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CLOSED CAPTIONING PROVIDED BY BEAVER COUNTY.
[1.A. Call to Order]
EMAIL WITH YOUR NAME, PHONE NUMBER AND TOPIC TO ROBYN CHRISTIAN BERRY AT BUFORT DOT K12 DOT S C DOT U S.IF YOU'RE IN PERSON, YOU RAN ADDRESS THE BOARD FOR A MAXIMUM OF THREE MINUTES ON ISSUES WITHIN THE BOARD'S DOMAIN.
EACH SPEAKER MUST FILL OUT A PUBLIC COMMENT CARD.
PLEASE SEE THE BOARD FOR A CARD REQUEST FOR THE SECOND PUBLIC COMMENTS WILL BE ACCEPTED BETWEEN SEVEN AND SEVEN 30 IN THE SAME MANNER.
THE SECOND PUBLIC COMMENTS WILL TAKE PLACE PRIOR TO A GERMAN NO LATER THAN 9:00 PM.
AND BE LIMITED TO 15 MINUTES IN THE EVENT, THE BOARD HAS NOT FINISHED ADDRESSING ALL ITEMS LISTED ON TODAY'S AGENDA.
THE BOARD WILL RECONVENE AT 6:00 PM THE NEXT BUSINESS DAY TO FINISH THE AGENDA ITEMS.
[1.B. Move into Executive Session]
OKAY.WE NEED A MOTION TO GO IN EXECUTIVE SESSION, PLEASE.
WE GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION FOR THE FOLLOWING REASONS RECEIPT OF LEGAL ADVICE RELATED TO FISCAL AUTHORITY COVERED BY THE CLIENT.
THE ATTORNEY CLIENT PRIVILEGE PURSUANT TO SOUTH CAROLINA CODE SECTION 30 DASH FOUR DASH 78.
TWO DISCUSSION OF PROPOSED SELECTION FOR FOOD SERVICE MANAGEMENT COMPANY SERVICES CONTRACT RFP 22, 10 17 PURSUANT TO SOUTH CAROLINA CODE AND SECTION 30 DASH FOUR DASH 78.
TWO EMPLOYMENT MATTERS REGARDING PERSONNEL RATIFICATION REPORT AND PERSONNEL MATTER DISCUSSION OF 20 TO 20 22, 20 23 EMPLOYMENT RECOMMENDATIONS PURSUANT TO SOUTH CAROLINA CODE SECTION 30 DASH FOUR DASH 78, 1 RECEIPT OF LEGAL ADVICE REGARDING ONE SETTLED CLAIM AND PENDING CLAIMS COVERED BY THE ATTORNEY CLIENT PRIVILEGE PURSUANT TO SOUTH CAROLINA CODE SECTION 30 DASH FOUR DASH 78, 2 ADULT ED HOMESCHOOL REPORT PURSUANT TO SOUTH CAROLINA CODE SECTION 30 DASH FOUR DASH 48, 4, AND FINALLY DISCUSSION OF NEGOTIATIONS INCIDENT TO PROPOSED HILTON HEAD ISLAND SCHOOL FOR THE CREATIVE ARTS HPAC UPGRADE AMENDMENT NUMBER THREE TO M B CON CONSTRUCTION COMPANY CONTRACT PURSUANT TO SOUTH CAROLINA CODE SECTION 30 DASH FOUR DASH 78 2.
I JUST WENT OUT AND CAME BACK IN DISCUSSION.
THAT'S HOW I KNOW I DON'T HAVE MY ZOOM.
SO MR. SMITH, THAT'S THE ONE I DID.
I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU SAID.
THANK YOU, MR. SMITH AND GOOD RESPECT TO THE REMAINING MATTERS.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, MR. SMITH.
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POINT OF ORDER.MA'AM MR. SMITH IS AN AUDIBLE.
UH, I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY THAT WE CAN'T UNDERSTAND A THING YOU SAID.
I WILL HAVE TO SAY MR. SMITH IS ABSENT BECAUSE WE CAN'T UNDERSTAND THEM.
SO IT'S NINE I WAS GOING IN THE OTHER ROOM, EARNING A TOP ENDORSEMENT.
THE BUFORD COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICTS OFFICE OF EARLY CHILDHOOD HAS BEEN NAMED AS A PARENTS, AS TEACHERS BLUE RIBBON AFFILIATES.
WE ARE EXCITED TO BE NAMED A BLUE RIBBON PARENTS AS TEACHERS AFFILIATE, AS IT'S A DIRECT RESULT OF THE DEDICATED TEAMWORK, STRATEGIC PLANNING, AND PASSIONATE SERVICE BY OUR PARENT EDUCATORS AND TEAM.
SO MOM, WOULD YOU TAP ON THE BOOK AND GO AHEAD AND START.
THE BLUE RIBBON ENDORSEMENT RECOGNIZES THE PARENTS AS TEACHERS PROGRAM FOR DELIVERING OUTSTANDING SERVICES TO CHILDREN AND FAMILIES AS THEY WORK TO PROMOTE AND IN COVERAGE LANGUAGE, INTELLECTUAL GROWTH AND MORE OUR PARENTS AS TEACHERS PROGRAM IS ONE OF THE HIGHEST QUALITY PROGRAMS IN THE HOME VISITATION AND PARENT EDUCATION FIELD.
WE SEND OUR PARENT EDUCATORS INTO THE HOMES OF FAMILIES WITH CHILDREN, BIRTH THROUGH KINDERGARTEN.
THE PARENTS AS TEACHERS PROGRAM DOES MORE THAN JUST WORK WITH CHILDREN PROGRAM EMPHASIZES TO PARENTS THAT THEY ARE THEIR CHILD'S FIRST AND MOST IMPORTANT TEACHER.
OUR ULTIMATE GOAL IS TO BUILD STRONG, SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITIES, THRIVING FAMILIES, AND TO ENSURE ALL CHILDREN WILL BE SUCCESSFUL IN KINDERGARTEN AND BEYOND THAT DISTRICT'S PARENTS AS TEACHERS PROGRAM WILL BE HONORED FOR THEIR ACCOMPLISHMENT AT THE 2022 PARENTS, AS TEACHERS INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE NEXT YEAR IN COLORADO FOR THE BUFORD COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT LOBES.
WHAT ABOUT THE RED SQUARE? OKAY.
I'M GOING TO JUDGE FROM THE QUIET THAT EVERYBODY WOULD LIKE US TO START OUR MEETING.
FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT HAVE BEEN SITTING HERE, WE CAN'T START ANY EARLIER THAN WHAT'S ON THE AGENDA.
UM, THAT'S WHY WE HAD TO WAIT UNTIL SIX O'CLOCK.
[2.A. Action as necessary or appropriate regarding matters discussed in Executive Session.]
ARE BACK IN PUBLIC SESSION.DO WE HAVE ACTION NECESSARY OR APPROPRIATE COMING FROM EXECUTIVE SESSION? YES.
MR. CHAIR, OUR FIRST MOTION, MR. CHAIRMAN, I MOVE.
WE APPROVE THE SUPERINTENDENTS RECOMMENDATIONS FOR EMPLOYMENT LISTED ON MARCH 1ST TO MARCH 31ST, 2022 PERSONNEL RATIFICATION REPORT.
PATRICIA FIDRYCH SECOND DISCUSSION.
WE ACCEPT THE SUPERINTENDENTS RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE RENEWAL OF CERTIFIED EMPLOYEES FOR THE 2020 TO 2023 SCHOOL YEAR SECOND BY MS. FIDRYCH NO DISCUSSION MR. SMITH.
UM, AS SAID SHE, AT THIS TIME, I DO, I STILL HAVE, UH, SOME, UH, CONCERNS, UH, IN TERMS OF IT.
SO AT THIS POINT IN TIME, I JUST WILL NOT, UH, I CANNOT SUPPORT THIS MOTION.
AND ALL THOSE OPPOSED MR. SMITH POSTS.
MR. CHAIRMAN, I MOVED THE BOARD ACCEPTS THE SUPERINTENDENT'S RECOMMENDATION THAT THE CONTRACT OF AN ANNUAL CONTRACT TEACHER, EMPLOYEE D NOT
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BE RENEWED FOR THE 20, 20 TO 2023 SCHOOL YEAR, SECOND ROBOT, AND SECOND DISCUSSION.ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, AYE AND STRAIN.
MR. CHAIRMAN, I MOVED THE BOARD ACCEPTS THE SUPERINTENDENT'S RECOMMENDATION THAT THE CONTRACT OF L O A CONTRACT TEACHER, EMPLOYEE E NOT BE RENEWED FOR THE 20, 20 TO 2023 SCHOOL YEAR, KATHY ROBOT, AND SECOND DISCUSSION.
YEAH, NO HANDS, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR.
MR. CHAIRMAN, I MOVED THE BOARD ACCEPTS THE SUPERINTENDENT'S RECOMMENDATION THAT THE CONTRACT OF AN INDUCTION CONTRACT TEACHER EMPLOYEES SEE NOT BE RENEWED FOR THE 20, 20 TO 2023 SCHOOL YEAR, KATHY ROBOT, AND SECOND DISCUSSION.
MR. SMITH, YOU ABSTAINED MR. SMITH.
THE MR. CHAIRMAN, I MOVED THE BOARD ACCEPTS THE SUPERINTENDENT'S RECOMMENDATION THAT THE CONTRACT OF AN INDUCTION CONTRACT TEACHER, EMPLOYEE B NOT BE RENEWED FOR THE 20 22, 20 23 SCHOOL YEAR, KATHY ROBOT.
MR. CHAIRMAN, I MOVED THE BOARD ACCEPTS THE SUPERINTENDENT'S RECOMMENDATION THAT THE CONTRACT OF AN INDUCTION CONTRACT TEACHER, EMPLOYEE A NOT BE RENEWED FOR THE 20, 20 TO 2023 SCHOOL YEAR.
WE ACCEPT THE SUPERINTENDENT'S RECOMMENDATION FOR THE MONTHLY ADULT EDUCATION HOMESCHOOL REPORT FOR MARCH, 2022, CATHERINE.
ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR.
HI, MR. SMITH, OUR STAY ABSTAIN.
WE APPROVE THE SUPERINTENDENT'S RECOMMENDATION FOR THE MONTHLY ADULT.
WE APPROVE THE SUPERINTENDENT'S RECOMMENDATION FOR THE MONTH.
MONTHLY ADULT EDUCATION HOMESCHOOL REPORT FOR FEBRUARY, 2022, THIS ROBOT AND SECONDS DISCUSSION.
THE LAST ONE MR. CHAIRMAN FOR NOW, I MOVE THAT THE BOARD OF EDUCATION APPROVE AMENDMENT NUMBER THREE, WITH MB CON CONSTRUCTION FOR HILTON HEAD ISLAND SCHOOL FOR THE CREATIVE ARTS PARTIAL BUILDING HVAC UPGRADE BASED ON THE GUARANTEED MAXIMUM PRICE GMP OF $795,940 USING FISCAL YEAR 20, 23, 8% FUNDS AND SR FUNDS.
KATHERINE O'BRIEN SECONDS DISCUSSION.
I LIKE TO MAKE AN AMENDMENT ON THAT, THAT WE'RE USING THAT WE USE SR FUNDS AND THAT 8% I THOUGHT THAT'S WHAT WAS SAID THAT WE COULD DO.
I THINK THAT'S ALREADY IN THERE, BUT I THINK IT SAYS EITHER OR NO.
WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO READ IT AGAIN WHEN YOU SAY AN 8% AND LET HER READ
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IT AGAIN, MR. SMITH? NO PROBLEM WITH I MOVE THAT THE BOARD OF EDUCATION APPROVED AMENDMENT NUMBER THREE, WITH MB KAHN CONSTRUCTION FOR HILTON HEAD ISLAND SCHOOL FOR THE CREATIVE CREATIVE ARTS PARTIAL BUILDING HVAC UPGRADE BASED ON THE GUARANTEED MAXIMUM PRICE GMP OF $795,940 USING FISCAL YEAR 20, 23, 8% FUNDS AND ESSER FUNDS.AND THAT'S MY PROBLEM WHEN YOU SAID 8% FUNDS AND CAN WE JUST NOT USE EXTRA FUNDS FOR AT ALL? IS MY QUESTION.
CAN WE JUST USE S A FUNDS IN THAT 8%? BECAUSE ALL OF THOSE ARE TWO DIFFERENT POTS OF MONEY.
THAT'S THE QUESTION FOR ROBIN OR TANYA GOOD EVENING.
THAT WAS DESIGNATED AS YOU HEAR ME NOW.
UM, THE AMOUNT THAT, UH, MY UNDERSTANDING WAS DESIGNATED, UH, DURING THE PREVIOUS DISCUSSION WAS A MUCH SMALLER AMOUNT.
SO THIS BEING A LARGER AMOUNT, UH, IN THE AMOUNT OF $700,000, WE WOULD NEED TO REQUEST INFORMATION FROM THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION AND, UH, FOR THE FULL AMOUNT.
UH, I KNOW THAT HPAC REPLACEMENTS HAVE BEEN, UH, APPROVED PREVIOUSLY IN OUR EXTRA FUNDS.
SO THERE'S NO DOUBT THAT THEY, THAT INDOOR AIR QUALITY IS A, IS A PRIORITY.
UH, IT'S JUST THAT THE DOLLAR AMOUNT IS, IS A LARGER AMOUNT THAT WE MAY NEED, UH, ORIGINAL, UH, APPROVAL.
OR WE COULD, YOU COULD ADD PENDING APPROVAL FROM THE STATE DEPARTMENT, IF THAT WERE, UM, UH, TO YOUR MOTION, IF THAT WERE A DESIRE OF THE BOARD, MS. SMITH, WOULD YOU LIKE TO MAKE AN AMENDMENT? YES, MA'AM.
AND YOU SAID PENDING THE STATE APPROVAL IS GOING TO PUT THAT PENDING THE STATE APPROVAL.
SO YOU WANT TO UPDATE THAT ROBINSON SECOND? OH, YOU HAVE TO MAKE, WE HAVE TO VOTE.
CAN WE PLEASE DISPLAY THE MOTION? WELL, THE AMENDMENT DID NOT RECEIVE A SECOND, RIGHT? SO I MEANT THE AMENDMENT FAILS.
I JUST WANTED TO GET CLARIFICATION ON THE GMP 7 95 PRICE.
IS THAT INCLUDING THE CONTINGENCY AMOUNT OF 40 SOMETHING THOUSAND? YES, THAT DOES ALTERNATIVE.
YOU READY? I JUST WANT TO MAKE FOR PUBLIC UNDERSTANDING, CAUSE THIS WAS DONE IN EXECUTIVE SESSION.
THE ORIGINAL AMOUNT WAS APPROVED IN MARCH OF 2021.
THIS HAS ALREADY BEEN BUDGETED APPROVED.
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT POSSIBLY USING ESSER FUNDS FOR SOME OF THE INCREASED COSTS, WHICH I THINK WAS ABOUT $40,000, BUT THIS IS ALREADY APPROVED PART OF THE PROCESS IN MARCH OF 2021.
SO UM, COULD YOU PLEASE TELL ME WHAT THE AMENDMENT WAS THAT DID NOT GET A SECOND? I COULDN'T HEAR IT.
MR. SMITH WANTED TO ADD THE WORDING PENDING PENDING APPROVAL FROM THE STATE DEPARTMENT.
I HAVE AN AMENDMENT TO ADD TO THE END OF THE SENTENCE THAT WE HAVE HERE, GIVING PREFERENCE TO S OR FUNDS.
I'LL SECOND THAT SECOND, MR. SMITH, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR.
NOW WE VOTE ON THE ORIGINAL OR THE AMENDED MOTION, RATHER? ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR.
I'M GOING TO HAVE TO PAY MORE ATTENTION TO YOU.
MR. CHAIR, THAT CONCLUDES ALL OF THE AMENDMENTS
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COMING OUT OF THE EXECUTIVE SESSION.[2.B. Approval of Agenda]
A, AN APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA.WE APPROVE, UH, TONIGHT'S AGENDA AS PRESENTED SECOND MR. FOOD, MS. FIDRYCH AND DISCUSSION.
[2.C. Pledge of Allegiance, Moment of Silence, Statement of Media Notification]
THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, PLEASE.JUST TO HAVE A BRIEF MOMENT OF SILENCE, PLEASE.
THE MEDIA HAS BEEN PROPERLY NOTIFIED AND NOW
[2.D. Student Performance - Lady’s island Elementary School (Video)]
WE GET TO A MORE ENJOYABLE PART OF THE AGENDA.THE STUDENT PERFORMANCE TONIGHT WILL BE LADIES ISLAND, ELEMENTARY, FOURTH, AND FIFTH GRADERS SINGING LEAN ON ME AND DON'T STOP BELIEVING.
AND YOU HAVE TO THANK ME FOR NOT TRYING TO ACTUALLY SING THAT LINE.
CAUSE, UM, ARRANGED BY JOHN JACOBSON UNDER THE DIRECTION OF MUSIC TEACHER, JOHN BITTNER.
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ALL RIGHT.I WANTED TO GIVE EVERYBODY JUST A LITTLE BIT OF TIME TO DIGEST THAT AND FEEL GOOD.
[3. Points of Celebration]
OF CELEBRATION, DR.I ALWAYS GET A KICK WHEN I HEAR YOUNG KIDS SINGING SONGS FROM WHEN I WAS GROWING UP.
SO, UM, THIS EVENING WE'VE GOT QUITE A BIT CELEBRATE.
WE'VE GOT, UH, FIVE DIFFERENT POINTS OF CELEBRATION THAT I WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU.
AND WE'LL BEGIN WITH OUR CHARACTER ED FOR FEBRUARY IN SOUTHERN BUFORD COUNTY, OUR CHARACTER EDUCATION PROGRAM WAS FORMED TO SUPPORT PARENT'S EFFORTS TO DEVELOP GOOD CHARACTER IN THEIR CHILDREN.
AND TONIGHT WE'RE CELEBRATING THE CHARACTER ED STUDENT OF THE MONTH EXHIBITING THE CHARACTER TRAITS OF HONESTY AND INTEGRITY.
HONESTY IS DEFINED AS TELLING THE TRUTH, ADMITTING WRONGDOING, BEING TRUSTWORTHY AND ACTING WITH INTEGRITY.
INTEGRITY IS DEFINED AS A FIRM ADHERENCE TO A CODE OF ESPECIALLY MORAL OR ARTISTIC VALUES, BEING HONEST, TRUSTWORTHY, AND INCORRUPTIBLE.
WE'RE HAPPY TO ANNOUNCE THAT OUR CHARACTER EDUCATION STUDENT OF THE MONTH FOR SOUTHERN BUFORD COUNTY FOR FEBRUARY IS SIMON VAN.
TONDER A SECOND GRADE STUDENT AT HILTON HEAD ISLAND SCHOOL FOR THE CREATIVE ARTS.
AND I INVITE HIM TO COME UP TO THE FRONT HERE WHILE I SHARE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HIM.
MRS. PATTERSON, IF YOU HANG ON RIGHT THERE.
PERFECT SIMON, UH, MRS. PATTERSON, SIMON'S TEACHER NOMINATED SIMON BECAUSE HE'S A KIND PERSON WHO CAN BE COUNTED ON, TO BE HONEST IN ANY SITUATION SHE SHARED THAT SIMON RECENTLY MADE A MISTAKE IN CLASS AND IMMEDIATELY OWNED UP TO IT.
HE'S NOT AFRAID TO FACE THE TRUTH OR ITS CONSEQUENCES, AND HE HANDLES ALL DIFFICULT SITUATIONS IN THE MOST UPBEAT AND POSITIVE WAYS THAT ARE POSSIBLE.
AND HE STANDS UP FOR EVERYONE IN HIS CLASS IN A RESPECTFUL WAY.
THIS IS WHAT MAKES SIMON A PRIME EXAMPLE OF HONESTY AND INTEGRITY.
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YOU MIGHT WANT TO STAY OVER THIS WAY.
DISTRIBUTOR OF EDUCATION, CLUBS OF AMERICA.
DISTRIBUTIVE EDUCATION CLUBS OF AMERICA, DECA SOUTH CAROLINA CAREER DEVELOPMENT CONFERENCE.
ONE OF OUR SOUTHERN BUFORD COUNTY HIGH SCHOOLS RECENTLY COMPETED AT THE DISTRIBUTIVE EDUCATION CLUBS OF AMERICA, SOUTH CAROLINA CAREER DEVELOPMENT CONFERENCE, BRINGING HOME THREE WINNERS AND ONE STATE OFFICER WHO WILL ADVANCE TO THE NATIONAL COMPETITION IN ATLANTA HERE TO TELL US MORE ABOUT THE CONFERENCE AND TO INTRODUCE THEIR TEACHER AND THEIR FIRST PLACE.
WINNERS IS BLUFFTON HIGH DECA UP STUDENT IN BLUFFTON HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPAL, MS. DENISE DONICA.
CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? IT'S GREEN.
AGAIN, UH, WHAT WE'RE DOING CELEBRATION.
I WOULD LIKE TO SAY HAPPY MILITARY APPRECIATION WEEK.
SO THOSE THAT SERVED IN THE MILITARY OR ARE SERVING.
WELL, I HAVE I'M VERY PROUD TO INTRODUCE DR.
SHE JUST JOINED BOBCAT NATION THIS SCHOOL YEAR, BUT DEFINITELY NOT NEW TO DECA.
SHE HAS BEEN TEACHING, MARKETING AND BUSINESS FOR SINCE 2001.
SHE HAS BEEN, UM, IN-DEPTH INVOLVEMENT FOR 20 YEARS AND SHE WAS ALSO IN 2020, THE ADVISOR OF THE YEAR FOR SOUTH CAROLINA.
SHE HAS MORE STUDENT WINNERS AND STUDENTS THAT HAVE PARTICIPATE IN THE INTERNATIONAL LEVEL IN SOUTH CAROLINA THAN ANY OTHER DECA TEACHER.
SO, UM, I KNOW A LOT OF YOU MAY NOT BE FAMILIAR WITH WHAT DECK IS.
I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF INFORMATION ABOUT IT.
DECA IS A BUSINESS ORGANIZATION THAT TEACHES STUDENTS THE 21ST CENTURY SKILLS THEY NEED IN ORDER TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN THE WORK ENVIRONMENT.
THESE LEADERSHIP SKILLS INCLUDE CRITICAL THINKING, COLLABORATION AND COMMUNICATION.
JUST TO NAME A FEW WITH THE SUPPORT OF MS. DONIKA.
WE HAVE NOT ONLY GROWN OUR MEMBERSHIP THIS YEAR AT BLUFFTON HIGH SCHOOL, BUT OUR COMPETITION SKILLS AS WELL DURING DECA STATE COMPETITION HELD THIS PAST FEBRUARY.
WE TOOK 11 STUDENTS TO COMPETE IN NINE DIFFERENT EVENTS.
THERE WERE OVER 600 STUDENTS FROM AROUND THE STATE COMPETING.
EVERY STUDENT TAKES A 100 QUESTION, MULTIPLE CHOICE TEST IN THEIR SPECIFIC SPECIALTY AREA.
THEN THEY'RE GIVEN A CASE STUDY, WHICH THEY'VE NEVER SEEN BEFORE IN THEIR RESPECTIVE AREA.
THEY HAVE 10 MINUTES TO READ IT, MAKE NOTES, AND THEN PRESENT THEIR SOLUTION TO THIS BUSINESS PROBLEM IN FRONT OF A BUSINESS PERSON, ALSO KNOWN AS A JUDGE.
IT'S NO WONDER THAT 96% OF DECA MEMBERS NATIONALLY REPORT THAT THEY LEARNED HOW TO COMMUNICATE THOUGHTS AND IDEAS.
AND 97% OF DECA MEMBERS REPORT.
THEY GAINED SKILLS TO IMPROVE PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL BEHAVIOR.
ALL OF OUR STUDENTS PLACED IN THE TOP 10 OF THEIR RESPECTIVE EVENTS.
WHAT YOU MAY NOT KNOW IS THAT WITHIN THESE SPECIFIC EVENTS, FIRST, SECOND, AND THIRD PLACE WINNERS ALL QUALIFY TO MOVE ON TO THE INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION
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AND OF OUR 11, FIVE OF THEM ARE MOVING ON AND OF THE FIVE.ONE OF THEM ALSO IS GOING TO BE REPRESENTING OUR STATE AT THE STATE LEVEL BECAUSE SHE IS GOING TO BE OUR VICE PRESIDENT OF MARKETING.
I'D LIKE TO CALL THE STUDENTS UP.
AND IF YOU WILL JUST COME ON UP AND THEN I'LL TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT THEIR EVENT WAS.
SHE IS OUR STATE OFFICER VICE PRESIDENT OF MARKETING, AND SHE WAS OUR THIRD PLACE WINNER IN THE PRINCIPLES OF MARKETING EVENT.
ALEX ACTUALLY ALREADY HAS HER OWN BUSINESS THAT SHE'S RUN SINCE FOR THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS AND HAS THOUSANDS OF FOLLOWERS ON INSTAGRAM.
WE'RE SUPER PROUD OF HER RYAN ANDREWS, FIRST PLACE WINNER ENTREPRENEURSHIP SERIES, ANDREA BOYD, FIRST PLACE WINNER PRINCIPLES OF FINANCE AND HARRISON DILL.
FIRST PLACE WINNER SPORTS AND ENTERTAINMENT MARKETING SERIES.
PLEASE JOIN ME IN GIVING THEM A OF THANK YOU FOR SUPER PROUD.
THIS EVENING, OUR SKILLS USA STATE CHAMPIONS RECENTLY ONE MAY RIVER AND THREE HILTON HEAD ISLAND, HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS COMPETED IN THE SKILLS USA CHAMPIONSHIP THROUGHOUT THEIR COURSES AND THE ACADEMY FOR RE FOR CAREER EXCELLENCE HERE TO TELL US MORE ABOUT THE COMPETITION AND TO INTRODUCE THE STUDENTS IS OUR ACE DIRECTOR, DR.
THANK YOU FOR THOSE OF YOU NOT FAMILIAR WITH SKILLS USA.
UM, IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR STUDENTS WHO PARTICIPATE IN CAREER TECHNICAL EDUCATION TO GO UP TO GREENVILLE AND COMPETE OVER A COURSE OF THREE DAYS AGAINST OTHER SCHOOLS IN THE STATE.
UM, COMPETITIONS ARE HANDS-ON AND STUDENTS GET TO TEST THEIR SKILLS OF WHAT THEY'VE LEARNED IN OUR PROGRAMS AGAINST SCHOOLS THROUGHOUT THE STATE.
SO AN EXAMPLE WOULD BE, UM, IN OUR BUILDING CONSTRUCTION ELECTRICITY, WE HAVE A TEAM BUILDING COMPETITION WHERE THEY HAVE TWO DAYS TO BUILD A MINI HOUSE.
THEY HAVE TO DO A FOUNDATION FOR MASONRY, UM, ROOF, FRAMING, ELECTRICITY, ET CETERA, AND THEY GET JUDGED, UM, ON THAT.
SO THIS YEAR WE SENT UP, UH, 40 STUDENTS AND ABOUT EIGHT OF THEM WERE MODELS.
AND OUT OF THAT, WE HAD 17 STUDENTS, UM, METAL, WHICH IS, WHICH IS SOMETHING WE'RE REALLY PROUD OF.
SO OVER 50% OF OUR STUDENTS THAT GOT TO ATTEND SKILLS, USA CAME HOME WITH A MEDAL AND RECOGNITION.
UM, THE STUDENTS WE'RE RECOGNIZING TONIGHT, UM, ONE COULDN'T MAKE IT THAT'S MELODY AGUILAR AND MELODY FROM HILTON HEAD ISLAND FINISHED IN FIRST PLACE IN HAIR BRAIDING FANTASY, WHICH SHE HAD TO CREATE HER OWN, UM, BRAIDING WITH MAKEUP, HAIR, HAIR BRAIDING, LISTEN, I'M NO EXPERT IN HAIR BRAIDING SOMEBODY'S, BUT SHE'S AWESOME KID.
AND IRONICALLY, THE FA THIS IS WHAT I THOUGHT WAS REALLY COOL.
OUR FOUR STATE WINNERS, OUR FOUR STATE CHAMPS THAT WE'RE GOING TO NOTICE, NOT ONLY DID WE WIN FIRST PLACE IN EACH OF THESE CATEGORIES, WE WON SECOND IN EACH OF THESE CATEGORIES.
SO IT'S REALLY A TESTAMENT TO OUR TEACHERS.
UM, THE FIRST TWO PEOPLE I'M GONNA INVITE UP, I'M GONNA INVITE UP THEIR TEACHER, MS. CAL CAUSEY FOR US.
UM, SHE'S OUR, PROBABLY ONE OF OUR SECOND NEWEST TEACHER.
SHE TEACHES OUR EMT COURSE, OUR EMS COURSE AT THE SCHOOL.
AND, UM, AND I'M GIVING HER A SHOUT OUT TOO, BECAUSE THIS WEEKEND MY WIFE WAS THE FIRST ONE ON THE SCENE OF SOMEONE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD FELT AND WAS BLEEDING PROFUSELY.
UM, WE CALL, I CALL IT, SHE CALLED ME, I CALLED 9 1 1.
AND THE FIRST PERSON ON THE SCENE WAS THE HILTON HEAD HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATE FROM LAST JUNE, WHO WAS AN EMT IN THE TOWN OF BLUFFTON.
AND I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND HOW SHE RECOGNIZED ME IN THE DARK, BUT I THINK I MUST HAVE A UNIQUE PROFILE OR SOMETHING I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW.
BUT, UM, IT'S JUST A TESTAMENT TO THE WORK SHE'S DONE AND HOW MANY STUDENTS THAT SHE'S PLACED ALREADY IN, IN SUCH A SHORT TIME.
AND I THOUGHT THAT WAS LIKE INCREDIBLY COOL THAT IT WAS LIKE REALLY TRULY A PROFESSIONAL HIGHLIGHT, BUT NOW WE'RE GOING TO RECOGNIZE THE
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STUDENTS THAT, THAT, UH, SHE LED IN THE FIRST ONE TO COME UP IS, UM, FIRST AID CPR IN THE STATE CHAMPION.THAT'S MICHELLE WATSON FROM HILTON HEAD ISLAND, HIGH SCHOOL UM, NEXT IS, UM, MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY AND THAT'S MARGARET JADEN HOWELL.
AND SHE IS FROM MAY RIVER HIGH SCHOOL AND OUR THIRD FIRST PLACE WINNERS FROM OUR ANOTHER SECOND NEWEST PROGRAM WE HAVE, AND THAT'S, UM, MARINE TECHNOLOGY AND OUR TEACHER, MR. TUCKER, UM, THAT'S MAX TURNER.
HE WENT FIRST PLACE FROM HILTON HEAD HIGH SCHOOL AND THESE THREE STUDENTS WILL BE GOING TO ATLANTA, UM, IN JUNE TO COMPETE ON THE NATIONAL LEVEL.
AND I'M WISHING THEM THE BEST
WE WANT TO RECOGNIZE OUR CONTINENTAL MATH LEAGUE COMPETITION.
THE CONTINENTAL MATH LEAGUE IS A PROGRAM AIMED AT HELPING STUDENTS IMPROVE THEIR READING COMPREHENSION AND PROBLEM SOLVING SKILLS.
SEVERAL STUDENTS FROM RED CEDAR ELEMENTARY RECEIVED A PERFECT SCORE OF SIX ON THE THIRD CONTINENTAL MATH LEAGUE.
MEET OF THE YEAR HERE TO TELL US MORE ARE THE MATH LEAGUE COACHES, FIFTH GRADE TEACHER, AUDREY KANEY AND GIFTED AND TALENTED TEACHER KELLY BOSHER AND THEIR PRINCIPAL.
I KNOW I'M GOING TO START ROBOTICS.
SO THE CONTINENTAL MATH LEAGUE IS A NATIONAL MATH COMPETITION.
IT CONSISTS OF FIVE MEATS AND IT TAKES PLACE DURING THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER TO MARCH AND STUDENTS ARE GIVEN 30 MINUTES TO COMPLETE SIX MATH PROBLEMS IN THE ELEMENTARY LEAGUE.
THERE'S TWO DIVISIONS AND WE PARTICIPATE IN THE PYTHAGOREAN DIVISION, WHICH REQUIRES ABOVE AVERAGE READING COMPREHENSION AND ANALYTICAL REASONING CAPABILITIES.
AND THIS YEAR THERE WERE ABOUT A HUNDRED SCHOOLS WHO PARTICIPATED IN THE FIFTH GRADE WITH AGRIAN DIVISION.
ALRIGHT, SO FOR EACH MEET EACH OF THE FIVE MEETS THAT WE HAD THIS YEAR, WE SUBMITTED SIX PERFECT SCORES.
UM, THEY TAKE THE TOP SIX SCORES FOR EACH MEET AND WE GOT SIXES ON ALL OF THEM.
UM, JUST TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE PERSPECTIVE ABOUT THIS ACCOMPLISHMENT, I'VE BEEN WITH THE DISTRICT TEACHING MATH FOR 21 YEARS, 15 OF THOSE YEARS HAVE BEEN GT MATH.
AND THIS IS THE FIRST TEAM I HAVE EVER SEEN TO GET A PERFECT SCORE AS A WHOLE TEAM FOR THE WHOLE ENTIRE YEAR OUT OF THOSE HUNDRED SCHOOLS.
UM, THEY PLACED FIRST PLACE IN THE NATION ALONG WITH TWO OTHER SCHOOLS.
UM, AND WE ARE GOING TO RECOGNIZE, UH, THE STUDENTS WHO GOT AT LEAST ONE PERFECT SCORE, WHICH HELPED US GET THAT PERFECT TEAM SCORE.
SO IN RECOGNITION OF EARNING A PERFECT SCORE ON ONE CML MEAT, WE HAVE ELLA CROPS PLEASE TOMORROW.
HE'S NOT HERE TONIGHT, BUT WE DO HAVE JAMES WATSON AND A COUPLE OTHERS THAT COULDN'T BE HERE.
WE HAVE LUCAS MIKAEL, ELLA, CLAIRE HARWELL, AND CARSON BRYANT.
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SO THOSE WERE ALL RIGHT.SO WE DID HAVE SOME KIDS WHO EARNED MORE THAN ONE.
UM, SCORING THREE PERFECT SCORES OUT OF THE FIVE MEETS BRIANNA HAMILTON SO EARNING A PERFECT SCORE ON FOR CML MEATS.
WE HAVE CAMERON JACOBY AND LASTLY SKIRTING OR EARNING A PERFECT SCORE ON ALL FIVE MEETS.
AND I DO WANT TO JUST ADD IN THAT 15 YEARS OF TEACHING DEEP GT MATH, I'VE ONLY HAD THREE STUDENTS DO THAT PRIOR TO THIS YEAR.
AND THIS YEAR WE HAD THREE STUDENTS DO IT.
SO I'M NOT HERE TONIGHT, HAYDEN OLD SINSKEY BUT HERE IN ATTENDANCE, AUSTIN, BRUNI AND OWEN CARNIVAL.
AND THEN THERE IS THE REGIONAL SCIENCE FAIR COMPETITION AND SEVERAL BUFORD COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS COMPETED FOR HONORS AT THE 2022 SEA ISLAND, REGIONAL SCIENCE FAIR.
IN MARCH TONIGHT, WE RECOGNIZE ONE OF OUR FIRST PLACE AWARD WINNERS WOULD HILTON HEAD ISLAND, HIGH SCHOOL ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL, KRISTEN AUSTIN POLICE COME FORWARD AND INTRODUCE HER SCIENCE FAIR WINNER.
I'M GOING TO DO THINGS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENTLY.
I'M GOING TO CALL MEGAN WHO IS OUR POINT OF CELEBRATION UP BECAUSE AFTER I INTRODUCE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HER, I WOULD LIKE HER TO TELL YOU ABOUT HER PROJECT BECAUSE IT IS WAY OVER MY HEAD.
MEGAN IS A JUNIOR AT HILTON HILTON HEAD ISLAND HIGH SCHOOL.
AND I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT SHE HAS TAKEN A GREAT, UM, OPPORTUNITY IN HER PUBLIC EDUCATION.
SHE'S REALLY DABBLED IN MANY PLACES ACADEMICALLY SHE'S TAKEN INTERNATIONAL BACCALAUREATE CLASSES, AP CLASSES, HONORS CLASSES.
SHE, UH, YOU HEARD ABOUT DEATH A LITTLE BIT EARLIER.
SHE'S GOT INTO MARKETING AND SHE'S COMPETED IN DECA THIS YEAR AND PULLED SOME OF HER FRIENDS INTO THE CLUB AS WELL, SO THAT THEY COULD COMPETE FOR HILTON HEAD ISLAND HIGH SCHOOL.
AND MEGAN PROBABLY WOULD TELL YOU THAT SHE'S NOT THE GREATEST SINGER OR THE GREATEST ACTRESS, BUT BOY, EVERYBODY AROUND HILTON HEAD HIGH THINKS THAT SHE IS BEAUTIFUL AT SINGING.
AND SHE'S A WONDERFUL ACTRESS.
SO SHE IS WORKING ON HER NEXT PERFORMANCE, WHICH IS A ONCE UPON A MATCH ONCE UPON A MATTRESS.
SO ON MARCH 30TH, 21 STUDENTS FROM AROUND THE REGION COMPETED IN THE SEA ISLAND SCIENCE FAIR AND THERE WERE, IT WAS IN A HYBRID ENVIRONMENT.
SO THERE WERE JUDGES FROM ALL OVER THE STATE.
UM, AND SHE CAME IN THE TOP THREE, WHICH HAS AFFORDED HER THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO TO ATLANTA IN MAY AND COMPETE IN THE INTERNATIONAL SCIENCE FAIR.
SO HER PROJECT IS THE CEREAL POSITION, POSITIONING POSITION EFFECT.
AND I'M GOING TO LET HER TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT IT.
UH, SO MY PROJECT WAS THE ZERO POSITION EFFECT.
IT'S A BASIC BEHAVIORAL OR COGNITIVE PSYCHOLOGY.
SO BASICALLY IT'S ABOUT PROVING THE SERIAL POSITION EFFECT, WHICH STATES THAT THE WAY THAT YOU PRESENT INFORMATION
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IS THE WAY THAT YOU REMEMBER IT BETTER.SO IF I SAID ALYSSA, 10 WORDS, YOU REMEMBER THE FIRST THREE OR THE LAST THREE, BETTER THAN THE ONES IN THE MIDDLE BECAUSE OF EITHER THE PRIMACY EFFECT OR THE RECENCY EFFECT.
AFTER A LOT OF STUDYING, I FOUND THAT I SAW THAT THE RECENCY EFFECT HAD A LOT MORE CREDIBILITY.
SO NOT ONLY DID I STUDY THE SERIAL POSITION EFFECT BY ALSO TESTED THE RECENCY EFFECT AND ITS RELEVANCE.
SO I WENT TO FOUR DIFFERENT CLASSROOMS IN MY SCHOOL, AND I TESTED ABOUT 60 PARTICIPANTS IN OUR SCHOOL RANGING FROM 16 TO 18.
AND I WOULD SHOW A SLIDE SHOW OF ABOUT 60, 80 SLIDES OF DIFFERENT WORDS.
AND I WOULD GIVE THEM A LIST AFTERWARDS AND ASK THEM CIRCLES MAY AWARDS, AS YOU REMEMBER.
AND I WAS JUST TRYING TO SEE WHICH ONES WOULD THEY REMEMBER THE MOST, THE ONES IN BEGINNING OF THE PRESENTATION, THE LAST SUBMITTAL, AND TRYING TO JUST PROVE THIS PRIMACY OR THE RECENCY EFFECT AND SERIAL POSITION EFFECT.
SO THAT WAS THE CONTROL GROUP AT MY EXPERIMENTAL GROUP.
I WOULD ADD THE ADDITION OF SEMANTIC QUESTIONS.
THIS IS JUST A WAY TO PROVOKE HIGHER LEVEL OF THOUGHT PROCESSES.
AND IT JUST HELPS YOU THINK MORE ABOUT THE WORD WHILE BEFORE WITH A CONTROL GROUP, THEY SAW THE WORD FOR TWO SECONDS AND THEN WAS GONE.
SO THEY DID NOT HAVE MUCH TIME TO PROCESS IT AND THINK IT OVER WHILE WITH THE MANTA QUESTIONS, I WOULD ASK A QUESTION LIKE, DOES THIS FOLLOWING WORD RHYME WITH THE WORD CAT AND NOW, WHICH ARE THE WORD BAT.
SO WHEN THEY'RE GOING BACK THROUGH AND CIRCLING THOSE WORDS, THEY WILL REMEMBER THAT BECAUSE THEY JUST TOOK THE EXTRA THREE, FOUR SECONDS TO REMEMBER THERE WAS A QUESTION ABOUT A CAT, OH, NEVERMIND.
SO THAT JUST KIND OF PROVED IT.
AND SO IT SOUNDS REALLY FANCY, BUT IT JUST KIND OF COMES DOWN TO SOMETHING THAT'S SIMPLE.
AND SO I FOUND THAT THERE WAS A 35.9% DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE CONTROL AND EXPERIMENTAL GROUP PROVING THAT THE RECENCY EFFECT HAD A SIGNIFICANT, MORE IMPROVAL RATE THAN THE PRIMACY EFFECT, OR JUST SIMPLY REMEMBER THE MIDDLE.
SO YEAH, I PROVED MY EXPERIMENT.
AND NOW GOING TO HOSPITALS
THAT CONCLUDES OUR POINTS OF CELEBRATION THIS EVENING.
[4. Public Comments]
THAT BRINGS US TO THE FIRST PUBLIC COMMENTS.I'M A GRADUATE OF THE BEEF, A HIGH SCHOOL CLASS OF 1971.
AND, UM, I NOTICED THAT THERE HAS BEEN A PETITION GOING AROUND REGARDING THE, UM, MASCOT CHANGE AND THE COLOR CHANGE AT BEFORE HIGH SCHOOL.
AND I NOTICED THAT I WAS HERE FOR THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY AND I NOTICED THE EAGLE WITH MY VERY OWN UPS.
NOW I HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THE CHANGE THAT HAS BEEN MADE, BECAUSE I'M WONDERING HOW DID THOSE CHANGES GET MADE WITHOUT ANY FANFARE.
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I MEAN, WHO WAS INVOLVED IN THIS CHANGE BEING MADE? WHAT WAS DISCUSSED REGARDING THE CHANGES THAT WERE MADE? WHY WERE THEY MADE WITH, DID SOMEONE JUST KIND OF COME UP WITH THIS IDEA TO CHANGE IT JUST ON THEIR OWN AND WHY WASN'T THE SCHOOL BOARD ADVISED OF THESE CHANGES BEFORE THEY WERE MADE? NOW I HAVE A PROBLEM BECAUSE WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE CHANGE IN THE MASCOT AND THE CHANGE IN THE SCHOOL COLOR, BUFORD HIGH IS STILL THERE.SO THAT MEANS THAT ROBIN SMALLS IS KIND OF OUT THE WINDOW, AS FAR AS BEING REPRESENTATIVE BEING REPRESENTED WHEN THEY MADE THOSE CHANGES BACK IN 1971.
NOW I THINK THAT IF YOU GET RID OF THE EAGLE AND YOU GET RID OF THE, THE COLOR, THE GREEN AND WHITE, THEY NOW YOU HAVE BASICALLY KIND OF DUMPED ST.
HELENA AND ROBIN SMALLS BY THE WAYSIDE.
THE ONLY THING THAT'S LEFT OUT OF THE ORIGINAL IS THE NAME BUFORD HIGH SCHOOL.
I HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THAT BECAUSE I WENT TO ST.
SO IF YOU JUST GET RID OF THE MASCOT, THEN PEOPLE THAT ARE COMING UP WHEN, WHEN MY CLASS KIND OF DIES OUT IN THE CLASSES BEFORE ME DIES OUT, THEN WHO'S GOING TO REMEMBER THE ORIGINAL ST.
AND I JUST THINK THAT THIS IS WRONG BECAUSE IT'S KIND OF LIKE, UM, THE PEOPLE THAT DECIDED TO MAKE THIS CHANGE OR TRYING TO ERASED ST.
THESE WERE TWO PREDOMINANTLY BLACK SCHOOL.
THE ONLY THING THAT'S GOING TO BE LEFT IS BUFORD HIGH.
NOW B FOR HIGH WAS PREDOMINANTLY WHITE.
BUT I DO REMEMBER THAT, UM, WHEN I WAS COMING UP, THEY DID HAVE THE FREEDOM OF CHOICE.
SO THEY DID HAVE SOME, SOME BLACKS THAT ATTENDED THIS SCHOOL.
BUT MY PROBLEM IS THAT IF YOU ALLOW THIS TO JUST CONTINUE, I MEAN, THE EAGLE DOESN'T LOOK LIKE AN EAGLE.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE, BUT IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE THE MAJESTIC MAN.
WELL, I STILL, I WOULD STILL LIKE TO KNOW WHO WAS INVOLVED WITH THE MASCOT AND THE COLOR BEING CHANGED.
HOW DID IT HAPPEN? I'D LIKE TO KNOW THE ANSWER TO THAT.
AND I HAVE BEEN DIGGING THROUGH THE MINUTES AND I HAVEN'T SEEN ANYTHING THAT EXPLAINS THEM.
AND I'M GOING TO BE BACK UNTIL SOMEBODY GIVES ME AN ANSWER.
AGAIN, UM, I HAVE THREE QUESTIONS.
THE BOARD WANTED SOME CLARITY CLARIFICATION ON MARCH 15TH MEETING WHEN THE NEW TURF WAS INSTALLED AT THE STADIUM AND THE BALL FIELD.
THAT'S THE QUESTION THAT Y'ALL ASKED AT THE MEETING.
THERE WAS AN ARTICLE IN THE ISLAND PACKET, BUFORD LIFESTYLE, APRIL 1ST, 2021, THAT STATED CHECK OUT ON OUR NEW TURF.
SO WITH, WITH THAT, I SUPPOSE IT WAS INSTALLED AROUND THAT TIME.
SO PLEASE TELL US WHO ORDERED THE EAGLE TO BE CHANGE.
BOARD MEMBERS HAD CONCERNED WITH THE LOGOS ON THE UNIFORM.
YES, WE ARE REQUESTING THAT ALL UNIFORMS BE CHANGED BACK TO THE ORIGINAL UNIFORM WITH THE EAGLE SYMBOL AND THE GREEN AND WHITE, THE VOLLEYBALL TEAM, THE SOCCER TEAM, THE TENNIS, ET CETERA, HAVE THE NEW LOGO, WHAT Y'ALL CALL THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE USING THE FIELD AND THE SCOREBOARD AS THE SAME, THE NEW ONE.
IF THERE NEEDS TO BE A CHANGE, IT SHOULD HAVE GONE THROUGH THE PROPER PROCEDURE.
THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A LOGO AND A MASCOT.
SOMEONE WANTED TO KNOW THAT THE MASCOT REPRESENT PEOPLE, VALUES AND CULTURE AND LOGO.
IT REPRESENT THE BUSINESS SCHOOLS ARE NON-PROFIT AND EDUCATORS TAKE PRIDE IN WORKING PURELY ON BEHALF OF THE PUBLIC.
GOOD LAST, THE BOARD WANTED PROOF AND EVIDENCE THAT A DOCTOR DOCUMENT STATING THAT THE EAGLE WOULD BE THE MASCOT AND GREEN AND WHITE WOULD BE
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THE COLORS ABUSIVE HIGH, BUT EVIDENCE IS IN THE THESIS BY ANNE KELSEY PRESENTED TO THE GRADUATE, THE GRADUATE SCHOOL OF CLEMSON UNIVERSITY, MAY, 2010 PAGE LOOK AT PAGE 83 AND 84.ADDRESS HOW THE MASCOT AND THE SCHOOL COLORS WERE ASSIGNED TO GIFFORD HIGH.
PLEASE RESEARCH THE ARCHIVES OF BUFORD SCHOOL DISTRICT FILE 1965 THROUGH 1981.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND CONSIDERATION.
I DON'T BELIEVE THAT THE PERSON WHO DID THE, UM, THESIS, I DON'T THINK HE, UM, PLEDGE PLEDGES.
AND IF CLEMSON DID IT, YOU BETTER BELIEVE IT'S SOMEWHERE IN THAT MINUTES.
THAT DOCUMENT THAT PFISTER DOE THAT SHE'S TALKING ABOUT.
I'M GOING TO LEAVE THIS WITH YOU TONIGHT BECAUSE I, ALL OF THIS HAS CAUSED ME TO GO AND DO THE RESEARCH BECAUSE NO ONE FROM THE BOARD CAN TELL, CAN TELL US WHERE THIS ALL STEM FROM.
WE ELECTED YOU ALL TO BE HERE TO REPRESENT US AND SOMEONE OTHER THAN YOU HAS DONE SOMETHING AND YOU ARE NOT AWARE OF IT.
SO I'M NOT HERE TO JUDGE OSTRACIZE ANY OF YOU, BUT HOW COULD YOU IN GOOD CONSCIOUS ALLOW THE IMPROPER CHANGE OF THE BUFORD HIGH SCHOOL MASCOT AND THE COLORS TO BE CHANGED AND KEPT IT PRIVATE FOR ALMOST TWO YEARS WITHOUT PROPER NOTIFYING THE PUBLIC.
WHY WASN'T THIS A BIG DEAL? WHY WAS IT NOT BROADCASTED AND, AND ALL OVER SOCIAL MEDIA? IN AN ARTICLE I READ THE STATE STEPPED IN 1969, BUFORD COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD VOTED FOUR TO THREE IN FAVOR OF COMBINING THE SCHOOL, WHERE ARE THE ORIGINAL DOCUMENTS AND AGREEMENT? IF THERE WAS A VOTE, THERE WAS A MEETING IN, IF THERE WAS A MEETING THERE MINUTES, A HISTORICAL DOCUMENT OF THIS NATURE SHOULD HAVE BEEN PLACED IN THE ARCHIVES OF THE PUFA COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT AND THE SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION BASED ON ROLE, THEIR BEAUTIFUL COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT AND PUPIL HIGH SCHOOL TOOK IN THE INTEGRATION OF THE SCHOOLS.
WE WERE BETA A BETA FOR NOT ONLY FOR BUFORD COUNTY, BUT FOR THE STATE AND THE NATION, NO ONE KNEW HOW THEY WERE GOING TO GET THIS DONE.
AND YOU'RE GOING TO ALLOW THEM HISTORY TO BE RAISED.
THAT TELLS ME THAT YOU, AS A SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS DID NOT DO YOUR HOMEWORK TO FIND OUT ANYTHING ABOUT THE SCHOOLS.
AND AS FOR BUFORD HIGH SCHOOL, I FEEL THAT IT SHOULD STAY JUST THE WAY IT IS.
AND ANY STUDENT THEY SHOULD BE TAUGHT ABOUT THE HISTORY AND ANY INCOMING STUDENT THERE SHOULD BE.
THEY SHOULD BE TAUGHT ABOUT THAT COMING IN.
WHY CHANGE SOMETHING THAT'S NOT BROKE? HE COULD BE DOING THINGS MUCH DIFFERENT AND MUCH BETTER TO HELP OUR CHILDREN WITH EDUCATION.
INSTEAD OF TRYING TO CHANGE SOMETHING OF THIS NATURE.
SOMEONE COMING IN THAT KNOWS NOTHING ABOUT US.
IT HAS A LOT TO DO WITH CULTURE, ME GROWING UP HERE, A BLACK GIRL, I'M TIRED OF HAVING THINGS TAKEN AWAY FROM ME AND CHANGED OR ALTERED, AND I HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH IT.
AND IT MAY SEEM SIMPLE THAT IT'S AN EAGLE, BUT IT GOES DEEPER THAN JUST BEING AN EAGLE.
IT GOES DEEPER THAN ANYTHING YOU COULD EVER BEGIN TO IMAGINE IF YOU HAVE NOT WALKED IN THOSE SHOES.
SO IF FIGHTING FOR THE EAGLES IN THE COLORS, WHAT WE HAVE TO DO TO HAVE BE HEARD, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO.
UM, THANK YOU SAID LINDA MORAD.
MY QUESTION IS TO THE CHAIR, CHAIRPERSON DAVID SCRIPTURES.
I READ BACK IN FEBRUARY AND MARCH 14TH, 2022 AT 10:02 PM.
THAT IT WAS STATED ON THE WEBSITE.
AND YOU STATED CHAIRMAN FOR THE SCHOOL BOARD SAID IN THE MEETING THAT THE BOARD COULD NOT RESPOND TO THE PUBLIC COMMENT PER BOARD POLICY WHEN CONTACTED WEDNESDAY'S GRIP AND JUST SAID, THE LOGO CANNOT BE CHANGED WITHOUT PRIOR
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BOARD APPROVAL.SO THE BOARD HAS TO DIG INTO HOW IT'S GOING TO GET TO THIS POINT.
THE ISSUE IS ONE THAT WILL LIKELY BE DISCUSSED AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.
HE STAYED QUOTE, THOSE FOLKS WERE HEARD, SCRIPTING, JUST SAY IT.
THE FOLKS LAST NIGHT MADE A SOLID ARGUMENT AND IT'S HARD TO ARGUE AGAINST THEM.
WHEN WAS THE BOARD MADE AWARE THAT THE BOARD VOTE ON THE CHANGE, WHEREAS THE ORIGINAL AGREEMENT FROM 1971 AND THE RECENT REQUEST FOR THE CHANGES, PLEASE INCLUDE A COPY OF EACH DOCUMENT WITH YOUR RESPONSE TO THIS QUESTION.
AND THEN I SAID TO THIS, WHY ARE WE BEATING A DEAD HORSE? WHY WHAT'S THE PROBLEM? YOU ALL, HOW MANY OF YOU HERE, A NATIVE BREED, BUFORD TONY IN THAT VENT TO SCHOOLS HERE WHO HAS FELT THE PAIN THAT WE FELT I'M GONNA, YOU KNOW WHAT I'M GOING TO DO.
I'M GOING TO SATISFY THIS TO YOU ALL.
I'M CERTIFYING THESE QUESTIONS.
CAUSE IT'S TOO MUCH FOR ME TO ASK YOU TONIGHT.
I NEED ANSWERS AND I AM NOT THREATENING, BUT I WANT ANSWERS BECAUSE I'VE GIVEN YOU ALL A LOT OF STUFF SINCE LAST YEAR, NO ONE HAS RETURNED ANYTHING OF IT, BUT I'M GOING TO CERTIFY THIS.
AND FOR EVERY TIME I HAVE NOT HEARD FROM YOU ALL, I WILL PRESENT IT TO THE BOARD AND I WILL SEND IT TO THE PEOPLE WHO'S LISTENING.
YOU WANT TO BE FORWARDED TO YOUR JOB.
WE'RE NOT LOOKING FOR BODIES TO BE LOOKING FOR WORKING BODIES.
AND I THANK YOU ALL FOR LISTENING AND I'M SERIOUS.
GOOD EVENING, MR. CHAIRMAN BOARD MEMBERS, DR.
THANKS FOR GIVING ME A CHANCE TO SPEAK TONIGHT.
UM, ON MARCH 18TH, WHEN NO ONE WAS AT SCHOOL TO RESPOND TO EMAILS, WE WERE SENT NOTICE OF SEXUAL ABUSE LESSONS.
THAT WOULD BE STARTING MARCH 21ST ON A MONDAY, ACCORDING TO U S CODE 20 DASH 1232 H PROTECTION OF PUPILS RIGHTS INSPECTION OF INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS BY PARENTS OR GUARDIANS, ALL INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS, INCLUDING TEACHERS MANUALS, FILMS, TAPES, OR OTHER SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL, WHICH WILL BE USED IN CONNECTION WITH ANY SURVEY ANALYSIS OR EVALUATION AS PART OF ANY APPLICABLE PROGRAM SHALL BE AVAILABLE FOR INSPECTION BY THE PARENTS OR GUARDIANS OF THE CHILDREN.
LET ME SHARE THE DESCRIPTION WORD FOR WORD OF SOME OF THE SEXUAL ABUSE LESSONS THAT WAS SENT HOME TO THE PARENTS.
PRE-K LESSON, A TIK TOK VIDEO CHILDREN LEARN ABOUT THEIR INNER ALARM SYSTEM AND PRIVATE PARTS OF THEIR BODY.
THE ACTIVITY WHO COULD YOU TELL KINDERGARTEN GETS ANOTHER LESSON.
SO TICK TALKS A NEW FORM OF EDUCATION.
I THINK WE NEED TO REEVALUATE THE VENDOR FOR THIS PROGRAM.
I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND FAST FORWARD TO THIRD GRADE LESSONS.
THAT'S WHAT MY SON PARTICIPATED IN VIDEO.
WHAT WOULD YOU DO? IT SHOWS A GIRL WHO WAS BEING SEXUALLY ABUSED BY A BABYSITTER AND A BOY WHO'S BEING PHYSICALLY ABUSED BY HIS FATHER WHO BOTH LEARNED THAT TELLING AN ADULT WILL STOP THE ABUSE AND KEEP THEM SAFE.
IT DOESN'T DESCRIBE THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ABUSE OR DISCIPLINE.
LESSON TIME SECRET CALM IS BEING SEXUALLY ABUSED BY HIS FRIEND'S BROTHER AND IS STRUGGLING WITH BEING TOLD TO KEEP IT A SECRET.
THERE'S AN ACTIVITY THAT GOES ALONG WITH IT, ALONG WITH A PRELIMINARY.
AND POST-SURVEY MY CHILD'S PRINCIPAL INFORMED ME.
THE STUDENTS ARE TOLD NOT TO TALK ABOUT THE LESSONS OUTSIDE OF CLASS.
DOES THAT MEAN DON'T TELL THE PARENTS I HOPE NOT.
I DON'T, I'M NOT SURE WHAT HAPPENED TO STRANGER DANGER, BUT ALL OF A SUDDEN STRANGER TO TEACHING THE STORE KIDS MY POINT, WE'RE NEVER GIVEN NOTICE OF THESE LESSONS.
I DON'T CONSIDER THREE DAYS NOTICE, NOR DID I GIVE INFORMED CONSENT WHEN REGISTERING MY CHILDREN FOR SCHOOL, I NEVER CLICKED THROUGH THE INFORMED CONSENT PAGES INTENTIONALLY BECAUSE I DID NOT WANT THEM PARTICIPATING IN THESE PROGRAMS.
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SADLY, IT PUTS UNDUE STRESS ON STAFF AND TEACHERS WHEN ADMINISTRATORS ARRANGED FOR THESE LESSONS AND DID NOT GIVE PARENTS ENOUGH NOTICE TO REVIEW THE CONTENT, WHICH IS ANOTHER PROBLEM.AND YOU MAY WANT TO NOTIFY KAPPA OF THEIR OBLIGATION TO COMPLY WITH FEDERAL PROTECTION OF PEOPLE'S RIGHTS AMENDMENT.
BEFORE COMING INTO OUR SCHOOLS TO TEACH SEXUAL ABUSE LESSONS.
I NEVER CLICKED THROUGH THE INFORMED CONSENT PAGES AND I NEVER WILL.
SO I THINK IT'S TIME THAT WE REEVALUATE THE REGISTRATION PROCESS.
MR. COOK, YOUR TIME IS UP GREAT BY LAW.
PARENTS ARE MR. CARTER PREVIEW ALL INSTRUCTIONAL CONTENT.
MAYBE SOMEONE FORGETS THAT THE DISTRICT RECEIVES FEDERAL FUNDING AND THEY MUST COMPLY WITH THE PROTECTION OF PEOPLE'S RIGHTS AMENDMENT.
RECENTLY, I MET WITH THE DISTRICT STAFF TO DISCUSS THE RIGHTS OF PARENTS TO PREVIEW INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS.
IT SEEMS THAT I HAVE STAFF ON MY SIDE.
ARE THESE LESSONS BEING PAID FOR, WITH THE PLAY MONEY AS REFERENCED BY ANY BOARD MEMBER IN RECENT MEETINGS? I HOPE NOT.
WE HAVE CALL-INS DAVID WATSON AVAILABLE.
IF YOU COULD STATE YOUR FIRST AND LAST NAME AND YOU'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES.
HI, MY NAME IS, UH, DAVID WATSON.
UH, OUR SUNSET ATTENDS AC MCCRACKEN AND ON FOUR EIGHT, HE WAS PHYSICALLY ASSAULTED AT THE BUS STOP.
UH, MY PROBLEM IS OUR SON RECEIVED ISS FOR CURSING AT THE OTHER STUDENT AND THE OTHER STUDENT IS STILL WAS STILL ATTENDING SCHOOL.
SO MY WIFE TRIED TO CALL THE PRINCIPAL FOR THREE HOURS AFTER WE HAD FOUND OUT HE GOT AN ISS AND SHE DIDN'T RECEIVE A PHONE CALL UNTIL THIS PAST MONDAY, AFTERSCHOOL HAD GOTTEN BACK IN AND SHE CALLED HIM THAT MORNING AT EIGHT 11 IN THE MORNING.
HE DIDN'T AND HE DIDN'T RETURN THE PHONE CALL UNTIL 1215.
RODRIGUEZ WAS SPEAKING WITH MR. MILLIGAN, WHO REFUSE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS AND HUNG UP ON HER.
HE SAID, OH, THIS I CAN'T DISCUSS ANOTHER STUDENT WITH YOU.
I UNDERSTAND YOU DON'T WANT TO PROVIDE NAMES OF STUDENTS.
HOWEVER, I FEEL I HAVE THE RIGHT AS A PARENT AND THEY'RE HANDLING THAT THIS ONE, I, MY S MY SON DO YOU KNOW, THE WHOLE STORY IN THE SITUATION.
AND ALSO TO KNOW THE DISCIPLINE POLICIES ARE FAIR AND ARE NOT SHOWING FAVORITISM.
IF MY SON IS PHYSICALLY ASSAULTED, I WANT TO HEAR THE ENTIRE STORY, NOT JUST HEAR WHAT THAT MY KID CURSE.
AND WITHOUT RECEIVING ANY INCIDENT REPORTS ALREADY RECEIVED WAS A DISCIPLINARY ACTION THAT NIGHT, WHEN HE CAME HOME, MY WIFE ASKED HIM, UM, WHERE'D YOU GET THAT SCRATCH FROG? AND HE SAID, THAT'S WHERE JUSTIN HAD HIT ME IN THE FACE WITH HIS BAG AT THE BUS STOP.
AND THAT NIGHT HE COULDN'T EAT BECAUSE HE HAD A SORENESS IN HIS MOUTH FROM WHERE IT WAS CUT.
WE NEVER RECEIVED ANY INCIDENT REPORTS, STANDING THAT HE WAS STRUCK IN THE FACE.
NOBODY NOTIFIED US OF ANY OF THIS, THAT BY SOME CHANCE YOU HAD HAD A CONCUSSION, YOU WOULD NOT HAVE KNOWN WHAT TO DO.
AND THIS IS NOT THE ONLY OCCASION THAT THIS HAS HAPPENED IN THE SCHOOL.
ON OTHER OCCASIONS, HE HAS BEEN BULLIED, PUSHED DOWN THE STAIRS, DOWN THE HALLWAY SEVERAL TIMES, CAUSING HIS LAPTOP TO BE BROKEN ONE TIME WHERE IT HAD TO BE REPLACED.
AGAIN, WE DIDN'T RECEIVE ANY INCIDENT REPORT OR KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THIS PROBLEM UNTIL I ASKED HIM THAT NIGHT AT HOME, WHERE'S YOUR LAPTOP? HE SAYS, WELL, I GOT PUSHED DOWN IN THE HALLWAY AND IT BROKE AS I'VE BEEN COMING DOWN TO STAND.
THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS, DEALING WITH HD MCCRACKEN IS NOTHING BUT A TOXIC ENVIRONMENT WHERE STUDENTS CAN'T EVEN FEEL SAFE TO COME AND HAVE AN EDUCATION.
AND I JUST WANT THE SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION TO BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE AND TO BE ABLE TO ACTUALLY KNOW THE WHOLE STORY BEFORE I HEAR THROUGH MY SON AND SOME PAPERWORK THAT THEY SAID, THEY
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SAID, MR. WATSON, YOUR TIME IS OBSERVED.I'M GOING TO PUT YOUR OWN PUBLIC COMMENT.
IF YOU WOULD STATE YOUR FIRST AND YOUR LAST NAME FLAKES.
HI, MY NAME'S TONY ANDREWS, ACTUALLY.
SORRY, THAT'S MY MAIDEN NAME? MY NEW STATE NEW HAGADORN.
I HAVE TWO SMALL CHILDREN AND IB AND ONE AT ACC.
AND I JUST WANTED TO, UM, EXPRESS TODAY HOW DISTURBED I WAS LAST MONTH WHEN I FOUND OUT THAT JUST THREE DAYS BEFORE THAT MY CHILDREN WERE GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT SEXUAL ABUSE AT SCHOOL, AND THEN COME TO FIND OUT.
WHEN I, WHEN I ASKED FOR THE SCHOOL INFORMATION ABOUT THE SEXUAL GRINNING, THERE WAS NO INFORMATION TO BE GIVEN TO ME ABOUT WHAT WAS GOING TO BE TOLD TO MY SIX AND EIGHT YEAR OLDS ONLY LISTS OF TIK TOK, VIDEOS AND ROLE-PLAYS AND DISCUSSIONS TO TOP IT ALL OFF.
WHEN I ASKED MY KIDS TO BE PULLED FROM THE SEXUAL GROOMING PRESENTATION, I WAS INFORMED THAT MY SECOND GRADER HAS HAD THIS PRESENTATION EVERY YEAR, SINCE KINDERGARTEN, WITHOUT MY KNOWLEDGE.
CAN YOU IMAGINE MY SURPRISE? WHEN I FOUND OUT FOR TWO YEARS, SOME RANDOM ADULT WAS TALKING TO MY AT THE TIME, FIVE-YEAR-OLD ABOUT SEX.
WHERE IS THE TRANSPARENCY? WHY IS IT THAT I GET 15 EMAILS AND TEXT MESSAGES ABOUT AN EARLY DISMISSAL, A PERMISSION SLIP FOR EVERY SILLY LITTLE THING, BUT I CAN'T GET ANY INFORMATION ABOUT SEX TALKS WITH CHILDREN THAT ARE ENTIRE TOO YOUNG, ENTIRELY TOO YOUNG.
I HAVE TO FILL OUT A PERMISSION SLIP JUST TO HAVE SUNSCREEN APPLYING TO MY CHILD ON A FIELD TRIP, BUT I HAVE TO OPT MY CHILD OUT OF A SEXUAL GRAMEEN CLASS.
I SHOULD HAVE TO FILL OUT A PERMISSION SLIP FOR MY KIDS TO EVEN BE IN IT IN THE FIRST PLACE.
YOU MAY ASK WHY REFERRED TO THIS AS GROOMING LIST, BECAUSE IT IS IT'S GRIMMY KIDS NOT TO TRUST THEIR PARENTS AND TO ONLY TRUST THE SCHOOL SLASH GOVERNMENT, IT'S A LIBERAL AGENDA AGENDA TO GROOM THE NEXT GENERATION TO TRUST THE GOVERNMENT SOLELY IN ORDER TO EVENTUALLY MAKE THEM DEPENDENT ON THE GOVERNMENT.
IF THIS PRESENTATION IS SO WONDERFUL, WHY IS IT A SECRET? WHY CAN'T PARENTS DO EXACTLY WHAT'S BEING SAID TO THEIR CHILDREN ABOUT SEX.
DO WE NOT HAVE ADULTS WHO SPECIALIZE IN THIS? THEY CAN FIGURE OUT HOW TO PINPOINT STUDENTS.
WHO'VE MAYBE HAVING A SITUATION AT HOME, THIS WHOLE IDEA OF CREATING A TEAM OF STUDENTS TO HELP PINPOINT OTHER STUDENTS IS INSANE.
MY CHILDREN DON'T HAVE ANY IDEA WHAT IT EVEN MEANS BECAUSE THEY ARE SIX AND EIGHT AND THEY ARE NOT MATURE ENOUGH FOR THIS TOPIC.
SO WHY DID THEY GET TO THE JOB OF PINPOINTING OTHER STUDENTS WHO MAY HAVE ISSUES AT HOME? IS THAT NOT THE COUNSELORS AT THE SCHOOLS THAT ARE PAID? IS THAT NOT THEIR JOB? IS THAT NOT THEY'RE PAID TO DO? IS THAT NOT A PART OF THEIR JOB TITLE? BECAUSE IT'S NOT MY KINDERGARTEN OR MY SECOND GRADERS JOB AND THE WAY THAT THE SCHOOLS WENT ABOUT THIS ENTIRE THING JUST CREATES MORE SUSPICION IN MY MIND, AS WELL AS MANY OTHER PARENTS.
YOU WANT PARENTS TO TRUST YOU WITH OUR KIDS? HOW ABOUT STARTING WITH TRANSPARENCY IN ALL THE DEPARTMENTS? CHILDREN, PARENTS SHOULD NOT HAVE TO JUMP THROUGH HOOPS TO FIND OUT WHAT IS BEING TAUGHT TO OUR KIDS ABOUT SEX.
THAT CONCLUDES THE PUBLIC COMMENTS.
DON'T REALLY HAVE ANYTHING SPECIAL TO REPORT COMMITTEE REPORTS.
[6. Committee Reports]
I WOULD ASK EACH COMMITTEE CHAIRPERSON TO BE AS SUCCINCT AS POSSIBLE, UH, SO THAT WE CAN TRY TO GET THROUGH THIS IN A TIMELY FASHION.THE FIRST IS LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE, DR.
THANK YOU, CHAIRMAN STRINGER, THE LEGISLATIVE, UH, COMMITTEE REPORT.
WE'LL START WITH THE UPDATE FROM OUR LOBBYISTS LYNN STOKES, MARIE OF BURGER FOREMAN MCNAIR.
IS THERE TOO MUCH BACKGROUND? NO, YOU SOUND GOOD.
WELL, IT'S GREAT TO SEE YOU ALL.
IT'S BEEN A WHILE SINCE I'VE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEND SOME TIME WITH YOU GUYS AND REALLY APPRECIATE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO UPDATE YOU ON WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY.
AND SO LET ME START MY REPORT.
IT MIGHT BE EASIER AT THE TIME, BUT IF Y'ALL NEED TO ASK SOMETHING ALONG THE WAY IT HAPPENED TO DO THAT, UM, THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY, UM, THE JOHN SIGNING DOWN MAY 12TH.
WE EXPECT THAT THE HOUSE AND SENATE WILL COME BACK FOR VITO SOMETIME LATE MAY OR EARLY JUNE.
UM, YOU SHOULD ALSO KNOW THAT THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AND YOUR CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICERS ARE ALL UP FOR REELECTION.
PRIMARY'S JUNE THE 12TH GENERAL ELECTIONS THERE WITH THE AIDE.
UM, INTERESTINGLY ENOUGH, 15 REPUBLICAN MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE THAT HAVE PRIMARY OPPOSITION AND TIM MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE HAVE ANNOUNCED THEIR RETIREMENT.
SO ALL THAT TO SAY, YOU'RE POLICING SIGNIFICANT CHANGES.
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UM, AND THE FRESHMEN CLASS OF 2023 IN THE HOUSE, UM, OF REPRESENTATIVES, WE ALSO ANTICIPATE THAT THE HOUSE IS GOING TO REMAIN, UH, AND THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY, I SHOULD SAY NAMES SOLIDLY RED AFTER THE ELECTION, BUT THEIR LEADERSHIP CHANGES THROUGH THE RUMOR.MILL IS RAMPANT HERE IN COLUMBIA.
SO LET ME JUST SAY THAT IT'S ANTICIPATED, BUT NOT CONFIRMED THAT THE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE, JAY LUCAS WILL RESIGN IN THE COMING DAYS.
MAREL SMITH, WHO IS A REPUBLICAN FROM SOME TERM, THE CURRENT CHAIRMAN OF THE HOUSE WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE WILL REPLACE HIM AS SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE.
I BELIEVE THAT THE SPEAKER FOR A TENANT WILL REMAIN IN THAT POSITION.
AND SINCE CHAIRMAN SMITH WILL, THEY SENT HIM TO THE, UH, SPEAKERSHIP, UH, RETIRING HOUSE MEMBER, MAJORITY BOOK, HARRY SEMO IS REPUBLICAN FROM YOUR OVERCOME THE HEMORRHAGE CHAIR OF WAYS AND MEANS, AND THE GUBERNATORIAL RACE IT'S EXPECTED THAT GOVERNOR HENRY MASTER WILL GET REELECTED TO A SECOND FULL TERM.
AND HE IS ACTUALLY THE FIRST GOVERNOR THAT HAS EVER SERVED 10 YEARS BECAUSE OF HIS FIELD APPEALING THE UNEXPIRED TERM OF FORMER AMBASSADOR HALEY FOR 10 YEARS, AND THEN ABLE TO SEEK ELECTION, UM, FOR TWO FULL TERM.
UH, THERE ARE TWO CONGRESSIONAL SEATS THAT ARE HOTLY CONTESTED IN THE JUNE PRIMARY.
UM, CONGRESSWOMAN NANCY MAZE IN THE FIRST CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT IS BEING CHALLENGED BY A TRUMP SUPPORTER PATER.
AND IN THE SEVENTH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT INCUMBENT TOM RICE WITHOUT BEING FROM ORANGE COUNTY IS BEING CHALLENGED BY NUMEROUS REPUBLICANS THAT IT'S ANTICIPATED THAT CURRENTLY, UM, REPUBLICAN HOUSE MEMBER, RUSSELL FROG, HE'S ALSO A TRUMP SUPPORTER OR MAKE, UH, UH, RUN, UM, OR THE SEAT IN TERMS OF THE, UM, PROBABLY, UH, MOST LIKELY, UH, UH, PRIMARY, UH, WRONG SITUATION IN THE SEVENTH DISTRICT.
I WANT TO ALSO MENTION SOMETHING THAT I KNOW YOU ALL KNOW, UM, OUR SUPERINTENDENT OF EDUCATION MODELS, SPEARMINT IS NOT SEEKING A NEW TERM.
UM, AND THE FIELD TO REPLACE HER IS EXTREMELY CROWDED.
UM, AT LEAST SIX CANDIDATES HAVE FOLLOWED ONLY THEM SIDE THREE ON THE DEMOCRATIC SIDE IN A FEW OF THOSE CANDIDATES IN PARTICULAR ON THE REPUBLICAN SIDE ARE, DID NOT MEET THE MANDATORY CONSTITUTIONAL REQUIREMENT OF OWNING THE MASTER SCREEN OR SEATED AS SUPERINTENDENT OF EDUCATION.
SO THERE IS ONE HER CURRENT PRIMARY RUNNER IN THAT RACE THAT DOES NOT HAVE MASTER'S FREE THAT I UNDERSTAND, UM, WHO OR SOME OF THE NEEDS THAT, THAT SHE IS SEEKING TO HAVE HER MASTER'S GRADE COMPLETED, OR SHE POTENTIALLY COULD BE SEATED IF SHE WINS THE PRIMARY.
UM, IN JANUARY IN OPERATION, THE JANUARY, THE 20TH, THE 2022 LEGISLATIVE SESSION, AFTER TWO YEARS OF THE PANDEMIC HAS JUST BEEN CRAZY.
UM, IT IS CONTENTIOUS LONG DEBATES ON THE HOUSE AND SENATE FOR ALL SORTS OF ISSUES, INCLUDING THE CERTIFICATE OF ME, RESTRUCTURING, UM, DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL, MEDICAL MARIJUANA, MAX, AND NET, AND VACCINE MANDATE EDUCATION SAVINGS ACCOUNTS.
THE SAFEST SPORT THAT JUST TO NAME A FEW HOUSE HAS PASSED HIS FIRST VERSION OF THE APPROPRIATIONS BILL AND THE SENATE FINANCE COMMITTEE MET LAST WEEK AND HAS ADOPTED A MUCH DIFFERENT VERSION OF THE APPROPRIATION BILL, WHICH INCLUDED 2 BILLION.
YES, THE BILLION DOLLAR TAX CUT REIMBURSEMENT TO THE CITIZENS OF SOUTH CAROLINA.
THE HOUSE AND SENATE BUDGET ALSO DIFFERS IN THE MAIL AND FUNDING FOR EDUCATION, UM, PAY RAISES AND THE HOUSE FOR ALL TEACHERS, UM, IS AT $4,000.
AND IN THE SENATE, A MINIMUM OF TWO WITH DISTRICTS, HAVING THE ABILITY TO MAKE THE DECISION ON HOW MUCH EACH STAFF MEMBER AND TEACHER WOULD RECEIVE THE FULL SENATE WILL BE DEBATING THE BUDGET ON THE FLOOR NEXT WEEK.
AND I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE NEW FUNDING FORMULA JUST AMONG THAT SENATE PASSED THE EDUCATIONAL SAVINGS ACT, WHICH NOW RESIDES IN THE HOUSE WAYS AND MEANS FINLAND ESA LEGISLATION FOR VIALS, ELIGIBILITY FOR STUDENTS CURRENTLY ENROLLED IN PUBLIC SCHOOL TO ATTEND PROVIDENCE SCHOOL.
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AND SPLIT INCLUDE CHILDREN FROM LOWMAN, UM, MILITARY OR FOSTER FAMILIES.CHILDREN'S WITH SPECIAL NEEDS AND CHILDREN WHO ARE HOMELESS WITH AN ESA.
PARENTS CAN DRAIN THE STATE'S EDUCATION FUNDING FOR YOUR CHILD AND IS FULL TUITION BOOKS, THERAPIES, AND SERVICES OF VICTUALS.
THE COMPANION BILL HOUSE, BILL H 48, 79 IS A LITTLE DIFFERENT FROM THE SENATE.
SO AT SOME POINT PRIOR TO A YOUNG MAN, WHICH IS, AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, MAY 12TH, THE HOUSE AND SENATE WILL HAVE TO COME TO SOME MUTUAL AGREEMENT ON HOW THE PROGRAM WILL LOOK AND WHAT THE FUNDING WILL BE.
THE HOUSE STILL APPROPRIATES FUNDING FROM A DIFFERENT REVENUE SOURCE THAN THE SENATE, UM, AND THE SENATE, UM, THE BURKE'S FUNDING FROM THE PUBLIC SCHOOL BOND WHILE THE SENATE, UM, APPROPRIATES A MILLION DOLLARS FOR A PILOT PROJECT HOUSE LEGISLATION PROPOSES USING THE $75 MILLION FOR MY RESERVE ON THE PROGRAM, SCHOLARSHIPS WILL BE INITIALLY LIMITED IN SCOPE AND NUMBER WITH $5,000 PER PUPIL IN 2023.
AND AGAIN, AS I MENTIONED, THE WHOLE ISSUE IS RESOLVED AND WE'LL SEE WHAT THE HOUSE WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE DOES WITH THE SENATE PASS VERSION OF ESA, PROBABLY SOMETIME NEXT FEW.
UM, FURTHER DISCUSSIONS ON THE PREPARATIONS, BILL SCHOOL, LESS FUNDING IS INVERTED VERSIONS OF THE BILL AT THE MOMENT AT $12 MILLION ON THE LINE WITH A 5% PAY RATE SCHOOL DRUMMERS HOUSE ALSO PROVIDES A 3% PAY RAISE EACH STATE EMPLOYEE RECEIVING A $1,500 ONE TIME BONUS.
THE FINANCE COMMITTEE BUDGET ALSO INCLUDES A 3% PAY RAISE FOR STATE EMPLOYEES, BUT NO PHONES.
THE HOUSE PLAN INCREASES PAY FOR TEACHERS ABOUT $4,000 THAT THE SENATE PLAN RAISES THE MINIMUM BACK TO THE HOUSE AND SENATE VERSION OF THE APPROPRIATIONS.
BILL INCLUDE A BLUSH TO SAY, HOW'S FASTS AND FINANCE FAST, INCLUDING $227 MILLION IN EXTRA PAY TO SCHOOL DISTRICTS.
ALL IN THE SENATE PLAN GIVES MORE FLEXIBILITY AS PROVIDED IN HOUSE WHERE THOSE DOLLARS ARE SPENT AGAIN, NEW FUNDING FORMULA.
THE DEBATE BY SOUTH CAROLINA'S FOUR YEAR ON THE FORMULA PLAN BEGAN WITH GOVERNMENT MASTERS AT THAT EXECUTIVE BUDGET.
THE GOVERNOR PLAN IS TOUTED TO INCREASE FLEXIBILITY, COUNT BILLING, AND TO HELP THE POOR DISTRICTS.
IT SENDS MONEY BASED ON STUDENT TEACHER RATIO AND MINIMUM TEACHER SALARIES INSTEAD OF AN ARRAY OF FORMULAS THAT ARE REALLY PRESENT.
THE HOUSE PLAN PROVIDES A PER PEOPLE AVERAGE OF $14,834, $4,834, UM, TO AID CLASSROOMS, THE REVISED FUNDING FORMULA TO CONSOLIDATE SEVERAL BUDGET LINES INTO A SINGLE STATE BOND FUNDED AT 3.7 BILLION WITH A SIMPLIFIED FUNDING STREAM, NEW WEIGHTINGS ENABLED MORE FUNDING FOR STUDENTS IN POVERTY AND STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES.
I'M GOING TO REVISE FORMULAS, THE STATE SHARE OF THE FUNDING INCREASES FROM 70%, 70% AND LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICTS ARE OFFERING GREATER FLEXIBILITY IN SPENDING THE STATE AID DISTRICTS ARE SUBJECT TO NEW ACCOUNTABILITY AND TRANSPARENCY REQUIREMENTS.
THEY'RE REQUIRED TO, UH, PUBLISH THE EXPENDITURES ONLINE THROUGH OUR DATA SYSTEM FOR ABOUT AN HOUR REVENUE, FISCAL ACCOUNTABILITY FORWARDING THE HOUSE BUDGET ALSO PROVIDES $4,000 PER TEACHER BAY BREAKS.
I'VE MENTIONED THAT EARLIER WITH A STARTING SALARY FOR TEACHERS THAT MAY ABOUT 36,000 OR 8,000.
AND THE HOUSE OFFICER PROVIDES THAT TEACHERS MAY HIRE NON-CERTIFIED TEACHERS AND CRITICAL NEEDS IN GEOGRAPHIC AND SUBJECT AREAS.
IF A CERTIFIED TEACHER IS NOT AVAILABLE, SHE HAD ASKED ME SPECIFICALLY ABOUT, UM, WHAT THAT MIGHT LOOK LIKE, UM, THIS NEXT YEAR.
THERE'S NOT SEPARATE LEGISLATION, BUT THERE IS PROVIDED TO THEM.
UM, SO ALL NON-CERTIFIED TEACHERS MUST ASSESS A BACHELOR OF ARTS DEGREE OR GRADUATE DEGREE FROM A REGIONALLY ACCREDITED COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY IN THE SUBJECT MATTER, WHICH THEY'RE REQUIRED TO TEACH.
UM, WITH REGARDS TO ANY THUMBED, EVEN FORMULA THAT'S BEEN IN THE SENATE FINANCE COMMITTEE, SIRI, UM, SEAN BENNETT
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FROM DORCHESTER COUNTY BEEN LEADING THE CHARGE AND HAS DESCRIBED THE FUNDING FORMULA.THE SENATE PROVIDES A $2,000 PER PAY INCREASE FOR STARTING TEACHER SALARY TEACHER, A NEW FORMULA FORMULA FUNDING.
HER PEOPLE RATIO WAS AMENDED FROM 1142 TO 10.5 PER TEACHER.
IT REQUIRES SCHOOLS TO MEET THE STATEWIDE MINIMUM SALARY SCHEDULE AND PROVIDE STEP INCREASES.
AND THE FUNDING FORMULA ALSO SPECIFIES THAT NO LEVEL MATCHES THROUGH STATE AID OFFSPRING, AN EA DISTRIBUTIONS FOR BASED FUNDING IS BEING ROLLED UP FROM THE FRAME OF THE ISSUE HERE, ALMOST SAY DIRECTS.
AS I MENTIONED THAT THE REVENUE, THIS ACCOUNTABILITY AUTHORITY, INSTEAD OF THE DEPARTMENT, UM, DOCUMENT EXPENDITURES ON AN ONLINE FINANCIAL DESK DASHBOARD, UM, THIS NEW FUNDING FORMULA ALSO INCLUDES THREE AND FOUR YEAR OLD STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES REGISTERED IN THE BRICK AND MORTAR CHARTER SCHOOLS TO BE INCLUDED STUDENT COUNTS, TO RECEIVE ADDITIONAL WAITING.
UM, THERE'S ALSO LANGUAGE THAT REVISES THE PEOPLE, OSSIFICATION, WEIGHTINGS AND GOODS, UH, CLASSIFICATION RATINGS WERE CHANGED MULTIPLE TIMES DURING THE DEBATE IS UNINSTRUMENTED.
AND I CAN'T TELL YOU EXACTLY WHAT THAT IS, BUT I SHOULD HAVE THAT INFORMATION FOR YOU WHEN WE HAVE THAT DOCUMENTATION.
UM, TOMORROW AGAIN, THE, THE AVERAGE PER PUPIL EXPENDITURE IS THE SAME AS THE HOUSE AT 4,834 LOCAL DISTRICTS ARE REQUIRED NOW TO PROVIDE A 25% MATCH IN THE NEW FUNDING FOR TITLE EIGHT CLASSROOMS, NOT ON THE WHOLE FUNDING, NEW FUND AND ALL SCHOOL DISTRICTS FOR 20 23, 23, 24 FOR HELL HARMLESS IN THIS FIRST YEAR OF IMPLEMENTATIONS, NOBODY RECEIVED LESS THAN THEY DID LAST YEAR.
UM, BUT I WILL TELL YOU THAT THE DELEGATION BEING ONE OF YOU FOR BEING ONE OF THE DISTRICTS IS NEGATIVELY IMPACTED BY THIS FUNDING FORMULA AND NOT AGREE, UH, THAT, THAT THIS PROVIDES OR UNCHALLENGED IN FUTURE YEARS.
I BELIEVE THAT THERE WILL BE A REAL DEBATE, UM, BETWEEN THE HOUSE AND THE SENATE THROUGH THE LEGISLATIVE PROCESS VERSUS THE APPROPRIATIONS BILL, UM, TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THE FUCK DO YOU WANT TO USE? UM, UM, SO DISTRICTS WILL HAVE THE ABILITY AND FLEXIBILITY TO ALLOCATE FUNDS AS THEY SEE FIT MONEY FOLLOWS THE CHILDREN BASED ON POPULATION AND CHARTER SCHOOLS ARE NOW BEING PROVIDED WITH GRANULAR FUNDINGS FOR YOU, OR PUT THEM ON THE SAME PLANE AS ALL PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
NEEDLESS TO SAY, THE NEED FUNDING FOR ME IS BEING TALENTED ABOUT SOME MEMBER EDUCATION COMMUNITY, AS A GREAT THING.
WHILE OTHER EDUCATORS ARE CONCERNED ABOUT THE WRITING AND THE FLEXIBILITY OF FUNDING, THE FORMULA WILL BE DEBATED ON THE SENATE FLOOR NEXT WEEK, AND EXPECTATIONS ARE PEOPLE LIKES AND NEVERMIND PANNING.
UM, THERE IS A DEMOCRAT FROM FAIRFIELD COUNTY WILL BE OFFERING AMENDMENTS AS HE DID IN THE SENATE COMMITTEE TO CHANGE THE FORMULA.
AND THAT WOULD INCREASE THE TEACHER PAYING TO REPLAY THE SAME POSITION AS THE HOUSE FROM, FROM 6,000 TO 40,000.
I KNOW WE'LL HAVE LOTS OF AMENDMENTS.
AND ESPECIALLY BETWEEN THE TWO DIFFERENT VERSIONS OF THE TIME WILL WE GET FINISHED WITH THE APPROPRIATIONS BILL PROCESS? UM, I DID SEND TO ROBIN, I THINK YOU ALL HAVE HAD A PRESENTATION AS WELL FROM FRANK RAINWATER AT THE RULE, UH, AT THE BRAND NEW FISCAL ACCOUNTABILITY OR, UM, THE GENESIS OF THIS NEW PLAN, WHAT IT WAS DESIGNED TO LOOK LIKE.
SO I'LL KEEP YOU ALL INFORMED AS WE GET THROUGH THIS PROCESS.
BUT THE, THE BIGGEST NEWS IS TO KNOW THAT THE EDUCATION SAVINGS ACCOUNTS LEGISLATION'S MOVING FORWARD AND THIS FUNDING IS MOVING FORWARD WITHOUT, UM, WITHOUT LACK OF CHALLENGE ON OUR DELEGATION, ON HOW IT MIGHT IMPACT US IN FUTURE YEARS AFTER THE WHOLE HOMELESS GUYS AWAY.
SO LET ME STOP THERE AND SEE THINKING THAT IT HAS ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME.
UM, IF Y'ALL ASKED ME TOO MUCH IN THE WEEDS ON THIS FUNDING, UM, I AM AFRAID THAT I CALCULATED WILL FAIL YOU, BUT I'LL DO MY BEST.
THANK YOU, KINDLY LYNN FOR YOUR VERY THOROUGH UPDATE.
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ANY OF THE BOARD MEMBERS? NOPE.YOU COVERED IT AND WE APPRECIATE YOUR PRESENCE TONIGHT.
SO THE LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE CONSISTS OF FOUR MEMBERS, MS. FIDRYCH, MS. MIDDLETON DOCTOR WAS NEVSKY AND MYSELF.
WE MET FOR THE FIRST TIME, A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO.
AND SINCE IT WAS OUR FIRST MEETING, WE NEEDED TO HAVE, UH, THE COMMITTEE SCOPE DEFINED AND WE HAVE IN YOUR DOCUMENTS TONIGHT AND DISPLAYED ON THE SCREEN, THE COMMITTEE SCOPE THAT WAS APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY BY THE COMMITTEE.
SO WE NEED A MOTION PERHAPS BY ONE OF THE MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE TO APPROVE THE SCOPE.
MR. CHAIR, I MOVE THAT THE BOARD APPROVES THE BEAVER COUNTY BOE LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE SCOPE ON A SECOND, ANGELA ANGELA SECONDS DISCUSSION SEEING NO HANDS, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR.
UH, JUST A COUPLE OTHER THINGS.
UM, WE HAD AN EXCELLENT, UH, DISCUSSION ON A VARIETY OF TOPICS AT OUR FIRST MEETING.
WE, UH, D EXCUSE ME, ROBIN CUSHING, BARRY DID REACH OUT TO THE, UH, DELEGATION AND THEY WERE NOT AMENABLE FOR A SEPARATE MEETING WITH THE DELEGATION AND THE SCHOOL BOARD, BUT ALL OF THE SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS WERE INVITED TO THE BEAVER COUNTY LEGISLATIVE DELEGATION MEETING THAT WAS HELD ON APRIL 11TH AT THE BUCK WALTER RECREATION CENTER IN BLUFFTON.
AND TWO OF OUR LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE MEMBERS ATTENDED.
AND WE BOTH DELIVERED COMMENTS DURING THE PUBLIC COMMENTS SESSION.
MY LAST, UH, ITEM IS I WOULD ENCOURAGE ALL THE BOARD MEMBERS, WHETHER YOU'RE ON OUR LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE OR NOT TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF WHAT THE SOUTH CAROLINA SCHOOL BOARD ASSOCIATION SENDS US ON A REGULAR BASIS.
USUALLY IT'S MORE THAN ONCE, MORE OFTEN THAN ONCE A WEEK.
THEY SEND US A LEGISLATIVE UPDATE, WHICH IS, UH, VERY THOROUGH AND, AND, UH, UM, LYNN JUST GAVE A GREAT SUMMARY AND IT'S KIND OF NICE TO SEE A LOT OF THINGS IN WRITING.
UH, THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT AND ACCEPT.
I WOULD ASK IS IF ANY OF THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS HAVE ANYTHING THEY WOULD WANT TO ADD? THANK YOU, MR. CAM, IT MAKES ME UPSET.
WHY CAN'T THEY MEET WIDOWS? OH, THEY ARE 40 AFRAID OF, YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN TALKING TO THEM FOR THE LAST 10 YEARS AND THEY CANNOT FIND ENOUGH TIME TO, TO SIT DOWN AND TALK TO THE BONE.
UH, ACADEMICS, CATHETER, ROBOT UH, THANK YOU.
THE ACADEMIC COMMITTEE MET ON MARCH 30TH AND DURING THIS MEETING, WE HAD A PRESENTATION, UM, BY THE INSTRUCTIONAL SUPPORT DIVISION, UM, A SUMMARY OF THE 20 21 22 INITIATIVES, WHICH, UM, INCLUDED SOME REBUILDING POST COVID ESSENTIAL, UM, TO ESTABLISH THAT THE EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM EMBRACES A WHOLE CHILD APPROACH AND ALSO INCLUDED IN THAT, UM, PRESENTATION WERE NEW INITIATIVES.
THESE ARE ALL DRAFTS, BUT THE NEW INITIATIVES, UH, PRESENTED WERE, UM, IN THREE DISTINCT CATEGORIES, KINDERGARTEN WITH THE, UM, INCLUSION OF PURPOSEFUL PLAY CAREER TECHNICAL EDUCATION, UH, HIGHLIGHTING THE VALUE OF PARTNERSHIPS AND THE ADDITION OF JR ROTC AT MAY RIVER HIGH SCHOOL AND BUILDING THE GIFTED AND TALENTED PROGRAM.
UH, AND THE CRUX OF THAT WAS REALLY THE POWER OF SAYING YES, I'M SAYING YES TO OUR TALENTED STUDENTS.
UM, THE, UH, SO IF ANYONE'S INTERESTED IN REVIEWING THE, UM, PRESENTATION THAT WAS PRESENTED BY THE, THE MEETING, YOU CAN LOOK AT THE, I MEAN, BY THE INSTRUCTIONAL SUPPORT DIVISION, YOU CAN LOOK AT, UM,
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THE VIDEO OF THE MEETING.IT WAS A LENGTHY MEETING WITH SOME, UH, VERY MUCH DETAIL, BUT AT THIS POINT IT WAS A DRAFT REPORT.
THANK YOU, UH, FINANCE, FEDERAL GUYER.
THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN, THE FINANCE COMMITTEE HAS FOUR MOTIONS TO PRESENT TO THE FULL BOARD TONIGHT.
ALL MOTIONS THAT I GIVE TO YOU TONIGHT WERE UNANIMOUSLY PASSED BY THE COMMITTEE.
MY PLAN IS TO READ EACH MOTION ONE AT A TIME, AND DURING DISCUSSION, UH, MS. CROSBY WILL PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION AND WHEN THE QUESTIONS ARE FINISHED AND WE CALL THE QUESTION AND THEN MOVE TO THE NEXT MOTION.
THE FIRST MOTION I MOVE THAT THE BUFORD COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION, EXCEPT THE TD BANK, 2021 E BOND REFUNDING TERM SHEET AS PRESENTED SECOND CAMPBELL.
AND MS. CROSBY, WOULD YOU LIKE TO START THE DISCUSSION? UH, GOOD EVENING ONCE AGAIN, SO THIS EVENING WE HAVE BRIAN JUREK AND FRANNIE HEIZER WITH US ON ZOOM.
SO, UH, THEY'LL BE ABLE TO, UH, UH, ELABORATE ON, ON THE BOND RELATED ISSUES.
AND I THINK THAT THE BEST THING FOR ME TO DO ON THE REFUNDING ITEM IS PROBABLY TO TURN THIS ONE OVER TO MS. GENERIC, THIS ONE'S A LITTLE COMPLICATED.
UH, IT IS A REFINANCING OR REFUNDING OPPORTUNITY ON OUR 2021 E BONDS.
AND, UH, I THINK BRIAN COULD, UH, ELABORATE ON THIS A LOT BETTER THAN I COULD.
SO BRIAN, ARE YOU WITH US? YES.
UM, SO I'VE PROVIDED A ONE PAGE MEMORANDUM TO THE FINANCE COMMITTEE AND WE SPOKE AT LENGTH ABOUT THIS OPPORTUNITY, UM, ESSENTIALLY TO, UH, TO, UM, JUST KIND OF GET TO THE CRUX OF THE MATTER.
UM, CURRENTLY IN THE BOND ISSUE RECENTLY CLOSED THAT AT ONE POINT 500%, THAT RATE IS A TAXABLE RATE OF INTEREST AND THE BANK WOULD BE WILLING TO ALLOW FOR A REFINANCING IN A WAIVER OF THE PREPAYMENT, UM, THE NON-PREMIUM OPTION AND REDUCE THE INTEREST RATE TO 1.2, 3%.
AND WHAT THAT WOULD DO IS THAT WILL ALLOW FOR THE SAVINGS TO INCREASE IN, UH, BY ANOTHER $261,000.
UM, AFTER ALL EXPENSES, NOW, THIS WOULD NOT OCCUR UNTIL THE FIRST QUARTER OF 2024.
THAT IS WHEN THE, UM, IF WE GET CLOSER TO THE MARCH DATE THAT A, UH, OLD BOX PAY OFF.
SO THIS WOULD BE A CURRENT REFUNDING AND IT WOULD MOVE THE INTEREST RATE FROM TAXABLE TO TAX EXEMPT.
THERE IS A PROVISION IN THE TERM SHEET THAT STATES THAT A BOND COUNSEL IS THEN ABLE TO PROVIDE A TAX AND BOND OPINION.
THEN IT SAYS, IT SAYS IF THIS NEVER OCCURRED.
SO I DON'T SEE ANY DOWNSIDE FOR THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
UM, IT'S SIMPLY, UM, YOU KNOW, WORKING WITH TD BANK TO TRY TO EXTRACT A LITTLE BIT MORE SAVINGS, UM, ON BEHALF OF YOUR TAX.
SO BOTTOM LINE ON THIS MOTION IS IF YOU APPROVE THIS MOTION, WE HAVE THE POTENTIAL OF SAVING THE TAXPAYERS $261,109.
I'M SORRY, WHAT WAS THAT? HOW MUCH? $261,109.
THE DISCUSSION YOU'RE POINTING AT SOMETHING MR. SMITH, BUT I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'RE DOING.
NO, I THOUGHT MR. CARROLL HAD A QUESTION ABOUT THAT.
SO I'M HERE, BUT NO, ACTUALLY I DID HAVE A QUESTION I'LL W WHERE, WHERE CAN WE GET THAT, THAT, THAT, UH, THAT NUMBER THAT MR. UM, MR. GUY THAT JUST CALLED THAT, HOW DO WE, HOW DO WE KNOW, HOW DO WE KNOW THAT? WHERE DID WE, WHERE DID WE GET THAT? HOW CAN WE IMPROVE THAT? WE'RE SAVING THAT, OKAY.
THE DETAIL TELLS US THAT ARE IN THE POINT IN THE BOARD DOCS, IN THE DOCUMENTATION, UM, AND AN ANALYSIS, AND THE MATHEMATICS BEHIND THAT, THAT MR. NARIC HAS PROVIDED OUR, OUR LEAD UP TO A PERIOD OF, UM, OVER A MULTI-YEAR PERIOD UP TO $261,109 WORTH OF SAVINGS AND ALL THAT.
AND BASICALLY ALL THAT IS BASED OFF OF WHO, WHAT, WHERE, WHEN, WHERE, HOW, HOW WAS THAT? HOW WAS THAT BASED OFF OF IS THAT BASED OFF OF WHEREVER WE, UH, SOMETHING HAPPENED IN THE COUNTRY? I MEAN, THE PRICES WERE,
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WHAT, W WHAT IS THAT BASED OFF OF HOW THAT, HOW THAT ASSURED WE ARE, WE CAN ASSURE THAT THAT THAT IS WHAT IS GOING TO BE GENERIC.WOULD YOU LIKE TO TAKE THAT? SURE.
UM, SO TD BANK IN THE PACKET, TD BANK PROVIDED A TERM SHEET, AND AT THE END OF THE TERM SHEET, THERE IS A SECOND YOUR CALL SIGNATURE PAGE.
AND SO IF THE BOARD APPROVES THE TERM SHEET AND EXECUTES THE TERM SHEET, THEN, UM, YOU KNOW, THE TERM SHEET, UM, STATES THAT THE INTEREST RATE UNDER ITEM AGE IS 1.2, 3% FIXED.
THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ONE, THE CURRENT 1.5, 1% VERSUS THE PROPOSED NEW INTEREST RATE 1.2, 3%.
IT IS PAGE THREE OF THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE, UM, WHAT THEY SAY THAT THE CREDIT ACCOMMODATION DATED FEBRUARY 2ND, 2022.
SO YEAH, THAT'S SEEN IN ATLASSIAN SCREENS AND SCROLL DOWN THE H YOU CAN SEE THE INTEREST RATE OF 11.2, 3%.
I DON'T SEE ANY OTHER HANDS CALL THE QUESTION.
NOW I'M GOING TO, UH, I'M GOING TO STAY ABSTAIN.
MR. CHAIRMAN, THE SECOND MOTION I MOVED AT THE BUFORD COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION APPROVED THE FINAL ISSUANCE OF THE 2019 REFERENDUM BONDS AND THE AMOUNT OF $139,610,000.
SO WE PROVIDED A ONE PAGE DETAIL, A SUMMARY OF THE SERIES 2020 AND 2021 REFERENDUM BONDS.
UH, THERE WAS AN ISSUANCE OF 75 MILLION IN 2020 AND 130 MILLION IN 2021.
SO THIS IS THE THIRD AND FINAL ISSUANCE OF THE 2019 REFERENDUM BONDS AND IS PROPOSED AT 139,610,000.
I SEE NO HANDS, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR.
MR. SMITH ABSTAINS, MR. CHAIRMAN I, THE THIRD MOTION IS I MOVED TO THE BUFORD COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION ADOPT THE 2021 MODEL SCHOOL DISTRICT PROCUREMENT CODE.
THE FINANCE COMMITTEE FURTHER RECOMMENDS TO THE BOARD THAT THE EDUCATION THAT THE BOARD OF EDUCATION APPROVED THE ADDITION OF THE PROCUREMENT EXEMPTIONS TO THE MO MODEL CODE AS PRESENTED TO THE COMMITTEE UPON ADOPTION BY THE BOARD OF EDUCATION, THE 2021 MODEL CODE WITH THE EXEMPTIONS WILL BE FORWARDED TO THE STATE FISCAL ACCOUNTABILITY AUTHORITY DIVISION OF PROCUREMENT SERVICES FOR FINAL APPROVAL.
SO THIS EVENING I HAVE KAYLEE LINGER WITH ME AS SHE COMES UP AND I, UM, TO ASSIST WITH THE DETAILS OF THE, A FEW HIGH-LEVEL SUMMARY ITEMS OF THE PROCUREMENT CHANGES, JUST WANT TO MENTION THIS IS A STEP IN A VERY, UH, EXTENSIVE PROCESS DEFINED BY THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION AND THEIR STATE PROCUREMENT OFFICE.
UM, BUT THIS, THIS ADOPTION, THIS EVENING WOULD BE A PRELIMINARY ADOPTION, UH, AND THEN IT WOULD BE SENT TO THE STATE FOR THEIR APPROVAL AND THEN SENT BACK TO YOU FOR A FINAL APPROVAL.
SO THIS WOULD NOT BE THE LAST TIME YOU WOULD SEE THIS, UH, THIS, UM, THE CODE.
UH, SO THERE WOULD BE YET ONE MORE OPPORTUNITY FOR, UM, FOR YOUR REVIEW.
UM, AND SO I'M GONNA, WE, UH, WENT INTO SOME DETAILS IN THE FINANCE COMMITTEE MEETING, UH, REGARDING WHAT THE CHANGES WERE.
THERE ARE SOME CHARTS AND A ONE PAGE CHART THAT PROVIDES SOME VERY, UH, GOOD GRAPHICS OF A DESCRIPTION OF WHAT SOME OF THE MAJOR CHANGES ARE, WHICH MS. MISENER WILL REVIEW.
AND THEN WE RECOMMENDED A FEW ADDITIONS TO THE, THE STATE MODEL, UH, EXEMPTIONS AS WELL.
SO WITH THAT, I'LL TURN THAT OVER TO MR. YEAR.
TANYA EXPLAINED IT REALLY WELL.
SO, UM, I CAN GO OVER THE, UH, EXECUTIVE SUMMARY QUICKLY, WHICH WE'D ALREADY GONE OVER AND ONCE IN A WORK SESSION, BUT THE SUMMARY OF THE SIGNIFICANT CHANGES WOULD BE THE THRESHOLDS
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MOVING FROM 2,500 TO 10,000 AND THEN FORMAL QUOTES, UM, FROM TWENTY-FIVE HUNDRED, BETWEEN 20 510,000 TO 10,020 5,000 ADVERTISED QUOTES, ANYTHING UP TO 50,000, MOVING TO ANYTHING UP TO A HUNDRED THOUSAND AND THEN COMPETITIVE SALE BID CURRENTLY, ANYTHING OVER 50,000, WE COMPETITIVELY BID, IT WOULD GO OUT COMPETITIVE SEALED BID OVER A HUNDRED THOUSAND.UM, THERE ARE PREFERENCES, UM, WITH THE NEW PROCUREMENT CODE, WHICH THOSE ARE FOR SUBCONTRACTORS THAT ARE STILL NO, UH, MINORITY PREFERENCE OR LOCAL PREFERENCE FROM THE STATE.
UM, IT'S ONLY RESIDENT VENDORS OR PRODUCTS MADE IN THE U S OR PRODUCTS MADE IN SOUTH CAROLINA.
UM, EMERGENCY PROCUREMENT NOW WILL HAVE TO BE ADVERTISED AFTER THE EMERGENCY HAPPENS.
LIKE IT'S ALMOST LIKE A NOTIFICATION.
UM, AND THEN SOLE SOURCE PROCUREMENTS HAVE TO BE ADVERTISED BEFORE WE CAN DEEM SOMETHING IS A SOLE SOURCE, BUT ULTIMATELY WHAT WILL THIS DO IS THIS BRAND NEW PROCUREMENT CODE THAT THE STATE WORKED SO HARD ON TO FINALLY GET ALL THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS TOGETHER UNDER ONE CODE WILL ALLOW US TO BE UNDER ONE CODE.
UM, AND IN ADDITION WILL ALLOW US TO BE IN COMPLIANCE WITH STATE AND FEDERAL REGULATIONS.
UM, FIRSTLY, I JUST WANTED TO THANK YOU MISSING HER AND MS. CROSBY FOR ANSWERING ALL MY QUESTIONS AND FINANCE COMMITTEE.
UM, I DO WANT TO ALSO FORMALLY STATE FOR THE REST OF THE BOARD IN CASE YOU DIDN'T, UH, IF YOU MISS THAT MEETING, UM, I DO STILL HAVE A SLIGHT CONCERN WITH THE 10,000 THRESHOLD AND IT'S PREDOMINANTLY FOCUSED ON THAT.
THAT IS NOW ESSENTIALLY ON OUR AMAZON PURCHASES.
WE HAVE A THRESHOLD NOW OF $10,000, UM, PER INSTANCE.
AND SO THAT DOES CONCERN ME AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN PERHAPS DISCUSS IT AND FINANCE COMMITTEE AND COME UP WITH AN AMAZON USE POLICY OR SOMETHING ELSE INTERNALLY.
UM, BUT I DO THANK YOU FOR ANSWERING ALL MY QUESTIONS.
AND I THINK THIS IS A STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.
SO IN TERMS OF CHANGING THE CHANGING THEIR PROCUREMENT.
SO BASICALLY WHAT YOU'RE SAYING NOW IS TO SOMEHOW REPRESENT THE STATE, GIVES THE GIVES DIRECTION ON ALL PROCUREMENTS CLOSED.
NOW, CAN YOU REPEAT THAT? I SAID, SO BASICALLY WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IS THAT IN THE CHANGE OF PROCUREMENT CODES, NOW THE STATE GIVES DIRECTION ON ALL, ALL PROCUREMENT COCO'S NOW, OH, IT GIVES DIRECTION ON ALL PROCUREMENT.
NO, WE ARE NOT A STATE AGENCY OR HIGHER EDUCATION.
SO THEREFORE WE FALL OUTSIDE THE SCOPE OF THE STATE, BUT IT WILL ALLOW THE STATE TO BE ABLE TO GIVE US AN OPINION.
UM, IF, IF WE ARE IN NEED OF ONE OR IF WE WERE SEEKING GUIDANCE, THEY'LL BE ABLE TO OFFER US GUIDANCE BASED ON THE PROCUREMENT CODE WE HAD BECAUSE IT'S CONSISTENT THROUGHOUT ALL SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN SOUTH CAROLINA, RIGHT NOW THERE'S SO MANY DIFFERENT PROCUREMENT CODES OPERATING WITHIN DIFFERENT SCHOOL DISTRICTS THAT IN ORDER FOR THEM TO OFFER AN OPINION, THEY HAVE TO DO A DEEP DIVE INTO OUR CURRENT PROCUREMENT CODE.
SO THIS WILL ALLOW US TO BE STANDARDIZED ACROSS THE BOARD, BUT WHILE WE ARE ACCOUNTABLE FOR STATE AND FEDERAL REGULATIONS, THE STATE IS NOT OUR SUPERINTENDENT OR OUR BOARD OF EDUCATION.
THOSE ARE, THOSE ARE OUR AUTHORITY.
SO IN STATING THAT, SO WHAT YOU MEANING THAT THAT RFPS COULD BE BROUGHT TO THE BOARD TO BE BEFORE, BEFORE THEY GO OUT TO LOOK OVER THEM, TO SEE WHERE THE BOARD AGREE IS THAT, IS THAT FAIR TO SAY, CAN YOU REFER, I'M SORRY, I'M HAVING A HARD TIME UNDERSTANDING YOU START.
DID YOU GET MY QUESTION? WE WOULD STILL BRING RFPS, UM, RECOMMENDATIONS FROM, UH, RFP COMMITTEES TO THE BOARD FOR APPROVAL.
UM, THE REQUIREMENT OF, OF GOING OUT FOR BID THROUGH A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL WOULD BE AT A HIGHER THRESHOLD, AND THAT WOULD BE A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS.
VERSUS THE 50,000 THAN IT IS CURRENTLY.
NOW THERE WERE OTHER SMALLER DOLLAR AMOUNTS THAT WERE REQUIREMENTS LOWER THAN THAT A HUNDRED THOUSAND, UM, AS STATED IN, IN OUR SUMMARY THERE.
UM, BUT TH ALL RFPS WOULD NOW STILL BE REQUIRED TO COME TO THE BOARD FOR APPROVAL, RIGHT.
BUT PRIOR TO RFPS GOING OUT, COULD, COULD THEY NOT COME BEFORE THE BOARD JUST TO BE AN AGREEANCE TO THE WAY THE WRITTEN RFPS WRITTEN THAT WOULD DEPEND, THERE IS ACTUALLY A THRESHOLD WRITTEN WITH THE AMOUNT THAT GOES FOR BOARD APPROVAL, WITH THE, UM, SUPERINTENDENT HAVING APPROVAL FOR ITEMS, EVEN IF THEY ARE OVER A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR US TO GO OUT TO BID, BUT FOR LARGE DOLLAR CONTRACTS, I THINK THE THRESHOLD RIGHT NOW IS AROUND 690,000.
THAT WOULD NOT CHANGE THOSE ITEMS WOULD STILL COME TO YOU.
THIS WOULD JUST DICTATE WHETHER OR NOT WE DO A COMPETITIVE SEALED BID FOR SOMETHING.
OR IF WE JUST GO OUT FOR A FORMAL REQUEST FOR THREE QUOTES AND JUST ADJUST THOSE NUMBERS IN THAT AREA FOR A NUMBERS THAT HAVE BEEN SET SINCE 1976.
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RIGHT.WELL, THE REASON WHY I'M ASKING THAT IS JUST BECAUSE OF THE FACT THAT FOR, FOR INSTANCE, LIKE DAY TO DAY, WHAT WE HAD, BASICALLY WE ARE CONCERNED, BUT I BELIEVE THAT IF WE, IF WE ADD VOICED THAT PRIOR TO THE RFP, GOING OUT AS A BOARD, THAT I THINK THAT THAT WOULD, THAT WOULD LESSEN ISSUES LIKE THAT.
AND BECAUSE I'VE LEARNED THAT SOME BOARDS ARE HARD INVOLVED IN RFPS, AND I THINK THAT IF THE BOARD IS INVOLVED IN THE RFP, THEN THAT, THAT, THAT GIVES LIMITED ROOM FOR MISINTERPRETATION OR FOR UNDERSTANDING EXACTLY WHAT THE BOARDS WANT IS THEIR STAFF.
THE SUR, IF IT'S A FOOD SERVICE OR SOME OTHER RFP, IT MAY HAVE STATE DEPARTMENT REQUIREMENTS THAT ARE REQUIRED.
SO YOU MAY NOT, UM, WE CANNOT DICTATE OR CHANGE THE CONTENTS OF THE RFP.
I MEAN, THOSE ONES ARE CLEAR CUT, SO THAT'S UNDERSTANDABLE.
BUT ONCE THAT I'VE NOT STAYED THERE, THEN I'M NOT DRIVEN BY THE STATE, REGULAR RFPS FOR CONTRACT CONSTRUCTION, BEING THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
I THINK THOSE, THOSE ARE A PIECE COULD COME BEFORE THE BOARD IS PROBABLY MY QUESTION.
THERE ARE TERMS WRITTEN WITHIN THE PROCUREMENT CODE THAT MANDATES THAT, UM, ARCHITECTURE AND CERTAIN CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT AT RISK OR DESIGN BUILD, THEY HAVE TO COME TO THE BOARD AND IT'S WRITTEN LIKE THAT IN THE PROCUREMENT CODE, BUT FOR SERVICES, UM, OR THE PURCHASE OF, OF LAPTOPS OR SOMETHING ELSE MAY NOT BE, IF IT, IF THE PROCUREMENT CODE DOES NOT REQUIRE IT BASED ON THE AUTHORITY OF HOW IT'S WRITTEN IN THE PROCUREMENT CODE.
IT JUST SEEMS LIKE WE'RE NOT ANSWERING THE QUESTION, BUT I THINK MY QUESTION IS MORE SO WHAT'S THE PROCESS OF BRINGING OUT OR WRITING.
WHAT'S THE PROCESS OF WRITING THE APRIL RFP? WHAT'S THE PROCESS? THAT'S MY QUESTION, LIKE RIGHT ON POINT, I MEAN, IT'S SOMETHING WE CAN DISCUSS, BUT I DON'T, I DON'T THINK IT'S REALLY DIRECTLY RELATED TO THIS.
I DIDN'T MEAN TO BLAST THAT OUT.
UM, I THINK THIS MAKES GREAT SENSE TO BRING IT ALL IN ALIGNMENT, BUT I DO HAVE A QUESTION WHEN IT COMES TO THE PREFERENCES.
SO THIS, SO THE STATE SAYS THAT PRODUCT'S MADE IN SOUTH CAROLINA USA GET A PREFERRED RATING ARE PREFERRED, RIGHT, BUT NOT MINORITY OR LOCAL.
CAN WE HAVE SOMETHING CAN WE HAVE IN OUR OWN LOCAL PROCUREMENT CODE WHERE WE DO GIVE, UM, WEIGHT TO MINORITY PREFERENCE OR LOCAL PREFERENCE WITH THIS NEW CODE, WE WILL NO LONGER HAVE A LOCAL CODE.
IT'LL BE A ONE CODE THAT ALL SCHOOL DISTRICTS USE.
SO WE WON'T BE ABLE TO ADD ANYTHING ELSE TO IT.
WE HAVE OUR OWN OPERATE INTERNAL OPERATING PROCEDURES THAT WILL BE EXTERNAL TO THIS CODE, WHICH IS WHERE THE EXEMPTIONS WILL LIE.
BUT THE PREFERENCES WE CANNOT ADD WHAT THE STATE GIVES US IS, IS WHAT WE GET.
NO THERE'S AND THERE'S, UM, NO LOCAL.
I MEAN, LIKE YOU SAID, THIS IS, THIS IS WHAT IT WILL BE.
THERE'S NO WAY TO, TO INCORPORATE THAT INTO ANY OF OUR OWN.
NO, WE'RE NOT ALLOWED TO INCORPORATE INTO THE PROCUREMENT CODE.
WHAT, WHAT WE THINK WOULD BE BENEFICIAL TO OUR DISTRICT.
WE DON'T HAVE THIS PREFERENCES NOW AND THEY WON'T ALLOW US TO HAVE THEM.
UM, SO THEY GAVE US IN PRODUCTS, MADE IN SOUTH CAROLINA IN PRODUCTS, MADE IN THE U S OR SUBCONTRACTORS, UM, HERE IN SOUTH CAROLINA.
SO IF DIDN'T APPROVE THIS, THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING WE COULD DO.
OH, YOU CAN ABSOLUTELY NOT APPROVE THE SEVERE PROCUREMENT CODE, BUT WE'LL BE STUCK WITH OUR CURRENT PROCUREMENT CODE, WHICH WILL KEEP US ON THE OUTS OF STATE AND FEDERAL REGULATIONS.
AND WE WON'T BE ABLE TO MAKE ANY CHANGES TO IT IN THE FUTURE.
WE DON'T HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO MODIFY THE CURRENT CODE, UM, THAT WOULD HAVE TO BE APPROVED BY THE STATE.
AND IT'S NOT A LOCAL PREFERENCE.
WOULDN'T PUT, IT HAS TO BE SUBSTANTIALLY SIMILAR TO THE STATE CODE AND HAVING A LOCAL PREFERENCE WOULD NOT BE APPROVED BY THE STATE.
SO WHETHER WE GO WITH THE NEW CODE OR STAY WITH THE OLD ONE, WE WON'T BE ABLE TO ADD A LOCAL PREFERENCE.
SO WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IS THAT WE HAVE NO OPTION WHATSOEVER.
UNFORTUNATELY, UM, UH, WE DO HAVE A CHOICE, BUT IF, IF WE CHOOSE TO STAY WITH THE CURRENT CODE WE HAD, WE WILL NOT BE IN COMPLIANCE WITH STATE AND FEDERAL REGULATION.
AND WE WILL NO LONGER
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WITH PURCHASING.UM, IF WE DO ACCEPT IT, THERE ARE A LOT OF CHANGES THAT WILL OCCUR, AND I KNOW THE BIG THRESHOLD CHANGES.
SO, UM, IF YOU STILL WANT TO BE IN COMPLIANCE WITH STATE AND FEDERAL REGULATIONS AND YES, EXCEPT IT WE'RE RECOMMENDING IT.
UM, MR. KIM, DID YOU SAY THE STATE AND FEDERAL REGULATION, STATE, AND FEDERAL REGULATIONS, THE FEDERAL FAIR, THEY DO HAVE A PREFACE OR YOU DON'T THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA IS THE ONLY IS, UH, YOU CANNOT, THEY DON'T HAVE NO PREFACES AT ALL.
I CAN GO RIGHT NOW AND GET A, UH, A CONTRACT TO THE MILITARY WITHOUT ANY, ANY, ANY, ANY, ANY, ANY COMPLAINTS THAT I JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT, BUT I, I KNOW WHY, WHY IT IS.
I KNOW WHY, SO I LEAVE THAT DOWN.
MAYBE I SHOULD CORRECT MYSELF IN YOUR RIGHT MR. CAMPBELL, ABSOLUTELY STATE AND FEDERAL REGULATIONS WHEN I'M REFERRING TO THAT AND REFERRING, UH, FUNDING, UM, OF CERTAIN FUNDING THAT WE GET LIKE, OR FUNDS OR, UM, UH, ANY KIND OF TITLE, ONE FUNDING, THERE'S A DIFFERENT SET OF RULES THAT GO WITH THAT IN THIS PROCUREMENT CODE ALLOWS US TO BE WITHIN THOSE ROLES INSTEAD OF OPERATING UNDER TWO.
SO THANK YOU FOR THAT, FOR THAT CLARIFICATION.
WHAT I WAS GOING TO SAY, SOMEBODY SAID, BUT I ALSO WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A, ALL THAT TO HAVE AN ILLEGAL OPINION ON THIS, BECAUSE THIS, TO ME, THIS IS, THIS IS SERIOUS IN TERMS OF ALSO HOW WE DO CONTRACTS.
AND BASICALLY THIS IS, THIS IS TELLING US HOW TO DO BUSINESS IN OUR HOUSE.
AND, YOU KNOW, WE, WE, AS BOARD MEMBERS, WE HAD A PROBLEM WITH THAT ON SOME OTHER THINGS THAT I THINK THAT THIS RIGHT HERE, IT CREATES ANOTHER SIMILAR SITUATION BECAUSE NOW YOU'RE TELLING US WHAT WE CAN MONITOR, HOW TO MONITOR THAT.
AND TO ME, THAT THAT'S PROBABLY A MAGAZINE AND ESPECIALLY IN TERMS OF MINORITY CONTRACTS, YOU KNOW, SO I AM, I AM VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THIS.
AND I WOULD LIKE TO REALLY KNOW ABOUT THE LEGAL RAMIFICATIONS OF WHERE THIS TAKES US THAT SO I CAN GET A CLEAR UNDERSTANDING, ESPECIALLY IF YOU'VE ATTENDED FOR US TO VOTE ON THIS.
SO MY NAME IS CARTLIDGE OR SOMEONE CAN BRING US SOME ARE MORE CLEAR, CLEAR, CLEAR, UNDERSTANDING ON THIS AND WHAT WE CAN AND CANNOT DO IN TERMS OF MOVING FORWARD.
THERE'S NOTHING WE CAN DO THIS BECAUSE THE STATE DOES NOT HAVE ANY PREFERENCE PERIOD.
SO IF THEY GOT A CODE THAT SAYS THAT, THEN YOU HAVE TO ABIDE BY THE CODES THAT THE STATE HAS.
LIKE I SAID BEFORE, THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT DOES NOT HAVE THAT.
IT'S A DUTY, IT'S A WHOLE DIFFERENT BALL GAME SPIRIT, AND WE CANNOT FIGHT IT BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WE CAN ASK TO THE DELEGATION TO MAYBE KIND OF GIVE US SOME LEEWAY, LIKE COLLIN COUNTY DID SOME YEARS AGO, BUT, UH, AS FAR AS THAT GOES, YOU'RE NOT GOING TO CHANGE IT BECAUSE IT DID, DID THIS UP IN, IN COLUMBIA AND THEY ARE NOT GOING TO CHANGE IT.
YOU KNOW, I CAN TELL YOU THIS FOR A FACT, W W WE DON'T INITIATE FEDERAL CONTRACTS.
WE DON'T, WE DON'T HAVE THAT AUTHORITY.
UM, THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAS THE AUTHORITY FOR A FEDERAL CONTRACT.
I USED TO GIVE FEDERAL CONTRACTS ALL THE TIME, AND I HAD THAT AUTHORITY BASED ON THE FEDERAL PROCUREMENT CODE, BUT BECAUSE THAT'S BECAUSE I WAS A FEDERAL AGENCY AND WE'RE NOT A FEDERAL AGENCY.
I, I CALL THE QUESTION, UH, OF WHAT I'M ASKING FOR LEGAL ADVICE.
I'D BE LIKE, I CAN'T TAKE A BOAT WITH THAT LEGAL BASIS.
I THOUGHT I MADE THAT PRETTY CLEAR THAT THE MOTION.
SO I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE TABLE THIS.
MR. CAMPBELL, YOU SECOND THAT, YEAH.
MY QUESTION IS WHY, IF HE, IF HE JUST SAID THAT CAUSED AND CONNIE DID SOMETHING TO GOD AND COUNTY GOT SOME INFORMATION, THEN MARK, MY QUESTIONS IS YOU ASKING ME TO VOTE ON SOMETHING THAT I'M NOT FULLY SURE OF.
WHAT'S THE RAMIFICATIONS OF WHAT CAN AND CANNOT BE DONE.
YOU KNOW, THIS IS NOT ENOUGH TIME TO DIGEST THIS AND UNDERSTAND THAT I STILL HAVE QUESTIONS ON IT.
SO WHY WOULD I VOTE IN SUPPORT? JUST BECAUSE IT SAID, THE STATE SAID THIS, THE SAYS THAT YOU CAN'T SAY YOU CAN'T, YOU GOT TO STOP AT A STOP SIGN, BUT IF YOU'VE GOT EMERGENCY STATES THAT YOU CAN RUN A STOP SIGN AND IT'D BE WAIVED.
SO, I MEAN, THERE'S STILL DIFFERENT THINGS THAT CAN BE DONE.
AND MY QUESTION IS, I WANT TO KNOW EXACTLY WHAT WE'RE GETTING INTO AND WHAT THE MARKET WILL NOT SUPPORT HER POINT OF ORDER.
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RACHEL.SO I JUST WANTED TO ENTER THE DISCUSSION MS. CROSBY AND MS. UM, KNOW, IS THERE, IF WE DO DELAY BY TABLING, THIS IS THIS GOING TO HOLD UP ANY, UM, RFPS OR THINGS LIKE THAT, THAT YOU NEED TO ISSUE? IS IT GOING TO DELAY ANYTHING IN YOUR OFFICES? OUR GOAL AT THIS TIME IS TO HAVE AN EFFECTIVE DATE OF JULY ONE SO THAT WE ARE NOT OPERATING OFF TWO DIFFERENT PROCUREMENT CODES FOR OUR AUDIT YEARS.
UM, SO AS OF RIGHT NOW, UM, WE WERE HOPING BY, WELL, BY TODAY THAT IT WOULD BE APPROVED BY THE BOARD SO THAT WE CAN SEND IT TO THE STATE AND THEN HAVING IT BACK TO THE BOARD BY, I BELIEVE IT'S MAY 3RD, UM, FOR A FINAL APPROVAL, WHICH THE APPROVAL, THE PROCUREMENT CODE AND THE EXEMPTIONS WILL BE DONE AS TWO SEPARATE MOTIONS.
AND THAT'S HOW IT'S WRITTEN IN THE PROCUREMENT CODE THAT THEY'LL HAVE TO BE DONE THAT WAY.
AND THEN THAT WOULD GIVE US THE TIME TO IMPLEMENT AND WORK WITH THE BOOKKEEPERS AND A TRANSITION AND TRAINING PLAN FOR THE DIFFERENT SPENDING LIMITS THAT THEY'LL HAVE.
UM, MOST OF THE BIG CHANGES WILL AFFECT THE PROCUREMENT OFFICE SO WE CAN TAKE CARE OF THAT IN HOUSE, BUT IT'S, IT'LL BE THE SMALLER CHANGES THAT'LL TAKE PLACE.
WE'LL NEED TO DO A TRANSITION PLAN WITH THE OTHER STAFF.
SO MR. CHAIR AND FELLOW BOARD MEMBERS, THIS IS A MAJOR CHANGE THAT'S GOING TO OCCUR IN THEIR DEPARTMENT.
SO, UM, I'M NOT IN FAVOR OF TABLING THIS AT THIS TIME.
THERE ARE NO OTHER QUESTIONS FOR WHERE YOU WROTE ON TABLING, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR ONE, MR. SMITH, ALL THOSE OPPOSED EVERYONE ELSE.
YOU PROBABLY WANT US TO VOTE ON THAT TIME AFTER YOU DID ALL THIS WORK.
UM, YOU HAVE NO QUESTIONS ON THE ORIGINAL, THE ORIGINAL MOTION, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR.
UH, I HAVE A QUESTION ON THE ORIGINAL MOTION.
I JUST SAID THAT I WANT ORIGINAL MOTION STUFF.
I THINK THAT I JUST HOPE THAT WE CAN GET A MORE TIMELY FASHION BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, I HATE WHEN, WHEN LIKE THIS IS BROUGHT BEFORE US IN THIS, THIS IS AN EMERGENCY RIGHT NOW SITUATION.
AND PEOPLE LIKE ME, A BOARD BOARD MEMBERS HAVE LEGITIMATE QUESTIONS AND WE MAKE IT SEEM AS THOUGH ONE BOARD MEMBER DON'T UNDERSTAND IT.
AND THAT IS SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE RIGHT NOW.
SO WE'RE GOING TO MOVE BECAUSE IT'S GOING COST STAFF PROBLEMS, YOU KNOW, FOR THE PERSON WHO WAS, WHO WAS OPPOSING IT, IT MAKES IT LOOK IN A NEGATIVE COMPETITION IN A NEGATIVE WAY.
BUT IT'S REALLY NICE ABOUT UNDERSTANDING OUR BRINGING CLARITY TO THE DECISION THAT PEOPLE ELECT YOU TO DO.
SO, AND YOU KNOW, THE STAFF, YOU KNOW, FORTUNATELY THEY KNOW TWO AND THREE WEEKS OUT WITH WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO BRING IN WHEN THEY'RE GOING TO AND WHAT THEY'RE GONNA WANT, THEY'RE GOING TO BRING IN WHEN THEY'RE GOING TO BRING IT.
SO I THINK THE EARLIER WE CAN GET STUFF LIKE THIS RIGHT HERE, IT'D BE MORE EFFECTIVE FOR ALL OF US.
I THINK THIS WAS PRESENTED AT THE COMMITTEE MEETING, WASN'T IT? IT WAS PRESENTED ON MARCH 25TH AT THE BOARD WORK SESSION ORIGINALLY.
AND THEN AGAIN AT THE FINANCE COMMITTEE ON APRIL 7TH, AND WE WERE PREPARED TO BRING IT BACK TO THE LAST MEETING, WHICH UNFORTUNATELY WAS CANCELED DUE TO WEATHER.
SO WE'VE HAD HAD IT SINCE MARCH 25TH, A FEW DAYS BEFORE THAT.
SO YES, WE'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THOUGH.
IF YOU'D LIKE TO PRESENT THOSE TO US, UM, YOU KNOW, WE CAN PROVIDE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF IT, JUST REACH OUT TO US AND WE'LL BE HAPPY TO SIT DOWN AND TALK ABOUT SOME OF THOSE.
ALL OF THE DOCUMENTS THAT YOU SEE TODAY WERE PROVIDED, UM, AT THE FINANCE COMMITTEE MEETING AND I WITHIN THE, AND ON THE WORK SESSIONS AS WELL.
LET'S GET BACK TO THE VOTE, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, ALL THOSE OPPOSED MR. SMITH.
OKAY, SO THERE'S TWO NERVES ASKED YOU MR. CHAIRMAN, THE LAST MOTION I MOVED AT THE BUFORD COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION AUTHORIZED THE SUPERINTENDENT OR HIS DESIGNEE TO APPLY FOR SIGN, SUBMIT, AND ADMINISTER FEDERAL STATE LOCAL AND FOUNDATION GRANT APPLICATIONS AND COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS FOR THE 20, 20 TO 2023 SCHOOL YEAR.
I'M SORRY, MS. CHERYL CAMPBELL.
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IS AN ANNUAL STANDARD, UH, RESOLUTION, UH, AUTHORIZATION THAT THE BOARD WE REQUEST FROM THE BOARD, UH, TO AUTHORIZE A SUPERINTENDENT TO SIGN OFF ON ANY REQUESTS FOR FEDERAL STATE LOCAL FUNDING.UM, AND WE GET THEM QUITE OFTEN.
UH, AND IF THERE'S ANY THAT ARE, THERE IS AN ADMINISTRATIVE RULE, ALWAYS THERE'S ANOTHER LAYER OF APPROVAL OR INFORMATION.
IF THERE'S A GRANT REQUEST OF A MILLION DOLLARS OR MORE, THAT COMES BEFORE THE BOARD AND ADVANCE TO THE REQUEST.
SO THAT'S ANOTHER LAYER, BUT, UM, IT'S MATTSON IS HERE, THIS, AND SHE, UM, UH, BROUGHT THIS FORWARD, UH, AND IT IS REQUIRED OF FEDERAL GUIDELINES, UH, FOR US.
AND IT'S JUST A STANDARD PROCEDURE WE ENCOUNTER EVERY YEAR.
AND SCIENCE, NOT THE SAME THING, RIGHT?
SHE'S GOT THE
OH, THE TEACHERS ON THE BOARD ARE LIKE, WAIT, I HAVE A RED PEN COMMENT.
WE HAVE MET GRAMMATICAL REQUIREMENTS.
THAT WOULD BE EMBARRASSING IF THE BOARD DID NOT HEAR IT TO CRAMMER.
UM, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, UH, POST OR YOU AN I OR, AND POST UNANIMOUS, SIR, THAT CONCLUDES THE FINANCE REPORT.
UH, WE HAD AN OPERATIONS COMMITTEE ON MARCH 21ST, AND I'M GOING TO REPORT OUT ON A COUPLE ITEMS AND THEN WE HAVE TWO MOTIONS.
UM, WE HAD, WE HEARD FROM, UH, CANDICE BRESSER IS A BROODER BREASTS, BROODER CANTERBURY.
UM, I WAS SOME UPDATES TO THE COMMUNICATION ARS, UH, MOSTLY MINOR TWEAKS TO THE COMMUNICATION PLAN, BUT WE DO HAVE A NEW AR ON CRISIS MANAGEMENT.
IF YOU WANT TO LOOK AT THAT AND DISCUSSION ABOUT HOW WE'RE GOING TO HANDLE, IF THERE ARE PUBLIC RELATION, CRAIG HAS CRISIS IS AT THE SCHOOL.
UM, THEN WE HAD, UH, MR. DAVE GRISSOM COME AND GIVE AN UPDATE ON SOME OF THE NEW TRAINING THEY'RE DOING FOR THIS, UH, OUR SORROWS AND OUR SSOS.
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THREAT ASSESSMENT TRAINING.THEY'RE DOING SOME ADDITIONAL TRAININGS ABOVE AND BEYOND THE STATE STANDARDS, UH, COMMUNICATION STRATEGIES FOR STUDENTS.
AND THEN ONE THAT I THOUGHT WAS REALLY IMPORTANT.
UM, THEY'RE DOING A TRAINING FOR THE SRS AND SSOS CALLED BREAKING THE CYCLE, BUILDING TRAUMA SENSITIVE SCHOOLS, UM, AND REALLY TRYING TO BALANCE THE NEED FOR SAFETY IN THE SCHOOLS, WITH THE NEED TO RESPECT STUDENTS AND, AND THE DIFFERENT BEHAVIOR THAT STUDENTS HAVE.
SO THAT WAS AN INTERESTING CONVERSATION.
IF YOU WANT TO GO ONLINE AND WATCH IT ON THE COUNTY CHANNEL, WE ALSO GOT AN UPDATE ON THE COMPENSATION ANALYSIS.
THAT'S BEEN OUTSTANDING FOR A LITTLE WHILE.
UM, AND WHAT WE'VE HEARD BACK IS THAT WE ARE NOT GOING TO HAVE A FINAL REPORT UNTIL THE 1ST OF JULY, UH, ON THE COMPENSATION ANALYSIS.
SO WE'RE A LITTLE BIT BEHIND WHERE WE HOPED WE WOULD BE WITH THAT.
I'M NOT SURE HOW THAT'S GOING TO IMPACT OUR BUDGET, BUT THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE WILL TAKE UP ON FRIDAY.
SO THOSE WERE KIND OF OUR UPDATES.
THEN WE HAD TWO ISSUES, A MONITORING REPORT.
WE HAD OUR BI ANNUAL FACILITIES AND MAINTENANCE AND CUSTODIAL REPORT.
AND JUST FOR THE PUBLIC'S UNDERSTANDING EVERY SIX MONTHS, THE DISTRICT SURVEYS SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION ON IN TERMS OF SATISFACTION WITH BOTH CUSTODIAL SERVICES AND THEN MAINTENANCE SERVICES AND GETS AN IDEA OF HOW THOSE ENTITIES ARE PERFORMING, UH, THEY HAVE PRETTY GOOD MARKS.
I WILL TELL YOU THE HIGHLIGHTS FROM THAT WAS THAT IN THE FALL MAINTENANCE REPORT, THERE WAS SOME CONCERN, THERE WAS SOME DROPS IN SATISFACTION, UH, LARGELY ATTRIBUTED TO THE FACT THAT OVER THE SUMMER, WE HAD A SHORT SUMMER, WE HAD THE IMPACTS OF THE SUPPLY CHAIN.
UH, WE HAD THE ADDITION OF EXTRA COVID RESPONSIBILITIES WITHOUT THE ADDITION OF STAFF.
UM, BUT IT DOES SEEM THAT THEY HAVE KIND OF STABILIZED THAT THEY HAVE SOME NEW PROGRAMS IN PLACE AND SATISFACTION RATES ARE COMING UP.
THE OTHER THING THAT WAS PARTICULARLY EXCITING TO, UH, MEL CAMPBELL WAS THAT THE SURVEY RESPONSES WENT WAY UP.
UH, PREVIOUSLY WE WERE IN LIKE, WHAT, 60%, 50, 60%.
ANYWAYS, THIS ONE, WE GOT 90% ON THE MAINTENANCE SURVEY OF PRINCIPALS RESPONDING AND 93% ON THE CUSTODIAL.
SO I FELT PRETTY GOOD ABOUT THAT.
AND FINALLY, THEY GAVE US AN UPDATE ON SOME OF THE THINGS THAT THEY WERE INITIATING AS A RESULT OF SOME OF THE, UH, DECLINE AND SATISFACTION.
AND I JUST WANT TO QUICKLY HIGHLIGHT THOSE THINGS.
SO THEY KIND OF PUT IN A NEW PROGRAM OF DISTRICT OVERSIGHT.
UH, THEY'RE NOW PLANNING MONTHLY SCHOOL WALKTHROUGHS.
UH, THERE WILL BE MAINTENANCE AND CUSTODIAL MEETING WITH SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION.
HIGH SCHOOLS WILL MEET WEEKLY.
MIDDLE SCHOOLS WILL MEET BI-WEEKLY AND ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS WILL MEET MONTHLY.
UM, AND THEN THEY'VE ALSO DEVELOPED A REPORT CARD AND A RESPONSE CARD PROGRAM, SO THAT STAFF CAN BE MORE INFORMED WHEN THERE'S OUTSTANDING MAINTENANCE AND CUSTODIAL ISSUES.
THERE ARE STILL THE BOARD WAS OVERALL, OR THE COMMITTEE RATHER WAS OVERALL VERY SATISFIED.
THERE WAS SOME OUTSTANDING CONCERNS IN TERMS OF MAKING SURE THAT TEACHERS' VOICES WERE REPRESENTED IN THE SURVEYS.
AND SO THAT'S SOMETHING WE MIGHT CONTINUE TO LOOK AT AND MAKING SURE THAT IT'S NOT JUST THE PRINCIPALS OR THE ADMINISTRATION, BUT THAT IF TEACHERS HAVE CONCERNS THAT THOSE CONCERNS BUBBLE UP IN THESE, UM, MONITORING AND PULL REPORTS.
SO FROM THAT, WE HAVE A MOTION TO ACCEPT, UH, OH, OH EIGHT MAINTENANCE AND CUSTODIAL REPORT FOR THE FULL BOARD.
MEL CAMPBELL IS SECONDING IT QUIETLY.
WE'RE ONLY I CAN HEAR A SECOND.
ALSO, UM, IN TERMS OF RECEPTANCE REPORT, A MACHINE WENT TO ACTIVE.
WE'VE HAD AT LARGE, WE'VE HAD A LARGE, A LARGER GROUP OF PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY WHO WORKS CUSTODIANS AND MAINTENANCE WHO HAVE ASKED THAT WE POSSIBLY LOOK AT TAKING THIS BACK IN HOUSE, THESE POSITIONS AND NOT SUBCONTRACT OUT.
SO THAT IS SOMETHING THAT'S PUT OUT THERE AS WELL.
AND ALSO, UM, THE QUESTION WAS ASKED TO THAT, WHAT ALL DO THE, THE SERVICES BRING US INTO IN TERMS OF WHAT, WHEREVER WE PROVIDE EQUIPMENT TO THEM AND THEY DRIVE AND USE OUR VEHICLES VERSUS DO THEY BRING THE ON WITH THE VISUALS AND THEY DON'T, THEY DON'T, THEY DON'T HAVE VEHICLES IN THEIR, IN THEIR OWN EQUIPMENT.
AND WHAT I FOUND OUT IS THAT THE DISTRICT PROVIDES A LARGE AMOUNT OF EQUIPMENT AND VEHICLES TO THEM.
SO THAT, THAT BRINGS ME SOME CONCERN TOO, AS WELL.
I JUST WANTED TO PUT THAT, MAKE SURE THAT WAS ON IN THE REPORT AS WELL, MOVING FORWARD.
SO WHEN WE READ, WHEN WE REVISIT THIS SITUATION, THESE THINGS CAN BE DISCUSSED.
NO OTHER QUESTIONS, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR.
THEN WE HAVE ONE MORE MOTION AND THIS IS PRETTY MUCH SOMETHING THAT I'VE ASKED THE BOARD TO TAKE A LOOK AT.
WE LOOKED AT IT AND COMMITTEE, AND THAT IS
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OUR HUMAN RESOURCES, ADMINISTRATIVE REGULATION, SIX POINT 11 ON NEPOTISM.AND I'M GOING TO TAKE JUST A MINUTE TO EXPLAIN WHAT THIS IS AND WHY I THINK IT'S A PROBLEMATIC POLICY.
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WAS BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION AS A BOARD MEMBER EARLY IN THE YEAR, BECAUSE THERE ARE SOME TEACHERS THAT CAME TO ME THAT SAID THAT THEY WERE BEING ASKED.
ONE OF THEM WAS BEING ASKED TO LEAVE THE SCHOOL AND BEING TRANSFERRED AND ON HILTON HEAD, THAT'S NOT AN EASY, YOU KNOW, GET OFF THE ISLAND AND DRIVE OUT TO MAY RIVER.
AND SO I BROUGHT THIS UP AND STARTED KIND OF TALKING TO PEOPLE ABOUT SURELY WE CAN MAKE AN EXCEPTION.
THESE TEACHERS ARE CERTIFIED FOR AB, AP AND IB.
SO, YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE THAT EXTRA, WE HAVE THAT EXTRA INVESTMENT.
SO AS I STARTED TALKING ABOUT IT, I REALIZED NO ONE REALLY HAD OWNERSHIP OF THIS POLICY.
AND IT BECAME VERY DIFFICULT TO GET KIND OF AN ANSWER ON WHETHER OR NOT THIS POLICY WAS GOING TO BE ENFORCED.
AND WHAT I HAVE BEEN TOLD IS THAT THIS WAS A BOARD POLICY.
SO I WENT DOWN THE RABBIT HOLE OF LOOKING UP OLD COUNTY COUNCIL OR NOT COUNTY COUNCIL, OLD, UM, COUNTY CHANNEL BOARD MEETINGS FROM 2016.
AND WHAT I FOUND WAS THAT ACTUALLY IN AUGUST OF 2016, THE BOARD VOTED TO REMOVE THAT FROM BOARD POLICY.
THAT WAS BOARD POLICY, JUST FOR FUN CVR, SOMETHING WHICH I GUESS MEANT COMMUNITY BOARD RELATIONS.
I LOOKED UP OUR MOST PRE COHERENT GOVERNANCE, STRATEGIC GOVERNANCE POLICY MANUAL, WHICH I DON'T REMEMBER THE DATE IS, BUT THAT'S WHAT THEY GAVE US IN JANUARY.
AND THIS POLICY IS NOT IN THAT.
WE DO HAVE THE NEPOTISM POLICY, BUT THAT SECTION WHERE TEACH, OH, I SHOULD POINT OUT THAT THIS IS THE SECTION WHERE PEOPLE CAN NOT TEACH IN THE SAME BUILDING, UM, IS NO LONGER IN THERE.
SO I'M NOT EXACTLY SURE WHY IT'S STILL IN THE AIR.
BUT THE REASON I GOT A LITTLE BIT AGGRESSIVE ABOUT GETTING THIS POLICY FIXED IS A, MY PARENTS WERE MARRIED TEACHERS.
SO UNDER THIS POLICY, THEY WOULD BE FORBIDDEN FROM WORKING IN THE SAME BUILDING B.
IT IS COSTING US TEACHERS DURING A MASSIVE TEACHER CRISIS AND SEE IT'S DIFFICULT TO ENFORCE.
UM, IT'S BEING ENFORCED AND APPLIED IRREGULARLY, WHICH I THINK LEADS TO UNCOMFORTABLE SITUATIONS.
AND JUST GENERALLY THE STATE POLICY FOR THIS IS DIFFERENT THAN WHAT WE HAVE THE STATE STANDARD FOR NEPOTISM IS THAT NO PUBLIC OFFICIAL PUBLIC MEMBER OR PUBLIC EMPLOYEE MAY CAUSE THE EMPLOYMENT APPOINTMENT, PROMOTION TRANSFER OR ADVANCEMENT OF A FAMILY MEMBER TO A STATE OR LOCAL OFFICE OR POSITION IN WHICH THE PUBLIC OFFICIAL PUBLIC MEMBER OR PUBLIC EMPLOYEE SUPERVISES OR MANAGES ALL THE SURROUNDING DISTRICTS.
THE MAJORITY OF THE DISTRICTS IN SOUTH CAROLINA, ALL FOLLOW THE STATE STANDARDS.
WE ARE A STANDOUT EXCEPTION IN RE IN, UH, PROHIBITING FAMILY MEMBERS.
AND THAT INCLUDES BROTHER-IN-LAWS COUSINS, MARRIED COUPLES, ANYTHING DEEMED IMMEDIATE FAMILY MEMBER FROM WORKING IN THE SAME BUILDING.
SO I THINK THAT THAT PUTS US AT A DISADVANTAGE WHEN IT COMES TO HIRE.
AND I THINK IT COULD POTENTIALLY LOSE US GOOD EMPLOYEES.
AND I DON'T THINK IT QUALIFIES AS NEPOTISM.
AND I DON'T THINK IT MAKES GOOD SENSE AS A POLICY.
SO WE DID VOTE UNANIMOUSLY THREE TO ZERO TO BRING THIS TO THE FULL BOARD WITH A RECOMMENDATION THAT THE SUPERINTENDENT REVIEW THIS AR AND THAT WAS A LOT OF INFORMATION, BUT I'M TRYING TO BE FAST.
SO THERE ISN'T, WELL, THE MOTION IS TO REQUEST THAT THE SUPERINTENDENT REVIEW HR, HR ADMINISTRATIVE REGULATION, H R S SIX POINT 11 TO REQUEST.
SO YEAH, THAT'S AND SECOND FROM MR. EARL CAMPBELL OR MILKY OVER OTHER DISCUSSION, HER OWN.
I SAID, I'VE BEEN ON THIS BOARD, IS THAT AS LONG AS YOU, DON'T NOT SUPERVISE A PERSON, YOU CAN WORK IN THE SAME BUILDING.
AND THAT'S BEEN AWFUL SINCE I'VE BEEN ON THIS BOARD.
SO I CAN UNDERSTAND WHERE THIS CAME FROM, THAT YOU CAN'T WORK IN THE SAME BUILDING, A HUSBAND AND WIFE OR COUSINS CAN'T WORK IN THE SAME BUILDING AS LONG AS THAT PERSON DOES NOT EVALUATE THAT PERSON OR SUPERVISE.
SO CURRENTLY UNDER HRS, UH, SIX STAFF ETHICS, NEPOTISM, THEY DEFINE AN IMMEDIATE FAMILY MEMBER IS A PARENT SPOUSE, SIBLING, OR CHILD OF A BUFORD COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT EMPLOYEE.
AND IF YOU LOOK UNDER TO SEE, IT SAYS, NO MEMBERS OF THE SAME IMMEDIATE FAMILY CERTIFIED OR SUSS BERT STAFF WILL BE HIRED TO WORK IN THE SAME ADMINISTRATIVE OR SCHOOL BUILDING OR UNDER THE SAME IMMEDIATE IMMEDIATE SUPERVISOR WITHOUT PRIOR APPROVAL OF THE SUPERINTENDENT.
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THE SUPERINTENDENT CAN MAKE EXCEPTION IF NECESSARY WHEN WE HAVE A SHORTAGE OF A TEACHER IN A SPECIFIC SUBJECT AREA.SO I DON'T SEE THE NEED TO CHANGE IT BECAUSE IT ALREADY GIVES HIM THE FREEDOM AND FLEXIBILITY THAT HE NEEDS.
CAN I RESPOND TO THAT? WELL, PARDON ME AND MR. CAMPBELL HAS, WAS, HAD HIS HAND UP, BUT I, I, THE MOTION IS TO HAVE THIS SUPERINTENDENT REVIEW IT.
WE'RE NOT TELLING THEM TO CHANGE IT, RIGHT.
WHAT I AM WAS I AGREE WITH YOU, DR.
WATTS, ONE THING IS THE STATE DID CHANGE AND MAYBE MS. CARTILAGE CAN SPEAK TO THIS.
THEY DID CHANGE DEFINITION OF IMMEDIATE FAMILY MEMBERS.
SO TO INCLUDE BROTHER-IN-LAW SISTER-IN-LAW ET CETERA, ET CETERA.
I DON'T KNOW HOW THAT WOULD IMPACT OUR AR, BUT IT CURRENTLY OUR NEPOTISM POLICY DOESN'T MEET THE STATE STANDARD, UH, FOR IMMEDIATE FAMILY.
SO SHE'S NODDING HER HEAD FOR THOSE ON TV.
I DON'T NECESSARILY SEE THAT THERE'S ANY CHANGE NEEDED TO OUR, UM, AR HERE.
MY MAIN CONCERN COMES FROM THE WAY THAT THE MOTION IS IS WRITTEN.
UM, EVERYBODY THAT KNOWS THE HISTORY OF THE NEPOTISM ISSUE IN THIS DISTRICT, UH, KNOWS THAT IT STEMMED FROM THE SUPERINTENDENT.
NOW, THIS IS NOTHING AGAINST YOU, FRANK.
UM, THIS IS SIMPLY JUST THAT THE MOTION STATES THAT IT WANTS A SUPERINTENDENT TO REVIEW A POLICY THAT BECAME AN ISSUE IN BUFORD COUNTY BECAUSE OF THE SUPERINTENDENT.
I THINK I'M STATING THE OBVIOUS HERE.
UM, SO I SIMPLY DON'T THINK THAT THE AR NEEDS REVIEW.
I THINK IT'S FINE THE WAY IT'S WRITTEN.
I CERTAINLY THINK THAT IT'S THERE FOR A REASON.
UM, AND I UNDERSTAND YOUR CONCERNS.
PERHAPS WE DO NEED TO HAVE LEGAL LOOK AT THE COMPARISON OF OUR A R WITH THE STATE'S, UH, NEPOTISM POLICY.
UH, BUT OTHERWISE I REALLY THINK IT'S FINE AND HOPE YOU DIDN'T TAKE ANY OFFENSE TO THAT.
AND, UM, UH, MY WIFE KNOWS SHE CAN'T WORK HERE AND SHE'S ALREADY TOLD ME SHE WOULDN'T WORK FOR ME.
SO YEAH, THE HISTORY GOES A LITTLE BIT DEEPER THAN THAT.
THEN THE SUPERINTENDENT RECENT SUPERINTENDENT THING, BECAUSE THERE HAVE BEEN EDUCATORS THAT WERE NOT ALLOWED TO WORK IN THE SAME BUILDING AS THEIR SPOUSES IN THE PAST.
AND SOME OF THEM, I LEFT THE DISTRICT BECAUSE OF THAT.
SO I, YOU KNOW, AND I KNOW THIS FOR A FACT, SO, AND THE POINT OF HAVING THE SUPERINTENDENT REVIEW IT, I GUESS, AS TO ESTABLISH A POLICY THAT IS IN CONCERT WITH THE STATE'S POLICY, WHICH I WAS NOW, UH, IS NOT DIRECTLY, YOU KNOW, IN CONCERT WITH THE STATE'S POLICY.
SO THAT WAS A REASON WHY WE WANTED TO REVIEW IT, TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR POLICY DOES CONFORM TO THE STATE RULES AND REGULATIONS, WHICH IS NOT EXACTLY TRUE WAYS WAY.
SO THAT'S, YOU KNOW, THAT'S MY POSITION ON IT THAT DA HE DOES NEED TO REVIEW IT, SEE EXACTLY WHAT IT SAYS VERSUS WHAT THE STATE BELTS, AND THEN GIVE US SOME DIRECTION.
WELL, AND I, THAT WE DID HAVE THAT DISCUSSION IN OPERATIONS.
WE ACTUALLY WANTED HIM TO REVIEW IT, TO BRING IT IN LINE WITH THE STATE STANDARD.
THE PROBLEM IS IT'S NOT CLEAR TO ME ON THIS BOARD.
UM, WE'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO BE INVOLVED IN THE ARS.
I WAS TOLD THAT KIND OF AS A, AS A HOT RULE COMING IN THAT THE ARS ARE OPERATIONAL, UNLESS THERE'S A POLICY VIOLATION.
SO I'M TRYING TO TREAD LIGHTLY AND NOT GET INVOLVED IN ARS, BUT THE ACTUAL EMOTION.
SO IF I CAN AMEND IT BECAUSE I DON'T WANT HIM TO, I DON'T, I THINK WHAT'S PROBLEMATIC ABOUT THIS POLICY IS THAT IT IS A HOT BUTTON ISSUE WITH NEPOTISM.
BUT I WILL SAY GO BACK TO AUGUST 13TH, 2016, WHERE THE BOARD DID VOTE TO HAVE THIS REMOVED FROM POLICY, BECAUSE THEY SAID IT WAS A BAD POLICY.
UM, AND IT'S INSTILL IN THE AR, WHICH I'M NOT SURE WHY.
UM, BUT HAVING HIM IN CHARGE OF CASE, BY CASE AUTHORIZING AND SAYING, YOU CAN WORK WITH YOUR WIFE, BUT YOU CAN'T WORK WITH YOUR COUSIN.
I THINK PUTS HIM IN A VERY UNCOMFORTABLE POSITION.
SO I WOULD RATHER HAVE THE BOARD VOTE TO RE ASK THE SUPERINTENDENT TO REVIEW THE AR AND BRING IT IN LINE WITH THE STATE STANDARDS.
SO IF I COULD AMEND MY, CAN I AMEND MY OWN MOTION? IT'S NOT REALLY MY MO WELL, IT'S KIND OF, MY MOTION CAME OUT OF COMMITTEE.
LIKE, I THINK I'M OVERTHINKING THIS, BUT FOR THE SAKE OF GETTING THROUGH IT, WHY DON'T YOU AMEND YOUR MOTION? AND IF THERE'S A ROBERTS RULES PERSON IN THE AUDIENCE, THEY CAN CRITICIZE US LATER.
SO I'D LIKE TO AMEND IT, TO SAY, REQUEST THE SUPERINTENDENT TO REVIEW AND BRING IN LINE WITH THE STATE STANDARDS.
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AND THEN IF SOMEONE WANTS TO SECOND THAT, OR IF NOT, IT'LL JUST I'LL SECOND.UM, I WAS GOING TO SUGGEST THAT IT NOT BE THE SUPERINTENDENT WHO REVIEWS THE ARS, THE AR FOR THE LEGAL TO BRING IT INTO LEGAL, BUT OUR LEGAL, UM, THAT'S WHAT SHE DOES WITH ALL OF OUR ARS.
WHEN SOMETHING COMES DOWN FROM THE STATE, SHE GOES THROUGH THEM AND BRINGS THEM IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE STATE.
UM, I ALSO AGREE THAT I DON'T THINK WE HAVE A CONFLICT.
I THINK THE WAY IT'S WRITTEN RIGHT NOW, IT DOESN'T PROHIBIT PEOPLE FROM WORKING BETTER RELATED IN THE SAME BUILDING.
AND AS A MATTER OF FACT, I MET SOMEBODY WHEN I WAS VOLUNTEERING AT HILTON HEAD MIDDLE SCHOOL THAT HAD BEEN WORKING IN THE SAME SCHOOL WITH HER MOTHER FOR SEVERAL YEARS.
UM, AND THEN SHE TRANSFERRED TO ANOTHER SCHOOL.
UM, AND I THINK THAT, UM, THERE'S A OPPORTUNITY FOR IT TO HAPPEN IF THE PRINCIPAL SO CHOOSES TO, UH, STAFF THEIR BUILDING THAT WAY AND CHOOSES TO ASK CRUNCH, SORRY, DAVID.
UM, I AM GOING TO VOTE FOR THIS, UH, BECAUSE AS DISCUSSED, THIS IS AN AR IT'S NOT A POLICY AS FAR AS THIS IS UNDER THE SUPERINTENDENTS PURVIEW, THE OPERATIONS COMMITTEE.
IF I CAN SPEAK FOR THEM FULLY EXPECTS, DR.
RODRIGUEZ WILL HAND THOSE TO MS. CARTILAGE TO DO OKAY.
WE'RE NOT GOING TO TELL MS. CARTLIDGE.
WE ASKED THE SUPERINTENDENT AND HE TELLS, UM, MS. CARTLIDGE TO LOOK AT IT.
AND THIRDLY, THE DEFINITION OF IMMEDIATE FAMILY HAS CHANGED PER THE STATE.
SO THAT'S WHY I WILL VOTE FOR YES FOR THIS.
IT'S NOT WORTH ALL THIS DISCUSSION MAYBE, BUT I WILL SAY WHAT I THINK IS BOTHERS ME ABOUT IT AND THE REASON I'VE TAKEN IT AS FAR AS I HAVE, AND I JUST WANT TO LEAVE IT WITH THIS IS THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, THIS WAS, MY PARENTS WERE MARRIED.
THEY MET IN SCHOOL, THEY WORKED TOGETHER.
THEY TEACHERS ARE PROFESSIONALS.
WE SHOULD EXPECT TEACHERS TO HAVE PROFESSIONAL BEHAVIOR.
WE SHOULD NOT ASSUME THAT TEACHERS CAN'T BEHAVE PROFESSIONALLY AND PUT AN AR WHERE THE SUPERINTENDENT HAS TO COME IN AND APPROVE THEIR WORK THING.
SO I WILL SAY IT DOES BOTHER ME THAT THIS AR ABOVE AND BEYOND THE CONSTITUENT THAT I HAVE, THAT IT BROUGHT THIS CONCERN.
IT BOTHERS ME PERSONALLY, BECAUSE I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS THAT MAKES TEACHERS FRUSTRATED NOW PAST THE SALARY AND EVERYTHING IS THAT THEY WANT TO BE TREATED LIKE PROFESSIONALS.
AND IT'S HARD FOR ME TO IMAGINE SOMEONE TELLING MY PARENTS, YOU KNOW, NOT THAT THAT'S A BIG DEAL, BUT SOMEONE I KNOW THAT THEY CAN'T WORK TOGETHER.
AND THE OTHER THING I'LL SAY IS WE HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE IN VIOLATION OF THIS AR RIGHT NOW, THERE ARE TONS OF PEOPLE THAT WORK TOGETHER.
AND WHAT I'VE BEEN TOLD IS THAT WE'VE JUST NEVER ENFORCED IT.
ARE WE READY TO VOTE ON THIS MOTION IS JUST TO HAVE THIS SUPERINTENDENT REVIEW THIS.
SO I DON'T EVEN THINK WE NEED TO VOTE ABOUT THIS.
SO I'LL BE SAYING, I'LL BE VOTING.
RODRIGUEZ, HIS JOB WITH HIS STAFF TO DO THIS.
WE HERE, WE DON'T NEED TO DIRECT HIM TO DO THIS.
AND THIS WOULD BE THE LAST, THIS WOULD BE THE LAST COMMENT ON THIS, YOU KNOW, FOR THE MOST OF THIS CONVERSATION, I'VE SAT AND I'VE LISTENED.
AND MRS. BOATWRIGHT, I OUTRIGHT GET WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, WHAT SHE IS SAYING.
AND I WAS AT, I MEAN, WHAT SHE'S SAYING IS CLEAR IS THIS REALLY, I THINK IT SHOULD BE MORE OF ABOVE A POLICY BARBARA TO HAVE OUR POLICY BECAUSE OF MY UNDERSTANDING AR SHALL ALIGN WITH OUR POLICIES.
SO IF WE DO A POLICY CHANGE TO ALIGN OUR POLICY WITH THE STATE, THEN THE AR WOULD NEED TO ALIGN WITH WHAT THE POLICY IS.
AND THAT WAY WE WOULDN'T EVEN HAVE TO ASK THE SUPERINTENDENT OR NOT NOTHING IN THAT WOULD ACTUALLY TAKE CARE OF IT.
SO IF YOU DON'T MIND, WOULD YOU JUST, WOULD YOU JUST MAKE A MOTION TO ALIGN OUR POLICIES WITH THE STATE? BECAUSE I MEAN, THE POINT OF IT ALL IS THIS IS THAT YOU HAVE TEACHERS IN WISHING THEY, WE NEED TEACHERS.
YOU HAVE TEACHERS WHO ARE HUSBAND AND WIFE, WHO MAY CAUSE FISHING.
ONCE YOU TICK OFF THE TEACHER,
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OR WHEN SHE, ONCE YOU MAKE THE WIFE MAD, THEN WHEN IT WAS, WHAT IT WAS SAID TO US IS THAT IT MAKES IT HARD ON A PRINCIPAL.BECAUSE IF YOU MAKE, IF YOU MAKE THE HUSBAND MAD, THEN THE WIFE MIGHT BE ANGRY AT YOU TOO.
SO IT CREATES A HOSTILE WORKING ENVIRONMENT, BUT THAT ALSO COMES FROM MANAGEMENT.
SO THAT'S WHY THERE WAS SOME DETERRENCE AND EVEN MESSING WITH THIS BECAUSE, BECAUSE OF THAT, SO, I MEAN, LET'S JUST ADDRESS THE REAL ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM THAT THAT'S WHERE THAT'S, WHERE IT COMES DOWN TO.
IT COULD ANNOUNCE TO A MANAGEMENT AND LEADERSHIP.
SO IN TERMS WE CAN, WE CAN, WE CAN GIVE IT TO THE SUPERINTENDENT, BUT AT THE END OF DAY, IT NEEDS TO BE A POLICY CHANGE TO ALIGN WITH THE STATE.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION AS IT'S UP ON THE BOARD, 1, 2, 3, 4, 4 IN FAVOR, ALL THOSE OPPOSED 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7.
OPPOSED DID YOU GET THAT ROBIN? YES.
SO THE POLICY COMMITTEE MET AND, UM, WE DO NOT HAVE ANY ACTION FOR THE BOARD, SO I'LL TRY TO MAKE THIS VERY BRIEF.
UM, WE DISCUSSED THE PUBLIC COMMENT, GC 2.23, THE PUBLIC COMMENT BOARD OF EDUCATION MEETINGS.
WE DISCUSSED THE FORMAT, THE TIME LIMIT TECHNOLOGY, SO ON, SO FORTH AND REALIZED THAT OUR POLICY DOES NEED SOME TWEAKING GIVEN THE COVID WAY OF DOING BOARD MEETINGS.
SO WE ARE GOING TO, I'M GOING TO WORK WITH ROBIN AND WE'RE GOING TO COME UP WITH A DRAFT, BRING IT BACK TO THE POLICY COMMITTEE, AT LEAST HAVE SOMETHING TO WORK WITH AND WE'LL GO FORWARD WITH THAT.
THE SECOND THING WE TALKED ABOUT WAS A R O S 29 USE OF SCHOOL FACILITIES.
OUR QUESTION WAS RAISED BY A BOARD MEMBER.
UH, IF A FACILITIES USE REQUIREMENTS WOULD TO THAT BOARD MEMBER, THE GENERAL CONSENSUS CONSENSUS OF THE COMMITTEE AND THE OTHER BOARD MEMBERS WHO WERE IN ON THE MEETING SAID THAT THERE IS A PROCESS FOR AN INDIVIDUAL BOARD MEMBER TO REQUEST THE USE OF A SCHOOL FACILITY.
HOWEVER, AS AN INDIVIDUAL BOARD MEMBER, HE OR SHE WILL HAVE TO ABIDE BY THE REQUIREMENTS SUCH AS PROVIDING INSURANCE AND PAYING THE APPROPRIATE FREE FEE.
THE QUESTION WAS THEN ASKED IF THE FUNDS WOULD BE AVAILABLE TO A BOARD MEMBER IN ORDER TO PAY FOR THE INSURANCE REQUIREMENT AND FACILITY USE FEE.
UM, I SAID THAT I WOULD CHECK INTO THAT AND I HAVE WRITTEN AN EMAIL AND, UM, SHOULD HAVE THAT MEET THAT ANSWER BY THE NEXT POLICY MEETING.
THE THIRD THING WE LOOKED AT WAS, OH, EIGHT POINT 10 FACILITIES.
UM, AND IT HAS TO DO WITH SCHOOL NAMES, MASCOTS, AND COLORS, AND WE ARE GOING TO AT OUR NEXT MEETING, COMPARE THE POLICY TO THE ARS TO ENSURE CONSISTENCY.
WE ARE CURRENTLY WORKING ON THE NEXT DATE FOR OUR NEXT MEETING.
THANK YOU, CHAIRMAN STRIVEN, GER THE RESULTS AD HOC RESULTS COMMITTEE NOW CONSISTS OF MYSELF, KATHY ROBOT AND MELVIN CAMPBELL.
WE, WE MET ON APRIL 4TH AND WE HAVE NO ACTION FOR THE BOARD.
WE ARE CONTINUING TO GATHER DATA SO WE CAN, UM, ULTIMATELY, UH, BRING FORTH TO THE BOARD RECOMMENDATIONS ON, UM, MODIFICATION TO THE RESULTS EVALUATION DOCUMENT FOR THE SUPERINTENDENT.
AT OUR NEXT MEETING, WE WILL HAVE DATA DISCUSSING THE STATE ASSESSMENTS OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS, TEACHER RETENTION, RECRUITMENT, AND RETENTION, AND THE POSSIBILITY OF ADDING SR FUNDS TO THE FINANCIAL COMPONENT OF THE DOCUMENT.
AND I ALSO FORGOT TO SAY OUR NEXT OPERATIONS MEETINGS TOMORROW.
SO TECHNOLOGY, WE HAD TWO THINGS WE LOOKED AT.
ONE WAS WE HAD A PRESENTATION FROM, UM, CALLING BACK IN VARSI.
I CAN'T PRONOUNCE THAT IN GORSKI, UM, ABOUT, UH, EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY COACHES AND HOW THEY'RE USED AND HOW THEY'RE DEPLOYED.
UH, WE CURRENTLY HAVE SEVEN, UH, EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY COACHES FOR THE DISTRICT.
UM, THEY'RE GOING TO DO A ASSESSMENT, UM, AND KIND OF A SATISFACTION SURVEY TO SEE IF THE SCHOOL, IF THOSE SEVEN EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY COACHES ARE ENOUGH FOR THE DISTRICT AND MEET THE DISTRICT'S NEEDS.
AND THEN WE HAVE, WE LOOKED AT ONE 17, WHICH AS IT CURRENTLY IS WRITTEN IS ADMINISTRATIVE TECHNOLOGY
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AND IT'S VERY, UM, GRANULAR.UH, WE CAME UP WITH A
AND I DON'T KNOW, IT IT'S IT'S IN BOARD DOCS.
UM, IF YOU GUYS HAD A CHANCE TO READ IT, UH, IT WAS UNANIMOUSLY VOTED TO BRING TO THE BOARD TO REPLACE O E 17 ADMINISTRATIVE TECHNOLOGY.
AND JUST TO GIVE A VERY QUICK OVERVIEW, IT'S A MORE STRATEGIC, UM, TECHNOLOGY, UH, PROGRAM.
IT ADDRESSES CURRICULUM, IT ADDRESSES TRAINING AND ADDRESSES, ACCOUNTABILITY, UM, AND IT REALLY FOCUSES ON STRATEGY AND VISION FOR THE DISTRICT.
WE HAVE A MOTION, RIGHT? YEAH.
DO I HAVE TO OFFICIALLY MAKE IT IT'S HABITS? OKAY.
SO THE TECHNOLOGY COMMITTEE MOVES UP SOMEWHAT AWAY.
UH, THAT THE FULL BOARD APPROVES.
UM, WELL RIGHT NOW IT'S ADMINISTRATIVE TECHNOLOGY WOULD HOPEFULLY BE CALLED TECHNOLOGY SERVICES.
I JUST HAVE A PROCEDURAL QUESTION.
AND, AND, UM, BECAUSE THIS IS AN OB OR A PA OR A POLICY ESSENTIALLY THAT WOULD BE INCORPORATED INTO OUR POLICY MANUAL.
MY QUESTIONS I THINK ARE, DOES THIS NEED TO GO TO POLICY COMMITTEE FOR A COMPARISON AGAINST THE PREVIOUS? UM, OH, WE, AND ALSO DOESN'T REQUIRE THREE READINGS BEFORE IT'S INCORPORATED.
I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW THE PROCESS AND I'M NOT SURE IF WE'RE NECESSARILY FOLLOWING IT BY JUST GOING AHEAD AND ADOPTING A POLICY WITHOUT IT GOING TO COMMITTEE.
UM, SO I LOOK TO YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN, THOSE ARE REALLY GOOD QUESTIONS.
UM, AND WE'VE, WE'VE BEEN BACK AND FORTH ON THIS.
WHETHER ALL POLICY CHANGES HAVE TO GO THROUGH THAT COMMITTEE.
AND SO THERE'S DIFFERENT OPINIONS.
I'M NOT SURE WE EVER REACHED A CONCLUSION.
THE THREE READINGS, I BELIEVE A POLICY CHANGE DOES REQUIRE THREE RATINGS.
MAYBE WE SHOULD GET CLARIFICATION ON THAT BEFORE WE DO ANYTHING.
SO THAT WOULD REQUIRE A MOVE TO A MOTION TO POSTPONE JOINING CLARIFY.
MR. CHAIR, I MOVE THAT WE POSTPONE UNTIL WE GET CLARIFICATION ON HOW THIS SHOULD BE IMPLEMENTED.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OPPOSED? OKAY.
[7. Superintendent's Report]
THANK YOU, MR.UM, THIS EVENING WE WILL BEGIN WITH STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT.
WE HAVE SOME BRIEF SUMMARIES FOR YOU TODAY.
UH, ONE ON THE EXTENDED LEARNING AND THE OTHER ONE IS ON ADDITIONAL APRIL INTERVENTIONS, DUCT STRATUS.
CHAIRMAN STRIVEN, GER AND BOARD MEMBERS.
YOU'VE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY OF MEETING HER IN THE PAST.
SHE'LL BE JOINING US ELECTRONIC BASED.
HE IS OUR DIRECTOR, DIRECTOR OF EXTENDED LEARNING AND COMMUNITY OUTREACH.
UH, MRS. DANS, IF YOU MAY PLEASE JOIN US GOOD EVENING.
I'D LIKE TO START BY SAYING THAT THE STUDENTS, THE COMMUNITY PARTNERS AND THE SCHOOL WAS OFTEN HELD I AND LADIES ISLAND, THEY ARE TRULY VESTED AND THEN COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT INITIATIVE.
AND THAT'S THE END OF THAT WORK.
THE COLLABORATIVE PARTNERSHIPS THAT HAVE BEEN CREATED ON MARCH 18, WE HAD 74 STUDENTS ON A FIELD TRIP TO THE WORRISOME IN CHARLESTON, AS WELL AS TO THE DIGITAL TO DO A QUICK TOUR ON THE POLISH CAMPUS, THAT
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TRIP THAT REALLY SEALED THE DEAL FOR SOME OF THE STUDENTS OVER ALL OF THE STUDENTS THAT ATTENDED THE FIELD TRIP.WE ALSO HAD CHAPERONES FROM ALL OF THE EXTENDED LEARNING SITES TO ATTEND THE FIELD TRIP AS WELL.
UM, EVERY TIME I HAD VISITED THE SITES AND KIDS ARE STILL ASKING ME ABOUT WHAT YOU READ, MAYBE IF YOU'RE OUT OF THE ADDRESS, YOU DIDN'T NEVER GONE ON A TRIP LIKE THAT.
AND THERE ARE SOME, WHO'VE NEVER BEEN ON A COLLEGE CAMPUS.
AND I FEEL LIKE, YOU KNOW, THAT WE GET EXPOSED TO THOSE TYPES OF LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS THAT YOU'RE TRULY PLANTING SEEDS THAT WILL LAST FOR A LIFETIME, CORRECT ENROLL ACTUALLY HAVE ON HUNDRED THIRD GRADE STUDENTS THAT ARE CURRENTLY ENROLLED IN THE EXTENDED LEARNING, UH, PROGRAM INITIATIVE.
UM, AND WE'LL BE ADDING TWO ADDITIONAL SITES.
YOU KNOW WHAT THE DEPARTMENT ON AT ST.
PAUL BAPTIST CHURCH OFF OF PAST GATEWAY, WE'LL JUST SERVE THE STUDENTS
WE WILL ALSO BE ADDING TWO SLIGHTLY SOUTH OF THE WRONG, UH, THE LUMPEN COMMUNITY SOUP KITCHEN, AND LOOKING AT THE CRUSADERS.
THEY WILL TARGET THE KIDS AT MC RILEY, RED, CEDAR ELEMENTARY, MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL.
WE WILL ALSO TAKE YOU THE PARTNERSHIP WITH THE ELDERS AND THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB.
I HAVE THE PLEASURE OF
I JUST WANT TO ADD THAT I AM GRATEFUL IN OUR COMMUNITY IS FOREVER GRATEFUL TO HAVE
LASTLY, I JUST WANT YOU TO HEAR A VIDEO OF YOU AS JUST A SNIPPET OF WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE EXTENDED LEARNING COMMUNITY.
I GAVE MY DAUGHTER, YOU GET YOURS AND TELL THEM TO MAKE A VIDEO AND YOU CAN WORK PATCHES, BUT AT THIS TIME, THIS YEAR, THE VIDEO WOULD BE VERY GREAT.
AS THE VIDEO IS BUFFERING, I DO WANT TO SHARE THAT MS. DANTZLER, HIS DAUGHTER IS A STUDENT OF OURS AT WELBORN SHELLEY COLLEGE AS WELL.
I AM
THIS REALLY IS A, UH, GRASSROOTS INITIATIVE THAT COLLABORATES WITH OUR COMMUNITY.
AND IF YOU EVER GET A CHANCE TO GO AND SEE ANY OF THESE EXTENDED LEARNING SITES, LET US KNOW.
WE'LL MAKE ARRANGEMENTS TO, TO, UH, TAKE YOU OUT
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THERE.AND I'M GOING TO TELL YOU, YOU WILL BE IMPRESSED.
AND, AND THOSE THAT ARE WORKING WITH OUR STUDENTS ARE SO INCREDIBLY INVESTED IN THIS, AND YOU SEE IT IN THE SUPPORT THAT THEY'RE PROVIDING STUDENTS WHILE THEY'RE WORKING ON ACADEMICS OR, UM, WHATEVER OTHER ACTIVITY THEY HAVE GOING ON.
THANK YOU AGAIN, CORNELL AGAIN.
SO BOARD MEMBERS, ONCE AGAIN, GOOD EVENING AND CHAIR, CHAIRMAN STRIP INJURE THIS EVENING.
I WANT TO PROVIDE A QUICK UPDATE ON THE, ON THE DISTRICT'S APRIL INSTRUCTIONAL INTERVENTIONS.
THE GOAL OF THIS INITIATIVE IS TO PROVIDE AN EXTRA BOOST TO STUDENTS PRIOR TO THEIR SITTING FOR THEIR STATE ACCOUNTABILITY ASSESSMENT.
THE BOOSTS TAKES DIFFERENT FORMS, DEPENDING UPON STUDENT NEEDS, FROM LESSONS AND PROBABILITY AND STATISTICS FOR MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS TO BUILDING OF ACADEMIC VOCABULARY FOR TESTS TAKING SUCCESS OR BUILDING THESE NECESSARY STAMINA AT COMPLETING THE WRITING REQUIREMENTS OF SE WRITING.
I DO APOLOGIZE STUDENTS IN OUR DISTRICT ARE RECEIVING SUPPORT FROM 19 DISTRICT EMPLOYEES AT 11 OF OUR SCHOOLS, FOLLOWING ARTISTS, SCHOOLS, BUFORD MIDDLE SCHOOL, HD MCCRACKEN, MIDDLE HILTON, HEAD MIDDLE LADIES ISLAND, MIDDLE ROBERT SMALLS, INTERNATIONAL ACADEMY, THE ELEMENTARY LOWER SCHOOL AND UPPER SCHOOL.
WELL, A BRANCH MIDDLE HILTON HAD A SCHOOL OF CREATIVE ARTS, JOSEPH SHANKLIN, MASI OAKS, PORT ROYAL ELEMENTARY ST.
HELENA ELEMENTARY AND WHALE BRANCH ELEMENTARY.
SOME DIS SOME OF OUR DISTRICT PERSONNEL AS WELL.
I DO WANT YOU TO TAKE NOTE ARE AT SUPPORTING UP TO THREE SCHOOLS IN THIS INITIATIVE, STUDENTS WERE SELECTED BY EACH SCHOOL'S PRINCIPAL AND SCHOOLS WERE SELECTED BY THEIR RESPECTIVE EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS.
THE APRIL INSTRUCTIONAL INITIATIVE WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE MONTH OF APRIL.
AND OUR GOAL IS TO EXPAND IS THE EXPANSION OF THIS FOR NEXT UPCOMING YEAR.
THE NEXT ITEM ON THE SUPERINTENDENT'S AGENDA, UH, OR REPORT, EXCUSE ME, IS A FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY.
AND SO MS. CROSBY, YOU'LL TAKE US THROUGH THE MONTHLY TRANSPARENCY REPORT, THE MONTHLY A HUNDRED K REPORT OR A MONTHLY BUDGET, AND THEN WE HAVE THE SRO REPORT.
ONCE AGAIN, AS USUAL, WE HAVE OUR MONTHLY TRANSPARENCY REPORTS FOR REVIEW THE CONSOLIDATED HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLAR REPORT, UM, PURCHASES AND OR CONTRACTS A HUNDRED THOUSAND OR MORE, AND AS WELL AS THE DETAILED REPORT AND THE FULL TRANSPARENCY REPORT, THESE ARE FOR THE MONTH OF APRIL, UH, ALSO THE BOARD'S MONTHLY BUDGET REPORT, UM, AS OF APRIL 3RD, 2022.
SO IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'LL BE HAPPY TO TAKE THEM AT THIS TIME.
I JUST WANTED TO CHECK AND SEE, BECAUSE THESE ARE FOR FEBRUARY, WE WERE GETTING THE MARCH ONES.
AND ARE WE A MONTH BEHIND? IS IT YES, THE FEBRUARY TRANSACTIONS POST, UH, IN, IN THE MONTH OF MARCH AND THEN WE REPORT OUT THE FOLLOWING.
SO WE USUALLY ALWAYS GET THEM AT THE FIRST MEETING OF THE NEXT MONTH.
HEADS, IT DOES SEEM TO BE A LITTLE BIT LATER THAN NORMAL, BUT I THINK WE'RE IN THE RIGHT CYCLE.
UH, AND, UM, MS. MATTSON IS HERE AVAILABLE TO, UH, GO OVER THE MOST RECENT ESTER UPDATE FOR YOU.
GOOD EVENING, CHAIRMAN ASHER LOVE FOLLOWING A VIDEO LIKE THAT, SO THAT YOU CAN SEE SR FUNDS BEING, HOW THEY'RE BEING USED AND MEETING THE NEEDS OF OUR KIDS THERE.
SO THAT'S ALWAYS EXCITING FOR ME.
UM, WE'VE, WE'RE, UM, WE'VE MADE, UM, A LITTLE MORE PROGRESS THAN WE DID LAST MONTH.
WE, UH, HAVE TOTAL EXPENDITURES FOR MARCH A LITTLE OVER $2 MILLION, AND THESE ARE ENDING MARCH 31ST.
AND SO, UM, THESE ARE THE EXPENDITURES THROUGH THEN.
UM, OUR ASHER ONE IS WE ARE, UM,
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DOWN TO JUST THE BIT AND IT'S JUST IN PPE AND A LITTLE BIT IN TECHNOLOGY.UM, WE HAVE, UM, YOU KNOW, HATE TO SEE IT, JUST KEEP HANGING OUT THERE, TRYING TO SPEND THAT.
SO WE, WE WANT TO, UM, GO THROUGH JUNE AND THEN WE GET ALL THE PP WE CAN HERE.
CAUSE WE ALSO HAVE PPE EXPENDITURES AND, AND SR TWO AS WELL.
AND THEN, UM, LOOK TO AMEND THAT TO TECHNOLOGY WHEN WE DO OUR SOFTWARE UPDATE.
SO WE'RE LOOKING TO EXPAND THAT WAY BEFORE THE SEPTEMBER DATE THERE.
UM, AND THEN IN YOUR S OR TWO GRANT, UM, WE HAD A TOTAL OF A MILLION MILLION DOLLARS, 1,977, UM, SPENT OUR LARGEST AREAS.
THIS TIME WAS IN OUR SUPPLIES OF LITERACY AND INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS THERE.
STRATUS IS REALLY WORKING WITH HER TEAM TO, TO WORK ON THOSE FUNDS.
THEY FELT THEY PURCHASED LOTS OF, UM, BOOKS FOR SUMMER UPCOMING PROGRAMS, AS WELL AS FOR INDIVIDUAL SCHOOLS AND ABOUT $4,000 WORTH OF BOOKS FOR THOSE AFTERSCHOOL PARTNERSHIPS TOO.
SO THOSE STUDENTS HAVE THEIR OWN OWN BOOKS AS WELL.
UM, OUR AFTERSCHOOL TUTORING PROGRAMS WAS ABOUT $176,000.
THEY WERE, UM, THOSE ARE OUR SCHOOL-BASED PROGRAMS IN THAT, UM, AREA AS WELL AS AFTERSCHOOL IS OBVIOUSLY AFTER SCHOOL.
BUT, UM, THE TUTORING IS WHEN THEY ACTUALLY HAVE EXTRA PEOPLE COME IN DURING THE DAY AND PULL SMALL GROUPS AS WELL.
AND THEY'RE USING THE MONEY FOR THAT.
UM, OUR, UM, OUR TYPICAL ZOOM MONTHLY COSTS THIS TIME WE HAD TO RENEW ZOOM.
AND SO IT'S A LITTLE HIGHER THIS MONTH.
IT'S USUALLY RUNNING ABOUT 25,000, BUT WE RENEWED OURS, OUR ZOOM, UM, SUBSCRIPTION.
AND THEN THE NEXT IS OUR, UM, SALARIES OF OUR MASTER TEACHERS THAT ARE BEING PLACED, UM, HAVE BEEN PLACED AT SEVERAL OF OUR HOT HIGH NEEDS SCHOOLS THERE.
AND SO WE'RE AT 36.7% EXPENDED AND SR TWO, AND THEN SR THREE, WE ALSO SPENT JUST A LITTLE OVER A MILLION DOLLARS THERE.
UM, BUT WE HAVE 41 MILLION REMAINING IN ESSAR THREE.
UM, OUR LARGEST SPENDING AREA, THERE WAS THE TECHNOLOGY SERVER.
THEY, UM, ACTUALLY GOT IT PURCHASED, UM, TWO THAT WAS APPROVED AND THEN THE SALARIES, UM, IN THAT, UM, AND WE HAVE NIGHT, WE HAVE SPENT NOT 19% OF THAT GRANT AND IT ENDS IN SEPTEMBER, 2024.
UM, AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.
UM, WHEN DID SR TO START BEING EXPENDED, WHEN DID IT START ABOUT THIS TIME LAST YEAR? OKAY.
AND THE REASON I'M ASKING IS CAUSE I'M LOOKING AT THE AFTER-SCHOOL OPPORTUNITIES AND THAT WE'VE SPENT ABOUT 50% OF THE FUNDS, UM, AND WE STILL GOT ABOUT 18 MONTHS LEFT.
SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE I KNOW THAT THERE ARE AFTER SCHOOL, UM, OPPORTUNITIES FUNDS IN SR THREE.
UM, BUT I'M JUST MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE ABLE TO PROVIDE THAT BECAUSE CLEARLY FROM, YOU KNOW, THE PRESENTATION TODAY, THAT'S MAKING AN IMPACT FOR OUR STUDENTS.
I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE COGNIZANT OF THAT.
AND THEN MY OTHER QUESTION IS IN REGARD TO, UM, AS HER THREE EXPENDITURES FOR INSTRUCTIONAL SOFTWARE AND MATERIALS, UM, THERE'S CERTAIN ONES THAT ARE INDICATED HERE UNDER THE DESCRIPTION FOR EDGENUITY DYNO, HEAD SPROUT SEESAW SCHOLASTIC.
AND I WAS WONDERING IF YOU HAD ANY IDEA HOW LONG THOSE CONTRACTS WERE FOR, FOR MOST OF THEM ARE YEARLY.
AND SO WE'VE ALREADY MET WITH OUR TECHNOLOGY, UM, AND THOSE ARE THINGS THAT WE'VE ALSO ALWAYS DONE YEARLY.
I BELIEVE ON THAT, BUT WE HAVE MET WITH OUR TECHNOLOGY GROUP.
THEY ARE, UM, THEY'VE ALREADY GOTTEN THE CONTRACTS READY FOR JULY 1ST TO START NEXT YEAR, ABOUT HALF OF THE MONEY THAT'S REMAINING THERE.
AND THEN FOR NEXT, THE NEXT YEAR THEY'LL SPEND THE REST OF IT.
SO, UM, THOSE ARE TYPICAL CONTRACTS.
I'M ONLY LOOKING, I'M TRYING TO LOOK AT WHAT WE'VE EXPENDED SO FAR AND THOSE TWO JUMPED OUT BECAUSE WE'RE ABOUT 50% SPENT IN THAT LINE ITEM.
AND I JUST, WELL, WE ACTUALLY CAN GET LONGER CONTRACTS.
BUT, AND WE DID THAT WITH SOME, WITH SOME OF THEM WITH THE IREADY AND THE READING PLUS WAS ALREADY DONE ON A DIFFERENT LINE THERE.
AND THAT WAS FOUR TO FIVE YEARS ALONG THERE.
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UM, AND IN TERMS OF THE AFTER, SO BASICALLY AFTERSCHOOL FUNDING, YOU'RE SAYING THAT BASICALLY WE USE DAYTIME DAYTIME SCHOOL, UH, TUTORS TO, UH, TO THE KIDS AS WELL.SO THAT'S JUST NOT REALLY AFTER, THAT'S JUST NOT, THAT'S NOT REALLY JUST AFTERSCHOOL TUTORING, CORRECT? CORRECT.
THEY WERE EXTRA MONEY ALLOCATED TO EACH SCHOOL FOR EITHER ONE OF THOSE AND SOME ARE SCHOOL AND THEN SOME ARE, UH, SOME USE THEIR FUNDS FOR, IN SCHOOL AS WELL.
SO IT WOULDN'T BE, IT WOULDN'T BE CONSIDERED A DARK DURING SCHOOL TUTORING OR SOMETHING ELSE.
THEY WOULD STILL, IT WOULD STILL BE IN THAT BLOCK BECAUSE THAT'S KINDA AND PARKED STRADDLES.
ARE YOU SAYING IT'S IN THAT? SO IF I COULD JUST ADD ONTO THAT MR. SMITH, IF YOU LOOK AT THE LINE ITEM, SO THAT'S WHAT THE SLASH IS THERE.
SO WE'RE PROVIDING THAT SPONGE AND STRIP AFTER SCHOOL, BUT THEN WE ACTUALLY PAY TEACHERS DURING THE DAYTIME ORDER PERSONNEL COMING INTO THE DAY TIME.
SO SHE JUST PUT THE TWO BALANCES TOGETHER.
SO WE HAVE SCHOOLS WHO ARE DOING TUTORING DURING THE DAY, AS WELL AS AFTERSCHOOL.
AND THAT'S SEPARATE FROM OUR EXTENDED LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES AS WELL.
OH, ALSO, UM, IN TERMS OF YOU SAID THAT, THAT THERE WERE A LARGE OF SUPPLIES AUDIT.
AND COULD YOU TELL ME WHAT SOME OF THAT SORT OF SUPPLIES, SOME OF WHAT THOSE SUPPLIES WERE? I, I CAN, YES.
GIVE YOU AN OVERVIEW OF WHAT THEY WERE.
I DON'T HAVE THE EXACT AMOUNTS.
I CAN FIND THOSE AND GET THOSE TOO.
THERE WERE BOOKS FOR, UM, AND DR.
STRAUSS MAY WANT TO ADD TO THIS FOR A LADY'S ISLAND.
MIDDLE-SCHOOL FOR BROAD RIVER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FOR BLUFFTON MIDDLE SCHOOL FOR WELL BRANCH, EARLY COLLEGE, HIGH SCHOOL.
IT WAS FUNDS WERE ALSO USED FOR, UM, ELEMENTARY PROJECT LEAD THE WAY, SOME APPLE IPADS FOR THEM.
UM, AND THEN THE FORT AND THE MONEY TO GO TO THE AFTER-SCHOOL PART, THE PARTNERSHIPS SUPPLIES TO GO TO THEIR SITES.
AND WHEN YOU SAID THAT WE STILL HAVE A TOTAL OF 41 40 1 MILLION TOE, UH, IN SR THREE.
OKAY, GOOD TO GO TOWARDS, UH, BASICALLY THESE, THESE SAME PROGRAMS, OR IS THERE ANYTHING SPECIFICALLY IN THEIR LINEUP, IS THERE ANYTHING SPECIFIC IN THERE FOR THAT 41 MILLION TO GO TO SAY THAT AGAIN? YOU SAID THAT WE STILL HAVE 41 MILLION AND MY QUESTION IS WITHIN THAT 41 MILLION, IS THERE ANYTHING SPECIFIC THAT THAT 41 MILLION HAS TO BE SPENT ON? YES, SIR.
IT'S UM, IN THE LONG SHEET OF THE REPORT THERE, THE ACTIVITIES ARE LISTED STARTING ON PAGE EIGHT OF ALL THE CURRENTLY APPROVED ACTIVITIES FOR THAT GRANT.
UM, THAT GOES BEHIND THE EXECUTIVE SUMMARY.
IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S THIS ONE, EACH OF THOSE DIFFERENT CATEGORIES ARE WHAT'S ACTUALLY CONTAINED RIGHT NOW APPROVED IN THE GRANTS TO DO.
IS THERE, IS THERE SOMETHING PARTICULAR YOU'RE LOOKING FOR OR, OR, OR, OR JUST GENERAL NOW I'M GENERALLY I'M TAKING THIS TIME TO LEARN EXACTLY.
WHAT THE 41 METERS CAN GO TOWARDS AND JUST, YOU KNOW, HOW MUCH MONEY THAT WE HAVE.
I'M JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND IT.
THAT'S ALL, IT WAS A BUDGET THAT ALL THAT MONEY IS BUDGETED AND THESE ACTIVITIES THERE, IT'S JUST ENSURING WE SPEND IT, HOW WE'RE GOING TO SAY, WHERE WE'RE SPENDING IT.
LET ME MAKE THIS CLEAR TO THE PUBLIC.
AND WHEN I KNOW WAY OF FORMING MY, MY QUESTION IN IT, I KINDA GOT A LITTLE EXCITED BECAUSE $41 MILLION, I MEAN, WE CAN CONTINUE TO DO MORE GREAT THINGS WITH THE STUDENTS AND PEOPLE IN THE STAFF.
SO I TOOK THAT AS THAT'S GOOD.
YOU KNOW, I DIDN'T PERSONALLY HONESTLY CLEAR, I DIDN'T REALIZE THAT WE HAD THAT WE STILL HAVE THAT MUCH MONEY AVAILABLE.
SO YEAH, THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT IT MORE IS MORE OF EXCITED.
WHAT COULD WALL, COULD WE SPEND IT ON? AND REMEMBER, THESE ARE THE ACTIVITIES THAT ARE CURRENTLY IN THE GRANT THAT ARE APPROVED AND SO CHANGES.
WE DO AMENDMENTS TO GRANTS TO CHANGE THE ACTIVITIES ON THAT.
SO YES, WE DO HAVE 41 MILLION, BUT IT'S ALREADY BUDGETED.
NOW, IF WE WANT TO CHANGE OR ADD SOMETHING ELSE, WE HAD TO TAKE IT FROM SOMEPLACE ELSE THERE, SO, OKAY.
UH, THE NEXT ITEM ON THE SUPERINTENDENTS REPORT IS, UH, UNDER OTHER MATTERS AND IT'S, UH, HELLO HEROES, MENTAL HEALTH, UH, INITIATIVE.
AND SO, UH, MS. WALTON IS GOING TO, UH, BRIEFLY
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SUMMARIZE THAT GOOD AFTERNOON AGAIN.UM, THIS IS GOING TO BE VERY BRIEF.
THIS WAS ON THE EARLY AND MEETING THIS MONTH BECAUSE WE WERE GETTING READY TO LAUNCH OUR, YOU MATTER 2.0, AND THIS IS OUR SERIES OF MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT FOR STAFF, TEACHERS, AND STAFF.
WE LAUNCHED IT ON APRIL 11TH AND THAT WAS THE MONDAY OF SPRING BREAK.
AND THIS HELLO HERO IS OUR THIRD PARTNER FOR MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES, BUT THEY ARE OUR TELE-HEALTH PARTNERS.
SO ALL OF THIS IS TELE-HEALTH FOR MENTAL HEALTH.
FOR FACULTY AND STAFF, TEACHERS, EMPLOYEES CAN ACCESS THIS THROUGH CLASS LINK.
THEY CAN GO ONLINE, SET THEIR OWN APPOINTMENTS.
THEY DON'T HAVE TO COME THROUGH HR.
THEY DON'T HAVE TO GO THROUGH PRINCIPALS.
IF THEY FEEL THEY NEED TO SUPPORT, THEY CAN DO IT IN THE PRIVACY OF THEIR HOME, SCHEDULE, THEIR OWN, UM, APPOINTMENTS.
WE HAVE NO ACCESS TO THIS AT ALL.
IT RUNS DIRECTLY THROUGH TO THIRD PARTY.
THEY DON'T HAVE TO BE NERVOUS ABOUT WHO MIGHT BE SEEING THEIR THEM LOOKING FOR THESE SERVICES.
BECAUSE WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS TO MAKE THIS AS FREE OF STIGMA AS POSSIBLE FOR THEM.
AND HELLO HERO TURNED OUT TO BE AN EXCELLENT PARTNER AND WE'D LAUNCHED IT ON THE 11TH.
AND AS OF YESTERDAY, WE HAD ALMOST 60 EMPLOYEES HAVE ALREADY ACCESSED TO SERVICE.
SO I, I THINK THAT IS, UH, SOMETHING TO BE REALLY PROUD OF.
UM, AND OUR NEXT WRONG OF THIS IS TO DROP IT DOWN TO STUDENTS.
WE HAVE MET WITH 10 PILOT SCHOOLS THAT WE'RE GOING TO WORK THROUGH THE MTSS PROGRAM, STUDENTS THAT ARE IN TIER TWO OR TIER THREE SERVICES FOR THE, UM, MULTI-DISCIPLINARY PROGRAMS WILL HAVE ACCESS TO THESE SERVICES AS WELL.
SO WE'VE MET WITH THE STAFF AT EACH ONE OF THE BUILDINGS, PRINCIPALS, ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS, BMS, AS ALL OF THOSE HAVE BEEN TO THE TABLE, HELLO HERO WILL NOW BE BRINGING THEM ON BOARD AS WELL TO USE THIS SERVICE.
IT IS YOU MATTER 2.0, AND I THINK WE SHOULD BE VERY PROUD OF WHAT WE'RE DOING FOR OUR EMPLOYEES.
I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS IF I CAN.
I MUST SAY THAT THIS IS KIKI SWINTON'S, UH, BABY.
UM, AND SHE'S NOT HERE TONIGHT BECAUSE IT'S HER ANNIVERSARY.
UM, I CAN'T GUARANTEE YOU I'M DOING AS GOOD OF A JOB AS SHE WOULD DO, BUT I'M TRYING MY BEST.
ANY QUESTIONS ARE YOU PRIORITIZING HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS OVER FOR MENTAL HEALTH? WHEN YOU DO THESE 10 SCHOOLS, ARE YOU GOING BY ORDER OF TIERING? WE ARE GOING ABOUT TIERING AND WE'RE BEGINNING WITH ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND THE TWO K EIGHT SCHOOLS, I BELIEVE.
IS THERE A REASON FOR STARTING WITH ELEMENTARY? BECAUSE TO ME AS A PARENT, IF THE CRISIS IS MORE IN THE HIGH SCHOOL THAN AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, IN TERMS OF BEHAVIOR, IN TERMS OF WEAPONS BEING BROUGHT TO SCHOOL IN TERMS OF FIGHTS.
SO WHY ARE WE PRIORITIZING THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL STUDENTS? BECAUSE WE ARE, WE'RE LOOKING AT THE TIERS.
SO WE WERE LOOKING AT THE TWO YEARS TO START THE ELEMENTARY AND WE WILL MOVE ON TO THE HIGH SCHOOL.
IT'S NOT GOING TO BE THAT MUCH GAP, BUT WE NEED TO STOP SOMEWHERE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAD OUR, ALL THE KINKS WORKED OUT.
SO WE'RE STARTING THE FIRST AND JUST AS A FOLLOWUP, DO WE HAVE PEDIATRIC BECAUSE THERE'S A BIG DIFFERENCE IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, MENTAL HEALTH AND HIGH SCHOOL, AGE, MENTAL HEALTH.
ARE WE WORKING WITH PEDIATRIC THERAPISTS OR, UH, YOU WERE ASKING ME A VERY SPECIFIC QUESTION THAT HELLO HERO WOULD PROBABLY ANSWER FOR YOU, BUT I'M SURE THAT WE ARE BECAUSE WE ALL WORKING WITH, UM, SPECIAL ED AS WELL.
SO WE'RE MOVING DOWN THE LADDER.
WE HAVE, UH, WE HAVE, WE HAVE, WE HAVE A NINE O'CLOCK CHAIRMAN.
I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT WE GO, YOU FINISH IT ON BUSINESSES NIGHT.
[12. Public Comments]
STOP FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.WE HAVE ONE PUBLIC COMMENT, ROBIN, MR. STEVEN GREEN.
GOOD EVENING, UM, TO ALL THE BOARD MEMBERS FROM S CHAIRMAN AND TO OUR SUPERINTENDENT.
UM, I WON'T BE LONG IN FRONT OF YOU.
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I KNOW I'M NOT SUPPOSED TO ASK DIRECT QUESTIONS TO EXPECT AN ANSWER BACK FOR MANY OF THE BOARD MEMBERS, BUT FOR CLARITY, I THINK THE MASCOT WAS MENTIONED IN THE POLICY COMMITTEE AND THAT DID NOT HEAR OR UNDERSTAND WHAT ACTION THE POLICY COMMITTEE WAS TAKING.IF ANY ACTION AT ALL, CAN I GET THAT ANSWER? UH, WE CAN'T RESPOND TO YOU HERE, BUT, BUT YES, WE CAN TALK.
WE CAN CALL YOU AFTER THIS MEETING.
UM, OR TOMORROW MORNING, DEPENDING ON HOW LONG THIS MEETING GOES.
UM, I'LL LOOK TO HIM FOR THAT ANSWER.
I'M CALLING YOU FOR A PUBLIC COMMENT.
IF YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND STATE YOUR FIRST AND YOUR LAST NAME.
MY FIRST NAME IS, AND LAST NAME IS SALLY.
I'M GETTING TO A PLACE WHERE I CAN TALK TO YOU.
SO I HAVE THE THREE TOPICS, HOURLY RATES POSITION, AND COLLEGE CREDIT HOURS DEGREE.
UH, YOU KNOW WHAT? THIS MAY NOT BE A GOOD TIME TO TALK.
I'M GOING TO RELINQUISH THE CALL.
[8. Board Business Action]
BOARD BUSINESS ACTION.SO THE, JUST SO THE PUBLIC KNOWS THE BOARD HAS TO APPROVE ANY DONATION THAT IS $5,000 OR, OR, OR GREATER.
SO I MOVED AT THE DURATION FROM ADOPTIVE SCHOOL AND THE AMOUNT VALUED AT $7,972 TO ST.
HELENA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FOR A RECORDING STUDIO FOR STUDENTS BE ACCEPTED IN THE ANGELA MIDDLETON DISCUSSION.
AI PERSONALLY, JUST FOR THE BOARD WOULD LIKE TO, OR THE BOARD WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE ADOPTED ADOPTIVE SCHOOL FOR THIS GENEROUS DONATION.
HAS THE DISTRICT MEMBERS, UH, REPRESENTATIVE SOMETHING? I WILL NOT LET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL I'LL SAY HELL NO.
I WAS DEFINITELY LIKE TO THANK THEM FOR THINKING OF US.
AND WE DEFINITELY APPRECIATE THE PRE APPRECIATED FOR THIS DONATION.
IT USUALLY IS UNANIMOUS WHEN YOU'RE ACCEPTING DONATIONS AND THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS.
UM, I MOVE THAT THE BOARD OF EDUCATION, EXCEPT THE DONATION FROM ALL SAINTS OF PISKEL CHURCH AND THE AMOUNT OF $8,000 TO HILTON HEAD ISLAND, HIGH SCHOOL HILTON HEAD, MIDDLE SCHOOL, HILTON HEAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, AND THE HILTON HEAD ISLAND SCHOOL FOR CREATIVE ARTS TO ENHANCE AND EXPAND THE ROBOTICS CLUB.
THE SECOND DISCUSSION, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR.
I DIDN'T HAVE QUITE ENOUGH TIME TO SAY FOR THE BOARD, A THANK YOU TO THE GENEROUS FOR THE GENEROUS DONATION TO ALL THE ALL SAINTS EPISCOPAL CHURCH.
THAT'S MUCH APPRECIATED BY SEVERAL SCHOOLS.
I MOVE THAT THE BOARD OF EDUCATION
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ACCEPTED DONATION FROM GREGORY GREGORY RINGLER IN THE AMOUNT OF $5,000 BUFORD HIGH SCHOOL FOR J ROTC CADETS WHO NEED FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO ATTEND J ROTC EVENTS.SECOND SECOND, MANAGE THE MIDDLETON AND DISCUSSION DR.
I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THE BOARD THANK MR. RINGLER FOR THE GENEROUS DONATION.
AND I WOULD DEFINITELY TAKE THEM TO THIS REPRESENTATIVE BACK TO APPRECIATE THEM.
WE APPRECIATE THAT AND THEY CAN KEEP IT COMING.
THIS ONE IS PROBABLY NOT GOING TO BE DR.
SO WE HAVE APPROVAL OF THE SKY GO INSTALLMENT PURCHASE BOND RESOLUTION, $3 MILLION.
SOMEBODY WOULD WANT TO MAKE THAT MOTION WHEN OF POINT OF ORDER.
YES, MA'AM, THERE'S A, ANOTHER ITEM ON BOARD DOCS FOR A DONATION, BUT IT'S NOT ON OUR AGENDA, OUR PRINTED AGENDA.
DO WE NEED TO PUT THAT TO THE WORK SESSION PERHAPS? UM, THAT PROBABLY WOULD BE THE SAFEST THING TO DO.
I DIDN'T HEAR THE, I WAS HOPING I WAS HOPING SOMEBODY WOULD MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THIS SECOND AND THEN WE COULD HAVE A DISCUSSION.
I MOVE THAT THE BOARD OF EDUCATION APPROVED THE
SECOND SECONDARY CATHY ROADWAY DISCUSSION.
AND MR. ERIC IS HANDING A HANGING IN THERE WITH US THIS EVENING.
UM, THIS IS AN ANNUAL, UH, APPROVAL THAT WE MAKE, UH, ON THE INSTALLMENT PURCHASE REVENUE BOND.
UM, THESE BONDS COME DUE AND, UH, AND OUR NEED TO BE PAID IN THE, IN THESE FALL AND THE SPRING.
THIS IS BONDISH WANTS TO PAY FOR THOSE TWO INSTALLMENTS.
AND SO THIS APPROVAL WOULD CONTINUE THAT, UH,
UM, MR. NICK, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD ON THAT? UH, NO.
I THINK THIS IS THE SAME PROCESS WAS 2006 SHIFT AND IT'S PER YEAR, DECEMBER 1ST ONE, JUNE 1ST.
AND THIS RESOLUTION WILL ALLOW FOR YOU TO GENERATE THOSE SONGS AND MAKE THOSE TWO THINGS.
MR. SMITH IS ABSENT, BUT EVERYONE ELSE IS.
AND THANK YOU, MR. NARIC FOR HANGING IN THERE WITH US.
[9. Consent Agenda]
THAT.I MOVED THAT THE BOARD OF EDUCATION EXCEPTS SET AGENDA.
I SECOND, YOU GOT THE ROBOT IN SECONDS.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SAME RESULT, FUTURE
[10. Future Agenda Topics]
AGENDA TOPICS.UM, I WOULD ASK EVERYBODY JUST TO HOLD THOSE IF THEY COULD.
UH, CAUSE WE HAVE, WE HAVE A WORK SESSION COMING UP AND YOU HAVE ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY TO SUGGEST SOME THINGS.
[11. Announcements]
DR.RODRIGUEZ, THE MAY RIVER HIGH SCHOOL.
UH, MANY OF OUR, OF OUR SCHOOLS PARTICIPATED AT THE ACADEMIC WORLD QUEST COMPETITION AND MAY RIVER HIGH SCHOOL PLACED SECOND IN THE ACADEMIC WORLD QUEST COMPETITION, UH, THAT TOOK PLACE.
AND SO WE WANT TO JUST TAKE A MOMENT TO ANNOUNCE THAT AND CONGRATULATE THEM.
UM, WE HAVE ALREADY DONE THE PUBLIC COMMENTS.
SO JOURN ANY OBJECTION? OBJECTION.