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WE'LL CALL THIS MEETING OF BUFORD COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION AGENDA SETTING TO ORDER.
THE SEVENTH MEETING IS ON ZOOM AND BEING LIFESPRING BY COUNTY CHANNEL.
UH, FIRST, UH, ANGELA CAN NOT BE WITH US, KATHY, SO IT'S JUST YOU.
SO I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THE AGENDA OF THE ACADEMIC COMMITTEE MEETING TODAY FOR FEBRUARY 7TH, 2022.
HOW ABOUT THE AGENDA? NOT THE ACADEMIC APPROVED THE AGENDA.
I EVEN WROTE IT DOWN, BUT I WROTE DOWN TO APPROVE THE AGENDA CITY COMMITTEE MEETING.
ALL RIGHT, I'LL SECOND THAT, UM, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, WILL YOU STAND FOR THE PLEDGE PLEASE? ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG AND OUT OF THE CHUTES OF AMERICA AND REPUBLIC ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
OTHER MEDIA HAS BEEN NOTIFIED.
NEXT TOPIC IS APPROVAL OF THE JANUARY 24TH MEETING MINUTES.
WE APPROVE THE JANUARY 24TH COMMITTEE MEETING, THEN MY SECOND MAP DISCUSSION IN FAVOR, AYE.
AND WHEN YOU GET TO THE MEAT OF THE MEETING, SO THEN THE FEBRUARY 15TH, AGENDA IT BE AT THE HILTON HEAD ISLAND, CREATIVE ARTS.
ALL THE BOILER PLATE STUFF LOOKS GOOD.
UM, I JUST SUGGEST A FIVE O'CLOCK, BUT THAT'S UP TO YOU ALL.
UM, GENE MATTHEWS AND DAVID DON'T, BOTH OF THEM LIKE TO TALK AND WE ALWAYS SEEM TO HAVE QUESTIONS FOR THEM, BUT FOR PENDING MATTERS COVERED BY ATTORNEY CLIENT PRIVILEGE.
FRANK, DO YOU KNOW HOW LONG THAT'S GONNA LAST THOSE? I DON'T THINK THOSE WILL BE VERY LONG.
SHE JUST NEEDS TO GIVE YOU SOME BRIEFING UPDATE ON EACH OF THEM.
SO I DON'T THINK THAT OKAY, THEN I THINK FIVE O'CLOCK IS PROBABLY OKAY.
I THINK WE JUST START OUT BY SAYING TO OUR BOARD TOO, THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, WE'RE STARTING AT FIVE O'CLOCK, SO LET'S, UH, MAKE SURE, UM, FOCUSED.
ALL REWARDER ACTIONS, ALL THAT BOILER PLATE STUFF, POINTS TO CELEBRATION JANUARY STUDENT OF THE MONTHS.
SO WE'LL ONLY HAVE THE SOFT STUFF OF THE BROAD STUDENT.
UM, THEY WILL BE VOTING ON THE PERSON THIS WEEK, SO WE DON'T KNOW IF THERE'LL BE IN PERSON OR VIRTUAL AND WE'RE JUST GOING TO HAVE THAT ONE, NOT.
UM, AND WE ALSO WILL, MIGHT HAVE, UM, UM, PERHAPS THE GUIDANCE COUNSELOR OF THE YEAR DON'T KNOW YET, BUT THAT MIGHT BE ADDED TO THE AGENDA.
NO, THEY'LL COME WHEN WE HAVE OUR MEETING, UM, OVER HERE.
ESPECIALLY IF THEY DECIDED TO COME IN.
PUBLIC COMMENTS, CHAIRMAN'S REPORT.
UM, I WILL REMIND EVERYONE ONCE AGAIN ABOUT THE STATEMENT
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ECONOMIC FACTORS.I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANYTHING ELSE.
DO YOU NEED TO REMIND PEOPLE? I THINK ROBIN MAYBE SENT SOMETHING OUT TODAY.
I HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE TO GO THROUGH EVERYTHING, BUT ABOUT THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN CONFERENCE ROBIN.
I MEAN, PEOPLE REALLY, PEOPLE SHOULD JUST READ THEIR EMAIL AND YEAH, THEY SHOULD.
WILL THAT BE TOO LATE THOUGH, ROBIN? UM, I THINK BECAUSE I HAVE TO SEND THEM SOME MONEY FOR THE SUNDAYS THING AND I THINK I HAVE TO DO THAT BY THE END OF, BY THE END OF THIS WEEK.
SO THAT WAS ONE OF THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS WHY I'M TRYING TO GET EVERYONE TO COMMUNICATE TO ME WHO'S WHO'S ATTENDING.
THEN FORGET IT TO MUTE POINT ECONOMIC INTEREST.
AND I'LL ALSO POINT OUT TO EVERYONE THAT THE WEBSITE HAS CHANGED THIS YEAR.
UM, IT'LL TAKE YOU A FEW EXTRA MINUTES THIS YEAR.
I WAS SURPRISED WHEN I WENT IN TO DO IT YESTERDAY.
YOU AIN'T GOT UP AND NEW PAST WHERE EVERYTHING THEY'RE ESTABLISHES SEEMS BETTER TO ME.
UM, COMMITTEE REPORTS, FINANCE AND OPERATIONS SOUNDS FINE TO ME.
UM, AND OF COURSE WE DON'T KNOW AT THIS POINT, WHETHER THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE ANYTHING TO BRING FORWARD.
AND THEN THE SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT, UM, COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS FOR ACADEMIC RECOVERY.
IS THAT A LONG ONE OR A SHORT ONE? NO, THAT'S A SHORT ONE.
UH, WHAT I REALLY WANT TO DO IS JUST HIGHLIGHT OUT THERE FOR THE BOARD, BUT ALSO FOR THE PUBLIC THAT WE HAVE EXPANDED OUR PARTNERSHIPS.
UM, UH, AND, AND WE'VE GOT SEVERAL SITES NORTH OF THE BROAD, UH, WE'VE GOT, UH, OF COURSE WE HAVE THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB AND HILTON HEAD WHERE WE STARTED.
UH, BUT THEN WE'VE GOT, WE'VE GOT, UH, PARTNERSHIPS NORTH OF THE ABROAD THAT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE, UH, WE GET OUT THERE FOR PEOPLE TO OKAY.
AND THE COVID UPDATE NOW IN, IN THE COVID OFF, UM, IMPLEMENTED TEST TO STAY, YOU'LL PROBABLY SAY SOMETHING ABOUT THAT.
FRANK, I WILL DEFINITELY COVER THAT.
UH, MY INTENTION IS TO, UH, IMPLEMENT THIS WEEK, UM, EITHER WEDNESDAY OR THURSDAY AND, UH, AND WE CAN GO THROUGH THAT, UH, AT THAT, AT THAT COVID UPDATE AS WELL.
YEAH, BECAUSE I KNOW YOU WANTED TO PUT IT OUT THIS WEEK, BUT IT'S, IT'S NOT INTUITIVE.
SO THE MORE, THE MORE WE DISCUSS, UH, FEWER QUESTIONS WE'LL GET CLEAR.
CONSENT AGENDA IS THE CONSENT AGENDA, FUTURE, YOU KNOW, ALL OF THE REST OF HIS BOILER PLATE.
NOW WE HAD OUR, WE HAD A REQUEST FROM INGRID TO DO A FOLLOW-UP ON THE MOSSY OAKS SRO INCIDENT.
SO I THINK YOU ASKED HER SOME, I ASKED HER TO TRY TO BE SPECIFIC AND SHE DID RESPOND TO ME AND GAVE ME ABOUT FOUR QUESTIONS.
ONE OF WHICH I THOUGHT WAS A GOOD QUESTION.
WELL, I'LL TELL YOU WHAT TO IMPROVE.
ALL OF THEM WERE GOOD QUESTIONS.
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I THOUGHT ONE OF THEM WAS A GOOD QUESTION FOR THIS BOARD MEETING AND THAT WOULD BE A FOLLOW-UP WHAT ARE WE DOING? UM, TO RECTIFY THAT, YOU KNOW, WHAT ADJUSTMENTS ARE WE MAKING BECAUSE OF THAT INCIDENT? THE OTHER THINGS I THOUGHT WERE, UM, THINGS WE PROBABLY SHOULD HAVE ASKED BEFORE WE SIGNED THE CONTRACT, BUT I WASN'T SURE THAT THEY WERE AS PINPOINT, BUT I'LL LET YOU TALK NOW.OH, UM, YEAH, NO, I WAS JUST THINKING, LIKE YOU SAID, I MEAN THE MAIN ONE, WHICH IS SORT OF, THEY SAID, WHAT ARE WE DOING? RIGHT.
UM, OR OUR, I THINK THE UPDATE WAS THIS GUY HAS BEEN FIRED AND THEY'RE GOING BACK OVER THEIR TRAINING.
I THINK IT WOULD BE A GREAT IDEA TO HEAR WHAT KIND OF TRAINING AND I, THIS IS PRE LIKE, LIKE YOU SAID, THIS MAY NOT HAVE AN IMPACT BECAUSE WE'VE ALREADY SIGNED THE CONTRACT, BUT I WAS KIND OF LOOKING INTO IT JUST A LITTLE BIT, JUST MY OWN CURIOSITY.
AND THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS THAT OTHER, UM, STATES AND DISTRICTS DO FOR WHAT THEY CALL THE SSO MODEL, AS OPPOSED TO AN SRO MODEL, UM, THAT ARE MORE SPECIFICALLY TAILORED TOWARDS WORKING AROUND CHILDREN.
UM, AND I DON'T KNOW IF A GUARD ONE HAS ANY OF THOSE PROGRAMS OR IF THE DISTRICT HAD ANY INTEREST IN SOME OF THOSE IDEAS, LIKE THEY HAD, YOU KNOW, WORKING WITH, UM, DISABLED CHILDREN OR SPECIAL NEEDS, UH, SPECIAL ED CHILDREN.
LIKE THERE'S CERTAIN THINGS THAT AN AVERAGE SECURITY GUARD MAY NOT COME INTO CONTACT WITH.
SO THOSE WERE KIND OF MY THOUGHTS.
I THOUGHT IT WAS, THOSE ARE REALLY GOOD THINGS TO GO OVER AND A WORK SESSION, BUT FOR THE BOARD MEETING, I THINK THAT FIRST QUESTION IS RIGHT ON POINT.
WHAT ARE WE DOING ABOUT THAT INCIDENT? WHAT DO YOU THINK? I ALSO THINK AT THAT POINT, I, YOU KNOW, IS IT, UH, PRUDENT FOR US TO, UM, RECAP THAT THE REASON WE DON'T HAVE SRO IS BECAUSE THE, UH, SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENTS CAN'T HIRE THEM.
I MEAN, YOU KNOW, I I'VE GOTTEN QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT.
LIKE WHY, WHY DO YOU HAVE THESE ARMED SECURITY AND WE'VE BEEN OVER THIS, UM, DO WE NEED TO REPEAT IT FOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC? OKAY.
BUT I DO THINK ALSO KATHY, TO YOUR POINT, I THINK WE ALSO NEED TO PREPARE PEOPLE FOR THE IDEA THAT, UH, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE SSOS FOR A LONG TIME.
LIKE I DON'T SEE ANY IMMEDIATE SOLUTION TO THE SRO STAFFING CRISIS ON THE HORIZON.
SO EVEN THOUGH THAT WOULD ULTIMATELY BE THE GOAL, I THINK WE NEED TO RECOGNIZE THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE SECURITY OFFICERS IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FOR THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE, IN MY OPINION.
AND I THINK PJ IS, HAS ALREADY SET US, SET OUR EXPECTATION.
HE CAN'T HIRE OFFICERS MUCH LESS HIGHER SRO IS WITHDRAWN SOME SETTABLE.
SO THIS IS GOING TO BE AROUND FOR A WHILE.
I THINK IT'S FAIR TO SAY THAT IT'S NOT, AND IT'S NOT JUST A SHERIFF'S OFFICE.
BLUFFTON PD HAS THE SAME ISSUE.
UH, PORT ROYAL, WE HAVE, UH, WE HAVE ONE, BUT THEY ONLY HAVE ONE SCHOOL WITHIN THAT AREA.
AND THEN BUFORD, UH, UH, WOULD BE IN THE SAME SITUATION.
I MEAN, WE WOULD BE, WE COULD HIRE TWO ADDITIONAL SRS PER YEAR, YOU KNOW, IF THEY WERE ABLE TO SUPPLY, UM, DAVID, WHERE DO WE PUT THIS ON THE AGENDA? I KNOW I TALK ABOUT IT ON, I MEAN, YOU KNOW, SO WHERE WOULD WE PUT THIS? YEAH, I HAVE A THOUGHT ON THAT.
CAUSE IT REALLY DEPENDS ON THE TYPES OF QUESTIONS THAT BOARD MEMBERS WANT TO GET INTO AN ASS.
I MEAN, YOU COULD GO DOWN CERTAIN PATHS AND QUESTIONS, WHICH WOULD PUT US INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION CONVERSATION AND YOU COULD PUT A, YOU COULD JUST TRY TO FIGURE OUT, YOU KNOW, YOU COULD ADD JUST IN OTHER WORDS, JUST POSING THE QUESTION AS, UM, WHAT'S BEEN DONE ABOUT IT, YOU KNOW, UH, YOU KNOW, WE PROBABLY COULD TALK ABOUT THAT, UH, OUTSIDE, OUT IN PUBLIC SESSION, BUT YOU KNOW, GUARD ONE WILL BE IN THE POSITION OF TALKING ABOUT A TERMINATION IN PUBLIC SESSION, YOU KNOW, WHICH WELL, YEAH, I'M NOT GOING TO LET THE CONVERSATION GO THERE.
UM, I THINK WE'RE, WE WANT TO SAY FOCUSED ON WHAT WAS DONE AS A RESULT OF THAT INCIDENT.
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WE WOULD, YOU'VE ALREADY TOLD US WE DON'T WANT TO GET INTO, WE DON'T WANT TO GET INTO CONTRACT STUFF AND INGRID'S AGREED THAT WE CAN HAVE A DEEPER DIVE IN THE WORK SESSION ON THE WHOLE, ON THE WHOLE ISSUE.UM, BUT FOR THIS, FOR THIS BOARD MEETING, UM, WHEN JUST FOCUS ON THE FOLLOW-UP AND I'LL, I WILL TRY TO KEEP THE QUESTIONS, UH, LIMITED TO THAT, TO THAT ITEM, MR. SMITH YOU'RE MUTED.
WHEN I WAS GOING TO SAY, I THINK WE WOULD WANT TO KEEP IT LIMITED TO, AND I JUST MENTIONED THAT WE'RE NOT GIVING PEOPLE ANYTHING THAT SHOULD BE DISCUSSED IN EXECUTIVE SESSIONS WHEN IT COMES TO OUR SCHOOL THAT WE'RE PROTECTING OUR SCHOOLS.
THAT'S ALL PRETTY MUCH SAY, ALRIGHT, THANK YOU.
WELL, THIS, THIS SMALL GROUP, BEN AGREES, I THINK.
AND WHERE WILL WE PUT IT ON THE, I GUESS ON THEIR OTHER MATTERS? I WAS THINKING OTHER MATTERS.
WHAT DO WE CALL IT? CAN I GO BY THE SUPERINTENDENTS REPORT? YEAH.
AS SOON AS THE SUPERINTENDENT REPORTS OTHER MATTERS AND WE'LL CALL IT, FOLLOW UP ON THE SRO INCIDENT, SECURITY GUARD, SECURITY GUARD ON SECURITY.
THAT WAY WE JUST FOCUS ON THAT ONE.
YOU'RE GOOD WITH THAT INGRID RIGHT HERE.
HER NAME IS STILL THERE, BUT I CAN'T HEAR.
MIKE LOOKS LIKE IT'S ON, BUT I CAN'T HEAR IT NOW.
UM, MR. SMITH, YOUR HAND IS UP.
THAT, THAT SHE'S GOOD WITH THAT.
SO NOW WE CAN GO BACK TO THE, UM, WAIT, CAN I, WHAT ABOUT THE VISA SPONSORSHIP PROGRAM? HIGHLY QUALIFIED TEACHERS AND ADMINISTRATORS, RIGHT? WHAT ARE WE DOING UNDER HIGHLY QUALIFIED TEACHERS AND ADMINISTRATORS UPDATE AND VISA SPONSORSHIP? UM, ROBIN SPONSORSHIP.
AND NO, APOSTROPHE S JUST THESE VISA.
I DON'T KNOW IF WE WANT TO PUT IT TO WORK PROGRAM OR JUST THESE, THE SPONSORSHIP I'M GOING TO GO COVER IT.
AND, UH, HOPEFULLY THAT CAN BE A FAIRLY QUICK.
SO NOW WE CAN GO TO THE LOOSE SENSE.
UM, AT THE LAST AGENDA SETTING, UH, I HAD THE TASK OF GOING BACK AND TOUCHING BASE WITH DR.
ABOUT, UH, HER QUESTION REGARDING THE DASHBOARD.
AND SO I HAVE DONE THAT, UM, AND IT WAS JUST, UH, MORE OF AN INQUIRY, UH, FOR ME,
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I RESPONDED TO HER INQUIRY AND SHE'S FINE.UM, THE ONLY THING THAT I HAVE IS A LOOSE OF NOT KNOWING WHERE TO PUT HIS LESSONS LEARNED.
TRISHA WAS, WAS ALREADY ON THERE.
THAT'S BEEN ON THERE AND I KNOW THAT, UH, THEY SAID THAT THEY'RE JUST PORT ROYAL JUST SEEMS TO BE DRAGGING THEIR FEET ON THAT.
GETTING SOMEONE TO COME AND SPEAK.
TANYA IS REACHING OUT TO THEM TO SEE IF THEY CAN COME WHEN SHE INVITES, WHEN SHE DOES, UH, HILTON HEAD.
SO I WAS PARTING MY HAIR WHEN WE FIRST PUT THIS.
OH, IS THERE ANY OTHER LOOSE THAT I, UM, THE SOCIAL MEDIA, WE DIDN'T, THAT WAS INGRID.
WHAT DO WE DO WITH THAT? OR WHERE DOES THAT GO? IS THAT A WORK SESSION OR? YEAH, I THINK SO, BECAUSE I THINK THERE'S GOING TO BE AN EXTENDED DISCUSSION ABOUT WHAT'S APPROPRIATE.
ALTHOUGH I THINK THERE'S FAIRLY WELL ESTABLISHED, BUT IT, I THINK IT'S TOO MUCH FOR A WARD MEETING SPRING OR PUT WORK SESSION WHENEVER.
AND IF I CAN, IF I COULD JUST PUT MY 2 CENTS AND I, I, I THINK THAT'S PROBABLY, IF, IF WE'RE GOING TO DO IT, IT'S PROBABLY A SPRING WORK SESSION ONLY BECAUSE IF THERE ARE ANY ADJUSTMENTS TO, TO ANY SOCIAL MEDIA RELATED ITEMS, UM, WE GET INTO THE SPRING IS, YOU KNOW, IT'S ALL HIRING SEASON TYPE OF STUFF.
I THINK THIS IS A DISCUSSION OF WHAT'S LEGAL AND WHAT'S NOT LEGAL.
I'M NOT SURE IT GOES MUCH FURTHER.
I THINK IT WAS GENERATED FROM A PARTICULAR INCIDENT.
I THINK IT'S ABOUT VETTING STAFF.
I DEAL WITH NOW IS GENERATED BECAUSE SOME, AND PUT SOMETHING OUT ON SOCIAL MEDIA.
UM, I CAN'T REMEMBER IF IT WAS THE TEACHER.
I THINK WE'VE DISCUSSED IT BOTH WAYS AND IT'S NOT SOMETHING, THIS IS SUPREME COURT THING.
I'M SO PLEASED THAT WE HAVE SO FEW THINGS ON THAT, UH, ADDITIONAL ITEMS LIST.
THAT'S GOOD THAT WE'RE TAKING CARE OF ALL THAT STUFF.
ANYTHING ELSE? I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING ELSE.
JUST TO SMITH ANYTHING? NO, SIR.
WE MIGHT HAVE A DONATION, BUT I'M STILL WORKING, UH, WAITING TO HEAR FROM NET.
SO THAT WOULD BE THE ONLY BOARD BUSINESS SO FAR THAT I KNOW OF.
I'M NOT SURE WE'VE EVER TURNED ONE DOWN.
UH, I THINK THEN WE CAN ADJOURN.
DAVID, DO WE WANT, WE DON'T NEED TO GO THROUGH AND, UH, RIGHT UP THIS, UH, THESE AGENDA MINUTES AT THIS MOMENT, DEWEY TO ME THAT THE RESULTING AGENDA IS THE MINUTES.
I THINK THAT IS THE MANNERS AND ROBIN, AND I TALKED ABOUT DOING A RECAP AT THE END AND WE'LL PROBABLY BE IN THAT IT WASN'T ROUNDLY ACCEPTED.
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UM, SO WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THAT, YOU KNOW, LATER ON, BUT FOR THE TIME BEING, I'M STILL GOING TO PLAN ON SUMMARIZING EACH AREA AS WE FINISH IT.AND THEN AS LONG AS ROBIN CAN GET THE MINUTES OUT IN A TIMELY MANNER AND LIKE, EVERYBODY SHOULD BE PRETTY EXCITED THAT THOSE MINUTES WENT OUT THE NEXT DAY.
AND IF THAT, IF, IF WE CAN CARRY THAT THROUGH TO ALL THE COMMITTEE MEETINGS, THEN THAT ELIMINATES A LOT OF GROUCHY.
SO THERE'S NO NEED TO MAKE AN ADJUSTMENT IF THAT, IF THAT HAPPENS.
SO WE'LL SEE, WE'LL PUT THAT NOW.
WE'RE GOING TO PUT THE FULL BURDEN.
ARE WE ALL FROZEN? I THINK MR. FROZEN.
SO MR. , DID YOU HEAR ME MAKE A MOTION TO ADJOURN? I SECONDED IT.