* 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. [00:00:01] CLOSED CAPTIONING PROVIDED BY BEAUFORT COUNTY. I'D LIKE TO CALL THE MEETING [Call to Order] OF THE BEAUFORT COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION. UH, TO ORDER, WE'RE AT HILTON HEAD ISLAND MIDDLE SCHOOL IN THE MEDIA CENTER, UH, 55 WILBORN ROAD, HILTON HEAD ISLAND, SOUTH CAROLINA. THIS IS AUGUST 5TH, 2025. IT'S 4:30 PM IN ACCORDANCE WITH NEW SAFETY AND SECURITY GUIDELINES. BAGS, BACKPACKS AND PURSES ARE PROHIBITED BY THE PUBLIC AT BEAUFORT COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION MEETINGS. PUBLIC COMMENTS ARE LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES PER SPEAKER ON BEAUFORT 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 FORUMS 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 IS 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 THE COMMENT FORM AT OUR WEBSITE. PLEASE SIGN UP USING THE PUBLIC COMMENT FORM 24 HOURS FROM THE DAY OF THE MEETING. REQUESTERS WILL RECEIVE A PHONE CALL DURING THEIR RESPECTIVE PUBLIC FORUM TIME AND SHOULD BE READY TO SPEAK. CITIZENS DESIRING TO PARTICIPATE IN PERSON MUST FILL OUT A PUBLIC COMMENT CARD THAT CAN BE OBTAINED FROM THE BOARD CLERK ON ARRIVAL. UH, MR. [Executive Session] VICE CHAIR, COULD WE HAVE A MOTION TO, UH, GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION? SO, MOVE MR. CHAIR. COULD YOU READ WHAT, OH, SECOND. SECOND WAIT. OKAY. GOTTA READ IT FIRST. , GO AHEAD. WHERE YOU START RIGHT THERE. OH, OKAY. OH MY GOD. . YEAH. OKAY. I VOLUNTEERED FOR THAT, HUH? ALRIGHT. UH, CALL TO ORDER EXECUTIVE SESSION. DISCUSSION OF NEGOTIATIONS INCIDENT TO PROPOSED PRITCHARD STREET TEMPORARY EASEMENT LOCATED IN SOUTHERN BEAUFORT COUNTY PURSUANT TO SOUTH CAROLINA CO ANNOTATED SECTION 30 DASH FOUR DASH 40, PERIN A FIVE. THE NEXT ONE IS RECEIPT OF LEGAL ADVICE REGARDING PROPERTY LOCATED IN SOUTHERN BEAUFORT COUNTY PURSUANT TO SOUTH CAROLINA CODE ANNOTATED SECTION 30 DASH FOUR DASH SEVEN A TWO. THE NEXT ONE IS EMPLOYMENT MATTER REGARDING PERSONNEL RATIFICATION REPORT, EMPLOYMENT APPOINTMENT, PROMOTION, AND COMPENSATION PURSUANT TO SC CODE ANNOTATION SECTION 30 DASH FOUR DASH 70. THE NEXT ONE IS RECEIPT OF LEGAL ADVICE RELATING TO INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS COVERED BY THE ATTORNEY CLIENT PRIVILEGE PURSUANT TO SOUTH CAROLINA CODE ANNOTATION SECTION 30 DASH FOUR DASH 70 A TWO. RECEIPT OF LEGAL ADVICE RELATING TO PENDING CLAIMS COVERED BY THE ATTORNEY CLIENT PRIVILEGE PURSUANT TO SOUTH CAROLINA CODE ANNOTATION SECTION 30 DASH FOUR DASH 70 A TWO. AND THEN LASTLY, DISCUSSION OF PROPOSED SELECTION OF THE THERAPEUTIC DAY PROGRAM FOR STUDENTS WITH AUTISM. REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL NUMBER 25 DASH OH TWO SIX PURSUANT TO SOUTH CAROLINA CODE ANNOTATION SECTION 30 DASH FOUR DASH 70 A TWO. OKAY. I HAVE A MOTION A SECOND. OKAY. MR. SMALL HAS SECONDED, UH, ANY DISCUSSION? YES, SIR. MR. CHAIRMAN, I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHO WOULD BE ADVISING US DURING THE EXECUTIVE SESSION. MR. SMITH? YES, SIR. I DID. DON'T HEAR MR. SMITH. ALL RIGHT. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A VOTE THEN. I'M GOING TO ASK THE PEOPLE IN THE CONFERENCE ROOM, UH, TO RAISE THEIR HAND AND, AND VOTE. AND THEN I'LL CALL BY ROLL THE PEOPLE ONLINE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. AYE. THANK YOU. UM, PASTOR GORDON, HOW DO YOU VOTE? GORDON? SAY AYE. SAY AGAIN, SIR. AYE SAID AYE. ALL RIGHT. UH, MR. SMITH, HOW DO YOU VOTE? UH, I HAD A QUESTION. I WAS, I HAD A QUESTION. I WAS WONDERING WHO WAS BE ADVISED. . I'M NOT HEARING HIM. I CAN HEAR HIM. I'M VOTING. I, UM, VICTOR NAY IS NOT ON PASTOR GORDON. I GOT YOU ON NOW. UH, MR. SMALL, I'VE GOT MR. CAR. DAVID PASS OR, UH, DR. CARR CARLTON DALLAS IS HERE. MS. FRAZIER IS HERE. WOULD YOU LIKE TO VOTE TO GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION? YES, SIR. I ALL RIGHT. MS. FRAZIER VOTES A MS. HAY. MS. HAY, YOU'RE MUTED. [00:05:03] YEAH. MUST THEY MUST, CAN'T HEAR US OUT HERE. ALRIGHT. AND MS. BOATWRIGHT, CAN YOU GUYS HEAR ME? CAN'T HEAR US. NO, THEY CAN'T. SHE HEAR MS. BOATWRIGHT? OKAY. CAN WE FI CAN WE FIX THIS BEFORE WE START? BUT WE, WE HAVE ENOUGH TO GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION. SO WE'RE MOVING TO EXECUTIVE SESSION. IT'S IN A DIFFERENT ROOM NOW. IT'S TO THE LEFT AS WE GO OUT. ALRIGHT, LET'S GO. I'D CALL THE MEETING [Action as Necessary or Appropriate Regarding Matters Discussed in Executive Session] BACK TO ORDER. MADAM SECRETARY, DO WE HAVE ANY ACTIONS NECESSARY OR APPROPRIATE REGARDING MATTERS DISCUSSED IN EXECUTIVE SESSION? YES, SIR. MR. CHAIRMAN, UH, NUMBER ONE, I MOVE THAT THE BOARD OF EDUCATION AUTHORIZE THE SUPERINTENDENT TO FINALIZE THE TEMPORARY EASEMENT ASSOCIATED WITH THE PRITCHARD STREET EASEMENT AGREEMENT WITH THE TOWN OF BLUFFTON, THE SECOND BY MR. SMALL. ANY DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR IN THE BOARDROOM SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. AYE. AYE. AYE. I HAVE. OKAY. THAT AYE. ALL RIGHT. SECOND MOTION I MOVE? NO, WE'RE DOING ONLINE. ONLINE. UH, MS. HAY A AYE, UH, PASTOR GORDON. PASTOR AYE. AYE. AND, UM, MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU. NUMBER TWO. AYE. I'M SORRY. DID YOU HAVE, DO YOU, WERE YOU A NAY? YEAH, I'M A NAY. I THINK I'M, I'M A NAY ON THAT ONE. NAY. OKAY. YEAH. ONE NAY. YEAH. ONE NAY. THANK YOU. OKAY. I MOVE THAT THE BOARD OF EDUCATION APPROVE THE SUPERINTENDENT'S RECOMMENDATIONS FOR EMPLOYMENT LISTED ON THE JULY 1ST, 2025 THROUGH JULY 31ST, 2025. PERSONNEL RATIFICATION REPORT. HAVE A SECOND, SECOND, SECOND BY THE VICE CHAIR. ANY DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE. ALL THOSE IN THE, UH, MEETING AREA, PLEASE, UH, VOTE BY THOSE THAT HAVE AYE. AYE. AYE. AYE. AND ONLINE, UM, PASTOR GORDON, THAT'S LORD AYE. AYE. UH, MS. HAY? AYE. MOTION CARRIES. OKAY. FINAL MOTION. I MOVE THAT THE BOARD OF EDUCATION AUTHORIZE A SUPERINTENDENT TO ISSUE AN AWARD FOR THE THERAPEUTIC DAY PROGRAM FOR STUDENTS WITH AUTISM TO SPECIALIZE EDUCATION OF GEORGIA INCORPORATED AS DESCRIBED IN RFP NUMBER 25 DASH 26, THE BOARD AUTHORIZES THE SUPERINTENDENT TO EXECUTE A CONTRACT WITH THE CONTRACTORS UPON THE EXPIRATION OF THE PROTEST. PERIOD. I HAVE A SECOND. FIVE. MS. GORDON, ANY DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR IN THE BOARDROOM SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. AYE. ONLINE, MS. HAY A AYE. ADMIT, PASTOR GORDON. PASTOR GORDON. AYE. MOTION CARRIES. AND, UH, FINALLY, [Approval of Agenda] WANT ME TO GO AHEAD AND MOVE THE APPROVAL AGENDA? YES, PLEASE. I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THE AGENDA AS PRESENTED. SECOND, SECOND BY DR. CARR. ANY DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR IN THE BOARDROOM SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. AYE. ONLINE, PASTOR GORDON. PASTOR GORDON. PASTOR GORDON. I, I'M SORRY. OKAY. THAT'S ALL RIGHT. MS. HAY. HAY. AYE. MOTION CARRIES. WE NOW STAND FOR [Pledge of Allegiance, Moment of Silence, Statement of Media Notification] THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE AND PLEASE STAND, STAY STANDING FOR A MOMENT OF SILENCE. PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE OF UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TUTORING REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, LIBERTY, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. I'D LIKE TO HAVE A MOTION OF SILENCE FOR THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUALS. ENGLISH BROWN, SPED JOB CON COACH AT MAY RIVER HIGH SCHOOL AND BLUFFTON HIGH SCHOOL COACH JOE NUME, HILTON HEAD HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETIC DIRECTOR, PATRICIA PENNINGTON, TEACHER AT HILTON HEAD ISLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. THANK YOU. [00:10:07] PUBLIC COMMENTS. SPEAKERS PARTICIPATING IN PERSON SHALL READ AND FULLY COMPLETE A PUBLIC COMMENT CARD, WHICH THEY HAVE DONE. REQUEST TO PARTICIPATE HAS BEEN, UH, THROUGH THE PHONE OR ELECTRONICALLY. ISSUES INVOLVING PENDING LITIGATION ARE NOT SUBJECT TO PUBLIC COMMENT. PARTICIPATION. THE USE OF PHYSICALLY THREATENING ACTIONS OR REMARKS, COMMENTS, OR CONDUCT BY THE SPEAKER OR MEMBERS OF THE AUDIENCE ARE PROHIBITED. AND ANY BEHAVIOR THAT WILLFULLY DISRUPTS A MEETING TO THE EXTENT THAT THE ORLY CONDUCT OF THE MEETING IS SERIOUSLY COMPROMISED IS PROHIBITED. NO PRESENTATION BY A SPEAKER SHALL EXCEED THREE MINUTES. THAT CHAIR WILL STRICTLY ENFORCE THIS TIME LIMIT. A SUITABLE TIMING DEVICE WILL BE EMPLOYED TO NOTIFY THE SPEAKER OF THE END OF HIS OR HER COMMENT, PERIOD. SPEAKERS SHALL NOT YIELD THEIR TIME TO ANOTHER SPEAKER. PERSONS APPEARING BEFORE THE BOARD SHOULD BE AWARE THAT THE BOARD MEMBERS ARE WITHOUT AUTHORITY TO ACT INDEPENDENTLY AS INDIVIDUALS IN OFFICIAL MATTER. NEITHER THE BOARD OR INDIVIDUAL MEMBERS WILL RESPOND TO SPEAKERS DURING PUBLIC COMMENT. [First Public Comments] AND WITH THAT, WE'LL HAVE THE FIRST PUBLIC COMMENT. UM, MS. BEDLEY, BETSY HINDER LIGHTER SUBJECT INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIAL REVIEW, MEMBERS OF THE BEAUFORT COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD AND FELLOW CITIZENS, THANKS FOR GIVING ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK. MY NAME IS BETSY HENDRA LIDER, AND I'M A PARENT OF A BEAUFORT COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOL STUDENT, A TAXPAYER, AND I HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF SERVING ON ONE OF THE DISTRICT'S BOOK REVIEW COMMITTEES IN 2023. MY PURPOSE TONIGHT IS SIMPLE TO URGE YOU IN THE STRONGEST TERMS, TO DECLINE ANY FRESH REVIEW OF BOOKS THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN THROUGH THAT RIGOROUS TRANSPARENT PROCESS. IN 2023, DISTRICT PARENTS, EDUCATORS, AND COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDERS JOINED TOGETHER TO EXAMINE CONTESTED TITLES LOOKING VERY CAREFULLY AT CONTENT, AGE, APPROPRIATENESS, AND INSTRUCTIONAL VALUE. THAT PROCESS YIELDED THOUGHTFUL DISCUSSIONS, PUBLIC HEARINGS AND CLEAR, CONSISTENT DECISIONS TO REOPEN THAT DOOR WOULD NOW SQUANDER HUNDREDS OF VOLUNTEER HOURS, UNDERMINING THE INTEGRITY OF OUR OWN PROCEDURES AND SEND THE MESSAGE THAT ANY SINGLE CHALLENGER CAN RESET THE CLOCK AT WILL. SECOND, THE PARENT WHO RESUBMITTED THESE TITLES HAS NO CHILD CURRENTLY ENROLLED IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT UNDER REGULATION 43 1 70. CHALLENGES ARE PREDICATED ON GENUINE PARENTAL CONCERN FOR YOUR OWN CHILD'S EDUCATION. WHEN THAT STANDING EVAPORATES, SO DOES THE LEGITIMACY OF THE REQUEST. SO THESE PETITIONS MUST BE NULLIFIED, LEST WE INVITE LESS MERITLESS REVIEWS FROM ANYONE WITH A GRUDGE OR AN AGENDA. THIRD, THERE HAS BEEN DIRECT INTERFERENCE FROM THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION AND ITS CHAIR WHO IS PRESSURING YOU ALL TO OVERRIDE OUR LOCALLY ADOPTED POLICIES AND FORCE US INTO ANOTHER ROUND OF OF REVIEWS. THIS THREAT VIOLATES OUR PRINCIPLE OF HOME RULE, WHICH IS BELOVED IN SOUTH CAROLINA. IT ENTRUSTS ELECTED OFFICIALS WITH AUTHORITY OVER OUR SCHOOLS TO REPEAT ELECTED AND I'LL ADD LOCAL OFFICIALS. THAT IS YOU ALL. WE CANNOT ALLOW STATEWIDE APPOINTEES TO UNDO THE DEMOCRATIC DECISIONS THAT MADE OR MADE BY OUR LOCAL COMMUNITY. FINALLY, IN GOOD FAITH TOWARDS OUR STUDENTS, OUR TEACHERS AND TAXPAYERS, LET'S ACKNOWLEDGE THAT MONEY SPENT ON REDUNDANT REVIEWS EQUALS FUNDS TAKEN AWAY FROM CLASSROOMS, FROM PROGRAMS FROM ESSENTIAL SUPPORT SERVICES. RESIDENTS OF BEAUFORT COUNTY DESERVE ASSURANCES THAT THEIR TAX DOLLARS ARE BEING USED WISELY NOT TO REHASH DECISIONS THAT WERE ALREADY MADE FAIRLY AND VERY THOROUGHLY. ENC CLOSING A CALL ON YOU AS ELECTED STEWARDS OF PUBLIC TRUST TO ASSERT YOUR AUTHORITY, RESPECT THE PROCESS, AND STAND FIRM, UM, AGAINST THESE RESUBMITTED CHALLENGES AND THE STATE BOARD'S THREATS. THANK YOU. NEXT, NEXT PERSON, MARY FOSTER. INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS REVIEW IS, THIS IS THE TOPIC. GOOD EVENING. I'M AN EDUCATOR, A PARENT OF TWO FORMER BUFORT COUNTY STUDENTS, THE FOUNDERS OF RIVERVIEW CHARTER SCHOOL. I'VE HAD THE, OH, I'M IN STEREO. I'VE HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF WATCHING THIS SCHOOL DISTRICT GROW AND [00:15:01] CHANGE IN MANY POSITIVE WAYS. IN THE 21 YEARS I'VE LIVED IN BUFORT AFTER TWO INDIVIDUALS PETITION TO REMOVE NEARLY 100 BOOKS FROM OUR SCHOOLS IN THE FALL OF 2022. I BEGAN ATTENDING YOUR MEETINGS REGULARLY. I SPOKE AT SOME OF THOSE MEETINGS, BUT I ALSO LISTENED TO COUNTLESS PARENTS, EDUCATORS, COMMUNITY MEMBERS, AND STUDENTS SPEAK PASSIONATELY ABOUT THE NEED TO HAVE BOOKS AVAILABLE IN OUR SCHOOLS THAT REPRESENT DIVERSE LIFE EXPERIENCES AND INTERESTS. OUR COMMUNITY WAS OVERWHELMINGLY IN FAVOR OF RETURNING THE BOOKS, TRUSTING LIBRARIANS, AND ALLOWING STUDENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES TO CHOOSE WHAT BOOKS THEY READ IN LATE 2023. AS OUR REVIEW PROCESS OF THOSE CHALLENGE TITLES WAS COMING TO AN END, THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION PRESENTED A REGULATION 43 DASH ONE 70 THAT WOULD ALLOW FOR BOOKS TO BE REMOVED FROM EVERY PUBLIC SCHOOL IN THE STATE IF CHALLENGED. I ATTENDED EVERY SCHOOL BOARD MEETING WHERE THIS REGULATION WAS DISCUSSED, AND I WAS THERE BOTH TIMES. THE STATE BOARD MEMBERS, MUCH LIKE WE SAW HERE IN DIFFERENT COUNTY, THE FOLKS WHO SHOWED UP FOR THOSE DISCUSSIONS AND VOTES WERE OVERWHELMINGLY OPPOSED TO THIS REGULATION. REGARDLESS, IT ULTIMATELY WENT INTO EFFECT LAST SUMMER. SINCE THEN, WE'VE SEEN 21 BOOKS ALL FROM OUR COMPLAINANT'S ORIGINAL LIST IN BUFORT COUNTY, BE REMOVED FROM EVERY SCHOOL IN SOUTH CAROLINA. I ATTENDED EVERY STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION MEETING WHERE THEY DISCUSS THESE BOOKS AND ALL OF THE INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS, REVIEW COMMITTEE MEETINGS. I HAVE OBSERVED THE MENTAL GYMNASTICS AS THEY TRY TO DETERMINE WHAT EXACTLY THE REQUIRES THEM TO DO. A REGULATION I MIGHT EXPLICITLY REQUIRES NO DECISION MAKER TO READ THE BOOK IN FULL REGULATION SUGGESTS THAT ALL INAPPROPRIATE FOR ALL AGES OF STUDENTS AND THE CRIMINAL CODE CITED IN THIS REGULATION IES THAT SEXUAL CONTENT INCLUDES EXCRETION. SO THE BOOK MY PRESCHOOL STUDENTS LOVE, WHAT DO THEY DO WITH THE POO AT THE ZOO, IS TECHNICALLY A VIOLATION OF THIS REGULATION. IT ALSO IMPLIES THAT A BOOK THAT IS NOT TO READ, NOT ACCESSIBLE TO AN 18-YEAR-OLD HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT EITHER, WHICH WOULD BE FOR REVIEWING COUNTY. I URGE YOU THAT POLICY AND USE YOUR EXPERIENCE WITH IT TO ENCOURAGE OUR STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION TO RECONSIDER THIS REGULATION AND THEIR REVIEW PROCESS. REMEMBER, EVERY FAMILY IN THE STATE HAS THE RIGHT . WE MUST NOT ALLOW ONE PARENT OR EVEN A PARENTS TO MAKE IN THIS STATE. THANK YOU FOR THE WORK YOU DO AND FOR YOUR COMMITMENT TO OUR COMMUNITY AND OUR SCHOOLS. I'M SO GRATEFUL FOR EACH OF YOU AND FOR THE OPPORTUNITY. NEXT [CLOC Update] ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS THE CITIZENS LED OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE REPORT. AND MR. WCO, THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. GOOD. I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT TWO REFERENDUMS, NOT JUST ONE. FIRST OF ALL, THE 2019 REFERENDUM, WHEN I LOOK AT AROUND THE ROOM, I KNOW THE MAKEUP OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION HAS CHANGED OVER THE YEARS. SO I JUST WANT TO MAYBE GIVE YOU A BRIEFING. SOME OF YOU HAVE HEARD THIS BEFORE AND MAYBE SOME OF YOU HAVE NOT. FIRST OFF, THE 2019 REFERENDUM PASSED BY THE VOTERS WAS 300. AND I'M GONNA SPEAK IN, IN BROAD TERMS. SO IF IT'S OKAY WITH YOU, IT WAS $375 MILLION. NOW, WHAT WE HAVE DONE, OR WHAT WHAT THE DISTRICT HAS DONE IS THAT THEY HAVE SPENT, OF THAT 375, THEY HAVE SPENT 358 MILLION. THEY HAVE ALSO ENCUMBERED. AND, BUT WHEN I SAY ENCUMBERED, THAT MEANS THEY'VE SIGNED, SIGNED CONTRACTS WHERE THE COST WILL NOT BE EXCEEDED IN ORDER TO GET THE PROJECT COMPLETED. THAT'S 16 MILLION. YOU COMBINE THOSE TWO, THAT'S 374 MILLION OUT OF THE 375. WHAT THAT TELLS ME THAT WE'RE JUST ABOUT THROUGH WITH THIS PROJECT. WE HAVE 1 MILLION LEFT, 1 MILLION PLUS LEFT. WE STILL HAVE SOME CONTINGENCY MONEY LEFT. NOW, WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? THAT MEANS THAT THESE PROJECTS WERE BUILT WITH THE FUNDING THAT WAS DESIGNED FOR, AND, AND NOT ONLY DID DID WE PROMISE TO THE TAXPAYERS WHAT THEY WOULD RECEIVE, THEY WERE NOT ASKED TO PAY ANY ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS. AND THE PROJECTS WERE COMPLETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH WHAT WAS INITIALLY SAID IN THE REFERENDUM. [00:20:01] AND, AND ALSO WE GOT THE APPROVAL FROM OSF, THE, UH, I HOPE I SAID THAT CORRECTLY, THE OFFICE OF SCHOOL FACILITIES. YOU DID. THAT'S IMPORTANT. THAT MEANS THAT THE THINGS WERE DONE THE WAY THEY SHOULD BE DONE. AND YOU KNOW WHAT? EVERYTHING WAS WITHIN THE BUDGET. I THINK THAT'S MARVELOUS. THAT'S THE 2019 REFERENDUM. AND I'M GONNA GIVE YOU A CHANCE TO SPEAK ABOUT ANY OF ANY ONE OF THEM. ANY ONE OF THEM. AFTER I'M THROUGH. NOW, I WANNA TALK ABOUT THE 2023 REFERENDUM THAT WAS HIGHER. IT WAS 439 MILLION. WE HAVE SPENT 53 MILLION. WE'VE ENCUMBERED 130 MILLION TOTAL. 183 OR 40, OVER 41% OF WHAT? OF WHAT THE PROJECTS WERE SUPPOSED, WHAT THE REFERENDUM SAID. NOW THIS REFER THESE REFERENDUMS, THEY, THEY DON'T GET DONE IN ONE YEAR. THEY TAKE A NUMBER OF YEARS. AND SO IT'S FOUR TO FIVE YEARS IN ORDER TO GET THINGS COMPLETE. AGAIN, THERE WAS A CONTINGENCY BUILT IN, AND THE TOTAL CONTINGENCY OF THAT 439 WAS 28 MILLION. WE'VE ONLY USED 3 MILLION OF THAT SO FAR. SO WE STILL HAVE, WE HAVE A LONG WAYS TO GO IN ORDER TO COMPLETE IT, BUT WE HAVE A LOT OF CONTINGENCY LEFT. NOW, I WANNA TALK A BIT ABOUT THE MAKEUP OF THE, OF THE CITIZENS LED OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE, OR CLOCK, AS YOU SAY, EIGHT INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE THAT, THAT ARE FROM ALL PARTS OF THE COUNTY. WE HAVE DIFFERENT BACKGROUNDS. UM, WE FEEL LIKE WE'RE SEASONED INDIVIDUALS. YOU CAN TELL FROM MY GRAY HAIR AND SOME OF THE GRAY HAIRS OF THE OTHERS. BUT WHAT OUR JOB IS, WE'RE REFEREES AND OR UMPIRES, AS YOU MAY SAY. AND ALL WE ARE THERE FOR IS TO SAY, ARE THINK BEING DONE CORRECTLY? ARE THINGS BEING DONE? ARE ARE WE RUNNING OVER THE BUDGET? AND IF WE ARE, WE'RE GONNA LET YOU ALL KNOW. AND SO FAR EVERYTHING HAS BEEN GOOD. NOW BE, AND LET ME PUT THIS IN A SPORTS ANALOGY. AFTER THE GAME IS, AFTER THE SPORTS EVENT IS OVER, THEY DON'T TALK ABOUT THE UMPIRES AND THEY DON'T TALK ABOUT THE REFEREES. THEY TALK ABOUT THE PLAYERS AND WHO ARE THE PLAYERS. IT'S THE FOLKS THAT WORK FOR THE DISTRICT IN TERMS INTERNALLY, IN, IN TERMS OF PLANNING, IN TERMS OF CONSTRUCTION AND IN TERMS OF FINANCE. MEANING IS THE MONEY GONNA BE THERE WHENEVER THE, WHENEVER THE CONTRACTOR SAYS, HEY, GO AHEAD AND GIVE US, GIVE US THE MONEY THAT WE, YOU PROMISED US. AND THAT MEANS THEY'RE COMMUNICATING TOGETHER AND THEY'RE DOING A GOOD JOB OF IT. SECONDLY, IT'S THE CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT FIRM FROM THE OUTSIDE. YOU HIRED ONE, THEY'VE DONE A GOOD JOB. EVERYTHING IS STILL WITHIN THE BUDGET. AND SO I'M HERE TO TELL YOU THAT EVEN WE LOOK, WE LOOK HARD AT ALL OF THESE THINGS AND WE HAVEN'T FOUND ANYTHING AT THIS POINT. THAT'S MY REPORT. I'LL OPEN IT UP TO ANY QUESTIONS THAT ANYBODY MAY HAVE. QUESTION MI MR. SMITH. UH, FIRST OFF, I DON'T, I SAY I'LL STOP BY SAYING THAT I DON'T HAVE A QUESTION, BUT I WOULD JUST LIKE TO THANK YOU, UH, FOR THE HARD WORK, UH, THAT YOU'VE DONE PERSONALLY. I KNOW YOU'VE, YOU, I'M NOT SURE THIS, OBVIOUSLY THIS IS YOUR FIRST TIME. UH, AND I DON'T, THIS IS NOT YOUR FIRST TIME, UH, PRESENTING SINCE, UM, THE, SINCE MR. UH, BARBARA, I MEAN, I WAS, WHAT'S HIS NAME? BARBARA? YEAH, BARBARA. BARBARA WAS THE CHAIR. YES, SIR. I, I WANTED TO TELL YOU THAT YOUR PRESENTATION AND THE, THE WAY HOW YOU ELEGANTLY SAID SAID IT ALL TONIGHT FROM AND FROM WATCHING YOU AND BEING THERE AND SEEING YOU AT EVERYTHING THAT WE, THAT WE DO, I JUST WANNA PUBLICLY TELL YOU, I APPRECIATE YOU AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTINUED HARD WORK. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT. THANK YOU. THE COMMENTS ONLINE, YES, I'D LIKE TO, AS A FORMER CLOCK MEMBER, I JUST WANNA THANK THE GROUP AND THE PROCESS PUT TOGETHER BECAUSE I LEARNED A LOT. AND TO SEE HOW THE EXPERTISE OF THE MEMBERS INTERACTED WITH THE DISTRICT STAFF AND THE EXTERNAL SUPPLIERS AS WELL WAS, IS VERY REWARDING TO SEE HOW IT HAS CONTINUED TO GROW AND BECOME EVEN BETTER. SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. THANK YOU, CARL. I APPRECIATE THAT. DR. RODRIGUEZ, JUST ONE QUICK COMMENT. THANK YOU, UH, FOR YOUR, FOR YOUR TIME AND DEDICATION. I MEAN, YOU'VE BEEN WITH US, UH, IN THIS, UH, INITIATIVE FROM FROM THE BEGINNING. AND I WANNA THANK YOU FOR WHAT, WHAT YOU AND ALL THE OTHERS HAVE DONE THAT HAVE BEEN A PART OF IT. AND I THINK I WOULD, YOU KNOW, IMITATION IS THE GREATEST FORM OF FLATTERY, IF YOU WILL. RIGHT. AND I, AND I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT, UM, EVERY, EVERY SO OFTEN, UH, AND MORE FREQUENTLY THAN YOU MIGHT THINK, I GET A CALL FROM A SUPERINTENDENT IN ANOTHER SCHOOL DISTRICT AND I GET A CALL FROM, UH, SOMETIMES [00:25:01] A BOARD MEMBER FROM ANOTHER SCHOOL DISTRICT THAT IS INTERESTED IN, UH, THE WORK THAT A CITIZEN LED OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE DOES. SO, UM, AND IT'S MY PRIVILEGE TO TELL THEM ABOUT THE GREAT WORK THAT YOUR TEAM HAS DONE, UH, IN MAKING SURE THAT, UM, THE SCHOOL DISTRICT IS FOLLOWING THROUGH ON, UH, WHAT THEY SAID THEY WOULD DO, UH, WITH RESPECT TO THE REFERENDUM PROJECT. SO I, I APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK THAT YOU'VE DONE AND WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT THERE ARE OTHERS LOOKING AND INTERESTED AND, UH, AND WOULD LIKE TO REPLICATE THE KIND OF WORK THAT YOU ALL DO. WELL, THANK YOU. BUT ONE THING YOU HAVE, WE THESE TO BE SAID IS YOU STARTED THE PROCESS. AND I THINK THAT'S, THAT'S A PLUS. THE SECOND THING IS, IT'S JUST NOT ME. I JUST HAVE THE PRIVILEGE OF STANDING IN FRONT OF YOU TO REPRESENT ALL OTHER OF THE OTHER SEVEN FOLKS THAT ARE ON THIS GROUP, AND THE ONES THAT HAVE BEEN IN THIS GROUP. AND THE THANKS REALLY NEED TO GO TO THE FOLKS THAT YOU HAVE HIRED AND THE FOLKS THAT YOU'VE CONTRACT CONTRACTED WITH. THAT'S IMPORTANT. I WOULD ADD, I WOULD ADD ANOTHER GROUP OF FOLKS, AND THAT IS OUR COMMUNITY IN BEAUFORT COUNTY, WHO HAS, UH, SUPPORTED THE FIRST REFERENDUM AND DETERMINED TO SUPPORT THE SECOND REFERENDUM. UM, AND WE'RE GRATEFUL FOR THAT WORK THAT ALLOWS US TO, UH, IMPROVE OUR SCHOOLS AND FACILITIES. RIGHT. AND, AND AS YOU DROVE HERE THIS EVENING, YOU PROBABLY SAW SOME OF THE EFFECTS OF THAT. MR. BURKO, HOW MANY, UH, MEETINGS HAS THE CLOCK HAD? WE'VE MET EVERY MONTH SINCE WE STARTED IN FEBRUARY OF 2020. AND, UH, I'M NOT SURE THE NUMBER. I THINK IT'S 60 SOME, RIGHT? YES. AND YOU'VE BEEN TO MOST OF THEM, AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH. IT'S BEEN, BEEN TO SIX 60 MEETINGS, VOLUNTEERS COMING IN, SPENDING THEIR TIME, AND THAT'S JUST FOR THE MEETINGS. THEY ALSO GO OUT AND INSPECT SITES. THEY ALSO MEET IN COMMITTEES AND INSPECT THE FINANCES. MANY, MANY THOUSANDS OF MAN HOURS HAVE BEEN SPENT, UH, BY A VOLUNTEER COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION AND, UH, YOUR ORGANIZATIONS TO BE COMMENDED. SIR, I'LL PASS THAT ON. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS THAT I CAN ADDRESS OR COMMENTS? HEARING NONE. I'M THROUGH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, SIR. I HAVE A COMMITTEE REPORT. I DON'T SEE ANY COMMITTEE REPORTS. UH, THIS TIME I HAVE THE CHAIR'S REPORT. I DON'T HAVE A REPORT. UH, SUPERINTENDENT'S [Superintendent’s Report] REPORT STUDENT AN ACHIEVEMENT UPDATE ON SCHOOL SYSTEM OPENING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT DAY. THANK YOU, SIR. UM, LAST WEDNESDAY, UH, WE HELD OUR, UH, WELCOME BACK PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT DAYS, UH, FOR OUR TEACHERS AND ADMINISTRATORS AND SUPPORT STAFF IN BEAUFORT COUNTY. AND, UM, WE HAD EVERYONE TOGETHER, UH, IN ORDER TO KICK OFF THE YEAR ESTABLISH, UH, SOME GOALS WITH RESPECT TO THAT. UH, AND I JUST WANT TO, AS, AS THE TEAM IS COMING FORWARD, I HAVE TO TELL YOU, I, AN EVENT LIKE THAT IS IMPOSSIBLE WITHOUT A TEAM LIKE THIS, UH, TO PULL OFF. UH, THEY, THEY, THEY HAVE WORKED TIRELESSLY, UH, TO PREPARE. AND THIS IS THE DYNAMIC DUO COMING UP OVER HERE BEHIND, UH, DR. STRATOS. BUT CERTAINLY, UH, NAKIA CAMPBELL AND STACEY CLEVELAND ARE, UH, ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLE, UH, AT HOW THEY, THEY BRING TOGETHER AN EVENT. AND LEMME TELL YOU, THEY, THEY GAVE OUR SENIOR STAFF A HIGH LEVEL BRIEFING THAT, UH, THAT PRIOR TO THE EVENT, WHICH WE WERE FIRING OFF QUESTIONS, MUCH LIKE THE CLOCK DOES AT OUR, UM, AT OUR CLOCK MEETINGS TO OUR STAFF, UH, AND EVERYTHING WE THOUGHT OF IN ASKING QUESTIONS THEY HAD THOUGHT OF IN THEIR PREPARATIONS. AND, UH, IT WAS ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLE. SO I JUST WANT THEM TO TAKE A MOMENT AND TELL YOU ABOUT, UH, ABOUT THAT DAY, GOOD EVENING CHAIRMAN AND BOARD MEMBERS. AND IT SAID, WHAT A GREAT HONOR THAT I'M GONNA BRING FORWARD DR. NIKIA CAMPBELL AND MRS. STACY CLEVELAND. I DON'T WANNA STEP ON THEIR PRESENTATION BECAUSE THEIR WORK CAN BE DEFINED BY WHAT YOU'RE GONNA HA SEE IN FRONT OF YOU SHORTLY, BUT I DO HAVE TO SHARE WITH EACH ONE OF YOUR BOARD MEMBERS AND AS WELL AS THOSE HERE IN THE AUDIENCE THIS EVENING. THE WORK PUT PUT FORWARD BY BOTH DR. CAMPBELL AND MRS. STA, UM, STACY CLEVELAND, CAN BE, BE COMPETITIVE WITH ANYWHERE ELSE NATIONALLY. AND I'LL USE THE VERNACULAR ONE OF OUR BOARD MEMBERS GLOBALLY. SO WITH THAT, IT'S A HIGH HONOR TO BRING FORWARD DR. CAMPBELL AND MS. CLEVELAND. GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. ALRIGHT, SO ON JULY 30TH, WE WELCOME BACK OUR TEACHERS, UM, [00:30:01] AND SUPPORT STAFF AT OUR DISTRICT PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND WELCOME BACK DAY AT BLUFFTON HIGH SCHOOL. AND I WANT US, I, I ASKED MS. CLEVELAND TO JOIN ME BECAUSE A LOT OF TIMES WHEN I DO PRESENTATIONS, I SAID THAT IT'S A TEAM EFFORT, BUT I WANTED EVERYONE TO SEE THE TEAM, UM, THAT SUPPORTS, UM, A LOT OF OUR DISTRICT INITIATIVE. I CAN'T DO IT ALONE, SO I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT SHE'S PUBLICLY RECOGNIZED FOR HER WORK. OUR DISTRICT PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT WELCOME BACK DAY IS A DISTRICT INITIATIVE, AND IT IS SUPPORTED BY OUR DISTRICT PILLARS ACHIEVEMENT AND SUPPORT. IN ADDITION, IT IS ALSO ALIGNED TO SEVERAL OF OUR DISTRICT INDICATORS. SO YOU WILL SEE IN YOUR PRESENTATION, 1.2, TEACHER AND ADMINISTRATOR QUALITY 2.1, BUILD DISTRICTWIDE CULTURE, PRIDE, TRUST, AND RESPECT. AND OE 12, ENSURE TEACHERS PARTICIPATE IN COLLABORATIVE LEARNING COMMUNITIES AND OTHER PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES. SO IN, SO IN PREPARATION FOR OUR JULY 30TH PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT DAY, WE DID SOMETHING A LITTLE DIFFERENT. THIS YEAR, WE PROVIDED A MEET AND GREET FOR OUR NEW TEACHERS, WHICH WAS HELD THE DAY BEFORE JULY 30TH. UM, AND THE PURPOSE OF THAT WAS TO GIVE OUR NEW TEACHERS AN OPPORTUNITY TO ESTABLISH POSITIVE CONNECTIONS WITH OUR SCHOOL LEADERSHIP AND REVIEW EXPECTATIONS, SHARE RESOURCES AND SUPPORT, AND GIVE TEACHERS JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME IN THE CLASSROOM. BEFORE THE BIG DISTRICT PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT DAY, WHICH WAS HELD AT BLUFFTON HIGH SCHOOL ON JULY 30TH, WE HAD MORE THAN 2000 EDUCATORS IN ATTENDANCE. AND THERE'S A PICTURE OF WHAT WE TOOK OF A PORTION OF THE GYM THAT DAY. STAFF MEMBERS WORE THEIR SCHOOL SPIRIT T-SHIRT, SHOWING SCHOOL PRIDE. THE ENERGY IN THE BUILDING WAS ELECTRIFYING, AND IT HELPED TO SET A POSITIVE TONE FOR THIS SCHOOL YEAR. THIS IS A SNAPSHOT OF THE SCHEDULE FOR THE DAY. ON JULY 30TH, WE HAD A GENERAL SESSION, AM AND A PM SESSION. UM, FOR THAT PARTICULAR DAY, THE NUMBER OF SESSIONS THAT WE OFFERED TO OUR TEACHERS AND SUPPORT STAFF, UM, TOTAL MORE THAN 150 SESSIONS. AND THOSE SESSIONS WERE HELD AT THREE LOCATIONS, BLUFFTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, AS WELL AS THE EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER, HE MCCRACKEN MIDDLE SCHOOL, AND BLUFFTON HIGH. THIS YEAR, THE MARINE CORPS BAND PERFORMED DURING OUR GENERAL SESSION. THE BAND WAS VERY IMPRESSIVE. AND I WANT TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO THANK OUR BOARD MEMBER, VICTOR NAY, FOR HELPING US RESERVE THE BAND THIS YEAR. OUR PRIDE INSPIRED AND MOTIVATED US WITH HIS CLEAR VISION AND GOALS FOR THE SCHOOL YEAR. 75, 75 92 , REINFORCING THE IMPORTANCE OF WORKING TOGETHER AND TELLING OUR STORIES, BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY, THE CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT FOR ALL OF US TO ENSURE THE OUTCOMES THAT WE WANT FOR ALL STUDENTS THAT WE SERVE IN BEAUFORT COUNTY. AND FINALLY, OUR DISTRICT PROFESSIONAL DAY. WE ALSO RECOGNIZE OUR PRINCIPAL OF THE YEAR, BRADLEY TERRANCE, OUR ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL OF THE YEAR, GENEVA YOUNG, AND OUR FIVE FINALISTS TEACHERS OF THE YEAR. AND LASTLY, I WANNA CONCLUDE THAT WE HAD FOUR ADDITIONAL SCHOOL PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT DAYS, WHICH WERE HELD ON THE 31ST, AUGUST 1ST, THE FOURTH AND THE FIFTH. UM, ALL PRINCIPALS SUBMITTED, UH, PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AGENDAS OUTLINING THEIR EVENTS AT EACH OF THEIR SCHOOLS. I WANT TO SAY AGAIN THAT I PUBLICLY THANK MS. CLEVELAND FOR ALL OF YOUR HARD WORK AND ALL THAT SHE DOES FOR OUR INITIATIVES FOR THE DISTRICT, BUT REALLY, SHE MAKES OUR DISTRICT REALLY LOOK GOOD. UM, HENRY FORD SAYS IT BEST, COMING TOGETHER IS THE BEGINNING. KEEPING TOGETHER IS PROGRESS. WORKING TOGETHER IS SUCCESS. AND I WISH BEAUFORT COUNTY A VERY SUCCESSFUL SCHOOL YEAR. THANK YOU. [00:35:04] QUESTIONS, COMMENTS FROM THE BOARD? CAN I HAVE A COMMENT? I JUST WOULD LIKE TO, UH, SAY THAT, UM, THAT PEP RALLY IS JUST THREW THE ROOF. AND I WAS SITTING NEXT TO THE CHAIR AND I SAW HE WAS SO ENTHUSED, HE WENT UP TO THE GENTLEMAN WHO WAS HEAD OF THE BAND AND, AND GAVE HIM HIS CARD. SO I THINK THE CHAIR WAS IMPRESSED AS WELL. THE OTHER THING IS, UH, I SAW SOME, A LOT OF INNOVATION. I WENT TO FOUR DIFFERENT SESSIONS. I JUST TO OBSERVE. AND IT'S AMAZING THE LEARNING AND THE ENTHUSIASM OF THE TEACHERS AND THE PROFESSIONAL STAFF THAT WERE PARTICIPATING IN TERMS OF ASKING QUESTIONS AND CONSTANTLY IMPROVING THEIR SKILLSET. SO KUDOS TO THAT IN TERMS OF THE CULTURE. AND THEN THE LAST THING IS, I WAS ALSO ABLE TO GO TO THE, THE EVENT THE DAY BEFORE AT BLUFFTON HIGH SCHOOL WITH, UH, PRINCIPAL HALL. AND HE WAS DOING A PROFESSIONAL DAY FOR HIS OWN ARRIVING STAFF. AND THAT TOO IS VERY, VERY FASCINATING. SO KUDOS TO THE TEAM AND ALL THE OUTCOMES. SO THANK YOU, MS. GORDON. THANK YOU. CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES. OKAY. UM, DR. CAMPBELL AND, UH, MS. CLEVELAND, I KNOW BOTH OF YOU, AND I'M JUST EXCITED ABOUT WHAT BUFORT COUNTY IS DOING EVERY YEAR FOR PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, FOR WHAT YOU ALL DO EVERY YEAR. IT GETS BETTER AND BETTER. I MISSED THIS ONE BECAUSE I WAS NOT, YOU KNOW, I WAS ILL, BUT I, I TELL YOU, I WAS SITTING AT HOME THINKING OUR NEED TO BE AT BLUFFTON HIGH SCHOOL, UH, BECAUSE IT IS AN INNOVATIVE DAY FOR OUR STAFF, UH, COMING BACK TO THE WALLS AND HALLS OF, OF OUR SCHOOLS. BUT TO RECOGNIZE THE HARD WORK AND DEDICATION THAT THIS TEAM PUTS TOGETHER, YOU'RE TALKING OVER 2000 PEOPLE IN ATTENDANCE. THAT'S A LOT. THAT'S A ROCK CONCERT. YOU KNOW, THAT'S A ROCK CONCERT. SO THANK YOU AND CONTINUE DOING WHAT YOU'RE DOING. AND I'M, I'M HOPING THAT I'LL BE THERE NEXT YEAR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. MM-HMM . SMITH. I'LL JUST SAY DITTO TO WHAT EVERYONE ELSE HAS SAID. AND, UH, BUT, UH, WITHIN ESPECIALLY, UM, I WOULD JUST ALSO LIKE TO, UH, ADD TO THAT, UM, ABOUT MRS. MRS UH, OH MY GOD, MS. CLEVELAND, UM, YOU KNOW, UH, THEY TELL THE STORY ABOUT THE, THE LITTLE LADY WITH THE BIG STICK. MS. CLEVELAND, LEMME TELL YOU PUBLICLY, YOU GOT A HUGE STICK BEHIND THE SCENES AND EVERYTHING THAT, THAT, THAT THE DISTRICT WOULD HAVE. YOU ALWAYS SEE IN YOU THIS QUIET PERSON, BUT ALWAYS, ALWAYS MOVING AND GETTING IT DONE, AND NOT ASKING NO QUESTIONS, ASKING EVERYONE, HOW CAN I HELP YOU? IF THERE'S ANYTHING I CAN DO FOR YOU? LOOKING AND CHECKING, SEE IF THERE'S ANYTHING, DR. CAMPBELL, ANYONE. HEY, LISTEN, YOU ARE, YOU LISTEN, YOU ARE THE EPITOME YES. OF A WHAT A PHENOMENAL WORKER AND A PHENOMENAL WOMAN WOULD REALLY DO TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYTHING IS OKAY. I DON'T CARE IF ANYBODY BRING YOU A COMPLAINT, WHETHER WHOEVER'S GOOD OR BAD, YOUR FACE DOESN'T CHANGE, YOU SMILE. HE SAID, THANK YOU. THAT GOES A LONG WAY IN AMERICA. , EVERYONE DON'T HAVE GOOD CUSTOMER SERVICE OR EVERYONE CAN'T CONTROL THEIR EMOTIONS. SO LEMME SAY TO YOU PUBLICLY, THANK YOU. AND I APPRECIATE YOU FOR ALL THE YEARS THAT YOU'VE BEEN BEHIND THE SCENES SCENES AND NOT ONCE SAYING WHAT ABOUT ME? I APPRECIATE YOU THAT FOR, FOR THAT. THANK YOU FOR THAT, MAN, DR. RODRIGUEZ. SPOT ON MR. SMITH. AND, UM, IF THERE'S ANYTHING I KNOW ABOUT MS. CLEVELAND IS THAT SHE'S HATING BEING A SPOTLIGHT RIGHT NOW, . SO SINCE WE'RE, SINCE WE'VE DONE THAT, LET'S JUST, MIGHT AS WELL GO ALL THE WAY. 'CAUSE I'LL THINK, UH, SHE DESERVES A ROUND OF APPLAUSE FROM US SPECIFICALLY. THANK YOU BOTH VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. YES, YES, SHE IS. EXCUSE ME. GOOD EVENING. YEAH, I JUST WANNA SAY, UH, JUST A COUPLE OF THINGS. GO AHEAD. UM, DURING THE PD DAY, I WAS APPROACHED AND GIVEN A COIN BY OUR PROUD SUPERINTENDENT AND A HUG. AND I APPRECIATE THAT. AND ON THE COIN, I DIDN'T REALLY PAY ATTENTION TO THE COIN. AND I READ THE COIN AND IT SAYS, THIS IS OUR MOONSHOT MOMENT. AND THAT MEANT A WHOLE LOT TO ME. AND I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW, DR. CAMPBELL, EACH AND EVERY DAY IS A MOONSHOT MOMENT FOR YOU WORKING WITH YOU, AND I APPRECIATE YOU. THANK, THANK YOU. NEXT ITEM ON, UH, SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT IS FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY. AND, UM, THIS IS AN UPDATE [00:40:01] ON FEDERAL GRANT DOLLARS. YOU KNOW, MANY OF OUR FEDERAL GRANT DOLLARS WERE, UM, I'LL SAY IN QUESTION BECAUSE IT HADN'T BEEN RELEASED BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, IF, GO AHEAD AND, UH, WORK YOUR WAY UP FRONT. AND, UH, DENISE MATSON, UH, WHO, UH, IS IN OUR FINANCE TEAM AND MANAGES ALL OF OUR, UH, OUR FEDERAL DOLLARS, UH, PROBABLY HAS A VERY BRIEF STATEMENT TO GIVE YOU GIVEN, UH, THE STATUS OF WHERE WE ARE TODAY IN RELATION TO WHERE WE WERE WHEN WE PUT IT ON THE AGENDA. SO, MS. VANCE, THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT I WAS GONNA SAY. GOOD EVENING. I'M GLAD TO SEE YOU TONIGHT. I WAS A LITTLE WORRIED WHEN WE PUT IT ON THE AGENDA. UM, BEING IN FEDERAL PROGRAMS AND WORKING WITH THOSE PROGRAMS SINCE DECEMBER HAS FELT LIKE WE'VE BEEN ON ROLLER COASTERS, TRYING TO, UM, DETERMINE WHAT IF, WHAT IF NOT KNOWING REALLY WHAT WAS HAPPENING. BUT I CAN SHARE WITH YOU TODAY THAT, UM, WE HAVE BEEN TOLD AND RELEASED THAT WE WILL HAVE OUR, UM, ESSA GRANTS RELEASED TO US AS WELL AS OUR, UM, MSAP FIFTH YEAR THAT WE WERE WAITING ON. AND SO THAT IS ALL, IT WAS ALL GOOD NEWS. I HAD A LITTLE BIT OF GOOD NEWS AND BAD NEWS LAST TIME, BUT NOW IT'S ALL GOOD NEWS FOR UNTIL OCTOBER. CAN I SAY THAT THEN, THEN WE START AGAIN WITH THIS, UM, BECAUSE THAT'S WHEN THE FEDERAL BUDGET IS SUPPOSED TO BE APPROVED. AND IF IT DOESN'T GET APPROVED, THEN WE ARE KIND OF IN THE WAITING THING. SO OCTOBER IS USUALLY WHAT WE LOOK AT. UM, AND THEN A CONTINUING RESOLUTION USUALLY COMES IN MARCH IS KIND OF THE LAST, UM, 10 OR 15 YEARS ON THAT. SO WE ARE ANTICIPATING GOOD THINGS FOR 26 AND, UM, ARE HOPEFUL FOR 27 MS. BE RIGHT. HI. THANK YOU. IT'S GOOD TO SEE YOU AGAIN UP HERE. UM, CAN YOU CLARIFY, BECAUSE I KNOW THE MSAP GRANT, THE MED TECHS IN ITS FIFTH YEAR. WHAT ABOUT THE ONE THAT'S IN ITS FIRST YEAR? UM, WE'D ALREADY RECEIVED THE FUNDS FOR THAT, AND SO WE'LL KNOW NEXT APRIL. PERFECT. THANK YOU. OTHER QUESTIONS? GUESS NOT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. NEXT [Board Business Action] ITEM IS BOARD BUSINESS ACTION MOTION TO NAME A DISTRICT OF ATHLETIC FACILITY, MS. BO WRIGHT. RIGHT. THANK YOU. I'M ACTUALLY, UM, IT'S, IT'S GOOD THAT WE ARE HAVING THIS CONVERSATION HERE BECAUSE AS I'M SURE YOU ALL READ THE NEWSPAPER, UH, HILTON HEAD ISLAND LOST A, A VERY IMPORTANT, UH, MEMBER OF OUR COMMUNITY, UH, RATHER UNEXPECTEDLY, UH, HE WAS A SIGNIFICANT INFLUENCE IN THE HIGH SCHOOL. HIS NAME IS JOE MAIER. HE WAS THE ATHLETIC DIRECTOR FOR 14 YEARS. UH, HIS CHILDREN WENT TO SCHOOL HERE, UM, AT A KNOWN WELLNESS COMMUNITY. HIS WIFE IS A BIG PART OF THIS COMMUNITY, AND SO IT WAS COM IT WAS A VERY TRAGIC EVENT. UH, BUT TO HONOR HIS CONTRIBUTIONS, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A REQUEST OF THE BOARD. SO I HAVE A MOTION HERE. I MOVE THAT THE BEAUFORT COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION, IN RECOGNITION OF THE SUBSTANTIAL CONTRIBUTIONS OF THE LATE JOE MAIER, INITIATE THE PROCESS OUTLINE IN POLICY GC DASH THREE, SECTION EIGHT FOR NAMING A DISTRICT ATHLETIC FACILITY IN HIS HONOR. THIS INCLUDES PROVIDING PUBLIC NOTICE AND CONTACTING LOCAL COMMUNITY LEADERS IN ADVANCE OF A PUBLIC HEARING TO BE HELD PRIOR TO FINAL BOARD ACTION ON THE PROPOSED NAMING. ALICE, ANY DISCUSSION? UM, J JUST TO CAN YOU WHAT , JUST TO GET A CLEAR UNDERSTANDING AND MOVING FORWARD AND MOVING IN THIS PROCESS OF WHAT WOULD BE THE, WHAT WOULD BE THE PROCESS? BECAUSE, UH, I THOUGHT, THOUGHT MAYBE WE WOULD WANT TO SEND THIS TO THE OPERATIONS. I THINK WE'VE HAD AN OPERATIONS COMMITTEE IN THE PROCESS, I MEAN, IN PRIOR AND PRIOR, UH, OR HAVE SOME, UH, ONE BRING THAT AND WE WOULD SEE HOW, UH, HOW HOW, UH, WHAT, WHAT THE, UM, THE PROCESS IS AND, AND WHAT ALL THE, THIS WOULD ENCOMPASS. BECAUSE I THINK THERE'S SOME OTHER QUE THERE'S SOME QUESTIONS OUT OUT THERE RIGHT NOW IN TERMS OF ONCE WE START NAMING SCHOOLS AFTER PEOPLE KNOW, DISRESPECT ANYONE, YOU KNOW, JUST, UH, PEOPLE MAY SAY, WELL, WE COULD HAVE THIS OTHER GUY HERE OF THE DIFFERENT PARTS OF SCHOOLS, OR, YOU KNOW, SO I REMEMBER GOING THROUGH THIS, UH, WHEN WE'VE NAMED SOME OTHER PRIOR THINGS IN THIS DISTRICT. SO THAT'S WHY I JUST WANT TO GET SOME CLARIFICATION AROUND WHAT, WHAT, WHAT'S THE, UH, RANGE OF THIS AND, AND WHAT DOES, WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? I UNDERSTOOD, UH, THE MOTION THAT WAS MADE, UH, TO BASICALLY, UM, UM, ASK THAT THAT PROCESS, UH, BEGIN THE COURSE OF, OF MOVING THROUGH THOSE STEPS. FOR INSTANCE, UH, THERE, THERE'S A UNANIMOUS, [00:45:01] UH, VOTE AND LETTER, I BELIEVE FROM THE, UH, COME ON UP, ROBERT, FROM THE, UH, SIC AT THE SCHOOL. UH, AND, AND, AND THEN THERE, SO THERE'S A SERIES OF STEPS WHICH DOES GO THROUGH THE OPERATIONS COMMITTEE AND THEN ULTIMATELY, UH, LANDING HERE IN FRONT OF THE FULL BOARD. UH, BUT, BUT I, I UNDERSTOOD THE MOTION TO, TO BE, UH, UH, THE BEGINNING OF A PROCESS, I THINK, UH, NOT, NOT, UH, A FINALIZATION OF A PROCESS. ROBERT, GO AHEAD. AND, AND, UH, AND I MAY HAVE MISSED THIS. DID YOU MENTION MISS BOATWRIGHT, THAT THIS IS THE CROSS FIELD? YEAH, I WAS GONNA CLARIFY THIS WITH NOT NAMING A SCHOOL, WHICH IS A VERY DIFFERENT PROCESS. THIS IS NAMING AN ANCILLARY FACILITY. I BELIEVE WE JUST HAD ONE RECENTLY WHERE WE LAID NAMED A LIBRARY OFF. SO AFTER SOMEBODY, IT'S A COMMUNITY REVIEW PROCESS THAT THE V BOARD HAS ULTIMATE SAY OVER. SO I'M JUST ASKING THAT WE INITIATE THE COMMUNITY PROCESS, UH, AND I BELIEVE THE HILTON HEAD HIGH SCHOOL SIC IS ALREADY AWARE, AND THAT'S KIND OF WHERE IT STARTS, WHERE, SO WE'LL GET UNDERWAY WITH THAT AND FOLLOW THROUGH WITH IT. THANK YOU. WE STOPPED TO VOTE ON IT. RR RIGHT, BUT NORMAL, NOT, I WANT AM AM I, AM I, WHAT I'M SAYING I THINK IS NORMAL THAT IT WOULD START. SO I SEE THEN THEY, THEY EVENTUALLY, THEY BRING IT TO THE BOARD AND NOW WE, I THINK THEY SEEMS LIKE, LIKE WE ARE INITIATING IT VERSUS LETTING THEM INITIATE IT AND THEN BRING IT TO US AND WE'LL GO AHEAD AND WE ACCEPT THEIR RECOMMENDATION. SO I THINK THOSE ARE LITTLE TWO DIFFERENT THINGS VERSUS NORMALLY THE PAST, PAST PRACTICES HAS BEEN THAT THE BOARD HAS NOT, HAS NOT INITIALLY INITIATED THINGS. THEY, THEY, THE ISIC HAS INITIATED IT AND, AND TOOK IT TO THE OPERATIONS AND THEN BRING IT TO THE BOARD FOR A FINAL VOTE OR A FINAL ACCEPT OR REJECT. AND MOST TIMES WE DO, WE DO, UH, ACCEPT THEM, BUT SO I JUST, THAT'S JUST KIND OF MY, YOU KNOW, I DIDN'T KNOW. I NO, NO CHANGES. I, THIS IS DIFFERENT. THIS IS DIFFERENT. AND SO BEING THEN, BUT WITHIN IT BEING DIFFERENT, I JUST WANNA GET SOME CLARITY ON IT, YOU KNOW, MOVING FORWARD IN HOW ARE WE GOING TO DO THINGS, DO, DO, UH, DO THINGS LIKE THIS OF, OF THIS TYPE AND OF THE SORT. SO I JUST, YOU KNOW, SO THAT, SO THAT WE'RE NOT, IN YEARS OF COMPANY'S NOT BEING D DIFFERENT, YOU KNOW, IT'S CONSISTENT. YEAH. UH, UH, TO BE CLEAR, UM, MY UNDERSTANDING OF, OF, I, I HEAR, I, I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, BUT TO BE CLEAR, MY UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT THAT MO THE ONLY THING THAT MOTION IS GOING TO DO IS TO BASICALLY A, ASK US TO, UH, UH, MAKE SURE THAT IF THAT PROCESS IS IN, IN UNDERWAY, THAT WE USHER THAT PROCESS, UH, THROUGH, UH, MAKING SURE THAT ALL THE CHECK MARKS ARE DONE, ALL THE STEPS ARE TAKEN. UH, AS I SAID, I THINK IT GOES TO THE OPERATIONS COMMITTEE AND THEN ULTIMATELY HERE TO THIS FULL BOARD FOR A FINAL DECISION. I, THAT'S MY INTERPRETATION OF WHAT I, UH, I UNDERSTAND THE MOTION TO BE. UM, THAT'S ALL I WOULD JUST ADD. OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMENTS? OKAY. ALL THOSE IN THE SAYING, AYE. AYE. AYE. PARDON? . HEY. AYE. AYE, PASTOR GORDON. AYE, I'M GONNA, I'M GONNA STAY. YEAH, I'M GONNA STAY. THANK YOU. NOW, THE FUTURE AGENDA TOPICS. [Future Agenda Topics] DOES ANY BOARD MEMBER HAVE A FUTURE? OH, YES. UH, THE PROCESS IN TERMS OF, UH, THE, THE, THE, THE PROCESS IN TERMS OF OUR, OF, OF, OF, OF HIRING FOR THE BOARD, OF, OF, OF HIRING THE PROCESS, THE PROCESS AND EXECUTIVE OF, OF THE PROCESS, OF, OF HIRING. WE CAN JUST START. YEAH, WE CAN START THERE. START THERE. YEAH. IN TERMS OF THE, OUR ASSISTANT OR ANYTHING ELSE AND WITH THAT, YEAH, YEAH. UM, A REVIEW OF THE PROCESS FOR TEAMS MEETING IN CAMPS, OFF CAMPUS, TEAM BUILDING EXERCISES AND BEING INVOLVED IN DIFFERENT GROUPS. I THINK WE NEED TO LOOK AT HOW ALL OF THAT WORKS. SO THAT FROM, UH, YES. OKAY. HE WOULD BE THAT BE DR. RODRIGUEZ. THAT IS FINE. OKAY. YEP. ALRIGHT. ANY OTHER, ALSO THE, UH, IS THERE A TIMELINE ON THE SUPER, UH, WHEN WE START WORKING ON THE RUB RUBRIC FOR THE SUPERINTENDENT'S EVALUATION FOR HIS NEXT, UH, I, I THINK WE'VE BEEN KIND OF, WE'VE BEEN JUST TALKING ABOUT THAT AND WE'LL HAVE SOMETHING OUT, DR. KAKA, LOOK AT HIS SCHEDULE AND, UH, WE'LL GET, UH, [00:50:01] A MEETING TIME SET UP, UH, TO TALK ABOUT THE COMMITTEE. OKAY. OKAY. OH, AND RIGHT CHOICES AND RIGHT CHOICES AS WELL. LIKE RIGHT CHOICES? NO. YES, SIR. OKAY. YES, SIR. ALRIGHT. GOT IT. ALL RIGHT. [Announcements] TIME FOR ANNOUNCEMENTS. RODRIGUEZ. UM, PROBABLY THE MOST IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT TOMORROW IS THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL, UH, FOR THIS UPCOMING YEAR, AND WE'RE VERY EXCITED TO WELCOME OUR STUDENTS BACK, UH, THROUGH OUR DOORS. I SENT A, UH, MESSAGE TO OUR FAMILIES AND OUR PARENTS TODAY, UH, UM, BUT IT'S A VERY EXCITING TIME FOR ALL OF US. UH, AND I WANNA, UH, THANK ALL OF OUR EMPLOYEES IN THE BEAUFORT COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT FOR THEIR HARD WORK AND DEDICATION TO PREPARE FOR TOMORROW. UH, AND, UH, JUST KNOW THAT WE ARE EXCITED, UH, TO WELCOME OUR STUDENTS AND FAMILIES, UH, TO OUR SCHOOLS TOMORROW. LAST, PUBLIC [Second Public Comments] COMMENTS. UH, WE HAVE TOPIC EXPANSION. FIRST OF ALL, COULD I ALSO ADD AN ANNOUNCEMENT THAT A WEEK OR A MONTH FROM NOW ON SEPTEMBER 6TH, THERE WILL BE A MARCHING BAND EXHIBITION FOR ALL HIGH SCHOOLS HELD AT MAY RIVER, UH, ATHLETIC FIELD AT 10:00 AM UH, I APPRECIATE THAT OPPORTUNITY TO, AND I'LL UPDATE YOU NEXT WEEK. IT, IT TURNS OUT TO BE THE SATURDAY AFTER OUR NEXT BOARD MEETING. NOW TO THE SUBJECT OF ADDITIONAL POSITIONS, I SEE POSTING OF TWO MORE, UH, POSITIONS RELATIVE TO THE FINE ARTS. UM, STARTING, GOING BACK THREE YEARS AGO, YOU, THE BOARD APPROVED THE FIRST POSITION. PRIOR TO THAT, THAT POSITION WAS SHARED WITH THE, UH, SOCIAL STUDIES COORDINATOR. AND SO YOU MADE A SEPARATE COORDINATOR FOR FINE ARTS, UH, VOLUNTEERED AROUND THE STATE. I CAN ASSURE YOU THAT THE IMAGE OF FINE ARTS HERE NEEDS TO BE IMPROVED. AND FINDING MEANINGFUL PEOPLE HAS BEEN DIFFICULT. THE ADDITION OF THESE TWO POSITIONS IN A VERNACULAR SAYS YOU PUT YOUR MONEY WHERE YOUR MOUTH IS, AND I APPRECIATE THAT. AND IN SO DOING, I'M TRYING TO SEE THE TIME, UH, IN SO DOING, I'VE HAVE CONTACTS BOTH WITH RETIRED BAND DIRECTORS IN THE STATE, ALSO A BAND DIRECTOR, WHICH YOU WOULD ARGUABLY SAY IS ONE OF THE TOP TWO BANDS IN THE COUNTRY WHO HAS CONTACTS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY. I'VE ALERTED, I'VE PUT A LITTLE NOTE TO BOTH OF THEM AND SAID, THINGS ARE CHANGING HERE. THEY'RE PUTTING THE DOLLARS WHERE THEIR MOUTH IS, AND I APPRECIATE IT. NOT THAT YOU TWO FOLKS WOULD BE THE CANDIDATES, BUT LENT THE WORD OUT NATIONALLY AND WITHIN THE STATE. AND I'M TRYING TO PROMOTE THAT, AND I APPRECIATE THAT. UH, 13 SECONDS. THAT'S ALL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, SIR. GOTTA GIVE HIM A STATUTE THAT COM THAT COMPLETES OUR AGENDA ITEM. SO, UH, UNLESS THERE'S OBJECTION, UH, WE WILL ADJOURN BY UNANIMOUS CONSENT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. [00:55:11] THANKS FOR WATCHING BEAUFORT COUNTY TV. THIS IS LARRY ROWLAND, AND THIS IS A BEAUFORT COUNTY MOMENT. ONE OF THE EXCITING ASPECTS OF CO COLON, THE COLONIAL SEA ISLANDS WAS THE ARRIVAL OF NUMEROUS FREEBOOTERS AND PIRATES IN THIS AREA. THE PIRACY IN THE CARIBBEAN WAS ESSENTIALLY ENDED IN 1713 WITH A TREATY BETWEEN SPAIN AND ENGLAND. BUT THE PIRATES WHO, UH, HAD INFESTED THE SPANISH MAINE FOR A HUNDRED YEARS MOVED NORTH. MANY MOVED INTO THE BAHAMAS, MANY MOVED INTO THE SEA ISLANDS OF THE SOUTH CAROLINA COAST, AND INTO THE OUTER BANKS OF NORTH CAROLINA IN THIS AREA. THE COMMON PIRATE HANGOUT WAS THE COAST OF NORTH CAROLINA, WHICH WAS LESS POPULATED AND LESS DEFENDED THAN EITHER THE SEA ISLANDS OR THE NORTH COAST OF SOUTH CAROLINA. SO IN 1719, SOUTH CAROLINA SENT A FLEET TO NORTH CAROLINA, WHICH CAPTURED STEED BONNET, AND SANK HIS VESSEL, DROVE BLACKBEARD NORTH INTO BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA, WHERE VIRGINIANS CAPTURED HIS VESSEL AND KILLED BLACKBEARD. AND HIS VESSEL, QUEEN ANNE'S REVENGE IS BEING ARCHEOLOGICALLY RECOVERED OFF OF BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA AS WE SPEAK, UH, SOUTH OF CHARLESTON. THIS PLACE BECAME A VERY ACTIVE CENTER FOR A PRIVATEER WAR IN THE 1730S AND 1740S. IT WAS ESSENTIALLY A CONTEST BETWEEN THE SPANISH AND SAINT AUGUSTINE AND THE ENGLISH IN CHARLESTON. DURING THE 1740S, SPANISH PRIVATEERS INFESTED THIS COAST AND VIRTUALLY STOPPED THE MARITIME TRADE FROM PORT ROYAL NEAR BEAUFORT AND FROM CHARLESTON, HARVARD. THE MOST NOTABLE OF THOSE SPANISH PRIVATEERS WAS FRANCISCO LORENZO. HE WAS A NOTED GENTLEMAN. HE CAPTURED MANY SOUTH CAROLINIANS IN HIS VOYAGES, CAPTURED 56 ENGLISH VESSELS OFF THE COAST OF SOUTH CAROLINA IN THE SINGLE YEAR OF 1741. BUT ALL OF HIS PRISONERS, HE TREATED WELL WHEN HE WAS FINALLY CAPTURED BY SOUTH CAROLINA NAVAL FORCES IN LATE 1741, HE WAS TAKEN TO CHARLESTON AND THE POPULATION ASSEMBLED AND CHEERED HIM WHEN HE CAME ASHORE BECAUSE HE HAD BEEN SUCH AN HONORABLE PIRATE. IF THERE IS SUCH A THING, OTHER PIRATES, FRENCH AND SPANISH CONTINUED TO INVEST THE COAST FROM 1742 TO 1744, AND THEN AGAIN FROM 1748 TO 1751. THE LAST SPANISH PIRATE, DON JULIAN VEGA, UH, WAS HERE AS LATE AS 1760, AND HE WAS CAPTURED BY SPANISH GAR COSTAS, NOT ENGLISH COAST GUARDS. DURING THAT TIME, THE IANS AND THE CHARLESTONIANS BUILT TWO INLAND GALLEYS ROAD GALLEYS WITH HEAVY GUNS THAT COULD PROTECT THE INLAND WATERS FROM THESE SPANISH AND FRENCH FREE BOOTERS. BUT BETWEEN 1739, WHICH IS THE BEGINNING OF THE WAR OF JENKINS EAR, AND 1763, WHICH WAS THE TREATY OF PARIS THAT ENDED THE FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR, THIS WAS AN ACTIVE AREA FOR PRIVATEERS AND PIRATES AND THEIR COUNTER FORCES, THE GALLEYS OF SOUTH CAROLINA AND GEORGIA. THIS IS LARRY ROLAND. THIS HAS BEEN A BEAUFORT COUNTY MOMENT. TO SEE MORE BEAUFORT COUNTY MOMENTS GO TO THE BEAUFORT COUNTY LIBRARY HOMEPAGE AND CLICK ON THE LOCAL HISTORY TAB. * 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.