* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [00:00:10] OF THE BEFORD COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION. UM, IT IS THE AGENDA SETTING, MEETING AT, UH, THE MEDIA CENTER AND, UH, AT THE WRONG THING. HERE WE GO. REMOTE CONFERENCING MEETING. THIS MEETING WILL BE BROADCAST BY THE COUNTY CHANNEL. UH, PRESENT IS MYSELF, UH, CARLTON, DALLAS, AND, UH, DR. RODRIGUEZ. UH, WE ALSO HAVE ONLINE, UH, MS. FRAZIER. AND SOMEBODY JUST POPPED IN. UM, YES, THIS IS WENDY CARTILAGE. GOOD AFTERNOON. OKAY. WENDY CARTILAGE IS THERE. GOOD. ALL RIGHT. SO CALL TO ORDER. AND, UH, WE HAVE THE AGENDA. AND DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE AGENDA? MOTION. MOTION MAY TO APPROVE THE AGENDA, MR. CHAIR. I WILL, I WILL SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. THE, UH, AGENDA IS APPROVED ON THE STAND FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH TO STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FRAUD, AND THE MEDIA HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. AND THE NEXT IS THE APPROVAL OF THE APRIL 29TH, 2025 MEETING MINUTES MOTION MADE TO APPROVE THE APRIL 29TH, 2025 COMMITTEE MEETING. MINUTES. AND I WILL SECOND THAT IN DISCUSSION. HEARING NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. MOTION CARRIES. OKAY. NEXT ITEM IS SETTING OF THE MAY 20TH, 2025 BOARD MEETING. WE'RE GOING TO START, IT'S GOING TO BE AT, UH, HILTON HEAD ISLAND MIDDLE SCHOOL. AND RIGHT NOW WE'RE LOOKING AT A START OF FOUR 30 BECAUSE WE HAVE AN EXECUTIVE SESSION, CMR BUFTON HIGH SCHOOL, CTE, BUILDING, THE CMR FOR RIVERVIEW, UH, GYM AND LEGAL ADVICE ON CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS. I HAVE ONE MORE AND YOU HAVE ONE MORE. ROBERT, UM, UH, TOWN OF, UH, MOU, THE TOWN OF BLUFFTON FOR PROPERTY IN SOUTHERN BEAUFORT. OKAY. SO DO WE WANNA KEEP THAT AT FOUR 30 OR WE WANNA START AT FIVE? UH, LET'S KEEP IT AT FOUR 30 BECAUSE WE, THERE'S ANOTHER ITEM THAT I'M GONNA, WE, WE GOTTA ALSO HAVE WENDY TELL US WHAT, UH, WHAT CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS. I CAN TELL YOU WHAT THAT IS. OKAY. RIVERVIEW. OKAY. IT'S RIVERVIEW RIVER. RIVERVIEW. OKAY. RIVERVIEW WILL BE TALKED ABOUT. ALL RIGHT. I ALSO WILL HAVE A LEGAL UP, A BRIEF LEGAL UPDATE ON TWO MATTERS, PLEASE. OKAY. THANK YOU. GOT RIVERVIEW AND A COUPLE LEGAL MATTERS. ALL RIGHT. OKAY. WE SHOULD HAVE SOMETHING ON, UH, MAY RIVER ELEMENTARY AND, UM, PERMITTING BY THEN, SHOULDN'T WE? YEAH, AS LONG AS WE GET, AND IT COMES IN, WHICH WOULD BE, I THINK IT WAS MAY 12TH IS WHAT I HEARD. SO THAT THAT WOULD WORK. YEAH. MAY 20TH. WE SHOULD HAVE THAT. THAT'S PUT IT ON THERE. THAT'S FINE. PUT THAT ONE ON THERE AS WELL. WHAT AM I PUTTING ON? MAY RIVER, MAY RIVER ELEMENTARY, UH, EASEMENT AND BUILDING PERMIT ALSO MIGHT HAVE SOMETHING ON THE, UH, PROPERTY AT LADIES ISLAND MIDDLE SCHOOL. WE HAVE A MEETING ON THE 16TH. 16TH. THAT'S TRUE. GOT IT. IS THAT IT? PROPERTY? NOT IN BEFORD COUNTY. YEAH, THAT'S FINE. WE NOT AT THE CORRECT LEGAL JARGON. YEAH, THAT'S, THAT'S DEFINITELY FOUR 30. YEAH, I MEAN, I, I WOULD EXPECT THAT, UH, [00:05:01] THE CMRS, THE CMRS AND THE LEGAL UPDATES WOULD BE QUICK. YEAH, THOSE THREE. RIGHT. UH, SO THE OTHERS, THE OTHERS WILL PROBABLY TAKE CONVERSATION. SO ANYTHING ELSE? UH, APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA IS NEXT. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, ALL SILENCE. STUDENT PERFORMANCE. WE DON'T HAVE ANY, NOT SURE YET. UM, 'CAUSE BAY RIVER WAS SUPPOSED TO, THEY'RE NOT ABLE, THEY'RE NOT GOING TO. SO HE IS LOOKING TO, UM, SEE IF HE CAN GET SOMEONE TO REPLACE. SO WE'RE NOT SURE. OKAY. AND I DO HAVE SOME POINTS. POINTS, YEAH. WE'LL HAVE SOME, YEAH. YOU HAVE THE LIST THERE ALREADY STARTING IN, UH, PREMATURE. SO WHAT SHE HAS IS THE APRIL STUDENT OF THE MONTH. THEY HAVE NOT NAMED THAT PERSON YET, BUT THAT'LL BE ON THEIR MIDDLE SCHOOL SOCCER AND BASEBALL AWARDS IN, UM, INTER INAUGURAL CHAMPIONSHIP CIRCLE AWARD. AND THEN, UM, WE MIGHT HAVE, UM, HR AWARD. YEAH. SO WE HAVE AN, WE HAVE AN AWARD, AN HR AWARD, OUR, OUR FUTURE OF THE YEAR AND STAFF PERSON OF THE YEAR. WILL THAT BE DECIDED BY THEN? UM, I'D HAVE TO GET BACK TO YOU. OKAY. TRYING TO THINK OF THE TIMING ON IT, BUT I'LL HAVE TO GET BACK TO YOU ON IT. YEAH. BECAUSE YOU KNOW, WE WON'T HAVE ANOTHER MEETING AFTER THAT, BEFORE GRADUATION. RIGHT? IT WOULD BE AFTER JUNE. YEAH. SO, UM, AND I'LL HAVE, I'LL HAVE TO, I'LL LET YOU KNOW. OKAY. WE GOT IT DONE. IF WE HAVE IT DONE, I'LL OKAY. I'LL ADD IT ALL. OKAY. WE GOT PUBLIC COMMENTS AND THEN WE HAVE THE CLOCK UPDATE. UM, THAT I HAVE THAT AS A QUESTION MARK. IS THAT, IS THAT TIME FOR THE CLOCK OR DO WE WAIT UNTIL JUNE? THE MEETING IN JUNE? IT'S EVERY QUARTER AND I THINK IT'S JUNE. JUNE, SO NOT THIS ONE. OKAY. OKAY. SO WE'LL TAKE THAT ONE OFF. LET'S PULL THAT OFF. CHAIRS REPORT. AND WE HAVE FINANCE. YEP. WE'LL HAVE A MEETING ON 13TH. RIGHT. LEGISLATIVE MEETING ON THE 14TH. 14TH. AND OPERATIONS. I'M SURE WE'LL HAVE. YEP. THE MEETING IS ON THE 13TH. OKAY. ALRIGHT. OH, OKAY. SUPERINTENDENT FOR EARLY CHILDHOOD LEARNING LAB. SO THIS IS A FOCUS WE'VE GOT ON EARLY CHILDHOOD AND WE'RE BUILDING A, UH, CREATING A EARLY CHILDHOOD LEARNING LAB, WHICH IS, UH, UH, IT, IT'S A SPACE WHERE, UH, IT IS KIND OF LIKE A BEHIND THE GLASS, SO YOU CAN USE IT TO INSTRUCT PEOPLE ON GOOD INSTRUCTIONAL METHODS. RIGHT. SO YOU CAN BRING 'EM IN BEHIND THE LAP. THEY CAN AND THEY OBSERVE. SO THEY OBSERVE. THEY OBSERVE IT WITHOUT THE, WITHOUT DISRUPTING BEING OBSERVED. WITHOUT IT. YEAH. YEAH. YEAH. COOL. YEAH, IT'S PRETTY NEAT. I HAD ONE AT MY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, UH, THAT I WAS A PRINCIPAL OF, AND IT WAS PHENOMENAL. IT WAS, YEAH. THAT'S ESPECIALLY FOR NEW TEACHERS. YEAH. IT'S A GREAT TEACHING PROGRAM. IT'S JUST PHENOMENAL. SO, YEAH. YEP. UH, AND THAT'S THE ONLY THING ON THE SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT, THE ONLY ITEM THERE, WE HAVE, UH, THE FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY ONE. I, I DIDN'T PUT IT THERE. IT'S ON THE BUDGET. I MOVED THAT DOWN TO BOARD BUSINESS ACTION BECAUSE IT'S, WE'RE ACTUALLY ASKING YOU TO CERTIFY AT THAT TIME. OKAY. SO I MOVED IT THERE. AND WHATEVER COMES OUT OF THE COMMITTEES THERE MIGHT ADD. YEAH, THERE MIGHT BE, THERE MIGHT BE A MOTION COMING OUTTA THE COMMITTEES. OKAY. AND, UH, UM, FUTURE CONSENT AGENDA, TYPICAL FUTURE AGENDA TOPICS. AND WE HAVE, WE HAVE NOTHING. WE HAVE, WE, WE WILL HAVE NOTHING TO ADD TO THIS. THIS WILL BE A FULL, THIS WILL BE A FULL MEETING JUST WITHOUT YEP. YOU AGREE CARL? MM-HMM . BECAUSE THE BUDGET WE'RE GONNA HAVE, WE'LL HAVE A, A LONG DISCUSSION ON THAT, I'M SURE. YEP. OKAY. SO WE HAVE ONLINE LEAH AND WILLIAM. OKAY. SO, ALL RIGHT. UH, WE'LL HAVE ANNOUNCEMENTS AND A SECOND PUBLIC COMMENTS, SO, OKAY. UH, MS. FRAZIER, DO YOU HAVE ANY, UH, THINGS YOU'D LIKE TO ADD, UH, TO THE AGENDA? NO, SIR. OKAY. I DO HAVE A, I, WELL, [00:10:01] I DO HAVE A QUESTION THOUGH. DO WE EVER FIGURE OUT WHO OWNS THE CEMETERY? UH, LADIES ALLEN. AMAZING. ALLEN ELEMENTARY. THE, THE CEMETERY BEHIND THE SCHOOL. YES. I, I THINK THAT WHOLE PROPERTY IS ON SCHOOL. DISTRICT PROPERTY IS WHAT IS MY, WHAT MY UNDERSTANDING IS. AND THERE WAS AN AGREEMENT, I THINK, UH, AT SOME JUNCTURE. UH, WHEN, WHEN, WHEN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT ACQUIRED THAT, UH, TO PROVIDE ACCESS FOR THE CEMETERY. SO THEY WERE WORK, THEY WERE WORKING OUT AN AGREEMENT FOR ACCESS. RIGHT. THEY, I THINK THEY'VE HAD AN AGREEMENT FOR ACCESS, BUT THAT'S NOT, IT'S NOT WORKING RIGHT NOW, I GUESS BECAUSE, BECAUSE, UH, IT, IT, IT, IT, IT COULD BE BETTER. I GUESS I, I SHOULD SAY IT THAT WAY, BUT WHAT, WHAT EXISTS COULD BE BETTER. SO I THINK THEY'RE WORKING ON THAT. OKAY. THAT'S ANOTHER CONTRACT. YEAH, THAT'S ANOTHER CONTRACT ISSUE. OR, 'CAUSE IT'S REALLY AN MOA WITH, UH, A GROUP THAT REALLY HAS TO GO WITH EXECUTIVE SESSION, I THINK. I THINK WE NEED TO PUT THAT AS A FUTURE AGENDA ON A TOPIC OR AN EXECUTIVE SESSION DOWN THE ROAD. NOT THAT LAST MEETING, BUT THE NEXT MEETING DO. YEAH. YEP. OKAY. NEED TO DO THAT. WE CAN DO THAT. PLEASE PUT THAT ON THE, UH, AGENDA TOPICS. THANK YOU, MS. FRAZIER. WE'LL FOLLOW UP. NEVER. YOU ARE WELCOME. UH, MR. SMITH, DO YOU HAVE ANY ADDITIONS TO THE AGENDA? I, I HEARD, UM, UH, UM, WHAT MS. FRASER JUST ASKED. AND ARE YOU, Y'ALL SAID WE WERE PUTTING THAT ON THE AGENDA. THAT WAS MY UNDERSTANDING. JUNE, HOW WE HAVEN'T DONE, EXCUSE ME. IT'S A FUTURE TOPIC FOR JUNE. OH, OH, UH, OKAY. UM, OKAY. I, OKAY. AT THIS TIME, UM, AT THIS TIME, I, I HAVE, I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME. I DON'T HAVE ANY. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OKAY. THANK YOU. UH, ANY OTHER, WHEN'S WHEN'S OUR NEXT WORK SESSION? WE DON'T HAVE ANOTHER WORK SESSION UNTIL AUGUST. AUGUST. UH, YES. THANK YOU. AUGUST 22ND. AUGUST 22ND. OKAY. UH, I HAVE SOME TIME TO TALK ABOUT YEP. BUT TO HAVE THERE, UH, ON THE CHAIR'S REPORT, I TALKED TO, UH, DR. CAR AND LOOKING AT THE STRATEGIC PLAN, FRANK, I SEE INTERIM GOALS RIGHT HERE IN THE STRATEGIC PLAN. AND I SAID TO DR. CAR, WE NEED TO HAVE A RESULTS COMMITTEE MEETING AND WANT TO HAVE THAT IRONED OUT HERE, UH, WITH YOUR MATRIX OR EVALUATION. AND THIS SEEMS TO BE WHAT WE COULD USE. UM, THINK ABOUT IT. YEAH, THINK ABOUT IT. UH, I WON'T, I WON'T MENTION THAT IN THE CHAIR'S REPORT, BUT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO, WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO GET THAT. AND I SAID TO DR. CARR, AFTER GRADUATION IS WHEN WE NEED TO SIT DOWN AND UP FOR, NOT FOR THIS YEAR. IT'S FOR THE NEXT YEAR, THIS YEAR, THE MATRIX. SO AFTER WE'LL STAY AS IT WAS, UH, THIS YEAR. YEP. YOU KNOW? OKAY. OKAY. [00:15:01] WE, WE CAN, WE CAN TALK ABOUT THAT. ALRIGHT. ANY OTHER ISSUES? I'M GOOD. OKAY. YOU ALRIGHT? THANK YOU. NO OBJECTION. WE WILL ADJOURN BY UNANIMOUS CONSENT. THANK YOU, YOU VERY MUCH. THANKS EVERYBODY. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.