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CLOSED CAPTIONING PROVIDED BY BUFORT COUNTY.
I'D LIKE TO BRING THE MEETING TO ORDER OF THE PARKS AND RECREATION ADVISORY BOARD MAY 2ND.
AND, UH, IF WE CAN ALL PLEASE STAND AND SAY THE PLEDGE.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL
LET'S, UH, GO AROUND AND DO SOME INTRODUCTIONS.
WHY DON'T YOU START HERE, PHIL, AND WE WILL ROLL AROUND THIS WAY.
UH, PHIL KAISER, SOUTH OF BROAD.
UH, BRUCE JAGER, NORTH, UH, SOUTH OF THE BROAD
I'M NORTH OF THE BROAD RIGHT NOW, BUT YES, SOUTH OF BROAD.
JEREMY WAYNE, MARKING COORDINATOR ION.
BRIAN WEINER, ASSISTANT ATHLETIC MANAGER IN BEFORD.
BROCK VAUGHN, ATHLETIC SUPERVISOR IN BEFORD.
UM, ANTOINETTE BURNETT, A QUAD MANAGER.
MARISSA BREMAN, PROGRAM SUPERVISOR FOR THE SENIORS.
UH, SHANE SAGER, ASSISTANT ATHLETICS MANAGER, OR SOUTH SIDE ALEX HUNT, ATHLETICS MANAGER.
BER UH, GAVIN, UH, PARK REC MAINTENANCE, BOTH NORTH AND SOUTH.
ATHLETICS SUPERVISOR IN
UH, I'M SURE WE'LL TALK ABOUT THIS, BUT I LIKE THE NEW, UH, LIKE THE NEW, UH, OUTFITS OR PATCHES, JERSEYS, PATCHES THAT Y'ALL HAVE ON.
UH, CAN WE, UH, GET SOMEONE TO APPROVE OUR, MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE OUR AGENDA TODAY? SO MOVED.
UH, DO WE HAVE ANYONE HERE FOR PUBLIC COMMENT TODAY? SIR, CAN YOU PLEASE COME UP, UH, INTRODUCE YOURSELF AND, UH, LIMIT YOUR REMARKS TO THREE MINUTES.
FIRST THING IS YOU LOOK AROUND THE ROOM.
MY FIRST COMMENT IS DEALING, WHY IS THE MEETING AT THIS TIME OF DAY? MOST OF THE FOLKS WHO CAN ATTEND A MEETING ARE WORKING? UNFORTUNATELY, FORTUNATELY FOR MYSELF, THE REASON WHY I'M HERE IS BECAUSE I'M RETIRED TWICE.
UH, SEEM LIKE YOU WANT TO GET INPUT FROM THE FOLKS THAT CAN MAKE, UH, SUGGESTIONS.
SHOULD HAVE IT AT A TIME WHEN PEOPLE CAN ATTEND.
SECOND THING, I'M HERE TO PUT IN A BID THAT WHATEVER Y'ALL DO, WE'RE IN NEED ON ST.
WE'RE IN NEED OF FACILITY THAT NOT ONLY HAS, THAT'S COMPARABLE TO FACILITIES THAT YOU HAVE ON THE SOUTH OF THE BROAD.
WE GOT YOUNG FOLKS THAT NEED AND, UM, SUPPORT, NEED HELP, AND WE NEED YOUR HELP IN PROVIDING THOSE SERVICES.
UM, WE OBVIOUSLY CAN TALK ABOUT MEETING TIMES AT A FUTURE DATE, UH, BUT, UH, I'VE BEEN ON THIS BOARD FOR QUITE SOME TIME, AND THIS HAS BEEN THE, UH, THE MEETING TIME THAT HAS BEEN HISTORICALLY.
UM, SO, UH, I THINK, I THINK WHAT WE'LL FIND IS, IS THAT REGARDLESS OF WHEN THE MEETING IS OUT THERE, WE'RE GONNA HAVE TROUBLE WITH CERTAIN PEOPLE IN ATTENDANCE.
SO, UH, I DON'T KNOW SPECIFICALLY WHY IT WAS AT THIS TIME, BUT I THINK A LOT OF TIMES WHEN WE HAVE THE INTERACTION WITH, UH, OUR EMPLOYEES AND THEY'RE MAKING REPORTS, THINGS OF THAT NATURE, IT'S TYPICALLY ON, UH, COMPANY TIME, SO TO SPEAK,
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WHICH FOR MOST OF IT IS DURING THE DAY.SO, UM, WE CAN TALK ABOUT THAT.
UM, IF I CAN ENTER, IF I MAY GO RIGHT AHEAD.
UM, HOWEVER, I THINK IT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT WE NEED THAT WE SHOULD LOOK AT IT, WE SHOULD DEFINITELY PUT ON THE AGENDA FOR A VERY, UH, AN UPCOMING MEETING TO DISCUSS, BECAUSE WHAT, UM, FROM WHAT OUR RESIDENTS SAID IS IF MOST OF THE FOLKS WHO ARE HERE ARE WORKING HERE, IT'S VERY EASY FOR US TO BE ABLE TO COME TO THE MEETING, BUT THE ONES WHO ARE NEEDING THE HELP, THEY'RE WORKING AT THIS TIME.
SO I THINK IT WOULD BE, UH, I, I THINK WOULD BE SOMETHING WORTH EXPLORING TO TRY AND HAVE A MEETING THAT WOULD BE A FIVE 30 OR SIX O'CLOCK MEETING THAT WE COULD, I MEAN, WE COULD STILL DO IT HERE, BUT I THINK IT WOULD BE WORTH EXPLORING.
NO, I, I, I DON'T, UH, DISAGREE THAT, UH, WE CAN EXPLORE ALTERNATE MEETING TIMES.
UH, WE'LL GET WITH ERIC, SEE WHAT ERIC THINKS ABOUT THAT.
AND, UH, YOU KNOW, IT COULD BE, YOU KNOW, A CERTAIN NUMBER OF MEETINGS, UH, EACH YEAR COULD BE HELD AT A CERTAIN TIME.
SO, DO YOU HAVE ANY COMMENT ON THAT, ERIC? YEAH.
E GOOD, GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYBODY.
BASICALLY, HISTORICALLY, MEETINGS OF THIS MAGNITUDE ARE HELD THE WAY THEY'RE HELD IN THE FUTURE, NOT TOMORROW, BUT IN THE FUTURE, WE'LL HAVE, UM, STAFF PERSONS THAT WILL GO TO CIVIC MEETINGS AND GIVE THE SAME UPDATE WE GIVE HERE SO THAT THE RESIDENTS WILL STILL BE ABLE TO GET THE INFORMATION THAT WILL BE GIVEN AT THIS MEETING.
SO WE'RE LOOKING AT SOME FUTURE THINGS THAT WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT WHEN WE HAVE CIVIC MEETINGS IN WHATEVER AREA, WHOMEVER'S IN THAT AREA, THEY'LL GO AND GIVEN UPDATE ON WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THAT AREA.
AND THAT'S TYPICALLY HOW IT'S DONE IN THE RECREATION WORLD, WHERE, UM, WE ATTEND CIVIC MEETINGS AND WE GIVE AN UPDATE.
I ATTENDED A, A MEETING IN ST.
HELENA, UM, MAYBE TWO WEEKS AGO, AND WE GAVE AN UPDATE ON SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE WANT TO SEE DIFFERENT IN EVERY NEIGHBORHOOD.
SO THOSE ARE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT CHANGING AND LOOKING AT DOING IN THE FUTURE.
ARE YOU ALL MEETING MONTHLY NOW? NO, WE MEET EVERY OTHER MONTH.
SOME PEOPLE SAY WE HAVE A PUBLIC, WE HAVE A PUBLIC, UH, COMMENT.
YOU'D LIKE TO COME UP, SIR? YEAH.
I MEAN, IF YOU CERTAINLY COME ON UP AND, UH, I JUST, I HAD TO PUT A NOTE ON MY DOOR TO COME OVER HERE, SO I CERTAINLY CAN WAIT FOR PEOPLE TO WORKING.
AND, UM, PEOPLE, I KNOW PEOPLE WANT FACILITIES.
CAN, CAN YOU PLEASE COME UP HERE AND IDENTIFY YOURSELF, SIR? UH, JOE MACK BUFORT, UH, JUST SAY JOE MACK, MAC.
SO SOME PEOPLE WANT DIFFERENT, SOME PEOPLE WANT FACILITIES.
I MEAN, SOME PEOPLE SAY YOU'RE NOT DOING ENOUGH, BUT I'M NOT HERE TO CRITICIZE ANYBODY.
AND, AND I THOUGHT YOU WERE BACK TO MONTHLY.
'CAUSE IT WAS AT THE TIME YOU WERE MEETING E EVERY OTHER MONTH AND YEAH, SO, SO REALLY I THINK THE SCHEDULE ONLY BECAME IMPACTED DURING COVD.
UH, BUT, UH, THE, THE, UH, LEGISLATION HAS US MEETING EVERY OTHER MONTH.
SO I THINK WE MEET BIMONTHLY EVERY, EVERY SECOND MONTH.
WELL, I MEAN, WE ARE, WE ARE, WE ARE A, UH, A BOARD THAT IS PUT TOGETHER BY LEGISLATION THAT'S IN THE COUNTY.
AND THE PURPOSE OF THIS BOARD IS OUTLINING THAT LEGISLATION.
SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT OUR WEBSITE THAT ENABLING LEGISLATION AND WHAT THE PURPOSE OF THE BOARD IS OUTLINED ON THE WEBSITE.
SO WE HAVE CERTAIN FUNCTIONS, YOU KNOW, WE ARE NOT THE BOARD THAT DECIDES THE, UM, THE CAPITAL EXPENDITURES FOR RECREATION IN BEAUFORT COUNTY.
THAT'S THE BEAUFORT COUNTY COUNCIL.
SO OUR ROLE, I THINK MIGHT BE SOMEWHAT DIFFERENT THAN, UH, WHAT, UM, MR. JONES THINKS THAT OUR ROLE IS.
SO, WELL, LIKE I SAY, YOU COULD ALWAYS, YOU KNOW, Y'ALL ARE FREE TO DO WHAT YOU WANT.
I MEAN, I WOULDN'T, I'M GONNA BE SO HUNG UP ON, ON A ORDINANCE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
BUT, UM, I, I, I APPRECIATE YOUR POINTS, UH, UM, FOR BRINGING THAT UP.
I'M NOT, THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS I DON'T KNOW, BUT, UM, UH, WELL, I, I WILL SAY THIS.
THERE, THERE WAS SOME COMMENTS ONLINE RECENTLY AND OVER THERE IN BLUFFTON, AND SOME OF THE COMMENTS WERE BASICALLY, THEY, THEY WERE CHEATED OUTTA SPORTS COMPLEXES FOR YOUTH.
'CAUSE THEY'RE GOING OUT OF TOWN AND SEEING THINGS ELSEWHERE, AND THEY THINK THEY WERE CHEATED IN.
I'LL SHOW YOU, I'LL SHOW YOU SOME PRETTY VIEWS AND I'LL SHOW YOU CHEATED.
SO I'M JUST LETTING, I'M JUST LETTING Y'ALL
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KNOW.UH, REVIEW AND APPROVAL OF THE, UH, MARCH MINUTES.
HAS EVERYBODY HAD A CHANCE TO TAKE A LOOK AT THOSE? YES.
DID WE, UM, DID WE, ERIC, DID WE COME TO A, UH, AGREEMENT WITH, UH, MIKE CHAMBERS AND THE PICKLEBALL GROUP? YES, WE DID.
DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY CHANGES OF THE MINUTES? NO.
MOVE TO CEPT MINUTES AS PRESENTED.
UM, SO WE ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF SPRING SPORTS IN BUFORT.
UH, OBVIOUSLY YOU CAN SEE ALL, ALL OF OUR NUMBERS WENT UP.
UM, THEY WENT UP BY PRETTY GOOD AMOUNT.
UM, JUST GROWING PROGRAMS, GOING STRONG.
UH, LIKE I SAID, WE'RE WRAPPING THOSE UP AND WE'RE GETTING TO SOME POST-SEASON, REGULAR SEASON TOURNAMENTS, UM, FOR ALL OF OUR YOUTH SPORTS.
AND THEN, UH, WE GOT SOME UPCOMING LEAGUES AS WELL.
A LOT OF THOSE ADULT SPORTS JUST OPENED YESTERDAY, SO WE'RE NOT GONNA HAVE GREAT NUMBERS ON THOSE YET.
UM, AND THEN BASKETBALL STILL GOT A LITTLE TIME ON THAT, SO HOPING THAT COMES UP A LITTLE BIT.
AND I'VE GOT A MEETING SCHEDULED FOR NEXT WEEK WITH BATTERY CREEKS HEAD BASKETBALL COACH, BECAUSE HE REACHED OUT TO US, UM, IN REGARD TO HELPING US GROW OUR BASKETBALL PROGRAM AT BURTON WELLS.
UM, SO GONNA MEET WITH HIM NEXT WEEK AND SEE, UH, IF WE CAN BOUNCE SOME IDEAS OFF OF EACH OTHER AND SEE WHAT WE CAN DO TO KIND OF GAUGE A LITTLE BIT MORE INTEREST AND, AND GROW OUR BASKETBALL PROGRAM IN IN BEAUFORT.
WHAT'S THE, UH, THE AGES OF THE BASKETBALL PROGRAM FOR THE SUMMER? FOR SUMMER, IT GOES FROM SEVEN TO 16.
AND SUMMER BASKETBALL HAS BEEN RELATIVELY RECENT, RIGHT? HASN'T IT BEEN THE LAST FEW YEARS? MAYBE THREE OR FOUR.
I'VE BEEN HERE FOR COMING UP ON TWO YEARS NOW, AND WE'VE RUN IT EVERY SINGLE SUMMER THAT I'VE BEEN HERE.
SO THIS WILL BE MY THIRD SUMMER BASKETBALL SEASON HERE.
UM, BUT I DO BELIEVE IT WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS IMPLEMENTED RELATIVELY NEWER AS FAR AS YOUTH SPORTS GO.
AND THAT'S GOOD IN THE SUMMER BECAUSE AS, UH, UH, MR. JONES HAD SAID A LOT OF YOUTH DON'T HAVE A LOT TO DO IN THE SUMMER.
SO BEING IN THE GYM IS PRETTY GOOD.
SO THAT IN OUR 13 TO 15-YEAR-OLD BASEBALL AND SOFTBALL LEAGUES ARE THE MAIN ONES THAT WE HAVE RUNNING OVER THE SUMMER.
AND THEN WE HAVE OUR OTHER ADULT, WE'RE STARTING, WE'RE GONNA TRY AND START A MEN'S SLOW PITCH SOFTBALL LEAGUE.
AND THEN WE'RE DOING A KICKBALL LEAGUE, WHICH WE RAN IN THE WINTER AND IT RAN PRETTY WELL.
SO WE'RE GONNA DO THAT AGAIN THIS SUMMER AND SEE HOW THAT GOES.
UH, SIMILARLY FOR THE SOUTH SIDE, MOST OF OUR NUMBERS ARE UP, SO A LITTLE BIT OF A DIP IN OUR DIXIE BOYS.
DON'T HAVE A REALLY GOOD UNDERSTANDING WHY, UM, POTENTIALLY LOSING SOME FOLKS TO TRAVEL BALL.
UM, BUT OVERALL, THE OTHER PROGRAMS ALL GROWING FAIRLY WELL.
UM, SO WE'VE BASICALLY FINISHED OUR BASEBALL SOFTBALL SEASONS, AS ALEX SAID, WE'RE IN OUR TOURNAMENT SEASON.
AND THEN PREPPING FOR, UM, SOME OF OUR, UM, OUR TOURNAMENTS WE HAVE, WHICH WE'LL SPEAK TO A LITTLE BIT LATER.
UM, SOCCER AND FLAG FOOTBALL ARE ABOUT HALFWAY THROUGH GOING WELL SO FAR, NOT TOO MUCH AFFECTED BY THE RAIN, UM, OR THE WEATHER.
AND, UM, OUR LACROSSE LEAGUE JUST FINISHED UP, UM, LACROSSE.
UM, IN FACT, WE'RE LOOKING TO PARLAY THAT INTO A CAMP THIS SUMMER TO KIND OF KEEP THAT MOMENTUM AND CATCH SOME, SOME OTHER FOLKS.
UM, AND THEN WE'VE GOT OUR SPRING SOFTBALL, SENIOR SOFTBALL AND ADULT SOFTBALL UNDERWAY FOR A COUPLE WEEKS NOW.
WHY WAS SENIOR SOFTBALL DOWN SO MUCH? SO WE, THERE WAS A LITTLE BIT OF A LOVE THAT A COUP, WE'LL CALL IT A COUP, UM, A COUPLE SEASONS AGO WHERE FIVE OF THE TEAMS KIND OF THE, WE'LL CALL 'EM THE ORIGINAL FIVE SENIOR SOFTBALL TEAMS, UM, WANTED SOME FAIRLY SIGNIFICANT CHANGES TO THE RULES.
UM, WHICH WE WERE ABLE TO, WE OFFERED TO ACCOMMODATE ABOUT 75% OF WHAT THEY WANTED WASN'T GOOD ENOUGH.
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THEY TOOK THEIR LEAGUE TO HILTON HEAD ISLAND, UM, AND THEY HAVE FOR THE LAST, THIS IS THEIR SECOND SEASON, UM, STICKING ON HILTON HEAD ISLAND.SO WE MANAGED TO KIND OF KEEP THE LEAGUE TOGETHER WITH, UM, THREE, WE'LL CALL THEM LEGACY TEAMS, AND THEN SCRAMBLE TOGETHER, UH, TO GET A FOURTH TEAM THIS YEAR.
UM, SO WE GOT SOME NEW BLOOD, WHICH IS GOOD.
UM, BUT IT WAS, LIKE I SAID, A LITTLE BIT OF A, A COUP ON THAT.
SO WOULD YOU, WOULD YOU ANTICIPATE THAT, UM, GETTING BACK TO THE LEVEL IT WAS BEFORE, JUST WITH NEW PEOPLE COMING INTO THE AREA OR WHAT? SO MY HOPE, HONESTLY, IS THAT THOSE FOLKS RETURN TO US.
UM, WE'VE TRIED TO KEEP THE COMMUNICATION LINES OPEN, UM, AND THEY'VE KIND OF SETTLED ON WHAT I WOULD CONSIDER A LESSER PRODUCT.
THEY LINE THE FIELDS THEMSELVES, THEY DRAG THE FIELDS THEMSELVES, ALL ON HI.
SO THE HOPE IS THAT THEY SEE THE LIGHT AND THE SERVICES THAT WE PROVIDE ARE A HIGHER QUALITY AND, AND DECIDE TO, TO COME BACK.
WHERE ARE THEY PLAYING ON THE ISLAND? UH, BARKER MARKER.
AND THAT'S MAINTAINED BY US, BUT IT'S UNDER, IS THAT IT'S NO, SO, SO WE GAVE THAT BACK TO HILTON HEAD, THE TOWN IN NOVEMBER-ISH.
UM, THEY'RE, THEY'RE DOING MOST OF THEIR OWN MAINTENANCE.
WE, WE MAINTAIN OUR OWN FIELDS OR MAINTAIN THOSE FIELDS FOR OUR GAMES THAT WE HAVE OUT ON THE ISLAND FOR THE ADULTS.
UM, BUT THEY HAVE TO MAINTAIN IT FOR THEIR SENIOR LEAGUE.
WE'VE HAD AN, WE'VE HAD AN INCREASE, A HUGE INCREASE IN SOCCER.
UM, HAVE LOOKING AT WHERE, YOU KNOW, WHERE WE WERE LAST YEAR TO THIS YEAR.
IT LOOKS LIKE WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE TO GROW.
HAVE Y'ALL LOOKED AT OTHER, ARE THERE ANY OTHER FIELDS THAT CAN BE USED FOR PRACTICES? I KNOW ALL GAMES WILL BE PLAYED AT BURTON WELLS.
SO LIKE, I MEAN, LIKE YOU SAID, ALL OF THE GAMES ARE AT BURTON WELLS.
SO THAT'S, THAT'S THE FACILITY THAT IS MOST CONDUCIVE FOR GAMES.
UM, BUT I AM LOOKING AT, WE, AND WE EXPERIMENTED A LITTLE BIT THIS SEASON WITH PRACTICING AT SOME OF THOSE, UM, AUXILIARY FIELDS.
AND I THINK IT WORKED PRETTY WELL, BUT IT DOES GET A LITTLE, A LITTLE TOUGH SOMETIMES.
UM, SO I'M KIND OF TRYING TO FIGURE OUT THE BALANCE OF BEING ABLE TO SCHEDULE THOSE FIELDS FOR PRACTICES, UM, MOVING FORWARD.
MY SECOND QUESTION TO THAT, LOOKING AT THE CONTINUED GROWTH IN BEAUFORT, IS IT POSSIBLE TO, UH, HAVE A PARTNERSHIP WITH THE, UH, BEAUFORT COUNTY SCHOOLS TO USE SOME OF THOSE EITHER ELEMENTARY FIELDS OR MIDDLE SCHOOL FIELDS? I THINK THAT WOULD BE YOUR OKAY.
THANK YOU FOR MR. THEY USE OUR FIELDS.
SO WE RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF SIGNING AN AGREEMENT WITH THE SCHOOL BOARD.
AND SO WE'LL HAVE SHARED USAGE.
SO WE'LL USE THEIR FIELDS DURING, UM, THEIR OFF PEAK TIME AND THEY CAN ALSO DO THE SAME WITH US.
SO THE AGREEMENT ISN'T FINALIZED YET.
WE MET LAST WEEK OVER ZOOM, AND I'M SCHEDULING A MEETING NOW TO MEET WITH ONE OF THE ATHLETIC DIRECTORS SO THAT WE CAN FINALIZE THE AGREEMENT, GET IT SIGNED BY COUNCIL AND BY THEIR PEOPLE AT, UM, THE SCHOOL BOARD.
AND THEN WE'LL HAVE SHARED USAGE FOR THOSE FIELDS.
AND FOR DISCLOSURE, UH, MY CHILDREN PARTICIPATE AND HAPPILY IN, UH, BEFORD COUNTY REC.
AND SO MY SON IS ONE OF THE ONES WHO HE ONLY PLAYS GAMES BECAUSE THERE'S JUST NOT ENOUGH FIELDS.
I MEAN, FIELDS, FIELDS HAVE OFTEN, ALWAYS ARE ISSUES.
SO, WHICH IS A GOOD, IT'S A GOOD PROBLEM TO HAVE.
I MEAN, THE GROWTH THAT'S CONTINUING AND IT'S GOING TO KEEP GROWING.
SO I'M JUST LOOKING AHEAD THAT IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT WE CAN DO TO HELP YOU CONTINUE WITH A, A SUCCESSFUL PROGRAM.
ARE, ARE YOU WORKING WITH CARLOS? IS CARLOS PART OF THAT DISCUSSION? CARLOS IS WHO I'M WHO I, CARLOS.
CARLOS IS WHO I'LL BE CALLING THIS AFTERNOON TO SCHEDULE THE MEETING TO FINALIZE SOME, UM, QUESTIONS WE HAD ABOUT THE AGREEMENT.
AND ONCE THE AGREEMENT HAS BEEN FINALIZED AND LEGAL AND SIGNED OFF ON IT, IT'LL GO, IT'LL COME TO, UM, FOR THE SIGNATURES AND THEN WE'LL HAVE A, UH, MATCH MADE ONLY IN HEAVEN FOR YES.
AND, WELL, I, WHAT I WANNA DO RIGHT NOW IS COMMEND YOU FOR THAT BECAUSE CARLOS IS, UH, IS A BOARD MEMBER OF THIS BOARD.
AND, UH, HE AND I HAVE TALKED OVER TIME AND ESPECIALLY JUST RECENTLY WHEN, IN THE INTERIM WHEN, UM, WE WERE, UM, SEARCHING FOR A NEW DIRECTOR AND FOUND YOU OBVIOUSLY
UH, BUT, UM, THERE HAS BEEN KIND OF THIS CHINESE WALL BETWEEN THE SCHOOL, UH, BOARD AND, UH, PARKS AND REC.
AND SO, UH, WE DO HAVE FACILITIES IN VARIOUS AREAS, UH, AS MR. UH, JONES WAS BRINGING UP.
WE HAVE FACILITIES OVER ON ST.
HELENA TOO THAT POSSIBLY CAN BRIDGE THAT GAP AT LEAST UNTIL, UH,
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RESOURCES ARE AVAILABLE, UM, TO DO, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE THINGS THAT HE WOULD LIKE US TO DO OVER THERE.SO, UH, I COMMEND YOU ON HAVING THAT DIALOGUE OPEN BECAUSE IT'S, IT'S TERRIBLE WHEN YOU, WHEN YOU, UM, DRIVE AROUND ON A SUN A SATURDAY AND ALL OF THE GATES AROUND THE SCHOOLS ARE LOCKED MM-HMM.
AND THE FIELDS ARE THERE AND KIDS DON'T HAVE PLACES TO PLAY.
SO, AND WE SERVICE SOME OF THE SAME CHILDREN.
SO WHEN THEY'RE OUTTA SCHOOL, THEY COME TO THE REC CENTERS.
AND SO WHY NOT USE A FIELD, YOU KNOW, WHERE YOU'RE AT, WHERE YOU'RE IN SCHOOL, AND VICE VERSA.
SO WE'LL WORK IT OUT AND WE'LL GET THAT DONE SOONER THAN LATER.
YOU KNOW, YEARS PAST, WE USED TO USE WESLEY FELIX AND WE USED TO USE COURSE AND TATE, WE USED TO PLAY GAMES OUT THERE.
UM, UNTIL RECENTLY IN THE LAST FOUR OR FIVE YEARS, WE'VE DECIDED TO HAVE EVERYTHING AT BURTON WELLS.
WHY ARE WE NOT USING COR AND TATE AND USING WESLEY FELIX TO PLAY GAMES ON WHERE THE KIDS FROM ST.
HELENA DON'T HAVE TO TRAVEL ALL THE WAY INTO BEAUFORT? THEY, I MEAN, IT'D MAKE IT EASIER FOR SOME PEOPLE.
IS IT PARKING? THEY GOT, THOSE GUYS PROBABLY WOULD KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT IT.
BUT, SO THAT IS SOMETHING THAT I WOULD, I DON'T THINK ANY OF US ARE REALLY OPPOSED TO TRYING TO GET INTO THAT.
BUT AS IT IS RIGHT NOW WITH ALL THE SPORTS THAT WE HAVE RUNNING AT THE SAME TIME, WE RUN INTO, FIRST OFF THE STAFFING ISSUE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE SOMEONE IN OUR STAFF ON SITE FOR THAT.
UM, AND THEN ALSO, I MEAN, AS IT IS RIGHT NOW, CORS AND TATE IS NOT GAME READY.
THERE'S NO OUTFIELD FENCE OUT THERE FOR, FOR BASEBALL SOFTBALL GAMES.
WELL, THEY USED TO BRING A TEMPORARY FENCE AND PUT IT IN.
UM, AND THEN WESLEY FELIX IS PROBABLY ONE OF OUR FACILITIES THAT IS MOST READY FOR GAMES.
LADIES ISLAND MIDDLE SCHOOL ACTUALLY USED IT FOR BASEBALL AND SOFTBALL THIS PAST SEASON.
UH, THEY'VE BEEN USING IT FOR THE PAST COUPLE OF SEASONS FOR, FOR THEIR GAMES.
UM, BUT WE, WE ALSO RUN INTO AN ISSUE OF SPLITTING TEAMS. 'CAUSE WE TRY AND SPLIT TEAMS UP AS EVENLY AS POSSIBLE BASED ON THE SKILL LEVEL OF THE KIDS.
'CAUSE WE LIKE TO HAVE A COMPETITIVE SEASON.
SO, YOU KNOW, IF YOU HAVE A HANDFUL OF KIDS FROM ST.
HELENA THAT ARE GONNA CREATE A TEAM.
'CAUSE YOU, IF IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT KEEPING TEAMS MORE REGIONALLY AND HAVING GAMES OUT THERE, THEN WE COULD POTENTIALLY RUN INTO AN ISSUE OF, OF SPLITTING THE SKILL LEVEL UNEVENLY.
THEY USED TO DO THAT YEARS AGO.
THEY USED TO HAVE THREE DIFFERENT RIGHT.
BUT I'M NOT SAYING THAT YOU NEED TO HAVE A TEAM FROM SAY NOW ON A TEAM FROM LADIES ISLAND.
I'M JUST SAYING PLAY GAMES OUT THERE AT ST.
HELEN AND PLAY GAMES AT LADIES ISLAND.
SO THE THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN THOSE AREAS RIGHT.
WILL HAVE GAMES THROUGH THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD, NOT ALWAYS HAVING TO COME TO BURTON MILLS.
WELL, I MEAN, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN, WE CAN DEFINITELY EXPLORE AND, AND LOOK INTO AS WELL.
LET ME ADD, WOULD YOU MENTIONED STAFFING.
WOULD YOU BE OPEN, UM, WOULD YOU OR YOU BE OPEN TO, UH, PARENT VOLUNTEERS WHO GO THROUGH MUCH LIKE WHAT WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH, GO THROUGH THE TESTING, GO THROUGH, UH, CHECKS YES.
I MEAN, I DON'T THINK THAT THERE WOULD BE ANY PROBLEM WITH THAT.
UM, BIG, BIG THING IS, YOU KNOW, AS LONG AS THEY CAN PASS A BACKGROUND CHECK, WE WOULD HAVE TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT AND HAVE THE DOCUMENTATION, UH, BEHIND THAT AND EVERYTHING.
UM, BUT YEAH, I MEAN I THINK AS FAR AS THAT GOES, AS LONG AS THEY GO THROUGH THE PROPER PROCESS, THEN YES.
BECAUSE, UM, MY ALSO THOUGHT WAS, I'VE HEARD SOME FROM SOME OF MY PARENTS ON LADIES, LADIES ISLAND, SAY, HELENA, YOU'VE GOT THE SCHOOL THERE FOR BASKETBALL.
AND THAT WOULD BE A GREAT PLACE TO HAVE, UH, GAMES THERE.
BUT LIKE I TOLD THEM, WE ALL HAVE TO, YOU KNOW, WE GOTTA COME TOGETHER, WE'VE GOT TO GET INVOLVED.
SO IF I CAN GET THE PARENT, IF WE CAN GET THE PARENTS INVOLVED, WE CAN GET THEM TO COME OUT AND DO WHAT THEY NEED TO DO.
NECESSARY PAPERWORK OR, OR WHATEVER HAS TO BE DONE TO BECOME PART OF YOUR VOLUNTEER STAFF AND BE A SOLID, UH, VOLUNTEER STAFFER, THEN WE SURELY CAN BUILD UP THAT PROGRAM.
CONTINUE TO BUILD A PROGRAM, HAVE PLACES TO GO.
I, I, I THINK TO WRAP UP THIS PORTION OF IT, YES.
UH, I'M GUESSING THAT ERIC IS DOING AN EVALUATION OF ALL OF OUR FIELDS AND RESOURCES AND THE BEST WAY TO BRING THE ATHLETICS TO AND UTILIZE THOSE RESOURCES.
SO THAT'S PROBABLY SOMETHING BETTER LEFT FOR YOU AND YOUR STAFF TO REPORT BACK TO US ON.
AND IF YOU COULD DO THAT AT OUR NEXT MEETING, THAT WOULD BE GREAT.
ANYBODY HAVE ANY, UH, QUESTIONS FOR OUR ATHLETIC SUPERVISORS? THAT'S ALL RIGHT.
I'M NOT GONNA, UM, SO REAL QUICKLY THROUGH THIS SLIDE, UM, OUR ADULT SPORTS ARE, THEY'LL START IN OUR REGISTRATION JUNE 1ST.
UM, AND OUR BASKETBALL, WE, WE'VE BEEN OPEN AND ACCORDING TO THIS DATE LAST YEAR, WE'RE UP BY, WE'RE UP 30 PARTICIPATION PARTICIPANTS.
SO EXPECT THAT NUMBER TO OH, OKAY.
THAT'S PRETTY SIGNIFICANT PROGRAM.
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MUCH SMALLER THAN OUR WINTER BASKETBALL.WE'VE DEFINITELY HAD SOME SPACE CHALLENGES WITH OUR WINTER BASKETBALL THIS YEAR.
UM, BUT YEAH, WE'RE SEEING SOME GOOD GROWTH OVER THE SUMMER.
IS SUMMER BASKETBALL STRICTLY IN THE EVENING? YES.
SATURDAYS, WELL, HOPEFULLY NO SATURDAYS, BUT RIGHT.
BUT DEPENDING ON THOSE NUMBERS.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? I WAS GONNA ASK THIS.
WE'VE GOT A COUPLE TOURNAMENTS COMING UP IN JUNE, UM, AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE SLIDE.
AND THEN WE'VE GOT CLEARLY THE, THE BIG WORLD SERIES, YOU KNOW, KIND OF DOING THE LOGISTICS OF THIS POINT TOWARDS THE END OF JULY.
AND IS THE, UH, THE DIXIE BOYS AND JUNIOR BOYS, IS THAT IN BEAUFORT AND BLUFFTON OR THAT WOULD BE STRICTLY BYFORD.
BUFORD STRICTLY IN BEAUFORT, YEAH.
WHO HAS, UH, WHO I BELIEVE THAT OUR FORMER DIRECTOR WAS A, WAS A REPRESENTATIVE IN, UH, FOR, SHE, SHE'S STILL THE, THE STATE DIRECTOR FOR DIXIE BOYS.
THREE TOURNAMENTS, SO THAT'S GREAT.
ACTUALLY MORE THAN THAT 'CAUSE WE'RE HOSTING SOFTBALL.
THOSE AGE GROUPS ARE APPLICABLE FOR SOFTBALL ON THAT LAST SLIDE AS WELL.
UM, SO IN BLUFFING I THINK THEY'RE DOING SIX U SOFTBALL AND IN BUFORT, I KNOW FOR A FACT WE'RE DOING 12 U SOFTBALL AS WELL.
SO TECHNICALLY THOSE ARE DIFFERENT TOURNAMENTS, BUT GOTCHA.
UM, LAST TIME I PRESENTED WE WERE FAIRLY LOW IN THE BLUFFTON.
UM, SO WE'VE SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASED.
WE'RE NEARING MAX CAPACITY ON THE BLUFFTON NORTH, UH, SORRY, SOUTH SIDE.
UH, NORTH SIDE IS UH, LAGGING BEHIND.
I'VE TALKED TO SOME FOLKS, UM, THAT ARE PLANNING ON GETTING REGISTERED, BUT WE'RE JUST KIND OF MONITORING THOSE NUMBERS AND KIND OF REEVALUATING OUR, OUR CAMP PROGRAM THIS YEAR.
ONE OF THE, ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS I KNOW, UM, THAT THE COMMUNICATION BETWEEN THE SCHOOL AND AND PARKS AND REC.
UM, YEARS AGO WE COULD PUT FLYERS AND BOOK BAGS AND THINGS AND THEN THEY WENT TO A DIFFERENT, UH, UH, SOFTWARE SYSTEM.
SO OBVIOUSLY IF YOU'RE HAVING AGREEMENTS WITH THE SCHOOL, UM, HAVING SOME COMMUNICATION OPEN BETWEEN US FOR THESE PROGRAMS, I WOULD THINK WOULD PAY BIG DIVIDENDS.
QUESTIONS? ANY QUESTIONS? NO, THANK YOU.
SOME OF THE PICTURES THAT YOU SEE UP THERE ARE FROM OUR SPRING FLING, UM, THAT WE JUST DID YESTERDAY KICKED OFF UM, SENIOR APPRECIATION MONTH.
SO EVERY CENTER HAD A BIG, UM, LUNCH IN AT THEIR CENTER AND THEN HAD A GOOD ROUND OF BINGO THEIR FAVORITE THING TO DO.
WE ARE PLANNING FOR OUR JULY GET TOGETHER, UM, AND IT GROWS EVERY DAY.
SO WE'RE ON A WAIT LIST FOR ALMOST FOUR OUT OF THE EIGHT CENTERS WE HAVE.
DUNNO IF I'VE EVER BEEN ANYWHERE ELSE.
OKAY, SO FOR THE POOLS, FOR BATTERY CREEKS, THE SAME HOURS THAT WE'VE BEEN DOING MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.
UM, AND THEN SATURDAYS AS WELL.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GUYS REALIZE WE MOVED THE INFLATABLES TO THE FIRST SATURDAY OF EVERY SINGLE MONTH.
THAT ACTUALLY HAS WORKED OUT BETTER, ESPECIALLY FOR THE LAPS SWIMMERS.
THEY LIKE THE FACT THAT THEY CAN SWIM ON SATURDAYS, ALL THE OTHER SATURDAYS THROUGHOUT THE MONTH.
THEY'RE DONE AT THAT POOL FOR THE SCHOOL YEAR.
AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE OUR FINS AND OUR SCUBA CLASS THAT'S GOING ON RIGHT NOW.
UM, THE FINS ARE TUESDAYS AND THURSDAYS AND THE SCUBA, IT'S ON DEMAND.
THE NUMBERS, THE CHECK-INS ACTUALLY CAME DOWN A LITTLE BIT FROM THE LAST TIME BECAUSE LAST TIME I WAS HERE WE HAD THE UM, ISR PROGRAM, THE INFANT SWIM LESSON PROGRAM.
UM, THAT IS ACTUALLY DONE NOW.
SO THIS IS JUST STRICTLY JUST REGULAR PEOPLE COMING IN AND OUT OF THE POOL.
SO FOR OUR BEAUFORT POOL, SAME HOURS MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY AND THEN SATURDAYS AS WELL.
WE HAVE OUR SCHOOL SWIM LESSONS GOING ON RIGHT NOW, UM, NINE TO ONE.
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AND THEN THAT IS MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAYS.AND WE ARE STILL OPEN TO THE PUBLIC DURING THE SWIM LESSON TIMEFRAME.
UM, WE HAVE OUR WATER AEROBICS MONDAYS AND WEDNESDAYS.
THAT HAS INCREASED A LOT DURING THAT TIMEFRAME.
THEN WE HAVE OUR FINS PROGRAM AS WELL MONDAY, WEDNESDAYS AND FRIDAYS.
AND THEN THE SAME THING FOR OUR CHECK-IN, IT CAME DOWN A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE OF THE ISR PROGRAM THAT COMPLETED ALREADY FOR OUR BL AND POOL.
UM, EIGHT TO ONE, TWO TO SEVEN AND SATURDAYS.
OUR SCHOOL SWIM LESSONS, THEY FINISH FOR THE SCHOOL YEAR AS WELL.
WE HAVE OUR WATER AEROBICS MONDAY, WEDNESDAYS AND FRIDAYS.
OUR DEEP WATER AEROBICS TUESDAYS AND THURSDAYS.
AND THEN OUR FINS PROGRAM AS WELL.
UM, THE CHECK-IN PRETTY MUCH HAS KIND OF STAYED THE SAME.
THEY DID NOT HAVE THE ISR PROGRAM AT THAT POOL ITSELF.
JUNE 3RD IS THE DAY THAT WE ARE CLOSING THAT POOL FOR THE CONSTRUCTION THAT'S SUPPOSED TO BE GOING ON AT THE BLUFFTON POOL.
ARE THE, UH, HAVE WE MADE NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC AND THE FINS THAT WE'RE CLOSING THEN ALREADY? YES, WE HAVE INFORMED ALL THE PROGRAMS THAT ARE GOING ON AT THAT POOL THAT THE POOL IS GONNA BE CLOSING.
AND DO WE HAVE ANY IDEA HOW LONG IT'S GONNA BE CLOSED? FROM WHAT THEY HAD INFORMED ME, IT SHOULD BE ABOUT A SIX TO EIGHT MONTH PROJECT.
HAVE YOU HAD ANY BLOW BACK FROM THAT? AS OF RIGHT NOW, NO.
THE ONLY ONE THAT I'M CONCERNED ABOUT
THE ONLY THING THAT I FEEL LIKE WILL BE A LITTLE BIT OF A PROBLEM IS THE SCHOOL SWIM LESSONS BECAUSE WE PRETTY MUCH CANNOT SCHEDULE ANYTHING UNTIL AFTER WE REOPEN.
SO WE WON'T GET ALL THE BLUFF IN SCHOOLS IN FOR NEXT SCHOOL YEAR.
SO, AND THEN OUR OUTDOOR POOL, THE ALVIN SETTLES POOL, THAT ONE WE ARE HOPING TO HAVE THAT OPEN ON MAY 25TH.
UM, THE HOURS WILL BE MONDAY, I MEAN TUESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY, 11 TO SEVEN.
WE'RE GONNA TRY BOA AT THAT SPECIFIC POOL TO SEE IF IT'S A DIFFERENT OUTCOME.
UM, AND THEN SATURDAY FOR THE REST OF THE DAY IS 11 TO SEVEN, AND THEN SUNDAY ONE TO SEVEN CLOSED ON MONDAYS AND OPEN ON THE HOLIDAYS.
ANY QUESTION FOR THE POOL SO FAR? HOW ARE YOU GOING WITH STAFF? WE NEED SOME STAFF
WE HAVE HAD SOME PEOPLE APPLY, UM, FOR OUR SEASONAL POSITIONS.
WE ARE JUST WAITING TO GET THEM THROUGH HR AND EVERYTHING.
UM, OUR CLASSES THAT WE OFFER, WE OFFER THE YEAR ROUND, UM, SWIM LESSONS, PRIVATE AND GROUP SWIM LESSONS.
UM, THAT IS PRETTY MUCH A MONTH BY MONTH SESSION.
THEN WE HAVE OUR STROKE IMPROVEMENT, THAT'S FOR ADULTS.
WE DO HAVE A FEW ADULTS THAT COME FOR THE STROKE IMPROVEMENT, BUT A LOT OF THEM RATHER DO IT ALL ON THEIR OWN.
AND THEN WE HAVE OUR CPR AND OUR LIFEGUARDING CLASSES BY APPOINTMENTS AS WELL.
ANY QUESTIONS FOR POOLS? NOPE.
UM, IT WAS BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION, UM, BY ONE OF MY RESIDENTS ABOUT BUSES.
UH, CAN YOU GIVE US AN UPDATE OR LET US, I'M SORRY.
IS THAT YOU SIR? YEAH, THAT'S PART OF MY THEN.
SO I'LL I'LL START WITH THAT BECAUSE THAT'S A PART OF MY UPDATE.
UM, COUNCIL APPROVED AN EXTRA 36 PASSENGER BUS.
SO WE HAVE FIVE NEW VEHICLES COMING, UM, TO OUR SENIOR PROGRAM, UM, SOON.
UM, WE DON'T HAVE AN EXACT DATE FOR THOSE, BUT, UM, THEY'LL BE ON ORDER.
UM, AND WE, YOU KNOW, WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT OUR SENIORS ARE SAFE AND WE HAD SOME ISSUES WITH A FEW BREAKDOWNS AND WE'RE RECTIFYING THAT.
UM, JUST TO GIVE YOU GUYS AN UPDATE ON THE COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT AND THE ASSESSMENTS THAT HAVE, THAT HAS TAKEN PLACE TO THIS FAR.
UM, I'M AT COMMUNITY MEETINGS EVERY WEEK AND SO ST.
HELENA WAS MY FIRST ONE AND THEY WERE GIVEN SOME INFORMATION ON OUR NEXT STEPS AND WHAT WE, UM, PLAN ON DOING AS FAR AS RECREATION, AS FAR AS STAFFING AND PROGRAMMING FACILITIES AND ALL THOSE TYPE OF THINGS.
UM, WE ALL UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS NOT THE COUNCIL MEETING.
THIS IS PARKS AND RECREATION PLANNING ADVISORY.
AND SO THEREFORE, UM, THE UPDATE ON THAT IS WE ARE OUT DOING ASSESSMENTS AND WE'VE ALREADY STARTED THE WORK
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AT A FEW COMMUNITY CENTERS.AND ONCE THAT WORK HAS STARTED, LIKE, UM, SCOTT PARK WILL BE HITTING A NEW PLAYGROUND.
UM, UH, DELL BOOKER T WASHINGTON, AGNES, THEY'LL BE GETTING NEW PLA NEW FURNITURE OUT IN THE FIELDS.
A FEW OF THEM ARE GETTING A NEW SITE.
AND SO ONCE THOSE PROJECTS ARE ON THE BOARD, WE'LL PUT 'EM UP AT OUR NEXT MEETING OR AT OUR MEETING WHEN THEY'RE ON THE BOARD.
AND WE'LL ACTUALLY GIVE YOU GUYS A BREAKDOWN ON WHAT'S ACTUALLY HAPPENING THERE.
AND I UNDERSTAND EVERYBODY'S, UM, ANTICIPATION OR ANGER OR WHATEVER THE CASE MAY BE ABOUT WHAT WE DON'T HAVE OR DIDN'T HAVE.
BUT WE ARE OUT EDUCATING OUR RESIDENTS ON WHAT A BUT WALTER ENTAILS OF OPPOSED TO WHAT A BOOKER T WASHINGTON ENTAILS OFF.
WE CAN TAKE BOOK BOOKER T WASHINGTON AND PUT IT IN ONE OF THE PARKING LOTS OF ONE OF THE FACILITIES.
SO OF COURSE YOU COULDN'T PUT THAT FACILITY THERE.
SO EDUCATION IS THE KEY WHEN WE'RE DEALING WITH OUR RESIDENTS AND MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE GONNA PUT SOMETHING AT ALL OF OUR FACILITIES BASED ON WHAT'S THERE NOW AND WHAT WE CAN DO.
BUT PROGRAMMING IS HUGE WITH US AND WE WILL MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE PROGRAMMING AT ALL OF OUR SITES.
NOW WITH THAT BEING SAID, FUN STUFF.
ON MAY THE 23RD, WE WILL HAVE OUR FIRST PARKS AND RECREATION RETREAT.
AND AT THIS RETREAT WE'RE GONNA BREAK OUT, UM, SOME NEW, UH, PARKS AND REC POLICIES AND ONE OF 'EM ARE GONNA BE, UM, COME RISE WITH US.
AND THAT RISE IS JUST AN ACRONYM FOR RESPECT, INTEGRITY WITH THE STANDARD OF EXCELLENCE.
SO WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT OUR LEAD STAFF AT THIS RETREAT THAT WE'RE GONNA BE HAVING, UM, ON THE 23RD.
AND WE'LL BE BREAKING OUT SOME OTHER, UM, ADVENTUROUS THINGS, UH, IN THE PARKS WORLD AND, UH, HAVING SOME FUN FOOD, FUN AND FELLOWSHIP IS WHAT WE'RE GONNA CALL IT.
I LIKE HOW THAT JUST FLOWED JUST THEN.
UM, AS WE PLAN, HOW ARE WE GONNA TACKLE THE REST OF THE YEAR AND BEYOND? BECAUSE YOU KNOW, OUR FISCAL YEAR STARTS JULY 1ST, SO MAY 23RD, WE'RE GONNA TACKLE HOW ARE WE GONNA PLAN OUT OUR NEW FISCAL YEAR? AND SO WE'LL MAP IT OUT AND WE'LL COME BACK TO YOU GUYS WITH, UM, THE WONDERFUL THINGS THAT WILL BE HAPPENING IN THE WORLD OF PARKS AND RECREATION.
AND I KNOW THERE'S AT LEAST ONE QUESTION.
SO WHEN DO WE GET THE INVITATION? WHERE ARE WE GONNA HAVE THIS RETREAT? NO, JUST PARKS AND REC STAFF.
I WAS A FOOTBALL COACH AND WE HAD CLOSED PRACTICES.
'CAUSE WHEN THE PARENTS COME THEY INFLUENCE THE KIDS.
SO WE GONNA MAKE SURE THE PARENTS'.
DOES THAT HAPPEN? ARE YOU SURE? HOW YOU DOING, SIR? MM-HMM,
I JUST DID A STRESS TEST THIS MORNING.
HE HAD ALL OF HIS STRESS LEFT HIS BODY.
AND SO, UM, THE LAST THING I HAVE IS THAT I DON'T WANT TO MIX AND, YOU KNOW, YOU GUYS RUN THE MEETING, BUT I DON'T WANT TO MIX, UM, COMMUNITY ISSUES AS FAR AS BUILDINGS AND ALL THAT WITH THIS MEETING.
AND, UH, I RESPECT THE RESIDENTS THAT WANT TO COME TO THIS MEETING AND STRESS THAT, BUT WE'RE AVAILABLE TO GO OUT TO THEIR MEETINGS TO GIVE THE INFORMATION THAT, UM, THAT'S WHAT, AND THAT'S NOT WHAT THIS MEETING IS ABOUT.
AND, AND, AND THE FUNDING MECHANISMS THAT WE HAVE FOR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS, EVERYTHING ELSE THAT'S IN THE BUDGET, THAT'S AT A DIFFERENT, A DIFFERENT LEVEL THAN WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE.
SO I REALLY DON'T HAVE, WELL, I DO HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU.
HOW'S IT GOING? IT'S GOING GREAT,
LOOK, I HAVE SOME GREAT STAFF.
I TELL YOU THESE, THESE ARE A BUNCH OF, I LOOK, I LANDED IN, I LOOK, CAN I SAY HEAVEN AGAIN? I LANDED IN HEAVEN.
I'M TELLING YOU, I HAVE SOME GREAT STAFF, SO I'M EXCITED AND I'M EXCITED ABOUT WHERE WE'RE HEADED.
WELL, I, I, UH, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE AN OBSERVATION.
YOU, YOU'RE DEFINITELY, UH, EXUDING POSITIVITY.
AND, UH, PRETTY EXCITED ABOUT YOUR ENERGY.
AND, UH, LIKE I SAID LAST TIME, WE'RE HAPPY THAT YOU'RE HERE.
SO DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THANK YOU SO MUCH.
YOU GETTING OFF EASY TODAY? THAT'S, HEY, THANK YOU, GOD.
UM, OUR NEXT MEETING IS JULY 11TH.
UM, I DO WANNA MAKE ONE OTHER COMMENT.
UH, WE DO HAVE, UH, WE'RE STILL TRYING TO GET THE MILITARY,
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UH, COMPONENT OF THIS, UH, FIND SOMEONE TO SIT ON THE BOARD FOR THAT.AND WE DO HAVE ONE OPENING AND, UH, WE HAVE, UM, TWO RESUMES HERE AND, UH, THAT, UH, HEATHER'S PROVIDED.
SO HOPEFULLY BETWEEN NOW AND THE NEXT BOARD MEETING, WE CAN HAVE THAT REVIEWED AND THEN, UH, MAKE A DETERMINATION WHO, WHOEVER IS GOING TO PUT THEM UP FOR APPOINTMENT IN THE, IN THE COUNTY.
BECAUSE IT GOES THROUGH THE, THE COUNTY COUNCIL, I BELIEVE, AND BOARD COMMISSION.
UH, AND AS PHIL NOTED NEXT TIME, IT WOULD BE GOOD IF WE HAD A WOMAN, AND I THINK THEY'RE BOTH WOMEN THAT HAVE APPLIED.
SO DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER, UH, COMMENTS, UH, FOR THE GOOD OF THE CAUSE? COME ON, JANA
I HAD A DOUBLE HEADER LAST NIGHT.
SO WITH THAT, I WILL, UH, ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ADJOURN.
A THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE, AND THANK YOU FOR THE WORK THAT YOU DO EVERY DAY.
AT LAST, THE MEMORABLE SEVENTH DAWNED UPON US, BRIGHT AND SERENE, NOT A RIPPLE UPON THE BROAD EXPANSIVE WATER TO DISTURB THE ACCURACY OF FIRE.
FROM THE BROAD DECKS OF THAT MAGNIFICENT ARMADA, TWO O'CLOCK HAD NOW ARRIVED WHEN I NOTICED OUR MEN COMING OUT OF THE FORT, WHICH THEY HAD BRAVELY DEFENDED FOR FOUR AND A HALF HOURS AGAINST FEARFUL ODDS.
THE BATTLE OF PORT ROYAL, IT IS TRUE, HAS BEEN LOST.
ON NOVEMBER 7TH, 1861, CONFEDERATE FORCES WERE DEFEATED AT THE BATTLE OF PORT ROYAL, ONE OF THE FIRST NAVAL BATTLES OF THE CIVIL WAR.
HILTON HEAD AND LATER BEAUFORT AND PORT ROYAL FELL TO UNION TROOPS.
PLANTERS ABANDONED THE SEA ISLANDS AND THOUSANDS OF ENSLAVED PEOPLE ESCAPED FROM BONDAGE.
HILTON HEAD ISLAND BECAME THE HEADQUARTERS FOR THE US ARMY'S DEPARTMENT OF THE SOUTH.
BY FEBRUARY, 1862, THERE WERE OVER 600 FORMER SLAVES SEEKING REFUGE IN UNION ARMY CAMPS ON THE ISLAND.
MAJOR GENERAL ORMSBY MITCHELL PROPOSED TO CREATE A TOWN FOR THE ESCAPED SLAVES ON CONFEDERATE GENERAL THOMAS DRAYTON'S FISH HALL PLANTATION.
THE TOWN WAS CALLED MITCHELLVILLE.
WE'RE STANDING ON HILTON HEAD ISLAND IN THE ENCAMPMENT OF MITCHELLVILLE.
IT WAS A FREEDMAN'S VILLAGE BUILT IN NOVEMBER OF 1862.
THESE WERE PEOPLE WHO WERE DESCENDANTS OF SLAVES WHO'D BEEN ENSLAVED IN THIS COUNTRY FOR OVER 400 YEARS.
NEVER KNEW WHAT IT WAS TO BE FREE, BUT WHEN GENERAL SBY MITCHELL GAVE THE DIRECTION THAT THIS TOWN SHOULD BE BUILT, THAT IT WOULD BE A GREAT EXPERIMENT AND FREEDOM FOR PEOPLE.
MITCHELLVILLE WAS, UH, A VERY LARGE PLANNED, BUILT COMMUNITY.
IT WAS AT LEAST TWO MILES LONG BY ABOUT A MILE WIDE, SEVERAL HUNDRED HOUSES.
UH, JUST THIS PART OF THE SITE WE'RE WORKING ON NOW HAD AT LEAST 36 OR 38 HOUSES ON IT.
THE NEW RESIDENTS OF MITCHELLVILLE SET TO WORK BUILDING THEIR OWN HOMES.
THEY BUILT A CHURCH, ELECTED TOWN OFFICIALS DEVELOPED LAWS, AND REQUIRED EVERY CHILD TO ATTEND SCHOOL.
MITCHELLVILLE WAS THE FIRST SELF-GOVERNED, FREED MEN'S COMMUNITY IN THE UNITED STATES.
SO THEY BUILT A TOWN, WHICH I UNDERSTAND HAD BROUGHT BOULEVARDS HOUSES WERE ON QUARTER ACRE LOTS.
THEY THEMSELVES BUILT THE HOUSES THAT THEY LIVED IN FROM THE MATERIALS THAT WERE GIVEN TO THEM BY THE UNITED STATES ARMY.
AND TO THINK THAT THEY WERE THE ONES WHO
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CREATED THE FIRST COMPULSORY EDUCATION SYSTEM IN THE SOUTH.THE PEOPLE OF MITCHELLVILLE WORKED FOR THE UNION ARMY DURING THE WAR.
AND THE SUBSEQUENT OCCUPATION.
WHEN THE ARMY LEFT HILTON HEAD IN 1868, MOST JOBS WENT WITH IT.
MITCHELLVILLE SOON DECLINED FROM NEARLY 3000 RESIDENTS TO JUST A FEW FAMILIES.
BY 1880, IT CEASED TO BE A TOWN.
BY THE MID 1950S, ONLY HILTON HEAD'S, OLDER RESIDENTS REMEMBERED MITCHELLVILLE AND ITS IMPORTANT HISTORY.
THE STORY OF MITCHELLVILLE NEVER REALLY WENT AWAY.
HOWEVER, UH, OVER THE YEARS, AS OLDER PERSONS DIED WHO WERE MORE FAMILIAR WITH MORE HISTORICAL DETAILS, IT WAS PASSED ON TO OTHERS.
HOWEVER, IT WAS NEVER REALLY PUSHED VERY, VERY HARD.
THERE'S STILL A NEED TO REACQUAINT THE CURRENT NEW GENERATION.
ALL OF THE NEW RESIDENTS OF HILTON HEAD NEED TO BE TOTALLY AWARE OF THE RICH, TRUE HISTORY OF HILTON HEAD.
IN THE 1980S, ARCHEOLOGISTS FOUND REMNANTS OF MITCHELLVILLE AND RECORDED IT AS AN ARCHEOLOGICAL SITE.
THE SITE WAS LISTED ON THE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES IN 1988.
IN 2012, EXTENSION OF THE HILTON HEAD AIRPORT RUNWAY REQUIRED ARCHEOLOGISTS TO RETURN TO MITCHELLVILLE AND STUDY AREAS THAT WOULD BE AFFECTED BY CONSTRUCTION.
THERE'S A LOT THAT WE KNOW ABOUT MITCHELLVILLE, BUT THERE'S VERY MUCH THAT WE DON'T KNOW.
WE HAVE GOOD MAPS OF MITCHELLVILLE AS IT WAS LAID OUT, AS THE STREETS WERE LAID OUT IN THE GRID AND THE HOUSES WERE BUILT ON IT.
THERE WERE DIFFERENT BUILDINGS, BUT WE DON'T KNOW SPECIFICALLY WHERE EACH BUILDING WAS.
WE KNOW WHERE SOME OF THE STOCKYARDS AND THE, UH, CATTLE PINS AND, AND DIFFERENT FACILITIES WERE.
BUT WE DON'T KNOW IF INDIVIDUAL HOUSES WERE ACTUALLY CONSTRUCTED.
WAS THIS A CONCEPT MAP THAT THIS WAS THE PLAN THAT THEY INTENDED TO BUILD? OR IS IT, UH, ACTUALLY WHAT WAS BUILT, IT WAS SIMPLY THE MAP, A DOCUMENT OF WHAT WAS ACTUALLY THERE IN 1864.
THAT'S ONE OF THE RESEARCH QUESTIONS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO ANSWER OUT HERE ON OUR ARCHEOLOGICAL SITE.
ALTHOUGH PHOTOGRAPHS, MAPS, AND HISTORICAL ACCOUNTS GIVE US GLIMPSES OF MITCHELLVILLE, THERE ARE MANY QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW THE TOWN WAS BUILT AND WHAT DAY-TO-DAY LIFE AT MITCHELLVILLE WAS LIKE THAT.
BUT WE'RE HERE AT, UH, PART OF THE HISTORIC MITCHELLVILLE.
UM, AND WHAT YOU SEE AROUND YOU IS A SERIES OF TWO METER BY TWO METER EXCAVATION UNITS PUT TOGETHER IN WHAT WE CALL A BLOCK.
WE'RE TRYING TO UNCOVER AS MUCH OF THIS HOUSE THAT WE THINK IS HERE IS POSSIBLE, NOT FIND MUCH.
WHAT WE'RE FINDING IS WHERE THESE HOUSES ARE, OR THE ARTIFACTS ARE IN SOME SITES, THERE'S STUFF SCATTERED ALL OVER THE PLACE.
THAT'S NOT THE CASE IN MITCHELLVILLE.
MITCHELLVILLE IS REALLY MAYBE 20 YEARS AT THE MOST OF OCCUPATION, AND THEN IT'S GONE.
YOU KNOW, THAT SOME PEOPLE LIVE ON PAST 1880S AND WHERE DID THEY CHOOSE TO LIVE? FEATURES OF SOIL STAINS, ARCHITECTURAL REMNANTS, STORAGE PITS, AND GARBAGE DUMPS.
ARCHEOLOGISTS DISCOVERED 85 FEATURES AT MITCHELLVILLE BACK.
YOU SEE THE NICE SHARP EDGES ON THIS.
THIS IS A HOLE THAT'S BEEN DUG AND THEN FILLED FULL OF GARBAGE.
SOME OTHER THING WE'VE SCRAPED OFF THAT PLAZA ON THAT OVERBURDEN.
THIS TAN SOIL HAS NEVER BEEN DISTURBED BY HUMANS BEFORE.
MM-HMM,
SO YOU ARCHEOLOGISTS WANT TO KNOW ABOUT THE SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CHOICES PEOPLE MADE, THE KINDS OF HOUSEHOLD GOODS THEY HAD, THE KINDS OF FOODS THEY ATE, AND HOW THEY ORGANIZED THEIR HOMES AND LIVES.
YOU HAD PEOPLE THAT WERE MOVING FROM ENSLAVEMENT WITH, HAD NOTHING TO A FREE MARKET ECONOMY.
THEY HAD TO SPEND THEIR MONEY ON FOOD AND CLOTHING AND THE THINGS THAT EVERYBODY NEEDS TO LIVE, BUT THEY'RE HAVING MONEY TO SPEND.
THEY HAD DISPOSABLE INCOME FOR THE FIRST TIME.
SO ONE OF THE INTERESTING QUESTIONS THAT WE AS ARCHEOLOGISTS WANT TO KNOW IS WHAT WERE THEY BUYING? WHAT DID THEY CHOOSE TO BUY WITH, WITH THEIR MONEY? UH, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE DON'T REALLY KNOW.
ARTIFACTS ARE OBJECTS MADE OR USED BY PEOPLE.
ARCHEOLOGISTS USED TO UNDERSTAND ACTIVITIES THAT HAPPENED IN THE PAST.
OVER 20,000 ARTIFACTS WERE FOUND AT MITCHELLVILLE.
THIS IS, OH, I FOUND THIS IN THE BACK THERE.
ANYBODY KNOW WHAT THAT IS? THAT'S A INK.
SO REMEMBER THE STORY OF THE CHILDREN WE'RE REQUIRED TO GO TO SCHOOL.
I MEAN, THINK ABOUT WHAT THAT MEANS TO PEOPLE THAT BY LAW WE'RE NOT ALLOWED TO READ AND WRITE.
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NOW THEY GET TO, NOW THEY GET TO READ AND WRITE.AND SO THESE ARE THE KIND OF ARTIFACTS THAT TELL A TREMENDOUS STORY AND, AND, UH, AND AN EXHIBIT, AND WE CAN TELL THAT KIND OF THING.
SO EVEN THOUGH IT'S A SMALL THING, IT IT, IT REALLY ALLOWS US TO CONNECT WITH PEOPLE OF THE PAST.
YEAH, THE FIELD INVESTIGATIONS ARE JUST THE FIRST STEP IN THE WORK BEING DONE TO STUDY THIS PORTION OF MITCHELLVILLE.
ALL OF THE DATA AND ARTIFACTS GATHERED DURING THIS WORK WILL BE ANALYZED AND INTERPRETED.
THE RESULTS WILL BE PRESENTED IN A WRITTEN REPORT THAT CAN BE SHARED WITH OTHER RESEARCHERS AND THE PUBLIC.
I MUST SAY THAT WHEN I VISITED THE ARCHEOLOGY SITE, I WAS AWED.
I DIDN'T EXPECT TO SEE THE EXPANSE OF WORK THAT WAS GOING ON.
AND WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT ALL THAT'S BEING UNCOVERED, I FELT AS IF I WAS ON HALLARD GROUND.
I'M A PERSON THAT I HAVE TO SEE AND TOUCH.
AND WHEN YOU HAVE SOMETHING, WHEN I HAVE SOMETHING TANGIBLE IN MY HANDS AND I CAN JUST FEEL IT.
AND I WAS ABLE TO SHARE THAT YESTERDAY WITH HAVING A PIECE IN MY HAND.
IN THE FUTURE, THE MITCHELLVILLE PRESERVATION PROJECT PLANS TO DEVELOP AN EXTENSIVE LIVING HISTORY PARK TO INTERPRET DAILY LIFE AT HISTORIC MITCHELLVILLE.
SO WHAT I SEE MITCHELLVILLE BEING IS A PLACE WHERE STUDENTS IN ALL OF THE SCHOOLS IN BEAUT COUNTY CAN COME ON FIELD TRIPS AND EXPERIENCE WHAT IT WAS LIKE THEN.
WE ARE VERY PLEASED THAT MITCHELLVILLE AS SEEN TODAY, IS COMING ALIVE AGAIN IN HISTORY.
IN REALITY, UH, THERE IS A GREAT NEED FOR MITCHELLVILLE STORY TO BE IN THE TEXTBOOKS AND, AND OF COURSE TO BECOME A MAJOR PART OF THE AMERICAN HISTORY, A PART OF THE HISTORY THAT ALL AMERICANS CAN ENJOY AND, AND CONTINUE TO APPRECIATE, UH, BECAUSE WE SEE IT AS THE DAWN OF FREEDOM HERE ON HILTON HEAD.
HERE'S WHAT'S HAPPENING IN BEAUFORT COUNTY SCHOOLS.
WELCOME TO THE CLASSROOM OF THE 21ST CENTURY.
THE ADDITION OF THE PROMETHEAN BOARDS THROUGH THE CLASSROOMS OF BEAUFORT COUNTY, BRING THE LATEST INSTRUCTIONAL TECHNOLOGY TO OUR TEACHERS.
THIS TECHNOLOGY ENABLES TEACHERS TO CREATE LESSONS AND EASILY CAPTURE THE STUDENT'S ATTENTION AND ACCOMMODATE DIFFERENT LEARNING STYLES.
THE CHILDREN ABSOLUTELY LOVE IT.
THEY'RE ENGAGED IN EVERYTHING.
IT'S NOT JUST SITTING ON THE CARPET, WRITING THINGS ON THE WHITEBOARD.
I CAN ACTUALLY MAKE THINGS COME ALIVE.
UM, I KNOW FOR EXAMPLE, LAST WEEK WITH THE STORM GOING, THEY, I HAD ONE CHILD IN PARTICULAR WHO WAS JUST ABSOLUTELY FASCINATED WITH WEATHER.
SO I WAS ABLE TO, IN A MATTER OF SECONDS, PULL UP THE RADAR AND SHOW 'EM THE DOPPLER.
WE LOOKED FROM NASA TO SEE THIS STORM ON THE EARTH AND EVERYTHING.
THE CHILDREN JUST, THEY EAT IT UP.
I DON'T KNOW HOW TEACHERS SURVIVE WITHOUT IT.
I LIKE THE PROMETHEAN BOARD BECAUSE IT CAN TELL ME HOW TO DO MATH, HOW TO DO THE QUESTION BEFORE WE EVEN START OUR WORK THIS MORNING.
AND IT HELPED ME, UH, CHOOSE WHAT LUNCH WE'RE GONNA HAVE TODAY.
PROMETHEAN PROVIDES THE TEACHERS AN EASY WAY OF INTEGRATING TEXT, IMAGES, VIDEO CLIPS, AND AUDIO CONTENT INTO THEIR LESSONS.
STUDENTS ARE INSTANTLY DRAWN INTO THE LESSON.
WE WATCH THE OLYMPICS, JEFF CORIN AND ABOUT WEATHER.
WHAT I'VE OBSERVED AS I WALK AROUND THE SCHOOL AND GO IN AND OUTTA CLASSROOMS IS THAT IN THE CLASSROOMS WHERE THERE'S A PROMETHEAN BOARD, THAT THE STUDENT ENGAGEMENT IS MUCH HIGHER.
I'VE ALSO NOTICED THAT THE INTERACTION AMONG THE CHILDREN IS HIGHER AND IT'S MORE FOCUSED ON INSTRUCTION.
WE HAVE A SUCCESS STORY WITH AN AUTISTIC CHILD WHO'S NOW IN FIRST GRADE, WHO WAS IN KINDERGARTEN LAST YEAR WITH A TEACHER
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AND AN INTERACTIVE WHITEBOARD.THE CHILD DID NOT SPEAK BY THE END OF THE YEAR.
HE WAS ACTIVELY ENGAGED IN CONVERSATION AND VOLUNTEERED WORDS ON HIS OWN, WHICH WAS TOTALLY AMAZING.
WE ENSURED THAT HIS FIRST GRADE TEACHER THIS YEAR ALSO HAS A PROMETHEAN BOARD SO WE CAN CONTINUE WITH HIS SUCCESS.
THE PROMETHEAN SYSTEM INCLUDES THE INTERACTIVE WHITEBOARD AND LCD PROJECTOR CONNECTED TO THE TEACHER'S LAPTOP, ACTIVE STUDIO SOFTWARE, AND THE PHONIC EAR AUDITORY SYSTEM.
THE PHONIC EAR SYSTEM IS A VALUABLE ADDITION TO THE PROMETHEAN BOARDS.
THE PHONIC EAR IS A WIRELESS MICROPHONE THAT TRANSMITS THE TEACHER'S VOICE THROUGH AN AMPLIFIER SO THAT EACH CHILD CAN HEAR NO MATTER WHERE HE SITS IN THE CLASSROOM.
RESEARCH SHOWS THAT A CHILD WHO CANNOT HEAR A TEACHER NOT ONLY DOES NOT LEARN, BUT ALSO LOSES THE DESIRE TO LEARN.
AN OPTIONAL ADDITION TO THE PROMETHEAN BOARD IS A VOTING SYSTEM.
THE CHILDREN USE REMOTE CONTROLS TO REGISTER THEIR ANSWERS TO THE TEACHER'S QUESTIONS.
THIS FEATURE PROVIDES MULTIPLE OPPORTUNITIES FOR CHILDREN TO ACTIVELY PARTICIPATE IN THE LESSON.
YOU JUST HAVE TO, YOU JUST HAVE TO PRESS ANY BUTTON THAT, UM, IT HAS ON THE PROMETHEAN BOARD.
THE VOTING SYSTEM ALSO GIVES IMMEDIATE FEEDBACK TO THE TEACHER ON WHETHER HER STUDENTS UNDERSTAND THE CONCEPT TAUGHT.
WITH THAT INFORMATION, SHE CAN MONITOR AND ADJUST HER INSTRUCTION TO MEET THE NEEDS OF OUR STUDENTS.
THIS IS THE MOST AMAZING THING.
I THINK EVERY TEACHER SHOULD HAVE ONE IN THEIR CLASSROOM.
AND FOR MULTIPLE CHOICE ASSESSMENTS, THE KIDS JUST PUT IN THE ANSWER THAT THEY WANT.
I CAN USE IT AS A QUICK ASSESSMENT.
FOR EXAMPLE, IF WE'RE WATCHING A STREAMLINED VIDEO AND THERE'S A QUIZ AT THE END, I CAN JUST TELL THEM EASILY, OKAY, GO AHEAD AND GET OUT YOUR REMOTES AND LET'S DO A TRUE FALSE QUIZ.
AND I JUST CLICK ON IT AND IT PULLS IT UP.
OR I CAN PROGRAM IN THE QUESTIONS AHEAD OF TIME.
I CAN ALSO USE IT FOR, UM, THEIR, FOR AN ASSESSMENT.
IF I HAVE A MULTIPLE CHOICE ASSESSMENT WRITTEN OUT, THE CHILDREN CAN DO SELF-PACED AND PUT IT IN THE ANSWERS ON THEIR OWN WITHOUT ME HAVING TO DO IT.
SO THERE'S THE TEACHER DIRECTED AND THERE'S THE STUDENT DIRECTED, AND IT'S JUST, IT PRINTS OUT REPORTS.
IT TELLS US EXACTLY WHAT THEY MISSED.
I MEAN, IT'S JUST ABSOLUTELY AMAZING.
AS MEMBERS OF THE PROMETHEAN WORLD, TEACHERS HAVE ACCESS TO THE PROMETHEAN PLANET WEBSITE.
HERE, TEACHERS CAN FIND A WEALTH OF RESOURCES TO ENHANCE THEIR INSTRUCTION.
THE WEBSITE PROVIDES OVER 15,000 TEACHING RESOURCES, INCLUDING IMAGES, AUDIO FILES, AND LESSON BUILDING TEMPLATES, AND CAN BE ASSESSED FROM SCHOOL OR HOME.
THE SITE ALSO INCLUDES PRE-MADE FLIP CHARTS AND LESSONS THAT TEACHERS CAN EASILY DOWNLOAD TO THEIR LAPTOPS.
A TEACHER CAN REVISE THESE LESSONS TO MATCH THE CURRICULUM NEEDS OF THE STUDENTS TO ENSURE THAT THE PROMETHEAN BOARD ROLLOUT IS SUCCESSFUL.
CONTINUOUS TRAINING FOR THE TEACHERS ON THE ACTIVE STUDIO SOFTWARE IS ESSENTIAL.
MANY TEACHERS ATTEND THE INSTRUCTION CLASS DURING THE SUMMER INSTITUTE, AND OUR INSTRUCTIONAL TECHNOLOGY COACHES ATTEND TWO DAYS OF TRAINING THE SUMMER.
THE COACHES ARE NOW WORKING ELBOW TO ELBOW WITH THEIR TEACHERS TO REDELIVER THE TRAINING.
AS TEACHERS STRIVE TO INCLUDE MORE ACTIVITIES ON THE PROMETHEAN BOARDS, THE COACHES ARE THERE TO ASSIST THEM.
ADDITIONALLY, THE PROMETHEAN PLANET WEBSITE HAS A PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT SITE THAT ALLOWS TEACHERS TO LEARN THE INS AND OUTS OF THE ACTIVE STUDIO SOFTWARE AT THEIR OWN PACE AND AT THEIR OWN CONVENIENCE.
THE ROLLOUT TO CLASSROOMS BEGAN IN JULY AND WILL BE COMPLETED IN JUNE WHEN 60% OF THE CLASSROOMS WILL BE EQUIPPED WITH PROMETHEAN BOARDS.
WE WANT TO THANK THE BOARD OF EDUCATION FOR MAKING THIS INVESTMENT INTO OUR STUDENT'S FUTURE.
THE, UM, CONTRAST BETWEEN THE CLASSROOMS WITH THE BOARDS AND THOSE WITHOUT IS VERY SHARP.
WHILE KIDS ARE ENGAGED AND INVOLVED IN THE LESSONS, THE FOCUS MAY NOT BE QUITE AS, UH, OBVIOUS IN THE ROOMS WITHOUT THE WHITEBOARDS.
AND AS I OBSERVE THIS, I AM VERY EXCITED ABOUT GETTING BOARDS FOR ALL OF THE CLASSROOMS BECAUSE I CAN SEE WHERE THEY'RE BENEFITING GREATLY FROM THIS.
AND I FEEL LIKE THE ONES THAT DON'T HAVE IT ARE MISSING OUT.
AND THAT'S WHAT'S HAPPENING AT BEAUFORT COUNTY SCHOOLS.