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TO THE AGENDA SETTING MEETING AT THE BEAUFORT COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT.
UH, THE MEDIA CENTER, 2,900 MIDPOINT, UH, BOULEVARD IN BEAUFORT, SOUTH CAROLINA.
NO, IT'S FOR THE MAY 6TH, UH, SCHOOL BOARD MEETING.
AND, UH, THE FIRST ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS THE APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA.
DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE AGENDA? IT'S BEEN MOVED BY MS. UH WRIGHT.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
UH, NEXT I NEED A MOTION TO APPROVE THE APRIL 7TH, 2025 COMMUNITY COMMITTEE MEETING.
WE DIDN'T DO PLEDGE AND ANY OF THAT.
DID YOU WANT? IT'S NOT IN YOUR P IT'S NOT ON THERE, SO WE'RE NOT DOING IT.
STATEMENT OF MEDIA NOTIFICATION CALL.
LET'S GO AHEAD AND FOLLOW THE AGENDA AND ASK FOR A MOTION TO APPROVE THE COMMITTEE MEETING.
AND ANY DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
NOW STARTING WITH THE SETTING OF THE AGENDA AND WE START WITH A NORMAL BOILERPLATE UP FRONT.
AND FROM FOUR 30, CALL THE ORDER EXECUTIVE SESSION.
DR. RODRIGUEZ, YOU HAVE A COUPLE ITEMS ON, ON, UH, ON FOUR EXECUTIVE SESSION.
I DON'T HAVE, UH, OH, I DO HAVE IT RIGHT HERE.
PERSONAL RAMIFICATION IS ALL, UH, FIRST MEETING OF THE MONTH.
CHARVILLE, UH, LIGHTING, UPGRADE, UH, OR UPDATE REALLY.
AND PHASE FOUR, UH, AT THE DISTRICT OFFICE ARE THE TWO, UH, TWO ITEMS FOR EXECUTIVE SESSION.
ANYTHING ELSE FROM THE COMMITTEE? ANYTHING ELSE THAT WE NEED LEGALLY? NOT AT THIS POINT.
AND I COULDN'T WAIT UNTIL LATER.
I HAVE SOME UPDATES FOR YOU AT THE SECOND MEETING.
THE SECOND MEETING OF THE MONTH.
UH, LEMME START PUBLIC SESSION FOUR 30 WITH THAT AMOUNT, WE COULD PROBABLY DO IT AT FIVE, DON'T YOU THINK? WE AT FIVE.
AND SO, FIVE O'CLOCK AND PUBLIC SESSION AT SIX ACTION IS NECESSARY.
APPROVAL OF AGENDA P, LEGION STUDENT PERFORMANCE,
SO WE'RE ALL SET WITH THE, YEAH.
YOU DO A LOT OF MIDDLE SCHOOL, A LOT LESS HIGH SCHOOL WORDS THAN THESE.
IS THAT A WHY IS THAT JUST, I THINK IT'S JUST A, A KIND OF A SEASONAL THING WHEN IT COMES, YOU, YOUR, YOUR MIDDLE SCHOOL ONES ARE KIND OF MORE SPREAD OUT.
AND WHEN WE DO SOME HIGH SCHOOL STUFF, IT'S MORE CONCENTRATED, BUT I DON'T KNOW THAT IT'S NECESSARILY ABOUT, UH, PUBLIC COMMENTS, CHAIR REPORT, COMMITTEE REPORTS.
WE HAVE ACADEMIC, UH, FINANCE WITH THE RECOMMENDED MOTION TO APPROVE PROPOSED CHANGES TO OE FIVE FINANCIAL PLANNING.
CARLTON? IF I'M NOT, I WILL BE, BUT YES.
SO IT DID COME TO THE FINANCE COMMITTEE, AND THEN WE'VE DONE THAT.
AND YOU GOT LEGISLATIVE FOLLOWING BUNCH OF STUFF ON THAT.
AND OPERATIONS, UH, WILL HAVE THEIR REPORT.
UH, WE'RE GONNA TALK THE ACADEMIC CALENDAR.
OR FOR THE NEXT, UH, NEXT YEAR, TWO YEAR AFTER THAT.
AND, UH, THE OTHER ITEM ON THERE IS WAVE THE DAY.
AND I THINK, UH, UH, HAVE TO SPELL WAVE A LITTLE DIFFERENTLY, BUT I THINK, UH, ON THE AGENDA, BUT YEAH.
OH, WAVE THE DAY BECAUSE OF THE, I WAS LIKE, IS THIS SOME SORT OF LIKE CONSTRUCTION? THAT'S NOT WHAT NO, NO.
THIS IS RELATED TO, UH, TO, TO HILTON HEAD.
MIDDLE SCHOOL HAD TO, DIDN'T HAVE POWER ISSUE THAT DAY.
IT'S A VERY IMPORTANT I DEAL WITH THAT.
THEN, UM, AND THEN THERE'S A BUDGET UPDATE.
UPDATE, RIGHT? AND, UM, AND THEN THAT'S IT ON SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT.
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BOARD BUSINESS ACTION RIGHT NOW.WE HAVE CONSENT AGENDA, FUTURE AGENDA, TOPICS, ANNOUNCEMENTS, PUBLIC COMMENTS.
ANYTHING ELSE THAT, THAT WE NEED TO, THAT'S ON OUR LIST OF THINGS.
A LIST OF ANYTHING? YEAH, A LIST OF THINGS THAT WE'RE SUPPOSED TO TALK ABOUT.
YOU TALKING ABOUT THE ANNOUNCEMENT STATEMENT? MM-HMM
COLONEL, THERE IS, UH, UH, AN ANNOUNCEMENT PROBABLY YOU, YOU MIGHT WANNA MAKE IT IF YOU'RE UP, IF, IF YOU'RE OKAY WITH IT DURING THE, UH, DURING THE CHAIRS REPORT, UM, IT'S, UH, NURSES, UH, UH, NURSES APPRECIATION.
SO APPRECIATION THAT I'LL, I'LL MISS, UH, GIVE ME THE INFORMATION ON THAT.
HEAR THAT? COULD YOU REPEAT THAT? WE COULDN'T HEAR YOU.
COULD YOU REPEAT THAT, WHAT THAT ANNOUNCEMENT WAS? UH, YES.
CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES, I CAN HEAR YOU MUCH MORE CLEAR NOW.
UM, JUST ADDING THAT PERHAPS UNDER THE CHAIR'S REPORT, WE COULD, YOU COULD MAKE MENTION THAT IT'S A NURSE'S APPRECIATION MONTH.
UH, JUST A, AS A RECOGNITION FOR OUR NURSES.
ANY OTHER FUTURE? WHAT DO YOU HAVE? OKAY.
WE HAVE CORRELATION TO PARENT HOUSEHOLDS WORK SESSION.
I THINK WE'RE GONNA TAKE START, START IT OFF, RIGHT? BECAUSE IT'S JUST A FUNDING THING.
OR DO YOU WANT, ARE WE TAKING THAT ON? OR? I'D LIKE TO LEAVE IT ON BECAUSE THERE'S SOME COMMUNICATION WITH ELON MUSK OPERATING OFF WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN.
YOU GONNA TAKE IT PRIVATELY? I'LL SEE IT.
CAN CAN YOU DOWNSIDE JUST A LITTLE BIT.
UM, DO WE HAVE TIME FOR ANY OF THOSE? WE LOOK AT DISCUSSION HOW TEACHERS ARE MOVED, PROCESS
WELL, UH, PROCESS FOR BRINGING IN NEW CURRICULUM.
THE ONLY, UM, THE ONLY THING I WOULD SAY IS MY TEAM JUST FINISHED THE KIND OF MARATHON PRESENTATIONS ON FRIDAY, SO WE ARE ADDING SOMETHING TO THE AGENDA RIGHT NOW.
THEIR TURNAROUND TIME IS GONNA BE REALLY MISERABLE.
AND I'LL SAY, BECAUSE YOU'RE GONNA WANT IT ON THURSDAY AND WE'LL LOOK AT THE NEXT, NEXT ONE.
ANY OTHER ISSUES? DELETION? SO WE'RE GONNA START AN EXECUTIVE SESSION AT FIVE OR FIVE 30.
DID WE HAVE A DISCUSSION ON AI AND HOW WE'RE GOING TO USE THAT? BECAUSE ON THE STATE NATIONAL LEVEL, SEEING A LOT OF DISTRICTS ARE GETTING TO DISCUSS THAT, INCLUDING DAR, WE HAVE A, UH, WE HAVE A, A, UH, UH, A PILOT THAT, THAT LEFT IN HIGH SCHOOL THAT'S GONNA LAUNCH.
BUT WE'RE WAITING FOR SOME ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FROM THE STATE REGARDING THOSE PILOTS BEFORE WE MOVE FORWARD.
THAT'S ON THE ACADEMIC THAT WAS PRESENTED TO THE ACADEMIC COMMITTEE.
AND THAT'S THEM BEING THE ACADEMIC COMMITTEE REPORT BECAUSE IT WAS PRESENTED IN THEIR ACADEMIC REPORT.
AND THEN AT, AT AT SOME POINT.
UM, OH, THE OTHER THING IS, UH, I WAS CONTACTED TODAY BY SOME BANKERS OUT OF WASHINGTON DC THEY HAVE A PROGRAM, GOVERNMENT FUNDING.
WHO KNOWS HOW LONG THAT'LL LAST.
BUT THEY ACTUALLY ARE LOOKING TO BUILD AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR MODERATE INCOME PROFESSIONALS, TEACHERS, FIRE, UH, FIRE PEOPLE, SO MM-HMM
AND SO I'VE SET UP, UH, I'M TRYING TO DO RIGHT.
I KNOW, BUT IT'S PRETTY MAN FIRE.
AND SO THAT, THAT MAY BE SOMETHING, UM, MAYBE NOT DISCUSSED PUBLICLY AND BECAUSE I'VE NOT HAD ANY CONVERSATION RATHER THAN AN INTRODUCTION, THEY'LL REFER TO US I THINK AFTER GRADUATION.
AND THE DUST CELL IS A SUMMER.
IT'D BE EXCELLENT TO DO A WORKFORCE HAVE, THERE'S A NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS,
AND I GOT A LOT OF PEOPLE LOOKING FOR HOUSING AND I'M LIKE 18 MONTHS, YOU KNOW THAT EXCELLENT TOPIC AFTER GRADUATION.
FUTURE TOPIC AND SAY THAT AGAIN.
ESPECIALLY, I MEAN JUST, YEAH.
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OTHER ADDITION.DO YOU ALL HAVE ANYTHING? SHALL WE ADJOURN BY YOU? OH, GO AHEAD.
UM, THE MORE I READ, THE MORE I UNDERSTAND THAT THE CULTURE IN THE CLASSROOM, HOW IMPORTANT THAT IS AND HOW THAT CAN BE AFFECTED.
I JUST, AND UH, I HEAR ANECDOTALLY ABOUT KIDS THAT UM, ARE PRETTY DISRUPTIVE, BUT THEY CONTINUOUSLY COME BACK.
SO WHENEVER THE APPROPRIATE TIME, AND I DON'T KNOW, I GET BUT THE APPROPRIATE TIME, WHEN CAN WE BECOME A LOT MORE, HOW CAN WE BE MORE RUTHLESS IN THIS, THE WAY I NOTICE IT? UM, EXECUTIVE ORDER.
WE CAN SPANK THEM NOW WHEN WE STOP ABLE NOT WANNA GO ANYWHERE NEAR THAT.
AS EXECUTIVE ORDER SPANKING IN CHILDREN IN CLASSROOM, I WAS THINKING MORE OF A PERMANENT EXPULSION.
WELL, YOU KNOW WHAT'S INTERESTING THOUGH, AND I THINK THIS WOULD BE A GOOD SUMMER SHOPPING TICKET, IS WHAT'S GOING ON IN LOUISIANA AND MISSISSIPPI BECAUSE THEY HAVE GONE FROM 50TH TO 16TH IN THEIR SCORES.
AND ONE OF THE THINGS THEY'RE DOING IS THEY'RE DOING THIRD GRADE RETENTION, THEIR WHOLE KIDS BACK AND THEY CAN'T GO ON.
BUT THEY'RE HAVING A MISSISSIPPI, ALL ALABAMA AND LOUISIANA ARE STARTING TO PASS NEW YORK AND CALIFORNIA AND ILLINOIS.
I BE A COOL TOPIC FOR FUTURE TOPIC.
I THINK IT'S A GOOD CONVERSATION.
'CAUSE I THINK THERE'S VARIOUS THINGS THAT WE GOTTA, WE GOTTA HAVE IN THAT CONVERSATION.
LIKE NUMBER ONE, I DUNNO IF I'LL DISCUSSING WHAT'S THE TOPIC? DISCIP DISCIPLINE.
I THINK IT'S THE SAME THING THOUGH.
I THINK THAT'S WHAT SHE'S SAYING TOO, IN A WAY.
YOU SAID THIRD GRADE OR 10TH GRADE? WELL, THE REASON, WHEN YOU TALKED ABOUT DISCIPLINE, ONE OF THE THINGS IN THIS LOUISIANA THING, THEY'VE GONE TO 16TH AND 50TH AND LIKE 10 YEARS IS WHAT, AND THAT'S BEEN A TOPIC THAT'S COME UP MULTIPLE TIMES.
I THINK THE, THE THE, YOU'RE NOT GONNA SEE IT NOW AND YOU'RE NOT GONNA SEE IT IN THE NEXT FIVE YEARS.
SO LET'S TALK AGAIN AT SEVEN YEARS AND LET'S SEE WHAT THAT DOES TO THEIR HIGH SCHOOL DROPOUT RATE.
THEIR GRADUATION RATE WHEN YOU'VE GOT KIDS THAT ARE SITTING THERE THAT ARE, THAT ARE EIGHT YEARS OLDER THAN EVERYBODY ELSE.
BUT I THINK ALSO THAT'S THE FLIP SIDE, RIGHT? I THINK IT'S GOOD TO GET OUT IN THE PUBLIC 'CAUSE YOU KNOW YOU'RE GONNA GET PEOPLE COMING TO PUBLIC AND SAYING LIKE, WHY ARE WE STILL, BECAUSE THAT'S COME UP BEFORE THEY'RE PROMOTING PEOPLE THAT OUT OF THIRD GRADE HAS COME UP BEFORE.
BUT EVEN IN THE CURRENT SYSTEM, WHEN YOU PROMOTE PEOPLE, THERE HAVE TO BE THERE.
THERE'S A REASON THEY'RE PROMOTED AND IT'S NOT BECAUSE YOU KNOW IT, IT'S BASED ON EITHER A TEST SCORE OR IT'S BEEN ON A SUMMER TEST SCORE OR IT'S BEEN ON A PORTFOLIO THAT THEY PUT TOGETHER.
AND THE PORTFOLIOS ARE GONE NOW.
SO THIS YEAR THIRD GRADE IS GONNA BE, 'CAUSE THE PORTFOLIOS ARE GONE.
SO NOW IT'S YOUR STATE TEST OR THE SUMMER TEST.
YOU TAKE THOSE TWO ITEMS. SO WE'RE GONNA SEE WE'RE, WE'RE PLANNING AS WE STAFF STAFF MORE TEACHERS INTO THIRD GRADE.
AND I KNOW WHEN YOU LEAVE SECOND AND GO TO THIRD.
THIRD IS WHERE YOU HAVE TO START READING YOUR OWN TESTS AS WELL.
SO IT SHOWS A LOT OF ISSUES WITH YOUR READING COMPREHENSION.
SO IT GOES BACK TO BIRTH TO FIVE.
I THINK SOMEHOW WE HAVE TO GO WHAT THE TIME? WELL, IN A FEW MINUTES.
BUT YOU CAN'T HAVE DISCUSSION IF ON AGENDA TOPICS.
THIS IS FUTURE YOUR AGENDA AND YOU DON'T HAVE IT ON THE AGENDA.
AND THEN NOT JUST GET THE TOPIC RIGHT.
I GOT A CALL, I GOT A CARD THAT I CARRY.
THE FIRST ONE IS RUTHLESS, TIME MANAGED.
AND IT PERMEATES THE ORGANIZATION AND THAT CULTURE.
WE ARE AT, UH, TIME UNANIMOUS GERMAN.