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[Call to Order ]
CALL TO ORDER THE MEETING OF THE BEAUFORT COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION HERE AT THE DISTRICT EDUCATIONAL SERVICES CENTER.MEDIA CENTER, SEPTEMBER THE FIRST, 20 26, 5 TO 9:15 PM PUBLIC SESSION HYBRID VIDEO CONFERENCING.
THE MEETING WILL BE BROADCAST BY THE COUNTY, COUNTY CHANNEL, SORRY, IN ACCORDANCE WITH NEW SAFETY AND SECURITY GUIDELINES.
BAGS, BACKPACKS, AND PURSES ARE PROHIBITED BY THE PUBLIC AT BEAUFORT COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION MEETINGS.
REQUEST TO PARTICIPATE IN PUBLIC COMMENTS VIA PHONE WILL BE ACCEPTED ELECTRONICALLY.
YOU CAN FIND THE BE WEBSITE AT H HTTPS SLASH DOUBLE WW DOT BEAUFORT SCHOOLS.NET/ABOUT US SLASH BOARD OF ED SLASH PUBLIC COMMENTS PLEASE SIGN UP USING THE PUBLIC COMMENT FORM 24 HOURS FROM THE DAY OF THE MEETING REQUEST AS WE'LL.
RECEIVE A PHONE CALL DURING THEIR RESPECTIVE PUBLIC FORUM TIME AND SHOULD BE READY TO SPEAK.
YOU MAY ADDRESS THE BOARD FOR A MAXIMUM OF THREE MINUTES ON ISSUES WITHIN THE BOARD'S DOMAIN.
THE FORUM WILL BE LIMITED TO 30 MINUTES.
CITIZENS DESIRE TO PARTICIPATE IN PERSON MUST FILL OUT A PUBLIC COMMENT CARD THAT CAN BE OBTAINED FROM THE BOARD CLERK UPON ARRIVAL.
REQUEST FOR THE SECOND PUBLIC COMMENTS WILL BE THE SAME MANNER AS ABOVE.
THE SECOND PUBLIC COMMENTS WILL TAKE PLACE PRIOR TO ADJOURNMENT NO LATER THAN 9:00 PM THE SECOND FORUM WILL BE LIMITED TO 15 MINUTES.
IN THE EVENT THE BOARD HAS NOT FINISHED ADDRESSING ALL ITEMS LISTED ON THE SEPTEMBER 1ST, 2026 AGENDA.
THE BOARD WILL RECONVENE AT 5:00 PM ON SEPTEMBER THE SECOND, 2026, THE NEXT BUSINESS DAY TO FINISH THE AGENDA.
AND WITH THAT, THE WE CALL TO ORDER THE PUBLIC SESSION.
[Approval of Agenda ]
FOR APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA? SO APPROVED OR SO MOVED.IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND.
[Pledge of Allegiance, Moment of Silence, Statement of Media Notification ]
OF ALLEGIANCE.IN A MOMENT OF SILENCE, WE HAVE TO VOTE.
PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE, FIVE OF THE UNITED, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE FOR LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
[First Public Comments]
PUBLIC COMMENTS, WE HAVE MR. JAMES MILLER FOR THE SECOND.THAT ONE'S FOR THE, THAT'S THE ONLY ONE.
MR. ANTHONY CAMIA OF SUN CITY AND MR. CAMIA WILL SPEAK ON FINANCE OPERATIONS.
BOARD FDR SAID, THE TEST OF OUR PROGRESS IS NOT WHETHER WE ADD MORE TO THE ABUNDANCE OF THOSE WHO HAVE MUCH IS WHETHER WE PROVIDE ENOUGH FOR THOSE WHO HAVE TOO LITTLE.
SUPERINTENDENT RODRIGUEZ SAID THIS BUDGET IS A DIRECT INVESTMENT IN THE PEOPLE WHO MAKE A DIFFERENCE FOR STUDENTS.
TONIGHT, I ASK THE BOARD TO LOOK HONESTLY AT THE MATHEMATICS OF THIS INVESTMENT BECAUSE A BOARD'S TRUE CHARACTER IS REVEALED BY HOW IT DISTRIBUTES TAXPAYERS DOLLARS.
YOU CHOSE A PLAN THAT PROVIDES A FLAT $2,500 STIPEND THAT REPRESENTS TRUE EQUITY EQUAL DOLLARS PROTECTING AGAINST A WIDENING PAY GAP.
BUT FOR THE SUPPORT STAFF, THAT PLAN WAS DISCARDED FOR A 3% PLAN THAT REWARDS THE HIGHEST EARNERS WHILE PENALIZING THE LOWEST.
LET'S LOOK AT THE DISPARITY EXAMPLES.
A BUS DRIVER OR CAFETERIA WORKER RECEIVES APPRO APPROXIMATELY $900.
A SCHOOL NURSE WOULD RECEIVE APPROXIMATELY $800.
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A CENTRAL OFFICE ADMINISTRATOR RECEIVES ABOUT $5,100 AND THE SUPERINTENDENT RECEIVES ALMOST $8,000.THIS IS NOT AN ACCIDENT OF MATHEMATICS.
THIS IS A DIRECT CONSEQUENCE OF A POLICY CHOSE CHOICE YOU MADE.
HERE'S THE SUM TOTAL OF YOUR 3% PLAN.
THE FRONTLINE STAFF KEEPING OUR SCHOOLS OPERATIONAL FACE THE HEAVIEST FINANCIAL BURDENS REGARDING FOOD, HOUSING, AND UTILITIES.
YET THE 3% PLAN GIVES THEM THE ABSOLUTE LEAST.
ALTERNATIVELY, A BUDGET NEUTRAL UNIFORM OF $1,948 STIPEND FOR ALL SUPPORT STAFF ACHIEVES THE DISTRICT GOALS WITHOUT DEEPENING INTERNAL DISPARITIES.
THIS IS A QUESTION OF STRUCTURAL EQUITY, NOT INDIVIDUAL WORTH.
EQUITY CANNOT BE A PUBLIC RELATIONS SLOGAN ABANDONED DURING BUDGET ALLOCATIONS.
IF THIS BUDGET TRULY INVESTS IN PEOPLE, THE MATH MUST MATCH THE MESSAGE.
REJECT THIS DUAL MODEL DISPARITY, ADOPT A BUDGET NEUTRAL FLAT STIPEND AND PROVE THAT EVERY EMPLOYEE IN THIS DISTRICT IS VALUED EQUALLY.
UM, NEXT PUBLIC COMMENT FOR THE FIRST SESSION IS MRS. ELIZABETH SCHREIBER.
I'M A LITTLE DISCOMBOBULATED THIS AFTERNOON.
[Chair’s Report]
WE WILL MOVE TO THE CHAIR'S REPORT, WHICH I THINK I GOT THAT AS THE FIRST MEETING IN SEPTEMBER.WE WELCOME BACK OUR REGULARLY OCCURRING BOARD MEETING 'CAUSE THEN WE'D LIKE TO SHARE SOME OF THE RECENT OCCURRENCES RELATIVE TO OUR SCHOOLS AND COMMUNITIES.
THE BEAU COUNTY SCHOOL'S DISTRICT RECENT SCORES WERE THE HIGHEST IN THE HISTORY OF THE DISTRICT, INCLUDING THE HIGHEST PRIOR TO THE COVID PANDEMIC.
MORE WORK NEEDS TO BE DONE, BUT RESOURCES, EFFORTS AND FOCUS ARE CONTINUALLY BEING LEVERAGED IN PURSUIT OF ACHIEVING AN EVEN HIGHER OUTCOMES.
THE BOARD ALSO APPROVED THE ANNUAL WORK PROBE PLAN, WHICH CAPTURES DATES AND CONTENT TO BE OFFERED TO ENSURE TIMELY AND RATEABLE WORK EFFORTS TO SATISFY REQUIRED REGULATIONS AND REQUIREMENTS THAT ARE, UH, UH, UM, PLACED UPON THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
THE BOARD HAS COMMISSIONED A RIGOROUS POLICY REVIEW TO ENSURE CURRENT APPLICATIONS COMPLY WITH EXISTING POLICIES AND OR POSSIBLY REVIEW FOR ANY NEEDED ADJUSTMENTS.
IN THE MONTH EARLIER, UH, AUGUST, DR.
JOHN STE, ASPEN AND GROUP CEO AND OWNER PRESENTED TO THE BOARD A SESSION ON COHERENT GOVERNANCE, WHICH IS THE LONGSTANDING LEADERSHIP SYSTEM USED BY THE DISTRICT TO ENCOURAGE INNOVATION AIMED AT EFFICIENCY AND BROAD SUPPORT AMONG THE ENTIRE DISTRICT.
WE ALSO WERE FORTUNATE TO BE ABLE TO, UH, FILL SOME COMMITTEES, UH, ASSIGNMENTS, WHICH WERE APPROVED BY THE BOARD.
WITH THE LAUNCH OF THE FOLLOWING COMMITTEES, WE LAUNCHED A POLICY COMMITTEE, WHICH IS CHAIRED BY VICTOR NAY, UH, SUPPORTED BY DAVID CARR AND DR.
I'D LIKE TO THANK ALL THREE OF THOSE.
WE ALSO ARE STANDING UP THE RESULTS COMMITTEE, WHICH WAS APPROVED BY THE BOARD, CHAIRED BY MS. ELIZABETH HAY, PARTICIPATING DR. CARR AND ALSO MR. VICTOR NAY.
WE ALSO HAVE ENERGIZED AND STOOD UP THE ACADEMIC COMMITTEE LED BY DR. CARR, MS IN INGRID BOATWRIGHT AS A KEY MEMBER, AND MR. ISAAC GORDON.
OF THE NINE NOMINATIONS APPROVED POSITIONS APPROVED BY THE BOARD, EIGHT OF THOSE PEOPLE PLACED IN THOSE POSITIONS HAVE PRIOR COMMITTEE LEADERSHIP ROLES.
SO WE FEEL VERY COMFORTABLE THAT WE ARE USING THE TALENT THAT'S ON THE BOARD TO ENSURE THAT THAT IS THE BEST POSSIBLE WAY TO MOVE A LOT OF DIFFERENT OBJECTIVES FORWARD, UH, EXPONENTIALLY.
THEY ALSO WOULD LIKE TO KNOW THAT AT THE BLUFFTON HIGH SCHOOL RIBBON CUTTING LATER ON FRIDAY AT 10:00 AM YOU'LL BE ABLE TO SEE THE CTE EXPANSION.
AND THAT SORT OF CONFIRMS THE GROWTH THAT IS CONTINUING TO HAPPEN IN OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT IN THAT PARTICULAR AREA.
SO, KUDOS TO ALL INVOLVED AND KUDOS TO THE PUBLIC FOR SUPPORTING THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
AND THAT CONCLUDES THE CHAIR'S REPORT.
I SEE NO BOARD BUSINESS ACTION.
[Committee Reports ]
I BELIEVE ACADEMICS IS NEXT COMMITTEE REPORTS.[00:10:01]
THE ACADEMIC COMMITTEE MET ON TUESDAY, AUGUST 25TH.THE AGENDA INCLUDED THE HEALTH ADVISORY COUNCIL REVIEW AND APPROVAL OF A HEALTH POINT FIVE HIGH SCHOOL CREDIT COURSE.
A RECOMMENDATION FOR ADOPTION OF SPANISH TEXTBOOKS OF AUDIO TECH.
AUDIO TECHNIC, UH, AUTHENTICO FOR SPANISH LANGUAGE HIGH SCHOOL COURSES, ONE, TWO, AND THREE, AND RADE FOR SPANISH LANGUAGE COURSE FOUR, AND REALIZE FOR SPANISH LANGUAGE ADVOCACY, ADVANCED PLACEMENT.
ALL TEXTBOOKS ARE PUBLISHED BY SAVAS LEARNING COMPANY AND AN UPDATE ON THE 20 26 27 DISCIPLINARY MATRIX.
THE POINT FIVE HIGH SCHOOL CREDIT COURSE WAS DEVELOPED IN COLLABORATION WITH LOW COUNTRY CONSORTIUM AND THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
THE HEALTH COURSE UNDERWENT A SERIES OF REVIEW PROCESSES AND VETTING THAT INCLUDED CONTENT SPECIALIST AND THE BC SD HEALTH ADVISORY COUNCIL.
IT IS, IT IS THROUGH THIS REVIEW PROCESS THAT THE COURSE IS BEING RECOMMENDED FOR APPROVAL BY THE FULL BOARD.
THE SPANISH TEXTBOOK ADOPTION UNDERWENT PROCEDURES IN ALIGNMENT WITH SOUTH CAROLINA CODE 43 70, WHICH GOVERNS THE STATE TEXTBOOK ADOPTION.
AND 43 DASH ONE 70, WHICH ESTABLISHES UNIFORM TEXTBOOK PRACTICES RECOMMENDATIONS BY THE ACADEMIC COMMITTEE WAS MADE TO BRING FORWARD TWO MOTIONS TO THE FULL BOARD FOR DISTRICT ADOPTION OF THE VIRTUAL HEALTH COURSE AND SPANISH TEXTBOOKS.
THOSE MOTIONS WILL COME IN A MOMENT.
DURING THE FINAL SEGMENT OF THE ACADEMIC COMMITTEE, DR. COX PRESENTED THE UPDATED DISCIPLINE MATRIX FOR 26 AND 2027.
THE DISTRICT CONDUCTS A DISCIPLINE REVIEW PROCESS THAT ENSURES A SYSTEMATIC FOCUS UPON COMPLIANCE WITH POLICIES, LAWS, AND REGULATIONS IN RELATION TO STUDENT DISCIPLINARY PRACTICES.
BCSD DISCIPLINE MATRIX MATRIXES ADDRESSES SCHOOL SAFETY, PROVIDES A PROGRESSIVE DISCIPLINE MODEL AND INCLUDES A MULTI-TIERED SYSTEM OF SUPPORT FOR STUDENTS.
UPDATES TO THIS DISCIPLINE MATRIX INCLUDE NEW REQUIREMENTS FOR, TO THE DEFINITION AND USE OF BODILY HARM, A NEW CLASSIFICATION FOR DISHONESTY AND THE PROVISION OF DRUG INTERVENTION.
TWO, GOOD FOR DRUGS FOR STUDENTS WITH A FIRST DRUG OFFENSE.
THIS PROVIDES NEW CODE FOR, THERE IS A NEW, UH, PROVISION FOR STEALING AND INCLUDES CLEARER LANGUAGE ON DISCIPLINARY PATHWAYS FOR CELL PHONES, TECHNOLOGY MISUSE AND REPEAT VIOLATIONS.
THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT, BUT WE CAN DO THE MOTION.
MOTION IS I MOVE THAT THE BEAUFORT COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD, UH, UH, DISTRICT BOARD OF EDUCATION APPROVE THE TEXTBOOK ADOPTIONS FOR AUTHENTICO FOR SPANISH LANGUAGE COURSES ONE, TWO, AND THREE.
AND RDIS FOR SPANISH LANGUAGE COURSE FOUR.
AND REALIZED FOR SPANISH LANGUAGE COURSE ADVANCED PLACEMENT PUBLISHED BY SAVAS LEARNING COMPANY AS PRESENTED ON SEPTEMBER 1ST, 2026.
SECOND, A PROPERLY MOTION AND SECOND.
ALL IN FAVOR? RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND AND SAY AYE.
FINANCE COMMITTEE MET ON AUGUST 17TH.
THE FIRST ITEM THAT WAS DISCUSSED WAS, UH, BOARD BUDGET STATUS AND SPENDING.
IT WAS REPORTED THAT AS OF JUNE 30TH, THE END OF THE FY OVERALL BOARD OF EDUCATION EXPENDITURES WERE AT 76.9% OF BUDGET.
AND THERE'S OBVIOUSLY GOING TO BE SOME END OF FY ENCUMBRANCES THAT WILL COME IN, BUT WE WILL BE FINISHING THE FISCAL YEAR WELL UNDER BUDGET.
THE MAY AND JUNE, 2026 TRANSPARENCY REVIEW REVIEWS WERE CONDUCTED.
UH, WE JUST DETERMINED THAT THERE WERE EVE EV, UH, E EV
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GOODNESS ELEVATED UTILITY EXPENDITURES AT THE DISTRICT OFFICE IN HILTON HEAD ISLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, INCLUDING REPORTED UTILITY BILLS SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER THAN COMPARABLE SCHOOLS.COMMITTEE MEMBERS REQUESTED FURTHER INVESTIGATION INTO POTENTIAL LEAKS, OPERATIONAL ISSUES, AND LONG-TERM IS USAGE, UH, TRENDS.
AND ACCORDING TO MR. OTING, UH, THAT'S IS ONGOING HERE AT THE DISTRICT OFFICE, EMPLOYEES TRAVELS REIMBURSEMENTS WERE REVIEWED WITH STAFF DESCRIBING EXISTING APPROVAL PROCESSES AND COMPLIANCE WITH IRS, MILEAGE RATES AND FEDERAL LODGING STANDARDS.
MAINTENANCE RELATED PURCHASES THROUGH LOWE'S WERE DISCUSSED HIGHLIGHTING THE ESTABLISHED CONTROLS THAT INCLUDE WORK ORDERS, SUPERVISORY APPROVALS, AND RECEIPT VERIFICATION OF ALL PURCHASES.
THERE WAS A FOCUSED REVIEW FROM THE TRANSPARENCY REPORT.
FOOD SERVICE COSTS INCREASED FROM APPROXIMATELY 9.5 MILLION IN FY 24 TO 11.8 MILLION IN FY 26, DRIVEN IN PART BY INCREASE IN STUDENT MEALS SERVED AND INFLATION RELATED ADJUSTMENTS PERMITTED UNDER STATE GUIDELINES LINES.
MEMBERS ALSO NOTICED THAT CATERING EXPENSES HAVE INCREASED SINCE 2024 AND DISCUSSED BALANCING OPERATIONAL EFFICIENCIES WITH OPPORTUNITIES TO SUPPORT LOCAL SMALL BUSINESSES.
THE MONTHLY MAY FINANCIAL REPORT REVENUE COLLECTIONS REMAIN STRONG REACHING 8 98 0.9% OF PROJECTED COLLECTIONS THROUGH MAY.
WHILE EXPENDITURES TOTALED 84.3% OF PROJECTIONS, THE DISTRICT REPORTED STRONG FUND BALANCE OF APPROXIMATELY $122 MILLION AS OF 30 JUNE.
MAINTAINING ADEQUATE YEAR-END FUND BALANCE IS CRITICAL TO SUPPORTING CASH FLOW AND ENSURING THE DI THE DISTRICT CAN MEET PAYROLL AND OTHER ESSENTIAL OPERATING OBLIGATIONS UNTIL PROPERTY TAX REVENUES BEGIN FLOWING LATER IN THE CALENDAR YEAR.
DEBT AND BOND UPDATE, THE DISTRICT SUCCESSFULLY ISSUED BONDS ON AUGUST 11TH, 2026, SECURING A FAVORABLE INTEREST RATE OF 2.55% WHILE MAINTAINING A STRONG CREDIT RATING.
THE STAFF REPORTED THAT DEBT SERVICE MILLAGE REMAINED STABLE AT 36.3 MILS AND EXPLAINED THE PRACTICE OF MAINTAINING A $5 MILLION DEBT SERVICE FUND BALANCE TO SUPPORT FISCAL STABILITY AND MEET FINANCIAL ADVISOR RECOMMENDATIONS.
THE COMMITTEE DISCUSSED THE POSSIBILITY OF FORMALIZING THIS REQUIREMENT THROUGH BOARD POLICY.
STRATEGIC PRI PRIORITIES INVESTIGATE HIGH UTILITY COSTS THROUGH COMPREHENSIVE MULTI-YEAR ANALYSIS WITH FINANCE AND OPERATIONS WORKING TOGETHER AND CONSIDERED CODIFYING THE DEBT SERVICE FUND BALANCE REQUIREMENTS.
THE NEXT MEETING WILL BE SCHEDULED FOR MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 28TH, 2026 AT 4:30 PM MR. CHAIRMAN, THAT COMPLETES MY REPORT.
WITH THAT, WE'D LIKE TO MOVE TO OPERATION NEXT.
OUR LAST OPERATIONS COMMITTEE MEETING WAS ON AUGUST 11TH.
UH, FOR THOSE THAT DID NOT, UH, WATCH OR PRESENT OR WERE PRESENT FOR OUR, UH, WORK SESSION, THE 2019 REFERENDUM IS CLOSED OUT.
IT IS DONE, UH, 2023 REFERENDUM.
ALL MONTHLY PROJECTS UPDATED, UH, OUR REPORT, OUR UPDATES, OUR REPORTING, GREEN TRAFFIC LIGHTS FOR BUDGET AND SCHEDULE.
ALL FINANCIALS ARE REPORTING GREEN TRAFFIC LIGHTS.
OUR CURRENT BUDGET IS 439 MILLION, PAID AND COMMITTED IS 359.8 MILLION, WHICH IS 81% OF THE REFERENDUM.
81.5% OF REFERENDUM PROGRAM CONTINGENCY IS 5.5 MILLION, WHICH IS 48, UH, 48.38% OF, UH, CONTINGENCY.
UH, RUBEN KENNEDY CEREMONY FOR THE NEIL HILTON HILL ISLAND HIGH SCHOOL BUILDING TOOK PLACE ON AUGUST 13TH.
UH, MR. DALLAS, UH, ALREADY MENTIONED THE GROUNDBREAKING FOR THE BLUFFTON HIGH SCHOOL CTE BUILDING AND GROUNDBREAKING CEREMONY FOR THE RIVERVIEW CHARTER SCHOOL GYM EDITION.
AND RENOVATION IS SCHEDULED TO OCCUR ON SEPTEMBER 25TH, 2026.
TIME WILL BE SENT OUT AS SOON AS IT'S COORDINATED FOR CUSTODIAL AND MAINTENANCE.
WE'RE STILL CLEANING AND WE'RE STILL FIXING ONTO THE NEXT THING.
UM, MC RALLY ELEMENTARY SIDEWALK.
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JUST TO GIVE A LITTLE BACKGROUND, BEAUFORT COUNTY HAS A PROPOSAL TO INSTALL A SIX FOOT WIDE CONCRETE SIDEWALK ALONG BURT CHURCH ROAD IN FRONT OF MC RILEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.THE RIGHT OF WAY SECTION ALONG BURT CHURCH IS, UH, 33 FEET FROM THE CENTER LINE ALONG MOST OF BURKE CHURCH ROAD.
THERE IS A 500 FOOT SECTION RIGHT, RIGHT IN FRONT OF, UM, MC RILEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL THAT IS 25 FOOT RIDE WIDE, RIDE WIDE.
UH, THE COUNTY IS REQUESTING THAT THE SECTION BE EXTENDED TO 33 FEET TO ALLOW FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A SIDEWALK ALONG BURKE CHURCH.
THE REASON THEY'RE ASKING THAT IS BECAUSE THERE IS A LIGHT POLE RIGHT IN THE PATH.
SO THEY'RE ASKING FOR THE ADDITIONAL WIDENING OF THE EASEMENT SO THEY DON'T HAVE TO GO MAKE THIS WEIRD THING AROUND THE POLL.
THEY'RE JUST ASKING TO PUT IT NEXT TO THE POLL.
YEAH, WE'LL, WE'LL DO ALL THE, THE MOTIONS LAST, I GUESS, UM, FOR, UH, SHOULD WE DO 'EM ALL ONCE SURE.
I MOVED THE BOARD OF EDUCATION APPROVED THE SUPERINTENDENT TO FINALIZE THE RIGHT OF WAY WITH THE BEAUFORT COUNTY ALONG BURT CHURCH ROAD IN FRONT OF MC RILEY AND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FOR THE PURPOSE OF SIDEWALK CONSTRUCTION.
AND SECOND BY MISS VOTE WRIGHT.
READY TO VOTE? ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.
UM, BEAUFORT COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT AND THE DEVELOPERS FOR WATER CREST DEPARTMENTS HAVE MET MULTIPLE TIMES, UH, OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS.
MOST RECENT WAS JUNE 16TH, 2026 WITH THE OPERATIONS COMMITTEE.
THE WATER CRE DEPARTMENT DEVELOPERS IS SEEKING CONDITIONAL APPROVAL, UH, FROM THE BEAUFORT COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT OPERATIONS COMMITTEE FOR AN EASEMENT, ALLOWING THE CONNECTION OF AMBROSE ROAD,
THEY'RE OBVIOUSLY ALSO SEEKING IT FROM THE BOARD OF EDUCATION.
UH, THE CURRENT TERM SHEET, UH, THIS IS AFTER MUCH, UH, UM, NEGOTIATION BACK AND FORTH OVER THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS, YEARS.
UH, SO THIS IS THE CURRENT TERM SHEET THAT THEY, THEY BROUGHT TO THE TABLE THE LAST TIME.
UH, AND THEY'VE ASKED EVERYTHING.
THEY'VE DONE EVERYTHING THAT THE, PLUS A LITTLE BIT OF WHAT THE, THE OPERATIONS COMMITTEES, UH, HAS ASKED.
SO WE'RE BRINGING IT TO THE FULL BOARD.
HERE'S THE CURRENT TERM SHEET.
THE DESIGN PERMIT CONSTRUCTION OF THE SOUTHWEST WK AUSTIN RIGHT TURN LANE INTO, UH, ROBERT SMALLS LEADERSHIP ACADEMY.
THE ALLOCATION OF 15 UNITS AT 10% BELOW MARKET VALUE FOR QUALIFYING BEAUFORT COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT EMPLOYEES FOR A FIVE YEAR PERIOD PRIORITY PLACEMENT FOR BEAUFORT COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT EMPLOYEES.
WHILE AVAILABILITY LASTS, PROVIDE A PES PEDESTRIAN PATH CONNECTING WATERCRESS TO THE SCHOOL PROPERTY, OFFER A POINT OF REFUGE FOR SCHOOL, UNIFICATIONS HOST DROP OFF COLLECTION POINT FOR SCHOOL SUPPLY DONATIONS.
UH, A ONE-TIME PAYMENT OF $35,000 FOR THE 0.2 ACRES, WHICH EQUATES TO 175, UH, THOUSAND EVAL, UH, ACRE EVALUATION LEGALLY TIE THE AGREE, UH, THEY AGREED UPON ITEMS TO THE TERM SHEET, UH, TO THE EASEMENT AGREEMENT SO THEY STAY WITH THE PROPERTY.
SO IF THE DEVELOPERS OR THE OWNERS CHANGE OR SELL THE PROPERTY, UH, ALL THE LEGALLY BINDING THINGS WOULD STAY WITH THE PROPERTY AND TO ENSURE THAT THE APARTMENT COMPLEX WOULD NOT APPLY FOR THE WORKFORCE HOUSING TAX CREDIT.
IT WASN'T JUST ALSO THE PROPERTY WHERE THE, THE DEVELOPERS WERE GONNA USE SOME SMALL AMOUNT OF ACREAGE.
UM, AND, UH, UM, IS THAT, IS THIS THE SAME PRO, IS THIS THE, IS THAT CORRECT? POINT TWO, YES.
WHICH ONE IS THAT, ROBERT? OKAY.
I WAS, COULDN'T REMEMBER WHICH OF THESE TWO.
UM, I DEFINITELY DO HAVE SEVERAL, UH, I, I, I DEFINITELY WAS ONE WHO'S, UH, BOUGHT THE STOP TO THIS BEGINNING OF IT BECAUSE I HAVE CONCERNS OF IT IN, IN, IN, IN TERMS OF, I, I GIVING AN EASEMENT IS JUST, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO BE GOOD STEWARDS OF PEOPLE'S MONEY.
AND, AND, AND, AND IN MY COMMUNITY, WE JUST, WE, WE, WE JUST NOT GIVING EASEMENTS.
I, I, AND I, AND I, I SEE ISSUE WITH JUST FIVE YEARS OF, UM, OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING WHEN WE HAVE PLACES LIKE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL WHO ARE, WHO ARE GETTING AFFORDABLE HOUSING, WHO HAVE SOME AFFORDABLE HOUSING, AND, AND IN, UH, THE TOWN OF PORT WALL.
AND THAT'S THE WHOLE TIME THAT THOSE, THAT THOSE HOUSES ARE THERE, THEY EMPLOYEES GET DISCOUNTS.
UH, AND, AND ALSO COUNTY GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES, THEY GET DISCOUNTS OFF OF THOSE APARTMENTS, THOSE APARTMENTS, AND THEY MAKE 'EM AFFORDABLE.
AND FIVE YEARS IS JUST NOT LONG ENOUGH COMPARED TO THE MILLIONS OF DOLLARS THAT THESE PEOPLE ARE GONNA MAKE OFF, OFF OF US GIVING, GIVING THE PEOPLE'S PROPERTY AND EASEMENT.
SO I I, I JUST THINK THAT, THAT THEY COULD GIVE MORE THAN WHAT IS GIVEN.
IT SOUND LIKE, YOU KNOW, FIVE YEARS IS GOOD, BUT WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT THE, THE MID, THE, THE MILLIONS OF DOLLARS THAT THEY'RE GONNA MAKE AS DEVELOPERS AND AS WE CONTINUE TO WELCOME THESE DEVELOPERS IN TOWN TO DO STUFF LIKE THIS, I DON'T THINK THAT IT'S CONDUCIVE FOR THE PEOPLE WHO, WHO, WHO CAN'T AFFORD AND WHO WOULD NEED TO LIVE IN THESE APARTMENT COMPLEXES AND THESE APARTMENT COMPLEXES THAT ARE
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CHANGING THE, THE CULTURE OF THIS COMMUNITY.SO, ONCE AGAIN, UM, I DO HAVE CONCERNS OF THAT, AS I'VE STATED BEFORE, AND I'VE STATED IN THE CURRENT, CURRENT MEETINGS, AND ALSO, UH, WE HAD TO GET DOWN AND WE HAD HAD TO REALLY PUSH FOR THEM TO EVEN BRING UP THE CONTRACT, THE DEVELOPER ACTUAL OUT, BECAUSE FIRST THEY WERE JUST SAYING THAT THEY WANTED US TO DO THIS, TO GIVE SOME BACKGROUND, AND THERE WAS NOT AN ACTUAL DEVELOPER ON HAND.
AND I HAD TO CALL OUT, WELL, HOW ARE Y'ALL WORKING THIS? OR Y'ALL WANNA WORK, NEGOTIATE THIS CONTRACT WITHOUT ACTUALLY HAVING AN ACTUAL DEVELOPER, A DEVELOPER AT HAND.
AND THAT'S WHAT THE FIVE YEARS COME UP IN CAME, CAME ABOUT WHERE STATING THAT IT DIDN'T MATTER WHO, WHO WOULD HAVE THE PROPERTY THAT STILL WOULD BE THERE.
BUT WHEN IT COMES DOWN TO IT, IT'S, IT'S STILL, IT'S STILL A PROBLEM.
AND IT'S, AND IT'S STILL THAT WE ARE GIVING THE PEOPLE'S, UH, PROPERTY AWAY TO ME FOR, I WON'T SAY PRACTICALLY FREE, BUT I THINK THAT WE COULD GET MORE OUT OF THAT.
I MEAN, JUST FIVE, FIVE YEARS FLY BY.
SO I, I'M NOT, I CAN'T, I CAN'T SUPPORT THIS MOTION.
ANY OTHERS? MS. BOATRIGHT? THANK YOU.
I THINK I WAS CHAIR OF OPERATIONS WHEN THIS FIRST CAME UP.
UM, BUT I WANTED TO SAY, UH, COMPLIMENTS TO VICTOR NAY AND HIS LEADERSHIP ON THE OPERATIONS COMMITTEE.
I THINK THEY'VE DONE AN EXCELLENT JOB OF NEGOTIATING AND BRINGING PEOPLE BACK TO THE TABLE.
UM, I THINK THIS IS A VALUABLE EASEMENT AND WE SHOULD HAVE GOTTEN SOMETHING.
I LOVE THE IDEA OF STUDENTS BEING ABLE TO RENT THESE APARTMENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES AND WALK TO SCHOOL.
I MEAN, WHO DOESN'T WANT THAT? I DO FEEL LIKE, UM, SOMETIMES PEOPLE THINK THAT THE SCHOOL BOARD IS JUST, IS NOT GOING TO NEGOTIATE.
AND WE SHOW PEOPLE THAT IF YOU WANNA COME AND HAVE AN EASEMENT ON THE PROPERTY, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO, IF WE, THAT IS SOMETHING OF VALUE AND YOU'RE GOING TO NEED TO, UH, GIVE VALUE BACK TO US.
AND SO I THINK THAT, UH, THE GENTLEMAN THAT CAME AND PRESENTED THIS MULTIPLE TIMES, UH, REALLY SHOWED AN EFFORT THAT THEY WANNA BE PARTNERS WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND A PART OF THE COMMUNITY.
SO, UH, KUDOS TO, UH, MR. NAY AND THE OPERATIONS COMMITTEE AND, UH, HAS MY FULL SUPPORT.
ANY OTHERS ONLINE, MS. HAY OR PASTOR GORDON? READY? OKAY.
ALL IN FAVOR? OH, WAIT, I MADE THE MOTION YET.
WELL, I'M ALL THE MOTION I MOVE THAT THE BOARD OF EDUCATION APPROVED THE SUPERINTENDENT TO FINALIZE THE EASEMENT, ALLOWING THE CONNECTION OF AROSE ROAD TO WK AUSTIN.
I'M GONNA, SO, ALL IN FAVOR? YEAH.
WE'RE, WE'RE VOTING ON TWO MOTIONS AT THIS TIME.
I'M ABOUT TO, AFTER WE DO THIS, I WILL, UM, MAKE THE SECOND MOTION.
SO, BECAUSE WE WE'RE VOTING ON ONE MOTION DIRECTOR, WE'RE CORRECT.
CURRENTLY VOTING ON ONE MOTION.
ALL IN FAVOR? RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND, SAY AYE.
GORDON, I PASS BOARD SECOND MOTION.
I MOVE THAT THE BOARD OF PROPOSE AND YEAH.
PROPOSE AND MAY, AND I WILL BE IN A NA ON THAT.
OH, I SAID MY APOLOGIES FOR OH, OKAY.
THAT BOARD OF EDUCATION APPROVED THE SUPERINTENDENT TO FINALIZE THE COMMUNITY BENEFITS AGREEMENT, ALLOWING THE CONNECTION OF AM BOYS AROSE ROAD TO WK AUSTIN.
THANK YOU MS. A PROPERLY MOTION.
RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND, SAY AYE.
OPPOSED, MS. SMITH? OPPOSED? THANK YOU, MR. SMITH.
MOVING ON TO LADIES ISLAND MIDDLE SCHOOL.
BEAUFORT COUNTY HAS REQUESTED 1.202 ACRES OF LAND OF THE LADIES ISLAND MIDDLE SCHOOL PROPERTY TO BE USED FOR A NEW ENTRANCE ROADWAY TO THE SCHOOL.
THREE PIECES LOCATED, UH, AT ROBIN DRIVE, UH, AND ONE PIECE OF THE MAIN CAMPUS, WHICH IS 1.1 ACRES.
UM, THESE PROPERTIES HAVE NOT BEEN LISTED ON THE FACILITIES MASTER PLAN AS NOT NEEDED FOR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES, AN APPRAISAL OF THE PROPERTY WAS RECEIVED FROM THE COUNTY ON JULY 23RD, 2026.
THE APPRAISAL OFFER INFORMATION, UH, IS ATTACHED.
UH, THE PROPERTIES PURCHASED AFTER 19, OH, PROPERTIES PURCHASED AFTER 1952 MUST BE APPROVED BY THE STATE THROUGH OSF AND OSF REQUIRES A MOTION DECLARING THEIR PROPERTY FOR SALE.
THE MOTION WAS APPROVED BY THE BOARD ON JUNE 23RD, 2026, BOARD MEETING.
THE COUNTY IS ASKING FOR ONE PARCELS TO BE PROVIDED FOR FREE, ONE OF THE PARCELS.
UH, DOES ANYBODY WANT TO KNOW THE ACTUAL VALUES? I CAN READ THEM OFF.
UM, TRACK 10, UH, IS 0.03 ACRES, UH, WAS VALUED AT $19,800.
TRACK 11 WAS 0.14 ACRES VALUED AT $35,630.
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TRACK 12 IS 0.02 ACRES, UH, VALUED AT $5,678 AND TRACK 18, UM, WHICH IS 1.1 ACRES IS VALUED AT $172,450 FOR A TOTAL OF $233,558.ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? SO THIS IS THE ONE NOW.
SO CAN YOU EXPLAIN THAT TO, TO THE BOARD AND THE PUBLIC? YES, MA'AM.
SORRY ABOUT MY DELAY GETTING UP HERE.
UM, THE COUNTY DID A PRESENTATION ON THIS, AND ONE OF THE THINGS THEY DID BRING FORWARD WAS THE REQUEST OF THE COUNTY TO GIVE TIS THE TEMPORARY EASEMENTS THAT WE'RE GONNA USE FOR CONSTRUCTION.
I BELIEVE THE MOTION COMING OUT OF THE OPERATIONS COMMITTEE WAS A REQUEST FOR THE FULL AMOUNT AND NOT TO GIVE ANY OF THE PROPERTY, UH, INTIS.
SO, UM, THE 2 3 3 5 58 THAT, UH, MR. NAY, UH, DOES NOT INCLUDE THE TOTAL AMOUNT, INCLUDING THE AMOUNTS FOR THE TEMPORARY ACREAGE.
UM, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? NOW, AS I RECALL IN THAT MEETING, THE, UM, THE GENTLEMAN SAID THAT THE, THE LAND USE THAT'S TEMPORARY IS TWO YEARS AND AT 10% OF THE VALUE OF THE LAND.
IS THAT WHAT, UH, WAS IT JUST SAID THAT, IS THAT THAT FIGURE OR HOW YEAH, HOW THEY CALCULATED THE AMOUNT SINCE IT WAS TEMPORARY USE WAS, YEAH.
TWO YEARS AND 10% OF THE VALUE OF THE LAND FOR THOSE TWO YEARS.
SO WE ARE, WE ARE NOT DOING IT GRATIS.
AND I THINK THAT'S APPROPRIATE.
WE ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR PEOPLE'S, UH, FIDUCIARY RESPONSIBILITY TO THE PUBLIC.
AND, UM, ALSO, I WOULD JUST LIKE TO, UH, AS, AS, AS I MENTIONED IN THE MEETING OF BEING ONE OF THE REPRESENTATIVES FROM THIS AREA,
AND, UM, I DON'T, I REALLY DON'T FEEL THAT ME AND MY COMMUNITY HAVE GOTTEN THE PROPER, UH, NOTIFICATION, UH, A ABOUT, ABOUT THIS EASEMENT.
AND, UM, ALSO, YOU KNOW, I LIKE FOR US TO BE CAREFUL IN TERMS OF HOW WE DO THINGS LIKE THIS.
ESPECIALLY WITH, UM, THERE BEING A BIG THING ABOUT US GETTING THE GREEN SPACE, UM, ON THE, ON THE, ON THE FRONT SIDE OF THE, OF THE BUILDING AND HOW, HOW, HOW IT COULD PERCEIVE TO, UH, BE, TO BE TO PEOPLE, UH, WHO, WHO MAY BE LOOKING FROM THE SIDELINES OR MAY HAVE HAVE AN OPINION.
SO I JUST DEFINITELY WANTED TO PUT THAT OUT THERE.
I MOVE THAT THE BOARD OF EDUCATION APPROVED THE SUPERINTENDENT TO FINALIZE AN AGREEMENT WITH BEAUFORT COUNTY FOR THE OFFER OF $233,558 FOR THE FOUR TRACKS PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED OF THE LADIES ISLAND MIDDLE SCHOOL PROPERTY NEEDED FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE NEW ENTRANCE ROAD TO LADIES ISLAND MIDDLE SCHOOL, NON GRATIS, SECOND PROPERTY MOTION, AND SECOND.
UH, THAT CONCLUDES THE, THE REPORT.
OUR NEXT MEETING WILL BE ON SEPTEMBER 8TH AT 5:00 PM UH, DR. CARR, I THINK I TOLD YOU SIX.
UH, WE'RE ACTUALLY GONNA HAVE TWO MEETINGS THAT NIGHT.
WE'RE GONNA HAVE A MEETING FOR THE OPERATIONS COMMITTEE THAT FIVE.
AND THEN AT SIX O'CLOCK, UH, WE'RE GONNA OPEN A, A SEPARATE MEETING FOR THE WHAT IS CONSIDERED TO BE, OR WHAT WE'RE EXPECTING TO BE, UM, SOME PUBLIC, UM, COMMENTS REGARDING THE ZONING, UH, THAT'S GOING ON.
SO, UH, OUR NEXT MEETING WILL BE SEPTEMBER 8TH AT BLUFFTON MIDDLE SCHOOL.
UH, OPERATIONS COMMITTEE WILL BEGIN AT FIVE.
PUBLIC COMMENTS WILL BEGIN AT SIX.
MR. CHAIR, THAT CONCLUDE CONCLUDES MY REPORT.
[Superintendent’s Report (Part 1 of 2)]
SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT, SUPERINTENDENT REPORT, UM, UNDER STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT.WE HAVE A LOW COUNTRY VIRTUAL HIGH SCHOOL HEALTH COURSE, AND, UH, DR.
STRADDLES IS GONNA COME BRIEF THE BOARD.
GOOD EVENING BOARD MEMBERS AND JOINING ME AS WELL THIS EVENING ONLINE WILL BE THE CHAIR OF THE HEALTH ADVISORY COUNCIL.
SHE HAS BEEN INTRICATE IN THIS WORK.
SO HAVE MANY OF YOU BOARDMEN MEMBERS JOINING US THIS EVENING.
I WANNA THANK YOU ABOUT YOUR WORK IN ADVANCE.
IN YOUR HANDOUTS, YOU SHOULD HAVE AN EXECUTIVE SUMMARY THAT IS SIMILAR TO THAT OF WHAT YOU REVIEWED AT ACADEMIC COMMITTEE.
AND I'LL WALK YOU THROUGH PARTS OF IT QUICKLY.
IT SHARES WITH YOU THE BACKGROUND OF WORKING WITH LOW COUNTRY VIRTUAL, ALSO REFERRED TO LATE, UM, AND
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WRITING AS A LOW COUNTRY CONSORTIUM.THEY'RE PARTNER WITH US FOR VIRTUAL INSTRUCTION.
THEY'RE ALSO PARTNER AMONGST FIVE OTHER DISTRICTS HERE IN THE STATE THAT WE WORK WITH.
THIS VIRTUAL COURSE WAS DEVELOPED TO BE PROVIDED FOR STUDENTS FOR THE HEALTH REQUIREMENT.
IT WILL PIGGYBACK WHEN NECESSARY TO THE VIRTUAL SC UH, VIRTUAL COURSE THAT IS ALLOWED FOR PHYSICAL EDUCATION AS SHARED AT OUR ACADEMIC COMMITTEE.
YES, YOU DO PHYSICAL EDUCATION VIRTUALLY, AND YOU WILL MAKE A VIDEO OF THE WORK AND EXERCISE THAT YOU'RE DOING THAT DOES GET SUBMITTED TO VIRTUAL SC AS WELL.
THIS IS HOW WE CAN MEET THE HIGH SCHOOL REQUIREMENTS.
RIGHT NOW, WE ARE SERVING ABOUT 125 STUDENTS.
VIRTUALLY 50 OF THOSE ARE IN HIGH.
SO YOU COULD RECOGNIZE THAT WE DO HAVE A NEED TO CONTINUE AT THIS PATHWAY.
SECOND ITEM ON YOUR EXECUTIVE SUMMARY GIVES YOU A COURSE OVER OVERVIEW.
I WANT YOU TO RECOGNIZE THAT WE ALSO HAVE TWO MODULES, AND THIS IS WHY HAC HAS BEEN VERY INVOLVED.
WE HAVE TWO MODULES ON SEXUAL REPRODUCTION AND HEALTH.
AND ALL OF THAT WAS HIGHLY SCRUTINIZED, VERY CAREFULLY THROUGH THE HEALTH ADVISORY COUNCIL.
THOSE MODULES HAD ABOUT 26 LESSONS.
EXAMPLES OF THAT ARE PROVIDED FOR YOU IN YOUR HANDOUTS.
AND I'D LIKE YOU TO ALSO RECOGNIZE, WITHIN YOUR HANDOUTS, YOU HAVE THE REQUIREMENT FOR AARON'S AND GAVIN'S LAW, THE PARENTS' LETTERS THAT WE UTILIZE.
BARRY, QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? OKAY.
UH, THE MOTION, I MOVE THAT ON SEPTEMBER 1ST, 2026, THE BEAUFORT COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD OF EDUCATION APPROVED THE ADOPTION OF THE LOW COUNTRY VIRTUAL HIGH SCHOOL 0.5 CREDIT HEALTH COURSE, WHICH HAS BEEN REVIEWED AND VETTED BY THE BCSD HEALTH ADVISORY COUNCIL.
EITHER DOESN'T MATTER PROPERLY MOTION.
I WAS GONNA SAY, I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU.
I THINK THAT HEALTH ADVISORY COMMITTEE, THAT'S COMMITTEE FOR PEOPLE, THEY VOLUNTEER COMMITTEE AND THEY HAVE VERY THICK, UH, LITERATURE TO READ.
AND THEY TAKE, THEY GO THROUGH THE LITERATURE VERY, THEY TAKE THEIR TIME AND THEY PUT A LOT OF WORK INTO IT.
I JUST WANNA THANK THE PEOPLE WHO WORK ON THAT COMMITTEE.
IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND, SAY AYE.
IN AN ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE WORLD, UH, WE'VE HAD A REQUEST FOR SOME TIME AROUND, UH, AI AND SO, UH, COLLEEN BECK KY IS GONNA MOVE, COME FORWARD AND, UH, BRIEF THE BOARD.
THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME TONIGHT.
I'M THE DIRECTOR OF EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY.
UM, AND I AM EXCITED TO SHARE, SHARE WITH YOU HOW WE HAVE APPROACHED AI THROUGH K THROUGH 12 THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT AND WAYS THAT WE BROUGHT IT INTO OUR CLASSROOMS. SO FIRST, WHAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE LOOK AT ANY EMERGING TECHNOLOGY THAT COMES OUT, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT REACHES A CONSUMER WORLD.
FIRST, BEFORE WE BRING IT INTO A K 12 SYSTEM, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT IT COMES IN DEVELOPMENTALLY APPROPRIATELY, AND THAT WE'RE USING IT PURPOSEFULLY.
SO I WANNA TOUCH A LITTLE BIT ON THAT FIRST.
AND IN ORDER TO DO THAT, WE REALLY NEED TO LOOK AT SOME RESEARCH.
SO WHEN WE LOOK AT THE RESEARCH THAT COMES OUT OF THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PEDIATRICS, THEY MAKE SURE THAT WE FOCUS ON THAT PURPOSE, RIGHT? THAT TECHNOLOGY INTEGRATION HAS A PURPOSEFUL MEANING IN THE CLASSROOM, IT'S CONTENT RICH.
AND THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT THAT QUALITY OF INSTRUCTION OVER JUST SIMPLE MINUTES BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT STUDENTS TO LOSE OUT ON SPECIFIC CONTENT OR SKILLS SIMPLY BECAUSE THEY RAN OUT OF TIME.
SO WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE HONORING THAT RESEARCH AS WELL AS THE CDCS THAT REALLY POINTS INTO THE DISTINCT DIFFERENCE BETWEEN EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY AND LEISURE USE OF TECHNOLOGY.
SO WE WANT TO DIFFERENTIATE BETWEEN THAT SO WE UNDERSTAND WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE IN A CLASSROOM IS VASTLY DIFFERENT THAN LEISURELY.
SO FOR US IN BEAUFORT COUNTY, THAT CHALLENGES US TO REFLECT ON THE EXPERIENCES WE'RE GIVING OUR STUDENTS SO THAT WE GIVE THEM THOSE SKILLS IN A MEANINGFUL WAY.
SO WHEN THEY DO EXIT THEIR COLLEGE AND CAREER
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READY.THIS NEXT SLIDE HAS A VISUAL REPRESENTATION OF SORT OF HOW WE SEE THAT IN EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY IN OUR DISTRICT.
SO YOU'LL KIND OF HAVE A BUNCH OF DIFFERENT THINGS HERE.
I'LL WALK YOU THROUGH WHAT THEY ALL MEAN.
UM, SO WE, LIKE I MENTIONED WITH THE AMERICAN, UM, ACADEMY OF PEDIATRICS, TALKED ABOUT FOCUSING ON THAT QUALITY AND CONTENT.
AND OUR TEACHERS DO A REALLY GREAT JOB OF UNDERSTANDING THEIR HIGH QUALITY INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS, UNDERSTANDING THEIR STANDARDS.
SO THE LESSONS AND ACTIVITIES, FOCUS ON THAT RICH INSTRUCTION FIRST, INSTEAD OF JUST FOCUSED ON HOW LONG I'M SPENDING ON THAT SPECIFIC THING.
BECAUSE IF YOU LOOK AT THE TWO PICTURES BELOW THAT, YOU SEE TECHNOLOGY USED IN TWO VASTLY DIFFERENT WAYS.
WE SEE OUR PASSIVE CONSUMING, THEY'RE SITTING THERE KIND OF DOOM SCROLLING AS WE SAY, RIGHT? VERSUS NEXT TO IT.
WE SEE THAT CREATIVE, THAT COLLABORATING.
THEY'RE TALKING TO THEIR PEERS, THEY'RE CREATING SOMETHING THAT'S ACTIVE WHILE USING THAT TECHNOLOGY.
THOSE ARE TWO VERY DIFFERENT PICTURES OF WHAT TECHNOLOGY CAN DO, AND WE STRIVE FOR THAT ACTIVE CREATING IN OUR CLASSROOMS. THE BIGGEST PART WITH ALL OF THAT IS TO MAKE SURE THAT ANY USE OF TECHNOLOGY DOES NOT CROWD OUT GOOD BEHAVIORS LIKE SLEEP OR EXERCISE OR SOCIAL INTERACTIONS.
THE A A P CALLS THAT, THE DISPLACEMENT EFFECT.
SO WE AVOID THAT AS MUCH AS WE CAN TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT REPLACING TECHNOLOGY OVER A, A ESSENTIAL SKILL THAT THEY HAVE TO HAVE OR ESSENTIAL BEHAVIOR THEY HAVE TO HAVE.
SO THE FIVE CS FRAMEWORKS HELP US WITH THAT REFLECTION.
SO IT LETS US THINK THROUGH HOW WE'RE USING TECHNOLOGY.
UM, AND YOU'LL SEE THEY'RE KIND OF SPELLED OUT THERE, BUT I'LL GIVE A LITTLE MORE ELABORATION.
SO NUMBER ONE, DOES IT MEET THE CHILD'S NEED? DO THEY NEED IT IN THE FIRST PLACE? IS IT GOING TO BE AS BENEFICIAL TO THEM OVERALL? IS IT CONTENT RICH? IS IT MARK HITTING THE STANDARDS? IS IT BRINGING IN SOME TECHNOLOGY SKILLS THAT THEY MAY NEED? IS IT BEING USED TO CALM A BEHAVIOR? 'CAUSE THAT CAN BE A DEFICIT, RIGHT? WE DON'T WANT TO JUST USE IT AS BABYSITTERS.
SO YOU NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT IS BEING THOUGHT THROUGH WHEN YOU'RE PICKING YOUR TECHNOLOGY RESOURCES.
AGAIN, THAT CROWDING OUT EFFECT, THAT IT'S NOT REPLACING ANY HEALTH BEHAVIORS AND COMMUNICATING.
SO IT'S FROM A TEACHER PERSPECTIVE, ARE WE COMMUNICATING HOW WE'RE USING THAT WITH OUR STUDENTS? ARE WE EXPLAINING THAT TO OUR FAMILIES SO THAT THEY UNDERSTAND WHY IT'S BEING USED? WHERE THE PROGRESSION OF GRADES IS REALLY IMPORTANT FOR US BECAUSE YOU WANNA SEE THAT KIND OF SLOW PROGRESSION TO INDEPENDENCE.
SO WE SEE IN OUR EARLY GRADES THAT WE WANNA ENCOURAGE OUR TEACHERS TO BE THE LEADER WITH THEIR TECHNOLOGY RESOURCES.
THEY'RE TEACHER LED, THEY GIVE THE, THE, UH, EXPOSURE TO THE STUDENTS.
BUT THERE'S COEN ENGAGEMENT CONVERSATION HAPPENING WITH THAT, THAT OUR TEACHERS ARE EXPLAINING TO STUDENTS WHAT MAYBE THEY MIGHT BE DOING IN A TECHNOLOGY LESSON ALL THE WAY UP TO HIGH SCHOOL, WHERE WE WOULD SEE A MORE STUDENT LED EXPERIENCE WHERE THEY'RE DRIVING THAT LEARNING, THEY'RE DRIVING THEIR RESEARCH, THEY'RE MUCH MORE INDEPENDENT SO THAT WHEN THEY DO LEAVE, THEY ARE READY FOR THAT COLLEGE OR CAREER THAT THEY UNDOUBTEDLY
SO WE'RE GONNA LOOK THROUGH KIND OF THE DIFFERENT COMPONENTS OF WHAT WE'VE WORKED ON OVER THE PAST TWO TO THREE YEARS.
SO THIS IS SORT OF A SNAPSHOT OF THAT FOR YOU.
AND I'LL EXPLAIN THROUGH EACH OF THESE HERE.
AND THEN AT THE END, I HAVE A COUPLE OF EXAMPLES THAT OUR STUDENTS HAVE USED.
SO THE FIRST THING THAT WE HAVE TO CONSIDER IS WE HAD A POSITION STATEMENT THAT WE PUT OUT A NUMBER OF YEARS AGO, JUST AS A GENERAL OVERVIEW OF, YES, WE KNOW AI EXISTS AND OVERALL THIS IS OUR POSITION ON THAT.
YOU CAN NAVIGATE TO THAT AND READ THE FULL, UM, POSITION STATEMENT.
BUT I JUST AS A SUMMARY, WE WANNA MAKE SURE AT OUR CORE THAT ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE DOES NOT REPLACE HUMAN INTELLIGENCE.
WE STILL NEED THOSE CRITICAL THINKING SKILLS.
WE STILL NEED THAT CREATIVE SKILL.
SO IT'S ENHANCING OUR LESSONS BUT NOT REPLACING THAT INTELLIGENCE FOR US.
SO SOME OF THE LEGAL HURDLES, SECURITY HURDLES AND PITFALLS THAT WE HAVE TO ADDRESS WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT AI, PARTICULARLY IN A K 12 WORLD, IS FIRST DATA SECURITY.
WE ARE VERY STRICT ON WHO WE SHARE OUR DATA WITH BECAUSE WE HAVE A LOT OF DATA, STUDENT DATA, STAFF DATA, TEST DATA.
SO WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT ALL OF THAT IS PROTECTED FIRST AND FOREMOST.
AND WE DO THAT THROUGH A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT METHODS THROUGH OUR VETTING PROCESS.
SO THE BIGGEST THING WHEN WE WORK WITH OUR TEACHERS AND
COPYRIGHT AND TRANSPARENCY IS ALWAYS THERE AS WELL.
WE NEED TO MAKE SURE INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY IS HONORED, WHETHER THAT'S SOMEBODY ELSE'S OR SOMETHING THAT THE STUDENT THEMSELVES HAVE CREATED.
SO WE MAKE SURE THAT THERE ARE, UM, THE UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT THAT MIGHT LOOK LIKE AND ALWAYS CREDITING WHERE THINGS MAY
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HAVE COME FROM CITATION WORK AND ANY GOOD RESEARCH IS REALLY IMPORTANT.GIVE CREDIT WHERE CREDIT IS DUE AND THEN FALSE INFORMATION OR HALLUCINATIONS AI AS GREAT AS IT CAN BE, CAN ALSO STILL MAKE THOSE MISTAKES AND PEOPLE NEED TO RE REMEMBER THAT.
SO FACT CHECKING BECOMES EXTREMELY IMPORTANT.
SO WE'RE NOT PUTTING OUT ANY KIND OF FALSE INFORMATION THAT WE THEN HAVE TO FIGURE OUT, OH, HOW DO WE REMEDY THAT? SO OVER THE CA UH, PAST FEW YEARS WE'VE HAD A FEW POSITIONS.
UH, THE POSITION STATEMENT I MENTIONED, BUT ALSO OUR POLICY.
SO PART OF OUR ACCEPTABLE USE POLICY HAS UNDERGONE A FEW REVISIONS AND RECENT ONE CAME OUT IN FEBRUARY, WE FINALIZED THAT HAS SOME MORE OUTLINED RULES FOR APPROPRIATE USE WITH AI, UM, SUGGESTIONS, PROHIBITED USE AND SOME MORE DETAILS AROUND THAT AS WELL.
SO WE HAVE THAT OUTLINED IN OUR ACCEPTABLE USE POLICY AS THAT IS REVIEWED ANNUALLY BY STAFF AND BY FAMILIES.
AND THEN WITH OUR VENDORS, THE WORK WE DO WITH OUR VENDORS, WE HAVE A DATA SHARING AGREEMENT THAT'S EXTREMELY IMPORTANT FOR US TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY DO WITH THEIR, WITH OUR DATA WHAT WE WANT THEM TO DO.
AND WE'VE INCLUDED AN AI ADDENDUM TO THAT AS WELL.
SO IF THEY EVENTUALLY ADD ANY KIND OF AI TO THEIR SYSTEM THAT IT'S STILL UNDER THE METRIC OF WHAT WE EXPECT FOR OUR DATA USE.
SO WHEN WE BROUGHT AI THROUGH, THE IMPORTANT THING FOR US TO GET STARTED WITH TO BUILD OUR OWN CAPACITY, WE MOVED FAST, IT CAME QUICKLY, IT CHANGES RAPIDLY.
SO WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE UNDERSTANDING ALL THE COMPONENTS OF WHAT THAT MIGHT LOOK LIKE.
SO THROUGH OUR STATE MEETINGS, SCS A MEETINGS, MY TEAM, THE EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY TEAM HAS GONE TO NUMEROUS CONFERENCES OVER THE YEARS TO LEARN AS MUCH AS THEY CAN.
UM, WE ALSO HAVE DONE SOME ONLINE CLASSES AROUND AI LITERACY AND GENIC LEARNING SO THAT THE TEAM CAN GET US FAMILIAR WITH ALL OF THOSE COMPONENTS AS WELL.
AND THEN DR. RODRIGUEZ AND DR.
STRATAS AND I HAVE JOINED THE ILO GROUP, UM, AI LEADERSHIP NETWORK.
WE WERE IN COHORT TWO AND WE'VE GONE TO UM, A WAVE FOR SOME OF THAT AND WE'VE HAD COACHING SESSIONS THAT COME WITH THAT AS WELL.
SO THAT'S ON THAT NATIONAL LENS.
WE HAVE THAT COACHING TRAINERS AS WELL.
THEN WE HAD TO BUILD OTHERS CAPACITY.
SO OUR EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY TEAM WORKED REALLY HARD TO GET TO EVERY SCHOOL TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAD AN INITIAL AI LITERACY TRAINING.
SO WE DID THAT EVEN BEFORE WE GAVE THEM ACCESS TO ONE.
SO IN ORDER FOR THEM TO GET ACCESS TO A PLATFORM, THEY HAD TO COME TO TRAINING FIRST.
AND THAT WAS A REALLY IMPORTANT STEP TO, TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY GOT THE MESSAGE AHEAD OF TIME BEFORE THEY JUMPED INTO A SYSTEM.
WE ALSO WORKED HERE AT THE DISTRICT OFFICE TO CUSTOMIZE AI LITERACY TRAINING FOR DEPARTMENTS.
SO THAT WAY IT WAS REALLY FRAMED AROUND THEIR WORLD, WHETHER THAT WAS HR OR FINANCE OR STUDENT SERVICES, SO THAT THEY WERE ABLE TO SEE WHAT THAT MIGHT LOOK LIKE AND AFFECT THEIR INDIVIDUAL WORLD.
AND THEN WE ANNUALLY DO A REFRESHER WITH TEACHERS ON BACK TO SCHOOL TECH TRAINING AND WE INCLUDE AI IN THAT AS WELL.
SO WHAT DOES THAT TRAINING LOOK LIKE? I'LL SHOW YOU SOME EXAMPLE SLIDES FROM OUR PRESENTATION.
THESE ARE JUST KIND OF A SNAPSHOT OF WHAT ALL WE COVER, BUT IT'LL GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE FOR THEM.
BUT WE TALK ABOUT THE MECHANICS OF IT, THE PRIVACY, THE ETHICS AND THE PRACTICE WITH EACH OF THEM.
SO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE MECHANICS, WE EXPLAIN TO THEM HOW IT ACTUALLY WORKS.
PEOPLE THINK THAT THEY KNOW HOW IT ACTUALLY WORKS, BUT THEY DON'T ALWAYS UNDERSTAND WHAT'S HAPPENING BEHIND THE SCENES WHEN THEY PROMPT SOMETHING.
SO WE WANNA MAKE SURE THEY UNDERSTAND HOW MUCH DATA IT DOES TAKE TO RUN THESE AGENTS IN THESE CHAT BOTS SO THAT THEY KNOW WHAT THEY'RE DOING IN ORDER TO GET USED TO THE SYSTEMS. WE ALSO WANNA MAKE SURE THEY UNDERSTAND THAT AI DOES HAVE LIMITS, THAT IT STILL HALLUCINATES, IT DOES HAVE BIAS THAT YOU STILL HAVE TO CHECK EVERY SINGLE THING THAT YOU PUT INTO THERE.
THE HUMAN IS STILL AN IMPORTANT ELEMENT TO THIS.
WE EVEN POINT OUT IN THEIR PRIVACY POLICIES WHERE THEY SAY WE ARE NOT FACTUAL, DON'T TRUST US
SO WE WANNA MAKE SURE THEY UNDERSTAND THOSE LIMITS.
WE TALK ABOUT THE PRIVACY AND WHY WE ARE SO STRICT WITH OUR DATA AND EXPLAIN THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN IF YOU SIGN UP FOR CHAT GPT ON YOUR OWN
SO WE DO WANNA MAKE SURE THEY UNDERSTAND THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A CONSUMER BASED PRODUCT IN A K 12 WORLD.
BECAUSE A LOT OF TIMES THEY'LL SAY, OH, ALL THESE GREAT THINGS FOR FREE, BUT REALLY YOU DON'T HAVE THE SAME PROTECTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE IF YOU WERE PURCHASING SOMETHING.
AND THEY NEED TO UNDERSTAND THOSE DIFFERENCES.
IT ALSO HELPS THEM UNDERSTAND WHY THEY NEED TO USE THE PRODUCTS THAT WE HAVE ALREADY APPROVED BECAUSE WE GO THROUGH THE STEPS TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE THOSE DATA SHARING AGREEMENTS IN PLACE AND THAT WE REVIEWED HOW THEY USE THE INFORMATION THAT WE SHARE.
WHEN WE LOOK AT ETHICS, WE GIVE SOME GENERAL TOPICS AROUND WHAT'S GREAT USES OF AI, SPECIFICALLY WITH STUDENTS AND THEN THINGS THAT THEY NEED TO AVOID OR MAKE SURE THEY CONSIDER AROUND PLAGIARISM AND THAT INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY.
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SO WE MAKE SURE THAT THEY UNDERSTAND COMPONENTS OF THAT AND THEN OFFER US TO ALSO COME AND HELP THEM CUSTOMIZE SOME OF THAT AROUND THEIR CONTENT AREA IF THEY NEED.AND THEN WE GIVE THEM PRACTICE HANDS-ON PRACTICE, JUST LIKE OUR STUDENTS IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT.
SO WE WALK THEM THROUGH THE BEST PRACTICES.
WE TALK ABOUT THE 80 20 APPROACH, HOW LET AI DO 80% OF YOUR WORK BUT STILL PUT YOUR 20% HUMAN ON ONTO IT SO YOU'RE ABLE TO UNDERSTAND WHAT'S GOING ON.
AND THEN WE TELL THEM HOW TO PROMPT.
SO A LOT OF TIMES PEOPLE THINK OF IT AS JUST SEARCHING, BUT WE WANNA WALK THEM THROUGH HOW TO DO IT APPROPRIATELY SO THAT YOU'RE MORE EFFICIENT AND THAT YOU UNDERSTAND EXACTLY WHAT YOU'RE TRYING TO GET TO.
SO WHEN WE'RE VETTING THE PRO, OUR VETTING PROCESS FOR OUR PROGRAMS, OUR MULTI-STEP, STARTING WITH THE NEED, DO WE NEED THIS? IS IT HELPING TO FILL A GAP? IS IT FOR A SPECIFIC COURSE? IS IT SOMETHING THAT WE KNOW THE STUDENTS WOULD REALLY FIND VALUABLE? AND THEN WE MAKE SURE THAT IT WORKS WITHIN OUR NETWORK SYSTEM.
SO FIRST AND FOREMOST, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE IT'S ACTUALLY GONNA WORK.
IS THIS ABLE TO BE USED TECHNICALLY FIRST? WHEN WE DO THAT, THEN THAT'S WHEN WE CAN REVIEW THE DATA PRIVACY AND THE SETTINGS THAT THEY MIGHT HAVE.
SO WE CAN DIG A LITTLE BIT DEEPER AND SAY, WHAT ARE THEY DOING WITH OUR DATA? AND AT THAT TIME WE CAN GO AHEAD AND SECURE A DSA OR AN ACCESSIBILITY, UM, COMPLIANCE REPORT AS WELL.
ONCE WE KNOW IT ACTUALLY IS FUNCTIONAL, THEN ROLLING IT OUT BECOMES THAT TRAINING PART.
IDEALLY WE TRAIN WITH THE, UH, AI LITERACY PARTS FIRST AND THEN WE ROLL OUT THAT SPECIFIC TOOL, WHICH IS HOW WE DID OUR FIRST INITIAL ROLLOUT.
AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO DO SO THEN EVALUATING IT ANNUALLY.
WE WANNA MAKE SURE IT STILL WORKS, WHETHER THAT'S THROUGH USAGE, ANECDOTAL FEEDBACK, LESSONS THAT WE SEE COMING OUT OF IT.
UM, AND SO WE WILL DO THAT ANNUALLY TO MAKE SURE WE WANNA SUSTAIN THAT PARTICULAR PROGRAM.
SO RIGHT NOW WE HAVE THREE APPROVED PROGRAMS FOR OUR STAFF TO USE.
SO THAT IS THE ONE THAT'S VERY EDUCATIONALLY FOCUSED.
I ALWAYS SAY IT'S LIKE PUTTING ON TEACHER'S GLASSES BECAUSE IT'S VERY STRUCTURED AROUND THE CLASSROOM.
AND INSTRUCTION CO-PILOT IS OUR MICROSOFT OFFICE INTEGRATED AI.
SO THEY'RE ABLE TO ACCESS THAT.
STAFF ARE ABLE TO ACCESS THAT FOR SOME MORE, UM, OF THE LLM OR THE TYPICAL EXPERIENCE THAT THEY WOULD HAVE IF THEY WENT TO ONE OFFLINE.
AND THEN GEMINI NOTEBOOK, THIS IS A GOOGLE PRODUCT THAT RIGHT NOW WE'VE ROLLED OUT TO OUR DISTRICT OFFICE AND WE'LL BE SLOW ROLLING OUT TO OUR SCHOOLS COMING UP THIS FALL.
SO JUST TO KIND OF GIVE YOU AN IDEA SINCE WE STARTED THAT TRAINING, JUST SOME DATA AROUND HOW IT IS BEING USED.
SO WE CAN SEE A NUMBER OF OUR TEACHERS HAVE STARTED TO USE MAGIC SCHOOL AND THE TOP TOOLS THAT THEY HAVE SELECTED WITHIN THAT PLATFORM TO DO SO.
A LOT OF THAT IS TO SPEED UP THEIR WORK.
SO THERE'S A LOT OF LESSON PLANNING OR WRITING FEEDBACK OR TOOLS AROUND THE WORK THAT THEY NEED TO DO.
AND THEN YOU CAN SEE THE STUDENT USAGE AS WELL.
SO THE GREAT PART ABOUT MAGIC SCHOOL IS STUDENTS HAVE TO BE ASSIGNED A PARTICULAR TOOL IN ORDER TO USE IT.
THEY CAN'T JUST OPEN IT UP AND START PLAYING IN THE CHAT BOT
THE TEACHER HAS TO DIRECTLY AND INTENTIONALLY ASSIGN THAT TOOL FOR THE LESSON THAT THEY WANT, WHICH REALLY HELPS US MEET THAT PURPOSEFUL USE SO THAT THEY SAY, HERE'S THE LESSON, I WANT YOU TO USE THIS TOOL TO DO THIS THING.
AND THEY DIRECT THAT INSTRUCTION AROUND THEM FOR THAT.
SO WE CAN SEE THAT A LOT OF THE TOOLS THAT THE STUDENTS ARE USING ARE A LOT OF THAT TEXT FEEDBACK OR, UM, TUTORING.
YEAH, ASK ME QUESTIONS TO HELP THEM KIND OF MAKE SURE THAT THEY UNDERSTAND THE CONTENT.
THIS STOPLIGHT THAT'S HERE IS A WAY FOR US TO HELP TEACHERS TO, TO HELP TEACHERS, STUDENTS UP FRONT THE EXPECTATION.
SO IF WE DON'T TELL STUDENTS HOW TO USE AI, THEY'RE GOING TO USE IT ANY WAY THEY WANT.
SO AS A TEACHER, SETTING THAT EXPECTATION UP FRONT IS REALLY IMPORTANT.
SO THEY CAN SAY, THIS IS WHERE YOU'RE ALLOWED, THIS IS WHERE WE DON'T WANT TO SEE IT SO THAT THEY CAN HELP DIRECT WHERE AND HOW THAT'S BEING USED TO MAKE SURE THE CONTENT IS THE FOCUS.
AND THEN THESE ARE JUST SOME EXAMPLES OF THESE WERE CO-TEACHING EXPERIENCES THAT MY TECH COACHES HAD DONE WITH CLASSES.
SO YOU CAN SEE THAT WE HAVE A SECOND GRADE EXAMPLE HERE.
THEY DID SOME WRITING OFFLINE.
SO THEY HAD TO WRITE PARAGRAPHS WITH VARIED SENTENCE STARTERS.
AND THEN THEY HAD TO CREATE A CHARACTER WITH AI THAT MATCHED THEIR WRITING.
SO THEY HAD TO LEARN HOW TO PROMPT, THEY HAD TO LEARN HOW TO EDIT THEIR PROMPT SO IT MATCHED WHAT THEY WERE TRYING TO WRITE, BUT THEY WERE ABLE TO DO THAT WRITING OFFLINE AND THEN BRING INTO A NICE CREATIVE ACTIVE USE OF TECHNOLOGY.
THIS NEXT ONE IS A FOURTH GRADE EXAMPLE.
SO THIS WAS INTERDISCIPLINARY WITH ELA AND SCIENCE STANDARDS.
THIS WAS BASED OFF OF THE SERIES WHO WOULD WIN BY JERRY PALATA, THE AUTHOR.
SO THEY BASICALLY MIMICKED THAT STYLE.
THEY HAD TO RESEARCH ANIMALS, FIND ADAPTATIONS AND CREATE THEIR OWN ANIMAL, A HYBRID ANIMAL.
AND THEN THEY PAIRED UP WITH A FRIEND AND THEY TOOK THEIR ANIMALS AND THEY HAD TO DECIDE WHO WOULD WIN IN A COMBAT.
AND THAT'S THE BASE OF THAT STORY.
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WERE ABLE TO LOOK AT THE ADAPTATIONS THAT THEY HAD, THE STRUCTURES OF THAT ANIMAL AND CREATE A BOOK.SO THEN THEY WENT AND MADE A DIGITAL BOOK ALONG THAT AS WELL.
EVEN ONE OF THE CLASSES EVEN GOT TO MEET THE AUTHOR WHO CAME TO BUFORT AND WAS ABLE TO SEE THEIR STORIES, WHICH WAS PRETTY NEAT.
AND THEN WE HAVE A HIGH SCHOOL EXAMPLE.
THIS WAS THE AP CAPSTONE, UM, TEACHER WHO HAD THEIR STUDENTS WORKING ON THE RESEARCH PAPER AND USED THE WRITING FEEDBACK TOOL WITHIN MAGIC SCHOOL SO THAT THEY COULD UPLOAD THE AP RUBRIC AND IT WOULD HELP GIVE THEM FEEDBACK BASED OFF OF THAT RUBRIC FOR THEIR WRITING.
SO WITH THAT SORT OF WHAT'S NEXT, WHAT'S OUR NEXT STEP THROUGH THIS JOURNEY, UM, IS CONTINUE TO BUILD THAT CAPACITY.
SO ONGOING TRAINING IS ESSENTIAL.
IT HAS TO STAY CURRENT FREQUENT SO THAT IT'S UNDERSTAND THE CHANGES THAT ARE CONSTANTLY EVOLVING.
SO WE WILL CONTINUE TO DO THAT ALONG WITH THOSE SPECIFIC PROJECTS AS THEY COME THROUGH AND ANY CO-TEACHING EXPERIENCES.
UM, WE'RE EXPANDING PLATFORMS. SO WE'LL BE ROLLING OUT GEMINI NOTEBOOK TO SCHOOLS THROUGHOUT THE SCHOOL YEAR SO THAT THEY CAN START TO SEE HOW THAT CAN BE A VALUABLE TOOL IN THEIR CLASSROOM.
AND THEN ENGAGING SOME MORE STAKEHOLDERS.
SO WE HAVE JOINED FORCES, THE TEACHER FORUM SO THAT THEY CAN HELP US GET SOME FEEDBACK ON HOW THIS IS GOING, SEE WHAT, HOW THEY CAN HELP SUPPORT WITHIN THEIR SCHOOLS AND WHERE WE CAN HELP FILL IN THOSE GAPS.
AND THEN MAKING SOME PARENT RESOURCES AND STUFF FOR FAMILIES THAT WE CAN PUBLISH AND PUT ONLINE TO SUPPORT THEM AS WELL.
SO WITH THAT, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, MS. BORA? I HAVE A FAIR AMOUNT OF COMMENTS, BUT I'M KIND OF THINKING THE BAND IS WARMING UP.
SHOULD WE TAKE A BREAK FOR A MOMENT? LET THE BAND, WHAT'S THE, WHAT TIME ARE THEY SUPPOSED TO PERFORM IT? THINK IT SIX.
I MEAN, I THINK IT JUST DEPENDS ON, ON HOW LONG WE'RE GONNA GO.
IT MIGHT JUST BE ME, BUT I HAVE A FEW MINUTES WORTH OF STUFF.
SO I FEEL, I FEEL SELF-CONSCIOUS WITH THE BAND READY TO GO AND I'M PLAYING IN THE BACKGROUND.
WE'RE FINE IF WE WANNA BRING THE BAND FORWARD OR OKAY.
EVERYBODY OKAY WITH IT? ALRIGHT.
YOU WANNA BRING THEM IN HERE?
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TODAY.IF THEY WANT TO COME OUTSIDE AND AND LISTEN TO THE BAND, THEY'RE WELCOME TO.
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WE THANK YOU FOR TODAY AND OUR PRODUCTION OF OUR[01:06:52]
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SUPPORT.UH, WE LOOK FORWARD TO TAKING OUR SHOW ON THE ROAD.
WE'LL PERFORM SEVERAL PERFORMING FOR THE FIRST IN HISTORY IN THE SOUTH CAROLINA STATE MARCH BAND CHAMPIONSHIPS ON OCTOBER 24TH.
[Points of Celebration]
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GOOD EVENING.UH, TODAY WE'RE GONNA CELEBRATE, UH, BLUFFTON MIDDLE SCHOOL'S, JUNIOR BETA CLUB STATE COMPETI, UH, CONVENTION AWARDS.
IN JUNE, SEVERAL BLUFFTON MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS PARTICIPATED IN THE JUNIOR BETA CLUB STATE CONVENTION EARNING PLACEMENTS IN THEIR COMPETITIONS.
AND HERE TO TELL US ABOUT THE CONVENTION AND INTRODUCE BLUFFTON MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS IS DR.
UM, JUST WANTED TO SAY A QUICK COUPLE WORDS.
I COULD TALK ALL DAY LONG ABOUT MY BETAS.
UM, BUT WE DID GO TO NASHVILLE IN JUNE FOR THE NATIONAL COMPETITION NATURAL CONVENTION.
UM, WE TOOK 11 KIDDOS AND THEY JUST DID AN AMAZING JOB ACROSS THE BOARD.
WE HAD A STUDENT RUN FOR A STATE OFFICE.
HE CAME INTO THE SECOND LEVEL OF IT, WHICH FOR SOUTH CAROLINA, THERE'S ONLY ABOUT 75 SOUTH CAROLINA STUDENTS THAT GO.
IF THAT TELLS YOU ANYTHING OUT OF THOUSANDS OF KIDS, HE WAS ABLE TO GET THERE.
UM, THEY DID REALLY WELL WITH ALL OF THEIR COMPETITIONS.
THEY RANGED ANYWHERE FROM CHAMPIONS TO 10TH PLACE.
UM, AND WE ARE JUST SUPER PROUD OF ALL OF THEM.
UM, THEY DID A CAMPAIGN SKIT TO HELP CORBIN RUN FOR HIS OFFICE, AND THAT'S WHAT THEY GOT, UM, THE CHAMPION IN.
AND THEN WE HAD PENNY MEYER, WHO WAS SELECTED FROM THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA TO BE A PREMIER PERFORMER.
AND SO SHE WAS ONE OF ABOUT A HUNDRED KIDS FROM THE WHOLE NATION THAT GOT TO GO UP ON STAGE AND DO A COUPLE OF SPECIAL PERFORMANCES.
UM, BUT OVERALL, I'M JUST VERY PROUD OF ALL OF THEM.
I'M PROUD TO BE THEIR SPONSOR AND, UM, PROUD THAT YOU ALL SUPPORT US SO THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO DO THIS.
UM, NEXT YEAR WE'RE GOING TO DALLAS.
I'M JUST PUTTING IT OUT THERE.
UM, I KNOW THERE'S A COUPLE STEPS FIRST, BUT WE'RE GONNA BE THERE.
UM, AND WE'RE GONNA DO JUST AS GOOD IF NOT BETTER.
SO, UM, BE LOOKING FORWARD AGAIN BECAUSE WE'RE GONNA KEEP DOING WELL AND THEY'RE GONNA KEEP SHINING AND I WANT YOU ALL TO KNOW ABOUT IT.
AND WE'RE GONNA CALL, UH, STUDENTS UP.
WE HAVE SOME CERTIFICATES FOR THEM.
AND I'LL TAKE A A, A PHOTO AFTERWARDS.
GRAHAM, JACOB, GAVIN, JACOB, MICHAEL HALL, NICOLE NUNEZ, SIDNEY SCHMIDT, PENELOPE MEYER, GRAY SMITH, CAMDEN MATTHEWS, SAUL MARIE SKA.
CORBIN CINO AND PENELOPE MEYER, SHE'S OUR PREPARED.
CONGRATULATIONS, UH, ON YOUR ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND GREAT WORK AND WE'LL LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING ABOUT YOU IN DALLAS, RIGHT? YES.
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HI, UH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.[Superintendent’s Report (Part 2 of 2)]
YOU PRONOUNCE? UM, SKE.UM, I THOUGHT IT WAS AN EXCELLENT SNAPSHOT OF WHERE THE DISTRICT IS.
I THINK THAT THE CONCERNS ARE VALID.
I THINK, UM, THAT IT'S A VERY GOOD PLACE OPERATIONALLY FOR THE DISTRICT TO BE WITH AI.
THE REASON I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR THE BOARD TO HAVE THESE DISCUSSIONS A LITTLE BIT IS BECAUSE, UM, THERE'S REALLY THREE THINGS THAT I THINK ARE ELEMENTS OF AN AI POLICY THAT ARE NOT IN THE OPERATIONAL SNAPSHOT.
ONE IS WHERE, WHAT ARE THE GOALS? WHAT ARE THE LONG-TERM VISTAS, THE 30,000 FOOT VIEW OF WHAT ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IS? AND THESE ARE ALL GONNA KIND OF DOVETAIL INTO ONE THEME HERE.
NUMBER TWO, AS WE START EXPERIMENTING AND TESTING OUT AND TRYING DIFFERENT THINGS, WHAT ARE THE METRICS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT FOR SUCCESS? ARE WE MEASURING? 'CAUSE THERE WAS A STUDY THAT CAME UP RECENTLY THAT IF KIDS WERE JUST GIVEN ACCESS TO AI, IT HAD VERY LITTLE IMPACT.
BUT IF IT WAS EMBEDDED, THERE WAS SUBSTANTIAL GAINS ON THINGS LIKE TEST SCORES.
SO I, I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT AS WE BEGIN TO, UM, GET OUR ARMS AROUND THIS NEW TECHNOLOGY FROM A EDUCATIONAL STANDPOINT, THAT THERE'D BE SOME SORT OF METRICS OF WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR AS, UM, FAR AS SUCCESS.
BUT I THINK THE MOST IMPORTANT THING FOR ME THAT I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THE BOARD BRING INTO THE AI DISCUSSION IS WHENEVER YOU DO, WHEN IT'S, WHETHER IT'S HEALTHCARE, EDUCATION, A HUMAN SERVICE TYPE OF DOMAIN VERSUS MANUFACTURING OR SOMETHING, AI CAN BE A LOT MORE CHALLENGING AND A LITTLE BIT MORE, UM, TAKE A MORE CAUTIOUS APPROACH TO IT, WHICH I THINK IS IMPORTANT.
UM, IN HEALTHCARE, AI IS PROBABLY HAVING BY FAR THE MOST IMPACT OF ANY INDUSTRY.
AND JUST AS A POINT OF REFERENCE, AND THIS NUMBER'S BEEN GROWING VERY, VERY RAPIDLY.
BUT A RECENT, UM, I THINK IT WAS PEW, UH, RESEARCH POLL, FOUND THAT ONE IN THREE PEOPLE CHOSE NOT TO GO TO A PHYSICIAN WITH A MEDICAL COMPLAINT AND INSTEAD WENT TO AN A LARGE LANGUAGE MODEL.
AMAZON NOW HAS HEALTHCARE FOR $39 A MONTH, AND A LOT OF THAT INVOLVES ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND A NURSE PRACTITIONER.
SO IT'S HAVING VERY RAPID EFFECT ON HOW WE DO THINGS.
IT'S ALSO HAVING A LOT OF BENEFIT IN TERMS OF, UM, THERE WAS A STORY YESTERDAY ABOUT A, A NURSE WHO WAS PARTICIPATING IN A TEST OF A, UM, RADIOLOGY PROGRAM WHERE THEY DISCOVERED VERY EARLY CANCER FOR BREAST CANCER THAT HAD BEEN MISSED ON TWO HUMAN RED STUDIES.
SO IT'S A FIELD THAT IS EVOLVING REALLY QUICKLY, AND I THINK IN EDUCATION AS WELL.
SO, UM, I LOOKED IT UP COMMON SENSE MEDIA HAS THE MOST RECENT, UH, SURVEY THAT, UH, BUT THEY DID A LARGE SCALE SURVEY, AGES 16 TO 17 YEAR OLDS.
92% OF THEM WERE USING AI REGULARLY.
HOW THE SCHOOL CHOOSES TO EMBRACE IT, TEACH IT, UM, MAKE IT PART OF THE CURRICULUM, IS REALLY THE DECISION TO BE HAD.
UM, AND WHENEVER YOU HAVE THESE SORT OF THINGS, A LOT OF TIMES IN WHEN YOU DEVELOP SOFTWARE, IMPLEMENT A TECHNOLOGY, YOU HAVE TO CONSIDER THE END USER.
AND I THINK WHAT CAN HAPPEN IN SOMETIMES THE EDUCATION IS WHO IS THE END USER? IS IT THE TEACHER? IS IT THE DISTRICT? IS IT THE STUDENTS? IS IT THE PARENTS? IS IT THE BUSINESSES THAT ARE, YOU KNOW, LOOKING TO HIRE PEOPLE THAT ARE COMING OUT OF COLLEGES WITH THE SKILLSET THAT THEY NEED? SO WHEN I READ THE PRESENTATION, THE ONLY THING THAT I WOULD SAY IT'S OVERALL VERY POSITIVE.
THE ONLY THING I WOULD SAY, IT'S NOT EVEN A CRITICISM, BUT THAT I WOULD LIKE THE BOARD TO BRING IN IS HOW ARE WE ENGAGING OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS? SO ARE WE TALKING TO BUSINESSES ABOUT HOW THEY'RE USING IT, WHAT THEY WANT TO HAVE THEIR STUDENTS TRAINED ON? UM, ARE WE TALKING TO STUDENTS ABOUT HOW THEY'RE ALREADY USING IT? A LOT OF STUDENTS ARE ANTI AI.
THEY'RE, BECAUSE THEY DON'T KNOW HOW TO USE IT.
UM, BUT THE REALITY IS IT IS GOING TO SHAPE THEIR ECONOMIC LIFE TREMENDOUSLY.
IT'S GOING TO SHAPE HOW THEY INTERACT WITH THE WORLD.
AND SO IT'S IMPORTANT, I THINK, FOR SCHOOL DISTRICTS NOT TO TEACH, TO TEACH A CAUTIOUS APPROACH AS OPPOSED TO A FEARFUL APPROACH OF IT AND START FIGURING OUT THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO HAD WHAT I THOUGHT WAS THE, AND THEY'VE ACTUALLY DONE SOME REALLY INTERESTING THINGS.
HARVARD RECENTLY, UM, ACTUALLY DISBANDED ITS WRITING CENTER BECAUSE EVERYONE WAS JUST USING AI.
SO THEY BASICALLY PUT ALL THEIR VIDEOS ONLINE AND DISBANDED IT.
UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO BANNED TECHNOLOGY FOR SOCIAL SCIENCES CLASSES.
SO ANY KIND OF HUMANITIES BASED CLASS NOW, IT'S A HUNDRED PERCENT ANALOG.
AND WHAT THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO HAS SAID IS THAT WE NEED TO TEACH STUDENTS HOW TO, UH, LEARN WITH COMPUTERS.
SO HOW DO WE, HOW DO YOU USE, UH, AN LLM TUTOR RESPONSIBLY? HOW DO YOU USE SOMEONE'S, UH, COMPUTERS TO WRITE A BETTER ESSAY, BUT STILL RETAIN THAT, HOW TO, UH, TEACH KIDS WITHOUT HOW TO LEARN WITHOUT COMPUTERS? AND THAT ALSO NEEDS TO BE PART OF THIS DISCUSSION.
AND THEN WE NEED TO TEACH, UM, THEM ABOUT COMPUTERS, BECAUSE THIS IS WHAT I THOUGHT.
PEOPLE ARE WORRIED ABOUT HALLUCINATIONS WITH AI, BUT DID Y'ALL
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SEE THE STORY ABOUT THE GUY THAT PRETENDED TO BE A SAN FRANCISCO 49 ERS? AND HE SCAMMED WOMEN OUT OF $1.3 MILLION.HE POSTED FAKE VIDEOS OF HIM RUNNING ROUTES ON THE BEACH WITH A HELMET ON.
IT WAS LIKE THE CRAZIEST THING THAT WAS A REAL LIFE.
KIDS NEED TO LEARN HOW TO QUESTION WHAT THEY'RE BEING SHOWN AND, AND DEVELOP.
REALLY, WE REALLY HAVE TO, UM, WORK ON THOSE CRITICAL THINKING SKILLS.
SO I GUESS WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO BRING FORWARD THIS DISCUSSION IS WHAT CAN WE DO AS A DISTRICT TO ENGAGE THE COMMUNITY, THE STUDENTS AND THE FAMILIES AS END USERS OF THIS TECHNOLOGY? SO IT'S NOT ALL GEARED TOWARDS THE TEACHER'S LENS.
NOT THAT THAT'S NOT A VALID LENS, BUT, UH, SO WE'RE ACTUALLY SEEING BOOTS ON THE GROUND, HOW PEOPLE ARE USING IT OUTSIDE OF THE SCHOOLS AND INSIDE THE SCHOOLS.
SO ONE OF THE THINGS IN ADDITION TO THE WORK THAT, UM, UM, COLLEEN DOES IS ALSO WHAT'S HAPPENING THROUGH, UH, CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION PROGRAMMING, RIGHT? AND, AND THE WORK THAT KAREN GILBERT DOES, UH, PARTICULARLY WITH THE AI COURSE THAT WE'VE LAUNCHED HERE.
IT'S ONE OF, I THINK FOUR IN THE STATE.
THAT IS IT, RIGHT? ONE OF FOUR.
I THINK THAT, THAT WERE APPROVED TO GO FORWARD.
AND, UM, AND PART OF WHAT THEY'VE DONE, BECAUSE I'VE, I'VE BEEN IN MEETINGS WITH THEM SO I CAN, I CAN SPEAK TO THIS, IS I KNOW THEY, THEY HAVE ENGAGED WITH THE, UH, DON RYAN CENTER, UH, UH, TO LOOK AT, UH, AND, AND TALK ABOUT AND HAVE OPPORTUNITIES TO ENGAGE AND DISCUSS AROUND, AROUND, UH, UH, DIFFERENT, UH, OPPORTUNITIES WITHIN THE BUSINESS WORLD AND THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY AND INNOVATION AROUND, UH, AROUND THE USE OF AI AND THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY.
KAREN WORKS CLOSELY WITH WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT ON A REGIONAL LEVEL.
AND SO, UH, SO SHE HAS INFORMATION THAT SHE BRINGS BACK, UH, UH, PARTICULARLY AROUND, UH, THAT COURSE IN ANY OF OUR OTHER, UH, CTE COURSES WITH RESPECT TO, UM, AI, UH, AND, AND IN A REGIONAL WORKFORCE AREA BECAUSE, UM, UH, WE DO TRY TO, UH, TO, TO HAVE CAREER AND TECHNICAL ED COURSES THAT MIRROR THE NEEDS OF THE WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT AREA.
I THINK EVERYBODY IS, IS, UH, INCLUDING BUSINESSES ARE LOOKING AT IT AND SAYING, OKAY, HOW IS THIS TECHNOLOGY CHANGING OUR WORLD? HOW IS IT GOING TO, HOW IS IT CHANGING IT NOW, BUT HOW'S IT GOING TO CHANGE IT IN FIVE YEARS? YOU KNOW? AND, UH, EVERY DAY THAT FIVE YEARS LOOKS A LITTLE DIFFERENT BECAUSE EVERY DAY THERE'S ANOTHER ADVANCEMENT AROUND AI.
UH, SO, SO, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS WE, WE RECOGNIZE WE'RE CHASING SOMETHING THAT WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE NOT GONNA CATCH 'CAUSE IT EVOLVES EVERY SINGLE DAY, YOU KNOW, BUT HOW DO WE, HOW DO WE, YOU KNOW, TAKE THE INFORMATION WE'RE GETTING FROM WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, UH, UH, AT THE REGIONAL LEVEL FOR LOCAL NEEDS, YOU KNOW, UH, HOW DO WE TAKE THAT INFORMATION? HOW DO WE COMBINE THAT WITH, UM, THE WORK THAT, UH, COLLEEN AND HER TEAM DO AROUND BUILDING THE CAPACITY OF EDUCATORS AS WELL? SO IT DOESN'T NECESSARILY ANSWER YOUR QUESTION AROUND, AROUND THE, UH, THE PARENTS OR, OR THAT, THAT SORT OF FEEDBACK INFORMATION.
BUT, BUT WE DO HAVE, UH, ENGAGEMENT, UH, TO SOME LEVEL WITH, UH, BUSINESSES AND THROUGH WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT AND THROUGH CAREER AND TECH ED PROGRAM TO SOME DEGREE.
MR. NATE, DO YOU HAVE A COMMENT? THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR.
UM, IN PUTTING ALL OF OUR PROGRAM TOGETHER, OR STRUCTURING OUR PROGRAM, HOW MANY OTHER SCHOOLS ACROSS THE COUNTRY WERE YOU LOOKING AT AS FAR AS, YOU KNOW, WHAT, WHAT ARE YOU DOING? WHAT DO WE NEED TO DO? OKAY, THAT'S BAD.
COULDN'T REALLY PUT A NUMBER ON IT 'CAUSE IT WAS VAST
UM, BUT I WOULD SAY WE DID AS MUCH AS WE COULD TO TRY AND FIND LIKE DISTRICTS TOO, SO SIZE WISE AND INFRASTRUCTURE.
SO WE TRY AND COMPARE NOT JUST TO WHAT IS EVERYBODY DOING, BUT ARE THEY DOING THE SAME SORT OF THING WE ARE ALREADY AND HOW ARE THEY BRINGING IT INTO THAT SIMILAR ENVIRONMENT? SO THAT'S PART OF WHAT WE LOOKED AT.
BUT STATEWIDE, WE HAD A LOT OF COMMUNICATION AROUND OUR STATE.
'CAUSE I ATTEND THE SCSA MEETINGS REGULARLY AND MADE A LOT OF CONNECTIONS AROUND HERE.
SO IT WAS A LOT OF THE LOCAL THINGS.
AND THEN THE ILL OR THE ILO NETWORK THAT WE JOINED WAS A NATIONAL, UM, GROUP, THE COHORT THAT WE'RE A PART OF.
SO WE WERE ABLE TO DO, I'M JUST TRYING TO THINK, NEW YORK CITY SCHOOLS WERE THERE, CHICAGO SCHOOLS WERE THERE.
UM, THERE WERE A NUMBER OF THEM ACROSS THE COUNTRY THAT WE SAT DOWN WITH FOR MULTIPLE DAYS TO GO THROUGH WHAT EVERYBODY WAS DOING AND LEARNED FROM EACH OTHER.
SO, UM, BESIDES THAT, JUST THE ONLINE CONNECTIONS THAT I'VE HAD JUST IN THE ED TECH WORLD, WORKING IN IT FOR SO LONG.
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SO WE'RE ABLE TO PICK AND IDEAS OUT OF EVERYWHERE WE COULD TO MAKE SURE WE HAD THE MOST INFORMATION TO BUILD WHAT WE KNOW WOULD FIT BEST IN OUR DISTRICT.THE ADVANTAGE TO THE ILO IS THAT, IT, IT, SO WE, WE HAD A LOT OF WORK THAT WE'D DONE ON THE GROUND LEVEL, UH, IN, IN SOUTH CAROLINA WITH CONNECTING WITH, UH, UH, FELLOW DISTRICTS ACROSS THE STATE.
BUT, BUT THE ADVANTAGE OF ILO IS THAT IT, IT BROUGHT IN THE HORIZON TO INTERNATIONAL, UH, SCHOOL DISTRICTS ACROSS, ACROSS THE COUNTRY, RIGHT.
AND, AND GOT A CHANCE TO SEE, UM, YOU KNOW, WHAT THEY WERE WORKING ON, UH, AND WHAT THEY WERE DOING ALONG THE AI.
UH, MY SECOND QUESTION WOULD, WOULD BE, UH, DO YOU SEE IN THE IMMEDIATE FUTURE, OR MAYBE EVEN IN THE DISTANT FUTURE LEGISLATION THAT IS GONNA COME DOWN, UH, DOWN THE PIKE, SO TO SPEAK, ABOUT, UH, EITHER, UH, FORCED ROLLOUT OF AI POLICIES OR, UH, ARE, ARE, ARE THEY, IS, ARE LEGISLATORS KIND OF LIKE WAITING FOR SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO DEVELOP THEIR OWN THING THING AND THEN BEFORE
HE WAS, UH, APPOINTED TO LEAD A TASK FORCE, UH, AROUND AI.
UM, I'VE REACHED OUT TO, UH, TO HIM, BECAUSE ONE OF THE THINGS WE WANT TO DO, PART OF THIS CONNECTION WITH THE TEACHER FORUM THAT WE'RE BRINGING INTO THIS FEEDBACK LOOP AROUND IT IS, IS, UH, THEY HAVE A LEGISLATIVE SESSION EVERY, UH, NO, THAT'S NOT WHAT IT'S CALLED, LEGISLATIVE BREAKFAST WITH, UH, MEMBERS OF LEGISLATIVE DELEGATION THAT'S HOSTED BY THE TEACHER FORUM EVERY YEAR.
AND, UH, WHAT, WHAT I, I HAVE REQUESTED OF, OF MR. BRADLEY IS IF HE CAN DO, UH, AN ENGAGEMENT WITH US ABOUT HIS WORK LEADING THAT AI TASK FORCE, HOW HE SEES THAT IMPACTING THE WORKFORCE, HOW HE SEES THAT IMPACTING THE K 12 SPACE, UH, UH, AND BRING HIM INTO THAT DIALOGUE WITH US, UH, AROUND THE WORK HE'S LEADING ACROSS SOUTH CAROLINA.
UH, DO I THINK THERE WILL BE, UH, I THINK INEVITABLY THERE WILL BE, I WOULD, I WOULD AGREE WITH THAT.
I DON'T, YOU KNOW, I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOUR THOUGHTS ARE, BUT I WOULD, I THINK YOUR THOUGHTS ARE THAT THERE WILL BE, AND I WOULD AGREE WITH THAT.
UM, IN ADDITION, I THINK THAT, UH, WHAT'S GONNA BE REALLY INTERESTING IS THIS, THIS TUG OF WAR, RIGHT? WITH LEGISLATION AROUND SCREEN TIME, RIGHT? AND LEGISLATION AROUND, UH, UPCOMING THAT MAY BE AROUND AI.
UH, THE LEGISLATION ON SCREEN TIME IS, IS BASICALLY ALREADY HERE.
THE STATE DEPARTMENT'S GOING TO BE PUTTING AN INTERPRETATION ON THAT, UH, SCREEN TIME LEGISLATION AND ROLLING THAT OUT, UH, LATER, LATER THIS YEAR.
UH, AND THEN I THINK, UH, UM, YOU KNOW, I, I, I DO THINK THAT WILL FOLLOW, YOU KNOW, SOME KIND OF LEGISLATION, BUT THAT'S WHY WE KINDA LANDED AROUND THAT PURPOSEFUL USE OF THE TECHNOLOGY PIECE BECAUSE WE KNOW IT'S AN IMPORTANT PART OF GETTING STUDENTS, UH, PREPARED FOR THEIR FUTURE, RIGHT? AND TO HAVE THAT RESPONSIBLE USE AND TO HAVE THAT PURPOSEFUL USE AROUND TECHNOLOGY.
SO WE WANTED TO INCLUDE THAT IN THERE, UM, BECAUSE WE'RE NOT A HUNDRED PERCENT SURE WHAT THE SCREEN TIME INTERPRETATION IS GONNA BE, BUT WE BELIEVE THAT, UH, THAT SHOULD PROBABLY VARY, RIGHT? AMONGST WHETHER YOU'RE AT EARLY CHILDHOOD OR WHETHER YOU'RE AT ELEMENTARY OR WHERE YOU'RE IN MIDDLE, WHETHER YOU'RE IN HIGH SCHOOL, YOU KNOW, UM, UM, AND I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THE STATE'S GOTTA CONTEND WITH ON THE SCREEN TIME PIECE BECAUSE A LOT OF TEXTBOOKS AND ALL THAT SORT OF THING ARE ONLINE NOW, YOU KNOW, WHERE, WHERE THEY EXIST.
SO YES TO THE LEGISLATION QUESTION.
UM, YEAH, AND I THINK THAT, UH, WHY DON'T YOU, WE MENTIONED TALKING ABOUT GOING TO THE ED TECH MEETINGS.
I THINK ONE THING THAT WOULD BE VALUABLE, BECAUSE IT IS SUCH A, YOU KNOW, COMPLEX ISSUE THAT IF YOU LOOK AT IT JUST STRICTLY FROM THE ED TECH LENS, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO GO TO SOME OF THESE OTHER GROUPS THAT ARE JUST TECHNOLOGY FOCUSED.
SO YOU UNDERSTAND IT FROM THE EDUCATIONAL DOMAIN AS WELL AS THE TECHNOLOGY DOMAIN.
UM, I THINK EDUCATION IS, YOU KNOW, IS BEING IN CHARGE OF, YOU KNOW, YOUNG CHILDREN SHOULD ABSOLUTELY BE CAUTIOUS AND HESITANT, BUT TO SEE WHERE SOME OF THESE THINGS ARE GOING, THE ONLY THING IS THAT PEOPLE TALK ABOUT A LOT IS PRIVACY.
AND THERE THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF STORIES ABOUT, UM, I THINK SONY MUSIC IS SUING OPEN EVIDENCE OR ANTHROPIC FOR $150,000 PER SONG FOR COPY.
YOU KNOW, I MEAN, THERE'S JUST, THEY'VE STRIPPED A LOT OF VALUABLE IP AND THEY'VE TORN UP, YOU KNOW, OLD BOOKS AND THROWN 'EM INTO THE CHIPPERS MORE OR LESS.
BUT THERE ARE PROGRAMS OUT THERE THAT ARE VERY, UM, CONSIDERATE OF STUDENT DATA.
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SO WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT LIKE, I-READY, I-READY CAPTURES ALL THAT DATA AND IT'S CURRENTLY BEING SUED FOR, YOU KNOW, SELLING IT TO THIRD PARTIES.NOW, WHETHER OR NOT THE ALLEGATIONS ARE TRUE, THAT KIND OF STUFF HAS ALWAYS BEEN GOING ON.
WHAT'S SPECIAL ABOUT ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IS WHETHER OR NOT YOUR DATA GETS USED FOR TRAINING THE MODEL.
BUT CHAT, GPT, FOR EXAMPLE, HAS AN EDUCATION FOCUSED TOOL, UM, BUT IT IS NOT AN ED TECH TOOL, BUT IT BASICALLY IS PURPOSE BUILT TO BE USED IN A CLASSROOM AND IT DOESN'T TRAIN ON THE DATA.
SO I THINK EVEN IF YOU DON'T ROLL IT OUT IN ANY KIND OF PUBLIC WAY, TO START LOOKING AT THE MORE TECH CENTERED AND LESS ED TECH WOULD GIVE A LOT OF INSIGHT.
'CAUSE I THINK THAT'S, UM, GOING TO BE THE CHALLENGE TOO.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS ONLINE? I SEE MS. HAY IS STILL THERE.
MY, UH, QUESTIONS HAVE BEEN ASKED AND ANSWERED, SO THANK YOU.
UH, IS THERE A LEADING SOCIETY OUTSIDE OF THE US THAT IS REALLY MAKING PROGRESS IN TERMS OF INCULCATING THAT INTO THE EDUCATIONAL SYSTEMS, THAT BUSINESS SYSTEMS, THAT SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITY AS WELL, THAT WE MIGHT JUST BE ABLE TO TRY TO LIFT SOME OF APPROPRIATELY, LEGALLY, ETHICALLY, LIFT SOME OF THEIR, UH, INFORMATION OR GET, YOU KNOW, MAYBE AN EXCHANGE? UH, A LOT OF TIMES WE CAN LEAPFROG THAT.
I KNOW SOME OF THE THINGS THAT, UH, BECAME VERY PROMINENT STARTED IN SOME OF THE SCANDINAVIAN COUNTRIES, PRIMARILY BECAUSE THEY TEND TO BE SO MONOLITHIC AND IT'S EASIER TO GET A STANDARD STANDARDIZED GROUPING THAT THEY COMPARE IT AGAINST.
SO I'M NOT PUSHING THIS, JUST SUGGESTING THAT THAT MAY BE AN AREA TO QUESTION.
YES, MS. BORON, IN MY OPINION MM-HMM
THERE'S ONLY ONE COUNTRY THAT IS EVEN IN THE BALL IN THE SAME GAME WITH THE UNITED STATES, AND THAT'S CHINA.
AND CHINA HAS ABSOLUTELY INTEGRATED A ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE INTO K THROUGH 12 MM-HMM
AND BY THE TIME THEY GRADUATE HIGH SCHOOL, THEY ARE ALREADY BUILDING.
SO THEY, THE, THE CONCERN IS THAT IF, AND I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT BUFORT COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT, BUT IF, UH, ONE OF THE REASONS IT'S NOT VERY PREVALENT IN EUROPE IS BECAUSE OF MASSIVE OVERREGULATION.
SO IF WE HESITATE TOO MUCH, I THINK IT IS A PROBLEM BECAUSE WE WANNA BUILD, AND I JUST HAVE TO, UH, COLONEL GUY, I, I'VE MEANT TO MENTION THIS TO YOU EARLIER, BUT YOU KNOW, THE GAMING, UH, SPORTS, THE ESPORTS THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON, UM, THEY JUST HIRED 2000 AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS AND THEY SPECIFICALLY TARGETED VIDEO GAME PLAYERS BECAUSE REALLY AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL IS A SCREEN.
THE OTHER THING IS, IF YOU'VE SEEN ANY VIDEOS OF UKRAINIAN DRONES AND WHAT THEY'RE DEALING WITH, IT IS ALL GONNA BE VIDEO GAME PLAYERS.
SO I DO THINK THAT THAT WAR, I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANYTHING WE WANT TO COPY FROM CHINA.
WE DON'T EVEN WANNA OWN STUFF THAT CHINA'S SELLING TO US, RIGHT? WE, BUT WE ARE A DOMINANT PLAYER.
BUT IT IS IMPORTANT THAT WE DON'T TEACH THIS NEXT GENERATION THAT, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, ANYONE COULD HAVE COME ACROSS AND TOLD, TOLD YOU THAT ELECTRICITY WAS GONNA KILL PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, IF YOU'RE NOT SMART ABOUT IT, BUT YOU WOULDN'T GIVE UP THIS TOOL.
IT IS A TOOL ON THE LEVEL OF ELECTRICITY.
UM, AND SO I THINK IT IS INCUMBENT ON US AS A COMMUNITY AND THE EDUCATION, UH, PROCESS TO TEACH PEOPLE HOW TO HANDLE IT, NOT TO PRETEND IT DOESN'T EXIST AND BE AFRAID OF IT.
[Consent Agenda]
OKAY, MOVING TO THE CONSENT AGENDA CHAIR.MR. CHAIR, MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA.
IS THERE A SECOND? THANK YOU, DR.
ALL IN FAVOR? RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND, SAY AYE.
[Future Agenda Topics ]
MOVING RIGHT ALONG.MS. BOATWRIGHT, WOULD YOU LIKE TO CRAFT WHAT YOU SORT OF SPOKE ON BEFORE AS A FUTURE AGENDA TOPIC? I MEAN, I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR BACK FROM THE DISTRICT ABOUT HOW WE ARE ACTIVELY SOLICITING, UH, INPUT FROM, I'M, I'M PRIMARILY INTERESTED IN STUDENT AND FAMILIES, BUT ALSO BUSINESSES IN THE COMMUNITY ABOUT HOW THEY'RE USING IT.
I JUST WANNA CAPTURE, CAN YOU SAY AGAIN, UH, SOLICITING INPUT FROM STUDENTS, FAMILIES, STUDENTS FAMILIES, AND, UM, YOU KNOW, COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND BUSINESSES AS TO HOW THEY'RE USING IT NOW AND WHAT THEY ANTICIPATE NEEDING TO KNOW.
I MEAN, FIVE YEARS IS A REALLY LONG TIME HORIZON WITH THIS TECHNOLOGY, SO, YEP.
GU, ANYTHING FUTURE TOPICS? NO, BUT WE'RE STILL WORKING ON MY TOPIC.
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CO? NO.[Announcements ]
ANNOUNCEMENTS.I JUST HAVE, UH, YES, YOU NEED TO MAKE A CORRECTION TO THE POLICY.
UM, MEETING TOMORROW, I BELIEVE IN THE, UM, DILIGENT OR COMMUNITY AS IT IS NOW CALLED ONE PLACE.
IT SAYS IT'S AT 1:00 PM BUT ISN'T IT REALLY AT 5:00 PM? YES.
IT'S AT 5:00 PM IT NEEDS TO BE CORRECTED.
IT'S, I DON'T THINK IT WAS WHAT WAS SENT OUT TO THE PUBLIC, BUT IT'S IN HERE AS PART OF IT IS.
[Second Public Comments]
OKAY.SECOND PUBLIC COMMENTS AND I'M READING IT CORRECTLY THIS TIME.
UM, WE HAVE MS. ELIZABETH SCHREIBER, WHO IS GOING TO TALK ABOUT TRANSPORTATION THROUGH THE HERITAGE AT NEW RIVERSIDE COMMUNITY SAFETY, UH, H HE MCCRACKEN MIDDLE SCHOOL ISSUES.
SO IS SHE HERE MY TELEPHONE NUMBER FOR? OKAY.
THE NEXT IS, UH, MR. CO, MR. MILLER.
MR. MILLER'S GONNA TALK ABOUT THE VAN ON THE USS CALIFORNIA.
I WOULD LIKE TO TALK ABOUT THE BAN ON THE USS CALIFORNIA.
THE USS CALIFORNIA IS A BATTLESHIP THAT WAS LOST IN PEARL HARBOR, ALONG WITH OTHERS.
THE SURVIVING BAND HAD A, AT THAT POINT, ALL BATTLESHIPS HAD A BAND, AND THE SURVIVORS OF THAT BAND HAD A PIVOTAL PART IN CHANGING THE, THE COURSE OF, UH, THE PACIFIC, LET'S SAY, UH, WORLD WAR II PACIFIC AREA.
HOWEVER, I DON'T WANNA GO INTO THAT BECAUSE TOO MANY OTHER THINGS HAVE COME UP THAT I WANNA SPEAK TO YOU ABOUT.
AND ONE IS THE WHALE BENCH BAN THAT YOU JUST SAW.
I WAS ELATED TO HEAR HIM ANNOUNCE THAT THEY WERE GOING TO ATTEND THE STATE COMPETITION.
UH, THERE'S COMPETITION FOR HIGH, THAT STYLE OF MARCHING, AND FAR AS I'M CON NO, THIS WILL BE THE FIRST TIME THAT A BAND IN THAT STYLE OF MARCHING HAS, HAS APPLIED TO GO TO STATE AND I APPLAUD THEM.
I ALSO WANT TO GIVE KUDOS TO THAT BAND BECAUSE THEIR FEEDER PROGRAM, THE MIDDLE SCHOOL, BASICALLY HAS BEEN VOID OF, OF, UH, A BAND DIRECTOR FOR THE LAST COUPLE YEARS.
SO THEY HAVEN'T HAD THE GROWTH THAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT I'M SURE I'M, I'VE BEEN MADE AWARE OF OR HEARD, BUT I HAVEN'T TALKED WITH THAT.
UH, THINGS ARE CHANGING IN THE MIDDLE SCHOOL, SO THAT WILL PROCEED.
I'D ALSO LIKE TO ANNOUNCE THAT ON SEPTEMBER 12TH AT SIX O'CLOCK AT BUFORD HIGH, ALL BAND, ALL COUNTY BOUNDS ARE HAVING A, UH, A SHOWCASE LIKE THEY DID A YEAR AGO.
SOME OF YOU ATTENDED AND SOME OF YOU BROUGHT WATER TO ME.
IT WAS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DAY AND IT WAS VERY HOT.
HOPEFULLY AT SIX O'CLOCK YOU WON'T HAVE TO BRING A WATER JUG TO ME.
AND I'D LIKE FOR YOU TO ATTEND IF YOU COULD.
LAST YEAR YOUR ATTENDANCE WASN'T RECOGNIZED.
I'VE TRIED TO POINT THAT OUT TO DR.
CUTTING THE BAND DIRECTOR, AND I HOPE, UH, IF YOU'LL LET HIM KNOW YOU'RE ATTENDING, YOUR PRESENCE WILL BE,
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UH, RECOGNIZE AND I APPRECIATE, 'CAUSE I KNOW YOU WANT YOUR CONSTITUENT TO KNOW THAT YOU'RE SUPPORTING THE BAN.HI, IT'S PAM WISE AND MY TOPIC IS SCHOOL REZONING.
DR. RODRIGUEZ AND MEMBERS OF THE BEAUFORT COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION.
I'M A ROSE HILL RESIDENT IN THE PARENT OF TWO CHILDREN WHO HAVE ATTENDED OKT ELEMENTARY SINCE PRE-K.
I'M ALSO AN ACTIVE PTO MEMBER AND A SUBSTITUTE TEACHER AT THE SCHOOL.
BECAUSE OF THESE ROLES, I'VE SEEN OKT FROM EVERY ANGLE, NOT ONLY AS A PARENT, BUT ALSO BEHIND THE SCENES.
I SEE HOW HARD THE TEACHERS, STAFF, ADMINISTRATORS, AND FAMILIES WORK FOR OUR CHILDREN.
OKA T IS MORE THAN A SCHOOL BUILDING.
IT IS A CLOSE-KNIT COMMUNITY, A SUPPORT SYSTEM, AND AN EXTENSION OF OUR FAMILIES.
I'M ASKING YOU TO RECONSIDER ANY REZONING PLAN THAT WOULD REMOVE MORE THAN 200 STUDENTS FROM OKEE WHILE LEAVING THE SCHOOL WELL BELOW THE DISTRICT'S DESIRED CAPACITY.
MY DAUGHTER WILL ENTER FIFTH GRADE NEXT YEAR.
MOVING HER FOR HER FINAL ELEMENTARY YEAR WOULD SEPARATE HER FROM THE TEACHERS, FRIENDS, AND COMMUNITY.
MY SON HAS SENSORY PROCESSING CHALLENGES, CONSISTENCY, ROUTINE, AND TRUSTED RELATIONSHIPS ARE ESSENTIAL TO HIS SUCCESS.
HIS TEACHERS AND STAFF KNOW HIS NEEDS, RECOGNIZE HIS CUES, AND UNDERSTAND HOW TO SUPPORT HIM.
MOVING HIM WOULD NOT BE A SIMPLE CHANGE.
MY CONCERN EXTENDS TO EVERY SPECIAL EDUCATION STUDENT AT OKT.
THESE CHILDREN HAVE SPENT YEARS BUILDING TRUST WITH TEACHERS, PARAPROFESSIONALS, THERAPISTS, AND STAFF.
THOSE RELATIONSHIPS ARE AN IMPORTANT PART OF THEIR EDUCATION AND WELLBEING.
THEY CANNOT BE RECREATED OVERNIGHT AT ANOTHER SCHOOL.
PLEASE CONSIDER WHAT WILL BE IF THOSE TRUSTED RELATIONSHIPS ARE DISRUPTED AND PROTECT THE CONTINUITY FOR OUR MOST VULNERABLE CHILDREN.
I ALSO ASK THE BOARD TO EXPLAIN HOW INNER DISTRICT ENROLLMENT AND SCHOOL CHOICE WILL BE HANDLED.
WILL CHILDREN WHO LIVE OUTSIDE FOR COUNTY CONTINUE ATTENDING OUR SCHOOLS AFTER CHILDREN WHO LIVE HERE ARE REQUIRED TO LEAVE BECAUSE OF CAPACITY CONCERNS? IF REZONING CREATES OPEN SEAT TO OKEE, WILL THOSE SEATS THEN BE OFFERED THROUGH SCHOOL CHOICE? FAMILIES SHOULD NOT BE TOLD THEIR CHILDREN MUST LEAVE BECAUSE OF OVERCROWDING ONLY TO SEE THOSE SEATS FILLED BY STUDENTS WHO ARE NOT ZONED FOR OKA T OR WHO LIVE OR WHO LIVE OUTSIDE BEAUFORT COUNTY.
THESE POLICIES MUST MAKE SENSE TOGETHER, AND BEAUFORT COUNTY RESIDENTS SHOULD BE PRIORITIZED.
PLEASE DO NOT BREAK APART SOMETHING THAT IS WORKING, ESPECIALLY IF THE SCHOOL WILL REMAIN BELOW THE DESIRED CAPACITY.
PLEASE KEEP STUDENTS AT THE CENTER OF THIS DECISION.
GRANDFATHER, CURRENT STUDENTS PRIORITIZE BEAUFORT COUNTY RESIDENTS AND PROTECT CONTINUITY FOR SPECIAL EDUCATION STUDENTS.
PLEASE ALLOW OUR CHILDREN TO REMAIN AT THE SCHOOL THEY CALL HOME.
UH, MR. CHAIR? UM, I'M NOT COMMENTING ON THE COMMENT OR RESPONDING TO THE COMMENT.
I JUST WANTED TO REMIND THE COMMUNITY THAT WE WILL HAVE A PUBLIC SESSION ON THIS, UH, UH, SEPTEMBER 8TH AT BLUFFTON MIDDLE SCHOOL AT 6:00 PM UM, AND, UH, WE'LL HAVE STAFF THERE THAT CAN, UH, HELP, UH, ADDRESS CONCERNS.
I THINK THAT EXHAUSTS EVERYTHING PRIOR TO THE EXECUTIVE SET.
MR. SMITH, UH, BEFORE WE MOVE TO THE EXECUTIVE SESSION, UM, ACTUALLY I DO HAVE A TOPIC THAT I WANT TO, UH, THROW OUT THERE AS WELL.
UM, THE, THE, THE TIMES OF OUR MEETINGS, I'VE HAD SOME OF MY CONSTITUENTS SAY THAT AT FIVE O'CLOCK THEIR PEOPLE ARE JUST GETTING OFF AND THEY, AND THEN THEY, THEY, THEY'RE CONCERNED IN TERMS OF
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US STARTING THE MEETING AT FIVE O'CLOCK, UH, THE TIME OF THE MEETING.I THINK WE NEED THAT NEED TO BE DISCUSSED BECAUSE IF WE HAVE STAFF HERE THAT IS NOT GETTING OFF UNTIL FIVE O'CLOCK, THEN HOW IS THAT CONDUCIVE FOR PEOPLE WHO WANTS TO COME FROM WORK AND MAY WANT TO ATTEND A MEETING OR EVEN MAY WANT TO, UM, A A ADDRESS, ADDRESS THE BOARD.
SO, SO IT'S FIVE O'CLOCK IS, UH, THE COMMUNITY HAS, HAS CONCERNS WITH THAT TIME.
SO I, I THINK WE NEED TO HAVE A DISCUSSION ABOUT THAT.
SO I THINK YOU SAYING YOU WANTED TO CAPTURE THAT ON THE AGENDA TOPICS, WHICH WE'VE COVERED.
WE'LL ADD IT AND WE'LL MOVE, GET READY TO MOVE TO THE EXECUTIVE SESSION.
[Executive Session ]
MOTION TO MOVE TO EXECUTIVE SESSION.SECOND, WE HAVE TO READ WHAT THEY ARE.
I MOVE THAT THE BOARD OF EDUCATION GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION FOR THE PURPOSE OF DISCUSSION OF EMPLOYMENT MATTERS REGARDING PERSONAL RATIFICATION REPORT REPORT PURSUANT TO SOUTH CAROLINA CODE ANNOTATED SECTION 30 T FOUR TAX 70 A ONE RECEIPT OF LEGAL ADVICE RELATED PENDING LEGAL CA CLAIMS COVERED BY THE ATTORNEY-CLIENT PRIVILEGE PURSUANT TO SOUTH CAROLINA CODE ANNOTATED SECTION 30 T FOUR, T 70 A TWO, UH, QUESTION.
AND IT WILL BE ADVISED WELL, WE DON'T, HAVEN'T SECONDED.
AND FOR QUESTION, MOTION AND SECOND YES, YOUR QUESTION.
UH, AND FOR QUESTION, UH, WHO, WHO WILL BE ADVISING US ON, ON LEGAL, UH, ON, ON ANY LEGAL OR CLAIMS THAT ARE BEING MADE UNDER, ON, UH, SECTION 30 DASH FOUR DASH 78, MS. CARTILAGE? OKAY.
BE THE ONLY, UH, LEGAL, LEGAL, UH, IN THE EMPLOYEE MATTER TOO AS WELL.
RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND AND SAY AYE.
THANK YOU MS. OKAY, WE'RE MOVING INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION.