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COMMITTEE MEETING, APRIL 22ND, 2025, STARTING AT 4:00 PM DISTRICT EDUCATIONAL SERVICES CENTER.
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CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION PRESENTATION.
AND I, I HAVE THE HONOR THIS AFTERNOON TO BRING FORWARD KAREN GILBERT.
SHE'S OUR DIRECTOR FOR CAREER TECHNICAL EDUCATION.
SHE'S PUT TOGETHER A VERY GOOD PRESENTATION THAT I'D LIKE TO SUMMARY, AND THE PRESENTATION SHOULD BE PART OF YOUR PACKET.
YOU'LL ALSO HAVE A MODIFICATION OF, AND UPDATE THIS AT OUR WORK SESSION.
OUR GOAL IS TO SHOW YOUR PATHWAYS DECISION MAKING PROCESS THAT'S UTILIZED WITHIN GRID TECHNICAL EDUCATION.
AND THEN HELP YOU SEE HOW WE PULLED TOGETHER WORK FROM ACADEMICS TO WORK FROM REFERENDUM TO SHOW US HOW WE INTEGRATE OUR EFFORTS HERE AT THE DISTRICT.
SO WITH THAT, MRS. GILBERT, OKAY.
NOW WE ARE USING GRANT TECH RESOURCES AND OPTIONS TO PREPARE OUR STUDENTS.
WOULD IT BE OKAY? UH, WOULD YOU LIKE TO FILL UP THIS SLIDE PRESENTATION? UH, OR WE CAN REFERENCE IT.
AND GOOD EVENING TO, UH, BOARD MEMBERS ONLINE.
SO, PART OF OUR OVERALL CT MISSION IS, IS ON THAT FIRST SLIDE, IS NOT ONLY TO, UM, HELP PROVIDE RESOURCES FOR FEDERAL, STATE, AND LOCAL.
THAT'S GOING TO SUPPORT OUR STUDENTS TO MAKE MORE INFORMED DECISIONS ABOUT WHAT THEY WANNA APPLY THEIR, THEIR NICHE IN LIFE.
BUT IT'S, IT ALSO, IT'S TWOFOLD THAT WE ARE TRULY PREPARING THE SKILLED WORKFORCE THAT IS GOING TO ALSO, HOPEFULLY, IF THEY LIVE AND WORK, UH, AND THEN COME BACK INTO OUR COMMUNITY TO, UH, TO STAY.
IT'S CONTRIBUTING TO THE ECONOMY.
SO, CAREER TAKE, ED DOES A LOT OF BENEFITS FOR OUR STUDENTS.
SO WE'LL JUST HIT SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS.
AND THEN AGAIN, I'M, I'M GLAD WE'LL BE ABLE TO SHARE IT AT THE FULL BOARD WORK SESSION.
AND IF YOU HAVE ANY FEEDBACK THAT YOU THINK, UH, WE'LL ALSO NEED FOR FRIDAY, UH, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT.
AND MS. COURTNEY, CAN YOU HEAR ME OKAY? YES, I CAN.
SO I DIVIDED THIS UP, AND AGAIN, WE'LL JUST, WE'LL HIT HIGHLIGHTS ON FRIDAY, BUT I DIVIDED UP INTO THREE, UH, MAJOR TOPIC AREAS, UH, FOR OUR NEW BOARD MEMBERS.
IT'LL BE WHAT IS CAREER AND TECH ED, AND HOW WE HAVE IT STRUCTURED HERE IN BEAUFORT COUNTY.
AND THEN WE'LL LOOK AT WHAT ARE SOME QUALITY COMPONENTS THAT MAKE FOR GOOD PATHWAYS, SOLID PATHWAYS.
STRATUS NOTED, WHERE ARE WE GOING WITH THIS? WHAT'S IT GONNA LOOK FIVE TO 10 YEARS FROM NOW? AND, UH, THERE'S SOME MAJOR, UM, THINGS ON THE HORIZON THAT THE STATE IS MAKING THAT I THINK IT'S GONNA BE A POSITIVE IMPACT.
UH, AND SO WE, WE'VE, UH, GAVE IT, YOU KNOW, EDUCATION, WE GIVE IT
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THEMES OR, OR, SO WE'RE CALLING IT, UH, EXPLORERS, DRIVES, AND ACCELERATES KIND OF ALONG THE LINES OF, UH, A VEHICLE BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE HELPING OUR YOUNG PEOPLE TO NAVIGATE THE WORLD OF COLLEGE AND CAREER AND, AND, UH, FUTURE WORK.AND, UH, I WOULD SAY FOR OUR NEW BOARD MEMBERS, MS. FRAZIER AND DR. CARTER, IT'S, UH, IT TRULY IS FOR ALL KIDS.
IT IT CAN BE FOR THAT STUDENT WHO WANTS TO GO STRAIGHT TO WORK WHEN THEY GRADUATE.
IT CAN BE FOR STUDENTS WHO WANNA GO ON COLLEGE.
AND OUR PATHWAYS CAN ALSO SERVE OUR, OUR STUDENTS WHO WANNA ENROLL IN THE MILITARY.
SO IT, IT REALLY IS, WE, WE SERVE THE GAMUT.
WE'RE VERY, UM, INDICATIVE OF OUR STUDENT POPULATION AS FAR AS DEMOGRAPHICS.
AND WE ARE AVERAGING RIGHT NOW, UH, WE HAVE A LITTLE OVER 8,000 COURSE ENROLLMENTS AND ABOUT 4,000 STUDENTS, UH, THAT TAKE ONE OR MORE UNDUPLICATED COUNT.
SO IT'S A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER THAT WE'RE SERVING.
AND IF YOU'LL SEE TO THE SIDE, THOSE ARE JUST, YOU'LL HEAR OF THIS, THOSE ARE KEY COMPONENTS THAT IN ORDER FOR US TO RECEIVE FEDERAL, STATE DOLLARS, UH, THESE ARE THINGS THAT WE NEED TO INCORPORATE.
SO IT'S NOT JUST A ONE DONE COURSE, IT CAN BE FOR A LOT OF OUR STUDENTS, BUT, UH, TRULY THEY CAN, UH, STAY WITH A PATHWAY OF INTEREST AND HAVE SOME OF THESE AREAS THAT THEY CAN FOCUS ON TO HELP THEM HAVE A QUALITY EXPERIENCE BY THE TIME THEY GRADUATE.
SO WE'LL HIT ON, UH, UH, SEVERAL OF THOSE.
SO WE'LL START WITH THE EXPLORERS.
EXPLORERS IS OUR MIDDLE GRADES.
UM, THE REASON WE SAY MIDDLE GRADES, WE RECEIVE FUNDING FROM THE FEDERAL AND STATE, UH, CTE GRANTS THAT START WITH SIXTH GRADE.
NOW, OBVIOUSLY, WE ARE HELPING DO SOME AWARENESS WITH OUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL COUNSELORS AND SO ON.
BUT AS FAR AS ACTUAL COURSE OFFERINGS THAT STATE APPROVED, THEY START IN THE SIXTH GRADE.
AND IT'S TRULY ABOUT HELPING THEM TO START FIGURING OUT, WELL, YOU KNOW, WHAT, WHAT ARE THEY LIKE, WHAT ARE THEY INTERESTED IN? HOW IS THAT GONNA TIE INTO WHAT THEY TAKE AT THE HIGH SCHOOL? UM, IT, WE HAVE SOME, UH, RESOURCES IN PLACE.
ONE OF 'EM IS CALLED PATH FULL, AND IT'S WHERE OUR STUDENTS CAN TAKE, UH, SEVERAL CAREER INTEREST INVENTORIES, AND THEN THAT HELPS THEM.
AND THE PARENTS HAVE SOME NICE REPORTS ABOUT WHERE THEY THINK THEY MIGHT, UH, WANNA TRY TO TAKE SOME HIGH SCHOOL COURSES THAT ALIGN TO THEIR, WHAT'S CALLED THE IGP.
AND THEN ANOTHER AREA THAT WE FOCUS ON AND WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE IS STEM.
SO WE HAVE SEVERAL EXPLORATORY COURSES THAT STUDENTS CAN TAKE ON HOW STUFF WORKS, HOW, HOW DOES A, HOW IS A BRIDGE MADE, HOW, HOW IT'S A LITTLE BIT OF CODING AND ROBOTICS.
UH, WHAT CAN THAT LEAD TO FOR PROGRAMMING.
UM, AND THEN THERE'S A, A NATIONAL CURRICULUM PROVIDER CALLED PROJECT LEAD THE WAY.
UH, IT'S A, A VERY WELL KNOWN.
AND WE ARE A PROJECT LEAD THE WAY DISTRICT.
AND SO WE USE THAT FOR A LOT OF OUR MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOL CURRICULUM.
THEN WE START TO REALLY GET INTO WHERE WE'RE DRIVING STUDENTS TO HELP THEM TO GET ACROSS
SO, UM, AS YOU KNOW, DR. RODRIGUEZ, I'M SURE YOU'VE HEARD THIS, 75, 75, 92.
UM, WELL, I REALLY THINK OUR CAREER IN TECH ED OPTIONS HELPED CONTRIBUTE TO THAT.
FOR EXAMPLE, OUR GRADUATION RATE LAST YEAR FOR CAREER AND TAKE ED KIDS WHO STARTED NINTH GRADE WITH HER COHORT, THEY TOOK CTE PATHWAYS.
AND BY THE TIME THEY GRADUATED, WE HAD A 98% PASS RATE.
AND IF YOU SAY, WELL, KAREN, THE DEVIL'S IN THE DETAILS, WELL, THAT WAS 971 STUDENTS THAT STARTED IN NINTH GRADE WITH HER COHORT, AND THEY HAD SOME TYPE OF TECHNICAL CAREERS FOCUS AND THEY GRADUATED.
SO TYPICALLY STATEWIDE, REALLY NATIONWIDE, STUDENTS WHO PARTICIPATE IN THESE PATHWAYS TEND TO WANNA STICK WITH IT BECAUSE OF SOME OF THE ENGAGING TOOLS.
UM, WE, UH, UH, HAVE, UH, MULTIPLE PATHWAYS.
WE HAVE 25 ACROSS ALL OF OUR SIX HIGH SCHOOLS AND AN ADDITIONAL EIGHT THAT IS SHARED WITH THEIR BUFORD, JASPER, UH, ACADEMY FOR CAREER EXCELLENCE.
WE HAVE, AS FAR AS OUR STRUCTURE, UH, OVER THE YEARS, WE'VE BUILT A WING OR A BUILDING ON THE CAMPUS OF MAY RIVER HIGH SCHOOL AND BATTERY CREEK HIGH SCHOOL.
AND WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE REFERENDUM, YOU'RE GONNA HEAR HOW THAT'S GONNA, UH, EXPAND.
AND THEN, OF COURSE, CERTIFICATIONS ARE IMPORTANT.
UM, WE, WE WANT OUR STUDENTS WHEN THEY WALK ACROSS THE STATE, NOT ONLY TO GET THAT HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA, BUT TO HAVE SOME INDUSTRY RECOGNIZED CERTIFICATIONS AS PART OF PORTFOLIO.
UM, ALSO YOU MIGHT HEAR OF DECA OR HOSA OR FBLA SKILLS.
THIS IS ACTUAL FEDERAL AND STATE FUNDING, AS WELL AS LOCAL DOLLARS THAT HELP OUR STUDENTS IF THEY WANNA COMPETE LOCALLY AND NATIONALLY.
UM, ONE OF THE PICTURES THAT WAS ON THAT FIRST SLIDE WAS OF A MAY RIVER HIGH SCHOOL, UH, STUDENT FEMALE.
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UM, THIRD FOR HER RENDITION OF A SCULPTURE TO AS TRIBUTE TO NINE 11.SO YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE THE, THE TWO, UM, TWIN TOWERS.
UH, HER TEACHER INSTRUCTOR, MR. CHILDRE, SAID SHE SHOULD HAVE GOT FIRST PLACE.
UM, THERE ARE SOME EXCITING THINGS TAKING PLACE AT THE STATE LEVEL THAT'S ALSO ALIGNING NICELY WITH WHAT WE'RE DOING WITH OUR LOCAL REFERENDUM WORK.
SO ONE THING IS IT'S AN UPDATED FRAMEWORK.
UH, RIGHT NOW, UH, WE USE A TOOL, UH, UH, TO, FOR, FOR STUDENTS TO SAY, I WANNA TAKE A WELDING CLASS FOR COURSES OR AUTOMOTIVE, OR A BUSINESS AND MARKETING COURSE.
IT'S PART OF COURSES THAT STATE APPROVED, AND IT'S SURROUNDED BY CLUSTERS.
UM, THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR USES THEM TO MANAGE, UH, DIFFERENT WORK, UM, CATEGORIES, WELL, THAT HAVEN'T BEEN U UPDATED FOR 50 YEARS.
SO, UH, THAT IS HUGE BECAUSE IT'S GONNA IMPACT SEVERAL WAYS OF HOW WE HAVE TO REPORT, BUT ALSO IT'S GONNA BE MORE UPDATED, MORE USER FRIENDLY.
ANOTHER HUGE THING THAT'S HAPPENING STARTING NEXT YEAR, J-R-O-T-C, WHICH, UH, WE'VE ALWAYS FELT IS IMPORTANT FOR OUR YOUNG PEOPLE.
AND, AND, AND FOR, UH, UH, BUILDING THOSE, UH, LEADERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES.
THEY'RE GOING TO BECOME OFFICIALLY AS A PATHWAY UNDER CAREER TECH ED STATEWIDE.
SO THAT'S GONNA BE A POSITIVE.
AND WE'VE ACTUALLY BEEN INCLUDING THEM FOR THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS WITH OUR PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND SO ON.
UM, ANOTHER AREA THAT'S, UH, I'M EXCITED ABOUT, UH, ONE OF OUR HIGH SCHOOLS, BLUFFTON HIGH SCHOOL IS SELECTED AS ONE OF, UH, 30 SITES ACROSS THE STATE FOR AN ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE PILOT.
WE HAVE SELECTED TEACHER THERE.
AND SHOUT OUT TO THE PRINCIPAL, MR. MATT HALL, UH, FOR BEING WILLING TO DO THIS.
AND THEN ONCE WE WORK THROUGH THE PILOT NEXT YEAR, THEN WE'RE EXCITED, WE'LL EXPAND THAT TO ALL SIX HIGH SCHOOLS.
UM, SO YOU'LL BE HEARING MORE ABOUT THAT IN THE FUTURE.
AND THEN ANOTHER NEW INITIATIVE LOCAL WISE IS WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT.
UH, LAST YEAR, THIS ACADEMIC COMMITTEE AND BOARD, UH, APPROVED FOR WHAT'S CALLED LOCAL BOARD WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT THROUGH, UH, EITHER TCL OR A LOCAL BUSINESS ORGANIZATION.
SO, UM, WE HAVE OUR FIRST, UH, GROUP GRADUATING FROM BE MEMORIAL.
I'LL SHOW YOU A A SLIDE OF THAT IN A SECOND.
AND THEN ALSO WE HAVE STUDENTS WHO GO OVER TO TCL TO DO THEIR CERTIFIED NURSING ASSISTANT, BUT NOW THEY CAN ALSO GET A WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT CREDIT.
WE WANNA EXPAND THAT TO IT STARTING, UH, IN THE FALL OF NEXT YEAR, UH, AS WELL AS OUR TRADES.
AND THEN LASTLY, WE'LL, WE'LL TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE REFERENDUM PROJECTS.
SO I JUST WANNA, I WON'T GO THROUGH THESE.
THIS IS JUST THAT NEW FRAMEWORK IF YOU NEED.
THEY, THE STATE IS RELEASING ALL KINDS OF FLYERS AND SO ON THAT THE SCHOOLS WILL BE ABLE TO USE.
BUT I DO LIKE THE WAY THEY'RE WORDING IT.
UH, IT, SO LIKE CULTIVATING SUSTAINABILITY, THAT'S GONNA BE OUR AGRICULTURE PROGRAMS THAT WE HAVE AT BARRY CREEK, MAYBE MORE ON DOWN THE ROAD.
THAT'S GONNA BE OUR BUILDING CONSTRUCTION, UH, TRADES, UM, ENGINEERING TOMORROW SOLUTIONS.
THAT'S, THAT'S OUR, OUR PRE-ENGINEERING PROGRAMS THAT WE HAVE.
SO I LIKE HOW THEY'RE GONNA PACKAGE THIS.
IT'S GOING TO MAKE IT MORE USER FRIENDLY FOR STUDENTS.
AND THEN IF YOU LOOK ON THE NEXT SLIDE, THIS IS A CROSSWALK.
I THOUGHT IT'D BE HELPFUL, UH, FOR EVERYONE TO SEE.
ON THE LEFT, YOU HAVE WHAT OUR CURRENT CLUSTER, THE FALL, AND AGAIN, THESE ARE STATE APPROVED, AND THEY HAVE MULTIPLE COURSES UNDERNEATH THEM THAT STUDENTS CAN TAKE ADVANTAGE OF.
AND WHY WE, I KEEP REITERATING STATE APPROVED IS BECAUSE WE WANT THESE STUDENTS TO BE ABLE TO PUT THAT ON THEIR HIGH SCHOOL TRANSCRIPT FOR VARIOUS REASONS.
SO ON THE RIGHT, YOU'LL SEE THE CHANGES.
AND, UH, WHERE YOU HAVE IN GREEN, IT'S PRETTY COOL IN THAT, UH, INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES THAT'LL BECOME DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES, YOUR BUSINESS, YOUR MARKETING, THOSE ARE GONNA BE WHAT THEY CALL CROSS, CROSS, UH, SECTORS, WHICH MAKES SENSE.
IF I'M GONNA GO INTO WELDING AND I WANNA EVENTUALLY O OWN MY OWN WELDING BUSINESS, IF I TAKE AN ENTREPRENEURSHIP COURSE, THAT CAN COUNT IN MY PATHWAY.
SO, OR IF I WANNA LEARN HOW TO MARKET, WHATEVER IT IS THAT I'M GONNA DO.
AND OBVIOUSLY THE DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES IS HUGE BECAUSE EVERY JOB THAT WE CAN THINK OF NOW HAS SOME TYPE OF ADVANCING TECHNOLOGIES.
UM, ANOTHER HUGE ONE I'LL CALL TO YOUR ATTENTION.
UM, STEM WILL NO LONGER BE A CLUSTER UNTO ITSELF.
THEY'RE ROLLING THAT UNDER ADVANCED MANUFACTURING.
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I HAVE PLENTY OF, UH, OTHER HANDOUTS THAT THE STATE IS PROVIDING THAT, THAT, THAT THE SCHOOLS WILL BE USING.AND THEN ON THIS NEXT SLIDE, THIS JUST GIVES YOU A DEFINITION OF WHAT THE CERTIFICATIONS ARE GOING TO LOOK LIKE FOR OUR ACCOUNTABILITY.
SO, JUST SO YOU KNOW, AS BOARD MEMBERS FOR THE REPORT CARDS THAT YOU HEAR ABOUT, UM, THEY'VE ONLY HAD TO BE A CAREER AND TAKE A COMPLETER WITH ONE INDUSTRY CERTIFICATION.
SO STARTING THIS YEAR WITH NINTH GRADE AND NINTH AND 10TH GRADERS NEXT YEAR, WHICH WE'LL HAVE TIME TO IMPLEMENT IT, UH, THERE WILL BE MULTIPLE CERTIFICATIONS BASED ON THEIR PATHWAY THAT, UH, THEY'RE GONNA ENCOURAGE.
AND WE'RE IN GOOD SHAPE BECAUSE WE HAD OVER 1400, UH, CERTIFICATIONS EARNED LAST YEAR.
SO I FEEL GOOD THAT WE'RE GONNA BE, UH, ON TARGET WITH THAT.
IF YOU'LL TAKE A LOOK AT, UH, THIS SLIDE, UH, ON BUSINESS COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS, I CAN'T STRESS ENOUGH JUST HOW IMPORTANT, UH, THEY ARE TO THE SUCCESS OF OUR STUDENTS AND OUR TEACHERS.
UH, WE HAVE A MANY, UH, UH, LOCAL EMPLOYERS, UH, THEY SERVE IN DIFFERENT WAYS.
THEY'LL COME INTO OUR CLASSROOMS TO SPEAK TO OUR STUDENTS.
THEY PARTICIPATE IN A LOT OF OUR CAREER FAIRS THAT OUR CAREER DEVELOPMENT FACILITATORS, UH, DO.
UH, BUT WE JUST, WE CAN'T SAY ENOUGH ABOUT THOSE PARTNERSHIPS.
AND THEY PROVIDE FOR MYSELF AND, AND MY COORDINATOR, RALPH TY, AN OPPORTUNITY FOR FEEDBACK ON, ARE WE ON THE RIGHT TRACK? THIS IS JUST TWO EXAMPLES.
UM, IF YOU GO TO WWW LOWCOUNTRY JOBS NOW.ORG, THERE'S A NEW INITIATIVE OF THE HILTON HEAD AND BLUFFTON CHAMBER.
THEY'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS FOR ABOUT A YEAR, AND THEY'RE MODELING IT AFTER A GREENVILLE COUNTY WEBSITE.
UM, IT HOUSES NOW ALL, UH, OPPORTUNITIES FOR SUMMER WORK OR AFTER SCHOOL WORK, OR PART-TIME WORK.
AND IT'S NOT JUST FOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS.
THEY'VE GOT A, UH, SECTIONS FOR COLLEGE STUDENTS, FOR VETERANS, FOR SENIORS.
AND SO A SHOUT OUT TO, UH, TOM, UH, HENS.
ALSO, WE HAD SEVERAL CAREER DEVELOPMENT FACILITATORS WORKING, UH, WITH HIS COMMITTEE.
SO WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE TO BUILD THAT.
AND WE'RE REALLY PUSHING, UH, FOR SOME OPPORTUNITIES FOR STUDENTS FOR THIS SUMMER.
THIS IS NOT THE ONLY WAY KIDS CAN DO INTERNSHIPS.
WE HAVE THE, UH, BEAUFORT COUNTY ADMINISTRATION.
THEY HAVE SEVERAL OPPORTUNITIES.
UH, THEY, WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THEM FOR A WHILE.
UM, BEAUFORT, JASPER SEWER AND WATER AUTHORITY.
UH, WE'VE, WE'VE HAD A LONGSTANDING PARTNERSHIP WITH THEM.
THE OTHER ONE I'M VERY PROUD OF IS BEAUFORT MEMORIAL HOSPITAL.
UH, THEY REACHED OUT, WHAT, A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO THAT DR.
REZ AND I SAT IN SOME, UH, PLANNING COMMITTEES.
AND SO WE HAVE 13 STUDENTS, UM, UH, THAT'LL BE GRADUATING ON MAY 13TH, UH, FROM FOUR DIFFERENT HIGH SCHOOLS.
AND THEY WILL EARN EITHER THEIR PATIENT CARE TECHNICIAN CREDENTIAL OR THEIR CERTIFIED MEDICAL ASSISTANT CREDENTIAL.
AND I CAN'T SAY ENOUGH ABOUT BE FOR MEMORIAL.
THEY'VE BEEN GOING ON TUESDAYS AND THURSDAYS.
UH, THEY WILL TRAIN WITH THE, THE, THE NURSES AND, UH, HEALTHCARE PEOPLE THERE.
THEY HAVE HIGH-END MANNEQUINS THAT THEY HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH.
THERE'S A GOOD VIDEO OUT THERE THAT I COULD, UH, SHARE WITH YOU.
BUT IT'S JUST A GREAT WAY TO HAVE MORE INTENTIONAL TARGETED TRAINING.
AND THEY'VE ALREADY NOTED THAT, UH, THEY WILL OFFER THOSE, UH, STUDENTS JOBS IF, IF THEY WANT TO, UH, WHEN THEY, NOT REQUIRED, BUT THEY CERTAINLY, UH, CAN MOVE STRAIGHT INTO EMPLOYMENT.
AND THEY HAVE A PROGRAM CALLED PATH PEOPLE ACHIEVING THEIR HIGHEST, THAT IF THEY STAY WITH BE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL FOR A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF TIME, THEY WILL PAY FOR THEM TO GO ON TO GET THEIR EITHER RN OR, UH, PHYSICAL THERAPIST, UH, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER IT IS THAT THEY'RE WANTING TO PURSUE.
SO, UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S A GREAT PARTNERSHIP AND I JUST, I SEE THIS GROWING.
UH, WE'LL DEFINITELY, UH, EXPAND THIS SOUTH OF THE, UH, BROAD WHEN WE, UH, OPEN UP OUR HEALTH SCIENCES AT, UH, HILTON HEAD.
AND, UH, I'D HAVE TO ALSO SAY MAY RIVER HIGH SCHOOL.
WE DO ALREADY HAVE OUR OWN IN-HOUSE NURSE AID PROGRAM THERE.
SO, UH, SHE, UH, THE TEACHER THERE DOES A PHENOMENAL JOB WITH THE STUDENTS.
SO, BUT, AND SHE DOES PARTNER WITH, UH, ENCOMPASS HEALTH FOR THE KIDS TO DO THEIR CLINICALS AND A COUPLE OF THE LOCAL, UM, HEALTHCARE FACILITIES.
SO, UH, JUST TWO EXAMPLES OF SOME GREAT PARTNERSHIPS.
SO THERE ARE NEW HEALTHCARE FACILITIES BEING BUILT IN BLUFFTON.
YES, AS WE SPEAK, YOU ARE, YOU ARE SPOT ON POSSIBILITIES FOR MORE STUDENTS TO GET INVOLVED, ENGAGED.
AND, UH, JUST FROM EVERYTHING I HEAR FROM ALL OF THEM, THAT BEING ABLE TO HAVE THAT PIPELINE IS GONNA,
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UH, REALLY MAKE A DIFFERENCE.AND SPEAKING OF THAT, UH, THE LAST PART OF THIS OPEN UP QUESTIONS.
UM, I ALWAYS REMEMBER, UH, MR. STINGER WAS A FORMER BOARD, UH, UH, MEMBER AND CHAIRMAN.
AND, UH, JUST A, UH, I ALWAYS APPRECIATE IT.
AND HE SAID, KAREN, YOU HAVE TO ALWAYS PUT YOUR GOALS DOWN.
WHERE, WHERE ARE YOU GOING WITH YOUR VISION? AND THAT, THAT ALWAYS STUCK WITH ME.
AND SO, UH, THIS IS WHAT WE'RE GONNA BE WORKING TOWARD OVER THE NEXT FIVE WEEKS, YEARS.
AND, UH, OBVIOUSLY WE'RE GONNA ALIGN CTE COURSE OFFERINGS, UH, THAT, THAT MEET CURRENT, UH, LABOR MARKET DEMAND, BUT ALSO THE FUTURE.
UM, THAT INCLUDES THEN THAT SOME FLEXIBLE LEARNING SPACES.
AND WE'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT THAT MEANS FOR THE REFERENDUM.
OBVIOUSLY, WE WANNA INCREASE FOR ALL STUDENTS IF THEY, IF THEY'RE, IF THEY, THEY WANNA EARN SOMETHING WITHIN THOSE STACKABLE CREDENTIALS, WE WANNA MAKE SURE WE, UH, UH, HAVE THEM TO ACCESS THAT EMPLOYEE BUSINESS SKILLS.
UH, I, I'M SURE YOU ALL IN YOUR WORLD, UH, WE HEAR SO MANY EMPLOYERS SAY, YOU KNOW, IF SOMEONE CAN SHAKE MY HAND AND LOOK ME IN THE EYE AND PUT THE CELL PHONE DOWN, UH, YOU KNOW, HOW CAN WE HELP WITH THAT? SO WE, WE HAVE A LOT OF FEEDBACK ON THAT.
AND THEN AT THAT LAST ONE, OBVIOUSLY FOR DUAL ENROLLMENT, WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE TO HAVE THOSE PARTNERSHIPS WITH TCL AND USCB.
AND THEN THAT LAST ONE, I CAN'T STRESS ENOUGH, UH, SUPPORTING OUR HIGHLY QUALIFIED TEACHERS, QUALIFI.
WE CURRENTLY SERVE, UH, 84 TEACHERS ACROSS VERY DIVERSE, DIFFERENT CONTENT AREAS.
AND, UH, THEY'RE CRITICAL TO, UH, THE SUCCESS OF OUR PROGRAM.
SO IT TO, SO WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS? TO GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, I PURPOSELY WANTED TO INCLUDE, UH, THIS MAP OF BEAUFORT COUNTY, BECAUSE IF YOU, AS YOU ALL KNOW, WE'RE SPREAD OUT, UH, IT TAKES, WHAT, ABOUT AN HOUR AND 30 MINUTES TO GO FROM THE TIP END OF HILTON HEAD IF THEY WERE GOING UP TO SEABROOK.
AND WELL BRANCH, THAT'S ON A GOOD DAY WITH WITHOUT GRAPHIC READING MY MIND, UH, AT SEVEN.
SO, UH, AND WE ARE ADJACENT TO GOLD MINE WITH SAVANNAH, UH, WITH CHARLESTON, UH, OBVIOUSLY JASPER COUNTY WITH A, A PORT THAT'LL BE, UH, COMING ON BOARD IN THE NEAR FUTURE.
SO REALLY, BEFORD COUNTY, WE'RE POISED TO HAVE A LOT OF OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR YOUNG PEOPLE.
UM, SO THAT'S WHEN, WHEN YOU HEAR OF THESE PATHWAYS AND HOW WE HAVE SELECTED PATHWAYS, IT IS ALIGNED WITH, UH, DIFFERENT, UH, LOCAL MARKET NEEDS ASSESSMENTS THAT WE'VE DONE MEETING WITH BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY FOLKS.
UH, I'M PART OF A REGIONAL CT ADMINISTRATORS, UH, WITH JASPER HAMPTON AND COLLETON COUNTIES.
SO THESE ARE, THIS IS THE AREAS THAT WE'VE LANDED ON THAT WE FEEL LIKE WE KNOW THAT THERE'S GONNA BE GROWTH OR SUSTAINABILITY.
THERE'S ALREADY A NEED, A CRITICAL WORKFORCE SHORTAGE IN SEVERAL OF THESE.
SO, UH, IF YOU GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
UM, SO ONE WAY TO DO THIS IS THROUGH THE REFERENDUMS THAT HAS PASSED, AND WE'RE SO APPRECIATIVE OF THE COMMUNITY AND THEIR SUPPORT.
AND IF YOU'LL LOOK, JUST CALL IT UP JUST A LITTLE BIT.
IF YOU'LL, I TOOK THIS PICTURE A COUPLE WEEKS AGO.
DO YOU SEE THE VERY CORNER THERE THAT'S STICKING OUT ON THE SECOND FLOOR? I'M EXCITED.
THAT IS OUR NEW HEALTH SCIENCES, UH, WING BUILD THIS LAB THAT'S GONNA BE THERE.
SO, DOESN'T LOOK LIKE IT RIGHT NOW, BUT IT, IT'S, UH, IT'S COMING.
SO THE, ACTUALLY, THIS IS A GOOD SEGUE.
UH, IF YOU'LL PLEASE, UH, AND THOSE ARE ONLINE.
UH, WE'RE GOING TO SWITCH OVER TO THE EXECUTIVE SUMMARY.
I THOUGHT THAT WOULD BE, UH, A LITTLE BETTER AS FAR AS WHAT THE REFERENDUM WILL BE SUPPORTING.
WE'LL, WE'LL, WE'LL LOOK AT IT HERE.
AND FOR THOSE OF YOU ONLINE, WE'RE, WE'RE JUST LOOKING AT THE EXECUTIVE SUMMARY.
UM, SO IF YOU, UH, LOOK AT THE BOTTOM PAGE, UH, WE HAVE PATHWAYS THAT IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE'LL BE AVAILABLE IF NOT NOW.
UH, BUT OVER THE NEXT FIVE TO 10 YEAR PERIOD FOR ALL OF OUR HIGH SCHOOLS, WE, WE FEEL LIKE THAT'S IMPORTANT THAT ALL STUDENTS HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO SOME BUSINESS OR FINANCIAL SERVICES TYPE OF PATHWAYS OR COURSES.
IF IT'S NOT THE FULL PATHWAY, OBVIOUSLY, THAT ENTREPRENEURSHIP, UH, IF THEY WANT TO LEARN HOW TO OPEN UP THEIR OWN BUSINESS TO HAVE THOSE FOUNDATIONAL SKILLS AND MARKETING DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES NEEDS TO BE AVAILABLE FOR ALL OF OUR STUDENTS ACROSS ALL SIX HIGH SCHOOLS.
IT MAY LOOK A LITTLE DIFFERENTLY, UH, AS FAR AS IS IT CYBERSECURITY OR IS IT ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE? UH, THAT WE DEFINITELY WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S ACCESS FOR ALL STUDENTS FOR THAT, UH, THAT THIS IS A, A GOOD TIMING.
AND THIS, CHRIS BARRY, WE, WE HAVE SWITCHED OVER TO THE EXECUTIVE SUMMARY.
YOU CAN, YOU CAN LEAVE IT THERE.
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GREAT QUESTION.UH, WE HAD MAY RIVER TO COME ON BOARD, WHAT, TWO YEARS AGO.
COLONEL MC GUYER WITH AIR FORCE, JRTC.
SO WE HAVE TWO MARINE JCS, UH, TWO AIR FORCE JCS, AND, UH, ONE ARMY, AND ONE THAT, UH, SO WE'RE REPRESENTED AT ALL.
SO SPEAKING OF THAT, FOR HEALTHCARE, JRTC AND ENGINEERING, UM, DUE TO THE REFERENDUM AND THE SUPPORT FOR THAT, WE'RE THEN ABLE TO, TO, TO MEET THIS VISION OVER THE NEXT FIVE TO 10 YEARS.
BECAUSE, LIKE I SAID, FOR HEALTHCARE, UH, THERE'LL BE, THAT'S PART OF THE REFERENDUM PROJECT AT HILTON AND ISLAND HIGH SCHOOL.
UH, THEY'RE THE ONLY SCHOOL THAT HAS NOT HAD THE HEALTHCARE PATHWAY, SIMPLY FOOTPRINT.
THEY, THEY LITERALLY NOT HAD THE SPACE.
SO NOW THAT THEY WILL, AND THEN JRTC, WE, UH, AS PART OF BUILDING UP HAY RIVER, RIGHT NOW, THEY'VE BEEN, UH, OPERATING OUT OF
UH, SO THEY WILL, UM, UM, COME ON, UH, THEY'LL HAVE A, A NEW FACILITY THAT THEY'LL BE ABLE TO OPERATE OUT OF.
AND THEN FOR BLUFFTON, HEIM BLUFF, I, SAME, SAME WAY, THEIR ARMY, ROTC, UH, AS PART OF THE NEW REFERENDUM BUILDING, THEY WILL MOVE OUT TO THERE.
AND THEN ENGINEERING WILL BE, UH, WE'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO, UH, EXPAND, UH, AS PART OF THE REFERENDUM AT HILTON AND ISLAND HIGH SCHOOL.
AND I'LL EXPLAIN ON THE NEXT PAGE THAT LOOKS LIKE.
SO, ON THE SECOND PAGE, THIS IS WHERE WE GET INTO THE HUGE REFERENDUM PROJECTS, UH, THAT WENT, UH, THROUGH THE CITIZENS LED OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE.
UH, CAN'T SAY ENOUGH ABOUT THAT COMMITTEE AND THE QUESTIONS THAT THEY ASKED, UM, TO HELP MOVE FORWARD WHAT PROJECTS THEY FELT WAS GONNA BE IMPORTANT.
AND THEN, OF COURSE, OUR BOARD AND, AND DR.
SO I'M EXCITED TO SAY OVER THE NEXT FIVE TO 10 YEARS, OR REALLY FIVE YEARS, WE'RE GONNA HAVE A NEW CONSTRUCTION BUILDING PATHWAY AT BEAUFORT HIGH SCHOOL AND AT BLUFFTON HIGH SCHOOL.
AND THAT WILL COMPLIMENT THROUGH WHAT WE ALREADY HAVE AT BEAUFORT, JASPER CAREER ACADEMY.
SO, JUST LIKE WE DO WITH OUR WELDING PATHWAYS, WE HAVE ONE AT MAY RIVER BATTERY CREEK, AND IN THE MIDDLE OF ACE, WE'RE TRYING TO BE STRATEGIC IN HOW WE ARE OFFERING ACCESS FOR OUR STUDENTS.
AND SO WITH THIS BUILDING TRADES PROGRAM, IT'LL BE, UH, IN A, A BUILDING ON THE CAMPUS OF BLUFFING HIGH, ON BEAUFORT HIGH.
UH, IT'LL BE A BIG, HUGE SHOP AREA, AND WE WANT A MODERN TAKE ON IT.
UH, AS STUDENTS DO THE FOUNDATIONAL STUFF OF HOW TO USE THE EQUIPMENT AND HOW TO DO RESIDENTIAL CARPENTRY, THEY'RE GONNA BRANCH OUT THEIR SENIOR, JUNIOR AND SENIOR YEARS TO EITHER ELECTRICAL, PLUMBING, HVAC OR THE, THE, THE THROUGH BUILDING CONSTRUCTION.
SO, AND IS PARTNERING WITH OUR ALREADY EXISTING CIVIL ENGINEERING AND ARCHITECTURE.
SO FOR THOSE KIDS THAT WANNA GO ON TO SCHOOL, BUT THEY WANNA DO MORE OF THE DESIGN WORK, UM, I THINK IT'S GONNA BE A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM.
FOR WELDING AUTOMOTIVE, WE ALREADY HAVE, HAVE HAD THOSE PROGRAMS. THEY'VE BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL AT MAY RIVER, WE ARE JUST FINISHING OUT THE REFEREND PROJECTS BY HAVING AN EXPANSION FOR ADVANCED PROCESSES.
UM, I'M EXCITED ABOUT THAT THIRD BULLET FOR SMALL ENGINE AND MARINE TECHNOLOGIES THAT WILL COME ON AT HILTON HEAD ISLAND HIGH SCHOOL, UH, TO, UM, FOR YOUNG PEOPLE TO LEARN HOW TO DO NOT JUST THE TRADITIONAL, UH, MODELS, BUT ALSO MOVING INTO HYBRID, SOME ELECTRICAL.
UH, AND AGAIN, THIS WILL COMPLIMENT WITH WHAT ACE IS DOING.
SO AGAIN, WE'LL HAVE, UH, INCREASED ACCESS.
SO AT BUFORD HIGH LOUGHTON AND, AND NOW HILTON HEAD WITH THESE, UH, CTE BUILDINGS, IF YOU, IF YOU WANT OR ADVANCED TECHNICAL CENTERS, WE WILL HAVE A PUBLIC SAFETY FIREFIGHTER PROGRAM.
EVENTUALLY WE WILL ADD AN EMT FOCUS BECAUSE, AND TODD, WITH ALL OF OUR LOCAL FIRE DEPARTMENTS, THEY SAY YOU GOTTA HAVE BOTH, UH, PAIRED TOGETHER.
UH, THEY ALSO TELL ME THAT BY HAVING IT ADJACENT TO THE CONSTRUCTION TRADES PROGRAM, THEY SAID THAT WILL BE A GOOD COLLABORATION FOR THAT.
SO WE HAVE GREAT SUPPORT, UH, FOR THAT.
AND THEN FOR
UM, ANOTHER, UH, REFERENDUM PROJECT SUPPORTED WILL BE IN OUR FAMILY CONSUMER SCIENCES, AGAIN, AT BLUFFTON HIGH SCHOOL.
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SAY IT, WE, WE TRIED TO MAKE IT LOOK NICE, BUT THEY'VE BEEN OPERATING DOWN AN OLD HOME EC, UH, LAB, UH, THEY AND BEAUFORT HIGH SCHOOL, AND THEY'VE MADE IT WORK.BUT I'M EXCITED THAT THROUGH THIS REFERENDUM, THEY WILL HAVE A NICE NEW, MORE COMMERCIAL KITCHEN, UH, FOR BOTH BEAUFORT HIGH AND FOR, AND, AND AGAIN, IT JUST, IT'LL FREE UP SPACE IN THE EXISTING BUILDING.
SO IT'S NOT ADDING THE PROGRAM, IT'S JUST MODERNIZING THE LEARNING SPACES.
AND THEN CULINARY ARTS AT HILTON HEAD AND AT BEAUFORT HIGH THAT, UH, UH, AGAIN, HE'S BEEN OPERATING AT HILTON HEAD OUT OF A RENOVATED HOME EC LAB.
AND SO THIS, HE'S LOOKING FORWARD TO HAVING MORE OF A COMMERCIALIZED KITCHEN.
AND THAT'S GONNA TIE IN NICELY WITH OUR PARTNERSHIPS WITH THE LOCAL RESORTS.
AND THEN JUST LASTLY, I WANTED TO CALL YOUR ATTENTION TO SOME ADDITIONAL ADVANCED CT PATHWAYS, NOT SPECIFIC TO THE REFERENDUM, BUT COME THROUGH OTHER FUNDING SOURCES SUCH AS OUR FEDERAL AND STATE, UH, GRANTS.
BUT AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES, UH, SHOUT OUT, UH, TO THE TEACHER THERE AND THE PRINCIPAL, UH, THEY ADDED A GREENHOUSE FOR THE LAST REFERENDUM, AND SO IT'S GOING WELL THERE.
MEDIA TECHNOLOGY WAS ADDED AT, WELL BRANCH, EARLY COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL.
AND, UH, THE, THE TEACHER THERE IS REALLY EXCITED ABOUT BUILDING THAT PROGRAM FOR THEIR STUDENTS.
CYBERSECURITY THIS YEAR WAS ADDED TO BEAUFORT HIGH SCHOOL, SO NOW WE HAVE IT IN THREE STRATEGIC LOCATIONS AT HILTON HEAD, WELL BRANCH, AND IN BEAUFORT.
AND THEN, OF COURSE, I SHARED WITH YOU, OUR ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE WILL START AT BLUFFTON HIGH, AND THEN IT'LL EXPAND DRONE TECHNOLOGIES.
UH, IT IS NOW A STATE APPROVED PATHWAY, AND, UM, OUR FIREFIGHTER PROGRAM HAS BEEN USING THAT ALREADY.
UH, IT'LL NOW EXPAND TO BATTERY CREEK IN THEIR AEROSPACE PROGRAM.
SO WE'RE, WITH, WITH ALL THAT'S GOING ON, UH, WITH AIR, UH, DRONES, WE FELT LIKE THAT WOULD BE A GOOD FIT.
AND THEN LASTLY, A NEW PROGRAM THAT'S NOT REFERENDUM SPECIFIC, BUT, UH, WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT IS GLOBAL LOGISTICS AND SUPPLY CHAIN.
WE'RE GONNA START THE FIRST COURSE AT, WELL BRANCH EARLY COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL.
THE, WE HAVE TWO TEACHERS THAT ARE WILLING TO DO THE TRAINING, AND THEY'RE, THEY'RE EXCITED ABOUT DOING THAT.
AND EVENTUALLY THAT WILL LEAD WHEN THE STUDENTS BECOME SENIORS AND ARE CLOSE TO BECOMING 18, THEY'LL BE ABLE TO WORK FOR THEIR CDL LICENSE.
UH, WE'LL PARTNER WITH TCL ON THAT.
AND THEN JUST LASTLY, AT THE BOTTOM, YOU HAVE, UH, THESE ARE COURSES THAT ARE EXPLORATORY IN NATURE.
THAT'LL BE AVAILABLE TO ALL EIGHT OF OUR MIDDLE SCHOOLS.
UM, MEDICAL DETECTIVES, THE FUN ONE, SCIENCE OF TECHNOLOGY, COMPUTER SCIENCE, INNOVATORS AND MAKERS WILL CONTINUE TO OFFER, AS I SAID, THE DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES, THAT'S COMPUTER SCIENCE RELATED.
UM, THERE'S A GREAT, UH, INTRODUCTORY COURSE TO ALL THE CAREERS CALLED INTRO TO CAREERS.
AND THEN AT LADIES ISLAND MIDDLE SCHOOL, THEY HAVE BEEN TEACHING WHAT'S CALLED INTRO TO HEALTH PROFESSIONS.
DR. BROWN, UH, DOES A PHENOMENAL JOB WITH HER STUDENTS, UH, THERE, AND I'M EXCITED TO NOTE WE'RE GONNA BE ADDING THAT TO H MCCRACKEN MIDDLE SCHOOL, UH, FOR DR. WARD.
AND I THINK THAT'S GONNA BE A GOOD FIT.
AND THEN I, I ALMOST FINISH UP.
I FOUND, YOU KNOW, AI, YOU CAN FIND ALL KINDS OF QUOTES, BUT, AND I WANTED TO READ THIS OUT TO YOU BECAUSE I SAID, GOSH, THIS, THIS IS A PERFECT FIT FOR WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH.
SAYS TODAY, THE IMAGINARY LINE SEPARATING CAREER IN TECHNICAL ED AND TRADITIONAL CAREER READINESS ACTIVITIES RAPIDLY BLURRING.
THE QUESTION IS NO LONGER WHETHER LEARNERS SHOULD PURSUE CTE OR ACADEMIC EDUCATION, BUT RATHER HOW LEADERS IN EDUCATION ACROSS INDUSTRIES CAN LEVERAGE BOTH AVENUES TO SUPPORT YOUNG PEOPLE AND ACQUIRING THOSE VARIETY OF TECHNICAL SKILLS THAT THEY'RE GONNA NEED TO ACHIEVE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL MOBILITY IN THE YEAR TO DATE.
THAT'S FROM A, A FOR, UH, MAGAZINE QUOTE.
AND ON FRIDAY, UH, WE'LL, WE'LL SHARE WE TONIGHT, UH, BUT WE'LL SHARE A LITTLE, UH, TWO OR THREE MINUTE VIDEO ON US.
UH, IT SHOWS SOME OF OUR CTE STUDENTS AND TEACHERS, BUT, UM, I HOPE I'LL, I'LL OPEN IT UP TO QUESTIONS.
UH, IT'S, UH, WHAT DO YOU THINK? ARE WE ON THE RIGHT TRACK? UM, UM, WHAT CAN I ANSWER FOR YOU? BE CONFIDENT YOU'RE ON THE RIGHT TRACK.
LOOKING AT THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS THAT ARE INVOLVED AND SUCCESS RATES AND OPENING UP NEW AVENUES AND NEW OPPORTUNITIES, REVAMPING SPACE, AND JUST WHERE WE'RE GOING.
I THINK, MIKE, CHECK, YOU GUYS HAVE DONE A GREAT JOB, UM, LOOKING AT WHERE WE WERE 10 YEARS AGO, UM, LOOKING AT WHERE THE STUDENTS ARE 10, 10 YEARS AGO TO NOW, AND WHAT THEY CAN ACHIEVE.
BUT, UM, GIVING THEM THE TOOLS, AND THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE DOING.
WHEN YOU LOOK AT, UM, WHAT THE TEACHERS ARE REQUESTING
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IN THE BUILDING TO THEIR KIDS, UH, YOU'RE MAKING SURE THEY, AND THE ONLY WAY THEY CAN GET HANDS ON, AND IT HAS TO BE, YOU KNOW, IN THE STUDENT SCHOOL, LIKE WORK A THOUSAND MINUTES.SO I, I, I APPRECIATE ALL THAT YOU GUYS DO.
BUT I ALSO GIVE THOSE SICK KIDS.
BECAUSE THESE PROGRAMS, YOU KNOW, BUT, UM, I'VE MET, I TRULY, TRULY, AS A FORMER TEACHER AND EDUCATOR IN BE COUNTY, UM, THAT SO RISE UP, STILL RISE UP MM-HMM
AND, UH, THAT'S WHAT THE KIDS ARE DOING.
AND I THINK WE'RE SHOWING THEM THAT WE ARE APPRECIATE WHAT THEY ARE DOING, MEAN THE TEACHERS WAS, MAKE SURE THIS HAS IT.
THANK, NO, THANK ALL OF YOU, UH, FOR WHAT YOU'RE DOING.
CHAIR, IF I COULD BRING FORWARD JUST A FEW POINTS.
ONE, THIS YOUNG LADY HAS HAD A HANDS-ON BEHIND THE SCENES FOR TWO REFERENDUMS, AND I DIDN'T, I WOULD BE REMISS NOT TO MAKE COMMENT OF HERSELF.
MR. LAT, THE SPECIFIC WORK THAT THEY DO, IT'S WHAT I CALL BEHIND THE CURTAIN.
THEY DO THE ALIGNMENT, THEY SHARE THE DATA POINTS OVER TO OPERATIONS AT THE DEVELOPMENT OF REFERENDUMS. BUT THEN NOT ONLY THAT, IT IS THE EXECUTION OF STAFFING AND FILLING THAT SPACE.
THEY TURN OVER A SHOW, SHE MAKES IT LIVE.
UM, WHEN LOOKING AT THE PRESENTATION COMPONENT, WHEN THIS GILBERT WAS TALKING ABOUT EXPLORATION, I WANTED TO RECOGNIZE WE ALSO HAVE PROJECT LAUNCH AT ELEMENTARY.
THE IDEA FOR THAT ACTUALLY CAME FROM THROUGHOUT THE TIE IN KAREN.
AND THEN OUR CROSSWORK WAS CONDUCTED FOR THE SCIENCE STANDARDS THAT WERE REPRESENTED THERE, THERE.
AND, UM, NICK FLOWERS CONDUCTED THAT FOR US AT THE TIME, TO GET THAT LITTLE RIGHT LITTLE GUYS GET THAT TASTE, GET THAT TASTE.
IT'S GREAT TO SEE THE STATE IS STARTING TO ALIGN ITSELF, WHAT I CALL THE ENGINEERING CHALLENGES.
YOU FAMILIAR WITH THEIR WORK? YOU'LL SEE THAT THE LANGUAGE THAT THEY'RE USING ON THEIR NEW PATHWAYS.
BUT WE WON'T BE ABLE TO DO THIS WITHOUT PUSHING FORWARD THE CTE TEACHERS AND LEGISLATION.
SO YOUR VOICE IS NEEDED AT TIMES.
THERE'S LEGISLATION UP FOR ONE MORE SIGNATURE TO GIVE THOSE IN THE PROFESSIONAL WORLD, THAT OPPORTUNITY FOR YEARS OF SERVICES, THEY COME INTO EDUCATION, THEIR YEARS OF SERVICE SHOULD BE NO DIFFERENT THAN THEY'RE AN EXPERT IN THE FIELD.
SO I, I JUST WANNA BRING THAT FURTHER, DRAW THAT TO YOUR ATTENTION.
THE ACCOUNTABILITY COMPONENT OF CAREER, COLLEGE CAREER READINESS ARE HIGHEST IN THE DISTRICT HISTORY HAS BEEN AT THE WORK OF BEING METHODICAL AT WORK AND WORKING WITH THE SCHOOL SITES.
AND TO CLOSE, WE HAVE CHOICE APPLICATION SEASON.
WE'RE JUST UNDER A THOUSAND APPLICATIONS.
IT IS THE HIGHEST WE'VE HAD UNDER OUR TENURE.
AND OF THAT 168 ARE STUDENTS, UM, NEW OR TURNING BACK INTO THE DISTRICT.
THIS IS DATA THAT I LOOKED AT RIGHT AS I, EACH OF YOU WERE ARRIVING INTO YOUR ROOM.
BUT THAT IS THE HIGHEST WE'VE HAD OF STUDENTS OF APPLICATIONS BACK TO US, PRIVATE SCHOOL, OUTTA STATE, MOVING HERE AND, AND COMING.
NEW LITTLE ONES COMING IN INTO US FROM PRIVATE SCHOOL AS WELL.
THAT'S KUDOS TO THE WORK THAT OUR SYSTEM IS DOING.
I WANTED TO SHARE THAT WITH YOU.
IS THAT, CAN I SAY THAT? CAN I SAY SOMETHING? YES.
UM, YOU ASKED WHETHER YOU WERE GOING ON THE RIGHT TRACK.
WELL, DEFINITELY THIS IS, YEAH.
PUT US ALL ON THE RIGHT TRACK.
AND, UM, I HAVE A NIECE IN A PROGRAM.
SHE GOES TO THE, TO THE ACE, BUT SHE'S IN THE MTMM, UH, EMT PROGRAM, UM, WHERE SHE'S DOING, UM, CLINICALS AT BEAUTIFUL MEMORIAL HOSPITAL.
SHE'S RIDING ON THE EMT TRUCK AND SHE'S GRADUATING THIS YEAR FROM, UH, WILL BRANCH HIGH.
AND SHE'S REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THIS OPPORTUNITY THAT SHE'S DOING.
AND, UM, YEAH, WE DEFINITELY ON THE RIGHT TRACK.
UM, AT SOME OF THE, THE SCHOOLS WHERE YOU WAS DIFFERENT COURSES I HAD, RIGHT? IF, IF, IF THE SCHOOL DOESN'T CARRY A COURSE THAT, UH, A STUDENT WANT, THERE'LL BE BUS TO ONE OF THE OTHER CTES.
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THAT'S ACTUALLY THE APPLICATION PROCESS.BUT I'M GONNA LET MS. GILBERT GO A LITTLE DEEPER.
SO WE, THAT IS PART OF OUR CHOICE APPLICATION WORLD.
IF AN EXISTING PROGRAM RESIDES AT YOUR HOME OR YOUR ZONE SCHOOL, OKAY.
YOU DON'T HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO APPLY OUT.
BUT MRS. GILBERT IS THE EXPERT.
'CAUSE SHE'S BEEN WORKING VERY HARD TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE A TITLE ALIGNMENT.
SO GREAT QUESTION, MR. GORDON.
UH, AT THIS TIME, UNLESS IT'S A GRANT SPECIFIC, FOR EXAMPLE, MEDTECH SEVEN HAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE TRANSPORTATION.
BUT FOR PARENTS WHO WANT TO CHOICE THEIR STUDENT IN TO SAY THE WELDING PROGRAM AT BARRY CREEK OR MAY RIVER, UH, TRANSPORTATION IS CURRENTLY NOT PROVIDED, UH, FOR THAT AVENUE.
THEY HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO, TO CHOICE IN, UH, TO PURSUE THAT TECHNICAL FIELD.
BUT, UH, NO, SIR, AT THIS TIME, TIME, WE'RE NOT PROVIDING THE TRANSPORTATION.
I KNOW FOR, FOR THE FEDERAL AND STATE FUNDS THAT, THAT I OVERSEE, WERE NOT, THAT'S NOT AN ALLOWABLE COST.
SO THAT WOULD HAVE TO BE SOMETHING AT THE LOCAL LEVEL.
BUT THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT FORWARD.
IT WOULD HAVE TO COME FROM GENERAL FUNDING.
THAT TIME IN PLACE OF CAPACITY OF THE SYSTEM IS A LITTLE CHALLENGING.
SO THAT'S WHY I, I'M GLAD YOU BROUGHT THAT UP, MR. GORDON, IN THAT, THAT'S WHY WE'VE KIND OF STRATEGICALLY TRIED TO DO SOMETHING IN THE NORTHERN PART OF THE COUNTY SOUTHERN PART.
AND THEN ALSO, UH, ALL OF OUR HIGH SCHOOLS HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY, JUST LIKE YOUR, UH, NIECE TO GO TO ACE, UH, TO PURSUE THAT AS WELL, TO AS FAR AS, UM, OUR GEOGRAPHICAL FOOTPRINT, IF YOU WILL.
UM, WHENEVER THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY, I'D LIKE TO SAY SOMETHING AS WELL.
CERTAIN, SAY, JUST LET ME, UH, FOLLOW UP WITH THIS REAL QUICKLY ABOUT THE TRANSPORTATION.
AND FOR YEARS, TRANSPORTATION HAS BEEN ONE OF THE KEY ISSUES THAT WE HAVE BECAUSE, I MEAN, WE HAVE TRANSPORTATION MONIES TO TRANSPORT OUR KIDS TO SCHOOL, UH, BACK HOME AGAIN.
UH, AND THEN SOME OF OUR KIDS WHO GO TO ACE, WE, WE PUT THAT BILL.
BUT THE ADDITIONAL COSTS OF TRANSPORTING OUR CHILDREN, UH, FROM ONE INSTITUTION TO THE OTHER IS A PHENOMENAL CAUSE.
AND IT'S NOT THAT THE, UH, SCHOOL DISTRICT DOES NOT WANT TO DO THAT.
WE JUST DON'T HAVE THE FUNDS TO DO THAT ON, NOT ON THE BASIS THAT THESE, UH, SOME OF THESE KIDS WOULD WANT TO DO.
BUT I DO SAY, UM, THAT OUR CHILDREN STILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO ATTEND DIFFERENT PROGRAMS. THEY REALLY DO.
UH, I CAN'T REMEMBER, 'CAUSE IT WAS BACK IN 92, MAYBE ROBIN CAN HELP, BUT, UH, WE DIDN'T HAVE THE FUNDS THAT WE HAVE NOW.
UH, THE KIDS WHO WENT TO ACE WENT THERE FROM THEIR HIGH SCHOOLS, THE BUSES TOOK THEM, AND WE, YOU KNOW, BROUGHT THEM BACK.
BUT AS FAR AS, UH, TAKING THEM TO OTHER VENUES, UM, WE JUST DIDN'T HAVE, UH, THE BUSES OR THE MONEY.
BUT I'M, I'M GLAD TO HEAR THAT THE PROGRAMS THAT WE DO HAVE, UH, AND THE TRANSPORTATION THAT IS ALLOWED IS OUR STUDENTS AN OPPORTUNITY TO PARTAKE AND GET THE SKILL SETS AND EVEN THE WHEREWITHAL, UH, ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT THEY WANT TO DO.
SO MAYBE ONE DAY WE'LL HAVE A BIG, YOU KNOW, UH, FUN BALANCE TO, UH, MAKE SURE THAT THE KIDS GO WHEREVER THEY WANNA GO.
AND I APPRECIATE THE MEANS OF WHAT YOU'RE TRYING TO, TO DO THIS AND PUTTING THEM IN THE AUTHOR BAR, SOCCER ABROAD AND, UH, AREAS.
BUT AGAIN, UH, OUR KIDS ARE TAKING ADVANTAGE OF IT, AND THAT'S A BIG HELP.
AND THEN, AND, AND MAYBE WE'LL GET SOME FUNDING ONE DAY MM-HMM
THAT CAN ACTUALLY PAY THE DRIVER, PAY THE GAS PAY, YOU KNOW, PAY FOR THE BUS BACK AND FORTH SO THAT THESE STUDENTS CAN, UM, GO WHEREVER THEY WANNA
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GO.AND, UH, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO MR. DALLAS THEN.
UM, I, I JUST WANT TO, UH, MECCA, UH, TWO OR THREE VERY BRIEF COMMENTS.
THE FIRST IS THAT THE LARGER COMMUNITY IS DEFINITELY NOTICING IN A CONVERSATION.
RECENTLY, I WAS PLEASED TO LEARN THAT THE HILTON HEAD ISLAND, BLUFFTON CHAMBER OF COMMERCE IS ALSO PARTNERING AND LOOKING TO PARTNER EVEN MORE WITH US.
UH, I THINK THAT'S A REAL BIG INDICATOR THAT PEOPLE ARE BEGINNING TO VIEW THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AS A SOURCE OF SUPERBLY TALENTED, TRAINED PEOPLE ACROSS SO MANY DIFFERENT SPHERES AND AREAS.
UH, THE OTHER THING IS, UH, PASTOR GORDON AND I WERE ABLE TO GO UP TO, UH, THE CAPITOL AND I THINK IT WAS APRIL 9TH OR 10TH, AND WE WERE ABLE TO MEET WITH, UH, SUPERINTENDENT ELLEN WEAVER, BUT ALSO MS. SUSIE SHARP OF THE, UH, SOUTH CAROLINA COUNCIL ON COMPETITIVENESS, MS. SHARP, PRESIDENT SHARP, UH, SHANNON, I'M SORRY, PRESIDENT SHANNON WAS GOING THROUGH ALL OF THE PHENOMENAL PROGRAMS THAT THE STATE, UH, IS DOING, EXECUTING.
AND SHE MENTIONED THAT SHE HAD SOMETHING GOING ON WITH BEAUFORT COUNTY, AND AS SHE EXPLAINED IT, UH, IT WAS WITH SUCH JOY AND, YOU KNOW, EXCITEMENT THAT MR. PASTOR GORDON AND I CALLED MS. GILBERT ON THE WAY BACK FROM COLUMBIA.
AND, UH, I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S BEEN COMPLETELY AND OFFICIALLY RULED, UH, UH, ANNOUNCED YET.
BUT THAT WAS A PHENOMENALLY, UH, INTERESTING PROGRAM THAT, UH, PRESIDENT SHANNON MENTIONED.
AND SHE WAS SO EXCITED ABOUT IT.
SO THERE'S SO MANY GOOD THINGS HAPPENING, AND I'M SUPERBLY DELIGHTED THAT THE WORLD OUTSIDE OF THE BEAUFORT COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT IS BECOMING MORE AND MORE AWARE.
SO, JUST WANTED TO SAY KUDOS FOR ALL THE WORK THAT'S TAKEN PLACE AND IS MUCH APPRECIATED AND PEOPLE ARE NOTICING.
UH, WHEN YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT THE ELEMENTARY PROGRAM, ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PROGRAM, I'VE TAKEN PEOPLE TO PORT ROYAL ELEMENTARY.
AND THE MOST IMPRESSIVE THING THAT MULTIPLE GROUPS HAVE TOLD ME THAT THEY SAW WAS THEY WENT INTO THE CLASSROOM WHERE THEY HAD THE THREE ROBOTS.
THEY HAD THEIR ROBOTS FOR THE KINDERGARTNERS, ROBOTS FOR THE THIRD GRADE, AND ROBOTS FOR THE FIFTH GRADE.
AND THEN WE WENT INTO A CLASSROOM, UH, A FIFTH GRADE CLASSROOM, AND THERE WAS A STUDENT AT THE SMART BOARD PROGRAMMING THAT ROBOT THAT BLEW THEIR MINDS BECAUSE THEY, THEY HAVE NEVER SEEN OR HEARD ABOUT ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
AND I WOULD RECOMMEND YOU USE THAT AS A A, IN YOUR BRIEFING AS TO WHAT'S GOING ON AT THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS TO GET THAT EXCITEMENT GOING AND HAVING THEM HAVE A PATH, STARTING THAT PATHWAY AT A VERY EARLY AGE, BECAUSE THAT SKILLSET THEY'LL USE NO MATTER WHAT FIELD THEY GO INTO.
SO THAT, THAT'S A VERY EXPRESSIVE PIECE.
ANYONE ELSE? YES, THAT'S VERY, AND NOT TO SOUND NEGATIVE OR ANYTHING, BUT FOR THE 163 STUDENTS THAT ARE GONNA RETURN BACK TO THE DISTRICT, OH, THEY'RE NEW FROM THE, OR NEW, THE ONES COMING BACK FROM PRIVATE SCHOOL, I WOULD LIKE MORE INFORMATION.
I'M JUST STARTING TO LOOK AT IT.
I'M GONNA WAIT TO FIND OUT THEIR, MY REPORT TO THE BOARD, COME AND REVIEW THE LETTERS OUT.
AND THEN WE CAN GIVE A REPORT THAT TO SAY ON THEIR ACCEPTANCE.
AND THEN WE COULD ALSO REPORT, WE GENERALLY REPORT OUT TO WHICH PROGRAMS AND WHICH SCHOOLS HAVE RECEIVED.
UM, SO THAT WILL BE A PART AS WE SUNSET THIS HAPPENED, APPEALS START AND CLOSE BY MAY 15TH.
I GENERALLY SAVED THAT FOR A JUNE PRESENTATION TO GIVE ALL THE DETAILS.
AND THEN WE HAVE A SECOND WINDOW THAT HAPPENS TOWARDS THE END OF JULY, BUT I'LL GET ONCE AGAIN FOR NEW PEOPLE MOVE INTO THE SYSTEM.
ANYONE ELSE? ANYONE ONLINE WOULD LIKE TO SAY ANYTHING? OKAY.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.
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I APPRECIATE IT.THANK YOU MR. GORDON, THE BOARD MEMBERS.
WE ALSO HAVE THIS EVENING PRESENTATION BY KAREN MCKINSEY TEACHING AND LEARNING.
SHE'S BRINGING FORWARD THREE ADMINISTRATIVE REGULATIONS FOR THE EDUCATION OF THE BOARD.
WE RECOGNIZE THAT ADMINISTRATIVE REGULATIONS ARE BROUGHT TO YOU FOR YOUR KNOWLEDGE.
THERE'S NO, UM, ACTION NECESSARY, BUT WE CAN BRING THEM FORWARD SO WE CAN HAVE YOUR INPUT.
SO WITH THAT, I'M GONNA TURN OVER THIS OVER TO MS. MCKINSEY.
THERE'LL BE IS TWO I SEVEN, INSTRUCTIONAL SERVICES, TWO, INSTRUCTIONAL SERVICES, SEVEN AND IS 44.
IF ANY OF THESE ARE NEW, THEY ARE UPDATES.
SO YOU SHOULD HAVE WHAT WE CALL THE RED LINE AND THE FINAL VERSIONS.
THAT'S WHY YOU WOULD HAVE TWO OF EACH.
STRATAS, AND THANK YOU BOARD MEMBERS.
I HATE TO FOLLOW MS. GILBERT'S PRESENTATION WITH ADMINISTRATIVE REGULATIONS, BUT WE HAVE TO DO WHAT WE HAVE TO DO, RIGHT? AND, AND PART OF WHAT WE DO IN INSTRUCTIONAL SERVICES IS WE MAKE SURE THAT WE PERIODICALLY REVIEW OUR ADMINISTRATIVE REGULATIONS AND GATHER A GROUP TOGETHER TO, TO BRING FORWARD SOME, SOME CHANGES TO THEM TO UPDATE TO THEM.
SO WE HAVE THREE OF THOSE TONIGHT'S, DR.
UM, THE FIRST ONE IS ON TEACHER EXPECTATIONS AND ACCOUNTABILITY.
SO THIS SETS FORTH WHAT OUR SUPERINTENDENT'S EXPECTATIONS ARE FOR, UM, OUR INSTRUCTIONAL STAFF, WHAT KIND OF, UM, PROFICIENCY AND TALENT LEVEL WE EXPECT THERE.
SO I'LL JUST GO THROUGH THE ACTUAL, UM, EXECUTIVE SUMMARIES, BUT YOU'LL BE ABLE TO SEE THE RED LINE.
IF IT'S RED, IT'S SOMETHING THAT HAS BEEN ADDED.
IF IT HAS A BLACK LINE STRIKE RUB IT.
THAT MEANS THAT WE HAVE TAKEN THAT PIECE OUT FOR SPECIFIC REASON.
SO I DID IT INTO A EXECUTIVE SUMMARY TO MAKE IT A LITTLE BIT EASIER TO SEE THE ACTUAL CHANGES.
SO IN IS TWO, THE REVISIONS TO SECTION ONE IS WE HAD AN ADDITION OF THAT STATEMENT.
UM, AND ALL OF OUR ADMINISTRATIVE REGULATIONS, WE WILL BE PUTTING IN THE STATEMENT, UM, THE ADMINISTRATIVE REGULATIONS SETS FOR THE SUPERINTENDENT'S EXPECTATIONS, AND THEN WHAT ARE HIS EXPECTATIONS.
UM, SO THAT'S THE FIRST CHANGE IN SECTION ONE AND SECTION TWO.
UM, THE NON-DISCRIMINATION CLAUSE THAT WE HAVE BEEN PUTTING INTO ALL OF OUR ADMINISTRATIVE REGULATIONS HAS A LITTLE BIT OF AN UPDATE, UM, TO REFLECT SOME OF THE CURRENT DIRECTIVES THAT WE'RE UNDER STATE NATIONALLY.
THEN SECTION THREE, SUBSECTION TWO, WE ADDED THE STATEMENT.
AND, AND THIS MAY NOT HAVE BEEN TOTALLY NECESSARY, BUT WE FELT AS A DISTRICT IT WAS.
AND WHAT WE ADDED WAS SOUTH CAROLINA STANDARDS.
IT HAD JUST SAID BEFORE THAT WE WOULD INSTRUCTIONALLY PLAN, WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE FOCUSING ON THE SOUTH CAROLINA STANDARDS, AND THAT IS WHAT WE DO IN THIS DISTRICT.
SO WE INCLUDED THAT PIECE, SECTION THREE, SUBSECTION 10.
AND THIS ALIGNS WITH OUR MISSION AT BEAUFORT COUNTY TO HAVE COLLABORATIVE PLANNING PROFESSIONAL, UH, LEARNING COMMUNITIES IN EVERY SCHOOL.
AND THOSE ARE GOING REALLY WELL.
WE'RE SEEING A LOT OF GAINS, UM, COMING OUT OF THOSE.
SO WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE ALSO ADDED THAT COLLABORATIVE LANGUAGE HERE.
WE EXPECT, UM, AND OUR SUPERINTENDENT'S EXPECTATION IS THAT WE ARE COLLABORATIVELY PLANNING AS PROFESSIONALS TO MEET THE NEEDS OF ALL OF OUR STUDENTS.
AND THIS IS A GOOD ONE TO FOLLOW THAT ONE BECAUSE IT, THIS CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT, ADOPTION AND REVIEW.
AND, UH, WE WERE FORTUNATE, I BELIEVE AT THE LAST MEETING WHERE WE HAD DR.
JASON COME AND SHARE AN ADOPTION WITH US AT THAT TIME.
SO THAT'S KIND OF FRESH IN OUR MIND.
AND WE'RE MOVING INTO CURRICULUM WRITING.
UH, AGAIN, SECTION ONE ON THIS ONE, WE ADDED THE, UM, SUPERINTENDENT EXPECTATION IS BEING SET FORTH BY THIS ADMINISTRATIVE RACE SIMULATION.
WE MADE THAT REQUIRED DIRECTIVE CHANGE IN SECTION TWO TO OUR NON-DISCRIMINATION CLAUSE.
IN SECTION THREE, WE REMOVED THE STATEMENT OF IMPLEMENTATION AND CHANGE AND PROCESSES.
AND THE REASON WHY IS BECAUSE NOW WHEN WE MOVE INTO A PROCESS CHANGE, IT'S NOT DONE IN ISOLATION.
AND BEFORE IT WAS LIKE, I'M CHANGING THIS PROCESS, WE'RE CHANGING IT.
WE DON'T DO IT THAT WAY ANYMORE.
NOW WHEN WE ARE GOING TO CHANGE A PROCESS, IT IS WE BRING IN MULTIPLE STAKEHOLDERS, WE HAVE INPUT.
SO THAT WAS REALLY NOT A NECESSARY STATEMENT THERE.
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THREE, UM, SUBSECTION C, WE ADDED THE TERM MAPS.AND THE REASON WHY IS 'CAUSE WE DON'T JUST PROVIDE A CURRICULUM TO OUR TEACHERS, BUT WE PROVIDE A CURRICULUM MAP.
AND JUST FOR THE DIFFERENCE THERE, WE DON'T HAND YOU A BUNCH OF STUFF AND SAY, GO AT IT.
WE HAND YOU SOMETHING THAT IS WELL PACED OUT SO THAT WE CAN ENSURE THAT STANDARDS ARE TAUGHT IN A TIMELY AND EFFICIENT MANNER SO THAT THEY ALL ARE COMPLETED HAVING TAUGHT FOR ALMOST 40 YEARS.
I CAN TELL YOU THAT THE TIME RUNS OUT SOMETIMES, AND WE DON'T WANT THAT TO HAPPEN FOR OUR STUDENTS AND OUR TEACHERS.
SO WE, WE DO THOSE IN MAPS NOW.
SECTION FOUR, WE JUST CHANGED A LITTLE BIT OF THE WORDING SO THAT IT FOCUSED MORE ON ACADEMIC SKILLS DEVELOPMENT RATHER THAN JUST SKILL DEVELOPMENT.
WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAD THAT TERM IN THERE.
SECTION FIVE, SUBSECTION A, WE DID A REVISION, UM, TO ALIGN TO PERSONALIZED INSTRUCTION FOR MANY YEARS.
THE STATE PUSHED, WE'RE GONNA DIFFERENTIATE WHAT WE DO WITHIN THE CLASSROOM.
WE WANT TO DIFFERENTIATE WHAT WE DO, WHICH MEANS WE'RE GONNA DO IT IN DIFFERENT WAYS SO THAT ALL KIDS CAN HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY.
WHAT WE FOUND IS SOMETIMES KIDS WERE GETTING LOST IN THAT WHAT WE REALLY NEEDED TO DO WAS PERSONALIZE THE LEARNING FOR EACH STUDENT.
SO WE CHANGED THAT LANGUAGE TO, TO ALIGN WITH THE STATE SECTION FIVE, SUBSECTION B.
WE ALSO MADE A CHANGE THERE TO INCLUDE THE STUDENT'S ACADEMIC STRENGTHS THAT LEADS IT.
BEFORE WE HAD JUST STATED CAREER IN THIS, AND WE WENT BACK AND ADDED COLLEGE AND MILITARY AS WELL.
UM, BECAUSE ALL THREE OF THOSE ARE A FOCUS FOR OUR CHILDREN.
AND THEN WE ADDED THE, UM, COHERENT GOVERNMENT MANUAL TO ALL OF THEM.
IS IT SO PAINFUL? IS IT REGULATION? MM-HMM
SO THIS ONE IS TEST AND EXAMINATIONS.
ALSO VERY TIMELY RIGHT NOW BECAUSE OUR STUDENTS ARE, ARE WELL INTO GETTING PREPARED FOR THOSE.
THE ADDITION OF THE STATEMENT, UH, THE ADMINISTRATION ADMINISTRATIVE REGULATIONS SETS FORTH OUR SUPERINTENDENT'S EXPECTATIONS.
WE MADE THAT SLIGHT CHANGE IN OUR NON-DISCRIMINATION CALL TO MEET CURRENT DIRECTIVES IN SECTION FIVE.
THIS IS WHERE WE HAD A CHANGE.
IT WAS REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE GET THIS ONE MADE.
WE CHANGED PREVIOUSLY IN THE STATE.
WE WERE TESTING ENGLISH ONE STUDENTS WITH AN END OF COURSE EXAM THAT WAS REQUIRED PRIOR TO GRADUATION.
THE STATE HAS MOVED THAT TO ENGLISH TOO.
SO WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE PROVIDED THE ACCURATE LANGUAGE FOR OUR STUDENTS AND FAMILIES WITHIN THE REGULATION.
AND, UM, WE ALSO ADDED THE COHERENT GOVERNANCE MANAGEMENT CITATIONS TO THIS ONE AS WELL.
AND, UM, SOME OF YOU KNOW THAT I BRING THESE FORWARD QUITE FREQUENTLY.
UM, I'LL SAY THIS, WE HAVE, WE DON'T DO IT WILLY-NILLY.
WE HAVE GONE THROUGH ALL 61 OF OUR REGULATIONS AND DETERMINE WHICH ONES NEED TO GO NEXT.
AND THAT IS REALLY IN AN EFFORT TO PROVIDE ACCURATE, UM, INFORMATION TO THE FAMILIES AND STUDENTS THAT WE SERVE.
SO I'LL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS IF YOU HAVE THEM.
I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, BUT I FIND THE RED LINE EXTRAORDINARY.
I READ THIS AFTERNOON AND YEAH, IT DOESN'T MAKE IT EASIER.
TO SHARE BEFORE WE COME FORWARD TO BOARD LEGAL, LEGAL EXTENSIVE.
SO UPDATES, MS. MCKINSEY WORKS VERY HARD AT RESEARCH WORDING AND SITS WITH LEGAL.
AND THAT'S CONFIRMATION OF OUR REFERENCE AND CITATION AS WELL AS CROSS CHECKS REGULATIONS ONCE AGAIN.
SO IT'S A DOUBLE VETTING SCENARIO.
THEN WE BRING UP HERE AND I IN BETWEEN THAT, WE JUST BEAT EACH OTHER.
IT'S BETWEEN THAT IT GOES TO HER AND SHE TELLS ME.
I DON'T TAKE THE PEN AS I USED TO.
ANY, ANY QUESTIONS GONNA ASK ME? DR.
A LOT OF THIS IS THINGS THAT I HAD TO DO AS A TEACHER, YOU KNOW? MM-HMM
AND SO, UM, I'M SITTING HERE SMILING, NOT BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW THIS
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STUFF, BUT BECAUSE IT'S GLAD TO SEE THE UPDATES AND, AND ALL THAT'S GOING ON, JUST PHENOMEN.AND BRINGING THIS TO US AGAIN.
NO, I HAVE I ANY QUESTIONS, QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? ANYONE ONLINE? NOBODY'S, ANYONE LIVE WITH? ANY QUESTIONS? NONE HERE.
NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA, MADAM SHARE WOULD BE, UH, POTENTIAL FOR FUTURE TOPICS.
IF NOW WE'LL BRING FORWARD TO MR. ARY.
I WILL MAKE HER NOTE FOR THE JUNE ACADEMIC COMMITTEE.
I HAVE THAT INFORMATION BROUGHT FORWARD.
I WON'T HAVE THE CHOICE INFORMATION UNTIL JUNE.
I NEED TO HAVE APPEALS DENIAL.
SO OUR NEXT MEETING WOULD BE MAY, UM, MAY 28TH.
IT IS GRADUATION MEMORIAL DAY.
SO THEN WE'LL JUST, IF IT PLEASES MADAM CHAIR, THEN IF WE, UNLESS THERE'S SOMETHING WITHIN STUDENT SERVICES AND I, I, I DO ASK THE OPPORTUNITY TO JUMP TO THEM AND I WOULD ASK THEM IF THEY COULD BRING IT TO THE JUNE MEETING.
WELL, THE JUNE MEETING, WE NEED TO CHANGE BECAUSE OF GRADUATION.
UM, BOARD MEETINGS ARE ON THE 11TH AND ON THE 25TH.
SO THE 25TH WOULD'VE BEEN OUR JUNE MEETING.
SO, SO WE CAN MEET, UM, THE 24TH OR THE 18TH AS ACA, UH, OPERATIONS AT FIVE.
WE CAN MEET THE 24TH OR THE 26TH UP SUMMER SCHOOL.
MS. MCKENZIE, ARE YOU OKAY? YES.
SO WE CAN MEET THE 26TH IN JUNE.
24TH WILL WORK BECAUSE SUMMER SCHOOL WILL BE WRAPPING UP THAT WEEK FOR ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY SETTINGS.
MS. MCKENZIE STILL HAS UP THREE TO 4TH OF JULY OF JUNE FOR YOUR PAPERWORK.
STATE, WHAT KIND OF MEETING? YES, MA'AM.
A BUSINESS SESSION AT HILTON HEAD OUT.
SO HILTON HAD, UH, THAT MEETING WOULD BE THE 25TH.
THE BOARD MEETING WOULD BE THE 25TH.
AND HILTON HAD AT HILTON HEAD TUESDAY THE 25TH, THE 11TH HERE.
THEY'RE OFF BECAUSE OF GRADUATIONS.
YOU KNOW WHY? BECAUSE I'M LOOKING AT, I I'M, I'M SORRY.
I'M LOOKING AT NOPE, I'M OKAY.
SO JUNE, THAT IS THE BOARD MEETING ON HILTON HEAD.
SO WE COULD DO MONDAY, JUNE 23RD HERE.
THIRD COUNCIL MEETING, THIRD BUDGET MEETING BUDGET.
AND COUNTY COUNCIL, WHAT TIME IS THAT MEETING TYPICALLY? THAT WOULD START AT FIVE O'CLOCK.
THEY START AT FIVE AND THEY BEST TO ARRIVE EARLY BECAUSE IT DOESN'T GET, IT GETS CROWDED.
UM, HOW ABOUT, I JUST SAID SOMETHING OUT.
SHE'S AVAILABLE AT THE TIME AND WE'RE FAR ENOUGH
SO WE'RE NOT GONNA SCHEDULE A MEETING IN MAY.
SO IT WOULD BE EARLIER IN THE MONTH.
DOING WHAT? I DIDN'T, I DON'T WANNA STEP.
SO WE HAVE A BOARD MEETING, IF I'M CORRECT, ON MAY 6TH.
AND WE HAVE ONE ON THE, ON THE 20TH.
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AND THAT LAST WEEK WE GET INTO GRADUATIONS ALMOST THERE.IT'S ALL THE WEEK OF THE 20TH.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU ALL ARE FREE ON THE 21ST.
WE CAN PUT IT AS A PLACEHOLDER, MRS. BERRY, AND THEN IF POSSIBLE, THEN I'LL, I'LL GET WITH THE TEAM TO FIND OUT WHAT I MAY HAVE.
UM, I DON'T BELIEVE WE'LL ABLE TO TURNAROUND ARS AS QUICKLY THAT IT'LL BEING UPDATED UNLESS THEY'RE ALREADY IN THE HANDS OF LEGAL.
WELL, WE COULD JUST SAVE IT FOR JUNE.
I'M, I'M, I'M, I'M READING MINES
YEAH, WE CAN JUST SAVE THEM ALL FOR JUNE THEN WE'LL SAVE IT FOR JUNE.
IF THAT PIECE IS A BOARD WOULD BE AND THE CHAIR.
ONLY BECAUSE WE'RE GETTING CLOSE AND WE HAVE TESTING.
OUR TEAM IS GONNA BE SUPPORTING REPLACEMENT TESTING AT BLUFFTON.
OUR TEAM GOES OUT AND SUPPORTS SCHOOLS FOR TESTING, IS GRADUATING AND I'M KEEPING THEM
SO WE WILL PLAN THE NEXT MEETING IN JUNE.
I APPRECIATE YOUR FLEXIBILITY.
BOARD MEMBERS, LIKE THEY HAVE ENOUGH ON Y'ALL.
I WANNA SAY? I WAS TOLD TWICE A MONTH.
ARE WE STILL LIVE? WE'RE STILL, OH NO.