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TO ORDER.

IT IS, UH, DECEMBER 1ST, 2022.

AND THIS IS AGENDA SETTING FOR THE BEAUFORT COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION.

UH, ALL THREE OFFICERS ARE IN ATTENDANCE, AND WE ALSO HAVE BOARD MEMBER, UH, EARL CAMPBELL, WHO IS NOT ON THE COMMITTEE ATTENDING.

SO WE FIRST NEED A MOTION TO APPROVE THE AGENDA.

MADAM CHAIR, I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE TODAY'S AGENDA.

I SECOND.

ALL RIGHT.

UM, ANY DISCUSSION? ALL RIGHT.

THERE BEING NONE.

ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.

AYE.

AYE.

ALL RIGHT.

SO THE MOTION TO APPROVE THE AGENDA WAS MADE BY MS. MIDDLETON, SECOND BY KATHY, AND IT IS UNANIMOUS.

YEP.

NEXT UP, WE HAVE THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.

SO PLEASE STAND FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.

A PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG PLEDGE OF THE UNITED STATES.

OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS.

STANDS, ONE NATION IN LIBERTY ROUTINE.

I JUSTICE FOR ALL.

PLEASE BE SEATED.

NEXT, UH, CAN YOU ROLL BACK TO B? AND SHE'S NOT GONNA HEAR ME.

I THINK, UH, THE MEDIA IS PROPERLY NOTIFIED.

YEP.

OKAY.

NEXT UP WE HAVE THE NOVEMBER 7TH, 2022 COMMITTEE MEETING.

MINUTES.

DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THOSE? YES.

MADAM CHAIR.

I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THE NOVEMBER 7TH, 2022 COMMITTEE MEETING.

MINUTES.

I SECOND.

ALL RIGHT.

ANY DISCUSSION? NO.

ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.

AYE.

ALL RIGHT.

SO THOSE ARE APPROVED.

UH, SO I DON'T KNOW IF ROBIN CAN HEAR US.

I THINK SO.

MM-HMM.

, BUT SHE CAN BE SHAKING HER HEAD.

YES.

OKAY, GOOD.

SO, YEP.

MOTION BY YOU GOT IT.

ALL CORRECT THERE ON THE SCREEN.

THANK YOU.

OKAY.

NEXT UP SETTING THE DECEMBER 13TH, UH, BOARD MEETING AGENDA.

AND HERE'S THE DRAFT AGENDA, AND LET'S SEE ALL THE USUAL STUFF AT THE BEGINNING.

OKAY.

SO SCROLL DOWN, ROBIN, PLEASE.

TO THE, UH, YEP.

OKAY.

SO IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE WE HAVE MUCH ON THE EXECUTIVE SESSION, SO I ASSUME MAYBE STARTING FIVE.

THIS IS, UH, FRANK, WE HAVE ONE.

HOW ARE YOU? ONE ITEM THAT, UH, I DON'T SEE ON THERE, UH, AT THE MOMENT, IT'S, UH, UH, THE ARCHITECT, UH, FOR HILTON HEAD ISLAND, UH, HIGH SCHOOL.

OKAY.

SO WHAT DO YOU THINK IN TERMS OF TIME START TIME, UM, THERE'S THREE ITEMS. THERE'S NOW FOUR WITH THAT, SORRY, I'M SORRY.

ON THE LEGAL ADVICE, THERE'S, LOOKS LIKE THERE'S THREE HOURS ON THAT, RIGHT? YES.

ON A POTENTIAL CLAIM.

MM-HMM.

? YEAH.

I THINK FIVE O'CLOCK IS FINE.

I'LL CHECK WITH WENDY TO SEE IF THOSE ARE GONNA BE LONG.

OKAY.

OR NOT, SO WE'LL, WE'LL, IF WE CAN LEAVE IT AT FIVE FOR NOW, I'LL THINK.

RIGHT.

AND IF WE NEED TO CHANGE IT, WE CAN CHANGE IT.

YEAH.

I HAVE A QUICK QUESTION.

AT THE DISTRICT OFFICE, OR ARE WE IN HILTON? HEAD DISTRICT OFFICE.

AND THAT'S AT THE TOP ON, ON HERE.

I, IF YOU LOOK, YEAH.

YES.

DISTRICT OFFICE.

OKAY.

ONE OF, CAUSE THERE'S ONLY ONE MEETING FOR DECEMBER.

MM-HMM.

.

ALL RIGHT.

KEEP SCROLLING DOWN, PLEASE.

THANK YOU.

SO DO WE HAVE, UH, STUDENT PERFORMANCE? DO YOU KNOW DR.

RODRIGUEZ? I, I DON'T, I DON'T, UH, KNOW AT THE MOMENT, I'M SURE, BUT I DON'T, I DON'T HAVE THAT IN FRONT OF ME AT THE MOMENT.

OKAY.

UH, AND SAME WITH, HOW ABOUT POINTS OF CELEBRATION? WELL, I'M HOPING THAT AFTER TONIGHT, UH, OH.

YEAH.

, WE'LL HAVE ONE FOR YOU.

OKAY.

YEAH.

BEING WONDERFUL.

.

.

YEAH.

WE MIGHT ALSO HAVE A STATE FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP.

YEAH, THAT'S WHAT I, YEP.

YEAH.

CAUSE THE GAME IS TONIGHT, RIGHT? OH, I THOUGHT IT WAS TOMORROW.

NO, IT'S TONIGHT.

I'M, I'M HERE RIGHT NOW.

AWESOME.

OH,

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ALL RIGHT.

UM, THEN WE HAVE, SO I GUESS YOU'LL, WE'LL DETERMINE THAT IN THE NEXT FEW DAYS.

UH, FIRST PUBLIC COMMENTS FOR THE CHAIR REPORT.

UM, I CAN REPORT ON THE, UH, LEGISLATIVE CONFERENCE AND DELEGATE ASSEMBLY THAT EARL AND I ARE ATTENDING.

THANK YOU.

ANYTHING ELSE YOU GUYS, UH, CAN THINK OF FOR ME THERE? WE COULD ALSO THANK THE OUTGOING BOARD MEMBERS FOR THEIR SERVICE.

YES, PLEASE.

YES.

LET'S HAVE THAT THERE TOO.

KATHY, I'M GONNA MAKE SURE I DON'T WEAR SPIDERS.

YOU GOOD? THANK YOU, ROBIN.

PERFECT.

ALL RIGHT.

NOW WE HAVE OUR COMMITTEE REPORTS AND IT LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE A LOT OF, UH, COMMITTEES, REPORTING, ACADEMICS, FINANCE, OPERATIONS AND TECHNOLOGY.

I SUSPECT THAT, UH, OPERATIONS IS GONNA BE LENGTHY CUZ THEY'VE HAD TWO MEETINGS OR THREE MEETINGS AND THAT KINDA THING.

SO IT MAY, MAY BE LENGTH ACADEMIC WILL HAVE TWO ES PRESENTED.

AND, UH, ROBIN, DO WE WANT TO PUT THE, UH, MOTIONS TO, UM, UH, ACCEPT THE ES, UM, AS COMPLIANT IN THE, UH, HERE.

AND THEN THAT'S OUR TALKING POINTS BEFORE THE PRESENTATION.

WE'VE DONE IT BOTH WAYS.

UM, PUT ON THE I'LL MOTION ON THERE.

SURE.

THE NEXT ACADEMIC C MEETING AND PUT 'EM ALL ON THERE.

OKAY.

YEAH, BECAUSE THERE ARE GONNA BE SOME WITH THE, UH, THE LOCAL APPROVED COURSES TOO.

OKAY.

YEAH.

AND THERE'S GONNA BE A LOT OF OES COMING THROUGH OPERATIONS TOO.

YEAH, THERE'S PROBABLY LIKE, MAYBE SIX OF THEM.

OH, WE HAVE TWO HA.

YEAH.

WE'LL BE BUSY OUT WITH THE COMMITTEES.

ALL RIGHT.

NEXT WILL BE OUR, UM, SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT.

I WAS HAPPY TO SEE THE T I PRIORITY SCHOOLS QUARTERLY UPDATE.

BEAT YOU TO IT.

YEP.

THANK YOU .

ALL RIGHT.

AND KINDERGARTEN UPDATES.

I SEE.

YEP.

KINDERGARTEN UPDATES.

YEP.

AWESOME.

UH, THAT'S, THAT'S ALL WE HAVE.

UH, DR.

RODRIGUEZ UNDER THE, UM, SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT UNDER THE OTHER GOALS AND OTHER MATTERS, THEY'RE ALL NA DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE YOU WANNA, UM, INCLUDE UNDER OTHER MATTERS? THERE MAY BE ONE OTHER ITEM, BUT I THINK WE'LL, WE'RE, DEPENDING ON HOW TONIGHT GOES, AND I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT THE FOOTBALL GAME.

MM-HMM.

, UH, WE CAN SEE WHAT GOES THERE.

ALRIGHTY.

SO UNDER BOARD BUSINESS ACTION, UM, WE HAVE THE, THE, THE BOARD MEETING CALENDAR SINCE, UH, THAT'S, UH, STATE LAW THAT WE MUST, UH, VOTE ON THAT AND APPROVE IT.

AND, UH, I'VE ASKED ROBIN TO PRESENT TWO CALENDARS, THE ONE WE HAD, UH, AS DRAFT FORM AT THE WORK SESSION.

AND THEN THE SECOND ALTERNATIVE WAS, UH, WHAT WE ALSO DISCUSSED WAS, UH, HAVING, UM, THE, WHEN WE HAVE A WORK SESSION TO ELIMINATE THE SECOND MEETING MM-HMM.

MEETING, BUSINESS MEETING OF THE MONTH.

SO THOSE WOULD BE THE CALENDARS THAT WE'LL DISCUSS AND VOTE ON.

UH, CAN YOU, CAN, UH, KATHY OR ANGELA THINK OF ANYTHING ELSE THAT WE NEED TO HAVE FOR BUSINESS ACTION? NO, MA'AM.

NO.

NO.

OKAY.

AND THEN UNDER CONSENT AGENDA, WE HAVE, UH, UH, MEETING MINUTES, SEVERAL SETS THERE, A COUPLE OF ON THERE.

OKAY.

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ALL RIGHT.

AND THEN WE HAVE THE USUAL END OF THE AGENDA, THE FUTURE AGENDA TOPICS, THE ANNOUNCEMENTS, THE SECOND PUBLIC COMMENTS, AND THE ADJOURNMENT AND THE NOTIFICATION THAT WILL CONTINUE THE MEETING THE NEXT DAY IF WE DON'T EXTEND IT BEYOND NINE 15.

ALL RIGHT.

HERE ARE OUR FUTURE AGENDA TOPICS.

UM, SO I, YOU CAN, AS YOU GO DOWN HERE, YOU CAN TAKE OFF THE BOARD, UH, MEETING CALENDAR BECAUSE WE'RE, WE, WELL THAT WILL BE COVERED WITH THIS MEETING.

UM, WENDY JUST POSTED IN A CHAT, THE FOIA QUARTERLY REPORT NEEDS TO BE ON THE CONSENT AGENDA.

OKAY.

THANK YOU.

YOU'RE WELCOME.

THANK YOU.

APPRECIATE IT.

SO, ROBIN, ON THIS, ON OUR, YOUR GRID HERE, YOU COULD TAKE OFF THE BOARD MEETING CALENDAR FOR 20 22, 23.

CUZ WE'RE, WE'VE GOT THAT COVERED AT THIS MEETING TO SURE THAT WE COVER IT AT THE 13TH.

CAUSE I HAVE IT ON THERE AS COVERING IT FOR DECEMBER 13TH.

SO ON THE, ON THE NEXT FUTURES IT WOULD COME OFF, WE DO THE, I WOULD TAKE IT OFF THE NEXT ONE CUZ THAT MEANS WE WOULD'VE ALREADY TAKEN CARE OF IT.

OKAY.

THAT'S FINE.

SO, UM, I KNOW FOR THE SCHOOL START TIMES, GIVEN THE, UH, MEETING MINUTES, WE JUST APPROVED, THAT'S, THAT'S GONE TO OPERATIONS, THE LAST ITEM MM-HMM.

.

AND WHAT IS THE SECOND COMMUNITY UPDATE? I'M NOT, UM, I THINK THAT'S THE NEW COMMITTEE THAT'S FORMED.

YOU KNOW, THAT THEY, I THINK THEY HAD THEIR INITIAL MEETING I GOTCHA.

ON, UM, TUESDAY, RIGHT? YES.

SO, DR.

RODRIGUEZ, CAN YOU GIVE A BRIEF REPORT UNDER, UH, OF THAT, UNDER YOUR OTHER MATTERS? THAT'S THE, THE COMMUNITY PROJECT REVIEW COMMITTEE.

HMM.

, DR.

RODRIGUEZ, I THINK WE LOST, I I THINK THAT WOULD BE A GOOD IDEA IF HE COULD GIVE UPDATE.

YES.

I'M SORRY.

I'M SORRY.

I, I DIDN'T SEE THE MICROPHONE OFF.

YES.

UH, I, YES.

THAT'S A GREAT, THAT'S ALL RIGHT.

WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE PROJECT REVIEW COMMUNITY PROJECT REVIEW COMMITTEE.

RIGHT, RIGHT.

THEY MET AT FIRST MEETING, RIGHT MEETING, YES.

YES, I WAS THERE.

UM, PERFECT.

I'M GONNA REFER TO THAT AS, UH, COMMUNITY PROJECT REVIEW 2.0.

OKAY.

I LIKE THAT.

WHEN I WAS LOOKING AT THAT THERE, I WAS LIKE, WHAT IS THAT COMMITTEE? WHAT IS THAT COMMITTEE? SO 2.0.

PERFECT.

AND THEN UNDER CONSENT AGENDA, ROBIN AD THE FOIA, UM, QUARTERLY REPORT, PLEASE.

YEAH, WHATEVER.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT OE IT IS.

PERFECT.

AND THEN YOU COULD, YOU COULD ALWAYS ADJUST IT AND PUT IN THE NUMBER, WHATEVER.

IT'S QUARTERLY REPORT.

IT'S QUARTER.

YEAH.

THANK YOU.

SO ROBIN, CAN YOU GO BACK TO THE GRID? YOU HAD UP THE, THE, UH, FUTURE AGENDA TOPICS.

ALL RIGHT.

SO YOU COULD, SO YOU'RE GONNA YEAH.

PUT DECEMBER 13.

EXACTLY.

AND SO KATHY, WHAT ABOUT THE RESULTS MONITORING REPORT FORMS? WELL, WE HAVE THE, AT THE, UM, AT THE BOARD MEETING, AT THE WORK SESSION, WE HAD THE WRONG FORM LOADED IN.

RIGHT, RIGHT.

SO WHAT DID WE, DID WE SAY WE WERE JUST GONNA TALK ABOUT IT AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING? I DON'T RECALL HOW WE FINISHED THAT.

UH, I GUESS I HAVE TO REFLECT BACK ON THE MINUTES, WHICH I DIDN'T, DIDN'T UP FROM THE WORK SESSION.

YEAH.

I HAVE NOT LOOKED AT THOSE MINUTES YET.

AND YEAH, I THINK WE DID SAY MAYBE WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT IT AT THIS MEETING.

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DO YOU REMEMBER ANGELA? NO, I DON'T.

OR ROBIN, WE WERE GOING TO GO BACK TO PEGGY AND TALK ABOUT IT, UM, AND DISCUSS IT BECAUSE DR.

RODRIGUEZ WANTED TO DISCUSS CERTAIN ASPECTS OF IT.

SO IT WAS KIND OF PUT ON HOLD UNTIL WE CAN GET WITH PEGGY, UM, TO TALK ABOUT IT.

YES, I REMEMBER THAT.

THAT'S CORRECT.

SO, AND, AND SHE'S COMING WHAT DATE? SHE'S ACTUALLY COMING ON THE 12TH TO TALK TO THE NEW TO, UM, THE NEW MEMBERS.

YEAH, WITH THE NEW MEMBERS.

THAT, SO THEN, THEN I DON'T THINK IT SHOULD BE ON THIS.

NO.

OBVIOUSLY THEN IT CAN'T BE ON THIS, UH, DECEMBER 13TH MEETING.

ALL RIGHT.

JANUARY.

YEAH.

MAYBE YOU WANNA PUT, UH, JANUARY, NOT THE FIRST MEETING, BUT THE SECOND MEETING YEAH.

OR WORK SESSION.

YEAH.

YEAH.

OKAY.

SO I THINK THAT THEN WE'VE COVERED ALL THE THINGS ON HERE, RIGHT? YES.

YES.

YEAH.

WAS THERE ANYTHING THAT SOMEONE SENT THAT I DON'T HAVE ON THE CALENDAR, ON THE SCHEDULE? NOT THAT I'M AWARE.

I DON'T RECALL GETTING ANYTHING.

YEAH.

ALL RIGHT.

WENDY ADDED, UM, THE OE 16 IS FOR YOU.

YEAH.

GOOD.

SO IT SEEMS LIKE WE'RE CONCLUDED, UH, THE AGENDA SETTING FOR THIS MEETING.

UM, ANYBODY HAVE ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR ADDITIONS TO THE DECEMBER 13TH MEETING? I DON'T THINK SO.

OKAY.

SO DO YOU BY CHANCE, ROBIN, HAVE THE DRAFT AGENDA FOR THE JANUARY, UM, THIRD MEETING? NO.

CAUSE ALL WE DO IS JUST DO THE ELECTIONS AND THE SWEARING IN, SO.

OKAY.

YEAH.

AND, AND I'M SURE YOU HAVE A, A TEMPLATE FROM PRIOR, REGULAR TEMPLATE FOR THAT IS JUST THE ELECTION AND I MEAN, THE SWEARING IN AND THE ELECTION.

OKAY.

THEN HOW ABOUT OUR BOARD BOARD AT SIX I MEETING RECEPTION? DO WE HAVE, HAVE, I CAN'T REMEMBER WHEN YOU SAID YOU WERE MEETING FOR THAT.

THE S I BOARD MEETING RECEPTION, WE HAD THAT MEETING ON MONDAY.

UM, IT'S FROM SIX TO SEVEN 30.

UM, COLONEL GAR AND TRISHA ATTENDED, AND WE HAVE A OUTLINE ALREADY SET UP.

SO WE'RE MOVING FORWARD WITH THAT.

AND ONCE WE GET THE AGENDA SET, UM, THE AGENDA IS BASICALLY RECEPTION FROM SIX, UM, MEET AND GREET FROM SIX 30 TO 6 45.

WE'RE GONNA HAVE STICKY, UM, TRYING TO FIND THE WORD TABLET.

PAPER, APPLELINK IS NOT THE RIGHT WORD.

BUT, UM, FOR ELEMENTARY, MIDDLE, AND HIGH SCHOOL PUT OUT THROUGHOUT THE ROOM FOR THE SICS TO WRITE DOWN THEIR QUESTIONS AND CONCERNS.

AND THEN IT WAS SUGGESTED THAT WE SET UP A HORSESHOE, UH, WITH CHAIRS IN THE MIDDLE, AND WE TAKE THE MOST, THE MOST COMMON QUESTION AND START ADDRESSING THOSE MM-HMM.

, UM, THE CHAIR WOULD LEAD IT, AND WE WOULD HAVE DISCUSSION, THE BOARD WOULD GO ROUND ROBIN TO ADDRESS, UM, I'M JUST GONNA USE BOOKS.

SO BOOKS IS THE MOST COMMON THEME.

THEN THE BOARD WOULD DISCUSS WHERE THEY ARE WITH BOOKS, AND THEN LET THE F I ASK QUESTIONS.

AND DURING THE TIMEFRAME, WE WOULD MOVE DOWN THE LIST AS MUCH AS WE CAN GET THROUGH.

OKAY.

THOSE ITEMS THAT WE DON'T GET THROUGH, THEN WE WOULD TAKE THOSE AND DISCUSS AT THE BOARD'S WORK SESSION IN JANUARY.

LET, UM, WHATEVER WE DIDN'T GET THROUGH THE BOARD WOULD DISCUSS THIS JANUARY.

THEN WHEN WE HAVE OUR JOINT MEETING IN MARCH, WE WOULD BRING THOSE ITEMS BACK WITH THE BOARD.

SO THAT WOULD BE OUR FOLLOW UP IN MARCH.

AND THEN DISCUSS ANY FURTHER NEW ITEMS. OKAY.

SO FROM YOUR DESCRIPTION, THEN WE NEED TO DEFINITELY HAVE AN AGENDA FOR THAT MEETING, BECAUSE IT'S WE'LL, OKAY.

YEAH.

WITH, BECAUSE IT'S MORE THAN JUST A RECEPTION.

RECEPTION.

WE'RE GONNA HAVE A DISCUSSION.

YEAH.

OK.

SOUNDS GOOD.

AND WE'LL HAVE THE TIME OUT WITH THE INSTRUCTIONS AS THIS IS WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO.

AND THEN WE WOULD GATHER THE QUESTIONS, AND THEN YOU, AS THE CHAIR WOULD LEAD THE DISCUSSION, UM, IN, AND THEN ALSO WHAT HAPPENS IF WE DON'T FINISH ON TIME WITH, WITH THEIR QUESTIONS, THAT THESE WOULD BE A FOLLOW UP AT THE BOARD'S WORK SESSION, THE BOARD WOULD DISCUSS, AND THEN WE WOULD BRING THAT BACK TO THE JOINT MEETING

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IN MARCH.

OKAY.

SO I WOULD RECOMMEND JUST HAVING THAT RIGHT ON THE AGENDA SO EVERYBODY'S YES, MA'AM.

ON THE SAME PAGE.

YEAH.

SO THEY KNOW WHAT THE PROCESS IS GONNA BE.

THAT SOUNDS GOOD.

AND FOOD SERVICE IS GONNA TAKE CARE OF THE RECEPTION.

IT'S JUST FINGER FOOD OR DS.

VERY NICE.

SOUNDS GOOD.

ALL RIGHT.

DO WE HAVE, UM, ANY OTHER AGENDA THAT WE NEED TO DISCUSS? I DON'T THINK SO YET.

NO.

NO.

WELL, ALL RIGHT.

BEFORE WE, UM, ADJOURN, I JUST, UH, PERSONALLY WANNA THANK KATHY FOR YOUR SERVICE AS AN OFFICER, UH, FOR THE BOARD OF EDUCATION IN THE LAST FOUR YEARS.

IT WAS A PLEASURE WORKING WITH YOU.

AND, UH, YOU, UH, WILL BE VERY MUCH MISSED.

AND I WISH YOU WELL OFF THE BOARD AND HOPE TO SEE YOU FROM TIME TO TIME.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH, KATHY.

THANKS.

AND WILLIAM SMITH'S HAND IS UP.

MR. SMITH? UM, I DO, I DO HAVE A, A QUESTION PRELIM AND CONCERNING THE JANUARY 3RD MEETING, UM, IN TERM OF, OF THE, UH, TAKING OF THE OATH, UH, HOW, HOW IS THAT, HOW WOULD THAT BE SPELLED OUT? UH, BECAUSE I, I DO, UM, UM, YEAH, I WOULD LIKE TO, WHAT'S RIGHT NOW, I THINK IT'S THE SAME PROCESSES THAT WE'VE USED IN THE PAST AND, UH, UM, TO MY KNOWLEDGE, MR. UH, GRIMSLEY WILL BE THE ONE ADMINISTERING THE OATH BECAUSE HE, HE, UH, IS, UH, HAS DONE IT IN THE PAST, AND HE DOES NOT CHARGE THE BOARD TO DO IT.

SO, AND HE IS A, HE'S AN ATTORNEY IN BEAUFORT.

WHAT THE JUDGE DO YOU MEAN? WELL, WELL, UM, I HAVE ASKED IN TERMS OF MY OATH, I HAVE ASKED, UH, JUDGE MCINTYRE WHO DID, WHO DID ME MY OATH THE FIRST TIME.

HE'S ALSO A JUDGE.

I HAVE ASKED HIM TO DO MY, MY, MY, UH, MY OATH.

SO, UM, I'M NOT SURE HOW WE NEED TO INCORPORATE THAT, BUT THAT'S WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO GIVE YOU MY OATH.

AND, UM, I, I DON'T SHARE A PROBLEM IF, YOU KNOW, UH, OTHER BOARD WHERE, WHERE SOME BOARD MEMBERS HAD DIFFERENT PEOPLE TO, UH, OWE FOR THEIR MEMBERS DIFFERENT TO GIVE MY, TO DO, TO DO MY OVERALL OF OFFICE.

MM-HMM.

, MAY I? YES, CERTAINLY ROBIN.

UM, WE'VE NEVER HAD, UM, INDIVIDUAL BOARD MEMBERS TO TAKE THEIR OWN SEPARATE OATH.

UM, IT'S ALWAYS BEEN ONE JUDGE, MR. UH, JUDGE MCINTYRE DID IT THE ONE YEAR THAT WAS REQUESTED BECAUSE MS. UH, JUDGE GRIMSLEY WAS NOT AVAILABLE AT THAT TIME.

BUT INDIVIDUAL BOARD MEMBERS DO NOT HAVE INDIVIDUAL PEOPLE GIVING OATH.

OKAY.

SO EVERY, EVERYBODY STANDS UP AT THE SAME TIME AND DOES, BUT DOES IT SIMULTANEOUSLY? YES, YOU CAN HAVE WHOEVER YOU WANT STANDING WITH YOU AS FAMILY MEMBERS OR AS FRIENDS, BUT ONLY ONE PERSON ADMINISTER THE YEAH, I DON'T, AND I DIDN'T EVER RECALL IT BEING SEPARATE, SEPARATE, UH, HOSTS FOR DIFFERENT MEMBERS.

SO INVITE TO STAND WITH YOU.

RIGHT.

DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER BUSINESS? NO, I WANNA TELL KATHY THANK YOU TOO.

UH, MY QUESTION WAS, I WAS NOT GONNA INVITE HIM.

MY THING WAS, I'VE SEEN OTHER, OTHER BOARD, OTHER BOARD MEETINGS WHERE THEY HAD, THEY'VE HAD OTHER PLACES.

AND NOT ONLY THAT, WE CAN'T CHANGE THAT PROCESS, UH, BECAUSE AS A BOARD MEMBER, I DO HAVE THE WHO, WHO I WOULD APPROPRIATE.

AND I, I ACTUALLY, I'M NOT SURE EVERYONE TAKING OVER AT THE SAME TIME IS, YOU KNOW, IS ADEQUATE AS, SO THAT'S WHY I THINK, I THINK THAT I BOARD MEMBERS, I MEAN, OTHER BOARDS DO THEIR ONE AT A TIME.

WE'RE NOT OTHER BOARDS .

YEAH, EXACTLY.

THANK YOU.

MIGHT NOT THE OTHER, WE MIGHT NOT BE ON THE BOARD, BUT I'M ENTITLED, I'M ENTITLED TO MY RIGHT.

AS AS, AND I DON'T HAVE RIGHTS TO ASHIP UPON BECAUSE OH, OF, OF HOW WE'VE DONE IN THE PAST.

I, I DO HAVE, I DO HAVE TO TAKE, TAKE, TAKE MY OVER AS AS I FEELED SO THAT I CAN DO, SO THAT I CAN TAKE THE OF OFFICE'S.

I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD DO THAT.

YEAH.

I I THINK THAT'S DIVISIVE WHEN YOU HAVE DIFFERENT PEOPLE GIVING DIFFERENT OATHS.

RIGHT? YEAH.

I DISAGREE BECAUSE YOU COULD, IF

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EVERYONE WANTS, IF SOMEONE WANNA GO THROUGH ONE PERSON AND SOMEONE WANNA GO TO THE OTHER PERSON, I, I SEE NO, NO PROBLEM WITH THAT.

I MEAN, I, I MEAN, I SEE WHERE OTHER, LIKE I SAID, OTHER SCHOOL BOARDS AND EVEN OTHER OFFICES WHERE EACH INDIVIDUAL MEMBER HAVE THEIR OWN PERSON TO GET THEM TO THE OATH THAT THERE'S NO LAW STATING WHO YOU, WHO HAVE TO, WHO CAN AND CANNOT GIVE YOU OATH.

ACTUALLY SPEAKING.

IF YOU WANT YOUR MOTHER OR FATHER OR WHOEVER, ANYONE CAN GIVE YOU THE OATH.

SO I MEAN, I, I, I THINK THAT, THAT, THAT BEING, UH, UH, WE KI OF, I WOULDN'T USE, I WON'T WORD PETTY, BUT I THINK THAT WE WE'RE, WE'VE BEEN A LITTLE, WE'RE HERE, BUT, OR REALLY INFRINGING ON PEOPLE'S RIGHTS MORE SO NOBODY'S TAKING AWAY THE RIGHTS.

SO THAT'S JUST THE WAY IT GOES IN CITY, THE STATE OF CAROLINA, ALL .

THAT'S NOT, THAT'S BECAUSE IN THE OF CAROLINA I SEE WHERE OTHER BOARDS, OTHER BOARDS, EVEN THE SCHOOL BOARDS ARE HAVING THEIR OWN INDIVIDUAL PEOPLE WHO ARE, WHO ARE, WHO ARE GIVING THEM THEIR OATHS.

SO THAT, THAT'S MR. CAMPBELL.

SO I, I MAKE A MOTION.

YEAH.

I MOVE THAT WE CONTINUE TO, UH, GIVE THE OATH, OATH OF OFFICE, UH, USING ONE JUDGE, UH, AND EVERYONE DOES IT SIMULTANEOUSLY.

A SECOND.

OKAY.

ANY DISCUSSION? YES.

I HAVEN'T CALLED ON YOU MR. SMITH.

I'M ASKING THE, UH, OR, UM, OFFICERS FIRST THE COMMITTEE.

OKAY.

NOW, MR. SMITH, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING ADDITIONAL TO ADD? WE HEARD WHAT YOU SAID ALREADY.

YES.

I, I, I, I WILL NOT BE TAKING THE OATH UNDER, UNDER, UH, UNDER THIS BECAUSE I, I, I WILL, ALLOWS TO GET VIOLATED.

I I WILL, I WILL.

THAT'S, YOU KNOW, HOW WHATEVER YOU ARE GONNA CHOOSE IS, YOU KNOW, THAT'S YOUR CHOICE IF YOU DON'T WANNA BE SWORN IN.

SO, UM, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION FROM THE, FROM THE, UM, OFFICERS OR MR. EARL CAMPBELL IS THE ONE OTHER BOARD MEMBER PRESENT? NO, I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING.

OKAY.

ALL RIGHT.

SO, UM, ROBIN, CAN YOU PLEASE DISPLAY THE, THE MOTION? ALL RIGHT.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION, PLEASE SAY AYE.

AYE.

ALL THOSE OPPOSED? NONE.

ALL RIGHT.

THE MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY, LY.

MM-HMM.

.

ALL RIGHT.

I DON'T THINK WE HAVE ANY FURTHER BUSINESS TONIGHT.

AND SO, KATHY, THANK YOU.

YEP.

AND RIGHT.

I KNOW WE'RE GONNA YOU FOR ADJOURN.

ALL IN FAVOR.