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YEAH.

OKAY.

UM, ALL RIGHT.

SO LET'S CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER THEN.

LEMME GET MYSELF TOGETHER HERE.

UH, THIS IS THE SEPTEMBER 17TH, THE OCTOBER 13TH, UH, TECHNOLOGY COMMITTEE FOR THE BEAUFORT COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD.

UH, WE ARE 4:00 PM BOTH HYBRID, UH, LIVE IN PERSON AND ONLINE.

UH, WE HAVE NO PUBLIC COMMENTS.

THIS IS BEING, UH, LIVE STREAMED ON YOUTUBE.

AND SO LET'S START WITH THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.

YOU GUYS WILL JOIN ME.

I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.

THANK YOU.

UH, LET'S SEE.

MS. FRAZIER, WE NEED UNAPPROVAL OF THE AGENDA, MR. NAYS, A FEW MINUTES LATE.

OKAY.

I MOTION THE APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA.

YEAH, I'LL GO AHEAD AND SECOND THAT.

ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.

AYE.

UNANIMOUS .

UH, I HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED THAT WE HAVE NO PUBLIC COMMENTS, SO, UH, WE NOW NEED A MOTION TO APPROVE THE SEPTEMBER 17TH COMMITTEE MEETING.

MINUTES.

OKAY.

I MAKE A MOTION FOR THE APPROVAL OF SEPTEMBER 17TH, 2025.

COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES.

I'LL SECOND THAT.

ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.

AYE.

ANOTHER UNANIMOUS MOTION.

WE'RE KILLING IT.

.

OKAY.

UM, ALL RIGHT.

SO I GUESS WE'LL START WITH THE SURVEY.

YOU WANT THE SURVEY OR DO YOU WANT TO DO THE STUDENT LAPTOP REPAIR TICKET? YEAH, LET'S DO THE SEPTEMBER REPAIRS.

I'M SORRY, I MISSED THAT.

THAT'LL BE GOOD.

'CAUSE THAT'LL GIVE MR A CHANCE TO CATCH UP.

SO GO AHEAD, MR. SHOHAN.

UM, SO ONCE AGAIN, WE'VE PULLED ALL THE STUDENT DATA FOR THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER.

UM, ONCE AGAIN, I'M STILL KIND OF TINKERING WITH THE , THE, THE PRESENTATION OF THESE REPORTS.

UM, BECAUSE WE HAVE SO MANY ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS, I SPLIT ELEMENTARY INTO NORTH AND SOUTH, SO YOU COULD STILL HAVE A GOOD GRAPH ON ONE SHEET, UM, THAT WAS A LITTLE BIT EASIER TO READ.

UM, STILL WILLING TO TAKE BACK ANY FEEDBACK.

UM, YOU HAVE IF, UH, ON ANY ADJUSTMENTS ON THESE REPORTS OR, UH, DIFFERENT LAYOUT.

WHAT IS A RSL AND A RRA? UH, THOSE ARE ACADEMY SCHOOLS, RIVER RIDGE ACADEMY, AND ROBERT SMALLS LEADERSHIP ACADEMY.

OKAY, GOTCHA.

UM, DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ONLINE? YOU HAVE, SORRY, GO AHEAD, MS. MS. FRAZIER? NO QUESTIONS.

ANY OTHER BOARD MEMBERS? YOU KNOW, I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS EITHER.

I THINK IT'S JUST GOOD TO LOOK FOR TRENDS.

AGAIN, I STILL WANNA THROW OUT MY OFTEN REPEATED COMMENT THAT I THINK HAVING THE TWO IN ONE COULD POTENTIALLY CREATE MORE LAP SCREEN, UH, LAPTOP CRACKS, BUT THAT'S JUST ME.

BUT IT'S GOOD TO HAVE THIS, UH, INFORMATION AND KIND OF GIVE A SENSE OF WHERE WE ARE.

BUT YOU CAN SEE THE LAPTOP SCREEN CRACK IS CLEARLY THE BIGGEST ISSUE THAT WE FACE, AND I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S WHAT YOU WOULD EXPECT.

UM, AS FAR AS, I'M SURE A LOT OF THESE GET DROPPED OFF THE EDGE OF A DESK, YOU KNOW, TYPE OF THING.

BUT I, I DO FEEL LIKE THAT TWO IN ONE WITH THE HINGE THING LEADS TO MORE CRACKING.

OTHER THAN THAT, I DON'T REALLY HAVE ANY THAT THE IMPROPER CARRYING OF THE DEVICE, NOT KEEPING IT IN THEIR BAG WHEN THEY'RE MOVING AROUND AS, UH, USUALLY WHEN WE, UH, LOOK AT THE REPORTS THE KIDS GIVE US WHEN THEY TURN IT IN FOR REPAIR, UH, USUALLY THEY WERE WALKING AROUND WITH IT NOT SECURED IN THEIR LAPTOP BAG OR JUST PLACED IN THEIR BOOK BAG AND NOT IN THEIR LAPTOP CASE INSIDE THEIR BOOK BAG.

I KNOW ONE THING, UH, THAT HAS COME UP JUST FROM HAVING STUDENTS IN SCHOOL IS THE CHARGING ISSUE, YOU KNOW, AND HAVING, LIKE, TRYING TO CHARGE IT IN CLASS AND THEN SOMEONE TRIPPING ON THE CHARGING CORD OR KNOCKING IT OFF.

ARE WE, AS WE LOOK AT LIKE, LIKE WE'RE REBUILDING HILTON HEAD HIGH, ARE WE LOOKING AT PUTTING CHARGING IN WHERE IT'S NOT LIKE, UM, ON THE SIDE OF THE ROOMS? UM, UNFORTUNATELY, UM, BECAUSE OF HAVING TO GO THROUGH CEMENT FLOORS, UM, WE HAVE A LOT OF PROBLEMS WITH PUTTING ELECTRICAL OUTLETS IN FLOORS BECAUSE OF THE WAXING.

WE DO, UM, UNFORTUNATELY AFTER A COUPLE OF YEARS THAT WAX BUILDUP GETS IN THOSE CONNECTIONS AND IT USUALLY, UH, CAUSE 'EM TO START FLAKING OUT.

OKAY.

UM, AND WE, WE'VE SEEN THAT A LOT.

SO WE'VE TRIED TO REFRAIN AS MUCH AS

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POSSIBLE FROM EMBEDDING IT IN THE FLOORS AND IN THE CONCRETE WHERE WE HAVE THE, UH, VCT ENGINEERED TILES.

WHAT ABOUT LIKE RAILS AND THAT SORT OF THING? I KNOW THERE'S A TECHNICAL TERM FOR IT WHERE BASICALLY YOU HAVE SOMETHING OUTTA THE WALL, BUT IT GOES LIKE INTO THE FURNITURE.

UM, WE HAVE USED THAT IN SOME OF OUR LABS.

IT'S KIND OF HARD, UM, THE WAY MOST OF OUR CLASSROOMS ARE DESIGNED TO BE A LITTLE BIT FLEXIBLE, UM, TO GET THOSE IN.

UM, WE HAVEN'T HAD VERY MUCH LUCK.

UH, WHAT WE ARE STILL TRYING TO DO IS LEAVE SOME TYPE OF, I KNOW YOU DON'T LIKE IT, BUT CHARGING STATION ON THE SIDE, BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE THERE'S USUALLY SOME PIECE OF FURNITURE ON THE SIDE OF A CLASSROOM, UM, THAT THEY CAN HAVE A CHARGING AREA.

UM, WE HAVE LOOKED ALSO AT SOME, UM, LITTLE CHARGE ADAPTERS FOR POSSIBLY MEDIA CENTERS AND DIFFERENT CLASSROOMS, BUT ONCE AGAIN, IT GETS VERY PRICEY VERY QUICK.

YEAH.

BECAUSE EVEN THE LITTLE SIX CHARGING STATIONS RUN ABOUT $500, AND WHEN YOU MULTIPLY THAT OVER ALMOST 1800 CLASSROOM AREAS, UM, IT ADDS UP REALLY FAST.

YEAH.

IT'S NOT SO MUCH I'M AGAINST IT.

I JUST THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, AS WE, I THINK THE LAPTOP BECOMES AN ESSENTIAL PIECE OF EQUIPMENT.

HAVING A, YOU KNOW, WHERE YOU CAN CHARGE AT YOUR DESK AT SOME POINT.

THERE'S EVENTUALLY, THERE'LL BE SOME SORT OF, THEY'LL TURN THE WHOLE DESKTOP INTO LIKE THE STANDING DESK THAT HAVE THE CHARGER, YOU KNOW, THE WIRELESS CHARGER BUILT RIGHT IN OR SOMETHING.

I THINK EVENTUALLY WE'LL GET THERE.

BUT, UM, ANOTHER THING WE'RE, UM, GOING TO START PILOTING IS, UM, UH, BASICALLY IT'S LIKE A SIX TO EIGHT, UM, BATTERY PORT.

SO, UM, THE LITTLE BATTERY CHARGERS FOR LIKE YOUR PHONES AND STUFF LIKE THAT, THEY NOW MAKE THEM PORT LAPTOPS.

SO THAT WAY IF A STUDENT DID RUN OUTTA CHARGE, THEY COULD BE HANDED ONE OF THESE CHARGERS, PLUG IT IN RIGHT THERE AT THEIR DESK, CONTINUE TO WORK WHILE IT DOES CHARGE.

AND THOSE CHARGER, YEAH, POWER BANK, EXCUSE ME, COULDN'T THINK OF THE WORD FOR IT.

POWER BANK.

UM, AND GENERALLY WE CAN, UH, USUALLY GET ONE TO TWO, UM, I'M SORRY, TWO TO TWO AND A HALF CHARGES OF A LAPTOP, LIKE FIVE CHARGES OF A PHONE.

BUT HOPEFULLY THEY'RE NOT PULLING OUT THEIR PHONES INSIDE OF CLASS DURING THE SCHOOL DAY.

THAT WOULD BE FORBIDDEN.

THAT'S A, THAT'S ANOTHER THING WE'RE LOOKING AT.

UM, I THINK IT WOULD ALSO BE GREAT FOR, UM, WHEN WE HAVE A LOT OF OUR TESTING WINDOWS.

YEAH.

UM, BECAUSE A LOT OF TIMES WE HAVE TO PREP SPARES.

THAT WAY IF THE KID DOESN'T HAVE ONE, WE CAN SET UP A SPARE STATION, BUT IT'D BE A LOT EASIER FOR THAT CHILD TO STAY ON THEIR OWN DEVICE AND JUST HAND THEM A POWER BANK.

YEAH, THAT SOUNDS AWESOME.

SO IT'S SOMETHING WE'RE, WE'RE STARTING TO TEST OUT.

WE JUST GOT, UM, A FEW IN TO, UH, SEE HOW IT GOES.

WE'LL TRY A COUPLE OF PILOTS AND THEN POSSIBLY LOOK AT GOING TO SOMETHING MORE DISTRICT WIDE IN A YEAR OR SO.

OKAY, GREAT.

I'D LOVE THAT.

PLUS I HAVE A GOOD PILOT SAYS, UM, LEAH'S IN CHAT, SHE SAYS, CHARGE THEM AT NIGHT AND THEY MAY LAST ALL DAY.

YES.

THAT IS THE GOAL.

, BUT LIKE WITH A LOT OF MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS, , BUT I AGREE.

AND THAT IS THAT I DO THINK THAT IS TECHNICALLY A, IS THAT IN OUR A UP OR POLICY TO SAY BRING THE, IT IS THAT THEY SHOULD CHARGE THEIR LAPTOPS AT NIGHT TO HAVE 'EM READY FOR THE SCHOOL DAY.

IT IS IN THE A UP.

YEP.

THERE YOU GO.

UM, OKAY.

SO ONTO THE SURVEYS, AND JUST AS A PREAMBLE, UM, WE, MR. JOHAN, UM, COMBINED THE STUDENT AND THE STA UH, NOT THE STUDENT, THE TEACHER AND THE STAFF SURVEY.

SO WE'RE LOOKING AT FOUR DIFFERENT SURVEYS IF EVERYONE HAD A CHANCE TO LOOK AT THEM.

UM, AND WE HAD TALKED ABOUT HOW WE COULD, YOU KNOW, SET THESE UP UP AND WE'RE GONNA TRY AT LEAST THESE SURVEYS, IF THE, IF THE COMMITTEE'S ON BOARD IS GONNA TRY A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT APPROACH, WHICH IS RATHER THAN SORT OF ON A SCALE OF ONE TO 10, OR, YOU KNOW, STRONGLY AGREE, STRONGLY DISAGREE, THAT TYPE OF SURVEY THAT IS MORE TRADITIONAL, UM, TO USE MORE OF A FREE TEXT SURVEY.

UH, AND THEN, UH, KIND OF CAPTURE.

I THINK MR. SHOHAN DID AN EXCELLENT JOB OF SORT OF CAPTURING JUST A COUPLE OF KEY AREAS FOR EACH OF THE DIFFERENT TARGETED GROUPS, UM, TO KIND OF GET THEIR THOUGHTS ON, ON WHERE WE'RE GOING, WHERE WE'RE, WHERE WE'RE AT NOW, ET CETERA.

SO, MR. SHOHAN, DO YOU WANNA, UH, TALK ABOUT THAT AT ALL? UM, I TRY TO, UH, VARY THE QUESTIONS JUST A LITTLE BIT.

UM, YOU MAY SEE SOME OF THE QUESTIONS REPEAT, ESPECIALLY FOR LIKE, COMMUNITY IMPACT.

UM, WE TRY TO GET A FEEL FROM OUR PARENTS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO MIGHT SEE OUR STUDENTS WORKING ON THEIR DEVICES IN THE AFTERNOON, UM, HOW MUCH THEY'RE ACTUALLY USING IT AND WHAT THEIR FEELINGS ARE.

BECAUSE YOU HEAR A LOT OF STUFF ON FACEBOOK AND

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IN THE COMMUNITY, UH, A LOT OF PEOPLE LOVE THAT THE KIDS HAVE IT.

SOME PEOPLE COMPLAIN ABOUT SCREEN TIME.

SO I, I TRIED TO PICK QUESTIONS THAT WOULD KIND OF FIT EVERYBODY'S NEED.

AND SO EVERYBODY COULD HAVE THEIR VOICE IN THIS DISCUSSION.

UM, AND ROBIN, WILL YOU LET ME KNOW IF YOU SEE ANYONE'S HANDS UP? UM, ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS AT THIS POINT FROM ANYBODY? WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO IS JUST REAL QUICK, UH, COLONEL, COLONEL GUY HAS A COMMENT, HAVE, HAVE YOU THOUGHT ABOUT ON YOUR KIDS SURVEY, ABOUT STUDENT SURVEY, ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF HAVING ALL YOUR TEXTS INSTEAD OF HAVING TEXTBOOK, YOU'D HAVE IT ALL DOWNLOADED ON YOUR LAPTOP SO YOU WOULDN'T HAVE TEXTBOOK? UM, NOW MOST OF OUR CLASSES ALREADY COME WITH THEIR TEXTBOOKS, UH, DIGITALIZED.

UM, BECAUSE WE ARE NOT EVEN ISSUING A LOT OF OUR TEXTBOOKS.

BUT WHEN WE BUY TEXTBOOKS, WE HAVE TO BUY A HARD COPY AND WE GET THE DIGITAL COPY.

SO WE, WE GIVE OUT THE DIGITAL COPY SO THE KIDS HAVE THESE DIGITAL COPIES ON THEIR DEVICES.

THE TEACHERS PROVIDE THOSE AT THE BEGINNING OF THEIR, UH, THEIR CLASS SCHEDULE SEEM TO BE A, A GOOD QUESTION.

I'M, I'M TALKING DOLLARS AND CENTS HERE.

MM-HMM .

THAT TO THE KIDS.

HOW OFTEN DO YOU USE THE HARD PAPER VERSUS WHAT YOU READ ON YOUR, ON YOUR COMPUTER? BECAUSE MY EXPERIENCE WITH MY TWO GRANDSONS, THEY DON'T EVEN OPEN THE BOOKS.

THEY, THEY, THEY GET IT ALL OFF THE, OFF THE COMPUTER.

WE COULD SAVE A HELL OF A LOT OF MONEY IF WE WOULD JUST HAVE TO MOVE ELECTRONS AROUND AND STORE 'EM RATHER THAN BOOKS AND SHIPPING AND STORAGE AND REPAIR AND ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF.

SO A QUESTION ABOUT HOW THEY WOULD RESPOND TO THAT SEEMED TO BE, UH, KIND OF USEFUL.

UM, THAT IS INTERESTING.

YEAH.

I MEAN, WE'VE GOTTEN RID OF LOCKERS, RIGHT? BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT CARRYING OH, YEAH.

ALMOST ALL OF OUR SCHOOLS HAVE GOT DONE AWAY WITH THEIR LOCKER SYSTEM.

YOU KNOW WHAT MIGHT BE AN INTERESTING QUESTION TOO, ALONG THOSE SAME LINES, BECAUSE I THINK THERE IS A REALLY INTERESTING DEBATE IN THE TECHNOLOGY SPACE ABOUT LEARNING ON PAPER, RIGHT? BECAUSE IT DOES TRIGGER, THEY'VE DONE MRIS, IT TRIGGERS DIFFERENT PARTS OF YOUR BRAIN, UM, TO WRITE SOMETHING DOWN PEN TO PAPER VERSUS READ IT ON A SCREEN.

AND, UH, THERE IS SOME THOUGHT THAT A SIMILAR THING OCCURS WITH READING, YOU KNOW, A PHYSICAL TACTILE COPY.

UM, SO IT MIGHT, IT MIGHT BE INTERESTING TO CAPTURE THAT TOO, TO JUST SAY LIKE, YOU KNOW, DO YOU PREFER PAPER? YOU KNOW, SOMETHING ALONG THOSE LINES TO SEE HOW THEY'RE FEELING ABOUT IF THEY WOULD PREFER IT ALL TO BE DIGITAL, OR IF THEY THINK THERE ARE SOME USE CASES FOR PAPER, UM, WHERE THAT, YOU KNOW, I WOULD THINK IN SOME CLASS AND ENVIRONMENTS PAPER MIGHT BE PREFERABLE.

UM, BUT YOU'RE RIGHT.

I MEAN, I THINK THE DAYS OF THESE GIANT THICK TEXTBOOKS THAT YOU CART AROUND AND KEEP IN A LOCKER ARE WELL BEHIND US.

UM, LET'S, IN THE ARMY, IN THE ARMY, WE USED TO GIVE OUT STACKS OF, UH, FIELD MANUALS AND TECHNICAL MANUALS THAT HIGH TO, UH, MY STUDENTS.

AND NOW IT'S, YOU GET A LAPTOP AND YOU, AND THEY DON'T, YOU DON'T EVEN BOTHER WITH IT ANYMORE BECAUSE PEOPLE GET USED TO IT.

AND ESPECIALLY THE YOUNGER PEOPLE, THE OLDER, THE OLDER FOLKS, THEY STILL WANNA HAVE PAPER.

BUT NOW IN MATHEMATICS AND SCIENCE WHERE THERE'S SOME KINESTHETIC DRAWINGS OF YEAH.

THINGS THAT IT, IT MAY BE, UH, YOU KNOW, STILL NEED SOME PAPER TO, TO DO THAT.

BUT SOCIAL STUDIES AND, AND ENGLISH, UH, WHERE YOU DON'T HAVE THAT KINESTHETIC PIECE, YOU KNOW, UH, THAT THAT MIGHT BE SOMETHING.

SO, BUT IF YOU CAN GET SOME KIND OF A FEEDBACK ON THAT, I THINK THE SURVEY WOULD BE VERY VALUABLE BECAUSE I THINK THAT'S TRUE.

YEAH.

I DON'T, GO AHEAD, MR. JOHN.

OH, I WAS JUST GONNA SAY, I DON'T KNOW HOW A LOT OF THESE KIDS DO IT.

I MEAN, JUST MY KIDS, MY YOUNGEST DAUGHTER WILL HAVE ON HEADPHONES LISTENING TO MUSIC WHILE THEY'RE, WHILE SHE'S STUDYING AND READING AND APPARENTLY RETAINS THE KNOWLEDGE.

NOW.

ME, I LIKE IT.

PEACE AND QUIET AND JUST CONCENTRATING ON ONE THING.

SO I GUESS IT'S A KIND OF A PREFERENCE.

I FIND A LOT OF YOUNGER PEOPLE, LIKE THE LO-FI MUSIC, YOU KNOW, THE SORT OF AS SMR TYPE STUFF THAT IT, THAT'S BECOME REALLY POPULAR NOW.

IT'S NOT EXACTLY MUSIC, BUT SUPPOSEDLY IT HELPS YOU FOCUS IT.

THERE'S A LOT OF INTERESTING, I MEAN, THESE ARE GOOD FUTURE TOPICS TOO, YOU KNOW, IN TERMS OF JUST PHILOSOPHICALLY.

UM, YEAH.

SO I THINK THE OTHER THING TOO IS MY KIDS GET A LOT, THEY

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DID A LOT OF THEIR OWN SORT OF INVESTIGATION OF ISSUES WITH YOUTUBE VIDEOS.

MY DAUGHTER TURNED ME ON TOO, AS A, A DOCUMENTARY FILMMAKER.

HE DOES LIKE THINGS IN HISTORY AND THE WAY HE DID IT, IT WAS AMAZING.

I MEAN, JUST REALLY, YOU KNOW, AND SO I THINK A LOT OF KIDS ARE LEARNING WITH VIDEOS, EVEN BE, I, I DON'T THINK IT'S JUST, I THINK THAT'S ONE OF THE BIG DISTINCTIONS IS WE NEED TO CONVINCE PEOPLE, IN MY OPINION, THAT TECHNOLOGY IS NOT JUST DIGITIZING THE TEXTBOOK, RIGHT? IT'S NOT JUST PUTTING THE TEXTBOOK AND THE, THE QUESTIONS ONTO A COMPUTER THAT IT'S A WHOLE DIFFERENT WAY OF INTERACTING WITH THE WORLD, WHETHER IT'S VIRTUAL REALITY OR, YOU KNOW, DOCUMENTARY VIDEOS.

OR EVEN NOW, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN MAKE YOUR OWN VIDEOS RIGHT.

PRETTY EASILY.

SO, UM, INTERESTING QUESTIONS.

LET'S, IF, UM, LET'S GO THROUGH, JUST QUICKLY TAKE A LOOK AT EACH SURVEY, 'CAUSE THERE'S FOUR OR FIVE QUESTIONS AND SEE IF ANYONE HAS ANY FEEDBACK INDIVIDUALLY, IF THAT'S OKAY.

UM, AND LET'S START WITH THE COMMUNITY SURVEY, WHICH IS THE TOP OF THE ONE, UH, FOR MINE.

SO THE FIVE KEY AREAS ARE COMMUNITY IMPACT, WHICH I THINK IS HUGE EQUITY AND ACCESS.

UM, I THINK ONE THING THAT, UM, I NOTICED ABOUT THIS IS WE NEED TO DEFINE ONE-TO-ONE PROGRAM.

I DON'T THINK EVERYONE'S GONNA KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS.

UM, SO WE NEED A LITTLE CAVEAT OR, OR TO GIVE A LITTLE MORE DESCRIPTION.

UM, THEN WE'VE GOT COMMUNITY VALUE AI IN THE CLASSROOM AND FUTURE SKILLS.

SO I'D LOVE TO HEAR FEEDBACK FROM THE COMMITTEE AND THEN OTHER BOARD MEMBERS ON THESE FIVE QUESTIONS.

MS. FRAZIER, I CAN'T SEE EVERYBODY ON MY COMPUTER, SO I'M NOT SURE IF YOUR HANDS ARE UP.

NO HANDS ARE UP.

BUT MS. FRA, UH, AND VICTOR IS ON AS WELL.

SO YOUR COMMUNITY, YOUR COMMITTEE PEOPLE ARE HERE.

FANTASTIC.

SO, MS. FRAZIER, DID YOU HAVE ANY THOUGHTS ON THE COMMUNITY SURVEY SURVEY? NO, I DO AGREE THAT THEY NEED TO KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THE ONE-TO-ONE IS AND MAYBE WHAT TYPE OF AI IS IT AVAILABLE IN THE CLASSROOM? BECAUSE SOME OF THESE ARE PRETTY OPEN-ENDED, BUT THEY ARE FOR ADULTS OR CORRECT, YEAH, THEY'RE FOR COMMUNITY MEMBERS.

OKAY.

MEMBERS.

YEAH.

YEAH.

LETTING THEM KNOW ABOUT THE ONE-TO-ONE PROGRAM.

YEAH.

AND I, I AGREE SOME, YOU KNOW, THE AI TECHNOLOGY, IT, IT'S VERY VAGUE.

AND THE QUESTION IS, DO WE LEAVE IT VAGUE OR GIVE IT A LITTLE MORE, FLESH IT OUT A LITTLE BIT MORE.

I DIDN'T WANT TO TRY TO LEAD 'EM BECAUSE SOME PERSON MIGHT HAVE USED CHAT, GTP OR BRONC OR GEMINI.

UM, JUST BASICALLY TRYING TO GET A FEEL FOR, UM, WHAT THEIR, UH, ACCESS TO IT HAS BEEN.

MR NA, OH, SORRY.

I'M SORRY MS. FRAZIER.

I SEE, UM, A LOT OF YESES AND NO FEEDBACK FOR THAT AI IN A CLASSROOM.

THEY'RE PROBABLY GONNA BE LIKE, JUST YES, , THAT'S A GOOD POSSIBILITY THERE.

AND THAT WOULDN'T EVEN BOTHER ME IF WE GOT A STRONG, DO YOU BELIEVE THAT THEY SHOULD? AND THE ANSWER IS YES.

THEN I THINK THAT GIVES US SOME STRATEGIC DEFINITION.

LIKE, IS THIS HYPE OR IS THIS SOMETHING THAT EVERYONE'S, YOU KNOW, TRULY THINKS IS IMPORTANT? SO I'M OKAY WITH JUST A YES, BUT I WOULD HOPE THAT, AND WE SHOULD MAYBE SAY, YOU KNOW, PLEASE PUT A COUPLE SENTENCES.

YEAH, YEAH.

IF SO, WHY? YEAH, YEAH.

IF SO, WHY THAT'S GREAT.

WHY OR WHY NOT? KIND OF ANSWER.

MM-HMM .

YEP.

MM-HMM .

UH, I THINK FOR COMMUNITY VALUE, IT, WOULD IT BE WORTH GETTING A LITTLE BIT MORE SPECIFIC WITH, UH, WHAT DO YOU THINK, UH, WOULD BE MARKETABLE SKILLS OR NECESSARY, UH, TECHNOLOGY SKILLS OR LITERACY, UH, THAT WOULD PROPEL, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, UH, UH, ENTRY LEVEL WORKFORCE, UH, OR, OR WHAT DO YOU CONSIDER LIKE, UH, YOU KNOW, NECESSARY SKILLS FOR HIRING POSITIONS.

YEAH.

HOW WOULD YOU PUT THAT? DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEAS? BECAUSE I AGREE.

I JUST DON'T KNOW HOW YOU, HOW YOU'D SAY IT.

THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION.

I MEAN, I PLAY DRUMS FOR A LIVING.

UM, THANK YOU FOR YOUR FEEDBACK.

WELL, I MEAN, I GUESS I COULD JUST, I GUESS I COULD JUST PUT IN WHAT MARKETABLE SKILLS DO YOU BELIEVE WOULD BE MOST IMPORTANT FOR STUDENTS INSTEAD OF JUST WHAT SKILLS.

SKILLS TRUE.

THAT MIGHT TRIGGER SOMETHING FOR THE COMMUNITY MEMBER.

I LIKE THAT.

YEAH, FOR SURE.

BECAUSE I THINK THAT WHAT THIS THING IS DRIVING TO, AND I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT TAKE THE TIME TO FILL THIS OUT FROM THE COMMUNITY ARE GOING TO BE, HAVE A VEST, ARE GOING TO BE INTERESTED AND HAVE A VESTED INTEREST OR, YOU KNOW, SORRY, I'M MISSPEAKING HERE, BUT ARE GOING TO WANT TO HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY ABOUT THIS.

AND SO I THINK THE CONCEPT OF COMMUNITY VALUE IS REALLY IMPORTANT.

UM, AND SO I THINK IF YOU CAN KIND OF JUST DRIVE IT HOME, LIKE MR. NAY SAID THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL.

UM, OTHER BOARD MEMBERS.

I CAN'T SEE ANYONE'S HANDS.

YEAH.

THIS IS GORDON.

YEAH, DEFINITELY.

YEAH, JUST PASTOR GORDON.

I'M, I'M AGREEING WITH EVERYBODY ELSE.

UM, I JUST THINK THAT GOING TO THE COMMUNITY,

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UM, IT JUST NEED TO BE JUST A LITTLE MORE DETAILED ON, ON THE QUESTIONING.

BUT I AGREE WITH EVERYBODY WHAT EVERYBODY'S SAYING THOUGH.

I DO LOVE, DID YOU GUYS JUST GET THE AI DISCLAIMER POP UP ON YOUR, UM, ZOOM ? YES.

I DUNNO IF THEY'RE LISTENING OR IF IT WAS JUST REALLY GOOD TIMING.

SO , I HEARD SOMEONE ELSE, YOU HAVE MS. HAY ON AND YOU HAVE, UH, DR.

ON AS WELL AS MS. GORDON , AND NO ONE HAS HANDS UP OKAY.

IN CONVERSATION.

SO, SO I THINK THE COMMUNITY IMPACT, ONE THING IS THE COMMUNITY IMPACT AND THE COMMUNITY VALUE ARE SORT OF ASKING THE SAME QUESTION, BUT FROM DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES, RIGHT? BECAUSE ONE IS TALKING ABOUT PREPARING STUDENTS.

SO, UM, YEAH, I, I KIND OF THINK THOSE TWO COULD EITHER BE COMBINED OR ONE IS GONNA SAY THE VALUE TO THE, THE IMPACT TO THE COMMUNITY IS IT TO PREPARE THE KIDS FOR THE MODERN WORKFORCE, YOU KNOW? AND SO I DON'T KNOW IF I'D CALL THAT COMMUNITY IMPACT.

'CAUSE WHAT YOU REALLY WANT IS THIS WHERE YOU HOPE YOUR BUSINESS LEADERS WOULD COME IN AND SAY, THIS IS ESSENTIAL, THIS IS HOPE OR HYPE KIDS HAVE TOO MUCH TECHNOLOGY, THEY WON'T GET OFF THEIR PHONES.

YOU KNOW, KIDS NEED TO KNOW MORE TECHNOLOGY TO BE ABLE TO CONTRIBUTE.

SO I, I THINK THAT FIRST ONE, I LIKE THE QUESTION A LOT.

I JUST DUNNO IF I'D CALL IT COMMUNITY APP IMPACT.

UM, 'CAUSE THEN IT JUST KIND OF DRIFT INTO COMMUNITY VALUE.

SO I THINK MAYBE JUST CALL IT WORKFORCE READINESS.

I, COLONEL GARR HAS HIS HAND UP.

OH, SORRY.

COLONEL GARR.

I WOULD THINK THAT, UH, WE SHOULD TAKE THIS PARTICULAR PAGE, THIS COMMUNITY SURVEY, AND GET IT OUT TO THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND LET AND ENCOURAGE THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE TO GO TO THEIR MEMBERSHIP AND HAVE IT FILLED OUT.

MM-HMM .

MIGHT BE A BETTER WAY TO MAKE SURE WE GET IT PROPAGATED, UH, THROUGH THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY.

UH, AND I, I'M SURE THEY WOULD BE VERY AMENABLE TO DOING THAT FOR US.

I THINK THAT'D BE FANTASTIC.

I THINK THAT'S THE PERFECT AVENUE.

ALL RIGHT.

SO I DON'T WANNA SPEND TONS OF TIME BECAUSE I, THERE'S SOME OTHER STUFF.

UM, LET'S LOOK AT THE PARENT SURVEY, UM, AND SEE IF THERE'S ANY FEEDBACK FROM THE COMMITTEE.

MS. FRAZIER, DO YOU HAVE ANY FEEDBACK ON THE PARENT SURVEY? AND I'LL GO AHEAD AND ADD THAT WHATEVER WE DECIDED ON COMMUNITY FOR OUR ONE-TO-ONE, I'LL UPDATE THOSE ON ALL THE, UM, DIFFERENT SURVEYS.

YEAH, BECAUSE IF YOU LOOK AT THE PARENT, YOU DO HAVE WORKFORCE READINESS AND COMMUNITY IMPACT, WHICH I THINK IS YES, VERY SIMILAR WITH COMMUNITY VALUE.

SO I LOVE THE FACT THAT THEY KIND OF LINE UP, BUT MAYBE WE COULD SORT OF LINE 'EM UP EVEN A LITTLE MORE.

I LIKE THE QUESTIONS HERE.

I STILL THINK THE OPEN-ENDED NEEDS TO SAY YES.

WHY, WHY NOT? WELL, WE COULD DO IT JUST AS A PREAMBLE.

SAY PLEASE RESPOND.

AND IF YOU KNOW WITH WHY OR, YOU KNOW, WE COULD SAY, PLEASE ELABORATE.

YES.

BECAUSE I THINK ONE THING IS THEY DON'T NEED TO NECESSARILY ANSWER EVERY QUESTION.

LIKE, I COULD SEE SOMEONE COMING IN SAYING, I REALLY CAN SPEAK TO FUTURE SKILLS AND EQUITY AND ACCESS, BUT I'M NOT, I DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT A IN THE CLASSROOM.

SO I DON'T FEEL LIKE THEY HAVE TO ANSWER EVERYTHING.

BUT THEN I WOULD HOPE, LIKE MS. FRAZIER SAID, IF THEY DO ANSWER THAT, THEY GIVE US SOME MEAT ON THE BONE.

MR. NICK, UH, FOR, FOR COMMUNITY IMPACT, DO YOU THINK IT'S, UH, WORTH, MAYBE I, I'D BE INTERESTED TO KNOW FROM THE PARENTS, YOU KNOW, WHO OBVIOUSLY KNOW THEIR CHILDREN THE BEST, UM, WHAT THEY BELIEVE POSITIVE OR NEGATIVE TECHNOLOGY IS HAVING ON THEIR KIDS' EDUCATION.

UM, AS OPPOSED TO, DO YOU THINK IT CONTRIBUTES PREPARING STUDENTS FOR COLLEGE? MAYBE IT DOES, BUT I MEAN, I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW A LITTLE BIT MORE.

UM, DO THEY BELIEVE THAT SCREEN TIME IS BENEFICIAL OR NEGATIVE? UH, IS IT A POSITIVE EFFECT OR IS IT HAVING NEGATIVE EFFECTS? UM, I MEAN, WE'VE, WE'VE HEARD ANECDOTALLY SICS, UH, BUT BEING ABLE TO HEAR INDIVIDUAL FROM INDIVIDUAL PARENTS WHAT THEY BELIEVE THE IMPACT THE TECHNOLOGY IS HAVING ON THEIR KIDS, UH, I HOPE IT'S POSITIVE, BUT I, I MEAN, I'M SURE THERE'S GONNA BE SOME NEGATIVE COMMENTS IN THERE TOO, TOO, WHICH ARE JUST AS IMPORTANT.

I, I THINK THAT'S AWESOME.

'CAUSE YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT WORKFORCE READINESS, RIGHT? SO THAT KIND OF, IN THE COMMUNITY SURVEY AND THE PARENT SURVEY, I THINK THAT'S A REALLY IMPORTANT CONCEPT.

THEN YOU'VE GOT EITHER YOU WANNA CALL IT COMMUNITY IMPACT OR COMMUNITY VALUE FOR PARENTS.

I AGREE.

I THINK IT'D BE FASCINATING TO GIVE THEM A FORUM TO SAY TOO MUCH, TOO MUCH SCREEN TIME THEY NEED, YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO

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GO BACK TO BASICS.

KIDS NEED A CHALKBOARD.

I MEAN, THERE'S A LOT, THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE WHO THINK WE SHOULD GO BACK TO CHALKBOARDS AND, UM, YOU KNOW, THAT KIND OF THING.

AND GIVE THEM AN OPPORTUNITY TO TALK ABOUT THAT.

AND I MISS THAT WOULD BE PERFECT ALSO FOR MS. FRAZIER'S.

WHY OR WHY NOT, LIKE, DEFEND YOUR POSITION A LITTLE BIT OR AT AGREE, AT LEAST EXTEND.

SO THAT WOULD MAKE THE TOPICS THEN THE, THE, THE TOP THREE TOPICS FOR BOTH THESE SURVEYS AND BE WORKFORCE READINESS OR FOUR, ACTUALLY WORKFORCE READINESS, AI, UM, FOR FUTURE SKILLS, WHICH I THINK IS SUPER IMPORTANT.

EQUITY AND ACCESS, AND THEN COMMUNITY VALUE SLASH IMPACT, AND THEN AI AND THE CLASSROOM.

SO THOSE FIVE THEN WOULD LINE UP REALLY NICELY.

AGREED.

MS. HAYES HAY IS UP.

MS. HAY.

THANK YOU ROBIN.

PETER MUTED MS. HAY.

SORRY ABOUT THAT.

UM, I WAS JUST SAYING I WOULD EXPAND ON WHAT EVERYONE ELSE HAS SUGGESTED BY ALSO ASKING VERY SPECIFIC QUESTIONS.

IF WE END UP, UM, PROMPTING PARENTS FOR THEIR INPUT.

BECAUSE SOME PARENTS DON'T NECESSARILY REALIZE THE CORRELATION BETWEEN THE TECHNOLOGY AND THE IMPACT ON THEIR CHILD.

FOR EXAMPLE, ASKING A QUESTION SUCH AS WHEN YOUR CHILD'S BEEN SITTING ON THEIR DEVICE AT HOME TO COMPLETE THEIR HOMEWORK, ARE THEY AGITATED AFTERWARDS? DO THEY SEEM LESS SOCIAL? IT NEEDS TO BE SPECIFIC QUESTIONS.

QUESTIONS BECAUSE A LOT OF PARENTS, I SAY A LOT, BUT IT'S, PARENTS FALL IN TWO CAMPS TYPICALLY.

SOME ARE VERY IN TUNE WITH THEIR KIDS AND HOW THEY'RE LEARNING AND HOW TECHNOLOGY'S IMPACTING THEM.

AND OTHERS ARE JUST GRATEFUL TO SHOVE A DEVICE IN FRONT OF THEIR CHILD'S FACE AND HAVE THEM QUOTE UNQUOTE ENTERTAINED FOR HOURS DOING THEIR HOMEWORK.

UM, BECAUSE THEN IT'S INTERACTION AND TIME THAT THE PARENT ISN'T HAVING, IT'S ESSENTIALLY TECHNOLOGY BABYSITTING THE PARENT'S NOT HAVING TO INTERACT OR GUIDE THEIR CHILD AT ALL IF THEY'RE SITTING ON A SCREEN, BUT THEY'RE NOT NECESSARILY CORRELATING, HEY, MY KID HAS BEHAVIORAL ISSUES WHEN THEY GET OFF THE TECHNOLOGY THAT THEY, PERHAPS SOME OF THEM HAVE BEEN ON ALL DAY.

SO I THINK ASKING VERY POINTED QUESTIONS LIKE ABOUT AGITATION, ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR, THINGS LIKE THAT, THAT STATISTICALLY TIE RIGHT BACK TO AN OVERLOAD ON ALL OF OUR SYSTEMS IN TERMS OF TECH, UM, IT, IT'S ALSO, I DON'T KNOW LONG TERM IF THERE'S A WAY FOR US TO SORT OF CUSTOMIZE, UM, CLASSROOM MATERIAL OR HOMEWORK FOR THE KIDS THAT, FOR EXAMPLE, MY HUSBAND AND I ARE POLAR OPPOSITES.

HE IS GREAT TO SIT DOWN AND DO EVERYTHING VIRTUALLY.

HE WILL TAKE NOTES ONLINE, HE SHARES THEM WITH EVERYONE, ALL OF THAT.

HE'S THE ONE LISTENING TO MUSIC AND WORKING AT THE SAME TIME.

I AM MORE LIKE MR. CHOHAN AND I NEED SILENCE AND I WANT TO PHYSICALLY WRITE.

I ALSO DON'T, UM, LEARN THE SAME FROM READING UNLESS I'M HOLDING THE MATERIAL MYSELF AND CAN PHYSICALLY UNDERLINE IT.

IT DOESN'T HIT THE SAME FOR ME.

I DON'T ABSORB THE INFORMATION THE SAME AS WHEN I'M JUST READING SOMETHING QUICKLY ON THE INTERNET OR ON A, YOU KNOW, ONLINE ARTICLE AND THEN IT'S GONE.

UM, SO I WOULD JUST ENCOURAGE ALL OF US TO DIG A LITTLE DEEPER INTO ALL OF THOSE THINGS AND SEE HOW WE CAN REALLY, LIKE I SAID, I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S A WAY TO CURATE SO THAT IT'S, I DON'T KNOW, MORE PERSONALIZED TO EACH CHILD'S NEEDS OR THEIR METHOD OF LEARNING.

SO THAT'S ALL.

THANK YOU.

I THINK IT'D BE INTERESTING IF WE DID SOMETHING ON COMMUNITY IMPACT OR, YOU KNOW, HOWEVER YOU WANNA PHRASE IT, COMMUNITY VALUE AND SAY, DO YOU THINK THAT TECHNOLOGY, YOU KNOW, IS A POSITIVE OR A NEGATIVE? AND THEN SAY, YOU KNOW, WHY OR WHY NOT? AND GIVE SOME SPECIFIC EXAMPLES.

AT THIS POINT, I THINK WE'RE GETTING A PRETTY HIGH LEVEL LOOK AT IT, BUT I'M HOPING THAT WE'LL ALSO COLLECT THEIR EMAIL ADDRESSES AND IF THEY, IF THEY BRING UP THINGS THAT WE COULD AT SOME POINT FOLLOW UP, UM, AND GET MORE SPECIFIC INFORMATION.

THIS TOOL HOPEFULLY IS GOING TO GIVE US A REALLY HIGH LEVEL VIEW TO START THINKING STRATEGICALLY ABOUT WHERE THE DISTRICT COULD GO IN TERMS OF BUDGET AND IN TERMS OF, UM, EQUIPMENT OR, YOU KNOW, JUST SORT OF A STRATEGY FOR TECHNOLOGY.

BUT I WOULD LIKE, IF WE COULD PUT IN THERE WHY OR WHY NOT.

AND IF POSSIBLE, PLEASE PROVIDE SPECIFIC EXAMPLES.

UM, THAT MAY GIVE US SOME MORE, MORE, UH, SPECIFIC INSIGHT.

'CAUSE

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I AGREE.

I THINK ONE OF THE BIG DEBATES IS PEOPLE DON'T REALLY UNDERSTAND WHAT TECHNOLOGY IS.

'CAUSE IT ABSOLUTELY PERSONALIZED TUTORING ALREADY EXISTS.

AND, UM, MY SON'S DOING IT IN COLLEGE.

LIKE IT'S, YOU KNOW, FOR CHEMIST, HIS CHEMISTRY CLASS, IT WILL, YOU PUT THE QUESTIONS IN, IT LEARNS YOUR LEARNING STYLE, IT MAKES IT RELEVANT TO YOU.

AND, UH, AND IT KIND OF ADJUSTS AS YOU GO ALONG.

SO IT, IT CERTAINLY IS COMING, BUT YOU DON'T, WHAT I, WHAT I THINK THAT IS TRYING TO GET A SENSE FOR ME IN A LOT OF THIS IS HOW ARE PEOPLE REACTING TO THE WORD TECHNOLOGY? HOW ARE PEOPLE, WHAT IS THEIR CONCEPT OF THAT? DOES THAT MEAN, YOU KNOW, DIGITAL BABYSITTING OR DOES THAT MEAN, YOU KNOW, BUILDING NEW SOFTWARE AND GOING TO MARS? LIKE, THERE'S A HUGE SPECTRUM OF WHAT THAT MEANS.

UM, WHO, ANYONE ELSE HAVE THEIR HANDS UP? I CAN ONLY SEE LIKE FOUR PEOPLE AT A TIME.

MR. FARR NO ONE ELSE HAS.

OKAY.

ALRIGHT.

UH, THE NEXT ONE ON THE LIST IS THE STAFF SURVEY, WHICH WILL GO TO TEACHERS AND, UH, ADMINISTRATORS.

AND I LOVE THESE QUESTIONS.

I, UM, I, I THINK THAT COMBINING IT WAS FINE.

UH, MS. FRAZIER, WHAT WERE YOUR THOUGHTS? I'M NOT AN EDUCATOR, SO I'M A TECH PERSON, SO I THINK IT'S ALL GOOD.

.

OKAY.

MR. NA, UH, THE ONLY THING I WAS, UH, I, UH, MS. HAY BROUGHT UP A, A GOOD, UH, A GOOD POINT, UH, ABOUT, UM, PERSONALIZED OR SPECIALIZED OR INDIVIDUAL ENGAGEMENT, I GUESS, UM, HOW MUCH, HOW MUCH OF A, UH, OF A CHALLENGE WOULD IT BE? I KNOW THERE'S SOME PROGRAM CHALLENGES THERE, UH, BUT HOW MUCH OF A CHALLENGE WOULD IT BE FOR A TEACHER TO HAVE, SAY, A SPLIT CLASS, HALF THE CLASS PREFERS PAPER, HALF THE CLASS PREFERS DIGITAL.

UM, IS THERE A WAY TO CAPTURE THAT IN A QUESTION? UM, OTHER THAN MAKING PROGRAM CHALLENGES, YOU KNOW, A TWO PART QUESTION OR A STUDENT ENGAGEMENT, UH, MAYBE ALTER THE STUDENT ENGAGEMENT QUESTION, UM, WOULD IT, WOULD IT BE BENEFICIAL FOR YOUR CLASS TO HAVE, UH, YOU KNOW, TWO TYPES OF LEARNERS? I MEAN, WE, WE KNOW YOU HAVE VIS VISIBLE, UH, VISIBLE PHYSICAL LEARNERS, THAT KIND OF STUFF.

BUT WHAT ABOUT DIGITAL VERSUS PAPER LEARNERS, SO TO SPEAK? YOU KNOW, UM, I THINK IT MIGHT BE, UH, WORTHWHILE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT A WAY TO, UM, FIND THAT OUT.

BECAUSE I, I, I HAVE A FEELING SOME TEACHERS ARE GONNA BE KNOW, IT'S, IT'S ONE OR THE OTHER, ALL OR NONE KIND OF THING.

UM, BUT, UH, IT MIGHT BE WORTH ASKING THE STUDENTS THAT IN THE SURVEY ALSO, UH, IF THEY PREFER PAPER OR DIGITAL, UM, I MEAN, I, I THINK MS. HAY KIND OF OPENED UP A, A, A RABBIT HOLE THERE.

UM, BUT I, I, I DON'T KNOW, THAT'S JUST MY THOUGHTS.

WELL, IT'S AN IMPORTANT RABBIT HOLE.

'CAUSE I THINK IT'S VERY CRUCIAL TO THE DEBATE.

BUT I THINK WHAT WOULD BE INTERESTING IS, NOW ONE OF THE THINGS IS, IS SINCE WE'RE NOT DOING A STRONGLY AGREE, YOU KNOW, AGREE, STRONGLY DISAGREE, OR ON A SCALE OF ONE TO 10 TYPE QUESTION, IT'LL BE INTERESTING TO SEE HOW WE PARSE OUT THE RESPONSES TO THIS.

BUT IF WE GET A 50 50 SPLIT ON PEOPLE SAYING IT'S FAN TECHNOLOGY IS THE FUTURE, WE MUST DO IT.

AND THEN THE OTHER HALF GOING, TECHNOLOGY HAS BEEN A DISASTER.

IT'S CAUSED BEHAVIORAL AND DISCIPLINE ISSUES.

AND I THINK WE'LL GET A MIX OF BOTH.

AND WE'LL PROBABLY GET PEOPLE THAT SAYING, WELL, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE PROS AND CONS OF TECHNOLOGY THERE, YOU KNOW, JUST LIKE MS. HAY WAS SAYING, WE, YOU KNOW, DIFFERENT THINGS.

SO IF WE CAN PARSE THAT OUT, I THINK WHAT PERSONALLY I'M LOOKING FOR, AND I'M OPEN TO FEEDBACK ON THIS, BUT FROM MY POINT OF VIEW IS LOOKING AT WHERE ARE PEOPLE IN A VERY BIG SENSE WITH THIS SURVEY SO THAT WE CAN START DIRECTING SOME STRATEGIC, UM, DISTRICT STRATEGY TOWARDS HOW WE'LL RESPOND TO TECHNOLOGY.

SO IF WE GET, FOR EXAMPLE, A 50 50 SPLIT OF PARENTS WHO ARE PRO TECHNOLOGY AND PARENTS WHO HATE IT, FOR EXAMPLE, WHAT DOES THAT MEAN STRATEGICALLY FOR THE DISTRICT, RIGHT? HOW ARE YOU GONNA ACCOMMODATE THE 50% OF PEOPLE WHO THINK THAT YOU MUST DO TECHNOLOGY IN ORDER TO, UM, GET, PREPARE KIDS FOR THE WORLD, RIGHT? AND THE 50% WHO THINKS IT'S DESTROYING THEIR CHILDHOOD, LIKE WHAT DO YOU DO WITH THAT INFORMATION? I THINK THAT'S A BIG CHALLENGE.

SO THEN THE NEXT STEP IS WHERE I THINK WE COME IN POTENTIALLY REACHING OUT TO SOME OF THESE PARENTS FOR MORE FEEDBACK AND SAY, WHAT DOES THIS LOOK LIKE? WHAT ARE THE TOOLS THAT WE HAVE? CAN WE ACCOMMODATE BOTH POINTS OF VIEW? SO IT'S BOTH A RISK WHEN YOU DO A SURVEY LIKE THIS, BECAUSE IF YOU GET HALF OF PEOPLE THAT ARE SUPER, YOU KNOW, MORE TECHNOLOGY PLEASE, AND HALF THE PEOPLE THAT ARE LIKE, STOP IT AND GO BACK, HOW DO YOU, HOW DO YOU HANDLE THAT? BECAUSE I DON'T, I I, I SUSPECT WE'RE PROBABLY, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE PERCENTAGE WOULD BE, BUT I DON'T THINK IT'S GOING TO BE STRONGLY ONE WAY OR THE OTHER.

I THINK WE'RE GONNA SEE BOTH, UM, BOTH TYPES OF PARENTS COMING OUT AND SAYING MORE OR LESS.

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SO IN MY OPINION, I WOULD SAY LET'S LEAVE IT WITH SORT OF A FREE TEXT, GET A, GET SORT OF A MAP OF WHAT'S GOING ON AND THEN START DIGGING INTO THESE INDIVIDUAL RESULTS.

POTENTIALLY HAVING MORE DISCUSSION WITH SICS, MORE SURVEYS OR EVEN FORMING SOME SORT OF A, LIKE A HEALTH ADVISORY COUNCIL OF PARENTS, BUT FOR TECHNOLOGY AND START THINKING HOW DO WE MEET EVERYONE'S DIFFERENT NEEDS? 'CAUSE THE TECHNOLOGY, SAY THAT WORD LIKE 50 TIMES IN A MINUTE.

THE TECHNOLOGY CERTAINLY EXISTS TO DIVIDE CLASSROOMS UP A LITTLE BIT.

SO, BUT THAT'S JUST MY THOUGHTS.

DOES ANYONE ELSE HAVE ANY IDEAS? NO.

CAN I SAY, YEAH, FOR NUMBER ONE, SINCE IMPLEMENTING, I MEAN, I TAUGHT FOR 13 YEARS IN MY FIRST DAY TEACHING.

WE HAD DEVICES IN THE CLASSROOM.

SO SINCE IMPLEMENTING IS REALLY NOT A BENEFICIAL QUESTION BECAUSE THE TEACHERS DON'T HAVE A CHOICE.

THE KIDS ALREADY HAVE ONE-ON-ONE UNLESS YOU'RE SEEN, WOULD YOU LIKE TO DO AWAY WITH ONE-ON-ONE? SO THAT FIRST QUESTION IS LIKE, WHY ARE YOU GONNA ASK? WHAT DO YOU THINK MR. JOHAN? SO WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO SWITCH THE FIRST QUESTION WITH, UH, SOMETHING WITH THE DIGITAL VERSUS PAPER LEARNING? SURE.

OKAY.

BUT EVEN TO OPERATE A CLASSROOM, WE REALLY DON'T HAVE A CHOICE WITH THAT EITHER.

WE DEFINITELY COULD NEVER GET AWAY WITH PAPER AND PENCIL JUST BECAUSE, LIKE MRS. HAYES SAID, EACH STUDENT LEARNS DIFFERENTLY.

SO YOU'RE GONNA WALK IN A CLASSROOM AND KIDS ARE GONNA HAVE TABLETS, KIDS ARE GONNA HAVE BOOKS, KIDS ARE GONNA HAVE COPIES OF SOMETHING.

IT'S, IT'S REALLY NOT EVEN A QUESTION AT THIS POINT WHETHER YOU CAN HAVE ALL OR NOTHING.

SO REALLY WHAT WE NEED TO DO IS CHANGE THAT STUDENT ENGAGEMENT QUESTION TO MORE OF WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS ABOUT THE, YOU KNOW, DIGITAL CLASSROOM? THE THING THAT'S INTERESTING TO ME TOO IS YOU'RE GONNA HAVE PEOPLE WHO HAVE GRADUATED FROM TEACHING SCHOOL IN THE LAST FIVE, 10 YEARS, WHO THEY, THEY'VE NEVER BEEN IN A PAPER AND PENCIL CLASSROOM.

YOU KNOW, THEY'VE NEVER BEEN ON A CHALKBOARD.

I REMEMBER WHEN MY KIDS WERE LIKE IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, AND IT WAS A BIG DEAL FOR EVERYONE TO GET THE PROMETHEAN BOARDS MM-HMM .

YOU KNOW, AND NOW IT'S LIKE, CAN YOU IMAGINE WHAT I MEAN, MY GUESS IS MOST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL KIDS CAN'T FATHOM A CHALKBOARD WHERE YOU WOULD HAVE TO LIKE DUST IT OFF EVERY DAY.

THAT WOULD BE CLAP THE ERASERS.

.

YEAH.

I THINK THERE'S AN AGE THING TOO.

YOU KNOW, SOME TEACHERS PROBABLY FONDLY REMEMBER, YOU KNOW, THE CHALKBOARDS AND THE GLUE STICKS AND ALL THAT AND OTHER TEACHERS JUST CAN'T, THEY, THEY HAVE NO FRAME OF REFERENCE FOR IT.

SO I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN, UM, CRAFT A DIFFERENT TAKE ON THAT QUESTION.

MR. SHOHAN HAVE HAVING TO BE A WORDSMITH NOW.

.

SORRY.

NO, IT'S GOOD.

YEAH, NO PROBLEM.

THE FEEDBACK'S FANTASTIC.

WE'RE LOOKING FOR ANSWERS.

WELL, THIS SURVEY'S GONNA, GONNA GENERATE QUESTIONS, NOT ANSWERS.

ANYONE ELSE, ANY OTHER BOARD MEMBERS HAVE ANY COMMENTS ABOUT THIS? OKAY.

AND THEN THE LAST ONE IS STUDENTS.

AND DOES IT, ARE WE GONNA AGE RESTRICT THIS TO LIKE MIDDLE SCHOOL AND UP, OR ARE WE GONNA HAVE, YOU KNOW, THIRD GRADERS? I WOULD PROBABLY RECOMMEND MIDDLE SCHOOL AND ABOVE.

SO SIX THROUGH 12, BUT IT'S UP TO Y'ALL.

WE CAN, I AGREE.

SIX THROUGH 12.

OKAY.

ANYBODY DISAGREE WITH THAT? UM, NOT NECESSARILY DISAGREE.

SO THE DEVICES CHANGE, AT LEAST IT USED TO BE SECOND GRADE HAD IPADS AND THEN THIRD THROUGH 12 HAD THE TABLETS.

YEAH.

IS THAT HOW IT STILL IS? THINK SO? NO.

CURRENTLY, UH, K THROUGH ONE HAVE IPADS AND SECOND THROUGH 12 HAVE THE LAPTOPS.

AND WE HAD TO GO THAT ROUTE BECAUSE OF THE STATE TESTING STANDARDS FOR THIRD GRADE REQUIRING A ROUTE, A WRITING PIECE, UH, ON THAT THIRD GRADE ASSESSMENT.

AND WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WERE GETTING AT LEAST GIVING THE KIDS A YEAR OF GETTING THE KEYBOARDING AND SKILLS BEFORE HAVING TO WRITE AN A ESSAY.

ABSOLUTELY.

GOT YOU.

SO IT JUST DEPENDS ON WHO YOU WANT THE INFORMATION FROM.

'CAUSE THE SECOND GRADERS WILL DEFINITELY GIVE YOU A LOT MORE FEEDBACK IN A PARENT WILL ,

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WELL, DO WE, UH, DO WE WANNA TAKE JUST AN INFORMAL VOTE ON SIX TO 12? OR DO WE, YOU KNOW, DO WE WANNA DO IT FOR EVERYBODY? HONESTLY, IT DOESN'T.

IT'S, IT'S REALLY JUST WHAT INFORMATION WE'RE LOOKING FOR.

MY CONCERN WITH THE YOUNGER KIDS IS THAT THEY WILL, THAT THEY MIGHT, THE PARENTS MIGHT BE SPEAKING ON THEIR BEHALF, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? YEAH.

JUST BECAUSE I DUNNO HOW MUCH OF AN OPINION THEY'RE GONNA HAVE ON AI AWARENESS IN SECOND GRADE.

SO WE CAN ASK FOR THE, THE QUESTIONNAIRES, THE SURVEYS TO BE ANSWERED LIKE DURING THEIR HOMEROOM PERIODS WHERE THE TEACHERS, THEY'RE NOT THE PARENTS.

WE COULD, THAT, THAT WAS GONNA BE MY SUGGESTION IS, UH, HAVE THE, UH, TEACHER PUT IT OUT RIGHT FOR THEM AT THE BEGINNING OF THE DAY.

UM, THAT WAY HOPEFULLY THEY'RE FRESH AND READY TO ANSWER SOME QUESTIONS BECAUSE IF WE JUST EMAIL IT TO 'EM, UM, UNFORTUNATELY I DON'T THINK WE'LL GET AS MUCH OF A RESPONSE AS WE'RE LOOKING FOR.

RIGHT.

TRUE.

OKAY, WELL I'LL LEAVE IT UP TO YOU MR. SHOHAN.

I THINK THERE'S, YOU KNOW, INPUT ON THAT AND YOU CAN DECIDE WHICH, WHAT, WHAT YOU THINK IS MOST FEASIBLE FOR STUDENTS.

THE MAIN THING, THE OTHER THING I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT WITH THIS IS WHAT THE BACKEND OF THIS IS GONNA LOOK LIKE.

WHAT ARE WE USING TO DISTRIBUTE? ARE WE USING SURVEYMONKEY JOT FORM? WHAT ARE WE USING? UM, I CAN'T THINK OF THE NAME OF IT RIGHT NOW.

RIGHT NOW IT'S VERY SIMILAR TO SURVEYMONKEY.

IT'S UM, OUR NEW SURVEY TOOL WITH THE DISTRICT.

UM, BUT FOR THE STUDENTS WE'LL PROBABLY HAVE TO USE SURVEYMONKEY.

UM, BUT I WILL GET WITH A CANVAS BECAUSE THEY DO A LOT OF SURVEYS.

SO, UM, I KNOW THEY WENT TO A NEW PRODUCT KIND OF AWAY FROM SURVEYMONKEY, BUT IT WILL PROBABLY BE A MIX.

THE STUDENTS WILL PROBABLY GET SURVEYMONKEY AND THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS WILL GET, UM, I CAN'T THINK OF THE NAME OF IT.

THE ONE THAT'S GONNA GO ON OUR WEBSITE.

HOW DID WE TRACK, SORRY.

I'M SORRY.

NO, BUT WHAT, HOW ARE WE GONNA STORE THE RESPONSES? UM, THEY'RE HELD IN THE, UM, IN THE SURVEY MECHANISM.

UM, AND IT DOES MAKE SOME, UH, CORRELATIONS AND STUFF FOR YOU TO KIND OF TRACK ANSWERS.

SO I THINK WE'LL GET SOME HELPFUL DATA OUT OF IT BECAUSE WHAT I'M HOPING TO DO IS TAKE ESSENTIALLY THE FREE TEXT RESULTS AND USE AI MAYBE IN A, IN CONJUNCTION WITH WHATEVER THIS SURVEY TOOL HAS.

'CAUSE I WOULD LOVE TO TAKE 150 PDFS AND THROW 'EM IN TO, YOU KNOW, THE CHAT CHIEF PT AND SAY, OH, IS THERE ECHO? AND JUST SEE WHAT, WHAT WHAT THE, UH, CHAT GPT KIND OF DETERMINES AS FAR AS LIKE PATTERNS AND INSIGHTS.

'CAUSE THAT'S REALLY IN A LOT OF WAYS WHAT AI IS SUPPOSED TO BE GOOD AT, RIGHT? YOU CAN TAKE A HUGE, UH, CHUNK OF MRIS OF THE BRAIN AND DETECT NEW DISEASE PROCESSES.

SO I'M REALLY CURIOUS, UM, IF WE CAN GET ESSENTIALLY PDFS OF ALL THESE SURVEYS OR A CSV WITH FREE TEXT FIELDS OR SOMETHING THAT WE CAN JUST DROP INTO, UM, WE CAN DE-IDENTIFY IT, YOU KNOW, IF WE WANT TO, I DON'T KNOW IF WE NEED TO, 'CAUSE IT'S NOT REALLY FERPA TYPE STUFF, BUT, YOU KNOW, AND JUST SEE LIKE WHAT WERE THE TRENDS? WHAT PERCENTAGE OF PARENTS, YOU KNOW, HAD THIS RESPONSE, WHAT THAT WE CAN INTERROGATE IT IN A LOT OF WAYS.

SO CAN WE DO THAT WITH THIS SURVEY TOOL? I'M PRETTY SURE WE CAN, THERE SHOULD BE SOME KIND OF A RAW DATA DUMP AT THE END THAT YOU'D BE ABLE TO DROP INTO, UH, AI.

OKAY.

ALL RIGHT.

OKAY.

SO THAT'S KIND OF ALL THE FEEDBACK ON THE SURVEYS, WHICH I THINK YOU GOT PLENTY.

UM, BUT I THINK IT'S A REALLY STRONG START IN MY OPINION, OR A, A STRONG, UH, EFFORT HERE.

AND JUST WITH A LITTLE BIT OF TWEAKING.

UM, ANY OTHER FINAL COMMENTS ON THE SURVEYS AS FAR AS THE CONTENT? NOPE.

GOOD PLACE TO START.

ALL RIGHT.

SO THE GOAL IS TO GET, YOU KNOW, IF YOU WANNA SEND IT BACK OUT TO THE COMMITTEE, UH, OR TO THE BOARD AS A WHOLE, I'LL PRESENT IT AT OUR NEXT MEETING.

UM, AND WE'LL HAVE THE BOARD SIGN OFF ON IT.

UM, YOU KNOW, I'LL PROBABLY HAVE A MOTION TO SEND TO INITIATE THIS SURVEY PROGRAM.

THAT WILL BE WHAT, THE END OF SEPTEMBER, RIGHT? UH, COLONEL GUYER NEXT TUESDAY.

YEP.

OKAY.

RIGHT.

AND THEN ONCE IT'S APPROVED, WE JUST NEED TO GET IT SET UP SO THAT, NO, IT'S OCTOBER.

OCTOBER.

I'M SORRY, YOU MEAN OUR NEXT MEETING BOARD? NEXT BOARD MEETING.

YEAH.

OUR NEXT BOARD MEETING IS OCTOBER 21ST.

21ST.

YEAH, I KNEW IT WAS NEXT TUESDAY.

I WAS JUST SAYING SEPTEMBER.

'CAUSE I CANNOT BELIEVE IT'S OCTOBER.

UM, PROBABLY NEXT TUESDAY.

THAT'S TWO BECAUSE WE JUST WEEKS FROM, THAT'S TWO WEEKS FROM NOW.

OKAY.

WE JUST WENT OVER THE SEPTEMBER, UH, NUMBERS.

SO YOU PROBABLY HAD SEPTEMBER STUCK IN YOUR BRAIN.

WELL, SO THAT WILL OCTOBER 21ST,

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RIGHT? IS THAT WE SAID? YES.

OKAY.

SO, UM, OCTOBER 21ST, WE'LL, UH, IF WE GET IT APPROVED, THEN WE'LL JUST SET IT UP FOR IMPLEMENTATION AND THEN WE NEED TO, UH, GET IT OUT TO THE SICS FOR THE PARENTS, GET IT ON THE WEBSITE, GET IT TO TEACHERS.

AND, UM, DO YOU HAVE HELP WITH THAT AT THE DISTRICT LEVEL, MR. SHOHAN? YES.

OKAY, PERFECT.

YES.

UM, WE HAVE ALL THE LISTS OF ALL THE SIC MEMBERS, SO WE'LL BE ABLE TO GET IT TO THEM, UM, BE ABLE TO GET IT OUT TO THE CHAMBER OR, UH, DIGITAL CORRIDOR, UM, AND THOSE TYPES.

YEAH.

SO WHAT I'LL DO IS I'LL TAKE THE FEEDBACK, I WILL MAKE CHANGES TO THESE FOUR SURVEYS AND TRY TO GET 'EM BACK TO YOU BY ABOUT THURSDAY, WEDNESDAY OR THURSDAY.

UM, AND THAT'LL GIVE US ENOUGH TIME TO GET IT IN FRONT OF, HOPEFULLY GET IT IN FRONT OF THE BOARD NEXT TUESDAY.

THE OTHER THING, AND WE DON'T HAVE TO SPEND A LOT OF TIME ON THIS, UM, IN THIS MEETING, BUT I THINK WHAT, SO THERE NEEDS TO BE A LITTLE BIT OF A PREAMBLE TO THESE SURVEYS.

YOU KNOW, HERE'S WHAT WE'RE DOING, LIKE ONE PARAGRAPH TYPE OF THING.

UM, AND MAYBE A DEFINITION OF ONE-TO-ONE DEVICE OR WHATEVER, YOU KNOW, JUST KIND OF, AND I, I'VE GOT A LITTLE PREAMBLE THAT I CAN SEND YOU THAT I WORKED ON.

SORT OF WHAT DEMOGRAPHIC INFORMATION.

SO WE WANT ONE, ONE, UH, SUBMISSION PER PERSON, RIGHT? YES.

SO TRADITIONALLY THAT'S NAME AND EMAIL ADDRESS.

HOW DICEY, AND I FEEL LIKE THIS IS VER VERGING INTO DICEY TERRITORY, BUT I COME FROM A HEALTHCARE BACKGROUND.

I WOULD LOVE TO KNOW THAT IF NOT EXACTLY THE AGE, BUT A LITTLE BIT THE AGE OF THE PERSON FILLING IT OUT, RIGHT? JUST TO GET A SENSE OF IF THERE'S DISCREPANCY ON AGES, BECAUSE CLEARLY THERE, THERE ARE COMFORT LEVELS WITH TECHNOLOGY BETWEEN YOUR AVERAGE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT AND YOUR AVERAGE RETIREE.

AND THERE ARE EXCEPTIONS TO BOTH OF THOSE.

I, THERE ARE VERY, UM, TECHNOPHOBIC UH, HIGH SCHOOLERS AND THEY'RE VERY SAVVY, UM, RETIRED FOLKS.

BUT AS A GENERAL DISTRIBUTION, UH, YOU'RE GONNA, I THINK YOU'RE GONNA SEE, AND I, I'M KIND OF, I'M FASCINATED.

I THINK THIS IS DATA THAT WOULD ACTUALLY BE REALLY, REALLY USEFUL.

IT COULD EVEN BE A COOL RESEARCH PROJECT TO SEE, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE'S AGE.

I WANNA KNOW LIKE WHERE THEY LIVE, LIKE WHAT, UM, CLUSTER ARE THEY WITH? IF THEY'RE A STUDENT, WHAT SCHOOL ARE THEY WITH? IF THEY'RE A PARENT, WHAT SCHOOL DO THEIR KIDS ATTEND? JUST SO YOU CAN SEE SOME VARIATION IN THE DATA.

UM, I THINK THAT WOULD BE INFORMATIVE, BUT THAT MAY BE DICEY.

SO I'M KIND OF INTERESTED IN MR. SHOHAN, IF YOU THINK THAT'D BE DICEY OR IF OTHER BOARD MEMBERS THINK THAT THAT WOULD BE MAKE PEOPLE UNCOMFORTABLE.

CAN YOU GIVE AGE RANGE? IT'S NOT NECESSARILY, BUT JUST PUT 'EM IN A RA UH, AGE RANGE.

YEAH.

WE COULD DO SOMETHING LIKE ON YOUR NORMAL INTERNET SURVEYS, 18 TO 29, 30 TO 39, SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

OKAY.

COULD WE PUT OCCUPATION AND AS LONG AS, AND MAYBE OPTIONAL, NOT REQUIRED? OR DO YOU THINK THAT WOULD BE, THAT'D BE TOO MUCH TO DO? COMMITTEE MEMBERS? I MEAN, WE CAN PUT UP, WE CAN PUT LIKE A LITTLE UNDER THE PREAMBLE OF WHAT THE SURVEY IS ABOUT.

WE COULD PROBABLY ASK A FEW VERY GENERIC DEMOGRAPHIC QUESTIONS.

SO AGE, UM, I DON'T THINK CLUSTER WOULD BE TOO INTRUSIVE.

UM, SINCE WE HAVE FOUR CLUSTERS IN THE DISTRICT, I MEAN, IT WOULD NARROW IT DOWN A LITTLE.

YEAH.

I DON'T KNOW.

COMMUNITY MEMBERS WOULDN'T, UM, OBVIOUSLY BE AFFILIATED WITH THE CLUSTER.

WE COULD PUT ZIP CODE TOO, WHICH IS KIND OF CLUSTERY, RIGHT? SOME, I MEAN, I KNOW THE HILTON HEAD IS VERY CLUSTERY.

LIKE IF YOU'RE IN THE TWO SIX OR THE TWO EIGHT, YOU'RE IN HILTON HEAD PRETTY MUCH OH NINE 10.

SO WE COULD JUST PUT ZIP CODE.

I DON'T KNOW.

I, I DON'T WANNA INTRUDE INTO PEOPLE'S LIVES, BUT I THINK IT WOULD REALLY BE INFORMATIVE.

LEAH, VICTOR, WHAT ARE YOUR, WHAT ARE YOUR REACTIONS TO TRYING TO GET AS MUCH DEMOGRAPHIC? I DON'T THINK IT'S GONNA BE THAT, THAT INTRUSIVE, UM, TO ASK GRADE, UH, OR SCHOOL.

UM, I, IT'S, I, AS LONG AS WE'RE NOT ASKING NAMES OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, OR GENDER OR WHATEVER RACE OR NONE OF THAT STUFF, JUST AGE AND AGE AND SCHOOL JUST, AND I, I THINK THAT'S GOOD.

UM, I DON'T THINK, UH, I DON'T THINK A SIXTH GRADER'S GONNA KNOW WHAT CLUSTER THEY'RE IN.

UH, OR, OR A FIFTH GRADER OR EVEN MAYBE EVEN A THIRD GRADER.

I DON'T, I DON'T THINK THEY, THEY CARE ABOUT THEIR SCHOOL CLUSTER.

THEY KNOW WHAT SCHOOL THEY GO TO, BUT I DON'T KNOW WHAT SCHOOL, IF THEY KNEW THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO MAKE THAT A JUMP TO SCHOOL CLUSTER.

UM, LIKE MC REILLY, WHAT, WHAT SCHOOL CLUSTER, UH, DOES A THIRD GRADER THINK THEY BELONG TO? YOU KNOW? RIGHT.

OR WHATEVER.

RIGHT.

UM, BUT, UH, SO I MEAN, I I DON'T THINK IT'D BE TOO INTRUSIVE TO JUST ASK, UH, GRADE AND SCHOOL.

WELL, MY QUESTION WILL BE, WHAT, WHAT'S, WHAT'S THE, UH, POINT OF PUTTING THE QUESTION ON? MAYBE I MISSED IT BECAUSE I

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PER OKAY.

I'M SORT OF A DATA NERD.

AND TO ME, I THINK IT'LL BE INTERESTING TO SEE IF THERE WERE TRENDING IN THE RESPONSES BASED ON AGE, BASED ON LOCATION, BASED ON UM, YOU KNOW, LIKE AN LIKE STUDENT RETIRED.

UH, IF YOU WORK IN TECH, I THINK, YOU KNOW, ONE TREND WOULD BE IF YOU WORK IN A TECHNOLOGY FIELD, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE A DIFFERENT THOUGHT THAN IF YOU WORK IN HOSPITALITY.

RIGHT? BUT IT'D BE, I JUST GENERALLY, I'M JUST NOSY.

UM, BUT I DO THINK THAT ACTUALLY, LIKE IF YOU WERE DOING A RESEARCH PROJECT ON TECHNOLOGY, UH, PERSPECTIVES IN PUBLIC EDUCATION AND BEAUFORT COUNTY WOULD BE A COUNTY, YOU WOULD CHOOSE TO DO A RESEARCH PROJECT LIKE THIS IN, BECAUSE IT'S GOT A LOT OF DIVERSITY IN A LOT OF DIFFERENT WAYS.

IT'S GOT PEOPLE THAT HAVE LIVED HERE FOR GENERATIONS, PEOPLE THAT HAVE JUST RECENTLY MOVED HERE.

IT'S, UM, SO IT'D JUST BE KIND OF INTERESTING 'CAUSE I DO THINK YOU WOULD SEE TRENDS WITHIN AGE RANGES, WITHIN DIFFERENT LOCATIONS, WITHIN DIFFERENT, YOU KNOW, UM, OCCUPATIONS, ET CETERA.

BUT I, I DON'T WANNA INTRUDE ON PEOPLE OR MAKE THEM FEEL LIKE WE'RE TRYING TO PIGEONHOLE THEM INTO CERTAIN CATEGORIES.

UH, I THINK THE SCHOOL IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE, UH, ESPECIALLY FOR OUR, OUR SCHOOLS THAT ARE PROJECT LEAD THE WAY AND THEY HAVE, UH, APP BUILDER CLASSES AND THEY HAVE ROBOTICS AND THAT KIND OF STUFF, THAT MAY SKEW A LITTLE BIT OF THE, UH, THE TECHNOLOGY RESPONSES FROM THE STUDENTS.

UM, SO IIII THINK IT MIGHT BE IMPORTANT FOR THAT REASON IF, IF, IF AMONG THE OTHER REASONS.

OKAY.

WELL MR. SHOHAN, WILL YOU COME UP WITH A COUPLE OF LIKE NON-OBTRUSIVE SORT OF, AND THEN I GUESS IF WE'RE NOT GETTING THEIR NAME, WHICH I'M FINE WITH 'CAUSE I REALLY AM NOT INTERESTED IN PEOPLE'S NAMES PER SE.

THE ONLY THING IS HOW DO WE, YOU KNOW, I I I DON'T THINK PEOPLE ARE GONNA GO CRAZY AND SUBMIT SOMETHING.

I, I THINK WE'RE PROBABLY AT LOW RISK OF SOMEONE HAMMERING OUT THIS SURVEY 20 TIMES TO TRY AND SKEW THE RESULTS.

SO, OH, GO AHEAD MS. HAYES HAND IS UP.

OH, HEY MS. HAY.

HEY THERE.

I WAS JUST GONNA SAY, UM, OR SUGGEST A QUESTION LIKE, WHAT IS THE CLOSEST SCHOOL TO YOU? AND THEN THEY SELECT THE CLOSEST SCHOOL.

SOMETHING LIKE THAT ISN'T INTRUSIVE.

'CAUSE YOU'RE NOT ASKING THEM SPECIFICALLY WHERE DO YOU GO TO SCHOOL, BUT THAT'S MORE THAN LIKELY WHERE THEY'RE GOING TO CLICK ON, UM, IF IT'S GIVEN IN OPTIONS OR, I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S GONNA BE OPTIONS THAT ARE AVAILABLE FOR THEM TO CLICK OR IF IT'S A FILL IN THE BLANK.

BUT THAT MIGHT BE, YOU KNOW, WORDING LIKE THAT.

JUST WHAT'S THE CLOSEST SCHOOL TO YOUR LOCATION OR TO YOUR HOME? YEAH.

YEAH, TO ME I'M ALWAYS, I MEAN, I'M HIGH SCHOOL CENTRIC, BUT BECAUSE THAT'S LIKE AT THE CORE OF EACH CLUSTER, ALTHOUGH FOR REASONS THAT BEFUDDLE ME, BLUFFTON IS STILL ONE, YOU KNOW, 45% OF THE STUDENTS ONE CLUSTER , UM, YOU KNOW WHAT HIGH SCHOOL KIND OF, YOU KNOW, IS YOUR, IS IN YOUR, IS IN YOUR AREA AND YOU, I DON'T, YOU KNOW, IF THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT HIGH SCHOOL, LIKE IF IT'S OBVIOUSLY STUDENTS ARE GONNA KNOW, YOU KNOW, WHAT SCHOOL THEY'RE, I THINK FOR THE STUDENT SURVEY YOU SHOULD PUT SCHOOL AND GRADE.

'CAUSE THAT'S, BUT THEN FOR THE COMMUNITY SURVEY, I WAS JUST WONDERING IF YOU COULD, IF IT'LL BE REASONABLE TO SAY, UM, YOU KNOW, ZIP CODE OR WHAT SCHOOL, WHAT HIGH SCHOOL IS NEAREST TO YOU OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

IF YOU HAVE ANY IDEAS, MR. SHOHAN, LET ME KNOW.

AND IF YOU GUYS THINK THAT THAT'S, THAT THAT'S TOO INVASIVE.

SO I COULD PROBABLY, WE COULD PROBABLY DO A DROPDOWN AND UNDER OCCUPATION, KEEP IT VERY GENERIC AND WHAT INDUSTRY YOU'RE IN, YOU KNOW, HOSPITALITY, HEALTHCARE, TECHNOLOGY, UM, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

WE KEEP IT VERY GENERIC AND IT'S LESS LIKELY TO UPSET ANYONE BE SURE AND PUT MILITARY IN THERE, OR RETIRED MILITARY.

I, I'M INTERESTED IN THAT TOO BECAUSE THAT'S ANOTHER THING THAT BEAUFORT COUNTY HAS IS WE HAVE A BIG MILITARY COMMUNITY.

WE REALLY ARE SORT OF A, AN A A GOOD COMMUNITY TO, TO GET A SENSE OF THINGS FROM.

WHEN I SEND THESE BACK OUT TO YOU, I'LL HAVE EXAMPLES OF THAT LAID OUT AT THE TOP ABOVE THE QUESTIONS.

THAT WAY Y'ALL CAN GET AN EYE ON IT AND GIVE YOUR OPINIONS ON.

FANTASTIC.

AND I'LL SEND YOU THE LITTLE PREAMBLE THAT I HAVE.

IT'S NOT PERFECT.

OKAY.

BUT, YOU KNOW, SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO SPEND A BUNCH OF TIME.

CHACHI PT HELPED ME.

.

.

OKAY.

THAT'S AWESOME.

UM, ANY OTHER COMMENTS ON THE SURVEY? OKAY.

UM, AND THEN, UH, WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT THE WHOLE, EVERYONE SEES IT, UH, IN THE BOARD PACKET ON THURSDAY.

HOPEFULLY IF MR. JOHAN, IF NOT, HE'LL ADD IT IN WHEN HE GETS IT DONE.

BUT WE'LL HAVE IT FOR TUESDAY.

AND I'M GONNA ASK THE BOARD FOR A MOTION, UM, TO INITIATE A SURVEY, A TECHNOLOGY SURVEY OF THE COMMUNITY STUDENTS, STAFF, AND PARENTS

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OF BEAVER COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT.

UM, AND THEN I GUESS THE LAST OPTION WE HAVE, SO WE'LL MOVE ON FROM SURVEYS AND, UH, ITEM NUMBER FIVE, DISCUSSION OF MONTHLY REPORT FORMAT.

UM, ANYONE HAVE, I MEAN, I, I'M FINE WITH WHAT CAME UP, WHAT WAS BROUGHT UP TODAY, BUT IF ANYONE HAS ANY FEEDBACK ON, ON LOOKING AT THAT? NO, UH, I MEAN, IT'S, IT'S PRETTY, UH, I, I DID NOTICE A LITTLE BIT OF A SPIKE OF MICS AND LIKE CAMERAS NOT WORKING, BUT OTHER THAN THAT, UH, IT SEEMED PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD STUFF ACROSS THE BOARD.

OKAY.

ANYBODY ELSE? OKAY, SO THAT PRETTY MUCH COVERS ALL OF OUR AGENDA ITEMS. UM, FUTURE TOPICS.

WE STILL HAVE, UM, THE, UH, UH, GAMING CLUBS, THE E ESPORTS CLUBS.

SO IF WE COULD BRING, YEAH, IF YOU COULD BRING THAT NEXT, I KNOW THIS, THIS SURVEY THING TAKES A LOT OF, I TRIED TO HELP.

IT IS HARD TO, THESE, THIS IS A HARD QUESTION TO START AT, YOU KNOW, AND TO NOT BE ABLE TO EXPLAIN TO PEOPLE, HERE'S WHAT I'M LOOKING FOR.

SO KUDOS TO YOU, MR. SHOHAN, THAT EVEN THOUGH IT'S FIVE QUESTIONS, I THAT IS A LOT OF WORK.

SO, UM, AT THE NEXT MEETING, ARE YOU GONNA BRING MONTHLY NOW THE REPAIR NOTES? YES.

OKAY.

SO WE'LL HAVE THAT, AND THEN IF WE CAN DO A DISCUSSION ON ESPORTS, WE'LL HAVE, UM, WHAT, WHAT WILL BE THE DATE OF OUR NEXT MEETING, ROBIN? NOVEMBER 10TH.

OKAY.

SO WE SHOULD HAVE HOPEFULLY GOTTEN THAT SURVEY UNDERWAY SO WE CAN AT LEAST HAVE A, YOU KNOW, AN UPDATE ON THAT.

AND THEN I HAD THIS THOUGHT WHEN YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT THE POWER BANKS.

I WOULD LOVE IF YOU WOULD BRING, AND THIS, IF SOME PEOPLE WOULD SEND TO YOU WHEN YOU'RE PILOTING A NEW TECHNOLOGICALLY BASED PROGRAM, WHETHER IT'S AI OR POWER CHARGERS OR WIFI, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER IT IS, AND YOU'RE JUST STARTING OUT.

I THINK THOSE ARE COOL THINGS TO TALK ABOUT IN THE COMMUNITY BECAUSE WHEN THESE QUESTIONS COME UP AND, YOU KNOW, WHAT IS THE DISTRICT DOING WITH AI? I, I GET THAT OBVIOUSLY WHAT IS THE DISTRICT DOING THESE DIFFERENT THINGS? WE CAN SAY, WELL, WE'VE GOT SOME PILOT PROGRAMS, SO COULD YOU BRING TO THESE MEETINGS SOMETIMES IF YOU HAVE A, A PILOT PROGRAM OR TWO JUST LIKE THEY DO WITH ACADEMICS WHERE YOU JUST KIND OF HIGHLIGHT, UH, SOMETHING SO THAT WE HAVE A, A COOL THING TO GO OUT AND TALK TO THE COMMUNITY ABOUT.

ABSOLUTELY.

ANYBODY ELSE HAVE FUTURE TOPICS? NEGATIVE DISPLAY, PLAY, DRUMS? I'M GOOD.

ALL RIGHT.

OKAY.

WELL I THINK THAT'S A DECENT, UH, WE'LL, WE'LL GET THE SURVEY THING IN NOVEMBER AND THAT'S SOME, UH, A DECENT LIST OF THINGS FOR YOU FOR NOVEMBER, MR. JOHAN, AND THANKS SO MUCH FOR PUTTING ALL THIS SURVEY TOGETHER.

UM, SO JUST TO RECAP, ABSOLUTELY, WE'LL SEND THAT OUT.

YOU'LL SEND THAT OUT WHEN YOU GET IT.

IF, HOPEFULLY IF YOU GET IT BY THURSDAY, THAT'S GREAT.

WE'LL PUT IT IN THE BOARD PACKET FOR NEXT TUESDAY.

UM, AND SO BOARD MEMBERS, ESPECIALLY ON TECH COMMITTEE, IF YOU HAVE FEEDBACK BEFORE THE SURVEY GOES OUT, BEFORE IT GOES TO THE BOARD, UH, PLEASE REPLY ALL SO WE CAN KIND OF INCORPORATE THAT.

OKAY.

UM, IF THERE IS NOTHING ELSE, I DON'T THINK I NEED A MOTION TO, I'LL JUST BRING IT UP AS PART OF MY REPORT AND REQUEST, UH, APPROVAL FROM THE BOARD TO DO THIS SURVEY.

UH, BUT I DON'T THINK WE HAVE ANY MOTIONS WE NEED TO VOTE ON TODAY.

SO IF THERE'S NOTHING ELSE WE CAN, UH, I GUESS WHAT, ADJOURN BY UNANIMOUS CONSENT, MA'AM.

ALL RIGHT.

THANKS EVERYBODY.

THANK YOU.