* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.
          [00:00:01]
          CLOSED CAPTIONING PROVIDED BY BEAUFORT COUNTY. 
          WE 
          [Call to Order]
CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER OF THE BEAUFORT COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION BEING HELD HERE AT HILTON HEAD ISLAND MIDDLE SCHOOL MEDIA CENTER, 55 WILLBORNE ROAD ON HILTON HEAD ISLAND, SOUTH CAROLINA. 
          IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE NEW SAFETY AND SECURITY GUIDELINES, BAGS, BACKPACKS, AND PURSES ARE PROHIBITED BY THE PUBLIC AT BEAUFORT COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION MEETING. 
          REQUEST TO PARTICIPATE IN PUBLIC COMMENTS VIA PHONE WILL BE ACCEPTED ELECTRONICALLY. 
          YOU CAN FIND THE BOE PUBLIC COMMENT FORM ON OUR WEBSITE, HTTPS SLASH SLASH 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. 
          REQUESTERS WILL RECEIVE A PUBLIC CALL DURING THEIR RESPECTIVE PUBLIC FORUM TIME AND SHOULD BE READY TO SPEAK. 
          YOU MAY ADDRESS THE BOARD FOR MAXIMUM THREE MINUTES ON ISSUES WITHIN THE BOARD'S DOMAIN. 
          THE FORUM WILL BE LIMITED TO 30 MINUTES. 
          CITIZENS DESIRING 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 OCTOBER 20TH, 2026 AGENDA. 
          THE BOARD WILL RECONVENE AT 6:00 PM ON OCTOBER 21ST, 2026, THE NEXT BUSINESS DAY TO FINISH THE AGENDA ITEMS. AND WITH THAT, WE CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER AGAIN. 
          AND IS THERE 
          [Approval of Agenda]
A MOTION FOR APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA? I MOVE. 
          THEY APPROVE OF THE AGENDA TO INCLUDE THE OPERATIONS COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION FOR THE BUFORT JASPER WATER AND SEWER ASSOCIATION, EASEMENT FROM A RIVER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND THE POLICY COMMITTEE'S RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE FIRST AND SECOND READING POLICIES OF THE AGENDA. 
          OKAY. 
          PROPERLY MOTION IS THERE SECOND? I'LL SECOND IT, BUT I THINK YOU SHOULD ALSO SAY WHICH POLICIES THOSE ARE FOR THE PUBLIC. 
          THAT WOULD BE GC FOUR, GC FIVE, OE ONE, AND UH, BSR TWO AND GC TWO. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          PROPERLY MOTION WAS IT? WAS IT SECOND? I? OKAY. 
          THANK YOU ALSO MM-HMM . 
          ON THE, UH, CONSENT AGENDA. 
          I WANTED TO PULL OFF SOMETHING, BUT ARE ARE WE, ARE WE, CAN WE GO OVER, UH, O-E-O-O-E THREE? IS IT? YEAH. 
          YEAH. 
          I WANT TO, UH, I WANNA PULL OFF OE THREE. 
          I'LL SET AN AGENDA. 
          OE THREE IS A TREATMENT OF STAKEHOLDERS. 
          SO TO PULL IT, UH, DID I READ IN THE POLICY MATERIALS THAT WERE GIVEN YESTERDAY OVER FOR THIS MEETING THAT IT REQUIRES A TWO THIRDS VOTE? NO, IT DOESN'T. 
          NO, IT DOESN'T. 
          1, 1, 1 PERSON BEFORE APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA. 
          YEAH. 
          OKAY. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          GUESS I JUST WANNA PULL IT OFF. 
          YES, MA'AM. 
          SO ARE WE TAKING ACTION ON THE ITEMS THAT ARE BEING ADDED TO THE AGENDA? THE EASEMENT? ARE WE VOTING ON IT? YES, WE ARE VOTING TO APPROVE THE EASEMENT. 
          AND IT HAS TO BE EXIGENT CIRCUMSTANCES TO PUT IT ON THE AGENDA. 
          IF IT'S AN ACTION ITEM, I DON'T MIND AT ALL PUTTING ON THE AGENDA, BUT I DON'T WANT, I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S IN THE EASEMENT. 
          AND I JUST WANNA BRING THAT UP FOR PUBLIC DISCUSSION BECAUSE IT NEEDS TO BE EXIGENT CIRCUMSTANCES AND A TWO THIRDS VOTE. 
          SO IF THERE'S AN ACTION ITEM THAT WE'RE ADDING THAT GOT LEFT OFF THE PUBLICLY POSTED AGENDA, WHICH I THINK IS WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, THEN WE HAVE TO HAVE A GOOD REASON FOR, UM, ADDING IT, THAT IT CAN'T BE PUSHED ON THE NEXT MEETING. 
          IT IS INCLUDED IN THE OPERATIONS COMMITTEE MATERIAL. 
          SO IF YOU GO THROUGH THE OPERATIONS COMMITTEE MATERIALS THAT ARE ADDED IN THERE, IT IS JUST NOT SPECIFICALLY PULLED OUT TO, TO BE LISTED AS A MOTION. 
          [00:05:01]
THAT'S, BUT I THOUGHT THAT IT'S, IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE PUSHED OUT AS, AS A MOTION SO THAT YOU KNOW THAT WE'RE COMING TO A VOTE ON THAT. 
          I BELIEVE THAT THAT WAS THE POINT. 
          THAT WAS THE POINT OF HAVING OF, OF HAVING THOSE, UH, THOSE, UM, MOTIONS IN. 
          ALSO, NORMALLY Y'ALL COULD PUT THOSE THINGS TO, TO, Y'ALL WOULD PUSH THOSE THINGS TO THE CONSENT AGENDA BECAUSE I'VE ATTENDED YOUR MEETINGS. 
          NORMALLY YOU WOULD PUSH THINGS TO THE CONSENT AGENDA THAT YOU'RE GONNA MAKE A MOTION ON. 
          AND THOSE THINGS ARE NOT ON THE CONSENT AGENDA. 
          THE, THE OE ARE ON THE CONSENT AGENDA, WHICH IS WHY THEY'RE THERE. 
          HOWEVER, IN THE, IF YOU TURN TO YOUR PACKET THAT YOU'VE GOT WITH YOU, YOU LOOK THE MATERIAL PROVIDED FOR THE OPERATIONS COMMITTEE MEETING IN THE MATERIAL THAT SPEAKS ABOUT THE, THE EASEMENT, THERE IS A MOTION FOR THE BOARD, FOR THE FULL BOARD. 
          IT IS IN THE MATERIAL. 
          OKAY. 
          OKAY. 
          OKAY. 
          IT'S JUST NOT PULLED OUT AND LISTED AS A MOTION SEPARATE FROM THE MATERIAL THAT'S THERE, BUT IT IS IN THE MATERIAL. 
          THAT IS TRUE. 
          UM, DID YOU SECOND DID SOMEONE SECOND? DID YOU OH, YOU, I'M SORRY. 
          SORRY. 
          SECOND. 
          OKAY. 
          PROPERLY MOTION. 
          AND SECOND. 
          ALL IN F IN FAVOR OF APPROVING THE AGENDA. 
          RAISE RIGHT HAND, SAY AYE. 
          AYE. 
          AYE. 
          OPPOSED? OKAY. 
          I THINK IT PASSES ELIZABETH ONLINE. 
          AYE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          MS. HAY PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. 
          OKAY. 
          YOU WILL 
          [Pledge of Allegiance, Moment of Silence, Statement of Media Notification]
JOIN. 
          IN A PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE AND A MOMENT OF SILENCE, I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS. 
          STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. 
          FOR THE MOMENT OF SILENCE, I'D LIKE TO READ ABOUT MS UH MYRA, ANITA PARKER, AFFECTIONATELY KNOWN AS ANITA. 
          SHE WORKED FOR 37 YEARS WITH BEAUFORT COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT. 
          THANK YOU, SIR. 
          AS A SPEECH THERAPIST, GUIDANCE COUNSELOR, SPECIAL EDUCATION COORDINATOR, DISTRICT SUPERVISOR OF TEACHER EVALUATION AND DIRECTOR OF SPECIAL EDUCATION FOR BEAUFORT COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT. 
          SHE LATER SERVES AS THE ADEPT EDUCATION ASSOCIATE ASSOCIATE TWO WITH THE SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION AND CONTRIBUTING TO STATEWIDE EDUCATION, EVALUATION AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT. 
          MS. ANITA PASSED AWAY ON OCTOBER THE EIGHTH. 
          THANK YOU ALL. 
          OKAY. 
          ON THE CHAIR'S REPORT, JUST WANT TO FIRST PUBLIC COMMENTS. 
          OH, FIRST . 
          OH. 
          AND STATEMENT OF MEDIA NOTIFICATION. 
          THANK YOU. 
          FEEL FREE TO THROW A ROCK OVER HERE. 
          WAKE ME UP. 
          OKAY. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          FIRST PUBLIC COMMENTS. 
          THERE ARE NONE. 
          THE SOLE, UH, PERSON WHO WANTS TO DO IT WANTS TO DO IT AT THE SECOND SESSION, SO THAT'S FINE. 
          THE CHAIR'S REPORT. 
          [Chair’s Report]
THERE ARE A COUPLE OF THINGS WE WANT TO DISCUSS AND JUST SHARE. 
          UH, YOU WILL SEE THROUGH TODAY'S DISCUSSION AND BOARD MEETING, THERE'S VOLUMINOUS PRESENTATIONS ON THE PERFORMANCE OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. 
          IT IS VERY PLEASANT TO SEE. 
          YOU ALSO WILL SEE SOME OF THE DISCUSSIONS ABOUT THE GRADING LEVELS OFFERED BY THE STATE. 
          I THINK THAT GIVES SOME CLARITY TO THE INFORMATION. 
          THERE ALSO ARE SOME WONDERFUL THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING IN THE DISTRICT, UH, RELATIVE TO THE ACADEMIC REPORTS THAT YOU'RE GOING TO SEE AND THE PROGRESS THAT HAS BEEN MADE. 
          AND SO VERY PLEASED ABOUT THAT. 
          UH, WHAT WE ARE ACTUALLY SEEING, UH, IN TERMS OF COMPLETION, FINANCIALS, OPERATIONS, ACADEMICS AND POLICY. 
          SO IN ORDER TO MOVE FORWARD, I JUST WANT TO CONGRATULATE ALL THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS, THE BOARD MEMBERS, THE STAFF WHO HAVE WORKED SO DILIGENTLY ON THESE PARTICULAR EFFORTS. 
          UH, THERE'S A, A STACK OF PAPERS ABOUT EIGHT INCHES HIGH THAT HAVE BEEN PRODUCED, BUT I WENT THROUGH THEM. 
          THERE'S A LOT OF PHENOMENAL INFORMATION THAT'S INCLUDED AND I APPRECIATE THE WORK AND JUST WANTED TO SHARE THAT. 
          OKAY. 
          AND JUST WANTED TO MAKE 
          [Student Performance]
A REQUEST. 
          UM, WE HAVE STUDENTS HERE FOR THE STUDENT PERFORMANCE AND, UH, THEY'VE GOT, SOME OF THEM HAVE SOME SOCCER PRACTICES AND THINGS ARE HEADED TO, WOULD IT BE POSSIBLE TO BRING THEM IN RIGHT NOW AND LET THEM DO THEIR, OKAY. 
          ABSOLUTELY. 
          DR. 
          STRADDLES, WOULD YOU, WOULD YOU BRING THEM IN 
          [00:10:26]
AS OUR, UH, STUDENTS ARE, ARE WORKING THEIR WAY UP FRONT HERE, I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE, UH, SEAN NIK, WHO, UH, YOU'D BE WILLING TO SAY, UH, A FEW WORDS ABOUT, ABOUT YOUR STUDENTS AND, UH, AND KICK US OFF THIS EVENING. 
          I AM SEAN. 
          I TEACH PENN HIGH SCHOOL. 
          I TEACH INSTRUMENTAL CHOIR AND PIANO. 
          I STUDIED PIANO AND COMPOSITION, AND I ALSO TEACH, AMONG ALL MY CLASSES ARE MY GUITAR CLASS, GUITAR ONE AND TWO. 
          AND WE'RE FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO HAVE A HIGH POPULATION OF SPANISH SPEAKING STUDENTS AT OUR SCHOOL THAT BRING A LOT OF, A LOT OF THEIR CULTURE TO OUR SCHOOL. 
          ONE OF THE INTERESTING THINGS I'VE FOUND IS THAT A LOT OF THESE GUYS ARE VERY COMFORTABLE PERFORMING AS THEY WOULD WITH THEIR OWN FAMILIES, VERY COMFORTABLE IN THE PERFORMING SITUATIONS. 
          UH, AND A LOT OF THE GUYS START VERY YOUNG. 
          WE HAVE A LOT OF KIDS FROM SOUTH AMERICA MAKING YOUR SPACE MEXICO. 
          THIS IS, UH,  AND GIOVANNI. 
          AND, UH, THEY, THEY'RE GONNA PLAY A STYLE FROM MEXICO CALLED RITOS, WHICH INVOLVES A LOT OF INTRICATE, UH, GUITAR PASSAGES AND VERY CATCH YOUR MUSIC. 
          HOPEFULLY YOU GUYS WILL ENJOY IT. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          THANK YOU. 
          [00:15:08]
THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH. 
          THANK YOU. 
          WE'LL SEE YOU ON TV. 
          WE ARE SURE PERFORMING. 
          DON'T HURT YOUR HANDS, . 
          OKAY. 
          MOVING 
          [Board Business Action]
TO THE NEXT ITEM BOARD BUSINESS MEETING START TIMES. 
          THAT WAS ASKED AS A TOPIC, BUT WE GOT, WE DON'T HAVE ANY DETAILS ABOUT WHAT THE REQUEST WAS, SO WE'D LIKE TO HAVE A DISCUSSION IF THAT'S WHAT IS DESIRED, UH, HERE BOARD BUSINESS ACTION. 
          YES. 
          YES. 
          SO I, I, I ACTUALLY, UM, THE, THE, THE BOARD MEETINGS STARTING AT FIVE O'CLOCK. 
          UM, I'VE HAD SEVERAL PEOPLE HAVE ASKED ME, DO WE REALLY WANT PEOPLE TO COME TO OUR BOARD MEETINGS? BEING THAT THEY START AT FIVE O'CLOCK. 
          THEY SAID, WELL, LISTEN, THE GENERAL PEOPLE, GENERAL PEOPLE OR PARENTS DON'T GET OFF AT FIVE O'CLOCK. 
          SO THEY WERE SAYING, WELL, HOW ARE WE, HOW, HOW ARE WE HAVING THESE MEETINGS AT FIVE TO START AT FIVE O'CLOCK IN THE, IN THE WORKING CLASS ON MOTHERS WHO ACTUALLY HAVE A JOB, IS NOT ABLE TO COME TO BOARD MEETINGS? AND IT WAS LIKE, UH, EE EVEN, UH, BEING ABLE TO GET OFF THE TUNE. 
          THIS IS NOT FEASIBLE. 
          AND EVEN, AND THEY WERE LIKE, THE QUESTION IS, DO WE REALLY WANT PEOPLE TO COME? SO I THINK THAT'S, THAT, THAT IS, THAT IS A VALID QUESTION. 
          AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE REALLY NEED TO, UH, TO, TO HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT. 
          BECAUSE WE USED TO START BOARD MEETINGS AT SIX, AT SIX O'CLOCK VERSUS FIVE O'CLOCK, I THINK FIVE O'CLOCK RESPECTFULLY USED TO BE OUR EXECUTIVE SESSION TIME. 
          AND, UH, WE WOULD NORMALLY START THE ACTUAL MEETING, GIVE PARENTS TIME, GIVING, GIVING PARENTS THE TIME TO ACTUALLY GET OFF AND HAVING, HAVING A LOW WINDOW TO GET TO THE MEETINGS. 
          SO STARTING AT AT FIVE, AT AT FIVE O'CLOCK, DEFINITELY, UH, BRING CONCERNS TO PARENTS AND THE QUESTIONS AROUND US. 
          DO WE WANT PEOPLE OR DO WE WANT PARENTS AND THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO COME TO OUR MEETINGS? SO I-I-I-I-I, I HAVE A CONCERN WITH THAT. 
          OKAY. 
          SO IT'S BEEN PRESENTED IN TERMS OF WHAT YOU WANTED TO DISCUSS. 
          ANY BOARD MEMBERS HAVE ANY FEEDBACK, GUIDANCE, INSIGHTS? YEAH, I'M, I'M NOT SAYING THAT IT'S NOT A VALID THING, BUT, UH, FOR THE LAST FOUR YEARS, UH, AT EVERY EMAIL THAT I'VE GOTTEN FROM A PARENT AND A PHONE CALL FROM A PARENT, NEVER ONCE HAS ANYBODY SAID ANYTHING. 
          I KNOW PREVIOUSLY WE DIDN'T. 
          WE STARTED AT, AT AT SIX, WHICH YOU ALREADY SAID, BUT FOR THE LAST YEAR THAT WE'VE BEEN DOING THIS, I'VE NOT HAD ONE EMAIL OR A PHONE CALL, UH, SAYING I'M, I'M JUST SAYING FROM MY, MY CONSTITUENTS. 
          SO, UM, MAYBE SOME PARENTS, BUT NOBODY IN MY, MY DISTRICT HAS CON CONTACTED ME. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          ANY OTHERS? MS. BOATWRIGHT, MS. HAY, DR. 
          GU? I WOULD SAY DITTO TO VICTOR. 
          I'VE NEVER BEEN CONTACTED ABOUT THE START TIME OF FIVE O'CLOCK BEING, UH, NOT GOOD. 
          OKAY. 
          I'M COMFORTABLE WITH THE CURRENT STRUCTURE OF OUR MEETINGS. 
          COLONEL . 
          WELL, YEAH, I MEAN, I MEAN, AND, AND ALSO, UH, JUST INSTANCE, LIKE I SAID, I'VE HAD FROM MY CONSTITUENTS, MY, MY CONSTITUENTS ARE VERY VOCAL AND THEY HAVE, I, THEY HAVE SAID, YOU KNOW, UM, HOW DO YOU EXPECT FOR US TO GET OUT TO BRING, COME, BRING IN ACTUAL SATIONAL, BE TO THE MEETING ON TIME IF YOU ARE ASSIGNED THE MEETINGS AT FIVE O'CLOCK? AND, YOU KNOW, AT ONE POINT IN TIME IT WAS DIFFERENT WHEN WE WERE STARTING EXECUTIVE SESSION AT FIVE AND, AND HAVING COMING BACK OUT TO THE MEETING AT SIX. 
          AND THERE HAVE BEEN A COUPLE TIMES WHERE PARENTS HAVE, THEY WERE USED TO THAT SCHEDULE AND THEY HAVE CAME AND WE HAVE BEEN, BEEN PAST THAT TIME. 
          SO THEREFORE WE HAVE CERTAIN TIMES THAT PARENTS ARE ABLE TO, TO, UH, TO BASICALLY, UM, TALK TO THE BOARD. 
          BUT ALL ALONGSIDE OF THAT IN TERMS OF PEOPLE WANTING TO COME OUT TO THE MEETING. 
          SO THAT'S JUST, I JUST WANNA PUT, I MEAN, BECAUSE COUNTY COUNCIL, THEY START THEIR MEETING AT SET SIX AS AS WELL, I BELIEVE. 
          UM, AND I JUST THINK THAT THAT'S A RESPECTABLE TIME TO START OUR MEETING TO BE ABLE TO GET OUT TO OUR CONSTITUENTS. 
          FIVE O'CLOCK PEOPLE ARE STILL WORKING. 
          IF WE REALLY WANT PEOPLE TO COME OUT, THEN I, ONCE I, I JUST POSED A QUESTION, I'D BE DONE WITH IT. 
          YOU KNOW, DO WE WANT, UH, DO WE WANNA ENGAGE OUR COMMUNITY OR NOT? UH, COM ENGAGEMENT TIME IS SIX O'CLOCK, NOT FIVE O'CLOCK WHEN PEOPLE ARE STILL AT WORK. 
          I'LL JUST LEAVE IT THERE. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU MR. SMITH. 
          YES, SIR. 
          ALRIGHT, MOVING ON TO COMMITTEE REPORTS. 
          SURE. 
          YES. 
          MM-HMM . 
          UM, OE THREE TREATMENT OF STAKEHOLDERS WAS PULLED OFF A CONSENT AGENDA, WHICH MEANS IT WOULD LAND IN BOARD BUSINESS. 
          OKAY. 
          SO I THINK THAT WOULD BE THE NEXT ITEM THAT I THINK Y'ALL NEED TO TAKE ON. 
          WHO HAS THAT? I, YEAH. 
          BOARD BUSINESS. 
          UM, THAT'S MY FAULT. 
          I SHOULD HAVE CAUGHT THAT. 
          UM, SO, UH, MR. SMAIL TO GIVE YOU THE FLOOR, YOU'RE THE ONE WHO PULLED IT. 
          GOOD EVENING. 
          BOARD MEMBERS. 
          SO OE THREE 
          [00:20:01]
TREATMENT OF STAKEHOLDERS, UM, IS THAT THE SUPERINTENDENT SHALL MAINTAIN JUST, UH, YEAH, GO AHEAD. 
          IS THERE ANY REASON THAT YOU WANT DISCUSS OR, UH, I JUST GO AHEAD AND LET HER IN, AND IF SHE DOESN'T NEED, THEN I JUST GO AHEAD AND BASICALLY GO AHEAD. 
          SO YEAH, I WAS JUST GONNA READ WHAT THE OE IS AND THEN, UM, ASK YOU MR. SMITH, IF YOU HAD ANY SPECIFIC QUESTIONS, UM, SINCE YOU WERE IN OPERATIONS AND YOU HEARD IT PRESENTED THERE. 
          UM, JUST FOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC THOUGH, IT'S THAT THE SUPERINTENDENT SHALL MAINTAIN AN ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE THAT TREATS ALL PEOPLE, INCLUDING PARENTS, CITIZENS, AND STAFF WITH DIGNITY, RESPECT, AND COURTESY. 
          RIGHT? AND, AND SO WITH THAT, THE REASON WHY I PULLED THAT, THAT OE OUT IS BECAUSE PEOPLE WERE, WERE ASKING ME, UH, DIFFERENT, UH, QUESTIONS IN TERMS, IN TERMS IN TERMS OF STAKEHOLDERS. 
          AND I SAID THAT I WAS TELLING PEOPLE THAT WE ACTUALLY HAD JUST WENT OVER THE OE THAT TALKS ABOUT THIS TO HOW WE ENGAGE STAKEHOLDERS AND HOW ALSO HOW WE, UH, IN TERMS ALLOW THEM TO INTERACT IN, IN TERMS OF, UH, STAFF MEMBERS AS WELL, AS WELL AS COMMUNITY. 
          'CAUSE DOES NOT ALWAYS, UH, DOES NOT ALWAYS TALK ABOUT AN ENGAGEMENT IN COMMUNITY MEMBERS AS WELL. 
          YES. 
          SO WE HAVE OUR BCSD CONNECTED WEBSITE WHERE WE GET FEEDBACK FROM COMMUNITY MEMBERS, FROM PARENTS AND FROM STAFF AS WELL. 
          UM, AND ALSO WITH MS. WALTON AND MS. COPELAND IN MY DEPARTMENT, WE'VE REALLY INCREASED EMPLOYEE COMMUNICATIONS. 
          WE HAVE OUR DISTRICT NEWSLETTER, A REVAMPED INTRANET. 
          WE ALSO, UM, FOR THE COMMUNITY HAVE A NEWSLETTER THAT, UM, IS GOING OUT TO COMMUNITY MEMBERS NOW IF PEOPLE WOULD LIKE TO SIGN UP. 
          AND WE ALSO HAVE A PARENT NEWSLETTER THAT IS NEW THIS YEAR AS WELL, . 
          AND, AND, AND, AND WITH, WITH THAT BEING SAID, I, I, I, I DID, I DID GIVE THE, GIVE SOME, UH, SOME INFORMATION THOUGH. 
          I SAID THAT ACTUALLY I SAID THAT NOW AFTER WE, WE, UH, REBRANDED THAT LONG AGO, AND WE HAVE, HAVE HAD SEVERAL DIFFERENT FORMS OF HOW WE ARE ENGAGED IN THE COMMUNITY AND HOW WE GET INFORMATION OUT TO COMMUNITIES. 
          AND, UH, AND, AND THEY WERE JUST ASKING WHAT SOME OF THOSE, UH, WHAT SOME OF HOW, WHAT SOME OF THOSE AVENUES WERE IN TERMS OF READY OF VEHICLES THAT WE GET THE INFORMATION OUT TO THE COMMUNITY. 
          AND SO THAT WAS KIND OF REALLY, THAT'S JUST A, SO YOU CAN JUST KIND OF, YOU COULD JUST TELL HER WHAT THOSE, WHAT THOSE, WHAT THOSE VEHICLES ARE IN TERMS OF HOW WE GET INFORMATION OUT. 
          BECAUSE I WILL REFER BACK TO THIS MOMENT RIGHT HERE WHEN I'M DEALING WITH PEOPLE, SO THAT THEREFORE I'M NOT HALF DOING IT BECAUSE I KNOW THAT YOU KNOW IT. 
          AND I MUST COMMEND YOU THAT YOU, I I DO GIVE OUR, UH, INFORMATION AND IN TERMS OF H HOW WE, HOW WE COMMUNICATE IN DIFFERENT VEHICLES THAT WE USE TO INFORM OUR, OUR PARENTS AND STUDENTS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS OF WHAT WE HAVE GOING ON. 
          SURE. 
          SO IN, IN ADDITION TO THE THINGS THAT I JUST MENTIONED, UM, WE ALSO HAVE INSERTS, UM, IN THE BLUFFTON SUN WE HAVE, UM, IN THE ISLAND NEWS, THINGS LIKE THAT. 
          UM, WE, DR. RODRIGUEZ SPEAKS AT NUMEROUS EVENTS AROUND TOWN AS WELL. 
          UM, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO, UM, POINT OUT AS WELL, MOLLY MERCADO, WHO USED TO WORK AS A BOARD ASSISTANT, SHE'S OUR GRAPHICS PERSON NOW. 
          AND SHE'S DONE A WONDERFUL JOB IN CREATING A LOT OF PRINT MATERIALS, UM, THAT PEOPLE LIKE YOU, MR. SMITH, HAVE BEEN TAKING AROUND AND GIVING OUT. 
          AND I, I THINK THAT'S AN IMPORTANT ADDITION THAT WE MADE THIS YEAR. 
          UM, WE COMMUNICATE ONLINE, OBVIOUSLY ON SOCIAL MEDIA. 
          WE HAVE RON LOPES VIDEOS, BUT I THINK A LOT OF, UM, PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY STILL LIKE HAVING SOMETHING IN THEIR HAND. 
          AND I THINK WE'VE DONE A REALLY GOOD JOB OF, UM, PRODUCING THOSE PIECES AS WELL. 
          AND, UM, I WILL ALSO SAY THAT FOR, IN ADDITION TO OUR BRANDING FOR THE DISTRICT, WE HAVE OUR GO PUBLIC CAMPAIGN. 
          MOLLY MERCADO HAS ALSO BEEN WONDERFUL IN GETTING SOME CONSISTENT BRANDING FOR THE SCHOOLS AS WELL. 
          SO NOT ONLY ARE WE GETTING OUT INFORMATION TO THE COMMUNITY AND FAMILIES, UM, WE ARE ALSO MAKING SURE THAT IT'S ALIGNED WITH OUR BRANDING AS WELL. 
          AND, AND ALSO OUR, AND ALSO SCHOOLS HAVE, UH, THEIR FACEBOOK PAGES TOO THAT GIVES OUT INFORM OR EXCUSE, I GUESS I SHOULD, YEAH, FACEBOOK ALSO SCHOOLS HAVE THEIR FACEBOOK PAGES TOO, AS WELL AS ANOTHER FORM OF GIVING OUT, UH, INFORMATION AS, AS, UH, PARENT IS, UH, PARENTS SQUARE. 
          YES. 
          MOST DEFINITELY. 
          YES. 
          AND OUR PARENTS SQUARE IS UM, HAS TWO-WAY COMMUNICATIONS NOW, AND IT'S, UM, VERY GOOD FOR PARENTS TO HAVE A SINGLE SOURCE OF INFORMATION. 
          AND THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT THE BOARD HAD WANTED FOR QUITE SOME TIME. 
          SO WE WERE HAPPY TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT THIS YEAR. 
          WOW. 
          THAT IT WAS, IT WAS MORE OF AN, OF AN IN INFORMAL, BECAUSE I'VE HAD THAT QUESTION AND BEING IN MEETING SEVERAL QUESTIONS, I HAVE BEEN ASKED, WELL, HOW DO, HOW ARE Y'ALL GETTING TOWARDS PARENTS AND HOW Y'ALL GETTING TO THE COMMUNITY? SO I TOLD HIM, ACTUALLY, WE JUST ACTUALLY, WE JUST WENT OVER THAT. 
          SO I ASKED, ASKED HER TO, UH, FOR YOU TO JUST KIND OF REGIVE THE INFORMATION THAT YOU GAVE AT THE COMMITTEE MEETING SO THAT PARENTS CAN, THEY CAN LOOK AT THIS TAPE AND SEE HOW THEY'RE BEING INFORMED AND UH, THEY CAN GET IT RIGHT, RIGHT OUT, RIGHT OUT. 
          Y THE COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR VERSUS ME SECONDHAND. 
          NO, THANK YOU. 
          I APPRECIATE YOU GETTING THAT OUT. 
          I THINK WE'VE DONE A REALLY GOOD JOB AND WE'RE EXCITED. 
          UM, WE HAVE A LOT OF GOOD STORIES TO TELL FOR THE DISTRICT, SO WE'RE VERY FORTUNATE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK 
          [00:25:01]
YOU. 
          ANY OTHER COMMENTS? YES, DR. 
          GUS? NO. 
          UH, DO YOU HAVE ANY MORE QUESTIONS? OH, NO, THAT'S IT. 
          OKAY. 
          I MOVE TO ACCEPT OPERATIONAL EXPECTATIONS. 
          THREE. 
          TREATMENT OF STAKEHOLDERS. 
          SECOND. 
          THAT MOTION. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          IT'S BEEN PROPERLY MOTION BY DR. 
          GU AND SECOND BY MR. SMITH. 
          ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. 
          AYE. 
          AYE. 
          OPPOSED? OKAY. 
          PASSES. 
          EIGHT ZERO. 
          ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. 
          ALRIGHT, NOW 
          [Committee Reports]
MOVING TO COMMITTEE REPORTS. 
          ACADEMICS, SIR. 
          THANK YOU MR. CHAIR. 
          UH, THE ACADEMIC COMMITTEE MET ON OCTOBER 12TH. 
          OPERATIONAL EXPECTATIONS 12 AND 13 WERE PRESENTED. 
          THE COMMITTEE AGREED TO BRING OE 12 TO THE FULL BOARD. 
          ADDITIONALLY, ARS SS 26 WEAPONS IN SCHOOLS AND SS 39 SUSPENSION, EXPULSION AND ALTERNATIVE PROGRAM ASSIGNMENT OF STUDENTS WAS PRESENTED. 
          I HAVE A MOTION I MOVE THAT THE BEAUFORT COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD OF EDUCATION APPROVE THE INSTRUCTIONAL SERVICES OPERATIONAL EXPECTATION. 
          12. 
          OKAY. 
          IT'S BEEN PROPERLY MOTIONED BY DR. 
          CARS. 
          SECOND BY MS. BOATRIGHT. 
          ALL IN FAVOR. 
          READY TO VOTE. 
          RAISE YOUR RIGHT HANDS. 
          AYE. 
          AYE. 
          OPPOSED? PASSES. 
          EIGHT ZERO. 
          I AM DONE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          OKAY. 
          OPERATIONS, SIR. 
          PRESENTATION, ARE YOU DOING THE PRESENTATION? WHO IS, WHO IS THE OWNER OF OE 12? STRADDLE. 
          STRADDLES. 
          OH, SORRY, DOCTOR. 
          YES SIR. 
          IS THERE A PRESENTATION, MA'AM? IT WAS ALREADY, YEAH, IT WAS ALREADY, IT WAS ALREADY GIVEN AT ACADEMICS. 
          YEAH. 
          YEAH. 
          AT ACADEMICS, YES. 
          AND HERE IT'S ACCEPTED TO THE SECOND PRESENTATION. 
          CAN I, CAN I SPEAK? I DON'T, YEAH. 
          YEAH. 
          DR. 
          UM, MS. BO. 
          RIGHT. 
          WE TALKED ABOUT THIS FOR A MINUTE. 
          ACADEMIC COMMITTEE AND IT'S JUST THE, UH, SIZE OF THE PRESENTATION WAS LARGE, WHICH, UM, I, I DON'T HAVE THE VISUAL AID OF THE BINDER OF 400 PAGES. 
          . 
          I THINK IT WAS SOME DISCUSSION OF WANTING TO MAKE SURE, AND THIS TIES INTO THE REPORT CARD, WHICH, UM, WAS WE HAD GREAT RESULTS WITH THIS, UH, SC REPORT CARD WE BREADTH OF WHAT THAT OE IS. 
          THE OTHER THING I THINK THAT'S WORTH MENTIONING, UM, ON A MONITORING REPORT, I THINK A SUMMARY IS GOOD, WHICH YOU DID DO. 
          UM, BUT I BASICALLY, WE TALKED ABOUT MAYBE HAVING A, GIVING THE PUBLIC A SENSE OF HOW ALL THE THINGS THAT YOU'RE DOING, 450 PAGES OF EVIDENCE OF THIS OE AND THEN ALSO TO LOOKING AT THE 17 SUBSECTIONS OF THE OE. 
          AND I'M NOT SURE IF THIS WOULD BE AN ACADEMICS COMMITTEE OR A POLICY COMMITTEE, BUT MAYBE WE NEED TO LOOK AT THOSE AND KIND OF TRIM THOSE UP. 
          I THINK 17 SUBSECTIONS, SOME OF WHICH IN MY OPINION WERE SUPER REDUNDANT, UM, MIGHT BE A WORTHWHILE THING BECAUSE THAT WAS QUITE A PRESENTATION YOU GAVE AND YOU REALLY ONLY SCRATCHED THE SURFACE OF WHAT WAS PRESENTED IN, IN THAT BINDER. 
          SO I DO NOT THINK WE NEED TO GO THROUGH THE WHOLE PRESENTATION AGAIN. 
          I THINK, UM, HAVING IT, THE MATERIALS THERE WHERE THE PUBLIC CAN SEE IT, BUT ALSO I THINK INTERNALLY AT THE NEXT ACADEMIC COMMITTEE, WE CAN TALK ABOUT MAYBE TIGHTENING THIS UP SO THAT WE DON'T NEED A 400 PAGE MONITORING REPORT. 
          'CAUSE I DO THINK THE DISTRICT DOES A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT, BUT WE DON'T HAVE TO HAVE ALL OF THAT. 
          'CAUSE FULL DISCLOSURE, I DID NOT READ ALL 400 PAGES, BUT THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU MRS. BOW. 
          RIGHT. 
          OKAY. 
          OKAY. 
          SO YOU'RE, YOU, YOU'RE SAYING THAT, UM, SHE DOESN'T SPEAK TO HER AT ALL, IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE SAYING? WE JUST VOTED TO ACCEPT IT, RIGHT? YES. 
          SO THEN I DON'T THINK WE NEED TO DO ANYMORE. 
          OKAY. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          OPERATIONS. 
          THANK YOU MR. CHAIR. 
          UH, WE GOT A LITTLE BIT TO COVER HERE. 
          UM, FIRST UP WAS OUR REVIEW OF AR FOR HUMAN RESOURCES. 
          AR THREE CLARIFIES, UH, PARENTAL RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITY CLARIFIES REGARDLESS OF CUSTODY STATUS. 
          BOTH PARENTS HAVE EQUAL RIGHTS TO THE CHILD EDUCATIONAL RECORDS. 
          NOW THESE ARE AR SO THERE'S NO MOTION NEEDED. 
          IT'S JUST INFORMATIONAL HR 16 STAFF LEAVE AND ABSENCES. 
          NEW HIRES, UH, MAY LEAVE, MAY HAVE LEAVE DAYS ADVANCED TO THEM BEFORE THE DAYS ARE EARNED. 
          ADVANCED MAY NOT ADVANCE, LEAVE DAYS, MAY NOT EXCEED THE MAXIMUM LEAVE FOR THE, THE YEAR THAT THEY WOULD EARN THEM. 
          SICK LEAVE CAN ONLY BE USED IN HALF INCREMENTS. 
          PARENTAL LEAVES APPLIES IN CASES OF STILLBIRTH. 
          AND DEFINITION OF IMMEDIATE FAMILY MEMBER NOW INCLUDES DOMESTIC PARTNERS. 
          UH, HR S3 AND HRS TWO BOTH 
          [00:30:01]
ADD LANGUAGE PROHIBITING ANYBODY FROM KNOWINGLY FABRICATING OR MAKING A MISLEADING STATEMENT THAT ALLEGES A CRIME THREAT OR VIOLATION. 
          UH, AND THE TWO POLICIES HANDLE THE, UH, THE REPERCUSSIONS DIFFERENTLY. 
          UM, HR S3, UM, IT'S, UH, VIOLATIONS BE HANDLED UNDER THE STUDENT OR EMPLOYEE HANDBOOK. 
          UM, IN THE CONSENT AGENDA WE HAVE, WELL, WE REVIEWED OE ONE. 
          UH, WE JUST SPOKE ABOUT OE THREE OE SEVEN ASSET PROTECTION, UH, REPORTS TO THE BOARD, UH, AND, UH, WHICH INCLUDES REPORTS TO THE BOARD AND TO THE SCHOOL BOARD. 
          INSURANCE TRUST. 
          OET WAS COMMUNICATION WITH THE BOARD. 
          OE 11, COMMUNICATING WITH THE PUBLIC AND ALSO IS THE THIRD QUARTER FOIA REPORT. 
          FOIA REPORT FOR CONSTRUCTION UPDATE. 
          ALL MONTHLY PROJECTS UPDATES REPORT GREEN FOR BUDGET AND SCHEDULE, EXCEPT ONE THING. 
          THE PALMETTO EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER REPORTS YELLOW FOR BUDGET BECAUSE THE GENERAL MAXIMUM OR THE GUARANTEE MAXIMUM PRICE CAME IN OVER BUDGET. 
          HOWEVER, THE CONSTRUCTION TEAM IS DILIGENTLY, UH, EVALUATING THE OPTIONS TO BRING THE PROJECT BACK WITHIN BUDGET FOR OUR 2023 REFERENDUM. 
          UH, FINANCIAL STATUS IS GREEN. 
          CURRENT REFERENDUM BUDGET IS 439 MILLION. 
          PAID COMMITTED FUNDS IS 376.3 MILLION, WHICH IS 85. 
          UH, JUST OVER OR JUST UNDER 86% OF THE TOTAL REFERENDUM. 
          REMAINING AVAILABLE FUNDS, INCLUDING CONTINGENCY, IS 62.7 MILLION OR 14, UH, AND 14%. 
          AND CHANGE PROGRAM CONTINGENCY REMAINING AS IN THE, AS OF THE END OF SEPTEMBER IS 6.1 MILLION, UH, WHICH IS, UH, 53.71% OF ORIGINAL CONTINGENCY CONTINGENCY ACTIVITY IN SEPTEMBER WAS 2,078,000 IN SAVINGS RETURNED. 
          AND 1.4 MILLION USED FOR A NET INCREASE OF $612,000 FOR 8% PROJECTS. 
          ALL PROJECTS REPORT GREEN FOR BUDGET AND SCHEDULE FOR MAINTENANCE AND CUSTODIAL ROUTINE MAINTENANCE AND CUSTODIAL OPERATIONS ARE ONGOING. 
          NO SIGNIFICANT ISSUES TO REPORT THERE. 
          AND FOR THE MAY RIVER ELEMENTARY EASEMENT REQUEST, BEAUFORT JASPER WATER AND SEWER AUTHORITY IS REQUESTING AN EASEMENT FOR ACCESS TO THE WATER AND SEWER LINES RUNNING FROM THE ROAD TO THE SCHOOL. 
          AND THAT IS THE MOTION I MOVE THAT THE BOARD OF EDUCATION APPROVE THE SUPERINTENDENT TO FINALIZE THE BEAUFORT JASPER WATER SEWER SEWER ASSOCIATION EASEMENT FOR MAY RIVER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. 
          I'LL SECOND. 
          OKAY. 
          PROPERLY MOTION BY THE SECRETARY AND SECOND BY DR. 
          WA. 
          ANY COMMENTS PREPARED TO VOTE? OKAY. 
          ALL IN FAVOR? RAISE YOUR HAND. 
          YOU DO. 
          AYE. 
          AYE. 
          AYE. 
          AYE. 
          DID YOU VOTE? AYE. 
          MR. SMITH? YES, HONOR. 
          OKAY. 
          AYE. 
          UH, OPPOSED? OKAY. 
          PASS THE UNANIMOUSLY. 
          UM, MS. HAY. 
          NO, SHE'S HERE. 
          ISAAC GORDON IS COUNCIL. 
          GORDON YOUR VOTE SIR? COUNCIL GORDON. 
          AYE. 
          OKAY. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          FOR A POLICY, WE'RE CONSTANTLY CHEWING THROUGH THINGS. 
          OUR LAST POLICY MEETING WAS, UH, I THOUGHT WRITER PRODUCTIVE. 
          UH, FIRST UP IS, UM, OUR FIRST READS FOR, UM, THE CHANGES TO POLICY GC FOUR OFFICER ROLL. 
          AND THIS IS THE FIRST READING AND, UH, GC FIVE, WHICH IS BOARD COMMITTEES. 
          SO, I'LL, UH, MAKE THE MOTION, HOPEFULLY GET A SECOND, AND THEN WE CAN OPEN FOR DISCUSSION IF ANYBODY HAS ANY. 
          I MOVE THAT THE BOARD OF EDUCATION ACCEPT THE CHANGES TO POLICY. 
          GC FOUR. 
          OFFICER ROLL FOR THE FIRST READING AND POLICY GC FIVE BOARD COMMITTEES FOR FIRST READING. 
          OKAY. 
          PROPERLY MOTION BY SECRETARY NAY, AND SECOND BY MS. HAY. 
          ANY DISCUSSIONS? YES, DR. 
          WAS FIRST, I WANNA THANK, UH, OUR CHAIRMAN OF POLICY, MR. NAY, AND I ALSO WANNA THANK THE UNDER COMMITTEE MEMBER, UH, MR. CARR, OR EXCUSE ME, DR. CARR. 
          WE HAVE A GREAT COMMITTEE. 
          , WE, UH, AS, UH, HAS BEEN SAID, WE TRY TO TURN THROUGH THESE THINGS. 
          THERE'S A, A COUPLE, UH, A, LET'S SEE HERE. 
          ONE THING I SEE AND I DIDN'T, THIS IS FIRST READING ON GC FIVE AND HAS BEEN BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION AND, AND I, UH, WE DID NOT DISCUSS THIS ACTUALLY DURING THE COMMITTEE MEETING. 
          I'M SORRY. 
          FORGET WHAT I JUST SAID. 
          NOW I DON'T NEED TO SPEAK. 
          IT'S ANOTHER ONE, NOT THIS ONE. 
          OKAY. 
          SO NO OTHER COMMENTS. 
          GC FOUR, OFFICER ROLLS AND GC FIVE BOARD COMMITTEE MOTION INTO MADE AND SECONDED. 
          IF THERE'S NO OTHER DISCUSSION, CALL THE VOTE. 
          AYE. 
           OH, OH. 
          CALL TO VOTE. 
          ALL IN FAVOR VOTE. 
          AYE. 
          AYE. 
          AYE. 
          OPPOSED LIKE TO, UH, PASS THE BOARD. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          OKAY. 
          A AND GOING FORWARD, FORWARD, I JUST THINK THIS SHOULD BE THESE TWO. 
          WERE FIRST READING JUST NOW. 
          RIGHT? RIGHT. 
          AND ALSO, UH, THE, THE OII SEPARATED 
          [00:35:01]
THE GC. 
          UH, BUT THE NEXT ONE ALSO IS FIRST READING FOR OE ONE. 
          SO I REALLY THINK THEY SHOULD BE ON THE AGENDA NEXT TIME LISTED AS THE SECOND READING. 
          MM-HMM . 
          YEAH. 
          BECAUSE WE WANNA BE TRANSPARENT AND ACCOUNTABLE TO THE PUBLIC AND THEY DON'T KNOW WHICH POLICIES WE'RE VOTING ON AT YES. 
          YOU KNOW. 
          OKAY. 
          WITHOUT IT LISTED. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND TO EDUCATE THE BOARD MEMBERS TOO. 
          THAT'S A GOOD CLARIFYING POINT. 
          YOU GOT IT. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, NEXT POLICY IS OE ONE GLOBAL OPERATIONAL EXPECTATIONS FOR FIRST READING. 
          I MOVE THAT THE BOARD OF EDUCATION ACCEPT THE CHANGES TO POLICY. 
          OE ONE, GLOBAL OPERATION OPERATIONAL EXPECTATIONS FOR FIRST READING. 
          SECOND. 
          SECOND. 
          OH, PROPERLY MOTION BY MR. NAY. 
          SECOND BY DR. CARR. 
          QUESTIONS? COMMENTS? READY TO VOTE? READY. 
          ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. 
          SAY AYE. 
          AYE. 
          UM, PART OF, UH, WHAT WE DID IN OUR VERY FIRST POLICY CHANGE, UH, WHICH IS COMING UP ON, UH, THE FINAL READING, I BELIEVE, UM, IS, UH, PART OF THE POLICY MANUAL REVISION LOG. 
          UM, SO THE REVISION LOG IS UP HERE. 
          UH, I MOVE THAT THE BOARD OF EDUCATION EXCEPT THE RECOMMENDATION TO ADD THE BCSD GOVERNANCE MANUAL REVISION LOG, HISTORY LOG OR OBSERVE REVISION HISTORY LOG AS THE APPENDIX TO THE POLICY MANUAL. 
          SECOND, PROPERLY MOTION BY MR. NAY, SECOND BY DR. 
          GUS CONVERSATIONS. 
          QUESTIONS, JUST TO LET EVERYBODY KNOW, THIS IS GOING TO LIVE AS, IT'S GONNA WORK AS A LIVING DOCUMENT. 
          UH, IT'S GOING TO BE SHARED BETWEEN THE UM, S TO BOARD SECRETARY, WHICH IS NOW THE POLICY COMMITTEE CHAIR AND WITH THE BOARD EXECUTIVE SECRETARY. 
          UH, AND AS POLICY IS UPDATED, UM, UH, IT WILL BE UPDATED TO THIS LIVING DOCUMENT AND THE EXECUTIVE SECRETARY, MRS. CUSH BERRY, WILL MAKE SURE THAT IT'S UPLOADED FOR THE PUBLIC FACING. 
          SO THIS, EVERY TIME WE MAKE A CHANGE TO POLICY, IT'LL BE ADDED TO THE APPENDIX. 
          UH, AND, AND IT WILL BE, IT STATES OUT THERE, FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT MAY, UH, OR THE PUBLIC THAT HAVEN'T SEEN THE REVISION LOG, WHICH IS POSTED RIGHT NOW. 
          UM, IT TELLS YOU WHAT MEETING AND WHERE, WHEN IT HAPPENED, AND WHEN THE FIRST READ WAS. 
          AND IT HAS IT ALL UP THERE. 
          SO WE, WE CAN MANAGE THIS AND NOT HAVE TO FIGURE OUT WHEN DID THIS HAPPEN AND WHEN DID WE TALK ABOUT THAT AND ALL THAT KINDA STUFF. 
          BUT IT'S ALL THERE. 
          IF I COULD, IF, I'M SORRY. 
          SOMEONE ELSE WAS GONNA SAY SOMETHING. 
          YOU, YOU GO AHEAD. 
          OKAY. 
          ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I REALLY ADMIRED IS THE FACT THAT THE POLICY COMMITTEE ACTUALLY LOOKED AT THE CURRENCY OF THE LOG AND THE DISPARATE NUMBERS. 
          SOMETIMES THERE WOULD BE A POLICY THAT HAD NOT HAD BEEN OVERRULED BY MOTION OR WHAT HAVE YOU. 
          AND SO THIS IS AN EXCELLENT STEP TO MAKE SURE WE ALL SINGING FROM THE SAME PAGE OF MUSIC IN TERMS OF EXECUTION AND DISCIPLINE EXECUTION. 
          SO THANKS TO THE POLICY COMMITTEE. 
          YEP. 
          MM-HMM . 
          I DID YOU GET THE VOTE? UH, IT'S MOTION SECONDED. 
          AND WE'RE IN DISCUSSION NOW. 
          YEAH. 
          I DO HAVE A QUESTION. 
          MM-HMM . 
          I WAS LOOKING, WE USED TO HAVE, WE HAD A MOTION THAT WAS, THAT WAS MADE THAT ANYTHING THAT, UH, IS SIGNED THAT WAS SIGNED BY THE CHAIR. 
          THAT, THAT THOSE THINGS ARE, UH, IN THERE. 
          I WAS LOOKING FOR THAT. 
          IS THAT STILL IN THERE? YES. 
          UH, IT, IT STAYS IN THE POLICY THAT, UH, THE BOARD CHAIR HAS TO PRESENT A LIST OF ALL DOCUMENTS THEY HAVE SIGNED, UM, TO THE BOARD. 
          IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE ASKING ABOUT? Y YEAH, I WAS, I WAS, I WAS LOOKING FOR THAT. 
          UH, AND I JUST COULDN'T, COULDN'T, I COULDN'T AFFORD. 
          IT'S IN THE OFFICER RULES. 
          IT'S GC FOUR, NUMBER SEVEN. 
          OKAY. 
          MAYBE I'LL OVERLOOK THE LAST NIGHT. 
          UM, OKAY, YOU SAID IT'S GC FOUR. 
          OKAY. 
          LOOKING FOR IT LAST NIGHT. 
          COULD NOT FIND IT. 
          OKAY. 
          AND THERE WAS A LOT OF INFORMATION TO COVER, UM, BUT THERE'S A LOT OF DETAIL IN THAT AS WELL. 
          AND I WENT THROUGH IT AND IT'S VERY INFORMATIVE AND IT'S GOING TO HELP US ALIGN ALL OF OUR BEHAVIORS AND EXPECTATIONS WITH THE OTHER MEMBERS. 
          SO THANKS EVERYBODY FOR TAKING A LOOK AT IT. 
          OKAY. 
          ALL THE VOTE. 
          ALL THE VOTE. 
          ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. 
          A. 
          AYE. 
          OPPOSED? OKAY. 
          PASS UNANIMOUSLY. 
          PASS THE BOARD. 
          AYE. 
          OKAY. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          AND THEN OUR LAST TWO ARE AT THEIR SECOND AND FINAL READING. 
          UM, I MOVE THAT THE BOARD OF ACHE EDUCATION ACCEPT THE CHANGES TO POLICY BSR TWO, SINGLE UNIT CONTROL FOR THE SECOND READING AND FOR POLICY GC TWO GOVERNING COMMITMENTS FOR SECOND AND FINAL READING. 
          OKAY. 
          PROPERLY MOTION. 
          ARE YOU GOING TO SECOND? I, I SECOND. 
          OKAY. 
          AND THEN I HAVE, THIS IS THE ONE I WAS, UM, MISTAKEN ABOUT PREVIOUSLY. 
          OKAY. 
          SO, UM, IF, AND WE DID NOT DISCUSS THIS IN POLICY COMMITTEE, BUT IF YOU LOOK AT, UH, BEAT, UH, BOARD SUPERINTENDENT RELATIONS TWO, UH, ITEM NUMBER 12 IS CROSSED OUT, UM, WHERE THE BOARD MEMBERS MAY REQUEST INFORMATION ONLY THROUGH THE SUPERINTENDENT. 
          I MEAN, THAT'S THE FUNDAMENTAL LANDMARK OF COHERENT GOVERNANCE. 
          SO I DO THINK THAT LINE, AT LEAST THAT LINE SHOULD BE IN THERE. 
          I THINK WE MIGHT 
          [00:40:01]
HAVE, UH, TALKED ABOUT THE, YOU KNOW, INFORMATION THAT INDIVIDUAL BOARD MEMBERS ARE ASKING FOR AND, YOU KNOW, THEY CAN'T, UH, MATERIALLY, YOU KNOW, HAVE IT BE BURDENSOME. 
          THE SUPERINTENDENT HAS SOME FLEXIBILITY ABOUT DECIDING WHAT'S BROUGHT FORWARD TO THE BOARD MEMBERS, BUT I DO THINK HE SHOULD BE THE ONE TO DECIDE WHO HE'S GOING TO ASSIGN SOMETHING TO. 
          AND, UM, I JUST THINK THAT'S THE WAY COR GOVERNS, GOVERNS WORKS. 
          I WOULD, AS THE SUPERINTENDENT, I WOULD CONCUR A HUNDRED PERCENT WITH THAT ASSESSMENT. 
          OKAY. 
          DOCTOR, MR. MAY, UM, IF YOU LOOK AT NUMBER FOUR, SUPERINTENDENT MAY VOLUNTARILY PROVIDE INFORMATION REQUESTED BY INDIVIDUAL BOARD MEMBERS. 
          I THINK THAT STATEMENT COVERS WHAT 12 WAS BECAUSE AT ANY TIME A BOARD MEMBER CAN GO TO AND THE SUPERINTENDENT MAY VOLUNTARILY PROVIDE INFORMATION REQUESTED INDIVIDUAL BOARD MEMBERS. 
          BUT I THINK THE DISTINCTION IS THAT, UM, WITHOUT THAT OTHER LINE IN THERE, IT ALLOWS BOARD MEMBERS TO GO AND ASK ONE OF MY STAFF MEMBERS FOR INFORMATION. 
          AND I MAY NOT KNOW ABOUT IT. 
          AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO KEEP ME IN THE LOOP. 
          I HAD A FRIEND THAT USED TO SAY, IF YOU WANT ME ON THE PLANE WHEN IT LANDS, PLEASE HAVE ME ON IT. 
          WHEN IT TAKES OFF. 
          WHEN IT TAKES OFF. 
          RIGHT. 
          SO THAT'S JUST THE, THAT, THAT'S THE DISTINCTION. 
          I SEE. 
          UH, BETWEEN THOSE TWO LINES. 
          SO IF YOU JUST ADD IT TO THAT YEAH, I THINK THAT EXACTLY THAT ONE LINE COULD BE ADDED. 
          THAT'S EASY. 
          JUST THAT SENTENCE WOULD COVER IT. 
          ITEM 12, RIGHT? RIGHT NOW IT'S 12, BUT 12 IS MUCH MORE LENGTHY. 
          IT REALLY, WE REALLY JUST NEED THE TOP SENTENCE, I THINK. 
          YEAH. 
          ANY OTHER MR. SMITH? YEAH. 
          UH, H HOW I, I SEE THAT GOING BOTH WAYS BECAUSE I, I HEAR WHAT RESPECTFULLY I HEAR WHAT WITH THE SUPERINTENDENT AND, AND, UH, AND DR. 
          GU IS SAYING, BUT HOWEVER, IF HE APPOINTS SOMEBODY TO DO CERTAIN THINGS AND HE APPOINTS 'EM, LIKE HOW WE HAVE DIFFERENT, DIFFERENT MEMBERS COME FROM DIFFERENT COMMITTEES AND BASICALLY, AND WE, AND WE'RE ENGAGED IN THE CONVERSATION, THEN THAT MEANS THAT AT THAT POINT DOES, DOES THE CONVERSATION ENDS THERE. 
          OR, OR, OR, OR, OR, OR THE CONVERSATION IS STILL IS IS IS STILL ABLE TO BE, TO BE HAD. 
          I, I I THINK THAT THAT IS A, THAT IS A GRAY AREA. 
          AND, AND, AND HOWEVER I DO UNDERSTAND WHAT, WHAT, WHAT WE ARE ASKING FOR. 
          I, I AGREE WITH, UH, MR. NE I THINK THAT, THAT THE NUMBER FOUR WOULD COVER THAT. 
          I THINK THAT ADDED, ADDING THAT LINE IS, UH, TO ME, I, AND, AND IN, IN TERMS OF BOARD MEMBER AND COMMUNITY RELATIONS AS AS, AS, AS WELL AS STAFF, I, I THINK THERE'S SOME TYPE OF, THERE'S A BOARD MEMBER. 
          WE ARE PROFESSIONAL PEOPLE. 
          I THINK THERE'S SOME TYPE OF, UH, PROFESSIONALISM IN, IN TERMS OF RESPECT AND, AND, AND, AND, AND RESPECT, UH, AND, AND UNDERSTANDING TO, TO PUT THAT IN THERE, I THINK THAT IS PUTTING MORE, UH, PUTTING SOME UN UNNECESSARY, UNNECESSARY WORKAROUNDS, UM, IN, IN, IN TERMS OF WHAT WE'RE, WHAT WE'RE ASKING FOR. 
          SO IF, FOR INSTANCE, WHAT, IN THAT CASE WE MIGHT GONNA PUT THE SUPERINTENDENTS OUT OF TOWN, THEN, THEN YOU GET THE INFORMATION, YOU GET THE INFORMATION FROM THE DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT. 
          I MEAN, OR, OR, OR IF HE'S UNREACHABLE. 
          SO, I MEAN, SO I MEAN, BECAUSE YOU, YOU COULD GO BACK AND SAY, WELL, THAT'S NOT WHAT POLICY STATES, THE POLICY STATES THAT YOU CAN CONTACT WITH THE SUPERINTENDENT. 
          SO IF YOU CAN'T, IF FOR SOME REASON, IF, IF, IF HE, IF HE, IF HE, IF HE'S OUT OF THE, UH, OFF THE GRID FOR A COUPLE DAYS, WHAT YOU CAN'T GET CAN'T GET THE INFORMATION. 
          SO I, I JUST THINK THAT NUMBER FOUR IS, IS, IS, IS, IS IT WORKS AND DOES THE SAME THING, BUT I THINK NUMBER, NUMBER NUMBER FIVE TAKES IT TO A WHOLE NOTHER, I MEAN THE, UH, THE NUMBER PUTTING THE NUMBER 12 LINE, IT, IT JUST TAKES IT A A ABOVE NOTCH. 
          AND I THINK THAT WE'RE ALL PROFESSIONAL HERE. 
          SO I JUST WANNA PUT THAT OUT. 
          MAKE A LONG STORY SHORT. 
          EXCUSE ME. 
          ANY OTHER? YES, SIR. 
          YOU GOT ANOTHER COMMENT? UH, I, I, I THINK IF THE, THE SUPERINTENDENT, IF THIS IS, IS THE WAY HE WOULD PREFER, UH, HOW COMMUNICATION I THINK IT'S IN, I, I THINK IT'S INCUMBENT UPON THE BOARD TO SAY, IF THIS IS HOW YOU WANT THE BOARD COMMUNICATING WITH YOU, THEN THIS IS HOW THE BOARD WILL COMMUNICATE THROUGH, THROUGH YOU TO YOUR STAFF. 
          AND I'M OKAY WITH THAT. 
          SO I MEAN, SURE. 
          ANY OTHER COMMENTS ON THIS THEN? THEN I HAVE SOME, UM, A LEADER WITH THE ORGANIZATION, THE MAGNITUDE OF THE SUPERINTENDENT. 
          YOU DO NOT WANT MULTIPLE PEOPLE COMING TO YOUR PEOPLE AND REDIRECTING THEM. 
          IT'S EXTREMELY INEFFICIENT. 
          AND IF THEY RESPECT THE HIERARCHY, THEY'LL KNOW I'M GONNA WANT THEM TO SATISFY THE CONSTITUENTS THAT WE SERVE. 
          SO THIS TO ME ACTUALLY SCREAMS WHAT GOES TO THE SUPERINTENDENT, AND THEN HE CAN MAKE AN EXECUTIVE DECISION WHERE IT'S GOING TO GO. 
          WE THEN AS A BOARD, HOLD HIM ACCOUNTABLE IF WE START GETTING MULTIPLE REPORTS THAT PEOPLE DO NOT RESPOND TIMELY OR WHATEVER. 
          AND THAT JUST GIVES THE WHOLE ORGANIZATION A LOT MORE EFFICIENT OPERATION. 
          SO I'M IN FAVOR OF THIS. 
          I SAW IT WHEN I READ IT AND I THOUGHT IT WAS A GOOD ADDITION. 
          YES, SIR. 
          AND HOWEVER I DO UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING. 
          [00:45:01]
OKAY. 
          BUT THE, THE POINT OF IT IS TO, ON THE OTHER SIDE, ONCE AGAIN, IF HE'S, IF HE'S NOT HERE OR THE SUPERINTENDENT IS NOT AVAILABLE, THEN THE, SO I TELL YOU WHAT, LET'S PUT I FEEL, FEEL MORE COMFORTABLE IF, IF WE PUT IN HERE, IF HE'S NOT HERE, THEN WHO DO WE GO TO NEXT? BECAUSE, BECAUSE WE COULD BE TECHNICAL AND BE A**L. 
          I SEE WHERE THIS BOARD HAS BEEN, BEEN, BEEN POINTING AND SAY, WELL LOOK HERE. 
          WELL, YOU KNOW WHAT? YOU WENT, YOU WENT AROUND. 
          BECAUSE AT CERTAIN, CERTAIN POINTS IN TIMES HE DO HAVE PO POINTS OF CONTACT. 
          AND I DON'T BELIEVE THAT THAT, THAT, THAT, THAT, THAT SENTENCE GIVES YOU THE DIRECTION FOR POINT OF CONTACT IF WE SO, SO, SO WHEN WE WANNA STOP POINTING AT EVERYTHING AND, AND I RESPECT WHAT HE, WHAT WE'RE SAYING, I DO AGREE. 
          AND I DON'T THINK THAT, THAT THAT'S, THAT THAT, THAT THAT'S BEING DONE. 
          BUT IF WE, IF WE WANNA BE THAT, IF WE WANNA POINT THAT MUCH, THEN LET'S GO AHEAD AND PUT THAT IN THERE TOO. 
          IF HE'S NOT IN HERE, THEN THE NEXT POINT OF CONTACT TO REACH, THEN, THEN, THEN THAT, THEN THAT, THAT SHOULD BE IN THERE, IN THERE AS WELL. 
          BECAUSE I, I'M, I'M JUST SAYING W WHAT I'VE SEEN IN THE PAST, SO THAT, THAT'S A CONCERN TO ME. 
          AND I, I DON'T MIND GOING TO THE SUPERINTENDENT. 
          I I AGREE WITH THAT BECAUSE YOU SHOULD, YOU SHOULD GO TO HIM AND GET, AND GET, GET INFORMATION OR ANYTHING THAT, THAT, THAT YOU WANT. 
          BUT IF HE'S, IF IF HE'S NOT THERE OR WHAT, WHAT'S, WHAT'S THE NEXT THING? YOU GOTTA COME. 
          YES. 
          UM, DR. RODRIGUEZ, DO, DO YOU NOT HAVE A SUCCESSION PLAN? DO YES, SIR. 
          AND, UM, IS THAT A LEGALLY BINDING DOCUMENT THAT SAYS, OKAY, IF YOU'RE NOT HERE, THEN THIS IS WHAT WE DO. 
          UH, IN ESSENCE, UM, I THINK FIRST OF ALL, I THINK AN IMPORTANT NOTE, AND I THINK YOU'VE ALL EXPERIENCED THIS, UH, IF I'M OUTTA TOWN AT A MEETING IN COLUMBIA OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, UH, UH, YOU'VE REACHED ME ON THE PHONE AND, UM, I GET BACK TO YOU AND, AND GET MY TEAM TO WORK ON, ON THE ITEMS THAT YOU NEED, YOU MAY NEED US TO WORK ON. 
          UM, I THINK, UM, THE OTHER COMPONENT IS HAVE A DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT, WHICH WOULD BE, UH, NEXT IN LINE IN THE SUCCESSION PLAN. 
          AND IF I AM, YOU KNOW, GONNA HAVE SURGERY, GOD FORBID OR ANYTHING, AND I'M BE, UH, INDISPOSED AT THAT TIME, UH, UH, THEN DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT WILL HAVE THE, THE, THE POWER AND AUTHORITY TO, UH, MOVE FORWARD WITH REQUESTS. 
          SO THAT'S THE REASON FOR THE SUCCESSION PLAN, RIGHT? THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT. 
          OKAY. 
          I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY FOR THE PUBLIC. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          HAS IT BEEN SUFFICIENTLY DISCUSSED? YEP. 
          SO WE'RE GONNA PUT, UH, DO WE WANT TO INCLUDE THE ENTIRE PARAGRAPH OR JUST THE FIRST TWO SENTENCES? BOARD MEMBERS MAY REQUEST INFORMATION ONLY THROUGH THE SUPERINTENDENT REQUEST. 
          FIRST TWO SENTENCES. 
          FIRST TWO SENTENCES. 
          OKAY. 
          OF 12, RIGHT? OF 12. 
          JUST THE ONE SENTENCE. 
          UH, YOU WANNA READ THE WHOLE SENTENCE? SO, YEAH. 
          WELL, THE, THE WHOLE PARAGRAPH BOARD MEMBERS MAY REQUEST INFORMATION ONLY THROUGH THE SUPERINTENDENT. 
          THIS REQUEST SHOULD BE MADE VIA EMAIL TO THE SUPERINTENDENT. 
          WHEN POSSIBLE, THE PURPOSE OF THE REQUEST WILL BE GIVEN OTHER BOARD MEMBERS WHO WISH TO INDICATE THEIR SUPPORT OF THE ITEMS SHOULD DO SO VIA EMAIL TO THE SUPERINTENDENT. 
          TIMING OF A RECEIPT REQUEST COMBINED WITH THE LENGTH OF TIME NECESSARY TO GATHER SUPPORT AND INFORMATION WILL DETERMINE WHEN THE RESPONSE IS RECEIVED. 
          ONCE THAT DETERMINATION HAS BEEN MADE, THE SUPERINTENDENT WILL NOTIFY THE BOARD OF THE PLAN FOR ADDRESSING THE TOPIC OR MATTER REQUESTED. 
          ALL INFORMATION PURSUANT TO THIS PARAGRAPH SHOULD BE PROVIDED TO ALL BOARD MEMBERS. 
          THAT IS WAY TOO LENGTHY AND TOO MUCH AGREED. 
          UH, BOARD MEMBERS MAY REQUEST INFORMATION THROUGH THE SUPERINTENDENT AND LEAVE IT. 
          OKAY. 
          AGREED. 
          SO, UM, THEN SO I MOVE THAT THE BOARD OF EDUCATION, EXCEPT WE'LL, WE'LL, WE'LL PULL 'EM SEPARATELY SINCE WE HAVE A CHANGE, UH, MOVE. 
          I MOVE THAT THE BOARD OF EDUCATION ACCEPT THE CHANGES TO, TO BSR TWO SINGLE UNIT CONTROL WITH THE CHANGE TO INCLUDE THE FIRST SENTENCE. 
          NUMBER 12. 
          OKAY. 
          SECOND PROPERTY MOTION. 
          AND SECOND. 
          ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION BEFORE WE VOTE? CALL THE VOTE. 
          ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. 
          AYE. 
          AYE. 
          PASTOR GORDON? AYE. 
          THANK YOU PASTOR GORDON. 
          ANY OPPOSED? NO, I SUPPORTED IT. 
          I JUST, I, YEAH, I SUPPORTED, I HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH IT. 
          JUST THE EXTRA AS WAS MY CONCERN. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          AND THEN, BECAUSE WE CALLED THEM SEPARATELY, THE, I MOVE THAT THE BOARD OF EDUCATION ACCEPT THE CHANGES TO POLICY GC TWO GOVERNING COMMITMENTS FOR THE SECOND FINAL READING. 
          OKAY. 
          PROPERTY MOTION BY MR. NAY. 
          SECOND BY MS. BOATWRIGHT. 
          ANY DISCUSSION? ALL VOTE. 
          READY? ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. 
          AYE. 
          AYE. 
          AYE. 
          OPPOSED? PASTOR G, PASTOR GORDON. 
          AYE. 
          OKAY. 
          YOU GOT IT. 
          UNANIMOUS. 
          UM, I WOULD ALSO ASK THE BOARD'S PERMISSION. 
          OUR NEXT, UM, OUR NEXT, UH, POLICY THAT WE ARE GOING TO, UH, TO TACKLE ARE GOING TO BE, UM, CLARIFYING THE BOARD, UH, THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN BOARD PROCEDURE AND PARLIAMENTARY AUTHORITY. 
          UM, ESTABLISHING THE 
          [00:50:01]
ANNUAL GOVERNANCE CALENDAR AND THE POLICY AND THE PROCESS OF THAT. 
          AND, UM, THE BOARD EDUCATION POLICY, WHICH IS ON THE, ON THE MASTER RECOMMENDATION LIST, THAT'S NUMBER SIX, EIGHT, AND NINE. 
          SO JUST TO BE CLEAR, WHAT YOU ARE SHARING WITH THE BOARD IS WHAT THE NEXT TRANCHE OF WORK WILL BE? YES. 
          YES. 
          OKAY. 
          BUT BECAUSE THE COMMITTEES ACT ON, UH, BEHEST OF THE BOARD, I'M SEEKING THE BOARD APPROVAL OF THOSE THREE. 
          NEXT. 
          IS THERE ANY, ANY, I DON'T THINK WE NEED A MOTION. 
          I DISSENT. 
          OKAY. 
          EVERYBODY IN AGREEMENT? ALRIGHT. 
          MM-HMM . 
          IF I'M FEELING THE, THE, THE FLAVOR OF THE ROOM THERE THEN. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          UM, OUR NEXT POLICY COMMITTEE MEETING IS ON OCTOBER 19TH. 
          UH, AND THAT ONES OUR PASS, I'M SORRY, NOVEMBER 19TH, POLICY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UH, NOVEMBER 19TH. 
          UM, YOU'VE ALREADY MISSED IT. 
          OH, AND THEN THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORTS. 
          OKAY. 
          ALRIGHT, SO WE'VE DONE A ACADEMICS OPERATIONS AND POLICY. 
          I THINK THE NEXT THING 
          [Superintendent’s Report]
IS THE SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT. 
          AND YOU FOLKS ARE GOING TO GET A GOLD MEDAL FOR MOVING BRISTLY TODAY. 
          YEP. 
          OKAY. 
          UNDER SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT, BE A DISCUSSION AND A REPORT, UH, UH, AND A REPORT OUT ON THE, UH, SOUTH CAROLINA SCHOOL REPORT CARD THAT WAS RECENTLY RELEASED. 
          AND DR. 
          STRADDLES WILL LEAD US THROUGH THAT CONVERSATION. 
          GOOD EVENING. 
          BOARD MEMBERS AND JOINING ME THIS EVENING, AS WELL AS OUR DIRECTOR OF ACCOUNTABILITY. 
          UM, NICHOLAS FLOWERS, I JUST WANTED TO DRAW ATTENTION THAT HE'S JOINED US. 
          SO YOU SHOULD BE IN THE POSSESSION OF TWO ITEMS AND EXECUTIVE SUMMARY, WHICH HAS BEEN BROUGHT UP, AND I'LL WALK YOU THROUGH THAT MOMENTARILY AS WELL AS A PRESENTATION WITHIN THE, WITHIN THE EXECUTIVE SUMMARY, I WANNA MAKE NOTE THAT WE BRING TO YOUR ATTENTION OUR SCHOOL RATING IN REGARD TO NINE SCHOOLS OF EXCELLENT THIS YEAR. 
          NINE SCHOOLS RATING GOOD. 
          14 SCHOOLS RATING BELOW AVERAGE. 
          I MEAN, AVERAGE, I APOLOGIZE IN TWO SCHOOLS. 
          RATING BELOW AVERAGE. 
          I WANNA BRING TO YOUR ATTENTION, IF YOU LOOK AT THE TABLE, IF YOU COULD SLIDE DOWN A MOMENT, MR. MAYA BLUFFTON, MIDDLE BLUFFTON HIGH SCHOOL, RIVER RIDGE ACADEMY IS THEIR FIRST TIME WITH A RATING OF EXCELLENT. 
          NO, NOT BLUFFTON HIGH SCHOOL. 
          I, I, I APOLOGIZE. 
          UM, BLUFFTON MIDDLE SCHOOL. 
          HILTON HAD HIGH SCHOOL. 
          I'M STILL IN MY OE I'M TRANSITIONING, SIR  RIVER RIDGE ACADEMY, THE ELEMENTARY, IT IS YOUR FIRST TIME WITH. 
          EXCELLENT. 
          I DID WANNA PAUSE FOR THAT BECAUSE THAT IS SIGNIFICANT WORK IN THESE SCHOOLS. 
          I, I REALLY DO. 
          AND IF YOU LOOK OVER TO GOOD, WE HAVE OUR LISTING OF SCHOOLS FOR YOU, , AS WELL AS AVERAGE. 
          AND AS WE GO FURTHER INTO THIS PRESENTATION, I DO WANNA MAKE NOTE THAT BATTERY CREEK HAS PRESENTED TO YOU LAST YEAR WITH REGARD TO BELOW AVERAGE. 
          BUT THEY DID MOVE AN ACADEMICS THIS YEAR AS WELL IN THEIR CLIMATE SURVEY, BUT THEY WASN'T ENOUGH TO GET THEM OUT OF THAT CATEGORY RATING. 
          SO JAMIAH, IF WE CAN GO THANK YOU TO THE PRESENTATION. 
          THE FIRST SLIDE ON THE PRESENTATION SHARES WITH YOU, GIVING YOU THE SCHOOL RATINGS DEFINITION. 
          EXCELLENT. 
          GOOD. 
          AVERAGE, BELOW AVERAGE UNSATISFACTORY. 
          IF YOU LOOK TO THE NEXT SLIDE, WE'RE GONNA BREAK THIS DOWN A LITTLE FURTHER. 
          YOUR FIRST TABLE ON THE UPPER RIGHT GIVES YOU THE POINTS NECESSARY THAT EQUATE TO THESE RATINGS. 
          I WANNA DRAW YOUR ATTENTION TO THE INDICATORS OVER ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE. 
          THREE OF THOSE INDICATORS ARE UNIQUE SOLELY TO HIGH SCHOOL. 
          THAT IS A GRADUATION RATE, COLLEGE AND CAREER READINESS, HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT SUCCESS. 
          AND IF YOU LOOK TO THE RIGHT SIDE, YOU'LL SEE HOW THE POINTS ARE DISTRIBUTED. 
          LET'S RECOGNIZE THAT 50 POINTS ARE REDISTRIBUTED FROM MIDDLE AND ELEMENTARY REPORT CARDS FOR THOSE THREE CATEGORIES THAT I JUST MADE MENTION TO YOU. 
          SO ONCE AGAIN, IF WE GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, YOU'LL SEE THE DISTRIBUTION. 
          WE HAVE NINE SCHOOLS WHO HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED FOR EXCELLENT, NINE SCHOOLS IDENTIFIED FOR GOOD. 
          14 SCHOOLS ARE AVERAGE. 
          TWO SCHOOLS ARE RATED BELOW. 
          AVERAGE ZERO SCHOOLS IN UNSATISFACTORY IS PROVIDING US A 94.1%, A REPORT CARD RATING OF, OF 
          [00:55:01]
SCHOOLS WITHIN THE THREE TOP CATEGORIES. 
          AND I WANTED TO MAKE LIGHT OF THAT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          SO OUR FIRST AREA TO LOOK AT IN ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE SCHOOL, THIS IS IN THE AREA OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS AND MATHEMATICS. 
          IF YOU LOOK TO THE FAR RIGHT SIDE, IT GIVES YOU THE BAR. 
          DISTRICT IS ORANGE, STATE IS GREEN, CLOSE NECK AND NECK, AND ELA KNOWN AS ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS. 
          WE DID OUTPERFORM THE STATE MATHEMATICS CLOSE, BUT WE DID OUTPERFORM THE STATE. 
          I ALSO WANT YOU TO NOTE THAT IF YOU READ THE THIRD BULLET AT THIS SLIDE, IT SAYS SOUTH CAROLINA ALTERNATE. 
          AND THAT'S OUR ALTERNATE ASSESSMENT. 
          THAT DATA IS NOT REPORTED BECAUSE THE SUBGROUP IS SO SMALL IT MAY BECOME IDENTIFIABLE. 
          SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE NOTE OF THAT AS, UH, IF YOU READ THAT BULLET, OUR NEXT AREA, UH, STRATUS. 
          YES, SIR. 
          I WOULD, UH, JUST ADD FOR, UH, THE BOARD IN THE GENERAL PUBLIC TO ON TO KNOW THAT IN BOTH I WAS SAVING ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS AND IN MATHEMATICS ON SC READY. 
          THOSE ARE, UH, THE HIGHEST THAT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT'S EVER SCORED, UH, IN THOSE TWO CATEGORIES ON THE, ON THE, ON THE CURRENT STATE ASSESSMENT. 
          YEAH. 
          CONGRATULATIONS. 
          I HAVE TO SAY THANK YOU TO ALL THE EDUCATORS. 
          I WAS GONNA SAVE THAT LATER ON FOR CLOSING. 
          BUT IN ALL TRUTH, THIS IS A THANK YOU TO THE EDUCATORS AND LEADERSHIP AT OUR SCHOOL SITES. 
          SO THANK YOU FOR APPLAUDING FOR THEM BECAUSE IT IS QUITE A CELEBRATION. 
          THANK YOU. 
          SO ON SCIENCE, WHICH I'VE TOLD YOU BEFORE, WE COULD PROBABLY TEACH EVERYTHING THROUGH THE WORLD OF SCIENCE. 
          OUR FOURTH AND SIXTH GRADE ASSESSMENTS, WE HAVE OUTPERFORMED THE STATE 54.4 TO 51.8. 
          YOUR NEXT SLIDE BASICALLY IS A COMBINATION OF THREE INDICATORS. 
          I'M GONNA GO THROUGH THIS A LITTLE SLOWER. 
          THERE ARE THREE TYPES OF GROWTH. 
          THE FIRST IS RELATIVE GROWTH. 
          IT RELATES TO ALL THE STUDENTS WITHIN A SPECIFIC SCALE SCORE. 
          IN OTHER WORDS, ALL THE STUDENTS WHO MAY BE, OKAY, LET'S KEEP IT TILL DOES NOT MEET YOUR NEXT TYPE OF GROWTH. 
          JUST TO KEEP UP IS HOW MUCH DOES A STUDENT HAVE TO GROW JUST TO REMAIN AT APPROACHES, LET'S SAY FROM FIFTH GRADE TO SIXTH GRADE, HOW MUCH OF A SCALE SCORE GROWTH MUST MARY HAVE? IF SHE WAS APPROACHES AT MATH AT FOURTH GRADE TO BE APPROACHES AT MATH AT FIFTH GRADE X GROWTH IS CATCH UP AND PROBABLY THE HARDEST. 
          HOW MUCH DOES MARY HAVE TO WORK TO CATCH UP TO HER PEERS IN THESE THREE AREAS? WE ARE ABOVE THE STATE. 
          SO I WANTED TO MAKE LIGHT OF THAT, BUT I JUST WANTED TO PAUSE SO YOU COULD HAVE A LITTLE MORE OF A DESCRIPTOR OF THE THREE ITEMS ON THAT SLIDE. 
          ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT AT OUR HIGH SCHOOLS ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT ON AS AN INDICATOR IS A COMBINATION OF ENGLISH TWO, WHICH IS AN END OF COURSE EXAM ALGEBRA ONE AS WELL AS OUR SE ALT. 
          WE ARE VERY CLOSE TO THE STATE'S PERFORMANCE, PREPARING FOR SUCCESS, WHICH IS A COMBINATION OF BIOLOGY AND US HISTORY. 
          WE OUTPERFORMED THE STATE IN US HISTORY AND SLIGHTLY OUTPERFORMED THE STATE IN BIOLOGY. 
          I RECOGNIZE THAT THESE ARE AREAS OF GROWTH FOR US. 
          I WANNA DRAW OUR ATTENTION TO THE MULTILINGUAL PERFORMANCE BECAUSE I RECOGNIZE MORE SO THAT THIS IS AN AREA THAT I WOULD LIKE US TO OUTPERFORM THE STATE. 
          BUT LET ME BRING TO YOUR ATTENTION. 
          13% OF OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT ARE MULTILINGUAL STUDENTS. 
          7% OF THE STATE ARE MULTILINGUAL STUDENTS. 
          NOW, FOR A LITTLE MORE CELEBRATION, GRADUATION RATE THE PINNACLE OF PUBLIC EDUCATION. 
          91.1% I DO BELIEVE, DOC, 
          [01:00:01]
THIS IS OUR HIGHEST. 
          OH YEAH, THIS IS THE HIGHEST, UH, GRADUATION RATE THAT OUR, UH, SCHOOL DISTRICT HAS, HAS ACHIEVED. 
          HIGHEST RECORDED GRADUATION RATE. 
          IT IS AND IT IS, NO, WE DON'T ROUND IT UP. 
          AND YET IT'S 91.9 0.9 IS, I MEAN, IT'S A BEAR. 
          IT'S THE BEAR. 
          OH, THAT'S HARD. 
          POINT TWO IS HARD. 
          POINT THREE IS HARD. 
          I MEAN, SO, BUT WE'RE PUSHING TO GET THAT CLIMB. 
          75. 
          75. 
          WELL, LET'S GO TO THE NEXT ONE THEN. 
          COLLEGE AND CAREER READINESS. 
          DR. 
          R 86.7. 
          UH, THIS IS COLLEGE OR CAREER READINESS IS ALSO THE HIGHEST, UH, THE SCHOOL DISTRICT'S EVER, EVER SCORED IN THAT CATEGORY. 
          THIS IS AN IMPORTANT ONE BECAUSE THIS IS ALSO, UH, ENGAGES OUR CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION PROGRAMMING. 
          UH, SO THAT'S A, A GREAT OPPORTUNITY IN TERMS OF THE EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCE THAT, UH, IS AVAILABLE THROUGH THEIR BEFORD COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT. 
          SO THEY, THEY HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO TAP INTO, UH, THIS OTHER, THESE OTHER PROGRAMS AS WELL AS THEIR, UH, CORE ACADEMIC PROGRAMS, UH, AND CAN GRADUATE WITH INDUSTRY CERTIFICATIONS, UH, AS A RESULT OF THAT EXPERIENCE. 
          SO, AND I'M GONNA BUILD ON THAT. 
          IT'S ALSO EVIDENT OF THE INVESTMENT MADE BY OUR COMMUNITY INTO CAREER TECHNICAL EDUCATION. 
          THIS COMMUNITY HAS INVESTED A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT IN CTE. 
          THAT'S ANOTHER BIG THANK YOU. 
          SO NEXT SLIDE. 
          YOU'RE THERE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          SO, COLLEGE AND CAREER READINESS METRICS FOR COLLEGE READINESS. 
          IT IS ANY ONE OF THESE ITEMS, A CT OF 20 OR HIGHER SAT OF 10 40 OR HIGHER ADVANCED PLACEMENT EXAM THREE OR HIGHER IB EXAM FOUR OR HIGHER MEANING ON THE SCORE, OR SIX HOURS OF DUAL CREDIT OF A C OR HIGHER MEANING. 
          AND THAT BREAKS DOWN TO TWO CLASSES. 
          AND WE DO NOT INCLUDE ANY TYPE OF REMEDIATION CLASSES IN THAT IT'S AGAINST STATE GUIDELINES OR THE CO ON CAMBRIDGE INTERNATIONAL. 
          MANY YOU MAY ALSO KNOW AS ACE OF A C OR HIGHER ON CAREER READINESS IS A C, CAREER TECHNICAL EDUCATION COMPLETER PLUS AN INDUSTRY CERTIFICATION. 
          TO GIVE A BRIEF BACKGROUND, I DID BRING TO YOUR ATTENTION, UM, FOR EXAMPLE, TIDES TO A CULINARY PROGRAM THAT WE HAVE STUDENTS FROM BLUFFTON HIGH SCHOOL AND MAY RIVER HIGH SCHOOL, ATTENDING THE CULINARY INSTITUTE, WHICH IS AT TCL. 
          100% OF THOSE STUDENTS HAVE PASSED A SERVE SAFE MANAGER INDUSTRY CERTIFICATION, WHICH IS THE HARDER OF THE TWO. 
          I WANTED TO SHARE THAT. 
          AND THAT'S THE TYPE OF WORK THAT OUR STUDENTS ARE ENCOUNTERING. 
          OUR NEXT SLIDE, HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT SUCCESS. 
          I WILL SHARE WITH YOU, BEAUFORT COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT IS OUTPERFORMING THE STATE. 
          SO THIS IS STUDENTS ON TRACK SIX CREDITS PER YEAR, ONE OF WHICH MUST BE MATH, ONE OF WHICH MUST BE ENGLISH. 
          WE NOTE THE LANGUAGE SHIFTS AT HIGH SCHOOL. 
          WE DON'T SAY ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS, WE CALL IT ENGLISH. 
          AND FOR STUDENTS WHO MAY NOT HAVE COMPLETED WITHIN FOUR YEARS, BUT DID COMPLETE THEIR HIGH SCHOOL IN A FIFTH YEAR, THE METRIC IS ROLLED INTO THIS PERFORMANCE INDICATOR. 
          HENCE, KEEP A TRACK ON THE STUDENTS WHO DON'T WALK ON GRADUATION. 
          OUR NEXT ITEM IS SCHOOL CLIMATE INDICATOR. 
          STUDENTS IN GRADE THREE THROUGH 11 PARTICIPATE. 
          IT CAPTURES A TEACHER'S AND STUDENTS' PERCEPTION. 
          FOR TEACHERS. 
          IT CAPTURES SAFETY, WORK CONDITIONS, INSTRUCTIONAL FOCUS FOR STUDENTS. 
          IT CAPTURES SAFETY AND THE SOCIAL, PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT. 
          I RECOGNIZE WE HAVE A LITTLE GROWTH IN THIS AREA AND WE'RE WORKING CLOSELY WITH OUR STUDENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT AS WELL AS OPERATIONS WITH REGARD TO THE WORK THAT'S BEING INSTITUTED AT OUR SCHOOLS. 
          'CAUSE A LOT IS PERCEPTION AS WELL. 
          I DO WANNA SHARE THOUGH, WE DID GROW FROM 6.5 FROM LAST YEAR AS AN OVERALL METRIC TO 69 THIS CURRENT YEAR. 
          SO SUMMARY 
          [01:05:01]
OF THE RATINGS FOR A THIRD YEAR IN A ROW. 
          THERE ARE NO SCHOOLS THAT ARE UNSATISFACTORY. 
          SCHOOLS THAT HAVE BEEN REMOVED FROM UNDERPERFORMING SCHOOL DESIGNATION ARE ST. 
          HELENA AND WHALE BRANCH MIDDLE BE REMEMBER LAST YEAR IN JANUARY, THEY PRESENTED TO YOU THEIR IMPROVEMENT PLAN. 
          THEY'RE NO LONGER BELOW, BELOW AVERAGE SCHOOL. 
          BLUFFTON HIGH SCHOOL HAS BEEN RATED EXCELLENT FOR SIX YEARS IN A ROW. 
          OKA, T ELEMENTARY HAS BEEN RATED EXCELLENT FOR THE FIFTH YEAR IN A ROW. 
          I WANNA BRING FORWARD AGAIN AS I DID AN OPENING. 
          BLUFFTON MIDDLE IS A FIRST TIME EXCELLENT RIVER RIDGE ELEMENTARY, FIRST TIME, EXCELLENT. 
          AND HILTON HEAD HIGH SCHOOL FIRST TIME. 
          EXCELLENT. 
          SO WITH THAT BOARD MEMBERS, THAT IS A SUMMARY OF OUR PERFORMANCE. 
          WE HAVE A LISTING OF OUR SCHOOLS. 
          PLEASE DON'T ASK ME THE MAGICAL MATH ON ADDED VALUE. 
          I WILL NOT GIVE YOU AN ANSWER. 
          I WILL TURN TO MY SIDE. 
           . 
          OH, THANK YOU. 
          LET'S TELL ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS THE HIGHEST IN THE STATE ASSESSMENT. 
          AND THESE ARE THE SCHOOLS THAT HAVE EARNED THE HIGHEST ELA SCORES. 
          SO, AS DR. RODRIGUEZ OPENED THAT WE HAD THE HIGHEST ELA SCORE. 
          THESE SCHOOLS HAVE HAD THE HIGHEST THIS PAST YEAR IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS. 
          NOT TO BE PROUD OF DR. 
          DR. 
          STRADDLES. 
          YES, SIR. 
          IF I COULD JUST ADD, UH, TO THAT CONVERSATION A LITTLE BIT, UM, ONE OF THE THINGS IMPORTANT I'LL THINK FOR, FOR YOU TO KNOW THAT SINCE 2021, UH, ROBERT SMALLS, UH, MIDDLE SCHOOL HAS HAD 138% GROWTH SINCE 2021, WILL, BRANCH ELEMENTARY HAS HAD 136% GROWTH. 
          UM, ST. 
          HELEN ELEMENTARY HAS HAD A 79% GROWTH. 
          WELL, BRANCH MIDDLE SCHOOLS HAD A 77% GROWTH SINCE 2021. 
          UM, YOU CAN LOOK AT, UM, UH, OTHER SCHOOLS, YOU KNOW, REACHING AS HIGH AS, UH, 68% GROWTH AT BEAUFORT MIDDLE. 
          UM, UH, HILTON HAD, UH, ELEMENTARY IBS HAD A A 29% GROWTH. 
          UM, RED CEDAR ELEMENTARIES HAD A 38% GROWTH. 
          RIVER RIDGE IS AT A 43% GROWTH SINCE 2021. 
          SO THEY'RE, THEY'RE, THEY'RE LARGE CHUNKS THAT THEY'VE BEEN PICKING AWAY IN THE ELA REALM, UH, IN ORDER TO MOVE, MOVE THE NEEDLE AND SO YOU SEE THEIR PERFORMANCE SLIDING OVER INTO THAT 94.1% OF SCHOOLS AT AVERAGE, GOOD OR EXCELLENT IN THE SCHOOL SYSTEM. 
          AND THAT THAT GROWTH THAT YOU SPEAK OF, THAT GROWTH IS, IS, IS, IS, IS CONSUMED OF THIS, IS THEIR, WHEN YOU COMPARE THEIR SCORE FROM 2021 TO WHERE THEY ARE TODAY IN MEETS AND EXCEEDS, UH, THAT'S WHAT THAT GROWTH IS TELLING YOU. 
          THANK, THANK FOR CLARIFICATION, THOSE INDIVIDUAL SCHOOLS. 
          OKAY. 
          OKAY. 
          ANY OTHER COMMENTS, QUESTIONS ONLINE? YES, MS. BOATWRIGHT? I THINK THIS IS PHENOMENAL WORK ON Y'ALL'S PART AND I, IT'S WHAT I'M HEARING IN THE COMMUNITY, UM, THAT PEOPLE ARE REALLY SEEING THIS AND SEEING THE INCREASE IN SCORES AND NUMBERS ARE IMPORTANT WHEN PEOPLE ARE CHOOSING SCHOOLS. 
          AND TO HAVE THIS KIND OF PROGRESS, LIKE YOU SAID, 0.9, IT'S A HARD SLOG TO GET THAT 0.9. 
          THESE ARE 20,000 KIDS. 
          SO WHEN YOU TRY TO MOVE THOSE NUMBERS A LITTLE BIT, IT CAN BE REALLY CHALLENGING. 
          BUT THE FACT THAT, I MEAN, I'M ESPECIALLY HAPPY BECAUSE HILTON HAD HIGH MADE IT BACK TO EXCELLENT. 
          I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT. 
          BUT I JUST WANTED TO SAY, I'M, I'M SUPER, I'M VERY, I GOTTA STOP SAYING SUPER. 
          I'M VERY IMPRESSED BY THIS, UH, PERFORMANCE. 
          I THINK ACTUALLY HILTON HAD, I, THIS IS THE FIRST TIME ON THIS ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEM THAT, THAT THEY HIT AN EXCELLENT RATING IN SINCE THEY, UH, RECONSTITUTED THE ESTATE'S ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEM. 
          IS THAT RIGHT? YES. 
          AND I WOULD, I WOULD, THE THING I WOULD SAY TO ALL OF THIS IS, YOU KNOW, YOU WANNA PAUSE FOR A MINUTE LIKE WE'RE DOING RIGHT NOW, AND YOU WANNA CELEBRATE THAT GREAT WORK, RIGHT? BUT OUR WORK ISN'T DONE. 
          WE'VE, WE HAVE A LOT OF WORK TO DO 
          [01:10:01]
TO HELP OUR STUDENTS REACH THEIR HIGHEST POTENTIAL. 
          AND SO WE ARE, WE, WE WANT, WE WANNA CELEBRATE THAT. 
          YOU GOT, YOU GOTTA CELEBRATE THE PROGRESS THAT YOU'VE MADE, AND YOU GOTTA GET BACK TO WORK. 
          YOU KNOW, THAT'S A REALLY IMPORTANT PIECE. 
          CAN I ASK A QUESTION? THAT IS A, THAT IS SOMETHING I WAS THINKING ABOUT IS WHAT IS THE NEXT THING? WHAT ARE THE TOP THREE THINGS THAT YOU'RE FOCUSING ON THIS YEAR THAT YOU ARE LOOKING TO KIND OF PUT EXTRA EFFORT INTO? YEAH. 
          WELL, I THINK THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION AND APPRECIATED. 
          ONE OF THOSE THINGS I WOULD LIST THAT, UH, IS WE'RE ALWAYS WORKING ON FOCUSING AND IMPROVING ON OUR CULTURE, OUR SYSTEMS AND INSTRUCTION, RIGHT? THAT I'M, I'M GROUPING THAT AS ONE, EVEN THOUGH I GAVE YOU, THIS IS LIKE ONE OF THOSE QUESTIONS. 
          ONE A, ONE B, ONE C, RIGHT? OKAY. 
          SO, SO CULTURE, SYSTEMS AND INSTRUCTION. 
          'CAUSE I BELIEVE STRONGLY THAT'S, THAT'S HOW YOU DRIVE, UH, TOWARDS EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES, RIGHT? SO THAT'S AN IMPORTANT PIECE. 
          I THINK THE SECOND THING, UM, I WOULD TELL YOU IS, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE OUR STRATEGIC PLAN GOALS, UH, THAT WE'RE TRYING TO GET TO, AND THOSE REQUIRE STILL A LOT MORE WORK IN THE AREA OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS, A LOT MORE WORK IN THE AREA OF, UH, MATHEMATICS AND CERTAINLY THE LIFT ON, ON THE GRADUATION PIECE. 
          SO WE'RE STILL FOCUSED ON OUR STRATEGIC PLAN. 
          THAT'S THAT, THAT, UH, UH, THAT'S DRIVE THAT, THAT'S OUR, OUR, OUR TARGET. 
          WE'RE TRYING TO GET TO, UH, CULTURE SYSTEMS AND INSTRUCTION IS HOW WE'RE, UH, WORKING TO GET THERE. 
          AND THEN I THINK THE LAST PIECE THAT I THINK IS REALLY, REALLY IMPORTANT IS OUR WORK AROUND CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION OPPORTUNITIES. 
          UM, AND, AND INCLUDED IN THAT, YOU KNOW, I'M GONNA, I'M GONNA, UH, I'M GONNA LOOP ANY AI WORK OR ANYTHING AROUND AI IN THAT, IN THAT SPACE. 
          UH, BECAUSE WE, WE HAVE IT LISTED AS PART OF OUR CHOICE OPTION AND, AND, AND THE WORK WE'RE BUILDING AROUND AROUND AI. 
          BUT, BUT CAREER AND TECH ED IN GENERAL, I THINK IS AN IMPORTANT AVENUE FOR, FOR FAMILIES, FOR, UH, STUDENTS IN OUR COMMUNITY AND OUR PROGRAMS ARE TIED TO REGIONAL WORKFORCE NEEDS. 
          YOU KNOW, WE HEARD A, A, THOSE OF US THAT WERE ABLE TO ATTEND TODAY IN THE STATE OF THE REGION, WE HEARD A LOT ABOUT, UM, UH, UH, THE IMPORTANCE OF FREE ENTERPRISE, BUT THE IMPORTANCE OF SMALL BUSINESSES AND THE IMPORTANCE OF THE LOCAL REGIONAL WORKFORCE, RIGHT? AND, AND I THINK THAT IS WHAT OUR, THE STRUCTURE OF OUR CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS IS ALIGNED TO REGIONAL WORKFORCE NEEDS. 
          AND SO, UH, WE WANNA, UH, GROW STUDENTS NOT JUST IN THE CORE ACADEMIC AREA. 
          THOSE ARE SKILLS THEY'RE GONNA NEED, BUT WE WANT TO GROW 'EM IN THOSE OPPORTUNITIES AROUND, AROUND CAREER TECH ED, BECAUSE, UM, YOU KNOW, THAT CAN BE A CHOICE THEY MAKE WITH RESPECT TO THEIR LIVELIHOOD. 
          SO EITHER CAREER AND TECH, ED AVENUE, COLLEGE ROUTE PROVIDES THOSE AVENUES FOR THEM. 
          AND, AND ALWAYS LIKE TO SAY, YOU KNOW, WE BELIEVE WE'RE FAMILY'S BEST CHOICE, AND WE BELIEVE THAT, UH, THE PROGRAMS WE OFFER ARE DESIGNED TO ZERO IN ON, UH, THE NEEDS OF OUR STUDENTS TO HELP THEM REACH THEIR HIGHEST POTENTIAL. 
          AND, UH, THAT'S, THAT'S REALLY WHAT WE'RE FOCUSED ON DOING. 
          THOSE ARE THREE BIG PIECES THAT CAN DRIVE OUR WORK. 
          SO, CHAIRMAN AND BOARD MEMBERS, I DO WANNA DRAW YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS SLIDE AS WELL, BECAUSE IT DOES IDENTIFY OUR HIGHEST MATH FOR THE DISTRICT IN GRADES THREE THROUGH WEIGHT, AND RECOGNIZES THE SCHOOLS THAT HAVE HAD THE HIGHEST IN MATH PROFICIENCY OF MEETS AND EXCEEDS THAT IT'S BLUFFED IN MIDDLE H, HE MCCRACKEN MIDDLE SCHOOL, RIVER RIDGE ELEMENTARY, RIVER RIDGE MIDDLE SCHOOL, AS WELL AS SAN HELENA ELEMENTARY. 
          AND THAT'S IMPORTANT TO MAKE NOTE AS WELL. 
          IT'S THE HIGHEST SCORES THAT THEY HAD IN THIS PAST YEAR. 
          THE MATH SCORES, UH, IN GENERAL, REALLY SHOULD NOT GO UNNOTICED BECAUSE, UH, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT IS IMPORTANT IN MATH, UH, IF YOU REMEMBER COMING OUT OF THE PANDEMIC, THAT'S THE AREA THAT WAS IMPACTED THE GREATEST ACROSS THE COUNTRY, YOU KNOW. 
          AND SO, UH, THE FACT THAT THE DISTRICT THIS YEAR NOT ONLY SURPASSED PRE PANDEMIC SCORES, BUT THE DISTRICT HIT THE HIGHEST SCORES THE DISTRICT'S EVER GOTTEN IN, IN THE SC READY MATH AREA. 
          THAT'S AN IMPORTANT, UH, THING TO NOTE BECAUSE YOU CAN SEE, UH, THE PROGRESS THAT IS BEING MADE OVER TIME. 
          AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT, UH, I'M GONNA CALL ONE SCHOOL OR THREE SCHOOLS OUT IN THIS, IN THIS AREA. 
          BUT WE'VE SEEN AT, UM, AT ROBERT SMALLS MIDDLE SCHOOL, ABOUT 110% GROWTH SINCE 2021 IN MATH AREA. 
          UM, WHALE BRANCH ELEMENTARY HAS HAD A 285% GROWTH. 
          WOW. 
          [01:15:01]
OKAY. 
          AND, UH, WHALE BRANCH, UH, I'M SORRY, I ALREADY, I ALREADY SPOKE ABOUT WHALE BRANCH ELEMENTARY, BUT I THINK THOSE ARE, THOSE ARE, THAT'S IMPORTANT PROGRESS. 
          BUT WE STILL, EVEN IN THOSE SCHOOLS, HAVE TO LIFT THOSE SCORES HIGHER. 
          WE RECOGNIZE THAT. 
          SO I DON'T WANT, YOU KNOW, I WANT US TO CELEBRATE THE MOMENT, BUT ROLL THE SLEEVES UP BECAUSE WE'VE STILL GOT A LOT OF WORK TO DO. 
          SO THAT'S WHERE WE'RE HEADED. 
          SO, THANK YOU, CHAIRMAN AND BOARD MEMBERS. 
          IT WAS AN HONOR TO SHARE THE WORK OF OUR SCHOOLS WITH, WITH EACH OF YOU, EACH OF YOU. 
          ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? YES, SIR. 
          MR. SMITH, UM, ALSO IN THE, UH, IN THE, IN THE MIDST OF US TALKING ABOUT THESE TEST SCORES, YOU KNOW, I, I REMEMBER IN, IN, IN, IN PRIOR CONVERSATIONS, WE'VE HAD, UH, SOME OF MY COLLEAGUES WHO, WHO WHO'VE SAID THAT WE HATE, WE HATE TESTING. 
          I UNDERSTAND BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, OF ME HAVING MY, UH, WITH ME, YOU KNOW, BEING A STUDENT OF WHO DIDN'T ALWAYS APPRECIATE THE TEST OR THEY HADN'T HAD AN IEP, I UNDERSTAND THAT HOW TESTS, SOMETIMES TESTS CAN BE CHALLENGING, BUT WHEN YOU DO TAKE, PUT STUDENTS TO THE TEST, AND WHEN YOU DO THE WORK, THEN WE, WE CAN, WE, WE, WE, WE ABLE TO APPRECIATE IT. 
          BUT THIS IS THE TIMES THAT WE HAVE TO REMEMBER WHEN WE DON'T LIKE TAKING TESTS AND WHEN WE DON'T LIKE GOING OVER DATA AND UNDERSTANDING IT AND, AND GIVING, AND GIVING EVERY RES RESULTS WHEN THEY COME BACK THE APPROPRIATE TIME. 
          THIS IS SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT. 
          AND THIS IS DEFINITELY WHAT HAS BEEN GREAT TO HEAR. 
          A ALONG ALONG WITH THAT, WE'RE GIVING THE KUDOS, SINCE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT GIVING KUDOS ALSO, UM, TO UNDERSTAND AND THE PROCESS, ALSO THE, WHERE THE DISTRICT IS AT IN THE STATE, I BELIEVE, I BELIEVE OUT OF WHAT 74, 75 COUNTIES IS, WHAT, 74? IS IT? 9 46 COUNTIES? 70, 72 DISTRICTS? I BELIEVE. 
          WHAT, WHAT, WHAT, HOW MUCH EVER DISTRICTS IT IS FOR BEFORD, I BELIEVE BEFORD COUNTY, BEFORD COUNTY IS, IS EVEN, I, I BELIEVE IT'S EVEN NUMBER E NUMBER 18 OR 11. 
          THAT, THAT, THAT, THAT'S TO, TO RANK THAT IS, IS, IS SOMETHING VERY, UH, THAT THAT'S SOMETHING TO BE THANKFUL FOR AND, AND TO BE LOOKING TOWARDS AS WELL IN, IN TERMS OF UNDERSTANDING WHERE, WHERE WE'RE GOING AT AND WHAT VEHICLE THAT WE'RE IN, UH, AND, AND HOW, HOW IT'S MOVING. 
          AND, UH, YOU TALK ABOUT A MOMENT OF, UM, OF BEING THANKFUL AND CELEBRATORY, THAT IS DEFINITELY OUT OF ALL, OUT OF ALL THOSE COUNTIES TO BE RANKED EVEN BEING THE TOP 20, YOU KNOW, IS SOMETHING TO HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT. 
          AND IN TERMS OF, YOU KNOW, NOW THE QUESTION OF DR. RODRIGUEZ IS TALKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, ROLLING UP THE SLEEVES. 
          THE QUESTION IS, YOU KNOW, AND WHAT AREAS DO WE DO, WE START ROLLING UP THE SLEEVES AND, AND, AND WHERE WE HEADED. 
          BUT TO CELEBRATE THAT JUST TONIGHT, THAT'S JUST SOMETHING ALSO TO, UH, TO, TO UNDERSTAND AS ABOUT DIGEST. 
          CONGRATULATIONS, CHAIRMAN DALLAS, IF I MAY CLOSE WITH ONE COMMENT. 
          YES, MA'AM. 
          SEVEN YEARS AGO, THERE WAS CONVERSATION WITH OUR BOARD, WITH THE GROWTH AND LOOKING AT, UM, INTEGRATING STANDARD BASED INSTRUCTION FOCUSED UPON THAT BUILDING UPON THE PLCS HERE. 
          AND A LOT OF WORK WENT FROM THE DISTRICT BUILDING AND SUPPORT. 
          SEVEN YEARS LATER, THE WORK IS TEACHER LED. 
          THAT IS PROBABLY ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS WHEN DR. RODRIGUEZ SPEAKS OF SYSTEMS. IT IS TEACHER LED VERSUS, YES, WE HELD YOUR HAND, GRADUAL RELEASE, ET CETERA. 
          WE'RE SEEING A LOT MORE OF THE TEACHERS LEADING THE INSTRUCTIONAL PRACTICES AND EXPECTATIONS. 
          THAT'S A LEGACY AND A SUSTAINABILITY MODEL THAT'S BEING INSTITUTED HERE. 
          I WANTED TO SHARE THAT WITH YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          ANY OTHER COMMENTS? LET ME GO TO ONE. 
          ANYONE ELSE HAVE A COMMENT? I WAS JUST GONNA SAY, I THINK, UH, WHAT DR. 
          DR. 
          CROS BRINGING THAT UP. 
          I, I THINK THAT THAT IS A GREAT, THAT THAT IS, THAT IS A, A GREAT COMMENT THAT GOES ALONG WITH WHERE WE, WHERE WE'RE AT. 
          BUT ALSO, I THINK ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD, I THINK THAT WE SHOULD DEFINITELY GIVE OUR, UH, NOT ONLY JUST SHUT DR. RODRIGUEZ, BUT OUR TEACHERS WHO SPEND TIRELESSLY HOURS, WHO ARE HAVING LESSON PLANS AND DIFFERENT THINGS AND, AND COACHES WHO ARE STRATEGICALLY GETTING THESE RESULTS THAT THEY'RE GETTING. 
          BECAUSE THIS IS, THIS IS NOT, THIS IS JUST NOT EASY. 
          I MEAN, THERE ARE SEVERAL COMPONENTS HERE, EVEN SOME OF OUR AFTERSCHOOL PROGRAMS AND DIFFERENT THINGS THAT PLAY MAJOR ROLES AND, AND, AND, AND, AND IN MAKING THESE RESULTS HAPPEN THE WAY IT HAPPENS. 
          I MEAN, BUT WE DEFINITELY WANT TO THANKS FROM OUR, FROM OUR BUS DRIVERS TO OUR CLASSROOM TEACHERS, TO OUR TEACHERS' ASSISTANTS, UH, AND, AND OUR, AND OUR INCREMENTAL PARTNERS EXACTLY. 
          FOR HELPING OUT GETTING THIS, GETTING THIS RESULTS. 
          IT, IT TAKES A ALL IT TAKES A VILLAGE. 
          I JUST WANNA BRING THAT OUT TOO. 
          SO I DEFINITELY WANNA THANK STAFF WHO, IF THEY HEAR, THEY HEAR, I THINK THE BOARD CONCURS WITH ME ON THANKING EVERYONE. 
          THANK YOU, MR. SMITH. 
          UM, I'D LIKE TO JUST RAISE TWO VERY MINOR QUESTIONS. 
          ONE IS, WITH ALL OF THIS SUCCESS, AND IT'S BEEN MENTIONED, WE SHOULD CELEBRATE HOW SHARE SHOULD WE CELEBRATE? AND WE CAN DEFER THAT TO THE SUPERINTENDENT AND YOUR TEAM, BUT TO RECOGNIZE PEOPLE JUST TAKE A BRIEF BREAK, WHETHER IT'S LIKE SOME OF THE SUPPORT STAFF OR TEACHER OF THE YEAR TYPE CELEBRATIONS 
          [01:20:02]
SO THAT EVERY SCHOOL KNOWS HOW MUCH WE APPRECIATE THE EFFORTS THAT THE TEACHERS AND THEIR LEADERSHIP ARE PUTTING INTO IT, AS WELL AS YOUR HIERARCHY. 
          UH, THE SECOND THING IS WHAT SUPPORT IS NEEDED TO MEET THE 20, 30 TERMINAL TARGETS? YEAH, I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS IMPORTANT, I MEAN, THIS, THIS RECENT REPORT CARD INFORMATION MM-HMM . 
          THAT'S COME OUT. 
          UM, AND SO WE'RE GONNA DIG DEEPER AND GET MORE GRANULAR WITH THAT INFORMATION, WHICH THEN TENDS TO HIGHLIGHT, UH, WHERE, WHERE YOU NEED TO PUSH FURTHER A BIT. 
          UH, I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS THAT IS IMPORTANT IS, IS, UM, WHEN YOU HAVE GOALS AS HIGH AS, AND AS AMBITIOUS AS WE'VE SET IN THEM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I DO THINK IS IMPORTANT IS THE REALIZATION, RIGHT? AND, AND, AND THE ACKNOWLEDGEMENT THAT IN THAT WORK, UH, STUDENTS, YOU KNOW, GROUPS OF STUDENTS THAT YOU SERVE, UH, MAY NEED ADDITIONAL PUSHES AND ADDITIONAL SUPPORTS IN CERTAIN AREAS. 
          AND FOR, FOR, FOR EXAMPLE, WITHIN THOSE REPORT CARD RATINGS, YOU HAVE, UH, MULTILINGUAL STUDENTS, RIGHT? AND THERE ARE SPECIFIC THINGS THAT, THAT WE MAY NEED TO, UH, WORK ON TOWARDS, UH, THE IMPROVEMENT OF, OF, OF OUTCOMES FOR OUR MULTILINGUAL STUDENTS. 
          ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S CHALLENGING IN THERE IS, UH, THE ASSESSMENT ITSELF. 
          UH, BECAUSE THAT, THAT ASSESSMENT, UH, GETS PROGRESSIVELY, UH, MORE DIFFICULT IN THE ORAL LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT. 
          AND SO IF YOU ARE, IF YOU ARRIVE HERE IN FIRST GRADE OR SECOND GRADE, WELL, BY THE TIME YOU'RE A SENIOR, RIGHT? YOU HAVE A GREATER COMMAND OF LANGUAGE AND ARE ABLE TO EXIT THAT DESIGNATION, WHICH IMPROVES, UH, YOUR SCORES AT A, AT A, AT A FASTER CLIP. 
          BUT IF YOU ARRIVE HERE IN, SAY, EIGHTH GRADE RIGHT? THEN, THEN THAT FIVE YEAR, UH, TYPICAL, UH, UM, AND THAT'S BEING GENEROUS, UH, OVER ORAL LANGUAGE ACQUISITION, RIGHT? UM, IS, IS HARDER WITH THE, WITHIN THE, THAT CERTAINLY THAT ACCESS TEST THAT STUDENTS ARE, ARE REQUIRED TO TAKE. 
          AND SO I, I THINK WE NEED TO GET A LITTLE MORE, UH, SPECIFIC AROUND, UH, THAT IS ACCESS ASSESSMENTS AND, AND TAKE A CLOSER LOOK AT, AT WHAT WE MIGHT NEED IN THAT AREA. 
          UH, TYPICALLY IF STUDENTS AREN'T EXITING THE MULTILINGUAL DESIGNATION, UM, BY THE TIME THEY'RE IN HIGH SCHOOL, UH, IT'S, IT'S CERTAINLY MUCH HARDER TO GET OUT WHEN THEY'RE IN HIGH SCHOOL. 
          'CAUSE THE REQUIREMENTS OF GETTING OUT AND THE TARGETS ARE SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER. 
          SO, UH, UM, IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IS WHERE YOU REALLY WANT THOSE STUDENTS, UH, EXITING THOSE MULTILINGUAL CRITERIA. 
          BUT SOMETIMES THEY DON'T ARRIVE UNTIL MM-HMM . 
          UH, YOU KNOW, LATER MIDDLE SCHOOL OR HIGH SCHOOL. 
          UH, SO MULTILINGUAL IS A SPACE THAT WE'RE GONNA DEFINITELY EXPLORE MORE, AND WE'RE CONTINUING OUR WORK AROUND SPECIAL EDUCATION. 
          UH, THAT'S AN IMPORTANT PIECE, UH, FOR THOSE STUDENTS. 
          BUT THEN I THINK YOU, YOU ALSO HAVE TO LOOK AT, UM, UH, WORK DEDICATED TOWARDS, UM, UH, ADVANCED PLACEMENT AND EVENT AND, AND, AND IB PROGRAMS, UH, TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU INCREASE EN UH, ENROLLMENT WITHIN THOSE PROGRAMS. AND, AND THAT THOSE NEEDS ARE ALSO MET SO THAT THOSE STUDENTS CONTINUE TO EXCEL AND PUSH FORWARD. 
          AND THAT'S ONE OF OUR, OUR, OUR, OUR FOCUS AS WELL IN TERMS OF, OF LOOKING AT THAT. 
          SO WITHIN EACH OF THOSE SCORES THAT YOU SEE, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE VARIOUS SUBGROUPS, AND SO WE JUST NEED TO IDENTIFY WHAT THE SPECIFIC SUPPORT FOR THOSE SUBGROUPS ARE. 
          UH, SO BASED ON, ON WHAT WE SEE IN THE DATA. 
          'CAUSE THAT DATA HAS TO BE COMPLETELY DISSECTED AND, AND BECOME MORE GRANULAR. 
          I HAVE ONE MORE FOLLOW UP IF NO ONE ELSE HAS ONE AT THIS POINT. 
          ANYONE ELSE HAVE ONE? OKAY. 
          SO IN, IN, IN SPEAKING WITH A, A SPANISH SPEAKING GROUP RECENTLY, UH, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WAS AN EPIPHANY FOR ME IS THEY TALKED ABOUT HOW THEY GO IN AND TAKE THE TESTS. 
          AND ONE OF OUR WONDERFUL KIDS MAY BE VERY FLUENT IN SPANISH, I MEAN ENGLISH, SO THEY UNDERSTAND ALL THE SUBTLETIES OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, THEN MAYBE THEIR FRIENDS IN THAT SAME CLASS, AND THEY'RE NOT. 
          AND SO THAT STUDENT DOESN'T UNDERSTAND WHAT THE QUESTION IS, AND THE SUBTLETIES AND THE NUANCES OF THE QUESTION, THEY GO OUTSIDE THE ROOM. 
          AND THEN THIS STUDENT WHO IS PROFICIENT HELPS THAT STUDENT UNDERSTAND WHAT THE QUESTION WAS, BUT IT'S AFTER THE FACT. 
          AND WHAT I CAME AWAY FROM THAT WAS IT'S AN INFORMAL LEARNING SALE. 
          SO HAS THAT BEEN SORT OF CONSIDERED ANYWHERE WHERE WE COULD PARTNER MAYBE OUTSIDE OF THE SCHOOL WALLS, A KID 
          [01:25:01]
WHO IS PROFICIENT WITH A YOUNGSTER WHO IS NOT, AND MAYBE THEY CAN LEARN TOGETHER? YEAH, I THINK THAT'S PART OF WHAT YOU SEE THAT, UH, UH, THAT, YOU KNOW, DOES OCCUR OR MAY OCCUR IN, IN THAT SPACE. 
          UM, BUT WE ALSO WANT TO BE IN A POSITION TO HAVE ADULTS IN THE ROOM THAT, THAT, THAT, THAT, AND MAY REQUIRE AN ADDITIONAL ADULT IN THOSE ROOMS THAT MAY HAVE STUDENTS ON A CONSULTATION BASIS. 
          UH, BECAUSE TO YOUR POINT, THEY'RE ON A DIFFERENT CONTINUUM IN THAT ORAL LANGUAGE ACQUISITION, RIGHT? AND, AND ACQUIRING LANGUAGE IS, UH, NO JOKE, YOU KNOW, UH, AND THE OLDER THEY ARE WHEN THEY GET HERE, THE HARDER IT IS, YOU KNOW? AND THERE'S, THERE'S LANGUAGE AND THEN THERE'S ACADEMIC LANGUAGE , RIGHT? THAT IS INHERENT IN ALL OF THE CURRICULUM OF EACH OF THOSE COURSES. 
          SO, DR. 
          STRATOS, SO THREE ITEMS, CHAIR AND BOARD MEMBERS, ITEM NUMBER ONE, AS DR. RODRIGUEZ WAS BRINGING FORWARD. 
          SO YOU HAVE ACADEMIC LANGUAGE, AND YOU HAVE, WHICH IS, WHICH IS CALP COGNITIVE ACADEMIC LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY AND BS, BASIC LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY. 
          I MAY BE ABLE TO RECOGNIZE HOW TO PURCHASE SOMETHING IN ENGLISH EASY ENOUGH, BUT WHEN I GET IN THAT CLASSROOM, THE COMPLEXITY TAKES IT THREEFOLD. 
          SO THAT'S LANGUAGE ACQUISITION INTO AN ACADEMIC LEVEL. 
          THE TEST THAT A SCREEN OR THE SCREENER THAT IS USED FOR A STUDENT WHO IS NOT AN ENGLISH NATIVE SPEAKER, IS THE ACCESS TEST THAT HAS BEEN ACCEPTED BY SOUTH CAROLINA. 
          WE CANNOT FIND A CORRELATION BETWEEN THE ACCESS TEST SCORES AND THAT TO SC READY. 
          AND I'M SHARING THAT WITH YOU BECAUSE I COULD BE RATHER FLUENT AT ENGLISH, BUT NOT MY COMPLEXITY ENOUGH TO SCORE OUT ON THE ACCESS TESTS BECAUSE OF SPEECH, LANGUAGE, READING AND WRITING ARE THE FOUR AREAS THAT ARE SCREENED TO A HIGHER LEVEL ALMOST IN THAT WHAT A STUDENT SITS FOR. 
          THE THIRD ITEM I WANNA BRING TO YOUR ATTENTION IS PROGRAM MODELS. 
          YOU'RE SPEAKING OF THE PROGRAM MODEL IN THE CLASSROOM, WE TO USE A PROGRAM MODEL THAT HAS INTEGRATION OF OUR STUDENTS WITH MOST OF THE CLASSMATES. 
          WE DO NOT HAVE A SHELTERED MODEL LANG ENGLISH LANGUAGE ACQUISITION THAT ALLOWS FOR YOU AND I TO BUILD SKILLS TOGETHER. 
          THERE IS THAT EXPECTATION OF THAT INTEGRATION AND NOT SITTING THE LANGUAGE LEARNERS IN THE BACK OF THE CLASS. 
          I'LL LEAVE IT AS POLITELY, BUT THAT IS THE PRACTICE THAT IS A PROGRAM MODEL TIE WITH INCLUSION OR CO-TEACHING, WHICH MANY OF YOU MAY. 
          THAT HAS BEEN A MODEL THAT WE PUT INTO PLACE STARTING THREE YEARS AGO. 
          WE HAVE CO-TEACHING IN ML AS WELL IN SPECIAL EDUCATION, SO THAT WE'RE HAND IN HAND WORKING ON THE SAME LEVEL. 
          I MEAN, YOU HAVE, YOU HAVE SOME STUDENTS WHO HAVE TAKEN AND PASSED AN AP COURSE EARNING COLLEGE CREDIT, BUT CANNOT EXIT 'CAUSE OF THEIR SCORE ON THE ACCESS TEST. 
          SO THEY'RE, THEY'RE, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE REQUIREMENTS OF SC READY AND, AND THE STANDARDS THAT YOU'RE, THAT YOU'RE TEACHING, AND THEN CONNECT, CONNECT THAT WITH ACCESS. 
          AND THAT'S WHAT SHE'S SAYING. 
          SHE DOES THE, THE CORRELATION ISSUE. 
          SO YOU'RE ALMOST, WHICH CURRICULUM DO YOU TEACH? WHICH, WHICH, WHAT IS IT THAT YOU'RE SAYING? THOSE ARE THE DECISIONS THAT, UH, CLASSROOM BASED DECISIONS THAT INSTRUCTORS ARE MAKING, TEACHERS ARE MAKING ON A, ON AN ONGOING. 
          OKAY, THANK YOU BOTH. 
          YES, SIR. 
          YES, SIR. 
          MR. SMITH, ALSO, UH, SINCE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ALSO IN, IN, IN, IN, IN, IN TERMS OF OUR SCORES, HOW MUCH EMBEDDED IS DEC K PROGRAMS IN, IN, IN, IN TERMS OF, OF, OF THE INVOLVED IN THE SCORES? I THINK, WELL, OR IS IT MORE IN THE RANKINGS? SO I THINK WHAT I WOULD TELL YOU ON THAT END IS, IS THIS, RIGHT? SO NATURALLY THERE, UH, YOU HAVE CAREER READINESS. 
          SO, UH, IN YOUR COLLEGE OR CAREER READINESS SCORES, OUR CAPE PROGRAMS ARE EMBEDDED IN THAT BECAUSE STUDENTS ARE EARNING INDUSTRY CERTIFICATIONS. 
          AND THAT'S, THAT'S ONE OF THE WAYS THAT THEY CAN GET THAT CAREER READINESS, UH, SCORE THAT THEY GET. 
          BUT HERE'S THE OTHER IMPORTANT PIECE. 
          WHEN YOU GET INTO CAREER AND TECH ED COURSES, UM, ANY READING THAT YOU'RE DOING IN THOSE, IN THOSE COURSES IS TYPICALLY HIGHLY TECHNICAL AND, UH, INFORMATIONAL BASED READING. 
          RIGHT? SO IF YOU THINK OF, UH, 
          [01:30:03]
DATE MYSELF, WELL, I'M NOT GONNA DATE MYSELF. 
          I'M GONNA USE A DIFFERENT EXAMPLE. 
          SO I DON'T DATE MYSELF THERE. 
          YOU GO IN YOUR CAR, RIGHT? YOUR CAR COMES WITH A MANUAL, RIGHT? RIGHT. 
          WELL, WHEN YOU READ YOUR MANUAL FOR YOUR VEHICLE, RIGHT, THAT, THAT'S MORE INFORMATION BASED READING, RIGHT? OKAY. 
          WHEN YOU PICK UP A BOOK AND YOU'RE READING IT FOR ENJOYMENT, RIGHT? THAT'S MORE LITERARY BASED READING, AND IT'S TWO DIFFERENT TYPES OF READING, RIGHT? INFORMATION BASED READING IS, IS, IS, I'M GONNA CALL IT, UM, I'M GONNA SAY IT'S MORE RIGOROUS, IT'S MORE DIFFICULT BECAUSE, BECAUSE IT'S MORE TECHNICAL LANGUAGE TYPICALLY, ALL RIGHT? AND, UH, BUT THE ASSESSMENTS, RIGHT? THAT STUDENTS RE ARE REQUIRED TO TAKE, UM, HAVE BOTH LITERARY AND INFORMATIONAL BASED READING. 
          SO, SO THAT'S ONE WAY THAT CAREER AND TECH ED PROGRAMS CONTRIBUTE TO THE OVERALL CURRICULUM, UH, OR OVERALL PROGRAM OF STUDY FOR STUDENTS, BECAUSE THEY'RE GETTING PRACTICE IN INFORMATIONAL BASED READING AS WELL, RIGHT? UH, AND, AND I THINK THAT'S, SO HOW DOES IT, HOW DOES IT CONTRIBUTE? THAT'S ONE WAY THAT IT CONTRIBUTES, IT GIVES THEM PRACTICE AND EXPERIENCE IN WHAT IS TYPICALLY A MORE CHALLENGING, UH, TYPE OF READING FOR, FOR STUDENTS. 
          IT'S NOT AS FUN UNLESS YOU'RE REALLY INTO IT. 
          RIGHT? YOU KNOW, IF YOU'RE INTO AUTO MECHANICS, YOU KNOW, THAT THAT MAY BE A LITTLE, LITTLE MORE FUN FOR YOU TO READ, RIGHT? BUT IF, IF YOU'RE NOT INTO THAT, YOU KNOW, IT'S GONNA BE LABORIOUS. 
          AND, AND, AND ONE OF MY DRIVING FORCES, THE REASON WHY I WAS ASKING THAT QUESTION IN, IN TERMS OF, I, I, I THINK THAT HOW, I WAS JUST WONDERING HOW COULD, IN TERMS OF LIKE PROGRAM, LIKE RIGHT CHOICES, HOW COULD WE GET THOSE KIDS IN TERMS OF, AND TALK ABOUT BEHAVIOR? BECAUSE WHEN YOU, WHEN YOU ENGAGE THEM INTO THINGS THAT THEY LIKE OR SCHOOL MAY NOT BE WHAT THEY ARE, UH, A HUNDRED PERCENT GIVEN THEIR ATTENTION TO WHEN YOU, I THINK WHEN, WHEN, WHEN WE COULD CREATE PROGRAMS THAT CAN TIE INTO PROGRAMS LIKE THAT, I THINK THAT WOULD DEFINITELY HELP SERVE AND BE MEANINGFUL, BECAUSE NOW WE'RE TALKING ABOUT GRADUATION RATE, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT IN A STUDENT THAT'S, THAT, THAT WILL BE GRADUATING WITH A TRADE, AND YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT EMPLOYING A STUDENT NOW, NOW, NOW THEY'RE HAPPILY, HAPPILY ENGAGING IN SOMETHING THAT THEY'RE REALLY INTERESTED IN. 
          I THINK THAT WOULD REALLY ALSO LIFT UP SOME LIFT, LIFT THE PRESSURE UP OF, UH, OF OUR, OF OUR TEACHERS, BUT ALSO, UM, IT, IT, IT, IT WOULD DEFINITELY ENHANCE OUR, ENHANCE OUR COMMUNITY. 
          SO I WAS NOW, AND THEN THAT'S WHY I WAS ASKING THAT, BECAUSE I THINK HAVING THOSE KIDS INVOLVED AND ENGAGED IN THAT, IN THOSE TYPES OF PROGRAMS, YOU KNOW, I'M, I'M NOT SURE HOW, HOW WE, HOW THAT WOULD, HOW WE WOULD DO THAT, OR WHAT THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE, OR WHAT THAT WORKAROUND WOULD. 
          I THINK THAT WOULD BE VERY, UH, A, A GREAT SOMETHING TO SEE IN TERMS OF MOVING FORWARD WHEN WE TALK ABOUT ENGAGING STUDENTS AND PUTTING PROGRAMS IN, IN, IN, IN THE, THE RISK DIRECTION. 
          I JUST WANNA PUT THAT OUT THERE. 
          I JUST LOOKED IT UP ACTUALLY, IS WE ARE, WE ARE, I JUST LOOKED IT UP AS WE ARE 18 OF, IN THE 74. 
          UH, IT'S, IT'S 74. 
          UM, IT'S, IT'S 74, UH, DISTRICTS IN THE STATE, AND, AND WE, AND WE ARE NUMBER, WE ARE 18 EIGHT, WE ARE 18, AND THE 74 JUST LOOKED IT UP. 
          OKAY. 
          YEAH. 
          WELL, THANKS EVERYBODY FOR A VERY ROBUST DISCUSSION THERE. 
          UM, NEXT ITEM THAT'S IN THE SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT, I BELIEVE, UH, MR. SMITH, AT ONE JUNCTURE, YOU HAD REQUESTED LEGAL EXPENSES OVER FIVE YEARS. 
          AND SO, UH, THAT IS PROVIDED, UH, OUT NOT LEGAL EXPENSES. 
          YOU HAD REQUESTED OUTSIDE LEGAL, UH, EXPENSES, RIGHT? SO HOW MUCH WAS THE DISTRICT, UH, SPENDING WHEN IT HAD TO GO FOR OUTSIDE LEGAL COUNSEL, RIGHT? AND SO THAT'S WHAT YOU SEE IN THIS HANDOUT, THAT HERE TAKE THAT, THAT'S WHAT YOU SEE IN THAT HANDOUT. 
          UM, UH, WITH RESPECT TO, UH, THE FIVE YEAR, UH, ALSO THE, UH, HOW ABOUT, IS, IS THE BOARD INCLUDED IN THIS AS WELL? NO. 
          NO, NO, I DON'T THINK SO. 
          OKAY. 
          YEAH. 
          I ALSO WANT IT WITHIN, WITHIN, WITHIN THE, UH, IT IS, IT'S IN THERE. 
          THANK YOU, ROBIN. 
          IT'S STAND CORRECTED. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK. 
          YES. 
          IT'S SO, OKAY. 
          AND, AND, AND, AND THEN, BUT, BUT THERE'S NO BREAKDOWN IN BETWEEN THE, UH, THE BOARD, THE BOARD IN THE, IN THE DISTRICT. 
          BUT THIS IS, THIS IS THE ACTUAL, UM, TOTAL, TOTAL FOOT. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, I'LL JUST LEAVE IT RIGHT THERE. 
          I'LL JUST BRING, BRING IT BACK OUT AFTER THIS. 
          BUT THANKS, THANKS FOR GETTING FOR THIS, THIS UPDATE. 
          YEAH. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          SHE HAS A QUESTION. 
          OH, SORRY, DR. 
          BOSS, AN EASY WAY TO, UH, SORT THAT OUT IS JUST LOOK AT THE BOARD BUDGET. 
          UM, ACTUALLY, I WAS HOPING FOR A LITTLE MORE DETAIL. 
          I JUST DIDN'T GO INTO IT TONIGHT, BUT I, BUT THERE WAS A LITTLE MORE, BUT I, I, I, LIKE I SAID, I'LL, I'LL LEAVE THAT FOR A LATER DATE, BUT YEAH. 
          BUT I THINK TO DETERMINE WHICH IS 
          [01:35:01]
DISTRICT AND WHICH IS, IS BOARD THAT YOU CAN TAKE, YOU CAN FIND THAT BY LOOKING AT THE BOARD BUDGET. 
          THANK YOU. 
          I, I, I AM, I'M AWARE OF THAT, BUT LIKE I SAID, I WAS JUST SOME OTHER THINGS THAT I'M LOOKING FOR AS, AS WELL ALONG WITH THIS TOO. 
          PROCESS IT. 
          OKAY. 
          IN TERMS OF WHAT WE HAVE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU FOR GIVING THE RESPONSE TO THE INQUIRY, UH, THE HILTON HEAD, MIDDLE SCHOOL ORCHESTRA, THOSE WERE THE TWO GUITAR PLAYERS. 
          MM-HMM . 
          OKAY. 
          SO THAT'S DONE. 
          YES. 
          AND NOW, POINTS OF CELEBRATION 
          [Points of Celebration]
BOARD, MANSHIP INSTITUTE RECOGNITION POINTS OF, UH, CELEBRATION TODAY, UH, REVOLVE AROUND THE BOARDMAN SHIP INSTITUTE RECOGNITION, AS YOU MENTIONED, UH, IT WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1982. 
          SOUTH CAROLINA SCHOOL BOARDS, ASSOCIATION'S, BOARDS, MANSHIP INSTITUTE OFFERS A YEAR-ROUND TRAINING CURRICULUM THAT'S FOCUSED ON LEADERSHIP SKILLS FOR BOARD MEMBERS ON STATE AND NATIONAL EDUCATIONAL ISSUES. 
          AS A, AS A RESULT OF THAT TRAINING BOARD MEMBERS CAN REACH ANY ONE OF SIX LEVELS IN SOUTH CAROLINA SCHOOL BOARDS, ASSOCIATION'S, BOARDS, MANSHIP, AND I WANNA, UH, CONGRATULATE OUR BOARD MEMBERS WHO HAVE REACHED NEW LEVELS IN FISCAL YEAR 25, 26. 
          AND SO, UM, I'VE GOT SOME THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN SENT OUR WAY, AND I'M GOING TO, UH, NAME THEM, NAME YOU, AND THEN, UH, THE LEVEL, AND THEN I'M GONNA COME AROUND AND HAND SOMETHING TO YOU. 
          SO, FIRST, UH, MR. ISAAC GORDON HAS REACHED LEVEL ONE. 
          MR. ALFONSO SMALLS REACHED LEVEL ONE. 
          UH, MR. CARLTON DALLAS REACHED LEVEL THREE, AND MR. WILLIAMS SMITH REACHED LEVEL FOUR. 
          SO CONGRATULATIONS TO, UH OH. 
          GO. 
          WAY TO GO. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, FANTASTIC. 
          THANK YOU, SIR. 
          CONGRATULATIONS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, SUPERINTENDENT. 
          MM-HMM . 
          THAT CONCLUDES, UH, POINTS OF CELEBRATION. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, BARRING ANY 
          [Consent Agenda]
CON CONTENTION, IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA? SO I MOVE, IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND. 
          THANK YOU, MS. UH, HAY. 
          THANK YOU, MR. NAY. 
          ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. 
          AYE. 
          AYE. 
          ALL OPPOSED? MR. GORDON? AYE. 
          PASTOR GORDON, DID YOU VOTE? HE DID, SAID AYE. 
          OKAY, GREAT. 
          PASS UNANIMOUSLY. 
          OKAY. 
          FUTURE AGENDA 
          [Future Agenda Topics]
TOPICS. 
          OKAY. 
          THEN I HAVE ONE IF NO ONE ELSE HAS ONE. 
          UM, I, I, IN, IN GOING AROUND THE COMMUNITY, I HEAR THAT WE'RE MAKING PROGRESS IN GETTING OUR AFTERSCHOOL CENTERS IN INSTALLED IN ADDITIONAL, UH, RELIGIOUS INSTITUTIONS. 
          SUPERINTENDENT. 
          WE HAVE, UH, OUR EXTENDED LEARNING SITES. 
          YES. 
          YES. 
          UH, WE HAVE THOSE. 
          WE HAVE, UM, UH, EXTENDED LEARNING SITES ALSO IN, UH, UH, BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB, I THINK THAT ARE PART OF THAT DARK STRADDLES. 
          ANY PLACE ELSE THAT YOU'RE WORKING ON? BOYS AND GIRLS? OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB HAS GROWN. 
          SO WE HAVE A WHALE BRANCH, ELEMENTARY, WHALE BRANCH, MIDDLE SCHOOL. 
          WE ARE LOOKING AT EXTENDING SOUTH AND ABROAD. 
          WE ALSO AT ST. 
          HELENA FOR BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB, YMCA IS LOCATED AT THREE SCHOOLS. 
          WE ALSO HAVE 10 SITES THROUGH A GRANT FOR EXTENDED LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES. 
          AND EVERY SCHOOL RECEIVES ADDITIONAL FUNDING, BY THE WAY, TUTORING FUNDING THAT THEY'RE ABLE TO PROVIDE SERVICES AFTER SCHOOL. 
          YOU MAY HAVE SEEN STUDENTS HERE ON CAMPUS AS YOU COME INTO YOUR BOARD MEETING THAT HILTON HEAD MIDDLE IS AN EXAMPLE OF THAT AS WELL. 
          YES, DR. 
          WAS SO, WHICH, UM, BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS. 
          SO DIRECTLY, WE AT THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB HERE ON HILTON NET, WE HAVE NOT HAD AN EXTENDED ON SATURDAYS WHERE WE HAD HAD IN THE PAST SOLELY BECAUSE OF JUST LIMITATIONS FROM THE FUNDING FROM THE GRANT. 
          I HAVE TO SHARE THAT BECAUSE THE MEMBERSHIP HAS GOTTEN LARGER THAN WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO PROJECT OVER. 
          WE'RE GOING INTO YEAR FOUR, DR. 
          QUADS. 
          SO, BUT WE HAVE AN ANCILLARY SITES, NOT PHYSICAL SITES. 
          WE'RE FINDING 
          [01:40:01]
WE'RE DOING BETTER BY HAVING OUR SITES WITH BOYS AND GIRLS WITHIN THE SCHOOLS. 
          IT'S SAVING THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OVERALL, THE OPPORTUNITY. 
          SO THEY'RE NOT HAVING TO DO BRICK AND MORTAR. 
          UH, BEING, SINCE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT FINANCES, UM, I FIGURED WE'D GO AHEAD AND TAKE THIS TIME TO LET THE COMMUNITY KNOW, UH, DR. 
          UM, SCRA, EXCUSE MY, BASED ON MY, MY, MY MIND, NOT MY HEART, UM, THAT WE, WE ARE ACCEPTING FUNDS, IF ANYONE WANNA DONATE FUNDS FOR OUR, OUR, OUR, OUR PROGRAMS, WE ARE OPENLY, UH, ACCEPTING FUNDS. 
          IS THAT GIVES, ISN'T THAT CORRECT? OUR, UH, DR. RODRIGUEZ, IS THAT CORRECT? WE ARE, WE'RE LOOKING FOR FUNDS THAT WE'RE STILL ACCEPTING FUNDS. 
          IF ANYONE WANNA DONATE, WE HAVE, UH, MEMBERS IN THE COMMUNITY THAT, UH, DONATE NOT ONLY THEIR, UH, TIME AND THEIR TALENT, BUT THERE, THERE ARE THAT, UH, THAT DONATE. 
          AND OUR SCHOOL BOARD RECEIVES, UH, THOSE DONATIONS FROM TIME TO TIME AS THEY COME IN AND APPROVE SOME. 
          RIGHT. 
          YEAH, BECAUSE TODAY WE HAD OUR MEETING, WE HEARD THAT SOMEONE DONATED LIKE A HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT TO, UH, SOME, SOME PROGRAM, WHAT WAS IT? OH, WHAT WAS IT? A HUNDRED MILLION. 
          SO, YOU KNOW, SO IF THEY WANNA DONATE SOME OF THAT, YOU KNOW, WE WOULD, WE WOULD DEFINITELY TAKE SOME OF THAT. 
          SO I JUST WANNA PUT THAT OUT THERE, YOU KNOW, SINCE WE'RE ADVERTISING, THEY USE IT IN EVERY OUTLET TO, TO, TO, UH, GET SOME FUN. 
          SO GUYS WANNA PUT THAT OUT THERE. 
          EVERYONE WILL TAKE THE A HUNDRED MILLION. 
          SO THROW IT OUT INTO THE UNIVERSE. 
          ONE NEVER KNOWS WHAT LANDS. 
          SO YES, SIR. 
          . 
          THAT'S RIGHT. 
          THAT'S RIGHT. 
          RIGHT. 
          OKAY. 
          NO, UM, IF THERE ARE NO FURTHER 
          [Announcements]
AGENDA TOPICS THAN IN ANNOUNCEMENTS, UM, MR. MILLER? NO. 
          YEP. 
          A SECOND. 
          NO. 
          ANNOUNCEMENTS COMES BEFORE SECOND PUBLIC COMMENTS BEFORE SECOND PUBLIC COMMENTS. 
          ONE OF THE ANNOUNCEMENTS THAT IS THAT, UM, THE COMBINED MEETING WITH THE BEAUFORT COUNTY COUNCIL IS SCHEDULED FOR OCTOBER THE 27TH. 
          AND THE QUESTION HAS COME UP FROM THE PUBLIC AS WELL AS FROM SOME OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS, UM, WHO ARE IN VARIOUS POSITIONS. 
          IF, IF THIS IS THE PROPER TIME TO DO THAT, SHOULD WE WAIT UNTIL, UH, CONTINUE? WAIT, I WOULD PUSH IT AFTER THE ELECTION. 
          ANY OTHER COMMENTS? YEAH, WHY? OKAY. 
          I MEAN, FIRST OF ALL, WHY WERE WE HAVING A MEETING? AND THEN WHY ARE WE NOT, WHY ARE WE NOW DECIDING TO PUSH IT BACK? SO, I MEAN, I, I'LL BE HONEST, I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW WHY WE WERE MEETING AND EXCEPT FOR JUST TO HAVE A MEETING. 
          SO WHAT WAS THE, THE, THE SUBJECT MATTER OF THE MEETING AND DO WE NEED TO PUSH IT OFF? OR DO WE NEED TO HAVE THE, THE MEETING? WELL, THE MEETING WAS, WAS BASICALLY CONTINUING TO BUILD A BRIDGE OF RELATIONSHIP THAT'S BEEN RELATIVELY EFFECTIVE BETWEEN US AND THE, UH, COUNTY COUNCIL COUNCIL. 
          SO, SO NO PARTICULAR ISSUES TO BRING UP? YEAH, THERE ARE PARTICULAR ISSUES. 
          OKAY. 
          THEN WHAT WERE THEY, WELL, ONE THAT, UH, OCCURRED THIS, THIS WEEK, MCPS IS A VERY RELEVANT ONE. 
          AGREED. 
          AND THE QUESTION BECOMES, DO YOU REALLY WANT TO BRING THAT UP PRIOR TO AN ELECTION AND WHERE IT COULD REALLY BE, UM, INTERPRETED DIFFERENTLY? SO JUST EXPRESSING THAT SENSITIVITY, WHICH HAS COME TO ME, I'M BRINGING IT BEFORE THE BOARD TO SAY, WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS? LET ME GO TO THE SUPERMAN. 
          HE RAISE HIS HAND, GENERALLY SPEAKING IN THE PAST, THAT IF, IF MEMORY SERVES ME CORRECTLY, I THINK BOARD MEMBERS, UH, HAVE, UH, UH, SENT IN TOPICS OF INTEREST AND THEN, UH, A, A DISCUSSION I THINK BETWEEN, AND I THINK COUNTY COUNCIL MAY HAVE DONE THE SAME THING. 
          AND THEN GENERALLY A DISCUSSION BETWEEN, UH, THE BOARD OFFICERS AND THE, UH, COUNCIL OFFICERS, UH, SETTLED ON WHAT THE AGENDA WAS. 
          AND, AND WE HAVE A COUPLE PRIOR BOARD CHAIRS HERE, SO IF, IF I'M SPEAKING INCORRECTLY, PLEASE, UH, PLEASE FIX THAT STATEMENT. 
          , YEAH. 
          IN THE PAST IT WAS, UM, ACTUALLY IT WA WASN'T FULL BOARD AND FULL BOARD MEETING. 
          IT WAS THE CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR, AS I RECALL, OF BOTH, UH, UH, BOARDS THAT MET. 
          AND, UM, I THINK NO, THAT NO, NO, NO. 
          JUST TO, TO MEET. 
          THAT WAS THE MEETING AND THE AGENDA. 
          YEAH, I THINK, UH, UM, THE BO THE FULL BOARDS, UH, YOU KNOW, HAD, UH, TOPICS FOR THEIR RESPECTIVE, UH, PORTION THERE, AS I RECALL. 
          YEAH. 
          UM, BUT I, I DON'T RECALL IT BEING THE ENTIRE BOARD, THE ENTIRE FULL, UH, BOARD OF EACH, I THINK LAST, I'M SORRY, I THINK LAST YEAR, UH, COLONEL, IT WAS THE FULL BOARD AND THE FULL COUNCIL. 
          YEP. 
          SO THAT WAS, THAT MAY HAVE BEEN THE FIRST YEAR LIKE THAT THEN. 
          YEAH. 
          YEAH. 
          OKAY. 
          AND, AND IF I COULD JUST TAG ONTO THAT VERY BRIEFLY, THEN I'M COME TO YOU, SIR. 
          UH, I THINK THE, THE COUN COUNCIL IS VERY, 
          [01:45:01]
VERY FAMILIAR WITH THE ONE CONDUCTED LAST YEAR AND IS VERY COMFORTABLE WITH THAT. 
          SO I THINK TO SORT OF DIS SAY WE WANT A SMALLER GROUP WOULD BE CREATE SOME ISSUES, BUT MOVING IT TO A DIFFERENT DATE IS SOMETHING THAT, YOU KNOW, I'M JUST RAISING IT IF THERE'S CONSIDERATION. 
          IF NOT, WE CAN MOVE FORWARD AS WE DID LAST YEAR. 
          LET ME FINISH. 
          AND, UM, WE CAN SOLICIT, YOU KNOW, STARTING TONIGHT TOPICS TO BE SHARED WITH THEM, BUT THEY'RE VERY EAGER. 
          OKAY. 
          YEAH, I WAS, I WAS GONNA SAY I MM-HMM . 
          GO AHEAD. 
          GO AHEAD. 
          I WAS GONNA SAY, NO, I DO AGREE THAT HAVING THE FULL BOARD WAS THE INITIAL, WHAT, WHAT IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE, BECAUSE I WAS THE ONE, THE PEOPLE WHO PUSHED THAT TO HAVE HAD TO HAVE HAD THAT MEETING IN TERMS OF KIND OF COUNCIL, IN THE SCHOOL BOARD, IN TERMS OF BRIDGING THE GAP BETWEEN US AND UNDERSTANDING AND PREPARING FOR DIFFERENT THINGS THAT THE COUNCIL MAY HAVE BEEN DOING IN TERMS OF, UH, PERMITS AND THINGS, IN TERMS OF THE GROWTH IN THE COUNTY, I THINK THE SCHOOL BOARD WOULD NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THAT. 
          BUT ANYWAYS, TO GET BACK, UH, TO GET BACK MORE ON THE, ON THE SUBJECT MATTER, I, UH, I, I, I BELIEVE THAT I, I DON'T THINK THERE'S A BAD, IT'S A BAD TIME, BUT I ALSO DO DO, UH, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, UM, I WOULD LIKE FOR US TO, UH, TALK ABOUT SOONER RATHER THAN LATER IN TERMS TERMS OF FACILITIES, IN TERMS OF, UH, UH, OF, UH, OF PARTNERING, IN TERMS OF, UH, HOW, HOW WE, HOW WE, HOW WE, HOW, HOW WE DO THAT, THAT, THAT IS SOMETHING, UH, UM, I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE ON THE AGENDA TOO, AS, AS WELL, UH, IN, IN, IN THAT, IN THAT MEETING. 
          AND SO THERE'S A COUPLE OTHER THINGS. 
          SO, I MEAN, I, I, I DON'T REALLY SEE A PROBLEM. 
          I THINK THAT IF THAT, IF THAT, IF THAT, UH, TOPIC IS WHAT WE SEE, THAT THAT IS GOING TO BE PROBLEMATIC AT THIS TIME. 
          I MEAN, I, I, I KIND OF, MAYBE, MAYBE THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE JUST HOLD ON TO THE NEXT AGENDA, BUT AT SOME POINT IN TIME, WE'RE GONNA, WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO FACE THE REALITY OF THAT. 
          UH, SO I MEAN, THE QUESTION IS, DO WE WANT TO KEEP THE CAN ON THE ROAD OR DO WE REALLY WANT TO ADDRESS IT RIGHT, RIGHT NOW AT HAND. 
          AND I MEAN, I'LL LEAVE IT THERE. 
          WELL, I'M JUST TRYING TO BE, UH, SENSITIVE COMING TO YOU, MS. BO. 
          RIGHT? JUST LET, I'M LOOKING THIS WAY. 
           CATCH MY ATTENTION VIDEO. 
          YEAH. 
          UM, I'M JUST TRYING TO MAKE SURE I REPRESENT THE QUESTIONS THAT HAVE BEEN REPRESENTED AS ME. 
          ALRIGHT, MS. BOATRIGHT, SOMETIMES YOU'RE DOWN HERE AT THE END. 
          IT'S HARD TO GET NOTICED. 
          NOT THAT I FEEL SORRY FOR I'M, YOU WERE HIDING BEHIND ME. 
          I KNOW, RIGHT? MISS HAY THERE. 
          YEAH, WE'RE PRETTY TALL. 
          WE DON'T, IT'S PRETTY EASY TO SEE OVER. 
          UM, MY QUESTION ON THE TIMING IS THIS. 
          SO I DON'T SEE THERE'S ANY SECRECY ABOUT THE MCIP ISSUE. 
          'CAUSE THAT CAME OUT OF THE FINANCE COMMITTEE. 
          CORRECT. 
          COLONEL GEIER. 
          OKAY. 
          SO THE MCIP THING IS SOMETHING THAT I'VE BEEN PRETTY BOTHERED BY WITH, WITH THE FIRST USCB BECAUSE AS WE'VE ALL DISCUSSED, THIS IS NOT THE PROPER USE OF AN MCIP. 
          IT IS A WAY TO NOT HAVE TO ASK THE VOTERS FOR PERMISSION. 
          IT IS SORT OF A WAY TO SHORTCUT THE VOTERS, IN MY OPINION. 
          AND COUNTY COUNCIL WAS OPPOSED TO IT, OR AT LEAST DID, WERE NOT WARM TO IT WITHIN THE CCB MCIP THAT WAS PROPOSED. 
          NOW, COMING OUT OF FINANCE COMMITTEE OF THE COUNTY'S FINANCE COMMITTEE, IT LOOKS LIKE THEY'RE GONNA SUPPORT AN MCIP THAT'S ALREADY KIND OF BEEN DISCUSSED WITH THE BOARD, WHICH INVOLVES PROPERTY IN PORT ROYAL, WHICH INVOLVES PRIVATE EQUITY, WHICH INVOLVES ALL KINDS OF PROBLEMATIC THINGS. 
          THE WAY THIS GETS PASSED IN MY OPINION, IS IT'S DONE WHEN NO ONE'S LOOKING, IT'S DONE. 
          WHEN NO ONE NOTICES, NO ONE REALLY UNDERSTANDS AN MCIP. 
          YOU HAVE TO LIKE REALLY SIT DOWN AND LAY IT OUT. 
          AND GENERALLY SPEAKING, WHEN YOU TAKE 10 TO 20 MINUTES TO EXPLAIN TO A VOTER WHAT THIS IS, WHAT IT WAS INTENDED FOR, HOW IT'S GONNA AFFECT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, THEY'RE LIKE, WELL, THAT'S TERRIBLE. 
          BUT YOU GOTTA, I MEAN, 20 MINUTES PER VOTER IS A LONG TIME PER CONSTITUENT. 
          MY THING IS WITH THE COUNTY COUNCIL, WHAT I, AND I DON'T WANNA MAKE IT PERSONAL, I LIKE A LOT OF THE MEMBERS OF COUNTY COUNCIL, THE ONES THAT I KNOW, I THINK THEY'RE DOING, THEY'RE, THEY'RE WELL INTENDED. 
          BUT THE PROBLEM IS THEY'VE GOT A $780 MILLION REFERENDUM UP THERE. 
          AND IT FAILED TWO YEARS AGO. 
          AND IN MY PERSONAL OPINION, NOT REPRESENTING THE BOARD IN ANY WAY, I THINK IT FAILED BECAUSE OF A LACK OF TRUST AND TRANSPARENCY. 
          NOW THEY'VE ADOPTED DR. 
          RODRIGUEZ'S MODEL OF HAVING A CLOCK LIKE COMMITTEE, AND I THINK THAT'S A HUGE STEP FORWARD. 
          AND I PERSONALLY REPRESENTING ON HILTON, HAD PROBABLY THE LARGEST TAX BASE OF ANY DISTRICT. 
          UM, WE WANT THE ROADS, WE WANT THE BRIDGE. 
          WHAT WE WANNA KNOW IS THAT COUNTY COUNCIL IS GOING TO RESPONSIBLY HANDLE THAT FINANCES. 
          TO ME, HAVING IT NEXT WEEK WOULD BE A BENEFIT BECAUSE WE ARE ASKING THE COUNTY COUNCIL TO GO ON RECORD AND SAY, HOW ARE YOU GOING TO FUND THINGS WHILE YOU'RE ASKING THE VOTERS FOR A $780 MILLION REFERENDUM? BUT THEN YOU'RE GONNA TAKE MILLIONS OF DOLLARS. 
          AND AS COLONEL GEIER HAS RIGHTFULLY POINTED OUT, I'M NOT SAYING ANYTHING THAT NO ONE ELSE HERE HAS ALSO THOUGHT. 
          THERE ARE OTHER MUNICIPALITIES AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS WHO ARE, ONCE THIS STARTS ROLLING AND THEY HAVE THE COUNTY COUNCIL, THEY'RE GONNA START COMING WITH DIFFERENT PROJECTS BECAUSE IT'S HARD TO GO TO THE VOTERS. 
          SO TO ME, PERSONALLY, AND I, I MAY NOT HAVE 
          [01:50:01]
THOUGHT OF THIS FROM ALL ANGLES, BUT FROM A NEGOTIATION STANDPOINT, I THINK WE NEED TO TALK TO THEM BEFORE THEY GO TO THE POLLS BEFORE BOULDERS DECIDE WHETHER OR NOT THEY TRUST THIS COUNTY COUNCIL. 
          I DO THINK THAT THESE ARE TRUSTWORTHY FOLKS, BUT I WANNA HEAR FROM THEM. 
          ARE YOU REALLY GOING TO REDIRECT MONEY FROM THE SCHOOL DISTRICT TO BUILD GREEN SPACE IN PORT ROYAL, WHICH IS A 45 MINUTE TO AN HOUR DRIVE FROM JASPER COUNTY, WHICH IS THE MC IN THE MULTI-COUNTY INDUSTRIAL PARK ON A PIECE OF PROPERTY OWNED BY PRIVATE EQUITY. 
          I, TO ME, IF I GET, IF YOU SAT DOWN AND TOOK 10 MINUTES PER VOTER, THEY WOULD ALL SAY ABSOLUTELY NOT. 
          BUT IF WE DON'T TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY WHILE PEOPLE ARE PAYING ATTENTION, I THINK THEN IT KIND OF GETS SLID INTO A, A NONDESCRIPT MEETING SOMETIME IN DECEMBER. 
          OKAY. 
          UH, MS. HAY, CONGRATULATIONS. 
          MS. BOATWRIGHT JUST CHANGED MY MIND ON THE MEETING. 
          . 
          OKAY. 
          DR. 
          GU OR WHO ELSE? OH, UH, COLONEL, I FULLY SUPPORT WHAT YOU'RE SAYING BY PUTTING THE PRESSURE ON THEM. 
          MY CONCERN IS THAT IF WE HAVE A CONTENTIOUS MEETING WITH THE, WITH THE, UH, COUNTY COUNCIL AND BRING UP THOSE KINDS OF THINGS, AND BY SOME CHANCE OR WHATEVER HAPPENS, THE REFERENDUM FAILS, THEY COULD SAY, WELL BOARD YOU POI YOU POISONED THE, THE LAKE. 
          YOU POISONED THE WATER HERE BEFORE THE CAME OUT, BEFORE THE, UH, UH, VOTERS CAME. 
          I DON'T THINK IT WOULD, BUT THEY COULD USE THAT AS AN EXCUSE. 
          IT SEEMS TO ME, IF WE COULD HAVE IT, I, I THINK FIRST OF ALL, I THINK WE CAN, UH, REACH OUT TO THE PRESS AND OTHERS TO LET THEM KNOW ABOUT WHAT WAS, WHAT TRANSPIRED YESTERDAY AND MAKE SURE THAT THAT'S IN THE PRESS. 
          IT'S, IT'S OPEN, IT'S TRANSPARENT. 
          I WOULD BET THAT IT WOULD BE A MORE EFFECTIVE MEETING RIGHT AFTER THE, UH, REFERENDUM. 
          AND THE REASON I SAY THAT IS WE'RE ALSO GOING TO HAVE NEW BOARD MEMBERS. 
          WE'RE GONNA HAVE NEW COUNTY COUNCIL MEMBERS, AND MAYBE THEY, THEY SHOULDN'T SIT IN AND MAKE DECISIONS IN THIS, BUT THEY SHOULD ATTEND BECAUSE WHAT WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT IS GOING TO AFFECT THEM AND THE BOARD AND, UH, FOR THE NEXT YEARS OR TWO. 
          SO, YOU KNOW, I I'M, I'M, I'M CONCERNED ABOUT BEING, UH, CONFRONTATIONAL AS I'D LIKE TO BE  JUST BEFORE THE REFERENDUM, BECAUSE I COULD SEE HIM SAYING, WELL, YOU, YOU TUBED IT BUDDY. 
          WHEN YOU, UH, CAST DOUBT ON OUR, BECAUSE FRANKLY, WHAT I HEARD YESTERDAY WAS A COMPLETE LACK OF UNDERSTANDING ABOUT THE COMPLEXITIES OF WHAT WE DO VERSUS WHAT THEY DO. 
          THEY, THEY RUN A SMALL BUSINESS. 
          WE RUN A LARGE BUSINESS, AND THEY THINK THAT WE JUST HAVE, BECAUSE WE HAVE SO MUCH REVENUE THAT, OH, THAT'S $200,000, UH, A YEAR, UH, THAT THAT'S NOTHING TO YOUR BUDGET. 
          THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW CLOSELY WE HAVE TO MONITOR OUR EXPENDITURES TO GAIN THE TRUST TO GET OUR REFERENDUMS PASSED AT A 68% AND A 72%. 
          THAT'S UNHEARD OF. 
          AND IT'S 'CAUSE OF THE HARD WORK OF THIS BOARD AND, AND THIS ADMINISTRATION THAT HAS HAD THAT. 
          THEY HAVE NOT. 
          AND IT WOULD BE VERY EASY IN A JOINT MEETING TO SAY, YOU KNOW, YOU CAST SOME, UH, YOU CAST SOME ROCKS AND, AND YOU'RE, YOU'RE GOT A GLASS HOUSE YOURSELF, AND YOU'RE CASTING ROCKS AT US. 
          LET ME, LET ME CAST SOME ROCKS BACK TO YOUR GLASS HOUSE. 
          UH, AND I DON'T WANNA DO THAT BEFORE, BEFORE THE REFERENDUM. 
          UH, I THINK I SAW DR. 
          NO, I'M, I'M I THANK YOU. 
          BUT I'LL, I'LL WAIT UNTIL OTHERS SPEAK. 
          OKAY. 
          . 
          THE, UH, THE ABSOLUTE LAST THING I I WANT TO DO IS CULTIVATE AN ADVERSARIAL RELATIONSHIP WITH COUNTY COUNCIL. 
          THAT IS THE LAST THING. 
          HOWEVER, UH, I'LL BRING UP THE TOPIC THAT, UH, MR. GUYER BROUGHT UP, BUT FOR A DIFFERENT REASON. 
          THERE ARE MORE THAN A DOZEN SEATS BETWEEN THEIR TWO BOARDS THAT ARE UP FOR ELECTION AND REELECTION. 
          I BELIEVE THE INSTITUTIONAL KNOWLEDGE ABOUT CIPS NEEDS TO STAY IN PLACE OR LONG ENOUGH FOR US TO HAVE THE CONVERSATION. 
          UM, BECAUSE ALL IT TAKES IS ONE OR TWO, UM, ILL-INTENTIONED, UH, ACTIONS FROM BOARD MEMBERS THAT REMAIN TO GET THIS THING SLID UNDER THE RUG. 
          AND NEXT THING YOU KNOW, UH, BOARD MEMBERS THAT HAVE NO IDEA WHAT'S THIS ACRONYM? OKAY. 
          OKAY. 
          ONTO THE NEXT THING. 
          UM, 
          [01:55:01]
I, I, I THINK THAT IS ABSOLUTELY, UM, THIS, THIS IS RIFE, UH, THIS CIRCUMSTANCE OF, OF REELECTION TIMING. 
          LET'S WAIT UNTIL THE, THE RE NO, ABSOLUTELY NOT. 
          LET'S HAVE THE CONVERSATION NOW WHERE EVERYBODY KNOWS WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IS PRESENT. 
          AND I WAS AT THE LAST, UH, COMBINED COUNTY COUNCIL MEETING. 
          'CAUSE I ACTUALLY PREPARED COMMENTS, UH, OPPOSING THE MCIP. 
          AND IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY, ONLY ABOUT HALF OUR BOARD SHOWED UP AND ONLY ABOUT HALF THEIR BOARD SHOWED UP. 
          UM, YEAH. 
          SO, UH, WE ABSOLUTELY NEED TO HAVE, IN MY OPINION, WE NEED TO HAVE THAT MEETING, AND IT NEEDS TO BE BEFORE ELECTIONS. 
          OKAY. 
          UH, MS. OH, UH, LET ME GO TO DR. 
          GU. 
          SHE HAD HER HAND UP BEFORE. 
          SHOULD, UH, I AGREE. 
          I MEAN, I, YOU CAN ARGUE IT BOTH WAYS. 
          I THINK. 
          DR. 
          EXCUSE ME, MR. GUY'S COMMENTS WERE, UH, WELL INTENTIONED AND INGRID'S AND, AND, UH, VICTOR'S, I THINK I WOULD ALSO AIM FOR NOW RATHER THAN LATER. 
          AND SO DO WE KNOW WHAT AGENDA TOPICS THEY HAVE SUBMITTED? ARE THERE ANY AGENDA TOPICS? I MEAN, WHAT, HOW, YOU KNOW, HOW DOES THE AGENDA GET SET? UH, WE SOLICIT, WE SOLICIT WHAT THEY WANNA TALK ABOUT. 
          WE ADD OUR LIST. 
          AND SO WE CAN CAPTURE OUR LIST THIS EVENING AND PASS IT FORWARD. 
          IT'S PRETTY QUICKLY DONE. 
           , THAT WAS DRAMATIC . 
          SO I DON'T THINK THIS HAS TO BE CONFRONTATIONAL OR CONTENTIOUS. 
          NOW, THEY MAY SEE IT THAT WAY, BUT WE'RE JUST SAYING, PLEASE EXPLAIN YOUR VOTE. 
          RIGHT? THAT'S NUMBER ONE. 
          SO I DON'T, I DON'T WANNA BE CONTENTIOUS WITH COUNTY, COUNTY E  EITHER. 
          AND LIKE I SAID, I THINK WE DO HAVE GOOD RELATIONSHIPS. 
          I HAVE GOOD RELATIONSHIPS INDIVIDUALLY, I THINK THE BOARD TO BOARD. 
          SO I'M HOPING WE CAN AVOID THAT. 
          THE THING THAT WORRIES ME IS, AND I'LL JUST, YOU, WE HAD THE, THE BOOK ISSUE OF A FEW YEARS AGO. 
          IT WAS COVERED ON, THEY MADE A DOCUMENTARY ABOUT IT. 
          CBS 60 MINUTES CAME DOWN. 
          IT WAS IN THE NEWSPAPERS, IT WAS IN NATIONAL NEWSPAPERS. 
          AND WHEN I TALKED TO PARENTS AND OTHER COMMUNITY MEMBERS, WHEN, YOU KNOW, THEY SAY, OH, WHAT'S GOING WITH THE BOARD? I'M LIKE, WELL, WE STILL GOT THE BOOK ISSUE. 
          THEY'RE LIKE, WHAT BOOK ISSUE IT IS, THERE IS NO MAINSTREAM MEDIA THERE. 
          YOU JUST HEARD ABOUT WHAT DR. 
          BRODER HAS TO GO THROUGH TO TRY AND COMMUNICATE. 
          SO MY CONCERN IS, RIGHT NOW, PEOPLE ARE PAYING ATTENTION ON NEXTDOOR, ON FACEBOOK, ON ISLAND NEWS, ON THIS IS THE TIME TO SAY, HEY, AND NOT EVEN FOR THIS ONE ISSUE, BUT LET'S REALLY UNDERSTAND WHAT MCIP IS. 
          BECAUSE IN MY OPINION, IT'S NOT ABOUT SCHOOL BOARD VERSUS COUNTY BOARD. 
          IT'S ABOUT YOU ASKING, TRUSTING THE VOTERS TO MAKE THE ASK AND NOT CIRCUMVENTING THE VOTERS. 
          AND TO ME, THE MCIP, THE BIGGEST OBJECTION I HAVE IS IT'S CIRCUMVENT, CIRCUMVENTING THE VOTE TO SAY, WE'RE JUST GONNA COVER IT UP, PUT IN THIS VEHICLE, AND NO ONE REALLY HAS TO KNOW. 
          SO I JUST WANTED TO SAY, I I, IT IS VERY HARD TO, EVEN IF YOU GET GREAT PRESS COVERAGE, THE PERCENTAGE OF PEOPLE THAT ARE REACHED IS, IS SMALL. 
          IT'S ALARMING. 
          UH, DR. 
          GUS, CAN I JUST GO, DO YOU HAVE ANY COMMENT? OKAY, I'M TAKING IT ALL IN. 
          YEAH. 
          AND I, AND THE ISSUE, BIG ISSUE IS YOU'VE, I WOULD ADD ONE MORE SENTENCE TO WHAT YOU SAID, INGRID, IS THEY'RE OVERRIDING AN ELECTED BOARD. 
          THEY'RE OVERRIDING ALL 11 OF US, AND THEY WERE ELECTED FROM THE SAME GEOGRAPHIC AREAS AS US. 
          AND THAT JUST SEEMS WRONG. 
          WHO IS NOT COLONEL? I, I UNDERSTAND AND I AGREE WITH WHAT YOU SAY IS GO AHEAD AND HAVE IT BEFORE THAT, BUT BE PREPARED. 
          BECAUSE WHAT I GOT HIT BACK BY A COUNCIL MEMBER THAT I WON'T MENTION HIS NAME, UH, SAID, I SAID, WELL, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO ADD MILLAGE TO COVER THIS. 
          AND, AND, AND OH, BY THE WAY, NEXT YEAR WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO ADD MILLAGE BECAUSE WE HAVE A NEW SCHOOL THAT HAS TO OPEN. 
          AND THE RESPONSE I GOT BACK WAS, OH, YOU'RE JUST GONNA TRANSFER TEACHERS OVER TO THAT SCHOOL THAT WON'T, WON'T COST YOU MUCH MORE MONEY. 
          AND I, I SAID, YOU KNOW, I, I JUST KEPT QUIET BECAUSE I, I, I THINK WE NEED TO BE PREPARED TO BE SURE THAT THEY UNDERSTAND HOW CLOSELY WE HAVE TO MONITOR OUR FINANCES. 
          AND A $200,000, UH, A YEAR THING IS THREE TEACHERS SALARIES AND BENEFITS. 
          THAT'S WHAT IT IS. 
          'CAUSE IT'S GONNA GO IN OUR, IT'S GONNA GO IN OUR, OUR, YEAH. 
          SO, SO THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING. 
          BE PREPARED. 
          WE NEED TO HAVE, UH, TANYA TO BE ABLE TO LAY OUT THE FACTS AND THEY, THEY TRUST TANYA BECAUSE THEY SEE YOU'RE TANYA EVERY YEAR IS SAY, THIS IS WHAT IT COSTS US, AND YOU'RE HIDING THIS COST IN THE MILLAGE THAT SAYS SCHOOL OPERATIONS DOESN'T SAY SCHOOL OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT PORT ROYAL. 
          YEAH. 
          RIGHT. 
          OR RIGHT, OR, AND, AND, AND ALSO, AS SOON 
          [02:00:01]
IF THEY PASS THIS, WE'RE GONNA SEE THE MCIP BACK FROM USCB FOR $80 MILLION. 
          CITY OF BUFORT IS GONNA COME TO US FOR AT LEAST A HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS FOR THE WATERFRONT PARK. 
          HUNDRED MILLION. 
          I MEAN, IT'S OPENING THE BARN DOOR. 
          THERE'S THIS GREAT MOVIE CALLED THE AMERICAN PRESIDENT, MICHAEL DOUGLAS, ANNETTE BENNING. 
          AND THERE'S THIS LINE AT THE END AND THEY GET INTO AN ARGUMENT AND SHE SAYS, YOU DIDN'T LOSE ME AS A FRIEND. 
          YOU LOST ME AS A VOTER. 
          I'M NOT UPSET AS A SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER. 
          I'M UPSET AS A VOTER THAT THEY ARE BRINGING THESE TOOLS UP BECAUSE THEY KNOW, AND WE KNOW, THEY KNOW IT WILL NOT PASS WITH THEIR VOTERS. 
          SO THAT I AM UPSET AS A VOTER. 
          SO I THINK, OKAY, I THINK WE'RE ALL IN AGREEMENT THEN. 
          HAS EVERYONE BEEN HEARD? I JUST WANT, WAIT, WAIT, MS. SMITH, LET ME JUST ASK, IS ANYONE ON RYAN GORDON? PASTOR GORDON STILL THERE? YES, HE'S STILL THERE. 
          OKAY. 
          PASTOR GORDON, DO YOU WANT, DO YOU COMMENT ON THIS TOPIC, SIR? NO, GO AHEAD. 
          JUST, I'M JUST TAKING IT IN ALSO. 
          OKAY. 
          MR. SMITH, I WAS JUST SAY, JUST, JUST, UH, TAKING IT IN, LISTENING TO, UH, WHAT ALL MY COLLEAGUES HAVE SAID, UH, AND A COUPLE THINGS ESPECIALLY, UM, UH, VICTOR HAY WAS, WAS, UH, UH, WAS, WAS DEFINITELY CORRECT. 
          UH, IT WAS NOT MUCH HE ATTENDED BY, UH, BY EITHER BOARD LAST TIME. 
          AND, AND THE CONCERN BRINGS ME NOW, AND I DID THINK THAT WITH US BRINGING UP THIS TOPIC, I COULD SEE WHERE IF WE DON'T, WHERE, WHERE THEIR BOARD COULD SAY BECAUSE OF WHAT'S GOING ON, SINCE WE, I DON'T WANT US, I DON'T WANT US TO ALSO SEE THAT IT SEEM AS THOUGH WE'RE, WE'RE, UH, I'M JUST GONNA PUT OUT THERE THAT IF WE'RE, IF IT, IT COMES ACROSS THAT WE'RE FOR THIS MEETING, KNOWING THAT SOME OF THEM MIGHT NOT WANT THIS MEETING AND, AND, AND, AND BECAUSE OF THE TOPICS THAT, THAT, THAT ARE GOING OUT TO DISCUSS, THEY COULD NOT SHOW AS WELL. 
          SO I JUST WANTED TO PUT THAT, I PUT THAT OUT THERE AS WELL, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE THEY, BECAUSE THEY COULD SEE IT AS, UH, MR. GUY SAID THAT, THAT, THAT THE TOPICS ARE CONTROVERSY AND THAT'S NOT WHAT THEY WANTED TO, TO DISCUSS. 
          SO THEY COULD SAY, WELL, YOU KNOW, THEY HAD SOMETHING ELSE PLANNED FOR THAT NIGHT TOO, OR SOMETHING. 
          UM, JUST FYI, IN TERMS OF MOVING THAT THING FORWARD, THAT'S JUST ANOTHER THING TO, TO, TO THINK ABOUT. 
          OKAY. 
          SO, UM, WE'VE HAD A LOT OF DIFFERENT VIEWPOINTS EXPRESSED, ALL VALID AND INFORMATIVE. 
          UH, DO YOU WANT TO ACTUALLY VOTE ON IT? SO WE DECIDED WITH CLARITY OR YOU, YOU THINK THE CONVERSATION HAS BEEN ENOUGH? I, IS THAT TOPIC UP FOR DISCUSSION? WHAT JUST CAN'T, WHAT YOU JUST SAID, . 
          IF, IF THERE, I MEAN, YOU ASKED A QUESTION, SO I WOULD LIKE TO AN ANSWER. 
          YEAH, GO AHEAD. 
          I DON'T BELIEVE IT NEEDS A VOTE, UM, BECAUSE THE MEETING ALREADY IS ALREADY PLANNED. 
          UM, BUT, UH, BUT MAYBE A VOTE IF YOU WANT IT TO BE A NO, BUT, UH, I, I, I THINK WHAT MR. MR. SMITH BROUGHT UP A VALID POINT. 
          ALL THEY HAVE TO DO IS SAY NO AND NOT SHOW UP. 
          AND IT DOESN'T MATTER. 
          , I THINK IT BE PROBABLY TO QUERY THEM AND SEE HOW MUCH MAY BE BEFORE, YOU KNOW, SAID SO. 
          I MEAN, WE'RE THEORETICALLY THE MEETING IS ON. 
          I'LL ARGUE WITH AN EMPTY CHAIR OVER THIS. 
          MICP SAY WE'RE NOT COMING. 
          I'M SORRY, WHAT? WHAT WAS THAT, MS. MS. HAY? I SAID UNLESS THEY SEE THIS MEETING AND SAY THAT THEY'RE NOT COMING. 
          . 
          ALRIGHT, SO THEN, UH, WHAT I'M HEARING IS THE MEETING ON OR? YES, THE MEETING IS ON. 
          OKAY. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          THEN DO YOU HAVE TOPICS YOU'D LIKE TO SEE? SHOULD WE CAPTURE THEM? ? YEAH. 
          SO M-C-I-P-I MEAN A LOT OF US HAVE DISCUSSED IT HERE AND I EMAILED AND YEAH, WELL, YES, ALSO US, UH, PULLING OUR RESOURCES IN TERMS OF OUR FACILITIES, UH, THE, UH, CITY, UH, CITY COUNCIL. 
          AND, UM, I MEAN, EXCUSE ME, WITH, WITH THE BEFORD COUNTY COUNCIL AND THE BEFORD COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT. 
          WHEN YOU SAID POOLING OUT RESOURCES, WHAT YOU TALKING ABOUT? THE ALL AS IN AS IN OUR FACILITIES, EXCUSE ME, POSSIBLY, UH, SHARING FACILITIES, BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY, I MEAN THESE ARE THE TAXPAYERS FACILITIES. 
          I MEAN, SO, UH, WANT ONE, HAVE THAT KIND, THAT CONVERSATION. 
          I DON'T UNDERSTAND YOUR QUESTION. 
          I'M SORRY. 
          UH, SO, OR EXCUSE ME, TOPIC. 
          SO, SO THE TOPIC, HE'S SAYING THAT WE HAVE GYMNASIUMS AND OTHER THINGS THAT THE COUNTIES MAY NOT HAVE. 
          WE HAVE THE SAME WAY HOW THE COUNTIES ALLOW US POSSIBLY TO, TO USE SOME OF THEIR PARKS, BUT IT'S TO A CERTAIN, A CERTAIN DEGREE. 
          I THINK THAT WE NEED TO HAVE A CONVERSATION AROUND, AROUND THAT. 
          AND THAT CONVERSATION HAS NOT TAKEN PLACE. 
          BUT I THINK THERE NEED TO BE A CONVERSATION UP UPON US, UH, UH, USING DIFFERENT FACILITIES AND THEM ALLOWING US, UH, US ALLOWING THEM TO USE FACILITIES BECAUSE THESE ARE TAXPAYERS FACILITIES AND I THINK THAT IS, IT WOULD BE LESS ON THE TAXPAYERS VERSUS SOME PEOPLE, UH, US UH, DOUBLE, DOUBLE BUYING. 
          THESE FACILITIES ARE DOUBLE, DOUBLE HAVING THEM. 
          SO I JUST, THAT'S THE, I DON'T WANNA GET INTO THE DISCUSSION OF IT NOW, BUT THAT'S, THAT'S THE, UH, DISCUSSION AROUND, AROUND 
          [02:05:01]
WHAT HAS BEEN. 
          I'VE ALSO HAD SOME PEOPLE THAT HAVE MENTIONED THAT TO ME AS WELL AS WELL. 
          SO THAT'S JUST SOMETHING I, THAT IT'S NOT JUST COMING FROM, IT'S COMING FROM CONSTITUENTS AND SAYING, HEY, THIS IS WHAT, ASKING ME THIS QUESTION THAT I, I CAN'T ANSWER ALONE. 
          OKAY. 
          SO JUST FOR CLARITY, BETWEEN THE SECRETARY AND THE EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT, ARE WE CAPTURING THESE TWO TOPICS SO FAR? WE'RE GOOD. 
          OKAY. 
          ANY OTHERS? OKAY. 
          ALRIGHT, WELL THANK YOU. 
          IF YOU HAVE MS, UH, CUSHING BERRY AND UH, SAY SHE WANTS THEM BY TOMORROW. 
          12 NOON. 
          12 NOON. 
          IS THAT OKAY? SURE. 
          . 
          ALRIGHT. 
          UH, WHAT'S NEXT? SECOND, 
          [Second Public Comments]
PUBLIC COMMENTS. 
          MR. MILLER, THANK YOU FOR WAITING SO PATIENTLY, SIR. 
          FIRST, IF I COULD GIVE MY CO KUDOS TO THE GRADE CARD REPORT FROM THE STATE, UH, I AM VERY PLEASED ALSO, I'M INTERESTED IN, IN HEAR YOUR COMMENTS ABOUT THE HOW TO INTERACT WITH THE, UH, WITH THE COUNTY COUNCIL AND I APPRECIATE ALL THAT. 
          I WOULD LIKE THOUGH, TO REFER, THINK BACK TO LITTLE OVER FIVE YEARS AGO, YOU, THE BOARD APPROVED A POSITION COORDINATOR OF FINE ARTS. 
          PRIOR TO THAT, THAT WORK WAS DONE, SHARED WITH THE COORDINATOR OF, OF SOCIAL STUDIES AND THE PERSON INVOLVED WAS A SOCIAL STUDIES BACKGROUND. 
          I'VE SEEN LITTLE, AND YOU APPARENTLY HAVE SEEN NOT AS MUCH PROGRESS AS YOU HOPED. 
          AND A YEAR AGO YOU PRO PROVIDED TWO MORE POSITIONS THAT MAKES ABOUT SEVEN MAN YEARS OF, I DON'T KNOW THE TOTAL VALUE OF A, A, ONE OF THOSE POSITIONS, BUT I WOULD GUESS IT IS CLOSE TO A HUNDRED THOUSAND BY THE TIME YOU ADD ON BENEFITS. 
          THAT'S CLOSE TO THREE QUARTERS OF A MILLION DOLLARS IF I'M HALFWAY RIGHT. 
          AND I CAN'T SAY I HAVE SEEN MUCH IMPROVEMENT, UH, AT THE PRESENT TIME. 
          ONE OF THE POSITIONS YOU AUTHORIZED LAST YEAR, THE DIRECTOR OF FINE ARTS IS VACANT. 
          I WOULD SUGGEST STRONGLY THAT WE RE, WE REVISIT WHAT HAS BEEN ACCOMPLISHED AND BEFORE FILLING THAT POSITION, MAKE SURE THAT'S WHAT WE WANT. 
          SO IN THE INTERIM, WE FREEZE THAT POSITION AND THINK, THINK WHAT'S WHAT WE'RE REALLY DOING. 
          NEXT MEETING, I WILL SHARE WITH YOU INFORMATION OF HOW WE STACK UP WITH OTHER SCHOOLS IN THE STATE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, MRS. MILLER. 
          MR. MILLER, EXCUSE ME. 
          OKAY. 
          READY FOR PUBLIC, 
          [Executive Session]
I MEAN, EXECUTIVE SESSION. 
          YES, MR. CHAIRMAN, I'M, WHETHER WE GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION FOR LEGAL ADVICE RELATING TO REVIEW AND DISCUSSION OF ENGAGEMENT LETTERS, ITEMIZED LEGAL INVOICES AND FORMAL LEGAL OPINIONS PROVIDED PURSUANT TO SOUTH CAROLINA CODE ANNOTATED SECTION 30 T FOUR TAX 70 82, COVERED BY ATTORNEY-CLIENT PRIVILEGE. 
          I'LL SECOND THAT FOR, OH, I'LL SECOND I'LL SECOND, A MOTION. 
          ALSO, I HAVE A QUESTION. 
          WHO WILL BE ADVISING US IN EXECUTIVE LEGAL? UM, LEGAL COUNSEL? YES. 
          A LEGAL COUNSEL WITH LEGAL, UM, UM, MS. CARTILAGE WILL BE ON THE LINE AND, UH, MS. ANDREA WHITE WILL BE ON THE LINE. 
          ALRIGHT, IT'S BEEN PROPERLY MOTION. 
          DO WE GET A SECOND? YOU SECOND. 
          OKAY. 
          PROPERLY MOTION. 
          AND SECOND. 
          ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. 
          AYE. 
          AYE. 
          OPPOSED? NAY. 
          MR. GORDON? PASTOR GORDON. 
          PASTOR GORDON. 
          AYE. 
          OKAY. 
          PASS UNANIMOUSLY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          [02:10:16]
OKAY. 
          COMING FROM THE EXECUTIVE 
          [Action as Necessary or Appropriate Regarding Matters Discussed in Executive Session]
SESSION, IS THERE ANY MOTIONS? MM-HMM . 
          DR. 
          , UH, THANK YOU. 
          UH, CHAIRMAN DALLAS. 
          I MOVE THAT THE BOARD OF EDUCATION RETURNED TO THE PAST PRACTICE OF CONDUCTING PUBLIC AGENDA SETTING MEETINGS IN THE SPIRIT OF TRANSPARENT GOVERNANCE OR GOVERNMENT AND COMPLIANCE WITH SOUTH CAROLINA FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT. 
          I'LL, SO I'LL SECOND IT FOR CONVERSATION. 
          I THINK THIS WOULD HELP VERY MUCH WITH GETTING, UH, ALL BOARD MEMBERS RECOGNIZED FOR AGENDA ITEMS AND ALSO, UH, FOR, UH, RELATIONSHIPS. 
          OKAY. 
          OH, ONE SECOND. 
          YEAH, TECHNOLOGY . 
          I MOVE THAT THE BOARD OF EDUCATION RETURNED TO THE PAST PRACTICE OF CONDUCTING PUBLIC AGENDA SETTING MEETINGS IN THE SPIRIT OF TRANSPARENT GOVERNMENT AND COMPLIANCE WITH SOUTH CAROLINA FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT. 
          AND I'LL SECOND THAT. 
          MOTION PROPERLY. 
          MOTION. 
          AND SECOND, DO YOU HAVE SOMETHING MS. BOATRIGHT? YES, GO AHEAD. 
          I'M FINE WITH THAT. 
          I MEAN, I, AS FAR AS GOING BACK TO PAST PRACTICES. 
          OKAY. 
          ALL IN FAVOR? RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND AND SAY AYE. 
          AYE. 
          AYE. 
          ALL OPPOSED? AYE. 
          I DON'T, I THINK STILL THERE. 
          I OH, OKAY. 
          PASTOR GORDON, OVER PASS. 
          GORDON. 
          AYE. 
          OKAY. 
          PASS. 
          MOTION CARRIES. 
          YES. 
          SIX TOO. 
          THINK IT IS. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          AND I HAVE ANOTHER MOTION. 
          UM, CHAIRMAN DALLAS. 
          MM-HMM . 
          7 2 7 2 7 2. 
          UH, SEVEN TWO. 
          AND I MOVE, WELL, I GUESS I SHOULD FIRST SAY I'M MAKING THIS TONIGHT. 
          SO IT'S IMMEDIATELY IN, IN, UM, EFFECT, I MOVE THAT THE CHAIR SEEK FULL BOARD APPROVAL PRIOR TO EXPENDING BOARD FUNDS FOR LEGAL AND CONSULTING WORK. 
          I'LL SECOND PROPERLY MOTION AND SECOND. 
          ALL IN FAVOR? RAISE YOUR RIGHT HANDS AND SAY IT. 
          DISCUSSION. 
          WELL, WE MIGHT WANNA HAVE A DISCUSSION. 
          OH, YOU'RE READY. 
          I DON'T NEED, WE HAD PLENTY OF DISCUSSION. 
          I DON'T NEED TO HAVE ANY MORE HERE, BUT IF SOMEBODY WANTS MORE DISCUSSION, I WOULD SAY THAT, UH, BASED ON THE, THE POLICY THAT WE JUST PASSED THAT'S ALREADY COVERED, THAT THIS WOULD BE EFFECTIVE TODAY. 
          THE POLICY, WASN'T THAT JUST THE FIRST READING? CORRECT? YES. 
          SO WE'RE MAKING THINGS CRYSTAL CLEAR SO THERE'S NO MISUNDERSTANDING. 
          UM, I, I WOULD AGREE WITH WHAT MR. VICTIM H SAID. 
          THAT, THAT NOT ONLY IS IT AS HAS WE READ IT TODAY, BUT, AND, AND I STATED AS I STATED IN THERE, WE HAVE, AND I ASKED THE QUESTION TONIGHT DURING THE BOARD MEETING ABOUT THE QUESTION IN TERMS OF EVERYTHING THAT THE CHAIRMAN SIGNS THAT THE BOARD HAS ACCESS TO, OH, WE CAN SEE THOSE DOCUMENTS. 
          SO IF WE CAN SEE THOSE DOCUMENT, THEN THAT WOULD NOT CHANGE ANY, THE, THE, THE MOTION THAT IS BEING MADE BECAUSE WE ALREADY HAVE THE DIRECT THE, WE ALREADY HAVE THE DIRECT RIGHT TO SEE THE, TO SEE ANYTHING THAT THE CHAIRMAN IS SIGNED. 
          SO THEREFORE, THAT, THAT, THAT IS, UH, PUBLIC, UM, I MEAN THAT, THAT WILL BE BOARD MEMBERS. 
          WE DO HAVE DUAL DUTY DULY. 
          WE ARE WITHIN OUR DUTY RESPONSIBILITY RULES. 
          WE ARE, WE DO HAVE THE RIGHT TO SEE THAT. 
          THE SAME WAY I ASKED THE QUESTION TONIGHT IN TERMS OF, UM, OF IF THE SUPERINTENDENT'S NOT HERE, AND THE QUESTION WILL PUT, I MEAN THE ANSWER WAS POSED. 
          OKAY, THEN WE, THEN WE WOULD GO TO THE, UM, THE, UM, THE, UH, THE CONCESSION PLAN. 
          SO THEN THAT WOULD, THAT WOULD BE THE SAME THING, UH, MOVING FORWARD HERE. 
          THEN WE WOULD GO, IF THERE'S A DOCUMENT THAT YOU WANNA SEE THAT WAS SIGNED BY THE SUPERINTENDENT, THEN YOU WOULD GO STRAIGHT, YOU WOULD GO TO THE, THE, UH, BOARD, BOARD SECRETARY. 
          YOU WOULD GO AND YOU WOULD ACTUALLY SEE THAT DOCUMENT. 
          AND SO THEREFORE THAT WOULD, THAT WOULD COVER, THAT WOULD BE COVERED IS HOW I UNDERSTAND IT. 
          I UNDERSTAND YOUR ANSWER AND YES, THERE IS POLICY THAT SAYS THAT WE CAN, UH, REVIEW EVERYTHING THAT THE SUPPOSED TO BE A SEPARATE DOCUMENT THAT IS, UH, UH, EVERYTHING THAT THE BOARD CHAIR HAS SIGNED IN THE PAST MONTH AND SENT TO THE BOARD MEMBERS. 
          BUT THIS IS SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT. 
          THIS IS, THIS IS, IS I MOVE THAT THE CHAIR SEEK FULL BOARD APPROVAL PRIOR 
          [02:15:01]
TO EXPENDING BOARD FUNDS FOR LEGAL AND CONSULTING WORK. 
          AND YES, IF WE, IF WE, THIS DOESN'T PASS TONIGHT, IT'S GONNA, IT'S COMING UP ON, I THINK IT WOULD BE NOVEMBER 10TH. 
          SO THIS JUST PUTS IT IN PLACE IMMEDIATELY. 
          I THINK WE HAD A VERY PRODUCTIVE AND FRUITFUL CONVERSATION. 
          I FELT LIKE WE CLEARED A LOT OF AIR AND GOT EVERYBODY ON THE SAME PAGE. 
          AND WE DO NEED TO COMMIT TO FULLY SUPPORTING THE POLICY. 
          THE PO OUR POLICY MANUAL AS MY COLLEAGUE VICTOR NA HAS ALREADY BROUGHT TO THE ATTENTION OF THE POLICY COMMITTEE NEEDED TO BE UPDATED, NEEDED TO BE CODIFIED AND CLARIFIED. 
          I FEEL REALLY GOOD ABOUT THE CONVERSATION THIS BOARD HAD, UM, AND MOVING FORWARD. 
          SO I THINK WE ALREADY HAVE THE POLICIES IN PLACE FOR THIS. 
          I THINK THAT, UM, WE HAD A CONVERSATION WHERE WE ALL UNDERSTAND WHAT PAGE WE'RE ON AND I'M HAPPY TO WAIT UNTIL THE FULL POLICY GOES INTO EFFECT. 
          SO I'M NOT GONNA SUPPORT THE MOTION. 
          ANY, ANY OTHERS? MOTION? YEAH, YOU GET ME TO SAY SOMETHING. 
          I'M JUST GOING, I, I'M JUST, I'M NOT GONNA SAY NOTHING. 
          I THINK THERE'S ENOUGH WAS SAID TONIGHT. 
          OKAY. 
          MOTION HAS BEEN PROPERLY MADE. 
          AND SECOND. 
          ALL IN FAVOR? RAISE YOUR HANDS AND SAY AYE. 
          AYE. 
          AYE. 
          HANDS AND SAY NAY. 
          NAY. 
          NAY. 
          OKAY. 
          PASTOR GORDON. 
          NAY. 
          OKAY. 
          MOTION DOES NOT PASS. 
          YEP. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          6 3 6. 
          WE CAN'T SEE THE HANDS BACK HERE. 
          UH, MS. HAY, DR. 
          WATS AND DR. CARR. 
          FOUR. 
          EVERYBODY ELSE AGAINST OKAY. 
          WITH THAT, UNLESS THERE'S FURTHER CONVERSATION, WE CALL THIS MEETING TO ADJOURN. 
          OKAY. 
          YOU'RE WATCHING BC TV LIVE, WORK, PLAY HOW TO VOTE IN PERSON. 
          BRING YOUR PHOTO ID TO CHECK IN AT YOUR POLLING PLACE. 
          A POLL WORKER WILL GIVE YOU A BLANK BALLOT CARD AND DIRECT YOU TO A BALLOT MARKING DEVICE. 
          INSERT YOUR BALLOT CARD INTO THE DEVICE WITH THE CORNER CUT AT THE TOP RIGHT. 
          TOUCH THE SCREEN TO MAKE YOUR SELECTIONS. 
          REVIEW YOUR SELECTIONS CAREFULLY. 
          THEN TOUCH NEXT, FOLLOWED BY PRINT CARD AT THE BOTTOM OF THE SCREEN. 
          FINALLY, INSERT THE BALLOT INTO THE SCANNER TO CAST YOUR VOTE. 
          WAIT FOR CONFIRMATION THAT YOUR VOTE WAS CAST SUCCESSFULLY. 
          FIND YOUR POLLING PLACE AND LEARN MORE@SCVOTES.GOV. 
          THIS IS LARRY ROWLAND AND THIS IS A BEAUFORT COUNTY MOMENT. 
          ONE OF THE EXCITING ASPECTS OF CO COLON, THE COLONIAL SEA ISLANDS WAS THE ARRIVAL OF NUMEROUS FREEBOOTERS AND PIRATES IN THIS AREA. 
          THE PIRACY IN THE CARIBBEAN WAS ESSENTIALLY ENDED IN 1713 WITH A TREATY BETWEEN SPAIN AND ENGLAND. 
          BUT THE PIRATES WHO, UH, HAD INFESTED THE SPANISH MAINE FOR A HUNDRED YEARS MOVED NORTH. 
          MANY MOVED INTO THE BAHAMAS, MANY MOVED INTO THE SEA ISLANDS OF THE SOUTH CAROLINA COAST AND INTO THE OUTER BANKS OF NORTH CAROLINA IN THIS AREA. 
          COMMON PIRATE HANGOUT WAS THE COAST OF NORTH CAROLINA, WHICH WAS LESS POPULATED AND LESS DEFENDED THAN EITHER THE SEA ISLANDS OR THE NORTH COAST OF SOUTH CAROLINA. 
          SO IN 1719, SOUTH CAROLINA SENT A FLEET TO NORTH CAROLINA, WHICH CAPTURED STEED BONNET AND SANK HIS VESSEL, DROVE BLACKBEARD NORTH INTO BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA, WHERE VIRGINIANS CAPTURED HIS VESSEL AND KILLED BLACKBEARD. 
          AND HIS VESSEL, QUEEN ANNE'S REVENGE IS BEING ARCHEOLOGICALLY 
          [02:20:01]
RECOVERED OFF OF BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA AS WE SPEAK, UH, SOUTH OF CHARLESTON. 
          THIS PLACE BECAME A VERY ACTIVE CENTER FOR A PRIVATEER WAR IN THE 1730S AND 1740S. 
          IT WAS ESSENTIALLY A CONTEST BETWEEN THE SPANISH AND SAINT AUGUSTINE AND THE ENGLISH IN CHARLESTON. 
          DURING THE 1740S, SPANISH PRIVATEERS INFESTED THIS COAST AND VIRTUALLY STOPPED THE MARITIME TRADE FROM PORT ROYAL NEAR BEAUFORT AND FROM CHARLESTON HARBOR. 
          THE MOST NOTABLE OF THOSE SPANISH PRIVATEERS WAS FRANCISCO LORENZO. 
          HE WAS A NOTED GENTLEMAN. 
          HE CAPTURED MANY SOUTH CAROLINIANS IN HIS VOYAGES, CAPTURED 56 ENGLISH VESSELS OFF THE COAST OF SOUTH CAROLINA IN THE SINGLE YEAR OF 1741. 
          BUT ALL OF HIS PRISONERS, HE TREATED WELL WHEN HE WAS FINALLY CAPTURED BY SOUTH CAROLINA NAVAL FORCES IN LATE 1741. 
          HE WAS TAKEN TO CHARLESTON IN THE POPULATION ASSEMBLED AND CHEERED WHEN HE CAME ASHORE BECAUSE HE HAD BEEN SUCH AN HONORABLE PIRATE. 
          IF THERE IS SUCH A THING, OTHER PIRATES, FRENCH AND SPANISH CONTINUED TO INVEST THE COAST. 
          1742 TO 1744. 
          AND THEN AGAIN FROM 1748 TO 1751. 
          THE LAST SPANISH PIRATE, DON JULIAN VEGA, UH, WAS HERE AS LATE AS 1760, AND HE WAS CAPTURED BY SPANISH GUARD OF COSTAS, NOT ENGLISH COAST GUARDS. 
          DURING THAT TIME, THE IANS AND THE CHARLESTONIANS BUILT TWO INLAND GALLEYS ROAD GALLEYS WITH HEAVY GUNS THAT COULD PROTECT THE INLAND WATERS FROM THESE SPANISH AND FRENCH FREE BOOTERS. 
          BUT BETWEEN 1739, WHICH IS THE BEGINNING OF THE WAR OF JENKINS EAR AND 1763, WHICH WAS THE TREATY OF PARIS THAT ENDED FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR, THIS WAS AN ACTIVE AREA FOR PRIVATEERS AND PIRATES AND THEIR COUNTERFORCE GALLEYS OF SOUTH CAROLINA AND GEORGIA. 
          THIS IS LARRY ROLAND. 
          THIS HAS BEEN A BEAUFORT COUNTY MOMENT. 
          TO SEE MORE BEAUFORT COUNTY MOMENTS GO TO THE BEAUFORT COUNTY LIBRARY HOMEPAGE AND CLICK ON THE LOCAL HISTORY TAB.
* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.