* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [00:00:10] JENNA SETTING MEETING TUESDAY, MAY 31ST. CAN YOU PUT UP THE AGENDA? THANK YOU. OUR FIRST CORE BUSINESS IS APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA. MR. CHAIR, I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE TODAY'S AGENDA. OKAY. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. BRIGIT STAND FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG AND TO THE REPUBLIC UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL OUR NEXT MEETING MINUTES I MOVE, WE APPROVE THE MAY 9TH COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES A SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR. AYE. AYE IS THREE ZERO. I THINK THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM IS THE MEAT OF OUR MEETING, WHICH WAS SAYING THAT. YES MA'AM. THANK YOU. YES. OKAY. I'VE PLAYED STUFF. ARE ALL THE AMENDMENTS JUST, UH, PRETTY EASY. DO WE KNOW? YES. I THINK THEY ARE. THESE ARE ALL 8%, UH, PROJECTS AND, UH, AND, UH, UH, I'LL THINK THEY ARE, UM, LEGAL. I DIDN'T, DO YOU WANT ME TO JUST SAY LEGAL ADVICE OR LET ME SEE WHAT WENDY, SHE DID SEND ME SOMETHING. UM, UM, SHE HAS TWO PENDING CLAIMS, SO I PUT, IS THERE ANY THINK AN HOUR'S ENOUGH TIME? I DO. OKAY, GREAT. SO QUESTION TRISHA HAS A QUESTION, DAVID. UM, I WAS JUST WONDERING, IS ANY OF THIS LEGAL ADVICE KIND OF AN UPDATE ON THE LAWSUIT BY MR. SMITH? IF NOT, I, I, I THOUGHT SOMETHING HAD OCCURRED RECENTLY AND SO BE GOOD TO HAVE AN UPDATE. ONE OF THEM I BELIEVE IS OKAY. THANK YOU. YUP. WENDY, CARTLIDGE JOINED THE MEETING. CAN YOU HEAR ME? CAN YOU HEAR ME, WENDY? ON THE, ON THE, OKAY, WENDY ON THE, UH, ON THE LEGAL ADVICE, UH, WILL YOU BE PROVIDING THAT OR WE'LL WILL WE HAVE OUTSIDE COUNSEL PROVIDING, PROVIDING THAT I WILL PROVIDE WITH ONE CASE AND OUTSIDE COUNSEL WOULD PROVIDE WITH ANOTHER CASE? THE OTHER CASE. OKAY. SO WHEN WE HAVE OUTSIDE COUNSEL, UH, GENERALLY IT CAN TAKE A LITTLE BIT LONGER. SO, UH, SO WE MAY, WE MAY, UH, [00:05:01] EVEN THOUGH IT'S KIND OF STRAIGHTFORWARD, THEY, THEY USUALLY LIKE TO, UH, TAKE A LITTLE WHILE TO DRAW IT UP AND THEN GET TO IT. SO WE MAY, WE MAY WANT TO DO FOUR 30. DO YOU WANT ME TO MOVE THAT ADVICE AND MOVE IT TO THE TOP? SAYS OUTSIDE COUNSEL WILL BE INVOLVED. YES, PLEASE. AND MINE WILL BE VERY SAFE. MINE WILL BE ABOUT FIVE MINUTES AT THE MOST, BUT THE OUTSIDE COUNSEL, WHAT, YOU KNOW, MAY, MAY TAKE 15 MINUTES OR MAYBE 20 MINUTES. OKAY. AND ROBIN, THE TIME AT THE TOP 4 30, 4 30. YEAH. WE HAVE THE APRIL. UM, WE HAVE, UH, A GAME BALL HAVE FUTURE FARMERS OF AMERICA STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS, AND THEN AN ANNOUNCEMENT AROUND, UH, UH, DIFFERENT HIGH SCHOOL RECOGNITION ON ATHLETICS. IT'S AN EIGHTH GRADER GET TO PLAY ON A HIGH SCHOOL TEAM. THEY DO IN SOUTH CAROLINA, ACTUALLY SEVENTH GRADERS CAN DO IT AS WELL. WOW. UH, SO YOU USUALLY SEE IT MORE IN SPORTS LIKE CROSS-COUNTRY AND TRACK AND FIELD, BUT CAN IT HAPPEN IN OTHER OTHER PLACES? OKAY. I REALLY HAVE ANYTHING SPECIAL TO REPORT. MAYBE JUST SAY SOMETHING ABOUT HOW GREAT THE GRADUATIONS WERE. YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN READING SOME, UM, LADDERS BY OTHERS REGARDING, UM, TO GO TO TWO LEGISLATURES SAYING THE SCHOOLS HAVE DONE ALL THEY CAN IN LIGHT OF THESE KILLINGS. AND WE NEED LEGISLATORS TO TAKE ACTION. ANYBODY HAVE ANY INTEREST IN PURSUING SOMETHING LIKE THAT? YOU THINK BECAUSE SOUTH CAROLINA WOULDN'T WORK? NOPE. OKAY. I THINK IT'S LIKE DRONES. YEAH. I THINK IT WOULD BE RE IF WE WOULD BE REMISS IF WE DIDN'T MENTION IT SOMEWHERE. I DON'T KNOW. IN THE CHAIR'S REPORT OR IN A MOMENT OF SILENCE OR SOMETHING THOUGH. WELL, WHEN WE DO THE MOMENT OF SILENCE, FOR SURE. OKAY. OKAY. IS COMING OUT OF THE LEGISLATIVE? UM, PROBABLY BE THE MOST OPERATIONS AFTER TODAY. SOME RESULTS. OKAY. UH, RESULTS. WE'LL BE MEETING THE DAY BEFORE THE MEETINGS. YEAH. I DON'T THINK IT WILL BE. I DON'T KNOW. I DON'T THINK THERE'LL BE ANY EMOTION COMING OUT OF THAT. ALRIGHT. UH, [00:10:01] ONCE THE DOCTOR IS GOING TO BE FAIRLY QUICK, RIGHT? WE'RE NOT ACTUALLY, UM, THAT'LL BE FAIRLY QUICK. SO MARY HAS A ARTS INITIATIVE, UH, UPDATE OR INFORMATION, STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT UNDER FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY. THE BUDGET UPDATE WILL BE BRIEF. UH, JUST SORT OF RECAP, UM, WHAT HAPPENED AND THEN A SCHOOL FOOD SERVICE TRANSITION UPDATE. I BELIEVE THEY WILL HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE HERE. AND, UM, THEY'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE PROGRESS ON THEIR TRANSITION. UM, SO, SO DO THEY UNDERSTAND HOW IMPORTANT THIS UP THIS TRANSITION IS? UH, TO US AND, AND SO, UH, THEY WANT TO PROVIDE AN UPDATE ON WHERE THEY ARE RIGHT NOW. SOUNDS GOOD. I'M SURE THERE'LL BE CONVERSATION. OH, WOW. TRISHA HAS A QUESTION. THAT'S TRICIA. THANK YOU, DAVID. UM, I WAS ONE TIME WHERE FRANK WITH AN UPDATE ON THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN FOR, UH, REMEMBERING THE HISTORY OF BUFORD HIGH SCHOOL. AND IT SEEMS LIKE SOMETHING THAT WE REALLY NEED TO ADDRESS AND WONDER WHERE WE ARE WITH THAT. UM, I DON'T THINK WE'RE AT A POINT WHERE WE HAVE SOMETHING TO BRING FORWARD YET. DO YOU HAVE A TIMELINE WHEN THAT MIGHT BE? UM, NO, NOT YET, BUT HOPEFULLY IN MAYBE AT THE SECOND MEETING IN, IN, UH, IN JUNE OR AT THE FIRST MEETING IN JULY. OKAY. HE THINKS THAT I ADDED TO THE FUTURE TOPICS. I HAVE THE LEGISLATIVE PROPOSALS THAT GIG MEDI THAT'S COMING TO THE BOARD MEETING. UM, THAT'S COMING OUT OF COMMITTEE AND THEN UNDER THE LAST ONE ON ARCHIVE MATERIALS ON WEBSITE, I THINK WE, YEAH. OKAY. WE GET IT EMAILED FROM CANVAS ABOUT THAT. I THOUGHT ABOUT HOW TO ACCESS THOSE THINGS. RIGHT. SO I CAN DELETE THIS. I DON'T KNOW. I THAT'S JUST MY, WHAT DO YOU THINK I WOULD LEAVE IT AND JUST PUT IN A COMMENT, EMAIL RESPOND. I DIDN'T HEAR I'M SORRY. I WAS JUST PUT, RESPONDED BY EMAIL. THAT'S ALL. UM, DO WE WANT TO PUT THE SCHOOL BOARDS ASSOCIATION, THE SCHOOL LAW CONFERENCE STARTS FRIDAY OF OUR WORK SESSION. DO WE WANT TO KEEP IT AT THE WORKS OR DO WE WANT TO CHANGE DATE? DO YOU WANT THAT ON THIS AGENDA? IS IT REGISTRATION ON FRIDAY? IT REALLY DOESN'T START UNTIL SATURDAY, CORRECT? CORRECT. SO SOME OF YOU SAID THEY DIDN'T SEE THAT IT NEEDED TO BE AN ISSUE. UM, SO ASKING, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW THAT I'M GOING TO GO, BUT THE ONLY ISSUE THAT I CAN SEE IS IT TAKES LONGER TO GET TO GREENVILLE THAN IT DOES TO GET TO, UM, CHARLESTON. SO IF YOU'RE GOING TO GO UP FRIDAY NIGHT, IT'S LIKE A, IT'S LIKE A FOUR HOUR, FOUR HOUR DRIVE BEFORE YOU GET OFF THE, UM, THE WORK SESSION AT FIVE, I GUESS YOU'D GET THERE NINE. SO THAT'S THE ONLY THING. THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE JUST TOO HARD. [00:15:08] YEAH. I THINK WE NEED TO JUST CHANGE THE DATE OF THE WORD. UM, SO MAYBE, SHOULD WE, UH, JUST LOOK AT DATES NOW AND PUT IT ON THERE TO SEE AS EMOTION? UM, WE COULD DO THAT OR WE COULD HAVE ROBIN'S VERY EVERYBODY. OKAY. HOWEVER YOU WANT TO DO IT. I JUST, UM, I ALWAYS THINK IT'S BETTER TO QUERY PEOPLE. SO CAN YOU DO THAT ROBIN? UM, THIS LOOKS LIKE MEETING THE LONGEST. PART'S GOING TO BE THE EXECUTIVE SESSION. YEAH, I THINK SO. AND I KNOW THERE'S GOING TO BE DISCUSSION ABOUT THE FOOD SERVICE. I KNOW IT I'M GOING TO, IF THE EXISTING FOLKS WERE HIRED ABOVE, RIGHT. SO HOPEFULLY THEY WILL BE PREPARED AND MAYBE EVEN INCLUDE THAT IN THEIR PRESENTATION. YEAH. THAT'S A REALLY GOOD IDEA. YOU CAN ANTICIPATE THAT TRISHA IS HANDS UP. YES. MA'AM I CAN'T SEE SHE'S THERE. SHE'S IN PERSON. THAT'S RIGHT. AND, UM, SO, AND, AND I, I AM HERE TODAY BECAUSE I DID HAVE THREE THINGS ON MY LIST THAT I WANTED TO ASK YOU OFFICERS ABOUT AND DR. RODRIGUEZ. SO MY LAST AND FINAL THING IS THAT GIVEN THE EVENTS THAT OCCURRED IN TEXAS, UM, IS THERE ANY ENERGY TOWARD HAVING, UH, DAVE GRISSOM AT OUR EXECUTIVE SESSION TO ANSWER ANY KINDS OF QUESTIONS OR QUERIES? I FIND, I FIND THAT THE, UH, LACK OF TALKING ABOUT IT TO BE KIND OF SURPRISING. UM, SO IS THERE ANY ENERGY FOR HAVING GRISSOM THERE TO TALK AND JUST ASK THEM A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS? UM, AN EXECUTIVE SESSION, YEAH. AND EXECUTIVE SESSION, WE COULD DO THAT, BUT FRANK, FRANK GAVE A PRESENTATION ON THOSE SHERIFFS AND STUFF, BUT IF YOU THINK DAVID, IF YOU HAVE SPECIFIC QUESTIONS, DO YOU THINK DAVID'S, THAT'S JUST MY OPINION. UM, I CAN TELL YOU, WE HAVE OUR, YOU KNOW, UM, PROTOCOLS THAT, THAT, THAT WE HAVE AND THAT WE PUT IN PLACE, YOU KNOW, UH, THERE, WE REALLY HAVE NOT GOTTEN, UH, VERY MANY QUESTIONS AT ALL. UH, UH, WHAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS, YOU KNOW, WE HAD THE PRESS CONFERENCE WAS TO, WAS TO GET OUT IN FRONT OF THAT, UH, AND TO BE ABLE TO, TO, UH, TALK ABOUT IT WITH OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT PARTNERS AND, UM, AND, AND MAKE SURE OUR COMMUNITY KNOWS THAT WE HAVE A, UH, UH, COLLABORATIVE, UH, APPROACH ON, ON, ON THESE THINGS, YOU KNOW? UH, SO I MEAN, NOT THAT, I MEAN, IF I'M THE ONLY ONE THAT HAS QUESTIONS, I CAN JUST ASK DAVID ON MY OWN. SO I JUST WANTED TO ASK WHETHER OR NOT THERE WAS ANY ENERGY FROM ANYBODY THAT FELT THAT IT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE, THAT THE SCHOOL BOARD LOOK AT ANY TYPE OF, UM, CONVERSATION DISCUSSION ABOUT SECURITY MEASURES POST THE TEXAS MAXIMUM. NO, THE CONVERSATION I WANTED TO HAVE WAS THAT US TAKING SOME ACTION, BUT THAT DIDN'T [00:20:01] FLY. SO, YOU KNOW, BASED, I GUESS THIS IS NOT THE TIME TO HAVE THAT DISCUSSION ABOUT, UH, WHY I DON'T THINK WE NEED GRISSOM, BUT ALL RIGHT, WELL, I'M NOT A VOTING MEMBER OF THIS AGENDA SETTING. SO KATHY, I TOTALLY AGREE WITH YOU THAT SOME, SOMETHING SHOULD BE SAID OR DONE, OR AT LEAST IMPLIED BECAUSE IT'S ALL MY, THEY MIGHT NOT BE CALLING OR ANYTHING, BUT IT'S ALL ANYBODY I KNOW IS TALKING ABOUT. YEAH. AND I HAVE TO SAY A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT EVERYBODY THAT I'VE TALKED TO TALKS ABOUT IT, BUT VERY FEW PEOPLE TALK ABOUT OUR SITUATION. I ONLY HAD ONE PERSON ASK ME QUESTIONS ABOUT WHETHER OUR SCHOOLS WERE HARDENED. AND I SAID, YES, ANGELA COMMENTS, I DON'T KNOW. UM, IS IT, DO WE HAVE AN E ON, UM, I DON'T KNOW. I DON'T HAVE MY BOOK IN FRONT OF ME, BUT I'M THINKING WE MUST HAVE AN OAE ABOUT SCHOOL SECURITY AND THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'D GET UPDATES THEN WHAT'S THERE IS, THERE IS YEAH. OH, WEEK 16. I THINK SAFETY INSECURITY. I DON'T HAVE MY BOOK WITH ME SURFACE, SO WE DON'T KNOW. I DON'T HAVE MINE JUST TO KNOW WHEN WE'RE GETTING A REPORT ON THAT, BUT, WELL, WHEN, WHENEVER WE'RE GETTING REPORTED, WOULDN'T BE FINALLY CAUSE IT'S EITHER NOW OR NEVER, SO TO SPEAK, THIS IS HOT ON EVERYBODY'S AND EVERYBODY'S CONSCIOUSNESS RIGHT NOW. SO I DUNNO, I THINK, WHAT DO YOU THINK? AND ANGELA, I JUST THINK BASED ON WHAT WE KNOW, THAT'S COME THROUGH THE MEDIA. I MEAN, THAT SHOOTER GOT IN THE BEST SCHOOL BECAUSE THE TEACHER PROP THE DOOR OPEN THAT, YOU KNOW, IT WASN'T. UM, AND I KNOW THAT WE TELL OUR TEACHERS NOT TO DO THAT. UM, YOU KNOW, AND I DON'T KNOW IF OUR NEW SECURITY SYSTEMS HAVE, CAN SHOW WHAT DOORS ARE PROPPED OPEN, YOU KNOW, AT MY HOUSE, MY SECURITY SYSTEM CAN TELL ME IF THERE'S A DOOR OPEN. UM, AND THAT PEOPLE OUGHT TO BE LOOKING AT THAT. AND I, AND I WOULD THINK THAT THOSE TYPES OF THINGS ARE UNDER FRANK'S. AND, UM, AND GRISSOM'S, YOU KNOW, THAT THEY'RE TALKING TO THE PRINCIPALS WITH, AND EVERY SINGLE PRINCIPAL AFTER SOMETHING LIKE THIS IS GOING TO THEIR STAFF AND SAYING, SEE WHY YOU DON'T PROP DOORS OPEN? I DON'T KNOW. THAT'S JUST MY, MY FEELING. I DON'T KNOW THAT THE THING WITH THE THING WITH, UH, INCIDENTS LIKE THIS RIGHT, IS THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, HINDSIGHT IS 2020, RIGHT. AND SO WHATEVER, OR WHATEVER THE ISSUE, UM, YOU KNOW, THERE'S ALWAYS SOMETHING THAT COMES OUT OF EACH AND EVERY INCIDENT LIKE THIS AND SCHOOLS, DISTRICTS ACROSS THE COUNTRY LEARN MORE AND MORE ABOUT THINGS, UNFORTUNATELY, UH, AFTER INCIDENTS LIKE THIS, RIGHT? EVEN, EVEN THOSE THINGS THAT ARE, UH, COMMON SENSE LIKE THAT, THAT, THAT, THAT MAY HAPPEN. UM, IT BECOMES THINGS THAT ARE TALKED ABOUT. IT BECOMES THINGS THAT ARE REVIEWED, THINGS THAT ARE DISCUSSED. I MEAN, IT'S, IT'S NATURAL, YOU KNOW, UH, BUT EVERY ONE OF THOSE ARE INCIDENTS PROVIDE SOMETHING, UH, AS A RESULT OF HINDSIGHT. SO MAYBE AN EXECUTIVE SESSION, WE SHOULD JUST, WE COULD HAVE A THING, UH, NEW LEARNINGS OR ANY IMPACT SOMETHING JUST ALONG WHAT YOU SAID, DR. RODRIGUEZ, IF THERE'S ANYTHING ADDITIONAL, IF WE'RE GOING TO PUT, IF WE'RE GOING TO PUT SOMETHING IN EXECUTIVE SESSION, I DON'T PARTICULARLY WANT TO TIE IT TO THAT INCIDENT. I WOULD JUST CALL IT SAFETY AND SECURITY AND, UH, AND, AND, AND DEAL WITH IT THAT WAY. UM, YOU KNOW, THOSE INDIVIDUALS ARE GOING THROUGH THROUGH A LOT, YOU [00:25:01] KNOW, UH, IN THOSE, UH, IN THOSE SCHOOL DISTRICTS, EVEN THOUGH IT'S NOT HERE LOCALLY. UH, BUT I JUST THINK THAT, UH, MISTAKES OR NO MISTAKES, I MEAN, EVERYBODY, SECOND GUESSES, EVERYTHING THEY'VE DONE, YOU KNOW, I WOULD JUST SAY, UH, SAFETY AND SECURITY. IF YOU GO, IF YOU WANT AN UPDATE ON SOMETHING AROUND THAT, I WOULD JUST CALL IT A SAFETY AND SECURITY UPDATE AND THEN LEAVE IT AT THAT. YEAH. WE'LL ASK ONE DAY TO FIND THE RIGHT LANGUAGE, BUT SOMETHING LIKE THAT. I MEAN, I DON'T THINK IT NEEDS TO BE LENGTHY. I THAT'S, I JUST CAUTION US THAT AS WE, AS WE TACKLE THIS KIND OF THING, THAT, THAT I THINK, UH, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE RABBIT HOLES ON THIS THAT PEOPLE WILL MOVE THROUGH. RIGHT. I MEAN, YOU KNOW, UH, WELL, I'LL LEAVE IT AT THAT AND RESERVE OTHER COMMENTS ABOUT IT FOR, FOR THE EXECUTIVE SESSION. WELL, WE CAN VOTE WHETHER WE WANT IT ON THE AGENDA OR NOT. I CAN SEE THIS BIRD IS GETTING INTO A LONG CONVERSATION AND EXECUTIVES. I CAN JUST HEAR A BOARD MEMBER ASKING ABOUT THE PROCESS. SO IF WE CAN, SOMEHOW WE FIND, DID WE FIND OUT WHEN COMES? I DON'T THINK, I THINK IT TYPICALLY COMES LIKE IN OCTOBER. HOW ABOUT IF WE SAID RECENT SAFETY AND SECURITY UPDATES, AND THEN DAVID COULD JUST TELL US IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT WE'VE DONE THAT, THAT WORKS. I, I, I THINK GETTING INTO THE WHOLE LONG, I SAY, YOU KNOW, I AGREE WITH YOU, DAVID. I KNOW I WAS GOING TO GET OFF TRACK HERE. THERE WAS A NEGATIVE SESSION TWO. NOW THAT WE'VE LEARNED ANYTHING YET, BUT AT LEAST HAVE IT. SO POST, I WAS GONNA SAY QUESTION MARK AT THE END OF THAT. I HAVEN'T BEEN UNDER. THAT'D BE GREAT. 'CAUSE I THOUGHT WE WERE PRETTY HARD ALREADY, BUT, UM, I THINK THAT WAS A REALLY GOOD QUESTION ABOUT NOTIFICATION ON AN OPEN DOOR. SO THAT'S PROBABLY A GOOD QUESTION. SO, ALL RIGHT. FOR SHUT UP. IS THAT OKAY WITH YOU HIT YOUR TARGET? NO, I BELIEVE WE'VE COMPLETED OUR TASK, SO WE NEED A MOTION TO ADJOURN. WE ARE ADJOURNED. THANK YOU EVERYONE. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.