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AGENDA SETTING, MEETING OF THE BUFORT COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION, THE SCHOOL BOARD OFFICERS.
THAT'S REMOTE CONFERENCING MEETING.
AND THE MEETING WILL BE BROADCAST BY THE COUNTY CHANNEL OFFICERS.
INCLUDE MYSELF, UH, CARLTON, DALLAS, UH, AND, UM, INGRID BOATRIGHT.
THE FIRST ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS THE APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA.
THE, IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE? MOTION MADE, SIR? MOTION FOR CARLTON? I DON'T, WE INGRID'S NOT ON.
ANY DISCUSSION? NO DISCUSSION.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
NEXT ITEM IS THE OF ALLEGIANCE.
I ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH STANDS? ONE NATION UNDER GOD IN LIBERTY.
AND THE, THE MEDIA HAS BEEN NOTIFIED? YES.
HAS BEEN MEDIA HAS BEEN NOTIFIED.
I NOW NEED APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA.
IT SHOULD READ JANUARY 29TH, 2025.
COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES? YES.
WE HAVE, AND I WILL SECOND ANY DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
ALRIGHT, NOW WE'RE SETTING THE FEBRUARY 18TH, 2025 BOARD MEETING AGENDA, AND WE'LL PUT THAT UP.
THIS, THE VOTER PLATE UP FRONT.
AGAIN, IT IS AT THE HILTON HEAD ISLAND MIDDLE SCHOOL.
AND THAT IS TO KEEP US AT THE 50 50, UH, MEETINGS NORTH AND SOUTH OF ABROAD.
AND WE'LL BE BACK NEXT MONTH TO HAVING, UH, ONE MEETING AT, UH, THE DISTRICT OFFICE.
AND THE OTHER MEETING, I DOLTON HAD MIDDLE SCHOOL, THE EXECUTIVE SESSION, UH, WE LOOK AT STARTING AT FIVE O'CLOCK.
DR. RODRIGUEZ, I SEE ON THE EXECUTIVE SESSION WE HAVE, UH, DESC TECHNOLOGY WAREHOUSE.
IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE IN EXECUTIVE SESSION THAT WE SHOULD BE THINKING ABOUT? NO, SIR.
UH, I THINK WE'LL HAVE A STUDENT PERFORMANCE, BUT I DON'T KNOW, UM, WHO, WHO, YEAH.
WELL THE, WITH THAT EXECUTIVE SESSION, FIVE O'CLOCK, WE MAY HAVE SOMETHING POP UP, BUT THAT, I DON'T SEE ANY REASON TO HAVE IT ANY EARLIER AND I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD TRY TO DO IT AT FIVE 30 AT ANY, I CONCUR.
UH, SIX O'CLOCK AT THE PUBLIC SESSION.
AND ANY ACTION AS APPROPRIATE APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA, BUDGET OF ALLEGIANCE, MOMENT OF SILENCE, STUDENT PERFORMANCE.
WE'LL GET, WE'LL GET THAT MM-HMM
AND PUBLISH IT WHEN WE HAVE IT DOWN.
AND IT WAS STUDENT OF THE MONTH FOR NORTH OF ABROAD AND SOUTH OF ABROAD IN JANUARY.
AND DR. RODRIGUEZ, THE OTHER POINTS OF CELEBRATION? NO, SIR.
WE'LL THEN HAVE PUBLIC COMMENTS TO SHARE REPORT.
WE'LL HAVE, UH, A FINANCE COMMITTEE, UH, UH, CARLTON? YES, SIR.
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE OUR FIRST FINANCE MEETING, UH, ON THE NEW TEAM, UH, ON THE 13TH, CURRENTLY SCHEDULED FOR 2:00 PM OKAY.
AND THE OPERATIONS COMMITTEE WILL HAVE
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MET, SO WE CAN EXPECT AN OPERATIONS COMMITTEE REPORT.WE GO TO SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT.
UH, DR. RODRIGUEZ, WE HAVE A ACADEMICS PROGRAM BOOK.
WE HAVE AN ACADEMIC PROGRAM BOOK, UM, HIGHLIGHT IN TERMS OF, UH, BEAUFORD COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT AND SCHOOLS THAT ARE LOCATED.
AND THEN, UH, IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE HAVE A, UH, DUAL AWARD, UH, PER REQUEST OF MS. BOATWRIGHT.
WELL, UH, WHAT WAS THAT SECOND PART? IT BROKE UP THE, UH, TRANSMISSION.
UH, THE SECOND, THE SECOND PART IS, UH,
WHICH I BELIEVE IS, UH, WAS PLACED ON FUTURE TALKS BY, UH, MS. BOATWRIGHT, UH, LAST NIGHT.
AND ANYTHING ELSE MR. SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT, SIR? NO, SIR.
RIGHT NOW WE DON'T HAVE ANY BOARD BUSINESS ACTION, UH, SCHEDULE, UH, CONSENT AGENDA.
WE HAVE THE DECEMBER BOARD MEETING MINUTES JANUARY 7TH, BOARD MEETING MINUTES, AND THE JANUARY 31ST BOARD WORK SESSION.
UH, COULD YOU PUT THE AGENDA TOPIC PIECE UP? MM-HMM
WE HAVE CORRELATION BETWEEN TWO PARENT AND HOUSEHOLD AND STUDENT OUTCOMES AT THE WORK SESSION REVIEW TECHNOLOGY, THE STARGATE $5 BILLION PIECE.
UM, WHAT, WHAT DO YOU THINK WE CAN TALK ABOUT THAT? UH, WELL, UM, FROM WHAT I UNDERSTOOD AT THE MEETING LAST NIGHT FROM, UH, UH, MR. SHAHAN, UH, HE, HE SPOKE ABOUT THAT, UH, $5 BILLION STARGATE PIECE AND, UH, SPOKE ABOUT WHAT THE CURRENT STATUS OF THAT IS.
UH, AND IT'S NOT REALLY APPLICABLE TO SCHOOLS AT THIS JUNCTURE IN TIME.
SO, UH, I, I THINK THIS WAS PLACED ON HERE BY MR. DALLAS.
SO I DEFER TO MR. DALLAS IN TERMS OF, UH, WHETHER HE WANTS TO LEAVE IT ON THERE IN CASE IT DEVELOPS INTO SOMETHING OR WHETHER HE WANTS TO REMOVE IT.
UH, IF I MAY, UM, MR. CHAIR, GO AHEAD.
YEAH, I, I'LL SUGGEST LET'S JUST KICK THAT TAN DOWN THE ROAD A LITTLE BIT, UH, POLITICALLY, I HEAR THAT IT'S GOING TO MOVE VERY FAST.
UH, THE PRIVATE SECTOR IS, IS ALREADY TALKING ABOUT HOW TO IDENTIFY WHAT SEGMENTS OF TECHNOLOGY TO SPEND THE $5 BILLION ON.
AND SO MY MY REASON FOR RAISING IT WAS JUST THAT AS A SCHOOL DISTRICT, WE ARE PREPARED IN CASE THEY HAVE AN EDUCATIONAL, UH, OPENING.
UH, AND IT LOOKS LIKE IT WILL, IF THE PRESIDENT IS SUCCESSFUL IN ELIMINATING OR REDUCING SIGNIFICANTLY THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT, THAT MEANS IT'LL FLOW DIRECTLY TO THE STATES AND WE WANNA BE PREPARED AND HOW WE COULD UTILIZE THOSE FUNDS WHEREVER THAT OPENING IS.
SO I WOULD JUST KICK IT DOWN THE ROAD, IF THAT'S OKAY WITH THE, THE TWO, UH, THREE OF YOU.
WE CAN, WE CAN LEAVE IT ON THERE AND, AND THAT WAY IT'LL BE, IT'LL BE THERE.
WE'LL BE BETTER POSITIONED TO MOVE.
UH, SAFETY UPDATE, UH, FROM, UH, COY GORDON.
AND, UH, WE'LL SCHEDULE THAT FOR A MARCH MEETING AND HOW TO EVALUATE AND REVIEW INTERNAL PROCESSES AS A BOARD.
MR. NAY, THAT SOUNDS LIKE A, A WORK SESSION THING TO ME.
YEAH, I THINK IT, I THINK, UM, THAT, UH, MR IS LOOKING TO DRILL A LITTLE BIT DEEPER YEAH.
UH, THAN A BOARD MEETING WOULD ALLOW.
WE GOT A LOT OF NEW BOARD MEMBERS ON SO THEY CAN BE TAUGHT WHAT THE CURRENT PROCESSES ARE, AND WE CAN LOOK IF ANY EDITS OR CHANGES ARE NEEDED GOING FORWARD.
UH, REVIEW OTHER GOVERNANCES FOR THE BOARD.
UH, THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT COULD BE DONE AT THE RETREAT, BECAUSE THAT WOULD BE A GOOD TIME.
WE TALK ABOUT, UH, ABOUT COHERENT GOVERNANCE, AND AT THE SAME TIME WE CAN TALK ABOUT OTHER OPTIONS THAT, THAT THERE MM-HMM
UH, BOARD MEMBER STIPENDS NOW THAT, THAT COULD COME IN MARCH, I WOULD THINK.
SO LET'S, LET'S, LET'S
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AND A DISCUSSION ON HOW TEACHERS ARE MOVED.UM, I WONDER IF WITH THE NEW COMMUNICATION PROTOCOLS AND THE TWO NEW PLATFORMS THAT HAVE BEEN ANNOUNCED BY DR.
BRUDER TODAY, IF THAT DOESN'T HELP THE COMMUNICATION TO THE BOARD MEMBERS AND INTO THE, UM, THE, UH, UH, STAFF AND WHAT HAVE YOU, AND, UM, IS, IS, IS THIS STILL NECESSARY? UM, BECAUSE AS I UNDERSTOOD IT LAST NIGHT AND, AND WHAT I READ TODAY, WE WILL BE GETTING THIS INFORMATION AND WE CAN ALWAYS SEND IT TO THE SUPERINTENDENT OR, UH, SOME DESIGNEE AND HIS STAFF.
AND MAYBE THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO REINFORCE THAT, UM, WHEN BOARD MEMBERS GET THOSE THINGS, THAT WE FORWARD 'EM TO A CENTRAL LOCATION IN THE ADMINISTRATION.
UH, MY CONCERN IS THAT HOW IT IS RELAYED FROM THE RECEIPT OF THE MESSAGE TO THE PUBLIC COULD RESULT IN A LOT OF FRACTURED COMMUNICATION.
LET'S, UM, LET'S LEAVE IT ON THERE, BUT, UH, LET'S NOT PUT A TIME IN IT RIGHT NOW.
LET'S, LET'S SEE HOW THINGS WORK OUT.
WITH THE NEW COMMUNICATION PIECE.
ANY OTHER FUTURE GEN TOPICS? UH, I, I HAVE TWO IF I MAY, FOR FUTURE CONSIDERATION, IF THAT'S OKAY? SURE.
SO THE FIRST ONE I THINK WE HAD DISCUSSED PREVIOUSLY IN 2024, TEEING UP THE ENERGY, UM, DISCUSSION AND HOW TO, TO REALLY LOOK AT ENERGY STRATEGICALLY LOWERING THE COST AND, AND THE UTILIZATION.
UM, ANOTHER ONE THAT'S MORE RECENT, I THINK POSSIBLY FOR CONSIDERATION, MAYBE AT A WORK, WORK SESSION IS WHAT IS THE PROCESS FOR BRINGING IN NEW CURRICULUM OFFERINGS? SO WE HAVE A, A ONE CITIZEN WHO IS VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT THE AREA THAT HE IS PROMOTING, AND I DEFINITELY UNDERSTAND THAT AND WANT TO ACCOMMODATE WHERE IT'S APPROPRIATE, BUT IS THERE AN EMPIRICAL WAY THAT WE SAY WE'RE GETTING ALL THIS IN THIS ANECDOTAL INFORMATION THAT IS TO BRING IN A NEW PROGRAM OR NEW OFFERING? IS THERE ANY EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS THAT SAYS WE HAVE LIKE 500 PEOPLE OR 15% OF THE STUDENT POPULATION THAT WANTS THIS SO THAT WHEN WE MAKE A COR AN ADDITION, WE KNOW THAT THERE'S ALREADY LATENT DEMAND THAT'S GOING TO BE SATISFIED WHEN IT, IF WE, WHEN WE PULL IT ON, PUT IT ON? WHAT DO YOU THINK, DR. RODRIGUEZ? YEAH, I THINK, UM, I THINK THAT YOU BRING UP A EXCELLENT POINT AND I THINK, UM, UM, THERE IS METHODOLOGY IN TERMS OF HOW WE BRING IN, UH, UH, ADDITIONAL CURRICULUM.
BUT, BUT THOSE ARE, THAT, THAT'S REALLY TYPICALLY, UH, CURRICULUM IN OTHER SECTORS.
AND I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS THAT YOU'RE, YOU'RE SUGGESTING IN, IN, IN YOUR STATEMENT IS, UM, HAVING SOME INFORMATION ABOUT THE DEMAND.
AROUND, UH, AROUND, UH, AND, AND AN EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS AROUND, AROUND IT.
UH, WOULD BE HELPFUL, UH, WITH, WITH CERTAIN CURRICULUMS, ESPECIALLY IN, IN THE ELECTIVES, UH, AREAS, UH, AROUND THAT.
SO THAT IS SOMETHING WE COULD DO.
THAT IS SOMETHING WE COULD DEFINITELY, UH, UH, IDENTIFY, UH, WHETHER IT'S THROUGH SURVEY OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, THAT WOULD BRING SOME, SOME DATA TO THE TABLE, UH, FOR, FOR, FOR CONVERSATION.
COULD THAT BE PREPARED AND READY FOR US BY THE SECOND MEETING IN MARCH? I THINK SO.
SO
SO I THINK MR. BERRY, THERE, THERE WERE, UH, TWO ITEMS THAT I THINK MR. DALLAS BROUGHT FORWARD.
ONE ITEM IS ON THE, UH, ENERGY, UH, CONSUMPTION AND, AND, AND, AND USAGE.
AND THEN I THINK, UH, THE OTHER ONE IS, UM, AROUND, UH, UM, ANALYSIS ON HOW WE BRING IN, UH, NEW CURRICULAR PROGRAMS. AND THEN THAT, THAT WAY WE WOULDN'T HAVE A, A, A PUBLIC PERSON WHO HAS ALL THE BEST INTENTIONS, WOULDN'T FEEL IF THERE'S NOT SUFFICIENT DEMAND, WE WOULD BE
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BUTTRESSED BY SAYING THERE'S NOT QUITE YET ENOUGH PEOPLE WANTING IT.AND MAYBE THAT PERSON WOULD NOT BE, YOU KNOW, FEELING WE'RE JUST GIVING THEM THE STIFF ARM.
UH, WHEN DO YOU THINK WE COULD DO THE ENERGY STRATEGIC, UH, CALL DR. RODRIGUEZ? UM, LET, LET, LET'S PUT THAT DOWN FOR THE SECOND MARCH MEETING.
AND, 'CAUSE I THINK WHAT, UH, UH, MR. DALLAS, IF YOU COULD CORRECT ME, I THINK WHAT YOU'RE ASKING FOR IS, UH, AN ANALYSIS OF, UH, CURRENT, UH, FOR EXAMPLE, ENERGY COSTS AND THEN AN EXPLORATION OF, UH, POTENTIAL NEW AVENUES TO, TO REDUCE ENERGY COSTS.
AND UH, WHEN IT, WHEN WE FIRST REARED IT IN THE OPERATIONS COMMITTEE, REARED THE DISCUSSION, WE ACTUALLY WERE LOOKING AT THIRD QUARTER BECAUSE WE THOUGHT IT SHOULD INCLUDE EXPLORATION OF REALLY METHODS SUCH AS GEOTHERMAL.
AND THAT WOULD GIVE THE OPERATIONS GROUP TIME TO REALLY DO A METHODICAL REVIEW GLOBALLY, NATIONALLY, AND SEE IF ANY OF THOSE THINGS MIGHT WORK FOR, FOR, FOR OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT.
DO YOU ANTICIPATE THIS ITEM, UH, GENERATING, UH, QUITE A BIT OF DISCUSSION? IN OTHER WORDS, DO YOU, DO YOU, DO YOU THINK IT'S BEST AT A, AT A REGULAR BOARD MEETING OR DO YOU THINK IT'S BEST THAT THE NEXT WORK SESSION SESSION, I'M VERY COMFORTABLE AT THE NEXT WORK SESSION.
I THINK WE'VE, UH, HANDLED FUTURE AGENDA TOPICS, ANNOUNCEMENTS, I DON'T KNOW WHAT ANNOUNCEMENTS, UH, WE'LL HAVE, WE MIGHT HAVE SOME ANNOUNCEMENTS AND THEN THE SECOND PUBLIC COMMENTS AND THEN ADJOURN.
MR. SCH SMITH, DO YOU HAVE YOUR HAND UP? YOU'RE MUTED.
UM, ONE OF MY CONCERNS ARE AS WELL TOO, UH, UM, LISTENING TO THIS, UM, HOW SOON WILL WE BE STARTING TO DISCUSS THE, UH, BUDGET? BECAUSE I, I, I THINK THERE WAS DISCUSSING, DISCUSSING THE BUDGET AT, UH, WITH, UM, A MORE, UM, WITH THE CLOSER LOOK AND, AND, AND, AND AS SOON AS POSSIBLE, UH, WILL BE, WILL BE, I, I THINK WILL BE MORE FEASIBLE FOR, FOR ALL THE BOARD MEMBERS IN THE COMMUNITY AS WELL.
I THINK, UH, AT THE WORK SESSION ON FRIDAY, MS. CROSBY LAID OUT, UM, UM, A BUDGET CALENDAR.
UM, IT'S MARCH 29TH IS THE NEXT DATE.
SO IT WILL BE AT THE MARCH 29TH WORK SESSION.
UM, BUT, BUT WE HAVE A MARCH AND APRIL, SO YOU DISCUSS IT AT MARCH 29TH.
AND THEN WE HAVE ANOTHER WORK SESSION, BUDGET WORK SESSION APRIL 26TH.
AND WHEN, WHERE ARE WE, WHEN AND WHEN WILL THEY, WHEN WHEN WILL, THEY WILL BE EXPECTING TO TAKE THE VOTE, THE TAKE, TAKE THE FIRST VOTE ON, ON, ON THE, ON THE BUDGET.
IT GOES TO THE COUNTY COUNCIL FOR THEIR FIRST READING MAY 28TH.
UM, THE BUDGET PUBLIC FORUM FOR THE C UH, COMMUNITY IS MAY 1ST AND MAY 2ND, AND THE BOARD CERTIFIES THE BUDGET MAY 21ST.
AND, AND, AND, AND, AND THAT, I, I JUST THINK THAT I'M, I'M, I'M, I'M LOOKING FOR A MORE OF A, OF A LINE ITEM, UH, A PRO APPROACH.
AND I THINK THAT'S A DISCUSSION THAT WE NEED TO HAVE.
BUT, UM, I, I GUESS I'M GOING TO THINK ABOUT IT BETWEEN NOW AND THE NEXT MEETING, UH, UH, UPON WHAT, WHAT, WHAT, AND WHAT I ENVISION AND WHAT THAT THAT LOOKS, THAT LOOKS LIKE, BECAUSE I'VE HAD PEOPLE WHO'VE BEEN ASKING ME SOME QUESTIONS, UH, IN, IN TERMS OF BUDGET AND WHAT THE BUDGET IS AND HOW, UH, HOW DO WE READ THE, HOW, HOW, HOW WE APPROVE IT, UH, IN, IN, IN
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DIFFERENT AREAS.AND KIND OF SOME OF WHAT YOU, WHAT Y'ALL WAS JUST TALKING ABOUT IN TERMS OF, OF BRINGING THE, UH, DIFFERENT, UM, D THE DIFFERENT ENTITIES AND IN TERMS OF ALSO FUELING O OTHER, UH, OTHER AREAS IN, IN TERMS IN TERMS OF LIKE THE, UM, LIKE THE ARTS AND DIFFERENT IN, IN DIFFERENT, DIFFERENT AREAS AND SPORTS AND ACADEMICS, UH, AND, AND, AND HOW WE KIND OF ALIGN SOME OF THAT STUFF.
SO, UH, I HAVE, I'VE, I'VE, I'VE SAID, KIND OF SAID A LOT, SO I'M JUST GOING TO, I PROBABLY TAKE, TAKE TO THAT.
I'M GONNA TAKE SOME TIME AND TO KIND OF, TO GET IT EXACTLY WHERE I WANT IT.
BUT I DO WANNA EXPRESS THE FACT THAT I THINK THAT WE SHOULD BE LOOKING AT THE, AT THE BUDGET BECAUSE THAT IS, THAT IS A PART OF OUR FIDUCIARY RESPONSIBILITIES, UH, VERY, UH, WITH A MORE OF A KALEIDOSCOPE, UH, APPROACH LEADING UP TO THAT, UH, THIS, THIS DECISION MAKING AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER, UH, ISSUES? NONE HERE.
UH, HEARING NONE, UH, YOU WILL ADJOURN BY UNANIMOUS CONSENT.