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BEAUFORT COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION AGENDA SETTING MEETING ON THURSDAY, JANUARY 19TH, 2023 TO ORDER.
OUR FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS IS APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA.
ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE.
WE'VE APPROVED THE AGENDA, PLEASE NOW STAND FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS.
ONE NATION UN GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
NOW WE'RE WORKING ON SETTING THE WORK SESSION AGENDA FOR FRIDAY, JANUARY 27.
WE HAVE OUR USUAL THINGS AT THE BEGINNING, AND WE'RE STARTING AT NINE O'CLOCK, AND YOU CAN SCROLL UP A LITTLE BIT.
SO, HAVING LOOKED AT THIS ALREADY, ONE OF THE, UH, WELL, I'LL JUST LET THE, UM, COMMITTEE MEMBERS AND THE OTHER BOARD MEMBERS TAKE A LOOK AT THE AGENDA AND WE JUST HAVE IT IN ORDER.
I, I WAS GONNA RECOMMEND I PUT IT, IT, YEAH.
I DIDN'T PUT IT IN ANY PARTICULAR ORDER.
I JUST LISTED, SO, SO I JUST THINK PUBLIC COMMENTS SHOULD JUST SAY OTHERWISE PEOPLE ARE GONNA THINK THEY CAN COMMENT TWICE.
I WOULD JUST SAY DISCUSSION REGARDING PUBLIC COMMENTS AND DR.
ARE YOUR ACCREDITATION, UM, SHOULD THERE BE MORE THERE? UH, I THINK I WOULD YOU CAN JUST SAY DISTRICT ACCREDITATION.
UH, UPDATE DISTRICT ACCREDITATION UPDATE.
UM, THE CRAZE TRAINING, I THINK THAT'S THE RIGHT ACRONYM.
I HAVEN'T SEEN DAVE TO MAKE SURE.
BUT IT COULD BE SOMEWHERE BETWEEN AN HOUR AND A HOUR AND A HALF.
NO MORE THAN AN HOUR AND A HALF.
WHAT DOES THIS STAND FOR? UM, IT'S FOR, UM, IT'S SHOOTER TRAINING AND WHERE THE BOARD MEMBERS SHOULD GO WHEN WE HAVE A MEETING IN THERE.
SO THAT, THAT'S THE PURP, THAT'S THE PURPOSE OF IT.
I KNOW
SO THAT'S, THAT'S THE PURPOSE OF IT.
LET'S HOPE WE NEVER HAVE TO USE IT.
SO I'LL GET THE RIGHT INFORMATION FROM DAVE AS TO HOW TO PUT IT ON THE AGENDA.
HE JUST WASN'T HERE TODAY FOR ME TO GET IT.
AND SO LET'S RUN THROUGH AND I GUESS, SORT OF GET A TIME ESTIMATE OF THE, OF THE, UM, TOPIC.
SO YOU JUST SAID AN HOUR TO AN HOUR AND A HALF MM-HMM.
SO HOW ABOUT THE RIVERVIEW ANNUAL REPORT? THE, UM, YES.
UM, GOOD AFTERNOON BOARD MEMBERS.
I MET WITH DIRECTOR ROBERT BECKTEL THIS AFTERNOON, AND WE REVIEWED THE DOCUMENTS THAT HE'LL BE PRESENTING TO YOU.
HE IS AVAILABLE ON FRIDAY AFTER THE TRAINING.
AND SO DURING THE PRESENTATION, UM, HE WILL PRESENT TO YOU THE ANNUAL REPORT.
HE WILL REVIEW THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE, UH, FISCAL YEAR.
HE WILL REVIEW THE LETTER FROM ELLIOT DAVIS.
HE WILL INFORM YOU OF THE NEW BOARD MEMBERS THAT HAVE BEEN ELECTED, AND ALSO PROVIDE THE INSTRUCTIONAL STAFF INFORMATION APPENDIX.
SO IT'D PROBABLY TAKE ABOUT 45 MINUTES.
AND WHAT WE MET TODAY, UM, WE DISCUSSED THAT, UM, MR. BECKTEL IS GOING TO GIVE AN OVERVIEW, JUST A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND ABOUT THE HISTORY OF RIVERVIEW FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE NEW BOARD MEMBER, SO THAT THEY'LL BE AWARE.
AND WE, WE HAVE TO DO THIS ANNUALLY, RIGHT? IT'S, IT'S MANDATED THAT THE BOARD APPROVE THIS, AND THEN FOLLOWING THE BOARD'S APPROVAL, THEN, UM, WE WILL SEND THE, UH, ANNUAL REPORT AND
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DOCUMENTS TO THE SOUTH COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION.THAT'S PART OF OUR REQUIREMENTS AS A SPONSOR OF THE CHARTER SCHOOL.
UM, RODRIGUEZ, THE DISTRICT ACCREDITATION UPDATE? YES.
WE HAVE A DISTRICT ACCREDITATION UPDATE AS PART OF, UH, THE ACCREDITATION PROCESS IS ALSO THAT THE BOARD HAS BEEN BRIEFED ON, UH, WHAT THE PROCESS LOOKS LIKE AND THE PROCESS THAT WE'LL BE GOING THROUGH.
SO, UH, SO WE'RE GONNA HAVE AN UPDATE FOR YOU ON THAT DAY.
AND WHAT DO YOU THINK THE TIME, UH, FRAME? I'M SORRY, THAT'S WHAT YOU WERE ASKING ME.
THAT INCLUDES PROBABLY LIKE 45 MINUTES OF, OF, UH, OF THE, YOU KNOW, THE UPDATE, AND THEN THAT'S 15 MINUTES FOR QUESTIONS, THAT KIND OF STUFF.
SO I, I THINK IT'LL BE ABOUT AN HOUR TOTAL.
THEN WE HAVE THE BOARD DISCUSSION REGARDING PUBLIC COMMENTS.
I, I DON'T THINK THIS IS ALREADY, HAS THIS ALREADY GONE TO POLICY COMMITTEE? UM, INITIALLY IT HAS, AND THEN IT CAME BACK TO THE FULL BOARD, AND THEN IT SAID, INSTEAD OF TAKING A VOTE, YOU, YOU ALL POSTPONED IT TO THE WORK SESSION.
I THINK THE, THE KEY DISCUSSION POINT WAS, UM, UH, DO WE RESPOND BASICALLY TO COMMENTERS? MM-HMM.
AND THEN HOW TO, YOU KNOW, WORD IT AND WHAT YOU WANT TO DO WITH THAT.
I WAS THINKING MAYBE 30 MINUTES, BUT MAYBE IT'S GONNA BE LONGER THAN THAT.
ANGELA, ANY COMMENTS? CAN WE MAKE IT LAST? YEAH, I AGREE.
YOU WANT ME TO MOVE IT?
WELL, I, YEAH, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE THE PUBLIC COMMENTS LESS, BUT, UH, NO, I THOUGHT YOU MEANT THE DISCUSSION TIME PERIOD WOULD BE LESS THAN, THAN 30 MINUTES.
NO, YOU ALREADY, HEY, WE DON'T LIMIT PUBLIC COMMENTS.
SO MASON, WE NEED TO LIMIT OUR DISCUSSION ABOUT PUBLIC COMMENTS.
WE, WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT, UH, IF WE'RE GOING, DEPENDING ON WHAT THE COMMITTEE RE, UH, RESULTS ARE AND WHAT DR.
RODRIGUEZ'S DECISION IS CONCERNING THE REFERENDUM, THERE'S GOING TO BE SOME PROJECTS POSSIBLY OTHER THAN HILTON HEAD ISLAND, WHICH WE ALREADY HAVE HILTON HEAD ISLAND HIGH SCHOOL, WHICH WE ALREADY HAVE MONEY IN THE CURRENT REFERENDUM TO DO TO THE DESIGN AND PERMITTING WORK.
BUT THERE MAY BE SOME OTHER SCHOOLS THAT WE NEED TO GET GOING ON REAL QUICK BECAUSE OF CAPACITY ISSUES SOUTH OF BROAD.
AND IF YOU RECALL, FOUR YEARS AGO, UH, WE ELECTED TO USE 8% MONEY, UH, TO DO THE DESIGN WORK FOR MAY RIVER AND RIVER RIDGE ACADEMY EXTENSIONS.
SO THERE'S A PROCESS OF GETTING THE BONDING, GETTING THE, THE PROCUREMENT CODE, AND YOU, AND FINDING THE, UH, ARCHITECTS AND GETTING THAT DONE.
SO WE CAN HAVE THIS FINISHED WHEN THE REFERENDUM PASSES, WE CAN VERY QUICKLY BREAK GROUND AND START WORK.
PLUS WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT, IN THE SAME SENSE ABOUT NEW CONSTRUCTION AND THE TIMING.
IN OTHER WORDS, COULD WE, CAN WE POSSIBLY DO THREE MAJOR CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS AT THE SAME TIME? MM-HMM.
SO THAT'S, THAT'S A TIMING ISSUE.
WE NEED TO, WE NEED TO HAVE AT LEAST AN INITIAL DISCUSSION ABOUT, AND THE COMMITTEE'S GONNA HAVE TO GRAPPLE WITH THAT.
RODRIGUEZ IS GONNA HAVE TO GIVE US A RECOMMENDATION, AND, UH, ROBERT'S GONNA HAVE TO TELL US WHAT'S THE CAPABILITY OF THE LOCAL EMPLOYMENT FORCE TO HANDLE THREE SIGNIFICANT PROJECTS AT THE SAME TIME.
WE HAVE INGRID, UM, WANTING TO COMMENT.
WELL, UH, YES, I, UM, ONE THING I WAS INTRA, I MET, FORGOT TO MENTION, UM, AT OUR LAST MEETING, WE REMIND ME IF I MISSED A SOMETHING, BUT WE HAVE NOT HAD THE 45 DAY ATTENDANCE UPDATE THAT WE USUALLY GET, LIKE IN NOVEMBER.
SO MAYBE WE COULD TIE THAT IN TO LOOK AT, IF WE'RE LOOKING AT EXPANSION AND PLANNING AND 8%, I THINK IT MIGHT ALSO BE AN OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK AT OUR 45 DAY, UM, ATTENDANCE NUMBERS.
AND SOME OF THE, I'M NOT SURE WHEN THE C I P COMES OUT.
I REMEMBER LAST YEAR IT WAS LIKE, IT CAME TO OPERATIONS
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IN FEBRUARY, AND I THINK IT CAME TO THE BOARD IN MARCH.BUT USUALLY BOTH TIMES WHEN I'VE, UH, BEEN ON THE BOARD, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THE C I P, THERE WAS LIKE A BOOK BINDING ISSUE THAT DELAYED IT.
SO, I DON'T KNOW, MAYBE WE CAN GET THAT EVEN A LITTLE BIT EARLIER.
AND YEARS AGO, UM, INGRID, THE, THE BOARD MEMBERS WOULD GET THAT C I P BOOKLET IN DECEMBER.
AND I THINK THAT IF WE'RE GONNA HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT EXPANSION AND MULTIPLE PROJECTS AND NEEDS AND ALL THAT, I WOULD EITHER, I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE THAT INFORMATION AT THE SAME TIME.
AND DO YOU THINK THAT'S GONNA BE POSSIBLE, DR.
RODRIGUEZ, UH, TO HAVE SOME, I THINK THEY HAVE, THEY MAY HAVE, UH, UH, I'LL HAVE TO CHECK WITH ROBERT.
LET ME, LEMME CHECK WITH ROBERT.
THAT, THAT YOU'RE, YOU'RE REQUESTING THAT IF THAT BOOK IS AVAILABLE, THAT WE HAVE THAT BOOK OUT AND THE CONVERSATION ON IT AT THE SAME TIME AS THAT EXPANSION OPTION? IS THAT WHAT I'M HEARING? AT LEAST A 45 DAY REPORT? YEAH.
SO DO WE WANNA, I THINK WE SHOULD PROBABLY PUT SOMETHING, UM, IN THAT AGENDA TOPIC, UH, LISTING SO PEOPLE KNOW THAT, UM, SO OUR EXPANSION OPTIONS ARE AT THE COVER EXPANSION OPTION DISCUSSION.
SO HOW LONG DO YOU ANTICIPATE, UM, THAT DISCUSSION TO BE, UH,
YEAH, THAT'S WHAT I WOULD GUESS.
ALSO,
I FORGET TO PROBLEM DOWN PROBLEM.
SO, SO FAR WE HAVE, I'M JUST LOOKING AT THE TIME HERE.
IT WOULD BE THREE HOURS, AND THEN WE'D ALREADY HAVE, YOU KNOW, 1230 TO TWO 30.
I'M, I'M TRYING TO RAISE MY HAND.
I'M, I'M STRUGGLING WITH MY MOUSE HERE.
DO YOU MIND IF I INTER INTERJECT? YES, YOU MAY.
ONE THING IS, I FIND THAT BY TWO O'CLOCK IN THE AFTERNOON, I'M A LITTLE FRIED IN TERMS OF, YOU KNOW, MY CAPACITY TO HA IS THERE, WHY DO WE HAVE RIVERVIEW AND OF THE REPORT, WHICH IS A FAIRLY PASSIVE REPORT ON BEFORE WE HAVE A RATHER MEATY DISCUSSION ON EXPANSION OPTIONS.
LIKE, I JUST FEEL LIKE AT TWO O'CLOCK YOU END UP, THEY'RE LIKE, OH, WE JUST, WE'VE BEEN HERE FOR SIX HOURS.
I DON'T KNOW, CAN WE MAYBE MOVE THAT AROUND? BECAUSE THEY'RE OUTSIDE PEOPLE AND WE ALWAYS JUST ASK, YOU KNOW, IF POSSIBLE WE GET THEM OUT FIRST, BUT YOU HAVE THEM WHERE THEY CAN COME WHEREVER YOU WANT THEM TO COME.
WELL, I, I NEED TO CHECK MR. BETO BECAUSE I TOLD HIM HE WOULD, UM, BE ON THE AGENDA AFTER THE, UM, TRAINING.
I, SO I, I NEED TO SEE IF HE'S AVAILABLE AT ANOTHER TIME, IF THAT'S WELL, I, AVAILABLE AFTERNOON.
UM, WHERE DO YOU WANT ME TO MOVE RIVERVIEW TO AND JUST LEAVE IT THERE FOR RIGHT NOW? WE NEED TO SEE IF IT'S AVAILABLE.
BUT I, I AGREE WITH, I MEAN, I THINK, UH, INGRID'S COMMENT IS, IS APPROPRIATE, YOU KNOW, IT'S A PASSIVE, YOU KNOW, IT'S A MORE OF AN INFORMATION SESSION.
IT'S NOT A USING YOUR BRAIN AND THINKING OF, YOU KNOW, COMING UP WITH IDEAS, REALLY.
SO THEN THE NEXT ITEM IS THE JOINT BOARD.
S I C, THE LEFTOVER LIST FROM OUR, OUR DECEMBER MEETING.
WE, WE, UH, WHEN THE MEETING WAS, UH, DESIGNED AND SCHEDULED, IT WAS, UH, I DON'T WANNA SAY PROMISED OR THE EXPECTATION TO THOSE SISS WERE THAT WE WOULD COVER ANY OF THE TOPICS AT THE WORK SESSION THAT HAD NOT BEEN COVERED, UH, DURING THE, THE JOINT MEETING.
NOW THE, NOW THE ISSUE IS A LOT OF THESE, ROBIN AND I, AND, AND DR.
R TALKED ABOUT THESE EARLIER TODAY.
YOU KNOW, A LOT OF THESE ARE REALLY OPERATIONAL ISSUES THAT, YOU KNOW, REALLY ARE NOT, YOU KNOW, BOARD S I C UH, UM, TOPICS.
AR, LET'S JUST, DO YOU, LET'S JUST GO THROUGH THESE RIGHT NOW.
CUZ ROBERT AND I COULDN'T, LIKE, FOR THE FIRST UNDER, LET'S START WITH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, THE FIRST BULLET POINT, PARTNERSHIP MEETINGS AMONG FEEDER ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS TO ENCOURAGE RETENTION TO MIDDLE SCHOOL.
WELL, THIS WOULD BE A STAFF THING.
SO DOES THAT ALREADY OCCUR PARTNERSHIP MEETING? YES, IT DOES.
YEAH, IT, IT, IT, IT OCCURS, YOU KNOW, SOME, SOME, SOME, UH, CLUSTER AND FEEDER PATTERNS ARE BETTER THAN
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OTHERS WITH IT, YOU KNOW, BUT OKAY.BUT, BUT THEY DO HAVE CONVERSATIONS.
UM, THE NEXT THING, TRAUMA INFORMED TRAINING FOR ALL STAFF.
WELL, YOU KNOW, THERE IS TRAUMA INFORMED TRAINING FOR STAFF.
UH, YOU KNOW, ALSO, YOU KNOW, I MENTIONED THE OTHER NIGHT SOME OF THE, UH, SEL TRAINING IS TO HELP DEAL WITH, UH, WITH STUDENTS DEALING WITH TRAUMA, YOU KNOW? OKAY.
UH, THAT'S, THAT'S SOME OF THAT TRAINING TOO.
PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT THAT WAS DISCUSSED AT THAT JOINT MEETING, THE AFTERSCHOOL PROGRAMS AND PARTNERSHIPS.
ROBIN, DID YOU FIND THE DATE? THE, THAT HAS BEEN DISCUSSED VERY RECENTLY WITH THE BOARD.
SO THERE'S, IT WAS DISCUSSED, BUT I HADN'T HAD A CHANCE TO GET TO THE DATE THIS WAS TAKEN CARE OF SOMETHING ELSE.
THAT'S, THAT'S, THAT'S ALSO SOMETHING THAT'S BEEN COVERED VERY RECENTLY.
THEN ALL THE OTHER THINGS REGARDING WILL BRANCH ELEMENTARY HERE REALLY ARE OPERATIONAL ISSUES.
YOU KNOW, ANN HILLS PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT CROSSING GUARDS, BUT BATHROOMS, THAT KIND OF STUFF.
UM, TEACHER ASSISTANTS IN THE CLASSROOM, THAT'S ALL OPERATIONAL.
UM, THE SUMMER HVAC, THEY SAY SUMMER HVAC ISSUES IN AUGUST WHEN IT HAS BEEN OFF ALL SUMMER.
WELL, THAT'S ALSO OPERATIONAL.
SUBSTITUTE SHORTAGE THAT WE DID NOT MENTION, I DON'T THINK, UM, IS THAT SOMETHING THAT THE, THE BOARD IN S I C WOULD HAVE A, UM, NO.
I MEAN, THE JOINT ROLL IN, AT THE END OF THE DAY, THE SUBSTITUTE SHORTAGE COMES DOWN TO THE MANPOWER ISSUE.
THEY, THERE AREN'T ENOUGH PEOPLE THAT HAVE SIGNED UP TO BE SUBSTITUTE.
UH, AND THAT'S WHY I END UP WITH A SHORTAGE.
SO, SO, UM, THAT'S, YOU KNOW, AND WE CONTRACT THAT OUT.
I MEAN, I DON'T THINK WE HAVE, YEAH.
I GUESS YOU, ARE THERE MULTIPLE CONTRACTORS THAT HAVE THAT, UM, BUSINESS? NO, WE HAVE, WE, WELL, THERE ARE MULTIPLE CONTRACTORS THAT, THAT ARE IN THAT BUSINESS.
YOU KNOW, AND PART OF CHANGING CONTRACTORS, IT'S THE SAME THING WE EXPERIENCE EVERY TIME WE CHANGE OTHER CONTRACTORS, RIGHT.
IS THAT THE PEOPLE WHO ARE WORKING FOR THIS CONTRACTOR NOW SHIFT OVER AND WORK FOR THAT CONTRACTOR, AND THERE REALLY ISN'T ANY OTHER ADDITIONAL PEOPLE.
CAUSE IT'S THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE HERE THAT ARE INTERESTED IN DOING THIS.
YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? NOBODY'S MOVING HERE TO BE A SUBSTITUTE TEACHER, YOU KNOW.
THE NEXT ONE WAS MAP TESTING, READING.
IF IT CAN BE SPLIT INTO TWO PARTS SO THAT, SO THERE'S TWO DAYS TO COMPLETE READING.
YOU KNOW, THE INTERESTING, WELL, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANT ME TO HAVE THIS DISCUSSION HERE NOW OR NOW, BUT THE INTERVIEW, NO.
BUT WOULDN'T THAT BE A, UM, OPERATIONAL ISSUE? SO OF ALL THOSE THINGS WE JUST WENT THROUGH FOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, DO ANY OF 'EM REALLY FALL OVER TO BE ADDED TO, TO THE AGENDA WE'RE WORKING ON? I DON'T THINK SO.
CAUSE THEY ALL SEEM OPERATIONAL TO ME.
SO LET'S GO DOWN TO MIDDLE SCHOOL.
UM, RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION WILL CERTAINLY, THE BOARD HAS WORKED ON THAT, UH, DILIGENTLY WITH, AND, AND, AND YOU, DR.
RODRIGUEZ AND YOUR STAFF OVER THE PAST YEAR.
UM, AND ONCE AGAIN, IT'S AN OPERATIONAL THING.
THEY, THEY'RE, UM, I GOTTA CLOSE MY PICTURE HERE.
IT'S OPERATIONAL BECAUSE THEY'RE, THEY'RE, THEY DON'T WANT TO, THEY'RE FEELING, UH, YOU'RE BACK TO THE SUBSTITUTE SHORTAGE AGAIN.
CAN YOU LOOK AT THAT WHOLE THING? YOU'RE REALLY BACK TO THE SUBSTITUTE.
SO YEAR ROUND CALENDAR, THIS, WE STARTED A DISCUSSION AT THE JOINT MEETING.
AND SO NOW ARE, DOES THE BOARD WANT TO CONTINUE ON THIS TOPIC WITH S I C OR, UM, ANY SUGGESTIONS FROM, I HAVE MY THOUGHTS ON IT, BUT I WANT YOU, I'LL, I'LL LISTEN TO YOU GUYS AND THEN I'LL TELL YOU MINE.
HOW ABOUT ANGELA? OR I CAN'T CUT THAT BIG ISSUE.
YEAH, I, I WOULD SURE LIKE TO HAVE A DISCUSSION ABOUT IT AT, AT SOME LENGTH, BECAUSE I HAVE SUCH A PROBLEM WITH OUR START TIME BEING SO DETERMINED BY THE STUPID RULE IN THE, THE STATE, UH, STATUTE ABOUT WHEN START TIME CAN HAVE, AND IT'S ALWAYS BOTHERED ME THAT WE DON'T HAVE TWO SEMESTERS AND OR THE, NOT THE SAME LENGTH.
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AND I THINK YOU CAN HAVE A QUOTE YEAR ROUND CALENDAR, ACCOMPLISH OUR SAME SI SAME NUMBER OF DAYS, SEMESTER, AND KIND OF, IT'S A MODIFIED CALENDAR, BUT IT'S A YEAR ROUND MODIFIED CALENDAR.ANOTHER WAY, IT'S A WAY TO GET AROUND THE STATUTE.
WE, UM, UH, WE HAVE EXPLORED SOME OPTIONS ON THIS.
UH, WHAT I COULD TELL YOU IS FOR, FOR THIS COMING YEAR, IT IS, UH, IT, IT, IT'S NOT LIKELY, YOU KNOW, AND IT'D BE A CHALLENGE BECAUSE, UH, OF THE CONSTRUCTION THINGS THAT ARE ALREADY LINED UP AND IT WOULD SHORTEN THE SUMMER THIS TIME AROUND MM-HMM.
UH, AND, AND IT'S NOT A YEAR ROUND.
WE, WE CALL IT A MODIFIED, UH, CALENDAR.
UH, CAUSE WE'RE, THERE'S STILL A SUMMER, UH, BREAK GAP IN THERE, RIGHT? YEAH.
UH, IT'S JUST NOT QUITE AS LONG, YOU KNOW, AND, UH, AND, AND SO IT, SO THERE IS A MODIFIED PIECE.
UH, WE HAVE A DRAFT OF SOMETHING.
BUT THIS IS THE KIND OF THING THAT IF YOU'RE GONNA DO, YOU NEED TO RUN THIS OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY, UH, AND, AND, AND REALLY TALK IT UP AND GET FEEDBACK AND DO SURVEYS AND ALL KINDS OF STUFF TO HEAR FROM PARENTS, TO HEAR FROM THE COMMUNITY, THE BUSINESS ASPECT OF IT, UH, THAT, THAT ARE GONNA TRY TO WEIGH IN.
BUT, BUT, BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN THERE'S NOT GOING TO BE THAT PRESSURE ON THE SYSTEM FROM, FROM OTHER AREAS THAT YOU AS BOARD MEMBERS ARE GONNA NEED TO, TO BE AWARE OF.
UH, AND, AND SO ANYWAY, IN A NUTSHELL, UH, IT'S REALLY NOT SOMETHING WE COULD DO THIS SUMMER, UH, WITH THE CONSTRAINTS WE HAVE AROUND CONSTRUCTION AND COMPLETING, UH, UH, THE REFERENDUM PROJECTS THIS SUMMER BIT.
BUT, BUT IT IS SOMETHING WE HAVE A DRAFT OF AND, AND THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT.
SO PERHAPS THIS IS SOMETHING THAT CAN GO TO A LATER WORK SESSION, SAY IN THE FALL.
THAT'S JUST WHAT I WAS THINKING, DICK, IS THAT IT'S NOT, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE IT'S NOT AN OPTION IN THE IMMEDIATE FUTURE BECAUSE OF WHAT YOU JUST SAID, DR.
I THINK MAYBE THAT'S WHAT WE SHOULD SAY IS THAT, UM, THAT IT HAS TO BE DELAYED.
INGRID, YOU KNOW, UM, THE OTHER THING IS AT OUR LAST DECEMBER BOARD MEETING, TRICIA FRIEDRICH BROUGHT UP A FINAL, UH, TOPIC, WHICH WAS THE FOUR BY FOUR.
SO I'M THINKING IF WE TAKE THIS ON AT A FALL WORK SCHEDULE, WE SHOULD LOOK AT THAT TOO.
AND I THINK THAT'S ON OUR, UM, YES, GOOD POINT.
ROBIN, YOU NEED TO JUST SAY, UH, BEGIN DISCUSSION AT, AT JOINT MEETING AND, UH, NEED TO DELAY FURTHER DISCUSSION AT THIS TIME DUE TO SUMMER PROJECTS, OR, I DON'T KNOW, JUST SOMETHING LIKE THAT SO THEY KNOW WHY WE'RE NOT DISCUSSING IT RIGHT NOW.
REFERENDUM, UH, 2023, I THINK.
UM, THAT HAS ALSO BEEN COVERED, UH, VERY NICELY BY OUR COMMUNITY PROJECT REVIEW COMMITTEE REPORTER, MR. PIERRO, I BELIEVE IT WAS.
PARDON ME? HE DID A GREAT JOB.
YEAH, HE DID A REALLY GOOD JOB.
SO I, THERE'S NO, YOU KNOW, IT'S ROLLING ALONG, BUT IT HASN'T, IT'S NOT READY TO COME TO THE BOARD YET.
THE NEXT ONE IS DEVELOP PIPELINE FROM WELL-ESTABLISHED UNIVERSITIES TO GROW APPLICANT POOL, SPED, AND I THINK THEY DO THIS ALREADY.
IT'S JUST STILL, IT'S JUST STILL TOO EXPENSIVE FOR A LOT OF TEACHERS TO LIVE HERE.
SO THAT'S, THAT'S WHY WE'RE NOT GETTING EVERYBODY HERE.
SO IT DOESN'T SEEM LIKE ANY OF THOSE RIGHT NOW.
I DON'T SEE, SEE ANY OF THE ONES UNDER MIDDLE SCHOOL EITHER COMING TO THE MEETING ON THE 27TH.
ARE YOU IN AGREEMENT WITH THAT DICKEN, ANGELA? YES.
SO NOW WE'LL GO ON TO HIGH SCHOOL.
I MEAN, IT'S LIKE THE SUBSTITUTE THING.
THE ANSWER IS YES, WE'RE WILLING TO, YES.
I, I HEARD AN ISSUE TODAY ABOUT THAT, BUT IT WASN'T AT HIGH SCHOOL.
BUT IT HAS, IT HAS AN IMPACT ON THIS.
YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TRANSPORTATION FOR OUR SPED KIDS.
YOU GOTTA HAVE A SPECIAL BUS, YOU KNOW, FOR WHEELCHAIRS AND SO ON.
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AND CAN'T BE DOING IT ALL AT ONCE.IT HAS TO BE, DO A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT TIMES TO GET, CUZ OF THERE'S A LIMITED ACCESS ON THE BUS AND EVERYTHING.
THEIR FIRST PICKUP IS AT, AT 3 45, THEIR LAST PICKUP IS AT FIVE O'CLOCK.
THOSE KIDS THAT ARE PICKED UP AT FIVE O'CLOCK ARE JUST SITTING AROUND WAITING FOR THE BUS TO COME TO MAKE ITS LOOPS.
FOLKS, THAT'S, THAT'S NOT, THAT WAS KIND OF CONCERNING TO ME.
AND, AND YOU KNOW, THAT'S, MAYBE THAT'S BECAUSE OF MORE BUS DRIVERS OR BUSES.
I'M NOT SURE IT'S AN OPERATIONAL ISSUE.
AND, UH, I KIND OF PUT IT ON A NOTE FOR AN OPERATIONS COMMITTEE, UH, TO LOOK INTO.
AND I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANNA OPEN THAT CAN OF WORMS THAT THIS PARTICULAR SPOT, ANGELA.
UM, THAT IS CONCERNING TO ME TOO.
I MEAN, IT TAKES FOREVER FOR THEM TO GET HOME.
FIVE, THEY'RE THERE UNTIL FIVE O'CLOCK AND IT'S ONLY, THEY STILL GOTTA GET, GO DO THE ROUTE.
YOU KNOW, THEY MAY NOT GET HOME UNTIL SIX O'CLOCK OR QUARTER UP SIX.
UM, WHEN I, YEARS AGO, WHEN I WAS IN SCHOOL NOT TOO LONG AGO,
WHAT HAPPENED TO THAT? DID SOUTH CAROLINA NOT ALLOW THAT ANYMORE? YEAH, THAT WENT AWAY FOR A WHILE.
THAT IS ACTUALLY SOMETHING THAT'S, UH, PROPOSED, UH, TO COME BACK AS A POSSIBILITY.
UH, YOU KNOW, THEY, THEY, IT WENT AWAY BECAUSE OF LIABILITY ISSUES, OBVIOUSLY.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT GUIDELINES OR STIPULATIONS THEY'RE PUTTING IN THERE.
BUT AT THE LAST, UH, UH, SUPERINTENDENT MEETING IN, I WANNA SAY WAS, UH, NOVEMBER, MAYBE IT WAS DECEMBER, UH, THEY, THEY MENTIONED THAT THEY WERE DOING SOME CONSIDERATION AROUND BRINGING, BRINGING THAT BACK.
BUT THAT WOULD BE WONDERFUL BECAUSE, UM, WHEN I WAS IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, I HAD A STUDENT BUS DRIVER AND THEN THERE WAS AN ASSISTANT ON THE BUS THAT MADE SURE EVERYBODY WAS SEATED.
YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY WAS DISCIPLINED.
AND I THINK, I THINK IT WOULD WORK.
WE HAVE QUITE A FEW RESPONSIBLE, UM, HIGH SCHOOLERS AND WE SAW THAT THE OTHER NIGHT.
SO I THINK IT WOULD BE A GOOD IDEA TO, YOU KNOW, HAVE, HAVE THEM TEAM UP AND DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
WHATEVER WE NEED TO DO TO PUSH THAT, LET US KNOW.
IT WOULD BE A GREAT EXPERIENCE.
AND I KNOW THEY'LL BE TRAINED.
UM, THE TRAINING IS GOING TO BE INTENSE, BUT, YOU KNOW, THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT THEY WOULD HAVE TO DO THE SUMMER BEFORE THEIR SENIOR YEAR TRAIN DURING THAT TIME.
JUST LIKE IF THEY WERE GETTING THEIR CDL, THEY NEED TO TRAIN ON HOW TO HANDLE, THEY'LL ACTUALLY, THEY'LL ACTUALLY GET A CDL.
OH, A LOT OF, A LOT OF THEM WILL JUMP ON THAT.
CUZ THAT'S THE BIG THING RIGHT NOW.
SO DOES THE BOARD HAVE, I MEAN, HIRE MORE DRIVERS? IT'S, ONCE AGAIN, IT'S AN OPERATIONAL ISSUE.
I THINK IT SHOULD BE AN OPERATIONS.
I THINK A, WE CAN MAKE THAT A, UH, AN ITEM AGENDA TO ASSIGN TO OPERATIONS.
AND THEN THE NEXT ONE I DON'T THINK IS, UH, EVEN MAYBE A SCHOOL DISTRICT ISSUE.
I'M NOT SURE WHAT THE SAFETY CONCERNS ARE DUE TO GROWTH IN BLUFFTON.
THERE'S A HECK OF A LOT OF TRAFFIC AND, UM, THAT'S ALWAYS OBVIOUSLY MAKES THINGS, UH, LESS SAFE ON THE ROAD FOR EVERYONE.
UM, I THINK I, I, I THINK THAT'S WHAT THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT IS THE, UH, IF I RECALL, I THINK IT WAS ABOUT THAT, UH, TRAFFIC SAFETY AND ALL THAT KIND OF THING.
I DON'T KNOW, YOU KNOW, IN THE ROADS AND MM-HMM.
UH, I KNOW THIS IS UNDER HIGH SCHOOL, BUT I THOUGHT THEY EVEN SAID SOMETHING ABOUT A LIGHT OVER AT RIVER RIDGE, WHICH IS GOING IN PLACE.
THEY JUST HAVEN'T TURNED IT ON YET.
I DON'T THINK WE WOULD HAVE, YOU KNOW, THAT THE ABILITY TO, I DON'T KNOW, TO DECIDE HOW TRAFFIC SHOULD FLOW IN BLUFFTON OR WHATEVER.
OR TELL THE DEVELOPERS TO STOP BUILDING.
I MEAN, I DON'T THINK WE CAN, IT'S NOT SOME, IT'S SOME, IT'S BEYOND OUR CONTROL OR CONTRIBUTE MORE MONEY TO, TO HIRE MORE POLICE OFFICER.
I READ, DID YOU SEE THE ARTICLE TOO, THAT BLUFFTON IS THE SECOND SAFEST CITY IN, IN,
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UH, IN, UM, THE STATE.UM, NEXT ONE IS LARGER SCHOOLS SHOULD HAVE MORE SROS.
ONCE AGAIN, WE, WE CAN'T EVEN GET SROS FOR ALL THE SCHOOLS.
SO LET'S BRING THAT ONE TO THE, SO I CAN GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON THAT.
SO LET'S BRING THAT TO OUR, AS ONE OF THE UNFINISHED TOPICS AND YOU CAN TELL US ABOUT IT.
SO THE NEXT ONE WAS THE, YOU KNOW, HAVING CELL PHONES IN SCHOOL THAT WAS DISCUSSED.
YEAH, THAT WAS ALREADY COVERED.
AND THEN THE LAST ONE IS, OH WAIT.
SO CAREER PATHWAYS FOR STUDENTS FROM THE TRADITIONAL PATHWAY NON CONDUCIVE FOR LEARNING.
AND WE CERTAINLY HAVE HAD A NUMBER OF, UH, UH, DISCUSSIONS AND PRESENTATIONS LIKE ON THE KATE, ET CETERA.
AND KAREN DID A GREAT JOB LAST TIME.
SHE, SO WE CAN, I DON'T KNOW, MAYBE ROBIN NOT WRITE THIS MINUTE, BUT I GUESS I WOULD JUST TRY TO FIND WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME THAT WAS PRESENTED AND YOU COULD JUST PUT IT THERE SO THEY COULD LOOK AT THE, UM, VIDEO OF THE MEETING.
I THINK THAT'S WHAT THEY MEAN.
ATTENDANCE ZONES AND WE, WE HAVE, WE HAVE SIGNIFICANT, UH, ISSUES THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO ADDRESS.
CAUSE NON-LINEAR GROWTH IN BLUFFTON.
AND WE'VE GOT SCHOOL BUSES CROSSING ONE ANOTHER WHEN KIDS, KIDS ARE BYPASSING THE NEAREST SCHOOL TO THEIR HOME TO GO TO THEIR SCHOOL THAT THEY'RE ASSIGNED.
AND IT'S GONNA BE A, HAVE TO BE A LONG TERM KIND OF DEAL, UH, ONCE THESE NEW SCHOOLS GET PUT IN THAT WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO START, ESPECIALLY WHAT WE'RE PROBABLY GONNA HAVE TO DO IS SAY WHEN YOU COME IN, UH, NEW STUDENTS WILL START OFF AT THE SCHOOL THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO BE AT.
AND SO IT MIGHT TAKE US 12 YEARS BEFORE WE SU UH, YOU KNOW, SORT IT ALL OUT.
BUT WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO DO SOMETHING WITHOUT HAVING PEOPLE CHANGE SCHOOLS.
AND YOU KNOW HOW, UM, UH, EMOTIONAL THAT IS? OH, YES, YES.
SO MAYBE WE SHOULD JUST HAVE HERE, UM, THAT, THAT, UH, MORE APPROPRIATE WHEN, UM, UH, ONCE THE REFERENDUM IS, UH, IS FINALIZED.
I HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU ABOUT, UM, STUDENTS THAT ARE ATTENDING OUR SCHOOLS THAT ARE LIKE IN JASPER COUNTY.
HOW, HOW DO WE STOP THAT? HOW, HOW ARE WE KEEPING TRACK OF THAT? MAKE SURE, OK.
WE HAVE, UH, WE, WE DO HOME VISITS WHEN WE ARE NOTIFIED OF, UH, THOSE SITUATIONS MM-HMM.
OR WHATEVER COUNTY THEY'RE COMING FROM.
BUT IT'S GENERALLY, IT'S GENERALLY, IT GENERALLY COMES EITHER THROUGH A HOME VISIT VERIFICATION BECAUSE SOMEBODY HAS A TON OF ABSENCES AND OR, OR TARDES AND THAT KIND OF THING.
OR, OR, OR IT'S, IT'S DONE THROUGH, UM, YOU KNOW, THROUGH IN CONVERSATION.
THEY LET US KNOW THAT THEY LI MOVED OR THAT THEY LIVE, YOU KNOW, IN JASPER COUNTY.
AND THEN THAT'S HOW WE FIND OUT.
BUT WHEN WE FIND OUT, THEN WE, WE DO ACT ON IT.
AND FOR THOSE KIDS THAT ARE ATTENDING EVERY DAY AND DOING VERY WELL, WE'LL NEVER FIND OUT, ESPECIALLY IF THEY'RE USING SOMEONE ELSE'S ADDRESS.
I MEAN, WE, WE, WE CHECK THEIR ADDRESS, WE CHECK ADDRESSES, BUT, UH, BUT GENERALLY, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, THAT,
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THAT'S SORT OF HOW THE SYSTEM WORKS IS THAT, THAT IF THERE IS, UH, ATTENDANCE OR TARDINESS ISSUES REGULARLY, YOU KNOW, THAT'S HOW IT COMES TO LIGHT BECAUSE THE ADDRESS THEY PROVIDE MAY BE AN ADDRESS THAT'S HERE.IN OTHER WORDS, IF THEY PROVIDE US AN ADDRESS THAT'S A BUFORD COUNTY ADDRESS RIGHT THEN, THEN THERE'S NO WAY FOR US TO KNOW, UNLESS WE DID HOME VISITS FOR EVERY CHILD IN OUR SYSTEM, RIGHT? MM-HMM.
SO, SO, SO WHEN WE FIND OUT THAT THAT ADDRESS ISN'T RIGHT, OR WHERE THERE'S A LOT OF TARDY OR THOSE KINDS OF THINGS MM-HMM.
THEY'RE COMING FROM AN ADDRESS SOMEPLACE ELSE.
AND THAT'S HOW IT, THAT'S HOW IT GETS HIGHLIGHTED.
AND THEN, UM, THE REAR YEAR ROUND CALENDAR, WE ALREADY DISCUSSED THAT UNDER, IT WAS EITHER ELEMENTARY OR MIDDLE SCHOOLS.
SO IT LOOKS LIKE THE ONLY TOPIC THAT WILL KIND OF TRANSFER TO THIS MEETING IS, UH, THIS ONE ABOUT THE SROS? NO.
SO HOW LONG WOULD YOU ANTICIPATE THAT DISCUSSION BEING? IT'S A VERY MATTER OF FACT DISCUSSION.
SO I WOULD, I WOULD HONESTLY SAY, YOU KNOW, IT TAKE ME ABOUT FIVE MINUTES TO TELL YOU THE STORY AND THEN, UH, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE MAY HAVE QUESTIONS, BUT IT IS REALLY A MATTER OF FACT DISCUSSION.
SO THEN, AND NOW THE DISCUSSION REGARDING PUBLIC COMMENTS, AND I'M NOT SURE THAT THAT'S PROBABLY ANYWHERE FROM 30 MINUTES TO MAYBE AN HOUR.
I WOULD THINK IT'D BE PRETTY QUICK, BUT
WE HAVE 3, 4, 5, 6 AND A HALF HOURS.
UM, SO DO WE WANNA JUST LOOK AT OUR OUTSTANDING TOPIC, UM, UH, DOCUMENT THAT YOU HAVE, ROBIN? YEAH.
SO LET'S GO TO THE, ESPECIALLY THE WORK SESSION THINGS HERE, PUBLIC COMMENTS.
SO YOU CAN TAKE IT OFF NOW HERE, RIGHT? MM-HMM.
THIS IS TO BIT REMOVED AND, UH, THE EXPANSION ONE THAT'S ON THIS ONE.
SO YOU COULD TAKE THAT OFF OF HERE.
R, THE OTHER ONE YOU MENTIONED THAT THE MONITORING REPORT, WHERE WAS THAT BACK? UM, I HAD TAKEN THAT OFF.
UM, OH, YOU HAD TAKEN OFF THERE IT WAY I, IT, IT SHOULDN'T BE ON THERE, SO I JUST TOTALLY REMOVED IT.
NOW YOU CAN ALSO REMOVE THE EXPANSION THING THAT SHOULD BE OFF.
SO WHAT I DO IS I PUT, UM, WHEN I DO THE COMPLETE, I'LL SHOW THAT THEY WERE ON, THAT WE COVERED THEM ON WHEN I DO THE NEXT.
AND LOOK, AND THE NEXT FOUR, WE'RE CO ARE ALL ON THIS, UM, AGENDA.
RIGHT? SO WHAT YOU DON'T HAVE ON THERE ARE THE THREE THINGS THAT CAME OUT OF FUTURE TOPICS FROM TUESDAY'S MEETING AND FOUR BY FOUR.
AND WE ALREADY TALKED ABOUT THE, YEAH.
MAYBE, UH, HAVING IT WITH THE, UM, UH, YEAR ROUND OR MODIFIED YEAR ROUND, INGRID.
THE, UM, I DIDN'T WANT TO TAKE UP ANY MORE TIME ON THE REPRESENTATION OF SCHOOLS AND STUDENT PERFORMANCES.
SO I JUST WANNA GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF AN EXPANSION ON WHAT I WANNA TALK ABOUT.
A I, YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO FIND A PLACE NORTH OF, OF SOUTH ABROAD TO HAVE OUR, UH, EVERY OTHER MEETING.
AND TO THAT END, I DID HEAR, UM, IN THE PRE-DOC RODRIGUEZ ERA, APPARENTLY HILTON HEAD ISLAND, UH, IB SCHOOL CREATED A FAIRLY LARGE ROOM DESIGNED TO BE USED FOR AUDIO VIDEO CONFERENCING.
AND IT WAS SO THAT STU UH, TEACHERS FROM HILTON HEAD DIDN'T HAVE TO COME TO THE DISTRICT FOR MEETINGS AND THINGS IF, YOU KNOW, TAKE A WHOLE DAY OFF OR WHATEVER.
SO IT'S COMPLETELY SET UP FOR THAT.
SO I, I THINK WE SHOULD CHECK INTO THAT AS A POSSIBILITY.
IT'S GOT A BIG SCREEN TV AND SOMEONE JUST MENTIONED THAT ABOUT SOMETHING UNRELATED, BUT IT CAUGHT
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MY ATTENTION.UM, SO THERE'S THAT ISSUE, BUT IT'S ALSO OF THE LAST 11 STUDENT.
SO IN 2022, THERE WERE 11 STUDENT PERFORMANCES, 10 OF THEM WERE NORTH ABROAD, ONE WAS IN BLUFFTON.
AND I FEEL LIKE, I DON'T KNOW WHERE THE, THE SI THE PROBLEM IS, I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S THAT THE SOUTH OF THE BROAD TEACHERS AREN'T PREPARING STUDENT PERFORMANCES OR DON'T WANNA COME TO THE SCHOOL BOARD MEETINGS OR SOMETHING, BUT IT, IT TE TO ME, UM, AS SOMEONE WHO'S VERY INVESTED IN PERFORMING ARTS, WE NEED EQUAL REPRESENTATION AT BOARD MEETINGS FOR, FOR THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO THAT, UM, PARENTS AND HILTON HEAD, WE DIDN'T HAVE A SINGLE HILTON HEAD PERFORMANCE.
YOU KNOW, THEY CAN COME TO THEIR AND SEE THEIR KIDS PERFORM AT A BOARD MEETING AS WELL.
SO IT'S KIND OF A LITTLE BIT OF A LARGER ISSUE.
SO WHY DON'T WE, OH, GO AHEAD, ROBIN.
UM, CAN I ADDRESS HOW THAT IS? UM, THE PRINCIPALS OR THE SCHOOLS ARE THE ONES WHO, UM, A CALENDAR IS SENT OUT TO THE SCHOOLS AND THIS TIME A GOOGLE DOCUMENT WILL SIT DOWN.
SO THE SCHOOLS ARE THE ONES WHO DETERMINE WHAT, WHEN THEY WANT TO, AND IF THEY WANNA DO IT BY VIDEO OR IF THEY WANNA DO IT IN PERSON.
BUT THE SCHOOLS ARE THE ONES WHO SIGN UP.
SO IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT SOLICITED FROM THE DISTRICT.
SO THEN MY ARGUMENT WOULD BE IT SHOULD BE SOLICITED FROM THE DISTRICT BECAUSE IT SHOULD, I'M KEEP, I, I'LL JUST, I'LL JUST, I'LL JUST, I, I'LL SOLVE IT.
YEAH, YOU, I WAS GONNA SAY IN YOUR PRINCIPAL'S MEETING OR WHATEVER, I'M JUST GONNA, I'M JUST, I'LL SOLVE IT.
SO, BUT HOW ABOUT, SO I DO THINK ON, ON THE AGENDA THAT WE HAVE FOR THE 27TH, WE NEED AN UPDATE ON WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO WHEN THE COUNTY CHANNEL'S NO LONGER RECORDING.
WHERE DO YOU WANT IT? IF YOU NEED ME TO, I CAN FIND OUT MORE ABOUT THIS, UM, ROOM OVER AT, BUT IT WAS SET UP FOR THIS.
I, I'VE BEEN WORKING ON, I'VE BEEN WORKING ON, UH, TWO SOLUTIONS AND, AND I JUST GOT A BRIEFING THIS AFTERNOON, AND NEITHER ONE OF THOSE TWO SOLUTIONS WORKED.
I HAD, UH, BLUFFTON HIGH SCHOOL, UH, AND I HAD, UH, THE, THE TECHNICAL COLLEGE OF THE LOW COUNTRY, UH, THE CO THE INSTITUTE, THE, THE CULINARY INSTITUTE, THAT NICE ROOM THAT THEY HAVE OVER THERE.
THE CULINARY INSTITUTE HAS CLASSES AND THEY HAVE, UH, UH, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE RENT THAT SPACE OUT.
SO, SO, UH, SO THEY'RE, THEY'VE, THEY'VE BASICALLY SAID THAT'S, THAT DOESN'T FUNCTION, UH, ON THAT CALENDAR FOR THEM.
SO, UH, YOU KNOW, WE CAN, YOU KNOW, I, I'LL, I'M, SINCE I HAVE A TEAM THAT'S GOING AROUND, CHECKING PLACES OUT, YOU KNOW, UH, I WILL, I WILL SEND THEM OVER TO HILTON HEAD, UH, TO INQUIRE MORE, INQUIRE MORE ABOUT THAT ROOM AND, AND LET'S SEE WHAT, UH, WHAT WE CAN DO THERE AT THE HIGH SCHOOL.
AND IF NOT, UH, YOU KNOW, WE CAN ALWAYS GO BACK TO CREATIVE ARTS, ALTHOUGH THE SOUND ISN'T GREAT THERE, UM, YOU KNOW, THAT'S THE CHALLENGE.
BUT, BUT WE CAN ALWAYS GO BACK TO, TO CREATIVE ARTS.
SO IN THE MEANTIME, UH, WE'RE GONNA TRY TO GET THAT, SEE WHAT THAT HIGH SCHOOL ROOM LOOKS LIKE, AND SEE IF THAT'S A POSSIBILITY AND IF IT'S BIG ENOUGH.
WELL, THE, THE ONE THAT I WAS TALKING ABOUT AND APPARENTLY HAD SOMETHING TO, WITH DEREK RHODES HAD THEY, THEY PAID TO PUT THIS ALL IN FOR THE PURPOSE OF DOING, UH, VIDEO CONFERENCING.
UM, AND IT'S AT THE, SO INGRID, LET'S NOT GET INTO THE SPECIFIC, JUST LET HIM KNOW IT'S AT THE ELEMENTARY.
HE, HE CAN GO, HE CAN GO FIGURE THAT OUT.
SO LET'S, AS THE, AS THE AGENDA TOPIC, SAY SOMETHING TO THE EFFECT OF, UH, YOU KNOW, UH, I GUESS WE'RE GONNA SAY, UM, DISCUSSION OF, UH, RECORDING BOARD MEETINGS STARTING FEBRUARY ONE.
IS IT RECORDING OR MEETING LOCATION? WELL, IT'S BOTH.
THEY'RE, THEY'RE TIED TOGETHER BECAUSE THE RECORDING CAN HAPPEN ANY, ANYWHERE.
BUT I MEAN, IT'S ACTUALLY, I MEAN, CUZ WE CAN RE WE CAN RECORD IT.
UM, BUT IT'S WHETHER YOU WANT IT LIVE AND IF WE'RE GOING TO MEET LIKE, SOMEWHERE ON HILTON HEAD.
SO IT WOULD BASICALLY WOULD BE, YOU'RE CONCERNED ABOUT THE MEETING LOCATION? BOTH.
YOU CAN SAY PUT BOTH THEN, THEN MEETING LOCATION AND RECORDING OF BOARD MEETINGS CUZ THEY'RE TIED TOGETHER AND I THINK WE NEED TO KNOW, UM, AND PROBABLY WENDY'S STILL HERE.
I THINK WE NEED TO KNOW WHAT IS REQUIRED BY SOUTH CAROLINA FOIA.
I DON'T THINK IT HAS TO BE LIVE.
POSTED, HOPING WE CAN LIVE STREAM.
BUT WHAT IS THE, YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO KNOW EXACTLY
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WHAT, WHAT IS THE, THE REQUIREMENT.I KNOW MEMBERS, I THINK WE TO HEAR AND THEY HAVE TO HEAR.
THAT'S, THAT'S PROBABLY THE SINGLE MOST IMPORTANT THING I THINK.
I THINK THAT WE NEED TO HAVE IT LIVE WHERE PEOPLE ARE ABLE TO HEAR WHAT'S GOING ON AT THE TIME OF THE MEETING.
AND WE'VE ALWAYS HAD OUR MEETINGS LIVE STREAMS. WE NEED TO TRY TO KEEP IT THE WAY THAT WE ARE DOING IT WHERE THE PUBLIC HAS, HAS ACCESS.
THE BEST THING WE CAN DO IS TO MAKE EVERYTHING AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC.
I DON'T, AND I DON'T KNOW IF WE COULD DO SOMETHING WITH YOUTUBE OR FACEBOOK LIVE.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT OPTIONS WE HAVE, BUT IT SEEMS LIKE THERE'S GOTTA BE A WAY TO BE ABLE TO HAVE OUR MEETINGS AVAILABLE.
THE MEETINGS ARE UT UM, UM, THE MEETINGS, CAN WE RECORD THE MEETINGS NOW ON YOUTUBE LIVE WHEN WE, WHEN THE COUNTY IS NOT AVAILABLE? WE DO THAT HERE AT THE DISTRICT OFFICE, PARTICULARLY FOR OUR COMMITTEE MEETINGS.
SO THAT IS SOMETHING THAT IS ALREADY DONE YOUR, YOUR ISSUES WITH, BUT THAT'S NOT LIVE, IS IT? YES, IT'S ON YOUTUBE LIVE.
BUT CAN PEOPLE INTERACT WITH YOU? NO.
THEY COULD CALL IN FOR THE, YOU KNOW, FOR THE PUBLIC.
THEY COULD CALL IN FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.
UM, HOW MUCH TIME? SO I HAVE A FEELING THAT COULD BE 30 MINUTES.
I DON'T THINK WE CAN DO ANYTHING ELSE ON THIS DAY.
SO DO THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS HAVE ANYTHING? EXCUSE ME ELSE TOO, UH, BRING UP TONIGHT.
AND HOW ABOUT THE NON COMMITTEE BOARD MEMBERS THAT ARE PARTICIPATING? WOULD ANY OF YOU LIKE TO SAY ANYTHING? EVERYONE HAVE A NICE NIGHT,
SO NOW THE COMMITTEE HAS TO DECIDE WHEN OUR NEXT MEETING IS.
I, I EMAILED MR. BECHTEL, BUT HE DID NOT RESPOND.
BUT HE WAS PLANNING WITH HIS TEAM TO BE THERE RIGHT AFTER THE CRAZE TRAINING.
SO, UM, ARE YOU ALL AVAILABLE MONDAY, JANUARY 30TH FOR THE FEBRUARY 7TH BOARD MEETING? YEAH, I AM.
SO MONDAY, JANUARY 30TH AT FIVE IS FINE? YES, MA'AM.
SO THE NEXT MEETING FOR THE AGENDA SETTING WILL BE, UH, MONDAY, JANUARY 30TH, BUT AT 5:00 PM VIA ZOOM.
DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER FEBRUARY 7TH BOARD MEETING? CORRECT.
DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER, UM, BUSINESS THAT WE NEED TO ATTEND TO TONIGHT? NO, MA'AM.
SO ALL IN FAVOR OF ADJOURNING.
WE CAN ADJOURN BY UNANIMOUS CONSENT.