACKGROUND ON THIS, UH, MAYBE WORK WITH YOUR EXACT, UH, AS A SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT COUNCIL AND, UH, ALUMNI ASSOCIATIONS CHILDREN'S AND ROBERT SWELLS INTERNATIONAL ACADEMY.
WE'D LIKE, YOU KNOW, OR TO CONSIDER CHANGING THE NAME OF OUR SCHOOL, REFLECT THE LEADERSHIP OF OUR NAMESAKE.
CURRENTLY OUR SCHOOL IS NAMED AS AN INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL.
HOWEVER, HE FOCUSES ON LEADERSHIP GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE.
NOW THE SCHOOL BOARD IS COMMITTED TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF ALL OF OUR CHILDREN WITH EMPHASIS ON LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT, CULTURAL DIVERSITY, A VOLLEY FOR ALL LEARNERS.
THIS NAME CHANGE WHEN ALIGNED TO THE VALUES AND MISSION OF OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT.
THERE ARE SEVERAL BENEFITS TO THE MODIFICATION THIS DAY.
FIRST BEING THE SCHOOL HAD A FOCUS OF LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT BASED ON OUR NAMESAKE, ROBERT SMALLS.
THIS ALSO ALLOWS THE DISTRICT IS STILL THE CREATIVE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM THAT MATCHES OUR OVERALL CORE BELIEFS, THE LEADER IN ME AND PHILOSOPHY OF OUR SCHOOL AND DISTRICT.
UM, MR. HARRIS, UH, ONE QUESTION THAT WAS BROUGHT UP WAS, UH, SOMEONE DID ASK, UH, WHY WE WANT TO BE CONSIDERING SNAP, LIKE THIS CHANGE, THIS NAME, CHANGE HER AS SOON AS WE WERE BEING SERIOUS NOW, BECAUSE WE'VE BROKEN GROUND ON THE NEW BUILDING, AND WE ARE STARTING TO PURCHASE NEW IDEAS, THAT NEW BUILDING WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE ABLE TO PURCHASE THE ITEMS THAT WOULD REFLECT THE NAME CHANGE THROUGHOUT THE SALES LEADERSHIP ACADEMY? WE WOULD NOT OFFICIALLY S WE WOULD, UH,
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HOPE TO NOT OFFICIALLY START CALLING IT ROBERT SMALLS LEADERSHIP ACADEMY UNTIL WE BEGAN AT SCHOOL YEAR 2003.SO WE WOULD NOT HAVE TO TAKE ANY VISCERAL RESPONSIBILITY OF CHANGING ANY CURRENT SIGNS THAT ARE THERE, BUT JUST FOR THE BRAIN BUILDING.
AND SO WE DID THAT, UM, KNOW THE MORE YOU GIVE YOU AND YOU CAN JUST, THE LAST PROUDLY TO WRAP THEIR HEAD TO THE OLD DIRECTOR OF AN AD THAT THE FULL BOARD APPROVED THE, ANY CHANGE AT RUBBER SMALLS GET INTERNATIONALLY ADDED TO ROBERT SMALLS LEADERSHIP.
HE HAD BUSTED THE PARENTS AND ALUMNI ROBERT SMALLS.
AND I'LL SECOND THAT MOTION CHAPTER.
I WASN'T ABLE TO EAT ALL OF THEM.
THEY WERE ALL IN FULL SUPPORT OF THIS.
I ALSO, THAT WAY, UH, THEY SHOWED THE PROBLEM WAS AT THE GROUNDBREAKING AND SHE REITERATED HER SUPPORT.
BUT I DO APPRECIATE YOU FOR DOING THAT CONCERN BEFORE I KNEW I APPRECIATE YOU TALKING TO ME FOREVER IN HERE.
WHAT ELSE? IT'S BEEN VERY SLOW TODAY.
I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU ON WORD SIDE, UM, RESELLS, THE COMMUNITY WAS VERY IMPORTANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAD A STRONG SAYING, BUT WE DO BELIEVE THAT WE'LL MOVE AND CHANGING HONORING ROBERT SMALLS, UH, LEADERSHIP AND NOT JUST OUR COMMUNITY COMMUNITY, BUT ALSO IN THE UNITED STATES.
UM, THE NEXT DAY, UM, KINDA ESD CONSTRUCTION UPDATE.
UM, I DIDN'T WANT TO LET ALL THE BOARD MEMBERS NOW THAT THIS WILL BE THE THIRD TIME THAT THIS UPDATE IS FOR YEARS.
I TRUST THE OTHER LADY ON THE BOARD AS WENT THROUGH THE CLOCK, DANNY JUST LAST WEEK.
SO I'VE ASKED HIM TO JOIN THE MEETING AND ASKED US TO REPORT.
AND IF HE WOULD PLEASE, UM, HIT THE HIGHLIGHTS AND HE WILL BE PREPARED TO ASK ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE WHEN YOU REVIEWED THE DOCUMENTS PRIOR TO THIS MEETING.
AND THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE THE, UH, EXECUTIVE SUMMARY FOR THE CONSTRUCTION UPDATES.
UH, GOOD OVERALL PROGRESS, UH, CONTINUES TO TAKE PLACE WITH THE REFERENDUM PROJECTS.
UM, WE, UH, HAVE SEEN LONG LEAD TIMES FOR CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS CONTINUE TO BE, UH, ENCOUNTERED AS A RESULT OF THE COVID SUPPLY CHAIN, UH, CHALLENGES AND ISSUES.
UH, BUT I'M REAL PLEASED TO REPORT THAT THE PROJECT MANAGERS ARE DOING AN EXCELLENT JOB OF FINDING SOLUTIONS FOR THESE CHALLENGES WHEN THEY ARISE,
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UH, CONTAINED IN THE REPORT ARE SOME YELLOW TRAFFIC LIGHTS THAT HAVE BEEN PREVIOUSLY REPORTED FOR BUDGET AND OR SCHEDULE RELATED CONCERNS FOR HILTON HEAD ISLAND, SCA BLUFFTON ELEMENTARY AND ECC, AS WELL AS 18 MCCRACKEN MIDDLE SCHOOL.UM, IT'S ANTICIPATED THAT THESE CONCERNS WILL BE RESOLVED IN DECEMBER.
UM, THE YELLOW TRAFFIC LIGHT THAT WE'VE BEEN REPORTING AND MONITORING FOR HILTON HEAD ISLAND MIDDLE SCHOOL, UH, CONTINUES TO, UH, BE INCLUDED IN THE MONTHLY REPORT.
THE, UH, SECTION FOR THE PROJECT CLOSEOUTS IS REPORTING THREE PROJECTS WHERE CLOSE OUTS HAVE BEEN COMPLETED.
AND IN THAT SAME SECTION, YOU'LL SEE THAT WE'RE ALSO VERY CLOSE WITH COMPLETING CLOSEOUTS FOR SEVEN ADDITIONAL PROJECTS, UH, INCLUDED IN THE MONTHLY REPORT FOR THIS TIME IS OUR NEW CASHFLOW MODEL THAT YOU HEARD ME SPEAK OF LAST MONTH.
UH, WITH THAT NEW CASHFLOW MODEL NOW ISSUED, WE'VE BEGUN COORDINATING, UH, WITH THE DISTRICT FINANCIAL SERVICES FOR WHEN THE NEXT BOND SALE WILL ALSO, UH, TAKE PLACE AND THAT'S SCHEDULED TO OCCUR, UH, AND THE MIDDLE OF NEXT YEAR, 2022.
AND THE LAST ITEMS I'D LIKE TO INCLUDE FOR THE EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ARE RELATED TO COMMUNITY OUTREACH.
UH, WE DID HOLD THE ROBERT SMALLS, UH, UH, INTERNATIONAL ACADEMY, GROUNDBREAKING THAT TOOK PLACE ON DECEMBER 7TH AND FOLLOWING TODAY'S HILTON HEAD ISLAND, MIDDLE SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION AND SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT COUNCIL, PROJECT UPDATES.
WE WILL NOW TURN OUR FOCUS TO COORDINATING A COMMUNITY MEANING, UH, FOR THAT PROJECT THAT'LL TAKE PLACE IN JANUARY.
AND WITH THAT, THAT'LL CONCLUDE MY EXECUTIVE SUMMARY, AND I'LL BE GLAD TO FIELD ANY QUESTIONS THAT THERE MAY BE CORN.
THE SUMMARY IS A NEW DOCUMENT, CORRECT THAT WE'RE DOING ARE EASY, NOT IN CONSTRUCTION UPDATES.
UM, OF SESSION ON, UH, MANY MORE MEMBERS HAVE BURDEN, AVERAGE INSTABILITY.
THEY, WEREN'T NOT ME, AND IT WASN'T REALLY NECESSARY AS IT WAS RECORDED.
I WANT TO APPLAUD YOU AND THANK YOU FOR THAT EXECUTIVE SUMMARY.
UM, I WOULD SAY MOVE FORWARD AND, UM, READY TO APPRECIATE IT AND JUST TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY KNOWS THAT THAT REALLY DOESN'T .
UM, I COMPLETELY AGREE WITH, UH, THE BIGGEST, THE MAJOR THING I WANTED TO SAY OF OUR MEMBERS, WHO HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE POSSIBLY TO WORK TO WITH THAT NEW CASHFLOW PROJECTION YOU HAVE, I'VE GOTTA BE REALLY, REALLY HELPFUL.
UM, IT'S A, IT'S A NEW TOOL IN ADDITION TO THE ADVANTAGE OF TRACKING AND CONTINGENCY LAW.
UM, SO THERE ARE A LOT OF TRANSPARENT AND VERY DETAILED ANALYSIS THAT'S DONE EVERY MONTH BY YOUR STAFF.
AND I THINK THAT WAS VERY HELPFUL, SO THAT EVEN NEEDS MORE INFORMATION IS ALL THERE AND ALL LAID OUT.
AND I APPRECIATE IT VERY MUCH AND HAVE A GOOD EVENING.
UM, AND LASTLY , UM, OH, E ONE E TWO E THREE, ODI FOUR.
OH, YOU WANTED TO GIVE GO A THREE, AS YOU CAN TELL WHEN YOU REVIEWED THE MATERIALS FOR, UM, THE SUPERINTENDENTS INTERPRETATION MONITORING REPORT, UM, MR. SMITH ASKED FOR ONLY 10 AND 15 AND THEN STILL ON EIGHT 11.
SO, UM, I GUESS AT THIS TIME, MR. SMITH, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO DISCUSS, ACTUALLY
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IN TERMS OF THE IRRIGATION KEYBOARD, UM, BASICALLY GET MESSAGES.THE DISTRICT, UM, AND, UH, INTERPRETER COMMUNICATION.
UM, THEY HAVE A LOT OF TIME WHEN WE DESERVED A LOT OF SCHOOL AND THEY STILL HAVE , WRITE AN EMAIL ABOUT SITUATIONS.
THE BASIC THAT YOU GET FROM THE GOVERNMENT, BUT THEY'RE THERE SOMETIMES WE'LL PRODUCE A COMMUNICATION DIRECTLY WITH SECURITY IS INVESTIGATING, IS INVESTIGATING EVERYTHING, THAT'S IT, BUT THERE WAS A SITUATION THAT HE REPORTED HIS BOARD.
UM, IN THE END OF THAT LAST YEAR WE HAD, AND THERE WERE QUESTIONS THAT CONCERN COMING ON THE HEARING COMMUNITY.
AND WHEN WE GET THAT WE RECEIVED TO NOT DO THE HOW, HOW IT COMES AROUND.
, IT MIGHT'VE BEEN THAT FIRST WEEK.
UM, WE DID HAVE THIS CONVERSATION IN OPERATION, UM, AND WHAT MR. SMITH WAS CONCERNED ABOUT.
WE HAD A CONVERSATION ABOUT IT WITH, UH, MR. GRISSOM WAS, AND I DON'T WANT TO PARAPHRASE TELL ME IF I'M WRONG, BUT AS I UNDERSTOOD THE FOLLOW-UP AFTER THE NOTIFICATION, BUT THE RESOLUTION IS WHAT YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT IS THAT, DOES THAT SOUND RIGHT? UM, THERE WAS UM, MY QUESTION WAS, BECAUSE THAT SENSE YOU DON'T, WE HAD THE LOCKDOWNS AND WHATNOT GOING ON, AND I THINK IT MIGHT BE USEFUL TO JUST HAVE A BRIEF CONVERSATION ABOUT THERE'S A LAW ENFORCEMENT AND THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF A DIFFERENT PROTOCOL, WHICH ONE, THE LAW ENFORCEMENT GETS INVOLVED WHEN LAW ENFORCEMENT GET INVOLVED.
THERE'S LIMITED INFORMATION THAT I CAN GIVE YOU, RIGHT? SO YOU DON'T WANT TO GET IN THE MIDDLE OR INTERFERE WITH A LAW ENFORCEMENT INVESTIGATION.
AND SO WE TRY TO GIVE YOU INFORMATION TO GIVE YOU A SENSE OF WHAT THE SITUATION IS, UH, AND THAT'S, THAT SHOULD BE WHERE IT IS BECAUSE IT HAS TO INVESTIGATE.
UH, NO, SOMETIMES THEY DON'T CLOSE ANYTHING OUT AND INVESTIGATION ONGOING.
SOMETIMES THEY CLOSE IT OUT, BUT THEN THERE'S MORE THAT GOES ON BEYOND THAT.
SO, UH, MY OBJECTIVE IS TO ENSURE THAT MORE, WE SEE THE INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING, BUT, UH, ALSO WHEN IT RELATES TO ORGANIZATIONAL, RIGHT? NOT EVERY LITTLE THING THAT HAPPENS OUT THERE.
AND I DON'T THINK THAT'S, UH, WHERE DO YOU WANT TO BE? SO WE WANT TO TRY TO GIVE YOU INFORMATION ON THE SIGNIFICANT ISSUES THAT GIVE YOU A SENSE OF WHAT'S GOING ON IS SOMETHING .
UH, BUT WHEN THERE'S LAW ENFORCEMENT INVESTIGATIONS, UH, WE'RE LIMITED IN WHAT WE CAN SAY, POLES, BUT IF YOU DON'T WANT TO FOLLOW UP, THAT'S WHAT I LEARNED WITH HILTON JOHN'S LAW ENFORCEMENT, AND IT WILL TELL THEY DO TWO TERMS. IT'S NOT A SCHOOL OR A POLICY OR A SCHOOL POLICY.
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I AGREE WITH, UM, SOMETIMES TO TELL YOU, WHAT IS THE ONE ON THE GO, MY UNDERSTANDING THEY HAVE DIFFERENT LAWS, HONESTLY, CAUSE OUR TIMES .SO I ASKED THIS QUESTION AFTER THE LAST NIGHT, SOMEONE, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THAT, WITH THERE'D BEEN A RESOLUTION, IS THAT, IS IT DONE HAVING TO DEAL WITH THE RED SKIRT, MY BATHROOM WALLS.
THEN I EXPLAINED TO THEM THE TRENDS AND THE I HAD BEEN INVESTIGATED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT.
UM, SO IT'S BECAUSE WE'VE SEEN SUCH A HIGH INCIDENCE OF THESE NOW RECENTLY IT'S BECOME EVEN MORE OF A PUBLIC.
SO, I MEAN, I CERTAINLY UNDERSTAND THE MARKET AS WELL THAT THAT'D BE WORKED THROUGH.
UM, BUT THERE IS ANY OF THOSE.
AND I THINK A GREAT JOB AT LETTING US KNOW THAT SOMEONE HAS BEEN APPREHENDED ON CERTAIN KINDS OF SEX, WHICH COULD IT BE? UM, I ALSO REPORT THAT, BUT ESSENTIALLY, UH, DASH QUESTION, UM, YES, THEY, THEY CONTINUE TO INVESTIGATE THE HEAT OPEN.
AND THESE ARE JUST, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, THESE ARE MATTERS THAT WE TAKE VERY, VERY SERIOUSLY AND WE WILL HOLD STUDENTS ACCOUNTABLE.
WE WILL HOLD THEM ACCOUNTABLE.
AND LAW ENFORCEMENT WILL HOLD IF ACCOUNTABLE, THAT AREA NEEDS TO CEASE.
MAYBE LOOK UP BOY AND ENORMOUS ABOUT RESOURCES, LAW ENFORCEMENT.
WHY ISN'T IT? ALL OF A SUDDEN, I DON'T HAVE RESOURCES THE OLD WAY TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR SCHOOLS ARE SAFE, PLACES OF LEARNING AND THAT'S THE WAY WE WANT.
AND SO, SO THAT'S NOT THAT THEY'RE DOING IT AS A BRAND.
AND IT'S GOING TO BE PEOPLE YELLING OUT.
COPY IS REALLY REALISTICALLY WITH HOW , I'M COMFORTABLE WITH THE WAY THE FEED IS NOT EXECUTING.
THAT'S A DAY FOR ANOTHER DISCUSSION.
BUT HE SHOULD BE DOING IF HE'S NOT DOING IT EXPANDING WHEN WE EVALUATE THAT'S WHAT WE LOOKED AT.
SO I THINK WE NEED, UM, EXCUSE ME, TO RESPOND TO WHAT WAS THAT I SAID ALSO IN PART TWO, I WANT THEM TO SAY, I'M SURE THEY OFFER A RESOLUTION.
THERE ARE IN TERMS OF JUST KNOWING THAT EMAILS GETTING SOMETHING INTO THAT HAS BEEN AND TO HAVE
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ALL THE INTEGRATION TO , UH, HOW THAT HAS TO BE TAKEN CARE OF.AND , UH, UM, WE'RE DISCUSSING THE SUPERINTENDENTS INTERPRETATION.
THIS IS NOT AN HONORS FOREVER, OR THIS IS NOT AN EDITOR, A SUSTAINED COMMUNICATION DEPARTMENT AS HAS COMPLETED OR PROVIDED OUT OF HER.
NOW THIS IS STRICTLY INTERPRETATION.
SO I'D LIKE TO EITHER ADD TO YOUR CALL, UM, THE INTERPRETATION ITSELF, , YOU KNOW, THE SAME WORD AS DECEPTIVE.
SO CAN WE MOVE ON TO WHETHER THE INTERPRETATION IS ACCEPTED OR IF YOU HAVE AN ERICA STARTED OUT THAT .
WE'VE ALREADY SET THE SUPERINTENDENTS IN FOR A ROTATION WITH ALL WEEKEND COMMUNICATING WITH THE BOARD.
I SAID, UM, MR. UM, I JUST WANT TO SAY WHEN THE DOWNLOAD, YOU SEND US INFORMATION EITHER SAME DAY OR NEXT DAY SHE SAID, SHE SAID TODAY.
YOU KNOW WHAT? MR. SMITH I'M READY TO TAKE A BOAT.
WELL, I WAS GONNA BE, UM, UH, WE HAVE, I DO BELIEVE IN HERE YOU WERE PRESENTED THE CHART.
YOU HAVE TOLD US OF THE OUTRAGEOUS TODAY, AND I BELIEVE IT WAS ONLY ONE SCHOOL AND MR. RESONANCE SAID AT THIS TIME, UM, THEY WERE NOT ABLE TO DO AND SO WE WERE ON WORK
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SO, SO ARE YOU ASKING ME WELL, I'M TRYING, I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND THAT.I WAS ALSO WONDERING WHAT'S THE SPECIFIC QUESTION.
HOW DOES THIS INNER SCHOOL EASIER TO ANSWER THAN JUST ASKING SCHOOLS? AND SO THAT'S WHY I WAS JUST ASKING THAT QUESTION, MR. PRESIDENT HERE.
UM, SO I'M GOING TO TRY AND SEE IF I CAN, CAN YOU HEAR ME OKAY.
THE QUESTION FROM MR. SMITH IS ABOUT CANINE CHURCHES AT, UH, AT LITTLE RANCH PROTOCOLS.
ARE THEY UM, WE HADN'T BEEN AWARE OF THAT.
UM, UM, AND THEN ALSO, AND THEN ALSO STUDENTS GETTING SEARCHED REPORT.
UM, ALSO WITH ALSO I'M TALKING ABOUT TOO AS WELL, THAT OF ALL STUDENTS THAT CAN ON CAMPUS INVESTIGATING, UH, OFF CAMPUS AND, UH, MR. I BELIEVE HE DID TRY TO, UH, DID TRY TO BRING IN BASICALLY WHAT I DIDN'T HAVE THE TIME TO LOOK AT IT.
AND ALSO CHECKING THIS OVER THE WEEKEND, CHECKING INTO THAT.
I DO BELIEVE THAT THAT IS SOMETHING THAT I WOULD LIKE FOR WARFARE , WHICH, UH BUT WE'VE KNOWN THAT AND ALLOW THEM TO THE QUESTION UNDER, UNDER SUPERVISION AND SUPPORT IS MOTION.
GET IT OUT LOUD AND AT OUR PROCESS.
AND, UM, I DO WANT TO SAY THAT MR. , UM, THIS QUESTION WAS ASKED BY MRS. DECKER AND COMMITTEE ABOUT THE ACTUAL STATUTE OR THE LAW THAT IS IN SOUTH CAROLINA
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OF THE OUTSTANDING QUESTIONS, UM, WITHOUT THEIR PARENTS PRESENT.AND I BOUGHT AN AWKWARDLY SAY MR. VERSUS RESPONDED AND STA WITH IMMIGRATION ABOUT THAT.
UM, BUT I, I CAN'T, I JUST CAN'T RIGHT NOW, I GET IT.
SO IF MR. GUZMAN WHO SEE SELL ONLINE, LIKE HE LIKES TO ADDRESS THAT, BUT I JUST WANT IT ALREADY OUT THERE.
HE ACTUALLY EXECUTED, UH, MR. BRISA.
UH, THIS GOES BACK TO THE QUESTION AND OPERATIONS ABOUT, UH, LAW ENFORCEMENT AND QUESTIONING STUDENTS.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO, UH, UH, JUST TALK ABOUT THAT FOR A MINUTE.
UM, UM, UM, I DIDN'T HEAR ANYTHING AND THAT EXPLANATION WAS ANY DIFFERENT THAN INFORMATION ALREADY SUPPLY EMAIL.
SO I WAS GETTING A LITTLE TIRED REHASHING THE SAME CONVERSATIONS ALREADY HAD OR THERE'S SOMETHING DIFFERENT LET'S GET ONTO IT AND RESOLVE THAT.
UM, OTHERWISE IT'S HARD TO REHASH THINGS AND I DON'T KNOW WHY ARE WE DOING AGAIN? UM, MR. .
SO HE TOLD ME THAT HE TOLD HIM, UM, AND IF THAT'S YOUR, YOUR BET THEN PURSUE IT, BUT YOU'RE WASTING ALL OUR TIME REHASHING STUFF, AND WE'RE NOT GETTING ANY NEW INFORMATION, SO, OKAY.
I UNDERSTAND THAT HERE FOR YOU, WHATEVER, LET'S JUST SIGN.
IF YOU WANT TO GO TO THE, SAVE YOURSELF OVER TOTALLY AGREE.
AND I ASKED THEM ON THE STAGE WITH THEIR REQUIRED ATTACHMENTS.
MR. GRISSOM REPORT WAS VERY FULSOME AND I YET ARE NOT IN OUR PACKET HERE, BUT IN ANY OPERATION COPIES, THERE ARE FIVE ADDITIONAL ATTACHMENT IS ATTACHMENT FIVE, MR. STIFF, EVERY SCHOOL AND EVERY LOCKDOWN I HAVEN'T DATED MR. PORTER DATA SCHEDULE.
SO ALL THAT INFORMATION IS PUBLICLY AVAILABLE.
MEDICARE, UM, JUST FOR, FOR THE FELLAS KNOWLEDGE, THIS LIST I KNEW, OH, HE, THAT WAS ADOPTED WITH HER POLICY.
AND ALSO, I JUST WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY FOR IF THEY WERE OUT, BUT DAVID IS THIS, AS I KNOW THAT THIS WAS NEW TO THE DISTRICT AND I'M APPRECIATIVE OF ALL EIGHT ARE WEAK AND THAT'S, UM, THAT'S KIND OF FULLER FEELING I HAVE IS BECAUSE I DID HAVE THE PRIVILEGE TO SEE PREVIOUS, UM, MONITORING REPORTS, NOT ON SAFETY AND SECURITY, IF I BELIEVE, AND I COULD BE WRONG ON THIS.
UM, THERE'S A STATE REPORTING REQUIREMENT WHEN IT COMES TO CERTAIN INCIDENTS.
UM, WHETHER IT'S A FIREARM THAT IS FOUND AT A SCHOOL AT, OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT TODAY, DIDN'T SEE IT HERE, BUT I HAVE MISSED IT.
UM, SO I'M JUST WONDERING, I BELIEVE I SAW BDS REPORTS.
SO I'M WONDERING IT HAD TO BE IN FRONT OF THIS MOVIE BLOWER, OR THAT'S GOING TO BE IN A DIFFERENT,
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UH, IS ABOUT THE COURT, UH, REGARDING FIREARMS, UH, IF, UH, THAT PARTICULAR, UH, OR IS IT IF HE BROUGHT THAT FORWARD AT, UH, THE OPERATIONS YOU MAKE WITH THIS DOCUMENT OR IS THAT, UM, PART OF THE ADDITIONAL, UH, BUT SHE SAID, YEAH, NOT FOR YOU TO REPORT IT, THAT IN TERMS OF BRINGING OVER FOR AS FAR AS FOR THE OTHER, UM, THE PARENTS THAT WAS PRESENTED AND EYES IS, YOU KNOW, THE SERIOUS NAPPY GOES ON.I TO KNOW ABOUT SOMEBODY SUPPOSED TO BE SO WE CAN'T DICTATE TO THEM HOW THEY DO THEIR JOBS.
UM, AND JUST IN TERMS OF THE , SOME OF THESE WAS ALREADY ASKED.
I ASKED THEM CAN ALSO, I WAS TOLD THAT I COULD NOT TAKE IT DIFFERENTLY.
I TOLD HIM TO LEAVE AND I COULD NOT GO THERE, UNDERSTAND SEVERAL MCLARENS DIFFERENTLY, AND THEY WILL DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT BECAUSE HE JUST SAID HE WAS WILLING TO GIVE THE DOCUMENT TO THE BOARD DIFFERENT.
SO NOW WE'LL BE ABLE TO SEE THAT AND WE'LL TALKING ABOUT BECAUSE I KNOW I LEARNED IT AND I SEE THE DOCUMENT AND I NEED TO BE ABLE TO DIGEST WHAT I'LL READ.
THE SECOND THING IS WITH, UH, IN TERMS OF WHAT WE LEARN A NEW DAY, ALSO LISTED THE WAS THERE, WE WERE TOLD THAT THERE ARE ALL, SOME THAT WAS INCORRECT.
AND CAUSE THE SCHEDULE THINKING AS A COMMITTEE WAS NOT SEARCH WAS DIRECT CHOICES, BUT OUR COMMUNITY SPEAKING AND TALKING ABOUT WHAT I'VE HEARD IS TALKING ABOUT .
AND SO THAT'S WHY I WANTED TO JUST SEE THEIR UNDERSTANDING.
SO THAT THAT DAY WE HAD WITH THEM.
SO PLEASE, MR. CAMPBELL'S ABOUT, UM, SO YOU, UH, SECURITY IS APPROVED A 10:00 AM, ONE DR.
RODRIGUEZ THAT YOU HAD AS A PEOPLE OR, UM, THE STATE, WE HAD THE TITLE DESERT VERSUS SIMPLY ADDRESS SCHOOLS.
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IF THE TYPE INCIDENT REPORT OR, UH, I DON'T CARE.UM, ONE PARENT ACCESS AND ALSO ON OVERVIEW TO THERE'S AN RFP OUT THERE REVIEW OF OUR STRATEGIC PLANNER TECHNOLOGIES.
SO THAT'S BEEN OUR FOCUS, EVERYBODY AGREES.
WE ARE GOING TO REVISIT DISTILL IT LIKE EVERYONE ELSE'S,
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UH, UH, THIS EVENING IS THE SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT.UH, WE'LL BEGIN WITH STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT IN A PRESENTATION, DR.
BRADLEY IS GOING TO SHARE, CONTINUE TO JUST MOVE IN, TO BE ABLE TO SEE WHERE WE'VE SPOKEN A LOT ABOUT THE INITIAL MODEL, VERY BEGINNING OF THAT MODEL INTO A PLAN THAT GOES TO MONITORING THE IMPACT OF INSTRUCTION AND DO A REMEDIATION OR ACCELERATION, UH, BASED ON .
SO TODAY WE'RE SHARING THE VIEW REVIEWS AND ENGLISH.
YOU ARE AROUND A PLAN TERMS OF PROFESSIONAL LEARNING, MADAM CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.
REFEREES, WHAT WE SAID THAT DEAL OF TIME, THIS YEAR TALKING ABOUT CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT, UH, AND THE IMPORTANCE OF PROVIDING RIGOROUS STANDARDS BASED INSTRUCTION FOR ALL OF OUR STUDENTS.
NOW THERE'S A LOT THAT GOES INTO THAT PROCESS, BUT NOTHING IS MORE MAKING SURE THAT IT'D BE ON EXPOSING OUR TEACHERS AND OUR SCHOOL LEADERS TO, UH, RESEARCH BASE PRACTICES, PRACTICES, AND STRATEGIES THAT ARE KNOWN TO IMPROVE STUDENT OUTCOMES FOR STUDENTS.
SO EARLIER THIS FALL WE INTRODUCED AND I THINK TO A SURVEY SNAP, YOU CAN REINTRODUCE SOMETHING CALLED PROFESSIONAL LEARNING COMMUNITIES ONTO OUR STUDENTS.
BY DEFINITION, PROFESSIONAL LEARNING COMMUNITIES ARE EDUCATORS WHO MEET REGULARLY.
AND AGAIN, RECURRING CYCLES TO DO THINGS LIKE CHECK EXPERTISE, ANALYZE STUDENT WORK, PLAN INSTRUCTIONS AMONG OTHER THINGS.
LAST ROOM, HOLD OUR PRINCIPALS.
A GREAT MAJORITY OF THEM RESPONDED THAT THEY ALREADY HAD SOME SEMBLANCE OF PROFESSIONAL LEARNING COMMUNITIES ALREADY IN PLACE IN THEIR BUILDINGS.
BUT WHEN WE PROBED A BIT DEEPER, WE FOUND THAT WITH PHILOSOPHIES, THE STRUCTURES AND THE EXECUTING PRACTICES BEING USED AS STUDENTS VARY SIGNIFICANTLY AND NEEDED TO BE TWEAKED.
THE THOUGHT WAS THAT IF WE WERE GOING TO ACHIEVE MAXIMUM RESULTS, WE NEEDED TO GROUND OURSELVES TO ACCOUNT APPROACH BY THE NATIONALS FOREMOST AUTHORITY IN PROFESSIONAL LEARNING COMMUNITIES AND THE PRACTICE OF IMPLEMENTING PROFESSIONAL LEARNING COMMUNITIES WITHIN SCHOOLS.
AND I REALLY ONLY MENTIONED HIS NAME THIS EVENING BECAUSE DISTRICT WIDE, WE MAKE CONSTANT REFERENCE TO DR BEFORE RESEARCH AND ALL OF THE CORRESPONDING, UH, BLOKES, UH, THAT HE HAS PRODUCED.
AND SO WE GROUND EVERYTHING THAT WE DO WITH REGARD TO PROFESSIONAL LEARNING COMMUNITIES, CONNECTED TO RESEARCH.
THE VERY ESSENCE OF A PROFESSIONAL LEARNING COMMUNITY IS COLLABORATION.
AND YOU PROBABLY KNOW THAT THE ERA OF THE ISOLATED TEACHER THAT WORKS OPPONENT TO TRY TO MEET THE NEEDS OF STUDENTS IS REALLY NEITHER SUSTAINABLE EFFECTIVE.
AND SO, AS A CONSEQUENCE, THE CENTRAL IDEA BEHIND PLC IS INTENTIONAL COLLABORATION, PROVIDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR TEACHERS TO COALESCE AROUND COMMON PROFESSIONAL JETTIES.
AND THAT'S IMPORTANT BECAUSE DR.
DEPORT HAS FOUND THAT WHEN TEACHERS OPERATE IN SILOS, WHOLESALE ORGANIZATIONAL OBJECTIVES ARE DIFFICULT, IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE TO MEET.
AND PLUS, AS YOU ALL KNOW, THIS WORK IS JUST SIMPLY TOO HARD TO BE DONE.
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PLC IS ACCORDING TO DR.THE FIRST IS A FOCUS ON LEARNING.
THE SECOND IS A COLLABORATIVE CULTURE OF COLLECTIVE RESPONSIBILITY, AND THE THIRD ARE RESULTS ORIENTATION IN SUMMARIZING THE BIG IDEAS DONE CORRECTLY.
PROFESSIONAL LEARNING COMMUNITIES IN THEIR PUREST FORM WILL CENTER ON SYSTEMS THAT BRING PEOPLE TOGETHER TO IMPROVE THEIR PRACTICE WITH A CLEAR FOCUS ON IMPROVED IN AN OUTCOME.
NOW THERE'S A LOT THAT CAN BE DONE WITH TEACHERS WHEN THEY COME INTO THE PROFESSIONAL LEARNING COMMUNITY.
SO THAT TALK, AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, CAN BE PRODUCTIVE AND SOME OF THAT DIALOGUE CAN BE UNPRODUCTIVE.
BEFORE SUBSCRIBED TO THE NOTION THAT END OF THE DAY, THE TIME SPENT WITHIN PROFESSIONAL LEARNING COMMUNITIES SHOULD REALLY SEEK TO RESOLVE FOUR SPECIFIC QUESTIONS.
THE FIRST AND THE MOST IMPORTANT IS WHAT WE WANT STUDENTS TO KNOW AND BE ABLE TO DO.
THE SECOND IS HOW WE KNOW THAT THEY LEARNED IT.
THE THIRD IS HOW WE RESPOND WHEN THEY DON'T LEARN IT.
AND THE FOURTH IS HOW WOULD WE EXPAND AND ENRICH STUDENT LEARNING VERSUS ALREADY CONSUMED THE NECESSARY KNOWLEDGE.
AND IF YOU SPENT ANY TIME IN OUR KIND OF REWORKED PROFESSIONAL LEARNING COMMUNITIES, YOU DON'T FIND THAT ALL OF THE DIALOGUE THAT HAPPENS IN THOSE MEETINGS ARE CENTERED AROUND THOSE FOUR PRIMARY.
AND WE'LL GET NOTICE FROM THE SLIDE IS THAT FOR EACH OF THESE INTEGRATES, THERE ARE ALSO RESOURCES AND SYSTEMS THAT WE TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR MAKING SURE ARE IN PLACE.
SO FOR EXAMPLE, WE CAN'T BEGIN TO HOLD TEACHERS ACCOUNTABLE FOR STUDENT LEARNING, UNLESS THEY'VE BEEN PROVIDED WITH ALL OF THE NECESSARY AND CRITICAL RESOURCES NECESSARY TO DELIVER INSTRUCTION LIKE CURRICULUM AND PACING GUIDES.
ALL OF THE THINGS ABOUT THE SHADOWS AND THE INSTRUCTIONAL SERVICES TEAM HAS ALREADY PREPARE, PREPARE AND PROVIDE FOR OUR TEACHERS.
WE'VE ALSO DEVELOPED A VERY SIMPLE SUCCESS MATRIX FOR OUR PRINCIPALS AND I, YOU CAN SEE PROFESSIONAL LEARNING COMMUNITIES ARE AT THE MARRIAGE.
PART OF THAT, THE IDEA IDEAS THAT MAY DISTRICT PROVIDED RESOURCES ARE IN PLACE AT THE TOP WHEN SCHOOLS AND TEACHERS INTENTIONALLY PLAN AND DELIVER THEIR INSTRUCTION, THAT THE LIKELIHOOD OF DELIVERING STANDARDS-BASED INSTRUCTION IS SIGNIFICANTLY IMPROVED.
AND WE BELIEVE THAT ALL OF THAT WORK BEGINS WITHIN THE PLC.
SO I WANT TO SPEND A LITTLE BIT OF TIME ON THIS SLIDE BECAUSE WE HAVE SOME VERY SPECIFIC GOALS FOR PROFESSIONAL LEARNING COMMUNITIES THIS YEAR, RECOGNIZING THAT AFTER WE REINTRODUCED PLC FOR MANY OF OUR SCHOOLS, ALL OF THEM WERE REALLY ESSENTIAL TO STARTING AT DIFFERENT PLACES.
SO WE'RE NOT JUST HOPING AND WISHING THAT SYSTEMS OF COLLABORATION ARE IN PLACE.
WE'RE BEING EXPLICIT AROUND WHAT IS ACTUALLY EXPECTED WITHIN THOSE PROFESSIONAL LEARNING COMMUNITIES.
THE GOAL FOR US IS NOT TO SIMPLY HAVE PLCS, BUT FOR THEM TO BE IMPLEMENTED AT A HIGH LEVEL AND WITH FIDELITY.
SO THIS YEAR WE ARE FOCUSING ON TWO ELEMENTS OF THE ELC DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION, AND WE PRESCRIBE THE QUALITY STANDARDS FOR EACH THIS YEAR.
THE GOAL IS FOR EVERY SCHOOL TO BE AT FOUNDATIONAL, WHICH YOU CAN SEE AP AND OVER TIME, WE WANT TO SEE SCHOOLS PROGRESSED TO BE EXECUTED.
SO IF YOU CAN IMAGINE FOR BOTH DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION, YOU HAVE A SCAFFOLDED PROGRESSIVE, UH, PROCESS THAT WE HOPE TO BE ABLE TO MONITOR FOR SCHOOLS AS THEY CONTINUE TO IMPLEMENT BEST PRACTICES WITH REGARD TO PROFESSIONAL.
AND SO, AS I CLOSE, YOU SHOULD KNOW THAT WE ARE NOT LEAVING OUR SCHOOLS BY THEMSELVES IN A ROLLOUT OF THIS WORK, THE INSTRUCTIONAL SERVICES DIVISION CONTENT OR MAYORS AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS HAVE BEEN DEPLOYED TO PROVIDE FOCUSED CHECKING INS AND COACHING.
WE'RE ALSO WORKING AS A DISTRICT TEAM TO MAKE CERTAIN THAT WE ARE CONSTANTLY IMPROVING AND INCREASING OUR COLLECTIVE KNOWLEDGE AROUND PROFESSIONAL LEARNING COMMUNITY AS WELL.
AND AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, THE EXPECTATION US THIS YEAR IS TO REINTRODUCE PROFESSIONAL LEARNING EACH OF OUR SCHOOLS TO SUPPORT THEIR CONTINUED BOTH IN DEVELOPMENT.
AND HOPEFULLY OVER TIME, WE ALL GET TO DEEP EXECUTION.
BUT AT THE END OF THIS YEAR, THE HOPE IS FOUNDATIONAL WITH REGARD TO DESIGN PRESENTATION.
AND I'M HAPPY TO REPORT THAT SCHOOLS ARE MANY REALLY MOVED THE PROCESS, AND SOME OF THEM HAVE ALREADY SEE THAT THE EXPECTATIONS
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FOR A FOUNDATION EXECUTION WITH THAT I'LL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS.THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR AND COMMANDERS, YOUR AND, UH, DR.
BRADLEY, UM, I'M GOING TO, UH, THEN YOUR THINKER.
AND SO I LIKE THIS LEGIT LOGICAL PROGRESSIVE SEQUENTIAL APPROACH.
I HAVE A CONCERN WE NEED UNIVERSAL APPLICATION ACROSS THE DISTRICT.
UH, MY CONCERN IS WE DON'T WANT TO STIFLE INDIVIDUAL PRINCIPALS INNOVATION ON HOW THEY ACHIEVE THIS.
SO I HOPE WE HAVE A BROAD ENOUGH SCOPE FOR THE PRINCIPALS TO INNOVATE AND OF COURSE SHARE WHAT WORKS AND WHAT DOESN'T WORK AS WE GO THROUGH THIS.
SO FIRST OF ALL, IT'S A GREAT QUESTION.
AND IT'S ONE THAT COMES UP AT OUR LEADERSHIP MEETINGS.
WHAT WE TRY TO DO IS WE TRY AND MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE EXPOSING OUR, OUR PRINCIPALS TO WHAT THE RESEARCH SAYS ARE THE BEST PRACTICES TO PRODUCE RESULTS.
WELL, WE'VE ALSO SAID THAT WE'RE GOING TO HONOR THE CONTEXT AND THE ENVIRONMENT THAT IS PRESENT WITHIN YOUR BUILDINGS.
SO WE HAVE, UH, PRINCIPALS THAT SOME OF THEM OFFER PROFESSIONAL LEARNING COMMUNITIES, TWO THOUSANDS A WEEK FOR 90 MINUTES, WE HAVE OTHERS THAT DON'T NECESSARILY DO THAT BECAUSE WE WANT TO OBVIOUSLY MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE IMPLEMENTING THIS BEST, THESE BEST PRACTICES IN A CONTEXT THAT FITS WITH THEIR RESPECTIVE SWEEPING NEEDS.
BUT IT IS OUR RESPONSIBILITY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE EXPOSE IT, EXPOSE THEM TO WHAT THE RESEARCH SAYS AND IMPLEMENT THOSE PRACTICES TO THE BEST OF THE AVAILABLE.
SO, YES, WE CERTAINLY GIVE THEM FLEXIBILITY.
AND JUST ONE FINAL THING, YOU DON'T WANT TO HAVE PROGRAMMED AS YOUR EAR.
THAT'S WHAT WE'VE HAD IN THIS DISTRICT.
IN MY UNDERSTANDING FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS, WE NEED A PROGRAM IS GOING TO BE SUSTAINED AND SUSTAINED FOR A LONG TERM.
I'M TALKING 10, 12 YEARS BECAUSE EVERY TIME SOMEBODY NEW COMES IN, SOME DOCTOR PUBLISHED AS A BOOK AND YOU HOPE YOU GO TO SOME CONFERENCE AND HE COME BACK WITH THE LATEST, SHINY PENNY.
WE'VE GOT TO STICK TO ONE SYSTEM THREES THAT ADD TO THE, THIS IS THE KEY.
I THINK YOU'RE ON THE RIGHT TRACK.
I REALLY DO THE SPECIAL USE THAT I HAVE A MONITOR BANKS AND WAYS THE ACCEPTED VALUES.
UM, I HAVE WHAT I KIND OF GRADUATED SAID.
UM, SOMETHING, MY QUESTION IS, UM, IN REGARD TO THE CORE TEACHERS THAT ARE ORGANIZED AND THEY'RE, THEY'RE MEANINGFUL TEAMS, HOW DO WE, AND OBVIOUSLY IT'S GOING TO TAKE TIME TO IMPLEMENT AND, AND TO GET ROCKING.
BUT MY QUESTION IS, HOW DO WE MAKE SURE THAT THOSE FOUR MEMBERS OF THOSE TEAMS ARE ALSO COMMUNICATING OUTSIDE OF JUST THEIR SCHOOL? IS THERE GOING TO BE ORGANIZED MEETINGS OF ALL OF THOSE CORE MEMBERS OF THE DISTRICT OFFICE SO THAT WE'RE SPREADING THAT KNOWLEDGE OF HOW YEAH.
ONE OF THE THINGS I OFTEN SAY, WELL, I'M LOOKING FOR WELL, LEADERSHIP BY ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S SO IMPORTANT IS NOT JUST THAT YOU DID A GOOD JOB IN IT.
YOU HAVE YOUR EXPERIENCES TALK ABOUT WHEN YOU'RE IN THAT, BUT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT YOU WORKED ON PROLIFERATE BEYOND JUST YOUR VIRGINIA, MY BYLAW.
UM, NOW, WELL, WE DO HAVE REGULARLY ORGANIZED ARE A MONTHLY BASIS.
WE HAVE, UH, UH, WE'LL BE FLUNG HERE AT THE DISTRICT, BUT THEN WE HAVE ONE THAT IS AT SCHOOLS THAT ARE EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS.
AND PART OF THAT IS, IS WHAT WE CALL INSTRUCTIONAL ROUNDS.
SO IF YOU'RE IN A MEDICAL PROFESSION, YOU PROBABLY HAD TO DO INSTRUCT, UH, ROUNDS, UH, UH, THROUGH THAT PROCESS, RIGHT? UH, INSTRUCTIONAL ROUNDS ALLOWS, FOR EXAMPLE, TO VISIT EACH OTHER'S SCHOOLS, RIGHT? THERE ARE, THEY ARE AT A DIFFERENT SITE.
THEY DO INSTRUCTIONAL ROUND WITHIN THE PLC, UH, THING, BUT HOPEFULLY IN THE, IN THE, UH,
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CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT MODEL IS SO UPFRONT.ALL RIGHT, THAT'S PRETTY COOL.
WE SEE HELP IN THAT PROCESS, RIGHT.
AND SO THE OPPORTUNITY TO SEE AND SHARE HOW PLCS ARE FUNCTIONING AND WORKING, UH, IN DIFFERENT SCHOOLS, YOU GET A CHANCE TO DIG A LITTLE BIT OF THAT.
UH, SO THAT, THAT TO YOUR POINT ABOUT SEEING WHAT'S WORKING, WORKING, WORKING WELL LIBERATING, THAT'S, WHAT'S BUILT INTO SECOND PRINCIPLE WE'VE, UH, WITH THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND OUR COHORT SCHOOLS, UH, WHERE THEY GET A CHANCE TO, UH, TO SEE WHAT'S HAPPENING IN EACH OTHER'S SHOES.
THAT'S MORE OF, UM, SO WHAT YOU'RE ASKING, SO JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT I'M CLEAR.
SO IN THAT MODEL, THOUGH, THE CORE MEMBERS WOULD, IT WOULD HAVE TO FUNNEL UP TO THEIR LEADER AT THEIR SCHOOL AND HAVE THE PRINCIPAL IN ORDER FOR US TO SHARE WHAT I WAS ASKING WAS, IS THERE SOMETHING ON A LARGER SCALE FOR ALL OF THOSE PLCS, OR AT LEAST THE, TO KNOW LEADER FROM THE MATH PLC AT EACH SCHOOL OR SOMETHING, AND COME TOGETHER AND SHARE THOSE OUTSIDE OF IT, JUST THE LEADERS.
AND I THINK THAT IS THAT SO TUESDAY AT THE MOMENT, THE WAY THAT GETS SHARED, UH, WHAT'S HAPPENING EVEN WITHIN A PLC, UH, SO TO SPEAK, UH, IS THROUGH OUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS WHO, WHO ATTEND PLCS, UH, AS WELL AS, AS THEY'RE LOOKING AT THE FIDELITY AND WORK AROUND PLC.
RIGHT? BUT, UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT IS HOW WE ENGAGE, UM, UH, INSTRUCTIONAL LEADERS FROM DIFFERENT SCHOOLS, FROM DIFFERENT GRADE LEVELS OR FROM A DEPARTMENT CHAIR, UH, AT THE SECONDARY LEVEL ON A MORE DISTRICT-WIDE LEVEL WHERE THEY COME TOGETHER AND HAVE THAT SPACE TO HAVE THOSE COMPS.
ANYTHING ELSE YOU WANT TO ADD TO THAT? JUST AS IMPORTANT POLIO MEETINGS, DR.
RODRIGUEZ MENTIONED THEY'RE NEW THIS YEAR, BUT THEY HAVE BEEN INCREDIBLY BENEFICIAL, PARTICULARLY FOR PRINCIPALS TO BE ABLE TO GO INTO OTHER SCHOOLS AND SEE WHAT'S HAPPENING WITHIN THOSE BUILDINGS EXTRACT, BEST PRACTICES THAT THEY USE THEM TO THE EXTENT THAT THEY CAN OR NEED TO, OR WANT TO, UH, TAKE THEM BACK INTO THE WRONG BUILDINGS.
AND SO IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM TO COLLABORATE.
IT'S KIND OF LIKE THE PRINCIPAL PROFESSIONAL LEARNING COMMUNITY THAT HAPPENS.
PRACTICE, PRACTICE FORCE THIS YEAR, THAT OPS, UM, TO COMMENT ABOUT THE PROGRAM DOES YOURS IS CERTAINLY NOT A PROGRAM TO SHORT YOUR DISTRICT IS DONE.
PROFESSIONAL LEARNING COMMUNITIES ARE PROBABLY DOWN HERE FOR A DAY, RIGHT ON RICHARD, THE BOARD'S WORK.
UM, SO I HEAR YOU SAY THIS DEGREE IN BED TO STAY, UM, BECAUSE AGAIN, I'D RATHER, YOU WOULDN'T BE IN ANY POSITION OR SORES IF THE CORRECT .
SO, SO IT'S A FATALITY TO THE PROGRAM.
I BELIEVE THIS PROGRAM, I BELIEVE IN DIVORCE WORK, BUT THE BASIC CONCERN I ASKED WHEN WE THOUGHT ABOUT THE SCORE TEAMS, IS THERE A PROTECTED TIME FOR TEACHERS TO REALLY DO THIS 90 MINUTES NOT BEING TO HIT THAT PLC TRUMP'S THINGS IT, BUT WE HAVE A SHORTAGE OF TEACHERS OR THAT ASSOCIATES USE FIDELITY TO THIS MODEL.
ONCE AGAIN, ONCE AGAIN, IT'S NOT GOING TO BE TRUE AND YOU'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE THOSE TEACHERS THAT ARE NEEDED TODAY, THAT HE ALSO SEES WORK BECAUSE THE STRATEGIES IS IN ANALYSIS OF STUDENT WORK IS OCCURRING IN HIS PLC.
THAT'S LIKE, I NEED YOUR CLASSROOM.
WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO HAVE OUR PRINCIPALS TALK ABOUT IT? WE HAVE OUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR.
SHE'S A NICE ADDITION, WHICH , BUT IT'S HAVING THOSE TEACHERS ALWAYS PRESENT WITH THEIR MINDS PRESENT AND NOT FOR NINE DIFFERENT WAYS TODAY TO HAVE THAT.
HOW ARE YOU GOING TO DO THAT? HOW ARE YOU GOING TO DO THAT? SO THAT BLINDLY TO FORCE OR WILL SHOW US SOME BADMINTON.
AND SO, I MEAN, I THINK IN MANY WAYS, THIS IS A RE-INTRODUCTION TO PLC TO OUR DISTRICT.
WE HAVE SOME SCHOOLS THAT ARE ALREADY ROCKING AND ROLLING AND HAVE BEEN FOR YEARS.
MANY OF OUR TESTS IMMEDIATELY SAY THAT WE'VE BEEN, WE WANT IT TO BE FOUR MINUTES.
I THINK AT THE END OF THE DAY, THE COMMON MESSAGE THAT WE SHARE WITH OUR PRINCIPALS IS THAT WE ALSO UNDERSTAND THAT OUR SEAL, UH, TRYING TO NAVIGATE COVID.
AND WE ALSO UNDERSTAND THAT THERE ARE OPERATIONAL CHALLENGES
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THAT ARE PRESENTED WITHIN BUILDINGS.SO IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT WE PRESENT TO SCHOOLS THAT FUNCTIONALLY CANNOT BE IMPLEMENTED THIS YEAR, WE SAID, TAKE CARE OF YOUR PEOPLE.
WE'RE NOT TRYING TO DISRUPT SCHOOL BEGINNINGS BY TRYING TO, TO EXPOSE OR INTRODUCE PRACTICES.
THIS IS A PROGRESSIVE PROCESS.
AND WE EVEN KNOW THEY BOUGHT IT IN THIS YEAR, GOING INTO NEXT YEAR.
AND WE STILL MAYBE, OR WE'LL ASK THAT ARE AT DIFFERENT PLACES.
THE EXPECTATION IS THAT OVER TIME, WE MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE THE FUNDAMENTAL FOUNDATIONAL PIECES OF PROFESSIONAL PLACE.
BUT IF THERE ARE SOMETHING THAT DOESN'T WORK BECAUSE OF LIMITATIONS THAT ARE IN PLACE WITHIN BUILDINGS, WE GIVE PRINCIPALS THE ABSOLUTE AUTONOMY TO ONE, THEIR BUILDINGS, HOW THEY SEE IT.
AND THEN WE PROVIDE STRATEGIC SUPPORT AND WE USE IT ANTICIPATE.
AND THAT, UM, THOSE CHALLENGES THAT PRINCIPALS AND INSTRUCTIONAL LEADERS AND DIRECTORS ARE HEADING IN THE MILITARY HE'S IN SCHOOLS, THOSE CHALLENGES WILL BE ADDRESSED FOR THE FOLLOWING YEAR.
SO, SO SOME OF THEM ARE JUST LOGISTICAL CHALLENGES, RIGHT? SO SOME SCHOOLS SIMPLY CANNOT IMPLEMENT THE FORCE MODEL OF PROFESSIONAL LEARNING COMMUNITIES BECAUSE THEIR SCHEDULES DON'T ALLOW FOR Y.
SO AS WE ARE GOING INTO A SCHEDULING SEASONING SEASON AND BUDGETING SEASON, THAT'S WHERE WE STEP BACK AND WE SAY, ALRIGHT, WE YOU'VE ALREADY IDENTIFIED PLCS AS A FERTILE OUTCOMES WITHIN YOUR BUILDING.
HOW DO YOU RESET YOUR SOUP STRUCTURE, YOUR, YOUR MODEL TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE PRACTICES PRACTICES ARE IN PLACE SO THEY CAN BE HONORED WITH FIDELITY ANY UPCOMING.
AND SO THE GREAT THING IS THAT MOST PRINCIPALS SIMPLY DON'T HAVE TO DO THAT WORK ALONE.
WE HAD AN ARMY OF PEOPLE HERE AT THE DISTRICT OFFICE, WORKING WITH THEIR SHOULDERS, SELF INSIDE OUR OUTSIDE TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU CAN HAVE, I'M ALMOST TOO OLD TO BE ENGAGED IN THIS DISCUSSION.
WE GET READY TO BET THAT WE USE MANY TIMES IT AMOUNTS TO COLLABORATIVE TEACHING AMOUNTS TO SITE-BASED MANAGEMENT TOO, BECAUSE THAT'S, THE APPRENTICES WILL PROVIDE IT TO, TO THE WHOLE ATTITUDE OR PLCS IS NOT GOING TO HAVE, UNLESS YOU ALLOW FLEXIBILITY FOR THE SCHEDULING OF TEACHERS, MEETINGS IS NOT GOING TO HAPPEN.
ARE WE GOING TO STOP, STOP, AND STOP AND STOP.
AND THEN THEY'RE GOING TO THESE PEOPLE COME IN AND THE CONSISTENCY OF KEEPING THAT STAFF INTACT SO THAT WE'RE NOT RETRAINING NEW PEOPLE AND APPEALS.
I MEAN, I DON'T WANT TO DISCOURAGE IT BECAUSE IT IS ONE OF THEM, BUT IF YOU SANITIZE IT TOO MUCH, IF YOU MAKE IT SUCH A TEMPLATE UNTIL EVERYBODY HAS A FOLLOW THE SAME COOKIE CUTTER, IT'S NOT GONNA HAPPEN FOR THE PARTICULAR SCHOOL THAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR THAT ACT.
SO, YOU KNOW, BUT YOU KNOW, THE ALIBI, UH, ENORMOUS, A LOT OF FLEXIBILITY TO HAVE TO BE USED, ESPECIALLY KNOWING THIS COFFEE THE WAY I KNOW IT IN ORDER TO GET IT TO WORK, YOU GOTTA GO FROM DESIGN AS YOU PROBABLY HAVE.
THAT'S, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT, YOU KNOW, THE BROACH AND I HAVE NO FRIENDS WHO ARE LOOKING TO BE HERE 20 YEARS TO GET IT DONE.
SO THAT'S WHAT, WELL, I, I, YOU KNOW, YOU BROUGHT UP SOME OF THE VERY REALITIES, RIGHT, THAT, THAT WE'RE DEALING WITH AND THAT WE'RE GOING TO DO, YOU KNOW, UH, THERE'S NO DOUBT ABOUT, RIGHT.
AND, AND I DON'T REMEMBER DISTRICT AND YOUR TRACTOR, YOU GO TO, AT THE END OF THE DAY, IT COMES DOWN TO THE THINGS THAT YOU HAVE SO WELL ARTICULATED AROUND THAT FLEXIBILITY.
IF YOU WANT TO HAVE, RIGHT, YOU WANT TO HAVE LOW CORE EXPECTATIONS AROUND PLC.
YOU WANT YOUR LEADER ON THE GROUND, HAVE THE FLEXIBILITY TO INITIATE IT AND RIDING INTO THE, THEIR BUILDINGS WITHIN THE UNIQUE DNA OF IT.
RIGHT? AND YOU HAVE TO FIGHT THE BARRIERS THAT EXIST TO GETTING,
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UH, TEACHERS THE OPPORTUNITY TO ATTEND THAT.AND THAT IS WHY AS VERY REALITY, WHEN YOU LOOK AT, UH, THIS SORT OF A RUBRIC AROUND, OR, UH, ONCE IT ROLLS AROUND IT, WE'RE TRYING TO BE REALISTIC AND UNDERSTAND THAT AS THEY WORK THROUGH IT RIGHT NOW, THEY'VE GOT THESE BARRIERS THAT THEY'RE FACING AND CHALLENGE RIGHT INTO TO, TO THE EXTENT THAT WE CAN SUPPORT, UH, THEM ON, ON, ON BREAKING DOWN A LITTLE BARRIER, WE WILL, TO THE EXTENT THAT IT REQUIRES THEM TO LOOK FURTHER, TO GET TO A HIGHER LEVEL WITHIN THOSE FOUR CONCEPTS THAT MAY BE OF THESE ITEMS THAT MAY BE A DESIGNS OF THOSE TYPES OF THINGS THAT, THAT MAY BE NEEDED TO EXECUTE ON IT.
I THINK, I THINK THAT THAT'S, THAT'S THE REALITY.
THAT'S WHY WE UNDERSTAND IT CERTAINLY RIGHT NOW, UH, WHERE WE'RE AT THIS LEVEL, I'M TRYING TO BE, UH, TRYING TO GET THE INSURED UP AROUND WHAT WE UNDERSTAND PLCS, RIGHT.
BECAUSE THAT'S WHEN I FIRST GOT HERE AROUND PLCS.
SO LET'S ALL AGREE ON WHAT THAT IS, UH, AS WE MARCH ON FORWARD.
UH, SO WE'LL HAVE TO SAME AN EXPECTATION ABOUT WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO AND REALIZATION OF THE BENEFIT AND AN UNDERSTANDING OF THE BARRIERS THAT ARE PART OF THE PROCESS, INSTRUCTIONAL REVIEWS, EVERY MEAL, ONE CRITICAL IMPORTANCE DANIELS FOR THE INSTRUCTION.
THE STANDARDS-BASED INSTRUCTIONAL PLAN IS A PLACE THAT WE'VE GOT WORKED IN.
SO, SO THIS IS, THIS IS PART OF TACKLING THAT ONE MORE COMMENT.
AND MY EXPERIENCE ALMOST ALWAYS WORK KIND OF APPLAUSE POC, 1970S.
SO NOW I WILL TELL YOU THAT THE BASIC QUANTITY THAT YOU NEED, AND THAT IS TEACHER STUDENT KNOWLEDGE.
I MEAN, IT DOESN'T STOP AT THE TOP.
IT STARTS AT THE BOTTOM OF IT.
THOSE TEACHERS REALLY KNOW WHO THEY'RE WORKING WITH AND HOW DO WE DESIGN A PROGRAM THAT FITS NO, THEY KNOW WHAT THE STANDARDS ARE.
THEY KNOW WHERE THEY WANT TO GO, BUT HOW DO WE TAKE THIS THERE? AND THEY HAVE TO COLLATERAL WITH THAT AND COME UP WITH A DESIGN THAT WORKS FOR THEM WITH THEIR SKILL BASE.
AND THAT'S NOT ALWAYS EASY, BUT THAT'S A, IT'S A CHALLENGING, UM, IT WILL BE EFFECTIVE IF YOU GET IT TO WORK.
I JUST BRIEFLY WANT TO SAY, I'M REPEATING A FEW THINGS THAT WERE SAID, RICHARD, THIS FORCE WORKS AROUND A LONG TIME.
IN 1993, I MOVED TO PENNSYLVANIA FOR THE FIRST TIME.
MY S MY FIRST WENT TO A SCHOOL DISTRICT, EAST 10TH DISTRICT.
AND I WAS A LITTLE DISTRICT AT EAST PENN SCHOOL DISTRICT DISMISS SCHOOL EVERY WEDNESDAY, AN HOUR EARLY NOW, AS A PARENT, THAT WAS AN IDEA FOR THAT HOUR, THEY DID IT TO HAVE PLCS.
SO THEY HAD THAT CONTINUAL PLAY.
UM, YOU KNOW, I JUST SAY FOR REALLY SERIOUS ABOUT THIS GIVING TEACHERS THE TIME TO DO, TO PLAN THINGS AROUND IN A BED, TO ME, THE WHOLE THING, DIVORCE, WHERE IS THE CRITICAL PIECE? WHAT IS ONE INSTANCE TO NOW, HOW WILL WE KNOW THAT THEY LEARNED IT? YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO WITH THOSE KIDS? EVERY TEAM WORKED ON THAT MAYBE WE NEED TO LOOK, HOW COULD WE SELL THAT? YOU KNOW, SO THE DAYCARE CENTER, OR WE OFFER SCHOOL THAT EXTRA HOUR OR SOMETHING THAT OUR SCHOOL BUILDINGS, BUT WE'RE REALLY SERIOUS ABOUT MAKING THIS WORK.
THEN YOU KNOW, THAT SOMEBODY LIKE BACK AT THREE, BECAUSE SHE'S JUST OFF TO BE A TEACHER.
YOU KNOW, THE, THE INTERESTING POINT THAT YOU MAKE IS THAT THE TEACHERS THAT PRODUCES THE BEST RESULTS ACTUALLY SOLVE THOSE QUESTIONS.
I ANSWERED THOSE PROBLEMS BY THEMSELVES, WHERE THE GOAL FOR PRINCIPALS IS TO
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MAKE SURE THAT THOSE, THAT THOSE PROBLEMS ARE BEING SOLVED THROUGHOUT THEIR ENTIRE SCHOOL COMMUNITY, THROUGHOUT THEIR ENTIRE GRADE, THEIR ENTIRE CONTENT AREAS.AND THE ONLY WAY THAT THEY ACTUALLY DO THAT IS BY COMING TOGETHER THROUGH A COLLABORATIVE PROCESS.
AND THE IDEA OF THAT BEFORE ALWAYS ANSYS IT AT EAST, AND WE EMBEDDED IT WAS TO YOUR POINT, WE'VE GOT TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE TIME FOR TEACHERS TO BE IN PERFECT NEXT ON THE, UH, SUPERINTENDENT FOR FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY.
NAME ONCE AGAIN, UH, WE HAVE A PRESENTATION BY HOPE, VENDOR, GRASS, UH, THE SEASONING ON THE FISCAL YEAR ENDED FINANCIAL AUDIT, UM, HOPE IS BEING KIM'S.
AND I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO YOU HOPE.
UM, THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE WITH YOU ALL TONIGHT.
I JUST WANT TO GO OVER VERY BRIEFLY THE RESULTS OF THE AUDIT REPORT.
UM, I'LL ASK THAT THE SOD, THE ADVANCED TO THE THIRD SLIDE.
UM, MAIN THING I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT IS I'M SORRY, MAYBE ONE MORE MAIN THING I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT IS, UM, WE JUST FINISHED THE AUDIT AND THE RESULTS OF THE AUDIT OVERALL WAS IN WHAT WE CALL AN UNMODIFIED OPINION.
SO THAT'S THE OPINION THAT YOU CAN GET.
THAT'S A RECIPE AND THAT YOU CAN GET, WE HAD NO MATERIAL WEAKNESSES OR DEFICIENCIES TO REPORT IN REGARDS TO OUR INTERNAL CONTROL REPORT, UM, THAT WE ISSUE OUR YELLOW BIT REPORT.
WE ALSO HAD NO INSTANCES OF NON-COMPLIANCE YOUR REPORTS AND NO FINDINGS.
SO THAT'S KUDOS TO YOUR FINANCIAL DEPARTMENT AND THE SUPPORT THE BOARD GIVES THEM, UM, IN, IN MAINTAINING THAT HIGH LEVEL OF FINANCIAL REPORTING, UM, NEXT FIVE PIECE, UM, AND IT IS A FINANCIAL STATEMENT OPINION THAT WE ISSUE.
WE ALSO ISSUE A REPORT IN REGARDS TO FEDERAL COMPLIANCE, AND THAT'S CALLED YOUR SINGLE AUDIT.
AND THEN THE THING A LOT THAT WE TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT WE CALL MAJOR PROGRAMS. SO THOSE WOULD BE SIGNIFICANT PROGRAMS FOR THE PERIOD.
UM, THIS, THIS TIME WE LOOKED AT TITLE ONE AND ESTHER, WHICH IS, UM, YOUR COVID-19 MONEY THAT COMES FROM VARIOUS DIFFERENT APPROPRIATIONS.
AND IT, IN ADDITION TO THE CLEAN AUDIT OPINION WE HAD ON THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, WE ALSO HAD A CLEAN AUDIT OPINION ON BOTH OF THESE MAJOR PROGRAMS. SO AGAIN, THAT'S, THAT'S KUDOS TO YOUR, YOUR FINANCIAL TEAM MANAGEMENT AND THE BOARD, UM, FOR THAT, UH, TIESEN I THINK I WANT TO GO TO SLIDE SEVEN NEXT, PLEASE.
UM, WE HAD, WE HAD NO PAST AUDIT ADJUSTMENTS, OR THEN THE AUDIT ADJUSTMENTS THAT WE HAD WERE PROVIDED BY METERS MIRROR.
SO WHAT THAT MEANS IS WE DIDN'T FIND ANYTHING THAT NEEDED TO BE ADJUSTED MANAGEMENT AS PART OF HIS CLOSE OUT, UM, WAS ABLE TO GIVE US FINAL NUMBERS, ESPECIALLY THAT WE WERE ABLE TO AUDIT.
AND THERE'S NOT MANY CLIENTS THAT WE WORK WITH MOM AND ZIKA SERVES OVER 565 GOVERNMENTS THROUGHOUT THE SOUTHEAST.
AND THERE'S NOT VERY MANY GOVERNMENTS THAT WE WORK WITH THAT WE DON'T FIND SOMETHING AS PART OF THE CLOSEOUT PROCESS THAT WE HAVE TO ADJUST.
SO AGAIN, I MEAN, I JUST, I JUST WANT TO SAY IF YOU HAVE A GREAT FINANCIAL TEAM HERE AND, UM, THERE WOULD BE APPLAUDED FOR THEIR EFFORTS.
WE DID HAVE ONE RECOMMENDATION.
I JUST RELATES TO THE CALCULATION OF INDIRECT COST OVER TITLE ONE, THE AMOUNT WAS TOTALLY IN MATERIAL.
UM, BUT WE DO RECOMMEND THAT, UM, MAYBE SHE COULD STRENGTHEN IN TOTAL CONTROLS IN REGARD TO THAT AREA TO IMPROVE THAT PROCESS GOING FORWARD.
UM, IF YOU'LL SKIP TO SLIDE 11, WHICH IS THE ONE THAT HAS THE FIRST GRAPH ON IT.
SO THIS IS JUST A FIVE-YEAR HISTORY OF YOUR REVENUES, UM, UH, TRANSFERS IN AND EXPENDITURES OR TRANSFERS OUT AND YOUR GENERAL FUND, BECAUSE THAT'S THE HEARTBEAT FUND OF ANY GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS KIND OF SHOWS THE HISTORY.
UM, SO FOR 2021, YOU'LL SEE THAT YOUR REVENUES SLIGHTLY EXCEEDED YOUR EXPENDITURES.
UM, WHEN I WAS LOOKING AT THIS EARLIER, YOU HAD ABOUT 200 AND, UM, I THINK IT WAS CLOSE TO $258 MILLION IN REVENUES FOR FISCAL YEAR 21, ABOUT 200 PEAKS, 2,216 MILLION, EXCUSE ME, AND EXPENDITURES FOR THE YEAR, MAKE FIVE, PLEASE.
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THIS KIND OF HIS SHOWS YOU A HISTORY, A FIVE-YEAR HISTORY OF YOUR CHANGE IN FUND BALANCE.THIS IS NOT YOUR ACTUAL PHONE BALANCE AT THE END OF THIS YEAR, BUT THE CHANGE IN TIME BALANCE.
SO LAST YEAR YOU COULD TELL THAT YOU ALL WERE VERY FISCALLY CONSERVATIVE BECAUSE YOU REALLY KNOW WHAT WAS, WHAT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN AS A G 30 OF 2020.
AND THEN THIS YEAR, YOU STILL, UM, WE'RE IN THE POSITIVE, AS FAR AS YOUR REVENUES IS SEEING YOUR EXPENDITURES BY ABOUT 5.8 MILLION.
SO THIS KIND OF SAYS YOU HISTORY YOUR FUND BALANCE.
SO RIGHT NOW , YOU HAD FOUND BALANCE OF ABOUT $50.5 MILLION.
AND IF YOU THINK ABOUT THAT, YOUR ANNUAL EXPENDITURES IN 2021 WERE ABOUT 252 MILLION.
THAT MEANS THAT YOU HAD ABOUT 28, UH, 20% OF YOUR ANNUAL EXPENDITURES IN FUND BALANCE, OR RESERVES AS OF 6 30, 21.
NOW REMEMBER THAT ONE DAY IN TIME, AND ALSO SOME BALANCES JELLY EQUAL CASH, BUT THAT JUST, THAT JUST SHOWS YOU HOW HEALTHY AND HOW STRONG YOUR DISTRICT IS AT THIS TIME.
UM, I DO WANT TO POINT OUT TWO IMPORTANT GADSBY PRONOUNCEMENTS GASSY IS THE FINANCIAL REGULATORY BODY FOR GOVERNMENTAL ENTITIES KIND OF TELLS US WHAT TO DO AND HOW TO REPORT IT THIS YEAR.
YOU ALL IMPLEMENTED AGAINST THE 84 HAVING TO DO WITH CDCI ACTIVITIES.
SO THOSE OF YOU WHO MIGHT BE FAMILIAR WITH THE ANNUAL REPORT, WE'LL NOTICE THAT, UM, THE REPORTING OF THE PEOPLE ACTIVITY FUNDS MOVE.
NOW, IT'S THIS REPORTER, THERE'S A SPECIAL REVENUE FUND THAT WILL GET SUPPORTED UP IN A COLUMN WITH YOUR GENERAL FUND AND WITH YOUR EIA FUNDS AND SPECIAL PROGRAMS, ET CETERA.
AND THEN THE NEXT THING IS IT'S KIND OF COMING UP, WILL BE IMPLEMENTED IN 2022.
SO THAT'S THE YEAR YOU'RE IN NOW HAS TO DO WITH LEASES.
UM, IT PRETTY MUCH GETS FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE FAMILIAR WITH CAPITAL VERSUS OPERATING LEASE, THIS KIND OF GETS RID OF THE DELINEATION BETWEEN THE TWO AND SAY, ANYTIME YOU HAVE ANY KIND OF RIGHT TO USE OF AN ASSET YOU'LL RECORD THAT ACTUALLY OWN YOUR BOAT ON YOUR BALANCE SHEET VERSUS SOME LEASES IN THE PAST, YOU JUST RECORDED LIKE RENT AS AN OPERATING EXPENSE MONTH TO MONTH.
SO THAT WILL BE THE BIG STANDARD THAT WE'LL SEE IT IMPLEMENTED IN 2022.
AND THEN LATER ON, IT MIGHT BE A COUPLE OF SLIDES OVER GEZI, 96.
YOU WANT TO ADVANCE A COUPLE OF FIVES, PLEASE.
96 HAS TO DO WITH SUSPICION BASE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY ARRANGEMENTS.
SO THIS IS THE, LIKE YOUR, UM, LONG-TERM RIGHT.
EASE FOR SOME OF YOUR SOFTWARE, SOME OF YOUR DIGITAL LEARNING PLATFORMS. AND ESSENTIALLY THAT WILL BE RECORDED PRETTY MUCH LIKE A CAPITAL ASSET OR LIKE A LEASE WHERE YOU RECORD A LIABILITY FOR YOUR LONG-TERM OBLIGATION.
WHENEVER YOU SIGN A FIVE-YEAR AGREEMENT TO USE WHATEVER PLATFORM IT MIGHT BE, UM, FOR DIGITAL LEARNING AND YOU'LL HAVE TO RECORD THE OFFSETTING ASSETS.
SO THOSE ARE JUST THE HIGHLIGHTS.
I DO HAVE SOME MORE MATERIAL IN THERE THAT I ALWAYS SAY, IS IT GOOD BEDTIME READING IN THE PROPO IN MY PRESENTATION, BUT THOSE WERE THE THINGS THAT I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT I COMMUNICATED WITH YOU ALL AGAIN TODAY.
UM, I JUST APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME AND SPEAK.
AND AGAIN, I CAN'T PRAISE YOUR FINANCE TEAM ENOUGH.
UM, AND WHEN YOU APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH THEM, I'LL BE GLAD TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS IF THERE ARE ANY, UM, WELL , HE BROUGHT HER BACK TO WHEREVER IT IS I RECEIVED.
AS WELL AS WE MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ITEM ON THE SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT, IT'S, UM, OTHER MATTERS ORIGINALLY, UH, THE ADDRESS, UH, SCHOOL BREATH, I WANT TO ADDRESS, UM, COVID UPDATE THINGS.
SO AS YOU KNOW, LAST WEEK WE HAD SCHOOL CANVASES, BUT NOT BUILDING WALLS.
AND AS I SAID EARLIER, WE TAKE THESE MATTERS VERY SERIOUSLY.
WHEN WE COLLABORATED WITH OTHER LAW ENFORCEMENT PARTNERS TO INVESTIGATE, I WANT TO THANK OUR SCHOOL PERSONNEL FOR THEIR ACTIONS, DISTRICT PERSONNEL THAT WE LEARNED INTO OUR SCHOOLS AND OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT PARTNERS.
THEN ADDITIONALLY, I WOULD LIKE TO THANK OUR PARENTS FOR THEIR SUPPORT AND ENGAGING WITH THEIR STUDENTS AROUND THESE THREATS.
I MEAN, OUR, WHAT WE'LL CALL THE PARENTS AND ON FRIDAY ASKING THEM,
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UH, SHARING INFORMATION, ASKING THEM, PLEASE ENGAGE THROUGH OUR SHOOTINGS, UH, WITH RESPECT TO THE SPREAD AND MAKE SURE THAT THEY UNDERSTAND THE IMPACT, UH, THAT THESE INCIDENTS HAVE THE GRAVITY OF THESE INCIDENTS.THIS IS ONE EXAMPLE HOW A PARENT OR SCHOOLS OR PLACE OF LEARNING AND SCHOOL DISTRICT PERSONNEL, AS WELL AS LAW ENFORCEMENT.
THESE TYPES OF ACTIONS, ALL SCHOOL DISTRICTS, UH, LAW ENFORCEMENT, SCHOOL, DISTRICT PERSONNEL, LAW ENFORCEMENT, WHATEVER NECESSARY RESOURCES, STUDENTS, PARENTS, AND EMPLOYEE, AND NORRIS AND MILD ANXIETY OR OPPORTUNITY, OR, OR HELP SEIZE THOSE TYPES OF THINGS SO THAT OUR FOCUS REMAINS ON ACADEMICS AND INSTRUCTION.
OUR KIDS ONLY COOK IT UP DATE.
OUR NUMBERS REMAIN LOW, WHICH IS OBVIOUSLY A MAJOR THING FOR LAST WEEK IN THE SCHOOL SYSTEM REPORTED THAT HE HAD ONE POSITIVE STAFF MEMBER, ONE WARRANTYING STAFF, 15 POSITIVE STUDENTS, 58 TEAMS, STUDENTS ALONG WITH ALL OF OUR STUDENTS, FAMILIES AND EMPLOYEES ARE WONDERFUL AND SAFE HOLIDAY SEASON.
SO TODAY'S THE ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF THE FIRST DOSE OF THE VACCINE, WHICH I THINK IS EXCITING.
UM, WHEN WE COME BACK IN JANUARY, WE'RE STILL GOING TO BE DOING THE QUARANTINE OF POD HEALTHY VACCINATED, OR NOT HEALTHY AND ASYMPTOMATIC STUDENTS, BECAUSE RIGHT NOW, 15 STUDENTS ARE DATA ORIENTED.
AND SO THERE'S ONE STUDENT OR QUARANTINED EVERYONE POSITIVE.
YEAH, WELL, WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING IN THE NEXT, UH, EVEN OVER ALL DAY, WE'RE GOING TO STAY ENGAGED WITH OUR, UH, WHAT THE HECK AND, AND OUR ORIGIN HE HAD, WHICH, UM, INDICATED A BEEN MONITORING AND REVIEWING THAT INFORMATION, WHICH WAS, WHICH IS WHAT YOU'RE GETTING AT, WHICH IS THE APAC, UM, UH, UH, FOREIGN DEAN.
HOW MANY, THOSE MORE THINGS ACTUALLY, UH, WE SAW POSITIVE AT THIS JUNCTURE THAT IS STILL THEIR RECOMMENDATION.
AND WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO IS WORK WITH THEM, LOOK AT IT, SEE IF THEY'RE, UH, YOU KNOW, OTHER POSSIBILITIES THAT PROVIDE FOR A SAFE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT.
UH, THIS IS A TERM OF WHAT YOU DO.
I SPOKE AT A CO-BRAND ON SUNDAY AND, UM, AS WELL.
AND, UH, I HAD THE PARENTS WHO WERE VERY APPRECIATIVE AND THEY WOULD GET SOME INFORMATION TO KNOW THAT THE SCHOOL SHE WAS DOING THERE , UM, THAT THEY WERE APPRECIATIVE , ALSO SCHOOLS THAT HAD A SPECIFIC GRANTS AND INFORMATION ON THAT ARE, ARE SUPPOSED TO WORK CLOSELY WITH OUR COMMUNICATIONS TEAM AND COMMUNICATE WITH, UH, WHERE THE REAL STUDENTS AS WELL AT THAT SCHOOL.
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UH, CALENDAR AND SCORE THE CALENDAR I'M HERE.AND IT HAD A QUESTION IN REGARD TO THAT WHOLE DAY BUDGET WORK SESSION, AND THEN THE BUSINESS DOCUMENTS GOING TO BE TO CERTIFY THAT, THAT IT, I KNOW IN THE PAST WE HAD MULTIPLE DAYS MEETINGS OF COMPENSATIONS IN REGARDS TO THAT.
AND I DIDN'T KNOW IF THERE WAS A SPECIFIC FORMAT THAT WE HAD MAYBE DROPPED OUT.
I OUTLINE, I KNOW WHERE IT'S ALSO COME THROUGH BY HIS COMMITTEE AND
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SOME ITERATIONS.SO I'M JUST WONDERING WHAT IS THE PROCESS LOOK LIKE THIS YEAR? BECAUSE I DO RECOGNIZE THAT HAVING THE, THAT FULL DAY OR THE LUNCH IT ALONE, UM, IT'S A LOT, SO, BUT I THINK THAT'S A GOOD RESPONSE MS. CROSBY OR RESPOND TO BLOB IS CURRENTLY OUT OF THE COUNTY.
WON'T DO THAT TO SPECIFICALLY, UM, TO THE BUDGET.
UH, THEY, UH, UH, TOM IS YES, ACTUALLY, UH, ROBIN AND I DID WORK VERY CLOSELY, UH, BASED ON HIS SCHEDULE THAT WE HAVE IN OUR FINANCE DEPARTMENT.
UM, WE HAVE A VERY DETAILED SCHEDULE OF OUR PER OUR WORK.
UM, AND SO REALLY THE INFORMATION I DO INTEND TO COME FORWARD TO THE BOARD, UH, MULTIPLE ITERATIONS THROUGHOUT THE SPRING.
UM, GENERALLY, UH, I GIVE A UPDATE IN, UH, MAYBE A BRIEF UPDATE IN FEBRUARY.
UH, AND THEN WE HAVE A LITTLE MORE INFORMATION IN MARCH.
GENERALLY REVENUE INFORMATION COMES IN THE LAST WEEK OF MARCH.
SO WE'RE REALLY MAKING A LOT OF PROJECTIONS AT THAT POINT.
AND AS WE MOVE THROUGH INTO THE APRIL TIME FRAME, WE HAVE A LOT MORE DETAILS.
SO I DO INTEND TO, UH, PROVIDE UPDATES AT YOUR REGULAR BUSINESS SESSIONS, UH, AS THE INFORMATION COMES AVAILABLE.
UH, I DIDN'T WANT TO LOCK US INTO A SPECIFIC, UH, DATE OF ADDITIONAL MEETINGS AND THAT SORT OF THING.
I WANTED TO PROVIDE THE DOOR BOARD SOME FLEXIBILITY TO HAVE ANY SPECIAL CALLED MEETINGS THAT YOU MAY NEED, UM, BASED ON THE TIMING OF EVENTS, THAT INFORMATION.
SO, UM, JUST WANTED TO PROVIDE SOME FLEXIBILITY, BUT I DO HAVE INTENTIONS OF BRINGING IN REGULAR UPDATES IN, UH, IN THE SPRING TIMEFRAME TO BE OTHER UPDATES COMING FORWARD DURING THE SPRING KIND OF GRAIN.
THE QUESTION THAT I DO HAVE ALSO IS DOES THAT MAY 3RD DATE AT THE BUSINESS SESSION ALSO ARE GOING TO BE CERTIFIED IN THE BUDGET, IS THAT APRIL 22ND, BECAUSE WE TEND TO BE SURROGATE THE WHOLE DELEGATION, THEIR REPRESENTATIVES, YOU MAY GET THAT WRONG AND THEY SHOULD ADD SOME TIMES.
UM, SO BECAUSE THIS IS MY LAST NEW YARD OFFICIALLY, THIS IS IT.
AND MY FIRST YEAR IN OFFICE, I DON'T KNOW WHERE THE SIC COMMUNITY STAPLERS BEING COMES FROM.
I'VE GONE TO TWO, THE FIRST ONE ON A SPLIT INTO THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL GROUP.
THE SECOND ONE, I WAS IN A HIGH SCHOOL GROUP.
BOTH TIMES, THERE WAS SOME CONFUSION AS TO WHO WAS IN CHARGE.
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WERE MEMBERS OF THE SSE.IT WAS A ODD, IT FELT LIKE AN ODD, AWKWARD COCKTAIL PARTY WORK, WHICH WAS SORT OF BAKING CONVERSATION.
UM, SO, UM, SO MY QUESTION IS, AND I NOTICED I'M TRYING TO STAY ON TOPIC WITH THE COUNSELOR.
OBVIOUSLY SOME OF THESE THINGS, YOUR PATH IS TWICE A YEAR, BUT IF THEY'RE ON OUR OFFICIAL CALENDAR, BUT I'M CONFUSED AS TO WHAT'S THE CHARGE WITH THEM, WHAT YOUR PURPOSE IS, HOW YOU KNOW, ALL THAT, THAT CAN GO TO LIKE A WORK SESSION.
MAYBE WE CAN TALK ABOUT HOW TO DO IT, BUT DID SOMEONE TELL ME WHY IT'S ON OUR CHALLENGE OR IS IT AN ARM THING TO BE PUT ON? IT'S ALL I CAN TELL YOU.
UM, AS A BOARD, I THINK HAS JUST BEEN SOMETHING THAT HAS BEEN A PAST PRACTICE AND HAS BEEN DONE THAT WAY FOR YEARS, UH, HAVING THESE MEETINGS FOR A YEAR AND REALLY FOR THE BOARD OF EDUCATION TO HEAR, AND FOR OUR SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT COUNCILS THROUGHOUT THE, THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT, YOU KNOW, WHAT, WHAT IF OR CONCERNS OR WHAT THEY FEEL IS IMPORTANT? AND IT GIVES THEM A VOICE THROUGH THE BOARD.
UM, MY CONCERNS, THIS TALKING TO SIC CHAIRS, NONE OF THEM SHOW UP BECAUSE THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT WE'RE DOING.
AND SOME OF THE QUESTIONS LIKE THAT WE HAD THIS LAST ROUND, I WAS IN THE HIGH SCHOOL GROUP.
THE QUESTIONS DIDN'T REALLY APPLY AS MUCH TO THE HIGH SCHOOL GROUP, YOU KNOW, AND, AND I'M SURE THAT A QUESTION ABOUT ROTC THAT WOULDN'T BE APPROPRIATE FOR THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL GROUPS.
SO I JUST WONDERING IF WE WANT TO LEAVE ON THE CALENDAR, THAT'S FINE.
IT'S NOT GOING TO HOLD UP AS SUPPORT FOR VOTED ON CALENDAR, BUT I THOUGHT IT MIGHT BE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SAY, MAYBE WE SEE THE DELEGATION DREAM.
I THINK WE NEED TO LOOK AT HOW WE'RE DOING, BECAUSE I DON'T THINK IT SERVES US WELL TO HAVE AN SSC COMMUNITY THAT NOBODY SHOWS UP TO.
IT'S ALSO VERY, IT'S VERY HARD TO GET THE, UH, DEVELOP THE AGENDA BECAUSE THEY DRAG, YOU KNOW, I REALLY APPRECIATE IT AS I SEE IT'S, I DON'T WANT TO SAY, UM, THERE WAS A WONDERFUL TO OUR SCHOOLS.
WE WANT A POOL, I'LL HAVE A UNI EVOLVE AND TO IMPROVE OUR SCHOOLS, BUT MAYBE BECAUSE THERE'S A SORT OF A, IT'S NOT CLEARLY DEFINED WHAT THIS MEETING IS, IS, IS TO ACCOMPLISH HARD FOR THE BOARD OFFICERS TO YET BE TAPPED PROBABLY AS ICS TO DEVELOP THE AGENDA.
SO THAT MAKES IT LIKE, AT A LAST MINUTE, LIKE WHEN THIS LAST MEETING I WAS, UH, NOW THAT HONESTLY I WAS INVOLVED WITH THE ACADEMIC SETTING, UM, I LEFT NOW AND, UM, I REALLY THOUGHT THAT IT HAD TO ULTIMATELY TURN TO DO A REALLY FIC AUDIT.
AND I HAVE YOU AS MENTIONED TO SESSIONS TO TALK ABOUT HOW WE ENGAGE WITH THE SIC AND SEE IF THERE'S CAUSE EVERYTHING I HATE ABOUT THAT STROKE.
THE OTHER THING I FIND IS TERRIBLE IS THAT THE ADMINISTRATORS SHOW UP AND THEY'RE NOT SURE WHAT THEY'RE DOING AND THEY'RE THERE FOR AN HOUR AND A HALF ON IT.
SO I DON'T WANT TO BURDEN THE ADMINISTRATION.
SO MAYBE YOU CAN PUT IT ON A WORK SESSION, CAN BE REVAMPED THIS PROCESS WITH THE CALENDAR ON IT.
WELL, THE REALITY OF IT IS YOU REALLY HAVE IMPROVED.
IT'S BOTH THE TWO BASICALLY SCHOOL PERSONNEL SHOWING UP TO THE SIC MEETINGS.
YOU'RE NOT GETTING SIC I DON'T KNOW IF WE WANT TO ENGAGE WITH THEM.
WE HAVE TO FIND A DIFFERENT FORUM TO WORK THAT'S DOING NOW IS GETTING EDUCATED AS WE'RE ON SITE.
AND WE REALLY WANT THEM TO THE AGENDA FOR THE EDUCATORS, THE EDUCATORS, AND, YOU KNOW, SO WE CAN ALL COLLABORATE WITH, THIS IS WHAT YOU'RE SEEING.
THIS IS WHAT WE SAY IS WHAT WE CAN DO, BUT, UH, THAT'S NOT GOOD FOR YEAH.
OR MAYBE WE CAN DESIGN SOMETHING DIFFERENTLY THE LAST FEW YEARS.
IT'S BASICALLY BEEN THE TEACHERS RIGHT NOW AND I STARTED .
SO, UM, I WANT TO COMMENT TO THE, UM, YOU KNOW, THIS GRAPH, THE JESSICA, UH, CAN YOU SEE BY LORD? I DON'T MEAN JUST RECENTLY AND I, FOR EXAMPLE, ALREADY HAVE
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AREA OR THE BOTTOM WEEKS AWAY.UM, SO WHAT I'VE HEARD THUS FAR AROUND IS THAT, UM, ONE OF US, AT LEAST , I'D LIKE TO HAVE A DISCUSSION ABOUT THE, HOW WE'RE GOING TO ENGAGE WITH THE DSIC, PERHAPS IT AT OUR FIRST WORK SESSION OR THIS YEAR, AND ALSO LIKE, UH, AS YOU CAMPBELL, UM, UH, UH, UH, DISCUSSION WITH OUR LEGISLATIVE DELEGATION.
SO WE DO IS IT'S CALLED OUR VOTE TONIGHT HERE.
AND SHE'S THE ONE THAT REALLY IS INSTRUMENTAL IN DEVELOPING THIS, GO BACK TO HER AND SAY, THESE ARE THE, THE, UM, YOU KNOW, ISSUES RAISED.
AND SO WE DID, YOU WANT TO POSTPONE OUR, OUR GOALS ON IMPROVING IT, AND WE CONSIDER THESE THINGS.
AND I HEARD AT OUR FIRST MEETING IN JANUARY, WE WILL ADDRESS THAT.
AND WE HAD THAT MEETING OF DECEMBER 20TH, SO THAT'S NOT TOO FAR AWAY.
AND, UM, I THINK I HAD TO DO THE BEST THING TO DO, BUT YOU HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR.
UM, UH, IN TERMS OF I HAD TO, UH, UM, IN TERMS OF WHAT WAS GOING ON SEVERAL ALSO ON THE LAST MILE THAT I'D BE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH.
AND MR. TOLD ME THAT I FIGURED OUT THAT I ASKED THEM TO MEET WITH THE SCHOOL BOARD OPPORTUNITY TO GO, NOT JUST IN TERMS OF .
SO THEN JUST AS WELL, I NEED TO, AND SHIT, I GOTTA HAVE .
AND SO AT THE TIME HE WAS PUT OF HERE AND TOBY WOULD TURN THAT KEY TO HAVE A .
AND HE SAID THAT HE TOO, HE SAID, UM, HE GOES AND I HAVEN'T GOT TO THOSE MEETINGS.
SO YOU ASKED ME WHAT WERE THE BACK AND FORTH? HOW DID THAT AT SOME POINT IN TIME THAT I NEED A WHOLE BOARD SHOULD LEAD, UH, SHE SHOULD LEAD AND ALSO DISCUSS WITH ONE TIME WHO WILL BE A YEAR.
UH, SHE ALSO HAVE HAD AN ATTITUDE, SO YOU'RE, IF YOU WANT TO HAVE A MEETING HERE'S AND THAT HAS BEEN HAPPENING, THAT'S HAPPENED THE LAST FEW YEARS.
UM, SPECIFICALLY I HAVE NO KNOWLEDGE OF RECEIVING ANY EMAIL FROM MR. MANAGER, IF HE WANTS A MEETING WITH AND PICK UP THE PHONE AND I'LL ANSWER MY PHONE, BUT I DON'T, I DON'T HAVE ANY KNOWLEDGE ABOUT THAT.
SO EXCUSE ME, ONE OF THE, THE, THE, THE COUNCIL OR THE BOARD DYSSOMNIAS ON, UH, OUR, OUR MUTUAL, UH, MEETING.
WE DIDN'T, AS I RECALL VOTED THAT IT WOULD BE YES.
UH, UH, THE OFFICER, UH, I THINK IT WAS IN THE FINANCE COMMITTEE CHAIR OR WHATEVER, IT WAS JUST THE MEMBERS AND THEY WERE EQUIVALENT ON A TABLE OR SEVERAL, WE HAVE HAD MEETINGS, UM, AND YOU SERVE TODAY ORDERS, UH, WAITED ON THAT.
UM, AND SO WE WERE GONNA PUT THESE HERE THAT WE'RE MEETING WITH, FOR EXAMPLE, THE DELEGATION OR COUNTY COUNCIL.
I MEAN, NOW YOU HAVE TO BE SOMETHING THAT WE'VE BEEN HAVING, WE NEEDED TO PUT ON MY CALENDAR, SAY, YOU GOTTA BE HERE.
WE'VE GOTTA REACH OUT TO THEM AND SEE, SEE, YOU KNOW, IN THE PAST THEY ARE, THEY, IT'S NOT EFFICIENT TO HAVE, UH, 20 TO 400 PLUS STAFF.
I NEED TO FEEL IT WAS DECIDED THAT THIS IS NOT OKAY.
UH, IN RESPONSE TO THAT, UM, OFFICER
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WITH YOU OFFICER THAT'S BEING AN SPECIFICALLY, UM, IN TERMS OF BOARDS, MEETING, UH, BOARD MEMBERS., IF YOU WANT TO APPEAL THE SHARES APPROVAL THAT YOU WERE GOING TO VOTE ON THIS BOAT ON THE MOTION, YOU'RE NOT UP TO DISCUSSION NOW THAT YOU'VE BEEN TO THE WORK WILL ALL BE DONE TO ADD IT ON TO MAKING SURE IF WE WILL HAVE OUR SUPPORT, THAT IS WHAT IS, IT WILL BE ACCURATE AS WELL.
SO , I JUST HAD ONE QUESTION BECAUSE IF WE DO THE, POSTPONE IT UNTIL THE JANUARY 4TH ITEM, THAT'S ON THAT MEETING FOR OFFICERS, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IS THAT'S BEEN HISTORICAL.
THAT WOULD BE THAT, THAT FIRST MEETING HE, OR IS THAT STILL GOING TO RETURN? BOTH SHOULD, BECAUSE WE'LL HAVE TO, FOR SURE.
I KNOW FOR A SECOND, THERE WERE ONE-ON-ONE YES.
PHONE MEETING CALENDAR IS, UH, UH, UNDER THIS PRODUCT, MR. WALTON.
THANK YOU, BOARD MEMBERS FOR, UM, GIVEN THE ADMINISTRATION AND THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT THIS RECOMMENDATION TO YOU TONIGHT ON BEHALF OF THE WONDERFUL STAFF THAT WE HAVE IN BEAVER COUNTY, WE HAVE APPROXIMATELY 3000 EMPLOYEES AND THEY ALL WORK VERY HARD AND DILIGENTLY, AND WE ALL KNOW THAT ONE OF US CAN'T DO THE JOB ALONE.
IT IS A TEAM EFFORT AND STRUGGLING THROUGH THIS PAST YEAR WITH THE PANDEMIC, IT HAS BEEN CHALLENGING.
IT HAS BEEN STRESSFUL, AND IT HAS BEEN HARD ON OUR STAFF AND IT INCLUDES ALL STAFF.
IT STARTS WITH THE BUS DRIVERS, AND IT GOES ALL THE WAY UP TO THE PRINCIPALS.
IF YOU WILL REMEMBER, UH, A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO, YOU VOTED TO APPROVE, UH, UM, $1,000 STIPEND FOR TEACHERS WHO HAD TO PUT IN AN EXTRA EFFORT TO DO TEACHING BOTH WAYS IN PERSON, AS WELL AS VIRTUAL.
I AM HERE TONIGHT TO REQUEST THAT SAYS TEACHERS, UM, HAD TO DO THIS WORK DIFFERENTLY.
THEY NEEDED SUPPORT FROM STAFF THAT WAS IN THE BUILDING, THE NURSES, THE TEACHER ASSISTANCE, THE PRINCIPALS THAT MINISTRATION AND OFFICE, EVERYONE HAD TO PUT THEIR, UH, ABILITIES
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ON THE LINE IN ORDER TO MAKE THIS WORK AS A TEAM.AND WE HAVE GREAT EMPLOYEES, THEY ALL STEPPED UP, NO ONE COMPLAINED AND THEY ALL DID IT WITHOUT ANY EXTRA MONEY.
THEY ALL DID IT WITH THEIR REGULAR PAY.
SO TONIGHT WE ARE REQUESTING THAT THE BOARD APPROVES A $1,000 STIPEND, ONE TIME STIPEND FOR CLASSIFIED STAFF, PROFESSIONAL STAFF AND ADMINISTRATORS, MR. CROSBY IS HERE TO TALK ABOUT FINANCES AND HOW IT IS TO BE PAID.
I BELIEVE YOU HAVE THE DOCUMENT AND BOARD DOCS TO BREAK DOWN WHERE IT'S COMING FROM AND WHERE IT GOES, WHICH CLASS OF EMPLOYEE RECEIVES THE AMOUNTS OF MONEY.
I WILL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE.
I, THE DISCUSSION I'LL RESPECTFULLY BLESS THE IVY LEFT OUT OF THAT DEMONSTRATED.
UM, I WANT, I WANTED YOU TO CLARIFY THAT IT'S TO BE FUNDED FROM THE GENERALS ON BUDGETARY SAVINGS, AS YOU CAN CLARIFY WHAT THAT MEANS.
A SAVINGS THAT WE HAVE HERE FOR TWO VACANCIES SO FAR THIS YEAR, UM, AND AS, UH, SUBSTITUTES TRAVEL HAS BEEN, UH, IS STILL AT A DRASTICALLY REDUCED TIMEFRAME, UH, LEVEL, UM, AS OF THIS HALF OF THE SCHOOL YEAR.
SO THERE WERE MULTIPLE AREAS THERE, UH, WITH PRIMARILY, UM, UH, VACANCIES AND IN OUR POSITIONS AT THIS TIME, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO PAY A ONE-TIME EMPLOYEE ALMOST TO OPTION TWO, ALL FULL-TIME STAFF PROVIDE MADAM CHAIR.
WE HAVE A PROPOSED MOTION FOR MR. SMITH.
UH , NOT TO SEE 12 MILLION AND AUTHORIZE THE ADMINISTRATION TO GAUGE THE MOST .
UM, MY QUESTION IS , UM, STIPENDS OR BONUSES THERE WASN'T A LOT OF CONVERSATION ABOUT, UM, THE ACTIVE EMPLOYEE PART OF IT.
SO THIS STATES THAT IT WILL BE PAID TO A ONE-TIME BONUS TO ACT AS FULL-TIME, AND THEN LET'S STOP THE TYPES OF EMPLOYEES.
SO ACTIVE AS WHEN, AS ON WHAT TIME, UM, THE DATE, UH, OF THE PAYMENT, UH, THE, THE DATA FILE WILL BE POLLED, UM, JUST, UH, SHORTLY BEFORE, UH, PROBABLY THE DAY BEFORE PAYMENT IS ACTUALLY MADE.
AND THAT DATE WOULD BE, UH, ANY ACTIVE EMPLOYEES AT THAT TIME AT THE TIME OF PAYMENT WOULD BE, UH, ELIGIBLE FOR THE BONUS.
IT HADN'T BEEN JANUARY OF 20, 22.
UM, YEAH, ASSUMING THAT INFORMATION, UM, I KNOW THAT WE HAVE, UH, BONUSES OR ADDITIONAL MONEY, YOUR TEACHERS THAT WERE FLYER BED.
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UM, THIS IS GOING TO STAB YOU.SO ARE THERE TEACHERS THAT WOULD BE LEFT THAT YOU'RE NOT GETTING ANY, THIS IS EVERETT.
RODRIGUEZ, WOULD YOU LIKE FOR ME TO ANSWER, WILL YOU, NO.
I WANT YOU TO GO AHEAD AND ANSWER AND CLARIFY WHO IS THIS FOR? AND, AND THEN RESPOND TO.
SO THIS BONUS IS FOR EVERYONE WHO'S NOT CLASSIFIED AS A CLASSROOM TEACHER, SO IT DOESN'T NECESSARILY MEAN THAT THEY'RE NOT CERTIFIED BECAUSE YOU HAVE ADMINISTRATORS THAT ARE CERTIFIED, BUT THEY'RE NOT CLASSIFIED AS A CLASSROOM TEACHER, ALL CLASSROOM TEACHERS RECEIVED THE DUAL MODALITY STIPEND.
SO ALL OF THEM, WHETHER THEY ACTUALLY DIDN'T LOAD DOWN.
AND HE'S CALLED THE PERSONAL ISSUE REPORT.
YOU SAW ALL THE VACANCIES, ALL THOSE DAYS ARE BUDGETED POSITIONS THAT HADN'T BEEN PAID.
SO WHAT IS HAPPENING? THEY ARE TAKING MONEY THAT WAS PROBABLY SET FOR ALL OF THOSE VACANCIES AND GETTING IT, THE PEOPLE THAT HAD DO WITH THE SHORTAGES.
SO THIS IS, THIS IS A BUDGET NEUTRAL.
UM, JUST IN CASE YOU WERE WONDERING WHY I COULDN'T COME OUT A SALARY AND THEN A PORTION OF THE BUDGET AND IT'S IN ONE BIG POT.
SO IT'S REALLY BUDGET NEUTRAL.
IF YOU'RE HEAR I'M HERE TO SUPPORT THIS IN THE LAST RECENT BALL FIRE IN YOUR, AS WE HAD IN THE PREVIOUS BONDS, IT'S NOT JUST BECAUSE THEY'RE EMPLOYED ON .
AND I THINK WE HAD A WORRYING LAST TIME, SIX MONTHS.
I CAN'T REMEMBER WHAT IT WAS EXACTLY.
UM, , UH, I JUST CAN'T SEE PAYING A THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR SOMEBODY TO HIRE AND WANT US TO MEET JUST BECAUSE WE FORGOT, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER IT WAS FOR IT'S FOR THE SACRIFICE THAT YOU HAVE TO MAKE.
SO YOU HAVE TO MAKE THAT SACRIFICE TO GET THEM ON.
YOU JUST NEED TO GIVE THAT WORD FOR SOME INSURANCE, MS. AND, UH, THERE'S MULTIPLE, MR. .
WHAT WE WOULD HAVE TO DETERMINE IS HOW MUCH SACRIFICE ARE WE LOOKING FOR? HOW MANY DAYS ARE WE LOOKING FOR THAT WOULD NEED TO BE PERMANENT.
I WOULD IMAGINE BY A GROUP OF, UM, PRINCIPALS, AS WELL AS ADMINISTRATORS TO, TO COME UP WITH A FAIR ASSESSMENT OF WHAT THAT SACRIFICE HAS, HAS TO BE.
I HAVE A QUESTION, BUT BEFORE I THINK THINGS SAY HOW LONG THE SACRIFICE HAS VAT, WHAT WE'RE CONCERNED ABOUT.
CAUSE I KNOW THIS HAS COME UP WITH OTHER STIPENDS, WE GET A BUNCH OF PEOPLE QUIT, YOU KNOW, AS SOON AS THE STIPENDS PAID OUT.
SO, YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST MORE A QUESTION OF MAKING SURE THAT THE RIGHT PEOPLE GET THE, UM, THE PAST DOLLAR BONUS.
MY QUESTION IS, AND I'M GOING TO SOUND LIKE A BROKEN RECORD HERE.
IF YOUR WARRANTY IS GOING FORWARD, ARE WE CHARGED? IS THE STATE LAW STILL REQUIRING US TO PAY A THOUSAND DOLLARS AND TO BE ABLE TO PAY A SECOND TIME? BUT THE SECOND SEMESTER, YES, SIR.
WE, WE, THE STATE REQUIREMENT IS COMPENSATION OR, OR WE'LL PUT A YEAR NOW THE STATION YOU'RE ASKING IF THE REQUIREMENT IS OKAY, IS THERE SOMETHING I'M SORRY, I WAS THINKING A LOT AS OF LAST SEMESTER.
SO I HAVE TO MAKE SURE THIS IS A ONE-TIME AND IT'S NOT SOMETHING WE'RE GOING TO REPEAT.
UM, IN THE SECOND WE DID A SIMILAR IN THE LAST YEAR OR ON SIDE, BUT WE DID IT AT THIS TIME.
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UM, JUST TOTALLY BE IN WHATEVER WE'RE GOING TO GRAB FROM FOUR DOTS ON THE, IT WAS THE ALTERNATIVE MOST IN BERKELEY VOTERS IS BACK ON MAY FOUR.UM, AND THE LOTION WAS MADE AND HOW TO IN A TIME PERIOD OF, UH, THE REQUIREMENT OF THE STAFF WERE 120 DAYS TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR THE BONUS.
UM, THE REQUIREMENTS THAT ESSENTIAL EMPLOYEES HAVE BEEN EXCLUDED.
SO IT WAS 120 DAYS WAS KIND OF THAT CHOCOLATE TIME THAT WAS ADDED THERE, NOT, THIS WAS BACK IN MAY THAT WE STARTED THIS, UM, MS. SHRUNK, YOU CAN GO IN THE HOLE, WE APPLY THE SAME CRITERIA.
THAT WAS WHY, UM, THE LAST TIME, NO, SIR.
UH, SINCE WE ARE, UM, UM, UH, IN A SHORTER OR EARLIER IN THE TIMEFRAME, SO 120 DAYS WOULD NOT APPLY TO THIS.
UM, I DO NOT HAVE A NUMBER OF DAYS, UM, READILY AVAILABLE THIS EVENING TO PROVIDE TO YOU FOR THOSE THAT WORKED THROUGH, UH, THE CURRENT DATE.
UM, I WOULD SAY, I KNOW WE'VE PASSED SURPASS THE 45TH DAY, BUT THE 90TH DAY WILL BE EARLY IN JANUARY.
SO, UM, I BELIEVE IT'S THE 14TH, BUT I COULD BE WRONG ON THAT.
SO I HAVE TO DOUBLE CHECK AND MS. PROBABLY I THINK 120 OUT OF 180 DAYS IS ABOUT 66% AND WE APPLY 67%.
THAT I'M TRYING TO LOOK AT SOMETHING TO STAY THERE.
SO, UM, SOMEBODY WANT TO MAKE AN AMENDMENT.
I JUST HAD SOME CLARIFICATION HERE.
UM, THIS IS A BONUS FOR ANYONE WHO SAYS RECORDING IN PROGRESS.
SO THIS IS FOR EVERYBODY ELSE.
AND SO THE CONCERN MIGHT BE BROUGHT THAT UP.
SO WE JUST ADD LANGUAGE AS SOON AS EXCLUDING ANYONE HIRED JANUARY 4TH.
MY DAYS ARE JUST GETTING HIGHER IN JANUARY WITH THE IDEA AT THIS PANEL OF FOOD, NOT JUST MAKE IT SIMPLE AND SAY, YEAH, IT WAS PRORATED LAST TIME BECAUSE THERE WAS 95 ADDITIONAL PLAYS THAT WERE IDENTIFIED THAT DIDN'T WORK OUT VERSION.
THEY WENT BACK AND THEY WERE ONE DAY A WEEK OR SO EITHER JANUARY BOARD, OR CAN YOU GIVE OFF A GOOD YEAR? WHAT WE WANT.
WE WANT TO HAVE BASICALLY BIG AD FOR YOUR SCHOOL AND TO MAKE IT FAIR ACROSS THE BOARD.
AND IF SO, WHO WAS JUST HIRED LAST WEEK, IT WAS NOT, UM, UH, YOU KNOW, AN ADVANTAGE AND WHATEVER WORD YOU WANNA USE OVER SOMEBODY WHO'S BEEN HERE.
UM, WE HAVE, UH, TWO SORTA, UM, ISSUES TO DEAL WITH AS, AS ONE OF THE BOARD MEMBERS MENTIONED EARLIER, IF YOU CHOOSE A DATE IN DECEMBER, THOSE THAT ARE NO LONGER
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EMPLOYED BY THE DISTRICT ON JANUARY 4TH WOULD RECEIVE A STIPEND.SO WE WOULD END UP, UH, REACTIVATING THOSE EMPLOYEES AND HAVING TO COMPENSATE THEM FOR THE THOUSAND DOLLARS.
EVEN THOUGH THEY'RE NO LONGER WITH THE DISTRICT, WE CHOOSE A DATE IN JANUARY, YOU RUN THE RISK OF PROVIDING A STIPEND TO SOMEONE WHO HAS JUST, UH, JUST BEEN EMPLOYED WITH THE DISTRICT ONLY A SHORT TIME.
SO WE HAVE A KIND OF A LITTLE, UM, THAT IS A DIFFICULT THING TO DO UNLESS WE DO PUT A NUMBER OF DAYS, UH, EMPLOYED, UM, THROUGH THE DISTRICT, UH, ATTACH THAT TO THE MOTION SO THAT IT WOULD INCLUDE THOSE THAT HAD, HAD BEEN EMPLOYED A SIGNIFICANT PERIOD OF TIME THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
SO FROM THE FIRST DAY OF THE SCHOOL YEAR, PERHAPS, WELL, THAT MAY EVEN EXCLUDE SOME THAT WERE HIRED AT SHORTLY THEREAFTER.
SO, UM, I WOULD SAY, UH, AT LEAST, UH, MAYBE A NINE WEEK PERIOD, AT LEAST 45 DAYS, UH, DURING THE CURRENT SCHOOL YEAR OR SOME NUMBER THERE, UH, CLOSE TO THAT, UH, THE 90TH DAY IS ESTIMATED AT ABOUT JANUARY 11TH.
SO WE WOULDN'T WANT TO, UM, INCLUDE THROUGH, UM, UH, WELL, THEIR NUMBER OF DAYS MAY INCLUDE THROUGH THAT PERIOD AS WELL.
SO, UM, UH, I, I RECOMMEND, UH, THE SIMPLE APPROACH TO, UM, PROVIDE THOSE ACTIVE EMPLOYEES, UM, AT THE TIME OF, OF PAYMENT.
UM, BUT, UM, THERE IS A SORT OF A, UM, THERE, YOU COULD GO A FEW DIFFERENT WAYS WITH THIS.
SO, UM, IF WE CHOSE THE NUMBER OF DAYS, I WAS, I WOULD RECOMMEND AT LEAST A QUARTER OF THE SCHOOL YEAR WITH THAT WAS THIS.
UM, SO YOU WERE SAYING THAT YOU, UM, YOU SAID ONE FIVE ABOUT, IS THAT CORRECT? YES, SIR.
SO MR. , UM, CHANGING, IF YOU WILL.
UM, UM, SO THE BETTER WAY, AND THAT YOU CAN TO BE THAT YOU DON'T NEED THIS.
I LET'S AN AD IN THE DISTRICT, THE EMPLOYEE DESERT FOR 45 DAYS AND MR. EARL CAMPBELL'S.
UM, SO PRETTY, IT'S MOSTLY NOT, THEY'RE NOT ACCURATE WORDS UP.
UM, IT ALLOWS YOU TO ACTIVELY WORKING LESS THAN 120 DAYS IN THAT SCHOOL YEAR TO RECEIVE A PRO RATA SHARE OF THAT THOUSAND DOLLARS.
SO WE CHANGED THE MOTION TO BASICALLY THOSE THAT WERE WORKING LEFT AND WELL, HE HAD YOU PUT A DATE ON IT OCTOBER OF 2020, AND ANYBODY THAT IS LESS THAN A, A SMALLER AMOUNT.
SO I WOULD ANSWER THAT GO TO SEEMS TO BE VERY DIFFERENT BECAUSE IT WAS THROUGH THIS BONUS IN THE FIRST SEMESTER.
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SO THAT BONUS DON'T FORGET WHAT WAS COMING OUT OF THE END OF THE SCHOOL TO CAPTURE THE TIME BETWEEN NOW AND WHEN THEY WERE SAYING IN JANUARY OR SOMETHING.SO IF THERE WAS A PRO RATED AMOUNT IN BETWEEN THAT, CAUSE THERE WAS ONES THAT WERE HIRED ON OR LAST TIME AND THIS WHOLE TIME, BUT I'M JUST TRYING TO THINK OF ALL THE FIRST SEMESTER, THEY THOUGHT FIVE DAYS, RIGHT.
BUT WE'RE ASKING YOU TO THE DAD WORKS AT LEAST 45 AND WE'RE GOING TO BE GIVING A BONUS, HOPEFULLY , UM, AS WE'RE NOT GIVING IT AT THE END WHERE I DO THINK YOU NEED TO OUT FROM PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, THESE ARE SOME, UH, OBVIOUSLY CLARIFY WHEN WE WOULD BE PAYING IN BEGINNING OF JANUARY OR MIDDLE.
IT WILL BE END OF JANUARY, I BELIEVE, UH, THE 28 TO BE EXACT.
UM, THERE IS A TIGHT SCHEDULE, UM, ON THE FIRST PAYDAY DUE TO THE HOLIDAYS.
UH, AND SO WE REQUEST THAT IT BE PAID ON FRIDAY, THE 28 REALITY.
WHAT NUMBERS ARE WE TALKING ABOUT? I MEAN, THIS HARD SIDE THAT WE'RE TRYING TO KEEP THE EMPLOYEES BECAUSE OF THE DEDICATED WORKERS, WE GOT THAT LONG LIST OF PEOPLE WHO WE LEAD.
I MEAN, I DON'T THINK, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, BEFORE THE FIVE DAYS PROBABLY SAW ABOUT WHERE DOES IT DESERVE AND WE WANT TO HOLD ON TO BOOM MIGHT BE LEADING, BUT, YOU KNOW, I UNDERSTAND THIS IS NEGLIGENCE.
SO CAN WE, ARE WE ASKING, YOU'VE GOT A RESOURCE TOO, TO LOOK AT THOSE NUMBERS OR SCHOOL SITES WHO LOOKS AFTER, UM, CERTAINLY THE APPOINTMENTS THAT, THAT IS, UH, MS. ROSS B IS, IS THAT A LOT OF WILL BE WORKED OUT WITH YOUR GAME AND, UH, HR? YES, SIR.
UH, WE HAVE CATEGORIES IN OUR, UM, PAYROLL SYSTEM AND A HUMAN RESOURCES SYSTEM THAT CLEARLY DISTINGUISHES THESE GROUPS OF EMPLOYEES IN THE, IN THE MANNER OF THE WORDING I'VE PROVIDED OR MS. WALTON AND I HAVE PROVIDED TODAY.
UM, SO WE, WE ARE VERY CLEAR WHO ARE IN THOSE GROUPS.
UH, THEY ARE ATTACHED TO CODES AND GROUP NAMES THAT, UH, CLEARLY DELINEATE THEM FROM OTHER, OTHER STAFF MEMBERS.
SO WE WOULD PULL DATA BASED ON THOSE GROUPS AND, UM, THEN DETERMINE ELIGIBILITY BASED ON YOUR MOTION.
SO I MEAN, THE WAY I'M THINKING IS THAT NUMBER THERE MIGHT BE SIGNIFICANTLY BORDEN SPREADS.
I'M ALSO THINKING THAT YOU'VE GOT TO HAVE A LOT OF 37 DAYS THAT WERE TERMINATED AT ALL QUICK, AND YOU HAVE A LOT OF 37 DAYS THAT CAME ON, AT LEAST ONE OF THEM GOING TO MEET THE 45 DAYS.
THAT'S NOT FOR ME TO FIGURE OUT, BUT I'M JUST SAYING WE WANT TO BE FAIR AND WANT TO ALSO BE PROACTIVE.
I THINK WE LEAVE IT TO THOSE FOLKS TO DECIDE, YOU KNOW, WITH THAT BEING OUR RECOMMENDATION FOUR OR FIVE DAYS, BUT OTHER, WE WANT TO PUT SOMETHING SOLID ON THAT'S THAT'S ALL I'M SAYING.
I LIKE TO LEAVE WITH FLEXIBLE.
SO, SO MANAGING THING AND DATA SIDE, THE INCENTIVE PART OF IT IS INCENTIVES.
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THE MAN IS, IS THAT WHAT YOU SAID? THAT'S FINE.UM, UM, UM, 10 NOW UM, YOU CAN ALREADY DID IT ALREADY BEFORE YOU ALL GO UM, WELL, UH, YES, YOU'RE READY.
MORE INSTEAD PROPOSED AND HE GOT BACK IN THE MEETING
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WITH ALL 14 ITEMS WAS THE NEW AP, BECAUSE THOSE HAVE ALREADY BEEN MOVING ON AND APPROVED.ALL RIGHT, MS. MILLER, HE WANTED TO GO OPERATION EXPECTATIONS ONLY TO THE SUPERINTENDENTS AND STAKEHOLDERS FOR INITIATION.
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COMMUNICATING WITH GOING TO INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAMS. OH, 12.8 INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAM.OH, WEEK 14 LEARNING ENVIRONMENT.
SHOULD HAVE STUDENTS NOT A MESS.
[Future Agenda Topics]
A FEW OF YOUR .HERE, OUR REFERENDUM AS A PROJECT CALLED DESIGN AND WE HAS A QUESTION TO DO THAT, BUT YOU REALLY DON'T KNOW.
WE HAVEN'T BEEN BRIEFED ON MUCH GOING IN THAT JOURNEY.
SO I QUESTIONED THE LOCATION BY THE STAFF ON PROGRAM SPECIFICALLY, WHAT SHOULD BE, UH, WHO IN THE NEIGHBOR JANE BUILDING.
SO, IN ADDITION TO THE SESSION, AFTER OUR EVENT, I'D LIKE TO HAVE SOMETHING FOR A SESSION TO BE APPROPRIATE WHERE YOU TALK ABOUT THE RESULTS SECTION OF OUR, UM, COHERENT GOVERNANCE.
UM, POSSIBLY ONE DAY AT THE RECENT, UH, SUPER TED.
IT WAS BROUGHT UP TO SUPERINTENDENTS THAT THERE ARE SOME DISTRICTS THAT HAD SAW OUT THERE ON FRIDAY OR, UH, THOSE SORTS OF THINGS.
AND, UH, I CAN TELL YOU THAT STATE LEGISLATOR IS OUT THERE.
UH, AND SO IT WAS BROUGHT OVER THAT, UM, THAT WAS A PARTICULAR ISSUE THAT THEY JUST SAID THAT, THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, ALREADY TALK ABOUT IT AFTERWARD.
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UM, SINCE, UM, UH, ONE POINT IN TIME EARLIER JOINING US THE SCHOOL KIND OF GUY I'VE MENTIONED SOMETHING ABOUT A RETREAT DIVERSE TRAINING TYPE, UH, WORKSHOP.AND AT THAT TIME, UH, WAS NOT AVAILABLE FOR THE TIMETABLE, BUT WE HAD, WE HAD COMMENTED THAT WE WERE, WE VISITED IN NOVEMBER CALLS THAT I DIDN'T QUIT THINKING ABOUT IT.
I THINK IT'S A WORTHWHILE EFFORT, BUT I CERTAINLY BELIEVE THAT THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT WE MAY NEED TO AIR OUT.
I'D LIKE TO LOOK AT SOMETHING LIKE THAT HAPPENING SOMETIME IN THE NEXT YEAR, SOMETIME BEFORE THE NEXT SCHOOL YEAR STARTS.
SO WE'VE BEEN DISCUSSING IT'S ABOUT YOUR TIME.
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THIS IS LARRY ROLAND, AND THIS IS A BUFORD COUNTY MOMENT.
THE OLD ARSENAL ON CRAVEN STREET IN DOWNTOWN BEAVER IS A VERY HISTORIC PLACE.
THE BUILDING ITSELF WAS BUILT IN 1798, BUT THE PLACE IS THE SPOT OF THE FORMER BUFORD DISTRICT COURTHOUSE, WHICH WAS BUILT IN 1769, THE FIRST COURT OUTSIDE OF CHARLESTON, IN THIS PART OF THE COLONY OF SOUTH CAROLINA, THE COURTHOUSE WAS WHERE THE ASSEMBLY MET IN 1772.
WHEN GOVERNOR MONTAGUE ATTEMPTED TO MOVE THE CAPITOL FROM CHARLES TO DUBUQUE, IT WAS FOR FOUR DAYS IN OCTOBER 17, 72, THE CAPITAL OF SOUTH CAROLINA, OF COURSE, THAT POLITICAL MANEUVER DID NOT WORK.
SO THE COURTHOUSE WAS ABANDONED.
AND AFTER THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR, THE GIFFORD DISTRICT COURT WAS MOVED TO COOSA.
HATCHI MORE CENTRALLY LOCATED IN THE DISTRICT.
THE OLD COURTHOUSE APPARENTLY FELL DOWN AND ON THAT SITE AND WITH THOSE BRICKS, THEY BUILT THE ARSENAL BUILDING AS A REFUGE, A JAIL AND A MILITARY INSTALLATION FOR THE MILITARY ORGANIZATION, WHICH MADE ITS HOME
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IN THE ARSENAL WAS THE BUFORD VOLUNTEER ARTILLERY, WHICH ACTUALLY DATES TO 1763, MAKING IT ONE OF THE OLDEST, CONTINUOUSLY OPERATING MILITARY ORGANIZATIONS IN SOUTH CAROLINA, THE ARSENAL BECAME THEIR HOME FOR THE ANTEBELLUM PERIOD.IT WAS BUILT AS PART OF THE MILITIA ACT OF THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA.
IT WAS A CITADEL, A PLACE OF REFUGEE PLACE FOR THE MAINTENANCE OF ARMS IN CASE OF SURVIVAL INSURRECTION.
IN OTHER WORDS, AN UPRISING OF THE SLAVES, WHICH WAS ALWAYS FEAR IN A DISTRICT WHERE THE SLAVES OUTNUMBERED, THE WHITE FOLKS TEND TO BUMP.
SO THE ARSENAL BECAME A SYMBOL OF THE WHITE ESTABLISHMENT IN BUFORD.
IT BECAME THE HOME OF MANY COLORFUL EVENTS.
THERE WERE DINNERS THAT BUFORD VOLUNTEER ARTILLERY OFTEN HOSTED THOSE EVENTS.
AND IN THE LATE ANTEBELLUM ERA, THE OLD ARSENAL WAS REBUILT AND REDESIGNED IN A GOTHIC STYLE.
THE ARCHITECT DESIGNER WAS PROBABLY MAJOR JOHN GIBBS, BARNWELL, WHO WAS MAJOR OF THE BUFORD VOLUNTEER ARTILLERY FOR THE CIVIL WAR.
AND THE ARSENAL BECAME THE HOME OF THE BUFORD VOLUNTEER ARTILLERY, WHICH SERVED AT BAY POINT DURING THE BATTLE OF PORT ROYAL SOUND, WHICH RETREATED DURING THE OCCUPATION, THE ISLAND, BUT THE ARSENAL REMAINED AS A SYMBOL OF THE ANTEBELLUM ERA OF THE TOWN OF BUFORD AND OF THE BUFORD DISTRICT.
THIS IS LARRY ROLAND, AND THIS HAS BEEN A PREFERRED COUNTY MOMENT TO SEE MORE BEFORE COUNTY MOMENTS GO TO THE BUFORD COUNTY LIBRARY HOMEPAGE AND CLICK ON THE LOCAL HISTORY TAB.
A VISIT FROM SAINT NICHOLAS, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS A NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS BY CLEMENT C MOORE WAS THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS.
WHEN ALL THROUGH THE HOUSE STARTED, CREATURE WAS STIRRING, NOT EVEN A MOUSE.
THE STOCKINGS WERE HUNG BY THE CHIMNEY WITH CARE IN HOPES THAT ST NICHOLAS SOON WOULD BE THERE.
THE CHILDREN WERE NESTLED ALL SNUG IN THEIR BEDS WHILE VISIONS OF SUGAR DANCED IN THEIR HEADS IN HER KERCHIEF.
AND I IN MY CAP HAD JUST SETTLED OUR BRAINS FOR A LONG WINTERS NAP ON THE LAWN.
THERE ARE ROWS, SUCH A CLATTER.
I SPRANG FROM MY BED TO SEE WHAT WHAT'S THE MATTER I WAIT TO THE WINDOW.
I FLEW LIKE A FLASH TORE, OPEN THE SHUTTERS AND THREW UP THE SASH.
THE MOON ON THE BREAST OF THE NEW FALLEN SNOW GAVE A LUSTER OF MIDDAY TO OBJECTS TO MY WANDERING.
I SHOULD APPEAR, BUT A SLEIGH AND EIGHT TINY REINDEER WITH A LITTLE OLD DRIVER.
SO LIVELY AND QUICK, I KNEW IN A MOMENT MUST BE ST.
THEY CAME AND HE WHISTLED AND SHOUTED AND CALLED THEM BY NAME NO DASHER, NO DANCER.
NOW PRANCER AND VIXEN ON COMMENT ON CUPID ON DAWN DIRT AND BLITZING TO THE TOP OF THE PORCH TO THE TOP OF THE WALL.
NO DASH AWAY AS DRY LEAVES THAT BEFORE THE WILD HURRICANE FLY, WHEN THEY MEET WITH AN OBSTACLE MOUNT TO THE SKY.
SO UP TO THE HOUSE TOP THE COURSERS, THEY FLEW WITH ENSLAVE FULL OF TOYS AND ST.
AND THEN IN A TWINKLING, I HEARD ON THE ROOF, THE PRANCING AND PIE IN EACH LITTLE BOOTH, AS I DREW IN MY HEAD AND WAS TURNING AROUND DOWN THE CHIMNEY ST.
HE WAS DRESSED ALL IN FUR FROM HIS HEAD TO HIS FOOT AND HIS CLOTHES.
THEY ARE ALL TARNISHED WITH ASHES AND SOOT, A BUNDLE OF TOYS.
HE HAD FLUNG ON HIS BACK AND HE LOOKED LIKE A PEDDLER, JUST OPENING HIS PACK EYES.
HOW THEY TWINKLED HIS DIMPLES, HOW MARY HAS CHEEKS WERE LIKE ROSES, HIS NOSE, LIKE A CHERRY, HIS TROLL LITTLE MOUTH WAS DRAWN UP LIKE A BOW.
AND THE BEARD ON HIS CHIN WAS AS WHITE AS THE SNOW, THE STUMP OF A PIPE.
HE HELD TIGHT IN HIS TEETH AND THE SMOKE IN CIRCLES, HIS HEAD LIKE A WREATH.
HE HAD A BROAD FACE AND A LITTLE ROUND BELLY THAT SHOOK WHEN HE LAUGHED LIKE A BOWL FULL OF JELLY.
HE WAS CHUBBY AND PLUMPER, RIGHT? JOLLY
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OLD ELF.I LAUGHED WHEN I SAW HIM IN SPITE OF MYSELF, A WINK OF HIS EYE AND TWIST OF HIS HEAD SOON GAVE ME TO KNOW I HAD NOTHING TO DREAD.
HE SPOKE NOT A WORD, BUT WENT STRAIGHT TO HIS WORK AND FILLED ALL THE STOCKINGS.
THEN TURNED WITH A JERK AND LAYING A FINGER ASIDE OF HIS NOSE AND GIVING A NOD UP THE CHIMNEY.
HE ROSE, HE SPRANG TO HIS SLEIGH TO HIS TEAM.
THEY HAVE A WHISTLE AND THE WAY THEY ALL FLEW LIKE THE DOWN OF A THISTLE, BUT I HEARD HIM EXCLAIM, AIRY, DROVE OUT OF SIGHT, MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL AND TO ALL A GOOD NIGHT.
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THE OLD TOWN MASTER PLAN WAS DEVISED IN PROBABLY 2006, RIGHT AROUND THERE.
WE WERE STARTING TO SEE THE GROWTH EFFECT, OUR SMALL TOWN COMING WEST OFF THE HILTON HEAD AND MOVING ITS WAY INTO BLUFFTON.
AND BLUFFTON WAS JUST THIS SMALL, SOMEWHAT OF A SQUARE MILE, BUT GROWING.
SO WE DECIDED TO PUT SOME MONEY AND A LOT OF OUR EFFORTS INTO WHAT IS CALLED THE OLD TOWN MASTER PLAN.
IT WAS ADOPTED IN 2006, AND IT REALLY IS A BLUEPRINT FOR ALL OF OUR POLICIES, IMPROVEMENTS AND IMPROVEMENTS IN OUR HISTORIC DISTRICT.
SO THE GARVIN HOUSE IS BEHIND US.
IT'S THE, PROBABLY THE LAST FRIEDMAN'S COTTAGE.
SO YOU LOOK AT IT AND PEOPLE THINK HERE AT TOWN.
WELL, AGAIN, IF YOU GO BACK TO THIS OLD TOWN MASTER PLAN, IT WOULD TELL YOU, ENHANCE YOUR STRUCTURES, PUT YOUR TIME AND EFFORT AND YOUR MONEY INTO PLACES THAT CAN'T BE DUPLICATED.
MY WIFE AND I LIVE HERE IN BLUFFTON.
AND, UM, THIS HAS BEEN A, UH, A PIECE OF PROPERTY THAT WE'VE LOOKED AT SINCE ABOUT 2008.
AND, UH, BEFORE THE RESTORATION AND RENOVATION STARTED AND, UH, SOMETHING THAT WE'VE BEEN INTERESTED IN SEEING PROGRESS OVER TIME.
BUT IT'S, IT'S VERY INTERESTING.
UM, THE, THE HAR THE HOUSE HAS BEEN CALLED THE GARVIN HOUSE FOR JUST KIND OF FOLKLORE VERNACULAR.
AND AS A MELANIE MARK'S, MY WIFE WENT THROUGH THE GENEALOGY.
IT BECAME CLEAR THAT HIS REAL NAME WAS CYRUS GARVEY, BUT THROUGH TRANSFER OF DEEDS AND OTHER OTHER, THE WAY PEOPLE WROTE THINGS THAT HIS NAME IS ACTUALLY CYRUS GARVEY, BUT IT TOOK ON GARVIN.
AND AT TIMES YOU SEE GARVIN AT TIMES, YOU SEE GARVEY, BUT HIS REAL NAME AS YOU TRACK BACK, HIS FAMILY AND SO FORTH IS, IS TRULY CYRUS GARVEY.
YOU KNOW, THE HISTORY SAYS THAT HE BUILT THE HOUSE IN 1870, SHORTLY AFTER, UM, YOU KNOW, HIS FREEDOM, UH, ON PROPERTY THAT BELONGED TO JOSEPH VAYNER, WHO WAS A PLANTATION OWNER.
HIS SUMMER HOME WAS HERE ON THIS PROPERTY, BUT HIS PLANTATION WAS NEAR OR POSSIBLY IN THE BOUNDS OF PALMETTO BLUFF, THE DEVELOPMENT.
AND, UH, SOMEHOW CYRUS WAS ABLE TO WORK.
THIS LAND, BUILT HIS HOUSE IN 1870, BUT DIDN'T GET DEEDED THE PROPERTY UNTIL 1880 BY JOSEPH VAYNER.
UH, WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT THIS HOUSE AND HE WAS LIVING HERE IN THE VIEW THAT HE HAD, IT'S MY WIFE AND I GOT TOGETHER, AND WE SAID, WE HAVE TO BECOME PART OF THIS.
SOMEHOW WE HAVE TO COME TO COME DOWN HERE AND SPEND TIME HERE AND TRY AND FACILITATE AND BRING MORE AWARENESS TO THE FACT THAT THIS IS IMPORTANT.
AND HOW COULD WE, WELL, WHAT BRINGS US THE BLUFFTON IS THIS MAGNIFICENT HOUSE HERE, THE GARVIN HOUSE, UH, WE'VE BEEN WORKING AS, AS DIRECTOR OF THE PALM OUT OF TRUST.
I'M ALL OVER THE STATE, WORKING WITH MUNICIPALITIES AND, AND, UH, COMMUNITIES.
AND THIS HAS BEEN ON OUR RADAR EVER SINCE I CAME ON IN 2007.
AND THIS WAS AN AMAZING STORY OF THIS FAMILY AFTER FREEDOM WERE ABLE TO BUILD THEIR OWN LIVES HERE IN THEIR OWN PROPERTY.
UM, THIS IS KIND OF A UNIQUE SITUATION BECAUSE MOST OF
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THE PROPERTIES WE WORK WITH DO GET TURNED INTO PRIVATE HOMES.THIS IS ONE WHERE IT REALLY IS GOING TO BE LIKE A MUSEUM, UH, SITUATION WHERE THE PLACE IS SAVED AND THE COMMUNITY CAN PARTICIPATE IN LEARNING ABOUT IT.
AND THE TOWN CAN LEVERAGE IT AS PART OF THEIR HISTORIC CHARACTER.
SO WELL, BASICALLY WHEN WE TOOK OVER THIS PROJECT, THERE WAS A STABILIZATION PROJECT, WHICH BASICALLY MEANS WHERE THE SIX BY SIX IS CRIBBING CARRIES A STEEL BEAM THAT PRETTY MUCH RUNS THROUGH THE LENGTH OF THE HOUSE.
SO YOU'VE GOT ONE HERE AND YOU'VE GOT ONE PRETTY MUCH THAT RUNS DOWN THE CENTER.
AND THIS WAS BASICALLY TO GIVE SUPPORT BECAUSE YOU CAN SEE THE STRUCTURE GOT TO THE POINT OF WHERE IT REALLY COULDN'T STAND BY ITSELF.
NOW THIS IS NEW PRODUCT, BUT WHAT WE'VE DONE IS WE WERE ABLE TO SALVAGE ALL OF THE, UH, ORIGINAL FLOORING.
SO WE BASICALLY REMOVED IT FROM THE HOUSE, WRAPPED IT UP, DOCUMENTED IT, NUMBERED IT SO THAT IT CAN GO BACK DOWN IN THE SAME PLACE.
AND WHAT WE'LL END UP DOING IS PAINTING THE PLYWOOD FLOOR BLACK SO THAT YOU CAN'T SEE DOWN THROUGH THE CRACKS.
AND IT GIVES THE ILLUSION OF WHAT IT USED TO LOOK LIKE.
WE'LL INSTALL AS MUCH OF THE ORIGINAL STUFF AS POSSIBLE, SAME THING WITH THE SIDING.
SO YOU CAN SEE IT'S NOT TOO HARD TO PULL DOWN.
IT'S ALMOST COMPLETELY OFF, BUT WE'LL TAKE THIS DOWN, PHOTOGRAPH IT, DOCUMENT IT.
AND WE PUT IT BACK IN THE SAME PLACE.
THIS IS SOME OF THE ORIGINAL OLD BEAM, AND BASICALLY IT'S ANYWHERE FROM SIX INCHES TO SIX AND A HALF INCHES.
IT WAS ALL DONE BY ACTS AND BASICALLY ARE HAND SAUL.
SO IT'S GOT A LITTLE BIT OF A STAMMER, A LITTLE BIT OF A WAVE HERE AND THERE.
SO WE'VE INTERLOCKED AND TIED IT IN.
WHEN WE DUG THE FOOTING, WE CAME ACROSS A LOT OF INTERESTING THINGS.
SO JUST VARIOUS BOTTLES, A LITTLE BABY PERFUME BOTTLES AND THINGS LIKE THAT, JUST, YOU KNOW, THAT WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, PRECIOUS TO THEM BACK IN THE DAY.
AND THESE ARE SOME OF THE OLD ORIGINAL LENS FROM THE CANNERY, FROM THE OYSTER FACTORY.
I KIND OF ALWAYS ENJOYED THE CHALLENGE OF LOOKING AT SOMETHING AND TRYING TO LOOK AT, OKAY, WHY DID THEY DO THIS? OR HOW DID IT DEVELOP INTO THIS AND HOW IT PROGRESSED AND CHANGED.
AND JUST EVEN STANDING HERE, YOU NOTICE THAT THIS IS EXTERIOR SIDING.
SO THE ORIGINAL STRUCTURE USED TO END HERE.
THAT WAS THE ORIGINAL BACK DOOR, HAD A FRONT PORCH ON THE FRONT SIDE.
SO AS TIME PROGRESSED, THEY NEEDED MORE ROOM.
THEY BASICALLY JUST NOTCHED IN, ADD IT TO THE FOUNDATION, BROUGHT A NEW ROOF OUT.
AND NOW THIS BECAME BASICALLY ANOTHER ROOM BEDROOM, LIVING ROOM AREA, KIND OF A KITCHEN AREA HERE.
AND OBVIOUSLY YOU'RE NOT RUNNING DOWN TO HOME DEPOT AND LOWE'S, YOU CAN SEE, THEY ACTUALLY JUST WENT DOWN TO THE BEACH, GOT SAND, AND BASICALLY MIXED A SAND MORTAR.
AND YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE OYSTER SHELL PIECES IN IT AND THINGS LIKE THAT, JUST THAT'S AMAZING.
WHAT THEY WOULD DO IS BASICALLY BECAUSE OF THE FACT THAT WE'VE GOT A HEAVY DUTY FOUNDATION LIKE WE HAVE NOW, AND THIS USED TO BE BASICALLY WHAT THEY WOULD DO IS TAKE A CYPRESS STUMP, HOPEFULLY CYPRESS, BECAUSE IT WOULD LAST LONGER, AND THIS IS 1870, BUT THEY WOULD BURRY THIS INTO THE GROUND AND THEN THEY WOULD START ALL OF THEIR HEAVY BEAM AND FRAMING.
AND BASICALLY SIT ON TOP OF THIS.
YOU HAVE MILESTONES EVERY DAY.
YOU THINK AFTER, YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN DOING IT FOR CLOSE TO 30 YEARS, THAT, YOU KNOW, IT'S DIFFERENT EVERY DAY AND IT'S A CHALLENGE.
SO WE HAVE A STAIRCASE THAT WAS INTACT.
SO INSTEAD OF HAVING TO REMOVE IT, WE KIND OF KEPT IT IN PLACE.
WE WORKED UNDER IT, AROUND IT IN IT.
AND WE TEMPORARILY SECURED THIS THING EIGHT DIFFERENT TIMES WHILE WE PUT THE FLOOR SYSTEM UNDER IT.
SO WHEN WE ACTUALLY PHYSICALLY TAKE SOMETHING OFF THE STRUCTURE, WE WANT TO KNOW WHERE IT IS AND WHAT IT WENT.
SO WHAT WE WOULD DO IS WE WOULD PHYSICALLY REMOVE IT PHOTOGRAPH, AND THEN WE WOULD GO AHEAD AND JUST LABEL THIS PIECE, WHAT SIDE OF THE HOUSE IT WAS ON, WHERE IT WAS AT.
AND IT BASICALLY GIVES US A GUIDE TO PUT THIS GIANT PUZZLE BACK TOGETHER.
AGAIN, THE RESTORATION, MOST OF THE TOP OF THINGS THAT HAD DONE A RENOVATION OR REHABILITATION THAT ALLOWS THEM TO BE MODERN USE.
WE DO HAVE MODERN CODES THAT HAD TO BE IMPLEMENTED HERE BECAUSE OF ITS PUBLIC ACCESS.
UH, BUT EVERY EFFORT WAS MADE TO TRY TO ENSURE IT COMMUNICATED WHAT THESE PEOPLE HAD TO BUILD.
SO WE DIDN'T PUT IN THESE BIG BRICK PIERS UNDERNEATH THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN NORMAL.
THIS WAS WATCHING WHAT THEY HAD.
UH, BUT EVERYTHING IS WORKED TO GIVE THE AESTHETIC LOOK OF THE TYPE OF HOUSES.
THING WOULD HAVE BEEN WHEN IT WAS BUILT TO CAPTURE A POINT IN TIME TO CAPTURE WHAT IT WOULD HAVE BEEN LIKE.
AGAIN, THIS IS A PIECE OF A BROADER PICTURE TO CAPTURE WHAT A FAMILY CYRUS GARVEY WAS LIVING IN HERE WITH HIS WIFE AND CHILDREN IN THESE RECLAIMED WOOD.
IT COULD HAVE BEEN TAKEN FROM HOUSES THAT WERE BURNED AFTER THE WAR ENDED AND PUT THIS TOGETHER
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WHERE HE LIVED.AND THEN THAT'S WHY THE GENEALOGY AND THE HISTORY OF HIM AND HIS FAMILY IS SO IMPORTANT BECAUSE IT ISN'T JUST A BUILDING.
IT'S A MAN AND HIS FAMILY IN A TIME OF OUR HISTORY WITH A BUILDING AND A COMMUNITY AT A TIME OF MOVEMENT.
AND SO YOU WANT TO MAKE IT AS REAL AS POSSIBLE.
WELL, IT COMMUNICATES A TIME AND PLACE THAT NOT MANY PLACES DO ANYMORE.
YOU KNOW, WHEN, WHEN I'M IN THE LOW COUNTRY WHERE YOU HAVE SUCH DEVELOPMENT PRESSURES, USUALLY LITTLE WOODEN BOXES LIKE THIS GET DESTROYED AND LOST.
AND SO THIS COMMUNICATES SOMETHING, UH, POST CIVIL WAR, UM, POST ENSLAVEMENT, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S ABOUT, IT'S ABOUT THESE PEOPLE SURVIVING AN OVERCOMING ENSLAVEMENT INTO A PLACE OF FREEDOM AND THEIR NICHE IN PROPERTY AND THEIR OWN HOUSE.
AND THAT TRANSITIONAL STORY IS NOT TOLD ENOUGH IN THE STATE.
AND WE'RE SO GLAD IT COULD BE DONE HERE.
THE BIGGEST CHALLENGE, AGAIN, AS YOU KNOW, IS WORKING IN ALL OF THE OLD LUMBERS AND THINGS LIKE THAT WERE TO THE EXCITING PART OF IT.
NOW WE'RE, WE'RE BASICALLY DONE WITH THE FRAMING NOW, WE'RE KIND OF PUTTING THE PUZZLE BACK TOGETHER.
YOU GET A FEEL FOR WHEN THEY ACTUALLY PUT IT TOGETHER AND YOU CAN SEE THEIR FRUSTRATIONS WHEN THEY RAN OUT OF A PARTICULAR SPECIES OF LUMBER OR SOMETHING TO USE, AND THEY JUST CHANGED IT UP AND, AND STILL KEPT GOING AND PUSHED FORWARD.
I KNEW THE HOUSE WOULD BE HERE WHEN WE GET BACK JUST THE METHODICAL WAY THAT WE PUT IT BACK TOGETHER.
MY BIGGEST CONCERN WAS THESE BEAUTIFUL OAK TREES THAT HAVE SURROUNDED THIS.
THAT WAS THE SCARY PART BECAUSE I DID COME DOWN HERE THREE DAYS AFTER THE STORM, AND THERE WAS TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN.
I COULDN'T EVEN SEE THE HOUSE I GOT DOWN THE ROAD AS FAR AS I COULD AND LOOKED AT THE HOUSE.
AND I WAS LIKE, OH MY GOSH, IT JUST BLEW ME AWAY.
THAT THE THING WAS STILL HERE, HIGH AND DRY, NO LEAKS, NO NOTHING, NO DAMAGE.
AND THAT WAS JUST, YOU KNOW, LUCKY, VERY LUCKY IN NOVEMBER OF THIS YEAR, I PRESENTED THE TOWN WITH OUR FINISHED REPORT.
UM, AND I KNOW THE TOWN IS PLANNING ON USING THAT MATERIAL TO PROMOTE THAT THE HISTORY OF THE HOUSE THROUGH BROCHURES, THROUGH, YOU KNOW, SIGNAGE TO MAKE IT A TRUE DESTINATION FOR TOURISTS.
I THINK, I THINK WE HAVE TO APPLY THE BLUFFTON PRESERVATION FOR KNOWING THE VALUE AND, UH, OF THE HISTORIC INTEGRITY OF THIS HOUSE FOR THE TOWN IN THIS COMMUNITY.
AND IN THIS COUNTRY, THESE DAYS IS A VERY IMPORTANT THING BECAUSE THERE'S SO MUCH STRIFE AND THERE'S SO MUCH CONFLICT AND FRICTION TO ACTUALLY HAVE A COMMUNITY LIKE THIS, SAY, THIS IS IMPORTANT.
IT'S IMPORTANT TO PUT OUR MONEY HERE.
AND IT'S IMPORTANT TO SHOW HOW PEOPLE OVER TIME DID WORK TOGETHER AND RESPECT EACH OTHER.
AND WE'RE RESURRECTING NOT ONLY A HOUSE, BUT REALLY A LEGACY FOR AN INDIVIDUAL THAT ROSE ABOVE A BIG, CHALLENGING TIME.
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