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CLOSED CAPTIONING PROVIDED BY BUFORT COUNTY.
[Call to Order]
I'D LIKE TO CALL THE BUFORT, I'D CALL THE BUFORT COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD.UH, THE ORDER, YOUR SPEAKER'S STILL ON MADAM SECRETARY.
[Executive Session]
NEED A MOTION TO, UH, GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION.MR. CHAIRMAN, I MOVE THAT THE BEAUFORT COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION INTERN EXECUTIVE SESSION TO DISCUSS THE FOLLOWING MATTERS, DISCUSSION OF MATTERS RELATING TO THE PROPOSED LOCATION, EXPANSION AND PROVISION OF SERVICES, ENCOURAGING LOCATION OR EXPANSES OF BUSINESS IN THE AREA SERVED BY THE BCSD PURSUANT TO SOUTH CAROLINA CODE ANNOTATED SECTION 30 DASH FOUR DASH 70 A FIVE EMPLOYMENT MATTER.
RE PERSONAL RATIFICATION REPORT PURSUANT TO SOUTH CAROLINA CODE ANNOTATED SECTION 30 DASH FOUR DASH 70 A ONE.
DISCUSSION OF EMPLOYMENT APPOINTMENT PROMOTION COMPENSATION PURSUANT TO SOUTH CAROLINA CODE ANNOTATED SECTION 30 DASH FOUR DASH 70 A ONE.
DISCUSSION OF NEGOTIATIONS INCIDENT TO PROPOSED CONTRACTUAL ARRANGEMENTS AND PROPOSED SALE OR PURCHASE OF PROPERTY LOCATED IN SOUTHERN BEAUFORT COUNTY PURSUANT TO SOUTH CAROLINA CODE ANNOTATED SECTION 30 DASH FOUR DASH 70 A TWO.
RECEIPT OF LEGAL ADVICE RELATING TO INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS COVERED BY THE ATTORNEY-CLIENT PRIVILEGE PURSUANT TO SOUTH CAROLINA CODE ANNOTATED SECTION 30 DASH FOUR DASH 70 A TWO.
SECOND, I'LL SECOND THAT MOTION.
I WOULD LIKE TO BE, I'D LIKE TO KNOW WHO WILL BE, UH, ADVISING US IN, UM, EXECUTIVE SESSION ATTORNEY WILLIAMS. UH, OKAY.
ALL THOSE HERE IN FAVOR, UH, SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY WITH THE EXCEPTION OF, UH, CHLOE GORDON, DAVID CARR, AND ELIZABETH HAY.
UH, ABSENT, LET'S GO TO EXECUTIVE SESSION.
BEAUFORT COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD OF EDUCATION TO ORDER AT THE DISTRICT EDUCATION SERVICES CENTER MEDIA CENTER AT 2,900 MINK POINT ROAD BEAUFORT, SOUTH CAROLINA.
THIS IS JULY 8TH, 2025 AT, UH, 6:00 PM PUBLIC COMMENTS.
WE WILL HAVE PUBLIC COMMENTS ON THE AGENDA.
PUBLIC COMMENTS ARE LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES PER SPEAKER ON BUFORT COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT, AND SCHOOL RELATED TOPICS.
CITIZENS WISHING TO PARTICIPATE IN PUBLIC COMMENTS CAN DO SO IN PERSON OR VIA PHONE.
THERE ARE TWO SCHEDULED PUBLIC COMMENT FORUM DURING EACH BOARD MEETING.
THE FIRST IS A 30 MINUTE SESSION NEAR THE BEGINNING OF THE MEETING, LIMITED TO TOPICS ON THE BOARD MEETING AGENDA.
THE SECOND, A 15 MINUTE SESSION, WHICH TAKES PLACE PRIOR TO ADJOURNMENT, BUT NO LATER THAN 9:00 PM REQUEST TO PARTICIPATE IN PUBLIC COMMENTS VIA PHONE WILL BE ACCEPTED ELECTRONICALLY.
YOU CAN FIND THAT BEAUFORT BOARD OF EDUCATION PUBLIC COMMENT FORM ON OUR WEBSITE.
PLEASE SIGN UP USING THE PUBLIC COMMENT FORM 24 HOURS BEFORE THE DAY OF THE MEETING.
REQUESTERS WILL SUBSEQUENTLY RECEIVE A PHONE CALL DURING THEIR RESPECTIVE PUBLIC FORM TIME AND SHOULD BE READY TO COME TO SPEAK CITIZENS TO DESIRING TO PARTICIPATE IN, IN-PERSON PUBLIC COMMENTS MUST FILL OUT A PUBLIC COMMENT CARD THAT CAN BE OBTAINED FROM THE BOARD CLERK UPON ARRIVAL.
[Action as Necessary or Appropriate Regarding Matters Discussed in Executive Session]
MADAM SECRETARY, DO WE HAVE ANY ACTIONS AS NECESSARY OR APPROPRIATE REGARDING MATTERS DISCUSSED IN EXECUTIVE SESSION? YES, SIR.MR. CHAIRMAN, WE HAVE THREE MOTIONS COMING OUT OF EXECUTIVE SESSION.
THE FIRST MOTION IS I MOVE THAT THE BOARD OF EDUCATION ACCEPT THE SUPERINTENDENT'S RATIFICATION OF PERSONNEL REPORT.
ARE THERE ANY DISCUSSION, UM, MR. SMITH, IN THAT RATIFICATION REPORT? IS THERE ANYTHING SPECIAL THAT WE'RE, THAT WE'RE ACCEPTING?
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THERE IS A SECOND MOTION COMING.NOT IN THAT RATIFICATION REPORT? NO.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR AND HERE IN THE BOARDROOM SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
OUR SECOND MOTION IS I MOVE THAT THE BOARD OF EDUCATION ACCEPT THE SUPERINTENDENT'S RECOMMENDATION TO HIRE JENNIFER MURILLO, PRINCIPAL OF BEAUFORT MIDDLE SCHOOL.
SECOND, THE, THE HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
UH, ONLINE, UH, MR. SMALL AYE.
AND MS. GORDON, NOTHING HEARD FROM MS. GORDON.
MAY, UH, MS. FRAZIER, UH, WOULD YOUR VOTE PLEASE? I'M SORRY.
OUR FINAL MOTION FROM EXECUTIVE SESSION.
I MOVE THAT THE BOARD OF EDUCATION APPROVE THE SUPERINTENDENT TO FINALIZE THE TOWN OF BLUFFTON LANDS SWAP AMENDMENT FOR APPROXIMATELY 11 ACRES OF LAND FROM THE WILLOW RUN PARCEL FOR THE APPROXIMATE 23 ACRES OF LAND OWNED BY THE TOWN OF BLUFFTON ADJACENT TO THE WILLOW RUN PARCEL SECOND, AND MOVED AND SECONDED.
ANY DISCUSSION MR. SMITH? UM, IN THE READING OF THAT MOTION, UH, IT SAYS NOWHERE NEAR ABOUT HIM BRINGING IT BACK TO US.
I'M CONCERNED ABOUT HIM BRINGING IT BACK TO US TO, TO, UH, TO, TO THE TAKE OUT WHAT WE DISCUSSED.
AND THERE'S NOTHING IN THERE ABOUT THAT EXECUTIVE SESSION.
MR. ANI, DO YOU WANNA CLARIFY? SORRY.
WE DO INTEND TO BRING THE FINAL MOTION TO YOU NEXT TIME IF YOU WANT TO ADD THAT TO THE MOTION.
MOTION TO AMEND TO ADD AND TO BRING BACK TO THE BOARD FINAL FOR FINAL TO BE FINALIZED.
SO LET ME READ THIS, THE AMENDED MOTION, MOLLY.
SO I MOVE THAT THE BOARD OF EDUCATION APPROVE THE SUPERINTENDENT TO FINALIZE AND BRING BACK TO THE BOARD THE TOWN OF BLUFFTON LAND SWAP AMENDMENT FOR APPROXIMATELY 11 ACRES OF LAND FROM THE WILLOW RUN PARCEL FOR THE APPROXIMATE 23 ACRES OF LAND OWNED BY THE TOWN OF BLUFFTON ADJACENT TO THE WILLOW RUN PARCEL.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE.
ALL THOSE IN THE ROOM, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HEAD AND SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
ONLINE, UH, MS. GORDON, NOTHING HEARD.
NOW WE GET TO VOTE ON THE MOTION.
NOW GET TO VOTE ON THE MOTION.
I MOVED THAT THE BOARD OF EDUCATION APPROVED THE SUPERINTENDENT TO FINALIZE AND BRING BACK TO THE BOARD THE TOWN OF BLUFFTON LAND SWAP, UH, AMENDMENT FOR APPROXIMATELY 11 ACRES OF LAND FROM THE WILLOW RUN PARCEL FOR THE APPROXIMATE 23 ACRES OF LAND OWNED BY THE TOWN OF BLUFFTON ADJACENT TO THE WILLOW RUN PARCEL.
ALL THOSE IN THE, THE BUILDING.
ONLINE, UH, ALFONSO, ALFONSO AYE.
ALL RIGHT, MS. GORDON, NOTHING HEARD FROM MS. GORDON.
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AYE.THAT CONCLUDES EXECUTIVE SESSION.
[Approval of Agenda]
I NEED A MOTION TO, UH, APPROVE THE AGENDA.SO MOVED BY MR. MR. NAY AND SECONDED BY MS. BOATWRIGHT.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
NOTHING HEARD, MR. SMALL? AYE.
DR. CARR AS AN AYE, UH, MS. FRAZIER? AYE.
AS AN AYE, UH, MS. HAY, A AYE.
[Pledge of Allegiance, Moment of Silence, Statement of Media Notification]
NEXT ITEM IS THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, FOLLOWED BY A MOMENT OF SILENCE, PLEASE.UH, THANK YOU MS. MS. JOHNSON.
HAS THE MEDIA BEEN NOTIFIED? IT HAS BEEN NOTIFIED.
[First Public Comments ]
FIRST PUBLIC COMMENTS.DO WE HAVE ANY INITIAL PUBLIC COMMENTS? TWO, TWO SECOND.
[Chair’s Report]
THE AGENDA IS THE CHAIRS REPORT CHAIR HAS NOTHING TO REPORT THE[Superintendent’s Report]
SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT.UM, THIS EVENING FOR THE SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT, WE HAVE ONE ITEM UNDER STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT RELATING TO OUR 2025 SUMMER SCHOOL PROGRAM.
THE PRESENTATION WILL BE PROVIDED BY DR.
RETOS, OUR CHIEF INSTRUCTIONAL OFFICER AND HER TEAM.
AND THEN FOLLOWING THAT UNDER OTHER MATTERS, WE'LL HAVE A CONSTRUCTION UPDATE.
STRATOS, CHAIRMAN GUYER AND BOARD MEMBERS THE, THIS EVENING I BRING FORWARD OUR SECONDARY DIRECTOR FOR TEACHING AND LEARNING.
KAREN MCKINSEY, WHO'S BEEN VERY INSTRUMENTAL WITH OUR SECONDARY SUMMER SCHOOL FOR OUR SIXTH THROUGH 12 GRADE STUDENTS, AS WELL AS WORKING IN TANGENT WITH DR.
BULL AND MELISSA MURRAY FOR ELEMENTARY.
WITH THAT I BRING FORWARD KAREN MCKINSEY IN YOUR POSSESSION.
SHOULD BE AN EXECUTIVE SUMMARY AND THEIR BRIEF SLIDE SLIDES FOR YOUR REVIEW.
STRATAS AND THANK YOU BOARD MEMBERS FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE WITH YOU TONIGHT THE SUCCESSES OF OUR STUDENTS THIS SUMMER.
WANNA START WITH ELEMENTARY, EVEN THOUGH I WAS NOT DIRECTLY OVER ELEMENTARY, WE DID WORK TOGETHER.
SO I DO WANNA SHARE SOME OF THAT.
BUT BEFORE I GET STARTED, I DO WANNA LET YOU KNOW WE'RE STILL IN REVIEW OF DATA, SO SOME OF THIS WILL CHANGE.
THAT IS WHY WE HAVE LISTED AS PRELIMINARY.
AS YOU KNOW, THE STATE REQUIRES THAT WE PROVIDE SUMMER SCHOOL TO OUR STUDENTS IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BASED ON THE YEAR BEFORE SCHOOL.
THIS YEAR, THEY THREW A LITTLE WRENCH INTO US, AND THEY RAISED THAT CUTOFF BY 70 POINTS.
SO IT WENT FROM FOUR 19 TO 4 89.
WITH THAT, WE INITIALLY HAD RIGHT AT 800 STUDENTS THAT QUALIFIED.
SO THAT'S A FOCUS ON OUR THIRD GRADE STUDENTS.
BY THE END OF THE YEAR, ALL OF THOSE 800 WERE NOT NECESSARILY BELOW THAT LEVEL, BUT BECAUSE THEY WERE SO CLOSE, WE KEPT THEM ON THE INVITE LIST BECAUSE WE THOUGHT THAT LITTLE BIT OF SUPPORT WOULD BE BENEFICIAL.
OVER THE SUMMER, WE HAD 18 OF OUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS THAT PARTICIPATED IN SUMMER SCHOOL.
WE HAD A WEALTH OF HIGHLY QUALIFIED TEACHERS.
SO FOR 14 DAYS, ALL DAY LONG, THEY WORKED DILIGENTLY.
SOME OF THE THINGS THAT THEY WORKED ON WERE PHONEMIC AWARENESS AND WORD RECOGNITION.
AS YOU KNOW, WITH THE, UM, SCIENCE OF READING THAT THE STATE HAS PUT OUT UNDER LETTERS, THOSE THINGS LEAD DIRECTLY INTO READING COMPREHENSION.
SO IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE WORK CONSISTENTLY ON THAT.
YOU'LL SEE ON THE SUMMER SCHOOL LOCATIONS, AND I'M NOT GONNA GO OVER
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EACH OF THOSE, BUT I WILL SAY IT IS A LOT TO ASK OF A PRINCIPAL TO PICK UP THEIR ENTIRE SCHOOL AND MOVE DOWN THE STREETSO WE DO WANNA SAY THANK YOU TO ALL OF OUR PRINCIPALS FOR DOING THAT.
A VERY SPECIAL SHOUT OUT TO OUR PRINCIPAL AT RIVER RIDGE ACADEMY, BECAUSE HE HAD BASICALLY TWO SCHOOLS TO MOVE.
WE WERE VERY FORTUNATE THAT WE WERE ABLE TO USE BLUFFTON ELEMENTARY ACROSS THE STREET AS MCCRACKEN TO MAKE IT EASIER FOR OUR PARENTS.
ANOTHER THING THAT OUR READING DID WAS THEY WORKED IN SMALL GROUPS WITH THESE STUDENTS VERY DILIGENTLY TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY WERE UP ON STATE STANDARDS.
ANOTHER ENRICHMENT PROGRAM THAT WE PROVIDED IS PROJECT LEAD THE WAY.
AS YOU KNOW, THAT'S A VERY ENGAGING PROGRAM.
AGAIN, WE HAD THESE ELEMENTARY KIDS ALL DAY, SO WE DID WANNA BREAK THAT UP WITH SOMETHING ENGAGING.
AND PROJECT LEAD THE WAY WAS A WONDERFUL FIT THAT IS ALSO ALIGNED TO OUR STATE STANDARDS.
IF YOU LOOK AT OUR SECONDARY, THAT'S MORE MY GROOVE TO BE HONEST.
BUT IF YOU LOOK AT SECONDARY AGAIN, UM, THIS YEAR WE WERE EXTREMELY BLESSED.
WE ONLY HAD TWO SITES THAT HAD TO SHARE.
AGAIN, THAT WAS MR. RYMAN AND HIS CREW AT RIVER RIDGE.
WERE OVER AT MCCRACKEN AND OUR HILTON HEAD CREW WERE USED TO WORKING TOGETHER FOR THE LAST COUPLE YEARS.
UH, MR. AUSTIN HAS TRAVELED OVER TO HILTON HEAD HIGH SCHOOL WITH HIS CREW, AND MR. CHI RICH HAS WELCOMED HIM.
MR. SID RICH HAS TAKEN HIS CREW OVER TO MR. AUSTIN AND BEING WELCOMED AT OUR MIDDLE SCHOOL.
BEFORE I GO ANY FURTHER THOUGH, I HAVE TO SAY SUMMER SCHOOL STARTS IN FEBRUARY FOR US.
WE FILL THIS ROOM WITH DISTRICT SUPPORT PEOPLE, FACILITIES, OPERATIONS, TRANSPORTATION, UH, FOOD SERVICE, ALL OF THE DIFFERENT PIECES THAT WORK TOGETHER.
AND BECAUSE OF THAT, I THINK WE HAD AN EXTREMELY SUCCESSFUL YEAR.
SO, I I A DEFINITE SHOUT OUT TO OUR TRANSPORTATION.
THEY GOT THOSE KIDS TO US SAFELY AND ON TIME EVERY DAY.
OUR FOOD SERVICE PEOPLE KEPT THEM WELL NOURISHED AND READY TO LEARN, AND OUR FACILITIES WERE CLEAN AND READY TO LEARN IN.
SO I DID WANNA ACKNOWLEDGE THAT WE ALSO HAD 14 DAYS, BUT WE WENT WITH A HALF DAY SCHEDULE WITH OUR SECONDARY STUDENTS THIS YEAR.
IT'S SOMETHING THAT OUR TEACHERS HAVE REQUESTED FOR YEARS, AND WE FINALLY SAID, OKAY, LET'S GIVE IT A SHOT.
WE SHOULD HAVE LISTENED TO THEM BEFORE.
AS I GO THROUGH THE PROGRAM, SOMETIMES I'LL SEE STUDENTS OFF TASK IN SUMMER SCHOOL, UM, NOT SO MUCH THIS YEAR.
THEY WERE FOCUSED, THEY KNEW THEY WANT A TIME CRUNCH, AND THEY MET THAT.
IT'S VERY PERSONALIZED LEARNING.
SO WHAT THE STUDENTS DO IS THEY TAKE AN INITIAL ASSESSMENT, IT TELLS THEM EXACTLY WHAT THEY NEED TO BECOME PROFICIENT IN THOSE STANDARDS.
WE HAD OVER 800 STUDENTS IN SECONDARY, 147 EDUCATORS, AND WE HAD 913 COURSES TAKEN.
NOW I KNOW YOUR HEAD JUST WENT 800 STUDENTS, 913 COURSES, SOMETHING'S OFF.
WE DO HAVE STUDENTS WHO NEED JUST A LITTLE EXTRA TIME IN MORE THAN ONE COURSE.
THE STATE ALLOWS US TO PROVIDE TWO.
I AM REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THIS PART.
WE ARE LOOKING RIGHT NOW AT AN 85% SUCCESS RATE IN OUR MIDDLE SCHOOL.
THAT'S UP FROM 76.9 OF LAST YEAR.
AND A 90, 90% HIGH SCHOOL SIX SUCCESS RATE, WHICH IS UP FROM 80% OF LAST YEAR.
WE STILL DO HAVE, SOME OF OUR SENIORS ARE ALLOWED TO WORK UNTIL THE SATURDAY PRIOR TO SCHOOL STARTING.
SO SOME OF THEM ARE STILL WORKING.
SO THAT NUMBER MAY EVEN GO UP A LITTLE BIT, WHICH WOULD BE WONDERFUL.
WE DO ALREADY HAVE SEVERAL SENIORS THAT HAVE MET THE OBLIGATION AND WILL BE GRADUATING IN JULY.
IF YOU LOOK AT THAT NEXT SLIDE, THIS IS THE PRELIMINARY DATA THAT I WAS TELLING YOU ABOUT.
IN MIDDLE SCHOOL, WE HAD 571 COURSES THAT WERE ATTEMPTED.
AND RIGHT NOW WE HAVE 487 THAT ARE SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED.
NOW, A CAVEAT TO THAT IS SOME OF OUR STUDENTS DO REQUIRE A LITTLE EXTRA TIME, SO THOSE MAY NOT HAVE BEEN CLOSED OUT.
SO WE DO HAVE, HMM, A GOOD NUMBER OF COURSES THAT WE'RE STILL LOOKING TO REVIEW TO SEE WHETHER OR NOT, IF THAT STUDENT MET STATE PROFICIENCY GUIDELINES, THAT NUMBER HOPEFULLY WILL GO UP A LITTLE BIT.
AGAIN, THIS NUMBER MAY GO UP BASED ON OUR SENIORS, UM, 342.
BUT WE HAVE 304 SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED COURSES.
THAT IS A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF WORK OF OUR STUDENTS.
SO I THANK PARENTS FOR GETTING THEM TO US AND LETTING US BORROW THEM FOR A FEW MORE WEEKS DURING THE SUMMER.
OUR STUDENTS WERE WORKING HARD.
OUR TEACHERS, MOST IMPORTANTLY, OUR ADMINISTRATORS AND SUMMER SCHOOL COORDINATORS.
BEFORE I FINISH THOUGH, AND THIS IS NOT IN MY PRESENTATION, THIS IS BREAKING DATA THAT I GOT RIGHT AS I WAS COMING IN OUR MULTILINGUAL
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PROGRAM.WE OFFERED THAT TO OUR SCHOOLS THIS YEAR.
WE SAID, HEY, IF YOU WANT IT, WE'LL DO OUR BEST TO PROVIDE IT.
WE SERVE 505 STUDENTS ON LANGUAGE THIS, THIS SUMMER.
AND CREDIBLE ALSO, OUR SPECIAL EDUCATION STUDENTS.
AS YOU KNOW, THE STATE REQUIRES US, ANY STUDENT WHO NEEDS CONTINUED SUPPORT THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER IS ALLOWED THAT EXTENDED SCHOOL YEAR.
SO WE HAD 21 STUDENTS THAT WERE INVOLVED IN THAT THIS YEAR, AND WE DID THAT ON BOTH SIDES OF THE RIVER FOR THE EASE OF OUR PARENTS.
SO THAT WAS HELD AT MC RILEY ELEMENTARY AND ROBERT SMALLS.
IF YOU HAD THE HONOR OF GOING TO ROBERT SMALLS DURING THE SUMMER, IT WAS A BUSY PLACE.
THEY HAD 11 PROGRAMS GOING ON IN THAT SCHOOL.
THERE'S SOMETHING TO BE SAID FOR THAT ORGANIZATION, BUT WE WERE EXCITED ABOUT OUR SUMMER SCHOOL OUTCOMES.
SO FAR, WE FEEL LIKE OUR CONTINUED FOCUS ON TIER ONE INSTRUCTION NEXT YEAR IS GOING TO EVEN HELP THOSE NUMBERS EVEN MORE NEXT YEAR.
I'LL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS.
MR. SMITH? UM, I JUST WOULD JUST LIKE TO THANK, UH, ALL THE STAFF MEMBERS, UH, WHO HELPED THEM WORK SUMMER SCHOOL BECAUSE WORKING ALL YEAR LONG AND THEN TO COME AND WORK SUMMER SCHOOL CAN BE KIND OF TEDIOUS.
UH, SO I'D JUST LIKE TO THANK THEM AND THANK THE PARENTS AND THE STUDENTS WHO DID ATTEND SUMMER SCHOOL, UH, WITH, WITH, WITH MOVING FORWARD.
I'D LIKE TO THANK YOU ALL FOR PUTTING IN THE WORK, UH, TO HELP MOVE THIS DISTRICT IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.
SO I'D LIKE THANK YOU ALL AS WELL.
AND I WILL DEFINITELY SHARE THAT WITH OUR TEACHERS.
MR. NAY, I WAS LUCKY ENOUGH TO GO TO THE, UH, GRADUATION CEREMONY OF HILTON ISLAND MIDDLE SCHOOL.
UH, AND, UH, JUST WATCH THE, THE WONDERFUL ENERGY THAT WAS GOING ON THERE AND THE REBUILDING OF THE LITTLE, UH, COURTYARD, UH, GARDEN OVER THERE.
I MEAN, IT WAS, IT'S GORGEOUS AND THE AND THE KIDS WERE ALL EXCITED AND IT WAS A GREAT, GREAT EXPERIENCE.
'CAUSE THAT WAS A PILOT PROGRAM.
WE'RE GONNA SHARE A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT LATER.
WE STARTED IT LAST YEAR AND WE BUILT ON IT THIS YEAR.
SO I'M GLAD THAT YOU WERE ABLE TO GO BECAUSE THAT WAS A VERY CREATIVE AND WONDERFUL PROGRAM FOR OUR STUDENTS THERE AT IB.
I WENT TO, UH, A NUMBER OF SESSIONS AT ROBERT SMALLS.
OPERATIONALLY AND LOGISTICALLY IT WAS PERFECT.
UH, THE FOOD SERVICE, UH, COMMEND THEM.
UH, THAT'S KIND OF A DIFFICULT THING TO PULL TOGETHER, BUT THEY DID AN EXCELLENT JOB.
UM, AND I SAW REALLY WELL ORGANIZED AND ENTHUSIASTIC KIDS THERE, AND THAT'S, I WAS KIND OF WONDERING IF I WOULD SEE PEOPLE MOPING AROUND.
THEY WERE THERE FOR THE SUMMER AND IT WAS NICE OUTSIDE, BUT I DIDN'T SEE THAT.
I, I SAW KIDS GETTING DOWN AND GETTING AFTER IT, SO IT WAS A GOOD THING.
AND, AND CHAIRMAN GAIA, I COULD PLEASE TO THE BOARD.
I WANNA THANK YOU FOR YOUR GENEROSITY WITH THE FUNDING GIVING FOR OUR SUMMER SCHOOL.
MANY COUNTIES, SCHOOL DISTRICTS ACTUALLY HAVE A REQUIREMENT OF PAYMENT AND OUR FAMILIES DO NOT PAY FOR SUMMER SCHOOL.
SO THANK YOU FOR THAT FUNDING ALLOCATION AS WELL.
NEXT ITEM IS CONSTRUCTION UPDATE.
RIGHT? WELL, GOOD EVENING EVERYBODY.
THANKS FOR ALLOWING ME TO PRESENT THE CONSTRUCTION UPDATES THROUGH THE END OF JUNE OF 2025.
AND I WILL BEGIN WITH THE UPDATE FOR THE 2019 BOND REFERENDUM.
CURRENTLY AT THE END, OR AS OF THE END OF JUNE, WE HAD 13 PROJECTS IN CLOSEOUT.
UH, SO WE'VE CONTINUED TO MAKE PROGRESS ON THOSE, UH, CLOSEOUTS THE FINANCIALS FOR THE 2019 BOND REFERENDUM AT THE END OF JUNE, WHERE, UH, WE HAD A PAID AND COMMITTED FUNDS TOTAL OF 374 POINT $57 MILLION, UH, REMAINING AVAILABLE FUNDS, WHICH INCLUDED THE CONTINGENCY OF 1.4 MILLION.
AND IN JUNE, WE HAD A CONTINGENCY ACTIVITY, UH, THAT INCLUDED THE SAVINGS OF ABOUT A QUARTER MILLION DOLLARS AND THE USE OF ABOUT $1.3 MILLION ON THE BOND REFERENDUM.
A LOT OF THOSE ITEMS WERE RELATED TO SOME OF THESE REMAINING, UH, FUNDS THAT KEEP COMING FROM THE CLOSEOUTS FROM THE CMS. AND WE CONTINUE TO MAKE PROGRESS.
UM, TO DATE ON THE REMAINING I, UH, ITEMS THAT WE PUT UNDER CONTRACT WITH THAT CONTINGENCY THAT, UH, WE KEEP SHORING UP, WE HAVE ENCUMBERED APPROXIMATELY $3.6 MILLION, AND THAT INCLUDES PROJECTS RANGING FROM PLAYGROUNDS, ATHLETICS, UH, SAFETY, SECURITY, AND TECHNOLOGY INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS.
SO WE CONTINUE TO, UH, CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH, UH, PROGRESS.
AND FOR THOSE INTERESTED TOMORROW, WE'LL BE GIVING AN UPDATE AS WELL TO THE CLOCK AT 6:00 PM AT OCA T ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
UM, ANY QUESTIONS ON THE 2019 BOND REFERENDUM? MR. DALLAS? THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR.
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UH, THANK YOU, MR. VARGAS.UM, I THINK WHEN THE CLOSEOUTS THAT, UH, STARTED A FEW YEARS BACK WAS MORE THAN 30, SO YOU'VE MADE SIGNIFICANT PROGRESS IN CUTTING THEM TO 13.
THE ROOT CAUSE FACTORS THAT WE WERE TOLD WERE THE ISSUES IN, ARE THEY STILL THERE IN THESE 13 OR HAS THERE BEEN PROGRESS? THERE HAS BEEN PROGRESS.
AND JUST ONE EXAMPLE IS WE'VE ACTUALLY SAT DOWN WITH A CONTRACTOR, DID AN AUDIT OF THEIR FINANCIALS SO THAT WE CAN EXPEDITE THE CLOSEOUT OF THESE CLOSEOUTS THAT SHOULD GET US CLO, UH, CLOSER TO FINALIZING AND GETTING US THE LAST TWO OR THREE PAY APPS THAT REMAIN SO THAT WE CAN GET THE COST OF WORK ADJUSTMENTS AND JUST, UH, FINALIZE THOSE, UM, PROJECTS.
UM, ALSO ON THE, ON THE ON ON THESE, ON ON THESE, ON THESE, UH, CLOSEOUTS.
I KNOW THAT THERE WERE SOME STUFF, UH, I WAS LOOKING FOR.
UM, I I, THE BEGINNING OF WHEN THE ROBERT SMALLS, UH, WAS BUILT, THERE WAS SOME LEAKAGE AND SOME DIFFERENT THINGS GOING ON.
UM, HOW, HOW DOES THAT PLAY INTO THIS? I JUST HAD SOMEONE ASK ME RECENTLY, UH, I'M SORRY, IF YOU COULD REPEAT THE QUESTION.
I KNOW AT THE BEGINNING OF WHEN ROBERT SMALLS, UH, ROBERT SMALLS, UH, ACADEMY MM-HMM
I KNOW THERE WAS, THERE WAS SOME LEAKAGES AND SOME DIFFERENT THINGS GOING ON.
AND I KNOW WE TALKED ABOUT, ABOUT THEM AT SOME POINT COMING BACK IN AND TAKING CARE OF THAT.
UH, WHERE CAN I FIND THAT INFORMATION AT? IN, IN THIS, IN THIS PACKET WE TALKING ABOUT.
I SEE SOME, SOME NICE PICTURES OF IT, BUT YEAH, I CAN'T, SO I MEAN, UM, I KNOW THERE WAS, THAT'S WARRANTY WORKS.
THAT'S A LITTLE DIFFERENT THAN CLOSEOUT.
SO OF COURSE THE CONTRACTOR WARRANTY'S A YEAR PAST THE END OF CONSTRUCTION, SO WE CAN CLOSE OUT A PROJECT AND SOMETHING COME UP DURING THAT YEAR LIKE YOU'RE REFERRING TO, AND THAT'S HANDLED AS A, A WARRANTY ITEM.
SO, SO, SO THAT, THAT WON'T, SO HA HAS THOSE ITEMS, HAVE THOSE ITEMS BEEN TAKEN CARE OF? UH, AS FAR AS, AS FAR AS WE KNOW, OR, YES.
THE ONE THING, I KNOW ROBERT SMALLS, THERE ARE SOME AWNINGS THAT CAME OFF IN THE SNOWSTORM.
UM, BELIEVE IT OR NOT, UH, THE AWNINGS WEREN'T DESIGNED FOR SNOW LOAD.
UH, AND SO
BUT THAT WAS AFTER THE WARRANTY PERIOD.
UM, AND THAT THEY REALLY WEREN'T DESIGNED FOR THAT MUCH SNOW, UM, THAT WE HAD THIS SUMMER.
BUT OUTSIDE OF THAT, EVERYTHING ELSE HAS BEEN TAKEN CARE OF.
I'LL LEAVE THAT A DIFFERENT DISCUSSION.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ABOUT 2019 REFERENDUM? OKAY.
LET'S GO ON TO THE NEXT REFERENDUM.
MOVING ALONG TO THE 2023 BOND REFERENDUM.
UH, ALL PROJECTS ARE REPORTING WITH A GREEN TRAFFIC LIGHT FOR BUDGET AND SCHEDULE.
UH, MAY RIVER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, THE TOWN OF BLUFFTON, LAND DISTURBANCE DEVELOPMENT PERMIT HAS BEEN RECEIVED, AND THE SILT FENCE AND STORM WATER INSPECTION IS SCHEDULED TO OCCUR THIS MONTH.
SO WE SHOULD BE MOVING RIGHT ALONG WITH BRINGING TREES DOWN AND GETTING THE SITE READY, READY FOR, UH, CONCRETE SLAB AND ALL THE UTILITIES.
UM, AT MAY RIVER HIGH SCHOOL, THE C-T-E-J-R-O-T-C ADDITIONS, UH, THE BUILD, THE J-R-O-T-C BUILDING DRY IN IS COMPLETE.
THE ROOFTOP UNITS ARE IN PLACE.
FIRE SPRINKLER PIPE IS BEING, UH, OR ACTUALLY THAT ONE IS COMPLETE.
THE ROUGH FIN IS CONTINUING TO PROGRESS ONTO THE CTE PORTION OF THE BUILDING.
UH, OVER ON THE CTE SIDE, THE ROOF DECKING IS 50% COMPLETE, AND THE DRY IN IS SCHEDULED TO TAKE PLACE THIS MONTH SO THAT WE CAN BEGIN SOME OF THE ROUGH FINS AND SOME OF THE INTERIOR ACTIVITIES INSIDE THE BUILDING SO THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO PROGRESS.
RIGHT NOW, WE ARE STILL LOOKING LIKE A DECEMBER TIMEFRAME TO GET THAT BUILDING, UH, PREPARED FOR ALL, ALL, ALL THE TURN TURNOVERS OVER AT THE NEW EARLY LEARNING CENTER, THE STRUCTURAL NARRATIVE FOR THE STORM WATER IMPACT REVIEWS PENDING.
HOWEVER, THE SCHEMATIC DESIGNS, WE ARE LOOKING TO RECEIVE THOSE IN AUGUST, AND WE WILL WORK WITH THE CON, UH, CONSTRUCTION MANAGER TO RECEIVE SOME OF THAT, UH, PRICING THAT WILL HELP US UNDERSTAND WHERE WE CURRENTLY STAND WITH THAT DESIGN.
IF WE NEED TO MAKE ANY ADDITIONAL CHANGES, WE'LL LET EVERYBODY KNOW WHAT, WHAT'S GOING ALONG WITH THE PROJECT, UH, AS IT PROGRESSES ON THE HILTON HEAD ON HIGH SCHOOL PROJECT.
RIGHT NOW, THE PROJECT IS ACTUALLY A LITTLE BIT AHEAD OF SCHEDULE.
UH, IT LOOKS LIKE THE SUMMER ACTIVITIES, WHICH INCLUDE A LOT OF THAT, UH, SITE PREPARATION FOR THE, THE ROAD AND THE TRAFFIC CIRCLE, THEY ARE ACTUALLY KEEPING ON TRACK.
AND IT DOES SEEM THAT WE ARE GONNA BE OKAY FOR THE RETURN OF CHILDREN WHEN, UM, WE'RE DONE THROUGH THE SUMMER.
UH, THE PRICING FOR PHASES TWO THROUGH FOUR, WE ARE ANTICIPATING THAT THAT IS GOING TO BE RECEIVED IN AUGUST.
SO WE'LL HAVE MORE DISCUSSIONS ONCE WE START GETTING THAT PRICING TO LET EVERYBODY KNOW WHERE WE CURRENTLY STAND.
HOPEFULLY WE ARE WITHIN THE TARGET.
LAST TIME WE DID HAVE A PRICING REVIEW, IT LOOKED LIKE WE WERE GONNA
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MEET WHAT THE BUDGET WAS FOR THE PROJECT.UM, THE NEW LADIES ISLAND MIDDLE SCHOOL REPLACEMENT, THE REZONING TO INDUSTRIAL AND CAMPUS CLASSIFICATION, THAT WAS APPROVED BY THE CITY OF BEAUFORT.
AND THE DESIGN DEVELOPMENT, UH, HAS BEGUN.
SO RIGHT NOW, THAT PROJECT IS CURRENTLY ON TARGET PRICING WISE, AND SO FAR WE'RE HOPING THAT WE KEEP ON TRACK WITH, UM, HOW THE PROJECT IS PROGRESSING ON THE FINANCIALS.
UH, FOR THE 2023 BOND REFERENDUM, THE PAID AND COMMITTED FUNDS CURRENTLY TOTAL, 183.78 MILLION, WE HAVE A REMAINING AVAILABLE FUNDS, WHICH INCLUDES A CONTINGENCY OF 255.26 MILLION.
THERE WAS NO PROGRAM CONTINGENCY ACTIVITY FOR THE MONTH OF JUNE.
UM, THE CURRENT PROGRAM CONTINGENCY REMAINS AT 11.74 MILLION WITH, WITH SOME OF THE PROJECT LEVEL CONTINGENCIES, CURRENTLY REMAINING AT 13.65 MILLION.
ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THE 2023 BOND REFERENDUM SMITH? UM, YES, I WOULD LIKE TO SAY ON PUBLIC RECORD, UM, IN TERMS OF LA MIDDLE SCHOOL, THE BUILDING CHANGING, UH, INTO WHAT IT LOOKED LIKE, UM, IN THAT, THERE WAS A, A, A CONVERSATION EVEN, UH, OVER THE, OVER THAT I, I WAS, UH, I WAS OUT SOMEWHERE AND THE CONVERSATION WAS ABOUT THE NEIGHBORS TO THE SCHOOL.
AND THAT SCHOOL HAS BEEN THERE SINCE I'VE BEEN A, A KID, AND THERE'S BEEN LIKE A NEW COMMUNITY THAT HAS BEEN PLACED BEHIND IT.
AND I WILL SAY THIS PUBLICLY, IN THAT I GUESS THE COMMUNITY HAS, HAS MADE, MADE A COUPLE COMPLAINTS.
AND I GUESS, UH, THE COMMUNITY IS TRYING TO FIGURE OUT IS THAT, IS THAT WHY THE ORIGINAL PLANS HAVE CHANGED AND LAI MIDDLE SCHOOL AND, AND WHICH, UH, WE HAVE HAD NOW.
AND SO THE COMMUNITY IS VERY CONCERNED AND THEY'RE NOT PLEASED WITH WHAT, WITH WHAT WE ARE HEARING.
AND IN TERMS OF THE CHANGE, THE CHANGES, UH, INTO THE BUILDING, INTO THE LAYOUT, INTO SAYING THAT WHERE WE'RE MOVING THE FIELDS AND WHERE WE'RE GONNA START BUILDING AND ALL OF THAT INTO SOME OF THE STUFF THAT WE, WE ARE, WE ARE RIGHT NOW THAT THERE, OBVIOUSLY, THERE'S BEEN SOME COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE NOISE AND ABOUT THEY DON'T WANT THE SCHOOL BUILDING THAT CLOSE TO THEIR HOUSE.
THERE'S, THERE'S A COMMUNITY RIGHT BEHIND IT WHERE THE INITIAL BUILDING WAS, WAS SUPPOSED TO BE, UH, WHAT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE TAKE, UH, BREAK GROUND AT.
AND SO THERE, THERE, THERE, THERE ARE DEFINITELY SOME PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY WHO ARE NOT HAPPY ABOUT THAT AND WHO ARE CONCERNED ABOUT THAT.
AND SO I JUST WANNA PUT THAT OUT, PUT THAT OUT THERE.
AND, AND THAT TO ME, I AM, I AM AS WELL, UH, DISPLEASED WITH THAT.
AND I'M VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THAT.
AND, UM, YOU KNOW, WE, THE COMMENCE COMMUNITIES TOLD ME THEY WILL BE WATCHING THIS PROJECT BECAUSE WE'VE NOT BEEN, WE'VE NOT SHORTENED ANY OTHER PROJECT IN, IN TERMS OF MOVING TREES OR ANYTHING ELSE IN TERMS OF BUILDING UP THE BUDGET.
AND SO HOPEFULLY THAT THE SAME GRACE AND MERCY THAT WE GIVE TO EVERY, EVERY OTHER SCHOOL IN THIS DISTRICT AND, AND THEIR PROJECTS IS THAT WE'RE HO HOPEFULLY THAT THIS IS GONNA BE THE SAME GRACE AND MERCY THAT WE GIVE LAY MIDDLE SCHOOL AND, AND MOVING FORWARD WITH THIS PROJECT.
I JUST WANNA PUT THAT ON RECORD.
MR. OTING, IF I COULD, SIR, UM, WE PLAN ON BRINGING THE NEW DESIGN, UH, TO THE SIC YOU KNOW, AS SOON AS WE GET INVITED, PROBABLY SEPTEMBER, I'D INVITE YOURSELF AND ANYBODY FROM THE COMMUNITY TO COME TO THAT MEETING TO SO WE CAN SHOW THAT DESIGN.
QUITE HONESTLY, I'M QUITE PROUD OF HOW IT'S ENDING UP, AND I THINK EVERYBODY'S GONNA BE VERY EXCITED ABOUT HOW IT LOOKS AND HOW IT'S TURNING OUT.
SO PLEASE INVITE EVERYBODY YOU KNOW, THAT HAS ANY CONCERN.
IT'S, AND WE'LL BE GLAD TO ADDRESS THAT WITH THEM.
YEAH, AND I'VE BEEN KIND OF TOLD THAT BEFORE AND ALSO THE LAST TIME THAT, YEAH, I WENT BEFORE THE SIC IT WAS THE SAME NIGHT THAT WE HAD A SCHOOL BOARD MEETING, UNFORTUNATELY, AND I THINK THAT WAS, THAT WASN'T THE BEST TIME FOR THAT AS, AS WELL BECAUSE AS I WOULD SAY, UH, EVEN IN BEING DETERMINED, BEING FRONTING IN THE COMMUNITY ABOUT THAT, I WAS NOT AT THAT MEETING.
SO THEREFORE I COULDN'T, UH, I COULDN'T GET THEM ANY FEEDBACK AND I, I COULDN'T, UH, DEFEND, DEFEND, OR RESPOND TO THAT RESPECTFULLY BECAUSE I HAD NO KNOW, NO KNOWLEDGE OF, OF, OF SOME OF THOSE THINGS THAT, OR WHAT WAS DISCUSSED THERE.
FIRST, FIRSTLY, UM, THIS DESIGN IS VERY IMPRESSIVE, SO KUDOS TO THAT.
UM, I MADE A NOTE TO MYSELF WHEN I FIRST SAW THIS PICTURE.
ARE THERE OPPORTUNITIES TO SHOWCASE TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC, NOT JUST THE SIC, THIS DESIGN AND ANSWER SOME OF THE QUESTIONS THAT, UM, SMITH IS RAISING, BECAUSE I THINK SOME OF THEM WERE TRIGGERED BY THE POTENTIAL GREEN SPACE PROPERTY THAT ALSO, SO I THINK THE PUBLIC NEEDS TO HAVE THAT FULL.
YEAH, WE'D BE GLAD TO HAVE A, A SEPARATE PUBLIC MEETING IF THAT'S WHAT YOU, WE NEED, WE NEED TO SET UP EITHER THROUGH YOURSELF, MR. SMITH, OR WE CAN SET THAT UP.
UH, LET US KNOW WHO TO CONTACT AND WE'LL BE GLAD TO SET THAT UP.
'CAUSE I, AS YOU SAY, MR. DALLAS, I'M QUITE PROUD OF THAT DESIGN.
I THINK ONCE PUBLIC KNOWS THE WHOLE STORY, THEY'LL BE EXCITED ABOUT IT AS WELL.
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I DON'T MIND.WE CAN ALWAYS, WE CAN ALWAYS TAKE, TAKE IT TO THE PUBLIC TO, UH, AND, AND, AND, AND GIVE THEM INFORMATION.
BUT I DON'T THINK IT WAS GREEN SPACE.
I THINK THAT THE, THE BUILDING WENT FROM ONE STORY TO TWO STORY OVERNIGHT, AND THAT'S NOT WHAT WAS FIRST DISCUSSED WITH THEM.
SO I THINK ALONG THOSE LINES AND UPON CHANGING WHERE THE LOCATION BUILDING WAS IN THE FIELDS, AND I THINK THOSE WERE WHAT WERE, WERE KIND OF WHAT I WAS GETTING, WHAT, WHAT, UH, WHAT PEOPLE WERE QUESTIONING.
JUST COME PREPARE TO ANSWER THOUGH.
UM, I, I MIGHT HAVE SPOKEN TO YOU EARLIER TO SHARE ABOUT IT, BUT I KNOW SOME WORK THAT NEEDED TO BE DONE AT BR AT, UM, JAMES J. DAVIS.
UM, THERE WAS PRE SUPPOSED TO BE A HVAC REPLACEMENT AND PARKING LOT EDITION.
UM, HAS ANY OF THOSE THINGS, I'M GONNA TALK TO THE HVAC.
SO THE PARKING LOT ADDITIONS, WE HAVE RECEIVED THE SURVEY.
THE CIVIL ENGINEERS ARE CURRENTLY WORKING ON THEIR DESIGN OKAY.
FOR THE PARKING LOT THAT WE ANTICIPATE THAT WE SHOULD BE HAVING THE DESIGNS ON HAND, HOPEFULLY BY THE END OF THE YEAR WITH PRICING AND GEARING UP TO GET EVERYTHING FOR THE UPCOMING SUMMER.
OBVIOUSLY WE HAVE TO PLAY OUT AND SEE HOW THE, A H THE AUTHORITY HAVING JURISDICTIONS AND, UH, ALL THE PERMITTING PLAYS OUT, HOPEFULLY, SO THAT WE CAN MEET THOSE, UH, TIMEFRAMES.
HOWEVER, LIKE I SAID, THAT PRO PROJECT IS PROGRESSING.
NO, THE PLAN, THE PLAN FOR THE ADDITION OF THE PARKING LOT IS THE PART OF THE PARKING LOT THAT'S RIGHT THERE IN FRONT OF THE SCHOOL, CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT.
AND THEN WE'RE, UH, RESURFACING SOME OF THE, WHERE YOU HAVE THE BUS LOT, RIGHT.
AND THAT EXISTING PARKING LOT AS WELL.
AND WE ARE LOOKING TO ALSO SEE IF THE BUDGET WILL ALLOW TO RESURFACE THE STAFF PARKING LOT.
SO WE WILL HAVE THAT AS AN ALTERNATE, ALTERNATE IN THE DESIGN AS WELL.
AND, AND HVAC, SO THE HVAC, WE HAVE RECEIVED NOTIFICATION AND WE ACTUALLY SPOKE WITH OUR, UH, EMERGENCY OR ENERGY MANAGEMENT, UH, COORDINATOR, UH, JD ATKINSON.
AND WE RECEIVED NOTIFICATION THAT THERE IS A, AND I'M TRYING TO SEE HERE, JJ DAVIS, THE SHIPMENT THAT IS COMING FROM THE MANUFACTURER RIGHT NOW MM-HMM
WE ARE LOOKING AT A MID-FALL TIMEFRAME.
HOWEVER, THE SYSTEMS, AS HE EXPLAINED TO US, THEY ARE CURRENTLY OPERATIONAL.
SO IT'S NOT LIKE RIGHT NOW THEY'RE NOT RUNNING WITHOUT THE AIR.
IT'S JUST NOT THE BRAND NEW SYSTEM THAT WE WERE ANTICIPATING FOR.
AND A LOT OF THOSE, THOSE ISSUES WE'VE ASKED THE MANUFACTURERS DEAL WITH THAT REFRIGERANT CHANGE DUG DEEPER INTO IT.
THEY ALSO HAVE SHORTAGES WITH THE NEW CYLINDERS THAT HOLD THIS REFRIGERANT.
SO IT'S, IT'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT ARE IN A WAY OUT OF OUR CONTROL.
AND WE'RE TRYING TO WORK WITH THE MANUFACTURER TO SEE IF THEY CAN HAVE, UH, ALTERNATE SOLUTIONS OR ANY WAY THAT THEY CAN EXPEDITE THIS PROCESS SO THAT WE CAN GET IT SOONER THAN OCTOBER.
A LOT OF TIMES WHAT THEY'VE BEEN TELLING US IS THAT THE EQUIPMENT GETS DELAYED SEVERAL MONTHS AND THEN A COUPLE WEEKS LATER YOU'LL RECEIVE THE EQUIPMENT.
SO WE'RE HOPING THAT THAT IS ONE OF THOSE, UH, SCENARIOS.
NOW, I KNOW, UM, IN THE WINTERTIME, I KNOW THEY WAS HAVING A LOT OF ISSUES IN THE WINTER LAST YEAR.
SO, BECAUSE I, THE REASON WHY I KNOW THIS IS BECAUSE I USED TO DRIVE SCHOOL BUS THERE.
SO A COUPLE TIMES I WENT TO PICK UP THE LITTLE ONES, UH, THEY HAD TO LEAVE EARLY BECAUSE THE HEAT EXCHANGERS WERE NOT WORKING.
SO, NO, I, IF I'M CORRECT, I I BELIEVE THAT THOSE WERE FIXED REPAIR IN IN THE LAST WINTER.
'CAUSE YEAH, IT HAPPENED ONE OR TWO TIMES WHEN, WHEN WE HAD THOSE ISSUES.
AND, UM, WE WORKED WITH SOME, EXCUSE ME, SOME OF FOUR VENDORS THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE UNDER CONTRACT TO HELP US OKAY.
SO WE SHOULD NOT BE ENCOUNTERING THOSE ISSUES.
UM, MOVING ALONG,
UM, THESE INCLUDE THE 8%, UH, CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS PLAN.
THE PROJECTS CURRENTLY ARE ALL REPORTING WITH GREEN TRAFFIC LIGHTS FOR BUDGET AND SCHEDULE.
UH, JUST LIKE I SAID, JUST GIVING A COUPLE PROJECT HIGHLIGHTS THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT.
UH, CURRENTLY WE HAVE A SCHOOL WIDE LIGHTING FIXTURE REPLACEMENT AT BLUFFTON ELEMENTARY.
AND ACTUALLY, I DIDN'T PUT IT ON THE, ON THIS REPORT AS WELL, BUT MC RILEY ELEMENTARY IS GOING THROUGH THE SAME, UH, TYPE OF SCOPE CHANGE.
WE ARE ABOUT 40, 50% COMPLETE WITH THAT WORK.
WE ARE TRACKING TO BE COMPLETE BEFORE THE TEACHERS RETURN TO SCHOOL WITH THAT PROJECT.
UH, THE MAY RIVER HIGH SCHOOL CAFETERIA EXPANSION, WE ARE GOING TO BE READY FOR THE START OF SCHOOL WITH THE NEW CAFETERIA.
SO THAT'S, UH, THE ADDITION PLUS NEW FLOORING TO, IT'S ALL GONNA LOOK LIKE ONE, ONE COMPLETE, UH,
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PROJECT TOOK PLACE.YOU'RE NOT GONNA HAVE ONE MUCH HOTSPOT OF FLOORING AROUND THE AREA.
IT'S GONNA GONNA BE A CO COMPLETE.
IT LOOKS BRAND NEW IF YOU HAVEN'T SEEN IT YET.
UM, OVER AT JOSEPH SHANKLIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, WE HAVE A LOT OF INTERIOR RENOVATIONS IN THERE.
IF YOU GUYS ARE NOT AWARE OF THIS, UH, THE CLASSROOMS USED TO HAVE THESE METAL PANELS ON THE WALLS.
THOSE ARE ALL COMING OUT AND ACTUALLY THE SCHOOL'S READY TO BE TURNED OVER ON THAT SCOPE.
THE SIMILAR SCOPE IS ALSO TAKING PLACE AT ST.
HELENA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CONTRACTOR IS LOOKING TO FINISH THAT BEFORE THE KIDS ARRIVE IN IN SCHOOL.
SO WE ARE MOBILIZING AS MANY CREWS AS POSSIBLE TO FINISH THE SCOPE.
AND IT WAS A MAJOR UNDERTAKING TO DO THOSE, UH, RENOVATIONS AT SHANKLIN IN ST.
'CAUSE WE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT WE WERE GONNA FIND BEHIND THOSE, UH, WALLS.
BUT LUCKY FOR US, IT WASN'T THAT BAD OF A CONDITION AND WE WERE ABLE TO GET A LOT OF THAT WORK DONE.
WE THOUGHT WE WERE GONNA HAVE TO FACE IT OUT TWO SUMMERS.
IT ENDED UP BEING JUST THIS SUMMER.
SO ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THE OTHER PROJECT UPDATES? YES, SIR.
UM, UM, I, THERE WERE SOME THERE, I, I KNOW THERE WERE SOME UPDATES ON SOME BATHROOMS. UM, HOW DO Y INTEND TO GET SOME OF THOSE SMELLS OUTTA THOSE BATHROOMS? A LOT OF THAT SMELL DEALS WITH THE FLOORING THAT YOU HAVE.
SO IT'S, IT'S, YOU HAVE TO TEAR OFF THE FLOORING AND REPLACE IT WITH NEW.
SO THAT SHOULD TAKE CARE OF THOSE METALS.
'CAUSE WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT IS PROBABLY YOU HAVE THE ORDER THAT'S STUCK IN THE GROUT IN THE FLOOR.
SO WHAT WE'VE DONE, WELL, BRANCH MIDDLE SCHOOL, FOR EXAMPLE, WE HAD TO DO THE SAME THING TO MITIGATE IT.
YOU DO SOME REPAIRS TO THE DRAINAGE IN THE, IN THE SEWERS, AND THEN YOU JUST REMOVE THE FLOORING.
YOU REPLACE IT WITH THE, UH, EPOXY FLOORING RIGHT.
AND THAT, THAT SHOULD BE ABLE TO HELP TAKE THAT SMELL OUT OF THERE.
AND AND THE REASON WHY I'M ASKING THAT IS BECAUSE THAT'S A, UH, THEY WOULD, IT REMIND ME OF A GODAWFUL SMELL AT BEAVER HIGH SCHOOL THAT I WAS GO TO.
AND WHEN YOU FIRST WALK IN THERE, THE MEN'S BATHROOM, THE SMELL IS GODAWFUL AND, AND, AND SO AND SO, YOU KNOW, I DEFINITELY DON'T WANT THOSE BABIES WALKING IN THERE AND, AND THAT IN THAT STILL THAT SAME SMELL BEING THERE.
SO I WAS JUST WONDERING, SO IT SOUND LIKE, LIKE YOU HAVE A GAME PLAN.
I I, I APPRECIATE THAT AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT, UH, THAT SMELL NOT NOT BEING THERE.
I APPRECIATE THE CREW AND THE, THE HARD WORK THAT, THAT THEY'RE DOING IN, IN THAT BUILDING.
I DEFINITELY DO APPRECIATE THAT.
UM, GO AHEAD AND, AND I WILL LET YOU KNOW THAT THE PROJECT MANAGER THAT'S ON TOP OF THAT, UH, PARTICULAR FACILITY, IF THE PROBLEM PERSISTS, HE WILL CONTINUE TO SEEK WAYS TO MITIGATE THAT ISSUE IF IT, IF IT'S SOMETHING DEEPER THAN WHAT WE'VE DONE.
SO JUST TO LET YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT LIKE WE'RE JUST GONNA LEAVE EVERYBODY HANGING THERE.
AND THEN I GUESS YOU DON'T HAPPEN TO HAVE A DATE WHEN THERE'LL BE, BE ABLE TO GO BACK IN THE BUILDING AND VISIT.
YOU DON'T HAVE A DATE WHERE, WHERE PEOPLE, WHERE, WHERE THE BUILDING BE, BE DONE? SO RIGHT NOW THEY HAVEN'T GIVEN US A DEFINITIVE DATE, BUT WE ARE LOOKING TO BE COMPLETE BEFORE THE RETURN OF THE CHILDREN.
LIKE I SAID, RIGHT NOW THEY FINISHED JOSEPH SHANKLIN, THEY HAVE MOBILE, UH, ST.
HELENA WAS GOING ON SITE SIMULTANEOUSLY, BUT THEY'RE LOOKING TO TAKE SOME OF THE CREWS THAT WERE AT JOSEPH SHANKLIN AND SUPPLEMENTING THAT PROJECT SO THEY CAN GET IT.
'CAUSE IT'S A BIGGER FACILITY.
THEY'RE JUST TRYING TO MOVE IT A LITTLE BIT QUICKER.
UM, WELL, UH, COMMUNITY OUTREACH, WE HAVE NO ACTIVITY TO REPORT, UH, REPORT AS OF NOW.
ONCE THE GROUNDBREAKING FOR MAY RIVER ELEMENTARY IS SCHEDULED, WE'LL NOTIFY, UM, THE PUBLIC, THE BOARD AND, UH, THE COM, THE WELL THE STAFF AND
WE DO NOT HAVE ANY ACTIVITY TO REPORT AS OF NOW.
SO THAT CONCLUDES MY CONSTRUCTION UPDATE.
I JUST HAVE SOME FOR THE OPERATIONS COMMITTEE.
UH, I JUST HAVE A, UH, QUE A QUESTION, UH, IN TERMS OF THE, THE, UM, HOW DO WE, UH, HOW DO WE CHOOSE WHAT WE KEEP WHEN I KNOW THERE WERE SOME TALLEST THAT WERE THAT OVER AT CYLINDER AND LIKE I SAID, THEY TOOK 'EM OUT AND I'M NOT SURE THE QUESTION WAS WHETHER THEY'RE GONNA REUSE 'EM AND HOW DO WE DECIDE THAT, WHAT'S, WHAT'S THAT PROCESS? AND ALSO, UH, IN TERMS OF MATERIAL, HOW INVOLVED IS STAFF AND, AND, AND, AND MA AND MATERIAL.
SO I SO THAT THAT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I WISH THAT WE COULD, UH, SEND TO THE OPERATIONS COMMITTEE SO THAT WE GET A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF THOSE THINGS.
I MEAN, BECAUSE I MEAN, I THINK IT'S, IT IS VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE UNDERSTAND HOW WE'RE SPENDING MONEY AND, AND WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE.
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UH, WE HAVE BOARD BUSINESS ACTION.WE HAVE ONE ITEM, AND THAT'S, UH, YOUR ITEM, SIR.
SO WE DON'T, UH, UH, WANNA GO AHEAD AND TELL US ABOUT THE ITEM YOU WANNA BRING UP? UH, GRAD GRADUATION.
UH, THERE WERE A COUPLE THINGS DURING GRADUATION.
I KNOW THAT, UH, I AND A COUPLE OTHER, UH, BOARD MEMBERS, UH, HAD HAD INTO QUESTION IN TERMS OF, UH, THERE WERE SOME,
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UH, THINGS THAT GO WRONG, STUDENTS' NECK THAT WERE THE, UH, WHAT WAS IT CALLED? YES, SOME, SOME STALLS, UH, AND LANYARDS THAT WAS TAKEN FROM STUDENTS.AND ALSO, UM, AT ONE GRADUATION, IT WAS, UH, THE BOARD MEMBERS THAT WAS NAMED, OR BOARD MEMBERS WHO WERE ON THE BOARD LAST YEAR.
AND SO THERE, THERE'S SOME THINGS THAT I THINK THAT WE NEED TO DISCUSS IN TERMS ABOUT, UH, GRADUATION THAT WE'VE BEEN KIND OF TIP TOEING AROUND IT FOR, UH, FOR YEARS.
UM, SO I, I, UH, SO I JUST THINK THAT, UH, THAT'S REAL.
THAT'S THE REASON WHY, WHY I BROUGHT IT UP.
I KNOW MRS. I KNOW A COUPLE BOARD MEMBERS DID HAVE QUESTIONS DURING THE GRADUATION CEREMONY, SO I JUST THOUGHT THIS WOULD BE A GOOD TIME NOT TO LET TOO MUCH TIME LINGER, YOU KNOW, BEFORE ABOUT THINGS THAT WE WANTED TO, UH, HAVE QUESTIONS AND TALK ABOUT.
NO, I, UM, I DID NOT GET TO GO TO AS MANY GRADUATIONS AS I USUALLY DO THIS YEAR.
BUT I KNOW, I THINK WHAT YOU MIGHT BE GETTING AT TOO IS THAT THERE'S JUST NOT A LOT OF CONSISTENCY BETWEEN GRADUATION.
SO SOME SCHOOLS ALLOW STOLES, SOME SCHOOLS DON'T.
AND AT WHAT POINT SHOULD THE DISTRICT HAVE A POLICY? BECAUSE IT DOES LEAD TO UNNECESSARILY BAD FEELINGS OF, EXCUSE ME, YOU KNOW WHAT I'M GETTING AT? IF, UM, IF ONE SCHOOL, I'M NOT THAT EMOTIONAL ABOUT THIS, REALLY SOME WATER RIGHT THERE, I GOT, I GOT, I GOT WATER.
IF ONE SCHOOL HAS ONE POLICY AND THE YOUR NEIGHBOR DOWN THE STREET HAS A DIFFERENT POLICY, SO I THINK THAT'S WORTH MAYBE EVAL TALKING ABOUT IN A LARGER CONTEXT.
MR. UH, I, I I, I UNDERSTAND THAT THE, THE PRINCIPALS, UH, DESERVE SOME AUTONOMY IN RUNNING THEIR, THEIR, THEIR CEREMONIES.
UM, EACH IN THAT RESPECT, EACH, UH, HIGH SCHOOL IS A, IS ITS OWN LITTLE ISLAND.
UM, BUT, UH, IT'S, UM, AND, AND FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND SO FAR IS THAT SOME PRINCIPALS ONLY ALLOW STOLES THAT ARE ISSUED TO THEM BY THE HIGH SCHOOL.
SO IF THEY'RE A NATIONAL MERIT SCHOLAR AND THE SCHOOL GIVES THEM A NATIONAL, THEY CAN WEAR A NATIONAL MERIT SCHOLAR.
UM, BUT A SOFT SPOT FOR ME, I LITERALLY WATCHED SOMEBODY REMOVE A MARINE CORPS STOLE FROM A STUDENT THAT WAS GOING INTO THE MARINE CORPS AFTERWARDS.
'CAUSE AS MARINES COME FILING IN, I WENT TO SIX GRADUATIONS.
AND AS, UH, UM, OR, OR STUDENTS THAT ARE GOING ON TO MILITARY SERVICE COME FILING IN, I KIND OF MARK 'EM, UH, SO THAT I CAN SAY CONGRATULATIONS AND GOOD LUCK TO YOU.
UH, AND I LITERALLY WATCHED ONE OF THE, UH, I, I DON'T KNOW IF IT WAS A, A, UM, ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL, BUT SOMEBODY LITERALLY TOOK THE MILITARY STOOLS OFF THE KIDS' NECKS.
UM, AND I, I, I DON'T THINK THAT'S APPROPRIATE.
UH, I, I KNOW IT WASN'T ISSUED BY THE SCHOOL.
UM, BUT, UH, THAT, THAT'S, THAT'S, UH, THAT, THAT'S A SOFT SPOT IN.
AND I, I, I, I KNOW THAT THERE, IT'S NOT JUST, UH, THE STUDENTS THAT WERE DISAPPOINTED.
I GUARANTEE THE PARENTS ARE DISAPPOINTED TOO.
SO, UH, WHAT I'M HEARING IS, UH, AN OPERATIONS COMMITTEE, UH, TASK, UH, TO, UH, TAKE A LOOK AT THAT AND, AND SEE WHAT KIND OF STANDARDIZATION THAT THE BOARD WOULD LIKE TO SEE AT ALL GRADUATIONS.
I THINK IT, I THINK IT WOULD BE, I THINK IT WOULD BE OPERATIONALLY, BUT IT ALSO HAS AN ACADEMIC, UH, PARTIAL.
AND I, I KNOW THAT THE SCHOOLS TAKE ON A PERSONALITY OF THEIR OWN AND THE GRADUATIONS DO TOO.
SO PRINCIPALS DO LIKE TO HAVE THE AUTONOMY AND, AND, AND EVERY GRADUATION IS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT.
BUT I THINK THAT WE CAN DISCUSS, AND, AND I THINK ACADEMIC, THE ACADEMIC COMMITTEE MIGHT BE THE APPROPRIATE PLACE TO HAVE SOME STANDARDIZATION.
WE CAN HAVE THAT DISCUSSION AND THEN BRING THROUGH ACADEMIC COMMITTEE.
MS. GORDON IS NOT, UH, ON HERE, BUT, UH, WE'LL, WE'LL PASS IT ALONG.
UH, MS. BOATWRIGHT, UM, I, I, I, I'M, I THINK THE, THE CORE ISSUE IS THAT IT'S NOT COMMUNICATED CLEARLY BEFORE THE EVENT WHAT IS OR IS NOT ACCEPTABLE BY SCHOOL.
FOR EXAMPLE, THE SEATING ON THE STAGES, ONE OF THE FEEDBACK I GOT WAS WHILE ALL THE BLACK PEOPLE ON THE BACK ROW, AND IT WAS MORE ACTUALLY DONE BY WHO WAS SPEAKING, SO THAT PERSON WOULD BE ON THE FRONT ROW.
AND SO THOSE WERE THE TYPES OF THINGS, JUST EXPLAINING WHAT THE PROTOCOLS ARE, AND WE CAN ELIMINATE A LOT OF THAT.
UH, WELL, YEAH, INTO THAT DEGREE TOO.
ALSO, EVEN, EVEN THE, EVEN THE PROGRAMS, I HAD A A TON OF PEOPLE ASKING ME, WELL, WHY WOULDN'T YOUR NAME PUT ON THE PROGRAM? WHY WAS IT JUST PUT A BOARD MEMBER FROM BEAUFORT COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT OR SOMETHING? AND THEN OTHER PROGRAMS, UH, THEY, THEY PUT DOWN, LIKE FOR MAY RIVER, THEY HAD HIS NAME ON THE PROGRAM WHO WAS ACTUALLY, UH, SPEAKING.
AND I KNEW BEFORD HIGH KNEW BECAUSE MR. UH, THE EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT TOLD ME THAT, THAT BEFORD HIGH SCHOOL EMAILED AND ASKED WHO WAS SPEAKING.
SO THEY KNEW THAT I WAS SPEAKING, BUT THE PROGRAM DIDN'T SAY THAT.
IT ALSO, THEY ALSO SAID BOARD MEMBERS FROM LAST
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YEAR.SO THESE, THESE, THESE, THESE ARE NOT THE FIRST TIME THAT THESE, UH, SITUATIONS THAT GRADUATION HAS BEEN OCCURRING.
THESE ARE REOCCURRING, UH, ISSUES.
AND I THINK THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS LONG ENOUGH FOR A COUPLE YEARS NOW.
SO THERE'S, THERE'S, THERE'S A LOT TO, I THINK THERE'S A, THERE'S QUITE A, QUITE A BIT TO UNPACK HERE.
AND I THINK THAT WE'RE ALL ASKING FOR THE SAME THING INTERNAL IN TERMS OF STANDARDIZATION IN A, IN A, IN A, BASICALLY A SET POLICY.
I UNDERSTAND WHAT MY COLLEAGUES SAID ABOUT THE PRINCIPALS HAVING THEIR OWN SWAG AT, SO, UM, AT SOME DEGREE, EVERY PRINCIPAL WILL STILL RESPECTFULLY PUT THEIR OWN, THEIR OWN, UH, SQUISH TO IT, OR THEY OWN, THEY DON'T, UH, ADDRESS IT UP.
BUT I THINK THAT, THAT WE NEED A DISTRICT AND SOMETHING I'VE BEEN ASKING ABOUT, WE NEED A DISTRICT STANDARD POLICY FOR EVERY, FOR, FOR, FOR EVERY SCHOOL, JUST TO BE FAIR ACROSS THE BROAD.
SO I, SO I, I THINK THAT THIS WOULD, WOULD BE GOOD.
SO YEAH, I, I THINK THIS WOULD, THIS WOULD BE VERY MEANINGFUL.
AND WE'LL, UH, PASS THAT ALONG TO MS. GORDON, UH, THE CHAIR OF THE ACADEMIC COMMITTEE.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS ON THIS TOPIC? OKAY.
UH, WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING ON THE CONSENT AGENDA.
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UH, MR. SMITH? YES.THAT THE TOPIC, THE TOPIC THAT I JUST GAVE ABOUT, UH, UNDERSTANDING THE, THE, UH, THE PROCESS OF, OF, OF THESE, UH, THE, I, I SAW SOME TOWELS THAT REMIND ME OF MARY RIVER HIGH SCHOOL.
MARY RIVER HIGH SCHOOL, WHEN IT FIRST WAS, YOU KNOW, WHAT YOU PAY FOR IS WHAT YOU GET.
AND THAT WHOLE FLOOR WAS PRETTY MUCH IN THAT IN THE FRONT.
ATRIUM HAD TO BE KIND OF REDONE AGAIN.
AND I JUST SAW SOME TOWELS THAT WAS POSSIBLY, THAT WAS, BUT A LITTLE THICKER THAN THIS PAPER.
SO I THINK THAT, THAT WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE ACTUALLY CHECKING THAT WE'RE GETTING IS, UH, THE CORRECT BANK FOR OUR BUCK IN, IN TERMS IN TERMS OF PEOPLE ARE TRUSTING US WITH THE MONEY WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT, UH, WE ARE CHECKING IN, MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE GETTING, THAT WE'RE GETTING QUALITY.
SO YOU'D LIKE A DISCUSSION ON QUALITY MANAGEMENT FROM DOC, FROM ROBERT ING TO OPERATIONS? YEAH.
BUT IF WE GET QUALITY MATERIALS, YEAH.
THAT BE, BECAUSE THAT GOES BACK TO THAT, JUST LIKE I, I ASKED FOR A, IN TERMS OF, WE, WE PASSED, WE PASSED A, UH, A HUGE BUDGET, A HUGE BUDGET ABOUT THE FIELDS.
STILL HADN'T GOT NOTHING BACK ON THAT.
BUT YEAH, JUST SO THIS, I MEAN, YEAH, I THINK WE NEED TO BE STEWARDS OF THE TAXPAYERS' MONEY.
SO THAT'S, THAT'S WHY I'M ASKING THOSE QUESTIONS.
[Announcements]
UH, DO YOU HAVE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS, DR. LEE? UM, YES, I DO.THE BOARD OF EDUCATION PREVIOUSLY EXPRESSED INTEREST IN SELLING SURPLUS PROPERTIES OF THE DISTRICT TO RAISE FUNDS FOR FUTURE CAPITAL NEEDS.
WE'RE PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE THE SUCCESSFUL SALE OF THE 19.5 ACRE PROPERTY LOCATED AT CHEROKEE FARM ROAD.
THIS PROPERTY WAS IDENTIFIED AS A SURPLUS IN THE DISTRICT'S FACILITY MASTER PLAN, AND THE SALE PROCESS BEGAN IN 2024 AFTER SECURING THE MATCHED APPRAISAL VALUE OF 390,000.
THE TRANSACTION WAS FINALIZED ON MONDAY.
PROCEEDS WILL, UM, OF THE SALE WILL BE DEPOSITED INTO THE DISTRICT'S CAPITAL PROJECTS ACCOUNT TO SUPPORT FUTURE IMPROVEMENTS.
NOW WE HAVE TIME FOR SECOND PUBLIC COMMENTS.
QUICK QUESTION, MILLER, QUICK QUESTION.
I WAS GOING, HOW DO WE, UH, YOU SAID IT WILL BE IN GOING INTO THE, WHICH ACCOUNT? THE CAPITAL FUNDS PROJECT.
IS THAT WHERE THE BOARD MADE THE MOTION TO SEND THAT TO, TO SEND THOSE FUNDS? IT ALWAYS GOES THERE, SIR.
WELL, WELL, I JUST WANTED, JUST, JUST WANT, WANNA BE CLEAR SO THAT YOU KNOW THAT, THAT THAT'S MONEY THAT, THAT WE KNOW.
SO WHEN WE'RE BUDGETING THAT WE KNOW THAT THAT'S THERE AS WELL.
[Second Public Comments]
MR. MILLER, UH, TOPIC IS THE PETER PRINCIPLE.THE PETER PRINCIPLE OF MANAGEMENT WAS THE PETER PRINCIPLE OF MANAGEMENT WAS ORIGINATED BY, UH, LAWRENCE PETER, A PROFESSOR.
HIS PRINCIPLE SAYS THAT ALL ORGANIZATIONS IN THE LONG RUN ARE MANAGED BY INCOMPETENT PEOPLE.
HOW HE GETS TO THAT CONCLUSION IS IF YOU'RE DOING A GOOD JOB, YOU GET PROMOTED.
IF YOU DON'T GET PROMOTED AND DOING A GOOD JOB, YOU GO TO
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ANOTHER CORPORATION.EVENTUALLY YOU GET PROMOTED AGAIN TO A POINT WHERE YOU'RE INCOMPETENT.
AND, UH, SO THE PETER PRINCIPLE SAYS, I, IN THE LONG RUN, EVERYTHING'S RUN BY INCOMPETENT PEOPLE.
KIND OF AN INTERESTING COMMENT WITH RESPECT TO BAND, I'VE BEEN HERE SEVERAL TIMES AND TALKED ABOUT THE NUMBER OF TERMINATIONS WE'VE HAD THE LAST COUPLE YEARS.
I LOOK BACK AND I FEEL LIKE THOSE, MANY OF THOSE TERMINATIONS, OR I SHOULDN'T SAY TERMINATIONS, PEOPLE WANTING TO LEAVE, UH, WERE KIND OF A RESULT OF THE, OF THE PETER PRINCIPLE, IF YOU WILL.
THEY WERE LOOKING FOR SCHOOLS THAT WERE MORE RECEPTIVE TO A BAND PROGRAM.
MORE RECENTLY WITH THE VACANCIES WE'VE HAD, ESPECIALLY WITHIN THE, THE, UH, MIDDLE SCHOOLS AND MY, MY CONVERSATIONS OVER, OVER 10 YEARS OF, OF, UH, VOLUNTEERING AND GOING TO OTHER BAND PROGRAMS IN OTHER SCHOOLS, I CONTINUE TO GET ASKED WHAT'S GOING ON DOWN THERE AND MAY IN BEAUFORT COUNTY.
UH, THE PERCEPTION IS THAT ISN'T A PLACE YOU WANT TO GO TO.
AND, UH, MY FEELING THOUGH, I LIKE TO TALK DATA.
MY MY FEELING IS FROM WHAT I SEE OF, OF NEW HIRES, ESPECIALLY IN THE MIDDLE SCHOOL, THEY'RE ALL, I WON'T SAY THEY'RE INCOMPETENT, BUT MARGINALLY AT THE PRESENT TIME AND ARE GONNA REQUIRE A LOT OF MANAGEMENT TO BRING THEM UP TO NORM.
YOU HAVE ONE ONLINE, IS THAT CORRECT? PARDON ME? ONLY ONE.
THAT, UH, THAT IS THE END OF OUR, UH, AGENDA.
AND UNLESS THERE'S OBJECTION THAT'S, UH, ADJOURNED BY UNANIMOUS CONSENT.
THANKS FOR WATCHING BEAUFORT COUNTY TV.
I'M NATALIE HEFTER AND THIS IS YOUR BEAUFORT COUNTY MOMENT.
OYSTERS PLAY AN IMPORTANT PART OF OUR SOCIAL SCHEDULE DURING THE WINTER MONTHS AT OYSTER ROAST, BUT FOR THOUSANDS OF YEARS, THEY'VE BEEN IMPORTANT TO OUR HISTORY HERE.
NATIVE AMERICANS USED THEM FOR FOOD.
WE USED IT FOR PROCESSING INDIGO AND EVEN FOR FERTILIZING.
OYSTER FACTORIES WERE USED IN THE BUFORT COUNTY AREA ALL THROUGH THE 19TH, 20TH CENTURY TO PROCESS OYSTERS AND CAN THEM AROUND TOWN.
YOU CAN SEE EVIDENCE OF TABBY ARCHITECTURE THAT'S MADE FROM OYSTER SHELLS.
BUT ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS THAT OYSTERS DO FOR US IS FILTER OUR WATER.
SEVEN GALLONS OF WATER PER OYSTER PER DAY.
THIS IS WHY IT'S SO IMPORTANT TO KEEP OUR WATERWAYS CLEAN OF STORM WATER AS THESE ARE FILTERING ALL THE TIME.
REMEMBER, DON'T RECYCLE THOSE OYSTER SHELLS WHEN YOU FINISH YOUR OYSTER ROAST.
SO WE HAVE NEW PLACES FOR BABY OYSTERS TO GROW.
ENJOY THE SEASON AND THIS HAS BEEN YOUR BEAUFORT COUNTY MOMENT.
TO SEE MORE BEAUFORT COUNTY MOMENTS, GO TO THE BEAUFORT COUNTY COUNTY LIBRARY HOMEPAGE AND CLICK ON THE LOCAL HISTORY TAB.