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AGENDA SETTING, MEETING JANUARY 10TH, COMMUNITY MEMBERS OR THE BOARD OFFICERS, MYSELF, CATHY ROBOT AND VICE-CHAIR AND ANGEL MIDDLETON SECRETARY.
WE ALSO HAVE TINA RODS WITH US AND INGRID BOAT.
RIGHT? FIRST ITEM IS APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA.
WE APPROVE THE AGENDA AS SECONDED.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, AYE, UNANIMOUS STAND FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
FIRST ITEM IS APPROVAL OF THE DECEMBER 20 COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES.
AND I WOULD THE ONLY ONE AT THAT MEETING OTHER THAN DR.
BOSS, BUT SHE'S NOT A VOTING MEMBER NAILS.
WE BUMPED INTO THIS BEFORE AND I'M NOT SURE HOW WE HANDLED IT.
I THINK IT, WHEN I READ THE MINUTES, IT SAYS I WAS THERE, BUT I DON'T REMEMBER BEING THERE.
UM, WAS I ON FOR PART OF THE TIME? YES.
WHEN I'M, UH, YEAH, SO I, I DO VAGUELY REMEMBER THIS, SO I WILL MOVE THAT.
WE APPROVE THE COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES FROM THE DECEMBER 20TH MEETING.
AND I SECOND THAT DISCUSSION ALL THOSE IN FAVOR.
NOW WE GET TO THE MEAT OF OUR MEETING SETTING THE JANUARY 18TH, 2022 AGENDA.
UM, I REVIEWED ALL THE TOP PART AND EVERYTHING IS JUST FINE.
I SAID FOUR 30 BECAUSE OF THE AMOUNT OF ITEMS THAT ARE ON THE EXECUTIVE SESSION, BUT THAT'S NOT A SET TIME.
IT WAS JUST SOMETHING I PUT ON.
THERE WERE DISCUSSION UNDERSTOOD.
AND MY QUESTION WOULD BE, AND MAYBE DR.
R YOU CAN ANSWER, UM, ARE THESE NEGOTIATIONS FOR THE AMENDMENTS? THE TWO, WE HAVE TWO OF THEM.
HOW YOU THINK THAT'S GOING TO TAKE MORE THAN MORE THAN THE TIME WE HAVE A LOT OF HERE.
ASHLEY, THERE'S THREE, YOU HAVE BLUFFED AND ELEMENTARY MUCKRACK AND THOSE ARE FOR THE PHASE TWO.
AND THEN THERE'S ONE FOR THE SCHOOL FOR THE CREATIVE ARTS.
WE HAVE THREE AND I'M NOT SURE HOW MUCH TIME FOR ALL OUT.
SOME OF THOSE SOMETIMES GO EXTENDED PERIODS.
THEY'RE ALL, UH, THEY'RE ALL THROWN IN THERE ALL THROUGH THE SAME PHASE, TWO AMENDMENTS, UH, IT AMENDMENT AND, UH, UM, UH, I DON'T THINK THEY'LL TAKE A LONG TIME.
AND, UM, THE NEXT WOULD BE THE, WE HAVE LEGAL ADVICE FOR FOUR PENDING CASES COVERED BY ATTORNEY CLIENT PRIVILEGE.
I THINK IT MIGHT BE THREE NOW.
UH, MS. CARTILAGE, IF, IF YOU'RE ON THE LINE, CAN YOU CONFIRM THAT IT'S NOW THREE INSTEAD OF FOUR YOU'RE MUTED.
THERE WILL BE, UM, REGARDING THREE PENDING MATTERS AND THE FISCAL AUTONOMY WILL STILL REMAIN ON THE AGENDA, THE NEXT ITEM PENDING MATTERS.
AND YOU KNOW THAT THERE'S GOING TO BE A QUESTION WHO IS THE ATTORNEY? WHO'S
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GOING TO GIVE US THE LEGAL ADVICE ON THESE.AND, AND WE'LL BE PREPARED TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION.
AND THEN THE LAST ITEM ON THEIR LEGAL ADVICE RELATED TO FISCAL AUTONOMY, AND IT SHOULD BE FISCAL AUTHORITY, ROBYN AUTHORITY.
I'M GOING TO SHOOT ON A SYRIAN.
I SPEAK HALLIGAN, BUT YES, SIR.
DO WE WANT THESE IN ANY PARTICULAR ORDER SINCE YOU'RE HAVING OTHER OUTSIDE ATTORNEYS, SHOULD I MOVE THOSE UP WITH THE OUTSIDE ATTORNEYS MOVED THEM UP TO THE TOP? THAT WOULD BE A REALLY GREAT IDEA.
IN ANY PARTICULAR ORDER, LIKE YOU HAVE THREE PENDING MATTERS THE FISCAL BEFORE THE THREE, OR DOES IT MAKE A DIFFERENCE? I WOULD DO THE FISCAL FIRST PLEASE AND BOARD MEMBERS AND DR.
R AND ROBIN, MR. JOHN RICO WILL ALSO BE ON THE LINE WITH, UH, MR. HALE AGAIN, MR. HALLIGAN IS THE, IN THE PROCESS OF RETIRING, SO OH, WOW.
BUT HE CAN'T, HE CAN'T RETIRE.
SO WE THINK FOUR 30 IS APPROPRIATE THEN I'D RATHER HAVE, I PERSONALLY RATHER HAVE EXTRA TIME IN FRONT AS OPPOSED TO ADD.
AND YOU KNOW, I GO BACK AND EXECUTIVE SESSION AT THE END OF THE MEETING.
MAYBE WE SHOULD STOP SOMETIMES THE LEGAL ONES TAKE LONG WITH A LOT OF QUESTIONS.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT MATTERS, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE ON HERE AND THAT'S NOT FOR US TO DISCUSS, SO JUST MOVE IT TO FOUR.
I THINK THAT THE FIRST SUBJECT WILL TAKE A LONG, WILL TAKE QUITE A WHILE TO DISCUSS THE FISCAL AUTHORITY.
AND THEN THE THREE PENDINGS ARE MORE LIKE FACTUAL.
I'LL GET THE AMENDMENT NUMBERS AND THE ARCHITECT FIRMS, CONSTRUCTION FIRMS FOR ROBERT TO FILL IN THE BLANKS.
UM, ACTIONS APPROPRIATE APPROVAL OF AGENDA, STUDENT PERFORMANCE.
DO WE HAVE ONE COMING UP? UM, DON'T KNOW YET.
AND, UM, POINTS OF CELEBRATION WILL BE THE STUDENT OF THE MONTH.
UM, AND THEY WERE MEETING TODAY TO SELECT THAT.
SO THAT'S WHAT, UM, BUT I'M NOT SURE THAT STUDENT PERFORMANCE, UM, ALSO UNDER POINTS OF CELEBRATION IS BOARD RECORD.
THIS IS BOARD RECOGNITION MONTH.
AND I DIDN'T KNOW IF I NEED TO PUT IT ON THE AGENDA THAT YOU ALL WILL BE SIGNING YOUR PLEDGE.
DO YOU, DO WE NEED TO PUT THAT ON THERE? DO YOU JUST DO THAT OR WE NEED TO PUT IT ON UNDER POINTS, A CELEBRATION BOARD RECOGNITION MONTH.
AND ANGELA, FOR YOUR BENEFIT, THIS IS ASIS IS A SCHOOL BOARD APPRECIATION MONTH ASSOCIATION SENDS US THIS PLACARD THING THAT WE ALL SIGN THAT SAYS WE'RE GOING TO ADHERE TO THE HIGHEST STANDARDS YET.
I REMEMBER FROM LAST YEAR AND IT WAS DONE DURING THE POINTS OF CELEBRATION.
FIRST PUBLIC COMMENTS AND THE CHAIRMAN'S REPORT.
I WILL BE DISCUSSING THE COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS.
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UM, AND AS A PART OF THAT, I'LL PROBABLY BE TALKING ABOUT, UH, THE ORPHAN COMMITTEES COMMITTEES THAT NOBODY SEEMS TO WANT TO BE ON.AND I THINK WE'RE PROBABLY GOING TO HAVE TO DISCUSS THAT AT THE WORK SESSION.
WELL, YEAH, NOBODY WANTS TO BE ON HIM.
MAYBE WE DON'T NEED THEM, BUT THAT I DON'T WANT HIM TO HAVE IT AT THE, WHEN WILL WE HAVE THE, UM, AGENDA SETTING MEETING FOR THE WORK SESSION.
WE'LL GET THAT AT THE VERY END.
WE'LL DECIDE WHEN TO, WHEN TO MEET AGAIN.
UM, SO DAVID, I DIDN'T ASK YOU ABOUT TECHNOLOGY.
I DO LOVE AT THE OTHER TWO COMMITTEES MEETING.
IS TECHNOLOGY GOING TO HAVE A MEETING? I MEAN, WE JUST, WE JUST PUT IT ON THE SCHEDULE BECAUSE, UM, WE JUST PUT ALL THE REGULAR SCHEDULED TIMES.
CAN WE GET TO THE SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT? AND WE HAVE THE GOLD THREE FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY, THE NORMAL STUFF, A TRANSPARENCY REPORT, A HUNDRED K REPORT, MONTHLY BUDGET AND THE SRO AND OTHER OTHER MATTERS.
WE HAVE THE COVID UPDATE AS, AS ALWAYS ANYTHING.
UM, UNDER STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT, I WANTED TO HAVE A BRIEF, UH, PRESENTATION ON, UH, THE WORK THAT OUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS ARE DOING.
I CALL THAT ACADEMIC FOCUS OF EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS AND UP, AND THEN MR. , DID YOU SAY, UH, UNDER OTHER MATTERS COVID UPDATE? YES.
WHEN DID, UM, YES, UH, BOARD MEMBERS AND DR.
RODRIGUEZ, THE WORD BUSINESS ACTION WILL BE THE PRESENTATION OF THE RIVERVIEW CHARTER SCHOOL ANNUAL REPORT, AND THEIR DIRECTOR WILL BE PRESENT.
AND I BELIEVE HE'LL BE FRAMING HIS BOARD CHAIR AND SOME OF HIS SENIOR LEADERSHIP TEAM TO PRESENT TO ALL OF YOU.
SO WE'LL BE SENDING THOSE TO ROBIN FOR DISTRIBUTION TO ALL THE BOARD MEMBERS.
THAT'S SOMETHING WE HAVE TO APPROVE.
I THINK WE'VE APPROVED IT IN THE PAST.
ROBIN, CAN YOU DOUBLE CHECK ME? YES, I WILL.
WE HAVE, WE HAVE APPROVED THEIR ANNUAL REPORT.
WE NEED TO ADD UNDER THE, UM, STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT, AN UPDATE ON THE, UH, PRIORITY AND TFA SCHOOLS, BECAUSE WE ARE UNDER, UH, A WRITTEN AGREEMENT WITH THE SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION TO HAVE THAT QUARTERLY.
AND WE NEED IT FOR THE LAST QUARTER OF 2021.
IS IT POSSIBLE TO BRING THAT BACK IN FEBRUARY BECAUSE THOSE THAT WOULD BE LAUNCHING THAT, UH, ARE, OR GUIDING THAT WORK ARE CURRENTLY IN A TRAINING, UH, OUT OF TOWN AND THEY WON'T BE BACK UNTIL, UM, LATE WEDNESDAY.
I, I THINK, UM, THEY'LL PROBABLY BE SOME UPDATES TO THAT.
I DON'T KNOW IF THE, YOU KNOW, PRIORITY SCHOOLS HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED AGAIN.
UM, YEAH, I'M, I'M OKAY WITH THAT.
IT MIGHT EVEN, UH, DEPENDING UPON THE LENGTH OF THE PRESENTATION, IT COULD BE A SPECIAL
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CALL MEETING EVEN, BUT THAT'S A GOOD IDEA OF TINA.I DON'T THINK KATHY, UM, TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, I DON'T THINK THE SCHOOLS ARE GOING TO BE RE IDENTIFIED UNTIL THE END OF THIS ACADEMIC YEAR.
YEAH, I THINK THAT'S, UH, CORRECT.
BUT I DO KNOW THE STATE IS CURRENTLY STILL STRUGGLING WITH, UM, WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO DO SO WELL, YOU KNOW, MY PREFERENCE, BUT THOSE REPORTS ARE USUALLY LENGTHY AND YOU KNOW, TO ME, IT WOULD BE BETTER TO HAVE A SPECIAL CALL MEETING TO ADDRESS THAT OR PUT IT AT THE WORK SESSION.
I THOUGHT THE WORK SESSION, WE CAN DO THE WORK SESSION.
CAUSE THEN WE GET IT IN JANUARY INSTEAD OF FEBRUARY.
THEN WE HAVE THE CONSENT AGENDA.
WE HAVE A LOT OF THINGS TO CONSENT TO A MINUTES, MINUTES, MINUTES, MINUTES, MINUTES, MINUTES FOR ALL MINUTES OF IT.
THERE SHOULDN'T BE A BIG PROBLEM WITH THAT.
UM, THE, ACCORDING TO YOUR WORK PLAN, THEY QUARTERLY AND ANDREW PORT FOR FOIL IS SUPPOSED TO BE PUT ON THE CONSENT AGENDA.
SO IT'D BE GOING TO OPERATIONS ON WEDNESDAY AND THEN WOULD BE ON YOUR AGENDA.
WE CAN ALSO TALK ABOUT IT TO A FUEL, WANT TO, OKAY.
SO THAT'LL BE AN ITEM COMING FROM A COMMITTEE MEETING.
AND OPERATIONS IS A COMMITTEE THAT'S GIVING A REPORT.
UH, I HAVE A QUICK QUESTION FOR YOU.
WE, WE MAY HAVE A DONATION, UH, WOULD THAT BE UNDER BOARD BUSINESS OR WOULD THAT BE UNDER CONSENT AGENDA? HOW WOULD THAT WORK WITH SIZE DONATION? I DON'T HAVE THE EXACT AMOUNT YET.
WE HAVE TO APPROVE ANYTHING OVER WHAT 5,000.
IT GOES UNDER BOARD BUSINESS OVER 5,000, 5,000 AND OVER TINA'S.
SO MY ADVICE FOR THAT, UM, FOR DONATIONS WOULD BE UNDER BOARD BUSINESS.
UM, EVEN THOUGH IT COULD BE APPROVED UNDER CONSENT AGENDA BECAUSE I THINK IT GIVES MORE VALIDITY AND RECOGNITION TO THE DONATING, UH, PERSON OR COMPANY OR WHATEVER.
I JUST THINK WE WANT TO REALLY HONOR THEM.
BUT I WAS GOING TO SAY THE SAME.
'CAUSE WE DEFINITELY WANT TO KNOW MORE ABOUT THE DONATION AND WHY THEY'RE GIVING.
NOT ONLY DOES IT GIVE A RECOGNITION, IT GIVES US AN EXPLANATION.
CAN I MAKE A RECOMMENDATION ABOUT THE PRESENTATION OF THE RIVERVIEW CHARTER SCHOOL IN AND REPORT? I ASSUME WE WILL HAVE THAT IN OUR PACKETS PRIOR TO THE MEETING.
UM, SO I WOULD SUGGEST TO THE PEOPLE THAT ARE GIVING IT, IF ROBIN, MY FEELING THAT THEY'RE GIVING US SUCCINCT BULLET POINT REPORT AND NOT GOING THROUGH THE WHOLE REPORT PAGE BY PAGE, BECAUSE I REMEMBER BEFORE HAVING THOSE PRESENTATIONS THAT WERE QUITE LENGTHY.
THAT WAS OUR MEN FOR THAT ONE BECAUSE THAT WOMAN CAME AND SHE WAS PREGNANT AND THEY DID A WHOLE, I THINK THEY DID LIKE MORE OF A PROMOTIONAL VIDEO.
REMEMBER THEY HAD THE WHOLE, LIKE, THERE WAS LIKE A 12 AS LONG VIDEO, IF IT'S OKAY WITH YOU GUYS, JUST TELL THEM IT'S NOT PROMOTIONAL OR AN EXECUTIVE SUMMARY WILL SUFFICE.
AND THE PREGNANCY THING HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH ANYTHING.
I THINK WE SHOULD BE BORN BY NOW AND HEALTHY
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AT A FOLLOW-UP ITEM.THEN WE HAVE FUTURE AGENDA TOPICS.
AND I HAVE TO SAY THAT I'M GOING TO ALWAYS HAVE THE SIZE WHEN PEOPLE GIVE US FUTURE GENTLEMEN TO MAKE THEM AS SPECIFIC AS POSSIBLE TO TRY TO KEEP, UH, YOU KNOW, A TIGHT BOUNDARY ON, ON WHAT THE TOPIC IS BECAUSE WE HAVE GONE THROUGH SOME OF THESE AGENDA ITEMS AND FOUND, WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY MEAN.
SO I'M GOING TO TRY TO ASK FOLKS TO BE AS SPECIFIC AS POSSIBLE.
THEN WE HAVE THE SECOND PUBLIC COMMENTS AND INSURANCE.
NOW WE HAVE OUT ON BOARD DOCS, THE WORK PLAN.
AND I KNOW THAT THE WORK PLAN IS SCHEDULED FOR THE WORK SESSION.
SO ROBIN IS THAT OUT THERE JUST SO THAT WE HAVE PLENTY OF TIME TO REVIEW IT, IS THAT WHY IT'S HAPPENING? I PUT IT OUT THERE.
SO AS TO REMIND US, BECAUSE THE BOARD APPROVED THE WORK PLAN SO THAT YOU CAN KIND OF REMEMBER WHAT WHAT'S ON THE WORK PLAN, WHAT'S, WHAT'S KIND OF DUE TO COME UP.
AND WHAT FOR THE WORK SESSION? I THINK ONE OF THE FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS WAS TO, UM, REVISE THE WORK PLAN AS WELL, SO.
LET'S UH, LET'S TRUNDLE THROUGH THESE ITEMS LOOSE AND VITAMINS HERE OR ROYALTIES.
UM, TONYA SAYS SHE IS GOING TO REACH OUT TO THEM.
UH, SHE IS LOOKING AT PERHAPS BRINGING ALL THE TIFS IN FEBRUARY.
SO SHE'S GOING TO REACH OUT AGAIN TO PORT ROYAL TO SEE IF THEY ARE READY AND AVAILABLE WHEN SHE REACHES OUT TO HILTON HEAD INS AND SO FORTH.
CAUSE I THINK THIS IS PROBABLY BEEN OUT THERE FOR AT LEAST A YEAR MORE THAN THAT, DAVID, IT WAS, I THINK IT WAS MAYBE PUT ON THERE BY, UH, JOANNE WHEN SHE WAS ON THE BOARD.
THEY START TIMES WORK WAS SIGNED TO THE OPERATIONS.
I DON'T THINK IT'S ROBOT AGENDAS BECAUSE COVID INTERFERED WITH IT, A BOARD CULTURE MEETING IN AUGUST.
UM, THE BOARD CULTURE, UM, AT THE MALE HAS ASKED FOR IT TO BE REVISED.
AND I DIDN'T PUT MALES SPECIFIC REQUESTS BECAUSE IT IS ABOUT THE BOARD CULTURE.
UM, UM, I THINK HIS FUTURE, THE FUTURE TOPIC WAS US TO REVISIT IT AGAIN.
SO IT WAS ALREADY ON THE AGENDA.
I MEAN, IT WAS ALREADY ON OUR CHART AND TINA'S HANDS UP.
WELL, I TOOK IT DOWN, BUT A COUPLE OF THINGS.
UM, SO THAT AS YOU GO A LITTLE LOWER ON YOUR LIST, THE DISCUSSION ON THE EVALUATION BOOK, UH, THAT DOCTOR ARE PREPARED FOR THE BOARD MEMBERS TO DO HIS EVALUATION.
THAT'S ALREADY BEEN DETERMINED BY THE LAST SET OF OFFICERS THAT, THAT DOES NOT BELONG BACK ON THE AGENDA.
I BELIEVE WE DECIDED THAT THE LAST MEETING AND I JUST LIKE TO, UM, REITERATE MY UNDERSTANDING OF FUTURE TOPICS.
UM, WHEN THIS WAS BROUGHT UP, ORIGINALLY, SOMEONE COULD BRING UP IDEAS FOR FUTURE TOPICS, BUT FROM MY UNDERSTANDING, IT DIDN'T GUARANTEE THAT IT WOULD BE A FUTURE TOPIC.
I COULD BE WRONG, BUT THAT WAS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT, YOU KNOW, IF ANYBODY HAD, WAS KIND OF LIKE A WISH A LIST AND IT COULD KEEP, BUT IT WASN'T A GUARANTEE THAT IT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT THE, THE OFFICERS OR WHOEVER WOULD DECIDE TO MOVE FORWARD.
WE'VE, WE'VE PRETTY MUCH HANDLED EVERYTHING AS SEPARATE BEEN ON THERE.
I THINK THE ONLY THING WE HAVEN'T DONE OR THINGS THAT ARE SO VAGUE, WE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT THEY WERE.
AND THEN WHEN WE FOLLOWED UP TO FIND OUT EXACTLY WHAT IT MEANT, WE NEVER GOT A RESPONSE.
SO THOSE ARE THE ONLY THINGS I THINK.
SO I CAN GO AHEAD AND REMOVE THIS THEN.
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INGRID'S HAND IS UP.I WOULD JUST SUGGEST MAYBE ADDING A COLUMN ON THIS LIST AS TO WHO RE WHO RECOMMENDED IT.
SO WE KNOW WHO TO GO BACK TO IF THERE'S A QUESTION.
CAUSE I THINK THAT'S WHERE SOME OF THE CONFUSION COMES IN, UNLESS THERE'S A REASON NOT TO DO THAT.
REMEMBER WE'VE DONE EXPLAINING IT, BUT THE THEME FROM, YEAH, I JUST, I BROUGHT THAT UP AT THE LAST MEETING BECAUSE THERE WAS AN EMAIL CHAIN ABOUT IT AND I WAS LIKE, WELL, LET'S DO IT ON THE FLOOR BECAUSE IT'S A LIGHT MEETING, BUT IT'S NOT MY IDEA.
YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? LIKE THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING.
IF YOU PUT WHO, WHO, WHOSE IDEA IT WAS, THEN YOU CAN FOLLOW UP WITH THEM BECAUSE IT DOES GET CONFUSING.
CHOICES, PROCESSES AS SEARS FINANCIAL.
IT IS A DESIGN K PROGRAM AT MAY RIVER.
SO I HAVE A QUESTION FOR DOCTOR R UM, ARE THE R IS THE KATE, IS THE CATE DEPARTMENT GOING TO TALK ABOUT THAT? UM, DURING THE, UM, WHAT IS THAT SECTION THAT THEY'RE GOING TO, THE EXECUTIVES ARE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS.
IS KATE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THAT DURING THAT TIME? ARE YOU, ARE YOU REFERENCING LIKE WORKED NO AT THE UPCOMING BOARD MEETING OR EVEN AT WORK, EVEN AT OUR WORK SESSION, CAPE PROGRAMMING MIGHT BE MORE PROBE FOR, OKAY.
CAUSE I, I WAS THINKING MAYBE DURING THE ACADEMIC FOCUS OF EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS, THAT'S WHAT I WAS ASKING IF THEY WOULD BE PRESENTING.
NO, THEY'RE NOT GOING TO TALK ABOUT THAT IN, UH, IN, UH, IN THEIR, UH, PRESENTATION.
I THINK WHAT I'D REALLY LIKE TO SEE THE STUDENTS THAT ARE INFORMATIONAL AND NOW I'M SORRY, OR INFORMATIONAL, WE SHOULD TRY TO DO IN A WORK SESSION BECAUSE THERE'S MORE TIME WE CAN HAVE LONGER DISCUSSIONS.
PEOPLE ARE FREER IN THAT SETTING.
SO IF THEY'RE INFORMATIONAL THINGS, I WANT TO TRY TO GET US TO PUSH US AS MUCH OF THAT AS WE CAN GET A WORK SESSION.
SO ROBIN DAD NEEDS TO BE WORK SESSION NEEDS TO BE EDITED IN THAT COLUMN FOR KATE.
IT'S, THAT'S A PDF FILE THAT WE'RE SHOWING YOU ALL RIGHT NOW.
RESULTS SECTION OF THE POLICY MANUAL, LESS JUST BECOMING SOMEWHAT CRITICAL.
AND SO WE DO NEED TO DISCUSS THAT BASED ON WHAT WE LEARNED IN OUR SESSION.
MAYBE REJUVENATE TO DISCUSS THAT ANY ONE DAY A WEEK, TEACHER PLANNING SHORTENING SCHOOL DAY FOR TEACHER BURNOUT.
OH, HAS I TALKED ABOUT THIS SCHOOL DISTRICT THAT MY KIDS WENT TO IN PENNSYLVANIA THAT DID THAT.
I MEAN, THEY, I ALWAYS DID THAT AND IT WAS JUST KIND OF A REALLY THINK OUT OF THE BOX.
IS THERE ANYTHING THAT WE CAN DO? I, I, YOU KNOW, ONCE A MONTH OR SOMETHING, I DON'T KNOW.
I JUST PUT IT OUT THERE BECAUSE IT WAS TRYING TO ADDRESS SOME CREATIVE WAY TO ADDRESS WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH COVID WILL SMITH THE LAST AGENDAS, WHEN IT W YOU KNOW, FUTURE TOPICS.
HE'S THE ONE THAT SAID GIVING TEACHERS A HALF DAY OFF TO DEAL WITH TEACHER BURNOUT.
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MINE WAS ABOUT PLANNING THAT THE TEACHERS WOULD USE THAT TIME TO PLAN.I THINK YOUR IDEA AND WILL'S IDEA GOT MERGED LIKE A GLOB.
LET'S PUT IT INTO THE WORK SESSION.
I THINK THE UNDERLYING ISSUE IS TEACHER BURNOUT.
THERE MIGHT BE MORE THINGS THAN COMPLAINING AND SHORTENING THE SCHOOL DAY.
OTHER THINGS WOULD, THEN WE CAN DO SO DEALING WITH TEACHER BURNOUT AND THAT'S A WORK SESSION FOR SURE.
YEAH, BECAUSE THAT INVOLVES CHANGING THE ACADEMIC CALENDAR.
AS IF YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT DOING SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
THERE ARE A WHOLE LOT OF PIECES TO THAT PUZZLE PUZZLE.
MANNY, THIS IS THE RIGHT MONTH FOR US TO TAKE IT ON, BUT I'LL LEAVE THAT UP TO THE EXECUTIVE MEMBERS.
THERE'S JUST A LOT OF FRUSTRATION WITH, UH, TEACHING SCHEDULES RIGHT NOW.
IT'S NOT HERE, BUT YOU SAID, THIS IS WHAT THEY ENDED UP IN PENNSYLVANIA CAFFEINE.
AND THE, UM, DISTRICTS THAT MY KIDS WERE IN SCHOOL.
I MEAN, THIS WASN'T IN RESPONSE TO TEACHER BURNOUT.
THIS WAS PART OF THEIR ACADEMIC PLANNING THAT WHAT THEY DID AT ONE DAY, A WEEK, EVERY WEDNESDAY, THE KIDS GOT DISMISSED AN HOUR EARLY.
AND IT WAS THAT TIME WAS USED FOR TEACHER PLANNING.
UM, AND YOU KNOW, WE ALL MOANED AND GROANED ABOUT IT AS PARENTS, BUT, YOU KNOW, THE DAY CARE FACILITIES OF COURSE RESPONDED.
AND, UM, I THINK IT DID CONTRIBUTE TO THE TEACHERS, UM, FEELING THAT THEY HAD SOME MORE PROFESSIONAL TIME AND THAT THEY DIDN'T HAVE TO, YOU KNOW, SO I, I JUST BROUGHT IT UP KIND OF A RULE OF THUMB HERE IN SOUTH CAROLINA IS WE DON'T REALLY CARE HOW THEY DID IT UP THERE.
SO I WOULD, THIS IS MY JUST, I'M THROWING THIS OUT.
THERE IS MY PERSONAL RECOMMENDATION, BUT NOT BECAUSE I'M IN A POSITION TO RECOMMEND ANYTHING, BUT A, I THINK RIGHT NOW PEOPLE ARE REALLY TENSE ABOUT, YOU KNOW, BURN OUT AND ALL THAT SORT OF THING.
SO IT'S A DICEY TIME TO INTRODUCE IT.
BE IF YOU READ THE, UM, LEGISLATIVE THING, MCMASTER'S COMING DOWN WITH THIS THING WHERE HE IS GOING TO WITHIN, AS SOON AS IT GETS APPROVED, SCHOOL BOARDS ARE GOING TO HAVE THREE MONTHS TO DEVELOP AN UNENCUMBERED TIME POLICY FOR TEACHERS.
UM, AND I KNOW TRISH HAS MENTIONED THAT WITH LIKE, YOU KNOW, NOT HAVING THEM ON LUNCH DUTY.
SO THIS IS CLEARLY A HOT TOPIC THAT'S BEING DEBATED IN COLUMBIA AND WE'RE GOING TO GET SOMETHING FROM THE GOVERNOR.
SO MY PERSONAL RECOMMENDATION WOULD BE, LET'S DO IT AT THE WORK SESSION IN MARCH, BUT THAT, YOU KNOW, LIKE I SAID, THAT'S JUST KINDA MY THOUGHTS.
AND I, I, I, YOU KNOW, UH, I THINK STARTING TO DISCUSS IT MIGHT JUST SEND A MESSAGE THAT WE HEAR YOU, WE UNDERSTAND WE'RE JUST LOOKING AT SOME SOLUTIONS, BUT, UM, CERTAINLY WE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO IMPLEMENT ANYTHING FOR A WHILE, BUT I, I THINK, YOU KNOW, WE COULD PUT IT OFF TO LARGE.
HOW DID THE REST OF YOU FEEL? I THINK WE SHOULD WAIT.
I REALLY, BECAUSE ALTHOUGH WE ARE ACKNOWLEDGING THAT THIS IS AN ISSUE, UM, EVEN IF WE COME UP WITH A PLAN, WE WILL HAVE TO WAIT TO SEE WHAT HAPPENS WITH THE LEGISLATION.
AND THEN WE WOULD HAVE TO, UM, COME UP WITH A NEW ACADEMIC PLAN, A NEW ACADEMIC CALENDAR.
SO IT'S GOING TO TAKE SOME, IT'S GOING TO TAKE US SOME TIME TO IMPLEMENT IT, BUT I THINK WE SHOULD WAIT UNTIL MARCH.
MY SUGGESTION WOULD BE THAT WE SHOULD PUT IT IN OUR, IN THIS ONE COMING UP AND HAVE THIS DISCUSSION WE JUST HAD.
CAUSE I AGREE WITH KAT, LET'S SAY WE ACKNOWLEDGE IT.
WE HAVE THE STATE GOING THINGS, YOU KNOW, AS YOU INGRID SAID, UM, AND WE'RE GOING TO WATCH WHAT THEY DO.
AND THESE ARE THE KINDS OF THINGS WE WANT TO LOOK AT AND THEN PUSH IT OFF UNTIL THE NEXT WORK SESSION.
THAT WOULD BE A LITTLE BIT CAREFUL OF WHAT YOU'RE ACKNOWLEDGING JUST RIGHT NOW, BECAUSE TEACHERS ARE BURNED OUT AND THERE'S ALL THESE ISSUES
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OUT THERE.AND I MEAN, I I'M IN WITH ALL THE PARENTS AND HEAR THE DISCUSSION THAT'S GOING ON.
I JUST THINK EVERYONE'S VERY TENSE RIGHT NOW.
SO IF YOU'RE SAYING, WE JUST WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT TEACHERS ARE BURNED OUT.
I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S GOING TO LAY THE BEST GROUNDWORK FOR CONSTRUCTIVE DIALOGUE GOING FORWARD, WHERE IF YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT, YOU KNOW, WE MAY NEED TO DO SOME THINGS DIFFERENTLY TO HELP TEACHERS WITH PLANNING TIME.
I THINK THAT WOULD BE, THAT WOULD GO A LOT FURTHER.
AND AS YOU JUST SAID, EVERYBODY KNOWS THAT TEACHER BURNOUT IS THE KNOWN THING.
I'LL, I'M GOING TO DEFER TO INSULIN.
WE'RE NOT, I THINK THE FAMOUS PHRASE HERE IS WE'RE NOT TRYING TO KICK THE CAN DOWN THE ROAD.
RIGHT? WE UNDERSTAND THIS IS HERE, BUT WE NEED ALL OF THE INFORMATION THAT WE CAN GATHER IN ORDER TO MAKE A PLAN, TO COME UP WITH A PLAN AND EXECUTE IT.
AND LET'S BE JUST A LITTLE COGNITIVE FACT THAT SOMEWHERE OUT THERE, THERE WAS A LAWSUIT, A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT SWIRLING ABOUT HOW WE'RE REIMBURSING TEACHERS AND ALL THAT.
SO I JUST THINK IT'S SOMETHING WE, IF WE WANT TO DO IT THIS MONTH, I THINK WE JUST HAVE TO DO IT VERY CAREFULLY.
I WOULD SAY, YOU'RE NOT GOING TO ADD IT TO THE AGENDA YOU'RE DEVELOPING RIGHT NOW.
SO I WOULD HOLD OFF AND THINK ABOUT IT.
AND THEN YOU CAN TALK ABOUT IT AT NEXT AGENDA, SETTING ON TO WHETHER PUT IT ON OR NOT ON JANUARY 28TH.
CAUSE IT'S, THAT'S NOT WHAT WE'RE DISCUSSING TODAY.
SO WE'LL JUST WORK SESSION, UM, DASHBOARD.
WHAT ABOUT THE DASHBOARD? YEAH, THERE YOU GO.
THAT'S EXACTLY THE QUESTION I WILL FOLLOW UP WITH RACHEL AND ASK HER SPECIFICALLY, WHAT ABOUT THE DASH? I HAVE A FEELING OF SECURING A WORK SESSION ITEM, UNLESS IT'S VERY SPECIFIC, BUT I'LL FOLLOW UP WITH HER.
THAT TAKES CARE OF ALL OUR LOOSE ENDS.
AND WE NEED TO DECIDE WHEN WE'RE GOING TO MEET AGAIN TO SET THE WORK SESSION AGENDA.
UM, ARE YOU ALL AVAILABLE ON THE 20TH? YES.
I KNOW WE HAVE A, UM, HIGH SCHOOL HAS AN SIC MEETING THAT NIGHT AT SIX.
SO I'M DOING IT FOR, WELL, I ALREADY ON THE 20TH.
WHAT TIME WORKS FOR? UM, ANGELA FIVE.
JUST WITH THE IDEA THAT HAS BEEN BE A 45 MINUTE MEETING THAT WOULD GIVE ME TIME TO RUN OVER, YOU KNOW, TO GET TO THE SIC MEETING.
WE CAN DO IT 45 MINUTES FOCUSED BECAUSE WE ALREADY HAVE THINGS LISTED ON OUR CHART HERE.
SO IT SHOULDN'T BE EASY TO FILL IT IN.
AND WE HAD A LITTLE BIT OF DISCUSSION ABOUT THE THINGS ALREADY.
UM, SO THE 20TH AT FIVE O'CLOCK YES MA'AM.
DO YOU ALL WANT TO SET YOUR MEETING FOR THE NEXT, UM, FOR THE FEBRUARY? OR DO YOU WANT TO WAIT? YOU CAN DO IT ON THE 20TH, YOUR FEBRUARY 1ST MEETING.
I'D RATHER WAIT TILL THE 20TH.
SUDDENLY MY SCHEDULE, MY SCHEDULE'S GETTING LESS FLUID THAN IT USED TO BE.
IT WAS SO NICE TO BE ABLE TO SAY ALL THE TIME WHATEVER'S BEST FOR YOU.
I THINK WE'VE WRAPPED, WRAPPED UP TODAY'S TODAY'S ACTION ITEMS. SO, ALL RIGHT.