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WE DO NOT HAVE A FORUM FOR WHAT WE'RE GOING TO, UH, BEGIN WITH THE CONVERSATIONS, UH, THAT WE WOULD HAVE.
SO IF WE GET A FORUM BEFORE ONE 30, UH, WE'LL START A MEETING THEN.
BUT IF IT IS NOT BY ONE 30, WE'LL BE OFF RIGHT.
UH, TODAY'S DISCUSSION WAS DESIGNED TO BE ABOUT, AGAIN, IDEATION.
SO IDEATION IS WHERE YOU HAVE ALL THESE IDEAS COME IN.
THERE'S NO CONSTRAINTS ON WHATSOEVER.
UH, AND THAT IS WHEN PEOPLE ARE MOST LIKELY TO GIVE THEIR BY TINIEST IDEAS IN THEIR MIND.
THEY MAY BE HESITANT TO PRESENT IN A NORMAL MEETING.
THIS GIVES THEM THE OPPORTUNITY TO SAY, I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO WORRY ABOUT.
I'M NOT GONNA BE PRIORITIZED TONIGHT.
SO, SO PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE FEEL FREE, UH, TO OPEN UP ROBIN, CAPTURE THE OUTPUT FROM THE LAST MEETING.
AND SO SHE'LL CAPTURE THE OUTPUT, YOUR IDEAS FROM THIS MEETING.
AND AGAIN, THE ONLY SUGGESTION THAT WE HAVE IS TO THINK ABOUT THINGS THAT AFFECT THE SCHOOL EVEN THOUGH THEY'RE NOT WITHIN OUR FENCES.
SO IF YOU THINK ABOUT THE FAMILY STRUCTURE, THOSE TYPES OF THINGS, ONE OF MY BIG LEARNINGS HAS BEEN HOW IMPORTANT THAT AGE IS FROM BIRTH UNTIL THEY ACTUALLY COME INTO THE SCHOOL DOORS.
AND A KID THAT DOESN'T HAVE SOME OF THOSE TEACHING THINGS THAT HAPPEN.
YOU KNOW, WE ARE TRYING TO CATCH THEM UP.
SO THERE MAY BE SOME OPPORTUNITIES TO ACTUALLY DO THINGS OR LEGISLATIVE SUPPORT IDEAS THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, ARE OUTSIDE OFFENSES.
YOU KNOW, AND THERE'S A LOT OF OUR LEGISLATORS IN THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY ARE PROPOSING THINGS THAT WOULD BE MORE FOCUSED ON HOW TO HELP THE FAMILY COME BACK TOGETHER.
AND I'M NOT BEING PEJORATIVE BE BEFORE OR AGAINST, YOU KNOW, FAMILY STRUCTURE DEFINITION OF WHAT THE TWO PARTNERS ARE.
I'M JUST SAYING REARING A KID IS A HECK OF A DOG GOING COUNT.
AND IF YOU ARE ONE PARENT, YOU ARE WORKING, YOU'RE TRYING TO TAKE CARE OF THE KIDS, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING IS GOING TO GO LACKING.
SO WE'RE JUST TRYING TO HELP SOCIETY.
SO IF YOU WERE TO ADOPT THAT OR SUGGEST THAT, THAT WOULD BE THE RATIONALE YOU USE.
IT IS NOT INSIDE THE SCHOOLS, BUT IT AFFECTS THE SCHOOLS OVER THE HORIZON AS OUR MILITARY FRIENDS SAY, UM, ABOUT WHAT CAN AFFECT US THAT EVEN MIGHT NOT BE VISIBLE RIGHT THERE.
PROBLEMS. IS THAT OKAY? THAT'S FINE.
SO ANYBODY HAVE ANY SUGGESTIONS SINCE THE LAST TIME? MM-HMM.
AND I DON'T THINK WE HAVE THE CAPTURE FROM LAST TIME.
THAT'S WHY I WAS RATHER YOU THANK OH, YEAH, YEAH, YEAH.
SHE'S OVER HERE LAUGHING AND SMIRKING
SO THIS IS A DOCUMENT THAT WAS CAPTURED LAST TIME AND OH, I REMEMBER SOME THIS.
AND SO WE'LL GIVE YOU A MOMENT OR TWO TO READ THROUGH THIS.
SO THIS HAS ALREADY BEEN CAPTURED, BUT ARE THERE OTHER THINGS THAT, YOU KNOW, CAN HELP US BETTER EDUCATE OUR KIDS, HELP OUR KIDS HAVE A BETTER OPPORTUNITY REGARDLESS OF THEIR INDIVIDUAL CIRCUMSTANCES OR FAMILIAL CIRCUMSTANCE? AND I'LL SHUT UP.
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OTHER BOARD MEMBER THAT'S ON LEAH, SHE'S ON.HOW'S EVERYBODY DOING TODAY? DOING GOOD.
WE ARE READING THE DOCUMENT THAT, UM, IS C CD'S NOTES FROM AUGUST 13TH, 2025, LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE MEETING.
AND THAT CAPTURES WHAT WAS DISCUSSED IN THE LAST MEETING.
AND THIS IS THE SECOND OF THE TWO MEETINGS.
AND WE JUST WANT TO BRING FORWARD, GIVE EVERYBODY AN OPPORTUNITY TO BRING FORWARD ANY IDEAS THAT MAY BE OUTSIDE, EVEN OUTSIDE OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT'S WALLS OR BORDERS, BUT THAT AFFECT US AND OUR ABILITY TO EDUCATE KIDS AND GIVE THEM THE BEST CHANCE IN LIFE.
AND WHEN YOU'VE HAD A CHANCE TO PERUSE IT, JUST LET US KNOW AND WE'LL OPEN IT UP FOR DIALOGUE.
GOING OVER, GOING OVER THIS, I JUST, UM, SCHOOL DISTRICT AS A WHOLE TO ME DOES A GREAT JOB.
KIDS ARE, AND I GUESS THIS HAS ALWAYS BEEN THE CONVERSATION ON THE TALK, IS THAT WE NEED TO GET MORE COMMUNITY, UM, MORE INVOLVED IN OUR KIDS' EDUCATION.
LIKE I WAS AT WILL RANCH ELEMENTARY, UM, LAST WEEK, AND THEY HAD A GRANDPARENT DAY AND, UM, WHICH WAS, WHICH WAS AWESOME BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, IT SHOWED THE, THE, THE IMPORTANCE OR THE VALUE OF A PARENT, A GRANDPARENT ROLE YEAH.
AND I, GOING BACK TO, UM, WHEN I WAS A CHILD, UM, AND I, I WAS HERE AS A KID WITH MY GRANDFATHER FOR A LITTLE BIT, AND HE WAS THE MAN THAT TAUGHT ME HOW TO SPELL MY NAME.
YOU KNOW, SO GRANDPARENTS ARE, ARE, ARE VERY IMPORTANT WHEN IT COMES TO OUR KIDS' EDUCATION.
SO PARENTS ARE WORKING AND DOING WHAT THEY GOTTA DO OR WHATEVER THE KIDS DO.
BUT, UM, AND I, WHEN I WENT TO THAT PARTICULAR MEETING, I WANTED TO PROBABLY TALK TO ALL THESE AWESOME, TALENTED PEOPLE THAT I WORK WITH
SO I THINK GRANDPARENTS PLAY A, A VERY BIG PART IN, IN HELPING OUR KIDS GET THE WAY THEY NEED TO GET TO.
SO I, I, I SHOWED ENOUGH SOME ADVICE ON HOW TO EVEN GET SOMETHING LIKE THAT STARTED.
I COULD, UH, MENTION THAT I WANTED TO RIVERVIEW CHARTER SCHOOL ABOUT THREE YEARS AGO.
AND, UH, I, I MAKE BUSINESS ONCE OR TWICE A YEAR, AND I ASK HIM, I SAID, HOW'S YOUR, UH, RESPONSE AND YOUR SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT COUNCIL? AND HE SAYS, UH, YOU KNOW, I, I GET THE SAME PARENTS.
I SAID, BUT WE SAID, WE, WE WENT TO THE KIDS AND ASKED THE KIDS, OKAY, MOM AND DAD, OF COURSE, WHO ELSE IN YOUR FAMILY DO YOU SPEND TIME WITH VISIT OR IS INTERESTED IN, IN YOUR, IN YOUR LIFE? BROKE DOWN IN FRONT.
GRANDPARENTS ALSO WROTE DOWN AUNTS AND UNCLES.
UH, THEY SAID, WE, WE STARTED SENDING OUT, REACHING OUT TO THAT EXTENDED PLANNING.
I I, AND THEY QUADRUPLE OUR, OUR OUR DEPRESSIONS.
AND I, I WENT TO A CEREMONY THAT THEY HAD A YEAR AGO, INVITED PARENTS AND SO ON TO COME AND PLACE WAS PACKED DURING, DURING THE MIDDLE OF THE DAY, DURING THE SCHOOL DAY.
SO PARENTS TOOK TIME OFF OF WORK OR WHEREVER.
I TOOK THAT NOTION TO BRAD TERENCE AT
IT'S NOT JUST THE SIC IT'S ALL PARENTS ARE INVITED TO HER FRIDAY.
AND I SAID, WELL, HAVE YOU EVER THOUGHT ABOUT ASKING FOR GRANDPARENTS AND
WILSON WHOLE BUNCH MORE PEOPLE SHOWED UP.
LET'S THINK ABOUT, THINK ABOUT AUNTS, UNCLE, SOMETIMES EVEN A COUSIN.
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KNOW, WHO'S, WHO'S THERE WHEN THE KID COMES HOME.WHERE DO YOU GO AFTER SCHOOL AND MOM AND MOM AND DAD WORK? YOU, YOU GO TO AN EMPTY HOUSE.
NOW, I'LL TELL YOU WHAT HAPPENED AT THE LADIES ISLAND PRESBYTERIAN IS THEY WENT THAT GROUP, THAT CHURCH WENT TO, UM, LADIES ISLAND MIDDLE SCHOOL, SAU ELEMENTARY AND, AND LADIES ISLAND ELEMENTARY TO THE GUIDANCE COUNSELOR AND SAID, COULD YOU TELL US WHO OF YOUR KIDS GO HOME TO AN EMPTY HOUSE? AND YOU KNOW, I, I KNOW THERE'S FERPA AND EVERYTHING ELSE YOU GOTTA KNOW YOU TO WORRY ABOUT, BUT, BUT ASK WHO THAT IS AND THEN WOULD YOU MIND GIVING US CONTACT INFORMATION? AND SO THEY WENT OUT AND THEY CALLED THE PARENTS, WENT TO VISIT 'EM IN, IN PERSON AND SAID, HOW WOULD YOU, WOULD YOU BE ALL RIGHT WITH YOU IF THE SCHOOL BUS DROPPED KIDS OFF AT PLAIN IRON PRESBYTERIAN? THEY RUN A DAY.
THEY HAVE A, A, UH, PRESCHOOL PROGRAM.
SO THEY HAVE CLASSROOMS. THEY GOT A PLAYGROUND.
THAT'S WHERE MY TWO GRANDSONS WENT TO PRESCHOOL.
BUT IN THE AFTERNOON, PRESCHOOL, PRESCHOOL, UH, ENDS AT NOON.
AND SO THEY WERE, THEY HAD KIDS COME IN THERE AND THEY DID THE SAME THING THAT WE WERE DOING IN SOME OF THESE OTHER AFTERSCHOOL PROGRAMS WHERE THEY HAD VOLUNTEERS FROM THE, UH, PARISHIONERS WHO SAID, OKAY, LET'S GO DO THE HOMEWORK.
THEY FED 'EM A SNACK, WENT OUT TO THE PLAYGROUND, RIGHT.
BASICALLY THE EXACT SAME THING.
AND WE'VE BEEN DOING UP AT, UH, THE WHALE BRANCH AND GREAT SUCCESS.
SO, YOU KNOW, THAT'S THAT'S RIGHT ON THE SAME ALLEY YEAH.
LOOK AT THE NET, WE MOVE IT FORWARD, WE'LL TRY TO PUT MORE DEFINITION AND IDENTIFY SOURCES OF SUPPORT AND EXTRA NEED THAT HELP CURRENTLY.
BUT, BUT YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S GETTING THE WORD OUT THAT GRANDPARENTS, WE LOVE TO HAVE YOU COME TO THESE THINGS.
YOU KNOW, THEY ALL GO, YOU GO TO GRADUATIONS, UNCLE ARE ALREADY THERE.
AND SAME FOR THE WILL BRANCH MIDDLE SCHOOL HAS THEIR GRADUATION CEREMONY.
WITH FAMILY MEMBERS AND LOOKING AT THE SPORTING EVENTS OR, OR THE SCHOOL PUTS ON A PLAY OR, UH, YOU KNOW, THERE'S ALWAYS A LOT OF FOLKS THERE.
I WAS AT THE GRANDPARENT DID THE ELEMENTARY, AND IT WAS A LOT.
I, AND I KNEW A LOT OF MY COMMUNITY, SO IT WAS A LOT OF GRANDPARENTS OUT THERE DOING THE PROJECTS AND BUILDING STUFF.
SO YEAH, I'M DEFINITELY DO THAT.
REACH OUT TO GRANDPARENTS AND YEAH.
AND FURTHER AND, AND UNCLES, ANIMALS.
THAT HELP OUR KIDS GET LIVING THEY NEED.
UM, FAST FORWARD, IN ADDITION TO THAT, HOW DO WE GET THE, UH, THEOLOGICAL COMMUNITY, HOW DO WE COMMUNICATE BETTER WITH THEM? AND THAT'S OVER FOR ANYBODY.
IT'S NOT JUST HIM, BUT HE, THESE ARE LEADERS, SO MM-HMM.
AND WHILE YOU'RE THINKING, CAN I SHARE SOMETHING? YEAH, GO AHEAD.
SO, HAVING MOVED 19 TIMES, ANYWHERE I'VE LIVED, I GO TO, AND IF YOU INVITE ME TO YOUR RELIGIOUS INSTITUTION, I GO, SO I'VE ATTENDED MOSQUE, CHURCHES, SYNAGOGUES, TEMPLE.
I'M NOT CHANGING WHAT MY CONVICTION IS, BUT TO HELP CONNECT WITH PEOPLE, RIGHT? WHEN THEY SEE YOU THERE, IT'S LIKE, OH, WOW, YOU SHOWED UP.
SO REALLY SORT OF, AGAIN, THIS IS IDEATION, THINKING OUT OF THE BLOCKS, NOT WHAT WE TRADITIONALLY HAVE BEEN CONSTRAINED.
AGAIN, I LEAVE THERE, MY VALUES, MY THEOLOGY IS THE SAME, BUT PEOPLE ARE APPRECIATIVE WHEN YOU HAVE THAT TYPE PRESENCE, EVEN THOSE ONE, TWO TIMES SOMETHING.
SO, HAVE ANYBODY ELSE GOT SOME IDEAS? I CAN JUMP INTO THAT.
THERE IS A HISPANIC CHURCH ON JOE FRAZIER JUST BEFORE YOU GET TO, UM,
AND I WAS INVITED TO ATTEND ONE OF THEIR SERVICES.
IT'S, IT'S, IT'S NOT CATHOLIC, IT'S
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THE EVANGELICAL.THAT WAS THE MOST IMPRESSIVE SERVICE I'VE BEEN TO.
BECAUSE FIRST OF ALL, I'VE BEEN TO A, A LOT OF DIFFERENT CHURCHES, AND I DON'T SEE YOUNG KIDS THERE BECAUSE THEY GO TO SUNDAY SCHOOL MM-HMM
AND IT'S GENERALLY THE, THE ADULTS THAT ARE, YOU DON'T SEE MANY YOUNG, YOUNG CHILDREN.
AND THAT ONE, THERE WERE ALL KINDS OF YOUNG KIDS, AND THEY HAD SINGING AND THEY HAD KIDS COMING UP AND, AND TESTIFYING, YOU KNOW, TESTIMONIALS AND ALL, ALL IN SPANISH, OF COURSE, THEY, THEY, THEY HAD A INTERPRETER SITTING BEHIND ME MM-HMM
TELLING ME MOST WHAT WAS BEING SAID, BECAUSE MY SPANISH IS VERY GOOD.
BUT THAT'S, WE, WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE WE REACH OUT.
AND, AND I, WHEN YOU MENTIONED THAT YOU WENT TO OTHERS, BUT I'LL, I'LL BET YOU NOBODY HAS GONE TO, I HAVEN'T.
I'LL HAVE TO, THERE'S A, THERE'S A, A GREEK ORTHODOX CHURCH THAT'S, THEY GOT THEIR SIGN UP THERE ON, UH, REBO ROAD, AND I HAVEN'T BEEN TO THE TEMPLE.
THERE'S A, THERE'S A JEWISH TEMPLE THERE.
AND, AND YOU KNOW, EVERY TIME I'VE GONE TO A A CHURCH, I, MAN, IT'S LIKE, GLAD TO HAVE YOU HERE.
I MEAN, IT'S, IT, IT, IT'S, IT'S WONDERFUL.
AND TRYING TO REACH OUT, YOU KNOW, THEY PASTOR BOER UP IN IS PART OF LEPRO.
HE, HE'S, HE BRINGS IN THE SHELDON TOWNSHIP.
BUT, BUT HAVE WE GOT SOMETHING, HAVE WE GOT SOMEBODY ON, ON ST.
HELENA ISLAND, GRAB ALL THE, ALL THE CHURCHES THERE AND BRING THEM IN TOGETHER? WELL, WE, WE MOVED TOGETHER.
EVERYONE MOVES OVER KIND OF AND MOVED TOGETHER, UM, TOGETHER.
WE NOT, UM, LIKE I SAID, SHELDON TOWNSHIP, UM, WITH SOME OF THE CHURCHES ON THAT SIDE OF WILL BRANCH, THEY KIND OF MOVED TOGETHER.
UM, BUT LIKE, WHEN YOU COME BACK OUT TO BURTON, IT'S A LITTLE DIFFERENT.
AND THERE'S LIKE, I LEARNED THIS WHEN I RUN, IT'S ABOUT 90 CHURCHES, DISTRICT ONE, I MEAN, SIX FROM A CONGREGATION FROM 10, YOU KNOW, TO A MAYBE A HUNDRED.
YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING? AND THAT WAS ONE OF THE THINGS I WAS THINKING ABOUT THE OTHER DAY, HOW TO GET THOSE, THOSE CHURCHES TOGETHER.
THEY EVEN HAVE, UM, COMPENSATION WITH THEM, THEM.
BUT THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S, THAT'S ON TOP OF MY LIST RIGHT NOW.
SO CAN I, ONE, ONE OF THE THINGS I, I, THIS AGAIN, I ATTENDED THIS MORNING AND HAVE SOME NOTES ON THAT, BUT, UH, COMING OUT OF THAT WAS CAN WE LEVERAGE, AND WE GOTTA MAKE SURE ATTORNEY AND EVERYBODY ELSE THAT WE ARE COMPLIANT WITH ALL REQUIREMENTS, RIGHT? IN TERMS OF COMMUNICATION.
BUT CAN WE CAPTURE CONTACT DETAILS FOR THOSE 90 CHURCHES, OTHERS, AND THEN HAVE, UH, DR.
BRUDER UNDER HER UMBRELLA, UH, UPDATE THEM ON REGULAR BASIS IN TERMS OF THINGS THAT WOULD BE RELEVANT TO THEIR CONSTITUENCY, BECAUSE THEY ARE AMERICAN AND THEY ARE HUMANS AND THEY HAVE KIDS.
AND SO THAT MAY BE WHERE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SAY, HEY, DID YOU KNOW ABOUT THIS THING THAT SCHOOL DISTRICT OFFERS? YEAH.
LUNCH AND, AND, UM, AND THAT'S, AND DR. RODRIGUEZ MEETS WITH HIM.
SO THAT IS, THAT INFORMATION HAS CAPTURED BECAUSE, UM, WILEY AND THEY DO SOMETHING AT LEAST TWICE A YEAR.
IN FACT, I THINK, I DON'T KNOW IF THEY'VE, THEY HAVEN'T HAD ANYTHING SO FAR THIS SEMESTER, BUT THEY ENDED IT LAST SEMESTER.
SO THEY'RE, THE ECUMENICAL COMMUNITY IS CONTACTED AND INFORMATION SHARED WITH THEM AND STUFF, UM, AT LEAST TWICE A YEAR ON A REGULAR BASIS.
YOU, I WAS ABOUT, I WAS JUST ABOUT TO SAY WHAT SHE SAID, BUT I, WHAT I WILL ADD TO IT IS THAT THEY DON'T KNOW EVERY CHURCH.
THEY KNOW SOME OF THE CHURCHES AND THE MAJORITY OF THE CHURCHES THAT THEY NEED TO DEAL WITH, THEY ABOUT MM-HMM
AND CHURCHES ARE ALWAYS, THEY'RE EVER EVOLVING.
SO IF, SO, YOU COULD TAKE THOSE.
WHAT THEY WILL TELL ME IS THAT IF YOU BRING THE INFORMATION OF THOSE DIFFERENT CHURCHES THAT YOU MAY KNOW OF, AND YOU BRING THAT TO THEM, AND THEY WILL, THEY WILL PUT THEM IN THEIR INVENTORY AND THEY WILL INVITE THEM.
SO THEREFORE THAT THEY WILL BE LEFT OUT, YOU KNOW, FROM TIME TO TIME.
SOMETIMES THEY, THEY MAY SEND CHURCHES LETTERS, BUT DIFFERENT PEOPLE MAY CHECK THE, MAY CHECK THE POST OFFICE OR A BOX OR, SO THERE SOMETIMES THERE MAY BE DIFFERENT WAYS OF, AND ONCE THEY ACTUALLY ABLE TO MAKE CONTACT WITH SOMEBODY FROM THAT, THEY MAY BE BE ABLE TO GET A POST OFFICE BOX AND THEN THE EMAIL ADDRESS.
AND THAT TOO MAY COVER TWO PEOPLE VERSUS ONE PEOPLE.
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ONE PERSON MAY BE GETTING EMAILS, OR TWO OR THREE PEOPLE MAY BE GETTING EMAILS, AND ONE PERSON MAY BE GETTING THE MAIL.SO IT'S N NOW YOU, YOU'RE ATTACKING THEM MORE THAN MORE WAYS THAN ONE.
AND THEN YOU'RE ATTACKING THAT SAME, UH, THAT, THAT, THAT SAME ORGANIZATION.
SO, UH, I THINK SO, SO THOSE ARE A COUPLE OF JUST THINGS THAT, THAT PUT OUT THERE THAT, YOU KNOW, MAYBE, UH, WAY HOW WE CAN, UH, CONTINUE TO REACH THOSE, UH, DIFFERENT TYPES OF ORGANIZATIONS THERE, DIFFERENT BUSINESS BACKGROUNDS.
BUT IF, IF YOU GET SOME OF THOSE 90, BECAUSE, BECAUSE WHEN I WENT INTO IT WAS A TON OF CHURCHES, AND THEN I KNOW, SO SOME THOSE CHURCHES WOULDN'T COME TO THE
PARTNERS THAT I WOULDN'T HAD THAT CONVERSATION.
THAT WAS LITTLE RELAYED TO ME.
BUT WILL, WOULD, WOULD YOU, WOULDN'T YOU AGREE THAT YOU'VE BEEN TO EVERYONE THAT I'VE BEEN, AND I'VE BEEN TO EVERYONE, SO WOULDN'T YOU AGREE THAT WE GET THE SAME PEOPLE LIKE PASTOR MOORE, WE GET PASTOR COOK WINE, YOU KNOW, WE, WE GET ABOUT THE SAME FOLKS.
AND CARLTON, I CAN COUNT ON ONE HAND THE NUMBER OF WHITE PASTORS THAT SHE SHOWED UP.
I, I MADE A PERSONAL CALL ON THE PRIEST AT ST.
PETER'S ASKING THEM JUST TO COME AND OH, YEAH.
BUT I WILL BE THERE, MAKE SURE THEY GOT AN INVITATION.
COME, I, I NEVER GOT AN ANSWER.
I, I, I SHOULD HAVE GONE BACK AND CONFRONTED HIM ABOUT IT.
WELL, WHAT, WHAT? YOU'RE RIGHT.
THAT WAS, I'M SAYING, WHAT I DO IS I'VE GOTTEN IT BEFORE.
WHAT I DO IS I GO TO CHURCH AND THEY SAID, ANY VISITORS, WOULD YOU PLEASE STAND? MM-HMM.
THEN I DID TWO PASTORS LIKE THAT.
AND BY, I INVITED EM TO THE AL AND THEN, THEN, THEN I SAW SOME VISITORS FROM THE CHURCH COME.
SO, SO, SO I DIDN'T JUST DO IT JUST TO THE PASTOR.
I WENT DOWN, THEN SAT THROUGH THE SERVICE, AND, AND ONE PASTOR SAID, WELL, HE SAID, WELL, YOU KNOW, I JUST TOTALLY FORGOT ABOUT THAT.
SO THEY DID SOMEONE FROM THE CHURCH SAID ON A REGULAR.
SO I'M CAPTURING THIS AND YOU'RE CAPTURING THIS TOO.
WELL, YOU SEE, BUT YOU SEE HOW THIS PROJECT WORKS.
BRING UP AN IDEA, AND THEN IT'S EXPANDED BY OTHER INPUT.
SO ARE THERE OTHERS OF IDEAS? EXCUSE.
WHEN I'M TALKING TO 'EM ONE ON ONE, THEY JUST FLOW LIKE THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER
OKAY, MS. SHE'S NOT RAISING HER HAND, BUT SHE IS ON MS. FRAZIER.
MS. FRAZIER, DO YOU HAVE ANY, UH, INPUT? ANY IDEAS YOU'D LIKE TO SHARE, MA'AM? OKAY.
YOU HAVE, OH, CHIEF BAIL YOU OUT.
WE CAN'T HEAR YOU, LEAH, IF YOU'RE SPEAKING, WE CAN'T HEAR YOU.
I DON'T KNOW WHY IT KEEPS, AND I'M ON THIS CELL PHONE.
IT KEEPS DOING WHAT IT WANTS TO DO.
MS. MS. FRAZIER, DO YOU HAVE ANY, IN ANY IDEAS YOU'D LIKE TO OFFER AFTER HEARING THIS CONVERSATION? ONLY THE FACT THAT THEY ALL SEEM TO BE GREAT IDEAS.
ANYONE WILL, CAN I OH, WILL ASK WILL.
BECAUSE WILL TALKS ABOUT THIS OFTEN MM-HMM
AND THAT IS SOMETHING FOR OUR CHILDREN TO DO.
AND YOU KNOW, WE, WE DON'T HAVE, WE DON'T HAVE A BOWLING ALLEY ANYMORE.
WE DON'T HAVE A MOVIE THEATER ANYMORE.
WE DON'T HAVE A, UH, FUN PARK THAT WE USED TO HAVE, UH, ANYMORE.
AND I'VE HEARD YOU, YOU'VE, YOU'VE TALKED ABOUT THAT TO THE COUNTY COUNCIL, AND THAT NEEDS TO BE ON HERE.
AND, AND, UH, ACTUALLY, THE THINGS THAT THE KIDS HAS HONESTLY TOLD ME AS WELL, BUT I'LL SAY, YEAH, I, JUST TO GO INTO THESE PERSPECTIVE OF, UH, THE RELIGION AREA, UM, WHAT I, WHAT I WOULD SAY IS THAT THIS DISTRICT, UM, IN TERMS OF THE, THE, UH, THE PROGRAM WE WERE JUST DOING ON, ON A SATURDAY, WE HAVE A GREAT ARTS PROGRAM, AND YOU'D BE SURPRISED HOW WE CAN ENTWINE THE ARTS AND GETTING INFORMATION OUT.
UM, WE HAVE A LOT OF HIGH SCHOOL GOSPEL CHOIRS, AND I THINK THAT MAYBE WHEN WE HAVE A, WE HAVE A DISTRICT GOSPEL COLLEGE RIGHT.
COMPETITION OR, OR EVEN LIKE A SHOWCASE LIKE WE HAD SATURDAY AND REALLY, AND, AND MAYBE PASS THE TROPHY AROUND FROM YEAR TO YEAR.
AND THEN THAT POINT IN TIME, WE INVITE ALL THE CHURCHES AND ALL THE PASTORS TO COME AND, AND TO MAYBE HAVE THAT
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MAYBE WE, WE COULD BE, UM, WE COULD GO FROM MAY RIVER TO BATTLE CREEK TO LEAVE HIGH OR BATTLE CREEK EVERY YEAR.UM, MAYBE, MAYBE WE CAN DO IT ONCE IN A FALL, ONCE IN, ONCE IN, IN THE SPRING.
BUT THAT, THAT'D BE A WAY TO GET OUT EVERYONE IN DIFFERENT RELIGIOUS, DIFFERENT RELIGIONS.
BECAUSE I KNOW, I KNOW OVER AT MY CHURCH, OVER BETHESDA, WE ACTUALLY, WE ACTUALLY, UH, WE INVITE THE, UH, THE ROAD THAT THE, THERE, UH, THAT IS A CATHOLIC, I FORGOT WHATEVER THEY ARE, BUT WE INVITE THEM INTO OUR CHURCH, AND THEIR RELIGION IS DIFFERENT.
AND WE GO TO THEIR CHURCH ONE YEAR, OR WE GO TO THEIR CHURCH MM-HMM.
AND SO WE, WE DON'T PUSH OUR RELIGION ON THEM, BUT WHAT WE GO, AND WE, WE FELLOWSHIP WITH EACH OTHER.
AND I THINK THAT TYPE OF FELLOWSHIP, EVEN IF WE ALLOW THEM TO, EVEN EVERY NOW AND THEN, OR BRING A COUPLE OF THEIR CHOIRS IN MM-HMM.
AND GIVE OUR KIDS SOME TIME TO CHANGE OVER WHATEVER, HIGH HALL, WHATEVER THAT MAY LOOK.
BUT I THINK THAT THAT WOULD BE A GREAT, UH, GREAT DEMONSTRATION AND A GREAT INVITING TO SEE AND TO SHOW PEOPLE THAT WE ARE, THAT WE ARE WILLING DO WANNA BE COMMUNITY, COMMUNITY ORGANIZED, AND THAT WE, WE, WE DO SEE INPUT FROM THE COMMUNITY.
I MEAN, THAT'S JUST, UH, SOMETHING I, I, I WANNA PUT OUT THAT, I THINK THAT WOULD BE 1, 1, 1 WAY WITH WITH THAT, WITH THAT AND, AND THE, UH, THE, THE YOUNGER GENERATION, UM, WE DO SOMETHING ABOUT, WE, WE, WE, WE GO AND WE DO LIKE THE STUDENT SUPERINTENDENT TALK FROM TIME TO TIME, THE KIDS TO ALWAYS TALK ME, IF I'M AT LUNCH, I'M AT THE SCHOOL, THEY COME SAY, MS. SMITH, WELL, WE DON'T HAVE THIS INTERNATIONAL WHERE I STARTED TO REALLY FOCUS IT, BUT WE DON'T REALLY HAVE NO Y SAID, WELL, WE, WE ALWAYS DO THIS.
SO WE, WHY WE BE UP AT, UM, ONE NIGHT, ONE NIGHT, THERE WAS SOME KIDS OVER AT THE SONIC, AFTER A GAVE HIS PRIDE MAYBE ABOUT, MAYBE ABOUT, ABOUT MAYBE ABOUT ONE SOMETHING.
HE SAID, I'M LIKE, WHAT Y'ALL DOING OUT HERE STILL? HE'S LIKE, SMITH MAN'S NOT REALLY FUSSING.
YOU KNOW, WE JUST LANDED FROM THE, FROM THE DRAFT THAT WAS FUSSING AND SAYING THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT JACK ALL Y'ALL OVER HERE.
AND SO I, SO I, SO THEY WENT, WHAT THEY DID WAS THEY WENT OVER TOCO PARK, GCO PARKING, I LAY OUT, AND THEY WERE JUST IN THE PARKING LOT.
AND SO, UM, THEY WAS, I WAS LIKE, WHAT TIME Y'ALL GOING IT LIKE, JUST A LITTLE MORE LONGER.
AND SO I SAT, I SAT AND I KIND OF JUST WATCHED THEM.
AND THE KIDS WERE LIKE, IT'S, THERE'S NO PLACE FOR US TO BE AT THAT'S SAFE.
SO, YOU KNOW, IT IS, IT'S THINGS LIKE THAT.
AND THAT'S WHEN I BEGAN TO START TO YEARS AGO TO UNDERSTAND THAT THERE'S NOTHING FOR THESE KIDS TO DO.
SO I THINK WE SHOULD, WE SHOULD, AS EVEN WHAT WE SHOULD HAVE ALL TALK AROUNDS AND SEE HOW CAN WE HELP THESE KIDS GET TO OTHER LEADERS TO SAY, HEY, LOOK HERE.
THIS IS WHAT THESE KIDS WANT YOU, NOT A PARENT WHO, WHO CALLED ME.
HER KIDS GO TO A DIFFERENT, A DIFFERENT SCHOOL.
UNFORTUNATELY, THAT'S NOT OUR DISTRICT.
AND SHE SAID, YOU KNOW, LITTLE BOY CALLED ME, SAID, LOOK HERE.
SHE SAID, I WANT YOU SAID, WANNA TALK TO SOMEONE.
AND THAT WAS HIS, THAT WAS HIS, BUT THAT WAS HIS KIND OF OUTCRY WAS THAT IT'S NOTHING FOR ME AND MY FRIENDS TO REALLY DO.
YOU KNOW, MY MOM, MY MOM, SHE DOESN'T REALLY, YOU KNOW, SHE CAN'T TAKE ME AND PICK UP ALL MY FRIENDS, ALL SOME MY FRIEND MAMA THAT THEY DON'T HAVE CALLS THAT MY MAMA GOT.
SO IT'S JUST, IT'S JUST THINGS LIKE THAT RIGHT THERE THAT, THAT, THAT I, THAT WE SHOULD BE FOCUSED ON.
AND, YOU KNOW, UH, THE, AT THE MEETING LAB, AT THE MEETING THE OTHER NIGHT, IT WAS SAID THAT, HEY, IF WE DON'T BRING INDUSTRY, THEN IN TERMS OF TAX OF TAXING, THAT IF WE DON'T HAVE GROWTH, THAT, THAT WE CAN'T BRING THESE.
I THINK THAT'S UNTRUE BECAUSE OF THE FACT THAT THERE ARE DIFFERENT WAYS HOW YOU CAN CHANNEL IT, HOW YOU CAN CHANNEL TO, UM, TO, TO MAKE IT PROFITABLE AND, AND, AND, AND, UH, ATTRACTIVE TO BUSINESSES.
I, I BELIEVE, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WE DID A WHILE BACK WHEN WE, WE HAD THAT, UH, WHEN WE HAD SOME OF THE MONEY THAT WE, THAT WE, THAT, THAT WE HAVE, WE GAVE, WE GAVE TWO BUSINESSES, MAYBE ABOUT A COUPLE MILLIONS.
AND, AND, AND, AND, AND, AND THEY MAKE, IMAGINE IF WE HAD GIVEN THAT TO SOME BUSINESSES THAT WOULD ATTRACT KIDS.
WE TALKING, WE TALKING ABOUT SCHOOL, FOR INSTANCE.
WE, WE HAVE OUR, WE HAVE SCHOOLS THAT HAVE LUNCHES THAT ARE, ALL OUR LUNCHES ARE, ARE FREE, RIGHT? BUT THEN WE SELL STUFF AT LUNCHES.
WE SELL CANDY, WE SELL COOKIES.
SO IF KIDS FIND MONEY, KIDS WILL BE ABLE TO FIND MONEY FOR, SO FOR, SO FOR SOME OF THESE EVENTS, OKAY, SO I, SO, SO I, I, I JUST THAT WE NEED TO FIND WHAT THE KIDS WANT, WHAT, WHAT WOULD BE GOOD OUTLETS FOR THEM, AND WHAT ARE THE KIDS INTERESTED IN? AND I THINK THAT, THAT WE CAN HELP CREATE THAT TO HAVE GROUP CONVERSATIONS WITH THEM, AND SO THAT WE CAN BUILD SOMETHING AND SAY, HEY, LOOK HERE.
'CAUSE THEY HAVE TO HAVE SOME BUY-IN TO CAPTURE THAT.
YOU, YOU HAD A LOT OF GOOD INFORMATION.
THAT'S ALL, THAT'S ALL FACTOR.
I ALSO ADD TO WHAT YOU WERE SAYING, MR. SMITH, UH, SURVEYED THE COMMUNITY.
SO WE ACTUALLY BRIEFING THEM, AND I CAPTURE YOU AS FAR AS THAT HONOR ANY OTHERS? MS. FRAZIER.
OTHERWISE YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR ABOUT THE MILITARY ENHANCEMENT COMMITTEE, WHAT THEY'RE COMMENDING MM-HMM
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QUESTION.SO JUST TO, UH, SHARE A LITTLE BIT, UM, REALLY A LOT OF FOCUS ON THE MILITARY BUSINESS WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT ALLIANCE, WHICH IS HOW DO THEY HELP CREATE, UM, CONNECTIONS TO THE COMMUNITY SO THAT ENLISTED PEOPLE, NON ENLISTED PEOPLE, ANYBODY IN THE MILITARY OR SOME OF THEIR SUPPORT GROUPS THAT ARE IN THIS AREA HAVE A REASON TO STAY HERE, PARTICULARLY OF THEIR YOUNG FAMILIES, AND THEY HAVE KIDS.
SO ONE OF THE THINGS WE NEED TO DO, UH, AS YOU MENTIONED OUT, AND THEY MENTIONED YOUR SPEECH ABOUT THE, UH, SCHOOLS NEED TO GET THE ENROLLMENT UP.
AND SO THINGS THAT WE CAN DO ALONG THOSE LINES, BECAUSE THEY ARE, I MEAN, THERE ARE SO MANY DIFFERENT STRUCTURES AT THE MILITARY LEVEL AND THE CIVILIAN LEVEL THAT REALLY PUSHED THIS.
BUT WHAT WE ASKED THEM SPECIFICALLY WAS HELP US COMMUNICATE MORE CLEARLY.
SO WE SHARED THIS TODAY, AS I MENTIONED, THIS IS SPANISH, SO THERE WERE NO SPANISH SPEAKERS.
SO THOSE CAME BACK, BUT ALL THE ENGLISH VERSIONS WERE RETAINED.
SO WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT, UM, HOW DO WE CONNECT WITH THE MILITARY? LET ME HEAR SOME IDEAS.
THEY SAID, UH, THEY LIKE TO SEE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS BACK IN THE SCHOOLS.
THEY HAVEN'T BEEN ON THE REGIONAL BOARD FOR THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS.
I KNOW THE ONE THAT THEY HAD IN BEAUFORT WAS NOT PROFIT, NOT PROFIT.
THAT SOUNDS LIKE IT WASN'T HIGHLY ATTENDED.
SO YOU CAN SOLVE THAT BY REACHING OUT, COMMUNICATING AND MAKING SURE PEOPLE KNOW WHAT'S BEING OFFERED.
THAT THAT WAS PART OF THE PROBLEM THERE.
SO LET ME STOP AND SAY, WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT ENTITIES SUCH AS BOYS AND BUREAUS CLUB? OF COURSE, MORE EXTENDED LEARNING CENTERS.
VERY HIGHLY REGARDED, WE SHARE AT STATEWIDE NEEDS.
AND WHAT HAPPENED? SO I SHOWED UP.
WELL, UM, YOU SAID THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB IN BEAUFORT.
WELL, I WAS DRIVING A BUSING, BUT I, BOY, I KIDS WENT THROUGH THAT.
NOT REMEMBER THEY HAD A BREAK EVEN FOR EVERY BOY, NOT EVERY ENTITY HAS A BREAK EVEN WHERE YOUR EXPENSES ARE SIGNIFICANTLY MORE THAN WHAT YOUR REVENUE IS.
AND SO THE MOTHER, PARENT REGIONAL HAS NOW KICKED IN AND PULLED FROM THE OTHER FOUR AT THAT TIME, SIX, I THINK THE OTHER FIVE CLUBS AND SAY, HELP SUBSIDIZE BE, THAT'S WHERE YOU RUN INTO THAT GEOGRAPHICAL POLARIZATION.
UH, LET ME, UH, MY, MY SON WENT TO SEVEN DIFFERENT SCHOOLS.
UH, THREE OF THEM WERE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE SCHOOLS.
FOUR OF 'EM WERE PRIVATE, YOU KNOW, PUBLIC SCHOOLS, DIFFERENT PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
THE, THE MILITARY, THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE SCHOOLS ARE VERY, VERY REGIMENTED.
THEIR, THEIR CURRICULUM AND EVERYTHING IS SET BY DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY ARE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE, BECAUSE IT'S NAVY AIR FORCE IN EVERY PLACE.
IT HAS A, UH, A DEPARTMENT DEFENSE SCHOOL.
AND THEY'RE, THEY'RE REALLY GOOD.
AND THEY'RE, THEY'RE ALL THEIR TEACHERS ARE GS CIVILIANS, DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE CIVILIANS.
SO THEY'RE THE BEEN, THEY'RE THE BEST PAID TEACHERS IN THE STATE OF KENTUCKY WHEN, WHEN I WAS AT, FOR KNOX AND OVERSEAS, THEY'RE EVEN BETTER PAID BECAUSE THEY GET PAID FIRST.
80% OF THEIR INCOME IS NOT TAXABLE.
BUT ONE OF THE PROBLEMS FOR THE MILITARY IS WHEN YOU GO FROM THAT KIND OF SCHOOL TO THE PUBLIC SCHOOL, THERE'S ALWAYS A CHANGE.
AND IT'S, IT'S SOMETHING THAT ANYBODY GOES FROM ONE SCHOOL TO THE OTHER.
IT HAS TO DEAL WITH, THERE'S DIFFERENT WAYS OF DOING THINGS, BUT IT'S REALLY KEY AT HIGH SCHOOL.
IT'S REALLY KEY AT HIGH SCHOOL, MY SON TRANS TRANSFERRED TO, UH, HIS HIGH SCHOOL IN MIDDLE OF HIS JUNIOR YEAR.
AND SO HE HAD TO, HE HAD TO, AND COMPETE FOR SCHOLARSHIPS AND EVERYTHING ELSE FROM TEACHERS THAT DIDN'T EVEN, DIDN'T EVEN KNOW HIM,
YOU KNOW, HE, HE'S THE, HE'S A FREE AGENT THAT CAME IN.
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THAT'S HARD.THAT IS THE BIGGEST CHALLENGE FOR THE MILITARY KIDS, IS AT HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL BECAUSE OF TRANSCRIPTS, DIFFERENT GRADING.
YOU KNOW, THE FORT KNOX WAS ON A FIVE POINT SYSTEM, UH, UH, NEWPORT, RHODE ISLANDS SCHOOL WAS ON A FOUR POINT AND TRYING TO MAKE, TRYING TO MAKE THAT TRANSCRIPT CHANGE AND EVERYTHING.
SO IT'S REALLY AN ISSUE OF GUIDANCE, COUNSELORS UNDERSTANDING.
AND I'VE ALREADY, I'VE HAD AT LEAST TWO TIMES WHERE I'VE HAD TO GET INVOLVED FOR A MILITARY FAMILY.
ONE MILITARY FAMILY CHILD WENT TO, UH, BUT THEY WERE IN, UH, UH, JAPAN, AND THEY PUT THEIR CHILD IN KINDERGARTEN, A JAPANESE KINDERGARTEN.
SO THEY WENT TO A YEAR OF JAPANESE KINDERGARTEN WHEN SHE WAS FOUR YEARS OLD.
SHE CAME HERE TO ENROLL IN OUR KINDERGARTEN.
AND IT WAS TOLD, NO, YOU'VE ALREADY BEEN TO KINDERGARTEN.
WELL, I DON'T WANNA GO TO KINDERGARTEN.
I WANNA GO TO, OTHERWISE I GOTTA WAIT TILL I GO TO FIRST GRADE.
'CAUSE SHE COULDN'T AT, SHE WAS FIVE YEARS OLD, SHE WASN'T SIX.
AND I HAD TO GO GET A SPECIAL EXEMPTION.
YOU KNOW, I, I KNOW SHE'S KIDS BEEN, BUT THEY SPOKEN TO JAPANESE.
I MEAN, THAT'S NOT, THAT'S NOT KINDERGARTEN THAT'S GONNA PREPARE HER FOR FIRST GRADE YEAR.
AND SO THAT'S THE KIND OF ISSUE.
ANOTHER ISSUE WAS A WAS A, A, UH, NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICER WHO GOT SENT HERE, AND THEY DIDN'T HAVE QUARTERS RIGHT AWAY.
SO HE, HE RENTED A HOUSE IN THE OKEE AREA TO GO TO OKEE ELEMENTARY, BUT THEN HE FOUND PERMANENT HOUSING OVER TO JASPER COUNTY.
AND THEY SAID, OH, OKAY, YOU HAVE TO LEAVE MIDDLE OF THE SCHOOL YEAR.
SO WE MINUTE LET, LET FINISH, FINISH THE YEAR THERE AT LEAST.
AND THEN, YOU KNOW, THEN IF HE HAS TO GO TO JASPER, HE HAS TO GO TO JASPER.
BUT, BUT THAT'S, THAT'S NOT REALLY FAIR TO ANY KID.
I DON'T CARE, YOU KNOW WHAT TO, IF IT'S MILITARY OR NOT MILITARY, SOMETIMES THAT HAPPENS.
AND YOU HAVE TO HAVE, YOU HAVE TO HAVE SOME FLEXIBILITY FOR THE WELFARE OF THE KID.
BUT O ONE OF THE PROBLEMS IS, IS, IS THAT WE DON'T SPEND ENOUGH TIME WITH THE COMMAND STRUCTURE OF THE AIR BASE PARIS ISLAND AND THE NAVAL HOSPITAL.
AND THEY DON'T KNOW WHO TO CALL.
AND THAT'S, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT, THAT'S, FRANKLY, THAT'S OUR FAULT.
AND, AND WE'RE, WE'RE A, WHAT IS IT? SILVER, WHAT IS IT? PURPLE, PURPLE.
PURPLE DISTRICT, BECAUSE WE SUPPORT THE SCHOOL WELL AND SPOKE THE MILITARY WELL, HOW DO WE SUPPORT THE, WHAT YOU'RE POINTING OUT THERE IS ROOM FOR IMPROVEMENT THAT WILL BENEFIT US AS WELL AS THEM.
AND, YOU KNOW, WE ALSO HAVE, I'VE TRIED TO REACH OUT TO LAUREL BAY.
THEY HAVE, THEY HAVE A ELEMENTARY SCHOOL THERE.
I'VE TRIED TO REACH OUT TO THEM A NUMBER OF TIMES.
THIS, HOW CAN WE WORK TOGETHER, NO INTEREST WHATSOEVER IN GOOD.
HAVE YOU EVER TRIED? I WAS GONNA SAY, ACTUALLY, I HAVE, UM, AND ACTUALLY, UM, I, I'VE, I'VE, I'VE MET WITH THE BAY GENERAL A COUPLE TIMES.
BECAUSE, UH, ONE TIME IT WAS, WE WERE, WE WERE LOOKING TO BRING BACK, UM, THE, UM, UH, YES.
AND SO I ACTUALLY HAVE, UH, OH, STAR BASE.
YEAH, WE WERE TALKING ABOUT BRING BACK STAR, THE BRING BACK STARBASE, THE ONE, THE ONE THAT JUST, UM, YEAH.
SO, UM, I HAVE, UH, HAD HAD A COUPLE, UM, MEETINGS WITH HIM, AND I HAVE, I HAD BEEN WITH HIM, BUT ISI HAVEN'T, UM, UM, YOU KNOW, I HAVEN'T BROUGHT THAT BACK, BUT WE'RE STILL KIND OF WORKING ON IT, BUT ALSO WE WERE KIND OF BUILD OUR RELATIONSHIP AS WELL AS WELL.
AND, UM, BUT, BUT YEAH, I, I THINK THAT WE SHOULD, UH, WE SHOULD, WE SHOULD, UH, HAVE ALSO I THINK WOULD BE GOOD WHEN WE MEET WITH THE LEGISLATORS, THAT WE ALSO INVITE THE GENERAL, WHEN WE HAVE LEGISLATION BREAKFAST, SOMETIMES I THINK IT WOULD BE GOOD THAT WE INVITE THE GENERAL AT THAT TIME.
SO THAT MAY BE SOMETHING THAT WE, THAT, THAT WE MAY WANT TO DO.
BUT THE SAME WAY HOW WE, HOW WE DO THAT, WE MAY WANT TO INVITE THE, UH, THE GENERAL BOTH VOCAL GENERAL,
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THE BASE COMMANDER, BASE COMMANDERS, YEAH.BECAUSE I, THAT, THAT WOULD BE A GOOD TIME TO BE, FOR US TO BE ABLE TO SPEAK WITH EACH OTHER AND INTERACT OF, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE OUR LEGISLATORS ARE TALKING AND OUR GENERALS WILL BE AT THE SAME TIME SAY WHAT RESOURCES THAT THEY NEED.
SO THEREFORE EVERYONE IS IN THERE.
ALL THE KEY STATE PLAYERS ARE KEY HOLDERS ARE, ARE IN THE ROOM AT, AT THAT, AT THAT POINT, AT THAT POINT IN TIME.
SO I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, COULD BE A A YEAH, OUR ROOM OF IMPROVEMENT, SHOWING, SHOWING, SHOWING THEM THAT WE ARE INTERESTED IN WHAT THEY THINK AND, AND THEIR PEOPLE AND WHAT THAT LOOK LIKE.
AND THAT'S WHY I TOLD YOU THE OTHER NIGHT BEFORE MEAN WHO SHE WAS AND YEAH, I WENT TO HIGHLIGHT HER.
KIM WILEY IS THE PERSON WHO WAS THE COMMUNICATION.
AND THE SCHOOL DISTRICT HAS WORKED FOR YEARS ALONG WITH KIM WILEY.
SO THAT'S, HE HASN'T REACHED OUT TO ME YET, BUT SURE.
SO YEAH, HE'LL BE, BUT YEAH, SO HE'S VERY, HE'S VERY, VERY, VERY PERSON.
DON'T MIND WHEN YOU, WHEN YOU GO TO HIM, THEY KNOW YOU COMING.
THEY, SO THAT, THAT'S JUST SOMETHING.
BUT YEAH, I MEAN, AND, AND ALSO I'VE, I'VE, I'VE HAVE TALKED TO A COUPLE MILITARY PARENTS, UM, FROM TIME TO TIME, AND THEY HAVE PASSED ME, PASSED MY NUMBER AROUND AND HOW TO GET IN CONTACT.
I TOLD MYSELF ONE TIME TOO, THAT I CAN DO MORE AND PRE IMPROVEMENT, UM, OVER THERE IN TERMS OF WHAT THAT LOOK LIKE.
AND ONCE AGAIN, THE SAME WAY WE HAVE THOSE DIFFERENT DAYS, YOU KNOW, AND, AND SOME OF OUR SCHOOLS HAVE, MAY HAVE MILITARY GAMES OR MILITARY, I THINK THAT IT PROBABLY BE, UH, UH, PROBABLY BE, UM, UH, PUNISHED TO GET TO THE INFORMATION, TO JUST BRUTAL IN THOSE, TO GET THOSE INFORMATION OUT TO THEM.
LET THEM KNOW, HEY, WE HAVE A MILITARY APPRECIATION, UH, FOR THIS GAME, OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
AND WE MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE THERE TO LET THEM KNOW THAT WE WOULD LIKE FOR THEM TO BE THERE.
AND, YOU KNOW, EVEN IF WE GIVE THEM SOME TYPE OF, UH, YEAH.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT THAT WE SEE, WE, WE APPRECIATE YOU, WE CONTINUE LOOKING TO WORK, WORKING TOWARD WORKING WITH YOU TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN THIS DISTRICT.
YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT THAT WOULD, THAT, THAT WAY ALSO THAT WILL SHOW 'EM, HEY, I WANT OUR KIDS TO GO TO HIGH SCHOOL.
WE WANT OUR KIDS TO GO TO BEAVERT COUNTY BECAUSE OF THAT RELATIONSHIP.
AND THEY'VE SHOWN US, YOU KNOW, THAT THEY ARE, THEY'RE COMMITTED AND THEY, AND THEY CONSISTENT.
I THINK CONSISTENCY IS, IS, IS IS THE KEY THAT WHAT PEOPLE ARE REALLY LOOKING FOR RIGHT NOW.
PEOPLE ARE JUST NOW LOOKING JUST TO SAY, HEY, DON'T TELL ME.
THAT'S REALLY, REALLY GOOD STUFF.
UH, CAN I MOVE TO THE NEXT ONE? PLEASE.
SO, UM, GENERAL
AND WE ACTUALLY, AND B BREAKFAST AND BREAKFAST.
SO WE WERE ABLE TO RESPOND TO HIM THAT YES, THAT'S IN THERE.
AND AS OUR DISTRICT, AS A MATTER OF FACT, WE MOVED $3 MILLION, IF I RECALL CORRECTLY, WHEN THE FEDERAL FUNDING WAS CUT.
SO WE ARE, HAVE BEEN ABLE TO MAKE SURE THAT'S SUSTAINED.
SO HE WAS VERY IMPRESSED BY THAT.
THE OTHER THING, AND THAT'S FYI, THERE, UH, THE OTHER THING IS, UH, GENERAL GRIMSLEY, OKAY.
GRIMSLEY, GENERAL GRIMSLEY SUGGESTED THAT FULLY VETTED VETERANS, THAT THEY MAY BE A GOOD SOURCE OF MENTORS FOR FITNESS AND GOOD SOCIETAL VALUES.
SO THEY WILL COME INTO AND, AND THEY WILL BE FULLY VETTED, YOU KNOW, THE WHOLE SCREENING PROCESS BEFORE ANYONE CAN INTERACT.
UH, AND THEY WILL PROVIDE SOME OF THE, UM, THE MENTORING AND SUPPORT AND GUIDANCE TWO KIDS THAT MAY BE LACKING IN.
SO THAT'S WHAT THEY BROUGHT FORWARD.
YOUR THOUGHTS ON? WELL, WELL, WHEN I, WHEN I WAS AN RTC, WE, WE, WE, WE HAD, UH, WE HAD HIM COME IN, COME IN, THEY USED TO COME IN AND DO THAT.
WE HAD COLONEL JOHNSON AND UH, AND, UH, UM, SERGEANT KLEIN, UH, THEY USED TO GET GUYS OFF TO AIR STATION AND WAS PI USED TO COME TO SOMETIMES.
AND, UM, WE WOULD GO OUT, WE WOULD GO OUT, THEY WOULD SAY, OH, WE GOT A SURPRISE FOR TODAY.
AND WHEN WE GOT OUT THERE, THEY WOULD BE OUT THERE AND THEY WOULD BE A LITTLE DIFFERENT.
SOMETIMES THEY WOULD BE FIRM, SOMETIMES THEY, THEY WOULD TALK TO US OR WE WOULD HAVE DIFFERENT THINGS.
SO I MEAN, THEY, FROM TIME TO TIME, ROTC FROM THAT COMPONENT, THEY, THEY, THEY DEFINITELY BROUGHT A DIFFERENT, UH, OUTLOOK AND, UM, HOW THEY, HOW THEY SEE THINGS.
AND YOU KNOW, THEY WOULD TAKE SOME OF US OFF THE SIDE AND, YOU KNOW, SAY, HEY, I HEARD YOU HAVING CERTAIN, HAVING DIFFERENT THINGS.
AND ALSO KIDS WHO WOULD BE AROUND SCHOOL WOULD BE ACTING OUT.
THEY WOULD, THEY WOULD FALL OFF OF OUR GROUP AND THEY WOULD GO TALK TO 'EM AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
SO I I, I'VE SEEN THAT BEFORE.
THE CALVIN WHITE, UM, MR. WHITE, UM, SOME PEOPLE AT FIRST, THEY QUESTION IT WITH CALVIN WHITE, AND HE USED TO, HEY.
YEAH, HE, HE DIDN'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH IT.
WHO WAS MRS. WHITE? CALVIN WHITE WAS A FORMER PRINCIPAL AT DUKE HIGH SCHOOL.
HE WAS A PRINCIPAL WHEN I WAS IN SCHOOL.
AND, UM, HE, HE, UH, HE ALLOWED THEM TO, UH, HAVE THEIR WAY AROUND THE BUILDING.
WHEN, WHEN I SAY THAT AS IN TERMS OF HE ALLOWED 'EM TO MEN COMMIT MENTOR KIDS WHO WERE NOT JUST IN ROTC, YOU KNOW, JUST, YOU KNOW, KIDS IN GENERAL.
IT, IT, IT WASN'T A, IT WASN'T A BAD FIT.
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ANY OTHER COMMENTS ON, I, I GOT, UM, TRYING TO THINK HOW TO SAY THIS, YOUR FRIENDS.UM, THE, THE MILITARY IS A VERY UNIQUE SOCIAL STRUCTURE.
IT'S NOT ALWAYS COMPATIBLE WITH THE NORMS OF CIVILIAN LIFE.
AND I CAN EASILY SEE, UH, FORMER DRILL SERGEANT, A FORMER COMBAT LEADER, A A FORMER, UH, GETTING IN A ONE-ON-ONE SITUATION WITH A KID.
AND, AND, YOU KNOW, I'M, I'M GONNA COME YOU BOY, UH, YOU THE VETTING.
OBVIOUSLY YOU CAN MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S NO BACKGROUND, EVERYTHING ELSE, BUT I'M NOT SURE THAT THAT CULTURE IS, IS, UH, AT UNIVERSAL.
AND, UM, I HEAR WHAT HE SAYS AND I THINK IF, AND, AND WHAT I WOULD SUGGEST TO HIM IS THAT HE WORKED THROUGH THE ROTC DEPARTMENT, EACH OF THE, THE, EACH OF THE SCHOOLS.
AND LET, LET THAT ROTC INSTRUCTOR THAT, THAT, THAT GUY IN CHARGE THE COLONEL OR WHO'S IN CHARGE, LET HIM BE THE ONE TO GUYS AND MENTOR AND SAY, YOU KNOW, YEAH, THIS, THIS GUY WOULD BE GOOD HERE.
BECAUSE I, I, I COULD SEE, I COULD SEE, YOU KNOW, GOING OUT THERE AND, UH, DOING WILD AND CRAZY THINGS.
UH, AND WE HAD WHAT, FIRST ON AMES? YES, SIR.
WELL, YOU KNOW, IF IT'S, IF IT'S MONITORED AND, AND IT'S ROC, THEN YOU COULD, YOU COULD DO, YOU CAN GET AWAY WITH IT.
A LOT OF THAT FIRST, FIRST ON AMES HAD A VOICE AND YOU CAN HEAR 'EM DOWN THE HALL.
WHY THAT CLASS?
SO YEAH, THESE WHAT KIDS WOULD BE STUDENTS THAT WERE NOT IN OUR TC.
AND SO PEOPLE TALK ABOUT IT, BUT YEAH.
HE LIKE, OH GOD, HE AROUND THE CORNER, YOU KNOW,
WE DID HAVE YOUR FIRST, I'LL NEVER FORGET, FIRST OUT, HE WAS SHORT.
HE HAD, YEAH, HE WAS REAL DIFFERENT.
BUT FOR SOME REASON, MR. WHITE UNDERSTOOD HIM.
I MEAN, WHEN WE LIKE, YOU KNOW, HE'S LIKE, I GOTTA GET TO KNOW HIM.
IT WAS A, IT WAS AN ACTING TIME WAS NO DIFFERENT.
BUT YEAH, I ARGUE WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.
I, A QUESTION, DOES MAY RIVER HAVE ROT SPORT PROGRAM? IS THAT HEARD? NO.
WHAT DEPARTMENT? IT'S THE AIR FORCE AIR, BECAUSE I HEARD KIND THROUGH GRAPEVINE THAT THEY WERE LOOKING TO GET A ARMY.
I WISH IT WAS ARMY, BUT THERE,
ANY OTHER AIR FORCE AT BUFORD HIGH TOO.
AND THAT WAS THE DIFFERENT, THAT WAS THE CRAZY THING TOO, THAT WE HAD MARINES OVER ON OUR, UM, AND THAT'S THAT MARINES DOESN'T HAVE YEAH, THAT'S WHAT WE THOUGHT WAS WEIRD.
LIKE WHY, WHY WE HAVE THESE MARINES OVER HERE.
AND SHE LOOKS LIKE GET FIRST OUT, LIKE HIM.
SO THE LAST THING THAT THEY BROUGHT UP, NAVY.
ALRIGHT, SO THE NEXT LAST THING BROUGHT UP WAS, AND IF YOU GO TO THE POST OFFICE, THEY HAVE THE 250TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE MILITARY THAT THEY'RE SELLING A STAMPS.
RIGHT? SO YOU CAN EASILY SHOW SUPPORT BY BUYING THOSE.
BUT WHAT THEY TALKED ABOUT WAS THE 250TH CELEBRATION, WHICH IS GOING TO, I THINK HE SAID 2033.
DOES THAT SOUND RIGHT? I MAY HAVE WRITTEN IT DOWN WRONG, BUT THE 250TH CELEBRATION IS COMING.
AND SO, UM, HE POSES THAT AN OPPORTUNITY TO, TO CONNECT WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AS WELL, IN TERMS OF HAVING KIDS THERE OR WHATEVER.
WHO FOR, FOR ONE, FOR THE CORPS, THE ARMY HAD HAD, ITS ALL ALREADY, I THINK THEY HAD THE NA, THE NAVY'S NEXT.
AND I THINK THE, THE MARINE CORPS DAYS, NOVEMBER 10TH.
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BIRTHDAY YEAH.SO THAT WOULD'VE BEEN IN NOVEMBER.
SO THE POST OFFICE HAS 250 FOR EACH BRANCH.
SO SOME OF IT COULD, IT'S ON A DIFFERENT, IT'S ON A DIFFERENT DATE.
SO THAT WAS AN, UH, IDEA THAT WAS BROUGHT UP AS WELL, CONNECTING WITH 250TH CELEBRATION.
SO, UH, LET ME SEE IF THERE'S ANYTHING ELSE THAT WAS BROUGHT UP IN THIS PARTICULAR MEETING.
I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING ELSE THAT WAS BROUGHT UP IN THIS PARTICULAR MEETING.
ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANYTHING ELSE? ANY OTHER IDEAS? OKAY.
I THINK MAYBE YOU SHOULD ALSO, WHAT WE DO MEET, WE SHOULD, UH, SEE HOW WE CAN PULL OUR RESOURCES WITH EACH OTHER.
HOW WE CAN, HOW WE CAN SHARE, SHARE OUR SHARE RESOURCES IN TERMS, IN TERMS OF WHAT THEY HAVE IN TERMS OF THAT.
YOU TALKING ABOUT MILITARY? YES, SIR.
UH, THEY MAY HAVE DIFFERENT THINGS THAT THEY MAY, THEY MAY HAVE THE, THE, SOME OF THE FINANCES, BUT ALSO IN TERMS OF EVEN LIKE, UH, SWIMMING, THEY MAY HAVE LIFE, LIFE.
THEY MAY HAVE, UH, UH, SWIMMING INSTRUCTORS, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE POOLS.
SO THEY MAY BE ABLE TO SAY ON SATURDAY, SAY WE OFFER KIDS, KIDS, UH, SWIMMING LESSONS AT, AT, AT YOUR, AT YOUR SCHOOLS, AT YOUR, UH, LOCAL FACILITY.
THAT WAY WHERE WE UTILIZING OUR FACILITIES AND WE'RE ALL FOR IT.
WE ALSO OPENING UP, OPENING THEM UP TO THE COMMUNITY SO THAT KIDS CAN LEARN HOW TO SWIM DIFFERENT THINGS.
SO I MEAN, SO THERE'S, THAT'S JUST ONE EXAMPLE OF HOW WE CAN PULL OUR RESOURCES TOGETHER AND HOW WE CAN SHARE, SHARE RESOURCES AND BE GOOD COMMUNITY, UH, PARTNERS.
MS. FRAZIER, ANY, UH, INPUT FROM YOU, MA'AM? OKAY.
SO THEN THIS IS, DID SHE SAY SOMETHING? OKAY.
SO FROM WHERE I SIT, THIS HAS BEEN A VERY PRODUCTIVE, YOU'VE GOTTEN, OH, THE 19 11TH ON THE FIRST DAY.
AND IT LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE ABOUT EIGHT ON THIS PARTICULAR SESSION.
SO WE'RE GONNA HAVE ABOUT 20 DIFFERENT IDEAS NOW.
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO PUT THEM THROUGH ALL THE SCREENS AND CONSTRAINTS THAT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT HAS ABOUT HOW WE DO THINGS.
SO WE'RE NOT REACHING ANY PROTOCOL, BUT WE DON'T WANT PROTOCOLS AT THIS PARTICULAR POINT OF THE PROCESS TO LIMIT OUR THINK.
SO YOU COME UP WITH IDEAS OUT OF MEMORY CALL.
AND SO THAT'S, THAT'S THE GOOD THING.
SO WE'LL HAVE TO MAKE SURE WE PACKAGE THESE.
WE'LL BRING THEM BEFORE THE FULL, UH, LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE AT THE NEXT MEETING.
SO THERE CAN BE A GENERAL DISCUSSION.
AND THE INTENT IS TO MOVE THESE FORWARD SO THAT, UH, ANYTHING THAT COMES UP, UM, WE WILL BE ABLE TO ENGAGE OUR, IF WE GET COMMITTEE APPROVAL, BOARD APPROVAL, WE'LL BE ABLE TO ENGAGE OUR LOCAL ELECTED OFFICIALS BEFORE THEY RETURN IN JANUARY.
THEY HAVE A LOT OF THINGS IN THE QUEUE THAT ARE CARRYING OVER FROM PRIOR YEARS, BUT WE ALSO WANT THEM TO THINK ABOUT THINGS THAT ARE PARTICULARLY IMPACTFUL ON HOW WE EDUCATE OUR KIDS.
HOW EFFECTIVE ARE, IS THAT OKAY WITH EVERYBODY? YEAH.
SO I HAD SUGGESTED EARLIER THAT I'LL HAVE YOU OUT 24 MINUTES EARLIER THAN THIS, BUT I THOUGHT IT MIGHT NOT BE PRUDENT TO TRY TO STOP THE CONVERSATION WHEN IT'S COMING.
SO APOLOGIES FOR KEEPING YOU, UH, ADDITIONAL 25 MINUTES NOW.
WHAT ELSE DO WE HAVE ON THE AGENDA? I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANYTHING.
THE DISCUSSION WAS THE ONLY THING I HAVE ON THIS AGENDA.
SO WITH THAT, UH, THIS IS, THANK YOU.
YOU FOLKS HAVE BEEN PHENOMENAL.
UM, THERE WAS ONE THING I WANTED TO PUT PUT OUT THERE BEFORE, UH MM-HMM
UM, YESTERDAY IN THE, UM, OPERATIONS MEETINGS, YOU, YOU BROUGHT UP A POINT ABOUT, UH, I DON'T REMEMBER YOU BROUGHT A POINT ABOUT THERE WAS A ROLE THAT WAS, UM, THERE, THERE WAS, THERE WAS A, A ROAD THAT WAS TORE UP.
I I UP THE FACT THAT I KNOW THAT SOMETIMES THEY KIND OF THE, UH, KIND OF THE STATE, UM, THEY MAY REPAIR, THEY MAY REPAIR ROADS ONE TIME LIKE EMERGENCY DIFFERENT THINGS BECAUSE UH, THE AMBULANCE, THE DIFFERENT, THE EMERGENCY VEHICLES HAVE TO GET DOWN THERE.
AND SO THAT, SO I WAS THINKING, UM, SO, UH, UH, MR. OUTING MADE A SUGGESTION, WELL HE'S MADE A SUGGESTION, HE MADE THE OFFER
AND, AND, UM, I THINK NOT, NOT, PROBABLY NOT, PROBABLY JUST TAKE UP, I THINK HE SAID HE GONNA MAKE SOME PHONE CALLS AS WELL.
I SAID THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE, WHEN WE, OR WE HAVE, UH, OUR MEETING WITH OUR LEGISLATORS OR, UH, THAT MAY, THAT MAY BE SOMETHING THAT WE COULD, COULD BRING TO THEIR ATTENTION OR SEE IF THEY'D BE WILLING TO HELP US GET, GET, GET THAT ROAD TO GET, GET THAT ROAD FIXED.
OR, UM, MAYBE WE PUT SOME FUNDS TOWARDS, UH, THE BOTTOM LINE TO THAT.
SO THAT MAY BE, THAT MAY BE MAY
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BE, UH, SOMETHING THAT WE MAY WANT TO, UH, I GOT IT DOWN.THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT PUT DEFINITELY.
AND, AND ACTUALLY, AND, AND TO BE HONEST WITH YOU, SOMETIMES THEY'LL DO IT, THEY DO IT FOR FIRMS TOO AS WELL.
LIKE IF THERE'S A ROAD THAT THAT'S, THAT'S THAT'S REAL BAD, THEN THEY WILL, THEY WILL FIX IT.
SO, I MEAN, I I MEAN WITH THIS, WITH US BEING A KIDS AND SCHOOL ENTITY, I JUST FIGURED THEY MAY, YOU KNOW, HELP US OUT WITH THAT AS WELL.
THAT'S WHY, AND I WOULD ENCOURAGE ALL THE BOARD MEMBERS THAT ARE HERE, I KNOW ALL OF YOU ARE DOING IT, BUT ENGAGE YOUR ELECTED OFFICIALS.
PLEASE GENUINELY ENJOY HEARING FROM YOU.
EVEN WHEN YOU HAVE SOMETHING TO SUGGEST THAT THEY DO.
THAT'S NOT WHERE THEIR POSITION IS CURRENTLY.
THEY LIKE KNOWING THAT THE, UH, PUBLIC IS COMMUNICATING WITH THEM.
SO PLEASE, UH, KEEP THAT IN MIND AND FEEL FREE TO REACH OUT AND ABOUT THAT RELATIONS.
CAN WE POSSIBLY GET A DATE TO COME AS WELL? UH, I MEAN, I'M GONNA GENERALLY GO MY WHOLE LINE.
YOU TALKING ABOUT, UH, WHEN, WHEN THE SCHOOL BOARD ASSOCIATION HOLDS EVERY DAY OR US DOING ONE OUR, OUR OURSELVES, NOT OUR OURSELVES, WHERE WE, WE, WE GO, WE GO UP THERE, WE WATCH AND SEE OR WE, YOU KNOW, WE JUST, YOU KNOW, IF, IF THERE WOULD BE A DAY BE SEVERAL THINGS ON THE AGENDA THAT COUPLE US MAY WANNA GO SEE THAT WE GO TOGETHER AND YOU KNOW, KIND OF COMRADERY.
AND I THINK A, A TEAM DAY, YOU KNOW, I, I MEAN I GENERALLY GO ON MY OWN, BUT I THINK THAT THAT, YOU KNOW, US GOING UP THERE COULD BE, COULD BE SOME, SOME INTEREST.
BUT I MEAN PEOPLE WHO HAD NOT BEEN TO CI CI YEAH, IT IS IT STILL HAVE THAT DOWN AS A CAPTURE AS LEVEL.
I LET YOU HAVE SOMETHING ELSE.