Jan 16, 2024 Board of Education

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CLOSED CAPTIONING PROVIDED BY BEAUFORT COUNTY.

GOOD AFTERNOON

[Call to Order]

THIS IS OUR FIRST BUSINESS MEETING OF 2024 BECAUSE OUR MEETING WAS POSTPONED A WEEK DUE TO THE INCLEMENT WEATHER.

THIS MEETING IS BEING CONDUCTED VIA HYBRID VIDEO CONFERENCING AND IS BEING LIVE STREAMED BY THE COUNTY CHANNEL.

THEN THANK YOU FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE JOINING US IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE NEW SAFETY AND SECURITY GUIDELINES.

BAGS, BACKPACKS, AND PURSES ARE PROHIBITED BY THE PUBLIC AT THE BEAUFORT COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION MEETINGS.

REQUESTS FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS.

PARTICIPATION WILL BE ACCEPTED BETWEEN FIVE AND FIVE 30 THIS EVENING BY SENDING AN EMAIL WITH YOUR NAME, PHONE NUMBER, AND TOPIC TO ROBIN WITH A Y DOT CUSHING BERRY AT BEAUFORT.

DO K12 SC DO US YOU'LL RECEIVE A PHONE CALL DURING PUBLIC COMMENTS WHERE YOU'LL BE ABLE TO SPEAK AND ADDRESS THE BOARD FOR A MAXIMUM OF THREE MINUTES.

ON ISSUES WITHIN THE BOARD'S DOMAIN, THE FORM IS LIMITED TO 30 MINUTES.

IF YOU ARE IN PERSON, YOU MAY ADDRESS THE BOARD ALSO FOR A MAXIMUM OF THREE MINUTES ON ISSUES WITHIN THE BOARD'S DOMAIN.

AND EACH SPEAKER MUST FILL OUT A PUBLIC COMMENT CARD AND PLEASE SEE THE BOARD CLERK FOR A CARD.

THE REQUEST FOR SECOND PUBLIC COMMENTS WILL BE ACCEPTED BETWEEN SEVEN AND SEVEN 30 IN THE SAME MANNER.

THE SECOND PUBLIC COMMENTS WILL TAKE PLACE PRIOR TO ADJOURNMENT NO LATER THAN 9:00 PM THE SECOND FORUM IS LIMITED TO 15 MINUTES.

IN THE EVENT THE BOARD IS NOT FINISHED ADDRESSING ALL ITEMS LISTED ON THE JANUARY 9TH, 2024 AGENDA.

THE BOARD WILL RECONVENE TOMORROW EVENING AT 6:00 PM TO FINISH THE AGENDA ITEMS. WE NOW NEED A MOTION TO GO

[Executive Session]

MADAM CHAIR, I MOVE THAT WE GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION FOR THE FOLLOWING MATTERS.

EMPLOYMENT MATTER PERSONNEL RATIFICATION REPORT PURSUANT TO SOUTH CAROLINA CODE ANNOTATED SECTION 30 DASH FOUR DASH 70 A ONE ADULT ED HOMESCHOOL REPORT PURSUANT TO SOUTH CAROLINA CODE ANNOTATED SECTION 30 DASH FOUR DASH 40 A FOUR.

DISCUSSION OF NEGOTIATIONS INCIDENT TO PROPOSE LOBBYIST CONTRACT RENEWAL WITH BURR FOREMAN LAW FIRM PURSUANT TO SOUTH CAROLINA CODE ANNOTATED SECTION 30 DASH FOUR DASH 70 A TWO.

YOU HAVE A SECOND? OKAY.

MS. BOATRIGHT SECOND MOTION TO GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION.

ANY DISCUSSION? I'M SORRY, WHAT DID YOU SAY? I DIDN'T KNOW THAT WAS, I DIDN'T KNOW.

WE HAVE EXECUTIVE SESSION TODAY.

OKAY.

I'M NOT AWARE OF THAT.

ALL RIGHT.

SO ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF GOING INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND AND SAY AYE.

AYE.

AYE.

AND ONLINE.

AYE.

A A AYE.

THANK YOU.

UM, DR.

KY, WE CAN'T HEAR YOU.

I'M SORRY.

CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? YES, VERY WELL.

SORRY.

MY AUDIO AND YOUR VOTE PLEASE.

UM, MY VOTE IS, UM, AYE.

APOLOGIES.

OKAY.

THANK YOU.

AND WE HEARD EARL TOO.

OKAY.

ALL RIGHT.

ANY NAYS AND ANY ABSTENTIONS? OKAY.

SO WE GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION, UM, WITH 10 0 1 EARNING A TOP ENDORSEMENT.

THE BEAUFORT COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT'S OFFICE OF EARLY CHILDHOOD HAS BEEN NAMED AS A PARENTS AS TEACHERS BLUE RIBBON AFFILIATE.

WE ARE EXCITED TO BE NAMED A BLUE RIBBON PARENTS AS TEACHERS AFFILIATE AS IT'S A DIRECT RESULT OF THE DEDICATED TEAMWORK, STRATEGIC PLANNING, AND PASSIONATE SERVICE BY OUR PARENT EDUCATORS AND TEAM.

SO MOM, WOULD YOU TAP ON THE BOOK AND GO AHEAD AND START? THE BLUE RIBBON ENDORSEMENT RECOGNIZES THE PARENTS' TEACHERS PROGRAM FOR DELIVERING OUTSTANDING SERVICES TO CHILDREN AND FAMILIES AS THEY WORK TO PROMOTE AND COVERAGE LANGUAGE, INTELLECTUAL GROWTH AND MORE.

OUR PARENTS AS TEACHERS PROGRAM IS ONE OF THE HIGHEST QUALITY PROGRAMS IN THE HOME VISITATION AND PARENT EDUCATION FIELD.

WE SEND OUR PARENT EDUCATORS INTO THE HOMES OF FAMILIES WITH CHILDREN BIRTH THROUGH KINDERGARTEN.

THE PARENTS' TEACHERS PROGRAM DOES MORE THAN JUST WORK WITH CHILDREN.

THE PROGRAM EMPHASIZES TO PARENTS THAT THEY ARE THEIR CHILD'S FIRST AND MOST IMPORTANT TEACHER.

OUR ULTIMATE GOAL IS TO BUILD STRONG, SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITIES, THRIVING FAMILIES, AND TO ENSURE ALL CHILDREN WILL BE SUCCESSFUL IN KINDERGARTEN AND BEYOND.

THE

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VERY COOL.

WHAT ABOUT THE RED SQUARE? GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO THE BEAUFORT COUNTY

[Action as Necessary or Appropriate Regarding Matters Discussed in Executive Session]

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

JOINING US THIS EVENING, THE BOARD WAS JUST AN EXECUTIVE SESSION AND WE ARE NOW, NOW BACK IN PUBLIC SESSION.

SO DO WE HAVE ANY ACTION AS NECESSARY OR APPROPRIATE REGARDING THE MATTERS DISCUSSED IN EXECUTIVE SESSION? YES, MA'AM.

MADAM CHAIR, WE HAVE THREE MOTIONS.

I MOVE.

WE APPROVE THE SUPERINTENDENT'S RECOMMENDATION FOR EMPLOYMENT LISTED ON THE DECEMBER 1ST, 2023 THROUGH DECEMBER 31ST, 2023.

PERSONNEL RATIFICATION REPORT SECOND BY CARLTON DALLAS.

ANY DISCUSSION IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

AND RAISE YOUR HAND.

AYE, CAMPBELL AYE.

AND WE'LL LET YOU GUYS ONLINE GO.

OKAY.

AYE.

AYE.

WIZOWSKI AYE.

CAMPBELL? YEAH.

THANK YOU ZEKI.

EARL CAMPBELL.

AYE.

AYE.

THANK YOU.

AYE.

YEP.

MOTION CARRIES.

I MS. LEE MADAM CHAIR, I MOVE THAT WE ACCEPT THE SUPERINTENDENT'S RECOMMENDATION FOR THE MONTHLY ADULT EDUCATION HOMESCHOOL REPORT FOR JANUARY 16TH, 2024.

SECOND BY CHLOE GORDON.

ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR IN THE ROOM SAY AYE.

AYE.

AYE.

CAMPBELL AYE.

A A AYE WAS NOW SPEAK AYE.

MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.

MADAM CHAIR, I MOVE THAT THE BEAUFORT COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION APPROVE THE BURR FOREMAN LLC ENGAGEMENT LETTER DATED JANUARY 11TH, 2024 TO PROVIDE LEGISLATIVE LOBBYING SERVICES BEFORE THE 2024 SOUTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY AND EXECUTIVE BRANCH AS OUTLINED IN THE LETTER, I FURTHER MOVE THAT THE BOARD AUTHORIZED THE CHAIR TO SIGN THE ENGAGEMENT LETTER ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD.

DO WE HAVE A SECOND? OKAY.

THANK YOU MS. GORDON.

ANY DISCUSSION MR. SMITH? UM, I JUST BE ABLE TO ALRIGHT.

THERE BE NO FURTHER HAND STOP ALL THOSE IN THE, UM, ROOM THAT, THAT, UH, VOTE? YES.

PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND AND SAY AYE.

AYE.

AYE.

ONLINE WE'LL GO IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER.

CAMPBELL HAY AND WISNESKI AYE.

HEY, AYE.

WISNESKI AYE.

OKAY.

ANY NAYS? OKAY.

MR. SMITH IS A NAY.

AND SO THE MOTION CARRIES.

TEN ONE MADAM CHAIR, THAT CONCLUDES ALL OF THE MOTIONS FROM EX FROM THE EXECUTIVE SESSION.

THANK YOU KINDLY.

NEXT UP WE NEED APPROVAL

[Approval of Agenda]

SO MOVED.

MADAM CHAIR SECOND BY MR. CARLTON DALLAS.

ANY DISCUSSION? HANDS UP.

ALL IN FAVOR OF APPROVING THE AGENDA.

PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND AND SAY AYE.

AYE.

AND HEY.

AYE.

WISNESKI AYE.

OKAY.

THE AGENDA IS APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY.

WE'LL NOW STAND

[Pledge of Allegiance, Moment of Silence, Statement of Media Notification]

THE TWO STUDENTS ARE JEREMY GERMAINE WASHINGTON, A STUDENT AT BATTERY CREEK HIGH SCHOOL AND CAMILLA MONET FRAZIER, A STUDENT AT HILTON HEAD ISLAND HIGH SCHOOL.

BOTH OF THESE STUDENTS PASSED AWAY WITHIN THE PAST MONTH.

IN ADDITION, THE RETIRED DIRECTOR OF EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY, ANN CARVER, PASSED AWAY AND SHE HAD BEEN EMPLOYED WITH THE BEAUFORT COUNTY SCHOOL

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HE IS, BE SEATED.

THE MEDIA HAS BEEN PROPERLY NOTIFIED.

NEXT ON OUR AGENDA IS THE ELECTION

[Election of Officers – Conducted by Judge James A. Grimsley, III]

THE THIRD HAS BEEN SO KIND TO JOIN US AND CONDUCT THE ELECTION.

GOOD.

THE BOARD ASKED ME TO CONDUCT THE ELECTIONS TONIGHT AND THERE ARE THREE OFFICERS FOR CHAIR, VICE CHAIR AND SECRETARY.

SO THE ELECTION, FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT AREN'T FAMILIAR WITH IT, UH, I'LL NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR ANY NOMINATION.

ANY, ANY BOARD AMERICA CAN NOMINATE ANYONE THEY ELECT TO DO.

UH, IN ORDER TO BE ELECTED, THE NOMINEE MUST RECEIVE 50% PLUS ONE OF THE VOTES.

AND I THINK ALL 11 ARE PRESENT.

CORRECT.

OKAY.

SO IN OTHER WORDS, UH, SHOULD A NOMINEE RECEIVE SIX VOTES, THAT'S THE 50% PLUS ONE AND WE'LL DO THAT FOR EACH ONE OF THE, UM, EACH ONE OF THE BOARD OFFICERS.

I DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT ABSENTEE BALLOTS AND PROXIES.

UM, IF THERE ARE MORE THAN TWO CANDIDATES AND NO ONE RECEIVES ENOUGH VOTES TO RE UH, WIN THE ELECTION, THE CANDIDATE RECEIVING THE FEWEST, NO, OUR VOTES WILL BE DROPPED PRIOR TO THE NEXT BALLOT UNTIL THERE ARE ONLY TWO CANDIDATES.

AND, UH, WE'LL CONTINUE ON UNTIL WE ACTUALLY ELECT AN OFFICER FOR THE, FOR THE OFFICE THAT WE'RE VOTING ON.

SO WE'LL START OFF WITH A CHAIR AND DO I HAVE ANY NOMINATIONS FROM THE BOARD FOR THE POSITION OF CHAIR? YES, SIR.

IS THERE A SECOND TO THAT? OKAY.

NOMINATED AND SECONDED.

ANY OTHER NOMINATIONS? MOTION FOR THE NOMINATIONS TO BE CLOSED? SECOND.

OKAY.

ALL RIGHT.

LOOKS LIKE, UH, WE HAVE BY ACCLAMATION, BUT I'LL GO AHEAD AND ASK EVERYONE TO RAISE THEIR HANDS.

ALL IN FAVOR OF, UH, THE CURRENT CHAIRMAN BECOMING THE SUCCESSOR CHAIRMAN, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HANDS.

OKAY.

AND THOSE THAT ARE NOT HERE, MR. CAMPBELL.

CAMPBELL AYE.

AYE.

HAY I THINK AND THE THIRD ONE, UH, WAS NKI KY AYE, KY OKAY.

MADAM CHAIRMAN, YOU'RE BACK IN THE SEAT.

THANK YOU.

OKAY, NEXT OFFICE WILL BE FOR VICE CHAIR.

SAME PROCESS.

UH, ARE THERE ANY NOMINATIONS FROM THE BOARD? YES, MA'AM.

MS. GORDON? I NOMINATE, UM, COLONEL BRIDGET GEIER AS VICE VICE CHAIR.

THERE'S NOMINATION AND SECONDED.

ARE THERE ANY OTHER NOMINATIONS? MOTION FOR THE NOMINATIONS TO BE CLOSED.

SECOND.

ALL IN FAVOR OF COLONEL GEIER BEING THE VICE CHAIR.

PLEASE RAISE YOUR HANDS.

AYE.

AYE.

MR. CAMPBELL? AYE.

MS. HAY? AYE.

AND MS. MS. KY WISNESKI.

AYE KY I'LL GET IT RIGHT.

ARE THERE, UH, ANY NAYS? VERY GOOD.

COLONEL GEIER, YOU ARE THE, UH, VICE CHAIR.

ONCE AGAIN, OPEN THE NOMINATIONS NOW FOR SECRETARY.

AND ARE THERE ANY YES, SIR.

MS. MIDDLETON? SECOND.

SECOND.

OKAY.

ANY OTHER NOMINATIONS? MOTION FOR THE NOMINATIONS TO BE CLOSED? SECOND.

VERY GOOD.

MR. CAMPBELL.

EXCUSE ME.

ALL IN FAVOR OF, UH, MS. MIDDLETON, RAISE YOUR HAND PLEASE.

AYE.

AYE.

MR. CAMPBELL? AYE.

MS. HAY? AYE.

AYE.

MS. MS. KY AYE.

VERY GOOD.

MS. MIDDLETON, YOU ARE THE, UH, SECRETARY ONCE AGAIN, THANK YOU COLLEAGUES,

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THANK YOU.

AND YOU NEED TO STAY RIGHT THERE.

OKAY.

SO THAT CONCLUDES THE NOMINATIONS.

OH, SORRY.

SO THE, WE HAVE A SERVICE AWARD PRESENTED TO JUDGE JAMES GRIMLEY GRIMSLEY III IN GRATEFUL APPRECIATION FOR YOUR MANY YEARS OF CONTINUED SERVICE AND SUPPORT TO THE BEAUFORT COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION JANUARY 20, 24.

AND I KNOW ROBIN HAS TOLD ME THAT YOU'VE DONE THIS MANY, MANY TIMES AND, UH, YOU'VE DONE IT GRACIOUSLY AND AT NO CHARGE.

THANK YOU.

WELL, THANK YOU.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

OH, YOU'RE WELCOME.

LET'S GET A PHOTO TAKING A, A PICTURE , NO PHOTOS.

OH, THERE WE GO.

YEAH, WE NEED A PHOTO ALL HERE.

PUT UP YOUR PLAQUE.

.

THERE WE GO.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

THANKS SO MUCH.

APPRECIATE IT.

SO THIS CONCLUDES WHATEVER I NEED TO DO TONIGHT.

I THINK .

SO, VERY GOOD.

THANK YOU ALL.

THANK YOU.

YES, SIR.

ALL RIGHT.

NEXT

[First Public Comments]

SO BEFORE WE, UH, WE HAVE ONE PERSON, UH, UH, ONLINE THAT WILL GIVE A COMMENT.

I WOULD LIKE TO READ, UH, THE STATEMENT THAT THE BOARD HAS ASKED ME TO READ, UH, PRIOR TO PUBLIC COMMENTS AT EACH MO MEETING.

WHEREAS IN ORDER TO BETTER ENSURE THE SAFETY, SECURITY, AND GOOD ORDER OF ITS SCHOOL BOARD MEETINGS AND ALLOW ALL CITIZENS A FAIR OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE IN PUBLIC COMMENT, BEAUFORT COUNTY SCHOOLS BOARD GOVERNANCE POLICY GC 2 23 4, ADHERENCE TO PUBLIC PARTICIPATION.

PARAGRAPH B STATES THAT SHOULD A PARTICIPANT FAIL TO ABIDE BY THE REASONABLE DIRECTIVES OF THE BOARD'S OR COMMITTEE'S PRESIDING OFFICER, THE BOARD OR COMMITTEE MAY PROHIBIT THE OFFENDING SPEAKER FROM PARTICIPATING IN FUTURE PUBLIC COMMENT SESSIONS FOR A PERIOD NOT TO SEE EXCEED SIX MONTHS.

LET ROBIN, UM, GO TO THE PHONE.

I'M GONNA PUT YOU ON SPEAKERPHONE.

YOU'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES IF YOU CAN STATE YOUR FIRST AND LAST NAME AND YOUR TOPIC.

OKAY.

ARE YOU READY? GO AHEAD.

HI, MY NAME IS JULIE NIZAM AND MY LAST NAME IS SPELLED N AS IN NANCY, IZAM.

AND I HAVE TWO BOYS WHO ARE IN THE BEAUFORT COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT.

I HAVE ONE AT BLUFFTON MIDDLE SCHOOL AND ONE AT MAY RIVER HIGH SCHOOL.

BOTH OF THEM ARE IN BAND AND I'M DEFINITELY VERY FAMILIAR WITH THE BAND PROGRAM.

I'M ACTUALLY THE BAND BOOSTER PRESIDENT FOR MAY RIVER HIGH SCHOOL.

AND LAST YEAR I WAS ALSO THE TREASURER.

SO BASICALLY WHAT I WANTED TO TALK TO, TO, TO YOU GUYS ABOUT TODAY IS HOW IMPORTANT THE BAND PROGRAM IS AND HOW WE ACTUALLY DEFINITELY NEED TO MAKE AN IMPROVEMENT.

I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE LOOKED AT OTHER SCHOOLS AROUND THE STATE, BUT MAY RIVER BAND PROGRAM IS DEFINITELY SMALLER, A LOT LESS STUDENTS INVOLVED, AND THE FUNDING IS ALSO LESS.

SO, UM, THIS YEAR ESPECIALLY, WHAT WE'VE NOTICED IS A LOT OF THE FUNDING THAT WE USE GOES TOWARDS SUPPLEMENTAL INSTRUCTORS LIKE COLOR GUARD INSTRUCTORS.

WE'VE HAD TO ASK FOR HELP WITH MIDDLE SCHOOL INSTRUCTORS COMING IN TO, UM, HELP WITH PERCUSSIONISTS.

SO WE WANTED TO ASK THE SCHOOL BOARD TO HELP US WITH FUNDING.

AND THAT FUNDING WOULD GO TOWARDS AN ASSISTANT BAND DIRECTOR FOR MAY RIVER HIGH SCHOOL, AND ALSO FOR SUPPLEMENTAL INSTRUCTIONS LIKE COLOR GUARD, WINTER GUARD, AND ALSO PERCUSSION INSTRUCTIONS AND ALSO POSSIBLY, UM, PRIVATE LESSONS FOR CERTAIN STUDENT GROUPS.

OR IT COULD BE ALSO ORGANIZED BY INSTRUMENTS TOO, LIKE ALL THE TRUMPETS COULD RECEIVE PRIVATE INSTRUCTIONS ON CERTAIN DAYS.

AND BEING INVOLVED WITH BAND PROGRAMS IN DIFFERENT SCHOOLS, AND ESPECIALLY WE HAVE MOVED FROM A DIFFERENT STATE, I'VE SEEN HOW HAVING THIS ADDITIONAL FUNDING

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SECONDLY, WE ALSO WANTED TO ASK THAT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL BAND PROGRAMS ARE GIVEN, UM, MORE FOCUS AND THE IMPROVEMENT BECAUSE RIGHT NOW WE'VE FOUND OUT THAT CERTAIN MIDDLE SCHOOLS FUNNELING INTO MAY RIVER HIGH SCHOOL, THE KIDS ARE COMING IN AT DIFFERENT MUSICAL LEVELS.

SO THERE'S SOME KIDS COMING IN AT KIND OF AN ELEMENTARY MUSICAL LEVEL, AND THEN SOME KIDS COMING IN THAT HAVE HAD PRIVATE INSTRUCTION THAT HAVE HAD BAND FIVE DAYS A WEEK THAT ARE, ARE COMING IN AT A VERY HIGH MUSICAL LEVEL.

AND WHAT WE WANTED TO ASK FOR IS THAT THERE'S CONSISTENCY ACROSS THE BOARD IN THE MIDDLE SCHOOLS THAT STUDENTS ARE ALLOWED TO ATTEND BAND FIVE DAYS A WEEK.

I KNOW AT BLUFF IN MIDDLE SCHOOL, MY SON IS LUCKY TO ATTEND BAND FIVE DAYS A WEEK, BUT HIS BAND CLASS IS SHORTER THAN MANY OF HIS OTHER CLASSES BECAUSE IT'S AN ELECTIVE.

SO I WANTED TO ASK THAT THOSE STUDENTS THAT ARE NOT ABLE TO ATTEND BAND FIVE DAYS A WEEK IN OTHER MIDDLE SCHOOLS BE GIVEN THE SAME OPPORTUNITIES SO THAT ONCE THEY REACH THE HIGH SCHOOL, THEY HAVE A BETTER CHANCE FOR SUCCESS.

UM, THE BAND DIRECTORS, MS. I'M, I'M SORRY.

YOUR TIME IS UP.

YES, MA'AM.

IF YOU'RE STILL LISTENING, YOU CAN ALWAYS EMAIL THE BOARD.

UM, SO LOOKING AT OUR AGENDA, IT LOOKS LIKE WE'RE GONNA PROBABLY MOVE ALONG QUITE QUICKLY.

SO I'M GONNA SUGGEST TO ANY OF THE, UM, PUBLIC THAT IS, UH, UH, ENGAGED WITH US TONIGHT AND WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK AT THE SECOND PUBLIC COMMENTS TO GO AHEAD AND SUBMIT YOUR REQUEST.

NOW, UH, TO ROBIN, DOC CUSHING, BARRY AT BEAUFORT, K12 SC US YOU DO NOT NEED TO WAIT UNTIL SEVEN SEVEN TO SEVEN 30 TIMEFRAME.

THAT MAY BE ACTUALLY, UH, TOO LATE.

ALL RIGHT.

NEXT ON OUR AGENDA ARE THE, UH, COMMITTEE REPORTS.

[Committee Reports]

COLONEL GEIER.

THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.

THE FIRST ITEM IN THE FINANCE AND THE ONLY ITEM IN THE FINANCE IS THE BOARD BUDGET PRIORITIES.

UM, IT SENT OUT A SPREADSHEET, KIND OF DIFFICULT TO USE, AND IT WAS, UH, NOT INTERACTIVE.

SO YOU HAD A, YOU HAD A LITTLE PROBLEM PUTTING IN YOUR VOTE IN THE BOX, AND THERE WAS AN AWFUL LOT.

UH, THERE WERE 29 ORIGINAL PRIORITIES LISTED AND PLUS AN ADDITIONAL SEVEN WERE, UH, ADDED LATER ON.

I, MYSELF AND MR. DALLAS, UH, WENT THROUGH AND PRIORITIZED FROM ONE TO 29, ALL OF THEM.

AND THAT WAS, UH, A DIFFICULT PROCESS.

'CAUSE THERE WAS SO MANY, THE WAY I DID IT, AS I BROKE 'EM INTO THIRDS ONE, ONE TO TEN THIRD, AND THEN TRIED TO ARRANGE THEM WITHIN THAT THIRD WINDOW.

AND THAT FRANKLY BECAME, WHEN I LOOKED AT IT AS A, IT'S HARD TO GIVE A SUPERINTENDENT 29 36 PRIORITY.

AND SO I WAS WONDERING IF TODAY WE COULD TALK ABOUT IT JUST BRIEFLY ABOUT HOW TO GIVE THE SUPERINTENDENT SOME GUIDANCE AND PERHAPS, AND, AND I'M, YOU KNOW, I DON'T HAVE AN IDEA OF HOW TO DO IT.

I WAS THINKING MAYBE, MAYBE IF WE COULD EACH COME UP WITH OUR TOP 10, IF WE COULD PUT 'EM ALL TOGETHER AND SEE IF WE HAVE CONSENSUS OR AT LEAST THE TOP FIVE.

UM, BUT MAYBE, MAYBE 29 IS TOO MANY.

UH, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW.

I'M, I'M OPEN TO SOME SUGGESTIONS BECAUSE WE, WE WANTED TO DO WAS DURING OUR WORK SESSION, BE ABLE TO GIVE THE SUPERINTENDENT THIS IS WHAT THE BOARD'S BUDGET PRIORITIES ARE FOR THIS UPCOMING FISCAL YEAR.

SO, UH, CAN WE OPEN IT UP FOR ANY DISCUSSION? MADAM CHAIR? YES.

.

ALL RIGHT.

UM, VICTOR, THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.

UH, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, THE SUPERINTENDENT SENT OUT HIS PRIORITIES.

CORRECT.

UH, THEN I, I SAY I RECOMMEND THAT WE JUST, UH, EVALUATE HIS PRIORITIES AND LIST THEM.

ONE, TWO, HOWEVER MANY, I ALSO BROKE MINE OFF INTO THIRDS TOO, BY THE WAY.

GREAT MINDS THINK ALIKE.

I'M SURE.

.

UM, BUT, UH, I MEAN, IF I'M, I'M, I HATE REINVENTING THE WHEEL.

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SO I, I'M ALL ABOUT JUST EVALUATING HIS AND IF A PRIORITY FOR YOU ISN'T ON HIS LIST, THEN PUT IT ON THERE.

OKAY.

YEP.

UM, INGRID AND THEN DR. RODRIGUEZ.

I LOVE REINVENTING THE WHEEL.

OUR HERE.

NO, UM, I HAD THE SAME COMMENT BECAUSE WHAT I THOUGHT WITH DR. RODRIGUEZ IS HE DID KIND OF CAPTURE THAT LIST, AND I FEEL LIKE HE SORT OF HAD BEEN PAYING ATTENTION THIS WHOLE YEAR AND IT WAS PRETTY SUCCINCT.

SO I ACTUALLY, UM, ON THE EXCEL SPREADSHEET, I PUT MY COMMENTS AND I TOLD HIM, YOU KNOW, I MAY NOT AGREE WITH THE RANKING, AND TO SOME EXTENT I THINK THERE'S SOME DISCUSSION MAYBE TO BE HAD.

UM, BUT I DO FEEL LIKE HE KIND OF CAPTURED WHAT WAS ON THAT LIST AND WHAT WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT.

UM, AND SO I, I WOULD PREFER JUST TO USE THAT.

AND I, HOW MANY ITEMS DID YOU END UP HAVING? IT WASN'T 29, 15 MAYBE.

N NO, I, I HAD, UH, 41 ITEMS ON THERE THAT I LISTED ON THERE.

AND, AND THEN, AND THEN RANK THEM THAT, UH, IF YOU, YOU I'LL, I'LL SHARE MY PROCESS SO EVERYBODY'S UNDERSTANDING IF THAT'S THE DIRECTION YOU'RE GOING IN A SECOND, YOU DON'T WANT ME TO DO IT FOR YOU? WELL, YOU CAN, BUT, UH, , YOU'RE SET.

OKAY.

ALRIGHT.

SO FIRST OF ALL, I'M GONNA GO HOME TODAY AND I'M GONNA, UH, I'M GONNA TELL MY WIFE THAT YOU SAID THAT I LISTENED AND THAT I'VE BEEN CAPTURING YOU.

SO THAT'S THE FIRST THING I'M GONNA DO WHEN I GO HOME TODAY, .

HOWEVER, UH, , UM, THE, THE OTHER THING I WOULD SHARE WITH YOU, WHEN I APPROACHED, UH, THIS, I, UH, I LISTED THE THINGS THAT I HAVE A BEEN HEARING, UH, THE NEEDS THAT I'VE BEEN SEEING WITHIN THE SYSTEM.

IN MANY CASES, THEY OVERLAPPED, UH, WITHIN OUR EXISTING DISCUSSIONS HERE.

BUT IN SOME CASES, THERE WERE SOME THINGS THAT I PUT ON THERE THAT MAY NOT HAVE BEEN.

AND THEN CATEGORIZE THOSE.

IF YOU COULD SEE THERE WERE CATEGORIES ON THE, ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE THAT I, THAT I PUT ON THERE THAT, UH, WHETHER IT WAS AN ACADEMIC COMPONENT, WHETHER IT WAS A SAFETY AND SECURITY COMPONENT, WHETHER IT WAS A SO ON AND SO FORTH.

RIGHT.

AND JUST SORT OF GROUPED THEM INTO BIGGER BUCKETS.

I ACTUALLY WENT THROUGH AND RANKED EACH BUCKET INDIVIDUALLY, AND THEN I CAME BACK AND BROUGHT IT INTO ONE LIST, UH, AND PLUG AWAY AT IT IN MY OVERALL RANKINGS.

IN EACH INDIVIDUAL BUDGET.

YEAH.

IN EACH INDIVIDUAL BUCKET.

OKAY.

SO, JUST AS YOU MOVE FORWARD, SO YOU UNDERSTAND THE PROCESS THAT I PERSONALLY WENT THROUGH, UH, IN, IN LAYING THAT OUT.

SO I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE YOU SAY, HEY, UH, YOU GAVE US YOUR PROCESS.

WHAT DO YOU THINK WOULD WORK BEST? WE'VE, WE'VE HIRED YOU TO BE THE CEO.

WELL, I THINK IT WOULD BE HELPFUL, UH, UH, FOR ME AND MY TEAM, OR MY TEAM AND I, I SHOULD SAY, TO, UH, TO UNDERSTAND WHAT MIGHT BE YOUR TOP FIVE AS A BOARD, RIGHT? SO, SO, UH, YOU KNOW, YOU COULD DO IT BY CATEGORY AS OPPOSED TO BEING AS GRANULAR.

UH, BUT I THINK, UH, IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO KNOW, UH, YOUR, YOUR TOP FIVE, UH, THAT WE CAN, UH, APPLY AS WE'RE, AS WE, AS WE MOVE THROUGH THE PROCESS.

'CAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF FEEDBACK THAT GOES INTO THE OVERALL BUDGET PROCESS ALONG THE WAY.

UH, SO IT WOULD BE HELPFUL FOR US, I THINK, TO, UH, UH, UH, UNDERSTAND, UH, AND MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE CAPTURING THE PRIORITIES THAT THE BOARD HAS.

UM, AS A WHOLE, EARL, GO AHEAD.

I WAS, UH, I LOOKED AT, UM, THE LIST THAT WAS ON THERE THAT THE BOARD HAD GENERATED, WHICH I THINK HAD ABOUT 30 OR 31 ITEMS ON THERE.

UH, I NOTICED THERE WAS OVERLAP.

MM-HMM.

QUITE A BIT ON WHAT I HAD LAID OUT THERE AND, AND WHAT THE BOARD HAD LAID OUT THERE.

THERE MAY, THERE MAY BE, UH, UH, SOME NUANCES THERE, BUT IF YOU, IF YOU READ INTO THE, THE ITEM AS IT WAS WRITTEN AND YOU READ INTO THE ITEM AS I HAD IT WRITTEN, UH, YOU CAN, YOU CAN, YOU CAN SEE WE'RE REALLY TALKING ABOUT THE SAME THINGS, UH, IN, IN MOST CASES.

SO, UH, UH, I ACTUALLY THINK THAT'S REALLY A TESTAMENT TO THE DISCUSSIONS AND THE WORK

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WITH A FEW ADDITIONAL ONES THAT I HAVE ON THERE THAT YOU DIDN'T CAPTURE, OR MAYBE ONE OR TWO THAT, THAT YOU HAD THAT I DIDN'T CAPTURE.

MR. DALLAS.

YEAH.

UM, I THOUGHT THE PROCESS, UH, MATHEMATICALLY, MATHEMATICALLY COMPUTATED VERY EASILY.

SO I GUESS ONE OF THE QUESTIONS, IF YOU ARE ASKING FOR THE BOARD TO DO THAT, ARE WE WILLING WHERE, BECAUSE A LOT OF WHAT, UH, ACTUALLY IDENTIFIED RIGHT GROUP, LOTS OF POCKETS THAT THOSE INDIVIDUAL ONES FIT UNDER, AND I THINK MANY OF THEM, HE'S ALREADY COVERED IN HIS RANKING, SO IT MAY SAVE SOME EFFORT.

WELL, MY QUESTION BE, WELL, AT WHAT POINT DO WE SIT DOWN AND WE HAVE A, AT WHAT, WHEN DO WE, WHEN IS THE, WHEN DOES THE WORK SESSION TAKE PLACE? BECAUSE I THINK THAT SOME OF THIS STUFF, UH, NEEDS TO TAKE PLACE AT THE WORK SESSION AND, AND ALSO, UH, GAUGING A ACTIVITY FROM THE COMMUNITY AS WELL TOO, UH, TO ALLOW THEM TO GIVE US TIME AS THEY ELECT US TO, UH, GIVE SOME, UH, FEEDBACK AS WELL.

AND TO, UH, SOMETIMES THEY CAN GIVE YOU FOOD FOR THOUGHT AS WELL.

UH, IN TERMS TO WHAT WE REALLY, UH, WANT, I THINK IS, UH, IS VERY CRITICAL, UH, WITH, WITH HERE ON MY TIME ON THE BOARD, BECAUSE I KNOW THAT ALSO, UH, WE DO GO TO THE STUDENTS AND I REMEMBER LAST YEAR THE STUDENTS HAD A, HAVE BROUGHT SOME GREAT POINTS IN TERMS IN TERMS OF THE BUDGET.

SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, THAT'S THAT, THAT, THAT, THAT IS WHY I'M, I'M ASKING WHAT I'M ASKING IN TERMS OF, UH, OF THE, UM, OF THE, UH, WORK SESSION.

SO I THINK, UH, UM, WE GOT A WORK SESSION COMING UP, UH, IN 10 DAYS.

IN 10 DAYS.

THE OVERALL BUDGET PROCESS IS LONGER THAN JUST THESE 10 DAYS, RIGHT? UH, SO WE KNOW WE'VE BEEN THROUGH THIS AND WE KNOW THAT THERE'S A LOT OF FEEDBACK THAT GETS TAKEN IN AND ALL THAT.

BUT I THINK MAY BE IMPORTANT AT THIS WORK SESSION, UH, TO HAVE A CONVERSATION AROUND THE BUDGET PROCESS AND, AND, UH, UH, THE CALENDAR, UH, MAY BE LAID OUT IN TERMS OF, UH, WHEN WE EXPECT TO DO DIFFERENT PIECES OF, OF THAT PROCESS.

AND, UH, UH, WE CAN HAVE CERTAINLY AN ENGAGING SESSION, UH, AROUND THAT.

AND IF YOU AS A BOARD ARE GOING TO WORK ON, UH, IN TERMS OF PRIORITIZING THAT LIST, UH, YOU KNOW, THAT MIGHT BE SOMETHING THAT WE CAN HAVE AHEAD OF TIME BEFORE THAT WORK SESSION.

SO WE'LL HAVE SOMETHING TO WORK WITH IN TERMS OF, UH, DEVELOPING AN ENGAGING SESSION WITH YOU AROUND, UH, THOSE PRIORITIES, IF THAT WORKS.

SO WHAT I'M, WHAT I'M HEARING IS, WELL, ROBIN, TO GIVE US A COPY OF YOUR PRIORITY LIST GO DOWN PRIORITY, EACH ITEM ON THAT LIST? IS THAT WHAT THAT WHAT WE'RE SAYING? THAT'S WHAT I, UH, UNDERSTOOD, BUT I THOUGHT YOU WERE LOOKING AT MAYBE TRYING TO NARROW IT TO A TOP 10 OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

SO EACH BOARD MEMBER GIVE ONE THROUGH 10, HOWEVER, FROM EITHER POCKET THAT YOU HAVE IN YOUR, UH, YOUR LIST.

YEAH.

AND THEN PROVIDE THAT BACK TO, UH, ROBIN, SEND IT BACK TO ROBINS, COMPILE IT SO I CAN, I CAN GET IT, UH, BEFORE, BEFORE THE 27TH MEETING.

YES.

AND I, I THINK IT'S THE 26TH, RIGHT? SIX.

IT'S, SO IT'S A WEEK FROM FRIDAY.

SO, AND, AND I WOULD LIKE A LITTLE BIT OF TIME WITH, WITH WHAT I GET BACK SO THAT WE CAN MAKE SURE WE HAVE AN ENGAGING SESSION WITH YOU.

SO IF THE BOARD MEMBERS SUBMITTED THEIR TOP 10 BY, UH, END OF DAY ON FRIDAY, THIS FRIDAY, PLENTY OF TIME, THAT WOULD BE ONE WEEK AHEAD OF THE WORK SESSION.

THAT WOULD OKAY.

SO LET'S EVERYBODY THAT WOULD LIKE TO PARTICIPATE , UM, GO AHEAD AND DO THE RANKING OF THE, OF

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AND, UM, WHY DON'T WE HAVE ROBIN SEND IT OUT? YEAH, EXACTLY.

AND, UM, AND THEN JUST SEND YOURS BACK TO ROBIN AND SHE'LL GET IT TO DR. RODRIGUEZ.

SO JUST PLEASE HAVE IT BACK BY THE END OF DAY ON THIS FRIDAY, WHICH IS 19TH, MADAM CHAIR, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT RANKING THE SUPERINTENDENT'S LIST OR THE LIST THAT WE SUBMITTED, THE SUPERINTENDENT'S LIST.

AND IF YOU THINK THERE'S SOMETHING ON, ON THERE THAT YOU THINK SHOULD BE ADDED BY ALL MEANS ADDED.

YEAH.

AND, UH, IF I MAY JUST SAY, YOU KNOW, NORMALLY WHEN, WHEN WE ENGAGE IN, IN, IN OUR PRIORITIES AND THAT SORT OF THING EARLY ON IN THE PROCESS, SO THERE'S A LIST OF ONE TO 41 ON THERE, RIGHT? EARLY ON IN THE PROCESS.

IT'S THAT ONE TO 41 AT THAT MOMENT WHEN I SIT DOWN TO MAKE THAT RANKING.

BUT AS TIME GOES ON THROUGH THE BUDGET PROCESS, THERE ARE SOME TIMES THAT, THAT THERE ARE SHIFTS WITHIN THOSE RANKINGS.

SO I WOULD JUST SAY UNDERSTAND THAT THOSE ARE, UM, YOU KNOW, MY, UH, MY LIST ON THAT DAY AND TODAY WHEN, WHEN WE'VE HANDED THAT TO YOU, THERE COULD BE SOME FOR ME PERSONALLY, BUT YOUR INSIGHT ON, ON, ON ALL OF IT IS WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE.

SO THAT'S HELPFUL.

OKAY.

AND IT ALSO, I'M GONNA BRING MITCH TO THE BOARD TOO, IS THAT, UH, EVEN THOUGH WE HAVE THAT SET OF WORK SCHEDULE IN TERM, IN TERMS OF, UH, IN TERMS OF FINALIZING, FINALIZING THIS BUDGET AND ALL COMING UP ON INTO A AGREEMENT, THIS BOARD, NOT ONLY DO DO WE HAVE A, UH, A PHYSICAL RESPONSIBILITY, BUT I BELIEVE THAT WE DO HAVE THE, UH, THE, WE DO HAVE THE, THE RIGHT TO, IF WE NEED TO ADD A MEETING OR A WORK SESSION TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN MAKE THIS HAPPEN.

AND IF WE NEED TO COME BACK AND, AND HAVE A SECOND WORK SESSION, WE, WE DO HAVE THAT OPENING.

UM, WE, WE DO HAVE THAT RIGHT, RIGHT.

AS A BOARD, IF THAT WE, PHYSICAL RESPONSE IN TERMS OF PHYSICAL RESPONSIBILITY, WE DO HAVE THAT RIGHT TO, UH, MAKE THAT HAPPEN.

SO EVEN THOUGH I KNOW THAT YOU, WE DO HAVE THAT ONE IN 10 DAYS, I BELIEVE IF WE NEED TO HAVE ANOTHER ONE JUST TO GET EVERYONE ON THE SAME PAGE AND TO GET A, UH, UNDERSTANDING, THEN I BELIEVE THAT THE BOARD, THAT WE DO HAVE THAT RIGHT TO HAVE A, A SPECIAL CALL MEETING OR TO, UH, FACILITATE THAT IF WE, IF NEED TO BE.

I JUST WANNA PUT THAT OUT THERE.

F AS THE FYI.

THANK YOU.

GREEN.

THERE'S NO HANDS UP.

SO GEIER, CAN WE GO TO FI UH, TO, UH, OPERATIONS COMMITTEE? YES, PLEASE.

THE OPERATIONS COMMITTEE MET ON DECEMBER 18TH, AND I HAVE TWO MOTIONS FOR THE BOARD.

UH, BOTH ARE EASEMENTS.

I'LL START WITH READING, UH, THE FIRST, UH, MOTION AND THEN I'LL GIVE YOU SOME BACKGROUND AND THEN, UH, WE'LL GO TO THE SECOND MOTION.

AND THEN I HAVE A FEW OTHER ITEMS THAT WERE DISCUSSED.

SO THE FIRST MOTION IS I MOVE THAT THE BOARD OF EDUCATION GIVE THE SUPERINTENDENT AUTHORITY TO FINALIZE THE EASEMENT ALONG PORT ROYAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FOR PARKING AND SIDEWALK WITH THE TOWN OF PORT ROYAL.

OKAY.

SECOND BY CARLTON DALLAS.

OKAY.

I'LL GIVE YOU SOME BACKGROUND.

UH, MR. MIKE CLINK FROM THE TOWN OF PORT ROYAL CAME INTO THE COMMITTEE MEETING AND PRESENTED A SIDE, A UPDATE ON THE SIDEWALK PARKING PROJECT ALONG 12TH STREET AT PORT ROYAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

THAT'S THE SOUTH SIDE OF PORT ROYAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

RIGHT NOW, THERE'S JUST A FENCE AND SOME GRAVEL SIDEWALK AND SOME LITTLE BETTER MARKED PARKING, AND THEY WILL MOVE THE FENCE ACCORDINGLY SO THAT THE FENCE STAYS IN PLACE.

AND, AND THAT'S, UH, WHAT WE LOOKED AT.

THIS IS A PART OF PORT ROYAL'S CONTINUING PROCESS TO ADD SIDEWALKS IN THAT CITY.

YEAH.

YEP.

UM, I'LL BE GLAD TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE.

I THINK COLONEL GUYER COVERED MOST OF IT, UH, STAFF SUPPORTS IT.

SO ANY QUESTIONS AND IN, IN, IN TERMS OF THE,

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UM, AS MR. KLINK SAID IN OUR MEETING, THE TOWN OF PORT ROYAL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR EVERYTHING THAT'S BEING BUILT, UH, THE SIDEWALK, THE PARKING LOT.

SO THE DISTRICT WILL NOT HAVE RESPONSIBILITY FOR IT.

AND DO WE HAVE SOMETHING FROM THEM IN THE WRITING THAT STATES EXACTLY THAT AND HAVE, HAVE OUR LEGAL LOOKED AT THAT YET? UH, WE DO NOT HAVE SOMETHING IN WRITING.

UM, WE, UH, WE CAN GET SOMETHING.

I MEAN, ONE OF THE THINGS I THINK IF WE, I MEAN, WE'LL, WE'LL, WE CAN HAVE THAT AS PART OF OUR EASEMENT AGREEMENT WITH THEM WHEN WE FINALIZE THE EASEMENT.

WE CAN PLACE THAT IN THERE NOTING THAT, UH, THEY ARE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE MAINTENANCE OF THAT AREA.

OKAY.

BECAUSE IT'S JUST ONE OF MY CONCERNS IS IF, IF THEY BUILD THIS PARKING LOT OR THEY RE PUT THIS FENCE UP IN THIS FENCE, GOD FORBID THIS FENCE FALLS ON SOMEONE'S CAR OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, THEN WHO WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE? WHO WOULD BE LIABLE FOR THAT? SO THAT'S JUST, UH, THAT'S JUST SOME OF MY CONCERNS.

BRINGING, BRINGING THAT, BRINGING THAT, BRINGING THAT FORWARD.

THANK YOU.

YES.

GO AHEAD.

I'LL JUST, I THINK, UH, MR. SMITH HAS A GOOD POINT TO BRING THAT MM-HMM.

UM, DOCUMENTED AGREEMENT FORWARD SO THAT GOING THROUGH THE PROCESS IS CLEAR TO GOD AND EVERYBODY THAT THAT'S PART OF THEIR RESPONSIBILITY DOESN'T GET RIGHT.

SO YOU HEARD WHAT THE BOARD'S CONCERN IS.

YEP.

OKAY.

SO ARE WE READY TO VOTE? OKAY.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE.

AYE.

AND ONLINE, CAMPBELL AYE.

AYE.

AYE.

A.

AYE.

WISNESKI AYE.

AYE.

ANY NAYS? OKAY.

ANY ABSTENTIONS? SO THE MOTION CARRIES, UH, TEN ONE MADAM CHAIR.

THE SECOND MOTION IS THE BOARD OF EDUCATION.

GIVE THE SUPERINTENDENT AUTHORITY TO ENTER NEGOTIATIONS FOR THE EASEMENT ALONG STEWART POINT ROAD WITH PROPERTY ACQUISITIONS AND NEGOTIATIONS.

THANK YOU, VICTOR.

NA.

SECOND, THE MOTION.

SOME BACKGROUND, UH, THIS HAS BEEN BROUGHT TO THE OPERATIONS COMMITTEE ON NOVEMBER 14TH AND NOVEMBER 21ST.

WE HAD SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT EXACTLY THIS KIND OF SAME THINGS THAT MR. SMITH MENTIONED, WHO'S RESPONSIBLE, UH, FOR THE UPKEEP AND MAINTENANCE OF IT.

AND WE HAVEN'T BEEN GIVEN ASSURANCE THAT, UH, THAT THE DISTRICT WILL NOT HAVE ANY, UH, FINANCIAL OR LIABILITY OBLIGATIONS, UH, AS A RESULT OF THIS, UH, PROJECT.

AND MR. CAMPBELL, UH, HAS, UH, OF COURSE HAD THE WHALE BRANCH, UH, PERSPECTIVE AND BROUGHT THAT TO THE OPERATIONS COMMITTEE IN BOTH, IN BOTH CASES.

MR. DALLAS, IS THIS THE ONE WHERE THE MONUMENT, OKAY.

THIS WAS A DIFFERENT ONE.

MR. CAMPBELL, WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK? I WOULD JUST SAY THAT THE COUNTY WOULD MAINTAIN THAT SIDEWALK.

NOPE.

DISTRICT WON'T HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH IT ONCE THEY PUT IT IN COUNTY BUILDING, CUT THE GRASS ALONG THE, ALONG THE SIDEWALK'S LIKE THEY DO NOW, UH, WILL BRANCH.

OH YEAH, WE'VE SEEN THAT.

I'VE SEEN IT.

I'M FINE.

OKAY.

ALL RIGHT, MR. SMITH.

AND JUST AS, UH, MR. UH, CAMPBELL SAID IT AS WELL, SOME OTHER BOARD, BOARD MEMBERS, I JUST HOPE THAT, UH, THAT ALSO THAT YOU WILL GET THAT, UH, WE WILL GET THAT IN WRITING, UH, IF WE, IF WE DON'T HAVE IT YET.

UH, AND, AND TO, UH, PRIOR TO MOVING, MOVING FORWARD WITH THAT, WHAT, WHAT, WHAT WOULD BE THAT PROCESS IF YOU GOTTA A VOTE TONIGHT? WHAT'S, WHAT'S, WHAT WOULD BE THAT PROCESS? LEMME, LEMME SAY THIS.

UM, I DON'T BELIEVE YOU'RE GONNA GET A, A LETTER FROM THE COUNTY ABOUT THIS.

THIS IS SOMETHING THAT STARTED, MR. DAWSON PROPOSED TO THE COUNTY AND TO BUILD SIDEWALKS NOT ONLY HERE AT THERE, BUT ALSO IN BIGGER STATE.

SO YOU ARE NOT GONNA GET A LETTER FROM THEM SAYING ANYTHING.

UH, THEY WOULD, THEY, THEY MAINTAIN ALL THE SIDEWALKS THAT THEY, THEY SO FAR.

RIGHT.

MR. CAMPBELL, I DO UNDERSTAND IT.

HOWEVER, I DON'T THINK THAT IT WOULD HURT FOR THE COUNTY TO, UH, SEND, GIVE US SOMETHING IN WRITING THAT THEY WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR IT, BECAUSE IF THEY'RE, THEY'RE, THEY'RE DOING WORK FOR IT, THEN I'M SURE ALSO, I BELIEVE THAT THIS MIGHT BE MONEY THAT, THAT IS, UH, I BELIEVE THAT'S POSSIBLY COMING OUT OF THE TENNY PACKS OUT OF 10, UH, PENNY TAX, UH, OR WHATEVER THAT, THAT WAS THE REFERENDUM WAS CALLED, OR WHATNOT.

I BELIEVE THAT THAT'S WHERE THAT MONEY MAY BE COMING FROM.

BUT, SO, UH, O ONLY THING THAT WE'RE ASKING FOR BEFORE IS ONCE

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I THINK THAT'S JUST THE, UH, BUSINESS THING TO DO.

THANK YOU.

UM, YEAH, MR. DALLAS.

OH, GO AHEAD.

YOU, YOU CAN, YOU CAN FINISH.

UH, EARL, UM, THERE IS NO LIABILITY FOR A SIDE FOR THAT SIDEWALK.

THEY MAINTAIN, ONCE THEY MAKE INSTALL THE SIDEWALK, THEY WILL MAINTAIN THE GRASS CUTTING ON THAT SIDEWALK.

YOU KNOW, NOW SOMEBODY, UH, FALL AND HURT THEMSELF ON THE SIDEWALK.

THEY GO TO THE COUNTY.

THEY DON'T COME TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.

THANK YOU, MR. DALLAS.

YEAH.

ONE WAY TO GET AT IT.

IF THERE IS A SECTION IN THE, UH, COUNTY CODE THAT SAYS IN GENERAL THAT THE COUNTY IS RESPONSIBLE FOR UPKEEP, THEN THAT WOULD COVER US.

SO WE CAN JUST LOOK FOR THAT PARTICULAR STATEMENT, AND THEN WE SHOULD BE FINE IN TERMS OF IT BEING COVERED WITHOUT THE INDEPENDENT LETTER THAT MR. CAMPBELL WAS REFERRING FARRINGTON.

UM, GO AHEAD.

I, I DO BELIEVE THE STEWART POINT ROAD IS A LITTLE DIFFERENT IN THAT IT'S A RIGHT OF WAY, AND IT'S ACTUALLY AN EXPANSION OF THE RIGHT OF WAY, BUT THE RIGHT OF WAY, THEY ACTUALLY TAKE OWNERSHIP.

UM, THEY HAVE A PROPERTY ACQUISITION COMPANY, AND SO THAT'S ACTUALLY WHO WE WOULD BE DEALING WITH.

UM, SO IT IS A LITTLE DIFFERENT, AND WE DO SAY EASEMENT IN HERE, BUT TECHNICALLY, I BELIEVE THE STEWART POINT ROAD WILL ACTUALLY BE A RIGHT OF WAY.

AND AT THAT POINT, THEY ACTUALLY OWN IT.

WE NO LONGER HAVE ANY OWNERSHIP RIGHTS TO A RIGHT OF WAY.

YOU ARE, YOU'RE CORRECT, OLIVER.

SO IT SEEMS LIKE THE MOTION SHOULD BE CORRECTED.

NOTES.

OH, UH, IT DOES SAY EASEMENT.

.

YEAH.

SO THAT'S WHAT I'M, I GUESS I WAS SAYING THINKING WE SHOULD STRIKE THE WORD EASEMENT AND REPLACE IT WITH RIGHT OF WAY.

YOU, YOU COULD DO THAT, BUT, UM, IS THAT NECESSARY? WHY NOT? OKAY.

, WE NEED A SECOND ON THAT SECOND AMENDED MOTION.

OKAY.

OKAY.

MR. SMITH.

SECOND THAT.

ALL RIGHT.

ARE WE READY TO VOTE? ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE.

AYE.

AYE.

OKAY.

AYE.

WIZ NASKI.

AYE.

OKAY.

THAT CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.

CONTINUE ON.

COLONEL GEIER.

WE HAVE THREE, UH, MORE ITEMS. ONE, UH, MR. OTTING PRESENTED TO THE COMMITTEE, THE MONTHLY CONSTRUCTION UPDATE.

MR. OTTING, COULD YOU COME UP AND GIVE US A REAL QUICK EXECUTIVE, UH, SUMMARY, BECAUSE FRANKLY, ALMOST EVERYTHING'S DONE.

ALL RIGHT.

I'LL SEE HOW QUICKLY I CAN.

SO, YES, TO YOUR POINT, UH, WE, WE WENT THROUGH ALL THE PROJECTS AS NORMAL BATTER CREEK HIGH SCHOOL, UH, HAS COMPLETED.

UH, AND THEY'RE GOING INTO THE CLOSEOUT STAGE.

ROBERT SMALLS, AS YOU'RE AWARE, UM, THEY ARE STILL WORKING ON THE DEMOLITION PHASE.

THEY HAVE COMPLETED ALL, THEY HAD COMPLETED ALL THE PUNCH OUT ITEMS FROM THE FIRST PHASE MINUS THE ASPHALT, WHICH HAD BEEN POSTPONED DUE TO WEATHER, UM, MAY RIVER CAMPUS, WHICH WAS SLIDE 12, OR ARE, WE ARE STILL IN THE DESIGN DEVELOPMENT PHASE.

AND WE DID TALK ABOUT, BRIEFLY ABOUT HOW WE'RE LOOKING TO CONSTRUCT THAT BUILDING OUT OF INSULATED CONCRETE FORMS, WHICH IS A DIFFERENT CONSTRUCTION METHOD.

UM, WE ALSO TALKED ABOUT HOW WE ARE LOOKING INTO GEOTHERMAL.

HILTON HAD A ATHLETIC SLIDE 19.

WE ARE UNFORTUNATELY STILL, WE WERE STILL WAITING ON THE PERMIT OF THE FIELD HOUSE.

AND WE ARE STILL WAITING ON THAT FROM THE, UH, S-C-D-E-C, UH, AND THAT AS SOON AS THAT PERMIT'S BEEN FINALIZED THROUGH THE STATE, WE CAN BEGIN THAT CONSTRUCTION OF THE NEW FIELDHOUSE ON THE HILTON HEAD HIGH SCHOOL ADVANCED DESIGN THAT'S MOVING FORWARD NICELY.

AND WE ARE LOOKING AT PHASE ONE, A HUNDRED PERCENT CDS ARE TO TAKE PLACE FOR THE MOST PART THIS WEEK.

UM, A REVIEW WITH OSF OCCURRED ON JANUARY 11TH AND 12TH.

UH, AS FAR AS CLOSEOUTS THE SUMMARY, THOSE ARE STILL ALL MOVING FORWARD.

WE HAVE SE SEVEN PROJECTS THAT CLOSED OUT IN Q4 OF 2023.

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IT'S STILL A GREEN TRAFFIC LIGHT.

UH, WE HAVE SPENT, UH, WE'VE COMMITTED 99.15, SO LESS THAN 1% OF THE FUNDS ARE LEFT TO BE COMMITTED.

WE HAVE EXPENDED 77.21% OF THE FUNDS WITH THE CONTINGENCY REMAINING WAS 250,450.

UH, WE WENT OVER LESSONS LEARNED.

I DON'T KNOW, DO YOU WANT ME TO TALK ABOUT THAT OR YOU GO AHEAD.

OKAY.

WE DID RUN THROUGH, UH, LESSONS LEARNED AND TALKED ABOUT THE FOUR YEARS THAT, UH, WE'VE HAD A LESSONS REVER LEARNED REVIEW AND WHAT EACH OF THOSE ITEMS WERE.

WE ALSO DID TALK ABOUT, UH, WE DID A REVIEW WITH THE CLOCK, AND THEY HAD THEIR LESSONS LEARNED, UM, WHICH THAT, IF YOU WANT TO GO, I DON'T THINK ROBIN'S FALLING ALONG.

UH, IT WAS SLIDE 75.

SO THERE, THERE WERE A FEW ITEMS THAT CAME OUT OF THE CLOCK.

UM, THEIR ITEMS WERE OBTAINED.

PROJECT FEEDBACK FROM SCHOOL STAFF TALKED ABOUT DEVELOPING A POST USE OCCUPANCY EVALUATION ON ALL MAJOR CAPITAL PROJECTS.

UH, TALKED ABOUT WORKING WITH LEGAL TO LOOK AT PROVISIONS AND AGREEMENTS TO ACHIEVE TIMELY PROJECT CLOSEOUTS, INCLUDING DEFINING AND SETTING REALISTIC TIME EXPECTATIONS.

AND THE LAST ITEM FROM THE CLOCK WAS CONTINUE TO SUPPORT NEW FIRMS IN THE DISTRICT WITH UPFRONT TRAINING ON WORKING WITH, ON HOW TO WORK WITH THE DISTRICT, INCLUDING PAYMENTS, CHECKLIST, AND PROJECT CLOSEOUTS.

UM, WE DID TALK ABOUT WANTING TO DO LESSONS LEARNED WITH THE BOARD, UM, IN SOME FASHION.

AND AT THE NEXT WORK SESSION, WE'RE GONNA ADD IT AS AN AGENDA ITEM.

OKAY.

AND WE'RE SETTING THE AGENDA TOMORROW NIGHT.

RIGHT? AND SO WITH THAT THERE ANY QUESTIONS ON THE CONSTRUCTION UPDATE? THAT WAS A VERY QUICK VERSION.

, MR. DALLAS.

I JUST LIKE TO SAY, WELL DONE ON THE, ON THE QUICKNESS ON THE QUICKNESS AND THE NUMBERS AND THE, ALL THE TRAFFIC LIGHTS.

AND THAT'S BEEN A GAN TASK, BUT YOU FOLKS HAVE PULL THOSE.

THANK YOU, SIR.

TAKES A TEAM.

DON'T, DON'T GO AWAY.

I'LL STAY RIGHT HERE.

THE NE THE LAST ITEM IS, UH, MR. OTTING PRESENTED THE MONTHLY MAINTENANCE AND CUSTODIAL MONTHLY UPDATE, WHICH WAS ABSOLUTELY FANTASTIC.

UH, WHAT'S BEING DONE? AND WE'RE GETTING GOOD FEEDBACK.

WE'RE REALLY HAVING A, A GOOD IDEA OF WHAT GETS DONE AND WHAT, HOW MUCH IS GETTING DONE.

UH, IT'S FRANKLY MIND BOGGLING WHEN I, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE NUMBER OF JOBS AND THE NUMBER OF THINGS, UH, THAT ARE TRACKED, YOU ALSO, UM, IT'S GOING TO GIVE OUT TWO, THE PRINCIPALS OF EACH SCHOOL THEIR IMPRESSION OF HOW THE CUSTODIAL AND MAINTENANCE IS GOING GIVING ON A SCALE OF THINK ONE TO 10, I THINK.

YES, SIR.

AND THAT, THAT'S, THAT'S OUT RIGHT NOW.

IT'S OUT RIGHT NOW.

AND THEN AT THE A FUTURE MEETING, UH, WE WILL SHARE THOSE RESULTS, UH, WITH THE FULL BOARD.

DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING YOU WANNA ADD TO THE CUSTODIAL AND, AND, UM, MAINTENANCE MONTHLY REPORT? UM, NOT OTHER THAN, UH, IN, WE ARE GONNA BRING THOSE RESULTS IN FEBRUARY, UH, AND WE ARE CONTINUING TO MONITORING, WE'RE BACK MONITORING DURING OUR SITE INSPECTIONS OF BOTH MAINTENANCE AND CUSTODIAL.