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UM, AND WE'LL START WITH THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE 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 DICK, YOU GET TO DO THAT NEXT MEETING.
CAN WE PUT THAT IN THE MINUTES? OKAY.
MR. GUYER GET AN APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA.
WE APPROVE THE AGENDA FOR THE JANUARY 13TH, 2022 COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES.
I, I KNOW THAT WE APPROVED THE AGENDA.
I'LL SECOND THAT ALL IN FAVOR.
UM, ROBIN, DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS? NO, MA'AM THERE ARE NO PUBLIC COMMENTS.
UH, CAN I GET A MOTION TO APPROVE THE JANUARY 13TH, 2022 COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES? I HAVE MOVED THAT WE APPROVED A JANUARY 30TH, 2022 COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES.
I'LL SECOND THAT ALL IN FAVOR.
I FEEL LIKE I'M READY TO CLUBHOUSE.
UH, LET'S START THEN FIRST, UH, AGENDA.
UH, FIRST ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS AN UPDATE ON OUR TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT.
UH, AND, UM, MR. SHOHAN HAS PROVIDED US WITH AN EXECUTIVE SUMMARY.
SO IF YOU WANT TO GET STARTED, MR. SHOHAM, WE'LL GET THIS THING.
OKAY, ROBIN, IF YOU COULD PULL UP.
UM, FOR A LITTLE RUNDOWN FOR THE RFP, UM, IT WAS PUBLISHED, UH, FOR PROPOSALS IN DECEMBER.
ALL SUBMISSIONS WERE RECEIVED AND THE WINDOW CLOSED IN JANUARY.
I WANT TO SAY JANUARY 12TH OR 14TH, UM, PROPOSALS HAVE BEEN REVIEWED BY THE PROCUREMENT OFFICE.
UM, THE EVALUATION COMMITTEE HAS BEEN FORMED AND WE ARE SET AND WE'VE ALREADY GOT ALL OF OUR PACKETS AND WE ARE SET TO MEET ON THE 22ND TO GO THROUGH THE DIFFERENT PACKETS.
UM, AND THEN ONCE THAT IS AWARDED, HOPEFULLY ON THE 22ND, WE WILL BE ABLE TO MEET WITH THE VENDOR AND GET DOWN IN THE NITTY GRITTY OF THE FULL OUTLINE OF WHAT WE WANT THEM TO SCOPE FOR US.
COLONEL GUARD, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, UH, APPLIED? I WANT TO SAY 12 AND EIGHT WHERE, UM, ACCEPTED TO BE REVIEWED.
UM, I HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS, SO IF YOU DON'T HAVE ANYTHING ELSE, COLONEL VIRAL, UM, UM, SO WHEN READ THROUGH THE RFP, IT'S, IT'S UNCLEAR TO ME IN THE CHICKEN AND EGG KIND OF DISCUSSION, IS THE ASSESSMENT GOING TO BE USED TO DETERMINE OUR INFER, OUR TECHNOLOGY STRATEGIC PLAN, OR IS OUR TECHNOLOGY STRATEGIC PLAN GOING TO BE USED TO DETERMINE THE, THE NEEDS OF THE ASSESSMENT? I WOULD SAY BOTH.
UM, THEY ARE GOING TO REVIEW ALL DATA THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE WITH OUR DISASTER RECOVERY PLAN, WITH THE CURRENT TECHNOLOGY PLAN, WHICH IS A SMALL SUBMISSION PLAN TO THE STATE FOR THIS YEAR.
UM, AND THEY'RE ALSO GOING TO CONNECT CONDUCT, UH, EMPLOYEE AND SURVEYS AND MAKE SITE VISITS TO DETERMINE.
SO THEY'RE GOING TO BASICALLY COME IN FROM AN OUTSIDE PERSPECTIVE TO GIVE US AN IDEA OF HOW WE, UH, LINE UP TO INDUSTRY STANDARDS AND OTHER DISTRICTS THAT THEY'VE, UM, VALUATE.
AND THAT WAS ONE OF MY OTHER QUESTIONS BECAUSE IT SAID I WAS TRYING TO FIND THE SPOT, UH, UNDER THE FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS THAT, UH, HOW MANY BUILDINGS ARE IN SCOPE AND THE ANSWER IS WE HAVE OVER 40 LOCATIONS, BUT THE DISTRICT OFFICE WILL BE THE MAIN FOCUS.
CAN YOU TALK ABOUT THE SITE VISITS OR HOW THAT'S GOING TO WORK? CORRECT.
UM, WE'RE GOING TO DO THIS LIKE MOST ASSESSMENTS.
UH, THEY'RE GOING TO BE, THEY'RE GOING TO COME IN AND TAKE A SAMPLING OF MILL MIDDLE ELEMENTARY AND HIGH SCHOOLS.
UM, JUST FOR THE SIMPLE FACT THAT WHEN WE PUT IN TECHNOLOGY, UH, MINUS THE UPGRADES FROM THE NEW REFERENDUM WORK, WE PUT IN THE SAME SYSTEMS IN EVERY ONE OF OUR BUILDINGS.
SO WE BASICALLY SAID THEY COULD
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DO A SAMPLE TO ONE, KEEP THE COSTS DOWN, UM, AND TO INCREASE THE EFFICIENCY AND TIME OF THIS ASSESSMENT.SO YOU'RE JUST GOING TO DO A SAMPLE OF THE SCHOOLS.
THEY'RE NOT GOING TO VISIT ALL THE SCHOOLS.
HOW MANY SCHOOLS DO YOU THINK WILL END UP VISITING OR HOW MANY LIAM THAT SAMPLE? I WOULD MORE THAN LIKELY ASSUME SIX TO EIGHT.
UM, GETTING TWO ELEMENTARIES, TWO MIDDLES, UM, TO HIGH SCHOOLS.
AND THEY'LL PROBABLY WANT TO LOOK AT ONE OF OUR, UM, K THROUGH EIGHT SCHOOLS OR ACADEMY SCHOOLS TO KIND OF SEE HOW THEY'RE DOING IT COMPARED TO THE MIDDLE SLASH ELEMENTARY.
AND, UM, DICK, JUST INTERRUPT ME IF YOU HAVE A QUESTION, I JUST HAVE A COUPLE MORE JUST QUICK ONES.
UM, ONE OF THE THINGS UNDER SCOPE, WHEN IT TALKS ABOUT, UH, EXPECTATIONS, UM, INTRODUCTORY MEETING DATA COLLECTION SAYS ANONYMOUS TEACHER SURVEYS.
ARE THERE GOING TO BE ANY SURVEYS TO PARENTS OR COMMUNITY PARTNERS, OR IS IT JUST FOCUSING ON THE TEACHERS AND STAFF? UM, WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT ENGAGING OUR PARENTS TO GET THEIR FEEL AND SATISFACTION OF THE WORK WE'VE DONE OVER THE LAST YEAR.
SO I DO BELIEVE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT IS GOING TO BE PART OF THE SCOPE.
CAUSE TO ME THAT'S HUGE IS MAKING SURE THAT THE TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT ASSESSES, HOW IT'S WORKING FOR STUDENTS AND PARENTS AND HE SENT HER PARENTS OR ONE OF OUR, UM, OUR CUSTOMERS ARE STAKEHOLDERS.
SO WE DO LIKE TO SEE HOW WE STACK UP IN THEIR EYES.
BECAUSE EDUCATORS USE IT DIFFERENTLY THAN LEARNERS AND THAT SORT OF THING.
UM, AND THEN I THINK I HAVE ONE MORE, IF YOU DON'T MIND, UM, UNDER SOFTWARE SYSTEMS, ARE WE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT LIKE INTEROPERABILITY REDUNDANCY WHEN IT TALKS ABOUT, UM, EVALUATION OF CURRENT SOFTWARE SELECTIONS FOR FUNCTION AND RELEVANCE? YES.
WE DEFINITELY WANT THEM TO COME IN AND LOOK AT THE SOFTWARE WE CURRENTLY HAVE AND SEE ANY PLACES WHERE THEY SEE OVERLAPPED.
SO WE CAN LOOK AT THOSE SYSTEMS AND PROGRAMS TO POSSIBLY CONSOLIDATE OR ELIMINATE, UM, UH, MULTIPLE OR DUPLICATES.
I THINK THAT'S GOING TO BE SUPER IMPORTANT.
THAT'S ALL I HAD COLONEL GUARD.
DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE? I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY BEAR SOME EMPHASIS ON OUR ENTERPRISE SOFTWARE.
I JUST, I WAS, I WAS, I WAS BASICALLY PILING ON, CAUSE I SAW SOMETHING ABOUT MOVING TO THE CLOUD ENTERPRISE OR SOMETHING ABOUT HOW, UH, THAT WAS UNDER THE TECHNOLOGY PLAN THOUGH, WAS THAT WE WERE STARTING TO FOCUS MORE ON CLOUD-BASED.
UH, AND ONE OF THE CLOUD, UH, PARTS IS FOR MAINLY SECURITY AND OPERABILITY IN OUR, UH, FLUID SITUATION WITH, UH, VIRUSES RIGHT NOW AT ANY GIVEN TIME WE COULD SAY, HEY, ALL STAFF, ALL STUDENTS GO HOME AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE OUR STAFF MEMBERS CAN DO THE SAME JOB FUNCTIONS REMOTELY AS THEY CAN IN THE OFFICE IN THOSE TIMES OF NEED.
UM, AND I DID HAVE ONE OTHER QUICK QUESTION.
WHAT, WHAT OUR AUTOMATION SYSTEMS WHAT'S COVERED UNDER THAT IS THAT LIKE OUR BADGING SYSTEM OR, UM, BADGING SYSTEM.
UM, WE HAVE A LOT OF ENVIRONMENTAL, UM, SYSTEMS ALSO.
SO A LOT OF OUR AC SYSTEMS AND OUR FACILITY SYSTEMS TIE INTO THE NETWORK ON SOME ASPECTS.
WE'RE SEEING THAT MORE AND MORE AS TIME GOES ON IN EVERY SYSTEM WE BRING UP FROM THE AC TO EVERYTHING FROM THE CAMERAS TO IN-ROOM SOUND, EVERYTHING IS MOVING AWAY FROM THE OLD LOW VOLTAGE WIRING AND MOVING OVER TO THE NETWORK SIDE TO BE READILY AVAILABLE DATA.
WELL LOOK THAT TOOK US ALL OF EIGHT MINUTES.
UM, UPDATE ON BROADBAND INITIATIVES.
UM, SO WE DO HAVE SOME INTERESTING INFORMATION.
UM, THE DEPARTMENT OF, UH, THE OVER THE OFFICE OF REGULATORY AND STAFFING HAS ASKED THAT WE PUT OUT AN EMAIL TO OUR STAFF PARENTS, UM, THAT ARE BASICALLY COLLECTING MORE INFORMATION ON WHO HAS, WHAT, UM, WHAT SPEED, UM, OR THE REASONS WHY DIFFERENT ADDRESSES OF OUR STUDENTS DO NOT HAVE BROADBAND INTERNET.
UM, AND THEY'RE COLLECTING THIS DATA BECAUSE THE STATE DEPARTMENT OR THE, EXCUSE ME, THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA WILL BE VOTING IN APRIL TO ALLOCATE MORE MONEY TO FACILITATE THE BROADBAND INITIATIVE.
SO THEY'RE GOING TO BE TAKING THIS SURVEY DATA AND THEN
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PUTTING A DOLLAR AMOUNT FOR EACH COUNTY ON IT.UM, WE'VE BEEN IN COMMUNICATIONS WITH, UM, OUR, UH, COUNTY LEVEL ADMINISTRATORS.
UM, WE'VE HAD A LOT OF DISCUSSIONS WITH JARED FRAELICH.
HE'S THE ASSISTANT COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR OF ENGINEERING.
UM, AND THE COUNTY HAS BEEN VERY INVOLVED IN TRYING TO PUSH THIS.
IT'S GOING TO DRIVE FUNDING TOWARDS THE COUNTY AND THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, UM, MORE THAN LIKELY.
UM, HE WOULD BE ALSO A GOOD PERSON TO PROBABLY HAVE AT ONE OF OUR UPCOMING MEETINGS.
JUST TO TALK ABOUT A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT THE COUNTY IS DOING AND GET THEIR TAKE ON WHERE THEY'RE LOOKING AT AND MOVING TOWARDS.
UM, I THINK THEY ADJUSTED THEIR OPINION FROM WHEN WE FIRST STARTED HAVING CONVERSATIONS ABOUT FIVE OR SIX MONTHS AGO OF A, THE DIRECTIONS THEY REALLY WANT TO GET.
AND I THINK THEY'RE MORE FOCUSED ON GETTING THE FIBER IN THE GROUND AND THE HARD WIRES TO OUR SITES INSTEAD OF TRYING TO DO OTHER OPTIONS LIKE A STARLING OR DIFFERENT, UM, CELLULAR WIRELESS, UH, CONFIGURATIONS.
UM, THAT IS ONE OF THE THINGS IN THE SURVEY.
THEY ARE COLLECTING A LOT ON WIRELESS.
THAT IS THE SECOND PART OF THE SC BROADBAND CONNECT.
UM, THAT PROGRAM, THEIR FIRST PART OF THE PROGRAM WAS TO LAY OUT ALL THE FIBER OPTICS AND HARDWIRED LINES THROUGHOUT THE STATE.
THEY COMPLETED THAT LAST YEAR AND THEY HAVE BEEN WORKING DILIGENTLY TO OVERLAY A WIRELESS MAPPING OF ALL CELLULAR 4G 5G SERVICES FOR THE WHOLE STATE.
SO, UH, THEY'LL GET A BETTER PICTURE OF THAT ALSO.
COLONEL DYER, MARK, WHAT, UH, INTERNET SPEED.
UH, IT SAYS THAT YOU HAVE BROADBAND, UH, THAT DEPENDS ON WHO YOU ASK AND WHAT YOU'RE DOING WITH IT.
UM, FOR OUR CHILDREN, UM, WE WOULD PREFER HAVING A 20 TO 25 MEG TYPE FOR THE SIMPLE FACT THAT WHEN YOU START DOING, UH, ZOOM WINDOWS, YOU'VE GOT YOUR ZOOM WINDOW UP TALKING TO YOUR TEACHER.
YOU ALSO HAVE YOUR IREADY WINDOW, YOU'RE WORKING ON CURRICULUM OR MAKEUP WORK THAT IS GOING TO PROBABLY TAKE ANYWHERE FROM FIVE TO 10 MEGS.
SO IF YOU HAVE TWO KIDS IN YOUR HOUSEHOLD, 20 TO 25, MEGS IS GOING TO BE ABOUT WHAT YOU WANT TO BE.
YOU COULD PROBABLY HANDLE THREE KIDS WITH THAT, BUT WHAT WE FOUND WITH OUR FAMILIES USING OUR IS THAT ONCE YOU GET MORE THAN TWO KIDS ON THAT, MI-FI, YOU HAVE REACHED THE LIMIT OF IT.
THERE IS NO MORE BANDWIDTH TO GIVE.
ALL RIGHT, YOU SEE, THAT'S, THAT'S SOMEWHAT CONCERNING TO ME.
AND THAT WHEN YOU GIVE PEOPLE BROADBAND, YOU ALSO CREATE A DEMAND FOR OTHER THAN EDUCATIONAL USAGE FOR THAT BROADBAND.
AND I JUST, YOU KNOW, I WAS AT 20 MEGS HERE AND NOW I'M AT 200 AND IT'S BARELY KEEPING UP WITH THE DEMAND THAT, UH, THAT I GET FROM ZOOMING AND FROM WIFE WATCHING THINGS AND ALL THE OTHER DEVICES FROM MY ROUTER, I'VE GOT, I'VE GOT 12 DEVICES HOOKED TO MY ROUTER RIGHT NOW.
AND, UH, 20 MIGS IS, UH, WHERE THAT IS.
THAT'S NOT GOING TO GROW MUCH.
I MEAN, IT'S THE CAPACITY AND REQUIREMENTS IS GOING TO GROW BEYOND THAT VERY QUICKLY.
SO IT'S AN INTERESTING, ABSOLUTELY.
THERE IS, UH, HOW MANY ITEMS YOU HAVE CONNECTED TO YOUR WIRELESS.
AND MOST PEOPLE DON'T REALIZE THAT, BUT PEOPLE ARE MOVING AWAY FROM THE SATELLITE AND CABLE TELEVISION AND GOING TO STREAMING.
AND MOST OF THOSE STREAMS, IF YOU DO A HIGH DEFINITION STREAM, YOU'RE TALKING AT LEAST ONE MEGA SECOND CONTINUOUSLY, AND THAT RAMPS UP PRETTY FAST WHEN YOU GET INTO THE ULTRA HIGH DEATHS AND SOME OF THE, UH, THE GREATER BANDWIDTH OF VIDEO STREAMS, RIGHT.
AND YOU'RE NOT EVEN GAMING CURDLE BETTER.
UM, WHEN I HAD A CONVERSATION WITH JIM STRINGER ABOUT THIS, AND HE SAID THAT BASICALLY FOR THE FUNDING, IT HAS TO BE 120 THAT THEY WILL NOT ACCEPT 2,503 FOR PUBLIC FUNDING, AND THAT'S WRITTEN INTO THE FEDERAL CODE.
SO THAT'S JUST WHAT HE TOLD ME.
UM, SO MY GUESS IS WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO PUT IN 120, WHICH IS A WHOLE LOT BETTER.
UH, COLONEL GUIDE, DO YOU HAVE AN ADDITIONAL QUESTION? OKAY.
I HAVE A COUPLE, UM, UH, LET'S SEE.
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THING IS, IS THIS BROADBAND ACCESS, IS IT GOING TO FOCUS ON THE ACTUAL PHYSICAL ACCESS, LIKE WHO CAN ACTUALLY CONNECT TO A WIRE OR ARE WE ALSO GOING TO LOOK AT AFFORDABILITY? BECAUSE I THINK THERE ARE A LOT OF STUDENTS WHO MAYBE ARE ON THE FIBER NETWORK THAT LIVE LIKE ON HILTON HEAD, MAYBE I'M IN A LOWER INCOME HOUSING UNIT OR SOMETHING, BUT NO ONE'S PAYING FOR WIRELESS.SO THEY STILL DON'T HAVE WIRELESS.
IS THAT PART OF THIS SURVEY OR IS IT STRICTLY LOOKING AT THE HARDWARE? UH, NO, ACTUALLY, UH, THE AFFORDABILITY GAP IS ONE OF THE PIECES IN THIS SURVEY.
SO THEY ARE ASKING THAT QUESTION THAT, YOU KNOW, IF YOU DO HAVE AVAILABILITY FOR BROADBAND, WHY IS IT, WHY ARE YOU NOT USING IT? AND THEN THEY GO INTO A SEPARATE SECTION OF, IS IT DUE TO THE MONEY ASPECT, UM, YOU KNOW, SOME KIND OF FAMILY ISSUE GOING ON.
SO THEY'RE TRYING TO DEFINITELY GET MORE IN THE NITTY GRITTY BECAUSE WE KNOW WE HAVE A LOT OF FAMILIES THAT ARE NOT REPORTING IT.
AND THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS WHY WE'RE DOING MULTIPLE OUT OUTLETS TO TRY TO GET AHOLD OF OUR FAMILIES.
WE'RE NOT ONLY GONNA PUSH OUT THE BRIGHT ARROW COMMUNICATION, BUT WE FOUND THAT ARE MOST IN NEED.
FAMILIES DO NOT FOLLOW OUR BRIGHT ARROW COMMUNICATIONS AS MUCH.
SO WE'RE ALSO GOING TO ENGAGE OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS AND USE THE SCHOOLS AS A SOUNDING BLOCK WITH THE PRINCIPALS AND SOCIAL WORKERS, BECAUSE THOSE ARE THE PEOPLE THAT SEE THOSE KIDS EVERY DAY, THEY INTERACT WITH THEM AND THEY CAN BETTER JUDGE.
WHO'S GOING TO NEED A LITTLE NUDGE MORE THAN WE DO HERE AT THE DISTRICT OFFICE.
AND THAT WAS MY SECOND QUESTION, BECAUSE I DO THINK THAT WHENEVER YOU COMMUNICATE IN THE SCHOOLS, YOU HAVE TO KIND OF TAKE A SHOTGUN APPROACH, YOU KNOW, SCATTER CT, MANY DIFFERENT WAYS OF GETTING AS POSSIBLE.
BUT ONE OF MY CONCERNS IS MAKING SURE THAT SOMEONE'S GOTTA BE TRACKING LIKE HERE'S OUR STUDENT POPULATION HAVE THEY SUBMITTED? CAUSE I DON'T WANT TO SEE LIKE ONE PERSON.
I COULD SEE ME ACCIDENTALLY FILLING IT OUT MULTIPLE TIMES.
YOU KNOW, SOMEONE ASKS MY SON AT SCHOOL, YOU KNOW, MAKING SURE THAT EVERYONE HAS ONE SURVEY TURNED IN FOR EVERY STUDENT IS NOT GOING TO BE ORGANIZED THAT WAY.
UM, GENERALLY SPEAKING, UM, WHEN WE PUT OUT THESE IN SURVEY MONKEY OR THE STATE PUTS OUT THESE GOOGLE FORMS, THEY'RE ABLE TO SEE THE IP ADDRESS THAT PUTS OUT THE INITIAL RESPONSE BACK SO THEY CAN RUN A FILTER ON THAT DATABASE TO TRY TO RULE OUT MULTIPLE SUBMISSIONS.
BUT YOU GOTTA BE CAREFUL WITH THAT BECAUSE SOMETIMES YOU MAY HAVE MULTIPLE FAMILIES LIVING IN, UM, ON A PIECE OF PROPERTY OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, SHARING AN INTERNET, POSSIBLY SHARING A PHONE.
UM, SO I'M SURE THAT WE'LL TAKE THAT INTO ACCOUNT.
IT JUST LIKE, IT MIGHT BE A KIND OF CHAOTIC, LIKE YOU SAID, PEOPLE IN DIFFERENT CIRCUMSTANCES, MR. SMITH, WELCOME TO THE MEETING.
AND UM, DID YOU, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU SAW THE PRESENTATION, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING, UH, THE SURVEY FOR BROADBAND ACCESS MR. SMITH, ALABAMA, HE MIGHT BE STILL CONNECTING.
UM, WE CAN CIRCLE BACK AT THE END OF THE MEETING.
UM, THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS THE DISCUSSION OF THE TECHNOLOGY STRATEGIC PLAN.
OH, I WAS JUST, UH, WE'RE ON, UH, ITEM G DISCUSSION TECHNOLOGY, STRATEGIC PLAN.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HEARD, UM, THE UPDATE, UM, THE SURVEY, THAT'S GOING TO GO OUT TO STUDENTS ABOUT BROADBAND AVAILABILITY.
AND IF YOU HAD ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT, ON THAT BEFORE WE MOVED ON GREAT TECHNOLOGY PLAN, LET ME JUST SHOW HIM WHENEVER YOU'RE READY.
YOU CAN JUST GIVE US A QUICK, YOU KNOW, MY THING, MY QUESTION WITH THIS WAS, I KNOW WE'VE GOT THE OLD ONES STILL KIND OF ON FILE UP THROUGH 2019 AND THEN THERE'S BEEN SOME, SOME ISSUES SURROUNDING COVID AND SOME REVAMPING.
AND NOW WE HAVE THIS DIFFERENT FORMAT.
SO IF YOU JUST WANT TO TALK ABOUT THAT.
THE STATE TOOK ABOUT THREE YEARS AND THEY KEPT SAYING THEY WERE GOING TO GET US A NEW TEMPLATE.
UM, THAT STARTED IN 2018, 2019 ROLLED AROUND WHEN WE WERE SUPPOSED TO RENEW AND THEY SAID, PLEASE HOLD OFF.
UH, WE, THEN WE ROLLED INTO 2020 AND COVID HIT, UM, THE STATE HAS FINALLY PUT OUT THEIR 20, 20, 20, 21 THROUGH 2024 PLAN AND ARE ASKING THAT THE DISTRICTS HAVE THEIR FULL PLAN IN, BY NEXT SCHOOL YEAR.
SO THIS SUMMER WE WILL HAVE TO GET OUR MAIN PLAN REVAMPED FOR THE NEXT THREE YEARS.
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SO WHAT WE HAVE NOW IS JUST SORT OF A, UH, AN IN BETWEEN THING, CORRECT? CORRECT.IT'S BASICALLY THE STOP GAP, UM, TO GET US THROUGH TO, WE CAN COMPLETE THE SURVEY, UM, IN ASSESSMENT, UM, HAVE THEM LOOK AT WHAT, MAKE SURE WE'RE HEADED IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION AND WE WILL UPDATE OUR PLAN THIS SPRING AND HAVE IT READY FOR SUMMER SUBMISSION.
HOW'S THAT GOING TO WORK WITH THE, UH, TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT, IF WE'RE KIND OF IN THIS LIMBO ON THE STRATEGIC PLANNING? UM, WELL, WE'RE HOPING THAT THEY CAN LOOK AT OUR OLD PLAN, THE CURRENT STATE PLAN, UM, AND, UH, STRAPULATE USING THEIR, UH, KNOWLEDGE OF OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS.
UH, THAT'S ONE OF THE KEY THINGS WE FOCUSED ON.
WE GOT A LOT OF SUBMISSIONS FROM COMPANIES, BUT A LOT OF THESE COMPANIES HAVE NEVER DEALT WITH SCHOOL DISTRICTS OR THEY DEALT WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT WITH, YOU KNOW, A CHARTER SCHOOL WITH MAYBE A FEW HUNDRED STUDENTS TO A THOUSAND STUDENTS.
UM, IT'S HARD TO COMPARE A DISTRICT OF OUR SIZE TO A DISTRICT WITH 2000 STUDENTS JUST LIKE IT WOULD BE HARD TO COMPARE A DISTRICT OF OUR SIZE TO LIKE A GREENVILLE THAT'S THREE TIMES OUR SIZE, UM, JUST BECAUSE OF THE, THE, THE VAST DIFFERENCE IN OPERATIONAL CAPACITY.
UH, IT'S HARD TO COMPARE THOSE AND WE DEFINITELY WANTED A PROVIDER THAT HAD SOME KNOWLEDGE IN OUR SIZE SPACE.
I DON'T THINK WE NEED TO GO OVER THE PLAN IT'S IN BOARD DOCS AND IT'S JUST KIND OF A LITTLE BIT OF A SUMMARY MORE OR LESS.
UM, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF, UM, COLONEL GUY OR MR. SMITH HAVE ANY QUESTIONS WITH REGARDS TO WHAT YOU DID PROVIDE QUESTIONS, NO QUESTIONS.
MR. SMITH, ANYTHING, DID YOU HAVE A CHANCE TO LOOK AT THE, UH, THE PLAN? NO, I HAVE NOT HAD A CHANCE TO LOOK AT IT, BUT I WILL LOOK AT IT IF I HAVE ANY QUESTIONS I ASK THE QUESTION BY THE WAY.
AND I HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS THAT, YOU KNOW, AS WE MOVE THROUGH THE YEAR, JUST SORT OF, I LIKED OUR OTHER THE 26 TO 2019, AND THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS IN HERE THAT I, I DON'T KNOW IF WE'RE CURRENTLY DOING OR NOT DOING, UM, BUT WE CAN TALK ABOUT THAT AT A, YOU KNOW, AS THE YEAR PROGRESSES.
UM, I JUST KIND OF WAS INTERESTED IN HOW THAT WAS GOING TO WORK WITH OUR ASSESSMENT BECAUSE YOU WANT, IF WE'RE GONNA SPEND A THOUSAND DOLLARS ON AN ASSESSMENT, WE WANT A GOOD PLAN IN PLACE THAT WE'RE WE'RE WORKING WITH.
YES, WE DEFINITELY WILL GIVE THEM THE, UM, THE STATE'S PLAN TO USE AS A BASE TEMPLATE.
UH, WHAT THE STATE ADOPTS FOR EACH, UM, SCHOOL DISTRICT WILL BE A LITTLE BIT LESS INTRUSIVE AS THE TOTAL STATE PLAN, BUT IT SHOULD BE ABLE TO GIVE THIS OUTSIDE ORGANIZATION A GOOD IDEA OF WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO MATCH AGAINST.
AND THEN I KNOW IN THE PAST TEMPLATE, THERE WAS A SECTION FOR LIKE A ASSESS, A DISTRICT ASSESSMENT OF NEEDS.
WILL THAT COME OUT OF OUR TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT? YES.
WE'RE HOPING THAT THEY, UH, THEY, UH, IDENTIFY ANY GAPS THAT THEY SEE, UH, WHERE, WHERE RIGHT HERE ON THE GROUND LEVEL WITH IT.
AND SOMETIMES A YEAR YOU CAN CUT OFF YOUR NOSE BEFORE YOUR FACE, UH, KIND OF DEAL.
UM, YOU DON'T REALLY SEE IT WHEN YOU'RE ENGAGED IN IT EVERYDAY.
UH, THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS WE DO THE YEARLY SECURITY PIN TESTING.
IT'S ALWAYS NICE TO HAVE ANOTHER SET OF EYES TO LOOK OVER YOUR SHOULDER, TO, TO JUST KIND OF REEK AND REAFFIRM WHAT YOU'RE DOING.
WELL, I DON'T REALLY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME.
I MEAN, I DO HAVE SOME THINGS UP, BUT I CAN EMAIL YOU SPECIFIC QUESTIONS I HAD ABOUT SOME OF THE LANGUAGE, I THINK OVERALL IT'S JUST, UM, KIND OF A HOLDING PIECE UNTIL WE GET THE FULL PLAN.
AND THEN THIS SUMMER, WHEN YOU GET THE FULL PLAN WHERE YOU BRING IT TO THE COMMITTEE, UM, AND PRESENT IT.
AND, AND THEY, UM, THE PLAN THIS SUMMER WILL BE A LOT MORE INTENSE BECAUSE IT WILL HAVE THAT, THAT LAYER OF ACADEMICS LAID OVER IT.
SO IT WILL BE PROBABLY ONE THIRD TECH ADMINISTRATIVE TECHNOLOGY AND TWO THIRDS ISD.
SO IT'LL BE A LOT MORE, A LOT MORE TEETH THAN WHEN YOU SAY ADMINISTRATIVE TECHNOLOGY, YOU TALKING ABOUT ESSENTIALLY, YOU KNOW, HARDWARE NETWORK SECURITY THAT COULD, THAT'S KIND OF ADMINISTRATIVE TECHNOLOGY, THE BACKBONE.
WITHOUT, WITHOUT THAT THE DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS AND DIFFERENT SCHOOLS COULDN'T GET THEIR EDUCATIONAL SOFTWARE TO WORK.
AND THEN TWO THIRDS OF IT IS SORT OF WHAT WE'RE TEACHING AND HOW WE'RE TEACHING AND WHAT OKAY.
HOW IT ALIGNS BACK TO THE SOUTH CAROLINA STANDARDS WHEN IT COMES TO THE STUDENT AND THE TEACHER, UM, SOUTH CAROLINA'S REALLY FOCUSED ON, UM, DIGITAL EQUITY WITH OUR TEACHERS AND MAKING SURE THEY'RE, WELL-VERSED IN THE NEW SYSTEMS AND UTILIZING IT IN THEIR CLASSROOMS. AND THAT'S ONE OF THE ASSESSMENT PIECES THAT OUR ADMINISTRATORS USE WHEN THEY GO AROUND
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AND DO CLASSROOM ASSESSMENTS, HOW THEY INTEGRATE TECHNOLOGY INTO THEIR LESSON PLANNING.THEN LIKE THE PIECE THAT WE HEARD FROM MS. GILBERT, THE CAKE PIECE, WHICH I THINK WAS REALLY EXCITING AND VERY, YOU KNOW, INNOVATIVE DOES THAT FALL UNDER ISD BECAUSE THERE'S ALSO, THERE'S LIKE HOW WE USE TECHNOLOGY TO TEACH WHAT WE'VE ALWAYS BEEN TEACHING.
AND THEN THERE'S SORT OF THE NEW, YOU KNOW, FRONTIER OF, OF, UH, TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION, I GUESS.
KATE IS REALLY, UH, I LIKE TO CONSIDER IT IT'S LIKE ITS OWN GRANDPA.
IT KIND OF SITS OVER TO THE SIDE OF ISD.
UM, AND THE REASON I SAY IT LIKE THAT IS BECAUSE KAY HAS BEEN, UM, KIND OF A DREAM CHILD FROM THE STATE FOR AWHILE.
THERE'S A LOT OF FUNDING THAT COMES DOWN TO PUT THE TECHNOLOGY IN THE KIDS' HANDS.
UM, IT HAS, UH, WE, WE JUMPED THROUGH A LOT MORE HOOPS BECAUSE OF THAT FUNDING WITH KEEPING TRACK OF WHERE STUFF IS, MAKING SURE IT DOESN'T GET MOVED BETWEEN SCHOOLS WITHOUT, UM, THE APPROPRIATE PEOPLE KNOWING, BECAUSE WE HAVE TO KNOW EXACTLY WHERE THAT PIECE OF EQUIPMENT IS AT ALL TIMES, BECAUSE IF AN AUDITOR WALKS IN, HE'S JUST GOING TO SAY, OKAY, I WANT, UH, GIVE ME A LIST OF WHAT EQUIPMENTS THAT X SCHOOL WE'RE GOING TO GO TAKE A WALK THROUGH AND THAT EQUIPMENT BETTER BE THERE.
OR WE GET IN TROUBLE AND POSSIBLY LOSE A STATE OR SLASH FEDERAL FUNDING.
SO WE, WE REALLY TAKE IT SERIOUSLY.
UM, THE AMOUNT OF DETAIL WE HAVE IN KEEPING THAT EQUIPMENT, UH, SEPARATED AND IN THE HANDS OF JUST KATE.
UM, SO THEY, THEY REALLY LEAVE A LOT, UH, LIVE A LIFE OF LUXURY.
THEY, THEY DON'T HAVE A LOT OF THE HOOPS TO JUMP THROUGH AS THE NORMAL ISD SIDE DO, AND THEY GET A LOT MORE FUNDING AND RESOURCES FROM THE STATE TO MAKE THEIR PROGRAM WORK AS PROBABLY ONE OF THE REASONS WHY WE'VE SEEN SUCH A GROWTH IN OUR CATE PROGRAM AND THE WONDERFUL WORK THAT'S COME OUT OF IT.
AND THAT KIND OF, UM, AND, AND JUMP IN AT ANY POINT, UM, MR. SMITH OR COLONEL GUYER, BUT THAT KIND OF LEADS ME TO THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM THAT THE COMMENT ABOUT THE GRANDPA, I FEEL LIKE TECHNOLOGY IS SORT OF LIKE A GRANDPA IN EVERY DIVISION.
YOU HAVE, YOU KNOW, THE ONES THIRD, WHICH IS VERY CLEAR CUT, WHICH IS VERY IMPORTANT THAT YOU KNOW, THE INFRASTRUCTURE.
AND THEN THERE'S LIKE A LITTLE BIT OF TECHNOLOGY IN HR.
THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF TECHNOLOGY INSTRUCTIONAL SERVICES.
IT'S JUST KIND OF ALL SORT OF SPREAD OUT.
UM, IT'S NOT VERY CENTRALIZED.
UM, SO WHEN WE LOOK AT WHAT THIS TECHNOLOGY COMMITTEE, I THINK COULD BE IN TERMS OF TRYING TO PULL ALL THESE THINGS TOGETHER AND MAKE SURE EVERYONE'S POINTED AT THE SAME ULTIMATE GOALS, UM, I THINK IT'S, THERE'S A LOT OF OPPORTUNITY, UH, THROUGH THIS COMMITTEE.
SO, UM, MOVING ON, IF NO ONE HAS ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS, UM, MOVING ON TO THE LAST, WELL, SECOND TO LAST, WHICH IS THE REVIEW OF THE TECHNOLOGY COMMITTEE SCOPE.
AND, UM, THAT I ACTUALLY, WHAT WE HAVE HERE IS PRETTY STRAIGHT FORWARD.
UM, AND I THINK IT SUMS UP THE SCOPE OF A TECHNOLOGY COMMITTEE WHERE I THINK THIS COMMITTEE NEEDS TO DO SOME WORK IS IN THOSE OPERATIONAL EXPECTATIONS BECAUSE IT'S EVEN CALLED ADMINISTRATIVE TECHNOLOGY, RIGHT? SO IT'S ONLY ADDRESSING ONE THIRD OF THIS WHOLE TECHNOLOGY PIECE.
AND, UH, I THINK IT'S PRETTY SPECIFIC.
SOME OF THE THINGS I DON'T THINK NECESSARILY ARE THINGS THAT THE BOARD, I MEAN, SEEK MAXIMUM E RATE REIMBURSEMENT, THAT SHOULD BE A FINANCE.
YOU KNOW, THAT'S NOT THAT I GET WHERE IT'S AN ADMINISTRATIVE TECHNOLOGY.
UM, AND THEN I THINK WE TALKED ABOUT THIS FOR, IN MY OPINION, WE SHOULD PUT SOME MORE STRATEGIC GOALS IN THERE.
UM, AND I THINK THAT WILL HELP SORT OF, UH, FROM A BOARD STRATEGIC OVERSIGHT POSITION, UH, HELP EVERYTHING KIND OF LINE UP.
AND THEN WITH THESE GOALS, MAYBE WE NEED TO TALK TO OPERATIONS.
MAYBE WE NEED TO TALK TO HR TO YOU FIND WHOMEVER IT IS, BUT THE GOALS ARE WHAT KIND OF TIES EVERYTHING TOGETHER.
SO I WAS HOPING THAT, UM, THE OTHER COMMITTEE MEMBERS MIGHT POP IN AND HAVE AN OPINION ON WHERE THEY THINK WE CAN GO WITH THIS COMMITTEE SCOPE FROM HERE.
I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS IN HERE THAT COULD BE LUMPED INTO A STATEMENT OF HAVING A EFFICIENT, WELL RUN, WELL ADMINISTERED TECHNOLOGY PROGRAM.
AND THERE'S ALL THESE OTHER LITTLE BULLETS WOULD BE PART OF THAT, BUT THAT WOULD BE NOT NECESSARILY HAVE TO BE SPELLED OUT.
THAT WOULD BE WHAT'S EXPECTED BY, UH, THE, UH, OVERVIEW OF WHAT'S PART AND PARCEL OF AN EFFECTIVE ADMINISTER TECHNOLOGY ADMINISTRATIVE OPERATION.
THERE ARE SOME REPORTS THAT I THINK SHOULD BE PART OF, UH, THE TECHNICAL AND I WOULDN'T, I TAKE OUT ADMINISTRATIVE
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PART OF IT BECAUSE TECHNOLOGY IS MORE THAN JUST ADMINISTRATIVE, AS YOU'VE MENTIONED, UH, INGRID.SO, UM, I THINK THAT THIS COULD BE DISTILLED MUCH MORE AND YET REALLY GIVE WHAT THE BOARD LEVEL NEEDS, STRATEGIC LEVEL, BIG PICTURE LEVEL OF WHAT TECHNOLOGY, UH, GOALS THAT WE REQUIRE FOR THE SUPERINTENDENT TO ACHIEVE, UM, AND AGREE THE MAXIMUM YOU RATE REIMBURSEMENT.
THAT'S A FINANCIAL THING THAT DOESN'T, THE FINANCE OBVIOUSLY HAS TO GET INPUT FROM TECHNOLOGY TO, TO SUBMIT THAT, BUT THAT'S A FINANCIAL ISSUE.
UM, THE UNAUTHORIZED ONLINE DISCLOSURES AND THOSE TYPES OF, UH, I, I CALL THEM LAWS OR THE LAWS BEING BROKEN OR ARE NOT THAT AGAIN, TO ME IS PART AND PARCEL OF A WELL-RUN TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT.
I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO SEE, AS, AS YOU MENTIONED, INGRID, WHAT IS OUR FUTURE VISION OF TECHNOLOGY? WHAT, WHAT DO WE SEE FIVE YEARS, 10 YEARS, 15 YEARS DOWN THE ROAD THAT WE'RE GOING TO NEED AND SOME TYPE OF A PERIODIC UPDATE TO THE BOARD ON TECHNOLOGY AND, AND A FORECAST SO THAT WE HAVE SOME IDEAS OF WHAT'S ON THE HORIZON.
WHEN YOU LOOK AT WHAT HAS CHANGED IN THE LAST DECADE IN TECHNOLOGY, AND THE PACE OF CHANGE IS NOT SLOWING DOWN, IT'S INCREASING.
AND SO TO KEEP AHEAD, I REALLY THINK WE NEED TO REVIEW, UH, YOU KNOW, MORE LOSSES EVERY 24, 24 TO 36 MONTHS, THE SPEED OF PROCESSORS DOUBLES, AND THEY HAVEN'T FOUND A LIMIT ON MOORE'S LAW YET.
SO I THINK IT, YOU KNOW, THREE TO FIVE YEARS IS WHERE WE NEED TO HAVE PERIODIC UPDATES SO THAT WE CAN BE APPRAISED OF WHAT WE'RE GOING TO NEED WHEN WE NEED IT.
AND THAT'S THE OTHER THAT'S THE OTHER ISSUE IS WE CAN'T GET TOO FAR AHEAD AND THAT WE GO DOWN A CUL-DE-SAC, BUT YET WE NEED TO BE FAR ENOUGH AND HAD IN GENERAL TERMS THAT WE HAVE THE CAPACITY TO ADOPT CURRENT PROVEN TECHNOLOGY.
I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD BE THE LEADING EDGE EXPERIMENTAL EDUCATION, BUT WE SHOULD BE IN THE TOP THIRD.
THAT'S WHAT I'M TRYING TO GET ACROSS.
BUT I THINK THAT'S, WHAT'S IMPORTANT TO BE PUT IN THERE AS A REQUIREMENT FOR THE BOARD TO THE ADMINISTRATION.
THIS IS WHAT WE ARE INTERESTED IN.
YOU STAYING ON TOP OF THINGS AND NOT GET US SURPRISED.
WE WAKE UP ONE DAY AND EVERYTHING IS OUTDATED.
AND, UH, WE HAVE TO HAVE A MASSIVE, UH, EXPENDITURE TO CATCH UP.
WE WANT TO DO INCREMENTAL IT, GET THERE, AND THAT HAS TO DO WITH THE REFRESH PLANS AND EVERYTHING ELSE THAT GOES ABOUT THAT.
MR. SMITH, DO YOU HAVE ANY THOUGHTS ON, UH, LOOKING AT THIS? I'LL LISTEN TO WHAT I AGREE WITH, WHAT WAS SAID, UH, UH, UH, I RE SOME OF WHAT HAS BEEN SAID, BUT I ALSO, UM, IN TERMS OF TECHNOLOGY, I MEAN ALSO, I MEAN, I WOULD WONDER WHAT DO YOU KNOW, WHAT WOULD WE NEED EVERY TECHNOLOGY TECHNOLOGY FACILITY, YOU KNOW, UM, UH, IN, TO, IN TERMS OF, UH, OH, HERE WE SEE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HAVING MAYBE ONE UNIVERSAL PLACE FOR NORTH AND SOUTH ABROAD.
YOU KNOW, THAT, THAT MAY BE ONE THING THAT WE WOULDN'T WANT TO LOOK AT IT AS WELL, YOU KNOW? AND, AND DO WE HAVE, DO WE HAVE ALL, WE NEED TO OPERATE IN THIS DISTRICT AS A, AS A STATE OF THE ART TECHNOLOGY, UH, FOR FACILITY THAT WE SAY WE ARE, YOU KNOW, UH, ALONG THE LINES OF, UH, RESOURCES AND WHAT WE ALREADY HAVE IN PLACE AND WHAT, AND WHAT WE INFORM WHAT WE DON'T HAVE.
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SO I GUESS WE CAN KIND OF PUT SOME OF THOSE THINGS IN THERE AS WELL, UM, IN TERMS OF HOW WE NAVIGATE TO ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS AND IN TERMS OF WHAT MR. GUY SAYS, AND WE DON'T GET TOO FAR AHEAD TO WHERE WE WERE GOING TO, WHERE WE'RE NOT WATCHING WHAT'S IN FRONT OF US AS WELL.UH, I THINK ALL THOSE, ALL THOSE THINGS DO MATTER THAT MAKES IT, I'M NOT GONNA SIT A LOT IN A, IN A ROUNDABOUT WAY, BUT I THINK YOU'RE SPOT ON MR. SMITH IN TERMS OF WHAT I HEAR FROM THAT TOO, IS YOU'RE SAYING, LET'S MAKE SURE THAT THE DISTRICT HAS THE FOCUS AND THE RESOURCES ON TECHNOLOGY, WHICH I THINK WHEN IT'S SPREAD OUT ALL THESE DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS, PEOPLE CAN'T SEE THE VISION FOR THE TECHNOLOGY.
WE CAN'T HIGHLIGHT WHAT WE'RE DOING.
UM, AND IT LANGUISHES IN TERMS OF, YOU KNOW, SUPPORT AND ENERGY BEHIND IT.
AND SO THAT'S MY HOPE WITH HAVING A TECHNOLOGY BOARD COMMITTEE IS THAT WE CAN REALLY PUT SOME ENERGY AND SOME, AND GET SOME, A COMMUNITY LEVEL ENTHUSIASM BEHIND WHAT WE'RE DOING AND WHAT, WHAT WE ARE POTENTIALLY GOING TO BE DOING.
UM, SO TO THAT END, I KNOW, UM, COLONEL GAR, YOU WERE, YOU AGREED, AND I THINK MR. SMITH, YOU WERE AS WELL THAT I THINK THE NEXT THING I, I LIKED ARE THE TECHNOLOGY SCOPE, YOU KNOW, WHICH IS REVIEW ALL THE ITEMS CONTAINED AT SUPPORT THE DISTRICT'S EFFORT FOR BROADBAND EXPAT EXPANSION, WHICH I THINK IS A HUGE EQUITY ISSUE.
UM, PROVIDE INPUT AND RECOMMENDATIONS ON INCREASING STAKEHOLDER AND COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT.
THOSE ARE THREE KEY THINGS FOR ME, BUT I THINK THAT ALWAYS 17 HAS TO BE A BETTER DOCUMENT.
I MEAN, IF YOU WANT TO MR. SHOHAN, YOU CAN REVIEW ALL DOWNTIME WITH US IF YOU REALLY WANT TO DO THAT.
BUT I JUST DON'T, I DON'T SEE THAT AS PUTTING A BUNCH OF ENERGY AND ENTHUSIASM AND TECHNOLOGY.
UM, ONE THING YOU SAID THERE, UH, ABOUT HAVING A DEDICATED TECHNOLOGY SPACE, UM, THAT IS ONE WAY THAT OTHER DISTRICTS IN THE STATE HAVE WENT ABOUT IT.
UH, CHARLESTON HAS A SCHOOL THAT'S DEDICATED TO TECHNOLOGY.
THEY HAVE THEIR BASE CORE CURRICULUM STILL THERE, BUT THEY KIND OF BROKE IT OFF LIKE AN AIMS PROGRAM AND HAD A TECHNOLOGY SECTION BUILT INTO THE BUILDING.
UM, I KNOW RICHLAND TO LEXINGTON ONE, UM, THOSE DISTRICTS HAVE MADE SHOWCASE BUILDINGS THAT DOES BEN BECOME THEIR TECHNOLOGY HUB.
UM, THEY USUALLY STARTED WITH ONE FACILITY, BUT THEN GREW THAT TO ENCOMPASS YOUR WHOLE COUNTY.
UM, SO I, I DO AGREE THAT THAT WOULD PROBABLY BE A GOOD, GOOD PATH TO FOLLOW.
IT'S NICE TO HAVE TECHNOLOGY AT ALL OF OUR BUILDINGS, BUT THERE WAS A LOT MORE WE COULD DO IN THESE MAKER SPACES THAT COULD REALLY FOCUS ON STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT AND TECHNOLOGY USE.
YEAH, I THINK THERE'S SOME INTEREST IN, IN SOMETHING LIKE A TECH FACILITY, UH, THAT MR. SMITH, MR. SMITH BROUGHT UP, I THINK, UM, AND I THINK THERE'S SOME OPPORTUNITIES, RIGHT? BECAUSE WE'VE GOT ANOTHER REFERENDUM ON THE HORIZON.
WE'VE GOT, UH, THE MAY RIVER CAKE PROJECT STILL SORT OF OUT THERE, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, THERE'S, THERE'S, I THINK THAT PEOPLE, IF YOU LOOK AT WHAT CYBERSECURITY OF THE SOUTH, WHAT DOES THAT SOUTH COAST CYRUS, THEY, THEY ARE POURING IN RESOURCES AND THE STATE IS BASICALLY THE GOVERNMENT, FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS POURING IN RESOURCES, UM, TO DEVELOP THESE PROGRAMS. SO I THINK THIS WILL BE A GREAT TIME, UH, TO GET THE SCHOOL BOARD ONBOARD, UH, WITH SPENDING MONEY ON TECHNOLOGY.
THREE MEMBERS OF MY TEAM WILL BE ATTENDING THE SOUTH COAST, UH, SYMPOSIUM ON CYBER SECURITY, RISK AND MITIGATION WITH, ALONG WITH SLED, UH, NEXT MONTH.
WELL, AND I THINK THROUGH THIS COMMITTEE, IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH THE BOARD AND BRING THE BOARD ALONG WITH YOU AT, AT, YOU KNOW, AND, AND THE COMMUNITY ENGAGE THE COMMUNITY ON THAT PROCESS, BECAUSE I THINK THERE'S A HIGH LEVEL OF INTEREST IN DOING SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
UM, SO, UH, SO MY THOUGHT THING I THOUGHT IS SINCE WE'RE KIND OF IN AGREEMENT AND ALL THIS IS HOW MAKE A RECOMMENDATION, HOW SHOULD WE PROCEED? I TALKED TO OUR CHAIR, MR. STROMINGER ABOUT HOW DO WE GO ABOUT WHERE YOU REVAMPING ? UM, AND I HAVE SOME IDEAS.
I, YOU KNOW, HE SAID THAT BASICALLY OUR COMMITTEE COULD KIND OF WORK THROUGH THEM, REDO THEM AND THEN SUBMIT THEM TO POLICY FOR REVIEW, WHICH WOULD HAVE FEEDBACK.
AND THEN EVENTUALLY WE GET TO SOME SORT OF A FINISHED PRODUCT THAT WOULD BE VOTED ON AT THE FULL BOARD.
UM, SO IF THAT SOUNDS LIKE A REASONABLE WAY TO DO IT, I DON'T NECESSARILY THINK THAT MR. SHOHAN HAS TO BE HERE THROUGH THE WHOLE PROCESS.
UM, IT MIGHT BE NICE TO HAVE, YOU KNOW, BE ABLE TO BRING IN MR. SHOHAN OR MR. GILBERT OR TANYA, UH, SORRY.
I JUST, BASED ON YOUR LAST NAME FOR SOME REASON, FOR A SECOND, IT WAS CROSSFIT.
UM, YOU KNOW, IF WE HAVE QUESTIONS, BUT I THINK IT'S SOMETHING I WOULD PERSONALLY, I WOULD
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LIKE TO DO IT WITHOUT SUCKING UP A LOT OF STAFF TIME, IF POSSIBLE.SO WHAT DO YOU GUYS THINK ABOUT THAT? YES.
MR. THE COMMAND THAT, UH, ONE OF US YOU MAY, OR MR. SMITH, UH, START WRITING A DRAFT OF A PROPOSED, UH, DOCUMENT AND THEN STAFF IT BETWEEN OUR, BETWEEN THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS UNTIL THE THREE COMMITTEE MEMBERS THINK, YEAH, THAT SOUNDS GOOD.
WE GOT EVERYTHING HERE AND THERE, WE EACH HAVE A CHANCE TO ADD OR SUBTRACT OR DELETE OR EXPAND THIS DRAFT DOCUMENT.
ONCE WE HAVE IT AT THAT POINT, THEN WE SUBMIT IT TO MARK AND SAY, COMMENTS, WHAT COMMENTS DO YOU HAVE SUBMITTED TO MS. CROSBY? WHAT COMMENTS DO YOU HAVE HAVE A LITTLE BACK AND FORTH AND, AND PROVIDE THE POLICY COMMITTEE, A COORDINATED DRAFT TO GIVE TO THE POLICY COMMITTEE TO LET THEM DO THEIR MAGIC, AND THEN GIVE THAT TO THE FULL BOARD THAT THAT'S WHAT I, I CAN SEE HAPPEN, MR. SMITH.
UM, I'M A LITTLE, I, UH, I THINK I PROBABLY WOULD LIKE TO GO WITH THE WAY THE FIRST ONE, YOU TALKED ABOUT IT BEFORE ABOUT THIS KIND OF MEETING THE IN, NOT UTILIZING THE STAFF AS MUCH, BUT MY ONLY QUESTION WILL BE, YOU KNOW, AS A WILL BE LIQUIDATED.
MY QUESTION WILL BE, YOU KNOW, UH, IF THERE'S A QUESTION OR MAYBE, MAYBE WE CAN HAVE A CERTAIN MEANS WHERE THE STAFF CAN KIND OF CATCH UP ON WHAT WE HAVE AND ANSWER THOSE QUESTIONS AND SEE, YOU KNOW, HOW BEST CAN GET THOSE THINGS DONE.
UM, ACCORDING TO, UH, THEIR, THEIR, THEIR AVAILABILITY AND, AND INPUT.
UM, THAT'S MY, THAT'S MY LINE OF THINKING, WELL, MAYBE WE CAN TAKE A HYBRID APPROACH.
MAYBE WE SHOULD OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS, I DO HAVE KIND OF A DRAFT, BUT I NEED TO LOOK AT HOW WE'RE DISTILLING THE DISTILLATION PROCESS.
UM, AND MAYBE WE COULD ALL JUST THE THREE OF US ON THE COMMITTEE COULD SORT OF EMAIL IDEAS.
I CAN EMAIL MY DRAFT DOCUMENT.
UM, YOU KNOW, THIS IS OBVIOUSLY A VERY BUSY WEEKEND FOR US ON THE SCHOOL BOARD, UM, WITH THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN CONFERENCE COMING UP.
SO MAYBE NEXT WEEK I'LL GET SOMETHING OUT.
AND THEN, UM, AND YOU GUYS CAN EMAIL ME YOUR THOUGHTS.
AND THE THREE OF US WILL SORT OF ROUGH DRAFT IT THROUGH EMAIL AND THEN AT OUR NEXT MEETING WE'LL, AND THAT'LL GIVE US AN OPPORTUNITY TO DECIDE WHO WE DO NEED TO TALK TO, YOU KNOW, AS FAR AS STAFF, WHATNOT.
UM, AND THEN ON OUR NEXT MEETING, THAT'S WHAT WILL BE ON THE AGENDA.
MR. GUNNER HAS GIVEN ME A THUMBS UP.
SO CAN WE DON'T NEED, DO WE NEED A MOTION FOR THAT? UM, SO I THINK WHAT WE'LL DO IS, UH, THE CONCLUSION, UNLESS SOMEONE HAS A COMMENT OR A CONCERN IS THAT I WILL NEXT WEEK, WE'LL START THE PROCESS OF JUST EMAILING OUR IDEAS BACK AND FORTH AND COMMENTING, AND WE'LL HAVE SOMETHING, SOMETHING THAT WE CAN BRING TO OUR NEXT MEETING, UM, AND RECEIVE STAFF FEEDBACK AND HAVE LIKE A, A FULL ON CONVERSATION ABOUT, DOES THAT SOUND OKAY.
AND MR. SMITH, YOU'RE GOOD WITH THAT.
YOU HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH THAT.
AND THEN THE LAST ITEM ON OUR AGENDA IS DISCUSSION OF FUTURE TOPICS, WHICH I THINK THAT, UM, THE OWYHEE IS GOING TO TAKE UP A LOT OF OUR NEXT MEETING.
IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE WE NEED TO HAVE IN OUR NEXT MEETING? I SEE NO HANDS.
SO WE'LL JUST MAKE THAT THE TOPIC OF OUR AGENDA FOR OUR NEXT MEETING, ROBIN AND MR. SHOHAM, WE'LL LET YOU KNOW, KIND OF, WE'LL GIVE WE'LL SET.
ONCE WE HAVE A, SOME SORT OF A ROUGH DRAFT, WE'LL SEND IT TO YOU, AND THEN WE'LL TALK ABOUT, UM, IF THERE'S ANY OTHER PERSONNEL THAT NEEDS TO BE HERE.
AND IF YOU WOULDN'T MIND BEING THE, SORT OF TAKING THE POINT FROM A STAFF PERSPECTIVE ON IT.
MARCH 17TH, THAT'S THE THIRD, THIRD TODAY.
YOU WANT TO MEET ON THE, ARE YOU BACK ON THE 30TH? I AM.
YOU ALL WANT THE MEAT ON THE 30TH WEDNESDAY? I HAVE NOTHING ON THAT DAY OR TERRAIN MR. SMITH.
ACTUALLY, CAUSE WE'RE GOING TO BE SO BUSY WITH THE NEXT MONTH ON THE 30TH.
SO WE'LL SHOOT FOR WEDNESDAY, THE 30TH AT TWO O'CLOCK AND THAT'LL
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GIVE US TIME TO GET THIS TOGETHER AND DO OUR BUDGET STUFF THAT WE NEED TO DO IN MARCH.SO WE HAVE A BUDGET WORK SESSION ON THE 25TH, RIGHT.
WELL, IF THERE IS NOTHING ELSE, UM, THE PLAN IS WE WILL BE SORRY, THE CATS NOW TRYING TO ADJOURN THE MEETING.
UM, WE WILL MEET, UH, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 30TH AT TWO O'CLOCK AND WE WILL GO OVER A REVAMP OF, UH, ALWAYS 17.
DO I HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN, MR. SMITH? ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.