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TAR AND, UH, SECONDED BY MR. DALLAS.
ANY DISCUSSION ON THE AGENDA? HEARING NONE.
MOTION CARRIES, IF YOU WOULD STAND WITH ME IN THE AMERICAN FLAG IS RIGHT BEHIND US.
JOIN ME IN THE I I PLED THE REGION, THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD IN INDIVISIBLE LITERACY AND SPR.
WE'VE NOT DONE THIS HERE AT, UH, UFF HIGH HIGH SCHOOL BEFORE, SO THIS IS THE FIRST TIME AND, UH, PROBABLY WILL HAVE MORE PEOPLE COME IN AND WELCOME TO FILTER IN, AS DO WE HAVE TWO TOPICS THAT WE WANT TO SPEAK ABOUT THIS EVENING.
AND THE FIRST TOPIC IS HOW EACH SCHOOL UTILIZES RESOURCES IN THE COMMUNITY AND HOW THEY ARE APPLIED IN THE SCHOOLS.
AND IF I COULD GIVE YOU SOME EXAMPLES, ANYBODY HERE FROM WILL BRANCH? WILL BRANCH HIGH SCHOOL HAS A NUMBER OF COMMUNITY EVENTS THAT SUPPORT WILL BRANCH HIGH SCHOOL.
ONE OF THE EVENTS IS THE SHELTON TOWNSHIP ANNUAL MEETING, WHERE THE SHELDON TOWNSHIP COMES TOGETHER, UH, WITH A SOURCE, CHURCHES AND OTHER GROUPS WITHIN THE SHELDON COMMUNITY.
AND SHELDON IS NORTH OF THE WHALE BRANCH.
AND THEY HOLD THIS IN JAMES H. DAVIS EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER, WHICH IS THERE RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET FROM MOUNT CARMEL BAPTIST CHURCH BECAUSE THE PERSON THAT ROS THIS IS, UH, UH, PASTOR MOORE, THE PASTOR OF MOUNT CARMEL BAPTIST CHURCH.
AND SO THEY HOLD THIS MEETING ONCE A YEAR AND WE GET BRIEFINGS AND TALK ABOUT WHAT WE'RE DOING.
AND IT'S A, UH, A, A BIG EVENT THAT A NUMBER OF PEOPLE, A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT, UH, SPINOFFS HAVE COME FROM THIS.
ONE OF 'EM IS CALLED THE EXTRA MILE CLUB.
THE EXTRA MILE CLUB HAS BEEN IN EXISTENCE FOR 20 YEARS.
AND WHAT IT IS, IT IS A STARTED BY A A COUPLE AND THE COUPLE IS, UH, ONE OF THE, UH, FORMER, UH, PEOPLE IN, UH, IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND ALSO A COACH.
AND THEY WORK WITH YOUNG BOYS FROM GRADES IN, UH, I THINK IT'S KINDERGARTEN THROUGH EIGHTH GRADE.
UH, AND THEY REALLY COACH FOOTBALL, BUT THEY DO MORE THAN THAT.
UH, THEY GET INVOLVED WITH THE TEACHERS, THEY GET INVOLVED WITH THE ADMINISTRATION OF WILL BRANCH ELEMENTARY OR WILL BRANCH MIDDLE SCHOOL AND WILL BRANCH HIGH SCHOOL.
AND THEY HAVE A PROGRAM THAT RUNS ALL YEAR ROUND AND BASICALLY THEY USE ATHLETICS.
AND THE, THE CO-FOUNDER, UH, THE WIFE OF THE COUPLE HAS STARTED A SCHOOL, UH, PROGRAM FOR CHEERLEADERS AT THAT AGE GROUP.
SO WE HAVE THE BOYS PLAYING FOOTBALL AND THE GIRLS DOING CHEERLEAD.
THEY ALSO HAVE A PROGRAM CALLED THE LEAGUE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENTLEMEN.
AND THE LEAGUE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENTLEMEN IS ALSO A MINISTER, THE YOUTH MINISTER AT MOUNT CARMEL BAPTIST CHURCH, UH, UH, FORMER MARINE SERGEANT CARNEY.
AND THIS IS A LEAD, A GROUP THAT HE LEADS OF YOUNG MEN WHO APPLY TO BECOME AN EXTRAORDINARY GENTLEMAN.
AND TO DO THAT, THEY HAVE TO MAINTAIN THEIR GRADES AND THEY HAVE TO, UM, MAINTAIN THEIR APPEARANCE AND THEY GET, UH, DIFFERENT, UH, CLASSES ON TABLE MANNERS ON HOW TO SPEAK TO LA ON YOUNG LADIES AND, UH, AND HOW, HOW TO DRESS AT THE SCHOOL.
UH, WE'LL HAVE TO HAVE RAMON CARNEY COME HERE SOMETIME AND, AND DEMONSTRATE, UH, WHAT HE DOES.
THAT'S JUST A WHEEL BRANCH NOW AT SHANKLIN ELEMENTARY.
SHANKLIN ELEMENTARY IS, HAS A RELATIONSHIP
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WITH HABERSHAM COMMUNITY.HABERSHAM COMMUNITY IS A WELL TO DO COMMUNITY, NOT GATED, BUT IT'S A WELL TO DO COMMUNITY.
AND BERHAM PROVIDES THEM FUNDING.
THEY HAVE RAISED IN THE TIME THAT THEY HAVE BEEN SPONSORING SHANKMAN ELEMENTARY, WELL OVER $60,000.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THEY PROVIDED WAS BEDTIME AND A BOX.
AND IT IS A BOX ABOUT LIKE THIS BY THIS CARDBOARD.
AND IN THE BOX, THERE ARE GAMES, THERE ARE BOOKS, AND THESE ARE FOR KINDERGARTEN GAMES AND BOOKS, A SET OF PAJAMAS, SOME TOOTH TOOTHPASTE AND, AND TOOTHBRUSH.
AND THE PARENTS ARE GIVEN THIS BOX WHEN THEY ENROLL THEIR CHILD WITH FIRST DAY OF CLASS, THE CHILD COMES FOR KINDERGARTEN, THE PARENTS GET THIS BOX AND THEY GET A BRIEFING TO SAY, THIS SHOULD BE A BEDTIME STANDARD PROCEDURE IN YOUR HOME READY FOR BED AS A, YOU KNOW, STORY, PLAY GAMES.
IT'S USING WORDS AND COLORS AND SO ON THAT YOU DO IN KINDERGARTEN.
ALL THAT HAS BEEN PROVIDED BY, UH, FUNDING FROM COMMUNITY AND MANY OTHER THINGS THAT THEY HAVE DONE.
ANOTHER, UH, FOLKS, AND WILL YOU GO, OKAY.
HELENA ELEMENTARY, AND THEY ARE SPONSORED BY AU AU IS A GATED COMMUNITY ON RIGHT OFF OF ST.
AND THAT COMMUNITY COMES IN AND PROVIDES MENTORSHIP.
THEY READ STORIES TO THE KIDS AND THEY PROVIDE FUNDING FOR
SO THAT'S THE KIND OF COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT.
UH, WE WANTED TO FIND OUT WHAT'S ELSE IS BEING DONE WITH THE DIFFERENT SICS, THE DIFFERENT SCHOOLS IN THEIR COMMUNITY.
HELENA, WE TALKED ABOUT SHANKLIN AND WE TALKED ABOUT, UH, MILL BRANCH.
SO IS THERE ANYBODY HERE, ANYBODY FROM THE DIFFERENT SICS FROM DIFFERENT SCHOOLS THAT KNOW SIMILAR PROGRAM? ANYBODY? THE CHAIR AT
I'M THE SLC CHAIR AT MAY RIVER HIGH.
AND, UM, ACTUALLY WE HAVE AN EVENT COMING UP NEXT WEEK CALLED OUR SHARP SUMMIT.
UM, AND IT IS, UM, TARGETED TOWARD OUR NINTH GRADERS.
UM, IT IS A KIND OF LIKE A CAREER FAIR.
UM, AND SO WE HAVE SEVERAL, UH, LOCAL AND REGIONAL BUSINESSES THAT WILL BE COMING IN TO DO PRESENTATIONS ON VARIOUS, UM, BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES AS WELL AS, UH, WHAT YOU NEED TO DO TO PREPARE FOR THOSE JOB OR INTERNSHIP, UM, OPPORTUNITIES.
FOR EXAMPLE, I AM ACTUALLY WORKING ON A SESSION ON HOW TO, UM, HAVE, HOW TO BE INTERVIEWED FOR A JOB.
UM, AND SO THERE'S ALSO RESUME WRITING AND DIFFERENT THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO, UM, BIG SHOUT OUT TO OUR CAREER TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT.
UM, OUR, UM, HEAD OF THAT, UM, MS. JAMES.
AND, UM, SHE'S DOING, SHE'S DONE A FANTASTIC JOB OF WORKING THAT.
AND THEN AT THE END, I THINK THERE'S A SENIOR, UM, AN OPTION FOR THE SENIORS TO COME AND MEET WITH ALL THESE BUSINESSES.
THE OTHER EXAMPLES OF COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT IN, UH, THE DIFFERENT SCHOOLS.
I'LL GIVE YOU, UH, ANOTHER EXAMPLE.
RIVERVIEW CHARTER SCHOOL IS, UH, OFF OF SHE POINT AND, UH, ACTUALLY IT'S IN PORT ROYAL RIVERVIEW CHARTER SCHOOL IS CHARTERED UNDER THE DISTRICT, BUT AS AN INDEPENDENT CHARTER SCHOOL, THEY RUN A PROGRAM CALLED THE TWILIGHT RUN.
AND THAT TWILIGHT RUN, IT'S A 5K, IT IS A 10 K, IT IS A, A SHORT RUN FOR THESE REAL YOUNG KIDS.
THEY RAISE ENOUGH MONEY AND EVERY YEAR, THEIR EIGHTH GRADE CLASS, BEFORE THEY LEAVE, UH, RIVERVIEW CHARTER SCHOOL AND GO OFF TO,
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UH, DIFFERENT HIGH SCHOOLS, THEY GO TO COSTA RICA.THEY TAKE, UH, EIGHTH GRADE CLASS AND SEND THEM TO COSTA RICA.
AND THE REASON THEY DO THAT IS THEY SEND THEM TO A THIRD WORLD COUNTRY.
AND THEY DON'T GO TO THE TOURIST SPOTS.
THEY GO OUT INTO THE SMALL VILLAGES, UH, IN, UH, THE COUNTRY.
IT'S, IT'S THE BEST PLACE YOU CAN SEE THE THIRD WORLD AND THE SAFEST PLACE TO SEE THE THIRD WORLD.
THEY SEE, UH, WOMEN AND SOME MEN IN THE STREAMS DOING THEIR WASH.
UH, THEY SEE HOW THEY PLANT THEIR CROPS WITH A STICK.
IT'S, IT'S VERY, VERY, UM, REMOTE AND VERY, VERY PRIMITIVE, BUT THAT'S GIVES THEM AN APPRECIATION OF WHAT WE HAVE IN THIS COUNTRY.
SO THAT'S THE KIND OF THINGS THAT OTHER SCHOOLS HAVE DONE, AND THERE'S REALLY NO REASON WHY ALL OUR SCHOOLS CAN'T ENGAGE THE COMMUNITY THAT WAY.
I'LL ALSO TELL YOU THAT THE SCHOOL BOARD IS REACHING OUT TO THE COMMUNITY IN OTHER WAYS.
UH, THE SCHOOL BOARD IS STARTING TO SEND REPRESENTATIVES TO DIFFERENT COUNTY COUNCILS.
THE COUNTY COUNCIL AND CITY COUNCILS, UH, IN THE AREA AS WELL AS BOARD MEMBERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO JOIN A SERVICE ORGANIZATION IN EACH OF THEIR COMMUNITIES.
AND I WILL TELL YOU, MR. DALLAS AND I HAVE ATTENDED A NUMBER OF THEM, AND WE FIND OUT THINGS AT THOSE MEETINGS THAT WE NEVER KNEW.
AND TODAY I STARTED WITH EXCHANGE CLUB IN BEAUFORT, AND AT THE EXCHANGE CLUB TODAY ASKED ME TO GIVE A LITTLE TALK.
I TURNED IN MY MEMBERSHIP, UH, REQUEST.
AND AFTER IT WAS OVER WITH, WE, THEY, UH, GAVE AN AWARD TO A SENIOR AT BUFORD HIGH SCHOOL.
THE EXCHANGE CLUB DID, THEY'RE A STUDENT HONOR STUDENT OF THE MONTH.
AND AFTER THE MEETING WAS OVER, THE PARENTS CAME UP TO ME AND THE MOTHER CAME UP TO ME AND SHE SAID, I'VE BEEN TRYING TO GET A JOB IN THE BEAUFORT COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT FOR YEARS.
I AM A MATH TEACHER IN, UH, UH, WHAT'S THE COUNTY? UM, NOT, OH, SHOOT OH ONE, NO, RIGHT SOUTH OF THEM.
I'M A MATH TEACHER AT HAMPTON COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL.
LIKE, AND I COMMUTE EVERY DAY TO HAMPTON COUNTY TO THAT HIGH SCHOOL.
I SAY MATH, YOU'RE A MATH TEACHER AND YOU CAN'T, WELL, I'VE BEEN TRYING, BUT I AM.
I CAME 14 YEARS AGO AS A, UH, FOREIGN TEACHER UNDER A FOREIGN TEACHER'S BIKE VISA, AND TOOK UP RESIDENCY.
AND SUPPOSEDLY THERE'S A PROBLEM WITH THE RESIDENCY, BUT IT WASN'T A PROBLEM FOR HAMPTON COUNTY TO, UH, HIRE HER FOR 14 YEARS.
AND I SAID, WELL, PLEASE SEND ME A RESUME AND I'LL SEND IT TO DR. RODRIGUEZ.
BUT THAT'S THE KIND OF THINGS THAT THE BOARD CAN DO BY REACHING OUT TO THE COMMUNITY.
AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IS, OF COURSE, IS WHAT, WHAT TO DO IN THE FUTURE GROWTH IN BEAUFORT, IN NORTHERN BEAUFORT COUNTY, UH, SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE THE SAME KIND OF CHALLENGES WE'RE HAVING, UH, IN SOUTHERN BEAUFORT COUNTY, UH, WITH, UH, UH, DIFFERENT PLACES COMING IN AND BUILDING DIFFERENT SUBDIVISIONS AND WHERE THE SCHOOLS ARE AND SO ON.
SO THAT'S ANOTHER REASON WHY WE ARE REACHING OUT, TRY TO UNDERSTAND WHAT'S HAPPENING.
SO MY QUESTION TO, UH, THE SICS, WHAT ARE YOUR CONTACTS WITH THE LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL AGENCIES, THE CITIES OR COUNTY? ANYBODY HAVE ANY OF THOSE? NO.
NOW WE HAVE SICS THAT ARE DOING, UH, GREAT WORK IN THE SCHOOLS, BUT YOU ARE ALSO AMBASSADORS AS SIC MEMBER TO THE COMMUNITY.
AND THE NICE THING ABOUT BEING AN AMBASSADOR IS PEOPLE WILL COME UP TO YOU IF THEY KNOW YOU'RE AN AMBASSADOR AND TELL YOU THE
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GOOD AND SOMETIMES NOT SO GOOD THAT YOU GET TO HEAR.UH, BUT I WILL TELL YOU FROM OUR EXPERIENCE IN JUST STARTING THIS, UH, SINCE JANUARY, WE'RE HEARING A LOT MORE GOOD THAN NOT SO GOOD.
UH, PAUL, DO YOU WANNA SAY ANYTHING ABOUT THAT? YES, SIR.
UM, I WOULD JUST LIKE TO ADD SOME OF THE THINGS I'VE LEARNED FROM THE COLONEL AS WE'VE GONE TO SEVERAL OF THESE MEETINGS IS TO, YOU HAVE, BEING AN AMBASSADOR, THERE'S SO MANY GREAT THINGS HAPPENING IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, AND YOU ARE SO WELL POSITIONED TO ACTUALLY BE A MESSENGER TO HELP THEM PENETRATE INTO THE COMMUNITY.
UH, THE SCHOOL DISTRICT UNDER THE SUPERINTENDENT HAS CREATED A COMMUNITY REPORT.
HOW MANY OF YOU HAVE SEEN THOSE YELLOW? OKAY.
WE STRONGLY ENCOURAGE YOU TO GET SOME OF THOSE FROM DIRECTOR COMMUNICATIONS.
AND AS YOU GO TO THESE EVENTS THAT THE CHAIR IS ASKING US TO ATTEND, HAND THOSE OUT.
I ATTENDED WITH THE, UH, CHAIR OF BEFORD COUNTY'S THREE DAY STRATEGIC MEETING.
I DIDN'T BEEN ALL THREE DAYS, BUT I DID SHOW UP, UH, AND PARTICIPATE IN ONE THE OTHER THINGS THAT
BUT THE THING THAT PEOPLE, THAT THE CHAIR DID, COLONEL GOT, IS HE SHOWED THE FACILITIES MANDATE, I MEAN, UH, BOOK PEOPLE WERE SO
SO THAT HAS SO MANY THINGS, AND WE ARE REALLY IN A COMPETITIVE POSTURE NOW AGAINST OTHER TYPES OF ACADEMIC OPPORTUNITIES FOR CITIZEN.
AND WE WANT THEM TO KNOW THE COMPLETENESS AND THE, THE SUCCESS THAT WE'RE HAVING WITH KID ACROSS ALL SEGMENTS OF THE SPECTRUM.
SO I'VE LEARNED A LOT JUST ATTENDING THOSE MEETINGS.
COLONEL GUY, SUPERINTENDENT RODRIGUEZ, YOU'VE DONE ABOUT FIVE OF 'EM FOR US.
UH, SO IF YOU ASK, THEY SHOW UP.
YOU KNOW, IF 30 YEARS AGO, MANY OF YOU'RE FROM BLUFFTON AREA, 30 YEARS AGO, I'M SURE THE CITY COUNCIL OF BLUFFTON HAD NO IDEA WHAT BLUFFTON WOULD LOOK LIKE.
AND NOBODY FROM THE SCHOOL BOARD THAT I CAN FIND OUT FROM PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN IN THE SCHOOL BOARD BACK THEN EVER ATTENDED PLANNING MEETINGS AND SAID, WHAT ABOUT THE SCHOOLS? SO WE NOW HAVE 2020 HINDSIGHT OF HOW NOT TO HAVE SCHOOLS IN THE PROPER PLACE.
SO WE NEED TO HAVE AT LEAST 20 40, 20 50 FORESIGHT TO SEE WHERE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO BE IN THE NEXT 30 YEARS.
AND THAT'S HOW, UH, WE HAVE TO REACH OUT TO LOCAL PLANNING FOLKS, UM, MAKE SURE THAT WE KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON.
ONE OF THE PROBLEMS THAT WE HAVE BECAUSE OF THAT IS WE HAVE PROBLEMS, UH, GETTING PERMITTING, TAKEN CARE OF, HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE MAY RIVER ELEMENTARY, UH, GETTING THAT READY TO GO.
IT COULD HAVE BEEN PROBABLY TAKEN CARE OF.
WELL, EARLY ON WHEN MAY RIVER HIGH SCHOOL WAS STARTED.
WE SHOULD HAVE PROBABLY WORKED BETTER AT A BETTER DEAL WITH THE PERMIT THAT THE PALMETTO BLUFF AND THE OTHER FLIGHT OWNERS IN THAT AREA.
SO THAT'S WHY WE'RE NOW REALLY HOPE THAT YOU AND THE SIC GET OUT AND GIVE US THOSE HEADS UP WHEN YOU HEAR ABOUT THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING.
UH, THERE'S A LOT OF QUESTIONS TODAY.
I GOT ASKED ABOUT A NUMBER OF THE ONE WE HAD THE ISSUE WITH THE, UH, PROBLEM AT ROBERT ROBERT SMALL IS THAT THE BATTERY
AND SO THERE WAS A LOT OF DISCUSSION ABOUT WHAT WE SHOULD DO TO MAKE OUR SCHOOLS MORE SECURE.
AND IT'S HARD, IT'S HARD BUSINESS.
AND OF COURSE, THERE'S ALWAYS ONE THAT CAME UP WITH METAL DETECTORS.
AND WE EXPLAINED TO THEM THAT WE LOOKED AT METAL DETECTORS AND I SAID TO THEM, HOW MANY PEOPLE HAVE BEEN THROUGH A TSA CHECKPOINT AND GET ON AN AIRPLANE? AND THAT'S WHAT METAL DETECTORS IN FRONT OF THE SCHOOL WOULD LOOK LIKE.
AND SO WE WOULD HAVE TO HAVE MORE STAFF.
WE WOULD ALSO HAVE TO HAVE MORE OF A
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OUT OF THE RAIN SO THEY COULD GO THROUGH THE CHECKPOINT.AND DR. RODRIGUEZ TOLD ME, THERE'S ONE OTHER THING.
SO METAL DETECTORS TEND TO GIVE YOU A FALSE SENSE OF SECURITY SAYING, WELL, THERE CAN'T BE ANY WEAPONS IN HERE BECAUSE EVERYBODY GOES FOR THE METAL DETECTOR, BUT EVEN THE TSA MRS CLAIMS, AND BECAUSE WE DID NOT HAVE THAT FALSE SENSE OF SECURITY, THE WEAPONS THAT WERE IDENTIFIED WERE IDENTIFIED THROUGH THE ADMINISTRATION BY THOSE TRUTH.
AND IF THEY THOUGHT THAT THERE WAS METAL INTENT, WELL, THERE CAN'T BE ANY WEAPONS IN HERE.
THIS RUMOR WE HEARD MUST NOT BE TRUE.
AND THAT BY BEING GOING TO THESE THINGS AS SIC MEMBERS OR AS BOARD MEMBERS, YOU GET A CHANCE TO HEAR WHAT THE COMMUNITY IS SAYING AND YOU GET A CHANCE TO ANSWER IT IF YOU CAN.
AND IF YOU CAN AT LEAST BRING IT BACK TO THE SUPERINTENDENT AND SAY, THIS IS WHAT I HEARD, AND THIS IS WHAT WE SHOULD GET OUT TO PEOPLE.
SO MAKES SOME COMMENTS ABOUT HEARING SOMETHING ALSO, ALSO GOING TO ADD TO, AS WELL AS, UH, WHY MR. GARRIS TALKING TO ME ABOUT BEING, UH, AMBASSADORS AND ALL OF US WORKING TOGETHER, UM, AMONGST THE SICS.
THAT ONE THING TOO THAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT, WE, UH, AMONGST THE COMMUNITY, UM, ABOUT HOW WE CAN BETTER SERVE THE COMMUNITIES AND THE SCHOOLS THAT WE, THAT WE SERVE RIGHT NOW TOO.
WE HAVE, UH, IN THE STATE OF CAROLINA, WE HAVE OUR TOP SIX REPRESENTATIVES WHO ARE IN THE STATE HOUSE, UM, UM, SHANNON ERICKSON, BILL CUSH, UH, CUSHMAN, UH, AND, AND ALL AND ALL THE REST OF THEM.
AND RIGHT, RIGHT NOW, UH, SOUTH CAROLINA IS LEADING THE WAY IN TERMS OF, UH, OUR REPRESE REPRESENTING REPRESENTATIVES IN, IN THE STATE HOUSE.
AND IN TERMS OF COMMITTEES AND WHICH WE, WE, WE HAVE, WE HAVE THE SIX, UH, CHAIRS, THE MAIN SIX.
THAT MEANS SOMETHING RIGHT NOW.
I THINK THAT THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE TO UTILIZE TO THE BETTERMENT OF BE OF, OF BEFORD COUNTY IN BEAUTIFUL COUNTY SCHOOL, SCHOOL DISTRICT.
AND SAYING THAT ALSO THERE'S A CONCERN RIGHT NOW.
THERE'S SOME BILL, THERE'S SOME BILLS THAT ARE BEING TALKED ABOUT AND, AND SOME OF THE, AND, AND, AND THESE SIX REPRESENTATIVES, UM, THEY'RE, THEY'RE, THEY'RE REPRESENTING IN TERMS OF UTILIZING PUBLIC FUNDS FOR PRIVATE ENTITIES.
AND THESE ARE THINGS THAT PUBLIC THAT, THAT, THAT ALSO THAT WE NEED TO KNOW.
AND ALSO THAT IT, IT NEEDS TO BE TALKED ABOUT IN TERMS OF HOW, HOW, HOW IT WILL AFFECT OUR PUBLIC SCHOOL SECTORS, HOW IT'LL AFFECT THE PEOPLE WHO SIT IN THIS ROOM AND WHO SEND STUDENTS TO PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
AND FOR SOME PEOPLE THAT MAY BE UNCOMFORTABLE CONVERSATION, BUT IT'S A CONVERSATION THAT, THAT, THAT MUST, MUST WE HAVE.
AND IT'S A CONVERSATION THAT WE HAVE TO FIGURE OUT HOW ONCE WE LOSE FUNDING, HOW, HOW WOULD THAT HURT US? AND YOU KNOW, THERE ARE OFTEN TIMES WHERE WE HAVE THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, WE'VE HAD MEETINGS AND SOME OF THESE REPRESENTATIVE HAD TO COME, HAD COME DOWN BECAUSE THEY, WHAT THEY'VE SAID WAS THAT, UH, UH, TEACHERS UNFORTUNATELY DON'T VOTE.
SO THAT, THAT, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE TO LEARN TO ALL WORK TOGETHER AND SUPPORT EACH OTHER AND WHAT THAT LOOK LIKE AS COMMUNITY.
WE HAVE TO FIGURE THAT OUT BECAUSE WE HAVE, WE ALL HAVE TO HELP EACH OTHER.
IT, IT, IT, IT TAKES, IT, IT DOES TAKE A VILLAGE.
SO THE, UH, IN TERMS OF FOOD FOR THOUGHT, BOTH, JUST SOME OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT I THINK THAT IN TERMS OF NOT, NOT JUST BEING AMBASSADOR, BUT BUT BEING INDIVIDUAL SICS CAN TALK ABOUT HOW CAN WE HELP THE BOTTOM LINE AND HOW CAN WE ALSO UNDERSTAND WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE STATE? HOW CAN WE UNDERSTAND WHAT, WHAT'S GOING ON? AND WE TIME TO BETTER UTILIZE OUR RESOURCES AND OUR TOOLS THAT WE HAVE IN OUR TOOL BELT.
SO THAT IS SOMETHING I WANT, I WANNA, I WANNA PUT OUT THERE THAT IS, IS VERY IMPORTANT, RIGHT? RIGHT NOW IS NOT MANY OTHER PLACES ACROSS, ACROSS THE STATE THAT HAD THAT MANY POWER BROKERS IN ONE AREA.
SO I JUST WANNA, I JUST WANNA PUT THAT OUT.
I AM RELATIVELY NEW TO THIS AND I AM YOUR NEIGHBOR.
UH, SO I LIVE ACROSS THE STREET.
SO, UM, AS THE COLONEL HAS SAID THAT WE ARE DEDICATED TO LEARNING AS MUCH ABOUT OUR COMMUNITIES AS WE CAN AND PLANNING FOR THE FUTURE AND LEARNING FROM YOU.
SO HAVING CONVERSATIONS PROBABLY MORE READILY SCHEDULED, CONVERSATIONS ON DIFFERENT TOPICS IN DIFFERENT WAYS, IN DIFFERENT PLACES, I THINK WILL BE
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POTENTIALLY VERY VALUABLE FOR ALL OF US AS WE WORK THROUGH ALL OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE FACED WITH ON A REGULAR BASIS TO TAKE CARE OF 32 SCHOOLS AND 21,000 STUDENTS.SO I JUST WANTED TO KIND OF OPEN UP.
JUST, UH, THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE AND APPRECIATE, UH, THE OPPORTUNITY, UH, TO HEAR FROM YOU.
I KNOW WE HAVE, UH, UH, SOME OTHER TOPICS ON THERE.
UH, ANOTHER TOPIC ON THERE THAT WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT AS WELL.
AND, UH, DR. LEE WILL SHARE SOME INFORMATION ABOUT THE CELL PHONE.
UH, BUT WE APPRECIATE, UH, APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE AND THE OPPORTUNITY TO HEAR FROM YOU AS WELL ON THESE TOPICS THAT, UH, THAT HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED FOR TODAY.
UM, YOU KNOW, THE ROLE OF SIC IS IMPORTANT AND IT'S IMPORTANT TO SCHOOLS, AND IT'S IMPORTANT THAT, THAT YOUR ENGAGEMENT AND YOUR PARTICIPATION, UH, WITH YOUR ADMINISTRATORS AT YOUR SCHOOL AND WITH YOUR TEACHERS AT YOUR SCHOOL, UH, TO HELP MAKE OUR SCHOOLS, UH, GREATER PLACES FOR, FOR OUR CHILDREN, UH, TO ATTEND AND GREATER PLACES FOR THEM TO ACHIEVE THEIR, UH, THEIR HIGHEST INTENTION AND THE OUTCOMES THAT THEY DESIRE.
SO YOUR INPUT IS VALUABLE, UH, TO US THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS, AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
SO WE'VE TALKED, WE HAVEN'T HEARD FROM, FROM Y'ALL.
WHAT DO Y'ALL THINK? WHAT CAN WE DO AS A, AS SIC AS A BOARD, AS A DISTRICT? WE BETTER, UH, WORK WITH OUR COMMUNITY.
ANYBODY WANT TO VOLUNTEER? THERE WE GO.
FRANKLY, WE'VE HELPED WITH HERE, BUCK AND I, WE'VE BEEN AT INSIDE, WE'VE GONE TO CHURCHES, WE'VE GONE TO EVENTS.
WE
SO, UH, BUT, BUT PART OF THE PROBLEM, I, I JUST, I'M DOING THIS A LONG TIME WHEN THINGS ARE GOING WELL.
IT'S HARDER TO GET PEOPLE INVOLVED NOW, IF WE HAD A CRISIS, WE HAVE LOT.
BUT EVEN IF IT HAS ANY IDEAS, DR.
I'M THE CO-CHAIR OF BLUFFING HIGH SCHOOL, SIC.
YOU CAN'T HEAR ME? CAN YOU SPEAK UP JUST A LITTLE BIT FOR, OKAY, SORRY.
I AM THE, UH, CO-CHAIR OF THE SIC AT BLUFFING HIGH SCHOOL.
SO I WAS JUST RESPONDING TO WHAT DR.
SANDUSKY WAS SHARING WITH YOU.
SANDUSKY, HAVE MET WITH THE BLUFFING CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
AND, UH, WE HAD ASKED THEM HOW THEY COULD BE INVOLVED WITH GRADE, UH, CONSIDERED HAVING A PERSON REPRESENTED ON THAT.
SIC WE WERE TOLD THAT WE WOULD NEED A MEMBERSHIP TO THE UPTON CHAMBER IN ORDER TO, UH, HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY.
UH, YEARS AGO, I, I RECALL THE UPTON CHAMBER AT THAT POINT IN TIME, BEING VERY OPEN TO HAVING MEMBERS ON OUR BOARD, WHICH WAS ON OUR, I'M SORRY, ON OUR SIC, WHICH WE DID HAVE.
SO THEY CHANGED THEIR POLICIES.
UH, IN ADDITION TO THAT, UH, AS DR.
SANDUSKY MENTIONED, WHO TRIED TO REACH OUT NOT ONLY TO OUR COMMUNITY, WHICH IS SUN CITY, BECAUSE THERE'S A WEALTH OF INDIVIDUALS WITH INFORMATION WHO COULD SERVE OUR SCHOOLS.
UH, WE'VE HAD CHALLENGES THERE WITH CONNECTING WITH THEM WEALTH.
SO, UM, WE WOULD APPRECIATE ANY TYPE OF HELP, SUPPORT YOU CAN GIVE US.
THE, UH, THE DISTRICT HAS A MEMBERSHIP TO THE BEAUFORD CA, UH, CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, AND I GO TO BEAUFORD CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, UH, THINGS WHEN I CAN.
THERE'S NO REASON WHY THE DISTRICT CAN'T BUY A HAM CHAMBER OF COMMERCE MEMBERSHIP.
AND THEN YOU, AS AN SIC WOULD BE ABLE TO GO REPRESENT, UH, THE DISTRICT TO THE, THE, UH, CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, I BELIEVE WE'RE ALREADY MOVING OF, OF THE BUFFALO CHAMBER AND THE CHAMBER, OR BOTH OF THE TWO CHAIN.
DR. RODRIGUEZ, WE MENTIONED THAT, UH, BE THEM.
AND THE RESPONSE WAS, UH, I DON'T, I DON'T HEAR THEY, I WOULD APPRECIATED IF SOMEONE, I'M HAPPY TO REACH OUT TO THEM.
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IT.THEY HAVE, UH, SO MUCH TO OFFER TO ALL OF OUR SCHOOLS, NOT TOTALLY INTERRUPT US.
WOULD YOU SAY, ACTUALLY, WHEN WE, WHEN I DO PRESENTATIONS AT THE CHAMBERS, IF I CAN GET YOUR LOCAL, UH, NAME, MAYBE I BRING YOU WITH ME.
WELL, I, I KNOW THAT THE DIRECTOR KNOWS WHO WE, YES.
BUT I WILL SAY, UM, SO LAURA, DAN MAY RIVER HIGH SCHOOL, ONE OF OUR GOALS, UM, OUR SIC GOALS THIS YEAR IS TO REALLY TRY TO CONNECT WITH OUR COMMUNITY MORE.
UM, ONE THING THAT WE HAVE DONE, I'M NOT SAYING IT'S SUCCESSFUL YET, BECAUSE WE'RE STILL IN THE GATHERING PART, IS JUST CONNECTING WITH A VARIETY OF OUR SCHOOL CONTACTS.
UM, I'VE BEEN IN CONTACT WITH OUR CAREER IN TECHNOLOGY COUNSELOR WITH OUR, UM, SPORTS BOOSTER CLUB PRESIDENT, WITH OUR PTO TRYING.
THE PROBLEM IS, UM, YOU KNOW, EVEN IF WE'RE LOOKING AT A DISTRICT, BUT EVEN IN A SCHOOL, YOU HAVE SO MANY DIFFERENT SECTORS, AND RARELY DO THEY, YOU KNOW, KIND OF ALL COME TOGETHER.
UM, WHICH IS ONE OF THE MOST FRUSTRATING THINGS AS AN SIE CHAIR IS LITERALLY, WE ARE MANDATED TO HAVE COMMUNITY SUPPORT.
UM, AND THAT IS THE HARDEST THING.
SO I'VE BEEN REACHING OUT TO THESE OTHER ORGANIZATIONS, TRYING TO COLLECT, UM, NAMES AND CONTACT INFORMATION OF SUPPORTERS SPONSORS.
UM, WE HAVE AMAZING BUSINESSES AND, UM, COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS IN ALL OF OUR AREAS THAT ALREADY SUPPORT THE SCHOOL.
HOWEVER, THEY MIGHT SUPPORT ONE SECTOR OF THE SCHOOL.
UM, AND YOU DON'T NECESSARILY KNOW THAT.
SO I'M TRYING TO BUILD A CENTRAL DATABASE FOR MAY RIVER HIGH SCHOOL OF ALL OF OUR COMMUNITY SPONSORS.
UM, IT IS EASIER SAID THAN DONE.
UM, BUT ALSO ONE THING I WANTED TO BRING UP THAT WAS ACTUALLY SUGGESTED, I THINK AT ONE OF LAST YEAR, OR THE YEAR BEFORE, UM, JOINT SIC MEETINGS WAS FOR THE SCHOOL DISTRICT TO HAVE A, UM, CENTRAL LIKE VOLUNTEER POOL FOR, UM, THE SOMEPLACE THAT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT CAN ADVERTISE, THAT THEY ARE LOOKING FOR VOLUNTEERS.
YOU GO ON, YOU KNOW, REGISTER, UM, AND THEN TO POTENTIALLY HAVE, UM, OPEN HOUSES AT THE SCHOOLS FOR VOLUNTEERS IN PARTICULAR.
UM, YOU KNOW, WE'RE RIGHT NEXT TO PALMETTO BLUFF, AND AS YOU UH MENTIONED, PALMETTO BLUFF ACTUALLY OWNS NEW RIVERSIDE.
UM, HOWEVER, UM, AND MAYBE WHOEVER'S A REPRESENTATIVE FOR THAT AREA CAN HELP WITH THIS.
WE'VE HAD A REALLY HARD TIME CONNECTING WITH THAT COMMUNITY, AND THEY'RE RIGHT THERE.
UM, WE WOULD LOVE FOR THEM TO BE PART, BUT, YOU KNOW, SICS ARE MANDATED TO HAVE TWO COMMUNITY REPRESENTATIVES BY THE STATE, UM, AND EACH SCHOOL, UM, AND, UH, I'LL TRY NOT TO SPEAK FOR OTHER SCHOOLS, ALTHOUGH I'VE WORKED ON SICS FOR OTHER SCHOOLS, THAT IS THE HARDEST PART OF OUR JOB.
UM, AND SO I THINK IF WE COME TOGETHER AS A TEAM, UM, TALKING AS A SPORTS MOM TO COME TOGETHER AS A DISTRICT TO REACH OUT TO, UM, OUR COMMUNITIES AND LET THEM KNOW, YOU KNOW, HEY, OUR DOORS ARE OPEN AGAIN FOR VOLUNTEERS.
I MEAN, THERE'S STILL SOME HESITANCY EVER SINCE COVID, UM, AND IN WHAT CAPACITIES, BECAUSE A LOT OF TIMES YOU THINK, OH GOSH, YOU KNOW, OH, I, I JUST HAVE TO GO IN AND, YOU KNOW, WORK WITH KIDS.
MAYBE I DON'T REALLY LOVE WORKING WITH KIDS.
YOU KNOW, THE SIC YOU ONLY SEE KIDS IF YOU'RE, UM, A HIGH SCHOOL SIC.
SO, BUT YOU'RE A VITAL MEMBER OF OUR COMMUNITY.
UM, SO I THINK IF WE TRIED AS A UNIFIED, UM, GROUP TO PULL TOGETHER AND LET OUR COMMUNITIES KNOW THAT, HEY, WE NEED YOU ON OUR SICS.
I MEAN, BESIDES THE FACT THAT WE'RE MANDATED BY STATE LAW, WE DO WANNA HEAR FROM YOU.
UM, I THINK THAT WOULD BE REALLY HELPFUL.
UM, I HAVE SOMEONE ONLINE AS WELL.
I, WHO'S ONLINE? UM, YOU HAVE TWO.
YOU HAVE JENNY RAYNARD AND DAVID MUSLIM.
UM, HI, UH, JEANNIE RAYNARD, SIC AT, UM, UM, AU ELEMENTARY.
UM, WE HAVE A LOT OF LOCAL PARTNERSHIPS IN, UM, MISS PENDER CAN SPEAK MORE TO THAT, BUT WHAT I WANTED TO SPEAK TO IS WE'VE, UM, OUR GOAL, ONE OF OUR GOALS IS TO, UM, INCREASE
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STUDENT AWARENESS ABOUT, UM, OTHER COUNTRIES, DIVERSITY AROUND THE WORLD.UM, AND WE STARTED OUR PASSPORTS PROGRAM THIS YEAR.
SO WE HAVE, UM, EACH GRADE LEVEL LOOKS AT THREE DIFFERENT COUNTRIES ON THE HALF DAY THAT THE HALF DAY.
SO WE'VE JUST FINISHED OUR THIRD HALF DAY.
UM, SO FOR EXAMPLE, UH, THE FOURTH GRADE WHERE MY GRANDDAUGHTER IS IN, SHE, SHE VISITED GREECE, VENEZUELA, AND KENYA THIS YEAR.
AND THE KIDS EVEN TALK ABOUT IT, LIKE, YOU KNOW, I WENT TO THIS COUNTRY AND WE, YOU KNOW, WE MAKE IT FEEL LIKE THEY'RE GETTING ON AN AIRPLANE AND THEY'RE, THEY'RE GOING TO LEARN ABOUT CULTURE AND FOOD AND, UM, GEOGRAPHY AND, UM, LITERATURE.
UM, SO WE'RE, WE'RE REALLY TRYING TO PREPARE THESE KIDS TO HAVE, YOU KNOW, MORE GLOBAL CONNECTIONS.
UM, AND ONE OF THE, UM, ONE OF OUR GOALS NOW IN FIGURING OUT HOW TO GROW THIS EVEN MORE, THE KIDS HAVE LOVED IT.
THE, THE TEACHERS HAVE REALLY TAKEN IT AND, AND RUN WITH IT.
UM, WE'VE HAD, UH, PARENTS COME IN, UM, FROM DIFFERENT COUNTRIES THIS PAST TIME.
WE HAD, WE HAD A COUPLE THAT IS FROM VENEZUELA, COME AND TALK TO THE KIDS THAT WERE LEARNING ABOUT VENEZUELA.
UM, AND THE, THE MOM, UM, SPEAKS VERY LITTLE ENGLISH.
SHE HAD A TRANSLATOR, AND THAT WAS EVEN SPECIAL IN ITS OWN WAY.
THE KIDS GOT TO, TO HEAR FROM SOMEBODY WHO IS, IS FROM ANOTHER COUNTRY AND, UM, WHAT IT'S LIKE TO BE IN THAT COUNTRY AND TO SHARE THAT.
UM, I LIVED IN GERMANY MYSELF FOR, FOR SOME AMOUNT OF TIME WITH THE MILITARY.
I SHARED WITH THE SECOND GRADERS ABOUT THAT WE'RE STUDYING GERMANY, UM, THIS LAST TIME.
UM, UH, AND IT'S, MS. PENDER HAS PUT, UM, SOME OF THIS OUT ON, UH, AND SHE CAN SHARE HOW SHE DID THIS BETTER THAN ME, BUT I KNOW THAT SHE HAS, UM, BECAUSE OF THIS, HAS MADE CONNECTIONS WITH, UM, PAKISTAN, NIGERIA, INDIA, AND BRAZIL.
UM, SO WE'VE, WE'VE HAD THESE INTERACTIONS OVER ZOOM WITH OTHER, UM, LEADER IN ME SCHOOLS AROUND AROUND THE WORLD.
AND THIS WAS, THIS WAS A BYPRODUCT THAT WE, I DON'T THINK I THOUGHT OF IT.
UM, WE DIDN'T EVEN THINK OF IT, UM, AS A, AS A NICE BYPRODUCT.
ONE OTHER THING I'D LIKE TO MENTION THAT YOU MIGHT TRY IS SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS, ROTARY, KIWANIS, LIONS CLUB.
ALL OF THESE ORGANIZATIONS LOOK FOR SPEAKERS, ESPECIALLY ROTARY AND KIWANIS.
THEY HAVE A MEETING EVERY WEEK AND THEY'RE ALWAYS SCRAMBLING TO GET A SPEAKER IN CONTACT.
THESE SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS, EVERY ONE OF 'EM HAS A COMMUNITY KIND OF OUTREACH PROGRAM COME IN AND SAY, HEY, WOULD YOU LIKE TO HEAR ABOUT MY SCHOOL? I'D LOVE TO COME IN AND TALK TO YOU.
AND I, THEY'LL SNAP IT RIGHT UP.
I GUARANTEE YOU, AS I USED TO BE A PROGRAM MANAGER THAT, THAT HAD TO SET THAT UP.
YOU'RE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR SPEAKERS TO COME IN.
YOU HAVE SOMETHING, UH, ANGIE BENON, AND I'M THE REP FOR HILTON HEAD ELEMENTARY.
AND OUR ROTARY CONNECTION HAS BEEN REALLY STRONG.
SO WE HAVE AN EARLY ACT, ROTARY CLUB AT THE SCHOOL EVEN.
SO ONCE A MONTH THEY HAVE A, UM, AND COMMUNITY BUILDING WAS REALLY HUGE FOR US THIS YEAR AND LAST YEAR.
ONE IS GETTING OUR COMMUNITY IN, BUT THEN WE'RE TEACHING OUR KIDS TO GO OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY.
SO ROTARY WAS KEY FOR HELPING US FIND AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
IT'S HARD TO FIND VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITY.
UM, BUT WE ASKED THEM, AND WE'VE ASKED CHAMBER TO GIVE US IDEAS OF PLACES WHERE WE CAN SEND OUR KIDS.
AND THEN WE HIGHLIGHT THE KIDS WHEN THEY DO THAT STUFF ON THE WEBSITE.
WE TRY TO PUT IT ON THE PTA FACEBOOK PAGE.
UM, AND THAT WOUND UP, WE HAD A SCHOOL CLEANUP WITH ROTARY, UM, AN EARLY ACT.
AND THAT LED PAUL, WHO WAS THE REP THERE, UM, TO ASK ABOUT, WE HAVE, UM, A VOLUNTEER PROGRAM CALLED WHISPERS ON PATROL THAT WHERE THE OTTERS AND A WHISPER IS THE NAME OF THE OTTER.
UM, BUT THE IDEA OF IT IS TO GET COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO VOLUNTEER.
AND WE LEARNED LAST YEAR THAT YOU HAVE TO GIVE VERY SPECIFIC TIMES AND THINGS FOR VOLUNTEERS TO DO.
SO WE'RE STARTING WITH CARLINE HIGH FIVES AND LUNCHROOM MONITORING.
SO TWO WAYS THAT WE CAN REALLY HELP GIVE OUR TEACHERS A LITTLE BIT OF A BREAK, UM, AND HELP THE KIDS FEEL BOLSTERED BY THE COMMUNITY.
UM, AND GIVING THOSE VERY SPECIFIC THINGS TO ASK COMMUNITY TO DO HAS HELPED REALLY INCREASE GETTING PEOPLE INTERESTED AT LEAST.
AND THEN, AND THEN IT'S PUSHING THEM TO DO THE VOLUNTEER APPLICATION ONLINE.
UM, BUT WE'RE HOPING TO BRING IT TO THROUGH ROTARY, UM, BECAUSE OF WHERE WE LIVE,
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ALL THE DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES AND NATIVE COMMUNITIES, UH, THE LADIES CLUB AND MEN'S CLUB IN THOSE AREAS.UM, WE DO WANNA BRING IT TO A CHAMBER MEETING, UH, BUT WE HAVE LIKE A SLIDE DECK PREPARED.
THAT'S A VERY SIMPLE, THIS IS WHAT IT IS, THIS IS HOW YOU SIGN UP, UM, IN HOPES THAT THEN PEOPLE KNOW THEY CAN COME INTO THE SCHOOL AND SEE IT AND HELP IN A VERY CONCRETE, ACHIEVABLE WAY.
BUT ROTARY'S BEEN HUGE FOR, MY NAME IS JENNIFER WALTER.
I'M SIC CHAIR AT HILTON HEAD HIGH, AND MY HUSBAND IS CALLED THAT YOU.
UM, BUT IF YOU WERE LOOKING FOR, UM, COMMUNITY MEMBERS, HIT UP YOUR ROTARY, BECAUSE THOSE ARE THE MOST VOLUNTEER ORIENTED PEOPLE I'VE EVER MET.
AND SO THEY ARE ONE FEW PEOPLE WHO ARE GONNA SAY YES, IF YOU NEED COMMUNITY MEMBERS FOR YOUR SICA PERSON ONLINE.
WELL, HEY, GOOD AFTERNOON AND, UH, APPRECIATE THE DISCUSSION AND THE OPPORTUNITY TO ENGAGE WITH, WITH OTHER COLLEAGUES ON THE SICI.
I'M DAVID MUSSELMAN, I'M VICE CHAIR AT BEAUFORT HIGH SCHOOL.
AND, UM, YOU KNOW, I, I WANTED TO BUILD A LITTLE BIT ON SOME OF THE COMMENTS THAT I'VE, THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN SAID AND, AND SOME OF MY THOUGHT PROCESS THAT, YOU KNOW, HAS BEEN SPOKEN TO OVER THE LAST COUPLE MINUTES.
BUT I THINK THERE'S A REAL OPPORTUNITY, OBVIOUSLY, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE BIGGEST CHALLENGES THAT I SEE IS GETTING, GETTING GREATER INVOLVEMENT IN THE SCHOOLS.
AND I KNOW WE WERE TALKING EARLIER ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THE SUPPORT OF THE CHAMBER AND, AND SOME OF THESE OTHER ORGANIZATIONS.
AND I, I, I THINK THAT'S A REALLY POWERFUL THING, RIGHT? I THINK SOMETIMES SOME OF THESE GROUPS, AT LEAST, AT LEAST ON THE BEAUFORT SIDE OF THE RIVER, YOU KNOW, I, I THINK THEY GET HIT UP CONTINUOUSLY FOR FINANCIAL SUPPORT OVER AND OVER BY THE SAME ORGANIZATION.
'CAUSE THERE'S A LIMITED POOL OF THEM.
AND, AND CERTAINLY, HEY, I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT.
WE'VE GOTTA HAVE THE FINANCIAL RESOURCES TO, TO, TO DO WHATEVER IT IS ACADEMICALLY OR ATHLETICALLY.
BUT I THINK BEYOND THAT, I THINK WHAT THE, WHAT PEOPLE ARE TAPPING INTO WITH IS, IS REALLY BEYOND THAT WITH THE, UH, ROTARY AND SOME OF THE OTHER ORGANIZATIONS THERE IS, AS VALUABLE AS IT IS TO HAVE SOME OF THAT MONEY, REALLY, THE, THE INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY THAT EXISTS IN SOME OF THESE GROUPS, UM, IS, IS EVEN MORE VALUABLE TO POTENTIALLY TO OUR STUDENTS.
AND, AND, UM, AND, YOU KNOW, REALLY LOOKING FOR OPPORTUNITIES, OBVIOUSLY FOR US TO GO OUT AND ENGAGE WITH THEM.
BUT I, I THINK A COUPLE OF COMMENTS AND A, A MINUTE AGO WERE, HEY, HOW DO WE GET MORE OF THOSE VOICES INTO OUR SCHOOLS? AND, AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, IF WE CAN LOOK FOR OPPORTUNITIES, WHETHER IT, HEY, MAYBE IT'S US GOING OUT TO ENGAGE WITH THEM FIRST, BUT THEN CREATING OPPORTUNITIES.
UM, THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THESE ORGANIZATIONS THAT HAVE A LOT OF WISDOM AND INSIGHT AND CAREER ADVICE AND, AND THINGS LIKE THAT, THAT I THINK WOULD BE TREMENDOUSLY BENEFICIAL FOR OUR STUDENTS TO HEAR MORE ABOUT REAL WORLD EXPERIENCE.
AND, UH, YOU KNOW, I I, I THINK AS WE START TO DO THAT, RIGHT, I THINK IT GETS PEOPLE MORE INVOLVED AND MORE COMMITTED AND MORE PASSIONATE.
AND, YOU KNOW, THAT THAT CERTAINLY OPENS UP PEOPLE'S WILLINGNESS TO, KIND OF GETS A SNOWBALL GOING DOWN THE HILL A LITTLE BIT.
AND MAYBE THEY'RE WILLING TO OPEN UP THEIR WALLETS A LITTLE BIT MORE AND, AND, YOU KNOW, GET MORE AND MORE AND MORE INVOLVED OVER TIME.
SO I WOULD JUST ENCOURAGE US TO ALL LOOK FOR THOSE OPPORTUNITIES TO, TO BRING THOSE VOICES INTO THE SCHOOL AND, AND CREATE FORUMS WHERE, UM, WE, WE, WE CAN HEAR FROM, FROM, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE THAT, THAT HAVE REAL WORLD EXPERIENCE IN, IN BUSINESS OR IN HEALTHCARE OR IN ACADEMICS OR WHATEVER THE CASE MAY BE.
BECAUSE I, I THINK THERE'S A LOT IN, IN OUR COMMUNITY THAT COULD BE OFFERED UP THAT WAY.
I'M THE ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL AT LADIES ISLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
UM, AND I, I WAS SUPPOSED TO GO AFTER YOU, DAVID, BECAUSE MY PIGGYBACK LINES UP EXACTLY WITH WHAT YOU WERE SAYING.
UM, AT LADIES ISLAND, WE'VE BEEN TALKING A LOT ABOUT COMMUNITY AND PARENT ENGAGEMENT.
AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE JUST STARTED TALKING ABOUT IS FINDING, STOP ASKING FOR SO MANY RESOURCES TO START OFF AND START INVITING PEOPLE INTO THE EVERYDAY THINGS WE DO TAKE AWAY THE IDEA OF THE FAMILY NIGHT AND CREATE THE COMMUNITY NIGHT INVITE, UM, COMMUNITY MEMBERS IN THE CHURCHES THAT WORK WITH OUR KIDS ON A NIGHTLY BASIS, UM, INTO THOSE, THOSE FAMILY NIGHTS, THOSE LEARNING NIGHTS, AND ESTABLISHING THAT AND WELCOMING THEM IN TO BUILD THOSE CONNECTIONS TO SEE HOW GREAT OUR KIDS AND OUR FAMILIES ARE.
AND THEN CREATING THAT ORGANICALLY, UM, LETTING THEM COME TO AWARD ASSEMBLIES.
YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES KIDS ARE UPSET 'CAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE SOMEONE THERE TO CHEER FOR THEM.
UM, SO CREATING THAT AND OPENING OUR DOORS AND THEN CREATING THAT, UM, THAT RELATIONSHIP THAT WAY.
I THINK, UM, YOU KNOW, THAT REALLY HITS THE NAIL ON THE HEAD.
AND I WOULD ADD ONE MORE THING TO IT.
I THINK AS YOU'RE ENGAGING DIFFERENT, UH, COMMUNITY GROUPS, YOU HAVE TO KNOW WHAT THE ASK IS THAT YOU'RE ASKING OF
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THEM, RIGHT? AND I THINK THE GENTLEMAN WAS SPOT ON, UH, YOU KNOW, AND KELLY AS WELL.AND IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE ABOUT, ABOUT FINANCES, RIGHT? EVERYBODY'S TAPPING INTO FINANCES.
DIFFERENT SPORTS CLUBS ARE TAPPING INTO THE SAME RESOURCES OR SPORTS TEAMS, YOU KNOW, UH, WITHIN SCHOOLS TO BE SAME INDIVIDUAL, RIGHT? BUT, BUT ABOUT THEIR TALENT.
UM, YOU KNOW, I'VE, I'VE TAPPED INTO, UM, SOME CITY AND, AND HAVE A CONNECTION WITH, UH, VETERANS ORGANIZATION IN SUN CITY.
AND THAT GROUP IS, YOU KNOW, MAKING THEMSELVES AVAILABLE TO OUR SCHOOL SITES, UH, AS, AS SPEAKERS.
AND THESE ARE VETERANS FROM VARIOUS WARS AND, AND, UH, THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK ABOUT EXPERIENCES.
SO IT'S MORE THAN JUST READING ABOUT IT IN A TEXTBOOK, BUT YOU HAVE A REAL LIFE EXPERIENCE, RIGHT? UH, ANOTHER EXAMPLE IS I'VE TAPPED INTO A GENTLEMAN ON HILTON POLE, RIGHT? AND, AND THIS GENTLEMAN WORKED ON, UH, WORKED FOR NASA AND HE WORKED ON SAT ROCKETS THAT PUT, PUT MEN ON THE MOON, RIGHT? AND, AND SO HE HAS BEEN ENGAGED IN SOME OF OUR SCHOOLS, UH, TO, TO SPEAK WITH, WITH CHILDREN ABOUT SCIENCE AND SPECIFICALLY ABOUT HIS WORK, UH, IN, IN THAT.
AND SO, UM, THAT'S THE TALENT, RIGHT? THAT'S THE TALENT THAT, THAT IS IN OUR COMMUNITY.
BEAUFORT COUNTY IS LOADED WITH TALENT.
WE'VE GOT LOTS OF RETIREES AROUND THAT HAVE TREMENDOUS LIFE EXPERIENCE.
AND THAT'S HOW, IF YOU, YOU'VE HEARD ABOUT THE CITIZEN LED OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE THAT I PUT TOGETHER, UH, TO MONITOR HOW THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, UH, EXECUTES ON THE REFERENDUM PROJECTS.
UH, THOSE ARE ALL VOLUNTEER HOURS, BUT THOSE ARE ALL BASED ON INDIVIDUALS IN OUR COMMUNITY WITH TREMENDOUS EXPERTISE.
IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO LEVERAGE THEIR TALENT, UH, TO SUPPORT THE WORLD AT SCHOOLS.
SAME THING FOR THESE OTHER OPPORTUNITIES, BUT ONE THING'S IMPORTANT.
KNOW THE ASK, KNOW WHAT IT IS WE'RE ASKING OF THEM, BECAUSE LOTS OF PEOPLE WANNA HELP.
THEY JUST DON'T KNOW HOW TO GET ENGAGED IN THAT, RIGHT? SO IF WE KNOW THE ASK, THEN WE CAN GET THE RIGHT PEOPLE FROM YOU.
SEE, ONE LAST THING THAT I LEARNED, UH, BEFORE WE MOVE TO THE CELL PHONE ISSUE, AND THAT IS I WENT TO A SCHOOL AND I ASKED THEM, I, HOW DO YOU GET MORE PEOPLE TO COME TO YOUR SCHOOL EVENTS? AND THEY SAID, WELL, WE HAD A PROBLEM 'CAUSE WE WERE ONLY INVITING THE PARENTS.
AND THEN WE REALIZED, WHAT ABOUT THE GRANDPARENTS? WHAT ABOUT THE AUNTS AND THE UNCLES AND OTHER FAMILY MEMBERS? AND AS SOON AS WE STARTED SENDING THOSE INVITATIONS OUT TO EXTENDED FAMILY MEMBERS, OUR PARTICIPATION DOUBLED.
SO I TOOK THAT OVER TO, UH, ROBERT SMALLS.
THEY HAVE A FIRST FRIDAY, EVERY FIRST FRIDAY OF THE MONTH IN THE MORNING, THEY INVITE FAMILIES, SIC TO COME IN AND THEY GIVE A LITTLE TALK AND I SAID, HEY, UH, MR. PRINCIPAL, WHAT ABOUT INVITING GRANDPARENTS? AND SO ON? HE SAID, YEAH, I'LL TRY THAT.
THE NEXT MONTH HE HAD THREE TIMES FOR PARTICIPATION.
SO THERE'S SOMETHING YOU MIGHT TRY IS REACH OUT TO EXTENDED FAMILIES, UH, TO BRING THEM IN.
NOW WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT CELL PHONES.
UM, ALSO, I JUST WANTED TO TIE OUT INTO WHAT DR. RODRIGUEZ WAS SAYING ALSO, UH, SPEAKING, SPEAKING ABOUT THE, UM, WHEN I LOOK AROUND THE ROOM, WHAT IS ONE THING THAT YOU DON'T SEE HERE TODAY? WHERE ARE WE AT SCHOOL? STUDENTS? WHAT NEEDS TO TAP INTO? WHEN I WAS A STUDENT AT TON HIGH SCHOOL, WHAT WE DID WAS, AND HOW THEY KIND OF GOT US INVOLVED WHEN THIS ACCIDENT WAS LIKE PTOI WAS A PART OF STUDENT GOVERNMENT.
SO THEY HAD US, SOMETIMES SOME OF THE REPRESENTATIVES TO COME TO COME TO THE MEETINGS AND THEY WOULD ASK US DIFFERENT QUESTIONS AND THEY WOULD ALLOW US TO BRING PEOPLE.
SO HOW WE, HOW WE GET ENGAGED AND GET COMMUNITY INVOLVED AS WELL.
WE GOT INVOLVED STUDENTS, WE HAVE TO HAVE SOME STUDENTS SITTING RIGHT HERE IN THIS, IN THIS MEETING AND TELLING US WHAT THE, WHAT THE INTERESTS ARE, HOW CAN THEY, HOW, HOW CAN, HOW CAN THEY GET PEOPLE IN AND WHERE AND AND WHO ARE THEY TALKING TO? WE HAVE TO ACTIVATE THE STUDENT NETWORK BECAUSE STUDENTS ARE SENDING ONE TWEET OR ONE TEXT MESSAGE AND THE, THE, THE, THE WHOLE HOW KIND KNOWS ABOUT IT.
SO, SO, SO THAT, THAT'S ONE THING TO BE REAL QUICK.
AND, AND, AND THE, UH, THE SECOND THING IS ALSO TOO, UH, ON, ON BE SIDE, WE HAD A JOINT SIC MEETING.
WE HAD BEAVER HIGH SCHOOL LAY OUT IN MIDDLE SCHOOL.
UH, HE LAY OUT, LISTEN, WE HAD A AMOUNT, UH, THE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE THAT CAME OUT ONE NIGHT IN THE SIC AND WE WERE ABLE TO PULL OUR NETWORKS TOGETHER.
SO I JUST WANNA PUT THOSE TWO THINGS OUT THERE, STUDENTS AND ALSO HOW WE HAVE SIC MEETING.
WE HAD, WE HAD A CLUSTER SIC MEETING, PULLING YOUR RESOURCES AND SEEING WHAT OTHER PEOPLE HAVE.
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NOT OVERHAUL TAPPING INTO OTHER ONE.AND YOU'RE NOT, YOU'RE NOT TAKING EVERYTHING FROM, YOU'RE NOT TAKING ALL OUT OUR BOTTOM.
UM, ONE I'M AMAZED AND, AND REALLY PLEASANTLY, UM, VIEWING THE ENTHUSIASM AND THE IDEAS THAT EVERYONE'S HAD SO FAR.
AND IT GIVES ME, AS A BOARD MEMBER, A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT YOU ALREADY ARE DOING AND HOW WE AS A BOARD CAN SUPPLEMENT.
I'D JUST LIKE TO SHARE ONE THING.
HAVE ANY OF YOU BEEN IN SALES? OKAY.
YOU'VE BEEN IN SALES, NEVER EVER TAKE A NO PERSON, NEVER EVER, NO.
IS A CHALLENGE FOR YOU TO FIGURE OUT A WAY TO GET TO A YES AND VIEW THAT AS A COMPETITIVE THING BACK AND FORTH UNTIL YOU GET THAT.
A COUPLE THINGS I NOTED IS WHEN YOU GO OUT, ASK THE PERSON OR THE ENTITY, HOW DO THEY BENEFIT FROM PUBLIC CITY? BECAUSE MOST PEOPLE DON'T REALLY THINK ABOUT IT.
THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS, ONE INSTITUTION IN AMERICA THAT CAN ATE OUR SOCIAL VALUES, OUR ETHICS, OUR MODELS IN ADDITION TO ACT ABILITY.
THE NEXT THING IS YOU MAKE IT PERSONAL.
FIND ONE PERSON OR TWO PEOPLE IN THE ORGANIZATION, DEVELOP A RAPPORT WITH THEM AND THEN SHOW UP IN THE BUSINESS WORLD, BUSINESS IS PERSONAL.
IF THERE ARE TWO PEOPLE COMPETING PRO PROJECTS OR PRODUCT, THEY'RE GONNA GO TO THE PERSON THEY KNOW.
PERTAIN IN GENERAL AND HUMAN INTERACTION.
AND THEN THE LAST THING IS ALWAYS LEAVE THEM WITH A QUESTION.
HOW CAN I HELP YOU? THAT'S THE ONE THAT CLINS AND BRINGS THEM BACK.
OR THEY SEE YOU AS AN ASSET TO WHATEVER THEY'RE TRYING TO ACHIEVE.
SO IT'S A BINARY FLOW OF BENEFIT.
WE HAVE THEM AND WE GOTTA MAKE SURE THEY'RE HELPING US.
THE LAST SIC MEETING WE HAD, YOU ALL CAME TO US AND SAID, FIX THE CELL PHONE ISSUE.
AND LAST, STARTING LAST FALL, WE GAVE A CELL PHONE POLICY OUT, AND THEN WE HAD TO ADJUST IT BECAUSE THE STATE'S CELL PHONE POLICY CAME OUT.
THAT MADE IT A LITTLE MORE, UH,
THAT WAS NOT OUR CHOICE, BUT THAT IS NOW THE STATUTE.
SO I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO HEAR FROM YOU ALL HOW IT'S, HOW THAT'S WORKED OUT.
WE HAVEN'T, IT WASN'T A HUGE ISSUE FOR US IN THE PAST BECAUSE YOU CAN'T GET A CELL PHONE.
UH, BUT IT, IT REALLY HASN'T, HASN'T, HASN'T BEEN A CHANGE.
MEAN WE, WE PRETTY MUCH, UH, WELL, IT'S BEEN A CHANGE FOR THE BETTER, I THINK WHEN YOU COULD SAY, HEY, TAKE AWAY THE PERSONAL, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT MY PERSONAL CHOICE, IT'S JUST, HEY, STATE LAW
UH, I THINK I HAVE TWO SONS AT HILTON ISLAND MIDDLE SCHOOL, AND IT'S MUSH UP.
THEY DIDN'T GET A CELL PHONE UNTIL, UM, CHRISTMAS, SEVENTH GRADE.
SO THEY SPENT A YEAR AND A HALF HAVING LUNCHES AND HAVING NOBODY TO TALK TO.
SO NOW THINGS ARE SO MUCH BETTER.
I MEAN, THEY'RE STILL SNEAKING, THEY'RE STILL, YOU KNOW, GOING IN THE DUGOUT AT RECESS.
AND, UM, I'VE SEEN, BUT I DON'T THINK THE BULLYING DID THAT.
I THINK THEY'RE PAYING MORE ATTENTION.
BUTTS,
SO AT BUFORD HIGH, UH, ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL, FUTURE HIGH SCHOOL, UH, IT HAS BEEN A CHALLENGE.
UH, HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS ARE A LITTLE MORE, UM, VOCAL ABOUT THE POLICY AND WHAT THEY LIKE AND DISLIKE.
UM, SO OUR NUMBER, UM, I THINK WE MIGHT WIN THE AWARD.
UM,
UM, SO IT'S BEEN A CHALLENGING, ESPECIALLY SINCE THEY PASSED, UM, THE, TO IT OF NO CELL PHONE DURING LUNCH.
SO IT STARTED THE YEAR BEING ABLE TO AT LEAST USE IT DURING LUNCH AND TAKE IT BACK.
THAT WAS, UM, A LOT OF
UM, AND LIKE THEY MENTIONED, GOING INSTEAD OF DUG OUT, WE'LL GO INTO THE BATHROOM, THEY WILL SNEAK IN, USE THE CELL PHONE, BUT FOR THE MOST PART, IF WE ADDRESS IT, IF WE SAY IT, IF I HAVE TO FADE IT IN THE, IN THE HALLWAY, IT, IT'S NOT, I'M TRACY.
I'M AT
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ENGAGEMENT AND STUDENTS', UM, COLLABORATION TOGETHER.AND I THINK THE COMMITTEE, THE FOCUS WAS BEING ABLE TO UNDERSTAND OUR DIGITAL NATIVE STUDENTS, ESPECIALLY THE OLDER ONES.
UM, IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, A LOT OF PARENTS HAVE SMART WATCHES AND THINGS ON CHILDREN FOR LOCATIONS BECAUSE THEY'RE OUT IN NEIGHBORHOODS.
AND SO IT WAS A LOT OF EDUCATION, BUT PARENTS UNDERSTAND, UM, THE NEED FOR STUDENTS TO BE ENGAGED AND REALLY TO HAVE THAT INSTRUCTIONAL TIME PROTECTED.
AND SO AT AN ELEMENTARY LEVEL, WE'VE HAD A LOT MORE UNDERSTANDING FOR PARENTS.
UM, BUT THE EDUCATION AND THE INFORMATION THAT WAS SENT OUT BEFOREHAND, I THINK LET PARENTS KNOW.
AND THEN GIVING THEM THE OPPORTUNITY TO TALK ABOUT IT AFTER SCHOOL NIGHT, I THINK ALSO HELPED.
SO PROACTIVE COMMUNICATION FROM THE ELEMENTARY, AND HOPEFULLY WHEN THESE KIDS GET TO HIGH SCHOOL, WE WON'T HAVE SICKNESS.
YEAH, KEITH STEWART AND THE PRINCIPAL HAS LEFT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL.
AND, UM, I ALSO WAS FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO SERVE ON THE COMMITTEE FOR THE CELL PHONE POLICY, DEVELOPING THAT.
AND, UH, HONESTLY, AT BLUFFTON MIDDLE SCHOOL, WE ACTUALLY IMPLEMENTED THIS POLICY IN OUR BUILDING, UH, OVER THREE YEARS AGO.
AND FOR US, SO IT WASN'T NEW FOR OUR KIDS.
WE STARTED IT SEVERAL YEARS AGO WITH OUR SIXTH GRADE HALLWAY.
IT WAS A PUSH FROM OUR TEACHERS.
THEY, THEY REQUESTED THAT AND WE SUPPORTED 'EM LIKE THAT.
AND I THINK IT WAS IMPORTANT BECAUSE NOW SIXTH GRADE WENT THROUGH AS LAST YEAR WE WENT FULL THROUGHOUT OUR BUILDING.
AND THEN THIS YEAR, OF COURSE IN OUR BUILDING SCHOOL, UH, SCHOOLWIDE AS WELL, IT'S BEEN IMPORTANT BECAUSE NOW EVERYBODY IN OUR BUILDING HAS USED TO IT.
IT'S ALREADY, IT'S NOT NEW TO THEM OF SEVENTH AND EIGHTH GRADERS, YOU KNOW, THEY'VE GOT IT.
THEY KNOW WHAT THE EXPECTATION IS.
SO I THINK JUST BEING CONSISTENT WITH THAT EXPECTATION AND, UM, AND FOLLOWING THROUGH WHENEVER IT COMES TO, WHENEVER THOSE THINGS POP UP.
THEY'RE PRE-TEENS OR TEENAGERS AND CELL PHONES ARE GONNA BE A PART OF IT, AND THAT'S OKAY.
WE JUST NEED TO MAKE SURE WE ADDRESS IT.
I'LL ALSO SAY THAT IN THE YEARS THAT I'VE BEEN AT BUFFALO MIDDLE SCHOOL, I'VE NEVER HAD AN ISSUE WITH A PARENT OR HAVING A CONVERSATION WITH A PARENT THAT HAD AN ISSUE WITH ME, CONFISCATING A CELL PHONE OR MISUSE OF A PHONE.
SO I CAN ALWAYS APPRECIATE THAT AS WELL.
AND I THINK, AGAIN, IT JUST CAME FROM THAT CONSISTENCY WITH THE POLICY AND MAKING SURE THAT WE WERE ENFORCING IT SCHOOL-WIDE.
SO FOR US, IT'S DEFINITELY BEEN POSITIVE.
WE'RE GLAD TO SEE IT GO STATEWIDE.
I'LL JUST SAY FOR MAY RIVER, IT HASN'T REALLY BEEN A PROBLEM.
UM, ONE REASON, UM, BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE GREAT SERVICE THERE ANYWAY, SO IT DOESN'T, IT REALLY WASN'T, UH, AS MUCH OF AN ISSUE BEFOREHAND.
UM, SO, UM, BUT I, WE ACTUALLY HAD AN SIC MEETING LAST NIGHT AND I ASKED OUR, UM, STAFFERS AND ADMINISTRATION AND THEY SAID, YOU KNOW, THERE'S ALWAYS GONNA BE THOSE THAT ARE STILL, YOU KNOW, FINDING WAYS TO USE IT.
BUT, UM, IT'S REALLY NOT BEEN, UM, AN ISSUE WAS NOTING ECHO AT THE ELEMENTARY LEVEL.
WE HAD THE SAME THING WITH THE SMART WATCHES.
THERE WAS A LOT OF CONFUSION ABOUT THEM BEING INCLUDED.
UM, AND A LOT OF PARENT HESITATION ABOUT THE SAFETY ASPECTS.
AND I'D AGREE THE EDUCATION AND THE LISTENING AND EXPLAINING, UM, ALONG WITH THE FACT THAT THERE'S SO MANY OTHER WAYS TO COMMUNICATE DIRECTLY WITH TEACHERS WITH, UM, THE TALKING POINTS APP AND THE EMAILS.
THEY'VE BEEN SO GOOD AT BEING COMMUNICATIVE THAT I FEEL LIKE THAT IN FEARS PRETTY QUICKLY.
AND I'M SURPRISED AT HOW HOW MUCH IT WENT AWAY.
I WAS REALLY PREPARED FOR THAT TO BE A CONTINUED FIGHT.
BUT I THINK THEY ALSO SEE THE BENEFIT OF NOT HAVING A DISTRACTION IN THE CLASSROOM.
I THINK, UH, WHAT I WOULD ADD, UH, TO THE CONVERSATION IS, UH, YOU KNOW, YOU MENTIONED THE UPFRONT COMMUNICATION ABOUT IT.
AND FOR STUDENTS IN SCHOOL, WHETHER YOU KNOW OR YOU DON'T KNOW, UM, THERE WERE SCRIPTS THAT WERE READ ON A DAILY BASIS AND FOR EACH CLASS PERIOD, RIGHT.
UH, FOR THE INITIAL, UH, SEVERAL WEEKS RIGHT AT THE BEGINNING.
AND, AND IT, AND, AND TO TELL YOU THE TRUTH, OUR STUDENTS ARE AWESOME, RIGHT? I MEAN, THEY HAVE DONE AN AMAZING JOB IN COMPLIANCE AROUND THIS.
AND I CAN GO BACK TO LAST SPRING, UH, I DO THESE, UH, UH, STUDENT ADVISORY COUNCILS WHERE I VISIT THE HIGH SCHOOLS.
AND, AND I'LL TALK WITH GROUPS OF ABOUT 30 KIDS, MICHELLE, AND, AND CHAT WITH
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THEM ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON IN, TELL ME ABOUT YOUR EXPERIENCES.YOU AND I GET A FIRSTHAND ACCOUNT WITH KIDS.
'CAUSE THEY'LL TELL THE TRUTH.
RIGHT? YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU WANT TO HEAR, YOU DON'T WANT, RIGHT.
BUT, BUT WHAT I HEARD FROM KIDS ABOUT THE CELL PHONE AND I BROACHED THE CELL PHONE SUBJECT, UH, WITH THEM BECAUSE I KNEW IT WAS SOMETHING WE WERE ALREADY LOOKING AT, RIGHT? AND, AND WHAT I, BECAUSE IT ACTUALLY, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU REMEMBER, BUT IT ALSO, IT CAME UP FROM FROM THIS GROUP.
FROM THIS GROUP, RIGHT? UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I HEARD FROM KIDS ACROSS THE DIFFERENT SCHOOLS, IF YOU'RE ASKING OUR VOTE FOR IT, OF COURSE WE'RE NOT GONNA VOTE FOR IT, RIGHT? BUT IF IT HAPPENED, IT HAPPENED.
AND IN, IN SOME WAYS IT MIGHT BE A WELCOME LEADER.
LIKE THEY, THEY SAID IT WOULD BE A WELCOME RULE LEADER, RIGHT? AND I THINK THAT SPEAKS TO, UM, YOU KNOW, THEIR OWN EXHAUSTION, WHETHER THEY WANNA ADMIT IT OR NOT, BUT WITH, WITH THE PHONE, RIGHT? AND SO, UH, THEY'VE BEEN, THEY'VE BEEN PRETTY AWESOME IN TERMS OF THEIR COMPLIANCE AND, AND WHAT'S BEEN ASKED THEM.
UH, AND I'VE SEEN THINGS IN OTHER PARTS OF THE COUNTRY WHERE, YOU KNOW, YOU'VE HAD, UH, REALLY ROUGH ENGAGEMENT BETWEEN SOME STUDENTS AND A TEACHER.
AND, AND, YOU KNOW, THANK GOODNESS WE HAVEN'T SEEN ANYTHING SAID ON THE AGENDA.
WE WOULD STOP AT SEVEN O'CLOCK.
I WANNA THANK YOU FOR YOUR INPUT AND I HOPE YOU GOT SOME IDEAS.
SEVEN 30 IT SAID, OH, WE DO HAVE MORE TIME.
SO, SO WE DO HAVE, WE DO HAVE WHAT WE CALL IN THE MILITARY ALIBI.
SO ANY OTHER TOPICS THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO, TO ADDRESS? ANYBODY? YES, MA'AM.
I THINK THE NEXT FEDERAL BUSINESS SHOULD BE A POLICY BEYOND PREVENTION OR VAPING.
THAT'S A BIG, THAT WAS THE MAIN ISSUE OF OUR SIC THIS ENTIRE YEAR.
AND I WENT DOWN RABBIT HOLES ON REDDIT TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW OTHER PLANS ARE PROVING IT.
AND THERE ARE WAYS IT'S JUST NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED THAT, THAT HAS COME UP BEFORE.
AND WE'VE LOOKED AT SOME THINGS.
I'LL LET DR. RODRIGUEZ
UM, I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS WE FOUND, I MEAN THERE, THERE ARE DIFFERENT DEVICES, FOR EXAMPLE, YOU CAN SIT, UH, IN, IN RESTROOMS AND, AND THINGS LIKE THAT AROUND, UH, UH, SECOND TECH, UH, VAPING, RIGHT? UM, WHAT I'VE FOUND WITH, WITH TALKING TO OTHER SCHOOLS IS THAT THERE, THOSE QUICKLY GET RIPPED OFF OF WALLS OR, OR STUDENTS BATH, RIGHT? AND THEN THEY, THEY GO RIGHT INTO, INTO THE TOILET.
SO IT GOES RIGHT INTO THE WATER AND THEN IT DOESN'T, IT DOESN'T PICK UP, UH, UH, THE DETECTION.
I MEAN, KIDS ARE PRETTY, PRETTY, PRETTY NIFTY.
THE OTHER THING, BUT THERE'S A LOT OF, THERE'S A LOT OF DESTRUCTION THAT HAPPENED WITH THE VAPE TUBE.
IT'S NOT JUST A PERSONAL DESTRUCTION TO THEIR OWN HEALTH, RIGHT? THAT, THAT, THAT THAT'S THERE, BUT THEN THEY DON'T WANNA GET CAUGHT WITH IT.
SO THEY STUCK WITH TOILET, RIGHT? AND THEN, AND THEN THAT, THAT THEN CREATES BACKUPS IN IN BATHROOM, RIGHT? AND, AND TOILET, WHICH CAUSES ANOTHER COST, FINANCIAL COST ON THE, ON THE SYSTEM AS WELL.
IT IS AN ISSUE, YOU KNOW, IT IS AN ISSUE.
AND, AND, UH, YOU KNOW, TRYING TO FIND, AND MAYBE THAT'S SOMETHING WE NEED TO, TO JUST LOOK AT SOME RESEARCH ON WHAT ELSE MIGHT BE OUT THERE THAT, THAT, UH, MAY BE A, A GOOD TOOL, UH, TO USE TO CHECK OUT TEACHER BOARD.
NOW THEY'LL TELL YOU WHAT'S WORKING THIS, OKAY.
ONE, ONE OTHER THING, I TALKED TO, UH, PJ TANNER ABOUT THIS AND I SAID, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE TO BE 21 TO BUY THESE THINGS.
AND, AND SO WHY DON'T YOU HAVE PEOPLE OUT THERE BUSTING THESE CONVENIENCE STORES AND SO ON THAT ARE SELLING THESE THINGS TO OUR KIDS? AND HE SAID, I'M TRYING, I, HE SAID, IT'S, IT'S EXPLODING ON ME.
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ENOUGH UNDERCOVER.AND HE SAID, IF YOU HEAR ABOUT IT, IF YOU KNOW, FIND OUT THIS CONVENIENCE STORE, WE'LL SELL IT TO ANYBODY.
PLEASE LET THE RESOURCE OFFICER AT YOUR SCHOOL KNOW THAT, BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT PJ SAID, SAYS THAT HE NEEDS, HE NEEDS INTELLIGENCE.
SO HE DOESN'T HAVE TO HAVE OFFICERS SCATTERED THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY WITHOUT BEING MORE TARGETED, UH, DURING THE PROBLEM AREAS.
THAT, THAT, THAT'S COMING FROM.
OH, NO, I WAS JUST, UH, KIND OF BEING FUNNY, BUT I WAS PASSING THAT RODRIGUEZ'S PEN BECAUSE REALLY, YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE VAPES THAT LOOK LIKE PENS.
THEY HAVE, THEY HAVE VAPES THAT LOOK LIKE USBS.
THEY HAVE VAPES LOOK LIKE CELL PHONE.
THERE'S SO MANY DIFFERENT THINGS TO THE AMOUNT OF TIME THAT WOULD GO INTO IT.
I, IT'S ALMOST JUST LIKE THE CELL PHONE.
IT IS, IT'S, IT IS KIND OF SCARY.
SO, I MEAN, IT TAKES EVERYONE AND, AND PARENTS, LIKE, LIKE YOU JUST SAID, I ACTUALLY TO SAY WHAT I WAS GONNA SAY, YOU, WHEN YOU FIND, WHEN YOU FIND YOUR KIDS OR THESE VAPES ONLINE ON AMAZON, WHEN THEY GET AN AMAZON, AMAZON A PACK A PACKAGE, CHECK IT OUT, THAT MIGHT BE A VAPE.
SO, I MEAN, THE VAPES, THEY, THEY LOOK LIKE EV EVERYTHING WE HAVE ON THIS TABLE, THEY LOOK LIKE, SO IT, IT, IT, IT, IT'S A LOT THAT GOES INTO IT.
WE HAVE TO, ONCE AGAIN, THAT'S A TEAM EFFORT.
THE COMMUNITY HAVE TO BE INVOLVED.
PARENTS HAVE TO, UH, GIVE SOME PARENTAL HELP.
SO THAT, THAT, THAT'S, THAT'S A HUGE THAT'S A HUGE TASK THAT I, I HADN'T SEEN, UH, KNOWING ONE, THE COUNTRY ACROSS, ACROSS THE COUNTRY THAT, THAT, THAT'S WINNING.
NOT SAYING THAT WE WAY, THAT DON'T ENTERTAIN IT, BUT IT'S GONNA TAKE ALL OF US.
TEXAS JUST PASSED A LAW AND KIDS THAT ARE CAUGHT IN TEXAS NOW ARE AUTOMATICALLY SENT TO A TEXAS PASSED A LAW RECENTLY, AND ANY CHILD CAUGHT VAPING AT SCHOOL NOW IS SENT TO A JUVENILE DETENTION PROGRAM FOR A MINIMUM, I WANNA SAY THREE DAYS.
NOBODY IS VAPING IN TEXAS ANYMORE.
THE OTHER THING THEY'RE DOING IS THEY'RE CHARGING THE PARENTS, AND I FORGET THE AMOUNT, BUT IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN $500 FOR EVERY TIME IN TEXAS THAT CUT BABY IN THE BACK.
SO THE THING IS, IS LIKE IF WE DON'T DO SOMETHING, THE GOVERNMENT IS EVENTUALLY PROBABLY GOING TO STEP IN AND DO SOMETHING.
BUT THERE ARE SOME REALLY GOOD IDEAS OUT THERE.
THERE ARE SOMETHING THAT ARE WORKING LIKE THE, UM, THE BAIT DETECTORS, ONE STOOL, BUT ONLY HAVE MONEY FOR ONE.
SO THE JANITOR HIDES IT IN A DIFFERENT BATHROOM EVERY SINGLE DAY AND THE VENT AND THE KIDS DON'T KNOW WHICH BATHROOMS IT'S IN, SO THEY, YOU KNOW, THEY CAN'T DO IT.
UM, OTHER THINGS WERE YOU HAVE THE DATA DETECTOR HAVE THE CAMERA RIGHT OUTSIDE THE BATHROOM.
SO, BECAUSE WHAT HAPPEN GOES OFF IS RUN OUT AND THEN YOU KNOW EXACTLY WHO SENT IT OFF.
SO THERE WERE SOME THINGS ON THE LINE, AND I KNOW IT'S A HUGE THING, BUT I MEAN, WE HAD A PARENT COME IN TO ONE OF OUR SIC MEETINGS A FEW MONTHS AGO IN TEARS BECAUSE IT'S NOT MISTAKEN.
THERE'S DRUG DEALS GOING ON, THERE'S ALL KINDS OF THINGS.
AND HER SON IS, IS A DEALER AND SHE WAS SOLVING, AND WHAT CAN WE DO AND, AND HOW IS THIS HAPPENING AND HOW IS THIS STARTING IN MIDDLE SCHOOL? SO IT'S JUST A REAL PROBLEM I WANTED TO BE AWARE OF BECAUSE I THINK YOU'RE GONNA BE HEARING MORE ABOUT IT.
I JUST WANTED TO, TO SHARE SOME INFORMATION WITH YOU.
UH, I AM A CONSULTANT WITH THE COUNTRY ALLIANCE FOR HEALTHY YOUTH.
UH, AND WE HAVE A, A YOUTH INITIATIVE, WHICH IS TEAMS FOR HEALTHY YOUTH.
BUT I WANTED TO SHARE SOME INFORMATION WITH YOU ABOUT THE WORK THAT WE'VE BEEN DOING, UH, BECAUSE OF THE WORK OF NOT ONLY OUR COALITION IN OUR BOARD, BUT THE WORK OF OUR TEAMS AND TEAMS FOR HEALTHY YOUTH.
THIS IS ONLY HERE IN SOUTHERN HOUSTON COUNTY.
UH, WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO INFLUENCE, UH, OUR TOWNS OF BLESSING AND THE TOWNS OF MILTON HAD TO CHANGE THEIR ORDINANCES.
SO NOW THEY INCLUDE VAPING IN THEIR SMOKING ORDINANCE.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU ALL ARE DOING IN NORTHERN COUNTY.
UH, IN ADDITION TO THAT, OUR YOUTH DO, UH, A LOT OF WORK WITHIN THE SCHOOLS EDUCATING THE STUDENTS NOT ONLY ABOUT THE DANGERS, BUT THE, THE LEGAL CONSEQUENCES.
RECENTLY, UH, A GROUP OF OUR BOARD MEMBERS, AND THIS IS CONNECTED TO, WITH OUR GRANT, TO OUR STRATEGIC PLAN, UH, VISITED A NUMBER OF F SHOPS ON YOUNG HEAD ISLAND AND HERE IN BLOCKCHAIN AND BLUFFING.
AND OF COURSE, WHAT THEY'RE SEEING BEING SOLD IS, IT'S UNBELIEVABLE BECAUSE A LOT OF THESE VAPE SHOPS, THEY'RE NOT ONLY SELLING BAKES, THEY ARE SELLING DRINKS INFUSED WITH WHAT THEY WILL CALL, THEY SAY FROM THE HEMP PLANTS.
ACTUALLY, IT'S, AS A PSYCHOLOGIST I'VE DONE A LOT OF RESEARCH ON, IT'S WHAT THEY REALLY SELLING IS THC.
IT'S NOT ONLY ABOUT, IT'S NOT ONLY ABOUT THE VAPE, IT'S WHAT THEY'RE VAPING SPEAKING.
IT'S NOT ONLY ABOUT THE VAPES,
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IT'S IT'S WHAT THEY'RE VAPING.UH, SO THEY'RE GOING TO BE, THEY, THE GROUP DID DO THIS.
THE, THEY'RE CALLED ENVIRONMENTAL SCANS OF THESE VAPE SHOPS WILL BE GIVEN A REPORT IN OUR FRONT OF OUR BOARD MEETINGS SOON.
SO I JUST WANTED TO SHARE THAT ALL WITH YOU.
UH, I DON'T KNOW WHAT POLICY WE HAVE IN OUR SCHOOLS AROUND VAPING.
OUR BIGGEST NOT, SO WE, WE'LL, I KNOW WE CAN'T GET THE SUPPORT AT LEAST OUT THE TOWNS OF BLUFFING AND HILTON IF WE DO HAVE A POLICY.
NO, WE, WE, I MEAN IT'S, IT'S, IT'S NOT ALLOWED AT SCHOOL, RIGHT? IT'S NOT ALLOWED AT SCHOOL.
BUT, BUT, UM, I MEAN OBVIOUSLY KIDS WILL RUN INTO A BATHROOM, YOU KNOW, MENTIONED AND, AND, UM, YOU CAN'T HAVE CAMERAS INVOLVED.
SO, YOU KNOW, UH, THERE'S, WE HAVE SUPERVISION THAT GOES IN AND OUT, BUT YOU'RE NOT THERE AT THE RIGHT TIME.
YOU KNOW, UH, IT'S, IT'S, THOSE ARE THE KINDS OF, THE KINDS OF ISSUES, BUT IT IS, IT IS, IT IS A BIG DEAL.
AND IT IS, AND IT, AND IT IS, UH, GETTING PERVASIVE OR IT IS PERVASIVE AMONGST, UH, AMONGST THE, UH, MY NAME'S CHRIS HAMILTON
I WANNA SAY SOMETHING ABOUT THE
THERE'S A GUY IN HILTON THAT IS ACTUALLY EDUCATING THE KIDS ABOUT THE NICOTINE PLACEMENTS, LITTLE, THE LITTLE POUCHES AND GUM AND WHATNOT.
SO HE, HE ACTUALLY WORKED, WAS EDUCATING THE KIDS.
SO I WAS PRETTY IMPRESSED WITH THAT.
NOW, ONTO THE ORDINANCE UP IN TRAVERSE CITY, MICHIGAN, THEY'RE NOT EVEN AVAILABLE.
THEY'VE JUST BEEN ABOLISH FROM SOUTH
AND, AND THAT'S EXACTLY, IF WE COULD CUT OFF THE SUPPLY, AND I, I HATE THIS, I HATE IT FOR THE BUSINESS PEOPLE, BUT YOU KNOW, IT'S ALL FOR THE KIDS, RIGHT? CUT OFF THE SUPPLY AT THE TOWN COUNTY LEVEL SOMEHOW.
MINE IS ON A DIFFERENT SUBJECTS SUBJECT.
UM, I WOULD BE REMISS IF I DIDN'T MENTION SOMETHING THAT WAS SUGGESTED OR ASKED FROM, UM, A PARENT.
UM, BACK TO THE CONVERSATION REGARDING, UM, SAFETY ISSUES.
ONE QUESTION OF PARENT HAS ASKED IS, AND I'M NOT PERSONALLY FOR THIS, HOWEVER, I'M REPRESENTING MY SIC IS CLEAR BOOK BAGS FOR STUDENTS.
SO, UM, WE HAVE THE CLEAR BAG POLICY FOR SPORTING EVENTS AND WHATNOT.
UM, SO THAT IS, UM, ONE THING THAT HAS COME UP THAT I WANTED TO PRESENT TO THE BOARD.
JUST A QUESTION ABOUT THE IDEA OF HAVING THEIR BOOK BAGS OR MESH BOOK BAGS OR, OR WHATNOT.
AGAIN, I'M NOT A HUGE FAN, BUT, UM, I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT I PUT IT OUT THERE.
SO WITH OUR SCHOOL, WE'RE DOING SOMETHING TO WHERE, UM, THE FIRST PART OF THE CLASS, THE TEACHER WILL TAKE THE STUDENTS TO THE RESTROOM.
SO IT'S ALMOST LIKE GOING BACK TO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WHEN THEY KNOW THAT THAT SUPERVISION IS THERE.
SO THEY'RE NOT GONNA BE ABLE TO VAPE OR DO WHAT THEY WANNA DO, AND THEY HOPE THEY GET SOME, LIKE, STANDING RIGHT OUTSIDE THE DOORWAY FOR THEM TO COME OUT.
THAT ALSO HAS A ANOTHER BENEFIT.
AND THAT'S IN THE SENSE THAT WHEN THEY GET TO CLASS, THEY CAN'T AUTOMATICALLY JUST SAY, OH, I NEED TO GO TO THE RESTROOM.
WE'RE GONNA BREAK UP THAT CLASSROOM.
SO WE JUST WENT, EVERYBODY'S GONE AND WE'RE GOOD.
AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE OUR PASSES TO WHERE IT ACTUALLY IS AUTOMATED AND IT KEEPS TRACK OF HOW MANY TIMES A STUDENT IS GOING TO THE RESTROOM OR MAKING BREAKS OR, YOU KNOW, GOING TO THE GUIDANCE CENTER OR WHATEVER.
SO YOU KIND OF HAVE A RECORD OF SOMEBODY THAT MIGHT BE HAVING AN ISSUE WITH THAT KIND OF THING ONLINE.
UH, ONE OF THE REPS SAYING THAT THAT IS AN IMPORTANT ISSUE, BUT VAPING ONLINE, HE SAID VAPING IS NOT ON THE AGENDA, SO WE SHOULD NOT BE TALKING ABOUT IT, IS THE IMPORTANT TOPIC BEFORE A FUTURE TOPIC ALL.
AND THEY'RE ASKING, ARE WE CIRCLING BACK TO CELL? CIRCLING BACK TO CELL PHONE, IS THERE ANYTHING MORE TO SAY ABOUT CELL PHONES THERE? NOBODY ELSE ON THE AGENDA? I, OH, UM, OVER HERE ON THIS, UH, TABLE, WE HAVE COPIES OF OUR 2024 COMMUNITY
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REPORT.SO GRAB SOME OF THOSE ON THE WAY OUT.
ALSO STATE THE DATE, THURSDAY, APRIL 10TH, UM, WE WILL BE MOVING A MEETING TO TOGETHER.
WE WILL PUT FEEDBACK ON DRAFT, HOWEVER, THE NEXT
UM, SO BROUGHT SOME OF THOSE TWO AND I'LL SEND THAT OUT BY EMAIL NEXT WEEK.
DO WE HAVE FUTURE TOPICS? YES, MA'AM.
SUBSTITUTE CONTRACTS AND THE WAY ESF IS WORKING, SO THIS COMES UP AT EVERY MEETING, SO I ACTUALLY SIGNED UP TO DO IT.
I WENT THROUGH THE PROCESS AND I'VE BEEN SUBBING FOR THE LAST MONTH AT THREE OF THE SCHOOLS IN OUR AREA.
UM, AND I CANNOT TELL YOU HOW ENLIGHTENING I'VE BEEN AN INVOLVED PARENT FOR YEARS, BUT BEING IN A CLASSROOM HAS BEEN SO EYE-OPENING IN HUGE WAYS.
AND THERE'S SMALL THINGS ABOUT THE PROGRAM THAT I THINK WE CAN CHANGE AT A COUNTY LEVEL.
THINGS LIKE MY KIDS GO TO HILTON HEAD IB, BUT IF I WANNA SUB AT THE EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER, I HAVE TO BE THERE AT SEVEN 15 AND MY KIDS CAN'T BE AT IB ANY SOONER THAN SEVEN 15.
SO WE'VE WORKED IT OUT WHERE THERE'S A BUS THAT TAKES THE STUDENTS OF TEACHERS WHO WORK AT ECC OVER TO IB AND THEY'RE LETTING MY KIDS GO ON IT.
BUT THINGS LIKE THAT, THE TRANSPORTATION AND TIMING ISSUE, ESPECIALLY IF WE'RE TRYING TO HIGHLIGHT PARENTS WORKING AS SUBS.
AND THEN THERE ARE BIGGER THINGS, LIKE WE HAVE A LOT OF RETIREES.
MY MOM SUBBED LAST YEAR, UM, AND IT'S EXHAUSTING IF WE HAD MORE HALF DAYS SET UP, WOULD TEACHERS RATHER HAVE A HALF DAY OF COVERAGE SOMEWHERE THAN NOT HAVE ANYBODY AT ALL? I SEE.
I'M ONLY SET UP FOR THOSE SCHOOL THREE SCHOOLS, UH, CREATIVE ARTS, IB, AND BCC.
AND EVERY DAY THERE'S AT LEAST SIX OPENINGS BETWEEN THOSE THREE SCHOOLS THAT ARE JUST NOT BEING FILLED.
SO IF WE COULD HAVE MORE CREATIVE LICENSE WITH HOW THAT'S SET UP, EITHER HALF DAYS OR APART OR WHATEVER IT WILL BE, UM, OR MORE FLOATERS OR MORE BUILDING BASED SUBS BEING PUT IN THERE.
BUT BEING IN IT, I'VE SEEN SO MUCH MORE OF WHAT THE NEED IS AND HOW BADLY IT'S NEEDED TO YOU TOPICS.
SO, SO I, THE OTHER TOPICS AND, UH, I'M, I'M SPEAKING AS A RELATIVE DUTY, BUT MAYBE A FUTURE TOPIC, WE CAN HAVE A DISCUSSION.
IS THE DISCIPLINARY STRUCTURE EFFECTIVE AND MINIMIZING SOME OF THE CHALLENGES THAT YOU HAVE IN THE CLASSROOM? HEATHER COMMENTS? WE'RE GONNA HOLD A JOINT SIC MEETING LOOKS NOT.
WE WOULD BE OKAY FOR, UH, MEET A BOARD TOPIC, POSSIBLE TOPICS AFTER THAT MEETING.
WELL, I'M HEARING NO, UNLESS THERE'S AN OBJECTION BE SAID AT FUTURE, THEY'RE GONNA HAVE A, UH, SIC MEETING AND THEN THEY WILL HAVE FUTURE TOPICS AND THEY CAN GET IT TO US LATER ON.
THEY DON'T HAVE TO ALL COME TO THAT.
WE WILL, WE WILL SCHEDULE ANOTHER JOINT SIC BOARD MEETING, HEARING NO OBJECTIONS.
THEN BY UNANIMOUS CONSENT, THE MEETING IS ADJOURNED.