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          AND SECRETARY COMING OUT OF EXECUTIVE SESSION. THE FIRST MOTION IS I MOVE THAT THE BOARD OF EDUCATION APPROVE THE SUPERINTENDENTS RECOMMENDATIONS FOR EMPLOYMENT LISTED ON DECEMBER 1ST 2024 THROUGH DECEMBER 31ST 2024 PERSONNEL RATIFICATION REPORT IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING I I HEY I I THE BOARD OF EDUCATION APPROVED THE SUPERINTENDENT RECOMMENDATION THE ADULT MONTHLY THE MONTHLY ADULT EDUCATION REPORT FOR JANUARY 21ST 2025 SECOND SECOND DURING DURING THE PAYMENT OF I I PAY I AND CHAIR YOU'RE MIKE KEEPS GOING OUT FIRST FIRST MONTH WITH THE CORP AUTHORIZED SUPERINTENDENT TO ISSUE AN AWARD TO JUMPER CARTER CS ARCHITECTS FOR THE NEW BLUFFTON HIGH SCHOOL CTE BUILDING. 
          THE BOARD AUTHORIZES SUPERINTENDENT TO NEGOTIATE THE ARCHITECTURAL CONTRACTS AND UPON SUCCESSFUL NEGOTIATIONS EXECUTE A CONTRACT WITH THE FIRM. 
          YES SIR. WHICH TO THE PUBLIC IS IS THIS A REFERENDUM ITEM THE GROUP BUDGET THAT PAPER BY BY I I HEY I I MOVED THE BOARD AUTHORIZED AS THE SUPERINTENDENT TO ISSUE AN AWARD TO CAPLIN CO ARCHITECTS FOR THE NEW CHARTER SCHOOL GYM. 
          THE BOARD AUTHORIZES THE SUPERINTENDENT TO THE ARCHITECTURAL CONTRACTS AND UPON SUCCESSFUL NEGOTIATIONS EXECUTE A CONTRACT WITH THE FIRM BY FOUR YOU HAVE TO GET STARTED ONCE AGAIN ON THE REFERENDUM ITEM. YES IT IS SIR. 
          OKAY. THANK YOU AND. I OWE ALL OF THOSE PAPERS TAKEN IF I MAY SAYING I. I HEY I AND ONE AND FINALLY I'M A LITTLE BIT MORE EDUCATION NOT FOR YOU. THE CONTRACT WITH BR FOREMAN AND MCNAIR CHECK BY DALLAS SPECIAL RIGHT NOW IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING I I HEY I TOOK HEY I THAT OPTION TECHNICALLY THAT'S THING NEXT ITEM IS AND FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE WITH A MOMENT OF SILENCE AFTERWORD 
          [Approval of Agenda]
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APOLOGIES SECRETARY I DIDN'T THAT WE MISSED THE APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA THAT WAS BEFORE THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE I YOU'RE RIGHT MY APOLOGIES WE NEED A MOTION SO I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT WE THE AGENDA AS PRESENTED WE HAVE A SECOND TAKEN BY MR. DALLAS ANY DISCUSSION I GOT ALL THOSE FAVOR OF APPROVING THE AGENDA SIGNIFY BY SAYING I I HEY I CAN'T SAY I'M SORRY DID YOU HEAR ME THE FIRST TIME PUBLIC COMMENTS I GOT EXCITED ABOUT 
          [Riverview Charter School Annual Report]
THE THEN IS THE RIVERVIEW CHARTER SCHOOL ANNUAL REPORT AND MR. YUAN YES SIR CAN YOU HEAR ME OR YOU MAY BEGIN ANY TIME WE'RE GOING TO BRING UP YOUR CAN YOU ALL HEAR ME OKAY? I CAN'T HEAR YOU AND YOU ALL HEAR ME OKAY. I SEE MS. HAIK CAN HEAR ME BUT YOU IN THE ROOM WE'RE NOT HEARING YOU OKAY? THOSE ON LINE CAN HEAR TICKING AGAIN. CAN YOU HEAR ME IN THE ROOM ROOM? I THINK. CAN YOU HEAR US? I CAN HEAR YOU. 
          CAN YOU HEAR ME? WE GOT YOU LOUD AND CLEAR AND WE HAVE YOUR EAR COMING UP ONLINE. YOU'RE READY TO GO. AWESOME. 
          THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. GOOD MORNING. 
          COLONEL GEIER BOARD IS SUPERINTENDENT AND ALL IN THE ROOM. 
          THANK YOU ALL FOR ALLOWING ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT OUR ANNUAL REPORT FOR 2024. 
          FOR THOSE OF YOU I HAVE NOT HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF MEETING YET I'M DEVANTE SINGLETON THE SCHOOL DIRECTOR AT RIVERVIEW. FOR MY UNDERSTANDING YOU ALL HAVE RECEIVED AN EXECUTIVE SUMMARY OF THIS REPORT SO I WILL JUST QUICKLY GO OVER THIS PRESENTATION AND THEN LEAVE FOR ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU ALL MAY HAVE. THANK YOU. 
          NEXT SLIDE AS YOU ALL KNOW THE MISSION STATEMENT OF RIVERVIEW CHARTER SCHOOL IS TO CREATE A SMALL, DIVERSE LEARNING COMMUNITY THAT ACTIVELY ENGAGE STUDENTS IN MEANINGFUL AND INNOVATIVE LEARNING EXPERIENCES EMPHASIZING LEARNING, DOING FAMILY AND COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT AND ENGAGED CITIZENSHIP. RIVERVIEW IS COMMITTED TO NURTURING THE WHOLE CHILD AND PREPARING EACH STUDENT FOR A GLOBAL SO IN ESSENCE WHO ARE WE FOR THOSE WHO AREN'T AWARE IS RIVERVIEW 16TH YEAR WORKING IN BEAUFORT WE ARE COUNTY'S FIRST AND ONLY LOCALLY SPONSORED PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT AND WE ARE A SCHOOL OF CHOICE FOR ALL OF YOU FOR COUNTY RESIDENTS AND ONLY FOR BEAUFORT COUNTY RESIDENTS. 
          CURRENTLY WE ARE ABLE TO SERVE UP TO 720 STUDENTS IN GRADES K THROUGH EIGHT. 
          RIGHT NOW OUR CHARTER HAS AN AGREEMENT THAT WE WOULD ONLY 20 STUDENTS PER HOMEROOM CLASS AND WE HAVE FOUR HOMEROOM CLASSES PER GRADE LEVEL. WE ARE CURRENTLY GOVERNED BY A BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND WE ARE COMPRISED OF PARENTS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS JUST KIND OF LOOKING AT OUR RELATIONSHIP OUR SPONSORING DISTRICT ONE OF THE BIGGEST ADVOCATES AND REASONS WE'RE HAVING THIS IS FOR ACCOUNTABILITY. OUR CHARTER THAT WE HAVE AGREEMENTS WITH COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT ESSENTIALLY SERVES AS A CONTRACT. 
          I MEAN PART OF THAT CONTRACT IS ASKING THAT EACH YEAR WE PROVIDE ANNUAL REPORT TO THE SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION AS WELL AS TO BEAUFORT COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT THAT THIS TIME WE HAVE SUCCESSFULLY SUBMITTED THAT REPORT TO THE SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION AND IT WAS SUBMITTED BEFORE DEADLINE. AND SO THIS PRESENTATION IS OUR 
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OBLIGATION BY ALSO REVIEWING THAT WITH THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS. 
          THAT'S JUST SOME GENERAL INFORMATION FOR YOU ALL THE FOR YOU ALL TO KNOW IS THAT WE JUST RECENTLY HAD A CHANGE OVER IN OUR BOARD OF DIRECTORS WE HAVE A NEW BOARD PRESIDENT ERIC UNFORTUNATELY SHE WASN'T ABLE TO BE WITH US TODAY BUT SHE WAS TO ATTEND HAD THE SNOWSTORM NOT COME AND INTERRUPT IN THE PLANS LAST WEEK BUT SHE DOES IN HER REGARDS AND I'M CERTAINLY WELCOMING THE OPPORTUNITY FOR US ALL TO HAVE JUST AN OPPORTUNITY TO MEET AND GREET EACH OTHER. THE BULK OF MY PRESENTATION IS NOW GOING TO BE FOCUSED AROUND WHERE WE CURRENTLY ARE LOOKING AT SOME OF THE AREAS OF SUCCESSES AND HIGHLIGHTS AS WELL AS SOME AREAS THAT YOU CAN I'M SORRY YOU CAN STAY THAT DEMOGRAPHIC SLIDE AS WELL AS SOME AREAS OF WHERE WE'RE CONTINUOUSLY LOOKING FOR GROWTH. 
          JUST TO GIVE YOU GUYS A BREAKDOWN OF OUR STUDENT DEMOGRAPHICS THE 2324 SCHOOL YEAR WE HAD APPROXIMATE 698 ENROLLED STUDENTS AROUND THE 45TH DAY, THE 90TH DAY AS WELL AS THE 1/35 DAY OF SCHOOL. LOOKING AT OUR ENROLLMENT SUMMARY BY DEMOGRAPHICS LAST YEAR THERE WERE 158 STUDENTS WHO IDENTIFIED AS BLACK OR AFRICAN-AMERICAN THREE AMERICAN INDIAN 406 THAT WERE WHITE 70 SORRY 78 THAT WERE HISPANIC AS WELL AS 38 WHO IDENTIFIED AS TWO OR MORE RACE CATEGORIES. I ALSO ADDED AND SO THAT YOU COULD SEE HOW THE DEMOGRAPHICS HAVE TO WHERE WE ARE CURRENTLY TODAY LOOKING AT WHERE WE WERE JUST LAST WEEK WE HAVE INCREASED SOME OF OUR MINORITY POPULATIONS SERVING 175 BLACK AND AFRICAN-AMERICAN STUDENTS THREE AMERICAN INDIAN 393 WHITE, 80 HISPANICS AND 35 STUDENTS IDENTIFIED AS HAVING TWO OR MORE RACE RELATIONS. I'M SORRY, COULD YOU GO BACK UP JUST A LITTLE BIT MOVING INTO LOOKING SPECIAL SERVICES ARE STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES ARE THOSE WHO ARE RECEIVING IEP. 
          FEIBEL FOR ILAB ANY OF THOSE ACCOMMODATIONS? ROUGHLY 15% OF OUR STUDENTS WERE IDENTIFIED AS RECEIVING SPECIAL SERVICES AND SUPPORT WITH IEPS FINAL FOURS BEHAVIOR IMPROVEMENT PLANS OR OUR LAP ACCOMMODATIONS FOR OUR ESL POPULATION. 
          THEN IF YOU WOULD SCROLL UP JUST A LITTLE BIT LOOKING AT OUR STAFF ALLOCATIONS AND DEMOGRAPHICS WE CURRENTLY HAVE 56 FULL TIME EMPLOYEE THAT SERVE AS TEACHERS. 
          FIVE OF THOSE TEACHERS IN 2324 SCHOOL YEAR WERE UNCERTIFIED. I'M HAPPY TO REPORT OF THOSE FIVE TWO OF THEM HAVE GONE ON TO THEIR SOUTH CAROLINA CERTIFICATION OR ARE AND ARE STILL IN CURRENTLY FULLY CERTIFIED FIVE SPECIAL EDUCATION TEACHERS THREE SCHOOL COUNSELORS AND FIVE ADMINISTRATORS INCLUDING ONE DIRECTOR, ONE BUSINESS AND OPERATIONS AND H.R. ADMINISTRATOR AS WELL AS THREE GRADE LEVEL ADMINISTRATORS. 
          NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. ALL RIGHT, SO THIS SLIDE BASICALLY GOING OVER OUR ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENTS FROM THE 2324 SCHOOL YEAR. I'M SUPER EXCITED TO REPORT THAT FOR ANOTHER SCHOOL YEAR OUR MIDDLE SCHOOL HAS BEEN DEEMED OR RATED EXCELLENT ON THE SOUTH CAROLINA REPORT CARD. OUR ELEMENTARY HAS MOVED TO GOOD AS YOU KNOW OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS OUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL REPORT CARD WE WERE IN THE PROCESS OF FLUCTUATING BETWEEN AND GOOD BUT I'M SUPER EXCITED TO SAY THAT WE HAVE MOVED BACK UP TO GOOD AND WE ARE ON THE RIGHT TRAJECTORY WITH A GOAL OF MOVING TO. EXCELLENT. 
          AGAIN JUST LOOKING AT EARLY 78.2% OF OUR MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS AND 61.6% OF OUR ELEMENTARY STUDENTS ACHIEVED MEETS EXPECTATIONS OR EXCEEDS EXPECTATIONS ON ALREADY LOOKING AT MATH 60.2% OF OUR MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS AND 56.5% OF OUR ELEMENTARY STUDENTS WHERE IT MEETS OR EXCEEDS IN THE AREA OF MATH MOVING INTO OUR ALGEBRA AND OF COURSE EXAMINATION PROGRAM 87.5% OF OUR STUDENTS TAKING ALGEBRA ONE SCORED AT A C OR HIGHER. 
          OUR GOAL LOOKING AT OUR MAP GOALS READING AS WE CAN SEE HAS CONTINUE TO BE IDENTIFIED AS OUR AREA OF SUPPORT. 66% OF OUR STUDENTS WERE AT OR EXCEEDING THEIR MAP GROWTH GOAL IN THE 2324 SCHOOL YEAR AND 70% OF THOSE STUDENTS WERE AT SCORED BEYOND THEIR MAP GOAL IN MATH LOOKING AT OUR CLIMATE SURVEY SATISFACTION 95.2% OF OUR PARENTS RATED THE SCHOOL AS BEING WITH OUR SCHOOLS CURRENT CLIMATE WHILE 90.9% OF OUR TEACHERS WERE SATISFIED AND 86.8% OF STUDENTS WERE SATISFIED JUST SO THAT THE BOARD IS AWARE IT'S THE STUDENTS THAT I AM PRIMARILY FOCUSING ON WHEN IT COMES TO OUR STUDENT CLIMATE AS THAT 
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NUMBER IS DRASTICALLY LOWER COMPARED TO OUR PARENTS AND TEACHERS THERE ARE MULTIPLE AREAS AND AVENUES THAT WE ARE HOPING TO TO PUT THINGS INTO PLACE SO THAT THAT NUMBER WILL CONSISTENTLY GO HIGHER. WE KNOW THAT ONLY 5% OF THE SCHOOL REPORT CARD IS COMPRISED OF THE CLIMATE BUT THAT 5% CERTAINLY HAS A TENDENCY TO SPEAK VOLUMES ACCORDING TO THE OVERALL CLIMATE OF THE SCHOOL 100% OF THOSE STUDENTS PARTICIPATED IN SERVICE LEARNING PROJECTS AND I'LL CERTAINLY HIGHLIGHT SOME OF THOSE AS I CONTINUE ON WITH THE PRESENTATION. BUT LOOKING AT OUR HOLISTIC DEVELOPMENT WE'VE CERTAINLY TRIED TO IMPLEMENT SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL LEARNING THROUGHOUT ALL GRADE LEVELS. 
          CURRENTLY 97.6% OF STUDENTS I'M SORRY OF TEACHERS AND 93.6% OF OUR STUDENTS ARE INVOLVED IN TYPE OF SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL LEARNING PROJECT OUTSIDE OF THEIR GENERAL CLASSES. 
          IN ADDITION TO THAT WE HAVE AN ENHANCED AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAM CALLED TIDE WATCH WITH NOT WHICH NOT ONLY SERVES AS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR PARENTS TO HAVE STUDENTS IN A SAFE AND LEARNING ENVIRONMENT SHOULD THEY NOT BE ABLE TO PICK STUDENTS UP THEY WORK LATE OR THEY JUST NEED EXTRA SUPPORT FOR THOSE STUDENTS? ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE DONE THIS CURRENT SCHOOL YEAR WAS EXPANDED THAT TIE WATCH TO ADD IN AN ACADEMIC ENRICHMENT COMPONENT WHERE WE HAVE OUR CERTIFIED TEACHERS WHO SERVE AS TUTORS AND MENTORS FOR STUDENTS WHO ARE STRUGGLING ACADEMICALLY LIKE I SAID BEFOREHAND, ELLA CONTINUES TO BE AN AREA OF OF HIGH NEED AND IMPROVEMENT FOR OUR STUDENTS. AND SO THAT IS ONE AREA OF HOW WE ARE ATTEMPTING TO REACH THOSE STUDENTS BY CAPITALIZING AND MAXIMIZING INSTRUCTIONAL AND NON INSTRUCTIONAL TIME IN ADDITION THAT OUR CORE VALUES AS YOU ALL KNOW WE HAVE EIGHT CORE VALUES THAT OUR STUDENTS LIVE AND BREATHE BY AND WE LIKE TO HONOR AND RECOGNIZE THOSE STUDENTS FOR THEIR ACHIEVEMENT THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. BUT WE ALSO KNOW AS EDUCATORS THAT ACADEMICS AND SHOULD NOT BE THE ONLY INDICATOR OF CELEBRATING STUDENT SUCCESS . AND SO FOR THOSE STUDENTS WHO ARE CONSTANTLY EXHIBITING THOSE CORE VALUES, THEY ARE ALSO RECOGNIZED IN THE FORM OF AN ASSEMBLY. 
          THIS YEAR WE DECIDED TO DO THINGS JUST A LITTLE DIFFERENTLY AND INSTEAD OF JUST HAVING AN ASSEMBLY THAT SOMETIMES TAKES ROUGHLY 3 TO 4 HOURS WE HAD A SCHOOL WIDE PARADE THAT TOOK LESS THAN 30 MINUTES AND TOTAL AND INVITED ALL OF OUR STUDENTS THERE AS WELL AS THE COMMUNITY TO PARTICIPATE IN CELEBRATING THOSE STUDENTS. 
          I'M HAPPY TO SAY THAT WE HAD SOME SUPPORT FROM BLUE FOR COUNTY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS AS WELL WHO CAME OUT TO SEE THAT GREAT WORK AND THIS IS JUST AN ATTEMPT FOR US TO CONTINUE TO NUMBER ONE MAXIMIZE ACADEMIC TIME WHILE ALSO CELEBRATING THOSE STUDENTS SUCCESS. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. ALL RIGHT. 
          SO OUR AREAS IMPROVEMENT NOW THIS IS AN AREA WHERE FROM MY UNDERSTANDING MAY NOT HAVE ALWAYS BEEN AS FORTHCOMING FROM PAST ADMINISTRATION WELL I BELIEVE IN BEING ABSOLUTELY TRANSPARENT NOT ONLY WITH OUR SCHOOL AND COMMUNITY PARTNERS BUT ALSO WITH THE DISTRICT AS WELL SO FOR US WE ARE SEEING PERSISTENT PROFICIENCY GAPS IN MATH FOR OUR AFRICAN-AMERICAN STUDENTS RIGHT AT THE ELEMENTARY LEVEL 24.3% OF OUR STUDENTS SCORE THAT DO NOT MEET OR APPROACHING EXPECTATIONS ON SC READY WHILE 40.4% WERE AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL LEVEL AND THIS IS PARTICULARLY IN OUR AFRICAN-AMERICAN DEMOGRAPHICS GROWTH DATA SHOWS THAT NON ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED STUDENTS WERE ALSO PERFORMING BELOW DISTRICT AVERAGE IN ELEMENTARY GRADES SO THE CONCERN IS NOT PRIMARILY WITH OUR OUR STUDENTS OF COLOR BUT IT'S ALSO THROUGHOUT THE BOARD WITH SOME OF OUR STUDENTS WHO ARE NON ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED THEY ARE ALSO NOT PERFORMING AT THE SAME LEVEL COMPARED TO DISTRICT IN THOSE ELEMENTARY GRADES. SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, WE ARE CERTAINLY REVAMPING A NUMBER OF THINGS SO THAT WE CAN ADDRESS THESE PARTICULARLY IN THE AREA OF STUDENT RETENTION WE HAVE HAD IN ENROLLMENT IN GRADES SEVEN 2223 SCHOOL YEAR AT THE 45TH DAY OF SCHOOL WE WERE 80 STUDENTS. HOWEVER IN THE 2324 SCHOOL YEAR ONLY 67 OF THOSE STUDENTS WERE IN THAT LEVEL AND I CAN ATTRIBUTE A NUMBER OF OF AREAS FOR THAT ONE OF THEM PRIMARILY BEING SPORTS OUR STUDENTS WHEN THEY ARE IN GRADE SEVEN AND EIGHT THEY PARTICULARLY THEY WANT ON A LEVEL THAT IS ON THEIR PLAYING FIELD. SO SOME OF THEM THEY EITHER CHOOSE TO UNENROLLED RIVERVIEW AND THE MAJORITY OF THEM ARE MOVING INTO B FOR COUNTY SCHOOLS. HOWEVER THERE IS A SMALL POCKET OF STUDENTS WHO HAVE UNENROLLED FROM RIVERVIEW AND THEY DID NOT MOVE INTO BEING FOR COUNTY SCHOOLS. 
          THEY INSTEAD WENT OTHER OPTIONS CHARTER SCHOOLS, PRIVATE SCHOOLS FOR WHATEVER. 
          BUT I'M HAPPY TO REPORT THAT EVEN AS OF THIS SCHOOL YEAR THAT NUMBER HAS INCREASED TO WHERE WE ARE ABOUT 73 STUDENTS IN OUR SEVENTH GRADE CLASS. BUT OF COURSE OUR EIGHTH GRADE 
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CLASS RIGHT NOW IS WHERE WE ARE SEEING A SHORTAGE IN OUR CONTRACT OR OUR SCHOOL CHARTER CURRENTLY STATES THAT WE DO NOT ALLOW FOR ADMITTANCE AND MIDDLE SCHOOL BEYOND THE SIXTH GRADE YEAR. SO THAT DOES ALSO EXPLAIN WE ARE SEEING A DECREASE IN THE NUMBER OF ENROLLED STUDENTS IN ALL OTHER GRADES K THROUGH SIX WE ARE AT 80 STUDENTS EVERY SEAT IS FILLED LOOKING AT OUR CURRICULUM. ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS THAT I DID WHEN I CAME IN AS YOU ALL THAT THERE ARE NEW STANDARDS ACROSS THE BOARD ELA SCIENCE I NEEDED TO TAKE A VERY HARD LOOK AT OUR CURRICULUM AND ENSURE THAT IT WAS PROMOTING CONCEPTUAL THINKING BUT ALSO STRENGTHENING INTERDISCIPLINARY CONNECTIONS. 
          FOR ME THOSE ARE THE PIECES THAT LINK ALL OF OUR ACADEMIC CLASSES AND THEN DECREASES THAT DIVIDE FROM EXTRACURRICULAR AND YOU KNOW, ELECTIVE CLASSES VERSUS THE CORE CLASSES IN BEING ABLE TO PROVIDE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL TEACHERS TO COLLABORATE AND WORK TOGETHER NOT ONLY STRANGE THINGS THAT CONCEPTUAL THINKING BUT ALSO ENSURES THAT OUR STUDENTS ARE PERFORMING AT A ACADEMICALLY RIGOROUS LEVEL NOT JUST IN THOSE CORE CLASSES BUT ALSO ACROSS THE BOARD AND ELECTIVES FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE AND SUSTAINABILITY. 
          I'M SUPER TO REPORT THAT WE HAVE A CHANCE TO REVIEW OUR AUDIT WAS DONE WE HAD A POSITIVE AUDIT RESULT WITH NO DEFICIENCIES NOTATED OUR BALANCED AND SUSTAINABLE BUDGET WAS ONE THAT ENSURED FINANCIAL HEALTH AS AS EFFECTIVE RESOURCE ALLOCATION TO ACADEMIC AND OPERATIONAL PRIORITIES. RIGHT NOW LOOKING AT OUR BUDGET THERE ARE, A COUPLE OF KEY THINGS THAT I AM FOCUSING ON AS I'M LOOKING FOR THE 2526 SCHOOL YEAR THAT BEING OUR AVERAGE TEACHER SALARY THERE IS NOT AN AVERAGE TEACHER SALARY THAT'S NOTATED THERE BUT I DO WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THAT FOR THE RECORD RIVERVIEW WE USE BEAUFORT COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICTS SCHEDULE AS A WAY TO TAILOR OUR SALARY SCHEDULE SO OUR TEACHERS THEY ARE RECEIVING THEIR PAY BASED OFF OF WHAT BEAUFORT COUNTY HAS PUT OUT NOW THIS CURRENT SCHOOL YEAR WE ARE NOT ON BEAUFORT COUNTY'S 2425 SALARY SCHEDULE. WE ARE STILL OPERATING ON THE 2324 AND THAT WAS BECAUSE WE WEREN'T ABLE TO PROVIDE THE SALARY INCREASES ACROSS THE BOARD OUTSIDE OF STANDARD 1.6% STEP INCREASE. BUT I WANT TO ALSO THAT OUR AVERAGE TEACHER SALARY IS AT 18.70 $0.04. I ALSO KNOW THAT THAT IS SLIGHTLY LESS THAN WHAT BEAUFORT COUNTY HAS AND EVEN GOING BEYOND THAT AND LOOKING AT OUR SUBSTITUTES OR OUR GUEST TEACHERS, RIVERVIEW ONLY PAYS OUR TEACHERS AN AVERAGE OF $100 A DAY WHERE I UNDERSTAND BEAUFORT COUNTY'S IS ABOUT THE 125 OR 150 I'M NOT SURE SO THERE ARE STILL SOME DISCREPANCIES WHEN IT COMES TO TEACHER AND STAFF PAY AND THAT'S CERTAINLY AN AREA THAT I AM WORKING TO ADDRESS WITH OUR CURRENT ALLOCATION. 
          IN ADDITION TO THAT, LOOKING AT ADDITIONAL OTHER FINANCIAL METRICS, OUR AUDIT REPORT SHOWS THAT WE HAVE STRONG MANAGEMENT OF FUNDING FROM STATE AND LOCAL SOURCES AND FOR THAT I'D LIKE TO GIVE A HIGHLIGHT AND SHOUT OUT TO YOU FOR COUNTY THAT IS YOU GUYS WORKING WITH US TO ENSURE THAT AS MORE MONEYS ARE BEING GENERATED IN THE BEAUFORT AREA, RIVERVIEW IS ALSO STARTING TO SEE SOME OF THAT TRICKLE DOWN SO THAT WE'RE ABLE TO TAKE CARE OF OUR FOLKS ESPECIALLY THOSE WHO ARE CLOSEST TO THE WORK. IN ADDITION WE HAVE STRATEGIC IN PROGRAMS LIKE SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL LEARNING AND OUR TIDE WATCH AFTERCARE PROGRAM OUR TIDE WATCH PROGRAM LIKE I MENTIONED EARLIER, WE DO SERVE UP TO 35% OF OUR STUDENT POPULATION AND THAT IS IN EARLY BIRD PROGRAM BEFORE SCHOOL STARTS AS WELL AS AN AFTERCARE PROGRAM. SO THE MAJORITY OF OUR FUNDS IS BEING SHIFTED TOWARDS THE ACADEMIC COMPONENT OF OUR SCHOOLS. I WOULD LIKE TO THEN ALSO TRY TO FIND TIME TO WORK ON THE SALARY AS WELL JUST GIVING YOU GUYS A LITTLE BIT OF A CATCH UP CAPTURE WHERE OUR GOALS ARE FOR 2025 MY GOAL IS TO CLOSE THOSE ACHIEVEMENT GAPS THAT OUR STUDENTS YES RIVERVIEW MAY BE PERFORMING AT A A LEVEL OF WHERE OUR MIDDLE SCHOOL IS EXCELLENT IN ELEMENTARY IS GOOD HOWEVER IT GOES BEYOND THAT LOOKING AT OUR TARGETED THOSE STUDENTS WHO ARE CONSISTENTLY PERFORMING UNDER COMPARED TO THEIR PEERS AND THEIR COUNTERPARTS. SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE ARE FOCUSING ON IS TARGETED INTERVENTIONS EXPANDING MATH AND READING INTERVENTION PROGRAMS USING PRECISE DIAGNOSTIC SUCH AS MAPPING ALREADY TO IDENTIFY AND ADDRESS THOSE STUDENT SPECIFIC NEEDS WHICH I ALSO UNDERSTAND IS EXACTLY IN LINE WITH WHAT COUNTY IS DOING AS WELL ALSO PROVIDING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND INVESTING IN CULTURALLY RESPONSIVE TEACHING STRATEGIES IS AN AREA OF WHERE WE ARE WANTING TO ENSURE THAT ALL OF OUR TEACHERS ARE COMING IN ON A LEVEL PLAYING FIELD NOT THOSE WHO ARE JUST FIRST YEAR TEACHERS NEEDING THE MOST PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT BUT OUR EVEN MORE AND SEASONED TEACHERS AS WELL ENSURING THAT 
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THEY HAVE ACCESS TO THE DEVELOPMENT ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO NEW STANDARDS AS. 
          WELL AS JUST NEW TECHNOLOGY SUCH AS AIR THAT IS BEING GENERATED, I WANT TO ENSURE THAT ALL OF OUR STAFF HAS THE TOOLS AND EQUIPMENTS THAT THEY NEED SO THAT WE CAN STAY CULTURALLY RELEVANT AS WELL AS PROVIDING THE BEST EDUCATION OUTCOMES FOR OUR STUDENTS. 
          LASTLY, JUST MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE SHIFTING MORE TO A DATA I'M SORRY COULD YOU GO UP JUST A LITTLE BIT BEING MORE DATA DRIVEN THOSE DECISIONS WE ARE MONITORING OUR SUBGROUP PERFORMANCE DATA TO ENSURE PROGRESS AND RECALIBRATING STRATEGIES AS NEEDED SO THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN UNDERPERFORMING NO LONGER IS THAT OKAY FOR US TO SAY OR IDENTIFY THOSE STUDENTS. BUT LOOKING AT FACTORS AND DECISIONS ARE WE PUTTING IN PLACE TO ENSURE THAT THOSE STUDENTS ARE PROGRESSIVELY MOVING? I TOLD MY TEACHERS ALL THE TIME WE SHOULD NEVER MOVE INTO CRT NOT HAVING A CLEAR INDICATOR OF WHERE EVERY ONE OF OUR STUDENTS SHOULD PERFORM. WE SHOULD KNOW THAT DUE OUT THE YEAR WHILE WE'RE LOOKING AT AI READY MAP SCORES AS WELL AS BEING IN CONSTANT COLLABORATION WITH OUR DEPARTMENT TO ADDRESS ANY RTI CONCERNS AS AS LOOKING AT OUR MTC MODEL. 
          ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I ALSO LOOKED AT WAS ENSURING THAT WE HAVE A STRONG TIER ONE MTC MODEL AS YOU KNOW THAT IS FOCUSING ON ALL STUDENTS ENSURING THAT THEY HAVE EVERYTHING THAT THEY NEED SO THEY CAN PERFORM ON A LEVEL PLAYING FIELD LOOKING AT ENHANCING RETENTION GRADE TRANSITIONS THIS IS AN AREA THAT I'VE RECEIVED A A LOT OF OF CONCERN ON PRIMARILY AS IT RELATES TO OUR ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS TRANSITIONING FROM FIFTH GRADE TO SIXTH GRADE EVEN THOUGH WE ARE ON THE SAME CAMPUS IS A DRASTICALLY DIFFERENT EXPERIENCE MOVING FROM ELEMENTARY TO MIDDLE SCHOOL SO ENSURING THAT WE HAVE BUILT IN SOME TYPE OF SUMMER TRANSITION PROGRAM IS IDEAL SO THAT THOSE STUDENTS ARE CONTINUOUSLY ABLE TO MATRICULATE WITHOUT HAVING ANY ISSUES MENTORSHIP INITIATIVES AND ENRICHMENT PROGRAMS. THOSE ARE JUST TWO AREAS OF HOW WE ARE HOPING TO AGAIN ENHANCE THAT RETENTION BY INCREASING THE NUMBER OF MENTORS AND STAFF ADVISORS WHO ARE SERVING IN THOSE CAPACITIES AS WELL AS BRINGING EXTRA CURRICULAR PROGRAMS TO BOOST STUDENT INTEREST AND PARTICIPATION PARTICULARLY IN GRADES SIX THROUGH EIGHT. MY GOAL IS TO MAINTAIN AN EXCELLENCE RATING IN MIDDLE SCHOOL. WHAT WHAT I KNOW IS WORKING IS OBVIOUSLY WORKING. 
          THE PAST THREE YEARS THOSE STUDENTS AND TEACHERS HAVE BEEN CONTINUOUSLY EXCEEDING SO I WANT TO ENSURE THAT WE HAVE ADVANCED COURSEWORK THAT IS BEING EXPANDED TO ACCESS ADVANCED COURSES LIKE ALGEBRA ONE AS WELL AS INTRODUCE EXPLORATORY ELECTIVES SO THAT ALL OF OUR STUDENTS ARE ABLE TO TAKE COURSES THAT ARE ALIGNED WITH THEIR INTEREST AS WELL AS THINGS THAT ARE GOING TO PUSH THEM FORWARD INCREASING TEACHER COLLABORATION SO STRENGTHENING THOSE PROFESSIONAL COMMUNITIES TO REFINE TEACHING PRACTICES. BUT I WANT TO ALSO HIGHLIGHT THIS GOES BEYOND JUST RIVERVIEW. THIS IS NOW WHERE WE ARE TALKING ABOUT INCREASING OUR COLLABORATION WITH BEAUFORT COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT ENSURING THAT ANY PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES THAT ARE ALIGNED WITH OUR AND OUR MISSIONS ENCOURAGING OUR TEACHERS TO ACTIVELY BE A PART OF THOSE SUPER EXCITED TO REPORT THAT EVEN I AS A DIRECTOR I'VE PARTICIPATED MULTIPLE PRESENTATIONS AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT SESSIONS THAT HAVE BEEN BY BEAUFORT COUNTY AND I SEE THE VALUE IN IT AND SO BEING ABLE TO RELATE THAT WITH MY TEACHERS IS ALWAYS GOING TO BE A POSITIVE BECAUSE WHEN WE ARE ALL ACHIEVING NOT ONLY AT RIVERVIEW BUT ALSO IN BEAUFORT COUNTY THEN IT'S WHAT'S GOING TO BE BEST FOR ALL OF OUR STUDENTS. 
          SO I NEVER WANT TO SERVE AS A GATEKEEPER BUT I ALSO WANT MY TEACHERS TO BE OPEN TO AS WELL. 
          AND THEN LASTLY STUDENT RECOGNITION I'VE ALREADY TALKED ABOUT THIS BEFORE BUT CELEBRATING THOSE ACADEMIC AND EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES TO SUSTAIN STUDENT MOTIVATION AND NOT JUST PRIMARILY FOCUSING ON THE ACADEMIC SENSE NOT ALL STUDENTS ARE GOING TO BE ACHIEVING AT A LEVEL EVERY EVERY QUARTER OF THE YEAR. WE ALSO WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL OF OUR STUDENTS ARE BEING CELEBRATED FOR THE EXTRACURRICULAR THAT THEY ARE ACHIEVING. AND THEN LASTLY, A GOAL IS FAMILY AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT WITH COMMUNITY WORKSHOPS. AGAIN I JUST WANT TO HIGHLIGHT BEAUFORT COUNTY BECAUSE WE'VE TRULY YEAR ALONE HAVE BUILT PARTNERSHIPS WITH THE DISTRICT AS WELL AS OTHER ORGANIZATIONS TO ENHANCE SERVICE LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES SUCH AS WITH THE BOYS CLUB WITH TECHNICAL COLLEGE OF THE LOWCOUNTRY AS WELL AS WITH USC COLLEGE SORRY USC BEAUFORT COLLEGE OF NURSING. WE HAVE INCREASED FAMILY WORKSHOPS HOSTING REGULAR ON CAMPUS WORKSHOPS TO INVOLVE FAMILIES AND SUPPORTING STUDENT LEARNING AT HOME PRIMARILY IN THE AREA OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE KNOWING HOW TO DEAL WITH CURRENT SOCIAL MEDIA AND HOW IT IS IMPACTING OUR STUDENTS IN SCHOOL. IN ADDITION TO THAT, HOSTING THOSE WORKSHOPS THAT OUR FAMILIES WHO ARE COMING IN THEY ALSO KNOW HOW TO UTILIZE TEST SCORES WHEN THEY ARE SENT HOME. SO OFTEN WE'RE SENDING HOME ABUNDANCE OF DATA WITH OUR PARENTS BUT IF THEY'RE NOT BEING GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO KNOW HOW TO DISSECT THAT DATA 
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AND HOW TO EXTRACT INFORMATION TO KNOW HOW TO BEST SERVE THEIR STUDENTS THEN IT'S OBSOLETE IN OPINION. SO CERTAINLY ENCOURAGING MORE AND MORE OF THOSE WORKSHOPS AND THEN VOLUNTEERING OPPORTUNITIES WE'RE EXPANDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR PARENTS COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO ENGAGE WITH THE SCHOOL. I'M SO HAPPY TO. 
          NOTE THAT A FEW MONTHS AGO I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO VISIT THE BEAUFORT DR. RODRIGUEZ WAS THERE PRESENTING WITH OF THE COMMUNITY PARTNERS WHO IS THE PRESIDENT OF THE HISPANIC SMALL BUSINESS BUSINESS ALLIANCE. AND BECAUSE OF THAT OPPORTUNITY I WAS AFFORDED A CHANCE TO MEET UP WITH HIM AND CREATE MORE OPPORTUNITIES FOR. RIVERVIEW PARENTS AS WE KNOW OUR HISPANIC POPULATION IS ONE AREA OF A VERY SMALL DEMOGRAPHICS OF OUR SCHOOL AND IT'S ALSO ONE OF THE AREAS THAT HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED IN OCR. WE NEED TO BE AT A CERTAIN PERCENTAGE BEFORE RIVERVIEW CAN GET OFF OF THAT LIST. SO I'M CERTAINLY WANTING TO COLLABORATE TO ENSURE THAT WE ARE DOING EVERYTHING OUR POWER TO RECRUIT RICH, ATTRACT AND RETAIN THE MOST SO OUR HETEROGENEOUS DEMOGRAPHIC BREAKDOWN OF OUR SCHOOLS SO UTILIZING THOSE COMMUNITY PARTNERS IS CRUCIAL. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. 
          AND THEN I ALSO JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH BU FOR COUNTY AND STRATEGIC PARTNERS. SOME OF THESE ARE GOING TO BE THINGS THAT MAY BE A LITTLE REPETITIVE SO I'LL TRY TO DROP OFF OF THOSE JUST SO THAT YOU GUYS ARE AWARE THERE'S BEEN AN INCREASED AMOUNT OF TRAFFIC AND SAFETY CONCERNS AND IMPROVEMENT THAT HAS BEEN ADDRESSED WITH RIVERVIEW, ONE OF THEM BEING THE TRAFFIC FLOW AS YOU KNOW BEFORE I'M SORRY SAVANNAH HIGHWAY IS A FOUR LANE STATE HIGHWAY. RIVERVIEW SITS RIGHT OFF OF THAT AND SO WE'VE JUST BEEN HAVING SOME CONSTANT COLLABORATION WITH NOT THE DISTRICT BUT THE TOWN OF PORT ROYAL TO ADDRESS TRAFFIC PATTERNS TO, ENSURE SMOOTH DROP OFF AND PICKUPS FOR OUR FAMILIES CURRENTLY NOW THERE IS NOT A DESIGNATED CROSSWALK BETWEEN THE SAVANNAH HIGHWAY IS A FOUR LANE HIGHWAY AND SO WE'RE WORKING TO TRY TO REDUCE ANY TYPES OF ISSUES THAT COULD HAPPEN WHILE ALSO ENSURING SAFETY ALSO OUR SCHOOL SCHOOL ZONE WE ARE ENHANCING SCHOOL ZONE SIGNAGE AND FUNCTIONALITY OF SCHOOL ZONE LIGHTS FOR INCREASED SAFETY RIGHT NOW IF YOU'VE EVER DRIVEN DOWN SAVANNAH HIGHWAY IT'S DIFFICULT FOR YOU TO SEE THAT SCHOOL ZONE SIGN UNTIL YOU ARE LITERALLY FEET AWAY FROM TURNING INTO RIVERVIEW CAMPUS SO I'M HAPPY TO REPORT THAT PORT ROYAL, THE TOWN ADMINISTRATOR ADDRESSED THAT THEY HAVE SENT OUT FOLKS TO BE ABLE TO NOT CUT DOWN TREES BUT ALSO ENSURE THAT THE LIGHTS AND THOSE SIGNAGE ARE FUNCTIONING CORRECTLY AND THEN EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS WORKING WITH OUR LOCAL AUTHORITIES TO IMPROVE EMERGENCY RESPONSE PLANS, CONDUCTING SAFETY DRILLS REGULARLY THAT'S AN AREA THAT I I CERTAINLY TO FOCUS ON WHEN I GOT TO THE SCHOOL THIS CURRENT YEAR WE HAVE REVAMPED OUR ENTIRE BOTTOM THE BEHAVIOR ASSESSMENT MANUAL. 
          IT IS IN ALIGNMENT WITH BEAUFORT COUNTY DISTRICT. IN FACT I ATTENDED THE PRESENTATIONS OF THAT WERE PRESENTED JUST BACK A FEW MONTHS AGO FROM BEAUFORT COUNTY ADMINISTRATORS AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO ATTEND THOSE NEXT WEEK I'M SORRY NEXT MONTH AS WELL IN AN ATTEMPT TO MAKE SURE OUR EMERGENCY RESPONSES ARE IN ALIGNMENT WITH THE DISTRICT AND THAT EVERYONE AWARE OF THAT MOVING DOWN JUST A LITTLE BIT FINANCIAL OVERSIGHT, BEING TRANSPARENT WITH OUR BUDGETING NOT ONLY WITH MY MY STAKEHOLDERS WITH BEAUFORT COUNTY AS WELL. YOU GUYS PROVIDE ONGOING SUPPORT OUR OPERATIONAL PROCESSES AND MEET THE DIVERSE NEEDS OF ALL OF OUR STUDENT. MICHAEL I'M SORRY. 
          BOTH I'M SORRY I JUMPED A LITTLE BIT BEFORE COUNTY. YOUR OVERSIGHT ENSURES FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY AND ALIGNMENT WITH STATE AND DISTRICT FINANCIAL GUIDELINES. 
          THAT'S AN AREA OF WHERE I WILL CERTAINLY CONTINUE TO ENSURE THAT WE ARE IN ALIGNMENT SO THAT IF THERE'S EVER ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW WE ARE PUBLIC FUNDS THAT THOSE QUESTIONS CAN BE GIVEN IN A TIMELY MANNER BUT ALSO BEING TRANSPARENT AND PUBLICLY KNOWLEDGE AS WELL AS IN REVIEWS WE WILL CONTINUE TO RECEIVE POSITIVE AUDIT RESULTS HIGHLIGHTING FINANCIAL PRACTICES AND NO DEFICIENCIES. THAT IS SOMETHING HAS BEEN DONE IN THE PAST AND SOMETHING THAT WILL CONTINUE MOVING FORWARD AND THEN LOOKING AT THAT ALLOCATION LIKE I TOLD YOU GUYS, MY GOAL IS TO BE STRATEGIC WITH OUR FINANCIAL PLANNING TO ENSURE THAT WE ARE SUPPORTING ACADEMIC PROGRAMS, STAFF DEVELOPMENT AND FACILITY MAINTENANCE PARTNERSHIPS, OPERATIONS AND ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE STREAMLINING AND ENSURING WE ARE STILL WORKING WITH THE DISTRICT SO THAT WE CAN REFINE OPERATIONAL PROCESSES TO MEET ALL THE NEEDS OF OUR STUDENTS. I HAVE A VERY GREAT WORKING RELATIONSHIP WITH DR. RODRIGUEZ AS WELL AS MANY OF HIS SENIOR STAFF. 
          I DO FEEL LIKE ANY TIME THERE IS A NEED I'M ABLE TO GET THE ANSWERS THAT I WANT BUT AGAIN THE GOAL FOR THIS IS BECAUSE I RECOGNIZE THAT IN YEARS PAST RIVERVIEW HAS HISTORICALLY FOR FOR WHATEVER REASON FELT LIKE THEY WERE PERFORMING ON AN ISLAND THEMSELVES. 
          THAT IS NOT MY MY OUTLOOK. MY OUTLOOK IS US TO BE STRENGTHENED WITH BEAUFORT 
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COUNTY AS OUR AUTHORIZER AND ENSURE THAT WE WORKING STRATEGICALLY TOWARDS BRINGING IN POLICIES, BRINGING IN PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND SHARED PRACTICES THAT NOT ONLY ALIGNS WITH BEAUFORT COUNTY BUT ALSO ENSURES OUR TEACHERS AND STAFF HAVE MULTIPLE OPPORTUNITIES TO COLLABORATE WITH THE DISTRICT AS WELL. THAT DOES INCLUDE ENHANCING CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGIES AS WELL. 
          SO LIKE BEAUFORT COUNTY IS GOING THROUGH THE CARAVAN TO SELECT NEW TEXTBOOK MATERIALS WE ARE ALSO DOING THE SAME THING ARE LOOKING AT THE SAME TEXTBOOKS AS WELL THAT BE FOR COUNTY IS AS WELL SO THAT WE CAN ENSURE THAT ALL OF OUR STUDENTS ARE BEING CONSISTENTLY GUIDED AND GIVEN THE SAME OPPORTUNITIES AND THAT REASON FOR ME IS TWOFOLD NUMBER ONE NOT ONLY IS IT BECAUSE I WANT TO STREAMLINE OUR PROCESSES BUT ALSO BECAUSE I RECOGNIZE THAT RIVERVIEW IS A SCHOOL OF CHOICE AND NOT EVERY STUDENT NOT EVERY PARENT IS GOING TO TO SAY HEY FROM K THROUGH EIGHT THIS IS THE SCHOOL OF CHOICE FOR ME. I WANT TO ALSO RECOGNIZE THAT FOR SOME FOLKS WHO THIS JUST ISN'T THE BEST OPPORTUNITY SHOULD THEY LEAVE RIVERVIEW AND TRANSITION BACK INTO BUT FOR COUNTY SCHOOLS I DON'T WANT THOSE STUDENTS TO STRUGGLE ACADEMICALLY BECAUSE THE CURRICULUM THAT WE'VE USING IS DRASTICALLY DIFFERENT FROM THAT THAT THEY WOULD RECEIVE IN COUNTY. SO THAT'S ALSO MY PRIMARY REASON FOR TRYING TO LEVERAGE AND STRENGTHEN THAT TO BE MORE IN ALIGNMENT WITH THE DISTRICT AND THEN THOSE STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS ALREADY MENTIONED THIS BUT OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH THE HISPANIC SMALL BUSINESS ALLIANCE THAT'S AN AREA THAT I AM CERTAINLY WANTING TO CONTINUE GROWTH AND I KNOW THAT THAT'S AN AREA THAT DR. RODRIGUEZ IS ALSO HIGHLIGHTING AS WELL FOR THE DISTRICT THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB PARTNERSHIP EXPANDING OUR AFTERSCHOOL FOR OUR STUDENTS AS WELL. OUR GOAL WITH WANTING TO PARTNER WITH THE BOYS AND CLUB IS ESSENTIALLY SO THAT WE CAN EXPAND OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR STUDENTS RIGHT NOW WE ARE ONLY ABLE TO SERVE A CERTAIN POCKET STUDENTS AND THAT'S PRIMARILY JUST BECAUSE OF THE STAFF ALLOCATION THAT WE HAVE WITH OUR AFTERCARE PROGRAM. SO BY US LOOKING AT STREAMLINING, BRINGING IN MORE PARTNERSHIPS TO ALLOW US TO EXPAND THOSE OPPORTUNITIES WHICH IS AGAIN IN ALIGNMENT WITH HOW OPERATIONS WORKING IN BEAUFORT COUNTY. 
          I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE ARE A NUMBER OF SCHOOLS THAT HAVE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB PARTNERSHIPS AS WELL AND THEN LASTLY COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT ESTABLISHING THAT ARE GOING TO DEEPEN CONNECTIONS BETWEEN FAMILIES, COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS, THE SCHOOL TO ENHANCE STUDENT SUCCESS THAT WILL ALWAYS BE A PRIORITY FOR ME AS WELL NEXT SLIDE I'M ALMOST DONE HERE OH THAT WAS MY LAST SLIDE AND WRAPPING THIS ALL UP I JUST WANTED TO TO COME ON AND SAY NOT ONLY HOW THRILLED I AM TO BE IN THIS POSITION IT HAS CERTAINLY DONE MY HEART WELL TO KNOW THAT NOT ONLY DO I HAVE SUPPORT MY OWN BOARD BUT SUPPORT IN DISTRICT LEADERSHIP AS WELL AS YOU ALL COLLECTIVELY AS A BOARD AS WELL HAVING YOU GUYS ATTEND EVENTS THAT WE HAVE AT RIVERVIEW WELL AS SEEING THE GOALS THAT WE HAVE TRULY ALLOWS ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO KNOW THAT WE ARE MOVING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION BESIDE ANY TYPE OF OF YOU KNOW ,MALPRACTISE OR NOT MALPRACTISE THAT'S THE WRONG WORD BUT JUST ANY TYPE OF OF ADMINISTRATE DOING FROM BEFORE I GOT HERE I RECOGNIZE I WANT TO HONOR AND BRING IT OUT THAT I KNOW THAT IT HAS A BIT OF A STRINGENT PROCESS TO BRING RIVERVIEW MORE IN CONJUNCTION WITH COUNTY THOSE DAYS ARE GONE. IT IS MY GOAL THAT I AM GOING TO BE ABLE TO WORK WITH OUR BOARD YOUR BOARD AS WELL AS DR. RODRIGUEZ AND HIS STAFF TO ENSURE THAT RIVERVIEW IS NOT ONLY A SCHOOL OF CHOICE BUT ALSO ONE THAT IS IN ALIGNMENT WITH BEAUFORT COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT. WE ARE NOT A A PRIVATE SCHOOL. 
          I DON'T WANT ANYONE THINKING THAT WE ARE A PRIVATE SCHOOL OR OUR OPERATIONS THAT OTHER PRIVATE SCHOOL. SO WHEN IT COMES TO WANTING TO WORK WITH YOU ALL THAT IS MY FOCUS AND WITH THAT I'LL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU ALL MAY HAVE AS I WRAPPED UP OUR 2324 ANNUAL REPORT AND THEN BEFORE I LEAVE I DO HAVE AN ASK FOR THE BOARD OF EDUCATION BEING THAT I'VE JUST COMPLETED THIS I WOULD LIKE TO ASK THE BOARD THAT YOU WILL MOVE TO APPROVE THE 24 ANNUAL REPORT FOR RIVERVIEW CHARTER SCHOOL. THIS WILL BE THE LAST PIECE THAT WE WILL NEED BEFORE WE SUCCESSFULLY TURN THIS OVER THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION AND WITH THAT I'LL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE. THANK QUESTIONS. 
          DR. RODRIGUEZ GOOD MORNING, DEVONTE. GOOD TO SEE YOU AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. THIS ISN'T REALLY A QUESTION THIS IS ACTUALLY JUST A COMMENT FOR OR THE BOARD AT THE CONCLUSION OF THIS SEGMENT WHEN THE BOARD TAKES A VOTE ON THIS. 
          MS. CARTWRIGHT OUR OUR LEGAL COUNSEL WILL BE SUBMITTING ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD THE APPROVAL FROM TODAY'S MEETING BECAUSE THAT IS PART OF THE REQUIREMENT THAT THAT HAS TO 
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HAPPEN TODAY. SO IT'S JUST A MESSAGE TO YOU SO YOU KNOW, THAT'S THE ACTION THAT FOLLOWS OF THIS PRESENTATION AFTER THIS SEGMENT. 
          OKAY, WE'RE GOING TO DO A KIND OF A ROUND ROBIN HERE SO EACH BOARD MEMBER GETS A CHANCE SO DISTRICT ONE PASTOR GORDON, DO YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS OF ? OH, OKAY. ALL RIGHT. YES. 
          MS. AND ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? MR. CHAIR, I'M NOT ABLE TO HEAR ANY OF THE QUESTION. OKAY. I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS THAT YOU'RE GOING TO BE I BUT I THINK AUDIENCE IN YOUR GOTCHA I JUST WANT TO SAY Q WHAT A GOOD WORK MOVING FORWARD WITH LEAPS AND BOUNDS AND CONGRATULATIONS AND KEEP DOING WHAT YOU'RE DOING THANK YOU. THANK YOU. IT'S MR. SMITH FOR THE INFORMATION GOING OUT THERE BECAUSE. I'VE HEARD SEVERAL I HEARD SEVERAL STUDENTS WHO HAVE TALKED ABOUT YOU AND TO US WHO HAVE SAID THAT YOU'RE IN THE HALLWAYS AND THEY CONTACT AND THEY TALK TO YOU THAT YOU'RE VERY ACTIVE WITH STUDENTS. 
          AND I WANT YOU TO LET YOU KNOW THAT THE STUDENTS DO APPRECIATE THAT BECAUSE I'VE BEEN TOLD THAT AND YOU KNOW, A THAT'S A GREAT THING TO HEAR FROM ANOTHER SCHOOL THAT'S OUTSIDE OF THIS EXACT DISTRICT. SO I WANT TO TELL YOU THAT I DO APPRECIATE THAT. 
          I'LL START OFF WITH THAT AND I WILL JUST SAY THAT I AGREE WITH EVERYTHING THAT MY OF MRS. GORDON HAS SAID SO FAR WE ARE IN TERMS OF THIS WAS A GREAT PRESENTATION YOU COULD TELL YOU TOOK THE TIME TO DEAL WITH TO BE INTENTIONAL ABOUT WHAT YOU'RE PUTTING IN AND THAT YOU ARE INTEGRATING EVERYONE AND THAT YOU ARE WILLING AND ABLE TO WORK WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT THAT THAT SAYS A LOT ABOUT YOU AND A LOT ABOUT YOUR LEADERSHIP AND THAT YOU'RE OPEN AND YOU TAKE THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY AND I APPRECIATE FOR DOING THAT FOR DOING THAT. 
          AND ALSO IN TERMS OF YOUR NUMBERS, WHY THE NUMBERS ARE KIND OF CHANGING IN THIS IN THIS AREA BECAUSE THERE'S A LARGE AMOUNT OF DIFFERENT CHARTER IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS THAT ARE NOT BUT CHARTER AND PRIVATE SCHOOLS SECTORS THAT ARE OPENING UP IN IN THIS AREA. 
          SO IT'S JUST NOT JUST YOUR SCHOOL HAS BEEN AFFECTED WELL, I BELIEVE THE SCHOOL DISTRICT WE'VE BEEN WE HAVE BEEN BEING BY THAT TOO JUST TO SOME DEGREE. 
          SO I'M JUST JUST KEEP GOING BACK ULTIMATELY SPEAKING. THANK YOU FOR WORKING WITH US AND I APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. NAIF. 
          I KNOW THE CONFLICT GOT TO WORK AND THANK YOU FOR BEING A PART OF IT BEFORE YOU OF SCHOOL. 
          THANK YOU. COME BACK. I LEARNED A LOT. 
          GOOD PLAN. ENJOYED HEARING MORE ABOUT ALL THE GOOD THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING. APPRECIATE IT, MR. VICE CHAIR. IF YOU ALL RIGHT. 
          JUST THINK OF THE FACT THAT FIRST WENT OUT AND MET WITH YOU WHEN YOU FIRST VERY SOON AFTER YOU ARRIVED AND YOU SAID THAT YOU WOULD INTENTIONALLY WORK TO BE A PARTNER WITH BEAUFORT COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT. I SEE THAT IN THE PRESENTATION AND I ALSO SEE SOME IMPROVEMENT IN AREAS THAT YOU SAID YOU WOULD TARGET SO WELL DONE, SIR. THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, MR. FRAZIER FRAZIER . THANK YOU. 
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HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? OKAY. SECRETARY, I LOVE THAT ARE WORKING ON A PLANE ALL RIGHT I ALSO CONCUR GREAT PRESENTATION I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THE TWO THINGS I FOUND REALLY THAT I LIKED BY YOUR PRESENTATION ON THE DATA DRIVEN ASPECT OF IT. 
          I LOVE THAT AND THEN THE THING BEING THAT YOU WERE VERY FORTHCOMING ON AREAS FOR IMPROVEMENT BECAUSE THAT'S REALLY WHAT A BOARD WANTS TO HEAR. 
          I THOUGHT I THOUGHT THAT YOUR COMMENTS ON I AS EVERYONE KNOWS I'M AN ENTHUSIAST BUT SEEING THAT AS A NECESSARY PLACE COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT AS A WHOLE HAS MOVING IN THAT DIRECTION AND IT'S GREAT TO HEAR THAT RIVERVIEW CHARTER SCHOOL TAKING THAT ON BECAUSE I THINK THAT IS MISSION CRITICAL FOR EDUCATION. I DO HAVE ONE KIND OF QUESTION WHAT ARE YOU SINCE YOU'RE LOSING PEOPLE DUE TO ATHLETICS WHICH I KNOW IS A COMMON REFRAIN. WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON SOME OF THE BILLS CURRENTLY AT THE STATE MIGHT CHANGE SOME OF THE RULES FOR PARTICIPATION? DO YOU SEE THAT AS A AS BONUS FOR CHARTER SCHOOLS OR DO YOU SEE THAT AS PROBLEMATIC? HONESTLY FOR ME I, I TO DEAL AND ONCE CONVERSATIONS HAVE HAPPENED AND THINGS HAVE PASSED TO KNOW HOW WE ARE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THEM. I DO SEE SOME BILLS AS POSITIVES AND SOME AS AS NOT SO MUCH. I HAD A CHANCE TO LISTEN TO OUR STATE SUPERINTENDENT GIVE REMARKS THIS WEEK WITH THE EDUCATION OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE LED BY ONE OF THE FOUR COUNTIES OWN SHANNON ERICKSON. AND IN LISTENING TO HER REMARKS SOME ME PAUSE AND SOME GIVE ME OF HOPE AS WELL. I THINK THAT IT JUST DEPENDS ON HOW IT LAYS OUT HOW IT GOES THROUGH THE AND ONCE THOSE BILLS ARE PASSED AND WE KNOW EXACTLY WHAT OUR PARAMETERS ARE THAT WILL CERTAINLY DETERMINE HOW WE PROCEED. BUT FOR ME SPORTS IS ONE OF THOSE AREAS OF OF GREAT BENEFIT FOR ALL OF OUR STUDENTS ESPECIALLY AS WE KNOW HOW IT CONTRIBUTES TO THE ACADEMIC SUCCESS. I'LL GIVE YOU AN ANALOGY IF I HAVE A STUDENT WHO'S STRUGGLING MATH AND IS AN EXPERT TENNIS PLAYER, I DON'T KNOW IF I NECESSARILY WANT TO GO OUT AND FIND THE BEST MATH TUTOR. WHY DON'T I GO AND FIND A TENNIS COACH WHO CAN ENSURE THAT THOSE STRATEGIES THAT ARE BEING TAUGHT IN THE MATH CLASS ARE, ONES THAT ARE REALLY BEING REMINISCING WITH THAT STUDENT SO THAT WE'RE TYING BOTH ENDS TOGETHER BUT AS LONG AS OPPORTUNITIES ARE NOT BEING TAKEN FROM OUR STUDENTS, OKAY. 
          WITH IN ANY OPPORTUNITY THAT'S GOING TO PUSH AND EXPAND ARE THAT I WILL CERTAINLY SUPPORT SO WITH THE TENNIS COACH IS I THINK SUCH A GREAT POINT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT PERSONALIZED LEARNING RIGHT AND SO THAT IS YOU TALK ABOUT I THERE WAS A STUDY RECENTLY IT'S VERY PRELIMINARY OUT OF HARVARD THAT SAID THAT AIR TUTORS ARE ACTUALLY OUTPERFORMING IN SOME CASES HUMAN TUTORS BECAUSE THEY'RE ABLE TO DO THAT PERSONALIZED LEVEL. 
          AND I THINK THAT IS A REAL PATH FORWARD ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO THINGS LIKE MATH, SOME OF THE CHALLENGES AND THE MORE LOWER INCOME OR SOCIOECONOMIC CHALLENGED STUDENTS. 
          SO I APPLAUD THAT ANALOGY. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS THANK YOU MADAM SECRETARY, WOULD YOU A MOTION OKAY BOARD OF EDUCATION IN MOTION I MOVE THAT THE BOARD OF EDUCATION APPROVE RIVERVIEW CHARTER SCHOOL 2024 ANNUAL REPORT BY MR. DAY UNDER DISCUSSION ALL IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I I ANY OPPOSED SOMETHING BUSH-KERRY ACTUALLY MR. SINGLETON THANK YOU VERY MUCH YOU DID AN EXCELLENT REPORT WE APPRECIATE YOU KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN. WE NEED A MOTION TO RECONSIDER AND I WOULD LIKE TO THANK MY COLLEAGUES AND ALSO YOU TO ROBIN AND WENDY FOR BRINGING THIS TO MY ATTENTION. I NEED MOTION TO RECONSIDER ONE OF OUR PREVIOUS MOTIONS. 
          I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND MAKE THAT NOW ROBIN HAS IT I MOVE TO RECONSIDER THE PREVIOUSLY ADOPTED MOTION REGARDING THE NON-RENEWAL OF A WHICH WAS PASSED AT A PREVIOUSLY. 
          THE ORIGINAL MOTION STATED THAT THE BOARD WILL NOT RENEW A CONTRACT BUT TO ENSURE CLARITY AND SPECIFICITY I NEED TO AMEND THAT SECOND RECONSIDER ANY DISCUSSION. 
          WELL I'LL SAY THAT ALL THOSE IN FAVOR BY SAYING I'M ALL RIGHT OPPOSED GARY OKAY SO I VOTE TO AMEND THE THE MOTION ON THE LOBBYIST CONTRACT TO STATE THAT THE BOARD WILL NOT RENEW THE 
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LOBBYIST CONTRACT WHEN THE MOTION WAS MADE THE WORD LOBBYIST WAS LEFT OFT THE DISCUSSION ALL IN FAVOR BY SAYING I I OPPOSED OCEAN CARRIES SORRY THIS IS A TAD SO NOW THE MOTION IS AMENDED SO NOW I NEED TO REREAD THE MOTION AND WE NEED TO REVOTE ON IT IT'LL BE VERY OFFICIAL I MOVE THAT THE BOARD OF EDUCATION NOT RENEW THE LOBBYIST CONTRACT WITH BURR AND MCNAIR GET TAKEN BY DR. ALLEN'S PAPERS SAYING I I THE MOTION CARRIES THANK YOU FOR THE BOARD'S PATIENCE AND THANK TO MS. CARTLIDGE OKAY. AND NOW WE CAN MOVE ON TO NEXT 
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ITEM ON THE AGENDA MASTER PLAN I A YOU THANK YOU I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME THIS MORNING THIS IS AS FAR AS OUR PLANNING AND OPERATIONS GO BIG TIME OF THE YEAR THIS IS ARE THE FACILITIES MASTER PLAN BOOK WHICH WE APPRECIATE THAT IS GETTING MORE AND ATTENTION WE KNOW THAT YOU ALL HAVE BEEN LOOKING AT THIS THIS IS ONE OF THEM IS CRUTCHFIELD MAIN THAT SHE DOES AND ANYTHING THAT'S GOOD IN THERE SHE'S RESPONSIBLE FOR ANYTHING YOU DON'T LIKE I'LL TAKE THE CREDIT FOR THAT. SO HERE'S CRUTCHFIELD. I THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO DISCUSS THE JANUARY 2025 FACILITIES MASTER PLAN UPDATE I WANT TO NOTE THAT THIS BOOK YOU HAVE ELECTRONICALLY RIGHT NOW IN YOUR DILIGENT COMMUNITY BUT YOU WILL GET A PHYSICAL COPY OF THIS BOOK WILL BE SENDING IT TO THE PRINTERS AND YOU WILL GET THAT PROBABLY IN FEBRUARY IT JUST SEEMS TO TAKE THEM A WHILE SO WILL ACTUALLY HAVE A BOOK TO CARRY AROUND AND USE. 
          THIS BOOK IS A ROLLING FIVE YEAR PLAN MEANING THAT WE THIS EVERY YEAR SO IT GIVES US A BIG PICTURE OVERVIEW OF INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAMS, STUDENT ENROLLMENTS PROJECTIONS AND FACILITY NEEDS. IT ALSO CONTAINS UPDATES THE 2019 AND THE 23 BOND REFERENDUM . IT CONTAINS A LOT OF INFORMATION AND WE'RE GOING TO TALK THROUGH THIS AND I'M GOING TO TRY TO GET YOU TO FOLLOW ALONG AND I'LL HIGHLIGHT SOME KEY PAGES AND ROBYN, I WILL DO MY BEST AND CALL OUT A PAGE NUMBER SO YOU KNOW EVERYBODY CAN KEEP UP TOGETHER. SO HERE WE GO SO IT'S DIVIDED INTO SECTIONS IN THE FIRST SECTION STARTS ON PAGE FIVE AND YOU WILL FIND A FOUR PAGE EXECUTIVE SUMMARY AND IF ONLY GOING TO READ ONE THING OUT OF THIS BOOK READ THIS SO IT GIVES YOU AN OVERVIEW ON THE BOND REFERENDUMS AND IT TOUCHES ON FACILITY NEEDS AND WHAT I'M GOING TO DO THROUGHOUT PRESENTATION BECAUSE THERE IS SO MUCH IS KIND OF PAUSE AT OF EACH SECTION TO SEE IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT SECTION AND THEN WE'LL MOVE FORWARD AS WE GO SO THAT'S REALLY ALL I HAVE TO SAY ABOUT THE EXECUTIVE SESSION. IF YOU'VE READ AND HAVE ANY QUESTIONS I'LL TAKE THOSE NOW AND IF NOT I'LL MOVE ALONG TO THE NEXT SECTION SO STARTING ON PAGE TEN THIS STARTS THE PROGRAM SECTION OF OUR BOOK SO YOU'LL SEE ON HERE WHAT I CALL THE FACILITIES PLANNING TRIANGLE AND WE USE A TRIANGLE TO TALK ABOUT THESE FACTORS ARE KIND OF ALL EQUAL THE PROGRAMS THE INSTRUCTIONS THAT ARE GOING ON IN OUR BUILDINGS THE STUDENT CENTER AND OUR BUILDINGS AND THE BUILDINGS THEMSELVES AND ANY TIME YOU MAKE A CHANGE TO ONE OF THESE THINGS IT AFFECTS WHAT'S HAPPENED TO ANY OF THE OTHER THINGS. 
          SO WE KIND OF LOOK AT EVERYTHING EACH OF THOSE THREE COMPONENTS IN OUR BOOK IS DIVIDED OUT THAT WAY. SO IN THIS PROGRAM SECTION WE LOOK AND DOCUMENT THE TYPES OF PROGRAMS STRUCTURAL PROGRAMS THAT WERE OFFERED SCHOOL YEAR WE OUTLINED SOME OF THE CHOICE THINGS THAT HAPPENING CAREER AND TECHNICAL PROGRAMS AND HOW THEY CAN INFLUENCE OUR FACILITY NEEDS. ON PAGE 25 WE START THE DISCUSSION ON CAPACITY OF THE SCHOOLS AND WE'LL GO INTO A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL ON THAT AND 27 STARTS THE ENROLLMENT AT 
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THE 45TH DAY SO PAGE 25 WE CALCULATE TWO TYPES OF CAPACITY BUILDING CAPACITY AND PROGRAM CAPACITY. SO BUILDING CAPACITY IS BASED OFF ON OUR STANDARD STUDENT TEACHER RATIO. YOU KNOW THERE'S ONE FOR EACH GRADE LEVEL 1 TO 22 THAT KIND OF THING. SO JUST FOR A QUICK EXAMPLE, IF WE HAVE TWO CLASSROOMS AND OUR STUDENT TEACHER RATIO IS 1 TO 20 THEN THAT BUILDING CAPACITY IS 40 STUDENTS. 
          SO PROGRAM CAPACITY ACTUALLY LOOKS AT WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THAT CLASSROOM. 
          SO IF WE'VE GOT A SPECIAL ED CLASSROOM IN SPECIAL CLASS IN THERE THAT RATIO MIGHT BE 1 TO 8 AND THEY MIGHT ALSO NEED A SENSORY ROOM. SO NOW WE HAVE TWO CLASSROOMS BUT THAT PROGRAM CAPACITY IS ONLY EIGHT FOR THOSE TWO CLASSROOMS. SO JUST THAT WAS A QUICK JUST TO KEEP THAT IN MIND OF WHAT THOSE DIFFERENCES CAN BE AS WE TALK THROUGH CAPACITY AND NEEDS ON PAGE 27. SO THIS CHART TAKES US AND SHOWS US INFORMATION ABOUT CAPACITY. WE LOOK AT THE SCHOOL, THE GRADE NUMBERS, THE GRADE LEVELS THAT ARE SERVED BY THE SCHOOL THE BUILDING CAPACITY WITH MOBILES. WE DO HAVE SCHOOLS THAT HAVE MOBILES BUILD CAPACITY WITHOUT THE MOBILES THE PROGRAMMATIC CAPACITY THAT WE LOOKED AT AND CALCULATED THIS YEAR THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS AT 45TH DAY THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE PREVIOUS YEAR'S NUMBERS AT THE 45TH DAY THE PERCENT BUILDING CAPACITY USED AND THE PERCENT OF PROGRAM CAPACITY USED. 
          SO WHY 45TH DAY? WELL ONE IT'S A STATE REPORTING REQUIREMENT AT 45TH DAY SECOND IT'S A PRETTY STABLE TIME OF THE YEAR. PEOPLE AREN'T TENDING TO MOVE AROUND AT THAT POINT IN TIME YOU KNOW IT'S OCTOBER EVERYBODY'S KIND OF SETTLING IN FOR THE HOLIDAYS BUT IT ALLOWS US A CONSISTENT POINT AS WE ACROSS THE YEARS LOOK AT DEMOGRAPHICS, AT STUDENTS LOOK AT EVERYTHING. IT GIVES US TRENDS IF. 
          WE PICK A POINT AND MEASURE ACROSS AND WE'VE BEEN USING 45TH DAY SINCE I GOT HERE IN 2007. SO WE'VE GOT THAT CONSISTENCY. PAGE 28 IT TALKS ABOUT OUR CAPACITY USAGE AND THE TRIGGERS THAT MIGHT PROMPT ACTION THAT WE MIGHT NEED IN TERMS OF FACILITIES 75 TO 89% IS OUR TARGET RANGE. BUT YOU'LL HEAR ROBERT AND I OFTEN ABOUT 85% AS BEING ON TARGET. THAT'S CODE RIGHT THERE IN THE MIDDLE THAT THAT LEAVES US ROOM TO HAVE THOSE PROGRAM FLEXIBILITY IN OUR CLASSROOMS AND IT ALLOWS FOR GROWTH IN THOSE AREAS THAT ARE GROWING SO THAT'S KIND OF WHERE WE TO TARGET OUR GOAL IS NOT 100% WE DON'T THAT LEAVE ANY FLEXIBILITY FOR FOR OUR SCHOOLS AND OUR TEACHERS THE OTHER THING TO NOTE AT THE BOTTOM OF THAT PAGE YOU'LL SEE A LITTLE COLOR CODING CHART THERE YOU WILL SEE THAT COLOR CODING I LIKE COLOR YET NOTICED IN THE BOOK COLOR CODING YOU USE THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE BOOK ALL THROUGH MY TABLES AND CHARTS YOU WILL SEE THE CODING THERE OKAY PAGE 32 STARTS THE DEMOGRAPHICS SECTION SO I'M GOING TO PAUSE HERE, SEE IF ANYBODY HAS QUESTIONS ABOUT THE PROGRAMS SECTION CARING NO I'M GOING TO MOVE ALONG TO THE THE SECOND PART OF OUR TRIANGLE WHICH IS THE DEMOGRAPHICS AND SO THIS FOLKS FOCUSES ON WHAT OUR STUDENTS ARE DOING AND TAKES A LOOK AT ENROLLMENTS. 
          IT LOOKS AT RESIDENT STUDENTS WHO'S LIVING IN ATTENDANCE ZONES. 
          THERE'S A SECTION FOR EACH SCHOOL HAS A DIFFERENT DEMOGRAPHIC SHEET. 
          THERE'S ALSO MAPS AND THEN WE TALK ABOUT STUDENT ASSIGNMENTS WHO'S GOING WHERE. 
          SO THIS FIRST PAGE DESCRIBES OUR PROCESS FOR GEOCODING STUDENTS FROM THE 45TH DAY ONTO A COMPUTER MAP IF YOU THINK ABOUT GOOGLE MAPS AND DROP IN A PIN THAT'S GEOCODING BUT WHAT WE HAVE THE ADVANTAGES OF WE HAVE ALL THE DATA THAT WE HAVE ABOUT STUDENTS CAN BE ATTACHED TO THAT PIN SO WE CAN DO ALL KINDS OF ANALYSIS FROM THAT MAP WE USE BEAUFORT COUNTY'S OFFICIAL ENUM ONE ONE ADDRESS LIST SO WE HAVE ALL THE ADDRESSES THAT SHOULD BE IN THE COUNTY PAGE FIVE GIVES YOU ENROLLMENT BY GRADE AT EACH SCHOOL ON THE 45TH DAY. 
          THEN PAGE 36 THE NEXT PAGE SHOWS THE RESIDENT STUDENTS HOW MANY STUDENTS ARE LIVING IN 
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THAT ATTENDANCE AND AGAIN BY GRADE 37 GIVES YOU A BREAKDOWN THE NON-GAY CODED THOSE KIDS WHOSE ADDRESS WE COULD NOT PUT THE MAP THEY MAY NOT ACTUALLY LIVE IN COUNTY BE A TEACHER'S CHILD WHO DO EMPLOYEE COURTESY IS ALLOWED TO COME BRING THEIR CHILD TO SCHOOL HERE IT COULD BE MCKINNEY STUDENT SO THERE ARE ALWAYS STUDENTS THAT WE CAN'T PUT ON THE MAP. 
          WHAT WE TRY TO DO IS KEEP THAT NUMBER LESS THAN 2% AND SO THAT JUST BREAKS THAT DOWN YOU SO YOU CAN TAKE A LOOK. OKAY THEN STARTING ON PAGE 38 WE HAVE A SERIES OF TABLES THAT ANALYZES ENROLLMENT FOR THE PAST FEW YEARS AND WHY ARE WE DOING THAT? SO SINCE THE 1920 SCHOOL YEAR WHEN WE HAD THE COVID PANDEMIC ,OUR ENROLLMENTS HAVE DONE A LOT OF THINGS. THEY'VE BEEN AND THEY'VE NOT BEEN CONSISTENT AND THEY HAD BEEN IN LONG PAST. SO WE'RE JUST WE'RE KIND OF CONTINUING TO TRACK TO SEE IF WE CAN SEE AND DEVELOP WHAT THOSE NEW TRENDS ARE TO BE. PAGE 41 AND 42 SHOWS ENROLLMENTS BY ETHNICITY THAT THE OFFICE OF CIVIL RIGHTS HAS ASKED DISTRICT TO REPORT IN THESE FOUR CATEGORIES. AND SO THAT'S WHY YOU'RE SEEING THAT IN THIS AND THIS IS BASED ON OUR LAST VOLUNTARY DESEGREGATION AGREEMENT FROM 2010 I THINK MISS CARTLEDGE HAS UPDATED YOU ON ALL ON THAT SO THIS MEETS OUR REPORTING REQUIREMENTS THE OFFICE OF CIVIL RIGHTS MS. CARTLEDGE TAKES THIS IN SUBMIT SAID AND THAT MEETS OUR REPORTING REQUIREMENTS PAGE 44 STARTS A DISCUSSION ABOUT BIRTH DATA AND POPULATION TRENDS WE USE BIRTH DATA AS THE BEGINNING FOR CALCULATING OUR ENROLLMENT PROJECTIONS SO WE SHOW YOU WHAT THAT IS. PAGE 48 SHOWS INFORMATION FROM THE TOWN OF BLUFFTON AND UPDATES ON OUTS OF NEIGHBORHOODS WITHIN PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENTS AND DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENTS THAT ARE IN THE TOWN TRACKING THIS US INFORMED ABOUT HOW MUCH POTENTIAL RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT IN THE FUTURE AND WHEN AND WHERE THAT MIGHT BE HISTORICALLY BLUFFTON HAS BEEN OUR BIGGEST GROWING AREA. WE HAVE OTHER AREAS GROWING AS WELL BUT THEY'RE NOT AS CLEARLY DEFINED IN THESE HUGE DEVELOPMENT LIKE THE TOWN OF BLUFFTON HAS. SO WE JUST KIND OF THEY PROVIDE US THIS DATA AND WE PROVIDE IT TO YOU PAGE 52 BEGINS THE STUDENT ASSIGNMENT SECTION WHERE WE REPORT THE ITEMS LISTED FOR SCHOOL ON A SEPARATE DEMOGRAPHIC SHEET AND THE NEXT FEW PAGES KIND OF DETAIL HOW EACH COMPONENT ON SHEETS ARE DERIVED. SO I'M GOING TO WALK YOU THROUGH ONE OF THOSE SHEETS. PAGE 56 STARTS THE DEMOGRAPHIC SHEET FOR BEAUFORT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SO THE FIRST LITTLE BLOCK IS ATTENDING SO YOU SEE ATTENDING BY GRADE FOR THE PAST FIVE YEARS AND THIS IS THAN SOME OF OUR PREVIOUS BOOKS WE WERE ONLY SHOWING TWO YEARS BUT I'VE DECIDED YOU KNOW I'M GOING TO TRY AT FIVE YEARS SO DOING THAT THEN THE NEXT SECTION THAT WITH GREEN THOSE ARE THE RESIDENT STUDENTS THAT'S WHO'S LIVING THE ATTENDANT ZONE AND AGAIN I'VE GONE BACK AND ADDED YEARS THE TABLE OUT TO THE RIGHT THERE THAT GIVES YOU A LITTLE BIT OF THAT BUILDING INFORMATION WHAT YEAR THE SCHOOL WAS BUILT THE BUILDING CAPACITY WHAT'S THE PROGRAM CAPACITY? I'LL SHOW YOU THE GIA CODE . 
          THERE WAS THE PERCENT USAGE OF THE CAPACITY THERE NET TRANSFERS IN AND OUT SO THAT TALKS THE NUMBER OF KIDS WHO LIVE IN THE ZONE BUT THEY GO TO ANOTHER SCHOOL AND WE BREAK THAT TABLE DOWN AT THE BOTTOM YOU'LL SEE A DETAILED ABOUT TRANSFERS AND AND TRANSFERS OUT THEN THERE'S A PROJECTED ENROLLMENT STUDENTS STUDENT ENROLLMENT EXCUSE ME SO OUR ARE BASED ON RESIDENT STUDENTS BECAUSE WE CAN'T ALWAYS PREDICT WHERE STUDENTS ARE GOING CHOOSE TO GO BUT WE CAN KIND OF GET AN INDICATION FROM WHERE PEOPLE LIVE, WHAT THEIR ZONE MIGHT LOOK LIKE, THE STUDENT ENROLLMENT MIGHT LOOK LIKE. SO WE BASED THE PROJECTIONS OF RESIDENT STUDENTS AND THEN WE FACTOR IN THAT CHOICE EFFECT WHAT YOU'LL SEE IN THAT FAR RIGHT COLUMN OUT THERE AND THEN AGAIN THE VERY BOTTOM OF THE PAGE ARE THE TWO ETHNICITY CHARTS. AGAIN THAT'S PART OF OUR REPORTING FOR THE OFFICE OF CIVIL RIGHTS. THEN WITH EACH COURSE BONDING SCHOOL DATA SHEET THERE'S ALSO A MAP THAT SHOWS YOU THE ATTENDANCE ZONE AND WHERE THE STUDENTS LIVE ARE ATTENDING THAT SCHOOL. SO YOU'LL SEE DOTS GREEN DOTS OF THOSE ATTENDANCE ALLOWANCE 
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BECAUSE THEY'RE THEY'RE TRANSFERRING OKAY. SO THERE'S A LITTLE ONE OF THOSE FOR EACH SCHOOL. SO WE'RE GOING TO JUMP WAY AHEAD TO PAGE SEE PAGE 20 ROBIN SO HERE WE BEGAN A DETAILED DISCUSSION ON HOW OUR PROJECTION MODEL WORKS FOR PROJECTING FUTURE ENROLLMENTS. IT'S DETAILED IT STARTS WITH BIRTHS LIKE I SAID THAT'S WHY WE HAVE BIRTH DATA AND THEN WHAT IT DOES IS CALCULATES HOW MANY KIDS WERE BORN IN A PARTICULAR YEAR AND HOW MANY SHOW FOUR YEARS LATER FOR PRE-K WHAT PERCENTAGE SHOWS UP FIVE YEARS LATER FOR KINDERGARTEN AND WHAT PERCENTAGE SHOWS UP SIX YEARS LATER FOR FIRST GRADE? SO THAT'S KIND OF OUR HOW DO WE FIGURE OUT WHO'S COMING INTO THE SYSTEM THEN THE MODEL ALSO USES HISTORICAL RESIDENT STUDENTS WHERE THOSE KIDS LIVE FOR THE PAST YEARS TO CALCULATE A COHORT SURVIVAL AGAIN HOW MANY KIDS WERE IN FIRST GRADE AND MOVED UP TO SECOND GRADE SO IT CALCULATES A SURVIVAL THAT'S ACTUALLY A WEIGHTED AVERAGE SO THAT THE MOST TREND LINE IS GOING TO COUNT MORE THAN THE ONE FROM FOUR OR FIVE YEARS LATER. THIS CAN ALSO BE DONE ALL THE WAY AT A NEIGHBORHOOD LEVEL. 
          SO IF I REALLY WANT TO GET IN AND DOVE IN DEEPLY ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING IN A PARTICULAR AREA, I CAN GROUP THINGS AND RUN IT THROUGH AND SEE WHAT'S HAPPENING WHETHER THAT AREA'S REALLY GROWING OR KNOW WHATEVER IT'S DOING. OKAY. 
          PAGE 122 STARTS TAKING THOSE PROJECTIONS AND GIVES BIG PICTURE TRENDS DISTRICT WIDE WE ALSO SHOW WHAT'S HAPPENING WITHIN EACH CLUSTER WITHIN OUR DISTRICT SO THE LINE GRAPHS SHOW THE HISTORICAL THE PROJECTED RESIDENT STUDENT TRENDS IN THAT DARK BLUE THE PROGRAM CAPACITY IS THEN THE SOLID RED LINE AND THEN THE NEEDED CAPACITY. 
          WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT THAT 85% IS KIND OF WHAT OUR IDEAL TARGET IS. 
          THAT'S THAT GRAY DOTTED LINE. SO YOU'LL SEE FOR THIS ONE OUR OUR TOTAL DISTRICT WIDE STUDENT LINE IS BELOW OUR AND NEEDED CAPACITY BUT THAT'S THAT'S ONLY PART OF THE PICTURE. 
          THAT'S WHEN YOU HAVE TO DOVE IN AND START LOOKING AT EACH AREA AND THEN AT EACH SCHOOL TO FIGURE OUT WHAT OUR REAL NEEDS ARE ON PAGE 120 THROUGH 2023 THIS IS TAKING ALL OF OUR PROJECTIONS SINCE THE COVID PANDEMIC SINCE 1920 AND PUTTING THEM ALL ON ONE ONE CHART THERE. SO YOU SEE THAT GREEN LINE WE WERE WERE WE HAD LIKE WE WERE MOVING UP ON A STEADY PACE THAT LINE HAD BEEN VERY STEADY GROWING AND THEN THE LINE THAT WAS THE YEAR AFTER COVID AND YOU SEE OUR ENROLLMENTS WENT DOWN AND THE LINE WAS TRENDING DOWN BUT THOSE YEAR SINCE THEN YOU SEE YOU'RE KIND OF STARTING TO SHOW A DIFFERENT SO WE FEEL LIKE WE'RE MAYBE STARTING TO STABILIZE BUT THAT'S WHY I'M GOING TO CONTINUE TO TRACK THAT GOING FORWARD. I MIGHT NOT ALWAYS SHOWING YOU UNLESS IT CHANGES AGAIN DRAMATICALLY WE FEEL LIKE WE HAVE TO KEEP SHOWING YOU ALL THE OLD PAST PROJECTIONS WILL PROBABLY BE THE LAST TIME WE SHOW THIS THIS WAY. OKAY. 
          PAGE 132 SO THIS CHART SO DISCUSSION ON OUR STUDENT ASSIGNMENT PLANNING RELATED TO ATTENDANCE ZONES AND I WANT TO POINT OUT THAT WE IN THE PAST SINCE ABOUT 2018 WE CREATED SOME DONUT HOLES IN OUR ATTENDANCE AND SO AS WE LET ME READ WHAT I WROTE HERE AS NEW NEIGHBORHOODS CAME ONLINE AND DIDN'T HAVE STUDENTS, WE ASSIGN THEM TO A SCHOOL WHERE WE HAD ROOM TO EITHER ADD MOBILES OR THEY HAD FOR GROWTH. AND SO THAT'S WHY YOU SEE THESE YELLOW BLOBS OVER IN THE BLUFFTON AREA THEY'RE ONLY IN THE BLUFFTON AREA WHERE THESE NEIGHBORHOODS CAME ON AND WE'RE LIKE OH WELL WE'VE GOT ROOM AT THIS SCHOOL SO WE CAN SEND THOSE STUDENTS THERE. SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WAS WORKED AS A SHORT TERM FIX. 
          HOWEVER IT HAS CREATED SOME UNINTENTIONAL KNOW CHALLENGES AND SO WE WANT TO EXAMINE THOSE THINGS. WE ALSO HAVE BEEN DOCUMENTING THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS TO SHOW HOW THEY'RE GROWING AND THAT'S WHAT THE NEXT FEW PAGES KIND OF OUTLINE THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS AND WHAT'S BEEN HAPPENING SINCE WE STARTED THOSE DONUT HOLES. ONE PAGE 136 STARTS A DETAILED LOOK AT THE SCHOOLS AFFECTED THESE STUDENT ASSIGNMENT CHOICES THAT WE'VE MADE AND 
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THAT'S PRICHARD BILL OKATIE HB MCCRACKEN BLUFFTON SCHOOL, BLUFFTON HIGH SCHOOL AND MAE RIVER HIGH SCHOOL THOSE ARE THE ONES SO IT HAS BEEN AN EFFECTIVE METHOD TO KIND OF MANAGE OUR GROWTH WITHOUT BUILDING NEW THINGS. SO IT HAS ALLOWED US TIME TO PASS SOME REFERENDUMS TO BRING THINGS ONLINE. 138 WE TAKE A LOOK AT ALL OF OUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL STUDENTS COMBINED IN THE BLUFFTON AND YOU CAN SEE HOW THAT HAS HELPED MANAGE YOU SEE THE JUMP IN THE RED LINE AND THAT WILL BE WHEN WE BRING ON MAY RIVER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. SO THAT WILL HELP US GET ABOVE WHAT OUR NEEDED CAPACITY LINE IS THERE THE DOTTED GRAY PAGE 144 STARTS THE DISCUSSION ON PLANNED STUDENT ASSIGNMENT CHANGES. NOW WE DO NOT HAVE ANY PLANS TO CHANGE ANYTHING FOR NEXT SCHOOL YEAR BUT WITH THE OPENING OF MAY RIVER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WE WILL HAVE TO BEGIN THE PLANNING FOR ATTENDANCE ZONES TO THE SCHOOL. SO THE BOARD PRACTICE HAS BEEN TO HAVE FINALIZED ATTENDANCE ZONES IN THE OCTOBER OF THE PRECEDING YEAR FOR WHEN THAT SCHOOL IS GOING TO OPEN. SO WE WE NEED TO BE IN THAT PROCESS. 
          WE'VE OUTLINED POTENTIAL TIMELINE FOR YOU ALL TO DO THIS BECAUSE IT INVOLVES CONVERSATIONS WITH YOU AND INVOLVES CONVERSATIONS THE PUBLIC COMING BACK TO YOU GOING BACK TO SO IT'S THERE'S SOME BACK AND FORTH THAT HAS TO HAPPEN AND SO WE'VE GOT A TIMELINE YOU THERE AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE FOR THAT SECTION DEMOGRAPHICS SECTION OF THE BOOK. ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT MR. DALLAS THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MISS CRUTCHFIELD AND TO THE OPERATIONS FOR THIS VERY VOLUMINOUS AND HIGHLY BENEFICIAL DOCUMENT COMPLEMENT IS THE EXTENSION FROM TWO YEARS TO FIVE AND YOUR PROJECTIONS APPRECIATE THAT THE QUESTION IS LOOKING AT THAT SOME OF OUR DISTRICTS OR AREAS OR CATCHMENT ZONES HAVE LOST STUDENTS. SOME OF THOSE STUDENTS ON THE RESIDENTIAL SIDE SHOW THAT THEY ARE STILL LIVING WITHIN THAT AREA. IS IT POSSIBLE THAT WE MIGHT CONSIDER A RECRUITING CAMPAIGN WHERE WE KNOW THOSE STUDENTS ARE STILL IN PHYSICALLY IN THE AREA BUT NOT ATTENDING OUR SCHOOLS? CAN WE EVEN START RECRUITING THEM BACK AT ONE ONE DATA POINT TO INCLUDE IS ALL THE OFFERING THAT OUR SCHOOLS HAVE. 
          SO I JUST YES SIR THE ANSWER IS YES WE WE HAVE VARIOUS I THINK RECRUITMENT AND EFFORTS THAT ARE ONGOING. WE'RE CONSTANTLY LOOKING FOR ADDITIONAL WAYS AND POSSIBLE OPPORTUNITIES TO MAYBE MICRO TARGET A SPECIFIC AREAS AND AND AND TRY TO TRY TO, YOU KNOW, PENETRATE THAT EVEN MORE SO YOU KNOW, IF YOU DRIVE UP AND DOWN 170 AS AN EXAMPLE RIGHT THERE THERE ARE CONSTANT VISUALS OF BEFORE SCHOOL DISTRICT PROGRAMS AND INITIATIVES THAT ARE OUT THERE OF INTEREST BUT THERE ARE ADDITIONAL MATTERS OR WAYS THAT WE THAT WE ADVERTISE WHAT WE HAVE EVEN EVEN YELLOW BOOK THAT WE PUT TOGETHER IS A FANTASTIC TOOL REALLY TO GET OUT THERE AND SHARE WITH EVERYBODY AROUND THE HIGH QUALITY PROGRAMS THAT ARE AVAILABLE TO STUDENTS IN THE COUNTY DISTRICT NOT JUST THE HIGH QUALITY PROGRAMS THAT ARE AVAILABLE BUT. THE SUCCESS THAT STUDENTS HAVE THROUGH THOSE PROGRAMS THERE'S JUST A SAMPLING THERE LISTING OF THE COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES THAT STUDENTS ATTAIN ARE ABLE TO ATTAIN AND REACH THROUGH THEIR WORK AND PROGRESS AT COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT WHICH IS WHICH IS PRETTY AWESOME. AND THEN IN ADDITION THERE ARE OTHER THINGS THAT THE SCHOOL OFFERS THAT THAT OTHERS ALSO CAN'T REALLY COMPETE WITH. 
          YOU KNOW, OUR CAREER TECHNICAL PROGRAMING FOR STUDENTS IS PRETTY OUTSTANDING AND PRETTY ROBUST. RIGHT. AND WE'RE CONSTANTLY LOOKING TO ENHANCE. SO WHAT I YOU ASKING IS FOR IS MORE OF A A TARGETED APPROACH TO SPECIFIC AREAS WHERE IT MIGHT HIGHLIGHT OR SHOW STUDENTS STILL LIVING WITHIN THE REGION. THANK YOU. OKAY. 
          MR. SMITH, YOU HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT MS.. GORDON THANK YOU. 
          MR.. MR. QUEST FUEL AND OPERATIONS TEAM. 
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THANK YOU I LOOK FORWARD TO THIS PLAN EVERY YEAR AND EVERY YEAR YOU DO NOT SURPRISE ME MAKE IT SO EASY. YOU MENTIONED TWICE. THIS REPORT GOES BACK TO 1920 OR YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT 2020, 2020. OKAY. 
          OH YEAH 1920. I'M SORRY DID I SAY 1920? THAT WAS DEFINITELY A MISS MISSPEAK. NO, WE DON'T HAVE ANY DATA GOVERNMENT OH WELL I'M SORRY 2019 AND 2020 SCHOOL YEAR 1920 SCHOOL YEAR I APOLOGIZE. WELL THAT'S OKAY YOU'RE JUST AS GOOD ABOUT BUT I'M I'M IMPRESSED AS HOW YOUR TEAM GATHERS THIS DATA AND THEN PUT TOGETHER FOR US IN THIS BOOK THAT WE'LL BE RECEIVING I KNOW IT'S ONLINE BUT VISION WISE I CAN'T READ THE IT BUT I'M ABLE TO FOLLOW ALONG TODAY BUT I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU AGAIN BECAUSE THIS IS A LOT INFORMATION A LOT OF INFORMATION AND HAS TAKEN A LOT OF TIME TO DO THIS AND I DON'T WANT YOU TO THINK THAT AND KNOW ME BOARD MEMBER THAT I DO NOT APPRECIATE THAT I'M QUITE SURE MY OTHER COLLEAGUES DO AS WELL WHAT YOU'VE DONE TO PUT THIS TOGETHER FOR US AND PRESENTED TO THANK YOU THANK YOU AND I DID WANT TO CLARIFY ONE THING SO WHEN I TALK ABOUT THOSE NUMBERS TRANSFERRING IN AND OUT THOSE ARE ONLY OUR STUDENTS. SO I DON'T HAVE A WAY TO TRACK OR DO YOU CODE STUDENTS WHO AREN'T OURS AS TO WHO LIVES WHERE AND WHERE THEY'RE GOING. SO THOSE ARE ONLY OUR POPULATION BUT IT DOES INCLUDE RIVERVIEW CHARTERS SO THAT WE CAN SEE YOU KNOW WHERE THOSE RIVERVIEW CHARTER STUDENTS LIVE AND WHICH SCHOOLS THEY'RE, YOU KNOW, CHOOSING TO NOT GO TO. 
          YEAH. SO. RODRIGUEZ SO I THAT THAT MOVEMENT IS IS MOVEMENT WITHIN DISTRICT ONE SCHOOL TO ANOTHER SCHOOL WITHIN DISTRICTS WE HAVEN'T NECESSARILY LOST THOSE ARE JUST AT A AT A DIFFERENT PROGRAM THAT THEY'RE INTERESTED A DIFFERENT SCHOOL. BUT HERE'S THE DEAL STUDENTS WHO MAY HAVE LEFT US RECENTLY RIGHT. WE ALSO HAVE A IF WE'RE CLOSE TO THE DATE OF EXIT, WE ALSO STILL HAVE ADDRESSES AND ALL THOSE KINDS OF THINGS THAT WE CAN MARKET TO IN TERMS OF OTHER OTHER POSSIBILITIES. SO YES, MADAM SECRETARY. OKAY. 
          SORRY, MR. FRAZIER. SO ESSENTIALLY IT'S RECRUITMENT TO BE AGAINST THE PRIVATE ARE WE TRYING TO BRING PRIVATE STUDENTS BACK INTO OUR COUNTY? I THINK IT COULD BE ANYBODY WHO'S NOT. SO YOU MIGHT HAVE HOME SCHOOL STUDENTS. 
          RIGHT. AS AN EXAMPLE YOU MIGHT HAVE A STUDENTS IN OTHER CHARTERS YOU MIGHT HAVE STUDENTS AT A PRIVATE SCHOOL. THEY HAVE AN INTEREST IN WHAT WE'RE OFFERING. YOU KNOW, I THINK IT COULD BE ANYBODY WHO WHO'S NOT WITH US THAT I THINK THAT'S WHAT MR. DALLAS IS REFERRING TO. AND SENATOR YEAH, I LOOK FORWARD TO THIS BOOK AS WELL BECAUSE THERE'S SO MUCH INFORMATION AND I WILL CAROL YOUR REPUTATION NOT ONLY AT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT BUT IN THE COMMUNITY AND THIS REPUTATION IS STELLAR. SO THIS IS A REALLY GOOD AND IN HEALTH CARE WE'RE ALWAYS DOING THE SAME THING. HOW MANY HOSPITAL BEDS DO WE NEED? THAT'S AN ONGOING ISSUE RIGHT NOW IN THE COMMUNITY. SO THIS DATA I DO THINK IT'S A IT'S AN INTRIGUING CHALLENGE TO LOOK AT BECAUSE I THINK SOUTH CAROLINA DEPENDING ON WHAT DATA MODEL YOU USE IS AT LEAST IN THE TOP THREE STATES THAT HAVE HAD A HIGHER NUMBER OF PEOPLE COMING IN THAN COMING OUT AND I KNOW BEAUFORT IN PARTICULAR COUNTY EXPERIENCED TREMENDOUS TURNOVER. MY NEIGHBORHOOD HAS GONE FROM SEVEN KIDS TO 120. 
          SO THERE IS SHIFTS. SO I THINK IT WOULD BE WORTH OUR TIME AND I'VE SAID THIS MANY, MANY TIMES TO REALLY START INVESTING IN SOME SOPHISTICATED DATA GATHERING BECAUSE I THINK THERE ARE PROXIES THAT WE CAN USE IT'S PRETTY IMPRESSIVE WHAT YOU CAN DO ON THE BUSINESS SIDE WHERE YOU KNOW I MEAN THERE'S THINGS THAT WE LIKE DONOR OR THEY CALL A DONOR SEARCH ANYWAYS WHERE BASICALLY THEY GO OUT AND THEY FIND PEOPLE THEY FIND THEIR NET WORTH THEIR DONOR CAPACITY WHAT THEY'VE DONATED TO. SO IF SOMEONE MOVES HERE AND THEY HAVE AN INTEREST IN DONATING TO CHARITABLE HEALTH CARE WHICH IS MY INDUSTRY THEY CAN FLAG THOSE PEOPLE AS SOMEONE WE SHOULD APPROACH. SO I THINK WE'RE STARTING TO SEE WITH ALL OF THE DATA MODELS COMING OUT THAT THERE ARE SOME OPPORTUNITIES GET BETTER DATA BUT THAT'S TO SAY WE BE GETTING BETTER DATA FROM WHAT IS ARGUABLY THE BEST DATA COLLECTION IN THE COUNTY RIGHT . I JUST THINK IT'S INTRIGUING 
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BECAUSE WE DO I OF MY SONS FRIENDS AND MY CHILDREN'S FRIENDS I KNOW PROBABLY LESS THAN FIVE THAT WERE BORN HERE. YOU KNOW, MOST OF THEM HAVE MOVED HERE AND IF YOU LOOK AT HILTON HEAD YOU SEE STEP UP IN JUMP UP IN HIGH SCHOOL ATTENDANCE BECAUSE A LOT OF PEOPLE MOVE HERE THE AS A SEMI-RETIREMENT THE PARENTS AND SO YOU GET MORE OLDER KIDS BUT I WOULD JUST WANT TO SAY I THINK THERE'S SOME OPPORTUNITIES THERE. 
          ONE QUESTION I HAVE FOR YOU WITH YOUR EXPERTIZE IS ALL THESE APARTMENTS AND I SAY THIS ALL THE TIME THAT ARE BEING BUILT ON 170 AND I'M DRIVING OUT HERE THE TRAFFIC AT EVERY GOING FROM BEAUFORT TO HILTON HEAD MADE ME EXHAUSTED JUST TO WATCH IT. 
          YOU KNOW IT'S IT'S TREMENDOUSLY CHANGED THE LAST TWO YEARS YET OUR OVERALL ATTENDANCE I THINK WE'RE DOWN 11% ENROLLMENT NORTH OF BROAD DO YOU THAT'S BECAUSE THE PEOPLE THAT ARE MOVING HERE DON'T HAVE KIDS DO YOU THINK THAT THEY'RE GOING TO CHARTER SCHOOLS LIKE I JUST WAS WONDERING WHAT YOUR KIND OF ASSESSMENT IS ON WHY WE HAVE A TWO DIGIT DECLINE OVER THE LAST FIVE YEARS AND YET HOW MANY APARTMENTS HAVE WE BUILT IN THE SAME AREA? OKAY. SO I THINK PART OF THAT GOES TO PRICE POINT OF THE APARTMENT COMPLEX ITSELF. WHAT IF YEAH I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT BREAK POINT IS BUT THOSE LAST FOUR I GUESS DEVELOPMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN YOU KNOW, WITHIN FIVE MILES OF ROBERT SMALLS I'LL SAY LOOKING EACH ONE OF THOSE THEY DO I THINK THEY DO HAVE DIFFERENT PRICE POINTS . WE'RE SEEING SOME STUDENTS IN SOME OF THEM AND ZERO STUDENTS AND OTHERS OF THOSE. SO I'M NOT GOING TO NAME ANY OF THEM BUT IT'S I TAKE BECAUSE I CAN I I PUT EVERYBODY ON A MAP BASED ON THEIR ADDRESS I CAN I CAN TRACK THAT APARTMENT COMPLEX IS CHANGING OR NOT RIGHT NOW I'M NOT SEEING HUGE AMOUNTS OF STUDENTS IN THOSE APARTMENT COMPLEXES SO I SEEN A QUESTION DR.. I THINK THAT'S BECAUSE THEY'RE GEARED TOWARDS RETIRED PEOPLE OR YOUNG PROFESSIONALS WHO DON'T HAVE KIDS LIKE WHAT ARE THEY WHAT ARE THESE APARTMENT WHAT ARE THEY MARKETING TO? I HATE TO SAY I DON'T KNOW BUT I MEAN AS FRAZIER SEEMS TO KNOW AS SOMEONE FOR EMPLOYEES THAT PEOPLE THAT ARE MOVING INTO THIS AREA ARE LOOKING FOR JOBS, THEY'RE NOT BRINGING CHILDREN WITH THEM BUT. 
          THEY'RE LOOKING FOR HEALTH CARE. ABSOLUTELY. 
          SO THAT GOT ANY YEAH. YOU MENTIONED THE YELLOW BOOKLET COMMUNITY REPORT. 
          YES. WHEN HAVE GONE OUT AND PRESENTED THAT TO VARIOUS GROUPS PEOPLE ARE ABSOLUTE SHOCKED AT THE CONTENT THEY DON'T REALIZE THE CALIBER OF SCHOOLS THAT WE'RE SENDING OUR KIDS TO SO THEY COME FROM SOMEWHERE HAVING A NEGATIVE PERCEPTION OF PUBLIC SCHOOLS THAT DOCUMENT SAID HERE AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE COURSE OFFERINGS THAT ALSO IS COMPETITIVE WITH PLACES WHERE THEY MAY BE MIGRATING FROM IF IF THIS WERE A BUSINESS I WOULD DO A MAILER OF THAT COMMUNITY REPORT TO GET WITH THE REALTORS IS IS BUT RIGHT MENTION IS SO MANY PLACE YOU CAN GET THE INFORMATION AND SEND IT TO EVERY INCOMING PERSON EVERY PERSON WHO BUYS HOME BECAUSE THEIR GRANDPARENTS MAY BE COMING RIGHT. BUT THEY ARE REALLY EXTOLLING THE VIRTUES OF LIVING HERE THROUGH THEIR KIDS AND THEIR GRANDKIDS. SO I THINK IT'S IS FOR US TO YOU KNOW, I WON'T SAY IT BUT IT MAY BE BENEFICIAL TO ACTUALLY HAVE A VERY OUTWARDLY AGGRESSIVE MARKETING CAMPAIGN BECAUSE YOU GOT A GOOD STORY TO TELL. 
          THANK YOU AND DR. RODRIGUEZ TO RESPOND TO THAT. MR. SMITH YEAH, IT WASN'T A RESPONSE BUT IT WAS IN ADDITION TO TO THE CONVERSATION FRANK I BELIEVE HIS NAME IS RAINWATER. 
          FRANK HE IS THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA'S ECONOMIST I GUESS IS WHAT I WOULD CALL HIM AND HE HE PRESENTS TO SUPERINTENDENTS ONCE A YEAR AT VERY BEGINNING OF THE YEAR AROUND AUGUST AND TO YOUR POINT, YOU KNOW SOUTH STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA IS ONE OF THE STATES THAT IT COULD BE NUMBER ONE IT COULD BE NUMBER ONE. RIGHT. 
          IN TERMS OF OF MIGRATION THE STATE. AND SO THERE'S THERE COMES A AN ECONOMIC BOOM I THINK SOMETIMES WITH THAT BUT THE THERE IS ALSO THE CHALLENGE THAT ALSO PEOPLE WHO COMING ARE NOT LOOKING FOR WORK AND THEY AND THEY'RE ALSO IN TERMS OF THE DEMOGRAPHICS THAT THEY'VE SHARED WITH US. IT'S NOT JUST THEY'RE NOT ONLY THEY'RE NOT LOOKING FOR WORK. 
          THEY'RE PUTTING THEY'RE ALSO THEY DON'T HAVE CHILDREN SCHOOL AGE CHILDREN AT SCHOOL AGE CHILDREN THE MOMENT RIGHT. SO YOU KNOW HOW THAT HOW THAT TRANSLATES DOWN THE ROAD TO TO THEIR CHILDREN COME DOWN HERE BECAUSE THEY'RE HERE NOW YOU KNOW THAT'S POSSIBLE RIGHT YOU KNOW SO JUST JUST TO ECHO YOUR POINT, MR. WELL LET ME START OFF BY ADDRESSING THE TERMS 
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OF DIGESTING THE INFORMATION AND IN TERMS OF UNDERSTANDING THE OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE WHO WE IN TERMS OF THE NUMBERS THAT WE HAVE VERSUS THAT THAT ARE LEAVING AS WELL, I THINK THAT IS A VERY WIDE A WIDE RANGE OF INFORMATION TO DIGEST AND IT HAS A LOT OF DIFFERENT MOVING PARTS IN TERMS OF FIRST OFF WHEN YOU START IT IN TERMS OF WHAT WE OFFER AS A HIGH A LOT A LOT OF THESE SCHOOLS WHO ARE OUT WHO RECREATING AND THAT ARE COMING IN THIS AREA RIGHT NOW THEY CAN'T FORTUNATELY THEY CAN'T OFFER THE IVY PROGRAM THAT WE HAVE I HAD DIFFICULTIES THEY THEY THE THOSE SCHOOLS THOSE CHARTER SCHOOLS THEY DON'T HAVE THE SOME OF THE RESOURCES THAT WE DO HAVE. SO I THINK THAT PEOPLE DO IT AND I DON'T WANT TO SIT AND BE SEEM LIKE NAIVE ABOUT IT. I MEAN BECAUSE THERE'S NO QUESTION ABOUT THAT. 
          BUT WHAT WE DO HAVE TO COME TO THE REALIZATION THAT SOME PEOPLE JUST WANT DIFFERENT THINGS FOR THEIR KIDS OR THERE ARE DIFFERENT ATMOSPHERES AND DIFFERENT DIFFERENT SCHOOL, DIFFERENT SCHOOLS FOR AND DIFFERENT CHOICES FOR THEIR KIDS. 
          THAT'S A A RELEASE OF IT WHEN I DRIVE A 170 I GO I WENT TO THE GAME LAST NIGHT BELIEVE I DO SEE SIGNS OF THE KIND OF SCHOOL DISTRICT THAT WE HAVE THE THE WAS THAT THE METRIC YEAH WE HAVE METRIC SCIENCE HAVE BILLBOARDS SO ALL WE REALLY RECRUITING YES WE HAVE WE HAVE OUR WE ARE ALREADY AGGRESSIVELY RECRUITING WE HAVE TOOLS THERE WHERE THAT WE PEER WE PASS OUT. 
          WE JUST TALK ABOUT TALK WE TALK ABOUT THIS BEING ONE TO THE YELLOW PAMPHLET ANOTHER TOOL. 
          SO WE ARE ALREADY DOING THOSE THINGS. SO ONCE AGAIN I THINK IS THE QUESTION THE. THE QUESTION WHEN I HEAR THIS INFORMATION IS HOW ARE WE GETTING TOWARDS THE CLASSROOMS TOWARDS COMING UP WITH SMALLER CLASS SIZES TO BETTER SERVE OUR STUDENTS IN TERMS OF ACHIEVING ULTIMATE GOAL OF MAKING SURE THAT WE THAT WE ARE LEADING THE WAY IN TERMS THE EDUCATION COMPONENT HOW HOW ARE WE FIGURED OUT? HOW CAN WE MAXIMIZE EACH CLASSROOM, EACH SPACE IN EVERY BUILDING THAT WE HAVE IN THIS DISTRICT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE EDUCATING OUR KIDS AND IN TERMS OF PUTTING TEACHERS IN IN DIFFERENT PLACES TO BE THAT INTENTIONAL ABOUT WHO WE'RE PUTTING AND WHAT SPACES THAT WE HAVE. SO THIS IS SO WHEN I LOOK AT IT I LOOK AT SOME OF MY COLLEAGUES HAVE TALKED ABOUT TODAY BUT ALSO IN IN TERMS OF THE ULTIMATE GOAL OF EDUCATING KIDS AND STUDENTS AND PLACING I'M ALSO LOOKING AT IT AS IN AND WHAT SENSE AND WHAT AREAS COULD WE GROW SORT OF CERTAIN PROGRAMS OR WHAT WE MAY HAVE NEEDS IN TERMS OF AN AREA THAT MAY BE RECREATING THAT MAY HAVE A POPULATION WHO MAY BE DISENFRANCHIZED OR MAY HAVE A POPULATION WHERE WE HAVE A LARGE POPULATION WHERE THEY JUST AS GROWING AND WE'RE NOT SEEING IT BUT BUT AT THE SAME TIME IN THE SAME TIME THE GROWTH THERE IS MAINTAINING ITSELF IN TERMS OF EDUCATION AND FINANCES AND EVERYTHING ELSE. 
          SO WHERE WHERE WE CAN FIGURE OUT WHAT THEY'RE DOING OVER THERE, HOW WE POSSIBLY DO IT IN ANOTHER ANOTHER ANOTHER PART OF THE COUNTY. SO I THINK THAT I'M LOOKING AT IT AS MORE OF HOW CAN WE CONTINUE TO WE CAN USE THIS INFORMATION TO HELP GROW IN HOW WE'RE BEING INTENTIONAL TERMS OF DATA TO HELP GROW OUR COMMUNITY AND MAKE SURE THAT OUR STUDENTS ARE EXCELLING IN ACHIEVING THAT GOAL. I'M LOOKING AT THIS THIS TO ASK THANK YOU FOR YOUR HARD WORK, DR. RODRIGUEZ. I LOOK FORWARD TO GETTING THIS BOOK EVERY YEAR WHEN I GO OUT TO TALK TO PEOPLE. THAT BOOK COMES WITH ME AND I AM AMAZED AT HOW MUCH BETTER INFORMATION WE HAVE OVER OUR COUNTERPARTS HAVE THE COUNTY AND THE CITIES. I KNOW THAT BOOKS EXPENSIVE BUT I WOULD LIKE DR. RODRIGUEZ TO FUND AND ENSURE THAT YOU HAVE THE RESOURCES FUND GIVING A COPY HARD COPY OF THAT TO EVERY COUNTY COUNCIL MEMBER TO EVERY CITY MEMBER TO THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR TO THE CITY ADMINISTRATORS. SO THAT THEY SEE WHAT WE'VE GOT AND FRANKLY BUT WE'VE GOT 
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BEECHWORTH THEY'VE GOT IN THEIR OWN PLANNING BUT IF WE HOLD IT TO OURSELVES THEY'LL NEVER KNOW THAT. SO IT IS WORTH IT FOR US TO NOT ONLY SHARE OUR INFORMATION BUT ALSO TO TUNE OUR OWN HEART A LITTLE BIT ABOUT. THIS AND WE ARE REALLY LOOKING AT THE FUTURE AND THIS A WAY THAT WE CAPTURE DATA AND THIS IS THE WAY WE ANTICIPATE GROWTH BECAUSE I WHEN I MET WITH A TWO COUNTY COUNCIL OR TWO CITY COUNCIL HAD MEETINGS AND COUNTY COUNCIL MEETING WE WERE SHOCKED AT WHAT LITTLE THEY KNEW OF US AND WHAT LITTLE WE KNOW OF THEM . SO WE'VE GOT TO INCREASE OUR COMMUNICATION AND THAT THESE BOOKS SHOULDN'T JUST BE MAILED TO THEM. THE LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE SHOULD BE THE THAT DELIVERS THOSE BOOKS TO THE PERSON TO INCLUDE OUR LEGISLATIVE DELEGATION SAY HERE IT IS EVERYTHING YOU EVER WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT BEAUFORT COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT RIGHT THERE AND LOOK AT OUR PROJECTIONS PLEASE . 
          YOUR FOLKS LOOK AT THAT AND GIVE US SOME FEEDBACK ON WHAT IS OUR CURRENT DISTRIBUTION. 
          I KNOW WE TALKED ABOUT IT THE OTHER DAY. YOU MENTIONED A THERE'S BEEN AN EXPANSION OF THE NUMBER OF BOOKS THAT WE PRODUCE AND HAND OUT. 
          CAN YOU CAN YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT IF WE ARE CURRENTLY HITTING ANY OF THOSE OR NOT? ROBIN'S NODDING YOUR HEAD BECAUSE SHE KNOWS WHAT TRADITIONALLY THE BOARD HAS SENT OUT AND I KNOW COUNTY COUNCIL HAVE GOTTEN THEM AND I YEAH MAYORS NOT ALL NOT ALL MUNICIPAL COUNCIL MEMBERS BUT YEAH OKAY AND OUR I'M I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY IF I'M A BLUFFTON TOWN MEMBER THAT I WOULD GET ONE I MIGHT NOT BE THE MAYOR BUT I'M A MEMBER. I'M LIKE OKAY PORT ROYAL. OKAY. 
          WELL ANYBODY THINK ABOUT AND YEAH BUT WE CAN PACKAGE THOSE GET THEM GET THEM HERE FOR YOU . WHO IS THERE IS THERE ANYBODY ELSE THAT WASN'T MENTIONED IN TERMS OF MUNICIPALITIES? I THINK IT ACTUALLY GOES FURTHER THAN JUST THE MUNICIPALITIES OF , ALL ELECTED OFFICIALS AND IF WE CAN DEVELOP THE BOARD MEMBERS IN ADDITION IN SUPPORT OF YOU AND YOUR AND DEVELOP PERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS ,WE ARE EXPLAINING IT AND TALKING ABOUT PROGRESSION OVER YEARS OF THIS DOCTRINAL AND I THINK THEY WILL BE IMPRESSED. 
          THE COLONEL IS RIGHT WHO WERE AT THAT MEETING TALKING TO THOSE TWO COUNCIL MEMBERS. 
          IT WAS PRETTY SHOCKING. YEAH, HOW LITTLE THEY REALLY UNDERSTAND BUT THERE'S A LOT OF INFORMATION DO SO THIS A COMPLEMENT THAT YOU'VE CREATED A DOCUMENT THAT'S SO HIGH IMPACT WE JUST SUGGESTED AN AGGRESSIVE MARKETING CAMPAIGN AND INTERPERSONAL ENGAGEMENTS ARE REALLY CRITICAL YEAH YEAH I'M I WAS JUST TRYING TO GET A ARE WE MISSING SOMEBODY WE'LL GET THEM FOR YOU TO DELIVER BUT ARE WE MISSING SOMEBODY FROM THE CONVERSATION? PERFECT. YES. THE PRINCIPALS GET THEM AS WELL. SO YOU KNOW, THEY'RE ALWAYS OUT TALKING TO PEOPLE SO THEY HAVE THAT BOOK AS A RESOURCE AS WELL. YEAH. 
          THE THE ONE THING YOU MEANT I WAS GOING TO ADD YOU MENTIONED COST USED TO BE EXTREMELY EXPENSIVE ACTUALLY A SURPRISING IS WHEN WE TOOK OUT ALL THE PROJECTS BECAUSE THEY WERE ON LARGER THE COST WENT WAY DOWN SO IT'S NOW MORE AFFORDABLE AND EASIER FOR US TO GET MORE COPIES AS NEEDED. SO I JUST WANT TO THROW THAT OUT THERE WILL MAKE A LARGE YOU KNOW WE'LL START WITH 50 AND IF WE NEED ANOTHER OH WE START WITH 100 OKAY AND IF WE ANOTHER 25 MORE 50 MORE IT'S NOT AS BIG A DEAL AS IT USED TO BE. THEY USED TO TAKE LONGER AND COST MORE. ONE OF THE BENEFITS OF PULLING THOSE PROJECTS OUT. 
          SO I WAS JUST GOING TO ADD THAT WE'LL GET THOSE INITIAL ONES THAT WE ALREADY DO READY TO GO AND THEN IF THERE'S ANYBODY ELSE THAT COMES UP THAT'S NOT ON THAT LIST YEAH THEN YOU'LL LET US KNOW WE'LL GET WELL AND WE ALWAYS ORDER EXTRA SO IF THERE'S SOME ONE PERSON TWO PEOPLE YOU FORGOT ABOUT WE SHOULD HAVE EXTRAS TO BE ABLE TO DISTRIBUTE ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS OR ANY FURTHER COMMENTS AND WE'VE GOT TO GET THROUGH A COUPLE MORE SECTIONS OF THE BOOK. I MEAN OKAY, HOW MANY HOW MANY MORE SECTION WE GOT FACILITIES THAT ABOUT WHAT OUR FACILITIES NEEDS ARE AND THEN JUST LET'S YOU WANT TO SKIP OKAY. 
          LET'S SKIP THAT THAT'S THAT'S THERE WE'RE RUNNING SHORT ON TIME. 
          I DON'T NEED TO GIVE PEOPLE ABOUT A TEN MINUTE RECESS AND WHEN YOU GET THIS BOOK LOOK AT 
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THE FACILITIES STUFF YEAH AND THE OTHER STUFF THAT HAS HASN'T BEEN COVERED HERE TODAY. 
          ALL RIGHT. OKAY ALL RIGHT. I WOULD THINK FACILITIES WOULD BE BE BIGGER DIFFER I THINK THAT FACILITIES IS ONE OF OUR AND WE JUST TALKED ABOUT PEOPLE LEAVE IT I THINK THAT'S ONE OF OUR MAJOR MAJOR THINGS THAT WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT OBVIOUSLY CHAIRMAN CHAD, I THINK THAT THAT WOULD NOT BE A GOOD TIME AT THIS WORK SESSION TO DO THAT WHILE WE HAVE EVERYONE EVERYONE PRESENT CERT FACILITIES IS A VERY DEEP AND COMPREHENSIVE PIECE WE'D ONLY BE ABLE TO DO A VERY LIMITED SCOPE OF THIS LET'S LET'S KEEP ON OUR TIMEFRAME SO THAT WE CAN GET ALL THE OTHER STUFF WE GET DONE, GIVE EVERYBODY A A BREAK SO WE'RE GOING TO GO ON TO RECESS, BE BACK HERE AT QUARTER 11. 
          THANK YOU. AND SHE HAD A QUESTION . 
          OBJECTS HAVE BEEN OUR FUNDING FOR THAT 154 I DO WANT TO HIGHLIGHT FOR JUST A SECOND BECAUSE SOME OF YOU BOARD NEW BOARD MEMBERS MAY NOT KNOW ABOUT OUR CITIZEN LED OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE AND WE FEEL LIKE WAS A GREAT PART OF OUR SUCCESS FROM THE 2019 REFERENDUM TO HELP US GET TO THE 2023 REFERENDUM WAS HAVING THE WHAT WE CALL THE CLOCK. 
          SO THEY ARE AN INDEPENDENT GROUP OF PROFESSIONAL VOLUNTEERS. 
          THEY SPENT COUNTLESS HOURS EACH MONTH LOOKING AT OUR FINANCIAL DOCUMENTS. 
          THEY LOOK AT ALL THE CONSTRUCTION UPDATES. THEY GET A FROM OUR PROJECT MANAGERS. THEY GO AND VISIT SITES AND THEY OFFER FEEDBACK TO OUR TEAM AND WE FEEL LIKE THEY HAVE MADE US VERY STRONG SO MUCH STRONGER AND SO WE ARE ALWAYS GRATEFUL TO THE RED FOR PUTTING THIS GROUP TOGETHER AND IT BUILDS TRUST IN THE COMMUNITY FOR WHAT WE'RE DOING AT COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT. SO SO ALL I HAVE TO SAY ABOUT THAT PAGE 155 WE'VE ADDED BACK OUR ENERGY MANAGEMENT MEASURES. JUST A BRIEF OVERVIEW SOME OF THE THINGS WE DO THERE WE HAVE AN AUTOMATED LOGIC SYSTEM ON ALL OF OUR BUILDINGS THAT CONTROLS TEMPERATURE AND TIMES THINGS THAT CERTAINLY HELPS WITH ENERGY SAVINGS WHEN OUR BUILDINGS ARE UNOCCUPIED. 156 BEGINS OUR DISCUSSION ON THE ACTUAL FACILITY MASTER PLAN PROJECTS. THIS IS BIG PICTURE ITEMS DETAILED LITTLE YOU KNOW ITEMS THAT GO THROUGH THE 8% LIST. THIS IS BIG TICKET STUFF THEY'RE DIVIDED INTO THREE CATEGORIES ADDITIONAL STUDENT CAPACITY STRENGTHENING DISTRICT INFRASTRUCTURE AND FACILITY MODERNIZATION AND I'M JUST TO HIT A COUPLE OF THESE ADDITIONAL STUDENT CAPACITY OPENING MAY RIVER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL KIND OF SHIFTS OUR NEEDS FROM THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TO THE MIDDLE SCHOOLS AND THEN EVENTUALLY WE'LL HAVE TO LOOK AT THE HIGH NEEDS THERE SO THERE'S A CONVERSATION AND GRAPHS CHARTS TO SUPPORT THAT CONVERSATION IN HERE 161 CONVERSATION ON FACILITY MODERNIZATION PROJECTS OUR NUMBER ONE IS HPC REPLACEMENTS . BACK IN 2022 WE HAD A FACILITY CONDITION ASSESSMENT COMPLETED THAT HELPED US IDENTIFY WHAT OUR BUILDING REALLY ARE AND THERE WAS ABOUT $42 MILLION WORTH OF NEEDS JUST FOR HPC IN THE DISTRICT WITH THE 23 BOND REFERENDUM FUNDED 6 MILLION WE STILL HAVE A GAP SO THAT IS STILL A BIG NEED AND YOU WILL AS WE GO THROUGH PERCENT PROJECTS STAFF YOU WILL HEAR US TALK ABOUT HPC THE TIME PARKING LOTS AND ENTRANCES THAT WAS HUGE NEED THEY'RE JUST AGING INFRASTRUCTURE THAT NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. 
          PAGE 164 IDENTIFIERS FOR NEW PROJECTS MAY RIVER HIGH SCHOOL WAIT ROOM NUMBER TWO BEING CONTINUED SAFETY AND SECURITY IMPROVEMENTS EVERY TIME WE ADD A CAMERA THERE'S INFRASTRUCTURE THAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN GO ALONG WITH THAT. UNFORTUNATELY THOSE PRICES CONTINUE TO RISE AND SO THAT CONTINUES TO BE A NEED NUMBER THREE WE TALKED ABOUT IN OUR LAST BOOK WE'RE STILL IDENTIFYING REPLACEMENT BUILDINGS FOR MOSSY OAKS LADIES ISLAND ELEMENTAL AND BROAD RIVER. THESE SCHOOLS ARE JUST AT THE END OF THEIR LIFE. NUMBER FOUR BEING ADDITIONAL PARKING AT WILL BRANCH EARLY COLLEGE SCHOOL THEY DO NOT HAVE THE PARKING LOTS TO EVENTS IN THAT COMMUNITY BRINGS LOTS OF PEOPLE TO EVENTS AND THAT'S A GREAT THING AND WE NEED TO SUPPORT THAT WITH SOME EMPHASIS PICTURE DISTRICT LEVEL INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS ARE A TRANSPORTATION, BUS SHOP AND SOME KITCHEN IMPROVEMENTS AT MULTIPLE SCHOOLS AND THEN WE HAVE NEW PROJECTS THIS BOOK 
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REPLACEMENT CLASSROOM BUILDING FOR THE FIRST SKI ISLAND YOU MAY OR MAY NOT KNOW THIS IF YOU'VE NEVER BEEN THERE THE ACTUAL CLASSROOM PART OF THAT SCHOOL IS OF A MODULAR UNIT. 
          IT'S NOT A STICK BUILT THING SO THAT NEED THAT SECTION OF THAT BUILDING NEEDS TO BE REPLACED IT'S ENDING ITS LIFESPAN SOME BUS REPLACEMENT BUS REPLACEMENTS FOR OUR BUS FLEET . WE NEED SOME MORE MONEY THERE AND THEN DISTRICT OFFICE RENOVATIONS FOR THIS BUILDING AND THAT'S THE END OF THAT SECTION THREE WANT TO ASK QUESTIONS? OKAY. OOPS SIR DID YOU SAY WAIT ROOM REPLACEMENT AT WHALE BRANCH HIGH SCHOOL? DID I SAY THAT I KNOW ABOUT BLUFFTON PARKING. PARKING AT WILL BRANCH WAITING ROOM AS I KNOW BLUFF WEIGHT ROOM AS MARY BLUFFTON I MEAN BLUFFTON HIGH SCHOOL SCUSE ME BLUFFTON HIGH. 
          SO THERE IS NOT A WEIGHT ROOM REPLACEMENT FOR MEMBERS? NO THEY FOR MAY RIVER FOR WELL BRANCH THEN I KNOW THAT WAS PART THE GYM AND PERFORMING ARTS EXPANSION WE DID SEVERAL YEARS THEY THEY GOT A NEW WEIGHT ROOM IN THAT AND THEN CAN YOU YOU KNOW FUSCHIA I WAS JUST OUT THERE I THINK THERE'S 12 STUDENTS IN IT WHAT ARE THE WHAT ARE WE TALKING ABOUT WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT REVITALIZE CLASSROOMS? WELL THAT JUST THAT WHOLE SECTION OF THE BUILDING NEEDS TO REPLACED WE HAVEN'T PUT A PRICE TO IT BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE TO FIRST GET CALLED OUT HERE SPECIFICALLY IN ANY OF OUR DEMOGRAPHICS BECAUSE I NO MERCY FALLS UNDER WITH CORRECT CAN YOU GIVE AN IDEA OF WHAT THE CAPACITY OF THE FACILITY IS AND WHAT THE CURRENT ENROLLMENT CURRENT ENROLLMENT ANYBODY GOT A NUMBER OF TOP THERE BECAUSE AGAIN IT'S FOLDED IN SO I HAVE TO REALLY SORT OF THINK I LOOKED IT WAS 15 AND 45 DAY I DON'T KNOW IT'S IT'S IT'S IT'S 12 TO 15 YEAH BUT AT THE FACILITY JUST SO YOU'RE AWARE OF HOW IT'S STRUCTURED AND ORGANIZED RIGHT NOW WE HAVE TWO TEACHERS OUT THERE ONE TEACHES K K TO TWO THEY'RE ALL IN ONE CLASS TOGETHER AND THE OTHER ONE TEACHES 3 TO 5 AND THEY'RE ALL IN ONE CLASS TOGETHER. YEAH. AND THEN WE BRING IN FINE ARTS FOR THEM COUPLE OF TIMES A WEEK AS PART OF THE CURRICULUM FROM I BELIEVE CREATIVE ARTS. 
          SO A CREATIVE ARTS TEACHER GOES OVER ON THE BOAT TO DIVERSITY A COUPLE TIMES A WEEK I'M ASSUMING FREE OF CHARGE. IT'S PART OF PART OF THE CONTRACT WITH THEM. 
          YEAH. SO IS THERE A WAY OF GOING FORWARD CAN WE HAVE THE DIVERSITY INFORMATION PULLED OUT FROM SOUTH CAROLINA FROM SCHOOL FOR THE CREATIVE ARTS SO WE CAN KIND OF GET A SENSE BECAUSE I HAVE NO IDEA HAVING BEEN OVER THERE SEVERAL TIMES RECENTLY WHAT THE NUMBERS ARE AND THEN WHAT WE TALK ABOUT A LOT AND THIS IS WHAT IS THE CAPACITY OF THE BUILDING ARE WE BUILDING THEM CAPACITY FOR MORE THAN 20 KIDS BECAUSE THAT'S LIKE ONE CLASSROOM, RIGHT? NO, HAVE THE TWO LIKE THE THE THE FACILITY ITSELF THERE HAS TWO CLASSROOMS. RIGHT. IT HAS A A SMALL LUNCH ROOM SECTION. IT HAS A PULL OUT CLASS PULL OUT ROOM FOR INTERVENTIONS AND THEN IT HAS A MEDIA CENTER THAT DOUBLES AS AN INDOOR SPACE FOR PHYSICAL EDUCATION WHEN NECESSARY TO BE INDOORS. THEY HAVE A BASKETBALL COURT OUT THERE. 
          THEY HAVE A PLAYGROUND, A FIELD AND IT'S JUST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, CORRECT? IT IS, YES. OKAY. YEAH. 
          PRE-K FOR NOT SURE IF THEY HAVE BEEN PRE-K STUDENTS THIS YEAR BUT OTHER QUESTIONS LIKE FRAZIER SO I HAVEN'T READ WHILE RECEIVING EMAILS FROM OVER THERE ABOUT BUSSING IS WHAT A STUDENT. MM HMM. YEAH. 
          ROBERT, DO YOU WANT TO COME TALK ABOUT THAT? SO YES. 
          WE'VE HAD AN ISSUE WITH BUSSING OVER THERE FOR THE LAST MONTHS . 
          ACTUALLY WHAT HAPPENED IS WE HAD A DRIVER WE HAVE TWO DRIVERS OVER THERE ONE IN THE MORNING, ONE IN THE AFTERNOON. THE MORNING DRIVER CAN'T DO THE AFTERNOON IN THE AFTERNOON CAN'T DO THE MORNING. SO THE DRIVER IN THE AFTERNOON CAME BACK THE MAINLAND TO DRIVE. SO WE HAD A VACANCY. WE HAD SOMEBODY THAT WAS AVAILABLE TO FILL THAT VACANCY RATHER QUICKLY I'D SAY WITHIN ONE OR TWO WEEKS PRETTY QUICK AFTER IT OCCURRED. AND SINCE THAT TIME THEY'VE BEEN TRYING GET ALL THE CERTIFICATIONS THEY NEED SO THAT THERE ARE CERTIFICATIONS THAT TAKE THROUGH THE STATE THEIR CERTIFICATIONS TO TAKE THROUGH THE D.O.T. THEN ARE CERTIFICATIONS WE HAVE TO DO 
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WITH THEM TO DRIVE THAT AND THERE AND ONE OF THE PROBLEMS IS THEY DID NOT A TIGHT ENOUGH TIME TO KNOCK THEM ALL OUT SO THEY WERE DOING PIECES ONE OF THE SO ALONG THE WAY SEVERAL TIMES WE THOUGHT THEY WERE ALMOST DONE AND THEY WEREN'T QUITE DONE AND SOMETHING ELSE WAS NEEDED AND THEN IT'S TAKEN SO LONG NOW THAT THEY TO GO BACK AND DO THEM ALL OVER AGAIN SO AS OF TODAY THEY ARE ALMOST AND SO WE'RE GOING TO START BEHIND THE WHEEL TRAINING I BELIEVE ON MONDAY. SO I'VE SAID IT BUT WE'RE POTENTIALLY YOU KNOW WITHIN AWAY FROM HAVING THEM NOW WE'RE WORKING TO FIND OUT A SOLUTION FOR THAT TIME PERIOD UNTIL THEY CAN GET THEIR CERTIFICATION COMPLETE. SO WE'RE HOPEFUL TO HAVE SOMEBODY THERE MONDAY THAT CAN FILL IN THEIR CERTIFICATIONS AVAILABLE. 
          MR. SMITH WITH THE ALTHOUGH WITH THOSE THING THAT YOU WERE READING TO US THOUGHT THAT THAT LIST IS THAT IS THAT LORD THAT THIS IS IN THE BOOK IS THAT CORRECT YES OKAY IT IS OKAY WHAT'S WITH A LITTLE MORE DETAIL INFORMATION ABOUT EACH PROJECT SO YEAH OH OKAY THANK. 
          AND THEN WHAT ABOUT ONE QUICK QUESTION MARK? SO THE LITTLE DUDE PROJECTS THAT WAS ON THE THAT WAS IN LAST YEAR BOOKS THE ONES THAT DID NOT GET DONE WITH HOW WAS THAT HOW WAS THAT WHAT DOES THAT WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE IN TERMS OF SOME THE PROJECTS THAT WERE IN LAST YEAR'S BOOK ARE TAKEN CARE OF UNDER THE 23 REFERENDUM. 
          RIGHT. SO WE HAD IDENTIFIED THEM KNOW EARLY IN 23 THEN WE PASSED THE REFERENDUM AND SO THOSE TAKEN CARE OF IN IN THERE ANYTHING THAT WAS HOLD OVER LIKE THE REPLACEMENT SCHOOLS FOR MACEO PLAYS THOSE CONTINUE ON IN THE BOOK THOSE WILL CONTINUE TO BE SHOWN AS NEEDS UNTIL WE MEET THE NEEDS OR DECIDE THAT'S NOT A NEED ANYMORE. 
          SO WE CARRY THOSE YOU KNOW, SMALLER PROJECTS THOSE GET ADDRESSED THROUGH THE 8% AND THERE'S ALWAYS FALL DOWN TO AN 8% LIST WHICH IS A WHOLE DIFFERENT PROCESS THAT WE WILL LATER. THAT WAS BEAUTIFULLY SAID THAT THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT I WAS WHAT I WAS LOOKING FOR MAKE SURE THAT THAT IS BEING TRANSFERRED AND THAT YES. 
          YES. AND WE DON'T JUST TAKE THEM OFF THE LIST AND FORGET ABOUT THEM I MEAN THE PUBLIC BOTH APPRECIATE YOUR OKAY. THANK YOU. 
          GOOD OTHER QUESTIONS NOT A QUESTION JUST ONE COMMENT FROM THE CHAT ROOM JUST TO GET IT ON THE RECORD MS. HEY MENTIONED THAT IN TERMS OF THE CAMPAIGN THAT 20 2025 IT NEEDS TO BE A DIGITAL CAMPAIGN YOU KNOW SO I THINK THAT IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE MARKETING OKAY LAST SECTION SO THIS SECTION IS INCLUDED TO COMPLY WITH THE SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF PROVISO 1.113 SURPLUS PROPERTY IN ORDER TO DOCUMENT PROPERTY THAT COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT OWNS AND PROPERTY THAT IS LISTED FOR SALE AND THAT IS WHAT THAT SECTION IS AND I REALLY DON'T HAVE ANY REAL COMMENTS ABOUT THAT. SO IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS WE'LL TALK ABOUT IT AND IF NOT THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION AND THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY 
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TO THANK YOU SPARKS LIVELY CONVERSATION THANK YOU THANK YOU GO OKAY AND THEN DURING THE MAINTENANCE UPDATE SO WE'LL DO THIS QUICKLY WE UNDERSTAND THE REASON WHY WE'RE HERE IS BECAUSE TYPICALLY WE TAKE TO THE OPERATIONS COMMITTEE BUT WE DID NOT HAVE A MEETING IN JANUARY AND TO FULFILL OUR REQUIREMENT OF OH EIGHT WE'RE SUPPOSED TO GIVE A MONTHLY SO WE'RE GOING TO GIVE TODAY WHAT A FAST VERSION OF WHAT WE WOULD NORMALLY GIVE TO THE OPERATIONS COMMITTEE. SO AUGUSTINE VARGAS WHO IS WITH TURNER TOWNSEND HERY WHO'S OVERSEEING THE REFERENDUM WILL COME AND GIVE THAT REPORT. ALL RIGHT. 
          WELL, GOOD MORNING FOR THOSE OF YOU LIKE MR. HARDING JUST INTRODUCED ME A MAGAZINE THE PROGRAM MANAGER WOULD TURN IN 2000 HERE AND I WILL GIVE YOU GUYS AN EXECUTIVE SUMMARY OF CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITIES THROUGH THE MONTH OF DECEMBER OF 2024 I WILL BEGIN WITH THE 2019 REFERENDUM PROGRAM WE ARE CURRENTLY CLOSE OUT FOUR PROJECTS WE HAVE 24 PROJECTS ARE OUTSTANDING ON CLOSE OUT. WE HAVE TOTAL OF 213 FINANCIAL COMMITMENTS COMPLETED TO DATE REGARDING THE FINANCIALS FOR THE 2019 REFERENDUM WE HAVE A PAID AND COMMITTED FUNDS TOTAL $373.3 MILLION AND REMAINING AVAILABLE FUNDS WHICH INCLUDE A CONTINGENCY OF $2.44 MILLION. 
          THE CONTINGENCY ACTIVITY AT THE END OF DECEMBER WE HAD A RETURN OF SAVINGS OF $322,000 AND A 
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USE OF $34,000. THE CONTINGENCY REMAINING AT THE END OF THE MONTH WAS TOTALING NEAR POINT $2 MILLION. SO AS WE CONTINUE TO CLOSE OUT THAT CONTINGENCY WILL MOST LIKELY CONTINUE INCREASING ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THE 2019 REFERENDUM UPDATES NOW MOVING ALONG TO THE YES SIR I THOUGHT YOU HAD A QUESTION YESTERDAY. ALL RIGHT. 
          MOVING ALONG 2023 BOND REFERENDUM UPDATES ALL THE PROJECT UPDATES ARE REPORTING GREEN I DO WANT TO MAKE A QUICK EXCEPTION THOUGH THE YELLOW TRAFFIC LIGHT ON MAY RIVER ELEMENTARY WHICH IS REGARDING THE ENCROACHMENT NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE PALMETTO BLUFF PROPERTY ALSO. SO I'M SORRY PROPERTY OWNERS ASSOCIATION POWER AND THERE WILL BE A FOLLOW UP ON TUESDAY FEBRUARY 4TH WITH THE BOARD WHICH I BELIEVE THERE'S AN INVITATION FOR POWER TO COME AND PRESENT FOR FOR THE BOARD MAY RIVER HIGH SCHOOL CITY WHERE WE STARTED CONSTRUCTION WE ARE 40% COMPLETED FOR THE SITE PAD AND DO HAVE A CEREMONY FOR THE GROUNDBREAKING SCHEDULED. I WILL GET TO THAT ONCE WE GET TO THE COMMUNITY OUTREACH THE NEW SCC WE ARE WORKING WITH THE DESIGN TEAM AS THEY'RE OBVIOUSLY SOME SITE CONSTRAINTS BUT ONCE WE HAVE SOME OPTIONS WE WILL BRING FORWARD AN UPDATE AS TO WHERE WE CURRENTLY STAND. WE ARE STILL MOVING FORWARD FOR SCHEMATIC DESIGNS AND WE ARE SCHEDULED FOR THOSE OCCUR TOWARDS THE END OF MARCH OF THIS YEAR. 
          THE HILTON HEAD ON HIGH SCHOOL PROJECT PHASE ONE WE CONTINUE TO MOVE ALONG ON SCHEDULE IF YOU GUYS HAVE OUT THERE ON THE SITE OBVIOUSLY YOU'VE SEEN SECTION A YOU HAVE ALL THE STEEL UP AND WE HAVE THE CONCRETE PADS PORT FOR THOSE WE ARE CURRENTLY WORKING ON SECTION B ON THE STEEL AND THE ROUGH ENDS FOR SECTION A SO NOW THE PROJECT IS CURRENTLY ON SCHEDULE AND THE LATEST OUR MIDDLE SCHOOL PROJECT WE ARE CURRENTLY WITH THE TEAM WE HAVE A PRESENTATION TO THE CITY OF BEAUFORT NEXT WEEK BUT WE JUST DID THEIR REVIEW ON THE COST AND WE'RE CONTINUALLY CONTINUOUSLY WORKING ON THE DESIGN TO FIGURE OUT THE POSSIBILITIES AND HOW WE'RE GOING TO LAY OUT THE BUILDING ON THE SITE. 
          MOVING TO THE FINANCIAL UPDATES FOR THE 2023 REFERENDUM PROGRAM WE ARE CURRENTLY WE'RE PAYING UNCOMMITTED FUNDS UP TO $178.3 MILLION THE REMAINING OF ANY AVAILABLE FUNDS FOR THE PROGRAM ARE HUNDRED 60.73 MILLION AND FOR THE MONTH OF DECEMBER WE HAVE NO CONTINGENCY ACTIVITY TO REPORT ON ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING 2023 SMITH I'M NOT SURE EVERYBODY IT IN THE LAST ONE OR NOT EXCUSE ME EXCUSE ME BUT MY MY QUESTION MY QUESTION IS IN TERMS OF THE EARLY LEARNING CENTER IN TERMS OF THE AIR CONDITIONING CENTER, OUR ABBI UNIT THAT WE JUST PUT IN THAT PUT IN THAT WELL WHERE WHERE WOULD THAT FIT IN WITH THAT WHERE THEY FITTED THAT TO THIS BECAUSE I'VE HAVE SOME SERIOUS CONCERNS A LOT OF PHONE CALLS FROM DIFFERENT PEOPLE AND IN TERMS OF THAT BECAUSE I SEE ON THE LINE SO YEAH IN TERMS THAT BECAUSE WE'RE SPENDING A LOT OF MONEY AND WE'RE NOT GETTING MUCH RETURN RIGHT NOW OUT OF OUR INVESTMENT AND THAT'S A VERY SERIOUS CONCERN AND WE TALKED ABOUT IT AT THE OPERATIONS COMMITTEE. 
          WE TALKED ABOUT HOLDING PEOPLE ACCOUNTABLE AND IN TERMS OF DOING THE JOB PROPERLY AND MAKE SURE WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT IS THE SYSTEM HAS BEEN INSTALLED BECAUSE TOO MANY ALREADY SINCE WE'VE BEEN SINCE WE'VE GONE BACK WE'VE BEEN HAVE TO SIT AND THE AT THE EARLY LEARNING CENTER HOME BECAUSE THE BUILDING HAS BEEN TOO COLD AND SO A LOT OF PARENTS ARE VERY OUTRAGED BECAUSE THEY CAN'T GO TO WORK BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO CALL THEY HAVE TO CALL OUT BECAUSE THEY HAD TO GO PICK THEIR KIDS UP AND SO THAT THAT SO THAT'S A VERY SERIOUS AND YOU TALKED ABOUT HAVING PEOPLE CLOSE AND KEEPING PEOPLE HEALTH THAT'S AN ALL AROUND PROBLEM. 
          SO WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE AND WHERE'S THAT PROJECT GET SO I COULD NOT AGREE WITH YOU MORE. 
          I MEAN IT IS A PROBLEM AND IT IS ISSUE AND IS EXTREMELY FRUSTRATING THAT UNIT ARE THOSE UNITS CAME FROM THE FACTORY NOT FUNCTIONING CORRECTLY THEY HAD SOME THINGS THAT WERE INSTALLED INCORRECTLY AND TRAIN IS COME BACK AND THEM AND THEN THEY HAVE FAILED AGAIN SO WILL BE BACK ACTUALLY THEY WERE BACK TOWARDS THE END OF THIS WEEK TO COME OUT AND THE TRAIN TECHNICIANS OUT TO MAKE REPAIRS THE UNIT IN THE FIELD I, I CAN TELL YOU THAT WE HAVE BEEN IN 
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THESE MODERATELY TEMPERATURES WE'RE ABLE TO DO SOME OTHER THINGS WITH SOME OTHER UNITS IN ORDER TO COMPENSATE AND THERE WAS ONE DAY THAT I'M AT LEAST WHERE OTHER KIDS HAD TO GO HOME AND THAT'S COMPLETELY UNACCEPTABLE. AND YES, WE HAVE HAD MEETING ON TOP OF MEETING WITH TRAIN REPRESENTATIVES AND WE TO DO THAT. 
          SO DO YOU HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THAT? JUST JUST JUST JUST TO SAY THAT YOU KNOW, THIS IS NOT SOMETHING OWNERS WILL BE TALKING ABOUT SPENDING TAXPAYERS MILLIONS OF DOLLARS. THIS IS A CONCERN AND THAT AND ALSO I THINK AT SOME POINT IS THAT THAT I'M GLAD THAT YOU TELLING THE BOARD SAYING IS WITH THE BOARD NOW BUT WE NEED TO KNOW THIS BECAUSE WE HAVE WILL CALL YOU AND I'M TELLING THEM TO HOLD ON THIS IS GOING TO BE ALL RIGHT AND NOT THINKING NOT UNDERSTANDING THAT THERE WAS A LITTLE MORE SERIOUS A MALFUNCTION GOING ON THAN WHAT REALIZED. I'M GLAD THAT YOU'VE COME FORWARD NOW INTO INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION BUT THIS IS JUST SOMETHING THAT IN TERMS OF IT IT'S NOT CONDUCIVE AND I THINK A IT IS SOMETHING THAT I'LL JUST SAY I'LL JUST SUMMED UP BY SAYING THAT THIS CAN'T BE ACCEPTABLE AND WE CAN'T ALLOW STUFF LIKE THIS TO HAPPEN TO NOT COMMUNICATE WITH US SO THAT WE UNDERSTAND WHAT IS GOING ON AND SO THAT WE CAN UNDERSTAND HOW TO TELL OUR PEOPLE TO PREPARE BECAUSE WE HAVE TO BE TRUTHFUL AND INTENTIONAL ABOUT HOW WE WORK WITH THE COMMUNITY BECAUSE THAT COMMUNITY OVER THERE ALREADY FEELS AS THOUGH THAT THEY'RE BEING SIDELINED. SO THIS IS COMMUNICATION IS VERY IMPORTANT ON ALL OF EVERY LEVEL. SO I'M SURE THAT PUBLICLY I MEAN BE VERY SINCERE ABOUT IT AND FAIR. THANK YOU, MR. CARD. THANK YOU THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. 
          AND MR. SMITH, ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT SAINT HELENA ELEMENTARY BECAUSE I DIDN'T HEAR THE NAME OF THE SCHOOL I'M SORRY ASSUMED IT WAS BECAUSE I'VE HEARD THE SAME CONCERNS AND HE'S RIGHT AND WE CAN'T RESPOND PROPERLY TO OUR CONSTITUENTS OR EVEN THE TEACHER STAFF MEMBERS AT THESE SCHOOLS BECAUSE WE DON'T KNOW I DIDN'T KNOW THERE WAS AN ISSUE WITH TRAIN UNTIL I GOT THE CALL BUT IT'S THE MANY CONCERNS OF ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT LITTLE CHILDREN THAT WE HAVE TO SEND HOME OR NOT WARM IN OUR BUILDINGS UNDER OUR AND IT'S NOT I'M NOT SAYING THAT YOU CAUSED THIS PROBLEM BUT WHEN THE PROBLEM WAS BROUGHT TO YOU AS A BOARD WE SHOULD KNOW WE SHOULD KNOW LIKE WHEN WE MOVED TEACHERS FROM ONE BUILDING TO THE OTHER. 
          WE'RE NOT IN THAT PROCESS BUT WE SHOULD KNOW THAT'S WHEN WE GET THAT CALL BECAUSE KIDS ARE UPSET, THEY'RE IMPACTED BY THEIR TEACHER LEAVING. THEY DON'T KNOW WHY PARENTS ARE ARE UPSET WHEN THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT THE REAL PROBLEM IS TRAINING THAT WE ARE DOING THE BEST THAT WE CAN DO AT THIS BUT I DO THINK COMMUNICATION IS KEY . 
          WE HAVE TO COMMUNICATE AND YOU GUYS HAVE TO PAY WITH US EVEN IF YOU JUST SEND A EMAIL TO ROBIN. SO LET US KNOW IF THERE IS A CONCERN OR SOMETHING'S GOING IN SCHOOLS. I HAVE A BIG CONCERN ABOUT THAT AS WELL THAT WE BOTH HAVE BUT I MORE DEEPLY BECAUSE I CAN COMMUNICATE WITH MY CONSTITUENTS THEY WERE DOING THAT I KNEW THIS WAS GOING TO HAPPEN OR THAT IT'S HAPPENED AND WE'RE SORRY BUT WE'VE GOT TO DO THAT. IT'S NOT ACCEPTABLE NOT TO BE ABLE TO TELL THE PARENTS OF OUR CHILDREN WHAT'S GOING ON. THANK YOU THANK YOU, MR. SMITH. BRINGING THEM DR. RODRIGUES I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHO WE CONTACTED A COME TO JESUS LETTER FROM THE SUPERINTENDENT TO THE CEO OF TRAIN SAYING YOU SENT US A LOUSY PRODUCT, YOU'VE HARMED OUR CHILDREN. 
          WOULD YOU LIKE NATIONAL PRESS COVERAGE ABOUT THIS AND YOUR BRAND? I MEAN THIS IS WHAT WE HAVE TO DO WITH CONTRACTORS AND PEOPLE THAT GIVE US SHODDY EQUIPMENT. 
          YOU CANNOT JUST DEAL WITH THE POOR VENDOR WHO JUST HAS TO TAKE WHAT HE WHAT THEY GET FROM THE THE FACTORY AND BEAT THEM UP. THEY CAN STILL BE BEAT UP FOR YOU KNOW NOT THEM NOT GOING UP FORWARD BUT WE NEED TO TAKE A VERY NEGATIVE PROACTIVE STANCE THIS THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE AND WE'VE BEEN HAVING AIR CONDITIONING PROBLEMS IN THIS 
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DISTRICT IN THE LAST SIX MUCH MORE THAN WE'VE EVER HAD AND. WE NEED TO START SQUEAKING THE WHEEL BECAUSE THE SQUEAKY GETS THE GREASE AND IF WE'RE NOT DOING THAT WE NEED TO START AND PASTOR GORDON, I'LL BE LOCAL. ARE THEY A LOCAL CONTRACT? NO, THIS IS TRAIN THAT'S NATIONWIDE. I MEAN THAT'S THAT'S A MAJOR CORPORATION. 
          OKAY. BECAUSE THE SAME THING'S BEEN HAPPENING AT ALL. 
          JAMES G. DAVIS. JAMES DAVIS THE EOC BECAUSE I WAS DRIVING THE BUS DAY BEFORE I CAME ON SCHOOL BOARD AND AT TWICE FROM AUGUST TO DECEMBER THE LITTLE ONES HAD TO GO HOME BECAUSE THEY TRACKED DOWN RELATIVES DEFINITELY A BIG CONCERN DEFINITELY. SO I OH GO AHEAD. GO AHEAD. 
          I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY I YOU LOUD AND CLEAR AND WE'LL WORK WITH THE SUPERINTENDENT TO PUT THAT LETTER TOGETHER. MR. DALLAS AS A FORMER CHAIR OF THE OPERATIONS COMMITTEE I THOUGHT WE HAD ALREADY CHANGES THAT WOULD HAVE INCREASED THE EFFECTIVENESS OF OUR COMMUNICATION COMMUNICATION. YES, SIR. I MEAN WHAT I CAN TELL YOU IS THAT I'LL BE I'LL LET ANYBODY KNOW IF YOU HAVE A QUESTION, PLEASE REACH OUT TO ME. 
          I'LL BE GLAD TO TELL YOU WHAT THE ISSUE IS. THAT'S NOT WHAT WE INSTRUCTED OUR IN OUR DISCUSSIONS WERE WE NOTIFIED THE BOARD MEMBERS FIRST SO THEY ARE PREPARED TO CARRY THAT MESSAGE INTO THE COMMUNITY I BELIEVE WHEN THE UNITS WENT DOWN THERE HAVE BEEN A COMMUNICATION OUT THAT THE KIDS WERE SENT HOME DUE TO AIR CONDITION BUT I SEE CANDACE'S GONE BUT I'M NOT AWARE OR I CAN CHECK ON THEM. I'VE ASKED YEAH I'VE ASKED HER TO CHECK AND SEE WHEN THE COMMUNICATION WENT TO THE BOARD BECAUSE TYPICALLY WHAT HAPPENS IS WE NOTIFY THE BOARD IF HAVE TO GO HOME OR ANY ANY INFORMATION LIKE THAT AND THE REASON FOR IT SO SO I'M ASKED YOU TO GO BACK AND CHECK AND SEE IF IF THERE WAS A PARTICULAR BUT I DON'T WANT TO GIVE YOU A DATE THAT INFORMATION WENT OUT BECAUSE THAT'S NOT ACCURATE. I DON'T WANT TO I DON'T WANT TO GIVE THAT. 
          OKAY. BUT THAT'S NOT ENOUGH. YES. 
          ISN'T WE JUST HAD THE ISSUE COME UP AND I CALLED ON THAT. SO WHEN PEOPLE ARE CALLING ME BECAUSE THEY BELIEVE OUR TALE THE TRUTH I JUST WANT TO KNOW AND IF IT'S A PERSONAL CALL PUT IN YOU SEE NOW SO I UNDERSTAND YOU KNOW WHERE YOU'RE COMING FROM BUT TO BE CLEAR EVEN WITH THE LIFEWAYS THAT THURSDAY THERE WAS INFORMATION THAT THAT THAT WENT OUT ON LIFE WISE THAT THURSDAY BEFORE THE ARTICLE OR INFORMATION WENT OUT THERE ADDITIONALLY ON THIS PARTICULAR JANUARY 8TH THERE'S A PART OF THE BOARD AS A NEW HEATING UNIT AT SAINT HELENA EARLY LEARNING CENTER IS NOT FUNCTIONING PROPERLY IN TWO CLASSROOMS MAINTENANCE IS EXAMINING THE UNIT AS PER DSS REGULATIONS HEAD SENT INFANTS AND TODDLERS HOME OUT OF AN ABUNDANCE OF CAUTION DUE TO THE 64 DEGREE INDOOR TEMPERATURE IN THE ROOMS. SO WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION ALL I ASK ALL BOARD MEMBERS GO BACK AND SEE HOW MANY EMAILS DO YOU GET THE THE PLETHORA OF EMAILS BECOMES NOISE SHOULDN'T BUT THAT'S THE REALITY SO WHAT I FAIR CONVERSATION IS WE PICK UP THE PHONE AND CALL JUST LIKE I CALLED THAT MORNING. RIGHT. SO THAT'S ALL THE PAPER WHAT'S HAPPENING? SO I'M ASKING FOR MORE EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION. 
          I DON'T WANT TO HEAR ABOUT HOW MANY NUMBERS A SET OF EMAILS ARE SAYING I WANT TO KNOW DOES THE RECIPIENT UNDERSTAND THIS IS WHAT'S HAPPENING? WOW ENOUGH FOR YOU TO CALL IT THANK YOU FOR THAT AND ACTUALLY I DO REMEMBER THAT ONE BUT THAT'S JUST THAT THAT'S JUST THAT THAT'S ONE TIME AT THE EARLY LEARNING SINCE TURNER THEY'VE SENT THOSE KIDS HOME MAYBE ABOUT THREE OR FOUR ABOUT THREE OR FOUR TIME BECAUSE THE EOC OR EOC WHO WHO WERE WHO ALSO WORKED AT THAT BUILDING THEY HAVE A CERTAIN BODY TEMPERATURE WHERE THE BUILDING HAVE TO BE YOU CAN'T GET BELOW THAT TEMPERATURE AND IF IT DOES THEN THEY HAVE TO SIGNAL THEY HAVE TO SEND THE LITTLE KIDS HOME. SO SO SO THERE WERE SEVERAL TIMES WHEN WHEN WHEN WHEN WHEN THAT HAPPENED AND I HAVE TO HOLD THOSE THOSE PARENTS WHO ARE CALLING ME AND I'M LIKE WHAT DO YOU WHAT DO YOU WHAT DO YOU DO? WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT? AND THEN I WANT TO AT ONE TIME AFTER ONE OF THE PARENTS CONTACT ME ONE DAY I DID SEE THAT THE E-MAIL THE EMAIL CAME OUT BUT AN EMAIL HAVE NOT CAME OUT EVERY SINGLE TIME THAT THOSE PARENT THAT THOSE KIDS COME HOME BUT THOSE PARENTS DO GET UPSET AND THEY CAN AND THEY DO CALL ME AND I'M LIKE WHAT ARE YOU TALKING BUT THE THE THE THE THE NOTION OF HERE IT'S JUST IT IS JUST ON TRACK IS THAT IS THE EFFECTIVE 
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COMMUNICATION TO KNOWING HEY MR. SMITH THIS IS OUR ISSUE CAUSE IT'S CAUSE AND EFFECT THIS IS WHAT'S GOING ON SO WE CAN TELL PARENTS HEY PARENTS LISTEN IS THIS IS THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IS IS LIKE ALMOST BUYING A NEW CAR SOMETIMES AND THEN SOMETIMES THAT CAR THAT CAR MADE ME BREAK . I UNDERSTAND THAT BUT PARENT I WANT YOU TO UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS ONE OF THOSE TIMES THAT WE DID SO CAN YOU PLEASE PREPARE FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS BECAUSE WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THE OUTCOME MAY BE WE ARE TRYING TO WORK AS HARD AS POSSIBLE AND IF WE TELL THAT PARENT THAT'S BEING SINCERE ABOUT IT THEN THEY THEN THEN THEY TAKE IT LESS VERSUS THEM GOING TO WORK AND FIGURING OKAY THAT WAS JUST ONE DAY. SO I MEAN I THAT THAT THAT THAT'S THAT'S THAT'S THAT'S THE OBJECTIVE OBJECTIVE THAT'S THE OBJECTIVE SIDE THAT THAT WE'RE TRYING TO NOT ALLOW THAT TO CONTINUE CONTINUE TO HAPPEN THAT THAT'S THE THAT THAT'S MY THAT'S MY POINT I'LL LEAVE IT THERE ABOUT THAT TIME SECRETARY THANK MR. CHAIRMAN. I YOU KNOW THIS IS A PROBLEM HAPPENING EVERYWHERE. WE HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM IN HEALTH CARE WHERE WE'VE GOT A PATIENT WHO'S GOT CRITICAL RESULTS BUT THEY DON'T ANSWER THE PHONE BECAUSE SOMETIMES THEY DON'T A PHONE IF THEY'RE COMING FROM OVERSEAS WE SEND TEXTS BUT THEY GET BARRAGED WITH TEXTS. WE SEND EMAILS, THEY GET BARRAGED EMAILS AND WE'RE DESPERATELY TRYING. I MEAN YOU GET TO A POINT WHERE LIKE HOW DO I SEND A CARRIER PIGEON OUT TO THIS PATIENT TO MAKE SURE BECAUSE THIS IS MISSION FOR THEIR HEALTH. 
          SO I THINK IT IS IT IS IT IS A DEFINITELY A PROBLEM. WE TALK ABOUT EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION. I THINK THAT BRAIDERS HAS DONE WHAT THE BOARD HAS ASKED HER TO DO IN TERMS OF MAKING SURE WHEN I SAW THAT EMAIL I WAS LIKE OH NO CALLING ME FROM SAINT HELENA, RIGHT? JUST BECAUSE EXACTLY. BUT I'M SAYING LIKE WELL LET ME BUT I'M BRINGING IN I'M BRINGING IT HOME FOR YOU SO HOLD ON. 
          I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE COULD DO AS A BOARD AND IT'S SOMETHING WE COULD HAVE WE'VE GOT A LIGHT MEETING THE NEXT MEETING IS THINK HOW WE WANT TO GET INFORMED BECAUSE I THINK IF I THINK THERE'S A WAY TO HAVE NOT EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION BUT TARGETED SO THERE'S YOU KNOW GETS THE ST HELENA'S AIR CONDITIONERS OUT BUT THEN THERE'S A LEVEL OF THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE OR REPRESENT SAINT HELENA AS THAT MIGHT BECAUSE THERE SOMETIMES MIGHT REALLY NEED TO KNOW PIECE OF INFORMATION SO WE CAN TALK ABOUT THAT BUT. 
          I THINK WE NEED TO BE CLEAR TO DR. BRUDER AND HER TEAM TO WHAT CONSTITUTES EFFECTIVE ABOUT AND SAYING PICK UP THE THAT WILL WORK FOR SOME PEOPLE I DO NOT ANSWER MY HARDLY EVER AND PEOPLE THAT ARE YOUNGER THAN ME THERE WAS A COMEDIAN WHO SAID THAT THEIR PHONE WAS AN APP THAT THEY NEVER USED ON THEIR PHONE RIGHT IT'S JUST SO THAT SOME PEOPLE LIKE TECH, SOME PEOPLE LIKE EMAIL, SOME PEOPLE LIKE PHONES. SO LET'S JUST KIND OF THINK I THINK THAT'S BRAINSTORMING GOING FORWARD HOW DO WE TARGET PEOPLE THAT NEED TO HEAR AND I'LL TELL YOU THE SAME THING HAPPENS AT THE SCHOOLS IF I'M NOT A SENIOR I DON'T NEED ALL THE GRADUATION ANNOUNCEMENTS AND THAT MAKE SURE YOU ORDERED YOUR CAP AND GOWN AND THE SENIOR BREAKFAST BECAUSE IT DOES BECOME NOISE AND SO I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE COULD TALK ABOUT BUT DO THINK THAT TO DR. PETERS CREDIT I THINK WE'RE GETTING THE INFORMATION IT'S JUST HARD TO SUSS THE SIGNAL OUT FROM THE NOISE BECAUSE WE'RE GETTING SO MUCH COMMUNICATION. SO I THINK WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO PROPOSE IS THAT BECOME A FUTURE TOPIC THAT WE CAN DO A LITTLE MORE DIGGING IN AND LIKE WITH THE LOBBYIST GIVE CLEAR YOU KNOW UNDERSTANDINGS OF WHAT WERE OUR EXPECTATIONS ARE BECAUSE IT IT'S HARD TO GET THAT PHONE CALL FROM A PARENT AND YOU'RE LIKE LET ME GET BACK TO YOU I DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT IT BUT THAT WOULD BE MY SUGGESTION. I DO THINK IT IS IT IS QUITE A CHALLENGE TO EFFECTIVELY COMMUNICATE WITH ONE PEOPLE OVER A DISTRICT. 
          OKAY GORDON AND THEN MR.. THANK YOU, MS. BOATWRIGHT MY CONCERN WAS THAT MS.. 
          BUT DR. BRENNER THEY DO A GOOD JOB OF GETTING INFORMATION TO US AND IF YOU READ IT BUT I'M I'M TALKING ABOUT OPERATION I'M TALKING ABOUT WHEN THEY KNOW THAT A PROJECT THAT IMPACTS OUR CHILDREN IS NOT FUNCTIONAL THAT WE KNOW EVEN THIS BY DISTRICT SO THAT WHEN I GET THAT CALL FROM THE PRINCIPAL THE A GARDENER I DON'T CARE WHO IT IS I CAN RESPOND OR TAKE NOTES OR GIVE INFORMATION BACK TO MR. OUTING THAT THIS IS WHAT OUR PARENTS ARE SAYING BECAUSE LISTEN WHEN YOU SEND CHILDREN BACK HOME AND PARENTS THAT WORK WAS GOING TO GET THE CHILDREN PARENTS HAVE TO TAKE ALL THE FILES ABOUT KEEP THE CHILDREN SO IT IMPACTS MORE THAN JUST SAYING CRYING DIDN'T DO THEIR JOB THEY SENT A VERY BAD PRODUCT BUT WE NEED TO KNOW THAT AND YOU'RE RIGHT WE NEED TO SEND THEM A LETTER STERNLY BECAUSE THE MORE THEY DO IT THE 
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THEY DO IT THEY'RE NOT GOING TO STOP UNTIL WE ENOUGH IS ENOUGH THIS IS A PICNIC THIS COMMUNITY OUR SCHOOL BOARD AND HOW WE RECEIVED THIS INFORMATION SO THAT THERE'S NO PROBLEM WITH DR. BRENNER NO PROBLEM GOOD OPERATION BUT WE'VE GOT TO DO A BETTER JOB OF COMMUNICATING OUR PARENTS, OUR TEACHERS THAT WE CARE ABOUT THOSE LITTLE BODIES THAT'S IN THE SCHOOL THIS AND IF THE TRAIN ISN'T WORKING AIR CONDITIONERS NOT WORKING THE HEAT IS NOT WORKING IN THE STATE AS A POLICY ABOUT HOW HOT THE COLD THOSE CLASSROOMS AND IF THEY DON'T THOSE THOSE CONDITIONS THEN THOSE CHILDREN SO PLEASE I WANT TO KNOW I DON'T I CAN'T SPEAK FOR ANYONE ELSE BUT I WANT THANK MR. FRAZIER TWO THINGS I KNOW THE PARENTS ARE REACHING TO YOU OR TO REACHING OUT TO THE PRINCIPAL FIRST AND IT DOES SEEM LIKE I DON'T I REALLY OR ANY PATIENT ABOUT ANYTHING ISSUES AND THE PARENTS ARE HAVING ISSUES WITH THE EATING AT BLUFFTON BUT IT MIGHT BE AN ISSUE OF HOW THE PRINCIPAL COMMUNICATING TO THE PARENTS INSTEAD OF THE PARENTS COMING TO YOU SECOND IS TRAINEE ONLY MANUFACTURER OF THESE EQUIPMENT THAT WE CAN PURCHASE HURT THEM IN THEIR POCKETS MORE TO SEND NOT A LETTER BUY IT FROM SOMEONE ELSE IT'S NOT BEING IF I CAN ANSWER THAT QUESTION SO LET ME START BY SAYING THERE IS NOTHING MORE FRUSTRATING TO ME THAN BRAND NEW UNIT NOT WORKING THAT JUST DRIVES ME BATTY AND IT HAPPENS FAR TOO OFTEN THAN IT SHOULD IN THE UNITED STATES THERE'S ONLY THREE MAIN MANUFACTURERS OF AIR CONDITIONING COMMERCIAL AIR CONDITIONING UNITS AND TRAIN CARRIER AND. THERE'S A DAIKIN WELL THAT'S FOREIGN BUT WHAT WE ARE CONSTANTLY MEETING WITH TRAIN AND CONSTANTLY LOOKING FOR ALTERNATIVE SOLUTIONS WE'RE HEARING OF CARRIER IS THAT THEIR REPUTATION IS WORSE THAN TRAIN WHAT WE'RE HEARING FROM TRAIN IS THAT THEY ARE DOING YOU KNOW THEY WILL IMPROVE CONSTANTLY AND THE SAME PROBLEMS CONTINUE TO OCCUR. WE ARE ACTUALLY MEETING NEXT WEEK WITH A SMALL STARTUP COMMERCIAL CONDITIONING COMPANY FROM NORTH CAROLINA THAT WE'RE HOPEFUL IS ABLE TO POSSIBLY MEET OUR NEEDS. SO I JUST SAY THAT I AM FRUSTRATED AS ANYBODY ABOUT THIS AND I AM CONSTANTLY LOOKING TO FIND A BETTER ALTERNATIVE I HAVE NOT FOUND IT YET MATTER OF FACT WE JOKE I JOKE AND THEY YOU THAT I'M GOING TO START AN AIR CONDITIONING COMPANY BECAUSE THEY'RE TERRIBLE AND SOMEBODY NEEDS TO START ONE THAT WORKS BUT. MR.. MR.. 
          THANK YOU. I'LL LET YOU SUCCESSFUL THAT RIGHT AND JUST JUST TO SAY THAT MRS. GODDARD DID STATE MY MY POINT BUT JUST TO AS MR. MRDAK MR. DANIELS OUTLINED AND IN TERMS OF I DON'T THINK THAT THAT THAT WE ARE OVERLOOKING THE EMAILS BECAUSE WHENEVER I GET THOSE SITUATIONS I GO AND I CHECK AND MAKE SURE THAT DID NOT RECEIVE ONE WHEN WHEN I WHEN I GET THESE THESE RING OF CALLS SO THERE WAS ALREADY A PROPOSAL THAT WE SAT DOWN IN THE OPERATIONS COMMITTEE MEETING AND WE HAD WE HAD A DISCUSSION SO I I UNDERSTAND WHAT MRS. BALTIMORE MRS. OR MRS. MRS. SECOND WAS SECOND MRS. SECRETARY WHAT WAS WHAT SHE JUST SAID BUT I THINK IT SPEAKS BEYOND THAT IS IT'S PLACED UPON HOLD ACCOUNTABLE FOR WHAT THEY THAT THEY WOULD DO IT AND SO NOW IT'S TIME IF YOU SAID YOU WOULD DO IT DO IT IT'S THAT'S PRETTY MUCH IT POINT BLANK DOT COM PERIOD AND IT'S NOT THIS AN AMBUSH ABOUT LET'S TALK SO WE'RE GOING TO BEAT THAT HORSE AND THAT'S LIKE THERE'S PRESSURE ON ALL RIGHT GO AHEAD. WELL CONTINUING OTHER PROJECT UPDATES THOSE ARE 8% CAP PROJECTS. YOU HAVE YOUR FOOD SERVICE AND OTHER MISCELLANEOUS PROJECTS. 
          WE DON'T REALLY HAVE ANY MAJOR CONCERNS TO REPORT ON. SO RIGHT NOW EVERYTHING IS SHOWING A GREEN LIGHT AND WE ARE ACTUALLY FAST TRACKING TOWARDS FY 26 PROJECTS BEING UNDERWAY FOR DESIGN AND CONTRACTING COMMUNITY COMMUNITY OUTREACH AS YOU GUYS IN THIS UPDATE THAT WE HAD TO RESCHEDULE IT WELL NOW WE HAVE A DATE IF YOU GUYS HAVEN'T 
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ALREADY SEEN IT. THE GROUNDBREAKING FOR THE MAY RIVER CTE AND JROTC AUDITIONS WILL TAKE PLACE NEXT I'M SORRY TWO WEEKS FROM NOW IT BE FEBRUARY 11TH 2020 2020 5:02 P.M. INSTRUCTIONS HAVE BEEN SENT OUT OVER TO PARKING AND THE CEREMONY IS GOING TO TAKE PLACE SO VISITATIONS MOVING ALONG THE REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS AND QUALIFICATIONS WE HAVE TWO ITEMS THAT ARE GOING TO BE PRESENTED ON TUESDAY FOR SELECTION OF THE ARCHITECTS THAT WILL DO THE BLUFFTON HIGH SCHOOL ADDITION AS WELL AS THE RIVER VIEW CHARTER ADDITION ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THE CONSTRUCTION UPDATES? ALL RIGHT. 
          WELL WITH THAT BEING SAID, NO QUESTIONS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME, ERNIE . OKAY. 
          [Book Review Board Procedural Options]
SO WE START THE BOOK REVIEW . GOOD MORNING. MORNING, DR. TRAVIS. 
          I GET A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO FOLLOW UP CHAIRMAN GUYER I JUST WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT. 
          MR. COPELAND COMES DOWN BECAUSE I HAVE HIM IN HIS OFFICE AREA PREPPING THIS BECAUSE I MY SPEECH IS THE PRACTICE LINE FOR THE AFTERNOON AFTER Y'ALL HAD LUNCH BUT I WILL WORK WITH THE LOWER BLOOD SUGAR AND WE WILL GO FORWARD AT THIS TIME AND MR. RYAN SHOULD BE HERE SO I WILL START WITH MY NARRATIVE. THANK YOU, MRS. CUSHING. BARRY I'LL SHARE WITH YOU WHAT ITEMS YOU HAVE IN YOUR FOLDERS AND THEN I WILL BRING FORWARD RYAN TO ALSO BE PART OF THE PRESENTATION. SO ONCE AGAIN GOOD MORNING CHAIRMAN GEIER AND BOARD MEMBERS TODAY I BRING FORWARD RYAN HAYNE HE'LL BE HERE MOMENTARILY. 
          HE IS OUR COORDINATOR OF LIBRARY AND MEDIA SERVICES. MR. COPELAND BRINGS FORWARD SCHOOL LIBRARY AND PROFESSIONAL MEDIA EXPERIENCE HE WAS HE A WRITER ACTUALLY FOR A LOCAL NEWSPAPER FOR THE PRESENTATION WILL FOCUS UPON UPDATES REGARDING THE SOUTH CAROLINA 43 SEC DASH 170 AND AS SOME OF YOU ARE AWARE THIS LEGISLATION IS SINCE IS SUPPORTED BY THE ADMINISTRATIVE EMBED REGULATION FROM MY INSTRUCTIONAL SERVICES AND THAT 38.1 YOUR PACKET INCLUDES AN EXECUTIVE, A PRESENTATION AND A DRAFT MOTION FOR YOUR REVIEW AND ACTION NOT TO TAKE TIME FROM THE PRESENTATION AS I BRING FORWARD MR. COPELAND WHO WILL PRESENT UP UNTIL 14 AND I WANT TO MAKE MENTION OF THAT BECAUSE WE WILL WALK THROUGH THE PRESENTATION, ASK FOR A PAUSE FOR YOU TO BE OPEN FOR CONVERSATION AND AT THAT TIME IF YOU WILL CONSIDER A MOTION AND THEN WITH THAT AFTER HAS TRANSPIRED THEN I WILL GIVE YOU SOME UPDATES, SOME POINTS THAT I'D LIKE TO SHARE WITH YOU AS BOARD MEMBERS. 
          SO HI RYAN. SO WITH THAT WHAT YOU ACTUALLY HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU AT THIS TIME IS THE EXECUTIVE SUMMARY AND CUSHING BARRY IF YOU COULD PAUSE RIGHT THERE WHAT YOU'LL SEE IN THIS SECTION RIGHT THERE JUST SLIDE DOWN A LITTLE. THANK YOU MA'AM. 
          THERE WILL BE THREE OPTIONS THAT YOU ARE TO SELECT. MR. COPELAND IS GOING TO THROUGH THEM IN DETAIL WITH YOU. I WANT TO GIVE YOU A QUICK SUMMARY WHERE YOU AS A BOARD HAVE TO DECIDE THE PROCESS IN ALIGNMENT. 
          THE NEW LEGISLATION UPDATE THERE ARE THREE OPTIONS YOU WILL HAVE. 
          ONE IS TO CONTINUE IN THE PROCESS THAT WE HAVE AS A SYSTEM. 
          RYAN WILL GO INTO DETAILS OF HOW THAT WAS DEVELOPED OPTION NUMBER TWO YOU AS A BOARD WILL WORK TO BE A COMMITTEE A BOOK REVIEW OR OPTION NUMBER THREE WHERE TITLES AS A BOARD MEMBER YOU WILL SEND IT DIRECTLY TO THE STATE TO STATE AT THAT POINT WOULD HAVE A DECISION THAT THEY COULD EITHER REVIEW OR PUSH IT BACK DOWN TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS RECOGNIZING THAT OPTION ONE AND TWO STILL HAVE TO GO INTO PLACE. 
          EACH ONE OF THESE OPTIONS HAVE A 90 DAY WINDOW AND YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR THIS TIMES IN THIS PRESENTATION. I WANT THAT TO BE UNDER CONSIDERATION FOR YOU. 
          SO WITH THAT, RYAN, THANK YOU FOR JOINING SIR. THANK YOU. 
          DR. STRATUS AND THANK YOU CHAIRMAN GEIER AND BOARD I WANTED TO PROVIDE AN OVERVIEW 
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AND UPDATE FOR LEGISLATION THAT PASSED IN JULY AND WENT INTO EFFECT IN AUGUST THAT AFFECTS INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS ALONG WITH, AS DR. STRATIS MENTIONED, OPTIONS BASED ON THE LEGISLATION FOR OUR REVIEW PROCESS MOVING FORWARD ENDING WITH A RECOMMENDATION FOR MOTION THIS LEGISLATION SOUTH CAROLINA REGULATION 43 170 OUTLINES A PROCESS FOR INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIAL REVIEW THAT BUILDS ON PREVIOUS ENSURING MATERIALS IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS ARE AGENT DEVELOPMENTALLY APPROPRIATE AND ALIGNED TO CURRICULUM IT FURTHER DEFINES INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS AS THOSE INCLUDED WITHIN A SCHOOL LIBRARY. 
          SO THE TIMELINE FOR WHAT WE HAVE ALREADY DONE ON THE NEXT SLIDE THE SLIDE WILL SHOW YOU THAT FROM DECEMBER OF 2022 THROUGH NOVEMBER OF 2023 WE REVIEWED 96 BOOKS USING COMMITTEES COMPOSED OF EDUCATORS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS. 
          OUR PROCESS BROUGHT 82 COMMUNITY MEMBERS, 64 PARENTS, 61 TEACHERS, 33 DIRECTORS AND COORDINATORS, 28 SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS, 20 SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT COUNCIL MEMBERS AND 17 SCHOOL LIBRARIANS. EACH OF THESE NUMBERS ARE UNIQUE TO THEIR CATEGORY. 
          FOR INSTANCE, I SERVED THEN AS A SCHOOL LIBRARIAN BUT I'M ALSO PARENT OF DISTRICT STUDENTS. 
          I WAS ONLY COUNTED ONCE AND THE DIRECTORS AND COORDINATORS WHO SERVED ON THE COMMITTEES CAME FROM OUR FINANCE TECHNOLOGY, STUDENT SERVICES AND ESD. ON THE NEXT SLIDE YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE CRITERIA WE USED IN OUR REVIEW COMMITTEES WHICH WE PULLED DIRECTLY THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION MODEL POLICY AS WELL AS SUPREME COURT DECISIONS THAT HELPED PROVIDE INSIGHT INTO APPROPRIATENESS OF MATERIALS. YOU CAN ALSO SEE THERE THE FIRST PAGE OF THE RECONSIDERATION FORM WE DEVELOPED THAT INCLUDES CRITERIA SUCH AS EDUCATIONAL SIGNIFICANCE AND CONTENT QUALITY. 
          SO WHAT WE HAVE BEEN TASKED WITH AS THE DIRECT QUOTE FROM A SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION MEMO ON THE SLIDE SHOWS IS HARMONIZING OUR EXISTING REVIEW PROCESS THE NEW LEGISLATION. SO WHAT WOULD THAT HARMONIZED PROCEDURE LOOK LIKE THE SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION'S INSTRUCTIONAL CHALLENGE PATHWAY INFOGRAPHIC THE PROCESS WE USED BEFORE IN MANY WAYS AS IT ILLUSTRATES THE PARENT OR GUARDIAN IDENTIFIES THE MATERIAL IN QUESTION AND TAKES THEIR CONCERN TO THE SCHOOL SHOWN STEP TWO AND THREE IF THE ISSUE CAN BE SETTLED THERE FIRST IT ENDS THERE. IF THE ISSUE CANNOT BE AT THE SCHOOL LEVEL BY FILLING OUT THE UNIFORM PARENT COMPLAINT FORM WE'RE ON TO STEP FOUR WHICH IS THE REASON I'M HERE IN FRONT OF YOU TODAY TO PRESENT OPTIONS FOR MOVING FORWARD FROM THERE. 
          SO THE LEGISLATION NOW GIVES PROCEDURAL OPTIONS AND WHILE THE FINAL DECISION RESTS WITH THE BOARD, THE COMMITTEE REVIEW PROCESS WITH WHICH WE'RE FAMILIAR MAY STILL BE USED TO REPORT ON THE APPROPRIATENESS OF THE MATERIAL. THAT'S OUR FIRST OPTION. 
          THE SECOND OPTION IS THAT THE BOARD MAY REFER THE COMPLAINT TO A OF AT LEAST THREE BOARD MEMBERS AND WHOSE MEMBERSHIP LIMITED ONLY TO BOARD MEMBERS THIRD OPTION IS THAT THE BOARD MAY CHOOSE TO REQUEST THAT THE STATE BOARD EDUCATION REVIEW THE COMPLAINTS AND VOTE ON THE MATERIAL IN THE FIRST INSTANCE. SO LOOKING AT OPTION ONE THIS IS CONTINUING THE PROCESS SIMILAR TO WHAT WE'VE DONE BEFORE USING COMMUNITY REVIEW WHEN A COMPLAINT FORM IS SUBMITTED IT'S RECEIVED AND SHARED WITH THE BXP BOARD AND DISTRICT STAFF AND THINK I CAN BETTER SHOW THIS PROCESS WITH THE VISUAL IN THE NEXT SLIDE. SO THE BOARD RECEIVES A COMPLAINT A COMMUNITY REVIEW COMMITTEE IS FORMED AND THE MATERIAL IS READ AND REVIEWED. 
          THE COMMITTEE THEN REPORTS THEIR FINDINGS TO BOARD WHO VOTES AT THE NEXT MEETING. 
          AS YOU CAN SEE THIS ENTIRE PROCESS TAKES PLACE WITHIN 90 DAYS OF THE INITIAL COMPLAINT BEING SUBMITTED AND THE COMPLAINANT HAS THE OPTION TO APPEAL THE LOCAL BOARD DECISION IF THAT APPEAL IS UPHELD BY THE STATE BOARD STATE BOARD'S DECISION IS FINAL AND IT 
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IMPACTS THE ENTIRE STATE. SO OPTION TWO THIS IS AN OPTION FOR THE BOARD TO APPOINT ITS OWN SUBCOMMITTEE OF AT LEAST THREE BOARD MEMBERS TO READ AND REVIEW CHALLENGE MATERIAL AND REPORT BACK TO THE FULL BOARD AT A MEETING TO VOTE COMPLAINANTS AGAIN HAVE THE OPTION TO APPEAL THE DECISION TO THE STATE BOARD AND THE 90 DAY WINDOW IS AGAIN IN EFFECT THE VISUAL FOR THIS PROCESS ON THE NEXT SLIDE VERY SIMILAR TO THE PREVIOUS ONLY REPLACING THE COMMUNITY REVIEW COMMITTEE WITH THE BOARD COMMITTEE. SO THE NEXT OPTION OPTION THREE IS TO CHOOSE TO SEND THE COMPLAINTS DIRECTLY VIA WRITTEN EMAILED SUBMISSION TO THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION CHAIRPERSON THE STATE BOARD THEN MAY THEIR OWN VOTE ON THE MATERIAL AND THEIR DECISION BINDING FOR THE ENTIRE STATE WITH NO OPTION FOR FURTHER APPEAL. 
          THE VISUAL FOR THIS IS ADMITTEDLY A LITTLE MORE COMPLICATED THAN THE PREVIOUS TWO BUT IT'S SHOWN HERE AND YOU CAN SEE THAT THE COMPLAINT IS SENT TO THE BOARD. 
          THE BOARD SENDS IT DIRECTLY TO THE STATE BOARD FOR DECISION THE STATE BOARD VOTES ON THE AND THEIR DECISION IS FINAL OR AS IT'S WRITTEN IN THE LEGISLATION THE STATE BOARD CAN DECLINE TO REVIEW AT WHICH POINT IT COMES BACK THE BXP BOARD AND THE COMMUNITY REVIEW PROCESS OR THE INTERNAL BOARD PROCESS IS THEN IN EFFECT WITH THAT THE COMPLAINANT STILL HAS THE OPTION TO APPEAL BACK TO THE STATE BOARD. THE THING TO REMEMBER WITH THIS OPTION IS THAT WE HAVE NO CONTROL THE LENGTH OF TIME THE COMPLAINT RESTS WITH THE STATE BOARD SHOULD THEY CHOOSE TO REVIEW OR DECLINE BUT. THE 90 DAYS IS STILL IN EFFECT . SO IN SUMMARY ALL AVAILABLE OPTIONS INCLUDE THE 90 DAY WINDOW AND ALL THREE ALLOW THE COMPLAINT TO COME BEFORE THE BOARD. 
          OPTION ONE IS IN HARMONY OUR EXISTING PROCESS AND ALLOWS PUBLIC COMMENT AT A MEETING THE BOARD VOTES OPTION TWO ALLOWS THE BOARD TO FORM ITS OWN BOARD COMMITTEE TO REVIEW AND REPORT AT A FULL BOARD MEETING WHERE AGAIN A VOTE TAKES PLACE AFTER PUBLIC COMMENT AND OPTION THREE SENDS THE COMPLAINT DIRECTLY TO THE STATE ASKING THEM TO REVIEW AND VOTE ON THE MATERIAL IF THEY DECLINE TO REVIEW AND VOTE THE COMPLAINT COMES BACK TO THE BOARD AND EITHER COMMUNITY REVIEW OPTION ONE OR BOARD REVIEW PROCESS OPTION TWO. SO I'D LIKE TO PAUSE AND ASK YOU TO REFER TO YOUR EXECUTIVE SUMMARY WHERE THE THREE OPTIONS ARE LISTED AND IN ORDER FOR US TO MOVE FORWARD FROM HERE WE WOULD ASK FOR A BOARD DECISION ON WHICH OPTION IS SO THAT WE CAN ENSURE CONSISTENCY IN OUR PROCEDURAL PRACTICE. I WOULD LIKE TO START OR WE CAN DO WE CAN JUST DO BY PRIORITY AND AND ASK EACH BOARD MEMBER TO COMMENT AS TO PASSED REGARDING YOUR DISTRICT ONE WOULD YOU LIKE TO MAKE THE FIRST COMMENT YOU KNOW WHAT? LET ME HEAR EVERYBODY ELSE COMMENT LIKE OKAY, ALL RIGHT, YOU GOT THE RIGHT TO PASS MISS GORDON. THANK YOU, MR.. THANK YOU, GORDON. 
          I WAS LISTENING AND LOOKING AT THE OPTIONS I KNOW THAT I WAS A PART OF OPTION ONE AND WE CAN COMMITTEE AND I THOUGHT THEY DID A DECENT JOB BECAUSE WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT WHAT WE THINK OUR CHILDREN SHOULD READ AND WHAT PARENTS THINK OUR CHILDREN SHOULD BE THAT'S A BIG TEST. 
          IT REALLY AND THEN WHEN WE SAY WHAT OTHERS THEY SHOULDN'T THEN THAT'S A WHOLE NOTHER PIECE OF THE PIE. I WOULD RATHER DO OPTION BECAUSE IT DOES STILL ENCOMPASS THE BOARD MEMBERS AND WE GET TO HEAR IT WE GET TO SEE THE BOOKS THAT THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT BUT 
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I LIKE THE INTERACTION WITH THE COMMUNITY AND WITH PARENTS TEACHERS HAVING TO LOOK AT THESE BOOKS. I WAS FACED SO SO I AM LEANING MORE TOWARDS OPTION ONE TODAY THAT DOESN'T MEAN WHEN I GO HOME I GO TO SLEEP AND WAKE UP AND GO OH MAN, MAYBE OPTION TWO BUT I HAVE TO SAY SOMETHING TODAY ONE THANK YOU. NEXT DISTRICT THREE MR. SMITH I'LL PASS FAST. I'M DISTRICT FOUR AND I WILL SAY THAT I AGREE WITH OPTION ONE AND WE'VE GONE THROUGH THAT PROCESS. I THINK IT'S A GOOD PROCESS AND INVOLVEMENT. SO I'M A VERY GOOD OPTION ONE AT THIS TIME A DISTRICT FIVE MR. NAY THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. THIS IS A TOUGH SUBJECT WE'VE ALREADY BEEN THROUGH THIS WE'VE BEEN DOWN THIS ROAD ONCE IT CREATED A SIGNIFICANT RIFT IN OUR COMMUNITY OPTION SEEMS TO BE THE BEST OPTION TWO I THINK IS A NO GO BECAUSE THE DIVISION IN THE IN THE COMMUNITY WOULD ONLY BE BUILT BY THE BOARD REGARDLESS OF WHAT WE DO. SO I THINK OPTION TWO IS BAD OPTION THREE IS CASIMIR IN FOR THE BOARD FOR THE BOOKS THAT WERE ALREADY CONTESTED SO WE DO OPTION ONE I BELIEVE IT'S BEST FOR NEW BOOKS FOR BOOKS THAT HAVE NOT ALREADY BEEN CONTESTED IF IF IF BECAUSE IF I IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN EVEN IF WE DO OPTION ONE A PARENT STILL HAS THE RIGHT TO APPEAL TO THE STATE. SO IF THEY WANT TO IT'S THERE'S NO POINT ALMOST IN US DOING ANYTHING AT THAT POINT ANYWAYS BECAUSE OF THE PARENT IS ADAMANT ABOUT DOING IT AT LEAST WE CAN SAY THAT WE INVOLVED COMMUNITY IT CAME BEFORE THE BOARD BEFORE WE SENT IT TO THE BOARD OR TO THE STATE BOARD BUT FOR AS FOR REST OF IT I HAVE NO NO DESIRE TO REHASH THOSE 97 BOOKS THAT WE ALREADY WENT THROUGH SO. 
          I WOULD SAY OPTION ONE FOR NEW BOOKS OPTION THREE FOR BOOKS THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN CONTESTED. OKAY NEXT IS DISTRICT SIX. MR. SMALL YOU'RE GOING TO PASS OKAY SIR. UNLESS DISTRICT SEVEN DR. CARR I'LL ECHO MY COLLEAGUES I THINK THE COMMUNITY SHOULD BE INVOLVED IN PROCESS SEEM TO WORK QUITE WELL SO I WOULD GO WITH OPTION AND FOR NEW STUFF THANKS AND MR. JEFFRIES MR. DALLAS OPTION ONE DISTRICT NINE IS MR. FRAZIER I AGREE WITH VICTOR NAY MR. NAY NUMBER ONE FOR NEW AND NUMBER THREE FOR THE ONE THAT WENT THROUGH OR OKAY DISTRICT TEN IS MS. HEY AND I DON'T SHE SAYS WHAT OPTION. OKAY OPTION THREE ALL RIGHT GOT IT AND DISTRICT 11 SO RIGHT I LIKE THIS BECAUSE I'M PLAYING POSITION HERE TO HEAR EVERYBODY ELSE AND THEN I SPEAK LAST I'M OPTION THREE FOR THE WHOLE THING AND THE REASON IS I UNDERSTAND WHY ONE AND INVOLVING THE COMMUNITY MAKES MERIT SOMETHING FOR BOOKS BUT FIRST OF ALL THAT LIBRARY OF OUR CURRENT WAS EXHAUSTIVELY RESEARCH SO I DON'T THINK THEY'RE GOING TO FIND BOOK. 
          I MEAN I KNOW THE PROCESS THAT WAS GONE THROUGH AND THE DATA WAS AVAILABLE IT WOULD BE STUNNING TO ME TO FIND NOW I GUESS AT SOME POINT SOMEONE COULD GET A NEW BOOK THAT SOMEONE ELSE WOULD FIND AND THAT WOULD BE BUT HERE'S THE REASON I THINK OPTION THREE FOR EVERYTHING WE WORE OUT OUR COMMUNITY REVIEWING 97 BOOKS IT IS NOT AN EASY PROCESS. 
          YOU HAVE TO GET VOLUNTEERS. SO THAT'S ONE THING IS THAT THE COMMUNITY I THINK HAVING REVIEWED YOU KNOW IN CARE WHAT YOU DO WHEN YOU DO AN AUDIT IS YOU TAKE A SAMPLE OF CHARTS AND THEN YOU IT WE SAMPLED 97 CHARTS OUT OF OUR LIBRARIES I THINK WE HAVE A GOOD SENSE OF WHERE THE COMMUNITY IS AS A WHOLE RIGHT? BUT WHATEVER IF A BOOK WERE TO COME UP AND THE COMMUNITY SAYS TAKE IT OFF THE SHELVES OR IF A NEW BOOK COMES UP AND THE COMMUNITY SAYS KEEP WE'RE GOING TO GO TO THE STATE JAIL, NO ONE'S GOING TO BE LIKE WELL THE COMMUNITY HAS SPOKEN. SO I THINK NO MATTER WHAT HAPPENS WE ARE GOING TO THE STATE'S GOING TO END UP RULING ON ALL OF THESE. WE'VE BEEN ON TV IT'S MONOPOLIZED OUR MEETINGS WE'VE REVIEWED A HUGE CHUNK OF LIBRARY BOOKS AND I THINK WE'VE REVIEWED EVERY BOOK CURRENTLY IN OUR LIBRARY THAT THAT WOULD REQUIRE THE ONLY USE CASE I CAN THINK OF IS IF SOMEONE BOUGHT NEW BOOK AND IF IF THERE'S A LIBRARIAN YOU KNOW I JUST CAN'T IMAGINE SO I AM OPTION THREE ALL THE WAY I GO BACK TO THE PAST AND SEE THE PEOPLE THAT PASSED AFTER HEARING THIS DISCUSSION WOULD LIKE TO SAY SOMETHING TO PASTOR GORDON. WELL, I WATCHED HERE EXCUSE ME I WATCHED IT ON THE NEWS . 
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I WATCHED IT ON 60 MINUTES. YEAH, I WATCHED IT ON YOU KNOW, WHAT IT HAD ON THE COMMUNITY AND A TEACHER READING. I THOUGHT THAT WAS THE BEST WAY TO DO IT BESIDES HEARING THE OTHER OPTIONS NOW BUT I DON'T KNOW RIGHT NOW I'M STILL ON ONE SO OPTION ONE OKAY. 
          HOW YOU DID IT BEFORE BECAUSE YOU ALREADY KNOW THE PROCESS. MAYBE YOU NEED TO ADJUST SOME OF IT AS WE GO BUT I'M KIND OF FEELING OPTION ONE. OKAY MR. YOU PASSED YOU STILL PASSED STILL PASSED. MR. SMALL ACTION ONE OPTION ONE OKAY. 
          ALL RIGHT ANY ALIBI IS LIKE THIS EVEN FURTHER. I MEAN ON OPTION ONE OH SORRY SORRY OPTION ONE WHERE IT SAYS COMPLAINANT HAS OPTION TO APPEAL TO THE STATE BOARD IS THAT STILL VIABLE? BECAUSE MY ASSUMPTION WAS THAT THEY STILL CAN JUST SEND IT DIRECTLY TO THE STATE BOARD AND WE WOULDN'T HAVE TO REDO THOSE MAY MAN SO MR. DALLAS WITH REGARD TO PRIOR REVIEW THAT IS A DECISION THAT THIS BOARD HAD MADE THAT LANGUAGE IS SILENT IN THE LEGISLATION BUT IS A DECISION THAT WE HAD HAS BEEN MADE AS BOARD FOR BCS DEALING WITH OPTION ONE THE COMPLAINT AND AFTER THE COMMITTEE'S RECOMMENDATION COMES TO THE BOARD THEY STILL HAVE THAT OPTION TO GO IF THEY'RE NOT SATISFIED TO THIS STATE. 
          I ALSO WANT TO BRING TO YOUR ATTENTION THAT WITH OPTION THREE WE HAVE TO TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION CLOCK IS TICKING. YOU MAY DIRECT A COMPLAINT DIRECTLY TO THE STATE WE HAVE NO CONTROL BUT WHEN IT COMES BACK TO US AND WHEN WE DO HAVE TO PUT INTO PLACE A COMMUNITY REVIEW OR THE BOARD MUST REVIEW SO WE MAY RECEIVE INFORMATION BACK FROM THE STATE ON THE 80TH DAY OF THE CLOCK TICKING WHICH GIVES YOU TEN DAYS TO TURN SOMETHING AROUND. 
          SO I WANT TO BE CONSCIOUS OF THAT. MRS. BOATWRIGHT IS 100% AT POINT TO SAY WE HAVE EXHAUSTED OUR LISTING OF MATERIAL ALREADY. 
          AND I WANT TO BRING TO YOUR ATTENTION A BOARD WITH THE OPTION THAT MR. NAY HAS BROUGHT FORTH THAT YOUR MOTION DOESN'T CONFIRM THE LANGUAGE THAT YOU HAD PUT FORWARD. 
          IF THERE'S GOING TO BE A CHANGE OF MOTION YOU NEED TO LOOK AT THAT AS WELL COLLECTIVELY AS A BOARD JUST MAKING SUGGESTIONS I'M NOT DIRECTING YOU BUT JUST TRYING TO GIVE SOME ADVICE SIR. 
          SO JUST SO JUST ONE CLEAR IF WE CHOOSE OPTION ONE COLLECTIVELY ALL OF THE COMPLAINANTS CAN IN IT DIRECTLY TO THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION THEY CANNOT KNOW OH NO SIR. 
          NO SIR. YOU ALL RIGHT? I THINK I'M PIGGYBACKING ON MR. DALLAS FOR THOSE WHO ARE VOTING FOR OPTION ONE. AS I UNDERSTAND IT, IF WE WERE TO PICK OPTION ONE ALL 97 BOOKS COULD COME BACK TO US FOR COMMUNICATION AND. 
          THEN BEING SENT TO THAT LANGUAGE IS WAS NOT USED AT ALL FOR EACH ONE OF THESE OPTIONS OR THE PRIOR REVIEWED TITLES. THE PROCESS FOR THAT IS SILENT IN THE LAW AS A BOARD YOU COLLECTIVELY MADE A DECISION I RECOGNIZE IS NEW BOARD MEMBERS AND I MEAN IT WITH RESPECT. 
          THE BOARD MADE A DECISION THAT PRIOR REVIEW TITLES NO WHAT OPTION YOU SELECT GO DIRECTLY TO THE STATE OKAY SO THEN WHAT MR. NAY IS REALLY SUGGESTION SUGGESTING THREE BUT ONE FOR NEW BOOKS IS REALLY JUST OPTION ONE BECAUSE THE OTHER THREE ARE DONE. 
          THAT'S WHY I OKAY. YES MA'AM. THE OTHER DISCUSSION BEFORE WE HAVE A MOTION PRESENTED YESTERDAY YOU LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION MR. CHAIR I MOVE THAT THE BOARD THE SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD OF EDUCATION APPROVE OPTION ONE FOR PROCEEDING WITH THE PROCEDURE SELECTION OR RECONSIDERATION OF INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIAL PURSUANT TO SOUTH REGULATION BOARD THREE TECH 173 SECOND DALLAS ANY ANY OTHER DISCUSSION OKAY I WANT TO DO A ROLL CALL VOTE FOR THIS MOTION BARRY IF YOU WILL CALL THE ROLL IN IF YOU WHEN YOUR NAME IS CALLED YOU CAN STAY I OR NAY AND IF YOU WISH TO SAY WHY YOU'RE THAT FOR YOUR CONSTITUENTS INFORMATION FEEL FREE TO DO OKAY NO AND THE REASON IS SINCE 
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I'M ALLOWED TO DO THAT I KNOW PEOPLE THAT PARTICIPATE IN THE BOOK REVIEW PROCESS IT WAS INCREDIBLY CHALLENGING THERE WERE THREATS MADE TO THEM? IT WAS AN UNPLEASANT PROCESS. 
          SO WHILE I RESPECT COMMUNITY INPUT ON THIS I FEEL LIKE AFTER 97 BOOKS I'M READY TO LET THE COMMUNITY OFF THE HOOK ON THIS . I ABSTAINED I THE NUMBER ONE I I I I I I I JUST WILL SAY 81 THE AYES HAVE IT THE MOTION CARRIES BOARD MEMBERS THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND WITH THAT MRS. CUSHING BARRY, IF YOU MAY PLEASE GO TO THE VERY LAST SLIDE IN A PRESENTATION PRESENTATION THIS IS GOING TO PICK UP ON WHAT TWO OF YOUR BOARD MEMBERS HAVE BROUGHT FORWARD TITLES THAT HAVE BEEN ALREADY REVIEWED. 
          WE HAVE RECEIVED A COMPLAINT WITH THE WRITING TITLES THAT HAVE BEEN PREVIOUSLY REVIEWED THAT COMPLAINT DID NOT FOLLOW THE UPDATED LEGISLATION. I WANT TO BRING THAT TO EACH OF YOUR ATTENTION? IT WENT DIRECTLY TO THE DISTRICT WHERE IT SHOULD GO TECHNICALLY TO THE SCHOOL SITE BUT AS A BOARD COLLECTIVELY AND OR A BOARD YOU'VE MADE A DECISION THAT THESE THESE TITLES WILL GO DIRECTLY TO THE STATE. 
          SO I JUST WANTED TO BRING THAT TO YOUR ATTENTION THESE ARE FIVE CURRENT TITLES THAT WE'RE GOING TO REFER TO THE STATE. I ALSO WANT TO BRING TO YOUR ATTENTION THAT THE PROCESS DID NOT FOLLOW INITIALLY TO THE SCHOOL SITE AND WE'RE LANDING ON THE LANGUAGE WHAT TO DO WITH TITLES IS SILENT WITHIN THE LEGISLATION SO I JUST WANT YOU TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THAT AS WELL A CONVERSATION AND I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR TIME AND YOUR DECISION TO GO WITH THE MOTION. 
          GREATLY APPRECIATE YOUR TIME. THANK AND THANKS TO DR. STRATUS. 
          I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT QUESTION FOR THE BOARD. YES, SIR. 
          ANY QUESTIONS, MR. SMITH? THAT WAS JUST COMMENT. THANK YOU FOR YOUR HARD WORK AND THANK YOU FOR BRINGING UP TO US AND COMMUNICATING WITH US AND WITH THIS INFORMATION SO THAT WE WOULD KNOW THIS WE ARE IF IT COMES UP. WE THANK YOU FOR THAT LETTING US KNOW THAT. THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE EACH YOU AND OTHER COMMENTS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME I THINK IT'S TIME FOR LUNCH A TAKE A LUNCH RECESS THAT'S A START BACK OKAY CALL ME BACK TO ORDER AND THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS STIPENDS STIPENDS. 
          [Stipends]
GOOD AFTERNOON. IT WAS A WONDERFUL LUNCH WASN'T IT A GOOD JOB. 
          SO I WANT TO START BY WARNING YOU THAT I HAVE I HAVE BEEN FIGHTING WAR SINCE JANUARY 1ST. 
          SO IT'S COMING AND GOING. I THINK PROBABLY MANY OF OTHERS HAVE DONE THAT AS WELL AND SO IF I BEGIN TO COUGH I HAVE SOME COUGH DROPS AND WATER AND SOME BACKUP A COUPLE OF BACKUP PLAN. 
          SO I'M READY. SO I THINK A FEW MONTHS AGO THERE WAS A REQUEST, A STIPEND STUDY. IT WAS PUT ON THE FUTURE TOPICS . 
          THIS IS THAT TOPIC AND THIS IS A BRIEF SUMMARY AND THEN WE'LL HAVE SOME ADDITIONAL DETAILS COMING AFTER TODAY'S MEETING. SO THIS IN PREVIOUS YEARS OUR LAST YEAR THIS TIME WE AS PART 
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OF THE BUDGET PROCESS ADDED DOLLARS FOR STIPENDS ACROSS THE DISTRICT $500,000 WAS APPROVED FOR THAT BUDGET. SO WITH THE INTENTION OF I LOOKING AT NOT JUST ONE SET OF STIPENDS FOR PARTICULAR EMPLOYEES BUT OF LOOKING AT ALL OF THEM. 
          SO THE PURPOSE OF THE WAS TO DEVELOP A SIMPLIFIED EQUITABLE AND FLEXIBLE STIPEND SCHEDULE TO ADDRESS SCHOOLS NEEDS AND AREAS OF ACADEMICS, FINE AND PERFORMING ARTS AND ATHLETICS AND THE BOARD IDENTIFIED SPECIFICALLY FINE AND PERFORMING ARTS LAST YEAR INITIATIVES AS ONE OF ITS TOP TEN PRIORITIES IN THE 2425 BUDGET WHICH WE ARE IN NOW. 
          SO ONCE THAT BUDGET WAS PASSED WE BEGAN TO BUILD A PLAN AND WE PUT TOGETHER A TEAM PROJECT TEAM FIRST THAT TEAM WAS MADE UP OF REPRESENTATIVES FROM HUMAN RESOURCES. 
          MS. WALTON MR. HUNT JENNIFER HAMLIN WAS KEY TO THIS WHOLE PROCESS AND SO SHE AND I AND THE TWO REPRESENTATIVES FROM HUMAN RESOURCES GOT TOGETHER TO PLAN OUT WHAT THE NEEDS WERE. 
          WE DECIDED TO INCLUDE FOCUS GROUPS IN THE PROCESS AND THEN WITH ULTIMATE OVERSIGHT AND REVIEW BY THE SUPERINTENDENT. SO WE ALL REVIEWED IT MULTIPLE PRESENTED QUESTIONS, FEEDBACK AND A FEW MODIFICATIONS WERE MADE BUT FOR THE MOST THE PROPOSAL THAT WAS BROUGHT FORWARD WAS INITIATED SO THE PROJECT AGAIN WAS MS. I ALREADY DONE THAT SLIDE. 
          OKAY LET ME CATCH UP TO YOU AND THEN OUR GROUPS WERE MADE UP OF PRINCIPALS FROM ELEMENTARY MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOLS SO WE HAD REPRESENTATIVES WE HAD ZOOM MEETINGS TO THEIR INPUT AND TO GET ANY SPECIFIC QUESTIONS ANSWERED THAT THEY MAY HAVE HAD . 
          SO THE PROCESS WAS THAT WE BEGAN WITH THE PROJECT TEAM MEETING. 
          WE BUILT THE STRATEGY AND THEN WE INTENDED OR HELD THE FOCUS GROUP MEETINGS AND THEN WE RESEARCHED OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS. SO I'LL GO INTO A FEW DETAILS ABOUT THAT. WE GATHER DATA DEVELOPED METHODOLOGY AND THEN PROPOSED A FINAL FINAL PROPOSAL CAME FORWARD TO THE TEAM AND THEN FOR FINAL REVIEW. 
          SO THE COMPARABLE SCHOOL DISTRICTS THAT WE LOOKED AT WERE GREENVILLE COUNTY DISTRICT ,ORANGE COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT, ROCK HILL, GEORGETOWN, RICHLAND ONE, AIKEN AND FORT MILL. AND THE REASONS WHY WE SELECTED THESE WERE A COMBINATION OF THINGS BOTH THEY WERE SOME WERE COASTAL COUNTIES WHICH IS IMPORTANT FOR US. 
          MANY OF THESE ARE GROWING COUNTIES AND TO BE HONEST IT'S SOMETIMES DIFFICULT TO FIND THE INFORMATION ON THE SCHOOL DISTRICT'S SO THOSE THAT WERE AVAILABLE AND THAT WE WERE ABLE TO FIND AND COMPARE WITH WE SO WE LISTED AS ONE OF THE GROUPS SO THAT IS THE RATIONALE BETWEEN IDENTIFYING PARTICULAR GROUPS. WE DID SPECIFICALLY LOOK FOR CHARLESTON COUNTY DISTRICT WHICH WAS NOT AVAILABLE ON THE WEBSITE SO THE THINGS THAT WE FOUND OUT OF THE STUDY FIRST OF ALL WAS THAT OURS WAS EXTREMELY COMPLICATED AND VERY SPECIFIC AND VERY LONG COMPARED TO MANY OF THE OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS THERE WERE MORE CONDENSED COLLAPSE CONSOLIDATED INTO MAJOR CATEGORIES SO WE WANTED TO SIMPLIFY SO WE THE SCHEDULES WE WANTED TO UPDATE PARTICULARLY THE ACADEMIC SCHEDULES WE CREATED A RESULT OF LOOKING AT THE OTHER DISTRICTS. WE CREATED A NEW PERFORMING ARTS FINE AND PERFORMING SCHEDULE SO IT'S SEPARATE. SO NOW THERE ARE THREE SCHEDULES INSTEAD OF TWO SO ACADEMIC FINE AND PERFORMING AND ATHLETICS ALL OF THE WERE PAID FOR WITHIN THAT HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS THAT DID HAVE TO INCLUDE THE BENEFITS COSTS WHICH INCLUDED RETIREMENT WHICH IS MANDATED FROM THE SOUTH CAROLINA RETIREMENT SYSTEM THAT WE PAY RETIREMENT ON THESE BECAUSE THE EXPENDITURES RECURRING COMPENSATION TO EMPLOYEES SO THAT A RETIREMENT WAS A BIG HIT BECAUSE IT'S ABOUT 25% OF THE MATCH SO IT DIDN'T ALLOW US TO DO QUITE AS MUCH OF AN INCREASE AS WE HAD HOPED BECAUSE WE DID HAVE TO PAY FOR THOSE COSTS. THERE WAS NO LESS THAN 3% HIGH SCHOOLS RECEIVED 3%. 
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WE FOUND THAT THE THE MIDDLE SCHOOLS AND SOME SCHEDULES HAD NOT BEEN UPDATED IN SEVERAL YEARS SO THOSE RECEIVED SLIGHTLY MORE OF AN INCREASE BUT BUT AS A RESULT NO LESS BASICALLY 3% ACROSS THE BOARD FOUR FOR THE STIPEND THE JUST THE STIPEND COST NOT INCLUDING THE BENEFITS FOR ACADEMIC AND FOR THE ACADEMIC STIPENDS WAS $207,000 AND ADDITIONAL STIPENDS WERE 90 SO IT WAS A SMALLER PORTION OF THE TOTAL TOTAL SORT I BELIEVE IN THAT SCENARIO FINE AND PERFORMING ARTS BUDGET IT DOES IS IT IS INCLUDED THAT ACADEMIC IS THAT RIGHT. YES SO THAT WOULD BE ACADEMIC AND AND PERFORMING ARTS WITHIN $207,000. SO AGAIN THE STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT FEEDBACK WAS ESSENTIAL TO THIS WE DID A SERIES IT WAS QUITE A SERIES OF TIMES TIME THAT WE REVIEWED THIS WE DID IMPLEMENT CLOSER TO THE OCTOBER TIMEFRAME THAT THE STIPENDS WENT OUT IN DECEMBER FOR THE FIRST HALF OF THE YEAR WE DO PAY STIPENDS FOR ATHLETIC FINE AND PERFORMING ARTS AND ACADEMIC IN AND INSTALL HALF IN THE FALL AND THEN HALF IN THE SPRING IN CASE THERE ARE ANY CHANGES IN STAFFING WHERE SOMEONE MAY MOVE OUT OF THAT ROLE AND TO ANOTHER SO THE STIPEND SCHEDULE HAS NOW BEEN FULLY EXECUTED FOR 425 SCHOOL YEAR AND IT IS OUT ON OUR WEBSITE UNDER A LINK AND IT CAN BE ACCESSED THIS POWERPOINT PRESENTATION AND THIS IS THIS DOCUMENT IS PRODUCED BY MS. WALTON'S OFFICE. THE STIPEND SCHEDULES ARE NEAR THE BACK OF THE SCHEDULE. THIS INCLUDES THE TEACHER SALARY SCHEDULE, THE ADMINISTRATIVE AND CLASSIFIED SCHEDULES AS WELL. SO CAN LOOK THROUGH THE TABLE OF CONTENTS AND IT WILL BE NEAR THE BACK BUT THAT IS INFORMATION OF THE ON THE NEW SCHEDULES AND MANY OF THE CATEGORIES WERE CONSOLIDATED TO PROVIDE FLEXIBILITY TO OUR PRINCIPLES TO BE ABLE TO MAKE DECISIONS SO. THEY WEREN'T SO SPECIFIC. 
          THEY WERE ACQUIRING THINGS THAT THEY DIDN'T NEED SO IT ALLOWED THEM TO HAVE SOME MORE SAY AND IN THE SELECTIONS OF STIPENDS THAT THEY WERE ABLE TO PROVIDE I DID RECEIVE A REQUEST FROM SOME ADDITIONAL DETAILS AS BOATWRIGHT ASKED AND SO HAVE ACTUALLY WE ALREADY HAVE A BINDER OR I SORT OF SAY IT'S ABOUT 30 PAGES I JUST WANT TO FINE TUNE THAT BEFORE AND WE'RE TO SEND THAT OUT TO THE BOARD. THIS DOES SHOW THE BEFORE AND AFTER WHAT DID THE STIPENDS LOOK LIKE BEFORE AND WHAT WERE THEY PROPOSED TO BE AND SO I JUST WANT TO ADD MAKE SURE I INCLUDE THAT AND THAT'S A FULL DOCUMENT AND WE WILL GET THAT OUT VERY SHORTLY IF NOT TODAY BY MONDAY AND SO WITH THAT THAT CONCLUDES PRESENTATION I'LL BE HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS MISS BOATWRIGHT THANK YOU MS. CROSBY AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. 
          SO STIPEND SOMETHING THAT SOME OF US HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT AND IT'S NOT IT'S IT'S THE MONEY BUT IT'S ALSO A STATEMENT OF HOW WHAT WE'RE SORT OF PROMOTING WITHIN RIGHT LIKE AND I KNOW THAT A LOT OF THIS IS MANDATED BY STATE AND I KNOW THAT WE LIVE IN IN THE SOUTH AND YOU ATHLETICS ARE DOMINANT IN THE SOUTH WHERE I LIVE ON HILTON HEAD MOST OF MY NEIGHBORS HAVE HERE FROM NORTH FROM CALIFORNIA FROM, WASHINGTON STATE LIKE MYSELF. 
          SO I'VE ACTUALLY LIVED IN THE SOUTH LONGER THAN I LIVED IN MY HOME STATE OF WASHINGTON. 
          NOW I MOVED IN 1999 SO I'M LIKE RIGHT AT THE CROSSING OVER POINT AND I SEE BOTH SIDES. 
          THERE ARE VERY DIFFERENT REGIONS SEATTLE, WASHINGTON VERSUS HILTON HEAD CAROLINA AND I KNOW THE PERCEPTION IS GROUNDED IN SOME TRUTH IN THAT ATHLETICS ARE REALLY IMPORTANT HERE IN THE SOUTH MORE SO IN FACT IN THE WEST COAST YOU CAN'T PLAY TACKLE FOOTBALL TILL 13 AND THERE IS SOME VERY GOOD SCIENTIFIC REASONS THAT I'M ALSO A HUGE FOOTBALL FAN. 
          I LOVE FOOTBALL LIKE I THINK IT'S FANTASTIC WHAT I HAVE A CONCERN WITH THE CULTURE. 
          IT'S I DON'T I WANT TO PHRASE THIS AND I'M NOT SAYING THAT THAT THIS IS SOMETHING THE DISTRICT NEEDS TO DO. I'M TALKING ABOUT THIS AT A VERY HIGH CULTURAL LEVEL. 
          WE $19,000 FOR THE FOOTBALL COACH, 1300 DOLLARS FOR THEATER. 
          AND THE THING IS THAT'S WITH THREE PERFORMANCES NOW I WAS THE PRESIDENT OF THE SEAHAWK THEATER GUILD PRIOR BECOMING ON THE BOARD SO I GOT REALLY INVOLVED. 
          THAT'S WEEKENDS EVERY NIGHT. YOU KNOW THEY'RE THEY'RE LATER THAN THE FOOTBALL COACHES SO 
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WHAT WHAT WORRIES ME ABOUT THE STIPENDS THINGS AS A WHOLE AND I THINK WE'VE DONE SOME GOOD STUFF MADE SOME GOOD PROGRESS WITH LIKE THE BAND 1300 DOLLARS FOR ORCHESTRA THAT'S FINE BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE ANY ORCHESTRAS. SURE WHATEVER YOU WANT TO PUT ON THERE BUT THINGS LIKE THEATER THERE ARE A LOT OF KIDS AND I WILL SAY THIS AGAIN I THINK THAT A LOT OF WHO ARE INTERESTED IN THE ARTS WHEN I SEE HIGH SCHOOL AND COLLEGE STUDENTS THIS AREA PERFORMING IN THE ARTS THEY ARE DOING IT EXTERNALLY TO BUFFER COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT. THERE WAS A PERFORMANCE OF THE HILTON HEAD SYMPHONY THAT THE NUTCRACKER BALLET HIGH SCHOOL KIDS BEAUTIFUL PERFORMANCE ALL HILTON HEAD PREP AND WE DON'T HAVE A BALLET PROGRAM SE BUT AGAIN I CAN APPRECIATE THE EXTRA EFFORT I CAN APPRECIATE I LOOKED AT LIKE FORT MILL THEIR FOOTBALL COACHES 7500 WE'RE AT 19,000 AND THEN WE'RE AT 7500 FOR THE OFFENSIVE COORDINATOR AND 7500 FOR THE DEFENSIVE COORDINATOR. 
          THE FOOTBALL ASSISTANTS MAKE MORE THAN THE HIGHEST PAID FINE ARTS PERSON SO I THINK CULTURALLY AS A BOARD I DON'T KNOW HOW WE CAN DIRECT THAT. I DON'T KNOW IF EVERYBODY'S LIKE THAT'S GREAT BECAUSE WE ARE ALL ABOUT FOOTBALL. I MEAN THAT'S FINE. 
          I LOVE FOOTBALL. I CANNOT WAIT. I AM SO DEPRESSED BECAUSE AFTER NEXT WEEKEND I'VE GOT TO WAIT TILL AUGUST. I LOVE THE FIRST COLLEGE GAME. 
          I'M NOT BASHING FOOTBALL BUT IF THAT YOU KNOW I DO THINK THAT WE MISSING AN OPPORTUNITY AS PEOPLE RELOCATE HERE THEIR EXPECTATIONS ARE THAT THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE ACCESS TO A AN ORCHESTRA A THEATER PROGRAM HILTON HEAD IN PARTICULAR WHICH IS THE ONE I KNOW A LOT ABOUT. 
          WE'VE LOST A LOT OF OUR ARTS OVER THE YEARS I THINK PART OF ITS FOUR BY FOUR I THINK PART OF IT'S CHANGING DEMOGRAPHICS BUT AGAIN IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD WE HAD A LOT OF PEOPLE RELOCATE WITH HIGH SCHOOL AGE KIDS, THEY'RE PARTICIPATING IN ARTS, THEY'RE JUST NOT DOING IT AT HILTON HEAD HIGH AND THAT BOTHERS ME. I THINK THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO DO SOMETHING A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT. THAT'S KIND OF JUST MY COMMENTS. IT'S NOT A CRITICISM, IT'S NOT A CRITIQUE, IT'S JUST AT THIS REALISTICALLY IF YOU'VE GOT A KID THAT'S INTERESTED IN THEATER, WHERE ARE YOU GOING TO SEND THEM? YOU CAN SEND THEM WHERE THE PIT WHERE THE THEATER TEACHER IS DOING IT FOR 1300 DOLLARS. AND I MEAN I'M TELLING YOU THE AMOUNT OF WORK THAT IN I WOULD I WOULD GUESS THAT IT'S MORE WORK THAN I'M GOING TO GET ANGRY EMAILS THEN THE FOOTBALL COACH BECAUSE IT'S A YEAR ROUND IT'S JUST SOMETHING THAT I THINK THAT I THINK IS SOMETHING THAT THE BOARD CAN MAYBE LOOK AT GOING FURTHER GOING GOING DOWN FURTHER SO I SAID IT'S NOT IT'S IT'S A RECOGNITION OF ALL THAT WE'RE DOING. IT'S NOT A CRITICISM OF WHAT THE ADMINISTRATION IS DOING. IT JUST IS A CONCERN OF MINE WHEN I SEE THAT OF DISPARITY BETWEEN THOSE TWO ASPECTS OF THE STIPENDS. THANK YOU. 
          AFTER RODRIGUEZ, YOU WANT TO RESPOND? YEAH, I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY THE THE STIPEND SCHEDULE AND THE DISPARITY BETWEEN WHAT A FOOTBALL COACH MAKES AND WHAT SOMEBODY MAKES IN TERMS OF THE STIPEND THAT WAS HERE LONG BEFORE I GOT. 
          OKAY. SO THE QUESTION YOU GRAPPLE WITH IS BUT HOW DO YOU RIGHT SIZE IT RIGHT? DO YOU JUST SAY CUT IT OFF AND YOU'RE YOU'RE DROPPING YOU'RE DROPPING FROM 19 TO 12 OR SEVEN OR SORRY TO SEVEN. RIGHT. 
          WE CAN RAISE THE OTHER RIGHT OR YOU START TO RAISE IN A MANNER THAT THIS DOES WHICH IT LIFTS THESE YOU'RE INVESTING THIS MUCH INTO THAT AND THEN THIS MUCH INTO INTO THE OTHER RIGHT SO EVENTUALLY YOU KNOW YOU BALANCE SO THAT'S JUST SOMETHING I WOULD NEED SOME DIRECTION FROM THE BOARD TO SAY THIS IS WHERE WE ARE. WE WANT TO WE WANT TO SLASH ACROSS ON ON THE ATHLETIC STIPEND, YOU KNOW, OR TO SAY NO DON'T TOUCH YOUR ATHLETIC STIPEND, JUST PUMP UP THE OTHER ONES ALL THE WAY UP THERE. I MEAN THAT'S ANOTHER ANOTHER APPROACH, RIGHT? BUT THEN ALL OF THAT IS COMING FROM THE SAME BASKET OF DOLLARS, RIGHT THAT WE ALSO BE LOOKING AT IN TERMS OF SALARIES. 
          RIGHT. I MEAN THOSE ARE THE HARD DECISIONS ALONG THE WAY. 
          SO AS WE GO THROUGH A BUDGET PRIORITY CONVERSATION A LITTLE BIT, THAT'S PART OF WHAT I I THINK YOU NEED TO WRESTLE WITH AND PROVIDE SOME DIRECTION ON THAT. 
          MR. NAIF THANK YOU MR. CHAIR. I'D BE INTERESTED TO KNOW HOW WHAT FORMULAS USED TO COME UP WITH SUCH A DISPARATE LEVEL IT BECAUSE I MEAN ARE WE USING HOURS OF TIME SPENT AFTER SCHOOL OUTSIDE OF SCHOOL HOURS? ARE WE USING YOU KNOW, PER CHILD THAT THEY OVERSEE BECAUSE I MEAN IF YOU COUNT ALL FOUR POSITIONS IN A FOOTBALL TEAM A HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL TEAM, WE'RE PAYING $40,000 IN STIPENDS FOR FOR A TEAM THAT'S ONLY SLIGHTLY LARGER THAN THE BAND, YOU KNOW, WHICH GETS $6,000 IN STIPEND. SO I MEAN THE DIS JUST EXTREME VARIANCE IS LIKE IS ARE THE FOOTBALL COACHES PUTTING IN THAT MUCH MORE TIME THAN THE 
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HIGH SCHOOL MARCHING BAND MAYBE A LITTLE BIT MORE I DON'T KNOW BECAUSE I MEAN THERE'S WEIGHT ROOM TIME AND I GET AND I'M IN THE SAME BOAT AS MY COLLEAGUES I MEAN MY MY MY ALMA MATER. 
          OH, YOU DIDN'T DO THAT WELL THIS YEAR BUT WAIT FOR NEXT YEAR ALREADY. 
          BUT I JUST I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY THERE IS SUCH A HUGE GAP HUGE GAP WHEN THE TIME AND THE NUMBER THE CENSUS FOR EACH ACTIVITY IS RELATIVELY THE SAME AND IF IT'S IT'S BECAUSE WE'RE JUST TRYING TO ATTRACT AND STAY COMPETITIVE WITH THE AREA SO THAT WE CAN ATTRACT GOOD FOOTBALL COACHES AND GOOD DEFENSIVE COORDINATORS AND OFFENSIVE COORDINATOR THEN THAT IS VERY TELLING BECAUSE IF WE'RE TRYING TO ATTRACT GOOD BAND DIRECTORS WE WOULD BE OFFERING THEM THE SAME AMOUNT OF STIPEND AND CLEARLY WE'RE NOT I MEAN I'M SORRY A NATIVE AMERICAN. THERE'S A I GUESS A ABOUT YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY HAS TWO WOLVES INSIDE OF THEM AND THE ONE THAT WINS IS THE ONE THAT YOU FEED. AND RIGHT NOW CLEAR THAT WE'RE PUTTING A HUGE EMPHASIS ON HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL. AGAIN, I'M NOT I'M NOT SAYING IT'S NOT NOT A BAD THING BUT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE JUST EMPHASIS ON OUR FINE AND PERFORMING ARTS BECAUSE CLEARLY THE ONE THAT THE ONE THAT'S WITHERING ON THE VINE IS THE ONE THAT WE'RE NOT FEEDING LIKE DR. CARR THE PLAYOFF I HAD SIMILAR QUESTIONS THERE IN ATHLETICS THERE ARE A NUMBER OF SPORTS THAT ARE ALL PAID THE THERE ARE OTHER SPORTS THAT ARE PAID A LITTLE BIT LESS . HOW ARE THOSE WHAT WHAT ARE THE STANDARDS OF MEASURING WHAT THE SOCCER COACH IS WORTH VERSUS WHAT THE SWIMMING COACHES WERE ? I'M JUST CURIOUS. WELL THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION. SO THIS WE DO HAVE THE ATHLETIC DIRECTOR CAN WE KNOW? OH, OKAY. WELL, I THINK I'M NOT SURE MR. CAVE KNOWS WHAT THE WITH THE YOU KNOW HOW THAT THOSE STIPENDS WERE DEVELOPED BACK IN THE DAY SO THERE WAS A STRUCTURE IN PLACE OBVIOUSLY ALREADY AND WE BUILT UPON THAT WE DID NOT LOOK AT THE SPECIFIC HOURS FOR EACH SPORT BECAUSE EACH ONE AT EACH SCHOOL WOULD BE DIFFERENT BASED ON THE NUMBER BETTER WHO HIGH SCHOOL MAY HAVE A SIX PERSON SWIM TEAM WHERE MAYBE EVERY HIGH SCHOOL MAY HAVE 30 PERSON SWIM TEAM. SO THERE WAS A LOT OF FACTORS TAKE INTO ACCOUNT SOMETIMES SCHOOL DISTRICTS DO I FACTOR WHERE IT'S BASED ON THE NUMBER OF HOURS THAT THEY SPEND BUT. AGAIN IT'S UNIQUE. IT'S HARD TO PINPOINT ONE POSITION AND SAY THAT EQUALLY THAT EVERY SCHOOL PUTS IN 100 EXTRA HOURS EACH YEAR BECAUSE THEY HAVE DIFFERENT DIFFERENT NUMBERS OF STUDENTS SO YOU HAVE TO BUILD A STRUCTURE THAT IS EQUITABLE ACROSS DISTRICT AND THAT WAS OUR THAT'S OUR GOAL AND WE WITHOUT MAJOR MODIFICATION WE JUST BUILT IN ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR EACH OF THE POSITIONS AND AND THEN PUT ADDITIONAL BUDGETS INTO THE SCHOOL. SO WE DIDN'T SPECIFICALLY LOOK AT NUMBER OF HOURS OR THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PER SPORT OR OF SPORTS THAT WERE OFFERED IN ORDER IN IN THIS STUDY. DR. RODRIGUEZ WOULD BE ALL RIGHT IF DR. CAVE CAME UP AND EXPANDED ON THAT. GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE. AFTERNOON. 
          VERY BRIEFLY WITH THE CONCERNS AND JUST WANTED TO KIND OF GIVE A LITTLE MORE INSIGHT WITH FOOTBALL AND BASKETBALL ACKNOWLEDGING THAT THOSE TWO STIPENDS ARE OUR HIGHEST STIPENDS AMOUNTS OUR STIPEND SCALE, MY COMPARISON, THE INFORMATION THAT I'M GOING TO SHARE BECAUSE OF BEING A DISTRICT AID I'VE BEEN IN CONTACT WITH OTHER DISTRICT AIDES FROM AROUND STATE. I HAVE INFORMATION FROM CHARLESTON COUNTY AS WELL AS INFORMATION OF THAT PERTAINS TO THE STATEWIDE AVERAGE WHEN IT COMES SPECIFICALLY TO SPORTS THAT WE ADDRESS AND RIGHT NOW FOOTBALL AND BASKETBALL RIGHT NOW CURRENTLY IS A WE WERE TO HIRE A COACH WITH A BACHELOR'S DEGREE TEN YEARS OF EXPERIENCE BASED ON OUR CURRENT SALARY SCALE FOR STIPENDS AS A TEACHER THAT COACH WOULD MAKE 61,061 $61,335 AND THEN WOULD THAT $19,000 STIPEND THAT'S THE HEAD COACH YOU GO TO CHARLESTON COUNTY AND COMPARING TO APPLES HERE WITH THE CAVEAT THAT WHAT ATTRACTS TO CHARLESTON AND BEAUFORT IS SIGN IN SAYING THAT 
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BEING SAID A BACHELOR'S DEGREE TEN YEARS IN CHARLESTON AS A TEACHER IS 65 FOR THREE THEY ARE GOING TO MAKE AN ADDITIONAL 18 TO 5460 AS A STIPEND WE'RE AT 19 CHARLESTON COUNTY WHO WAS OUR NEWS AND DEERE'S COMPETITOR IS THAT $18,254 SO THAT'S COMPARING APPLES TO APPLES WE WOULD BE MAKING TOTAL DOLLAR AMOUNT SALARY WISE FOR A TEN YEAR BACHELOR'S DEGREE IS 80,000 AND CHARLESTON COUNTY 83,000 WITH A MASTER'S DEGREE TEN YEARS THAT'S 6000 HERE IN BEAUFORT COUNTY WITH THAT FLAT STIPEND HUNDRED AND IN CHARLESTON IS $90,495. 
          THAT AGAIN IS WITH STIPEND FOR FOOTBALL OF 18 905 80. IF I GO TO BASKETBALL BASKETBALL AGAIN IS ONE OF OUR STIPENDS THAT WE ARE TRYING TO BE COMPETITIVE AGAIN WITHOUT THIS NEIGHBOR BACHELOR'S DEGREE WITH TEN YEARS OF EXPERIENCE WE PAY 10,000 MAKING THAT SALARY 71 335 IN CHARLESTON COUNTY THEY ARE THAT THEY ARE TEACHING SALARY 65 FOR THREE AND THEY RECEIVE AT $8,350 STIPEND MAKING THEIR TOTAL SALARY FOR COACHING 73 753 SO $73,000 AGAIN WE'RE VERY COMPARABLE WITH OUR NEAREST COMPETITOR AS IT PERTAINS TO ATHLETICS AND I'M SPEAKING ONLY TO THE ATHLETIC SIDE OF IT BECAUSE I TRULY UNDERSTAND THE ARGUMENT BETWEEN THE ATHLETICS, THE ARTS AND I'M NOT HERE TO DEBATE THAT PIECE ONLY TO JUST MORE INSIGHT ON THE ATHLETIC SIDE WHEN YOU TALKING ABOUT COMPARING WITH OUR NEAREST COMPETITOR WHAT I WANT TO END WITH BECAUSE I HAVE INFORMATION THAT I COULD PUT TOGETHER AND GET TO YOU THE STATE AVERAGE AND THIS IS A STUDY THAT WAS DONE BY LANCASTER COUNTY, THEIR DISTRICT MADE THERE THE STATE AVERAGE DUVAL COUNTY IS PAYING 19,000 THE HIGHEST PAID FOOTBALL COACH AS RECEIVING A STIPEND ACCORDING TO THE INFORMATION I RECEIVE FOR THEM IS $27,050. THE LOWEST PAID IS 6500. BUT AGAIN STATE AVERAGE BASKETBALL WE PAY 10,000. STATE AVERAGE IS 15,420 LAWS 333 3300. 
          SO WE ARE IN MIDDLE GROUND WHEN IT COMES TO STIPENDS AND I WOULD SAY TO YOU IS AS WITH HIRING COMPETENT TEACHERS AND HIRING COMPETENT COACHES WITH A PROVEN TRACK RECORDS AGAIN IT MUST BE ATTRACTIVE FOR THEM TO WHERE THEY ARE TO COME HERE TO BEAUFORT COUNTY AND WORK IN OUR SCHOOLS SON IN SAYING IS NOT ENOUGH AND WE DO A GOOD JOB MR. CROSBY DOES AN OUTSTANDING JOB WE DO A GREAT HERE AND MAKING EVERYTHING ATTRACTIVE I WOULD ARGUE WE PROBABLY NEED TO LOOK AGAIN TOO. I KNOW AT ONE POINT WHEN DR. BERG WAS HERE WHEN WE INITIALLY DID SOME SUPPLEMENTAL INCREASES INITIALLY PRIOR TO DR. RODRIGUEZ HIS MARCHING ORDERS TO US AT THAT TIME WAS LET'S BE IN THE TOP TEN IN STIPENDS SO THAT WE ARE ATTRACTIVE AND WE CAN ALWAYS HAVE BEST OF THE BEST WORKING WITH OUR STUDENT ATHLETES AGAIN I'M NOT HERE TO DEBATE AND SHOOT AND I'M NOT DEBATING THE ART BECAUSE I DEFINITELY SEE THE IMPORTANCE OF AND SPEAK TO YOU KNOW, SEEING AN INCREASE TAKING PLACE THERE. 
          BUT I JUST WANT TO GIVE YOU GUYS SOME INSIGHT SO THAT YOU CAN SEE THAT WHERE WE ARE IS NOT AN OUTLIER WE ALIGNED WITH WITH WHAT'S GOING ON OVERALL THE STATE AND I JUST WANTED TO SHARE THAT INFORMATION WITH YOU SO ANY QUESTIONS QUESTIONS DR. KATE YES, GO AHEAD, MA'AM. 
          FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND ABOUT THE ATHLETICS FOOTBALL COACHES FIELD OF FOOTBALL AND A CONCESSION STAND AND THEY PROBABLY PAY FOR THEMSELVES WITH THE STIPENDS WHEREAS I'M NOT DISCREDITING ART YOU'RE NOT GOING TO GET A FULL STADIUM WATCH A BALLET. 
          SOUTH CAROLINA BUT AT THE SAME TIME YEAH ABSOLUTELY. AND I UNDERSTAND THE HOURS PUT IN TO IT AND REMEMBER THIS ISN'T WHAT HE CREATED BUT WHAT WAS WALKED INTO IN SOUTH CAROLINA THEY PAID THE COACHES SO THE COACHES CAN FILL THE STADIUMS SO YOU CAN GET MONEY FOR ATHLETICS BUT WHAT AND TANIA CAN SPEAK TO THIS BECAUSE IT GETS CONFUSING THAT MONEY 
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DOESN'T COME BACK INTO THE DISTRICT TO PAY SALARY, IT GOES TO THE BOOSTER CLUBS AND THAT RIGHT LIKE MAKING CORRECTLY AND THEN THAT MONEY GETS DISTRIBUTED TO COME BACK TO THE DISTRICT TO PAY OFFICIALS AND ALL THE COSTS OF THE GAME AND CUSTODIANS COSTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. BUT IT'S STILL SEPARATE FROM SALARY RIGHT OR A STIPEND MONEY COME OUT OF WHAT YOU EARN. LIKE IF I HAD PROGRAMS WERE TO BE GAINING MORE MONEY WOULD WE THEN BE ABLE TO TO A THEATER SO YOU COULD RAISE THE FEES IT WOULD GO BACK INTO STUDENT ACTIVITIES ACCOUNT IN THAT REGARD. SO THEY DO COME TO THE DISTRICT IN ANOTHER IN ANOTHER FUNDING BUT THEY'RE NOT USED TO PAY SALARIES OR STIPENDS. 
          STUDENT ACTED ADDS IN THE GENERAL FUND THAT GENERAL FUND BUDGET PLAYER IS THAT IT? THEY'RE VERY RESTRICTED IN DIFFERENT WAYS AND I'M NOT CLEAR ON THE DIFFERENT WAYS THAT THEY'RE NOT CORRELATED FEES THAT WE CHARGE TYPICALLY COME BACK INTO THE INTO THE STUDENT ACTIVITY FUNDS AND THEY HAVE FLEXIBILITY WITHIN THAT POT OF MONEY FOR THAT SPECIFIC EVENT. SO THEATER WOULD COME BACK INTO A THEATER ACCOUNT AND THEY COULD USE IT FOR EQUIPMENT SUPPLIES BUT THEY COULDN'T PAY THE THEATER TEACHER MORE OUT OF THAT. THAT'S CORRECT. WE DO NOT THEM TO SUPPLEMENT OR PAY FOR ADDITIONAL STAFFING THROUGH THOSE DO NOT GIVE REFUNDS. 
          MR. SMITH, THAT YOU HAVE A COMMENT. YEAH JUST TO TO BRING BRING IT HOME A LITTLE BIT. I OF MY COLLEAGUES SAY THAT WE'VE HAD AS MUCH BAND MEMBERS AS WE HAVE FOOTBALL PLAYERS NOW I GO TO ALL I GO TO OR TO EVERY SINGLE GAME IN TERMS OF EVERY WELL I GO TO EVERY SINGLE SCHOOL HIGH SCHOOL THAT WE HAVE IN IN THIS DISTRICT AND LOOK AT THEIR BANDS AND THEIR FOOTBALL PROGRAMS THAT THAT'S THAT THAT'S WHAT I DO. 
          SO THAT STATEMENT UNLESS LITTLE UNLESS I'VE BEEN APRIL FOOLS THAT'S INACCURATE OUR BAND SOME OF OUR BANDS HERE AND THAT'S WHY THAT GUY COMES HERE EVERY EVERY SINGLE BOARD MEETING AND HE SPEAKS BECAUSE OUR BAND DON'T HAVE NUMBERS THAT FOOTBALL THAT FOOTBALL PROGRAMS HAVE UP THE THE NUMBER ONE BE OUR ONLY BAND THAT WE HAVE THAT HAVE NUMBERS IS BATTLE CREEK THAT'S NOT ONLY BAND IT HAS NUMBERS IN TERMS OF STUDENTS EVERYONE ELSE WE PROBABLY HAVE MAYBE A 20 PIECE IF THAT ON SOME OF THEM AND WE AND WHEN WE'VE BEEN BUILDING SO THAT THAT'S JUST TO BE TECHNICALLY 100% ACTUALLY WHEN WE TALK ABOUT WE REALLY HAVE DISTRICT IN TERMS OF BAND AND FOOTBALL THEN THERE ARE NO COMPARISONS AND I WANT TO SAY THE SPEAK I'M I'M BIG I'M BIG ON THE ARTS BUT LET'S DO UNDERSTAND IN TERMS IN TERMS OF WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT STIPEND I WAS WAITING ON THAT MR. CABLE AT THAT POINT BECAUSE I REMEMBER WE HAD AT BLUFFTON HIGH SCHOOL NOT LONG AGO WHERE THE STANDS WERE PACKED ON WHERE WE HAD I CAN'T GRIP CRIB LEFT BECAUSE OF THE LEFT BECAUSE OF THE FACT THAT THEY HIM A TRUCK THEY GAVE HIM THEY GAVE HIM SOME ALLOWANCE AND THEY GAVE HIM A STIPEND. SO WHEN WE WERE WHEN YOU REALLY AND UNDERSTAND WHAT THAT REALLY WHAT GOES INTO WHAT REALLY GOES INTO SOME OF THESE STIPENDS AND WHAT REALLY THESE PEOPLE AS THESE COACHES WHO ACTUALLY REALLY GET AND WHAT WE'RE GIVING I THINK THAT'S WHY IN TERMS OF COMING TOGETHER AND COME OUT WITH COMING UP WITH WHAT THE NOT JUST THE STIPEND BUT WE'RE COMING UP WITH A BUDGET I THINK ALL OF THIS IS ALL THIS HAS TO BE IN PLAY BECAUSE BE MINDFUL IN TERMS OF THESE COACHES IN TERMS OF THESE ART PROGRAMS CUBS LEARNING SO WHAT YOU WHAT YOU ALSO HAVE TO TOO IS THAT IF WE WANT A STUDENT ALL DISPLACED THE STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT AND WE WANT STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT MOSTLY WE A BUNCH OF FOOTBALL PLAYERS WALK IN THE HALL AND HAVE A SCHOOL PRIDE AND GO INTO OF THE WORDS LIKE I WON QUINN COACH CLIFFORD WAS THE COACH FOR HIGH SCHOOL. 
          THE FOOTBALL PLAYERS WENT AND THEY READ TO KIDS BEFORE THEY WENT TO SCHOOL THEY TO SOME OF THOSE KIDS. SO ALL THAT IS ABOUT HAVING THAT COACH THAT WHO THE COMMUNITY FEEDS INTO WHO'S FEEDING INTO THOSE KIDS AND WHO'S GOING TO BE ONE OF THOSE KIDS WHO WILL COME HOME ONE DAY AND WHO'S GOING INTO THE PROGRAMS THAT WE HAVE HERE LIKE OUR ONE ON PARKER WHO HAVE SOMETHING ALL OUR SUMMER PROGRAMS BUT I SAY ALL THAT TO SAY THAT WE HAVE TO UNDERSTAND EXACTLY WHAT WE'RE ASKING FOR AND BEING INTENTIONAL ABOUT HOW WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IT AND THAT PULLING IN ONE AGAINST THE OTHER AGAINST EACH OTHER PITTING UP AGAINST EACH OTHER IT'S ABOUT WHAT THE REAL QUESTION IS WHAT DO WE WANT OUT OF THIS? WHAT DO WHAT DO WE WANT FOR THE ARTS PEOPLE I MEAN FOR FOR THE ARTS FOR THE FOR THE FOR THE ARTS TEACHERS WHAT DO WE REALLY WANT FOR THE FOOTBALL COACH THAT'S MORE QUESTION ABOUT PITTING THEM AGAINST EACH OTHER I THINK IS DEAD WRONG AND WE HAVE TO BE CAREFUL BECAUSE OF THE FACT THAT I IN THERE WAS NOT THAT WE ALL SHOULD WANT NUMBER ONE TOP EDUCATORS WE SHOULD WANT STUDENTS TO BE ABLE TO COME HERE AND TO PLAY TO PLAY SPORTS OR BE GOOD DANCERS. BUT THEY'D BE OF A OF A TO BE ABLE TO COMPETE GLOBALLY IN 
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NATIONAL IN TERMS IN TERMS OF IQ AND IN TERMS OF UNDERSTANDING WHAT EDUCATION IS ABOUT. THAT'S NUMBER ONE THING. OKAY. 
          I'D LIKE TO MAKE A COMMENT ON THIS TOPIC AS WELL. LABOR ECONOMICS HAS ALWAYS BEEN A FASCINATION FOR ME AND I UNDERSTAND LABOR MARKET YOU YOU HAVE TO COMPETE WITHIN A LABOR MARKET AND I'VE HEARD ABOUT DR. CAVE WHAT THE ATHLETIC LABOR MARKET IS GETTING BUT. 
          I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO KNOW WHAT THE ARTS MARKET IS GETTING AS FIND US THE BEST ARTS PROGRAM IN THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA AND WHAT THEIR ART DIRECTOR WHAT THEIR BAND DIRECTOR AND SO ON ARE MAKING BECAUSE THAT'S A MARKET THAT WE WANT TO COMPETE IN AND I HAVEN'T HEARD I HAVEN'T HEARD THAT MARKET BEING TALKED ABOUT IS GARDEN THANK YOU MR. CHAIRMAN. 
          THANK YOU DR. CAVE AND MS. I GOT BUT I FORGOT YOUR NAME. I DIDN'T SHE WAS CROSBY EVANS BEING A TEACHER HERE IN DUPAGE COUNTY, ALSO AN ADMINISTRATOR OF I HAVE BEEN A PARTICIPANT IN CANDIDATES WHO COME TO OUR SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO BECOME AND IT IS A SHOW OUT OF THIS WORLD THOSE COACHES COME FROM NEAR AND FAR AND THEY HAVE WITH THEM THE RINGS THAT THEIR SCHOOLS FOOTBALL TEAMS HAVE WON THEY HAVE LETTERS OF RECOMMENDATIONS IT IS THEY SHOW OUT OF THIS WORLD AND IT IS THEY ARE TEST TO SIT AND SAY OH THESE ARE TOP FIVE OR THESE ARE TOP THREE AND NARROWED IT DOWN TO ONE BECAUSE THEY COME PLAY IN PLAY. I'VE ALSO SAT AND LOOKED AT ART TEACHERS AND BAND DIRECTORS COMING IN AND YOU'RE RIGHT WELL WE ONLY HAVE A EIGHT PIECE BAND OR 20 PIECE AND WE'RE TRYING TO GROW TO 100. I REMEMBER WHEN WE HAD TWO OR 300 IS IN THE BAND. YEAH I KNOW THAT WE HAD WE HAD THAT YOU KNOW WHAT EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED AND THEN THE KIDS STOPPED PARTICIPATING IN BAND I WHEN WE HAD DANCER WE HAD SOME STUDENTS WHO WERE SOME AWESOME TALENTS AND SOME GREAT DANCE TEACHER WHO TAUGHT THEM WHAT HAPPENED SO. I'M TO THE POINT OF SAYING THIS WE DON'T TO SEPARATE OUR TEACHERS AND COACHES AND SAY HEY FOOTBALL AND BASKETBALL YOU GET $20,000. 
          BUT THAT'S WHAT WE'VE DONE IS SEE AN ART TEACHER HAS TO BUILD ED AND A DRAMA TEACHER THEY HAVE TO BUILD THEIR CLASSES THE KIDS DON'T STAND UP A DRAMA YOU DON'T HAVE A CLASS BUT A FOOTBALL AT THE AT THE END OF THE DAY THEY GO OUT THERE TO PRACTICE YOU GOT 100 BOYS OUT THERE AND ONLY 24 OF THEM ARE GOING TO PLAY. THAT'S JUST WE BUT THE COACHES AND THE TEACHERS WE NEED TO MAKE THAT WE MAYBE CANNOT MAKE IT WITH THE ALL GETTING THE SAME STIPEND BUT AS CLOSE AS POSSIBLE BECAUSE THEY DO SPEND A LOT OF TIME AFTER SCHOOL BEFORE SCHOOL DO NOT SWIM TEACHERS GO TO SCHOOL AT FIVE OR 6:00 IN THE MORNING. 
          HEY, THEY'RE THERE. YEAH RIGHT I'M SLEEP AT FIVE AND SIX IN THE MORNING BUT THE KIDS AND THE COACHES ARE AT THAT POOL BEFORE SCHOOL STARTS AND AT ONE TIME WHEN YOU GET THE GIRLS AND BOYS BASKETBALL TEAMS AND THEY HAD TO SHARE THE COURTS, THEY HAD TO DECIDE WHO WOULD COME IN THE MORNING TO PRACTICE AND WHO WILL COME AFTER SCHOOL AND MOST OF THE TIME WAS THE GIRLS HAD TO COME EARLY IN THE MORNING AND GET THEIR PRACTICE. 
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SO THERE ARE A LOT PEOPLE BUT I DO THINK THAT WE NEED TO CLOSE THAT GAP AND STIPEND BECAUSE. 
          OUR COACHES ARE TEACHERS. THEY ARE GIVING TIME WITH THE FAMILIES BUT THEY'RE GIVING IT BACK TO OTHER FAMILY WITH THESE KIDS TO MAKE THEM THE BEST THEY CAN MAKE. 
          SO I DIDN'T REALIZE A FOOTBALL COACHES WOULD GETTING $19,000 IN STIPEND THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN ONE BUT YEAH HEY TRUCK MAN I KNOW COACH GREER BUT GO GET IN HIS TRUCK BUT HE WAS AN AWESOME COACH HERE OUR REMOVABLE VITAMIN AT BLUFFTON HIGH SCHOOL BUT YOU HATE TO LOSE THAT DOING WHAT WOULD LET'S NOT FORGET THAT IS WHAT WE DO TO GET THEM WE GOT TO DO OKAY AND THEY ARE WORKING OUR MOST IMPORTANT COMMODITIES TO NUMBER ONE AND FOREMOST I DON'T CARE WHAT WE START WITH SO AGAIN OKAY MR. NEYLAND AND DR. CARR THANK YOU FIRST OF ALL AS MY YOU KNOW COLLEAGUES HAVE SAID THAT ABSOLUTELY WE DON'T NEED ANY MORE DIVISION. 
          THE BUCS DID ENOUGH. I'M NOT TRYING TO PIT FINE ARTS AGAINST ATHLETICS BECAUSE IT'S A LOSING BATTLE EVERYBODY LOSES WHEN WE TRY TO DO THAT. I'M JUST TRYING TO POINT OUT WHAT'S THE FORMULA THAT WE USE TO BUILD THESE IF IT'S BASED ON COMPETING WITH THE LABOR MARKET OR IF IT'S BASED ON OUR SPIN OR KIDS MANAGED AS FAR AS THE LABOR MARKET IS CONCERNED, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG THIS ONE BUT WE REPLACED EIGHT OF OUR NINE JUNIOR HIGH BAND DIRECTORS A YEAR AGO SO MEAN IT'S YES AS FAR AS LABOR MARKET GOES WE SHOULD BE COMPETING AS WELL. THE OTHER THING I DID HAVE A QUESTION THE STIPEND SCHEDULE AT THE BOTTOM THERE'S A LITTLE ASTERIX IDENTIFY STIPENDS THAT ARE MANDATORY AND ONLY TWO CATEGORIES DEBATE AND WEBMASTER ASTERIX NEXT TO THEM. SO DOES THAT MEAN THAT THE OTHER THE OTHER STIPENDS AREN'T MANDATORY? THAT IS CORRECT THEY CAN SO THEY FOR FOR EXAMPLE DON'T HAVE STUDENTS AND HAVE STUDENTS TO HAVE AT THAT PARTICULAR CLUB OR ATHLETIC EVENT. THEN THEY HAVE THE OPTION OF CHOOSING OTHER ALLOCATING THEIR FUNDS TOWARD OTHER OTHER STIPEND. SO WHO'S THEY THE PRINCIPAL SCHOOL FRIENDS. SO IT'S UP TO THE PRINCIPAL TO DECIDE IF A TEACHER GETS A STIPEND. YES, THAT IS CORRECT. NOW THIS HAVE TO FOLLOW WITHIN THE GUIDELINES OF OUR SCHEDULE AND THAT GOES THROUGH HUMAN RESOURCES TO BE REVIEWED TO MAKE SURE IT'S ALIGNED WITH THAT SO IT'S NOT GUARANTEED THAT A FOOTBALL COACH BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT DID I DIDN'T SEE AN ASTERIX ON THEM OR BAND DIRECTOR A THEATER PERSON IT'S NOT GUARANTEED THAT THEY GET A STIPEND. WOULD YOU LIKE TO RESPOND TO THAT, MS. WALTON? GOOD AFTERNOON. SO IT'S NOT THAT CUT AND DRY THEY ARE GUARANTEED THAT THEY WILL GET A STIPEND. THE REASON YOU HAVE AN ASTERISK BY THOSE TWO IS THAT THOSE ARE DISTRICT THAT MUST HAPPEN IN EACH BUILDING. 
          SO YOU HAVE YOUR WEBMASTER AND YOU HAVE THE DEBATE. EVERY SCHOOL MUST DO THAT AT HIGH SCHOOL AND THE SCHOOL LEVEL IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN SET RIGHT TARGET STRADDLES PRINCIPALS WHILE. THEY HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF LEEWAY TO GIVE STIPENDS OR NOT. IT'S BASICALLY WITH CLUBS BUT IF YOU HAVE MAJOR SPORTS LIKE FOOTBALL YOU'RE IN THEY MUST HAVE COACHES. SO I GUESS WE COULD ASTERISK THOSE BUT I GUESS THAT'S A GIVEN THAT'S A PRACTICE. SO WHAT WE ENCOURAGE PRINCIPALS NOT TO DO IS IF THE SALARY SCHEDULE IS PUBLISHED WHATEVER THE AMOUNT IS THAT'S ON THE SCHEDULE THEY MUST PAY. SO THEY DON'T HAVE THE DISCRETION OF IF A COACH IS SUPPOSED GET $8,000 A YEAR THEY CAN GO IN AND SAY I'M NOT GOING TO GIVE YOU AID. 
          GOING TO BE FOUR. THEY DO NOT HAVE THE DISCRETION TO CHANGE A SALARY BECAUSE WE ARE REQUIRED BY LAW TO PAY WHAT WE PUBLISH. DOES THAT HELP? NOT REALLY BECAUSE IT STILL LEAVES THE WINDOW OPEN FOR A PRINCIPAL TO SAY OKAY THE SCHEDULE YOU CAN HAVE UP TO $6,000 STIPEND BUT I GOT TO DO THIS THAT AND THAT I'M ONLY GOING TO GIVE YOU 2000. THEY CANNOT DO THAT. THAT IS THE REASON IT IS APPROVED BEFORE WE PAY. THEY CANNOT A SALARY. THAT WOULD BE LIKE GIVING THE PRINCIPAL RIGHT TO CHANGE A TEACHER'S GIVEN BASE SALARY TEACHER IS SUPPOSED TO EARN 
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$40,000 A YEAR. THEY CHANGE THAT SALARY. THE SAME THING STIPEND IS A PART OF SALARY BUT TECHNICALLY NO BECAUSE THE EMPLOYEE DOES NOT HAVE TO HAVE A STIPEND THAT IS JUST AN EXTRA. BUT ONCE THAT STIPEND HAS BEEN DECIDED. 
          IT CANNOT BE THE COST CANNOT BE ALTERED BECAUSE IT'S PUBLISHED BUT IT CAN BE CHOSEN TO BE GIVEN OR NOT GIVEN. SO IF A PRINCIPAL DECIDES TO GIVE A STIPEND HAS TO BE THE AMOUNT PUBLISHED BUT THEY COULD CHOOSE NOT TO GIVE IT SINCE IT'S NOT MANDATORY. 
          THEY COULD HAVE A PROBLEM WITH IT. I HAVE PROBLEM WITH IT. 
          OKAY. WE DON'T BECAUSE IT'S PUBLISHED DOESN'T MEAN. 
          OKAY, MATT, YOU WANT TO. GOOD AFTERNOON. I'M MATT HUNT, DIRECTOR OF HUMAN RESOURCE OPERATIONS. ONE OF THE COMPONENTS I THINK THAT WE DON'T WANT TO OVERLOOK IS THAT EVERY STIPEND THAT WE PUBLISH IN THE SALARY AND STIPEND SCHEDULE NOT FULLY FUNDED. SO THAT'S WHERE THE PRINCIPAL'S LEEWAY COMES. 
          NOW WE HAVE ACADEMIC STIPENDS AND WE HAVE ATHLETIC STIPENDS OR SUPPLEMENTS. 
          THE ATHLETIC FOLKS THOSE FOLKS ALSO APPLY FOR THAT PARTICULAR JOB. 
          ONE OF THE MAJOR DIFFERENCES IN OUR ACADEMIC SUPPLEMENTS IS THAT ACADEMIC FOLKS ARE ALREADY ON STAFF THE SCHOOL BUILDING SO IN EFFECT THEY'RE GETTING A SALARY AS A CERTIFIED PERSON THEN THEY WOULD BE IF THERE'S A LARGE ENOUGH CLUB A LEGO CLUB, GARDEN CLUB, WHATEVER THAT IS AND THE PRINCIPAL DETERMINES THAT THEY'RE GOING THE PERSON IN THAT POSITION THEN THEY HAVE TO FUND THAT PARTICULAR POSITION. WHEN WE LOOK AT THE SALARY AND STIPEND SCHEDULE SOMETIMES A MISNOMER IS WELL WE HAVE ALL OF THESE DIFFERENT CLUBS AND ALL OF THESE DIFFERENT ACADEMIC SUPPLEMENTS AND SO THAT AMOUNT OF MONEY MUST GO TO THE SCHOOLS. THAT'S NOT HOW ACADEMIC FUNDING WORKS. 
          THAT'S A PER PUPIL BASIS. SO ON THE ENROLLMENT THERE'S A DOLLAR AMOUNT AND YOU STEP IN IF I'M WRONG THERE'S AMOUNT THAT IS AN ALLOCATED PER CHILD FOR ACADEMIC STIPENDS. 
          ATHLETIC STATEMENTS ARE A COMPLETELY CATEGORY WHEN WE LOOK AT THAT EVERY ATHLETIC COACH HAS TO APPLY FOR THE RECOMMENDED FOR HIRE AND FOLLOW THAT HIRING PROCESS. 
          ACADEMIC COACHES MAY BE TEACHERS IN THE BUILDING BUT THEY ALSO MAY BE PEOPLE FROM THE COMMUNITY. SO I HOPE THAT THAT KIND OF MAYBE THAT UP A LITTLE BIT. 
          DR. CARR THANK, YOU YOU ANSWERED ONE OF MY QUESTIONS. ARE ALL OR MORE THAN FOOTBALL AND BASKETBALL REVENUE SO YOUR CORE WHAT IS CONSIDERED YOUR CORE REVENUE GENERATING SPORTS IN MOST INSTANCES IS BASKETBALL AND FOOTBALL HAS BEEN FOR DECADES AND BUT YOU HAVE OTHER SPORTS LIKE SOCCER THAT THAT IS VERY STRONG IN THE COUNTY BASEBALL SOFTBALL. 
          AGAIN DEPENDING THE SCHOOL AND HOW COMPETITIVE THAT PROGRAM HAS BEEN A OF OUR SPORTS TEAMS ARE ABLE TO GENERATE REVENUE AT A LEVEL THAT ALLOWS MORE FLEXIBILITY FOR THE ATHLETIC TO BREAK DURING THE ATHLETIC DEPARTMENT. BUT THE NORM IS THAT IN MOST INSTANCES SINCE FOOTBALL AND BASKETBALL ARE TWO PRIMARY MAJOR REVENUE GENERATORS AND WITH THOSE FUNDS AT THE DISCRETION OF THE ATHLETIC DIRECTOR IN MOST INSTANCES THEN SUPPLEMENT OUT OF THAT GATE REVENUE TO ASSIST WITH THOSE NON-REVENUE SPORTS. 
          FOR EXAMPLE LIKE TENNIS WHERE YOU'RE NOT PER SE CHARGING ADMISSION OR GOLF SO MONEY'S MADE THROUGH BASKETBALL AND THROUGH FOOTBALL. IF YOU HAVE A WONDERFUL SEASON PLAY FOR THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP OR WHATEVER WHAT IF YOU'RE IS TO HAVE TREMENDOUS ATTENDANCE? THEN AGAIN THAT GENERATED IS NOW BEING ABLE THROUGH THE 4050 ACCOUNT WHICH IS THE ATHLETIC DIRECTOR STUDENT ACTIVITY ACCOUNT THAT THE ATHLETIC DIRECTOR IS NOW ABLE TO USE FUNDS THOSE FUNDS TO HELP IN WHAT THOSE NON-REVENUE AND THE AND MAKE SURE THEY HAVE THE THINGS THAT THEY NEED. IS A MOVEMENT TO HAVE SOME SPORTS THAT SAY CAN CONTROL THE FACILITY LIKE A SOFTBALL FIELD A BASEBALL FIELD CONTROL BECOME REVENUE SPORTS. 
          SO IN MOST INSTANCES THAT JUST DEPENDS ON HOW COMPETITIVE THAT TEAM IS AND I'LL USE SOFTBALL FOR EXAMPLE AND I'M GOING TO I'LL USE OUR BATTED CRYSTAL BALL SO WOULD BECAUSE THEY ARE TRADITIONALLY ONE OF THE BETTER SOFTBALL. THEY ARE COMPETITION THEIR GAMES ARE WELL-ATTENDED SO IN MOST INSTANCES THEY ARE PROBABLY MAKING WITHOUT ME LOOKING THEIR THEIR REVENUE STREAM THEY ARE PROBABLY MAKING A PROFIT WITH THE ATHLETIC 
          [03:30:04]
CONTESTS BECAUSE THE TEAM IS SO COMPETITIVE THIS PAST YEAR MAY REFER VOLLEYBALL PLAYED FOR THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP IN VOLLEYBALL AND OF HOW SUCCESSFUL AND COMPETITIVE THEY WERE I WOULD VENTURE TO SAY THAT THEY'RE ATTENDANCE AT GAMES WAS SUCH THAT THEY WERE OPERATING IN THE BLUE INSTEAD OF THE RED EVEN THOUGH THAT THAT SPORT TYPICALLY IS ONE WHERE YOU'RE TRYING TO BREAK EVEN A THEY WILL PROBABLY THEY'LL PROBABLY WIN TICKETS THEY SHOULD HAVE SOLD A TON OF TICKETS BECAUSE THEY'RE VERY, VERY COMPETITIVE. 
          AGAIN THAT'S WHAT ME NOT LOOKING AT THEIR BOOKS BUT THE FACT THAT AGAIN AS THEY PLAY FOR THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP I APPRECIATE IT. YES, SIR. 
          MISS BOATWRIGHT, THANK YOU. I DON'T WANT TO MONOPOLIZE DISCUSSION BUT OBVIOUSLY THIS IS SOMETHING AND I WANT TO SAY FRONT. COACH CAVE I THINK THE ATHLETIC PROGRAMS PHENOMENALLY AND I JUST WANT TO SHARE A PERSONAL ANTIDOTE. 
          MY FATHER WAS A PROFESSIONAL NBA PLAYER AND HE CREDITS THE FACT THAT HE WAS DRAFTED. 
          HE WAS AN ALL-AMERICAN GOT TO COLLEGE. HE WOULD NOT HAVE GONE TO COLLEGE OTHERWISE AND UP BECOMING AN ENGLISH TEACHER. SO I THINK THE VALUE OF ATHLETICS ARE HUGE AND THAT'S NOT WHAT I'M POINTING OUT HERE AT ALL. 
          BUT TO YOUR POINT, MR. SMITH, ABOUT THE NUMBERS THE NUMBERS WERE BIG. 
          THEY GOT LESS WE SHOULD INVESTIGATE WHY AND ONE OF THE REASONS WHY IS BECAUSE WE'RE NOT AND NOT TALKING I WANT TO BE CLEAR THAT I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT THE PEOPLE IN FRONT OF ME. I'M TALKING ABOUT COMMUNITY. WE'RE NOT PUTTING THE EMPHASIS ON THE IMPORTANCE OF ARTS AND EDUCATION. ATHLETICS ARE TREMENDOUSLY IMPORTANT IN EDUCATION BECAUSE THEY TEACH TEAMWORK DISCIPLINE PRACTICE MAKES PERFECT OR WHAT IS IT PRACTICE MAKES PERFECT AND OR MAKES PERMANENT PRACTICE MAKES PERMANENT THERE'S TREMENDOUS VALUE AND AGAIN I DON'T WANT TO HARP ON THAT I THINK BUT AS WE CONTINUE TO MOVE INTO AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE SOME OF THE TRADITIONAL JOBS ARE GOING BE CHANGED THE SKILL SET THEY TALK ABOUT SOFT SKILLS SO THINGS LIKE TEAMWORK, THINGS LIKE GETTING UP AT 5 A.M. AND GOING SWIMMING. BUT ONE THING THAT COMES UP OVER AND OVER AGAIN IS CREATIVE BEAUTY. WHAT MAKES US HUMAN? WHAT MAKES US BETTER THAN ONE MACHINE CAN DO IS CREATIVITY. SO I THINK A LOT OF PARENTS ARE REALLY STARTING TO RECOGNIZE THAT AND THEY ARE LOOKING FOR OPPORTUNITIES FOR THEIR CHILDREN TO PURSUE CREATIVE ENDEAVORS WHETHER THAT'S PAINTING, PHOTOGRAPHY, ART. THERE WAS A WOMAN WHOSE NAME I REMEMBER HER INITIALS WHOSE A VENTURE CAPITAL FUNDER AND SHE SAYS THE MOST CONSISTENT THING THAT SHE SAW BETWEEN SUCCESSFUL TECH FOUNDERS WAS A BACKGROUND IN PERFORMING ARTS BECAUSE SO MUCH OF WHAT YOU DO WHEN YOU'RE TRYING TO RAISE FUNDS IS YOU GOT TO STAND UP AND PUT ON A PERFORMANCE FOR A BUNCH OF SHAREHOLDERS RIGHT. SO I FEEL PASSIONATE ABOUT IT BECAUSE A I AM A PARENT OF AN ART STUDENT BUT THAT'S NOT REALLY IT. 
          SOMEONE SAID THAT A STRONG ARTS PROGRAM IS A SYMPTOM OF A HEALTHY COMMUNITY. 
          HILTON HEAD IS AN ARTS COMMUNITY. SO TO YOUR POINT ABOUT GATE REVENUES, WE DO A LOT WE PUT A LOT OF PEOPLE IN SEATS THE ARTS IN HILTON HEAD THEY'RE JUST NOT PUBLIC SCHOOL KIDS HAVE THE NUTCRACKER WHICH SELLS OUT EVERY YEAR AND IT'S THE HIGH SCHOOL IT'S THE SCHOOL OF DANCE WHICH IS PHENOMENAL AND MOSTLY COMPRISED OF PEOPLE FROM PREP, FROM HERITAGE ETC. AND I'M NOT BASHING ANY OF THAT I'M JUST SAYING WE HAVE THE CAPABILITY BUT GOT TO START AT THINGS WHERE WE RECOGNIZE THAT THE FINE ARTS ARE IMPORTANT. 
          SO WHAT I'M BRINGING IS A LARGER BOARD DISCUSSION. WE DON'T HAVE TO HAVE IT RIGHT NOW BECAUSE WE'VE GOT OTHER THINGS BUT WHAT THE STIPENDS ARE EXAMPLE OF HOW DO WE CONVEY WHAT'S IMPORTANT TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND IF WE'RE PAYING A FOOTBALL COACH $19,000 AND A MIDDLE AND A BAT A MUSICAL OR JUST A THEATER TEACHER 1300 THAT DOESN'T FROM A PERCEPTION STANDPOINT OF WHAT WE NEED TO DO. I THINK THAT THERE'S OPPORTUNITY FOR US AS A BOARD AND IT'S MORE THAN MONEY, IT'S COMMUNICATION MR. NEY WAS MAKING THE POINT WE SHOULD HAVE ARE SMALL BANDS THEY SHOULD STILL BE IN OUR PARADES, THEY SHOULD STILL BE COMING TO OUR DIFFERENT EVENTS WHETHER IT'S A FOOTBALL GAME OR SOMETHING. 
          BUT WE JUST NEED TO REALLY THE ARTS ARE IMPORTANT AND MAKE THAT EMPHASIS. 
          SO THIS WAS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR ME TO BRING THAT FORWARD. SO AGAIN I AGREE COMPLETELY WE DON'T TO PUT OUT THE VALUE OF ATHLETICS DOWN BUT WE COULD BE DOING SO WITH OUR ARTS AND THAT AND I THINK IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY. MR. SMITH ALSO ANOTHER POINT I WANT TO BRING UP TOO AS WELL IS THAT YOU KNOW, I SAY THIS BUT YOU KNOW I THINK SOMETIMES IT COMES DOWN TO THE LITTLE THE LEADERSHIP TOO AND WHEN ACTUALLY LEADERSHIP ALSO COMES OUT TOO SOMETIMES THE OF SOME OF THE IS SOME OF THESE BUILDINGS B-BBEE AND LET ME SPEAK TO ME SPEAK TO WHAT I MEAN EXACTLY WE TALK ABOUT THE ARTS WE HAVE OUR OUR MEMBER OVER B FOR HIRE WE HAVE WE HAVE MRS. WILL SHE WILL KICK MY ABOUT I TOLD ADAM A BRAIN HER NAME IS YOU GOT TO WORK IF WE DESCRIBE AND HELP ME OUT OH MRS. OH THAT WAS KID I'M MRS.. 
          ANYWAY THE MS. WE ARE THE MRS. MRS. O IS ON TOP OF MY TOWN BUT BEFORE I HAD A RENOWNED MISTRESS. THANK THANK YOU. THANK YOU THANK YOU MISTRESS. 
          [03:35:03]
OH RIGHT RIGHT RIGHT RIGHT BUT I MEAN BUT YOU KNOW SHE IN TERMS OF I'M I GOT YOU BUT SHE WASN'T THE ROLE WITH THE WITH THE DRAMA PROGRAM SHE HAD MONEY COMING FROM EVERYWHERE AND THEN SHE AT THE SAME TIME SHE WAS GETTING MONEY I REMEMBER ONE TIME I THINK I THINK DR. SCOTT PUT ON I THINK SHE SHE EVEN GIVE US TO GIVE HER SOME MONEY ONE TIME TO TAKE KIDS SOMEWHERE. SO I STARTED THAT TO SAY THIS IS SOMETIMES IT COME DOWN TO LEADERSHIP AT FOR INSTANCE OVER THE MIDDLE SCHOOL LAST YEAR OR LAST YEAR AND IN IN OUR MIDDLE SCHOOL BAND WE HAD MORE KIDS IN THE MIDDLE SCHOOL BAND THAN WE HAD IN HIGH SCHOOL SO HAD A PIPE BOMBING ABOUT 120 SOME ODD KIDS. SO THE QUESTION IS IS WHAT'S HAPPENING? SO IS THIS DEEPER JUST TO PAY WHAT'S HAPPENING BETWEEN ONE YEAR TO THE NEXT YEAR AND THEN BEFORE HIGH SCHOOL WE GOT ABOUT MAYBE A 20 PIECE A LESS SO WE'RE ALL WELL THOSE KIDS GOING OH WHAT A HAPPENING WHY WHY THESE KIDS TRANSFERRING FROM ONE PROGRAM TO THE NEXT SO ALL OF IT IS ALL OF IT ALL OF IT IS NOT PAY PAID TO MY COLLEAGUES SOME OF IT IS LEADERSHIP AND IN TERMS OF ARE YOU ABOUT WHAT YOU DO WE'RE TALKING MORE THAN 19 BOARD MEMBERS. WE DON'T GET $19. LET'S LET'S TALK ABOUT HALFTIME PURCHASES. WE TALKING ABOUT STAPLES SINCE I WANT TO TALK LET'S TALK ABOUT STAPLES. I MEAN I MEAN THAT THAT THAT'S WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS NOW, YOU KNOW, AMONG OURSELVES LET'S JUST BRING THAT UP TOO. 
          SO PUT THAT I'LL PUT THAT ON THE NEXT DOCKET. LET'S IT'S ABOUT WHAT WE DO, HOW MUCH WE GET PAID DEPENDING ON THE PENNIES WE GET PAID TO GET CHEWED UP AND SPIT OUT AND THEN GO AND THEY DON'T POINT AT US YOU KNOW SO I REALLY WANT TO YOU THINK ABOUT IT BUT WHAT WE CONSISTENTLY HERE AND WE'RE LEADING SO LET'S UNDERSTAND THAT THERE ARE SOME OTHER THINGS TO THAT THAT GOES ALONG WITH THAT IN TERMS OF LEADERSHIP I THINK IT'S TIME FOR US TO START QUESTIONING HOW MUCH EMPHASIS OUR LEADERS IS PUTTING ON THE ARTS TO. 
          WHO ARE YOU PUSHING TO COME TO YOUR BUILDING BECAUSE I'M NOT ONE I'M NOT I'M JUST ABOUT NOT CLOSED WITH THIS. I KNOW OUR BAND DIRECTOR WE HAD A WHO WE HAD A FOOTPATH MAYBE 3 TO 4 BUSSES BUT BECAUSE HIS LEADER WAS NOT GIVING HIM THE BACKING THAT HE NEED. 
          HE QUIT AND NOW HE MAKES OVER HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS. BUT HE WAS HE WAS A BAND DIRECTOR RIGHT RIGHT HERE IN COUNTY. BUT BECAUSE HIS PRESENCE WOULDN'T SUPPORT HIM, HE LEFT. SO WHAT ABOUT THE IT WAS ABOUT THE TREATMENT SO THAT'S A LOT 
          [Budget Update]
OF FOOD FOR THOUGHT THAT GOES WITH THAT. THANK YOU ALL. 
          OKAY I THINK WE'VE HAD A GOOD DISCUSSION AND WE'RE ABOUT TO MOVE ON TO A BUDGET UPDATE AND THEN WE ARE GOING TO BE DOING BUDGET PRIORITIES AND NOW IT'S TIME TO TALK AND VOTE ABOUT THE MONEY BECAUSE THIS IS IT IS PARTIALLY ABOUT THE MONEY AND WHAT ALLOCATIONS AND WHAT THE BOARD PRIORITIES ARE. SO LET'S GO RIGHT OVER INTO OUR BUDGET UPDATE AND THEN WE'LL TAKE A BREAK AND THEN WE WILL HAVE A DISCUSSION ABOUT PRIORITIES. 
          OKAY. GOOD AFTERNOON AGAIN. SO WE BROUGHT BEFORE YOU TODAY A BUDGET UPDATE FISCAL YEAR 2526 SO NEXT SCHOOL YEAR WE'RE ALREADY TALKING ABOUT IT AND WE'RE ONLY HALFWAY THROUGH THE CURRENT SCHOOL YEAR. SO WITH ME TODAY IS JENNIFER HAMLIN, THE DIRECTOR OF BUDGETING THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. 
          SHE'S BEEN A WONDERFUL DONE SOME WONDERFUL WORK WITH THE BUDGET OVER THE YEARS MAKING IMPROVEMENTS JUST CONTINUOUSLY IMPROVING THAT PROCESS FOR US AND MAKING SURE WE'RE YOU KNOW, A EXPANDING OUR FEEDBACK LOOP AND MAKING SURE ENGAGEMENT AND AND INFORMATION FROM OUR STAKEHOLDERS. SHE'S GOING TO START THE PRESENTATION TODAY AND THEN I'LL TAKE IT AS WE ABOUT HALFWAY THROUGH AND THEN WE'LL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS FOLLOWING THIS. GOOD AFTERNOON. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE WITH YOU A LITTLE INFORMATION ABOUT THE BUDGET THE PRESENTATION TODAY IS GOING TO BE SORT OF AN EDUCATIONAL APPROACH WITH HAVING MANY NEW BOARD MEMBERS AND WELCOME TO ALL OF YOU. WE WANT TO KIND OF GO THROUGH THE PROCESS OF WHAT WE DO IN THE BUDGET TO DEVELOP OUR BUDGET SOME OF THE STRATEGIES THAT WE TAKE TO GET FEEDBACK AND THEN WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT THERE'S NOT A LOT OF DETAIL AS FAR AS NUMBERS ARE CONCERNED IN THIS PRESENTATION BUT IT'S MORE OF AN EDUCATIONAL AN OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE WITH YOU WHAT WE DO SO THE BUDGET DEVELOPMENT PROCESS IS ACTUALLY A YEAR LONG PROCESS WE LITERALLY EXECUTE ONE BUDGET AND WE'RE ALREADY THINKING OF THE NEXT BUDGET AND WHAT'S GOING TO CHANGE AND WHERE CAN WE MAKE IMPROVEMENT BUT WE BEGIN THE BUDGET BY PLANNING AND WE DO THAT THROUGH LOOK LOOKING BACK LOOK AT STRATEGIES AND INITIATIVES THAT THAT ARE 
          [03:40:07]
WORKING THINGS THAT MAYBE WEREN'T WORKING. WE GET INPUT FROM STAKEHOLDERS. 
          WE GET INPUT FROM YOU AS THE BOARD AND SO WE BEGIN TO DEVELOP A PLAN. 
          WE DECIDE ON THE THINGS WE TO LOOK AT THE THINGS THAT WE NEED TO SEE IMPROVEMENT AND WE TAKE ALL THAT INFORMATION WE A BUDGET SURVEY WITH THE COMMUNITY WE DO A WE HAVE THE BOARD PRIORITY DISCUSSION. WE MEET WITH PRINCIPALS AND GET FEEDBACK FROM THEM. 
          WE TALKED TO RODRIGUEZ CAME UP WITH THE IDEA SEVERAL YEARS AGO TO DO A A STUDENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE WHICH HAS BEEN AND THEN MS. WELL THE INFORMATION THAT PROVIDES US AN INSIGHT FROM A STUDENTS PERSPECTIVE AND THEN WE WE BEGIN TO GATHER ALL THAT INFORMATION TOGETHER AND PREPARE OUR BUDGET IN ADDITION DURING THE PLANNING CYCLE WE SEND OUT INFORMATION AND BUDGET RESOURCE PACKETS TO OUR DEPARTMENTS TO OUR SCHOOLS WITH SOME IDEA OF YOU KNOW, TO BEGIN SO THEY CAN BEGIN TO DEVELOP THEIR THEIR BUDGETS AS WELL. SO IT'S IT'S A IT'S A HEAVY PLANNING CYCLE IN THAT PLANNING CYCLE RIGHT NOW. AND SO WE'RE WE'RE BEGINNING TO GET SOME OF THAT INFORMATION BACK INTO OUR OFFICE ONCE INFORMATION COMES BACK, WE BEGIN TO LITERALLY PREPARE THE BUDGET. WE LISTEN TO WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE LEGISLATURE THE GOVERNOR'S PROPOSING FOR TEACHER SALARIES. WE LISTEN TO OUR WHAT OUR COLLEAGUES ACROSS THE STATE ARE DOING AS FAR AS THEIR TEACHER SALARY IMPLEMENTATION SO THAT CAN CONTINUE TO MAKE OUR COMPETITIVE EDGE REMAIN COMPETITIVE TEACHER SALARIES AND REMAIN COMPETITIVE WITH THE INITIATIVES THAT WE'RE PUTTING IN PLACE IN OUR SCHOOLS TO BRING ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT. SO WE ALL THAT INFORMATION WE BEGIN TO PUT THAT TOGETHER WITH I'M WAY BEHIND ON MY SLOTS THROUGH THROUGH OUR BUDGET DEVELOPMENT PROCESS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE ARE WORKING VERY DILIGENTLY AND WE HAVE ALWAYS LOOKED AT BUT WE'RE LOOKING AT IT EVEN MORE SO IS OUR PROCESS WITH OUR STRATEGIC PLAN. SO OUR STRATEGIC WE WERE FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO HAVE THE MEMBERS OF THE FINANCE TEAM WERE FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO SIT ON THAT STEERING COMMITTEE AS WE DEVELOPED OUR NEW STRATEGIC PLAN IT'S ACROSS COLLABORATIVE PLAN THAT IS WAS STILL SPEARHEADED BY OUR INSTRUCTIONAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT BUT A LOT OF OTHER STAKEHOLDERS WERE ABLE TO PUT FEEDBACK IN THAT AND OUR COMPONENT OF THE STRATEGIC IS STEWARDSHIP. STEWARDSHIP IS VERY NEAR AND DEAR TO MY HEART BECAUSE THINK THAT WE HAVE A LOT OF PUBLIC TRUST OUT THERE BECAUSE MOST OF OUR RESOURCES THAT COME INTO OUR DISTRICT ARE TAXPAYER DOLLARS OR TAXPAYER DOLLARS THROUGH STATE ALLOCATION THE STATE GIVES US AN ALLOCATION BASED ON THEIR TAX REVENUES, STATE INCOME TAX REVENUES. SO WHAT THAT MEANS IS WE WANT TO BE CAREFUL AND RESPONSIBLE MANAGERS OF THE RESOURCES AND MAKE GOOD INVESTMENTS IN OUR DISTRICT. 
          SO SOME OF OUR FINANCIAL STRATEGIES THAT WE USE DURING, OUR PREPARATION IS WE WANT TO PRIORITIZE OUR AND TO MAXIMIZE ACADEMIC OUTCOMES WITH THAT. SO THAT CONTINUES TO BE A FINANCIAL STRATEGY. WE WANT TO CALCULATE OUR REVENUES TO SUPPORT OUR EXPENDITURES AND PREPARE A BALANCED BUDGET WE BRING TO THIS BOARD EVERY YEAR BUDGET THAT OUR REVENUES EQUAL OUR EXPENDITURES AND ME JUST TELL YOU IT DOESN'T COME TO US THAT WAY. IT'S USUALLY WAY MORE EXPENDITURES. 
          IT'S ALWAYS THERE'S LOT MORE MONTH AT THE LOT LESS MONEY AT THE END OF THE MONTH LET'S JUST SAY THAT. SO WE HAVE TO DO A LOT OF SCRUBBING THAT INFORMATION BACK. WE WANT TO ALSO WE'VE WORKED REALLY HARD IN THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS A FUND BALANCE NECESSARY TO HAVING A TAN IN A TAN IS ATTACKS ANTICIPATE NOTE WHICH IS WHERE WE HAVE TO PURCHASE AND BORROW TO GET US THROUGH THOSE LEANER MONTHS AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR WHEN WE ARE NOT RECEIVING TAX REVENUES WE PRIDE OURSELVES IN HAVING A STRONG CREDIT RATING. SO THAT'S A FINANCIAL STRATEGY THAT WE LOOK AT WHEN WE'RE DOING PREPARING THE BUDGET AND WE WANT TO MINIMIZE THE IMPACT . 
          COUNTY TAXPAYERS AGAIN THEY PUT A LOT OF TRUST IN US AND AS YOU YOU AS THE BOARD AND OUR SUPERINTENDENT THAT THE DOLLARS THAT WE'RE RECEIVING IN OUR DISTRICT WE ARE MAKING THE MOST THOSE DOLLARS THAT I MISSED SOMETHING LIKE THAT. ALL RIGHT. 
          I'M GOING TO BACK UP FOR JUST A MOMENT WE TALKED ABOUT A STRONG CREDIT RATING. 
          WE ACTUALLY WENT OUT FOR TWO CREDIT RATINGS RECENTLY AND MOODY'S AND STANDARD AND POOR'S 
          [03:45:04]
WERE WERE THE TWO RATINGS AND WE RECEIVED WE MAINTAINED OUR RATINGS OUR CURRENT RATINGS AT THE SAME LEVEL THAT THEY WERE SO MOODY'S IS A ONE AND STANDARD AND POOR'S IS A DOUBLE-A TO CAPITAL A'S SO THEY OFFER TYPES OF RATINGS. SO YOU'RE GOING TO BE SEEING A PRESS RELEASE GO OUT MEAN MAYBE EVEN I BELIEVE AN UPDATE TO THE BOARD BEFOREHAND AND WE'RE GOING TO BE CELEBRATING THAT AND THAT IS VERY GOOD NEWS FOR THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND IT'S ATTRIBUTED TO A LOT OF FACTORS BUT THAT PRESS RELEASE WILL GIVE YOU SOME INDICATION OF SOME OF THE REASONS WHY THERE'S A LOT OF STRENGTH AND IN THE VALUE OF EVERY MILL, THE VALUE OF OUR PROPERTIES IN THIS COUNTY GROWTH IS A FACTOR IN THE PROPERTY VALUES AND OUR STRENGTH IN OUR LEADERSHIP CONSISTENCIES IN OUR LEADERSHIP AMONG THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND SO A FEW OTHERS. BUT YOU'RE GOING TO SEE THAT COMING OUT VERY SOON. 
          THAT'S SOMETHING TO CELEBRATE AND WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT IT. AND WHAT THAT MEANS IS THAT LOWER INTEREST RATES FOR TAXPAYERS SO WHEN WE GO OUT FOR BONDS WE PAY LESS INTEREST, WE HAVE MORE COMPETITIVE MORE COMPETITIVE STATUS. SO WE HAVE MORE BIDDERS AND LOWER INTEREST RATES AS A RESULT OF THAT. SO VERY GOOD. 
          SO WE'RE GOING TO GO TO THE REVENUE SOURCES. SO WE HAVE TWO PRIMARY REVENUE SOURCES. WE HAVE THREE LOCAL, STATE AND FEDERAL. 
          FEDERAL IS A VERY SMALL PORTION BUT LOCAL REVENUE UP TO ALMOST TWO THIRDS OF THE REVENUES IN OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT TAX REVENUES THAT COME IN FROM IN THE GENERAL FUND THEY WOULD BE FROM THE OWNER THE GENERAL FUND OPERATIONS ITEM OF YOUR TAX YOUR TAX BILLS AND SO THOSE EXCLUDE ANY NON OWNER OCCUPIED HOMES SO YOUR PRIMARY HOMES ARE NOT TAXED FOR LOCAL SCHOOL OPERATIONS. SOUTH CAROLINA AS A RESULT OF A BILL THAT WAS PUT IN PLACE IN 2006 SO IF YOU LOOK AT YOUR TAX BILL YOU SAY ZERO AND OPERATIONS WILL OPERATIONS TAX TAXES PAY FOR OUR TEACHERS ARE PAID FOR OUR STAFF IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT SO WHEN WE IF THERE IS INCREASES IN THAT THOSE ARE PASSED ALONG BUT THEY ALSO GO TO BUSINESSES THEY ARE APPLICABLE ARE APPLICABLE TO BUSINESSES AND VEHICLES AND THAT SORT OF THING. 
          ANOTHER THIRD OF OUR REVENUE SOURCES ARE STATE REVENUES AND THAT COMES IN VARIOUS POTS OF MONEY FROM AND WE HAVE TO WAIT ON THE LEGISLATURE IN ORDER TO MAKE DECISIONS THEIR BUDGET AND WE'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT SHORTLY AND IN ORDER TO FIND OUT WHAT WE'RE GOING TO RECEIVE FOR THE NEXT YEAR SO WE CAN PREDICT IT BUT WE REALLY DON'T KNOW UNTIL THEY SEND US SOME PROJECTIONS A LITTLE LATER IN THE BUDGET PROCESS. 
          BOTH OF THOSE ITEMS DELAY WE COULD DO OUR BUDGET A LITTLE SOONER IF IT WEREN'T FOR THE DECISIONS THAT HAVE TO BE MADE PRIOR TO THAT OR TAX REVENUES THAT HAVE TO COME IN. 
          AND THAT LEADS ME TO THIS SLIDE THESE ARE LOCAL TAX COLLECTIONS THROUGH DECEMBER 31ST THEY APPEAR TO BE COMING IN STRONG LOCAL TAX REVENUES THIS YEAR WERE 127 AND A HALF MILLION WHICH IS 57.9% OF OUR BUDGET BUDGETED REVENUES. SO THEY'RE COMING IN STRONG PRIMARY TWO PRIMARY AREAS ARE MONTHS THAT ARE WHERE WE RECEIVE TAX REVENUE ARE DECEMBER AND JANUARY TAX BILLS GO OUT TYPICALLY IN SOMEWHERE BETWEEN NOVEMBER AND, DECEMBER AND THEN THEY'RE DUE BY JANUARY 15TH I BELIEVE SO THOSE ARE THE TWO MONTHS OF TAX REVENUE AND AS HAMBLIN WAS TALKING ABOUT THE CASH FLOWS IN THE TOWN EARLIER, THAT'S WHY WE WOULD IF WE HAD DID NOT HAVE SUFFICIENT FUND BALANCE. THAT'S WHY WE WOULD NEED A TAX ANTICIPATION NOTE BECAUSE OUR REVENUES COME IN EARLY IN THE YEAR BUT WE PAY CONSISTENTLY THE YEAR SO WE IN THE FALL RIGHT BEFORE TAX REVENUES AGAIN WE'RE IN A LOW CASH FLOW STATE SO WE HAVE TO MONITOR THAT VERY CLOSELY TO MAKE SURE WE'RE GOOD AND AS A RESULT OF US INCREASING BALANCE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, WE'RE IN GOOD SHAPE TO NOT HAVE TO BORROW FUNDS IT SO THIS CHART IS SHOW MUCH COMPARABILITY WE DON'T IT'S HARD TO COMPARE ONE MONTH TO THE LAST OR ONE YEAR TO THE LAST 2024 TAX BILLS DIDN'T GO OUT TILL EARLY DECEMBER SO. 
          YOU'LL SEE THAT WE COLLECTED 38% LAST YEAR. THAT WASN'T VERY MUCH THAT IS NOT A REFLECTION OF A TRUE MONTH. SO REALLY WE HAVE WAIT UNTIL THE END OF JANUARY JANUARY TAX WILL REVEAL MORE COMPARABLE DATA AND WE WE DON'T RECEIVE WE RECEIVE THE EACH MONTH'S REVENUE INFORMATION FROM THE COUNTY TREASURER'S OFFICE 
          [03:50:02]
AROUND 20TH 25TH OF THE MONTH AND SO WE BUY THE NEXT TIME WE COME OUT COME TO THE BOARD WITH A BUDGET UPDATE WE WILL HAVE JANUARY INFORMATION SO IT WILL BE MORE AND WE WILL BEGIN TO BE ABLE TO PROJECT THOSE REVENUES FORWARD FOR THE CURRENT YEAR AS WELL AS THEN TAKE THAT INFORMATION AND PROJECT FOR THE NEXT YEAR WITH WITH A GROWTH FACTOR. 
          SO A COUPLE OF STATE LAWS THAT DICTATE THE STATE REVENUES IN THE BUDGET ARE SECTION 6.1. 320 THOSE RELATE TO MILLAGE RATE INCREASE LIMITATIONS AND THERE'S ALSO I BELIEVE THAT ACT FOR 88 SO OUR MILLAGE RATE CAN BE INCREASED. WELL LET ME START BY TELLING YOU WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW BUT WITHOUT INFORMATION NEXT YEAR WHICH WOULD YOU WHICH WE DO NOT HAVE INFORMATION YET ON THAT MILLAGE INCREASE WE HAVE WE CAN LOOK BACK THREE YEARS AND BANK THOSE THAT MILLAGE SO RIGHT NOW WE HAVE A LITTLE 20 MILLS THAT WE WERE ABLE TO INCREASE BUT ALLOWABLE BY LAW. I'M NOT SUGGESTING THAT WE WOULD GO THAT HIGH BY ANY MEANS BUT I DO WE DO HAVE AS A RESULT OF THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS OF GROWTH FACTORS AND INFLATION WHICH MAKE UP THE TWO. THOSE ARE THE TWO FACTORS THAT ARE ARE ARE APPLICABLE IN THAT FORMULA. WE HAVE SIGNIFICANT SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS BANKED AND THEN EACH YEAR WE WOULD ADD TO THAT AND WHEN THE OLDEST YEAR WOULD FALL OFF SO I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH THE INCREASE WOULD BE THIS YEAR I PREDICT IT PROBABLY COULD BE IN THE 7 TO 8 MILLS MORE OF A OF A RANGE CONSIDERING ON A CONSERVATIVE BASIS. WELL THAT MIGHT BE BUT WE'LL AS AS THAT INFORMATION IS READILY AVAILABLE, I WILL BRING THAT BOARD FORWARD TO THE BOARD AND THEN WE HAVE HOUSE BILL NOT YET. WE DON'T HAVE A BILL YET. 
          WE HAVE A GOVERNOR'S BUDGET ACTUALLY APPROPRIATIONS BILL THAT'S GOING THROUGH THE LEGISLATURE. THE GOVERNOR HAS MADE A PROPOSAL FOR THE 2526 SCHOOL YEAR SO THE FIRST STEP OF OF THE BUDGET PROCESS AT THE STATE LEVEL REALLY RECOMMENDATIONS COME FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION AND GO TO THE GOVERNOR BUT THE GOVERNOR HAS PRODUCED A GOVERNMENT A BUDGET AND THE APPROPRIATION BILL GOES TO THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY IN JANUARY. ON THE NEXT SLIDE YOU'LL SEE A PROCESS THEN THE BILL GOES TO THE HOUSE WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE FOR BUDGET DELIBERATIONS I AND THEN TO THE FULL HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES IN MARCH THEN BACK TO THE SENATE FINANCE COMMITTEE FOR DELIBERATIONS IN APRIL THEN TO THE SENATE BUDGET COMMITTEE AND THEN IF THERE ARE ANY DIFFERENCES MAJOR DIFFERENCES, THEY'LL HAVE A CONFERENCE COMMITTEE SO MEMBERS OF BOTH HOUSES WILL COME TOGETHER AND THEN IF THERE'S ANY MAJOR CHANGES GOES BACK TO THE HOUSE FOR A SECOND LOOK AND THEN FINALLY THE GOVERNOR OF EITHER VETOES OR APPROVES THE LINE ITEMS AND SIGNS INTO LAW. SO THAT PROCESS TAKES BASICALLY FROM JANUARY TO JUNE AND THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS WE GET UPDATES AND PROJECTIONS OF STATE REVENUE SO WE GET A HOUSE PROJECTION AND WE GET A SENATE PROJECTION AND SO WE WILL GET THOSE I THINK WE GET AN EARLY ONE IN THE END OF MARCH AND THEN ANOTHER ONE AT THE END OF APRIL HOUSE PROBABLY GIVES US ONE IN MARCH AND THEN ANOTHER IN APRIL SO WE'LL HAVE MORE OF THE STATE REVENUE INFORMATION THEN SO WE'RE REALLY BEHOLDEN TO THE INFORMATION THAT WE GET FROM THEM FOR MANY OF THE REVENUE SOURCES THAT MAKE UP OUR OUR BUDGET. 
          SO THE NEXT SLIDE IS THE HIGHLIGHTS OF THE GENERAL THE GOVERNOR'S BUDGET PROPOSAL. 
          SO AGAIN THIS IS STATEWIDE THIS AFFECTS STATEWIDE. I'M NOT THIS IS NOT A REFLECTION ON WHAT WE ARE RECOMMENDING FOR THE DISTRICT IS SOLELY WHAT THE GOVERNOR HAS PROPOSED TO THE LEGISLATURE STATE AID TO CLASSROOMS IS A MAJOR STATE SOURCE OF OURS AND IN THAT FUNDING SOURCE THEY PAY TEACHER SALARIES. THE STATE'S MINIMUM SALARY SCHEDULE IS 47,000 CURRENTLY FOR A FIRST YEAR TEACHER AND THEY ARE PROPOSING TO GO UP $3,000 TO 50,000. WE ARE CURRENTLY AT 51,000 SO IF WE TOOK THIS WE GO UP APPROPRIATELY WITH WITH THAT SCHEDULE BUT WE CHOOSE WHAT AMOUNTS WILL GO THAT THE DISTRICT WILL APPROVE SO EACH CELL NOT JUST THE FIRST CELL OF THE TEACHERS OUR SCHEDULE BUT EVERY OTHER CELL THE TEACHER SALARY SCHEDULE AT EVERY STEP AND EVERY LEVEL WOULD ALSO INCREASE BY THAT. YES, SIR. CROSBY, PLEASE MAKE SURE THAT THE NEW MEMBERS KNOW HOW MUCH THEY $3,000 THAT THIS THE GOVERNOR IS SAYING WILL COME TO 
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EACH DISTRICT. HOW MUCH OF THAT? BUT WE ACTUALLY GET FROM THE STATE? WELL, THAT'S A LITTLE HARD TO TELL BECAUSE THERE IS A FORMULA THAT IS BASED ON AN AVERAGE TEACHER SALARY THROUGHOUT THE STATE AND A NUMBER OF STUDENTS PER CLASS AND MS. HAPPENS NOT ONCE WE CANNOT PINPOINT HOW MUCH WE WOULD GET THERE IS FORMULA HERE WILL IT BE $3,000? OH ABSOLUTELY. GIVE ME A GUESS, COLONEL. 
          AND IN TO THAT I DON'T THINK THAT 3000 INCLUDES BENEFITS IN THAT ADDITION, RIGHT? THAT'S CORRECT. OKAY. I WOULD SAY A FRACTION OF THAT BUT IT HAS TO BE THIS STATE AID CLASSROOMS IS NOT JUST FOR TEACHER SALARIES. 
          THERE ARE OTHER INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS AND OTHER THINGS THAT ARE OPERATIONAL EXPENSES OF THE DISTRICT THAT IT HAS TO COVER HELP COVER AS WELL. SO IT'S NOT DEFINED HOW MUCH OF THAT WE WILL GET FOR JUST TEACHER SALARIES BUT WE WILL GET A FRACTION OF THAT. 
          I BELIEVE THAT THERE IS STILL AN INDEX OF TAX PAYING ABILITY FORMULA IN THAT INDEX OF TAX PAYING ABILITY INDICATES THE WEALTH OF A SCHOOL DISTRICT AND A WEALTHY SCHOOL DISTRICT RECEIVES A LOWER PERCENTAGE OF FUNDING FROM THE STATE DEPENDING ON THE POT OF MONEY THAN OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS WHO ARE LESS LESS POVERTY SO BEAUFORT IS ONE OF THE HIGHEST WEALTH DISTRICTS IN THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA SO WE GET PROPORTIONATELY THE LOWEST PERCENTAGE OF STATE FUNDING ARE ONE OF THE LOWEST IF NOT THE LOWEST PERCENTAGE OF STATE FUNDING ACROSS THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA. SO THERE IS ANOTHER SOURCE FUNDS IT'S IN A SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS TO THIS SAYS EIA THE EDUCATION IMPROVEMENT ACT THAT WAS BUILT MANY YEARS AGO. I THINK THAT'S ACTUALLY THE FIFTH CENT OF SALES TAX. 
          SO IF WE'RE AT SIX OR SEVEN RIGHT NOW THAT WOULD BE THINK WE'RE AT 6% BACK DOWN TO 6%. 
          THE FIFTH CENT OF SALES TAX 1% GOES TO THE STATE LEVEL FROM THE DISTRICTS AND THEN COMES IN THE FORM OF AN ALLOCATION TO THE VARIOUS DISTRICTS SO THAT THEY ARE REQUESTING ADDITIONAL FUNDS ACTUALLY SURPLUS FUNDS AND EIA THEY HAD NOT ALLOCATED TO BACK TO COME TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS FOR THE PURCHASE HIGH QUALITY INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS IN MATHEMATICS SPECIFICALLY WHICH IS A IS I'M SURE IS AN THAT THE STATE HAS CURRENTLY SCHOOL BUSSES ALSO EIA SURPLUS THEY ARE PLANNING ON BUYING PURCHASING 250 STATE BUSSES THROUGH THE THROUGHOUT THE STATE AND THAT THOSE FUNDS BE ALLOCATED THAT'S UNCERTAIN WHETHER BEAUFORT WOULD BENEFIT FROM THAT OR THAT ALLOCATION OR NOT WE WOULD CERTAINLY APPLY IF WHEN IF THAT OPPORTUNITY WAS AVAILABLE SCHOOL SAFETY EIA SURPLUS FUNDS FOR SCHOOL SAFETY GRANTS AND SORROWS SORROWS ARE GENERALLY OUR RECURRING REVENUES. IT WOULD BE TO HIRE STATEWIDE 177 ADDITIONAL SORROWS THAT ARE NEEDED TO REPLACE WHEN WE RECEIVE GRANTS OR ALLOCATIONS FROM THE STATE FOR US SORROWS WE HAVE TO MAKE AN APPLICATION IT CAN ONLY BE FOR A SCHOOL THAT DOES NOT CURRENTLY HAVE AN SRO ALL OF OUR SCHOOLS HAVE NOW HAVE SORROWS ACCORDING TO MR. GRISSOM EXCEPT FOR THREE EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTERS. SO ON THE CAMPUS OF THOSE SCHOOLS WE DO HAVE AN SRO BUT NOT AT THE INDIVIDUAL OF THOSE THREE EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTERS WHICH WE ARE CURRENTLY THIS WEEK APPLYING FOR AS AN APP IN AN APPLICATION PROCESS THROUGH THE STATE. SO JUST TO CLARIFY A COUPLE OF OUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS HAVE EARLY CHILDHOOD THAT IS ATTACHED TO THE SCHOOL. IT'S IN THE CAMPUS IT'S ON THE CAMPUS SO THEY HAVE AN SRO ONE SRO AND THEN THEY WOULD HAVE AT THE MOMENT AN ARMED SECURITY GUARD THROUGH COASTAL SECURITY WE WORK WITH OC AND AS SOON AS AN SRO IS AVAILABLE FROM THE LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES THE CORRESPONDING LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY THEN WE WE UTILIZE DOLLARS TO FILL THAT WITH AN SRO AND THEN THE ARMED SECURITY GUARD GOES AWAY BUT THAT AN INITIATIVE THAT WE STARTED I THINK IT WAS MY FIRST YEAR HERE AND WE WENT THROUGH THE PROCESS IN ORDER TO START PLACING ARMED SECURITY GUARDS AT SCHOOLS SITES BECAUSE LOCAL ENFORCEMENT 
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WAS ALSO HAVING THE SAME ISSUES WE WERE HAVING IN TERMS OF OF A HIRING NEW AND VACANCIES AND THAT'S WHAT SO THAT WAS HOW WE OFFSET AND COMPENSATED AND THEN AS BECOME AVAILABLE WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO FILL AND AT THE MOMENT WE'RE DOWN TO THREE AT SCHOOL SITES SITES AND FINALLY ON THE REVENUES A SMALL PORTION LESS THAN 1% OF OUR GENERAL FUND REVENUES ARE FEDERAL AND ARE TWO MAIN CATEGORIES IMPACT AID WHICH IS MILITARY IMPACTED PROPERTIES THAT WE RECEIVE REVENUE FROM. IT'S BELIEVE AROUND 50 TO $75000 A YEAR TOTAL PORTION OF THOSE ANNUALLY ALONG WITH ALL OF THE OTHER REVENUES ARE CALCULATED AND ARE ALLOCATED PROPORTIONATELY WITH RIVERVIEW CHARTER SCHOOL AS WELL. SO WE DO HAVE THAT INCLUDED INTO THE FORMULA AND E-RATE FUNDS E-RATE IS A PROGRAM FROM THE DIVISION OF SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES FEDERAL LEVEL WHERE WE APPLY FOR CERTAIN TYPES OF TECHNOLOGY INFRASTRUCTURE NOT THE NOT THE COMPUTERS LAPTOPS BUT WE CAN GET REIMBURSEMENTS BACK FOR THE WIRING AND THE SWITCH NETWORKS WHICH IS AND THINGS LIKE THAT THAT ARE BEHIND THE THE SCENES IN THE TECHNOLOGY WORLD. SO WE DO GET SOME REIMBURSEMENTS BACK FOR THAT AND WI-FI SO IT'S A IT'S IT'S FROM THE TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND IF YOU EVER LOOK AT YOUR PHONE BILL YOU WILL SEE A UNIVERSAL SERVICE FEE AND THAT FEE GOES TOWARD THIS PROGRAM SO YOU WONDER SOME OF THE FEES COME ON OUR BILLS SOME DAYS BUT THAT'S WHERE IT GOES IT DOES GO TO A GOOD GOOD CAUSE IT'S A LONG TEDIOUS THE APPLICATION PROCESS AND CLAIMING BUT WE DO TAKE OF THAT AND HAVE A PERSON THAT WHOSE HALF OF JOB IS DEDICATED TO THAT REIMBURSEMENT PROCESS SO MOVING ON TO EXPENDITURES SO OVER APPROXIMATELY 80% OF OUR BUDGET IS SALARIES AND BENEFITS WE HAVE LOFTY BENEFITS COSTS THAT ARE IN THE RANGE OF A LITTLE OVER 40% NOW AS OUR RETIREMENT CONTINUE TO GO UP, OUR HEALTH INSURANCE RATES CONTINUE TO GO UP AND WE DO EXPECT THEM TO GO UP AGAIN THIS YEAR. BUT AGAIN, NO INFORMATION HAS COME FROM PBA OUR EMPLOYMENT BENEFITS ADMINISTRATOR YET WE'VE ALREADY SENT OUT THE DEPARTMENTAL BUDGETS SO THE DEPARTMENTS HAVE A DEADLINE TO GET THOSE BACK TO US BY VALENTINE'S DAY. SO THAT'S A GOOD EASY DAY TO REMEMBER AND SO THEY'LL BE THEY'RE BUSY BUILDING THEIR BUDGETS AT THIS TIME OF YEAR AND THE SCHOOL HAVE GONE OUT WENT OUT THIS AFTERNOON AND THEY ARE BUILDING THEIR BUDGETS NOW AS WELL. 
          SO THEY HAVE ALLOCATIONS AMOUNTS BASED ON A FORMULA. EVERYTHING WE DO IS BASED ON A FORMULA BE EQUITABLE TO BE FAIR AND TO ALSO CONSIDER ENROLLMENT THAT PROCESS CONTRACTED SERVICES IS A LARGE LARGE PART OF THE BUDGET THAT WOULD BE CUSTODIAL MAINTENANCE AND OTHER MAJOR CONTRACTS TRASH DISPOSAL ,SUBSTITUTE TEACHERS THOSE ARE IN THAT CONTRACT TO SERVICES CATEGORY GENERAL OPERATING COSTS, SUPPLIES, MATERIALS, UTILITIES IS A BIG COST OF OURS WHICH. WE THE OPERATIONS OFFICE MANAGES WELL AND TRACKS IT ON A MONTHLY BASIS OR DAILY BASIS ACTUALLY TO ENSURE WE ARE MANAGING THAT EFFICIENTLY AND THEN OUR CHARTER SCHOOL ALLOCATION IS A CALCULATION A LARGE TICKET ITEM IN OUR BUDGET THAT WE PROVIDE AND ALLOCATE TO RIVERVIEW CHARTER SCHOOL EACH YEAR. 
          SO SOME OF THE CHALLENGES THAT WE EXPERIENCED YEAR AFTER YEAR THEY DON'T TYPICALLY CHANGE SOME YEARS THEY'RE SOME 
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WE RELAY THAT INFORMATION THEN THAT'S CAPTURED AT A STATE LEVEL TO SEE WHAT THE WHAT THE TOTAL VALUE IS BUT IT STILL SOMETIMES DOES NOT COME WITH FUNDING UNPREDICTABLE REVENUES ESPECIALLY IN TIMES OF A REASSESSMENT. FORTUNATELY THAT WAS LAST YEAR AND WE DON'T HAVE TO DO THAT FOR ANOTHER FOUR OR FIVE YEARS. SO WE DO NOT HAVE THAT. 
          BUT STILL REVENUES JUST LIKE ENROLLMENT ARE A LITTLE ARE VERY VOLATILE AND HARD TO PREDICT SOMETIMES THEY ARE SO WE MAKE OUR BEST GUESS PROJECTION BASED ON INFLATION AND VARIOUS FACTORS WHAT THE COLLECTIONS ARE NOW, WHAT WE THINK THEY'RE GOING TO BE GOING FORWARD IN THE FUTURE AND I TEND TO BE CONSERVATIVE ON THE SIDE OF REVENUES AND LIBERAL ON THE SIDE OF EXPENDITURES AND I WANT TO COME AND THAT USUALLY SORT OF BALANCES US OUT A TIMELINE OF THE BUDGET LEGISLATIVE PROCESS, A CHALLENGE IT KEEPS US FROM BEING ABLE TO DELIBERATE LONGER AND HAVE MORE TIME TO BE ABLE TO BUILD THE BUDGET. 
          SO THAT DOES PROVIDE SOME CONSTRAINTS BECAUSE THE THE INFORMATION WE'RE GETTING ON REVENUES PARTICULARLY AND SOME OF THE MANDATES ARE COMING VERY LATE IN THE PROCESS SO WE JUST WE JUST DO OUR BEST JOB TO MONITOR REVENUES THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. 
          WE HAVE A STAFF MEMBER WHO MONITORS REVENUES AND I DO AS WELL WE HAVE A TEAM THAT THAT FOCUSES MOSTLY ON THE EXPENDITURES AND THEN WHEN WE HAVE A GOOD IDEA OF WHAT WE'RE GOING TO WHAT THINGS ARE GOING TO LOOK LIKE, WE BRING IT TOGETHER AND SEE WHAT HOW WE CAN BALANCE THAT BUDGET AND HAVE OPTIONS OF WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO DO WE NEED A TAX INCREASE? ARE WE ABLE TO LIVE WITHIN THE MEANS THAT WE HAVE WE ABLE TO REDUCE OR DEFER SOME OF THE COSTS THAT HAVE REQUESTED OR DO WE MAKE SOME HARD DECISIONS ON PRO PRIORITIZATION, THAT SORT OF THING. SO WE JUST LOOK BACK ALSO THERE'S POLICY, THERE'S LAWS, THERE'S STRATEGIC PLAN DISTRICT DISTRICT INITIATIVES THAT WE TRY TO ALIGN ALL OF THOSE TO MAKE THE OR CONSIDER OF THOSE ITEMS WHEN WE'RE BALANCING THE BUDGET AND I'M GOING TO SKIP THAT NEXT SLIDE AND THEN FINALLY THERE'S AN ADOPTION SCHEDULE. SO THERE'S WE SORT OF HAVE A BUDGET PREPARATION SCHEDULE THAT'S NEAR THE FRONT OF THIS PRESENTATION THAT'S A TIMELINE OF THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING TO BUILD THE BUDGET AND THE NEXT SLIDE PROVIDES AN A SCHEDULE OF THE TIMING OF WHEN THAT WORK WHEN YOU WILL SEE THE BUDGET. SO WE ARE COMMITTING TO COMING ONCE A MONTH TO AND WE'LL HAVE I THINK WE'LL HAVE A FEBRUARY UPDATE AS WELL THAT MAY HAVE BEEN ON THE LAST SLIDE BUT WE'RE GOING TO COME ONCE A MONTH AND PROVIDE UPDATES TO YOU AS. 
          WE HAVE THEM COME AVAILABLE AGAIN EARLY ON IT. WE DON'T HAVE A BUT WE'LL PROVIDE SOME BRIEF ITEMS TO YOU AND MOSTLY TAX REVENUE THAT WILL BE IMPORTANT INFORMATION THAT WE WILL HAVE AVAILABLE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE APRIL 25TH IS TYPICALLY WHEN WE BRING THE FULL BUDGET PUT TOGETHER BASED ON PRIORITIES THAT ESTABLISHED AND ALL OF THE INFORMATION WE HAVE AND THEN WE'LL HAVE A COUPLE OF BUDGET FORUMS ONE ON THE NORTHERN SIDE ONE ON THE SOUTHERN SIDE AND THEN ULTIMATELY CERTIFY THE BUDGET BY MAY 20TH. 
          SO THAT'S THE KEY DATE AND THE TIMING IS VERY SPECIFIC BECAUSE WE HAVE TO HAVE THREE READINGS WITH COUNTY COUNCIL THREE APPROVALS OF AN ORDINANCE WITH COUNTY COUNCIL BEFORE JUNE 30TH. SO WE KIND OF BACK INTO THE CALENDAR MAKE SURE THAT THAT WORKS AND WE'VE ALREADY BEEN IN CONVERSATIONS WITH THE COUNTY TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT ALIGNS WITH THEIR SCHEDULES AND MEET SCHEDULE OF MEETINGS AS WELL SO THE MISS ANYTHING OKAY I THINK THAT'S ALL I HAVE TODAY AND I'LL BE HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS COMMENTS THAT YOU HAVE AT THIS POINT QUESTIONS COMMENTS VERY GOOD. I WE WILL TAKE A TEN MINUTE BREAK SO BE BACK AND SAY TEN AFTER 2:00 AND WE'LL START WITH THE BUDGET PRIORITIES 
          [Board Budget Priorities]
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ORDER NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS BOARD BUDGET PRIORITIES. DR. RODRIGUES THANK YOU. 
          WANT TO GO DO SOMETHING LIKE WE DID LAST YEAR AND TAKE YOU THROUGH AN EXERCISE TO LAND ON SOME BUDGET PRIORITIES SINCE THERE ARE 11 OF YOU RIGHT TO TRY TO GET YOU TO SPEAK ONE VOICE AROUND A GROUP SET OF PRIORITIES OKAY I ASK THAT YOU SEND PRIORITY TO ROBIN WHICH SHE COMPILED AND THEN I FOLLOWED UP WITH PHONE CALLS IF I HAD A QUESTION AND THEN I USED THE INFORMATION THAT YOU PROVIDED TO GENERATE AN ITEM A LIST OF 12 ITEMS. OKAY SO WHAT YOU HAVE IN ON THIS SCREEN I'M GOING TO ASK YOU TO TAKE OUT A PHONE IF YOU HAVE A PHONE OR YOU CAN USE YOUR LAPTOPS IF YOU DON'T HAVE A PHONE. 
          OKAY AND SO THE PURPOSE IS TO FACILITATE THIS DISCUSSION TODAY AND TO UTILIZE A PROCESS IDENTIFY YOUR COLLECTIVE BOARD BUDGET PRIORITIES IF YOU HAVE A PHONE WHAT I'M GOING YOU TO DO IS THERE'S ONE RIGHT BEHIND YOU. MS.. 
          FRAZIER WILL BE EASY TO GET TO SO YOU ARE NOT ON AN ANGLE BUT IF I'M GOING TO ASK YOU TO USE A QR CODE THAT'S UP THERE AND THAT WILL GET YOU INTO THIS CENTIMETER SYSTEM AND AND THEN WE'LL GET STARTED WITH THE PROCESS. MARK THANK YOU. 
          SO WE'LL HAVE SOME HELP COMING . ARE YOU ABLE TO GET IT FROM POSITIVE POSITIVE BUT ALL RIGHT SO DR. RODRIGUEZ, COULD YOU OR SOMEONE ELSE LET ME KNOW IN THE CHAT IF THERE'S A LINK I CAN FOLLOW? SINCE I CAN'T I'M ON MY PHONE SO I CAN'T STAY ON THE PHONE YES. CAN YOU CAN YOU DO YOU SEE THE THE SLIDES. YES I CAN SEE THEM ON MY CELL PHONE BUT WITH ANY DILIGENCE THERE'S FOR ME TO FOLLOW. YEP. SO YOU CAN GO TO MENTON DOT COM OKAY AND THEN PUT IN THAT CODE PERFECT. AND YOU SEE THE CODE THERE. 
          YEAH YOU PUT THAT CODE IN IT WAS JUST TEENY TINY I HAD TO LIKE REALLY HOLD THE PHONE UP TO SEE THAT WRITING SO I'VE GOT IT NOW I WILL GO STRAIGHT THERE. 
          THANK YOU WILL YOU LET ME KNOW AS SOON AS YOU'RE IN. YEAH GIVE ME 1/2. 
          THANK YOU. I'M WAITING A CODE IN THE CODE . 
          OH WHAT THE? WHAT NOW? I GUESS I MADE A WRONG STEP. 
          I'M IN DOCTOR. THANK YOU. OH. 
          OH NO. YOU CAN WAIT. YEP. 
          I DIDN'T I DIDN'T SEE IT FOR A SECOND. I SHOULD THANK YOU, MISS. 
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HEY. ALMOST READY TO GO? I GET THAT THE NUMBER PLATE AND IT'LL COME UP ON YOU CARRY SOME SAMPLE PERFECT. HE HAS TO CHANGE IT BUT NO I, HAVEN'T CHANGE IT YET. OKAY, WE'RE ALL GOOD, MARK ALL RIGHT OKAY. 
          ALL RIGHT. SO AS WE MOVE THROUGH THE PROCESS ARE YOU KNOW, IF YOU'RE LIKING THIS PROCESS AND YOU'RE NERVOUS SOME THUMBS UP IN THERE, YOU COULD YOU COULD SHARE ALONG THE WAY ALL RIGHT. WHAT I DID WELL BEFORE OR WHAT I'M GOING TO ASK YOU TO DO FIRST WE'RE GOING TO GENERATE A WORD CLOUD. OKAY. 
          SO THIS GIVES YOU AN OPPORTUNITY TO PLUG IN AND AND GIVE THREE THINGS THAT YOU'RE MOST INTERESTED IN RESPECT TO THE BUDGET. OKAY? THREE THINGS YOU'RE MOST INTERESTED IN WITH RESPECT TO THE BUDGET. 
          YOU CAN PLUG THAT IN THERE. THIS IS GOING TO GENERATE A WORD CLOUD. 
          WHAT IT WILL SHOW YOU IS THE MORE OF YOU THAT PUT IN THE SAME ITEM, THE BIGGER ITEM IS GOING TO BECOME ON THE SCREEN. OKAY IT WILL CAPTURE ALL ITEMS BUT THE MORE OF YOU SELECTING THE SAME TYPE OF ITEM THE SAME ITEM THE BIGGER THAT THAT GETS GOING NOW IT ACTUALLY DOES IT WILL CAPTURE IT TWICE IN A DIFFERENT WAY. SO AS YOU CAN SEE, IT'S STARTING TO GENERATE RIGHT NOW TO ENTER AND IN A WORD OR PHRASE IN YOUR SO WE GOT THREE RESPONSES IN AT THE MOMENT YEAH YEAH RIGHT OKAY. THREE SLOTS. 
          YEP THIS IS IS JUST TO GET US THINKING OR LOOK FOR THE WORDS FROM THE WORDS THAT ARE POPPING UP HERE ARE THE TWO ARE PUTTING IN SO I WANTED TO DO THAT BUT I THINK I SEE WHAT THEY ARE AND ALL THE OTHER EVERYTHING ABOUT EVERYTHING IS ON 26 RESPONSES IN OKAY SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT THIS WORD RIGHT HERE, THE ONE THAT STANDS OUT A LITTLE BIT BIGGER THAN THE OTHERS IS FINE ARTS. EVERYTHING ELSE IS OF IMPORTANCE, RIGHT? YOU'VE IDENTIFIED THESE THINGS IMPORTANCE BUT BUT EVERYBODY HIT ONE HERE, ONE HERE, ONE HERE, ONE HERE. RIGHT. NONE OF THESE IT'S NOT LIKE WE GOT FIVE IN ONE SPOT OR TEN IN ONE SPOT. RIGHT. 
          BUT FINE ARTS A LITTLE BIT BIGGER THAN THE OTHER. SO MORE THAN ONCE FINE ARTS SCHOOL SECURITY GOT IN THERE AND TEACHER PAY GOT IN THERE. YOU GUYS KEEP MOVING IT. 
          ALL RIGHT? VERY GOOD. SO GOING TO HAPPEN NOW IS WE'RE GOING TO SHIFT INTO THE NEXT PORTION GOT OURSELVES THINKING ABOUT DIFFERENT TOPICS, 
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DIFFERENT THINGS THAT IMPORTANT TO THINK ABOUT WITH RESPECT TO THE BUDGET AND WE MOVE INTO THE NEXT SLIDE. THESE ARE THE PRIORITIES THAT SENT WHAT I DID WAS IF THERE WERE A COUPLE THAT WERE I GROUP THEM TOGETHER AS AN EXAMPLE YOU SEE TEACHER RAISES STAFF RAISES BUS DRIVER RAISES I CALL THEM OUT SEPARATELY BECAUSE YOU NAME THEM SEPARATELY BUT I PUT THEM ALL IN ONE CATEGORY. DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? OKAY YOU CAN SEE OPERATIONS AND ENERGY SO THERE WAS ENERGY EFFICIENCY CAME FROM ONE OF YOU OPERATIONS CAME FROM ANOTHER RIGHT. SO I'M GROUPING THOSE TWO IN THERE BUT THERE ARE SOME SUBTLE THERE ARE SOME DIFFERENCES. SO WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO RIGHT NOW IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT YOU PUT ON THE TABLE WHEN YOU SENT IN YOUR THOUGHTS ABOUT PRIORITIES THAT YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT WITH YOUR COLLEAGUES BOARD MEMBERS I WANT TO GIVE YOU THAT OPPORTUNITY RIGHT NOW TO SHARE OR SAY ANYTHING THAT YOU NEED TO ADD OR SAY ABOUT ANY PARTICULAR ITEM YES. 
          SO IS SPEND SPECIAL EDUCATION FUNDING GROUPED INTO ANOTHER CATEGORY? YES. SO IS IN HERE YOU SEE SPECIAL EDUCATION SEPARATE THERE WHERE EDUCATION. OH YEAH YEAH SORRY IT'S SPLIT MIND SO IT LOOKS LIKE EDUCATION AND OVER HERE IT'S A SPECIAL FACILITY YEAH YEAH YEAH YEAH NO THAT'S THAT'S SO THAT WAS AN INTERESTING ONE BECAUSE AS I WAS LOOKING AT THAT THERE'S ACADEMICS AND PROGRAM OPS RIGHT BUT SINCE SPECIAL EDUCATION HAD BEEN SPECIFICALLY CALLED OUT I LEFT THAT ONE SEPARATE IN THERE AS A AS A CONVERSATION PIECE FOR YOU. YEP. 
          OKAY. ANYTHING ANYBODY WANT ABOUT DOESN'T SEEM LIKE IT. 
          WE'RE GETTING READY TO MOVE TO THE NEXT PIECE. OKAY. 
          THIS HERE IS SOMETHING I WANT YOU THINKING ABOUT ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE YOU HAVE THE ITEMS THAT YOU LISTED 12 THOSE 12 ITEMS THAT I HAD IT ON THE PRIOR SLIDE THERE OVER THERE ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE. OKAY. WHAT I WANT YOU TO DO IS THINK ABOUT EACH OF THOSE IN TERMS OF DO YOU THINK IT IS HIGH COST ,MEDIUM COST OR LOW COST AND THEN DO YOU THINK IT'S LOW IMPACT MEDIUM IMPACT? HIGH IMPACT. 
          OKAY. SO I WANT YOU TO RATE EACH OF THOSE AS LOW MEDIUM OR HIGH COST AND RATED AS LOW MEDIUM OR HIGH IMPACT FROM YOUR PERSPECTIVE APPLY SIDE TO SIDE I I ALSO LOOK AT NO AND THAT'S SO WHEN IT GOES LIKE THIS IT'S IN VOLUME RIGHT NOW MY PHONE ALREADY LOST. OKAY. OH YEAH. 
          ALL RIGHT. AND THEN I NEED TO GET I NEED TO COME AND START OVER SO I NEED THAT CODE AGAIN. YEAH 
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. FOR FOR LUNCH EVERYONE WANT TO READ THIS OUT? OKAY . AND ALL RIGHT. OKAY. 
          SO LOOKING AT THIS GRAPH HERE NOW WHAT LOOKS LIKE IS ALMOST EVERYTHING. 
          WELL HERE IS MEDIUM IMPACT TO MEDIUM AND MEDIUM COST OR HIGHER. 
          RIGHT. AND WE'VE IDENTIFIED SEVEN, 12, TEN AND FIVE SO ACADEMICS AND PROGRAMS, OPERATIONS AND ENERGY EFFICIENCY, SPECIAL EDUCATION TEACHER RAISES STAFF RAISES AND BUS DRIVER AS HIGH IMPACT HIGH COST RIGHT AND WE'VE IDENTIFIED UP SO MOVING IT JUST MOVED ON ME AGAIN NO IT'S OKAY IT'S OKAY SO ESSENTIALLY THAT'S HOW YOU WOULD READ THIS RIGHT NUMBER ONE UH WAS LISTED AS A HIGH MID IMPACT AND REALLY LOW UH UH MID I'M SORRY TO LOW COST I'D SAY AT THE OTHER WAY MID TO LOW COST. ANY QUESTIONS ANYTHING ANYBODY WANTS TO SHARE ABOUT THAT ANY INSIGHTS, ANY THOUGHTS THOUGHTS PLEASE I CAN FOLLOW I SEE THE YOUR VERY LIKE THE THE THING EXCEPT THIS IS THIS IS CAPTURING YOUR COLLECTIVE 
          [04:30:19]
THINKING THINKING YEAH YEAH. SO THAT'S PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT NEUTRAL AND GOOD OBSERVER. OKAY SO AS WE MOVE ALONG NOW TO THE NEXT YOU'VE GOTTEN A CHANCE TO DIGEST THAT A LITTLE BIT. THESE ARE THE 12 PRIORITIES THAT YOU SUPPLIED. 
          UH, BY WEDNESDAY. OKAY. TO ROBIN AND SO WHAT I'D LIKE YOU TO DO NOW IS I'D LIKE YOU TO RANK THESE, OKAY? I'D LIKE YOU TO RANK THESE MOST IMPORTANT TO LEAST IMPORTANT I STRUGGLE WITH SAYING LEAST IMPORTANT BECAUSE WE KNOW THEY'RE ALL IMPORTANT BUT BUT RANK FROM WHAT YOU BELIEVED THE MOST IMPORTANT BE OR THE ONE YOU WANT TO FOCUS THE MOST ON FOR THE BUDGET I WANT YOU TO RANK ALL SORRY I CAN HEAR YOU WOULD SAY THAT STUDENT OUTCOMES FALLS FOR YOU UNDER ACADEMICS AND PROGRAMS. YES MA'AM. OKAY. THANK YOU. 
          YEP. THANK YOU. YEAH, WELL THERE'S TOP 12 THAT'S ON HERE AND WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO DO IS THEY'RE GOING TO RANK THEM AND WE'RE GOING TO WE'RE GOING TO TAKE FROM HERE WE'RE GOING TO TAKE THE TOP FIVE IN THE ORDER THEY WANT THEM. YES . FRONT TO BACK ALSO AWESOME TO PREDICTIVE SYSTEM THEY'RE PREDICTING BACK HERE BUT I DON'T SEE ANY MONEY YEAH YEAH. THANK YOU I'LL FIND IT KIND 
          [04:35:08]
OF A IT'S KIND OF THERE AND IT'S NOT THAT THERE'S NOBODY ELSE I THEY'RE SO IMPRESSED BY . YEAH WHAT I SEE IS 1123 OR FOUR WHICH ONE IS OBVIOUS BUT THE OTHERS ARE ARE MAJOR SPORTS WE'RE GOING YEAH I THINK ALL OF THEM QUOTE HIGH PRIORITY THERE I AGREE THAT OUR MISHEAR YOUR ITEMS IN RANKED OH YES THEY'VE BEEN THERE ALL RIGHT EXCELLENT THANK YOU OKAY I THINK WE JUST SAW IT MOVE AGAIN SO. 
          I THINK WE'RE I THINK WE'VE GOT EVERYBODY IN RIGHT NOW AND GOING TO TAKE THE TOP FIVE OUT OF HERE BUT THAT ONLY SEVEN AND YEP THANK YOU BECAUSE WE HAVE DONE OUR IT WOULD COST OH A MAGICAL MAGICAL AND WE WILL EVERYONE OUT THERE I'M ALL RIGHT ALL RIGHT GO WHERE ARE YOU CHEERING THANK YOU. IT'S ALMOST THERE I GUESS SUBMITTING YOUR OH YEAH YEAH YEAH WHATEVER WHATEVER THAT THING I DID YEAH WHICH YOU KNOW BUT YEAH ALL OF US THEN NEXT RIGHT NEXT TO IT THERE SO THAT A DOUBLE DOUBLE 11 YEAH. YOU LIKE IT WHAT YOU LIKE IT WORKS OUT NOW THAT IS X OH GO GAMES OVER THE GAMES OVER TIME SO THAT EVERYONE'S SUBMITTED ALL NARROWED DOWN FOR THE NEXT SLIDE YEAH ECONOMIC PROGRAMS THAT I THINK RESEARCH BUT SEE YEAH WE'VE DONE BUT THERE YOU CAN CLICK AND THEY'RE CHEAP NOW YES YES OH YOUR CALENDAR NO I CAN'T SO GO AHEAD AND LET ME KNOW WHEN WE JUST ABOUT READY TO SWITCH BUT WE'RE SORT NAVIGATING THE PROGRAM THE PROGRAM DOESN'T DO SOMETHING I NEED IT TO DO SO WE'RE MANUALLY IT ON THE BACK END HERE. WELL TRICKERY. ALL RIGHT, SO HERE ARE THE TOP FIVE. OKAY. THIS IS WHAT YOU HAVE IDENTIFIED NOW AS BOARD'S TOP FIVE. ALL RIGHT. 
          OKAY, NOW WE'RE GOING TO GO DOWN TO THE TOP THREE. OKAY? 
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WE'RE GOING TO GO TO THE TOP THREE. SO YOU WILL MOVE THROUGH AND SELECT YOUR TOP THREE FROM HERE . BUT OKAY, THE DISCREPANCIES WILL YOU HAVE THEM IN THE PREVIOUS SLIDE OR DO YOU THINK IT SHOULD WE JUST SO IN THIS SCREENSHOT WE HAVE DOESN'T MATCH WHAT WE'RE ALL RIGHT TIME OUT SO THAT'S SUBMITTED YEAH YEAH SO WE'RE GOING TO DO WE'RE WE'RE GOING TO WE'RE ON THE REVIEW RIGHT NOW ESTHER OKAY DO YOU HAVE THEM THAT FEATURE IT WON'T PUT THEM IN THE SAME ORDER BECAUSE YOU'RE JUST DELETING BUT YOU GOT THEM SO THINK MAKE THE REFERENCE OKAY OKAY. 
          ALL RIGHT NOW HERE WE GO PROCEED. I SAID ARE YOU EXCITED ALREADY RESPOND. OKAY. THEY'RE POPPING UP. 
          THEY'RE YEAH IT'S THE SAME FIVE THEY SAID WE WERE JUST VERIFYING WE HAD AN INSTANT REPLAY TO JUST DOUBLE CHECK AND MAKE SURE WE HAD THE RIGHT FIVE NO FILE, NOTHING, NO SO AGAIN THAT'S RIGHT THE CALL ON THE FIELD IS CONFIRMED. I GOT IT. 
          OH, YOU'RE THERE'S TEN IN THERE RIGHT NOW. GOT TO SOMEBODY WANTS TO LISTEN SAYING YOU'RE GOOD TO GO. YEP I YOU'RE IN. 
          THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, NOW THE TOP THREE THESE ARE THE BOARD'S TOP THREE HIGH LEVEL BUDGET. DOES IT MEAN THAT THE OTHER THINGS ARE NOT PAYING ATTENTION TO? IT JUST MEANS THAT THESE ARE THE TOP THREE HIGH LEVEL PRIORITIES THAT THAT WE UTILIZE THIS AND WE UTILIZE THE TOP FIVE AND WE UTILIZE YOUR WHOLE TOP 12. BUT BUT THIS PROVIDES SOME DIRECTION AROUND OUR WORK AS WE MOVE FORWARD THE BUDGET PRIORITIES AND THAT'S IN ESSENCE REALLY CONCLUDE THIS BUDGET PRIORITY SETTING SESSION I HOPE YOU ENJOYED THE PROCESS AND AND I THINK IT'S A GOOD WAY TO COLLECTIVELY GET YOUR VOICE AT ONE TIME SO I APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND INPUT MR. CHAIR. BACK TO YOU. OKAY. 
          WE HAVE A QUESTION SO THE LITTLE THUMBS UP BUTTON WHAT DOES IT DO IF YOU HIT IT A FEW TIMES I'M GOING TO SHOW UP ON MY SCREEN LATER. HOW MANY THINGS YOU GUYS LIKED? OH, AND YOU SHOULD SEE A THUMB KIND OF UP THE SCREEN LIKE THAT RIGHT? THANKFULLY IT'S ONLY THE THUMB THAT THAT IS OKAY. THANK YOU. 
          OKAY. NO MORE QUESTIONS ON THIS AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          THIS IS VERY IT WAS FUN. THANK YOU. AND THE LAST ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS READ THE CHAIR REPORT. I'VE SENT ADVANCE COPY TO YOU SO IT SHOULDN'T A SURPRISE 
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WE'RE GOING TO BE ANNOUNCING IN THE COMMITTEE COMMITTEE CHAIR AND BEFORE YOU LEAVE THIS AFTERNOON PLEASE CONTACT THAT COMMITTEE CHAIR THAT YOU ARE A COMMITTEE THAT YOU SERVE BECAUSE YOU WILL BE SCHEDULING COMMITTEE MEETINGS PRETTY QUICK BECAUSE WE'VE GOT A LOT OF STUFF TO GET TO DO IN COMMITTEE. SO LET ME READ THE REPORT THIS AFTERNOON'S CHAIR REPORT WILL BE LONGER THAN NORMAL TO ANNOUNCE COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS PARLIAMENT APPOINTMENT NEW BOARD LEADERSHIP INITIATIVE AND A BOARD RETREAT NEW BOARD COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS OR FOLLOWS ACADEMIC COMMITTEE CHAIR MS.. 
          CHLOE GORDON MEMBER MS. FRASIER MEMBER DR. CARR OPERATIONS COMMITTEE CHAIR MR. NAY MEMBER MR. SMITH MENDER MEMBER PASTOR GORDON MEMBER MR. SMALL AND MEMBER DR. KUPFER FINANCE COMMITTEE CHAIR MR. DALLAS MEMBER MS. HAY AND MS. GORDON TECHNOLOGY COMMITTEE CHAIR MS. BOATWRIGHT MEMBER MR. NAY MEMBER MS.. FRAZIER RESULTS COMMITTEE CHAIR MS. HAY MEMBER DR. CARR AND MYSELF BEAUFORT JASPER A CENTER FOR EXCELLENCE CHAIR WELL IT'S NOT A CHAIR. YOU'RE YOU'RE THREE MEMBERS AND YOU WILL DECIDE. 
          CHAIR WHEN YOU MEET THIS MONTH OR SOON MONTH WILL BE MR. DALLAS MR. SMALL AND MS. FRAZIER LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE CHAIR MR. DALLAS MEMBER MS. BOATWRIGHT. 
          MS. HAY PASTOR GORDON. MS. GORDON THE POLICY COMMITTEE WILL BE STAFFED AFTER FURTHER DISCUSSION AT A FUTURE WORK SESSION. WE'VE GOT TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT HOW WE DEAL WITH A POLICY COMMITTEE REMINDER TO ALL OF YOU IF YOU'RE A MEMBER THAT DOESN'T MEAN YOU CAN'T GO TO EACH COMMITTEE MEETING AND HAVE A VOICE. 
          THE THING YOU WON'T BE ABLE TO DO ON THE COMMITTEE IS VOTE BUT YOU CAN CERTAINLY MAKE YOUR DESIRES AND WISHES KNOWN OKAY NEXT THE NEXT ITEM IN AN EFFORT TO WORK SATISFACTORY SOLUTIONS TO THE GREATEST NUMBER THE BOARD'S PARLIAMENTARY QUESTIONS AND THE LEAST AMOUNT ROBERT'S RULES OF ORDER MUST BE FOLLOWED AND TO HELP OUT THE EFFICIENT IMPLEMENTATION OF ROBERT'S OF ORDER I HAVE ASKED OUR BOARD SECRETARY TO ON THE ADDED RESPONSIBILITY OF PARLIAMENTARIAN MS. BOATWRIGHT HAS ACCEPTED THAT OFFER AND. 
          WE'LL START NOW AT THIS MEETING THE ROLE OF A PARLIAMENTARIAN IS TO ADVISE THE BOARD CHAIR IN RESPONDING TO OF ORDER AND PARLIAMENTARY INQUIRIES AND PROVIDE ADVICE CONDUCTING THE MEETING IN A PROMPT, EFFECTIVE AND EFFICIENT MANNER. NEXT ITEM AS BOARD CHAIR I 
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WOULD LIKE TO ANNOUNCE BOARD LEADERSHIP INITIATIVE TO IMPROVE THE BOARD'S COMMUNICATION AND INTERACTION WITH COUNTY COUNCIL CITY GOVERNMENTS IN THE COUNTY AND LOCAL SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS AND SOCIAL WITHIN THE COUNTY BOARD MEMBERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO ATTEND AND OBSERVE COUNTY COUNCIL MEETINGS, CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS TOWNSHIP MEETINGS CONDUCTED IN THEIR DISTRICT. IF A BOARD MEMBER ATTENDS THESE MEETINGS FROM START TO THE BOARD MEMBER WILL IDENTIFY THE MEETING THEY AND ANNOTATE THE DATE OF THE MEETING ON THEIR TRAVEL NOTICE TO THE BOARD SECRETARY. THE BOARD SECRETARY WILL THEN SUBMIT THAT INFORMATION TO PAYROLL FOR BOARD MEMBER RECEIPT OF THE STANDARD BOARD STIPEND FOR ATTENDANCE AT AN AUTHORIZED MEETING IF BOARD MEMBERS ARE OFFERED ACCEPT THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK AT A LOCAL PLACE OF , WORSHIP ABOUT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. 
          THEY WILL ALSO RECEIVE A MEETING STIPEND BOARD MEMBERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO JOIN A SERVICE CLUB IN THE DISTRICT THEY REPRESENT SERVICE CLUBS LIKE THE ROTARY KIWANIS EXCHANGE CLUB, LIONS CLUB, VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS AND OTHER NATIONAL AND LOCAL SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS. IF YOU JOIN ONE OR MORE OF THESE CLUBS OUR BOARD WILL 
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PAY FOR YOUR INITIATION FEE AND MONTHLY DUES AS LONG AS YOU ARE A SERVING BOARD MEMBER AND ACTIVE TAKING PART IN CLUB ACTIVITIES BOARD MEMBERS WHO ELECT TO TAKE PART IN THIS COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT ARE ENCOURAGED TO SEND TO THE LEGISLATIVE A BRIEF EMAIL OUTLINING ANY INFORMATION YOU PROVIDED OR RECEIVED AT THE ORGANIZATION MEETING YOU ATTEND TO HELP ENSURE BOARD MEMBERS ARE INFORMED ABOUT LOCAL ISSUES . 
          THE SCHOOL BOARD BUDGET WILL PAY FOR A DIGITAL SUBSCRIPTION TO THE NEW BEAUFORT POST COURIER. SO YOU WILL HAVE THE ABILITY TO READ LOCAL NEWS WITHOUT HAVING TO HAVE A SUBSCRIPTION. THE BOARD BUDGET WILL PAY FOR THAT. 
          LASTLY, THE BOARD NEEDS TO CONDUCT A TO GET TO KNOW OUR NEW BOARD MEMBERS AND LET THE NEW BOARD MEMBERS GET TO KNOW THOSE OF US WHO HAVE BEEN ON THE BOARD. 
          WHEN YOU WE ALSO NEED A SESSION TO TEACH BOARD MEMBERS ABOUT OUR COHERENT GOVERNANCE MODEL AND SIMULTANEOUSLY CONDUCT A REVIEW OF THIS MODEL FOR THE OLD BOARD MEMBERS THIS IS BEST DONE FACE TO FACE IN A CENTRAL LOCATION IN THE COUNTY FOR A FULL DAY ON A SATURDAY THE BOARD SECRETARY WILL MAKE ALL ARRANGEMENTS FOR THIS RETREAT BUT SHE MUST KNOW WHAT SATURDAYS UNAVAILABLE FOR EACH BOARD MEMBER. SO YOU JUST NEED TO INFORM THE BOARD SECRETARY AND FOR THE NEXT COUPLE TWO OR THREE MONTHS WHAT SATURDAYS YOU ARE NOT ABLE TO ATTEND PARDON ME THE EXECUTIVE I'M SORRY EXECUTIVE SECRETARY THANK YOU. 
          AND THAT CONCLUDES THE CHAIR REPORT OR ANY QUESTIONS MR. SMITH THIS IS MR. CHAIRMAN. 
          I HAVE A QUESTION NOW IN TERMS OF THE BOARD ASSIGNMENT, WHAT WAS THE PROCESS THAT YOU USED TO COME WITH THESE ASSIGNMENTS? THE PROCESS USED WAS TWOFOLD. ONE, I TALKED TO EVERYBODY INDIVIDUALLY. TWO, I LOOKED AT YOUR EXPERIENCE LEVEL OF THE BOARD MEMBERS. THREE I LOOKED AT THE LOCATION OF WHERE THE BOARD MEMBERS DISTRICTS ARE TO ENSURE THERE WAS A BALANCE BETWEEN NORTH OF THE BROAD AND SOUTH OF THE BLOCK AND THERE IS AT LEAST A TWO THIRDS ONE THIRD BALANCE BETWEEN NORTH OF THE BROAD SOUTH OF THE BROAD INDICATING THE DIFFERENCE IN POPULATION IS PROBABLY TWO THIRDS SOUTH IS ABOUT TWO ONE THIRD NORTH OF THE BROAD AND THAT'S WHAT I USED. 
          QUESTION HOUR I HOLD THE REST OF MY QUESTIONS BUT FOR THE FOR THE FOR FOR NOW I COMMENT EIGHT THAT CONCLUDES THE EVERYTHING ON THE WORK SESSION AGENDA IF THERE'S NO OBJECTION WE WILL ADJOURN BY UNANIMOUS OH SORRY WE HAVE AN ANNOUNCEMENT. THANK YOU MR. CHAIR. 
          THE STATE SOUTH CAROLINA SCHOOL BOARD OF ASSOCIATION PROMOTES THE SIGNING OF ETHICS AGREEMENTS WHERE WE ARE COMMITTING TO CERTAIN BEHAVIORS AND SO AS A MEMBER OF THE CSB I'VE BEEN FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO BE ABLE TO SHARE THIS WITH YOU REPRESENT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT IN READING THIS SO I'M NOW GOING TO READ THE DOCUMENT AND THEN YOU WILL SEE WHERE WE'RE GOING TO SIT ON THAT TABLE THERE. THAT'S THE PRINCIPAL AND I'M ABOUT READ THERE'S A SPACE HERE AND IF YOU ARE SO INCLINED WE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE YOU SIGN THE DOCUMENT. ALL SCHOOL DISTRICTS ARE BEING ASKED WHO THE SCHOOL BOARD ASSOCIATION IN THAT STATE THROUGH THE STATE SCHOOL BOARD ASSOCIATION AND WE THINK IT COULD HAVE SOME POSITIVE IMPACT BUT EVERY PERSON GETS TO MAKE THEIR OWN DECISION ABOUT IT. 
          SO WITH THAT LET ME READ THE PROCLAMATION STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA GOVERNOR'S PROCLAMATION WHEREAS EDUCATION THE FOUNDATION UPON WHICH THE ECONOMIC, INTELLECTUAL AND SOCIAL OF OUR STATE IS BUILT AND. WHEREAS SCHOOL BOARDS DIRECTLY INFLUENCE INSTRUCTION IN SOUTH CAROLINA'S PUBLIC. AND. 
          WHEREAS, THE DECISIONS OF LOCAL BOARDS AFFECT THE PRESENT AND FUTURE LIVES OF CHILDREN WHILE SETTING THE DIRECTION TO PREPARE ALL STUDENTS TO BECOME IN A LOCAL, STATE, NATIONAL AND 
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GLOBAL 21ST CENTURY KNOWLEDGE ECONOMY. WHEREAS LOCAL SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS WORK WITH BUSINESSES, EDUCATION PROFESSIONALS AND OTHER COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO REPRESENT THEIR VIEWS AND CREATE THE IDEAL EDUCATION VISION FOR THEIR PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND STUDENTS AND. WHEREAS, SCHOOL BOARD RECOGNITION MONTH HIGHLIGHTS THE UNIQUE ROLE SCHOOL BOARDS PLAY IN REPRESENTING THEIR CONSTITUENTS, PROMOTING AND ADVOCATING FOR QUALITY PUBLIC EDUCATION NOW THEREFORE I HENRY DARGAN MCMASTER, GOVERNOR OF THE GREAT STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM JANUARY 2025 AS SCHOOL BOARD RECOGNITION MONTH THROUGHOUT THE STATE AND ENCOURAGE ALL SOUTH CAROLINIANS TO RECOGNIZE THE CONTRIBUTION OF LOCAL SCHOOL BOARDS TO THE ACADEMIC SUCCESS OF PUBLIC STUDENTS ACROSS THE PALMETTO STATE BILL WITH THE CLOSE OF THIS MEETING WE WILL HAVE IT RIGHT AND BE ABLE TO DECIDE IF YOU FOLLOW ANY PLAN AND HOPEFULLY MOST OF LOT OF ANY ANYONE WHO FEELS THAT WAY. SO UNANIMOUS CONSENT OR OBJECTIONS THE MEETING IS ADJOURNED DOWN
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