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UM, I WOULD LIKE TO CALL THIS, UM, MEETING OF THE ACADEMIC COMMITTEE MEETING TO COMMITTEE TO ORDER, UM, IT IS BEING BROADCAST LIVE BY THE COUNTY CHANNEL.
UM, WE DO HAVE A QUORUM SO WE WILL GET STARTED.
SO, UH, I WOULD LIKE PRIOR TO STANDING UP FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, I WOULD LIKE TO IDENTIFY THOSE THAT ARE ATTENDING THIS MEETING MYSELF, KATHY ROBOT, ANGELA MIDDLETON COMMITTEE MEMBER, BOARD CHAIR, DAVID STRIVEN, GER DR.
MARY STRATOSE, UM, BOARD MEMBER, PATRICIA GOODRICH AND COMMITTEE MEMBER AT COLONEL DIRE.
AND IN ADDITION TO OF COURSE, MOLLY AND ROBIN ARE HOSTS HOSTESSES FOR THE MEETING.
SO AT THIS TIME I'D LIKE TO INVITE EVERYONE TO STAND FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG, STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE.
UH, LAST QUESTION, BARRY, DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS? UH MA'AM THANK YOU.
SO THE NEXT THING ON OUR AGENDA ARE THE APPROVAL OF THE JANUARY 26.
WAS THAT ON OUR APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA? I SKIPPED RIGHT OVER IT.
I NEED A MOTION TO APPROVE THE AGENDA.
ALL IN FAVOR OF APPROVING THE AGENDA, PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
UM, NOW WE NEED A MOTION FOR APPROVAL OF THE JANUARY 26TH, 2022 COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES.
WE APPROVED THAT JANUARY 26TH, 2022 COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES.
ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
SO ON OUR AGENDA TODAY, I WOULD LIKE TO JUST MAKE A COMMENT ABOUT, UM, IF THE COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES INDICATED THAT WE WERE GOING TO ALSO, IN ADDITION TO THE CALENDAR TODAY, HAVE A PRESENTATION ON OH, E ONE 11 OR 12.1.
UM, WE TALK, WE MADE THAT DECISION BEFORE WE REVIEWED OUR ANNUAL PLAN AND AT OUR WORK SESSION, THE, AN ANNUAL PLAN CHANGED.
UM, SO THAT 12, UM, THE INSTRUCTIONAL WE'LL GO EAT 12 WILL BE PRESENTED IN JULY.
SO THAT'S WHY THAT IS NO LONGER ON THE AGENDA.
SO NOW WE ARE INTO THE PRESENTATION OF DRAFT SCHOOL CALENDAR AS DR.
THANK YOU FOR SHARING SO YOU CAN THANK YOU.
MRS. CUSHION, BERRY TO BOARD MEMBERS, YOU SHOULD HAVE TWO DOCUMENTS THAT SHOULD HAVE, SHOULD BE AVAILABLE TO YOU.
ONE IS A WORD DOCUMENT THAT I WILL BRING UP FIRST AND I'LL WALK YOU THROUGH A PROCESS.
AND THE SECOND DOCUMENT IS A POWERPOINT.
DO YOU SEE BOTH OF THOSE IN YOUR SCREENS RIGHT NOW? THANK YOU.
THE CALENDAR, THE CALENDAR WORK THAT IS ACADEMIC SCHOOL YEAR ACTUALLY STARTED EARLY FOR A SEMESTER.
THE PROCESS I WENT INTO JANUARY IN THAT PROCESS, WE HAD A GROUP OF STAKEHOLDERS FROM MEMBERSHIP FROM ALL THE DIVISIONS HERE WITHIN THE DISTRICT FOR INPUT PURPOSES.
ONLY WHEN THEIR INPUT WAS PUT IN A DRAFT OF THE DRAFT WAS CREATED AFTER YOU.
AND ONCE THE DRESS WERE DEVELOPED, WE WENT FROM THE VISIONS, LOOKING REVIEWED TO SEE IF WE WERE ALIGNED
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FOR FINANCE PURPOSES, TRYING TO ALIGN ACADEMIC CALENDAR TO PERSONNEL, CALENDAR, AND RESOURCES.AND THEN WE WENT INTO HAVING EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS AND DIRECTORS IN A WORKSHOP.
WE WENT TO A PRINCIPAL WORKSHOP FROM PRINCIPAL WORKSHOP.
WE WENT TO A TEACHER FORUM WORKSHOP, WHICH LENDS US TO WHERE WE ARE TODAY.
THE WORD DOCUMENT IN FRONT OF YOU.
YOU SEE IT HAS A RED AND A YELLOW, THE RED WAS ALL THE INPUT SHARED BY THE ADMINISTRATORS, DISTRICT PERSONNEL, DISTRICT SUPPORT PERSONNEL.
I'M GOING TO GO THROUGH IT SLOWLY SO THAT YOU'LL BE ABLE TO SEE.
AND I'M JUST, I'M JUST GOING TO REALIZE COLUMN TO THE LEFT, OUR ADMINISTRATIVE DISTRICTS AND SUPPORT PERSONNEL COLUMNS, RIGHT? OUR, OUR EDUCATORS AND IN THE CLASSROOM COMMONALITIES THAT HAVE COME FORWARD.
CAN I JUST ASK YOU TO HOLD A MINUTE? YES MA'AM.
DOES THE PERSON, CAN THE PERSON ON THE PHONE (843) 521-7463.
WELL, WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO SEE ARE COMMONALITIES.
ALL STAKEHOLDERS HAD INTEREST FOR PRE PLANNING, GAYS WHEN YOU TEACHERS PRE-PLANNING DAYS TO BE SPREAD OUT THROUGHOUT THE ACADEMIC SCHOOL YEAR.
I MEAN FOR PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, PREDOMINANT AMOUNT OF ACTUALLY ALL STAKEHOLDERS WANTED A FIRST SEMESTER BREAK AT THE END OF WINTER BREAK.
THEY WANTED BREAKS INTERMITTENTLY THROUGHOUT THE ACADEMIC SCHOOL YEAR FOR OPPORTUNITY TO PLAN EXHALE AND REBOOT REQUESTS FOR SUMMER INSTITUTE.
AND RECOGNIZING THAT WE DIDN'T WANT TO GO TOO FAR INTO THE MONTH OF JUNE WITH THE CLOSE OF THE ACADEMIC SCHOOL YEAR AND WANT TO BE ABLE TO DESIGN OUR SUMMER SCHOOL THAT WILL ALLOW US TO CLOSE SUMMER SCHOOL.
WHAT OUR FISCAL CALENDAR OF JUNE 30TH, THEN RESULTING WITH MANY OF OUR SCHOOLS BEING ABLE TO BE CLOSED FOR EITHER FACILITIES WHERE OR A HIGH SCHOOL STILL BEING ABLE TO OPERATE A SUMMER SCHOOL BOND, UM, PROGRAM FOR SUMMER GRADUATES.
BUT MOST OF ALL, BEING ABLE TO ALLOW THAT MONTH OF JULY FOR OUR EDUCATORS TO REST.
SO THOSE ARE THE COMMONALITIES I'M NOW JUST GOING TO CLOSE, CLOSE THE ONE WORD DOCUMENT.
IF YOU JUST GIVE ME ONE MOMENT AND I'LL GO BACK TO THE PRESENTATION.
AS YOU LOOK THROUGH YOUR IV, YOU HAVE A HARD COPY.
YOU'RE GOING TO NOTICE THAT I HAVE A REPLICATION OF THE CALENDAR IS, AND IT'S ONE SPECIFIC REASON.
THE FIRST SET OF THREE CALENDARS WERE ACTUALLY WHAT WE CIRCULATED AMONGST OUR PRINCIPALS AND TEACHERS FOR THEIR INPUT.
AND I'LL WALK THROUGH THESE CALENDARS RESPECTIVELY WITH YOU, AND THEN JUST GIVE IT A ONE MODIFICATION THAT HAD HAPPENED ON THE NEXT SET OF THE SAME CALENDARS.
YOU HAVE A CALENDAR FOR 84 96 DAYS.
YOU SEE, WE HAVE THE SUMMER INSTITUTE, A THREE-DAY INSTITUTE IN WORKING WITH HUMAN RESOURCES.
WOULD MS. WALTON, WE WRECK IT.
SHE RECOGNIZES THAT SHE WANTS TO BE ABLE TO HAVE, UM, NEW TEACHERS COMING BOARD EARLY, WHICH WOULD ALLOW THE NEW TEACHERS TO HAVE SOME GET FAMILIAR WITH DISTRICT PRACTICES, ALLOW THE NEW TEACHERS WHO PARTICIPATE IN SUMMER INSTITUTE AS WELL AS THE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT WEEK.
SO YOU'RE GOING TO SEE THAT COMMONALITY OF, AS HR WOULD BE SEEKING TO UTILIZE THE MONDAY OF ALL THIS FIRST ONE, THIS CALENDAR FOR OUR OWN DUCKY EDUCATORS.
SO INSTITUTE WOULD BE AUGUST 2ND, THREE TO FOURTH.
IF YOU REFER BACK TO THE WORD DOCUMENT I SHARED THE FIFTH ON THIS CALENDAR WOULD BE A DAY WITH SOME OF THE PRINCIPALS OF ACID.
THEY WOULD LIKE TO HAVE BEING DUCKY, UM, PERSONNEL, NEW PERSONNEL TO OTHER SCHOOL OR PERSONALIZED.
AND THEN YOU NOTICE THE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT DAYS, STARTING ON THE STUDENT CONTACT IS AUGUST 15TH.
YOU LOOK INTO SEPTEMBER, WE HAVE A HOLIDAY ON SEPTEMBER 5TH, THE CLOSE THAT
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WILL LAND IN OCTOBER ON THE 14TH, WHICH WOULD BE A HALF DAY.WE WOULD HAVE A HOLIDAY ON THE 17TH NOVEMBER.
WE WOULD HAVE VETERAN'S DAY THANKSGIVING, RIGHT? WOULD START ON THE 23RD IN DECEMBER, THE 19TH AND 20TH WOULD BE WEATHER MAKEUP DAYS, IF NOT UTILIZED THAT WHOLE WEEK IN DECEMBER INTO JANUARY, JANUARY WILL BE CLOSED TO REAL.
THEN ON JANUARY 3RD, PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT DAY, JANUARY 4TH, THE FASCIAL DEVELOPMENT DAY.
AND YOU COULD SEE THE PATTERN THAT IT EACH MONTH WE'VE TRIED TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE DAYS OFF, UP THROUGH THE MONTH THROUGH APRIL.
AND THEN WE KNOW ONCE WE RETURN FROM SPRING BREAK IN APRIL STATE LAW REQUIRES TESTING TO START 20 DAYS PRIOR TO THE LAST ACADEMIC SCHOOL DAY OF SCHOOL OF STUDENT CONTACT, WHICH LEAVES THE MONTH OF MAY REALLY NOT TO HAVE ANY HOLIDAYS UP UNTIL MAY 29TH ON THIS, YOU WOULD HAVE A HALF AND THE LAST STUDENT CONTACT DAY.
AND IF YOU LOOKED AT A FAR RIGHT, GOES ALREADY TO IDENTIFY POTENTIAL GRADUATION DATES FOR OUR SCHOOLS, THE NEXT OPTION, SIMILAR DATES, SIMILAR SPLIT.
BUT IF YOU NOTICE IMMEDIATELY, IF YOU LOOK AT THE MONTH OF MAY, IT LENDS THAT THE ACADEMIC SCHOOL YEAR, LAST DAY OF STUDENT CONTACT ENDS ON MAY 31ST.
I WILL PAUSE HERE AND TAKE TIME TO REVIEW.
MA'AM UM, WELL MAKEUP DAYS, YES, MA'AM DO WE HAVE TO HAVE THEM? CAN WE DO THEM REMOTELY? WE ARE ELIGIBLE AS AN ELECTRONIC DISTRICT.
WE, THEY PUT IN THIS YEAR AND WE'RE ACCEPTED.
WE WOULD HAVE TO PAY THE STATE REQUIRED TO SUB FOR US TO SUBMIT ANOTHER APPLICATION.
WE WILL DEFINITELY DO DO THAT, BUT IT'S ACADEMIC SCHOOL YEAR.
WE DID RECEIVE THE GREEN LIGHT TO BE AN ELECTRONIC VIRTUAL.
SHOULD IT BE NEEDED? THE STATE HASN'T RELEASED YET THAT APPLICATION PROCESS, BUT WE WERE APPROVED FOR THIS ACADEMIC SCHOOL YEAR.
SO MRS. ROBOT, WE WOULD SUBMIT IT AGAIN.
UM, ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? I DON'T SEE ANY ELECTRONIC HANDS UP.
SO I'LL WALK US THROUGH THE LILA THE THIRD OPTION.
THIS IS AN 88 92 SPLIT THE ONE ITEM THAT ACTUALLY THERE ARE TWO, BUT THE FIRST ITEM TO IMMEDIATELY TAKE A LOOK AT, SINCE YOU'VE ALREADY SEEN THE PATTERN FROM, UM, SUMMER INSTITUTE, I DO WANT TO SHARE THAT THE SUMMER INSTITUTE IN AUGUST WOULD, WOULD REITERATE TO THE SAME MODEL THAT WE HAD IN THE OTHER TWO, THE EIGHTH AND THE 12TH OF AUGUST WOULD NOT BE SUMMER INSTITUTE.
BUT IF YOU NOTE IN THE MONTH OF JANUARY THE SEMESTER AND THERE SECOND ITEM IT TAKES, TAKES STUDENTS CONTACT INTO THE SECOND WEEK OF JUNE.
SO AFTER THIS PAST WEEKEND AND PARTICIPATING IN OUR DISTRICT CONFERENCE, TRYING TO FIGURE OUT A BETTER WAY TO SAVE, TO BE ABLE TO BE A LITTLE MORE EFFECTIVE WITH OUR TIME AND OUR EDUCATORS AND GIVE GREATER AMOUNT OF OPPORTUNITY TO OUR TEACHERS.
SO YOU'LL SEE ON THIS CALENDAR IS SIMILAR TO THE VERY FIRST CALENDAR THAT I SHARED WITH YOU.
BUT IF YOU TAKE A LOOK UP HERE IN THE VERY TOP WINTER CONFERENCE WEEK OF FEBRUARY 10TH, UM, 2023, WHICH IS ONE-SIDED THAT I'M SAYING THAT, UM, 20, 23, I TRIED TO DO AS MUCH LEGWORK AS POSSIBLE TO FIND OUT WHEN THE STATE'S SUPERINTENDENT ON STATE SCHOOL BOARD ASSOCIATION MEETING IS THE ONLY PATTERN I COULD IDENTIFY THAT IT GENERATED PLANS ON THE THIRD WEEK IN FEBRUARY.
SO WITH THIS CALENDAR, YOU SEE THE PATTERN.
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JUNE 7TH, EXTENDED THE SCHOOL YEAR AND GAVE A PD DAY DISTRICT-WIDE TO FEBRUARY 10TH.SO IN EFFORTS OF HAVING A WINTER CONFERENCE, THE UPCOMING SCHOOL YEAR WITH THIS VARIATION TO THE ORIGINAL DRAFT, IT WOULD ALLOW US FOR OUR TEACHERS TO BE ABLE TO BE ENGAGED IN THOSE STUDENT CONTACT AND GREATER PARTICIPATION.
SO WE DON'T HAVE TO LOOK OF WAYS OF COVERAGE FOR SCHOOL SITES.
YOU'LL NOTICE A SIMILAR MODIFICATION WAS MADE TO THE SECOND 84 96 CALENDAR THAT I SHARED WITH YOU AS WELL AS CALENDAR DRAFT.
SO, BUT IT NEEDS OF THE BOARD.
IF WE W WE ARE IN AGREEMENT, I JUST WANT TO BACK UP TO THE TWO CALENDAR, TWO SLIDES, BECAUSE IN MY GUT, I BELIEVE THIS IS BEST PRACTICE TO LOOK AT SHIFTING THE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT DAY ON THAT FRIDAY TO THE 10TH IN ORDER THAT WE GO FORWARD WITH WINTER CONFERENCE NEXT YEAR, WE'RE ABLE TO PROVIDE GREATER ACCESS OF EDUCATORS TO THE CONFERENCE.
SO I'LL PAUSE HERE FOR SOME INPUT PREFERENCE, BECAUSE I AM TRYING MY HARDEST TO BE OBJECTIVE.
UM, I SEE THAT ANGELA'S, UM, UH, HAND IS UP PRIOR TO TWO QUESTIONS.
UM, JUST KNOW THAT AT THE END OF THIS, I WILL ASK YOU IF YOU HAVE A, UH, IF YOUR DEPARTMENT HAS A SPECIFIC PREFERENCE, IF YOU FIND THINGS, THINK THAT ONE IS, IS BETTER THAN THE OTHER.
UM, I WANT TO REMIND OUR BOARD MEMBERS THAT IN WITH STRATEGIC GOVERNANCE, COHERENT GOVERNANCE, UM, SCHOOL CALENDAR IS ONE OF THE PRIME EXAMPLES IN THE BOOKS WHERE THE BOARD, IT'S NOT, IT SHOULD BE THE INSTRUCTIONAL PEOPLE MAKING THE DECISION ABOUT SCHOOL CALENDAR, BECAUSE THEY'RE THE ONES WITH THE EXPERTISE AND THE KNOWLEDGE, UH, OUR STATE REQUIRES THE BOARD TO VOTE, TO APPROVE THE SCHOOL.
SO THAT'S WHY WE HAVE TO HAVE TO DO THIS, UM, AND, AND LOOK AT THE SCHOOL CALENDAR, BUT IN COHERENT GOVERNANCE, IT'S VERY CLEAR.
IN FACT, THERE'S A WHOLE CHAPTER IT'S, IT'S HELD UP AS AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT BOARDS, UM, SHOULD NOT GET INVOLVED IN AS A JUST DECISION THAT BEING SAID, WE HAVE GIVEN SPECIFIC GUIDELINES BEFORE, AND THAT'S WHAT COHERENT GOVERNANCE STATES.
AND, UH, ONE OF THOSE GUIDELINES WAS WE WANTED TO ENSURE THAT, UM, THE, UH, VETERAN'S DAY WAS HONORED WAS A DAY OFF EVERY TIME.
AND SO I SEE THAT REFLECTED HERE.
SO I JUST WANTED TO, TO STATE THAT UP FRONT AND THEN WE'LL, UH, GO ON TO QUESTION.
WHEN YOU, WHEN YOU SURVEYED THE TEACHERS, WHICH CALENDARS DID THEY PREFER? SO I'LL BE VERY DIRECT.
WHAT IT IS IN FRONT OF YOU RIGHT NOW IS THE 100% PREFERENCE OF EVERY GROUP.
AND LET ME SHARE WHAT I DID IN WORKSHOP MODEL WITH PRINCIPALS, DIRECTORS, SUPPORT STAFF AND TEACHERS, NUMBER ONE PRIORITY WAS, AND I KNOW YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH A STICKY NOTE, BUT THREE STICKY NOTES.
THREE STICKY NOTES, TELL ME WHAT YOU WANT.
AND THEN YOU WALK THROUGH THE PROCESS OF IDENTIFYING THE SIMILARITIES IN THAT WORKSHOP MODEL AND YOU LAND AT AN AGREEMENT THAT MODEL WAS CONDUCTED WITH EVERY FOCUS GROUP.
EVERY FOCUS GROUP LANDED ON THE CALENDAR THAT IS IN FRONT OF YOU AS A PREFERENCE.
AND I HAVE HERE, IF YOU DON'T MIND, I HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION.
I NOTICED, I NOTICED WITH THE DATES OF GRADUATION, THE FIFTH AND SIX ARE DESIGNATED AS GRADUATION DATES, AND THEY ARE ALSO DESIGNATED AS PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT DATES.
HOW ARE THE SCHOOLS GOING TO WORK THAT OUT? IT WOULD BE EVENING GRADUATIONS.
WE WOULD LAND ON SEVEN O'CLOCK GRADUATION, ONE PER DAY.
YES MA'AM UM, MR. MAL CAMPBELL.
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GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE.I'LL THAT NUMBER? UH, FEBRUARY 10TH.
THAT'S THAT'S THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN CONFERENCE, UH, PROPOSED.
THAT'S WHAT I WOULD PROPOSE FOR US AS A SYSTEM AND THAT I'VE UPDATED EACH CALENDAR TO REFLECT THE FEBRUARY 10TH AS A PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT DAY, SIR.
I'LL SUPPORT THE TEACHERS REFERENCE IN THIS CASE, MS. FIDRYCH.
STRATOSE, UH, IN APRIL, UH, APRIL 14TH.
SO THAT MEANS IT'S A WEATHER MAKEUP DAY.
IF IT IS NOT, IF IT DOES NOT HAVE TO BE USED AS A WEATHER MAKEUP DAY, IS THAT JUST, WOULD THAT BE, UM, YES, MA'AM IT WILL REVERT TO, UH, A NON-STUDENT DAY, UM, CONTRACTS AT 2 41 90 WOULD NOT HAVE TO, UM, WOULD NOT, WOULD BE OFF, UM, CONTRACTS AT TWO 60.
WE GENERALLY TAKE THAT WEEK OFF.
THIS IS FREDERICK WITH GOOD FRIDAY BEING ON THE SEVENTH, THE EIGHTH, RECOGNIZING THE NINTH AS A WHOLE, AS A HIGH HOLIDAY, WE FIGURED THE 10TH PEOPLE WOULD STILL BE TRAVELING.
THEY'LL BE WITH FAMILY THAT'S THE END OF THE WEEK.
THAT WAS A CONVERSATION THERE AND TO BE VIRTUAL, UM, AND WE HAVE A LITTLE MORE FLEXIBILITY AS WELL.
STRATOS ONE IS, UM, THE HERITAGE NEXT YEAR.
IT IS, WE WENT THROUGH WHAT THE FIRST PROCESS OF GOING THROUGH THIS IN DECEMBER.
THIS IS FREDRICIA, THAT WAS NOT PUBLICIZED.
CONCEN DANIEL FALLON WORK WITH, I BELIEVE, I WANT TO SAY THE HILTON HEAD CHAMBER OF COMMERCE TO DO A CONFERENCE, UM, CONFIRMATION THAT THIS IS THE WEEK OF THE HERITAGE FESTIVAL.
YES, MA'AM UM, COLONEL DYER, THANK YOU.
UM, I GUESS THAT A 90, 90 DAY CALENDAR DRAFT IS JUST OUT OF THE QUESTION BECAUSE OF STATE LAWS THAT CORRECT IT IN ALL SIMPLEST SIMPLEST, THE SIMPLEST ANSWER TO THAT IS YES.
IF WE WERE ABLE TO, IF WE WERE ABLE TO START STUDENT CONTACT EARLIER, THEN WE WOULD BE ABLE TO BE CLEANED ON THAT 90, 90, OR WE HAVE TO, UH, JASPER COUNTY IS GOING TO YEAR-ROUND SCHOOLS.
LIKE GOING TO YEAR-ROUND SCHOOLS THAT GIVES THEM FLEXIBILITY.
IS THAT JUST FOR US, OR I STILL HAVE A REAL PROBLEM WITH NOT HAVING THE SEMESTER AND BY THE CHRISTMAS ON THIS DRUG, ON THIS DRAFT PROPOSAL, FIRST SEMESTER WOULD END ON DECEMBER 16TH, BUT IT'S ONLY 84 DAYS.
WE WOULD HAVE TO START EARLIER THAN WHAT IS ALLOWED AND TO MOVE UP EARLIER AND NOT DEMONSTRATE A YEAR ROUND PRACTICE.
SOME CALENDARS RIGHT NOW ARE UNDER REVIEW AND YOU CALENDAR DOES IS PART OF OUR STRATEGIC DISTRICT'S STRATEGIC PLAN THAT GETS UPLOADED TO THE STATE FOR REVIEW AS WELL.
WE HAVE BEEN GIVEN CAUTION NOT TO DESIGN A CALENDAR, JUST TO PROVIDE EARLIEST START DATE VERSUS A TRUE YEAR ROUND.
UM, NOW STAYING AT COLONEL GEIER FEST TO SHARE, WE DID HAVE CONVERSATION ON, ON YEAR ROUND OPTIONS TO START GETTING INPUT, BECAUSE I ALSO RECOGNIZE HERE WITHIN BUFORD COUNTY IS THERE'S AN ECONOMIC GROUP THAT'S INVOLVED.
WE ALSO HAVE STUDENTS WHO ALSO WORK.
AND I THINK WE NEED A LITTLE TIME FOR CONVERSATION TO BRING IN SOME MORE STAKEHOLDERS
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TO LOOK AT THAT TYPE OF SHIFT.AND I'D LIKE TO SEE WHAT HAPPENS WHEN A FEW OF THE OTHER DISTRICTS WITH THEIR YEAR-ROUND RESPECTFULLY.
THIS IS BECAUSE WE HAD THIS SAME CONVERSATION LAST YEAR AND WE STILL HAVE AN ARCHAIC LAW BY THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA.
WE ARE HELD HOSTAGE IN OUR, IN OUR GREATER COMMUNITY.
ALL THE SAVANNAH SCHOOLS START THE WEEK PRIOR AND I DON'T IN CHARLESTON DOES, BUT, BUT I DO HAVE THEM COUNTY AND, AND THE OTHER COUNTIES IN GEORGIA AND OUR VERY CLOSE PROXIMITY.
AND NOW OBVIOUSLY THE JASPER COUNTY IS GOING TO BE STARTING.
AND SO WE'RE JUST SITTING OUT HERE BY OURSELVES WHEN WE KNOW THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A 90, 90 DAY, UH, SEMESTER.
WE KNOW WE WANT IT, BUT YET WE JUST ROLL ON THIS.
AND IT'S BECOMING INCREASINGLY FRUSTRATING TO ME THAT WE PUT LYRICAL, UM, CHURNS OVER PRACTICAL EDUCATIONAL CONCERNS THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE SUPPOSED TO BE FOR OUR CHILDREN AND LEARNING THAT OUR CHILDREN.
AND YET WE ARE HELD HOSTAGE FROM ORANGE COUNTY.
LET'S JUST FACE IT ALREADY COUNTY.
AND I WASN'T GOING TO SAY IT'S THERE.
I GOT I'M DENTED MRS. ROBIN, AS YOU HAD MADE AN INQUIRY, THIS WAS A PREFERRED CALENDAR NUMBER SIX.
STRATAS, WHAT ARE THE CONSEQUENCES? IF WE WENT ROGUE AND TRIED TO DO IN A DIFFERENT CALENDAR, 1:00 AM BREAKING LEGISLATION GUIDELINE 59.
UM, AS WELL, WE HAVE SAID, WE DON'T WANT TO BREAK THE LAW BEFORE WE'VE ACTUALLY NAVIGATED THE PANDEMIC WITH UTILIZING, BUT LET, LET'S LET, LET'S BE PRACTICAL SPEAKING SEPARATE FROM THAT.
I THINK IF WE'RE SEEKING TO START EVEN A YEAR ROUND CALENDAR FOR CONVERSATION, I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THEN THAT WE DO.
WE APPROPRIATELY HELP FOCUS GROUPS DURING THE ACADEMIC YEAR, PLANNED THIS OUT AND CALENDAR THIS OUT BECAUSE IT IS GOING TO IMPACT.
WE HAVE TO HAVE ROTARY CLUB INVOLVED.
WE HAVE TO HAVE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE INVOLVED.
WE HAVE TO HAVE PARENT GROUPS INVOLVED.
SO THERE ARE TWO COUNTIES RIGHT NOW, JASPER IN SHORT, I BELIEVE IS A SECOND.
THAT SHOULD HAVE A YEAR ROUND CALENDAR.
UM, I UNDERSTAND JASPER HAS HAD A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF PUSHBACK BECAUSE A LOT OF THE STAKEHOLDERS DID NOT HAVE, AND I'M NOT SAYING ANYTHING NEGATIVE.
I'M JUST SAYING WHAT I'VE READ.
UM, HAVE ENOUGH STAKEHOLDERS HAVING A VOICE.
I WOULD PREFER FOR US TO MAKE NOISE AND NEWS ON POSITIVE PRACTICE AND SUCCESS AND, AND TAKE A PATHWAY THAT WOULD ALLOW US TO GET A FEW MORE VOICES INVOLVED.
SHOULD WE LOOK AT HERE AROUND THIS IS ROBOT? I, I AGREE.
UM, I JUST, UH, WONDERING IF I SEE MR. , YOUR HAND IS NOT, LET ME JUST MAKE THIS ONE MORE COMMENT.
I'M WONDERING IF, YOU KNOW, IF WE STARTED TO TALK ABOUT YEAR ROUND WITH SOME FOCUS GROUPS AND THEN SAY, LOOK, WE WOULDN'T HAVE TO DO YEAR ROUND.
IF WE COULD START A WEEK EARLIER TO MEET OUR EDUCATIONAL NEEDS.
I WONDER IF THAT WOULD RALLY SOME PEOPLE TO CONTACT THEIR LEGISLATURES AND PUT MORE PRESSURE ON JUST, JUST TO THOUGHT, MR. THANK YOU.
UM, I JUST WANTED TO POINT OUT IS FOR THAT HORRY COUNTY, WE DON'T THAT THIS LAST YEAR, THE NED CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, THE BUFORD CHAMBER OF COMMERCE ARE BOTH OPPOSED TO THIS, TO THE YEAR ROUND.
SO IT'S MORE THAN ALL, IT'S ALL THE CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE OF THE COASTAL COMMUNITIES BECAUSE THEY WANT THAT LABOR.
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THE LABOR AND IT'S OBNOXIOUS.IT'S A NOXIOUS THAT THAT TAKES PRECEDENCE, UM, OVER EDUCATION, BUT THAT'S WHAT WE FOUND OUT LAST YEAR.
SO WE WOULD HAVE TO TURN THEM AROUND.
THAT WOULD BE WHERE OUR FOCUS HAS TO BE.
I THINK, ON THE CHAMBERS, UM, EARL CAMPBELL.
UM, THE OTHER THING WE NEED TO LOOK AT AS PARENTS, WE WENT THROUGH THIS WHEN WE HAD YEAR ROUND BEFORE, AND A LOT OF PARENTS WAS UPSET.
UM, AND NOT ONLY THAT, BUT THERE WAS SOME COACHES WAS UPSET BECAUSE IT AFFECT, UH, THE ATHLETIC PROGRAM.
SO BEFORE WE EVEN THINK ABOUT DOING THIS, I THINK WE NEEDED TO TALK TO THOSE FOLKS.
AND I, I, I THINK THAT'S WHAT DR.
AND WE IT'S A LONG CONVERSATION.
I GUESS EVERYBODY SAID WHAT I WAS GOING TO SAY.
UH, MOST OF THIS IS IT'S VERY POLITICAL AND IT'S BASED ON ECONOMICS.
I WILL BLAME, OR WE COUNT ANY MORE THAN I BLAME HILTON HEAD AND THE TOURIST INDUSTRY OF HILTON HEAD.
BUT, UH, FROM WHAT I'VE HEARD AND WHAT WE, WHAT, WHAT THE INTENT OF OUR YEAR ROUND WOULD BE, IT WOULDN'T BE ANYTHING THAT THEY WOULD OPPOSE WHEN THEY UNDERSTOOD WHY WE WANT TO GO YEAR ROUND.
AND THAT IT, IT WOULD NOT INCLUDE THAT DRASTIC CHANGE OF, OF DAYS.
SO ENGAGING THEM IN A GENUINE CONVERSATION OF THAT PROCEDURE MIGHT LEAD TO THE GAP.
IT MIGHT LEAD TO THE MOVEMENT TO CHANGE THAT STATE LEGISLATURE, BUT IT'S NOT, IT MIGHT MOVE TO SUPPORTING OUR EFFORTS TO GO YEAR ROUND AND, AND, AND NAME BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT BASICALLY JUST BEING YEAR ROUND AND THEM JUST SO WE COULD SQUEEZE THE OTHER WEEK.
AND I, YOU KNOW, I THOUGHT WE WERE GOING TO, SO AT LEAST HAVE SOME KIND OF OVERDUE IN THAT DIRECTION COMING TO THIS YEAR.
ANYHOW, THAT'S SOMETHING TO WORK ON.
UM, MS. GOODRICH, THANK YOU, MISS ROBIN.
STRATOSE YOU SAID THAT SLIDE SIX IS THE PREFERRED OF, UH, THE PEOPLE THAT YOU PULLED.
UM, MY CONCERN IS THE 12 DAY DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE TWO SEMESTERS AND, YOU KNOW, WITH OUR SCHOOLS BEING ON THE FOUR BY FOUR, THAT MEANS STUDENTS THE FIRST SEMESTER HAVE 84 DAYS TO COMPLETE THEIR SEMESTER STUDENTS IN THE SECOND SEMESTER OF 96 DAYS, HOW PREPARED OR WHAT ARE SOME OF THE ANSWERS THAT WILL BE PROVIDED WHEN THE COMMUNITY SAYS, SO THOSE 12 EXTRA DAYS ARE NOT IMPORTANT ENOUGH FOR THE FIRST SEMESTER.
I MEAN, YOU KNOW WHERE I'M GOING WITH THIS.
SO WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS? WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THAT? SO WE'VE ACTUALLY HAD THIS CONVERSATION WITH A SECONDARY TEAM AND WE REALLY TAKE A LOOK STARTING IN APRIL.
CAMBRIDGE TESTING STARTS THE WEEK OF THE 17TH OF APRIL INTERNATIONAL BACCALAUREATE TESTING STARTS THE LAST WEEK OF APRIL ADVANCED PLACEMENT TESTING STARTS SIMULTANEOUSLY.
SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT, FROM A SECONDARY PERSPECTIVES PERSPECTIVE FROM APRIL END OF APRIL, THROUGH MAY VARIOUS A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF TESTING THAT IMPACT SCHOOL SITES WITH THAT ADA IMPACTS THE OPERATION AND PRACTICES AT THE SCHOOL.
THAT AMOUNT OF TESTING DOES NOT HAPPEN IN DECEMBER.
WE HAVE EOC AT THE HIGH SCHOOL AT THE HIGH SCHOOL IN SECOND SEMESTER, YOU HAVE THE ADVANCED PLACEMENT, CAMBRIDGE INTERNATIONAL BACCALAUREATE AND .
SO THERE IS MORE TESTING THAT HAPPENS SECOND SEMESTER THEN DOES OCCUR FOR A HIGH SCHOOL PURPOSE FOR A SEMESTER.
THE SECOND PART TO THAT IS SPEAKING WITH SECONDARY PRINCIPALS.
THEY WORK THEIR SCHEDULE TO MEET THE NEEDS OF THE STUDENTS.
SO YOU'LL SEE SOME MASTER SCHEDULES THAT MAY HAVE A FEW MORE COURSES PER SEMESTER, AS A PRECURSOR TO SUPPORT WHERE WE'RE WALKING INTO SECOND SEMESTER, INTERMEDIATE ALGEBRA, FOR EXAMPLE, FOR A GROUP OF STUDENTS WHO WILL THEN WALK INTO THE ALGEBRA ONE COURSE SECOND SEMESTER.
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WORK IN MASTER SCHEDULE TO ADDRESS THE AMOUNT OF DAYS.THEY, THEY ARE RATHER VERBAL AT WANTING TO SPLIT SUBJECT TO ALSO DUAL ENROLLMENT.
THE CLOSEST I COULD GET TO FIND OUT WHEN SUMMER WHEN WINTER TERM STARTS FOR OUR STUDENTS ARE TECHNICALLY SPRING IS THE JANUARY 17TH, BUT THAT WAS NOT DEFINITE AND DOING LEGWORK, LOOKING AT THE LOCAL UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES, AND THEN ALSO TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION, THE AMOUNTS OF STUDENTS DO GRADUATE EARLY AND DO EITHER GO TO THE MILITARY OR TO A UNIVERSITY.
SO SCHOOLS HAVE MADE ADD THAT PATIENTS.
YES, THEY WOULD PREFER STARTING EARLY AS COLONEL GARNER HAS PUT FORWARD 100% CONVERSATION TO START DOING YEAR ROUND HAS ALREADY STARTED WITH EVERY FOCUS GROUP WE'VE DONE.
BUT I DID ASK EVERYONE WHO WAS INVOLVED IN IT, MRS. AND TEAM THAT IT WAS NOT TO BE SOMETHING THAT WAS DISCUSSED UNTIL DISCUSSION WITH OUR BOARD HAPPENED FIRST.
SO MARY I'M JUST, I THINK THERE'LL BE SOME, UM, CONCERN EXPRESSED ABOUT THE FACT THAT THERE'S 12 DAYS DIFFERENCE.
IT'S ALMOST, YOU KNOW, IT'S MORE THAN TWO ACADEMIC WEEKS, UM, DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A SEMESTER IS, AND JUST WANTED TO HEAR THE, UM, DISCUSSION AND THE, THE, THE VALIDATION FOR IT.
THANK YOU, ATLANTA, MRS. FRIGID LANDED ON THE AMOUNT OF TESTING AND RECOGNIZE THAT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL THEY'RE ALL YEARS AS YOU KNOW, SO THAT THEY'RE HAPPY THAT EITHER WAY, I, I DON'T NEED IT.
STRATUS WOULD CURRENTLY HAVE AN 85 95 CALENDAR, CORRECT? YES.
WHERE IS THAT ONE DAY? UM, WE, WE DID, WE, I BELIEVE WE WORKED OUT EITHER THE START LATER ON THE 15TH, WE LOST A DAY IN PROCESS AND I WANT TO SAY IT LANDED ON THE WEEK OF DECEMBER WINTER BREAK, BUT I DON'T BELIEVE SO.
CAUSE WE, OUR LAST DAY WAS THE 18TH THIS YEAR.
SO GIVE ME, DO YOU HAVE THE CALENDAR IN FRONT OF ME CURIOUS? I MEAN, 1, 2, 3, I COULD TELL YOU FROM THE MONTH OF JANUARY, WE HAD THREE STUDENT CONTACT DAYS, THE FIFTH, SIXTH, AND SEVENTH.
SO SOMEHOW THE SHIFT AND WE STARTED THE 16 GOING THROUGH THE FULL CALENDAR, MRS. ROBOT PRIOR TO JANUARY.
AND THE 17TH, WE HAD A HALF DAY, WE HAVE A FULL DAY BREAK HERE, WHICH WAS A REQUEST FOR MORE BREAKS BECAUSE OF THAT'S PROBABLY IT MAYBE RIGHT HERE.
IT IS THE 17TH, BECAUSE ON OUR CURRENT CALENDAR, I HAD THE QUARTER CLOSING ON THE 15TH OF OCTOBER A HALF DAY.
THAT DAY, THIS WAY, TEACHERS NOW HAVE A HALF DAY AND A THREE-DAY A THREE-DAY WEEKEND.
UM, SO FROM WHAT YOU JUST TOLD, READ ABOUT OUR JUSTIFICATION FOR THIS ONE-SIDED CALENDAR, GOING TO 90, 90 WOULD NOT FURTHER SUPPORT THE JUSTIFICATION.
I MEAN, IT WOULD, IT WOULDN'T, IT WOULDN'T HELP ANY IN TERMS OF WHAT HAPPENS THAT SECOND SEMESTER, WHERE IT'S THAT FIRST SEMESTER, EXCEPT THE FIRST SEMESTER CHILDREN WILL GET MORE DAYS, BUT THE SECOND SEMESTER CHILDREN WILL STILL BE SIGNIFICANTLY SHORT BECAUSE OF THE TESTING.
SO IS THERE A WAY TO BALANCE THE CALENDAR SO THAT TESTING IS TAKEN INTO CONCERN OR ADJUSTED CURRICULUM? SO, BUT I MEAN, I DON'T SEE THE BOUNCE IN THE CALENDAR.
THE ARGUMENT IS NOT WORTH THIS BEADS IN TERMS OF WHY WE'VE GOT TO DO IT.
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MR. CAMPBELL.SO I'M HEARING TWO QUESTIONS, ONE LET'S CORRECT.
THE, UM, THE FOCI, THEY HAVE A 90, 90 SPLIT WOULD GO BACK TO THE POSITION FROM COLONEL GAIA MENTIONED IT THAT WE WOULD DEFINITELY HAVE TO START THE ACADEMIC SCHOOL YEAR EARLIER IN ORDER TO, AND THIS SEMESTER AT WINTER BREAK, WHICH WAS A UNANIMOUS REQUESTS FROM EACH FOCUS GROUPS, RIGHT? SO WITHOUT BEING ABLE TO COME FORWARD MORE, WELL, YOU WOULDN'T BE COMING FORWARD MORE FOR THAT SECOND SEMESTER, BUT SECOND SEMESTER WITH THE ADDITIONAL DAYS AND TESTING AND RECOGNIZING THAT OUR CURRICULUM PACING DOES A PREDOMINANT AMOUNT OF OUR PRIORITY STANDARDS.
AND WE TEACHING PRACTICES UP UNTIL WE GET TO WINTER, I'M SORRY, SPRING BREAK.
I W THEY HAVE TAKEN THAT INTO CONSIDERATION AS THEY PACED OUT.
96 DAYS YOU'LL HAVE TO WORK WITH THE, TAKE THAT IN CONSIDERATION.
AND IF YOU GO 99, THEY'LL HAVE 90 DAYS TO WORK WITH AND THAT CONSIDERATION.
AND THEN SOME OF THOSE TESTING DAYS, AND TIME WILL STILL BE A PART OF THE DYNAMICS.
AND SO I DON'T SEE HOW THAT WOULD HELP US OUT OF THE SITUATION OF TRYING TO BALANCE THE ACADEMICS WILL SIDE.
SO THAT'S ALL I'M SAYING, AND HE DISCUSSED THE DAY, BUT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S GOING ON NOW.
I DON'T SEE YOU COMING TO ME AS IF I'M AN ADMINISTRATOR AND SAY, NOW WE'RE GOING TO CUT YOU OFF SECOND SEMESTER TO THE 90 DAYS I HAD 96.
AND I'M NOT THINKING THAT'S AN ADVANTAGE BECAUSE OF ALL THE TESTING THAT HAS TO BE DONE IN THAT SECOND SEMESTER.
SO I THINK WE REALLY NEED TO LOOK AT IT CONCRETELY AND STUDY TO THE ACADEMIC, THE US SEEK TIME.
AND AS ACADEMIC SEAT, TIME, SEAT TIME, WHERE STUDENTS ACTUALLY LEARNING ACADEMICS THE SEMESTER BEFORE WE GET INTO AN ARGUMENT OF THE NUMBER OF DAYS, IF THOSE ACADEMICS, OR, UH, BASICALLY THE FOCUS AND YOU PROBABLY NEED TO LOOK AT THE NUMBERS TOO, OF HOW MANY KIDS ARE BEING AFFECTED ACADEMICALLY IN THOSE SITUATIONS.
BUT I MEAN, THIS IS A DEEPER, THE, THE CALENDAR IS A DEEPER CONVERSATION THERE.
THEN I THINK WE, MY UNDERSTANDING RIGHT NOW ARE TOO LONG THINKING TO ALLOW THEM THE CHAMBERS TO THE BIG DATA THOUGH.
I THINK THE EDUCATORS OUT OF BIG DATA, YES, PLEASE.
MR. CAMPBELL, YOU ACTUALLY MADE MENTION SOMETIME AGO REGARDING THAT ANALYSIS AND LOOKING AT PERFORMANCE OF ACADEMIC RESULTS ON ELCO S YOU READY ON THE SUID? I TOOK OFF BECAUSE THAT IS ADMINISTERED IN SPRING, BUT I DID HAVE A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF LOOKING AT PERFORMANCE OF ELC FIRST SEMESTER.
AND SECOND SEMESTER BASED ON CALENDAR, OUR PERFORMANCE WAS VERY SIMILAR.
UM, I THEY'D HAVE THAT COMPLETED LAST YEAR.
I HAD TO, I MEAN, I HAD TO, AND, UM, THE RESULTS WERE VERY, VERY SIMILAR, SIR.
AND I THINK THAT, UM, WE'VE HAD THIS, THIS IS THE SAME DISCUSSION WE HAVE EVERY YEAR, AND THAT WE DO HAVE TO REMEMBER, UM, ALL THE TESTING THAT TAKES PLACE IN THE HIGH SCHOOL, UM, AND HOW MANY STUDENTS ARE AFFECTED BY THAT AND THE NUMBER OF DAYS.
AND I GUESS, YOU KNOW, THE INPUT FROM ALL THE EDUCATORS HAS BEEN, UM, UH, SUPPORTIVE OF THIS.
AND, AND I WOULD THINK THAT THEY ARE THINKING ABOUT WHAT'S BEST FOR THEIR STUDENTS TO GET THEIR, UH, THE BEST POSSIBLE SCORES ON ALL OF THEIR TESTING.
I UNDERSTAND THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ISSUE, AND IT DOES MAKE ANY DIFFERENCE, BUT I WANT TO GIVE YOU A PERSONAL PERSPECTIVE OF MY ELDEST GRANDSONS SENIOR YEAR IN HIGH SCHOOL BATTERY, OR AT, UH, BUFORD HIGH FALL SEMESTER.
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BECAUSE HE HAD TO GET THROUGH HIS COURSES AND THERE WAS A LOT OF MATERIAL.AND HE SAID THAT WAS ONE OF THE HARDEST SEMESTERS THAT HE'S HAD IN HIGH SCHOOL.
CONVERSELY, THE SECOND SEMESTER HE SCREWED OFF.
HE VIRTUALLY DIDN'T GO TO CLASS FOR ALMOST THE LAST MONTH.
UM, AND I UNDERSTAND THE BLOCK SCHEDULING AND THE NUMBER HE HAD, THE NUMBER OF CREDITS AND SO ON, BUT THAT'S NOT SETTING HIM UP FOR THE DISCIPLINE OF, OF THE UNIVERSITY WHERE YOU HAVE, YOU DON'T HAVE A EASY QUARTER UNLESS YOU TAKE, YOU KNOW, HALF THE NUMBER OF CREDIT HOURS OR WHATEVER YOU HAVE A CONSISTENT, OR YOU SHOULD DEVELOP A CONSISTENT STUDY HABIT.
AND I, I'M JUST GOING TO TELL YOU THAT, UM, I, I HAVE HAD THIS THE LAST THREE YEARS, I'VE LISTENED TO THIS AND I'VE HEARD ALL THE ARGUMENTS AND I HAVE SAID, OKAY, I JUST KIND OF ROLLED OVER IT.
I'M NEVER GOING TO, I AM NOT GOING TO VOTE FOR ANYTHING OTHER THAN A 99, 8 90, 90 CALENDAR.
AND, YOU KNOW, I'LL PROBABLY BE OUT VOTED, BUT I, I JUST HAVE TO FEEL THAT STRONGLY THAT WE ARE NOT PUTTING EDUCATION.
I HAVE REAL, I HAVE REAL DOUBTS ON THE DATA, ON THE IMPACT OF DARTH STUDENTS WORKING IN AUGUST AND THE TOURIST INDUSTRY.
WHEN I DRIVE TO HILTON HEAD IN AUGUST, IT IS NOT AUGUST IN HILTON.
HEAD IS NOT HIGH ON THE EDUCATION OR THE, UH, UH, VACATION STANDPOINT.
THAT'S WHEN YOU GO NORTH, YOU DON'T GO SOUTH.
SO I, YOU KNOW, I HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT THE VERACITY OF THE, OF THE CONCERNS BY THE TOURIST INDUSTRY ABOUT THE, THE, UH, LABOR SHORTAGE.
THEY ALREADY GOT LABOR SHORTAGES.
THAT'S, THAT'S NOT HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH, UH, THE SCHOOL.
IT WAS THE COVID, IT CAUSED THAT.
SO I I'M, I JUST GOT TO EXPRESS MY FRUSTRATION AND, UH, UH, THANK YOU FOR LISTENING.
UH, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? I DON'T SEE ANY OTHER HANDS MS. FREDRICKS WAS UP, BUT IT'S NOW DOWN.
UM, SO AT THIS POINT, UM, THE, UH, I THINK THAT IT MAKES SENSE TO PRESENT THIS CALENDAR.
WELL, WE HAVE TO PRESENT THE CALENDAR, UM, TO THE FULL BOARD FOR APPROVAL.
SO, UM, THE ONE THAT IS, WELL, LET ME ASK MY COMMITTEE, WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE WITH THE PRESENTATION? UM, DO YOU WANT, DO YOU THINK ALL THREE SHOULD BE PRESENTED WITH THE ONE THAT'S THE MOST, UM, PREFERRED OR SHOULD THE ONE THAT'S THE, UH, PREFERRED BE THE ONLY ONE THAT'S PRESENTED? UM, KATHY WILLIAMS, HANDS UP.
LET ME GO TO MR. STREET, MR. .
MY THOUGHT ON THAT IS WAIT, DR.
STRAUSS TOLD US THAT EVERYONE AGREED ON THIS COUNT.
WE'RE LOOKING AT EVERYBODY AGREED ON THIS, THE ONE EVERYBODY WANTS.
SO I DON'T THINK THERE MAKES MUCH SENSE TO PRESENT THE OTHER, UM, LIKE THIS AS UNANIMOUS APPROVAL FROM THE PEOPLE THAT ARE ACTUALLY HAVE TO LIVE IT.
UM, SO I THINK THAT'S THE WAY IT SHOULD BE PRESENTED.
THIS IS WHAT, THIS IS WHAT THE FOLKS WANT.
AND THAT FALLS IN LINE WITH THE COHERENT GOVERNANCE, UH, PHILOSOPHY ON THE SCHOOL CALENDAR.
WELL, I GUESS I JUST ANSWERED IT, BUT I, I STILL HAVE, UH, I THINK THAT EVEN THOUGH YOU, YOU BRING THAT ONE FORWARD, YOU CAN STILL UPDATE US AND LET US KNOW WHAT OTHER OPTIONS WERE AVAILABLE AND WHAT PRIOR TO THIS BEING EVERYONE'S OPTIONS.
WHAT OTHER OPTIONS THAT, UH, THAT WE'RE WE'RE WE'RE GIVEN AS WELL? UM, BECAUSE I'M SURE SOME PEOPLE WANT TO SAY, OH, IT MIGHT SAY THAT THAT'S NOT WHAT THEY WOULD DO WITH THE EDUCATORS.
WANT TO GO, WANT TO GO ALONG WITH AN, I AM CONCERNED ABOUT WHAT THE EDUCATORS ARE GOING TO SAY.
THEY ARE WHAT THEY HAVE TO SAY.
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OKAY.WHAT DID YOU SAY ABOUT THE EDUCATORS THAT THIS WAS THEIR OVERALL PREFERENCE? MA'AM THE ONE THAT'S UP ON SCREEN.
I KNOW LIKE THAT DEAL, THE STATE EXPECTS THAT THE DISTRICT SUBMIT THAT CALENDAR AND, AND OUR, OUR BOARD EXPECTS THAT THEY HAVE VETTED ALL OF THE PROS AND CONS BEFORE THEY SUBMITTED.
SO, YEAH, IT'S ONE OF THE RIGHT THING TO HAVE THEM PRESENT THIS TO THE BOARD IS COURTESY.
BUT AS THE BOARD, WE DO NEED TO ADDRESS KIND OF DIANE'S CONCERN AND OTHER CONCERNS ON WHAT THE CALENDAR SHOULD LOOK LIKE AND WHAT EQUITIES SHOULD LOOK LIKE FROM FIRST SEMESTER, THE SECOND SEMESTER.
SO MAYBE WE PUT THAT AS A FUTURE AGENDA TOPIC OR TO DISCUSS THE CALENDAR ONLY, BUT A WORD SESSION TO DISCUSS THE CALENDAR.
WHAT WE CAN DO TO LOOK AT THE NUMBERS AND, YOU KNOW, INTENTLY, NOT JUST TEST GOALS, UH, THE NUMBERS IN TERMS OF STUDENTS' SUCCESS AND THEIR USE, ET CETERA, BECAUSE OF THAT PERSONAL, UH, UH, STAT.
IS THERE ANY INDICATION THAT THAT MIGHT BE HAPPENING WE'LL OFTEN THAN WE LIKE, YOU KNOW, WE MIGHT WANT TO LOOK AT THOSE THINGS THAT MAY NOT BE JUST THE CALENDAR THING, BUT THE CALENDAR MIGHT BE WHERE WE STOP, BUT I, I COULD GO WITH DAVID.
THAT WAS JUST A VERY COURTESY THING NOW TO PRESENTED TO THE BOARD.
SO DO WE HAVE A MOTION FROM ONE OF THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS INDICATES, OKAY.
MALE, UH, THE REPRESENTED CALENDAR COULD BE, UH, PRESENTED, UH, AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.
AND ARE YOU, UM, SPECIFIC TO THIS CALENDAR NUMBER SIX THAT WILL BE PRESENTED TO THE STATE? YEAH.
AND ANGELA SECOND IS OKAY, MRS. YES.
TO BUILD AN OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK AT THE 90, 90 SPLIT OR YEAR ROUND CONVERSATION, EDIT IF AT SOME POINT, IF THE BOARD IS PLEASED TO GO, THAT WE LOOK INTO THAT PROCESS OF OPENING EVEN MORE CONVERSATION.
I THINK THAT, UM, MR. CAMPBELL'S HAVING IT A FUTURE AGENDA TOPIC OR WORK SESSION.
SO WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE TABLE.
CAN YOU STATE THE MOTION AGAIN? CAUSE I COULD NOT GET INTO THE DOCUMENT.
I HOPE THAT WE HAVE THE CALENDAR PRESENTED THAT WILL BE SUBMITTED TO THE STATE BY THE ADMINISTRATION AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.
YOU WENT TO IDENTIFY THE CALENDAR LIKE THE 86 9.
WELL, WHICHEVER ONE THEY GO ON AND PRESENT THAT'S YEAH, THAT'S THE 84 96 FOREVER.
THAT IS THE CALENDAR PAGE SIX.
RIGHT NOW MY MIND IS ON THE ONE GALLON.
I MOVE THAT WE PRESENT PAGE SIX OF THE PRESENTATION TO THE FULL BOARD.
DOES THAT I MOVE THAT WE PRESENT PAGE SIX OF THE PRESENTATION TO THE FULL BOARD FOR APPROVAL.
YEAH, BUT UH, PUT THE WORD CALENDAR IN THERE.
PAGE SIX OF THE CALENDAR PRESENTATION, SIX, UH, PAGE SIX OF THE CALENDAR PRESENTATION TO THE FULL BOARD PERIOD.
UM, IT WAS, UH, ANGELA, ARE YOU OKAY WITH THAT WAY? THAT THAT MOTION IS WRITTEN? YES.
SO NOW ANY, ANY MORE DISCUSSION ABOUT THAT?
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LET'S SEE.I CAN'T SEE IF THERE'S ANY HANDS UP.
SO COMMITTEE MEMBERS AT THIS TIME, IF YOU WILL VOTE, PLEASE.
STRATA, SHE WILL BE ABLE TO PRESENT CALENDAR NUMBER SIX, ALONG WITH THE RESEARCH THAT YOU'VE DONE IN THE FOCUS GROUPS THAT YOU'VE HELD THAT ARRIVED AT THIS CALENDAR FEBRUARY AT THE MARCH 1ST BOARD MEETING.
NOW GOING BACK TO OUR AGENDA, UM, DISCUSSION OF FUTURE TOPICS, THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS IS THE CALENDAR AND HOW WE ARRIVE AT THE WIDE END OF SEMESTERS AND TWO EQUAL TO EQUITY ACADEMICALLY.
AND THIS MIGHT BE A FULL BOARD AGENDA ITEM VERSUS A, UM, ACADEMIC COMMITTEE, UM, COLONEL GUYER.
MADAM CHAIR, I'VE ASKED A COUPLE, AT LEAST ONCE BEFORE ABOUT GETTING A BRIEFING ABOUT THE UTILIZATION OF MEDIA CENTERS.
I'D LIKE TO, I'D LIKE TO UNDERSTAND, UH, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A LIBRARY, THAT'S GOT A LOT OF BOOKS IN IT THAT DON'T LOOK LIKE THEY'RE WERE EVER USED.
AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT KIND OF PERIODICALS THAT ARE AVAILABLE IF THEY'RE HARD COVER OR HARD COPY OR AVAILABLE ELECTRONICALLY.
AND I WOULD JUST LIKE A COMPREHENSIVE ISD, UH, BRIEFING ON THE FORM AND FUNCTION OF MEDIA CENTERS AND IN OUR SCHOOLS.
AND THEN IT'S DIFFERENT BETWEEN HIGH SCHOOL, MIDDLE SCHOOL AND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
ANY OTHER FUTURE TOPICS? OKAY.
STRADDLES, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING THAT IS READY TO COME TO US FOR A MARCH MEETING? UM, AND GO AHEAD.
IT DEPENDS WHERE WE LANDED MARCH MA'AM BECAUSE THE DATE, THE DATE, MAN.
UM, WELL I THINK IT WOULD BE MARCH 30TH.
IT WOULD BE MARCH 23RD, FOUR 30.
WELL, MARCH 23RD, I WILL BE ON A PLANE AT FOUR 30.
I'M SUGGESTING WE MOVE IT TO MARCH 30TH.
UM, WE HAVE TECHNOLOGY AT TWO O'CLOCK ON THE 30TH, SO WE CAN GET AT FOUR 30 OR 5, 4 30 OR FIVE O'CLOCK YEAH, IF WE DO IT, IT'S FINE.
AND IF WE, YOU KNOW, IF DR STRATOS DOESN'T HAVE ANYTHING AT THIS TIME, WE COULD, UM, NOT HAVE A MARCH MEETING AND PERHAPS SHE COULD, UM, YOU KNOW, TAKE THAT TIME TO, TO GET SOME INFORMATION ABOUT MEDIA CENTERS, UNLESS SHE'S GOT SOMETHING THAT, AND DO THAT IN APRIL, UNLESS SHE THINKS THAT THERE'S ANOTHER ISSUE IN ACADEMICS THAT WE NEED TO DEAL WITH AT THIS TIME.
SO IF I COULD SHARE WITH YOU THE ITEMS THAT WE'RE WORKING ON, UM, AND THIS IS DISTRICT-WIDE.
SO WE HAVE SCHOOL INTO OPENS AND DISTRICTS DISTRICTS TO TEACH A PLAN THAT WE'RE WORKING ON.
FOCUS GROUPS, SCHOOLS ARE WORKING ON YOUR SCHOOL RENEWAL PLANS.
AND MY TIMELINE FOR THAT FOR THE BOARD IS TO HAVE ALL DOCUMENTS TO THE BOARDROOM ON THE 31ST OF MARCH, IN ORDER TO PRESENT THE SCHOOL NEWELL PLAN SUMMARY AND UPDATES TO THE STRATEGIC PLAN, HOPEFULLY AT THE APRIL 5TH BOARD MEETING.
SO IF WE MOVE THE OPPORTUNITY OF US BEING ABLE TO GO DEEPER, BECAUSE I'M ALREADY ANALYZING HOW WE COULD APPROACH A CONVERSATION OF COLONEL GEIER, UM, INTO APRIL, THEN I WOULDN'T DO A PRESENTATION ON STRATEGIC PLAN TO ACADEMIC COMMITTEE.
IT WILL GO DIRECTLY TO THE BOARD.
I DO HAVE SUMMER SCHOOL UPDATE, BUT THAT IS GOING TO, UH,
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TO THE PRINCIPALS ON MARCH 9TH.AND WE COULD PROBABLY PUT THAT ON A BOARD AGENDA AS WELL.
AND THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING AS HER AND EXPENDITURES IS GOING TO BE ALIGNED WITH, UM, DENISE MATH IS WORK.
SO I'M OPEN TO WHAT THE COMMITTEE WOULD LIKE.
UM, GO AHEAD, MEL, DID YOU RESPOND TO THAT? WELL, I KNOW THAT WOULD BE, UH, A CERTAIN JUNCTURE IN OUR BUDGETING PROCESS.
AND FROM AN ACADEMIC STANDPOINT, WE, YOU KNOW, CAN WE HAVE, UH, MANY, UH, PRESENTATION ON OUR NEEDS, ACADEMICALLY TRANSIT TEACHERS SHOWED IT TO SEPHORA AND, AND WHAT WE CAN DO TO SUPPORT THE ACADEMICS.
THAT'S JUST A BRAINSTORMING ABOUT IT.
I REALLY DON'T HAVE ANY IMPACT WITH SOME OF THE THINGS THAT YOU WOULD WANT TO SEE FROM, FROM YOUR PERSPECTIVE, IN TERMS OF DIRECTION OF THE BUDGET, WITHOUT HAVING TO BOG IT DOWN, DOING A MEETING WHEN IT PRESENTS THE BUDGET.
SO ONCE IT PRESENTS IT, NOW, SOME OF US WOULD ALREADY HAVE A POOL WHERE IT'S DOING.
I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S IN ORDER OR OUT OF ORDER, DAVID AND TINA COULD TELL ME ABOUT THAT, BUT I'D WANT TO KNOW, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON IN TERMS OF TEACHER SHORTAGE AND WHERE THEY STAND AND THE NEW BUDGET, HOW ARE WE GOING TO GET, HOW ARE WE GOING TO GET TO, TO THAT POINT? I MEAN, I UNDERSTAND WON'T HAPPEN UNLESS, UNLESS WE SOUGHT OUT ACADEMICALLY, WHERE AND HOW ARE WE GOING TO GET THERE THAT CLEAR? BUT I'M SAYING, WELL, THAT'S A LOT.
IT DON'T HAVE TO BE A THOROUGH VESTED THING.
IT'S GOTTA BE, AND MAYBE THAT'S WHY ALL THIS, BUT I WANT TO TELL ME WHAT THE TEACHERS LOOK LIKE, AND I REALLY NEED MORE MATH TEACHERS ACCEPT THAT, ET CETERA.
WHAT THAT REALLY LOOKS LIKE ON PAPER FOR HER, IS THAT SOMETHING WITHIN OUR COMMITTEE OR IS THAT SOMETHING THAT LIES WITHIN OPERATIONS? WELL, I'VE WALKED WITH NOT HOPELESS.
WELL, I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT HOW TO GET THEM.
I'M TALKING ABOUT WHAT THE LEADS ARE, WHERE IF IT'S UP TO HEAD HIGH, I HAVE TWO MATH TEACHERS THAT ARE SHORT.
THEN YOU CAN PRESENT TO ME ALL KINDS OF ARGUMENT FOR WHY THE NUMBERS AND THE GRADES ARE, YOU KNOW, WHERE THEY SHOULD BE.
AND, AND THE BOTTOM LINE IS THAT THERE'S A TEACHER SHORTAGE AND YOU REALIZE THAT IT HAS BEEN AT IT IS AFFECTING THAT DEPARTMENT.
SO THOSE ARE THE THINGS I WANT, YOU KNOW, I WANT TO KNOW BEFORE WE GET TO BUDGETING.
AND FINALLY THAT'S, THOSE ARE THE THINGS I WANT TO KNOW, AND I'M NOT SURE WE GONNA GET IT WHEN THE PROCESS GOES ON, WE JUST GET THE NUMBERS AND WE GET THE DOLLARS AND THEY DON'T GET THE FINER DETAILS.
SO IF THERE'S POSSIBLE, CAN YOU GIVE US SOME OF THE FINER DETAILS OF YOUR INSTRUCTIONAL DILEMMA? IF THERE IS A BETTER WORDS, UM, CRIMINAL, GEIER SORRY.
YEAH, THAT'S GOING TOO FAR OR NOT, BUT, UH, THAT'S MY, THAT WOULD BE WHAT I WOULD THINK.
IF WE HAVE A MEETING TO BRAINSTORM, WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING DEFINED, THEN I'D WANT TO BRAINSTORM WHERE WE REALLY STAND.
UH, MY, MY BOTTOM THAT IS WE REALLY NEED TO HAVE A MEETING.
AND I THINK THIS IS PROBABLY A WHOLE BOARD MEETING WHERE WE'RE TALKING TO FINANCE, ACADEMIC PERSONNEL, HUMAN RESOURCES, ALL AT THE SAME TIME, ALL THE CARDS ARE OUT ON THE TABLE, BUT THAT'S JUST ME.
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WHAT MEL SAID IS I DO INCLUDED IN THAT DISCUSSION IS THE TRANSFER OF TEACHERS.WHAT I SEE HAPPENING IS I SEE NEW TEACHERS COMING IN TO BROAD RIVER SHANKLIN, UH, WHEEL BRANCH, AND THEY'RE THERE TWO TO THREE YEARS.
AND THEN THEY FIND THERE'S AN OPENING IN COOSAW OR A RED RIVER OR SOMETHING AND OUT THEY GO.
AND SO WHAT I SEE WHEN I GO OUT, I SEE YOUNG LET ALONE YOUNG TEACHERS THAT ARE MOST CHALLENGING SCHOOLS.
THAT'S WHERE OUR MOST EXPERIENCED TEACHERS OUGHT TO BE.
I MEAN, THAT'S WHAT YOU DO IN BUSINESS.
YOU PUT YOUR BEST WORKERS IN YOUR MOST CHALLENGING POSITION.
SO THERE IS A DISCUSSION THAT, THAT I THINK MEL HAS REALLY BROUGHT ABOUT THAT IT IS BUDGET, BUT IT'S ALSO HR AND KIND, BUT IT'S ACADEMIC ISSUES.
AND THAT TO ME IS A WORTHWHILE DISCUSSION IN THE ACADEMICS COMMITTEE IS THAT IS WHERE OUR BEST TEACHERS ARE BEING POSITIONED IN THIS DISTRICT AND, AND CURL GUY.
OR I THINK THERE ARE TWO SIDES TO THAT STORY BECAUSE I'VE HAD SOME TEACHERS REACH OUT TO ME THAT, UH, ARE, AND I AGREE WITH YOU ABOUT THE, THE, UM, SO I HAVE AN INTEREST IN TALKING ABOUT OUR TRANSFER POLICY AS WELL, BECAUSE I'VE HAD SOME TEACHERS REACH OUT TO ME THAT HAVE, UM, YOU KNOW, I DON'T WANT TO GO INTO IT HERE, BUT HAVE ISSUES WITH IT.
SO IF WE'RE GONNA PUT SOMETHING LIKE THIS ON OUR AGENDA, THEN IT'S NOT, UM, IT'S, UH, GOTTA BE MORE THAN DR.
UM, I THINK THAT WE NEED SOMEBODY THERE, THERE FROM, UM, HUMAN RESOURCES AS WELL.
MR. SMITH, JUST NOT WHAT I WAS GOING TO SAY WAS THAT WAS, IT WAS A LOT GOING ON AND THERE WAS A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS I'VE BEEN DISCUSSING.
UM, I WAS GONNA SAY, I DON'T THINK IT HURT TO JUST, TO, TO SCHEDULE A MEETING AND THEN IF THERE'S NOT ENOUGH TO, TO, UH, ADD TO IT, THEN YOU CAN KICK IT, UH, CANCEL IT AS THOUGH THEY HAVE BEEN IN THE PAST, BUT I DON'T, I DON'T THINK IT WOULD BE A GOOD, A GOOD IDEA TO GO A MONTH WITHOUT HAVING A MEETING.
UM, AND IT ALSO BE GETTING, GETTING, UH, UH, UPDATES, UM, IN REGARDS TO THE ACADEMIC COMMUNITIES.
I MEAN, THAT'S JUST, UM, I GUESS I SHOULD, MY, MY, MY, MY 2 CENTS, BUT I'M CONCERNED OF, NOT ABOUT NOT HAVING A MEETING AT ALL AND GOING INTO ANOTHER MONTH.
WELL, I, I HEAR WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, MR. SMITH, BUT I DO EVERY TIME WE COME UP WITH THE TOPIC AND, UM, YOU KNOW, HIS WORK FOR THE TEAM TO, UH, GO AND, YOU KNOW, GO OFF ON A DIFFERENT TANGENT IN A DIFFERENT WAY.
I THINK THIS IS IMPORTANT INFORMATION, BUT WE DO HAVE TO BE COGNIZANT OF, YOU KNOW, ADDING ADDITIONAL THINGS TO THEIR PLATE WHEN THEY, YOU KNOW, DR.
STRATUS, UH, TALKED ABOUT A COUPLE THINGS THAT SHE HAD READY FOR THE, YOU KNOW, AT THE END OF THE MONTH, THE DISTRICT STRATEGIC PLAN, THE SCHOOL RENEWAL PLANS, THE SUMMER SCHOOL UPDATE THOSE THINGS.
THAT'S WHY I WAS SUGGESTING THAT IF WE'RE GOING TO GO WITH A WHOLE DIFFERENT TOPIC THAT WE WOULD, UM, GIVE ADDITIONAL TIME, BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO HAVE, EXCUSE ME, WE HAVE TO HAVE THE DISCUSSION, UM, YOU KNOW, ABOUT STAFFING PRIOR TO BUDGETING.
SO, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW, DON'T KNOW HOW WE WORK, THOSE TWO THINGS IN, UM, I HAVE TO GIVE THAT SOME THOUGHT, MR. CAMPBELL, UH, THANK YOU IN THE SAME WAY YOU THINK, DAMN I'M TAKING WITH IT, YOU START PRACTICING IT, RIGHT.
IN TERMS OF THAT, DISCUSSING IT FROM AN ACADEMIC STANDPOINT.
I DON'T, I DON'T LIKE TO SIGN WITH THE HR AND ALL THAT.
NO, THEY GO, I KNOW THEY GOT IMPACT ON THAT.
I MEAN, I MEAN, I'VE TALKED, BEING LITERAL PAIN, YOU KNOW, FROM AN IDEOLOGY STANDPOINT, IN TERMS OF DR.
STRATUS, UH, PLANS AND WHAT'S AFFECTING HER PLANS, THAT'S ALL, THAT'S BASICALLY WHAT I WANT.
AND I WANT TO KNOW THAT FROM HER, SO THAT THESE DISCUSSIONS TAKE ON A, A MUCH BIGGER, YOU KNOW, TOPIC AND A BIGGER GROUP EVENTUALLY, BUT IT
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DOES HAVE TO START ACADEMICALLY BECAUSE THAT IS A BIG MICHONNE IN THE PROGRAM.OUR PROGRAM IS AN ACADEMIC THING.
AND I SUPPOSE SHE'S DRIVING THE ACADEMICS AND ALL THE OTHER THINGS SHOULD BE SUPPORTING HER, NOT HER WEEDING ALL THE TEACHERS TO BE SUPPLIED.
THAT'S, THAT'S, THAT'S MY THOUGHT.
AND IF SHE DOESN'T AGREE WITH THAT, THEN THE BETTER TELL ME NOW AND TELL ME THAT, GEEZ, I HAVE TO WAIT BEFORE SHE PUTS HER PLAN, OR WHAT HAPPENS AT THESE SCHOOLS OR PEOPLE, BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT I'M THINKING.
AND WE CAN'T SUPPORT THAT FROM AN ACADEMIC COMMITTEE STANDPOINT, UNLESS WE REALLY KNOW WHAT WE'RE SUPPORTING AND WHY WE ARE NOT SUPPORTING OR, OR WHY WE ARE SUPPORTING WHAT WE EXPECTED YET, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO THE EMPLOYEES, SCHOOL TEACHERS IN OUR BUDGET.
UM, WHAT I'M HEARING IS THE REQUEST TO HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH INPUT FROM YOU IN TERMS OF FROM ISD, WHAT ARE OUR ACADEMIC NEEDS IN OUR SCHOOLS.
AND ALSO MAYBE WE COULD HAVE SOME GIVE AND TAKE SOME DISCUSSION ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THE TRANSFER POLICY.
AND, AND DOES THAT HELP US, OR HURT US THOSE TYPES OF THINGS, YOUR PLAN, OR IS IT TEACHERS AND HR DIRECTING THE CHANGES BECAUSE YOU STILL HAVE LOSING YOUR BEST TEACHERS AND THEN THEY'RE GOING SOMEWHERE ELSE.
ALL OF A SUDDEN YOU HAVE TO FEEL THAT THERE'S A VOID.
WELL, I WILL DISTRICT AND YOU KNOW, SO WE WANT TO, I WANT TO HEAR IT.
I WANT TO HEAR IT BECAUSE I WANT TO DO SOMETHINGS TO HELP CORRECT IT FROM THE BOARD PERSPECTIVE, ADDING THINGS TO THE POLICIES OR TAKING THINGS AWAY FROM THE POLICIES.
WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THAT? SO I THINK IT SHOULD BE A CONVERSATION WHERE IT'S AN INTEGRATED APPROACH WITH THE DIVISIONS.
I COULD SHARE THAT OUR FINANCE STAFFING MEETINGS, THERE IS A EQUITY MODEL THAT'S BEING UTILIZED FROM MS. CROSBY'S TEAM.
SO I THINK WE NEED TO HAVE A LITTLE MORE OF AN INTEGRATED APPROACH HAVING FINANCE AND HR AT THE TABLE, FROM MY SIDE OF THE HOUSE, I'D LIKE TO BE ABLE TO SHARE ON PRESENTATION DONE PRIOR OF THE PLANS THAT WE HAD WITH THIS ACADEMIC SCHOOL YEAR INITIATIVES, WHERE ARE WE NOW? WHERE ARE WE GOING? BUT WHEN WE START TALKING ABOUT TEACHER ATTRITION, I WANT TO BRING HUMAN RESOURCES TO THE TABLE AS WELL.
I WOULD LIKE TO BRING FINANCE AT A TABLE AS WELL, SO THAT EVERYBODY IN THE COMMITTEE COULD HEAR THE CHANGES THAT HAVE BEEN PUT IN PLACE TO HERE TO MEET A LITTLE BIT OF A DIFFERENT FUNDING PRACTICE, UM, TO HELP OUR NEEDIER SCHOOLS AND THE OPPORTUNITY THAT WE'VE ACTUALLY HAD IN HAVING CONVERSATION AT LOOKING AT DIFFERENTIATED FUNDING.
IN THE SENSE I HAVE TO SAY FOR CTE, WHEN I LOOK AT, LET ME GIVE YOU A QUICK EXAMPLE BUSINESS, WE KNOW YOU NEED A BUSINESS CLASS TO GRADUATE HIGH SCHOOL.
YOU HAVE SCHOOLS WHERE THAT BUSINESS TEACHERS PREDOMINANTLY DOING EITHER COMPUTER SCIENCE COURSES, SOMETHING TO MEET GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS, BUT ARE WE DIFFERENTIATING OUR FUNDING IN CTE? SO WE COULD HAVE MORE STUDENTS IN THE COURSE WORK AT LEVEL THREE AND LEVEL FOUR, RIGHT? IF YOUR MASTER SCHEDULE PREDOMINANT AMOUNT OF YOUR, YOUR, YOUR, YOUR INSTRUCTIONAL LOAD IS AT THE ENTRY LEVEL, I'M CHOKING, RIGHT.
I'M CHOKING MY PROGRAMS TO HAVE GROWTH.
SO THOSE ARE CONVERSATIONS THAT I'VE HAD WITH TANYA CROSBY, AS WELL AS WITHIN OUR STAFFING TO DRAW ATTENTION TO WHAT WE'RE DOING AT OUR MODEL, RIGHT? IF I WANT TO BE ABLE TO GROW MORE STUDENTS BEING COMPLETERS IN CTE, FOR EXAMPLE, OR EVEN IN THE FINE AND PERFORMING ARTS, IF MY ART TEACHERS AT THE HIGH SCHOOL PREDOMINANTLY DOING GRADUATION, PURPOSE OF COURSEWORK, BUT REALLY HOW AM I BUILDING THESE PROGRAMS? AND SO WE ARE STARTING THAT DIFFERENTIATED CONVERSATION TO SAY, ARE WE HAVING, IF YOU HAVE 150 KIDS GOING IN AT NINTH GRADE, HOW MANY ARE COMING OUT AT 12TH GRADE PRESENTING RIGHT NOW? YEAH.
AND THEN, YOU KNOW, I DON'T WANT TO, I'D SAY I DON'T WANT TO CREATE THAT, GET
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IT RIGHT.I DON'T WANT TO CREATE, UH, UH, ENTER THE PROP METAL.
I JUST WANT TO KNOW WHERE YOU STAND AND HOW THE ACADEMIC COMMITTEE CAN SUPPORT WHAT YOU, WHAT YOU TRYING TO GET DONE WHEN YOU BROUGHT FORWARD THE LANGUAGE, RIGHT? WITH REGARD TO THE NEED TO TEACHERS AT SCHOOL AT MR. CAMPBELL TYPE AREA DIRECTLY, I WROTE DOWN IMMEDIATELY IS A DEEPER DIVE AT MASTER BOARD ANALYSIS.
AND I'VE DONE THAT FOR A FEW SCHOOLS IN THE SENSE OF LOOKING AT YOUR ENTRY LEVEL COURSEWORK AND WHERE YOU GO, AS YOU GO FROM LEVEL 2, 3, 4 TO HAVE COMPLETERS, I'D LIKE TO SEE TEACHERS HAVE MORE OPPORTUNITY FOR THOSE HIGHER LEVEL COURSES, SO THAT I COULD HAVE MORE COMPLETERS IN THE ARTS, IN THE SCIENCES, RIGHT? IF EVERYONE'S DOING ENTRY LEVEL WORK, HOW YOU BUILD, HOW ARE WE BUILDING CAPACITY? SO THAT PROCESS HAS STARTED WITH DIFFERENTIATED FUNDING, BUT I THINK YOU NEED TO HEAR THAT FROM FINANCE AS WELL, AND BECAUSE IT TAKES TIME TO SHIFT, BUT THEY ARE LISTENING.
WELL, I KNOW, I KNOW THAT'S, FRANK'S THING.
I'M NOT TRYING TO BREAK INTO WHAT YOU GUYS ARE DOING, THE SAME THINGS YOU WERE TELLING ME ABOUT THAT THAT'S A BETTER, BETTER INTRO AND LOOK INTO THE, INTO THE ACADEMICS.
SO, YOU KNOW WHY WE'RE DISCUSSING THIS FROM A BIT OF KNOWLEDGE.
AND SO I WOULD SUGGEST AT THIS TIME THAT, UM, DR.
STRATOSE THIS CONVERSATION THAT YOU JUST STARTED, THIS IS WHAT WE, WE DO AT OUR NEXT MEETING.
SO, YOU KNOW, IN, IN LOOKING AT OUR FUTURE AGENDA ITEM FOR, TO SETTING THE AGENDA FOR THE NEXT MEETING, I WOULD SUGGEST WE GO WITH THIS.
WHAT IS, WHAT WILL WE CALL THIS? WHAT WILL WE CALL IT IS THE, UH, I ASKED, UM, REPORT ON, UH, WELL, BUT IT'S MORE THAN THIS, NOT THE FORMAL STRATEGIC PLAN, I DON'T THINK.
SO ISD REPORT ON, UH, ACADEMIC NEEDS, ACADEMIC STAFFING NEEDS, OR HOW'S THAT ABOUT ACADEMIC NEEDS SO THAT IT WASN'T COMPASS, STAFFING, FINANCE, WHATEVER IT WAS.
SO THAT WILL BE OUR NEXT AGENDA TOPIC.
AND OUR MEETING WILL BE AT FIVE O'CLOCK ON THE 30TH, THE 30TH.
DOES THAT WORK FOR EVERYONE? YEP.
AND MR. SMITH, IS YOUR HAND STILL UP? YES, BUT MY HAIR WAS PUT BACK UP.
UM, YEAH, I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY, UH, UH, BEFORE I WAS CUT OFF THAT I, I DEFINITELY AGREE WITH WHAT, WITH WHAT WE HAVE, WHICH I JUST CAME UP WITH.
AND THAT WAS ONE OF MY CONCERNS THAT I NOTICED THAT THE LUGS, SOMETIMES THE LONGER THAT WE ALLOW TIME TO GO BY THE MORE AND MORE THINGS THAT WE HAVE THAT BUILD UP THE AGENDA AT ALL.
BUT I JUST, WASN'T GOING TO TALK IN THE BACKGROUND, BUT, UH, THE MORE, THE MORE TIME WE, THEY GO BY THE MORE STUFF THAT WE HAVE ON OUR AGENDA, THEN THE LAST TIME WE HAVE TO MAKE DECISIONS.
AND I JUST THINK THE LONGER TIME THAT WE HAVE TO DIGEST INFORMATION AND UNDERSTANDING PROSTITUTE, I THINK IT'S BETTER.
IT'S BETTER FOR, FOR EVERYONE WAS DEFINITELY, IT DEFINITELY HELPS ME OUT AND MAKE YOU MAN MAKING DECISIONS.
SO I'M GLAD THAT WE DID THAT NOW THAT WE ARE HAVING A MEETING ON THE, UH, ON THE 30TH AND THAT THEY ARE, SOME OF THAT INFORMATION IS BEING BROUGHT FORWARD SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE, WE DIDN'T HAVE A WHOLE BUNCH OF INFORMATION TO CRAM PROCESS THAT ONE TIME.
ANYTHING ELSE? UH, STILL, OKAY.
SO A FUTURE TOPIC THAT WAS BROUGHT FORWARD THAT WE'LL ADD TO ANOTHER TIME IS THE BRIEFING ON THE UTILIZATION OF MEDIA CENTERS.
AT THIS TIME, UM, I THINK WE'RE READY FOR A GERMAN UNLESS ANYBODY HAS ANY OTHER INPUT SEEING NONE.
UM, THANKS EVERYONE FOR YOUR TIME TODAY, THE MEETING IS ADJOURNED.