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UH, FER COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION SCHOOL BOARD OFFICERS.
THE AGENDA SETTING MEETING OF JANUARY 29TH, 22 5.
WE HAVE, UH, MYSELF HERE, AND WE HAVE, UH, MR. DALLAS IS HERE.
UH, MS. BOATWRIGHT, I DON'T SEE YOU YET.
I, WHAT, WHAT, WHAT ARE YOU UNDER? WHAT DOES IT SAY? IT'S, ARE YOU ON THE IPHONE? YEAH, I HAVE AN IPHONE.
SO WE, WE HAVE A QUO AND, UH, THE FIRST ITEM OF BUSINESS IS TO APPROVE THE AGENDA.
I MOVE TO APPROVE THE AGENDA AS PRESENTED.
IT IS BEEN MOVED IN SECOND TO APPROVE THE AGENDA.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
NEXT ITEM IS, UH, PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF AMERICA, THE REPUBLIC ONE NATION IN AND JUSTICE.
THIS, THE MEDIA HAS BEEN NOTIFIED AND WE ARE ON THE COUNTY CHANNEL.
UH, WE ALSO HAVE ONLINE, UH, MS. CHLOE GORDON, UH, PASTOR ISAAC, UH, GORDON, AND LET'S SEE, AND DR. FRANK RODRIGUEZ.
AND WE HAVE, UH, ANOTHER IPHONE THAT'S LAY.
THAT'S, IS THAT MR. SMITH? YES.
SO YOU, THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS THE APPROVAL OF JANUARY 22ND, 2025.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
SO NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS SETTING THE FEBRUARY 4TH, 2025 BOARD MEETING AGENDA.
AND WE'RE GONNA PUT THAT UP ON THE SCREEN.
AND THIS IS A NORMAL BOILERPLATE.
IT'S GOING TO BE AT THE HILTON HEAD, UH, ISLAND MIDDLE SCHOOL, THE EXECUTIVE SESSION TENTATIVELY, WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT IT A LITTLE BIT, BUT JUST TENTATIVELY GONNA START AT FIVE WITH THE PUBLIC SESSION STARTING AT 6:00 PM BE HYBRID VIDEO CONFERENCING, AND WE'LL BE LIVE STREAMED.
AND THERE'S A NORMAL THING FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS.
AND SO, EXECUTIVE SESSION, DR. RODRIGUEZ.
I SEE WE HAVE AN EMPLOYMENT MATTER, WE HAVE ADULT EDUCATION, WE'VE GOT LEGAL ADVICE ON CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS AND LEGAL UPDATES.
IS, UH, IS THAT ALL THAT WE HAVE? UH, HERE YOU, YOU'RE, YOU'RE MUTED, FRANK.
UH, YES, THAT IS, THAT'S ALL THAT, THAT WE HAVE ON THE EXECUTIVE SESSION.
AND, UM, I BELIEVE THAT, UH, UM, LEGAL ADVICE ON CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS COULD, UH, COULD HAVE SOME CONVERSATION AROUND IT.
SO THAT MIGHT TAKE A LITTLE BIT.
UH, THE OTHERS I THINK, UH, PROBABLY MOVE RATHER QUICKLY.
SO YOU THINK FIVE O'CLOCK IS, UH, IS FINE? I DO.
ANY OBJECTION, UH, FROM MR. DALLAS OR MS. BOATWRIGHT? NO, SIR.
NOW GO ON TO PUBLIC SESSION, APPROVE OF THE AGENDA, PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, POINTS OF CELEBRATION, NOVEMBER, STUDENT OF THE MONTH FROM, UH, MC RILEY, AND THEN THE DECEMBER STUDENT OF MONTH FROM, LET'S SEE, SHELTON OR SHANKLIN ELEMENTARY, AND FROM HELTON HEAD ISLAND SCHOOL FOR THE CREATIVE ARTS.
AND WE GOT BOYS AND GIRLS, CROSS COUNTRY STATE CHAMPIONS, MAY RIVER HIGH SCHOOL, GIRLS, GOLF, STATE CHAMPIONS, NATIONAL WRESTLING, HALL OF FAME, HALL OF FAME, AND SCHOOL BOARD
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APPRECIATION MONTH.IS, UH, THAT ALL WE HAVE, BUT DR. RODRIGUEZ? THAT IS CORRECT.
AND WE HAVE FIRST PUBLIC COMMENTS, HAVE A CHAIR'S REPORT.
UH, I DON'T KNOW WHAT I'M GONNA TALK ABOUT, BUT AS WE GET CLOSER, I'LL, I'LL FILL THAT OUT.
SO, AND SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT, UH, STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT, CALENDAR MAKEUP, DR.
UH, DURING THIS, UH, SNOWSTORM HERE, UH, WE USED OUR LAST, UH, E-LEARNING DAY USED, UH, UH, UH, ANO A MAKE ANOTHER DAY, WHICH HAD TO BE A MAKEUP DAY, WHICH IS GONNA BE ON MARCH 17TH.
17TH, BECAUSE THAT'S ALREADY SCHEDULED MAKEUP DAY, BUT THEN WE HAD TO USE FRIDAY AS WELL.
AND, AND THAT IS GONNA HAVE SOME OPTIONS FOR THE BOARD AND SOME DECISION MAKING FOR THE BOARD ON, UH, ON HOW WE HANDLE THAT.
SO WE WANNA, WE'D LIKE TO, UH, UH, CLEAR THAT UP FOR THE PUBLIC, UH, AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
SO, UM, WOULD YOU, UH, TELL THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS WHAT, WHAT THE ISSUE IS OR WHAT THE BOARD CAN DO? YES.
SO THE ISSUE AT HAND IS THE FOLLOWING.
UH, WE WILL HAVE USED ALL THE STORMS ISSUE.
WE WILL HAVE USED ALL OF OUR E-LEARNING DAYS, AND THEN WE HAVE THREE SET ASIDE MAKEUP DAYS, UH, WHICH HAVE BEEN USED.
UH, UH, MARCH 17TH WILL BE THE LAST ONE, AND WE WILL USE THAT ONE.
BUT THERE'S AN ADDITIONAL DATE TO MAKE UP.
AND THE, THE BOARD OF EDUCATION, UH, HAS THE RIGHT TO WAIVE, UH, UP TO THREE DAYS.
UH, THAT WON'T HAVE TO BE, THAT WOULDN'T HAVE TO BE MADE UP.
UH, SO, SO WE DON'T NEED TO WAIVE THREE DAYS RIGHT NOW, BUT WE'LL, WE WOULD NEED TO WAIVE, UH, ONE DAY, AND THAT THE BOARD IS ABLE TO DO THAT.
UM, ONLY AFTER E-LEARNING AND MAKEUP DAYS HAVE BEEN EXHAUSTED.
SO, SO THAT, UH, THE, THE BOARD HAS DECISION WHETHER WE WAIVE IT OR NOT WAIVE IT.
IF WE DON'T WAIVE IT, IT WILL PROBABLY END UP ADDING A DAY TO THE END OF THE SCHOOL YEAR, UH, UH, AS, AS, AS A MAKEUP DAY.
QUESTIONS? NO QUESTIONS HERE, SIR.
ANY OTHER BOARD MEMBERS WITH QUESTIONS, GORDON? I DON'T, NO, I DON'T.
NO QUESTIONS? NO QUESTIONS, GORDON.
AND THAT'S THE ONLY THING ON THE SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT? THAT'S CORRECT.
WE HAVE ANOTHER ITEM THAT, THAT IS COMING FORTH, BUT IT IS A BOARD BUSINESS ITEM.
AND THE BOARD BUSINESS ITEM IS THE HEALTH ADVISORY COMMITTEE UPDATE AND DONATION.
AND DONATION TO, UH, SHANKLIN ELEMENTARY, SIR.
AND THAT IS THE ONLY, THAT'S THE ONLY BOARD BUSINESS ACTION YOU NEED TO HAVE DONE ON THAT DAY.
THE, THE, THERE'LL BE A BOARD ACTION, UH, REQUESTED REGARDING THAT CALENDAR UPDATE.
BUT, UH, BUT THAT'S, THAT THAT'LL BE IN THE DOCUMENTS THAT YOU RECEIVE, UH, LETTING YOU KNOW WHAT THE, WHAT THE, WHAT THE ACTION IS, UH, AND, AND OPTION.
SO THAT SITS UNDER, UH, SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT BECAUSE IT'S AN ACADEMIC CALENDAR ISSUE.
YOU MIGHT HAVE ACTION COMING OUT OF THE WORK SESSION, SO YOU ALWAYS REFER THE RIGHT TO PUT WHATEVER COMES OUT OF THE WORK SESSION ON THE AGENDA.
UH, DID Y'ALL HEAR THAT THERE MIGHT BE SOMETHING COMING OUTTA WORK SESSION THAT WE'D HAVE TO ADD TO IT, BUT YES, SIR.
WE'LL HAVE ENOUGH TIME TO, UH, TO POST THAT RIGHT BEFORE WE GO.
SO THAT SEEMS TO BE A RELATIVELY SHORT MEETING.
IT'S A MEETING THAT MIGHT, COULD BE AN EMAIL.
HAPPENS SOME, UH, HAPPENS SOMETIMES WHEN IT COMES OFF THE HEELS OF THE, UH, OF A WORK SESSION.
BUT, BUT, UH, AS A REMINDER, UH, TO ALL, UH, NORMALLY, UM, WE HAVE THE AGENDA SETTING MEETING, UH, RIGHT AFTER THE LAST BOARD MEETING, AND WE HAD, OF COURSE, TO CANCEL THE LAST BOARD MEETING 'CAUSE OF THE STORM.
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DOCUMENTS.UH, NORMALLY YOU WOULD RECEIVE THEM BY TOMORROW, SO I, I THINK WE CAN PROBABLY STILL GET THE DOCUMENTS IN BY TOMORROW.
BUT IN THE EVENT THAT WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF AN ISSUE, I'M GONNA ASK FOR SOME GRACE, UH, INTO FRIDAY.
UH, DO YOU WANNA SEE FUTURE TOPICS, FUTURE AGENDA TOPICS? WHAT DO WE HAVE ON OUR LIST HERE? PULL IT UP.
AND COLONEL GEIER, IT'S NOT ON OUR FUTURE AGENDA TOPICS, BUT I HAD, UM, BROUGHT UP THE POSSIBILITY OF GETTING, UH, A LITTLE BIT OF AN OVERVIEW OF THE, OUR DUAL ENROLLMENT, WHICH I'D LIKE TO ADD TO THE FUTURE AGENDA TOPICS.
UH, JUST AN UPDATE ON DUAL ENROLLMENT, OR, WELL, I SENT OUT AN EMAIL KIND OF, UM, WHAT, HOW MUCH WE'RE USING IT, YOU KNOW, BY SCHOOL, HOW WE'RE, HOW IT WORKS.
UM, JUST, YOU KNOW, I KNOW IT, IT, IT SHOULD BE SOMETHING THAT COULD EVEN TIE INTO THE BUDGET.
I JUST KNOW FROM THE PARENTS AT HILTON HAD THAT A TREMENDOUS NUMBER OF STUDENTS NOW ARE USING DUAL ENROLLMENT, AND SOME THINGS ARE COMING UP THAT ARE THINGS I'D LIKE THE, THE BOARD TO KIND OF LOOK INTO A LITTLE BIT, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE ESSENTIALLY SENDING OUR KIDS TO USCB AND TCL, UM, THROUGH THIS PROGRAM.
AND I FEEL LIKE I DON'T REALLY UNDERSTAND EXACTLY HOW THAT WORKS.
SO I WAS HOPING FOR MAYBE A PRESENTATION ON THAT.
AND JUST TO ANSWER SOME GENERAL QUESTIONS, BECAUSE FROM IN THE LAST FIVE YEARS, IT HAS REALLY TAKEN OFF, AT LEAST ON HILTON HEAD, UM, WHERE THE MAJORITY, I MEAN, A TON OF THE SENIORS NOW TAKE ONE CLASS, UM, AT THE HIGH SCHOOL AND DO THE REST OF DUAL ENROLLMENT.
I THINK WE CAN PROBABLY, UH, HANDLE THAT, UH, IN OUR SECOND MEETING IN FEBRUARY.
DO YOU THINK, DO YOU THINK YOU HAVE THE DATA FOR THAT? FRANK, YOU'RE, YOU'RE MUTED.
I THINK WE CAN PUT A PRESENTATION TOGETHER FOR, UH, FOR THAT SECOND MEETING.
WE, WE HAVE AN ISSUE ON THAT SECOND MEETING.
UH, WE ARE, WE ARE, WE WOULD BE SET UP FOR AN AGENDA SETTING MEETING RIGHT AFTER THAT.
AND, UH, A NUMBER OF US NEED TO GO TO, UM, MYRTLE BEACH, UH, THAT, THAT EVENING THAT COULD CAUSE A PROBLEM.
MY QUESTION TO, UH, MR. DALLAS AND MS. AND MS. BOATWRIGHT IS, CAN WE HAVE AN EARLIER AGENDA SETTING MEETING ON THE 19TH SO WE CAN GET ON THE ROAD? UH, YES, AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED.
WHAT TIME ARE YOU THINKING? WELL, WOULD IT BE POSSIBLE YOU HAVE A LUNCH? A LUNCH BREAK? THAT, UH, YEAH, YOU COULD, YOU HAVE IT? CAN WE HAVE IT AT YOUR LUNCH BREAK? YEAH.
AND WHAT TIME IS THAT? I MEAN, IT'S FLEXIBLE.
WOULD, UH, WOULD 12 O'CLOCK WORK FOR YOU? UH, MR. DALLAS? YES, SIR.
SO, UH, DR. RODRIGUEZ, IS THAT OKAY? OH, YES.
AND, UH, SO NEXT WEDNESDAY WOULD BE OUR NEXT AGENDA SETTING FOR THE 18TH.
SO THAT WOULD BE AT FIVE O'CLOCK.
IS THAT FIVE O'CLOCK? IS THAT FINE? YEAH.
UM, ANY, UH, ANNOUNCEMENTS? NO.
WE'LL SEE IF WE HAVE ANNOUNCEMENTS.
ANY, ANY ALIBIS?
COLONEL, UH, MS. BOATWRIGHT, SHE'S MUTED.
ANY OTHER, UH, BOARD MEMBER HAVE ANY UH, UH, ISSUES? UH, THIS IS GORDON.
I, FORGIVE ME, I CAN'T READ THE, UH, AGENDA, UH, THAT MS. BERRY HAS GIVEN US,
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BUT I WOULD LIKE, UM, SOME MORE INFORMATION ABOUT, UH, SAFETY, YOU KNOW, IN OUR SCHOOLS FOR OUR KIDS, FOR OUR, UH, OUR STAFF MEMBERS.AND I KNOW MRS. UM, OH, WASN'T, MS. HENDERSON DOES AN EXCELLENT JOB OF THAT.
AND I WAS WONDERING IF SHE COULD GIVE US AN UPDATE, UH, IF NOT IN FEBRUARY, BUT MAYBE MARCH, UM, SO THAT WE KNOW, YOU KNOW WHAT, WE ARE NOT GIVING AWAY ANY, YOU KNOW, INFORMATION, BUT AT LEAST UPDATING US ON WHERE WE ARE.
CAN WE PUT THAT IN AS A FUTURE AGENDA TOPIC FOR A MARCH, UH, BOARD MEETING? MM-HMM
I THINK, UH, WITHOUT ANY OBJECTION, WE WILL ADJOURN BY UNANIMOUS CONSENT.