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CAN YOU HEAR US NOW? INGRID, CAN YOU HEAR US NOW? YES, I CAN.
IS THERE MOTION TO APPROVE THE AGENDA? I APPROVE THE AGENDA.
ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE.
IS THIS GOODERS BERRY? ARE THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS? YES.
UM, I, I WAS EXPECTING MR. CROSBY TO BE HERE TODAY BECAUSE O SEVEN IS ASSET PROTECTION, AND THE MAJORITY OF IT IS FINANCIAL ACCESS, UH, ASSETS.
UH, IN MY DEPARTMENT WE HAVE TON WHO DOES, UH, PHYSICAL ASSETS.
SHE'S THE ONE WHO MAINTAINS INSURANCE.
ALL PROPERTIES ARE INSURED AND SECURED EVERYTHING.
SO I'M, UH, THERE IS ALSO, UM, TECHNOLOGICAL ASSETS AS WELL AS SOME THINGS FROM WHERE YOU, YOU.
SO WHILE WE'RE WAITING FOR THEM, I WILL KIND OF GIVE YOU A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF WHAT JENNIFER DOES, WHAT HER RESPONSIBILITIES ARE.
SHE LOOKS AT ALL OF OUR BUILDINGS, ALL OF OUR PROPERTY, WHICH WE HAVE A LOT OF BILL DOLLARS WORTH, AND SHE MAKES SURE THAT THEY'RE ALL INSURED PROPERLY.
HURRICANE DAMAGE, UH, STORM DAMAGES, FIRE DAMAGES, ALL KINDS OF PROTECTIONS.
SHE WORKS THROUGH SOME OF THE LARGEST ERS OF SCHOOL ORGANIZATIONS IN THE COUNTRY.
AND SHE REVIEWS EACH ONE OF OUR POLICIES.
IT'S JUST HER, THAT SHE DOESN'T ALSO SELF-INSURED FOR WORKERS' COMP.
BECAUSE THE DEDUCTIBLE IS SO HIGH, IT'S FIVE DEDUCTIBLE.
SO WE TO CARRY OUR OWN INSURANCE WORKERS COMP.
SO YOU JUST TAKE OF, OH, YOU START IT.
LEMME SEND YOU THAT LINK AGAIN.
SECTION 7.4 OF ASSET PROTECTION IS PROTECTING INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY INFORMATION RECORDS AND ASSET ASSETS.
UM, SO THIS AREA IS PRIMARILY TECHNOLOGY.
UM, AND SO THE TECHNOLOGY, UH, IS IN CHARGE OF THE CYBERSECURITY, WHICH ALSO PROTECTS, UH, LIMITS ACCESS TO SENSITIVE DATA, FILES AND RECORDS, AUTHORIZED PERSONNEL ONLY.
SO WE HAVE, UH, PROCESSES WITHIN THE, UM, THE WORKFLOWS OF THE FINANCIAL SOFTWARES,
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PAYROLL SOFTWARES TO LIMIT ACCESS TO CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS.UM, EVERY SOFTWARE SYSTEM WE HAVE IS LIMITED TO A CERTAIN NUMBER, CERTAIN PEOPLE THAT SHOULD BE AUTHORIZED TO HAVE ACCESS TO THOSE AREAS.
UM, AND ALSO WE HAVE CLEAR AUDIT TRAILS TO ENSURE ACCOUNTABILITY FOR ACCESS.
UM, MUNIS, FOR EXAMPLE, HAS A, AN, UH, AN AUDIT TRAIL OR AUDIT, UM, FEATURE THAT ALLOWS YOU TO GO IN AND SEE ANY, UM, CHANGE THAT WAS MADE IN THE SYSTEM AND WHO MADE IT.
SO THAT'S, THAT'S AN EXAMPLE OF THAT SORT OF ACCESS CONTROL.
UM, ALSO WE EMPLOY ENCRYPTION, UM, AUTHENTICATION.
YOU SEE THE MULTI-FACTOR AUTHENTICATION, WHICH IS INCREASINGLY, UM, UH, PREVALENT IN EVERY SOFTWARE SYSTEM.
WE'RE USING, UH, SECURITY STORAGE, UM, UH, REGULARLY UPDATES, CYBERSECURITY PROTECTIONS LIKE FIREWALLS, ANTIVIRUS, INTRUSION DETECTION TO PREVENT UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS.
UM, SO WE HAVE, UM, DIGITAL, WE ENSURE THAT WE HAVE DIGITAL AND PAPER RECORDS THAT ARE BACKED UP WHEN NECESSARY, STORED IN COMPLIANCE WITH LEGAL, EDUCATIONAL, AND REGULATORY STANDARDS IF THEY ARE REQUIRED TO BE PAPER RECORDS, UM, AND IMPLEMENT REDUNDANCIES.
WE HAVE A, A SECOND, UM, A BACKUP LOCATION AT MAY RIVER HIGH SCHOOL.
THAT IS OUR SECONDARY IF THIS NETWORK GOES DOWN IN THIS BUILDING.
SO THERE'S ALWAYS A REPLICATION SO THAT, UH, WE ENSURE THAT, UH, WE DON'T LOSE ANY IMPORTANT DATA.
YOUR COMPUTERS ALL HAVE, UH, TAGS ON THEM THAT ARE IDENTIFIED FOR, UM, BEAVER COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT.
THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF ONE RIGHT HERE, AND THAT'S BARCODE SCAN IS USED.
IS APP APPLIED IN THE, UM, IT USED TO BE A DESTINY SOFTWARE.
THERE'S A NEW, UH, WHERE LIBRARY BOOKS ARE CAPTURED, BUT I THINK THE NEW COMPANY IS ONE TO ONE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
UH, WHERE THEY HAVE A DIGITAL INVENTORY OF EVERY, UH, COMPUTER, EVERY BOX LIGHT BOARD, THESE BOARDS, UH, AND THOSE SORTS OF THINGS, UM, THAT THE DISTRICT OWNS.
AND, AND THAT IS, UH, INVENTORIED AND MONITORED EVERY YEAR, UM, THROUGH THE TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT.
WE HAVE A DISASTER PLAN FOR TECHNOLOGY AND FOR THE DISTRICT.
UH, HAVE REGULAR BACKUP TESTS, RECOVERY AND SECURITY PROCEDURES TO, IN THE EVENT OF EMERGENCIES.
UM, AND THEN ADEQUATE FINANCIAL RESERVES.
UM, SO ACCORDING TO BOARD POLICY OE FIVE, WE HAVE A UNBALANCE THAT MAINTAINS NO LESS THAN 60 DAYS OF OPERATIONS.
UM, AND WE JUST MOVED FROM 20% TO 21%.
SO WE HAVE O OVER 70, I THINK IT'S 76% OR 76 DAYS OF OPERATIONS AT THIS POINT.
UM, SO THAT IS ANOTHER WAY THAT WE PROTECT AGAINST, UM, TO PROTECT, UM, THE DISTRICT AGAINST UNFORESEEN CIRCUMSTANCES.
UM, AND SO THE EVIDENCE OF THOSE COMPLIANCE IS OUR ANNUAL FINANCIAL REPORT, THE BUDGET AND THE QUARTERLY REPORT WHERE WE REPORT THOSE RESERVES ON A REGULAR BASIS.
SO, UM, LET'S SEE, ON, ON NUMBER, UH, 7.6 RELATES TO ASSET IDENTIFICATION AND SECURITY.
SO THAT SHOWS YOU A COPY OF THE ASSET TAG THAT NOT ONLY IS PUT ON LAPTOPS, IT'S ALSO PUT ON MAJOR ASSETS IN THE DISTRICT.
SO IF THEY'RE MAJOR THINGS THAT HAVE A VALUE OF GREATER THAN $5,000 OR MORE INDIVIDUAL ITEMS, THEN WE WOULD HAVE ASSET TAGS ON THOSE.
AND THEN WE SEND, UM, EVERY YEAR WE SEND OUT A SPOT CHECK, UH, OF, OR A, A LISTING OF ASSETS AT TO EVERY SCHOOL.
THEY GO THROUGH THEM AND IDENTIFY ANY ASSETS HAVE BEEN, UM, REMOVED, CHANGED, UM, MOVED THROUGHOUT THE BUILDING.
AND THEN WE HAVE A FIXED ASSET MODULE IN MUNI SOFTWARE WHERE WE TRACK THAT, THE LOCATION OF THOSE ASSETS.
UM, AND SO THAT IS THE INVENTORY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, UH, IN 7.6 POINT B THERE, WHICH GIVES THE ASSET TYPE LOCATION.
AND ALL OF THAT IS ALSO USED IN OUR FINANCIAL REPORTING AS WELL.
UM, SO WE HAVE SAMPLES OF THE TAGGED ASSETS.
WE HAVE INVENTORY REPORTS THAT SHOW THE SERIAL NUMBERS OF ASSETS LIKE VEHICLES OR THOSE SORTS OF THINGS.
AND WE HAVE AUDIT LOGS, OR WE DO ANNUAL INSPECTIONS ANNUALLY.
AND THEN WE HAVE ONGOING MONITORING AS WELL, WHICH IS BASICALLY THE INVENTORIES TO ENSURE, UH, THAT THE ASSETS ARE, ARE PRESENT.
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THAT WE'RE, THEY'RE FLAGGED FOR IMMEDIATE INVESTIGATION.UH, A COUPLE OF THE OTHER, THE SHALL NOTS, UM, UH, THE SUPERINTENDENTS SHALL NOT, UM, INVEST FUNDS IN INVESTMENTS THAT ARE NOT SECURED AND NOT AUTHORIZED BY LAW.
UH, SO ALL OF OUR BANK ACCOUNTS ARE REQUIRED TO BE COLLATERALIZED.
AND, UH, SO ANYTHING, UH, IN OUR ACCOUNTS ARE PROJECTED NOT JUST BY THE FDIC, UM, THE FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION, BUT ALSO THEY'RE COLLATERALIZED BY OTHER ASSETS, UH, UM, OF THE DISTRICT.
AND THE MOST OF OUR INVESTMENTS ARE MANAGED BY THE COUNTY.
SO IN, UH, IN ONE OF THE FINAL PAGES HERE, LET'S SEE THE PAGE NUMBERS THERE, BUT, UH, 7.5, UH, TWO, UM, OUR INVESTMENTS ARE, ARE WITH THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT INVESTMENT POOL.
UM, THE COUNTY, UM, STATE GOVERNMENT HAS A GOVERNMENT POOL AND ALLOWS ALL IN ALL GOVERNMENTAL INVESTMENTS TO BE PULLED TOGETHER AND WE GET BETTER INTEREST RATES.
SO THIS INVESTMENT POOL HAS 1200 MORE THAN 1200 ACCOUNTS OVERALL WITH LIKE $15 BILLION IN IT, INCLUDING OUR FUNDS AS WELL.
AND THEY PROVIDE, UH, PROTECTIONS FOR THE DISTRICT, UH, AND, AND VERY GOOD INTEREST RATES.
UM, THE INTEREST RATES, UH, WERE IN THE, AT LEAST THREE TO 4% THROUGHOUT THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS, UM, WHICH IS MUCH HIGHER THAN OUR BANKING INTEREST RATES ARE, WHICH ARE IN BELOW 1% INVE INVESTMENTS.
SO IT'S A BETTER, UH, RATE FOR US.
AND WE GET THAT INFORMA, THE COUNTY, THE FUNDS GO TO THE COUNTY, AND THEN WE REPORT IT AND WE RECORD INTEREST INCOME IN OUR FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.
UM, SO THE WAY THAT WE MONITOR THAT IS IN THE BUDGET.
SO WE MONITOR AND MAKE, UH, ASSUMPTIONS OF WHAT THAT BUDGET BE FOR INTEREST INCOME AND WHAT REVENUES WE BELIEVE WILL SUPPORT OTHER PR UH, DEPOSIT ACCOUNTS OR THE GENERAL FUND OR THE CAPITAL PROJECTS FUND.
AND WE PUT THOSE IN THERE EACH YEAR AND WE'RE ABLE TO TRACK HOW MUCH PROGRESS WE'RE MAKING THERE AND WHAT INTEREST RATES WE'RE GETTING.
SO THIS IS A CHART OF THE INTEREST INCOME BY FUND THAT WE'VE SEEN.
YOU SEE, OF COURSE, A MAJORITY IN THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS IS IN THE CAPITAL PROJECTS FUND THAT'S IN BLUE.
UM, SO YOU SEE IN FY 23 IN PARTICULAR, THAT WAS A HIGH POINT OF A CASH BALANCE WHEN WE WERE, UM, GETTING PROBABLY MID MIDWAY THROUGH THE 2019 REFERENDUM.
SO CASH IN THE BANK WAS HIGH, SO WE WERE GETTING A LOT OF INTEREST AND, AND INTEREST RATES WERE VERY GOOD BACK THEN IT COME DOWN A BIT.
AND THEN THE RED ARE THE GENERAL FUND INTEREST INCOME THAT WE'RE REPORTING, WHICH IS JUST ANYWHERE BETWEEN TWO TO $4 MILLION.
WE USE THOSE GENERAL FUND DOLLARS TO, TO HELP FUND THE OPERATIONS OF THE DISTRICT.
UH, AND THE, UM, SO THOSE ARE SHOWN IN THE QUARTERLY FINANCIALS, THE ANNUAL FINANCIALS AND THE BUDGET BOOK.
AND SO I THINK THAT CONCLUDES MY SECTION OF THE REPORT.
I'LL BE HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE ON THAT.
AS FAR AS THE ASSET TAG, I'M SORRY, DOES ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? UH, ARE THE ASSET TAX, UH, TIED TO SERIAL NUMBERS FOR THE EQUIPMENT THAT THEY'RE ON? DO WE KNOW ABOUT? UM, DEFINITELY VEHICLES ARE, UM, AND IF WE HAVE A SERIAL NUMBER AVAILABLE TO US, WE WILL PUT IT IN THE SYSTEM.
SO, UM, NOT, I WOULDN'T SAY THAT EVERY SINGLE ITEM IS, HAS A SERIAL NUMBER OR WOULD BE, OR IF THEY HAVE ONE WOULD BE PLACED IN THERE.
BUT, UM, IN MY OPINION, IF, IF IT'S ON THE INVOICE THAT WE HAVE, THE DOCUMENTATION OF IT SHOULD BE IN THE FIXED ASSET MODULE.
I MEAN, THE, THE, THE ASSET TAX ARE JUST STICKERS.
I'M JUST LIKE, SOMEBODY CAN SCRAPE THE STUFF OFF AND TAKE WHATEVER IT'S ATTACHED TO OR MOVE IT OR FEEL FOR IT.
I MEAN, I, I THINK THOSE CONSIDERED FOR HIGHLY APPLICABLE ITEMS. RIGHT? YEAH.
YOU KNOW, SOME, SOME THINGS ARE MORE THAN $5,000 ARE SMALL ENOUGH TO PUT IN A CAR, YOU KNOW, UH, I WOULD CHECK ON IT, ESPECIALLY WITH THE LAPTOPS.
I, I WOULD THINK THAT THAT A SERIAL NUMBER FOR, FOR THE LAPTOPS I WOULD ASSUME WOULD HAVE RIGHT.
WOULD BE IN OUR SYSTEM AS WELL.
I JUST MAKE SURE, LIKE THE ASSET TAG ISN'T THE ONLY WAY THAT WE'RE TRACKING AN ITEM THAT COULD BE CONSIDERED HIGHLY
I'LL, I'LL DOUBLE CHECK WITH MR. SHOHAN.
UH, AND THEN I, I THINK THIS MIGHT BE, UH, A TOPIC FOR THE, THE FINANCE COMMITTEE, BUT, UH, I'M, I'M PRETTY INTERESTED IN THE, THE, THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT INVESTMENT POOL.
I'D LIKE TO KNOW A LOT MORE ABOUT THAT.
SO I'M THERE, THERE ARE FUTURE TOPICS.
I DON'T THINK I'M GONNA ASK FOR THAT TO BE A BREAKOUT.
UH, AND HAVE A, A BRIEF GIVEN TO THE, THE BOARD ABOUT THAT
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RATHER THAN ASK A ION QUESTIONS HERE MIGHT BE GOOD FOR US TO BRING ON, ASK SOMEONE FROM THE TREASURER'S OFFICE TO COME IN 'CAUSE THEY MANAGE THOSE INVESTMENTS.SO THAT MIGHT BE GOOD OPPORTUNITY TO CONNECT WITH THEM AS WELL.
UH, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS CONCERNING OE SEVEN? UH, IF THE MEETING MEMBERS ARE DONE, MRS.
UM, I'M SORRY, THE AUDIO WAS CUTTING IN AND OUT PRETTY BADLY THERE FOR A LITTLE BIT, BUT I HEARD MS. WALTON SAY IT SOUNDED LIKE SHE SAID WE'RE SELF-INSURED FOR WORKERS' COMP.
IS THAT CORRECT? THAT IS CORRECT.
DIDN'T WE, IS THAT A NEW, UH, RECENT CHANGE? BECAUSE I THOUGHT WE USED TO BE INVOLVED IN THE STATE WORKERS' COMP POOL? NO, WE'VE BEEN SELF-INSURED FOR MANY YEARS, HAVEN'T WE, JOHN? YES.
UM, AND THEN, UH, ONE OF THE O PARTS OF THE OE ARE, UH, PERIODIC REVIEWS.
WHO'S IN CHARGE OF DOING THE PERIODIC REVIEWS OF COVERAGE? UH, THAT WOULD BE JENNIFER STATON, OUR RISK MANAGER.
SO SHE DOES ALL OF IT IN ONE COMPREHENSIVE SORT OF, THAT'S ALL.
UM, BECAUSE I KNOW WITH CYBERSECURITY THERE'S A LOT GOING ON IN TERMS OF, UH, CYBER DEFENSE AND I THINK MARK JOHAN'S NOT HERE, BUT, UM, THE BIG RISK IS FROM BASICALLY THE, UH, COMPLIANCE PIECE WITH CYBERSECURITY.
UM, SO I DIDN'T KNOW IF WE HAD ADDED THAT TO OUR PORTFOLIO OR NOT.
I'M SURE WE HAVE, BECAUSE SHE DOESN'T DO THESE IN ISOLATION.
SO, AND WHATEVER COMES, WHATEVER IS NEW, THEY ALWAYS BRING IT FORWARD TO US.
SHE JUST GUIDE IT, GUIDE THE GUIDE'S, THE PROCESS, AND ONE BROKER MANAGES ALL INSURANCE.
THAT BROKER MANAGES EVERYTHING.
IN TERMS, IN TERMS OF TAGS, THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.
UM, SO WE DO, WE DO, WE, THE QUESTIONS IS DO WHAT, WHAT ALL DO WE TAG, UH, YOU KNOW, UM, AND THEN IN TERMS OF VEHICLES, UH, EQUIP, UH, EQUIPMENT, WHAT, WHAT ALL DO WE TAG? WHAT DOES, WHAT, WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? UM, THINGS ITEMS OVER $5,000 THERE.
IT'S A FEDERAL CAPITALIZATION THRESHOLD, AND SO ESPECIALLY, BUT THESE ARE NOT $5,000.
SO THEY'RE, BUT THEY'RE VERY MOBILE ITEMS AND VERY EASILY, UM, MISAPPROPRIATED OR MOVED OR, UM, SO, OR LOST OR STOLEN.
AND, UM, THERE'S A, YOU KNOW, AN INVENTORY SYSTEM SPECIFICALLY FOR THE LAPTOPS AND OTHER ELECTRONIC DEVICES.
SO IN OTHER WORDS, THE, THE, THE, THE DISTRICT VEHICLES WILL BE TAGGED AS WELL.
ARE THEY TAGGED? THEY HAVE SERIAL NUMBERS, A DIFFERENT TYPE OF TAG.
THEY HAVE A NUMBER ON THEM, AND OF COURSE THAT WE TRACK ALL THOSE.
IT'S GOING TO BE YOU SEE NUMBERS ON THE BACK OF EACH VEHICLE.
AND THEN THEY HAVE A LICENSE PLATE AND THEY HAVE A SERIAL NUMBER.
SO THOSE ARE THE TRACKING MECHANISMS FOR A VEHICLE.
SO IF THAT'S THE CASE, THEN IF, IF, IF, IF EVER ASK HOW MANY DISTRICT VEHICLES WE HAVE, THAT SHOULD BE, THAT SHOULD BE A EASY, THAT SHOULD BE EASY, EASY, UH, JUST PRINTOUT.
BECAUSE I THINK I REMEMBER ASKING SOMETHING LIKE THAT BEFORE, AND I REMEMBER, UH, KIND OF WE, WE WERE SHUFFLING ABOUT THE TI THE, THE TIME ON THAT AND, AND, AND HEARING THIS RIGHT HERE, IF THAT'S THE CASE, THEN WE SHOULD BE ABLE, WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO KNOW WITHIN THE MATTER A MINUTES OR SECONDS WHAT ALL, WHAT, WHAT ALL WE, UH, AS A DISTRICT, WE ALL WE OWN IN TERMS OF, UH, ANYTHING OVER $5,000 IS IS THAT CORRECT? THAT'S, THAT'S, THAT'S, UH, DEFINITELY GOOD TO KNOW.
BUT, UM, I WAS NOT, NOT, UM, DIDN'T, DIDN'T HAVE THE, DIDN'T HAVE, DIDN'T HAVE THE, THAT UNDERSTANDING.
BUT I, I DID NOTICE SOME EVEN LIKE, UH, IN SOME OF THE COUNTY CARS OR THE BE COUNTY, UH, AND BP PACIFIC BE COUNTY CARDS.
I KNOW THEY HAVE LIKE, UM, THEY, THEY HAVE, UH, 5, 6, 7 OR EIGHT NINE OR WHATEVER THEY, THEY HAVE THE CARS LABELED.
WE DO ALSO, YEAH, I DID SOME, I THINK SOME OF OUR CARS, I, I, I REMEMBER A WHILE BACK THAT WE WERE SAYING THAT ALL OF OUR CARS WERE SUPPOSED TO BE LABELED.
THE ONLY ONE THAT ARE NOT LABELED ARE OUR SECURITY.
UH, AND THOSE SHOULD BE LABELED AS WELL, BECAUSE I REMEMBER WE TALKED ABOUT IT AND THEY HAVE, THEY HAVE MAGNETS.
UM, SO THERE'S TIMES WHERE THEY GO TO HOUSES THAT THEY DON'T WANT THAT NECESSARILY TO BE NOTICEABLE, BUT THEY HAVE MAGNETS THEY CAN PUT ON.
THEY HAVE COUNTY, UH, SCHOOL DISTRICT ON THERE.
UH, BUT THEY AREN'T PERMANENT.
WELL, YOU MIGHT WANT, DO YOU WANNA COME UP SO THIS, THIS THINKING, MAKE SURE WE CAN CLEARLY, CLEARLY HEAR YOU.
SO ALL I WAS SAYING IS ALL EQUIPMENT AND VEHICLES THAT WE HAVE ARE ASSET TAGGED.
AND EVEN OUR SECURITY VEHICLES ARE ASSET TAG.
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THAT'S ONLY TWO VEHICLES.UM, THEY, UH, ARE NOT, BUT THEY DO HAVE MAGNETS THAT CAN BE PUT ON THERE TO DISPLAY DIFFERENT COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT WHEN THEY NEED TO.
BUT THOSE VEHICLES SHOULD, WELL, BUT I, I THINK I REMEMBER WE HAD US HAVING THAT CONVERSATION AS WELL THAT DAY THAT THOSE VEHICLES SHOULD BE TAGGED AS WELL.
I THINK THERE WAS SOMEONE WHO SAID WAS SOME PROBLEM, I REMEMBER WAS SOME PEOPLE WHO WANTED TO BE HESITANT, BUT WHEN I, I THINK WHEN THE BOARD, NO, ACTUALLY THEY MAY HAVE THE NUMBER ON THE BACK.
THEY MAY ACTUALLY HAVE A NUMBER.
THEY JUST DON'T HAVE THE BEAUFORT COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT, UH, UH, LIKE THEY'RE MAGNETS THAT THEY USE.
WELL, WELL, I DON'T WANNA GO BACK AND FORTH WITH IT, BUT THIS IS WHAT I, WHAT I DO WANNA SAY, I JUST WANNA MAKE IT CRYSTAL CLEAR AS DAY, UM, HOW DO REMEMBER US WHEN WE HAD THAT CONVERSATION SAYING THAT ALL VEHICLES, IF WE'RE GONNA TAG ONE, THAT WE, WE WE'RE GOING TO DISPLAY IT ON ONE, THAT WE'RE GONNA DISPLAY IT ALL, AND ALSO FOR THE SAFETY OF OUR EMPLOYEES.
AND IF OUR SECURITIES, AS OUR OFFICERS ARE GOING SOMEWHERE, ARE GOING SOME PLACES THAT THEY DON'T WANT, THEIR WAS TAGGED ACTUALLY NOT TO BE AN ISSUE BECAUSE OF THE FACT THAT WHERE WOULD YOU GO? AND YOU WOULD NOT WANT YOURSELF TO BE IDENTIFIED.
AND THEY, AND, AND, AND THEIR JOB FUNCTION TO MY UNDERSTANDING IS NOT, IS NOT THE FUNCTION OF LAW ENFORCEMENT.
SO, SO, OH, LET ME, LET ME FINISH.
AND THEN, YOU KNOW, LIKE I SAID, I DON'T WANNA GO BACK AND FORTH ON THIS.
I'M, I'M JUST STATING ON HOW, HOW I FEEL AND, AND WHAT BRINGS ME CONCERNS AND YEAH.
AND, AND, AND, AND THEY'RE NOT LAW ENFORCEMENT.
SO THEREFORE, IF WE'RE GOING SOMEWHERE AND THEY'RE DOING SOMETHING, SOMETHING THAT IS LAW ENFORCEMENT NE THAT'S NECESSARY, I THINK THAT IS IMPORTANT, IS IMPORTANT THAT WE CONTACT LAW ENFORCEMENT A LOT OF, FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT TO DO THOSE THINGS.
BUT FOR THE, FOR THEM TO GO SOMEWHERE AND THEY CAN'T BE IDENTIFIED AS A, THERE'S A LITTLE SCARY AND A LITTLE CONCERNING BE BE BEYOND THE SAFETY OF THEIR, OF THEIR, OF THEIR, OF THEIR, UH, OF THEM BEING A LI BEING A LI IT COMES ACROSS, IT COULD POSSIBLY BE A LIABLE A LIABILITY TO THE DISTRICT.
AND I JUST WANNA, I WANNA LEAVE THAT DOWN.
I DON'T WANNA GO BACK AND FORTH, BUT I DO REMEMBER CONVERSATION QUESTION.
TAKE, TAKE, TAKE A CRACK AT IT.
BUT I SADLY WANNA GO BACK AND FORTH, BUT I KNOW THAT'S YOUR TENDENCY, BUT GO AHEAD.
WELL, WE DON'T NEED TO THE YOU WANNA ANSWER CALL PLEASE? YOU? THAT, THAT'S THE CALL I JUST SAID THAT IT IS, IS, UH, YOU NEED ACCUSATIONS AGAINST SOMEBODY'S CHARACTER.
NO, THAT'S, THAT'S, THAT'S NOT, THAT'S, I'M NOT ARE THERE ANY OTHER COMMENTS TO ME BEING THERE YOU GO.
IS THERE ANY OTHER COMMENTS ABOUT OE SEVEN? ALRIGHT, SO JUST LIKE OUR LAST MEETING, WE'LL HAVE ALL THE BRIEFS ON ALL THE OES, THEN WE'LL MAKE ONE MOTION TO APPROVE AND PASS TO THE, UH, CONSENT AGENDA.
UH, ON, WELL, ACTUALLY ALSO A QUESTION, A QUESTION TOO.
IS THIS THE AGENDA? I I I, I CAUGHT IT.
THE LA THE LAST MAIL, EVEN THOUGH WE APPROVED THE AGENDA, IS THIS THE AGENDA THAT WE CANCELED THE MEETING THE PAST TIME THAT YOU SAID THAT WAS ALL THOSE PLACES THAT, THAT, THAT, THAT YOU WANTED, THAT WE WERE, AND THAT WE COULD NOT MEET ON? IS THIS THE SAME AGENDA? YES.
IT'S THAT AGENDA BECAUSE I'M JUST A LITTLE, A LITTLE, UH, BAFFLED BECAUSE, UH, OF, OF MY PRIOR, UM, EXPERIENCE WITH, UH, OPERATIONS AND WHEN, WHEN, AND ONE THING THAT THAT, THAT WE KNOW WAS WHEN O WHEN WHEN HR BRING THEIR, UH, WHEN HR HAS ALWAYS BROUGHT THEIR, UM, AGENDA TO US, AND, AND WHEN THEY BROUGHT THEIR OES TO US, THEY'VE ALWAYS BEEN KIND OF A, A, A, UH, A ONE DAY, AND IT'S ALWAYS JUST BEEN HR.
AND SHE, AND THEY HAVE BOUGHT, THEY, THEY HAVE BOUGHT A, UH, A, A CIRCLE A, A, A ABOUT FIVE OR SIX OR HOW MUCH EFFORT THAT THEY BRING.
AND THAT, AND, AND, AND THAT HAS NORMALLY BEEN THE, THE, THE COURSE OF THE, UH, THE COURSE OF THE, UM, STANDARD PROCEDURES OF OPERATIONS OF HOW, HOW THEY, HOW THEY HAD DONE THAT AND WHEN THIS, WHEN THE MEETING WAS CANCELED.
I WAS JUST WONDERING WHAT WAS DIFFERENT ABOUT THAT TIME VERSUS ANY OTHER TIME THAT WE HAVE MEETINGS IN, IN TERMS OF HOW THEY BRING THEIR INFORMATION.
WHAT WAS DIFFERENT ABOUT CURRENTLY TILL, TILL NOW? BECAUSE I I I, I, I, I DIDN'T, I DON'T SEE ANYTHING THAT THAT'S NOT HAS, THAT'S NOT, NOT, HAD BEEN STANDARD FOR THEM WHEN THEY NORMALLY BRING IT.
AND SO WHAT I ALSO NOTICED NOTICED THAT IS THAT THAT TIME THAT OFFICER HILTON HAD HAD SOMETHING, UH, AT THE SAME TIME BEAUFORT HAD SOMETHING ON, ON OUR, ON OUR, ON OUR LAST OPERATION MEETING.
NOT, NOT KNOWING AND DON'T, NOT, NOT SAYING THAT MAYBE THAT'S WHY IT WAS CANCELED, BUT I'M JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHY, WHY, WHY THE MEETING WAS, WAS IT WAS CANCELED.
I THINK THAT THIS IS THE, HAVE BEEN, I WAS WONDERING WHAT THAT AGENDA, WHAT THE AGENDA LOOKED LIKE VERSUS WHAT IT HAD LOOKED LIKE IN THE PAST.
AND I WAS WONDERING WHAT, WHAT, WHAT WOULD BE THE DIFFERENCE IF YOU COULD SPEAK TO THAT.
WELL, LET'S DO THAT AFTER THE MEETING.
'CAUSE THAT, THAT'S, THAT'S, I MEAN, WE'RE NOT, LET'S, LET'S APPLY, LET'S GO AHEAD AND MOVE FORWARD WITH THE AGENDA.
AND THEN IF YOU HAVE A, IF YOU HAVE A PERSONAL COMMENT ABOUT THAT, THEN I CAN TELL YOU EXACTLY WHY I, LET'S GO AHEAD AND MOVE FORWARD WITH THE MEETING.
I DON'T THINK THAT'S A PERSONAL CON CONVERSATION.
I THINK THAT IT'S A CON CONVERSATION.
YEAH, BUT I DON'T THINK THAT'S YOU, THAT'S PERSONAL.
I DON'T THINK THAT'S A PERSONAL, I, I I WOULD RESPECT YOUR PERSONAL,
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UH, YOUR, YOUR YOUR PERSONAL, UM, COMMENT.UH, OKAY, THEN I'LL RESPOND, I'LL RESPOND TO YOUR COMMENT.
UH, THE MATERIAL WAS GIVEN TO US 24 HOURS IN ADVANCE.
THAT WAS NOT ENOUGH TIME FOR ME.
I NORMALLY DON'T GET OUT UNTIL ABOUT FOUR O'CLOCK, MAYBE FOUR 30 IN THE AFTERNOON, DEPENDING ON MY REHEARSALS.
THAT 24 HOURS IN ADVANCE, LESS THAN 24 HOURS IN ADVANCE WAS NOT ENOUGH TIME FOR ME TO REVIEW ALL THAT MATERIAL.
THERE'S OVER 30 PAGES OF MATERIAL TO REVIEW.
I KNOW THERE ARE SOME BOARD MEMBERS THAT DON'T DO THE PRE-READ.
I LIKE TO BECOME PREPARED AS POSSIBLE TO DO THE PRE-READ 24 HOURS, LESS THAN 24 HOURS IN ADVANCE WAS NOT ENOUGH TIME FOR ME TO DO THE PRE-READ, THEREFORE, I CANCELED THE MEETING.
DID THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION? YEAH.
SO THEN SINCE WE HAVING A DISCUSSION, THEN THAT WOULD BRING ME TO, TO SAY, YOU KNOW, IT ALSO GOES ALONG WITH, UH, EXPERIENCE.
BECAUSE IF THAT'S THE CASE, THEN MAYBE WE SHOULD ASK THEM AND, AND, AND, AND, AND, AND, AND UPTIME AND, AND, AND IN, IN THE FUTURE TO BRING THAT INFORMATION.
UM, I THINK IT'S UNDERSTOOD NOW.
YOU, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, WELL, WELL, EVEN IF IT, EVEN IF IT'S UNDERSTOOD, IT, IT, IT JUST, TO, TO ME, IT, IT, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S, LET ME SAY IT'S A SLAP IN THE FACE FROM SOMEONE WHO'S COME, WHO'S BEEN HERE AND, AND, AND WHO, AND WHO'S BEEN WORKING HARD AND THEY'VE WORKED HARD TO BRING US THEIR INFORMATION INTO.
WE CAN'T PICK AND CHOOSE WHEN, WHEN, WHEN WE SAY THAT, OH, WE WANNA WORK WITH STAFF, OR WE WANT TO HAVE STAFF TO, TO DO THINGS IN A, IN A TIMELY MANNER.
AND THEY DO THAT TIMELY MANNER AND THEN WE CANCEL IT BECAUSE WE SAID THAT IT'S NOT, IT'S, IT'S NOT ON US.
I THINK IT'S, IT BECOMES INCUMBENT, A INCUMBENT FOR BOTH OF US THAT SOME TYPE OF CONSISTENCY.
AND HAVE YOU AND I OR HAVE, HAVE WE HAD THE CONVERSATION ON THE, ON THE FRONT END FROM, FROM SOMEONE BEING A SENIOR MEMBER ON THIS BOARD? DON'T, DON'T, DON'T HAVE TO BE THE CHAIR NO MATTER WHERE YOU SIT AT, BUT YOU STILL HAVE THE, THEY HAVE THE EXPERIENCE TO UNDERSTAND THE WHAT, WHAT, WHAT'S BEING TRANSPIRED, WHAT'S TAKING PLACE.
THEN I, I WOULD'VE TOLD YOU, HEY, LISTEN, HEY, BY THE WAY, IN THE FUTURE YOU MIGHT WANNA TELL THEM, OR YOU MIGHT WANNA ASK THEM BECAUSE THEY'RE GONNA, WHEN THEY COME, THEY BRING THEIR WHOLE SQUAD.
THEY, THEY BRING THEIR WHOLE, THEY BRING THEIR WHOLE KID IN CABOODLE BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE THEY GOT THE NAME OF THE MOB SQUAD FROM.
BECAUSE WHEN THEY COME, THEY, THEY, THEY BOUGHT, THEY BRING IN THEIR, THEY'RE BRINGING EVERY, EVERYONE IN THEIR SHOP AND THEY GIVE US A FULL EXPLANATION ON, ON WHAT'S GOING ON.
SO I THINK THAT'S WHY NOT ONLY IS IT TO TODAY, UH, UH, TALKING AND, AND UNDERSTANDING WHO'S ON THE COMMITTEE AND WORKING WITH COMMITTEE MEMBERS IS IMPORTANT, VERSUS JUST RUNNING IN AS A CHAIR AS A SINGLE MEMBER IS, IS IS VERY IMPORTANT.
'CAUSE THAT'S WHY WE ARE WHERE WE, WHERE WE'RE AT TODAY.
AND I, I JUST WANTED TO GO AHEAD AND UN AND UNDERSTAND THAT, UH, UN UNDER UNDERSTAND THAT, SO THEREFORE WE WON'T CONTINUE TO MAKE THOSE MISTAKES BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT IN YOUR DEFENSE, YOU'RE NOT THE ONLY ONE WHO, WHO'VE DONE THAT.
BUT I'VE SEEN OTHER PEOPLE WHO ARE CHAIRS NOW WHO DO THINGS LIKE THIS, AND THEN THEY TAKE IT PERSONAL AND PEOPLE CALL THEM OUT.
BUT IT'S NOT CALLING THEM OUT ABOUT IT.
IT'S SAYING, HEY, LISTEN, IF WE'RE GONNA COMMUNICATE, COMMUNICATE, BUT THAT'S NOT, LET'S NOT COMMUNICATE WHEN IT'S CONVENIENT FOR ONE OR TWO PEOPLE.
LET'S COMMUNICATE WHEN IT'S CONVENIENT FOR EVERYONE SO THAT WE HAVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING AND, AND, AND WE'RE, WE'RE WE'RE DOING THE WORK THAT WE WE'RE, WE'RE SUPPOSED TO BE DOING.
AND THAT WE'RE DOING IT TOGETHER, NOT INDIVIDUALLY.
THAT'S, THAT'S, THAT'S CAN WE MOVE ON NOW, RIGHT? YEAH, WE CAN, WE CAN MOVE.
ARE WE TAKING A VOTE TO MOVE THIS TO CONSENT AGENDA, UH, LIKE WE DO WITH OUR, OUR PREVIOUS OE MEETING? WE'LL DO ONE MOTION FOR ALL FOUR.
I HAVE, UM, OE TWO, WHICH IS THE SUPERINTENDENT'S SUCCESSION PLAN.
AND THE POLICY STATES THAT THE SUPERINTENDENT SHOULD DESIGNATE, DESIGNATE AT LEAST ONE OTHER EXECUTIVE STAFF MEMBER TO TAKE HIS PLACE IN HIS ABSENCE.
AND THAT STAFF MEMBER SHOULD BE FAMILIAR WITH THE BOARD'S GOVERNANCE POLICY AS WELL AS OPERATION OF THE DISTRICT.
AND WHAT YOU HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU IS THAT THAT PLAN, YOU HAVE KEY POSITIONS LISTED, AND YOU HAVE THE SUCCESSION PLAN LISTED AS WELL.
AND THAT WILL BE THE INDIVIDUAL WHO TAKES THE PLACE OF THE SUPERINTENDENT.
AND IT FALLS DOWN THE LINE WITH THE NEXT CHIEF OFFICER.
AND I'LL ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE.
HOW DEEP DOES THIS GO? UH, WHEN YOU SAY DEEP, HOW I, AS FAR AS DEPTH GOES.
SO, UH, SUPERINTENDENT'S OUT, UH, DR. LEE MOVES UP.
EVERYBODY SHIFTS UP ONE POSITION.
SO, SO IN THE EVENT THAT, UH, I, I SEE THAT, THANK YOU.
UH, IN THE EVENT THAT DR. LEE GOES DOWN, THEN YOU SHIFT UP, THEN I SHIFT UP.
NOW, NOW HOW, HOW FAR DOES OUR SECESSION PLAN GO? ARE WE THREE DEEP, 40 DEEP? NO, WE ARE, OR JUST TWO DEEP? NO, WE ARE ACTUALLY ALL THE WAY DOWN.
YEAH, I'M TALKING ABOUT IN EACH DEPARTMENT.
'CAUSE WHEN, WHEN YOU, WHEN YOU MOVE, WHEN YOU VACATE TO TAKE OVER THE, UH, ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT JOB, THEN SOMEONE, THEN I'LL HAVE SOMEONE TO PULL UP IN MY PLATE, RIGHT? SO EACH DEPARTMENT HAS THEIR OWN SEC SUCCESSION PLAN.
SO IF I'M NOT HERE, SOMEONE ELSE STEPS UP.
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RIGHT? THAT'S WHAT I WAS TALKING ABOUT.LIKE, ARE WE, WE THREE DEEP, WHEN, WHEN IT COMES TO, COMES TO THAT, UH, TWO, TWO DEEP.
THAT'S THE ONLY QUESTION I HAVE.
ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT O WEEK TWO SMITH? NO.
SAID THAT, THAT WAS A GREAT QUESTION.
THAT'S, THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION.
UH, ALRIGHT, UH, THEN MOVING RIGHT ALONG.
ARE WE 4 0 3 AND THIS PLAN THEN, THEN IF SOMETHING HAPPENS TO, UH, DR. RODRIGUEZ, I'M SURE BEFORE IT TAKES IN THE FULL BOARD TO KNOW ABOUT THIS FOR CORRECT? OH, ABSOLUTELY.
AND, UH, DR. RODRIGUEZ CANNOT MAKE ANY CHANGES TO THIS PLAN UNLESS COURSE NOTIFIED.
SO YOU WOULD KNOW WHO STEPS UP NEXT.
AND IF HE MAKES A CHANGE, DAVE DOWN'S GOING ONCE, GOING TWICE OE THREE, BUT OE THREE, UM, THE SUPERINTENDENT SHALL MAINTAIN AN ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE THAT TREATS ALL PEOPLE, INCLUDING PARENTS, CITIZENS, AND STAFF WITH RESPECT, DIGNITY, AND COURTESY.
THERE ARE THREE PARTS TO THIS, AND I'M GONNA FOCUS ON A LITTLE BIT ON PARTS ONE AND TWO.
YOU HAVE HEARD PART THREE, UM, A LOT OF THE SAME INFORMATION WAS PRESENTED LAST TIME.
UM, THE FIRST PART IS MANAGE INFORMATION IN, IN SUCH WAYS THAT CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION IS PROTECTED.
SO, UM, MANDATORY FERPA AND ETHICS TRAINING ARE COMPLETED BY ALL EMPLOYEES.
DISTRICT EMPLOYEES SIGN AN ANNUAL CONFIDENTIALITY AGREEMENT THAT COVERS TOPICS SUCH AS RECORDS, EMAILS BEFORE ITS FINANCIAL INFORMATION, EMPLOYMENT INFORMATION.
UM, TECHNOLOGY UTILIZES AUTOMATIC FILTERS THAT PREVENT EMAILING OF CONFIDENTIAL DATA, UM, THAT'S LISTED OR LISTED THERE.
UM, FOIA REQUESTS ARE, ARE REVIEWED TO MAKE SURE CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION WAS REDACTED AS NECESSARY.
UM, WE TAKE THIS VERY SERIOUSLY.
MS. GODLEY AND, UM, MYSELF, ALONG WITH MS. CARTILAGE REVIEWS ALL OF OUR FOIA REQUESTS OF RESPONSES, UM, TO ENSURE THIS.
UM, AND ALSO WHEN WE RESPOND TO MEDIA REQUESTS ABOUT STUDENTS OR EMPLOYEES, UM, WE ALWAYS DECLINE TO COMMENT ON ANY DISCIPLINARY OR MEDICAL INFORMATION, UM, AS PROTECTED BY FEDERAL LAW.
AND WE ALSO HAVE, UM, A PURPOSE SECTION ON OUR WEBSITE TO EXPLAIN PEOPLE'S RIGHTS IN THAT REGARD.
UM, THE SECOND ONE IS MAINTAIN PROCESS FOR THE EFFECTIVE HANDLING OF COMPLAINTS.
UM, COMPLAINTS OR CONCERNS RECEIVED VIA EMAIL, TELEPHONE, SOCIAL MEDIA, OR THE REPORTED CONCERN FORM ON THE DISTRICT WEBSITE ARE ROUTED TO THE DISTRICT STAFF MEMBER OR SCHOOL PRINCIPAL BEST SUITED TO RESPOND TO THAT COMPLAINT.
IF A COMPLAINT WAS NOT RESOLVED AT THIS LEVEL, IT IS DIRECTED TO THE SUPERINTENDENT OR THE SUPERINTENDENT'S DESIGNEE, UH, AND WHO RECEIVES THE COMPLAINT REPORT.
A CONCERN FORM IS MYSELF AND JENNIFER SATAN THAT ALICE MENTIONED.
UM, NUMBER THREE IS MAINTAIN AN ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE THAT VALUES INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES OF OPINION, REASONABLY INCLUDES PEOPLE IN DECISIONS THAT AFFECT THEM, PROVIDES OPEN AND HONEST COMMUNICATION, AND ALL WRITTEN AND INTERPERSONAL INTERACTION, FOCUSES ON COMMON ACHIEVEMENT OF THE BOARD'S, RESULTS, POLICIES, MAINTAINS AN OPEN AND RESPONSIVE AND WELCOMING ENVIRONMENT.
SO, AGAIN, AS I DID BEFORE, I KIND OF TALKED ABOUT THIS, UM, THROUGH THIS STRATEGIC PLAN, UM, IN TERMS OF BUILDING A DISTRICT-WIDE CULTURE OF PRIDE, TRUST, AND RESPECT.
UM, WE HAVE OUR GO PUBLIC CAMPAIGN RIGHT NOW.
UM, AND AS PART OF THAT PROCESS IN DEVELOPING THAT, WE HAVE FOCUS GROUPS CONSISTING OF PARENTS, HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS, COMMUNITY MEMBERS, TEACHERS AND STAFF.
UM, SO PEOPLE CAN SHARE THEIR PERS PER PERSPECTIVES.
AND WE HAD SOME BOARD MEMBERS ATTEND AS WELL.
UM, FOSTERED POSITIVE INTERNAL, EXTERNAL, INTERNAL, INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL COMMUNICATIONS BY KEEPING STAKEHOLDERS INFORMED OF IMPORTANT MATTERS THROUGH OUR, THE DISTRICT'S.
30 PLUS WEBSITES, NEWS RELEASES, EMAIL MESSAGING, YOUTUBE VIDEO, SOCIAL MEDIA, AND WILFUL FALLS COMMUNICATIONS.
UM, ONE OF OUR STRENGTHS IS, UM, AND WE WORK WITH HR A LOT ON THIS, UM, OUR EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS, UM, AND ESPECIALLY DURING WEATHER SITUATIONS.
UM, I ALWAYS LIKE TO GIVE THE CLOCK A SHOUT OUT.
I THINK THAT'S VERY, VERY IMPORTANT FOR OUR TRANSPARENCY.
UM, AND IT'S DEFINITELY FOSTERED DISTRICT TRUST IN THAT REGARD.
UM, IN THE DISTRICT OFFICE, WE'VE ALSO, UM, AGAIN, WORK WITH TOPICS WITH HR, UM, HOLD QUARTERLY MEETINGS, UM, FOR DISTRICT OFFICE STAFF TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY'S, UM, UPDATED ON INFORMATION.
UM, DR. RODRIGUEZ HAS PARENT ADVISORY GROUPS, TEACHER REPRESENTATIVE GROUPS, COMMUNITY GROUPS, STUDENT ADVISORY.
WE HAVE OUR NEW PARTNERS IN EDUCATION PROGRAM, UM, DESIGNED TO CREATE, UH, BUSINESS PARTNERSHIPS TO ENHANCE STUDENT LEARNING AND ACHIEVEMENT.
UM, WE ARE GONNA BE ROLLING THAT OUT IN JANUARY, OUR B-C-S-D-U PROGRAM.
UM, THAT IS WHERE PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY CAN LEARN ABOUT THE DISTRICT AND ALL THE DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS IN IT.
UM, IT'S GONNA BE OFFERED THIS YEAR THROUGH, UM, USB'S, OSHA LIFELONG LEARNING INSTITUTE, OLLIE.
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WE'RE KIND OF EXCITED ABOUT THAT.I THINK IT'S GONNA, WE'RE GONNA REACH A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT WAY.
UM, AND IN TERMS OF, WE HAVE OUR BCSD CONNECTED PLATFORM WHERE WE PUT OUR SURVEYS OUT.
UM, OUR WEBSITE, UM, HAD NEARLY 900,000 PAGE VIEWS.
UM, I THINK OUR SOCIAL MEDIA IS ONE OF OUR STRENGTHS.
WE HAVE FOR 26,000 FOLLOWERS ON FACEBOOK ALONE.
UM, RON LOPES IS REELS, THEY'RE ALWAYS A BIG HIT.
HE, UM, HIS, HIS VIDEOS THIS YEAR, WE ADDED REELS AND THEY'VE BEEN VIEWED MORE THAN 2.3 MILLION TIMES.
UM, WE ALSO, UM, WE HAVE LEE COPELAND NOW WHO'S BEEN GREAT ON THE INTERNAL COMMUNICATION FRONT.
UM, OUR STAFF NEWSLETTER HAS BEEN LOOKING FULL, AND IT HAS ABOUT 6,000 VIEWS PER EDITION.
THAT MEANS EMPLOYEES ARE LOOKING AT IT ON AVERAGE ABOUT TWO TIMES, WHICH IS GREAT.
UM, AND SHE ALSO REVAMPED THE INTRANET FOR INTERNAL INFORMATION.
AND BASICALLY, UH, THE SUPERINTENDENT CONTINUES TO ACCEPT ANY AND ALL INVITATIONS TO SPEAK TO LOCAL, CIVIC AND COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS OF ALL POLITICAL AFFILIATIONS.
AND THAT'S VERY, VERY IMPORTANT BECAUSE HE DOES FOSTER TRUST, UM, ACROSS MANY DIFFERENT KINDS OF AUDIENCES.
SO I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.
I'D BE INTERESTED TO HAVE A, A BREAKOUT, AND THIS IS GONNA BE ANOTHER FUTURE TOPIC, BUT I DIDN'T, I'D BE INTERESTED TO HAVE A BREAKOUT ABOUT, UH, THE IMPACT THAT THAT OLLIE PROGRAM HAS ON, UH, ON THE ON LEADER.
I THINK IT'S GONNA BE INTERESTING TOO.
MRS. BOATWRIGHT, I JUST HAD A QUICK COMMENT BECAUSE I DON'T FEEL LIKE THIS GETS CAPTURED VERY ADEQUATELY IN OUR SUPERINTENDENT EVALUATION, BUT I THINK THAT, THAT THIS IS A TREMENDOUS STRONG SUIT OF, UH, DR. RODRIGUEZ AND HIS STAFF IN TERMS OF REBUILDING TRUST.
UH, BECAUSE WHEN I CAME ON THE BOARD TRUST WAS ABYSMAL, AND NOW WE'VE PASSED TWO REFERENDUMS. I THINK YOU GUYS DO AN AMAZING JOB.
I DON'T THINK YOU GET ENOUGH CREDIT FOR HOW BAD THINGS WERE AND HOW MISSION CRITICAL IT WAS TO REBUILD THAT TRUST.
SO I JUST WANTED TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SAY THAT NOW.
AND WE ARE VERY FORTUNATE TO HAVE DR. RODRIGUEZ.
HE'S A GREAT LEADER ON THAT REGARD.
UH, ANY OTHER COMMENTS ON, OH, ALSO DR. CARR IS ON AS WELL, TO LET YOU KNOW.
DR. CARR IS, UH, NO, YOU JUST GOT HERE.
DO YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS OVER OE THREE? GUESS NOT.
UH, ANY OTHER THING? YEAH, UH, THIS, UH, OE THREE, I DO HAVE SOME CONCERNS WITH OE THREE, AND I'LL SAY THAT OE THREE, IT'S A GOOD, IT'S A GREAT RESUME, BUT THE, IN TERMS OF THE STAKEHOLDERS REALLY BEING INVESTED IN SOME OF, OF, OF, OF, OF, OF THESE THINGS, UM, IT, IT, IT, IT DOES, IT DOES, IT DOES CONCERN ME.
I WON'T GO INTO ALL OF IT TODAY, BUT, UH, OE THREE DOES IT, IT IS A, IT IS A, IT IS A CONCERN OF MINE, UM, IN TERMS OF WHEN I SEE THE WORD STAKEHOLDER OF STAKEHOLDERS, UM, AND, AND, AND, AND, AND WHAT WE DID.
LIKE I SAID, THIS, IT LOOKS, THIS LOOKS GREAT, GREAT ON PAPER, BUT I, I JUST THINK THAT I, I DO HAVE SOME CONCERNS WITH, UH, WITH IT, AND I, I, AND I'LL JUST, I'LL JUST LEAVE THAT THERE.
WELL, MR. SMITH, I'M HAPPY TO TALK WITH YOU AT ANOTHER TIME BECAUSE DR. CAMPBELL AND I HAVE BEEN WORKING ON AN ENGAGEMENT COMMITTEE, WHICH IS A SMALLER GROUP OF PEOPLE, UM, TO WORK ON MORE ENGAGING THINGS, UM, ACROSS THE COUNTY AND KIND OF WORK WITH ASHLEY, ASHLEY HUTCHINSON AS WELL, AND JUST MAKE SURE WE'RE TOUCHING AS MANY GROUPS AS WE CAN.
I DUNNO IF YOU PUT HER HAND BACK UP OR NOT, MR. OKAY.
UH, ANY OTHER SAVE ROUNDS ON OE THREE SAVE ROUNDS, GO ONCE GOING TWICE.
OE FOUR IS, UM, PERSONNEL ADMINISTRATION AND IS LARGE OE AND ENCOMPASSES A LOT OF DIFFERENT AREAS IN THE DISTRICT, AND IT HAS TO BE THIS LARGE BECAUSE IT COVERS A MOST, UH, VALUABLE ASSET.
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SO WE ARE GOING TO PRESENT TO YOU TONIGHT IN THREE DIFFERENT FORMS. SO YOU HAVE RECEIVED FROM US THE EXECUTIVE SUMMARY THAT I'M SURE YOU'VE GONE OVER.AND WE HAVE DIFFERENT SECTIONS WITH A LOT OF PRONGS ON EACH ONE OF THOSE SECTIONS.
SO WE CREATED A POWERPOINT FOR YOU TO GO THROUGH ON YOUR OWN.
WE ARE NOT GONNA GO SLIDE BY SLIDE BY SLIDE, THAT'S JUST FOR YOU TO REFER TO.
SO AS YOU LOOK AT THE EXECUTIVE SUMMARY, YOU CAN GO BACK TO THE SLIDE AND IT BREAKS IT DOWN AND IT MAKES IT A LITTLE BIT EASIER.
AND THEN WE HAVE A CHEAT SHEET THAT WE'RE GONNA ACTUALLY GO WITH YOU TONIGHT, AND THAT'S GONNA REALLY BRING IT ALL HOME.
CARLOS CAVE, ATHLETIC DIRECTOR, MS. ROSE ROBINSON.
SANJAY LEE, WHO IS OUR, UM, TEACHER QUALITY DIRECTOR, DR. MATTHEW HUNT, OPERATIONS, HR, OPERATIONS, AND GENERALIST, MS. KIKI SWINTON, WHO IS OUR, UH, EMPLOYEE SERVICES, UH, DIRECTOR.
AND THEN REGIE, WHO IS OUR PERSONNEL DIRECTOR.
SO THESE ARE THE EXPERTS AROUND THE TABLE.
AFTER OUR RUN THROUGH THESE BOARDS, YOU FEEL FREE TO ASK US ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU CAN HAVE.
SO BECAUSE THEY AREN'T SO BIG OR THIS, UM,
AND THESE SECTIONS WILL INCLUDE EVERYTHING THAT THE OE AND THE BOARD REQUIRES US TO DO.
GOVERNANCE, RECRUITMENT, EMPLOYMENT, CLIMATE, AND COMPENSATION, AND DEVELOPMENT AND EVALUATION.
SO UNDER GOVERNANCE, PCSD IS GUIDED BY, IT IS GUIDED BY ADHERING TO OUR ADMINISTRATIVE RULES.
WE ABIDE BY OUR PERSONNEL RULES AND PROCEDURES, AND JUST A FEW BULLET POINTS, POINTS UNDER THAT.
WE TRAINED 45 TITLE IX INVESTIGATORS THIS YEAR.
THERE ARE 587 CONFIDENTIALITY STATEMENTS COMPLETED THIS YEAR BY EMPLOYEES.
THERE ARE 18 MODULES OF SAFE SCHOOLS TRAINING THAT ALL EMPLOYEES ARE REQUIRED, REQUIRED TO COMPLETE.
SO EACH EMPLOYEE GOT A AVERAGE OF ABOUT 6.25 HOURS OF THAT TRAINING.
SO WITH THOSE, UH, BULLETS, THAT KEEPS US IN LINE WITH OUR GOVERNANCE PIECE IN RECRUITMENT, WE SELECT THE MOST QUALIFIED CANDIDATES, AND THAT'S GOVERNED BY HRS 19 HRS, 20 HRS 21, AND HRS 40.
SO WE HAVE CONTINUED THIS YEAR WITH OUR IN-PERSON ORIENTATIONS.
LAST YEAR WAS OUR FIRST YEAR BACK TO IN-PERSON ORIENTATIONS AFTER COVID, BECAUSE DURING COVID WE HAD TO DO EVERYTHING VIRTUALLY, BUT WE BROUGHT EVERYBODY BACK IN-HOUSE LAST YEAR.
AND THIS YEAR WE EMPLOYED THIS SUMMER OVER THREE MONTHS, TWO MONTHS, THREE MONTHS, THREE MONTHS, 580 NEW EMPLOYEES.
AND THAT NUMBER IS EXTRA LARGE THIS YEAR BECAUSE WE BROUGHT BACK IN-HOUSE THE PARAPROS FROM ESS.
AND THAT WAS ABOUT, I MEAN, THAT IT'S ROUGHLY 120, 120, UM, EMPLOYEES FROM ESS BACK TO US.
UH, WE'VE CON TENDERED OUR, UM, PARTNERSHIP WITH OUR VIRTUAL LEARNING ARM.
WE HAVE 61 INTERNATIONAL TEACHERS WITH US.
WE NOW HAVE 25 LEAP TEACHERS IN OUR CLASSROOM.
AND JUST TO BRING YOU UP TO SPEED WITH LEAP, IT IS OUR ALTERNATIVE CERTIFICATION PROGRAM.
SO WE DECIDED TO DO OUR OWN CERTIFICATE, GROW OUR OWN IN-HOUSE, TRAIN THEM, AND PAY THEM AS THEY'RE BEING TRAINED.
AND WE HAVE ALSO, AND WE ARE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THIS, PARTNERED WITH THE TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT WITH THEIR RECRUITING EFFORTS.
AND FROM 26 VACANCIES IN 24 25, WE ARE DOWN NOW TO SINGLE DIGITS WITH BUS DRIVERS ON THE CLIMATE AND COMPENSATION.
UH, WE ARE, WE OFFER COMPETITIVE COMPENSATIONS AND BENEFITS, AND WE ARE GOVERNED BY HRS 19, 20 21 AND 40.
OUR BEGINNING TEACHER SALARY IS 60,087.
WE STILL GIVE OUR 1500 LOCALITIES SUPPLEMENT FOR ALL EMPLOYEES ACROSS THE BOARD.
WE STILL SPONSOR OUR AFTERSCHOOL EPIC CHILDCARE.
AND WE SERVED 200 EMPLOYEES CHILDREN, OR TWO STUDENTS.
LAST YEAR, IT WENT FROM A NO PAY PROGRAM
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TO A MINIMAL PAY PROGRAM.AND WHAT WE ADDED THIS YEAR WAS A PAYROLL DEDUCTION.
SO IT MAKES IT EASIER FOR THOSE PARENTS TO PAY, AND THEY DON'T HAVE TO BE BOTHERED WITH THAT.
UH, WE'RE GLAD TO SAY THAT THERE ARE NO TRA CHANGES TO THE, OUR INSURANCE
SO EMPLOYEES STILL GOT THE SAME BENEFITS, NO INCREASE.
THERE WAS AN 86% RESPONSE RATE TO OUR UPBEAT SURVEY, AND WE USED THAT FOR CONTROLLING OUR CLIMATE TO SEE HOW OUR EMPLOYEES FEEL.
AND WE BUILT UP, I GUESS WE COULD GO BACK TO MISS WRIGHT'S TRUST, THEY BELIEVE IN THE SURVEY NOW.
WE ACTUALLY HAD TO WORK HARD TO GET THEM TO THAT POINT.
AND I THINK IT'S TAKEN US HOW MANY YEARS, MATT? THREE.
SO WE'VE BEEN DOING THE SURVEY FOUR YEARS.
THEY EXPECT THE SURVEY, THEY ANSWER THE SURVEY, AND I BELIEVE THEY ANSWER HONESTLY, EMPLOYMENT.
WE ENSURE SUFFICIENCY AND STAFFING THROUGH MONITORING AND ANALYZING EMPLOYMENT DATA.
AND THAT'S GOVERNED BY HRS 55.
WE HAVE 3,770 17 VOLUNTEER BACKGROUND CHECKS.
SO THAT MEANS VOLUNTEERS HAVE GONE THROUGH OUR BACKGROUND CHECKS WITH A RATE OF 3000, UH, MORE THAN 3000.
AND THAT IS BEGINNING TO COME BACK UP FROM OUR LOW.
OUR CERTIFIED RETENTION RATE INCREASED TO 88.21%.
TOTAL EMPLOYEE RETENTION RATE IS AT 88.84%.
WE HAVE ONLY 300 INACTIVE AND 40 FILES REMAINING OUT OF 14,060 FILES.
SO WE ARE 300 AWAY FROM SAYING WE ARE TOTALLY PAPERLESS PERSONNEL FILES.
WE HAVE UPDATED OUR ATHLETIC GUIDELINES, OUR COACHING GUIDELINES, OUR COACHING AGREEMENTS, AND WE HAVE BROUGHT OUR ATHLETIC DEPARTMENTS ACROSS THE BOARD IN COMPLIANCE AND WITH A CONSISTENT EXPECTATION FROM THE DISTRICT LEVEL.
UM, OUR ATHLETIC DIRECTOR, PROFESSIONAL DEVELOP PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT THROUGH AI, AAA, LCTC 511.
UM, THAT HAS BEEN IMPLEMENTED.
SO OUR ATHLETIC DIRECTORS ARE NATIONALLY TRAINED AS WELL.
AND THEN FINALLY, IN OUR DEVELOPMENT AND EVALUATION, WE EVALUATE ALL EMPLOYEES TO IMPROVE AND SUPPORT EMPLOYEES PERFORMANCE AND INSTRUCTION.
WE HAVE CONDUCTED MORE THAN 4,000 HOURS OF PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, AVERAGING 397 HOURS PER MONTH.
OUR EMERGENCY RESPONSE KITS ARE DISTRIBUTED THROUGH ALL SCHOOLS AND PROGRAMS. AND AS YOU KNOW, THAT COMES THROUGH OUR SAFETY, UM, DIRECTOR.
SHE'S RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL EMPLOYEES TO BE TRAINED.
UM, AND ALL OVER 200 EMPLOYEES ARE TRAINED TO ADMINISTER CPR STOP THE BLEED AND NARCAN CAN.
AND AS USUAL, OUR HR BOOTCAMP WAS HOSTED THIS SUMMER FOR PRINCIPALS AND ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS.
AND DURING THE BOOTCAMP, WE MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE UP DATE ON NEW LAWS, UH, NEW POLICIES, AND, UH, ANY LEGAL ADVICE THAT THEY MIGHT JUST, AND WITH THAT, I WILL OPEN IT UP FOR ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE.
A LOT QUESTION COMES, CONCERNS WELL ANSWERED.
I'VE GOT QUESTIONS ABOUT RECRUITMENT.
UH, AS FAR AS THE LEAP, UM, WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ALTERNATIVE PATHWAYS, ARE WE LIKE FINDING PEOPLE FROM INDUSTRY, LIKE TAKING ENGINEERS AND TURNING THEM INTO TEACHERS TO TEACH MATH? IS THAT WHAT, IS THAT WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT? YES, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.
HOW SUCCESSFUL IS THAT PROGRAM RIGHT NOW? LIKE HOW MANY LEAP TEACHERS DO WE HAVE? UH, ACTUALLY IN THE TRAINING PIPELINE AND OR TEACHING, I'M GONNA LET DR.
LEASH TALK ABOUT WHERE WE WERE THIS TIME LAST YEAR AND WHERE WE'RE NOW.
SO LAST YEAR WE HAD, UM, SIX, WE STARTED OUT WITH SIX, AND THEN WE ADDED, UM, 19.
SO WE'RE TOTALLY, WE, RIGHT NOW WE HAVE 25 IN THE PIPELINE.
AND WE PROVIDE THEM WITH MENTORING THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
UM, WE HAVE MS. ANGELA BELLONE, SHE'S THE COORDINATOR.
AND THEN WE HAVE, UM, MS. JENNIFER BECK.
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FROM THE DISTRICT WHO GOES OUT TO THE SCHOOLS AND PROVIDES SUPPORT.AND WE JUST ADDED, UM, UH, UH, RETIREE DR.
SHE WILL BE GOING IN SCHOOLS TO HELP SUPPORT THEM AS WELL.
WHEN WE MET, WE HAD OUR LEADERSHIP MEETING, UM, BEFORE WE GOT OFF FOR THE BREAK.
AND SHE SAID SHE FEELS VERY GOOD AFTER THE VISITS, UM, COMPARED TO HOW SHE FELT WHEN WE MET IN OCTOBER.
IN OCTOBER, SHE, SHE WAS NERVOUS, AS HAD A FEW WHO WERE READY TO BAIL.
BUT, UM, SINCE THEN, WITH THE SUPPORT AND WITH THE COLLABORATION THAT WE'VE HAD WITH, UH, WITH THE INSTRUCTIONAL DEPARTMENT, IT'S BEEN VERY WELL SO FAR.
HOW DOES LOOKING GOOD, HOW DOES THE STATE HANDLE THEIR CERTIFICATION SINCE THEY HAVEN'T GONE THROUGH LIKE, FORMAL TRAINING? SO THEY HAVE TO TAKE THE PRAXIS AND THEY GO THROUGH, THEY HAVE THROUGH YEARS TO TAKE THE PRAXIS AND PASS THEIR COURSEWORK.
AND ONCE THEY PASS THEIR COURSEWORK AND THEY PASS THE PRACTICE, THEN THEY'RE, THEY'RE, THEY'RE GOOD TO GO.
UH, AS FAR AS THE VIRTUAL TEACHERS, HOW MANY CLASSES ARE WE TEACHING THAT ARE VIRTUAL AND HOW ARE WE HANDLING THE VIRTUAL CLASSES? UM, SIX ONE TEACHERS FROM 17 COUNTRIES THAT ARE VIRTUAL.
THOSE ARE NOT VIRTUAL IN-PERSON TEACHERS.
BUT WE DO HAVE VIRTUAL TEACHERS IN THE CLASSROOM.
UH, WE HAVE THEM FROM A COMPANY CALLED PROXIMITY LEARNING.
WE PROBABLY HAVE AROUND 10 TEACHERS.
UM, THOSE TEACHERS, UH, VIRTUAL FROM WHEREVER THEY LIVE.
AND WE ALSO PROVIDE A FACILITATOR IN THE CLASSROOM THAT WORKS RIGHT ALONG WITH THAT, UH, VIRTUAL TEACHER TO HELP MONITOR THE CLASSROOM.
KIND OF A PROCTOR, SO TO SPEAK? YES.
UH, AND WHAT, WHAT TYPE OF SUBJECT MATTER ARE WE TEACHING THROUGH VIRTUAL LEARNING? UH, ARE WE CORE SUBJECTS OR WE CORE SUBJECTS, UH, UH, CORE SUBJECTS AND TO INCLUDE SPECIAL EDUCATION.
HAVE WE NOTICED ANY TYPE OF CHANGE IN, UM, EVALUATION IN THE CLASS FOR CLASSES THAT ARE TAUGHT VIRTUALLY? BECAUSE I, I, WITHOUT THE TEACHER IN THE ROOM AND IT'S JUST A PROCTOR OR AN ADULT IN THE ROOM KIND OF MAKING SURE, UH, IS, IS THERE ANY SLIP OF EDUCATIONAL MATERIAL? LIKE NOT BEING GIVEN, USE OUR EDUCATIONAL PLATFORM.
UH, LEAD, UH, WHAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT TEACHERS OF TOMORROW, WHAT ARE TEACHERS OF TOMORROW? IT'S AN ALTERNATIVE CERTIFICATION PROGRAM, BUT IT'S RUN BY TEACHERS OF TOMORROW.
AND THAT IS WHERE TEACHERS COME IN, TAKE A, AN EXAM.
AND THEY'LL PUT IN THE CLASSROOM, BUT THEY DON'T HAVE SUPPORT.
THEY DON'T HAVE SUPPORT, THEY DON'T HAVE SUPPORT.
THEY JUST SEND THEM TO US, BUT WE SUPPORT THEM, UM, FOR THE FIRST TWO OR THREE YEARS.
SO IT'S JUST LIKE TEACHERS OF TOMORROW.
PACE IS ANOTHER ALTERNATIVE PROGRAM.
THAT IS THROUGH THE, THAT IS THROUGH THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION.
UM, SO THERE'S TEACHERS OF TOMORROW, UH, PACE TEACHERS ABROAD.
SO THERE'S FOUR OR FIVE, UH, ALTERNATIVE PROGRAMS AT THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION.
BUT AGAIN, WE CREATED OUR OWN, WHICH IS DR. LEACH KIND OF SUPERVISES.
SO WE, YOU KNOW, RECRUITING OUR OWN WITHIN THEN WITHIN OUR, SO MOST OF THE TEACHERS THAT COME IN, IF WE HAVE, UH, UH, CLASSROOM ASSISTANTS THAT HAVE A BACHELOR'S DEGREE, WE RECRUIT.
AND WE TRY TO, WE CAN GEAR THEM TOWARDS OUR PROGRAM SO THAT WE CAN GET THEM IN THE CLASSROOM.
AND CAROLINA CAP, IS THAT ANOTHER ONE OF THOSE? SAME.
UM, REES, UH, RETIREE REHIRE, UH, HOW SUCCESS IS NOW, IT'S VERY SUCCESSFUL.
UM, HERE'S HOW WE MA UH, MANAGE THAT PROGRAM.
SO AROUND, UH, AROUND THE END OF THE SCHOOL YEAR, UM, PRINCIPALS CAN REQUEST A REHIRE, A RETIREE TO HELP FEEL HARD TO FILL VACANCIES.
UH, THAT IS LIKE A LAST RESORT.
UH, WE ARE CONSTANTLY RECRUITING, UM, NEW TEACHERS, FRESH OUTTA COLLEGE OR TEACHERS THAT HAVEN'T RETIRED, BUT WE MOVED THAT OUT THE LAST RESORT.
SO IF WE CAN'T FILL THE CLASSROOM TEACHERS, THE PRINCIPALS HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO OFFER THAT POSITION PRIOR TO THE END OF THE SCHOOL YEAR, UH, TO FILL THAT VACANCY.
IF THEY DON'T THINK THEY'LL, THEY'LL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO FILL IT THROUGHOUT, THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER.
FINANCIALLY, HOW ARE WE MANAGING THAT? BECAUSE IF THEY'RE ALREADY RE RECEIVING A, A RETIREMENT PENSION, NOW HOW ARE WE COMPENSATING THEM ON TOP OF THEIR RETIREMENT? SO WE ARE COMPENSATING THEM ON THEIR REGULAR, WE, WE DON'T, THIS BOARD HAS NOT, UM, SAID THAT WE'RE GONNA DO ANYTHING DIFFERENTLY THAN PAY THEM THEIR NORMAL SALARY.
THE STATE GIVES ALL BOARDS THE RIGHT TO SAY YOU CAN ALTER RETIREE SALARIES IF YOU WANT TO, BUT THIS BOARD HAS NEVER SAID DO ANYTHING LESS THAN PAY THEM WHAT THEY WOULD BE MAKING IF THEY WERE NOT RETIRED.
SO WHEN THEY COME IN, THEY WILL RECEIVE THEIR RETIREMENT, WHATEVER THAT IS, PLUS A REGULAR SALARY IN THE CLASSROOM.
AND THAT HAS TO BE APPROVED THROUGH THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION.
THAT'S A BIG ONE, NOT A WAIVER.
AND AND THEY HAVE TO, UH, THEIR WAIVER HAS TO BE APPROVED THROUGH THE STATE.
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SO THE STATE HAS TO DECIDE WHETHER OR NOT THEY CAN DOUBLE WITH DIV.THAT, THAT, THAT WAS THE ONE I WAS GETTING AT.
UM, AND THEN UNDER ANOTHER ONE, I'M NOT SURE.
UH, I, I, I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT THIS MEANT.
SO THAT SLIDE, UM, EVERY YEAR, UM, WHEN WE ENGAGE IN OUR STAFFING FOR SCHOOL SITES, UM, I DON'T KNOW IF MS. CHRISTIAN BARRY WANTS TO BRING THAT SLIDE NUMBER, BUT SLIDE 14.
UM, WHEN WE ENGAGE IN, UH, THE STAFFING OF, UM, CERTIFIED TEACHERS PER BUILDING, UM, THAT'S ALL DONE ON A PER PUPIL ALLOCATION.
BUT WHAT WE HAVE, UM, HERE IS ON THE RIGHT SIDE WHERE IT SAYS THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, THEY HAVE A MINIMUM STAFFING RATIO, OR EXCUSE ME, A MAXIMUM THRESHOLD RATIO.
AND THAT'S WHAT'S, UM, ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE, WHAT WE HAVE ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE IS HOW BEAUFORT COUNTY STAFFS BUILDINGS.
AND SO IF YOU'RE JUST TAKE KINDERGARTEN FOR EXAMPLE, THAT'S ON TOP, THE NON-HIGH POVERTY SCHOOLS.
SO IN THE OLD DAYS WHEN WE CALLED THEM TITLE ONE SCHOOLS, WHICH SOMETIMES THEY'RE REFERRED TO TITLE ONE THERE, THERE'S A GAP IN TITLE ONE SCHOOLS THAT COULD BE 55% POVERTY OR MORE ALL THE WAY ON UP TO 75%.
SOME SCHOOLS ARE, ARE, UH, COMMUNITY ELIGIBLE AT A HUNDRED PERCENT POVERTY.
SO WE HAVE, UH, THREE CLASSES, NON-HIGH POVERTY, HIGH POVERTY, AND THEN VERY HIGH POVERTY.
AND WE STAFF, UH, 24 TO ONE, UM, IN THE NON-HIGH POVERTY.
SO THAT'S 24 STUDENTS TO ONE TEACHER.
UM, AND, AND SO FORTH, UH, AS THE CHART GOES AND WHAT YOU CAN SEE, IT'S A, IT'S A COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE AS WELL WHEN IT COMES TO RECRUITING BECAUSE WE CAN OFFER, UH, A LOWER TEACHER STUDENT RATIO.
UM, BUT THAT'S A PROCESS WE ENGAGE IN WITH FINANCE ANNUALLY.
UM, AND THAT'S, THAT'S BASICALLY HOW WE DO THAT.
WELL, THANK YOU FOR EXPLAINING THAT.
UH, I WANNA KNOW WHAT MAGIC Y'ALL USED IN TRANSPORTATION.
'CAUSE THAT ONE WORD LEADERSHIP ONE WORD, YEAH.
I UNDERSTAND THAT BECAUSE THAT'S, THAT'S ACTUALLY AMAZING BECAUSE, UM, YOU KNOW, IT BEING IN TRANSPORTATION THAT HAVE ALWAYS BEEN A BATTLE YEAH.
TO GET THE DRIVERS BEHIND THOSE SEATS.
SO IT, IT WORKS OUT WHEN YOU GOT THE DRIVERS IN THE SEAT STATE IS HAPPY, WE GET THE BUSES THAT WE NEED TO GET, YOU KNOW, BUT THEY DON'T GIVE EXTRA BUSES BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE PEOPLE TO PUT IN THE SEAT.
THEY'RE NOT GONNA GIVE IN, YOU KNOW, KNOW WE HAVE ALL THE ROUTES, YOU KNOW, AND DON'T HAVE THE DRIVERS TO STATE OUT.
SO JUST THAT, THAT DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN RESTRUCTURED.
THERE ARE NEW POSITIONS THAT EXIST.
MR. SMITH'S POINT ABOUT FLEET MANAGEMENT, WE HAVE A FLEET MANAGER NOW.
UM, THAT PERSON IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL OF THOSE ASSETS, UH, MAINTENANCE, THE PROCUREMENT, UM, THE ASSIGNMENT OF, UM, AND I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT LEADERSHIP MAKES A, A DIFFERENCE.
UM, AND, AND ESPECIALLY HOW WE'VE RESTRUCTURED THE DEPARTMENTS.
YES, IT'S THIS GREAT, IT'S A WORK IN PROGRESS, BUT IT'S BETTER.
I WAS IN MARINE CORPS RECRUIT, APPRECIATE THAT FOR THREE YEARS.
AND, UH, WE WERE TOLD AS RECRUITERS, UH, I ONLY HAD TO DO IT FOR THREE YEARS AND THAT WAS ENOUGH.
UH, BUT LIKE WE HAD SEVEN PROGRAMS THAT WE HAD TO KEEP, UH, GOING ALL THE TIME.
AND AS LONG AS YOU KEEP ALL SEVEN PROGRAMS GOING, YOU WON'T BE THE ONE DRAWING ZERO AT THE END OF THE MONTH.
YOU GUYS IMPRESS THE CRAP OUT OF ME WITH ALL THE PLATES THAT YOU HAVE SPINNING AND ALL THE PROGRAMS YOU GUYS GO IN AND EVERY POT THAT YOU'RE DIPPING IN INTO, AND USING EVERYTHING THAT YOU HAVE, UH, AVAILABLE TO YOU TO, TO FIND PEOPLE, UH, AND CREATE A CULTURE WHERE PEOPLE WANNA COME TO US.
SO GOD BLESS WHAT YOU GUYS DO.
WELL, WE'RE GONNA SHARE THAT WITH RECRUITERS.
IN FACT, THEY LEFT FOR ALABAMA THIS MORNING.
OH, AND, AND AND WHAT IS THAT AGAIN? EXCUSE MY, THE ACRONYM? YEAH.
WHAT EXACTLY, WHAT, WHAT IS LEAP EDUCATOR ALTERNATIVE.
SO, SO, SO, SO BASICALLY WHAT LEAP IS LEAP AND AND LEAP.
WE HAVE RETIRE, RETIRE RETIREE TEACHERS.
IS THAT, WAS THAT WHAT UH, NO SIR.
YOU HAVE TO, IF YOU HAVE A BACHELOR'S UHHUH AND YOU HAVE A 2.5 HIGH GPA UHHUH, THEN YOU CAN QUAL YOU QUALIFY TO COME THROUGH THE LEAP PROGRAM AND YOU HAVE TO PASS THE CRISIS.
YOU HAVE THREE YEARS TO DO IT.
SO IF YOU HAVE A BACHELOR'S IN, UH, SOCIAL STUDIES, UHHUH,
IF YOU MEET THOSE QUALIFICATIONS, THEN YOU CAN QUALIFY.
YOU QUALIFY TO APPLY FOR THE PROGRAM.
WE'LL EVALUATE YOUR APPLICATION AND IF YOU MEET ALL THE QUALIFICATIONS, THEN YOU
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CAN, UM, HIRE AS A LEAP TEACHER AND YOU HAVE THREE YEARS AND WE TAKE THE MONEY OUT FOR THE COURSES AND EVERYTHING THAT YOU TAKE OVER THE COURSE OF THAT TIME, THEN WE, UH, YOU, YOU TAKE THOSE COURSES AND WHILE YOU'RE WORKING AND EARNING A, A FULL SALARY, YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND, ANALYZE TRANSCRIPTS.SO JUST BECAUSE YOU HAVE A BACHELOR'S DEGREE THAT DOESN'T GUARANTEE YOU HAVE QUALIFICATIONS, ANY ALTERNATIVE PROGRAM, YOU HAVE TO LOOK AT YOUR TRANSCRIPTS AND SEE WHAT YOU HAVE BASED, YOU TRANSCRIPT QUALIFY FOR, UH, TO TEACH IN A CLASSROOM.
LIKE, JUST BECAUSE YOU HAVE A DEGREE IN SOCIAL STUDIES, THE COURSES THAT YOU'VE TAKEN IN SOCIAL STUDIES HAVE TO MATCH WHAT THE STATE REQUIRES IN ORDER FOR IT TO COUNT WHENEVER SHE ASSESSES THE TRANSCRIPTS.
SO TO UNDERSTAND, BASICALLY LEAP IS, SO, AND I HEARD HIM GO DOWN THE, GO DOWN THESE DIFFERENT PROGRAMS. SO LEAP PROGRAM WOULD BE THE EQUIVALENT OF PACE, IS IT? YES.
IT'S, IT'S COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND THEN WE HAVE THE OTHER ALTERNATIVE ONES THAT COMES FROM THE STATE AS WELL.
THE OTHER PROGRAMS. BUT THESE PROGRAMS DON'T, THEY DON'T COST US ANYTHING.
DO THEY? THEY COST THE CANDIDATE.
THEY COST THE CANDIDATE, NOT MINIMUM.
OUR PROGRAM IS A LOT CHEAPER THAN PACE AND US TOMORROW.
PLUS THEY DON'T HAVE DRIVE CHANCE.
PAYING FOR THEIR OWN COURSEWORK THOUGH, RIGHT? YEAH.
AND, AND, AND BASICALLY WE BE, THESE, THESE ARE PEOPLE THAT WE'RE UTILIZING TO PUT IN VACANT POSITIONS.
THEY'RE, THEY'RE FULL TEACHERS, JUST LIKE ANY OTHER TEACHER.
UM, BUT THEY, UM, ARE ALSO PART OF THE INDUCTION PROGRAM.
SO THEY GET THAT INTENSIVE SUPPORT FROM MENTORS, UH, AS WELL.
AND THEY CAN, THEY CAN, THEY, THEY GET CONTRACTS.
SO I WILL GO BACK UP TO, UH, THE QUESTIONS HE WAS ASKING IN TERMS OF, THEY, THEY, THEY, THEY COME, THEY COME BACK WITH CONTRACTS, UH, AND ALSO SOME OF THEM WHO ARE RETIRED AND THEY CAN, THEY, THEY STILL GETTING THEIR RETIREMENT.
NONE OF THESE FOLKS ARE RETIRED.
THERE ARE NO ALTERNATIVE PATHWAY TEACHERS THAT ARE RETIREES.
THIS IS FOR PEOPLE WHO HAVE A BACHELOR'S DEGREE, NEVER TALKED FOR, I, I DID THE ALTERNATIVE PROGRAM.
I HAVE A MARKETING DEGREE, MY BACHELOR'S IN MARKETING.
I THOUGHT IT WAS GONNA BE SOME BIG TIME, Z BUT THAT DIDN'T HAPPEN.
AND MY SUPERINTENDENT SAID, HEY, DON'T YOU WANNA TEACH? I SAID, SURE.
SO I GOT INTO A PROGRAM TO WHERE I HAD TO TAKE COURSES.
HE, HE WAS ABLE TO GO AHEAD AND HIRE ME WHILE I TOOK THE NECESSARY COURSES TO GET CERTIFIED TO TEACH.
AND THEN I WAS ON A PROVISIONAL FOR THREE YEARS UNTIL I MET ALL THE QUALIFICATIONS, FULFILL ALL THE QUALIFICATIONS TO BECOME A CERTIFIED TEACHER.
AND THAT'S BASICALLY WHAT WE'RE DOING IS, AND FOR THOSE STUDENTS WHO ARE GRADUATING WITH A DEGREE AND THEY CAN'T FIND A JOB, THEY DECIDE, HEY, I WANNA TEACH.
AND THEY'RE COMING FROM OTHER INDUSTRIES, AS YOU MENTIONED EARLIER.
SO IF YOU, YOU WANT AN ACCOUNTANT, YOU DON'T HAVE A JOB, YOU CAN, YOU CAN APPLY TO BE A MATH TEACHER AND MEET THE QUALIFICATIONS AND WE CAN GET YOU IN A MATH CLASS.
SO, UH, WE, WE'LL, WE'LL DO THESE WITH THESE FOUR PROGRAMS SO THAT, SO WE HAVE, UH, UH, PEOPLE WHO MAY, WHO MAY BE IN THE DISTRICT ALREADY, THAT MAY BE, UH, FOR INSTANCE, UH, YEAH.
HOW ARE, MY QUESTION WOULD BE HOW ARE WE MAKING THIS, UH, ADVERTISING FOR THEM IN TERMS OF GETTING INTO THESE PROGRAM AND GETTING, GETTING, WELL, ACTUALLY, YOU KNOW WHAT, ACTUALLY I, I'LL GO AHEAD AND SAY IT, BUT, BUT I, I DO KNOW THAT I DO KNOW THE ANSWER TO THIS, BECAUSE ACTUALLY I JUST HAD SOMEBODY WHO, WHO DID.
BUT, BUT THAT'S, THAT'S NOT WHY I'M, I, I JUST LET YOU ANSWER THAT AND THEN I'LL ACTUALLY GO AHEAD AND GO OUT AND SAY WHAT MY CON CONCERN IS IN TERMS OF THAT.
BUT, UH, HOW WE ADVERTISING THAT, ADVERTISING THIS IN TERMS OF, OF, UH, OF THIS PROGRAMS BEING OFFERED BY THE, BY THE DISTRICT, BECAUSE YOU KNOW, THIS DISTRICT, WE DO A LOT OF PR MM-HMM
AND, AND, AND, AND, AND TO ME, THIS IS ONE OF THE POINTS WHERE YOU HAVE TO EMBRACE YOUR OWN.
AND WHEN I SAY EMBRACE, GROW OUR OWN, THAT WE HAVE PEOPLE MM-HMM
WHO MAY BE IN THESE CLASSROOMS, WHO MAY HAVE DEGREES, WHO WE COULD PUSH TO SOME OF THESE TEACHING POSITIONS.
SO AND SO, AND, AND SO BY SAYING THAT I'M ANSWERING AND TALKING AT THE SAME TIME, I WANTED TO LIE.
I DO KNOW THAT Y'ALL, SOMEONE ASKED, MENTIONED ME, ASKED ME WHERE TO GO TO FOR IT, BECAUSE THEY HAD HEARD ABOUT IT.
BUT, UH, MY, MY, MY THING WAS, UH, THAT I KNOW THAT ALSO THAT WE HAD A, A, A STAFF MEMBER.
WE HAD, WELL, I WAS TALKING TO SOME STAFF THAT WERE SAYING, WELL, THE PROBLEM IS EVEN IF THEY ENTER SOME OF THESE PROGRAMS, WHAT HAPPENED? WHAT HAPPENED? WELL, WITH, IN TERMS OF WHEN THEY NEED THEIR HOURS, WHAT, WHAT, WHAT THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE.
BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, CERTAIN, AND, AND, AND CERTAIN DISTRICTS ARE WORKING WITH THEIR STAFF IN TERMS OF, THEY'RE SAYING THAT WHEN YOU, IF YOU NEED HOURS, THAT'S, UM, YOU, YOU CAN'T, YOU CAN'T GET 'EM HERE.
SO THAT, THAT'S KIND OF THE, THE, THE GRAY AREA.
AND SO THAT'S, AND THAT'S, THAT'S NOT WE, THEY CAN GET THEIR HOURS BECAUSE WE'RE DEALING WITH THAT NOW.
BUT THE SCHOOLS THAT THEY'RE GOING, IF THEY'RE NOT GOING, UM, THROUGH OUR PROGRAM, AND LET'S SAY LIKE WE HAVE A SITUATION NOW WHERE WE HAVE SOME WHO ARE
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GOING THROUGH PROGRAMS AT OTHER SCHOOLS.THEY HAVE TO ENTER INTO AN MOU WITH US, AND THERE ARE CERTAIN THINGS THEY HAVE TO COMPLETE, BUT THAT MOQ, AND IF THAT SCHOOL DOESN'T COMPLETE IT, THEN NO, WE CAN'T GIVE THEM THE HOURS.
BUT IF THEY'VE MET EVERYTHING, WE MAKE SURE THEY CAN GET THEIR HOURS BEFORE OR AFTER SCHOOL BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT, NOT ALLOWED TO GET IT DURING THE SCHOOL DAY.
AND SO WE, AND WE WORKING CLOSELY, VERY CLOSELY.
WE HAVE ONE IN A SCHOOL IN PARTICULAR THAT WE'RE WORKING VERY CLOSELY WITH.
AND I JUST SENT AN EMAIL TODAY.
UM, ONE OF THE, THE STUDENTS WAS ASKING, WHAT'S THE UPDATE? I, I TOLD HER, WE'RE STILL WAITING ON THE SCHOOL.
THE SCHOOL PASSED THE COMPLETE THAT MO AND, AND, AND, AND, AND, AND, AND, AND THAT, THAT IS, THAT IS, UH, GOOD TO KNOW.
AND THAT'S WHY THIS IS A, THESE INFORMATION ARE, AND THESE MEETINGS ARE VERY INFORMATIONAL AND VERY INFORMATIVE TO, AND ABLE TO REFER BACK TO THAT WE HAVE THESE CONVERSATIONS BECAUSE OF THE FACT THAT PEOPLE, IF, IF WE DON'T HAVE THIS CONVERSATION, PEOPLE WILL NOT KNOW THAT.
MRS. SMITH, THAT GOES BACK TO, UM, ASSET PROTECTION, UHHUH,
THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE, WE HAVE TO KEEP THE BOARD AWAY FROM LIABILITY AS WELL AS STAFF AWAY FROM LIABILITY.
SO WE ARE VERY PARTICULAR ABOUT WHO AND HOW WE BRING INTO THE SCHOOLS TO THE ACCESS TO STUDENTS AND PARENTS.
SO IF WE ARE WORKING WITH THE UNIVERSITY, WE DON'T BRING ANYONE IN UNLESS WE HAVE A MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT WITH THEM.
AND THEY HAVE TO FOLLOW WHAT WE FOLLOW HERE.
OUR EXPECTATIONS FOR THEM ARE THE SAME AS FOR OUR EMPLOYEES.
AND THEY MUST UNDERSTAND THAT BEFORE WE GET HERE.
IF WE DIDN'T DO THAT, ANYBODY COULD COME IN.
SO YES, IF THERE WAS A UNIVERSITY THAT WILL NOT AGREE TO OUR TERMS, WE ARE NOT GONNA TAKE THEIR STUDENTS.
AND SOME OF THEM, IT'S A LIABILITY.
UH, WANT THE TEACHERS TO WANT THESE PEOPLE TO STILL GET PAID PLUS GET THEIR HOURS.
YOU KNOW, WE, SO WHAT WE HAVE TO DO IS THEY WANT US TO PAY THEM, PLUS FIND SOMEBODY TO DO THEIR JOB WHILE THEY'RE WORKING ON THEIR, THEIR HOURS.
THAT'S, WE'RE PAYING SOMEBODY TO DO THEIR JOB AND PAYING THEM ALSO.
SO AGAIN, WE WORK WITH 'EM BEFORE SCHOOL AND AFTER SCHOOL.
THEY HAVE TO SEND US A SCHEDULE.
AND WE ALSO OFFER IT DURING THE SUMMER SO THEY CAN WORK DURING THE SUMMER AND WORK IN THE SCHOOL AND GET, AND GET THEIR HOURS.
AND YOU ASK THE QUESTION ABOUT RECRUITING, WE ASK OUR PRINCIPALS TO ASK EVERY CER EVERY CLASS STAFF MEMBER, IF THEY HAVE A BACHELOR'S DEGREE, WE RECRUIT THEM.
WE RECRUIT 'EM DURING ORIENTATION.
UH, AND ANYTIME WE COME IN CONTACT, THEY TELL US THEY GOT A BACHELOR'S DEGREE.
AND ANGELA SAID, JUST SEND US YOUR TRANSCRIPTS AND WE CAN HELP YOU GET IN THE CLASSROOM.
A LOT OF OUR SPED ASSISTANTS ARE IN THE CLASSROOM NOW BECAUSE WE FOUND OUT THEY HAD A, A BACHELOR, A BACHELOR'S DEGREE, AND THEY WERE INTERESTED IN TEACHING SPED.
SO WE SAID, YOU ARE ALREADY WORKING IN SPED, WE'RE ALREADY AN ASSISTANT.
WHY DON'T WE HELP YOU GET YOUR TEACHERS TO THANKS FOR THAT INFORMATION.
I, I, I, I, I HAVE HEARD THAT, AND I DO KNOW THAT, UH, YEAH, I HAVE, UH, BEEN ASKING THAT QUESTION.
BUT LIKE I SAID, ALONG, ALONG THE WAY, THANKS FOR THE, THANKS FOR, FOR THE INFORMATIVE INFORMATION.
BUT MY, MY QUESTION WAS, MY QUESTION WAS MORE TOWARDS UNDERSTANDING THE, THE, THE, THE, THESE PROGRAMS, BUT ALSO IN TURN TO OF, IN CERTAIN, AND, AND FOR INSTANCE, LET'S SAY WE HAVE SOMEONE WHO HERE, WHO'S WORKING, UH, AS A TEACHER, BUT WANTS TO TRANSFER OVER AS A GUIDANCE COUNSELOR.
SO, AND THEREFORE THEY MAY HAVE TO GET SOME, GET SOME TYPE OF HOURS OR, OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
SO THEREFORE, THERE, THERE, THERE'S A, THERE, THERE, THERE, THERE'S A, THERE'S A CERTAIN, UH, THERE'S A CERTAIN PATHWAY THAT THEY MAY HAVE TO TAKE MM-HMM
AND SO IT, UH, THE, THE ISSUE, THE ISSUE UNDERSTANDING, UNDERSTANDING IT, UH, FROM STAKEHOLDERS IS THAT THE PATHWAY THAT WE MAY HAVE OTHER DISTRICTS MAY HAVE DIFFERENT, UH, DIFFERENT PATHS.
NOW, WHAT THOSE PATHS ARE, I'M NOT, I'M NOT SURE.
SO THAT'S WHY I BROUGHT, I BROUGHT THE CONVERSATION TO THE TABLE, SO TO UNDERSTAND IT.
BUT, BUT ALSO Y'ALL HAVE GIVEN ME SOME CLEM CLARITY, SOME SOME CLARITY ON IT IN TERMS OF, UH, THERE'S SOME GRAY AREAS AND, AND, AND, AND, AND I KNOW THAT OUR DISTRICT, UH, HR, HR NOT, UH, THEY'RE GONNA BE VERY CAREFUL ABOUT, ABOUT THOSE GRAY AREAS AND MAYBE THAT, THAT MAYBE OTHER DISTRICTS MAY NOT.
I'M NOT SURE WHAT THAT, WHAT THAT IS, BUT, YOU KNOW, I JUST WANT TO, UH, MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE EXHAUSTING EVERY AVENUE THAT WE, THAT WE, THAT WE DO HAVE.
BUT ALONG, ALONG WITH THAT, THAT, THAT IS SOMETHING THAT HAS BROUGHT ME, I THOUGHT THAT, I THOUGHT, AND THERE'S ACTUALLY, THIS WAS THE TIME TO UNDERSTAND THAT SO THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY CAN COME AND LISTEN TO THIS RIGHT HERE AS WELL AND GET A CLEAR UNDERSTANDING.
BECAUSE WE DEFINITELY DON'T WANT OO OTHER DISTRICTS STILL STEALING OUR PEOPLE THAT WHO WE'VE GROOMED IN, I'M SURE THEY HAVE, THAT HAVE GOTTEN THEIR EVERYTHING EXCEPT THEIR HOURS.
AND THEN THEY GO TO SOMEONE ELSE AND THEY GOT, THEY GET THEIR HOURS FROM THERE.
AND NOW THEY, THEY, THEY'RE A GREAT EMPLOYEE OVER THERE, BUT THEY'VE GOT ALL THEIR TRAINING FROM HERE, SO ON, ON THEIR, ON, ON THE, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE WAY AND THE BALANCE, WE LOSE ON IT.
SO THAT, THAT, THAT'S JUST A LITTLE, MY QUESTIONING.
AND IT DEPENDS ON THE NUMBER OF HOURS.
SOMETIMES THEY NEED LIKE 10 HOURS.
YOU NEED 10 HOURS WITH WORK WEEK, 30 HOURS, 75 HOURS.
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THAT'S, THAT'S KIND OF HARD TO WORK WITH 'EM DURING THE SCHOOL DAY.BUT SOMEBODY HAS TO BE IN THE CLASSROOM WITH, WHAT WE WON'T DO IS REMOVE THEM FROM THE CLASSROOM OR AS A TEACHER SO THAT THEY CAN GO GET THEIR HOURS.
'CAUSE THE KIDS ARE LOSING OUT.
SO WE CAN'T, WE CAN'T JEOPARDIZE, YOU KNOW, THE EDUCATION OF, OF THE KIDS.
SO THIS TEACHER CAN'T, AND, AND THERE'S NO GUARANTEE THAT THIS TEACHER IS GONNA STAY ONCE THEY GET THOSE HOURS, THEY CAN GET A COUNSELOR'S DEGREE TAKE OFF AND GO TO ANOTHER COUNTY.
AND, BUT WE'VE, YOU KNOW, WE'VE TRAINED THEM AND THAT HAS HAPPENED TO US.
SO THAT'S WHY WE SAY YOU HAVE, YOU, YOU EITHER HAVE TO, IF YOU NEED THAT MANY HOURS, YOU NEED TO RESIGN FROM YOUR POSITION AND THE PRINCIPAL CAN, WE CAN REHIRE YOU.
WE JUST NEED TO GET SOMEBODY IN THERE TEMPORARILY FOR THOSE KIDS WHILE YOU'RE DOING WHAT YOU NEED TO DO.
WELL LET, UM, MS. ROBINSON DO THAT.
THE HRS, UM, 16, WE'VE MADE SOME, WE'VE MADE SLIGHT CHANGES TO THAT.
THAT IS OUR STAFFING, UM, POLICY OR AR THAT WE HAVE THERE UNDER THE PPL OR THE PAY FOR PARENTAL LEAVE.
WHAT WE'VE ADDED IN THE LANGUAGE HAS STILL BEEN BECAUSE THAT WAS OVERLOOKED.
IT HAD NEVER BEEN ADDED BEFORE.
AND WHEN WE LOOKED AT THE STATE, UM, POLICY FOR THAT, IT WAS NEVER ADDED THAT THERE WAS SOME CONVERSATION DURING THE SUMMER ABOUT SHOULD AN EMPLOYEE THAT HAVE A STILLBORN BIRTH BE ENTITLED TO THE, UM, PPL.
AND SO WE HAVE NOW ADDED THAT LANGUAGE INTO THAT POLICY AS WELL.
AND ALSO WE ADDED AN ADDITION, WE EXPANDED ON OUR, IT IS NOW 16.2, OUR MILITARY LEAVE.
WE'VE HAD SEVERAL EMPLOYEES OVER THE LAST TWO SCHOOL YEARS THAT HAVE BEEN OUT ON CONTINUOUS OR LONG-TERM MILITARY LEAVE.
AND WE JUST NEED TO CLARIFY THAT AND PUT THAT IN A MORE SO NOT ONLY US, BUT THE EMPLOYEE CAN UNDERSTAND WHAT PROCEDURES THEY NEED TO TAKE IF THEY DO NEED TO BE OUT, IF THEY'RE AN ACTIVE DUTY, GOT CALLED TO, UM, IF THEY'RE A RESERVIST THAT GOT CALLED TO AN ACTIVE DUTY STATUS, WHAT'S THE PROCESS? THE PROCEDURE? AND NOT ONLY THAT, BUT WHAT'S THE PROCESS WHEN THEY COME BACK, ESPECIALLY IF THEY'VE BEEN OUT FOR OVER 90 DAYS AND THEY NEED TO COME BACK, THE FOLLOW THAT PROCESS.
AND WE ALIGN THAT CLOSELY TO WHAT THE STATE, UM, HAS NOW AS FAR AS THEIR MILITARY LEAVE, UM, POLICY.
AND THAT IS ALL WE HAVE DONE WITH THIS HR AT 16.
I'M GONNA ASK, UM, MS. QUINTON TO TAKE TWO MINUTES TO TALK ABOUT OUR EXPERIENCE WITH THE STILLBORN, UM, BIRTH AND A PARENT WHO'S AN EMPLOYEE.
SO WE HAD AN EMPLOYEE, UM, WHO INITIALLY WAS DENIED PP LS BECAUSE OF IT NOT BEING DEFINED WITHIN OUR POLICY.
UM, GOT A CALL FROM HER 'CAUSE WE HAD A CONNECTION PREVIOUSLY.
UM, SHE CAME, SAT DOWN WITH ME AND WAS IN TEARS THE ENTIRE TIME.
AND THE ONLY THING THAT I COULD THINK THAT WE COULD DO WAS TO ADVOCATE FOR THIS TO THIS CHANGE TO HAPPEN REGARDLESS OF WHAT HAPPENED AT THE STATE LEVEL.
WE UNDERSTOOD FROM A PLACE OF COMPASSION FOR OUR EMPLOYEES THAT IT WAS IMPORTANT TO RECOGNIZE THAT THE LOSS OF A CHILD DURING BIRTH IS STILL THE DELIVERY OF A BIRTH AND IS JUST AS TRAUMATIC FOR THAT PARENT.
SO, UM, MS. WALTON WAS GRACIOUS AND ALLOWED THAT PERSON TO HAVE THAT LEAVE TIME SO THAT SHE DID NOT DIP INTO HER, UM, SICK LEAVE.
AND THEN WE GOT TO WORK ON UPDATING OUR POLICY TO MATCH THE PRACTICE THAT HAD BEEN PUT INTO PLACE.
UM, AND I WILL TELL YOU THAT SHE HAS BEEN ADVOCATING NOT JUST HERE LOCALLY, BUT AT THE STATE LEVEL.
AND I THINK THAT LEGISLATORS ARE MAKING THE NECESSARY CHANGES TO HAVE THAT CHANGED ACROSS THE STATE.
BUT IT WAS, UM, VERY IMPACTFUL.
AND I THINK, UM, IT REALLY TUGGED AT MY HEART PERSONALLY TO SEE HER HAVE TO GO THROUGH THAT, BUT THEN FEEL TO SAY ON THE BACK END, I FELT SO SUPPORTED BY MYSELF DISTRICT.
SO WE ARE AHEAD OF THE ADDING THAT LINK NOW INTO OUR AR UM, WELL, UH, UM, I THINK THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD, UH, ARE SEND OVER TO EITHER TO OUR, UM, UH, TO OUR, UH, COMMITTEE MEETING WE HAVE THIS MORNING.
I THINK THAT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT, UH, I'LL TAKE THAT SERIOUSLY ENOUGH TO SAY.
I THINK THAT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO REFER OVER TO OUR LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE SO THAT THEY CAN HELP, UH, WE CAN HELP AID THAT BECAUSE THAT IS A PART OF, OF WHAT LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE DOES.
AND, UM, I, I THINK THAT IF, IF Y'ALL COULD, UH, POSSIBLY, UH, I, I BELIEVE WE HAVE A COPY OF THAT OR SHOOT, SHOOT A COPY THAT TO THE CHAIR OF THAT COMMITTEE OR, OKAY.
TO, UH, SO, SO THAT SHE CAN SEE THAT.
I THINK, I'M NOT SURE IF DALLAS IS ON, BUT I THINK THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING GOOD FOR US TO, UH, TAKE A, UH, TAKE A STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION TO BRING THE LEGISLATION BECAUSE THAT'S VERY, THAT, THAT, THAT IS, THAT IS, THAT IS VERY IMPORTANT.
AND, UM, I BELIEVE THAT, UH, ALL OF ALL OUR BOARD MEMBERS SHOULD BE ON, UH, SHOULD BE ON
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BOARD WITH THAT.AND, UH, THANK Y'ALL FOR THAT, THAT DEPARTMENT FOR DOING THAT, BECAUSE THAT IS VER UH, ANY LOSS IS A, IS IS A, IS A SERIOUS LOSS TO, UH, BE ABLE TO STAY INTACT AND KEEP MIND AND SERVE OUR KIDS.
SO THAT, THAT'S, THAT'S HUGE WITHIN ITSELF.
UM, THAT'S, THAT'S JUST, UH, FIRST THING.
AND THE SECOND THING IS, UM, I DO KNOW ABOUT THE MILITARY BECAUSE, UH, ONE OF THE SCHOOLS THAT I, THAT WE, THAT I, WE SERVE, UH, WE HAD, UH, HAD A PERSON WHO WENT OFF ON MILITARY LEAVE AND, AND, AND CAME BACK AND SHE DID THINK THAT THE DISTRICT, UH, APPRECIATED HOW THAT THE, THE DISTRICT GIVE HER GIVE HAS GIVEN HER SUPPORT IN THE, IN, IN HER TRANSITION OF LEAVING AND COMING BACK.
AND, UH, THAT WAS KIND OF, THAT WAS KIND OF CONVEYED TO ME.
AND, YOU KNOW, SO I GIVE THE GOOD BAD LUCK AND ALL THAT IN ONE.
AND SO THAT, THAT WAS CONVEYED.
SO I DEFINITELY WILL GIVE Y'ALL, IT'S AMAZING THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IT, BUT NOT HEARD ABOUT IT A COUPLE MONTHS AGO.
SO I HAVE HAVE SOMEONE WHO WITNESSED THAT.
SO I APPRECIATE Y'ALL BECAUSE SHE, THEY, THEY, THE PERSON THEY FELT, THEY FELT SUPPORTIVE.
SO I, I JUST WANTED TO CONVEY THAT SO THAT, THAT, THAT, THAT I DO KNOW THAT Y'ALL ARE VERY EFFECTIVE IN, IN THAT AREA.
SO I JUST WANNA THANK Y'ALL ON THAT ONE.
SO WE, UH, DO WE NEED YOU TO COVER THE 16.2 SEPARATELY OR WAS THAT YOUR BRIEF OF IT? IT.
ANY OTHER, UH, SAVE ROUNDS OVER ANYTHING? ANYBODY ONLINE HAVE ANY SAVE ROUNDS? ALRIGHT.
IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE FOUR OES? UH, AND MOVE THEM TO THE CONSENT AGENDA? MOTION? IS THERE A SECOND AT THIS TIME? UM, SURE.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? SECOND FIVE BY SAYING AYE.
I, ANY OTHER THINGS THEN? UH, WITHOUT, UH, ANY, ANY, YES MA'AM.
DO WE NEED TO DO ANYTHING WITH AR AR ARE JUST INFORM INFORMATIVE? YEAH, WE DON'T NEED TO, WE DON'T.
IT'S JUST, UH, AR ARE JUST FOR INFORMATION? YEP.
WE WILL ADJOURN FUTURE TOPICS.
PARDON? IN TERMS OF AR, THERE'S NO AR THAT THAT GO, THAT GO WITH THESE EITHER.
THERE'S NO AR THAT GO WITH, THERE'S THERE ANY AR THAT GO WITH THESE OES? IS THAT WHAT SHE ALLUDED TO? NO, NO, NO, NO.
THE FEW THAT WE JUST TALKED, UM, SHE WANTED TO KNOW IF YOU HAD TO APPROVE THEM.
THAT WAS 16 AND YOU DON'T APPROVE.
ARE THERE ANY FUTURE TOPICS? I WAS GONNA SAY MR. SMITH, THAT UH, YOU MAYBE COULD BRING UP, UH, FUTURE TOPIC ABOUT THE LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE AT, AT OUR NEXT BOARD MEETING? YEAH, I CAN PROBABLY BE THE BEST WAY TO DO THAT.
UM, NEXT BOARD MEETING, OUR NEXT, UH, OPERATIONS MEETING.
ONE MEETING THAT WASN'T OCCURRING YET.
FIVE O'CLOCK IS, UM, OPERATIONS ON THE 16TH.
CANCEL, UH, THAT BOARD MEETING ON THE 16TH.
WE ONLY HAVE ONE BOARD MEETING THIS MONTH.
UH, 16TH AT 1700 OR 5:00 PM WE GOOD? THAT ALWAYS OH, YEP.
UH, BAR ANY OBJECTIONS? WE SHALL ADJOURN BY AND UNANIM IS CONSENT.
THANK YOU LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.
THANKS FOR WATCHING HUBERT COUNTY TV.
THIS IS LARRY ROWLAND AND THIS IS A BEAUFORT COUNTY MOMENT.
ONE OF THE, UH, MOST FASCINATING ARTIFACTS IN BEAUFORT COUNTY TO TOURISTS AND RESIDENTS ALIKE ARE THE RUINS OF THE OLD SHELDON CHURCH.
THE PROPER NAME IS THE PARISH CHURCH OF PRINCE WILLIAM PARISH, SOUTH CAROLINA.
PRINCE WILLIAM PARISH WAS FOUNDED IN 1745.
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THE SECOND ANGLICAN PARISH IN THE BEAUFORT DISTRICT.HELENA PARISH FOUNDED IN 1712.
THE ORIGINAL PARISH, PRINCE WILLIAM PARISH IN 1745 WAS IN THE MIDST OF AN ECONOMIC BOOM BECAUSE RICE PLANTATION SURROUNDED THE SITE ON HUSSAH NECK WHERE THE CHURCH EVENTUALLY WAS BUILT AND THOSE RICE PLANTERS WERE VERY WEALTHY.
IN 1745, THE COMMONS HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY ESTABLISHED PRINCE WILLIAM PARISH, AND IN 1751, THEY LAID THE CORNERSTONE FOR PRINCE WILLIAM PARISH CHURCH.
THE CHURCH WAS FINISHED BY 1755 AND WELL APPOINTED.
IT HAS THE DISTINCTION OF BEING THE FIRST OR OLDEST TEMPLE FORM GREEK REVIVAL BUILDING IN THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE.
SO THAT RUINED AT SHELDON, WHICH FASCINATES PEOPLE ABSOLUTELY SHOULD FASCINATE PEOPLE BECAUSE IT IS THE FIRST EXAMPLE OF A TYPE OF ARCHITECTURE THAT BECAME ASSOCIATED WITH AMERICAN DEMOCRACY IN AMERICAN PUBLIC BUILDINGS.
PRINCE WILLIAM PARISH CHURCH, OR THE OLD SHELDON RUINS, WAS BURNED BY BRITISH TORIES DURING THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION IN 1779, IT LAYIN RUINS UNTIL 1826.
CHARLES FRAZIER, THE FAMOUS LOW COUNTRY ARTIST, PAINTED A PICTURE OF IT IN 1819 AFTER IT WAS RESTORED TO USE AND SERVICES.
IN 1826, HE CAME AND LOOKED AT IT AND HE SAID, MY GOD, THEY'VE TAKEN A BEAUTIFUL RUIN AND TURNED IT INTO AN UGLY CHURCH.
SO THE UNION ARMY AND THE EVENTS OF THE CIVIL WAR RESTORED IT TO A BEAUTIFUL RUIN.
WE THOUGHT FOR MANY YEARS THAT PRINCE WILLIAM PARISH CHURCH HAD BEEN BURNED BY SHERMAN'S FORCES AS THEY MARCHED THROUGH THIS DISTRICT.
THAT TURNS OUT NOT TO BE TRUE.
THE CHURCH WAS INTACT AFTER THE CIVIL WAR AND WAS DISMANTLED BY LOCAL FOLKS WHO USED THE PARTS OF THE CHURCH TO BUILD THEIR HOMES AND BARNS.
AND SO THE WOOD BASICALLY WAS TAKEN OUT, THE ROOF FELL IN THE CHURCH, BECAME A RUIN, AND WAS IN DISUSE UNTIL MODERN TIMES IT HAS REMAINED.
AS CHARLES FRASER SAID, A BEAUTIFUL AND ENTICING RUIN.
THIS HAS BEEN A BEAUFORT COUNTY MOMENT.
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