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YES, I CAN SEE THE APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA.
ALL RIGHT THEN OF A MOTION BY SOMEONE.
MOTION MADE TO APPROVE THE AGENDA.
IT'S BEEN, IT IS TO APPROVE THE AGENDA.
I AM GETTING A MESSAGE THAT HIS NETWORK BANDWIDTH IS LOW, BUT I APPROVE THE AGENDA.
THAT'S THE MESSAGE I GET AS WELL.
I JUST, MY BANDWIDTH CHECKED HERE AND UNDER MEGS, I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON.
READY FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE? YES.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS.
ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
I HAVE TO GO BACK TO AN IPHONE.
MOTION MADE TO APPROVE THE MINUTES.
I'M ABSTAINING 'CAUSE I WASN'T THERE.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING A AYE.
I NOT, CAN YOU SEE IT? YOU CAN SEE IT THERE.
UM, BECAUSE WE HAVE THE ELECTRONIC, UM, PUBLIC COMMENTS UP.
UM, I CHANGED THE WORDING, UH, FOR INSTRUCTIONS SAYING WHERE TO FIND THE, UH, FORM AND SO FORTH.
SO WHERE ARE WE AT? HILTON HEAD ISLAND AGAIN.
THAT'S THE THIRD TIME IN A ROW.
YES, BECAUSE WE HAD BOARD WORK SESSIONS HERE.
AND YOU ALL'S VOTE SAYS WE HAVE TO BE EQUAL, UM, NUMBER OF TIMES BETWEEN HILTON HEAD.
SO THIS YEAR WE'RE AT HILTON HEAD 12 TIMES IN THE DISC.
WE HAVE A WORK SESSION HERE AT THE END OF MARCH.
SO THE MEETING AT MARCH IS HERE.
YEAH, THIS IS, UM, CAN DICK, WE ARE NOT BEING ABLE TO HEAR YOU.
ARE WE THE WORK? SO WE'RE NOT, SO THE WORK SESSION IS MARCH 28TH HERE AT THE DISTRICT OFFICE.
SO WE ARE AT HILTON HEAD ON MARCH 4TH.
PERSONAL RATIFICATION REPORT, ADULT EDUCATION, MONTHLY REPORT.
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DO WE NEED TO START BEFORE FIVE O'CLOCK? LET'S, LET'S, CAN YOU HEAR ME IN AND OUT, SIR? YES.I WENT THROUGH THE FIRST TWO ITEMS, THE EMPLOYMENT MATTER AND THE ADULT EDUCATION MATTER.
WE'RE NOW AT THE LEGAL UPDATE AND I NEED TO HEAR FROM MS. CARTILAGE, WHAT CAN YOU UPDATES? CAN YOU ALL HEAR ME? YES, WE CAN HEAR YOU.
UM, COLONEL GEIER AND BOARD MEMBERS.
UM, FOR MY LEGAL UPDATE, I WILL ONLY NEED ABOUT 10 MINUTES AT THE MOST.
THE DESC PHASE TWO IS THE NEXT ONE ITEM ON THERE, RIGHT? YES.
AND, AND WHAT DOES THAT INVOLVE? UM, THAT, UM, THE NEXT THREE, FOUR THINGS ARE FROM ROBERT.
SO, UM, THOSE ARE ALL ROBERT'S ITEMS. OKAY.
DO WE KNOW HOW MUCH TIME ROBERT'S GOING TO NEED TO, UH, PRESENT THOSE FOUR ITEMS? ITEMS? UM, NO.
HE'S THE ONE WHO GAVE THOSE TO ME, SO HE HAS NOT GOTTEN ON YET.
WELL, IT'S VERY DIFFICULT TO SAY WHETHER OR NOT STARTING AT THE CLOCK WILL SUFFICIENT TIME.
I KNOW NORMALLY PERSONNEL AND ADULTS ARE REAL QUICK, IF WENDY IS REAL QUICK.
LET ME CALL AND SEE IF I KNOW WHERE, UM, DR.
UM, HOW, UH, ARE WE DOING AGENDA SETTING? AND WE'RE ON YOUR ITEMS FOR EXECUTIVE SESSION.
HOW MUCH TIME DO YOU NEED? WE HAVE, WE HAVE THE DISC, PHASE TWO, ST.
JOSEPH SHANKLIN INTERIOR RENOVATIONS AND BLUFFTON NEGOTIATION FOR ENCROACHMENT PERMIT.
ROBERT SAYS HE NEEDS 30 MINUTES FOR ALL OF IT.
THAT'S, THAT'S PUSHING THE TIME A LITTLE BIT.
WHAT DO YOU THINK CARLTON AND, AND INGRID? YOU THINK WE CAN DO IT IN, IN AN HOUR? I PROBABLY, YEAH, I DON'T THINK SO.
I WOULD ADD AT LEAST 15 MINUTES.
COLONEL, WHAT DO YOU THINK, INGRID? YEAH, I DON'T THINK WE CAN DO THAT IN AN HOUR.
'CAUSE I THINK THEY'LL THAT A COUPLE OF THOSE ITEMS ARE GONNA GENERATE SOME DISCUSSION.
LET'S, UH, LET'S GIVE IT, UH, AT FOUR 30.
NOW WE HAVE PUBLIC SESSION AND ACTION IS NECESSARY.
PROOF OF AGENDA, PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, MOMENT OF SILENCE, STATEMENT OF OF MEDIA NOTIFICATIONS, STUDENT PERFORMANCE.
WE HAVE ANY STUDENT PERFORMANCES SCHEDULED? I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW YET.
UH, WE DON'T HAVE DR. RODRIGUEZ ON, SO WE DON'T KNOW.
AND KRISTEN IS OUT, SO THEY'LL, SHE'LL GIVE ME THOSE THINGS WHEN SHE GETS BACK INTO THE OFFICE.
THEN WE HAVE FIRST PUBLIC COMMENTS, UH, CHAIRS, CHAIR'S REPORT, UH, CARLTON AND, UH, INGRID, I PLAN TO, UH, ANNOUNCE, UH, THE SPEAKERS AT THE, UH, GRADUATION CEREMONIES REPRESENTING THE SCHOOL BOARD.
DO YOU HAVE ANY, ANY OBJECTION TO THAT? NONE WHATSOEVER.
CAN YOU GUYS NOT HEAR ME? NO, I, THAT SOUNDS GREAT.
CAROL, I CAN, I'D LIKE TO, TO ADD A LEGISLATIVE REPORT.
WE'RE GONNA HAVE A MEETING ON FEBRUARY 25TH.
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MAYBE.DR. RODRIGUEZ IS COMING IN NOW.
IS, IS THERE ANY OTHER COMMITTEE REPORTS THAT YOU KNOW OF THAT COULD, THAT COULD, UH, COME UP? UM, THOSE ARE THE ONLY TWO THAT ARE SCHEDULED TO MEET CURRENTLY.
R DR. RODRIGUEZ, WE'RE AT THE SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT.
AND YOU HAVE A STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT PARENT SUPPORT PROGRAM, SIR? UH, THAT'S CORRECT.
UH, THE, HAVING SPOKEN TO, UH, UH, A COUPLE BOARD MEMBERS, ONE OF THE THINGS I REALIZED IS THAT WITH, WITH SO MANY NEW BOARD MEMBERS, UM, AND, UH, EVEN WITH SOME OF OUR CURRENT BOARD MEMBERS, UH, THERE'S NOT A CLEAR UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT ALREADY HAS IN PLACE AROUND A PARENT SUPPORT PROGRAM.
AND SO, UM, I SEE THIS AS A GOOD OPPORTUNITY TO COVER THAT.
AND, UH, SO WE, WE PLACED THAT ON THE AGENDA UNDER STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT BECAUSE IT'S ALL TIED TO, UM, UH, THE SUPPORT PROGRAMS THAT WE HAVE.
AND ALL OF THAT'S CONNECTED TO HELPING PREPARE A CHILD FOR SCHOOL AND THEIR READINESS FOR SCHOOL.
WHAT ELSE? ANYTHING ELSE, SIR? THAT'S ALL ON, UH, ON THIS AGENDA.
THERE WAS A LOT IN EXECUTIVE SESSION.
SO YES, WE WENT, WE, UH, ADDED A HALF HOUR, WENT TO FOUR 30.
UH, WE SHOULD HAVE SOME BETTER, UH, REVENUE REPORTS, UH, BY THE FOURTH OF, UH, BY THE 4TH OF MARCH.
IT MIGHT BE WORTHWHILE HAVING, UH, MS. CROSBY GIVE US A, UH, REVENUE UPDATE.
WE'LL PUT THAT UNDER FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY.
AND, AND, UH, AND, AND, UH, JUST PROVIDE A, A BRIEF UPDATE ON THAT.
YEAH, JUST REV REVENUE UPDATES, ALL WE NEED TO PUT IN THERE.
NOW, SHE MAY NOT BE THERE, UH, BUT IT MAY BE, UH, SOMEBODY FROM HER TEAM THAT'LL COVER.
CARLTON OR INGRID, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE THAT YOU, UH, WOULD LIKE TO SEE IN A SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT? NOPE.
I, I HAVE ONE ITEM THAT I, UM, I'VE NOT HEARD ANYTHING ON IT, AND I COUNT THAT AS A POSITIVE IN THE COMMUNITY, UH, WHICH IS, UM, IF IT'S APPROPRIATE AT THIS POINT IN TIME TO SORT OF JUST GIVE A VERY, VERY BRIEF UPDATE ON THE PHONE BAN.
IT SEEMS TO BE A NON-ENTITY AT THIS POINT, PRETTY MUCH.
UM, BUT WE ARE HAPPY TO DO THAT.
I WOULD PUT THAT UNDER OTHER MATTERS.
THAT COMPLETES YOUR, UH, SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT, SIR? YES, SIR.
UH, MAY, MAY, RIVER BATTING CAGE DONATION, AND BEAUFORT MEMORIAL HOSPITAL DONATION.
UH, DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER BUSINESS ACTION? NOT CURRENTLY.
FUTURE AGENDA TOPICS, WE'LL ASK FOR FUTURE AGENDA TOPICS.
UH, WE'LL HAVE ANNOUNCEMENTS IN OUR SECOND PUBLIC COMMENTS.
UM, ALSO UNDER, UM, OTHER BOARD, OTHER BOARD AGENDA TOPICS I PUT ON, WE ARE SCHEDULED TO HAVE THE JOINT SIC ON MARCH 13TH.
AND SO I WANTED TO KNOW IF WE CAN JUST USE THE AGENDA THAT WAS NOT USED IN DECEMBER OR JANUARY, IF WE WOULD JUST USE THE SAME AGENDA FOR MARCH 13TH.
BUT TO LET YOU ALL KNOW THAT MEETING IS SCHEDULED ON THE 13TH AND I WAS GOING TO REACH OUT TO BLUFFTON HIGH SCHOOL, LET EVERYTHING BE THE SAME.
UM, THAT WAS WHERE WE WERE PLANNING IT AND USE THE SAME AGENDA IF THAT WAS OKAY.
ANY, ANY PROBLEMS WITH THAT? NO WHATSOEVER, SIR.
ROBA, WHAT WAS ON THE AGENDA? REFRESH MY MEMORY.
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GET BIGGER? THE ONE THAT I THOUGHT, I'M SORRY.UM, DISCUSSION ON TOPICS OF INTEREST WAS HOW DO WE GATHER THE VAST RESOURCES WE HAVE IN OUR COMMUNITY AND PUT THEM TO WORK ON OUR SCHOOLS? HOW CAN WE GET RETIRED TEACHERS BACK INTO THE CLASSROOM TO SUPPORT THE MANY VACANCIES THAT STILL IMPACT OUR STUDENT POPULATION PROGRESS AND OR PRELIMINARY RESULTS ON CELL PHONE BANS.
SO THOSE CAME FROM, THOSE WERE THE, UM, AGENDA ITEMS FROM THE, UH, SICS THAT TURNED IN.
HOW DO, SO, SO BASICALLY WE, EVERY SIC SUBMITTED SUGGESTIONS AND THEN THERE ARE MORE THAN THREE, RIGHT? NO.
UM, THEY WERE ASKED TO SUBMIT.
UM, BUT, UH, KRISTEN DID NOT GET SUGGESTIONS FROM EVERY SIC.
SHE BASICALLY GOT FOUR OR FIVE.
IT'S FUNNY, I MEAN, I GO TO A LOT OF SIC MEETINGS ON HILTON HEAD, SO MAYBE HILTON HEAD DOES ITS OWN THING.
THE CELL PHONES FOR SURE COME UP.
RETIRED TEACHERS AND THE VAST RESOURCES AND HOW WE PUT THEM TO WORK IN OUR SCHOOLS, I DON'T THINK ARE SOMETHING THAT ANY OF MY SICS ARE TALKING ABOUT.
UM, WELL, SHE GOT THAT FROM, UM, THOSE, THAT'S A REQUEST FROM, AND IT'S BASICALLY SOME OF THE SAME SICS WHO ATTEND ALL OF OUR MEETINGS.
SO THERE, THERE'S A, A, A GROUP OF, NOT, NOT A GROUP, BUT THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO, UH, ON A REGULAR BASIS SUBMIT, BUT IT'S VERY FEW IN NUMBER.
I JUST GOT, I MIGHT REACH OUT TO THE SIC CHAIRS AND ASK THEM WHAT, WHY THEY DIDN'T SUBMIT AND, YOU KNOW, 'CAUSE I THINK IT'S JUST FOR ME TO, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A LOT OF MEETINGS.
WE GOT A LOT OF MEETINGS IN MARCH.
I'D LIKE IT TO BE SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, WHERE IT'S NOT JUST A SMALL HANDFUL OF SICS.
'CAUSE MY OPINION IS THAT FIRST QUESTION'S SUPER VAGUE.
IT'S SORT OF LIKE WE COULD ALSO HAVE A DISCUSSION ON TOPICS OF INTEREST ABOUT IMPROVING ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE.
AND, YOU KNOW, IT IS JUST, IT, THERE'S, IT'S GONNA BE A, A WIDE RANGING DISCUSSION.
UM, HOW CAN WE GET RETIRED TEACHERS BACK INTO THE CLASSROOM THAT'S OPERATIONAL.
I MEAN, THE, THE BOARD, I DON'T KNOW.
WHAT DO YOU, WHAT DO YOU GUYS THINK? UH, COLONEL AND, AND CARLTON? I MEAN, WE, WHATEVER YOU WANT US TO MAKE THE AGENDA, WE, YOU KNOW, THAT'S, BUT I DON'T LOVE THOSE FIRST TWO QUESTIONS.
THE ONE, THE ONE IS A GOOD QUESTION, BUT IT'S SUPER BROAD.
SO IT'S NOT GONNA HAVE A TARGETED CONVERSATION.
HOW WE CAN WE GET RETIRED TEACHERS BACK INTO THE CLASSROOM? I MEAN, I'M SURE THERE ARE A LOT OF SITS WHO THINK, YEAH, IT'D BE GREAT TOO.
BUT IT'S A VERY OPERATIONAL QUESTION.
IT INVOLVES HR AND, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF OTHER STUFF.
SO I'M NOT SURE HOW PRODUCTIVE THAT DISCUSSION WILL BE.
BUT, UM, I WOULD, YOU KNOW, LIKE TO HEAR FROM MY OTHER TWO COLLEAGUES.
CARLTON, WHAT DO CARLTON, GO AHEAD.
WHEN I RE-READ THIS FROM THE JANUARY 23RD MEETING, I THOUGHT THAT SECOND QUESTION, UM, WHICH HAD NOT BEEN ON MY RADAR BEFORE, BUT IT HAS OF LATE, LIKE IN THE LAST SIX WEEKS, I'VE HAD CONVERSATIONS WHERE PEOPLE TALK ABOUT TEACHERS THAT HAVE LEFT US AND ACTUALLY GONE, FOR EXAMPLE, WORKING AT ST.
FRANCIS OR OTHER PRIVATE SCHOOLS.
UH, AND IF THERE'S A WAY TO ENTICE THEM BACK, MAYBE NOT AS TEACHERS, BUT, UM, WE TALKED ABOUT SUPPORT FOR THE TEACHERS AS BEING A JOB ENRICHMENT OPPORTUNITY.
SO IF THERE'S A WAY THAT WE COULD EMPOWER THE ADMINISTRATION TO GO OUT AND LOOK, ARE THERE WAY THERE, ARE THERE ALTERNATIVES THAT MIGHT BE HELPFUL? AND LIKE MS. UM, BOATWRIGHT IS SAYING, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING TO TEE UP.
IT MAY NOT BE A VERY HEFTY CONVERSATION, BUT AT LEAST IT GETS PEOPLE THINKING ABOUT IT.
I THINK, UH, ON, ON ON THE FIRST TOPIC, UM, IF I MAY, YOU KNOW, THE DISTRICT IS, IS A LARGE ENTITY WITH LOTS OF DIFFERENT AREAS.
SO, YOU KNOW, I THINK THE IDEA IS, IS THAT IF THERE ARE PEOPLE WITH RICH EXPERIENCES IN THEIR OLD BACKGROUND, THAT MAY NOT HAVE BEEN CLASSROOM EXPERIENCES, BUT, BUT MAYBE FOR EXAMPLE, LOOK WHAT WE DID WITH THE CLOCK, RIGHT? WE TAPPED INTO SOME OF THE VAST RESOURCES AND EXPERTISE IN OUR COMMUNITY.
AND IT MAY NOT BE ABOUT SPECIFICALLY THE CLASSROOM, BUT YOU HAVE ACCOUNTANTS, YOU HAVE, YOU HAVE INDIVIDUALS WITH, UH, UH, PRO, YOU KNOW, PROJECT MANAGEMENT EXPERIENCE AS AN EXAMPLE.
AND YOU TAP INTO THOSE AND LEVERAGE THOSE VAST RESOURCES FROM WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY TO SUPPORT THE SYSTEM IN ONE CAPACITY OR ANOTHER.
SO IT'S NOT NE I, I DON'T SEE IT NECESSARILY AS SPECIFICALLY A CLASSROOM OR, OR SPECIFICALLY I I IMPROVING IN OUT OUTCOMES IN, IN TERMS OF THE, UH, ACADEMIC OUTCOMES.
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I SAW THAT QUESTION AS, UH, POSSIBLY MORE IN LEVERAGING MORE, UH, EXPERTISE IN OTHER AREAS.AND I, I, AND I CAN SUPPORT THAT.
WELL, AND LET ME SAY, UM, I AGREE.
I, I, THE WAY IT'S PHRASED IS VAGUE.
IF YOU WANNA SAY, HOW DO WE, UH, ENGAGE THE COMMUNITY TO DO, 'CAUSE THE PROBLEM IS IF YOU'RE, WELL, THAT'S JUST MY, IT'S NOT THAT I THINK IT'S COMPARABLE TO, IT'S JUST SUCH A VAGUE, NOT A VAGUE QUESTION, BUT SUCH A, A LARGE QUESTION WHEN YOU'RE TRYING TO GET TWO GROUPS TOGETHER.
IF YOU WANT IT TO BE PRODUCTIVE, IN MY OPINION, YOU HAVE A MORE SPECIFIC QUESTION, BUT I MEAN, MAYBE WE JUST SEE WHERE THE CONVERSATION GOES.
I MEAN, AND, AND MS. BOATRIGHT, I'M, UH, I, I'M JUST SPEAKING ABOUT HOW I INTERPRETED, UH, THE QUESTION, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? NOT, I, I I, I DON'T KNOW HOW IT WAS MEANT, BUT THAT'S, YEAH, I GET IT.
I MADE AN, AN ARTFUL COMPARISON.
I JUST, YOU KNOW, IF YOU HAVE THESE WIDE RANGING CONVERSATION, YOU'VE GOT A BUNCH OF DIFFERENT PEOPLE TOGETHER, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN HAVE A LOT OF CONVERSATION AT THE END, NOT HAVE ANY, YOU KNOW, ACTIONABLE STEPS OR PLANS.
THAT WAS KIND OF WHAT I WAS DRIVING WITH THAT.
BUT I THINK WHAT YOU'RE SAYING ABOUT IS, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT HOW DO WE INCREASE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, YOU KNOW, UH, THAT COULD BE, ANYWAY, THAT WAS JUST SORT OF MY RESPONSE.
IF I CAN, IF I CAN ADD TO THIS, UH, I AGREE WITH, UH, QUESTION NUMBER TWO IS OPERATIONAL AND NOT REALLY IN THE VENUE OF A SIC AND THE, AND THE NUMBER ONE QUESTION, THOUGH, I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO SEE SIC REPRESENTATIVES BRIEF ONE ANOTHER ON WHAT INITIATIVES THEY HAVE IMPLEMENTED IN THEIR PARTICULAR SCHOOLS TO INCREASE COMMUNITY SUPPORT AND INVOLVEMENT.
FOR EXAMPLE, I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE, UH, THE WHEEL BRANCH TALK ABOUT THE EXTRA MILE CLUB AND THE EX AND THE LEAGUE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENTLEMEN AND OTHER ITEMS, UH, OR OTHER SYSTEMS THAT THEY'VE PUT IN PLACE TO INCREASE COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT AND SHARE THAT TYPE OF INFORMATION AND HAVE THE OTHER SCHOOLS, IF THEY HAVE SIMILAR PROGRAMS OR NO PROGRAMS, COULD LEARN FROM WHAT HAS BEEN DONE IN OTHER SCHOOLS.
AND WE COULD SHARE, UH, EXPERIENCES.
WHAT DO YOU THINK IF YOU ARE, IF YOU ARE ASKING, YOU KNOW, BROADLY? UM, I LIKE THAT IDEA.
UM, I ACTUALLY STOPPED, THE WHALE BRANCH HAS THIS GROUP CALLED CYBER PATRIOTS, WHICH I'D NEVER HEARD OF BEFORE.
THEY SENT A, A THANK YOU CARD FOR SOMETHING THAT I, I GUESS IT WAS BECAUSE I WENT OUT THERE AND, AND, AND, UM, ENGAGED ON SOME DIFFERENT ITEMS, UH, PARTICULAR BROADBAND.
AND SO I'M WONDERING, WHO ARE THESE KIDS? WHO ARE THESE PEOPLE? I WENT OUT THERE AND THEY HAVE A TREMENDOUS CYBERSECURITY, UH, PROGRAM CLASS LED BY A PRINT A, UH, TEACHER CALLED MR. WILLIAMS. AND IT WAS PHENOMENAL.
AND, UM, I'M SURE THERE ARE OTHER ITERATIONS OF THAT, BUT I WAS NOT AWARE OF THEM.
SO I THINK TO, TO THE POINT THAT YOU'RE MAKING, THIS IS ONE OF THE WAYS TO SHOW PEOPLE WHAT'S HAPPENING ELSEWHERE.
AND I THINK THAT'S A GOOD THING.
AND COLONEL, I LIKE YOUR APPROACH.
I THINK THAT A HUNDRED PERCENT ADDRESSES MY CONCERN IN THAT IF YOU TELL THEM, TELL US WHAT YOU ARE DOING THAT YOU THINK IS WORKING, THAT POTENTIALLY OTHER SICS COULD TAKE BACK TO THEIR, UH, CONSTITUENT SCHOOLS AND HAVE THAT CONVERSATION, I THINK THAT WOULD BE TREMENDOUSLY MORE PRODUCTIVE.
THE CYBER PATRIOT PROGRAM IS, UM, IS A GREAT PROGRAM.
IT'S ALSO, IT'S AT MANY OF OUR SCHOOLS, BUT IT IS A WAY THAT I THINK WE CAN ENGAGE, UH, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE.
SO, UH, THAT'S WHAT I WOULD LOVE TO HEAR AS A BOARD MEMBER IS OTHER SCHOOLS, WHAT ARE YOU DOING? WHAT'S WORKING, YOU KNOW, WHAT HAVE YOU IMPLEMENTED AND REALIZE THAT THIS IS NOT GONNA, YOU KNOW, ACHIEVE THE DESIRED RESULTS.
IF WE FRAMED IT THAT WAY, I, I WOULD BE MUCH MORE, UM, SATISFIED WITH THAT AS A QUESTION.
LET'S GO AHEAD AND, UH, ROBIN, WOULD YOU REPHRASE, UH, THAT FIRST TOPIC AND DON'T HAVE TO DO IT RIGHT NOW.
UH, GIVE US A SHOT AT IT AND, AND SEND IT OUT TO THE, THE THREE OF US AND WE'LL, WE'LL, UH, MASSAGE A LITTLE BIT.
LET'S DO AWAY WITH, UH, QUESTION NUMBER TWO, AND THEN LET'S KEEP, UH, THE, THE CELL PHONE PIECE ON THERE AND THAT, THAT SHOULD BE PLENTY.
THAT, IS THAT OKAY WITH, UH, INGRID AND, UH, COLTON? ABSOLUTELY.
I'M MUCH HAPPIER WITH THAT AGENDA.
AND WE SEEM TO HAVE EVERYTHING ON THERE.
UH, IS THERE OTHER BOARD MEMBERS THAT WANNA HAVE SOME INPUT? YOU HAVE, WILLIAM AND CHLOE IS HERE IN THE OFFICE.
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DO YOU HAVE ANY, ANY INPUT? UH, THANK YOU CHAIRMAN.UM, I THINK I ASKED, CAN YOU HEAR HER? YES, I CAN GO AHEAD.
I THINK I ASKED, UH, LAST MONTH ABOUT AN UPDATE FROM OUR, UM, SECURITY.
THEY PUT THAT FOR A WORK SESSION.
MR. SMITH, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING YOU WANNA ADD? UH, I WAS GONNA ASK ABOUT THE AGENDA.
UM, YOU WERE SAYING SOMETHING ABOUT, ABOUT SPEKA AT GRADUATION.
WHAT WAS THAT ABOUT? YES, YES.
WHAT I'M, WHAT I'M, I'M PROPOSING TO DO IS HAVE, INSTEAD OF THE CHAIR GIVING THE, UH, BOARD ADDRESS AT EACH OF THE GRADUATION CEREMONIES THAT, UH, A MEMBER OF A SEPARATE MEMBER OF THE BOARD WOULD GIVE THAT ADDRESS BASED ON THEIR CONSTITUENCY.
FOR EXAMPLE, UH, MS. BOATWRIGHT WOULD GIVE THE GRADUATION ADDRESS FOR THE BOARD AT HILTON HEAD.
UH, CARLTON DALLAS WOULD GIVE THE GRADUATION ADDRESS AT, UH, BUFTON HIGH SCHOOL.
UH, VICTOR NAY WOULD GIVE THE GRADUATION ADDRESS AT, UM, AT, UH, MAY RIVER.
UH, I WOULD GIVE THE GRADUATION ADDRESS AT, UH, AT, UH, BATTERY CREEK.
AND, UH, PASTOR GORDON WOULD GIVE IT AT WHALE BRANCH, AND YOU WOULD GIVE IT AT BEAUFORT HIGH AND WANTED TO ANNOUNCE THAT AND SEE IF THERE WAS ANY, UH, MAJOR ISSUES BY DOING THAT.
UM, MR. CHAIR, AND AS, AND LISTENING TO THAT, THE CONCEPT IS, IS GOOD.
IT'S OKAY, EXCEPT YOU LEAVE OUT FIVE BOARD MEMBERS.
WE, WE, WE ONLY HAVE SIX SCHOOLS, SO I, THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING.
SO THAT TO ME, TO ME, THAT'S NOT EQUITABLE WHEN YOU'RE LEAVING OUT, UM, FIVE BOARD MEMBERS WHO MAY WANT TO SAY SOMETHING AT THAT GRADUATION.
AND WHAT I THOUGHT WE WOULD DO IS THAT IF YOU GAVE IT, UH, FOR EXAMPLE, MR. SMITH WOULD GIVE IT THIS YEAR, AND THEN YOU WOULD GIVE IT THE NEXT YEAR BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, BASICALLY LET THE, UH, THE SENIOR, UH, BOARD MEMBERS GO FIRST.
AND, UH, WE DON'T, WE REALLY DON'T HAVE TIME IN THE PROGRAM.
WE ONLY HAVE ABOUT FIVE TO 10 MINUTES IN THE PROGRAM, AND WE DON'T HAVE TIME FOR MULTIPLE, UH, FOR EXAMPLE, BEAUFORT HIGH IS COVERED BY PART OF MY DISTRICT, PART OF YOUR DISTRICT, PART OF WILL SMITH'S DIS DISTRICT.
AND SO HAVING THREE PEOPLE DO IT, UH, AT ONE TIME, JUST, UH, WOULD BE TAKE TOO LONG.
WELL, I DON'T SEE A PROBLEM WITH JUST HAVING THE ONE OR TWO PEOPLE DO IT, BUT I, I HAVE A ISSUE THAT'S JUST ME, UM, WITH ROTATING.
'CAUSE THE NEXT YEAR, I MEAN, WHO'S TO SAY I'LL BE HERE NEXT YEAR OR, UM, YOU KNOW, BUT I, THAT'S JUST MY PIECE.
I, I THINK YOU'RE LEAVING OUT FIVE BOARD MEMBERS, AND I THINK THAT SHOULD BE DISCUSSED.
I'M SORRY, MR. SMITH, YOU HAD SOMETHING TO SAY? UH, NO, SIR.
DO YOU HAVE ANY, DO YOU HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, SIR? NO, SIR, I DON'T.
SO I THINK WE HAVE COVERED EVERYTHING.
DO WE HAVE, UH, UNANIMOUS CONSENT TO ADJOURN? YES.