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JOHNSON, MS. BERRY, MS. RECO, RIGHT? YES.
UH, COLONEL GUYER AND ATTORNEY, UH, CAR.
SO MS. UH, BOATRIGHT AND MS. UH, HAY.
UH, SO WE'LL CALL THE MEETING ORDER.
IS THERE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA, MS. HAY OR MS. BOATWRIGHT? SO MOVED.
IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND.
MS. HAY, CAN YOU HEAR US? YES, I CAN.
UH, PLEASE JOIN US FOR A PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE AND STATE OF THE MEDIA COUNCIL NOTIFICATION.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC, WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
HAS MEDIA MEDIA BEEN IMPROPERLY NOTIFIED, MS. CUSHIER? YES.
UH, ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? NO, SIR.
IS THERE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL OF THE JUNE 11TH, 2025 COMMITTEE MEETING? MINUTES.
MS. MS. BOATWRIGHT, WOULD YOU LIKE TO SECOND? I'LL SECOND, BUT I'M GONNA ABSTAIN 'CAUSE I DON'T THINK I WAS AT THAT MEETING.
SO TO TEE UP TODAY, THIS IS REALLY DESIGNED TO BE AN IDEATION SESSION TO JUST DO WHAT THE LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE DID BEFORE, RELATIVE TO THE FAIRNESS AND TESTING AND HOW WE TALKED ABOUT IT.
IT MOVED FORWARD AT VARIOUS STAGES, COMMITTEE OUR BOARD, AND PASSED UNANIMOUSLY AT THE SOUTH CAROLINA SCHOOL BOARD ASSOCIATION'S LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE.
SO IT WILL BE ON THE, UH, DOCUMENT IN THE DECEMBER ANNUAL MEETING FOR THE SCHOOL BOARD SOCCER GROUND SCHOOL BOARD ASSOCIATION.
WANTED TO STEP BACK AND GIVE EVERYBODY A CHANCE UNDER THE THREE BULLETS THAT WE HAVE NOTED TO THINK ARE THE AREAS THAT WE CAN ACTUALLY TARGET.
THEY MAY BE TRADITIONAL AREAS LIKE DISCIPLINE.
THEY MAY ALSO BE AREAS THAT, THAT WE HAVE NOT TRADITIONALLY LOOKED AT, BUT THEY HAVE AN INPUT FACTOR INTO THE SCHOOL'S ABILITY TO RAISE PUBLIC SCORES OF OUR STUDENTS.
AND SO, UH, TAKE YOUR CONSTRAINED HAT OFF, IF YOU WILL, AS YOU ALWAYS DO.
AND, UH, LET'S, LET'S GO THROUGH THAT.
UH, AND FEEL FREE TO POSE QUESTIONS AT ANY TIME, BUT WE WILL NOT REACH CONCLUSION TODAY.
TODAY IS JUST TO SORT OF STIR UP THE POT A LITTLE BIT AND GET THE CREATIVE JUICES, INNOVATIVE JUICES FLOWING AS THEY NORMALLY DO WITH THE PEOPLE ONLINE AND HERE IN, IN THE CONFERENCE ROOM.
UH, SO WE CAN THINK ABOUT HOW CAN WE HELP THE, UH, SCHOOL, SCHOOL DISTRICT, NOT OURS, BUT ALL SCHOOL DISTRICT AND, UM, PEOPLE MAKE A DIFFERENCE.
SO, WITH THAT, UM, IF YOU DON'T MIND, I'LL GO INTO, UH, THE FIRST DISCUSSION, WHICH IS ON DISCIPLINE.
AND SO THE WAY THAT'S BEEN POSED TO ME IS, YES, WE KNOW THERE'S SOME TREMENDOUS GUIDELINES FROM THE STATE IN TERMS OF HOW DISCIPLINE HAS TO BE CARRIED OUT.
UH, WHAT ARE THE LIMITS, WHAT ARE THE AUTHORITIES, WHAT ARE THE SOLUTIONS THAT ARE AVAILABLE TO US? BUT WANT YOU TO TAKE A LOOK AT IT FROM WHAT WE KNOW, AND THEN ALSO FROM FROM A TEACHER'S PERSPECTIVE, DO THEY IS WORKING.
AND SO WE HAVE HAD MR. SMITH JOIN US WELCOME MR. SMITH, UH, AS WELL.
AND SO WOULD EITHER ONE OF THE, UH, COLLEAGUES ONLINE LIKE TO TAKE A STAB AT THIS FIRST? UM, SORRY.
WHAT LEGISLATION ARE WE REVIEWING IN, IN REGARDS TO DISCIPLINE? I KNOW THERE'S A FEW THINGS, UH, IN THE PIPELINE THAT ARE COMING OUT WITH DISCIPLINE, ALTHOUGH I DON'T THINK THEY'VE GOTTEN A LOT OF ATTENTION.
SO AS THE LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE, WHAT LEGISLATION ARE WE TRYING TO INFORM OURSELVES ABOUT OR, OR HAVE INPUT ONTO AT THIS PARTICULAR POINT? NONE OF THAT.
UM, WHAT WE WANTED TO DO IS NOT BE CONSTRAINED BY WHAT'S OUT THERE,
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BUT WE ARE GOING TO REFER TO IT JUST LIKE WE DID WITH THE, UM, THE PRE-FILE BUILD.WE'LL LOOK THROUGH ALL OF THOSE AND THEN BRING THOSE BEFORE THE COMMITTEE.
AND THAT WILL BE OPEN GAME ON ONES THAT ALREADY OUT THERE.
SO WE WILL DO THAT SEGMENT TODAY WAS JUST TO SORT OF GET OUR JUICES FLOWING.
IS THERE SOMETHING THAT WE INTUITIVELY FEEL LIKE WE HAVEN'T ADDRESSED THAT IN THIS ENVIRONMENT MAY BE WORTHWHILE CONSIDERATION? I GUESS MY QUESTION WOULD BE, IF IT'S NOT RELATED TO LEGISLATION, I'M HAPPY TO HAVE A DISCUSSION ABOUT DISCIPLINE.
AND I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, IT'S A, IT'S CLEARLY A TOP ISSUE, BUT IT'S ALSO UNDER ACADEMICS.
SO IS THIS THE APPROPRIATE PLACE TO HAVE A JUICES FLOWING CONVERSATION ON DISCIPLINE? CAN YOU ALL HEAR HER OR DID WE JUST LOSE HER? HUH? WHAT HAPPENED? CAN YOU, I DIDN'T HEAR WE LOST YOU.
CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? YEAH, SAY THAT AGAIN, BUT, RIGHT.
SO I GUESS MY QUESTION IS, IS IF WE'RE GOING TO HAVE SORT OF, UM, JUST SORT OF AN OPEN DISCUSSION ON, ON DISCIPLINE, DISCIPLINE FALLS UNDER ACADEMIC COMMITTEE.
SO WOULD THEY WANT US TO LOOK AT, LIKE, I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT THE STRUCTURE BECAUSE I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE IS SOME, UH, A A A DESIRE TO HAVE SOME DISCUSSIONS ABOUT THINGS THAT MAY COME UP IN A LEGISLATIVE SESSION OR THAT WE MAY BE ABLE TO RECRUIT, UH, THE HELP OF, OF OUR, OUR LOCAL DELEGATION IN.
BUT WHEN I WAS, UM, I KNOW DISCIPLINE, I'M, ROBIN, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, IT USED TO BE UNDER OPERATIONS AND IT GOT MOVED TO, 'CAUSE WE HAVE AN OE FOR DISCIPLINE THAT THE ACADEMICS COMMITTEE OVERSEAS.
SO THE INTENT IS WE ARE GONNA RESPECT ALL PROTOCOLS AND REQUIREMENTS AND REGULATIONS.
BUT AT THE SAME TIME, THERE WAS NO REAL GUIDANCE LEGISLATIVELY ON TESTING UNTIL WE BROUGHT IT FORWARD.
AND SO WHAT WE WANNA DO IS SORT OF REPLICATE THAT, LOOKING AT WHERE THERE MAY BE A GAP AND SAY, IS THERE SOME TYPE OF LEGISLATIVE SOLUTION THAT WE COULD CONVENE AND MOVE FORWARD? DOES NOT MEAN WE'RE GOING FORWARD WITHOUT ACADEMICS.
WE ABSOLUTELY COORDINATE AND CALIBRATE WITH THEM.
BUT AGAIN, IDEATION STARTS WITH THERE ARE NO BARRIERS, AND WHERE CAN WE HELP? AND THEN SEEK THE ALLIES THAT CAN PARTNER WITH US.
SO, VERY MUCH RESPECTFUL OF THE POINT YOU BREAK RAISING MS. BOATWRIGHT.
UM, BUT IF IT'S OKAY, WE'LL PROCEED AND THEN WE'LL MAKE SURE, BASED ON YOUR COMMENTS, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE, UH, COMPLY AND INTERACT WITH ALL APPROPRIATE PARTIES.
IT'S FINE WITH ME TO HAVE THE DISCUSSION AND IT'S AN OPEN SESSION AND IT'S PROPERLY NOTIFIED AND THE BOARD'S HERE.
SO I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH HAVING DISCUSSION.
THIS IS, I DO FEEL LIKE WE ARE GETTING AWAY FROM THE, UM, COHERENT GOVERNANCE POLICY MANUAL.
AND SO THE QUESTION IS HOW FAR AWAY FROM THE STRUCTURE OF COHERENCE GOVERNANCE, BECAUSE WHILE I THINK THAT HAVING THIS DISCUSSION, AND I'M, I'M ANXIOUS TO HEAR SOME OF YOUR THOUGHTS AND SOME OF YOUR LEADERSHIP ON, ON ISSUES OF DISCIPLINE, AND I KNOW YOU'VE DONE A LOT OF WORK AND YOU'VE BEEN OUT IN THE COMMUNITY, SO I DON'T WANNA DISCOUNT THAT MM-HMM
AND SO I'M JUST GONNA FLAG THIS CONCERN GOING FORWARD IS HOW FAR AWAY DO WE GET FROM OUR POLICY BASED MODEL? BECAUSE LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE HAS A SPECIFIC PURPOSE AND WE HAVE OES THAT ARE OVERSEEN AND REPORTED TO, TO SPECIFIC COMMITTEES WHERE WE WOULD DISCUSS, YOU KNOW, THE BOARD WOULD SAY, HEY, WE WANNA HAVE A DISCUSSION ON DISCIPLINE.
IT WOULD BE REFERRED TO ACADEMICS.
SO I JUST WANNA KIND OF THINK, THINK THROUGH, MAYBE WE CAN EVEN PUT THIS ON, YOU KNOW, FOR OUR PART OF OUR FREE REIGN DISCUSSION, HOW DOES LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE WORK WITHIN THIS FRAMEWORK OF COHERENCE GOVERNANCE? BECAUSE THAT FRAMEWORK IS IMPORTANT.
SO, SO WE, AGAIN, LET ME REITERATE.
WE'RE GONNA BE IN COMPLIANCE WITH ALL REQUIREMENTS.
SO HOPEFULLY WE CAN DISCOVER SOME THINGS THAT WE CAN TAKE FORWARD THAT HAVE VALUE TO THE LE TO THE, UH, ACADEMIC COMMITTEE.
SO WE ARE GONNA FLAG WHAT YOU SAID, BUT WE'RE MOVING FORWARD, IF THAT'S OKAY WITH YOUR COMMENTS.
MS. HAY, YOUR COMMENTS INPUT AND THEN WE GOTTA GET TO, LET ME GET TO COMPLETELY
UM, I HAD ACTUALLY SIMILAR CONCERNS TO MRS. BOATWRIGHT, BUT NOT JUST FOR THIS ITEM, WHICH IS WHY I ABSTAINED FROM THE VOTE TO APPROVE THE AGENDA BECAUSE EACH OF THE THREE ITEMS ON TODAY'S AGENDA SEEM TO FALL UNDER ACADEMICS, COMMUNICATION OR OPERATIONS.
HOWEVER, THAT BEING SAID, I AM IN AGREEMENT THAT ALL THREE OF THE TOPICS ARE IMPORTANT.
UM, AND DISCIPLINE, AS WE'VE DISCUSSED ON MANY OCCASIONS IN THE PAST, IS SOMETHING PARENTS ARE CONCERNED ABOUT.
TEACHERS DON'T FEEL IN CONTROL OF THEIR CLASSROOMS NECESSARILY.
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INSTANCES THEY FEEL, YOU KNOW, UM, I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW HOW TO SAY IT PROPERLY, BUTAND WHAT I HEAR A LOT OF IS JUST A GENERAL LACK OF RESPECT FOR EDUCATORS.
UM, BUT AGAIN, I'M JUST NOT SURE WHERE WE MOVE WITH THAT IN TERMS OF LEGISLATION.
AND THAT'S REALLY JUST WHAT MY CONCERNS WERE OR THOUGHTS ON IT WAS JUST WHERE ARE WE HEADED WITH THIS? ARE WE TRYING TO BACK A CURRENT BILL? UM, DOES THE ACADEMIC COMMITTEE, BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T SEND FORWARD ANYTHING TO US TO ASK US TO LOOK INTO LEGISLATION, I'M CURIOUS IF THEY HAVE DIRECTIVES THAT PERHAPS THEY COULD SEND OUR WAY FOR US TO BE MORE SUPPORTED IN MOVING FORWARD WITH THIS.
SO THOSE ARE JUST MY THOUGHTS ON THIS TOPIC.
AND, AND THOSE ARE ABSOLUTELY APPROPRIATE THOUGHTS, AND THANK YOU AND MS. BOATWRIGHT FOR RAISING THOSE.
UH, THE INTENT IS TO US TO BE BASICALLY HAVE SOME IDEAS SUCH AS JUST BASED ON FE FEEDBACK THAT YOU'VE JUST GIVEN.
UH, WHEN WE INTERACT WITH TEACHERS, WE DO HEAR THAT THERE, THERE'S FRUSTRATION, BUT WE, AS A LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE, WE NEED TO HAVE AN UNDERSTANDING OF THAT AND THEN CALIBRATE WITH THE OTHER COMMITTEES WHO HAVE SOME TYPE OF JURISDICTION OVER THIS.
SO WE'RE NOT BEING RENEGADE HERE.
WE ACTUALLY ARE TRYING TO JUST GET STARTED ON HAVING THOSE TYPES OF CONVERSATIONS.
SO YOUR POINT IS ALSO DULY NOTED.
SO THANK YOU FOR THAT AS WELL.
AND I APPRECIATE YOUR EXPLAINING YOUR ABSTENTION.
CAN I ADD ONE MORE THING? ABSOLUTELY.
UM, AS WE MOVE FORWARD IN THE DISCIPLINARY PIECE, I KNOW MANY OF US HAVE READ ABOUT ISSUES THAT ARE CURRENTLY PLAGUING THE CURRENT GENERATION.
AND ONE OF THE THINGS, IT'S PROBABLY A HILL I'M GOING TO DIE ON AS A MOM, IS I DO BELIEVE WITH LIKE 110% OF MY BEING THAT MUCH OF THE DISCIPLINARY ISSUES WE'RE SEEING IN CLASSROOMS ARE DUE TO THE AMOUNT OF SCREEN TIME AND TECHNOLOGY BEING USED.
AND I'VE RAISED THIS IN THE PAST, HOWEVER, I'M GOING TO KEEP SAYING IT BECAUSE I BELIEVE IT SO STRONGLY.
YOU KNOW, A LOT OF THESE CHILDREN ARE SITTING AT HOME WATCHING TV, EATING A BOWL OF CEREAL OR LOOKING AT PHONES BEFORE THEY GET TO SCHOOL.
AND THEN IF WE'RE PLACING THEM, I, I'M GRATEFUL NOW THAT, UM, CELL PHONES AREN'T BEING ALLOWED TO BE USED IN CLASS, WHICH IS GREAT ON SO MANY LEVELS.
HOWEVER, IF WE'RE SITTING KIDS IN FRONT OF SCREENS, WHETHER THAT'S A LAPTOP OR A SCREEN WITHIN THE CLASSROOM, AND THAT'S ON THE MAJORITY OF THE DAY, AND THEN THE KIDS ARE EITHER GETTING ON BUSES, SITTING, STARING AT THEIR PHONES OR THEY'RE GOING HOME, I'M JUST, I WOULD LIKE US TO SEE THE KIDS' DAY THROUGH A MORE HOLISTIC APPROACH VERSUS JUST WHAT WE'RE DOING WITH THE HOURS WE HAVE THEM IN SCHOOL BUILDINGS.
BECAUSE WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND COMPLETELY THAT THESE KIDS ARE BEING IN FRONT OF SCREENS FOR THE TOTALITY OF THEIR DAY.
AND THE SCREENS, WHETHER IT'S A VIDEO GAME, A TELEVISION, A CELL PHONE, THOSE ARE THE BABYSITTERS BEING USED BY FAMILIES SO THAT THE FAMILIES CAN WORK.
AND THEN THEY'RE ON THESE SCREENS.
I MEAN, I, I TALK TO FAMILIES, THEY ARE ON THESE SCREENS UNTIL BEDTIME.
SOME OF THEM HAVE SCREENS ON IN THEIR BEDROOMS AS THEY FALL ASLEEP.
AND IT'S NOT ME, JUST MY OPINION, IT'S SCIENTIFICALLY PROVEN THAT THE LIGHT GIVEN OFF BY THESE SCREENS IMPACTS THEIR BRAIN CHEMISTRY.
AND I JUST WOULD LOVE TO SEE US GET BACK TO A MORE, UM, OLD SCHOOL, IF YOU WILL, METHOD OF LEARNING WHERE THE KIDS ARE ACTUALLY TOUCHING PENS AND PAPER.
THAT TACTILE FEEDBACK IS REALLY IMPORTANT TO US AS HUMANS IN GENERAL.
THERE'S NO ONE AGE GROUP WHERE THAT'S IMPORTANT.
BUT I THINK TO ROUND THIS BACK TO HOW IT RELATES TO DISCIPLINE.
IF YOU TALK TO ANY COUNSELOR, PSYCHOLOGISTS, UM, KIDS, UM, PROFESSIONALS WHO WORK WITH CHILDREN, THEY WILL TELL YOU THAT THE BEHAVIORS ARE DRASTICALLY DIFFERENT BETWEEN KIDS
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WHO ARE CONSTANTLY IN FRONT OF TECHNOLOGY VERSUS THOSE WHO AREN'T.AND THEY CAN'T REGULATE THEIR MOODS AS WELL.
UM, THEY HAVE COMPLETE MELTDOWNS WHEN TECH IS TAKEN AWAY FROM THEM.
AND IT'S JUST, I TRULY BELIEVE IF WE CAN GET OUR KIDS BACK TO A MORE, UM, GROUNDED, UH, OLD SCHOOL WAY OF TEACHING AND GOING ABOUT THEIR WORK, AND THERE ARE METHODS AROUND THIS.
I MEAN, WE CAN NOW SCAN WITH OUR PHONES, WRITTEN DOCUMENTS AND UPLOAD THEM.
SO THERE'S A WAY TO USE BOTH TOGETHER.
UM, BUT I'D REALLY LIKE TO SEE US IN TERMS OF DISCIPLINE, REALLY TALKING ABOUT THE UNCOMFORTABLE TRUTH THAT THOUGH TECHNOLOGY IS THIS GREAT TOOL, AND YES, OUR KIDS NEED TO LEARN HOW TO USE IT EFFECTIVELY AND RESPONSIBLY.
THEY NEED TO STOP BEING IN FRONT OF IT ALL DAY EVERY DAY.
MAY I BRING SOMETHING UP THAT'S, UH, UH, WOULD ANSWER PART OF WHAT YOU SAY IS SAYING, I WAS APPROACHED BY AN ATTORNEY, UH, YOU SEE, IF THE DISTRICT WAS INTERESTED IN PARTICIPATING IN A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT AGAINST SOCIAL MEDIA, I GOT IT FROM THE ATTORNEY AND IMMEDIATELY HANDED IT TO DR. RODRIGUEZ, WHO IMMEDIATELY HANDED IT TO WENDY.
SO THERE IS A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT IN THIS STATE WITH A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT DISTRICTS THAT ARE PARTICIPATING IN IT TO PUT IT'S AGAINST SCHOOL DISTRICTS, AGAINST SOCIAL MEDIA COMPANIES.
AND WE'RE TALKING SNAPCHAT, YOUTUBE, ALL OF THAT.
AND I DO YOU WANNA SAY ANYTHING FOR YEAH, WHAT I'VE LEARNED IS, UM, FIRST OF ALL, MR. DAVE DUFF PRESENTED TO THE BOARD SEVERAL YEARS AGO, UH, ON THE SAME LAWSUIT.
AND I LEARNED THAT THERE WAS A STATE COURT ACTION BROUGHT OUT CALIFORNIA NINTH CIRCUIT AND A FEDERAL COURT.
THE STATE COURT ACTION WAS DISMISSED.
THE FEDERAL COURT ACTION IS STILL PENDING WITH SOME, SOME CAUSES OF ACTION DISMISSED.
BUT THE CASE IS STILL PENDING IN FEDERAL COURT.
UM, BUT A LOT OF CAUSE OF ACTIONS WERE DISMISSED, BUT THERE STILL ARE A FEW LEFT.
SO THAT'S SOMETHING WE NEED TO SPEAK ABOUT AND GET LEGAL ABOUT IN OUR EXECUTIVE SESSION ABOUT HOW WE WOULD LIKE TO, WHETHER WE WOULD, WHETHER WE WANNA PROCEED AND WE'VE SHOWN WE WANNA WORK WITH OR SO I, I'LL HAVE ALL THAT INFORMATION AVAILABLE.
THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT UP.
THAT'S A HUGE POINT I WOULD LIKE TO CALL TO THE COMMITTEE'S ATTENTION BEFORE GOING TO MR. SMITH, UM, IS THAT THE COMMITTEE ACTUALLY CRAFTED A TRUTH IN MEDIA RESOLUTION BOOK.
WE FELT THAT ONE WAS TOO INCENDIARY TO BRING FORWARD.
WE WANTED TO BASICALLY TARGET SOMETHING THAT'S MORE APPROACHABLE.
UH, BUT IT'S GOOD TO HEAR THIS BECAUSE WHAT PROTECTS SOCIAL MEDIA, WHICH DOES NOT PROTECT, PROTECT PRINT OR TRADITIONAL MEDIA, IS COMMUNICATIONS ACT OF 1996, SECTION 2 3 0.
AND SO PEOPLE ARE BEGINNING TO SEE NOW WITH THE RAMPANT EXPO EXPANSION OF SOCIAL MEDIA, THEY ARE REALLY OVERTURNING THE NORMS OF OUR SOCIETY AND IT'S HAVING A REAL NEGATIVE EFFECT ON US.
SO, MS. UH, HEY, I SUPPORT WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, AND I TOO HAVE READ, I'M CERTAINLY NOT AS VERSED AS YOU ARE, BUT THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT UP, MA'AM.
THAT'S AN IMPORTANT POINT, MR. SMITH.
UH, ACTUALLY I WANTED TO GO BACK TO, UH, THE INITIAL CONVERSATION IN TERMS OF DISCIPLINE AND WHY THIS, THE BASIS OF WHY THIS, UH, IT'S RELEVANT TO THIS COMMITTEE IS BECAUSE I'LL BRING YOUR ATTENTION BACK TO A COUPLE YEARS AGO, UH, WHEN WE WERE TALKING ABOUT DISCIPLINE AND THE STATE CAME DOWN AND SAID, TOLD US OUR DISCIPLINE, AND WE HAD TO CHANGE OUR DISCIPLINE MATRIX BECAUSE THEY SAID THAT WE WERE TOO HEAVY HANDED IN TERMS OF DISCIPLINE.
AND SO I'M NOT SURE IF I, I BELIEVE, I BELIEVE, I'M NOT SURE IF YOU WERE, I THINK THEY, YOU CARPENTER OR, OR I KNOW DEALT WITH, UH, WITH THE, UH, THE, THE OFFICE OF, UH, STUDENT SERVICES.
AND THEN THEY TOLD US THAT OUR DISCIPLINE MATRIX WERE TOO HEAVY HANDED AND WE HAD TO REARRANGE OUR, UM, DISCIPLINE.
I, YOU REMEMBER, IF YOU REMEMBER THAT.
UH, SO, SO ACTUALLY THIS DOES ALIGN BECAUSE YOU'RE TALKING NOW UPON HAVING TO MAKE CHANGES UPON, UPON STATE LEGISLATORS AND UPON THE STATE TO HAVE THEM DONE SAY HOW COMPETENT IS AND HOW IMPORTANT IT IS TO POSSIBLY CHANGE THE FRAMEWORK OF HOW WE DISCIPLINE OUR STUDENTS.
BECAUSE IF THEY SAY THAT WE WERE TOO HEAVY HANDED, THEN OBVIOUSLY WE WOULD HAVE TO GET SOME LEGISLATORS AND ALLOW THEM TO KNOW THAT THE CURRENT, UH, PORTAL TOOL THAT WE ARE USING RIGHT NOW IS NOT POSSIBLY WITHIN THE BEST MEASURE FOR US TO BE ABLE TO ALLOW TEACHERS TO TEACH IT, FOR US TO BE ABLE TO, UH, UH, BE, TO, UH, BE ABLE TO US TO, UH, HAND DOWN CONS,
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UH, CONSEQUENCES.SO I, SO IN TERMS OF THAT, I, UM, I'M, I'M NOT, I, I KNOW MS. HAY PROBABLY WASN'T WITH US AT THAT TIME, BUT, UM, I'M NOT SURE ABOUT MS. ABOUT MS. BOATRIGHT, BUT I DO REMEMBER US, WE WERE VERY SHOCKED AT THAT TIME WHEN THEY CAME DOWN AND WHEN WE HAD TO GO BACK AND WE WERE WONDERING WHY WE WERE DOING DISCIPLINARY MEASURES AGAIN.
AND WE HAD THAT LONG, DID 'EM, AND THEY WERE BRINGING US OE OR IT WAS OE THOUGH, OR AR WHATEVER IT WAS, THEY WERE BRINGING US NEW, NEW ARS.
WE AS A BOARD, WE FOUND OUT ABOUT IT.
SO IN TERMS OF HAVING THIS CONVERSATION, I THINK THIS IS THE APPROPRIATE PLACE BECAUSE THERE HAVE TO BE SOME, SOME CONVERSATIONS, UH, STARTED NOT JUST ON THE SCHOOL SIDE, BUT IT HAS TO BE SOME CONVERSATION STARTED ON, ON, ON THE, ON THE BOARD SIDE IN TERMS OF, OF UNDERSTANDING THE LAW, UNDERSTANDING THE LAW, AND UNDERSTANDING WHAT WILL GIVE, WHAT GIVES THEM THE AUTHORITY TO SAY, HEY, LOOK HERE, Y'ALL ARE TOO HEAVY HANDED.
AND TO HAVE THEM TO UNDERSTAND, HEY, THIS IS WHY, BECAUSE WE'RE SEEING AN UPTICK IN TERMS OF EXP EXPENSE, UH, OF, OF, UM, EXPULSIONS IN TERMS OF BEHAVIORS, IN TERMS OF SUSPENSIONS.
SO THEREFORE TO, UH, TO MITIGATE SOME OF THAT, THEN WE MAY NEED TO TACK THEM ON, ON THE FRONT END SO IT WILL NOT BE, UH, ACCEPTED.
SO I, I DO THINK THAT THIS IS A GREAT PLACE TO START IT AT, EVEN THOUGH WE TALK ABOUT IT IN THE, IN THE ACTUAL ACADEMICS.
BUT ACADEMICS WILL, ACADEMICS WILL NOT BE THE PLACE TO SAY, HEY, WE NEED TO GET TO LEGISLATORS.
I I THINK THAT THOSE TWO, THOSE TWO HAVE TWO DIFFERENT CALIBER IN TERMS OF WHAT THEIR MISSION IS.
SO I, AND THIS IS A GREAT PATIENT.
MR. I SEE MRS. UM, MRS. UH, MRS. CAR WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK AND SHE CAN SPEAK TO OTHER PART OF THAT MS. WAIT, WAIT.
AND ONE OF THE THINGS I'D LIKE TO ADD TO WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, WHICH IS GLAD YOU BROUGHT THAT UP.
I THINK MS. HAY MENTIONED ABOUT THERE BEING A LOT OF RESEARCH THAT'S COME UP SINCE THAT PARTICULAR POINT IN TIME.
WE CAPTURED, I MADE A NOTE OF THAT AS WELL.
I JUST WANT EVERYBODY ON THE BOARD TO KNOW THAT IN OUR DISCIPLINARY MATRIX, WE DO HAVE A SPECIFIC CODE ON CYBER BULLYING.
AND ALSO A COUPLE YEARS AGO WHEN GAVIN'S LAW WENT INTO EFFECT, WE NOW HAVE A PROVISION ON SEXTING.
AND WE'RE ALSO TEACHING IN OUR HEALTH, UH, EDUCATION.
WE ARE TEACHING NOW ABOUT GAVIN'S LAW.
GAVIN'S LAW WAS THE LAW THAT WAS PASSED AFTER THE LEGISLATOR'S SON.
AND HE HAD SENT PICTURES TO SOMEBODY THAT HE THOUGHT WAS A GIRL AND THEY WERE, YOU KNOW, INAPPROPRIATE PICTURES.
BUT IN ANY EVENT, THEY WERE EXTORTING MONEY OUT OF HIM AND HE ENDED UP COMMITTING SUICIDE.
SO IT IS VERY CYBER BULLYING AND SEXTING IS TERRIBLE.
CAN I ADD TO THAT? THIS, THIS CAME FROM CR OFFICE OF OKAY, THANK YOU.
Y IT WAS BASICALLY, UH, LOOKED AT OUR STATISTICS OF PUNISHMENTS GIVEN OUT BY RACE AND GENDER AND SAID THAT THIS IS, HE MENTIONED IT'S HEAVY HANDED TOWARD MALES AND TOWARD MINORITIES.
AND THAT'S, THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT THEY CAME OUT.
WE'VE, I'VE CAPTURED, CAPTURED THEM.
IT'S JUST, WELL, ALRIGHT, MS. BOATRIGHT, I THINK YOU HAD YOUR HAND RAISED, MA'AM, I'M SORRY I MISSED YOU.
I WAS LOOKING AT, OH NO, UH, INTERNAL HERE.
I'M ENJOYING THE DISCUSSION AND I'M HAPPY TO WAIT MY TURN.
BUT I WILL SAY AT TWO POINTS, ONE IS, UM, TO MR. SMITH'S POINT, I THINK THAT THAT IS REALLY USEFUL IF WE ARE GOING TO TALK ABOUT HAVING INPUT INTO WHAT THE LEGISLATURE'S DOING WITH BEING, BECAUSE THERE IS IS SOME OTHER STUFF THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT.
SOME PEOPLE ARE TRYING TO MAKE US CRACK DOWN MORE.
SOME PEOPLE WANT, YOU KNOW, LESS, I MEAN ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF.
SO THAT DOES GIVE US STRUCTURE AND I THINK THAT WOULD BE USEFUL TO KNOW.
AND THAT'S WHY I STARTED OFF MY COMMENTS WITH, ARE WE REFERENCING SPECIFIC, UH, LEGISLATIVE, UM, YOU KNOW, POSSIBILITIES, DISCUSSION.
UH, THE SECOND THING IS, UM, TO MS. HAYES POINT THAT THAT SOCIAL MEDIA THING HAS BEEN CIRCLING FOR A LONG TIME AND WE HAVE HAD TWO SEPARATE EXECUTIVE SESSIONS.
SEVERAL ATTORNEYS HAVE TRIED TO GET INVOLVED 'CAUSE IT'S A CLASS ACTION.
AND IT WAS SIMILAR TO THE ONE THAT THEY DID, UM, WITH REGARDING TO VAPES, WHERE THE DISTRICTS DID GET SOME MONEY THAT PARTICIPATED.
AND I JUST WOULD SAY IT'S NOT A SCREEN TIME ISSUE, IT'S A FREE SPEECH ISSUE.
IT'S A, UM, CENSORSHIP ISSUE, WHICH IS WHY I THINK IT'S GONNA STRUGGLE IN THE COURTS LIKE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.
BUT ALSO WHY THERE WAS, EXCUSE ME, THE DIS THE, THE CURRENT BOARD AT THAT TIME, BOTH TIMES DECLINED TO, UM, GET INVOLVED IN THE, IN THE, UH, IN THE CLASS ACTION BECAUSE THEY FELT IT WAS GOING INTO MORE OF A FREE SPEECH CATEGORY RATHER THAN MS. HAYES POINT OF TALKING ABOUT LIKE SCREEN TIME AND USING, UM, TECHNOLOGY AS A BABYSITTER.
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UM, MS. GORDON, SORRY.UM, AS A FORMER, UM, ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL IN LISTENING TO AND AGREEING WITH WHAT MR. UH, SMITH HAS SAID, UM, WHEN WE LOOK AT THE MATRIX FOR DISCIPLINES CHILDREN, A LOT OF THEM WERE MINORITY KIDS.
SO YOU COULD, YOU COULD HAVE, UH, 200 DISCIPLINE ISSUES AND THEY'RE THE SAME 10 KIDS EVERY YEAR.
SO, UM, I THINK WHAT WE NEED TO LOOK AT, UH, IS, AND I KNOW WE HAVE THE VMSS IN THE SCHOOLS AND, AND TRYING TO HELP IN THAT AREA, BUT HOW DO WE HELP THOSE KIDS TO DROP THEIR NUMBERS SO THAT OUR NUMBERS DON'T LOOK LIKE RETARDED? BECAUSE I COULD TELL YOU IF AN ISSUE, UH, HAPPENED AT THE SCHOOL, I COULD GO TO THE SAME FACULTY AND ONE OR THREE OF THEM WERE INVOLVED IN IT THE SAME TIME.
AND AFTER A WHILE, YOUR MATRIX ONLY GIVE YOU SO MUCH DISCIPLINE THAT YOU CAN DO SO MUCH TALKING, SO MUCH, UH, COUNSELING AND, AND ALL THOSE THINGS WHERE YOU HAVE TO SUSPEND
BUT AFTER THEY REACH A CERTAIN NUMBER, THE DISCIPLINE MATRIX REQUIRES THAT WE DO CERTAIN THINGS.
SO I DON'T THINK THAT WE WERE BEING HEAVY HANDED.
WE WERE JUST DOING WHAT THE MATRIX CALLED AND WHAT WE WERE GIVEN AT THAT TIME IN ORDER TO, TO, TO WORK WITH THE SYSTEM.
BUT I DO THINK THAT WE NEED TO HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH THESE KIDS TO COME UP WITH SOMETHING BECAUSE WHEN YOU LOOK AT IT, YOU GO BACK AND LOOK, IT'S THE SAME 20 KIDS ALL THE TIME.
IT'S THE SAME 20 KIDS THAT WE NEED TO GIVE SOME HELP TO.
AND WE'RE NOT, WE'RE NOT HELPING THEM.
AND, UH, YOU CAN TALK TO 'EM ALL DAY LONG.
I'VE SEEN SOME SINCE I RETIRED, YOU KNOW.
BUT, UH, YOU DO HAVE A FEAR BECAUSE AS A HUMAN BEING, UH, YOU DON'T WANNA BE TOO HEAVY, BUT YOU, YOU DON'T WANNA LOSE YOUR JOB EITHER, YOU KNOW? SO, UH, I, I THINK THAT THE LEGISLATORS ARE SITTING UP THERE, BUT WE'RE DOWN HERE, WE'RE IN THE TRENCHES PEOPLE.
AND, UH, TODAY'S KIDS DO NOT LIKE THEY USED TO BE.
THEY'LL CUSS YOU OUT, THEY'LL PULL A GUN ON YOU, THEY'LL PULL A
SO, UM, I JUST THINK THE ADULTS AND THE KIDS PROBABLY NEED TO GET TOGETHER AND COME UP WITH SOMETHING THAT IS GONNA HELP THOSE SAME, THOSE 20 KIDS AT THIS SCHOOL, 20 KIDS AT THAT SCHOOL, COME TOGETHER WITH THE, UM, SOMETHING THAT WE CAN DO.
AND IS ANYONE ELSE ON MS. FRAZIER? MS. FRAZIER? UH, WELCOME MA'AM.
I'M SORRY I OVERLOOKED YOU MS. SHE'S STILL MUTED.
UH, BEFORE, OKAY, SO THIS IS GREAT DIALOGUE.
THIS HAS BEEN CERTAINLY AN INCENTIVE FOR US TO LOOK WELL, WILL YOU RAISE YOUR HAND? CURRENT? YEAH.
ONE OTHER ITEM THAT TALKED TO THE SUPERINTENDENT ABOUT LAST YEAR, WE HAD TWO INCIDENTS OF GUNS AT THE SCHOOL AND OF COURSE OUR PARENTS AND CONSTITUENTS ALL BEAT US UP ON, ON THAT.
I FOUND OUT MUCH TO MY SURPRISE, THAT THERE ARE BEEN A NUMBER OF INSTANCES WHERE A CHILD HAS BEEN FOUND WITH A WEAPON IN THEIR SCHOOL.
AND WHAT HAPPENED IS THE CHILD WAS TURNED OVER TO THE PARENTS AND THAT WAS IT.
IT SEEMS TO ME IF A CHILD GETS FOUND WITH A WEAPON ON THE SCHOOL GROUNDS, THERE'S ONLY ONE THING THAT WILL HAPPEN.
AND THAT IS, YOU'RE GOING TO JULIE, YOU'RE GOING TO JULIE.
AND THAT SAID, AT THE VERY FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL AND, AND REINFORCED THROUGHOUT SCHOOL, YOU BRING A
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WEAPON TO SCHOOL, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE A ONE-WAY TRIP TO COLUMBIA.NOW, YOU MAY NOT STAY THERE, BUT YOU'RE GONNA SEE AT LEAST THE INSIDE OF THE JUVENILE HALL IN COLUMBIA.
AND YOU'RE NOT GONNA LIKE THAT.
SO DON'T BRING A WEAPON INTO, INTO SCHOOL.
IT'S, IT'S AN INCENTIVE NOT TO DO THAT.
AND, AND THAT'S, THAT HAS TO DO WITH THE SOLICITOR AND STATE AND STATE REGULATION.
AND SO IT COULD BE LEGISLATION THAT WOULD MANDATE THAT KIND OF THING.
BUT WE HAVE TO HAVE A ZERO TOLERANCE POLICY AND, AND APPROPRIATE CONSEQUENCES FOR SOMEBODY THAT BRINGS A WEAPON INTO OUR SCHOOL.
UM, I HEAR HIM AND UNDERSTAND WHERE HE'S COMING FROM.
UH, BUT HAVING, TAKING THAT TRIP TO, UH, THE COURTHOUSE WHEN WE TAKE KIDS BEFORE THE JUDGE IS IN SOLI SOLICITORS, UM, FOR WHATEVER THE CASE MAY BE, FIGHTING WEAPONS, UM, CHILDREN STILL HAVE RIGHTS AND THERE ARE A LITANY OF THINGS THAT HAS TO BE DONE, THEY HAVE TO DO BEFORE THEY GO MEET JUDY.
UM, WE CAN THREATEN JULIE, BUT THEN YOU GOTTA DO THE PROCESS AND YOU GOTTA GO TO COURT.
PARENTS GOTTA GET AN ATTORNEY.
AND THAT'S WHY I'M SAYING WE NEED TO, UM, JULIE CAN BE IN THERE, BUT SOME OF THEM DON'T CARE ABOUT GOING WITH YOU.
IT'S SO, IT'S BETTER THAN BEING AT HOME, YOU KNOW? 'CAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE A HOME.
UH, I'VE HAD KIDS WHO ARE SLEEPING ON THE FRONT PORCH 'CAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE NO BED AT HOME.
YOU GUYS DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT OUR CHILDREN GO THROUGH.
SO WHEN THEY COME TO SCHOOL INSIDE OF A BUILDING, THEY GOT FOOD AND WATER AND WHATEVER.
THEY DON'T, THEY DON'T HAVE THAT HOME.
EVEN SOME OF THE KIDS WITH THAT WILL BRING A AWAY TO SCHOOL.
SO SENDING THEM TO JUY IS NOT GOING TO DETER THEM.
WE HAVE TO HAVE SOME GOOD CONVERSATIONS ABOUT WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO WHEN THOSE KIDS COME BACK TO SCHOOL, UH, ON THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL AND THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
HAVE OUR PEOPLE DOING WHAT WE SAID IN, I'VE HAD KIDS WHO BEEN RECKLESS TO SCHOOL.
IT IS A ING SITUATION TO BE IN.
'CAUSE WE DON'T HAVE GUNS, WE DON'T HAVE ANY SHIELDS.
I'VE BEEN IN THAT SITUATION AND I JUST PAID OUT THAT I WAS THINK HERE IN QUE COUNTY, YOU KNOW? SO, UM, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT A KID, BE IT WHAT THEY DID OR I CAN STILL KILL.
BUT WHEN THEY COME BACK FROM JUVIE, THAT IS NOT GONNA DO TOO.
IT'S JUST GONNA TAKE THEM EQUATION FOR A LITTLE BIT AND WHEN THEY COME BACK, THEY GOTTA COME BACK TO SCHOOL OR WRITE CHOICES, BUT THEY'RE COMING BACK.
AND ARE WE READY TO REINTERVIEW TO THE SYSTEM? THAT'S WHAT WE'RE NOT JUST LOOKING AT YOU JUST TELLING TO JUVIE.
I'VE HAD KIDS THAT CAME BACK FROM JU AND THEN THEY WOULD KILL YOU ON THE STREETS AT THE BASKETBALL COURT.
SO THIS IS A TYPE OF CONVERSATION WE WANTED TO HEAR.
NOW YOU'VE HEARD PERSPECTIVES ALL ACROSS THE SPECTRUM WITH DIFFERENT EXPERIENCES, DIFFERENT PAIN POINTS, EMOTIONAL PAIN POINTS.
WE WANTED TO HAVE THESE OPEN CANDID CONVERSATIONS AMONG OURSELVES SO THAT WE COULD GO BACK AND RESEARCH AND UNDERSTAND WHAT ARE THE GUIDELINES AND CONSTRAINTS OF A KID GOING TO JUVENILE.
RIGHT? BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW THAT, RIGHT? AND OTHERS MAY NOT EITHER.
BUT IT'S THAT TYPE OF CONVERSATION I FEEL LIKE WE HAVE TO HAVE BECAUSE THAT CAN RESULT IN LEGISLATION.
WHEN YOU LOOK AT, IT USED TO BE PRIVATE SCHOOLS COULD NOT GET PUBLIC MONEY.
NOW WE'VE HAD MULTIPLE YEARS WHERE LEGISLATION HAS PASSED THAT THEY HAVE CHANGED THAT MY CONTACT WITH ELECTED OFFICIALS IS THEY'RE OPEN FOR NEW IDEAS AND THEY UNDERSTAND IT HAS BEEN AN INTRACTABLE CHALLENGE
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AND IT CONTINUES.AND SO THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS I'D LIKE TO SEE US COME BACK TO THEM AND SAY THAT THERE ARE FURTHER SOLUTIONS.
ONE THAT I'VE COME UP WITH AS AN UNINFORMED PERSON IS THAT YOU'RE RIGHT, THESE KIDS COME BACK INTO THE SCHOOLS AND THEY CAN BE EXTREMELY DISRUPTIVE AND MAYBE IN, MAYBE IN INTERIM STAY IN JUVIE DOESN'T SOLVE THE PROBLEM, BUT THE COUNTY HAS SOCIAL SERVICES.
DOES THAT NEED TO BE BEEFED UP? FOSTER SERVICE? DOES THAT NEED TO BE BEEFED UP? SO JUST THINKING IF WE WERE WRITING A BLANK CANVAS AND WE WERE PAINTING IT, HOW WILL WE PAINT THAT CANVAS NOW AS OPPOSED TO HOW IT'S ALREADY DONE BECAUSE THEY STRAINTS.
SO I'M AGREEING WITH ALL THE COMMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN SAID HERE.
THIS IS WHAT WE WANTED TO HAVE.
SO WE'LL PUT THIS TOGETHER SOME WORK ITEMS AND SEE IF WE CAN'T COME BACK WITH SOME RESEARCH.
AND MS. BOATRIGHT, MS. HAY, EVERYBODY WHO IS HERE, IF YOU GOT RESEARCH, PLEASE SHARE IT WITH MS. CUSHING BARRY SO WE CAN AMALGAMATE IT AND MAKE SURE EVERYONE HAS THE LATEST OR THE MOST INNOVATIVE RESEARCH, UH, THAT'S OUT THERE AND SEE IF WE CAN'T CONTINUE THIS CONVERSATION.
SO WITH THAT, IF YOU ARE OKAY, CAN WE MOVE TO THE SECOND, SECOND BULLET? EVERYBODY.
MS. BOATRIGHT, MS. HAY, YOU OKAY MOVING FORWARD AND MS. FRAZIER? YES SIR.
SO THE NEXT ONE ARE AGAIN, RESEARCH LEVERAGE, ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE.
AND SO ONE OF THE THINGS I'VE BEEN READING IS, AND IT IS SHOCKING TO ME, HAVING COME FROM THE BUSINESS WHERE BY THE TIME WE GET PEOPLE NORMALLY THEY ARE INFORMED, THEY'RE EDUCATED.
I MEAN, THEY'RE HUNGRY, THEY'RE WILLING TO RUN THROUGH WALLS.
SO I'M BEGINNING TO SEE A LOT OF INFORMATION.
YOU WANNA SHARE THAT WITH THE, YOU GUYS WANNA SHARE THAT? OH, OKAY.
SO A LOT OF THE INFORMATION THAT I SEE IS SAYING THAT THE FAMILY IS THE FIRST TEACHER.
NOW WE ALREADY HAVE PROGRAMS THAT SAY PARENTS AS TEACHERS, WHICH HAS GOTTEN TO NATIONAL LAWYERS, RIGHT? SO ARE THERE THINGS THAT WE COULD PROPOSE LEGISLATIVELY THAT WOULD HELP THE FAMILY HAVE A BETTER CHANCE OF THEIR KIDS BEING SUCCESSFUL? THAT'S ULTIMATELY WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT.
NOW, LEMME TELL YOU THAT THERE IS A LEGISLATIVE, UH, PROPOSAL BEFORE THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY NOW AND HAS BEEN FOR YEARS, WHICH HAS NEVER GOTTEN ANY ENERGY.
I'M NOT PROPOSING THIS IS A SOLUTION, BUT I AM SHARING THAT ONE OF THE KEY LEADERS OF THAT ASSEMBLY IS THE ONE, IF I RECALL CORRECTLY, I'M GETTING THOSE.
SO I MAY NOT GET THE NAME RIGHT, SO I WON'T EVEN MENTION THE NAME.
BUT THIS GENTLEMAN LEAVES A, ONE OF THE KEY COMMITTEES HE HAS PROPOSED THAT THE DEFAULT CUSTODY POSITION IS BOTH BIOLOGICAL PARENTS GET CUSTODY EQUAL CUSTODY, WHICH MEANS THE FATHERS WOULD HAVE TO NECESSARILY BE INVOLVED SO THEY CAN'T DISAPPEAR, THOSE TYPES OF THINGS.
IT'S NEVER GOTTEN ANY ENERGY, BUT I THINK IT DOES SHOW THAT ONE OF THE KEY LEADERS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY HAS BEEN THINKING ABOUT THIS.
I'M JUST SAYING THOSE TYPES OF THOUGHTS ARE BEGINNING TO
SO WITH THAT IN MIND, ARE THERE THINGS THAT WE CAN DO? AND ONE THAT COMES TO MIND IS A CONCENTRIC CIRCLE OF EXTENDED LEARNING CENTERS LIKE THE DISTRICT HAS ALREADY DONE.
SO KIDS AND FAMILIES THAT DON'T HAVE THAT SUPPORT CAN HAVE AN INSTITUTION THAT'S PROVIDED BY THE SCHOOL DISTRICT COMPREHENSIVELY TO GO AHEAD AND HELP TAKE THE BURDEN OFF THE SINGLE PARENT HOMES.
SO LET ME STOP MS. HAY AND MS. BOATWRIGHT, UH, HOPEFULLY YOU HEARD THAT.
MS. BOATWRIGHT, WOULD YOU LIKE TO GO FIRST SINCE WE CAN JUST GO IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER? MAYBE SHE STEPPED AWAY.
INGRID, ARE YOU THERE? ALL RIGHT.
WELL, SINCE SHE IS NOT THERE OR ISN'T YET, I WILL
UM, THIS IS INTERESTING BECAUSE IT ACTUALLY ALIGNS WITH THE DISCIPLINARY FACTOR THAT WAS JUST ADDRESSED, UM, IN THE FIRST POINT OR TOPIC OF TODAY'S AGENDA BECAUSE THE, I THINK IT'S BY DESIGN, THE STATISTIC THAT IS OFTEN LEFT OUT WHEN PEOPLE LIKE TO RESEARCH DISCIPLINE METRICS AND THINGS WITHIN SCHOOL SYSTEMS IS ACTUALLY, UM, THE MAKEUP OF THE HOMES.
SO THEY GET THE RACE AND THE GENDER OF THE CHILD, BUT THEY TYPICALLY NEGLECT
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IS THIS A CHILD COMING FROM A FUNCTIONAL TWO PARENT HOUSEHOLD OR IS THIS A CHILD COMING FROM A SINGULAR MOM, A SINGULAR DAD HOUSEHOLD? IS THIS PARENT OR IS THIS CHILD COMING FROM A HOUSEHOLD THAT HAS A VERY DYSFUNCTIONAL CO-PARENTING SITUATION? MANY CO-PARENTING SITUATIONS DO NOT WORK OUT VERY WELL.THERE IS TYPICALLY SOMEONE WHO DOES WHAT'S CALLED COUNTER PARENTING, WHICH MESSES UP THE CHILD, FOR LACK OF A BETTER TERM, OVER THE LONG HAUL.
SO THAT RADICAL LEGISLATION YOU WERE DISCUSSING WHERE YOU'RE FORCING A PARENT TO BE INVOLVED IN WHAT I HAVE SEEN IN LIFE EXPERIENCE AND THE PROFESSIONAL REALM, THAT WOULD BE A DISASTER.
SO THAT IMMEDIATELY WHEN YOU SAID IT'S LOST STEAM AND HASN'T GONE ANYWHERE, I WAS LIKE, WELL, IT'S NO WONDER.
UM, BUT I LIKE TO THINK OF THINGS MORE FROM A ROOT SITUATION BECAUSE TO YOUR POINT WITH THE AGE, AND BY THE TIME WE GET CHILDREN, SOMETHING'S ALREADY STARTED.
UM, THE KIDS ALREADY IN A PROCESS OF LEARNING.
THEY'RE ALREADY IN A PROCESS OF LEARNING EMOTIONS AS WELL, NOT JUST ACADEMIC LEARNING.
SO I THINK AS A CULTURE, WHICH WE CAN DO THIS, WE COULD DO THIS THROUGH EDUCATION.
WE NEED TO GET BACK TO A PLACE WHERE WE ARE PROMOTING THE IMPORTANCE OF THINGS LIKE ABSTINENCE.
YES, WE KNOW EVERY CHILD'S NOT GONNA BE ABSTINENT FOREVER.
AND I DON'T MEAN ABSTINENCE FOR THE SAKE OF ABSTINENCE.
I'M TALKING ABOUT LIKE ABSTINENCE.
SO THAT YOU KNOW YOUR WORTH, WHETHER YOU ARE A MALE OR A FEMALE.
WHAT DOES IT MEAN? HOW WILL YOUR LIFE CHANGE WHEN YOU START BEHAVING IN A CERTAIN MANNER? BECAUSE THAT IS A HUGE INDICATOR AS WELL OF THE TRAJECTORY OF ANY HUMAN PERSON IS WHEN DO THEY START BECOMING SEXUALLY ACTIVE? AND I BRING THAT UP BECAUSE THE MAJORITY OF SINGLE PARENTS TEND TO BE SINGLE PARENTS BECAUSE THEY, WELL, IT'S NOT BECAUSE THEY BEGAN SEXUAL ACTIVITY EARLIER, BUT AGAIN, THAT'S A STAT WHERE THE, THE MAJORITY OF SINGLE PARENTS, YOU'RE GONNA FIND, THEY STARTED OFF THEIR SINGLE PARENTHOOD JOURNEY AS A YOUNGER, UM, INDIVIDUAL, NOT LIKE A 30-YEAR-OLD WHO DECIDES TO BECOME A SINGLE PARENT.
SO I THINK IF WE COULD IMPLEMENT SOMETHING EVEN WITHIN HEALTH CLASSES, BUT EVEN STARTING EARLIER, YOU WOULDN'T DISCUSS ABSTINENCE NECESSARILY WITH A MIDDLE SCHOOLER.
BUT CAN WE START TEACHING OUR KIDS, NOT THAT THEY'RE SNOWFLAKES, WHICH WAS A HUGE THING WHEN I WAS GROWING UP, BUT THAT THEY HAVE WORTH AND VALUE AND HOW TO RESPECT THEMSELVES AS A PERSON, WHICH WOULD THEN FEED OFF OF, AGAIN, THE DISCIPLINARY ISSUE OF RESPECTING OTHERS AS YOU WOULD WANT THE SELF-RESPECT IN RETURN.
UM, AND THEN I THINK YOUR POINT, UH, MR. CHAIR WAS PERFECT.
I REALLY THINK IF WE COULD EXPAND PROGRAMS LIKE THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OR PERHAPS HAVE, YOU KNOW, A STATE FUNDED PROGRAM LIKE THAT, BECAUSE AGAIN, THAT PLAYS INTO THE DISCIPLINARY FACTOR WHERE STATISTICALLY THE KIDS WHO ARE MORE PHYSICALLY ACTIVE OR PLAYING A SPORT, THEY'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE AS MANY DISCIPLINARY ISSUES, UM, ESPECIALLY FOR MALES BECAUSE THEY'RE ABLE TO GET THEIR PHYSICAL AGGRESSIONS OUT THROUGH SPORT.
BUT THEN YOU'RE ALSO BUILDING CAMARADERIE AND COMMUNITY.
SOMETHING ELSE I'VE BROUGHT UP IN OTHER MEETINGS IS THE IMPORTANCE OF HAVING OUR OLDER SCHOOL KIDS DO THINGS LIKE READING TO THE YOUNGER SCHOOL KIDS.
SO LIKE A FIFTH GRADER READING TO SECOND GRADERS, A THIRD GRADER READING TO FIRST GRADERS.
ESPECIALLY IF THE, IF IT IS A CHILD WHO'S STRUGGLING TO READ OR WITH READING CONCEPTS, THAT ROLE FOR THEM AS A LEADER BECAUSE THEY WILL NATURALLY FEEL LIKE THESE KIDS LOOK UP TO ME, BUT I'M ALSO GETTING TO LEAVE MY CLASSROOM AND DO SOMETHING SPECIAL.
I'M GETTING TO WALK OUT OF THE CLASSROOM AND GO READ TO THIS OTHER CLASS THAT BUILDS A SENSE OF COMMUNITY WITHIN A SCHOOL THAT BUILDS THE SELF-ESTEEM OF THE CHILD, AND AGAIN, WOULD PLAY INTO THE SELF-RESPECT THAT CHILD WOULD THEN HAVE FOR THEMSELVES.
UM, AND I'M NOT SURE I SHOULD ASK DR.
ROD, BUT, UM, IF WE DO GROUPS WITH CHILDREN WHO ARE TARGETED FOR DISTURBANCES AT HOME, UM, I KNOW GROWING UP WE HAD A GROUP CALLED WE SHINE IN MY PUBLIC ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
AND KIDS WHO WERE AT RISK, OR IN CERTAIN SITUATIONS WERE GIVEN LUNCH EACH WEEK IN A COUNSELOR'S, UM, COUNSELING ROOM
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INSTEAD OF EATING WITH, YOU KNOW, THEIR NORMAL ENVIRONMENT IN THE CAFETERIA.BUT AGAIN, IT PLAYED INTO, YOU KNOW, THE COUNSELOR WOULD TAKE PICTURES OF THE WE SHINE GROUP, THEY WOULD DO ARTS AND CRAFTS, THEY WOULD HAVE SPECIAL CONVERSATIONS WHILE THEY TALKED, AND THEY WERE ALLOWED TO EAT THEIR LUNCH IN THAT CLASSROOM.
SO THINGS LIKE THAT TO HELP THE KIDS FEEL A SENSE OF THEY'RE DOING SOMETHING DIFFERENT, THEY'RE DOING SOMETHING SPECIAL.
AND AGAIN, FOSTERING A RESPECT OF SELF, BUT ALSO RESPECT OF OTHERS IN THEIR COMMUNITY, KNOWING THAT OTHER KIDS ARE GOING THROUGH STRUGGLES AND MAYBE THEY'RE ABLE TO HELP EACH OTHER BY BEING PART OF THESE PROGRAMS TOGETHER, I THINK WOULD BE REALLY BENEFICIAL TO ALL OF OUR KIDS HERE.
AND MS. HAY, YOU HAVE A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF ACCESS TO RESEARCH AND WE'D LIKE TO BASICALLY CALL ON YOU TO HELP US ASSEMBLE SOME OF THAT RESEARCH THAT COULD BE SHARED WITH THE COMMITTEE.
SO IF YOU HAVE DIFFERENT THINGS AND THE COLONEL HAS THE CLASS ACTION, MR. HAY, NO HAY, UH, MR. SMITH.
MS. GORDON, EVERYONE, UH, PLEASE FORWARD YOUR IDEAS AND WHAT YOU BELIEVE WILL BE PERTINENT FOR THE NEXT ROUND.
AND, AND WHAT YOU JUST SAID, AS WAS MENTIONED EARLIER ABOUT EXTENDING THE ELCS THAT CAN BE CRAFTED INTO LEGISLATION.
SO, UH, IT'S A GOOD MIGRATION FROM IDEATION TO A POSSIBLE LEGISLATIVE OUTCOME.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE BEEN BRIEFED ON IN THE BOARD ON ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT ISSUES IS ABSENTEEISM, BACK IN THE DAY, USED TO HAVE TRUANT OFFICERS, TRUANT OFFICER, IT, THIS KIDS, IT DIDN'T SHOW UP FOR CLASS TRU.
AN OFFICER WOULD GO TO THE HOME AND TRY TO FIND THE CHILD OR TO SEE IF THERE WAS PARENTS.
OFTEN TIMES THERE WAS NOBODY THERE.
AND IF THERE WAS NOBODY THERE, TAKE THE CHILD.
I DON'T KNOW IF STILL DO THAT.
YOU TAKE THE CHILD TO THE SCHOOL.
AND ALSO, LAW ENFORCEMENT WAS INFORMED THAT AS YOU WERE PATROLLING AND YOU CAME ACROSS SCHOOL AGE CHILD DURING SCHOOL HOURS, YOU HAD PROBABLE CAUSE TO STOP THAT CHILD, FIND OUT WHAT THIS ACADEMIC STATUS IS.
IF HE ENROLLED IN SCHOOL AND IF HE'S ENROLLED IN SCHOOL, A POLICE OFFICER COULD TAKE HIM TO THE SCHOOL.
THAT SEEMS TO ME SOMETHING THAT WE HAVEN'T DONE.
BUT ABSENTEEISM IS DEFINITELY A MAJOR IMPACT ON ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE.
WHEN YOU DO THE, YOU LOOK AT THE DATA AND YOU SEE THE KIDS THAT AREN'T PERFORMING, YOU FIND KIDS THAT HAVE HIGH ABSENTEE RATES.
THAT'S, THAT'S ONE, THAT'S ONE ISSUE I'D LIKE TO MENTION.
THE OTHER THING I'D LIKE TO REINFORCE WHAT, UH, ELIZABETH HAD TO SAY, I USED TO TEACH, UH, JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT TO EIGHTH GRADERS, TEACH ECONOMICS.
AND I, MY FIRST DAY OF CLASS, I WOULD SAY, WHO WANTS TO BE RICH WITH HANDLING? WHO WANTS TO BE POOR? NOBODY'S HAND SAID, WELL, I CAN'T TELL YOU HOW TO BE RICH.
I CAN TELL YOU HOW TO BE POOR.
AND I HAD THE STATISTICS, AND THE STATISTICS SAY YOU HAVE A CHILD OUTTA WHITLOCK, YOU HAVE AN 80% CHANCE OF BEING IN POVERTY WITHIN THE NEXT 20 YEARS.
BUT, AND, AND THAT'S WHAT ELIZABETH WAS TALKING ABOUT, THAT THIS IS A KIND OF THING THAT CAN BE TAUGHT IN CLASSES THAT TO SHARE WITH OUR YOUNG PEOPLE.
THIS IS THE STATISTICS NOT TELLING YOU WHAT TO DO.
I'M TELLING YOU WHAT THE STATISTICS ARE.
IF YOU DO THESE THINGS, YOU KNOW, IF YOU HAVE A FELONY CONVICTION, UH, YOU KNOW, YOU DROP OUTTA SCHOOL, HERE'S THE STATISTICS.
DO YOU WANT TO BE A MEMBER OF THAT STATISTIC? SO THOSE ARE THE TWO ISSUES I WANTED MENTION.
I WAS SURE MRS. UH, I SURE MRS. UH, YOU ASKED THE QUESTION.
I WANNA SHARE, ACTUALLY, I DO WANNA SHARE.
IT WAS, IT WAS GOING, IT WAS GOING BACK TO YOUR FIRST POINT.
I WAS SHOWING HER A, UM, A PICTURE OF SOMETHING THAT IS A PART OF, OF THIS CONVERSATION RIGHT HERE.
THAT'S GOING IN MY COMMUNITY RIGHT NOW.
UH, IT'S TEARING MY COMMUNITY APART RIGHT NOW, RIGHT NOW AS WE SPEAK.
UM, THERE WERE SOME KIDS WHO, WELL, WERE NOT, YOU CALL 'EM KIDS, YOU STILL YOUNG ADULTS.
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THEY, THEY, THEY, THEY, THEY WERE IN PRETTY PURSUIT OF, OF, UH, THEY WERE, THEY WERE, THEY HAD SOME, THEY HAD HAD SOME, SOME WEAPONS AND ALSO THEY HAD SOME, SOME WEAPONS AROUND SOME, SOME YOUNG KIDS IN THAT NATION.AND SO RIGHT NOW IN MY COMMUNITY, WE ARE HAVING PARENTS AND COUSINS AND FAMILIES TO TEAR APART IN TERMS OF, OF OPINIONS AND TEAR APART AND, AND GOING IN TERMS OF NO OUTLETS FOR THE KIDS AND, AND, AND, AND DIFFERENT, DIFFERENT THINGS AS, AS WE'RE, AS WE'RE DISCUSSING AND WHAT SHE JUST SAID ABOUT PEOPLE DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT SOME OF THESE KIDS GO THROUGH.
AND NOT ONLY TO MAKE THE HEADSTAND UP INSIDE, I WAS HURTING BECAUSE, AND THEN I JUST SHOWED HER THAT SAID TO SHOW HER HER POINT WAS VERY VALID BECAUSE PRIOR TO ARRIVING TO THIS MEETING, I JUST WAS IN A, A, A A ANOTHER MEETING TALKING ABOUT THIS WITH SOME, WITH SOME PEOPLE ABOUT SOME, SOME OF THESE CONCERNS.
IT HURT, IT JUST, IT, IT JUST EMOTIONALLY AND NOW IT JUST, IT, IT, IT, UH, THEY PUT A LOT OF MY HEART A MINUTE AGO AND THAT, THAT'S WHY I SHOWED HER.
BUT ALSO IT, THE QUESTION APPEARS TO ME AS BOARD MEMBERS OF LEADING OF THE EDUCATIONAL PROCESS IN THIS AREA, WHAT ARE WE WILLING TO PUT FORTH IN TERMS OF PUTTING YOUR MONEY WHERE YOUR MOUTH IS? WHAT ARE WE WILLING TO PUT FORTH TO HELP CHANGE THE, UH, THE, THE, THE, THE, THE, THE, THE COMMUNITY IN OUR AREA? BECAUSE REALISTICALLY ON THIS SIDE OF TOWN, THERE HAD NOTHING FOR THESE KIDS TO DO.
NOT, AND I SPOKE TO ONE OF THOSE, I SPOKE TO THE, HE SAID, MR, WHAT WE GOTTA DO, THE BOWLING ALLEY WAS SHUT DOWN.
THE MOVIE THEATER IS WHERE THE PUBLICIST, SO WHAT DO WE HAVE FOR THESE YOUNG KIDS TO DO? WE TALK ABOUT THESE KIDS NEED TIME AWAY FROM OFF OF, OFF OF THE LAPTOP, OFF OF THE PHONE.
WHAT WOULD THEY TAKE TIME OFF OF THAT? WHAT ELSE ARE THEY GONNA DO? ARE, ARE, ARE WE, WE, YEAH, WE GOT A COUPLE BIKE PATHS WHERE OUT THEY AT THERE, NO BIKE PATHS OR IN DIFFERENT PARTS?
SO WHEN WE, WE REALLY WILLING TO GO TO COUNTY COUNCIL AS A SCHOOL BOARD AND SAY, LISTEN, WHAT YOU'RE DOING AS COUNTY COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE BEGINNING TO, UH, AFFECT, AFFECT, AFFECT US AS WELL.
BECAUSE YOU GIVE PEOPLE BREAKS, BUSINESSES BREAKS WHEN THEY COME TO BEAUFORT.
WHAT BUSINESSES ARE, WHAT BREAKS HAVE YOU GIVEN TO SOMEONE WHO'S GONNA BUILD A MOVIE THEATERS TO, TO DO SOMETHING FOR THE YOUTH IN THIS COMMUNITY? OR PEOPLE FOR NOT, OR FOR FAMILY.
THESE KIDS CAN BE, SOME OF THESE KIDS CAN BARELY GO OFF SALE ISLAND TO, TO, TO, TO FOOD LION.
SO HOW CAN THEY AFFORD TO EVEN EVEN HAVE A RIDE TO THE BLUFFING, TO THE THERE MOVIE THEATER? SO, SO, AND, AND, AND YOU TALKING ABOUT INTERNET PROBLEM.
SO THERE'S A HOST OF THINGS, AND MY QUESTION TO THIS BOARD IS WHEN WILL WE, IT'S GOOD TO HAVE A TALK AROUND, BUT WHEN WILL WE ACTUALLY PUT THE ACTUAL EFFORTS? THEY LOOK HERE AS A BOARD, WE STAND TOGETHER SAYING THAT WE ARE COMING TO COUNTY COUNCIL, THAT WE WANT TO TEAM UP WITH YOU GUYS AND WE WANNA GIVE SOMEONE A BREAK.
OR WE WANT, OH, WE WANT YOU TO GET SOMEBODY A BREAK TO CREATE SOME OUTLETS FOR THESE KIDS BECAUSE IT'S EASY TO, TO TALK AROUND IT.
BUT WHEN ARE WE ACTUALLY GONNA PUT THE BOOTS ON THE GROUND AND, AND THEN ACTUALLY DO THIS STUFF? BECAUSE SOME OF THIS STUFF WILL CHANGE HOW THESE KIDS PERFORM IN SCHOOL.
IF YOU EXPOSE THEM, THEN THEY WILL APPRECIATE, THEN THEY WILL CHANGE IT.
WHEN I HAVE SOMETHING TO WORK, WORK TO TOWARDS, THEN I, THEN I, THEN I'M GONNA LOOK AT YOU DIFFERENT.
I WANNA, I WANNA TREAT YOU DIFFERENTLY BECAUSE YOU'VE GIVEN ME A VISION TO SEE IF I CAN'T TOUCH IT OR SEE IT, I CAN'T FATHOM IT.
SO WHAT ARE WE GIVING THESE KIDS TO BE ABLE TO FATHOM? OR WHAT EXPERIENCES ARE WE GIVING? IF WE AIN'T GIVING 'EM NOTHING, THEN LIKE SHE SAID, GOING DJ, IT AIN'T NOTHING BECAUSE THEY HAVE NOTHING TO LIVE FOR.
SO MY QUESTION TO THE, TO THE, TO MY COLLEAGUES IS WHAT ARE WE WILLING TO SAY, HEY, WE HAD ENOUGH EVENT.
WE WANT OUR COMMUNITY TO BE ABLE TO SERVE THE PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY AND BE ABLE TO HAVE SOME OUT TO WHERE KIDS CAN HAVE SOMETHING TO WORK TOWARDS.
AS A KID, I HAVE THINGS TO WORK TOWARDS.
MY PRINCIPAL TOOK US TO THE SKATE GREEN.
SHE TOOK US TO GO TO GARAGE, GARAGE, EAT, EAT, EAT, EAT AS KIDS.
OUR PRINCIPAL TOOK US TO, UH, TO DISNEY.
OUR PRINCIPAL TOOK US TO D DIFFERENT PLACES.
SO THEREFORE, THOSE THINGS WERE TANGIBLE BECAUSE WE KNEW IF WE BEHAVE, THEN WE HAVE, WE, WE WERE INCENTIVIZED TO GO TO THOSE THINGS.
WHEN I LOOK AT, EVEN AT, AT A SCHOOL DISTRICT, WHAT, WHAT TRIPS DO WE REALLY TAKE THESE KIDS TO? WHAT DO WE REALLY INCENTIVIZE FOR THESE KIDS? WE HAVE TO START ASKING OURSELVES TOO, AND POINT AND POINT THE FINGER AT OURSELVES.
WHAT ARE WE PUTTING FORTH TO INCENTIVIZE FOR THESE KIDS TO BE ABLE TO DO, TO WANT TO DO THE RIGHT THING? SO I I I JUST WANNA PUT IT, I I, I'LL LEAVE IT THERE.
THAT'S, THAT'S, THAT'S GREAT INPUT.
LEMME TELL YOU WHAT I TOOK DOWN, MAN.
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SPOKEN, I'VE TAKEN NOTES HERE.ALRIGHT? AND WHAT I'VE ASKED IS, EACH PERSON WHO'S SPOKEN, YOU CODIFIED AND SEND IT IN TO MS. CUSHING BERG.
SO WHAT I HEARD FROM YOU ARE ACTUALLY GIVE THE KIDS LEARNING EXPERIENCES THAT TAKE THEM OUT OF WHATEVER CLUSTER SITUATION IN, I GREW UP IN THAT TYPE OF SITUATION TOO.
OKAY? SO I KNOW OUR, OUR EIGHTH GRADE TEACHER TOOK US FROM EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA, POOR AREA TO, UM, THE MILITARY BASES TIDEWATER UP THE NAVAL BASE UP THERE IN TIDEWATER.
THAT WAS NOTHING IN, I NEVER KNEW ANYBODY IN THE NAVY.
SO THOSE THINGS YOU MENTIONED, YOU MENTIONED BIKE, YOU MENTIONED THEATERS.
WHAT I REALLY WAS VERY IMPRESSED BY IS OUR PRINCIPALS AND OUR TEACHERS DID TAKE US ON TRIPS.
NOW IT'S HAPPENING FOR, FOR LIKE, UH, ATHLETIC TEAMS OR DEBATE TEAMS. THOSE THINGS ARE HAPPENING.
BUT FOR JOE AND JANE, LITTLE JOE AND JANE CITIZEN WHO ARE JUST THERE, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY GET THAT TOO.
SO WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IS CAPTURE.
SO YOU'VE HAD A WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY AND THAT'S WHY I WANTED TO KNOW.
'CAUSE I FIGURED YOU HAD SEEN SOMETHING.
I SAW HOW YOU WALKED IN THE DOOR.
SO I KNEW YOU HAD SOME PASSION ABOUT SOMETHING, SO I'M GLAD YOU BROUGHT IT UP.
ANY OTHERS? UH, AND CAN YOU CALL DR.
UM, MR. CHAIR? YEAH, WE GOT MS. GORDON.
UH, AND THEN CAN I COME RIGHT BACK TO YOU, MS. HAY? YES.
UM, I AGREE WITH WHAT MR. SMITH WAS SAYING.
UM, I REMEMBER WHEN I MOVED THE
UH, ALTHOUGH MINIMALLY THERE WAS ACTUALLY REALLY NOTHING HERE FOR THEM TO DO EXCEPT GO TO THE MOVIE, GO TO THE SKATING MEET, YOU KNOW, THAT KIND OF, BUT THOSE THINGS ARE GONE AND RIGHT NOW, BUT IS MORE INCENTIVIZED BY ADULTS.
YOU KNOW, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE ADULTS MOVE HERE, THAT THEY COME TO THE BEAUTIFUL WATER.
WE DO WHAT WE NEED TO DO TO GET THEM.
SO WE ARE BUILDING SCHOOLS SO THAT THEY CAN PUT THEIR CHILDREN IN SCHOOLS WHILE THEY GO PLAY.
BUT WHERE DO THE CHILDREN AND WHAT DO THEY SEE WHEN THEY LOOK, UH, AT THEIR, UH, DEVICES? BECAUSE WE CAN'T MONITOR EVERYTHING THAT THEY DO.
PARENTS CAN'T MARCH EVERYTHING THAT THEY DO.
BUT WE CAN'T HELP THE PARENTS IN TALKING TO COUNTY COUNCIL AND SAY, BRING THE MOVIE THEATER BACK.
AIN'T NOBODY GOT NO CAR TO DRIVE DOWN THERE, THE HIGHWAY 21 AND SIT DOWN AND, AND HAVE THEM PUT SOMETHING IN YOUR CAR SO YOU COULD HEAR THE KIDS HAD A CHANCE TO TALK TO EACH OTHER, BE TOGETHER AND DO THINGS.
SCHOOLS COULD TAKE THE FIRST GRADE OR SECOND WHATEVER TO THE MOVIE THEATER FOR PROJECT.
THAT BEING SAID, AND I'M STILL LISTENING, MR. GUY IN MY HEAD ABOUT VJ.
UM, AND I REMEMBER WHEN WE WORKED WITH DJ J WE DID, WE WORKED WITH THE, I I KNEW JUST LET EVERYBODY DOWN ME, UM, FOR OUR CHILDREN.
BUT THE ONE THING YOU REALLY DON'T WANT TO DO IS END UP WITH 50 KIDS FROM BE THE COUNTY AT DJ CHECK.
EVERYTHING IS ON IN BLUFFTON MOVIE BEHAVIOR.
THAT'S IN, THAT'S NOT IN BEFORD.
BUT THAT'S A, THAT'S A LONG WAY.
EVEN I DON'T GO TOON ANYTHING.
THAT'S A, THAT'S A DRIVE HERE.
AND THESE LITTLE KIDS DON'T HAVE LICENSE.
BUT WHAT THEY HAVE IS THEY WANNA GO TO THE MOVIES, THEY WANNA BE THE
I HAD SOME YOUNG MEN FROM
AND WE GOT 'EM ALL TO THIS MEETING.
AND WE ONLY LET THE MEN TALK TO NO WOMEN.
BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT CAME OUT IN THEM, SAY IN THEIR COMMUNITY, THE OGS WAS RUNNING THINGS.
IF THEY WANTED TO GO DOWN TO ST HALL, NOT PLAY ON THE BASKETBALL COURT, THEY HAD TO GET PERMISSION FROM THE OGS.
NOW YOU THINKING THESE OGS ARE 40, 50-YEAR-OLD MEN, 30-YEAR-OLD MEN.
HE SAID 18-YEAR-OLD KNOCKOUTS,
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AND THEY'RE RUNNING THINGS AND THIS IS WHAT OUR CHILDREN ARE.YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHAT THEY, THAT'S WHAT THEY SEE EVERY DAY.
WE'RE BUILDING MORE SCHOOLS AND WE DON'T GIVE A HAM SANDWICH.
WHAT'S HAPPENING TO THEM AFTER 2 45? MEAN? WHAT'S THAT? WHAT'S, WHAT IS BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB? LET'S BE, LET'S JUST BE REAL.
IF YOU DON'T GO THERE, WHAT DOES IT DO FOR YOU? REALLY? WHAT DOES IT DO FOR, AND WE CLOSED OUR GATES.
SCHOOLS ARE LOCKED, AND THE KIDS CAN'T GO PLAY ON BASKETBALL.
THEY GO, THEY CAN'T GO PLAY ON THE BASEBALL FIELDS.
IF THEIR PARENTS TAX MONEY'S PAID, THE BASEBALL TEAMS CAN PLAY THEM.
FOOTBALL TEAMS CAN PLAY ON FOOTBALL FIELD, BUT THE AVERAGE KID CAN'T GO OUT THERE FOR A WHILE.
WE'VE GOTTA CHANGE THE WAY WE DO BUSINESS WITH OUR CHILDREN, YOU KNOW, WITH OUR CHILDREN THERE.
HOW MANY SCHOOLS ARE WALKING BUSINESS PEOPLE? THEY WALK BUSINESS.
WELL, THEY TEAR THEIR CHILDREN WITH THEIR KIDS, BUT WILL THEY ENJOY? SO, AND THOSE SAME KIDS, THOSE SAME 20 KIDS IN EACH SCHOOL THAT'S TEARING UP THE SCHOOL, HAVE SIBLINGS THAT THEY WILL TAKE TO THOSE PARKS.
WE HAVE GOTTA START REACHING OUT TO THE CHILDREN, RAISING THEM UP, AND HELPING THESE YOUNG PARENTS WHO HAVE YOUNG BABIES, GIVE THEM AN OUTLET, GIVE THEM A CHOICE AS TO WHAT THEY CAN DO WITH THEIR CHILDREN FOR THE DAY.
I DON'T EVEN HAVE GRANDCHILDREN, YOU KNOW, BUT I DRIVE BY SIX, SEVEN SCHOOLS EVERY DAY, PLEASE.
SO, I, I WOULD LIKE TO JUST REITERATE, NO ONE'S SUGGESTION OR COMMENT HAS BEEN REBUTTED OR REJECTED.
SO EVERYTHING THAT YOU SAID IS HERE.
NOW, MS. GORDON, UH, JUST TO CONFIRM, I EXTRAPOLATED WHAT YOU WERE SAYING AND I SAID, UH, WHAT CAN SCHOOLS DO FOR CHILDREN WHO CAN HELP THE KID GAIN NEW EXPERIENCE? SO NOW I PUT DOWN, JUST GOING A LITTLE BIT, STEP FURTHER, CHURCHES, BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB, BECAUSE THE CHURCH USED TO BE VERY, A VITAL COMPONENT OF EXPERIENCES THAT LITTLE CARLTON GOT THAT MY PARENTS COULD NOT GET FOR ME.
SO MAYBE IT'S A CO IT IS A REAL CONCISE EFFORT TO DEVELOP A MESSAGE THAT GOES OUT TO THE CHURCHES AND SAY, WE HAVE TO HELP ENRICH THE STUDENTS WHEN THEY'RE NOT IN SCHOOL, AND THEN LET SOME OF THE OTHER GROUPS WEIGH IN.
SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU, I ALSO GOT BRING BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS TO THE COMMUNITY, THOSE TYPES OF THINGS.
SO I JUST WANTED EVERYBODY KNOW THAT WE'RE CAPTURING WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.
SO IF IT'S OKAY, WE'LL MOVE TO BULLET NUMBER THREE SINCE WE HAVE, UH, DR.
AND SO WE TURN IT OVER TO, UH, OUR LEGAL EAGLE THEN, UH, UH, UH, UH, ORGANIZATIONAL GURU.
SO WE, UH, I WANTED MOLLY TO COME TOO, BECAUSE JUST TO TELL YOU ALL MOLLY, ESPECIALLY GREAT JOB.
UM, AND A LOT OF THE STUFF THAT WE'RE DEVELOPING, PRETTY OF IT, UM, DIRECTLY INVOLVED WITH, UM, SO WE'RE VERY, VERY EXCITED TO HAVE HER ON BOARD.
UM, IT WAS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT YOU WERE WANTING TO KNOW, UM, DIFFERENT WAYS TO GET THE COMMUNITY REPORT CARD OUT THERE.
UM, SO WE DID INIT, WE DID DO, I THINK AS PER OF THE REQUEST, WE LOOKED INTO HOW MUCH IT WOULD COST TO SEND IT ALL OVER THE COUNTY VIA MAIL.
AND IT WAS VERY, VERY EXPENSIVE.
IT WAS LIKE, I THINK IT WAS CLOSE TO A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS.
I MEAN, WE DON'T, WHY DON'T WE HAVE, WE DON'T, WE DON'T.
WHAT? WELL, THOSE MONIES ARE OBLIGATED UNDERSTAND TO CERTAIN YES.
SO WHAT SHE'S SAYING IS WE DON'T HAVE A THOUSAND DOLLARS THAT'S
SO TO SAY THAT WE HAVE $370 MILLION, I DON'T, PEOPLE THINK THAT WE'RE NOT GONNA SPEND A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS.
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YOU HAVE TO TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION LIKE PUBLIC OPINION.IF A TEACHER SEES WE'VE SPENT A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS ON THIS, THEY'RE GONNA SAY, WELL, YOU COULD HAVE GOT ANOTHER TEACHER FROM MY SCHOOL.
I MEAN, YOU JUST HAVE TO BE MINDFUL OF A VERY LARGE NUMBER LIKE THAT.
I KNOW IT'S NOT LARGE IN COMPARISON TO OUR OVERALL BUDGET, BUT TO A TEACHER IT IS LARGE, YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING? SO I THINK PERCEPTION WISE, WE JUST HAVE TO KEEP IT IN MIND.
HOW DO WE REFUTE IT THEN? SO GIVE, GIVE AND NOT SAYING RIGHT NOW, BUT NO, NO, NO.
DEVELOP A MESSAGE FOR US THAT WE CAN EXPLAIN WHY THIS IS IMPORTANT.
BECAUSE WE'RE LOSING STUDENTS.
NO, IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO KEEP THE WORD OUT.
I MEAN, IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO, LIKE, I THINK IT'S SO HELPFUL THAT
LIKE THOSE ARE VERY IMPORTANT THINGS.
AND I THINK, UM, ESPECIALLY NOW THAT WE HAVE THIS REALLY GOOD BRANDING, IT, IT IS, YOU KNOW, EXTRA IMPORTANT TO DO SO.
AND, YOU KNOW, A A TRUE BUSINESS WOULD DO THAT, BUT I DO THINK WE HAVE OPTICS THAT WE NEED TO BE MINDFUL OF AS WELL ON THAT FRONT.
UM, I DO THINK THERE'S WAYS THOUGH, IF WE'RE NOT MAILING IT, WE CAN DO OTHER THINGS.
LIKE WE CAN TAKE THESE AND WE CAN LIKE DROP THEM OFF IN WAITING ROOMS, LIKE AT THE HOSPITAL AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
PLACES WHERE WE KNOW THERE'S CERTAIN PEOPLE.
IF, IF YOU'RE WANTING TO GIVE NOT TO, UM, PEOPLE THAT ARE OLDER AND RETIRED, THINGS LIKE THAT, WE CAN DO THAT.
VERSION OF IT AND DISSEMINATED THAT WAY.
AND WE, IT IS IN OUR, UM, ON OUR PLAN FOR THIS YEAR TO HAVE AN EVENT WITH REALTORS AND TO GIVE THEM ALL THESE THINGS.
UM, I THINK THAT'S, THAT'S A KEY ONE.
UM, WE CAN DROP 'EM OFF AT LIBRARIES AND GOVERNMENT BUILDINGS, THAT KIND OF THING.
UM, GOING THROUGH SOME OF THESE, I THINK WE CAN ALSO GIVE THEM OUT AT BOARD MEETINGS TO PEOPLE THAT COME TO THE BOARD MEETINGS.
I MEAN, I THINK THAT'S, YOU KNOW, LOW HANGING FRUIT.
UM, AND THOSE PEOPLE ARE ALREADY ENGAGED OBVIOUSLY 'CAUSE THEY'RE SHOWING UP TO A BOARD MEETING, UM, AND CHURCHES, THINGS LIKE THAT.
UM, I DID WANNA SHARE ONE THING TOO THAT I'M EXCITED ABOUT IS THAT, UH, WE, KELSEY PENNINGTON, I'M NOT SURE IF YOU GUYS REMEMBER HER, BUT SHE WAS OUR, UM, INTERNAL COMMUNICATIONS PERSON.
SHE HAS, UM, MOVED BACK TO GREENVILLE WHERE HER FAMILY IS FROM.
AND WE HAVE HIRED A NEW PERSON WHO'S STARTING AT END OF THE MONTH.
UM, THEY HELPED WITH FROM TCL AND SHE'S WONDERFUL.
SHE'S BEEN THEIR MARKETING PERSON FOR 19 YEARS.
SHE'S DONE A LOT OF STUFF WITH, UM, WORLD DESIGN MARKETING AND THAT'S A COMPANY THAT WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH
SO SHE'S GONNA BE A REALLY, AND SHE HAS A LOT OF GOOD IDEAS EVEN ON INTERNALLY GETTING OUR MESSAGE OUT, WHICH I THINK IS IMPORTANT.
LIKE, WE HAVE 3000 AMBASSADORS RIGHT HERE IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
AND THAT'S WHY I POINT TO YOU LIKE WEARING THE SHIRT, RIGHT? SO IF YOU'RE A TEACHER IN THE DISTRICT, YOU SHOULD KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON.
SO I TALKED TO MARK JOHAN A LITTLE BIT.
UM, ONE OF THE IDEAS THAT WE HAVE THAT THEY DO HAVE A TCL L LIKE WHEN YOU LOG INTO YOUR COMPUTER EVERY DAY, IT HAS THE NEWS OF THE DAY FOR TCL ON THERE.
LIKE, WE CAN DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
SO OUR TEACHERS ARE INFORMED AS WELL.
AND THEN THEY CAN SHARE INFORMATION.
SO THERE'S GONNA BE SOME NEW THINGS COMING ON THAT FRONT.
AND I THINK IN INVEST INTO REAL TIME PROGRAM WITHIN OUR CURRENT SYSTEM IS ONE OF THE FIRST STEPS WE NEED TO TAKE ALSO.
UM, THE OTHER THING, UM, MR. DALLAS, MOLLY CAN TALK TO YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THIS, BUT SHE PUT THESE TOGETHER, WE'RE GETTING THEM PRINTED, UM, AND BOARD MEMBERS WILL BE ABLE TO TAKE SOME FOR WHEN YOU GO OUT SOMEWHERE.
THESE WERE THE VOLUNTEER CARS, I BELIEVE THAT YOU HAD REQUESTED.
SO WE DO HAVE SOME INFORMATION ON HERE, LIKE WHY VOLUNTEER? DON'T BLAME EVERYTHING ON ME.
UH, VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES, WHAT THEY INCLUDE AND ALSO INCLUDES, UM, HOW THEY CAN DIRECTLY GET TO THE APPLICATION.
SO YOU COULD LOOK AT THOSE AND THERE'S DIFFERENT COVERS JUST TO SHOW OH WOW.
EVERYONE'S INVITED TO COME AND VOLUNTEER AND WE DO HAVE A, UM, WE'RE PUTTING AN RRFP OUT FOR OUR VOLUNTEER MANAGEMENT SYSTEM.
THAT VOLUNTEER MANAGEMENT SYSTEM.
IT, IT ALIGNS, WE HAVE TO HAVE IT ALIGNED WITH OUR BACKGROUND CHECK SYSTEM AND FOR PEOPLE THAT ENTER THE SCHOOL.
SO IT'S A LITTLE, UM, MORE COMPLICATED THAT IT WOULD SEEM ON THE OUT FRONT.
BUT THE SY THE, WHAT WE HAVE IN THE RFP, IT'S FOR WHAT YOU ALL HAD WANTED WHERE PEOPLE CAN GO IN AND SEE THE DIFFERENT VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES THAT, SO THAT IS COMING.
IT'S JUST TAKING A LITTLE BIT LONGER.
'CAUSE WE HAD TO WAIT UNTIL THE CONTRACT WAS UP WITH THE OTHER, UM, BACKGROUND CHECK SYSTEM THAT WE HAVE.
BUT I THINK THAT'S GONNA BE KEY ON THE VOLUNTEER FRONT ALSO.
UM, WE HAVE, UH, MATERIALS DEVELOPED FOR, UM, BUSINESS PARTNERS AND SO WE'RE GONNA BE, UM,
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STARTING TO ROLL THAT OUT AS WELL.AND HAPPY FROM REPORT ON THAT.
I THINK THAT'S AN EXCITING THING TOO.
SO THESE ARE ALL AREAS THAT ARE GONNA TOUCH A LOT OF DIFFERENT PEOPLE.
I JUST WANNA REMIND YOU GUYS ALSO WE DO HAVE, WE ARE STILL DOING THESE ON THE BLUFF AND SUN AND IN THE ISLAND NEWS, SO WE'RE GETTING THE WORD OUT THAT WAY.
UM, I, I THINK IN TERMS OF YOUR DIRECT QUESTION WITH THIS THOUGH, IF YOU WANT HARD COPIES IN PEOPLE'S HANDS, I THINK IT'S DOING WHAT YOU'RE DOING BECAUSE YOU'VE BEEN REALLY GOOD ABOUT TAKING THEM OUT.
AND I KNOW MR. GUYER HAS, I THINK YOU MIGHT CHANGE SOME TOO.
I THINK IT MEANS MORE FROM PEOPLE TO GET THIS WHEN THEY GET IT FROM SOMEBODY THAT THEY NOTICED AND THEN THEY ASK YOU QUESTIONS, THINGS LIKE THAT.
UM, BUT I DO THINK WE CAN GO AROUND ALL OVER THE COUNTY AND LIKE WE CAN DROP 'EM OFF AND THIS IS A GOOD PIECE TO DO THAT WITH BECAUSE THIS PIECE WILL LAST A YEAR.
YOU KNOW, SO I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT.
THE OTHER THING IS MOLLY HAS BEEN WORKING SCHOOLS ON PROMOTION.
UM, DOING INDIVIDUAL RACK CARDS FOR EACH SCHOOL THAT HAS INFORMATION, INFORMATION ABOUT THEIR SCHOOL.
HAVE WE REQUESTED OF THE PRINCIPAL HOW THEY'RE GOING TO DISTRIBUTE IT? WELL, I'M STILL WORKING ON GETTING THE INFORMATION FROM PRINCIPAL.
SO, UM, AND SAY THAT'S ONE OF THE FIRST ONES THAT MOLLY DID.
UM, AND I THINK PEOPLE JUST NEED, LIKE, SOMETHING LIKE THIS IS REALLY GOOD FOR PEOPLE THAT ARE VERY, VERY INTERESTED AND DON'T UNDERSTAND THE BREADTH OF WHAT WE DO.
BUT I THINK SOMETHING LIKE THIS IS KIND OF A REALLY GOOD SIZE FOR PEOPLE TO ACTUALLY READ IT, YOU KNOW? AND THESE ARE, YOU KNOW, NOT THAT EXPENSIVE TO MAKE.
UM, BUT YEAH, WE'RE OPEN TO OBVIOUSLY ANY IDEAS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE.
I'M SORRY, CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES MA'AM, GO AHEAD.
TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES OVER HERE.
I KNOW
UNFORTUNATELY, WHEN THE CAMPAIGN WENT OUT FOR GOING PUBLIC, I BROUGHT IT UP TO PEOPLE JUST IN
UM, I UNDERSTAND THAT'S NOT THE SAME FOR EVERY GENERATION, BUT I WOULD HATE TO SEE US WASTE RESOURCES IN THAT CAPACITY.
BUT I WAS GOING TO SUGGEST BASICALLY THE SAME THING CANDICE DID.
EVEN IF WE COULD GET, UM, YOU KNOW, A CERTAIN SIZE POSTER, LIKE LET'S SAY DOUBLE THE SIZE OF TWO REGULAR PRINTER PAPER SHEETS TO HANG UP IN CHURCHES, OFFICE BUILDINGS, THINGS LIKE THAT.
BUT CANDACE HAD A GREAT POINT TOO.
IF WE ALL HAD ESSENTIALLY POM CARDS WITH THE INFORMATION ON IT THAT THEN WE HANDED TO PEOPLE WHEN WE'RE IN CONVERSATIONS, IT MEANS MORE BECAUSE THE PEOPLE ARE LEFT WITH SOME SORT OF IMPRESSION FROM THE INTERACTION VERSUS JUST RANDOMLY BEING GIVEN A PIECE OF MAIL.
THEY, THAT THEY HAVE NO TIE TO PAY ATTENTION TO.
THE OTHER THING THAT I'VE SEEN OTHER PEOPLE DO, AND I'M SURE WE CAN AT THE DISTRICT AS WELL, IS FOR EXAMPLE, IF IT'S SOMETHING REALLY IMPORTANT AND YOU KNOW, LIKE DRAWING PEOPLE TO THE DISTRICT, PERHAPS THERE'S A POPUP IMMEDIATELY WHEN ANYONE COMES NEWLY TO OUR WEBSITE.
UM, AND THAT TYPICALLY, I FORGET HOW LONG IT TAKES FOR THE COOKIES TO ERASE.
AND THEN IF THEY CAME BACK TO THE WEBSITE AGAIN, THE SAME NOTICE WOULD COME UP.
I FORGET WHAT THOSE ARE CALLED, BUT IT'S LIKE A POPUP AND IT WOULD COME UP AND SAY, HAVE YOU THOUGHT ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER, WHATEVER OUR CATCHY SENTENCES TO GET PEOPLE ENGAGED OR LOOKING AT THE INFORMATION.
I THINK THINGS LIKE THAT, USING TECHNOLOGY, SOCIAL MEDIA.
UM, I HAD ASKED MRS. BOATWRIGHT IF SHE HAD GOTTEN SIMILAR FEEDBACK AS WHAT I WAS GETTING, THAT EVERYBODY WAS THROWING THINGS AWAY AND SHE SAID PEOPLE HAD SEEN IT, FOR EXAMPLE, ON THEIR SOCIAL MEDIA FEEDS FROM, UH,
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THE DISTRICT PAGE POPPING UP IN THEIR NEWSFEED, BUT AGAIN, THEY WEREN'T READING THE INFORMATION THAT CAME IN THE MAIL.SO AGAIN, JUST PIGGYBACKING ON WHAT CANDACE WAS SAYING, 'CAUSE I THINK SHE'S ON THE RIGHT TRACK.
AND THE POPUP IS A GOOD IDEA TOO.
WE HAVE THE POPUP CAPABILITIES ON OUR WEBSITE, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF WE HAVE THE CAPABILITY FOR IT TO, IF YOU'RE A NEW, IF YOU'RE COMING TO THE WEBSITE AS SOMEONE WHO HASN'T BEEN THERE BEFORE.
BUT WE'LL LOOK INTO THAT BECAUSE THAT ACTUALLY, THAT'S A VERY GOOD IDEA.
WE CAN ALSO DO THAT ON THE INDIVIDUAL SCHOOL WEBSITES TOO.
I THINK THAT'S A GOOD IDEA BECAUSE WE CAN ALSO THEN AT THAT POINT PUT, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE DISTRICT, PLEASE CONTACT THIS PERSON.
SO THAT GIVES 'EM A PERSON RIGHT AWAY, I THINK.
OR EITHER THAT OR SOMETHING INTERACTIVE WHERE THEY HAVE TO CHECK A, LIKE ONE OR TWO BULLET POINTS OR BOXES.
LIKE ARE YOU, ARE YOU HERE LOOKING FOR A STUDENT TO ENTER INTO OUR DISTRICT SO THAT WE ARE CAPTURING INFORMATION AND DATA? YEAH.
DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? I THINK IT DOES.
I THINK THAT'S USEFUL AS WELL.
THE OTHER THING IS THE, UM, YOU DO BRING UP A GOOD POINT ABOUT, UM, PEOPLE THROWING THINGS AWAY AND THAT, THAT IS A, A RISK WITH THAT AS WELL.
SO I THINK WE'LL DO A LITTLE BIT MORE RESEARCH INTO THAT, UM, TOO.
AND WE'LL PULL UP OUR, UM, SOCIAL MEDIA STATS ON THAT CAMPAIGN AND JUST KIND OF, WE CAN, WE CAN KIND OF DO A LITTLE BIT OF, UH, GAUGING AND REASSESSING THERE.
OH, UM, ONE, WOULD IT BE POSSIBLE TO GET PERFORMANCE METRICS ON THE WEBSITE THAT YOU COULD BRING BACK INTO THIS COMMITTEE SO WE COULD, OR IS THAT YES, YES, WE CAN TOTALLY DO THAT.
IT'S JUST WE HAVE TO BE PRETTY SPECIFIC WITH WHAT WE WANNA SEE.
I MEAN, WE CAN WHATEVER YOU DETERMINE YEAH.
WHATEVER MET THOSE METRICS ARE YOU.
UH, AND THEN THE SECOND THING I'D LIKE TO SHARE, SO ON THE TAPING OF THE TV SHOW, WHICH I, WE GET TO DO ONCE A MONTH AND WE CHOOSE ANYTHING AND WE'RE ALWAYS SEARCHING FOR BUSINESSES AND INNOVATIVE IDEAS, RIGHT? AND SO AFTER THAT, UM, I WENT TO FOUR DIFFERENT ENTITIES, REALTORS, UM, UH, AND THEN THREE OTHERS, RIGHT? UM, AND TOOK THIS, YOUR COMMUNITY, SORRY, RETURN YOUR COMMUNITY REPORT AND SAID, I HAVE A STACK OF ABOUT SEVEN TO EIGHT AND SAID HE, THIS TELLS YOU EVERYTHING YOU WANNA KNOW ABOUT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND THERE'S A LOT YOU DON'T KNOW THAT YOU SHOULD KNOW, BUT I KNOW THE PEOPLE AND THEY KNOW ME IMMEDIATELY SAID YES.
SO HEARST REALTOR SAID, NOT ONLY WILL WE PUT IT HERE IN THIS MAIN OFFICE, BUT WE'LL GIVE IT TO ANOTHER OFFICE AND HAVE THEM DISTRIBUTED AS WELL.
SO ALL OF A SUDDEN, JUST BECAUSE OF EXISTING RELATIONSHIPS, YES, IT'S ABOUT SELLING, RIGHT? I GOTTA GET IN FRONT OF PEOPLE AND LET THEM KNOW WHAT THE VALUE OF WHAT I'M DOING TO ACTUALLY BUILD, SELL.
SO THE DIGITAL TOOL IS SUPERB, IT'S EFFICIENT.
BUT WHERE WE CAN MAYBE LIST BOARD MEMBERS, STAFF MEMBERS TO ACTUALLY DISTRIBUTE IT AS WELL, I THINK THEY'LL HAVE A LASTING STICKINESS.
I WOULD LOVE TO SEE THINGS, UH, SIMPLE MARKETING ABOUT THE SAME SIZE AS WHAT YOU HAVE RIGHT THERE.
I GET, I I LIVE IN A NEIGHBORHOOD.
IT HAS A PRETTY GOOD TURNOVER OF PEOPLE COMING IN.
AND RIGHT NOW THEY ARE PEOPLE WITH KIDS AND A NEIGHBORHOOD NEIGHBORHOOD KNOWS THAT ON THE PORCH.
SO THEY'LL SAY, GO DOWN AND SEE THE DI DOWN THERE.
YOU KNOW, HE'LL TELL YOU WHAT'S GOING ABOUT THE SCHOOLS AND EVERYTHING.
AND THAT'S THE QUESTION THAT WHAT, WHY, WHAT, WHERE SHOULD I GO TO SCHOOL? AND I SAID, WELL, WHAT ARE, WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING FOR? AND THEY ASK ALL KINDS OF DIFFERENT QUESTIONS, BUT MOSTLY THEY'RE LOOKING, UH, FOR END STATE.
AND YOU'LL SAY YOU, YOU HAVE, UH, AN IDEA THAT YOUR CHILD IS A D ONE OR D TWO LEVEL SCHOOL ATHLETE, YOU SHOULD GO.
PEOPLE GETTING THAT HERE, HERE LIST.
UH, WELL I, MY FAMILY HAS HAD PEOPLE IN IVY LEAGUE SCHOOLS AND ELITE SCHOOLS.
WE CAN DO THAT TOO, BUT THAT'S YOU.
MOST PEOPLE SAY, I JUST WANT MY CHILD TO HAVE GOOD L SAY WE HAVE PROGRAMS, WE HAVE WELDERS STARTING AT 60,000 A YEAR, RIGHT OUTTA HIGH SCHOOL.
WE HAVE PROGRAMS, DUAL ENROLLMENT PROGRAMS. SO YOU CAN GET TWO YEARS PRECOLLEGE EDUCATION RIGHT HERE.
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THOSE KINDS OF THINGS THAT I COULD GIVE SOMEBODY TO SAY WHY CHOOSE HEREFORD COUNTY SCHOOLS.UM, AND WE CAN HAVE LIKE INFOGRAPHICS ON IT.
JUST, IT WOULD BE A SHORTER VERSION.
THAT, AND, AND WE JUST HAD THOSE AND YOU KNOW, I SHERRY GOES AROUND WITH ME WHENEVER I GO OUT YEAH.
AND I JUST HAND THEM OUT AND SAY, THERE IT IS.
YOU GOTTA GO THROUGH THE BOOK TO, TO READ IT.
BRUER? NO, I THINK WE'RE GOOD, BUT THANK YOU FOR YOUR FEEDBACK MS. MOLLY.
IDEATION IS NO ONE SAYS NO, RIGHT? SO THAT'S TO CREATE THAT JUICE.
EVERYBODY FEELS COMFORTABLE INPUTTING.
SO ALL OF YOUR NOTES AND COMMENTS HAVE BEEN CAPTURED TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY.
IF YOU, YOU COMMITTED TO SOME POINT OR PROPOSE SOME POINT, PLEASE SEND IT IN TO MS. CUSHING.
BARRY, OUR NEXT MEETING MEETING IS SEPTEMBER 10TH.
WE'D LIKE TO HAVE THOSE IN TWO WEEKS BEFORE THE SEPTEMBER 10TH MEETING.
THAT'S SO YOU CAN GET IT IN, MS. CUSHING CAN ASSEMBLE IT.
AND YOU GOT TWO WEEKS TO DISTRIBUTE AND MULL IT OVER AND COME UP WITH SUGGESTIONS.
AND, AND ALSO AND, UH, ALSO, UH, SOMETHING, SOMETHING NOT DIFFERENT A LITTLE BIT.
I THINK WHAT'S MOST, UM, I, I HEAR, I HEAR HER SAYING THAT TO GIVE INFORMATION IN ANY, IN THESE, UH, PAMPHLETS, BUT YOU KNOW, IN LIFE ALSO, WE HAVE TO ADMIT THAT IN EVERYTHING THAT WE HAVE, I THINK YOU TOLD, WE TALKED ABOUT IT YESTERDAY.
I KNOW, UH, I I I TOLD MRS. UM, MAJOR, I TOLD HOW I APPRECIATED THE INFORMATION THAT SHE SAID THAT THAT, THAT SHE SHARED WITH US ON YESTERDAY.
AND, AND, AND TO HER, SOME OF IT IT WASN'T, IT WASN'T ALL GREAT MOVING INFORMATION, BUT IT WAS FACTS AND IT WAS TRUTH.
YOU WANT THE TRUTH? THIS IS WHERE WE AT.
SO WHEN YOU GIVE PEOPLE A PICTURE AND EVERYTHING IS SO GOOD, GOOD, GOOD, GOOD, GOOD.
THE QUESTION BECOMES, WELL HOW, WHAT'S THE GROWTH YOU IN LIFE? YOU HAVE THE GOOD, THE BAD.
AND UH, I THINK THAT WE HAVE TO TELL PEOPLE SOME OF THE GOOD THINGS WE GOTTA TELL PEOPLE.
UH, AND, AND, AND IN THIS AREA, WE MAY NOT, WE MAY NOT BE, WE WANT BE, BUT WE ARE WORKING.
SO THESE PAMPHLETS, I DON'T THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, THE SAME
AND SO, HEY, HEY, WE MAY NOT BE PERFORMING OR HEY, YOU KNOW, SOME SCHOOLS, SOME ALL SCHOOLS AIN'T THERE, BUT WE DO HAVE SOME LEVEL OR WE HAVE SOME TYPE OF DIRECTION IN THIS DISTRICT THAT WE KNOW WHERE WE'RE GOING AT.
EVERYONE MAY NOT BE AT THE FINISH LINE, BUT COME HELL OF HIGH WATER, WE'RE GONNA GET THEM THERE.
SO, AND THIS PAMPHLETS, I HATE TO SAY IT, I'M JUST NOT LOOKING FOR JUST ALL, ALL GOOD INFORMATION, YOU KNOW? YEAH, IT IS.
WE HAVE THAT, THAT WE CELEBRATE THE, THE EXCITEMENT OF IT, BUT ALSO THE TRUTH, THE TRUTH, THE, WHAT'S THE, WHAT'S THE WORD? THE, UH, THE, THE WORD IS, UM, TRANSPARENCY.
THAT THESE, THAT THESE, THESE PAMPHLETS ARE TRANSPARENCY AND NOT GOOD, NOT BAD AND NOT UGLY TO BE, BE REALISTIC BECAUSE YEAH, I SAW, I SAW IT.
I, I SAW A, A PAMPHLET DAY FROM ONE OF THE CHARTER SCHOOLS AND THEY, THEY HAD, I WAS SHOCKED BECAUSE MOST OF THE TIME SAY THAT THEY DON'T DO THAT THAT ONE DAY.
SO I, I JUST, I, I, I'LL, I'LL, I'LL LEAVE WITH THAT.
UH, 90 MINUTES FOR THE MEETING, WHICH IS WHAT WE WANTED TO HOLD IT TO.
SO WE'RE TRYING TO FREE UP YOUR TIME AND, UH, GET IN ANYTHING THAT YOU RECOMMENDED TO ME, MS. CUSHEN BERRY, MS. CUSHEN BERRY, I GOTTA GO TO BLUFFTON, BUT I'LL SEND YOU WHAT I WROTE AND THANKS EVERYBODY AND NEXT TIME COME IN AND THERE ARE NO NOS.
OKAY? IT'S JUST YOU SHARE WHAT YOU SHARE, WHAT YOU BELIEVE WILL MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN THE OUTCOMES FOR OUR STUDENTS.
THANKS FOR WATCHING BEAUFORT COUNTY TV.