Feb 18, 2025 Board of Education

GO EXECUTIVE SESSION? SO MOVED BY MADAM CHLOE GORDON, AND SHE USED TO READ WHAT'S ON THE AGENDA.

[Call to Order]

WITH .

THIS IS THE MEETING OF THE BEAUFORT COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION LOCATED HILTON HEAD, ISLAND MIDDLE SCHOOL MEDIA CENTER.

UH, FEBRUARY THE 18TH, 2025, 5:00 PM WE'LL HAVE A PUBLIC SESSION, UH, FROM SIX TO NINE 15 HYBRID VIDEO CONFERENCING, AND THIS WILL BE LIVE STREAMED ON THE COUNTY CHANNEL IN ACCORDANCE WITH NEW SAFETY AND SECURITY GUIDELINES.

BAGS, BACKPACKS AND PURSES ARE PROHIBITED BY THE PUBLIC AT BEAUFORT COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION MEETINGS.

REQUESTS FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS.

PARTICIPATION WILL BE ACCEPTED BETWEEN FIVE AND 5:30 PM BY SENDING AN EMAIL WITH YOUR NAME, PHONE NUMBER, AND TOPIC TO ROBIN WITH A Y CUSHING BARRY AT BUFORT DOT K12.

SC US YOU WILL RECEIVE A PHONE CALL DURING THE PUBLIC COMMENTS WHERE YOU'LL BE ABLE TO SPEAK AND ADDRESS THE BOARD FOR A MAXIMUM OF THREE MINUTES.

ON ISSUES WITHIN THE BOARD'S DOMAIN, THE FORUM WILL BE LIMITED TO 30 MINUTES.

IF YOU ARE IN PERSON, YOU MAY ADDRESS THE BOARD FOR A MAXIMUM OF THREE MINUTES.

ON ISSUES WITHIN THE BOARD'S DOMAIN, EACH SPEAKER MUST FILL OUT A PUBLIC COMMENT CARD.

PLEASE SEE THE BOARD CLERK FOR A CARD REQUEST FOR THE SECOND PUBLIC.

COMMENTS WILL BE ACCEPTED BETWEEN SEVEN AND 7:30 PM IN THE SAME MANNER AS ABOVE.

THE SECOND PUBLIC COMMENTS WILL TAKE PLACE PRIOR TO ADJOURNMENT, NO LATER THAN 9:00 PM THE SECOND FORUM WILL BE LIMITED TO 15 MINUTES.

IN THE EVENT THE BOARD HAS NOT FINISHED ADDRESSING ALL ITEMS LISTED ON THE FEBRUARY THE 18TH, 2025 AGENDA.

THE BOARD WILL RECONVENE AT 6:00 PM ON FEBRUARY THE 19TH, 2025, THE NEXT BUSINESS DAY TO FINISH THE AGENDA ITEMS. AND WITH THAT, WE WILL, WE WILL CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER AS WE'VE DONE.

UH, AND IS THE SECRETARY ONLINE? OKAY.

IS THERE A MOTION TO

[Executive Session]

OH, YOU GOT, HERE YOU GO.

I MOVE THAT WE MOVE INTO, UM, EXECUTIVE SESSION TO DISCUSS NEGOTIATIONS.

INCIDENT TO PROPOSED AMENDMENT NUMBER SEVEN WITH SHORELINE CONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT LLC FOR THE DISC TECHNOLOGY WAREHOUSE AND IMAGING CENTER.

2023 REFERENDUM SCOPE, GUARANTEED MAXIMUM PRICE, GMP PROPOSAL PURSUANT TO SOUTH CAROLINA CODE A NN 30 DASH FOUR DASH 70.

PARENT A PARENT TWO.

APPLY TODAY@BEAUFORTCOUNTYSE.GOV.

IT'S BEEN PROPERLY MOVED.

AND IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND.

ALL IN FAVOR? THE SECOND.

SHALL WE GOING TO EXECUTIVE? AYE.

GET ALL THOSE ROBIN, IS THERE SOMEONE IN IT I CAN TALK TO THERE? CAN WE, UM, GO THROUGH THAT VOTE AGAIN JUST SO ROBIN CAN CAPTURE THAT? MY BAD.

UM, YOU CAN'T TELL WHO ALL IS ON BRAZIER.

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I I GOT IT.

LOOKING FOR A GREAT CAREER OPPORTUNITY? BUFORT COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA HAS SEVERAL JOB OPENINGS IN AREAS THAT WILL MATCH YOUR SKILLSET.

WE'RE LOOKING FOR EMERGENCY MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS, DETENTION CENTER OFFICERS, STORMWATER AND GROUND CREWS, AIRCRAFT MECHANICS, ALCOHOL AND DRUG SPECIALISTS, MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS, IT SPECIALISTS, LIBRARY ASSISTANCE, BUS DRIVERS, AND MUCH MORE.

BEAUFORT COUNTY OFFERS COMPETITIVE SALARIES, BEST IN CLASS BENEFITS, AND A POSITIVE WORK ENVIRONMENT.

MOST SNAKES THAT WE ENCOUNTER ARE JUST LIKE THIS EASTERN KING SNAKE, BEAUTIFUL AND COMPLETELY HARMLESS.

IN FACT, MOST SNAKES ARE BENEFICIAL AND THEY'RE GOOD INDICATORS OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH.

ALL ANIMALS NEED GOOD QUALITY HABITAT LIKE THIS GORGEOUS FOREST.

JOIN US FOR COASTAL KINGDOM, A FIELD TRIP THROUGH THE LOW COUNTRY, AND A CHANCE TO MEET SOME OF THE ANIMALS THAT LIVE HERE.

THANK YOU EVERYONE.

WE ARE NOW INTO THE PUBLIC SESSION.

AND MADAME SECRETARY, I DON'T THINK YOU'RE ON IT.

SOUND MY PHONE CLOSER TO YOU.

I'M CLOSER TO YOU.

CAN YOU HEAR NOW? YES.

ARE THERE ANY ACTIONS COMING OUT OF EXECUTIVE SESSION? YES, MR. VICE CHAIRMAN, WE HAVE A MOTION FROM EXECUTIVE SESSION.

MADAM SECRETARY,

[Action as Necessary or Appropriate Regarding Matters Discussed in Executive Session]

I MOVE THAT THE BOARD OF EDUCATION APPROVE AMENDMENT NUMBER SEVEN WITH SHORELINE CONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT LLC FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE DESC TECHNOLOGY WAREHOUSE AND IMAGING CENTER BASED ON THE GUARANTEED MAXIMUM PRICE OR GMP OF 3,053,724.

THOSE ON THE, UM, COMING IN DIGITALLY? I, AYE, AYE.

IT'S GONNA BE A NO.

YES, IT'S GONNA BE NO FOR MR. SMITH.

IS THERE, HMM? DID WE HEAR FROM MS. FRAZIER? WAS SHE ONLINE? OH, I THOUGHT SHE DID.

MS DID MS. FRAZIER RESPOND? I I DIDN'T, BUT I OKAY.

THANK YOU MS. FRAZIER.

THANK YOU MS. BOATWRIGHT.

OF THE AGENDA? I MOVE THAT WE ACCEPT THE, UH, AGENDA FOR, UM, THAT'S ALL YOU NEED TO SAY.

IS THERE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL

[Approval of Agenda]

YOU, YOU NAILED IT.

THAT'S ALL I NEED TO SAY.

I'M SORRY.

IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL SECONDER.

OF ALLEGIANCE IN A MOMENT OF SILENCE, THE PLATFORM OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY.

SECOND BY MADAME SECRETARY BOATWRIGHT.

ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.

AYE.

ALL OPPOSED? I THOSE ONLINE? AYE.

UH, NOW IF YOU'LL JOIN ME FOR PLEDGE

[Pledge of Allegiance, Moment of Silence, Statement of Media Notification]

THANK YOU ALL.

THANK YOU MS. BOATWRIGHT.

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I MEAN, NOT MS. BOATWRIGHT.

SORRY.

STAND AT DETENTION .

MS. CUSHEN BERRY, HAS THE MEDIA BEEN NOTIFIED? YES.

OF CELEBRATION, MR. SUPERINTENDENT? YES, SIR.

AND POINTS

[Points of Celebration]

JANUARY'S CHARACTER TRAIT WAS PERSEVERANCE.

UM, THIS EVENING, UH, WE ARE CELEBRATING, UH, OR STUDENT OF THE MONTH FOR THE MONTH OF JANUARY.

AND PERSEVERANCE IS DEFINED AS PURSUING WORTHY OBJECTIVES WITH DETERMINATION AND PATIENCE WHILE EXHIBITING FORTITUDE WHEN CONFRONTED WITH FAILURE.

THE NORTHERN BEAUFORT COUNTY FOR NORTHERN BEAUFORT COUNTY.

THE JANUARY STUDENT OF THE MONTH IS JAMES MIRANDA, A SENIOR AT BATTERY CREEK HIGH SCHOOL.

AND HERE TO INTRODUCE JAMES IS PRINCIPAL DENISE LESSARD.

THANK YOU DR. RODRIGUEZ AND BOARD MEMBERS.

JAMES, IF YOU'D BE WILLING TO COME UP HERE AND YOU'RE WELCOME TO BRING YOUR FAMILY UP WITH YOU.

LIKE, UM, WHEN I GOT THE EMAIL SAYING THAT JAMES HAD BEEN CHOSEN FOR THE JANUARY STUDENT OF THE MONTH, I LITERALLY WAS OVERWHELMED WITH JOY AND GRATITUDE.

THIS STUDENT DEFINITELY EXEMPLIFIES WHAT PERSEVERANCE IS.

A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, HE WAS FACING SOME PERSONAL CHALLENGES AND HE TOOK IT UPON HIMSELF TO TAKE THE INITIATIVE TO REACH OUT TO HIS SCHOOL COUNSELOR AND MYSELF.

AND HE SPOKE UP FOR HIMSELF TO GET SOME SUPPORT AND HELP BEYOND WHAT WE DO JUST ON AN EVERYDAY BASIS.

AND I THINK THAT MADE ALL THE DIFFERENCE.

UM, HE MADE SOME CHOICES THAT HE HAD TO TAKE SOME ACCOUNTABILITY FOR AND I JUST COULDN'T BE PROUDER OF HOW HE HANDLED THAT.

AND HE IS ON TRACK TO GRADUATE ON TIME IN MAY, AND THAT'S BECAUSE OF ALL OF HIS HARD WORK.

IT, HE DID IT ALL HIMSELF AND JUST SO GRATEFUL TO HAVE HIM ON, ON OUR STUDENT BODY.

SO THANK YOU SO MUCH JAMES.

YOU MAKE ME VERY PROUD.

THE NEXT, UH, POINT OF CELEBRATION, UH, THIS EVENING, UH, OUR SOUTHERN BEAUFORD COUNTY, UH, STUDENT WAS UNABLE TO ATTEND TONIGHT.

SO WE'RE GONNA MOVE ON TO THE NEXT POINT OF CELEBRATION, WHICH IS BATTERY CREEK HIGH SCHOOL'S, YOUTH AND GOVERNMENT.

YOU MAY REMEMBER THAT BACK IN DECEMBER, I SHARED THAT FOR THE FIRST TIME, BATTERY CREEK PARTICIPATED IN THE YOUTH AND GOVERNMENT ANNUAL CONFERENCE, AND TONIGHT WE'RE CELEBRATING THESE STUDENTS.

AND HERE TO TELL US MORE ABOUT THEM AND THEIR EXPERIENCES IS WILLIAM KINSEY SOCIAL STUDIES TEACHER AND YOUTH AND GOVERNMENT ADVISOR.

I JUST WANNA PERSONALLY AND PUBLICLY THANK MR. KINSEY.

WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT GETTING IG AND MODEL UN STARTED AT BATTERY CREEK FOR A WHILE AND HE TOOK IT AND RAN AND I JUST AM SO EXCITED FOR WHAT THEY'VE ACCOMPLISHED.

SO THANK YOU MR. KINSEY.

BEFORE, UH, MR. KINSEY BEGINS HIS REMARKS, I'D LIKE TO CALL UP ASHLEY REYES, SANDOVAL, AMMANI DOUGLAS JAMES BRELAND, AND SONYA MCMILLAN.

ASHLEY AND, UM, AMMANI ARE CAUGHT IN TRAFFIC, BUT THEY ARE ON THE WAY.

UM, FIRST OF ALL, I'D LIKE TO THANK BEAUTIFUL COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT AND DR. RODRIGUEZ FOR, UH, FIRST OF ALL, PROVIDING US THE OPPORTUNITY WITH THESE PROGRAMS, UH, YOUTH AND GOVERNMENT MODEL UN INCUBATE DEBATE.

WE ARE OUR JUDGES.

UH, AND THEN WE HAVE, UH, ACADEMIC WORLD QUEST, WHICH IS COMING UP THIS WEEKEND.

THAT? WE REQUIRE A FEW MORE RESTRICTIONS, BUT THE SHOCKER WAS THEY ONLY GIVE OUT 12 BEST WRITTEN BILLS.

UM, WE'VE INITIATED ALL FOUR BATTERY CREEK AND I HAVE BEEN EXTREMELY, EXTREMELY LUCKY TO HAVE SEVEN DEDICATED STUDENTS THAT ARE IN ALL FOUR.

AND, UH, WE'VE DONE EXTREMELY WELL.

BUT TONIGHT WE'RE CELEBRATING THE YOUTH AND GOVERNMENT.

WELL, BACK IN NOVEMBER, WE GOT TO TRAVEL TO COLUMBIA FOR FOUR DAYS AND PARTICIPATE IN OUR FIRST CONFERENCE.

UM, MILLER FROM BEAUFORT HIGH AND COR HAVE BEEN AND, UH, LIFESAVER.

SO SHOUT OUT TO THEM.

BUT THE LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THEY HAVE JUST RUN WITH IT.

UH, WE GET TO COLUMBIA AND ACTUALLY THERE WERE 490 70 REACHED.

THE GOVERNOR'S DESK SIGNED, THEY WERE ONE TO 70.

THEY HAD AN AMENDMENT.

, SEE

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SO SONIYA MCMILLAN, AND THEY RECEIVED ONE OF THE 12 BEST WRITTEN BILLS OUT OF 490 BILLS SUBMITTED.

SO, I MEAN, EXTREMELY PROUD.

UM, MODEL UN IS DOING GREAT AND WE ARE JUST EXTREMELY ECSTATIC AND GLAD TO HAVE THEM ON BOARD WITH US, AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU, SIR.

THAT CONCLUDES POINTS OF CELEBRATION.

THANK YOU SUPERINTENDENT, AND CONGRATULATIONS TO THOSE THAT HAVE WON AND THANKS ALL YOUR RESILIENCY AND, UH, CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD.

AT THIS POINT, WE WILL MOVE INTO PUBLIC COMMENTS.

I'D LIKE TO READ A STATEMENT FIRST, IF I MAY.

PUBLIC COMMENTS ARE LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES PER SPEAKER ON BEAUFORT COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT AND SCHOOL RELATED TOPICS.

CITIZENS WISHING TO PARTICIPATE IN PUBLIC COMMENTS CAN DO SO IN-PERSON OR VIA PHONE.

THERE ARE TWO SCHEDULED PUBLIC COMMENT FORUM TIMES DURING EACH BOARD MEETING.

THE FIRST IS A 30 MINUTE SESSION NEAR THE BEGINNING OF THE MEETING, MEETING LIMITED TO TOPICS ON THE BOARD MEETING AGENDA.

THE SECOND IS A 15 MINUTE SESSION, WHICH TAKES PLACE PRIOR TO ADJOURNMENT, BUT NO LATER THAN 9:00 PM.

REQUEST TO PARTICIPATE IN PUBLIC COMMENTS VIA PHONE WILL BE ACCEPTED ELECTRONICALLY.

YOU CAN FIND THE BOARD OF EDUCATION PUBLIC COMMENT FORUM ON OUR WEBSITE, WWW.BUFORTSCHOOLS.NET/ABOUT US SLASH BOARD DASH OF ED SLASH PUBLIC COMMENTS.

PLEASE SIGN UP USING THE PUBLIC COMMENT FORM 24 HOURS FROM THE DAY OF THE MEETING PRIOR TO.

SO REQUESTERS WILL BE SUBSEQUENTLY RE WILL SUBSEQUENTLY RECEIVE A PHONE CALL DURING THEIR RESPECTIVE FORUM TIME, PUBLIC FORUM TIME, AND SHOULD BE READY TO SPEAK.

CITIZENS DESIRING TO PARTICIPATE IN PERSON MUST FILL OUT A PUBLIC COMMENT CARD THAT CAN BE OBTAINED FROM THE BOARD CLERK MS. ROBIN CUSHING UPON ARRIVAL MS. CUSHING BERRY, ARE THERE ANY, NOT FOR THE FIRST.

OKAY, THANK YOU.

ALRIGHT, THE CHAIR'S

[Chair’s Report]

REPORT WOULD LIKE TO, UM, NOTE THAT, UM, AS WE HAD A C MEETING AT BRIEFER JASPER, AT WHICH, UM, WE ELECTED NEW OFFICERS.

AND, UH, I, THE UNDERSIGNED WAS ELECTED CHAIR.

WE ALSO HAVE TWO OTHER MEMBERS WHO ARE PARTICIPANTS, UH, FROM, UH, BEAUFORT COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT.

MR. ALFONSO SMALL, AND MS. LEAH FRAZIER WAS A VERY GOOD MEETING.

UH, WE HAD SOME NEW FINANCIAL, UH, SUCCESSES THAT WERE PRESENTED BY OUR VERY OWN CFO MS. CROSBY.

AND WE HAD SOME OTHER EFFORTS IN TERMS OF STUDENTS GOING TO PARTICIPATE IN COLUMBIA IN VARIOUS PROGRAMS. SO, UH, WE FEEL VERY GOOD ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING AND MOVING FORWARD.

THAT WAS ONE THING WE WANTED TO, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE NOTE.

THE OTHER THING IS, UH, THE COMMITTEES HAVE BEGUN MEETING.

UH, SO YOU'LL BEGIN TO SEE A CONSTANT FLOW OF INFORMATION AND ACTIONS.

AND WE HOPE THAT, UH, THOSE WHO ARE HEARING THIS WILL DEFINITELY BE INVOLVED.

AND, UM, WE'LL BE ABLE TO TALK ABOUT THOSE TYPES OF THINGS THAT ARE BENEFICIAL TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND THE STUDENTS AND THE PEOPLE WHO ARE AFFECTED BY IT.

AT THIS POINT IN TIME, WE WOULD LIKE TO SORT OF GIVE

[Committee Reports]

A COMMITTEE REPORT.

UH, WE JUST DID A, BUT I REALLY WOULD LIKE NOW TO SPEAK ABOUT THE FINANCE COMMITTEE WHERE WE HAD OUR FIRST MEETING, UM, WITH MS. CROSBY AND HER TEAM.

MS. CROSBY PRESENTED ON THE FOLLOWING REPORTS, A ONE PAGE SUMMARY OF FINANCE DEPARTMENT RESPONSIBILITIES, WHICH REALLY WENT A LONG WAY TO HELPING US IDENTIFY WHO DOES WHAT AND THE SEQUENCE AND WHAT THEIR PARTICULAR ROLE IS.

SO THAT WAS VERY BENEFICIAL.

BOARD MONTHLY BUDGET REPORT, A MONTHLY $100,000 REPORT FOR THE MONTHS OF NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER, A TRANSPARENCY REPORT FOR THE MONTHS OF NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER.

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ALSO HELD DISCUSSIONS REGARDING THE CREATION OF A MORE EFFICIENT METHOD OF REPORTING TRANSPARENCY TO THE BOARD.

STAFF WILL EXPLORE OPTIONS.

I'D LIKE TO SPEAK TO THAT ON A MOMENT, FOR A MOMENT, IF I MAY.

UH, THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT DOES SUCH A PHENOMENAL JOB OF PROVIDING DATA AND AS LEADERS, WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR IS TO BE ABLE TO SPEND OUR TIME VERY EFFICIENTLY IDENTIFYING WHERE THE EXCEPTIONS ARE.

SO THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT HAS TAKEN THE LEAD AND THANK YOU DR. RODRIGUEZ, FOR THE PROVIDING SUPPORT ON THAT TO ACTUALLY ALLOW US TO BEGIN LOOKING AT VARIANCE ANALYSIS.

SO YOU ESTABLISH THE RANGES, AND THEN WE AS LEADERS, PARTICIPANTS LOOK AT WHERE PERFORMANCE EXCEEDS AN ACCEPTABLE VARIANCE.

AND IT SORT OF ALLOWS US TO SORT OF HAWKEYE RIGHT TO WHERE WE NEED TO SPEND OUR TIME.

SO THAT'S A TREMENDOUS, UH, ADVANTAGE.

AND THANK YOU AGAIN, MS. CROSBY AND, AND YOUR TEAM.

MS. CROSBY ALSO PRESENTED, EXCUSE ME, THE SECOND QUARTER FINANCIAL REPORT.

THE DISTRICT'S FINANCIAL STATUS IS STRONG, STILL HAS A TOP TIER RATING MATCHED ONLY BY ONE OR TWO OTHER DISTRICTS IN THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA JANUARY, 2025.

TAX INFORMATION IS IMPORTANT FOR PROJECTIONS OF CURRENT AND FUTURE YEARS.

THAT TOO LOOKS VERY GOOD AND WE ARE BLESSED.

WE HAVE A VERY CONSERVATIVE APPROACH TO HOW WE MANAGE THE FINANCES.

MS. CROSBY THEN PRESENTED AN OE 18 SCHOOL FOOD AND NUTRITION SERVICES REPORT.

SHE REPORTED ON PROGRAM INFORMATION PARTICIPATION LEVELS, CAPITAL INVESTMENTS, AND AFTERSCHOOL FOOD SERVICE OPPORTUNITIES, WHICH ARE VERY, VERY, THERE ARE MANY WAYS IN WHICH THE DISTRICT HELPS SUPPORT THE COM LARGER COMMUNITY.

UH, AN UPDATE WAS PROVIDED ON THE DEBT SERVICE PROGRAM, INCLUDING THE RECENT $50 MILLION BOND ISSUE, PAYING OFF THE AUGUST, 2024 BOND ANTICIPATION NOTE.

AND THE NEXT BOND ISSUE WOULD CLOSE IN MAY, JUNE OF 2025 FOR 2023 REFERENDUM PROJECTS.

THE NEXT MEETING IS SCHEDULED FOR THURSDAY, MARCH 13TH AT 1:30 PM WE HAVE VIDEOS FOR THE, OKAY, CAN WE PLAY THOSE? I THINK EVENING, UM, FOR OPERATIONAL EXPECTATION 18, WHICH WE HAVE FOR YOU THIS EVENING FOR ULTIMATE APPROVAL.

WE, UM, HAVE A COUPLE OF VIDEOS THAT SHOW, UH, A PRODUCTION CREW ACTUALLY CAME INTO COUNTY SCHOOLS, UH, WENT TO SEVERAL SCHOOLS AND WAS, UH, PRODUCED AN AMAZING VIDEO.

THESE ARE A FEW EXCERPTS TODAY OF THOSE VIDEOS.

THESE ARE OUR KIDS, OUR STAFF.

UM, AND IT WAS, UH, AN AMAZING, UM, VIDEO AT THE END OF THE DAY, UH, COMPILED.

BUT OF COURSE WE DIDN'T WANNA, UM, PLAY THE ENTIRE THING BECAUSE IT WOULD'VE BEEN ABOUT 10 MINUTES FOR YOU.

SO WE JUST GOTTA HAVE A COUPLE OF VIDEOS FOR YOU THIS EVENING TO BE ABLE TO SEE, UH, OUR FOOD SERVICE TEAM IN ACTION.

SO AS A COMPANY, HOW WE BRING TO LIFE OUR MOTTO OF CARING FOR PEOPLE SERVING GREAT FOOD REALLY STARTS AT THE TOP.

AND EVERY DAY WE MAKE IT OUR PRIORITY TO CARE FOR THE PEOPLE THAT WORK FOR US.

WHETHER IT IS THOSE PERSONAL CONNECTIONS, CARING ABOUT THEIR LIFE OUTSIDE OF WORK, WHETHER IT'S CARING FOR SOMEBODY WHO'S IN A CRISIS, THAT'S A PRIORITY FOR US.

HONESTLY, IT'S SOME DAYS IT'S MORE OF A PRIORITY THAN THE MEALS THAT WE'RE SERVING, BECAUSE IF WE DON'T TAKE CARE OF OUR INDIVIDUALS, THOSE MEALS ARE NOT GONNA BE DELIVERED TO OUR STANDARDS.

THAT MAKES ALL THE DIFFERENCE IN THE WORLD.

PEOPLE ON THE FRONT LINE WHO TRULY CARE ABOUT WHAT THEY'RE DOING.

IT'S NOT JUST A JOB.

THAT'S WHAT SETS NUTRITION APART FROM OUR COMPETITORS.

JUST ONE MORE.

YEP.

LET'S JUST DO ONE MORE.

SO THERE'S A LOT OF DIFFERENT PROGRAMS THAT WE OFFER.

WE HAVE WELLNESS WEDNESDAY, WE HAVE NUTRITION EDUCATION, WHICH IS LIKE MY FAVORITE PART OF THE JOB.

WE HAVE CRAVE DAYS, UM, TASTY BITES, ALL DIFFERENT THINGS LIKE THAT.

WE IMPLEMENT THOSE IN THE MENU.

UM, SO TASTY BITES ARE LIKE A FUN, UH, KIND OF LIKE DESSERT TYPE ITEMS. AND THEN WELLNESS WEDNESDAYS, THE DFMS WILL ACTUALLY GO INTO THEIR SCHOOL AND THEY HAVE A TABLE OUTSIDE IN THE CAFETERIA, WHICH IS A GREAT WAY FOR STUDENTS TO TRY DIFFERENT RECIPE FRUITS AND VEGETABLES.

AND THEN NUTRITION ED, RIGHT NOW I'M DOING ONE ON FARM TO TABLE, SO JUST TEACHING KIDS ABOUT FRUITS AND VEGETABLES, WHERE THEY COME FROM, LIKE THEY HAVE A GARDEN AT HOME AND THE IMPORTANCE OF THAT.

THAT'S GOOD.

UM, WE'RE JUST GONNA SHOW THOSE TWO THIS EVENING, UH, IN THE INTEREST OF TIME.

BUT, UM,

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WE WENT WITH A NUTRITION GROUP JUST, JUST AS WE ARE COMING OUT OF COVID.

SO WE'VE BEEN WITH THEM FOR ABOUT TWO AND A HALF, ALMOST THREE YEARS, UH, SMALL COMPANY AND REALLY FOCUSED ON THE PRESENTATION AND THE FOOD.

UH, AND, UH, THEY HAVE DONE FOR ME, UH, IT WAS A NIGHT AND DAY FROM IMPROVEMENT, UH, IN THE SYSTEM.

SO, UM, I COMMEND THEM FOR THE SERVICE THAT THEY BROUGHT TO THE DISTRICT.

AND THIS EVENING, WE HAVE FOR YOU FOR APPROVAL OF OE EIGHT.

YEP, PLEASE.

ALL RIGHT.

UH, I MOVE THAT THE BOARD OF EDUCATION EXCEPT OE 18 MONITORING REPORT FOR SCHOOL FOOD SERVICES.

SECOND.

MOTION BY MS. BOATWRIGHT, SECOND BY MS. CHLOE GORDON.

ALL HERE, IF YOU'LL RAISE YOUR HAND, AND THEN THOSE ON BOARD WHO ARE ON DIGITAL POINT OF WATER.

MR. CHAIRMAN, UH, JUST, UH, ONCE, ONCE WE DO THAT, WE NEED TO HAVE ACTUALLY, THERE'S A DISCUSSION.

AND THEN FROM AFTER DISCUSSION, UM, UH, THE VOTE.

YEAH.

NO PROBLEM.

ANY DISCUSSION? THANK YOU.

ANY QUESTION FROM ONLINE? YES, SIR.

UM, MY, MY, MY QUESTIONS ARE, UM, HAVE, SINCE WE'VE HAD THIS COMPANY, UM, HOW, HOW MANY, UM, HOW MANY SURVEYS HAVE, HAVE WE DONE? BECAUSE I KNOW WHEN WE HAD THE OTHER COMPANY, WE, WE'VE DONE, WE'VE DID SURVEYS WITH STUDENTS AND SO FORTH.

UM, AND BECAUSE IS THAT THIS IS NOT TO EXTENT THIS CONTRACT.

THIS IS JUST TO SAY THAT, THAT THIS COMPANY IS, WHAT'S THIS, WHAT'S EXACTLY ARE WE BY DOING BY APPROVING THIS OE? WHAT ARE, WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING FOR EXACTLY? UM, THIS IS APPROVAL OF OE 18 MONITORING REPORT, ESSENTIALLY SAYING THIS, THIS ISN'T CONTRACT RELATED.

THIS IS, THIS IS RELATED TO, UH, THE DISTRICT'S MONITORING OF OE 18 AND THE MONITORING PLAN.

THANK, THANKS FOR THAT CLARIFICATION.

BUT, UH, THAT, BUT MY, MY QUESTION WAS STILL STANDS.

HAVE, HAVE WE DONE ANY, UM, HAVE WE DONE ANY SURVEYS IN TERMS OF THIS COMPANY IN TERMS OF, UH, HOW, HOW STUDENTS ARE FEELING ABOUT, ABOUT THIS? UH, THE COMPANY DOES SURVEYS OF THEIR OWN, BUT, UH, AS DR. RODRIGUEZ SAID THIS, UH, THAT IS NOT INCLUDED IN THIS OE 18 REPORT.

OKAY? MM-HMM .

WELL, I WOULD JUST BE KIND OF BE LOOKING FOR IN ANY FUTURE FROM WHEN WE, WHEN WE SAY MONITORING, THAT MEAN THAT WE'RE MONITORING AND WE'RE UNDERSTANDING HOW OUR KIDS AND HOW OUR COMMUNITY FEELS ABOUT THE, RESPECTFULLY, RESPECTFULLY ABOUT THESE, UH, THESE FOOD, DIFFERENT FOOD GROUPS WE'VE HEARD, BECAUSE I'VE HEARD SOME DIFFERENT THINGS IN AND, UM, I'VE HEARD THE DIFFERENT, DIFFERENT, DIFFERENT, UH, OPINIONS OF IT.

AND SO THAT'S WHY IT'S ALWAYS, ALWAYS GREAT TO SOME TIME TO, UH, TO DO SOME SURVEYS SO THAT WE CAN SEE HOW OUR STUDENTS ARE, ARE FEELING ABOUT THE FOOD THAT THEY'RE GETTING FED, THAT THEY'RE GETTING FED.

SO, AND IF YOU'D LIKE TO SHARE THOSE, UH, OPINIONS, I'D BE HAPPY TO TAKE THOSE AND, AND RELAY THOSE BACK TO THE COMPANY.

UM, SO WE CERTAINLY WANNA BE ABLE TO ADDRESS ANY CONCERNS THAT MAY BE OUT THERE MM-HMM .

AND THANK YOU FOR THAT.

BUT I, BUT I, I STILL WILL PRO, I STILL WILL ALSO WILL BE EXPECTING A, UH, THESE SURVEYS.

THANK YOU, MR. SMITH.

ANY FURTHER COMMENTS, MS. CROSBY? NO, SIR.

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSIONS FROM ANYONE? OKAY.

READY TO VOTE? YES, SIR.

THOSE ON THE, UH, DIGITAL CONNECTION, UH, MS. HAY MADE A VERY GOOD COMMENT, IF YOU WILL.

LET'S, UH, VOTE IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER OF YOUR LAST NAME.

AN ACRONYM, UH, BASICALLY TO TALK ABOUT, UH, SEARCHING FOR EVENTS, LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS, PROPOSALS THAT AFFECT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT TO DISCOVER WHAT THEY MEAN FOR THE SCHOOL DISTRICT TO THEN DISCUSS HOW TO MOVE FORWARD AND WHAT APPROPRIATE ACTIONS, IF ANY, ARE, ARE NECESSARY OR APPROPRIATE.

WOULD THAT BE FRAZIER FIRST? YES.

WELCOME, COLONEL GUYER.

GLAD TO HAVE YOU HERE, SIR.

YOU CAPTURED THAT? YES, SIR.

THE NEXT ONE, UH, WOULD LIKE TO NOTE THAT THE FINANCE COMMITTEE IS, UH, COMPOSED OF MS. UH, HAY AND MS. CHLOE GORDON.

AND SO IT'S A WONDERFUL COMBINATION OF EXPERIENCE ACROSS MANY SECTORS OF EDUCATION, AS WELL AS SUPERB ANALYTICAL SKILLS.

SO IT FEELS VERY COMFORTABLE TO WORK IN SUPPORT OF THE, UM, THE FINANCE GROUP.

LEGISLATIVE, UH, THERE, THE LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE HAD ITS FIRST MEETING.

THE LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE, UH, IS STARTING OUT WITH

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AND THEN LASTLY, TO DEVELOP NEXT STEPS THAT ALL CULMINATES IN, WE WANT THE LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE GOING FORWARD TO MAKE SURE WE MINIMIZE THE SURPRISES OF LEGISLATIVE ACTS THAT, UH, WE HAVE NOT ACTUALLY HAD A VERY GOOD DISCUSSION ABOUT.

SO THAT WE CAN FOR, UH, CREATE AND DEVELOP RESPONSES, ACTIONS THAT BENEFIT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.

SO YOU'LL SEE A, A LOT MORE, UH, INFORMATION COMING OUT.

EARLIER TODAY, I SPENT A FEW HOURS GOING THROUGH THE HOUSE OF HOUSE PRE-FILE BILLS, WHICH ARE JUST NUMEROUS, AND MANY OF THEM DO AFFECT SCHOOL DISTRICTS.

AND SO WE'RE GONNA BE SENDING THAT OUT SO THE LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE CAN TAKE A LOOK AND RESPOND AND SORT OF DECIDE HOW TO GO FORWARD.

UH, SO YOU'LL BE SEEING MORE FROM THIS PARTICULAR, UH, GROUP.

THE MEMBERS YOU ARE MS. BOATWRIGHT, UH, MS. HAY, MS. CHLOE GORDON, AND PASTOR, UH, ISAAC GORDON AS WELL.

SO SPREAD ACROSS THE COUNTY AND HAVE VERY GOOD CONNECTIONS.

AND SO WE HOPED, UH, YOU'LL BE, WE EXPECT YOU'LL BE SEEING SOME GOOD INFORMATION AND, UH, WE'LL BE SOLICITING DIRECTION FROM THOSE HERE ON THE BOARD, AS IN ADMINISTRATION, AS WELL AS IN THE AUDIENCE.

REMAINING AVAILABLE FUNDS, INCLUDING CONTINGENCY IS $260,224,303.

OPERATIONS.

THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR.

ALL RIGHT.

LET'S SEE WHAT WE GOT HERE.

HERE.

SO FOR THE 2019 BOND REFERENDUM, MONTHLY PROJECT UPDATES, ALL PROJECTS ARE BEING CONSIDERED REPORTED AS GREEN.

UH, EVERYTHING'S, UH, ON UNDERWAY, THE BOND REFERENDUM CLOSEOUTS, UH, WE HAVE 24 ITEMS REMAINING TO CLOSE OUT WITH MANY OF THOSE IN THE CLOSEOUT DOCUMENT PHASES.

SO WE'RE JUST WAITING FOR, FOR THE, THE DOCUMENTS, THE FINAL DOCUMENTS TO COME IN FOR THE REFERENDUM FINANCIAL UPDATE.

THE BOND 2019 BOND REFERENDUM BUDGET WAS 3 MILLION, UH, I'M SORRY, 375,710,000.

CURRENTLY TOTAL PAID AND COMMITTED FUNDS ARE 373,610,236.

THE REMAINING AVAILABLE FUNDS, INCLUDING CONTINGENCY, IS 2,099,765, AND THE CONTINGENCY REMAINING AT THE END OF JANUARY IS 884,692.

AT THE OPERATIONS COMMITTEE MEETING, UH, UH, WE ASKED ABOUT THE OVERAGE OF FUNDS, THE REMAINING FUNDS.

AT THE NEXT OPERATIONS COMMITTEE MEETING, THERE WILL BE A DISCUSSION ON POSSIBLE PROJECTS FOR ANY OF THE REMAINING FUNDS.

UH, AND OF COURSE, THE DISCUSSION WILL INCLUDE, UH, FOLLOWING ALL AND ANY AND ALL RULES THAT GOVERN THE SPENDING OF THE 2019, UH, REFERENDUM FOR AT THAT POINT.

IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS CONCERNING, UH, CONCERNING THE 2019 REFERENDUM? ALRIGHT, HEARING NONE, UM, TO THE 2023 BOND REFERENDUM, UH, PROJECT UPDATES, ALL MONTHLY PROJECTS, UH, ARE REPORTED AS GREEN, EXCEPT FOR ONE, THE MAY RIVER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TOWN OF BLUFFTON PERMIT IS ON HOLD UNTIL THE PALMETTO BLUFF PROPERTY OWNERS ASSOCIATION ENCROACHMENT IS NEGOTIATED.

UH, THOSE, UH, ARE CURRENTLY, UH, UH, UNDERWAY RIGHT NOW WITH THE SUPERINTENDENT.

UM, AND AT THE END OF THE BRIEF, IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO MR. DEN AND HE CAN ANSWER ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS.

UM, FOR THE FINANCIAL UPDATE FOR THE 2023 BOND REFERENDUM, CURRENT REFERENDUM BUDGET IS 439,035,000.

PAID AND COMMITTED FUNDS ARE 178,810,697.

THERE ARE NO PROGRAM CONTINGENCIES ACTIVITY TO REPORT FOR JANUARY OF 2025 FOR OTHER PROJECT UPDATES.

ALL MONTHLY PROJECT UPDATES ARE REPORTING GREEN TRAFFIC, TRAFFIC LIGHTS FOR BUDGET, AND SCHEDULE FOR, UM, REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS AND REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS.

NOTICE OF AWARD WAS APPROVED AT THE FEBRUARY 4TH BOARD MEETING, NOTICE OF APPROVE, UH, OF AWARD, SORRY, NOTICE OF AWARD WAS ISSUED TO JUMPER CARTER SEIZE ARCHITECTS FOR THE BLUFFTON HIGH SCHOOL, CTE BUILDING.

AND NOTICE OF AWARD WAS APPROVED AT THE FEBRUARY BOARD BOARD MEETING AT FEBRUARY 4TH, BOARD MEETING, UH, WAS ISSUED TO CAPE LEE CO ARCHITECTS RIVER, THE RIVERVIEW CHARTER SCHOOL GYMNASIUM FOR THE CUSTODIAL REPORT.

UH, MS. MAJORS GAVE THE FIRST CUSTODIAL BRIEF AFTER HIRING OUR THREE CUSTODIAL COMPANIES.

SO THOSE ARE UNDERWAY, AND WE ARE STARTING TO COLLECT

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DATA ON THEIR PERFORMANCE.

AS FAR AS MAINTENANCE GOES, UH, UH, MAINTENANCE IS UNDERWAY.

UH, WE'RE SLOWLY CLIMBING OUT OF THE, UH, THE OVERAGE OF, UM, MAINTENANCE CALLS.

UM, THE BLITZ ON HILTON HAD AN ISLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WAS CANCELED DUE TO WEATHER LAST MONTH, BUT IT WILL CONTINUE IN FEBRUARY.

OUR NEXT OPERATIONS COMMITTEE MEETING IS MARCH 11TH AT 1700 AND BARR.

ANY QUESTIONS? THAT COMPLETES MY REPORT.

UH, IF ANYBODY HAS ANY QUESTIONS, MR. IAN IS IN PERSON, CAN ANSWER QUESTIONS.

ANY QUESTIONS FROM ANYONE? UH, NO.

I WAS JUST, I WAS GONNA SAY WE HAVE, MR. OTING HAS SOMETHING HE NEEDS TO BRING UP MS. OTING? YES, IF I CAN, THERE ARE TWO, UH, MOTIONS COMING OUTTA COMMITTEE, UH, TO BRING IN FRONT OF THE, UH, BOARD IF WE CAN TODAY.

UM, THE TWO WERE HAVING TO DO WITH THE, UH, ANNEXATION OF THE PROPERTY FOR THE EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER, UM, HAVING IT ANNEXED INTO THE TOWN OF BLUFFTON.

UM, ONE OF THIS AREA IS SURROUNDED BY THE TOWN OF BLUFFTON, AND PART OF, UH, THIS PROJECT IS TO BRING IT IN TOWN OF BLUFFTON BEFORE THE BLUFFTON EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER, OR THE EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER THAT WILL BE IN BLUFFTON IS CONSTRUCTED.

SO IT CAN BE CONTI CONTIGUOUS WITH THE REST OF THE PROPERTIES AROUND THERE.

SO WITH THAT, I'LL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE ON THE ANNEXATION OF THAT PROPERTY INTO THE TOWN OF BLUFFTON.

THIS WAS APPROVED BY THE COMMITTEE AND VOTED YES, MR. SMITH.

UM, I SAID ON THE, UH, COMMITTEE, I VOTED, UH, NO, I HAD SOME CONCERNS DUE TO THE FACT OF THAT WE'RE ANNEXING THESE PROPERTIES INTO THE, THE, THE TOWN OF BLUFFTON.

AND IF IT SITS INTO THE TOWN OF, OF THE, OF THE, I MEAN, IF IT SITS INTO THE COUNTY, THEN WHAT, WHAT FOR THE, FOR THE PEOPLE, FOR THE PEOPLE WHO ARE, FOR THE PEOPLE WHO DON'T UNDERSTAND, WHAT WOULD BE THE, THE PROS AND AND CONS OF, UH, ANNEXING THIS PROPERTY INTO THE CITY OF BLUFFTON? SO ONE OF THE ITEMS THAT WE BROUGHT UP OR DISCUSSED WAS THAT YOU HAVE THE EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER THAT WOULD BE LOCATED RIGHT NEXT DOOR TO RIVERRIDGE.

I MEAN, THEY'RE WITHIN, YOU COULD LOOK OUT AND SEE ONE FROM THE OTHER, AND IF IT WAS REMAINED IN THE COUNTY, YOU'D HAVE IN ONE BUILDING AN SRO FROM THE COUNTY AND THE OTHER BUILDING AN SRO FROM THE TOWN OF BL WHEN THEY'RE RIGHT NEXT TO EACH OTHER.

SO IT JUST MAKES MORE SENSE AND WOULD WORK BETTER IF BOTH WERE WITHIN THE TOWN OF BLUFFTON AND BOTH HAD SROS SAY FROM THE TOWN OF BLUFFTON.

SO THAT, THAT'S JUST ONE EXAMPLE OF, UM, THE ADVANTAGES OF HAVING THEM TOGETHER.

UM, OUTSIDE OF THAT, IT'S WITHIN THE TOWN OF BLUFF IN'S PLAN FOR THE ALL FOR THAT PROPERTY TO BECOME EVENTUALLY IN THE TOWN OF BLUFFTON.

AND IT JUST MAKES SENSE BEFORE WE CONSTRUCT IT TO GO AHEAD AND MAKE THAT CHANGE.

AND WHAT, WELL, A COUPLE THINGS THAT YOU, THAT YOU'VE, THAT YOU'VE SAID THERE, UH, BRINGS FOR ME PERSONALLY, UH, THIS, UH, IN, IN, IN, IN TERMS OF, I UNDERSTAND THAT THE KIND OF THE TOWN OF BLUFFTON WOULD PREFER THAT TO BE ANNEXED INTO THE TOWN OF BLUFFTON.

BUT YOU KNOW, WHEN OUR, WHEN OUR OFFICERS, LAW ENFORCEMENT PARTNERS, WHEN, WHEN WE, WHEN THEY PRACTICE FROM SCHOOL TO SCHOOL, I BELIEVE THAT IT DOESN'T REALLY MATTER WHICH, UH, DEPARTMENT HAS THAT SCHOOL.

I BELIEVE THEY ARE GOING TO SUPPORT EACH OTHER, UH, IN, IN WAYS THAT, UM, UH, WOULD GIVE US GOOD RAPID RESPONSES IN, IN TERMS. SO I DON'T, I DON'T BELIEVE THAT THAT, THAT THAT'S TO ME AS JUST FROM, FROM, FROM, FROM MY ONE VOTE, WOULD GIVE ME THE GUMPTION TO SAY THAT THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD NEED TO DO.

BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, NOW IF WE'RE GIVING, IF WE'RE GIVING THE BLUFFING SOMETHING BECAUSE YOU SAID THAT THEY WANTED, OR THAT'S ONE OF THEIR GOALS TO GET THIS IN, TO GET THIS INTO THE TOWN OF BLUFFING, THEN MY QUESTION IS, YOU KNOW, WHAT, WHAT ARE THEY GONNA GIVE US IN RETURN? BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, UH, YOU KNOW, THIS IS A NEGOTIATION THING, UH, IN, IN TERMS OF US KIND OF BIDDING TO THEM.

I MEAN, AS A SCHOOL DISTRICT, WE HAVE AS, AS, AS THESE PEOPLE WHO SIT AROUND THIS , WE HAVE TO START LEVERAGING OUR, OUR, OUR WHEELHOUSE IN TERMS OF TO BETTERING OUR STUDENTS AND OUR, OUR NEEDS AND, AND WANTS NEEDS VERSUS WANTS IN THE DISTRICT AS WELL.

SO MY QUESTION WOULD BE, UH, MOVING FORWARD, BECAUSE THERE WERE, THERE, THERE, THERE ARE PERMIT ISSUES, UH, OR DIFFERENT THINGS.

WHAT IS THE TOWN OF BLUFFING WILLING TO DO AND HOW THEY WILLING TO WORK WITH US TO HELP US REACH THESE DEADLINES AND THESE, UH, AND AND THINGS MOVING FORWARD? BECAUSE I MEAN, I, I MAY WANT, I MAY WANT CANDY, BUT YOU, TO ME, WE'RE DEALING WITH NEED VERSUS ONE'S.

LIKE IS IT, IS IT A TERMS OF, IS IT MUCH MORE CHEAPER TO INDEX INTO IT? IT JUST, TO ME, IT, IT JUST, I I'M, I'M, I'M, I'M JUST LOOKING FOR MORE, MORE CLARITY IN TERMS

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OF WHAT, WHY, JUST BESIDES THE, THE OFFICER, MR. CHAIR POINT OF ORDER.

YES.

UH, AS MY ESTEEM COLLEAGUE FROM THE THIRD DISTRICT POINTED OUT, UM, THE MOTION SHOULD BE MADE, UH, AND SECONDED.

AND THEN WE SHOULD OPEN THE FLOOR FOR DISCUSSION.

UH, SO CURRENTLY, UH, MR. SMITH IS ACTUALLY OUT OF ORDER.

I THINK SHALL MOTION, I'M SORRY.

GO AHEAD, SIR.

I MOVE TO SUPPORT THE ANNEXATION OF THE PROPERTY FORMALLY OWNED BY NASSAR, WHICH IS OWNED BY THE BOARD OF EDUCATION AND IS ADJACENT TO THE RIVER RIDGE ACADEMY PROPERTY AND RECOMMENDS BOARD REVIEW AND APPROVAL SECOND.

PROPERLY MOVED IN SECOND CONVERSATION.

AND I, AND I WOULD JUST GO BACK TO THE SAME, THE SAME, THE SAME, THE SAME QUESTION, UH, BECAUSE I BELIEVE I WAS ASKED FOR, FOR, FOR A QUESTION, UH, IN, IN TERMS, SO, UM, THE, SO THAT'S, THAT'S, THAT'S STILL, THAT'S STILL THAT QUESTION STILL IS, REVEREND WE'RE CALLING, CALLING FOR THE VOTE OR NOT.

IT'S, THE QUESTION'S STILL ON THE TABLE THAT'S STILL AS, AS A, UH, BOARD MEMBER, I STILL WANT THAT QUESTION ANSWERED BECAUSE I, I NEED, I NEED CLAR, I NEED CLARITY ON THAT FOR ME, FOR, FOR, FOR ME TO VOTE AND SUPPORT OF THIS AND BE ABLE TO HAVE A GOOD CONSCIOUS AND SLEEP TONIGHT.

SO, UM, JUST TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, UH, THE RECOMMENDATION, OR ONE WAY TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION IS, THE RECOMMENDATION TO ANNEX INTO THE TOWN OF BLUFFTON CAME FROM OUR DESIGN TEAM, JUST DUE TO THE COST AND TIMEFRAME THAT IT TAKES FOR PERMITTING.

UM, THAT WAS ONE OF THEIR RECOMMENDATIONS BETWEEN THE PERMITTING TIMEFRAME, UH, WITH THE TOWN OF BLUFFTON AND, UH, THE COUNTY.

SO THAT IS WHAT STARTED, THIS WAS THE RECOMMENDATION FROM THE DESIGN TEAM.

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSIONS? READY TO MR. GORDON? THE ONE THING, UM, THERE WAS A SPECIFIC, UH, MOTION THAT WAS MADE IN COMMITTEE, UM, WHAT, UH, UH, MR. NA READ WAS ONE THAT I HAD WRITTEN, BUT JUST BEFORE COMMITTEE, WE GOT SOME ADD AND, UM, A REVISED VERSION THAT CAME FROM THE ATTORNEY.

AND SO I'M GONNA SEE IF ROBIN CAN GET THAT UP THERE.

UM, ARE YOU ABLE TO FIND THAT ROBIN SO WE CAN, BECAUSE THERE IS SOME SPECIFIC WORDING THAT NEEDS TO OCCUR FOR, OR THAT'S THE RECOMMENDATION FROM COUNSEL TO HAVE THIS BE ACCEPTED.

ROBIN, ARE YOU GONNA PUT IT ON THE SCREEN? YES.

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QUESTION.

UM, MICHELLE, SO, UM, THERE'S AN EXISTING MOTION ON THE TABLE AND IT, SO OH, YOU GOT IT? YEAH.

WELL, AS SOON AS SHE GETS UP, I'M GONNA AMEND, I'M GONNA MOVE TO AMEND IT.

GOT IT.

IT, OH, LORD HAVE MERCY.

YES.

I'M GONNA TRY, THIS IS LIKE AN EYE TEST.

ALL RIGHT, MR. CHAIRMAN, IF, OR MR. BIER, IF YOU ALLOW, I'M GOING TO MOVE TO AMEND THE PREVIOUS MOTION AND TO REPLACE WITH THE FOLLOWING TEXT, AMEND AND REPLACE, THE OPERATIONS COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS THE BEAUFORT COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT PURSUE ANNEXATION INTO THE TOWN OF BLUFFTON AND REZONING TO RESIDENTIAL.

IS THAT RIGHT? RESIDENTIAL GENERAL OF BEAUFORT COUNTY TAX MAP PARCEL.

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THIS IS VERY PROFESSIONAL.

AND AUTHORIZE THE SUPERINTENDENT ON BEHALF OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT TO SIGN ALL PETITIONS, APPLICATIONS, AND OTHER DOCUMENTS REQUIRED BY THE TOWN OF BLUFFTON TO COMPLETE SUCH ANNEXATION AND REZONING.

SO FIRST WE NEED TO MOVE TO VOTE ON MY AMENDMENT IF THAT'S ACCEPTED.

ABSOLUTELY.

SO, SO MOVE.

IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND.

SECOND.

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION MS. GORDON? JUST VERY QUICKLY, UM, AS I LISTENED TO MY COLLEAGUE, UH, WITH HIS QUESTION AND THEN THE RESPONSE FROM MY OTHER COLLEAGUE, I JUST WANT TO REMIND US, I DO BELIEVE THAT, UM, WE HAVE ACCEPTED MS. BOATWRIGHT AS OUR PARLIAMENTARIAN.

AND IN DOING SO, I BELIEVE THAT SHE CAN TELL ANOTHER BOARD MEMBER WHETHER OR NOT HE OR SHE IS OUT OF ORDER.

I JUST WANT US TO NOT, UH, LOSE OUR PROFESSIONALISM DURING THESE MEETINGS AND KEEP IT WHERE IT IS BECAUSE A BOARD MEMBER CAN ASK QUESTIONS, BUT IN THAT TIMELY MANNER OR MANNER IN WHICH THEY CAN SPEAK OR BRING IT UP, UH, OR NOT, THAT SHOULD BE UP TO THE PARLIAMENTARIAN TO TELL

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US IF WE'RE OUTTA ORDER.

SO, UM, I, I, I, I, I SAY THAT IN, IN JUST TRYING TO KEEP US WHERE WE ARE, BUT UNDERSTANDING THAT BOARD MEMBERS CAN ASK QUESTIONS.

WE MAY NOT LIKE THE QUESTIONS, WE MAY NOT LIKE THE RESPONSE, BUT THAT IS UP TO THE PARLIAMENTARIAN TO TELL US TO.

AND IF WE ARE OUTTA ORDER, THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, MS. GORDON.

I WILL TRY AND DO BETTER, BUT I'VE NEVER COMPLAINED ABOUT A MARINE GOING IN FIRST , SO, BUT I WILL, I WILL GET JOHNNY ON IT.

YOU SHOULD, YOU SHOULD 'CAUSE HE WAS WRONG JUST TO PUT THAT PART IN IT.

BUT, UM, I, I DO UNDERSTAND THE QUESTION THAT, UH, MR. SMITH HAD, AND I ALSO UNDERSTAND THE RESPONSE, BUT I DO THINK THAT WE HAVE TO MAINTAIN SOME ORDER AND, UH, LET OUR COLLEAGUES SPEAK.

AND AGAIN, WE HAVE A NEW PARLIAMENTARIAN AND, AND I UNDERSTAND THAT YOU'RE LEARNING AND, AND, AND, AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

BUT, UH, LET'S KEEP THIS WHERE IT IS AND FOR DISCUSSION.

AND HE HAS A, HE HAS A QUESTION THAT'S DISCUSSABLE AND A RESPONSE THAT I THINK MR. OUTING HAS GIVEN US AND WE VOTED ON IT, BUT I THINK THE OTHER COMMENTS OF US CALLING EACH OTHER OUT OF ORDER, THIS, THAT'S NOT A PLACE RIGHT HERE FOR THAT, THAT'S FOR YOU, MS. BOATWRIGHT.

YEAH.

IF I COULD, IF I COULD SPEAK, UM, I'M, I'M GOING TO CHALK IT, UH, ASSIGN IT TO THE NEWNESS OF THE VICE CHAIR, AND I THINK ALL COMMENTS MADE WERE IN GOOD INTENTIONS.

SO THANK YOU MR. SMITH FOR RAISING YOUR COMMENTS.

MR. NAY.

THANKS FOR HIGHLIGHTING THAT.

UM, I NEED TO BE A LITTLE BIT MORE STRUCTURED AND DEFER TO THE, TO THE SECRETARY.

SO, UH, I THINK IT WAS A GOOD LEARNING EXERCISE.

SO NO ISSUES HERE.

SHE'S THE PARLIAMENTARIAN AS WELL? YEP, SHE'S THE PARLIAMENTARIAN.

SO HAVE WE VOTED? NO.

WE GOT A CALL FOR THE VOTE ON THE, A AMEND ON THE REPLACEMENT AMENDMENT ON THE AMENDMENT.

AMENDMENT.

AND IT'S BEEN PROPERLY MOVED AS SECOND, AS I RECALL.

SECOND AMENDMENT.

WELL, TECHNICALLY I MADE THE AMENDMENT AND SO LET'S PUT MS. HAY DOWN AS THE SECOND.

AND I THINK MR. DR. CARR DID YOU SECOND? NO, NO, MS. HAY SECOND MY MOTION.

OH, MS. HAY.

NOT TRYING TO AVOID YOU, MS. HAY.

I'M TRYING TO STEP, STEP UP AS A PARLIAMENTARIAN MAN.

LET ME TELL YOU, I MY JOB'S ON THE LINE.

SO YES, , I PLAY MY RULES.

OKAY, MR. SMITH, NEGATIVE.

ALL HERE ONLINE, I MEAN ALL HERE IN THE, UH, OKAY, ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.

AYE.

OKAY, MS. GORDON, DID YOU OH, OH, AYE.

I'M SORRY.

AND THEN, UH, ONLINE IF WE COULD GO IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER, THAT WOULD BE GREAT.

ANYONE ELSE ON LINE? ALFONSO.

SO NOW MR. UH, VICE CHAIRMAN, WE NEED TO VOTE ON THE ACTUAL AMENDMENT.

SO, UM, I MOVE THAT WE VOTE ON THE AMENDMENT AS PRESENTED.

SECOND MOTION BY MS. BOATWRIGHT, SECOND BY MS. HAY.

ALL, ANY DISCUSSIONS? ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.

HERE.

OKAY, MR. SMITH.

NATE, I, MR. SMITH WOULD BE, NO.

NO FOR MR. SMITH.

THOSE ONLINE IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER PLEASE.

STARTING WITH MS. FRAZIER, I BELIEVE.

IT PASSES WITH ONE NAY.

UM, ALONG THAT SHORTER CONSTRUCTION TIME, REDUCED COST, UM, MINIMIZE DISRUPTION OF SCHOOL OPERATIONS DURING CONSTRUCTION, INCLUDING LEAVING THE FOOTBALL FIELD OPEN, PRESERVING MORE TREES ON SITE, AND JUST AN OVERALL IMPROVED LAYOUT.

IS THERE ANOTHER, IF I MAY SIR? THERE, THERE'S ONE MORE ITEM THAT WAS, UH, IT WAS APPROVED BY THE COMMITTEE TO BRING FORWARD TO THE BOARD AND THAT IS A REZONING REQUEST FOR LADIES ISLAND MIDDLE.

AND LEMME JUST CLARIFY, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT REZONING, THIS IS NOT ABOUT STUDENT ASSIGNMENT OR ANYTHING OF THAT NATURE.

THIS IS ABOUT, UH, THE BUILDING CODE AND YOUR ABILITY TO BUILD ON SITES, UH, WITHIN THE COUNTY, UH, WITHIN THE TOWN, TOWN OF BEAUFORT.

I'M SORRY.

SO, UM, THIS CAME ABOUT THROUGH, UM, SOME DISCUSSIONS OF AN ALTERNATE DESIGN POSSIBILITY FOR THE NEW LADIES ISLAND MIDDLE SCHOOL.

AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT CAME OUT OF THAT WAS THAT THERE WERE A LOT OF ADVANTAGES TO BUILDING A THREE STORY SCHOOL.

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UM, MOST EVERYONE, WELL EVERYONE ON THE COMMITTEE, UH, AGREED WITH THAT.

AND THEN WE WENT TO THE CITY OF BEAUFORT TO DISCUSS THIS POSSIBILITY.

CITY OF BEAUFORT WAS ON BOARD OF THAT.

AND WE WERE ASKING AT THAT TIME HOW WE WERE LOOKING FOR A, UM, UM, NOT AMENDMENT.

UH, WE WERE LOOKING TO GO WITH A VARIANCE ON OUR EXISTING, AND IT ACTUALLY CAME FORWARD THAT IT WOULD BE BETTER IF WE WENT FORWARD WITH A REZONING APPLICATION BECAUSE THE ZONING WE CURRENTLY HAVE ACTUALLY DOES NOT ALLOW FOR A SCHOOL, ALTHOUGH WE WOULD BE GRANDFATHERED IN AND BE ABLE TO BUILD A SCHOOL THERE, THEIR SUGGESTION WAS TO GO FOR A DIFFERENT CLASSIFICATION, WHICH IS IAC, WHICH STANDS FOR INSTITUTIONAL AND CAMPUS DISTRICT, WHICH DOES ALLOW FOR A THREE STORY BUILDING.

SO WITH THAT, UM, MR. CHAIRMAN? YES, MR. ING, UM, IS THE AMENDMENT ON HERE THE CORRECT AMENDMENT? YES.

OR IS THERE YES, THIS AMENDMENT IS CORRECT? NO.

THIS ONE'S FINE, MR. CHAIRMAN OR VICE CHAIRMAN, I'LL GO AHEAD.

AND, UH, AND FOLLOWING WITH, UH, THIS PRESENTATION, I MOVE THAT THE BOARD OF EDUCATION SUPPORTS THE REZONING APPLICATION FOR THE LADIES ISLAND MIDDLE SCHOOL PROPERTY FROM SUBURBAN DISTRICT T THREE DASH S DISTRICT TO AN INSTITUTIONAL AND CAMPUS DISTRICT, IC, AND RECOMMENDS BOARD REVIEW AND APPROVAL.

SECOND.

PROPERTY MOTION AND SECOND BY MS. GORDON DISCUSSIONS.

MR. MS. SMITH.

OH, THIS, UH, ONCE AGAIN, I ALSO, UM, I, UM, I VOTED NO ON THIS.

I VOTED THIS DOWN BECAUSE THERE ARE SEV THERE ARE SEVERAL ISSUES, UH, THAT THAT OCCURS HERE.

UH, WITH, WITH THAT MAY COULD DISTURB MY COMMUNITY IN TERMS OF, UM, RIGHT, LESS THAN, UH, TWO OR THREE MILES DOWN THE STREET.

UM, DOWNTOWN BEAUFORT WHERE THEY WANT TO PUT 3, 3, 3 OR FOUR, THEY WANT TO BUILD UP STORY, UH, THREE, THREE STORIES DOWNTOWN.

AND FOR, AND, AND ONE, ONE CONCERN IS THAT ONCE YOU DO THIS, THIS OPEN PANDORA'S BOX, BECAUSE NOW ONCE THE CITY ALLOWS US TO BUILD THREE STORIES, THEN THEY WILL HAVE TO LET EVERYONE ELSE IN THE CITY LIMITS BUILD THREE STORIES BECAUSE OF THE FACT THAT YOU CAN'T JUST LET ONE PERSON BUILD THREE STORIES.

SO I, I, I THINK THAT ALSO THAT THAT THIS, AND EVEN IN THIS TIMING SHOULD HAVE BEEN SENT TO THE COMMUNITY BECAUSE I WAS AT SEVERAL COMMUNITY MEETINGS WHEN, WHEN THAT ISSUE TOOK PLACE IN THE CITY OF BEAUFORT WHERE PEOPLE WERE OUTRAGED AND PEOPLE DID NOT WANT PANDORA'S BOX OPEN, THEY TRIED EVERYTHING AND, AND, AND THEY, THEY PUSHED FOR THE CITY TO NOT ALLOW, UH, BUSINESS OWNERS AND, AND, AND, AND COMMERCIAL, COMMERCIAL BUSINESSES TO BE ABLE TO HAVE DIFFERENT LEVELS OF FLOORING.

UH, SO I KNOW THIS, I KNOW, I, I KNOW THIS WAS A VERY HOT TOPIC AND I DON'T THINK THAT THE SCHOOL BOARD SHOULD, UH, STEP ON THAT.

I MEAN, EVEN THOUGH I, IT DOESN'T, I MEAN, I MEAN THE CITY, CITY, I, THE CITY, IT'S DIFFERENT.

BUT ONCE AGAIN, US DOING THAT, IT IS ANOTHER, TO ME, I LOOK AT IT AS POSSIBLY ANOTHER AVENUE TO OPEN UP PANDORA'S BOX AND WE COULD HAVE SOME CITIZENS UNHAPPY WITH US.

AND THEN ALSO, UM, I HAD SOME, ALSO SOME, UH, AS I WAS SITTING THERE THINKING ABOUT IT, UM, THE AIRPORT IS RIGHT NEXT TO IT.

HAVE WE CHECKED THE EIGHT, THE ACOS OF, OF THAT? BECAUSE YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT BUILDING 3, 3, 3 STORIES.

UH, HAVE THAT BEEN APPROVED BECAUSE YOU JUST CAN'T BUILD THREE STORIES, BUT RIGHT NEXT TO THE, UH, THE AIRPORT.

SO I, I THINK THERE'S SOME DIFFERENT VARIANTS, UH, VARIANTS THAT, THAT NEEDS TO BE CHECKED THAT I DON'T HAVE THOSE ANSWERS YET.

SO I KNOW WITH THAT ONE, ESPECIALLY, UH, BILLING IN AN AIRPORT WITH THE AQ, SO WITH THE AQ, WITH THE AQS NEXT TO IT AND, AND NOT HAVING AN THAT ANSWER, THAT WOULD DEFINITELY MAKES ME, UH, MAKE ME A LITTLE, UM, UNCOMFORTABLE VOTING, VOTING FOR THIS.

AND I, SO THAT THERE'S SOME OTHER LINE THAT, ONCE AGAIN, I THINK THAT WE SHOULD ALSO SAY THAT MEAN NOTHING, THAT WE SHOULD HAVE PILOTED THIS TO HAVE THIS CONVERSATION PUBLICLY BECAUSE THE COUNTY, I MEAN THE CITY, WHEN THEY, WHEN THOSE PEOPLE WERE TRYING TO DO THAT, THEY ENDED UP, I DIDN'T BELIEVE THEY HAD, THEY HAD A, A CITY ME A MEETING PUB, A PUBLIC MEETING, A FORUM ABOUT THIS.

AND I THINK THAT WE SHOULD HAVE A PUBLIC FORUM ABOUT THIS TOO, MOVING FORWARD.

SO I COULD SEE HOW MY CONSTITUENTS FELT ABOUT IT AND THEN GET THOSE QUESTIONS ANSWERED.

THANK YOU, MS. GORDON.

CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES, MA'AM.

CONDUCIVE FOR THE STUDENTS, FOR THE TEACHERS, UH, AND GENERALLY FOR THAT COMMUNITY, UH, WOULD BE A A, A GOOD THING.

UM, I UNDERSTAND WHAT, UM, MR. SMITH IS SAYING AND I CAN UNDERSTAND HOW THE COMMUNITY, SOME OF THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS MAY FEEL HAVING BEEN AN ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL AT THAT SCHOOL, WHICH IS PRESENTLY A TWO STORY BUILDING, RIGHT? MR. ALLIE? YES, MA'AM.

UM, AND IT IS NOT CONDUCIVE FOR, UH, MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS OR ADMINISTRATORS TO TRY TO KEEP UP WITH.

UM, BUT I THINK A BUILDING, UH, OF THREE STORIES WHICH WOULD MAKE IT MORE

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UM, BEAUFORT IS GROWING AND IF WE LOOK AT THE BUILDINGS THAT WE'RE PUTTING UP IN BEAUFORT, WE ALSO HAVE TO GROW AND WE HAVE TO GROW WITH OUR COMMUNITY, WITH OUR KIDS.

THAT'S THE SIXTH, SEVENTH, AND EIGHTH GRADE POOL, RIGHT? YES, MA'AM.

AND, UH, AND SO WHILE YOU MAY HAVE THE SIXTH GRADERS ON ONE FLOOR, SEVENTH AND EIGHTH ON DIFFERENT FLOORS, BUT THERE ARE OTHER COMMUNAL AREAS THAT THEY, THAT THEY WILL HAVE, I THINK YOU HAVE TO REALLY THINK ABOUT WHAT IS BEST FOR THAT STUDENT POPULATION.

AND, UM, I THINK A THREE STORY BUILDING WOULD BE CONDUCIVE TO THE LEARNING PROCESS.

THE, UM, THE WAY THAT THE ADMINISTRATORS HAVE TO, UH, NAVIGATE DURING THE DAY.

TEACHERS, UH, NURSES, UH, HAVING TO GET TO STUDENTS AND STUDENTS JUST GETTING AROUND THE BUILDING.

UM, SO THERE'S MORE TO THAT STORY THAN JUST THE BUILDING AND, AND WE HAVE TO LOOK AT THE USE OF THE BUILDING AS WE GO ALONG.

AND, AND, AND 25, 30 YEARS FROM NOW, WILL THAT SCHOOL STILL BE THERE SERVING OUR KIDS IN THE CAPACITY THAT IT'S BEING BUILT IN? SO I'M FOR IT, UM, BECAUSE I USED TO THINK WALKING IN THERE AND THEN HAVING TO GO FROM ONE END TO THE OTHER, TO THE OTHER, TO THE MIDDLE.

I'M ONE, I WASN'T YOUNG, BUT I GOT YOUNGER, YOU KNOW, , BECAUSE IT WOULD, IT ACTUALLY PUT IT ON YOU TO, TO TASK.

AND I WOULD RATHER HAVE A BUILDING THAT'S ACCESSIBLE TO MY, TO MY KIDS AND TO MY TEACHERS THAT I CAN GET TO, UM, IN A SAFE AND ORDERLY MANNER.

SO I'M FOR THIS PROJECT, AND UH, AND I, IF WE, IF THEY HAVE A MEETING ABOUT IT, I'LL BE GLAD TO ATTEND.

EXCELLENT.

ANY OTHER COMMENTS? YES, SIR.

MS. SMITH? OH, ALSO, UH, AND COULD, COULD WE SPEAK TO THE A, THE A, THE ACOS? HAVE WE CHECKED INTO THAT YET? UM, YES SIR.

THE AQ STONE HAS TO DO WITH THE MARINE AIR STATION.

THIS IS NOT WITHIN THE FLIGHTS PATTERN OF THE MARINE AIR STATION.

OKAY, WELL HOW ABOUT THE FLIGHT PATTERN OF LAY ISLAND AIRPORT? BECAUSE LAY, LAY ISLAND AIRPORT IS RIGHT, IS RIGHT THERE, SIR, BY THE SCHOOL.

SO HAVE WE CHECKED WITHIN THE FLIGHT PATTERN OF THAT IN TERMS OF THE THREE, THE THREE, UH, THE THREE LEVEL TERM, UH, BUILDING? SO WHEN WE, WE TALKING ABOUT A THREE STORY BUILDING AND YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT A FLIGHT PATTERN, THAT BUILDING, AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT MOVING THAT BUILDING UP, THEN, THEN, THEN WHEN YOU LOOK, WHEN WHEN I, WHEN I DROVE BY, I LOOK AT IT MOVING IT UP, THAT DEFINITELY WOULD BE MORE IN THE FLIGHT AND IN THE FLIGHT PATTERN VERSUS IT BEING BACK AT THE, AT THE ORIGINAL SPOT THAT IT WAS TOO, TOO.

BECAUSE I KNOW THAT ALSO THERE WERE SOME PEOPLE WHO LIVED IN THE, IN THE COMMUNITY RIGHT BEHIND IT WAS COMPLAINING THAT, THAT THEY DON THAT THEY WANTED, THAT THE SCHOOL, UH, CLOSER TO THEIR, TO THEIR, UH, HOMES.

AND SO NOW WE'RE MOVING THE SCHOOLS FROM THEIR HOMES TO MORE OF THE MIDDLE OF THE PROPERTY.

AND IN THE MIDDLE OF THAT PROPERTY, IT, IT, IT, IT SCREAMS MORE OF IT MAY BE WITHIN THAT FLIGHT PATTERN.

SO I HAVE CONCERNS THAT ONCE AGAIN, EVEN THOUGH, EVEN, EVEN WITHIN IT BEING IN THAT FLIGHT PATTERN THAT WE MAY NEED TO CHECK WITH THE, UH, LAY ISLAND AIRPORT AND MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE IN DECLARE BEFORE AVOIDING ON, ON THIS, ON THIS MOTION.

SO, MATTER OF FACT, UNTIL WE DO THAT TODAY, I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT, THAT WE, UH, THAT, THAT WE TABLE THE DISCUSSION UNTIL WE ARE BROUGHT BACK WITH THE, UM, SHUT ON THE FLOOR.

BUT YOU, BUT YOU CAN EVEN THE MOTION ON THE FLOOR, YOU CAN, YOU CAN TABLE, YOU CAN MOTION, YOU CAN TABLE THE MOTION, THAT'S CORRECT.

BUT IT NEEDS A SECOND.

YEAH, I'LL JUST ASK THAT BEFORE WE TAKE THAT UP.

I THINK MR. OTTING HAS ADDITIONAL INFORMATION, UH, FOR THE BOARD TO CONSIDER.

MR. OTTING.

YEAH, I MEAN, YOU, YOU, UM, MR. SMITH, YOU, YOU BROUGHT UP SEVERAL ITEMS IN THERE AND UM, THIS DESIGN THAT WE'RE PUTTING IS PRETTY MUCH PUTTING THE BUILDING RIGHT WHERE IT IS TODAY AS A TWO STORY BUILDING.

IT WILL GO THE THREE STORY BUILDING.

SO, AND I CAN TELL YOU IT IS NOT WITHIN THE FLIGHT PATH OF THE LADIES ISLAND AIRPORT.

DO, DO WE HAVE THAT IN WRITING SOMEWHERE? I'LL BE GLAD TO GET THAT FOR YOU IF YOU NEED IT IN WRITING, BUT IT IS NOT WITHIN THE FLIGHT PATH OF LADIES ISLAND AIRPORT.

A MOTION TO TABLE HAS BEEN MADE.

I HAVE NOT HEARD A SECOND.

IF THERE'S NO SECOND, THEN THE MOTION FAILS.

IS THERE A SECOND? OKAY, SO THEN WE GO BACK TO THE ORIGINAL MOTION.

ALL READY TO VOTE.

ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION AS PRESENTED? AYE A AYE.

THOSE ONLINE IF YOU'LL VOTE IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER.

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I THINK THE MOTION CARRIES ALL THOSE OPPOSED.

THE CHAIRMAN, I'M A ROOKIE.

I'M A ROOKIE.

NO, NO PROBLEM.

EVERY DAY WE DESCRIBE TO GET BETTER PARLIAMENTARIAN, LESS INTO ACTION.

APPRECIATE YOU TEAMWORK.

I GOT, I PICKED UP WHAT YOU WERE.

APPRECIATE IT.

NEXT ITEM IS UNDER THE SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT AND, UH, DR.

OH MAN.

MR. VICE CHAIR, THE, UH,

[Superintendent’s Report]

STRADDLES IS GONNA TALK ABOUT THE ACADEMICS PROGRAM, BOOK AND, UH, THE DUAL ENROLLMENT REPORT.

THANK YOU DR. RODRIGUEZ.

AND GOOD EVENING VICE CHAIR, MR. DALLAS AND BOARD MEMBERS.

YOU HAVE A FEW DOCUMENTS IN FRONT OF YOU.

FIRST, I HAD GIVEN YOU A BINDER THAT HAS THE ACADEMIC PROGRAMS AND THEN I WAS ABLE TO PROVIDE YOU FRESH OFF THE PRESS TWO BOOKLETS.

ONE IS SUMMARY AS WELL AS THE SECOND ONE IS THE COMPLETE BOOKLET FOR BEAUFORT COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICTS 20 25, 20 26 GUIDE TO SCHOOL PROGRAMS. I'M GONNA REFER TO THE ITEM IN THE BINDER FOR YOU.

OBVIOUSLY I'VE GIVEN YOU THE TWO DOCUMENTS THAT YOU HAVE, ONE AS A POINT OF REFERENCE, AND WE HAVE ADDITIONAL PRINTED IN ORDER TO PROVIDE YOU INFORMATION FOR THE COMMUNITY WITHIN THE BINDER THAT I PROVIDED TO YOU THIS EVENING.

ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE, AS YOU OPEN IT, YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO SEE, THERE SHOULD BE A SUMMARY SHEET IN THERE FOR YOU.

THE SUMMARY SHEET PROVIDES YOU A QUICK AT A GLANCE CHOICE PROGRAMS AVAILABLE WITHIN EACH SCHOOLS IN THE CLUSTER AREAS HERE WITHIN BEAUFORT COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT.

AND IF YOU LOOK FURTHER DOWN, YOU'LL NOTE IT GIVES YOU IMPORTANT DATES.

MRS. CUSHEN BEAR, IF YOU CAN GO TO THE VERY BEGINNING OF THE BOOK, THIS WAY IT CAN SHARE TO GIVE A HIGHLIGHT.

BOOKS OR ACTUALLY THE SUMMARY IS I THINK WOULD BE EASIER FOR YOU AS YOU GO OUT INTO COMMUNITY PROMOTING BEAUFORT COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT AS YOUR NUMBER ONE CHOICE.

ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT POINTS RIGHT NOW FOR YOU AS BOARD MEMBERS TO RECOGNIZE IS THAT WE'VE EXTENDED THE WINDOW OF APPLICATION IN THE PAST.

WE'VE HAD A 30 DAY WINDOW, ACTUALLY THIS YEAR, WELL, OR THE UPCOMING ACADEMIC SCHOOL YEAR, WE'LL HAVE A SIX WEEK APPLICATION PROCESS FOR OUR FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES HERE IN BEAUFORT COUNTY.

APPLICATIONS WILL START ON THE 1ST OF MARCH.

WHEN WE GO LIVE AND CLOSE ON APRIL 11TH, FAMILIES WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY OF RECEIVING THEIR LETTERS ON MAY 16TH.

SO THAT'S A NEW ADD-ON FOR OUR COMMUNITIES.

AND THAT'S FOUND IN THE VERY BEGINNING OF THE BOOKLET THAT YOU HAVE RECEIVED.

I WANT YOU TO ALSO NOTE THAT WITHIN THE BOOKLET THAT YOU HAVE, IT'S BEEN REARRANGED IN THE PAST.

WE HAD THE HIGH SCHOOLS LISTED AND THEIR PROGRAMS, WELL ACTUALLY WE HAD THE GRADE BANDS.

WE HAD THE ELEMENTARY, MIDDLE, AND HIGH.

NOW THE RESET UP OF THE BOOK PROVIDES YOU ALL THE PROGRAMS IN THE BEGINNING AND THEN IT GOES SPECIFICALLY TO THE NARRATIVES OF EACH ONE OF OUR SPECIFIC SCHOOLS FROM OUR ELEMENTARY THROUGH OUR MIDDLE, THROUGH OUR HIGH.

I'D LIKE TO ALSO BRING TO YOUR ATTENTION THAT THE PROGRAM BOOK IDENTIFIES BEAUFORT COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT TIDES PROGRAM, WHICH YOU ARE FAMILIAR WITH, IS OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH THE TECHNICAL COLLEGE OF THE LOW COUNTRY.

WE'VE BEEN OPERATING SOUTH AND ABROAD, AND THIS COMING ACADEMIC SCHOOL YEAR, WE WILL OPEN NORTH OF ABROAD.

WE HAVE ADDED A PAGE AND PROGRAM NARRATIVES REGARDING HILTON HEAD ISLAND GRANT, AND WE HAPPEN TO BE AT ONE OF THE SCHOOLS, WHICH IS PART OF THIS GRANT TO GIVE OUR COMMUNITY SOME INFORMATION.

WE'VE RELOCATED THAT SOME OF YOU'RE VERY FAMILIAR WITH THE CAREER TECHNICAL EDUCATION CHART.

AGAIN, GIVING YOU A SUMMARY OF OUR CAREER TECHNICAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS AS WELL AS OUR COMMUNITY.

A QUICK REFERENCE POINT SO THEY COULD SEE WHAT PROGRAMS ARE PROVIDED WITHIN THEIR OWN BACKYARD YARD.

SO THESE ITEMS ARE PROVIDED FOR YOU, FOR YOUR INFORMATION.

THEY WILL GO LIVE TO OUR COMMUNITY AND PLEASE FEEL FREE TO REACH OUT TO OUR DIVISION FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION SO THAT YOU CAN HAVE

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UM, DR.

STR, I HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS.

SO IT LOOKS LIKE A PROGRAM AVAILABILITY.

UM, IT'S THIS PRITCHARD V.

RIVER RIDGE, OKEE AND ROBERT SMALLS ARE PRETTY MUCH AT CAPACITY FOR MOST OF THESE CHOICE PROGRAMS. YES, MA'AM.

SO ONE THING I NOTICED WITH, UM, WE DO HAVE THE NEW, AND I I'M ASSUMING IT'S STARTING NEXT YEAR, THE NEW MAGNET SCHOOL GRANT PROGRAM FROM HILTON HEAD WITH THE, UM, I WANNA SAY CHANGEMAKERS, BUT STUCK IN MY HEAD.

IT'S NOT CHANGEMAKERS.

NO, YOU THEY ARE.

YES, I KNOW I'M CLOSE.

WHAT IS IT? WE'LL, TAKE CHANGEMAKERS MA'AM.

OH, YES MA'AM.

UM, AND THAT'S NOT LISTED ON HERE, UH, IN THIS BOOK.

THERE, THERE, THERE IS ACTUALLY, THERE IS A NARRATIVE PAGE WITHIN THE BOOK FOR CHANGEMAKERS.

YES MA'AM.

THERE IS I JUST THE SAME PROGRAM AVAILABILITY CHARTER.

SO IF I COULD SHARE WITH THAT.

SURE.

THE CHANGEMAKERS GRANT IS IDENTIFIED TO BUILD UPON THE INTERNATIONAL BACCALAUREATE PROGRAMS THAT ALREADY EXISTS WITHIN THE THREE FEEDER SCHOOLS.

SO THEY'RE WRAPPED TOGETHER.

YES, MA'AM.

SO I DIDN'T WANT THE COMMUNITY TO GET CONFUSED.

I THINK THAT WE HAD SOMETHING NEW.

GOTCHA.

BECAUSE ACTUALLY WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO OBTAIN THE FUNDING TO BUILD UPON WHAT THE SCHOOLS ARE ALREADY DOING SUCCESSFULLY, BUT TO BUILD WITHIN OUR INTERNATIONAL BACCALAUREATE PROGRAM, SO AND SO IT'S NOT A NEW ACADEMIC PROGRAM, IT'S A BUILDING AND AN ADD-ON.

OKAY, GREAT.

AND DO YOU MIND IF I HAVE ONE MORE QUESTION? UM, OH, GOOD.

GO AHEAD.

THE TIDES PROGRAM THAT WE'RE EXPANDING IS NINTH GRADE THROUGH 12TH GRADE.

YES MA'AM.

THOSE ARE IN-PERSON CLASSES, CORRECT? YES, MA'AM.

STRATO, I THINK, CAN I CONTINUE? YOU'RE STILL ON THE CHOICE PROGRAM OR YOU? NO, I WILL GO TO, SO WE'RE, WE'RE, UH, WE WE'RE GOOD TO CLOSE OUT THE CHOI, THE, UH, ACADEMIC PROGRAM BOOKLET AND THEN MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ITEM.

MM-HMM .

OKAY, GO AHEAD.

THANK YOU DR. RODRIGUEZ.

AND AGAIN, BOARD MEMBERS.

ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS ON THE ACADEMIC PROGRAM IN, IN TERMS OF THE CHOICE PROGRAMS? UM, SO, UM, I JUST HEARD, UH, ONE OF MY COLLEAGUES SAID THAT THE, SOME, THERE WERE CERTAIN SPOTS THAT CERTAIN PROGRAMS THAT ARE ALREADY FULL, SO ON, ON HERE.

DOES IT, I MEAN, DOES IT TELL PARENTS THAT THOSE PROGRAMS THAT YOU WON'T BE ABLE TO APPLY FOR ALREADY OR DOES SO YES, MR. SMITH, IT'LL BE IN TWO LOCATIONS.

ONE WILL BE WITHIN THE NARRATIVE AND THE SECOND WILL BE WITHIN THE ELECTRONIC APPLICATION SAYS PARENTS GO IN, WHICH ELECTRONIC APPLICATION WILL GO LIVE ON MARCH 1ST.

PARENTS WILL BE NOTIFIED WITHIN THE BOOKLET.

THE BOOKLET WILL BE ELECTRONICALLY ON THE HYPERLINK AS WELL AS ON THE SCRIBBLES AS THE SOFTWARE THAT WE UTILIZE.

UM, IT'LL BE WITHIN THAT PROGRAM AS WELL, SIR.

I APPRECIATE THAT.

I CAN TELL HIM JUST THAT.

IS IN, I WILL GIVE YOU AN ENGLISH COMPOSITION COURSE FOR ACE.

THANK YOU DR. RODRIGUEZ.

SO BOARD MEMBERS, THE SECOND ITEM THIS EVENING, YOU SHOULD HAVE TWO ITEMS THAT WERE GIVEN TO YOU WITH REGARD TO DUAL ENROLLMENT.

THERE'S AN EXECUTIVE SUMMARY AS WELL AS A PRESENTATION, AND I'LL START WITH THE EXECUTIVE SUMMARY.

I'D LIKE TO BRING FORWARD THAT THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA HAS REGULATIONS 43 DASH TWO FIVE A1 REGARDING ADVANCED PLACEMENT COURSES AND I LANDED THERE FOR A REASON.

I WANT US TO RECOGNIZE THAT THE STATE HIGHLY SUPPORTS ACCELERATED COURSEWORK.

ADVANCED PLACEMENT COURSES ARE THE ONE COURSE AREA WHERE THE STATE HAS DEFINED CERTIFICATION ON THIS LA LANGUAGE, LET'S SAY ENDORSEMENTS WHERE TEACHERS MUST SIT FOR THE APPROPRIATE TRAINING IN ORDER TO TEACH THE COURSE.

I ALSO WANT TO BRING FORWARD, IF YOU LOOK AT THE EXECUTIVE SUMMARY, SOME OF THE INFORMATION AS TO HOW FUNDING OCCURS FOR SOME OF OUR ACCELERATED COURSES.

AND THAT IS WITHIN THE THIRD BOX.

THANK YOU MRS. CUSHEN BERRY.

WE GO TO THE SECOND PAGE.

ON YOUR FIRST AREA, IT GIVES YOU INFORMATION REGARDING THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ACCELERATED COURSEWORK AND DUAL ENROLLMENT.

I'D LIKE YOU TO TAKE A MOMENT FOR YOU TO RECOGNIZE THAT AT ADVANCED PLACEMENT INTERNATIONAL BACCALAUREATE IB ADVANCED INTERNATIONAL CERTIFICATE OF EDUCATION, WHICH YOU KNOW I HAVE REFERRED TO AS ACE SLASH CAMBRIDGE, ARE COURSES THAT ARE STANDARDIZED.

AND WHAT I MEAN BY THAT, THEY ARE STATE APPROVED SYLLABUS THAT ARE APPROVED AT THE STATE LEVEL.

SO WE HAVE FIVE DIFFERENT GEOGRAPHICAL HIGH SCHOOLS, LET'S SAY WITHIN THE STATE A STUDENT

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THE EXPECTATION FOR THE STATE AS WELL AS FOR CAMBRIDGE IN THIS CASE IS MY EXAMPLE, BUT IT IS THE SAME ITEMS BEING INSTRUCTED.

THERE'S A LITTLE MORE FLEXIBILITY WHEN IT COMES TO DUAL ENROLLMENT.

THEY ARE NOT STANDARDIZED WITHIN THE STATE, THE SYLLABUS, NOR AMONGST THE 50 STATES IN IN THE UNITED STATES.

I WANTED TO SHARE A LITTLE BIT OF THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN AP DUAL ENROLLMENT AND CAMBRIDGE COURSES.

IF YOU LOOK AT THE VERY BOTTOM, THE NEXT TABLE GIVES YOU A QUICK REVIEW OF THE AMOUNT OF ACCELERATED COURSEWORK SINCE 20 21, 20 22 ACADEMIC SCHOOL YEAR TO LAST YEAR'S ACADEMIC SCHOOL YEAR.

THE BOTTOM LINE ON THE TO IT GIVES YOU THE TOTALS FOR RESPECTIVELY, THE AP ADVANCED PLACEMENT COURSES, THE TOTALS FOR ACE, IB, AND DUAL ENROLLMENT.

IT IF YOU DO GET THE OPPORTUNITY, THOSE ARE TWO HYPERLINKS ACTUALLY WILL GIVE YOU A LITTLE MORE INFORMATION IF YOU WANTED TO GET DEEPER INTO THE DIFFERENCES AMONGST THE AP AND IB COURSES, OR FOR MANY OF YOU WHO MAY HAVE STUDENTS WHO ARE GOING INTO HIGH SCHOOL OR GOING INTO COLLEGE, WHAT COLLEGES ARE LOOKING FOR ADMISSIONS PURPOSES.

I THOUGHT THAT WOULD BE A GOOD LINK FOR YOU AS WELL TO HAVE.

I'VE ALSO PROVIDED YOU A PRESENTATION WITH SOME INFORMATION FOR YOUR EDUCATION AND I JUST WANNA GO TO THE ONE SLIDE IN THE VERY BEGINNING JUST TO GIVE YOU A QUICK UNDERSTANDING OF THE COURSES.

ONE MORE TIME, AND I APOLOGIZE IT'S HARD TO MANEUVER HERE ON THE ADVANCED PLACEMENT.

WE KNOW AS AP AND I, AND I DON'T WANNA READ IT OUT TO YOU IN DETAIL, BUT WE RECOGNIZE THAT THESE ARE COLLEGE LEVEL COURSES AND THE FIRST THREE COURSES HERE LISTED ARE ALL TIED TO EXAMS, VERY SPECIFIC EXAMS. AND AT RECEIVING A SPECIFIC SCORE, AND I'LL GIVE AN EXAMPLE OF THREE OR HIGHER COLLEGE CREDIT IS RECEIVED.

WE ALSO RECOGNIZE ON THIS I GIVE YOU A BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DUAL ENROLLMENT COURSEWORK.

SO THE INFORMATION IN THE PRESENTATION IS PROVIDED FOR YOU.

THE VERY LAST SLIDE, WE CAN GO THERE, MRS. BERRY, IS A QUICK SUMMARY THAT GIVES YOU, I'M SORRY, I DO APOLOGIZE.

I WOULD GO ONE UP.

IT'S A QUICK SUMMARY OF THE PRESENTATION FOR YOU, JUST FOR YOUR OWN INFORMATION.

MRS. BERRY, I DO APOLOGIZE.

SECOND FROM THE LAST MA'AM.

THE UP, KEEP GOING.

THREE.

AND IF YOU COULD PAUSE RIGHT THERE.

THANK YOU RIGHT THERE.

END.

THAT'S YOUR QUICK SUMMARY AND AS MRS. CUSHEN BERRY HAS BEEN SO KIND TO SHARE, THE VERY LAST SLIDE IS A RESOURCES TO SHARE WITH STUDENTS AND FAMILIES WITHIN YOUR COMMUNITIES AND YOUR CONSTITUENTS.

SO WITH THAT, I'LL PAUSE AT THIS TIME IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS.

THANK YOU, DR.

STRATOS.

I HAD ASKED FOR THIS BECAUSE, UM, AS SOMEONE WHO HAS A CHILD IN HIGH SCHOOL AND IS GOING TO COLLEGE, I HAD NOTICED A DRAMATIC INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF KIDS ENROLLED IN DUAL ENROLLMENT.

AND, UH, THAT'S TRACKING NATIONWIDE WHERE IT'S ALMOST DOUBLED FROM PRE PANDEMIC TO CURRENTLY.

AND, UH, IT'S, IT'S EXPERIENCING TREMENDOUS GROWTH HERE IN THE LOW COUNTRY.

AND JUST LOOKING AT THOSE COURSES, I THOUGHT THAT WAS KIND OF, I DIDN'T REALLY REALIZE, BUT I DID.

I, WELL, I HAD CHAD GBT DO SOME MATH FOR ME.

UM, PERCENTAGE INCREASE IN AP FROM 2021 TO 20 24 8, ROUGH 17.58%.

IN IB WE HAVE AN INCREASE OF 25.45%.

AND IN DUAL ENROLLMENT WE HAVE AN INCREASE OF 375.78% AND THAT'S DRAMATIC.

SO I THINK DUAL ENROLLMENT IS AN EXCELLENT AVENUE FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE AND I FULLY SUPPORT DUAL ENROLLMENT.

THE REASON I BRING IT UP IS BECAUSE I HAVE HEARD OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS AS MORE AND MORE PEOPLE THAT I KNOW, IN FACT I WOULD SAY ALMOST EVERYONE I KNOW WHO HAS A CHILD IN HIGH SCHOOL IS DOING DUAL ENROLLMENT.

AND I'VE HEARD THAT THERE IS, THERE'S A LOT OF DIFFERENT REASONS FOR DUAL AND DUAL ENROLLMENT.

BUT I FEEL LIKE IN SOME WAYS SOMETIMES THE HORSE IS GETTING OUTTA THE BARN.

I, I, I SHOULD HAVE A BETTER ANALOGY.

IT'S BEEN A LONG DAY.

UM, AND I KNOW EVEN NATIONWIDE PEOPLE ARE STARTING TO GRAPPLE WITH THIS.

LIKE WHAT DOES DUAL ENROLLMENT MEAN? UH, A LOT OF PARENTS ARE TELLING ME THAT THEY THINK IT'S GREAT 'CAUSE IT GIVES

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'EM COLLEGE CREDIT.

AND I CAN TELL YOU THAT I DON'T THINK THEY'RE GETTING MUCH COLLEGE CREDIT OUT OF DUAL ENROLLMENT.

UM, THIS, IT CERTAINLY NOT OUTSIDE OF THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA IS GONNA BE, IS DUAL ENROLLMENT GONNA BE TAKEN? UM, AND CLEMSON AND USC, OUR FLAGSHIP UNIVERSITIES EVALUATED ON A CASE BY CASE BASIS.

SO I WANTED TO, THE REASON I BRING IT UP IS BECAUSE I WORRY A LITTLE BIT THAT WE ARE CANNIBALIZING SOME OF OUR OTHER HIGH ACHIEVEMENT COURSES, EVEN THOUGH WE ARE GROWING THEM, UM, BECAUSE THEY'RE GIVEN THE SAME WEIGHT AND THE SAME APPLICATION.

SO WHAT I WANTED TO BRING UP TO THE BOARD, AND WE CAN HAVE A WORK SESSION ABOUT THIS SOME OTHER TIME, BUT I THINK IT'S WORTH THE BOARD STARTING TO PAY ATTENTION AND THE DISTRICT'S STARTING TO PAY ATTENTION BECAUSE I THINK WE'RE GONNA HAVE SOME DISSATISFIED STUDENTS COMING DOWN THE PIKE.

I KNOW WE'RE TAKING A LOT OF THESE CLASSES NOW ARE ASYNCHRONOUS ONLINE CLASSES.

SO KIDS ARE GOING TO HIGH SCHOOL, THEY'RE TAKING ONE, MAYBE TWO COURSES AT THEIR HOMESCHOOL AND THEN THEY'RE DONE FOR THE DAY.

UM, AND THEY'RE BASED, I WAS TOLD BY ONE OF THE PARENTS THAT A SET OF VIDEOS ARE EMAILED OUT ON A SUNDAY AND THE ASSIGNMENTS ARE DUE ON SATURDAY AND THERE'S NO INTERACTION WITH THE PROFESSOR, THERE'S NO INTERACTION WITH THE OTHER STUDENTS.

SO TO ME THIS IS NOT A GOOD EXAMPLE OF GETTING PEOPLE PREPARED FOR COLLEGE.

SO ONE THING I WANT, YOU KNOW, I'M A HUGE ADVOCATE FOR THE INTERNATIONAL BACCALAUREATE PROGRAM.

I DON'T HIDE THAT.

UM, BUT I LOOKED BECAUSE THERE IS NOT REALLY MUCH IN THE WAY OF GOOD DATA OF WHAT PERCENTAGE OF THESE DUAL ENROLLMENT CLASSES ARE ACTUALLY ACCEPTED FOR CREDIT.

'CAUSE A LOT OF PARENTS ARE UNDER THE IMPRESSION THAT THEY'RE GONNA TAKE THREE OR FOUR COLLEGE CREDITS AND THEY'RE GONNA SAVE THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS PER CREDIT HOUR WHEN THEY ENROLL.

UM, I LOOKED AT, SO I DIDN'T, I COULDN'T FIND DATA, BUT I DID, UH, FIND DATA ON THE GRADUATION RATE OF PEOPLE COMPARING IB AP DUAL ENROLLMENT BECAUSE I THOUGHT THAT WOULD BE A GOOD PROXY.

IF PEOPLE ARE GRADUATING EARLY OR IN WITHIN FOUR YEARS OF DUAL ENROLLMENT, THEY'RE GETTING CREDIT.

LESS THAN 40% OF STUDENTS THAT TAKE DUAL ENROLLMENT CLASSES ARE GRADUATING WITHIN FOUR YEARS.

AND THAT'S A STAT THAT A LOT OF COLLEGES TRACK.

WE GET INTO THE SIXTIES, WHEN YOU GO TO AP WITH AN IB FULL DIPLOMA, YOU ARE 89% FOR YOUR COLLEGE.

SO I THINK TO THE BOARD, YOU KNOW, FOR INFORMATION FOR THE PUBLIC AND FOR THE BOARD, IF YOU WANNA SAVE MONEY, I CAN PROMISE YOU, YOU WANT YOUR KID TO GRADUATE IN FOUR YEARS.

YOU DO NOT WANT THAT FIFTH YEAR AT 70,000 OR $30,000 WHATEVER COLLEGE YOU'RE SENDING THEM TO.

SO I THINK THAT IT'S SOMETHING THAT BEARS A LITTLE BIT OF WATCHING.

I THINK WE NEED TO PUSH, UH, NOT BACK, BUT PUSH INTO OUR PARTNERSHIPS WITH TCL AND MAKE SURE THAT THE COURSES THAT OUR KIDS ARE TAKING MAKES SENSE.

BECAUSE WHAT I DO HEAR SOMETIMES IS PEOPLE ARE LIKE, WELL, I DIDN'T HAVE ANYTHING LEFT TO TAKE 'CAUSE I HAD TAKEN ALL MY REQUIREMENTS AND I STILL HAVE A YEAR OF HIGH SCHOOL TO GO.

AND SO THEY SIGN UP FOR USCB AND THE WAY IT WORKS IS USCB SENDS OUT A LIST AND THEN YOU HAVE TO SEND IN YOUR APPLICATION AND THEN THEY, WHEN BY THE TIME MOST OF THE PARENTS GET TO WHERE THEY ACTUALLY ARE SIGNING UP FOR THE CLASS, MOST OF THESE CLASSES ARE FULL.

AND IT'S SORT OF A SCRAMBLE TO FIND SOMETHING THAT THEY CAN TAKE.

AND THEN NEXT THING, YOU KNOW, THE KID'S IN AN ASYNCHRONOUS, UH, ZOOM CLASS.

SO I THINK DUAL ENROLLMENT'S REALLY, REALLY VALUABLE.

BUT I AM CONCERNED AT THE PACE OF, UM, GROWTH WITHIN THE COMMUNITY.

UM, THE RELATIONSHIP THAT WE HAVE WITH OUR PARTNERSHIP ORGANIZATIONS AND MAKING SURE THAT THESE COURSES ARE MEANINGFUL TO THE STUDENTS.

AND THAT I, I MEAN, HONESTLY I THINK THE ONLINE PART CONCERNS ME 'CAUSE WE JUST GOT OUTTA COVID.

UM, I'M NOT READY FOR KIDS TO GO BACK ON ONLINE.

AND THEN MAKING SURE THAT PARENTS UNDERSTAND THE REALITY OF THESE DUAL ENROLLMENT CLASSES.

THEY'RE NOT GONNA WALK IN AND GET A QUARTER OR SEMESTER OF CREDIT AT CLEMSON.

UH, IF THEY TAKE SOME OF THESE CLASSES, IT'S VERY, VERY, UM, IN FACT, CLEMSON SAYS ON THEIR WEBSITE, THEY EVALUATE EACH, EACH DUAL ENROLLMENT CLASS CASE BY CASE.

THERE IS NO STANDARD WHATSOEVER.

SO WHAT I'VE HEARD FROM MANY PARENTS IS THAT TURNS OUT NONE OF THESE CLASSES ACTUALLY DID COUNT.

SO THAT'S JUST KIND OF WHY I WANTED TO HAVE THIS CONVERSATION IS I THINK IT'S SOMETHING WE NEED TO HAVE WITH THE PUBLIC, WITH THE PARENTS.

WE NEED TO EMPHASIZE OUR AP AND OUR IB AND OUR TEACHERS THAT ARE CREDITED AND TEACHING IN THE CLASSROOM IN A COLLABORATIVE ENVIRONMENT WITH OTHER STUDENTS.

IF THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR, THAT'S MORE CLOSELY GOING TO MIRROR YOUR COLLEGE EXPERIENCE.

SO IN CONCLUSION, , I THINK DUAL ENROLLMENT'S GREAT.

I THINK IT HAS ITS PURPOSE.

SOME PEOPLE LEARN DIFFERENTLY THAN OTHERS AND IF THEY WANNA DO OH, DUAL ENROLLMENT, THAT'S GREAT.

WHAT I DON'T WANNA DO IS GIVE THE IMPRESSION THAT IT'S A SIMILAR EXPERIENCE TO AN AP OR IB COLLEGE COURSEWORK.

THANKS.

IT WASN'T SO MUCH A QUESTION.

PARDON? BECAUSE IT WASN'T SO MUCH A QUESTION.

ANY OTHER COMMENTS? MR. SMITH? THESE, THIS UH, SLIDE THAT YOU SHOW US, WHERE CAN WE FIND THAT? IN, IN, IN, IN, IN THESE BOOKS? IT ACTUALLY, IT'S NOT IN THE, IT'S THAT WOULD NOT BE IN THE BOOK, MR. SMITH.

IT'S ON THE SEPARATE PRESENTATION THAT SHOULD BE IN YOUR BOARD DOCS FOR THIS EVENING.

IT WAS, IT WAS, I CAN FIND OUT.

AND IF YOU NEED, I COULD HAVE THROUGH MRS. CUSHEN BERRY HAVE THAT FORWARDED TO YOU AS WELL, SIR.

I BELIEVE THAT SHOULD BE IN YOUR BOARD.

DO IT'S ALSO, IT

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I JUST WAS LOOKING, I WAS LOOKING THE WHOLE TIME.

I WAS LOOKING, LOOKING AT, LOOKING, LOOKING FOR THE, UH, UH, INFORMATION THAT YOU'VE GIVEN US BECAUSE, UH, THOSE COULD POSSIBLY BE SOME TALKING POINTS OR, SO SOME GO BACK TO MY NOTES AS REFERRED TO, UH, WHICH WHAT YOU'VE GIVEN US THIS AFTERNOON.

ALSO, ALSO IN THAT, UH, I, AND THEN FIRST, EXCUSE ME, LEMME BACK UP.

I DO APPRECIATE YOU AND YOUR STAFF FOR TAKING TIME OUT AND FOR GIVING US, UH, SUCH GREAT, GREAT, UM, INFORMATION TO BE, UH, SPREADING THE GOOD, GOOD GOSSIP, THE GOOD, GOOD NEWS TO OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND TO GIVING THEM AND HOW, UH, THE INFORMATION THEY NEED TO MAKE, MAKE SURE OUR STUDENTS ARE SUCCESSFUL.

I DO APPRECIATE Y'ALL FOR TAKING TIME OUT AND DOING THAT.

UH, HATE THAT.

I DO WANNA DO, WANNA DO THAT.

YES, MA'AM.

UM, THEN MY SECOND QUESTION IS IN, IN TERMS, IN TERMS OF, I REMEMBER THAT WE, WE WERE WORKING ON A WHILE BACK, UH, IN, IN TERMS OF THE FULL STUDENT OF BEFORD COUNTY, THE, UH, THE BEFORD COUNTY STUDENT, WHAT THAT LOOKED LIKE.

UM, THE PROFILE PROFILE.

THE PROFILE.

THE PROFILE, RIGHT.

THE PROOF, THE PROFILE OF BEFORD COUNTY STUDENT.

AND SOMEONE ASKED ME ABOUT THAT THE OTHER DAY AND WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THAT.

I, AND THEY WERE ASKED ME, UH, YEAH, I REMEMBER YOU AT THE BOARD ROOM TALKING ABOUT THAT.

WHERE COULD WE FIND THE PROFILE? AND I, I SAID, YOU KNOW WHAT? I SAID HOLD ON BEFORE I TELL YOU A LIE.

LEMME TELL YOU THE TRUTH.

I'M NOT SURE.

LEMME GENERALLY, LET ME CHECK ON THAT.

AND SO GOING OVER THIS, I FELT WAS A GREAT TIME TO FIND OUT IN HERE AND SEE WHERE THE, WHERE WAS, WHERE'S THE ACTUAL PROFILE OF THE BEAUFORT COUNTY STUDENT.

WHERE ARE WE AT WITH THAT? WHERE, WHERE AND WHERE'S THAT AT IN HERE, IF I MAY SEPARATE THE TWO? SO THE PROFILE OF A BEAUFORT COUNTY STUDENT IS DESIGNED AROUND STEWARDSHIP, ECHO LITERACY, HAVING UNDERSTANDING OF OUR COMMUNITY, AND WE BUILD A LOT OF OUR LESSONS WITH REGARD TO WHEN WE'RE DOING CURRICULUM WRITING, TYING THAT TO OUR PROFILE WORK.

WE DON'T HAVE A BOOKLET IN RELATION TO A COMPARISON OF THAT.

A VERY GOOD POINT THAT YOU BROUGHT FORWARD, UM, TO HAVE MAYBE TO HAVE HAD THAT PROFILE IN RELATION TO THE ACADEMIC PROGRAMS. RIGHT.

I LIKE THE IDEA, BUT I DID NOT TAKE ADVANTAGE OF DOING THAT TO, IN, AT DEVELOPING THAT BOOK.

SO I DO RECOGNIZE THAT.

BUT IT IS A VERY GOOD IDEA, SIR.

BUT DO YOU, UH, IT, IT'S ALSO, IT'S AVAILABLE ON OUR WEBSITE.

IT IS, SIR, UH, WHERE THEY CAN FIND THE PROFILE OF A, OF A GRADUATE.

IN THE PROCESS OF GETTING MORE BANG FOR OUR BUCK, WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT, THAT WE ARE, WE ARE HONESTLY ARMING OUR STUDENTS WITH THE TOOLS THAT THEY NEED IN THEIR TOOLBOX TO BE SUCCESSFUL SO THEY CAN MOVE ON AND GO FROM THAT FIVE YEAR TO THAT FOUR YEAR AND WHAT THAT LOOK LIKE.

AND AND WITH THAT INFORMATION ON IT SO THEY CAN'T FIND IT ON THE WEBSITE, THEY CAN FIND A PROFILE ON THE WEBSITE.

YES.

YEAH.

AND WE HAVE LESSONS IN RUBICON THAT WE HAVE DEVELOPED OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS IN SUPPORT WITH OUR PILLARS THAT TIE TO A, THE PROFILE OF A BEAUFORT GRADUATE AS WELL, SIR.

AND THAT'S IN RUBICON FOR OUR TEACHERS, NOT THE GENERAL PUBLIC.

RIGHT, RIGHT.

AND, AND I APPRECIATE IT.

AND, AND, AND, UM, I'LL JUST CLOSE WITH THAT.

I DEFINITELY APPRECIATE THAT, THAT INFORMATION RIGHT THERE, BECAUSE NOW I CAN BE LOOKING FOR ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE SO I CAN UH, I CAN SPELL THAT ON HIM.

'CAUSE SHE'S LIKES TO GIMME A SHE LIKES TO GIMME A TEST.

BUT, UM, UH, LASTLY, I WOULD JUST, I JUST WANT TO SAY, UH, IN TERMS OF WHAT MY COLLEAGUE WAS, WAS, UH, MRS. BOATWRIGHT WAS SAYING SHE HAS SOME, SHE HAS SOME PRETTY GOOD, GOOD, UH, SHE, SHE BROUGHT UP A KIND OF A GREAT, AWESOME, WELL, SHE BROUGHT SOME GOOD, SOME, SOME GOOD INFORMATION IN TERMS TO, UH, TO LOOK INTO, IN, IN TERMS OF, BECAUSE THESE, I LOOK AT THE STUDENTS OF, OF THIS DISTRICT AS OUR STUDENTS OF TOMORROW AND AS OUR LEADERS OF TOMORROW IN TERMS OF, THEY MAY BE THE, THEY MAY BE THE STUDENTS THAT MAY HAVE TO HELP ME OUT.

THEY MAY BE THE DOCTOR I MAY GO SEE IN, IN TERMS OF LOOK RIGHT HERE AT ME, MRS. I MEAN, MRS. GORDON, UH, A COUPLE YEARS AGO I WAS JUST, UH, AT MRS. GORDON'S CLASS AND I WAS JUST, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, ONE OF, ONE OF FIRST STUDENTS NOW WITH NOT NOW SHE'S GROWN ME AND MENTOR ME TO, YOU KNOW, TO, UH, BE A, UH, BE BE ON THE BOARD.

BUT MY, MY THING IN SAYING THAT IS THIS, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S A SERIOUS THING WHEN IN TERMS OF WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING FOR TIME, YOU'RE BEING INTENTIONAL ABOUT PUTTING KIDS INTO YOUR, YOUR CHILD INTO A PROGRAM WITH THE NOTION OF WHEN THEY GO TO A SCHOOL LIKE CLEMSON OR TO A SCHOOL LIKE USC OR TO ANY SCHOOL REVEREND, EVEN REVEREND'S, HBCU, THAT THEY ARE TAKING THESE STUDENTS CREDITS BECAUSE THESE STUDENTS, THEY WORK HARD TO GET TO, TO GET THESE CREDITS AND TO HAVE TO, TO HAVE TO HAVE THOSE DEGREES.

I MEAN, THOSE, UH, COLLEGE COURSES TO TRANSFER AND WHAT AM I, WHAT ARE YOU SAYING MR. SMITH? WHAT I'M SAYING IS THAT ME AS A BOARD MEMBER, ME AS ME BEING A STEWARD AND HAVING INTENTIONAL CONVERSATIONS WITH USCB AND WITH THE UNIVERSITY IN TERMS OF WHO WE PARTNER WITH OUR STUDENTS FOR TO BE TO, I MEAN, TO TAKE THESE COURSES THROUGH THEM, I'M NOT SURE WHAT IT'S GONNA TAKE, BUT I THINK THAT IT MAY JUST MAY BE ABLE TO HAVE A CON MAY NEED TO HAVE A CONVERSATION AROUND, AROUND ABOUT THE INFORMATION THAT WE JUST RECEIVED, BECAUSE THAT IS KIND OF MIND, MIND BOGGLING BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WE WANT TO GET MORE BANG FOR OUR BUCK, MAKE A LONG STORY SHORT.

AND, AND

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SO I, THAT'S JUST WHAT I WANNA SAY.

THAT'S, THAT'S CONCERN.

I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE, WE ARE CHECKING BECAUSE ONCE, LIKE I SAID EARLIER IN THE, A FURTHER PRESENT, ANOTHER PRESENTATION IS THAT I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE GETTING, WE'RE GETTING SOMETHING OUT OF, OUT OF IT AND NOT, WE'RE NOT JUST PARTNERING, PARTNERING UP WITH PEOPLE.

AND I, I KNOW, I KNOW YOU WOULDN'T NOT DESCRIBE US, THAT'S NOT YOUR CHARACTER, BUT I'M JUST SAYING, YOU KNOW, THAT PEOPLE AREN'T, AREN'T STINGING US SO ALONG, AND THEN WHEN WE CATCH ON, OH, BECAUSE WE'VE CAUGHT RIGHT NOW.

SO I'LL LEAVE IT THERE.

THANK YOU MS. SMITH.

DOCTOR.

ONE THING I WOULD ADD TO THAT, UH, UH, DUAL ENROLLMENT CONVERSATION THOUGH IS, UH, SOME OF OUR PROGRAMS THAT WE HAVE ARE, FOR EXAMPLE, IN AN EARLY COLLEGE MODEL OR IN THE BCSD TIDES PROGRAM, IF YOU'RE GRADUATING, UM, HIGH SCHOOL AND YOU'RE GRADUATING IN ADDITION TO YOUR HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA, YOU'RE GRADUATING WITH A TWO YEAR DEGREE, YOU DUE TO THOSE COURSES, THROUGH THAT PROGRAM, YOU'VE EARNED A TWO YEAR DEGREE.

SO YOU WOULD BE MOVING ON TO A THIRD YEAR OF COLLEGE RIGHT? AT, AT A UNIVERSITY THAT ACCEPTS YOU, UH, UH, THROUGH THAT, THROUGH THAT PERFORMANCE.

RIGHT? I THINK WHAT, UH, MS. BOATWRIGHT IS MOSTLY REFERRING TO IS STUDENTS WHO AREN'T NECESSARILY IN A PROGRAM THAT CAPTURES, UH, UH, DESIGNED TO CAPTURE A TWO YEAR DEGREE IN THE END.

AND SO YOU TAKE COURSES AND THEN YOU FIND A COURSE OVER HERE YOU WANT TO TAKE, AND SO YOU TAKE THAT DUAL ENROLLMENT COURSE, RIGHT? I THINK WHAT SHE'S SAYING IS THAT WHEN UNIVERSITIES, WHEN YOU'RE GOING THROUGH YOUR ADMISSION PROCESS AND UNIVERSITIES ARE AUDITING YOUR TRANSCRIPT TO DETERMINE WHAT COURSES THEY'RE GONNA ACCEPT FOR CREDIT, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE GONNA ACCEPT AN AP COURSE OR WITH, WITH A SCORE ON THE AP EXAM OF A THREE OR HIGHER OR, OR AN IB UH, COURSE WITH AN IB EXAM THAT'S BEEN PASSED, RIGHT.

OR AN ACE COURSE WITH AN ACE EXAM THAT'S BEEN PASSED.

WHAT SHE'S SAYING IS THAT WHEN THEY TAKE THE DUAL ENROLLMENT AND THEY DO AN AUDIT OF, OF, OF THAT, THAT THEY MAY OR MAY NOT ACCEPT THAT DUAL ENROLLMENT CREDIT.

BUT IT, BUT IT, BUT IF YOU'RE GRADUATING, FOR EXAMPLE, WILL BRANCH EARLY COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL WITH, WITH A A TWO YEAR DEGREE WITH YOU GRADUATE WITH A-B-C-S-D TIDES WITH A TWO YEAR DEGREE.

THAT TWO YEAR DEGREE IS ACCEPTED AND HOW THAT APPLIES TO YOUR GREATER FOUR YEAR PROGRAM OF STUDY, UH, THAN YOUR, IN YOUR, YOUR JUNIOR YEAR.

SO, AND, AND VICE CHAIR DA MR. DALLAS, IF I CAN BRING TO MRS. BOATWRIGHT AS WE GO INTO OUR MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT WITH THE UNIVERSITY AS WELL AS WITH TCL, THE OPPORTUNITY TO TREAT OUR CHILDREN AS THE SAME ACCESS AS THEIR OWN STUDENTS WILL BE VERY MUCH NOTED AT THAT AGREEMENT.

SO THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, SIR.

ANY, UH, FURTHER DISCUSSIONS FROM THOSE ONLINE? OKAY.

THAT CONCLUDES SUPERINTENDENT REPORT.

THE ITEMS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA? UH, MR. VICE CHAIRMAN, I MOVE THAT WE ACCEPT THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED.

NO FURTHER, UM, BOARD BUSINESS ACTION.

IS THERE A MOTION TO ACCEPT

[Consent Agenda]

THANK YOU MADAM SECRETARY.

SECOND BY DR. CARR.

ALL PRESENT HERE PHYSICALLY.

AYE, EVERYONE'S AYE.

HERE ONLINE ALPHABETICALLY, IF YOU WILL PLEASE.

MR. MAY HAD TO LEAVE.

HE OH, HE DID.

YOU GET THAT MS. ? MR. MAY.

PASSES.

THINK COLONEL GEIER ATTENDED ONE OF THE DAYS ALSO, SO, UM, IT WAS REPRESENTED AND SUPPORTED AND LOOK FORWARD TO A FUTURE ITERATION OF IT.

FUTURE AGENDA TOPICS.

[Announcements]

WE THEN MOVE MR. DALLAS? YES, SIR.

I WOULD JUST, UH, LIKE TO RECOGNIZE, UH, DR. CAMPBELL AND THEIR TEAM, UH, WITH THE AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY EDUCATION CONFERENCE, UH, THIS PAST WEEKEND, UM, STARTED ON THURSDAY, FRIDAY AND SATURDAY.

UM, AND, UH, THEY DID AN OUTSTANDING JOB AND WAS WELL RECEIVED, UH, BY THE COMMUNITY.

SO, UH, MEMBERS IN ATTENDANCE.

SO I'D LIKE TO, UH, BUTTRESS THAT AS WELL.

UH, I ATTENDED ON SATURDAY.

IT WAS A PHENOMENAL PROGRAM.

WAS A VERY GOOD LEARNING SESSION.

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THIS PUBLIC COMMENTS WILL BE GIVEN BY MR. JIM MILLER OF 1 22 BRICK WAY STREET, BLUFFTON, SOUTH CAROLINA TWENTY NINE NINE TEN.

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AND THE DATE IS HE'S GONNA TALK ABOUT BAN, BRIEF REVIEW AND PROGRESS.

MR. MILLER, THANK YOU MUCH.

I WOULD LIKE TO, FOR ALL YOU, FIRST OF ALL, I WELCOME ALL YOU NEW BOARD MEMBERS AND, AND PEOPLE IN NEW CHAIRS, BUT ESPECIALLY THE NEW BOARD MEMBERS.

I WOULD LIKE TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BACKGROUND WHERE I HAVE SPOKE AND ADVOCATED FOR THE BAND OVER THE LAST THREE SEMESTERS.

UH, I SEE OPPORTU, I STARTED OUT THREE SEMESTERS AGO, I'LL PUT IT THIS WAY, AND SEEING A LOT OF OPPORTUNITIES COMPARED TO OTHER DISTRICTS.

UH, SO I STARTED ADVOCATING AND I'M MORE OF A DATA PERSON.

I'M NOT A MUSICIAN.

UH, BUT I JUST SAW HOW WE COMPARED TO OTHER DISTRICTS.

SO I HAVE CONTINUED TO ADVOCATE.

THE BOARD HAS TA I'M SURE HAS TAKEN UP THE, THE QUEST, I'M SURE THE DISTRICT HAS TAKEN UP THE QUEST, AND I'M JUST HERE NOW JUST TO SHOWING YOU THE PROGRESS.

UH, MOST RECENTLY THERE, UH, THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS QUALIFYING FOR REGION AND STATE, UH, BAND CON, UH, ALL, ALL COUNTY, ALL REGION AND ALL STATE BAND HAS IMPROVED.

UH, AT THE HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL, IT'S NEARLY DOUBLE THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS WHO QUALIFIED TO BE IN ONE OF THE REGION BANDS ON THE NEGATIVE SIDE OF THAT, WE STILL GOT ROOM TO GO .

WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE DATA THAT I'VE PROVIDED YOU AND YOU LOOK AT IT WITH RESPECT TO THE SIZE OF THE SCHOOLS, SCHOOLS WITH THE SAME SIZE AS OURS, THEY HAVE TWO OR THREE TIMES THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS IN THOSE AREAS.

ALSO, THE AREA THAT NEEDS TO, TO ME LOOKING AT THE DATA ARE THAT WE DON'T SEE MUCH PROGRESS AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL.

UH, THERE'S A LOT OF ROOM THERE.

IT'S, YOU'VE GOTTA GROW THAT IF YOU'RE GONNA HAVE HIGH SCHOOL BANDS.

BUT THE HIGH SCHOOL BAND, UH, HAVE REALLY DONE AN EXCEPTIONAL JOB AND HAVE ALMOST DOUBLED THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS IN THIS ALL REGION BAND THIS YEAR COMPARED TO LAST YEAR.

THANK YOU MUCH.

THANK YOU MR. MILLER.

OKAY, SO WHAT? GOOD UPDATE? YEP.

GOOD UPDATE.

I THINK THAT, UM, SHALL MOVE IT TO ADJOURN.

ALRIGHT, ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.

AYE.