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CAPTIONING PROVIDED BY BAUER COUNTY OF[Call to Order]
EDUCATION TO ORDER IT'S.OUR BUSINESS MEETING IS BEING HYBRID CONDUCTED IN HYBRID FASHION MEETING IS ALSO LIVE STREAMED BY THE COUNTY CHANNEL REQUEST FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.
PARTICIPATION WILL BE ACCEPTED BETWEEN FIVE AND 5:30 PM.
BY SENDING AN EMAIL WITH YOUR NAME, PHONE NUMBER AND TOPIC TO ROBIN CHRISTIANBARRY@BEAUFORTK12.SC US, YOU WILL RECEIVE A PHONE CALL DURING PUBLIC COMMENTS WHERE YOU WILL BE ABLE TO SPEAK AND ADDRESS THE BOARD FOR A MAXIMUM OF THREE MINUTES ON ISSUES WITHIN THE BOARD'S DOMAIN.
THE FORUM WILL BE LIMITED TO 30 MINUTES.
IF YOU ARE IN PERSON, YOU MAY 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 CLERK FOR A CARD REQUEST FOR THE SECOND PUBLIC COMMENTS WILL BE ACCEPTED BETWEEN SEVEN AND SEVEN 30 IN THE SAME MANNERS ABOVE SECOND PUBLIC COMMENTS WILL TAKE PLACE PRIOR TO ADJOURNMENT NO LATER THAN 9:00 PM.
SECOND FORM WILL BE LIMITED TO 15 MINUTES IN THE EVENT.
THE ABOARD HAS NOT FINISHED ADDRESSING ALL ITEMS LISTED ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA.
WE WILL RECONVENE TOMORROW THE NEXT BUSINESS DAY TO FINISH THE AGENDA ITEMS. IT IS MY JOB TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T DO THAT.
[Executive Session]
BUSINESS IS EXECUTIVE SESSION.UH, THANK YOU, CHAIRMAN STRINGER.
I MOVE THAT THE BOARD OF EDUCATION GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION FOR THE FOLLOWING, UH, MATTERS.
ONE EMPLOYMENT MATTERS REGARDING THE PERSONAL RATIFICATION REPORT AND DISCUSSION OF EMPLOYMENT APPOINTMENT, PROMOTION COMPENSATION, PURSUANT TO SOUTH CAROLINA CODE ANNALS, SECTION 34 78, 1 2 RECEIPT OF INFORMATION RELATED TO SAFETY AND SECURITY PURSUANT TO SOUTH CAROLINA CODE ANAL, SECTION 34, 20 C THREE DISCUSSION OF NEGOTIATIONS INCIDENT TO PROPOSE ST.
HELEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FOR JIM ENTRY CANOPY CONTRACT AMENDMENT NUMBER 29 TO AJS BUILDING COMPANY, LLC, PURSUANT TO SOUTH CAROLINA CODE ANAL, SECTION 34 78, 2, AND LASTLY, DISCUSSION OF NEGOTIATIONS INCIDENT TO PROPOSED BLUFFTON HIGH SCHOOL FOR THE REMAINING SAFETY SECURITY SCOPE CONTRACT AMENDMENT NUMBER 23 WITH MB CON CONSTRUCTION COMPANY INCORPORATED PURSUANT TO SOUTH CAROLINA CODE ANAL, SECTION 34 70 A TWO.
SECOND EARL CAMPBELL'S SECOND.
I IRID DID YOU? I PRESS IT OFF.
OH, I SAID IT QUIETLY TO MYSELF.
SO WE ARE UNANIMOUS ROBIN THERE'S FEEDBACK COMING FROM SOMEWHERE.
UNFORTUNATELY, WE COULD NOT HEAR, UM, EVERYTHING THAT DR.
WE CAN HEAR YOU NOW, BUT THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF FEEDBACK.
I WAS WONDERING, I HEARD THAT FEEDBACK.
I WAS WONDERING THE FEEDBACK'S COMING FROM THE OTHER ROOM.
WELL, MY THING'S THE ROOM I NOTICED ALSO MY, I DON'T THINK MY MIC'S THAT LOUD.
YOU WANT ME TO GO AGAIN? WOULD YOU LIKE HER TO REPEAT THAT, ANGELA? YES, SIR.
I MOVE THAT THE BEAUFORT COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION AND I'M GONNA STOP AND ASK YOU.
YOU ARE COMING THROUGH VERY WELL.
SO THE REASONS FOR EXECUTIVE SESSION ARE ONE EMPLOYMENT MATTER REGARDING PERSONAL RATIFICATION REPORT AND DISCUSSION OF EMPLOYMENT APPOINTMENT, PROMOTION COMPENSATION, PURSUANT TO SOUTH CAROLINA CODE ANDAL SECTION 34 70 A
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ONE, TWO RECEIPT OF INFORMATION RELATED TO SAFETY AND SECURITY PURSUANT TO SOUTH CAROLINA CODE AND ALL SECTION 34 20 C THREE DISCUSSION OF NEGOTIATIONS INCIDENT TO PROPOSE ST.HELEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FOR JIM ENTRY CANOPY CONTRACT AMENDMENT NUMBER 29 TO AJAS BUILDING COMPANY, LLC, PURSUANT TO SOUTH CAROLINA CODE ANNALS, SECTION 34 70 A TWO AND FOUR DISCUSSION OF NEGOTIATIONS INCIDENT TO PROPOSE BLUFFTON HIGH SCHOOL FOR THE REMAINING SAFETY SECURITY SCOPE CONTRACT AMENDMENT NUMBER 23 WITH MB CON CONSTRUCTION COMPANY INCORPORATED PURSUANT TO SOUTH CAROLINA CODE ANNALS, SECTION 34 70 A TWO.
LET'S MOVE INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION.
CLEAN QUALITY HABITATS ARE ESSENTIAL TO THE ANIMALS OF THE LOW COUNTRY WETLANDS.
LIKE THIS ARE GREAT PLACES FOR BABY ALLIGATORS.
LIKE THESE LITTLE GAMES, THEY NEED PROPER HABITATS SO THAT THEY CAN FIND THEIR FOOD STAY PROTECTED AND REPRODUCE.
AND WETLANDS ARE ESPECIALLY IMPORTANT FOR FISH, BIRDS, AMPHIBIANS, AND OTHER LIFE.
JOIN US FOR COASTAL KINGDOM, A FIELD TRIP THROUGH THE LOW COUNTRY AND A CHANCE TO MEET SOME OF THE ANIMALS THAT LIVE HERE DISCUSSED AN
[Action as Necessary or Appropriate Regarding Matters Discussed in Executive Session]
EXECUTIVE SESSION.MR. CHAIRMAN, I MOVED, WE APPROVED THE SUPERINTENDENT'S RECOMMENDATIONS FOR EMPLOYMENT LISTED ON THE JULY 1ST TO AUGUST 31ST, 2022 PERSONNEL RATIFICATION REPORT.
W SECOND, ANY DISCUSSION? YES.
MR. SMITH BEING THAT I WAS NOT IN THERE.
I WILL BE UPSTANDING FROM THE VOTE.
ANGELA'S NOT ON, HAVE I LOST ANGELA? SHE'S NOT ON YET.
UM, THERE'S AND MR. SMITH ABSTAINS AND MS. BOATRIGHT DOWN HERE.
OH, AND THIS BOATRIGHT ABSTAINS WAS NEVSKY ABSTAINS.
SO I HAVE MS. MIDDLE TO ABSENT VOTE, RIGHT.
I D ALL I KNOW IS THERE WAS TWO ABS ONE, THREE AB UPSTAIRS.
THE NEXT MOTION, MR. CHAIRMAN, I MOVE, WE ACCEPT THE SUPERINTENDENT'S RECOMMENDATION TO EMPLOY LUCIA MATO O'BRIEN AS DIRECTOR OF TRANSPORTATION.
I WILL DEFINITELY BE ABSTAINING.
I WAS, I DID NOT GET THE BACKGROUND ON THAT, SO I WILL STAND FROM THAT.
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THE MOTION I DID, MR. OKAY.AND MR. SMITH ABSTAIN, I ABSTAINED WAS NSK ALSO ABSTAINING.
WISNESKI ALSO VOTE PASSES 9 0 2.
I MOVED THAT THE BOARD OF EDUCATION APPROVE AMENDMENT NUMBER 23 WITH MB CON CONSTRUCTION FOR THE REMAINING SAFETY SECURITY WORK AT BLUFFTON HIGH SCHOOL, BASED ON THE GUARANTEED MAXIMUM PRICE OF $2,073,671 A SECOND.
UM, ON, ON, ON THIS, THIS IS THE FINISHING PIECE TO THE, THIS IS ALSO PART OF MR. CHAIR.
PARDON THE INTERRUPTION? WE CAN'T HEAR ANYTHING.
WE WILL TRY TO TRY TO SPEAK LOUDER, BUT I, IT MIGHT BE A TECHNICAL THING.
UH, FOR CLARITY, I'M ASKING, IS, IS THIS THE FINISHING THE LAST PIECE, UH, IN TERMS OF TECHNOLOGY FOR BLUFFTON HIGH SCHOOL? IS THAT WHAT THIS IS? AND IS THIS ALSO A PART OF THE REFERENDUM? YES.
A PART OF THE SAFETY AND SECURITY.
AND IF I, UH, FOR THE PEOPLE WHO COULD NOT HEAR, UH, MISTY OUTING IN THE BACKGROUND SAID, YES, IT IS A PART OF THE, THE REFERENDUM OF PART OF THE SAFETY AND SECURITY.
THANK YOU FOR THAT INFORMATION.
THANK YOU FOR CLARITY, MR. UH, COLONEL GEIER AND, UM, MS. MIDDLETON ARE SENDING MESSAGES THAT NOTHING IS AUDIBLE.
WELL, WELL, WE NEED TO TRY TO RESOLVE THAT CUZ THEY CAN'T VOTE INTELLIGENTLY IF THEY CAN'T HEAR WHAT WE'RE DOING.
OBVIOUSLY DIDN'T TURN HIS HEAD.
PARDON? I SAID HE DIDN'T HEAR ME.
PUT THE FISH BACK ON WHILE WE'RE WAIT.
WELL, IS THERE A BASEBALL GAME WE COULD WATCH IN? I'VE GOT LUNCH.
LET'S SAY WE PUT ON THE BASEBALL GAME A LITTLE BIT.
IS THIS OUR STUDENT OF THE MONTH? VERY EXCITING.
AND THE PRINCIPAL THAT'S RIGHT.
UH, COLONEL GEIER CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? I CAN HEAR YOU.
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OKAY.IS IT BETTER? IS IT BETTER? YES.
I MOVED THAT THE BOARD OF EDUCATION APPROVE AMENDMENT NUMBER 23 WITH MB CON CONSTRUCTION FOR THE REMAINING SAFETY SECURITY WORK AT BLUFFTON HIGH SCHOOL, BASED ON THE GUARANTEED MAXIMUM PRICE OF $2,073,671.
WE'RE GONNA KEEP DOING THIS TILL WE GET IT RIGHT.
AND I WOULD ASK THE QUESTION IS THIS, IS THIS THE FINAL SAFETY AND SECURITY UPDATE FOR BLUFFTON HIGH SCHOOL? AND IS THIS THE LAST THING THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE AND IS ALSO THIS A PART OF THE OBAMA REFERENDUM? YES, SIR.
I APPRECIATE THAT FOR CLARITY FOR THE, FOR THE COMMUNITY.
MR. CHAIRMAN, I MOVED AT THE BOARD OF EDUCATION APPROVE AMENDMENT NUMBER 29 WITH AJAX BUILDING COMPANY FOR ST.
HELENA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, JIM ENTRY CANOPY, BASED ON THE GUARANTEED MAXIMUM PRICE OF $376,873.
COULD WE HAVE, UH, UH, THERE'S THERE'S A AND B COULD WE HAVE THOSE ON, ON THE, UH, ON THE SCREEN SO WE CAN SEE WHICH SHE, WHILE THE MOTION ON THE FLOOR IS FOR, FOR THE OPTION THAT SHE CITED.
WELL CAN, WELL, CAN WE HAVE KIM? WE SEE WHAT A IS.
COULD WE HAVE A, ON THE SCREEN? CAN YOU PULL THAT UP? ROBIN? MM-HMM THAT'S IS THIS IS B? YEAH.
WHICH ONE? DO YOU WANT? A YES.
MA'AM THE OPTION DISPLAY THE PICTURE YOU WANT THE PICTURE DISPLAYED, RIGHT? YES, SIR.
B THIS IS B THAT'S A THAT'S THAT'S A, WE WANT, WE WANT, WANT IT ON THE MOTION HERE? HE WANTED THIS ONE.
THE MOTION IS B IS FOR OPTION B MOTION IS FOR OPTION B.
MA'AM THAT'S THE PICTURE YOU WANT FORGOT.
WHERE'D YOU GET THE, AND AT THIS TIME, AS WE CAN SEE THE, THIS PICTURE WAS NOT THE PICTURE THAT WAS DISCUSSED IN A COMMUNITY MEETING, ALONG WITH THE COMMUNITY AND THE PRINCIPAL, UH, AND, AND MY CONSTITUENT.
SO THIS IS A MUCH MORE CHEAPER OPTION AND NOT REALLY AS CHEAP, BUT IT'S, WE, WE HAD, THIS IS KIND OF BUILDING, THAT'S BEEN PRETTY MUCH BEEN GIVEN TO THE DISTRICT AND WE'VE PROMISED THAT PEOPLE IN, IN THIS DISTRICT, SOMETHING, ONCE AGAIN, WE'VE COME SHORT, WE'VE COME SHORT THAT WE'VE GOT THEIR HOPES UP AND WE'VE PROMISED THEM THAT THEY WERE GONNA GET THAT THEY WERE GONNA GET SOMETHING COMPATIBLE TO THE OPTION.
A THAT PEOPLE THAT WE JUST SAW THAT WAS MISSED AND PUT UP.
UH, SO AT THIS POINT IN TIME, YOU KNOW, I JUST CAN'T KEEP, UM, INSULTING MY COMMUNITY AND, AND NOT, NOT GIVING THEM OR NOT MEETING THEM WHERE WE, WHERE WE'RE, UH, WHERE, WHAT WE, AND WHAT WE TELL THEM THAT WE DID, BECAUSE, UH, THEY'RE LOOKING FOR SOMETHING, AND THIS IS KIND OF A, A BANDAID ON IT.
AND ONCE AGAIN, WE'RE, WE'RE GONNA BE PUTTING A, A SCAB OFF THE BEN KNEE BECAUSE THE COMMUNITY WAS LOOKING FOR SOMETHING, AND THIS IS WHAT WE'RE GIVING THEM.
AND I CAN'T SUPPORT THAT DUE TO, THAT'S NOT WHAT THEY WERE LOOKING FOR.
UM, WE ALL KNOW THAT RENDERINGS ARE JUST, UM, IDEAS OF WHAT COULD BE POSSIBLE.
IT'S NOT UNTIL YOU GET THE COST ESTIMATE AND THE REALITY OF IT.
WE CANNOT AFFORD THE OTHER OPTION.
THIS IS A VERY HANDSOME ENTRY FOR A GYMNASIUM AT AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
IT IS GOING TO BE A BEAUTIFUL, UH, ADDITION TO ST.
HELENA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, GYM, AND WE CAN STAY WITHIN BUDGET WITH THIS.
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HAVE A QUESTION.DID WE PROMISE THE COMMUNITY ANYTHING? DID WE HAVE A COMMUNITY MEETING WHERE WE PROMISED THEM SOMETHING? I WOULD SAY, NO, SIR.
WHAT WAS IT? WELL, WE SHOWED THEM WHAT WE WERE LOOKING AT AS AN OPTION, AND WE ASKED FOR FEEDBACK ON WHAT THEY THOUGHT ABOUT IT.
I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE WE DIDN'T PROMISE ANYBODY ANYTHING BEFORE THE NUMBERS CAME IN, CUZ THAT THAT'S REALLY NOT BEING FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE.
WELL, UH, I SAY THAT ONE MORE THING.
AND WHILE THEY, WHILE, UH, I WOULD SAY THAT THE COMMUNITY, UH, SEEMED TO FEEL A LITTLE DIFFERENTLY.
AND ALSO THIS IS NOT THE FIRST THING IN TERMS OF THIS GYM THAT HAS BEEN CUT DOWN BECAUSE THERE WERE SOME OTHER THINGS THAT WERE IN THIS GYM TOO, THAT WAS, UH, SUPPOSEDLY THAT THE COMMUNITY WOULD GOTTEN WOULD HAVE GOTTEN AS WELL.
SO THIS IS, THIS IS ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT HAS BEEN, HAS BEEN, NOT A PROMISE THAT HAVE NOT BEEN KEPT.
SO I, I WILL SAY FROM, FROM MY CONSTITUENTS, WHAT I'VE GATHERED THAT THIS IS, THIS IS THE SECOND THING, AND THIS IS, AND THAT'S NOT HOW THEY HAVE PERCEIVED PRIOR CONVERSATIONS WITH, UH, AND, AND THOSE MEETINGS WITH THEM AND THE STAFF.
SO I'M, I'M JUST PUTTING IT OUT THERE CLEAR BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE, THAT'S MY UNDERSTANDING OF IT.
AND I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT I'M REPRESENTING AND, AND I'M, I'M STATING HOW THEY FEEL.
AND I THINK THAT, AND THAT TO SOME DEGREE IT IS WRONG.
IT'S JUST THE CONTINUOUSLY JUST DRAG ALONG TO GET ALONG.
AND WE GIVE YOU AT OUR, AT OUR CONVENIENCE.
THIS IS ONE OF THOSE, ANOTHER SHORTCOMINGS TOWARDS THE COMMUNITY THAT WE FEEL SLIGHTLY ONCE AGAIN.
UM, MR. HARDY, MR. WHAT WAS CUTTING OUT OF THE GYM? ANYTHING ELSE THAT THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO GO AND JIM WAS CUT OUT OF IT? UM, NOT THAT I'M.
WHAT, WHAT ARE YOU REFERRING TO MR. SMITH? DID I'M REFERRING TO THE GYM? YEAH, I MEAN, AS FAR AS THE SCOPE OF THE PROJECT, UM, EVERYTHING THAT WE, THE CONCESSION STAND, UH, THERE WAS A CONCEPT WHERE THERE WAS A CONCESSION STAND AREA.
INITIALLY WE DID HAVE A CONCESSION STAND IN THE PLAN AS AN OPTION, AND THAT IS NOT IN THIS FINAL VERSION.
UM, IS, IS IT NORMAL TO HAVE A CONCESSION STAND IN THE ELEMENTARY GYM? UH, NO SIR.
THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS WHY IT WAS TAKEN AWAY.
JUST THERE WASN'T A NEED FOR IT.
CAN WE, CAN WE BRING THE MOTION BACK UP ROBIN? IT'S BEEN SO LONG.
I MIDDLETON I MR. EARL CAMPBELL.
WISNESKI SAINS MOTION PASSES 9 1 11.
UM, LAST MOTION AT THIS TIME, I MOVED THAT THE BEAUFORT COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION AUTHORIZED THE SUPERINTENDENT TO IMMEDIATELY TERMINATE THE ARMED SECURITY GUARD SERVICES CONTRACT WITH SECURITY SOLUTIONS OF AMERICA AND USE EMERGENCY PROCUREMENT TO SECURE NEW ARMED SECURITY GUARD SERVICES THROUGH JUNE 30TH, 2023, UNTIL A NEW COMPANY CAN BE SELECTED THROUGH THE COMPETITIVE BID PROCESS.
GU SECOND, DID YOU GET THAT ROBIN? OKAY.
MR. SMITH, DUE TO SOME CONCERNS, UH, TO COVERAGE, I WILL NOT BE ABLE TO SUPPORT THIS, UM, THIS MOTION AT THIS TIME.
LET'S NOT TALK ABOUT COVERAGE.
I JUST, I JUST HAD SOME CONCERNS AND THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT I LEFT.
WELL, YOU CAN HAVE YOUR CONCERNS PRIVATELY.
WELL, I HAVE, I HAVE SOME CONCERNS, THEREFORE I'M NOT, I'M NOT SUPPORTING THIS.
MIDDLESTON MR. CHERYL CAMPBELL.
GEIER I MR. GEIERS AN I MS. MIDDLETON'S AN I.
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DIDN'T MEAN TO BE ABRUPT WITH YOU MR. SMITH, BUT IT THAT'S JUST SENSITIVE, SENSITIVE AREA.WE DON'T WANNA TALK ABOUT THAT STUFF.
UH, THAT CONCLUDES EXECUTIVE SESSION MOTIONS.
[Approval of Agenda]
UH, ITEM IS APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA.WISNESKI ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OR I'M SORRY, DISCUSSION.
OH, UM, I'D LIKE TO REMOVE, UH, UNDER CONSENT AGENDA TO, AS A SEPARATE I ITEM THE SEPTEMBER NINE, UH, WORK SESSION MEETING MINUTES, UH, SINCE I WAS NOT ABLE TO ATTEND THAT AND BECAUSE I'D LIKE TO BE ABLE TO VOTE ON THE REST OF THE CONSENT AGENDA SO WE CAN PUT THAT MAYBE UNDER BOARD BUSINESS JUST BY ITSELF IS NOT PART OF THE CONSENT AGENDA.
DID, DID YOU GET THAT ROBIN AS A, A MOTION TO REMOVE THAT? I DON'T THINK IT HAS TO BE A MOTION.
IT'S JUST, IF AN INDIVIDUAL MEMBER WANTS TO MOVE SOMETHING OUT OF CONSENT AGENDA BEFORE THE AGENDA IS APPROVED, WE CAN DO THAT.
THAT IS UNANIMOUS, BUT WHAT'S UP ON THE BOARD IS REALLY NOT CORRECT.
IT'S NOT WELL SHOULD TO APPROVE THE AGENDA.
WITH THE REMOVAL OF REMOVAL, UM, SEPTEMBER 9TH WORK SESSION MEETINGS FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA AND PLACED UNDER BOARD BUSINESS ACTION.
I THINK THAT'S WHAT WE APPROVED.
[Pledge of Allegiance, Moment of Silence, Statement of Media Notification]
WE COULD STAND FROM THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, PLEASE, TO THE UNITED STATES, STATES OF AMERICA, GOD, INDIVIDUAL JUSTICE.IF WE COULD, UM, SERVE A MOMENT OF SILENCE, PLEASE.
UH, THE MEDIA HAS BEEN NOTIFIED THAT MOVES US TO
[Student Performance – Beaufort High School Sea Island Sound]
THE STUDENT PERFORMANCE.WE HAVE BEAUFORT HIGH SCHOOL, SEA ISLAND SOUND PERFORMING, GO FLYING NOW.
CAN'T HELP FALLING IN LOVE AND THE BHS ALMA MATER UNDER THE DIRECTION OF BAND DIRECTOR, WILLIAM NICHOLS ON BEHALF OF BAUER HIGH SCHOOL AND THE SEA ISLAND SOUND THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING US TO PERFORM FOR YOU THIS EVENING.
MY NAME IS PEDEN NICHOLS, DIRECTOR OF INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC AT BEAUFORT HIGH.
TONIGHT, WE PRESENT THREE SHORT SELECTIONS FOR YOU.
FIRST IS ONE OF OUR FAVORITE FOOTBALL.
PEPTOS GONNA FLY NOW FROM THE ROCKY MOVIE SERIES.
SECOND, WE WILL ON BEHALF OF YOUER HIGH SCHOOL AND THE SEA ISLAND SOUND THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING US TO PERFORM FOR YOU THIS EVENING.
MY NAME IS PEDEN NICHOLS, DIRECTOR OF INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC AT BEAUFORD HIGH.
TONIGHT, WE PRESENT THREE SHORT SELECTIONS FOR YOU.
FIRST IS ONE OF OUR FAVORITE FOOTBALL PEPS GONNA FLY NOW FROM THE ROCKY MOVIE SERIES.
SECOND, WE WILL GIVE YOU A LITTLE TASTE OF OUR HALFTIME SHOW TITLED TO THE MOON AND BACK.
WE HOPE THE ELVIS FANS IN THE ROOM ENJOY.
FINALLY, WE WILL END WITH THE BHS ALMA MATER.
AND PLEASE ENJOY THE BEAUFORT HIGH SCHOOL.
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THERE WAS A TIME IN THE BOARD'S HISTORY WHERE WE THOUGHT WE SHOULD ELIMINATE STUDENT PERFORMANCES.CUZ THE MEETINGS WERE RUNNING TOO LONG.
THIS SHOWS YOU WHY WE DIDN'T DO IT BECAUSE EVERYBODY GETS A SMILE AND IT, AND IT'S GOOD TO HAVE AT LEAST ONE TIME WHERE YOU SMILE AT THE BOARD MEETINGS.
[Points of Celebration]
THANK YOU MR. STRIPER.I'M GONNA GIVE YOU ANOTHER REASON.
THE SMILE THIS EVENING UNDER CHARACTER ED FOR AUGUST, OUR STUDENT SOUTH OF IN SOUTHERN BEAUFORD COUNTY, OUR CHARACTER EDUCATION PROGRAM WAS FORMED TO SUPPORT PARENTS' EFFORTS TO DEVELOP GOOD CHARACTER IN THEIR CHILDREN.
TONIGHT WE'RE CELEBRATING THE CHARACTER ED STUDENT OF THE MONTH EXHIBITING THE CHARACTER TRAITS OF FRIENDSHIP AND KINDNESS.
FRIENDSHIP IS DEFINED AS THE EMOTIONS OR CONDUCT OF FRIENDS.
THE STATE OF BEING FRIENDS, RELATIONSHIP CLOSE FRIEND, CLOSE RELATIONSHIP, ATTACHMENT MUTUAL MUTUAL ATTACHMENT ASSOCIATION, BOND TIE LINK UNION KINDNESS IS DEFINED AS A QUALITY OF BEING FRIENDLY, GENEROUS AND CONSIDERATE KINDLINESS
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KINDHEARTEDNESS WARMHEARTEDNESS AFFECTION, WARMTH, GENTLENESS, CONCERN, AND CARE.WE'RE HAPPY TO ANNOUNCE THAT OUR CHARACTER EDUCATION STUDENT OF THE MONTH FOR SOUTHERN BEFORD COUNTY FOR THE MONTH OF AUGUST IS ERIN.
ZAL A FOURTH GRADE STUDENT AT HILTON HEAD ISLAND SCHOOL FOR THE CREATIVE ARTS HERE TO TELL US MORE ABOUT HER STUDENT IS SCHOOL FOR CREATIVE ARTS.
AND THE HIGHLIGHT OF MY DAY TO BE HERE THIS EVENING WITH AARON AND HIS FAMILY TO CELEBRATE HIS KINDNESS AND HIS COMPASSION.
AARON'S BEEN ONE OF OUR STUDENTS SINCE FIRST GRADE.
AND EVER SINCE HE'S BEEN WITH OUR SCHOOL EVER SINCE I'VE KNOWN HIM, HE IS ALWAYS SOMEONE THAT WILL GREET YOU WITH THE KINDEST SMILE IN THE HALLWAY.
AND HE HAS THE OUTSTANDING ABILITY TO LOOK FOR WAYS OF HELPING OTHERS, WHETHER IT'S FELLOW STUDENTS AND BEING SUCCESSFUL IN THE CLASSROOM OR JUST SMILING AT STAFF IN THE HALLWAY AND GIVING ENCOURAGEMENT TO OTHERS.
SO HE IS, UM, A JOY TO HAVE IN OUR SCHOOL.
WE'RE VERY PROUD OF HIM AND CONGRATULATIONS, AARON AND KUDOS, MOM AND DAD CUZ YOU'RE RAISING A WONDERFUL YOUNG MAN.
THAT CONCLUDES OUR POINTS OF CELEBRATION THIS EVENING.
[First Public Comments ]
FIRST PUBLIC COMMENTS MR. DAVID COOK.GOOD EVENING, MR. CHAIRMAN BOARD MEMBERS, DR.
THANKS FOR GIVING ME A CHANCE TO SPEAK THIS EVENING.
CONSTITUTION DAY WAS SEPTEMBER 17TH.
AS FAR AS I CAN SEE ONLY HILTON HEAD ISLAND ELEMENTARY ENGAGE THE STUDENTS IN SOME TYPE OF PROGRAM TO LEARN ABOUT THE CONSTITUTION.
ON FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 16TH, FEDERAL LAW REQUIRES STUDENTS REQUIRE SCHOOLS THAT RECEIVE FEDERAL FUNDS TO ENGAGE THEIR STUDENTS IN A LESSON ABOUT THE CONSTITUTION ON CONSTITUTION DAY OR THE WEEK PRIOR TO OR AFTER WHEN CONSTITUTION DAY FALLS ON A WEEKEND.
THERE ARE STILL THREE DAYS LEFT FOR ALL THE SCHOOLS IN BEFORD COUNTY TO HAVE LESSONS ABOUT THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION.
A SPECIAL THANK YOU TO MS. BROCKWAY, MS. DEWAN AND ALL THE TEACHERS AND STAFF AT HILTON HEAD ISLAND ELEMENTARY FOR WORKING SO HARD TO HELP THE KIDS LEARN SOMETHING ABOUT THE CONSTITUTION.
LAST FRIDAY, THE KIDS WERE ENCOURAGED TO WEAR COLORS, RED, WHITE, AND BLUE AS A SYMBOL OF THEIR SUPPORT FOR THE US CONSTITUTION.
AND MAY REMIND EVERYONE THAT'S LISTENING THAT OUR CONSTITUTION COMES WITH RIGHTS, DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES, AND OUR CONSTITUTION IS HERE FOR EVERYONE.
THAT'S IN OUR COUNTRY COUNTRY.
OUR CONSTITUTION NEEDS TO BE REREAD.
IT DOES NOT NEED TO BE REWRITTEN ON ANOTHER NOTE YESTERDAY AROUND NOON, I RECEIVED A SURPRISE VISIT FROM A SCHOOL SOCIAL WORKER AND APPARENT AND A PARENT LIAISON FROM THE SCHOOL FOR CREATIVE ARTS.
I DIDN'T KNOW WHO THESE PEOPLE WERE WHEN THEY WALKED UP TO MY FRONT DOOR, AS THEY TRESPASS ONTO MY POP PROPERTY AND INVADED MY PRIVACY.
TWO MISDEMEANOR CHARGES, ONE FOR TRESPASSING AND ONE FOR INVASION OF PRIVACY.
AT THIS POINT, I REALLY DON'T WISH TO PRESS CHARGES.
I'M JUST LOOKING FOR AN EXPLANATION.
I WAS TOLD BY THE SOCIAL WORK OF THE REASON FOR THE VISIT WAS BECAUSE MY ENROLLMENT FOR MY SON WASN'T COMPLETE, WHICH WAS COMPLETED THE FIRST WEEK OF SEPTEMBER.
IF NOT EARLIER, THE REASON IT SHOWED UP IS NOT COMPLETE.
EVEN THOUGH MY SON HAS ATTENDED SCHOOL EVERY SINGLE DAY SINCE THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL WAS BECAUSE I DIDN'T CONSENT TO NUMEROUS ITEMS IN THE REGISTRATION FORM ONLINE, THERE ARE CONSENT ITEMS THAT REQUIRE YOU TO RESPOND YES OR NO ANSWER AT ALL.
AND WHEN YOU DON'T HAVE A RESPONSE OF, YES, IT RENDERS YOUR REGISTRATION INCOMPLETE.
I THOUGHT I HAD DISCUSSED THIS A YEAR AGO AND ASKED THAT IT BE REVISED TO PROVIDE A NO ANSWER, BUT NOTHING WAS DONE.
WHEN I ASKED BOTH PRINCIPALS OF OUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS, IF IT WAS DISTRICT PROTOCOL TO SEND A SOCIAL WORKER TO A STUDENT'S HOME FOR AN ENROLLMENT CONCERN, I WAS REASSURED THIS IS NOT STANDARD PROTOCOL.
AN APOLOGY WAS ISSUED BY BOTH OF THEM.
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I WAS TOLD TYPICALLY PHONE CALLS WERE MADE TO THE PARENTS.EMAILS, EMAILS ARE SENT TO THE PARENTS AND LETTERS ARE SENT HOME WITH THE STUDENTS AFTER ASKING OTHER TEACHERS IN THE STATE.
I DISCOVER THERE'S ONLY ONE REASON WHY SOCIAL WORKER WOULD COME TO MY HOME IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DAY WELFARE CHECK.
THAT DOESN'T MAKE ME FEEL VERY GOOD.
SOMEONE IN THE DISTRICT INTENTIONALLY MADE THE EFFORT TO NOTIFY SOMEONE THAT A SOCIAL WORKER NEEDED TO BE SENT TO MY HOME.
TO THIS 0.9 PEOPLE HAVE CARRIED THE NARRATIVE, WHICH IS AN EX.
THESE EXACT WORDS IS A REALLY BIG MISTAKE.
AND THERE'S A GLITCH IN THE SYSTEM.
WHEN NINE PEOPLE SAY THE EXACT SAME THING, IT'S NO LONGER CONSIDERED TO BE TRUE.
AND I'VE TALKED TO ENOUGH PEOPLE TO KNOW THAT A SOCIAL WORKER VISITING A STUDENT'S HOME HAS ABSOLUTELY NOTHING TO DO WITH INCOMPLETE ENROLLMENT.
I'M BEING TARGETED BECAUSE I'M TRYING TO PROTECT MY RIGHTS AS A PARENT COOK YOUR CHILD'S RIGHTS, MR. COOK'S OF OTHER STUDENTS AND PARENTS SCHOOL DISTRICT.
MR. COOK, YOUR TIME IS I KNOW THIS BECAUSE THERE ARE TEACHERS IN THE HILL AT ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS THAT THROWING MY NAME AROUND AS THE BAD GUY, BECAUSE THEY'RE BEING ASKED TO PROVIDE A LIST OF MATERIALS THEY'RE USING THEIR CLASSROOM.
I ASK QUESTIONS ABOUT MY CHILD'S CURRICULUM BECAUSE NOT ONLY IS IT MY DUTIES, A PARENT, BUT IS MY RIGHT PROTECTED PUBLIC COMMENT BY LAW TO ASK THAT MATERIAL AND THE FASTER YOU TEACH ALL OF THE DISTRICT STAFF ABOUT THE PROTECTION OF PUPIL'S RIGHTS AMENDMENT, THE BETTER OFF IT WILL BE FOR EVERYONE IN THE LONG RUN.
I ASKED YOU TO DO THIS LAST YEAR, BUT NOTHING WAS DURING DONE DURING THE SUMMER INSTITUTE.
WHEN YOU FELT IT WAS MORE IMPORTANT TO TRAIN TEACHERS, HOW TO IMPLEMENT CRITICAL RACE THEORY AND CULTURALLY RESPONSIVE TEACHINGS IN THE CLASSROOMS, AS WELL AS SOCIAL, EMOTIONAL LEARNING.
CAN WE PLEASE DO AWAY WITH THE BATHROOM PASSES? MY DAUGHTER'S VOICE CONCERNS OVER THIS ISSUE NUMEROUS TIMES CONTINUE.
IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE YOU'D LIKE TO DO? THAT'S MORE DEGRADING THAN THAT.
A LITTLE BIT OF INSIGHT FOR YOU FROM 2000 TO 2018, THE SUICIDE RATE OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG ADULTS BETWEEN THE AGES OF 10 AND 24 HAS GONE UP 48%.
LASTLY, PLEASE FIX THE AIR CONDITIONING IN MY SON'S CLASSROOM.
I DON'T THINK YOUR ACTIONS ARE ENCOURAGING PEOPLE TO LISTEN TO YOUR POINTS.
I REALLY DON'T LISTEN ACCOUNT AN ACCOUNTABILITY.
PARDON ME? THIS PHONE CALL HAVING SAID, ROB.
I'M CALLING YOU FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS.
IF YOU WOULD STATE YOUR FIRST AND LAST NAME AND YOU'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES.
I'M GARY TO PUT YOU ON SPEAKER.
CAN YOU HEAR ME? WAIT A MINUTE.
CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? YES, YES, YES, YES, YES.
MY NAME IS SUSAN COOK AND UH, AGAIN, GOOD EVENING, DR.
RODRIGUEZ AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.
THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME A FEW MINUTES TO SPEAK TONIGHT.
AS YOU ALL KNOW, MY HUSBAND, DAVID COOK IS AN ADVOCATE FOR OUR CHILDREN AND THEIR RIGHTS ALONG WITH OUR RIGHTS AS THEIR PARENTS AND ALL THE FAMILIES IN THE COMMUNITY.
HE FIGHTS FOR WHAT HE BELIEVE IS RIGHT AND FAIR FOR ALL OF US.
HOWEVER, IT HAS COME TO MY ATTENTION RECENTLY THAT HIS NAME IS BEING PASSED AROUND AS A TROUBLEMAKER, AN ENEMY OF THE SCHOOL AND THE TEACHERS.
AND I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A STATEMENT TONIGHT TO CLARIFY WHAT HE'S FIGHTING FOR.
HE'S FIGHTING FOR A CURRICULUM THAT IS, THAT IS FREE, UH, THAT IS FREE OF PREJUDICE AND INAPPROPRIATE CONTENT.
HE'S FIGHTING FOR THE RIGHTS OF PARENTS TO CHOOSE WHAT IS RIGHT FOR THEIR CHILDREN.
AND MOST OF ALL, HE'S FIGHTING FOR A GOOD QUALITY EDUCATION IMPARTED BY TEACHERS THAT ARE WELL PAID AND THAT HAVE THE PROPER TIME AND TOOLS TO DO THEIR JOBS.
SO WHEN I HEAR THAT TEACHERS ARE BEING TOLD THAT BECAUSE OF DAVID COOK, THEY NOW HAVE TO DO MORE WORK OR REVISE BOOKS OR REREAD THEIR CURRICULUM.
I HAVE A JOB AND I KNOW THAT IF I DON'T DO MY JOB, I WILL GET FIRED.
WE ALL HAVE TO BE ACCOUNTABLE FOR OUR ACTIONS AND TEACHING OUR CHILDREN IS A VERY IMPORTANT JOB.
BOTH MY HUSBAND AND I WANT ACCOUNTABILITY FROM ALL THOSE THAT ARE AND WILL BE EDUCATING OUR CHILDREN AS MOST PARENTS DO AS WELL.
THE FACT THAT YESTERDAY WE RECEIVED AN UNANNOUNCED VISIT TO OUR HOME
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BY A SOCIAL WORKER, FROM THE HILTON HEAD, CREATIVE ARTS SCHOOL DUE TO SOME SORT OF ISSUE RELATED TO OUR CHILD'S REGISTRATION, WHICH IS NOT EVEN THE SCHOOL HE GOES TO SINCE WHEN SOCIAL WORKERS ARE DEPLOYED TO DEPLOYED TO HOMES FOR ENROLLMENT ISSUES WITH OUR FIRST TRYING TO CONTACT PARENTS VIA PHONE MAIL OR EMAIL, EVEN TWO SCHOOL PRINCIPALS ADMITTED THAT IS NOT THE PROTOCOL.SO WHY DID THIS HAPPEN? THIS IS ALL VERY STRANGE.
AND HONESTLY IT MAKES ME THINK WE HAVE A TARGET ON OUR BACKS.
IT IS VERY DISAPPOINTED BECAUSE WE'RE GOOD MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY AND WE WANNA RAISE GOOD KIDS THAT PARTICIPATE AND VOLUNTEER.
SO I REALLY HOPE THAT IS NOT THE CASE.
I REALLY HOPE THAT HIS NAME IS NOT BEING USED AS A S SKATEBOARD.
AND THAT WHAT WE'RE SAYING IS HEARD BECAUSE IT HAS VERY GOOD INTENTIONS.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME TONIGHT AND HAVE A GOOD EVENING.
THAT'S IT FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS? UH, WE'RE
[Chairman’s Report]
ONTO THE CHAIRMAN'S REPORT.UM, THE 2022 DELEGATE ASSEMBLY IS GONNA BE HELD, UM, IN CONCERT WITH THE LEGISLATIVE, A ADVOCACY CONFERENCE, UH, DECEMBER 3RD.
UM, AND WE HAVE SEVEN DELEGATES.
WELL, WE HAVE, WE HAVE SEVEN VOTES.
SO IF YOU ARE AT GOING TO ATTEND THAT AND YOU WOULD LIKE TO BE A DELEGATE, PLEASE SEND ME AN EMAIL, UH, BEFORE THE END OF THIS WEEK.
UM, THOSE, OKAY, SO THAT'S UH, DECEMBER 3RD.
[Committee Reports]
FINANCE.THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN, THE FINANCE COMMITTEE MET ON SEPTEMBER 8TH AND WE DISCUSSED THE NUMBER OF ITEMS. UH, I WILL GO DOWN THE ITEMS THAT WERE TALKED ABOUT FIRST ITEM AND MR. CAMPBELL MADE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE COMMITTEE MINUTES, WHICH WAS, WAS DONE.
WE THEN HAD THE MONTHLY $100,000 REPORT AS TANYA CROSBY PRESENTED THE REPORT.
THE REPORT WAS FOR THE MONTH OF JULY, MS. CROSBY ALSO PRESENTED INFORMATION THAT COMPARED AMAZON AND STAPLES PURCHASES FOR THE MONTH OF JULY, BASED ON A QUESTION ASKED BY DR.
NOW THE INFORMATION IS CURRENTLY NOT ON THE REPORTS BECAUSE, UH, THEY ARE UNDER, UH, $100,000.
MR. CAMPBELL MADE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS REPORT AND BRING TO THE FULL BOARD ON THE CONSENT AGENDA.
THE MOTION WAS SECONDED BY DR.
WISNESKI AND THE MOTION PASSED THREE ZERO.
WE ALSO HAD THE MONTHLY TRANSPARENCY REPORT PRESENTED BY MS. TANYA CROSBY.
THE REPORT COVERED THE MONTH OF JULY, MS. CROSBY AND MS. JINGER ADDRESSED QUESTIONS BY THE COMMITTEE.
THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH THE LINK IN BOARD DOCS.
SO DOCUMENTS WERE RESERVED, WERE REVIEWED FROM THE WEBSITE, MR. CAMPBELL MADE THE MOTION TO ACCEPT THE MONTHLY TRANSPARENCY REPORT AND MOVE TO THE FULL BOARD AND TO BE PLACED ON THE NEXT CONSENT AGENDA.
THE MOTION WAS SECONDED BY DR.
RACHEL ESKI MOTION PASSED THREE ZERO.
THE NEXT ITEM WAS THE MON THE BOARD MONTHLY BUDGET, MS. TANYA CROSBY PRESENTED THE BOARD MONTHLY BUDGET FOR THE SEPTEMBER.
UM, MR. CAMPBELL MADE THE MOTION TO MOVE THE MORE THE MONTHLY BOARD BUDGET REPORT TO THE CONSENT AGENDA FOR THE NEXT MEETING, THE MOTION WAS SECONDED BY DR.
WIKI AND THE MOTION PASSED THREE ZERO.
NEXT ITEM WAS THE FY 2122 FOURTH QUARTER FINANCIAL REPORT, MS. CROSBY PRESENTED THE FY 2122 FOURTH QUARTER FINANCIAL REPORT, AND SHE HIGHLIGHTED THE FOLLOWING AREAS.
TOTAL GENERAL FUND REVENUES RECEIVED WERE ESTIMATED AT 101.9%.
TOTAL SPENDING WAS REPORTED AT 99.7% OF OUR 274.2 MILLION BUDGET.
THIS REPRESENTS UNDERSPENDING OF $750,671 OR 0.3% OF BUDGET.
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YET THE AUDIT IS GOING ON, UH, AS WE SPEAK WITH A FUND BALANCE OF SIX 56,000,400 AND $163,000.MS. CROSBY, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE YOU WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT TO THE FULL BOARD ABOUT THE FOURTH QUARTER FOURTH QUARTER FINANCIAL REPORT? YES, SIR.
YEAH, I WOULD LIKE TO ADD JUST ONE OR TWO ITEMS. UM, THE INCREASE IN FUND BALANCE AS A RESULT OF INCREASED, UH, TAX REVENUES, UH, IS 5.8 MILLION AS, AS COLONEL GEIER, UH, ALLUDED TO, UH, IT IS AN INCREASE IN OUR FUND BALANCE.
UM, UH, THE FUND BALANCE IS AT A LEVEL WHERE WE ARE ABLE TO REDUCE OUR TAX ANTICIPATION NOTE IN THE FALL.
SO THIS FUND BALANCE IS AS OF JUNE 30TH.
AND AS YOU ALL KNOW, UH, AS WE CONTINUE TO SPEND, UH, AS WE START THE NEW SCHOOL YEAR, HAVE OUR ON, UH, MAKE PAYROLL AND PAY THE BILLS, UH, THAT BALANCE THAT CASH BALANCE DOES DECLINE CONTINUE TO DECLINE IN THE FALL, AS WE DO NOT RECEIVE TAX REVENUES UNTIL DECEMBER.
SO, UM, IS NECESSARY THAT WE DO BORROW, UM, A 7.5 MILLION TAN THIS YEAR, AS OPPOSED TO WHAT WE WOULD'VE NORMALLY WITH THE 15 MILLION.
SO THAT IS A BENEFIT FOR THE INCREASED FUND BALANCE.
SO I JUST WANTED TO POINT THAT OUT THIS EVENING.
THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN, ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THE, UH, FOURTH QUARTER REPORT? I SEE NO HANDS, MR. GEIER COLONEL GEIER.
THE NEXT ITEM WAS THE MINORITY WOMEN OWNED BUSINESS ENTERPRISE REPORT, MS. CROSBY AND MS. YER PRESENTED THE, THE REPORT TO US AND MR. CAMPBELL MADE THE MOTION TO ACCEPT THE MINORITY WOMAN BUSINESS ENTERPRISE REPORT AND FORWARD TO THE FULL BOARD.
THEREFORE, I MOVE THAT THE BEAUFORT COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT, EXCEPT THE MINORITY WOMEN OWN BUSINESS ENTERPRISE REPORT FOR JUNE, UH, 30TH, 2022.
DO I HAVE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND, DR.
WISNESKI SECONDS DISCUSSION MR. SMITH.
AND, AND UPON RE WE ACCEPTED THIS MOTION.
HAS THERE BEEN ANY NEW UPDATES, UH, UPON THIS, UM, UP, UP UPON O E SIX, MS. CROSBY, CAN YOU ANSWER THE QUESTION PLEASE? NO.
SO THERE HAVE BEEN NO UPDATES, UH, TO O E SIX.
OH, I THOUGHT I, I, I REMEMBER, I THOUGHT AT SOME POINT THERE WAS SOMETHING WHERE, WHERE YOU COULD NO LONGER, UM, WHEN YOU SAID MINORITY BUSINESSES, YOU COULD, NO, THERE WERE CERTAIN THINGS, UH, PERS THAT YOU COULD NO LONGER USE ANYMORE.
I, I THOUGHT THAT THAT WAS TOLD US IN THAT LAST MEETING, AND I THOUGHT THAT THIS REPORT IS THROUGH, UH, JUNE 30, 20, 22, AND THE NEW PROCUREMENT CODE THAT I BELIEVE YOU'RE REFERRING TO TAKES EFFECT JULY 1ST, 2022.
SO, UM, MS. YER, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE ANYTHING YOU'D LIKE TO ADD THERE, BUT, UH, THIS WILL, THIS, UH, COMPLETES OUR, UH, REPORTING FOR FISCAL YEAR 2022.
SO ANY CHANGES THAT MAY TAKE EFFECT ARE IN THE, IN THE, IN THE WILL BE IN THE NEXT REPORTING PERIOD, SIX MONTH REPORTING PERIOD THAT WE'LL BRING BACK TO YOU? UM, PROBABLY IN EARLY SPRING.
SO, SO THOSE ARE JUST UPDATES THAT YOU WERE GIVING US EARLY.
IS THAT, IS THAT UNDERSTANDING, CORRECT? I'M SORRY.
SO THOSE WERE JUST UPDATES THAT Y'ALL WERE GIVING US THAT THAT WILL OCCUR, UH, IN THE, IN THE NEXT, IN, IN THE NEXT GO AROUND IN THE NEXT YES, THAT IS CORRECT.
AND, AND WHAT WERE THOSE UPDATES, IF YOU DON'T MIND JUST, UM, UPDATES TO WHAT CHANGES IN THE MINORITY WOMEN BUSINESS? I BELIEVE WHAT YOU'RE REFERRING TO IS THE MINORITY WOMEN BUSINESS ENTERPRISE UTILIZATION PLAN THAT THE BOARD APPROVED, I BELIEVE THE LAST TIME HERE IN HILTON HEAD MM-HMM
UM, I CAN GIVE YOU A SUMMARY IF YOU GIVE ME A MOMENT, BUT IT'S, THERE'S QUITE A FEW CHANGES IN THERE.
UM, BUT YOU HAVE ACCESS TO THAT DOCUMENT AS WELL.
I, YEAH, YOU, YOU ARE CORRECT.
BUT HOWEVER, I THOUGHT IT WAS SOMETHING IN, IN TERMS OF, THERE WERE CERTAIN THINGS THAT WE WERE USING THAT WE WILL NOT BE ABLE TO USE IN, IN THE FUTURE, BUT I CAN, I CAN GO BACK AND, AND LOOK AT THAT, BUT I, I, AND ACCEPTING THIS REPORT, I MEAN, THAT WE DISCUSSED IT.
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WAS KIND OF LOOKING FOR THAT AND I DIDN'T SEE THE REPORT.SO I WAS JUST WANTED TO GET CLAR CLARIFICATION AND SHE'S CLARIFIED AND SAID THAT ACTUALLY THAT'S, THAT'S IN THE NEXT GO AROUND.
SO I THINK FOR CLARIFICATION, BUT I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE EXACTLY WE'RE ON THE SAME SHEET OF MUSIC AND THAT WE'LL HAVE THE SAME UNDERSTANDING.
THERE IS A MOTION ON THE FLOOR.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE.
OUR NEXT ITEM WAS THE DISCUSSION OF STATE CONTRACT CHANGES IN THE NEW PROCUREMENT CODE.
MS. YER REVIEWED WITH THE COMMITTEE THAT OUR PROCUREMENT CODE IS IN FULL COMPLIANCE WITH THE STATE PROCUREMENT CODE.
OUR NEXT ITEM WAS DISCUSSION OF MONTHLY ESSER UPDATES, H UH, MS. CROSBY RE PROPOSED TO THE COMMITTEE THAT MONTHLY S OR UPDATES SHOULD COME TO THE FINANCE COMMITTEE FIRST FOR DISCUSSION, AND THEN FORWARDED TO THE FULL BOARD TO ALLOW A, A BETTER REVIEW OF THE REPORT.
MR. CAMPBELL MADE THE MOTION THAT THE FINANCE COMMITTEE RECOMMEND TO THE FULL BOARD, BRINGING THAT MONTHLY S OR UPDATE TO THE FINANCE COMMITTEE TO BE VETTED AND PROVIDED TO THE FULL BOARD AT THE NEXT AVAILABLE MEETING MOTION WAS SECONDED BY DR.
ESKI AND THE MOTION PASSED THREE, ZERO.
THEREFORE, MR. CHAIRMAN, I MOVE THAT THE FINANCE COMMITTEE BRING TO THE, THE FINANCE COMMITTEE RECEIVE THE MONTHLY SER UPDATE AND BE VETTED PRIOR TO, UH, BEING PROVIDED TO THE FULL BOARD AT THE NEXT AVAILABLE MEETING.
BLOOD SECOND, DID YOU GET CLEAN THAT UP? HOW DIDN'T YOU GET IT RECOMMEND TO THE RECOMMEND THAT THE FINANCE COMMITTEE RECEIVED A MONTHLY ESSER UPDATE PRIOR TO BEING PROVIDED TO THE FULL BOARD ON THE NEXT AVAILABLE MEETING? YES, NO, I THINK WHAT YOU HAVE UP THERE IS THE SAME, BUT IT'S NOT THE EXACT SAME WORDS.
MOTION, MR. IS THE QUESTION COLONEL HIRE IS
ALL I HAVE A QUESTION AND A COMMENT.
UH, WHY, WHY WAS, WHY WOULD THIS BE NEEDED? I'M SORRY.
WOULDN'T THE FINANCE COMMITTEE HAVE THE, THE RIGHT TO ASK THE STAFF TO PRESENT THAT ANSWER, UPDATE TO THEM.
ANYHOW, LIKE WE GET ALL THE OTHER UPDATES BEFORE IT COMES TO THE BOARD.
MS. CROSBY, DO YOU WANNA EXPLAIN WHY YOU ASKED THAT? YES, SIR.
UM, IT WAS MY RECOMMENDATION TO, UH, SINCE THE LAST BOARD MEETING TO BRING THE ESSER UPDATE TO THE FULL BOARD OR TO THE FINANCE COMMITTEE FIRST, UM, THERE WERE A NUMBER OF QUESTIONS DURING THE BOARD MEETING AND IT TOOK, TOOK SOME LENGTHY CONVERSATION, UM, IN, IN INTEREST OF TIME.
UH, I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE BEST TO FURTHER DIVE INTO SOME OF THE DETAILS, UH, TO PROVIDE SOME CLARITY OF THE INFORMATION.
WE DO HAVE A NUMBER OF GRANTS.
WE HAVE FIVE DIFFERENT GRANTS IN THE SER PLAN, AND IT DOES EACH OF WHICH EXPIRE, UH, ANNUALLY.
AND SO IT PROVIDES IT, IT GENERATES SOME CONFUSION, UH, BETWEEN WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE VARIOUS SPENDING AND ACTIVITIES.
AND SO I THOUGHT THAT IT WOULD BE BEST TO BRING SOME FURTHER DETAIL OF THE ACTIVITIES, MAYBE IN A CONSOLIDATED FORMAT.
SO YOU CAN SEE ACTUALLY WHAT WE'RE SPENDING ON IN THE PROGRAMS THEMSELVES IN TOTALITY AND NOT JUST BY INDIVIDUAL GRANT, LIKE YOU'VE BEEN SEEING THEM ON A MONTHLY BASIS.
ADDITIONALLY, BUDGET TRANSFERS AS WE ARE TRANSFERRING FUNDS AROUND, UH, FROM ONE GRANT TO THE OTHER TO SPEND THE OLDEST FUNDS FIRST.
UM, THOSE BUDGET TRANSFERS WERE REQUESTED TO COME BEFORE THE
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BOARD AS WELL.AND SO MY SUGGESTION OR RECOMMENDATION WAS TO BRING IT TO COMMITTEE FIRST AND THEN TO THROUGH TO THE FULL BOARD SO THAT, UH, A LOT OF THE QUESTIONS CAN BE VETTED AT THE COMMITTEE LEVEL.
UM, BUT CERTAINLY IT'S PURVIEW OF THE BOARD, UM, THAT, UH, OF YOUR WISHES THIS EVENING.
I, I, I UNDERSTAND WHY YOU'RE DOING IT.
MY QUESTION IS WHY DO WE NEED TO APPROVE IT WHEN YOU CAN DO THAT WITHOUT OUR APPROVAL, THAT FINANCE COMMITTEE REQUEST REPORTS BEFORE IT GETS TO THE BOARD, LIKE WE DO ALL THE OTHER REPORTS.
SO THAT'S THAT, THAT'S MY ONLY QUESTION.
WELL, I WOULD ANSWER MR. CAPITAL.
IT SEEMS HARMLESS TO ME AND IT SOLIDIFIES THAT THE BOARD WANTS YOU TO DO THIS.
UM, IN, INSTEAD OF, THAT'S NOT ASSUMING THAT'S NOT ACCEPTABLE ANSWER BECAUSE ALL OF IT, EVERYBODY CAN DO THAT AND SAY THE SAME THING AND DO THE SAME THING.
I MEAN, WE HAVE TO HAVE A GENERAL TREND OF ALL, ALL OF OPERATION THAT WE DO WITH ALL THE ITEMS, AND WE NEVER HAD TO APPROVE IT BEFORE ANY, ANY STOP OFF AT ANY COMMITTEE HADN'T COME TO THE BOARD TO BE OKAYED MM-HMM
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? WELL, MR. SMITH, I WOULD JUST, I JUST SAY I, I DO, I DO UNDERSTAND WHERE HE'S COMING FROM AND I DO, UH, SEE HIS POINT.
UM, AND I, I, I ALSO SEE NO, NO HARM IN THEM TAKING IT, TAKING IT TO THE, THE FINANCE COMMITTEE, IF THAT'S WHAT THE FINANCE FINANCE COMMITTEE COMMITTEE ASK FOR.
BUT THEN THAT WOULD DEFINITELY BE A CHANGE OF FACE IN HOW WE, HOW WE OPERATE.
SO THAT IS A CONCERN MOVING FORWARD, MR. ROB, I, I THINK THE REASON THAT PERHAPS THIS IS COMING TO THE BOARD, MR. CAMPBELL, IS THAT THIS IS A CHANGE IN PROCESS.
IT'S BEEN, UM, YOU KNOW, COMING DIRECTLY THE ESSER REPORT, COMING TO THE FULL BOARD PRIOR TO GOING TO COMMITTEE.
SO THIS IS A CHANGE IN PROCESS.
AND SO FOR THE BOARD TO CODIFY IT, OR I, I, I THINK THAT'S APPROPRIATE MR. SMITH.
BUT THAT'S NO DIFFERENT THAN AT, AT THE COMMITTEE LEVEL WITH YOU SAYING, ARE THERE, ARE THERE ANY, ARE THERE ANY MORE REQUESTS AND YOU SAYING, YEAH, EVERY MONTH WE REQUESTING THAT THEY BRING THE SR FUNDS TO THE FINANCE COMMITTEE.
THAT IS NO, THAT IS REALLY NO DIFFERENT.
AND I MEAN, I JUST, I JUST WANNA POINT IT OUT THAT ONCE WE SAY, ONCE WE SAY THIS, THEN MY, MY, MY, MY QUESTION TO THE CHAIR, THEN WHAT WILL BE THE PROCESS FROM HERE? IF, IF WE DO VOTE ON THIS TONIGHT FOR THIS, THEN, THEN, THEN WILL THIS BE THE PROCESS WITH EVERYTHING? OR WILL THIS A ONE TIME PROCESS FOR THIS? BECAUSE THAT, THAT TO ME, THAT IS DEFINITELY NO DIFFERENT THAN THE CHAIRMAN AT THE END OF THE COMMITTEE MEETING ASKING, IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE THAT ANYONE ELSE HAS, UH, OR THEY SEE THAT, THAT THEY NEED TO BRING FORWARD OR THEY WANT US TO LOOK INTO? I WOULD SUGGEST THAT WHEN A COMMITTEE WANTS TO CHANGE THE PROCESS THAT THE BOARD HAS, UM, BEEN ADHERING TO, THAT THEY SHOULD COME TO THE FULL BOARD TO GET THE BOARD'S VOTE.
AS MS. ROBLINE POINTED OUT, THIS IS A CHANGE TO THE PROCESS.
AND I SAY, IT'S HARMLESS BECAUSE WE HAVE HAD COMMITTEES THAT HAVE GONE OFF ON THEIR OWN AND NOT AT NOT DOING THINGS THAT THE BOARD REALLY WANT ASKED THEM TO DO.
SO, UM, I WOULD ALWAYS, I WOULD ALWAYS LEAN TOWARD THE COMMITTEE ASKING THE BOARD IF THAT'S WHAT THE BOARD WANTS THE COMMITTEE TO DO.
UM, SO THAT'S THAT, THAT'S MY REASONING.
BUT THE CHANGE OF PROCESS, I THINK IS THE KEY POINT, UM, IS, IS CHANGING THE PROCESS THAT WE'VE BEEN DOING UP TO THIS POINT.
AND I THINK IT NEEDS BOARD THE BOARD'S APPROVAL.
MA'AM UM, I DON'T NEED TO SAY WHAT I WAS GONNA SAY.
YOU SAID, YOU HAVE SAID IT AND, AND KATHY ROBEN HAS SAID IT EXACTLY.
THIS IS IN THE INTEREST OF TRANSPARENCY.
WE WANT THE BOARD TO APPROVE THAT.
I AGREE WITH EVERYTHING THAT YOU STATED IN REGARD TO PROCESS.
I JUST ALSO WANTED TO POINT OUT THE, THE POLICY IN REGARD TO ITEMS BEING, YOU KNOW, REMANDED TO, OR FROM COMMITTEE COMMITTEES HAVE NO AUTHORITY TO DIRECT STAFF.
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THE BOARD DOES AS A WHOLE.SO IT, IT WOULD REQUIRE THE BOARD'S ACTION FOR US TO DIRECT THIS, TO GO TO COMMITTEE.
UM, BASED OFF, BASED OFF, OFF OF I'M SORRY, DID I CALL ON YOU? OH, OKAY.
UH, IN THAT LAST COMMENT THAT WAS MADE IN THAT LAST COMMENT THAT WAS MADE, UH, WHERE COULD WE FIND THAT BASED OFF OF WHAT, BECAUSE THAT'S, THAT'S NOT OUR, THAT'S NOT OUR PREVIOUS PRACTICE IN, IN, IN, UM, IN, IN ANY COMMITTEE MEETING.
SO, I MEAN, SO WHERE COULD I FIND THAT AT THAT STATUS INCIDENT OF PRACTICE, I'LL PULL IT UP AND I'LL, I'LL READ IT.
UM, IN THE COHERENT GOVERNANCE MANUAL, UNDER GOVERNANCE CULTURE, BOARD COMMITTEES, GC FIVE, IT SAYS UNDER NUMBER ONE, IT SAYS BOARD COMMITTEES AND OTHER SUCH ENTITIES BY WHATEVER NAME CREATED BY THE BOARD WILL NOT BE USED TO DIRECT ADVISE, ASSIST, OR OVERSEE.
CUSTOMARILY WILL PREPARE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR BOARD CONSIDERATION.
BOARD COMMITTEES WILL HAVE NO AUTHORITY OVER STAFF AND MAY EXERCISE DEMANDS ON STAFF TIME AND ORGANIZATIONAL RESOURCES ONLY TO THE EXTENT AUTHORIZED IN THIS POLICY.
SO COMMITTEES, IF, IF THE FINANCE COMMITTEE WANTED TO TAKE IT UPON THEMSELVES TO DIRECT THAT SR UPDATES COME THROUGH COMMITTEE, IT'S NOT WITHIN THEIR PURVIEW AUTHORITY THAT NEEDS TO COME THROUGH THE FULL BOARD.
WE KNOW WE DON'T NEED TO DELIVER THIS POINT.
WE, WE ALL UNDERSTAND WHAT WE DO.
WE KNOW FOR A FACT THAT EVERY COMMITTEE, ANY COMMITTEE CAN ASK THE SUPERINTENDENT TO SUBMIT A COMMITTEE REPORT INFORMATION ABOUT ANY COMMITTEE REPORT TO THAT COMMITTEE BEFORE IT COMES TO THE BOARD.
AND THEN IT COMES TO THE BOARD.
EVERYTHING WE DO IS IN THAT VEIN, EVERYTHING WE DO IS IN THAT VEIN, EVERYTHING, EVERY REPORT THAT COMES TO THE BOARD COMES FROM A COMMITTEE AND OFTEN TIME, OR IF NOT ALL THE TIME, THE STAFF HAS INPUT TO THAT COMMITTEE REPORT TO THE BOARD, WHETHER THEY REQUIRE INFORMATION FROM THE SUPERINTENDENT OR THE SUPERINTENDENT SENDS HIS AGENT TO THAT REPORT, IT COMES TO THE BOARD THROUGH THE COMMITTEES.
SO TO TELL ME, AND TO SIT HERE AND TO UNDERMINE THAT PROCESS AND SAY THAT THIS IS DIFFERENT IN THE PROCESS.
NOW THAT'S NOT ENTIRELY TRUTHFUL AND WE DON'T NEED TO DISCUSS IT.
I MEAN, EVERYBODY WHO'S BEEN TO ANY, ANY, ANY COMMITTEE MEETING, ANY BOARD MEETING KNOW WHAT THE PROCESS IS.
THAT'S AND TRUTHFUL WAS KIND OF HARSH.
UH, MR. EARL CAMPBELL, UM, THIS RECOMMENDATION DID NOT COME FROM THE COMMITTEE.
IT CAME FROM THE STAFF THROUGH THE COMMITTEE AND, UH, WE VOTED ON IT.
WE DISCUSS IT AND WE MAKE A RECOMMENDATION.
IF YOU DON'T SUPPORT IT, DON'T VOTE FOR IT.
I THINK THAT'S A GOOD TIME TO CALL FOR THE VOTE.
I'M A NO, MR. MEL CAMPBELL AND AB ABSOLUTELY.
COLONEL GEIER ARE YOU COMPLAINING? YES.
MR. CHAIRMAN, WE HAVE ONE FINAL THING TO, UH, ADDRESS, UH, FUTURE TOPICS.
UH, THE COMMITTEE WILL LOOK AT NEXT COMMITTEE MEETING THE TRANSPARENCY REPORT, THE A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS REPORT, THE BOARD MONTHLY BUDGET, AND THE SR REPORT ALSO, AND STAFF ASK THAT WE'D HAVE A DISCUSSION AND REVIEW OF WHAT HAS TO INCUR OCCUR IN SALARY INCREASES BONUSES AND ANY OTHER INCREASES.
IN OTHER WORDS, A DEEP DIVE INTO LONG TERM COSTS IN SALARIES, OR JUST FOR YOUR INFORMATION FOR THE BOARD.
AND THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORTS, SIR.
THANKS FOR WARMING HIM UP FOR ME, COLONEL GEIER.
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UH, WE HAD OUR OPERATIONS COMMITTEE MEETING LAST WEEK.WE HAD IT AT BATTERY CREEK HIGH SCHOOL, WHICH IS IN ONE OF OUR BIG PROJECTS.
WE HAD IT IN THE NEW ROTC WING.
WE WALKED PAST THE BEAUTIFUL NEW WEIGHT ROOMS AND SAW WHAT THE WORK BEING DONE OUT IN THE FIELDS.
AND SO THAT WAS A REALLY NICE WAY TO START OFF THE MEETING.
UM, PRESENT AT THIS MEETING WERE MYSELF, THE TWO OTHER COMMITTEE MEMBERS, MR. MEL CAMPBELL, UH, TRISHA FREDERICK.
WE WERE ALSO JOINED BY MR. EARL CAMPBELL, MR. WILLIAM SMITH.
AND I BELIEVE CHAIRMAN STINGER WAS THERE REMOTELY.
UM, AND I WANTED TO TAKE A MOMENT TO EXPRESS MY APPRECIATION FOR MR. ROB CORBIN, MR. ROBERT OING AND HIS STAFF, BECAUSE IT IS A LOT OF INFORMATION THAT THEY HAVE TO PRESENT.
AND I AM GOING TO DO MY LEVEL BEST TO GIVE A QUICK SYNOPSIS OF THAT MEETING AND SAVE TIME FOR QUESTIONS, BUT I WANT THE PUBLIC AND OTHER BOARD MEMBERS TO KNOW THAT WE GO THROUGH THIS VERY THOROUGHLY IN THIS PACKET HERE.
AND IN THE PACKET IN THE OPERATIONS COMMITTEE, WE HAVE, UM, IN DEPTH, UH, REPORT ON EACH PROJECT, WE HAVE THE FIVE 19, WHICH SHOWS EVERY DOLLAR BEING SPENT.
WE HAVE A LOG THAT TRACKS EVERY USE OF CONTINGENCY, AND WE HAVE A LOG THAT TRACKS EVERY SINGLE AMENDMENT.
SO I DON'T WANT TO GET INTO ALL THOSE DETAILS.
MY FAVORITE THING IS MR. CORBIN DOES AN EXECUTIVE SUMMARY OF ALL THIS, AND THAT IS TREMENDOUSLY HELPFUL.
SO IN THAT VEIN, I'M GOING TO TRY AND GIVE THE EXECUTIVE SUMMARY OPERATIONS REPORT.
SO FIRST OF ALL, WE ASKED THAT HES, OUR CUSTODIAL, UH, CONTRACTOR COME AND, UH, ADDRESS SOME CONCERNS THAT BOARD MEMBERS HAD REGARDING ESSENTIALLY WHAT I'LL CALL HUMAN RESOURCE QUESTIONS REGARDING CUSTODIAL SERVICES, STAFFING, SALARY BENEFITS.
UM, AND WE SPENT QUITE A BIT OF TIME, UH, GOING OVER SOME OF THOSE QUESTIONS WITH THE STAFF IN OCTOBER, THEY ARE ALREADY PLANNING ON COMING BACK WITH THE MAINTENANCE CONTRACTORS TO DO OUR, UM, BI-ANNUAL SORT OF EVALUATION OF THOSE TWO CONTRACTS.
SO KIND OF WHERE I WOULD LIKE TO LEAVE THIS REPORT AT THIS TIME IS THAT WE GAVE THEM A LOT OF FEEDBACK.
WE ADDRESSED A LOT OF CONCERNS.
WE ASKED A LOT OF QUESTIONS AND WE TOLD THEM TO COME BACK IN OCTOBER WITH SOME GOOD ANSWERS.
UM, THEY DID SHARE THAT, UH, HIRING HAS BEEN CHALLENGING, UM, PARTICULARLY IN AREAS LIKE HILTON HEAD, WHERE, YOU KNOW, THERE'S SO MUCH PRESSURE FOR, FOR STAFF.
UM, BUT THAT THEY WERE, UM, IMPROVING.
SO WE'RE GONNA BE LOOKING TO FOR THOSE TRENDS.
UM, SO THAT'S KIND OF WHERE WE LEFT IT.
WE DID SPEND A FAIR AMOUNT OF TIME WITH THEM, BUT THEY WILL BE COMING BACK IN OCTOBER AND I'LL BRING A MORE FOLSOM REPORT AT THAT TIME.
UH, THEN WE MOVED ON TO A CONSTRUCTION UPDATE AND I'M GONNA GIVE YOU A FIVE WORD SUMMARY OF THE CONSTRUCTION UPDATE BUDGET AND SCHEDULING CONCERNS, PERSIST THAT PRETTY MUCH SUMS IT UP.
UM, THE STAFF IS WORKING VERY HARD TO LIMIT, UH, THE BUDGING AND BUDGET AND SCHEDULING STAFF, UH, CONCERNS RIGHT NOW.
UM, THEY ARE CHIEFLY, UH, NOTICEABLE AT ROBERT SMALLS, ONE, UH, ONE OF OUR BIG PROJECTS, BATTERY CREEK, HIGH SCHOOL, UH, MASI OAKS ELEMENTARY, AND APPARENTLY A MAINTENANCE BUILDING THAT NONE OF US CARED ABOUT.
SO WE JUST MOVED ON FROM THAT.
UM, THEN LET'S SEE, WE HAD THE BIG ISSUE THAT WAS ON THE TABLE WAS WHAT WE'RE CALLING MID PROGRAM RESET 2.0.
AND BASICALLY, UH, THE AFOREMENTIONED BUDGET AND SCHEDULING CONCERNS, UM, HAVE REQUIRED, UH, SOME EXTRA FUNDING.
AND FORTUNATELY WE HAD A 30 MILLION BU UH, BID PREMIUM, WHICH I HAVE TRIED TO EXPLAIN TO FRIENDS AND FAMILY THAT HAVE ASKED WHAT'S A BID PREMIUM.
UM, IT'S JUST BASICALLY, IF SOMEONE WANTS TO ASK THAT QUESTION, THEY CAN ANSWER IT FOR ME, ESSENTIALLY.
WE, THEY LOANED US MORE MONEY THAN WE ASKED FOR.
DOES THAT SOUND ABOUT RIGHT? TANYA IT'S PREPAID INTEREST PREPAID INTEREST.
SO WE HAD 30 MILLION IN PREPAID INTEREST AND THAT'S TURNED OUT TO BE VERY FORTUNATE.
AND THE, UH, DE UH, DEPARTMENT HAS WORKED VERY HARD TO USE EVERY DIME OF THAT 31 MILLION.
I THINK WE'RE GONNA END UP WITH $17 TO SPARE.
UM, BUT THEY'RE COMMITTED TO A FULL AND COMPLETE COMPLETION OF THE SCOPE OF THE REFERENDUM.
UM, THEY'RE NOT GOING TO BE, UH, WILL BE THE TERM, LIMITING THE SCOPE OF THE REFERENDUM, CHANGING ANYTHING THEY'RE GOING TO DELIVER ON EVERYTHING.
THE REFERENDUM VOTERS VOTED ON AND THEY'RE GONNA COME IN WITH $17 SPARE APPARENTLY.
SO, UH, WE DID GO OVER ALL THOSE NUMBERS.
THEY LOOK GOOD FINGERS CROSSED SO WE CAN GET, GET THIS ALL DONE.
UM, AND THAT THE BUDGETING AND SCHEDULING CONCERNS WILL BEGIN TO RESOLVE A LITTLE BIT.
SO BASICALLY AT THIS POINT, THAT CON, UH, CONCLUDES MY REPORT.
LIKE I SAID, WE WILL HAVE ANOTHER MEETING, UM, OCTOBER 12TH AT FOUR O'CLOCK I THINK, PLACED TO BE DETERMINED, RIGHT, ROBIN.
SO I WILL GET EMAILS OUT ON THAT, UH, MS. CHRISTIAN VERY WELL.
AND I THINK ALSO THAT MORE OR LESS HITS THE CONSTRUCTION UPDATE, UM, UNLESS PEOPLE HAVE QUESTIONS.
SO, UH, MR. ODING HAS VOLUNTEERED TO COME UP HERE.
IF THERE ARE QUESTIONS REGARDING THE CONSTRUCTION UPDATE IN OUR PACKET, UM, I JUST WANTED TO POINT OUT FOR THE PUBLIC.
THIS IS PUBLIC INFORMATION IT'S AVAILABLE TO THEM, ALL THESE DETAILS, CUZ WE WE'VE GONE THROUGH THE NEW HILLS.
THERE'S UM, AT ANY GIVEN CONSTRUCTION UPDATE, WE HAVE OVER A HUNDRED PAGES OF DOCUMENTS AND EVERY DOLLAR IS ACCOUNTED FOR.
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US ON THE COMMITTEE, WE'VE GONE OVER IT WITH A PRETTY FINE TOOTH COMB.AND ALSO THEY'RE PRESENTED FOLLOWING OUR MEETING.
THEY'RE PRESENTED TO THE CITIZEN LED OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE AND THEY'RE ALSO PRESENTED TO THE CITIZEN LOAN LED OVERSIGHT FINANCE COMMITTEE.
SO, UM, YEAH, IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS THAT'S ON OUR WEBSITE.
SO, UM, YEAH, IF YOU HAVE TROUBLE SLEEPING, UM, OR, OR YOU'RE FASCINATED BY NUMBERS, EITHER ONE IT'S ALL AVAILABLE OUT THERE FOR YOU TO, TO SLOG THROUGH.
YEAH, I HAVE TO SAY I GET, I THINK THAT MY OPERATIONS COMMITTEE GETS THE GOLD STAR FOR DEPARTMENT REPORTS IN TERMS OF THE EXECUTIVE SUMMARY, THE NESS OF THE DETAILS AND THE, AND THE TRANSPARENCY.
SO IF THERE'S A CUP THAT WE CAN WIN, UM, I'D LIKE TO NOMINATE US, I'LL PICK UP A GOLD STAR FOR YOU NEXT TIME.
I BELIEVE YOU HAVE A QUESTION FOR, I BELIEVE MR. CAMPBELL DOES HAVE A QUESTION.
UM, MR. ING, UM, I RECEIVED SEVERAL CALLS, CONCERNED BATTERY CREEK, THE, THE, UH, TICKET BOOTH AND THE CONCESSION STAND.
IS THEY GONNA BE READY BY FRIDAY? YES, SIR.
EVERYBODY'S WORKING VERY HARD TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN.
AND, AND ALSO MY QUESTION WOULD BE, UH, IN TERMS OF NOT PRESENTING THIS TO THE PUBLIC.
SO BECAUSE WHEN I WAS LAST TIME I WAS ON THE OPERATIONS COMMITTEE THERE SAID ME THAT WE, WE HAVE I'M I'M UNDER THE, UM, THE ASSUMPTION THAT I HEARD WHAT ZINGER SAID AT FIRST THAT WE DIDN'T DISCUSS, BUT AM I UNDER THE ASSUMPTION THAT THERE ARE NO YELLOW LIGHTS IN, IN THIS PACKET? UM, I DID MENTION THE YELLOW LIGHTS IN THE PACKET.
THEY'RE ON THE EXECUTIVE SUMMER IN OUR BOARD DOCUMENTS.
THE YELLOW LIGHTS ARE ROBERT SMALLS, BATTERY CREEK, MASI OAKS, AND THE BUILDING AND MAINTENANCE WAREHOUSE.
THERE IS ALSO A YELLOW TRAFFIC LIGHT THAT I WILL GO AHEAD AND MENTION FOR THE SAKE OF FULL DISCLOSURE ON DE FUKE ISLAND BECAUSE THE COUNTY REACHED OUT TO US, UM, BECAUSE THEY WERE DOING SOME PAVING OVER THERE AND IT'S NOT EASY TO GET THE PAVING EQUIPMENT OVER THERE.
UM, SO WE DEDICATED SOME 8% FUNDING TO PAVE THE PARKING LOT AT DE HUSKY ISLAND SINCE THEN, UH, THE COUNTY HAS DECIDED NOT TO CONTINUE WITH THEIR PAVING PROJECT.
SO THERE IS A SCHEDULING CONCERN AND THE, UH, OPERATIONS DEPARTMENT'S WORKING ON THAT.
AND, AND, AND THEN ALSO I BELIEVE THAT IN OPERATIONS COMMITTEE, I BELIEVE IT WAS ALSO DISCUSS, DISCUSS DISCUSSION ABOUT THE MEETING.
OR YOU MAY MAY MENTION ABOUT THE MEETING AT BEFORD HIGH SCHOOL, UH, ABOUT THE, THE, THE OPENING THE COUNTY HAD ON YESTERDAY.
I BELIEVE MRS. UH, FRI RICHARDS AND I ATTENDED AND AS WELL AS ONE OF MR. OUTING STAFF MEMBER.
UM, AND I THOUGHT THAT THAT UPDATE WOULD COME TO AS WELL.
THE UPDATE IS THAT BASICALLY NOTHING CHANGED THAT WHEN COUNTY COUNCIL AND FOR FULL DISCLOSURE TO THE PUBLIC COUNTY COUNCIL MET AGAIN TO WHAT THEY'RE CALLING THE BEAUFORT HIGH ACCESS REALIGNMENT PROJECT.
THEY HAD MET A COUPLE WEEKS AGO AND I REPORTED IN THE LAST MEETING THAT THEY HAVE DECIDED NOT TO DO ANYTHING TO THE BEAUFORT HIGH SCHOOL, UH, ACCESS REALIGNMENT.
UH, WHAT THEY DID PROPOSE TO DO WAS A FOUR LANE, AN EXPANSION TO FOUR LANES OF THE SEATTLE ISLAND PARKWAY, SEE PARKWAY, YOU NO WOODS MEMORIAL BRIDGE TO SEATTLE.
UM, BUT NOT, UH, IN ANY WAY CHANGED THE ACCESS TO BEAUFORD HIGH SCHOOL.
SINCE THE, THEN THEY'VE GOTTEN A LOT OF PUSHBACK ON THAT PLAN.
SO NOW THEY'VE DECIDED TO PERSIST IN NOT DOING ANYTHING TO THE BEAUFORT HIGH SCHOOL ACCESS REALIGNMENT PROJECT.
UM, SO THE OUTCOME, THE UPDATE I HAVE IS THAT THE OUTCOME TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICT REMAINS STATUS QUO, RIGHT? I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE, THAT WE ARE GETTING THROUGH THIS INFORMATION AND THAT WE'RE NOT RUSHING THROUGH THE MEETING, UH, AND LEAVING THIS OUT BECAUSE THIS IS VITAL INFORMATION THAT SOME OF MY CONSTITUENTS THAT THEY ARE WATCHING, THAT THEY COULD GET THAT IF, IF NOT HAVING TO REACH OUT TO ME SO THAT I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE GETTING AS MUCH AS INFORMATION OUT IN THESE MEETINGS AS POSSIBLE.
SO, UH, WELL, I APPRECIATE THAT.
I, I, WHAT I ALSO THINK THOUGH, IS THAT THIS INFORMATION LIKE, AND WE SHOULD LET PEOPLE KNOW YOU CAN GO ON YOUTUBE H COUNTY CHANNEL AND WATCH THESE MEETINGS.
AND THE REASON I WANT TO BE SUCCINCT IN MY PRESENTATION IS TO SAVE TIME FOR QUESTIONS.
SO, UM, IF THERE ARE QUESTIONS, IF, IF PEOPLE, UH, ON THE BOARD DO HAVE SPECIFIC THINGS, THEY WANT TO BRING UP, WE HAVE TIME TO DO THAT.
ONCE AGAIN, AS I SAY, I'M JUST CONCERNED THAT SOMETIMES WE RUSH TO, WITHOUT GETTING THINGS OUT, JUST TO, IN, IN TERMS OF SAVING FOR QUESTION, IF, IF THEY, BUT THE INFORMATION IS PRESENTED, THEN THERE'S NO NEED TO BE THERE.
THERE'S NO NEED FOR A QUESTION.
I'LL JUST POINT OUT IF THIS IS A COUNTY COUNCIL, THIS IS A COUNTY COUNCIL DECISION THAT THEY ARE GONNA MAKE.
WE CAN, WE ARE EXPRESSING OUR IMPORTANT ON THE UPDATE TO OUR SCHOOL DECISION.
THAT'S NOT SOMETHING WE DO AT COUNTY COUNCIL.
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IS NEXT.AND THE FIRST ITEM IS UNDER STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT.
WE'LL BE TALKING ABOUT MTSS, UH, UNDER THE FIRST ITEM, DR.
RODRIGUEZ AND GOOD EVENING CHAIRMAN DRER AND BOARD MEMBERS.
WE HAVE A COLLABORATIVE PRESENTATION BETWEEN INSTRUCTIONAL SERVICES AND STUDENT SERVICES DIVISIONS HERE TO PRESENT UNDER STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT.
SECTION OF TONIGHT'S BOARD MEETING ARE KAREN MCKENZIE, DIRECTOR OF SECONDARY TEACHING AND LEARNING DR.
DEREK SC SCAGS, SORRY, DEREK DIRECTOR OF STUDENT SERVICES.
ADDITIONALLY TO LEND SUPPORT OUR DR.
JULIET WHITE OFFICER OF STUDENT SERVICES AND ANDREA MURRAY, OUR HUMAN SERVICES COORDINATOR, KAREN AND DEREK.
STRATAS, THANK YOU BOARD FOR ALLOWING US TO COME FORWARD TONIGHT ABOUT MTSS.
WE'RE GONNA START OUT BY GIVING YOU JUST A SHORT DEFINITION AND PURPOSE OF WHAT WE DO WITH OUR MTSS PROGRAM AND KIND OF OUTLINE THE SIX COMPONENTS OF THE STATE, DEREK AND I ARE A PARTNERSHIP.
I TAKE THE ACADEMIC SIDE AND HE TAKES THE BEHAVIORAL SIDE.
SO WE WILL DO THAT TONIGHT FOR YOU.
MULTI-TIERED SYSTEMS OF SUPPORT IS A COMPREHENSIVE FRAMEWORK THAT HELPS TO ELIMINATE BARRIERS AND IMPROVE STUDENT OUTCOMES BY PROVIDING AN EQUITABLE TIERED APPROACH TO MONITORING, ANALYZING AND SUPPORTING STUDENT NEEDS FOR ACHIEVEMENT, THE STATE OUTLINES SIX COMPONENTS IN THEIR FRAMEWORK.
SO WE'RE GONNA GO THROUGH EACH ONE OF THOSE COMPONENTS.
AND AGAIN, I'M GONNA GIVE YOU THE ACADEMIC SIDE AND MY PARTNER, DR.
S SCAGS IS GONNA GIVE YOU THE BEHAVIORAL.
FIRST ONE IS TIERED INSTRUCTION.
MTSS FOCUSES ON QUALITY, CORE, CORE INSTRUCTION WITH AN EMPHASIS ON INTERVENTION.
TIER ONE IS FOR ALL OF OUR STUDENTS.
THAT'S WHAT HAPPENS DAILY WITHIN THE CLASSROOM.
THOSE ARE THOSE INSTRUCTIONAL PRACTICES AND STRATEGIES WE SEE ACROSS THE BOARD IN OUR SCHOOLS THAT FOCUS, FOCUS OUR TEACHERS AND OUR STUDENTS ON MASTERY TIER TWO INSTRUCTION IS SPECIFIC FOR STUDENT NEEDS.
TIER TWO IS TYPICALLY SUPPLEMENTAL INSTRUCTION, AND THAT USUALLY HAPPENS IN A SMALL GROUP.
GROUPS ARE VERY INTENTIONAL AND THE INSTRUCTION IS VERY DELIBERATE AND SPECIFIC FOR THE NEEDS OF THOSE STUDENTS.
TIER THREE, THAT INSTRUCTION IS INTENSIVE IT'S BASED ON STUDENT NEEDS.
AND IT'S TYPICALLY PROVIDED IN AN INDIVIDUALIZED MODEL.
THE INSTRUCTION IS FOUNDED ON EVIDENCE BASED STRATEGIES.
AND IF YOU THINK ABOUT SOME OF THOSE PHONEMIC AWARENESS, CODING, THOSE KIND OF THINGS, IT IS ESSENTIAL THAT THERE BE CONSISTENT MONITORING BECAUSE THESE STUDENTS ARE TYPICALLY A YEAR BEHIND TIER TWO AND THREE ARE ALWAYS LOGGED INTO OUR RICH SYSTEM FOR FULL MONITORING PROCESSES.
TURN IT OVER TO MY PARTNER FOR THE BEHAVIORAL.
AND FROM THE BEHAVIORAL SIDE, WE ALSO USE A TIERED SYSTEM, UH, TIER ONE'S GONNA BE FOR ALL STUDENTS.
UH, IT'S GONNA BE YOUR CLASSROOM EXPECTATIONS, YOUR SCHOOLWIDE EXPECTATIONS THAT ARE DEFINED AND TAUGHT DAILY.
UH, IT'S ALSO GONNA BE APPROPRIATE SCHOOL BEHAVIORS THAT ARE MODELED, UH, IN THE CLASSROOM AND RETAUGHT AS NEEDED.
UH, THERE'S THE SYSTEMS IN OUR SCHOOLS FOR RE REINFORCING APPROPRIATE BEHAVIOR.
UH, FOR EXAMPLE, OUR CHARACTER, A STUDENT OF MONTH WHO IS PRESENTED HERE TODAY IS, IS ONE OF THOSE EXAMPLES OF RECOGNIZED INAPPROPRIATE BEHAVIOR IN OUR SCHOOLS.
TIER TWO, UM, FOR BEHAVIOR IS SPECIFIC BASED ON STUDENT NEEDS, UH, THAT IS TARGETED AT THE BEHAVIOR THAT IS INTERFERING WITH THEIR ACADEMIC PROGRESS.
UH, THESE SESSIONS ARE RAN AT LEAST TWICE A WEEK FOR 20 MINUTES EACH SESSION.
AND THAT'S WHERE WE'RE ACTUALLY TARGETING SKILLS SESSION AS RESPECTFULLY DISAGREEING.
SELF-REGULATION TIER THREE, AGAIN, IS INSTRUCTION AND BEHAVIOR THAT IS MORE INTENSIVE, BUT STILL BASED ON STUDENT NEEDS AND IS TYPICALLY PROVIDED FOR A MINIMUM OF THREE TIMES A WEEK IN, IN THOSE THOSE 20 MINUTE SESSIONS EACH.
SO THAT'S WHERE WE'RE TEACHING THE, THE BEHAVIORS.
OUR NEXT COMPONENT IS DATA EVALUATION.
DATA EVALUATION IS BOTH FORMATIVE AND SUMMATIVE DATA, AND THAT IS REVIEWED TO DETERMINE, UM, TIERED INSTRUCTIONAL NEEDS OF OUR STUDENTS.
DATA FROM INSTRUCTIONAL INTERVENTIONS ARE AGAIN, LOGGED INTO OUR ENRICH SYSTEM, AND THOSE ARE MONITORED BY TEAMS IN ORDER TO MAKE THOSE, UM, DATA DRIVEN DECISIONS AND PROCESSES FOR STUDENT NEEDS, BEHAVIORAL, ALL RIGHT, FROM THE BEHAVIORAL SIDE OR, OR SCHOOL TEAMS OR MTSS TEAMS, THEY LOOK AT OFFICE REFERRALS, WHICH IS, WHICH ARE LOGGED IN EDUCATORS HANDBOOK.
UH, FROM THERE THEY'RE ASKING BASICALLY FOUR QUESTIONS THEY'RE IDENTIFYING AND FINDING EACH PROBLEM OF THEIR SCHOOL.
THEY'RE DETERMINING WHY THE PROBLEM EXISTS.
THEY'RE DEVELOPING A SCHOOLWIDE SOLUTION PLAN TO, TO TARGET THAT
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SPECIFIC PROBLEM.UH, AND THEN THEY'RE PROGRESS MONITORING AND EVALUATING THE PLAN AS THEY MOVE FORWARD.
SO OUR, OUR NEXT ONE IS WE DO MAKE A GOOD TEAM THOUGH.
UM, ACADEMIC MTSS PLANS ARE DEVELOPED BASED ON SPECIFIC NEEDS, DETERMINED THROUGH DATABASE MONITORING DATABASE PROBLEM SOLVING AND IS ENACTED BY A TEAM APPROACH TO SPECIFICALLY TARGET THE NEED OF THE STUDENTS.
THE MTSS TEAM USES THAT DATA AND EVIDENCE BASED RESEARCH STRATEGY STRATEGIES TO SPECIFICALLY TARGET THE NEED.
SO WHETHER IF IT'S READING, WHETHER IT'S MATH, THOSE SPECIFIC NEEDS OR TARGETED BEHAVIORAL, AND IT'S VERY SIMILAR TO WHAT WE DO AS MORE OF AN INDIVIDUAL, UH, DATABASE PROCESS, WE'RE LOOKING AT SPECIFIC NEEDS ON THE STUDENT AND THE MTSS TEAM IS THEN USING THE DATA TO DETERMINE IF THE EVIDENCE BASED STRATEGIES THAT ARE SELECTED FROM, FOR THE BEHAVIOR ARE BEING EFFECTIVE, OR IF IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO GO BACK TO THE TABLE AND RETARGET, THE NEXT COMPONENT IS COMMUNICATION AND COLLABORATION.
AND THIS IS PROBABLY ONE OF THE BIGGEST ONES THAT SOMETIMES YOU DON'T REALLY THINK ABOUT THE COLLABORATIVE EFFORTS OF THE MTSS TEAM HAVE TO BE CONSISTENT.
AND IT HAS TO GO ALONG WITH THAT MONITORING PIECE.
THIS PROCESS IS AGAIN, EMBEDDED IN OUR ENRICHED SYSTEM.
OUR TEAMS GET TOGETHER, THEY MEET ABOUT THESE STUDENTS, UM, COLLABORATION WITH PARENTS AND GUARDIANS IS ALSO AN ESSENTIAL PIECE OF THE ACADEMIC PLAN, UM, IN TIER TWO AND TIER THREE.
AND FROM THE BEHAVIORAL SIDE, WE USE THE, WE, WE FOLLOW THE EXACT SAME PROCESS WHEN IT COMES TO TEAM IT UP WITH ALL STAKEHOLDERS AND, AND THEN COMMUNICATING EFFECTIVELY LEADERSHIP.
EACH SCHOOL DOES HAVE AN MTSS COORDINATOR.
ALL OF OUR SCHOOLS HAVE ONE AND EACH TEAM HAS A TEAM LEADER.
SO THE WAY THE STATE DEFINES THIS IS LIKE A CONCENTRIC MODEL.
SO IF YOU KIND OF THINK OF IT AS AN, A BULLS EYE TYPE MODEL ON THAT OUTSIDE, YOU HAVE THE STATE AND DISTRICT LEADERSHIP, THEN INSIDE OF THAT, YOU HAVE THAT SCHOOL LEADERSHIP, YOU HAVE YOUR ADMINISTRATORS, YOU HAVE YOUR MTSS LEAD.
THEN WITHIN THAT YOU HAVE SPECIFIC MAYBE GRADE LEVELS.
IF YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT GRADE LEVELS.
AND THEN IN THAT CENTER, YOU HAVE THAT SPECIFIC TEAM THAT HAS BEEN DEVELOPED FOR THAT STUDENT SPECIFIC NEED BEHAVIORAL AND BEHAVIOR, INSTEAD OF SAYING THE SAME THING.
AGAIN, WE'RE GONNA FOLLOW THAT SAME PROCESS.
I KNOW IT'S REALLY JUST ABOUT TARGETING THAT NEED, UH, WE'RE GETTING READY TO GET MAJORLY DIFFERENT HERE IN FIVE MINUTES,
THIS IS ONE THING OUR DISTRICTS WORKED REALLY HARD THIS YEAR ON THROUGH THE CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT MODEL.
AND THAT DOES INCLUDE OUR PLC, OUR PROFESSIONAL LEARNING COMMUNITIES THAT WE HAVE DEVELOPED, UM, TO BUILD THE CAPACITY OF OUR EDUCATORS AND INSTRUCTION.
WE ALSO, MY PARTNER AND I HAVE WORKED VERY HARD TO COME UP WITH A NEW MTSS HANDBOOK FOR OUR COORDINATORS AND OUR SCHOOLS, AND THAT WILL BE UNVEILED TO THEM ON OUR OCTOBER 6TH, OUR QUARTERLY MEETING ON OCTOBER 6TH.
AT THAT POINT, IT WON'T BE FINISHED
AT THAT POINT, WE WILL GO BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD.
WE WILL MEET WITH, WITH OUR PERSPECTIVE LEADERSHIP AND DISCUSS SOME OF THOSE CHANGES THAT NEED TO BE MADE.
UM, WE ALSO HAVE AN ANNUAL TRAINING MEETING ON THAT ENRICHED SYSTEM THAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT.
WE'RE DOING ALL THE LOGGING IN JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY ALL ARE UP UPDATED ON THE UTILIZATION OF THAT PROCESS.
AND HE'S GOT A LOT ON THAT WE CAN.
SO, SO BUILDING CAPACITY IS SOMETHING WE TAKE VERY SERIOUS.
UM, YOU KNOW, THERE'S NO WAY THAT WE CAN GET AROUND TO ALL 33 SCHOOLS AND, AND, AND DO IT FOR THEM.
SO THE FIRST THING IS WE ARE BUILDING WE'RE, WE'RE DEVELOPING A HANDBOOK TO GET OUT SO WE CAN BE CONSISTENT ACROSS ALL 33 SCHOOLS.
UM, SOME OF YOU ATTENDED SOME OF OUR SUMMER INSTITUTE TRAININGS AND, AND EVEN SOME TRAINING SINCE THEN, UH, CUZ WE'VE BEEN, BEEN DOING A LOT OF TRAININGS ON TRAUMA INFORMED APPROACHES, UH, AND TIERED SYSTEMS THAT SUPPORT.
AND WE'RE SPECIFICALLY BUILDING CAPACITY IN OUR BEHAVIOR SPECIALISTS, OUR INTERVENTION, OUR INTERVENTIONISTS, OUR ADMINISTRATORS, OUR TEACHERS, AND OUR SCHOOL STAFF, JUST BUILDING THAT CAPACITY, UH, OF SUPPORT.
UH, WE'RE DEVELOPING A MTSS WEBSITE, WHICH IS DESIGNED TO TAKE TEAMS, UH, SCHOOL TEAMS, UM, THROUGH TRAINING MODULES.
SO THEY HAVE THE RESOURCES RIGHT THERE, UH, AT A CLICK, UH, WE'RE BUILDING STUDENT SERVICES MODELS ACROSS OUR, OUR DISTRICT, UH, PIERCE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL RIGHT NOW IS, IS ONE OF THE SCHOOLS THAT ARE BUILDING ONE OF THOSE PILOT MODELS, UH, REVAMPING THE ALTERNATIVE SCHOOL, UH, TO OFFER MORE TARGETED TRAUMA INFORMED INTERVENTIONS AND SUPPORT THE STUDENTS IN BUILDING BEHAVIORAL SKILLS SO THEY CAN BE SUCCESSFUL WHEN THEY DO RETURN BACK TO THEIR HOME SCHOOLS.
WE'RE ALSO PUSHING OUT AND TRAINING ON THE EIGHT EFFECTIVE CLASSROOM PRACTICES TO ALL OF OUR SCHOOLS, WHICH ARE ESTABLISHING CLASSROOM EXPECTATIONS, CLASSROOM PROCEDURES, AND ROUTINES ENCOURAGING EXPECTED BEHAVIOR.
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IS DISCOURAGING INAPPROPRIATE BEHAVIOR, ACTIVE SUPERVISION, OPPORTU, OR VARIOUS OPPORTUNITIES TO RESPOND, UH, AND THEN DIFFERENTIATING OUR TASK DIFFICULTY AS WELL AS PROVIDING CHOICE IN OUR ACTIVITY SEQUENCING.UH, WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE ALSO REVAMPING THE BACK MODE OF ENRICH VERSUS OUR DOCUMENTATION SYSTEM WHEN IT COMES TO ENRICH, IT'S NOT THE PROCESS, BUT IT HELPS GUIDE THE PROCESS AND THE DOCUMENTATION.
AND WE'RE, WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF GOING BACK RIGHT NOW WITH THE ANNUAL BALANCE, HELP AND CLEANING UP KIND ON THE BACK END OF THAT, TO MAKE IT EASIER FOR, FOR TEACHERS TO USE AS A DOCUMENTATION TOOL.
AND YOU NOTICED THAT UNDER ALL OF THAT ON THIS STATE'S UMBRELLA IS UDL UNIVERSAL DESIGN FOR LEARNING IS AN EDUCATIONAL FRAMEWORK.
THAT'S REALLY BASED ON RESEARCH AND LEARNING SCIENCES.
IT INCLUDES THE COGNITIVE LEARNING PIECES AND GUIDES, THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE SYSTEM TO HELP THAT INDIVIDUAL LEARNER'S NEEDS IN ORDER TO ENSURE THOSE RICH OUTCOMES THAT WE ALL DESIRE.
AND I BELIEVE THAT IS IT FOR OUR PARTNERSHIP TONIGHT.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS?
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.
I'M JUST CURIOUS, UM, WHO PROVIDES THE BEHAVIORAL INSTRUCTION FOR OUR TIER THREE STUDENTS? YOU SAID THEY GET 20 MINUTES, THREE, IT COULD BE TIER TWO OR TIER THREE, AND IT REALLY DEPENDS ON A STUDENT NEED, YOU KNOW, IF IT'S A MENTAL HEALTH, UH, NEED, THEN WE PARTNER WITH OUTSIDE AGENCIES AS WELL AS SOME OF OUR IN-SCHOOL COUNSELORS AND SOCIAL WORKERS.
IF IT IS FOR EXAMPLE, CURRICULUMS ON RESPECTFULLY DISAGREE, AND THAT'S A SKILL THAT A LOT OF OUR KIDS NEED OR BEHAVIOR SPECIALISTS HELP OUT WITH THAT.
OR SOMETIMES IF IT'S A TEACHER THAT REALLY DOES HAVE GOOD RAPPORT, THE GROUP OF STUDENTS THAT HAVE A, A SPECIFIC NEED, UH, THEN THEY'RE GONNA PROVIDE THAT INSTRUCTION TO THEM BECAUSE REALLY THAT RELATIONSHIP'S KEY.
WE'RE TRYING TO MODIFY BEHAVIORS.
UH, KAREN AND DEREK FOR ALL, ALL YOUR WORK.
UM, SO THIS MTSS, UM, COORDINATOR'S HANDBOOK, I DON'T REALLY HAVE A QUESTION AS MUCH AS KUDOS ON THAT BECAUSE IT IS SO IMPORTANT THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT THAT EVERY IT'S ALIGNED AND, UM, IN YEARS PAST, YOU KNOW, MTSS OR WHATEVER THE WORDING WERE BE, WHAT IT WAS BEFORE, UM, YOU MIGHT HAVE IT DONE DIFFERENTLY AT EVERY DIFFERENT SCHOOL AND, AND THAT THAT'S DIFFICULT FOR PARENTS TO UNDERSTAND AND SO ON.
UM, AND ALSO ON ENRICH, UH, WHAT A LABORIOUS PROCESS THAT CAN BE TO DOCUMENT EVERY INTERVENTION THAT YOU WERE TRYING, ALTHOUGH YOU HAVE TO, BECAUSE THAT'S YOUR BACKUP WHEN THINGS GO SOUTH.
UM, SO THOSE ARE TWO FABULOUS THINGS THAT, THAT I THINK CAN HELP SUPPORT TEACHERS IN THE CLASSROOM.
UM, SO THOSE ARE JUST MY COMMENTS.
THANK YOU FOR WORKING ON THAT, MR. MEL CAMPBELL.
WELL, UH, UDL IS A STATEMENT THAT SAYS IT ALL IN TERMS OF WHAT YOU DESCRIBED JUST THEN TO US, OR MY QUESTION IS, I MEAN, UDL IS ONLY AS EFFECTIVE AS THE CAPACITY YOU BUILT.
SO HOW DO WE MONITOR OR REGISTER OR KEEP TRACK OF HOW THAT CAPACITY IS COMING? HOW, YOU KNOW, HOW MANY EDUCATORS IN, IN, IN ANY PARTICULAR BUILDING IS VERY, YOU KNOW, ENGAGE IN THE MTS PROCESS TO, TO BE, I'D SAY, BE FULLY COMMITTED TO THE PROCESS.
AND I WILL SAY WE'RE PROBABLY FURTHER ALONG THAN WE'VE EVER BEEN IN THAT.
AS YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN IN THE DISTRICT FOR A LONG TIME, THE CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT MODEL THAT WE'VE PUT IN PLACE IS CONSISTENTLY APPLIED ACROSS THE DISTRICT.
SO EVERY TEACHER ACROSS THE DISTRICT IS INVOLVED IN A PROFESSIONAL LEARNING COMMUNITY, AND THIS IS ONE OF THE DISCUSSIONS THAT THEY HAVE IN THOSE, IN THOSE MEETINGS.
SO I THINK FOR THE FIRST TIME MAYBE, UM, WE REALLY DO A GOOD JOB AT THAT.
AND IT'S EXCITING TO SAY THAT THAT CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT MODEL HAS HELPED US WITH THIS.
IF I, IF I MAY, UM, I, I THINK, YOU KNOW, WHAT YOU SEE INHERENT IN THIS SYSTEM IS A, A VERY DATA DRIVEN SYSTEM, RIGHT? UH, THAT'S REALLY, REALLY IMPORTANT IN THIS WORK, YOU KNOW, IN THE CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT MODEL.
I THINK THAT, UH, ONE OF THE THINGS WE DO IN BUILDING CAPACITY, UH, IS WE'RE, WE'RE TRYING TO KEEP TRACK OF, WHO'S BEEN TRAINED ON DIFFERENT ASPECTS OF THIS AND WHERE THEY ARE, YOU KNOW, HOW MANY, HOW MANY SESSIONS OF TRAINING THEY'VE HAD AND, AND AS WE MOVE THEM ALONG, UH, IN THAT, THAT CAPACITY BUILDING PROCESS AS WELL.
SO THAT'S, THAT'S JUST ANOTHER WAY, UH,
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TO KEEP TRACK OF WHAT EACH INDIVIDUAL HAS RECEIVED IN TERMS OF THEIR OWN BUILDING OF CAPACITY.AND, YOU KNOW, I, I HOPE THAT, YOU KNOW, THIS IS GOING TO CONTINUE BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, UH, WE GO NOWHERE.
AND THEN THE BUY-IN IS THERE THAT'S YOU? NO, BUY-IN, I DON'T CARE HOW MANY PEOPLE YOU TRAIN.
THEY DON'T DO WHAT THEY'RE TRAINED TO DO NO RESULTS.
AND, AND THIS, THIS, YOU KNOW, IT IS A, IT IS A PROCESS THAT IS, UH, LABORIOUS, I THINK IS WHAT MS. FREDERICK SAID.
AND IT'S REALLY A GREAT WORD FOR IT, BUT IT IS AN IMPORTANT PART, CUZ THIS IS DIFFERENTIATION.
THIS IS HOW YOU DIFFERENTIATE FOR INDIVIDUAL NEEDS.
AND THAT'S HOW YOU, YOU KNOW, WORK AT MOVING ALL STUDENTS, YOU KNOW, FORWARD.
SO, UM, IN, IN TERMS YOU'VE YOU, YOU HAVE, WELL FIRST LET ME BOTH STOP BY SAYING THANK YOU BOTH.
AND THANK, THANK, UM, DOC FOR ALLOWING YOU TO BRING US THIS INFORMATION.
BUT YOU KNOW, EVERYONE LEARNS DIFFERENTLY AND YOU KNOW, I LOOK AT THIS PICTURE, THERE'S A LOT GOING ON, BUT IN TERMS OF IT, IF I WANTED TO GO BACK LATER AND, AND RECAP IT, THERE'S NO INFORMATION THERE.
AND, AND YOU, I HEARD ONE OF YOU SAID, I BELIEVE I HEARD ONE OF, YOU SAID THE FRAMEWORK, YOU'VE DONE THE FRAMEWORK, BUT I STILL NEED THE INFORMATION THAT TO DIGEST AND PROCESS WHAT YOU'VE GIVEN US BECAUSE YOU OVER THE LAST TWO OR THREE MINUTES OR FIVE MINUTES, HOWEVER LONG YOU'VE BEEN, AND YOU SPOKE, YOU SAID, YOU'VE SAID A LOT.
SO FOR SOMEONE WHO MAY HAVE NOT UNDERSTAND ALL THIS BUSINESS OR WHO MAY NOT UNDERSTAND SOME OF WHAT YOU, WHAT YOU JUST SAID THEN WHO, WHAT, WHERE, WHEN, WHY, HOW AND WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? AND THAT'S A, A GREAT QUESTION, MR. SMITH.
AND HONESTLY, I MEAN, THINGS LIKE THIS ARE, UH, REALLY COMPLEX IN, IN HOW THEY FUNCTION AND OPERATE MY, I MEAN, MY HOPE WOULD BE, UH, WHEN WE GO THROUGH THESE PROCESS, YOU KNOW, IT'S BEEN THE BOARD'S REQUEST THAT YOU, YOU GET A SUMMARY TYPE OF THING ON THE, ON THESE PRESENTATIONS.
UM, AND, AND, AND SO THAT'S WHAT, THAT'S WHAT THIS IS, IS A SUMMARY OF A VERY COMPLEX SYSTEM, RIGHT? AND, AND THEN, UH, IF, IF YOU'RE ENGAGING WITH INDIVIDUALS OUT THERE WHO HAVE DEEPER QUESTIONS, I, I WOULD SAY, YOU KNOW, LET'S MAKE SURE WE CONNECT THOSE INDIVIDUALS WITH THESE INDIVIDUALS HERE THAT ARE PRESENTING TO YOU TODAY SO THAT WE CAN GET THEM.
UH, IF THEY'VE GOT QUESTIONS, QUESTIONS ANSWERED.
I WOULDN'T EXPECT THAT, THAT, THAT YOU, THOSE OF YOU ON THE BOARD WOULD BE ABLE TO, UH, ANSWER QUESTIONS FOR MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY IN A DEEP KIND OF WAY ON SOMETHING LIKE THIS.
I, I, I WOULD EXPECT THAT MY STAFF AND MY TEAM WOULD, WOULD, WOULD BE ABLE TO DO THAT, BUT THAT, YOU KNOW ENOUGH ABOUT THIS, THAT YOU, YOU CAN SAY, WE HAVE THIS GOING ON AND THIS IS IMPORTANT.
AND I CAN DIRECT YOU TO SOMEBODY WHO CAN DIVE REAL DEEP INTO THIS WITH YOU.
RODRIGUEZ, BUT ALL DUE RESPECT,
I JUST DON'T FEEL LIKE, LIKE, I, I HAVE THAT.
AND THAT MAY BE THE BOARD'S PURVIEW, BUT I'VE STATED SEVERAL TIMES THAT I LEARNED DIFFERENTLY.
SO WITHIN, IN, IN REGARDS TO THAT, I'M ASKING WHEN INFORMATION LIKE THIS IS BROUGHT FORWARD, THAT NOT ONLY FOR JUST THE COMMUNITY, FOR ME AS A BOARD MEMBER, SO I CAN ALSO SPEAK AND GO BACK AND READ AND RECAP MY MEMORY THAT THERE THERE'S, THERE'S MORE TANGIBLE INFORMATION FOR ME SO THAT I CAN PROCESS AND DIGEST AND UNDERSTAND EXACTLY WHAT I WAS JUST TOLD.
AND TO ME THAT, THAT, THAT, THAT, THAT THAT'S IMPORTANT.
AND, AND I HAD NO POINT THAT I WANT TO SAY ANYTHING IN A NEGATIVE CONFRONTATION TOWARDS WHAT THE TEAM JUST BROUGHT UP, BECAUSE THEY BROUGHT UP SOME GREAT, THEY BROUGHT UP SOME GREAT INFORMATION, A LOT OF INFORMATION.
BUT MY, MY POINT WAS, WAS JUST THAT, THAT SIMPLE.
AND I BELIEVE THAT THEY HAD HAD THAT, BUT IN, IN, AND IN REGARDS TO THAT, THAT WOULD ALSO HELP ME FORMULATE MY QUESTIONS OF THE, WHAT DOES THIS LOOK LIKE IN TERMS OF BMS, IN TERMS OF MR. UM, SCAG, MR. S SCAG SPEAKING FOR BMS AND IN TERMS OF HOW THEY, HOW THEY ARE INTERACTING WITH CERTAIN PROBLEMS THAT THEY FIND VERSUS A TIER TWO IN TIER THREE, I MYSELF HAVE TALKED TO EVEN SOME OF HIS BMSS AND I WAS IN THAT ONE TRAIN THAT HE, THAT HE SPOKE ABOUT AND SOME, AND EVEN ONE OF THEM WERE SAYING THAT, YEAH, LET ME KNOW THAT MS. MS. GUY COOLS TO YOU, THAT HE HAS, AND INTERNALLY BOUGHT A DIFFERENT FRAMEWORK OF WHAT IT LOOKED LIKE.
SO THAT, THAT, THAT IS WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR.
AND THEN THAT ALSO GIVES A MORE CLEAR, EXCITING PERCEPTION
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TO THE COMMUNITY TO SEE EXACTLY WHAT WE ARE DOING AND UNDERSTANDING, AND PROCESS IT WITHOUT TRYING TO REACH OUT TO HIM.AND, AND HE'S STILL TRYING TO WRITE A, WRITE A BOOK TO STAFF, SO THAT THAT'S, THAT THAT'S MY POINT, TANGIBLE THINGS.
AND I APPRECIATE WHAT Y'ALL DID, JUST SO THAT I CAN UNDERSTAND AND PROCESS IT.
I, I JUST WOULD PREFER, BECAUSE I LEARNED DIFFERENTLY IF WE COULD HAVE SOMETHING IN WRITING IN, IN, IN THESE PICTURES TO EXPLAIN EXACTLY WHAT'S GOING ON.
WHAT IS SUCCESS? HOW DO YOU, WHAT IS SUCCESS? HOW ARE YOU GONNA KNOW THAT YOU'RE SUCCESSFUL HERE? I
I TELL PEOPLE ALL THE TIME, MY JOB'S WORK MYSELF OUT OF A JOB
WHEN WE REALLY START HELPING STUDENTS, NOT IN MY, IN MY FIELD BEHAVIOR, MAKE THE SAME MISTAKES OVER AND OVER, LEARN FROM THEM, BUILD SKILLS IN THEM.
AND THEY BECOME ACADEMICALLY SUCCESSFUL FROM, FROM MY ANGLE OF, OF THE BEHAVIOR.
IS THERE GONNA BE DATA THERE? THERE WILL DEFINITELY BE DATA BECAUSE WE WAYS WE, WELL, FIRST OFF WE, WE LOG DATA IN MULTIPLE WAYS WHEN IT COMES TO BEHAVIOR, THE FIRST WAY IS ALWAYS, YOU KNOW, THE OFFICE REFERRALS, RIGHT? THAT'S EDUCATORS HANDBOOK.
THAT'S WHAT THE KIDS, THOSE ARE INFRACTIONS, THE KIDS HAVE MESSED UP, RIGHT.
WE, WE ALWAYS KEEP TRACK OF THAT MINOR OFFENSES.
AND, UH, AND THEN OFFICE MANAGED DEFENSES, WHICH IS OD.
SO, SO OFFICE REFERRALS ARE GOING DOWN.
OFFICE REFERRALS ARE GOING DOWN, SUSPENSIONS ARE GOING DOWN.
AND THEN THAT TRANSLATES EXACTLY TO ACADEMICS.
I CHART MINE BY INCREASED ACADEMIC SUCCESS.
CAUSE THAT'S AN IMPORTANT PART OF STUDENT SUCCESS AND THAT, AND THAT'S WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT IS ACADEMICS.
UH, THE NEXT ITEM, UH, JUST, YOU KNOW, LIKE LAST TIME, UH, THE STATE JUST RELEASED AGAIN, UH, SOME OF RESULTS.
THEY'RE SENDING IT OUT LITTLE BY LITTLE, THIS TIME OR THIS YEAR.
UH, AND SO THEY'VE SENT OUT SOME RESULTS AROUND, UM, EOC AND SOME CAREER READINESS, UH, RESULTS.
AND SO DANIEL HAS BEEN SCRAMBLING SINCE THAT CAME OUT IN ORDER TO HAVE SOMETHING READY TO SHARE WITH YOU THIS EVENING.
I THINK AS A GENERAL, UH, RULE OF THUMB, WE CAN LOOK AT IT AND WE CAN SEE PROGRESS, UH, THAT WE SEE THERE IN, IN, UH, IN VARIOUS AREAS.
UH, AND I THINK IT'S ALSO SAFE TO SAY THAT, UH, WE STILL HAVE, UH, A WAYS TO GO TO REBOUND COMPLETELY FROM, UH, FROM THE IMPACT OF THE PANDEMIC.
AND AS WE'VE SAID, IT'S A MULTI-YEAR PROCESS OF RECOVERY.
UH, BUT WE SEE SOME PROGRESS IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION HERE AND, AND THAT IS GOOD NEWS.
GOOD EVENING, MR. CHAIRMAN, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN OF THE BOARD, UH, TONIGHT, UH, AS DR.
RODRIGUEZ MENTIONED, WE WILL BE, UH, REPORTING, UH, SOUTH CAROLINA, UH, END OF COURSE, ASSESSMENTS AS WELL AS OUR CAREER READINESS DATA.
UH, SIMILAR THEME, UH, WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT'S DATA FROM OUR LAST PRESENTATION FOR SC READY, SC PASS.
UH, BEAUFORT HAS AREAS TO CELEBRATE, BUT THE NEED FOR CONTINUED GROWTH AS DR.
RODRIGUEZ MENTIONED, UH, DOES FOR OUR STUDENTS DOES REMAIN, UH, OUR FOCUS.
SO TONIGHT, UH, WE ARE REPORTING END OF COURSE, EXAMS. THEY ARE A STATEWIDE HIGH SCHOOL ASSESSMENT.
THEY ARE TIED TO HIGH SCHOOL CREDIT COURSES.
UH, THEY'RE IN THE AREAS OF ENGLISH, TWO ALGEBRA, ONE, US HISTORY AND BIOLOGY.
THESE ASSESSMENTS MEET ALL REQUIREMENTS OF THE ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION ACT, WHICH IS ESSA STUDENTS AND GRADES SEVEN THROUGH 12 PARTICIPATE IN THESE ASSESSMENTS, UH, SEVENTH GRADERS, UH, BEING THE YOUNGEST SEVENTH AND EIGHTH GRADERS ARE TAKING ALGEBRA ONE, UM, WHERE THE OTHER, THE HIGH SCHOOLS ARE TAKING THE, UM, US HISTORY BIOLOGY, UH, IN, IN ENGLISH TWO, SPEAKING OF ENGLISH TWO, IT WAS INTRODUCED IN 2021.
IT REPLACED ENGLISH ONE AS THE END OF COURSE, ASSESSMENT.
AND THEN ALSO NEW, UH, 2022, UH, UNITED STATES HISTORY AND CONSTITUTION.
UH, THE STANDARDS WERE REWRITTEN AND ADOPTED BY THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA.
AND WHENEVER THAT HAPPENS, AN ASSESSMENT WORLD, UH, WE GIVE A NEW ASSESSMENT AND THAT ASSESSMENT IS SCALED AS WELL.
SO I WILL ONLY BE SHOWING 2022 DATA FOR SC, UH, EOC WHEN IT COMES TO US HISTORY.
AND I ONLY HAVE 20 21, 20 22 ENGLISH TWO DATA CAREER READINESS ASSESSMENTS, CAREER READINESS ASSESSMENTS ARE INDUSTRY LEVEL, UH, CERTIFICATIONS THEY'RE GIVEN TO 11TH GRADE STUDENTS, UH, CERTIFICATE LEVEL STUDENTS CAN EARN, UH, BRONZE, A SILVER GOLD OR PLATINUM.
WE'LL SPEAK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT.
UH, WHEN WE GET TO THAT SECTION SOUTH CAROLINA OVER THE YEARS HAS USED TWO VENDORS.
UH, THE PRIMARY, THE FIRST WAS A C T WORK KEYS, UH, AND THE OTHER, UM, WHEN, UH, THAT CONTRACT EXPIRED AND WAS REBID WAS, UM, WHEN LEARNING WAS ALSO, IT'S THE ASSESSMENT'S CALLED READY TO WORK.
UH, AND YOU SEE IN THE LAST BULLET THERE, UH, MY DATA THIS EVENING AND, AND ACROSS THE STATE, IT'S EXTREMELY HARD TO LOOK LONGITUDINALLY, UH, BECAUSE OF ONGOING
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RFP CONCERNS BETWEEN THOSE TWO VENDORS, UH, AND STATEWIDE APPEALS.UM, A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT.
UM, A C T WORK KEYS, UH, HAD THE ORIGINAL ASSESSMENTS, THE READINESS CAREER READINESS ASSESSMENTS, BUT THEY DID NOT HAVE A CURRICULUM TO PREPARE STUDENTS TO TAKE THOSE ASSESSMENTS.
UH, SO THEY CONTRACTED WIN, LEARNING TO WRITE SAID, UH, CURRICULUM.
AND THEN OBVIOUSLY A COMPANY SEES US THERE'S MONEY TO MAKE BY MAKING ASSESSMENTS WITH THEIR CURRICULUM WHEN LEARNING THEN MADE ANOTHER ASSESSMENT.
SO THERE'S AN ONGOING NATIONAL FEUD BETWEEN THOSE TWO COMPANIES, UM, AS IT STANDS RIGHT NOW, SOUTH CAROLINA IS OUT FORBID BETWEEN FOR ANOTHER, UH, READINESS ASSESSMENT, THE DATA PRESENTED, UH, LONGITUDINAL WHERE AVAILABLE, UH, AND OF COURSE, DATA FROM 2019, UH, PRE PANDEMIC, UH, 2021.
AND OF COURSE THE MOST RECENT 2022 DATA.
AND THEN I HAD TO BE SOMEWHAT CREATIVE WITH THE CAREER READINESS DATA, UH, AND SHOW YOU SOME SORT OF LONGITUDINAL DATA BAUER COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT PERCENT OF STUDENTS PASSING END OF COURSE, EXAMS ALSO HAVE THE PERCENTAGE OF STUDENTS SCORING ANY TYPE OF CAREER READINESS CERTIFICATION.
ONE MORE FOR ACCOUNTABILITY, UM, SAKE IT'S, UH, PERCENT OF STUDENTS EARNING CAREER READINESS CERTIFICATES, CERT CERT, UH, CERTIFICATES BEING A SILVER GOLD OR PLATINUM.
AND YOU'LL UNDERSTAND WHAT THAT MEANS A LITTLE BIT MORE WHEN WE GET DOWN TO THAT, EXCUSE ME, FOR POINT OF CLARIFICATION, THIS IS IN OUR PACKAGE, OR THIS IS EMAIL TO THE BOARD.
NO, MR. SMITH, THIS IS INFORMATION THAT THE STATE JUST RELEASED.
AND SO OUR TEAM HAS TO GATHER THE INFORM, CUZ IT'S NOT RELEASED LIKE THIS.
YOU, THEY HAVE TO TAKE THIS INFORMATION COMB THROUGH IT AND PUT IT IN A PRESENTATION FORMAT LIKE YOU SEE HERE, RIGHT.
SO THIS IS THE KIND THIS I WANTED TO GIVE YOU THE INFORMATION AS SOON AS WE GET IT, BECAUSE WHEN THEY, WHEN THEY LIFT THE EMBARGO, THEY LIFT IT AND EVERYBODY GETS IT.
SO IN ORDER TO GET IT TO YOU AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE, UH, OUR TEAM HAS TO WORK AT IT AND SCRAMBLE, AND THEY'RE NOT ABLE TO GET IT DONE IN TIME TO PUT STUFF IN YOUR PACKETS, UH, WHEN THE STATE RELEASES IT IN THE MANNER IN WHICH THEY RELEASE THESE.
SO THEY, THEY I'M ACTUALLY, I'M JUST TALKING ABOUT THE POWERPOINT PRESENTATION.
I MEAN, IS THE PRESENTATION GIVEN A COPY OF THAT? YOU'LL HAVE THAT AFTER THE, THE, YEAH.
HE, HE HE'S JUST FINISHED THIS TO PROVIDE TO YOU.
THIS IS, THIS IS, THIS IS HOT, HOT OFF THE PRESS.
UM, IT JUST SYNCS UP THAT THEY'RE RELEASED BOARD MEETING DAYS.
UM, SO LONGITUDINAL PERCENTAGE PASSING FOR END OF COURSE, EXAMS. UM, AS I SPOKE, UH, ALGEBRA ONE, UH, ENGLISH TWO, UH, BIOLOGY ONE AND THEN US HISTORY AND CONSTITUTION.
UM, I THINK, UH, MOST PEOPLE FOLLOW AT HOME AND, AND HERE GREEN IS GOOD.
UM, SO WHEN WE LOOK IN THE FIRST UPPER, UH, LEFT HAND CORNER OF THAT QUADRANT, WE HAVE ALGEBRA ONE DATA.
UM, AND I CAN SAY SUMMARY ACROSS ALL FOUR OF THESE SUBJECT AREAS.
WE ARE NOT YET BACK AT PRE PANDEMIC PERCENT PASSING.
UM, BUT WHAT WE DO SEE IS WE DO SEE GROWTH.
SO WE'RE MOVING BACK IN THAT DIRECTION.
SO IF WE LOOK AT ALGEBRA ONE AND OF COURSE ASSESSMENTS, UH, 2019, UH, PRE PANDEMIC, UH, BRE COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT AT 80% PASSAGE RATE, UM, IN 2022, THAT ALGEBRA ONE, AS WE SPOKE ALSO WITH SC READY, UM, MATH TOOK A TRA TERRIFIC HIT COMING OUT OF THE, UH, INTERRUPTED LEARNING, UH, 66.3%.
AND A REBOUND IS 71% IN 2022, MOVING ACROSS WILL GO TO ENGLISH TWO IN THE TOP RIGHT HAND CORNER OF THE QUADRANT.
AGAIN, 2021 WAS THE FIRST YEAR FOR ENGLISH TWO.
SO WE DON'T HAVE A BASELINE OF WHAT PRE PANDEMIC ENGLISH TWO LOOKED LIKE.
WE DO SEE, UH, WE ARE VERY CLOSE TO THE STATE, UH, ON AN AVERAGE OF PERCENT PASSING, UH, FROM 81.9% PASSING TO 83.8, THE BOTTOM LEFT HAND QUADRANTS, UH, BIOLOGY, UH, ALL THREE YEARS, 20 19, 20 21, 20 22.
UH, THE BEAUFORT COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT HAS BEEN ABOVE THE STATE AVERAGE, UH, WITH A PRE PANDEMIC, UH, PASSAGE RATE OF 73.5% AND A POST SOMEWHAT NORMALIZED 2122 SCHOOL YEAR OF A 62.8 IN THE LAST, SINCE THERE'S ONLY ONE DATA ELEMENT ON A RESCALE ASSESSMENT AND RENO, UH, WITH NEW STANDARDS, UH, 2022 US HISTORY AND CONSTITUTION.
UM, THE STATE IN BUFORD COUNTY ALMOST MATCHING AT 56.2 AND 56.5% PASSAGE ON THAT END OF COURSE, ASSESSMENT.
WE SEE GROWTH IN TWO OF THE, UH, THREE MEASURABLE AREAS, UM, WITH ONE REMAINING THE SAME AT 62.8, WITH BIOLOGY MOVING OVER TO CAREER READINESS.
AND THIS IS WHERE I WILL EXPLAIN HOW I, I DID HAVE TO BE SOMEWHAT CREATIVE.
UM, 20 19 20 21 AND 2022, UH, CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE STATE DEPARTMENT DID REQUIRE US TO SWITCH VENDORS.
SO IN 20 19, 20 21, I DO HAVE READY TO WORK, WHICH WOULD BE THE WIN PRODUCT WIN LEARNING.
AND THEN 2022, THE STATE, UH, SOUTH CAROLINA DID RETURN
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TO, UH, A C T WORK KEYS.I CANNOT REPORT SUB SCORES ON THIS, IN THIS MANNER BECAUSE BOTH TESTS HAVE SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT NAMES TO THEIR SUB SCORES.
BUT WHAT I CAN DO IS THEY'RE BOTH INDUSTRY, UH, ACCEPTED CERTIFICATES.
SO I CAN, UM, TAKE SOME SORT OF LIBERTY AND SAY, A STUDENT EARNING A BRONZE CERTIFICATE ON WORK CASE IS THE SAME BRONZE CERTIFICATE ON WIN.
SO I CAN REPORT THEM AS, UH, STUDENTS RECEIVING OR CERTIFICATES.
SO THE FIRST TWO YEARS, 20 19, 20 21, UH, USING READY TO WORK, THIS IS FOR ANY CERTIFICATE, BRONZE, SILVER, GOLD, OR PLATINUM, UH, BEAUFORT COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT WITH 82.3%.
WE INCREASED THAT TO 84.6, UH, WHERE WE WERE THEN ABOVE THE STATE IN THE MOST RECENT YEAR, WE DO SEE A, A DIP SWITCHING OVER TWO WORK KEYS.
UH, WE ARE 81.1% WHERE THE STATE IS AT 79.7, LOOKING AT THE SAME DATA, SAME ASSESSMENTS, BUT ONLY LOOKING AT CERTIFICATES OF SILVER OR HIGHER BEING SOLD.
UM, WE SEE SIMILAR TREND, UM, BETWEEN 20 19, 20 21.
AND THEN WE SEE BAUER COUNTY AT 53.3% ABOVE THE STATE AVERAGE.
SO WHAT DO THESE CERTIFICATES MEAN? CUZ YOU'RE PROBABLY WONDERING THEY JUST GET A PIECE OF PAPER CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION, BUT IT IS NOT THAT.
SO A STUDENT EARNING A BRONZE CERTIFICATE COMING OUT OF HIGH SCHOOL, UM, HAS THEIR PREREQUISITE SKILLS.
AND THESE ARE LIMITED TO JUST A FEW THAT I HAVE, HAVE NOT NOTED, UH, FROM, UH, A C T WORK KEYS DOCUMENTATIONS, UH, A STUDENT EARNING A BRONZE COMING OUT OF HIGH SCHOOL HAS A PREREQUISITE SKILLS.
THEY WOULD QUALIFY TO BE A VET TECH, A WELDER OR SOMETHING.
UH, SOME HEAVY EQUIPMENT OPERATOR STUDENTS EARNING A SILVER ARE OUR ARE SAID TO HAVE PREREQUISITE SKILLS FOR HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGER, UH, A MEDICAL ASSISTANT OR A RADIOLOGY TECHNICIAN GOLD.
YOU'RE GETTING INTO SPEECH PATHOLOGIST, ACCOUNTANT SCHOOL COUNSELOR, AND THEN STUDENTS EARNING PLATINUM HAVE THE PREREQUISITE SKILLS TO BE AIRLINE PILOTS, MECHANICAL ENGINEERS OR PHYSICISTS.
THIS IS NOT JUST A CAREER BLUE COLLAR TYPE ASSESSMENT.
THESE ARE ASSESSMENTS THAT COLLEGES LOOK AT AS WELL.
AND JUST FINALLY IN SUMMARY, WHAT HAVE WE LEARNED? UH, AGAIN, SAME AS THE LAST PRESENTATION THE FOR COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT IS EXPERIENCING WE'RE IN A PERIOD OF ACADEMIC RECOVERY WORK DOES REMAIN, UH, NEEDED TO BE DONE TO RETURN TO THE PRE PANDEMIC PERFORMANCE, UH, IMPACT OF INTERRUPTED INSTRUCTION MIRRORS, THE OBSERVED RESULTS OF SC READY AND SC PATH AND MATH AND SCIENCE.
AND THIS IMPACT WILL BE FELT FOR SEVERAL YEARS, UH, LIKE IN THIS TOO, NO ONE HERE IS, IS THAT, BUT AS WE GET OLDER AND IF WE GET INJURED WHILE DOING ANY TYPE OF EXERCISE, IT DOES TAKE LONGER TO HEAL THE OLDER YOU ARE AND WE WILL, IT WILL TAKE LONGER FOR THESE SKILLS TO BE REGAINED.
AND WE WILL SEE A REBOUND IN THESE NUMBERS.
IT WILL TAKE LONGER AS THE GRADE LEVEL OF THESE STUDENTS AS HIGHER.
WE SAW THAT WITH SC READY, THIRD, FOURTH GRADE REBOUNDED, VERY QUICKLY, SEVENTH AND EIGHTH GRADE, THE LAST PRESENTATION, SOME QUESTIONS CAME UP AS TO WHY NOT AS QUICKLY.
THESE ARE NOW NINTH, 10TH, 11TH GRADE STUDENTS TAKING THESE ASSESSMENTS.
THE FOUNDATION OF MATH HAS BEEN JUST, UH, JUST IN CONTEXT FOR, UH, THESE STUDENTS THAT WERE THEY'RE SENIORS THIS YEAR.
THEY WERE IN 11TH GRADE LAST YEAR WHEN THEY TOOK THIS ASSESSMENT RIGHT IN CONTEXT, THEY HAVE NOT HAD A NORMAL FULL YEAR OF HIGH SCHOOL.
THEY NINTH GRADE PART OF THEIR YEAR WAS INTERRUPTED 10TH GRADE INTERRUPTED.
LAST YEAR, WE WERE STILL DEALING WITH QUARANTINES AND ALL SORTS OF THINGS.
THIS YEAR WILL END STRONG, WILL BE THEIR FIRST FULL YEAR OF, UH, OF A NORMAL HIGH SCHOOL YEAR.
AND THAT'S SPEAKING FOR THE, THE CAREER READINESS ASSESSMENTS.
UH, AND EVEN, UH, JUST AS A, A BRIEF NOTE, EVEN THOUGH SOUTH CAROLINA DOES NOT CURRENTLY THE STATE OF STATE DEPARTMENT OF SOUTH CAROLINA DOES NOT HAVE, UH, WHAT WOULD BE A, A CONTRACT WITH EITHER VENDOR.
UH, WE ARE EXAMINING THE USE OF ONE OF OUR OLD CONTRACTS WITH ONE OF THE TWO VENDORS TO OFFER THE STUDENTS THAT ESPECIALLY THAT ARE GRADUATE MAYBE IN DECEMBER, UH, THAT OPPORTUNITY TO REIT.
SO WE'RE EXPLORING THOSE OPTIONS TO MAKE SURE WE'RE GIVING THOSE STUDENTS THAT HAVEN'T HAD A NORMAL, UH, HIGH SCHOOL YEAR, UM, A CHANCE FOR ONE MORE TIME, WHEN THEY'RE WITH US TO MEET THESE, UH, INDUSTRY CREDENTIALS, UH, MATH FOUNDATION HAS GREATLY IMPACTED, UH, BEAUFORD COUNTY IS WORKING, UH, TO ACCELERATE THE CATCH UP OF THESE TYPE SKILLS.
END OF COURSE, ASSESSMENTS AS MENTIONED EARLIER IN TWO OF THREE SUBJECT AREAS DID IMPROVE BETWEEN 2021 AND 2022 ALGEBRA ONE AND ENGLISH TWO.
AND WE HAD, UM, SIMILAR RESULTS, UM, IN 2021 TO 2022 FOR BIOLOGY.
AND FINALLY WITH CAREER READINESS AWARENESS, UH, ASSESSMENTS, UH, A C T WORK KEYS, THE PERCENT OF STUDENTS EARNING CERTIFICATES AND THE PERCENT OF STUDENTS EARNING SILVER GOLD PLATINUM, UM, NOW EXCEED
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THE STATE PERCENTAGES.AND THAT CONCLUDES THE BRIEF REPORT ON END OF COURSE, EXAMS AND COLLEGE READINESS ASSESSMENTS.
SO WHEN STUDENTS, UM, BASICALLY DO THEY HAVE TO PASS THE EOC TO GRADUATE? THEY DO NOT.
SO ALGEBRA ONE, ENGLISH, TWO, BIO US HISTORY AND CONSTITUTION, THEY DON'T HAVE TO PASS TO GRADUATE.
NO, SECONDLY, DO WE, UM, SCHOOL REPORT CARDS, IS THERE GOING TO BE A REPORT CARD FROM LAST SCHOOL YEAR? THERE WILL, UH, IT IS TO BE RELEASED RIGHT NOW AS OF OCTOBER 13TH WILL BE THE RELEASE DATE.
THAT'S WE WILL HAVE ANOTHER PRESENTATION ON THAT.
UM, THAT DATA WILL BE SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT AND I'LL EXPLAIN IT AT THAT TIME.
IT'S NOT A LAST YEAR DATA, IT'S A COHORT MODEL.
BUT I'LL EXPLAIN ALL THAT AND THE NUMBERS WILL LOOK DIFFERENT.
AND SO JUST REMIND, SO EOC SCORES AND THIS, UM, CAREER READINESS PARTY REPORT CARD, RIGHT? END OF COURSE, EXAMS ARE PART OF THE ELA MATH, SCIENCE, SOCIAL STUDIES COMPONENT FOR THE HIGH SCHOOL.
AND THEN THESE CAREER READINESS ASSESSMENTS ARE ONLY ONE PORTION OF COLLEGE AND OR CAREER READINESS.
I LOOKED AT A COUPLE OF YOUR BULLET POINTS THERE AND ONE OF THE POINTS THAT IS NOT THERE, I GUESS YOU, UM, BUT MATHEMATICS, EOCS, THE ALGEBRA GRADES WERE BETTER THAN STATEWIDE.
WHEN I LOOKED AT THAT CHART, I SAW WHERE YEAH, THERE IT IS.
I SAW WHERE THE STATE, YOU KNOW, KIND OF ALMOST BOUNCES BACK THIS YEAR FROM 2019, THEY WERE NEVER GREAT.
THIS IS SOUTH CAROLINA AND THIS IS, YOU KNOW, BUT WHEN WE LOOK AT OUR NUMBERS, YOU KNOW, AND, AND I SEE A, A BIG DIFFERENCE BETWEEN 12 POINTS AHEAD OF THE STATE OR 11.4 POINTS AHEAD OF THE STATE IN 2019 AND 2022, WE ARE ONLY FIVE POINTS AHEAD.
SO TO ME, THAT'S, THAT'S A PROBLEM.
I AGREE, PROBABLY BECAUSE WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE STATE AND LOOK AT BEAUFORD COUNTY, WE PROBABLY HAVE HAD A LITTLE BIT MORE RESOURCES TO, YOU KNOW, VET THE, THE PROCESS THERE DURING THE PANDEMIC.
AND, AND ONE THING I KNOW, UH, IN INSTRUCTIONAL SERVICES, WHAT WE'RE DOING, UH, THERE'S A PROJECT NOW I KNOW BEING, UH, BEING COMPLETED WHERE WE'RE WEAVING IN, UH, PRE-ALGEBRA CONCEPTS AND EARLIER LEVELS TO LONG-TERM PAYMENT, NOT GETTING ON THAT.
NOW YOU'RE SAYING IT'S, IT'S BEING, THAT'S, WHAT'S BEING DONE.
YOU MENTIONED AS A COMMENT LATER, I SAW A COMMENT THERE WHERE YOU SAID YEAH.
AS WE WERE WORKING TO ACCELERATE ABOUT THAT, BUT YEAH, EXACTLY.
I I'LL REST MY CASE FOR OTHERS.
I HAVE A QUESTION AND A COMMENT.
THIS IS SO OFTEN THE CASE HERE.
MY QUESTION IS I KNOW LIKE A LOT OF KIDS TAKE ALGEBRA IN SEVENTH OR EIGHTH GRADE, AND GENERALLY SPEAKING, THEY'RE THE TOP PERFORMERS MATHEMATICALLY, THEIR NUMBERS ARE, THEY COUNTED IN THIS.
CUZ I HAD HEARD SOMETHING THAT IF YOU DIDN'T TAKE IT IN HIGH SCHOOL, AND THEN THE OTHER THING IS I KNOW A LOT OF THE SCHOOLS THAT WE HAVE THAT GO THROUGH EIGHTH GRADE, LIKE THE CATHOLIC SCHOOLS, LIKE, UM, BRIDGES, THEY'LL TAKE THE EOC IN EIGHTH, SEVENTH OR EIGHTH GRADE AND THEN TRANSFER IN AND THEN WE DON'T CAPTURE THEIR EOC SCORE.
SO YOU'RE MIXING ACCOUNTABILITY NOW WITH, WITH THIS, THIS IS JUST 20, 21 DATA, RIGHT? SO YES, THE STUDENTS, MY POINT IS, I THINK WE'RE GETTING DINGED FOR THINGS OUTSIDE OF OUR CONTROL.
NO, THOSE DON'T COUNT AGAINST OR FOR US IF THEY TRANSFER IN TRANSFER IN OR A STUDENT WHO TAKES, UM, EVEN IN MY CASE, I I'M FROM BAUER COUNTY.
SO I TOOK AN ALGEBRA ONE CLASS IN EIGHTH GRADE AT A PRIVATE SCHOOL.
I DID NOT TAKE AN EOC AND IT DID NOT COUNT FOR MY HIGH SCHOOL CREDIT.
BUT I CAME IN WITH AN ALGEBRA ONE.
SO IN THIS MODEL OF ACCOUNTABILITY, I WOULD NOT HAVE TO SIT FOR ALGEBRA ONE.
UH, I WOULD BE, I, I WOULD HAVE BE A STUDENTS NOT TESTED AND I WOULD COUNT AS TAKING IT, BUT IT WOULD BE, IT WOULDN'T COUNT AGAINST ANYONE, BUT I JUST WOULDN'T HAVE A POSITIVE SCORE POTENTIALLY.
TO, TO YOUR POINT THOUGH, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DO TRY TO DO IS TO PUSH KIDS INTO, UH, INTO OUR, UH, OUR, UP OUR COURSES.
AND SO EVEN IN, IN MIDDLE SCHOOL, WE'RE TRYING TO CHALLENGE OUR KIDS AND PUSH THEM ACADEMICALLY, UH, AND THEN PROVIDE SUPPORTS AROUND THAT.
AND THAT WHEN YOU DO THAT, WHEN YOU DO THAT, YOU KNOW, I, I DON'T KNOW IF WE WERE DOING THAT IN 2019, RIGHT.
I WASN'T HERE IN 2019 WHEN IT SHOWS 80.
BUT I ALSO KNOW THAT IN 2019, WE ALSO STILL HAD KIDS WHO WEREN'T GETTING AN OPPORTUNITY.
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RIGHT.AND SO WHAT WE'RE DOING IS INCREASING THE OPPORTUNITY FOR KIDS, BUT IN THE PROCESS OF THAT, YOU KNOW, YOUR, YOUR, YOUR, UM, YOU KNOW, YOUR PERCENT PASSING CAN SOMETIMES TAKE A HIT UNTIL YOU, YOU, YOU GET THE SUPPORTS IN THERE LIKE DANIEL AND MS. STRATOS WERE TALKING OR DANIEL TALKED ABOUT, BUT MS. STRATOS TEAM IS WORKING ON IN TERMS OF THE PRE ALGEBRAIC, UH, COMPONENTS THAT ARE CLEARLY EVIDENT, UH, THAT'S NEEDED FOR, FOR MANY OF OUR KIDS AS WE PUSH THEM ALONG.
I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE WE'RE NOT, THAT'S, THAT'S A GOOD POINT.
YOU'RE MAKING, AND THAT'S PART OF THAT.
I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE WE'RE NOT CUTTING OFF PART OF THE TAIL OF OUR NORMAL DISTRIBUTION THERE.
MY COMMENT, WHICH IS NOT DIRECTED TO ANYBODY IN PARTICULAR, I'M JUST GONNA TO RAIL AT THE WIND HERE.
WHY DO WE HAVE THIS BRONZE, GOLD, SILVER? OH, IF YOU'RE BRONZE, YOU CAN BE A WELDER IF YOU'RE, SO THAT'S JUST PEJORATIVE.
I, I AM PREDICTING A RENAISSANCE IN, UH, CAREER IN TECHNICAL EDUCATION.
AND I THINK THAT THIS SORT OF, UH, YOU KNOW, IT MAKES PEOPLE LIKE, OH, I'M, I'M, I'M A WELDER.
NO, I THINK THAT, AND I ACTUALLY, THE REASON THIS COMES UP IS CUZ I WAS READING AN ARTICLE ABOUT MICHAEL FAIRDAY, WHO WAS AN APPRENTICE AT A BOOK BINDER SHOP, BORN TO POVERTY AND INVENTED LIKE MOST OF MODERN SOCIETY KIND OF ON THE SIDE.
MY POINT IS I FEEL LIKE CATEGORIZING PEOPLE AND THEN SAYING BRONZE, SILVER, GOLD PLATINUM, YOU KNOW, YOU COULD HAVE A DIAMOND STUDENT WHO COULD BE PRESENT.
I DON'T, IT JUST SEEMS TO ME, I KNOW IT'S NOT OUR THING, BUT I HATE THAT.
AND I WANT ALL THE BRONZE STUDENTS OUT THERE TO KNOW THAT YOU CAN BE A WELDER AND YOU CAN ALSO BE A PHYSICIST AND YOU CAN ALSO BE THE PRESIDENT, THE UNITED STATES.
I THINK THAT'S JUST, UM, SOMETHING WE NEED TO GET AWAY FROM.
IF WE WERE, UH, YOU KNOW, IN ANOTHER COUNTRY, YOU, YOU WOULD BE A WELDER, RIGHT.
UH, BUT HERE IN THIS GREAT COUNTRY, RIGHT, WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY, UH, TO, TO, TO BE WHAT WE WANT TO BE IF WE WILL OURSELVES AND WORK HARD TO GET THERE.
AND EVEN WHEN YOU'RE GONNA SAY, OKAY, WE THINK YOU WOULD MAKE A GREAT WELDER.
DON'T BE LIKE, BECAUSE YOU'RE BRONZE.
I JUST THINK THAT SORT OF LIKE PRECIOUS METAL CATEGORIZATION SYSTEM.
AND I KNOW I'M TAKING UP TIME.
THIS IS, THIS IS NOT RELEVANT.
THIS IS NOT UNDER THE BOARD'S PURVIEW, BUT I JUST WANTED TO GET THAT OUT THERE.
YOU, YOU HAVE THE PREREQUISITE SKILLS TO QUALIFY FOR THAT JOB.
IT DOES NOT MEAN YOU WOULD BE A VERY GOOD WELDER.
I MEAN, IT SAYS YOU HAVE SKILLS AND THIS IS EVERY JOB THAT'S GETTING VERY PHILOSOPHICAL.
IT, IT DOES GET VERY PHILOSOPHICAL.
THIS IS JUST NOT SOMETHING THAT WE, WE'RE NOT GONNA TARGET CHANGE.
WE JUST HOPE TO UNDERSTAND THAT.
UH, SEVERAL, UM, MAYBE COMMENTS FIRST TO, UM, PATRICIA FRICK'S, UH, QUESTION THAT THE E OOC, YOU KNOW, NOT PASSING THE EOC DOES NOT NECESSARILY KEEP A CHILD, UH, YOU KNOW, BACK FROM GRADUATING FROM HIGH SCHOOL.
HOWEVER, I THINK THE PARENTS OUT HERE REALLY NEED TO RE UH, REALIZE THAT THE EOC TEST SCORE DOES COUNT 20% OF THAT CHILD'S GRADE.
AND SO THAT'S, YOU KNOW, HUGE IN TERMS OF WHAT KIND OF GRADE ULTIMATELY THAT CHILD IS GONNA GET FOR THAT EOC COURSE, WHAT IS WITHIN OUR P PURVIEW OF THE BOARD IS, IS, UH, EVALUATING THE PERFORMANCE OF OUR SUPERINTENDENT.
NOW WE DON'T DO THAT PUBLICLY, BUT, UM, WITH DETAILS, UH, WE MAY HAVE THOSE DISCUSSIONS, UH, IN EXECUTIVE SESSION AND ULTIMATELY PRODUCE A DOCUMENT, UH, THAT IS RELEASED TO THE PUBLIC.
RODRIGUEZ HAS ALREADY BROUGHT OUT TONIGHT THAT HE STARTED, UM, IN 2019, JULY OF 2019.
SO THE 2019 SCORES HERE WERE NOT WHILE HE WAS, UH, IN OUR EMPLOYMENT.
THOSE ARE PRIOR TO HIS EMPLOYMENT.
WITHIN EIGHT MONTHS OF HIS ARRIVAL, WE WERE IN THE MIDST OF THIS PANDEMIC.
THE PANDEMIC BASICALLY SHUT EVERYTHING DOWN IN SCHOOLS AND IN THE COMMUNITY THROUGHOUT SOUTH CAROLINA AND NATIONWIDE IN MARCH OF 2020.
UH, WE ALL KNOW THAT THIS PANDEMIC HAS TAKEN A GREAT TOLL ON, ON STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT.
UH, CERTAINLY FOR OUR STUDENTS, WHETHER THEY ARE IN, YOU KNOW, ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, MIDDLE SCHOOL OR HIGH SCHOOL, THE SCHOOLS THAT WE DEAL WITH.
UM, AND, UH, IT'S GONNA TAKE YEARS TO DIG BACK OUT OF THIS HOLE, WHICH IS UNFORTUNATE FOR THESE CHILDREN, HOW THERE'S A LOT OF WORK THAT STILL NEEDS TO BE DONE, BUT I'M GLAD TO SEE THAT IN SOME ASPECTS, YES, WE ARE MAKING PROGRESS.
AND I PERSONALLY THINK THAT WE NEED TO THANK OUR SUPERINTENDENT FOR HIS LEADERSHIP AND ALSO TO OUR TEACHERS FOR ALL THAT THEY'VE DONE TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN.
IT HAS CERTAINLY NOT BEEN EASY.
AND, AND WE ALL KNOW THAT FROM OUR EXPERIENCES, WHETHER WE HAVE STUDENTS IN OUR, IN OUR SCHOOLS, AT THE SCHOOLS OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS OR NOT.
AND TINA, I WAS GONNA SAY SOMETHING VERY SIMILAR.
UM, I, I'M SORRY, THIS SLIGHTLY OFF TOPIC, JUST ENTERTAIN ME FOR A MOMENT.
UM, THE 2.0 PROGRAM THAT IS, THAT IS BEING, UM, PUT
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FORTH TO HELP SOME OF OUR STUDENTS TO CATCH UP WITH THAT LEARNING LOSS.I JUST WANTED TO THANK EVERYBODY FOR THEIR HARD WORK ON THAT PROGRAM.
I THINK THAT, UM, I I'VE GOTTEN SOME INFORMATION ON IT FROM OUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS IN BLUFFTON, AND I JUST WANTED TO THANK THE TEACHERS, THE ADMINISTRATION, AND EVERYBODY WHO'S BEEN WORKING REALLY HARD TO PUT THAT TOGETHER.
I THINK THAT'S GOING TO ASSIST US LONG TERM IN HELPING THESE STUDENTS.
THEY'RE GETTING, YOU KNOW, TWO OR MORE DAYS A WEEK, UM, ADDITIONAL SUPPORT FOR AN HOUR PLUS AFTER SCHOOL.
AND I JUST THINK THAT'S GONNA BE PHENOMENAL.
A LOT OF THESE KIDS, UM, NEED IT.
AND I WANTED TO THANK YOU, UH, PERSONALLY FOR YOUR HARD WORK ON THAT.
AND HONESTLY, YOU KNOW, NO CONVERSATION ABOUT, UH, YOU KNOW, HOW WE'RE DOING IS, UH, YOU KNOW, REALLY COMPLETE WITHOUT THINKING OUR TEACHERS, OUR ASSISTANCE IN CLASSROOM.
UH, EVERY ONE OF OUR STAFF WITHIN OUR BUILDINGS, CAUSE, UH, IT'S ALWAYS A TEAM EFFORT TO, TO, TO MAKE THINGS HAPPEN FOR KIDS.
SO THANK YOU ALL MR. SMITH, UM, JUST TO LEAN, UH, TO, IN THE DIRECTION THAT DR.
WINKY WOULD IS SPEAKING, SPEAKING ABOUT.
UM, BUT YES, I TOO WOULD, UH, HAVE TO AGREE IN TERMS OF THE, EVEN THE AFTERSCHOOL PROGRAMS, UM, THAT THE DISTRICT HAS HELPED OUT HELPING PARTNERSHIP WITH THE COMMUNITY.
UM, EVEN SOME PARENTS HAVE SAID THAT THEY HAVE SEEN A DIFFERENCE IN THE GROWTH IN THEIR CHILDREN FROM THESE, UH, PROGRAMS AND THAT THEY'RE HOPING THAT THESE PROGRAMS CONTINUE BECAUSE THEY SEE THE GROWTH IN THEIR KIDS THAT SOME OF 'EM HAVE SAID THAT THEY HAVE, DIDN'T EXPECT TO SEE IN TERMS OF THE TIME THAT THEY HAVE BEEN ABLE TO SEE 'EM.
AND I THINK THAT IS A, THAT IS A, UH, A WONDERFUL THING TO, TO HAVE PEOPLE SAY THAT, TO BE CONFIDENT AND TO SPEAK THAT.
SO I, YOU KNOW, I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING THOSE COMMENTS MATCH OUR SCORES, UH, HERE REAL SOON.
UM, YOU KNOW, AND THAT THAT'S MARVEL.
AND I, YOU KNOW, I GIVE THE KUDOS TO THOSE TWO DR.
RODRIGUEZ AND HIS STAFF FOR DOING THAT.
AND, UH, AND FOR EVERYONE WHO TOOK PLACE INTO MAKING THOSE THINGS AND THOSE RELATIONSHIPS HAPPEN, UM, BUT ALSO, YOU KNOW, IN, IN TERM, IN TERMS OF SOME OF THESE SCORES, I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO, I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING THESE SCORES BROKE DOWN TO SEX, GENDER, AND, UM, AND RACE AS WELL, JUST TO UNDERSTAND WHERE, WHERE ARE SOME OF OUR TROUBLE, SOME POCKETS, OR, OR WHERE ARE SOME OF OUR POCKETS THAT NEED MORE WORK THAN OTHERS, SO THAT WE CAN MORE IDENTIFY WHERE WE NEED TO FOCUS ON TO GETTING, GETTING MORE, GETTING MORE, UH, SUPPORT OR, OR, OR MORE BASICALLY GETTING MORE SUPPORT IN THOSE AREAS THAT WE MAY NEED THEM.
I THINK THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING GOOD TOO.
UH, AND, AND LASTLY, PLEASE DON'T TAKE THIS PERSON ON ANY DIFFERENT WAY, BUT YOU KNOW, WHEN WE SAID THAT WE ARE WORKING ON THE ACHIEVEMENT GAP, BUT WE'RE WORKING ON DIFFERENT THINGS, YOU KNOW, I LOOK FORWARD TO THESE KIDS FROM BEFORD COUNTY.
I GO DIFFERENT PLACES OUT HERE, DIFFERENT PEOPLE TALK ABOUT DIFFERENT THINGS.
UM, THERE WAS, THERE WAS A YOUNG LADY, JUST A COUPLE NIGHTS AGO, ANYBODY WHO WATCHED BASKETBALL, SHE, SHE WAS SHE'S FROM RIGHT THERE, COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA, AND SHE WON THE W N B A.
AND I SAID, AND YOU MAY SAY WILLIAM, WHY YOU SAY THAT? I SAY THAT IN TERMS OF COMPETING INTERNATIONAL OR COMPETING ANYWHERE IN THE, IN THIS COUNTRY, BEFORD COUNTY IS NOT THE ONLY COUNTY THAT WHEN UNDER THE PANDEMIC, BUT WE STILL HAVE TO COMPETE IN TERMS OF TEST SCORES AND FIGHTING TO GET OUR STUDENTS WHERE WE REALLY WANT THEM AT IN, IN TERMS OF HAVING THEM BEING POLISHED, ANY OTHER DISTRICT, OR IS ANYONE ELSE IN THIS NATION? BECAUSE THE, THE TRAGEDY JUST DIDN'T HAPPEN IN BEAUFORT.
IT HAPPENED ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
AND SO WE'RE SAYING THAT I DEFINITELY APPRECIATE THE SUPERINTENDENT AND THEIR STAFF, BUT WE STILL HAVE TO STAY FOCUSED BECAUSE TIGER WOODS SAY, WHEN HE WINS THE PGA TOUR, HE SEES, HE CELEBRATES UNTIL THAT UNTIL 12:00 AM.
AFTER THE NEXT DAY, HE GO BACK SWINGING, LIKE HE DIDN'T WIN IT.
SO I SAY THAT SAID THAT WE STILL HAVE TO HAVE TO STAY FOCUSING, AND YEAH, WE MUST CELEBRATE OUR WINS, BUT WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE PUT THAT WE ARE CONTINUALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO PUTTING OUR RESOURCES WHERE THEY MAY NEED TO BE PUT AND ALSO, UH, CONTINUE TO ANALYZE AND LOOK AT DATA AND TO SEE FOR, FOR WHAT IT IS.
AND I THANK THEM FOR BRINGING THE CORRECT DATA
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CONTINUOUSLY, LETTING US KNOW WHERE WE AT.I APPRECIATE THAT, BUT I JUST WANT US TO DO UNDERSTAND THAT IT, IT, THIS, THIS NATIONAL TRAGEDY HAPPENED ACROSS AMERICA AND I LOOK FOR OUR KIDS TO COMPETE EVERYWHERE.
SO THE NEXT ITEM, UH, FOR US, MS. CROSBY AND MS. MATSON WILL BE, UH, THE SR UPDATE.
CHAIRMAN'S DRIVEN JUROR AND BOARD.
UM, YOU RECEIVED THE, UM, REGULAR REPORT FOR, UM, ESSER.
THIS WAS A ONE MONTH, UM, EXPENDITURE REPORT LAST, LAST, UM, MONTH THAT WE COVERED TWO FOR THE SUMMER.
AND, UM, FIRST WE CAN SAY THAT S R ONE HAS BEEN TOTALLY EXPENDED THROUGH IN AUGUST.
SO WE ARE DOWN FROM FIVE DOWN TO TWO, STILL BIG ONES, BUT, UM, WORKING OFF ON THAT.
SO WE WERE GLAD TO SEE THAT, UM, MOVE THROUGH THERE.
WE HAVE THE S OR TWO, WE HAVE ANOTHER, UH, 13 MONTHS OF IT.
AND THEN WE'VE, UH, YOU SHOW EXPENDITURES OF 500 AND, UH, 54,000, WE STILL HAVE REMAINING 11,600 OR ALMOST 700.
WE DO EXPECT A LARGE, UM, DECEMBER PAYMENT OF RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION STIPENDS OF OVER $6 MILLION.
SO THAT WILL IMMEDIATELY, UM, REDUCE MID-YEAR.
UM, WE HAVE, YOU COULD SEE THAT WE HAVE IN THE LAST MONTH, UM, BUILT IN INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS, 261,000, PAYING OUR MASTER TEACHERS THAT ARE SIGNED TO OUR, UM, OUR HIGH POVERTY AND HIGH NEED SCHOOLS WHERE, UM, THAT IS A MONTHLY EXPENSE.
AND THEN ALSO NOW HAVE OUR HIGH SCHOOL INSTRUCTIONAL COACHES IN PLACE TO, UH, SUPPORT THE TEACHERS ON THOSE SCHOOLS.
SO YOU'RE CAN, YOU'RE SEEING OUR STAFFING HAS NOW BEEN FULLY, UM, STAFFED EXCEPT FOR, I THINK ONE POSITION, WHICH IS, UM, WHICH IS A GOOD THING.
UM, AND SR THREE, OF COURSE WE HAVE 25, 25 MONTHS REMAINING.
UH, 1.7, UM, MILLION WERE SPENT OF SR THREE.
WE STILL HAVE 36, UM, MILLION WITH A LITTLE TWO OVER TWO YEARS LEFT.
YOU CAN SEE OUR LARGEST AREA OF SPENDING WAS IN THE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, UM, WHICH WOULD MAKE SENSE BECAUSE OF ALL THE SUMMER PROGRAMS AND THINGS FOR TEACHERS, ALSO INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS, ONLINE SOFT SOFTWARE RENEWALS, BEGINNING OF THE YEAR, ALSO OUR, UM, LOW COUNTRY VIRTUAL LEARNING PROGRAM.
UH, PART OF THAT CONTRACT WAS PAID AND THEN ALSO OUR AFTERSCHOOL PARTNERSHIPS.
AND THAT'S THE, UM, NOT JUST THE AFTERSCHOOL PROGRAMS THAT ARE HAPPENING IN THE SCHOOL BUILDING.
THAT'S THE PARTNERSHIPS WITH OUR COMMUNITY, FOR THE, FOR THE MONTHLY EXPENDITURE.
WE DO HAVE OUT TO OUR SCHOOLS, UM, THEY'RE WORKING ON THEIR AFTERSCHOOL PLANS AND SUBMITTING THOSE, THOSE, WE HAVE ALLOCATED 1.3 MILLION OUT TO SCHOOLS FOR THE YEAR FOR THEIR AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAM.
AND THEY ARE EVALUATING THEIR LAST YEAR'S PROGRAM AND SUBMITTING EVALUATIONS AS WELL AS WORKING ON THEIR NEW BUDGETS FOR THAT.
SO WE EXPECT THEM TO WE'LL SEE, AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAM EXPENDITURES COME UP SOON.
ANY QUESTIONS SPELL, RIGHT? I CAN'T BELIEVE I'M THE FIRST ONE WITH A QUESTION.
UM, CAN YOU EXPLAIN WHAT'S THE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, THE 5 32.
DO YOU HAVE ANY OTHER INFORMATION ON THAT? IT WAS PARTLY OF THE CONTRACT FOR SUMMER INSTITUTE, AND THAT WAS THROUGH THE DARDEN.
IS THAT THE DARDEN PROGRAM OR IS THAT SOMETHING DIFFERENT? NO.
THAT'S A SUMMER INSTITUTE WHERE WE HAVE, UH, TEACHERS, ALL OUR TEACHERS COME IN, UH, COME AND OTHER EMPLOYEES THAT COME AND PARTICIPATE IN, UH, IN IT.
AND THEY HAVE ALL SORTS OF DIFFERENT TYPES OF TRAININGS.
AND IT'S ALSO GONNA BE FOR SOME CONTRACTS FOR THE SOFTWARE IMPLEMENTATIONS THAT WE HAVE TO GET TEACHERS TRAINED UP IN, YOU KNOW OKAY.
RETRAINED AND THOSE KINDS OF THINGS.
IT'S ALMOST A YEARLY KIND OF EXPENSE THROUGH THE SUMMER THERE.
SO, AND THEN I, SORRY, CAN I HAVE ONE MORE QUESTION? I'VE BEEN GRANTED ONE MORE QUESTION.
UM, THE MASTER TEACHERS, YOU SAID, ARE THEY IN ALL THE SCHOOLS OR THEY JUST IN CERTAIN SCHOOLS AND WHAT'S THE CRITERIA FOR THE CERTAIN SCHOOLS THAT THEY'RE
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IN.UM, YOU HAD TO KNOW THIS WAS COMING.
AGAIN, MASTER TEACHERS ARE IN THE UVA SCHOOLS AND THOSE THAT THE SCHOOL THAT, UM, THAT DR.
RODRIGUEZ AND THE EDS ARE WORKING WITH FOR STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT, YOU SAID THE UVA SCHOOLS, THAT'S THE DARDEN SCHOOL, THAT'S IT? YES.
THERE'S FOUR SCHOOLS IN THE UVA SCHOOL.
THERE ARE FOUR, UH, SCHOOLS IN, IN THE UVA PROJECT.
IS THAT ANNUAL COST THAT CAN'T BE MONTHLY.
NO, THAT VOICED OUT FOR THREE YEARS, THERE'S THERE IS A EIGHT OR NINE OF THEM.
AND, UM, THAT IS THE MONTHLY COST OF THEIR SALARIES.
SO THERE'S TEACHERS, IN ADDITION TO THE UVA SCHOOLS SAY THAT, SAY THAT ONE MORE TIME.
MALE, HELP ME OUT HERE WITH THE MATH FOUR UVA SCHOOLS, BUT NINE MASTER TEACHERS.
SO THERE HAVE TO BE ROUGHLY FIVE OTHER SCHOOLS INCLUDED IN THAT MASTER TEACHER LIST.
AND OUR ORIGINAL PLAN WAS TO HAVE TWO MASTER TEACHERS IN EACH BUILDING.
SO THERE'S TWO MASTER TEACHERS PER UVA SCHOOL.
TWO POINT HE'S GIVING ME THE MATH 2.2 MASTER TEACHERS AT EACH SCHOOL.
YOU MAY NOT HAVE THE ANSWER TO THIS QUESTION RIGHT NOW AND IT'S KIND OF NUANCED.
UM, SO WITH THE 2.0 PROGRAM, MY UNDERSTANDING IS, IS THAT TRANSPORTATION IS PROVIDED FOR THE MAJORITY OF THOSE STUDENTS THAT ARE PARTICIPATING IN THAT.
AND THAT WOULD, I SEE THAT ALLOCATED HERE IN THE AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAM.
MY QUESTION IS, IS SOME OF THOSE, UM, STUDENTS THAT ARE ELIGIBLE FOR THAT, UM, THERE'S A RESTRICTION ON BUS USAGE WITHIN LIKE 1.5 MILES OF A SCHOOL, IS THAT CORRECT? SO STUDENTS WHO LIVE WITHIN, SO THIS IS KIND OF LIKE A ROBERT QUESTION AND A Y'ALL QUESTION.
UM, SO MY QUESTION IS THAT THOSE 2.0 STUDENTS THAT WE HAVE MONEY ALLOCATED FOR THAT DO NOT QUALIFY FOR TRANSPORTATION SERVICES.
IS THERE GOING TO BE A CROSSING GUARD AT THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS? AND ARE WE PAYING FOR THE CROSSING GUARD SERVICES ON THOSE DAYS OF THE WEEK? I'M JUST CONCERNED ABOUT THOSE KIDS THAT ARE, YOU KNOW, TRAVELING FROM THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD ACROSS BUCK, WALTER PARKWAY OR OTHER SCHOOLS WHERE THAT MIGHT BE APPLICABLE TO, UM, I CAN LOOK INTO THAT.
I, I DON'T KNOW THAT, I DIDN'T KNOW IF ANYBODY HAD THE ANSWER TO THAT, BUT THAT IS LIKE ONE LITTLE GAP THAT I THINK WE NEED TO ADDRESS AND POTENTIALLY PROVIDE SAFETY FOR THOSE KIDS TRAVELING BY FOOT.
UM, I'M CONCERNED WITH THE RATE OF SPENDING IN TERMS OF S A THREE AND I MEAN, THE URGENCY OF THE SITUATION, THE PANDEMIC IS, IS GONE, BUT THE EFFECTS OF IT IS, IS, IS STILL EVIDENT.
AND I THINK WE STARTED WITH WHAT, 52 MILLION OR 51 MILLION, LESS THAN THREE, AND WE'VE SPENT AND THAT'S, WELL, HOW MANY YEARS HAVE WE ADDED 2, 1, 1 YEAR WE SPENT, UH, 5 MILLION ABOUT A THIRD OF IT.
BUT ANYWAY, I'M CONCERNED WITH HOW WE GONNA SPEND THE REST, BECAUSE SOME OF THE STUFF WE SPENT THAT ON, WE NOT GONNA DUPLICATE, UH, AND HOW WE GONNA SPEND THE REST AND ARE THEIR INNOVATIONS, ARE THEIR PROGRAMS PUT IN PLACE TO, YOU KNOW, FOR EXAMPLE, AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAMS? CAUSE I HAD A SCHOOL THE OTHER DAY, THE, THE LEADER OF THE SCHOOL SAID HE GOT $46,000 AND THAT WAS MORE THAN ENOUGH.
I CAN'T, YOU KNOW, HEY, I TAUGHT SCHOOL YEARS AGO, DECADES AGO.
AND I HAD AN AFTERSCHOOL PROGRAM IN WHICH WE SPENT $47,000, YOU KNOW, AND THERE WAS NO PANDEMIC.
AND IT WAS JUST ME WITH MAYBE ABOUT 30, 40 KIDS, BUT WE DID HAVE A BUS, WHICH HE TOLD ME HE DIDN'T NEED A BUS.
WELL, THAT'S A BIG, I DON'T NEED THAT.
HE MIGHT NEED, BUT I'M CONCERNED WITH HOW WE, HOW WE GONNA TAKE THIS MONEY AND USE IT TO CHANGE THOSE NUMBERS I SAW.
AND I'M NOT SURE GETTING MASTER TEACHERS IN EVERY BUILDING IS THE ANSWER.
CAUSE AGAIN, THAT'S A PROCESS THAT TAKES TIME TO CREATE THE URGENCY THAT WE HAVE.
WE HAVE URGENCIES AND STUDENTS NEED IMMEDIATE INTERVENTIONS.
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AND I DON'T SEE THE PLAN ON THAT.AND WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT IT FOR MONTHS.
I WANNA SEE A PLAN WHERE YOU'RE DOING SOME THINGS TO UPGRADE THE EDUCATION OF THOSE CHILDREN WHO WERE LEFT BEHIND DURING THE PANDEMIC.
THAT'S NOT A QUESTION FOR YOU, TANYA.
WELL, THAT'S A GREAT, UH, SEGUE INTO TAKING THAT DEEPER DIVE IN THE FINANCE DURING THE FINANCE COMMITTEE MEETING.
UH, AND SO THAT'S THE WHOLE PURPOSE OF THAT RECOMMENDATION IS TO REALLY BE ABLE TO SEE THOSE ACTIVITIES IN WHOLE AND WHAT EXPENSES WE'VE ACTUALLY.
UM, MS. MATSON HAS ACTUALLY WORKED ON A CASH FLOW, UH, FOR THE NEXT 24 MONTHS SO THAT YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE WHAT EXPENSES WE DO PROJECT ON A MONTHLY BASIS.
MOST OF THE EXPENDITURES WITHIN THIS, UM, WITHIN THIS GRANT OR THESE GRANTS ARE MULTI-YEAR EXPENDITURES.
UM, THERE ARE SOME LIKE CONSTRUCTION, UM, THE, THE BOTTLE FILLER STATIONS, THE, UH, H V A C UNITS THAT ARE ONE TIME EXPENSES THAT HAVE NOT COME YET, AS WELL AS THE RECRUITING RETENTION STIPENDS, WHICH WE'RE GONNA SEE ABOUT $6 MILLION WORTH OF EXPENDITURES IN DECEMBER.
SO THERE ARE A NUMBER OF FEW, ONE TIME THINGS, BUT MOST OF THEM ARE CONTINUOUS.
AND, AND WE'LL SPELL THAT OUT FOR YOU AND FOR THE COMMITTEE AND THEN BRING THAT TO THE FULL BOARD.
UH, MR. EARL CAMPBELL, UH, I POINT OF CLARIFICATION.
SCOTTS WAS TRYING TO RESPOND TO MR. KIM AS WELL.
SO BEFORE HE ASKED THIS QUESTION, THAT WOULD ACTUALLY, WE WOULD ALLOW HER TO HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY TO RESPOND.
ONLY ONE OF US CAN RUN THIS MEETING, MR. SMITH.
WELL, AND, AND THAT'S WHY I RESPECTFULLY, I ASKED YOU AS A CHAIRMAN, IF YOU DIDN'T MIND FOR HER TO TOO WELL, LET'S, LET'S, LET'S SPANK EARL, LET EARL ASK HIS QUESTION.
THEN IF YOU, UM, WANT TO RESPOND, DR.
STRATAS RESPOND, WE TONIGHT, I'VE HEARD SEVERAL DISCUSSION ABOUT STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT AND HOW CAN WE DO DO THAT? MS. MOLEY AND DIXON AND DAWN DOGGETT DID IT THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND THE MIDDLE SCHOOL.
SO IT CAN BE DONE, BUT YOU NEED PARTNERSHIP WITH PARENTS.
AND THAT'S WHAT, THAT'S THE REASON WHY THOSE SCHOOLS ACHIEVE THE, THAT WAS THE BEST MIDDLE SCHOOL IN THE DISTRICT AT ONE TIME.
YOU KNOW, YOU DON'T NEED A MAGIC BULLET.
AND A LOT OF, A LOT OF OUR STUDENTS, THE PARENTS DON'T HELP THEM.
THEY DON'T EVEN COME TO THE SCHOOL.
SO UNTIL WE CAN DO THAT, YOU'RE NOT GONNA SEE ANY CHANGES.
I'M AND I'M, I'M TELLING YOU FOR WHAT I KNOW, MORGAN DIXON AND DAWN DO, DID IT, AND HE CAN BE DONE.
DID YOU WANT TO, SO JUST TO GIVE A FEW POINTS TO BUILD ON THE ANSWER OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE'RE PROVIDING IN OUR EXTENDED LEARNING MODEL, WE ARE PUTTING IN PLACE AN ADDITIONAL SOFTWARE.
THAT'S VERY PRESCRIPTIVE FOR OUR STUDENTS.
THAT'LL START IN ABOUT TWO MORE WEEKS FOR OUR STUDENTS.
THE TRAINING TOOK PLACE LAST FRIDAY, AND THAT'S GONNA BE ONBOARDED TO SPEAK, TO DO TO ACTUALLY TO MR. CAMPBELL, WE'RE ONBOARDING OUR APPARENTLY IS LIAISONS FOR TRAINING BECAUSE THAT HAS BEEN A GAP AREA.
AND YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY ON POINT BECAUSE THERE'S THREE PILLARS FOR ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT FOR OUR STUDENTS.
AND OUR APPARENTLY IS LIAISONS HAVE TO BE PART OF IT, THAT BUILDING THAT COMMITTEE, THAT COMMUNITY SENSE.
SO I JUST WANNA, YOU KNOW, WE RECOGNIZE WHAT HER THAT EVERYTHING'S IN PHASES.
WE HAVE PUT IN INSTRUCTIONAL COMPONENTS FIRST, OUR NEXT LAYERS HAVE BEEN BEHAVIOR REALIGNING THAT OBVIOUSLY WITH STUDENT SERVICES AND NOW WE'RE GONNA BE REACHING OUT EVEN MORE SO TO THE COMMUNITY.
I HAVE TO SPEAK FOR ALL THE EDUCATORS AND PEOPLE WITHIN THE DISTRICT.
THEY HAVE PICKED UP A LOT OF WEIGHT AND CONTINUE TO PUSH FORWARD.
SO IT'S A COLLECTIVE E EFFORT MR. CAMPBELL, CORRECT.
OUR KIDS IN ARE IN THE ER, BUT WE DO HAVE A PLAN AND WE ARE ACTING UPON IT.
SO I JUST WANTED TO SHARE THAT.
UM, FIRST OFF, I'D LIKE TO LET ME START OFF BY, UM, MRS. UH, BOATWRIGHT ASKED THE
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QUESTION, UH, IN TERMS OF PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT.AND I BELIEVE THAT THAT WAS, UH, JUST WANTED TO BRING SOME ATTENTION TO THAT.
UM, I THINK THAT QUESTION WAS ASKED IN THE FINANCE COMMITTEE MEETING, IF I'M CORRECT.
AND I, AND I THINK IT WAS ALSO ABOUT TRAINING AND, AND TEACHERS GOING TO DIFFERENT CONFERENCES TO GET, TO GET SOME TRAINING TOO, SO THAT, UM, THAT WAS DEFINITELY EXPLAINED MORE, MORE IN DETAILED.
UH, AND THEN THE FINANCE COMMITTEE, CAUSE I WANNA SAY, I BELIEVE IN, IT COULD HAVE BEEN THE COLONEL GEIER OR SOMETHING WHO, OR WHO SPOKE TO THAT OR WOULD ASKED THAT QUESTION OR SOMETHING AND WE WERE GIVING THEM THE ACTUAL REPORT ON, ON, ON THAT RIGHT THERE.
BUT, UM, MORE SO THE TOPIC AT HAND THAT WE ARE DISCUSSING, I DO SHARE SOME OF THE, WELL, THAT'S NOT SOME, I DO SHARE THE, SOME OF THE SAME, UH, CONCERNS OF US PUTTING OUR MONEY WITH OUR ALSO WHERE OUR MOUTH IS, BUT, AND, AND, AND, AND TERMS OF NOT JUST STAFF DOING IT.
IT HAS TO START WITH THE BOARD TOO.
AND, AND, AND THE, THE ONE, AND I'VE SAID THIS A, I'VE SAID THIS A COUPLE TIMES, THE PROBLEM IS WE HAVE A THREE PRONE PROBLEM.
AND, AND TO ME WHAT THAT THREE PRO PROBLEM IS, IS THAT HAS MR. CAMPBELL STATED WITH MS. DOUG? I MEAN, WITH DOUG AND LYSON, AND I'M I THROWING IT WITH DR.
DAVIS IS THAT THEY ALL HAD PURE SUPPORT FROM THEIR BOARD MEMBERS.
THEIR BOARD MEMBERS WERE ACTIVELY ENGAGED IN THEIR SCHOOL AND, AND, AND WHAT THEIR SCHOOL HAD GOING ON WITH THE MORALE.
SO IT, IT'S NOT, UH, ONE SIZE FOOT, ALL, IT'S JUST A, THIS IS HOW, HOW IT'S GOING GET IT HAS TO DO WITH THE MORALE, THE DISTRICT AND THE MORALE OF THE SCHOOL.
AND, AND, AND THAT'S A BIG PART OF IT BECAUSE IN, IN ORDER TO BELIEVE THAT YOU, YOU HAVE TO BE ABLE IN ORDER TO ACHIEVE, YOU HAVE TO, YOU HAVE TO BELIEVE IT.
YOU HAVE TO BELIEVE THAT, THAT YOU CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE AND THAT YOU DO HAVE SOMEONE TEACHING YOU WHO DO CARE ABOUT YOU, AND WHO'S, WHO'S GONNA PUSH YOU UNTIL THE WHEELS FALL OFF.
AND YOU HAVE TO BE AS A KID, YOU HAVE TO BE ABLE TO TAKE THAT UNCONDITIONAL.
YOU HAVE TO BE ABLE TO TAKE THAT AND STAND THAT UNCONDITIONAL LOVE, KNOWING THAT THAT PERSON CARE ABOUT YOU.
SO WE'RE SAYING THAT, WHAT ARE YOU SAYING, MRS. SMITH, THAT SO MANY TIMES AND THIS, AND IN THIS DISTRICT AS WELL, AND THIS, AND THIS IS, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S BEEN, THAT'S BEEN, THAT'S BEEN, THAT'S BEEN GOING ON WHERE YOU HAVE BOARD MEMBERS DO ONE, ONE SIDE OF IT.
YOU HAVE THIS, THE, THE DISTRICT DO ONE SIDE OF IT, AND THEN YOU HAVE THE ADMINISTRATION DO ONE SIDE OF IT UNTIL WE ALL GET ON THE SAME PAGE COLLECTIVELY.
AND WE ARE ALL WORKING AT HAND AND WE'RE HIGHFIVING, AND WE'RE SUPPORTING EACH OTHER AND WE'RE ACTIVELY ENGAGED WITH EACH OTHER AND EVERYTHING IS POSITIVE.
AND WE ALL SHOOTING AIMING FOR THE SAME GOAL, BUT NOT IN DIFFERENT WAYS.
BUT I'M TELLING YOU, I I'VE GIVEN YOU, HE HE'D GIVEN YOU SOME SCHOOLS, BUT I'VE ALSO GIVEN YOU THE SCHOOLS OF WHAT THEY'VE DONE IN, IN, IN, IN THE, THE BLUEPRINT.
WHEN YOU LOOK AT IT, DALE, MARK, AND THEY INVOLVED TOGETHER, MR. CAMPBELL INVOLVED TOGETHER, SEE HELEN KNOW WHEN THEY WERE DOING IT, MICHAEL RIVERS, WASN'T INVOLVED TOGETHER TOGETHER.
SHOULD I SAY TO MY, TO MY, TO MY, TO NOT JUST TO THIS DISTRICT, BUT TO MY, TO MY COLLEAGUES.
AND I WONDER WHY SOMETIMES THAT SOMETIMES THAT SOME OF US ARE, ARE, ARE ACTING QUESTIONS OR IT'S, IT'S A RELATIONSHIPS, RELATIONSHIPS ARE EVERYTHING.
WE HAVE TO GO BACK TO THE BASICS OF RELATIONSHIP WITH THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS, MR. SMITH, I'LL REMIND YOU, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT AN SR UPDATE.
AND, AND, AND I'M, AND I'M GIVING YOU, I'M TALKING EXACTLY ABOUT THE SR UPDATE AND STUFF THAT WAS SAID TONIGHT IN TERMS OF A COUPLE PRINCIPLES AND DIFFERENT THINGS THAT, THAT, THAT WAS NAMED.
AND, AND I GO AHEAD AND WRAP IT UP BY, BY SAYING THIS, IN TERMS OF PUTTING FINANCES, WHERE IT NEEDS TO BE GOING, WE MIGHT HAVE TO DO THINGS A LITTLE DIFFERENTLY.
WE MIGHT HAVE TO HAVE COMMUNITY NIGHTS BECAUSE THE MORALE IN CERTAIN SCHOOLS ARE NOT HIRED, BUT YET, HEY, LET'S LOOK AT TONIGHT.
WE TOOK A VOTE TONIGHT AND I SPOKE ABOUT THE BANDAID ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
I SPOKE ABOUT WHAT WAS SAID TO THE COMMUNITY AND WHAT WAS VOID UPON TONIGHT.
SO I AIN'T GOTTA SAY NO MORE UNTIL WE GET THE MORALE UP ON SAY HELEN AND DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES THAT, WHERE WE KNOW THAT THESE, THAT THESE LEARNING GAPS ARE HAPPENING AT, THEN IT'S GONNA BE THERE BECAUSE WE GONNA KEEP TURNING THE BLIND EYE, THE BLIND EYE TO IT.
SCRS AND THOSE FOR THEIR, THEIR STAFF, FOR THE, THE MEASUREMENTS THAT, THAT IN THE, THE, THE WAYS THAT THEY HAVE TOOK TO GET SOME OF THESE PROGRAMS IN THESE SCHOOLS TO TRY.
BUT HECK THEY CAN'T DO IT BY THEMSELVES.
WE GOTTA DO SOME OF IT TOO, AND TAKE AND TAKE OWNERSHIP OF IT AS WELL.
[02:30:04]
I THINK WE'RE DONE WITH THE ANSWER UPDATEWE'RE NAILED DOWN TO THANK YOU SUPERINTENDENT FOR YOUR REPORT.
[Board Business Action]
TO BOARD BUSINESS ACTION.WE HAVE DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE VOTE ON THE BOARD'S LEGISLATIVE PROPOSAL SUBMITTED TO SCHOOL BOARD ASSOCIATION.
AND THEN I BELIEVE WE ALSO PULLED OFF SEPTEMBER 9TH WORK SESSION MEETING MINUTES.
SO LET'S DO THE DISCUSSION FIRST.
THANK YOU, UH, CHAIRMAN STRIPER.
SO YOU HAVE, SO THE DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE VOTE ON OUR BOARD'S LEGISLATIVE PROPOSAL SUBMITTED TO SC SBA.
THERE ARE THREE DOCUMENTS IN YOUR, UH, FILE TONIGHT, UH, IN BOARD DOCS, THE, THE BEAUFORT COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION, UM, VOTED TO SUBMIT A, UM, PROPOSED NEW RESOLUTION TO THE SOUTH CAROLINA SCHOOL BOARDS ASSOCIATION FOR THEIR 2023 LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTIONS.
AND WE DID THAT BACK IN JU IN, UM, JUNE, AND THEN THE SOUTH CAROLINA SCHOOL BOARDS ASSOCIATION, THEIR LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE, AND ULTIMATELY THEIR BOARD OF DIRECTORS DISCUSSED OUR PROPOSAL.
AND ULTIMATELY THEY DECIDED NOT TO ADVANCE IT FORWARD THROUGH THE SOUTH CAROLINA SCHOOL BOARDS ASSOCIATION, THEIR, THEIR TWO CON THEIR EXPRESS CONCERNS REGARDING WHAT SOME COULD PERCEIVE AS SCHOOL BOARD SUPPORT FOR NON-CERTIFIED TEACHERS IN THE CLASSROOM AND QUESTIONS SURROUNDING SCHOOL ACCREDITATION REQUIREMENTS.
OUR, OUR, UM, RESOLUTION WAS TO AFFORD OUR TRADITIONAL PUBLIC SCHOOLS, THE SAME, UH, FLEXIBILITY THAT THE, THAT THE, UM, CHARTER SCHOOLS HAVE, WHERE WE COULD EMPLOY UP TO 25% OF OUR ENTIRE TEACHING STAFF.
THAT WAS THE WHOLE IDEA BECAUSE OF OBVIOUSLY THE TEACHER SHORTAGE.
SO, UM, WE STILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO ADVANCE OUR RESOLUTION IF WE WANT TO, BUT NOW IT HAS TO BE DONE AT THE FLOOR OF THE DELEGATE ASSEMBLY IN DECEMBER AND DEBBIE ELMORE OUTLINES, HOW THIS CAN BE DONE.
WE WOULD FIRST NEED TO HAVE A, A, UM, A VOTE HERE, UM, TO SAY, YES, WE WANT TO STILL BRING OUR RESOLUTION FORWARD.
AND THAT WOULD BE JUST BY MAJORITY VOTE.
AND THESE SCHOOL BOARDS ASSOCIATION WAS VERY KIND, AND THEY, UH, SUGGESTED REWORDING OF OUR, OF OUR, UM, OF OUR RESOLUTION.
AND SO WE COULD VOTE TO EITHER, IF WE WANNA CONTINUE IT FORWARD AND USE THEIR RESOLUTION, THEN ULTIMATELY, UM, WE WILL, UH, TRY TO DO THAT AT THE, AT THE, UH, DELEGATE ASSEMBLY.
AND I WOULD RECONTACT DEBBIE ELMORE, CUZ SHE SAID SHE'D ASSIST WITH THAT.
AND, UM, WE WOULD AT THE DELEGATE ASSEMBLY, WE WOULD NEED, UM, TWO THIRDS OF THE, THOSE PRESENT AND VOTING DELEGATES WOULD NEED TO APPROVE OUR, OUR RESOLUTION.
SO IS THERE A MOTION FROM THE BOARD TO, UH, CONTINUE BRINGING OUR RESOLUTION FORWARD WITH THE PROPOSED NEW WORDING TO THE DELEGATE ASSEMBLY FLOOR
WISNESKI SECOND I HAVE COMMENT.
I, I THINK AGAIN, UH, THAT THE PURPOSE OF OUR RESOLUTION WAS TO KIND OF, UM, EVEN THE PLAYING FIELD, SO TO SPEAK, WE ARE ALL IN PUBLIC EDUCATION, LOOKING FOR TEACHERS FROM THE SAME POOL, RIGHT? WE'RE ALL IN THE, THE POOL ISN'T OVERFLOWING.
SO, UM, THIS RESOLUTION WOULD AFFORD US THE SAME OPPORTUNITIES THAT ARE AFFORDED, UM, CHARTER SCHOOLS IN TERMS OF, UM, THE, UH, TEACHERS ALSO IN, IN THIS RESOLUTION THAT WE'RE PROPOSING.
IT SAYS ALL TEACHERS AND CORE SUBJECTS, CORE AREAS WILL BE HIGHLY QUALIFIED AS DEFINED IN ACT.
SO THAT THAT'S ACTUALLY, LET ME JUST CLARIFY THAT'S OUR, THAT'S WHAT WE DID SUBMIT WE DID, AND THEY SUGGESTED THIS REWORDING, SO, OKAY.
BUT, UM, THE WHOLE IDEA IS TO, TO HAVE CERTIFIED TEACHERS IN CLASSROOMS, IF AT ALL POSSIBLE, THIS IS REALLY TO BE FLEXIBLE WITH OUR TEACHER SHORTAGE.
KY, I JUST HAD ONE SUGGESTION.
[02:35:01]
WORTH LIKE TO THAT'S A NEW ONE TO CATHY'S POINT OF THAT.WE'RE ALL IN, IN PUBLIC EDUCATION.
I THINK THAT WE SHOULD ALSO PUT IN THERE JUST TO KIND OF DRIVE THAT MESSAGE HOME.
I THINK WE SHOULD ADD, SINCE WE HAVE TRADITIONAL PUBLIC SCHOOLS BEING AFFORDED THE SAME FLEXIBILITY AS PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOLS.
I THINK WE SHOULD PUT THAT IN THERE.
IF WE'RE GONNA WHAT'S IN THERE.
IT DOESN'T THE ONE I'M LOOKING AT DOESN'T HAVE THAT.
THE OTHER ONE, THE NEW ONE THAT'S I WAS, THAT'S THE ONE THAT WE PROPOSED IN JUNE.
THE ONE THAT SAYS AT THE TOP PROPOSED NEW RESOLUTION IS A NEW ONE.
THIS LAND, THIS IS THE PROPOSED NEW RESOLUTION.
I JUST THINK WE SHOULD ADD THAT IN THERE BECAUSE WE'RE, THAT'S THE WHOLE POINT THAT WE'RE TRYING TO DRIVE HOME.
WE'RE GOING FOR THE SAME POOL OF TEACHERS.
SO WE SHOULD BE UNDER THE SAME SET OF RULES IN PLAYING FIELD.
SO I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO AMEND THAT OR TO ADD, UM, PUBLIC IN FRONT OF CHARTER SCHOOLS.
NOW I HAVE A DISCUSSION ON THE ORIGINAL, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE AMENDMENT.
HIGHER EYE UNANIM NO I'M MR. OH YES.
HE'S UNANIM NOW WE'RE WE HAVE AN AMENDED MOTION ON FLOOR, MS. OH, RIGHT.
SO I AM, UM, SOMEWHAT PERPLEXED BY THE SE BA'S WHAT IS IT? THE SC SBAS LEGISLATIVE PROCESS.
I'M NEW TO THE, THE LEGISLATIVE PROCESS.
WE SAW SOMETHING LAST YEAR THAT HAD ALL THEIR THINGS THAT THEY HAVE BROUGHT FORWARD AND THE DATES THAT THEY HAD PER PUT THEM.
AND THERE'S SOME SORT OF A BOOK.
DO YOU KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT? WHAT'S THAT CALLED? IT'S I THINK THEY CALL IT THEIR DELEGATE.
SO THERE'S SOME SORT OF ASSEMBLY AND THEY, THEY BASICALLY COMPILE RECOMMENDATIONS, CORRECT ME WHEN I'M WRONG FROM ALL OVER THE STATE FROM DIFFERENT COUNTIES, PICK OUT THE ONES THEY WANT TO BRING TO THE STATE LEGISLATURE IN SOME SORT OF A PROCESS.
SOME SORT OF AN ADVOCACY PROCESS.
SO WHAT HAPPENS? UM, SO EACH YEAR THE SC S B A THE SOUTH CAROLINA SCHOOL BOARDS, ASSOCIATION QUERIES, ALL THOSE, UH, SCHOOL BOARDS IN THE STATE, WHICH IS ROUGHLY 80 OF US AND ASKING THEM, DO THEY HAVE ANY NEW LEGISLATION THAT THEY, THEY WOULD LIKE THE SOUTH CAROLINA SCHOOL BOARDS ASSOCIATION TO DETERMINE WHETHER THEY'D LIKE TO BRING IT FORWARD IN THE SOUTH CAROLINA SCHOOL BOARDS ASSOCIATION, UM, LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTIONS FOR THE UPCOMING LEGISLATIVE SESSION, WHICH NOW WOULD BE 20, 23.
SO, BUT THEY DECIDED THEY GOES THROUGH THEIR LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE AND THEN THEIR BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
AND INITIALLY THEY DID ACCEPT IT, ACTUALLY WF ELMORE TOLD ME THAT OVER THE PHONE, BUT THEN THEY HAD THEIR RESERVATIONS ABOUT IT.
SO THEY DECIDED THEY WOULDN'T ADVANCE IT.
BUT BY THAT TIME I GATHERED, THEY HAD REWRITTEN IT AND SO WE CAN ADVANCE IT.
SO YES, BEFORE THE LEGISLATIVE, UM, UH, IT'S A CONFERENCE AND ASSEMBLY THAT OCCURS EVERY DECEMBER, RIGHT.
THAT THE SOUTH CAROLINA SCHOOL BOARD ASSOCIATION, BUT IT'S JUST FOR THE SOUTH CAROLINA SCHOOL BOARD, THEY HOST IT, THEY HOST IT AND THEY PUBLISH THIS HANDBOOK.
I THINK ROUGHLY IN OCTOBER THAT HAS ALL THE RESOLUTIONS THAT ARE BASICALLY CURRENT.
UM, SO OURS WOULD NOT BE IN THE HANDBOOK BECAUSE THEY HAVEN'T ACCEPTED IT.
SO AT THE, AT THE ASSEMBLY, BY PER THEIR LETTER, WE CAN BRING IT FORWARD AT THAT TIME PROVIDED, I GUESS I, WE PROVIDE IT TO THE PRESIDENT OF THE SC S B A IN ADVANCE.
AND THEN THE ASSEMBLY THROUGH THE DELEGATES AND WE WILL HAVE REPRESENTATION.
THERE CAN, IT HAS TO BE A TWO-THIRDS MAJORITY TO BE ACCEPTED.
SO THEN THE SOUTH CAROLINA SCHOOL BOARD ASSOCIATION HAS TO INCLUDE IT.
SO MY QUESTION IS BASICALLY THIS, CUZ THIS IS STARTING TO SOUND LIKE A MULTI PYTHON SKIT.
SO
BUT AS I RECALL, WHEN I LOOKED AT THEIR HANDBOOK, THEY, THEY DID NOT SEEM PARTICULARLY EFFECTIVE AT ACTUALLY GETTING ANYTHING DONE.
AND I'M JUST WONDERING, I, I DON'T CARE.
UM, IF WE GO THROUGH, I ARE THERE OTHER WAYS WE COULD DO IT, WHY DOES IT HAVE TO GO TO THE SC SBA? CUZ THEY HAD THINGS IN THERE THAT WERE LIKE 13, 15, 20 YEARS THEY'VE BEEN SITTING IN THAT HANDBOOK.
WHY DON'T WE JUST ALL WRITE LETTERS TO THE, OUR LEGISLATURES OR I DON'T KNOW.
IT JUST SEEMS LIKE THIS IS A LOT OF, IT'S A LONG RUN FOR A SHORT SLIDE AND I'M NOT, I DON'T KNOW.
WELL I KNOW IT'S, THAT IS NOT THE ONLY WAY THAT, THAT, UM, THIS COULD BE, UM, MOVED FORWARD.
BUT THE SC S B A, WE ARE MEMBERS.
WE HAVE A $50,000 MEMBERSHIP ANNUALLY AS OUR, OUR BOARD DOES.
AND SO WE SHOULD UTILIZE THEM AND YOU KNOW, THEY DO.
ARE THEY EFFECTIVE? THAT, THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION.
[02:40:01]
I WILL SAY WE ALSO HAVE OUR, I THINK WE'RE GETTING OFF TOPIC, A PRIVATE LOBBYIST.WE'RE NOT GONNA EVALUATE THE SCHOOL BOARD ASSOCIATION UNTIL IT'S TIME TO RENEW.
NO, I'M NOT VALUING WHAT I'M SAYING, QUESTIONING WHETHER OR NOT THIS WILL BE EFFECT THE MOST EFFECTIVE USE OF OUR LEGISLATIVE FIRE POWER SO TO SPEAK.
I THINK LIKE WHEN WE DID TALK ABOUT THIS LAST TIME, THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT I MENTIONED THAT WE SHOULD PUT THIS ON OUR LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE AGENDA TO ALSO ADD TO OUR LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES THAT WE PETITION OUR OWN DELEGATION.
WIKI IN CHARGE OF THIS WOULD BE A LOT MORE EFFECTIVE THAN LEADING PUTTING THE SCS B A IN CHARGE OF IT.
WELL, MRS. VOTE, RIGHT? THAT MAKES YOU FEELING.
BUT I THINK THAT OUR, OUR BOARD DOES HAVE A GREAT RELATIONSHIP WITH SBA.
I THINK THAT THAT THEY'RE, UH, PRETTY CLOSE.
I THINK THAT THEY'RE PROBABLY GONNA ACCEPT IT 9, 9, 10, BECAUSE OF, UH, OF OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH THE SBA, I THINK.
SO JUST MAKE YOU FEEL ASKING, TELL YOU THAT MAKE YOU FEEL GOOD.
WELL, I MEAN ALL THE DELEGATES FOLKS, RIGHT? YES.
THAT, AND YOU HAVE TO, AND WE HAVE OF THE DELEGATES TO APPROVE IT.
AND YOU'RE THE NUMBER OF DELEGATES EACH, EACH SCHOOL BOARD HAS, IS BASED ON YOUR STUDENT POPULATION IN YOUR DISTRICT.
SO WE'RE GONNA PUT IT FORWARD AND IT'S GONNA BE PUT TO A VOTE BY ALL THE DELEGATES.
EARL HAS THIS PEARL, I'M SORRY, MR. CAMPBELL.
I WAS THIS GONNA SAY THAT, UM, THE SCHOOL BOARD ASSOCIATIONS HAVE BEEN EFFECTIVE IN SOME OF THE STUFF THAT, BUT, UH, THEY CAN GO, SO DO SO MUCH.
UM, THE PROBLEM IS YOU HAVE A LOT OF, UH, REPRESENTATIVE UP IN COLUMBIA THAT DON'T WANT TO CHANGE.
AND ALL THEY DO IS TALK ABOUT TEACHER SHORTAGE AND ALL THIS, BUT THEY DON'T WANT TO CHANGE.
YOU HAVE OTHER STATES THAT HAVE MILITARY EX-MILITARY TEACHER IN SOME OF, IN THEIR SCHOOLS.
MM-HMM
AND THAT'S THE SOUTH CAROLINA SCHOOL BOARD ASSOCIATION PLUS OUR PLEASURE SCHOOL.
AND ALSO THE, WE, WE USED TO BE A MEMBER OF THE NATIONAL SCHOOL BOARD ASSOCIATION, BUT WE, WE ARE NOT ANYMORE.
THEY ARE ANOTHER GROUP THAT FIGHT FOR PUBLIC EDUCATION.
AND ALSO I WAS GONNA SAY, I BELIEVE THAT IT WAS SAID TO AN AGENDA SETTING.
I THINK THAT THE REASON WHY THEY WERE LOOKING AT POSSIBLY NOT SUPPORTING IT, BECAUSE I THINK THAT, UH, IT WAS, IT WAS SAID THAT, THAT THEY WERE POSSIBLY LOOKING AT IT.
RODRIGUEZ SAID THAT THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT IT UP IN THEIR MEETING ABOUT POSSIBLY LOOKING AT DOING SOMETHING A LITTLE DIFFERENTLY.
RODRIGUEZ CAN GIVE US A LITTLE INSIGHT ON THAT IN TERMS OF, UH, UH, WHAT HE SAID THAT THE AGENDA SETTING OF, THEY MIGHT KIND OF PULL BACK ON IT.
I MEAN THAT, I MEAN, I KNOW IT WAS GOOD INFORMATION.
IT WAS, IT'S VERY INTERESTING, BUT, UM, I DON'T THINK THAT'S, THAT'S A FACT, I THINK THAT WAS SPECULATION.
SO MR. CAMPBELL, MEL CAMPBELL.
UH, I MEAN, THIS IS A PROCESS.
THIS IS A PROCESS THAT WE'VE BEEN USING AS LONG AS WE ARE MEMBERS OF THIS, THIS ASSOCIATION AND YOU KNOW, NOTHING IS FOOLPROOF.
AND IF YOU'VE BEEN IN SOUTH CAROLINA FOR ONE YEAR, YOU UNDERSTAND THE, YOU KNOW, THE RED TAPE THAT YOU HAVE TO DO TO CHANGE.
WHAT'S, WHAT'S BEEN STANDARD TRUE.
AND, AND THAT'S, THAT'S GONNA HAPPEN AGAIN.
NO LIKELY THAT EVEN IF WE CIRCUMVENT THIS RED PROCESS THAT THEY'VE SENT BACK TO US, THAT WE GONNA GET ANYTHING DONE.
CUZ SO THE BUCK STOPS AT THE LEGISLATURE AND SOUTH CAROLINA'S STATE LEGISLATURE HAVE ALWAYS BEEN THE SAME IN TERMS OF STANDARDS.
THEY REMAIN, YOU KNOW, VERY ALLEGION TO THE, THE STANDARDS.
AND YEAH, THIS INITIATIVE THAT WE'VE CREATED MIGHT CREATE A THOUGHT PROCESS THAT MIGHT CREATE SOME CHANGE LATER ON.
BUT WE NEED TO GO THROUGH WITH THIS PROCESS.
AND THEN IF WE HAVE TO GO ELSEWHERE, LIKE OURS, OUR LOCAL LEGISLATURE THEN DO THAT TOO.
BUT WE NEED TO GO THROUGH WITH THE PROCESS JUST TO OPEN THE EYES OF SOME OF THE OTHER DISTRICTS WHO MAY NOT HAVE THOUGHT OF THIS.
[02:45:01]
KNOW WORK 'EM ALL.NO, NO COLONEL GEIER IS A NO VOTE RIGHTS.
CAN I JUST ASK YOU A QUESTION? WOULD YOU LIKE, UM, SO NEXT STEPS, WOULD YOU LIKE TO WRITE THE LETTER TO DEBBIE ELMORE ABOUT THE VOTE PER THIS LETTER? OR WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO DO IT AS A LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE CHAIR? IT DOESN'T MATTER AT ALL.
I'LL BE HAPPY TO BECAUSE YOUR HEART'S IN IT.
[Consent Agenda]
WE HAVE THE ITEM WE MOVED REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA.WE APPROVE THE SEPTEMBER 9TH, UM, 20, 22 BOARD WORK SESSION MEETING MINUTES.
I GUY AYE, ALL THIS OPPOS ABS.
WE APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA SECOND
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? THERE IS DISCUSSION MIDDLETON I GUY OR I OKAY.
THAT'S UNANIM ALSO, UM, FUTURE AGENDA TOPICS.
[Announcements]
OH, DR.UM, I WANTED TO JUST MAKE AN ANNOUNCEMENT.
THIS MONTH IS DESIGNATED AS NATIONAL HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH.
FROM SEPTEMBER 15TH TO OCTOBER 15TH.
UH, AND FOR OUR HISPANIC COMMUNITY, UH, JUST TO SHARE WITH THEM, UM, SMS, WE WILL HAVE MANY, UH, DIFFERENT EVENTS HAPPENING AT OUR DIFFERENT SCHOOL SITES.
UH, I KNOW THAT, UH, UH, OUR COMMUNICATIONS TEAM WILL, UH, BE COVERING SOME OF THE EVENTS THAT, THAT ARE OUT THERE AS WELL.
SO YOU'LL, YOU'LL BE ABLE TO SEE SOME OF THAT.
AND IF YOU LOOK AT OUR WEBPAGE, THERE IS A BANNER UP THERE THAT TALKS ABOUT AND CELEBRATE, UM, THIS MONTH.
I WAS GONNA BRING THAT OUT TOO.
[Second Public Comments]
ANYTHING? YES.HELLO, UH, DAVID, I'M CALLING YOU FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS.
UM, IF YOU NEED TO STATE YOUR FIRST AND LAST NAME AND REMEMBER YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK, ARE YOU READY? NOT YET.
I JUST WANTED TO FINISH UP EVERYTHING FROM EARLIER.
APOLOGIZE FOR GOING OVER MY TIME.
THE COMMENTS THAT I WANTED TO MAKE NOW IS TO RESPOND TO A BOARD COMMENT, UH, IN REGARDS TO SOME OF THE PROGRAMS. IF, IF YOU REALLY WANT PARENTS TO COME TO SCHOOLS, TO WORK WITH THEIR KIDS OR WORK WITH THEM AT HOME, YOU'VE GOTTA CONSIDER ENGAGING IN THEM A LITTLE BIT MORE AND MAYBE PERHAPS EDUCATING THEM ON WHAT THEIR ACTUAL RIGHTS ARE.
AS FAR AS, UH, EDUCATION GOES.
NOT MANY PARENTS UNDERSTAND THE PROTECTION OF PUPIL'S RIGHTS.
I THINK HAVING A LITTLE PARENTAL EDUCATION THERE WOULD BE VERY SUCCESSFUL IN THE CLASSROOM WITH THEIR STUDENTS.
ONE, IF YOU REALLY WANT SUCCESSFUL STUDENTS DO WHAT YOU CAN TO CHANGE OR MODIFY THE WAY SEL CONTENT IS BEING TAUGHT AND HAVE TEACHERS ASSIGNED IT TO BE WORKED OUT WITH PARENTS.
TEACHERS ALWAYS SAY, WE WANT KIDS TO HAVE SOFT SKILLS, BUT THE REALITY IS THEY'RE DESTROYING THE MORALE OF THE STUDENTS FIND AN ALTERNATE WAY FOR SEL.
AND I HAVE TO ASK WHY IS A SPANISH TEACHER GIVING KIDS
[02:50:01]
GRADES, GRADES BASED ON SEL ACTIVITIES? SO AT THIS TIME I BELIEVE LEGISLATION IS POSSIBLY BEING WRITTEN TO ELIMINATE THE USE OF MTSS PROGRAMS. IF YOU WANT THE KIDS TO EXCEL IN MATH, PLEASE TEACH THEM MATH, NOT CULTURALLY RESPONSIVE, MATH, NOT WOKE MATH, STEPPED TELLING THEM HOW THEY SHOULD FEEL ABOUT OTHER STUDENTS BECAUSE OF THE COLOR OF THEIR SKIN.CHILDREN ARE HEARING THINGS WITHOUT PARENTAL CONSENT FROM TEACHERS WHO ARE GOING OFF SCRIPT, I'M ASKING BECAUSE CHILDREN NEED TO BE TAUGHT.
HOW TO THINK, NOT WHAT TO THINK.
THE LESSONS IN SOCIAL, EMOTIONAL LEARNING ARE ABSOLUTELY DESTABILIZING.
THE EMOTIONAL HORIZON OF THE CHILDREN IN OUR SCHOOLS.
THEY'RE DOING THE EXACT OPPOSITE FOR WHICH THEY WERE INTENDED.
CHILDREN ARE INHERENTLY GOOD AND THEY'RE BORN WITHOUT HATE.
BUT WHEN YOU TEACH CHILDREN THAT THE KID ACROSS THE CLASSROOM MIGHT BE TREATED BETTER BECAUSE THE COLOR OF HIS SKIN AND MIGHT GET MORE THINGS BECAUSE OF THE COLOR OF HIS SKIN.
NOT ONLY ARE YOU TEACHING THE CHILDREN VICTIMHOOD, BUT YOU ARE ALSO TEACHING THEM TO BE HATEFUL OF PEOPLE THAT HAVE A DIFFERENT COLOR SKIN TEACHING CHILDREN THAT OUR COUNTRY IS INHERENTLY RACIST IS THE PRACTICE OF TEACHING CRITICAL RACE THEORY.
DECLARING THE TEACHING OF THIS MATERIAL VIOLATES A BUDGET, PROVISO AND STATE FUNDING CAN BE WITHHELD FOR THESE VIOLATIONS.
YOU'RE TEACHING 'EM THE WRONG THINGS.
I KNOW THE TEACHERS DON'T DECIDE THE CURRICULUM AND THEY'RE NOT AT FAULT FOR THIS CRITICAL RACE THEORY.
ISN'T OUR SCHOOLS TAKE A LOOK AT THE BOOKS LIKE STAMPED.
THE HATE YOU GIVE ANTI-RACIST BABY, WHICH IS ACTUALLY IN AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TITLES THAT ARE IN ALL OF OUR SCHOOL LIBRARIES.
AND IN REGARDS TO CLASSROOM LIBRARIES.
FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND IN HILTON THAT ISLAND ELEMENTARY, ALMOST EVERY EL CLASSROOM HAS ITS OWN LIBRARY.
WHY DON'T WE REQUIRE THE MEDIA SPECIALIST TO CATALOG ALL THE BOOKS IN THE CLASSROOM LIBRARIES.
LET'S GIVE THE TEACHERS A BREAK WITH THIS I'M ESTIMATING.
THERE ARE ANYWHERE FROM 8,000 TO 10,000 BOOKS, JUSTIN HILTON, HEAD ISLAND, ELEMENTARY IB CLASSROOMS THAT ARE NOT CATALOGED.
AND I'M SURE THERE ARE BOOKS THAT CONTAIN MATERIAL THAT'S INAPPROPRIATE.
IF READ TO OR READ BY AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AGE CHILD IS SIR CHAIRMAN SPRINGER.
UM, SO MOVED
IT WAS OUR DOESN'T NEED A SECOND.
THE SECOND BEFORE THE FIRST WE'VE GOTTEN ALL OUR WORK DONE, WE'RE GETTING PRETTY GOOD AT THIS.
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