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BUFORD COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION[1. 3:30 pm Call to Order]
AGENDA SETTING MEETING OF SEPTEMBER TWO, 2020.[A. Approval of Agenda]
WE NEED A MOTION TO APPROVE THE AGENDA.[B. Pledge of Allegiance, Statement of Media Notification]
FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG.
HI BY STATES OF AMERICA, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, PLEASE BE BC.
THE MEDIA HAS BEEN PROPERLY NOTIFIED.
[C. Approval of Committee Meeting Minutes - August 24, 2020 Agenda Setting Meeting]
DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES? I MOVE.WE APPROVE THE COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES OF THE AUGUST 24TH AGENDA SETTING MEETING.
AND DO WE HAVE A SECOND? CAN YOU SCROLL UP ROBIN? I CAN'T SEE THE THANK YOU.
DID YOU SECOND IT UNWELL? OKAY.
ARE THERE ANY CORRECTIONS TO THE MINUTES? I DIDN'T NOTICE ANY WHEN I LOOKED AT IT EARLIER, BUT OKAY.
ARE YOU READY TO VOTE MR. SMITH? YES, MA'AM.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF APPROVING THE MINUTES, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.
ACTUALLY, THERE WAS ONE WHERE I WAS READING IT WHERE IT WAS THREE.
OH, I THOUGHT WE HAD ONE WHERE I ABSTAINED.
YOU DID ON THE BOTTOM AT THE BOTTOM.
AND CAN YOU GO BACK ROBIN TO THE AGENDA SINCE I DON'T HAVE A COPY OF THAT? YEAH.
[D. Setting September 15, 2020 Board Meeting Agenda]
WE'RE SETTING UP SEPTEMBER, UH, BUSINESS MEETING AGENDA.I DO HAVE A PAPER COPY HERE IN FRONT OF ME.
SO ARE YOU GOING TO, YES, IT'S PULLING UP NOW.
THAT'S WHAT YOU WOULD HAVE HAD ON THERE BEFORE, CORRECT? IN TERMS OF THE RECONVENING THE NEXT DAY AND THE PUBLIC COMMENT.
SO YOU CAN SCROLL DOWN TO THE EXECUTIVE SESSION.
UH, ACTUALLY, UH, I NOTICED ON THE LAST ONE, WE WISH WE FLIPPED FROM FIVE TO FIVE 35 TO SIX, BECAUSE BECAUSE OF THE TIME PERIOD, IF IT'S AN AGENDA SET WE'RE IN AN EXECUTIVE SESSION IS HARD FOR ME TO GET THE INFORMATION OUT AND START THE MEETING AT SIX O'CLOCK.
SO IF ANYONE IS INTERESTED IN SPEAKING, THEY HAVE WITHIN THE HALF HOUR TIMEFRAME TO GET THE INFORMATION SO THAT I CAN SEE IT, UH, AN HOUR WAS NOT ENOUGH TIME.
NO, BECAUSE WE START THE MEETING AT SIX O'CLOCK.
SO SOMEONE IS STILL SENDING IN.
I CANNOT GET TO MY EMAIL AND SEE, AND START THE MEETING AT SIX O'CLOCK.
MAYBE, MAYBE ABOUT SOMETHING THAT MONICA DO, BUT SHE STARTED, SHE'S RUNNING THE MEETING, SHE'S RUNNING THE MEETING AS WELL.
HE'S LETTING PEOPLE IN AND OUT IN THE WEIGHT ROOM, SO.
SO GO AHEAD AND SCROLL DOWN TO THE EXECUTIVE SESSION.
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AND, UM, WENDY WE'LL OBVIOUSLY WORK ON THE, UM, MAKING THE, UH, BULLET POINTS HERE, FOYA COMPATIBLE, UH, DOCTOR MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.IF I MAY, UM, FOR EXECUTIVE SESSION, I WILL HAVE, UM, WHEN ITEM REGARDING, UM, RESOLUTION OF A SETTLEMENT OF A LEGAL CLAIM.
AND I'LL PUT THE F HAWAII LANGUAGE IN THERE.
R AND WENDY, DO YOU THINK, UH, ONE HOUR IS A GOOD ESTIMATE FOR WHAT'S UNDER HERE? THE CUSTODIAN CONTRACT FOUR 30.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S ENOUGH TIME.
SO THERE'LL BE FOUR ITEMS INSTEAD OF JUST THREE.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ABOUT THAT SECTION? NO, THEY'RE ALL CONTRACTS.
SO NOW WE'LL GO DOWN TO THE PUBLIC SESSION AND THE POINTS OF CELEBRATION IS HOPEFULLY THE PARKER'S DONATION.
THAT'S BEEN TRYING TO GET THIS ON HERE FOR A WHILE.
AND THE FIRST PUBLIC COMMENTS FOLLOWED BY THE CLOCK UPDATE, THEN CHAIRMAN'S REPORT, WHICH I'M NOT SURE YET WE'LL BE UNDER THERE, UM, APPROVAL OF THE SEPTEMBER ONE MINUTES.
SO ROBIN, THEN YOU GOT TO TAKE OFF, YOU HAVE THE CLOCK TWICE THERE.
I THINK THE FIRST PLACE IS BETTER BECAUSE YES, THEY DON'T HANG AROUND AS LONG.
AND SO FOR COMMITTEE REPORTS, WE HAVE FINANCE AND OPERATIONS AND THAT'S THE ONLY TWO GROUPS MEETING BEFORE, UM, BETWEEN NOW AND THEN, YES.
SO I SEE LISTED UNDER OPERATIONS COMMITTEE, IT SAYS CONSTRUCTION UPDATE AND, UH, AND WE HAVE THE CLOCK, UH, UPDATE THERE.
IS THAT AN ISSUE OR NOT? I MEAN, I KNOW IT'S NOT AN ISSUE, BUT I GUESS I THINK THOSE ARE TWO DIFFERENT UPDATES.
THE CLOCK IS GIVING UP THEIR UPDATES AND THE DESTRUCTION HAS GIVEN US THE INSTRUCTION UPDATES.
NORMALLY I WOULD JUST SAY TOO, THAT THE CONSTRUCTION UPDATE IS NORMALLY, UH, A SLIDE PRESENTATION, WHEREAS CLOCK IS NOT CORRECT.
KATHY GOT ANY COMMENTS? NO, THAT'S FINE.
OKAY, MR.
SO THEN WE'RE DOWN TO THE SUPERINTENDENTS REPORT CONTINUATION SINCE THE CLOCK WAS PART OF THAT, THE FIRST WEEK OF SCHOOL UPDATE, AND THEN WE HAVE UNDER FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY FOR ITEMS THE FOURTH QUARTER FINANCIAL REPORT, THE TRANSPARENCY REPORT, THE A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLAR MONTHLY REPORT IN THE BOARD BUDGET.
DAVID HAS COVID UPDATE ANY, ANY, UH, OTHER, UH, COMMENTS DR.
RODRIGUEZ FOR THAT SECTION? NO, I THINK THAT, THAT COVERS IT.
AND DAVID HAD HIS QUESTION, HAD A QUESTION TOO.
I THINK I WAS JUST WONDERING UNDER HIGHLY QUALIFIED TEACHERS AND ADMINISTRATORS, IF WE COULD GET A REPORT THAT ALL POSITIONS ARE FILLED OR, YOU KNOW, WE'RE STILL, I DON'T KNOW, STILL LOOKING FOR A FEW PEOPLE, BUT OBVIOUSLY EVERYTHING'S COVERED WITH SUBSTITUTE, SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
JUST FREE, JUST, YOU KNOW, NOTHING JUST SO THAT WE KNOW ABOUT THAT
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IS THAT DAVID WAS AT YOUR, YEAH.I WAS GOING TO ASK IF, IF THE ANALYSTS WOULD GIVE THE SAME UPDATES YOU GAVE US, YOU KNOW, ON THE PERSONNEL REPORT.
QUITE HONESTLY, THIS IS REALLY GREAT NEWS.
UH, UM, YOU KNOW, THE REPORT SHE GAVE.
I MEAN, I KNOW WE, WE, WE TALKED ABOUT A BUNCH OF OTHER THINGS, BUT, BUT THAT IS REALLY, UH, IMPRESSIVE, THE WORK THAT THEY'VE DONE.
UM, ANY, ANY COMMENTS THERE? UH, WE STILL HAVE THE MR. DARLING'S REQUEST.
WELL, HIS REQUEST LAST NIGHT WAS AN, WAS A FOR US TO TALK ABOUT THE TEMPORARY BUDGET AGAIN, BUT THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY JUST, UM, STARTED BACK MEETING YESTERDAY.
SO I DON'T THINK WE'RE GOING TO KNOW ANYTHING ELSE FOR, FOR THIS EFFICIENCY, EFFICIENCY STUDY.
I THINK THAT SHOULD BE PLACED ON THE AGENDA THAT WE PUT THAT ON THE AGENDA.
IS THERE A SECOND TO PLACE IT ON THE AGENDA? WELL, I'LL SECOND IT FOR DISCUSSION.
YEAH, I THINK, YOU KNOW, I'M, I'M JUST GONNA REITERATE WHAT I ASKED, YOU KNOW, LAST, LAST AGENDA SETTING, WHICH WAS, YOU KNOW, LET US GET THE YEAR GOING, LET US GET THE YEAR STARTED.
THIS IS A COMPLEX YEAR WE'VE, UH, A LOT OF COMPLEXITIES AROUND IT.
ANYTHING THAT I DO AT THIS JUNCTURE THAT REQUIRES, UH, THE TEAM TO COME TOGETHER, I'M TAKING AWAY FROM OPENING OF SCHOOLS.
AND I THINK IN A GENERAL REGULAR, UH, OPENING OF SCHOOL SESSION, I WOULDN'T WANT TO DO THAT, RIGHT, BECAUSE YOU NEED HANDS ON DECK WHEN YOU'RE OPENING SCHOOLS IN A COMPLEX SITUATION LIKE THIS.
I THINK PERSONALLY, I THINK IT, IT, IT PUTS US AT RISK OR GREATER RISK FOR THINGS TO GO WRONG DURING THAT OPENING WEEK BECAUSE WE'RE FOCUSING ON GETTING THINGS, GOING, GETTING THINGS OPEN, GETTING THINGS STARTED, AND THERE'S A LOT TO MONITOR AND A LOT TO CHECK ON.
IF, IF, IF YOU WANT ME DRAGGING PEOPLE AWAY FROM THAT, THEN THAT'S WHAT I'LL DO.
BUT MY RECOMMENDATION IS THAT WE PUT THAT OFF.
I MEAN, WE'RE IN THE MIDST OF, OF, UH, UH, A PANDEMIC WE'RE IN THE MIDST OF, UH, YOU KNOW, I'LL JUST STOP THERE, BUT, UH, I'LL JUST REITERATE WHAT I MENTIONED LAST TIME WHEN WE ENGAGE IN THIS DISCUSSION.
AND IF I COULD READ WHAT WE HAVE IN OUR MINUTES FROM LAST WEEK OR FROM OUR LAST AGENDA SETTING MEETING, IT SAYS COMMITTEE MEMBERS DISCUSSED, AND IT WAS SUGGESTED THAT IT BE PLACED ON AN AGENDA IN OCTOBER.
THE COMMITTEE WILL REVIEW THE TOPICS ON THE SEPTEMBER 15TH AGENDA AND DETERMINE IF IT CAN BE PLACED ON THAT AGENDA OR ON THE OCTOBER 6TH AGENDA.
MR. DARWIN WILL BE NOTIFIED AS TO WHAT HIS AGENDA ITEM WILL BE PLACED.
UM, I DID NOTIFY HIM THAT IT WOULD BE PUT ON A LATER AGENDA.
UM, I THINK LOOKING AT THE ITEMS ON OUR CURRENT AGENDA THAT WE'RE WORKING ON, YOU KNOW, THE CLOCK AND, AND CONSTRUCTION UPDATES, I ALWAYS TAKE A LOT OF TIME AND GENERATE QUESTIONS.
UM, I THINK THAT THE, UM, FIRST WEEK OF SCHOOL UPDATE HAS POTENTIAL TO, YOU KNOW, UH, GENERATE SOME QUESTIONS AND CERTAINLY THE COVID THE CORONAVIRUS THAT OUT THAT UPDATE ALSO GENERATES QUESTIONS.
SO I, MY RECOMMENDATION AT THIS POINT WOULD BE TO PUT IT ON THE OCTOBER 6TH AGENDA, UM, STATED NOW, AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT IT'LL BE THE FIRST THING ON THAT AGENDA, UH, DOCTOR.
I JUST WANT TO SAY, UH, I CONCUR WITH THAT, UH, THAT, THAT I THINK WORKS WELL.
UH, AND IN ADDITION, I WOULD JUST SAY THAT I, IN NO WAY AND MINIMIZING THE IMPORTANCE AND SIGNIFICANCE OF THAT REQUEST, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT.
AND I THINK WE SHOULD HAVE IT, YOU KNOW, UH, YOU KNOW, I'M JUST ASKING
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THAT, THAT WE PROVIDE OUR TEAM THE TIME, UH, UH, TO OPEN SCHOOLS AND I THINK OCTOBER DOES THAT.I WOULD JUST SAY, UM, YOU COULD PUT THAT ON THE OCTOBER AGENDA.
I WILL MOVE TO POSTPONE THAT TO THE WORK SESSION IN NOVEMBER, JUST BECAUSE I THINK IT'S GONNA, IT COULD EXPAND, UM, AND HAVE US HAVING A VERY LONG NORMAL SESSION, WHEREAS THE WORK SESSION.
YOU HAVE, YOU HAVE MORE LATITUDE, SO I WOULD MAKE, IF YOU'RE GOING TO LEAVE IT ON THERE, I'M GOING TO PROBABLY MAKE THAT MOTION.
AND I THINK THAT IT WOULD PROBABLY, UM, YOU KNOW, WE WOULD ANTICIPATE THAT IT WOULD HAVE SOME BUDGET IMPLICATIONS AS WELL.
SO, YOU KNOW, A LENGTHY DISCUSSION COULD, IT COULD ENTAIL A LENGTHY DISCUSSION AT THAT POINT.
IT'S ALSO SOMETHING THAT, UM, AS DR. RODRIGUEZ POINTED OUT IS I THINK IT'S GOING TO TAKE A CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF STAFF TIME TO PREPARE, UM, THAT, THAT REPORT.
AND, UM, I, I PERSONALLY DO NOT THINK IT'S WISE TO DO THE FIRST WEEK OF SCHOOL, UM, TAKING YOUR, AS YOU ALREADY MENTIONED, TAKING YOUR STAFF AWAY.
SO I, UM, I THINK MY PREFERENCE ALSO WOULD BE WHAT DAVID HAS SAID, AND THAT IS TO HAVE IT AT THE WORK SESSION.
I THINK MY SECOND CHOICE WOULD BE TO HAVE IT IN OCTOBER.
SO LET'S, IF THERE ARE NO FURTHER COMMENTS.
I WANT TO, UH, I'M GOING TO DISAGREE WITH, UH, JUST FOR, UH, A DETAILED UPDATE.
EVA IS DAN HAS BEEN WORKING ON IT OR THEY HAVE NOT BEEN WORKING ON IT.
I MEAN, I MEAN, IF YOU GUYS, THEY HAVE AT LEAST HAD SEVEN MONTHS TO WORK, TO WORK ON THIS DOCUMENT.
SO I MEAN, EITHER THEY WORKED ON IT OR THEY DID NOT WORK ON IT, ALL THE UPDATES THAT THEY, WE DON'T HAVE THIS POINT IN TIME, WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING DUE TO COVERT 19.
JOHN, MR. DON ASKED SIMPLY FOR AN UPDATE TO ASK FOR A DETAIL UPDATE.
SO I'M GOING, I'M GOING TO BE IN SUPPORT OF IT BECAUSE HE ASKED, HE ASKED FOR AN UPDATE.
AND ONCE AGAIN, LIKE I SAID, IT LASTED ME THAT THIS DISTRICT STAFF IS LARGE.
WE HAVE DIRECTORS, WE HAVE ASSISTANT DIRECTORS, WE HAVE ENOUGH PEOPLE IN THIS DISTRICT TO WHERE WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO WALK AND CHEW BUBBLE GUM AT THE SAME TIME IT TO HEAR THAT, UH, THE DISTRICT IS THAT RACHEL MOVE FORWARD ON THIS RIGHT HERE TO ME IS KINDA THE STURT, THIS DISTURBING, BECAUSE I KNEW THAT DO HAVE ENOUGH STAFF TO GIVE AN UPDATE ON THIS, OR EVEN IN THE PRINT, WHAT HAVE WE, WHAT HAVE WE GATHERED FROM THE INFORMATION THAT WE'VE BEEN GIVEN FROM, FROM, FROM THE, UH, THE AUDIT? SO, I MEAN, HE'S ASKING, HE'S ASKING FOR A SIMPLE UPDATE.
IT DIDN'T HAVE TO BE A DETAIL UPDATE AND UPDATE AND UPDATE HIS EVA.
THIS IS WHAT WE HAVE SO FAR AS THAT, THAT AFTER THAT THEY COULD TAKE A, UH, MAYBE 10, 20 MINUTE CONVERSATION.
NOT PROBABLY NOT LONGER THAN THAT.
THEY DIDN'T HAVE TO TAKE NO ACTION, ANYTHING ON THAT.
SO WHAT WOULD THAT BE THE SAME? I WILL SUPPORT THIS MOTION BECAUSE, BECAUSE OF THAT, AT SOME POINT IN TIME, MS. DISTRICT, ONCE AGAIN, I WILL SAY WE WILL HAVE TO LEARN HOW TO WALK AND CHEW BUBBLE GUM.
WE HAVE A LOT OF MY STAFF TO BE ABLE TO TAKE ON PROJECTS LIKE THIS RIGHT HERE.
SO TO ME, IT'S, IT'S, UH, I BELIEVE THAT THAT THIS WILL BE THE, UH, THE BEING TO HAVE THAT DONE.
I'M GOING TO COMMENT BECAUSE SOMETHING YOU SAID I DISAGREE WITH RESPECTFULLY DISAGREE WITH, YOU SAID JOHN DALEN JUST WANTED AN UPDATE.
I WILL READ HIS EMAIL OF AUGUST 19TH AT 9:06 AM OFFICERS.
I'M REQUESTING AN AGENDA ITEM TO HAVE DR.
RODRIGUEZ REPORT TO THE BOARD.
THE STATUS OF ALL CHANGES RECOMMENDED BY THE QUOTE EFFICIENCY STUDY, UNQUOTE, TO INCLUDE PLANS AND SCHEDULES FOR CHANGE IMPLEMENTATION.
THAT IS FAR MORE THAN JUST A QUOTE UPDATE ON QUOTE DR.
I WOULD JUST ASK THAT AS WE, AS WE TALK ABOUT THE WORK THAT HAS BEEN TAKING PLACE, UH, AND JUST, JUST, I'M JUST GOING TO PUT THIS OUT THERE.
UM, MAYBE I'M HYPERSENSITIVE TO IT, MAYBE NOT THAT, BUT I THINK IT'S SOMEWHAT DISRESPECTFUL TO SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, THE STAFF NEEDS TO LEARN TO WALK AND CHEW GUM AT THE SAME TIME IN CASE ANYBODY ISN'T AWARE, WE ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF A GLOBAL PANDEMIC AND OPENING SCHOOLS IN THE MIDST OF AN OLD GLOBAL PANDEMIC, LOOK AROUND THE WORLD, LOOK AROUND THE COUNTRY, LOOK AROUND AND SEE
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THE, THE MANNER IN WHICH THOSE THINGS HAVE TAKEN PLACE.WE'VE GOT A STAFF THAT HAVE BEEN DEDICATED, WORKING HARD, EXTREMELY HARD, UH, YOU KNOW, EXTREME HOURS TO GET THIS OFF THE GROUND.
AND I, I JUST, YOU KNOW, I JUST WANT TO MAKE THAT COMMENT BECAUSE I THINK EVERY TIME THAT HAPPENS AND IT GOES ON A DRESS, RIGHT, SOMEBODY OUT THERE HEARS IT AND SOMEBODY SEES IT RIGHT.
AND THE REALITY IS THAT STAFF, MY STAFF HAS BEEN WORKING INCREDIBLY HARD, INCREDIBLY HARD, UH, TO, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE DOING THESE THINGS IN A SAFE AND APPROPRIATE MANNER FOR NOT ONLY OUR STUDENTS, ALL OF THE EMPLOYEES OF BUFORD COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT, AND IN EFFECT THE COMMUNITY THAT WE SERVE.
YOU KNOW, SO I'LL, I'LL, I'LL, I'LL LEAVE IT AT THAT, UH, BOMBSHELL AT SPEAK.
UH, AND I'LL JUST LIKE TO RESPOND TO THAT.
THE WORK, THE WORK IS NOT GETTING, IT'S NOT GETTING OVERLOOKED, BUT ONCE AGAIN, UM, THIS, THE STAFF AND EVERYONE ON THE STAFF, I'M SURE THAT'S WHO, THAT WHO'S ACTUALLY WORKING THERE.
THEY ARE APPRECIATED AND THEY ARE GETTING THERE AND EVERYONE IS ON, IS ON SALARY.
AND AT THE END OF THE DAY, YOU KNOW, THE STAFF IS GETTING A, I MEAN, THIS, THAT THE STAFF DO HAVE HIGHEST ROTATION AND THE WHOLE WORLD IS ON A PENDING PANDEMIC.
AND THAT IS UNDERSTANDING I'M SURE BY THE COMMUNITY, BUT WE STILL, WE STILL HAVE TO BE WORKING ON, ON, ON OR ON ALL CYLINDERS.
NOT SAYING THAT WE'RE NOT, BUT SOMETIMES IT MAY, IT MAY TAKE TIME, TIME WHERE W W WHERE WE HAVE TO PUT SOME TIME IN TO GET TO, TO GET THINGS DONE.
SO, I MEAN, THAT'S JUST HOW I'M NOT OVERLOOKING ANYTHING.
UH, I'M, I'M JUST SAYING THAT ONCE AGAIN, THAT WE HAVE TO BE ABLE TO CHEW BUBBLE GUM AND WALK AT THE SAME TIME.
AND THAT'S MY, THAT'S HOW I PERCEIVED THINGS.
AND SOME PEOPLE MAY PERCEIVE THINGS DIFFERENTLY.
I'M ENTITLED TO PERCEIVE THINGS, HOW I PERCEIVE THINGS.
AND THEN THAT'S JUST SOMETHING THAT I THINK THAT WE ALL WE OUGHT TO DO.
I MEAN, AND, AND, AND THAT'S MY POSITION THAT I BELIEVE THAT THAT'S, THAT'S WITHIN MY RIGHT TO MAKE THAT SOMEBODY TO MAKE THAT DECISION.
LET'S VOTE ON THE, UM, MOTION THAT'S ON THE TABLE, WHICH IS TO ADD THE EFFICIENCY STUDY TO BOARD BUSINESS ACTION OF THE SEPTEMBER 15TH, UH, AGENDA.
SO ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY, AYE, ALL THOSE OPPOSED, OPPOSED.
SO YOU'RE, YOU'RE IN A, I'M IN A POST.
I ALSO WANT TO RESPECTFULLY DISAGREE WITH MR. SMITH'S OPINION.
HE IS MO HE HAS MENTIONED MULTIPLE TIMES THAT THE STAFF CANNOT WALK AND CHEW BUBBLE GUM.
AND I PERSONALLY WOULD NEVER TALK TO AN EMPLOYEE LIKE THAT.
I THINK IT'S, IT IS A VERY DEROGATORY AND UNCOMPLIMENTARY.
AND I WANT TO TELL THE STAFF OF BUFORD COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT THAT I DO NOT SUPPORT HIS OPINION.
I NEVER SAID THAT THE STAFF CAN NOT WALK AND CHEW BUBBLE GUM.
I SIT AT THE STAFF AT SOME POINT IN TIME.
WE HAVE TO GET TO A POINT WHERE WE CAN WALK AND CHEW BUBBLE GUM AND DO MULTIPLE THINGS AT THE SAME TIME.
SO, SO YOUR STATEMENT IS FALSE.
I DON'T APPRECIATE THAT BECAUSE THAT'S NOT WHAT I SAID.
AND THERE, THERE ARE PLENTY OF TIMES WHEN YOU TAKE WORDS THAT I SAY, AND YOU TWIST THEM UP AND YOU MAKE THEM, YOU MAKE THEM OUT TO MAKE ME LOOK BAD AND MAKE YOU LOOK BETTER THAN, THAN I AM.
BUT THAT IS UNACCEPTABLE JUST TO PUT THAT OUT THERE AS WELL.
SO THE NEXT ITEM IS MR.
WILL, WILL YOU, UH, KATHY BE GETTING BACK TO MR. DOWLING AND ASKING HIM IF THE WORK SESSION WOULD BE OKAY, BECAUSE WE THINK IT'S AN EXTENDED PERIOD OR WOULD HE RATHER HAVE IT ON THE OCTOBER? I WILL.
I WILL SEND, SEND HIM THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, WITH THE SUGGESTION, WITH THE OFFERING OF THE WORK SESSION OR THE OCTOBER 6TH.
SO GETTING HIS FEEDBACK IS PROBABLY A GOOD IDEA.
SO I THINK THAT COVERS EVERYTHING, UM, THAT WE HAD OUTSTANDING.
WHAT ABOUT WHATEVER HAPPENED TO, DID WE GET THIS? AND I JUST FORGOT ABOUT IT.
THEY HAVE NOT BEEN RESPONSIVE, UH,
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RESPONSIVE TO TANYA IN, IN THE REQUEST.UM, THEY SAID BECAUSE OF THE CHANGE OF LEADERSHIP AND SO FORTH, THAT IS NOT SOMETHING THAT HAS BEEN A PRIORITY ON THEIR LIST, SO THEY DON'T HAVE THE INFORMATION TO PROVIDE TO US YET.
DO YOU WANT ME CONTINUE TO KEEP IT ON THE FEATURE AGENDA TOPICS? I MEAN, I GUESS, YEAH.
DO WE HAVE ANY FURTHER BUSINESS ON THE SEPTEMBER 15TH AGENDA, MR. SMITH? AT THIS POINT? I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING.
UM, IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE I NEED TO ADD TO THE FEATURE AGENDA TOPICS? WELL, YEAH, JUST PUT THE, THE PORT ROYAL TIFF ON THERE.
I THINK WE SHOULD KEEP IT JUST SO WE, UH, ARE AWARE THAT IT'S STILL THERE.
IT HASN'T BEEN ADDRESSED AND I HAVE AN ADDITION AND, UM, AND THAT IS THE, UH, TSI AND PRIORITY SCHOOL UPDATE.
WE NEED TO DO AN OCTOBER CAUSE WE HAVE TO DO THAT QUARTERLY AND WE LASTED IT IN JUNE.
I HAD THIS OTHER THING WE, WE NEED TO HAVE.
UM, BUT THAT PROBABLY WON'T BE TALKED TO A BURNER.
NOVEMBER WOULD BE TO HAVE THE, THE, UM, IT'S NOW CALLED THE BC PACK.
I BELIEVE THE TEACHER GROUP COME BEFORE, OBVIOUSLY, UH, YOU KNOW, THEM COMING AT THIS MEETING IS, IS, WOULD NOT BE SINCE WE HAVEN'T BEEN HAVING SCHOOL THIS SUMMER.
SO I WOULD SAY PROBABLY ALSO LIKE OCTOBER, NOVEMBER, THOSE ARE THE TWO THINGS I CAN THINK OF.
SO THEN DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER, UM, AGENDA WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT, WE HAVE OUR MEETING TONIGHT WITH THE INTERVIEWS AND TOMORROW WE'RE DOING THE POLICY REVIEW THE MANUAL, THAT'S IT? THE NEXT ITEM OF BUSINESS WOULD BE, UM, I HAVE A QUESTION.
SO AFTER TOMORROW'S MEETING, UM, IF WE GET THROUGH IT, DO WE PUT IT ON THE SEPTEMBER 15TH AS A SECOND, RE AS A SECOND READING? OR DO WE WAIT UNTIL OCTOBER? WELL, WE, I DON'T KNOW.
LET'S, I'LL LET DAVID WEIGH IN SINCE HE'S THE CHAIR OF THAT COMMITTEE.
UM, YEAH, I THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
UM, I'M NOT SURE IF WE'RE GOING TO GET THROUGH IT, BUT WHY DON'T WE MAKE THAT CALL AFTER TOMORROW? OKAY.
THAT COULD BE THE LAST THING THAT WE DO, UH, TOMORROW.
AND I REMEMBER THAT JOHN SAID HE NEEDED MORE TIME THAN, THAN A FEW DAYS BETWEEN THE READINGS.
[E. Discussion of any other Board Meeting Agendas]
WILL BE THEN OUR DECISION FOR WHEN THE NEXT AGENDA SETTING MEETING SHOULD BE.UM, OUR NEXT BOARD MEETING WOULD BE OCTOBER SIX.
SO OUR AGENDA SETTING MEETING SHOULD BE MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 28TH.
WILLIAM SAID AT THIS POINT IT WORKS FOR ME AS WELL.
SO FOUR O'CLOCK IS WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING? YES MA'AM.
SO THE NEXT AGENDA SETTING MEETING WILL BE MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 28TH AT 4:00 PM.
AND THAT WILL BE FOR THE OCTOBER SIX, UH, BUSINESS MEETING THERE.
ANY OTHER MATTERS WE NEED TO DISCUSS? HMM, NOPE.