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IT IS 5 0 1, AND I'D LIKE TO CALL THIS MEETING OF THE BUFORD COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION ACADEMIC COMMITTEE TO ORDER.
UM, THIS IS A REMOTE FEE MEETING AND, UH, REQUEST FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS.
PARTICIPATION WAS ACCEPTED BETWEEN FOUR AND FOUR 30 BY SENDING AN EMAIL, UM, WITH THE NAME, PHONE NUMBER, AND ROBIN BERRY.
YOU WILL RECEIVE A PHONE CALL DURING PUBLIC COMMENTS.
UM, AT THIS TIME, I'D LIKE TO, UH, INVITE EVERYONE TO STAND FOR REGION, PLEASE BY PLEDGE ED BY THE, A UNITED OF UNDER
AND THIS IS ALL MOVE THES FOR ALL.
SO OUR FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS IS APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA.
DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE AGENDA? SO, WHO COLONEL GEIER MOVES TO APPROVE THE AGENDA.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF PROCEEDING WITH THE AGENDA, PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I AYE.
OKAY, OUR FIRST ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS PUBLIC COMMENTS.
SO, UH, MR. KUSH, I BELIEVE YOU INDICATED WE DO HAVE SOME PUBLIC COMMENTS.
I'M GOING TO PUT YOU ON SPEAKER AND YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS.
EVERYONE HEAR ME OKAY? YES, WE CAN HEAR YOU.
UH, GOOD EVENING, MADAME CHAIR COMMITTEE MEMBERS.
THANKS FOR GIVING ME A CHANCE TO SPEAK WITH YOU THIS EVENING.
WITH THE HOLIDAYS OF UPON UP, I CAN'T HELP BUT THINK ABOUT THE JOY THE CHILDREN SHOULD BE EXPERIENCING IN AND AT HOME AND GOES FORWARD TO THE CELEBRATION OF THE BIRTH OF CHRIST.
AND THE TIMING OF THIS ADVENT SCRIPTURE COULD NOT BE MORE PERFECT.
THE SCRIPTURE READS, OR ALTHOUGH YOU HAVE HIDDEN THESE THINGS FROM THE WHY AND LEARNED, YOU HAVE REVEALED THEM TO THE CHILDLIKE.
THAT'S LUKE CHAPTER 10, VERSE 21 BS.
LAST WEEK I PARTICIPATED IN THE FIRST BOOK REVIEW COMMITTEE FOR THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, THANKS TO DR.
STRATIS AND THEIR STAFF FOR COORDINATING THIS VOTE THURSDAY.
IT'S TO BE IN SIX ELA IT OF A 13 YEAR OLD GIRL.
THIS WOULD BE GRAPHIC TO EVEN AN 11 YEAR OLD ON DECEMBER 1ST.
AT THE MEETING, I INTRODUCED MYSELF, BUT NO ONE FROM MY COMMITTEE RESPONDED.
I'M THE ONLY NON-DISTRICT EMPLOYEE.
ONE TEACHER BRAGGED ABOUT USING A BOOK WITH RAPE DEPICTED TO A SIXTH GRADE CLASS THAT WAS MORE SEXUALLY GRAPHIC THAN THE BOOK REVIEWED.
IT WAS SAID, IT WAS SAID TO HEAR.
I ASKED, THERE ARE NO BOOKS THAT CAN BE SUBSTITUTED ON THE RATE AND EXPERIENCE OF A 13 YEAR OLD IN THIS BOOK SPEAK.
NONE OF THE TEACHERS THOUGHT ANOTHER BOOK COULD BE USED.
ONE TEACHER ACTUALLY SAID, DON'T YOU WANT YOUR CHILDREN TO LEARN WHAT HAPPENS TO GIRLS WHEN RAP? AND I RESPONDED THAT NOT IN SCHOOL.
THIS REVIEW PROCESS IS BIASED AS A VOTE.
IT WAS A THREE TO ONE VOTE THAT ALLOWED SPEAK BACK INTO THE LIBRARIES AND ONE VOTE SUPPORTED IT FOR GRADES SIX AND NINTH THROUGH 12.
THE MATTER DID NOT EDUCATIONAL S SCRIPTURE, THIS ADVENT SCRIPTURE FROM MATTHEW CHAPTER 18 VERSE 14, THAT READS, AND JUST THE SAME WAY, IT IS NOT THE WILL OF YOUR HEAVENLY FATHER THAT ONE OF THESE LITTLE ONES THEY LOST.
PLEASE LET CHILDREN BE CHILDREN.
WE LOOK TO THE LIGHT OF THE BIRTH OF OUR CHRIST COMING IN A FEW WEEKS.
LET'S PLEASE KEEP THAT IN MIND AS WE MOVE FORWARD.
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HELLO, IS THIS KEVIN? UM, THIS IS ROBIN.I'M CALLING YOU FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS.
I WASN'T SURE IF THAT'S WHAT YOU WANTED WHEN YOU SENT YOUR EMAIL.
I'LL PUT YOU ON SPEAKER AND YOU'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES.
GO AHEAD AND INTRODUCE YOURSELF.
SIR IS NAME IS, UH, JAMES KATH.
I'M OPPOSED TONING OF IN OUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS, THE SOURCE AMENDMENT OF UNITED CONSTITUTION.
JUST PROTECT THE RIGHT OF FREE SPEECH, PROTECTS THE RIGHT OUR STUDENTS TO RECEIVE INFORMATION AND THE FORM OF, UM, THERE WAS A SUPREME COURT CASE, UM, BOARD OF EDUCATION VERSUS IN 1982.
IT MADE THIS PERFECTLY CLEAR, UM, THE BANNING OF BOOKS WITHOUT PROPER REVIEW, UM, CONSTITUTES PROHIBITED PRIOR STRENGTH.
UM, I AM JUST OPPOSED TO THE BANNING BOOKS, UM, IN THE NAME OF PROTECTING OUR CHILDREN BY A, A GROUP OF, UM, MINORITY PEOPLE, UM, WHO ARE ADVANCING THEIR POLITICAL INTERESTS AT THE EXPENSE OF UNFAIR CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS.
YOU OKAY, SS AND WE'RE MOVING ON TO THE, UH, AGENDA.
FIRST THING ON OUR AGENDA IS LOCAL BOARD APPROVED THE PATIENT JONES.
THIS IS
WE DO HAVE A LOT MATERIAL WE PRESENT TO YOU VERSUS THE APPLICATIONS FROM TWO SEPARATE SCHOOLS.
WE ALSO KNOW THAT THIS EVENING I HAVE OUR DIRECTOR SECONDARY TEACHING AND LEARNING.
THIS IS SAYS MISCARRIAGE AND SHE'LL BE PRESENTING THIS AS WELL AS YOU ME.
LIST MATERIAL COURSES GONNA BE THIS YEAR.
SO I ASKED REGULATION 49, WE'RE GONNA GO TO PRESENTATION OF THE COURSE.
E'S THEORY ATE IT ADVANCE, YOU SAID WAS A, I'M SORRY,
THANK, AS THAT'S BEING PULLED UP, I'D LIKE TO BRING THE ATTENTION OF OUR COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP THAT WE HAVE HAD A RATHER LIMITED AMOUNT COURSES FORWARD.
THERE'S BEEN A LEVEL OF SCRUTINY THAT THE STUDENTS HAVE.
SO WE RECOGNIZE WE HAD ONE PRIOR, PRIOR TO A PRE FOR GETTING READY FOR ADVANCED PRICE AND LITERATURE.
WE USE THE SAME
YOU WANNA GO AHEAD AND JUST DO WE THAT THAT'S OKAY.
YOU WANT ME TO THAT AND ALTHOUGH WE APPROVED.
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SURE.UM, WHAT I PRESENTED, WHAT I'VE PREPARED IN THIS IS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, WE KEEP A CLOSE LOOK AT THOSE LOCALLY BOARD APPROVED CLASSES THAT HAVE BEEN APPROVED IN YOUR PAST AND HOW ARE THEY BEING UTILIZED BY OUR INDIVIDUAL SCHOOLS.
SO I WAS GONNA LET YOU KNOW THE YELLOW HIGHLIGHTS ARE MY NOTES,
UM, WE DO HAVE A, A LARGER GROUP UNDER THE LANGUAGE ARTS AND, AND THAT MAKES SENSE.
OUR STATE CURRENTLY PROVIDES US 10 COURSES AT SECONDARY LEVEL FOR ELA.
WHEREAS WE LOOK AT MATH, THEY'RE DOING MATH.
SO WE WANNA GIVE AS MANY OPPORTUNITIES FOR ELA AS OUR STUDENTS.
MAKE SENSE? WE'RE GONNA HAVE A LOT TO FALL INTO THAT.
THE ADVANCED WRITING COURSE THAT IS HIGHLIGHTED FOR YOU THERE, I GAVE YOU THE CODE THIRD AND THIRD BECAUSE THE STATE IS BEFORE THE COURSE ADVANCED COMPOSITION AND A LOT OF STUDENTS ARE UTILIZING THAT.
UM, WE DO ASK THAT EVEN THOUGH THE SPORTS IS CURRENTLY ACTIVE, THAT IT REMAIN IN PLACE SO THAT WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR ENRICH WRITING OPPORTUNITIES WITH OUR STUDENTS AS WE MOVE FORWARD.
SO JUST FOR POINTS OF CLARIFICATION, BC GOING ACROSS ON THE TABLE.
UM, GIVES YOU THE ACS CODE, THE ACTIVITY CODING SYSTEM, WHICH IS WHAT THE STATE CODES THE COURSE AS.
AND THEN OUR FILTER, HOW ARE WE FILTERING THAT? MY STANDARDS THAT IT ADDRESSES THE NAME OF THE COURSE IS NEXT AFTER THAT IS THE EIGHT DIGIT CODE THAT WE USE IN POWERLINK CODE, THAT SET THING FOR OUR STUDENTS.
THEN I HAVE THE ACC ACTIVE SESSIONS OF THAT COURSE THAT ARE CURRENTLY ACTIVE AT THIS MOMENT.
AND THEN A GREAT YELL FOR YOU BY HIGH.
SO YOU CAN SEE WHAT HIGH SCHOOLS ARE THOSE SCHOOLS ARE ACTUALLY BEING USED AT CURRENTLY.
THAT'S NOT TO SAY THAT THEY'RE NOT GONNA BE USED IN SECOND SEMESTER.
THEY WEREN'T USED IN A PREVIOUS SEMESTER.
AND TO BUILD THIS COURSE PRIOR TO THE STATE, THE ADVANCED COMPOSITION COURSE, THIS WAS A COURSE THAT WAS FEEDBACK FOR HIGH MM-HMM.
THAT WAS A MODEL UP CURRENT YEAR BECAUSE THEN THE E HAS MOVE ENGLISH TWO AND THEY NOW UTILIZE THE, CAN I ASK A QUICK QUESTION? OF COURSE.
WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE CW AND THE CH IN COURSE? CODE ONE IS A WHOLE CREDIT COURSE AND ONE IS A HALF CREDIT COURSE SUPPORTING INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGIES.
THE REASON I HAVE THAT ONE IS WE, WE HAVE A COURSE WITH TEACHER ASSISTANT THAT REALLY WAS INITIALLY, UM, OUR BLUFF HIGH SCHOOL CAN SUPPORT THEIR INCOMING STUDENTS AT L AT THE TIME.
WE HAVE SINCE PUT A LOT OF THESE IN PLACE TO SUPPORT THOSE STUDENTS.
SO IT KIND OF NEGATES TO BE USED THAT WAY.
HOWEVER, WE WANT KEEP THAT IN PLACE BECAUSE WE DO HAVE STUDENTS WHO ARE COMING IN WHO MAY NOT HAVE HAD OR MAY HAD LIMITED FORMAL EDUCATION EXPERIENCE.
SO WE WANNA LEAVE THAT COURSE I KNOW IT'S IN, AT GET THAT OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR HIGH SCHOOLS.
ANY ONE, IS THAT AN ONE? YES SIR, IT IS.
AND THAT REALLY PROVIDES THOSE STUDENTS WHO COME IN NEED THAT LITTLE BIT OF EXTRA HELP GOING INTO ENGLISH.
IT PROVIDES THEM IDENTIFIES, IDENTIFY AS AN ENGLISH ONE.
YOU MAY, THEY MAY FIND TONGUE TO FACE IT PLAINLY AS NONDEPARTMENTAL OR AS AN ELECTRIC BECAUSE LEAST GUESSING THEY PICK IT BEFORE ONE OR AFTER ENGLISH.
TYPICALLY, YOU'RE GONNA SEE THEM WANT TO TAKE IT PRIOR, BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN NECESSARILY ONLY BECAUSE ENGLISH TWO IS NOW OUR EOC COURSE.
THEY MAY BE TAKING IT AFTER ENGLISH ONE AS STUDENT NEEDS MAY BE IDENTIFIED.
ON THAT SECOND PAGE, YOU'LL SEE PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL SKILLS.
TWO, THAT FORCE IS SUPPORTING INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGIES.
THERE'S ALSO, IF YOU LOOK DOWN THERE IS, UM, AND THIS GOES TO THAT HALF AND CREDIT, UM, THERE IS ONE THAT IS BEING USED AT THE CODE.
THERE'S 31 SESSIONS OF THAT CURRENTLY.
SO THEY'RE JUST UTILIZING THAT COURSE CODE RIGHT
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NOW FOR THAT ONE.THAT IS THE SAME THING WITH THE SUPPORTING, UM, INSTRUCTIONAL ACTIVITIES.
THE CODE THAT'S BELOW THAT IS A STATE CODE.
THE STATE NOW HAS A FOUR THAT WITH THAT CODE SOCIAL STUDIES, YOU'LL SEE AFRO-AMERICAN HISTORY THAT IS OFFERED THE DUAL ENROLLMENT.
I HATE TO MAKE YOU PUT BACK AND FORTH, BUT IF YOU LOOK BACK ON THAT FIRST PAGE, AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDIES IS ALSO LISTED UNDER THE E A AS AS AN LBA DEPENDING ON THE CERTIFICATIONS THAT ARE AVAILABLE WITHIN THE SCHOOL TO PROVIDE THAT CREDIT.
YOU'LL SEE THEM OFFERING IT EITHER ESSENTIAL STUDIES OR ELA.
AND CURRENTLY IT'S BEING OFFERED AS ELA RATHER THAN SOCIAL STUDIES.
AND RIGHT NOW WE HAVE, UM, SECTIONS OF THAT GOING UNDER ELA.
SO IT SHOWS THERE'S A ZERO THERE, BUT WE WANNA HOLD IT.
IT'S INACTIVE, BUT WE WANNA HOLD THAT COURSE BECAUSE IT MAY COME A HAVE A TEACHER WHO'S CERTIFIED IN STUDIES THAT WE MAY BE ABLE TO, THEY'RE ON THE FIRST PAGE, MR. CAMPBELL'S.
BUT IF YOU LOOK, IF YOU LOOK AT TWO DIFFERENT COURSES, ONE IS THE HALF CREDIT ONE'S A WHOLE AND A HALF IS PROVIDING ONE SECTION.
CAN WE CONFIRM THE CERTIFICATION STAY OF THE EDUCATOR IS BECAUSE YOU KNOW IT WELL, RELIGION IS, UM, OFFERED THROUGH DUAL ENROLLMENT.
I'M SEE WHETHER OR NOT THATS REACTIVATED BIAS.
THAT'S THE, UM, THE WORLD RELIGION.
OR IT WAS AT WELL BRANCH EARLY COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL, WHICH THEY ARE INCREASING NUMBERS OF DUAL ENROLLMENT.
SO A LOT OF STUDENTS ARE U UTILIZING DIFFERENT ELECTIVES BECAUSE OF THEIR DUAL ENROLLMENT STATUS.
YOU LOOK OVER ON THE NEXT PAGE, YOU THINK GOVERNMENT, THAT WAS, UM, AND IT CURRENTLY HAS A STATE CODE FOR OUR HALF CREDIT, BUT WE'RE SEEING OUR SECTIONS IN A HOME CREDIT.
AND IF YOU KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT OUR YOUTH AND GOVERNMENT PROGRAM, IT IS PHENOMENAL.
WE ARE CONSISTENTLY WINNING SOME OF THOSE STATE COMPETITIONS AND PLACING VERY HIGH.
SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT TEACHERS ARE REALLY DIGGING INTO THAT CONTENT YEAR ALONG WITH STUDENTS.
SO, UM, WE'RE REALLY HAPPY TO SEE THAT YOU GOT FULL ACTIVE SAFETY.
AND YOU'LL SEE, NOTICE THAT THOSE ARE VIEW FOR HIGH LOVED AND HIGH AND MAY RIVER HIGH CURRENTLY.
AND I'LL BE REAL HONEST, I WOULD LOVE TO SEE THAT EXPAND.
UM, HEALTH AND PHYSICAL EDUCATION, WEIGHTLIFT, THERE IS A HALF CREDIT COURSE CODE FROM THE STATE NOW, SO I JUST ADDED THAT ON THERE.
BUT IF YOU'LL LOOK DOWN, WEIGHTLIFTING IS NOT GONE ANYWHERE.
WE HAVE LINEAR SECTIONS OF WEIGHTLIFT STILL BEING OFFERED AS THAT WHOLE CREDIT FOR OUR, FOR OUR STUDENTS HEALTH AND PHYSICAL EDUCATION.
THIS IS A REALLY A SPECIFIC COURSE CODE HERE.
ONE STUDENT WHO HAS EXCESSIVE NEEDS ARE, UM, REALLY AN ADAPT ALMOST MORE THAN THAT BECAUSE OUR FISCAL EDUCATION TEACHERS ARE ABLE TO REALLY ADAPT AND PERSONALIZE WHAT THEY'RE DEALING WITH IN THEIR CLASSROOM.
THIS IS FOR THAT REALLY HELD SPECIFIC STUDENT WHO CAN'T DO THOSE THINGS.
ALL THEY HAVE TO HAVE IS FOR EDUCATION.
WE REALLY KEEP COURSE AVAILABLE AND THEN THE WEEKENDS PAY TO THEIR SPECIFIC NEEDS.
SO THAT ONE IS ACTIVE RIGHT NOW, BUT WE MAY NEED IN A FUTURE TIME.
AND TO ADD THAT, IT'S A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF SUPPLIES THAT ARE KEPT ABSOLUTELY RIGHT ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE, THEY JUST SEMESTER.
AND THEN THE LAST TWO THAT ARE HIGHLIGHTED, I'M ACTUALLY GONNA LET MS. GILBERT TEST THOSE BECAUSE THEY FALL A LITTLE BIT MORE UNDER, UM, OUR CTE REAL.
SO THE, THE INTRODUCTION AVIATION WAS PHASED OUT, UH, SEVERAL YEARS AGO BECAUSE BATTERY CREEK MOVED TO A STATE APPROVED PATHWAY, UM, THROUGH THE SOUTHERN REGIONAL EDUCATION CALLED THIS R B.
AND SO IT OFFERS AARY OF FOUR LEVELS, UH, FUNDAMENTALS OF AEROSPACE TECHNOLOGY, UH, ALL THE WAY TO, UH, THE
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WORK WITH DRONES THAT FINAL YEAR.AND SO THERE WAS NOT A NEED FOR THE INTRO TO AVIATION, UM, LOCAL BOARD APPROVED BECAUSE NOW WITH THE FOUR COURSES, IT CAN COUNT FOR A COMPLETER, WHICH THEN COUNTS FOR OUR CAREER RATING.
UM, SO THAT ONE WILL PROBABLY WILL MAKE THAT INACTIVE.
UM, UH, AND TAKING OFF THE, THE, UM, OFFERINGS AND THEN THE ENTERPRISE DESIGN, AGAIN, THAT WAS, UH, LOCAL BOARD APPROVED THAT WAS PER REQUESTED PRIOR SUPERINTENDENT SEVERAL YEARS AGO, AGAIN, IS, UH, THE STATE HAS OFFERED AN ADDITIONAL COURSE CALLED ENTREPRENEURSHIP WITH, IRONICALLY WE'LL BE OFFERING IT FOR, UM, AN HONORS REQUEST TONIGHT.
SO TEACHERS TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF, AGAIN, A STATE GROUP COURSE THAT FITS INTO SEVERAL DIFFERENT PATHWAYS.
SO THERE WAS NOT A NEED FOR THE ENTERPRISE DESIGN BECAUSE IT COVERS THE SAMES AND THE SECOND BOARD ONE ME.
SO OF THESE, UM, IF I HAVE IT CORRECTLY, ARE GOING TO REMOVE ONLY TWO OF THEM, TWO OF THE INACTIVE ONES.
THE OTHERS THERE ARE REASONS TO KEEP THEM.
AND, UM, THE, IT'S THE INTRO TO AVIATION AND ENTERPRISE DESIGN BEEN SUBSTITUTED BY STAGE COURSES.
SO WE DON'T NEED, SO DO WE NEED, UM, I KNOW THE BOARD'S REQUIRED TO, UH, OR APPROVE I THINK IS THE, OR, UM, LOCAL BOARD COURSES.
SO WE NEED A MOTION AT THIS TIME OR DO YOU HAVE MORE PRESENTATION TO DO ON THIS? THE, THAT BE NEW ONES TO BE ADDED ON? SO I THINK IT MAY TWO SEPARATE MOTIONS THAT I COLLECT BECAUSE WE'RE GONNA HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE LIST WITH THE OF TWO INACTIVE AND THEN UPON THE CONSIDERATION, THE ADDITIONAL LVA COURSES, WHICH WE'LL ADD ON THIS.
SO THE ONES THAT ARE ALREADY ON LIST HAVE TO BE, UM, APPROVED YEARLY? WE YES MA'AM.
DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE RECOMMEND APPROVAL? YES.
I, WE RECOMMEND GOOGLE BUFORD COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT LOCAL BOARD APPROVED COURSES 22 22 3 ACTIVE THANK YOU.
TO RECOMMEND TO THE POLL BOARD THE LOCAL BOARD APPROVED COURSES ACTIVE IN IN 22.
SO AT THIS TIME, ANY DISCUSSION? OKAY.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF, UM, THIS MOTION TO RECOMMEND TO THE FULL BOARD THE 20 22 23 ACTIVE AND INACTIVE, UM, LOCALLY LOCAL BOARD APPROVED COURSES.
PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I, I MIDDLETON, I IT'S PLEASE PROCEED.
UM, SHE'LL START THE REGULATION AND PRESENT THE TWO COURSES.
SO ADMINISTRATIVE IS REGULATION 49 KIND OF BREAKS THINGS DOWN FOR US IN THREE AREAS.
THE FIRST ONE IS LOCALLY DESIGNED FOR SUBJECT AREA COURSES.
AND THESE ARE USED AS GRADUATION CREDIT UNITS AND THEY MUST BE ALIGNED WITH STATE ACADEMIC STANDARDS AND A PARTICULAR SUBJECT AREA.
THE REAL DIFFERENCE IS, IS THEY HAVE TWO FORMS OF APPROVAL, UM, LOCAL BOARD APPROVAL AND STATE SUPERINTENDENT OF EDUCATION.
WHEREAS A LOCAL DESIGN ELECTIVE COURSE MUST BE APPROVED BY THE LOCAL BOARD.
AND THERE CANNOT BE MORE THAN TWO UNITS AWARDED.
AND A STUDENT MAY, UM, FOR TIME, FOR RELEASE TIME CLASSES AND RELIGIOUSLY F****D.
LOCALLY DESIGNED CAREER AND TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION COURSES ARE FOLLOWED.
THE STATE OR FEDERAL CTE MONS AND MUST BE APPROVED BY THE SOUTH DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION.
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I'M GONNA GO THROUGH THIS REAL QUICK, SO JUST STOP AND THEN I'LL TURN IT OVER TO, UM, THIS OF AT SUPPORT.SO IT'S ALL, SO WE CURRENTLY HAVE 35 LOCAL BOARD GROUP COURSES, WHICH YOU JUST LOOKED AT 13 OF THOSE SUPPORT OUR ENGLISH BLEND AND ARTS STANDARDS.
FIVE, SUPPORT OUR SOCIAL STUDIES STANDARDS.
SUPPORT HEALTH AND PHYSICAL EDUCATION STANDARDS.
SUPPORT OUR VISUAL AND PERFORMING ARTS.
ONE SUPPORTS MATH, ONE SUPPORTS ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY AND ONE SUPPORTS INSTRUCTIONAL ACTIVITY.
SUPPORT INSTRUCTIONAL ACTIVITIES AND STUDENT LEADERSHIP.
SO IF YOU GO BACK TO THE PRIOR PAGE AND YOU LOOK AT THE CRITERIA FOR ITEM NUMBER YES.
THESE ARE DDAS THAT ARE WITHIN OUR ELECTIVE.
IF WE NOT HAVE A TYPE OF GRADUATION PURPOSE THAT WE'RE GOING TOWARDS YOUR CORE GRADUATION, WE WE'RE DEALING WITH ONLY ELECTIVES.
SO I JUST WANTED TO SHARE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE PROCESS THAT WE GO THROUGH.
UM, INFORMATION IS SENT OUT WITH THE STATE APPLICATION OF SCHOOLS, AND I TEND TO SEND THAT OUT FIRST WEEK OF OCTOBER.
THAT PROCESS INCLUDES THEM GETTING STAKEHOLDERS, YOUR COMMUNITY, YOUR SCHOOL COMMUNITY INVOLVED, AND MAKING A DECISION WHETHER OR NOT TO BUILD THAT APPLICATION.
APPLICATIONS ARE DUE TO ME BY LATE NOVEMBER, AND THEN THEY GO TO THE REVIEW COMMITTEE AND WE REVIEW EACH APPLICATION.
WE DO HAVE A CHECKLIST THAT WE GO THROUGH AND WE PROVIDE THEM SOME FEEDBACK ON THAT.
UM, BUT THINGS THAT WE'RE BASICALLY LOOKING FOR FALL UNDER THAT STATE REGULATION 3, 2 34, WHICH SAYS IT HAS TO ALIGN TO THE STANDARDS.
IT HAS TO, IT HAS TO SOMEHOW GO ALONG WITH ONE OF THE SUBJECT AREAS.
AND IF IT'S AN HONOR SPOTS, IT HAS TO HAVE THAT BRAIN ATTACHED TO IT.
WHEN THEY'RE RETURNED, WE TYPICALLY, I'LL BE HONEST, THEY'RE NOT ALWAYS RETURNED WITH, YAY, WE'RE TAKING YOURS IN FRONT OF THE BOARD FOR THEIR APPROVAL.
SOMETIMES THEY RETURN BACK AND SAY, HEY, YOU KNOW, WE REALLY LIKE THE CONCEPT OF THIS.
HAVE YOU GOTTEN ENOUGH PARENT INPUT? HAVE YOU GOTTEN ENOUGH SUITED? HAVE YOU REALLY DUG INTO WHAT THIS COURSE IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE WITHIN YOUR SCHOOL? SO WE SEND THOSE BACK QUITE FREQUENTLY.
COURSES ARE THEN APPROVED, UM, BY THE REVIEW COMMITTEE, AND THEN WE BRING 'EM TO APPROVAL TO OUR BOARD IN DECEMBER.
UM, WHAT IS THE GET WITH COMMITTEE THAT WE USED? EXAMINATION? IT REALLY DEPENDS ON THE COURSE.
FOR EXAMPLE, IF IT'S, IT'S ALWAYS THE TWO OF US BECAUSE WE DEAL WITH THE SECONDARY SO, SO CONSISTENTLY, IF IT IS AN ELA CLASS, WE HAVE A DIRECTOR WITH US.
IF IT IS A MATH CLASS, WE WOULD HAVE OUR DIRECTOR OVERSEAS NOW FLOWERS.
BUT WE'RE LOOKING FOR THAT PERSON WHO'S KIND OF CONTENT RELATED TO THAT.
TO GO ALONG WITH THE SECONDARY FOCUS.
WE ALSO HAVE BROUGHT IN OTHER PEOPLE IN, UM, BUT WE WANNA HAVE SEVERAL EYES LOOK.
SO WHEN IT COMES TO THE DISTRICT, IT'S ISD STAFF AT A SCHOOL SITE, THEY ARE PROBABLY HAVE COMMUNITY AND STUDENT INPUT.
I, AND I'M NOT SURE IF THIS APPLICATION HAS A STUDENT VOTE THAT THEY DID.
UM, IS THAT A PRIOR WHAT THEY TYPICALLY DO AND, AND, AND MOST OF 'EM HAVE THIS AND I I KIND OF REQUIRE IT.
I WANT THEM TO SURVEY FAMILIES.
I WANT THEM TO SURVEY STUDENTS.
AND I, I REALLY WANNA SEE THAT IN THE PACKET.
AND I'D BE HAPPY TO MAKE A COPY.
THE PACKET THAT CAME IN IS ABOUT THIS.
IT, IT TOOK ME QUITE SOME TIME JUST TO GO THROUGH IT.
UM, AND BECAUSE THEY INCLUDED LETTERS FROM STUDENTS WANTING THE COURSE LETTER FROM PARENTS SAYING, THIS IS WHY I WANT MY CHILD TO HAVE THIS COURSE.
THERE'S A LOT OF THOSE KIND OF THINGS THAT ARE ATTACHED TO YOUR APPLE WENT BACK TO COME BACK TO HAVE ADDITIONAL, AND THEN IT DOESN'T GO, COME TO US.
COME HERE UNTIL WE'VE HAD OUR CONVERSATION HAS TO SHOW DETAILS.
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THIS? GO AHEAD.I'M KINDA SURPRISED THAT HONORS COURSES ARE, WE HAVE SOME ELECTED HONORS COURSES.
YOU WILL SEE THAT COMING UP AT A HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL.
AND THERE, THERE IS RATIONALE FOR THAT, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO SOME OF OUR HIGHER PERFORMING AREAS AND J OTC FOR EXAMPLE, THOSE HIGHER LEFT, LEFT RIGHT.
OR WHEN YOU'RE ALSO LOOKING AND MAYBE GETTING AHEAD OF PRESENTATION.
BUT WHEN YOU'RE WORKING YEARBOOK, IF YOU HAVE WORKED AT A HIGH SCHOOL, IT YOU WILL AND THAT TEAM WHO'S PUTTING THAT BOOK TOGETHER.
SO YOU'LL SEE MORE INFORMATION COMING.
SO YOU COURSES THAT IF WE TAKE THE FRAME THAT IT'S NOT JUST AN ELECTIVE.
WE RECOGNIZE CORE COURSES FOR PURPOSES AS FOR THE LANGUAGE, BUT IT'S NOT AN ELECTIVE.
THESE ARE ALL COURSES SHOULD BE, WE SEE THE SAME TYPE OF DEMOCRACY SITE SCRUTINY BEFORE WE PUT IN STUDENTS.
SO THAT'S WHY, EVEN THOUGH IT WAS A CLIENT APPLICATION, I WAS LIKE, LIKE SEE THIS, THIS AS WELL.
SO WE FEEL LIKE IT'S SOMETHING TO IN FRONT OF YOU, BECAUSE THEN IT GOES IN FRONT.
THE DISBURSEMENT OF THESE COURSES.
13 ENGLISH LANGUAGE OUTSTANDING.
AND THAT KIND OF GOT ME TO, I'M, I'M, I WAS LIKE, WAIT, WHAT? THERE'S A GOOD REASON FOR THAT.
THE STATE PUTS FORWARD A SMALLER NUMBER OF MATH OF ENGLISH COURSES THAN THEY DO MATH.
THERE'S PROBABILITY OF STATISTICS.
THERE'S PRE COWS, COWS, ALL OF THESE PROBABLY 20.
THERE'S REALLY NOT THAT MANY ELA COURSES.
SO WE'RE LOOKING FOR OTHER WAYS TO PROVIDE, PROVIDE ELA COURSES AND SUPPORT THE STANDARDS FOR OUR STUDENTS.
BUT YEAH, I I SAW, I THOUGHT THE SAME THING.
MR. CAMPBELL WAS LIKE, SOMETHING ESPECIALLY ABOUT THAT.
AND SCIENCE IS, IS THE SAME WAY.
WE REALLY DON'T HAVE ANY SCIENCE.
AND THE REASON WHY IS BECAUSE SCIENCE FROM THE STATE OFFERS SO MANY OPTIONS UNDER THE ACTIVITY CODING.
THAT'S SO ROT C OR STATE APPROVED COURSES, WE'RE JUST IN THE NEXT PART WE'LL TALK ABOUT HOW WE PRESENT YOU TO, TO ADD AN HONORS OPTION.
THEY'RE ALREADY STATE APPROVED.
WHAT ARE THEY MAKES SENSE OF THE STUDENT LEADERSHIP COURSES.
UM, ONE THAT WE'RE ACTUALLY DISCUSSED TONIGHT IS, UM, LEADERSHIP READINESS.
SO IT'S PREPARING STUDENTS TO BECOME LEADERS IN THE COMMUNITY OF FUND GRADUATION.
SO THOSE KIND OF MODELS, OF COURSE, FOLLOW THEIR STATUS AS BEING A LEADER.
UM, THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS WHY THEY, THAT COMES SCHOOLS.
MS. MIDDLETON, DID YOU HAVE ANYTHING YOU'D LIKE TO ASK AT THIS POINT? NO, MA'AM.
I LIKE, I LIKE THE WAY YOU'RE THINK
IT'S, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S, I LOVE THOUGH, Y'ALL ARE ALL THE THINGS THAT, THAT YOU'RE EXCITED AS WELL.
SO OUR APPLICATIONS THAT WE'RE GONNA BRING FORWARD THIS EVENING, UM, WE'RE ACTUALLY BRINGING FORWARD EIGHT ELECTIVES.
FOUR ARE ENGLISH STANDARDS BASED FORCES.
YOUR BOOK FIVE HONORS YOUR BOOK, SIX HONORS YOUR BOOK.
AS YOU KNOW, OUR, YOUR BOOK PROGRAM IS BE FOR COUNTY GLEN NATIONAL RECOGNITION LAST YEAR.
UM, PART OF THAT IS BECAUSE OF OUR WORK WITH PHOTOGRAPHY PROGRAM.
PART OF THAT IS BECAUSE OF OUR JOURNALISM, BECAUSE WE ARE OFFERING ALL OF THESE RICH ELA OPPORTUNITIES OUR STUDENTS.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WENT BACK ON THIS APPLICATION, JUST IN TRANSPARENCY, WHAT'S THIS GONNA DO FOR STUDENTS? WHAT, WHAT IS THIS GONNA OFFER? YES, IT'S GONNA OFFER THAT EXPERIENCE WITHOUT THEIR HIGH SCHOOL EXPERIENCE.
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BOOK AND GOING TWO YEARS AND THEN AS A JUNIOR SENIOR, YOU CAN'T BE INVOLVED.WHAT'S IT GONNA DO FOR COLLEGE CAREER AUDIENCE? SO I GOT BACK A GOOD BIT FROM STUDENTS AND TEACHERS TO PARENTS.
UM, SOME OF THE IDEAS WERE, I'M REALLY LOOKING AT THE DESIGN AT COLLEGE LEVEL AND GRAPHIC DESIGN.
SOME WERE CHILD EDITOR
AND PROJECT MANAGEMENT WAS A BIG THAT THEY, THAT THEY PUSH.
SO THOSE ARE REALLY THE, THE SUPPORTING REASONS IS WHY.
AND BEING AN HONORS SOURCE WITH THIS, AND GIVEN, I WILL SHARE THE THINGS WHO WOULD LIKE THIS, WHICH ENORMOUS, SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WERE PUT FORWARD WAS THE TEACHER HAS ALREADY DEVELOPED A PROGRESSION OF SKILLS AND CONCEPTS.
THERE WERE GONNA BE A LITTLE BIT, OF COURSE, THERE ARE THINGS THAT SHE HAS DONE, FOR EXAMPLE, TIME THAT TO THAT ELA STANDARD AT GRADE LEVEL.
SO JUNIOR, SENIOR, UM, THAT WAS OBVIOUSLY INSTRUCTIONAL SUPPORT AND STUDENT LEADERSHIP COURSES.
THE REQUEST TONIGHT IS FOR APPROVAL ON FOUR OF THOSE LEADERSHIP NINE, WHICH IS LIFE READINESS LEADERSHIP 10, WHICH IS CAREER READINESS LEADERSHIP 11, WHICH IS COLLEGE READINESS AND LEADERSHIP 12, WHICH IS LEADERSHIP READINESS.
UM, ALL OF THESE ARE COURSES ARE BEING REQUESTED BY BATTERY CREEK HIGH SCHOOL.
THE TEACHERS OF ANY CONTENT AREA WOULD BE ABLE TO TEACH THESE.
THIS HAS FALLED UNDER THE AMERICAN COUNCIL OF EDUCATION.
THE STUDENTS WILL ACTUALLY END UP WITH TWO ELECTIVE COLLEGE CREDITS AS WELL.
UM, SO THAT'S KIND OF EXCITING PIECE.
BUT ANOTHER EXCITING PIECE IS ANY TEACHER CAN TEACH YOU SPORTS.
SO WE TALKED EARLIER ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THIS ONE'S BEING HELD, BUT WE'RE DOING IT UNDER HERE.
THIS IS ANY TEACHER CAN TEACH THIS.
SO THE VIABILITY OF THAT CONTINUING FOR THAT SCHOOL AND BEING A VIABLE PART OF BUILDING LEADERS WITHIN THEIR CONCEPT BE STRONG.
WE RECOGNIZE THAT IN BOTH AREAS, IT IS TWO COURSES FOR JUNIOR, TWO COURSES PER SENIOR TO.
SO I, UM, THE CERTIFICATION OF THE TEACHER DOESN'T MATTER.
THEY CAN TEACH IT, BUT THERE IS A PLANNED COURSE OF STUDY OR THAT STANDARDS THAT ARE BEING TAUGHT THAT ARE THE SAME REGARDLESS OF WHAT THE CERTIFICATION OF THE TEACHER YES.
AND THE KEY THERE IS THE COURSE IS VERY SPECIFIC.
SO THE TEACHERS ALL HAVE TO UNDERGO THE TRAINING.
AND I'LL BE HONEST WITH YOU, KIND OF MAKES ME HAPPY.
THIS THING, YOU HAVE THOSE SEAL TO PUSH LIFE READINESS, COLOR READINESS, CAREER READINESS, EVEN IF YOU'RE NOT CURRENT TEACHING THAT COURSE, YOU COULD USE THAT.
AND THE INSTRUCTIONAL SUPPORT STUDENT LEADERSHIP COURSE WAS ALSO HIGHLIGHTED THE STATE GRANT BY THEIR STATE REPRESENTATIVE WHO WAS HERE.
I SAY NOT TWO WEEKS, TWO WEEKS AGO, FULL TRAINING.
SO IT WOULD BE UNIQUE FOR FUTURE, PROBABLY MAYBE ONE PERSON STAYING THAT'S BEEN SUPPORTED BY THIS GRANT AS WELL.
MADAME CHAIR, I HAVE A QUESTION.
UM, HOW LONG IS THE TEACHER TRAINING FOR THESE COURSES AND WHEN WILL THEY HAVE THIS TRAINING? WE COULDN'T SCHEDULE THE TRAINING YET, MS. MIDDLETON, BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE BOARD APPROVAL.
BUT ONCE THAT TRAINING COME IN, COMES IN, IT IS TWO WEEK TRAINING, BUT IT'S OVER A SIX MONTH PERIOD.
SO MY UNDERSTANDING IS THEY'LL DO TWO WEEKS OF TRAINING AND THEN WAIT, AND THEN DO THE NEXT TWO WEEKS OF TRAINING.
BUT ALL TEACHERS WILL BE TRAINED WITHIN THE SCHOOL.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? A SCHOOLWIDE INITIATIVE AS THE PRINCIPAL
BUT THEY WOULD BE HELD ALL IN THE SAME FOREST DESIGN AND IN SUPPORT OF THE SYLLABUS THAT'S APPROVED.
THEY'RE, THEY'RE BUT SHOULD YOU WANT TO START THAT? YOU WOULD HAVE THAT OPTION AT ANOTHER HIGH SCHOOL.
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AND IF ME SEE, BECAUSE THE ADDITIONAL ONES THAT ARE THE HONORS COURSES, RIGHT? NO.
YOU WANNA PUT INTO ONE MOTION.
THE LEADERSHIP CLASSES ARE HONORS AS WELL, THE YEAR THE YEARBOOK ARE, BUT THE LEADERSHIP TRULY TWO DIFFERENT THINGS.
SO WHAT WE HAVE AT THE TOP, WELL, WE DO HAVE SEAT HONORS.
THIS, THE LOCAL BOARD APPROVED COURSES.
THESE ARE NEW LOCAL BOARD APPROVED COURSES.
SO, UH, AND WHAT WE HAVE HERE ALSO NEW BOTH COURSES? NO, NO.
LET'S DIFFERENT, IT'S DIFFERENT.
SO WE NEED A TO APPROVE THE, UM, TO RE THE APPROVE THE, THE, UH, YES.
WE RECOMMEND TO THE FULL BOARD, APPROVE OF THE LOCAL BOARD, APPROVE THE APPLICATION.
I'LL SECOND MOTION TO RECOMMEND TO THE FULL BOARD THE LOCAL BOARD APPROVED APPLICATIONS.
AND AFTERWARDS, AND YOU LEFT THE WORD OUT MOTION TO RECOMMEND TO THE FULL BOARD APPROVAL.
APPROVAL OF THE LOCAL BOARD APPROVED APPLICATIONS.
ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS? NO, MA'AM.
BUT MR. SMITH HAS THIS HANG UP.
I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT'S MR. SMITH.
IS YOUR QUESTION RELATED TO THIS, UM, UH, MOTION THAT'S ON THE TABLE? I BELIEVE I HAVE MY HAND UP.
I BELIEVE, UM, THAT MR. CHRISTIAN DID SAY THAT.
UM, AND, AND, AND MY QUESTION IS RELATED TO WHAT, WHAT IS BEING SAID.
I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE I DIDN'T, I WAS GONNA CALL ON YOU.
I WANTED TO SEE IF WE SHOULD HAVE OUR VOTE FIRST.
MY QUESTION IS, UH, AND IN RELATION TO THIS MOTION, UH, IS THERE ANY MORE MORE WORD THAT YOU CAN PUT IN TO BE MORE DETAILED INTO THIS MOTION? IS MY QUESTION.
AND TO, AND TURN TO EXPLAIN, UH, THE HOURS TO EXPLAIN WHAT THE, THE HOURS OF THE, THE NUMBER OF CREDITS.
I THINK THAT'S INCLUDED IN THE APPLICATIONS.
AND THE APPLICATIONS ARE, WILL ALL BE LOADED ON BOARD DOCS, LIKE THEY SAY, WHETHER THEY'RE HALF UNIT, FULL UNIT.
SO JUST FOR A POINT OF CLARIFICATION, WOULD IT HELP IN THE MOTION TO SAY, UH, MOVE TO RECOMMEND TO FULL BOARD APPROVAL OF LOCAL BOARD APPROVED APPLICATION COURSES PRESENTED AT THE AUGUST, I MEAN, AUGUST.
I NEED THE WARM WEATHER ON DECEMBER 6TH, ACADEMIC COMMITTEE MEETING.
WOULD THAT NARROW GET A LITTLE MORE FOR CLARIFICATION? YES, FOR CLARIFICATION.
THAT IS WHAT I WAS LOOKING FOR, BUT I WAS JUST GONNA PULL IT OFF THE CONSENT AGENDA.
BUT YES, THAT WOULD, THAT WOULD, THAT WOULD HELP BECAUSE THESE WOULD BE NEW UNITS THAT WE ARE APPRO APPROVING FOR THE BOARD.
AND I JUST THOUGHT THAT THAT WOULD NEED TO HAVE A LITTLE MORE DETAIL IN IT.
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THAT? THAT'S, COULD YOU SAY THAT AGAIN? UM, AS JUST SAYING, I HAVE MOTION TO RECOMMEND TO THE FULL BOARD APPROVAL OF THE LOCAL BOARD APPROVED APPLICATIONS AS PRESENTED AT THE DECEMBER 6TH ACADEMIC COMMITTEE.ALTHOUGH I SAID AUGUST, I'M JUST THINKING MORE.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION AT THIS POINT? UM, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY MIDDLETON.
AND BOARD MEMBERS, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR OPPORTUNITY TO ACTUALLY SHARE SOME GOOD NEWS.
I APPRECIATE YOUR FEEDBACK FROM THIS COMMITTEE.
AT OUR LAST MEETING WHERE WE PRESENTED THE FIRST, OR WANNA CALL PHASE WAVE OF, OF HONORS OPTIONS FOR STUDENTS ENROLLED IN CTE AND OR JROTC COURSES.
AS A RESULT OF THAT, IT'S GENERATED, UH, A LOT MORE ENTRANCE.
WE'VE HAD INCREASED COLLABORATION AMONG OUR TEACHERS AND J RTC INSTRUCTORS.
UH, WE CONCLUDED TWO VIRTUAL SESSIONS, UH, TO GO OVER THE COMPONENTS AND HOW THEY WORK.
UH, AND I JUST INCLUDED ON THIS SLIDE, JUST AS A REMINDER, IT'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR ADVANCED COURSEWORK FOR OUR STUDENTS, UM, THAT CAN TAKE THAT PRACTICAL APPLICATION OF KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS BEYOND THE STATE STANDARDS.
AND IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO TRANSFER THAT KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS, UH, IN PREPARATION FOR SEVERAL OF OUR CHALLENGING OCCUPATIONS, UM, THAT ARE EITHER CURRENT OR E MIXED.
JUST AS A REMINDER, THIS, THIS IS WHERE WE, IT'S THESE ARE STATE COURSES.
UH, THEY'RE IN OUR CODING ACTIVITIES ANNUAL, UH, THEY'VE BEEN UTILIZED.
UH, THEY COUNT TOWARD GRADUATION CREDITS, UH, WOULD COGNITI CAREER READINESS.
UM, THIS IS JUST TAKING THAT COURSE CODE AND IT BASED OFF OF THE SOUTH CAROLINA FRAMEWORK AND THE CRITERIA THAT THEY DO IT FOR OR RECOMMEND, THEN THE STUDENT WOULD LIKE, WERE COMPLETE THAT THEY WOULD HAVE THE HONORS WAY TO THE QUALITY POINT ATTITUDE, THEIR, UM, OVERALL COURSE CODE.
AND THEREFORE IT FACTORS INTO THEIR GPA, WHICH, WHICH CAN BE A GOOD THING.
SO IN THE TEMPLATES, UH, THE TEACHERS HAVE PROVIDED PRESCRIPTIONS.
HOW IS IT ALIGNED TO THE STATE STANDARDS? UH, WHAT ARE SOME KEY HONORS CONCEPTS? UH, WHAT IS, WHAT ARE, WHAT ARE THEIR EXPECTATIONS AT THE PERFORMANCE, UH, HONORS LEVEL.
UM, THEY WILL WORK TOWARD STARTING A PORTFOLIO OF PACING GUYS, UM, LESSON PLANS WITH WE STARTING A GOOGLE DOCS FOR THIS RUBRICS TRADING PRACTICE AT THE VAN TO SHARE, AS WELL AS ANY INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS.
AGAIN, AS WE KNOW, THIS IS TEACHER INITIATIVE INITIATED.
AND BECAUSE THE SOUTH CAROLINA FRAMEWORK, THEY DO ASK THAT IT COMES IN FRONT OF THE BOARD, UH, FOR YOUR REVIEW AND APPROVAL.
FOR EXAMPLE, MR. CAMPBELL, UM, WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT THE JROTC HONORS, YOU, YOU WERE ASKING, I ALSO THINK MR. UH, EARL CAMPBELL WAS ASKING, HOW DO WE INCORPORATE AS THEY MOVE TO, UH, THE EARLIER LEVELS? WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? SO OUR INSTRUCTORS HAD SOME EXCELLENT CONVERSATIONS.
SO WE BRING FORWARD TO YOU TONIGHT, 23.
IF YOU BREAK DOWN THE COURSES FOR J RTC.
UH, IT'S IN FOUR APPLICATIONS, UH, AND THEN SIX CAREER AND TECHED, UH, OF THE CAREER.
I'M EXCITED THAT, UH, ENTREPRENEURSHIP HAS BEEN BROUGHT FORWARD TO ASK FOR HONORS WAY.
AND WE HAVE SEVERAL TEACHERS THAT HAVE BEEN ADVOCATING FOR THIS.
UM, IT, IT WILL BE AVAILABLE TO ALL HIGH SCHOOLS OR ALL OF OUR HIGH SCHOOL WANTED TO PARTICIPATE WITH THIS.
UM, AS WELL AS, UH, CHIEF FORT CARER, OUR CTE COMPUTER SCIENCE ESSENTIALS.
IT WILL BE AVAILABLE AS AN HONORS OPTION FOR PENDING OF THIS MEETING FOR ALL HIGH SCHOOLS.
AND THEN I WANNA SHARE WITH YOU, HEMAN ISLAND HIGH SCHOOL IN, WELL BRANCH OVER COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL, BRINGING FORTH THEIR CYBER SECURITY COURSE THAT THEY'RE OFFERING.
AS, AS I WANNA POINT OUT, JUST A FEW LITTLE COMPONENTS.
UH, IT IS ALREADY AT A RIGOROUS LEVEL, SO WE'RE EXCITED.
THEY WANTED TO, TO, UM, HAVE THIS BE HONORS.
AND THEN SHOUT OUT TO MRS. JENNIFER CALORI, THE INSTRUCTOR AT BEAUFORT, JASPER ACE.
SHE WANTED TO BE A PART OF THIS WITH, UH, DR.
AND SO SHE'S DONE A FABULOUS JOB ON PRESENTING TONIGHT, UM, UH, EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES
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LEVELS ONE, TWO, AND THREE.UM, AND THEN OF COURSE, WITH THE, UM, J OTCS, I APPRECIATE MR. RALPH, YOU'LL BE ABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
WHAT WE DID WAS, IF YOU, IF YOU RECALL YOU PREVIOUSLY, UH, THROUGH CURRENT FOSTER APPROVED LEVEL SEVEN EIGHT, WE HAVE EIGHT STATE COURSE CODES THAT ARE IN ACTIVITY MANUAL.
WE THOUGHT WE, WE'D START AT THE TOP AND WE WORK BACKWARDS.
THROUGH MUCH GREAT DISCUSSION AND COLLABORATION.
AND I, I THINK, UM, UH, LIEUTENANT COLONEL THOMPSON AT BEAUFORD HIGH SCHOOL, I HAVE TO GIVE HIM CREDIT.
HE WAS ABLE TO PLAY IT OUT AT A, A FORMAT THAT ALL OF US, RALPH AND I, AND THE INSTRUCTORS, UH, TO AGREE UPON.
SO WHEN YOU SEE LEVELS THREE THROUGH EIGHT, UH, THAT WILL HIT THE LITTLE HIGHLIGHTS.
UH, NOW THEY'LL HAVE AN OPTION, UH, LEVELS ONE AND TWO COUNTS TOWARD, UH, PHYSICAL EDUCATION.
SO PER THE STATE THAT CANNOT BE HONORS, BUT STARTING IN, IN THREE, IF THEY FEEL LIKE THERE'S CADETS THAT THEY'RE GONNA TAKE TOWARD THAT LEADERSHIP, UH, PATH, THEN THEY'LL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THAT.
SO I WANTED TO, TO HIGHLIGHT A FEW, JUST TO SHARE THE SCOPE AND THE DEPTH AND BREADTH OF THIS.
FOR EXAMPLE, IN THE ENTREPRENEURSHIP, THIS IS WHAT THE, UM, PART OF THE FRAMEWORK SAYS.
THEY HAVE TO PROVIDE A REAL WORLD EXAMPLE OF HOW, UH, STUDENTS ENGAGE IN CRITICAL THINKING.
SO THIS IS THE HONORS ACTIVITY FOR ENTREPRENEURSHIP.
I THOUGHT THE TEACHERS DID AN EXCELLENT JOB.
HONORS STUDENTS WILL RESEARCH AND SELECT THE BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY USING PRIMARY OR SECONDARY DATA SORT.
THEY'LL PERFORM OUR COMPETITIVE ANALYSIS.
THEY'LL INCLUDE DIRECT AND COMPETITORS INDUSTRY TRENDS.
THEY'LL PREPARE A SWAT ANALYSIS AND INCLUDE IN A BUSINESS PLAN.
THEY'LL DETERMINE A MARKETING MIX.
THEY'LL DESIGN A PHYSICAL LAYOUT TO MEET THE NEEDS.
IF IT'S A, A PHYSICAL, UH, BUILDING, THEY'LL ESTIMATE COST AND EQUIPMENT SUPPLIES, INVENTORY.
THEY'LL PREPARE MANAGEMENT PLAN.
THEN THE STUDENTS WILL PITCH SIMILAR TO A SHARK TANK, UH, THEIR BUSINESS IDEA TO A PANEL OF THEIR PEERS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS.
UH, SO TO ME THAT'S AN EXCELLENT WAY TO ENGAGE THE STUDENTS.
TAKE IT ABOVE AND BEYOND THE STANDARD LEVELS.
ANOTHER ONE FOR THE EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES, UH, THE BUSINESS CALORI, SHE INCLUDED HER APPLICATION TO HELP BUILD CRITICAL THINKING, UH, AROUND TRIAGE.
SHE SAYS THAT STUDENTS FROM, THEY GENERALLY FINISH THE EMS OPERATIONS MODULE WHERE TRIAGE AND MASS NA CASUALTY INCIDENTS HAVE BEEN TAUGHT.
STUDENTS WILL BE PAIRED INTO TEAMS OF TWO.
THEY'LL SIMULATE THE SETTING OF HAVING A PARTNER AND WORKING ON AN AMBULANCE.
UH, THEY'LL, WE'LL, UH, DO A SIMULATION OF BEING DISPATCH DISPATCHED.
SO A MASS CASUALTY INCIDENT WITH MULTIPLE PATIENTS.
UH, THEY'LL WORK IN TEAMS. THEY'LL HAVE TO PROVIDE THE APPROPRIATE DOCUMENTATION AND STUDENTS, ONCE THEY DETERMINE THE PRIORITY STATUS OF EACH INDIVIDUAL PATIENT, AND THEN THEY HAVE TO DO A REFLECTION AS TO WHY THEY, THEY, THEY DID THAT PRIORITY.
UM, ONE OTHER, ONE OTHER ONE, UH, ON THE COMPUTER SCIENCE ESSENTIALS, UH, REALLY LIKE THIS ONE, UH, THAT, UH, TEACHERS BROUGHT FORWARD AFTER APPLYING, AFTER LEARNING TO APPLY THE ESSENTIAL CONCEPTS AND PRACTICE OF COMPUTER SCIENCE THROUGH AN APP CREATION.
HONOR STUDENTS WILL APPLY THEIR SKILLS TO EXPLORE OTHER INNOVATIONS IN COMPUTER SCIENCE THAT'S CHANGING OUR WORLD, SUCH AS SELF-DRIVING VEHICLES AND OR IMAGE PROCESS.
HONOR STUDENTS WILL EXPLORE THE SIMILARITIES AND DIFFERENCES IN APP CREATION.
FINALLY, THEY WILL WORK WITH THE TEAM TO CREATE AN APP, WHETHER FOR CREATIVE EXPRESSION OR TO TRY TO SOLVE A PROBLEM THAT THE TEAM IDENTIFIES WITHIN THE LOCAL COMMUNITY.
SO I, I JUST, I THINK, YOU KNOW, THERE SOME EXCELLENT EXAMPLES THAT THE TEACHERS HAD BROUGHT FORWARD.
AND I KNOW, UH, RALPH, DID YOU WANT TO SHARE? UM, LIKE FOR BUFORD WAS THE ONE TO SIT OUT FOR YOU OR FOR THE, UH, LIKE THE AIR FORCE? UM, ONE OF THE BIGGEST THINGS, AND REALLY LIKE, ONE OF THE ITEMS HE BROUGHT UP AND, AND I THINK THE OTHER MS. CAMPBELL WAS WHAT ABOUT THE YOUNGER KIDS? BECAUSE KEEP IN MIND, BACK WHEN IT WAS, UM, A SCHEDULE, THEY DID IT FOR AN ENTIRE YEAR.
SO THERE WAS ONLY LEVEL ONE THROUGH FOUR AS WE KNEW IT.
LIKE MR. SMITH, WHEN HE WAS AT
ONCE WE MADE IT A FOUR BY FOUR, THE STATE ADDED 5 3 8.
WELL, THAT TAKES UP A LOT OF TIME FOR THE KIDS IF THEY'RE NOT TRULY DEDICATED, UH, SOMETIMES BASED ON SCHEDULING.
UM, AND IT WAS REALLY HIGHLIGHTED BY WHAT YOU BROUGHT UP.
SOMEBODY MAY TAKE IT IN NINTH GRADE, MAY NOT TAKE IT AGAIN UNTIL THE JUNIOR YEAR.
IT, BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO BE ABLE TO FIT IT.
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IT.SO WITH THAT, UM, THE OVERALL CONCEPT LIKE BEING IN THE MILITARY IS THE INFORMING LEADERS.
UM, WHETHER IT'S A LOGISTICS OFFICER, WHETHER IT'S AN ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER, UM, COMMAND STAFF THAT PARTICIPATES AND, AND DOES TRAINING ACTIVITIES, LEADERSHIP ACTIVITIES ON THE WEEKENDS OR AFTER SCHOOL.
UH, THE LEADERS OF THE MARKSMANSHIP TEAM, THE DRILLING CEREMONY TEAM, THESE, THAT'S PART OF IT.
COUPLED WITH THEY ALSO HAVE TO DO A PORTFOLIO.
AND, AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT IT, ONE OF 'EM IS, UH, LIKE
THEY, THEY, THEY HAVE A PROPOSED, THEY DO THE ROUGH DRAFT.
IT'S A WHOLE SEQUENCE, JUST LIKE A MILITARY INSPECTION, THEY, SO TO SPEAK.
UM, AND IT'S SET ON WHAT THEY HAVE TO ACHIEVE IN ORDER TO DO IT.
NOW KEEP IN MIND, UM, THE COLONEL, I CAN BE IN J TC ONE, I'M SORRY, CAN BE IN J TC THREE, BUT I'M JUST THERE.
I DON'T HAVE THAT LEADERSHIP DEVELOPED YET.
UM, SO WE CAN, WE'RE GONNA BE IN THE SAME CLASS, BUT HE, HE PRE TASKED AS AN HONORS AND I'LL BE REGULAR.
SO, SO PARTICULARLY THE SAME COURSE AND THE SAME MATERIAL TOO, OR IT'S, IT'S, THE BASE MATERIAL IS THE SAME, BUT THERE ARE SET REQUIREMENTS LISTED IN THE APPLICATION.
THAT PERSON WITH THE HONORS HAS IT AS WELL AS THE LEADERSHIP IS IN.
AS WELL AS SUPERVISING THE MEMBERS IN THAT CLASS.
WHICH IS UP BEFORE, BUT NOT BEING ON.
SO THEIR VISOR RIGHT NOW IS WE SPEAK, UM, BUT EVERYBODY'S ON THE SAME, I MEAN, CURRENTLY EVERYBODY HAS THE SAME COURSE CODE.
IT'S WHY THEY WERE ASKING COULD THEY BE A PART OF THIS HONOR'S OPTION.
SO IT HAPPENS IF BATTALION LEADERS ACTUALLY TAKE ON ADDITIONAL COURSE RESPONSIBILITIES BEYOND WHAT THE WHOLE CLASS IS BEING TAUGHT.
THEY ALSO TAKE ON A LOT OF WORK AT THE SCHOOL WITH BATTALION, BATTALION LEADERS AND YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH.
AND THEN THERE ARE KIDS WHO WILL WORK BECAUSE THEY'RE RECOGNIZING.
BUT THE OTHER PART THAT I HAVE TO SHARE, BECAUSE THIS PART OF NOT HONORS, THEY'RE GONNA ANOTHER AREA.
IT'S JUST, AND WE'RE SEEING ATTRITION BECAUSE OF THAT AS WELL.
WELL, THAT'S PART OF MY, IS THAT EFFECT, ARE WE CREATING THIS TO HELP THAT FUNNEL EFFECT WITH TCO HELP STUDENTS WHOT ACTUALLY GO TO LEADERSHIP ROLE LEADERSHIP AND RETENTION.
BUT I MEAN, I'M SURE YOU'RE ENVISIONING THAT YOU'RE GONNA HAVE PUT THAT HONEST COMPONENT.
YOU'RE GONNA HAVE MOST POSSIBLE CANDIDATES IN ORDER TOC EARLIER.
I'M CONCERNED THAT YOU'RE NOT JUST CREATING ANOTHER LAND OF ACADEMICS.
YOU JUST WANNA GIVE THOSE STUDENTS AN OPPORTUNITY TO SAY, COLONEL FOSTER ELOQUENTLY NOTED IN THE FIRST REATION IS A LOT OF GREAT STUDENTS WOULD LOVE TO TAKE THESE, BUT IF THEY'RE ON A COLLEGE PATH, DON'T ALWAYS DO THAT.
I HOPE YOU UNDERSTAND MY POINT.
MY POINT IS I WANT, I DON'T WANT YOU TO REWRITE THE ROTC PROGRAM TO AGREE IN A, FOR STUDENTS WHO GENERALLY WOULD NOT EVEN TO BE IN R I DO THE RE-WRITING STUDENTS ARE COMMITTED TO, THAT'S AT THE REQUEST.
AND QUITE HONESTLY, THEY USED TO TEACH IT THERE THAT EVERY STUDENT THEN AND NOW, UM, HAS TO WANNA BE IN ROTC TO STAY IN ROTC.
THEY HAVE, THEY, THEY, THEY CAN'T WEAR THE NAIL POLISH.
AND THIS REPRESENTS A PATHWAY.
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THAT ACADEMIC, IT MIGHT ALSO REPRESENT A PATHWAY TO THAT STUDENT WHO'S THINKING WEST POINT, BUT HAS NO MILITARY BACKGROUND.YOU'RE, I DON'T CARE ABOUT IT.
I WANT THAT TOO, BUT I WANT NUMBER ONE TO BE THE HE DOESN'T EXPENSE OF THE OTHERS.
THAT'S, I I DON'T SEE WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, MR. AND SO THE STATE ACTUALLY FOR THE FRAMEWORK REQUIRES THAT WE OFFER BOTH.
SO THE BOTH STUDENTS THAT THEY, THEY REALLY DON'T WANNA DO THE, THEY STILL WANNA BE A PART OF THAT.
THEN WE'RE REQUIRED TO OFFER BOTH, UM, OPTIONS.
I JUST, I UNDERSTAND THAT WE, FOR OUR, YOU KNOW, I'M, I'M, I, YOU KNOW, I, SO COLONEL A COUPLE YEARS AGO, I'M FOR BUILDING THAT CAPACITY FOR ROTC, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE I THINK THAT'S, THAT'S A, YOU KNOW, THAT'S AN AREA THAT WE CAN DO BETTER THAN IN TERMS OF PUTTING STUDENTS OUT AND, AND IT'S A BETTER STUDENT COMING OUT OF THAT PROGRAM THAN GOING IN.
AND THERE'S A BETTER STUDENT THAT BOTH OF THE OTHER STUDENTS WHO DON'T GO IN THAT PROGRAM.
BUT I DON'T WANT IT TO BE, UH, YES, THAT'S, IT SHOULD BE INCLUSIONARY.
RIGHT? WE'RE REQUIRED BY, BY STATE TO MAINTAIN BOTH COURSES AND THE OF THE DESK REQUIRE A BUNCH OF CHILDREN.
AND QUITE FRANKLY, AS SOMEBODY THAT USED TO TEACH AT JRTC, YOU GO BY YOUR SCHOOL IN YOUR, IN YOUR AREA AND, AND YOU WATCH THEM STAND OUT THERE, PROBABLY THAT'S THE MOST INCLUSION OF ANY PROGRAM PROGRAMING.
SHE, SO YOU KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT THAT.
AND I MEAN, I USED TO FIGHT, WE FOUGHT AT THE DISTRICT TO GET LETTERMAN JACKETS FOR KIDS THAT WERE ON DRILL TEAM, BECAUSE THOSE ARE NOT THE KIDS THAT WERE GOING TO THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP IN FOOTBALL.
BUT THAT WAS THEIR STATE CHAMPIONSHIP IN FOOTBALL.
THEY DID HAVE THE BEST TEAM IN THE SCHOOL.
THEY TAKE KIDS WHERE THEY'RE AT, WHETHER THEY PICKED UP A TOOL OR THEY'VE BEEN USING MM-HMM.
UH, AND MOVING FORWARD, MS. ROMINE, UH, THE REASON WE BROUGHT THIS SECOND, UH, OFFER TO YOU IS BECAUSE THEY REALLY, AS COLONEL FOSTER KNOW, WOULD REALLY LIKE TO GET THIS IN FOR SECOND SEMESTER.
THEN MOVING FORWARD, WE'LL USE TAKE PROCESS WHERE WE WILL COME TO, TO YOU ONCE A YEAR WITH A LISTING OF ANY REQUEST SO THAT IT SHOULD SUSTAIN THIS PROCESS.
SO WE EXPANDED, THIS IS AN EXPANSION OF WHAT WE HAD APPROVED REGULAR EARLIER.
MR. EARL CAMPBELL HAS A QUESTION.
UM, HAS THERE BEEN ANY DISCUSSION WITH ACE OR EITHER DETECTIVE COLLEGE OF LOW COUNTRY OR US CB TO HAVE A PROGRAM? UH, UM, DOCTORS, UM, ASSISTANT PHYSICIAN.
WE, UH, FROM OUR LAST CONVERSATION, UH, TALKED WITH MRS. HARDY, WHO PUT FORTH THAT FIRST HONORS REQUEST, AND SHE WAS VERY EXCITED TO ADD IT, WHICH SHE DID TO THE, THE TEMPLATE AND THE OTHER TEACHERS WHO WILL BE TEACHING THAT ALSO AGREED.
UM, AS FAR AS A, A FORMAL COURSE OFFERING MM-HMM.
AND WELL BRANCH WILL BE INCLUDED IN THAT.
COLONEL? UM, FROM THE ROTC, I SEE THAT HONORS PROGRAM ATTRACTING OUR MOTIVATED FOLKS CAUSE OF THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE A HIGHER GRADE OR GRADE POINT ON THEIR, ON THEIR APPLICATION.
BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, THE LEADERSHIP PROGRAMS THAT YOU, OTHER PROGRAMS THAT YOU HAVE, THEIR, THEIR THEORY PROGRAMS FROM.
AND, AND THAT APPLICATION IS, UH, IS I HOPE TO ATTRACT PEOPLE.
CAUSE IT TAKES, IT TAKES SOME EMOTIONAL ENERGY YES.
I, I WOULD LIKE TO ASK A QUESTION ABOUT THE COMPUTER SCIENCE.
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I, I HEARD, I READ A DESCRIPTION OR DESCRIPTION, AND IT SEEMS LIKE IT'S USUALLY INTO HTML AND THROUGH APP APP DEVELOPMENT, SO ON.BUT THE REAL, THE REAL POWER OF COMPUTER SCIENCE IS, IS BASIC PROGRAMMING.
SO I I'M GLAD YOU BROUGHT THAT UP.
SO THIS COMPUTER SCIENCE ESSENTIALS IS THE FIRST COURSE FOR TRADITIONAL NINTH, 10TH GRADER.
BUT WE'RE OFFERING AS A NINTH AND 10TH GRADE OFFERING.
IT'S THE FIRST OF A FOUR COURSE SEQUENCE THROUGH PROJECT LEGAL AID, WHICH IS OUR CURRICULUM PROVIDER.
SO IT HAS THE STATE STANDARDS OFFERED THROUGH THEM.
THEY'RE, THEY'RE GETTING THAT FOUNDATIONAL CONCEPTS IN COMPUTER SCIENCE ESSENTIALS.
THE SECOND COURSE IS COMPUTER SCIENCE PRINCIPLES.
WE'VE BEEN OFFERING THAT FOR A WHILE.
SO IT WAS ALREADY GRANDFATHERED IN AS AN HONOR HONORS OPTION.
SO THEN C S P TAKES IT TO THAT NEXT LEVEL.
AND THEN COMPUTER SCIENCE CYBERSECURITY PROJECT LEAD THE WAY IS THE THIRD COURSE.
AND THEN THERE'S ONE MORE THAT THEY CAN TAKE.
THEY, THEY CAN EITHER DO THE INTERNSHIP ROUTE OR THEY CAN TAKE THE AP COURSE FOR COMPUTER GOT, SO EACH, EACH ONE.
IT'S, I CAN, THIS IS A FUNDAMENTAL ONE, RIGHT.
BUT I'M CONCERNED ABOUT IS CAMPBELL MENTIONED YOU HAVE A LOT OF MATHEMATICS COURSES.
THE BASIC PROGRAMMING IS MATHEMATICS.
IT'S AN APPLICATION OF MATHEMATIC PRINCIPLES.
AND THAT TO ME IS WHEN YOU, WHEN YOU GO INTO TECHNOLOGY, IF YOU DON'T HAVE THAT FUNDAMENTAL KNOWLEDGE OF THE BASIC PHILOSOPHY AND, AND LANGUAGE OF MAN LANGUAGE, LANGUAGE OF MATH, YOU WILL NOT BE SUCCESSFUL.
I MEAN, YOU, YOU CAN BE A GREAT, YOU CAN DESIGN GRAPHICS AND YOU CAN DRAW STUFF AND YOU CAN, YOU CAN PUT, UH, GRAPHIC, UH, PIECES AND BELLS AND WHISTLES.
BUT IF YOU CAN'T GET DOWN AND TO MAKE THE ROBOT WITH A POINT A TO POINT B, YOU'RE JUST KIDDING YOURSELF.
YOU'RE GONNA BE NOTHING MORE THAN SOMEBODY'S GONNA SIT IN A THING AND DO MINOR THINGS.
YOU'RE, YOU'RE NOT GONNA BUILD, NOT GONNA BE A BILL GATES.
YOU'RE NOT GONNA BE A GUY THAT MATHEMATICS.
SO WHAT YOU SUGGESTING, WELL, WHAT I'M, WHAT I'M SUGGESTING IS, IS THAT THERE NEEDS TO BE A RELATIONSHIP WITH MATHEMATICS DEPARTMENT.
SO THE MATHEMATICS TEACHER, IT'S NOT JUST COMPUTER SCIENCE OUTSIDE OF MATH, THE OTHERS, THEY GOTTA COME.
BUT THAT'S ACTUALLY HAPPENING WITH SOME OF THE MATH THROUGH SRV, WITHIN OUR NSAT SCHOOLS.
AND THAT THERE GRANT SCHOOLS, THAT IS THEIR INTENT IN THE MATH.
WHAT THEY DO IS GOOD OBSERVATIONS AND THEY JOIN LESSON PLANNING.
NOW, LET'S STATE THAT LESSON PLANNING HAVE COMPONENT AND TEAM.
UM, THEY'RE AN OUTSIDE CONSULTANT THAT IS BUILDING THAT CAPACITY AMONGST EDUCATORS, BUT THAT, THAT TYPE OF WORK IS HAPPENING SO THAT IT'S NOT ISOLATION.
ON POINT POINT THAT THE APPLICATION SOUNDS ISSUES.
BUT I, I ALSO THOUGHT OF PROGRESSION IS A PART OF THAT, YOU KNOW, THE PROGRESSION, THAT THIRD FEAR, IT'S GONNA BE MATH, IT'S GONNA BE HEAVY MATH.
AND BY THEN THEY'LL HAVE SOME APPRECIATION, HOPEFULLY OF THE TECHNOLOGY.
BUT YOU STRUGGLE WITH THE PROGRAM AND CAN'T, RIGHT.
YOU KNOW, BE OR YOU FINDS THAT'S, THEY, THEY'VE, THAT'S, THAT'S PROBABLY TO, TO TO TO REAL LIFE.
IF YOU, YOU KNOW, NOW IT'S HOW THIS, THIS HAPPENING, HOW THIS REALLY, YOU KNOW, GETTING IT DONE AND, AND HOW DO WE PROTECT THAT'S LEVEL.
HOW DO WE, WHAT WE HAVE, AND THAT'S UNDER LEVEL.
YOU
AND THEY UNDERSTAND ENOUGH OF THE BASIC PROGRAMMING TO GET INTO THE BELL AND WHISTLES
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AND OTHER THINGS.BUT, BUT, UH, AND THAT'S, YOU KNOW, THAT'S YOUR ARGUMENT.
BUT THAT'S, WE'RE GONNA REQUIRE A LOT MORE MATH TEACHERS WHO UNDERSTAND PROGRAMMING.
A GOOD EXAMPLE THAT MR. CAMPBELL IS, WE HAVE A WONDERFUL MATH.
HE'S BEEN A MATH EXPERIENCE MATH TEACHER AT, WELL BRANCH, EARLY COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL.
AND HE, UH, WE SENT HIM TO TRAINING TO DO PROJECT LEAD WAY ENGINEERING.
HE'D BE WONDERFUL WITH HIS COMPUTER SCIENCE.
AND HE IS DOING A PHENOMENAL JOB WITH THE ENGINEERING BECAUSE HE HAS THAT GOOD MATH.
AND, AND THEY DO DO ROBOTICS UNTIL, SO THAT'S WHAT WE DON'T WANT, IS WE DON'T WANT A GANGER SAYING, I CAN DO THIS CAUSE I RIGHT.
YOU GOTTA HAVE MOVE THE JOYSTICK AROUND.
THAT'S, AND THAT'S A LIMITED COMPONENT FOR THE COMPUTER WORLD.
WE WANT THOSE, THOSE CYBERSECURITY EXPERTS MOVING THERS.
UPPER SECURITY IS GONNA BE ALL ABOUT THAT.
WE HOPE THAT'S GONNA EXPAND ALL OF OUR HIGH SCHOOL AT SOME POINT.
AND, AND AGAIN, SPEAKING BACK TO BOTH OF YOU, UM, ON DOWN THE ROAD, I THINK AGAIN, BY ENGAGING MORE OF OUR MIDDLE SCHOOL MATH SCIENCE TEACHERS ALONG WITH THAT MIDDLE SCHOOL CTE, COMPUTER SCIENCE COURSES KIND HELP WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT.
TO BUILD I WAS GONNA ASK ABOUT YOUR PROGRAM BASED PROGRAM.
SO BREAKS IN, SO THE GRANT IS TRAINING EDUCATORS ON THE APPLICATION.
THE COMPUTER SCIENCE APPLICATION FROM ELEMENTARY MSAT GRANT IS DOING VERY SIMILAR AS WELL.
SO IT'S GONNA TAKE TIME OF BUILDING THAT CAPACITY.
THAT WAS THE PURPOSE OF REACHING OUT FOR THESE GRANTS IS BUILDING THE EDUCATORS CAPACITY, BUT THEN FINDING THOSE GATEWAY OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR CHILDREN.
HOPEFULLY DIVISION DOWN THE ROAD IS THAT LONG TERM, THERE'S A MODEL STUDENTS, THAT'S GONNA BE OUR MODEL.
EVERY STUDENT BY THE TIME HE GETS TO SIXTH, SEVENTH GRADE, STEP UP BASIC MATH OR TECHNOLOGICAL SKILL TO CODE WHAT HE WANTS ANYWHERE IN TERMS OF THE COMPUTER FIELD AND THE HIGH SCHOOL IS THERE, BUT YOU KNOW, RIGHT NOW IT'S OVER HERE.
IT'S OVER THERE AND THE CAPACITY ISN'T THERE.
BUT WE GOTTA TAKE THAT INFRASTRUCTURE.
I THINK ALSO LIKE OUR UNIVERSITIES HAVE TO REALIZE THE APPLICATION TEACHING EDUCATORS IN THE
NOT ALSO PICKING UP THAT PRACTICE.
CAUSE THAT SHOULD BE A STANDARD TO SUCCEED.
THERE COULD ALSO BE THAT LANGUAGE.
SO THE SAME PROCESS, THE ROBOT WOULD BE WHAT WE DID.
THE LAST ONE, WE HAVE THE SIGNATURE PAGES FOR THAT.
THE PRINCIPAL, THE TEACHERS HAVE SIGNED FOR ALL THE SCHOOLS.
AND, AND THEN, UM, MR. SMITH, DID YOU HAVE A QUESTION? UH, YES I DO.
WELL THEN THIS CONVERSATION IS A GOOD CONVERSATION, BUT, UM, JUST LISTENING TO SOME OF THE COMMENTS IN TERMS OF THE MATH, THE MATH AND DIFFERENT THINGS OF THE DIFFERENT LEVEL OF THE DIFFERENT LEVELS OF COURSES.
WHERE DOES, I KNOW WE'VE LOST STAR BASE, UM, WHAT CONVERSATIONS HAVE WE HAD IN TERMS OF BRINGING THAT BACK, UH, OR, OR ENCOURAGING THE, THE BASE TO BRING BACK STAR BASE.
BECAUSE STAR BASE WAS A BIG FACTOR THAT WE'VE LOST AND THEY'RE CONTINUOUSLY, UH, USING THE COUNTY AND USING OUR SERVICES.
AND SOME OF OUR HOSPITALITY SERVICES THAT WE'RE BUILDING IN THE DISTRICT IS ALSO, UH, BEING USED BY THE MILITARY.
HOW ARE WE MAKING THAT IMPACTFUL INTO, UH, INTO ENTERING THEM TO, AND AND, AND ENCOURAGING THEM TO BRING BACK STAR BASE? OK, GO AHEAD.
UH, MR. SMITH, THAT STAR BASE, UM, THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE, UM, ACTUALLY THROUGH THE BASE COMMANDER AT, UH, MARINE CORPS AIR STATION, THAT THAT PROGRAM HAS GONE AWAY.
OR LIKE, AND SO MY, SO MY POINT IS THAT THE PROGRAM GOING TO ME AS A BOARD MEMBER STAR BASE GOING AWAY IS VERY PROBLEMATIC.
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OF THE FACT OF EVERY TIME WE GO OUT IN TOWN, I HEAR, I HEAR FREEDOM AS, AS THEY SAY, I HEAR THESE LOUD PLANES AND I HEAR THIS A BUNCH OF NOISE.AND IF, IF WE'RE BENDING TO THEM AND WE'RE SERVING SOME OF THEIR, SOME OF, SOME OF, SOME OF THEIR, WE'RE SERVING THEIR STUDENTS AND, AND, AND, AND SOME OF THE PEOPLE THAT THEY'RE BRINGING IN TOWN, THEN AS SOME, AS SOME, AS SOME AREA, THEN WE WOULD NEED THEM TO BE ABLE TO BEAR SERVICE TOO.
BECAUSE WE, WE AS, AS, AS CITIZENS, WE SHOULD HAVE SOMETHING THAT THEY SHOULD, THEY SHOULD OFFER US SOME TYPE OF SERVICE THAT HAVE US TO ATTRACT TO THEM AS WELL.
AND I BELIEVE STAR BASE WAS ONE OF THOSE PROGRAMS THAT WAS ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT, THAT ATTRACT TO THE, THE, THE PEOPLE IN BEFORD COUNTY BECAUSE THEY HAD OFFERED STAR BASE.
AND MY THING IS, WHAT ARE WE DOING TO ENCOURAGE THEM TO KEEP STAR BASE AND NOT GET RID OF IT? BECAUSE I'VE HEARD, AND I'VE BEEN IN CONVERSATION WITH A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO ARE VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THEM GETTING RID OF STAR BASE.
AND SO MY, SO THAT'S MY QUESTION, YOU KNOW, THE SAME WAY HOW WE GIVE Y'ALL SOME THINGS IN THE DISTRICT, THE BASE SHOULD BE ABLE TO GIVE, TO OFFER US, OFFER US SOME THINGS IN RETURN AS WELL.
THAT'S PRETTY GOOD POINT MR. MR. SMITH AND ALL TRUE, WE HAD HAD SOME MEETINGS WITH THE, UH, BASE REGARDING STAR BASE.
UM, I, IT WAS THEIR CHOICE TO PULL IT AND MAYBE WE COULD DO A LITTLE ONE LEG WORK AND GIVE YOU A KIND, AN UPDATE TO THAT.
UM, IF YOU WANNA GIVE, MAYBE WE CAN GET A LITTLE MORE CONVERSATION ON THAT, SIR.
I WOULD DEFINITELY APP, I WOULD DEFINITELY APPRECIATE IT.
I THINK THAT WAS, AND I THINK EVEN, YOU KNOW, BOARD MEMBERS SHOULD SEE THE, THE IMPORTANCE OF THAT PROGRAM AND OF THE SIGNIFICANCE THAT IT BROUGHT TO THIS DISTRICT, INTO THE PEOPLE OF, OF THIS COUNTY AS WELL.
SO, I MEAN, I, I'M SURE I DON'T, I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW HOW THE, WELL, I DON'T KNOW HOW SOME OTHER BOARDS FEEL ABOUT IT, BUT LIKE I SAID, I'VE HAD PEOPLE WHO'VE, WHO'VE ALL, WHO'VE, WHO'VE BROUGHT THAT TO MY ATTENTION AND WHO HAVE HAD THAT CONVERSATION.
AND SO I, I WOULD DEFINITELY LIKE TO KNOW WHERE THAT'S GOING AT AND HOW CAN WE BE IMPACTFUL OF, OF, OF, OF BRINGING THAT.
BECAUSE I KNOW THAT WE, WE, WE DO A AWFUL LOT OF GIVING THEM, UH, GIVING THE GOVERNMENT AND GIVING THOSE BASE, UH, DIFFERENT, DIFFERENT THINGS AND BREAKS AND HOOPS AND HURDLES SO THAT THEY CAN, SO THAT THEY CAN STAY, SO THAT THEY CAN STAY IN BUFORD COUNTY AND, AND, AND EVEN THOUGH GIVING UP LAND.
SO I'M DEFINITELY INTERESTED IN HAVING TO HAVE, HAVING THAT CONVERSATION FURTHER WITH THEM.
SO NOW, UM, IT APPEARS WE NEED A MOTION TO RECOMMEND TO THE FULL BOARD THE APPROVAL OF HONORS LEVEL COURSES AS PRESENTED AT THE DECEMBER 6TH ACADEMIC COMMITTEE.
IS THAT THE MOTION WE NEED? SHALL MOVE? OKAY.
BY NOW, CAMPBELL, ANY DISCUSSION? NO.
UH, ALL THOSE, UM, AN APPROVAL OF THIS MOTION TO RECOMMEND TO THE FULL BOARD THE APPROVAL HONORS LEVEL COURSES AS PRESENTED TODAY, PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I, I, I.
AND, UM, I'M THIS LAST ONE WITH THE HONORS LEVEL COURSES, UM, THAT ALL THESE WILL BE LOADED INTO BOARD DOCS, ALL THESE APPLICATIONS.
I'M WONDERING IF THIS LAST, THE HONORS LEVEL COURSES COULD GO IN THE CONSENT AGENDA, UM, TO BE APPROVED IN, I MEAN, I GUESS WE CAN MAKE A MOTION AND APPROVE IT.
WE'RE NOT GONNA GO INTO EACH ONE OF THESE AT A MEETING.
THAT'S SO, WHAT, WHAT'S THE OF THE BOARD? JUST HAVE ME, YEAH.
THIS ONE WILL PLACE IN CONSENT.
IS THIS, THIS WOULD BE A, YEAH.
AND, YOU KNOW, REALLY, PEOPLE NEED TO DO THEIR HOMEWORK AND READ THESE FRAMEWORKS.
UM, SO IS THAT BOTH THE FRAMEWORK AS WELL AS THE LOCAL BOARD APPROVED APPLICATIONS OR JUST, AM I PUTTING BOTH OF THEM IN? I, I WOULD SAY YES.
HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT THAT? YES.
YEAH, THEY CAN ALWAYS BE PULLED OUT, BUT I, I THINK THERE'S SO MUCH MATERIAL HERE AND SO MUCH WORK.
WELL, I'LL GO AHEAD AND TELL YOU NOW.
I, I DON'T THINK THAT THIS SHOULD BE PUT IN CONSENT BECAUSE THIS IS A VERY SERIOUS, UH, THESE ARE VERY SERIOUS DECISIONS THAT WE'RE MAKING.
AND TO ADD TO THE MENU IS VERY IMPORTANT.
AND WE UNDERSTAND THE MENU THAT WE'RE OFFERING AS BOARD MEMBERS.
I THINK THAT EACH BOARDMAN SHIP, UH, HAVE,
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HAVE SOME TIME IN THE MEETING WHERE WE USED TO HAVE TO HAVE TWO MEETINGS OR SOMETHING, OR, OR TWO DAYS TO UNDERSTAND EXACTLY AND DIGEST WHAT WE'RE PUTTING IN.AND NOT JUST READING IT, BUT ALSO US HAVING A DISCUSSION, A DISCUSSION ABOUT IT AND PROCESSES.
AND SO, I, I PERSONALLY WITH ALL THAT, WHAT I JUST SAID, I, I DON'T SEE A A, A, UH, I I'M NOT COMFORTABLE WITH PUTTING IT ON THE CONSENT, CONSENT ON THE CONSENT, UH, AGENDA, EVEN THOUGH I'M NOT ON THAT COMMITTEE.
BUT I'LL JUST SAY THAT I DON'T THINK IT'S A GREAT IDEA FOR IT TO PUT ON THE CONSENT AGENDA BECAUSE OF WHAT I'VE, OF WHAT I'VE JUST STATED.
MADAME CHAIR, THIS IS JUST A BOOK, UPDATED INFORMATION TO SHARE REGARDING GRADUATION DATES.
YES, SUBJECT TO CONSTRUCTION THAT'S GOING TO BE IMPLEMENTED AT BATTERY CREEK HIGH SCHOOL.
UM, I BELIEVE YOU HAVE A COPY OF THE CALENDAR.
MRS. CHEN, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ADDING THAT.
UM, WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IS BATTERY CREEK TO MOVE THEM UP EARLIER TO JUNE 2ND.
THAT WAS STILL PROVIDE 180 DAYS OF INSTRUCTIONS SO THAT WE'RE MEETING THE REQUIREMENT OF THE LAW.
DO DO, IT IS GONNA BE, I DID A CONFIRMATION AND IT WILL BE AT THEIR FACILITY.
IT WILL BE ABLE TO OBTAIN ADDITIONAL PORTABLE BATHROOMS. BUT I CONFIRMED AT TOP OF THE COX, UM, AT THE LATTER PORT LAS WEEDS, IT WOULD BE AT THE, UM, FIELD AREA.
IT AGAIN LIKE, AND WOULD IT BE IN THE AFTERNOON OR EVENING SO THAT STAFF, ANYBODY WOULD HAVE STUDENTS, CHILDREN GRADUATING WOULD BE ABLE TO ATTEND.
I REMEMBER LAST YEAR WE HAD AN ISSUE, WE HAD A GRADUATION TO A SATURDAY.
SO THIS RECOMMENDATION WOULD BE AT NIGHT NIGHT.
AND THEN WHAT WOULD IT BE? WE WOULD HAVE ROYAL RANCH EARLY COLLEGE.
NOW, AGAIN, I DO WANNA PREFIX THIS CONVERSATION.
IT'S BEEN WAITING FOR CONVERSATION ON ACADEMIC COMMITTEE AS WELL AS BOARD.
UH, ROYAL GRAND EARLY EARLY COLLEGE WOULD THEN BE MOVED UP TO THE DATE THAT WOULD'VE BEEN, WOULD'VE BEEN BATTERY CREEK, WHICH IS HERE AS JUNE 8TH.
AND THAT PRINCIPAL IS IN AGREEMENT SINCE THOSE ARE NOT A STUDENT CONTACT DATA.
SO YOU PROBABLY THEY WILL BE ASKING EARLIER GRADUATION.
BUT I WANNA BE ABLE GET THE APPROVAL, THE DAYS OF WORKS.
SO WHAT GRADUATION WOULD LOOK LIKE, WE WOULD START ON JUNE 2ND, THE EVENING, WHO THEN MOVE TO JUNE 5TH IN THE EVENING, JUNE 6TH IN THE EVENING.
CAUSE WE RECOGNIZED THOSE ARE PD POST SCHOOL DAYS.
THEN OUR NEXT GRADUATION WOULD BE JUNE 7TH.
THEN WE WOULD GO JUNE 8TH OR WHALE BRANCH OF EARLY COLLEGE.
WE WOULD CLOSE GRADUATION SEQUENCING WITH HILTON HEAD ISLAND.
SO WE NEED TO SEND US A CHANGE IN THE CALENDAR.
WE NEED TO PRESENT THIS TO THE BOARD.
SO DO WE NEED A, UH, HAVE A MOTION FROM THIS COMMITTEE TO, UH, RECOMMEND TO THE FULL BOARD OF GOOGLE OF CHANGES TO THE CALENDAR, UH, TO ACCOMMODATE GRADUATIONS, UM, TO ACCOMMODATE CONSTRUCTION.
AND I, I APOLOGIZE, I PROBABLY WASN'T ABLE TO JOIN US, BUT HE WAS GONNA STEER ON THE DETAILS OF THE, ON THAT, THAT CAMPUS.
SO MOTION TO RECOMMEND TO THE FULL BOARD THE CHANGES TO THE CALENDAR PACKET TO THE GRADUATION CALENDAR TO ACCOMMODATE CONSTRUCTION.
YOU PUT GRADUATION CALENDAR, UH, GRADUATION DATES.
GRADUATION DATES OR GRADUATION THAT, THANK YOU.
I PROVIDE JUST A DETAIL OF THE DATES AND TIMES FOR THE BOARD OF THURSDAY.
GO BACK IN THERE, RIGHT? IT'S A LONG, WELL, IT DEPENDS ON WHAT CALENDAR WE'RE IN HERE.
THIS WOULD BE FOR, THIS WILL GO ON BUSINESS.
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RIGHT.THIS, IT'S THE LAST ACADEMIC COMMITTEE OF THE YEAR.
UM, I DO HAVE ONE FUTURE TOPIC.
UM, I RECEIVED A REQUEST AND I SAID THAT I WOULD BRING IT UP AS A FUTURE TOPIC THAT, UM, WE, UH, ADD TO OUR AGENDA A REVIEW.
UM, JUST LOOKING AT OUR BOOK AND THE IN PROCESS AND HOW, HOW IT'S GONE.
I DO BELIEVE THIS IS GOING TO BE ON OUR DECEMBER 13TH BOARD MEETING.
SO, BUT IN DECEMBER 13TH MEETING, I WAS GONNA BE JUST BOOTS.
SO, SO I HAVE RIGHT, THE TALLIES AND A SEAL NOT LOW ON THE COVER OF THE ENVELOPE HAS A RESPECTS FOR BOOK.
I WOULD, I COMPENSATED THAT COVER SHEET.
UM, UNLESS THE BOARD AS, AS ASKED TO OPEN UP ADDITIONAL DETAIL.
SO FOR THIS FUTURE TOPIC, IT'S JUST A DISCUSSION OF, UH, THE, THE PROCESS.
AND AGAIN, THE NEW COMMITTEE WILL DECIDE WHAT THE AGENDA ITEMS ARE, BUT THAT'S JUST SOMETHING I'M BRINGING FORWARD.
REVIEW THE BOOK REVIEW PROCESS.
BUT NOW THAT'S TIED TO AN ADMINISTRATIVE REGULATION, SO WE COULD BRING IT FORWARD AND HAVE CONVERSATION.
ANY OTHERING TOPICS? I SUMMARY, YES.
THAT'S WHAT I HAD THE LAST, LAST WEEK.
I THINK IT'LL BE A NEW COMMUNITY.
THAT'S PROBABLY, THAT'S, THAT'S, YES, I AGREE.
SO I WANNA THANK EVERYONE WHO ATTENDED TODAY, DR.
STRATOS AS THE, UH, OUTGOING CHAIR OF ACADEMIC COMMITTEE.
I REALLY CANNOT EXPRESS MY THANKS TO YOU AND YOUR, UM, YOUR TEAM.
UM, I THINK THAT, UM, WHEN I LOOK BACK, WHEN I FIRST BECAME A MEMBER OF THE BOARD, AND I'VE BEEN ON THE ACADEMIC COMMITTEE ALL YEARS OF MY, UM, TENURE ON THE BOARD.
UM, OUR INSTRUCTIONAL DIVISION HAS MOUNTAINS.
WE HAVE REALLY, UM, REALLY MOVE MOUNTAINS.
AND I, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES I GET A CHEER IN MY EYE WHEN I THINK WHERE WE COULD BE IF COVID HADN'T RELEVANT, YOU KNOW, BUT THE FACT THAT WE'RE, AS FAR AS WE ARE NOW, AND COVID DID INTERRUPT THIS, I CAN, AND TO MY FELLOW BOARD MEMBERS, COLONEL DYER, ANGELA MIDDLETON, AND MR. CAMPBELL, UM, IT'S BEEN A PLEASURE.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE ON THIS COMMITTEE.
IT HAS BEEN A, AN INTELLECTUAL CHALLENGE,
AN ABSOLUTE LEADER, AND WE'RE GONNA MISS BOTH SIGNIFICANT MM-HMM.
CATHY IS VOLUNTEERING TO SHOW UP EVERY MONTH.
SHE'S GONNA SURE COMES IN INTO, ASKS WHAT THE TOPICS ARE AND SHE'LL BE HERE.