* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [00:00:01] CLOSED CAPTIONING PROVIDED BY BUFORT COUNTY. AND THEN THE, THE PERSONNEL RATIFICATION REPORT. I DON'T KNOW. PROB WHAT DO YOU THINK? UM, WELL, I PROBABLY WOULD SAY FOUR 30. JUST BE ON THE SAFETY. INGRID, WHAT DO YOU THINK? I AGREE, BECAUSE I THINK WE'RE GONNA NEED TO BRING THE NEW BOARD MEMBERS UP TO SPEED ON THE LOBBYIST [00:05:01] CONTRACT. YEAH. SO THERE'LL BE SOME PRE-DISCUSSION. YEP. I THINK YOU'RE RIGHT. UH, ONE THING I WOULD ASK AND UH, IS WHEN WE GET THE PERSONAL RATIFICATION REPORT, YOU KNOW, AND THE HOMESCHOOL REPORT, COULD YOU HAVE YOUR STAFF PROVIDED ONE PAGE EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ON BOTH OF THEM? ON BOTH, YEP. AND JUST ONE OF THE THINGS THAT ALWAYS ASK IS HOW DOES IT COMPARE TO THE PREVIOUS YEARS, UH, REPORT FOR LIKE THE PERSONAL RATIFICATION REPORT? YEP. AND, AND OTHER THINGS, IF, IF THEY COULD HAVE A QUICK SUMMARY THAT MIGHT ALLOW US TO GO THROUGH THOSE, UH, THOSE TWO DOCUMENTS A LITTLE QUICKER. OKAY. THANK YOU. CAN I ASK ONE QUESTION, PLEASE? SURE. UM, IN, IN LAST LATTER PART OF LAST YEAR, WE TALKED ABOUT A NEW FORMAT FOR PRESENTATIONS, WHICH THIS SEEMS LIKE THAT WILL BE IN SYNC WITH THAT. MM-HMM . UH, AND SUPERINTENDENT, I THINK YOU PUT THAT TOGETHER, IS, IS IT YOUR INTENTION THAT FUTURE PRESENTATIONS AND COMMITTEE AND ELSEWHERE WILL FOLLOW THAT? THE ONE PAGE EXEC SUMMARY? WHAT, WHAT I SHARED WITH THE BOARD AT THE, AT THE MEETING ABOUT, UH, IT, IT WAS MY INTENTION FOR BOARD MEETINGS. OKAY. UH, FOR, FOR BOARD MEETINGS. UM, BUT THERE'S, THERE'S NO REASON THAT THAT COULDN SHIFT INTO COMMITTEE MEETINGS. I THINK IT JUST MY , YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? I THINK IT'D BE BENEFICIAL TO HAVE THAT TYPE OF DISCIPLINE AND COMMITTEE SO THAT WHEN THOSE THINGS OVER CARRIE. YEAH. SO IF, IF THAT'S WHAT, WHAT YOU LIKE, WE CAN DO IT. YES, SIR. INGRID, DO YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS? OH, YOU KNOW, I LOVE AN EXECUTIVE SUMMARY, . I'M NEVER GONNA TURN DOWN AN EXECUTIVE SUMMARY. . ALL RIGHT. UH, MS. GORDON IS ALSO HERE ONLINE. MS. GORDON, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING, UH, YOU'D LIKE TO ADD ABOUT THE EXECUTIVE SESSION PART? NO, I'M GOOD. THANK YOU. OKAY. UM, LEAH FRAZIER IS ON AS WELL. OH. AND I DON'T KNOW WHO LH OTHER PERSON IS ON. THERE'S SOMEBODY ELSE ON, I'M NOT SURE WHO THEY ARE. OKAY. LET'S, UH, LET'S BRING THAT UP HERE. SO, MS. FRAZIER, DO YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS ABOUT THE, WHAT WE'RE GONNA DISCUSS ON EXECUTIVE SESSION? UM, MUTED. YOU'RE, YOU'RE, YOU'RE MUTED. MS. FRAZIER. OKAY. HER CAMERA'S OFF AS WELL. RIGHT. OKAY. WELL, I THINK WE'LL HAVE TO HAVE TO MOVE ON. ALL RIGHT. UH, NOW, PUBLIC SESSION WOULD THEN START AT SIX O'CLOCK, 4 34. EXECUTIVE SESSION, EXECUTIVE SESSION, AND, UH, MONTHS OF CELEBRATION. WE HAVE ST. NOVEMBER MONTH, STUDENT OF THE MONTH OF THE MONTH FOR SOUTHERN BUFORD COUNTY AND DECEMBER STUDENT OF THE MONTH, AND THE HIGH SCHOOL CROSS COUNTRY STATE CHAMPIONS FROM LEFT IN HIGH SCHOOL, MAY RIVER HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS GOLF STATE CHAMPIONS. WOW. WOW. NATIONAL WRESTLING, FALL OF THINGS. GEORGE DIXON, UH, I DON'T KNOW. I'D HAVE TO FOLLOW UP WITH THE MCCRACKEN. OKAY. MM-HMM . AND SCHOOL BOARD APPRECIATION. MONTH, MONTH THEY HAVE, UM, SO EVERY YEAR YOU ALL ARE ASKED TO SIGN OH. UM, YOUR AFFIRMATION THAT, UM, SO I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S, IF YOU WANT TO DO THAT AT THAT TIME OR IF WE WANT TO DO IT ALL, BUT THAT WOULD BE, WE CAN DO IT SOMETIME AT OUR LEISURE. OKAY. BEFORE WE LEAVE. ALL RIGHT. I DON'T WANT TAKE TIME UP. OKAY. DOING THAT DURING THE MEETING. SO WE'LL JUST ANNOUNCE THAT IT'S NATIONAL SCHOOL BOARD'S APPRECIATION MONTH. YES. YES. AND THERE IS A, UM, UM, THING FOR THE GOVERNOR TO BE READ. SO, UM, PROCLAMATION, THAT'S THE WORD. A PROCLAMATION. YES. SO I HAVE, I'VE RECEIVED A PRO PROCLAMATION TO BE READ, POSTED. OKAY. THEY WANT, THEY CAN GET A HARD COPY. OKAY. WE'RE NOT GONNA READ IT. OKAY. NO OFFENSE. , I'M SURE. I'M SURE THE MA THE, UH, GOVERNOR MCMASTER WON'T BE INSULTED. UH, COMMITTEE REPORTS. WE WON'T HAVE ANY, WE'LL HAVE ANY COMMITTEE REPORTS. NO. THE FIRST ONE IS THE CHAIR REPORT. DO YOU WANT YES. OKAY. I'LL TALK ABOUT IT. OKAY. I'LL HAVE A CHAIR REPORT. WE WON'T HAVE ANY COMMITTEE REPORTS, SO, OKAY. [00:10:02] SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT UNDER STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT, WE HAVE A, UH, A PRESENTATION ON PROFESSIONAL LEARNING COMMUNITY ON THE PROFESSIONAL LEARNING COMMUNITY, PROFESSIONAL LEARNING COMMUNITY, PLCS, PLC, AND, UH, THAT WILL COME WITH, UH, AN EXECUTIVE SUMMARY. OKAY. ALL THAT. OKAY. ANYTHING ELSE IN THE SUPERINTENDENT REPORT? NO, THAT'S, THAT'S IT. I DO HAVE A BOARD BUSINESS ACTION. OKAY. UNDER BOARD BUSINESS ACTION. UH, WE NEED TO ADD THE, UH, RIVERVIEW, UH, ANNUAL REPORT, RIVERVIEW CHARTER SCHOOL ANNUAL REPORT. AND, UH, UH, DEVONTE SINGLETON WILL BE THERE FOR, TO DELIVER THAT INFORMATION. OKAY. ANYTHING ELSE? DO WE HAVE ANYTHING ELSE? UM, MM-HMM. NO. OKAY. AND THEN WE'LL HAVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AND FUTURE AGENDA TOPICS FROM THE BOARD. AND, UH, ANNOUNCEMENTS, SECOND PUBLIC COMMENTS. SO, DALLAS, ANYTHING WE ARE MISSING? UH, NOT AT, NOT AT THIS TIME, SIR. UM, YEAH, NOT AT ALL. RIGHT. ANYTHING WE'RE MISSING? NOPE. I WAS JUST LOOKING TO SEE IF LAST YEAR, 'CAUSE IT IS KIND OF ODD SINCE WE HAVE THE BIG BREAK IN BETWEEN. UM, AND I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANYTHING THAT WE HAVE ON THERE NORMALLY. SO BE, IT SHOULD BE A RELATIVELY QUICK MEETING. THAT'S, THAT'S A SHAME. UH, MS. GORDON, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING THAT YOU'D LIKE TO, UH, ADD TO THIS? NO, NOT AT THIS TIME. THANK YOU. WELL, ARE YOU GOING TO, I'M SORRY. UH, COLONEL GAR, ARE YOU GOING TO, UM, ANNOUNCE THE COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS AT THAT MEETING? YES. YES. IS THAT UNDER YOUR CHAIR REPORT OR IS THAT YES. ON THE CHAIR REPORT? UM, WELL, WELL THINK ABOUT IT UNDER, UM, SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT UNDER OTHER MATTERS. I DON'T WANNA LIST IT YET. UH, BUT IT IS POSSIBLE THAT I CAN HAVE ONE ADDITIONAL ITEM ON A, ON A PROGRAM THAT THE STATE IS, UH, PUTTING OUT THERE FOR CONSIDERATION ON A STRATEGIC COMPENSATION PIECE FOR, UH, UH, CERTAIN SCHOOLS. SO, UM, I MIGHT, UH, HAVE THAT IF, IF IT'S APPROPRIATE TO DO SO, BUT I WOULD HAVE TO ADD IT, UH, BETWEEN NOW AND THE APPROPRIATE TIME. AND IT'S JUST NOT SURE IF IT'S STRATEGIC COMPENSATION, THAT'S WHAT IT'S CALLED. YEAH. AND IT HAS TO DO WITH, UH, UH, A PERFORMANCE BASED, UH, COMPENSATION PIECE OR ALL EMPLOYEES, OR JUST TEACHERS OR WHAT? UH, NO, THIS IS AT, UH, PARTICULAR SCHOOLS. THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS WHERE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE STILL, WE'RE STILL DIGGING INTO WHAT THEY'RE OFFERING. OKAY. BUT IT WOULD, IT WOULD BE, UH, FOR A SCHOOL-BASED, UH, PERSONNEL, IT MIGHT BE A GOOD TIME TO DO THAT AS FAR AS THE LENGTH OF MEETING AND EVERYTHING. YEAH. YEAH, IT WOULD BE GREAT. I JUST, I JUST DON'T KNOW IF, IF, UH, IF IT'S GONNA FLY OR NOT. SO I DON'T WANNA ADD IT JUST YET. BUT IF IT'S OKAY WITH YOU, I'D LIKE THE RIGHT TO, UH, RESERVE THE, THE RIGHT TO ADD THAT TO THE AGENDA. UH, BETWEEN NOW AND SAME ONE. ANY OBJECTION? ANY OBJECTION? NO. IT'S PART OF THE TIMING. REASON WHY I DON'T HAVE IT ON THERE. I MEAN, WE COULD ADD IT ON THERE AND I COULD REMOVE IT, BUT THAT'S UP TO YOU ALL. HAVE WE COULD, WE CAN WAIT. DON'T WE GET PLENTY OF TIME? WELL, YOU'LL HAVE IT. YEAH. YEAH. YEAH. OKAY. YEAH. OKAY. UM, MR. SMITH, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING, UH, COMMITTEE, COMMITTEE REPORTS IN TERMS OF, UH, SEE A VOTE MAY TAKE PLACE ON ANY POTENTIAL RECOMMENDATIONS THAT'S COMING UP? 'CAUSE WE WON'T HAVE ANY COMMITTEE REPORTS FOR THIS MEETING. COMMITTEE REPORTS. OH, OKAY. OKAY. OKAY. AND, AND, AND, AND, UM, AND IN TERMS OF THE, UM, THE, UH, THE, THE, THE COMMITTEES, UM, Y'ALL Y HAVEN'T DISCUSSED THAT YET, HAVE Y'ALL, WE, BEFORE YOU CAME, WE DISCUSSED IT. UH, IT'S NOT ON THE AGENDA THAT WAS PUBLISHED, SO WE CANNOT TALK ABOUT, UH, COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS. IT'LL BE ON THE, UH, AGENDA FOR THE CHAIR'S REPORT, THE 21ST. OKAY. SO, SO WE'LL DISCUSS IT IN WON, WON'T DISCUSS IT. WE WERE GONNA DISCUSS IT HERE. I'M GONNA TALK TO EVERY BOARD MEMBER INDIVIDUALLY ABOUT THEIR, THEIR, UH, CHOICES AND WHAT THEY WANT TO DO. BUT, UH, WE UNFORTUNATELY, [00:15:01] AND I TAKE RESPONSIBILITY, I DIDN'T MAKE SURE THAT IT WAS ON IT, THIS AGENDA FOR THIS MEETING. I, I, THAT WAS MY INTENT, BUT I DIDN'T, UH, I DIDN'T GET IT. UH, GET IT ON THE AGENDA. OKAY. WELL, ALSO, THERE'S ALSO, I KNOW ALSO THAT THE, UH, IN, UH, PA IN PAST PRACTICE THAT THE, ALSO THE CHAIRMAN WOULD, UH, ANNOUNCE THE, UH, THE, UH, FOR THE, FOR THE PUBLIC AND FOR THE BOARD MEMBERS AT THE MEETING. FOR THE, UH, THE, UH, CHAIR WILL ALSO, UH, NORMALLY PRONOUNCE, UH, WHO'S ON WHAT COMMITTEES AND WHAT THEY, WHAT THAT LOOK LIKE. YES. IT WILL, THAT WILL THAT WHAT HAPPEN DURING THE CHAIR'S REPORT. OKAY. OKAY. OKAY. IF THERE'S NO OTHER BUSINESS, UM, WE DID YOU DO, UM, SO FOR WHEN WE TALK ABOUT ANOTHER BOARD MEETING AGENDA, UH, ANOTHER BOARD MEETING. SO WE NEED TO RESCHEDULE THE JOINT SIC BOARD MEETING. OH, YEAH. WE, THAT WAS CANCELED IN DECEMBER. HEY, THIS, THAT'S A, THAT'S A SEPARATE, OH, I, I THOUGHT WE MOVED ON FROM NO, I, OH, OKAY. YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THIS AGENDA. I'M SORRY. WE MOVED, WE, WE MOVE ON TO THIS AGENDA. OKAY. I'M SORRY. SO IS THAT ALL RIGHT WITH YOU, MS. O RIGHT. TO MOVE ON TO THE NEXT TOPIC, MR. DALLAS? YES. YES, SIR. OKAY. JUST GO AHEAD AND MOVE ON. SO WE'RE THROUGH WITH THIS AGENDA. OKAY. YES. THANK YOU. UM, SO JANUARY 21ST AND THE DISCUSSION OF, UH, ANY OTHER BOARD MEETING AGENDAS. AND SO THAT'S WHAT'S COVERED ON, AND THAT'S THE, THE JOINT SIC? YES. OKAY. UM, IT WAS GOING TO PROPOSE, UM, THE DATE OF THURSDAY, JANUARY. LEMME GET THE DATE. UM, JANUARY 23RD. JANUARY 23RD. UM, WE WOULD HAVE KEEP THE SAME AGENDA THAT WAS PUBLISHED. UM, BUT I WOULD JUST VERIFY THAT BLUFFTON HIGH WOULD, WOULD STILL BE AVAILABLE. BLUFF. SO BLUFFTON HIGH AT 6:00 PM CORRECT? CORRECT. FOR THE 23RD, IF THAT'S OKAY. JOINT SIC WITH THE SAME AGENDA ITEMS THAT WE HAD BEFORE. CORRECT. OKAY. SO WE'LL NEED TO GET THAT OUT TO ALL THE SCHOOLS. SO ALL THE SI STUDENTS ARE, ARE YOU OKAY WITH THAT DATE? I, DO YOU HAVE ANY OBJECTION? NO. MS. BO WRIGHT, DO YOU HAVE ANY THAT DATE? SO THE 21ST AND THE 23RD AND A WORK SESSION ON THE 31ST? THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE IN JANUARY. YEP. YES. ALL RIGHT. OKAY. ANY OTHER COMMENTS FROM MR. SMITH OR MR. GORDON? NO, NOT FROM GORDON. OKAY. GORDON. OKAY. HAVE WE SAID THE, UH, AGENDA FOR THE, UH, WORK SESSION? WE ARE, WE HAVEN'T SET THAT YET. YEP. BUT WE HAVE TO HAVE ANOTHER THAT WOULD, THAT WE WOULD SET THAT AGENDA ON THE 22ND. ON THE 22ND OF JANUARY? YES. OKAY. IS THAT ANOTHER AGENDA SETTING MEETING THEN SCHEDULED FOR THE 22ND? MM-HMM . AND THAT'LL BE AT FIVE, FIVE O'CLOCK AGAIN. IS THAT ALL RIGHT WITH YOU, DR. RODRIGUEZ? YES. THAT'S, IS THAT ALL RIGHT WITH YOU, MR. DO? YES, SIR. YES. OH, RIGHT. IS THAT OKAY? I SEE YOU UP, DENNIS SAID MEETING FIVE O'CLOCK ON JANUARY, THE DATE, JANUARY 23RD. THIRD. YEP. AND NO, THE 22ND. OH, THE 22ND. 23RD SI, YEAH. WEDNESDAY THE 22ND WOULD BE A SECOND AGENDA SETTING AT FIVE O'CLOCK. FIVE O'CLOCK, BECAUSE THAT'S THE DAY AFTER THE BOARD MEETING. YEAH. YEAH. THAT'S FINE. THAT'S FINE. THE AGENDA SETTING IS ON THE 22ND. RIGHT? THE JOINT BOARD S-I-C-S-I-C WOULD BE ON THE 23RD. THIRD, YEAH. OKAY. I'M SORRY. YEAH. YEP. I'M GOOD WITH ALL OF IT. . OKAY. GOOD. WITH ALL OF IT. YEAH. BOOM, BOOM, BOOM. YEP. GOOD WITH ALL OF IT. ANY COMMENTS, MR. SMITH, MS. GORDON, ANY, ANY ISSUES? NONE. VERY GOOD. OKAY. OKAY. THAT I THINK WE ARE FINISHED ON. ARE WE NOT, ROBIN? YEP. THAT'S ALL I HAVE, SIR. SO, UH, BASED ON, UH, CONSENT AGENDA OR EVERYTHING ELSE IS DONE. AND SO FOR, UH, WILL WE'LL MOVE, UH, ADJOURNED BY UNANIMOUS CONSENT. UNLESS THERE IS A OBJECTION. NO OBJECTION HERE. NO OBJECTION. I'M GOOD. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I MOVE. THANK YOU COLONEL GEIER. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.